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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 24, 2010
Securities Act Registration No. __________
 
 
U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM N-14
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
     
Pre-effective Amendment No. ____   Post-effective Amendment No. ____
(Check appropriate box or boxes)
AIM COUNSELOR SERIES TRUST (INVESCO COUNSELOR SERIES TRUST)
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
11 Greenway Plaza, Suite 2500
Houston, TX 77046
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
(713) 626-1919
(Registrant’s Telephone Number, including Area Code)
John M. Zerr, Esquire
11 Greenway Plaza, Suite 2500, Houston, TX 77046
(Name and Address of Agent for Service of Process)
With Copies to:
     
Melanie Ringold, Esquire   E. Carolan Berkley, Esquire
Invesco Advisers, Inc.   Stradley Ronon Stevens and Young, LLP
11 Greenway Plaza, Suite 2500   2600 One Commerce Square
Houston, TX 77046   Philadelphia, PA 19103
     Approximate Date of Proposed Public Offering: As soon as practicable after the Registration Statement becomes effective under the Securities Act of 1933.
     It is proposed that this filing will become effective on December 27, 2010, pursuant to Rule 488 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
     The title of the securities being registered are Class A, Class B, Class C, and Class Y shares of Invesco California Tax-Free Income Fund, Invesco Structured Core Fund, and Invesco Van Kampen Growth and Income Fund; and
     Class A, Class B, Class C, Class R, Class Y, and Institutional Class shares of Invesco Core Plus Bond Fund, Invesco Van Kampen American Franchise Fund, and Invesco Van Kampen Equity and Income Fund.
     No filing fee is due in reliance on Section 24(f) of the Investment Company Act of 1940.
 
 

 


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(INVESCO LETTERHEAD)
   
 
[January ___], 2011
Dear Shareholder,
On June 1, Invesco completed its acquisition of Morgan Stanley’s retail asset management business, including Van Kampen Investments.
The Invesco and Van Kampen/Morgan Stanley retail investment capabilities were highly complementary, enabling Invesco to provide a more balanced product offering to Invesco Funds’ shareholders. As a result of the combination, Invesco gained investment talent for a number of investment strategies, including U.S. Value Equity, U.S. Small Cap Growth Equity, Tax-Free Municipals, Bank Loans and others. With this enhanced expertise and a comprehensive range of diverse investment capabilities, Invesco is better positioned than ever to meet the needs of investors across the U.S. and around the globe.
Since June 1, Invesco has been conducting a comprehensive review of its product line to sharpen its offerings to investors. A key goal of this effort is to reduce overlap and enhance efficiency across the product line for the benefit of Invesco Funds’ shareholders and Invesco.
As the next step in the process of integrating the combined business, the Invesco Funds Boards have approved a realignment of fund offerings, subject to shareholder approval. If approved by shareholders, the proposed realignment will:
  §   Distinguish and emphasize Invesco’s most compelling investment processes and strategies;
 
  §   Reduce overlap in the product lineup to help lower costs for shareholders; and
 
  §   Build a solid foundation for further growth to meet client and shareholder needs.
In addition, most Funds will continue to be managed by their existing investment management teams post-reorganization and many shareholders will experience a reduction in total expense ratio, decreasing the cost of their investment. In cases where management fee expenses are scheduled to increase as a result of a proposed reorganization, Invesco has instituted a cap on the total expense ratio of the Acquiring Fund intended to preserve the lowest current expense ratio of all Target Funds in each proposed set of reorganizations for a period of time post reorganization.
The independent trustees of your Board believe that the reorganization proposed in this proxy is in the best interest of your Fund and the attached proxy seeks your vote in favor of the proposed reorganization.
Your vote is important. Please take a moment after reviewing the enclosed materials to sign and return your proxy card in the enclosed postage paid return envelope. If you attend the meeting, you may vote your shares in person. If you expect to attend the meeting in person, or have questions, please notify us by calling 1-800-959-4226. You may also vote your shares by telephone or through a website established for that purpose by following the instructions that appear on the enclosed proxy card. If we do not hear from you after a reasonable amount of time, you may receive a telephone call from our proxy solicitor, Computershare Fund Services, Inc., reminding you to vote your shares.
Sincerely,
Mr. Philip Taylor
President and Principal Executive Officer

 


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AIM TAX-EXEMPT FUNDS (Invesco Tax-Exempt Funds)
11 Greenway Plaza, Suite 2500
Houston, Texas 77046
(800) 959-4246
NOTICE OF SPECIAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS
To Be Held on April 14, 2011
          A special meeting (the “Meeting”) of the shareholders of the Invesco Van Kampen California Insured Tax Free Fund (the “Target Fund”), a series of AIM Tax-Exempt Funds (Invesco Tax-Exempt Funds) (the “Target Trust”), will be held on April 14, 2011 at 3:00 p.m., Central time, at 11 Greenway Plaza, Suite 2500, Houston, Texas 77046 to vote on the following proposal:
    To approve an Agreement and Plan of Reorganization between the Target Fund and Invesco California Tax-Free Income Fund (the “Acquiring Fund”), a series of AIM Counselor Series Trust (Invesco Counselor Series Trust) (the “Acquiring Trust”), providing for: (a) the acquisition of all of the assets and assumption of all of the liabilities of the Target Fund by the Acquiring Fund in exchange for shares of a corresponding class of the Acquiring Fund; (b) the distribution of such shares to the shareholders of the Target Fund; and (c) the liquidation and termination of the Target Fund (the “Reorganization”).
          Shareholders of record as of the close of business on January 14, 2011 are entitled to notice of, and to vote at, the Meeting or any adjournment of the Meeting. The proposal will be effected only if the Target Fund’s shareholders approve the proposal.
          The Board of Trustees of the Target Trust (the “Board”) requests that you vote your shares by completing the enclosed proxy card and returning it in the enclosed postage paid return envelope, or by voting by telephone or via the internet using the instructions on the proxy card.
          The Board recommends that you cast your vote FOR the above proposal as described in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus.
          Please sign and promptly return the proxy card in the postage paid return envelope regardless of the number of shares owned.
          Proxy card instructions may be revoked at any time before they are exercised by submitting a written notice of revocation or a subsequently executed proxy card or by attending the Meeting and voting in person.
     
 
Mr. Philip Taylor
   
President and Principal Executive Officer
   
January _____, 2011

 


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AIM TAX-EXEMPT FUNDS
(Invesco Tax-Exempt Funds)
11 Greenway Plaza, Suite 2500
Houston, Texas 77046
(800) 959-4246
PROXY STATEMENT/PROSPECTUS
_____________, 2011
Introduction
          This Proxy Statement/Prospectus contains information that shareholders of the Invesco Van Kampen California Insured Tax Free Fund (the “Target Fund”), a series of AIM Tax-Exempt Funds (Invesco Tax-Exempt Funds) (the “Target Trust”) should know before voting on the proposed reorganization that is described herein, and should be retained for future reference. This document is both the proxy statement of the Target Fund and also a prospectus for Invesco California Tax-Free Income Fund (the “Acquiring Fund”) which is a series of AIM Counselor Series Trust (Invesco Counselor Series Trust) (the “Acquiring Trust”). The Target Fund and the Acquiring Fund are series of a registered open-end management investment company. The Target Fund and the Acquiring Fund collectively are referred to as the “Funds” and to each fund individually as a “Fund.”
          A special meeting of the shareholders of the Target Fund (the “Meeting”) will be held at 11 Greenway Plaza, Suite 2500, Houston, Texas 77046 on April 14, 2011 at 3:00 p.m., Central time. At the Meeting, shareholders of the Target Fund are being asked to consider the following proposal:
    To approve an Agreement and Plan of Reorganization between the Target Fund and the Acquiring Fund, providing for: (a) the acquisition of all of the assets and assumption of all of the liabilities of the Target Fund by the Acquiring Fund in exchange for shares of a corresponding class of the Acquiring Fund; (b) the distribution of such shares of the corresponding class to the shareholders of the Target Fund; and (c) the liquidation and termination of the Target Fund (the “Reorganization”).
          The total value of the Acquiring Fund shares of each class that shareholders will receive in the Reorganization will be the same as the total value of the shares of each class of the Target Fund that shareholders held immediately prior to the Reorganization. The Reorganization is anticipated to be a tax-free transaction, meaning that shareholders should not be required to pay any federal income tax in connection with the Reorganization. No sales charges or redemption fees will be imposed in connection with the Reorganization.
          The Board of Trustees of the Target Trust (the “Board”) has fixed the close of business on January 14, 2011 as the record date (“Record Date”) for the determination of shareholders entitled to notice of and to vote at the Meeting and at any adjournment thereof. Shareholders of the Target Fund on the Record Date will be entitled to one vote for each share of the Target Fund held (and a proportionate fractional vote for each fractional share). This Proxy Statement/Prospectus, the enclosed Notice of Special Meeting of Shareholders and the enclosed proxy card will be mailed on or about January ____, 2011 to all shareholders eligible to vote on the Reorganization.
          The Board has approved the Agreement and Plan of Reorganization and has determined that the Reorganization is in the best interest of the Target Fund and the Acquiring Fund and will not dilute the interests of the existing shareholders of the Target Fund or the Acquiring Fund. If shareholders of the Target Fund do not approve the Reorganization, the Board will consider what further action is appropriate for the Fund.
          Additional information about the Funds is available in the:
    Prospectuses for the Target Fund and the Acquiring Fund;
 
    Annual and semi-annual reports to shareholders of the Target Fund and the Acquiring Fund; and

 


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    Statements of Additional Information (“SAIs”) for the Target Fund and the Acquiring Fund.
          These documents are on file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”). The prospectus of the Target Fund is incorporated herein by reference and is legally deemed to be part of this Proxy Statement/Prospectus. A copy of the prospectus of the Acquiring Fund accompanies this Proxy Statement/Prospectus and is incorporated herein by reference and deemed to be part of this Proxy Statement/Prospectus. The SAI to this Proxy Statement/Prospectus, dated the same date as this Proxy Statement/Prospectus, also is incorporated herein by reference and is deemed to be part of this Proxy Statement/Prospectus. The Target Fund prospectus, the most recent annual report to shareholders, containing audited financial statements for the most recent fiscal year, and the most recent semi-annual report to shareholders of the Target Fund have been previously mailed to shareholders and are available on the Target Fund’s website at www.invesco.com.
          Copies of all of these documents are available upon request without charge by visiting or writing to the Target Fund, at 11 Greenway Plaza, Suite 2500, Houston, Texas 77046, or calling (800) 959-4246.
          You also may view or obtain these documents from the SEC’s Public Reference Room, which is located at 100 F Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20549-1520, or from the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. Information on the operation of the SEC’s Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling the SEC at 1-202-551-8090. You can also request copies of these materials, upon payment at the prescribed rates of the duplicating fee, by electronic request to the SEC’s e-mail address (publicinfo@sec.gov) or by writing the Public Reference Branch, Office of Consumer Affairs and Information Services, SEC, Washington, D.C. 20549-1520.
These securities have not been approved or disapproved by the Securities and Exchange Commission nor has the Securities and Exchange Commission passed upon the accuracy or adequacy of this Proxy Statement/Prospectus. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense. An investment in the Funds is not a deposit with a bank and is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”) or any other government agency. You may lose money by investing in the Funds.

 


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          No dealer, salesperson or any other person has been authorized to give any information or to make any representations other than those contained in this Proxy Statement/Prospectus or related solicitation materials on file with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and you should not rely on such other information or representations.

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PROPOSAL: TO APPROVE AN AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF REORGANIZATION
          Shareholders of the Target Fund are being asked to consider and approve an Agreement and Plan of Reorganization (the “Agreement”) that will have the effect of reorganizing the Target Fund with and into the Acquiring Fund, as summarized below. The Agreement provides for (a) the acquisition of all of the assets and assumption of all of the liabilities of the Target Fund by the Acquiring Fund in exchange for shares of a corresponding class of the Acquiring Fund; (b) the distribution of such shares of the corresponding class to the shareholders of the Target Fund; and (c) the liquidation and termination of the Target Fund.
SUMMARY OF KEY INFORMATION
          The following is a summary of certain information contained elsewhere in this Proxy Statement/Prospectus, in the Agreement, and/or in the prospectuses and SAIs of the Funds. Shareholders should read the entire Proxy Statement/Prospectus and the prospectus of the Acquiring Fund carefully for more complete information.
On what am I being asked to vote?
          As a shareholder of the Target Fund, you are being asked to consider and vote to approve the Agreement under which the assets and liabilities of the Target Fund will be transferred to the Acquiring Fund.
          If shareholders of the Target Fund approve the Agreement, shares of each class of the Target Fund will be exchanged for Acquiring Fund shares of the corresponding class of equal value, which will result in your holding shares of the Acquiring Fund equal to the value of your shares of the corresponding class of the Target Fund, and the Target Fund will be liquidated and terminated.
Has my Fund’s Board of Trustees approved the Reorganization?
          Yes. The Board has carefully reviewed the proposal and unanimously approved the Agreement and the Reorganization. The Board recommends that shareholders of the Target Fund vote in favor of the Agreement.
What are the reasons for the proposed Reorganization?
          On June 1, 2010, Invesco Ltd. (“Invesco”), the indirect parent company of Invesco Advisers, Inc., the Funds’ investment adviser (“Invesco Advisers” or “Adviser”), acquired the retail mutual fund business of Morgan Stanley, which included 92 Morgan Stanley and Van Kampen branded funds. This transaction filled gaps in Invesco’s product line-up and has enabled the company to expand its investment offerings to retail customers. The transaction also resulted in significant product overlap. The Reorganization proposed in this Proxy Statement/Prospectus is part of a larger group of reorganizations across Invesco’s mutual fund platform. The reorganizations are designed to put forth Invesco’s most compelling investment processes and strategies, reduce product overlap and create scale in the resulting funds to help reduce the shareholders’ cost of ownership.
          In considering the Reorganization and Agreement, the Board considered these and other factors in concluding that the Reorganization would be in the best interest of the Funds. The Board’s considerations are described in more detail in the “THE PROPOSED REORGANIZATION — Board Considerations in Approving the Reorganization” section below.
What effect will the Reorganization have on me as a shareholder?
          Immediately after the Reorganization, you will hold shares of a class of the Acquiring Fund that are equal in value to the shares of the corresponding class of the Target Fund that you held immediately prior to the closing of the Reorganization. The principal differences between the Target Fund and the Acquiring Fund are described in this Proxy Statement/Prospectus. The prospectus of the Acquiring Fund that accompanies this Proxy Statement/Prospectus contains additional information about the Acquiring Fund that you will hold shares of following the Reorganization, if approved.

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How do the Funds’ investment objectives, principal investment strategies and risks compare?
          The Acquiring Fund and the Target Fund have similar investment objectives, as described below. Each Fund’s investment objective is classified as non-fundamental, which means that it can be changed by the Board without shareholder approval, although there is no present intention to do so.
Investment Objectives
     
Target Fund   Acquiring Fund
Provide only California investors with a high level of current income exempt from federal and California income taxes, with liquidity and safety of principal, primarily through investment in a diversified portfolio of insured California municipal securities.
  Provide a high level of current income exempt from federal and California income tax, consistent with the preservation of capital.
          The principal investment strategies of the Acquiring Fund are similar to the principal investment strategies of the Target Fund, although the Acquiring Fund may invest in different types of investments and have different investment policies and limitations than the Target Fund. The risks of owning shares of the Acquiring Fund may therefore be different than the risks of owning shares of the Target Fund. The sections below entitled “ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE FUNDS - Comparison of Principal Investment Strategies” and “Comparison of the Principal Risks of Investing in the Funds” compare the principal investment strategies and risks of the Target Fund and the Acquiring Fund and highlight certain key differences.
How do the Funds’ expenses compare?
          The tables below provide a summary comparison of the expenses of the Target Fund and the Acquiring Fund, as well as estimated expenses on a pro forma basis giving effect to the proposed Reorganization. The pro forma expense ratios show projected estimated expenses but actual expenses may be greater or less than those shown.

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Expense Tables and Expense Examples *
                         
                    Pro Forma
                    Target Fund
                    +
                    Acquiring Fund
                    (assumes
    Current   Reorganization is
    Target Fund   Acquiring Fund   completed)
    Class A   Class A   Class A
Shareholder Fees (Fees paid directly from your investment)
                       
Maximum Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Purchases (as a percentage of offering price)
    4.75 %     4.75 %     4.75 %
Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (Load) (as a percentage of original purchase price or redemption proceeds, whichever is less)
  None   None   None
 
                       
Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)
                       
Management Fees
    0.48 %     0.47 %     0.47 %
Distribution and Service (12b-1) Fees
    0.25 %     0.25 %     0.25 %
Other Expenses
    0.18 %     0.12 %     0.15 %
Interest Expenses
    0.01 %     0.04 %     0.04 %
Total Other Expenses
    0.19 %1     0.16 %1     0.19 %
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses
    0.92 %1     0.88 %1     0.91 %
 
                       
Fee Waiver and/or Expense Reimbursement
    0.00 %     0.00 %     0.02 %2
Total Annual Operating Expenses after Fee Waiver and/or Expense Reimbursements
    0.92 %     0.88 %     0.89 %
 
                       

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                    Pro Forma
                    Target Fund
                    +
                    Acquiring Fund
    Current   (assumes
            Acquiring   Reorganization is
    Target Fund   Fund   completed)
    Class B   Class B   Class B
Shareholder Fees (Fees paid directly from your investment)
                       
Maximum Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Purchases (as a percentage of offering price)
  None   None   None
Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (Load) (as a percentage of original purchase price or redemption proceeds, whichever is less)
    5.00 %     5.00 %     5.00 %
 
                       
Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)
                       
Management Fees
    0.48 %     0.47 %     0.47 %
Distribution and Service (12b-1) Fees
    0.29 %3     0.25 %     0.26 %
Other Expenses
    0.18 %2     0.12 %     0.15 %
Interest Expenses
    0.01 %     0.04 %     0.04 %
Total Other Expenses
    0.19 %1     0.16 %1     0.19 %
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses
    0.96 %1     0.88 %1     0.92 %
 
                       
Fee Waiver and/or Expense Reimbursement
    0.00 %     0.00 %     0.02 %2
Total Annual Operating Expenses after Fee Waiver and/or Expense Reimbursements
    0.96 %     0.88 %     0.90 %
 
                       

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                    Pro Forma
                    Target Fund
                    +
                    Acquiring Fund
    Current   (assumes Reorganization is
    Target Fund   Acquiring Fund   completed)
    Class C   Class C   Class C
Shareholder Fees (Fees paid directly from your investment)
                       
Maximum Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Purchases (as a percentage of offering price)
  None   None   None
Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (Load) (as a percentage of original purchase price or redemption proceeds, whichever is less)
    1.00 %     1.00 %     1.00 %
 
                       
Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)
                       
Management Fees
    0.48 %     0.47 %     0.47 %
Distribution and Service (12b-1) Fees
    1.00 %     0.75 %     0.75 %
Other Expenses
    0.18 %     0.12 %     0.15 %
Interest Expenses
    0.01 %     0.04 %     0.04 %
Total Other Expenses
    0.19 %1     0.16 %1     0.19 %
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses
    1.67 % 1     1.38 %1     1.41 %
 
                       
Fee Waiver and/or Expense Reimbursement
    0.00 %     0.00 %     0.02 %2
Total Annual Operating Expenses after Fee Waiver and/or Expense Reimbursements
    1.67 %     1.38 %     1.39 %
 
                       

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                    Pro Forma
                    Target Fund
                    +
    Current   Acquiring Fund
            Acquiring   (assumes Reorganization
    Target Fund   Fund   is completed)
    Class Y   Class Y   Class Y
Shareholder Fees (Fees paid directly from your investment)
                       
Maximum Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Purchases (as a percentage of offering price)
  None   None   None
Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (Load) (as a percentage of original purchase price or redemption proceeds, whichever is less)
  None   None   None
 
                       
Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)
                       
Management Fees
    0.48 %     0.47 %     0.47 %
Distribution and Service (12b-1) Fees
  None   None   None
Other Expenses
    0.18 %     0.12 %     0.15 %
Interest Expenses
    0.01 %     0.04 %     0.04 %
Total Other Expenses
    0.19 %1     0.16 %1     0.19 %
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses
    0.67 %1     0.63 %1     0.66 %
 
                       
Fee Waiver and/or Expense Reimbursement
    0.00 %     0.00 %     0.02 %2
Total Annual Operating Expenses after Fee Waiver and/or Expense Reimbursements
    0.67 %     0.63 %     0.64 %
 
                       
 
*   Expense ratios reflect annual fund operating expenses for the most recent fiscal year (as disclosed in the Funds’ current prospectuses) of the Target Fund (September 30, 2009) and the Acquiring Fund (August 31, 2010). Pro forma numbers are estimated as if the Reorganization had been completed as of September 1, 2009 and do not include the estimated costs of the Reorganization. The estimated Reorganization costs that the Target Fund will bear are $80,000. Invesco Advisers estimates that shareholders will recoup these costs through reduced expenses in 8 months or less. For more information on the costs of the Reorganization to be borne by the Funds, see “Costs of the Reorganizations” below.
 
1.   Based on estimated amounts for the current fiscal year.
 
2.   Effective upon the Closing of the Reorganization, Invesco Advisers, Inc. the Acquiring Fund’s investment adviser (“Invesco Advisers” or the “Adviser”) has contractually agreed, through at least June 30, 2012, to waive advisory fees and/or reimburse expenses of all shares to the extent necessary to limit Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver and/or Expense Reimbursement (excluding certain items discussed below) of Class A shares to 0.85%, Class B shares to 1.35%, Class C shares to 1.35% and Class Y shares to 0.60% of average daily net assets. 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 limit reflected above: (i) interest; (ii) taxes; (iii) dividend expense on short sales; (iv) extraordinary or non-routine items; and (v) expenses that the Fund has incurred but did not actually pay because of an expense offset arrangement. Unless the Board and Invesco Advisers mutually agree to amend or continue the fee waiver agreement, it will terminate on June 30, 2012.
 
3.   Reflects actual 12b-1 fees currently paid under the Target Fund’s 12b-1 Plan. Maximum 12b-1 fees payable under the Plan are 1.00%.
Expense Example
          This Example is intended to help you compare the costs of investing in different classes of the Target Fund and the Acquiring Fund with the cost of investing in other mutual funds. Pro forma combined costs of investing in different classes of the Acquiring Fund after giving effect to the Reorganization are also provided. All costs are based upon the information set forth in the Fee Table above.
          The Example assumes that you invest $10,000 for the time periods indicated and shows the expenses that you would pay if you redeem all of your shares at the end of those time periods. The Example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year and that the operating expenses remain the same. The Example reflects fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements that are contractual, if any, but does not reflect voluntary fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements. To the extent fees are waived and/or expenses are reimbursed on a voluntary basis,

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your expenses will be lower. Although your actual returns and costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:
                                 
    One   Three   Five   Ten
Fund/Class   Year   Years   Years   Years
Target Fund — Class A
  $ 564     $ 754     $ 960     $ 1,553  
Acquiring Fund — Class A
  $ 561     $ 742     $ 939     $ 1,508  
Combined Pro forma Target Fund + Acquiring Fund —Class A(assuming the Reorganization is completed)
  $ 562     $ 749     $ 953     $ 1,540  
 
                               
Target Fund — Class B*
  $ 598     $ 606     $ 731     $ 1,167  
Target Fund — Class B (if you did not redeem your shares)*
  $ 98     $ 306     $ 531     $ 1,167  
Acquiring Fund — Class B
  $ 590     $ 581     $ 688     $ 1,084  
Acquiring Fund — Class B (if you did not redeem your shares)
  $ 90     $ 281     $ 488     $ 1,084  
Combined Pro forma Target Fund + Acquiring Fund —Class B (assuming the Reorganization is completed)
  $ 592     $ 591     $ 707     $ 1,127  
Combined Pro forma Target Fund + Acquiring Fund —Class B (assuming the Reorganization is completed) (if you did not redeem your shares)
  $ 92     $ 291     $ 507     $ 1,127  
 
                               
Target Fund — Class C
  $ 270     $ 526     $ 907     $ 1,976  
Target Fund — Class C (if you did not redeem your shares)
  $ 170     $ 526     $ 907     $ 1,976  
Acquiring Fund — Class C
  $ 240     $ 437     $ 755     $ 1,657  
Acquiring Fund — Class C (if you did not redeem your shares)
  $ 140     $ 437     $ 755     $ 1,657  
Combined Pro forma Target Fund + Acquiring Fund —Class C (assuming the Reorganization is completed)
  $ 242     $ 444     $ 769     $ 1,689  
Combined Pro forma Target Fund + Acquiring Fund —Class C (assuming the Reorganization is completed) (if you did not redeem your shares)
  $ 142     $ 444     $ 769     $ 1,689  
 
                               
Target Fund — Class Y
  $ 68     $ 214     $ 373     $ 835  
Acquiring Fund — Class Y
  $ 64     $ 202     $ 351     $ 786  
Combined Pro forma Target Fund + Acquiring Fund —Class Y (assuming the Reorganization is completed)
  $ 65     $ 209     $ 366     $ 821  
 
*   Reflects actual 12b-1 fees currently paid under the Target Fund’s 12b-1 Plan. Maximum 12b-1 fees payable under the Plan are 1.00%.
          The Example is not a representation of past or future expenses. Each Fund’s actual expenses, and an investor’s direct and indirect expenses, may be more or less than those shown. The table and the assumption in the Example of a 5% annual return are required by regulations of the SEC applicable to all mutual funds. The 5% annual return is not a prediction of and does not represent the Funds’ projected or actual performance.
          For further discussion regarding the Board’s consideration of the fees and expenses of the Funds in approving the Reorganization, see the section entitled “THE PROPOSED REORGANIZATION - Board Considerations in Approving the Reorganization” in this Proxy Statement/Prospectus.
How do the performance records of the Funds compare?
          The performance history of each Fund for certain periods as of September 30, 2010 is shown below. The returns below may not be indicative of a Fund’s future performance.
          The table below compares the performance history of the Acquiring Fund’s oldest share class to the performance history of the comparable class of the Target Fund as of September 30, 2010. Other classes of shares that are not presented would have had substantially similar annual returns because the shares are invested in the same portfolio of securities and the annual returns will differ only to the extent that the classes do not have the same expenses. The prospectuses for the Funds contain additional performance information under the headings “Performance Information” and “Financial Highlights.” Additional performance information and a discussion of performance are also included in each Fund’s most recent annual report to shareholders.

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Average Annual Total Returns*
                         
    1 Year   5 Years   10 Years
 
Acquiring Fund – Class B (inception date: 07/11/1984)1
                       
Return Before Taxes
    0.43 %     3.53 %     4.63 %
Return After Taxes on Distributions
    (0.81 )%     3.19 %     4.41 %
Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares
    0.64 %     3.38 %     4.46 %
Target Fund – Class B (inception date: 04/30/1993)2
                       
Return Before Taxes
    (0.71 )%     2.25 %     3.97 %
Return After Taxes on Distributions
    (1.80 )%     1.97 %     3.79 %
Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares
    (0.12 )%     2.29 %     3.83 %
 
*   Performance for Class B shares has been restated to reflect the Fund’s applicable sales charge. Performance for Class B shares for the Acquiring Fund assumes conversion to Class A shares eight years after the start of the performance period.
 
1.   The returns shown for periods prior to June 1, 2010 are those of the Class B shares of a predecessor fund that was advised by Morgan Stanley Investment Advisors Inc. and was reorganized into the Acquiring Fund on June 1, 2010. The returns shown for periods after June 1, 2010 are those of the Acquiring Fund. The returns of the Acquiring Fund are different from the predecessor fund as they had different expenses and sales charges.
 
2.   The returns shown for periods prior to June 1, 2010 are those of the Class B shares of a predecessor fund that was advised by Van Kampen Asset Management and was reorganized into the Target Fund on June 1, 2010. The returns shown for periods after June 1, 2010 are those of the Target Fund. The returns of the Target Fund are different from the predecessor fund as they had different expenses and sales charges.
          After-tax returns are calculated using the historical highest individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes. Actual after-tax returns depend on an investor’s tax situation and may differ from those shown, and after-tax returns shown are not relevant to investors who hold their Fund shares through tax-deferred arrangements, such as 401(k) plans or individual retirement accounts.
How do the management, investment manager and other service providers of the Funds compare?
          Each Fund is overseen by the same Board and officers. In addition, Invesco Advisers, a registered investment adviser, serves as primary investment adviser for each Fund pursuant to an investment advisory agreement that contains substantially identical terms (except for fees) for each Fund. The advisory fee of the Acquiring Fund at certain breakpoint levels is higher than the advisory fee of the Target Fund. Invesco Advisers is located at 1555 Peachtree Street, N.E., Atlanta, Georgia 30309. Invesco Advisers has acted as an investment adviser since its organization in 1976. As of September 30, 2010, Invesco Advisers had $300.3 billion under management. Invesco Advisers is an indirect, wholly owned subsidiary of Invesco.
          The advisory agreement applicable to the Funds provides that Invesco Advisers may delegate any and all of its rights, duties and obligations to one or more wholly owned affiliates of Invesco as sub-advisers (the “Invesco Sub-Advisers”). Pursuant to Master Intergroup Sub-Advisory Contracts, the Invesco Sub-Advisers may be appointed by Invesco Advisers from time to time to provide discretionary investment management services, investment advice, and/or order execution services to a Fund. The Invesco Sub-Advisers, each of which is an indirect, wholly owned subsidiary of Invesco and a registered investment adviser under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, are:
     
  Invesco Asset Management Deutschland GmbH;
 
   
  Invesco Asset Management Limited;
 
   
  Invesco Australia Limited;
 
   






  Invesco Trimark Ltd.

Invesco Hong Kong Limited;

Invesco Asset Management (Japan) Limited;

Invesco Senior Secured Management, Inc.; and

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          Other key service providers to the Target Fund, including the administrator, transfer agent, custodian, distributor and auditor, provide the same or substantially the same services to the Acquiring Fund. The Acquiring Fund’s prospectus and SAI describe the services and other arrangements with these service providers.
How do the Funds’ purchase and redemption procedures, distribution policies and exchange policies compare?
          The sales charges, sales charge exemptions, distribution and servicing arrangements, purchase and redemption procedures and exchange policies for each class of the Target Fund are generally similar to those of the corresponding class of the Acquiring Fund. For more information see the section entitled “Comparison of Share Classes and Distribution Arrangements.”
Will the Acquiring Fund have different portfolio managers than the Target Fund?
          No. The portfolio management team for the Target Fund is the same as the portfolio management team for the Acquiring Fund. The Acquiring Fund prospectus that accompanies this Proxy Statement/Prospectus provides biographical information about the key individuals that comprise the portfolio management team for the Acquiring Fund.
Will there be any tax consequences resulting from the proposal?
          The Reorganization is designed to qualify as a tax-free reorganization for federal income tax purposes and the Target Fund anticipates receiving a legal opinion to that effect. Thus, while there can be no guarantee that the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) will adopt a similar position, it is expected that shareholders will have no adverse federal income tax consequences as a result of the Reorganization. Shareholders should consult their tax adviser about state and local tax consequences of the Reorganization, if any, because the information about tax consequences in this Proxy Statement/Prospectus relates to the federal income tax consequences of the Reorganization only.
When is the Reorganization expected to occur?
          If shareholders of the Target Fund approve the Reorganization, it is anticipated that the Reorganization will occur on or about May 2, 2011.
How do I vote on the Reorganization?
          There are several ways you can vote your shares, including in person at the Meeting, by mail, by telephone or via the Internet. The proxy card that accompanies this Proxy Statement/Prospectus provides detailed instructions on how you may vote your shares. If you properly fill in and sign your proxy card and send it to us in time to vote at the Meeting, your “proxy” (the individuals named on your proxy card) will vote your shares as you have directed. If you sign your proxy card but do not make specific choices, your proxy will vote your shares FOR the proposal, as recommended by the Board, and in their best judgment on other matters.
What will happen if shareholders of the Target Fund do not approve the Reorganization?
          If the shareholders of the Target Fund do not approve the Reorganization, the Target Fund’s Board will consider other possible courses of action for the Fund.
What if I do not wish to participate in the Reorganization?
          If you do not wish to have your shares of the Target Fund exchanged for shares of the Acquiring Fund as part of the Reorganization that is approved by shareholders, you may redeem your shares prior to the consummation of the Reorganization. If you redeem your shares, you will incur any applicable deferred sales charge and if you hold shares in a taxable account, you will recognize a taxable gain or loss based on the difference between your tax basis in the shares and the amount you receive for them.

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Why are you sending me the Proxy Statement/Prospectus?
          You are receiving this Proxy Statement/Prospectus because you own shares in the Target Fund as of the Record Date and have the right to vote on the very important proposal described herein concerning the Target Fund. This Proxy Statement/Prospectus contains information that shareholders of the Target Fund should know before voting on the proposed Reorganization. This document is both a proxy statement of the Target Fund and also a prospectus for the Acquiring Fund.
Where can I find more information about the Funds and the Reorganization?
          Additional information about the Funds can be found in their respective prospectuses and SAIs. The remainder of this Proxy Statement/Prospectus contains additional information about the Reorganization. You are encouraged to read the entire document. If you need any assistance, or have any questions regarding the Reorganization or how to vote, please call Invesco Client Services at 1-800-959-4246.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE FUNDS
Comparison of Principal Investment Strategies
          The following section compares the principal investment strategies of the Target Fund with the principal investment strategies of the Acquiring Fund and highlights any key differences. In addition to the principal investment strategies described below, each Fund is also subject to certain additional investment policies and limitations, which are described in each Fund’s prospectus and SAI. The cover page of this Proxy Statement/Prospectus describes how you can obtain copies of these documents. A comparison of the principal risks associated with the Funds’ investment strategies is described below under “Comparison of Principal Risks of Investing in the Funds.”
          The Acquiring Fund will normally invest at least 80% of its net assets (plus any borrowings for investment purposes) in securities that pay interest exempt from federal and California state income taxes. The Acquiring Fund’s investment adviser generally invests the Acquiring Fund’s assets in investment grade California municipal obligations. The Acquiring Fund may also invest in unrated securities that are judged by the adviser to be of comparable quality. Municipal obligations are bonds, notes or short-term commercial paper issued by state governments, local governments or their respective agencies. While the Acquiring Fund may invest in insured California municipal obligations, it typically invests in uninsured California municipal obligations, and therefore does not invest in California municipal obligations to the same extent as the Target Fund.
          Under normal market conditions, the Target Fund will invest at least 80% of the Target Fund’s net assets (plus any borrowings for investment purposes) in a portfolio of California municipal securities that are insured at the time of purchase as to timely payment of principal and interest by an entity whose claims-paying ability is rated at least A by Standard and Poor’s (S&P) or Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. (Moody’s) or an equivalent rating by another NRSRO. The Target Fund is designed for investors who are residents of California for California tax purposes. The Target Fund buys and sells California municipal securities with a view towards seeking a high level of current income exempt from federal and California income taxes and selects securities that the Adviser believes entail reasonable credit risk considered in relation to the investment policies of the Target Fund.
          The Acquiring Fund may also invest up to 20% of its net assets in taxable money market instruments, tax-exempt securities of other states and municipalities and securities that pay interest income subject to the alternative minimum tax. Under normal market conditions, the Target Fund may also invest up to 20% of its net assets in municipal securities that are subject to the federal alternative minimum tax.
          The Acquiring Fund and the Target Fund may invest in inverse floating rate municipal obligations. The interest rates on these obligations generally move in the reverse direction of market interest rates. If market interest rates fall, the interest rate on the obligations will increase and if market interest rates increase, the interest rate on the obligations will fall.

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          The Funds may purchase and sell options, futures contracts, options on futures contracts and interest rate swaps or other interest rate-related transactions, which are derivative instruments, for various portfolio management purposes and to mitigate risks. In general terms, a derivative instrument is one whose value depends on (or is derived from) the value of an underlying asset, interest rate or index.
          In selecting securities for purchase and sale, the adviser for the Funds uses its research capabilities to identify and monitor investment opportunities. In conducting its research and analysis, the adviser considers a number of factors, including general market and economic conditions and credit and interest rate risk. Portfolio securities are typically sold when the assessments of the adviser of any of these factors materially change.
          The Acquiring Fund may invest up to 5% of its net assets in municipal obligations rated below investment grade or, if unrated, of comparable quality as determined by the Adviser (commonly known as junk bonds).
          The Target Fund may purchase and sell securities on a when-issued or delayed delivery basis.
Comparison of Principal Risks of Investing in the Funds
          The table below describes the principal risks that may affect each Fund’s investment portfolio. For more information on the risks associated with the Acquiring Fund, see the “Investment Strategies and Risks” section of the Acquiring Fund’s SAI.
     
Risk   Fund
Municipal Securities Risk. The yields of municipal securities, or of insured municipal securities, may move differently and adversely compared to the yields of the overall debt securities markets. There could be changes in applicable tax laws or tax treatments that reduce or eliminate the current federal income tax exemption on municipal securities or otherwise adversely affect the current federal or state tax status of municipal securities.
  Acquiring Fund
Target Fund
 
   
Insurance Risk. A downgrade of an insurer’s claims-paying ability may result in increased credit risk of the municipal securities insured by such insurer and may result in a downgrade of the rating assigned to the municipal securities insured by such insurer. The securities could experience a decrease in market price as a result of such a downgrade. In the event the ratings assigned to such municipal securities decline to below investment grade, such municipal securities would probably become less liquid or even illiquid. There can be no assurance that an insurer will be able to honor its obligations with respect to municipal securities in the Fund’s portfolio.
  Acquiring Fund
Target Fund
 
   
Generally, the Target Fund’s municipal securities are insured as to timely payment of principal and interest by a private insurance company. This insurance does not, however, guarantee that the prices of these securities will remain stable during interest rate changes.
   
 
   
Unlike the Target Fund, the Acquiring Fund is not required to invest 80% of its assets in municipal securities that are insured as to payment of interest and principal.
   
 
   
Credit Risk. Credit risk refers to the possibility that the issuer of a security will be unable or unwilling to make interest payments and/or repay the principal on its debt. In the case of revenue bonds, notes or commercial paper, for example, the credit risk is the possibility that the user fees from a project or other specified revenue sources are insufficient to meet interest and/or principal payment obligations. Private activity bonds used to finance projects, such as industrial development and pollution control, may also be negatively impacted by the general credit of the user of the project.
  Acquiring Fund
Target Fund
 
   
Interest Rate Risk. Interest rate risk refers to fluctuations in the value of a fixed-income security resulting from changes in the general level of interest rates. When the general level of interest rates goes up, the prices of most fixed-income securities go down. When the general level of interest rates goes down, the prices of most fixed-income securities go up.
  Acquiring Fund
Target Fund
 
   
If interest rates fall, it is possible that issuers of securities with high interest rates will prepay or call their securities before their maturity dates. In this event, the proceeds from these securities
   

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Risk   Fund
would likely be reinvested by the Fund in securities bearing the new, lower interest rates, resulting in a possible decline in the Fund’s income and distributions to shareholders.
   
 
   
Lease Obligations. Leases and installment purchase or conditional sale contracts (which may provide for title to the leased asset to pass eventually to the issuer) have developed as a means for governmental issuers to acquire property and equipment without the necessity of complying with the constitutional and statutory requirements generally applicable for the issuance of debt. Certain lease obligations contain non-appropriation clauses that provide that the governmental issuer has no obligation to make future payments under the lease or contract unless money is appropriated for that purpose by the appropriate legislative body on an annual or other periodic basis. Consequently, continued lease payments on those lease obligations containing non-appropriation clauses are dependent on future legislative actions. If these legislative actions do not occur, the holders of the lease obligation may experience difficulty in exercising their rights, including disposition of the property.
  Acquiring Fund
Target Fund
 
   
Private Activity Bonds. The issuers of private activity bonds in which the Fund may invest may be negatively impacted by conditions affecting either the general credit of the user of the private activity project or the project itself. Conditions such as regulatory and environmental restrictions and economic downturns may lower the need for these facilities and the ability of users of the project to pay for the facilities. This could cause a decline in the Fund’s value.
  Acquiring Fund
Target Fund
 
   
Inverse Floating Rate Municipal Obligations. The inverse floating rate municipal obligations in which the Fund may invest include derivative instruments such as residual interest bonds (RIBs) or tender option bonds (TOBs). Such instruments are typically created by a special purpose trust that holds long-term fixed rate bonds and sells two classes of beneficial interests: short-term floating rate interests, which are sold to third party investors, and inverse floating residual interests, which are purchased by the Fund. The short-term floating rate interests have first priority on the cash flow from the bond held by the special purpose trust and the Fund is paid the residual cash flow from the bond held by the special purpose trust.
  Acquiring Fund
Target Fund
 
   
Alternative Minimum Tax. The Fund may invest up to 20% of its total assets in securities subject to the federal alternative minimum tax. Accordingly, the Fund may not be a suitable investment for investors who are already subject to the federal alternative minimum tax or who could become subject to the federal alternative minimum tax as a result of an investment in the Fund.
  Acquiring Fund
Target Fund
 
   
Market Risk. Market risk is the possibility that the market values of securities owned by the Fund will decline. Investments in debt securities generally are affected by changes in interest rates and the creditworthiness of the issuer. The prices of debt securities tend to fall as interest rates rise, and such declines tend to be greater among debt securities with longer maturities.
  Acquiring Fund
Target Fund
 
   
State-Specific Risks. Because the Fund invests substantially in a portfolio of California municipal securities, the Fund is more susceptible to political, economic, regulatory or other factors affecting issuers of California municipal securities than a fund that does not limit its investments to such issuers.
  Acquiring Fund
Target Fund
 
   
Derivatives Risks. Risks of derivatives include the possible imperfect correlation between the value of the instruments and the underlying assets; risks of default by the other party to the transaction; risks that the transactions may result in losses that partially or completely offset gains in portfolio positions; and risks that the instruments may not be liquid.
  Acquiring Fund
Target Fund
Comparison of Fundamental and Non-Fundamental Investment Restrictions
          Each Fund has adopted fundamental investment restrictions concerning, among other things, diversification of the Fund’s investment portfolio, concentration in particular industries, borrowing and loaning money, and investing in real estate and commodities. Fundamental investment restrictions of a Fund cannot be changed without shareholder approval. The fundamental and non-fundamental investment restrictions of the Target Fund and those of the Acquiring Fund are similar. Non-fundamental investment restrictions of a Fund can be changed by a Fund’s Board.
          Both the Target Fund and the Acquiring Fund may be subject to other investment restrictions that are not identified above. A full description of the Target Fund’s and the Acquiring Fund’s investment policies and restrictions may be found in its respective SAI.

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Comparison of Share Classes and Distribution Arrangements
          Each share class of the Target Fund will be reorganized into a specific share class of the Acquiring Fund. The following sub-sections identify the Acquiring Fund share class that corresponds with the Target Fund share class as well as the different distribution arrangements among the various share classes.
          Class Structure. The Funds each offer multiple share classes. Each such class offers a distinct structure of sales charges, distribution and/or service fees, and reductions and waivers thereto, which are designed to address a variety of shareholder servicing needs. In addition, some share classes have certain eligibility requirements that must be met to invest in that class of shares. The eligibility requirements are the same for each Fund and are described in the Funds’ prospectuses.
          The share classes offered by the Target Fund and the corresponding share classes of the Acquiring Fund that Target Fund shareholders will receive in connection with the Reorganization are as follows:
     
Target Fund Share Classes   Acquiring Fund Share Classes
Class A   Class A
Class B   Class B
Class C   Class C
Class Y   Class Y
          Neither Fund currently offers Class B shares to new investors. Existing investors of the Target Fund that owned Class B shares before their closure will continue to receive reinvested dividends in the form of new Class B shares but may no longer add to their existing positions in Class B shares. Shareholders who receive Class B shares in connection with the Reorganization may continue to hold those shares and reinvest dividends until the scheduled conversion date of the Class B shares to Class A shares but may not purchase new Class B shares.
          Sales Charges. The sales charge schedule (if any) of the share classes of the Target Fund are substantially the same as the sales charge schedule (if any) of the corresponding share classes of the Acquiring Fund. Class A shares of each Fund are sold with an initial sales charge that ranges from 4.75% to zero depending on the amount of your investment. Class B and Class C shares of each Fund are sold with a contingent deferred sales charge that may be imposed when the shares are sold. Class A shares may also be subject to a contingent deferred sales charge on purchases of $1 million or more if redeemed prior to 18 months after the date of purchase. Each Fund offers reductions and waivers of the initial sales charge and contingent deferred sale charge to certain eligible investors or under certain circumstances, which are substantially the same between the Funds. Class Y shares are sold without any initial sales charge or contingent deferred sales charge. Each share class except Class Y imposes an asset based sales charge or service fee under one or more plans adopted by the Board, which are described in the following section. The Funds’ prospectuses describe the sales charge schedules and applicable waivers and exemptions of each such share class.
          You will not pay an initial sales charge on Acquiring Fund Class A shares that you receive in connection with the Reorganization. In addition, the exchange of Class A shares, Class B shares or Class C shares of the Target Fund for corresponding classes of the Acquiring Fund at the consummation of the Reorganization will not result in the imposition of any contingent deferred sales charge that applies to those share classes. Upon consummation of the Reorganization, former Target Fund shareholders of Class A shares, Class B shares or Class C shares will be credited for the period of time from their original date of purchase of the Target Fund Class A shares, Class B shares or Class C shares for purposes of determining the amount of any contingent deferred sales charge that may be due upon subsequent redemption, if any. In addition, the CDSC schedule that applies to the Class B shares of the Target Fund that you own will continue to apply to the Class B shares of the Acquiring Fund that you receive in the Reorganization. The Acquiring Fund initial sales charges for Class A shares and contingent deferred sales charges that apply to Class A shares and Class C shares will apply to any Class A shares or Class C shares of the Acquiring Fund purchased after the Reorganization, unless you are eligible for a reduction or waiver of the initial sales charge or contingent deferred sales charge.
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respect to each of their Class A, Class B and Class C shares. Class Y shares of the Funds are not subject to the Distribution Plans.
          Pursuant to the Distribution Plans, each Fund is authorized to make payments to Invesco Distributors, Inc. (“IDI”), the Funds’ principal underwriter, in connection with the distribution of Fund shares and providing shareholder services at the annual rate of up to 0.25% of the Fund’s average daily net assets attributable to Class A shares and at the annual rate of up to 1.00% of the Fund’s average daily net assets attributable to Class B and Class C shares. Notwithstanding the foregoing limits, however, IDI may be reimbursed from a Fund only up to the amount it has spent on activities or expenses primarily intended to result in the sale of shares or the servicing of shareholders. This limitation may result in a share class of a Fund paying less than the maximum amounts noted above in a particular year.
          The fee table under the “SUMMARY OF KEY INFORMATION — How do the Funds’ expenses compare” section of this Proxy Statement/Prospectus describes the fees paid under each Fund’s 12b-1 Plan for a recent period as well as an estimate of the fees to be paid under the Acquiring Fund’s Distribution Plan following the Reorganization.
Comparison of Purchase and Redemption Procedures
          The purchase procedures employed by the Target Fund and the Acquiring Fund are substantially the same. Each Fund offers shares through its distributor on a continuous basis. Shares of the Funds may be purchased directly through the transfer agent and through other authorized financial intermediaries. Investors may purchase both initial and additional shares by mail, wire, telephone or the internet. The Acquiring Fund prospectus enclosed with this Proxy Statement/Prospectus describes in detail how shareholders can purchase Acquiring Fund shares. Class A, Class B (closed to new investments, except dividend reinvestments), Class C and Class Y shares of the Funds require a minimum investment of $1,000 ($250 for IRA, Roth IRA, and Coverdell Education Savings Accounts). For accounts participating in a systematic investment program, the minimum investment is $50 ($25 for IRA, Roth IRA, and Coverdell Education Savings Accounts). Certain exemptions apply as set forth in the Funds’ prospectuses. The foregoing investment minimums will not apply to shares received in connection with the Reorganization. However, investors may be charged a small-account fee if account balances remain below the required investment minimum for certain periods. See the Funds’ prospectuses for details.
Comparison of Distribution Policies
          The Target Fund and the Acquiring Fund declare dividends of net investment income daily and pay them monthly, and capital gains distributions, if any, at least annually. Each Fund may also declare and pay capital gains distributions more than once per year as permitted by law. Each Fund automatically reinvests any dividends from net investment income or capital gains distributions, unless otherwise instructed by a shareholder to pay dividends and distributions in cash.
Forms of Organization and Securities to be Issued
          The Acquiring Fund and the Target Fund are series of the Acquiring Trust or Target Trust (together, the “Trusts”), each of which is a Delaware statutory trust. In addition, the Trusts’ governing instruments, including a declaration of trust and bylaws, are substantially the same. As a result, there are no material differences between the rights of shareholders under the governing state laws of the Target Fund and the Acquiring Fund. Each share of the Acquiring Fund represents an equal proportionate interest with each other share of the Fund, and each such share is entitled to equal dividend, liquidation, redemption and voting rights, except where class voting is required by the Trust’s governing instruments, the Board or applicable law, in which case shareholders of a class will have exclusive voting rights on matters affecting only that class. The assets and liabilities of each Fund are legally separate from the assets and liabilities of any other fund that is a series of the respective Trust. More information about the voting, dividend and other rights associated with shares of the Funds can be found in each Fund’s SAI.

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Pending Litigation
          Civil lawsuits, including a regulatory proceeding and purported class action and shareholder derivative suits, have been filed against certain Invesco Funds, INVESCO Funds Group, Inc. (“IFG”) (the former investment adviser to certain funds), a predecessor to Invesco Advisers, IDI and/or related entities and individuals, depending on the lawsuit, alleging among other things: (i) that the defendants permitted improper market timing and related activity in the funds; and (ii) that certain funds inadequately employed fair value pricing. You can find more detailed information concerning all of the above matters, including the parties to the civil lawsuits and summaries of the various allegations and remedies sought in such lawsuits, in the Acquiring Fund’s SAI.
Where to Find More Information
          For more information with respect to each Fund concerning the following topics, please refer to the following sections of the Funds’ prospectuses: (i) see “Fund Management” for more information about the management of a Fund; (ii) see “Other Information” for more information about a Fund’s policy with respect to dividends and distributions; and (iii) see “Shareholder Account Information” for more information about the pricing, purchase, redemption and repurchase of shares of a Fund, tax consequences to shareholders of various transactions in shares of a Fund, and distribution arrangements of a Fund.
THE PROPOSED REORGANIZATION
Summary of Agreement and Plan of Reorganization
          The terms and conditions under which the Reorganization may be consummated are set forth in the Agreement. Significant provisions of the Agreement are summarized below; however, this summary is qualified in its entirety by reference to the form of Agreement, a copy of which is attached as Exhibit D to this Proxy Statement/Prospectus.
          With respect to the Reorganization, if shareholders of the Target Fund approve the Agreement and other closing conditions are satisfied, the assets of the Target Fund will be delivered to the Acquiring Fund’s custodian for the account of the Acquiring Fund in exchange for the assumption by the Acquiring Fund of liabilities of the Target Fund and delivery by the Acquiring Fund to the holders of record as of the Effective Time (as defined below) of the issued and outstanding shares of the Target Fund of a number of shares of the Acquiring Fund (including, if applicable, fractional shares rounded to the nearest thousandth), having an aggregate net asset value equal to the value of the net assets of the Target Fund so transferred, all determined and adjusted as provided in the Agreement. The value of your account with the Acquiring Fund immediately after the Reorganization will be the same as the value of your account with the Target Fund immediately prior to the Reorganization.
          The class or classes of Acquiring Fund shares that shareholders will receive in connection with the Reorganization will depend on the class or classes of Target Fund shares that shareholders hold, as described above under “Comparison of Share Classes and Distribution Arrangements.”
          The Target Fund and the Acquiring Fund have made representations and warranties in the form of Agreement that are customary in matters such as the Reorganization.
          If shareholders approve the Reorganization and if all of the closing conditions set forth in the Agreement are satisfied or waived, consummation of the Reorganization (the “Closing”) is expected to occur on or about May 2, 2011, (the “Closing Date”) immediately prior to the opening of regular trading on the New York Stock Exchange on the Closing Date (the “Effective Time”). Following receipt of the requisite shareholder vote in favor of the Reorganization and as soon as reasonably practicable after the Closing, the outstanding shares of the Target Fund will be terminated in accordance with its governing documents and applicable law.
          If shareholders of the Target Fund do not approve the Agreement or if the Reorganization does not otherwise close, the Board will consider what additional action to take. The Agreement may be terminated and the Reorganization may be abandoned at any time by mutual agreement of the parties. The Agreement may be amended or modified in a writing signed by the parties to the Agreement.

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Board Considerations in Approving the Reorganization
          As discussed above, on June 1, 2010, Invesco acquired the retail mutual fund business of Morgan Stanley, which included 92 Morgan Stanley and Van Kampen branded funds. This transaction filled gaps in Invesco’s product line-up and has enabled Invesco to expand its investment offerings to retail customers. The transaction also resulted in significant product overlap. The Reorganization proposed in this Proxy Statement/Prospectus is part of a larger group of reorganizations across Invesco’s mutual fund platform. The reorganizations are designed to put forth Invesco’s most compelling investment processes and strategies, reduce product overlap and create scale in the resulting funds.
          Because of the large number of proposed reorganizations, each Board of Trustees of the Invesco Funds created an ad hoc committee comprised of both Invesco Fund trustees and Van Kampen legacy trustees (the “Ad Hoc Merger Committees”). The Ad Hoc Merger Committee of the Board met separately three times, from September 2, 2010 through October 13, 2010 to discuss the proposed Reorganization. Two separate meetings of the full Board were also held to review and consider the Reorganization, including presentations by the Ad Hoc Merger Committee. The trustees who are not “interested persons,” as that term is defined in the 1940 Act, of the Trust (the “Independent Trustees”) held a separate meeting prior to the meeting of the full Board to consider these matters. The Independent Trustees have been advised on this matter by independent counsel to the Independent Trustees and by the independent Senior Officer, an officer of the Trust who reports directly to the Independent Trustees. The Board requested and received from Invesco Advisers and IDI written materials containing relevant information about the Funds and the proposed Reorganization, including fee and expense information on an actual and pro forma estimated basis, and comparative portfolio composition and performance data.
          The Board considered the potential benefits and costs of a Reorganization to the Target Fund, the Acquiring Fund and their respective shareholders. The Board reviewed detailed information comparing the following information for the Target Fund and the Acquiring Fund: (1) investment objectives, policies and restrictions; (2) portfolio management; (3) portfolio composition; (4) the comparative short-term and long-term investment performance; (5) the current expense ratios and expense structures, including contractual investment advisory fees; (6) the expected federal income tax consequences to the Funds, including any impact on capital loss carry forwards; and (7) relative asset size and net purchase (redemption) trends. The Board also considered the benefits to the Target Fund of (i) combining with a similar Fund to create a larger fund with a more diversified shareholder base that may also achieve certain economies of scale as certain fixed expenses are allocated over a larger asset base, (ii) Invesco Advisers’ paying a portion of the expenses related to the reorganizations for those funds that are currently subject to expense caps; (iii) Invesco Advisers’ agreement to cap expenses of the Acquiring Fund for one year after the Closing, and (iv) the expected tax free nature of the Reorganization for the Target Fund and its shareholders for federal income tax purposes. The Board also considered the overall goal of the reorganizations to rationalize the Invesco Funds to enable IDI to better focus on the combined funds to promote additional asset growth.
          With respect to the proposed Reorganization, the Board further considered: (i) Target Fund shareholders would become shareholders of a Fund with a lower effective management fee and an estimated lower overall total expense ratio on a pro forma basis; (ii) management fees may increase at certain asset levels; (iii) the Funds have a consistent average duration, yield, return and number of holdings; (iv) the Target Fund’s shareholders will no longer hold an insured portfolio; (v) the investment objective, strategies and related risks of the Funds are similar; and (vi) the Funds have the same portfolio management team; and (vii) Invesco Advisers’ agreement to limit the Acquiring Fund’s total expenses through June 30, 2012 so that such expenses, after fee waivers, do not exceed those of the Target Fund as set forth in the fee table above.
          Based upon the information and considerations described above, the Board, on behalf of the Target Fund and the Acquiring Fund, approved the Reorganization in order to combine the Target Fund with a similar Fund in terms of investment objectives, strategies and risks, portfolio management and portfolio composition to create a larger fund with a relatively more diversified shareholder base. The Board also determined that shareholders of the Funds could potentially benefit from the growth in assets realized by the Reorganization, with the potential to achieve certain economies of scale. The Board concluded that the Reorganization is in the best interests of the Target Fund and the Acquiring Fund and that no dilution of value would result to the shareholders of the Target

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Fund or the Acquiring Fund from the Reorganization. Consequently, the Board approved the Agreement and the Reorganization on October 27, 2010.
Federal Income Tax Considerations
          The following is a general summary of the material U.S. federal income tax considerations of the Reorganization and is based upon the current provisions of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), the existing U.S. Treasury Regulations thereunder, current administrative rulings of the IRS and published judicial decisions, all of which are subject to change. These considerations are general in nature and individual shareholders should consult their own tax advisors as to the federal, state, local, and foreign tax considerations applicable to them and their individual circumstances. These same considerations generally do not apply to shareholders who hold their shares in a tax-deferred account.
          The Reorganization is intended to be a tax-free reorganization pursuant to Section 368(a) of the Code. The principal federal income tax considerations that are expected to result from the Reorganization of the Target Fund into the Acquiring Fund are as follows:
    no gain or loss will be recognized by the Target Fund or the shareholders of the Target Fund as a result of the Reorganization;
 
    no gain or loss will be recognized by the Acquiring Fund as a result of the Reorganization;
 
    the aggregate tax basis of the shares of the Acquiring Fund to be received by a shareholder of the Target Fund will be the same as the shareholder’s aggregate tax basis of the shares of the Target Fund; and
 
    the holding period of the shares of the Acquiring Fund received by a shareholder of the Target Fund will include the period that a shareholder held the shares of the Target Fund (provided that such shares of the Target Fund are capital assets in the hands of such shareholder as of the Closing).
          Neither the Target Fund nor the Acquiring Fund have requested or will request an advance ruling from the IRS as to the federal tax consequences of the Reorganization. As a condition to Closing, Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young, LLP will render a favorable opinion to the Target Fund and the Acquiring Fund as to the foregoing federal income tax consequences of the Reorganization, which opinion will be conditioned upon, among other things, the accuracy, as of the Effective Time, of certain representations of the Target Fund and the Acquiring Fund upon which Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young, LLP will rely in rendering its opinion. A copy of the opinion will be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission and will be available for public inspection. See “Where to Find Additional Information.”
          Opinions of counsel are not binding upon the IRS or the courts. If the Reorganization is consummated but the IRS or the courts determine that the Reorganization does not qualify as a tax-free reorganization under the Code, and thus is taxable, the Target Fund would recognize gain or loss on the transfer of its assets to the Acquiring Fund and each shareholder of the Target Fund would recognize a taxable gain or loss equal to the difference between its tax basis in its Target Fund shares and the fair market value of the shares of the Acquiring Fund it receives.
          Prior to the Closing of the Reorganization, the Target Fund will distribute, and the Acquiring Fund may distribute, to their respective shareholders any undistributed income and gains (net of available capital loss carryovers) to the extent required to avoid entity level tax or as otherwise deemed desirable. Such distributions, if made, are anticipated to be made in the 2011 calendar year and would be taxable to shareholders in such year.
          The tax attributes, including capital loss carryovers, of the Target Fund move to the Acquiring Fund in the Reorganization. The capital loss carryovers of the Target Fund and the Acquiring Fund are available to offset future gains recognized by the combined Fund, subject to limitations under the Code. Where these limitations apply, all or a portion of a Fund’s capital loss carryovers may become unavailable the effect of which may be to accelerate the recognition of taxable gain to the combined Fund and its shareholders post-Closing. First, the capital loss carryovers of the Target Fund, increased by any current year loss or decreased by any current year gain, together with any net unrealized depreciation in the value of its portfolio investments (collectively, its “aggregate capital loss

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carryovers”), are expected to become subject to an annual limitation. Losses in excess of that limitation may be carried forward to succeeding tax years, subject to an overall eight-year carryover period. The annual limitation will generally equal the net asset value of the Target Fund on the Closing Date multiplied by the “long-term tax-exempt rate” published by the IRS. If the Target Fund has net unrealized built-in gains at the time of Closing the Reorganization (i.e., unrealized appreciation in value of the Fund’s investments), the annual limitation for a taxable year will be increased by the amount of such built-in gains that are recognized in the taxable year. Second, if a Fund has built-in gains at the time of the Reorganization that are realized by the combined Fund in the five-year period following the Reorganization, such built-in gains, when realized, may not be offset by the losses (including any capital loss carryovers and “built in losses”) of the other Fund. Third, the capital losses of the Target Fund that may be used by the Acquiring Fund (including to offset any “built-in gains” of the Target Fund itself) for the first taxable year ending after the Closing Date will be limited to an amount equal to the capital gain net income of the Acquiring Fund for such taxable year (excluding capital loss carryovers) treated as realized post-Closing based on the number of days remaining in such year. Fourth, the Reorganization may result in an earlier expiration of a Fund’s capital loss carryovers because the Reorganization causes the Target Fund’s tax year to close early in the year of the Reorganization The aggregate capital loss carryovers of the Funds and the approximate annual limitation on the use by the Acquiring Fund, post-Closing, of the Target Fund’s aggregate capital loss carryovers following the Reorganization are as follows:
                 
    Target Fund   Acquiring Fund
    (000,000s)   (000,000s)
    at 3/31/2010   at 6/30/2010
Aggregate capital loss carryovers on a tax basis (1)
  $ (13.3 )   $ (5.8 )
Unrealized Net Appreciation (Depreciation) in Investments on a Tax Basis
  $ 0.5     $ 3.4  
Aggregate Net Asset Value
  $ 178.1     $ 320.9  
Approximate annual limitation (2)
  $ 7.1       N/A  
 
(1)   Includes realized gain or loss for the current fiscal year determined on the basis of generally accepted accounting principles.
 
(2)   Based on the long-term tax-exempt rate for ownership changes during October 2010 of 3.98%.
          Based upon the Target Fund’s capital loss position at March 31, 2010, the annual limitation on the use of its aggregate capital loss carryovers may not prevent the combined Fund from utilizing such losses, albeit over a period of time. However, the effect of the annual limitation may be to cause the combined Fund, post-Closing, to distribute more capital gains in a taxable year than might otherwise have been the case if no such limitation had applied. As of June 30, 2010, the Acquiring Fund has unrealized appreciation in the value of its investments which, if realized prior to Closing, would reduce its available capital loss carryovers. The ability of the Acquiring Fund to absorb its own capital loss carryovers and those of the Target Fund post-Closing depends upon a variety of factors that can not be known in advance. For more information with respect to each Fund’s capital loss carryovers, please refer to the Fund’s shareholder report.
          In addition, if the Acquiring Fund following the Reorganization has proportionately greater unrealized appreciation in its portfolio investments as a percentage of its net asset value than the Target Fund, shareholders of the Target Fund, post-Closing, may receive greater amounts of taxable gain as such portfolio investments are sold than they otherwise might have if the Reorganization had not occurred. The Target Fund’s unrealized appreciation (depreciation) in value of investments on a tax basis as a percentage of its net asset value at March 31, 2010 is 0% compared to the Acquiring Fund at June 30, 2010 of 1%, and on a combined basis of 1%.
          After the Reorganization, shareholders will continue to be responsible for tracking the adjusted tax basis and holding period of their shares for federal income tax purposes.
Costs of the Reorganization
          The total cost of the Reorganization to be paid by the Acquiring Fund is estimated to be $30,000. The estimated total costs of the Reorganization for the Target Fund, as well as the estimated proxy solicitation costs for the Target Fund, which are part of the total Reorganization costs, are set forth in the table below.

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                    Estimated Portion
                    of Total
                    Reorganization
    Estimated Proxy   Estimated Total   Costs to be Paid
    Solicitation Costs   Reorganization Costs   by the Funds
Target Fund
  $ 36,000     $ 80,000     $ 80,000  
          The costs of the Reorganization include legal counsel fees, independent accountant fees, expenses related to the printing and mailing of this Proxy Statement/Prospectus and fees associated with the proxy solicitation but do not include any portfolio transaction costs arising from the Reorganization.
VOTING INFORMATION
Proxy Statement/Prospectus
          We are sending you this Proxy Statement/Prospectus and the enclosed proxy card because the Board is soliciting your proxy to vote at the Meeting and at any adjournments of the Meeting. This Proxy Statement/Prospectus gives you information about the business to be conducted at the Meeting. Target Fund shareholders may vote by appearing in person at the Meeting and following the instructions below. You do not need to attend the Meeting to vote, however. Instead, you may simply complete, sign and return the enclosed proxy card or vote by telephone or through a website established for that purpose.
          This Proxy Statement/Prospectus, the enclosed Notice of Special Meeting of Shareholders and the enclosed proxy card are expected to be mailed on or about January __, 2011 to all shareholders entitled to vote. Shareholders of record of the Target Fund as of the close of business on January 14, 2011 (the “Record Date”) are entitled to vote at the Meeting. The number of outstanding shares of each class of the Target Fund on December 15, 2010 can be found at Exhibit A. Each share is entitled to one vote for each full share held, and a proportionate fractional vote for each fractional share held.
          Proxies will have the authority to vote and act on behalf of shareholders at any adjournment of the Meeting. If a proxy is authorized to vote for a shareholder, the shareholder may revoke the authorization at any time before it is exercised by sending in another proxy card with a later date or by notifying the Secretary of the Target Fund in writing at the address of the Target Fund set forth on the cover page of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus before the Meeting that the shareholder has revoked its proxy. In addition, although merely attending the Meeting will not revoke your proxy, if a shareholder is present at the Meeting, the shareholder may withdraw the proxy and vote in person. However, if your shares are held through a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary, you will need to obtain a “legal proxy” from them in order to vote your shares at the Meeting.
Quorum Requirement and Adjournment
          A quorum of shareholders is necessary to hold a valid shareholder meeting of the Target Fund. For the Target Fund, a quorum will exist if shareholders representing one-third of the outstanding shares of the Target Fund entitled to vote are present at the Meeting in person or by proxy.
          Proxies received prior to the Meeting on which no vote is indicated will be voted “FOR” the Agreement. Because the proposal described in this Proxy Statement/Prospectus is considered “non-routine,” under the rules applicable to broker-dealers, if your broker holds your shares in its name, the broker will not be entitled to vote your shares if it has not received instructions from you.
          Abstentions will count as shares present at the Meeting for purposes of establishing a quorum. If a quorum is not present at the Meeting or if a quorum is present but sufficient votes to approve the Agreement are not received, the person(s) presiding over the Meeting or the persons named as proxies may propose one or more adjournments of the Meeting to allow for further solicitation of votes. The persons named as proxies will vote those proxies that they are entitled to vote in favor of such an adjournment, provided that they determine that such an adjournment and additional solicitation is reasonable and in the interest of shareholders based on a consideration of

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all relevant factors, including, among other things, the percentage of votes then cast, the percentage of negative votes then cast, the nature of the proposed solicitation activities and the nature of the reasons for such further solicitation.
Vote Necessary to Approve the Agreement
          The Board has unanimously approved the Agreement, subject to shareholder approval. Shareholder approval of the Agreement requires the affirmative vote of the lesser of (i) 67% or more of the shares present at the Meeting, if the holders of more than 50% of the outstanding shares of the Target Fund are present in person or represented by proxy; or (ii) more than 50% of the outstanding shares of the Target Fund. Abstentions are counted as present but are not considered votes cast at the Meeting. Abstentions therefore will have the same effect as a vote against the Agreement because approval of the Agreement requires the affirmative vote of a percentage of either the shares present at the Meeting or the outstanding shares of the Target Fund.
Proxy Solicitation
          The Target Fund has engaged the services of Computershare Fund Services, Inc. (“Solicitor”) to assist in the solicitation of proxies for the Meeting. Solicitor’s costs are described under the “Costs of the Reorganization” section of this Proxy Statement/Prospectus. Proxies are expected to be solicited principally by mail, but the Target Fund or Solicitor may also solicit proxies by telephone, facsimile or personal interview. The Target Fund’s officers may also solicit proxies but will not receive any additional or special compensation for any such solicitation.
          Under the agreement with the Solicitor, the Solicitor will be paid a project management fee as well as telephone solicitation expenses incurred for reminder calls, outbound telephone voting, confirmation of telephone votes, inbound telephone contact, obtaining shareholders’ telephone numbers, and providing additional materials upon shareholder request. The agreement also provides that the Solicitor shall be indemnified against certain liabilities and expenses, including liabilities under the federal securities laws.
Other Meeting Matters
          Management is not aware of any matters to be presented at the Meeting other than as is discussed in this Proxy Statement/Prospectus. Under the Target Fund’s bylaws, business transacted at a special meeting such as this Meeting shall be limited to (i) the purpose stated in the notice and (ii) adjournment of the special meeting with regard to the stated purpose. If any other matters properly come before the Meeting, the shares represented by proxies will be voted with respect thereto in accordance with their best judgment.
Share Ownership by Large Shareholders, Management and Trustees
          A list of the name, address and percent ownership of each person who, as of December 15, 2010, to the knowledge of the Target Fund and the Acquiring Fund, owned 5% or more of the outstanding shares of a class of such Target Fund or the Acquiring Fund, respectively, can be found at Exhibits B and C.
          Information regarding the ownership of shares of the Target Fund and the Acquiring Fund by the Trustees and executive officers of the Trust can be found at Exhibits B and C.
OTHER MATTERS
Capitalization
          The following table sets forth as of September 30, 2010, for the Reorganization, the total net assets, number of shares outstanding and net asset value per share of each class of each Fund. This information is generally referred to as the “capitalization” of a Fund. The term “pro forma capitalization” means the expected capitalization of the Acquiring Fund after it has combined with the Target Fund. The pro forma capitalization column in the table assumes that the Reorganization has taken place. The capitalizations of the Target Fund, Acquiring Fund and their classes are likely to be different on the Closing Date as a result of daily share purchase, redemption, and market activity.

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            Acquiring   Pro Forma   Acquiring Fund
    Target Fund   Fund   Adjustments   (pro forma)
Net assets (all classes)
  $ 174,494,672     $ 321,391,927     $ (80,000 )1   $ 495,806,599  
 
                               
Class A net assets
  $ 158,624,781     $ 26,060,606     $ (72,724 )1   $ 184,612,663  
Class A shares outstanding
    9,321,782       2,227,633       4,232,407 2     15,781,822  
Class A net asset value per share
  $ 17.02     $ 11.70             $ 11.70  
Class B net assets
  $ 6,152,738     $ 251,541,721     $ (2,821 )1   $ 257,691,638  
Class B shares outstanding
    355,496       21,360,625       166,644 2     21,882,765  
Class B net asset value per share
  $ 17.31     $ 11.78             $ 11.78  
Class C net assets
  $ 9,142,201     $ 17,411,113     $ (4,191 )1   $ 26,549,123  
Class C shares outstanding
    536,938       1,479,706       239,601 2     2,256,245  
Class C net asset value per share
  $ 17.03     $ 11.77             $ 11.77  
Class Y net assets
  $ 574,952     $ 26,378,487     $ (264 )1   $ 26,953,175  
Class Y shares outstanding
    33,822       2,247,350       15,131 2     2,296,303  
Class Y net asset value per share
  $ 17.00     $ 11.74             $ 11.74  
 
1.   Pro forma net assets have been adjusted for the allocated portion of the Target Fund’s expenses to be incurred in connection with the Reorganization. The costs of the Reorganization have been allocated among all classes based on relative net assets of each class.
 
2.   Pro forma shares outstanding have been adjusted for the accumulated change in the number of shares of the Target Fund’s shareholder accounts based on the relative value of the Target Fund’s and the Acquiring Fund’s net asset value per share.
Dissenters’ Rights
          If the Reorganization is approved at the Meeting, Target Fund shareholders will not have the right to dissent and obtain payment of the fair value of their shares because the exercise of dissenters’ rights is subject to the forward pricing requirements of Rule 22c-1 under the 1940 Act, which supersedes state law. Shareholders of the Target Fund, however, have the right to redeem their shares at net asset value subject to applicable deferred sales charges and/or redemption fees (if any) until the closing date of the Reorganization. After the Reorganization, Target Fund shareholders will hold shares of the Acquiring Fund, which may also be redeemed at net asset value subject to applicable deferred sales charges and/or redemption fees (if any).
Shareholder Proposals
          The Funds do not generally hold annual meetings of shareholders. A shareholder desiring to submit a proposal intended to be presented at any meeting of shareholders of the Target Fund hereafter called, should send the proposal to the Target Fund at the Target Fund’s principal offices so that it is received within a reasonable time before the proxy materials are printed and mailed. If the proposed Reorganization is approved and completed, shareholders of the Target Fund will become shareholders of the Acquiring Fund and, thereafter, will be subject to the notice requirements of the Acquiring Fund. The mere submission of a proposal by a shareholder does not guarantee that such proposal will be included in a proxy statement because compliance with certain rules under the federal securities laws is required before inclusion of the proposal is required. Also, the submission does not mean that the proposal will be presented at a future meeting. For a shareholder proposal to be considered at a future shareholder meeting, it must be a proper matter for consideration under applicable law.
WHERE TO FIND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
          This Proxy Statement/Prospectus and the related SAI do not contain all the information set forth in the registration statements, the exhibits relating thereto and the annual and semi-annual reports filed by the Funds as such documents have been filed with the SEC pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as

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amended, and the 1940 Act, to which reference is hereby made. The SEC file number of the registrant of each Fund’s registration statement, which contains the Fund’s prospectuses and related SAIs, is 811-07890 for the Target Fund and 811-09913 for the Acquiring Fund.
          Each Fund is subject to the informational requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the 1940 Act and in accordance therewith, each Fund files reports and other information with the SEC. Reports, proxy material, registration statements and other information filed (including the Registration Statement relating to the Funds on Form N-14 of which this Proxy Statement/Prospectus is a part) may be inspected without charge and copied at the public reference facilities maintained by the SEC at Room 1580, 100 F Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20549-1520. Copies of such material may also be obtained from the Public Reference Section of the SEC at 450 Fifth Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20549-1520, at the prescribed rates. The SEC maintains a website at www.sec.gov that contains information regarding the Funds and other registrants that file electronically with the SEC.

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EXHIBIT A
Outstanding Shares of the Target Fund
          As of December 15, 2010, there were the following number of shares outstanding of each class of the Target Fund:
         
Target Fund/Share Classes   Number of Shares Outstanding  
Invesco Van Kampen California Insured Tax Free Fund
       
Class A
       
Class B
       
Class C
       
Class Y
       

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EXHIBIT B
Ownership of the Target Fund
Significant Holders
     Listed below are the name, address and percent ownership of each person who, as of December 15, 2010, to the best knowledge of the Target Trust owned 5% or more of the outstanding shares of each class of the Target Fund. A shareholder who owns beneficially 25% or more of the outstanding securities of the Target Fund is presumed to “control” the fund as defined in the 1940 Act. Such control may affect the voting rights of other shareholders.
                         
            Number of   Percent Owned of
Name and Address   Class of Shares   Shares Owned   Record*
Name and Address
                    _____ %
 
*   The Target Trust has no knowledge of whether all or any portion of the shares owned of record are also owned beneficially.
Security Ownership of Management and Trustees
          To the best of the knowledge of the Target Fund, the ownership of shares of the Target Fund by executive officers and Trustees of the Target Fund as a group constituted less than 1% of each outstanding class of shares of the Target Fund as of December 15, 2010.

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EXHIBIT C
Ownership of the Acquiring Fund
Significant Holders
          Listed below are the name, address and percent ownership of each person who, as of December 15, 2010, to the best knowledge of the Acquiring Trust owned 5% or more of the outstanding shares of each class of the Acquiring Fund. A shareholder who owns beneficially 25% or more of the outstanding securities of the Acquiring Fund is presumed to “control” the fund as defined in the 1940 Act. Such control may affect the voting rights of other shareholders.
                         
            Number of   Percent Owned of
Name and Address   Class of Shares   Shares Owned   Record*
Name and Address
                    _____ %
 
*   The Acquiring Trust has no knowledge of whether all or any portion of the shares owned of record are also owned beneficially.
Security Ownership of Management and Trustees
          To the best of the knowledge of the Acquiring Fund, the ownership of shares of the Acquiring Fund by executive officers and Trustees of the Acquiring Fund as a group constituted less than 1% of each outstanding class of shares of the Acquiring Fund as of December 15, 2010.

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EXHIBIT D
FORM OF AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF REORGANIZATION

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Exhibit D
AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF REORGANIZATION
THIS AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF REORGANIZATION (“Agreement”) is adopted as of this ___ day of __________, 2010 by and among (i) each of the Invesco open-end registered investment companies identified as a Target Entity on Exhibit A hereto (each a “Target Entity”) separately, on behalf of its respective series identified on Exhibit A hereto (each a “Target Fund”); (ii) each of the Invesco open-end registered investment companies identified as an Acquiring Entity on Exhibit A hereto (each an “Acquiring Entity”), separately on behalf of its respective series identified on Exhibit A hereto (each an “Acquiring Fund”); and (iii) Invesco Advisers, Inc. (“IAI”).
          WHEREAS, the parties hereto intend for each Acquiring Fund and its corresponding Target Fund (as set forth in Exhibit A hereto) to enter into a transaction pursuant to which: (i) the Acquiring Fund will acquire the assets and assume the liabilities of the Target Fund in exchange for the corresponding class or classes of shares (as applicable) of the Acquiring Fund identified on Exhibit A of equal value to the net assets of the Target Fund being acquired, and (ii) the Target Fund will distribute such shares of the Acquiring Fund to shareholders of the corresponding class of the Target Fund, in connection with the liquidation of the Target Fund, all upon the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth in this Agreement (each such transaction, a “Reorganization” and collectively, the “Reorganizations”);
          WHEREAS, each Target Entity and each Acquiring Entity is an open-end, registered investment company of the management type; and
          WHEREAS, this Agreement is intended to be and is adopted as a plan of reorganization and liquidation with respect to each Reorganization within the meaning of Section 368(a)(1) of the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code).
          NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and of the covenants and agreements hereinafter set forth, and intending to be legally bound, the parties hereto covenant and agree as follows:
1.   DESCRIPTION OF THE REORGANIZATIONS
     1.1. It is the intention of the parties hereto that each Reorganization described herein shall be conducted separately from the others, and a party that is not a party to a Reorganization shall incur no obligations, duties or liabilities with respect to such Reorganization by reason of being a party to this Agreement. If any one or more Reorganizations should fail to be consummated, such failure shall not affect the other Reorganizations in any way.
     1.2. Provided that all conditions precedent to a Reorganization set forth herein have been satisfied as of the Closing Date (as defined in Section 3.1), and based on the representations and warranties each party provides to the others, each Target Entity and its corresponding Acquiring Entity agree to take the following steps with respect to their Reorganization(s), the parties to which and classes of shares to be issued in connection with which are set forth in Exhibit A:

 


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     (a) The Target Fund shall transfer all of its Assets, as defined and set forth in Section 1.2(b), to the Acquiring Fund, and the Acquiring Fund in exchange therefor shall assume the Liabilities, as defined and set forth in Section 1.2(c), and deliver to the Target Fund the number of full and fractional Acquiring Fund shares determined in the manner set forth in Section 2.
     (b) The assets of the Target Fund to be transferred to the Acquiring Fund shall consist of all assets and property, including, without limitation, all cash, securities, commodities and futures interests, claims (whether absolute or contingent, known or unknown, accrued or unaccrued and including, without limitation, any interest in pending or future legal claims in connection with past or present portfolio holdings, whether in the form of class action claims, opt-out or other direct litigation claims, or regulator or government-established investor recovery fund claims, and any and all resulting recoveries) and dividends or interest receivable that are owned by the Target Fund and any deferred or prepaid expenses shown as an asset on the books of the Target Fund on the Closing Date, except for cash, bank deposits or cash equivalent securities in an amount necessary to pay the estimated costs of extinguishing any Excluded Liabilities (as defined in Section 1.2(c)) and cash in an amount necessary to pay any distributions pursuant to Section 7.1(g) (collectively, “Assets”).
     (c) The Acquiring Fund shall assume all of the liabilities of the Target Fund, whether accrued or contingent, known or unknown, existing at the Closing Date, except for the Target Fund’s Excluded Liabilities (as defined below), if any, pursuant to this Agreement (collectively, with respect to each Target Fund separately, “Liabilities”). If prior to the Closing Date the Acquiring Entity identifies a liability that the Acquiring Entity and the Target Entity mutually agree should not be assumed by the Acquiring Fund, such liability shall be excluded from the definition of Liabilities hereunder and shall be listed on a Schedule of Excluded Liabilities to be signed by the Acquiring Entity and the Target Entity at Closing and attached to this Agreement as Schedule 1.2(c) (the “Excluded Liabilities”). The Assets minus the Liabilities of a Target Fund shall be referred to herein as the Target Fund’s “Net Assets.”
     (d) As soon as is reasonably practicable after the Closing, the Target Fund will distribute to its shareholders of record (“Target Fund Shareholders”) the shares of the Acquiring Fund of the corresponding class received by the Target Fund pursuant to Section 1.2(a), as set forth in Exhibit A, on a pro rata basis within that class, and the Target Fund will as promptly as practicable completely liquidate and dissolve. Such distribution and liquidation will be accomplished, with respect to each class of the Target Fund’s shares, by the transfer of the Acquiring Fund shares of the corresponding class then credited to the account of the Target Fund on the books of the Acquiring Fund to open accounts on the share records of the Acquiring Fund in the names of the Target Fund Shareholders of the class. The aggregate net asset value of the Acquiring Fund shares to be so credited to the corresponding Target Fund Shareholders shall be equal to the aggregate net asset value of the corresponding Target Fund’s shares owned by the Target Fund Shareholders on the Valuation Date. The Acquiring Fund shall not issue certificates representing shares in connection with such exchange.

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     (e) Ownership of Acquiring Fund shares will be shown on its books, as such are maintained by the Acquiring Fund’s transfer agent.
2.   VALUATION
     2.1. With respect to each Reorganization:
     (a) The value of the Target Fund’s Assets shall be the value of such Assets computed as of immediately after the close of regular trading on the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”), which shall reflect the declaration of any dividends, on the business day next preceding the Closing Date (the “Valuation Date”), using the Target Fund’s valuation procedures established by the Target Entity’s Board of Trustees.
     (b) The net asset value per share of each class of the Acquiring Fund shares issued in connection with the Reorganization shall be the net asset value per share of the corresponding class of each class computed on the Valuation Date using the Acquiring Fund’s valuation procedures established by the Acquiring Entity’s Board of Trustees, which are the same as the Target Fund’s valuation procedures.
     (c) The number of shares issued of each class of the Acquiring Fund (including fractional shares, if any, rounded to the nearest thousandth) in exchange for the Target Fund’s Net Assets shall be determined by dividing the value of the Net Assets of the Target Fund attributable to each class of Target Fund shares by the net asset value per share of the corresponding share class of the Acquiring Fund.
     (d) All computations of value shall be made by the Target Fund’s and the Acquiring Fund’s designated recordkeeping agent using the valuation procedures described in this Section 2.
3.   CLOSING AND CLOSING DATE
     3.1. Each Reorganization shall close on the date identified on Exhibit A or such other date as the parties may agree with respect to any or all Reorganizations (the “Closing Date”). All acts taking place at the closing of a Reorganization (the “Closing”) shall be deemed to take place simultaneously as of immediately prior to the opening of regular trading on the NYSE on the Closing Date of that Reorganization unless otherwise agreed to by the parties (the “Closing Time”).
     3.2. With respect to each Reorganization:
     (a) The Target Fund’s portfolio securities, investments or other assets that are represented by a certificate or other written instrument shall be transferred and delivered by the Target Fund as of the Closing Date to the Acquiring Fund’s Custodian for the account of the Acquiring Fund, duly endorsed in proper form for transfer and in such condition as to constitute good delivery thereof. The Target Fund shall direct the Target Fund’s custodian (the “Target Custodian”) to deliver to the Acquiring Fund’s Custodian as of the Closing Date by book entry, in accordance with the customary practices of Target Custodian and any securities depository (as defined in Rule 17f-4 under the

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Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”)), in which the Assets are deposited, the Target Fund’s portfolio securities and instruments so held. The cash to be transferred by a Target Fund shall be delivered to the Acquiring Fund’s Custodian by wire transfer of federal funds or other appropriate means on the Closing Date.
     (b) The Target Entity shall direct the Target Custodian for each Target Fund to deliver, at the Closing, a certificate of an authorized officer stating that (i) except as permitted by Section 3.2(a), the Assets have been delivered in proper form to the Acquiring Fund no later than the Closing Time on the Closing Date, and (ii) all necessary taxes in connection with the delivery of the Assets, including all applicable Federal, state and foreign stock transfer stamps, if any, have been paid or provision for payment has been made.
     (c) At such time prior to the Closing Date as the parties mutually agree, the Target Fund shall provide (i) instructions and related information to the Acquiring Fund or its transfer agent with respect to the Target Fund Shareholders, including names, addresses, dividend reinvestment elections and tax withholding status of the Target Fund Shareholders as of the date agreed upon (such information to be updated as of the Closing Date, as necessary) and (ii) the information and documentation maintained by the Target Fund or its agents relating to the identification and verification of the Target Fund Shareholders under the USA PATRIOT ACT and other applicable anti-money laundering laws, rules and regulations and such other information as the Acquiring Fund may reasonably request. The Acquiring Fund and its transfer agent shall have no obligation to inquire as to the validity, propriety or correctness of any such instruction, information or documentation, but shall, in each case, assume that such instruction, information or documentation is valid, proper, correct and complete.
     (d) The Target Entity shall direct each applicable transfer agent for a Target Fund (the “Target Transfer Agent”) to deliver to the Acquiring Fund at the Closing a certificate of an authorized officer stating that its records, as provided to the Acquiring Entity, contain the names and addresses of the Target Fund Shareholders and the number of outstanding shares of each class owned by each such shareholder immediately prior to the Closing. The Acquiring Fund shall issue and deliver to the Secretary of the Target Fund a confirmation evidencing the Acquiring Fund shares to be credited on the Closing Date, or provide other evidence satisfactory to the Target Entity that such Acquiring Fund shares have been credited to the Target Fund Shareholders’ accounts on the books of the Acquiring Fund. At the Closing, each party shall deliver to the other such bills of sale, checks, assignments, certificates, if any, receipts or other documents as such other party or its counsel may reasonably request.
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Closing Date shall be postponed until the first business day after the day when trading shall have been fully resumed and reporting shall have been restored.
4.   REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
     4.1. Each Target Entity, on behalf of itself or, where applicable, a Target Fund, represents and warrants to the Acquiring Entity and its corresponding Acquiring Fund as follows:
     (a) The Target Fund is duly organized as a series of the Target Entity, which is a statutory trust duly formed, validly existing, and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware with power under its Amended and Restated Agreement and Declaration of Trust and by-laws (“Governing Documents”), to own all of its Assets, to carry on its business as it is now being conducted and to enter into this Agreement and perform its obligations hereunder;
     (b) The Target Entity is a registered investment company classified as a management company of the open-end type, and its registration with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) as an investment company under the 1940 Act, and the registration of the shares of the Target Fund under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (“1933 Act”), are in full force and effect;
     (c) No consent, approval, authorization, or order of any court or governmental authority or the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”) is required for the consummation by the Target Fund and the Target Entity of the transactions contemplated herein, except such as have been obtained or will be obtained at or prior to the Closing Date under the 1933 Act, the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (“1934 Act”), the 1940 Act and state securities laws;
     (d) The current prospectus and statement of additional information of the Target Fund and each prospectus and statement of additional information of the Target Fund used at all times between the commencement of operations of the Target Fund and the date of this Agreement conforms or conformed at the time of its use in all material respects to the applicable requirements of the 1933 Act and the 1940 Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder and does not or did not at the time of its use include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not materially misleading;
     (e) The Target Fund is in compliance in all material respects with the applicable investment policies and restrictions set forth in the Target Fund’s prospectus and statement of additional information;
     (f) Except as otherwise disclosed to and accepted by or on behalf of the Acquiring Fund, the Target Fund will on the Closing Date have good title to the Assets and full right, power, and authority to sell, assign, transfer and deliver such Assets free of adverse claims, including any liens or other encumbrances, and upon delivery and payment for such Assets, the Acquiring Fund will acquire good title thereto, free of

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adverse claims and subject to no restrictions on the full transfer thereof, including, without limitation, such restrictions as might arise under the 1933 Act, provided that the Acquiring Fund will acquire Assets that are segregated as collateral for the Target Fund’s derivative positions, including without limitation, as collateral for swap positions and as margin for futures positions, subject to such segregation and liens that apply to such Assets;
     (g) The financial statements of the Target Fund for the Target Fund’s most recently completed fiscal year have been audited by the independent registered public accounting firm identified in the Target Fund’s prospectus or statement of additional information included in the Target Fund’s registration statement on Form N-1A (the “Prospectus” and “Statement of Additional Information”). Such statements, as well as the unaudited, semi-annual financial statements for the semi-annual period next succeeding the Target Fund’s most recently completed fiscal year, if any, were prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”) consistently applied, and such statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial condition of the Target Fund as of such date in accordance with GAAP, and there are no known contingent liabilities of the Target Fund required to be reflected on a balance sheet (including the notes thereto) in accordance with GAAP as of such date not disclosed therein;
     (h) Since the last day of the Target Fund’s most recently completed fiscal year, there has not been any material adverse change in the Target Fund’s financial condition, assets, liabilities or business, other than changes occurring in the ordinary course of business;
     (i) On the Closing Date, all material Returns (as defined below) of the Target Fund required by law to have been filed by such date (including any extensions) shall have been filed and are or will be true, correct and complete in all material respects, and all Taxes (as defined below) shown as due or claimed to be due by any government entity shall have been paid or provision has been made for the payment thereof. To the Target Fund’s knowledge, no such Return is currently under audit by any Federal, state, local or foreign Tax authority; no assessment has been asserted with respect to such Returns; there are no levies, liens or other encumbrances on the Target Fund or its assets resulting from the non-payment of any Taxes; no waivers of the time to assess any such Taxes are outstanding nor are any written requests for such waivers pending; and adequate provision has been made in the Target Fund financial statements for all Taxes in respect of all periods ended on or before the date of such financial statements. As used in this Agreement, “Tax” or “Taxes” means (i) any tax, governmental fee or other like assessment or charge of any kind whatsoever (including, but not limited to, withholding on amounts paid to or by any person), together with any interest, penalty, addition to tax or additional amount imposed by any governmental authority (domestic or foreign) responsible for the imposition of any such tax. “Return” means reports, returns, information returns, elections, agreements, declarations, or other documents of any nature or kind (including any attached schedules, supplements and additional or supporting material) filed or required to be filed with respect to Taxes, including any claim for

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refund, amended return or declaration of estimated Taxes (and including any amendments with respect thereto);
     (j) The Target Fund has elected to be a regulated investment company under Subchapter M of the Code and is a fund that is treated as a separate corporation under Section 851(g) of the Code. The Target Fund has qualified for treatment as a regulated investment company for each taxable year since inception that has ended prior to the Closing Date and will have satisfied the requirements of Part I of Subchapter M of the Code to maintain such qualification for the period beginning on the first day of its current taxable year and ending on the Closing Date. The Target Fund has no earnings or profits accumulated in any taxable year in which the provisions of Subchapter M of the Code did not apply to it. If Target Fund serves as a funding vehicle for variable contracts (life insurance or annuity), Target Fund, with respect to each of its taxable years that has ended prior to the Closing Date during which it has served as such a funding vehicle, has satisfied the diversification requirements of Section 817(h) of the Code and will continue to satisfy the requirements of Section 817(h) of the Code for the period beginning on the first day of its current taxable year and ending on the Closing Date. In order to (i) ensure continued qualification of the Target Fund for treatment as a “regulated investment company” for tax purposes and (ii) eliminate any tax liability of the Target Fund arising by reason of undistributed investment company taxable income or net capital gain, the Target Fund, before the Closing Date will declare on or prior to the Valuation Date to the shareholders of Target Fund a dividend or dividends that, together with all previous such dividends, shall have the effect of distributing (A) all of Target Fund’s investment company taxable income (determined without regard to any deductions for dividends paid) for the taxable year ended prior to the Closing Date and substantially all of such investment company taxable income for the short taxable year beginning on the first day of its current taxable year and ending on the Closing Date; (B) all of Target Fund’s net capital gain recognized in its taxable year ended prior to the Closing Date and substantially all of any such net capital gain recognized in such short taxable year (in each case after reduction for any capital loss carryover); and (C) at least 90 percent of the excess, if any, of the Target Fund’s interest income excludible from gross income under Section 103(a) of the Code over its deductions disallowed under Sections 265 and 171(a)(2) of the Code for the taxable year prior to the Closing Date and at least 90 percent of such net tax-exempt income for the short taxable year;
     (k) All issued and outstanding shares of the Target Fund are, and on the Closing Date will be, duly and validly issued and outstanding, fully paid and non-assessable by the Target Entity and, in every state where offered or sold, such offers and sales have been in compliance in all material respects with applicable registration and/or notice requirements of the 1933 Act and state and District of Columbia securities laws;
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terms, subject, as to enforcement, to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and other laws relating to or affecting creditors’ rights and to general equity principles;
     (m) The books and records of the Target Fund are true and correct in all material respects and contain no material omissions with respect to information required to be maintained under the laws, rules and regulations applicable to the Target Fund;
     (n) The Target Entity is not under the jurisdiction of a court in a Title 11 or similar case within the meaning of Section 368(a)(3)(A) of the Code; and
     (o) The Target Fund has no unamortized or unpaid organizational fees or expenses.
     4.2. Each Acquiring Entity, on behalf of the Acquiring Fund, represents and warrants to the Target Entity and its corresponding Target Fund as follows:
     (a) The Acquiring Fund is duly organized as a series of the Acquiring Entity, which is a statutory trust duly formed, validly existing, and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware, with power under its Agreement and Declaration of Trust, as amended (the “Agreement and Declaration of Trust”), to own all of its properties and assets and to carry on its business as it is now being, and as it is contemplated to be, conducted, and to enter into this Agreement and perform its obligations hereunder;
     (b) The Acquiring Entity is a registered investment company classified as a management company of the open-end type, and its registration with the Commission as an investment company under the 1940 Act and the registration of the shares of the Acquiring Fund under the 1933 Act are in full force and effect;
     (c) No consent, approval, authorization, or order of any court, governmental authority or FINRA is required for the consummation by the Acquiring Fund and the Acquiring Entity of the transactions contemplated herein, except such as have been or will be obtained (at or prior to the Closing Date) under the 1933 Act, the 1934 Act, the 1940 Act and state securities laws;
     (d) The prospectuses and statements of additional information of the Acquiring Fund to be used in connection with the Reorganization will conform at the time of their use in all material respects to the applicable requirements of the 1933 Act and the 1940 Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder and will not include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not materially misleading;
     (e) The Acquiring Fund is in compliance in all material respects with the applicable investment policies and restrictions set forth in the Acquiring Fund’s prospectus and statement of additional information;
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public accounting firm identified in the Acquiring Fund’s prospectus or statement of additional information included in the Acquiring Fund’s registration statement on Form N-1A. Such statements, as well as the unaudited, semi-annual financial statements for the semi-annual period next succeeding the Acquiring Fund’s most recently completed fiscal year, if any, were prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”) consistently applied, and such statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial condition of the Acquiring Fund as of such date in accordance with GAAP, and there are no known contingent liabilities of the Acquiring Fund required to be reflected on a balance sheet (including the notes thereto) in accordance with GAAP as of such date not disclosed therein;
     (g) Since the last day of the Acquiring Fund’s most recently completed fiscal year, there has not been any material adverse change in the Acquiring Fund’s financial condition, assets, liabilities or business, other than changes occurring in the ordinary course of business;
     (h) On the Closing Date, all material Returns of the Acquiring Fund required by law to have been filed by such date (including any extensions) shall have been filed and are or will be true, correct and complete in all material respects, and all Taxes shown as due or claimed to be due by any government entity shall have been paid or provision has been made for the payment thereof. To the Acquiring Fund’s knowledge, no such Return is currently under audit by any Federal, state, local or foreign Tax authority; no assessment has been asserted with respect to such Returns; there are no levies, liens or other encumbrances on the Acquiring Fund or its assets resulting from the non-payment of any Taxes; and no waivers of the time to assess any such Taxes are outstanding nor are any written requests for such waivers pending; and adequate provision has been made in the Acquiring Fund financial statements for all Taxes in respect of all periods ended on or before the date of such financial statements;
     (i) The Acquiring Fund has elected to be a regulated investment company under Subchapter M of the Code and is a fund that is treated as a separate corporation under Section 851(g) of the Code. The Acquiring Fund has qualified for treatment as a regulated investment company for each taxable year since inception that has ended prior to the Closing Date and has satisfied the requirements of Part I of Subchapter M of the Code to maintain such qualification for the period beginning on the first day of its current taxable year and ending on the Closing Date. The Acquiring Fund has no earnings or profits accumulated in any taxable year in which the provisions of Subchapter M of the Code did not apply to it. If the Acquiring Fund serves as a funding vehicle for variable contracts (life insurance or annuity), the Acquiring Fund, with respect to each of its taxable years that has ended prior to the Closing Date during which it has served as such a funding vehicle, has satisfied the diversification requirements of Section 817(h) of the Code and will continue to satisfy the requirements of Section 817(h) of the Code for the period beginning on the first day of its current taxable year and ending on the Closing Date;
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assessable by the Acquiring Entity and, in every state where offered or sold, such offers and sales have been in compliance in all material respects with applicable registration and/or notice requirements of the 1933 Act and state and District of Columbia securities laws;
     (k) The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement will have been duly authorized prior to the Closing Date by all necessary action, if any, on the part of the trustees of the Acquiring Entity, on behalf of the Acquiring Fund, and subject to the approval of shareholders of the Target Fund and the due authorization, execution and delivery of this Agreement by the other parties hereto, this Agreement will constitute a valid and binding obligation of the Acquiring Fund, enforceable in accordance with its terms, subject, as to enforcement, to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and other laws relating to or affecting creditors’ rights and to general equity principles;
     (l) The shares of the Acquiring Fund to be issued and delivered to the Target Fund, for the account of the Target Fund Shareholders, pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, will on the Closing Date have been duly authorized and, when so issued and delivered, will be duly and validly issued Acquiring Fund shares, and, upon receipt of the Target Fund’s Assets in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, will be fully paid and non-assessable by the Acquiring Entity;
     (m) The books and records of the Acquiring Fund are true and correct in all material respects and contain no material omissions with respect to information required to be maintained under laws, rules, and regulations applicable to the Acquiring Fund;
     (n) The Acquiring Entity is not under the jurisdiction of a court in a Title 11 or similar case within the meaning of Section 368(a)(3)(A) of the Code;
     (o) The Acquiring Fund has no unamortized or unpaid organizational fees or expenses for which it does not expect to be reimbursed by Invesco or its affiliates.
5.   COVENANTS OF THE ACQUIRING FUND AND THE TARGET FUND
     5.1. With respect to each Reorganization:
     (a) The Acquiring Fund and the Target Fund each: (i) will operate its business in the ordinary course and substantially in accordance with past practices between the date hereof and the Closing Date for the Reorganization, it being understood that such ordinary course of business may include the declaration and payment of customary dividends and distributions, and any other distribution that may be advisable, and (ii) shall use its reasonable best efforts to preserve intact its business organization and material assets and maintain the rights, franchises and business and customer relations necessary to conduct the business operations of the Acquiring Fund or the Target Fund, as appropriate, in the ordinary course in all material respects.
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     (c) The Target Fund covenants that the Acquiring Fund shares to be issued pursuant to this Agreement are not being acquired for the purpose of making any distribution thereof, other than in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
     (d) The Target Fund will assist the Acquiring Fund in obtaining such information as the Acquiring Fund reasonably requests concerning the beneficial ownership of the Target Fund’s shares.
     (e) If reasonably requested by the Acquiring Fund in writing, the Target Entity will provide the Acquiring Fund with (1) a statement of the respective tax basis and holding period of all investments to be transferred by a Target Fund to the Acquiring Fund, (2) a copy (which may be in electronic form) of the shareholder ledger accounts including, without limitation, the name, address and taxpayer identification number of each shareholder of record, the number of shares of beneficial interest held by each shareholder, the dividend reinvestment elections applicable to each shareholder, and the backup withholding and nonresident alien withholding certifications, notices or records on file with the Target Fund with respect to each shareholder, for all of the shareholders of record of the Target Fund as of the close of business on the Valuation Date, who are to become holders of the Acquiring Fund as a result of the transfer of Assets (the “Target Fund Shareholder Documentation”), certified by its transfer agent or its President or Vice-President to the best of their knowledge and belief, (3) all FIN 48 work papers and supporting statements pertaining to a Target Fund (the “FIN 48 Workpapers”), and (4) the tax books and records of a Target Fund in a Tax-Free Reorganization for purposes of preparing any returns required by law to be filed for tax periods ending after the Closing Date.
     (f) Subject to the provisions of this Agreement, the Acquiring Fund and the Target Fund will each take, or cause to be taken, all action, and do or cause to be done all things, reasonably necessary, proper or advisable to consummate and make effective the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
     (g) As soon as is reasonably practicable after the Closing, the Target Fund will make one or more liquidating distributions to its shareholders consisting of the applicable class of shares of the Acquiring Fund received at the Closing, as set forth in Section 1.2(d) hereof.
     (h) If reasonably requested in writing by Acquiring Fund, a statement of the earnings and profits (accumulated and current) of the Target Fund for federal income tax purposes that will be carried over to the Acquiring Fund as a result of Section 381 of the Code.
     (i) It is the intention of the parties that each Reorganization will qualify as a reorganization with the meaning of Section 368(a) of the Code. None of the parties to a Reorganization shall take any action or cause any action to be taken (including, without limitation the filing of any tax return) that is inconsistent with such treatment or results in the failure of such Reorganization to qualify as a reorganization within the meaning of Section 368(a) of the Code.

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     (j) Any reporting responsibility of the Target Fund, including, but not limited to, the responsibility for filing regulatory reports, tax returns relating to tax periods ending on or prior to the Closing Date (whether due before or after the Closing Date), or other documents with the Commission, any state securities commission, and any Federal, state or local tax authorities or any other relevant regulatory authority, is and shall remain the responsibility of the Target Fund, except as otherwise is mutually agreed by the parties.
     (k) If reasonably requested in writing by Acquiring Fund, the Target Fund shall deliver to the Acquiring Fund copies of: (1) the federal, state and local income tax returns filed by or on behalf of the Target Fund for the prior three (3) taxable years; and (2) any of the following that have been issued to or for the benefit of or that otherwise affect the Target Fund and which have continuing relevance: (a) rulings, determinations, holdings or opinions issued by any federal, state, local or foreign tax authority and (b) legal opinions.
6.   CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO OBLIGATIONS OF THE TARGET FUND
     6.1. With respect to each Reorganization, the obligations of the Target Entity, on behalf of the Target Fund, to consummate the transactions provided for herein shall be subject, at the Target Fund’s election, to the performance by the Acquiring Fund of all of the obligations to be performed by it hereunder on or before the Closing Date, and, in addition thereto, the following conditions:
     (a) All representations and warranties of the Acquiring Fund and the Acquiring Entity contained in this Agreement shall be true and correct in all material respects as of the date hereof and, except as they may be affected by the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, as of the Closing Date, with the same force and effect as if made on and as of the Closing Date;
     (b) The Acquiring Entity shall have delivered to the Target Entity on the Closing Date a certificate executed in its name by its President or Vice President and Treasurer, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Target Entity and dated as of the Closing Date, to the effect that the representations and warranties of or with respect to the Acquiring Fund made in this Agreement are true and correct at and as of the Closing Date, except as they may be affected by the transactions contemplated by this Agreement;
     (c) The Acquiring Entity and the Acquiring Fund shall have performed all of the covenants and complied with all of the provisions required by this Agreement to be performed or complied with by the Acquiring Entity and the Acquiring Fund, on or before the Closing Date; and
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obligations to be performed by it hereunder on or before the Closing Date and, in addition thereto, the following conditions:
     (a) All representations and warranties of the Target Entity and the Target Fund contained in this Agreement shall be true and correct in all material respects as of the date hereof and, except as they may be affected by the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, as of the Closing Date, with the same force and effect as if made on and as of the Closing Date;
     (b) If requested by Acquiring Fund, the Target Entity, on behalf of the Target Fund, shall have delivered to the Acquiring Entity (i) a statement of the Target Fund’s Assets, together with a list of portfolio securities of the Target Fund showing the adjusted tax basis of such securities by lot and the holding periods of such securities, as of the Closing Date, certified by the Treasurer of the Target Entity, (ii) the Target Fund Shareholder Documentation, (iii) if applicable, the FIN 48 Workpapers, (iv) to the extent permitted by applicable law, all information pertaining to, or necessary or useful in the calculation or demonstration of, the investment performance of the Target Fund, and (v) a statement of earnings and profits as provided in Section 5.1(h);
     (c) The Target Entity shall have delivered to the Acquiring Entity on the Closing Date a certificate executed in its name by its President or Vice President and Treasurer, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Acquiring Entity and dated as of the Closing Date, to the effect that the representations and warranties of or with respect to the Target Fund made in this Agreement are true and correct at and as of the Closing Date, except as they may be affected by the transactions contemplated by this Agreement;
     (d) The Target Custodian shall have delivered the certificate contemplated by Sections 3.2(b) of this Agreement, duly executed by an authorized officer of the Target Custodian;
     (e) The Target Entity and the Target Fund shall have performed all of the covenants and complied with all of the provisions required by this Agreement to be performed or complied with by the Target Entity and the Target Fund, on or before the Closing Date; and
     (f) The Target Fund shall have declared and paid a distribution or distributions prior to the Closing that, together with all previous distributions, shall have the effect of distributing to its shareholders (i) all of its investment company taxable income (determined without regard to any deductions for dividends paid) and all of its net realized capital gains, if any, for the period from the close of its last fiscal year to the Closing Time on the Closing Date; (ii) any such undistributed investment company taxable income and net realized capital gains from any prior period to the extent not otherwise already distributed; and (iii) at least 90 percent of the excess, if any, of the Target Fund’s interest income excludible from gross income under Section 103(a) of the Code over its deductions disallowed under Sections 265 and 171(a)(2) of the Code for the

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taxable year prior to the Closing Date and at least 90 percent of such net tax-exempt income for the short taxable year.
8.   FURTHER CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO OBLIGATIONS OF THE ACQUIRING FUND AND THE TARGET FUND
     With respect to each Reorganization, if any of the conditions set forth below have not been satisfied on or before the Closing Date with respect to the Target Fund or the Acquiring Fund, the Acquiring Entity or Target Entity, respectively, shall, at its option, not be required to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement:
     8.1. The Agreement shall have been approved by the requisite vote of the holders of the outstanding shares of the Target Fund in accordance with the provisions of the Target Entity’s Governing Documents, Delaware law, and the 1940 Act. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, neither the Target Fund nor the Acquiring Fund may waive the conditions set forth in this Section 8.1;
     8.2. On the Closing Date, no action, suit or other proceeding shall be pending or, to the Target Entity’s or the Acquiring Entity’s knowledge, threatened before any court or governmental agency in which it is sought to restrain or prohibit, or obtain damages or other relief in connection with, this Agreement, the transactions contemplated herein;
     8.3. All consents of other parties and all other consents, orders and permits of Federal, state and local regulatory authorities deemed necessary by the Acquiring Fund or the Target Fund to permit consummation, in all material respects, of the transactions contemplated hereby shall have been obtained, except where failure to obtain any such consent, order or permit would not involve a risk of a material adverse effect on the assets or properties of the Acquiring Fund or the Target Fund, provided that either party hereto may for itself waive any of such conditions;
     8.4. A registration statement on Form N-14 under the 1933 Act properly registering the Acquiring Fund shares to be issued in connection with the Reorganization shall have become effective under the 1933 Act and no stop orders suspending the effectiveness thereof shall have been issued and, to the best knowledge of the parties hereto, no investigation or proceeding for that purpose shall have been instituted or be pending, threatened or contemplated under the 1933 Act; and
     8.5. The Target Entity and the Acquiring Entity shall have received on or before the Closing Date an opinion of Stradley Ronon in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Target Entity and the Acquiring Entity, as to the matters set forth on Schedule 8.6. In rendering such opinion, Stradley Ronon may request and rely upon representations contained in certificates of officers of the Target Entity, the Acquiring Entity and others, and the officers of the Target Entity and the Acquiring Entity shall use their best efforts to make available such truthful certificates.

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9.   FEES AND EXPENSES
     9.1. Each Acquiring Fund will bear its expenses relating to the Reorganizations, which IAI has estimated to be $30,000 per Reorganization. Each Target Fund will bear its costs associated with the Reorganization, provided that the Target Fund is expected to recoup those costs within 24 months following the Reorganization as a result of reduced total annual fund operating expenses. IAI has agreed to bear the Reorganization costs of any Target Fund that does not meet the foregoing threshold based on estimates prepared by the Adviser and discussed with the Board.
10.   FINAL TAX RETURNS AND FORMS 1099 OF TARGET FUND
     10.1. After the Closing Date, except as otherwise agreed to by the parties, Target Entity shall or shall cause its agents to prepare any federal, state or local tax returns, including any Forms 1099, required to be filed by Target Entity with respect to each Target Fund’s final taxable year ending with its complete liquidation and for any prior periods or taxable years and shall further cause such tax returns and Forms 1099 to be duly filed with the appropriate taxing authorities.
11.   ENTIRE AGREEMENT; SURVIVAL OF WARRANTIES AND COVENANTS
     11.1. The representations, warranties and covenants contained in this Agreement or in any document delivered pursuant hereto or in connection herewith shall not survive the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereunder. The covenants to be performed after the Closing shall survive the Closing.
12.   TERMINATION
     This Agreement may be terminated and the transactions contemplated hereby may be abandoned with respect to one or more (or all) Reorganizations by mutual agreement of the parties.
13.   AMENDMENTS
     This Agreement may be amended, modified or supplemented in a writing signed by the parties hereto to be bound by such Amendment.
14.   HEADINGS; GOVERNING LAW; COUNTERPARTS; ASSIGNMENT; LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
     14.1. The Article and Section headings contained in this Agreement are for reference purposes only and shall not affect in any way the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement.
     14.2. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware and applicable Federal law, without regard to its principles of conflicts of laws.

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     14.3. This Agreement shall bind and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns, but no assignment or transfer hereof or of any rights or obligations hereunder shall be made by any party without the written consent of the other parties. Nothing herein expressed or implied is intended or shall be construed to confer upon or give any person, firm or corporation, other than the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns, any rights or remedies under or by reason of this Agreement.
     14.4. This agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be considered an original.
     14.5. It is expressly agreed that the obligations of the parties hereunder shall not be binding upon any of their respective directors or trustees, shareholders, nominees, officers, agents, or employees personally, but shall bind only the property of the applicable Target Fund or the applicable Acquiring Fund as provided in the Governing Documents of the Target Entity or the Agreement and Declaration of Trust of the Acquiring Entity, respectively. The execution and delivery by such officers shall not be deemed to have been made by any of them individually or to impose any liability on any of them personally, but shall bind only the property of such party.

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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be approved on behalf of the Acquiring Fund and Target Fund.

                 
Invesco Advisers, Inc.        
 
               
By:
               
 
           
 
  Name:        
 
  Title:        
AIM Counselor Series Trust (Invesco Counselor Series Trust), AIM Equity Funds (Invesco Equity Funds), AIM Funds Group (Invesco Funds Group), AIM Growth Series (Invesco Growth Series), AIM International Mutual funds (Invesco International Mutual Funds), AIM Investment Funds (Invesco Investment Funds), AIM Investment Securities Funds (Invesco Investment Securities Funds), AIM Sector Funds (Invesco Sector Funds) and AIM Variable Insurance Funds (Invesco Variable Insurance Funds), each on behalf of its respective series identified on Exhibit A hereto
         
By:
       
 
       
 
  Name:    
 
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EXHIBIT A
CHART OF REORGANIZATIONS
     
Acquiring Fund (and share classes) and   Corresponding Target Fund (and share
Acquiring Entity   classes) and Target Entity
     

 


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Schedule 1.2(c)
Excluded Liabilities
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Schedule 8.6
Tax Opinions
     (i) The acquisition by the Acquiring Fund of substantially all of the assets of the Target Fund, as provided for in the Agreement, in exchange for Acquiring Fund shares and the assumption by the Acquiring Fund of all of the liabilities of the Target Fund, followed by the distribution by the Target Fund to its shareholders of the Acquiring Fund shares in complete liquidation of the Target Fund, will qualify as a reorganization within the meaning of Section 368(a)(1) of the Code, and the Target Fund and the Acquiring Fund each will be a “party to the reorganization” within the meaning of Section 368(b) of the Code.
     (ii) No gain or loss will be recognized by the Target Fund upon the transfer of substantially all of its assets to, and assumption of its liabilities by, the Acquiring Fund in exchange solely for Acquiring Fund shares pursuant to Section 361(a) and Section 357(a) of the Code, except that Target Fund may be required to recognize gain or loss with respect to contracts described in Section 1256(b) of the Code or stock in a passive foreign investment company, as defined in Section 1297(a) of the Code.
     (iii) No gain or loss will be recognized by the Acquiring Fund upon the receipt by it of substantially all of the assets of the Target Fund in exchange solely for the assumption of the liabilities of the Target Fund and issuance of the Acquiring Fund shares pursuant to Section 1032(a) of the Code.
     (iv) No gain or loss will be recognized by the Target Fund upon the distribution of the Acquiring Fund shares by the Target Fund to its shareholders in complete liquidation (in pursuance of the Agreement) pursuant to Section 361(c)(1) of the Code.
     (v) The tax basis of the assets of the Target Fund received by the Acquiring Fund will be the same as the tax basis of such assets in the hands of the Target Fund immediately prior to the transfer pursuant to Section 362(b) of the Code.
     (vi) The holding periods of the assets of the Target Fund in the hands of the Acquiring Fund will include the periods during which such assets were held by the Target Fund pursuant to Section 1223(2) of the Code.
     (vii) No gain or loss will be recognized by the shareholders of the Target Fund upon the exchange of all of their Target Fund shares for the Acquiring Fund shares pursuant to Section 354(a) of the Code.
     (viii) The aggregate tax basis of the Acquiring Fund shares to be received by each shareholder of the Target Fund will be the same as the aggregate tax basis of Target Fund shares exchanged therefor pursuant to Section 358(a)(1) of the Code.
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provided that the shareholder held Target Fund shares as a capital asset on the date of the exchange pursuant to Section 1223(1) of the Code.
     (x) For purposes of Section 381 of the Code, either: (i) The Acquiring Fund will succeed to and take into account, as of the date of the transfer as defined in Section 1.381(b)-1(b) of the income tax regulations issued by the United States Department of the Treasury (the “Income Tax Regulations”), the items of the Target Fund described in Section 381(c) of the Code, subject to the conditions and limitations specified in Sections 381, 382, 383 and 384 of the Code and the Income Tax Regulations thereunder; or (ii) The Acquiring Fund will succeed to and take into account, as of the date of the transfer as defined in Section 1.381(b)-1(b) of the income tax regulations issued by the United States Department of the Treasury (the “Income Tax Regulations”), the items of the Target Fund described in Section 381(c) of the Code as if there had been no Reorganization.

 


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EXHIBIT E
FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS
          The financial highlights tables are intended to help you understand the Acquiring Fund’s and the Target Fund’s financial performance for the past five fiscal years and are included in the respective Acquiring Fund’s prospectus and the Target Fund’s prospectus which are each incorporated herein by reference. The Acquiring Fund’s prospectus also accompanies this Proxy Statement/Prospectus. The financial highlights table below provides additional information for the most recent fiscal year end for the Target Fund. The Target Fund’s fiscal year end is September 30 and accordingly, the financial highlights table below contains information for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2010.
Target Fund- Invesco Van Kampen California Insured Tax Free Fund
The following schedule presents financial highlights for one share of the Fund outstanding throughout the periods indicated.
                                 
    Year Ended September 30, 2010  
    Class A Shares     Class B Shares     Class C Shares     Class Y Shares^  
Net asset value, beginning of the period
  $ 16.99     $ 17.29     $ 17.00     $ 16.98  
 
                       
Net investment income (a)
    0.73       0.68       0.61       0.76  
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)
    0.04       0.03       0.04       0.04  
 
                       
Total from investment operations
    0.77       0.71       0.65       0.80  
 
                       
Less:
                               
Distributions from net investment income
    0.74       0.69       0.62       0.78  
Distributions from net realized gain
    -0-       -0-       -0-       -0-  
 
                       
Total distributions
    0. 74       0.69       0.62       0.78  
 
                             
Net asset value, end of the period
  $ 17.02     $ 17.31     $ 17.03     $ 17.00  
 
                       
 
                               
Total return (b)
    4.72 %     4.29 %(d)     3.96 %(d)     4.93 %
 
                               
Net assets at the end of the period (in millions)
  $ 158.6     $ 6.2     $ 9.1     $ 0.6  
 
                               
Ratio of expenses to average net assets (c)
    0.97 %     1.37 %(d)     1.69 %(d)     0.72 %
Ratio of net investment income to average net assets (c)
    4.41 %     4.00 %(d)     3.69 %(d)     4.59 %
 
                               
Portfolio Turnover
    9 %     9 %     9 %     9 %
 
                               
Supplemental ratio:
                               
Ratio of expenses to average net assets (excluding interest and residual trust expenses) (c)
    0.92 %     1.32 %(d)     1.64 %(d)     0.67 %
 
(a)   Based on 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 charge and is not annualized for periods less than one year.
 
(c)   Ratios are annualized and based on average daily net assets (000’s omitted) of $162,662 for Class A shares, $6,953 for Class B shares, $9,543 for Class C shares, and $333 for Class Y shares.
 
(d)   The Total Return, Ratio of Expenses to Average Net Assets and Ratio of Net Investment Income to Average Net Assets reflect actual 12b-1 fees of 0.65%.
 
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(INVESCO LETTERHEAD)
   
 
[January ___], 2011
Dear Shareholder,
On June 1, Invesco completed its acquisition of Morgan Stanley’s retail asset management business, including Van Kampen Investments.
The Invesco and Van Kampen/Morgan Stanley retail investment capabilities were highly complementary, enabling Invesco to provide a more balanced product offering to Invesco Funds’ shareholders. As a result of the combination, Invesco gained investment talent for a number of investment strategies, including U.S. Value Equity, U.S. Small Cap Growth Equity, Tax-Free Municipals, Bank Loans and others. With this enhanced expertise and a comprehensive range of diverse investment capabilities, Invesco is better positioned than ever to meet the needs of investors across the U.S. and around the globe.
Since June 1, Invesco has been conducting a comprehensive review of its product line to sharpen its offerings to investors. A key goal of this effort is to reduce overlap and enhance efficiency across the product line for the benefit of Invesco Funds’ shareholders and Invesco.
As the next step in the process of integrating the combined business, the Invesco Funds Boards have approved a realignment of fund offerings, subject to shareholder approval. If approved by shareholders, the proposed realignment will:
  §   Distinguish and emphasize Invesco’s most compelling investment processes and strategies;
 
  §   Reduce overlap in the product lineup to help lower costs for shareholders; and
 
  §   Build a solid foundation for further growth to meet client and shareholder needs.
In addition, most Funds will continue to be managed by their existing investment management teams post-reorganization and many shareholders will experience a reduction in total expense ratio, decreasing the cost of their investment. In cases where management fee expenses are scheduled to increase as a result of a proposed reorganization, Invesco has instituted a cap on the total expense ratio of the Acquiring Fund intended to preserve the lowest current expense ratio of all Target Funds in each proposed set of reorganizations for a period of time post reorganization.
The independent trustees of your Board believe that the reorganization proposed in this proxy is in the best interest of your Fund and the attached proxy seeks your vote in favor of the proposed reorganization.
Your vote is important. Please take a moment after reviewing the enclosed materials to sign and return your proxy card in the enclosed postage paid return envelope. If you attend the meeting, you may vote your shares in person. If you expect to attend the meeting in person, or have questions, please notify us by calling 1-800-959-4226. You may also vote your shares by telephone or through a website established for that purpose by following the instructions that appear on the enclosed proxy card. If we do not hear from you after a reasonable amount of time, you may receive a telephone call from our proxy solicitor, Computershare Fund Services, Inc., reminding you to vote your shares.
Sincerely,
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AIM Investment Securities Funds
(Invesco Investment Securities Funds)
11 Greenway Plaza, Suite 2500
Houston, Texas 77046
(800) 959-4246
NOTICE OF JOINT SPECIAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS
To Be Held on April 14, 2011
          A joint special meeting (the “Meeting”) of the shareholders of the series of AIM Investment Securities Funds (Invesco Investment Securities Funds) (the “Target Trust”) identified below will be held on April 14, 2011 at 3:00 p.m., Central time, at 11 Greenway Plaza, Suite 2500, Houston, Texas 77046 to vote on the following proposal:
To approve an Agreement and Plan of Reorganization between each “Target Fund” listed below and Invesco Core Plus Bond Fund (the “Acquiring Fund”), a series of AIM Counselor Series Trust (Invesco Counselor Series Trust (the “Acquiring Trust”), providing for: (a) the acquisition of all of the assets and assumption of all of the liabilities of each Target Fund by the Acquiring Fund in exchange for shares of a corresponding class of the Acquiring Fund; (b) the distribution of such shares to the shareholders of the Target Fund; and (c) the liquidation and termination of the Target Fund (each, a “Reorganization” and collectively, the “Reorganizations”).
The Target Funds and the Acquiring Fund involved in each proposed Reorganization are:
     
Target Funds   Acquiring Fund
Invesco Core Bond Fund   Invesco Core Plus Bond Fund
Invesco Van Kampen Core Plus Fixed Income Fund    
          Shareholders of record as of the close of business on January 14, 2011 are entitled to notice of, and to vote at, the Meeting or any adjournment of the Meeting. Shareholders of each Target Fund will vote separately on the proposal, and the proposal will be effected as to a particular Target Fund only if that Fund’s shareholders approve the proposal.
          The Board of Trustees of the Target Trust (the “Board”) request that you vote your shares by completing the enclosed proxy card and returning it in the enclosed postage paid return envelope, or by voting by telephone or via the internet using the instructions on the proxy card.
          The Board recommends that you cast your vote FOR the above proposal as described in the Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus.
          Some shareholders hold shares in more than one Target Fund and may receive proxy cards or proxy materials for each such Target Fund. Please sign and promptly return each proxy card in the postage paid return envelope regardless of the number of shares owned.
          Proxy card instructions may be revoked at any time before they are exercised by submitting a written notice of revocation or a subsequently executed proxy card or by attending the Meeting and voting in person.
       
   
Mr. Philip Taylor   
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AIM Investment Securities Funds
(Invesco Investment Securities Funds)
11 Greenway Plaza, Suite 2500
Houston, Texas 77046
(800) 959-4246
JOINT PROXY STATEMENT/PROSPECTUS
_____________, 2011
Introduction
     This Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus contains information that shareholders of the Invesco Core Bond Fund (the “Core Bond Fund”) and the Invesco Van Kampen Core Plus Fixed Income Fund (the “Core Plus Fixed Income Fund”), each a series of AIM Investment Securities Funds (Invesco Investment Securities Funds) (the “Target Trust”), should know before voting on the proposed reorganizations that are described herein, and should be retained for future reference. The Core Bond Fund and the Core Plus Fixed Income Fund are each referred to herein as a “Target Fund” and, together, as the “Target Funds.” This document is both the proxy statement of the Target Funds and also a prospectus for Invesco Core Plus Bond Fund (the “Acquiring Fund”), which is a series of AIM Counselor Series Trust (Invesco Counselor Series Trust) (the “Acquiring Trust”). Each Target Fund and the Acquiring Fund is a series of a registered open-end management investment company. The Target Funds and the Acquiring Fund collectively are referred to as the “Funds” and to each fund individually as a “Fund.”
     A special meeting of the shareholders of the Target Funds (the “Meeting”) will be held at 11 Greenway Plaza, Suite 2500, Houston, Texas 77046 on April 14, 2011 at 3:00 p.m., Central time. At the Meeting, shareholders of each Target Fund are being asked to consider the following proposal:
To approve an Agreement and Plan of Reorganization between each Target Fund and the Acquiring Fund, providing for: (a) the acquisition of all of the assets and assumption of all of the liabilities of each Target Fund by the Acquiring Fund in exchange for shares of a corresponding class of the Acquiring Fund; (b) the distribution of such shares of the corresponding class to the shareholders of the Target Fund; and (c) the liquidation and termination of the Target Fund (each, a “Reorganization” and collectively, the “Reorganizations”).
     The total value of the Acquiring Fund shares of each class that shareholders will receive in a Reorganization will be the same as the total value of the shares of each class of the Target Fund that shareholders held immediately prior to the Reorganization. Each Reorganization is anticipated to be a tax-free transaction, meaning that shareholders should not be required to pay any federal income tax in connection with the Reorganization. No sales charges or redemption fees will be imposed in connection with the Reorganizations.
     The Board of Trustees of the Target Trust (the “Board”) has fixed the close of business on January 14, 2011 as the record date (“Record Date”) for the determination of shareholders entitled to notice of and to vote at the Meeting and at any adjournment thereof. Shareholders of each Target Fund on the Record Date will be entitled to one vote for each share of the Target Fund held (and a proportionate fractional vote for each fractional share). This Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus, the enclosed Notice of Joint Special Meeting of Shareholders and the enclosed proxy card will be mailed on or about January __, 2011 to all shareholders eligible to vote on a Reorganization.
     The Board has approved the Agreement and Plan of Reorganization and has determined that the Reorganization is in the best interest of each Target Fund and the Acquiring Fund and will not dilute the interests of the existing shareholders of the Target Fund or the Acquiring Fund. If shareholders of a Target Fund do not approve the Reorganization, the Board will consider what further action is appropriate for that Fund.
     This Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus is being used in order to reduce the preparation, printing, handling and postage expenses that would result from the use of a separate proxy statement/prospectus for each Target Fund.
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    Prospectuses for the Target Funds and the Acquiring Fund;
 
    Annual and semi-annual reports to shareholders of the Target Funds and the Acquiring Fund; and
 
    Statements of Additional Information (“SAIs”) for the Target Funds and the Acquiring Fund.
     These documents are on file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”). The prospectuses of the Target Funds are incorporated herein by reference and are legally deemed to be part of this Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus. A copy of the prospectus of the Acquiring Fund accompanies this Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus and is incorporated herein by reference and deemed to be part of this Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus. The SAI to this Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus, dated the same date as this Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus, also is incorporated herein by reference and is deemed to be part of this Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus. The Target Funds prospectuses, the most recent annual reports to shareholders, containing audited financial statements for the most recent fiscal year, and the most recent semi-annual reports to shareholders of the Target Funds have been previously mailed to shareholders and are available on the Target Funds’ website at www.invesco.com.
     Copies of all of these documents are available upon request without charge by visiting or writing to the Target Funds, at 11 Greenway Plaza, Suite 2500, Houston, Texas 77046, or calling (800) 959-4246.
     You also may view or obtain these documents from the SEC’s Public Reference Room, which is located at 100 F Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20549-1520, or from the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. Information on the operation of the SEC’s Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling the SEC at 1-202-551-8090. You can also request copies of these materials, upon payment at the prescribed rates of the duplicating fee, by electronic request to the SEC’s e-mail address (publicinfo@sec.gov) or by writing the Public Reference Branch, Office of Consumer Affairs and Information Services, SEC, Washington, D.C. 20549-1520.
These securities have not been approved or disapproved by the Securities and Exchange Commission nor has the Securities and Exchange Commission passed upon the accuracy or adequacy of this Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense. An investment in the Funds is not a deposit with a bank and is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”) or any other government agency. You may lose money by investing in the Funds.

 


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     No dealer, salesperson or any other person has been authorized to give any information or to make any representations other than those contained in this Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus or related solicitation materials on file with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and you should not rely on such other information or representations.

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PROPOSAL: TO APPROVE AN AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF REORGANIZATION
     Shareholders of each Target Fund are being asked to consider and approve an Agreement and Plan of Reorganization (the “Agreement”) that will have the effect of reorganizing the Target Fund with and into the Acquiring Fund, as summarized below. The Agreement provides for (a) the acquisition of all of the assets and assumption of all of the liabilities of each Target Fund by the Acquiring Fund in exchange for shares of a corresponding class of the Acquiring Fund; (b) the distribution of such shares of the corresponding class to the shareholders of the Target Fund; and (c) the liquidation and termination of the Target Fund.
SUMMARY OF KEY INFORMATION
     The following is a summary of certain information contained elsewhere in this Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus, in the Agreement, and/or in the prospectuses and SAIs of the Funds. Shareholders should read the entire Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus and the prospectus of the Acquiring Fund carefully for more complete information.
On what am I being asked to vote?
     As a shareholder of a Target Fund, you are being asked to consider and vote to approve the Agreement under which the assets and liabilities of the Target Fund will be transferred to the Acquiring Fund.
     If shareholders of a Target Fund approve the Agreement, shares of each class of the Target Fund will be exchanged for Acquiring Fund shares of the corresponding class of equal value, which will result in your holding shares of the Acquiring Fund equal to the value of your shares of the corresponding class of the Target Fund, and the Target Fund will be liquidated and terminated.
Has my Fund’s Board of Trustees approved the Reorganizations?
     Yes. The Board has carefully reviewed the proposal and unanimously approved the Agreement and the Reorganizations. The Board recommends that shareholders of each Target Fund vote in favor of the Agreement.
What are the reasons for the proposed Reorganizations?
     On June 1, 2010, Invesco Ltd. (“Invesco”), the indirect parent company of Invesco Advisers, Inc., the Funds’ investment adviser (“Invesco Advisers” or “Adviser”), acquired the retail mutual fund business of Morgan Stanley, which included 92 Morgan Stanley and Van Kampen branded funds. This transaction filled gaps in Invesco’s product line-up and has enabled the company to expand its investment offerings to retail customers. The transaction also resulted in significant product overlap. The Reorganizations proposed in this Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus are part of a larger group of reorganizations across Invesco’s mutual fund platform. The reorganizations are designed to put forth Invesco’s most compelling investment processes and strategies, reduce product overlap and create scale in the resulting funds to help reduce the shareholders’ cost of ownership.
     In considering the Reorganizations and Agreement, the Board considered these and other factors in concluding that the Reorganizations would be in the best interest of the Funds. The Board’s considerations are described in more detail in the “THE PROPOSED REORGANIZATIONS – Board Considerations in Approving the Reorganizations” section below.
What effect will a Reorganization have on me as a shareholder?
     Immediately after a Reorganization, you will hold shares of a class of the Acquiring Fund that are equal in value to the shares of the corresponding class of the Target Fund that you held immediately prior to the closing of the Reorganization. The principal differences between the Target Funds and the Acquiring Fund are described in this Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus. The prospectus of the Acquiring Fund that accompanies this Joint Proxy

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Statement/Prospectus contains additional information about the Acquiring Fund that you will hold shares of following the Reorganization, if approved.
How do the Funds’ investment objectives, principal investment strategies and risks compare?
     The Acquiring Fund and the Target Funds have substantially similar investment objectives, as described below. Each Fund’s investment objective is classified as non-fundamental, which means that it can be changed by the Board without shareholder approval, although there is no present intention to do so.
Investment Objectives
     
Core Bond Fund
  Acquiring Fund
     
The Fund’s investment objective is total return, comprised of current income and capital appreciation.   The Fund’s investment objective is total return.
     
Core Plus Fixed Income Fund    
     
The Fund’s investment objective is to seek total return.    
     The principal investment strategies of the Acquiring Fund are similar to the principal investment strategies of the Target Funds although the Acquiring Fund may invest in different types of investments and have different investment policies and limitations than the Target Funds. As a result, the risks of owning shares of the Acquiring Fund are similar to the risks of owning shares of the Target Funds, although the risks of the Funds may not be exactly the same. The sections below entitled “ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE FUNDS – Comparison of Principal Investment Strategies” and “Comparison of the Principal Risks of Investing in the Funds” compare the principal investment strategies and risks of each Target Fund and the Acquiring Fund and highlight certain key differences.
How do the Funds’ expenses compare?
     The tables below provide a summary comparison of the expenses of each Target Fund and the Acquiring Fund, as well as estimated expenses on a pro forma basis giving effect to the proposed Reorganizations. The pro forma expense ratios show projected estimated expenses but actual expenses may be greater or less than those shown.
     None of the Reorganizations are contingent upon shareholder approval of any other Reorganization. It is anticipated that the lowest expense ratio will be achieved for each Target Fund if all of the Reorganizations are approved and implemented and that the highest expense ratio will result if the Core Bond Fund is the only Fund that participates in the Reorganization with the Acquiring Fund. The range of impact to Fund expenses will be reflected in the expense tables below, which will provide the highest and lowest resulting expense ratios for each Fund.

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Expense Tables and Expense Examples*
                                         
    Current   Combined Pro Forma
                    Acquiring            
    Target Funds   Fund            
                                    Invesco Core Bond
                                    Fund
                            Target Funds +   +
            Invesco Van           Acquiring Fund   Acquiring Fund
            Kampen Core   Invesco Core   (assumes both   (assumes only one
    Invesco Core   Plus Fixed   Plus Bond   Reorganizations are   Reorganization is
    Bond Fund   Income Fund   Fund   completed)   completed)
    Class A   Class A   Class A   Class A   Class A
Shareholder Fees (Fees paid directly from your investment)
                                       
Maximum Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Purchases (as a percentage of offering price)
    4.75 %     4.75 %     4.75 %     4.75 %     4.75 %
Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (Load) (as a percentage of original purchase price or redemption proceeds, whichever is less)
    None       None       None 4     None       None  
Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)
                                       
Management Fees
    0.40 %     0.38 %     0.45 %     0.45 %     0.45 %
Distribution and Service (12b-1) Fees
    0.25 %     0.25 %     0.25 %     0.25 %     0.25 %
Other Expenses
    0.42 %     0.18 %1     4.91 %1     0.27 %     0.44 %
Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses**
    0.02 %     0.00 %     0.00 %     0.00 %     0.00 %
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses
    1.09 %     0.81 %1     5.61 %1     0.97 %     1.14 %
Fee Waiver and/or Expense Reimbursement
    0.26 %2     0.06 % 3     4.71 %5     0.22 %6     0.34 %7
Total Annual Operating Expenses after Fee Waiver and/or Expense Reimbursements
    0.83 %     0.75 %     0.90 %     0.75 %     0.80 %
                                         
    Current   Combined Pro Forma
                    Acquiring            
    Target Funds   Fund            
                                    Invesco Core Bond
                                    Fund
                            Target Funds +   +
            Invesco Van           Acquiring Fund   Acquiring Fund
            Kampen Core   Invesco Core   (assumes both   (assumes only one
    Invesco Core   Plus Fixed   Plus Bond   Reorganizations are   Reorganization is
    Bond Fund   Income Fund   Fund   completed)   completed)
    Class B   Class B   Class B   Class B   Class B
Shareholder Fees (Fees paid directly from your investment)
                                       
Maximum Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Purchases (as a percentage of offering price)
    None       None       None       None       None  
Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (Load) (as a percentage of original purchase price or redemption proceeds, whichever is less)
    5.00 %     5.00 %     5.00 %     5.00 %     5.00 %
Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)
                                       
Management Fees
    0.40 %     0.38 %     0.45 %     0.45 %     0.45 %
Distribution and Service (12b-1) Fees
    1.00 %     1.00 %     1.00 %     1.00 %     1.00 %
Other Expenses
    0.42 %     0.18 %1     4.91 %1     0.27 %     0.44 %

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    Current   Combined Pro Forma
                    Acquiring            
    Target Funds   Fund            
                                    Invesco Core Bond
                                    Fund
                            Target Funds +   +
            Invesco Van           Acquiring Fund   Acquiring Fund
            Kampen Core   Invesco Core   (assumes both   (assumes only one
    Invesco Core   Plus Fixed   Plus Bond   Reorganizations are   Reorganization is
    Bond Fund   Income Fund   Fund   completed)   completed)
    Class B   Class B   Class B   Class B   Class B
Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses**
    0.02 %     0.00 %     0.00 %     0.00 %     0.00 %
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses
    1.84 %     1.56 %1     6.36 %1     1.72 %     1.89 %
Fee Waiver and/or Expense Reimbursement
    0.26 %2     0.06 %3     4.71 %5     0.22 %6     0.34 %7
Total Annual Operating Expenses after Fee Waiver and/or Expense Reimbursements
    1.58 %     1.50 %     1.65 %     1.50 %     1.55 %
                                         
    Current   Combined Pro Forma
    Target Funds   Acquiring Fund            
                                    Invesco Core Bond
                                    Fund
                            Target Funds +   +
            Invesco Van           Acquiring Fund   Acquiring Fund
            Kampen Core   Invesco   (assumes both   (assumes only one
    Invesco Core   Plus Fixed   Core Plus   Reorganizations are   Reorganization is
    Bond Fund   Income Fund   Bond Fund   completed)   completed)
    Class C   Class C   Class C   Class C   Class C
Shareholder Fees (Fees paid directly from your investment)
                                       
Maximum Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Purchases (as a percentage of offering price)
    None       None       None       None       None  
Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (Load) (as a percentage of original purchase price or redemption proceeds, whichever is less)
    1.00 %     1.00 %     1.00 %     1.00 %     1.00 %
Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)
                                       
Management Fees
    0.40 %     0.38 %     0.45 %     0.45 %     0.45 %
Distribution and Service (12b-1) Fees
    1.00 %     1.00 %     1.00 %     1.00 %     1.00 %
Other Expenses
    0.42 %     0.18 %1     4.91 %1     0.27 %     0.44 %
Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses**
    0.02 %     0.00 %     0.00 %     0.00 %     0.00 %
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses
    1.84 %     1.56 %1     6.36 %1     1.72 %     1.89 %
Fee Waiver and/or Expense Reimbursement
    0.26 %2     0.06 %3     4.71 %5     0.22 %6     0.34 %7
Total Annual Operating Expenses after Fee Waiver and/or Expense Reimbursements
    1.58 %     1.50 %     1.65 %     1.50 %     1.55 %

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    Current   Combined Pro Forma
    Target Funds   Acquiring Fund            
                            Invesco Core Bond
                            Fund
                    Target Funds +   +
                    Acquiring Fund   Acquiring Fund
                    (assumes both   (assumes only one
    Invesco Core Bond   Invesco Core Plus   Reorganizations are   Reorganization is
    Fund   Bond Fund   completed)   completed)
    Class R   Class R   Class R   Class R
Shareholder Fees (Fees paid directly from your investment)
                               
Maximum Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Purchases (as a percentage of offering price)
    None       None       None       None  
Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (Load) (as a percentage of original purchase price or redemption proceeds, whichever is less)
    None       None 4     None       None  
Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)
                               
Management Fees
    0.40 %     0.45 %     0.45 %     0.45 %
Distribution and Service (12b-1) Fees
    0.50 %     0.50 %     0.50 %     0.50 %
Other Expenses
    0.42 %     4.91 %1     0.27 %     0.44 %
Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses**
    0.02 %     0.00 %     0.00 %     0.00 %
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses
    1.34 %     5.86 %1     1.22 %     1.39 %
Fee Waiver and/or Expense Reimbursement
    0.26 %2     4.71 %5     0.22 %6     0.34 %7
Total Annual Operating Expenses after Fee Waiver and/or Expense Reimbursements
    1.08 %     1.15 %     1.00 %     1.05 %
                                         
    Current   Combined Pro Forma
                    Acquiring            
    Target Funds   Fund            
                                    Invesco Core Bond
                                    Fund
                            Target Funds +   +
            Invesco Van           Acquiring Fund   Acquiring Fund
            Kampen Core   Invesco   (assumes both   (assumes only one
    Invesco Core   Plus Fixed   Core Plus   Reorganizations are   Reorganization is
    Bond Fund   Income Fund   Bond Fund   completed)   completed)
    Class Y   Class Y   Class Y   Class Y   Class Y
Shareholder Fees (Fees paid directly from your investment)
                                       
Maximum Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Purchases (as a percentage of offering price)
    None       None       None       None       None  
Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (Load) (as a percentage of original purchase price or redemption proceeds, whichever is less)
    None       None       None       None       None  
Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)
                                       
Management Fees
    0.40 %     0.38 %     0.45 %     0.45 %     0.45 %
Distribution and Service (12b-1) Fees
    None       None       None       None       None  

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    Current   Combined Pro Forma
                    Acquiring            
    Target Funds   Fund            
                                    Invesco Core Bond
                                    Fund
                            Target Funds +   +
            Invesco Van           Acquiring Fund   Acquiring Fund
            Kampen Core   Invesco   (assumes both   (assumes only one
    Invesco Core   Plus Fixed   Core Plus   Reorganizations are   Reorganization is
    Bond Fund   Income Fund   Bond Fund   completed)   completed)
    Class Y   Class Y   Class Y   Class Y   Class Y
Other Expenses
    0.42 %     0.18 %1     4.91 %1     0.27 %     0.44 %
Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses**
    0.02 %     0.00 %     0.00 %     0.00 %     0.00 %
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses
    0.84 %     0.56 %1     5.36 %1     0.72 %     0.89 %
Fee Waiver and/or Expense Reimbursement
    0.26 %2     0.06 %3     4.71 %5     0.22 %6     0.34 %7
Total Annual Operating Expenses after Fee Waiver and/or Expense Reimbursements
    0.58 %     0.50 %     0.65 %     0.50 %     0.55 %
                                 
    Current   Combined Pro Forma
    Target Fund   Acquiring Fund            
                            Invesco Core Bond
                            Fund
                    Target Fund +   +
                    Acquiring Fund   Acquiring Fund
                    (assumes both   (assumes only one
    Invesco Core Bond   Invesco Core Plus   Reorganizations are   Reorganization is
    Fund   Bond Fund   completed)   completed)
    Institutional   Institutional   Institutional   Institutional
    Class   Class   Class   Class
Shareholder Fees (Fees paid directly from your investment)
                               
Maximum Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Purchases (as a percentage of offering price)
    None       None       None       None  
Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (Load) (as a percentage of original purchase price or redemption proceeds, whichever is less)
    None       None       None       None  
Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)
                               
Management Fees
    0.40 %     0.45 %     0.45 %     0.45 %
Distribution and Service (12b-1) Fees
    None       None       None       None  
Other Expenses
    0.12 %     4.84 %1     0.14 %     0.17 %
Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses**
    0.02 %     0.00 %     0.00 %     0.00 %
Total Fund Operating Expenses
    0.54 %     5.29 %1     0.59 %     0.62 %
Fee Waiver and/or Expense Reimbursements
    0.00 %     4.64 %5     0.09 %6     0.07 %7
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses after Fee Waiver and/or Expense Reimbursements
    0.54 %     0.65 %     0.50 %     0.55 %
 
*   Expense ratios reflect annual fund operating expenses for the most recent fiscal year (as disclosed in the Funds’ current prospectuses) of the Core Bond Fund (July 31, 2010), the Core Plus Fixed Income Fund (August 31, 2010) and the Acquiring Fund (August 31, 2010). Pro forma numbers are estimated as if the Reorganizations had been completed as of September 1, 2009 and do not include the estimated costs of the Reorganizations. The Target Funds are not expected to bear any Reorganization costs. For more information on the costs of the Reorganization to be borne by the Funds, see “Costs of the Reorganizations” below.
 
**   Unless otherwise indicated in the table above Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses are less than 0.01%.
 
1.   Based on estimated amounts for the current fiscal year.
 
2.   The Adviser has contractually agreed, through at least June 30, 2011 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 of Class A, Class B, Class C, Class R and Class Y shares to 0.80%, 1.55%, 1.55%, 1.05% and 0.55%, respectively, of average daily net assets. In

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    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 limit reflected above: (i) interest; (ii) taxes; (iii) dividend expense on short sales; (iv) extraordinary or non-routine items; and (v) expenses that the Fund has incurred but did not actually pay because of an expense offset arrangement. Unless the Board and Invesco Advisers mutually agree to amend or continue the fee waiver agreement, it will terminate on June 30, 2011.
 
3.   The Adviser has contractually agreed, through at least June 30, 2012, to waive advisory fees and/or reimburse expenses of all shares to the extent necessary to limit Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver and/or Expense Reimbursement (excluding certain items discussed above in footnote 2) of Class A, Class B , Class C and Class Y shares to 0.75%, 1.50%, 1.50% and 0.50% of average daily net assets, respectively. Unless the Board and Invesco Advisers mutually agree to amend or continue the fee waiver agreement, it will terminate on June 30, 2012.
 
4.   A contingent deferred sales charge may apply in some cases. See “General Information—Contingent Deferred Sales Charges (CDSCs)”.
 
5.   The Adviser has contractually agreed, through at least June 30, 2011, to waive advisory fees and/or reimburse expenses to the extent necessary to limit Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses (excluding certain items discussed above in footnote 2) of Class A, Class B, Class C, Class R, Class Y and Institutional Class shares to 0.90%, 1.65%, 1.65%, 1.15%, 0.65% and 0.65% of average daily net assets, respectively. Unless the Board and Invesco Advisers mutually agree to amend or continue the fee waiver agreement, it will terminate on June 30, 2011.
 
6.   Effective upon the closing of the Reorganization, Invesco Advisers has contractually agreed, through at least June 30, 2013, 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 above in footnote 2) of Class A shares to 0.75%,, Class B shares to 1.50%,, Class C shares to 1.50%, Class Y shares to 0.50%, Class R shares to 1.00% and Institutional Class shares to 0.50% of average daily net assets. Unless the Board and Invesco Advisers mutually agree to amend or continue the fee waiver agreement, it will terminate on June 30, 2013.
 
7.   Effective upon the closing of the Reorganization, Invesco Advisers has contractually agreed, through at least June 30, 2013, to waive advisory fees and/or reimburse expenses of all shares to the extent necessary to limit Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver and/or Expense Reimbursement (excluding certain items discussed below) of Class A shares to 0.80%, Class B shares to 1.55%, Class C shares to 1.55%, Class Y shares to 0.55%, Class R shares to 1.05% and Institutional Class shares to 0.55% of average daily net assets. 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 limit reflected above: (i) interest; (ii) taxes; (iii) dividend expense on short sales; (iv) extraordinary or non-routine items; and (v) expenses that the Fund has incurred but did not actually pay because of an expense offset arrangement. Unless the Board and Invesco Advisers mutually agree to amend or continue the fee waiver agreement, it will terminate on June 30, 2013.

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Expense Example
     This Example is intended to help you compare the costs of investing in different classes of a Target Fund and the Acquiring Fund with the cost of investing in other mutual funds. Pro forma combined costs of investing in different classes of the Acquiring Fund after giving effect to the reorganization of the corresponding Target Fund into the Acquiring Fund are also provided. All costs are based upon the information set forth in the Fee Table above.
     The Example assumes that you invest $10,000 for the time periods indicated and shows the expenses that you would pay if you redeem all of your shares at the end of those time periods. The Example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year and that the operating expenses remain the same. The Example reflects fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements that are contractual, if any, but does not reflect voluntary fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements. To the extent fees are waived and/or expenses are reimbursed on a voluntary basis, your expenses will be lower. Although your actual returns and costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:

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    One   Three   Five   Ten
Fund/Class   Year   Years   Years   Years
Invesco Core Bond Fund — Class A
  $ 556     $ 781     $ 1,023     $ 1,718  
Invesco Van Kampen Core Plus Fixed Income Fund — Class A
  $ 548     $ 710     $ 892     $ 1,418  
Acquiring Fund — Class A
  $ 562     $ 1,668     $ 2,761     $ 5,433  
Combined Pro forma Target Funds + Acquiring Fund — Class A (assuming both Reorganizations are completed)
  $ 548     $ 726     $ 944     $ 1,569  
Combined Pro forma Invesco Core Bond Fund + Acquiring Fund — Class A (assuming only one Reorganization is completed)
  $ 553     $ 754     $ 1,008     $ 1,736  
 
                               
Invesco Core Bond Fund — Class B
  $ 661     $ 853     $ 1,171     $ 1,940  
Invesco Core Bond Fund — Class B (if you did not redeem your shares)
  $ 161     $ 553     $ 971     $ 1,940  
Invesco Van Kampen Core Plus Fixed Income Fund — Class B
  $ 653     $ 781     $ 1,038     $ 1,644  
Invesco Van Kampen Core Plus Fixed Income Fund — Class B (if you did not redeem your shares)
  $ 153     $ 481     $ 838     $ 1,644  
Acquiring Fund — Class B
  $ 668     $ 1,765     $ 2,926     $ 5,603  
Acquiring Fund — Class B (if you did not redeem your shares)
  $ 168     $ 1,465     $ 2,726     $ 5,603  
Combined Pro forma Target Funds + Acquiring Fund — Class B (assuming both Reorganizations are completed)
  $ 653     $ 798     $ 1,091     $ 1,793  
Combined Pro forma Target Funds + Acquiring Fund — Class B (assuming both Reorganizations are completed) (if you did not redeem your shares)
  $ 153     $ 498     $ 891     $ 1,793  
Combined Pro forma Invesco Core Bond Fund + Acquiring Fund — Class B (assuming only one Reorganization is completed)
  $ 658     $ 826     $ 1,156     $ 1,958  
Combined Pro forma Invesco Core Bond Fund + Acquiring Fund — Class B (assuming only one Reorganization is completed) (if you did not redeem your shares)
  $ 158     $ 526     $ 956     $ 1,958  
 
                               
Invesco Core Bond Fund — Class C
  $ 261     $ 553     $ 971     $ 2,137  
Invesco Core Bond Fund — Class C (if you did not redeem your shares)
  $ 161     $ 553     $ 971     $ 2,137  
Invesco Van Kampen Core Plus Fixed Income Fund — Class C
  $ 253     $ 481     $ 838     $ 1,846  
Invesco Van Kampen Core Plus Fixed Income Fund — Class C (if you did not redeem your shares)
  $ 153     $ 481     $ 838     $ 1,846  
Acquiring Fund — Class C
  $ 268     $ 1,465     $ 2,726     $ 5,734  
Acquiring Fund — Class C (if you did not redeem your shares)
  $ 168     $ 1,465     $ 2,726     $ 5,734  
Combined Pro forma Target Funds + Acquiring Fund — Class C (assuming both Reorganizations are completed)
  $ 253     $ 498     $ 891     $ 1,993  
Combined Pro forma Target Funds + Acquiring Fund — Class C (assuming both Reorganizations are completed) (if you did not redeem your shares)
  $ 153     $ 498     $ 891     $ 1,993  
Combined Pro forma Invesco Core Bond Fund + Acquiring Fund — Class C (assuming only one Reorganization is completed)
  $ 258     $ 526     $ 956     $ 2,155  
Combined Pro forma Invesco Core Bond Fund + Acquiring Fund — Class C (assuming only one Reorganization is completed) (if you did not redeem your shares)
  $ 158     $ 526     $ 956     $ 2,155  

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    One   Three   Five   Ten
Fund/Class   Year   Years   Years   Years
Invesco Core Bond Fund — Class R
  $ 110     $ 399     $ 709     $ 1,590  
Acquiring Fund — Class R
  $ 117     $ 1,324     $ 2,510     $ 5,387  
Combined Pro forma Target Funds + Acquiring Fund — Class R (assuming both Reorganizations are completed)
  $ 102     $ 343     $ 627     $ 1,437  
Combined Pro forma Invesco Core Bond Fund + Acquiring Fund — Class R (assuming only one Reorganization is completed)
  $ 107     $ 371     $ 694     $ 1,608  
 
                               
Invesco Core Bond Fund — Class Y
  $ 59     $ 242     $ 440     $ 1,013  
Invesco Van Kampen Core Plus Fixed Income Fund — Class Y
  $ 51     $ 167     $ 301     $ 690  
Acquiring Fund — Class Y
  $ 66     $ 1,181     $ 2,288     $ 5,019  
Combined Pro forma Target Funds + Acquiring Fund — Class Y (assuming both Reorganizations are completed)
  $ 51     $ 185     $ 356     $ 852  
Combined Pro forma Invesco Core Bond Fund + Acquiring Fund — Class Y (assuming only one Reorganization is completed)
  $ 56     $ 214     $ 425     $ 1,032  
 
                               
Invesco Core Bond Fund — Institutional Class
  $ 55     $ 173     $ 302     $ 677  
Acquiring Fund — Institutional Class
  $ 66     $ 1,167     $ 2,262     $ 4,970  
Combined Pro forma Target Funds + Acquiring Fund — Institutional Class (assuming both Reorganizations are completed)
  $ 51     $ 170     $ 311     $ 720  
Combined Pro forma Invesco Core Bond Fund + Acquiring Fund — Institutional Class (assuming only one Reorganization is completed)
  $ 56     $ 184     $ 332     $ 761  
     The Example is not a representation of past or future expenses. Each Fund’s actual expenses, and an investor’s direct and indirect expenses, may be more or less than those shown. The table and the assumption in the Example of a 5% annual return are required by regulations of the SEC applicable to all mutual funds. The 5% annual return is not a prediction of and does not represent the Funds’ projected or actual performance.
     For further discussion regarding the Board’s consideration of the fees and expenses of the Funds in approving the Reorganization, see the section entitled “THE PROPOSED REORGANIZATIONS — Board Considerations in Approving the Reorganizations” in this Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus.
How do the performance records of the Funds compare?
     The performance history of each Fund for certain periods as of September 30, 2010 is shown below. The returns below may not be indicative of a Fund’s future performance. The table below compares the performance history of the Acquiring Fund’s oldest share class to the performance history of the comparable class of the Target Fund as of September 30, 2010. Other classes of shares that are not presented would have had substantially similar annual returns because the shares are invested in the same portfolio of securities and the annual returns will differ only to the extent that the classes do not have the same expenses. The prospectuses for the Funds contain additional performance information under the headings “Performance Information” and “Financial Highlights.” Additional performance information and a discussion of performance are also included in each Fund’s most recent annual report to shareholders.
Average Annual Total Returns*
                         
    1 Year   5 Years   Since Inception
Acquiring Fund – Class A (inception date: 06/03/2009)
                       
Return Before Taxes
    3.64 %     N/A       6.63 %
Return After Taxes on Distributions
    1.79 %     N/A       4.89 %
Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares
    2.30 %     N/A       4.60 %
Invesco Core Bond Fund – Class A (inception date: 12/31/2001)
                       

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    1 Year   5 Years   Since Inception
Return Before Taxes
    4.57 %     1.91 %     3.39 %
Return After Taxes on Distributions
    2.99 %     (0.02 )%     1.62 %
Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares
    2.93 %     0.48 %     1.84 %
Invesco Van Kampen Core Plus Fixed Income Fund – Class A1 (inception date: 01/26/2007)
                       
Return Before Taxes
    2.92 %     N/A       2.33 %
Return After Taxes on Distributions
    1.67 %     N/A       0.84 %
Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares
    1.87 %     N/A       1.10 %
 
*   The above total return figures reflect the maximum front-end sales charge (load) of 4.75% applicable to Class A shares.
 
1   The returns shown for periods prior to June 1, 2010 are those of the Class A shares of a predecessor fund that was advised by Van Kampen Asset Management and was reorganized into the Core Plus Fixed Income Fund on June 1, 2010. The returns shown for periods after June 1, 2010 are those of the Core Plus Fixed Income. The returns of the Core Plus Fixed Income are different from the predecessor fund as they had different expenses and sales charges.
After-tax returns are calculated using the historical highest individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes. Actual after-tax returns depend on an investor’s tax situation and may differ from those shown, and after-tax returns shown are not relevant to investors who hold their Fund shares through tax-deferred arrangements, such as 401(k) plans or individual retirement accounts.
How do the management, investment manager and other service providers of the Funds compare?
     Each Fund is overseen by the same Board and officers. In addition, Invesco Advisers, a registered investment adviser, serves as primary investment adviser for each Fund pursuant to an investment advisory agreement that contains substantially identical terms (except for fees) for each Fund. The advisory fee of the Acquiring Fund is higher than the advisory fee of each Target Fund. Invesco Advisers is located at 1555 Peachtree Street, N.E., Atlanta, Georgia 30309. Invesco Advisers has acted as an investment adviser since its organization in 1976. As of September 30, 2010, Invesco Advisers had $300.3 billion under management. Invesco Advisers is an indirect, wholly owned subsidiary of Invesco.
     The advisory agreement applicable to the Funds provides that Invesco Advisers may delegate any and all of its rights, duties and obligations to one or more wholly owned affiliates of Invesco as sub-advisers (the “Invesco Sub-Advisers”). Pursuant to Master Intergroup Sub-Advisory Contracts, the Invesco Sub-Advisers may be appointed by Invesco Advisers from time to time to provide discretionary investment management services, investment advice, and/or order execution services to a Fund. The Invesco Sub-Advisers, each of which is an indirect, wholly owned subsidiary of Invesco and a registered investment adviser under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, are:
     
  Invesco Asset Management Deutschland GmbH;
 
  Invesco Asset Management Limited;
 
  Invesco Australia Limited;
 
  Invesco Trimark Ltd.
 
  Invesco Hong Kong Limited;
 
  Invesco Asset Management (Japan) Limited;
 
  Invesco Senior Secured Management, Inc.; and
     Other key service providers to the Target Funds, including the administrator, transfer agent, custodian, distributor and auditor, provide the same or substantially the same services to the Acquiring Fund. The Acquiring Fund’s prospectus and SAI describe the services and other arrangements with these service providers.
How do the Funds’ purchase and redemption procedures, distribution policies and exchange policies compare?
     The sales charges, sales charge exemptions, distribution and servicing arrangements, purchase and redemption procedures and exchange policies are generally similar. For more information see the section entitled “Comparison of Share Classes and Distribution Arrangements.”

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Will the Acquiring Fund have different portfolio managers than a corresponding Target Fund?
     Yes. The portfolio management teams of the Target Funds and the Acquiring Fund are similar, however the Core Plus Fixed Income Fund and the Acquiring Fund’s portfolio management teams have two additional team members than the portfolio management team of the Core Bond Fund. The Acquiring Fund prospectus that accompanies this Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus provides biographical information about the key individuals that comprise the portfolio management team for the Acquiring Fund.
Will there be any tax consequences resulting from the proposal?
     Each Reorganization is designed to qualify as a tax-free reorganization for federal income tax purposes and the Target Funds anticipate receiving a legal opinion to that effect. Thus, while there can be no guarantee that the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) will adopt a similar position, it is expected that shareholders will have no adverse federal income tax consequences as a result of the Reorganizations. Shareholders should consult their tax adviser about state and local tax consequences of the Reorganization, if any, because the information about tax consequences in this Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus relates to the federal income tax consequences of the Reorganizations only.
When are the Reorganizations expected to occur?
     If shareholders of a Target Fund approve the Reorganization, it is anticipated that such Reorganization will occur on or about May 2, 2011.
How do I vote on the Reorganizations?
     There are several ways you can vote your shares, including in person at the Meeting, by mail, by telephone or via the Internet. The proxy card that accompanies this Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus provides detailed instructions on how you may vote your shares. If you properly fill in and sign your proxy card and send it to us in time to vote at the Meeting, your “proxy” (the individuals named on your proxy card) will vote your shares as you have directed. If you sign your proxy card but do not make specific choices, your proxy will vote your shares FOR the proposal, as recommended by the Board, and in their best judgment on other matters.
What will happen if shareholders of a Target Fund do not approve the Reorganization?
     If the shareholders of a Target Fund do not approve the Reorganization, the Target Fund’s Board will consider other possible courses of action for such Target Fund. The consummation of any particular Reorganization is not conditioned upon the specific consummation of any other Reorganization.
What if I do not wish to participate in the Reorganization?
     If you do not wish to have your shares of your Target Fund exchanged for shares of the corresponding Acquiring Fund as part of a Reorganization that is approved by shareholders, you may redeem your shares prior to the consummation of the Reorganization. If you redeem your shares, you will incur any applicable deferred sales charge and if you hold shares in a taxable account, you will recognize a taxable gain or loss based on the difference between your tax basis in the shares and the amount you receive for them.
Why are you sending me the Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus?
     You are receiving this Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus because you own shares in one or more Target Funds as of the Record Date and have the right to vote on the very important proposal described herein concerning your Target Fund. This Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus contains information that shareholders of the Target Funds should know before voting on the proposed Reorganizations. This document is both a proxy statement of the Target Funds and also a prospectus for the Acquiring Fund.
Where can I find more information about the Funds and the Reorganizations?

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     Additional information about the Funds can be found in their respective prospectuses and SAIs. The remainder of this Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus contains additional information about the Reorganizations. You are encouraged to read the entire document. If you need any assistance, or have any questions regarding the Reorganizations or how to vote, please call Invesco Client Services at 1-800 959-4246.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE FUNDS
Comparison of Principal Investment Strategies
     The following section compares the principal investment strategies of each Target Fund with the principal investment strategies of the Acquiring Fund and highlights any key differences. In addition to the principal investment strategies described below, each Fund is also subject to certain additional investment policies and limitations, which are described in each Fund’s prospectus and SAI. The cover page of this Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus describes how you can obtain copies of these documents. A comparison of the principal risks associated with the Funds’ investment strategies is described below under “Comparison of Principal Risks of Investing in the Funds.”
     The investment strategies of the Acquiring Fund and the Target Funds are similar. The Acquiring Fund invests, normally, at least 80% of its net assets, plus the amount of any borrowings for investment purposes, in fixed income securities. Similarly, the Core Bond Fund and Core Plus Fixed Income Fund each invests under normal circumstances at least 80% of its net assets (plus borrowings for investment purposes) in fixed income securities.
     The Acquiring Fund primarily invests its assets in investment grade fixed income securities generally represented by the Barclays Capital U.S. Aggregate Index (a benchmark index of the fund), but not limited to, investment grade corporate bonds, U.S. Treasury and agency securities, mortgage-backed securities, and asset-backed securities. The principal type of fixed income securities purchased by the Core Bond Fund are corporate bonds of varying maturities, U.S. Treasury and agency bonds and notes, and mortgage-backed and asset-backed securities. Under normal market conditions, the Core Plus Fixed Income Fund invests primarily in U.S. dollar denominated fixed income securities, including securities issued by the U.S. government, its agencies or instrumentalities, corporate bonds and notes, mortgage-related or mortgage-backed securities including collateralized mortgage obligations (“CMOs”), asset-backed securities, zero coupon and stripped securities, target index return securities, medium and lower grade securities, municipal obligations, variable and floating rate securities, inflation indexed bonds, convertible securities, preferred stock, structured notes, Eurobonds, Yankee Bonds, repurchase agreements and commercial paper.
     To increase diversification and investment opportunities, the Acquiring Fund may invest up to 30% of its net assets in foreign debt securities and up to 20% of its net assets in high yield debt securities. In regard to foreign debt security holdings, up to 30% of the Acquiring Fund’s net assets may be in developing markets debt securities and up to 20% of the Fund’s net assets may be denominated in currencies other than the U.S. dollar. The Core Bond Fund may invest up to 25% of its total assets in foreign securities. The Fund may also invest in securities, whether or not considered foreign securities, which carry foreign credit exposure. The Core Plus Fixed Income Fund may invest a portion or all of its total assets in securities issued by foreign governments or corporations; provided, however, that the Fund may not invest more than 30% of its total assets in non-U.S. dollar denominated securities.
     The Acquiring Fund may also invest in derivative instruments such as futures contracts and swap agreements (including, but not limited to, credit default swaps). The Core Bond Fund management team uses derivatives to implement investment strategies efficiently, and may use them for hedging, speculative purposes, or in place of cash bonds. The Core Bond Fund may invest in derivative instruments such as futures contracts and swap agreements, including but not limited to interest rate futures, credit default swaps, and engage in mortgage dollar roll transactions, a form of repurchase agreement activity in the to-be-announced (“TBA”) market for agency mortgage backed securities. The Core Bond Fund engages in dollar roll transactions to enhance the Fund’s return on cash. The Core Plus Fixed Income Fund may purchase and sell options, futures contracts, options on futures contracts, forward contracts, swaps (including currency, interest rate, credit default, total return and index swaps and swap options) and structured products, which are derivative instruments, for various portfolio management purposes and to mitigate risks. In general terms, a derivative instrument is one whose value depends on (or is derived from) the value of an underlying asset, interest rate or index. The Core Plus Fixed Income Fund may invest in when-issued or delayed delivery securities, including TBAs.

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     The Acquiring Fund attempts to maintain (i) a dollar-weighted average portfolio maturity of between three and ten years; and (ii) a duration (the funds price sensitivity to changes in interest rates) of within +/- one year of the benchmark index. The Core Bond Fund attempts to maintain (i) a dollar-weighted average portfolio maturity of between three and ten years; and (ii) a duration (the Fund’s price sensitivity to changes in interest rates) of within +/- 1.5 years of the benchmark index. Under normal market conditions, the Core Plus Fixed Income Fund seeks to maintain an average weighted maturity range between five and ten years.
     The Target Funds are each diversified. The Acquiring Fund is non-diversified, which means that it can invest a greater percentage of its assets in any one issuer than a diversified fund can. However, because the Acquiring Fund intends to qualify as a “regulated investment company” under the Internal Revenue Code, the Fund must satisfy an asset diversification test applicable to regulated investment companies. This asset diversification test is described in the Fund’s Statement of Additional Information.
     The portfolio managers of the Acquired Fund use the investment team’s top-down and bottom-up investment decisions to construct the Fund’s portfolio. Top-down decisions include duration and yield curve positioning decisions as well as exposure weights to various fixed income asset classes including but not limited to government securities, mortgage-backed securities, asset-backed securities, and corporate bonds. The bottom-up investment decisions focus on fundamental research of individual issuers as well as an analysis of the characteristics and relative value of individual securities. In selecting securities for the portfolio, Acquiring Fund portfolio managers work with the investment team to identify improving sector and issuer specific fundamentals, in particular, those factors that influence the issuer’s ongoing ability to service and repay its debt obligations. The Core Bond Fund portfolio managers utilize an appropriate benchmark index in structuring the portfolio, and then decide on risk factors to use in managing the fund relative to that benchmark. In doing so, the portfolio managers consider recommendations from a team of independent specialists in positioning the fund to generate alpha (specific factors affecting the return on investments in excess of the benchmark). The Core Bond Fund portfolio managers generally rely upon a different team of specialists for trade execution and for assistance in determining the most efficient way (in terms of cost-efficiency and selection) to implement those recommendations. Although a variety of specialists provide input in the management of the Core Bond Fund, the portfolio managers retain responsibility for ensuring the fund is positioned appropriately in terms of risk exposures and position sizes. The portfolio managers rely on the specialists for adjusting the Core Bond Fund’s risk exposures and security selection. The Adviser employs a value approach toward fixed income investing on behalf of the Core Plus Fixed Income Fund. The Adviser’s research teams evaluate the relative attractiveness among U.S. government, corporate and mortgage securities, and also may consider the relative attractiveness of non-U.S. dollar denominated issues. The Adviser relies upon value measures to guide its decisions regarding sector, security and country selection, and also measures various types of risk by monitoring interest rates, inflation, the shape of the yield curve, credit risk, prepayment risk, country risk and currency valuations.
     The Acquiring Fund and the Core Bond Fund may engage in active and frequent trading of portfolio securities to achieve their respective its investment objectives.
Comparison of Principal Risks of Investing in the Funds
     The table below describes the principal risks that may affect each Fund’s investment portfolio. For more information on the risks associated with the Acquiring Fund, see the “Investment Strategies and Risks” section of the Acquiring Fund’s SAI.
     
Principal Risk   Funds Subject to Risk
Market Risk. The prices of and the income generated by securities held by the fund may decline in response to certain events, including those directly involving the issuers whose securities are owned by the fund; general economic and market conditions; regional or global economic instability; and currency and interest rate fluctuations.
  Acquiring Fund
Target Funds
 
   
Active Trading Risk. The Fund may engage in frequent trading of portfolio securities. Active trading results in added expenses and may result in a lower return
  Acquiring Fund
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Principal Risk   Funds Subject to Risk
and increased tax liability.
   
 
   
Credit Risk. Credit risk is the risk of loss on an investment due to the deterioration of an issuer’s financial health. Such a deterioration of financial health may result in a reduction of the credit rating of the issuer’s securities and may lead to the issuer’s inability to honor its contractual obligations including making timely payment of interest and principal. Credit ratings are a measure of credit quality. Although a downgrade or upgrade of a bond’s credit ratings may or may not affect its price, a decline in credit quality may make bonds less attractive, thereby driving up the yield on the bond and driving down the price. Declines in credit quality may result in bankruptcy for the issuer and permanent loss of investment.
  Acquiring Fund
Target Funds
 
   
Derivatives Risk. Derivatives are financial contracts whose value depends on or is derived from an underlying asset (including an underlying security), reference rate or index. Derivatives may be used as a substitute for purchasing the underlying asset or as a hedge to reduce exposure to risks. The use of derivatives involves risks similar to, as well as risks different from, and possibly greater than, the risks associated with investing directly in securities or other more traditional instruments. Risks to which derivatives may be subject include market, interest rate, credit, leverage and management risks. They may also be more difficult to purchase, sell or value than other investments. When used for hedging or reducing exposure, the derivative may not correlate perfectly with the underlying asset, reference rate or index. A fund investing in a derivative could lose more than the cash amount invested. Over the counter derivatives are also subject to counterparty risk, which is the risk that the other party to the contract will not fulfill its contractual obligation to complete the transaction with the fund. In addition, the use of certain derivatives may cause the fund to realize higher amounts of income or short-term capital gains (generally taxed at ordinary income tax rates).
  Acquiring Fund
Target Funds
 
   
Dollar Roll Transactions Risk. Dollar roll transactions involve the risk that the market value and yield of the securities retained by the Fund may decline below the price of the mortgage-related securities sold by the Fund that it is obligated to repurchase.
  Core Bond Fund
 
   
Foreign Securities Risk. The dollar value of the fund’s foreign investments will be affected by changes in the exchange rates between the dollar and the currencies in which those investments are traded. The value of the fund’s foreign investments may be adversely affected by political and social instability in their home countries, by changes in economic or taxation policies in those countries, or by the difficulty in enforcing obligations in those countries. Foreign companies generally may be subject to less stringent regulations than U.S. companies, including financial reporting requirements and auditing and accounting controls. As a result, there generally is less publicly available information about foreign companies than about U.S. companies. Trading in many foreign securities may be less liquid and more volatile than U.S. securities due to the size of the market or other factors.
  Acquiring Fund
Target Funds
 
   
Developing Markets Securities Risk. The factors described above for “Foreign Securities Risk” may affect the prices of securities issued by foreign companies located in developing countries more than those in countries with mature economies. For example, many developing countries (i.e., those that are in the initial stages of their industrial cycle) have, in the past, experienced high rates of inflation or sharply devalued their currencies against the U.S. dollar, thereby causing the value of investments in companies located in those countries to decline. Transaction costs are often higher in developing countries and there may be delays in settlement procedures.
  Acquiring Fund
 
   
Currency/Exchange Rate Risk. The fund may buy or sell currencies other than the U.S. Dollar and use derivatives involving foreign currencies in order to capitalize on anticipated changes in exchange rates. There is no guarantee that these investments will be successful.
  Acquiring Fund
 
   
Interest Rate Risk. Interest rate risk refers to the risk that bond prices generally fall as interest rates rise; conversely, bond prices generally rise as interest rates fall.
  Acquiring Fund
Target Funds

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Principal Risk   Funds Subject to Risk
Specific bonds differ in their sensitivity to changes in interest rates depending on specific characteristics of each bond. A measure investors commonly use to determine this sensitivity is called duration. The longer the duration of a particular bond, the greater is its price sensitivity to interest rate changes. Similarly, a longer duration portfolio of securities has greater price sensitivity. Duration is determined by a number of factors including coupon rate, whether the coupon is fixed or floating, time to maturity, call or put features, and various repayment features.
   
 
   
Income Risk. The income you receive from the Fund is based primarily on prevailing interest rates, which can vary widely over the short- and long-term. If interest rates drop, your income from the Fund may drop as well. The more the Fund invests in adjustable, variable or floating rate securities or in securities susceptible to prepayment risk, the greater the Fund’s income risk.
  Acquiring Fund
Target Funds
 
   
Management Risk. There is no guarantee that the investment techniques and risk analyses used by the fund’s portfolio managers will produce the desired results.
  Acquiring Fund
Target Funds
 
   
Mortgage- and Asset-Backed Securities Risk. These securities are subject to prepayment or call risk, which is the risk that payments from the borrower may be received earlier or later than expected due to changes in the rate at which the underlying loans are prepaid. Faster prepayments often happen when market interest rates are falling. As a result, the fund may need to reinvest these early payments at lower interest rates, thereby reducing its income. Conversely, when interest rates rise, prepayments may happen more slowly, causing the underlying loans to be outstanding for a longer time, which can cause the market value of the security to fall because the market may view its interest rate as too low for a longer-term investment. Due to these risks, mortgage-backed and asset-backed instruments may be more difficult to value.
  Acquiring Fund
Core Bond Fund
 
   
Prepayment or Call Risk. If interest rates fall, it is possible that issuers of fixed income securities with high interest rates will prepay or call their securities before their maturity dates. In this event, the proceeds from these securities would likely be reinvested by the Fund in securities bearing the new, lower interest rates, resulting in a possible decline in the Fund’s income and distributions to shareholders. Mortgage-related securities are especially sensitive to prepayment risk because borrowers often refinance their mortgages when interest rates drop.
  Core Plus Fixed Income Fund
 
   
Extension Risk. The prices of fixed income securities tend to fall as interest rates rise. For mortgage-related securities, if interest rates rise, borrowers may prepay mortgages more slowly than originally expected. This may further reduce the market value of the securities and lengthen their durations.
  Core Plus Fixed Income Fund
 
   
Reinvestment Risk. Reinvestment risk is the risk that a bond’s cash flows (coupon income and principal repayment) will be reinvested at an interest rate below that on the original bond. If interest rates decline, the underlying bond may rise in value, but the cash flows received from that bond may have to be invested at a lower interest rate.
  Acquiring Fund
Core Bond Fund
 
   
U.S. Government Obligations Risk. The fund may invest in obligations issued by agencies and instrumentalities of the U.S. Government. These obligations vary in the level of support they receive from the U.S. Government. They may be: (i) supported by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Treasury; (ii) supported by the right of the issuer to borrow from the U.S. Treasury; (iii) supported by the discretionary authority of the U.S. Government to purchase the issuer’s obligation; or (iv) supported only by the credit of the issuer. The U.S. Government may choose not to provide financial support to the U.S. Government sponsored agencies or instrumentalities if it is not legally obligated to do so, in which case, if the issuer defaulted, the fund holding securities of such issuer might not be able to recover its investment from the U.S. Government.
  Acquiring Fund
Target Funds
 
   
High Yield Risk. High yield risk is a form of credit risk. High yield bonds or “junk bonds” are bonds rated below investment grade or deemed to be of comparable quality. They are considered to be speculative investments with greater risk of failure to make timely payment of interest and principal (to default on their
  Acquiring Fund
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Principal Risk   Funds Subject to Risk
contractual obligations) than their investment grade counterparts. High yield bonds may exhibit increased price sensitivity and reduced liquidity generally and particularly during times of economic downturn or volatility in the capital markets.
   
 
   
Leverage Risk. Borrowing money to buy securities exposes the fund to leverage because the fund can achieve a return on a capital base larger than the assets that shareholders have contributed to the fund. Certain other transactions may give rise to a form of leverage. Leverage also exists when a fund purchases or sells an instrument or enters into a transaction without investing cash in an amount equal to the full economic exposure of the instrument or transaction. Such instruments may include, among others, reverse repurchase agreements, written options and derivatives, and transactions may include the use of when-issued, delayed delivery or forward commitment transactions. Except in the case of borrowing, the fund mitigates leverage risk by segregating or earmarking liquid assets or otherwise covers transactions that may give rise to such risk. To the extent that the fund is not able to close out a leveraged position because of market illiquidity, the fund’s liquidity may be impaired to the extent that it has a substantial portion of liquid assets segregated or earmarked to cover obligations and may liquidate portfolio positions when it may not be advantageous to do so. Leveraging may cause the fund to be more volatile because it may exaggerate the effect of any increase or decrease in the value of the fund’s portfolio securities. There can be no assurance that the fund’s leverage strategy will be successful.
  Acquiring Fund
 
   
Counterparty Risk. Individually negotiated, or over-the-counter, derivatives are also subject to counterparty risk, which is the risk that the other party to the contract will not fulfill its contractual obligation to complete the transaction with the fund.
  Acquiring Fund
 
   
Non-Diversification Risk. Because it is non-diversified, the fund may invest in fewer issuers than if it were diversified. Thus, the value of the fund’s shares may vary more widely, and the fund may be subject to greater market and credit risk, than if the fund invested more broadly.
  Acquiring Fund
 
   
Liquidity Risk. A security is considered to be illiquid if the fund is unable to sell such security at a fair price within a reasonable amount of time. A security may be deemed illiquid due to a lack of trading volume in the security or if the security is privately placed and not traded in any public market or is otherwise restricted from trading. The fund may be unable to sell its illiquid securities at the time or price it desires and could lose its entire investment in such securities.
  Acquiring Fund
 
   
Limited Number of Holdings Risk. Because a large percentage of the fund’s assets may be invested in a limited number of securities, a change in the value of these securities could significantly affect the value of your investment in the fund.
  Acquiring Fund
Comparison of Fundamental and Non-Fundamental Investment Restrictions
     Each Fund has adopted fundamental investment restrictions concerning, among other things, concentration in particular industries, borrowing and loaning money, and investing in real estate and commodities. In addition, the Target Fund has adopted a fundamental investment restriction relating to diversification. Except for the Target Funds’ fundamental investment restriction relating to diversification, the fundamental and non-fundamental investment restrictions of the Target Funds and those of the Acquiring Fund are the same. Fundamental investment restrictions of a Fund cannot be changed without shareholder approval. Non-fundamental investment restrictions of a Fund can be changed by a Fund’s Board of Trustees.
     With regard to diversification, the fundamental and non-fundamental investment restrictions of the Target Funds and the Acquiring Fund are different. The Target Funds have adopted a fundamental and non-fundamental investment restriction that limits the percentage of the Target Funds’ investment in a particular issuer of a security. The Acquiring Fund has not adopted a similar fundamental or non-fundamental investment restriction. As a result, the Acquiring Fund may invest a greater percentage of the Fund’s investments in a single issuer of a security.

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     Both the Target Funds and the Acquiring Fund may be subject to other investment restrictions that are not identified above. A full description of each Target Fund’s and the Acquiring Fund’s investment policies and restrictions may be found in its respective SAI.
Comparison of Share Classes and Distribution Arrangements
     Each share class of a Target Fund will be reorganized into a specific share class of the Acquiring Fund. The following sub-sections identify the Acquiring Fund share class that corresponds with each Target Fund share class as well as the different distribution arrangements among the various share classes.
     Class Structure. The Funds each offer multiple share classes. Each such class offers a distinct structure of sales charges, distribution and/or service fees, and reductions and waivers thereto, which are designed to address a variety of shareholder servicing needs. In addition, some share classes have certain eligibility requirements that must be met to invest in that class of shares. The eligibility requirements are the same for each Fund and are described in the Funds’ prospectuses.
     The share classes offered by the Target Funds and the corresponding share classes of the Acquiring Fund that Target Fund shareholders will receive in connection with a Reorganization are as follows:
     
Core Bond Fund   Acquiring Fund
Share Classes   Share Classes
A   A
B   B
C   C
Y   Y
R   R
Institutional   Institutional
     
Core Plus Fixed Income Fund Share   Acquiring Fund
Classes   Share Classes
A   A
B   B
C   C
Y   Y
     Each Fund no longer offers Class B shares to new investors. Existing investors of the Target Fund that owned Class B shares before their closure will continue to receive reinvested dividends in the form of new Class B shares but may no longer add to their existing positions in Class B. Shareholders who receive Class B shares in connection with a Reorganization may continue to hold those shares and reinvest dividends until the scheduled conversion date of the Class B shares to Class A but may not purchase new Class B shares.
     Sales Charges. The sales charge schedule (if any) of each share classes of the Target Fund are substantially the same as the sales charge schedule (if any) of the corresponding share classes of the Acquiring Fund. Class A shares of each Fund are sold with an initial sales charge that ranges from 4.75% to zero depending on the amount of your investment. Class B and Class C shares of each Fund are sold with a contingent deferred sales charge that may be imposed when the shares are sold. Class A shares may also be subject to a contingent deferred sales charge on purchases of $1 million or more if redeemed prior to 18 months after the date of purchase. Each Fund offers reductions and waivers of the initial sales charge and contingent deferred sale charge to certain eligible investors or under certain circumstances, which are substantially the same between the Funds. Class Y, Class R and Institutional Class shares are sold without any initial sales charge or contingent deferred sales charge. Each share class except Class Y and Institutional Class imposes an asset based sales charge or service fee under one or more plans adopted by the Board, which are described in the following section. The Funds’ prospectuses describe the sales charge schedules and applicable waivers and exemptions of each such share class.

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     You will not pay an initial sales charge on Acquiring Fund Class A shares that you receive in connection with the Reorganization. In addition, the exchange of Class A shares, Class B shares or Class C shares of the Target Fund for corresponding classes of the Acquiring Fund at the consummation of the Reorganization will not result in the imposition of any contingent deferred sales charge that applies to those share classes. Upon consummation of the Reorganization, former Target Fund shareholders of Class A shares, Class B shares or Class C shares will be credited for the period of time from their original date of purchase of the Target Fund Class A shares, Class B shares or Class C shares for purposes of determining the amount of any contingent deferred sales charge that may be due upon subsequent redemption, if any. In addition, the CDSC schedule that applies to the Class B shares of the Target Fund that you own will continue to apply to the Class B shares of the Acquiring Fund that you receive in the Reorganization. The Acquiring Fund initial sales charges for Class A shares and contingent deferred sales charges that apply to Class A shares and Class C shares will apply to any Class A shares or Class C shares of the Acquiring Fund purchased after the Reorganization, unless you are eligible for a reduction or waiver of the initial sales charge or contingent deferred sales charge.
     Distribution Fees. The Funds have adopted distribution plans and service plans (together, the “Distribution Plans”) pursuant to Rule 12b-1 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”) with respect to each of their Class A, Class B, Class C and Class R shares. Class Y and Institutional Class shares of the Funds are not subject to the Distribution Plans.
     Pursuant to the Core Plus Fixed Income Fund’s Distribution Plans, the Core Plus Fixed Income Fund is authorized to make payments to Invesco Distributors, Inc., the Funds’ principal underwriter (“IDI”) in connection with the distribution of the Core Plus Fixed Income Fund’s shares and providing shareholder services at the annual rate of up to 0.25% of the Core Plus Fixed Income Fund’s average daily net assets attributable to Class A shares and at the annual rate of up to 1.00% of the Core Plus Fixed Income Fund’s average daily net assets attributable to Class B and Class C shares. Notwithstanding the foregoing expense limits, however, IDI may be reimbursed from the Core Plus Fixed Income Fund only up to the amount it has spent on activities or expenses primarily intended to result in the sale of shares or the servicing of shareholders. This type of Distribution Plan is sometimes referred to as a “reimbursement-type” plan because the underwriter is only entitled to be reimbursed for its plan-related expenses.
     The Distribution Plans for the Core Bond Fund and the Acquiring Fund are similar to the Core Plus Fixed Income Fund except that the IDI is entitled to be paid by the Core Bond Fund and the Acquiring Fund the maximum amounts described above (i.e., 0.25% for Class A shares, 1.00% for Class B and Class C shares and 0.50% for Class R shares) regardless of the amount IDI has spent on activities or expenses intended to result in the sale of shares or the servicing of shareholders. This type of Distribution Plan is sometimes referred to as a “compensation-type” plan because the underwriter is compensated at a fixed rate, regardless of its actual distribution and service-related expenditures. Thus it is possible that under the Acquiring Fund’s Distribution Plan the underwriter could, in practice, receive payments in excess of the amounts actually paid under the Core Plus Fixed Income Fund’s “reimbursement” type Distribution Plan.
     The fee table under the “SUMMARY OF KEY INFORMATION – How do the Funds’ expenses compare” section of this Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus describes the fees paid under each Funds’ Distribution Plan for a recent period as well as an estimate of the fees to be paid under the Acquiring Fund’s Distribution Plan following the Reorganizations.
Comparison of Purchase and Redemption Procedures
     The purchase procedures employed by the Target Funds and the Acquiring Fund are substantially the same. Each Fund offers shares through its distributor on a continuous basis. Shares of the Funds may be purchased directly through the transfer agent and through other authorized financial intermediaries. Investors may purchase both initial and additional shares by mail, wire, telephone or the internet. The Acquiring Fund prospectus enclosed with this Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus describes in detail how shareholders can purchase Acquiring Fund shares. Class A, Class B (closed to new investments, except dividend reinvestments), Class C and Class Y shares of the Funds require a minimum investment of $1,000 ($250 for IRA, Roth IRA, Coverdell Education Savings Accounts). There is no minimum investment required to purchase Class R shares. Institutional Class shares of the Core Bond Fund and the Acquiring Fund require a minimum initial investment that ranges from $0 to $10 million, depending on the type of account making the investment. The Acquiring Fund’s prospectus describes the types of accounts to which

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the minimum initial investment applies. For accounts participating in a systematic investment program, the minimum investment is $50 ($25 for IRA, Roth IRA, and Coverdell Education Savings Accounts). Certain exemptions apply as set forth in the Funds’ prospectuses. The foregoing investment minimums will not apply to shares received in connection with a Reorganization. However, investors may be charged a small-account fee if account balances remain below the required investment minimum for certain periods. See the Funds’ prospectuses for details.
Comparison of Distribution Policies
     Each Fund declares dividends from net investment income daily and pays them monthly. Each Fund declares and pays capital gains distributions, if any, at least annually. Each Fund may also declare and pay capital gains distributions more than once per year as permitted by law. Each Fund automatically reinvests any dividends from net investment income or capital gains distributions, unless otherwise instructed by a shareholder to pay dividends and distributions in cash.
Forms of Organization and Securities to be Issued
     Each Target Fund is a series of the AIM Investment Securities Funds (Invesco Investment Securities Funds) and the Acquiring Fund is a series of AIM Counselor Series Trust (Invesco Counselor Series Trust) (together, the “Trusts”), each of which is a Delaware statutory trust. In addition, the Trusts’ governing instruments, including a declaration of trust and bylaws, are substantially the same. As a result, there are no material differences between the rights of shareholders under the governing state laws of the Target Funds and the Acquiring Fund. Each share of the Acquiring Fund represents an equal proportionate interest with each other share of the Fund, and each such share is entitled to equal dividend, liquidation, redemption and voting rights, except where class voting is required by the Trust’s governing instruments, the Board or applicable law, in which case shareholders of a class will have exclusive voting rights on matters affecting only that class. The assets and liabilities of each Fund are legally separate from the assets and liabilities of any other fund that is a series of the respective Trust. More information about the voting, dividend and other rights associated with shares of the Funds can be found in each Fund’s SAI.
Pending Litigation
     Civil lawsuits, including a regulatory proceeding and purported class action and shareholder derivative suits, have been filed against certain Invesco Funds, INVESCO Funds Group, Inc. (“IFG”) (the former investment adviser to certain funds), a predecessor to Invesco Advisers, IDI and/or related entities and individuals, depending on the lawsuit, alleging among other things: (i) that the defendants permitted improper market timing and related activity in the funds; and (ii) that certain funds inadequately employed fair value pricing. You can find more detailed information concerning all of the above matters, including the parties to the civil lawsuits and summaries of the various allegations and remedies sought in such lawsuits, in the Acquiring Fund’s SAI.
Where to Find More Information
     For more information with respect to each Fund concerning the following topics, please refer to the following sections of the Funds’ prospectuses: (i) see “Fund Management” for more information about the management of a Fund; (ii) see “Other Information” for more information about a Fund’s policy with respect to dividends and distributions; and (iii) see “Shareholder Account Information” for more information about the pricing, purchase, redemption and repurchase of shares of a Fund, tax consequences to shareholders of various transactions in shares of a Fund, and distribution arrangements of a Fund.
THE PROPOSED REORGANIZATIONS
Summary of Agreement and Plan of Reorganization
     The terms and conditions under which each Reorganization may be consummated are set forth in the Agreement. Significant provisions of the Agreement are summarized below; however, this summary is qualified in its entirety by reference to the form of Agreement, a copy of which is attached as Exhibit D to this Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus.

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     With respect to each Reorganization, if shareholders of the Target Fund approve the Agreement and other closing conditions are satisfied, the assets of the Target Fund will be delivered to the Acquiring Fund’s custodian for the account of the Acquiring Fund in exchange for the assumption by the Acquiring Fund of liabilities of the Target Fund and delivery by the Acquiring Fund to the holders of record as of the Effective Time (as defined below) of the issued and outstanding shares of the Target Fund of a number of shares of the Acquiring Fund (including, if applicable, fractional shares rounded to the nearest thousandth), having an aggregate net asset value equal to the value of the net assets of the Target Fund so transferred, all determined and adjusted as provided in the Agreement. The value of your account with an Acquiring Fund immediately after the Reorganization will be the same as the value of your account with the Target Fund immediately prior to the Reorganization.
     The class or classes of Acquiring Fund shares that shareholders will receive in connection with the Reorganization will depend on the class or classes of Target Fund shares that shareholders hold as described above under “Comparison of Share Classes and Distribution Arrangements.”
     Each Target Fund and the Acquiring Fund has made representations and warranties in the form of Agreement that are customary in matters such as the Reorganizations.
     If shareholders approve the Reorganizations and if all of the closing conditions set forth in the Agreement are satisfied or waived, consummation of the Reorganizations (the “Closing”) is expected to occur on or about May 2, 2011, (the “Closing Date”) immediately prior to the opening of regular trading on the New York Stock Exchange on the Closing Date (the “Effective Time”). The consummation of any particular Reorganization is not conditioned upon the consummation of any other Reorganization. As a result, the Reorganizations may close at different times. In addition, the parties may choose to delay the consummation of a Reorganization that shareholders have approved so that all or substantially all of the Reorganizations are consummated at the same time. Following receipt of the requisite shareholder vote in favor of a Reorganization and as soon as reasonably practicable after the Closing, the outstanding shares of the Target Fund will be terminated in accordance with its governing documents and applicable law.
     If shareholders of a Target Fund do not approve the Agreement or if the Reorganization does not otherwise close, the Board will consider what additional action to take. The Agreement may be terminated and the Reorganization may be abandoned at any time by mutual agreement of the parties. The Agreement may be amended or modified in a writing signed by the parties to the Agreement.
Board Considerations in Approving the Reorganizations
     As discussed above, on June 1, 2010, Invesco acquired the retail mutual fund business of Morgan Stanley, which included 92 Morgan Stanley and Van Kampen branded funds. This transaction filled gaps in Invesco’s product line-up and has enabled Invesco to expand its investment offerings to retail customers. The transaction also resulted in significant product overlap. The Reorganizations proposed in this Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus are part of a larger group of reorganizations across Invesco’s mutual fund platform. The reorganizations are designed to put forth Invesco’s most compelling investment processes and strategies, reduce product overlap and create scale in the resulting funds.
     Because of the large number of proposed reorganizations, each Board of Trustees of the Invesco Funds created an ad hoc committee comprised of both Invesco Fund trustees and Van Kampen legacy trustees (the “Ad Hoc Merger Committee”). The Ad Hoc Merger Committee of the Board met separately three times, from September 2, 2010 through October 13, 2010 to discuss the proposed Reorganizations. Two separate meetings of the full Board were also held to review and consider the Reorganizations, including presentations by the Ad Hoc Merger Committee. The trustees who are not “interested persons,” as that term is defined in the 1940 Act, of the Trust (the “Independent Trustees”) held a separate meeting prior to the meeting of the full Board to consider these matters. The Independent Trustees have been advised on this matter by independent counsel to the Independent Trustees and by the independent Senior Officer, an officer of the Trust who reports directly to the Independent Trustees. The Board requested and received from Invesco Advisers and IDI written materials containing relevant information about the Funds and the proposed Reorganizations, including fee and expense information on an actual and pro forma estimated basis, and comparative portfolio composition and performance data.
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following information for the Target Funds and the Acquiring Fund: (1) investment objectives, policies and restrictions; (2) portfolio management; (3) portfolio composition; (4) the comparative short-term and long-term investment performance; (5) the current expense ratios and expense structures, including contractual investment advisory fees; (6) the expected federal income tax consequences to the Funds, including any impact on capital loss carry forwards; and (7) relative asset size and net purchase (redemption) trends. The Board also considered the benefits to each Target Fund of (i) combining with a similar Fund to create a larger fund with a more diversified shareholder base that may also achieve certain economies of scale as certain fixed expenses are allocated over a larger asset base and, (ii) Invesco Advisers paying a portion of the expenses related to the reorganizations for those funds that are currently subject to expense caps; (iii) Invesco Advisers’ agreement to cap expenses of the Acquiring Fund for two years after the Closing; and (iv) the expected tax free nature of the Reorganizations for each Target Fund and its shareholders for federal income tax purposes. The Board also considered the overall goal of the reorganizations to rationalize the Invesco Funds to enable IDI to better focus on the combined funds to promote additional asset growth.
     With respect to the Reorganization of each Target Fund and the Acquiring fund, the Board further considered that (i) the advisory fee of the Acquiring Fund is higher than the advisory fee of the Target Funds, (ii) Invesco Advisers’ agreement to limit the Acquiring Fund’s total expenses for two years so that expenses, after fee waivers, do not exceed those of the Target Funds as set forth in the fee tables above; (iii) the investment objective, strategies and related risks of the Target Fund and the Acquiring Fund are similar, except that the Acquiring Fund may invest a greater percentage of its assets in non-investment grade securities; and (iv) the Acquiring Fund has fewer assets and a shorter track record but comparable performance to the Target Funds.
     Based upon the information and considerations described above, the Board, on behalf of the Target Funds and the Acquiring Fund, approved each of the Reorganizations in order to combine each Target Fund with a similar Fund in terms of investment objectives, strategies and risks, portfolio management and portfolio composition to create a larger fund with a relatively more diversified shareholder base. The Board also determined that shareholders of the Funds could potentially benefit from the growth in assets realized by the Reorganizations, with the potential to achieve certain economies of scale. The Board concluded that the Reorganization is in the best interests of each Target Fund and the Acquiring Fund and that no dilution of value would result to the shareholders of the Target Funds or the Acquiring Fund from the Reorganization. Consequently, the Board approved the Agreement and each of the Reorganizations on October 27, 2010.
Federal Income Tax Consequences
     The following is a general summary of the material U.S. federal income tax considerations of the Reorganizations and is based upon the current provisions of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), the existing U.S. Treasury Regulations thereunder, current administrative rulings of the IRS and published judicial decisions, all of which are subject to change. These considerations are general in nature and individual shareholders should consult their own tax advisors as to the federal, state, local, and foreign tax considerations applicable to them and their individual circumstances. These same considerations generally do not apply to shareholders who hold their shares in a tax-deferred account.
     The Reorganizations are intended to be a tax-free reorganization pursuant to Section 368(a) of the Code. The principal federal income tax considerations that are expected to result from the Reorganization of each Target Fund into the Acquiring Fund are as follows:
    no gain or loss will be recognized by the Target Fund or the shareholders of the Target Fund as a result of the Reorganization;
 
    no gain or loss will be recognized by the Acquiring Fund as a result of the Reorganization;
 
    the aggregate tax basis of the shares of the Acquiring Fund to be received by a shareholder of the Target Fund will be the same as the shareholder’s aggregate tax basis of the shares of the Target Fund; and
 
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      such shares of the Target Fund are capital assets in the hands of such shareholder as of the Closing).
     Neither the Target Funds nor the Acquiring Fund have requested or will request an advance ruling from the IRS as to the federal tax consequences of the Reorganizations. As a condition to Closing, Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young, LLP will render a favorable opinion to each Target Fund and the Acquiring Fund as to the foregoing federal income tax consequences of each Reorganization, which opinion will be conditioned upon, among other things, the accuracy, as of the Effective Time, of certain representations of each Target Fund and the Acquiring Fund upon which Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young, LLP will rely in rendering its opinion. A copy of the opinion will be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission and will be available for public inspection. See “Where to Find Additional Information.”
     Opinions of counsel are not binding upon the IRS or the courts. If a Reorganization is consummated but the IRS or the courts determine that the Reorganization does not qualify as a tax-free reorganization under the Code, and thus is taxable, each Target Fund would recognize gain or loss on the transfer of its assets to the Acquiring Fund and each shareholder of the Target Fund would recognize a taxable gain or loss equal to the difference between its tax basis in its Target Fund shares and the fair market value of the shares of the Acquiring Fund it receives. The failure of one Reorganization to qualify as a tax-free reorganization would not adversely effect any other Reorganization.
     Prior to the Closing of each Reorganization, each Target Fund will distribute, and the Acquiring Fund may distribute, to their respective shareholders any undistributed income and gains (net of available capital loss carryovers) to the extent required to avoid entity level tax or as otherwise deemed desirable. Such distributions, if made, are anticipated to be made in the 2011 calendar year and would be taxable to shareholders in such year.
     The tax attributes, including capital loss carryovers, of the Target Funds move to the Acquiring Fund in the Reorganizations. The capital loss carryovers of the Target Funds and the Acquiring Fund are available to offset future gains recognized by the combined Fund, subject to limitations under the Code. Where these limitations apply, all or a portion of a Fund’s capital loss carryovers may become unavailable the effect of which may be to accelerate the recognition of taxable gain to the combined Fund and its shareholders post-Closing. First, the capital loss carryovers of the Target Funds increased by any current year loss or decreased by any current year gain, together with any net unrealized depreciation in the value of its portfolio investments (collectively, its “aggregate capital loss carryovers”), are expected to become subject to an annual limitation. Losses in excess of that limitation may be carried forward to succeeding tax years, subject to an overall eight-year carryover period. The annual limitation will generally equal the net asset value of a Target Fund on the Closing Date multiplied by the “long-term tax-exempt rate” published by the IRS. In the case of a Target Fund with net unrealized built-in gains at the time of Closing the Reorganization (i.e., unrealized appreciation in value of the Fund’s investments), the annual limitation for a taxable year will be increased by the amount of such built-in gains that are recognized in the taxable year. Second, if a Fund has built-in gains at the time of Closing that are realized by the combined Fund in the five-year period following the Reorganization, such built-in gains, when realized, may not be offset by the losses (including any capital loss carryovers and “built in losses”) of another Fund. Third, the capital losses of a Target Fund that may be used by the Acquiring Fund (including to offset any “built-in gains” of the Target Fund itself) for the first taxable year ending after the Closing Date will be limited to an amount equal to the capital gain net income of the Acquiring Fund for such taxable year (excluding capital loss carryovers) treated as realized post-Closing based on the number of days remaining in such year. Fourth, the Reorganization may result in an earlier expiration of a Fund’s capital loss carryovers because the Reorganization causes a Target Fund’s tax year to close early in the year of the Reorganization. The aggregate capital loss carryovers of the Funds and the approximate annual limitation on the use by the Acquiring Fund, post-Closing, of the Target Funds’ aggregate capital loss carryovers following the Reorganization are as follows:

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            Basic Balanced    
    Balanced Fund   Fund   Acquiring Fund
    (000,000s)   (000,000s)   (000,000s)
    at 1/31/2010   at 6/30/2010   at 6/30/2010
Aggregate capital loss carryovers on a tax basis (1)
  $ (37.7 )   $ (191.1 )   $ (1,227.2 )
Unrealized Net Appreciation (Depreciation) in Investments on a Tax Basis
  $ (4.4 )   $ (16.4 )   $ (332.0 )
Aggregate Net Asset Value
  $ 171.0     $ 583.1     $ 10,794.4  
Approximate annual limitation (2)
  $ 6.8     $ 23.2       N/A  
 
(1)   Includes realized gain or loss for the current fiscal year determined on the basis of generally accepted accounting principles.
 
(2)   Based on the long-term tax-exempt rate for ownership changes during October 2010 of 3.98%.
     Based upon the Balanced Fund’s and Basic Balanced Fund’s capital loss positions at January 31, 2010 and June 30, 2010 respectively, the annual limitations on the use of each Fund’s aggregate capital loss carryovers may not prevent the combined Fund from utilizing a substantial portion of such losses, albeit over a period of time. However, the effect of these annual limitations may be to cause the combined Fund, post-Closing, to distribute more capital gains in a taxable year than might otherwise have been the case if no such limitation had applied. The aggregate capital loss carryovers of the Acquiring Fund should continue to be available, if its nets assets at time of Closing represent more than 50% of the combined Fund. The ability of the Acquiring Fund to absorb its own capital loss carryovers and those of the Target Funds post-Closing depends upon a variety of factors that can not be known in advance. For more information with respect to each Fund’s capital loss carryovers, please refer to the Fund’s shareholder report.
     In addition, if the Acquiring Fund following the Reorganization has proportionately greater unrealized appreciation in its portfolio investments as a percentage of its net asset value than a Target Fund, shareholders of the Target Fund, post-Closing, may receive greater amounts of taxable gain as such portfolio investments are sold than they otherwise might have if the Reorganization had not occurred. The unrealized appreciation (depreciation) in value of the portfolio investments of each Target Fund on a tax basis as a percentage of its net asset value is (3%) for the Balanced Fund at January 31, 2010 and (3%) for the Basic Balanced Fund at June 30, 2010, compared to that of the Acquiring Fund at June 30, 2010 of (3%), and (3%) on a combined basis.
     After the Reorganization, shareholders will continue to be responsible for tracking the adjusted tax basis and holding period of their shares for federal income tax purposes.
Costs of the Reorganizations
     The total cost of the Reorganizations to be paid by the Acquiring Fund is estimated to be $30,000. The estimated total costs of the Reorganization for each Target Fund, as well as the estimated proxy solicitation costs for the Target Funds, which are part of the total Reorganization costs, are set forth in the table below.
                         
                    Estimated Portion
                    of Total
                    Reorganization
    Estimated Proxy   Estimated Total   Costs to be Paid
    Solicitation Costs   Reorganization Costs   by the Funds
Invesco Core Bond Fund
  $ 56,000     $ 100,000     $ 0  
Invesco Van Kampen Core Plus Fixed Income Fund
  $ 71,000     $ 110,000     $ 0  
     As the Target Funds are not paying Reorganization costs, Invesco Advisers will bear these costs. The costs of the Reorganization include legal counsel fees, independent accountant fees, expenses related to the printing and mailing of this Proxy Statement/Prospectus and fees associated with the proxy solicitation but do not include any portfolio transaction costs arising from a Reorganization.
VOTING INFORMATION
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     We are sending you this Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus and the enclosed proxy card because the Board is soliciting your proxy to vote at the Meeting and at any adjournments of the Meeting. This Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus gives you information about the business to be conducted at the Meeting. Target Fund shareholders may vote by appearing in person at the Meeting and following the instructions below. You do not need to attend the Meeting to vote, however. Instead, you may simply complete, sign and return the enclosed proxy card or vote by telephone or through a website established for that purpose.
     This Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus, the enclosed Notice of Joint Special Meeting of Shareholders and the enclosed proxy card are expected to be mailed on or about January __, 2011 to all shareholders entitled to vote. Shareholders of record of the Target Funds as of the close of business on January 14, 2011 (the “Record Date”) are entitled to vote at the Meeting. The number of outstanding shares of each class of the Target Funds on December 15, 2010 can be found at Exhibit A. Each share is entitled to one vote for each full share held, and a proportionate fractional vote for each fractional share held.
     Proxies will have the authority to vote and act on behalf of shareholders at any adjournment of the Meeting. If a proxy is authorized to vote for a shareholder, the shareholder may revoke the authorization at any time before it is exercised by sending in another proxy card with a later date or by notifying the Secretary of the Target Funds in writing at the address of the Target Funds set forth on the cover page of the Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus before the Meeting that the shareholder has revoked its proxy. In addition, although merely attending the Meeting will not revoke your proxy, if a shareholder is present at the Meeting, the shareholder may withdraw the proxy and vote in person. However, if your shares are held through a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary, you will need to obtain a “legal proxy” from them in order to vote your shares at the Meeting.
Quorum Requirement and Adjournment
     A quorum of shareholders is necessary to hold a valid shareholder meeting of each Target Fund. For each Target Fund, a quorum will exist if shareholders representing one-third of the outstanding shares of the Target Fund entitled to vote are present at the Meeting in person or by proxy.
     Proxies received prior to the Meeting on which no vote is indicated will be voted “FOR” the Agreement. Because the proposal described in this Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus is considered “non-routine,” under the rules applicable to broker-dealers, if your broker holds your shares in its name, the broker will not be entitled to vote your shares if it has not received instructions from you.
     Abstentions will count as shares present at the Meeting for purposes of establishing a quorum. If a quorum is not present at the Meeting or if a quorum is present but sufficient votes to approve the Agreement are not received, the person(s) presiding over the Meeting or the persons named as proxies may propose one or more adjournments of the Meeting to allow for further solicitation of votes. The persons named as proxies will vote those proxies that they are entitled to vote in favor of such an adjournment, provided that they determine that such an adjournment and additional solicitation is reasonable and in the interest of shareholders based on a consideration of all relevant factors, including, among other things, the percentage of votes then cast, the percentage of negative votes then cast, the nature of the proposed solicitation activities and the nature of the reasons for such further solicitation.
Vote Necessary to Approve the Agreement
     The Board has unanimously approved the Agreement, subject to shareholder approval. Shareholder approval of the Agreement requires the affirmative vote of the lesser of (i) 67% or more of the shares present at the Meeting, if the holders of more than 50% of the outstanding shares of the Target Fund are present in person or represented by proxy; or (ii) more than 50% of the outstanding shares of the Target Fund. Abstentions are counted as present but are not considered votes cast at the Meeting. Abstentions therefore will have the same effect as a vote against the Agreement because approval of the Agreement requires the affirmative vote of a percentage of either the shares present at the Meeting or the outstanding shares of the Target Fund.
Proxy Solicitation
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section of this Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus. Proxies are expected to be solicited principally by mail, but the Target Funds or Solicitor may also solicit proxies by telephone, facsimile or personal interview. The Target Funds’ officers may also solicit proxies but will not receive any additional or special compensation for any such solicitation.
     Under the agreement with the Solicitor, the Solicitor will be paid a project management fee as well as telephone solicitation expenses incurred for reminder calls, outbound telephone voting, confirmation of telephone votes, inbound telephone contact, obtaining shareholders’ telephone numbers, and providing additional materials upon shareholder request. The agreement also provides that the Solicitor shall be indemnified against certain liabilities and expenses, including liabilities under the federal securities laws.
Other Meeting Matters
     Management is not aware of any matters to be presented at the Meeting other than as discussed in this Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus. Under the Target Fund’s bylaws, business transacted at a special meeting such as this Meeting shall be limited to (i) the purpose stated in the notice and (ii) adjournment of the special meeting with regard to the stated purpose. If any other matters properly come before the Meeting, the shares represented by proxies will be voted with respect thereto in accordance with their best judgment.
Share Ownership by Large Shareholders, Management and Trustees
     A list of the name, address and percent ownership of each person who, as of December 15, 2010, to the knowledge of each Target Fund and the Acquiring Fund, owned 5% or more of the outstanding shares of a class of such Target Fund or the Acquiring Fund, respectively, can be found at Exhibits B and C.
     Information regarding the ownership of shares of the Target Funds and the Acquiring Fund by the Trustees and executive officers of the Trust can be found at Exhibits B and C.
OTHER MATTERS
Capitalization
     The following table sets forth as of September 30, 2010, for the Reorganizations, the total net assets, number of shares outstanding and net asset value per share of each class of each Fund. This information is generally referred to as the “capitalization” of a Fund. The term “pro forma capitalization” means the expected capitalization of the Acquiring Fund after it has combined with the corresponding Target Funds. The pro forma capitalization column in the table assumes that all of the Reorganizations have taken place. The capitalizations of the Target Funds, Acquiring Fund and their classes are likely to be different on the Closing Date as a result of daily share purchase, redemption, and market activity.
                                         
            Invesco Van            
            Kampen            
            Core Plus            
            Fixed            
    Invesco Core   Income   Acquiring   Pro Forma   Acquiring Fund
    Bond Fund   Fund   Fund   Adjustments1   (pro forma)
Net assets (all classes)
  $ 358,200,300     $ 111,455,949     $ 9,749,301             $ 479,405,550  
Class A net assets
  $ 124,583,397     $ 89,742,164     $ 7,525,410             $ 221,850,971  
Class A shares outstanding
    13,595,830       9,166,484       700,863       (2,810,947 )2     20,652,230  
Class A net asset value per share
  $ 9.16     $ 9.79     $ 10.74             $ 10.74  
Class B net assets
  $ 22,188,345     $ 8,797,841     $ 968,698             $ 31,954,884  
Class B shares outstanding
    2,421,297       903,715       90,243       (437,662 )2     2,977,593  
Class B net asset value per share
  $ 9.16     $ 9.74     $ 10.73             $ 10.73  
Class C net assets
  $ 27,377,552     $ 12,356,943     $ 854,507             $ 40,589,002  
Class C shares outstanding
    2,987,887       1,268,725       79,582       (557,690 )2     3,778,504  

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            Invesco Van            
            Kampen            
            Core Plus            
            Fixed            
    Invesco Core   Income   Acquiring   Pro Forma   Acquiring Fund
    Bond Fund   Fund   Fund   Adjustments1   (pro forma)
Class C net asset value per share
  $ 9.16     $ 9.74     $ 10.74             $ 10.74  
Class R net assets
  $ 2,205,684     $     $ 152,535             $ 2,358,219  
Class R shares outstanding
    240,958             14,207       (35,673 2     219,492  
Class R net asset value per share
  $ 9.15     $     $ 10.74             $ 10.74  
Class Y net assets
  $ 1,001,548     $ 559,001     $ 133,729             $ 1,694,278  
Class Y shares outstanding
    109,273       57,392       12,455       (21,318 )2     157,802  
Class Y net asset value per share
  $ 9.17     $ 9.74     $ 10.74             $ 10.74  
Institutional Class net assets
  $ 180,843,774     $     $ 114,422             $ 180,958,196  
Institutional Class shares outstanding
    19,726,967             10,657       (2,883,737 )2     16,853,887  
Institutional Class net asset value per share
  $ 9.17     $     $ 10.74             $ 10.74  
 
1.   Invesco will bear 100% of the Reorganization expenses of Core Bond Fund and Core Plus Fixed Income Fund. As a result, there are no pro forma adjustments to net assets.
 
2.   Shares Outstanding have been adjusted for the accumulated change in the number of shares of the Target Funds shareholder accounts based on the relative value of the Target Funds’ and the Acquiring Funds net asset value per share.
Dissenters’ Rights
     If the Reorganizations are approved at the Meeting, Target Fund shareholders will not have the right to dissent and obtain payment of the fair value of their shares because the exercise of dissenters’ rights is subject to the forward pricing requirements of Rule 22c-1 under the 1940 Act, which supersedes state law. Shareholders of the Target Funds, however, have the right to redeem their shares at net asset value subject to applicable deferred sales charges and/or redemption fees (if any) until the closing date of the Reorganizations. After the Reorganizations, Target Fund shareholders will hold shares of the Acquiring Fund, which may also be redeemed at net asset value subject to applicable deferred sales charges and/or redemption fees (if any).
Shareholder Proposals
     The Funds do not generally hold annual meetings of shareholders. A shareholder desiring to submit a proposal intended to be presented at any meeting of shareholders of a Target Fund hereafter called should send the proposal to the Target Fund at the Target Fund’s principal offices so that it is received within a reasonable time before the proxy materials are printed and mailed. If the proposed Reorganization is approved and completed for a Target Fund, shareholders of such Target Fund will become shareholders of the corresponding Acquiring Fund and, thereafter, will be subject to the notice requirements of the Acquiring Fund. The mere submission of a proposal by a shareholder does not guarantee that such proposal will be included in a proxy statement because compliance with certain rules under the federal securities laws is required before inclusion of the proposal is required. Also, the submission does not mean that the proposal will be presented at a future meeting. For a shareholder proposal to be considered at a future shareholder meeting, it must be a proper matter for consideration under applicable law.
WHERE TO FIND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
     This Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus and the related SAI do not contain all the information set forth in the registration statements, the exhibits relating thereto and the annual and semi-annual reports filed by the Funds as such documents have been filed with the SEC pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the 1940 Act, to which reference is hereby made. The SEC file number of the registrant of each Fund’s registration statement, which contains the Fund’s prospectuses and related SAIs, is 811-05686 for AIM Investment Securities Funds and 811-09913 for AIM Counselor Series Trust.
     Each Fund is subject to the informational requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the 1940 Act and in accordance therewith, each Fund files reports and other information with the SEC. Reports, proxy material, registration statements and other information filed (including the Registration Statement relating to the Funds on Form N-14 of which this Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus is a part) may be inspected without charge and copied at the public reference facilities maintained by the SEC at Room 1580, 100 F Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20549-1520. Copies of such material may also be obtained from the Public Reference Section of the SEC at 450 Fifth Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20549-1520, at the prescribed rates. The SEC maintains a website at www.sec.gov that contains information regarding the Funds and other registrants that file electronically with the SEC.

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EXHIBIT A
Outstanding Shares of the Target Funds
     As of December 15, 2010, there were the following number of shares outstanding of each class of each Target Fund:
     
Target Fund/Share Classes   Number of Shares Outstanding
     

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EXHIBIT B
Ownership of the Target Funds
Significant Holders
     Listed below is the name, address and percent ownership of each person who, as of December 15, 2010, to the best knowledge of AIM Investment Securities Funds owned 5% or more of the outstanding shares of each class of each Target Fund. A shareholder who owns beneficially 25% or more of the outstanding securities of a Target Fund is presumed to “control” the fund as defined in the 1940 Act. Such control may affect the voting rights of other shareholders.
                                 
                    Number of   Percent Owned of
Name and Address   Fund   Class of Shares   Shares Owned   Record*
Name and Address
                            _____ %
 
*   AIM Investment Securities Funds has no knowledge of whether all or any portion of the shares owned of record are also owned beneficially.
Security Ownership of Management and Trustees
     To the best of the knowledge of each Target Fund, the ownership of shares of a Target Fund by executive officers and Trustees of the Target Fund as a group constituted less than 1% of each outstanding class of shares of the Target Fund as of December 15, 2010.

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EXHIBIT C
Ownership of the Acquiring Fund
Significant Holders
     Listed below is the name, address and percent ownership of each person who, as of December 15, 2010 to the best knowledge of AIM Counselor Series Trust owned 5% or more of the outstanding shares of each class of the Acquiring Fund. A shareholder who owns beneficially 25% or more of the outstanding securities of the Acquiring Fund is presumed to “control” the fund as defined in the 1940 Act. Such control may affect the voting rights of other shareholders.
                                 
                    Number of   Percent Owned of
Name and Address   Fund   Class of Shares   Shares Owned   Record*
Name and Address
                            _____ %
 
*   AIM Counselor Series Trust has no knowledge of whether all or any portion of the shares owned of record are also owned beneficially.
Security Ownership of Management and Trustees
     To the best of the knowledge of the Acquiring Fund, the ownership of shares of the Acquiring Fund by executive officers and Trustees of the Acquiring Fund as a group constituted less than 1% of each outstanding class of shares of the Acquiring Fund as of December 15, 2010.

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FORM OF AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF REORGANIZATION

 


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Exhibit D
AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF REORGANIZATION
THIS AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF REORGANIZATION (“Agreement”) is adopted as of this ___ day of __________, 2010 by and among (i) each of the Invesco open-end registered investment companies identified as a Target Entity on Exhibit A hereto (each a “Target Entity”) separately, on behalf of its respective series identified on Exhibit A hereto (each a “Target Fund”); (ii) each of the Invesco open-end registered investment companies identified as an Acquiring Entity on Exhibit A hereto (each an “Acquiring Entity”), separately on behalf of its respective series identified on Exhibit A hereto (each an “Acquiring Fund”); and (iii) Invesco Advisers, Inc. (“IAI”).
          WHEREAS, the parties hereto intend for each Acquiring Fund and its corresponding Target Fund (as set forth in Exhibit A hereto) to enter into a transaction pursuant to which: (i) the Acquiring Fund will acquire the assets and assume the liabilities of the Target Fund in exchange for the corresponding class or classes of shares (as applicable) of the Acquiring Fund identified on Exhibit A of equal value to the net assets of the Target Fund being acquired, and (ii) the Target Fund will distribute such shares of the Acquiring Fund to shareholders of the corresponding class of the Target Fund, in connection with the liquidation of the Target Fund, all upon the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth in this Agreement (each such transaction, a “Reorganization” and collectively, the “Reorganizations”);
          WHEREAS, each Target Entity and each Acquiring Entity is an open-end, registered investment company of the management type; and
          WHEREAS, this Agreement is intended to be and is adopted as a plan of reorganization and liquidation with respect to each Reorganization within the meaning of Section 368(a)(1) of the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code).
          NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and of the covenants and agreements hereinafter set forth, and intending to be legally bound, the parties hereto covenant and agree as follows:
1.   DESCRIPTION OF THE REORGANIZATIONS
     1.1. It is the intention of the parties hereto that each Reorganization described herein shall be conducted separately from the others, and a party that is not a party to a Reorganization shall incur no obligations, duties or liabilities with respect to such Reorganization by reason of being a party to this Agreement. If any one or more Reorganizations should fail to be consummated, such failure shall not affect the other Reorganizations in any way.
     1.2. Provided that all conditions precedent to a Reorganization set forth herein have been satisfied as of the Closing Date (as defined in Section 3.1), and based on the representations and warranties each party provides to the others, each Target Entity and its corresponding Acquiring Entity agree to take the following steps with respect to their Reorganization(s), the parties to which and classes of shares to be issued in connection with which are set forth in Exhibit A:

 


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     (a) The Target Fund shall transfer all of its Assets, as defined and set forth in Section 1.2(b), to the Acquiring Fund, and the Acquiring Fund in exchange therefor shall assume the Liabilities, as defined and set forth in Section 1.2(c), and deliver to the Target Fund the number of full and fractional Acquiring Fund shares determined in the manner set forth in Section 2.
     (b) The assets of the Target Fund to be transferred to the Acquiring Fund shall consist of all assets and property, including, without limitation, all cash, securities, commodities and futures interests, claims (whether absolute or contingent, known or unknown, accrued or unaccrued and including, without limitation, any interest in pending or future legal claims in connection with past or present portfolio holdings, whether in the form of class action claims, opt-out or other direct litigation claims, or regulator or government-established investor recovery fund claims, and any and all resulting recoveries) and dividends or interest receivable that are owned by the Target Fund and any deferred or prepaid expenses shown as an asset on the books of the Target Fund on the Closing Date, except for cash, bank deposits or cash equivalent securities in an amount necessary to pay the estimated costs of extinguishing any Excluded Liabilities (as defined in Section 1.2(c)) and cash in an amount necessary to pay any distributions pursuant to Section 7.1(g) (collectively, “Assets”).
     (c) The Acquiring Fund shall assume all of the liabilities of the Target Fund, whether accrued or contingent, known or unknown, existing at the Closing Date, except for the Target Fund’s Excluded Liabilities (as defined below), if any, pursuant to this Agreement (collectively, with respect to each Target Fund separately, “Liabilities”). If prior to the Closing Date the Acquiring Entity identifies a liability that the Acquiring Entity and the Target Entity mutually agree should not be assumed by the Acquiring Fund, such liability shall be excluded from the definition of Liabilities hereunder and shall be listed on a Schedule of Excluded Liabilities to be signed by the Acquiring Entity and the Target Entity at Closing and attached to this Agreement as Schedule 1.2(c) (the “Excluded Liabilities”). The Assets minus the Liabilities of a Target Fund shall be referred to herein as the Target Fund’s “Net Assets.”
     (d) As soon as is reasonably practicable after the Closing, the Target Fund will distribute to its shareholders of record (“Target Fund Shareholders”) the shares of the Acquiring Fund of the corresponding class received by the Target Fund pursuant to Section 1.2(a), as set forth in Exhibit A, on a pro rata basis within that class, and the Target Fund will as promptly as practicable completely liquidate and dissolve. Such distribution and liquidation will be accomplished, with respect to each class of the Target Fund’s shares, by the transfer of the Acquiring Fund shares of the corresponding class then credited to the account of the Target Fund on the books of the Acquiring Fund to open accounts on the share records of the Acquiring Fund in the names of the Target Fund Shareholders of the class. The aggregate net asset value of the Acquiring Fund shares to be so credited to the corresponding Target Fund Shareholders shall be equal to the aggregate net asset value of the corresponding Target Fund’s shares owned by the Target Fund Shareholders on the Valuation Date. The Acquiring Fund shall not issue certificates representing shares in connection with such exchange.

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     (e) Ownership of Acquiring Fund shares will be shown on its books, as such are maintained by the Acquiring Fund’s transfer agent.
2.   VALUATION
     2.1. With respect to each Reorganization:
     (a) The value of the Target Fund’s Assets shall be the value of such Assets computed as of immediately after the close of regular trading on the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”), which shall reflect the declaration of any dividends, on the business day next preceding the Closing Date (the “Valuation Date”), using the Target Fund’s valuation procedures established by the Target Entity’s Board of Trustees.
     (b) The net asset value per share of each class of the Acquiring Fund shares issued in connection with the Reorganization shall be the net asset value per share of the corresponding class of each class computed on the Valuation Date using the Acquiring Fund’s valuation procedures established by the Acquiring Entity’s Board of Trustees, which are the same as the Target Fund’s valuation procedures.
     (c) The number of shares issued of each class of the Acquiring Fund (including fractional shares, if any, rounded to the nearest thousandth) in exchange for the Target Fund’s Net Assets shall be determined by dividing the value of the Net Assets of the Target Fund attributable to each class of Target Fund shares by the net asset value per share of the corresponding share class of the Acquiring Fund.
     (d) All computations of value shall be made by the Target Fund’s and the Acquiring Fund’s designated recordkeeping agent using the valuation procedures described in this Section 2.
3.   CLOSING AND CLOSING DATE
     3.1. Each Reorganization shall close on the date identified on Exhibit A or such other date as the parties may agree with respect to any or all Reorganizations (the “Closing Date”). All acts taking place at the closing of a Reorganization (the “Closing”) shall be deemed to take place simultaneously as of immediately prior to the opening of regular trading on the NYSE on the Closing Date of that Reorganization unless otherwise agreed to by the parties (the “Closing Time”).
     3.2. With respect to each Reorganization:
     (a) The Target Fund’s portfolio securities, investments or other assets that are represented by a certificate or other written instrument shall be transferred and delivered by the Target Fund as of the Closing Date to the Acquiring Fund’s Custodian for the account of the Acquiring Fund, duly endorsed in proper form for transfer and in such condition as to constitute good delivery thereof. The Target Fund shall direct the Target Fund’s custodian (the “Target Custodian”) to deliver to the Acquiring Fund’s Custodian as of the Closing Date by book entry, in accordance with the customary practices of Target Custodian and any securities depository (as defined in Rule 17f-4 under the

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Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”)), in which the Assets are deposited, the Target Fund’s portfolio securities and instruments so held. The cash to be transferred by a Target Fund shall be delivered to the Acquiring Fund’s Custodian by wire transfer of federal funds or other appropriate means on the Closing Date.
     (b) The Target Entity shall direct the Target Custodian for each Target Fund to deliver, at the Closing, a certificate of an authorized officer stating that (i) except as permitted by Section 3.2(a), the Assets have been delivered in proper form to the Acquiring Fund no later than the Closing Time on the Closing Date, and (ii) all necessary taxes in connection with the delivery of the Assets, including all applicable Federal, state and foreign stock transfer stamps, if any, have been paid or provision for payment has been made.
     (c) At such time prior to the Closing Date as the parties mutually agree, the Target Fund shall provide (i) instructions and related information to the Acquiring Fund or its transfer agent with respect to the Target Fund Shareholders, including names, addresses, dividend reinvestment elections and tax withholding status of the Target Fund Shareholders as of the date agreed upon (such information to be updated as of the Closing Date, as necessary) and (ii) the information and documentation maintained by the Target Fund or its agents relating to the identification and verification of the Target Fund Shareholders under the USA PATRIOT ACT and other applicable anti-money laundering laws, rules and regulations and such other information as the Acquiring Fund may reasonably request. The Acquiring Fund and its transfer agent shall have no obligation to inquire as to the validity, propriety or correctness of any such instruction, information or documentation, but shall, in each case, assume that such instruction, information or documentation is valid, proper, correct and complete.
     (d) The Target Entity shall direct each applicable transfer agent for a Target Fund (the “Target Transfer Agent”) to deliver to the Acquiring Fund at the Closing a certificate of an authorized officer stating that its records, as provided to the Acquiring Entity, contain the names and addresses of the Target Fund Shareholders and the number of outstanding shares of each class owned by each such shareholder immediately prior to the Closing. The Acquiring Fund shall issue and deliver to the Secretary of the Target Fund a confirmation evidencing the Acquiring Fund shares to be credited on the Closing Date, or provide other evidence satisfactory to the Target Entity that such Acquiring Fund shares have been credited to the Target Fund Shareholders’ accounts on the books of the Acquiring Fund. At the Closing, each party shall deliver to the other such bills of sale, checks, assignments, certificates, if any, receipts or other documents as such other party or its counsel may reasonably request.
     (e) In the event that on the Valuation Date or the Closing Date (a) the NYSE or another primary trading market for portfolio securities of the Target Fund (each, an “Exchange”) shall be closed to trading or trading thereupon shall be restricted, or (b) trading or the reporting of trading on such Exchange or elsewhere shall be disrupted so that, in the judgment of the Board of Trustees of the Acquiring Entity or the Target Entity or the authorized officers of either of such entities, accurate appraisal of the value of the net assets of the Acquiring Fund or the Target Fund, respectively, is impracticable, the

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Closing Date shall be postponed until the first business day after the day when trading shall have been fully resumed and reporting shall have been restored.
4.   REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
     4.1. Each Target Entity, on behalf of itself or, where applicable, a Target Fund, represents and warrants to the Acquiring Entity and its corresponding Acquiring Fund as follows:
     (a) The Target Fund is duly organized as a series of the Target Entity, which is a statutory trust duly formed, validly existing, and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware with power under its Amended and Restated Agreement and Declaration of Trust and by-laws (“Governing Documents”), to own all of its Assets, to carry on its business as it is now being conducted and to enter into this Agreement and perform its obligations hereunder;
     (b) The Target Entity is a registered investment company classified as a management company of the open-end type, and its registration with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) as an investment company under the 1940 Act, and the registration of the shares of the Target Fund under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (“1933 Act”), are in full force and effect;
     (c) No consent, approval, authorization, or order of any court or governmental authority or the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”) is required for the consummation by the Target Fund and the Target Entity of the transactions contemplated herein, except such as have been obtained or will be obtained at or prior to the Closing Date under the 1933 Act, the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (“1934 Act”), the 1940 Act and state securities laws;
     (d) The current prospectus and statement of additional information of the Target Fund and each prospectus and statement of additional information of the Target Fund used at all times between the commencement of operations of the Target Fund and the date of this Agreement conforms or conformed at the time of its use in all material respects to the applicable requirements of the 1933 Act and the 1940 Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder and does not or did not at the time of its use include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not materially misleading;
     (e) The Target Fund is in compliance in all material respects with the applicable investment policies and restrictions set forth in the Target Fund’s prospectus and statement of additional information;
     (f) Except as otherwise disclosed to and accepted by or on behalf of the Acquiring Fund, the Target Fund will on the Closing Date have good title to the Assets and full right, power, and authority to sell, assign, transfer and deliver such Assets free of adverse claims, including any liens or other encumbrances, and upon delivery and payment for such Assets, the Acquiring Fund will acquire good title thereto, free of

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adverse claims and subject to no restrictions on the full transfer thereof, including, without limitation, such restrictions as might arise under the 1933 Act, provided that the Acquiring Fund will acquire Assets that are segregated as collateral for the Target Fund’s derivative positions, including without limitation, as collateral for swap positions and as margin for futures positions, subject to such segregation and liens that apply to such Assets;
     (g) The financial statements of the Target Fund for the Target Fund’s most recently completed fiscal year have been audited by the independent registered public accounting firm identified in the Target Fund’s prospectus or statement of additional information included in the Target Fund’s registration statement on Form N-1A (the “Prospectus” and “Statement of Additional Information”). Such statements, as well as the unaudited, semi-annual financial statements for the semi-annual period next succeeding the Target Fund’s most recently completed fiscal year, if any, were prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”) consistently applied, and such statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial condition of the Target Fund as of such date in accordance with GAAP, and there are no known contingent liabilities of the Target Fund required to be reflected on a balance sheet (including the notes thereto) in accordance with GAAP as of such date not disclosed therein;
     (h) Since the last day of the Target Fund’s most recently completed fiscal year, there has not been any material adverse change in the Target Fund’s financial condition, assets, liabilities or business, other than changes occurring in the ordinary course of business;
     (i) On the Closing Date, all material Returns (as defined below) of the Target Fund required by law to have been filed by such date (including any extensions) shall have been filed and are or will be true, correct and complete in all material respects, and all Taxes (as defined below) shown as due or claimed to be due by any government entity shall have been paid or provision has been made for the payment thereof. To the Target Fund’s knowledge, no such Return is currently under audit by any Federal, state, local or foreign Tax authority; no assessment has been asserted with respect to such Returns; there are no levies, liens or other encumbrances on the Target Fund or its assets resulting from the non-payment of any Taxes; no waivers of the time to assess any such Taxes are outstanding nor are any written requests for such waivers pending; and adequate provision has been made in the Target Fund financial statements for all Taxes in respect of all periods ended on or before the date of such financial statements. As used in this Agreement, “Tax” or “Taxes” means (i) any tax, governmental fee or other like assessment or charge of any kind whatsoever (including, but not limited to, withholding on amounts paid to or by any person), together with any interest, penalty, addition to tax or additional amount imposed by any governmental authority (domestic or foreign) responsible for the imposition of any such tax. “Return” means reports, returns, information returns, elections, agreements, declarations, or other documents of any nature or kind (including any attached schedules, supplements and additional or supporting material) filed or required to be filed with respect to Taxes, including any claim for

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refund, amended return or declaration of estimated Taxes (and including any amendments with respect thereto);
     (j) The Target Fund has elected to be a regulated investment company under Subchapter M of the Code and is a fund that is treated as a separate corporation under Section 851(g) of the Code. The Target Fund has qualified for treatment as a regulated investment company for each taxable year since inception that has ended prior to the Closing Date and will have satisfied the requirements of Part I of Subchapter M of the Code to maintain such qualification for the period beginning on the first day of its current taxable year and ending on the Closing Date. The Target Fund has no earnings or profits accumulated in any taxable year in which the provisions of Subchapter M of the Code did not apply to it. If Target Fund serves as a funding vehicle for variable contracts (life insurance or annuity), Target Fund, with respect to each of its taxable years that has ended prior to the Closing Date during which it has served as such a funding vehicle, has satisfied the diversification requirements of Section 817(h) of the Code and will continue to satisfy the requirements of Section 817(h) of the Code for the period beginning on the first day of its current taxable year and ending on the Closing Date. In order to (i) ensure continued qualification of the Target Fund for treatment as a “regulated investment company” for tax purposes and (ii) eliminate any tax liability of the Target Fund arising by reason of undistributed investment company taxable income or net capital gain, the Target Fund, before the Closing Date will declare on or prior to the Valuation Date to the shareholders of Target Fund a dividend or dividends that, together with all previous such dividends, shall have the effect of distributing (A) all of Target Fund’s investment company taxable income (determined without regard to any deductions for dividends paid) for the taxable year ended prior to the Closing Date and substantially all of such investment company taxable income for the short taxable year beginning on the first day of its current taxable year and ending on the Closing Date; (B) all of Target Fund’s net capital gain recognized in its taxable year ended prior to the Closing Date and substantially all of any such net capital gain recognized in such short taxable year (in each case after reduction for any capital loss carryover); and (C) at least 90 percent of the excess, if any, of the Target Fund’s interest income excludible from gross income under Section 103(a) of the Code over its deductions disallowed under Sections 265 and 171(a)(2) of the Code for the taxable year prior to the Closing Date and at least 90 percent of such net tax-exempt income for the short taxable year;
     (k) All issued and outstanding shares of the Target Fund are, and on the Closing Date will be, duly and validly issued and outstanding, fully paid and non-assessable by the Target Entity and, in every state where offered or sold, such offers and sales have been in compliance in all material respects with applicable registration and/or notice requirements of the 1933 Act and state and District of Columbia securities laws;
     (l) The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement will have been duly authorized prior to the Closing Date by all necessary action, if any, on the part of the Board of Trustees of the Target Entity, on behalf of the Target Fund, and subject to the approval of the shareholders of the Target Fund and the due authorization, execution and delivery of this Agreement by the other parties hereto, this Agreement will constitute a valid and binding obligation of the Target Fund, enforceable in accordance with its

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terms, subject, as to enforcement, to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and other laws relating to or affecting creditors’ rights and to general equity principles;
     (m) The books and records of the Target Fund are true and correct in all material respects and contain no material omissions with respect to information required to be maintained under the laws, rules and regulations applicable to the Target Fund;
     (n) The Target Entity is not under the jurisdiction of a court in a Title 11 or similar case within the meaning of Section 368(a)(3)(A) of the Code; and
     (o) The Target Fund has no unamortized or unpaid organizational fees or expenses.
     4.2. Each Acquiring Entity, on behalf of the Acquiring Fund, represents and warrants to the Target Entity and its corresponding Target Fund as follows:
     (a) The Acquiring Fund is duly organized as a series of the Acquiring Entity, which is a statutory trust duly formed, validly existing, and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware, with power under its Agreement and Declaration of Trust, as amended (the “Agreement and Declaration of Trust”), to own all of its properties and assets and to carry on its business as it is now being, and as it is contemplated to be, conducted, and to enter into this Agreement and perform its obligations hereunder;
     (b) The Acquiring Entity is a registered investment company classified as a management company of the open-end type, and its registration with the Commission as an investment company under the 1940 Act and the registration of the shares of the Acquiring Fund under the 1933 Act are in full force and effect;
     (c) No consent, approval, authorization, or order of any court, governmental authority or FINRA is required for the consummation by the Acquiring Fund and the Acquiring Entity of the transactions contemplated herein, except such as have been or will be obtained (at or prior to the Closing Date) under the 1933 Act, the 1934 Act, the 1940 Act and state securities laws;
     (d) The prospectuses and statements of additional information of the Acquiring Fund to be used in connection with the Reorganization will conform at the time of their use in all material respects to the applicable requirements of the 1933 Act and the 1940 Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder and will not include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not materially misleading;
     (e) The Acquiring Fund is in compliance in all material respects with the applicable investment policies and restrictions set forth in the Acquiring Fund’s prospectus and statement of additional information;
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public accounting firm identified in the Acquiring Fund’s prospectus or statement of additional information included in the Acquiring Fund’s registration statement on Form N-1A. Such statements, as well as the unaudited, semi-annual financial statements for the semi-annual period next succeeding the Acquiring Fund’s most recently completed fiscal year, if any, were prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”) consistently applied, and such statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial condition of the Acquiring Fund as of such date in accordance with GAAP, and there are no known contingent liabilities of the Acquiring Fund required to be reflected on a balance sheet (including the notes thereto) in accordance with GAAP as of such date not disclosed therein;
     (g) Since the last day of the Acquiring Fund’s most recently completed fiscal year, there has not been any material adverse change in the Acquiring Fund’s financial condition, assets, liabilities or business, other than changes occurring in the ordinary course of business;
     (h) On the Closing Date, all material Returns of the Acquiring Fund required by law to have been filed by such date (including any extensions) shall have been filed and are or will be true, correct and complete in all material respects, and all Taxes shown as due or claimed to be due by any government entity shall have been paid or provision has been made for the payment thereof. To the Acquiring Fund’s knowledge, no such Return is currently under audit by any Federal, state, local or foreign Tax authority; no assessment has been asserted with respect to such Returns; there are no levies, liens or other encumbrances on the Acquiring Fund or its assets resulting from the non-payment of any Taxes; and no waivers of the time to assess any such Taxes are outstanding nor are any written requests for such waivers pending; and adequate provision has been made in the Acquiring Fund financial statements for all Taxes in respect of all periods ended on or before the date of such financial statements;
     (i) The Acquiring Fund has elected to be a regulated investment company under Subchapter M of the Code and is a fund that is treated as a separate corporation under Section 851(g) of the Code. The Acquiring Fund has qualified for treatment as a regulated investment company for each taxable year since inception that has ended prior to the Closing Date and has satisfied the requirements of Part I of Subchapter M of the Code to maintain such qualification for the period beginning on the first day of its current taxable year and ending on the Closing Date. The Acquiring Fund has no earnings or profits accumulated in any taxable year in which the provisions of Subchapter M of the Code did not apply to it. If the Acquiring Fund serves as a funding vehicle for variable contracts (life insurance or annuity), the Acquiring Fund, with respect to each of its taxable years that has ended prior to the Closing Date during which it has served as such a funding vehicle, has satisfied the diversification requirements of Section 817(h) of the Code and will continue to satisfy the requirements of Section 817(h) of the Code for the period beginning on the first day of its current taxable year and ending on the Closing Date;
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assessable by the Acquiring Entity and, in every state where offered or sold, such offers and sales have been in compliance in all material respects with applicable registration and/or notice requirements of the 1933 Act and state and District of Columbia securities laws;
     (k) The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement will have been duly authorized prior to the Closing Date by all necessary action, if any, on the part of the trustees of the Acquiring Entity, on behalf of the Acquiring Fund, and subject to the approval of shareholders of the Target Fund and the due authorization, execution and delivery of this Agreement by the other parties hereto, this Agreement will constitute a valid and binding obligation of the Acquiring Fund, enforceable in accordance with its terms, subject, as to enforcement, to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and other laws relating to or affecting creditors’ rights and to general equity principles;
     (l) The shares of the Acquiring Fund to be issued and delivered to the Target Fund, for the account of the Target Fund Shareholders, pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, will on the Closing Date have been duly authorized and, when so issued and delivered, will be duly and validly issued Acquiring Fund shares, and, upon receipt of the Target Fund’s Assets in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, will be fully paid and non-assessable by the Acquiring Entity;
     (m) The books and records of the Acquiring Fund are true and correct in all material respects and contain no material omissions with respect to information required to be maintained under laws, rules, and regulations applicable to the Acquiring Fund;
     (n) The Acquiring Entity is not under the jurisdiction of a court in a Title 11 or similar case within the meaning of Section 368(a)(3)(A) of the Code;
     (o) The Acquiring Fund has no unamortized or unpaid organizational fees or expenses for which it does not expect to be reimbursed by Invesco or its affiliates.
5.   COVENANTS OF THE ACQUIRING FUND AND THE TARGET FUND
     5.1. With respect to each Reorganization:
     (a) The Acquiring Fund and the Target Fund each: (i) will operate its business in the ordinary course and substantially in accordance with past practices between the date hereof and the Closing Date for the Reorganization, it being understood that such ordinary course of business may include the declaration and payment of customary dividends and distributions, and any other distribution that may be advisable, and (ii) shall use its reasonable best efforts to preserve intact its business organization and material assets and maintain the rights, franchises and business and customer relations necessary to conduct the business operations of the Acquiring Fund or the Target Fund, as appropriate, in the ordinary course in all material respects.
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     (c) The Target Fund covenants that the Acquiring Fund shares to be issued pursuant to this Agreement are not being acquired for the purpose of making any distribution thereof, other than in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
     (d) The Target Fund will assist the Acquiring Fund in obtaining such information as the Acquiring Fund reasonably requests concerning the beneficial ownership of the Target Fund’s shares.
     (e) If reasonably requested by the Acquiring Fund in writing, the Target Entity will provide the Acquiring Fund with (1) a statement of the respective tax basis and holding period of all investments to be transferred by a Target Fund to the Acquiring Fund, (2) a copy (which may be in electronic form) of the shareholder ledger accounts including, without limitation, the name, address and taxpayer identification number of each shareholder of record, the number of shares of beneficial interest held by each shareholder, the dividend reinvestment elections applicable to each shareholder, and the backup withholding and nonresident alien withholding certifications, notices or records on file with the Target Fund with respect to each shareholder, for all of the shareholders of record of the Target Fund as of the close of business on the Valuation Date, who are to become holders of the Acquiring Fund as a result of the transfer of Assets (the “Target Fund Shareholder Documentation”), certified by its transfer agent or its President or Vice-President to the best of their knowledge and belief, (3) all FIN 48 work papers and supporting statements pertaining to a Target Fund (the “FIN 48 Workpapers”), and (4) the tax books and records of a Target Fund in a Tax-Free Reorganization for purposes of preparing any returns required by law to be filed for tax periods ending after the Closing Date.
     (f) Subject to the provisions of this Agreement, the Acquiring Fund and the Target Fund will each take, or cause to be taken, all action, and do or cause to be done all things, reasonably necessary, proper or advisable to consummate and make effective the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
     (g) As soon as is reasonably practicable after the Closing, the Target Fund will make one or more liquidating distributions to its shareholders consisting of the applicable class of shares of the Acquiring Fund received at the Closing, as set forth in Section 1.2(d) hereof.
     (h) If reasonably requested in writing by Acquiring Fund, a statement of the earnings and profits (accumulated and current) of the Target Fund for federal income tax purposes that will be carried over to the Acquiring Fund as a result of Section 381 of the Code.
     (i) It is the intention of the parties that each Reorganization will qualify as a reorganization with the meaning of Section 368(a) of the Code. None of the parties to a Reorganization shall take any action or cause any action to be taken (including, without limitation the filing of any tax return) that is inconsistent with such treatment or results in the failure of such Reorganization to qualify as a reorganization within the meaning of Section 368(a) of the Code.

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     (j) Any reporting responsibility of the Target Fund, including, but not limited to, the responsibility for filing regulatory reports, tax returns relating to tax periods ending on or prior to the Closing Date (whether due before or after the Closing Date), or other documents with the Commission, any state securities commission, and any Federal, state or local tax authorities or any other relevant regulatory authority, is and shall remain the responsibility of the Target Fund, except as otherwise is mutually agreed by the parties.
     (k) If reasonably requested in writing by Acquiring Fund, the Target Fund shall deliver to the Acquiring Fund copies of: (1) the federal, state and local income tax returns filed by or on behalf of the Target Fund for the prior three (3) taxable years; and (2) any of the following that have been issued to or for the benefit of or that otherwise affect the Target Fund and which have continuing relevance: (a) rulings, determinations, holdings or opinions issued by any federal, state, local or foreign tax authority and (b) legal opinions.
6.   CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO OBLIGATIONS OF THE TARGET FUND
     6.1. With respect to each Reorganization, the obligations of the Target Entity, on behalf of the Target Fund, to consummate the transactions provided for herein shall be subject, at the Target Fund’s election, to the performance by the Acquiring Fund of all of the obligations to be performed by it hereunder on or before the Closing Date, and, in addition thereto, the following conditions:
     (a) All representations and warranties of the Acquiring Fund and the Acquiring Entity contained in this Agreement shall be true and correct in all material respects as of the date hereof and, except as they may be affected by the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, as of the Closing Date, with the same force and effect as if made on and as of the Closing Date;
     (b) The Acquiring Entity shall have delivered to the Target Entity on the Closing Date a certificate executed in its name by its President or Vice President and Treasurer, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Target Entity and dated as of the Closing Date, to the effect that the representations and warranties of or with respect to the Acquiring Fund made in this Agreement are true and correct at and as of the Closing Date, except as they may be affected by the transactions contemplated by this Agreement;
     (c) The Acquiring Entity and the Acquiring Fund shall have performed all of the covenants and complied with all of the provisions required by this Agreement to be performed or complied with by the Acquiring Entity and the Acquiring Fund, on or before the Closing Date; and
7.   CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO OBLIGATIONS OF THE ACQUIRING FUND
     7.1. With respect to each Reorganization, the obligations of the Acquiring Entity, on behalf of the Acquiring Fund, to consummate the transactions provided for herein shall be subject, at the Acquiring Fund’s election, to the performance by the Target Fund of all of the

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obligations to be performed by it hereunder on or before the Closing Date and, in addition thereto, the following conditions:
     (a) All representations and warranties of the Target Entity and the Target Fund contained in this Agreement shall be true and correct in all material respects as of the date hereof and, except as they may be affected by the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, as of the Closing Date, with the same force and effect as if made on and as of the Closing Date;
     (b) If requested by Acquiring Fund, the Target Entity, on behalf of the Target Fund, shall have delivered to the Acquiring Entity (i) a statement of the Target Fund’s Assets, together with a list of portfolio securities of the Target Fund showing the adjusted tax basis of such securities by lot and the holding periods of such securities, as of the Closing Date, certified by the Treasurer of the Target Entity, (ii) the Target Fund Shareholder Documentation, (iii) if applicable, the FIN 48 Workpapers, (iv) to the extent permitted by applicable law, all information pertaining to, or necessary or useful in the calculation or demonstration of, the investment performance of the Target Fund, and (v) a statement of earnings and profits as provided in Section 5.1(h);
     (c) The Target Entity shall have delivered to the Acquiring Entity on the Closing Date a certificate executed in its name by its President or Vice President and Treasurer, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Acquiring Entity and dated as of the Closing Date, to the effect that the representations and warranties of or with respect to the Target Fund made in this Agreement are true and correct at and as of the Closing Date, except as they may be affected by the transactions contemplated by this Agreement;
     (d) The Target Custodian shall have delivered the certificate contemplated by Sections 3.2(b) of this Agreement, duly executed by an authorized officer of the Target Custodian;
     (e) The Target Entity and the Target Fund shall have performed all of the covenants and complied with all of the provisions required by this Agreement to be performed or complied with by the Target Entity and the Target Fund, on or before the Closing Date; and
     (f) The Target Fund shall have declared and paid a distribution or distributions prior to the Closing that, together with all previous distributions, shall have the effect of distributing to its shareholders (i) all of its investment company taxable income (determined without regard to any deductions for dividends paid) and all of its net realized capital gains, if any, for the period from the close of its last fiscal year to the Closing Time on the Closing Date; (ii) any such undistributed investment company taxable income and net realized capital gains from any prior period to the extent not otherwise already distributed; and (iii) at least 90 percent of the excess, if any, of the Target Fund’s interest income excludible from gross income under Section 103(a) of the Code over its deductions disallowed under Sections 265 and 171(a)(2) of the Code for the

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taxable year prior to the Closing Date and at least 90 percent of such net tax-exempt income for the short taxable year.
8.   FURTHER CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO OBLIGATIONS OF THE ACQUIRING FUND AND THE TARGET FUND
     With respect to each Reorganization, if any of the conditions set forth below have not been satisfied on or before the Closing Date with respect to the Target Fund or the Acquiring Fund, the Acquiring Entity or Target Entity, respectively, shall, at its option, not be required to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement:
     8.1. The Agreement shall have been approved by the requisite vote of the holders of the outstanding shares of the Target Fund in accordance with the provisions of the Target Entity’s Governing Documents, Delaware law, and the 1940 Act. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, neither the Target Fund nor the Acquiring Fund may waive the conditions set forth in this Section 8.1;
     8.2. On the Closing Date, no action, suit or other proceeding shall be pending or, to the Target Entity’s or the Acquiring Entity’s knowledge, threatened before any court or governmental agency in which it is sought to restrain or prohibit, or obtain damages or other relief in connection with, this Agreement, the transactions contemplated herein;
     8.3. All consents of other parties and all other consents, orders and permits of Federal, state and local regulatory authorities deemed necessary by the Acquiring Fund or the Target Fund to permit consummation, in all material respects, of the transactions contemplated hereby shall have been obtained, except where failure to obtain any such consent, order or permit would not involve a risk of a material adverse effect on the assets or properties of the Acquiring Fund or the Target Fund, provided that either party hereto may for itself waive any of such conditions;
     8.4. A registration statement on Form N-14 under the 1933 Act properly registering the Acquiring Fund shares to be issued in connection with the Reorganization shall have become effective under the 1933 Act and no stop orders suspending the effectiveness thereof shall have been issued and, to the best knowledge of the parties hereto, no investigation or proceeding for that purpose shall have been instituted or be pending, threatened or contemplated under the 1933 Act; and
     8.5. The Target Entity and the Acquiring Entity shall have received on or before the Closing Date an opinion of Stradley Ronon in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Target Entity and the Acquiring Entity, as to the matters set forth on Schedule 8.6. In rendering such opinion, Stradley Ronon may request and rely upon representations contained in certificates of officers of the Target Entity, the Acquiring Entity and others, and the officers of the Target Entity and the Acquiring Entity shall use their best efforts to make available such truthful certificates.

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9.   FEES AND EXPENSES
     9.1. Each Acquiring Fund will bear its expenses relating to the Reorganizations, which IAI has estimated to be $30,000 per Reorganization. Each Target Fund will bear its costs associated with the Reorganization, provided that the Target Fund is expected to recoup those costs within 24 months following the Reorganization as a result of reduced total annual fund operating expenses. IAI has agreed to bear the Reorganization costs of any Target Fund that does not meet the foregoing threshold based on estimates prepared by the Adviser and discussed with the Board.
10.   FINAL TAX RETURNS AND FORMS 1099 OF TARGET FUND
     10.1. After the Closing Date, except as otherwise agreed to by the parties, Target Entity shall or shall cause its agents to prepare any federal, state or local tax returns, including any Forms 1099, required to be filed by Target Entity with respect to each Target Fund’s final taxable year ending with its complete liquidation and for any prior periods or taxable years and shall further cause such tax returns and Forms 1099 to be duly filed with the appropriate taxing authorities.
11.   ENTIRE AGREEMENT; SURVIVAL OF WARRANTIES AND COVENANTS
     11.1. The representations, warranties and covenants contained in this Agreement or in any document delivered pursuant hereto or in connection herewith shall not survive the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereunder. The covenants to be performed after the Closing shall survive the Closing.
12.   TERMINATION
     This Agreement may be terminated and the transactions contemplated hereby may be abandoned with respect to one or more (or all) Reorganizations by mutual agreement of the parties.
13.   AMENDMENTS
     This Agreement may be amended, modified or supplemented in a writing signed by the parties hereto to be bound by such Amendment.
14.   HEADINGS; GOVERNING LAW; COUNTERPARTS; ASSIGNMENT; LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
     14.1. The Article and Section headings contained in this Agreement are for reference purposes only and shall not affect in any way the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement.
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     14.3. This Agreement shall bind and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns, but no assignment or transfer hereof or of any rights or obligations hereunder shall be made by any party without the written consent of the other parties. Nothing herein expressed or implied is intended or shall be construed to confer upon or give any person, firm or corporation, other than the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns, any rights or remedies under or by reason of this Agreement.
     14.4. This agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be considered an original.
     14.5. It is expressly agreed that the obligations of the parties hereunder shall not be binding upon any of their respective directors or trustees, shareholders, nominees, officers, agents, or employees personally, but shall bind only the property of the applicable Target Fund or the applicable Acquiring Fund as provided in the Governing Documents of the Target Entity or the Agreement and Declaration of Trust of the Acquiring Entity, respectively. The execution and delivery by such officers shall not be deemed to have been made by any of them individually or to impose any liability on any of them personally, but shall bind only the property of such party.

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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be approved on behalf of the Acquiring Fund and Target Fund.

                 
Invesco Advisers, Inc.        
 
               
By:
               
 
           
 
  Name:        
 
  Title:        
AIM Counselor Series Trust (Invesco Counselor Series Trust), AIM Equity Funds (Invesco Equity Funds), AIM Funds Group (Invesco Funds Group), AIM Growth Series (Invesco Growth Series), AIM International Mutual funds (Invesco International Mutual Funds), AIM Investment Funds (Invesco Investment Funds), AIM Investment Securities Funds (Invesco Investment Securities Funds), AIM Sector Funds (Invesco Sector Funds) and AIM Variable Insurance Funds (Invesco Variable Insurance Funds), each on behalf of its respective series identified on Exhibit A hereto
         
By:
       
 
       
 
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EXHIBIT A
CHART OF REORGANIZATIONS
     
Acquiring Fund (and share classes) and   Corresponding Target Fund (and share
Acquiring Entity   classes) and Target Entity
     

 


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Schedule 1.2(c)
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Schedule 8.6
Tax Opinions
     (i) The acquisition by the Acquiring Fund of substantially all of the assets of the Target Fund, as provided for in the Agreement, in exchange for Acquiring Fund shares and the assumption by the Acquiring Fund of all of the liabilities of the Target Fund, followed by the distribution by the Target Fund to its shareholders of the Acquiring Fund shares in complete liquidation of the Target Fund, will qualify as a reorganization within the meaning of Section 368(a)(1) of the Code, and the Target Fund and the Acquiring Fund each will be a “party to the reorganization” within the meaning of Section 368(b) of the Code.
     (ii) No gain or loss will be recognized by the Target Fund upon the transfer of substantially all of its assets to, and assumption of its liabilities by, the Acquiring Fund in exchange solely for Acquiring Fund shares pursuant to Section 361(a) and Section 357(a) of the Code, except that Target Fund may be required to recognize gain or loss with respect to contracts described in Section 1256(b) of the Code or stock in a passive foreign investment company, as defined in Section 1297(a) of the Code.
     (iii) No gain or loss will be recognized by the Acquiring Fund upon the receipt by it of substantially all of the assets of the Target Fund in exchange solely for the assumption of the liabilities of the Target Fund and issuance of the Acquiring Fund shares pursuant to Section 1032(a) of the Code.
     (iv) No gain or loss will be recognized by the Target Fund upon the distribution of the Acquiring Fund shares by the Target Fund to its shareholders in complete liquidation (in pursuance of the Agreement) pursuant to Section 361(c)(1) of the Code.
     (v) The tax basis of the assets of the Target Fund received by the Acquiring Fund will be the same as the tax basis of such assets in the hands of the Target Fund immediately prior to the transfer pursuant to Section 362(b) of the Code.
     (vi) The holding periods of the assets of the Target Fund in the hands of the Acquiring Fund will include the periods during which such assets were held by the Target Fund pursuant to Section 1223(2) of the Code.
     (vii) No gain or loss will be recognized by the shareholders of the Target Fund upon the exchange of all of their Target Fund shares for the Acquiring Fund shares pursuant to Section 354(a) of the Code.
     (viii) The aggregate tax basis of the Acquiring Fund shares to be received by each shareholder of the Target Fund will be the same as the aggregate tax basis of Target Fund shares exchanged therefor pursuant to Section 358(a)(1) of the Code.
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provided that the shareholder held Target Fund shares as a capital asset on the date of the exchange pursuant to Section 1223(1) of the Code.
     (x) For purposes of Section 381 of the Code, either: (i) The Acquiring Fund will succeed to and take into account, as of the date of the transfer as defined in Section 1.381(b)-1(b) of the income tax regulations issued by the United States Department of the Treasury (the “Income Tax Regulations”), the items of the Target Fund described in Section 381(c) of the Code, subject to the conditions and limitations specified in Sections 381, 382, 383 and 384 of the Code and the Income Tax Regulations thereunder; or (ii) The Acquiring Fund will succeed to and take into account, as of the date of the transfer as defined in Section 1.381(b)-1(b) of the income tax regulations issued by the United States Department of the Treasury (the “Income Tax Regulations”), the items of the Target Fund described in Section 381(c) of the Code as if there had been no Reorganization.

 


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(INVESCO LETTERHEAD)
   
 
[January ___], 2011
Dear Shareholder,
On June 1, Invesco completed its acquisition of Morgan Stanley’s retail asset management business, including Van Kampen Investments.
The Invesco and Van Kampen/Morgan Stanley retail investment capabilities were highly complementary, enabling Invesco to provide a more balanced product offering to Invesco Funds’ shareholders. As a result of the combination, Invesco gained investment talent for a number of investment strategies, including U.S. Value Equity, U.S. Small Cap Growth Equity, Tax-Free Municipals, Bank Loans and others. With this enhanced expertise and a comprehensive range of diverse investment capabilities, Invesco is better positioned than ever to meet the needs of investors across the U.S. and around the globe.
Since June 1, Invesco has been conducting a comprehensive review of its product line to sharpen its offerings to investors. A key goal of this effort is to reduce overlap and enhance efficiency across the product line for the benefit of Invesco Funds’ shareholders and Invesco.
As the next step in the process of integrating the combined business, the Invesco Funds Boards have approved a realignment of fund offerings, subject to shareholder approval. If approved by shareholders, the proposed realignment will:
  §   Distinguish and emphasize Invesco’s most compelling investment processes and strategies;
 
  §   Reduce overlap in the product lineup to help lower costs for shareholders; and
 
  §   Build a solid foundation for further growth to meet client and shareholder needs.
In addition, most Funds will continue to be managed by their existing investment management teams post-reorganization and many shareholders will experience a reduction in total expense ratio, decreasing the cost of their investment. In cases where management fee expenses are scheduled to increase as a result of a proposed reorganization, Invesco has instituted a cap on the total expense ratio of the Acquiring Fund intended to preserve the lowest current expense ratio of all Target Funds in each proposed set of reorganizations for a period of time post reorganization.
The independent trustees of your Board believe that the reorganization proposed in this proxy is in the best interest of your Fund and the attached proxy seeks your vote in favor of the proposed reorganization.
Your vote is important. Please take a moment after reviewing the enclosed materials to sign and return your proxy card in the enclosed postage paid return envelope. If you attend the meeting, you may vote your shares in person. If you expect to attend the meeting in person, or have questions, please notify us by calling 1-800-959-4226. You may also vote your shares by telephone or through a website established for that purpose by following the instructions that appear on the enclosed proxy card. If we do not hear from you after a reasonable amount of time, you may receive a telephone call from our proxy solicitor, Computershare Fund Services, Inc., reminding you to vote your shares.
Sincerely,
Mr. Philip Taylor
President and Principal Executive Officer

 


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AIM COUNSELOR SERIES TRUST (Invesco Counselor Series Trust)
AIM FUNDS GROUP (Invesco Funds Group)
11 Greenway Plaza, Suite 2500
Houston, Texas 77046
(800) 959-4246
NOTICE OF JOINT SPECIAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS
To Be Held on April 14, 2011
     A joint special meeting (the “Meeting”) of the shareholders of the series of AIM Counselor Series Trust (Invesco Counselor Series Trust) (“AIM Counselor Series Trust”) and AIM Funds Group (Invesco Funds Group) (“AIM Funds Group”) identified below will be held on April 14, 2011 at 3:00 p.m., Central time, at 11 Greenway Plaza, Suite 2500, Houston, Texas 77046 to vote on the following proposal:
To approve an Agreement and Plan of Reorganization between each “Target Fund” listed below and Invesco Structured Core Fund (the “Acquiring Fund”), a series of AIM Counselor Series Trust, providing for: (a) the acquisition of all of the assets and assumption of all of the liabilities of each Target Fund by the Acquiring Fund in exchange for shares of a corresponding class of the Acquiring Fund; (b) the distribution of such shares to the shareholders of the Target Fund; and (c) the liquidation and termination of the Target Fund (each, a “Reorganization” and collectively, the “Reorganizations”).
The Target Funds and the Acquiring Fund involved in each proposed Reorganization are:
     
Target Funds   Acquiring Fund
Invesco Select Equity Fund (a series of AIM Counselor Series Trust)
  Invesco Structured Core Fund
Invesco Van Kampen Equity Premium Income Fund (a series of AIM Funds Group)
  Invesco Structured Core Fund
     Shareholders of record as of the close of business on January 14, 2011 are entitled to notice of, and to vote at, the Meeting or any adjournment of the Meeting. Shareholders of each Target Fund will vote separately on the proposal, and the proposal will be effected as to a particular Target Fund only if that Target Fund’s shareholders approve the proposal.
     The Boards of Trustees of AIM Counselor Series Trust and AIM Funds Group (the “Board”) request that you vote your shares by completing the enclosed proxy card and returning it in the enclosed postage paid return envelope, or by voting by telephone or via the internet using the instructions on the proxy card.
     The Board recommends that you cast your vote FOR the above proposal as described in the Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus.
     Some shareholders hold shares in more than one Target Fund and may receive proxy cards or proxy materials for each such Target Fund. Please sign and promptly return each proxy card in the postage paid return envelope regardless of the number of shares owned.
     Proxy card instructions may be revoked at any time before they are exercised by submitting a written notice of revocation or a subsequently executed proxy card or by attending the Meeting and voting in person.
______________________________________
Mr. Philip Taylor
President and Principal Executive Officer
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AIM COUNSELOR SERIES TRUST (Invesco Counselor Series Trust)
AIM FUNDS GROUP (Invesco Funds Group)
11 Greenway Plaza, Suite 2500
Houston, Texas 77046
(800) 959-4246
JOINT PROXY STATEMENT/PROSPECTUS
[January ___, 2011]
Introduction
     This Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus contains information that shareholders of Invesco Select Equity Fund (the “Select Fund”), a series of AIM Counselor Series Trust (Invesco Counselor Series Trust) (“AIM Counselor Series Trust”), and Invesco Van Kampen Equity Premium Income Fund (the “Premium Fund”), a series of AIM Funds Group (Invesco Funds Group) (“AIM Funds Group”), should know before voting on the proposed reorganizations that are described herein, and should be retained for future reference. The Select Fund and the Premium Fund are each referred to herein as a “Target Fund” and, together, as the “Target Funds.” Additionally, AIM Counselor Series Trust and AIM Funds Group are each referred to herein as a “Trust” and, together, as the “Trusts.” This document is both the proxy statement of the Target Funds and also a prospectus for Invesco Structured Core Fund (the “Acquiring Fund”), which is a series of AIM Counselor Series Trust. Each Target Fund and the Acquiring Fund is a series of a registered open-end management investment company. The Target Funds and the Acquiring Fund collectively are referred to as the “Funds” and to each fund individually as a “Fund.”
     A special meeting of the shareholders of the Target Funds (the “Meeting”) will be held at 11 Greenway Plaza, Suite 2500, Houston, Texas 77046 on April 14, 2011 at 3:00 p.m., Central time. At the Meeting, shareholders of each Target Fund are being asked to consider the following proposal:
To approve an Agreement and Plan of Reorganization between each Target Fund and the Acquiring Fund, providing for: (a) the acquisition of all of the assets and assumption of all of the liabilities of each Target Fund by the Acquiring Fund in exchange for shares of a corresponding class of the Acquiring Fund; (b) the distribution of such shares of the corresponding class to the shareholders of the Target Fund; and (c) the liquidation and termination of the Target Fund (each, a “Reorganization” and collectively, the “Reorganizations”).
     The total value of the Acquiring Fund shares of each class that shareholders will receive in a Reorganization will be the same as the total value of the shares of each class of the Target Fund that shareholders held immediately prior to the Reorganization. Each Reorganization is anticipated to be a tax-free transaction, meaning that shareholders should not be required to pay any federal income tax in connection with the Reorganization. No sales charges or redemption fees will be imposed in connection with the Reorganizations.
     The Board of Trustees of each Trust (the “Board”) has fixed the close of business on January 14, 2011 as the record date (“Record Date”) for the determination of shareholders entitled to notice of and to vote at the Meeting and at any adjournment thereof. Shareholders of each Target Fund on the Record Date will be entitled to one vote for each share of the Target Fund held (and a proportionate fractional vote for each fractional share). This Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus, the enclosed Notice of Joint Special Meeting of Shareholders and the enclosed proxy card will be mailed on or about [January ___, 2011] to all shareholders eligible to vote on a Reorganization.
     The Board has approved the Agreement and Plan of Reorganization and has determined that the Reorganization is in the best interest of each Target Fund and the Acquiring Fund and will not dilute the interests of the existing shareholders of the Target Fund or the Acquiring Fund. If shareholders of a Target Fund do not approve the Reorganization, the Board will consider what further action is appropriate for that Target Fund.
     This Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus is being used in order to reduce the preparation, printing, handling and postage expenses that would result from the use of a separate proxy statement/prospectus for each Target Fund.

 


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     Additional information about the Funds is available in the:
    Prospectuses for the Target Funds and the Acquiring Fund;
 
    Annual and semi-annual reports to shareholders of the Target Funds and the Acquiring Fund; and
 
    Statements of Additional Information (“SAIs”) for the Target Funds and the Acquiring Fund.
     These documents are on file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”). The prospectuses of the Target Funds are incorporated herein by reference and are legally deemed to be part of this Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus. A copy of the prospectus of the Acquiring Fund accompanies this Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus and is incorporated herein by reference and deemed to be part of this Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus. The SAI to this Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus, dated the same date as this Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus, also is incorporated herein by reference and is deemed to be part of this Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus. The Target Fund prospectuses, the most recent annual reports to shareholders, containing audited financial statements for the most recent fiscal year, and the most recent semi-annual reports to shareholders of the Target Funds have been previously mailed to shareholders and are available on the Target Funds’ website at www.invesco.com.
     Copies of all of these documents are available upon request without charge by visiting or writing to the Target Funds at 11 Greenway Plaza, Suite 2500, Houston, Texas 77046, or calling (800) 959-4246.
     You also may view or obtain these documents from the SEC’s Public Reference Room, which is located at 100 F Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20549-1520, or from the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. Information on the operation of the SEC’s Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling the SEC at 1-202-551-8090. You can also request copies of these materials, upon payment at the prescribed rates of the duplicating fee, by electronic request to the SEC’s e-mail address (publicinfo@sec.gov) or by writing the Public Reference Branch, Office of Consumer Affairs and Information Services, SEC, Washington, D.C. 20549-1520.
These securities have not been approved or disapproved by the Securities and Exchange Commission nor has the Securities and Exchange Commission passed upon the accuracy or adequacy of this Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense. An investment in the Funds is not a deposit with a bank and is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”) or any other government agency. You may lose money by investing in the Funds.

 


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Exhibits
     No dealer, salesperson or any other person has been authorized to give any information or to make any representations other than those contained in this Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus or related solicitation materials on file with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and you should not rely on such other information or representations.

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PROPOSAL: TO APPROVE AN AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF REORGANIZATION
     Shareholders of each Target Fund are being asked to consider and approve an Agreement and Plan of Reorganization (the “Agreement”) that will have the effect of reorganizing the Target Fund with and into the Acquiring Fund, as summarized below. The Agreement provides for (a) the acquisition of all of the assets and assumption of all of the liabilities of each Target Fund by the Acquiring Fund in exchange for shares of a corresponding class of the Acquiring Fund; (b) the distribution of such shares of the corresponding class to the shareholders of the Target Fund; and (c) the liquidation and termination of the Target Fund.
SUMMARY OF KEY INFORMATION
     The following is a summary of certain information contained elsewhere in this Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus, in the Agreement, and/or in the prospectuses and SAIs of the Funds. Shareholders should read the entire Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus and the prospectus of the Acquiring Fund carefully for more complete information.
On what am I being asked to vote?
     As a shareholder of a Target Fund, you are being asked to consider and vote to approve the Agreement under which the assets and liabilities of the Target Fund will be transferred to the Acquiring Fund.
     If shareholders of a Target Fund approve the Agreement, shares of each class of the Target Fund will be exchanged for Acquiring Fund shares of the corresponding class of equal value, which will result in your holding shares of the Acquiring Fund equal to the value of your shares of the corresponding class of the Target Fund, and the Target Fund will be liquidated and terminated.
Has my Fund’s Board of Trustees approved the Reorganizations?
     Yes. The Board has carefully reviewed the proposal and unanimously approved the Agreement and the Reorganizations. The Board recommends that shareholders of each Target Fund vote in favor of the Agreement.
What are the reasons for the proposed Reorganizations?
     On June 1, 2010, Invesco Ltd. (“Invesco”), the indirect parent company of Invesco Advisers, Inc., the Funds’ investment adviser (“Invesco Advisers” or “Adviser”), acquired the retail mutual fund business of Morgan Stanley, which included 92 Morgan Stanley and Van Kampen branded funds. This transaction filled gaps in Invesco’s product line-up and has enabled Invesco to expand its investment offerings to retail customers. The transaction also resulted in significant product overlap. The Reorganizations proposed in this Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus are part of a larger group of reorganizations across Invesco’s mutual fund platform. The reorganizations are designed to put forth Invesco’s most compelling investment processes and strategies, reduce product overlap and create scale in the resulting funds to help reduce the shareholders’ cost of ownership.
     In considering the Reorganizations and the Agreement, the Board considered these and other factors in concluding that the Reorganizations would be in the best interest of the Funds. The Board’s considerations are described in more detail in the “THE PROPOSED REORGANIZATIONS — Board Considerations in Approving the Reorganizations” section below.
What effect will a Reorganization have on me as a shareholder?
     Immediately after a Reorganization, you will hold shares of a class of the Acquiring Fund that are equal in value to the shares of the corresponding class of the Target Fund that you held immediately prior to the closing of the Reorganization. The principal differences between the Target Funds and the Acquiring Fund are described in this Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus. The prospectus of the Acquiring Fund that accompanies this Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus contains additional information about the Acquiring Fund that you will hold shares of following the Reorganization, if approved.

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How do the Funds’ investment objectives, principal investment strategies and risks compare?
     The Acquiring Fund and the Target Funds have similar investment objectives, as described below. Each Fund’s investment objective is classified as non-fundamental, which means that it can be changed by the Board without shareholder approval, although there is no present intention to do so.
Investment Objectives
     
Select Fund
  Acquiring Fund
 
   
Long-term growth of capital.
            Long-term growth of capital.
 
   
Premium Fund
   
 
   
To seek current income and its secondary investment objective is to seek long-term capital appreciation.
   
     The principal investment strategies of the Acquiring Fund are similar to the principal investment strategies of the Target Funds, although the Acquiring Fund may invest in different types of investments and have different investment policies and limitations than the corresponding Target Fund. As a result, the risks of owning shares of the Acquiring Fund are similar to the risks of owning shares of the Target Funds, although the risks of the Funds may not be exactly the same. The sections below entitled “ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE FUNDS — Comparison of Principal Investment Strategies” and “Comparison of the Principal Risks of Investing in the Funds” compare the principal investment strategies and risks of each Target Fund and the Acquiring Fund and highlight certain key differences.
How do the Funds’ expenses compare?
     The tables below provide a summary comparison of the expenses of each Target Fund and the Acquiring Fund, as well as estimated expenses on a pro forma basis giving effect to the proposed Reorganizations. The pro forma expense ratios show projected estimated expenses but actual expenses may be greater or less than those shown. None of the Reorganizations are contingent upon shareholder approval of any other Reorganization.

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Expense Tables and Expense Examples*
                                 
    Current   Combined Pro Forma
                            Target Funds
                            +
                            Acquiring Fund
                            (assumes both
    Target Funds   Acquiring   Reorganizations
    Select Fund   Premium Fund   Fund   are completed)
    Class A   Class A   Class A   Class A
Shareholder Fees (Fees paid directly from your investment)
                               
Maximum Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Purchases (as a percentage of offering price)
    5.50 %     5.50 %     5.50 %     5.50 %
Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (Load) (as a percentage of original purchase price or redemption proceeds, whichever is less)
  None   None   None1   None
 
                               
Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)
                               
Management Fees
    0.76 %     0.70 %     0.60 %     0.59 %
Distribution and Service (12b-1) Fees
    0.25 %     0.25 %     0.25 %     0.25 %
Other Expenses
    0.63 %     0.23 %2     0.46 %     0.38 %
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses
    1.64 %     1.18 %2     1.31 %     1.22 %
 
                               
Fee Waiver and/or Expense Reimbursement
    0.00 %     0.00 %     0.31 %3     0.22 %4
Total Annual Operating Expenses after Fee Waiver and/or Expense Reimbursements
    1.64 %     1.18 %2     1.00 %     1.00 %
 
                               

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    Current   Combined Pro Forma
                            Target Funds
                            +
                            Acquiring Fund
                            (assumes both
    Target Funds   Acquiring   Reorganizations
    Select Fund   Premium Fund   Fund   are completed)
    Class B   Class B   Class B   Class B
Shareholder Fees (Fees paid directly from your investment)
                               
Maximum Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Purchases (as a percentage of offering price)
  None   None   None   None
Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (Load) (as a percentage of original purchase price or redemption proceeds, whichever is less)
    5.00 %     5.00 %     5.00 %     5.00 %
 
                               
Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)
                               
Management Fees
    0.76 %     0.70 %     0.60 %     0.59 %
Distribution and Service (12b-1) Fees
    1.00 %     1.00 %     1.00 %     1.00 %
Other Expenses
    0.63 %     0.23 %2     0.46 %     0.38 %
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses
    2.39 %     1.93 %2     2.06 %     1.97 %
 
                               
Fee Waiver and/or Expense Reimbursement
    0.00 %     0.00 %     0.31 %3     0.22 %4
Total Annual Operating Expenses after Fee Waiver and/or Expense Reimbursements
    2.39 %     1.93 %2     1.75 %     1.75 %
 
                               

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    Current   Combined Pro Forma
                            Target Funds
                            +
                            Acquiring Fund
                            (assumes both
    Target Funds   Acquiring   Reorganizations
    Select Fund   Premium Fund   Fund   are completed)
    Class C   Class C   Class C   Class C
Shareholder Fees (Fees paid directly from your investment)
                               
Maximum Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Purchases (as a percentage of offering price)
  None   None   None   None
Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (Load) (as a percentage of original purchase price or redemption proceeds, whichever is less)
    1.00 %     1.00 %     1.00 %     1.00 %
 
                               
Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)
                               
Management Fees
    0.76 %     0.70 %     0.60 %     0.59 %
Distribution and Service (12b-1) Fees
    1.00 %     1.00 %     1.00 %     1.00 %
Other Expenses
    0.63 %     0.23 %2     0.46 %     0.38 %
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses
    2.39 %     1.93 %2     2.06 %     1.97 %
 
                               
Fee Waiver and/or Expense Reimbursement
    0.00 %     0.00 %     0.31 %3     0.22 %4
Total Annual Operating Expenses after Fee Waiver and/or Expense Reimbursements
    2.39 %     1.93 %2     1.75 %     1.75 %
 
                               

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    Current   Combined Pro Forma
                            Target Funds
                            +
                            Acquiring Fund
                            (assumes both
    Target Funds   Acquiring   Reorganizations
    Select Fund   Premium Fund   Fund   are completed)
    Class Y   Class Y   Class Y   Class Y
Shareholder Fees (Fees paid directly from your investment)
                               
Maximum Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Purchases (as a percentage of offering price)
  None   None   None   None
Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (Load) (as a percentage of original purchase price or redemption proceeds, whichever is less)
  None   None   None   None
 
                               
Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)
                               
Management Fees
    0.76 %     0.70 %     0.60 %     0.59 %
Distribution and Service (12b-1) Fees
  None   None   None   None
Other Expenses
    0.63 %     0.23 %2     0.46 %     0.38 %
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses
    1.39 %     0.93 %2     1.06 %     0.97 %
 
                               
Fee Waiver and/or Expense Reimbursement
    0.00 %     0.00 %     0.31 %3     0.22 %4
Total Annual Operating Expenses after Fee Waiver and/or Expense Reimbursements
    1.39 %     0.93 %2     0.75 %     0.75 %
 
                               
 
*   Expense ratios reflect annual fund operating expenses for the most recent fiscal year (as disclosed in a Fund’s current prospectus) of the Select Fund (December 31, 2009), the Premium Fund (August 31, 2010), and the Acquiring Fund (August 31, 2010). Pro forma numbers are estimated as if the Reorganizations had been completed as of September 1, 2009 and do not include the estimated costs of the Reorganizations. The estimated Reorganization costs that the Select Fund will bear are $190,000. Invesco Advisers estimates that shareholders will recoup these costs through reduced expenses in 2 months or less. The Equity Fund is not expected to bear any Reorganization costs. For more information on the costs of the Reorganizations to be borne by the Funds, see “Costs of the Reorganizations” below.
 
1.   A contingent deferred sales charge may apply in some cases. See “General Information — Contingent Deferred Sales Charges (CDSCs)” in the Acquiring Fund’s prospectus.
 
2.   Based on estimated amounts for the current fiscal year.
 
3.   The Adviser has contractually agreed, through at least December 31, 2011, to waive advisory fees and/or reimburse expenses of the Acquiring Fund to the extent necessary to limit Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses (excluding certain items discussed below) of Class A, Class B, Class C and Class Y shares to 1.00%, 1.75%, 1.75% and 0.75% of average daily net assets, respectively. 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: (i) interest; (ii) taxes; (iii) dividend expense on short sales; (iv) extraordinary or non-routine items; (v) expenses related to a merger or reorganization, as approved by the Acquiring Fund’s Board; and (vi) expenses that the Acquiring Fund has incurred but did not actually pay because of an expense offset arrangement. Unless the Board and Invesco Advisers mutually agree to amend or continue the fee waiver agreement, it will terminate on December 31, 2011. Currently, the expense offset arrangements from which the Acquiring Fund may benefit are in the form of credits that the Acquiring Fund receives from banks where the Acquiring Fund or its transfer agent has deposit accounts in which it holds uninvested cash. These credits are used to pay certain expenses incurred by the Acquiring Fund. Fee waivers have been restated to reflect this agreement.
 
4.   Effective upon closing of the Reorganizations, the Adviser has contractually agreed, through at least June 30, 2012, to waive advisory fees and/or reimburse expenses of all shares of the Acquiring Fund to the extent necessary to limit Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver and/or Expense Reimbursement (excluding certain items discussed below) of Class A shares to 1.00%, Class B shares to 1.75%, Class C shares to 1.75% and Class Y shares to 0.75% of average daily net assets. 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 limit reflected above: (i) interest; (ii) taxes; (iii) dividend expense on short sales; (iv) extraordinary or non-routine items; and (v) expenses that the

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    Acquiring Fund has incurred but did not actually pay because of an expense offset arrangement. Unless the Board and Invesco Advisers mutually agree to amend or continue the fee waiver agreement, it will terminate on June 30, 2012.
     Expense Example
     This Example is intended to help you compare the costs of investing in different classes of a Target Fund and the Acquiring Fund with the cost of investing in other mutual funds. Pro forma combined costs of investing in different classes of the Acquiring Fund after giving effect to the reorganization of the corresponding Target Fund into the Acquiring Fund are also provided. All costs are based upon the information set forth in the Fee Table above.
     The Example assumes that you invest $10,000 for the time periods indicated and shows the expenses that you would pay if you redeem all of your shares at the end of those time periods. The Example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year and that the operating expenses remain the same. The Example reflects fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements that are contractual, if any, but does not reflect voluntary fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements. To the extent fees are waived and/or expenses are reimbursed on a voluntary basis, your expenses will be lower. Although your actual returns and costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:
                                 
    One   Three   Five   Ten
Fund/Class   Year   Years   Years   Years
Select Fund — Class A
  $ 708     $ 1,039     $ 1,393     $ 2,387  
Premium Fund — Class A
  $ 664     $ 904     $ 1,163     $ 1,903  
Acquiring Fund — Class A
  $ 646     $ 913     $ 1,201     $ 2,017  
Combined Pro forma Target Funds + Acquiring Fund — Class A (assuming both Reorganizations are completed)
  $ 646     $ 895     $ 1,163     $ 1,928  
 
                               
Select Fund — Class B
  $ 742     $ 1,045     $ 1,475     $ 2,540  
Select Fund — Class B (if you did not redeem your shares)
  $ 242     $ 745     $ 1,275     $ 2,540  
Premium Fund — Class B
  $ 696     $ 906     $ 1,242     $ 2,059  
Premium Fund — Class B (if you did not redeem your shares)
  $ 196     $ 606     $ 1,042     $ 2,059  
Acquiring Fund — Class B
  $ 678     $ 916     $ 1,280     $ 2,172  
Acquiring Fund — Class B (if you did not redeem your shares)
  $ 178     $ 616     $ 1,080     $ 2,172  
Combined Pro forma Target Funds + Acquiring Fund — Class B (assuming both Reorganizations are completed)
  $ 678     $ 897     $ 1,242     $ 2,084  
Combined Pro forma Target Funds + Acquiring Fund — Class B (assuming both Reorganizations are completed) (if you did not redeem your shares)
  $ 178     $ 597     $ 1,042     $ 2,084  
 
                               
Select Fund — Class C
  $ 342     $ 745     $ 1,275     $ 2,726  
Select Fund — Class C (if you did not redeem your shares)
  $ 242     $ 745     $ 1,275     $ 2,726  
Premium Fund — Class C
  $ 296     $ 606     $ 1,042     $ 2,254  
Premium Fund — Class C (if you did not redeem your shares)
  $ 196     $ 606     $ 1,042     $ 2,254  
Acquiring Fund — Class C
  $ 278     $ 616     $ 1,080     $ 2,365  
Acquiring Fund — Class C (if you did not redeem your shares)
  $ 178     $ 616     $ 1,080     $ 2,365  
Combined Pro forma Target Funds + Acquiring Fund — Class C (assuming both Reorganizations are completed)
  $ 278     $ 597     $ 1,042     $ 2,278  
Combined Pro forma Target Funds + Acquiring Fund — Class C (assuming both Reorganizations are completed) (if you did not redeem your shares)
  $ 178     $ 597     $ 1,042     $ 2,278  
 
                               
Select Fund — Class Y
  $ 142     $ 440     $ 761     $ 1,669  
Premium Fund — Class Y
  $ 95     $ 296     $ 515     $ 1,143  
Acquiring Fund — Class Y
  $ 77     $ 306     $ 555     $ 1,266  
Combined Pro forma Target Funds + Acquiring Fund — Class Y (assuming both Reorganizations are completed)
  $ 77     $ 287     $ 515     $ 1,170  

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     The Example is not a representation of past or future expenses. The Target Funds’ and the Acquiring Fund’s actual expenses, and an investor’s direct and indirect expenses, may be more or less than those shown. The table and the assumption in the Example of a 5% annual return are required by regulations of the SEC applicable to all mutual funds. The 5% annual return is not a prediction of and does not represent the Target Funds’ or the Acquiring Fund’s projected or actual performance.
     For further discussion regarding the Board’s consideration of the fees and expenses of the Funds in approving the Reorganizations, see the section entitled “THE PROPOSED REORGANIZATIONS - Board Considerations in Approving the Reorganizations” in this Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus.
How do the performance records of the Funds compare?
     The performance history of each Fund for certain periods as of September 30, 2010 is shown below. The returns below may not be indicative of a Fund’s future performance.
     The table below compares the performance history of the Acquiring Fund’s oldest share class to the performance history of the comparable class of each Target Fund as of September 30, 2010. Since inception performance is only provided for share classes with less than 10 years of performance history. Other classes of shares that are not presented would have had substantially similar annual returns because the shares are invested in the same portfolio of securities and the annual returns will differ only to the extent that the classes do not have the same expenses. The prospectuses for the Funds contain additional performance information under the headings “Performance Information” and “Financial Highlights.” Additional performance information and a discussion of performance are also included in each Fund’s most recent annual report to shareholders.
Average Annual Total Returns*
                         
    1 Year   5 Years   10 Years or
Since Inception
 
Acquiring Fund — Class A (inception date: 03/31/2006)
                       
Return Before Taxes
    0.15 %           (3.79 %)
Return After Taxes on Distributions
    (0.10 %)           (4.59 %)
Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares
    0.44 %           (3.31 %)
Select Fund — Class A (inception date: 12/04/1967)
                       
Return Before Taxes
    (0.21 %)     (3.45 %)     (6.13 %)
Return After Taxes on Distributions
    (0.28 %)     (3.47 %)     (6.35 %)
Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares
    (0.05 %)     (2.90 %)     (4.95 %)
Premium Fund — Class A (inception date: 06/26/2006)1
                       
Return Before Taxes
    1.50 %           (1.35 %)
Return After Taxes on Distributions
    (0.19 %)           (3.16 %)
Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares
    0.95 %           (2.09 %)
 
*   The above total return figures reflect the maximum front-end sales charge (load) of 5.50% applicable to Class A shares.
 
1.   The returns shown for periods prior to June 1, 2010 are those of the Class A shares of a predecessor fund that was advised by Van Kampen Asset Management and was reorganized into the Premium Fund on June 1, 2010. The returns shown for periods after June 1, 2010 are those of the Premium Fund. The returns of the Premium Fund are different from the predecessor fund as they had different expenses and sales charges.
     After-tax returns are calculated using the historical highest individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes. Actual after-tax returns depend on an investor’s tax situation and may differ from those shown, and after-tax returns shown are not relevant to investors who hold their Fund shares through tax-deferred arrangements, such as 401(k) plans or individual retirement accounts.
How do the management, investment manager and other service providers of the Funds compare?
     Each Fund is overseen by the same Board and officers. In addition, Invesco Advisers, a registered investment adviser, serves as primary investment adviser for each Fund pursuant to an investment advisory agreement that contains substantially identical terms (except for fees) for each Fund. The contractual advisory fees

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for the Acquiring Fund are lower than the contractual advisory fees of the Target Funds. Invesco Advisers is located at 1555 Peachtree Street, N.E., Atlanta, Georgia 30309. Invesco Advisers has acted as an investment adviser since its organization in 1976. As of September 30, 2010, Invesco Advisers had $300.3 billion under management. Invesco Advisers is an indirect, wholly owned subsidiary of Invesco.
     The advisory agreement applicable to the Funds provides that Invesco Advisers may delegate any and all of its rights, duties and obligations to one or more wholly owned affiliates of Invesco as sub-advisers (the “Invesco Sub-Advisers”). Pursuant to Master Intergroup Sub-Advisory Contracts, the Invesco Sub-Advisers may be appointed by Invesco Advisers from time to time to provide discretionary investment management services, investment advice, and/or order execution services to a Fund. The Invesco Sub-Advisers, each of which is an indirect, wholly owned subsidiary of Invesco and a registered investment adviser under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, are:
  Invesco Asset Management Deutschland GmbH;
 
  Invesco Asset Management Limited;
 
  Invesco Australia Limited;
 
  Invesco Trimark Ltd.
 
  Invesco Hong Kong Limited;
 
  Invesco Asset Management (Japan) Limited;
 
  Invesco Senior Secured Management, Inc.; and
     Other key service providers to the Target Funds, including the administrator, transfer agent, custodian, distributor and auditor, provide the same or substantially the same services to the Acquiring Fund. The Acquiring Fund’s prospectus and SAI describe the services and other arrangements with these service providers.
How do the Funds’ purchase and redemption procedures, distribution policies and exchange policies compare?
     The sales charges, sales charge exemptions, distribution and servicing arrangements, purchase and redemption procedures and exchange policies for each class of the Target Funds are generally similar to those of the corresponding class of the Acquiring Fund. For more information see the section entitled “Comparison of Share Classes and Distribution Arrangements.”
Will the Acquiring Fund have different portfolio managers than a corresponding Target Fund?
     No. The portfolio management team for each Target Fund is the same as the portfolio management team for the Acquiring Fund. The Acquiring Fund prospectus that accompanies this Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus provides biographical information about the key individuals that comprise the portfolio management team for the Acquiring Fund.
Will there be any tax consequences resulting from the proposal?
     Each Reorganization is designed to qualify as a tax-free reorganization for federal income tax purposes and the Target Funds anticipate receiving a legal opinion to that effect. Thus, while there can be no guarantee that the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) will adopt a similar position, it is expected that shareholders will have no adverse federal income tax consequences as a result of the Reorganizations. Shareholders should consult their tax adviser about state and local tax consequences of the Reorganizations, if any, because the information about tax consequences in this Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus relates to the federal income tax consequences of the Reorganizations only.
When are the Reorganizations expected to occur?
     If shareholders of a Target Fund approve the Reorganization, it is anticipated that such Reorganization will occur on or about May 2, 2011.

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How do I vote on a Reorganization?
     There are several ways you can vote your shares, including in person at the Meeting, by mail, by telephone or via the Internet. The proxy card that accompanies this Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus provides detailed instructions on how you may vote your shares. If you properly fill in and sign your proxy card and send it to us in time to vote at the Meeting, your “proxy” (the individuals named on your proxy card) will vote your shares as you have directed. If you sign your proxy card but do not make specific choices, your proxy will vote your shares FOR the proposal, as recommended by the Board, and in their best judgment on other matters.
What will happen if shareholders of a Target Fund do not approve the Reorganization?
     If the shareholders of a Target Fund do not approve the Reorganization, the Target Fund’s Board will consider other possible courses of action for such Target Fund. The consummation of any particular Reorganization is not conditioned upon the specific consummation of any other Reorganization.
What if I do not wish to participate in a Reorganization?
     If you do not wish to have your shares of your Target Fund exchanged for shares of the corresponding Acquiring Fund as part of a Reorganization that is approved by shareholders, you may redeem your shares prior to the consummation of the Reorganization. If you redeem your shares, you will incur any applicable deferred sales charge and if you hold shares in a taxable account, you will recognize a taxable gain or loss based on the difference between your tax basis in the shares and the amount you receive for them.
Why are you sending me the Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus?
     You are receiving this Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus because you own shares in one or more Target Funds as of the Record Date and have the right to vote on the very important proposal described herein concerning your Target Fund. This Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus contains information that shareholders of the Target Funds should know before voting on the proposed Reorganizations. This document is both a proxy statement of the Target Funds and also a prospectus for the Acquiring Fund.
Where can I find more information about the Funds and the Reorganizations?
     Additional information about the Funds can be found in their respective prospectuses and SAIs. The remainder of this Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus contains additional information about the Reorganizations. You are encouraged to read the entire document. If you need any assistance, or have any questions regarding the Reorganizations or how to vote, please call Invesco Client Services at 1-800-959-4246.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE FUNDS
Comparison of Principal Investment Strategies
     The following section compares the principal investment strategies of each Target Fund with the principal investment strategies of the Acquiring Fund and highlights any key differences. In addition to the principal investment strategies described below, each Fund is also subject to certain additional investment policies and limitations, which are described in each Fund’s prospectus and SAI. The cover page of this Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus describes how you can obtain copies of these documents. A comparison of the principal risks associated with the Funds’ investment strategies is described below under “Comparison of Principal Risks of Investing in the Funds.”
     Investment Strategies. The investment strategies of the Acquiring Fund and the Target Funds are substantially similar. The Acquiring Fund normally invests at least 80% of its assets in a diversified portfolio of equity securities of large capitalization companies. The Select Fund invests, under normal circumstances, at least 80% of its net assets (plus borrowings for investment purposes) in equity securities. Under normal market conditions, the Premium Fund invests primarily in a portfolio of equity securities of U.S. issuers, utilizing an option

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writing strategy to enhance current distributions. The principal type of equity securities purchased by the Acquiring Fund and the Premium Fund are common stock.
     The portfolio managers of the Funds use quantitative, research based models to select potential investment securities. They use proprietary and non-proprietary computer models to forecast risks and transaction costs. The information gathered from this process is used to structure each Fund’s investment portfolio.
     The Acquiring Fund and the Premium Fund each use the S&P 500® Index as a guide in structuring their portfolio and selecting securities, but the Acquiring Fund and the Premium Fund are not index funds and will invest in securities not included in the index. The Select Fund uses the Russell 3000® Index as a guide in structuring the portfolio, but, like the Acquiring Fund, will also invest in securities not included in the index.
     Each Fund may invest a limited amount of its assets in foreign securities. The Acquiring Fund may invest up to 20% of its assets in foreign securities, and the Select Fund and the Premium Fund may each invest up to 25% of their total assets in foreign securities. The Select Fund may also invest in American Depositary Receipts.
     Each Fund may invest in derivative instruments. In general terms, a derivative instrument is one whose value depends on (or is derived from) the value of an underlying asset, interest rate or index. The Acquiring Fund may invest in derivative instruments such as futures contracts and equity linked derivatives. In complying with its 80% investment requirement, the Select Fund may also invest in derivatives with economic characteristics similar to its direct investments. Additionally, the Premium Fund may purchase and sell options, futures contracts, options on futures contracts and currency-related transactions involving options, futures contracts, forward contracts and swaps, which are derivative instruments, for various portfolio management purposes and to mitigate risks. Derivatives and other investments may have the effect of leveraging each Fund’s portfolio.
     In executing the option writing strategy of the Premium Fund, the Adviser intends to write (i.e., sell) covered call options on individual securities and securities indices in an attempt to generate current income from option premiums as a means of enhancing distributions paid to shareholders. Under normal market conditions, the Adviser expects to write covered call options in an amount that is between 25% and 75% of the value of the Premium Fund’s assets.
     Each of the Funds may invest in exchange-traded funds (ETFs). The Acquiring Fund may also invest up to 20% of its assets in debt securities.
     The portfolio managers of the Funds will consider selling or reducing a security position (i) if the forecasted return of a security becomes less attractive relative to industry peers, or (ii) if a particular security’s risk profile changes.
Comparison of Principal Risks of Investing in the Funds
     The table below describes the principal risks that may affect each Fund’s investment portfolio. For more information on the risks associated with the Acquiring Fund, see the “Investment Strategies and Risks” section of the Acquiring Fund’s SAI.
     
Principal Risk   Funds Subject to Risk
Market Risk. The prices of securities held by the Funds may decline in response to certain events, including those directly involving the companies whose securities are owned by the Funds; general economic and market conditions; regional or global economic instability; and currency and interest rate fluctuations.
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Principal Risk   Funds Subject to Risk
Foreign Securities Risk. The dollar value of the Funds’ foreign investments will be affected by changes in the exchange rates between the dollar and the currencies in which those investments are traded. The value of the Funds’ foreign investments may be adversely affected by political and social instability in their home countries, by changes in economic or taxation policies in those countries, or by the difficulty in enforcing obligations in those countries. Foreign companies generally may be subject to less stringent regulations than U.S. companies, and there generally is less publicly available information about foreign companies than about U.S. companies. Trading in many foreign securities may be less liquid and more volatile than U.S. securities.
  Acquiring Fund, Select Fund and Premium Fund
 
   
Equity Securities Risk. The prices of equity securities change in response to many factors including the historical and prospective earnings of the issuer, the value of its assets, general economic conditions, interest rates, investor perceptions and market liquidity.
  Acquiring Fund, Select Fund and Premium Fund
 
   
Derivatives Risk. Derivatives are financial contracts whose value depends on or is derived from an underlying asset (including an underlying security), reference rate or index. Derivatives may be used as a substitute for purchasing the underlying asset or as a hedge to reduce exposure to risks. Risks of derivatives include market, interest rate, credit, leverage and management risks. They may also be more difficult to purchase, sell or value than other investments. When used for hedging or reducing exposure, the derivative may not correlate perfectly with the underlying asset, reference rate or index. A Fund investing in a derivative could lose more than the cash amount invested. Over-the-counter derivatives are also subject to counterparty risk, which is the risk that the other party to the contract will not complete the transaction with the Fund.
  Acquiring Fund, Select Fund and Premium Fund
 
   
Management Risk. There is no guarantee that the investment techniques and risk analyses used by the Funds’ portfolio managers will produce the desired results.
  Acquiring Fund, Select Fund and Premium Fund
 
   
Exchange-Traded Funds Risk. ETFs generally present the same primary risks as an investment in a mutual fund. In addition, ETFs may be subject to: (1) a discount of the ETFs shares to its net asset value; (2) failure to develop an active trading market for the ETFs shares; (3) the listing exchange halting trading of the ETFs shares; (4) failure of the ETFs shares to track the referenced index; and (5) holding troubled securities in the referenced index. ETFs may involve duplication of management fees and certain other expenses, as the Fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of any expenses paid by the ETFs in which it invests. Further, certain ETFs are leveraged. The more a Fund invests in leveraged ETFs, the more this leverage will magnify any losses on those investments.
  Acquiring Fund, Select Fund and Premium Fund
 
   
Interest Rate Risk. Interest rate risk refers to the risk that bond prices generally fall as interest rates rise; conversely, bond prices generally rise as interest rates fall. Specific bonds differ in their sensitivity to changes in interest rates depending on specific characteristics of each bond.
  Acquiring Fund and Select Fund
 
   
Credit Risk. Credit risk is the risk of loss on an investment due to the deterioration of an issuer’s financial health, including the issuer’s inability to honor its contractual obligations to make timely payment of interest and principal, bankruptcy, and permanent loss of investment. A decline in credit quality may make bonds less attractive, thereby driving up the yield on the bond and driving down the price.
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Principal Risk   Funds Subject to Risk
Leverage Risk. Leverage exists when the Acquiring Fund purchases or sells an instrument or enters into a transaction for an amount less than the full economic exposure of the instrument or transaction. Such instruments or transactions may include, reverse repurchase agreements, written options and derivatives. The Acquiring Fund mitigates leverage risk by earmarking liquid assets to cover the Acquiring Fund’s obligations. Earmarking may require the Acquiring Fund to liquidate non-earmarked portfolio positions when it may not be advantageous to do so. Leveraging may cause the Acquiring Fund to be more volatile because it may exaggerate the effect of any increase or decrease in the value of the Acquiring Fund’s portfolio securities. There can be no assurance that the Acquiring Fund’s leverage strategy will be successful.
  Acquiring Fund
 
   
Limited Number of Holdings Risk. Because a large percentage of the Acquiring Fund’s assets may be invested in a limited number of securities, a change in the value of these securities could significantly affect the value of your investment in the Acquiring Fund.
  Acquiring Fund
 
   
Active Trading Risk. The Select Fund may engage in frequent trading of portfolio securities resulting in a lower return and increased tax liability.
  Select Fund
 
   
Option Writing Strategy Risk. In sharply rising markets, the Premium Fund may underperform compared to a similar portfolio that does not employ a covered call option writing strategy. This underperformance in a sharply rising market could be significant. The Premium Fund’s covered call option writing strategy may not fully protect it against declines in the value of the market.
  Premium Fund
 
   
Return of Capital Risk. In adverse or volatile market conditions, a portion or all of the Premium Fund’s monthly distributions may constitute a return of part of your original investment or a return of capital. The Adviser believes, given current and past market conditions, that there is a strong likelihood that substantially all, if not all, of the distributions for the fiscal year ended August 31, 2010 may be characterized as a return of capital. Such return of capital distributions will decrease the Premium Fund’s assets and may increase the Premium Fund’s expense ratio.
  Premium Fund
Comparison of Fundamental and Non-Fundamental Investment Restrictions
     Each Fund has adopted fundamental investment restrictions concerning, among other things, diversification of the Fund’s investment portfolio, concentration in particular industries, borrowing and loaning money, and investing in real estate and commodities. Fundamental investment restrictions of a Fund cannot be changed without shareholder approval. The fundamental investment restrictions of the Target Funds and those of the Acquiring Fund are the same. The non-fundamental investment restrictions of the Target Funds and the Acquiring Fund are also the same, except that the Acquiring Fund has an additional non-fundamental investment restriction on borrowing, which prohibits it from borrowing for leveraging and from purchasing additional securities when any borrowings from banks exceed 5% of the Acquiring Fund’s total assets or when any borrowings from an Invesco Fund are outstanding. Non-fundamental investment restrictions of a Fund can be changed by a Fund’s Board.
     The Target Funds and the Acquiring Fund may be subject to other investment restrictions that are not identified above. A full description of each Target Fund’s and the Acquiring Fund’s investment policies and restrictions may be found in its respective SAI.
Comparison of Share Classes and Distribution Arrangements
     Each share class of a Target Fund will be reorganized into a specific share class of the Acquiring Fund. The following sub-sections identify the Acquiring Fund share class that corresponds with each Target Fund share class as well as the different distribution arrangements among the various share classes.
     Class Structure. The Funds each offer multiple share classes. Each such class offers a distinct structure of sales charges, distribution and/or service fees, and reductions and waivers thereto, which are designed to address a variety of shareholder servicing needs. In addition, some share classes have certain eligibility requirements that

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must be met to invest in that class of shares. The eligibility requirements are the same for each Fund and are described in the Funds’ prospectuses.
     The share classes offered by the Target Funds and the corresponding share classes of the Acquiring Fund that Target Fund shareholders will receive in connection with a Reorganization are as follows:
         
Target Fund Share Classes   Acquiring Fund Share Classes  
Select Fund
       
Class A
  Class A
Class B
  Class B
Class C
  Class C
Class Y
  Class Y
 
       
Premium Fund
       
Class A
  Class A
Class B
  Class B
Class C
  Class C
Class Y
  Class Y
     Neither Fund currently offers Class B shares to new investors. Existing investors of the Target Fund that owned Class B shares before their closure will continue to receive reinvested dividends in the form of new Class B shares but may no longer add to their existing positions in Class B shares. Shareholders who receive Class B shares in connection with a Reorganization may continue to hold those shares and reinvest dividends until the scheduled conversion date of the Class B shares to Class A shares but may not purchase new Class B shares.
     Sales Charges. The sales charge schedule (if any) of each share class of the Target Fund is substantially the same as the sales charge schedule (if any) of the corresponding share classes of the Acquiring Fund. Class A shares of each Fund are sold with an initial sales charge that ranges from 5.50% to zero depending on the amount of your investment. Class B and Class C shares of each Fund are sold with a contingent deferred sales charge that may be imposed when the shares are sold. Class A shares may also be subject to a contingent deferred sales charge on purchases of $1 million or more if redeemed prior to 18 months after the date of purchase. Each Fund offers reductions and waivers of the initial sales charge and contingent deferred sales charge to certain eligible investors or under certain circumstances, which are substantially the same between the Funds. Class Y shares are sold without any initial sales charge or contingent deferred sales charge. Each share class except Class Y imposes an asset based sales charge or service fee under one or more plans adopted by the Board, which are described in the following section. The Funds’ prospectuses describe the sales charge schedules and applicable waivers and exemptions of each such share class.
     You will not pay an initial sales charge on Acquiring Fund Class A shares that you receive in connection with the Reorganizations. In addition, the exchange of Class A shares, Class B shares or Class C shares of the Target Fund for corresponding classes of the Acquiring Fund at the consummation of the Reorganization will not result in the imposition of any contingent deferred sales charge that applies to those share classes. Upon consummation of the Reorganization, former Target Fund shareholders of Class A shares, Class B shares or Class C shares will be credited for the period of time from their original date of purchase of the Target Fund Class A shares, Class B shares or Class C shares for purposes of determining the amount of any contingent deferred sales charge that may be due upon subsequent redemption, if any. In addition, the CDSC schedule that applies to the Class B shares of the Target Fund that you own will continue to apply to the Class B shares of the Acquiring Fund that you receive in the Reorganization. The Acquiring Fund initial sales charges for Class A shares and contingent deferred sales charges that apply to Class A shares and Class C shares will apply to any Class A shares or Class C shares of the Acquiring Fund purchased after the Reorganizations, unless you are eligible for a reduction or waiver of the initial sales charge or contingent deferred sales charge.
     Distribution Fees. The Funds have adopted distribution plans and service plans (together, the “Distribution Plans”) pursuant to Rule 12b-1 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”), with respect to each of their Class A, Class B and Class C shares. Class Y shares of the Funds are not subject to the Distribution Plans.

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     Pursuant to each Target Fund’s Distribution Plan, each Target Fund is authorized to make payments to Invesco Distributors, Inc. (“IDI”), the Funds’ principal underwriter, in connection with the distribution of Target Fund shares and providing shareholder services at the annual rate of up to 0.25% of each Target Fund’s average daily net assets attributable to Class A shares and at the annual rate of up to 1.00% of each Target Fund’s average daily net assets attributable to Class B and Class C shares. Notwithstanding the foregoing expense limits, however, IDI may be reimbursed from the Premium Fund only up to the amount it has spent on activities or expenses primarily intended to result in the sale of shares or the servicing of shareholders. This type of Distribution Plan is sometimes referred to as a “reimbursement-type” plan because the underwriter is only entitled to be reimbursed for its plan-related expenses.
     The Distribution Plans for the Acquiring Fund and the Select Fund are similar to the Premium Fund’s except that IDI is entitled to be paid by the Acquiring Fund or the Select Fund the maximum amounts described above (i.e., 0.25% for Class A shares and 1.00% for Class B and Class C shares) regardless of the amount IDI has spent on activities or expenses intended to result in the sale of shares or the servicing of shareholders. This type of Distribution Plan is sometimes referred to as a “compensation-type” plan because the underwriter is compensated at a fixed rate, regardless of its actual distribution and service-related expenditures. Thus, it is possible that under the Acquiring Fund’s and the Select Fund’s Distribution Plans the underwriter could, in practice, receive payments in excess of the amounts actually paid under the Premium Fund’s “reimbursement” type Distribution Plan.
     The fee table under the “SUMMARY OF KEY INFORMATION — How do the Funds’ expenses compare” section of this Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus describes the fees paid under each Fund’s Distribution Plan for a recent period as well as an estimate of the fees to be paid under the Acquiring Fund’s Distribution Plan following the Reorganizations.
Comparison of Purchase and Redemption Procedures
     The purchase procedures employed by the Target Funds and the Acquiring Fund are substantially the same. Each Fund offers shares through its distributor on a continuous basis. Shares of the Funds may be purchased directly through the transfer agent and through other authorized financial intermediaries. Investors may purchase both initial and additional shares by mail, wire, telephone or the internet. The Acquiring Fund prospectus enclosed with this Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus describes in detail how shareholders can purchase Acquiring Fund shares. Class A, Class B (closed to new investments, except dividend reinvestments), Class C and Class Y shares of the Funds require a minimum investment of $1,000 ($250 for IRA, Roth IRA, and Coverdell Education Savings Accounts). The Acquiring Fund’s prospectus describes the types of accounts to which the minimum initial investment applies. For accounts participating in a systematic investment program, the minimum investment is $50 ($25 for IRA, Roth IRA, and Coverdell Education Savings Accounts). Certain exemptions apply as set forth in the Funds’ prospectuses. The foregoing investment minimums will not apply to shares received in connection with a Reorganization. However, investors may be charged a small-account fee if account balances remain below the required investment minimum for certain periods. See the Funds’ prospectuses for details.
Comparison of Distribution Policies
     The Acquiring Fund and the Select Fund declare and pay dividends of net investment income, if any, annually, and capital gains distributions, if any, at least annually. The Premium Fund declares and pays dividends of net investment income, if any, monthly, and capital gains distributions, if any, at least annually. Each Fund may also declare and pay capital gains distributions more than once per year as permitted by law. Each Fund automatically reinvests any dividends from net investment income or capital gains distributions, unless otherwise instructed by a shareholder to pay dividends and distributions in cash.
Forms of Organization and Securities to be Issued
     The Target Funds and the Acquiring Fund are series of the Trusts, which are Delaware statutory trusts. In addition, each Trust’s governing instruments, including a declaration of trust and bylaws, are substantially the same. As a result, there are no material differences between the rights of shareholders under the governing state laws of the Target Funds and the Acquiring Fund. Each share of a Fund represents an equal proportionate interest with each other share of that Fund, and each such share is entitled to equal dividend, liquidation, redemption and voting rights,

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except where class voting is required by the respective Trust’s governing instruments, the Board or applicable law, in which case shareholders of a class will have exclusive voting rights on matters affecting only that class. The assets and liabilities of each Fund are legally separate from the assets and liabilities of any other fund that is a series of the respective Trust. More information about the voting, dividend and other rights associated with shares of the Funds can be found in each Fund’s SAI.
Pending Litigation
     Civil lawsuits, including a regulatory proceeding and purported class action and shareholder derivative suits, have been filed against certain Invesco Funds, INVESCO Funds Group, Inc. (“IFG”) (the former investment adviser to certain funds), a predecessor to Invesco Advisers, IDI and/or related entities and individuals, depending on the lawsuit, alleging among other things: (i) that the defendants permitted improper market timing and related activity in the funds; and (ii) that certain funds inadequately employed fair value pricing. You can find more detailed information concerning all of the above matters, including the parties to the civil lawsuits and summaries of the various allegations and remedies sought in such lawsuits, in the Acquiring Fund’s SAI.
Where to Find More Information
     For more information with respect to each Fund concerning the following topics, please refer to the following sections of the Funds’ prospectuses: (i) see “Fund Management” for more information about the management of a Fund; (ii) see “Other Information” for more information about a Fund’s policy with respect to dividends and distributions; and (iii) see “Shareholder Account Information” for more information about the pricing, purchase, redemption and repurchase of shares of a Fund, tax consequences to shareholders of various transactions in shares of a Fund, and distribution arrangements of a Fund.
THE PROPOSED REORGANIZATIONS
Summary of Agreement and Plan of Reorganization
     The terms and conditions under which each Reorganization may be consummated are set forth in the Agreement. Significant provisions of the Agreement are summarized below; however, this summary is qualified in its entirety by reference to the form of Agreement, a copy of which is attached as Exhibit D to this Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus.
     With respect to each Reorganization, if shareholders of the Target Fund approve the Agreement and other closing conditions are satisfied, the assets of the Target Fund will be delivered to the Acquiring Fund’s custodian for the account of the Acquiring Fund in exchange for the assumption by the Acquiring Fund of liabilities of the Target Fund and delivery by the Acquiring Fund to the holders of record as of the Effective Time (as defined below) of the issued and outstanding shares of the Target Fund of a number of shares of the Acquiring Fund (including, if applicable, fractional shares rounded to the nearest thousandth), having an aggregate net asset value equal to the value of the net assets of the Target Fund so transferred, all determined and adjusted as provided in the Agreement. The value of your account with the Acquiring Fund immediately after a Reorganization will be the same as the value of your account with the Target Fund immediately prior to a Reorganization.
     The class or classes of Acquiring Fund shares that shareholders will receive in connection with a Reorganization will be the corresponding class or classes of Target Fund shares that shareholders hold, as described above under “Comparison of Share Classes and Distribution Arrangements.”
     Each Target Fund and the Acquiring Fund has made representations and warranties in the form of Agreement that are customary in matters such as the Reorganizations.
     If shareholders approve the Reorganizations and if all of the closing conditions set forth in the Agreement are satisfied or waived, consummation of the Reorganizations (the “Closing”) is expected to occur on or about May 2, 2011, (the “Closing Date”) immediately prior to the opening of regular trading on the New York Stock Exchange on the Closing Date (the “Effective Time”). The consummation of any particular Reorganization is not conditioned upon the consummation of any other Reorganization. As a result, the Reorganizations may close at different times. In addition, the parties may choose to delay the consummation of a Reorganization that shareholders have approved so that all or substantially all of the Reorganizations are consummated at the same time. Following receipt of the

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requisite shareholder vote in favor of a Reorganization and as soon as reasonably practicable after the Closing, the outstanding shares of the Target Fund will be terminated in accordance with its governing documents and applicable law.
     If shareholders of a Target Fund do not approve the Agreement or if a Reorganization does not otherwise close, the Board of the respective Trust will consider what additional action to take. The Agreement may be terminated and a Reorganization may be abandoned at any time by mutual agreement of the parties. The Agreement may be amended or modified in a writing signed by the parties to the Agreement.
Board Considerations in Approving the Reorganizations
     As discussed above, on June 1, 2010, Invesco acquired the retail mutual fund business of Morgan Stanley, which included 92 Morgan Stanley and Van Kampen branded funds. This transaction filled gaps in Invesco’s product line-up and has enabled Invesco to expand its investment offerings to retail customers. The transaction also resulted in significant product overlap. The Reorganizations proposed in this Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus are part of a larger group of reorganizations across Invesco’s mutual fund platform. The reorganizations are designed to put forth Invesco’s most compelling investment processes and strategies, reduce product overlap and create scale in the resulting funds.
     Because of the large number of proposed reorganizations, each Board of Trustees of the Invesco Funds created an ad hoc committee comprised of both Invesco Fund trustees and Van Kampen legacy trustees (the “Ad Hoc Merger Committees”). The Ad Hoc Merger Committee of the Board met separately three times, from September 2, 2010 through October 13, 2010 to discuss the proposed Reorganizations. Two separate meetings of the full Board were also held to review and consider the Reorganizations, including presentations by the Ad Hoc Merger Committee. The Trustees who are not “interested persons,” as that term is defined in the 1940 Act, of the Trusts (the “Independent Trustees”) held a separate meeting prior to the meeting of the full Board to consider these matters. The Independent Trustees have been advised on this matter by independent counsel to the Independent Trustees and by the independent Senior Officer, an officer of the Trusts who reports directly to the Independent Trustees. The Board requested and received from Invesco Advisers and IDI written materials containing relevant information about the Funds and the proposed Reorganizations, including fee and expense information on an actual and pro forma estimated basis, and comparative portfolio composition and performance data.
     The Board considered the potential benefits and costs of a Reorganization to each Target Fund, the Acquiring Fund and their respective shareholders. The Board reviewed detailed information comparing the following information for each Target Fund and the Acquiring Fund: (1) investment objectives, policies and restrictions; (2) portfolio management; (3) portfolio composition; (4) the comparative short-term and long-term investment performance; (5) the current expense ratios and expense structures, including contractual investment advisory fees; (6) the expected federal income tax consequences to the Funds, including any impact on capital loss carry forwards; and (7) relative asset size and net purchase (redemption) trends. The Board also considered the benefits to each Target Fund of (i) combining with the Acquiring Fund to create a larger fund with a more diversified shareholder base that may also achieve certain economies of scale as certain fixed expenses are allocated over a larger asset base, (ii) Invesco Advisers’ paying a portion of the expenses related to the Reorganization with the Equity Fund, (iii) Invesco Advisers’ agreement to cap expenses of the Acquiring Fund for one year after the Closing, and (iv) the expected tax free nature of the Reorganizations for each Target Fund and its shareholders for federal income tax purposes. The Board also considered the overall goal of the reorganizations to rationalize the Invesco Funds to enable IDI to better focus on the combined funds to promote additional asset growth. With respect to each individual Reorganization, the Board considered the following additional matters.
     With respect to the proposed Reorganization of the Select Fund into the Acquiring Fund, the Board further considered that (i) Select Fund shareholders would become shareholders of a Fund with a lower effective management fee (including a contractual management fee rate decrease at each breakpoint) and an estimated lower overall total expense ratio on a pro forma basis; (ii) the investment objective, strategies and related risks of the Funds are similar; (iii) the Funds have the same portfolio management team; and (iv) Invesco Advisers’ agreement to continue the fee cap on the Acquiring Fund’s total expenses, as disclosed above on a pro forma basis, through June 30, 2012.

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     With respect to the proposed Reorganization of the Premium Fund into the Acquiring Fund, the Board further considered that (i) Premium Fund shareholders would become shareholders of a Fund with a lower effective management fee (including a contractual management fee rate decrease at each breakpoint) and an estimated lower overall total expense ratio on a pro forma basis after expense waivers and reimbursements; (ii) the investment objective, strategies and related risks of the Funds are similar; (iii) the Funds have the same portfolio management team; and (iv) Invesco Advisers’ agreement to continue the fee cap on the Acquiring Fund’s total expenses, as disclosed above on a pro forma basis, through June 30, 2012.
     Based upon the information and considerations described above, the Board, on behalf of the Target Funds and the Acquiring Fund, approved each of the Reorganizations in order to combine each Target Fund with a similar Fund in terms of investment objectives, strategies and risks, portfolio management and portfolio composition to create a larger fund with a relatively more diversified shareholder base. The Board also determined that shareholders of the Funds could potentially benefit from the growth in assets realized by the Reorganizations, with the potential to achieve certain economies of scale. The Board concluded that each Reorganization is in the best interests of each Target Fund and the Acquiring Fund and that no dilution of value would result to the shareholders of the Target Funds or the Acquiring Fund from the Reorganizations. Consequently, the Board approved the Agreement and each of the Reorganizations on October 27, 2010.
Federal Income Tax Considerations
     The following is a general summary of the material U.S. federal income tax considerations of the Reorganizations and is based upon the current provisions of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), the existing U.S. Treasury Regulations thereunder, current administrative rulings of the IRS and published judicial decisions, all of which are subject to change. These considerations are general in nature and individual shareholders should consult their own tax advisors as to the federal, state, local, and foreign tax considerations applicable to them and their individual circumstances. These same considerations generally do not apply to shareholders who hold their shares in a tax-deferred account.
     The Reorganizations are intended to be a tax-free reorganization pursuant to Section 368(a) of the Code. The principal federal income tax considerations that are expected to result from the Reorganization of each Target Fund into the Acquiring Fund are as follows:
    no gain or loss will be recognized by the Target Fund or the shareholders of the Target Fund as a result of the Reorganization;
 
    no gain or loss will be recognized by the Acquiring Fund as a result of the Reorganization;
 
    the aggregate tax basis of the shares of the Acquiring Fund to be received by a shareholder of the Target Fund will be the same as the shareholder’s aggregate tax basis of the shares of the Target Fund; and
 
    the holding period of the shares of the Acquiring Fund received by a shareholder of the Target Fund will include the period that a shareholder held the shares of the Target Fund (provided that such shares of the Target Fund are capital assets in the hands of such shareholder as of the Closing).
     Neither the Target Funds nor the Acquiring Fund have requested or will request an advance ruling from the IRS as to the federal tax consequences of the Reorganizations. As a condition to Closing, Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young, LLP will render a favorable opinion to each Target Fund and the Acquiring Fund as to the foregoing federal income tax consequences of each Reorganization, which opinion will be conditioned upon, among other things, the accuracy, as of the Effective Time, of certain representations of each Target Fund and the Acquiring Fund upon which Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young, LLP will rely in rendering its opinion. A copy of the opinion will be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission and will be available for public inspection. See “Where to Find Additional Information.”
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and thus is taxable, each Target Fund would recognize gain or loss on the transfer of its assets to the Acquiring Fund and each shareholder of the Target Fund would recognize a taxable gain or loss equal to the difference between its tax basis in its Target Fund shares and the fair market value of the shares of the Acquiring Fund it receives. The failure of one Reorganization to qualify as a tax-free reorganization would not adversely effect any other Reorganization.
     Prior to the Closing of each Reorganization, each Target Fund will distribute, and the Acquiring Fund may distribute, to their respective shareholders any undistributed income and gains (net of available capital loss carryovers) to the extent required to avoid entity level tax or as otherwise deemed desirable. Such distributions, if made, are anticipated to be made in the 2011 calendar year and would be taxable to shareholders in such year.
     The tax attributes, including capital loss carryovers, of the Target Funds move to the Acquiring Fund in the Reorganizations. The capital loss carryovers of the Target Funds and the Acquiring Fund are available to offset future gains recognized by the combined Fund, subject to limitations under the Code. Where these limitations apply, all or a portion of a Fund’s capital loss carryovers may become unavailable the effect of which may be to accelerate the recognition of taxable gain to the combined Fund and its shareholders post-Closing. First, the capital loss carryovers of each Fund, increased by any current year loss or decreased by any current year gain, together with any net unrealized depreciation in the value of its portfolio investments (collectively, its “aggregate capital loss carryovers”), are expected to become subject to an annual limitation. Losses in excess of that limitation may be carried forward to succeeding tax years, subject to an overall eight-year carryover period. The annual limitation will generally equal the net asset value of a Fund on the Closing Date multiplied by the “long-term tax-exempt rate” published by the IRS. In the case of a Fund with net unrealized built-in gains at the time of Closing the Reorganization (i.e., unrealized appreciation in value of the Fund’s investments), the annual limitation for a taxable year will be increased by the amount of such built-in gains that are recognized in the taxable year. Second, if a Fund has built-in gains at the time of Closing that are realized by the combined Fund in the five-year period following the Reorganization, such built-in gains, when realized, may not be offset by the losses (including any capital loss carryovers and “built in losses”) of another Fund. Third, the capital losses of a Target Fund that may be used by the Acquiring Fund (including to offset any “built-in gains” of the Target Fund itself) for the first taxable year ending after the Closing Date will be limited to an amount equal to the capital gain net income of the Acquiring Fund for such taxable year (excluding capital loss carryovers) treated as realized post-Closing based on the number of days remaining in such year. Fourth, the Reorganization may result in an earlier expiration of a Fund’s capital loss carryovers because the Reorganization causes a Target Fund’s tax year to close early in the year of the Reorganization and/or because the Acquiring Fund, post-Closing, changes its fiscal year. The aggregate capital loss carryovers of the Funds and the approximate annual limitation on the use by the Acquiring Fund, post-Closing, of a Fund’s aggregate capital loss carryovers following the Reorganization are as follows:
                         
    Select Fund   Premium Fund   Acquiring Fund
    (000,000s)   (000,000s)   (000,000s)
    at 6/30/2010   at 2/28/2010   at 2/28/2010
Aggregate capital loss carryovers on a tax basis (1)
  $ (109.3 )   $ (154.7 )   $ (34.2 )
Unrealized Net Appreciation (Depreciation) in Investments on a Tax Basis
  $ (5.6 )   $ (44.5 )   $ 8.1  
Aggregate Net Asset Value
  $ 184.0     $ 197.0     $ 110.8  
Approximate annual limitation (2)
  $ 7.3     $ 7.8     $ 4.4  
 
(1)   Includes realized gain, to the extent not offset by expiring capital loss carryovers, or loss for the current fiscal year determined on the basis of generally accepted accounting principles; excludes any excess capital loss carryovers that are anticipated to expire on or prior to Closing.
 
(2)   Based on the long-term tax-exempt rate for ownership changes during October 2010 of 3.98%.
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capital gains in a taxable year than might otherwise have been the case if no such limitation had applied. The ability of the Acquiring Fund to absorb its own capital loss carryovers and those of the Target Funds post-Closing depends upon a variety of factors that can not be known in advance. For more information with respect to each Fund’s capital loss carryovers, please refer to the Fund’s shareholder report.
     In addition, if the Acquiring Fund following the Reorganization has proportionately greater unrealized appreciation in its portfolio investments as a percentage of its net asset value than a Target Fund, shareholders of the Target Fund, post-Closing, may receive greater amounts of taxable gain as such portfolio investments are sold than they otherwise might have if the Reorganization had not occurred. The unrealized appreciation (depreciation) in value of the portfolio investments of each Target Fund on a tax basis as a percentage of its net asset value is (3%) for the Select Fund at June 30, 2010 and (23%) for the Premium Fund at February 28, 2010, compared to that of the Acquiring Fund at February 28, 2010 of 7%, and (9%) on a combined basis.
     After the Reorganization, shareholders will continue to be responsible for tracking the adjusted tax basis and holding period of their shares for federal income tax purposes.
Costs of the Reorganizations
     The total cost of a Reorganization to be paid by the Acquiring Fund is estimated to be $30,000. The estimated total costs of the Reorganizations for each Target Fund, as well as the estimated proxy solicitation costs for the Target Funds, which are part of the total Reorganization costs, are set forth in the table below..
                         
                    Estimated Portion of Total
    Estimated Proxy   Estimated Total   Reorganization Costs to be
    Solicitation Costs   Reorganization Costs   Paid by the Funds
Invesco Select Equity Fund
  $ 149,000     $ 190,000     $ 190,000  
Invesco Van Kampen Equity Premium Income Fund
  $ 123,000     $ 170,000     $ 0  
     When a Target Fund is not paying Reorganization costs, Invesco Advisers will bear these costs. The costs of a Reorganization include legal counsel fees, independent accountant fees, expenses related to the printing and mailing of this Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus and fees associated with the proxy solicitation but do not include any portfolio transaction costs arising from a Reorganization.
VOTING INFORMATION
Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus
     We are sending you this Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus and the enclosed proxy card because the Board is soliciting your proxy to vote at the Meeting and at any adjournments of the Meeting. This Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus gives you information about the business to be conducted at the Meeting. Target Fund shareholders may vote by appearing in person at the Meeting and following the instructions below. You do not need to attend the Meeting to vote, however. Instead, you may simply complete, sign and return the enclosed proxy card or vote by telephone or through a website established for that purpose.
     This Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus, the enclosed Notice of Joint Special Meeting of Shareholders and the enclosed proxy card are expected to be mailed on or about [January __], 2011 to all shareholders entitled to vote. Shareholders of record of the Target Funds as of the close of business on January 14, 2011 (the “Record Date”) are entitled to vote at the Meeting. The number of outstanding shares of each class of the Target Funds on December 15, 2010 can be found at Exhibit A. Each share is entitled to one vote for each full share held, and a proportionate fractional vote for each fractional share held.
     Proxies will have the authority to vote and act on behalf of shareholders at any adjournment of the Meeting. If a proxy is authorized to vote for a shareholder, the shareholder may revoke the authorization at any time before it is exercised by sending in another proxy card with a later date or by notifying the Secretary of the Target Funds in writing at the address of the Target Funds set forth on the cover page of the Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus before

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the Meeting that the shareholder has revoked its proxy. In addition, although merely attending the Meeting will not revoke your proxy, if a shareholder is present at the Meeting, the shareholder may withdraw the proxy and vote in person. However, if your shares are held through a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary, you will need to obtain a “legal proxy” from them in order to vote your shares at the Meeting.
Quorum Requirement and Adjournment
     A quorum of shareholders is necessary to hold a valid shareholders meeting of each Target Fund. For each Target Fund, a quorum will exist if shareholders representing one-third of the outstanding shares of the Target Fund entitled to vote are present at the Meeting in person or by proxy.
     Proxies received prior to the Meeting on which no vote is indicated will be voted “FOR” the Agreement. Because the proposal described in this Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus is considered “non-routine,” under the rules applicable to broker-dealers, if your broker holds your shares in its name, the broker will not be entitled to vote your shares if it has not received instructions from you.
     Abstentions will count as shares present at the Meeting for purposes of establishing a quorum. If a quorum is not present at the Meeting or if a quorum is present but sufficient votes to approve the Agreement are not received, the person(s) presiding over the Meeting or the persons named as proxies may propose one or more adjournments of the Meeting to allow for further solicitation of votes. The persons named as proxies will vote those proxies that they are entitled to vote in favor of such an adjournment, provided that they determine that such an adjournment and additional solicitation is reasonable and in the interest of shareholders based on a consideration of all relevant factors, including, among other things, the percentage of votes then cast, the percentage of negative votes then cast, the nature of the proposed solicitation activities and the nature of the reasons for such further solicitation.
Vote Necessary to Approve the Agreement
     The Board has unanimously approved the Agreement, subject to shareholder approval. Provided a quorum is present at the Meeting, shareholder approval of the Agreement requires the affirmative vote of a majority of the shares cast by shareholders of the applicable Fund. Abstentions are counted as present for purposes of determining quorum but are not considered shares cast at the Meeting. As a result, abstentions will not impact the outcome of the shareholder vote.
Proxy Solicitation
     The Target Funds have engaged the services of Computershare Fund Services, Inc. (“Solicitor”) to assist in the solicitation of proxies for the Meeting. Solicitor’s costs are described under the “Costs of the Reorganizations” section of this Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus. Proxies are expected to be solicited principally by mail, but the Target Funds or Solicitor may also solicit proxies by telephone, facsimile or personal interview. The Target Funds’ officers may also solicit proxies but will not receive any additional or special compensation for any such solicitation.
     Under the agreement with the Solicitor, the Solicitor will be paid a project management fee as well as telephone solicitation expenses incurred for reminder calls, outbound telephone voting, confirmation of telephone votes, inbound telephone contact, obtaining shareholders’ telephone numbers, and providing additional materials upon shareholder request. The agreement also provides that the Solicitor shall be indemnified against certain liabilities and expenses, including liabilities under the federal securities laws.
Other Meeting Matters
     Management is not aware of any matters to be presented at the Meeting other than as discussed in this Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus. Under each Trust’s bylaws, business transacted at a special meeting such as the Meeting shall be limited to (i) the purpose stated in the notice and (ii) adjournment of the special meeting with regard to the stated purpose. If any other matters properly come before the Meeting, the shares represented by proxies will be voted with respect thereto in accordance with their best judgment.
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     A list of the name, address and percent ownership of each person who, as of December 15, 2010, to the knowledge of each Target Fund and the Acquiring Fund, owned 5% or more of the outstanding shares of a class of such Target Fund or the Acquiring Fund, respectively, can be found at Exhibits B and C.
     Information regarding the ownership of shares of the Target Funds and the Acquiring Fund by the Trustees and executive officers of the Trusts can be found at Exhibits B and C.
OTHER MATTERS
Capitalization
     The following table sets forth as of September 30, 2010, for the Reorganizations, the total net assets, number of shares outstanding and net asset value per share of each class of each Fund. This information is generally referred to as the “capitalization” of a Fund. The term “pro forma capitalization” means the expected capitalization of the Acquiring Fund after it has combined with the corresponding Target Fund. The pro forma capitalization column in the table assumes that all of the Reorganizations have taken place. The capitalizations of the Target Funds, the Acquiring Fund and their classes are likely to be different on the Closing Date as a result of daily share purchase, redemption, and market activity.
                                         
                                    Acquiring  
                    Acquiring     Pro Forma     Fund (pro  
    Select Fund     Premium Fund     Fund     Adjustments     forma)  
Net assets (all classes)
  $ 192,280,399     $ 159,309,483     $ 90,650,840     $ (190,000 )   $ 442,050,722  
Class A net assets
  $ 164,785,941     $ 82,133,679     $ 1,385,495     $ (162,832 ) 1   $ 248,142,283  
Class A shares outstanding
    10,308,662       10,655,162       201,682       14,963,974 2     36,129,480  
Class A net asset value per share
  $ 15.99     $ 7.71     $ 6.87             $ 6.87  
Class B net assets
  $ 14,142,195     $ 14,462,086     $ 188,437     $ (13,974 ) 1   $ 28,778,744  
Class B shares outstanding
    1,028,059       1,903,395       27,751       1,280,316 2     4,239,521  
Class B net asset value per share
  $ 13.76     $ 7.60     $ 6.79             $ 6.79  
Class C net assets
  $ 11,666,955     $ 59,535,288     $ 223,333     $ (11,529 ) 1   $ 71,414,047  
Class C shares outstanding
    849,868       7,834,580       32,931       1,818,722 2     10,536,101  
Class C net asset value per share
  $ 13.73     $ 7.60     $ 6.78             $ 6.78  
Class Y net assets
  $ 1,685,308     $ 3,178,430     $ 155,485     $ (1,665 ) 1   $ 5,017,558  
Class Y shares outstanding
    104,959       411,484       22,535       188,238 2     727,216  
Class Y net asset value per share
  $ 16.06     $ 7.72     $ 6.90             $ 6.90  
 
1.   Pro forma net assets have been adjusted for the allocated portion of the Select Fund’s expenses to be incurred in connection with the Reorganization. The costs of the Reorganization have been allocated among all classes based on relative net assets of each class of the Select Fund.
 
2.   Pro forma shares outstanding have been adjusted for the accumulated change in the number of shares of the Target Funds’ shareholder accounts based on the relative value of the Target Funds’ and the Acquiring Fund’s net asset value per share.
Dissenters’ Rights
     If the Reorganizations are approved at the Meeting, Target Fund shareholders will not have the right to dissent and obtain payment of the fair value of their shares because the exercise of dissenters’ rights is subject to the forward pricing requirements of Rule 22c-1 under the 1940 Act, which supersedes state law. Shareholders of the Target Funds, however, have the right to redeem their shares at net asset value subject to applicable deferred sales charges and/or redemption fees (if any) until the closing date of the Reorganizations. After the Reorganizations, Target Fund shareholders will hold shares of the Acquiring Fund, which may also be redeemed at net asset value subject to applicable deferred sales charges and/or redemption fees (if any).
Shareholder Proposals
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before the proxy materials are printed and mailed. If the proposed Reorganization is approved and completed for a Target Fund, shareholders of such Target Fund will become shareholders of the Acquiring Fund and, thereafter, will be subject to the notice requirements of the Acquiring Fund. The mere submission of a proposal by a shareholder does not guarantee that such proposal will be included in a proxy statement because compliance with certain rules under the federal securities laws is required before inclusion of the proposal is required. Also, the submission does not mean that the proposal will be presented at a future meeting. For a shareholder proposal to be considered at a future shareholder meeting, it must be a proper matter for consideration under applicable law.
WHERE TO FIND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
     This Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus and the related SAI do not contain all the information set forth in the registration statements, the exhibits relating thereto and the annual and semi-annual reports filed by the Funds as such documents have been filed with the SEC pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the 1940 Act, to which reference is hereby made. The SEC file number of the registrant of each Fund’s registration statement, which contains the Fund’s prospectuses and related SAIs, is 811-09913 for the Acquiring Fund and the Premium Fund, and 811-01540 for the Select Fund.
     Each Fund is subject to the informational requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the 1940 Act and in accordance therewith, each Fund files reports and other information with the SEC. Reports, proxy materials, registration statements and other information filed (including the Registration Statement relating to the Funds on Form N-14 of which this Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus is a part) may be inspected without charge and copied at the public reference facilities maintained by the SEC at Room 1580, 100 F Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20549-1520. Copies of such materials may also be obtained from the Public Reference Section of the SEC at 450 Fifth Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20549-1520, at the prescribed rates. The SEC maintains a website at www.sec.gov that contains information regarding the Funds and other registrants that file electronically with the SEC.

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EXHIBIT A
Outstanding Shares of the Target Funds
     As of December 15, 2010, there were the following number of shares outstanding of each class of each Target Fund:
         
Target Fund/Share Classes   Number of Shares Outstanding  
Invesco Select Equity Fund
       
Class A
       
Class B
       
Class C
       
Class Y
       
 
       
Invesco Van Kampen Equity Premium Income Fund
       
Class A
       
Class B
       
Class C
       
Class Y
       

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EXHIBIT B
Ownership of the Target Funds
Significant Holders
     Listed below are the name, address and percent ownership of each person who, as of December 15, 2010, to the best knowledge of the Trusts owned 5% or more of the outstanding shares of each class of each Target Fund. A shareholder who owns beneficially 25% or more of the outstanding securities of a Target Fund is presumed to “control” the Fund as defined in the 1940 Act. Such control may affect the voting rights of other shareholders.
                                 
                    Number of     Percent Owned of  
Name and Address   Fund     Class of Shares     Shares Owned     Record*  
 
                               
 
*   The Trusts have no knowledge of whether all or any portion of the shares owned of record are also owned beneficially.
Security Ownership of Management and Trustees
     To the best of the knowledge of each Target Fund, the ownership of shares of a Target Fund by executive officers and Trustees of the Target Fund as a group constituted less than 1% of each outstanding class of shares of the Target Fund as of December 15, 2010.

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EXHIBIT C
Ownership of the Acquiring Fund
Significant Holders
     Listed below are the name, address and percent ownership of each person who, as of December 15, 2010, to the best knowledge of AIM Counselor Series Trust owned 5% or more of the outstanding shares of each class of the Acquiring Fund. A shareholder who owns beneficially 25% or more of the outstanding securities of the Acquiring Fund is presumed to “control” the Fund as defined in the 1940 Act. Such control may affect the voting rights of other shareholders.
                                 
                    Number of     Percent Owned of  
Name and Address   Fund     Class of Shares     Shares Owned     Record*  
 
                               
 
*   AIM Counselor Series Trust has no knowledge of whether all or any portion of the shares owned of record are also owned beneficially.
Security Ownership of Management and Trustees
     To the best of the knowledge of the Acquiring Fund, the ownership of shares of the Acquiring Fund by executive officers and Trustees of the Acquiring Fund as a group constituted less than 1% of each outstanding class of shares of the Acquiring Fund as of December 15, 2010.

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EXHIBIT D
FORM OF AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF REORGANIZATION

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Exhibit D
AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF REORGANIZATION
THIS AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF REORGANIZATION (“Agreement”) is adopted as of this ___ day of __________, 2010 by and among (i) each of the Invesco open-end registered investment companies identified as a Target Entity on Exhibit A hereto (each a “Target Entity”) separately, on behalf of its respective series identified on Exhibit A hereto (each a “Target Fund”); (ii) each of the Invesco open-end registered investment companies identified as an Acquiring Entity on Exhibit A hereto (each an “Acquiring Entity”), separately on behalf of its respective series identified on Exhibit A hereto (each an “Acquiring Fund”); and (iii) Invesco Advisers, Inc. (“IAI”).
          WHEREAS, the parties hereto intend for each Acquiring Fund and its corresponding Target Fund (as set forth in Exhibit A hereto) to enter into a transaction pursuant to which: (i) the Acquiring Fund will acquire the assets and assume the liabilities of the Target Fund in exchange for the corresponding class or classes of shares (as applicable) of the Acquiring Fund identified on Exhibit A of equal value to the net assets of the Target Fund being acquired, and (ii) the Target Fund will distribute such shares of the Acquiring Fund to shareholders of the corresponding class of the Target Fund, in connection with the liquidation of the Target Fund, all upon the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth in this Agreement (each such transaction, a “Reorganization” and collectively, the “Reorganizations”);
          WHEREAS, each Target Entity and each Acquiring Entity is an open-end, registered investment company of the management type; and
          WHEREAS, this Agreement is intended to be and is adopted as a plan of reorganization and liquidation with respect to each Reorganization within the meaning of Section 368(a)(1) of the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code).
          NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and of the covenants and agreements hereinafter set forth, and intending to be legally bound, the parties hereto covenant and agree as follows:
1.   DESCRIPTION OF THE REORGANIZATIONS
     1.1. It is the intention of the parties hereto that each Reorganization described herein shall be conducted separately from the others, and a party that is not a party to a Reorganization shall incur no obligations, duties or liabilities with respect to such Reorganization by reason of being a party to this Agreement. If any one or more Reorganizations should fail to be consummated, such failure shall not affect the other Reorganizations in any way.
     1.2. Provided that all conditions precedent to a Reorganization set forth herein have been satisfied as of the Closing Date (as defined in Section 3.1), and based on the representations and warranties each party provides to the others, each Target Entity and its corresponding Acquiring Entity agree to take the following steps with respect to their Reorganization(s), the parties to which and classes of shares to be issued in connection with which are set forth in Exhibit A:

 


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     (a) The Target Fund shall transfer all of its Assets, as defined and set forth in Section 1.2(b), to the Acquiring Fund, and the Acquiring Fund in exchange therefor shall assume the Liabilities, as defined and set forth in Section 1.2(c), and deliver to the Target Fund the number of full and fractional Acquiring Fund shares determined in the manner set forth in Section 2.
     (b) The assets of the Target Fund to be transferred to the Acquiring Fund shall consist of all assets and property, including, without limitation, all cash, securities, commodities and futures interests, claims (whether absolute or contingent, known or unknown, accrued or unaccrued and including, without limitation, any interest in pending or future legal claims in connection with past or present portfolio holdings, whether in the form of class action claims, opt-out or other direct litigation claims, or regulator or government-established investor recovery fund claims, and any and all resulting recoveries) and dividends or interest receivable that are owned by the Target Fund and any deferred or prepaid expenses shown as an asset on the books of the Target Fund on the Closing Date, except for cash, bank deposits or cash equivalent securities in an amount necessary to pay the estimated costs of extinguishing any Excluded Liabilities (as defined in Section 1.2(c)) and cash in an amount necessary to pay any distributions pursuant to Section 7.1(g) (collectively, “Assets”).
     (c) The Acquiring Fund shall assume all of the liabilities of the Target Fund, whether accrued or contingent, known or unknown, existing at the Closing Date, except for the Target Fund’s Excluded Liabilities (as defined below), if any, pursuant to this Agreement (collectively, with respect to each Target Fund separately, “Liabilities”). If prior to the Closing Date the Acquiring Entity identifies a liability that the Acquiring Entity and the Target Entity mutually agree should not be assumed by the Acquiring Fund, such liability shall be excluded from the definition of Liabilities hereunder and shall be listed on a Schedule of Excluded Liabilities to be signed by the Acquiring Entity and the Target Entity at Closing and attached to this Agreement as Schedule 1.2(c) (the “Excluded Liabilities”). The Assets minus the Liabilities of a Target Fund shall be referred to herein as the Target Fund’s “Net Assets.”
     (d) As soon as is reasonably practicable after the Closing, the Target Fund will distribute to its shareholders of record (“Target Fund Shareholders”) the shares of the Acquiring Fund of the corresponding class received by the Target Fund pursuant to Section 1.2(a), as set forth in Exhibit A, on a pro rata basis within that class, and the Target Fund will as promptly as practicable completely liquidate and dissolve. Such distribution and liquidation will be accomplished, with respect to each class of the Target Fund’s shares, by the transfer of the Acquiring Fund shares of the corresponding class then credited to the account of the Target Fund on the books of the Acquiring Fund to open accounts on the share records of the Acquiring Fund in the names of the Target Fund Shareholders of the class. The aggregate net asset value of the Acquiring Fund shares to be so credited to the corresponding Target Fund Shareholders shall be equal to the aggregate net asset value of the corresponding Target Fund’s shares owned by the Target Fund Shareholders on the Valuation Date. The Acquiring Fund shall not issue certificates representing shares in connection with such exchange.

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     (e) Ownership of Acquiring Fund shares will be shown on its books, as such are maintained by the Acquiring Fund’s transfer agent.
2.   VALUATION
     2.1. With respect to each Reorganization:
     (a) The value of the Target Fund’s Assets shall be the value of such Assets computed as of immediately after the close of regular trading on the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”), which shall reflect the declaration of any dividends, on the business day next preceding the Closing Date (the “Valuation Date”), using the Target Fund’s valuation procedures established by the Target Entity’s Board of Trustees.
     (b) The net asset value per share of each class of the Acquiring Fund shares issued in connection with the Reorganization shall be the net asset value per share of the corresponding class of each class computed on the Valuation Date using the Acquiring Fund’s valuation procedures established by the Acquiring Entity’s Board of Trustees, which are the same as the Target Fund’s valuation procedures.
     (c) The number of shares issued of each class of the Acquiring Fund (including fractional shares, if any, rounded to the nearest thousandth) in exchange for the Target Fund’s Net Assets shall be determined by dividing the value of the Net Assets of the Target Fund attributable to each class of Target Fund shares by the net asset value per share of the corresponding share class of the Acquiring Fund.
     (d) All computations of value shall be made by the Target Fund’s and the Acquiring Fund’s designated recordkeeping agent using the valuation procedures described in this Section 2.
3.   CLOSING AND CLOSING DATE
     3.1. Each Reorganization shall close on the date identified on Exhibit A or such other date as the parties may agree with respect to any or all Reorganizations (the “Closing Date”). All acts taking place at the closing of a Reorganization (the “Closing”) shall be deemed to take place simultaneously as of immediately prior to the opening of regular trading on the NYSE on the Closing Date of that Reorganization unless otherwise agreed to by the parties (the “Closing Time”).
     3.2. With respect to each Reorganization:
     (a) The Target Fund’s portfolio securities, investments or other assets that are represented by a certificate or other written instrument shall be transferred and delivered by the Target Fund as of the Closing Date to the Acquiring Fund’s Custodian for the account of the Acquiring Fund, duly endorsed in proper form for transfer and in such condition as to constitute good delivery thereof. The Target Fund shall direct the Target Fund’s custodian (the “Target Custodian”) to deliver to the Acquiring Fund’s Custodian as of the Closing Date by book entry, in accordance with the customary practices of Target Custodian and any securities depository (as defined in Rule 17f-4 under the

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Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”)), in which the Assets are deposited, the Target Fund’s portfolio securities and instruments so held. The cash to be transferred by a Target Fund shall be delivered to the Acquiring Fund’s Custodian by wire transfer of federal funds or other appropriate means on the Closing Date.
     (b) The Target Entity shall direct the Target Custodian for each Target Fund to deliver, at the Closing, a certificate of an authorized officer stating that (i) except as permitted by Section 3.2(a), the Assets have been delivered in proper form to the Acquiring Fund no later than the Closing Time on the Closing Date, and (ii) all necessary taxes in connection with the delivery of the Assets, including all applicable Federal, state and foreign stock transfer stamps, if any, have been paid or provision for payment has been made.
     (c) At such time prior to the Closing Date as the parties mutually agree, the Target Fund shall provide (i) instructions and related information to the Acquiring Fund or its transfer agent with respect to the Target Fund Shareholders, including names, addresses, dividend reinvestment elections and tax withholding status of the Target Fund Shareholders as of the date agreed upon (such information to be updated as of the Closing Date, as necessary) and (ii) the information and documentation maintained by the Target Fund or its agents relating to the identification and verification of the Target Fund Shareholders under the USA PATRIOT ACT and other applicable anti-money laundering laws, rules and regulations and such other information as the Acquiring Fund may reasonably request. The Acquiring Fund and its transfer agent shall have no obligation to inquire as to the validity, propriety or correctness of any such instruction, information or documentation, but shall, in each case, assume that such instruction, information or documentation is valid, proper, correct and complete.
     (d) The Target Entity shall direct each applicable transfer agent for a Target Fund (the “Target Transfer Agent”) to deliver to the Acquiring Fund at the Closing a certificate of an authorized officer stating that its records, as provided to the Acquiring Entity, contain the names and addresses of the Target Fund Shareholders and the number of outstanding shares of each class owned by each such shareholder immediately prior to the Closing. The Acquiring Fund shall issue and deliver to the Secretary of the Target Fund a confirmation evidencing the Acquiring Fund shares to be credited on the Closing Date, or provide other evidence satisfactory to the Target Entity that such Acquiring Fund shares have been credited to the Target Fund Shareholders’ accounts on the books of the Acquiring Fund. At the Closing, each party shall deliver to the other such bills of sale, checks, assignments, certificates, if any, receipts or other documents as such other party or its counsel may reasonably request.
     (e) In the event that on the Valuation Date or the Closing Date (a) the NYSE or another primary trading market for portfolio securities of the Target Fund (each, an “Exchange”) shall be closed to trading or trading thereupon shall be restricted, or (b) trading or the reporting of trading on such Exchange or elsewhere shall be disrupted so that, in the judgment of the Board of Trustees of the Acquiring Entity or the Target Entity or the authorized officers of either of such entities, accurate appraisal of the value of the net assets of the Acquiring Fund or the Target Fund, respectively, is impracticable, the

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Closing Date shall be postponed until the first business day after the day when trading shall have been fully resumed and reporting shall have been restored.
4.   REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
     4.1. Each Target Entity, on behalf of itself or, where applicable, a Target Fund, represents and warrants to the Acquiring Entity and its corresponding Acquiring Fund as follows:
     (a) The Target Fund is duly organized as a series of the Target Entity, which is a statutory trust duly formed, validly existing, and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware with power under its Amended and Restated Agreement and Declaration of Trust and by-laws (“Governing Documents”), to own all of its Assets, to carry on its business as it is now being conducted and to enter into this Agreement and perform its obligations hereunder;
     (b) The Target Entity is a registered investment company classified as a management company of the open-end type, and its registration with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) as an investment company under the 1940 Act, and the registration of the shares of the Target Fund under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (“1933 Act”), are in full force and effect;
     (c) No consent, approval, authorization, or order of any court or governmental authority or the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”) is required for the consummation by the Target Fund and the Target Entity of the transactions contemplated herein, except such as have been obtained or will be obtained at or prior to the Closing Date under the 1933 Act, the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (“1934 Act”), the 1940 Act and state securities laws;
     (d) The current prospectus and statement of additional information of the Target Fund and each prospectus and statement of additional information of the Target Fund used at all times between the commencement of operations of the Target Fund and the date of this Agreement conforms or conformed at the time of its use in all material respects to the applicable requirements of the 1933 Act and the 1940 Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder and does not or did not at the time of its use include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not materially misleading;
     (e) The Target Fund is in compliance in all material respects with the applicable investment policies and restrictions set forth in the Target Fund’s prospectus and statement of additional information;
     (f) Except as otherwise disclosed to and accepted by or on behalf of the Acquiring Fund, the Target Fund will on the Closing Date have good title to the Assets and full right, power, and authority to sell, assign, transfer and deliver such Assets free of adverse claims, including any liens or other encumbrances, and upon delivery and payment for such Assets, the Acquiring Fund will acquire good title thereto, free of

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adverse claims and subject to no restrictions on the full transfer thereof, including, without limitation, such restrictions as might arise under the 1933 Act, provided that the Acquiring Fund will acquire Assets that are segregated as collateral for the Target Fund’s derivative positions, including without limitation, as collateral for swap positions and as margin for futures positions, subject to such segregation and liens that apply to such Assets;
     (g) The financial statements of the Target Fund for the Target Fund’s most recently completed fiscal year have been audited by the independent registered public accounting firm identified in the Target Fund’s prospectus or statement of additional information included in the Target Fund’s registration statement on Form N-1A (the “Prospectus” and “Statement of Additional Information”). Such statements, as well as the unaudited, semi-annual financial statements for the semi-annual period next succeeding the Target Fund’s most recently completed fiscal year, if any, were prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”) consistently applied, and such statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial condition of the Target Fund as of such date in accordance with GAAP, and there are no known contingent liabilities of the Target Fund required to be reflected on a balance sheet (including the notes thereto) in accordance with GAAP as of such date not disclosed therein;
     (h) Since the last day of the Target Fund’s most recently completed fiscal year, there has not been any material adverse change in the Target Fund’s financial condition, assets, liabilities or business, other than changes occurring in the ordinary course of business;
     (i) On the Closing Date, all material Returns (as defined below) of the Target Fund required by law to have been filed by such date (including any extensions) shall have been filed and are or will be true, correct and complete in all material respects, and all Taxes (as defined below) shown as due or claimed to be due by any government entity shall have been paid or provision has been made for the payment thereof. To the Target Fund’s knowledge, no such Return is currently under audit by any Federal, state, local or foreign Tax authority; no assessment has been asserted with respect to such Returns; there are no levies, liens or other encumbrances on the Target Fund or its assets resulting from the non-payment of any Taxes; no waivers of the time to assess any such Taxes are outstanding nor are any written requests for such waivers pending; and adequate provision has been made in the Target Fund financial statements for all Taxes in respect of all periods ended on or before the date of such financial statements. As used in this Agreement, “Tax” or “Taxes” means (i) any tax, governmental fee or other like assessment or charge of any kind whatsoever (including, but not limited to, withholding on amounts paid to or by any person), together with any interest, penalty, addition to tax or additional amount imposed by any governmental authority (domestic or foreign) responsible for the imposition of any such tax. “Return” means reports, returns, information returns, elections, agreements, declarations, or other documents of any nature or kind (including any attached schedules, supplements and additional or supporting material) filed or required to be filed with respect to Taxes, including any claim for

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refund, amended return or declaration of estimated Taxes (and including any amendments with respect thereto);
     (j) The Target Fund has elected to be a regulated investment company under Subchapter M of the Code and is a fund that is treated as a separate corporation under Section 851(g) of the Code. The Target Fund has qualified for treatment as a regulated investment company for each taxable year since inception that has ended prior to the Closing Date and will have satisfied the requirements of Part I of Subchapter M of the Code to maintain such qualification for the period beginning on the first day of its current taxable year and ending on the Closing Date. The Target Fund has no earnings or profits accumulated in any taxable year in which the provisions of Subchapter M of the Code did not apply to it. If Target Fund serves as a funding vehicle for variable contracts (life insurance or annuity), Target Fund, with respect to each of its taxable years that has ended prior to the Closing Date during which it has served as such a funding vehicle, has satisfied the diversification requirements of Section 817(h) of the Code and will continue to satisfy the requirements of Section 817(h) of the Code for the period beginning on the first day of its current taxable year and ending on the Closing Date. In order to (i) ensure continued qualification of the Target Fund for treatment as a “regulated investment company” for tax purposes and (ii) eliminate any tax liability of the Target Fund arising by reason of undistributed investment company taxable income or net capital gain, the Target Fund, before the Closing Date will declare on or prior to the Valuation Date to the shareholders of Target Fund a dividend or dividends that, together with all previous such dividends, shall have the effect of distributing (A) all of Target Fund’s investment company taxable income (determined without regard to any deductions for dividends paid) for the taxable year ended prior to the Closing Date and substantially all of such investment company taxable income for the short taxable year beginning on the first day of its current taxable year and ending on the Closing Date; (B) all of Target Fund’s net capital gain recognized in its taxable year ended prior to the Closing Date and substantially all of any such net capital gain recognized in such short taxable year (in each case after reduction for any capital loss carryover); and (C) at least 90 percent of the excess, if any, of the Target Fund’s interest income excludible from gross income under Section 103(a) of the Code over its deductions disallowed under Sections 265 and 171(a)(2) of the Code for the taxable year prior to the Closing Date and at least 90 percent of such net tax-exempt income for the short taxable year;
     (k) All issued and outstanding shares of the Target Fund are, and on the Closing Date will be, duly and validly issued and outstanding, fully paid and non-assessable by the Target Entity and, in every state where offered or sold, such offers and sales have been in compliance in all material respects with applicable registration and/or notice requirements of the 1933 Act and state and District of Columbia securities laws;
     (l) The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement will have been duly authorized prior to the Closing Date by all necessary action, if any, on the part of the Board of Trustees of the Target Entity, on behalf of the Target Fund, and subject to the approval of the shareholders of the Target Fund and the due authorization, execution and delivery of this Agreement by the other parties hereto, this Agreement will constitute a valid and binding obligation of the Target Fund, enforceable in accordance with its

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terms, subject, as to enforcement, to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and other laws relating to or affecting creditors’ rights and to general equity principles;
     (m) The books and records of the Target Fund are true and correct in all material respects and contain no material omissions with respect to information required to be maintained under the laws, rules and regulations applicable to the Target Fund;
     (n) The Target Entity is not under the jurisdiction of a court in a Title 11 or similar case within the meaning of Section 368(a)(3)(A) of the Code; and
     (o) The Target Fund has no unamortized or unpaid organizational fees or expenses.
     4.2. Each Acquiring Entity, on behalf of the Acquiring Fund, represents and warrants to the Target Entity and its corresponding Target Fund as follows:
     (a) The Acquiring Fund is duly organized as a series of the Acquiring Entity, which is a statutory trust duly formed, validly existing, and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware, with power under its Agreement and Declaration of Trust, as amended (the “Agreement and Declaration of Trust”), to own all of its properties and assets and to carry on its business as it is now being, and as it is contemplated to be, conducted, and to enter into this Agreement and perform its obligations hereunder;
     (b) The Acquiring Entity is a registered investment company classified as a management company of the open-end type, and its registration with the Commission as an investment company under the 1940 Act and the registration of the shares of the Acquiring Fund under the 1933 Act are in full force and effect;
     (c) No consent, approval, authorization, or order of any court, governmental authority or FINRA is required for the consummation by the Acquiring Fund and the Acquiring Entity of the transactions contemplated herein, except such as have been or will be obtained (at or prior to the Closing Date) under the 1933 Act, the 1934 Act, the 1940 Act and state securities laws;
     (d) The prospectuses and statements of additional information of the Acquiring Fund to be used in connection with the Reorganization will conform at the time of their use in all material respects to the applicable requirements of the 1933 Act and the 1940 Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder and will not include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not materially misleading;
     (e) The Acquiring Fund is in compliance in all material respects with the applicable investment policies and restrictions set forth in the Acquiring Fund’s prospectus and statement of additional information;
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public accounting firm identified in the Acquiring Fund’s prospectus or statement of additional information included in the Acquiring Fund’s registration statement on Form N-1A. Such statements, as well as the unaudited, semi-annual financial statements for the semi-annual period next succeeding the Acquiring Fund’s most recently completed fiscal year, if any, were prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”) consistently applied, and such statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial condition of the Acquiring Fund as of such date in accordance with GAAP, and there are no known contingent liabilities of the Acquiring Fund required to be reflected on a balance sheet (including the notes thereto) in accordance with GAAP as of such date not disclosed therein;
     (g) Since the last day of the Acquiring Fund’s most recently completed fiscal year, there has not been any material adverse change in the Acquiring Fund’s financial condition, assets, liabilities or business, other than changes occurring in the ordinary course of business;
     (h) On the Closing Date, all material Returns of the Acquiring Fund required by law to have been filed by such date (including any extensions) shall have been filed and are or will be true, correct and complete in all material respects, and all Taxes shown as due or claimed to be due by any government entity shall have been paid or provision has been made for the payment thereof. To the Acquiring Fund’s knowledge, no such Return is currently under audit by any Federal, state, local or foreign Tax authority; no assessment has been asserted with respect to such Returns; there are no levies, liens or other encumbrances on the Acquiring Fund or its assets resulting from the non-payment of any Taxes; and no waivers of the time to assess any such Taxes are outstanding nor are any written requests for such waivers pending; and adequate provision has been made in the Acquiring Fund financial statements for all Taxes in respect of all periods ended on or before the date of such financial statements;
     (i) The Acquiring Fund has elected to be a regulated investment company under Subchapter M of the Code and is a fund that is treated as a separate corporation under Section 851(g) of the Code. The Acquiring Fund has qualified for treatment as a regulated investment company for each taxable year since inception that has ended prior to the Closing Date and has satisfied the requirements of Part I of Subchapter M of the Code to maintain such qualification for the period beginning on the first day of its current taxable year and ending on the Closing Date. The Acquiring Fund has no earnings or profits accumulated in any taxable year in which the provisions of Subchapter M of the Code did not apply to it. If the Acquiring Fund serves as a funding vehicle for variable contracts (life insurance or annuity), the Acquiring Fund, with respect to each of its taxable years that has ended prior to the Closing Date during which it has served as such a funding vehicle, has satisfied the diversification requirements of Section 817(h) of the Code and will continue to satisfy the requirements of Section 817(h) of the Code for the period beginning on the first day of its current taxable year and ending on the Closing Date;
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assessable by the Acquiring Entity and, in every state where offered or sold, such offers and sales have been in compliance in all material respects with applicable registration and/or notice requirements of the 1933 Act and state and District of Columbia securities laws;
     (k) The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement will have been duly authorized prior to the Closing Date by all necessary action, if any, on the part of the trustees of the Acquiring Entity, on behalf of the Acquiring Fund, and subject to the approval of shareholders of the Target Fund and the due authorization, execution and delivery of this Agreement by the other parties hereto, this Agreement will constitute a valid and binding obligation of the Acquiring Fund, enforceable in accordance with its terms, subject, as to enforcement, to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and other laws relating to or affecting creditors’ rights and to general equity principles;
     (l) The shares of the Acquiring Fund to be issued and delivered to the Target Fund, for the account of the Target Fund Shareholders, pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, will on the Closing Date have been duly authorized and, when so issued and delivered, will be duly and validly issued Acquiring Fund shares, and, upon receipt of the Target Fund’s Assets in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, will be fully paid and non-assessable by the Acquiring Entity;
     (m) The books and records of the Acquiring Fund are true and correct in all material respects and contain no material omissions with respect to information required to be maintained under laws, rules, and regulations applicable to the Acquiring Fund;
     (n) The Acquiring Entity is not under the jurisdiction of a court in a Title 11 or similar case within the meaning of Section 368(a)(3)(A) of the Code;
     (o) The Acquiring Fund has no unamortized or unpaid organizational fees or expenses for which it does not expect to be reimbursed by Invesco or its affiliates.
5.   COVENANTS OF THE ACQUIRING FUND AND THE TARGET FUND
     5.1. With respect to each Reorganization:
     (a) The Acquiring Fund and the Target Fund each: (i) will operate its business in the ordinary course and substantially in accordance with past practices between the date hereof and the Closing Date for the Reorganization, it being understood that such ordinary course of business may include the declaration and payment of customary dividends and distributions, and any other distribution that may be advisable, and (ii) shall use its reasonable best efforts to preserve intact its business organization and material assets and maintain the rights, franchises and business and customer relations necessary to conduct the business operations of the Acquiring Fund or the Target Fund, as appropriate, in the ordinary course in all material respects.
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     (c) The Target Fund covenants that the Acquiring Fund shares to be issued pursuant to this Agreement are not being acquired for the purpose of making any distribution thereof, other than in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
     (d) The Target Fund will assist the Acquiring Fund in obtaining such information as the Acquiring Fund reasonably requests concerning the beneficial ownership of the Target Fund’s shares.
     (e) If reasonably requested by the Acquiring Fund in writing, the Target Entity will provide the Acquiring Fund with (1) a statement of the respective tax basis and holding period of all investments to be transferred by a Target Fund to the Acquiring Fund, (2) a copy (which may be in electronic form) of the shareholder ledger accounts including, without limitation, the name, address and taxpayer identification number of each shareholder of record, the number of shares of beneficial interest held by each shareholder, the dividend reinvestment elections applicable to each shareholder, and the backup withholding and nonresident alien withholding certifications, notices or records on file with the Target Fund with respect to each shareholder, for all of the shareholders of record of the Target Fund as of the close of business on the Valuation Date, who are to become holders of the Acquiring Fund as a result of the transfer of Assets (the “Target Fund Shareholder Documentation”), certified by its transfer agent or its President or Vice-President to the best of their knowledge and belief, (3) all FIN 48 work papers and supporting statements pertaining to a Target Fund (the “FIN 48 Workpapers”), and (4) the tax books and records of a Target Fund in a Tax-Free Reorganization for purposes of preparing any returns required by law to be filed for tax periods ending after the Closing Date.
     (f) Subject to the provisions of this Agreement, the Acquiring Fund and the Target Fund will each take, or cause to be taken, all action, and do or cause to be done all things, reasonably necessary, proper or advisable to consummate and make effective the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
     (g) As soon as is reasonably practicable after the Closing, the Target Fund will make one or more liquidating distributions to its shareholders consisting of the applicable class of shares of the Acquiring Fund received at the Closing, as set forth in Section 1.2(d) hereof.
     (h) If reasonably requested in writing by Acquiring Fund, a statement of the earnings and profits (accumulated and current) of the Target Fund for federal income tax purposes that will be carried over to the Acquiring Fund as a result of Section 381 of the Code.
     (i) It is the intention of the parties that each Reorganization will qualify as a reorganization with the meaning of Section 368(a) of the Code. None of the parties to a Reorganization shall take any action or cause any action to be taken (including, without limitation the filing of any tax return) that is inconsistent with such treatment or results in the failure of such Reorganization to qualify as a reorganization within the meaning of Section 368(a) of the Code.

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     (j) Any reporting responsibility of the Target Fund, including, but not limited to, the responsibility for filing regulatory reports, tax returns relating to tax periods ending on or prior to the Closing Date (whether due before or after the Closing Date), or other documents with the Commission, any state securities commission, and any Federal, state or local tax authorities or any other relevant regulatory authority, is and shall remain the responsibility of the Target Fund, except as otherwise is mutually agreed by the parties.
     (k) If reasonably requested in writing by Acquiring Fund, the Target Fund shall deliver to the Acquiring Fund copies of: (1) the federal, state and local income tax returns filed by or on behalf of the Target Fund for the prior three (3) taxable years; and (2) any of the following that have been issued to or for the benefit of or that otherwise affect the Target Fund and which have continuing relevance: (a) rulings, determinations, holdings or opinions issued by any federal, state, local or foreign tax authority and (b) legal opinions.
6.   CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO OBLIGATIONS OF THE TARGET FUND
     6.1. With respect to each Reorganization, the obligations of the Target Entity, on behalf of the Target Fund, to consummate the transactions provided for herein shall be subject, at the Target Fund’s election, to the performance by the Acquiring Fund of all of the obligations to be performed by it hereunder on or before the Closing Date, and, in addition thereto, the following conditions:
     (a) All representations and warranties of the Acquiring Fund and the Acquiring Entity contained in this Agreement shall be true and correct in all material respects as of the date hereof and, except as they may be affected by the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, as of the Closing Date, with the same force and effect as if made on and as of the Closing Date;
     (b) The Acquiring Entity shall have delivered to the Target Entity on the Closing Date a certificate executed in its name by its President or Vice President and Treasurer, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Target Entity and dated as of the Closing Date, to the effect that the representations and warranties of or with respect to the Acquiring Fund made in this Agreement are true and correct at and as of the Closing Date, except as they may be affected by the transactions contemplated by this Agreement;
     (c) The Acquiring Entity and the Acquiring Fund shall have performed all of the covenants and complied with all of the provisions required by this Agreement to be performed or complied with by the Acquiring Entity and the Acquiring Fund, on or before the Closing Date; and
7.   CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO OBLIGATIONS OF THE ACQUIRING FUND
     7.1. With respect to each Reorganization, the obligations of the Acquiring Entity, on behalf of the Acquiring Fund, to consummate the transactions provided for herein shall be subject, at the Acquiring Fund’s election, to the performance by the Target Fund of all of the

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obligations to be performed by it hereunder on or before the Closing Date and, in addition thereto, the following conditions:
     (a) All representations and warranties of the Target Entity and the Target Fund contained in this Agreement shall be true and correct in all material respects as of the date hereof and, except as they may be affected by the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, as of the Closing Date, with the same force and effect as if made on and as of the Closing Date;
     (b) If requested by Acquiring Fund, the Target Entity, on behalf of the Target Fund, shall have delivered to the Acquiring Entity (i) a statement of the Target Fund’s Assets, together with a list of portfolio securities of the Target Fund showing the adjusted tax basis of such securities by lot and the holding periods of such securities, as of the Closing Date, certified by the Treasurer of the Target Entity, (ii) the Target Fund Shareholder Documentation, (iii) if applicable, the FIN 48 Workpapers, (iv) to the extent permitted by applicable law, all information pertaining to, or necessary or useful in the calculation or demonstration of, the investment performance of the Target Fund, and (v) a statement of earnings and profits as provided in Section 5.1(h);
     (c) The Target Entity shall have delivered to the Acquiring Entity on the Closing Date a certificate executed in its name by its President or Vice President and Treasurer, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Acquiring Entity and dated as of the Closing Date, to the effect that the representations and warranties of or with respect to the Target Fund made in this Agreement are true and correct at and as of the Closing Date, except as they may be affected by the transactions contemplated by this Agreement;
     (d) The Target Custodian shall have delivered the certificate contemplated by Sections 3.2(b) of this Agreement, duly executed by an authorized officer of the Target Custodian;
     (e) The Target Entity and the Target Fund shall have performed all of the covenants and complied with all of the provisions required by this Agreement to be performed or complied with by the Target Entity and the Target Fund, on or before the Closing Date; and
     (f) The Target Fund shall have declared and paid a distribution or distributions prior to the Closing that, together with all previous distributions, shall have the effect of distributing to its shareholders (i) all of its investment company taxable income (determined without regard to any deductions for dividends paid) and all of its net realized capital gains, if any, for the period from the close of its last fiscal year to the Closing Time on the Closing Date; (ii) any such undistributed investment company taxable income and net realized capital gains from any prior period to the extent not otherwise already distributed; and (iii) at least 90 percent of the excess, if any, of the Target Fund’s interest income excludible from gross income under Section 103(a) of the Code over its deductions disallowed under Sections 265 and 171(a)(2) of the Code for the

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taxable year prior to the Closing Date and at least 90 percent of such net tax-exempt income for the short taxable year.
8.   FURTHER CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO OBLIGATIONS OF THE ACQUIRING FUND AND THE TARGET FUND
     With respect to each Reorganization, if any of the conditions set forth below have not been satisfied on or before the Closing Date with respect to the Target Fund or the Acquiring Fund, the Acquiring Entity or Target Entity, respectively, shall, at its option, not be required to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement:
     8.1. The Agreement shall have been approved by the requisite vote of the holders of the outstanding shares of the Target Fund in accordance with the provisions of the Target Entity’s Governing Documents, Delaware law, and the 1940 Act. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, neither the Target Fund nor the Acquiring Fund may waive the conditions set forth in this Section 8.1;
     8.2. On the Closing Date, no action, suit or other proceeding shall be pending or, to the Target Entity’s or the Acquiring Entity’s knowledge, threatened before any court or governmental agency in which it is sought to restrain or prohibit, or obtain damages or other relief in connection with, this Agreement, the transactions contemplated herein;
     8.3. All consents of other parties and all other consents, orders and permits of Federal, state and local regulatory authorities deemed necessary by the Acquiring Fund or the Target Fund to permit consummation, in all material respects, of the transactions contemplated hereby shall have been obtained, except where failure to obtain any such consent, order or permit would not involve a risk of a material adverse effect on the assets or properties of the Acquiring Fund or the Target Fund, provided that either party hereto may for itself waive any of such conditions;
     8.4. A registration statement on Form N-14 under the 1933 Act properly registering the Acquiring Fund shares to be issued in connection with the Reorganization shall have become effective under the 1933 Act and no stop orders suspending the effectiveness thereof shall have been issued and, to the best knowledge of the parties hereto, no investigation or proceeding for that purpose shall have been instituted or be pending, threatened or contemplated under the 1933 Act; and
     8.5. The Target Entity and the Acquiring Entity shall have received on or before the Closing Date an opinion of Stradley Ronon in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Target Entity and the Acquiring Entity, as to the matters set forth on Schedule 8.6. In rendering such opinion, Stradley Ronon may request and rely upon representations contained in certificates of officers of the Target Entity, the Acquiring Entity and others, and the officers of the Target Entity and the Acquiring Entity shall use their best efforts to make available such truthful certificates.

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9.   FEES AND EXPENSES
     9.1. Each Acquiring Fund will bear its expenses relating to the Reorganizations, which IAI has estimated to be $30,000 per Reorganization. Each Target Fund will bear its costs associated with the Reorganization, provided that the Target Fund is expected to recoup those costs within 24 months following the Reorganization as a result of reduced total annual fund operating expenses. IAI has agreed to bear the Reorganization costs of any Target Fund that does not meet the foregoing threshold based on estimates prepared by the Adviser and discussed with the Board.
10.   FINAL TAX RETURNS AND FORMS 1099 OF TARGET FUND
     10.1. After the Closing Date, except as otherwise agreed to by the parties, Target Entity shall or shall cause its agents to prepare any federal, state or local tax returns, including any Forms 1099, required to be filed by Target Entity with respect to each Target Fund’s final taxable year ending with its complete liquidation and for any prior periods or taxable years and shall further cause such tax returns and Forms 1099 to be duly filed with the appropriate taxing authorities.
11.   ENTIRE AGREEMENT; SURVIVAL OF WARRANTIES AND COVENANTS
     11.1. The representations, warranties and covenants contained in this Agreement or in any document delivered pursuant hereto or in connection herewith shall not survive the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereunder. The covenants to be performed after the Closing shall survive the Closing.
12.   TERMINATION
     This Agreement may be terminated and the transactions contemplated hereby may be abandoned with respect to one or more (or all) Reorganizations by mutual agreement of the parties.
13.   AMENDMENTS
     This Agreement may be amended, modified or supplemented in a writing signed by the parties hereto to be bound by such Amendment.
14.   HEADINGS; GOVERNING LAW; COUNTERPARTS; ASSIGNMENT; LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
     14.1. The Article and Section headings contained in this Agreement are for reference purposes only and shall not affect in any way the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement.
     14.2. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware and applicable Federal law, without regard to its principles of conflicts of laws.

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     14.3. This Agreement shall bind and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns, but no assignment or transfer hereof or of any rights or obligations hereunder shall be made by any party without the written consent of the other parties. Nothing herein expressed or implied is intended or shall be construed to confer upon or give any person, firm or corporation, other than the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns, any rights or remedies under or by reason of this Agreement.
     14.4. This agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be considered an original.
     14.5. It is expressly agreed that the obligations of the parties hereunder shall not be binding upon any of their respective directors or trustees, shareholders, nominees, officers, agents, or employees personally, but shall bind only the property of the applicable Target Fund or the applicable Acquiring Fund as provided in the Governing Documents of the Target Entity or the Agreement and Declaration of Trust of the Acquiring Entity, respectively. The execution and delivery by such officers shall not be deemed to have been made by any of them individually or to impose any liability on any of them personally, but shall bind only the property of such party.

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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be approved on behalf of the Acquiring Fund and Target Fund.

                 
Invesco Advisers, Inc.        
 
               
By:
               
 
           
 
  Name:        
 
  Title:        
AIM Counselor Series Trust (Invesco Counselor Series Trust), AIM Equity Funds (Invesco Equity Funds), AIM Funds Group (Invesco Funds Group), AIM Growth Series (Invesco Growth Series), AIM International Mutual funds (Invesco International Mutual Funds), AIM Investment Funds (Invesco Investment Funds), AIM Investment Securities Funds (Invesco Investment Securities Funds), AIM Sector Funds (Invesco Sector Funds) and AIM Variable Insurance Funds (Invesco Variable Insurance Funds), each on behalf of its respective series identified on Exhibit A hereto
         
By:
       
 
       
 
  Name:    
 
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EXHIBIT A
CHART OF REORGANIZATIONS
     
Acquiring Fund (and share classes) and   Corresponding Target Fund (and share
Acquiring Entity   classes) and Target Entity
     

 


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Schedule 1.2(c)
Excluded Liabilities
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Schedule 8.6
Tax Opinions
     (i) The acquisition by the Acquiring Fund of substantially all of the assets of the Target Fund, as provided for in the Agreement, in exchange for Acquiring Fund shares and the assumption by the Acquiring Fund of all of the liabilities of the Target Fund, followed by the distribution by the Target Fund to its shareholders of the Acquiring Fund shares in complete liquidation of the Target Fund, will qualify as a reorganization within the meaning of Section 368(a)(1) of the Code, and the Target Fund and the Acquiring Fund each will be a “party to the reorganization” within the meaning of Section 368(b) of the Code.
     (ii) No gain or loss will be recognized by the Target Fund upon the transfer of substantially all of its assets to, and assumption of its liabilities by, the Acquiring Fund in exchange solely for Acquiring Fund shares pursuant to Section 361(a) and Section 357(a) of the Code, except that Target Fund may be required to recognize gain or loss with respect to contracts described in Section 1256(b) of the Code or stock in a passive foreign investment company, as defined in Section 1297(a) of the Code.
     (iii) No gain or loss will be recognized by the Acquiring Fund upon the receipt by it of substantially all of the assets of the Target Fund in exchange solely for the assumption of the liabilities of the Target Fund and issuance of the Acquiring Fund shares pursuant to Section 1032(a) of the Code.
     (iv) No gain or loss will be recognized by the Target Fund upon the distribution of the Acquiring Fund shares by the Target Fund to its shareholders in complete liquidation (in pursuance of the Agreement) pursuant to Section 361(c)(1) of the Code.
     (v) The tax basis of the assets of the Target Fund received by the Acquiring Fund will be the same as the tax basis of such assets in the hands of the Target Fund immediately prior to the transfer pursuant to Section 362(b) of the Code.
     (vi) The holding periods of the assets of the Target Fund in the hands of the Acquiring Fund will include the periods during which such assets were held by the Target Fund pursuant to Section 1223(2) of the Code.
     (vii) No gain or loss will be recognized by the shareholders of the Target Fund upon the exchange of all of their Target Fund shares for the Acquiring Fund shares pursuant to Section 354(a) of the Code.
     (viii) The aggregate tax basis of the Acquiring Fund shares to be received by each shareholder of the Target Fund will be the same as the aggregate tax basis of Target Fund shares exchanged therefor pursuant to Section 358(a)(1) of the Code.
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provided that the shareholder held Target Fund shares as a capital asset on the date of the exchange pursuant to Section 1223(1) of the Code.
     (x) For purposes of Section 381 of the Code, either: (i) The Acquiring Fund will succeed to and take into account, as of the date of the transfer as defined in Section 1.381(b)-1(b) of the income tax regulations issued by the United States Department of the Treasury (the “Income Tax Regulations”), the items of the Target Fund described in Section 381(c) of the Code, subject to the conditions and limitations specified in Sections 381, 382, 383 and 384 of the Code and the Income Tax Regulations thereunder; or (ii) The Acquiring Fund will succeed to and take into account, as of the date of the transfer as defined in Section 1.381(b)-1(b) of the income tax regulations issued by the United States Department of the Treasury (the “Income Tax Regulations”), the items of the Target Fund described in Section 381(c) of the Code as if there had been no Reorganization.

 


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EXHIBIT E
FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS
Financial Highlights Information
     The financial highlights tables are intended to help you understand the Acquiring Fund’s and the Target Funds’ financial performance for the past five fiscal years and are included in the respective Acquiring Fund’s and the Target Funds’ prospectuses, which are each incorporated herein by reference. The Acquiring Fund’s prospectus also accompanies this Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus. The financial highlights table below provides additional information for the most recent six-month semi-annual reporting period for the Select Fund. The information is unaudited. The Select Fund’s fiscal year end is December 31 and, accordingly, the Select Fund’s financial highlights table below contains information for the six-month period ended June 30, 2010.
Target Fund — Invesco Select Equity Fund
The following schedule presents financial highlights for a share of the Select Fund outstanding for the period indicated.
                                                                                                 
                                                                    Ratio of expenses   Ratio of expenses        
                                                            Net assets,   to average net   to average net   Ratio of net    
    Net asset   Net   Net gains (losses)           Dividends                   end of   assets with fee   assets without   investment    
    value,   investment   on securities   Total from   from net   Net asset           period   waivers and/or   fee waivers   income (loss)    
    beginning of   income   (both realized   investment   investment   value, end   Total   (000s   expenses   and/or expenses   to average   Portfolio
    period   (loss)(a)   and unrealized)   operations   income   of period   Return(b)   omitted)   absorbed   absorbed   net assets   Turnover(c)
Class A
                                                                                               
Six months ended 06/30/10
  $ 15.99     $ 0.04     $ (1.63 )   $ (1.59 )   $     $ 14.40       (9.94 )%   $ 157,390       1.54 %(d)     1.54 %(d)     0.46 %(d)     48 %
Class B
                                                                                               
Six months ended 06/30/10
    13.84       (0.02 )     (1.41 )     (1.43 )           12.41       (10.33 )     13,704       2.29 (d)     2.29 (d)     (0.29 )(d)     48  
Class C
                                                                                               
Six months ended 06/30/10
    13.81       (0.02 )     (1.40 )     (1.42 )           12.39       (10.28 )     11,248       2.29 (d)     2.29 (d)     (0.29 )(d)     48  
Class Y
                                                                                               
Six months ended 06/30/10
    16.03       0.06       (1.64 )     (1.58 )           14.45       (9.86 )     1,610       1.29 (d)     1.29 (d)     0.71 (d)     48  
 
(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.
 
(d)   Ratios are annualized and based on average daily net assets (000’s omitted) of $174,515, $16,985, $12,942 and $1,758 for Class A, Class B, Class C, and Class Y shares, respectively.

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(INVESCO LETTERHEAD)
   
 
[January ___], 2011
Dear Shareholder,
On June 1, Invesco completed its acquisition of Morgan Stanley’s retail asset management business, including Van Kampen Investments.
The Invesco and Van Kampen/Morgan Stanley retail investment capabilities were highly complementary, enabling Invesco to provide a more balanced product offering to Invesco Funds’ shareholders. As a result of the combination, Invesco gained investment talent for a number of investment strategies, including U.S. Value Equity, U.S. Small Cap Growth Equity, Tax-Free Municipals, Bank Loans and others. With this enhanced expertise and a comprehensive range of diverse investment capabilities, Invesco is better positioned than ever to meet the needs of investors across the U.S. and around the globe.
Since June 1, Invesco has been conducting a comprehensive review of its product line to sharpen its offerings to investors. A key goal of this effort is to reduce overlap and enhance efficiency across the product line for the benefit of Invesco Funds’ shareholders and Invesco.
As the next step in the process of integrating the combined business, the Invesco Funds Boards have approved a realignment of fund offerings, subject to shareholder approval. If approved by shareholders, the proposed realignment will:
  §   Distinguish and emphasize Invesco’s most compelling investment processes and strategies;
 
  §   Reduce overlap in the product lineup to help lower costs for shareholders; and
 
  §   Build a solid foundation for further growth to meet client and shareholder needs.
In addition, most Funds will continue to be managed by their existing investment management teams post-reorganization and many shareholders will experience a reduction in total expense ratio, decreasing the cost of their investment. In cases where management fee expenses are scheduled to increase as a result of a proposed reorganization, Invesco has instituted a cap on the total expense ratio of the Acquiring Fund intended to preserve the lowest current expense ratio of all Target Funds in each proposed set of reorganizations for a period of time post reorganization.
The independent trustees of your Board believe that the reorganization proposed in this proxy is in the best interest of your Fund and the attached proxy seeks your vote in favor of the proposed reorganization.
Your vote is important. Please take a moment after reviewing the enclosed materials to sign and return your proxy card in the enclosed postage paid return envelope. If you attend the meeting, you may vote your shares in person. If you expect to attend the meeting in person, or have questions, please notify us by calling 1-800-959-4226. You may also vote your shares by telephone or through a website established for that purpose by following the instructions that appear on the enclosed proxy card. If we do not hear from you after a reasonable amount of time, you may receive a telephone call from our proxy solicitor, Computershare Fund Services, Inc., reminding you to vote your shares.
Sincerely,
Mr. Philip Taylor
President and Principal Executive Officer

 


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AIM EQUITY FUNDS (Invesco Equity Funds)
AIM SECTOR FUNDS (Invesco Sector Funds)
11 Greenway Plaza, Suite 2500
Houston, Texas 77046
(800) 959-4246
NOTICE OF JOINT SPECIAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS
To Be Held on April 14, 2011
          A joint special meeting (the “Meeting”) of the shareholders of the series of AIM Equity Funds (Invesco Equity Funds) (“AIM Equity Funds”) and AIM Sector Funds (Invesco Sector Funds) (“AIM Sector Funds” and, together with AIM Equity Funds, the “Target Trusts”) identified below will be held on April 14, 2011 at 3:00 p.m. Central time, at 11 Greenway Plaza, Suite 2500, Houston, Texas 77046 to vote on the following proposal:
To approve an Agreement and Plan of Reorganization between each “Target Fund” listed below and Invesco Van Kampen American Franchise Fund (the “Acquiring Fund”), a series of AIM Counselor Series Trust (Invesco Counselor Series Trust) (the “Acquiring Trust”), providing for: (a) the acquisition of all of the assets and assumption of all of the liabilities of each Target Fund by the Acquiring Fund in exchange for shares of a corresponding class of the Acquiring Fund; (b) the distribution of such shares to the shareholders of the Target Fund; and (c) the liquidation and termination of the Target Fund (each, a “Reorganization” and collectively, the “Reorganizations”).
The Target Funds and the Acquiring Fund involved in each proposed Reorganization are:
     
Target Funds   Acquiring Fund
Invesco Large Cap Growth Fund
   
Invesco Van Kampen Capital Growth Fund
  Invesco Van Kampen American Franchise Fund
Invesco Van Kampen Enterprise Fund
   
          Shareholders of record as of the close of business on January 14, 2011 are entitled to notice of, and to vote at, the Meeting or any adjournment of the Meeting. Shareholders of each Target Fund will vote separately on the proposal, and the proposal will be effected as to a particular Target Fund only if that Fund’s shareholders approve the proposal.
          The Boards of Trustees of the Target Trusts (the “Board”) request that you vote your shares by completing the enclosed proxy card and returning it in the enclosed postage paid return envelope, or by voting by telephone or via the internet using the instructions on the proxy card.
          The Board recommends that you cast your vote FOR the above proposal as described in the Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus.
          Some shareholders hold shares in more than one Target Fund and may receive proxy cards or proxy materials for each such Target Fund. Please sign and promptly return each proxy card in the postage paid return envelope regardless of the number of shares owned.
          Proxy card instructions may be revoked at any time before they are exercised by submitting a written notice of revocation or a subsequently executed proxy card or by attending the Meeting and voting in person.
________________________
Mr. Philip Taylor
President and Principal Executive Officer
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AIM EQUITY FUNDS (Invesco Equity Funds)
AIM SECTOR FUNDS (Invesco Sector Funds)
11 Greenway Plaza, Suite 2500
Houston, Texas 77046
(800) 959-4246
JOINT PROXY STATEMENT/PROSPECTUS
_____________, 2011
Introduction
     This Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus contains information that shareholders of the Invesco Large Cap Growth Fund (the “Large Cap Growth Fund”), a series of AIM Equity Funds (Invesco Equity Funds) (“AIM Equity Funds”), and the Invesco Van Kampen Capital Growth Fund (the “Capital Growth Fund”) and Invesco Van Kampen Enterprise Fund (the “Enterprise Fund”), each a series of AIM Sector Funds (Invesco Sector Funds) (“AIM Sector Funds” and, together with AIM Equity Funds, the “Target Trusts”), should know before voting on the proposed reorganizations that are described herein, and should be retained for future reference. The Large Cap Growth Fund, Capital Growth Fund and Enterprise Fund are each referred to herein as a “Target Fund” and, together, as the “Target Funds.” This document is both the proxy statement of the Target Funds and also a prospectus for the Invesco Van Kampen American Franchise Fund (the “Acquiring Fund”), which is a series of AIM Counselor Series Trust (Invesco Counselor Series Trust) (the “Acquiring Trust”). Each Target Fund and the Acquiring Fund is a series of a registered open-end management investment company. The Target Funds and the Acquiring Fund collectively are referred to as the “Funds” and to each fund individually as a “Fund.”
     A special meeting of the shareholders of the Target Funds (the “Meeting”) will be held at 11 Greenway Plaza, Suite 2500, Houston, Texas 77046 on April 14, 2011 at 3:00 p.m., Central time. At the Meeting, shareholders of each Target Fund are being asked to consider the following proposal:
To approve an Agreement and Plan of Reorganization between each Target Fund and the Acquiring Fund, providing for: (a) the acquisition of all of the assets and assumption of all of the liabilities of each Target Fund by the Acquiring Fund in exchange for shares of a corresponding class of the Acquiring Fund; (b) the distribution of such shares of the corresponding class to the shareholders of the Target Fund; and (c) the liquidation and termination of the Target Fund (each, a “Reorganization” and collectively, the “Reorganizations”).
     The total value of the Acquiring Fund shares of each class that shareholders will receive in a Reorganization will be the same as the total value of the shares of each class of each Target Fund that shareholders held immediately prior to the Reorganization. Each Reorganization is anticipated to be a tax-free transaction, meaning that shareholders should not be required to pay any federal income tax in connection with the Reorganizations. No sales charges or redemption fees will be imposed in connection with the Reorganizations.
     The Boards of Trustees of the Target Trusts (the “Board”) have fixed the close of business on January 14, 2011 as the record date (“Record Date”) for the determination of shareholders entitled to notice of and to vote at the Meeting and at any adjournment thereof. Shareholders of each Target Fund on the Record Date will be entitled to one vote for each share of the Target Fund held (and a proportionate fractional vote for each fractional share). This Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus, the enclosed Notice of Joint Special Meeting of Shareholders and the enclosed proxy card will be mailed on or about January __, 2011 to all shareholders eligible to vote on a Reorganization.
     The Board has approved the Agreement and Plan of Reorganization and has determined that the Reorganization is in the best interest of each Target Fund and the Acquiring Fund and will not dilute the interests of the existing shareholders of the Target Funds or the Acquiring Fund. If shareholders of a Target Fund do not approve the Reorganization, the Board will consider what further action is appropriate for that Fund.
     This Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus is being used in order to reduce the preparation, printing, handling and postage expenses that would result from the use of a separate proxy statement/prospectus for each Target Fund.

 


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     Additional information about the Funds is available in the:
    Prospectuses for the Target Funds and the Acquiring Fund;
 
    Annual and semi-annual reports to shareholders of the Target Funds and the Acquiring Fund; and
 
    Statements of Additional Information (“SAIs”) for the Target Funds and the Acquiring Fund.
     These documents are on file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”). The prospectuses of the Target Funds are incorporated herein by reference and are legally deemed to be part of this Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus. A copy of the prospectus of the Acquiring Fund accompanies this Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus and is incorporated herein by reference and deemed to be part of this Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus. The SAI to this Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus, dated the same date as this Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus, also is incorporated herein by reference and is deemed to be part of this Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus. The Target Fund prospectuses, the most recent annual reports to shareholders, containing audited financial statements for the most recent fiscal year, and the most recent semi-annual reports to shareholders of the Target Funds have been previously mailed to shareholders and are available on the Target Funds’ website at www.invesco.com.
     Copies of all of these documents are available upon request without charge by visiting or writing to the Target Funds, at 11 Greenway Plaza, Suite 2500, Houston, Texas 77046, or calling (800) 959-4246.
     You also may view or obtain these documents from the SEC’s Public Reference Room, which is located at 100 F Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20549-1520, or from the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. Information on the operation of the SEC’s Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling the SEC at 1-202-551-8090. You can also request copies of these materials, upon payment at the prescribed rates of the duplicating fee, by electronic request to the SEC’s e-mail address (publicinfo@sec.gov) or by writing the Public Reference Branch, Office of Consumer Affairs and Information Services, SEC, Washington, D.C. 20549-1520.
These securities have not been approved or disapproved by the Securities and Exchange Commission nor has the Securities and Exchange Commission passed upon the accuracy or adequacy of this Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense. An investment in the Funds is not a deposit with a bank and is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”) or any other government agency. You may lose money by investing in the Funds.

 


 

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     No dealer, salesperson or any other person has been authorized to give any information or to make any representations other than those contained in this Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus or related solicitation materials on file with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and you should not rely on such other information or representations.
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PROPOSAL: TO APPROVE AN AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF REORGANIZATION
     Shareholders of each Target Fund are being asked to consider and approve an Agreement and Plan of Reorganization (the “Agreement”) that will have the effect of reorganizing the Target Fund with and into the Acquiring Fund, as summarized below. The Agreement provides for (a) the acquisition of all of the assets and assumption of all of the liabilities of each Target Fund by the Acquiring Fund in exchange for shares of a corresponding class of the Acquiring Fund; (b) the distribution of such shares of the corresponding class to the shareholders of the Target Fund; and (c) the liquidation and termination of the Target Fund.
SUMMARY OF KEY INFORMATION
     The following is a summary of certain information contained elsewhere in this Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus, in the Agreement, and/or in the prospectuses and SAIs of the Funds. Shareholders should read the entire Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus and the prospectus of the Acquiring Fund carefully for more complete information.
On what am I being asked to vote?
     As a shareholder of a Target Fund, you are being asked to consider and vote to approve the Agreement under which the assets and liabilities of the Target Fund will be transferred to the Acquiring Fund.
     If shareholders of a Target Fund approve the Agreement, shares of each class of the Target Fund will be exchanged for Acquiring Fund shares of the corresponding class of equal value, which will result in your holding shares of the Acquiring Fund equal to the value of your shares of the corresponding class of the Target Fund, and the Target Fund will be liquidated and terminated.
Has my Fund’s Board of Trustees approved the Reorganizations?
     Yes. The Board has carefully reviewed the proposal and unanimously approved the Agreement and the Reorganizations. The Board recommends that shareholders of each Target Fund vote in favor of the Agreement.
What are the reasons for the proposed Reorganizations?
     On June 1, 2010, Invesco Ltd. (“Invesco”), the indirect parent company of Invesco Advisers, Inc., the Funds’ investment adviser (“Invesco Advisers” or “Adviser”), acquired the retail mutual fund business of Morgan Stanley, which included 92 Morgan Stanley and Van Kampen branded funds. This transaction filled gaps in Invesco’s product line-up and has enabled the company to expand its investment offerings to retail customers. The transaction also resulted in significant product overlap. The Reorganizations proposed in this Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus are part of a larger group of reorganizations across Invesco’s mutual fund platform. The reorganizations are designed to put forth Invesco’s most compelling investment processes and strategies, reduce product overlap and create scale in the resulting funds to help reduce the shareholders’ cost of ownership.
     In considering the Reorganizations and Agreement, the Board considered these and other factors in concluding that the Reorganizations would be in the best interest of the Funds. The Board’s considerations are described in more detail in the “THE PROPOSED REORGANIZATIONS — Board Considerations in Approving the Reorganizations” section below.
What effect will a Reorganization have on me as a shareholder?
     Immediately after a Reorganization, you will hold shares of a class of the Acquiring Fund that are equal in value to the shares of the corresponding class of the Target Fund that you held immediately prior to the closing of the Reorganization. The principal differences between the Target Funds and the Acquiring Fund are described in this Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus. The prospectus of the Acquiring Fund that accompanies this Joint Proxy

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Statement/Prospectus contains additional information about the Acquiring Fund that you will hold shares of following the Reorganization, if approved.
How do the Funds’ investment objectives, principal investment strategies and risks compare?
     The Acquiring Fund and the Target Funds have similar investment objectives as described below. Each Fund’s investment objective is classified as non-fundamental, which means that it can be changed by the Board without shareholder approval, although there is no present intention to do so.
Investment Objectives
     
Target Funds   Acquiring Fund  
Large Cap Growth Fund
  seek long-term capital appreciation
- seek long-term growth of capital
   
Capital Growth Fund
   
- seek capital growth
   
Enterprise Fund
   
- seek capital appreciation by investing in a portfolio of
   
securities consisting principally of common stocks
   
     The principal investment strategies of the Acquiring Fund are similar to the principal investment strategies of the Target Funds, but they are not all exactly the same. As a result, the Acquiring Fund may invest in different types of investments and have different investment policies and limitations than the corresponding Target Fund. The risks of owning shares of the Acquiring Fund may therefore be different than the risks of owning shares of the Target Fund. The sections below entitled “ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE FUNDS — Comparison of Principal Investment Strategies” and “Comparison of the Principal Risks of Investing in the Funds” compare the principal investment strategies and risks of each Target Fund and the Acquiring Fund and highlight certain key differences.
How do the Funds’ expenses compare?
     The tables below provide a summary comparison of the expenses of each Target Fund and the Acquiring Fund, as well as estimated expenses on a pro forma basis giving effect to the proposed Reorganizations. The pro forma expense ratios show projected estimated expenses but actual expenses may be greater or less than those shown.
     None of the Reorganizations are contingent upon shareholder approval of any other Reorganization. For multi-Fund Reorganizations, it is anticipated that the lowest expense ratio will be achieved for each Target Fund if all of the Reorganizations are approved and implemented and that the highest expense ratio will result if the Large Cap Growth Fund is the only Fund that participates in a Reorganization with the Acquiring Fund. The range of impact to Fund expenses will be reflected in the expense tables below, which will provide for each class of Target Fund shares the current expense ratios as well as the highest and lowest projected expense ratios for the corresponding class of the Acquiring Fund after giving effect to one or more Reorganizations.

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Expense Tables and Expense Examples *
                                                         
    Current   Combined Pro Forma
    Target Funds   Acquiring Fund            
                                                    Large Cap
                                            Target Funds   Growth Fund
                                            +   +
                                            Acquiring Fund   Acquiring Fund
                                            (assumes all   (assumes only
                    Capital                   three   one
    Large Cap   Growth   Enterprise   American   Reorganizations   Reorganization
    Growth Fund   Fund   Fund   Franchise Fund   are completed)   is completed)
            Investor                    
    Class A   Class1   Class A   Class A   Class A   Class A   Class A
Shareholder Fees (Fees paid directly from your investment)
                                                       
Maximum Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Purchases (as a percentage of offering price)
    5.50 %   None       5.50 %     5.50 %     5.50 %     5.50 %     5.50 %
Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (Load) (as a percentage of original purchase price or redemption proceeds, whichever is less)
  None     None     None     None     None     None     None  
 
                                                       
Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)
                                                       
Management Fees
    0.66 %     0.66 %     0.43 %     0.50 %     0.70 %     0.62 %     0.65 %
Distribution and Service (12b-1) Fees
    0.25 %     0.17 %     0.25 %     0.25 %     0.25 %     0.25 %     0.24 %
Other Expenses
    0.64 %     0.64 %     0.38 %2     0.44 %2     0.36 %2     0.37 %     0.44 %
Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses**
    0.01 %     0.01 %     0.00 %     0.00 %     0.00 %     0.00 %     0.00 %
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses
    1.56 %     1.48 %     1.06 %2     1.19 %2     1.31 %2     1.24 %     1.33 %
 
                                                       
Fee Waiver and/or Expense Reimbursement
    0.00 %     0.00 %     0.00 %     0.02 %3     0.00 %     0.19 %4     0.00 %
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses after Fee Waiver and/or Expense Reimbursement
    1.56 %     1.48 %     1.06 %2     1.17 %2     1.31 %2     1.05 %     1.33 %
 
                                                       

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    Current   Combined Pro Forma
    Target Funds   Acquiring Fund            
                                            Large Cap
                                    Target Funds   Growth Fund
                                    +   +
                                    Acquiring Fund   Acquiring Fund
    Large Cap   Capital                   (assumes all three   (assumes only one
    Growth   Growth   Enterprise   American   Reorganizations   Reorganization is
    Fund   Fund   Fund   Franchise Fund   are completed)   completed)
    Class B   Class B   Class B   Class B   Class B   Class B
Shareholder Fees (Fees paid directly from your investment)
                                               
Maximum Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Purchases (as a percentage of offering price)
  None     None     None     None     None     None  
Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (Load) (as a percentage of original purchase price or redemption proceeds, whichever is less)
    5.00 %     5.00 %     5.00 %     5.00 %     5.00 %     5.00 %
 
                                               
Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)
                                               
Management Fees
    0.66 %     0.43 %     0.50 %     0.70 %     0.62 %     0.65 %
Distribution and Service (12b-1) Fees
    1.00 %     0.38 %     1.00 %     1.00 %     0.59 %5     1.00 %
Other Expenses
    0.64 %     0.38 %2     0.44 %2     0.36 %2     0.37 %     0.44 %
Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses**
    0.01 %     0.00 %     0.00 %     0.00 %     0.00 %     0.00 %
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses
    2.31 %     1.19 %2     1.94 %2     2.06 %2     1.58 %     2.09 %
 
                                               
Fee Waiver and/or Expense Reimbursement
    0.00 %     0.00 %     0.02 %3     0.00 %     0.36 %4     0.00 %
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses after Fee Waiver and/or Expense Reimbursement
    2.31 %     1.19 %2     1.92 %2     2.06 %2     1.22 %     2.09 %
 
                                               

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    Current   Combined Pro Forma
    Target Funds   Acquiring Fund            
                                            Large Cap
                                    Target Funds   Growth Fund
                                    +   +
                                    Acquiring Fund   Acquiring Fund
    Large Cap   Capital                   (assumes all three   (assumes only one
    Growth   Growth   Enterprise   American   Reorganizations   Reorganization is
    Fund   Fund   Fund   Franchise Fund   are completed)   completed)
    Class C   Class C   Class C   Class C   Class C   Class C
Shareholder Fees (Fees paid directly from your investment)
                                               
Maximum Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Purchases (as a percentage of offering price)
  None     None     None     None     None     None  
Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (Load) (as a percentage of original purchase price or redemption proceeds, whichever is less)
    1.00 %     1.00 %     1.00 %     1.00 %     1.00 %     1.00 %
 
                                               
Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)
                                               
Management Fees
    0.66 %     0.43 %     0.50 %     0.70 %     0.62 %     0.65 %
Distribution and Service (12b-1) Fees
    1.00 %     1.00 %     1.00 %     0.88 %     0.99 %     0.97 %
Other Expenses
    0.64 %     0.38 %2     0.44 %2     0.36 %2     0.37 %     0.44 %
Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses**
    0.01 %     0.00 %     0.00 %     0.00 %     0.00 %     0.00 %
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses
    2.31 %     1.81 %2     1.94 %2     1.94 %2     1.98 %     2.06 %
 
                                               
Fee Waiver and/or Expense Reimbursement
    0.00 %     0.00 %     0.02 %3     0.00 %     0.19 %4     0.00 %
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses after Fee Waiver and/or Expense Reimbursement
    2.31 %     1.81 %2     1.92 %2     1.94 %2     1.79 %     2.06 %
 
                                               

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    Current   Combined Pro Forma
    Target Funds   Acquiring Fund            
                                    Large Cap
                            Target Funds   Growth Fund
                            +   +
                            Acquiring Fund   Acquiring Fund
    Large Cap   Capital           (assumes all three   (assumes only one
    Growth   Growth   American   Reorganizations   Reorganization is
    Fund   Fund   Franchise Fund   are completed)   completed)
    Class R   Class R   Class R   Class R   Class R
Shareholder Fees (Fees paid directly from your investment)
                                       
Maximum Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Purchases (as a percentage of offering price)
  None     None     None     None     None  
Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (Load) (as a percentage of original purchase price or redemption proceeds, whichever is less)
  None     None     None     None     None  
 
                                       
Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)
                                       
Management Fees
    0.66 %     0.43 %     0.70 %     0.62 %     0.65 %
Distribution and Service (12b-1) Fees
    0.50 %     0.50 %     0.50 %     0.50 %     0.50 %
Other Expenses
    0.64 %     0.38 %2     0.36 %2     0.37 %     0.44 %
Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses**
    0.01 %     0.00 %     0.00 %     0.00 %     0.00 %
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses
    1.81 %     1.31 %2     1.56 %2     1.49 %     1.59 %
 
                                       
Fee Waiver and/or Expense Reimbursement
    0.00 %     0.00 %     0.00 %     0.19 %4     0.00 %
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses after Fee Waiver and/or Expense Reimbursement
    1.81 %     1.31 %2     1.56 %2     1.30 %     1.59 %
 
                                       

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    Current   Combined Pro Forma
    Target Funds   Acquiring Fund            
                                            Large Cap
                                    Target Funds   Growth Fund
                                    +   +
                                    Acquiring Fund   Acquiring Fund
    Large Cap   Capital                   (assumes all three   (assumes only one
    Growth   Growth   Enterprise   American   Reorganizations   Reorganization is
    Fund   Fund   Fund   Franchise Fund   are completed)   completed)
    Class Y   Class Y   Class Y   Class Y   Class Y   Class Y
Shareholder Fees (Fees paid directly from your investment)
                                               
Maximum Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Purchases (as a percentage of offering price)
  None     None     None     None     None     None  
Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (Load) (as a percentage of original purchase price or redemption proceeds, whichever is less)
  None     None     None     None     None     None  
 
                                               
Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)
                                               
Management Fees
    0.66 %     0.43 %     0.50 %     0.70 %     0.62 %     0.65 %
Distribution and Service (12b-1) Fees
  None     None     None     None     None     None  
Other Expenses
    0.64 %     0.38 %2     0.44 %2     0.36 %2     0.37 %     0.44 %
Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses**
    0.01 %     0.00 %     0.00 %     0.00 %     0.00 %     0.00 %
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses
    1.31 %     0.81 %2     0.94 %2     1.06 %2     0.99 %     1.09 %
 
                                               
Fee Waiver and/or Expense Reimbursement
    0.00 %     0.00 %     0.02 %3     0.00 %     0.19 %4     0.00 %
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses after Fee Waiver and/or Expense Reimbursement
    1.31 %     0.81 %2     0.92 %2     1.06 %2     0.80 %     1.09 %
 
                                               

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    Current   Combined Pro Forma
    Target Funds   Acquiring Fund            
                                    Large Cap
                            Target Funds   Growth Fund
                            +   +
                            Acquiring Fund   Acquiring Fund
    Large Cap   Capital           (assumes all three   (assumes only one
    Growth   Growth   American   Reorganizations   Reorganization is
    Fund   Fund   Franchise Fund   are completed)   completed)
    Institutional   Institutional   Institutional   Institutional   Institutional
    Class   Class   Class   Class   Class
Shareholder Fees (Fees paid directly from your investment)
                                       
Maximum Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Purchases (as a percentage of offering price)
  None     None     None     None     None  
Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (Load) (as a percentage of original purchase price or redemption proceeds, whichever is less)
  None     None     None     None     None  
 
                                       
Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)
                                       
Management Fees
    0.66 %     0.43 %     0.70 %     0.62 %     0.65 %
Distribution and Service (12b-1) Fees
  None     None     None     None     None  
Other Expenses
    0.10 %     0.11 %2     0.21 %     0.09 %     0.10 %
Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses**
    0.01 %     0.00 %     0.00 %     0.00 %     0.00 %
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses
    0.77 %     0.54 %2     0.91 %     0.71 %     0.75 %
 
                                       
Fee Waiver and/or Expense Reimbursement
    0.00 %     0.00 %     0.00 %     0.19 %4     0.00 %
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses after Fee Waiver and/or Expense Reimbursement
    0.77 %     0.54 %2     0.91 %     0.52 %     0.75 %
 
                                       
 
*   Expense ratios reflect annual fund operating expenses for the most recent fiscal year (as disclosed in the Funds’ current prospectuses) of the Large Cap Growth Fund (October 31, 2009), Capital Growth Fund (June 30, 2010), Enterprise Fund (December 31, 2009) and for the Acquiring Fund (August 31, 2010). Pro forma numbers are estimated as if the Reorganization had been completed as of September 1, 2009 and do not include the estimated costs of the Reorganization. The estimated Reorganization costs that the Large Cap Growth Fund will bear are $900,000. Invesco Advisers estimates that shareholders of the Large Cap Growth Fund will recoup these costs through reduced expenses in 7 months or less. The Capital Growth Fund and Enterprise Fund are not expected to bear any Reorganization costs. For more information on the costs of the Reorganization to be borne by the Funds, see “Costs of the Reorganization” below.
 
**   Unless otherwise indicated, Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses are less than 0.01%.
 
1.   Investor Class Shareholders will be issued Class A shares as part of the Reorganization.
 
2.   Based on estimated amounts for the current fiscal year.
 
3.   Invesco Advisers, the Funds’ investment adviser, has contractually agreed, through at least June 30, 2012, to waive advisory fees and/or reimburse expenses of all shares to the extent necessary to limit Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver and/or Expense Reimbursement (excluding certain items discussed below) of the Enterprise Fund’s Class A shares to 1.17%, Class B shares to 1.92%, Class C shares to 1.92% and Class Y shares to 0.92% of average daily net assets. 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: (i) interest; (ii) taxes; (iii) dividend expense on short sales; (iv) extraordinary or non-routine items; and (v) expenses that the Fund has incurred but did not actually pay because of an expense offset arrangement (collectively, “Excluded Expenses”). Unless the Board and Invesco Advisers mutually agree to amend or continue the fee waiver agreement, it will terminate on June 30, 2012.
 
4.   Provided that all of the Reorganizations are completed, the Adviser has contractually agreed through at least June 30, 2013, 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 the Acquiring Fund’s Class A shares to 1.05%, Class B shares to 1.80%, Class C shares to 1.80%, Class R shares to 1.30% of average daily net assets, Class Y shares to 0.80% of average daily net assets and Institutional Class shares to 0.80% of average daily net assets. In

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    determining the Adviser’s obligation to waive advisory fees and/or reimburse expenses, Excluded Expenses are not taken into account, and could cause the Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver and/or Expense Reimbursement to exceed the limit reflected above. Unless the Board and Invesco Advisers mutually agree to amend or continue the fee waiver agreement, it will terminate on June 30, 2013.
 
5.   Effective upon the closing of the Reorganization and provided that all of the Reorganizations are completed, the Acquiring Fund’s distributor has agreed that through at least June 30, 2013 to waive 12b-1 fees for Class B shares to the extent necessary to limit 12b-1 fees to 0.42% of the Acquiring Fund’s average daily net assets.

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Expense Example
     This Example is intended to help you compare the costs of investing in different classes of a Target Fund and the Acquiring Fund with the cost of investing in other mutual funds. Pro forma combined costs of investing in different classes of the Acquiring Fund after giving effect to the Reorganizations of the corresponding Target Funds into the Acquiring Fund are also provided. All costs are based upon the information set forth in the Fee Table above.
     The Example assumes that you invest $10,000 for the time periods indicated and shows the expenses that you would pay if you redeem all of your shares at the end of those time periods. The Example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year and that the operating expenses remain the same. The Example reflects fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements that are contractual, if any, but does not reflect any voluntary fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements. To the extent fees are waived and/or expenses are reimbursed on a voluntary basis, your expenses will be lower. Although your actual returns and costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:

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    One   Three   Five   Ten
Fund/Class   Year   Years   Years   Years
Large Cap Growth Fund — Class A
  $ 700     $ 1,016     $ 1,353     $ 2,304  
Large Cap Growth Fund — Investor Class1
  $ 151     $ 468     $ 808     $ 1,768  
Capital Growth Fund — Class A
  $ 652     $ 869     $ 1,103     $ 1,773  
Enterprise Fund — Class A
  $ 663     $ 903     $ 1,165     $ 1,190  
Acquiring Fund —Class A
  $ 676     $ 942     $ 1,229     $ 2,042  
Combined Pro forma Target Funds + Acquiring Fund — Class A (assuming all three Reorganizations are completed)
  $ 651     $ 885     $ 1,158     $ 1,935  
Combined Pro forma Large Cap Growth Fund + Acquiring Fund — Class A (assuming only one Reorganization is completed)
  $ 678     $ 948     $ 1,239     $ 2,063  
 
                               
Large Cap Growth Fund — Class B
  $ 734     $ 1,021     $ 1,435     $ 2,458  
Large Cap Growth Fund — Class B (if you did not redeem your shares)
  $ 234     $ 721     $ 1,235     $ 2,458  
Capital Growth Fund — Class B
  $ 621     $ 678     $ 854     $ 1,407  
Capital Growth Fund — Class B (if you did not redeem your shares)
  $ 121     $ 378     $ 654     $ 1,407  
Enterprise Fund — Class B
  $ 695     $ 905     $ 1,243     $ 2,066  
Enterprise Fund — Class B (if you did not redeem your shares)
  $ 195     $ 605     $ 1,043     $ 2,066  
Acquiring Fund — Class B
  $ 709     $ 946     $ 1,308     $ 2,197  
Acquiring Fund — Class B (if you did not redeem your shares)
  $ 209     $ 646     $ 1,108     $ 2,197  
Combined Pro forma Target Funds + Acquiring Fund — Class B (assuming all three Reorganizations are completed)
  $ 624     $ 726     $ 991     $ 1,724  
Combined Pro forma Target Funds + Acquiring Fund — Class B (assuming all three Reorganizations are completed) (if you did not redeem your shares)
  $ 124     $ 426     $ 791     $ 1,724  
Combined Pro forma Large Cap Growth Fund + Acquiring Fund — Class B (assuming only one Reorganization is completed)
  $ 712     $ 955     $ 1,324     $ 2,227  
Combined Pro forma Large Cap Growth Fund + Acquiring Fund — Class B (assuming only one Reorganization is completed) (if you did not redeem your shares)
  $ 212     $ 655     $ 1,124     $ 2,227  
 
                               
Large Cap Growth Fund — Class C
  $ 334     $ 721     $ 1,235     $ 2,646  
Large Cap Growth Fund — Class C (if you did not redeem your shares)
  $ 234     $ 721     $ 1,235     $ 2,646  
Capital Growth Fund — Class C
  $ 284     $ 569     $ 980     $ 2,127  
Capital Growth Fund — Class C (if you did not redeem your shares)
  $ 184     $ 569     $ 980     $ 2,127  
Enterprise Fund — Class C
  $ 295     $ 605     $ 1,043     $ 2,261  
Enterprise Fund — Class C (if you did not redeem your shares)
  $ 195     $ 605     $ 1,043     $ 2,261  
Acquiring Fund — Class C
  $ 297     $ 609     $ 1,047     $ 2,264  
Acquiring Fund — Class C (if you did not redeem your shares)
  $ 197     $ 609     $ 1,047     $ 2,264  
Combined Pro forma Target Funds + Acquiring Fund — Class C (assuming all three Reorganizations are completed)
  $ 282     $ 584     $ 1,031     $ 2,275  
Combined Pro forma Target Funds + Acquiring Fund — Class C (assuming all three Reorganizations are completed) (if you did not redeem your shares)
  $ 182     $ 584     $ 1,031     $ 2,275  
Combined Pro forma Large Cap Growth Fund + Acquiring Fund — Class C (assuming only one Reorganization is completed)
  $ 309     $ 646     $ 1,108     $ 2,390  

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    One   Three   Five   Ten
Fund/Class   Year   Years   Years   Years
Combined Pro forma Large Cap Growth Fund + Acquiring Fund — Class C (assuming only one Reorganization is completed) (if you did not redeem your shares)
  $ 209     $ 646     $ 1,108     $ 2,390  
 
                               
Large Cap Growth Fund — Class R
  $ 184     $ 569     $ 980     $ 2,127  
Capital Growth Fund — Class R
  $ 133     $ 415     $ 718     $ 1,579  
Acquiring Fund — Class R
  $ 159     $ 493     $ 850     $ 1,856  
Combined Pro forma Target Funds + Acquiring Fund - Class R (assuming all three Reorganizations are completed)
  $ 132     $ 433     $ 776     $ 1,746  
Combined Pro forma Large Cap Growth Fund + Acquiring Fund — Class R (assuming only one Reorganization is completed)
  $ 162     $ 502     $ 866     $ 1,889  
 
                               
Large Cap Growth Fund — Class Y
  $ 133     $ 415     $ 718     $ 1,579  
Capital Growth Fund — Class Y
  $ 83     $ 259     $ 450     $ 1,002  
Enterprise Fund — Class Y
  $ 94     $ 295     $ 516     $ 1,151  
Acquiring Fund — Class Y
  $ 108     $ 337     $ 585     $ 1,294  
Combined Pro forma Target Funds + Acquiring Fund - Class Y (assuming all three Reorganizations are completed)
  $ 82     $ 276     $ 509     $ 1,177  
Combined Pro forma Large Cap Growth Fund + Acquiring Fund — Class Y (assuming only one Reorganization is completed)
  $ 111     $ 347     $ 601     $ 1,329  
 
                               
Large Cap Growth Fund — Institutional Class
  $ 79     $ 246     $ 428     $ 954  
Capital Growth Fund — Institutional Class
  $ 55     $ 173     $ 302     $ 677  
Acquiring Fund — Institutional Class
  $ 93     $ 290     $ 504     $ 1,120  
Combined Pro forma Target Funds + Acquiring Fund - Institutional Class (assuming all three Reorganizations are completed)
  $ 53     $ 188     $ 357     $ 846  
Combined Pro forma Large Cap Growth Fund + Acquiring Fund — Institutional Class (assuming only one Reorganization is completed)
  $ 77     $ 240     $ 417     $ 930  
 
1.   Investor Class shareholders will receive Class A shares as part of the Reorganization.
     The Example is not a representation of past or future expenses. Each Fund’s actual expenses, and an investor’s direct and indirect expenses, may be more or less than those shown. The table and the assumption in the Example of a 5% annual return are required by regulations of the SEC applicable to all mutual funds. The 5% annual return is not a prediction of and does not represent the Funds’ projected or actual performance.
     For further discussion regarding the Board’s consideration of the fees and expenses of the Funds in approving the Reorganizations, see the section entitled “THE PROPOSED REORGANIZATIONS — Board Considerations in Approving the Reorganizations” in this Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus.
How do the performance records of the Funds compare?
     The performance history of each Fund for certain periods as of September 30, 2010 is shown below. The returns below may not be indicative of a Fund’s future performance. The table below compares the performance history of the Acquiring Fund’s oldest share class to the performance history of the comparable class of the Target Fund as of September 30, 2010. Since inception performance is only provided for share classes with less than 10 years of performance history. Other classes of shares that are not presented would have had substantially similar annual returns because the shares are invested in the same portfolio of securities and the annual returns will differ only to the extent that the classes do not have the same expenses. The prospectuses for the Funds contain additional performance information under the headings “Performance Information” and “Financial Highlights.” Additional performance information and a discussion of performance are also included in each Fund’s most recent annual report to shareholders.

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Average Annual Total Returns*
                         
                    10 Years or
    1 Year   5 Years   Since Inception
 
Acquiring Fund – Class A (inception date: June 23, 2005)1
                       
Return Before Taxes
    9.32 %     2.41 %     2.65 %
Return After Taxes on Distributions
    9.11 %     2.03 %     2.29 %
Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares
    6.29 %     2.04 %     2.24 %
 
Large Cap Growth Fund – Class A (inception date: March 1, 1999)
                       
Return Before Taxes
    3.28 %     -0.45 %     -6.44 %
Return After Taxes on Distributions
    3.25 %     -0.46 %     -6.44 %
Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares
    2.16 %     -0.38 %     -5.19 %
 
Capital Growth Fund – Class A (inception date: July 22, 1969)2
                       
Return Before Taxes
    8.58 %     2.84 %     -1.00 %
Return After Taxes on Distributions
    8.58 %     2.83 %     -1.17 %
Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares
    5.58 %     2.43 %     -0.91 %
 
Enterprise Fund – Class A (inception date: January 7, 1954)3
                       
Return Before Taxes
    8.74 %     2.86 %     -3.31 %
Return After Taxes on Distributions
    8.74 %     2.85 %     -3.52 %
Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares
    5.68 %     2.45 %     -2.78 %
 
 
*   The above total return figures reflect the maximum front-end sales charge (load) of 5.50% applicable to Class A shares.
 
1.   The returns for periods prior to June 1, 2010 are those of the Class A shares of a predecessor fund that was advised by Van Kampen Asset Management and was reorganized into the Acquiring Fund on June 1, 2010. The returns for periods after June 1, 2010 are those of the Acquiring Fund. The returns of the Acquiring Fund are different from the predecessor fund as they had different expenses and sales charges.
 
2.   The returns for periods prior to June 1, 2010 are those of the Class A shares of a predecessor fund that was advised by Van Kampen Asset Management and was reorganized into the Capital Growth Fund on June 1, 2010. The returns for periods after June 1, 2010 are those of the Capital Growth Fund. The returns of the Capital Growth Fund are different from the predecessor fund as they had different expenses and sales charges.
 
3.   The returns for periods prior to June 1, 2010 are those of the Class A shares of a predecessor fund that was advised by Van Kampen Asset Management and was reorganized into the Enterprise Fund on June 1, 2010. The returns for periods after June 1, 2010 are those of the Enterprise Fund. The returns of the Enterprise Fund are different from the predecessor fund as they had different expenses and sales charges.
After-tax returns are calculated using the historical highest individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes. Actual after-tax returns depend on an investor’s tax situation and may differ from those shown, and after-tax returns shown are not relevant to investors who hold their Fund shares through tax-deferred arrangements, such as 401(k) plans or individual retirement accounts.
How do the management, investment manager and other service providers of the Funds compare?
     Each Fund is overseen by the same Board and officers. In addition, Invesco Advisers, a registered investment adviser, serves as primary investment adviser for each Fund pursuant to an investment advisory agreement that contains substantially identical terms (except for fees) for each Fund. The advisory fee of the Acquiring Fund is higher than the advisory fees of the Capital Growth Fund and Enterprise Fund. The breakpoints of the Acquiring Fund’s advisory fee schedule have been adjusted to ensure that its advisory fee schedule is equal to or lower than the Large Cap Growth Fund’s advisory fee schedule at all asset levels. Invesco Advisers is located at 1555 Peachtree Street, N.E., Atlanta, Georgia 30309. Invesco Advisers has acted as an investment adviser since its organization in 1976. As of September 30, 2010, Invesco Advisers had $300.3 billion under management. Invesco Advisers is an indirect, wholly owned subsidiary of Invesco.
     The advisory agreement applicable to the Funds provides that Invesco Advisers may delegate any and all of its rights, duties and obligations to one or more wholly owned affiliates of Invesco as sub-advisers (the “Invesco

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Sub-Advisers”). Pursuant to Master Intergroup Sub-Advisory Contracts, the Invesco Sub-Advisers may be appointed by Invesco Advisers from time to time to provide discretionary investment management services, investment advice, and/or order execution services to a Fund. The Invesco Sub-Advisers, each of which is an indirect, wholly owned subsidiary of Invesco and a registered investment adviser under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, are:
  Invesco Asset Management Deutschland GmbH;
 
  Invesco Asset Management Limited;
 
  Invesco Australia Limited;
 
  Invesco Trimark Ltd.
  Invesco Hong Kong Limited;
 
  Invesco Asset Management (Japan) Limited;
 
  Invesco Senior Secured Management, Inc.; and
     Other key service providers to the Target Funds, including the administrator, transfer agent, custodian, distributor and auditor, provide the same or substantially the same services to the Acquiring Fund. The Acquiring Fund’s prospectus and SAI describe the services and other arrangements with these service providers.
How do the Funds’ purchase and redemption procedures, distribution policies and exchange policies compare?
     The sales charges, sales charge exemptions, distribution and servicing arrangements, purchase and redemption procedures and exchange policies for each class of the Target Funds are generally similar to those of the corresponding class of the Acquiring Fund. However, holders of Investor class shares of the Large Cap Growth Fund will receive Class A shares of the Acquiring Fund. Class A shares have a different sales load structure and distribution and shareholder servicing arrangements. For more information see the section entitled “Comparison of Share Classes and Distribution Arrangements.”
Will the Acquiring Fund have different portfolio managers than each Target Fund?
     No. The portfolio management team for each Target Fund is the same as the portfolio management team of the Acquiring Fund. The Acquiring Fund prospectus that accompanies this Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus provides biographical information about the key individuals that comprise the portfolio management team for the Acquiring Fund.
Will there be any tax consequences resulting from the proposal?
     Each Reorganization is designed to qualify as a tax-free reorganization for federal income tax purposes and the Target Funds anticipate receiving a legal opinion to that effect. Thus, while there can be no guarantee that the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) will adopt a similar position, it is expected that shareholders will have no adverse federal income tax consequences as a result of the Reorganizations. Shareholders should consult their tax adviser about state and local tax consequences of the Reorganization, if any, because the information about tax consequences in this Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus relates to the federal income tax consequences of the Reorganizations only.
When are the Reorganizations expected to occur?
     If shareholders of a Target Fund approve the Reorganization, it is anticipated that such Reorganization will occur on or about May 2, 2011.
How do I vote on the Reorganizations?
     There are several ways you can vote your shares, including in person at the Meeting, by mail, by telephone or via the internet. The proxy card that accompanies this Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus provides detailed instructions on how you may vote your shares. If you properly fill in and sign your proxy card and send it to us in time to vote at the Meeting, your “proxy” (the individuals named on your proxy card) will vote your shares as you

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have directed. If you sign your proxy card but do not make specific choices, your proxy will vote your shares FOR the proposal, as recommended by the Board, and in their best judgment on other matters.
What will happen if shareholders of a Target Fund do not approve the Reorganization?
     If the shareholders of a Target Fund do not approve the Reorganization, the Target Fund’s Board will consider other possible courses of action for such Target Fund. The consummation of any particular Reorganization is not conditioned upon the specific consummation of any other Reorganization.
What if I do not wish to participate in the Reorganization?
     If you do not wish to have your shares of your Target Fund exchanged for shares of the corresponding Acquiring Fund as part of a Reorganization that is approved by shareholders, you may redeem your shares prior to the consummation of the Reorganization. If you redeem your shares, you will incur any applicable deferred sales charge and if you hold shares in a taxable account, you will recognize a taxable gain or loss based on the difference between your tax basis in the shares and the amount you receive for them.
Why are you sending me the Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus?
     You are receiving this Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus because you own shares in one or more Target Funds as of the Record Date and have the right to vote on the very important proposal described herein concerning your Target Fund. This Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus contains information that shareholders of the Target Funds should know before voting on the proposed Reorganizations. This document is both a proxy statement of the Target Funds and also a prospectus for the Acquiring Fund.
Where can I find more information about the Funds and the Reorganizations?
     Additional information about the Funds can be found in their respective prospectuses and SAIs. The remainder of this Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus contains additional information about the Reorganizations. You are encouraged to read the entire document. If you need any assistance, or have any questions regarding the Reorganizations or how to vote, please call Invesco Client Services at 1-800-959-4246.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE FUNDS
Comparison of Principal Investment Strategies
     The following section compares the principal investment strategies of each Target Fund with the principal investment strategies of the Acquiring Fund and highlights any key differences. In addition to the principal investment strategies described below, each Fund is also subject to certain additional investment policies and limitations, which are described in each Fund’s prospectus and SAI. The cover page of this Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus describes how you can obtain copies of these documents. A comparison of the principal risks associated with the Funds’ investment strategies is described below under “Comparison of Principal Risks of Investing in the Funds.”
Principal Investment Strategies.
     Under normal market conditions, the Adviser seeks to achieve the Acquiring Fund’s investment objective by investing primarily in equity securities of U.S. issuers that, in its judgment, have, among other things, resilient business franchises and growth potential. Equity securities in which the Acquiring Fund invests are common stock, preferred stock, convertible securities, warrants or rights to purchase equity securities and depositary receipts.
     The Large Cap Growth Fund invests, under normal circumstances, at least 80% of net assets (plus borrowings for investment purposes) in securities of large capitalization issuers. In complying with the 80% investment requirement, the Large Cap Growth Fund may also invest in the following other investments with economic characteristics similar to the Large Cap Growth Fund’s direct investments: derivatives, exchange-traded funds (ETFs) and American Depositary Receipts. The Large Cap Growth Fund invests primarily in equity

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securities. The Large Cap Growth Fund considers an issuer to be a large-capitalization issuer if it has a market capitalization, at the time of purchase, no smaller than the smallest capitalized issuer included in the Russell 1000® Index during the most recent 11-month period (based on month-end data) plus the most recent data during the current month. As of October 31, 2009, the capitalization of companies in the Russell 1000® Index range from $282 million to $340 billion.
     Under normal market conditions, the Adviser seeks to achieve the Capital Growth Fund’s investment objective by investing in a portfolio of growth-oriented companies.
     Under normal market conditions the Adviser seeks to achieve the Enterprise Fund’s investment objective by investing principally in common stocks which are believed by the Adviser to have above-average potential for capital appreciation.
     Investment Process. For each of the Funds, the Adviser utilizes a bottom-up stock selection process designed to produce alpha, and a disciplined portfolio construction process designed to manage risk. To narrow the investment universe, the Adviser uses a holistic approach that emphasizes fundamental research and, to a lesser extent, includes quantitative analysis. The Adviser then closely examines company fundamentals including detailed modeling of all of a company’s financial statements, as well as discussions with company management teams, suppliers, distributors, competitors and customers. The Adviser utilizes a variety of valuation techniques based on the company in question, the industry in which the company operates, the stage of the business cycle, and other factors that best reflect a company’s value. The Adviser seeks to invest in companies with strong or improving fundamentals, attractive valuation relative to growth prospects and earning expectations that appear fair to conservative.
     Selling Securities. For each Fund, the Adviser considers whether to sell a particular security when a company hits the price target, a company’s fundamentals deteriorate or the catalysts for growth are no longer present or reflected in the stock price.
     Foreign Issuers. The Acquiring Fund may invest up to 20% of its total assets in securities of foreign issuers. Each Target Fund may invest up to 25% of its total assets in foreign securities or issuers.
     Derivatives. The Acquiring Fund may use derivative transactions, such as the purchase and sale of options, futures contracts, options on futures contracts and currency-related transactions involving options, futures contracts, forward contracts and swaps, for various portfolio management purposes and to mitigate risks. The Large Cap Growth Fund may also invest in derivatives as part of its principal investment strategy. The Capital Growth Fund and Enterprise Fund may also purchase and sell options, futures contracts and options on futures for various portfolio management purposes and to mitigate risks.
     REITs. The Enterprise Fund may invest up to 10% of its total assets in real estate investment trusts (REITs). The Large Cap Growth Fund may invest up to 15% of their respective total assets in equity interests and/or debt obligations issued by REITs, but doing so is not a principal investment strategy of the Fund. The Acquiring Fund and the Capital Growth Fund are also permitted to invest in REITs, but doing so is not a principal investment strategy for these Funds.
     Portfolio Repositioning. The Reorganizations may result in the sale of some of the portfolio securities of the Target Funds following the Reorganizations as the Acquiring Fund’s portfolio managers align the combined portfolios with the Acquiring Fund’s investment strategy. The transaction costs incurred in connection with the sale of such portfolio securities following to the Reorganizations are estimated not to be material for the Target Funds.
     The sale of such portfolio securities may also result in the realization of capital gains to the Acquiring Fund that, to the extent not offset by capital losses, would be distributed to shareholders, and those distributions (if any) would be taxable to shareholders who hold shares in taxable accounts. Invesco Advisers anticipates that any such sales of portfolio securities by the Acquiring Fund as a result of the Reorganizations (as distinct from normal portfolio turnover) will be limited in scope and likely not result in any significant amounts of capital gains to be distributed to shareholders by the Acquiring Fund.

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Comparison of Principal Risks of Investing in the Funds
     The table below describes the principal risks that may affect each Fund’s investment portfolio. For more information on the risks associated with the Acquiring Fund, see the “Investment Strategies and Risks” section of the Acquiring Fund’s SAI.
     
Principal Risk   Funds Subject to Risk
Market Risk. Market risk is the possibility that the market values of securities owned by the Fund will decline. Investments in common stocks and other equity securities generally are affected by changes in the stock markets which fluctuate substantially over time, sometimes suddenly and sharply. The value of a convertible security tends to decline as interest rates rise and, because of the conversion feature, tends to vary with fluctuations in the market value of the underlying equity security. The Large Cap Growth Fund does not invest in convertible securities.
  Acquiring Fund
Target Funds
 
   
Foreign Risks. The risks of investing in securities of foreign issuers can include fluctuations in foreign currencies, foreign currency exchange controls, political and economic instability, differences in financial reporting, differences in securities regulation and trading, and foreign taxation issues. The Capital Growth Fund and Enterprise Fund are also subject to emerging market issuer risk.
  Acquiring Fund
Target Funds
 
   
Management Risk. The investment techniques and risk analysis used by the Fund’s portfolio managers may not produce the desired results.
  Acquiring Fund
Target Funds
 
   
Growth Investing Risk. Investments in growth-oriented equity securities may have above-average volatility of price movement. The returns on growth securities may or may not move in tandem with the returns on other styles of investing or the overall stock markets.
  Acquiring Fund
Target Funds
 
   
Risks of Using Derivative Instruments. Risks of derivatives include the possible imperfect correlation between the value of the instruments and the underlying assets; risks of default by the other party to the transaction; risks that the transaction may result in losses that partially or completely offset gains in portfolio positions; and risks that the transactions may not be liquid.
  Acquiring Fund
Capital Growth Fund
Enterprise Fund
 
   
Exchange-Traded Funds (“ETFs”) Risk. An investment by an underlying fund in ETFs generally presents the same primary risks as an investment in a mutual fund. In addition, ETFs may be subject to the following: (1) a discount of the ETF’s shares to its net asset value; (2) failure to develop an active trading market for the ETF’s shares; (3) the listing exchange halting trading of the ETF’s shares; (4) failure of the ETFs shares to track the referenced index; and (5) holding troubled securities in the referenced index.
  Large Cap Growth Fund
 
   
Risks of Investing in REITs. Investing in REITs makes the Fund more susceptible to risks associated with the ownership of real estate and with the real estate industry in general and may involve duplication of management fees and certain other expenses. REITs may not be less diversified than other pools of securities, may have lower trading volumes and may be subject to more abrupt or erratic price movements than the overall securities markets.
  Enterprise Fund
Comparison of Fundamental and Non-Fundamental Investment Restrictions
     The Funds generally have substantially similar fundamental and non-fundamental investment restrictions relating to diversification of the Fund’s investment portfolio, borrowing, issuing senior securities, underwriting, investing in real estate, investing in physical commodities, making loans, and concentrating in particular industries. Fundamental investment restrictions of a Fund cannot be changed without shareholder approval, and non-fundamental investment restrictions of a Fund can be changed by a Fund’s Board. Both the Target Funds and the Acquiring Fund may be subject to other investment restrictions that are not identified above. A full description of

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each Target Fund’s and the Acquiring Fund’s investment policies and restrictions may be found in its respective SAI.
Comparison of Share Classes and Distribution Arrangements
     Each share class of a Target Fund will be reorganized into a specific share class of the Acquiring Fund. The following sub-sections identify the Acquiring Fund share class that corresponds with each Target Fund share class as well as the different distribution arrangements among the various share classes.
     Class Structure. The Funds each offer multiple share classes. Each such class offers a distinct structure of sales charges, distribution and/or service fees, and reductions and waivers thereto, which are designed to address a variety of shareholder servicing needs. In addition, some share classes have certain eligibility requirements that must be met to invest in that class of shares. The eligibility requirements are the same for each Fund and are described in the Funds’ prospectuses.
     The share classes offered by the Target Funds and the corresponding share classes of the Acquiring Fund that Target Fund shareholders will receive in connection with a Reorganization are as follows:
             
            Corresponding Share
Large Cap Growth Fund   Capital Growth Fund   Enterprise Fund   Class of Acquiring Fund
Class A and Investor Class   Class A   Class A   Class A
Class B   Class B   Class B   Class B
Class C   Class C   Class C   Class C
Class R   Class R     Class R
Class Y   Class Y   Class Y   Class Y
Institutional Class   Institutional Class     Institutional Class
     Each Fund no longer offers Class B shares to new investors. Existing investors that owned Class B shares before their closure will continue to receive reinvested dividends in the form of new Class B shares but may no longer add to their existing positions in Class B shares. Shareholders who receive Class B shares in connection with a Reorganization may continue to hold those shares and reinvest dividends until the scheduled conversion date of the Class B shares to Class A shares but may not purchase new Class B shares.
     Sales Charges. Target Fund shareholders who hold Investor Class shares will be reorganized into Class A shares of the Acquiring Fund. The sales charge schedule (if any) of the other share classes of the Target Fund are substantially the same as the sales charge schedule (if any) of the corresponding share classes of the Acquiring Fund. Class A shares of the Acquiring Fund can be purchased at the public offering price, which includes an initial sales charge ranging from 5.50% to zero, depending on the amount of your investment. The Acquiring Fund offers reductions and waivers of the initial sales charge on Class A shares to certain eligible investors or under certain circumstances, which are similar between the Funds. The Funds’ prospectuses and SAIs describe the sales charge schedules and applicable waivers and exemptions of each such share class.
     You will not pay an initial sales charge on Acquiring Fund Class A shares that you receive in connection with the Reorganizations. In addition, the exchange of Class A shares, Class B shares or Class C shares of the Target Funds, if applicable, for corresponding classes of the Acquiring Fund at the consummation of the Reorganizations will not result in the imposition of any contingent deferred sales charge that applies to those share classes. Upon consummation of the Reorganizations, former Target Fund shareholders of Class A shares, Class B shares or Class C shares, if applicable, will be credited for the period of time from their original date of purchase of the Target Fund Class A shares, Class B shares or Class C shares for purposes of determining the amount of any contingent deferred sales charge that may be due upon subsequent redemption, if any. In addition, the CDSC schedule that applies to Class B shares of a Target Fund that you own will continue to apply to the Class B shares of the Acquiring Fund that you receive in the Reorganizations. The Acquiring Fund initial sales charges for Class A shares and contingent deferred sales charges that apply to Class A shares and Class C shares will apply to any Class

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A shares or Class C shares of the Acquiring Fund purchased after the Reorganizations, unless you are eligible for a reduction or waiver of the initial sales charge or contingent deferred sales charge.
     Distribution Fees. Each Fund has adopted a distribution plan and a service plan (together, the “Distribution Plans”) pursuant to Rule 12b-1 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”), with respect to each of their Class A, Class B, Class C, Class R and Investor Class shares. Class Y and Institutional Class shares of the Funds are not subject to the Distribution Plans.
     Pursuant to the Distribution Plans, the Large Cap Growth Fund, the Capital Growth Fund, the Enterprise Fund and the Acquiring Fund are authorized to make payments to Invesco Distributors, Inc. (“IDI”), the Funds’ principal underwriter, in connection with the distribution of Fund shares and providing shareholder services at the annual rate of up to 0.25% of the Fund’s average daily net assets attributable to Class A shares and Investor Class shares (Large Cap Growth Fund is the only Fund offering Investor class shares), at the annual rate of up to 1.00% of the Fund’s average daily net assets attributable to Class B and Class C shares, and at the annual rate of up to 0.50% of the Fund’s average net assets attributable to Class R shares. Notwithstanding the foregoing limits, however, with respect to each Fund except the Large Cap Growth Fund, IDI may be reimbursed from a Fund only up to the amount it has spent on activities or expenses primarily intended to result in the sale of shares or the servicing of shareholders. This limitation may result in a share class of a Fund paying less than the maximum amounts noted above in a particular year. This type of Distribution Plan, which applies to the Acquiring Fund and each Target Fund except the Large Cap Growth Fund, is sometimes referred to as “reimbursement type” plan because the underwriter is only entitled to be reimbursed for its plan related expenses. The Distribution Plan for the Large Cap Growth Fund is similar to the other Target Funds and the Acquiring Fund except that IDI is entitled to be paid by the Large Cap Growth Fund the maximum amounts to be described above (i.e., 0.25% for Class A shares, 1.00% for Class B and Class C shares and 0.50% for Class R shares) regardless of the amount IDI has spent on activities intended to result in the sale of shares or the servicing of shareholders. This type of Distribution Plan is referred to as a “compensation type” plan because the underwriter is compensated at a fixed rate regardless of its actual distribution and service related expenditures.
     The fee table under the “SUMMARY OF KEY INFORMATION – How do the Funds’ expenses compare” section of this Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus describes the fees paid under each Funds’ Distribution Plan for a recent period as well as an estimate of the fees to be paid under the Acquiring Fund’s Distribution Plan following the Reorganizations.
Comparison of Purchase and Redemption Procedures
     The purchase procedures employed by the Target Funds and the Acquiring Fund are substantially the same. Each Fund offers shares through its distributor on a continuous basis. Shares of the Funds may be purchased directly through the transfer agent and through other authorized financial intermediaries. Investors may purchase both initial and additional shares by mail, wire, telephone or the internet. The Acquiring Fund prospectus enclosed with this Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus describes in detail how shareholders can purchase Acquiring Fund shares. Class A, Class B (closed to new investments, except dividend reinvestments), Class C, Class Y and Investor Class shares of the Funds require a minimum investment of $1,000 ($250 for IRA, Roth IRA, and Coverdell Education Savings Accounts). There is no minimum investment required to purchase Class R shares. Institutional Class shares of the Target Funds and the Acquiring Fund each require a minimum initial investment that ranges from $0 to $10 million, depending on the type of account making the investment. The Acquiring Fund’s prospectus describes the types of accounts to which the minimum initial investment applies. For accounts participating in a systematic investment program, the minimum investment is $50 ($25 for IRA, Roth IRA, and Coverdell Education Savings Accounts). Certain exemptions apply as set forth in the Funds’ prospectuses. The foregoing investment minimums will not apply to shares received in connection with a Reorganization. However, investors may be charged a small-account fee if account balances remain below the required investment minimum for certain periods. See the Funds’ prospectuses for details.
Comparison of Distribution Policies
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once per year as permitted by law. Each Fund automatically reinvests any dividends from net investment income or capital gains distributions, unless otherwise instructed by a shareholder to pay dividends and distributions in cash.
Forms of Organization and Securities to be Issued
     Each Target Fund and the Acquiring Fund is a series of the Acquiring Trust or Target Trusts (together, the “Trusts”), each of which is a Delaware statutory trust. In addition, the Trusts’ governing instruments, including a declaration of trust and bylaws, are substantially the same. As a result, there are no material differences between the rights of shareholders under the governing state laws of the Target Funds and the Acquiring Fund. Each share of the Acquiring Fund represents an equal proportionate interest with each other share of the Fund, and each such share is entitled to equal dividend, liquidation, redemption and voting rights, except where class voting is required by the Trust’s governing instruments, the Board or applicable law, in which case shareholders of a class will have exclusive voting rights on matters affecting only that class. The assets and liabilities of each Fund are legally separate from the assets and liabilities of any other fund that is a series of the respective Trust. More information about the voting, dividend and other rights associated with shares of the Funds can be found in each Fund’s SAI.
Pending Litigation
     Civil lawsuits, including a regulatory proceeding and purported class action and shareholder derivative suits, have been filed against certain Invesco Funds, INVESCO Funds Group, Inc. (“IFG”) (the former investment adviser to certain funds), a predecessor to Invesco Advisers, IDI and/or related entities and individuals, depending on the lawsuit, alleging among other things: (i) that the defendants permitted improper market timing and related activity in the funds; and (ii) that certain funds inadequately employed fair value pricing. You can find more detailed information concerning all of the above matters, including the parties to the civil lawsuits and summaries of the various allegations and remedies sought in such lawsuits, in the Acquiring Fund’s SAI.
Where to Find More Information
     For more information with respect to each Fund concerning the following topics, please refer to the following sections of the Funds’ prospectuses: (i) see “Fund Management” for more information about the management of a Fund; (ii) see “Other Information” for more information about a Fund’s policy with respect to dividends and distributions; and (iii) see “Shareholder Account Information” for more information about the pricing, purchase, redemption and repurchase of shares of a Fund, tax consequences to shareholders of various transactions in shares of a Fund, and distribution arrangements of a Fund.
THE PROPOSED REORGANIZATIONS
Summary of Agreement and Plan of Reorganization
     The terms and conditions under which each Reorganization may be consummated are set forth in the Agreement. Significant provisions of the Agreement are summarized below; however, this summary is qualified in its entirety by reference to the form of Agreement, a copy of which is attached as Exhibit D to this Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus.
     With respect to each Reorganization, if shareholders of a Target Fund approve the Agreement and other closing conditions are satisfied, the assets of the Target Fund will be delivered to the Acquiring Fund’s custodian for the account of the Acquiring Fund in exchange for the assumption by the Acquiring Fund of the liabilities of the Target Fund and delivery by the Acquiring Fund to the holders of record as of the Effective Time (as defined below) of the issued and outstanding shares of the Target Fund of a number of shares of the Acquiring Fund (including, if applicable, fractional shares rounded to the nearest thousandth), having an aggregate net asset value equal to the value of the net assets of the Target Fund so transferred, all determined and adjusted as provided in the Agreement. The value of your account with an Acquiring Fund immediately after the Reorganization will be the same as the value of your account with the Target Fund immediately prior to the Reorganization.
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     Each Target Fund and the Acquiring Fund has made representations and warranties in the form of Agreement that are customary in matters such as the Reorganizations.
     If shareholders approve the Reorganizations and if all of the closing conditions set forth in the Agreement are satisfied or waived, consummation of the Reorganizations (the “Closing”) is expected to occur on or about May 2, 2011, (the “Closing Date”) immediately prior to the opening of regular trading on the New York Stock Exchange on the Closing Date (the “Effective Time”). The consummation of any particular Reorganization is not conditioned upon the consummation of any other Reorganization. As a result, the Reorganizations may close at different times. In addition, the parties may choose to delay the consummation of a Reorganization that shareholders have approved so that all or substantially all of the Reorganizations are consummated at the same time. Following receipt of the requisite shareholder vote in favor of a Reorganization and as soon as reasonably practicable after the Closing, the outstanding shares of the Target Fund will be terminated in accordance with its governing documents and applicable law.
     If shareholders of a Target Fund do not approve the Agreement or if the Reorganization does not otherwise close, the Boards of the Target Trusts will consider what additional action to take. The Agreement may be terminated and the Reorganization may be abandoned at any time by mutual agreement of the parties. The Agreement may be amended or modified in a writing signed by the parties to the Agreement.
Board Considerations in Approving the Reorganizations
     As discussed above, on June 1, 2010, Invesco acquired the retail mutual fund business of Morgan Stanley, which included 92 Morgan Stanley and Van Kampen branded funds. This transaction filled gaps in Invesco’s product line-up and has enabled Invesco to expand its investment offerings to retail customers. The transaction also resulted in significant product overlap. The Reorganizations proposed in this Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus are part of a larger group of reorganizations across Invesco’s mutual fund platform. The reorganizations are designed to put forth Invesco’s most compelling investment processes and strategies, reduce product overlap and create scale in the resulting funds.
     Because of the large number of proposed reorganizations, each Board of Trustees of the Invesco Funds created an ad hoc committee comprised of both Invesco Fund trustees and Van Kampen legacy trustees (the “Ad Hoc Merger Committees”). The Ad Hoc Merger Committee of the Board met separately three times, from September 2, 2010 through October 13, 2010 to discuss the proposed Reorganizations. Two separate meetings of the full Board were also held to review and consider the Reorganizations, including presentations by the Ad Hoc Merger Committee. The trustees who are not “interested persons,” as that term is defined in the 1940 Act, of the Trust (the “Independent Trustees”) held a separate meeting prior to the meeting of the full Board to consider these matters. The Independent Trustees have been advised on this matter by independent counsel to the Independent Trustees and by the independent Senior Officer, an officer of the Trust who reports directly to the Independent Trustees. The Board requested and received from Invesco Advisers and IDI written materials containing relevant information about the Funds and the proposed Reorganizations, including fee and expense information on an actual and pro forma estimated basis, and comparative portfolio composition and performance data.
     The Board considered the potential benefits and costs of a Reorganization to each Target Fund, the Acquiring Fund and their respective shareholders. The Board reviewed detailed information comparing the following information for each Target Fund and its corresponding Acquiring Fund: (1) investment objectives, policies and restrictions; (2) portfolio management; (3) portfolio composition; (4) the comparative short-term and long-term investment performance; (5) the current expense ratios and expense structures, including contractual investment advisory fees; (6) the expected federal income tax consequences to the Funds, including any impact on capital loss carry forwards; and (7) relative asset size and net purchase (redemption) trends. The Board also considered the benefits to each Target Fund of (i) combining with a similar Fund to create a larger fund with a more diversified shareholder base that may also achieve certain economies of scale as certain fixed expenses are allocated over a larger asset base, (ii) Invesco Advisers’ paying a portion of the expenses related to the reorganizations for those funds that are currently subject to expense caps, (iii) Invesco Advisers’ agreement to cap expenses of the Acquiring Fund for one to two years after the Closing, and (iv) the expected tax free nature of the Reorganizations for each Target Fund and its shareholders for federal income tax purposes. The Board also considered the overall goal of the reorganizations to rationalize the Invesco Funds to enable IDI to better focus on the combined funds to

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promote additional asset growth. With respect to each individual Reorganization, the Board considered the following additional matters.
     With respect to the proposed Reorganization of the Large Cap Growth Fund into the Acquiring Fund, the Board further considered that (i) the investment objective, strategies and related risks of the Large Cap Growth Fund and the Acquiring Fund are somewhat similar, with the portfolio composition strategies and securities selection techniques being similar; (ii) the Large Cap Growth Fund and the Acquiring Fund have the same portfolio management team; (iii) Large Cap Growth Fund shareholders would become shareholders of an Acquiring Fund with a lower effective management fee; (iv) Invesco Advisers’ agreement to limit the Acquiring Fund’s total expenses, on a pro forma basis, through (a) June 30, 2012, if not all of the Reorganizations close, or (b) June 30, 2013, if all of the Reorganizations close, so that such expenses, after fee waivers, do not exceed the lowest total operating expenses of the Target Funds as set forth in the fee tables above; (v) additional breakpoints will be added to the Acquiring Fund’s advisory fee schedule to ensure that its advisory fee schedule is equal to or lower than the Large Cap Growth Fund’s advisory fee schedule at all asset levels and (vi) IDI’s agreement to cap the Acquiring Fund’s Class B 12b-1 fees, as disclosed above on a pro forma basis, through June 30, 2013 if all of the Reorganizations close.
     With respect to the proposed Reorganizations of the Capital Growth Fund and Enterprise Fund into the Acquiring Fund, the Board further considered that (i) the investment objective, strategies and related risks of the Capital Growth Fund, Enterprise Fund and the Acquiring Fund are somewhat similar, with the portfolio composition strategies and securities selection techniques being similar; (ii) the Capital Growth Fund, the Enterprise Fund and the Acquiring Fund have the same portfolio management team; (iii) Capital Growth Fund and Enterprise Fund shareholders would become shareholders of a Fund with a higher effective management fee; (iv) Invesco Advisers’ agreement to limit the Acquiring Fund’s total expenses, on a pro forma basis, through June 30, 2013, if all of the Reorganizations close, so that such expenses, after fee waivers, do not exceed the lowest total operating expenses of the Target Funds as set forth in the fee tables above; and levels and (v) IDI’s agreement to cap the Acquiring Fund’s Class B 12b-1 fees, as disclosed above on a pro forma basis, through June 30, 2013 if all of the Reorganizations close..
     Based upon the information and considerations described above, the Board, on behalf of the Target Funds and the Acquiring Fund, approved each of the Reorganizations in order to combine each Target Fund with a similar Fund in terms of investment objectives, strategies and risks, portfolio management and portfolio composition to create a larger fund with a relatively more diversified shareholder base. The Board also determined that shareholders of the Funds could potentially benefit from the growth in assets realized by the Reorganizations, with the potential to achieve certain economies of scale. The Board concluded that the Reorganization is in the best interests of each Target Fund and the Acquiring Fund and that no dilution of value would result to the shareholders of the Target Funds or the Acquiring Fund from the Reorganization. Consequently, the Board approved the Agreement and each of the Reorganizations on October 27, 2010.
Federal Income Tax Considerations
     The following is a general summary of the material U.S. federal income tax considerations of the Reorganizations and is based upon the current provisions of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), the existing U.S. Treasury Regulations thereunder, current administrative rulings of the IRS and published judicial decisions, all of which are subject to change. These considerations are general in nature and individual shareholders should consult their own tax advisors as to the federal, state, local, and foreign tax considerations applicable to them and their individual circumstances. These same considerations generally do not apply to shareholders who hold their shares in a tax-deferred account.
     Each Reorganization is intended to be a tax-free reorganization pursuant to Section 368(a) of the Code. The principal federal income tax considerations that are expected to result from the Reorganization of each Target Fund into the Acquiring Fund are as follows:
    no gain or loss will be recognized by the Target Fund or the shareholders of the Target Fund as a result of the Reorganization;
 
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    the aggregate tax basis of the shares of the Acquiring Fund to be received by a shareholder of the Target Fund will be the same as the shareholder’s aggregate tax basis of the shares of the Target Fund; and
 
    the holding period of the shares of the Acquiring Fund received by a shareholder of the Target Fund will include the period that a shareholder held the shares of the Target Fund (provided that such shares of the Target Fund are capital assets in the hands of such shareholder as of the Closing).
     Neither the Target Funds nor the Acquiring Fund have requested or will request an advance ruling from the IRS as to the federal tax consequences of the Reorganizations. As a condition to Closing, Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young, LLP will render a favorable opinion to each Target Fund and the Acquiring Fund as to the foregoing federal income tax consequences of each Reorganization, which opinion will be conditioned upon, among other things, the accuracy, as of the Effective Time, of certain representations of each Target Fund and the Acquiring Fund upon which Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young, LLP will rely in rendering its opinion. A copy of the opinion will be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission and will be available for public inspection. See “Where to Find Additional Information.”
     Opinions of counsel are not binding upon the IRS or the courts. If a Reorganization is consummated but the IRS or the courts determine that the Reorganization does not qualify as a tax-free reorganization under the Code, and thus is taxable, each Target Fund would recognize gain or loss on the transfer of its assets to the Acquiring Fund and each shareholder of the Target Fund would recognize a taxable gain or loss equal to the difference between its tax basis in its Target Fund shares and the fair market value of the shares of the Acquiring Fund it receives. The failure of one Reorganization to qualify as a tax-free reorganization would not adversely effect any other Reorganization.
     Prior to the Closing of each Reorganization, each Target Fund will distribute, and the Acquiring Fund may distribute, to their respective shareholders any undistributed income and gains (net of available capital loss carryovers) to the extent required to avoid entity level tax or as otherwise deemed desirable. Such distributions, if made, are anticipated to be made in the 2011 calendar year and would be taxable to shareholders in such year.
     The tax attributes, including capital loss carryovers, of the Target Funds move to the Acquiring Fund in the Reorganizations. The capital loss carryovers of the Target Funds and the Acquiring Fund are available to offset future gains recognized by the combined Fund, subject to limitations under the Code. Where these limitations apply, all or a portion of a Fund’s capital loss carryovers may become unavailable the effect of which may be to accelerate the recognition of taxable gain to the combined Fund and its shareholders post-Closing. First, the capital loss carryovers of the Large Cap Growth Fund, Enterprise Fund, and Acquiring Fund (the “Limitation Funds”) increased by any current year loss or decreased by any current year gain, together with any net unrealized depreciation in the value of its portfolio investments (collectively, its “aggregate capital loss carryovers”), are expected to become subject to an annual limitation. Losses in excess of that limitation may be carried forward to succeeding tax years, subject to an overall eight-year carryover period. The annual limitation will generally equal the net asset value of a Limitation Fund on the Closing Date multiplied by the “long-term tax-exempt rate” published by the IRS. In the case of a Limitation Fund with net unrealized built-in gains at the time of Closing the Reorganization (i.e., unrealized appreciation in value of the Fund’s investments), the annual limitation for a taxable year will be increased by the amount of such built-in gains that are recognized in the taxable year. Second, if a Fund has built-in gains at the time of Closing that are realized by the combined Fund in the five-year period following the Reorganization, such built-in gains, when realized, may not be offset by the losses (including any capital loss carryovers and “built in losses”) of another Fund. Third, the capital losses of a Target Fund that may be used by the Acquiring Fund (including to offset any “built-in gains” of the Target Fund itself) for the first taxable year ending after the Closing Date will be limited to an amount equal to the capital gain net income of the Acquiring Fund for such taxable year (excluding capital loss carryovers) treated as realized post-Closing based on the number of days remaining in such year. Fourth, the Reorganization may result in an earlier expiration of a Fund’s capital loss carryovers because the Reorganization causes a Target Fund’s tax year to close early in the year of the Reorganization. The aggregate capital loss carryovers of the Funds and the approximate annual limitation on the use by the Acquiring Fund, post-Closing, of the Limitation Funds’ aggregate capital loss carryovers following the Reorganization are as follows:

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    Large Cap   Capital   Enterprise    
    Growth Fund   Growth Fund   Fund   Acquiring Fund
    (000,000s)   (000,000s)   (000,000s)   (000,000s)
    at 4/30/2010   at 6/30/2010   at 6/30/2010   at 2/28/2010
Aggregate capital loss carryovers on a tax basis (1)
  $ (105.4 )   $ (559.4 )   $ (248.7 )   $ (101.5 )
Unrealized Net Appreciation (Depreciation) in Investments on a Tax Basis
  $ 212.5     $ (203.6 )   $ 91.7     $ 53.1  
Aggregate Net Asset Value
  $ 1,321.1     $ 3,333.2     $ 770.5     $ 243.5  
Approximate annual limitation (2)
  $ 52.6       N/A     $ 30.7     $ 9.7  
 
(1)   Includes realized gain, to the extent not offset by expiring capital loss carryovers, or loss for the current fiscal year determined on the basis of generally accepted accounting principles; excludes any excess capital loss carryovers that are anticipated to expire on or prior to Closing.
 
(2)   Based on the long-term tax-exempt rate for ownership changes during October 2010 of 3.98%.
     The annual limitation on the use of the Acquiring Fund’s aggregate capital loss carryovers will likely limit the use of such losses by the Acquiring Fund, post-Closing, to offset capital gains, if any, it realizes. Based upon the Large Cap Growth Fund’s and Enterprise Fund’s capital loss positions at April 30, 2010 and June 30, 2010 respectively, the annual limitations on the use of each Fund’s aggregate capital loss carryovers may not prevent the combined Fund from utilizing a substantial portion of such losses, albeit over a period of time. The effect of these annual limitations may be to cause the combined Fund, post-Closing, to distribute more capital gains in a taxable year than might otherwise have been the case if no limitation had applied. Additionally, each of the Funds (other than the Capital Growth Fund), as of the respective dates set forth in the above table, has net unrealized appreciation in the value of its investments which, if realized prior to Closing, would reduce that Fund’s available capital loss carryovers. Moreover, if a Fund has net unrealized built-in gains at the time of Closing, that Fund’s annual limitation will be increased by the amount of such built-in gains that are recognized in the taxable year. The aggregate capital loss carryovers of the Capital Growth Fund should continue to be available, if its nets assets at time of Closing represent more than 50% of the combined Fund. The ability of the Acquiring Fund to absorb its own capital loss carryovers and those of each Target Fund post-Closing depends upon a variety of factors that can not be known in advance. For more information with respect to each Fund’s capital loss carryovers, please refer to the Fund’s shareholder report.
     In addition, if the Acquiring Fund following the Reorganization has proportionately greater unrealized appreciation in its portfolio investments as a percentage of its net asset value than a Target Fund, shareholders of the Target Fund, post-Closing, may receive greater amounts of taxable gain as such portfolio investments are sold than they otherwise might have if the Reorganization had not occurred. The unrealized appreciation (depreciation) in value of investments of each Target Fund on a tax basis as a percentage of its net asset value is 16% for the Large Cap Growth Fund at April 30, 2010, (6%) for the Capital Growth Fund at June 30, 2010, and 12% for the Enterprise Fund at June 30, 2010, compared to the Acquiring Fund at February 28, 2010 of 22%, and on a combined basis of 3%.
     After the Reorganization, shareholders will continue to be responsible for tracking the adjusted tax basis and holding period of their shares for federal income tax purposes.
Costs of the Reorganizations
     The estimated total costs of the Reorganizations for the Acquiring Fund are estimated to be $30,000. The estimated total costs of the Reorganization of each Target Fund, as well as the estimated proxy solicitation costs for the Target Funds, which are part of the total Reorganization costs, are set forth in the table below.

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                    Estimated Portion
                    of Total
                    Reorganization
                    Costs to be Paid
    Estimated Proxy   Estimated Total   by the Target
    Solicitation Costs   Reorganization Costs   Funds
Large Cap Growth Fund
  $ 853,000     $ 900,000     $ 900,000  
Capital Growth Fund
  $ 4,455,000     $ 4,500,000     $ 0  
Enterprise Fund
  $ 881,000     $ 920,000     $ 0  
     Where a Target Fund is not paying Reorganization costs, Invesco Advisers will bear these costs. The costs of a Reorganization include legal counsel fees, accountant fees, expenses related to the printing and mailing of this Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus and fees associated with the proxy solicitation but do not include any portfolio transaction costs arising from a Reorganization.
VOTING INFORMATION
Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus
     We are sending you this Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus and the enclosed proxy card because the Board is soliciting your proxy to vote at the Meeting and at any adjournments of the Meeting. This Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus gives you information about the business to be conducted at the Meeting. Target Fund shareholders may vote by appearing in person at the Meeting and following the instructions below. You do not need to attend the Meeting to vote, however. Instead, you may simply complete, sign and return the enclosed proxy card or vote by telephone or through a website established for that purpose.
     This Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus, the enclosed Notice of Joint Special Meeting of Shareholders and the enclosed proxy card are expected to be mailed on or about January __, 2011 to all shareholders entitled to vote. Shareholders of record of the Target Funds as of the close of business on January 14, 2011 (the “Record Date”) are entitled to vote at the Meeting. The number of outstanding shares of each class of the Target Funds on December 15, 2010 can be found at Exhibit A. Each share is entitled to one vote for each full share held, and a proportionate fractional vote for each fractional share held.
     Proxies will have the authority to vote and act on behalf of shareholders at any adjournment of the Meeting. If a proxy is authorized to vote for a shareholder, the shareholder may revoke the authorization at any time before it is exercised by sending in another proxy card with a later date or by notifying the Secretary of the Target Funds in writing at the address of the Target Funds set forth on the cover page of the Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus before the Meeting that the shareholder has revoked its proxy. In addition, although merely attending the Meeting will not revoke your proxy, if a shareholder is present at the Meeting, the shareholder may withdraw the proxy and vote in person. However, if your shares are held through a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary, you will need to obtain a “legal proxy” from them in order to vote your shares at the Meeting.
Quorum Requirement and Adjournment
     A quorum of shareholders is necessary to hold a valid shareholders’ meeting of each Target Fund. For each Target Fund, a quorum will exist if shareholders representing one-third of the outstanding shares of the Target Fund entitled to vote are present at the Meeting in person or by proxy.
     Proxies received prior to the Meeting on which no vote is indicated will be voted “FOR” the Agreement. Because the proposal described in this Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus is considered “non-routine,” under the rules applicable to broker-dealers, if your broker holds your shares in its name, the broker will not be entitled to vote your shares if it has not received instructions from you.

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     Abstentions will count as shares present at the Meeting for purposes of establishing a quorum. If a quorum is not present at the Meeting or if a quorum is present but sufficient votes to approve the Agreement are not received, the person(s) presiding over the Meeting or the persons named as proxies may propose one or more adjournments of the Meeting to allow for further solicitation of votes. The persons named as proxies will vote those proxies that they are entitled to vote in favor of such an adjournment, provided that they determine that such an adjournment and additional solicitation is reasonable and in the interest of shareholders based on a consideration of all relevant factors, including, among other things, the percentage of votes then cast, the percentage of negative votes then cast, the nature of the proposed solicitation activities and the nature of the reasons for such further solicitation.
Vote Necessary to Approve the Agreement
     The Board has unanimously approved the Agreement, subject to shareholder approval. For the Large Cap Growth Fund, provided a quorum is present at the Meeting, shareholder approval of the Agreement requires the affirmative vote of a majority of the shares cast by shareholders of the Large Cap Growth Fund.
     Abstentions are counted as present for purposes of determining quorum but are not considered shares cast at the Meeting. As a result, abstentions will not impact the outcome of the shareholder vote.
     For the Capital Growth Fund and Enterprise Fund, shareholder approval of the Agreement requires the affirmative vote of the lesser of (i) 67% or more of the shares present at the Meeting, if the holders of more than 50% of the outstanding shares of the Target Fund are present in person or represented by proxy; or (ii) more than 50% of the outstanding shares of the Target Fund.
     Abstentions are counted as present but are not considered votes cast at the Meeting. Abstentions therefore will have the same effect as a vote against the Agreement because approval of the Agreement requires the affirmative vote of a percentage of either the shares present at the Meeting or the outstanding shares of the Target Fund.
Proxy Solicitation
     The Target Funds have engaged the services of Computershare Fund Services, Inc. (“Solicitor”) to assist in the solicitation of proxies for the Meeting. Solicitor’s costs are described under the “Costs of the Reorganization” section of this Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus. Proxies are expected to be solicited principally by mail, but the Target Funds or Solicitor may also solicit proxies by telephone, facsimile or personal interview. The Target Funds’ officers may also solicit proxies but will not receive any additional or special compensation for any such solicitation.
     Under the agreement with the Solicitor, the Solicitor will be paid a project management fee as well as telephone solicitation expenses incurred for reminder calls, outbound telephone voting, confirmation of telephone votes, inbound telephone contact, obtaining shareholders’ telephone numbers, and providing additional materials upon shareholder request. The agreement also provides that the Solicitor shall be indemnified against certain liabilities and expenses, including liabilities under the federal securities laws.
Other Meeting Matters
     Management is not aware of any matters to be presented at the Meeting other than as is discussed in this Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus. Under the Target Funds’ bylaws, business transacted at a special meeting such as the Meeting shall be limited to (i) the purpose stated in the notice and (ii) adjournment of the special meeting with regard to the stated purpose. If any other matters properly come before the Meeting, the shares represented by proxies will be voted with respect thereto in accordance with their best judgment.
Share Ownership by Large Shareholders, Management and Trustees
     A list of the name, address and percent ownership of each person who, as of December 15, 2010, to the knowledge of each Target Fund and the Acquiring Fund, owned 5% or more of the outstanding shares of a class of such Target Fund or the Acquiring Fund, respectively, can be found at Exhibits B and C.

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     Information regarding the ownership of shares of the Target Funds and the Acquiring Funds by the Trustees and executive officers of the Trusts can be found at Exhibits B and C.
OTHER MATTERS
Capitalization
     The following table sets forth as of September 30, 2010, for the Reorganizations, the total net assets, number of shares outstanding and net asset value per share of each class of each Fund. This information is generally referred to as the “capitalization” of a Fund. The term “pro forma capitalization” means the expected capitalization of the Acquiring Fund after it has combined with the corresponding Target Funds. The pro forma capitalization column in the table assumes that all of the Reorganizations have taken place. The capitalizations of the Target Fund(s), the Acquiring Fund and their classes are likely to be different on the Closing Date as a result of daily share purchase, redemption, and market activity.
                                                 
                                            Acquiring
    Large Cap   Capital   Enterprise           Pro Forma   Fund (pro
    Growth Fund   Growth Fund   Fund   Acquiring Fund   Adjustments   forma)
Net assets (all classes)
  $ 1,233,390,031     $ 3,505,300,634     $ 824,291,962     $ 237,668,310     $ (900,000 )1   $ 5,799,750,937  
 
                                               
Class A net assets
  $ 675,839,890     $ 2,990,522,495     $ 758,181,703     $ 184,828,933     $ 201,446,013 1,3   $ 4,810,819,034  
Class A shares outstanding
    63,761,656       251,562,814       49,134,291       17,261,911       67,520,580 2,3     449,241,252  
Class A net asset value per share
  $ 10.60     $ 11.89     $ 15.43     $ 10.71             $ 10.71  
 
                                               
Class B net assets
  $ 96,312,861     $ 301,935,682     $ 53,109,971     $ 24,271,139     $ (70,279 )1   $ 475,559,374  
Class B shares outstanding
    9,837,626       26,952,251       3,896,143       2,303,220       2,123,251 2     45,112,491  
Class B net asset value per share
  $ 9.79     $ 11.20     $ 13.63     $ 10.54             $ 10.54  
 
                                               
Class C net assets
  $ 85,334,770     $ 129,248,608     $ 11,582,114     $ 25,732,489     $ (62,268 )1   $ 251,835,713  
Class C shares outstanding
    8,716,151       11,674,406       840,075       2,433,558       159,071 2     23,823,261  
Class C net asset value per share
  $ 9.79     $ 11.07     $ 13.79     $ 10.57             $ 10.57  
 
                                               
Class Y net assets
  $ 9,756,520     $ 45,551,838     $ 1,418,174     $ 2,835,749     $ (7,119 )1   $ 59,555,162  
Class Y shares outstanding
    919,496       3,790,198       91,394       263,798       475,689 2     5,540,575  
Class Y net asset value per share
  $ 10.61     $ 12.02     $ 15.52     $ 10.75             $ 10.75  
 
                                               
Class R net assets
  $ 12,068,673     $ 2,823,852                 $ (8,806 )1   $ 14,883,719  
Class R shares outstanding
    1,156,997       239,555                   (6,914 )2,4     1,389,638  
Class R net asset value per share
  $ 10.43     $ 11.79                         $ 10.71  
 
                                               
Investor Class net assets
  $ 202,086,634                       $ (202,086,634 )1,3      
Investor Class shares outstanding
    18,917,775                         (18,917,775 )2,3      
Investor Class net asset value per share
  $ 10.68                                  

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                                            Acquiring
    Large Cap   Capital   Enterprise           Pro Forma   Fund (pro
    Growth Fund   Growth Fund   Fund   Acquiring Fund   Adjustments   forma)
Institutional Class net assets
  $ 151,990,683     $ 35,218,159                 $ (110,907 )1   $ 187,097,935  
Institutional Class shares outstanding
    13,876,458       2,927,598                   596,438 2,4     17,400,494  
Institutional Class net asset value per share
  $ 10.95     $ 12.03                         $ 10.75  
 
1.   Invesco Advisers will bear 100% of the Reorganization expenses of the Capital Growth Fund and Enterprise Fund. As a result, there are no pro forma adjustments to net assets for these Reorganizations. For the Reorganization of the Large Cap Growth Fund, pro forma net assets have been adjusted for the allocated portion of the Target Fund’s expenses to be incurred in connection with the Reorganization. The costs of the Reorganization have been allocated among all classes based on relative net assets of each class of the Large Cap Growth Fund.
 
2.   Pro forma shares outstanding have been adjusted for the accumulated change in the number of shares of the Target Funds’ shareholder accounts based on the relative value of the Target Funds’ and the Acquiring Fund’s net asset value per share.
 
3.   Holders of Investor Class shares of the Large Cap Growth Fund will receive Class A shares of the Acquiring Fund upon closing of the Reorganization.
 
4.   As of September 30, 2010, Class R and Institutional Class of the Acquiring Fund did not exist. Class R shares of the Acquiring Fund will commence operations at the net asset value per share of the Acquiring Fund’s Class A shares. Therefore, the net asset value per share shown for Class R shares of the Acquiring Fund in the table above is that of Acquiring Fund’s Class A shares. Institutional Class shares of the Acquiring Fund will commence operations at the net asset value per share of the Acquiring Fund’s Class Y shares. Therefore, the net asset value per share shown for Institutional Class shares of the Acquiring Fund in the table above is that of Acquiring Fund’s Class Y shares.
Dissenters’ Rights
     If the Reorganizations are approved at the Meeting, Target Fund shareholders will not have the right to dissent and obtain payment of the fair value of their shares because the exercise of dissenters’ rights is subject to the forward pricing requirements of Rule 22c-1 under the 1940 Act, which supersedes state law. Shareholders of the Target Funds, however, have the right to redeem their shares at net asset value subject to applicable deferred sales charges and/or redemption fees (if any) until the closing date of the Reorganizations. After the Reorganizations, Target Fund shareholders will hold shares of the Acquiring Fund, which may also be redeemed at net asset value subject to applicable deferred sales charges and/or redemption fees (if any).
Shareholder Proposals
     The Funds do not generally hold annual meetings of shareholders. A shareholder desiring to submit a proposal intended to be presented at any meeting of shareholders of a Target Fund hereafter called should send the proposal to the Target Fund at the Target Fund’s principal offices so that it is received within a reasonable time before the proxy materials are printed and mailed. If the proposed Reorganization is approved and completed for a Target Fund, shareholders of such Target Fund will become shareholders of the corresponding Acquiring Fund and, thereafter, will be subject to the notice requirements of the Acquiring Fund. The mere submission of a proposal by a shareholder does not guarantee that such proposal will be included in a proxy statement because compliance with certain rules under the federal securities laws is required before inclusion of the proposal is required. Also, the submission does not mean that the proposal will be presented at a future meeting. For a shareholder proposal to be considered at a future shareholder meeting, it must be a proper matter for consideration under applicable law.
WHERE TO FIND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
     This Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus and the related SAI do not contain all the information set forth in the registration statements, the exhibits relating thereto and the annual and semi-annual reports filed by the Funds as such documents have been filed with the SEC pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the 1940 Act, to which reference is hereby made. The SEC file number of the registrant of each Fund’s registration statement, which contains the Fund’s prospectuses and related SAIs, is as follows: Large Cap

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Growth Fund – 811-01424, Capital Growth Fund – 811-03826, Enterprise Fund – 811-03826 and American Franchise Fund - 811-09913.
     Each Fund is subject to the informational requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the 1940 Act and in accordance therewith, each Fund files reports and other information with the SEC. Reports, proxy material, registration statements and other information filed (including the Registration Statement relating to the Funds on Form N-14 of which this Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus is a part) may be inspected without charge and copied at the public reference facilities maintained by the SEC at Room 1580, 100 F Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20549-1520. Copies of such material may also be obtained from the Public Reference Section of the SEC at 450 Fifth Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20549-1520, at the prescribed rates. The SEC maintains a website at www.sec.gov that contains information regarding the Funds and other registrants that file electronically with the SEC.

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EXHIBIT A
Outstanding Shares of the Target Funds
     As of December 15, 2010, there were the following number of shares outstanding of each class of each Target Fund:
     
Target Fund/Share Classes   Number of Shares Outstanding
 
   

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EXHIBIT B
Ownership of the Target Funds
Significant Holders
     Listed below are the name, address and percent ownership of each person who, as of December 15, 2010, to the best knowledge of the Target Trusts owned 5% or more of the outstanding shares of each class of each Target Fund. A shareholder who owns beneficially 25% or more of the outstanding securities of a Target Fund is presumed to “control” the fund as defined in the 1940 Act. Such control may affect the voting rights of other shareholders.
                                 
                    Number of   Percent Owned of
Name and Address   Fund   Class of Shares   Shares Owned   Record*
Name and Address
                            _____ %
 
*   The Target Trusts have no knowledge of whether all or any portion of the shares owned of record are also owned beneficially.
Security Ownership of Management and Trustees
     To the best of the knowledge of each Target Fund, the ownership of shares of a Target Fund by executive officers and Trustees of the Target Fund as a group constituted less than 1% of each outstanding class of shares of the Target Fund as of December 15, 2010.

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EXHIBIT C
Ownership of the Acquiring Fund
Significant Holders
     Listed below are the name, address and percent ownership of each person who, as of December 15, 2010, to the best knowledge of the Acquiring Trust owned 5% or more of the outstanding shares of each class of the Acquiring Fund. A shareholder who owns beneficially 25% or more of the outstanding securities of the Acquiring Fund is presumed to “control” the fund as defined in the 1940 Act. Such control may affect the voting rights of other shareholders.
                                 
                    Number of   Percent Owned of
Name and Address   Fund   Class of Shares   Shares Owned   Record*
Name and Address
                            _____ %
 
*   The Acquiring Trust has no knowledge of whether all or any portion of the shares owned of record are also owned beneficially.
Security Ownership of Management and Trustees
     To the best of the knowledge of the Acquiring Fund, the ownership of shares of the Acquiring Fund by executive officers and Trustees of the Acquiring Fund as a group constituted less than 1% of each outstanding class of shares of the Acquiring Fund as of December 15, 2010.

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EXHIBIT D
FORM OF AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF REORGANIZATION

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Exhibit D
AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF REORGANIZATION
THIS AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF REORGANIZATION (“Agreement”) is adopted as of this ___ day of __________, 2010 by and among (i) each of the Invesco open-end registered investment companies identified as a Target Entity on Exhibit A hereto (each a “Target Entity”) separately, on behalf of its respective series identified on Exhibit A hereto (each a “Target Fund”); (ii) each of the Invesco open-end registered investment companies identified as an Acquiring Entity on Exhibit A hereto (each an “Acquiring Entity”), separately on behalf of its respective series identified on Exhibit A hereto (each an “Acquiring Fund”); and (iii) Invesco Advisers, Inc. (“IAI”).
          WHEREAS, the parties hereto intend for each Acquiring Fund and its corresponding Target Fund (as set forth in Exhibit A hereto) to enter into a transaction pursuant to which: (i) the Acquiring Fund will acquire the assets and assume the liabilities of the Target Fund in exchange for the corresponding class or classes of shares (as applicable) of the Acquiring Fund identified on Exhibit A of equal value to the net assets of the Target Fund being acquired, and (ii) the Target Fund will distribute such shares of the Acquiring Fund to shareholders of the corresponding class of the Target Fund, in connection with the liquidation of the Target Fund, all upon the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth in this Agreement (each such transaction, a “Reorganization” and collectively, the “Reorganizations”);
          WHEREAS, each Target Entity and each Acquiring Entity is an open-end, registered investment company of the management type; and
          WHEREAS, this Agreement is intended to be and is adopted as a plan of reorganization and liquidation with respect to each Reorganization within the meaning of Section 368(a)(1) of the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code).
          NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and of the covenants and agreements hereinafter set forth, and intending to be legally bound, the parties hereto covenant and agree as follows:
1.   DESCRIPTION OF THE REORGANIZATIONS
     1.1. It is the intention of the parties hereto that each Reorganization described herein shall be conducted separately from the others, and a party that is not a party to a Reorganization shall incur no obligations, duties or liabilities with respect to such Reorganization by reason of being a party to this Agreement. If any one or more Reorganizations should fail to be consummated, such failure shall not affect the other Reorganizations in any way.
     1.2. Provided that all conditions precedent to a Reorganization set forth herein have been satisfied as of the Closing Date (as defined in Section 3.1), and based on the representations and warranties each party provides to the others, each Target Entity and its corresponding Acquiring Entity agree to take the following steps with respect to their Reorganization(s), the parties to which and classes of shares to be issued in connection with which are set forth in Exhibit A:

 


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     (a) The Target Fund shall transfer all of its Assets, as defined and set forth in Section 1.2(b), to the Acquiring Fund, and the Acquiring Fund in exchange therefor shall assume the Liabilities, as defined and set forth in Section 1.2(c), and deliver to the Target Fund the number of full and fractional Acquiring Fund shares determined in the manner set forth in Section 2.
     (b) The assets of the Target Fund to be transferred to the Acquiring Fund shall consist of all assets and property, including, without limitation, all cash, securities, commodities and futures interests, claims (whether absolute or contingent, known or unknown, accrued or unaccrued and including, without limitation, any interest in pending or future legal claims in connection with past or present portfolio holdings, whether in the form of class action claims, opt-out or other direct litigation claims, or regulator or government-established investor recovery fund claims, and any and all resulting recoveries) and dividends or interest receivable that are owned by the Target Fund and any deferred or prepaid expenses shown as an asset on the books of the Target Fund on the Closing Date, except for cash, bank deposits or cash equivalent securities in an amount necessary to pay the estimated costs of extinguishing any Excluded Liabilities (as defined in Section 1.2(c)) and cash in an amount necessary to pay any distributions pursuant to Section 7.1(g) (collectively, “Assets”).
     (c) The Acquiring Fund shall assume all of the liabilities of the Target Fund, whether accrued or contingent, known or unknown, existing at the Closing Date, except for the Target Fund’s Excluded Liabilities (as defined below), if any, pursuant to this Agreement (collectively, with respect to each Target Fund separately, “Liabilities”). If prior to the Closing Date the Acquiring Entity identifies a liability that the Acquiring Entity and the Target Entity mutually agree should not be assumed by the Acquiring Fund, such liability shall be excluded from the definition of Liabilities hereunder and shall be listed on a Schedule of Excluded Liabilities to be signed by the Acquiring Entity and the Target Entity at Closing and attached to this Agreement as Schedule 1.2(c) (the “Excluded Liabilities”). The Assets minus the Liabilities of a Target Fund shall be referred to herein as the Target Fund’s “Net Assets.”
     (d) As soon as is reasonably practicable after the Closing, the Target Fund will distribute to its shareholders of record (“Target Fund Shareholders”) the shares of the Acquiring Fund of the corresponding class received by the Target Fund pursuant to Section 1.2(a), as set forth in Exhibit A, on a pro rata basis within that class, and the Target Fund will as promptly as practicable completely liquidate and dissolve. Such distribution and liquidation will be accomplished, with respect to each class of the Target Fund’s shares, by the transfer of the Acquiring Fund shares of the corresponding class then credited to the account of the Target Fund on the books of the Acquiring Fund to open accounts on the share records of the Acquiring Fund in the names of the Target Fund Shareholders of the class. The aggregate net asset value of the Acquiring Fund shares to be so credited to the corresponding Target Fund Shareholders shall be equal to the aggregate net asset value of the corresponding Target Fund’s shares owned by the Target Fund Shareholders on the Valuation Date. The Acquiring Fund shall not issue certificates representing shares in connection with such exchange.

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     (e) Ownership of Acquiring Fund shares will be shown on its books, as such are maintained by the Acquiring Fund’s transfer agent.
2.   VALUATION
     2.1. With respect to each Reorganization:
     (a) The value of the Target Fund’s Assets shall be the value of such Assets computed as of immediately after the close of regular trading on the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”), which shall reflect the declaration of any dividends, on the business day next preceding the Closing Date (the “Valuation Date”), using the Target Fund’s valuation procedures established by the Target Entity’s Board of Trustees.
     (b) The net asset value per share of each class of the Acquiring Fund shares issued in connection with the Reorganization shall be the net asset value per share of the corresponding class of each class computed on the Valuation Date using the Acquiring Fund’s valuation procedures established by the Acquiring Entity’s Board of Trustees, which are the same as the Target Fund’s valuation procedures.
     (c) The number of shares issued of each class of the Acquiring Fund (including fractional shares, if any, rounded to the nearest thousandth) in exchange for the Target Fund’s Net Assets shall be determined by dividing the value of the Net Assets of the Target Fund attributable to each class of Target Fund shares by the net asset value per share of the corresponding share class of the Acquiring Fund.
     (d) All computations of value shall be made by the Target Fund’s and the Acquiring Fund’s designated recordkeeping agent using the valuation procedures described in this Section 2.
3.   CLOSING AND CLOSING DATE
     3.1. Each Reorganization shall close on the date identified on Exhibit A or such other date as the parties may agree with respect to any or all Reorganizations (the “Closing Date”). All acts taking place at the closing of a Reorganization (the “Closing”) shall be deemed to take place simultaneously as of immediately prior to the opening of regular trading on the NYSE on the Closing Date of that Reorganization unless otherwise agreed to by the parties (the “Closing Time”).
     3.2. With respect to each Reorganization:
     (a) The Target Fund’s portfolio securities, investments or other assets that are represented by a certificate or other written instrument shall be transferred and delivered by the Target Fund as of the Closing Date to the Acquiring Fund’s Custodian for the account of the Acquiring Fund, duly endorsed in proper form for transfer and in such condition as to constitute good delivery thereof. The Target Fund shall direct the Target Fund’s custodian (the “Target Custodian”) to deliver to the Acquiring Fund’s Custodian as of the Closing Date by book entry, in accordance with the customary practices of Target Custodian and any securities depository (as defined in Rule 17f-4 under the

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Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”)), in which the Assets are deposited, the Target Fund’s portfolio securities and instruments so held. The cash to be transferred by a Target Fund shall be delivered to the Acquiring Fund’s Custodian by wire transfer of federal funds or other appropriate means on the Closing Date.
     (b) The Target Entity shall direct the Target Custodian for each Target Fund to deliver, at the Closing, a certificate of an authorized officer stating that (i) except as permitted by Section 3.2(a), the Assets have been delivered in proper form to the Acquiring Fund no later than the Closing Time on the Closing Date, and (ii) all necessary taxes in connection with the delivery of the Assets, including all applicable Federal, state and foreign stock transfer stamps, if any, have been paid or provision for payment has been made.
     (c) At such time prior to the Closing Date as the parties mutually agree, the Target Fund shall provide (i) instructions and related information to the Acquiring Fund or its transfer agent with respect to the Target Fund Shareholders, including names, addresses, dividend reinvestment elections and tax withholding status of the Target Fund Shareholders as of the date agreed upon (such information to be updated as of the Closing Date, as necessary) and (ii) the information and documentation maintained by the Target Fund or its agents relating to the identification and verification of the Target Fund Shareholders under the USA PATRIOT ACT and other applicable anti-money laundering laws, rules and regulations and such other information as the Acquiring Fund may reasonably request. The Acquiring Fund and its transfer agent shall have no obligation to inquire as to the validity, propriety or correctness of any such instruction, information or documentation, but shall, in each case, assume that such instruction, information or documentation is valid, proper, correct and complete.
     (d) The Target Entity shall direct each applicable transfer agent for a Target Fund (the “Target Transfer Agent”) to deliver to the Acquiring Fund at the Closing a certificate of an authorized officer stating that its records, as provided to the Acquiring Entity, contain the names and addresses of the Target Fund Shareholders and the number of outstanding shares of each class owned by each such shareholder immediately prior to the Closing. The Acquiring Fund shall issue and deliver to the Secretary of the Target Fund a confirmation evidencing the Acquiring Fund shares to be credited on the Closing Date, or provide other evidence satisfactory to the Target Entity that such Acquiring Fund shares have been credited to the Target Fund Shareholders’ accounts on the books of the Acquiring Fund. At the Closing, each party shall deliver to the other such bills of sale, checks, assignments, certificates, if any, receipts or other documents as such other party or its counsel may reasonably request.
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Closing Date shall be postponed until the first business day after the day when trading shall have been fully resumed and reporting shall have been restored.
4.   REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
     4.1. Each Target Entity, on behalf of itself or, where applicable, a Target Fund, represents and warrants to the Acquiring Entity and its corresponding Acquiring Fund as follows:
     (a) The Target Fund is duly organized as a series of the Target Entity, which is a statutory trust duly formed, validly existing, and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware with power under its Amended and Restated Agreement and Declaration of Trust and by-laws (“Governing Documents”), to own all of its Assets, to carry on its business as it is now being conducted and to enter into this Agreement and perform its obligations hereunder;
     (b) The Target Entity is a registered investment company classified as a management company of the open-end type, and its registration with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) as an investment company under the 1940 Act, and the registration of the shares of the Target Fund under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (“1933 Act”), are in full force and effect;
     (c) No consent, approval, authorization, or order of any court or governmental authority or the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”) is required for the consummation by the Target Fund and the Target Entity of the transactions contemplated herein, except such as have been obtained or will be obtained at or prior to the Closing Date under the 1933 Act, the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (“1934 Act”), the 1940 Act and state securities laws;
     (d) The current prospectus and statement of additional information of the Target Fund and each prospectus and statement of additional information of the Target Fund used at all times between the commencement of operations of the Target Fund and the date of this Agreement conforms or conformed at the time of its use in all material respects to the applicable requirements of the 1933 Act and the 1940 Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder and does not or did not at the time of its use include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not materially misleading;
     (e) The Target Fund is in compliance in all material respects with the applicable investment policies and restrictions set forth in the Target Fund’s prospectus and statement of additional information;
     (f) Except as otherwise disclosed to and accepted by or on behalf of the Acquiring Fund, the Target Fund will on the Closing Date have good title to the Assets and full right, power, and authority to sell, assign, transfer and deliver such Assets free of adverse claims, including any liens or other encumbrances, and upon delivery and payment for such Assets, the Acquiring Fund will acquire good title thereto, free of

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adverse claims and subject to no restrictions on the full transfer thereof, including, without limitation, such restrictions as might arise under the 1933 Act, provided that the Acquiring Fund will acquire Assets that are segregated as collateral for the Target Fund’s derivative positions, including without limitation, as collateral for swap positions and as margin for futures positions, subject to such segregation and liens that apply to such Assets;
     (g) The financial statements of the Target Fund for the Target Fund’s most recently completed fiscal year have been audited by the independent registered public accounting firm identified in the Target Fund’s prospectus or statement of additional information included in the Target Fund’s registration statement on Form N-1A (the “Prospectus” and “Statement of Additional Information”). Such statements, as well as the unaudited, semi-annual financial statements for the semi-annual period next succeeding the Target Fund’s most recently completed fiscal year, if any, were prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”) consistently applied, and such statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial condition of the Target Fund as of such date in accordance with GAAP, and there are no known contingent liabilities of the Target Fund required to be reflected on a balance sheet (including the notes thereto) in accordance with GAAP as of such date not disclosed therein;
     (h) Since the last day of the Target Fund’s most recently completed fiscal year, there has not been any material adverse change in the Target Fund’s financial condition, assets, liabilities or business, other than changes occurring in the ordinary course of business;
     (i) On the Closing Date, all material Returns (as defined below) of the Target Fund required by law to have been filed by such date (including any extensions) shall have been filed and are or will be true, correct and complete in all material respects, and all Taxes (as defined below) shown as due or claimed to be due by any government entity shall have been paid or provision has been made for the payment thereof. To the Target Fund’s knowledge, no such Return is currently under audit by any Federal, state, local or foreign Tax authority; no assessment has been asserted with respect to such Returns; there are no levies, liens or other encumbrances on the Target Fund or its assets resulting from the non-payment of any Taxes; no waivers of the time to assess any such Taxes are outstanding nor are any written requests for such waivers pending; and adequate provision has been made in the Target Fund financial statements for all Taxes in respect of all periods ended on or before the date of such financial statements. As used in this Agreement, “Tax” or “Taxes” means (i) any tax, governmental fee or other like assessment or charge of any kind whatsoever (including, but not limited to, withholding on amounts paid to or by any person), together with any interest, penalty, addition to tax or additional amount imposed by any governmental authority (domestic or foreign) responsible for the imposition of any such tax. “Return” means reports, returns, information returns, elections, agreements, declarations, or other documents of any nature or kind (including any attached schedules, supplements and additional or supporting material) filed or required to be filed with respect to Taxes, including any claim for

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refund, amended return or declaration of estimated Taxes (and including any amendments with respect thereto);
     (j) The Target Fund has elected to be a regulated investment company under Subchapter M of the Code and is a fund that is treated as a separate corporation under Section 851(g) of the Code. The Target Fund has qualified for treatment as a regulated investment company for each taxable year since inception that has ended prior to the Closing Date and will have satisfied the requirements of Part I of Subchapter M of the Code to maintain such qualification for the period beginning on the first day of its current taxable year and ending on the Closing Date. The Target Fund has no earnings or profits accumulated in any taxable year in which the provisions of Subchapter M of the Code did not apply to it. If Target Fund serves as a funding vehicle for variable contracts (life insurance or annuity), Target Fund, with respect to each of its taxable years that has ended prior to the Closing Date during which it has served as such a funding vehicle, has satisfied the diversification requirements of Section 817(h) of the Code and will continue to satisfy the requirements of Section 817(h) of the Code for the period beginning on the first day of its current taxable year and ending on the Closing Date. In order to (i) ensure continued qualification of the Target Fund for treatment as a “regulated investment company” for tax purposes and (ii) eliminate any tax liability of the Target Fund arising by reason of undistributed investment company taxable income or net capital gain, the Target Fund, before the Closing Date will declare on or prior to the Valuation Date to the shareholders of Target Fund a dividend or dividends that, together with all previous such dividends, shall have the effect of distributing (A) all of Target Fund’s investment company taxable income (determined without regard to any deductions for dividends paid) for the taxable year ended prior to the Closing Date and substantially all of such investment company taxable income for the short taxable year beginning on the first day of its current taxable year and ending on the Closing Date; (B) all of Target Fund’s net capital gain recognized in its taxable year ended prior to the Closing Date and substantially all of any such net capital gain recognized in such short taxable year (in each case after reduction for any capital loss carryover); and (C) at least 90 percent of the excess, if any, of the Target Fund’s interest income excludible from gross income under Section 103(a) of the Code over its deductions disallowed under Sections 265 and 171(a)(2) of the Code for the taxable year prior to the Closing Date and at least 90 percent of such net tax-exempt income for the short taxable year;
     (k) All issued and outstanding shares of the Target Fund are, and on the Closing Date will be, duly and validly issued and outstanding, fully paid and non-assessable by the Target Entity and, in every state where offered or sold, such offers and sales have been in compliance in all material respects with applicable registration and/or notice requirements of the 1933 Act and state and District of Columbia securities laws;
     (l) The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement will have been duly authorized prior to the Closing Date by all necessary action, if any, on the part of the Board of Trustees of the Target Entity, on behalf of the Target Fund, and subject to the approval of the shareholders of the Target Fund and the due authorization, execution and delivery of this Agreement by the other parties hereto, this Agreement will constitute a valid and binding obligation of the Target Fund, enforceable in accordance with its

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terms, subject, as to enforcement, to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and other laws relating to or affecting creditors’ rights and to general equity principles;
     (m) The books and records of the Target Fund are true and correct in all material respects and contain no material omissions with respect to information required to be maintained under the laws, rules and regulations applicable to the Target Fund;
     (n) The Target Entity is not under the jurisdiction of a court in a Title 11 or similar case within the meaning of Section 368(a)(3)(A) of the Code; and
     (o) The Target Fund has no unamortized or unpaid organizational fees or expenses.
     4.2. Each Acquiring Entity, on behalf of the Acquiring Fund, represents and warrants to the Target Entity and its corresponding Target Fund as follows:
     (a) The Acquiring Fund is duly organized as a series of the Acquiring Entity, which is a statutory trust duly formed, validly existing, and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware, with power under its Agreement and Declaration of Trust, as amended (the “Agreement and Declaration of Trust”), to own all of its properties and assets and to carry on its business as it is now being, and as it is contemplated to be, conducted, and to enter into this Agreement and perform its obligations hereunder;
     (b) The Acquiring Entity is a registered investment company classified as a management company of the open-end type, and its registration with the Commission as an investment company under the 1940 Act and the registration of the shares of the Acquiring Fund under the 1933 Act are in full force and effect;
     (c) No consent, approval, authorization, or order of any court, governmental authority or FINRA is required for the consummation by the Acquiring Fund and the Acquiring Entity of the transactions contemplated herein, except such as have been or will be obtained (at or prior to the Closing Date) under the 1933 Act, the 1934 Act, the 1940 Act and state securities laws;
     (d) The prospectuses and statements of additional information of the Acquiring Fund to be used in connection with the Reorganization will conform at the time of their use in all material respects to the applicable requirements of the 1933 Act and the 1940 Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder and will not include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not materially misleading;
     (e) The Acquiring Fund is in compliance in all material respects with the applicable investment policies and restrictions set forth in the Acquiring Fund’s prospectus and statement of additional information;
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public accounting firm identified in the Acquiring Fund’s prospectus or statement of additional information included in the Acquiring Fund’s registration statement on Form N-1A. Such statements, as well as the unaudited, semi-annual financial statements for the semi-annual period next succeeding the Acquiring Fund’s most recently completed fiscal year, if any, were prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”) consistently applied, and such statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial condition of the Acquiring Fund as of such date in accordance with GAAP, and there are no known contingent liabilities of the Acquiring Fund required to be reflected on a balance sheet (including the notes thereto) in accordance with GAAP as of such date not disclosed therein;
     (g) Since the last day of the Acquiring Fund’s most recently completed fiscal year, there has not been any material adverse change in the Acquiring Fund’s financial condition, assets, liabilities or business, other than changes occurring in the ordinary course of business;
     (h) On the Closing Date, all material Returns of the Acquiring Fund required by law to have been filed by such date (including any extensions) shall have been filed and are or will be true, correct and complete in all material respects, and all Taxes shown as due or claimed to be due by any government entity shall have been paid or provision has been made for the payment thereof. To the Acquiring Fund’s knowledge, no such Return is currently under audit by any Federal, state, local or foreign Tax authority; no assessment has been asserted with respect to such Returns; there are no levies, liens or other encumbrances on the Acquiring Fund or its assets resulting from the non-payment of any Taxes; and no waivers of the time to assess any such Taxes are outstanding nor are any written requests for such waivers pending; and adequate provision has been made in the Acquiring Fund financial statements for all Taxes in respect of all periods ended on or before the date of such financial statements;
     (i) The Acquiring Fund has elected to be a regulated investment company under Subchapter M of the Code and is a fund that is treated as a separate corporation under Section 851(g) of the Code. The Acquiring Fund has qualified for treatment as a regulated investment company for each taxable year since inception that has ended prior to the Closing Date and has satisfied the requirements of Part I of Subchapter M of the Code to maintain such qualification for the period beginning on the first day of its current taxable year and ending on the Closing Date. The Acquiring Fund has no earnings or profits accumulated in any taxable year in which the provisions of Subchapter M of the Code did not apply to it. If the Acquiring Fund serves as a funding vehicle for variable contracts (life insurance or annuity), the Acquiring Fund, with respect to each of its taxable years that has ended prior to the Closing Date during which it has served as such a funding vehicle, has satisfied the diversification requirements of Section 817(h) of the Code and will continue to satisfy the requirements of Section 817(h) of the Code for the period beginning on the first day of its current taxable year and ending on the Closing Date;
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assessable by the Acquiring Entity and, in every state where offered or sold, such offers and sales have been in compliance in all material respects with applicable registration and/or notice requirements of the 1933 Act and state and District of Columbia securities laws;
     (k) The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement will have been duly authorized prior to the Closing Date by all necessary action, if any, on the part of the trustees of the Acquiring Entity, on behalf of the Acquiring Fund, and subject to the approval of shareholders of the Target Fund and the due authorization, execution and delivery of this Agreement by the other parties hereto, this Agreement will constitute a valid and binding obligation of the Acquiring Fund, enforceable in accordance with its terms, subject, as to enforcement, to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and other laws relating to or affecting creditors’ rights and to general equity principles;
     (l) The shares of the Acquiring Fund to be issued and delivered to the Target Fund, for the account of the Target Fund Shareholders, pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, will on the Closing Date have been duly authorized and, when so issued and delivered, will be duly and validly issued Acquiring Fund shares, and, upon receipt of the Target Fund’s Assets in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, will be fully paid and non-assessable by the Acquiring Entity;
     (m) The books and records of the Acquiring Fund are true and correct in all material respects and contain no material omissions with respect to information required to be maintained under laws, rules, and regulations applicable to the Acquiring Fund;
     (n) The Acquiring Entity is not under the jurisdiction of a court in a Title 11 or similar case within the meaning of Section 368(a)(3)(A) of the Code;
     (o) The Acquiring Fund has no unamortized or unpaid organizational fees or expenses for which it does not expect to be reimbursed by Invesco or its affiliates.
5.   COVENANTS OF THE ACQUIRING FUND AND THE TARGET FUND
     5.1. With respect to each Reorganization:
     (a) The Acquiring Fund and the Target Fund each: (i) will operate its business in the ordinary course and substantially in accordance with past practices between the date hereof and the Closing Date for the Reorganization, it being understood that such ordinary course of business may include the declaration and payment of customary dividends and distributions, and any other distribution that may be advisable, and (ii) shall use its reasonable best efforts to preserve intact its business organization and material assets and maintain the rights, franchises and business and customer relations necessary to conduct the business operations of the Acquiring Fund or the Target Fund, as appropriate, in the ordinary course in all material respects.
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     (c) The Target Fund covenants that the Acquiring Fund shares to be issued pursuant to this Agreement are not being acquired for the purpose of making any distribution thereof, other than in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
     (d) The Target Fund will assist the Acquiring Fund in obtaining such information as the Acquiring Fund reasonably requests concerning the beneficial ownership of the Target Fund’s shares.
     (e) If reasonably requested by the Acquiring Fund in writing, the Target Entity will provide the Acquiring Fund with (1) a statement of the respective tax basis and holding period of all investments to be transferred by a Target Fund to the Acquiring Fund, (2) a copy (which may be in electronic form) of the shareholder ledger accounts including, without limitation, the name, address and taxpayer identification number of each shareholder of record, the number of shares of beneficial interest held by each shareholder, the dividend reinvestment elections applicable to each shareholder, and the backup withholding and nonresident alien withholding certifications, notices or records on file with the Target Fund with respect to each shareholder, for all of the shareholders of record of the Target Fund as of the close of business on the Valuation Date, who are to become holders of the Acquiring Fund as a result of the transfer of Assets (the “Target Fund Shareholder Documentation”), certified by its transfer agent or its President or Vice-President to the best of their knowledge and belief, (3) all FIN 48 work papers and supporting statements pertaining to a Target Fund (the “FIN 48 Workpapers”), and (4) the tax books and records of a Target Fund in a Tax-Free Reorganization for purposes of preparing any returns required by law to be filed for tax periods ending after the Closing Date.
     (f) Subject to the provisions of this Agreement, the Acquiring Fund and the Target Fund will each take, or cause to be taken, all action, and do or cause to be done all things, reasonably necessary, proper or advisable to consummate and make effective the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
     (g) As soon as is reasonably practicable after the Closing, the Target Fund will make one or more liquidating distributions to its shareholders consisting of the applicable class of shares of the Acquiring Fund received at the Closing, as set forth in Section 1.2(d) hereof.
     (h) If reasonably requested in writing by Acquiring Fund, a statement of the earnings and profits (accumulated and current) of the Target Fund for federal income tax purposes that will be carried over to the Acquiring Fund as a result of Section 381 of the Code.
     (i) It is the intention of the parties that each Reorganization will qualify as a reorganization with the meaning of Section 368(a) of the Code. None of the parties to a Reorganization shall take any action or cause any action to be taken (including, without limitation the filing of any tax return) that is inconsistent with such treatment or results in the failure of such Reorganization to qualify as a reorganization within the meaning of Section 368(a) of the Code.

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     (j) Any reporting responsibility of the Target Fund, including, but not limited to, the responsibility for filing regulatory reports, tax returns relating to tax periods ending on or prior to the Closing Date (whether due before or after the Closing Date), or other documents with the Commission, any state securities commission, and any Federal, state or local tax authorities or any other relevant regulatory authority, is and shall remain the responsibility of the Target Fund, except as otherwise is mutually agreed by the parties.
     (k) If reasonably requested in writing by Acquiring Fund, the Target Fund shall deliver to the Acquiring Fund copies of: (1) the federal, state and local income tax returns filed by or on behalf of the Target Fund for the prior three (3) taxable years; and (2) any of the following that have been issued to or for the benefit of or that otherwise affect the Target Fund and which have continuing relevance: (a) rulings, determinations, holdings or opinions issued by any federal, state, local or foreign tax authority and (b) legal opinions.
6.   CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO OBLIGATIONS OF THE TARGET FUND
     6.1. With respect to each Reorganization, the obligations of the Target Entity, on behalf of the Target Fund, to consummate the transactions provided for herein shall be subject, at the Target Fund’s election, to the performance by the Acquiring Fund of all of the obligations to be performed by it hereunder on or before the Closing Date, and, in addition thereto, the following conditions:
     (a) All representations and warranties of the Acquiring Fund and the Acquiring Entity contained in this Agreement shall be true and correct in all material respects as of the date hereof and, except as they may be affected by the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, as of the Closing Date, with the same force and effect as if made on and as of the Closing Date;
     (b) The Acquiring Entity shall have delivered to the Target Entity on the Closing Date a certificate executed in its name by its President or Vice President and Treasurer, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Target Entity and dated as of the Closing Date, to the effect that the representations and warranties of or with respect to the Acquiring Fund made in this Agreement are true and correct at and as of the Closing Date, except as they may be affected by the transactions contemplated by this Agreement;
     (c) The Acquiring Entity and the Acquiring Fund shall have performed all of the covenants and complied with all of the provisions required by this Agreement to be performed or complied with by the Acquiring Entity and the Acquiring Fund, on or before the Closing Date; and
7.   CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO OBLIGATIONS OF THE ACQUIRING FUND
     7.1. With respect to each Reorganization, the obligations of the Acquiring Entity, on behalf of the Acquiring Fund, to consummate the transactions provided for herein shall be subject, at the Acquiring Fund’s election, to the performance by the Target Fund of all of the

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obligations to be performed by it hereunder on or before the Closing Date and, in addition thereto, the following conditions:
     (a) All representations and warranties of the Target Entity and the Target Fund contained in this Agreement shall be true and correct in all material respects as of the date hereof and, except as they may be affected by the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, as of the Closing Date, with the same force and effect as if made on and as of the Closing Date;
     (b) If requested by Acquiring Fund, the Target Entity, on behalf of the Target Fund, shall have delivered to the Acquiring Entity (i) a statement of the Target Fund’s Assets, together with a list of portfolio securities of the Target Fund showing the adjusted tax basis of such securities by lot and the holding periods of such securities, as of the Closing Date, certified by the Treasurer of the Target Entity, (ii) the Target Fund Shareholder Documentation, (iii) if applicable, the FIN 48 Workpapers, (iv) to the extent permitted by applicable law, all information pertaining to, or necessary or useful in the calculation or demonstration of, the investment performance of the Target Fund, and (v) a statement of earnings and profits as provided in Section 5.1(h);
     (c) The Target Entity shall have delivered to the Acquiring Entity on the Closing Date a certificate executed in its name by its President or Vice President and Treasurer, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Acquiring Entity and dated as of the Closing Date, to the effect that the representations and warranties of or with respect to the Target Fund made in this Agreement are true and correct at and as of the Closing Date, except as they may be affected by the transactions contemplated by this Agreement;
     (d) The Target Custodian shall have delivered the certificate contemplated by Sections 3.2(b) of this Agreement, duly executed by an authorized officer of the Target Custodian;
     (e) The Target Entity and the Target Fund shall have performed all of the covenants and complied with all of the provisions required by this Agreement to be performed or complied with by the Target Entity and the Target Fund, on or before the Closing Date; and
     (f) The Target Fund shall have declared and paid a distribution or distributions prior to the Closing that, together with all previous distributions, shall have the effect of distributing to its shareholders (i) all of its investment company taxable income (determined without regard to any deductions for dividends paid) and all of its net realized capital gains, if any, for the period from the close of its last fiscal year to the Closing Time on the Closing Date; (ii) any such undistributed investment company taxable income and net realized capital gains from any prior period to the extent not otherwise already distributed; and (iii) at least 90 percent of the excess, if any, of the Target Fund’s interest income excludible from gross income under Section 103(a) of the Code over its deductions disallowed under Sections 265 and 171(a)(2) of the Code for the

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taxable year prior to the Closing Date and at least 90 percent of such net tax-exempt income for the short taxable year.
8.   FURTHER CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO OBLIGATIONS OF THE ACQUIRING FUND AND THE TARGET FUND
     With respect to each Reorganization, if any of the conditions set forth below have not been satisfied on or before the Closing Date with respect to the Target Fund or the Acquiring Fund, the Acquiring Entity or Target Entity, respectively, shall, at its option, not be required to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement:
     8.1. The Agreement shall have been approved by the requisite vote of the holders of the outstanding shares of the Target Fund in accordance with the provisions of the Target Entity’s Governing Documents, Delaware law, and the 1940 Act. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, neither the Target Fund nor the Acquiring Fund may waive the conditions set forth in this Section 8.1;
     8.2. On the Closing Date, no action, suit or other proceeding shall be pending or, to the Target Entity’s or the Acquiring Entity’s knowledge, threatened before any court or governmental agency in which it is sought to restrain or prohibit, or obtain damages or other relief in connection with, this Agreement, the transactions contemplated herein;
     8.3. All consents of other parties and all other consents, orders and permits of Federal, state and local regulatory authorities deemed necessary by the Acquiring Fund or the Target Fund to permit consummation, in all material respects, of the transactions contemplated hereby shall have been obtained, except where failure to obtain any such consent, order or permit would not involve a risk of a material adverse effect on the assets or properties of the Acquiring Fund or the Target Fund, provided that either party hereto may for itself waive any of such conditions;
     8.4. A registration statement on Form N-14 under the 1933 Act properly registering the Acquiring Fund shares to be issued in connection with the Reorganization shall have become effective under the 1933 Act and no stop orders suspending the effectiveness thereof shall have been issued and, to the best knowledge of the parties hereto, no investigation or proceeding for that purpose shall have been instituted or be pending, threatened or contemplated under the 1933 Act; and
     8.5. The Target Entity and the Acquiring Entity shall have received on or before the Closing Date an opinion of Stradley Ronon in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Target Entity and the Acquiring Entity, as to the matters set forth on Schedule 8.6. In rendering such opinion, Stradley Ronon may request and rely upon representations contained in certificates of officers of the Target Entity, the Acquiring Entity and others, and the officers of the Target Entity and the Acquiring Entity shall use their best efforts to make available such truthful certificates.

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9.   FEES AND EXPENSES
     9.1. Each Acquiring Fund will bear its expenses relating to the Reorganizations, which IAI has estimated to be $30,000 per Reorganization. Each Target Fund will bear its costs associated with the Reorganization, provided that the Target Fund is expected to recoup those costs within 24 months following the Reorganization as a result of reduced total annual fund operating expenses. IAI has agreed to bear the Reorganization costs of any Target Fund that does not meet the foregoing threshold based on estimates prepared by the Adviser and discussed with the Board.
10.   FINAL TAX RETURNS AND FORMS 1099 OF TARGET FUND
     10.1. After the Closing Date, except as otherwise agreed to by the parties, Target Entity shall or shall cause its agents to prepare any federal, state or local tax returns, including any Forms 1099, required to be filed by Target Entity with respect to each Target Fund’s final taxable year ending with its complete liquidation and for any prior periods or taxable years and shall further cause such tax returns and Forms 1099 to be duly filed with the appropriate taxing authorities.
11.   ENTIRE AGREEMENT; SURVIVAL OF WARRANTIES AND COVENANTS
     11.1. The representations, warranties and covenants contained in this Agreement or in any document delivered pursuant hereto or in connection herewith shall not survive the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereunder. The covenants to be performed after the Closing shall survive the Closing.
12.   TERMINATION
     This Agreement may be terminated and the transactions contemplated hereby may be abandoned with respect to one or more (or all) Reorganizations by mutual agreement of the parties.
13.   AMENDMENTS
     This Agreement may be amended, modified or supplemented in a writing signed by the parties hereto to be bound by such Amendment.
14.   HEADINGS; GOVERNING LAW; COUNTERPARTS; ASSIGNMENT; LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
     14.1. The Article and Section headings contained in this Agreement are for reference purposes only and shall not affect in any way the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement.
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     14.3. This Agreement shall bind and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns, but no assignment or transfer hereof or of any rights or obligations hereunder shall be made by any party without the written consent of the other parties. Nothing herein expressed or implied is intended or shall be construed to confer upon or give any person, firm or corporation, other than the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns, any rights or remedies under or by reason of this Agreement.
     14.4. This agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be considered an original.
     14.5. It is expressly agreed that the obligations of the parties hereunder shall not be binding upon any of their respective directors or trustees, shareholders, nominees, officers, agents, or employees personally, but shall bind only the property of the applicable Target Fund or the applicable Acquiring Fund as provided in the Governing Documents of the Target Entity or the Agreement and Declaration of Trust of the Acquiring Entity, respectively. The execution and delivery by such officers shall not be deemed to have been made by any of them individually or to impose any liability on any of them personally, but shall bind only the property of such party.

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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be approved on behalf of the Acquiring Fund and Target Fund.

                 
Invesco Advisers, Inc.        
 
               
By:
               
 
           
 
  Name:        
 
  Title:        
AIM Counselor Series Trust (Invesco Counselor Series Trust), AIM Equity Funds (Invesco Equity Funds), AIM Funds Group (Invesco Funds Group), AIM Growth Series (Invesco Growth Series), AIM International Mutual funds (Invesco International Mutual Funds), AIM Investment Funds (Invesco Investment Funds), AIM Investment Securities Funds (Invesco Investment Securities Funds), AIM Sector Funds (Invesco Sector Funds) and AIM Variable Insurance Funds (Invesco Variable Insurance Funds), each on behalf of its respective series identified on Exhibit A hereto
         
By:
       
 
       
 
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EXHIBIT A
CHART OF REORGANIZATIONS
     
Acquiring Fund (and share classes) and   Corresponding Target Fund (and share
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Schedule 1.2(c)
Excluded Liabilities
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Schedule 8.6
Tax Opinions
     (i) The acquisition by the Acquiring Fund of substantially all of the assets of the Target Fund, as provided for in the Agreement, in exchange for Acquiring Fund shares and the assumption by the Acquiring Fund of all of the liabilities of the Target Fund, followed by the distribution by the Target Fund to its shareholders of the Acquiring Fund shares in complete liquidation of the Target Fund, will qualify as a reorganization within the meaning of Section 368(a)(1) of the Code, and the Target Fund and the Acquiring Fund each will be a “party to the reorganization” within the meaning of Section 368(b) of the Code.
     (ii) No gain or loss will be recognized by the Target Fund upon the transfer of substantially all of its assets to, and assumption of its liabilities by, the Acquiring Fund in exchange solely for Acquiring Fund shares pursuant to Section 361(a) and Section 357(a) of the Code, except that Target Fund may be required to recognize gain or loss with respect to contracts described in Section 1256(b) of the Code or stock in a passive foreign investment company, as defined in Section 1297(a) of the Code.
     (iii) No gain or loss will be recognized by the Acquiring Fund upon the receipt by it of substantially all of the assets of the Target Fund in exchange solely for the assumption of the liabilities of the Target Fund and issuance of the Acquiring Fund shares pursuant to Section 1032(a) of the Code.
     (iv) No gain or loss will be recognized by the Target Fund upon the distribution of the Acquiring Fund shares by the Target Fund to its shareholders in complete liquidation (in pursuance of the Agreement) pursuant to Section 361(c)(1) of the Code.
     (v) The tax basis of the assets of the Target Fund received by the Acquiring Fund will be the same as the tax basis of such assets in the hands of the Target Fund immediately prior to the transfer pursuant to Section 362(b) of the Code.
     (vi) The holding periods of the assets of the Target Fund in the hands of the Acquiring Fund will include the periods during which such assets were held by the Target Fund pursuant to Section 1223(2) of the Code.
     (vii) No gain or loss will be recognized by the shareholders of the Target Fund upon the exchange of all of their Target Fund shares for the Acquiring Fund shares pursuant to Section 354(a) of the Code.
     (viii) The aggregate tax basis of the Acquiring Fund shares to be received by each shareholder of the Target Fund will be the same as the aggregate tax basis of Target Fund shares exchanged therefor pursuant to Section 358(a)(1) of the Code.
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provided that the shareholder held Target Fund shares as a capital asset on the date of the exchange pursuant to Section 1223(1) of the Code.
     (x) For purposes of Section 381 of the Code, either: (i) The Acquiring Fund will succeed to and take into account, as of the date of the transfer as defined in Section 1.381(b)-1(b) of the income tax regulations issued by the United States Department of the Treasury (the “Income Tax Regulations”), the items of the Target Fund described in Section 381(c) of the Code, subject to the conditions and limitations specified in Sections 381, 382, 383 and 384 of the Code and the Income Tax Regulations thereunder; or (ii) The Acquiring Fund will succeed to and take into account, as of the date of the transfer as defined in Section 1.381(b)-1(b) of the income tax regulations issued by the United States Department of the Treasury (the “Income Tax Regulations”), the items of the Target Fund described in Section 381(c) of the Code as if there had been no Reorganization.

 


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EXHIBIT E
FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS
Financial Highlights Information
     The financial highlight tables are intended to help you understand the Acquiring Fund’s and the Target Funds’ financial performance for the past five fiscal years and are included in the respective Acquiring Fund’s prospectus and the Target Funds’ prospectuses which are each incorporated herein by reference. The Acquiring Fund’s prospectus also accompanies this Proxy Statement/Prospectus. The financial highlights tables below provide additional information for the most recent six-month semi-annual reporting period for the Large Cap Growth Fund and the Enterprise Fund. The information is unaudited. The Large Cap Growth Fund’s fiscal year end is October 31 and accordingly, the Large Cap Growth Fund’s financial highlights table below contains information for the six-month period ended April 30, 2010. The Enterprise Fund’s fiscal year end is December 31 and accordingly, the Enterprise Fund financial highlights table below contains information for the six-month period ended June 30, 2010. No supplemental information is provided for the Acquiring Fund and Capital Growth Fund because the financial highlights in each Fund’s current effective prospectus is as of August 31, 2010 and June 30, 2010, respectively.
Target Fund- Large Cap Growth Fund
The following schedule presents financial highlights for a share of the Large Cap Growth Fund outstanding for the period indicated.
                                                                                                 
                                                                    Ratio of   Ratio of        
                                                                    expenses to   expenses to        
                                                            Net assets,   average net   average net   Ratio of net    
    Net asset   Net   Net gains (losses)           Dividends                   end of   assets with fee   assets without   investment    
    value,   investment   on securities   Total from   from net   Net asset           period   waivers and/or   fee waivers   income (loss)    
    beginning of   income   (both realized   investment   investment   value, end   Total   (000s   expenses   and/or expenses   to average   Portfolio
    period   (loss)(a)   and unrealized)   operations   income   of period   Return(b)   omitted)   absorbed(c)   absorbed(c)   net assets(c)   Turnover(d)
Class A
                                                                                               
Six months ended 04/30/10
  $9.42     $(0.00 )   $1.38     $1.38     $(0.02 )   $10.78       14.62 %   $729,442       1.41 %     1.41 %     (0.13 )%     17 %
Class B
                                                                                               
Six months ended 04/30/10
    8.75       (0.04 )     1.28       1.24             9.99       14.17       112,495       2.16       2.16       (0.88 )     17  
Class C
                                                                                               
Six months ended 04/30/10
    8.75       (0.04 )     1.28       1.24             9.99       14.17       92,520       2.16       2.16       (0.88 )     17  
Class R
                                                                                               
Six months ended 04/30/10
    9.28       (0.02 )     1.36       1.34             10.62       14.44       11,719       1.66       1.66       (0.38 )     17  
Class Y
                                                                                               
Six months ended 04/30/10
    9.43       0.01       1.38       1.39       (0.04 )     10.78       14.75       11,797       1.16       1.16       0.12       17  
Investor Class
                                                                                               
Six months ended 04/30/10
    9.49       (0.00 )     1.39       1.39       (0.02 )     10.86       14.70       219,177       1.35       1.35       (0.07 )     17  
Institutional Class
                                                                                               
Six months ended 04/30/10
    9.72       0.03       1.43       1.46       (0.07 )     11.11       15.08       143,986       0.74       0.74       0.54       17  
 
(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.
 
(c)   Ratios are annualized and based on average daily net assets (000’s omitted) of $718,172, $121,646, $92,246, $11,327, $10,209, $213,935 and $142,021 for Class A, Class B, Class C, Class R, Class Y, Investor Class and Institutional Class shares, respectively.
 
(d)   Portfolio turnover is calculated at the fund level and is not annualized for periods less than one year.

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Target Fund- Enterprise Fund
The following schedule presents financial highlights for a share of the Enterprise Fund outstanding for the period indicated.
                                                                                 
                                                                    Ratio of net    
    Net asset   Net                                   Net assets,   Ratio of   investment    
    value,   investment   Net realized and   Total from   Net asset           end of   expenses to   income (loss)    
    beginning of   income   unrealized gain   investment   value, end   Total   period (in   average net   to average   Portfolio
    period   (loss)(a)   (loss)   operations   of period   Return(b)*   millions)   assets(c)   net assets(c)   Turnover*
Class A
                                                                               
Six months ended 06/30/10
  $ 14.56     $ (0.04 )   $ (0.56 )   $ (0.60 )   $ 13.96       (4.19 )%   $ 706.6       1.09 %     (0.59 )%     55 %
Class B
                                                                               
Six months ended 06/30/10
    12.94       (0.09 )     (0.50 )     (0.59 )     12.35       (4.64 )     52.0       1.84       (1.34 )     55  
Class C
                                                                               
Six months ended 06/30/10
    13.08       (0.09 )     (0.49 )     (0.58 )     12.50       (4.59 )     10.8       1.84       (1.33 )     55  
Class Y^
                                                                               
Six months ended 06/30/10
    14.62       (0.02 )     (0.57 )     (0.59 )     14.03       (4.10 )     1.1       0.84       (0.34 )     55  
 
(a)   Based on average shares outstanding.
 
(b)   Assumes reinvestment of all distributions for the period and does not include payment of the maximum Class A sales charge of 5.50% or contingent deferred sales charge (CDSC) on Class A Shares, Class B Shares or Class C Shares. For Class A shares purchased prior to June 1, 2010, the maximum sales charge was 5.75%. On purchases of $1 million or more of Class A Shares, a CDSC of 1% may be imposed on certain redemptions made within eighteen months of purchase. Class B Shares are subject to a maximum CDSC of 5% charged on certain redemptions made within one year of purchase and declining to 0% after the fifth year. For shares purchased on or after June 1, 2010, the CDSC on Class B shares declines from 5% at the time of purchase to 0% at the beginning of the seventh year. Class C Shares are subject to a maximum CDSC of 1% charged on certain redemptions made within one year of purchase. If the sales charges were included, total returns would be lower. These returns include combined Rule 12b-1 fees and service fees of up to 0.25% for Class A Shares, up to 1% for Class B Shares and Class C Shares and do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares.
 
(c)   Ratios are based on average daily net assets (000’s omitted) of $774,858, $60,470, $11,913 and $959 for Class A, Class B, Class C and Class Y shares, respectively.
 
*   Non-Annualized
 
^   On June 1, 2010, the Fund’s former Class I shares were reorganized into Class Y shares.

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(INVESCO LETTERHEAD)
   
 
[January ___], 2011
Dear Shareholder,
On June 1, Invesco completed its acquisition of Morgan Stanley’s retail asset management business, including Van Kampen Investments.
The Invesco and Van Kampen/Morgan Stanley retail investment capabilities were highly complementary, enabling Invesco to provide a more balanced product offering to Invesco Funds’ shareholders. As a result of the combination, Invesco gained investment talent for a number of investment strategies, including U.S. Value Equity, U.S. Small Cap Growth Equity, Tax-Free Municipals, Bank Loans and others. With this enhanced expertise and a comprehensive range of diverse investment capabilities, Invesco is better positioned than ever to meet the needs of investors across the U.S. and around the globe.
Since June 1, Invesco has been conducting a comprehensive review of its product line to sharpen its offerings to investors. A key goal of this effort is to reduce overlap and enhance efficiency across the product line for the benefit of Invesco Funds’ shareholders and Invesco.
As the next step in the process of integrating the combined business, the Invesco Funds Boards have approved a realignment of fund offerings, subject to shareholder approval. If approved by shareholders, the proposed realignment will:
  §   Distinguish and emphasize Invesco’s most compelling investment processes and strategies;
 
  §   Reduce overlap in the product lineup to help lower costs for shareholders; and
 
  §   Build a solid foundation for further growth to meet client and shareholder needs.
In addition, most Funds will continue to be managed by their existing investment management teams post-reorganization and many shareholders will experience a reduction in total expense ratio, decreasing the cost of their investment. In cases where management fee expenses are scheduled to increase as a result of a proposed reorganization, Invesco has instituted a cap on the total expense ratio of the Acquiring Fund intended to preserve the lowest current expense ratio of all Target Funds in each proposed set of reorganizations for a period of time post reorganization.
The independent trustees of your Board believe that the reorganization proposed in this proxy is in the best interest of your Fund and the attached proxy seeks your vote in favor of the proposed reorganization.
Your vote is important. Please take a moment after reviewing the enclosed materials to sign and return your proxy card in the enclosed postage paid return envelope. If you attend the meeting, you may vote your shares in person. If you expect to attend the meeting in person, or have questions, please notify us by calling 1-800-959-4226. You may also vote your shares by telephone or through a website established for that purpose by following the instructions that appear on the enclosed proxy card. If we do not hear from you after a reasonable amount of time, you may receive a telephone call from our proxy solicitor, Computershare Fund Services, Inc., reminding you to vote your shares.
Sincerely,
Mr. Philip Taylor
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AIM Counselor Series Trust (Invesco Counselor Series Trust)
AIM Funds Group (Invesco Funds Group)
11 Greenway Plaza, Suite 2500
Houston, Texas 77046
(800) 959-4246
NOTICE OF JOINT SPECIAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS
To Be Held on April 14, 2011
          A joint special meeting (the “Meeting”) of the shareholders of the series of AIM Counselor Series Trust (Invesco Counselor Series Trust) (“AIM Counselor Series Trust”) and AIM Funds Group (Invesco Funds Group) (“AIM Funds Group”), identified below will be held on April 14, 2011 at 3:00 p.m., Central time, at 11 Greenway Plaza, Suite 2500, Houston, Texas 77046 to vote on the following proposal:
To approve an Agreement and Plan of Reorganization between each “Target Fund” listed below and Invesco Van Kampen Equity and Income Fund (the “Acquiring Fund”), a series of AIM Counselor Series Trust, providing for: (a) the acquisition of all of the assets and assumption of all of the liabilities of each Target Fund by the Acquiring Fund in exchange for shares of a corresponding class of the Acquiring Fund; (b) the distribution of such shares to the shareholders of the Target Fund; and (c) the liquidation and termination of the Target Fund (each, a “Reorganization” and collectively, the “Reorganizations”).
The Target Funds and Acquiring Fund involved in each proposed Reorganization are:
     
Target Funds   Acquiring Fund
Invesco Balanced Fund   Invesco Van Kampen Equity and Income Fund
Invesco Basic Balanced Fund    
          Shareholders of record as of the close of business on January 14, 2011 are entitled to notice of, and to vote at, the Meeting or any adjournment of the Meeting. Shareholders of each Target Fund will vote separately on the proposal, and the proposal will be effected as to a particular Target Fund only if that Fund’s shareholders approve the proposal.
          The Boards of Trustees of AIM Counselor Series Trust and AIM Funds Group (the “Board”) request that you vote your shares by completing the enclosed proxy card and returning it in the enclosed postage paid return envelope, or by voting by telephone or via the internet using the instructions on the proxy card.
          The Board recommends that you cast your vote FOR the above proposal as described in the Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus.
          Some shareholders hold shares in more than one Target Fund and may receive proxy cards or proxy materials for each such Target Fund. Please sign and promptly return each proxy card in the postage paid return envelope regardless of the number of shares owned.
          Proxy card instructions may be revoked at any time before they are exercised by submitting a written notice of revocation or a subsequently executed proxy card or by attending the Meeting and voting in person.
________________________
Mr. Philip Taylor
President and Principal Executive Officer
January ___, 2011

 


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AIM Counselor Series Trust
(Invesco Counselor Series Trust)
AIM Funds Group
(Invesco Funds Group)
11 Greenway Plaza, Suite 2500
Houston, Texas 77046
(800) 959-4246
JOINT PROXY STATEMENT/PROSPECTUS
_____________, 2011
Introduction
          This Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus contains information that shareholders of the Invesco Balanced Fund (the “Balanced Fund”), a series of AIM Counselor Series Trust (Invesco Counselor Series Trust) (“AIM Counselor Series Trust”), and the Invesco Basic Balanced Fund (the “Basic Balanced Fund”), a series of AIM Funds Group (Invesco Funds Group) (“AIM Funds Group”), should know before voting on the proposed reorganizations that are described herein, and should be retained for future reference. The Balanced Fund and the Basic Balanced Fund are each referred to herein as a “Target Fund” and, together, as the “Target Funds.” This document is both the proxy statement of the Target Funds and also a prospectus for Invesco Van Kampen Equity and Income Fund (the “Acquiring Fund”), which is a series of AIM Counselor Series Trust. Each Target Fund and the Acquiring Fund is a series of a registered open-end management investment company. The Target Funds and the Acquiring Fund collectively are referred to as the “Funds” and to each fund individually as a “Fund.”
          A special meeting of the shareholders of the Target Funds (the “Meeting”) will be held at 11 Greenway Plaza, Suite 2500, Houston, Texas 77046 on April 14, 2011 at 3:00 p.m., Central time. At the Meeting, shareholders of each Target Fund are being asked to consider the following proposal:
To approve an Agreement and Plan of Reorganization between each Target Fund and the Acquiring Fund, providing for: (a) the acquisition of all of the assets and assumption of all of the liabilities of each Target Fund by the Acquiring Fund in exchange for shares of a corresponding class of the Acquiring Fund; (b) the distribution of such shares of the corresponding class to the shareholders of the Target Fund; and (c) the liquidation and termination of the Target Fund (each, a “Reorganization” and collectively, the “Reorganizations”).
          The total value of the Acquiring Fund shares of each class that shareholders will receive in a Reorganization will be the same as the total value of the shares of each class of the Target Fund that shareholders held immediately prior to the Reorganization. Each Reorganization is anticipated to be a tax-free transaction, meaning that shareholders should not be required to pay any federal income tax in connection with the Reorganization. No sales charges or redemption fees will be imposed in connection with the Reorganizations.
          The Boards of Trustees of the AIM Counselor Series Trust and AIM Funds Group (the “Board”) have fixed the close of business on January 14, 2011 as the record date (“Record Date”) for the determination of shareholders entitled to notice of and to vote at the Meeting and at any adjournment thereof. Shareholders of each Target Fund on the Record Date will be entitled to one vote for each share of the Target Fund held (and a proportionate fractional vote for each fractional share). This Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus, the enclosed Notice of Joint Special Meeting of Shareholders and the enclosed proxy card will be mailed on or about January __, 2011 to all shareholders eligible to vote on a Reorganization.
          The Board has approved the Agreement and Plan of Reorganization and has determined that the Reorganization is in the best interest of each Target Fund and the Acquiring Fund and will not dilute the interests of the existing shareholders of the Target Fund or the Acquiring Fund. If shareholders of a Target Fund do not approve the Reorganization, the Board will consider what further action is appropriate for that Fund.

 


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          This Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus is being used in order to reduce the preparation, printing, handling and postage expenses that would result from the use of a separate proxy statement/prospectus for each Target Fund.
          Additional information about the Funds is available in the:
    Prospectuses for the Target Funds and the Acquiring Fund;
 
    Annual and semi-annual reports to shareholders of the Target Funds and the Acquiring Fund; and
 
    Statements of Additional Information (“SAIs”) for the Target Funds and the Acquiring Fund.
          These documents are on file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”). The prospectuses of the Target Funds are incorporated herein by reference and are legally deemed to be part of this Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus. A copy of the prospectus of the Acquiring Fund accompanies this Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus and is incorporated herein by reference and deemed to be part of this Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus. The SAI to this Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus, dated the same date as this Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus, also is incorporated herein by reference and is deemed to be part of this Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus. The Target Funds prospectuses, the most recent annual reports to shareholders, containing audited financial statements for the most recent fiscal year, and the most recent semi-annual reports to shareholders of the Target Funds have been previously mailed to shareholders and are available at www.invesco.com.
          Copies of all of these documents are available upon request without charge by visiting or writing to the Target Funds, at 11 Greenway Plaza, Suite 2500, Houston, Texas 77046, or calling (800) 959-4246.
          You also may view or obtain these documents from the SEC’s Public Reference Room, which is located at 100 F Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20549-1520, or from the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. Information on the operation of the SEC’s Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling the SEC at (202) 551-8090. You can also request copies of these materials, upon payment at the prescribed rates of the duplicating fee, by electronic request to the SEC’s e-mail address (publicinfo@sec.gov) or by writing the Public Reference Branch, Office of Consumer Affairs and Information Services, SEC, Washington, D.C. 20549-1520.
These securities have not been approved or disapproved by the Securities and Exchange Commission nor has the Securities and Exchange Commission passed upon the accuracy or adequacy of this Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense. An investment in the Funds is not a deposit with a bank and is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”) or any other government agency. You may lose money by investing in the Funds.

 


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Exhibits
          No dealer, salesperson or any other person has been authorized to give any information or to make any representations other than those contained in this Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus or related solicitation materials on file with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and you should not rely on such other information or representations.

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PROPOSAL: TO APPROVE AN AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF REORGANIZATION
          Shareholders of each Target Fund are being asked to consider and approve an Agreement and Plan of Reorganization (the “Agreement”) that will have the effect of reorganizing the Target Fund with and into the Acquiring Fund, as summarized below. The Agreement provides for (a) the acquisition of all of the assets and assumption of all of the liabilities of each Target Fund by the Acquiring Fund in exchange for shares of a corresponding class of the Acquiring Fund; (b) the distribution of such shares of the corresponding class to the shareholders of the Target Fund; and (c) the liquidation and termination of the Target Fund.
SUMMARY OF KEY INFORMATION
          The following is a summary of certain information contained elsewhere in this Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus, in the Agreement, and/or in the prospectuses and SAIs of the Funds. Shareholders should read the entire Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus and the prospectus of the Acquiring Fund carefully for more complete information.
On what am I being asked to vote?
          As a shareholder of a Target Fund, you are being asked to consider and vote to approve the Agreement under which the assets and liabilities of the Target Fund will be transferred to the Acquiring Fund.
          If shareholders of a Target Fund approve the Agreement, shares of each class of the Target Fund will be exchanged for Acquiring Fund shares of the corresponding class of equal value, which will result in your holding shares of the Acquiring Fund equal to the value of your shares of the corresponding class of the Target Fund, and the Target Fund will be liquidated and terminated.
Has my Fund’s Board of Trustees approved the Reorganizations?
          Yes. The Board has carefully reviewed the proposal and unanimously approved the Agreement and the Reorganizations. The Board recommends that shareholders of each Target Fund vote in favor of the Agreement.
What are the reasons for the proposed Reorganizations?
          On June 1, 2010, Invesco Ltd. (“Invesco”), the indirect parent company of Invesco Advisers, Inc., the Funds’ investment adviser (“Invesco Advisers” or “Adviser”), acquired the retail mutual fund business of Morgan Stanley, which included 92 Morgan Stanley and Van Kampen branded funds. This transaction filled gaps in Invesco’s product line-up and has enabled the company to expand its investment offerings to retail customers. The transaction also resulted in significant product overlap. The Reorganizations proposed in this Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus are part of a larger group of reorganizations across Invesco’s mutual fund platform. The reorganizations are designed to put forth Invesco’s most compelling investment processes and strategies, reduce product overlap and create scale in the resulting funds to help reduce the shareholders’ cost of ownership.
          In considering the Reorganizations and Agreement, the Board considered these and other factors in concluding that the Reorganizations would be in the best interest of the Funds. The Board’s considerations are described in more detail in the “THE PROPOSED REORGANIZATIONS – Board Considerations in Approving the Reorganizations” section below.
What effect will a Reorganization have on me as a shareholder?
          Immediately after a Reorganization, you will hold shares of a class of the Acquiring Fund that are equal in value to the shares of the corresponding class of the Target Fund that you held immediately prior to the closing of the Reorganization. The principal differences between the Target Funds and the Acquiring Fund are described in this Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus. The prospectus of the Acquiring Fund that accompanies this Joint Proxy

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Statement/Prospectus contains additional information about the Acquiring Fund that you will hold shares of following the Reorganization, if approved.
How do the Funds’ investment objectives, principal investment strategies and risks compare?
          The Acquiring Fund and the Target Funds have similar investment objectives, as described below. Each Fund’s investment objective is classified as non-fundamental, which means that it can be changed by the Board without shareholder approval, although there is no present intention to do so.
Investment Objectives
     
Balanced Fund   Acquiring Fund
The Fund’s investment objective is to provide capital growth with reasonable current income.

                           Basic Balanced Fund

The Fund’s investment objective is long-term growth of capital and, secondarily, current income.
  The Fund’s investment objective is to seek the highest possible income consistent with safety of principal. Long-term growth of capital is an important secondary investment objective.
          The principal investment strategies of the Acquiring Fund are similar to the principal investment strategies of the Target Funds, although the Acquiring Fund may invest in different types of investments and have different investment policies and limitations than the Target Fund. As a result, the risks of owning shares of the Acquiring Fund are similar to the risks of owning shares of the Target Fund, although the risks of the Funds may not be exactly the same. The sections below entitled “ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE FUNDS – Comparison of Principal Investment Strategies” and “Comparison of the Principal Risks of Investing in the Funds” compare the principal investment strategies and risks of each Target Fund and the Acquiring Fund and highlight certain key differences.
How do the Funds’ expenses compare?
          The tables below provide a summary comparison of the expenses of each Target Fund and the Acquiring Fund, as well as estimated expenses on a pro forma basis giving effect to the proposed Reorganizations. The pro forma expense ratios show projected estimated expenses but actual expenses may be greater or less than those shown.
          None of the Reorganizations are contingent upon shareholder approval of any other Reorganization. It is anticipated that the highest expense ratio will be achieved for each Target Fund if all of the Reorganizations are approved and implemented (except with respect to Class B shares) and that the lowest expense ratio will result if the Balanced Fund is the only Fund that participates in the Reorganization with the Acquiring Fund (except with respect to Class B shares). The range of impact to Fund expenses will be reflected in the expense tables below, which will provide the highest and lowest resulting expense ratios for each Fund.

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Expense Tables and Expense Examples*
                                                 
    Current   Combined Pro Forma
    Target Funds   Acquiring Fund            
                                            Invesco Balanced
                                            Fund
                                    Target Funds +   +
                    Invesco   Invesco Van   Acquiring Fund   Acquiring Fund
    Invesco           Basic   Kampen Equity   (assumes both   (assumes only one
    Balanced   Invesco Basic   Balanced   and Income   Reorganizations   Reorganization is
    Fund   Balanced Fund   Fund   Fund   are completed)   completed)
                    Investor            
    Class A   Class A   Class2   Class A   Class A   Class A
Shareholder Fees (Fees paid directly from your investment)
                                               
Maximum Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Purchases (as a percentage of offering price)
    5.50 %     5.50 %   None     5.50 %     5.50 %     5.50 %
Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (Load) (as a percentage of original purchase price or redemption proceeds, whichever is less)
  None   None   None   None   None   None
Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)
                                               
Management Fees
    0.52 %     0.54 %     0.54 %     0.35 %     0.35 %     0.35 %
Distribution and Service (12b-1) Fees
    0.25 %     0.25 %     0.25 %     0.25 %     0.25 %     0.25 %
Other Expenses
    0.31 %1     0.53 %     0.53 %     0.18 %1     0.19 %     0.18 %
Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses**
    0.00 %     0.01 %     0.01 %     0.00 %     0.00 %     0.00 %
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses
    1.08 %1     1.33 %     1.33 %     0.78 %1     0.79 %     0.78 %
                                         
    Current   Combined Pro Forma
                    Acquiring            
    Target Funds   Fund            
                                    Invesco Basic
                                    Balanced Fund
                            Target Funds +   +
                    Invesco Van   Acquiring Fund   Acquiring Fund
    Invesco   Invesco Basic   Kampen   (assumes both   (assumes only one
    Balanced   Balanced   Equity and   Reorganizations are   Reorganization is
    Fund   Fund   Income Fund   completed)   completed)
    Class B   Class B   Class B   Class B   Class B
Shareholder Fees (Fees paid directly from your investment)
                                       
Maximum Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Purchases (as a percentage of offering price)
  None   None   None   None   None
Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (Load) (as a percentage of original purchase price or redemption proceeds, whichever is less)
    5.00 %     5.00 %     5.00 %     5.00 %     5.00 %
Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)
                                       
Management Fees
    0.52 %     0.54 %     0.35 %     0.35 %     0.35 %
Distribution and Service (12b-1) Fees
    1.00 %     1.00 %     0.38 %     0.42 %3     0.41 %
Other Expenses
    0.31 %1     0.53 %     0.18 %1     0.19 %     0.19 %
Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses**
    0.00 %     0.01 %     0.00 %     0.00 %     0.00 %
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses
    1.83 %1     2.08 %     0.91 %1     0.96 %     0.93 %

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    Current   Combined Pro Forma
                    Acquiring            
    Target Funds   Fund            
                                    Invesco Basic
                                    Balanced Fund
                            Target Funds +   +
                    Invesco Van   Acquiring Fund   Acquiring Fund
    Invesco   Invesco Basic   Kampen   (assumes both   (assumes only one
    Balanced   Balanced   Equity and   Reorganizations are   Reorganization is
    Fund   Fund   Income Fund   completed)   completed)
    Class B   Class B   Class B   Class B   Class B
Fee Waiver and/or Expense Reimbursement
    0.00 %     0.00 %     0.00 %     0.04 %3     0.00 %
Total Annual Operating Expenses after Fee Waiver and/or Expense Reimbursements
    1.83 %     2.08 %     0.91 %     0.92 %     0.95 %
                                         
    Current   Combined Pro Forma
                    Acquiring            
    Target Funds   Fund            
                                    Invesco Balanced
                                    Fund
                    Invesco Van   Target Funds +   +
                    Kampen   Acquiring Fund   Acquiring Fund
    Invesco           Equity and   (assumes both   (assumes only one
    Balanced   Invesco Basic   Income   Reorganizations are   Reorganization is
    Fund   Balanced Fund   Fund   completed)   completed)
    Class C   Class C   Class C   Class C   Class C
Shareholder Fees (Fees paid directly from your investment)
                                       
Maximum Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Purchases (as a percentage of offering price)
  None   None   None   None   None
Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (Load) (as a percentage of original purchase price or redemption proceeds, whichever is less)
    1.00 %     1.00 %     1.00 %     1.00 %     1.00 %
Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)
                                       
Management Fees
    0.52 %     0.54 %     0.35 %     0.35 %     0.35 %
Distribution and Service (12b-1) Fees
    1.00 %     1.00 %     0.99 %     0.99 %     0.99 %
Other Expenses
    0.31 %1     0.53 %     0.18 %1     0.19 %     0.18 %
Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses**
    0.00 %     0.01 %     0.00 %     0.00 %     0.00 %
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses
    1.83 %1     2.08 %     1.52 %1     1.53 %     1.52 %
                                 
    Current   Combined Pro Forma
    Target Funds   Acquiring Fund            
                            Invesco Balanced
                            Fund
                    Target Funds +   +
                    Acquiring Fund   Acquiring Fund
        Invesco Van   (assumes both   (assumes only one
    Invesco Basic Balanced   Kampen Equity and   Reorganizations are   Reorganization is
    Fund   Income Fund   completed)   completed)
    Class R   Class R   Class R   Class R
Shareholder Fees (Fees paid directly from your investment)
                               
Maximum Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Purchases (as a percentage of offering price)
  None   None   None   None
Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (Load) (as a percentage of original purchase price or redemption proceeds, whichever is less)
  None   None   None   None

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    Current   Combined Pro Forma
    Target Funds   Acquiring Fund            
                            Invesco Balanced
                            Fund
                    Target Funds +   +
                    Acquiring Fund   Acquiring Fund
        Invesco Van   (assumes both   (assumes only one
    Invesco Basic Balanced   Kampen Equity and   Reorganizations are   Reorganization is
    Fund   Income Fund   completed)   completed)
    Class R   Class R   Class R   Class R
Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)
                               
Management Fees
    0.54 %     0.35 %     0.35 %     0.35 %
Distribution and Service (12b-1) Fees
    0.50 %     0.50 %     0.50 %     0.50 %
Other Expenses
    0.53 %     0.18 %1     0.19 %     0.18 %
Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses**
    0.01 %     0.00 %     0.00 %     0.00 %
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses
    1.58 %     1.03 %1     1.04 %     1.03 %
                                         
    Current   Combined Pro Forma
                    Acquiring            
    Target Funds   Fund            
                                    Invesco Balanced
                                    Fund
                            Target Funds +   +
                    Invesco Van   Acquiring Fund   Acquiring Fund
    Invesco           Kampen   (assumes both   (assumes only one
    Balanced   Invesco Basic   Equity and   Reorganizations are   Reorganization is
    Fund   Balanced Fund   Income Fund   completed)   completed)
    Class Y   Class Y   Class Y   Class Y   Class Y
Shareholder Fees (Fees paid directly from your investment)
                                       
Maximum Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Purchases (as a percentage of offering price)
  None   None   None   None   None
Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (Load) (as a percentage of original purchase price or redemption proceeds, whichever is less)
  None   None   None   None   None
Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)
                                       
Management Fees
    0.52 %     0.54 %     0.35 %     0.35 %     0.35 %
Distribution and Service (12b-1) Fees
  None   None   None   None   None
Other Expenses
    0.31 %1     0.53 %     0.18 %1     0.19 %     0.18 %
Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses**
    0.00 %     0.01 %     0.00 %     0.00 %     0.00 %
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses
    0.83 %1     1.08 %     0.53 %1     0.54 %     0.53 %

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    Current   Combined Pro Forma
    Target Funds   Acquiring Fund            
                            Invesco Balanced
                            Fund
                    Target Funds +   +
                    Acquiring Fund   Acquiring Fund
        Invesco Van   (assumes both   (assumes only one
    Invesco Basic Balanced   Kampen Equity and   Reorganizations are   Reorganization is
    Fund   Income Fund   completed)   completed)
    Institutional   Institutional   Institutional   Institutional
    Class   Class   Class   Class
Shareholder Fees (Fees paid directly from your investment)
                               
Maximum Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Purchases (as a percentage of offering price)
  None   None   None   None
Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (Load) (as a percentage of original purchase price or redemption proceeds, whichever is less)
  None   None   None   None
Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)
                               
Management Fees
    0.54 %     0.35 %     0.35 %     0.35 %
Distribution and Service (12b-1) Fees
  None   None   None   None
Other Expenses
    0.23 %     0.10 %1     0.10 %     0.10 %
Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses**
    0.01 %     0.00 %     0.00 %     0.00 %
Total Fund Operating Expenses
    0.78 %     0.45 %1     0.45 %     0.45 %
 
*   Expense ratios reflect annual fund operating expenses for the most recent fiscal year (as disclosed in a Fund’s current prospectus) of the Balanced Fund (January 31, 2010), the Basic Balanced Fund (December 31, 2009) and the Acquiring Fund (August 31, 2010). Pro forma numbers are estimated as if the Reorganizations had been completed as of September 1, 2009 and do not include the estimated costs of the Reorganizations. The estimated Reorganization costs that the Basic Balanced Fund will bear is $430,000. Invesco Advisers estimates that shareholders will recoup these costs through reduced expenses in 4 months or less. The Balanced Fund is not expected to bear any Reorganization costs. For more information on the costs of the Reorganizations to be borne by the Funds, see “Costs of the Reorganizations” below.
 
**   Unless otherwise indicated, Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses are less than 0.01%.
 
1.   Based on estimated amounts for the current fiscal year.
 
2.   Investor Class shareholders will be issued Class A shares as part of the Reorganization.
 
3.   Effective upon the closing of the Reorganization, Invesco Distributors has contractually agreed, through at least June 30, 2012, to reimburse expenses of all Class B shares to the extent necessary to limit Distribution and Service (12b-1) fees of Class B shares to 0.38% of average daily net assets. Unless the Board and Invesco Distributors mutually agree to amend or continue the fee waiver agreement, it will terminate on June 30, 2012.
Expense Example
          This Example is intended to help you compare the costs of investing in different classes of a Target Fund and the Acquiring Fund with the cost of investing in other mutual funds. Pro forma combined costs of investing in different classes of the Acquiring Fund after giving effect to the reorganization of the corresponding Target Fund into the Acquiring Fund are also provided. All costs are based upon the information set forth in the Fee Table above.
          The Example assumes that you invest $10,000 for the time periods indicated and shows the expenses that you would pay if you redeem all of your shares at the end of those time periods. The Example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year and that the operating expenses remain the same. The Example reflects fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements that are contractual, if any, but does not reflect voluntary fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements. To the extent fees are waived and/or expenses are reimbursed on a voluntary basis, your expenses will be lower. Although your actual returns and costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:

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    One   Three   Five   Ten
Fund/Class   Year   Years   Years   Years
Invesco Balanced Fund — Class A
  $ 654     $ 875     $ 1,113     $ 1,795  
Invesco Basic Balanced Fund — Class A
  $ 678     $ 948     $ 1,239     $ 2,063  
Acquiring Fund — Class A
  $ 625     $ 785     $ 959     $ 1,463  
Combined Pro forma Target Funds + Acquiring Fund — Class A (assuming Reorganizations are completed)
  $ 625     $ 785     $ 959     $ 1,463  
Combined Pro forma Invesco Balanced Fund + Acquiring Fund — Class A (assuming only one Reorganization is completed)
  $ 625     $ 785     $ 959     $ 1,463  
Invesco Balanced Fund — Class B
  $ 686     $ 876     $ 1,190     $ 1,951  
Invesco Balanced Fund — Class B (if you did not redeem your shares)
  $ 186     $ 576     $ 990     $ 1,951  
Invesco Basic Balanced Fund — Class B
  $ 711     $ 952     $ 1,319     $ 2,219  
Invesco Basic Balanced Fund — Class B (if you did not redeem your shares)
  $ 211     $ 652     $ 1,119     $ 2,219  
Acquiring Fund — Class B
  $ 593     $ 590     $ 704     $ 1,083  
Acquiring Fund — Class B (if you did not redeem your shares)
  $ 93     $ 290     $ 504     $ 1,083  
Combined Pro forma Target Funds + Acquiring Fund — Class B (assuming Reorganizations are completed)
  $ 593     $ 599     $ 722     $ 1,114  
Combined Pro forma Target Funds + Acquiring Fund — Class B (assuming Reorganizations are completed) (if you did not redeem your shares)
  $ 93     $ 299     $ 522     $ 1,114  
Combined Pro forma Invesco Basic Balanced Fund + Acquiring Fund — Class B (assuming only one Reorganization is completed)
  $ 595     $ 596     $ 715     $ 1,100  
Combined Pro forma Invesco Basic Balanced Fund + Acquiring Fund — Class B (assuming only one Reorganization is completed) (if you did not redeem your shares)
  $ 95     $ 296     $ 515     $ 1,100  
Invesco Balanced Fund — Class C
  $ 286     $ 576     $ 990     $ 2,148  
Invesco Balanced Fund — Class C (if you did not redeem your shares)
  $ 186     $ 576     $ 990     $ 2,148  
Invesco Basic Balanced Fund — Class C
  $ 311     $ 652     $ 1,119     $ 2,410  
Invesco Basic Balanced Fund — Class C (if you did not redeem your shares)
  $ 211     $ 652     $ 1,119     $ 2,410  
Acquiring Fund — Class C
  $ 255     $ 480     $ 829     $ 1,813  
Acquiring Fund — Class C (if you did not redeem your shares)
  $ 155     $ 480     $ 829     $ 1,813  
Combined Pro forma Target Funds + Acquiring Fund — Class C (assuming Reorganization s are completed)
  $ 255     $ 480     $ 829     $ 1,813  
Combined Pro forma Target Funds + Acquiring Fund — Class C (assuming Reorganizations are completed) (if you did not redeem your shares)
  $ 155     $ 480     $ 829     $ 1,813  
Combined Pro forma Invesco Balanced Fund + Acquiring Fund — Class C (assuming only one Reorganization is completed)
  $ 254     $ 477     $ 824     $ 1,802  
Combined Pro forma Invesco Balanced Fund + Acquiring Fund — Class C (assuming only one Reorganization is completed) (if you did not redeem your shares)
  $ 154     $ 477     $ 824     $ 1,802  
Invesco Basic Balanced Fund — Class R
  $ 161     $ 499     $ 860     $ 1,878  
Acquiring Fund — Class R
  $ 105     $ 328     $ 569     $ 1,259  
Combined Pro forma Target Funds + Acquiring Fund — Class R (assuming Reorganizations are completed)
  $ 105     $ 328     $ 569     $ 1,259  
Combined Pro forma Invesco Balanced Fund + Acquiring Fund — Class R (assuming only one Reorganization is completed)
  $ 104     $ 325     $ 563     $ 1,248  

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    One   Three   Five   Ten
Fund/Class   Year   Years   Years   Years
Invesco Balanced Fund — Class Y
  $ 85     $ 265     $ 460     $ 1,025  
Invesco Basic Balanced Fund — Class Y
  $ 110     $ 343     $ 595     $ 1,317  
Acquiring Fund — Class Y
  $ 54     $ 170     $ 296     $ 665  
Combined Pro forma Target Funds + Acquiring Fund — Class Y (assuming Reorganizations are completed)
  $ 54     $ 170     $ 296     $ 665  
Combined Pro forma Invesco Balanced Fund + Acquiring Fund — Class Y (assuming only one Reorganization is completed)
  $ 53     $ 167     $ 291     $ 653  
Invesco Basic Balanced Fund — Investor Class1
  $ 135     $ 421     $ 729     $ 1,601  
Acquiring Fund — Class A
  $ 625     $ 785     $ 959     $ 1,463  
Combined Pro forma Target Funds + Acquiring Fund — Class A (assuming both Reorganizations are completed)
  $ 625     $ 785     $ 959     $ 1,463  
Combined Pro forma Invesco Balanced Fund + Acquiring Fund — Class A (assuming only one Reorganization is completed)
  $ 625     $ 785     $ 959     $ 1,463  
Invesco Basic Balanced Fund — Institutional Class
  $ 80     $ 249     $ 433     $ 966  
Acquiring Fund — Institutional Class
  $ 46     $ 144     $ 252     $ 567  
Combined Pro forma Target Funds + Acquiring Fund — Institutional Class (assuming both Reorganizations are completed)
  $ 45     $ 141     $ 246     $ 555  
Combined Pro forma Invesco Balanced Fund + Acquiring Fund — Institutional Class (assuming only one Reorganization is completed)
  $ 45     $ 141     $ 246     $ 555  
 
1.   Investor Class shareholders will be issued Class A shares as part of the Reorganization.
          The Example is not a representation of past or future expenses. Each Fund’s actual expenses, and an investor’s direct and indirect expenses, may be more or less than those shown. The table and the assumption in the Example of a 5% annual return are required by regulations of the SEC applicable to all mutual funds. The 5% annual return is not a prediction of and does not represent the Funds’ projected or actual performance.
          For further discussion regarding the Board’s consideration of the fees and expenses of the Funds in approving the Reorganization, see the section entitled “THE PROPOSED REORGANIZATIONS - Board Considerations in Approving the Reorganizations” in this Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus.
How do the performance records of the Funds compare?
          The performance history of each Fund for certain periods as of September 30, 2010 is shown below. The returns below may not be indicative of a Fund’s future performance. The table below compares the performance history of the Acquiring Fund’s oldest share class to the performance history of the comparable class of the Target Fund as of September 30, 2010. Since inception performance is only provided for share classes with less than 10 years of performance history. Other classes of shares that are not presented would have had substantially similar annual returns because the shares are invested in the same portfolio of securities and the annual returns will differ only to the extent that the classes do not have the same expenses. The prospectuses for the Funds contain additional performance information under the headings “Performance Information” and “Financial Highlights.” Additional performance information and a discussion of performance are also included in each Fund’s most recent annual report to shareholders.
Average Annual Total Returns*
                         
                    10 Years/
    1 Year   5 Years   Since Inception
Acquiring Fund – Class A1 (inception date: 08/03/1960)
                       
Return Before Taxes
    0.70 %     1.32 %     3.61 %
Return After Taxes on Distributions
    0.13 %     0.39 %     2.51 %
Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares
    0.51 %     0.89 %     2.67 %

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                    10 Years/
    1 Year   5 Years   Since Inception
Invesco Balanced Fund – Class A2 (inception date: 07/28/1997)
                       
Return Before Taxes
    (0.24 %)     0.45 %     3.15 %
Return After Taxes on Distributions
    (0.66 %)     (0.44 %)     2.37 %
Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares
    (0.10 %)     0.26 %     2.48 %
Invesco Basic Balanced Fund – Class A (inception date: 09/28/2001)
                       
Return Before Taxes
    (1.15 %)     (1.77 %)     1.74 %
Return After Taxes on Distributions
    (1.48 %)     (2.36 %)     1.24 %
Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares
    (0.71 %)     (1.74 %)     1.30 %
 
*   The above total return figures reflect the maximum front-end sales charge (load) of 5.50% applicable to Class A shares.
 
1   The returns shown for periods prior to June 1, 2010 are those of the Class A shares of a predecessor fund that was advised by Van Kampen Asset Management and was reorganized into the Acquiring Fund on June 1, 2010. The returns shown for periods after June 1, 2010 are those of the Acquiring Fund. The returns of the Acquiring Fund are different from the predecessor fund as they had different expenses and sales charges.
 
2   The returns shown for periods prior to June 1, 2010 are those of the Class A shares of a predecessor fund that was advised by Morgan Stanley Investment Advisors Inc. and was reorganized into the Balanced Fund on June 1, 2010. The returns shown for periods after June 1, 2010 are those of the Balanced Fund. The returns of the Balanced Fund are different from the predecessor fund as they had different expenses and sales charges.
After-tax returns are calculated using the historical highest individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes. Actual after-tax returns depend on an investor’s tax situation and may differ from those shown, and after-tax returns shown are not relevant to investors who hold their Fund shares through tax-deferred arrangements, such as 401(k) plans or individual retirement accounts.
How do the management, investment manager and other service providers of the Funds compare?
          Each Fund is overseen by the same Board and officers. In addition, Invesco Advisers, a registered investment adviser, serves as primary investment adviser for each Fund pursuant to an investment advisory agreement that contains substantially identical terms (except for fees) for each Fund. The contractual advisory fees for the Acquiring Fund are or will be, upon completion of the Reorganization, lower than the contractual advisory fees of the Target Funds. Invesco Advisers is located at 1555 Peachtree Street, N.E., Atlanta, Georgia 30309. Invesco Advisers has acted as an investment adviser since its organization in 1976. As of September 30, 2010, Invesco Advisers had $300.3 billion under management. Invesco Advisers is an indirect, wholly owned subsidiary of Invesco.
          The advisory agreement applicable to the Funds provides that Invesco Advisers may delegate any and all of its rights, duties and obligations to one or more wholly owned affiliates of Invesco as sub-advisers (the “Invesco Sub-Advisers”). Pursuant to Master Intergroup Sub-Advisory Contracts, the Invesco Sub-Advisers may be appointed by Invesco Advisers from time to time to provide discretionary investment management services, investment advice and/or order execution services to a Fund. The Invesco Sub-Advisers, each of which is an indirect, wholly owned subsidiary of Invesco and a registered investment adviser under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, are:
    Invesco Asset Management Deutschland GmbH;
 
    Invesco Asset Management Limited;
 
    Invesco Australia Limited;
 
    Invesco Trimark Ltd.
 
    Invesco Hong Kong Limited;
 
    Invesco Asset Management (Japan) Limited;
 
    Invesco Senior Secured Management, Inc.; and

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          Other key service providers to the Target Funds, including the administrator, transfer agent, custodian and distributor and auditor, provide the same or substantially the same services to the Acquiring Fund. The Acquiring Fund’s prospectus and SAI describe the services and other arrangements with these service providers.
How do the Funds’ purchase and redemption procedures, distribution policies and exchange policies compare?
          The sales charges, sales charge exemptions, distribution and servicing arrangements, purchase and redemption procedures, and exchange policies for each class of the Target Funds are generally similar to those of the corresponding class of the Acquiring Fund. However, as part of the Reorganization, Investor Class shareholders of the Basic Balanced Fund will receive Class A shares of the Acquiring Fund. Class A shares have a different sales load structure and distribution and shareholder servicing arrangements. For more information see the section entitled “Comparison of Share Classes and Distribution Arrangements.”
Will the Acquiring Fund have different portfolio managers than a corresponding Target Fund?
          Yes. The portfolio management teams of the Target Funds and the Acquiring Fund will be different. The Acquiring Fund prospectus that accompanies this Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus provides biographical information about the key individuals that comprise the portfolio management team for the Acquiring Fund.
Will there be any tax consequences resulting from the proposal?
          Each Reorganization is designed to qualify as a tax-free reorganization for federal income tax purposes and the Target Funds anticipate receiving a legal opinion to that effect. Thus, while there can be no guarantee that the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) will adopt a similar position, it is expected that shareholders will have no adverse federal income tax consequences as a result of the Reorganizations. Shareholders should consult their tax adviser about state and local tax consequences of the Reorganization, if any, because the information about tax consequences in this Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus relates to the federal income tax consequences of the Reorganizations only.
When are the Reorganizations expected to occur?
          If shareholders of a Target Fund approve the Reorganization, it is anticipated that such Reorganization will occur on or about May 2, 2011.
How do I vote on the Reorganizations?
          There are several ways you can vote your shares, including in person at the Meeting, by mail, by telephone or via the Internet. The proxy card that accompanies this Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus provides detailed instructions on how you may vote your shares. If you properly fill in and sign your proxy card and send it to us in time to vote at the Meeting, your “proxy” (the individuals named on your proxy card) will vote your shares as you have directed. If you sign your proxy card but do not make specific choices, your proxy will vote your shares FOR the proposal, as recommended by the Board, and in their best judgment on other matters.
What will happen if shareholders of a Target Fund do not approve the Reorganization?
          If the shareholders of a Target Fund do not approve the Reorganization, the Target Fund’s Board will consider other possible courses of action for such Target Fund. The consummation of any particular Reorganization is not conditioned upon the specific consummation of any other Reorganization.
What if I do not wish to participate in the Reorganization?
          If you do not wish to have your shares of your Target Fund exchanged for shares of the corresponding Acquiring Fund as part of a Reorganization that is approved by shareholders, you may redeem your shares prior to the consummation of the Reorganization. If you redeem your shares, you will incur any applicable deferred sales

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charge and if you hold shares in a taxable account, you will recognize a taxable gain or loss based on the difference between your tax basis in the shares and the amount you receive for them.
Why are you sending me the Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus?
          You are receiving this Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus because you own shares in one or more Target Funds as of the Record Date and have the right to vote on the very important proposal described herein concerning your Target Fund. This Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus contains information that shareholders of the Target Funds should know before voting on the proposed Reorganizations. This document is both a proxy statement of the Target Funds and also a prospectus for the Acquiring Fund.
Where can I find more information about the Funds and the Reorganizations?
          Additional information about the Funds can be found in their respective prospectuses and SAIs. The remainder of this Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus contains additional information about the Reorganizations. You are encouraged to read the entire document. If you need any assistance, or have any questions regarding the Reorganizations or how to vote, please call Invesco Client Services at 1-800 959-4246.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE FUNDS
Comparison of Principal Investment Strategies
          The following section compares the principal investment strategies of each Target Fund with the principal investment strategies of the Acquiring Fund and highlights any key differences. In addition to the principal investment strategies described below, each Fund is also subject to certain additional investment policies and limitations, which are described in each Fund’s prospectus and SAI. The cover page of this Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus describes how you can obtain copies of these documents. A comparison of the principal risks associated with the Funds’ investment strategies is described below under “Comparison of Principal Risks of Investing in the Funds.”
          The investment strategies of the Acquiring Fund and the Target Funds are similar.
          Under normal market conditions, the Adviser, each Fund’s investment adviser, seeks to achieve the Acquiring Fund’s investment objective by investing primarily in income-producing equity securities (including common stocks, preferred stocks and convertible securities) and investment grade quality debt securities. Under normal circumstances, the Acquiring Fund invests at least 80% of its net assets (plus any borrowings for investment purposes) in equity and income securities at the time of investment and at least 65% of its total assets in income-producing equity securities. The Balanced Fund will normally invest at least 60% of its assets in common stocks and securities convertible into common stocks and at least 25% of its assets in fixed-income securities. The Balanced Fund’s convertible securities may include exchangeable, synthetic and Rule 144A convertible securities and lower-rated fixed-income securities, commonly known as junk bonds. The Basic Balanced Fund invests, under normal circumstances, a minimum of 30% and a maximum of 70% of its total assets in equity securities. The Basic Balanced Fund invests in equity securities, preferred securities, convertible securities and bonds. The Basic Balanced Fund will invest at least 25% and a maximum of 70% of its total assets in investment-grade non-convertible debt securities.
          The Acquiring Fund may invest up to 25% of its total assets in securities of foreign issuers. The Balanced Fund may invest up to 20% of its net assets in foreign securities. Within these limitations, the Adviser may purchase or sell securities based on its assessment of business, economic and investment conditions. The Basic Balanced Fund may also invest up to 25% of its total assets in convertible securities and up to 25% of its total assets in foreign securities.
          The Acquiring Fund may invest up to 15% of its total assets in real estate investment trusts (REITs). The Balanced Fund may also invest up to 15% of its net assets in REITs.

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          The Acquiring Fund may purchase and sell options, futures contracts and options on futures contracts, structured notes and other types of structured investments and swaps, which are derivative instruments, for various portfolio management purposes, including to earn income, to facilitate portfolio management and to mitigate risks. In general terms, a derivative instrument is one whose value depends on (or is derived from) the value of an underlying asset, interest rate or index.
          The Balanced Fund may also invest in mortgage-backed securities, collateralized mortgage obligations (“CMOs”) and asset-backed securities. Mortgage-backed securities represent an interest in a pool of mortgage loans made by banks and other financial institutions to finance purchases of homes, commercial buildings and other real estate. CMOs are debt obligations collateralized by mortgage loans or mortgage pass-through securities. Asset-backed securities represent an interest in a pool of assets, such as automobile and credit card receivables or home equity loans, that have been securitized in pass-through structures similar to mortgage-backed securities.
          The Acquiring Fund emphasizes a value style of investing, seeking well-established, undervalued companies that the Adviser believes offer the potential for income with safety of principal and long-term growth of capital. In selecting equity securities for investment, the Basic Balanced Fund focuses primarily on the security’s potential for income and capital growth. The Adviser may invest to a greater degree in larger capitalization companies that it believes possess characteristics for improved valuation. Under current market conditions, the Adviser generally defines large capitalization companies by reference to those companies with capitalizations within or above those companies represented in the Russell 1000® Index. As of December 31, 2009, these market capitalizations ranged between $263 million and $332.7 billion.
Comparison of Principal Risks of Investing in the Funds
          The table below describes the principal risks that may affect each Fund’s investment portfolio. For more information on the risks associated with the Acquiring Fund, see the “Investment Strategies and Risks” section of the Acquiring Fund’s SAI.
     
Principal Risk   Funds Subject to Risk
Market Risk. Market risk is the possibility that the market values of securities owned by the Fund will decline. Market risk may affect a single issuer, industry, sector of the economy or the market as a whole. With respect to the Acquiring Fund, the securities of small- and medium-sized companies are subject to more abrupt or erratic market movements and may have lower trading volumes or more erratic trading than securities of larger companies or the market averages in general. Investments in debt securities generally are affected by changes in interest rates and the creditworthiness of the issuer. The prices of such securities tend to fall as interest rates rise, and such declines tend to be greater among securities with longer maturities. The value of a convertible security tends to decline as interest rates rise and, because of the conversion feature, tends to vary with fluctuations in the market value of the underlying equity security.
  Acquiring Fund
Target Funds
 
   
Fixed-Income Securities. Investments in fixed-income securities generally are affected by changes in interest rates and the creditworthiness of the issuer. The prices of such securities tend to fall as interest rates rise, and such declines tend to be greater among securities with longer maturities. The creditworthiness of the issuer may affect the issuer’s ability to make timely payments of interest and principal.
  Acquiring Fund
Balanced Fund
 
   
Lower Rated Fixed-Income Securities (Junk Bonds). The Fund’s investments in fixed-income securities rated lower than investment grade, or if unrated, of comparable quality as determined by the Adviser (commonly known as junk bonds) pose significant risks. The prices of junk bonds are likely to be more sensitive to adverse economic changes or individual corporate developments than higher rated securities and involve a greater risk of default. The secondary market for junk bonds may be less liquid than the market for higher quality securities.
  Balanced Fund
 
   
Foreign Risks. The risks of investing in securities of foreign issuers can include fluctuations in foreign currencies, foreign currency exchange controls, political and
  Acquiring Fund
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Principal Risk   Funds Subject to Risk
economic instability, differences in financial reporting, differences in securities regulation and trading, and foreign taxation issues. The Fund may also invest in issuers in developing or emerging market countries, which are subject to greater risks than investments in securities of issuers in developed countries.
   
 
   
Interest Rate Risk. Interest rate risk refers to the risk that bond prices generally fall as interest rates rise; conversely, bond prices generally rise as interest rates fall. Specific bonds differ in their sensitivity to changes in interest rates depending on their individual characteristics, including duration.
  Acquiring Fund
Target Funds
 
   
Management Risk. The investment techniques and risk analysis used by the Fund’s portfolio managers may not produce the desired results.
  Acquiring Fund
Target Funds
 
   
Value Investing. The Fund emphasizes a value style of investing. The Fund’s investment style presents the risk that the valuations may never improve or that the returns on value securities may be less than the returns on other styles of investing or the overall stock market. Different types of stocks tend to shift in and out of favor depending on market and economic conditions. Thus, the value of the Fund’s investments will vary and at times may be lower or higher than that of other types of investments.
  Acquiring Fund
Basic Balanced Fund
 
   
Income Risk. The ability of the Fund’s equity securities to generate income generally depends on the earnings and the continuing declaration of dividends by the issuers of such securities. The interest income on debt securities generally is affected by prevailing interest rates, which can vary widely over the short- and long-term. If dividends are reduced or continued or interest rates drop, distributions to shareholders from the Fund may drop as well.
  Acquiring Fund
 
   
Call Risk. If interest rates fall, it is possible that issuers of callable securities held by the Fund will call or prepay their securities before their maturity dates. In this event, the proceeds from the called securities would most likely be reinvested by the Fund in securities bearing the new, lower interest rates, resulting in a possible decline in the Fund’s income and distributions to shareholders and termination of any conversion option on convertible securities.
  Acquiring Fund
 
   
Credit Risk. Credit risk refers to an issuer’s ability to make timely payments of interest and principal. Because the Fund generally invests only in investment grade-quality debt securities, it is subject to a lower level of credit risk than a fund investing in lower-quality securities.
  Acquiring Fund
 
   
Risks of Investing in REITs. Investing in REITs makes the Fund more susceptible to risks associated with the ownership of real estate and with the real estate industry in general and may involve duplication of management fees and certain other expenses. In addition, REITs depend upon specialized management skills, may less diversified, may have lower trading volume, and may be subject to more abrupt or erratic price movements than the overall securities markets.
  Acquiring Fund
Balanced Fund
 
   
Risks of Derivatives. Risks of derivatives include the possible imperfect correlation between the value of the instruments and the underlying assets; risks of default by the other party to certain transactions; risks that the transactions may result in losses that partially or completely offset gains in portfolio positions; and risks that the transactions may not be liquid.
  Acquiring Fund
 
   
Mortgage-Backed Securities. Mortgage-backed securities are subject to prepayment risk, which includes the possibility that, as interest rates fall, securities with stated interest rates may have the principal prepaid earlier than expected, requiring the Fund to invest the proceeds at generally lower interest rates. The Fund may invest in mortgage pass-through securities that are issued or guaranteed by the U.S. Government. It is possible that these issuers will not have the funds to meet their payment obligations in the future. To the extent the Fund invests in mortgage securities offered by non-governmental issuers, such as commercial banks, savings and loan institutions, private mortgage insurance companies, mortgage bankers and other secondary market issuers, the risks of investing in mortgage-backed securities may be enhanced.
  Acquiring Fund
Balanced Fund
 
   
CMOs. Because of the uncertainty of the cash flows, the market prices and yields of
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Principal Risk   Funds Subject to Risk
CMOs are more volatile and may increase or decrease in value substantially with changes in interest rates and/or the rates of prepayment. In addition, if the collateral securing CMOs or any third party guarantees are insufficient to make payments, the Fund could sustain a loss.
  Balanced Fund
 
   
Asset-Backed Securities. Asset-backed securities have risk characteristics similar to mortgage-backed securities. Asset-backed securities also involve the risk that various federal and state consumer laws and other legal, regulatory and economic factors may result in the collateral backing the securities being insufficient to support payment on the securities.
  Balanced Fund
Comparison of Fundamental and Non-Fundamental Investment Restrictions
          Each Fund has adopted fundamental investment restrictions concerning, among other things, diversification of the Fund’s investment portfolio, concentration in particular industries, borrowing and loaning money, and investing in real estate and commodities. Except as noted below, the fundamental and non-fundamental investment restrictions of the Target Funds and those of the Acquiring Fund are substantially the same. Fundamental investment restrictions of a Fund cannot be changed without shareholder approval. Non-fundamental investment restrictions of a Fund can be changed by a Fund’s Board.
          As required by Rule 35d-1 under the 1940 Act, the Acquiring Fund has a non-fundamental investment restriction that requires the Fund to invest, under normal market conditions, at least 80% of its assets in equity and income securities at the time of investment. The Target Funds do not have a similar provision as a non-fundamental investment restriction. As a result, the Target Funds may invest in a broader range of securities than the Acquiring Fund.
          Both the Target Funds and the Acquiring Fund may be subject to other investment restrictions that are not identified above. A full description of each Target Fund’s and the Acquiring Fund’s investment policies and restrictions may be found in its respective SAI.
Comparison of Share Classes and Distribution Arrangements
          Each share class of a Target Fund will be reorganized into a specific share class of the Acquiring Fund. The following sub-sections identify the Acquiring Fund share class that corresponds with each Target Fund share class as well as the different distribution arrangements among the various share classes.
          Class Structure. The Funds each offer multiple share classes. Each such class offers a distinct structure of sales charges, distribution and/or service fees, and reductions and waivers thereto, which are designed to address a variety of shareholder servicing needs. In addition, some share classes have certain eligibility requirements that must be met to invest in that class of shares. The eligibility requirements are the same for each Fund and are described in the Funds’ prospectuses.
          The share classes offered by the Target Funds and the corresponding share classes of the Acquiring Fund that Target Fund shareholders will receive in connection with a Reorganization are as follows:
     
Balanced Fund    
Share Classes   Acquiring Fund Share Classes
A   A
B   B
C   C
Y   Y
     
Basic Balanced Fund    
Share Classes   Acquiring Fund Share Classes
A   A
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Basic Balanced Fund    
Share Classes   Acquiring Fund Share Classes
C   C
Y   Y
R   R
Investor   A
Institutional   Institutional
          The Funds no longer currently offer Class B shares to new investors. Existing investors of the Target Fund that owned Class B shares before their closure will continue to receive reinvested dividends in the form of new Class B shares but may no longer add to their existing positions in Class B shares. Shareholders who receive Class B shares in connection with a Reorganization may continue to hold those shares and reinvest dividends until the scheduled conversion date of the Class B shares to Class A shares but may not purchase new Class B shares.
          Sales Charges. Class A shares of the Acquiring Fund can be purchased at the public offering price, which includes an initial sales charge ranging from 5.50% to zero, depending on the amount of your investment. The Acquiring Fund offers reductions and waivers of the initial sales charge on Class A shares to certain eligible investors or under certain circumstances, which are similar between the Funds. The prospectuses and statements of additional information of the Funds describe in detail these reductions and waivers. Target Fund shareholders who hold Investor Class shares will be reorganized into Class A shares of the Acquiring Fund.
          You will not pay an initial sales charge on Acquiring Fund Class A shares that you receive in connection with the Reorganization. In addition, the exchange of Class A shares, Class B shares or Class C shares of the Target Fund for corresponding classes of the Acquiring Fund at the consummation of the Reorganization will not result in the imposition of any contingent deferred sales charge that applies to those share classes. Upon consummation of the Reorganization, former Target Fund shareholders of Class A shares, Class B shares or Class C shares will be credited for the period of time from their original date of purchase of the Target Fund Class A shares, Class B shares or Class C shares for purposes of determining the amount of any contingent deferred sales charge that may be due upon subsequent redemption, if any. In addition, the CDSC schedule that applies to the Class B shares of the Target Fund that you own will continue to apply to the Class B shares of the Acquiring Fund that you receive in the Reorganization. The Acquiring Fund initial sales charges for Class A shares and contingent deferred sales charges that apply to Class A shares and Class C shares will apply to any Class A shares or Class C shares of the Acquiring Fund purchased after the Reorganization, unless you are eligible for a reduction or waiver of the initial sales charge or contingent deferred sales charge. Investor Class shareholders who receive Class A shares of the Acquiring Fund will be eligible to purchase additional Class A shares without paying an initial sales charge.
          The sales charge schedule (if any) of the other share classes of the Target Fund are substantially the same as the sales charge schedule (if any) of the corresponding share classes of the Acquiring Fund. The Funds’ prospectuses describe the principal sales charges applicable to each such share class.
          Distribution Fees. The Funds have adopted distribution plans and service plans (together, the “Distribution Plans”) pursuant to Rule 12b-1 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”) with respect to each of their Class A, Class B, Class C and Class R shares. Class Y, Investor Class and Institutional Class shares of the Funds are not subject to the Distribution Plans.
          Pursuant to the Distribution Plan, the Basic Balanced Fund is authorized to make payments to Invesco Distributors, Inc., the Funds’ principal underwriter (“IDI”), in connection with the distribution of Basic Balanced Fund shares and providing shareholder services at the annual rate of 0.25% of the Basic Balanced Fund’s average daily net assets attributable to Class A shares, at the annual rate of 1.00% of the Basic Balanced Fund’s average daily net assets attributable to Class B and Class C shares, and at the annual rate of 0.50% of the Basic Balanced Fund’s average net assets attributable to Class R shares. Amounts received by IDI may be spent for activities or expenses primarily intended to result in the sale of shares or the servicing of shareholders.
          The Distribution Plans for the Acquiring Fund and Balanced Fund are similar to the Distribution Plan of the Basic Balanced Fund, however, IDI may be reimbursed from the Acquiring Fund and Balanced Fund only up to the amount each has spent on activities or expenses primarily intended to result in the sale of shares or the servicing of shareholders, up to the same limits as the Basic Balanced Distribution Plan (i.e., 0.25% for Class A shares, 1.00% for Class B and Class C shares and 0.50% for Class R shares). This type of Distribution Plan is sometimes referred

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to as a “reimbursement-type” plan because the underwriter is only entitled to be reimbursed for its plan-related expenses.
          The fee table under the “SUMMARY OF KEY INFORMATION – How do the Funds’ expenses compare” section of this Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus describes the fees paid under each Funds’ Distribution Plan for a recent period as well as an estimate of the fees to be paid under the Distribution Plan following the Reorganizations.
Comparison of Purchase and Redemption Procedures
          The purchase procedures employed by the Target Funds and the Acquiring Fund are substantially the same. Each Fund offers shares through its distributor on a continuous basis. Shares of the Funds may be purchased directly through the transfer agent and through other authorized financial intermediaries. Investors may purchase both initial and additional shares by mail, wire, telephone or the internet. The Acquiring Fund prospectus enclosed with this Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus describes in detail how shareholders can purchase Acquiring Fund shares. Class A, Class B (closed to new investments, except dividend reinvestments), Class C, Class Y and Investor Class shares of the Funds require a minimum investment of $1,000 ($250 for IRA, Roth IRA, and Coverdell Education Savings Accounts). There is no minimum investment required to purchase Class R shares. Institutional Class shares of the Basic Balanced Fund and the Acquiring Fund require a minimum initial investment that ranges from $0 to $10 million, depending on the type of account making the investment. The Acquiring Fund’s prospectus describes the types of accounts to which the minimum initial investment applies. For accounts participating in a systematic investment program, the minimum investment is $50 ($25 for IRA, Roth IRA, and Coverdell Education Savings Accounts). Certain exemptions apply as set forth in the Funds’ prospectuses. The foregoing investment minimums will not apply to shares received in connection with a Reorganization. However, investors may be charged a small-account fee if account balances remain below the required investment minimum for certain periods. See the Funds’ prospectuses for details.
Comparison of Distribution Policies
          Each Fund declares and pays dividends of net investment income, if any, quarterly. Each Fund declares and pays capital gains distributions, if any, at least annually. Each Fund may also declare and pay capital gains distributions more than once per year as permitted by law. Each Fund automatically reinvests any dividends from net investment income or capital gains distributions, unless otherwise instructed by a shareholder to pay dividends and distributions in cash.
Forms of Organization and Securities to be Issued
          The Balanced Fund is a series of the AIM Counselor Series Trust, the Basic Balanced Fund is a series of AIM Funds Group, and the Acquiring Fund is a series of AIM Counselor Series Trust (together, the “Trusts”), each of which is a Delaware statutory trust. In addition, the Trusts’ governing instruments, including a declaration of trust and bylaws, are substantially the same. As a result, there are no material differences between the rights of shareholders under the governing state laws of the Target Funds and the Acquiring Fund. Each share of the Acquiring Fund represents an equal proportionate interest with each other share of the Fund, and each such share is entitled to equal dividend, liquidation, redemption and voting rights, except where class voting is required by the Trust’s governing instruments, the Board or applicable law, in which case shareholders of a class will have exclusive voting rights on matters affecting only that class. The assets and liabilities of each Fund are legally separate from the assets and liabilities of any other fund that is a series of the respective Trust. More information about the voting, dividend and other rights associated with shares of the Funds can be found in each Fund’s SAI.

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Pending Litigation
          Civil lawsuits, including a regulatory proceeding and purported class action and shareholder derivative suits, have been filed against certain Invesco Funds, INVESCO Funds Group, Inc. (“IFG”) (the former investment adviser to certain funds), a predecessor to Invesco Advisers, IDI and/or related entities and individuals, depending on the lawsuit, alleging among other things: (i) that the defendants permitted improper market timing and related activity in the funds; and (ii) that certain funds inadequately employed fair value pricing. You can find more detailed information concerning all of the above matters, including the parties to the civil lawsuits and summaries of the various allegations and remedies sought in such lawsuits, in the Acquiring Fund’s SAI.
Where to Find More Information
          For more information with respect to each Fund concerning the following topics, please refer to the following sections of the Funds’ prospectuses: (i) see “Fund Management” for more information about the management of a Fund; (ii) see “Other Information” for more information about a Fund’s policy with respect to dividends and distributions; and (iii) see “Shareholder Account Information” for more information about the pricing, purchase, redemption and repurchase of shares of a Fund, tax consequences to shareholders of various transactions in shares of a Fund, and distribution arrangements of a Fund.
THE PROPOSED REORGANIZATIONS
Summary of Agreement and Plan of Reorganization
          The terms and conditions under which each Reorganization may be consummated are set forth in the Agreement. Significant provisions of the Agreement are summarized below; however, this summary is qualified in its entirety by reference to the form of Agreement, a copy of which is attached as Exhibit D to this Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus.
          With respect to each Reorganization, if shareholders of the Target Fund approve the Agreement and other closing conditions are satisfied, the assets of the Target Fund will be delivered to the Acquiring Fund’s custodian for the account of the Acquiring Fund in exchange for the assumption by the Acquiring Fund of liabilities of the Target Fund and delivery by the Acquiring Fund to the holders of record as of the Effective Time (as defined below) of the issued and outstanding shares of the Target Fund of a number of shares of the Acquiring Fund (including, if applicable, fractional shares rounded to the nearest thousandth), having an aggregate net asset value equal to the value of the net assets of the Target Fund so transferred, all determined and adjusted as provided in the Agreement. The value of your account with an Acquiring Fund immediately after the Reorganization will be the same as the value of your account with the Target Fund immediately prior to the Reorganization.
          The class or classes of Acquiring Fund shares that shareholders will receive in connection with the Reorganization will depend on the class or classes of Target Fund shares that shareholders hold, as described above under “Comparison of Share Classes and Distribution Arrangements.”
          Each Target Fund and the Acquiring Fund has made representations and warranties in the form of Agreement that are customary in matters such as the Reorganizations.
          If shareholders approve the Reorganizations and if all of the closing conditions set forth in the Agreement are satisfied or waived, consummation of the Reorganizations (the “Closing”) is expected to occur on or about May 2, 2011, (the “Closing Date”) immediately prior to the opening of regular trading on the New York Stock Exchange on the Closing Date (the “Effective Time”). The consummation of any particular Reorganization is not conditioned upon the consummation of any other Reorganization. As a result, the Reorganizations may close at different times. In addition, the parties may choose to delay the consummation of a Reorganization that shareholders have approved so that all or substantially all of the Reorganizations are consummated at the same time. Following receipt of the requisite shareholder vote in favor of a Reorganization and as soon as reasonably practicable after the Closing, the outstanding shares of the Target Fund will be terminated in accordance with its governing documents and applicable law.

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          If shareholders of a Target Fund do not approve the Agreement or if the Reorganization does not otherwise close, the Board will consider what additional action to take. The Agreement may be terminated and the Reorganization may be abandoned at any time by mutual agreement of the parties. The Agreement may be amended or modified in a writing signed by the parties to the Agreement.
Board Considerations in Approving the Reorganizations
          As discussed above, on June 1, 2010, Invesco acquired the retail mutual fund business of Morgan Stanley, which included 92 Morgan Stanley and Van Kampen branded funds. This transaction filled gaps in Invesco’s product line-up and has enabled Invesco to expand its investment offerings to retail customers. The transaction also resulted in significant product overlap. The Reorganizations proposed in this Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus are part of a larger group of reorganizations across Invesco’s mutual fund platform. The reorganizations are designed to put forth Invesco’s most compelling investment processes and strategies, reduce product overlap and create scale in the resulting funds.
          Because of the large number of proposed reorganizations, each Board of Trustees of the Invesco Funds created an ad hoc committee comprised of both Invesco Fund trustees and Van Kampen legacy trustees (the “Ad Hoc Merger Committee”). The Ad Hoc Merger Committee of the Board met separately three times, from September 2, 2010 through October 13, 2010 to discuss the proposed Reorganizations. Two separate meetings of the full Board were also held to review and consider the Reorganizations, including presentations by the Ad Hoc Merger Committee. The trustees who are not “interested persons,” as that term is defined in the 1940 Act of the Trust (the “Independent Trustees”) held a separate meeting prior to the meeting of the full Board to consider these matters. The Independent Trustees have been advised on this matter by independent counsel to the Independent Trustees and by the independent Senior Officer, an officer of the Trust who reports directly to the Independent Trustees. The Board requested and received from Invesco Advisers and IDI written materials containing relevant information about the Funds and the proposed Reorganizations, including fee and expense information on an actual and pro forma estimated basis, and comparative portfolio composition and performance data.
          The Board considered the potential benefits and costs of a Reorganization to each Target Fund, Acquiring Fund and their respective shareholders. The Board reviewed detailed information comparing the following information for each Target Fund and the Acquiring Fund: (1) investment objectives, policies and restrictions; (2) portfolio management; (3) portfolio composition; (4) the comparative short-term and long-term investment performance; (5) the current expense ratios and expense structures, including contractual investment advisory fees; (6) the expected federal income tax consequences to the Funds, including any impact on capital loss carry forwards; and (7) relative asset size and net purchase (redemption) trends. The Board also considered the benefits to each Target Fund of (i) combining with a similar Fund to create a larger fund with a more diversified shareholder base that may also achieve certain economies of scale as certain fixed expenses are allocated over a larger asset base, (ii) Invesco Advisers paying a portion of the expenses related to the reorganizations for those funds that are currently subject to expense caps; (iii) Invesco Distributors’ agreement to cap 12b-1 fees of the Acquiring Fund for one year after the Closing for Class B shares if all Reorganizations close; and (iv) the expected tax free nature of the Reorganizations for the Target Fund and its shareholders for federal income tax purposes. The Board also considered the overall goal of the reorganizations to rationalize the Invesco Funds to enable IDI to better focus on the combined funds to promote additional asset growth.
          With respect to each individual Reorganization, the Board considered the following additional matters: (i) the Target Funds’ shareholders would become shareholders of a Fund with a lower advisory fee and a lower estimated total expense ratio on a pro forma basis; (ii) the Funds have the same portfolio management team; (iv) the Balanced Fund’s Investor Class shareholders would receive Class A shares of the Acquiring Fund upon consummation of the Reorganization; and (v) the high portfolio overlap between the Target Funds and the Acquiring Fund.
          Based upon the information and considerations described above, the Board, on behalf of the Target Funds and the Acquiring Fund, approved each of the Reorganizations in order to combine each Target Fund with a similar Fund in terms of investment objectives, strategies and risks, portfolio management and portfolio composition to create a larger fund with a relatively more diversified shareholder base. The Board also determined that shareholders of the Funds could potentially benefit from the growth in assets realized by the Reorganizations, with the potential to achieve certain economies of scale. The Board concluded that the Reorganization is in the best

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interests of each Target Fund and the Acquiring Fund and that no dilution of value would result to the shareholders of the Target Funds or the Acquiring Fund from the Reorganization. Consequently, the Board approved the Agreement and each of the Reorganizations on October 27, 2010.
Federal Income Tax Consequences
          The following is a general summary of the material U. S. federal income tax considerations of the Reorganizations and is based upon the current provisions of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), the existing U.S. Treasury Regulations thereunder, current administrative rulings of the IRS and published judicial decisions, all of which are subject to change. These considerations are general in nature and individual shareholders should consult their own tax advisors as to the federal, state, local, and foreign tax considerations applicable to them and their individual circumstances. These same considerations generally do not apply to shareholders who hold their shares in a tax-deferred account.
          The Reorganizations are intended to be a tax-free reorganization pursuant to Section 368(a) of the Code. The principal federal income tax considerations that are expected to result from the Reorganization of each Target Fund into the Acquiring Fund are as follows:
    no gain or loss will be recognized by the Target Fund or the shareholders of the Target Fund as a result of the Reorganization;
 
    no gain or loss will be recognized by the Acquiring Fund as a result of the Reorganization;
 
    the aggregate tax basis of the shares of the Acquiring Fund to be received by a shareholder of the Target Fund will be the same as the shareholder’s aggregate tax basis of the shares of the Target Fund; and
 
    the holding period of the shares of the Acquiring Fund received by a shareholder of the Target Fund will include the period that a shareholder held the shares of the Target Fund (provided that such shares of the Target Fund are capital assets in the hands of such shareholder as of the Closing).
          Neither the Target Funds nor the Acquiring Fund have requested or will request an advance ruling from the IRS as to the federal tax consequences of the Reorganizations. As a condition to Closing, Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young, LLP will render a favorable opinion to each Target Fund and the Acquiring Fund as to the foregoing federal income tax consequences of each Reorganization, which opinion will be conditioned upon, among other things, the accuracy, as of the Effective Time, of certain representations of each Target Fund and the Acquiring Fund upon which Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young, LLP will rely in rendering its opinion. A copy of the opinion will be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission and will be available for public inspection. See “Where to Find Additional Information.”
          Opinions of counsel are not binding upon the IRS or the courts. If a Reorganization is consummated but the IRS or the courts determine that the Reorganization does not qualify as a tax-free reorganization under the Code, and thus is taxable, each Target Fund would recognize gain or loss on the transfer of its assets to the Acquiring Fund and each shareholder of the Target Fund would recognize a taxable gain or loss equal to the difference between its tax basis in its Target Fund shares and the fair market value of the shares of the Acquiring Fund it receives. The failure of one Reorganization to qualify as a tax-free reorganization would not adversely effect any other Reorganization.
          Prior to the Closing of each Reorganization, each Target Fund will distribute, and the Acquiring Fund may distribute, to their respective shareholders any undistributed income and gains (net of available capital loss carryovers) to the extent required to avoid entity level tax or as otherwise deemed desirable. Such distributions, if made, are anticipated to be made in the 2011 calendar year and would be taxable to shareholders in such year.
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future gains recognized by the combined Fund, subject to limitations under the Code. Where these limitations apply, all or a portion of a Fund’s capital loss carryovers may become unavailable the effect of which may be to accelerate the recognition of taxable gain to the combined Fund and its shareholders post-Closing. First, the capital loss carryovers of the Target Funds increased by any current year loss or decreased by any current year gain, together with any net unrealized depreciation in the value of its portfolio investments (collectively, its “aggregate capital loss carryovers”), are expected to become subject to an annual limitation. Losses in excess of that limitation may be carried forward to succeeding tax years, subject to an overall eight-year carryover period. The annual limitation will generally equal the net asset value of a Target Fund on the Closing Date multiplied by the “long-term tax-exempt rate” published by the IRS. In the case of a Target Fund with net unrealized built-in gains at the time of Closing the Reorganization (i.e., unrealized appreciation in value of the Fund’s investments), the annual limitation for a taxable year will be increased by the amount of such built-in gains that are recognized in the taxable year. Second, if a Fund has built-in gains at the time of Closing that are realized by the combined Fund in the five-year period following the Reorganization, such built-in gains, when realized, may not be offset by the losses (including any capital loss carryovers and “built in losses”) of another Fund. Third, the capital losses of a Target Fund that may be used by the Acquiring Fund (including to offset any “built-in gains” of the Target Fund itself) for the first taxable year ending after the Closing Date will be limited to an amount equal to the capital gain net income of the Acquiring Fund for such taxable year (excluding capital loss carryovers) treated as realized post-Closing based on the number of days remaining in such year. Fourth, the Reorganization may result in an earlier expiration of a Fund’s capital loss carryovers because the Reorganization causes a Target Fund’s tax year to close early in the year of the Reorganization. The aggregate capital loss carryovers of the Funds and the approximate annual limitation on the use by the Acquiring Fund, post-Closing, of the Target Funds’ aggregate capital loss carryovers following the Reorganization are as follows:
                         
            Basic Balanced    
    Balanced Fund   Fund   Acquiring Fund
    (000,000s)   (000,000s)   (000,000s)
    at 1/31/2010   at 6/30/2010   at 6/30/2010
Aggregate capital loss carryovers on a tax basis (1)
  $ (37.7 )   $ (191.1 )   $ (1,227.2 )
Unrealized Net Appreciation (Depreciation) in Investments on a Tax Basis
  $ (4.4 )   $ (16.4 )   $ (332.0 )
Aggregate Net Asset Value
  $ 171.0     $ 583.1     $ 10,794.4  
Approximate annual limitation (2)
  $ 6.8     $ 23.2       N/A  
 
(1)   Includes realized gain or loss for the current fiscal year determined on the basis of generally accepted accounting principles.
 
(2)   Based on the long-term tax-exempt rate for ownership changes during October 2010 of 3.98%.
          Based upon the Balanced Fund’s and Basic Balanced Fund’s capital loss positions at January 31, 2010 and June 30, 2010 respectively, the annual limitations on the use of each Fund’s aggregate capital loss carryovers may not prevent the combined Fund from utilizing a substantial portion of such losses, albeit over a period of time. However, the effect of these annual limitations may be to cause the combined Fund, post-Closing, to distribute more capital gains in a taxable year than might otherwise have been the case if no such limitation had applied. The aggregate capital loss carryovers of the Acquiring Fund should continue to be available, if its nets assets at time of Closing represent more than 50% of the combined Fund. The ability of the Acquiring Fund to absorb its own capital loss carryovers and those of the Target Funds post-Closing depends upon a variety of factors that can not be known in advance. For more information with respect to each Fund’s capital loss carryovers, please refer to the Fund’s shareholder report.
          In addition, if the Acquiring Fund following the Reorganization has proportionately greater unrealized appreciation in its portfolio investments as a percentage of its net asset value than a Target Fund, shareholders of the Target Fund, post-Closing, may receive greater amounts of taxable gain as such portfolio investments are sold than they otherwise might have if the Reorganization had not occurred. The unrealized appreciation (depreciation) in value of the portfolio investments of each Target Fund on a tax basis as a percentage of its net asset value is (3%) for the Balanced Fund at January 31, 2010 and (3%) for the Basic Balanced Fund at June 30, 2010, compared to that of the Acquiring Fund at June 30, 2010 of (3%), and (3%) on a combined basis.

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After the Reorganization, shareholders will continue to be responsible for tracking the adjusted tax basis and holding period of their shares for federal income tax purposes.
Costs of the Reorganizations
          The total cost of the Reorganizations to be paid by the Acquiring Fund is estimated to be $30,000. The estimated total costs of the Reorganization for each Target Fund, as well as the estimated proxy solicitation costs for the Target Funds, which are part of the total Reorganization costs, are set forth in the table below.
                         
                    Estimated Portion
                    of Total
                    Reorganization
    Estimated Proxy   Estimated Total   Costs to be Paid
    Solicitation Costs   Reorganization Costs   by the Funds
Invesco Balanced Fund
  $ 99,000     $ 140,000     $ 0  
Invesco Basic Balanced Fund
  $ 391,000     $ 430,000     $ 430,000  
          As the Balanced Fund is not paying Reorganization costs, Invesco Advisers will bear these costs. The costs of a Reorganization include legal counsel fees, independent accountant fees, expenses related to the printing and mailing of this Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus and fees associated with the proxy solicitation but do not include any portfolio transaction costs arising from a Reorganization.
VOTING INFORMATION
Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus
          We are sending you this Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus and the enclosed proxy card because the Board is soliciting your proxy to vote at the Meeting and at any adjournments of the Meeting. This Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus gives you information about the business to be conducted at the Meeting. Target Fund shareholders may vote by appearing in person at the Meeting and following the instructions below. You do not need to attend the Meeting to vote, however. Instead, you may simply complete, sign and return the enclosed proxy card or vote by telephone or through a website established for that purpose.
          This Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus, the enclosed Notice of Joint Special Meeting of Shareholders and the enclosed proxy card are expected to be mailed on or about January __, 2011 to all shareholders entitled to vote. Shareholders of record of the Target Funds as of the close of business on January 14, 2011 (the “Record Date”) are entitled to vote at the Meeting. The number of outstanding shares of each class of the Target Funds on December 15, 2010 can be found at Exhibit A. Each share is entitled to one vote for each full share held, and a proportionate fractional vote for each fractional share held.
          Proxies will have the authority to vote and act on behalf of shareholders at any adjournment of the Meeting. If a proxy is authorized to vote for a shareholder, the shareholder may revoke the authorization at any time before it is exercised by sending in another proxy card with a later date or by notifying the Secretary of the Target Funds in writing at the address of the Target Funds set forth on the cover page of the Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus before the Meeting that the shareholder has revoked its proxy. In addition, although merely attending the Meeting will not revoke your proxy, if a shareholder is present at the Meeting, the shareholder may withdraw the proxy and vote in person. However, if your shares are held through a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary, you will need to obtain a “legal proxy” from them in order to vote your shares at the Meeting.
Quorum Requirement and Adjournment
          A quorum of shareholders is necessary to hold a valid shareholder meeting of each Target Fund. For each Target Fund, a quorum will exist if shareholders representing one-third of the outstanding shares of the Target Fund entitled to vote are present at the Meeting in person or by proxy.

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          Proxies received prior to the Meeting on which no vote is indicated will be voted “FOR” the Agreement. Because the proposal described in this Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus is considered “non-routine,” under the rules applicable to broker-dealers, if your broker holds your shares in its name, the broker will not be entitled to vote your shares if it has not received instructions from you.
          Abstentions will count as shares present at the Meeting for purposes of establishing a quorum. If a quorum is not present at the Meeting or if a quorum is present but sufficient votes to approve the Agreement are not received, the person(s) presiding over the Meeting or the persons named as proxies may propose one or more adjournments of the Meeting to allow for further solicitation of votes. The persons named as proxies will vote those proxies that they are entitled to vote in favor of such an adjournment, provided that they determine that such an adjournment and additional solicitation is reasonable and in the interest of shareholders based on a consideration of all relevant factors, including, among other things, the percentage of votes then cast, the percentage of negative votes then cast, the nature of the proposed solicitation activities and the nature of the reasons for such further solicitation.
Vote Necessary to Approve the Agreement
          The Board has unanimously approved the Agreement, subject to shareholder approval. Provided a quorum is present at the Meeting, shareholder approval of the Agreement requires the affirmative vote of a majority of the shares cast by shareholders of the Target Funds.
          Abstentions are counted as present for purposes of determining quorum but are not considered shares cast at the Meeting. As a result, abstentions will not impact the outcome of the shareholder vote.
Proxy Solicitation
          The Target Funds have engaged the services of Computershare Fund Services, Inc. (“Solicitor”) to assist in the solicitation of proxies for the Meeting. Solicitor’s costs are described under the “Costs of the Reorganization” section of this Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus. Proxies are expected to be solicited principally by mail, but the Target Funds or Solicitor may also solicit proxies by telephone, facsimile or personal interview. The Target Funds’ officers may also solicit proxies but will not receive any additional or special compensation for any such solicitation.
          Under the agreement with the Solicitor, the Solicitor will be paid a project management fee as well as telephone solicitation expenses incurred for reminder calls, outbound telephone voting, confirmation of telephone votes, inbound telephone contact, obtaining shareholders’ telephone numbers, and providing additional materials upon shareholder request. The agreement also provides that the Solicitor shall be indemnified against certain liabilities and expenses, including liabilities under the federal securities laws.
Other Meeting Matters
          Management is not aware of any matters to be presented at the Meeting other than as is discussed in this Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus. Under the Target Fund’s bylaws, business transacted at a special meeting such as this Meeting shall be limited to (i) the purpose stated in the notice and (ii) adjournment of the special meeting with regard to the stated purpose. If any other matters properly come before the Meeting, the shares represented by proxies will be voted with respect thereto in accordance with their best judgment.
Share Ownership by Large Shareholders, Management and Trustees
          A list of the name, address and percent ownership of each person who, as of December 15, 2010, to the knowledge of each Target Fund and the Acquiring Fund, owned 5% or more of the outstanding shares of a class of such Target Fund or the Acquiring Fund, respectively, can be found at Exhibits B and C.
          Information regarding the ownership of shares of the Target Funds and the Acquiring Fund by the Trustees and executive officers of the Trusts can be found at Exhibits B and C.

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OTHER MATTERS
Capitalization
          The following table sets forth as of September 30, 2010, for the Reorganization, the total net assets, number of shares outstanding and net asset value per share of each class of each Fund. This information is generally referred to as the “capitalization” of a Fund. The term “pro forma capitalization” means the expected capitalization of the Acquiring Fund after it has combined with the corresponding Target Funds. The pro forma capitalization column in the table assumes that all of the Reorganizations have taken place. The capitalizations of the Target Funds, Acquiring Fund and their classes are likely to be different on the Closing Date as a result of daily share purchase, redemption and market activity.
                                         
            Invesco            
            Basic            
    Invesco   Balanced   Acquiring   Pro Forma   Acquiring Fund
    Balanced Fund   Fund   Fund   Adjustments   (pro forma)
Net assets (all classes)
  $ 157,072,267     $ 606,473,017     $ 11,188,108,853     $ (430,000 )   $ 11,951,224,137  
Class A net assets
  $ 80,283,235     $ 376,281,483     $ 7,914,363,744     $ 114,018,753 1   $ 8,484,947,215  
Class A shares outstanding
    6,589,801       36,589,676       996,060,646       28,569,303 2     1,067,809,426  
Class A net asset value per share
  $ 12.18     $ 10.28     $ 7.95             $ 7.95  
Class B net assets
  $ 27,720,278     $ 47,294,644     $ 1,322,687,167     $ (33,533 )1   $ 1,397,668,556  
Class B shares outstanding
    2,269,671       4,609,177       169,697,065       2,744,940 2     179,320,853  
Class B net asset value per share
  $ 12.21     $ 10.26     $ 7.79             $ 7.79  
Class C net assets
  $ 48,832,747     $ 59,302,065     $ 1,262,548,201     $ (42,046 )1   $ 1,370,640,967  
Class C shares outstanding
    4,000,153       5,776,394       161,149,091       4,032,315 2     174,957,953  
Class C net asset value per share
  $ 12.21     $ 10.27     $ 7.83             $ 7.83  
Class R net assets
  $     $ 7,041,105     $ 179,107,192     $ (4,992 )1   $ 186,143,305  
Class R shares outstanding
          684,875       22,440,605       196,769 2     23,322,249  
Class R net asset value per share
  $     $ 10.28     $ 7.98             $ 7.98  
Class Y net assets
  $ 236,007     $ 1,754,275     $ 443,376,711     $ (1,244 )1     445,365,749  
Class Y shares outstanding
    19,400       170,597       55,792,195       60,237 2     56,042,429  
Class Y net asset value per share
  $ 12.17     $ 10.28     $ 7.95               7.95  
Investor Class net assets
  $     $ 114,366,631     $     $ (114,366,631 )1   $  
Investor Class shares outstanding
          11,123,058 3           (11,123,058 )2, 3      
Investor Class net asset value per share
  $     $ 10.28     $             $  
Institutional Class net assets
  $     $ 432,814     $ 66,025,838     $ (307 )1   $ 66,458,345  
Institutional Class shares outstanding
          42,135       8,308,075       12,259 2     8,362,469  
Institutional Class net asset value per share
  $     $ 10.27     $ 7.95             $ 7.95  
 
1.   Pro forma net assets have been adjusted for the allocated portion of the Basic Balanced Fund’s expenses to be incurred in connection with the Reorganization. The costs of the Reorganization have been allocated among all classes based on relative net assets of each class of the Basic Balanced Fund.
 
2.   Pro forma shares outstanding have been adjusted for the accumulated change in the number of shares of the Target Fund shareholder accounts based on the relative value of the Target Funds’ and the Acquiring Fund’s net asset value per share.
 
3.   Holders of Basic Balanced Fund Investor Class shares will receive Class A shares of the Acquiring Fund upon closing of the Reorganization.
Dissenters’ Rights
          If the Reorganizations are approved at the Meeting, Target Fund shareholders will not have the right to dissent and obtain payment of the fair value of their shares because the exercise of dissenters’ rights is subject to the forward pricing requirements of Rule 22c-1 under the 1940 Act, which supersedes state law. Shareholders of the Target Funds, however, have the right to redeem their shares at net asset value subject to applicable deferred sales charges and/or redemption fees (if any) until the closing date of the Reorganizations. After the Reorganizations, Target Fund shareholders will hold shares of the Acquiring Fund, which may also be redeemed at net asset value subject to applicable deferred sales charges and/or redemption fees (if any).

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Shareholder Proposals
          The Funds do not generally hold annual meetings of shareholders. A shareholder desiring to submit a proposal intended to be presented at any meeting of shareholders of a Target Fund hereafter called should send the proposal to the Target Fund at the Target Fund’s principal offices so that it is received within a reasonable time before the proxy materials are printed and mailed. If the proposed Reorganization is approved and completed for a Target Fund, shareholders of such Target Fund will become shareholders of the corresponding Acquiring Fund and, thereafter, will be subject to the notice requirements of the Acquiring Fund. The mere submission of a proposal by a shareholder does not guarantee that such proposal will be included in a proxy statement because compliance with certain rules under the federal securities laws is required before inclusion of the proposal is required. Also, the submission does not mean that the proposal will be presented at a future meeting. For a shareholder proposal to be considered at a future shareholder meeting, it must be a proper matter for consideration under applicable law.
WHERE TO FIND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
          This Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus and the related SAI do not contain all the information set forth in the registration statements, the exhibits relating thereto and the annual and semi-annual reports filed by the Funds as such documents have been filed with the SEC pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the 1940 Act, to which reference is hereby made. The SEC file number of the registrant of each Fund’s registration statement, which contains the Fund’s prospectuses and related SAIs, is 811-09913 for AIM Counselor Series Trust and 811-01540 for AIM Funds Group.
          Each Fund is subject to the informational requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the 1940 Act and in accordance therewith, each Fund files reports and other information with the SEC. Reports, proxy material, registration statements and other information filed (including the Registration Statement relating to the Funds on Form N-14 of which this Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus is a part) may be inspected without charge and copied at the public reference facilities maintained by the SEC at Room 1580, 100 F Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20549-1520. Copies of such material may also be obtained from the Public Reference Section of the SEC at 450 Fifth Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20549-1520, at the prescribed rates. The SEC maintains a website at www.sec.gov that contains information regarding the Funds and other registrants that file electronically with the SEC.

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EXHIBIT A
Outstanding Shares of the Target Funds
          As of December 15, 2010, there were the following number of shares outstanding of each class of each Target Fund:
     
Target Fund/Share Classes   Number of Shares Outstanding
 
   

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EXHIBIT B
Ownership of the Target Funds
Significant Holders
          Listed below is the name, address and percent ownership of each person who, as of December 15, 2010, to the best knowledge of AIM Counselor Series Trust and AIM Funds Group owned 5% or more of the outstanding shares of each class of each Target Fund. A shareholder who owns beneficially 25% or more of the outstanding securities of a Target Fund is presumed to “control” the fund as defined in the 1940 Act. Such control may affect the voting rights of other shareholders.
                                 
                    Number of   Percent Owned of
Name and Address   Fund   Class of Shares   Shares Owned   Record*
Name and Address
                            _____ %
 
*   AIM Counselor Series Trust and AIM Funds Group have no knowledge of whether all or any portion of the shares owned of record are also owned beneficially.
Security Ownership of Management and Trustees
          To the best of the knowledge of each Target Fund, the ownership of shares of a Target Fund by executive officers and Trustees of the Target Fund as a group constituted less than 1% of each outstanding class of shares of the Target Fund as of December 15, 2010.

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EXHIBIT C
Ownership of the Acquiring Fund
Significant Holders
          Listed below is the name, address and percent ownership of each person who, as of December 15, 2010, to the best knowledge of AIM Counselor Series Trust owned 5% or more of the outstanding shares of each class of the Acquiring Fund. A shareholder who owns beneficially 25% or more of the outstanding securities of the Acquiring Fund is presumed to “control” the fund as defined in the 1940 Act. Such control may affect the voting rights of other shareholders.
                                 
                    Number of   Percent Owned of
Name and Address   Fund   Class of Shares   Shares Owned   Record*
Name and Address
                            _____ %
 
*   AIM Counselor Series Trust has no knowledge of whether all or any portion of the shares owned of record are also owned beneficially.
Security Ownership of Management and Trustees
          To the best of the knowledge of the Acquiring Fund, the ownership of shares of the Acquiring Fund by executive officers and Trustees of the Acquiring Fund as a group constituted less than 1% of each outstanding class of shares of the Acquiring Fund as of December 15, 2010.

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EXHIBIT D
FORM OF AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF REORGANIZATION

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Exhibit D
AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF REORGANIZATION
THIS AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF REORGANIZATION (“Agreement”) is adopted as of this ___ day of __________, 2010 by and among (i) each of the Invesco open-end registered investment companies identified as a Target Entity on Exhibit A hereto (each a “Target Entity”) separately, on behalf of its respective series identified on Exhibit A hereto (each a “Target Fund”); (ii) each of the Invesco open-end registered investment companies identified as an Acquiring Entity on Exhibit A hereto (each an “Acquiring Entity”), separately on behalf of its respective series identified on Exhibit A hereto (each an “Acquiring Fund”); and (iii) Invesco Advisers, Inc. (“IAI”).
          WHEREAS, the parties hereto intend for each Acquiring Fund and its corresponding Target Fund (as set forth in Exhibit A hereto) to enter into a transaction pursuant to which: (i) the Acquiring Fund will acquire the assets and assume the liabilities of the Target Fund in exchange for the corresponding class or classes of shares (as applicable) of the Acquiring Fund identified on Exhibit A of equal value to the net assets of the Target Fund being acquired, and (ii) the Target Fund will distribute such shares of the Acquiring Fund to shareholders of the corresponding class of the Target Fund, in connection with the liquidation of the Target Fund, all upon the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth in this Agreement (each such transaction, a “Reorganization” and collectively, the “Reorganizations”);
          WHEREAS, each Target Entity and each Acquiring Entity is an open-end, registered investment company of the management type; and
          WHEREAS, this Agreement is intended to be and is adopted as a plan of reorganization and liquidation with respect to each Reorganization within the meaning of Section 368(a)(1) of the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code).
          NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and of the covenants and agreements hereinafter set forth, and intending to be legally bound, the parties hereto covenant and agree as follows:
1.   DESCRIPTION OF THE REORGANIZATIONS
     1.1. It is the intention of the parties hereto that each Reorganization described herein shall be conducted separately from the others, and a party that is not a party to a Reorganization shall incur no obligations, duties or liabilities with respect to such Reorganization by reason of being a party to this Agreement. If any one or more Reorganizations should fail to be consummated, such failure shall not affect the other Reorganizations in any way.
     1.2. Provided that all conditions precedent to a Reorganization set forth herein have been satisfied as of the Closing Date (as defined in Section 3.1), and based on the representations and warranties each party provides to the others, each Target Entity and its corresponding Acquiring Entity agree to take the following steps with respect to their Reorganization(s), the parties to which and classes of shares to be issued in connection with which are set forth in Exhibit A:

 


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     (a) The Target Fund shall transfer all of its Assets, as defined and set forth in Section 1.2(b), to the Acquiring Fund, and the Acquiring Fund in exchange therefor shall assume the Liabilities, as defined and set forth in Section 1.2(c), and deliver to the Target Fund the number of full and fractional Acquiring Fund shares determined in the manner set forth in Section 2.
     (b) The assets of the Target Fund to be transferred to the Acquiring Fund shall consist of all assets and property, including, without limitation, all cash, securities, commodities and futures interests, claims (whether absolute or contingent, known or unknown, accrued or unaccrued and including, without limitation, any interest in pending or future legal claims in connection with past or present portfolio holdings, whether in the form of class action claims, opt-out or other direct litigation claims, or regulator or government-established investor recovery fund claims, and any and all resulting recoveries) and dividends or interest receivable that are owned by the Target Fund and any deferred or prepaid expenses shown as an asset on the books of the Target Fund on the Closing Date, except for cash, bank deposits or cash equivalent securities in an amount necessary to pay the estimated costs of extinguishing any Excluded Liabilities (as defined in Section 1.2(c)) and cash in an amount necessary to pay any distributions pursuant to Section 7.1(g) (collectively, “Assets”).
     (c) The Acquiring Fund shall assume all of the liabilities of the Target Fund, whether accrued or contingent, known or unknown, existing at the Closing Date, except for the Target Fund’s Excluded Liabilities (as defined below), if any, pursuant to this Agreement (collectively, with respect to each Target Fund separately, “Liabilities”). If prior to the Closing Date the Acquiring Entity identifies a liability that the Acquiring Entity and the Target Entity mutually agree should not be assumed by the Acquiring Fund, such liability shall be excluded from the definition of Liabilities hereunder and shall be listed on a Schedule of Excluded Liabilities to be signed by the Acquiring Entity and the Target Entity at Closing and attached to this Agreement as Schedule 1.2(c) (the “Excluded Liabilities”). The Assets minus the Liabilities of a Target Fund shall be referred to herein as the Target Fund’s “Net Assets.”
     (d) As soon as is reasonably practicable after the Closing, the Target Fund will distribute to its shareholders of record (“Target Fund Shareholders”) the shares of the Acquiring Fund of the corresponding class received by the Target Fund pursuant to Section 1.2(a), as set forth in Exhibit A, on a pro rata basis within that class, and the Target Fund will as promptly as practicable completely liquidate and dissolve. Such distribution and liquidation will be accomplished, with respect to each class of the Target Fund’s shares, by the transfer of the Acquiring Fund shares of the corresponding class then credited to the account of the Target Fund on the books of the Acquiring Fund to open accounts on the share records of the Acquiring Fund in the names of the Target Fund Shareholders of the class. The aggregate net asset value of the Acquiring Fund shares to be so credited to the corresponding Target Fund Shareholders shall be equal to the aggregate net asset value of the corresponding Target Fund’s shares owned by the Target Fund Shareholders on the Valuation Date. The Acquiring Fund shall not issue certificates representing shares in connection with such exchange.

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     (e) Ownership of Acquiring Fund shares will be shown on its books, as such are maintained by the Acquiring Fund’s transfer agent.
2.   VALUATION
     2.1. With respect to each Reorganization:
     (a) The value of the Target Fund’s Assets shall be the value of such Assets computed as of immediately after the close of regular trading on the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”), which shall reflect the declaration of any dividends, on the business day next preceding the Closing Date (the “Valuation Date”), using the Target Fund’s valuation procedures established by the Target Entity’s Board of Trustees.
     (b) The net asset value per share of each class of the Acquiring Fund shares issued in connection with the Reorganization shall be the net asset value per share of the corresponding class of each class computed on the Valuation Date using the Acquiring Fund’s valuation procedures established by the Acquiring Entity’s Board of Trustees, which are the same as the Target Fund’s valuation procedures.
     (c) The number of shares issued of each class of the Acquiring Fund (including fractional shares, if any, rounded to the nearest thousandth) in exchange for the Target Fund’s Net Assets shall be determined by dividing the value of the Net Assets of the Target Fund attributable to each class of Target Fund shares by the net asset value per share of the corresponding share class of the Acquiring Fund.
     (d) All computations of value shall be made by the Target Fund’s and the Acquiring Fund’s designated recordkeeping agent using the valuation procedures described in this Section 2.
3.   CLOSING AND CLOSING DATE
     3.1. Each Reorganization shall close on the date identified on Exhibit A or such other date as the parties may agree with respect to any or all Reorganizations (the “Closing Date”). All acts taking place at the closing of a Reorganization (the “Closing”) shall be deemed to take place simultaneously as of immediately prior to the opening of regular trading on the NYSE on the Closing Date of that Reorganization unless otherwise agreed to by the parties (the “Closing Time”).
     3.2. With respect to each Reorganization:
     (a) The Target Fund’s portfolio securities, investments or other assets that are represented by a certificate or other written instrument shall be transferred and delivered by the Target Fund as of the Closing Date to the Acquiring Fund’s Custodian for the account of the Acquiring Fund, duly endorsed in proper form for transfer and in such condition as to constitute good delivery thereof. The Target Fund shall direct the Target Fund’s custodian (the “Target Custodian”) to deliver to the Acquiring Fund’s Custodian as of the Closing Date by book entry, in accordance with the customary practices of Target Custodian and any securities depository (as defined in Rule 17f-4 under the

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Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”)), in which the Assets are deposited, the Target Fund’s portfolio securities and instruments so held. The cash to be transferred by a Target Fund shall be delivered to the Acquiring Fund’s Custodian by wire transfer of federal funds or other appropriate means on the Closing Date.
     (b) The Target Entity shall direct the Target Custodian for each Target Fund to deliver, at the Closing, a certificate of an authorized officer stating that (i) except as permitted by Section 3.2(a), the Assets have been delivered in proper form to the Acquiring Fund no later than the Closing Time on the Closing Date, and (ii) all necessary taxes in connection with the delivery of the Assets, including all applicable Federal, state and foreign stock transfer stamps, if any, have been paid or provision for payment has been made.
     (c) At such time prior to the Closing Date as the parties mutually agree, the Target Fund shall provide (i) instructions and related information to the Acquiring Fund or its transfer agent with respect to the Target Fund Shareholders, including names, addresses, dividend reinvestment elections and tax withholding status of the Target Fund Shareholders as of the date agreed upon (such information to be updated as of the Closing Date, as necessary) and (ii) the information and documentation maintained by the Target Fund or its agents relating to the identification and verification of the Target Fund Shareholders under the USA PATRIOT ACT and other applicable anti-money laundering laws, rules and regulations and such other information as the Acquiring Fund may reasonably request. The Acquiring Fund and its transfer agent shall have no obligation to inquire as to the validity, propriety or correctness of any such instruction, information or documentation, but shall, in each case, assume that such instruction, information or documentation is valid, proper, correct and complete.
     (d) The Target Entity shall direct each applicable transfer agent for a Target Fund (the “Target Transfer Agent”) to deliver to the Acquiring Fund at the Closing a certificate of an authorized officer stating that its records, as provided to the Acquiring Entity, contain the names and addresses of the Target Fund Shareholders and the number of outstanding shares of each class owned by each such shareholder immediately prior to the Closing. The Acquiring Fund shall issue and deliver to the Secretary of the Target Fund a confirmation evidencing the Acquiring Fund shares to be credited on the Closing Date, or provide other evidence satisfactory to the Target Entity that such Acquiring Fund shares have been credited to the Target Fund Shareholders’ accounts on the books of the Acquiring Fund. At the Closing, each party shall deliver to the other such bills of sale, checks, assignments, certificates, if any, receipts or other documents as such other party or its counsel may reasonably request.
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Closing Date shall be postponed until the first business day after the day when trading shall have been fully resumed and reporting shall have been restored.
4.   REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
     4.1. Each Target Entity, on behalf of itself or, where applicable, a Target Fund, represents and warrants to the Acquiring Entity and its corresponding Acquiring Fund as follows:
     (a) The Target Fund is duly organized as a series of the Target Entity, which is a statutory trust duly formed, validly existing, and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware with power under its Amended and Restated Agreement and Declaration of Trust and by-laws (“Governing Documents”), to own all of its Assets, to carry on its business as it is now being conducted and to enter into this Agreement and perform its obligations hereunder;
     (b) The Target Entity is a registered investment company classified as a management company of the open-end type, and its registration with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) as an investment company under the 1940 Act, and the registration of the shares of the Target Fund under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (“1933 Act”), are in full force and effect;
     (c) No consent, approval, authorization, or order of any court or governmental authority or the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”) is required for the consummation by the Target Fund and the Target Entity of the transactions contemplated herein, except such as have been obtained or will be obtained at or prior to the Closing Date under the 1933 Act, the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (“1934 Act”), the 1940 Act and state securities laws;
     (d) The current prospectus and statement of additional information of the Target Fund and each prospectus and statement of additional information of the Target Fund used at all times between the commencement of operations of the Target Fund and the date of this Agreement conforms or conformed at the time of its use in all material respects to the applicable requirements of the 1933 Act and the 1940 Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder and does not or did not at the time of its use include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not materially misleading;
     (e) The Target Fund is in compliance in all material respects with the applicable investment policies and restrictions set forth in the Target Fund’s prospectus and statement of additional information;
     (f) Except as otherwise disclosed to and accepted by or on behalf of the Acquiring Fund, the Target Fund will on the Closing Date have good title to the Assets and full right, power, and authority to sell, assign, transfer and deliver such Assets free of adverse claims, including any liens or other encumbrances, and upon delivery and payment for such Assets, the Acquiring Fund will acquire good title thereto, free of

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adverse claims and subject to no restrictions on the full transfer thereof, including, without limitation, such restrictions as might arise under the 1933 Act, provided that the Acquiring Fund will acquire Assets that are segregated as collateral for the Target Fund’s derivative positions, including without limitation, as collateral for swap positions and as margin for futures positions, subject to such segregation and liens that apply to such Assets;
     (g) The financial statements of the Target Fund for the Target Fund’s most recently completed fiscal year have been audited by the independent registered public accounting firm identified in the Target Fund’s prospectus or statement of additional information included in the Target Fund’s registration statement on Form N-1A (the “Prospectus” and “Statement of Additional Information”). Such statements, as well as the unaudited, semi-annual financial statements for the semi-annual period next succeeding the Target Fund’s most recently completed fiscal year, if any, were prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”) consistently applied, and such statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial condition of the Target Fund as of such date in accordance with GAAP, and there are no known contingent liabilities of the Target Fund required to be reflected on a balance sheet (including the notes thereto) in accordance with GAAP as of such date not disclosed therein;
     (h) Since the last day of the Target Fund’s most recently completed fiscal year, there has not been any material adverse change in the Target Fund’s financial condition, assets, liabilities or business, other than changes occurring in the ordinary course of business;
     (i) On the Closing Date, all material Returns (as defined below) of the Target Fund required by law to have been filed by such date (including any extensions) shall have been filed and are or will be true, correct and complete in all material respects, and all Taxes (as defined below) shown as due or claimed to be due by any government entity shall have been paid or provision has been made for the payment thereof. To the Target Fund’s knowledge, no such Return is currently under audit by any Federal, state, local or foreign Tax authority; no assessment has been asserted with respect to such Returns; there are no levies, liens or other encumbrances on the Target Fund or its assets resulting from the non-payment of any Taxes; no waivers of the time to assess any such Taxes are outstanding nor are any written requests for such waivers pending; and adequate provision has been made in the Target Fund financial statements for all Taxes in respect of all periods ended on or before the date of such financial statements. As used in this Agreement, “Tax” or “Taxes” means (i) any tax, governmental fee or other like assessment or charge of any kind whatsoever (including, but not limited to, withholding on amounts paid to or by any person), together with any interest, penalty, addition to tax or additional amount imposed by any governmental authority (domestic or foreign) responsible for the imposition of any such tax. “Return” means reports, returns, information returns, elections, agreements, declarations, or other documents of any nature or kind (including any attached schedules, supplements and additional or supporting material) filed or required to be filed with respect to Taxes, including any claim for

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refund, amended return or declaration of estimated Taxes (and including any amendments with respect thereto);
     (j) The Target Fund has elected to be a regulated investment company under Subchapter M of the Code and is a fund that is treated as a separate corporation under Section 851(g) of the Code. The Target Fund has qualified for treatment as a regulated investment company for each taxable year since inception that has ended prior to the Closing Date and will have satisfied the requirements of Part I of Subchapter M of the Code to maintain such qualification for the period beginning on the first day of its current taxable year and ending on the Closing Date. The Target Fund has no earnings or profits accumulated in any taxable year in which the provisions of Subchapter M of the Code did not apply to it. If Target Fund serves as a funding vehicle for variable contracts (life insurance or annuity), Target Fund, with respect to each of its taxable years that has ended prior to the Closing Date during which it has served as such a funding vehicle, has satisfied the diversification requirements of Section 817(h) of the Code and will continue to satisfy the requirements of Section 817(h) of the Code for the period beginning on the first day of its current taxable year and ending on the Closing Date. In order to (i) ensure continued qualification of the Target Fund for treatment as a “regulated investment company” for tax purposes and (ii) eliminate any tax liability of the Target Fund arising by reason of undistributed investment company taxable income or net capital gain, the Target Fund, before the Closing Date will declare on or prior to the Valuation Date to the shareholders of Target Fund a dividend or dividends that, together with all previous such dividends, shall have the effect of distributing (A) all of Target Fund’s investment company taxable income (determined without regard to any deductions for dividends paid) for the taxable year ended prior to the Closing Date and substantially all of such investment company taxable income for the short taxable year beginning on the first day of its current taxable year and ending on the Closing Date; (B) all of Target Fund’s net capital gain recognized in its taxable year ended prior to the Closing Date and substantially all of any such net capital gain recognized in such short taxable year (in each case after reduction for any capital loss carryover); and (C) at least 90 percent of the excess, if any, of the Target Fund’s interest income excludible from gross income under Section 103(a) of the Code over its deductions disallowed under Sections 265 and 171(a)(2) of the Code for the taxable year prior to the Closing Date and at least 90 percent of such net tax-exempt income for the short taxable year;
     (k) All issued and outstanding shares of the Target Fund are, and on the Closing Date will be, duly and validly issued and outstanding, fully paid and non-assessable by the Target Entity and, in every state where offered or sold, such offers and sales have been in compliance in all material respects with applicable registration and/or notice requirements of the 1933 Act and state and District of Columbia securities laws;
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terms, subject, as to enforcement, to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and other laws relating to or affecting creditors’ rights and to general equity principles;
     (m) The books and records of the Target Fund are true and correct in all material respects and contain no material omissions with respect to information required to be maintained under the laws, rules and regulations applicable to the Target Fund;
     (n) The Target Entity is not under the jurisdiction of a court in a Title 11 or similar case within the meaning of Section 368(a)(3)(A) of the Code; and
     (o) The Target Fund has no unamortized or unpaid organizational fees or expenses.
     4.2. Each Acquiring Entity, on behalf of the Acquiring Fund, represents and warrants to the Target Entity and its corresponding Target Fund as follows:
     (a) The Acquiring Fund is duly organized as a series of the Acquiring Entity, which is a statutory trust duly formed, validly existing, and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware, with power under its Agreement and Declaration of Trust, as amended (the “Agreement and Declaration of Trust”), to own all of its properties and assets and to carry on its business as it is now being, and as it is contemplated to be, conducted, and to enter into this Agreement and perform its obligations hereunder;
     (b) The Acquiring Entity is a registered investment company classified as a management company of the open-end type, and its registration with the Commission as an investment company under the 1940 Act and the registration of the shares of the Acquiring Fund under the 1933 Act are in full force and effect;
     (c) No consent, approval, authorization, or order of any court, governmental authority or FINRA is required for the consummation by the Acquiring Fund and the Acquiring Entity of the transactions contemplated herein, except such as have been or will be obtained (at or prior to the Closing Date) under the 1933 Act, the 1934 Act, the 1940 Act and state securities laws;
     (d) The prospectuses and statements of additional information of the Acquiring Fund to be used in connection with the Reorganization will conform at the time of their use in all material respects to the applicable requirements of the 1933 Act and the 1940 Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder and will not include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not materially misleading;
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public accounting firm identified in the Acquiring Fund’s prospectus or statement of additional information included in the Acquiring Fund’s registration statement on Form N-1A. Such statements, as well as the unaudited, semi-annual financial statements for the semi-annual period next succeeding the Acquiring Fund’s most recently completed fiscal year, if any, were prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”) consistently applied, and such statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial condition of the Acquiring Fund as of such date in accordance with GAAP, and there are no known contingent liabilities of the Acquiring Fund required to be reflected on a balance sheet (including the notes thereto) in accordance with GAAP as of such date not disclosed therein;
     (g) Since the last day of the Acquiring Fund’s most recently completed fiscal year, there has not been any material adverse change in the Acquiring Fund’s financial condition, assets, liabilities or business, other than changes occurring in the ordinary course of business;
     (h) On the Closing Date, all material Returns of the Acquiring Fund required by law to have been filed by such date (including any extensions) shall have been filed and are or will be true, correct and complete in all material respects, and all Taxes shown as due or claimed to be due by any government entity shall have been paid or provision has been made for the payment thereof. To the Acquiring Fund’s knowledge, no such Return is currently under audit by any Federal, state, local or foreign Tax authority; no assessment has been asserted with respect to such Returns; there are no levies, liens or other encumbrances on the Acquiring Fund or its assets resulting from the non-payment of any Taxes; and no waivers of the time to assess any such Taxes are outstanding nor are any written requests for such waivers pending; and adequate provision has been made in the Acquiring Fund financial statements for all Taxes in respect of all periods ended on or before the date of such financial statements;
     (i) The Acquiring Fund has elected to be a regulated investment company under Subchapter M of the Code and is a fund that is treated as a separate corporation under Section 851(g) of the Code. The Acquiring Fund has qualified for treatment as a regulated investment company for each taxable year since inception that has ended prior to the Closing Date and has satisfied the requirements of Part I of Subchapter M of the Code to maintain such qualification for the period beginning on the first day of its current taxable year and ending on the Closing Date. The Acquiring Fund has no earnings or profits accumulated in any taxable year in which the provisions of Subchapter M of the Code did not apply to it. If the Acquiring Fund serves as a funding vehicle for variable contracts (life insurance or annuity), the Acquiring Fund, with respect to each of its taxable years that has ended prior to the Closing Date during which it has served as such a funding vehicle, has satisfied the diversification requirements of Section 817(h) of the Code and will continue to satisfy the requirements of Section 817(h) of the Code for the period beginning on the first day of its current taxable year and ending on the Closing Date;
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assessable by the Acquiring Entity and, in every state where offered or sold, such offers and sales have been in compliance in all material respects with applicable registration and/or notice requirements of the 1933 Act and state and District of Columbia securities laws;
     (k) The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement will have been duly authorized prior to the Closing Date by all necessary action, if any, on the part of the trustees of the Acquiring Entity, on behalf of the Acquiring Fund, and subject to the approval of shareholders of the Target Fund and the due authorization, execution and delivery of this Agreement by the other parties hereto, this Agreement will constitute a valid and binding obligation of the Acquiring Fund, enforceable in accordance with its terms, subject, as to enforcement, to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and other laws relating to or affecting creditors’ rights and to general equity principles;
     (l) The shares of the Acquiring Fund to be issued and delivered to the Target Fund, for the account of the Target Fund Shareholders, pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, will on the Closing Date have been duly authorized and, when so issued and delivered, will be duly and validly issued Acquiring Fund shares, and, upon receipt of the Target Fund’s Assets in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, will be fully paid and non-assessable by the Acquiring Entity;
     (m) The books and records of the Acquiring Fund are true and correct in all material respects and contain no material omissions with respect to information required to be maintained under laws, rules, and regulations applicable to the Acquiring Fund;
     (n) The Acquiring Entity is not under the jurisdiction of a court in a Title 11 or similar case within the meaning of Section 368(a)(3)(A) of the Code;
     (o) The Acquiring Fund has no unamortized or unpaid organizational fees or expenses for which it does not expect to be reimbursed by Invesco or its affiliates.
5.   COVENANTS OF THE ACQUIRING FUND AND THE TARGET FUND
     5.1. With respect to each Reorganization:
     (a) The Acquiring Fund and the Target Fund each: (i) will operate its business in the ordinary course and substantially in accordance with past practices between the date hereof and the Closing Date for the Reorganization, it being understood that such ordinary course of business may include the declaration and payment of customary dividends and distributions, and any other distribution that may be advisable, and (ii) shall use its reasonable best efforts to preserve intact its business organization and material assets and maintain the rights, franchises and business and customer relations necessary to conduct the business operations of the Acquiring Fund or the Target Fund, as appropriate, in the ordinary course in all material respects.
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     (c) The Target Fund covenants that the Acquiring Fund shares to be issued pursuant to this Agreement are not being acquired for the purpose of making any distribution thereof, other than in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
     (d) The Target Fund will assist the Acquiring Fund in obtaining such information as the Acquiring Fund reasonably requests concerning the beneficial ownership of the Target Fund’s shares.
     (e) If reasonably requested by the Acquiring Fund in writing, the Target Entity will provide the Acquiring Fund with (1) a statement of the respective tax basis and holding period of all investments to be transferred by a Target Fund to the Acquiring Fund, (2) a copy (which may be in electronic form) of the shareholder ledger accounts including, without limitation, the name, address and taxpayer identification number of each shareholder of record, the number of shares of beneficial interest held by each shareholder, the dividend reinvestment elections applicable to each shareholder, and the backup withholding and nonresident alien withholding certifications, notices or records on file with the Target Fund with respect to each shareholder, for all of the shareholders of record of the Target Fund as of the close of business on the Valuation Date, who are to become holders of the Acquiring Fund as a result of the transfer of Assets (the “Target Fund Shareholder Documentation”), certified by its transfer agent or its President or Vice-President to the best of their knowledge and belief, (3) all FIN 48 work papers and supporting statements pertaining to a Target Fund (the “FIN 48 Workpapers”), and (4) the tax books and records of a Target Fund in a Tax-Free Reorganization for purposes of preparing any returns required by law to be filed for tax periods ending after the Closing Date.
     (f) Subject to the provisions of this Agreement, the Acquiring Fund and the Target Fund will each take, or cause to be taken, all action, and do or cause to be done all things, reasonably necessary, proper or advisable to consummate and make effective the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
     (g) As soon as is reasonably practicable after the Closing, the Target Fund will make one or more liquidating distributions to its shareholders consisting of the applicable class of shares of the Acquiring Fund received at the Closing, as set forth in Section 1.2(d) hereof.
     (h) If reasonably requested in writing by Acquiring Fund, a statement of the earnings and profits (accumulated and current) of the Target Fund for federal income tax purposes that will be carried over to the Acquiring Fund as a result of Section 381 of the Code.
     (i) It is the intention of the parties that each Reorganization will qualify as a reorganization with the meaning of Section 368(a) of the Code. None of the parties to a Reorganization shall take any action or cause any action to be taken (including, without limitation the filing of any tax return) that is inconsistent with such treatment or results in the failure of such Reorganization to qualify as a reorganization within the meaning of Section 368(a) of the Code.

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     (j) Any reporting responsibility of the Target Fund, including, but not limited to, the responsibility for filing regulatory reports, tax returns relating to tax periods ending on or prior to the Closing Date (whether due before or after the Closing Date), or other documents with the Commission, any state securities commission, and any Federal, state or local tax authorities or any other relevant regulatory authority, is and shall remain the responsibility of the Target Fund, except as otherwise is mutually agreed by the parties.
     (k) If reasonably requested in writing by Acquiring Fund, the Target Fund shall deliver to the Acquiring Fund copies of: (1) the federal, state and local income tax returns filed by or on behalf of the Target Fund for the prior three (3) taxable years; and (2) any of the following that have been issued to or for the benefit of or that otherwise affect the Target Fund and which have continuing relevance: (a) rulings, determinations, holdings or opinions issued by any federal, state, local or foreign tax authority and (b) legal opinions.
6.   CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO OBLIGATIONS OF THE TARGET FUND
     6.1. With respect to each Reorganization, the obligations of the Target Entity, on behalf of the Target Fund, to consummate the transactions provided for herein shall be subject, at the Target Fund’s election, to the performance by the Acquiring Fund of all of the obligations to be performed by it hereunder on or before the Closing Date, and, in addition thereto, the following conditions:
     (a) All representations and warranties of the Acquiring Fund and the Acquiring Entity contained in this Agreement shall be true and correct in all material respects as of the date hereof and, except as they may be affected by the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, as of the Closing Date, with the same force and effect as if made on and as of the Closing Date;
     (b) The Acquiring Entity shall have delivered to the Target Entity on the Closing Date a certificate executed in its name by its President or Vice President and Treasurer, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Target Entity and dated as of the Closing Date, to the effect that the representations and warranties of or with respect to the Acquiring Fund made in this Agreement are true and correct at and as of the Closing Date, except as they may be affected by the transactions contemplated by this Agreement;
     (c) The Acquiring Entity and the Acquiring Fund shall have performed all of the covenants and complied with all of the provisions required by this Agreement to be performed or complied with by the Acquiring Entity and the Acquiring Fund, on or before the Closing Date; and
7.   CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO OBLIGATIONS OF THE ACQUIRING FUND
     7.1. With respect to each Reorganization, the obligations of the Acquiring Entity, on behalf of the Acquiring Fund, to consummate the transactions provided for herein shall be subject, at the Acquiring Fund’s election, to the performance by the Target Fund of all of the

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obligations to be performed by it hereunder on or before the Closing Date and, in addition thereto, the following conditions:
     (a) All representations and warranties of the Target Entity and the Target Fund contained in this Agreement shall be true and correct in all material respects as of the date hereof and, except as they may be affected by the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, as of the Closing Date, with the same force and effect as if made on and as of the Closing Date;
     (b) If requested by Acquiring Fund, the Target Entity, on behalf of the Target Fund, shall have delivered to the Acquiring Entity (i) a statement of the Target Fund’s Assets, together with a list of portfolio securities of the Target Fund showing the adjusted tax basis of such securities by lot and the holding periods of such securities, as of the Closing Date, certified by the Treasurer of the Target Entity, (ii) the Target Fund Shareholder Documentation, (iii) if applicable, the FIN 48 Workpapers, (iv) to the extent permitted by applicable law, all information pertaining to, or necessary or useful in the calculation or demonstration of, the investment performance of the Target Fund, and (v) a statement of earnings and profits as provided in Section 5.1(h);
     (c) The Target Entity shall have delivered to the Acquiring Entity on the Closing Date a certificate executed in its name by its President or Vice President and Treasurer, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Acquiring Entity and dated as of the Closing Date, to the effect that the representations and warranties of or with respect to the Target Fund made in this Agreement are true and correct at and as of the Closing Date, except as they may be affected by the transactions contemplated by this Agreement;
     (d) The Target Custodian shall have delivered the certificate contemplated by Sections 3.2(b) of this Agreement, duly executed by an authorized officer of the Target Custodian;
     (e) The Target Entity and the Target Fund shall have performed all of the covenants and complied with all of the provisions required by this Agreement to be performed or complied with by the Target Entity and the Target Fund, on or before the Closing Date; and
     (f) The Target Fund shall have declared and paid a distribution or distributions prior to the Closing that, together with all previous distributions, shall have the effect of distributing to its shareholders (i) all of its investment company taxable income (determined without regard to any deductions for dividends paid) and all of its net realized capital gains, if any, for the period from the close of its last fiscal year to the Closing Time on the Closing Date; (ii) any such undistributed investment company taxable income and net realized capital gains from any prior period to the extent not otherwise already distributed; and (iii) at least 90 percent of the excess, if any, of the Target Fund’s interest income excludible from gross income under Section 103(a) of the Code over its deductions disallowed under Sections 265 and 171(a)(2) of the Code for the

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taxable year prior to the Closing Date and at least 90 percent of such net tax-exempt income for the short taxable year.
8.   FURTHER CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO OBLIGATIONS OF THE ACQUIRING FUND AND THE TARGET FUND
     With respect to each Reorganization, if any of the conditions set forth below have not been satisfied on or before the Closing Date with respect to the Target Fund or the Acquiring Fund, the Acquiring Entity or Target Entity, respectively, shall, at its option, not be required to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement:
     8.1. The Agreement shall have been approved by the requisite vote of the holders of the outstanding shares of the Target Fund in accordance with the provisions of the Target Entity’s Governing Documents, Delaware law, and the 1940 Act. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, neither the Target Fund nor the Acquiring Fund may waive the conditions set forth in this Section 8.1;
     8.2. On the Closing Date, no action, suit or other proceeding shall be pending or, to the Target Entity’s or the Acquiring Entity’s knowledge, threatened before any court or governmental agency in which it is sought to restrain or prohibit, or obtain damages or other relief in connection with, this Agreement, the transactions contemplated herein;
     8.3. All consents of other parties and all other consents, orders and permits of Federal, state and local regulatory authorities deemed necessary by the Acquiring Fund or the Target Fund to permit consummation, in all material respects, of the transactions contemplated hereby shall have been obtained, except where failure to obtain any such consent, order or permit would not involve a risk of a material adverse effect on the assets or properties of the Acquiring Fund or the Target Fund, provided that either party hereto may for itself waive any of such conditions;
     8.4. A registration statement on Form N-14 under the 1933 Act properly registering the Acquiring Fund shares to be issued in connection with the Reorganization shall have become effective under the 1933 Act and no stop orders suspending the effectiveness thereof shall have been issued and, to the best knowledge of the parties hereto, no investigation or proceeding for that purpose shall have been instituted or be pending, threatened or contemplated under the 1933 Act; and
     8.5. The Target Entity and the Acquiring Entity shall have received on or before the Closing Date an opinion of Stradley Ronon in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Target Entity and the Acquiring Entity, as to the matters set forth on Schedule 8.6. In rendering such opinion, Stradley Ronon may request and rely upon representations contained in certificates of officers of the Target Entity, the Acquiring Entity and others, and the officers of the Target Entity and the Acquiring Entity shall use their best efforts to make available such truthful certificates.

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9.   FEES AND EXPENSES
     9.1. Each Acquiring Fund will bear its expenses relating to the Reorganizations, which IAI has estimated to be $30,000 per Reorganization. Each Target Fund will bear its costs associated with the Reorganization, provided that the Target Fund is expected to recoup those costs within 24 months following the Reorganization as a result of reduced total annual fund operating expenses. IAI has agreed to bear the Reorganization costs of any Target Fund that does not meet the foregoing threshold based on estimates prepared by the Adviser and discussed with the Board.
10.   FINAL TAX RETURNS AND FORMS 1099 OF TARGET FUND
     10.1. After the Closing Date, except as otherwise agreed to by the parties, Target Entity shall or shall cause its agents to prepare any federal, state or local tax returns, including any Forms 1099, required to be filed by Target Entity with respect to each Target Fund’s final taxable year ending with its complete liquidation and for any prior periods or taxable years and shall further cause such tax returns and Forms 1099 to be duly filed with the appropriate taxing authorities.
11.   ENTIRE AGREEMENT; SURVIVAL OF WARRANTIES AND COVENANTS
     11.1. The representations, warranties and covenants contained in this Agreement or in any document delivered pursuant hereto or in connection herewith shall not survive the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereunder. The covenants to be performed after the Closing shall survive the Closing.
12.   TERMINATION
     This Agreement may be terminated and the transactions contemplated hereby may be abandoned with respect to one or more (or all) Reorganizations by mutual agreement of the parties.
13.   AMENDMENTS
     This Agreement may be amended, modified or supplemented in a writing signed by the parties hereto to be bound by such Amendment.
14.   HEADINGS; GOVERNING LAW; COUNTERPARTS; ASSIGNMENT; LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
     14.1. The Article and Section headings contained in this Agreement are for reference purposes only and shall not affect in any way the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement.
     14.2. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware and applicable Federal law, without regard to its principles of conflicts of laws.

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     14.3. This Agreement shall bind and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns, but no assignment or transfer hereof or of any rights or obligations hereunder shall be made by any party without the written consent of the other parties. Nothing herein expressed or implied is intended or shall be construed to confer upon or give any person, firm or corporation, other than the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns, any rights or remedies under or by reason of this Agreement.
     14.4. This agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be considered an original.
     14.5. It is expressly agreed that the obligations of the parties hereunder shall not be binding upon any of their respective directors or trustees, shareholders, nominees, officers, agents, or employees personally, but shall bind only the property of the applicable Target Fund or the applicable Acquiring Fund as provided in the Governing Documents of the Target Entity or the Agreement and Declaration of Trust of the Acquiring Entity, respectively. The execution and delivery by such officers shall not be deemed to have been made by any of them individually or to impose any liability on any of them personally, but shall bind only the property of such party.

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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be approved on behalf of the Acquiring Fund and Target Fund.

                 
Invesco Advisers, Inc.        
 
               
By:
               
 
           
 
  Name:        
 
  Title:        
AIM Counselor Series Trust (Invesco Counselor Series Trust), AIM Equity Funds (Invesco Equity Funds), AIM Funds Group (Invesco Funds Group), AIM Growth Series (Invesco Growth Series), AIM International Mutual funds (Invesco International Mutual Funds), AIM Investment Funds (Invesco Investment Funds), AIM Investment Securities Funds (Invesco Investment Securities Funds), AIM Sector Funds (Invesco Sector Funds) and AIM Variable Insurance Funds (Invesco Variable Insurance Funds), each on behalf of its respective series identified on Exhibit A hereto
         
By:
       
 
       
 
  Name:    
 
  Title:    


 


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EXHIBIT A
CHART OF REORGANIZATIONS
     
Acquiring Fund (and share classes) and   Corresponding Target Fund (and share
Acquiring Entity   classes) and Target Entity
     

 


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Schedule 1.2(c)
Excluded Liabilities
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Schedule 8.6
Tax Opinions
     (i) The acquisition by the Acquiring Fund of substantially all of the assets of the Target Fund, as provided for in the Agreement, in exchange for Acquiring Fund shares and the assumption by the Acquiring Fund of all of the liabilities of the Target Fund, followed by the distribution by the Target Fund to its shareholders of the Acquiring Fund shares in complete liquidation of the Target Fund, will qualify as a reorganization within the meaning of Section 368(a)(1) of the Code, and the Target Fund and the Acquiring Fund each will be a “party to the reorganization” within the meaning of Section 368(b) of the Code.
     (ii) No gain or loss will be recognized by the Target Fund upon the transfer of substantially all of its assets to, and assumption of its liabilities by, the Acquiring Fund in exchange solely for Acquiring Fund shares pursuant to Section 361(a) and Section 357(a) of the Code, except that Target Fund may be required to recognize gain or loss with respect to contracts described in Section 1256(b) of the Code or stock in a passive foreign investment company, as defined in Section 1297(a) of the Code.
     (iii) No gain or loss will be recognized by the Acquiring Fund upon the receipt by it of substantially all of the assets of the Target Fund in exchange solely for the assumption of the liabilities of the Target Fund and issuance of the Acquiring Fund shares pursuant to Section 1032(a) of the Code.
     (iv) No gain or loss will be recognized by the Target Fund upon the distribution of the Acquiring Fund shares by the Target Fund to its shareholders in complete liquidation (in pursuance of the Agreement) pursuant to Section 361(c)(1) of the Code.
     (v) The tax basis of the assets of the Target Fund received by the Acquiring Fund will be the same as the tax basis of such assets in the hands of the Target Fund immediately prior to the transfer pursuant to Section 362(b) of the Code.
     (vi) The holding periods of the assets of the Target Fund in the hands of the Acquiring Fund will include the periods during which such assets were held by the Target Fund pursuant to Section 1223(2) of the Code.
     (vii) No gain or loss will be recognized by the shareholders of the Target Fund upon the exchange of all of their Target Fund shares for the Acquiring Fund shares pursuant to Section 354(a) of the Code.
     (viii) The aggregate tax basis of the Acquiring Fund shares to be received by each shareholder of the Target Fund will be the same as the aggregate tax basis of Target Fund shares exchanged therefor pursuant to Section 358(a)(1) of the Code.
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provided that the shareholder held Target Fund shares as a capital asset on the date of the exchange pursuant to Section 1223(1) of the Code.
     (x) For purposes of Section 381 of the Code, either: (i) The Acquiring Fund will succeed to and take into account, as of the date of the transfer as defined in Section 1.381(b)-1(b) of the income tax regulations issued by the United States Department of the Treasury (the “Income Tax Regulations”), the items of the Target Fund described in Section 381(c) of the Code, subject to the conditions and limitations specified in Sections 381, 382, 383 and 384 of the Code and the Income Tax Regulations thereunder; or (ii) The Acquiring Fund will succeed to and take into account, as of the date of the transfer as defined in Section 1.381(b)-1(b) of the income tax regulations issued by the United States Department of the Treasury (the “Income Tax Regulations”), the items of the Target Fund described in Section 381(c) of the Code as if there had been no Reorganization.

 


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EXHIBIT E
FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS
          The financial highlight tables are intended to help you understand the Acquiring Fund’s and the Target Funds’ financial performance for the past five fiscal years and are included in the respective Acquiring Fund’s prospectus and each Target Fund’s prospectus which are each incorporated herein by reference. The Acquiring Fund’s prospectus also accompanies this Proxy Statement/Prospectus. The financial highlights tables below provide additional information for the most recent six-month or seven-month semi-annual reporting period, or for the twelve-month annual period, as applicable. The information for six-month or seven-month semi-annual reporting period is unaudited. The Acquiring Fund’s and the Basic Balanced Fund’s fiscal year end is December 31, and, accordingly, the Acquiring Fund’s and Basic Balanced Fund’s financial highlights table below contains information for the six-month period ended June 30, 2010. The financial highlights table for the Acquiring Fund contains the financial performance of a predecessor fund that was reorganized into the Acquiring Fund in June 2010. The Balanced Fund’s fiscal year end is January 31, which was recently changed from December 31, and, accordingly, the Balanced Fund’s financial highlights table contains information for the seven-month period ended August 31, 2010. The Balanced Fund contains the financial performance of a predecessor fund that was reorganized into the Balanced Fund in June 2010.
Acquiring Fund
          The following schedule presents financial highlights for one share of the Acquiring Fund outstanding for the period indicated.
                                                                                                         
                                    Less:                                                   Ratio of net    
    Net asset                           Distributions   Less:                                   Ratio of   investment    
    value,   Net   Net realized and   Total from   from net   Distributions           Net asset           Net assets, end   expenses to   income to    
    beginning of   investment   unrealized   investment   investment   from net   Total   value, end of           of period (in   average net   average net   Portfolio
    period   income   gain/loss   operations   income   realized gain   Distributions   the period   Total Return   millions)   assets   assets   Turnover
Class A
                                                                                                       
Six months ended 6/30/10
  $ 7.79     $ 0.08 (a)   $ (0.43 )   $ (0.35 )   $ 0.08     $ -0-     $ 0.08     $ 7.36       (4.60 )% (b)*   $ 7,590.50       0.80 %(c)     1.95 %(c)     17 %*
Class B
                                                                                                       
Six months ended 6/30/10
    7.64       0.07 (a)     (0.42 )     (0.35 )     0.07       -0-       0.07       7.22       (4.64 )%(d)(e)*     1,310.5       0.94 %(e)(f)     1.81 %(e)(f)     17 %*
Class C
                                                                                                       
Six months ended 6/30/10
    7.68       0.05 (a)     (0.42 )     (0.37 )     0.05       -0-       0.05       7.26       (4.90 )% (g)(e)*     1,225.4       1.54 %(e)(h)     1.21 %(e)(h)     17 %*
Class Y(m)
                                                                                                       
Six months ended 6/30/10
    7.79       0.09 (a)     (0.44 )     (0.35 )     0.08       -0-       0.08       7.36       (4.48 )%(k)*     435.8       0.55 %(l)     2.20 %(l)     17 %*
Class R
                                                                                                       
Six months ended 6/30/10
    7.83       0.07 (a)     (0.44 )     (0.37 )     0.07       -0-       0.07       7.39       (4.83 )%(i)*     168.5       1.05 %(j)     1.70 %(j)     17 %*
Institutional Class
                                                                                                       
Six months ended 6/30/10
    7.59       0.02 (a)     (0.21 )     (0.19 )     0.04                   7.36       (2.51 )% (k)*     63.7       0.37 %(n)     2.61 %(n)     17 %(o)
 
(a)   Based on average shares outstanding.
 
(b)   Assumes reinvestment of all distributions for the period and does not include payment of the maximum sales charge of 5.50% or contingent deferred sales charge (CDSC). For shares purchased prior to June 1, 2010, the maximum sales charge was 5.75%. On purchases of $1 million or more, a CDSC of 1% may be imposed on certain redemptions made within eighteen months of purchase. If the sales charges were included, total returns would be lower. These returns include combined Rule 12-1 fees and service fees of up to 0.25% and do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distribution or the redemption of Fund shares.
 
(c)   Ratios are based on average daily net assets (000s omitted) of $8,360,309.
 
(d)   Assumes reinvestment of all distributions for the period and does not include payment of the maximum CDSC of 5.00%, charged on certain redemptions made within one year of purchase. For shares purchased prior to June 1, 2010, the CDSC on Class B shares declines from 5% at the time of purchase to 0% at the beginning of the sixth year. For shares purchased on or after June 1, 2010, the CDSC on Class B shares declines from 5% at the time of purchase to 0% at the beginning of the seventh year. If the sales charge was included, total returns would be lower. These returns include combined Rule 12b-1 fees and service fee of up to 1% and do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares.
 
(e)   The Total Return, Ratio of Expenses to Average Net Assets and Ratio of Net Investment Income to Average Net Assets reflect action 12b-1 fees of less than 1%.
 
(f)   Ratios are based on average daily net assets (000s omitted) of $1,526,739.

 


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(g)   Assumes reinvestment of all distributions for the period and does not include payment of the maximum CDSC of 1.00%, charged on certain redemptions made within one year of purchase. If the sales charge was included, total returns would be lower. These returns include combined Rule 12b-1 fees and service fee of up to 1% and do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares.
 
(h)   Ratios are based on average daily net assets (000s omitted) of $1,361,400.
 
(i)   Assumes reinvestment of all distributions for the period. These returns include combined Rule 12b-1 fees and service fee of up to 1% and do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares.
 
(j)   Ratios are based on average daily net assets (000s omitted) of $179,152.
 
(k)   Assumes reinvestment of all distributions for the period. This return does not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares.
 
(l)   Ratios are based on average daily net assets (000s omitted) of $534,814.
 
(m)   On June 1, 2010, the Fund’s former Class I Shares were reorganized into Class Y Shares.
 
(n)   Ratios are based on average daily net assets (000s omitted) of $10.
 
(o)   Portfolio turnover is calculated at the fund level and is not annualized for periods less than one year.
 
*   Non-Annualized.
Target Fund — Balanced Fund
The following schedule presents financial highlights for a share of the Balanced Fund outstanding for the period indicated.
                                                                                                                 
                            Income from                                                        
            Income from   Income from   Investment   Less dividends   Less dividends   Less dividends                                            
            Investment   Investment   Operations:   and   and   and distributions                                   Ratios to        
    Net Asset   Operations:   Operations:   Total income   distributions   distributions   from:                   Net assets,   Ratios to   average net   Ratios to    
    Value,   Net   Net Realized   (loss) from   from: Net   from:   Total dividends   Net Asset           end of   average net   assets: Net   average net   Supplemental
    Beginning   investment   and unrealized   investment   Investment   Net Realized   and   Value, end   Total   period   assets: Total   investment   assets: Rebate   data: Portfolio
    of Period   income(a)   gain (loss)   operations   Income   Gain   distributions   of period   Return(b)   (000’s)   expenses   income   from affiliates   turnover(d)
Class A
                                                                                                               
Seven months ended 08/31/10
  $ 11.79     $ 0.09     $ (0.18 )   $ (0.09 )   $ (0.09 )         $ (0.09 )   $ 11.61       (0.82 )%   $ 76,745       1.13 %(c)     1.33 %(c)           22 %(d)
Class B
                                                                                                               
Seven months ended 08/31/10
    11.81       0.04       (0.18 )     (0.14 )     (0.04 )           (0.04 )     11.63       (1.20 )%     27,785       1.88 %(e)     0.58 %(e)           22 %
Class C
                                                                                                               
Seven months ended 08/31/10
    11.80       0.04       (0.18 )     (0.14 )     (0.04 )           (0.04 )     11.62       (1.19 )%     47,272       1.88 %(f)     0.58 %(f)           22 %
Class Y
                                                                                                               
Seven months ended 08/31/10
    11.77       0.11       (0.18 )     (0.07 )     (0.10 )           (0.10 )     11.60       (0.62 )%     197       0.88 %(g)     1.58 %(g)           22 %
 
(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 assets 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)   Rations are annualized and based on average daily net assets (000s omitted) of $79,552.
 
(d)   Portfolio turnover is calculated at the fund level and is not annualized for periods less than one year, if applicable.
 
(e)   Rations are annualized and based on average daily net assets (000s omitted) of $34,694.
 
(f)   Rations are annualized and based on average daily net assets (000s omitted) of $51,042.
 
(g)   Rations are annualized and based on average daily net assets (000s omitted) of $211.
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                                                                    Ratio of expenses   Ratio of expenses   Ratio of net    
                    Net gains (losses)                                   Net assets,   to average net   to average net   investment    
    Net asset value,           on securities (both   Total from   Dividends from   Net asset           end of   assets with fee   assets without fee   income to    
    beginning of   Net investment   realized and   investment   net investment   value, end of   Total   period (000s   waivers and/or   waivers and/or   average net   Portfolio
    period   income   unrealized)   operations   income   period   Return(a)   omitted)   expenses absorbed   expenses absorbed   assets   Turnover(b)
Class A
                                                                                               
Six months ended 6/30/10
  $ 10.34     $ 0.05 (c)   $ (0.76 )   $ (0.71 )   $ (0.05 )   $ 9.58       (6.89 )%   $ 360,490       1.20 %(d)     1.21 %(d)     0.97 %(d)     75 %
Class B
                                                                                               
Six months ended 6/30/10
    10.32       0.01 (c)     (0.76 )     (0.75 )     (0.01 )     9.56       (7.25 )     47,988       1.95 (d)     1.96 (d)     0.22 (d)     75  
Class C
                                                                                               
Six months ended 6/30/10
    10.33       0.01 (c)     (0.77 )     (0.76 )     (0.01 )     9.56       (7.34 )     57,513       1.95 (d)     1.96 (d)     0.22 (d)     75  
Class Y
                                                                                               
Six months ended 6/30/10
    10.34       0.06 (c)     (0.76 )     (0.70 )     (0.06 )     9.58       (6.78 )     1,731       0.95 (d)     0.96 (d)     1.22 (d)     75  
Class R
                                                                                               
Six months ended 6/30/10
    10.34       0.04 (c)     (0.77 )     (0.73 )     (0.04 )     9.57       (7.10 )     6,832       1.45 (d)     1.46 (d)     0.72 (d)     75  
Investor Class
                                                                                               
Six months ended 6/30/10
    10.34       0.05 (c)     (0.77       (0.72 )     (0.05 )     9.57       (6.99 )     108,156       1.20 (d)     1.21 (d)     0.97 (d)     75  
Institutional Class
                                                                                               
Six months ended 6/30/10
    10.33       0.08 (c)     (0.76 )     (0.68 )     (0.08 )     9.57       (6.68 )     399       0.72 (d)     0.73 (d)     1.45 (d)     75  
 
(a)   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.
 
(b)   Portfolio turnover is calculated at the fund level and is not annualized for periods less than one year, if applicable.
 
(c)   Calculated using average shares outstanding.
 
(d)   Ratios are annualized and based on average daily net assets (000s omitted) of $403,223, $59,018, $65,336, $6,802, $1,547, $122,542 and $407 for Class A, Class B, Class C, Class R, Class Y, Investor Class and Institutional Class shares, respectively.

 


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(INVESCO LETTERHEAD)
   
 
[January ___], 2011
Dear Shareholder,
On June 1, Invesco completed its acquisition of Morgan Stanley’s retail asset management business, including Van Kampen Investments.
The Invesco and Van Kampen/Morgan Stanley retail investment capabilities were highly complementary, enabling Invesco to provide a more balanced product offering to Invesco Funds’ shareholders. As a result of the combination, Invesco gained investment talent for a number of investment strategies, including U.S. Value Equity, U.S. Small Cap Growth Equity, Tax-Free Municipals, Bank Loans and others. With this enhanced expertise and a comprehensive range of diverse investment capabilities, Invesco is better positioned than ever to meet the needs of investors across the U.S. and around the globe.
Since June 1, Invesco has been conducting a comprehensive review of its product line to sharpen its offerings to investors. A key goal of this effort is to reduce overlap and enhance efficiency across the product line for the benefit of Invesco Funds’ shareholders and Invesco.
As the next step in the process of integrating the combined business, the Invesco Funds Boards have approved a realignment of fund offerings, subject to shareholder approval. If approved by shareholders, the proposed realignment will:
  §   Distinguish and emphasize Invesco’s most compelling investment processes and strategies;
 
  §   Reduce overlap in the product lineup to help lower costs for shareholders; and
 
  §   Build a solid foundation for further growth to meet client and shareholder needs.
In addition, most Funds will continue to be managed by their existing investment management teams post-reorganization and many shareholders will experience a reduction in total expense ratio, decreasing the cost of their investment. In cases where management fee expenses are scheduled to increase as a result of a proposed reorganization, Invesco has instituted a cap on the total expense ratio of the Acquiring Fund intended to preserve the lowest current expense ratio of all Target Funds in each proposed set of reorganizations for a period of time post reorganization.
The independent trustees of your Board believe that the reorganization proposed in this proxy is in the best interest of your Fund and the attached proxy seeks your vote in favor of the proposed reorganization.
Your vote is important. Please take a moment after reviewing the enclosed materials to sign and return your proxy card in the enclosed postage paid return envelope. If you attend the meeting, you may vote your shares in person. If you expect to attend the meeting in person, or have questions, please notify us by calling 1-800-959-4226. You may also vote your shares by telephone or through a website established for that purpose by following the instructions that appear on the enclosed proxy card. If we do not hear from you after a reasonable amount of time, you may receive a telephone call from our proxy solicitor, Computershare Fund Services, Inc., reminding you to vote your shares.
Sincerely,
Mr. Philip Taylor
President and Principal Executive Officer

 


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AIM COUNSELOR SERIES TRUST
(Invesco Counselor Series Trust)
11 Greenway Plaza, Suite 2500
Houston, Texas 77046
(800) 959-4246
NOTICE OF JOINT SPECIAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS
To Be Held on April 14, 2011
          A joint special meeting (the “Meeting”) of the shareholders of the series of AIM Counselor Series Trust (Invesco Counselor Series Trust) (the “Trust”) identified below will be held on April 14, 2011 at 3:00 p.m., Central time, at 11 Greenway Plaza, Suite 2500, Houston, Texas 77046 to vote on the following proposal:
To approve an Agreement and Plan of Reorganization between each “Target Fund,” and, together, the “Target Funds,” listed below and Invesco Van Kampen Growth and Income Fund (the “Acquiring Fund”), also a series of the Trust, providing for: (a) the acquisition of all of the assets and assumption of all of the liabilities of each Target Fund by the Acquiring Fund in exchange for shares of a corresponding class of the Acquiring Fund; (b) the distribution of such shares to the shareholders of the Target Fund; and (c) the liquidation and termination of the Target Fund (each, a “Reorganization” and collectively, the “Reorganizations”).
The Target Funds and the Acquiring Fund involved in each proposed Reorganization are:
     
Target Funds   Acquiring Fund
Invesco Fundamental Value Fund
  Invesco Van Kampen Growth and Income Fund
Invesco Large Cap Relative Value Fund
  Invesco Van Kampen Growth and Income Fund
          Shareholders of record as of the close of business on January 14, 2011 are entitled to notice of, and to vote at, the Meeting or any adjournment of the Meeting. Shareholders of each Target Fund will vote separately on the proposal, and the proposal will be effected as to a particular Target Fund only if that Fund’s shareholders approve the proposal.
          The Board of Trustees of the Trust (the “Board”) requests that you vote your shares by completing the enclosed proxy card and returning it in the enclosed postage paid return envelope, or by voting by telephone or via the internet using the instructions on the proxy card.
          The Board recommends that you cast your vote FOR the above proposal as described in the Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus.
          Some shareholders hold shares in more than one Target Fund and may receive proxy cards or proxy materials for each such Target Fund. Please sign and promptly return each proxy card in the postage paid return envelope regardless of the number of shares owned.
          Proxy card instructions may be revoked at any time before they are exercised by submitting a written notice of revocation or a subsequently executed proxy card or by attending the Meeting and voting in person.
________________________
Mr. Philip Taylor
President and Principal Executive Officer
January ___, 2011

 


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AIM COUNSELOR SERIES TRUST (Invesco Counselor Series Trust)
11 Greenway Plaza, Suite 2500
Houston, Texas 77046
(800) 959-4246
JOINT PROXY STATEMENT/PROSPECTUS
_______, 2011
Introduction
     This Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus contains information that shareholders of the Invesco Fundamental Value Fund (the “Fundamental Value Fund”) and Invesco Large Cap Relative Value Fund (the “Large Cap Value Fund”), each a series of AIM Counselor Series Trust (Invesco Counselor Series Trust) (the “Trust”), should know before voting on the proposed reorganizations that are described herein, and should be retained for future reference. The Fundamental Value Fund and the Large Cap Value Fund are each referred to herein as a “Target Fund” and, together, as the “Target Funds.” This document is both the proxy statement of the Target Funds and also a prospectus for Invesco Van Kampen Growth and Income Fund (the “Acquiring Fund”), which is also a series of the Trust. Each Target Fund and the Acquiring Fund is a series of a registered open-end management investment company. The Target Funds and the Acquiring Fund collectively are referred to as the “Funds” and to each fund individually as a “Fund.”
     A special meeting of the shareholders of the Target Funds (the “Meeting”) will be held at 11 Greenway Plaza, Suite 2500, Houston, Texas 77046 on April 14, 2011 at 3:00 p.m., Central time. At the Meeting, shareholders of each Target Fund are being asked to consider the following proposal:
To approve an Agreement and Plan of Reorganization between each Target Fund and the Acquiring Fund, providing for: (a) the acquisition of all of the assets and assumption of all of the liabilities of each Target Fund by the Acquiring Fund in exchange for shares of a corresponding class of the Acquiring Fund; (b) the distribution of such shares of the corresponding class to the shareholders of the Target Fund; and (c) the liquidation and termination of the Target Fund (each, a “Reorganization” and collectively, the “Reorganizations”).
     The total value of the Acquiring Fund shares of each class that shareholders will receive in a Reorganization will be the same as the total value of the shares of each class of the Target Fund that shareholders held immediately prior to the Reorganization. Each Reorganization is anticipated to be a tax-free transaction, meaning that shareholders should not be required to pay any federal income tax in connection with the Reorganization. No sales charges or redemption fees will be imposed in connection with the Reorganizations.
     The Board of Trustees of the Trust (the “Board”) has fixed the close of business on January 14, 2011 as the record date (“Record Date”) for the determination of shareholders entitled to notice of and to vote at the Meeting and at any adjournment thereof. Shareholders of each Target Fund on the Record Date will be entitled to one vote for each share of the Target Fund held (and a proportionate fractional vote for each fractional share). This Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus, the enclosed Notice of Joint Special Meeting of Shareholders and the enclosed proxy card will be mailed on or about January ___, 2011 to all shareholders eligible to vote on a Reorganization.
     The Board has approved the Agreement and Plan of Reorganization and has determined that the Reorganization is in the best interest of each Target Fund and the Acquiring Fund and will not dilute the interests of the existing shareholders of the Target Fund or the Acquiring Fund. If shareholders of a Target Fund do not approve the Reorganization, the Board will consider what further action is appropriate for that Target Fund.
     This Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus is being used in order to reduce the preparation, printing, handling and postage expenses that would result from the use of a separate proxy statement/prospectus for each Target Fund.
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    Prospectuses for the Target Funds and the Acquiring Fund;
 
    Annual and semi-annual reports to shareholders of the Target Funds and the Acquiring Fund; and
 
    Statements of Additional Information (“SAIs”) for the Target Funds and the Acquiring Fund.
     These documents are on file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”). The prospectuses of the Target Funds are incorporated herein by reference and are legally deemed to be part of this Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus. A copy of the prospectus of the Acquiring Fund accompanies this Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus and is incorporated herein by reference and deemed to be part of this Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus. The SAI to this Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus, dated the same date as this Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus, also is incorporated herein by reference and is deemed to be part of this Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus. The Target Fund prospectuses, the most recent annual reports to shareholders, containing audited financial statements for the most recent fiscal year, and the most recent semi-annual reports to shareholders of the Target Funds have been previously mailed to shareholders and are available on the Target Funds’ website at www.invesco.com.
     Copies of all of these documents are available upon request without charge by visiting or writing to the Target Funds at 11 Greenway Plaza, Suite 2500, Houston, Texas 77046, or calling (800) 959-4246.
     You also may view or obtain these documents from the SEC’s Public Reference Room, which is located at 100 F Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20549-1520, or from the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. Information on the operation of the SEC’s Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling the SEC at 1-202-551-8090. You can also request copies of these materials, upon payment at the prescribed rates of the duplicating fee, by electronic request to the SEC’s e-mail address (publicinfo@sec.gov) or by writing the Public Reference Branch, Office of Consumer Affairs and Information Services, SEC, Washington, D.C. 20549-1520.
These securities have not been approved or disapproved by the Securities and Exchange Commission nor has the Securities and Exchange Commission passed upon the accuracy or adequacy of this Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense. An investment in the Funds is not a deposit with a bank and is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”) or any other government agency. You may lose money by investing in the Funds.

 


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PROPOSAL: TO APPROVE AN AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF REORGANIZATION
     Shareholders of each Target Fund are being asked to consider and approve an Agreement and Plan of Reorganization (the “Agreement”) that will have the effect of reorganizing the Target Fund with and into the Acquiring Fund, as summarized below. The Agreement provides for (a) the acquisition of all of the assets and assumption of all of the liabilities of each Target Fund by the Acquiring Fund in exchange for shares of a corresponding class of the Acquiring Fund; (b) the distribution of such shares of the corresponding class to the shareholders of the Target Fund; and (c) the liquidation and termination of the Target Fund.
SUMMARY OF KEY INFORMATION
     The following is a summary of certain information contained elsewhere in this Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus, in the Agreement, and/or in the prospectuses and SAIs of the Funds. Shareholders should read the entire Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus and the prospectus of the Acquiring Fund carefully for more complete information.
On what am I being asked to vote?
     As a shareholder of a Target Fund, you are being asked to consider and vote to approve the Agreement under which the assets and liabilities of the Target Fund will be transferred to the Acquiring Fund.
     If shareholders of a Target Fund approve the Agreement, shares of each class of the Target Fund will be exchanged for Acquiring Fund shares of the corresponding class of equal value, which will result in your holding shares of the Acquiring Fund equal to the value of your shares of the corresponding class of the Target Fund, and the Target Fund will be liquidated and terminated.
Has my Fund’s Board of Trustees approved the Reorganizations?
     Yes. The Board has carefully reviewed the proposal and unanimously approved the Agreement and the Reorganizations. The Board recommends that shareholders of each Target Fund vote in favor of the Agreement.
What are the reasons for the proposed Reorganizations?
     On June 1, 2010, Invesco Ltd. (“Invesco”), the indirect parent company of Invesco Advisers, Inc., the Funds’ investment adviser (“Invesco Advisers” or “Adviser”), acquired the retail mutual fund business of Morgan Stanley, which included 92 Morgan Stanley and Van Kampen branded funds. This transaction filled gaps in Invesco’s product line-up and has enabled the company to expand its investment offerings to retail customers. The transaction also resulted in significant product overlap. The Reorganizations proposed in this Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus are part of a larger group of reorganizations across Invesco’s mutual fund platform. The reorganizations are designed to put forth Invesco’s most compelling investment processes and strategies, reduce product overlap and create scale in the resulting funds to help reduce the shareholders’ cost of ownership.
     In considering the Reorganizations and the Agreement, the Board considered these and other factors in concluding that the Reorganizations would be in the best interest of the Funds. The Board’s considerations are described in more detail in the “THE PROPOSED REORGANIZATIONS — Board Considerations in Approving the Reorganizations” section below.
What effect will a Reorganization have on me as a shareholder?
     Immediately after a Reorganization, you will hold shares of a class of the Acquiring Fund that are equal in value to the shares of the corresponding class of the Target Fund that you held immediately prior to the closing of the Reorganization. The principal differences between the Target Funds and the Acquiring Fund are described in this Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus. The prospectus of the Acquiring Fund that accompanies this Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus contains additional information about the Acquiring Fund that you will hold shares of following the Reorganization, if approved.

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How do the Funds’ investment objectives, principal investment strategies and risks compare?
     The Acquiring Fund and the Target Funds have similar investment objectives, as described below. Each Fund’s investment objective is classified as non-fundamental, which means that it can be changed by the Board without shareholder approval, although there is no present intention to do so.
     
Investment Objectives
 
Fundamental Value Fund   Acquiring Fund
 
To provide total return.
 
To seek income and long-term growth of capital.
 
Large Cap Value Fund    
 
To seek high total return.
   
     The principal investment strategies of the Acquiring Fund are similar to the principal investment strategies of the Target Funds, although the Acquiring Fund may invest in different types of investments and have different investment policies and limitations than the Target Funds. As a result, the risks of owning shares of the Acquiring Fund are similar to the risks of owning shares of the Target Funds, although the risks of the Funds may not be exactly the same. The sections below entitled “ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE FUNDS — Comparison of Principal Investment Strategies” and “Comparison of the Principal Risks of Investing in the Funds” compare the principal investment strategies and risks of each Target Fund and the Acquiring Fund and highlight certain key differences.
How do the Funds’ expenses compare?
     The tables below provide a summary comparison of the expenses of each Target Fund and the Acquiring Fund, as well as estimated expenses on a pro forma basis giving effect to the proposed Reorganizations. The pro forma expense ratios show projected estimated expenses but actual expenses may be greater or less than those shown.
     None of the Reorganizations are contingent upon shareholder approval of any other Reorganization. For multi-Fund Reorganizations, it is anticipated that the lowest expense ratio will be achieved for each Target Fund if all of the Reorganizations are approved and implemented and that the highest expense ratio will result if the Large Cap Value Fund is the only Fund that participates in the Reorganization with the Acquiring Fund. The range of impact to Fund expenses will be reflected in the expense tables below, which will provide the highest and lowest resulting expense ratios for each Fund.

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Expense Tables and Expense Examples*
                                         
    Current   Combined Pro Forma
                                Large Cap Value
                            Target Funds   Fund
                            +   +
                            Acquiring Fund   Acquiring Fund
    Target Funds           (assumes both   (assumes only one
    Fundamental   Large Cap   Acquiring   Reorganizations are   Reorganization is
    Value Fund   Value Fund   Fund   completed)   completed)
    Class A   Class A   Class A   Class A   Class A
Shareholder Fees (Fees paid directly from your investment)
                                       
Maximum Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Purchases (as a percentage of offering price)
    5.50 %     5.50 %     5.50 %     5.50 %     5.50 %
Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (Load) (as a percentage of original purchase price or redemption proceeds, whichever is less)
  None     None     None     None     None  
 
                                       
Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)
                                       
Management Fees
    0.67 %     0.48 %     0.36 %     0.36 %     0.36 %
Distribution and Service (12b-1) Fees
    0.25 %     0.25 %     0.25 %     0.25 %     0.25 %
Other Expenses
    0.61 %1     0.19 %1     0.14 %1     0.14 %     0.14 %
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses
    1.53 %1     0.92 %1     0.75 %1     0.75 %2     0.75 %2

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    Current   Combined Pro Forma
                                Large Cap Value
                            Target Funds   Fund
                            +   +
                            Acquiring Fund   Acquiring Fund
    Target Funds           (assumes both   (assumes only one
    Fundamental   Large Cap   Acquiring   Reorganizations are   Reorganization is
    Value Fund   Value Fund   Fund   completed)   completed)
    Class B   Class B   Class B   Class B   Class B
Shareholder Fees (Fees paid directly from your investment)
                                       
Maximum Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Purchases (as a percentage of offering price)
  None     None     None     None     None  
Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (Load) (as a percentage of original purchase price or redemption proceeds, whichever is less)
    5.00 %     5.00 %     5.00 %     5.00 %     5.00 %
 
                                       
Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)
                                       
Management Fees
    0.67 %     0.48 %     0.36 %     0.36 %     0.36 %
Distribution and Service (12b-1) Fees
    0.28 %     1.00 %     0.40 %     0.39 %     0.40 %
Other Expenses
    0.61 %1     0.19 %1     0.14 %1     0.14 %     0.14 %
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses
    1.56 %1     1.67 %1     0.90 %1     0.89 %2     0.90 %2

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    Current   Combined Pro Forma
                                Large Cap Value
                            Target Funds   Fund
                            +   +
                            Acquiring Fund   Acquiring Fund
    Target Funds           (assumes both   (assumes only one
    Fundamental   Large Cap   Acquiring   Reorganizations are   Reorganization is
    Value Fund   Value Fund   Fund   completed)   completed)
    Class C   Class C   Class C   Class C   Class C
Shareholder Fees (Fees paid directly from your investment)
                                       
Maximum Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Purchases (as a percentage of offering price)
  None     None     None     None     None  
Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (Load) (as a percentage of original purchase price or redemption proceeds, whichever is less)
    1.00 %     1.00 %     1.00 %     1.00 %     1.00 %
 
                                       
Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)
                                       
Management Fees
    0.67 %     0.48 %     0.36 %     0.36 %     0.36 %
Distribution and Service (12b-1) Fees
    1.00 %     1.00 %     1.00 %     1.00 %     1.00 %
Other Expenses
    0.61 %1     0.19 %1     0.14 %1     0.14 %     0.14 %
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses
    2.28 %1     1.67 %1     1.50 %1     1.50 %2     1.50 %2

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    Current   Combined Pro Forma
                                Large Cap Value
                            Target Funds   Fund
                            +   +
                            Acquiring Fund   Acquiring Fund
    Target Funds           (assumes both   (assumes only one
    Fundamental   Large Cap   Acquiring   Reorganizations are   Reorganization is
    Value Fund   Value Fund   Fund   completed)   completed)
    Class Y   Class Y   Class Y   Class Y   Class Y
Shareholder Fees (Fees paid directly from your investment)
                                       
Maximum Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Purchases (as a percentage of offering price)
  None     None     None     None     None  
Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (Load) (as a percentage of original purchase price or redemption proceeds, whichever is less)
  None     None     None     None     None  
 
                                       
Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)
                                       
Management Fees
    0.67 %     0.48 %     0.36 %     0.36 %     0.36 %
Distribution and Service (12b-1) Fees
  None     None     None     None     None  
Other Expenses
    0.61 %1     0.19 %1     0.14 %1     0.14 %     0.14 %
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses
    1.28 %1     0.67 %1     0.50 %1     0.50 %2     0.50 %2
 
*   Expense ratios reflect annual fund operating expenses for the most recent fiscal year (as disclosed in each Fund’s current prospectus) of August 31, 2010. Pro forma numbers are estimated as if the Reorganization had been completed as of September 1, 2009 and do not include the estimated costs of the Reorganization. The estimated Reorganization costs that the Large Cap Value Fund will bear are $80,000. Invesco Advisers estimates that shareholders will recoup these costs through reduced expenses in 2 months or less. The Fundamental Value Fund is not expected to bear any Reorganization costs. For more information on the costs of the Reorganization to be borne by the Funds, see “Costs of the Reorganizations” below.
 
1.   Based on estimates for the current fiscal year.
 
2.   Effective upon closing of the Reorganizations, Invesco Advisers has contractually agreed, through at least June 30, 2012, to waive advisory fees and/or reimburse expenses of all shares of the Acquiring Fund to the extent necessary to limit Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver and/or Expense Reimbursement (excluding certain items discussed below) of Class A shares to 0.88%, Class B shares to 1.63%, Class C shares to 1.63% and Class Y shares to 0.63% of average daily net assets. 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 limit reflected above: (i) interest; (ii) taxes; (iii) dividend expense on short sales; (iv) extraordinary or non-routine items; and (v) expenses that the Acquiring Fund has incurred but did not actually pay because of an expense offset arrangement. Unless the Board and Invesco Advisers mutually agree to amend or continue the fee waiver agreement, it will terminate on June 30, 2012.
     Expense Example
     This Example is intended to help you compare the costs of investing in different classes of the Target Funds and the Acquiring Fund with the cost of investing in other mutual funds. Pro forma combined costs of investing in different classes of the Acquiring Fund after giving effect to the reorganization of the Target Funds into the Acquiring Fund are also provided. All costs are based upon the information set forth in the Fee Table above.
     The Example assumes that you invest $10,000 for the time periods indicated and shows the expenses that you would pay if you redeem all of your shares at the end of those time periods. The Example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year and that the operating expenses remain the same. The Example reflects fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements that are contractual, if any, but does not reflect voluntary fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements. To the extent fees are waived and/or expenses are reimbursed on a voluntary basis,

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your expenses will be lower. Although your actual returns and costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:
                                 
    One   Three   Five   Ten
Fund/Class   Year   Years   Years   Years
Fundamental Value Fund — Class A
  $ 697     $ 1,007     $ 1,338     $ 2,273  
Large Cap Value Fund — Class A
  $ 639     $ 827     $ 1,031     $ 1,619  
Acquiring Fund — Class A
  $ 647     $ 801     $ 968     $ 1,452  
Combined Pro forma Target Funds + Acquiring Fund — Class A (assuming both Reorganizations are completed)
  $ 622     $ 777     $ 944     $ 1,429  
Combined Pro forma Large Cap Value Fund + Acquiring Fund — Class A (assuming only one Reorganization is completed)
  $ 622     $ 777     $ 944     $ 1,429  
 
                               
Fundamental Value Fund — Class B
  $ 659     $ 793     $ 1,050     $ 1,848  
Fundamental Value Fund — Class B (if you did not redeem your shares) 1
  $ 159     $ 493     $ 850     $ 1,848  
Large Cap Value Fund — Class B
  $ 670     $ 826     $ 1,107     $ 1,777  
Large Cap Value Fund — Class B (if you did not redeem your shares)
  $ 170     $ 526     $ 907     $ 1,777  
Acquiring Fund — Class B
  $ 592     $ 587     $ 698     $ 1,065  
Acquiring Fund — Class B (if you did not redeem your shares)
  $ 92     $ 287     $ 498     $ 1,065  
Combined Pro forma Target Funds + Acquiring Fund — Class B (assuming both Reorganizations are completed)
  $ 591     $ 584     $ 693     $ 1,056  
Combined Pro forma Target Funds + Acquiring Fund — Class B (assuming both Reorganizations are completed) (if you did not redeem your shares)
  $ 91     $ 284     $ 493     $ 1,056  
Combined Pro forma Large Cap Value Fund + Acquiring Fund — Class B (assuming only one Reorganization is completed)
  $ 592     $ 587     $ 698     $ 1,065  
Combined Pro forma Large Cap Value Fund + Acquiring Fund — Class B (assuming only one Reorganization is completed) (if you did not redeem your shares)
  $ 92     $ 287     $ 498     $ 1,065  
 
                               
Fundamental Value Fund — Class C
  $ 331     $ 712     $ 1,220     $ 2,615  
Fundamental Value Fund — Class C (if you did not redeem your shares)
  $ 231     $ 712     $ 1,220     $ 2,615  
Large Cap Value Fund — Class C
  $ 270     $ 526     $ 907     $ 1,976  
Large Cap Value Fund — Class C (if you did not redeem your shares)
  $ 170     $ 526     $ 907     $ 1,976  
Acquiring Fund — Class C
  $ 253     $ 474     $ 818     $ 1,791  
Acquiring Fund — Class C (if you did not redeem your shares)
  $ 153     $ 474     $ 818     $ 1,791  
Combined Pro forma Target Funds + Acquiring Fund — Class C (assuming both Reorganizations are completed)
  $ 253     $ 474     $ 818     $ 1,791  
Combined Pro forma Target Funds + Acquiring Fund — Class C (assuming both Reorganizations are completed) (if you did not redeem your shares)
  $ 153     $ 474     $ 818     $ 1,791  
Combined Pro forma Large Cap Value Fund + Acquiring Fund — Class C (assuming only one Reorganization is completed)
  $ 253     $ 474     $ 818     $ 1,791  
Combined Pro forma Large Cap Value Fund + Acquiring Fund — Class C (assuming only one Reorganization is completed) (if you did not redeem your shares)
  $ 153     $ 474     $ 818     $ 1,791  
 
                               
Fundamental Value Fund — Class Y
  $ 130     $ 406     $ 702     $ 1,545  
Large Cap Value Fund — Class Y
  $ 68     $ 214     $ 373     $ 835  
Acquiring Fund — Class Y
  $ 51     $ 160     $ 280     $ 628  
Combined Pro forma Target Funds + Acquiring Fund — Class Y (assuming both Reorganizations are completed)
  $ 51     $ 160     $ 280     $ 628  
Combined Pro forma Large Cap Value Fund + Acquiring Fund — Class Y (assuming only one Reorganization is completed)
  $ 51     $ 160     $ 280     $ 628  

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     The Example is not a representation of past or future expenses. Each actual expenses, and an investor’s direct and indirect expenses, may be more or less than those shown. The table and the assumption in the Example of a 5% annual return are required by regulations of the SEC applicable to all mutual funds. The 5% annual return is not a prediction of and does not represent the projected or actual performance.
     For further discussion regarding the Board’s consideration of the fees and expenses of the Funds in approving the Reorganizations, see the section entitled “THE PROPOSED REORGANIZATIONS - Board Considerations in Approving the Reorganizations” in this Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus.
How do the performance records of the Funds compare?
     The performance history of each Fund for certain periods as of September 30, 2010 is shown below. The returns below may not be indicative of a Fund’s future performance. The table below compares the performance history of the Acquiring Fund’s oldest share class to the performance history of the comparable class of each Target Fund as of September 30, 2010. Since inception performance is only provided for share classes with less than 10 years of performance history. Other classes of shares that are not presented would have had substantially similar annual returns because the shares are invested in the same portfolio of securities and the annual returns will differ only to the extent that the classes do not have the same expenses. The prospectuses for the Funds contain additional performance information under the headings “Performance Information” and “Financial Highlights.” Additional performance information and a discussion of performance are also included in each Fund’s most recent annual report to shareholders.
Average Annual Total Returns*
                         
                    10 Years or  
    1 Year     5 Years     Since Inception  
Acquiring Fund — Class A (inception date: 08/01/1946)1
                       
Return Before Taxes
    (1.64 %)     (0.60 %)     2.31 %
Return After Taxes on Distributions
    (2.03 %)     (1.37 %)     1.47 %
Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares
    (1.01 %)     (0.52 %)     1.79 %
Fundamental Value Fund — Class A (inception date: 10/29/2002)2
                       
Return Before Taxes
    (2.08 %)     (0.35 %)     5.86 %
Return After Taxes on Distributions
    (2.25 %)     (1.53 %)     4.77 %
Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares
    (1.12 %)     (0.29 %)     5.00 %
Large Cap Value Fund — Class A (inception date: 01/02/96) 3
                       
Return Before Taxes
    (1.76 %)     (0.58 %)     1.91 %
Return After Taxes on Distributions
    (2.14 %)     (1.19 %)     1.15 %
Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares
    (1.04 %)     (0.50 %)     1.39 %
 
*   The above total return figures reflect the maximum front-end sales charge (load) of 5.50% applicable to Class A shares.
 
1.   The returns shown for periods prior to June 1, 2010 are those of the Class A shares of a predecessor fund that was advised by Van Kampen Asset Management and was reorganized into the Acquiring Fund on June 1, 2010. The returns shown for periods after June 1, 2010 are those of the Acquiring Fund. The returns of the Acquiring Fund are different from the predecessor fund as they had different expenses and sales charges.
 
2.   The returns shown for periods prior to June 1, 2010 are those of the Class A shares of a predecessor fund that was advised by Morgan Stanley Investment Advisors Inc. and was reorganized into the Target Fund on June 1, 2010. The returns shown for periods after June 1, 2010 are those of the Target Fund. The returns of the Target Fund are different from the predecessor fund as they had different expenses and sales charges.
 
3.   The returns shown for periods prior to June 1, 2010 are those of the Class A shares of a predecessor fund that was advised by Morgan Stanley Investment Management Inc. and was reorganized into the Target Fund on June 1, 2010. The returns shown for periods after

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    June 1, 2010 are those of the Target Fund. The returns of the Target Fund are different from the predecessor fund as they had different expenses and sales charges.
After-tax returns are calculated using the historical highest individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes. Actual after-tax returns depend on an investor’s tax situation and may differ from those shown, and after-tax returns shown are not relevant to investors who hold their Fund shares through tax-deferred arrangements, such as 401(k) plans or individual retirement accounts.
How do the management, investment manager and other service providers of the Funds compare?
     Each Fund is overseen by the same Board and officers. In addition, Invesco Advisers, a registered investment adviser, serves as primary investment adviser for each Fund pursuant to an investment advisory agreement that contains substantially identical terms (except for fees) for each Fund. The contractual advisory fees of the Acquiring Fund are lower than the contractual advisory fees of the Fundamental Value Fund and the same as the contractual advisory fees of the Large Cap Value Fund. Invesco Advisers is located at 1555 Peachtree Street, N.E., Atlanta, Georgia 30309. Invesco Advisers has acted as an investment adviser since its organization in 1976. As of September 30, 2010, Invesco Advisers had $300.3 billion under management. Invesco Advisers is an indirect, wholly owned subsidiary of Invesco.
     The advisory agreement applicable to the Funds provides that Invesco Advisers may delegate any and all of its rights, duties and obligations to one or more wholly owned affiliates of Invesco as sub-advisers (the “Invesco Sub-Advisers”). Pursuant to Master Intergroup Sub-Advisory Contracts, the Invesco Sub-Advisers may be appointed by Invesco Advisers from time to time to provide discretionary investment management services, investment advice, and/or order execution services to a Fund. The Invesco Sub-Advisers, each of which is an indirect, wholly owned subsidiary of Invesco and a registered investment adviser under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, are:
 
Invesco Asset Management Deutschland GmbH;
 
Invesco Asset Management Limited;
 
Invesco Australia Limited;
 
Invesco Trimark Ltd.

Invesco Hong Kong Limited;

Invesco Asset Management (Japan) Limited;

Invesco Senior Secured Management, Inc.; and
     Other key service providers to the Target Funds, including the administrator, transfer agent, custodian, distributor and auditor, provide the same or substantially the same services to the Acquiring Fund. The Acquiring Fund’s prospectus and SAI describe the services and other arrangements with these service providers.
How do the Funds’ purchase and redemption procedures, distribution policies and exchange policies compare?
     The sales charges, sales charge exemptions, distribution and servicing arrangements, purchase and redemption procedures and exchange policies are generally similar. For more information see the section entitled “Comparison of Share Classes and Distribution Arrangements.”
Will the Acquiring Fund have different portfolio managers than a corresponding Target Fund?
     No. The portfolio management team for each Target Fund is the same as the portfolio management team for the Acquiring Fund. The Acquiring Fund prospectus that accompanies this Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus provides biographical information about the key individuals that comprise the portfolio management team for the Acquiring Fund.
Will there be any tax consequences resulting from the proposal?

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     Each Reorganization is designed to qualify as a tax-free reorganization for federal income tax purposes and the Target Funds anticipate receiving a legal opinion to that effect. Thus, while there can be no guarantee that the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) will adopt a similar position, it is expected that shareholders will have no adverse federal income tax consequences as a result of the Reorganizations. Shareholders should consult their tax adviser about state and local tax consequences of the Reorganizations, if any, because the information about tax consequences in this Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus relates to the federal income tax consequences of the Reorganizations only.
When are the Reorganizations expected to occur?
     If shareholders of a Target Fund approve the Reorganization, it is anticipated that such Reorganization will occur on or about May 2, 2011.
How do I vote on the Reorganizations?
     There are several ways you can vote your shares, including in person at the Meeting, by mail, by telephone or via the Internet. The proxy card that accompanies this Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus provides detailed instructions on how you may vote your shares. If you properly fill in and sign your proxy card and send it to us in time to vote at the Meeting, your “proxy” (the individuals named on your proxy card) will vote your shares as you have directed. If you sign your proxy card but do not make specific choices, your proxy will vote your shares FOR the proposal, as recommended by the Board, and in their best judgment on other matters.
What will happen if shareholders of a Target Fund do not approve the Reorganization?
     If the shareholders of a Target Fund do not approve the Reorganization, the Target Fund’s Board will consider other possible courses of action for such Target Fund. The consummation of any particular Reorganization is not conditioned upon the specific consummation of any other Reorganization.
What if I do not wish to participate in the Reorganization?
     If you do not wish to have your shares of your Target Fund exchanged for shares of the corresponding Acquiring Fund as part of a Reorganization that is approved by shareholders, you may redeem your shares prior to the consummation of the Reorganization. If you redeem your shares, you will incur any applicable deferred sales charge and if you hold shares in a taxable account, you will recognize a taxable gain or loss based on the difference between your tax basis in the shares and the amount you receive for them.
Why are you sending me the Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus?
     You are receiving this Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus because you own shares in one or more Target Funds as of the Record Date and have the right to vote on the very important proposal described herein concerning your Target Fund. This Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus contains information that shareholders of the Target Funds should know before voting on the proposed Reorganizations. This document is both a proxy statement of the Target Funds and also a prospectus for the Acquiring Fund.
Where can I find more information about the Funds and the Reorganizations?
     Additional information about the Funds can be found in their respective prospectuses and SAIs. The remainder of this Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus contains additional information about the Reorganizations. You are encouraged to read the entire document. If you need any assistance, or have any questions regarding the Reorganizations or how to vote, please call Invesco Client Services at 1-800-959-4246.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE FUNDS
Comparison of Principal Investment Strategies

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     The following section compares the principal investment strategies of each Target Fund with the principal investment strategies of the Acquiring Fund and highlights any key differences. In addition to the principal investment strategies described below, each Fund is also subject to certain additional investment policies and limitations, which are described in each Fund’s prospectus and SAI. The cover page of this Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus describes how you can obtain copies of these documents. A comparison of the principal risks associated with the Funds’ investment strategies is described below under “Comparison of Principal Risks of Investing in the Funds.”
     Investment Strategies. Under normal market conditions, the Acquiring Fund seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing primarily in a portfolio of income-producing equity securities (although investments are also made in non-convertible preferred stocks and debt securities). Income-producing equity securities include common stocks and convertible securities. The Fundamental Value Fund will normally invest at least 65% of its assets in common stocks and other equity securities, which can include depositary receipts, preferred stocks or securities convertible into common or preferred stock. The Large Cap Value Fund seeks to achieve its objective by investing primarily in equity securities that the Adviser believes to be undervalued relative to the stock market in general at the time of purchase. Under normal circumstances, at least 80% of the Large Cap Value Fund’s net assets (plus any borrowings for investment purposes) will be invested in equity securities of companies with capitalizations within the range of companies included in the Russell 1000® Value Index. Equity securities in which the Large Cap Value Fund may invest include common stock, preferred stock, convertible securities, depositary receipts, rights and warrants.
     In selecting securities for investment by the Acquiring Fund, the Adviser focuses primarily on the security’s potential for income and capital growth. The Adviser may invest to a larger degree in larger capitalization (or large cap) companies that it believes possess characteristics for improved valuation. Portfolio securities are typically sold when the assessments of the portfolio managers of the income and growth potential for such securities materially change. Under current market conditions, the Acquiring Fund generally defines large capitalization companies by reference to those companies with capitalizations within or above those companies represented in the Russell 1000® Index. The Acquiring Fund may also invest in securities of small or medium-sized companies.
     The Fundamental Value Fund primarily focuses on equity securities of larger capitalization companies (i.e., companies with over $10 billion of market capitalization currently), but the Fundamental Value Fund may also invest in small and medium capitalization companies. In selecting securities for investment by the Fundamental Value Fund, the Adviser utilizes a bottom-up investment process that seeks to identify companies with potential for improved market valuations. The Adviser analyzes quantitative and fundamental research on each company with a focus on identifying potential catalysts for change, such as new management, an industry development or a regulatory change, that could benefit the company and cause its stock price to rise. The Adviser sells a security when it believes that it no longer fits the Fundamental Value Fund’s investment criteria. The Adviser currently anticipates that the Fundamental Value Fund’s portfolio will consist of a relatively small number of holdings.
     The Large Cap Value Fund seeks to construct a diversified portfolio of equity securities of U.S. and, to a limited extent, foreign issuers that will outperform the market over the long term. The Adviser emphasizes a bottom-up approach to investing that seeks to identify securities of undervalued issuers. The Adviser looks at the various attributes of a company to determine whether the company is attractively valued in the current marketplace, such as price/earnings ratio, price/book value ratio and price/sales ratio. The Adviser sells a security when it believes that it no longer fits the Large Cap Value Fund’s investment criteria.
     The Funds may invest up to 25% of their total assets in securities of foreign issuers. The Funds’ investments in foreign issuers may include issuers in emerging market or developing countries. For the Large Cap Value Fund and the Fundamental Value Fund, the percentage limitations on securities of foreign issuers does not apply to securities of foreign companies that are listed in the United States on a national exchange.
     The Funds may invest up to 15% of their total assets in real estate investment trusts (REITs).
     While the Acquiring Fund invests primarily in income-producing equity securities, it also may invest in non-convertible adjustable or fixed-rate preferred stock and debt securities. The Acquiring Fund and the Fundamental Value Fund may invest up to 15% of their net assets in convertible securities rated below investment

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grade (commonly referred to as junk bonds). The remaining 35% of the Fundamental Value Fund’s assets may be invested in investment grade non-convertible debt securities, including corporate debt securities and U.S. government securities. The Fundamental Value Fund’s fixed-income investments may include zero coupon securities which are purchased at a discount and accrue interest, but make no interest payments until maturity. The Large Cap Value Fund does not invest in fixed-income securities as part of its principal investment strategy.
     The Acquiring Fund may purchase and sell options, futures contracts and options on futures contracts, which are derivative instruments, for various portfolio management purposes, including to earn income, to facilitate portfolio management and to mitigate risks. In general terms, a derivative instrument is one whose value depends on (or is derived from) the value of an underlying asset, interest rate or index. The Fundamental Value Fund may, but it is not required to, use derivative instruments for a variety of purposes, including hedging, risk management, portfolio management or to earn income. The Fundamental Value Fund’s use of derivatives may involve the purchase and sale of derivative instruments such as options, futures and swaps and other related instruments and techniques. The Fundamental Value Fund may utilize forward foreign currency exchange contracts, which are also derivatives, in connection with its investments in foreign securities. The Large Cap Value Fund may write (sell) listed and over-the-counter (OTC) covered call options on its portfolio securities, may purchase and sell stock index futures contracts and may purchase put options on stock indexes and stock index futures. The Large Cap Value Fund may use options and futures for portfolio management, to increase or decrease the market exposure, to seek higher investment returns, or to seek to protect against a decline in the value of its securities or an increase in prices of securities that may be purchased.
     Derivative instruments used by the Large Cap Value Fund and the Fundamental Value Fund will be counted toward their 80% and 65% policies, respectively, to the extent they have economic characteristics similar to the securities included within those policies.
Comparison of Principal Risks of Investing in the Funds
     The table below describes the principal risks that may affect each Fund’s investment portfolio. For more information on the risks associated with the Acquiring Fund, see the “Investment Strategies and Risks” section of the Acquiring Fund’s SAI.
     
Principal Risk   Funds Subject to Risk
Market Risk. Market risk is the possibility that the market values of securities owned by the Funds will decline. Market risk may affect a single issuer, industry, sector of the economy or the market as a whole. Investments in equity securities generally are affected by changes in the stock markets which fluctuate substantially over time, sometimes suddenly and sharply, in response to activities specific to a company as well as general market, economic and political conditions. Small or medium-sized companies are often subject to more abrupt or erratic market movements than securities of larger, more established companies or the market averages in general. The ability of the Funds’ portfolio holdings to generate income is dependent on the earnings and the continuing declaration of dividends by the issuers of such securities. The values of income-producing equity securities may or may not fluctuate in tandem with overall changes in the stock markets. The Funds’ investments in other fixed-income or debt securities generally are affected by changes in interest rates and the creditworthiness of the issuer. The market prices of such securities tend to fall as interest rates rise, and such declines may be greater among securities with longer maturities. The values of convertible securities tend to decline as interest rates rise and, because of the conversion feature, tend to vary with fluctuations in the market value of the underlying equity security. A portion of the Funds’ convertible investments may be rated below investment grade.
  Acquiring Fund
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Principal Risk   Funds Subject to Risk
Foreign Risks. The risks of investing in securities of foreign issuers, including emerging markets issuers, can include fluctuations in foreign currencies, foreign currency exchange controls, political and economic instability, differences in financial reporting, differences in securities regulation and trading, and foreign taxation issues. The Fundamental Value Fund and the Large Cap Value Fund are subject to the additional risk that hedging the Funds’ currency risks through forward foreign currency exchange contracts involves the risk of mismatching the Funds’ objectives under a forward foreign currency exchange contract with the value of securities denominated in a particular currency. There is additional risk that such transactions reduce or preclude the opportunity for gain and that currency contracts create exposure to currencies in which the Funds’ securities are not denominated.
  Acquiring Fund Fundamental Value Fund Large Cap Value Fund
 
   
Risks of Investing in REITs. Investing in REITs makes the Funds more susceptible to risks associated with the ownership of real estate and with the real estate industry in general and may involve duplication of management fees and certain other expenses. In addition, REITs depend upon specialized management skills, may not be diversified, may have less trading volume, and may be subject to more abrupt or erratic price movements than the overall securities markets.
  Acquiring Fund Fundamental Value Fund Large Cap Value Fund
 
   
Risks of Derivatives. Risks of derivatives include the possible imperfect correlation between the value of the instruments and the underlying assets; risks of default by the other party to certain transactions; risks that the transactions may result in losses that partially or completely offset gains in portfolio positions; and risks that the transactions may not be liquid. The Fundamental Value Fund and the Large Cap Value Fund are subject to the additional risk that certain derivative transactions may give rise to a form of leverage, which magnifies the potential for gain and the risk of loss.
  Acquiring Fund Fundamental Value Fund Large Cap Value Fund
 
   
Fixed-Income Securities. All fixed-income securities are subject to two types of risk: credit risk and interest rate risk. When the general level of interest rates goes up, the prices of most fixed-income securities go down. When the general level of interest rates goes down, the prices of most fixed-income securities go up.
  Acquiring Fund Fundamental Value Fund
 
   
Lower Rated Securities (Junk Bonds). The prices of these securities are likely to be more sensitive to adverse economic changes, resulting in increased volatility of market prices of these securities during periods of economic uncertainty, or adverse individual corporate developments, than higher-rated securities. In addition, during an economic downturn or substantial period of rising interest rates, junk bond issuers and, in particular, highly leveraged issuers may experience financial stress.
  Acquiring Fund Fundamental Value Fund
 
   
Value Investing Style. The Funds emphasize a value style of investing, which focuses on undervalued companies with characteristics for improved valuations. This style of investing is subject to the risk that the valuations never improve or that the returns on value equity securities are less than returns on other styles of investing or the overall stock market. Value stocks also may decline in price, even though in theory they are already underpriced.
  Fundamental Value Fund Large Cap Value Fund
Comparison of Fundamental and Non-Fundamental Investment Restrictions
     Each Fund has adopted fundamental investment restrictions concerning, among other things, diversification of the Fund’s investment portfolio, concentration in particular industries, borrowing and loaning money, and investing in real estate and commodities. Fundamental investment restrictions of a Fund cannot be changed without shareholder approval. The fundamental and non-fundamental investment restrictions of the Target Funds and those of the Acquiring Fund are the same. Non-fundamental investment restrictions of a Fund can be changed by a Fund’s Board.
     Both the Target Funds and the Acquiring Fund may be subject to other investment restrictions that are not identified above. A full description of each Target Fund’s and the Acquiring Fund’s investment policies and restrictions may be found in its respective SAI.

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Comparison of Share Classes and Distribution Arrangements
     Each share class of a Target Fund will be reorganized into a specific share class of the Acquiring Fund. The following sub-sections identify the Acquiring Fund share class that corresponds with each Target Fund share class as well as the different distribution arrangements among the various share classes.
     Class Structure. The Funds each offer multiple share classes. Each such class offers a distinct structure of sales charges, distribution and/or service fees, and reductions and waivers thereto, which are designed to address a variety of shareholder servicing needs. In addition, some share classes have certain eligibility requirements that must be met to invest in that class of shares. The eligibility requirements are the same for each Fund and are described in the Funds’ prospectuses.
     The share classes offered by the Target Funds and the corresponding share classes of the Acquiring Fund that Target Fund shareholders will receive in connection with a Reorganization are as follows:
     
Target Fund Share Classes   Acquiring Fund Share Classes
Fundamental Value Fund   Acquiring Fund
Class A   Class A
Class B   Class B
Class C   Class C
Class Y   Class Y
     
Large Cap Value Fund    
Class A   Class A
Class B   Class B
Class C   Class C
Class Y   Class Y
     Neither Fund currently offers Class B shares to new investors. Existing investors of the Target Fund that owned Class B shares before their closure will continue to receive reinvested dividends in the form of new Class B shares but may no longer add to their existing positions in Class B shares. Shareholders who receive Class B shares in connection with a Reorganization may continue to hold those shares and reinvest dividends until the scheduled conversion date of the Class B shares to Class A shares but may not purchase new Class B shares.
     Sales Charges. The sales charge schedule (if any) of each share classes of the Target Fund are substantially the same as the sales charge schedule (if any) of the corresponding share classes of the Acquiring Fund. Class A shares of each Fund are sold with an initial sales charge that ranges from 5.50% to zero depending on the amount of your investment. Class B and Class C shares of each Fund are sold with a contingent deferred sales charge that may be imposed when the shares are sold. Class A shares may also be subject to a contingent deferred sales charge on purchases of $1 million or more if redeemed prior to 18 months after the date of purchase. Each Fund offers reductions and waivers of the initial sales charge and contingent deferred sale charge to certain eligible investors or under certain circumstances, which are substantially the same between the Funds. Class Y shares are sold without any initial sales charge or contingent deferred sales charge. Each share class except Class Y imposes an asset based sales charge or service fee under one or more plans adopted by the Board, which are described in the following section. The Funds’ prospectuses describe the sales charge schedules and applicable waivers and exemptions of each such share class.
     You will not pay an initial sales charge on Acquiring Fund Class A shares that you receive in connection with the Reorganization. In addition, the exchange of Class A shares, Class B shares or Class C shares of the Target Fund for corresponding classes of the Acquiring Fund at the consummation of the Reorganization will not result in the imposition of any contingent deferred sales charge that applies to those share classes. Upon consummation of the Reorganization, former Target Fund shareholders of Class A shares, Class B shares or Class C shares will be credited for the period of time from their original date of purchase of the Target Fund Class A shares, Class B shares or Class C shares for purposes of determining the amount of any contingent deferred sales charge that may be due upon subsequent redemption, if any. In addition, the CDSC schedule that applies to the Class B shares of the Target

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Fund that you own will continue to apply to the Class B shares of the Acquiring Fund that you receive in the Reorganization. The Acquiring Fund initial sales charges for Class A shares and contingent deferred sales charges that apply to Class A shares and Class C shares will apply to any Class A shares or Class C shares of the Acquiring Fund purchased after the Reorganization, unless you are eligible for a reduction or waiver of the initial sales charge or contingent deferred sales charge.
     Distribution Fees. The Funds have adopted distribution plans and service plans (together, the “Distribution Plans”) pursuant to Rule 12b-1 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”), with respect to each of their Class A, Class B and Class C shares. Class Y shares of the Funds are not subject to the Distribution Plans.
     Pursuant to the Distribution Plans, each Fund is authorized to make payments to Invesco Distributors, Inc. (“IDI”), the Funds’ principal underwriter, in connection with the distribution of Fund shares and providing shareholder services at the annual rate of up to 0.25% of each Fund’s average daily net assets attributable to Class A shares and at the annual rate of up to 1.00% of each Fund’s average daily net assets attributable to Class B and Class C shares. Notwithstanding the foregoing expense limits, however, IDI may be reimbursed from the Fundamental Value Fund and the Acquiring Fund only up to the amount it has spent on activities or expenses primarily intended to result in the sale of shares or the servicing of shareholders. This type of Distribution Plan is sometimes referred to as a “reimbursement-type” plan because the underwriter is only entitled to be reimbursed for its plan-related expenses.
     The Distribution Plan for the Large Cap Value Fund is similar to the Fundamental Value Fund’s and the Acquiring Fund’s except that IDI is entitled to be paid by the Large Cap Value Fund the maximum amounts described above (i.e., 0.25% for Class A shares and 1.00% for Class B and Class C shares) regardless of the amount IDI has spent on activities or expenses intended to result in the sale of shares or the servicing of shareholders. This type of Distribution Plan is sometimes referred to as a “compensation-type” plan because the underwriter is compensated at a fixed rate, regardless of its actual distribution and service-related expenditures. Thus, it is possible that under the Large Cap Value Fund’s Distribution Plan the underwriter could, in practice, receive payments in excess of the amounts actually paid under the Fundamental Value Fund’s and the Acquiring Fund’s “reimbursement” type Distribution Plan.
     The fee table under the “SUMMARY OF KEY INFORMATION — How do the Funds’ expenses compare” section of this Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus describes the fees paid under each Fund’s Distribution Plan for a recent period as well as an estimate of the fees to be paid under the Acquiring Fund’s Distribution Plan following the Reorganizations.
Comparison of Purchase and Redemption Procedures
     The purchase procedures employed by the Target Funds and the Acquiring Fund are substantially the same. Each Fund offers shares through its distributor on a continuous basis. Shares of the Funds may be purchased directly through the transfer agent and through other authorized financial intermediaries. Investors may purchase both initial and additional shares by mail, wire, telephone or the internet. The Acquiring Fund prospectus enclosed with this Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus describes in detail how shareholders can purchase Acquiring Fund shares. Class A, Class B (closed to new investments, except dividend reinvestments), Class C and Class Y shares of the Funds require a minimum investment of $1,000 ($250 for IRA, Roth IRA, and Coverdell Education Savings Accounts). The Acquiring Fund’s prospectus describes the types of accounts to which the minimum initial investment applies. For accounts participating in a systematic investment program, the minimum investment is $50 ($25 for IRA, Roth IRA, and Coverdell Education Savings Accounts). Certain exemptions apply as set forth in the Funds’ prospectuses. The foregoing investment minimums will not apply to shares received in connection with a Reorganization. However, investors may be charged a small-account fee if account balances remain below the required investment minimum for certain periods. See the Funds’ prospectuses for details.
Comparison of Distribution Policies
     The Target Funds declare and pay dividends of net investment income, if any, annually, and capital gains distributions, if any, at least annually. The Acquiring Fund declares and pays dividends of net investment income, if any, quarterly, and capital gains distributions, if any, at least annually. Each Fund may also declare and pay capital

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gains distributions more than once per year as permitted by law. Each Fund automatically reinvests any dividends from net investment income or capital gains distributions, unless otherwise instructed by a shareholder to pay dividends and distributions in cash.
Forms of Organization and Securities to be Issued
     The Acquiring Fund and the Target Funds are series of the same Delaware statutory trust, with the same governing instruments, including the same declaration of trust and bylaws. As a result, there are no material differences between the rights of shareholders under the governing state laws of the Target Funds and the Acquiring Fund. Each share of a Fund represents an equal proportionate interest with each other share of that Fund, and each such share is entitled to equal dividend, liquidation, redemption and voting rights, except where class voting is required by the Trust’s governing instruments, the Board or applicable law, in which case shareholders of a class will have exclusive voting rights on matters affecting only that class. The assets and liabilities of each Fund are legally separate from the assets and liabilities of any other fund that is a series of the respective Trust. More information about the voting, dividend and other rights associated with shares of the Funds can be found in each Fund’s SAI.
Pending Litigation
     Civil lawsuits, including a regulatory proceeding and purported class action and shareholder derivative suits, have been filed against certain Invesco Funds, INVESCO Funds Group, Inc. (“IFG”) (the former investment adviser to certain funds), a predecessor to Invesco Advisers, IDI and/or related entities and individuals, depending on the lawsuit, alleging among other things: (i) that the defendants permitted improper market timing and related activity in the funds; and (ii) that certain funds inadequately employed fair value pricing. You can find more detailed information concerning all of the above matters, including the parties to the civil lawsuits and summaries of the various allegations and remedies sought in such lawsuits, in the Acquiring Fund’s SAI.
Where to Find More Information
     For more information with respect to each Fund concerning the following topics, please refer to the following sections of the Funds’ prospectuses: (i) see “Fund Management” for more information about the management of a Fund; (ii) see “Other Information” for more information about a Fund’s policy with respect to dividends and distributions; and (iii) see “Shareholder Account Information” for more information about the pricing, purchase, redemption and repurchase of shares of a Fund, tax consequences to shareholders of various transactions in shares of a Fund, and distribution arrangements of a Fund.
THE PROPOSED REORGANIZATIONS
Summary of Agreement and Plan of Reorganization
     The terms and conditions under which each Reorganization may be consummated are set forth in the Agreement. Significant provisions of the Agreement are summarized below; however, this summary is qualified in its entirety by reference to the form of Agreement, a copy of which is attached as Exhibit D to this Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus.
     With respect to each Reorganization, if shareholders of the Target Fund approve the Agreement and other closing conditions are satisfied, the assets of the Target Fund will be delivered to the Acquiring Fund’s custodian for the account of the Acquiring Fund in exchange for the assumption by the Acquiring Fund of liabilities of the Target Fund and delivery by the Acquiring Fund to the holders of record as of the Effective Time (as defined below) of the issued and outstanding shares of the Target Fund of a number of shares of the Acquiring Fund (including, if applicable, fractional shares rounded to the nearest thousandth), having an aggregate net asset value equal to the value of the net assets of the Target Fund so transferred, all determined and adjusted as provided in the Agreement. The value of your account with the Acquiring Fund immediately after a Reorganization will be the same as the value of your account with the Target Fund immediately prior to a Reorganization.

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     The class or classes of Acquiring Fund shares that shareholders will receive in connection with a Reorganization will be the corresponding class or classes of Target Fund shares that shareholders hold, as described above under “Comparison of Share Classes and Distribution Arrangements.”
     Each Target Fund and the Acquiring Fund has made representations and warranties in the form of Agreement that are customary in matters such as the Reorganizations.
     If shareholders approve the Reorganizations and if all of the closing conditions set forth in the Agreement are satisfied or waived, consummation of the Reorganizations (the “Closing”) is expected to occur on or about May 2, 2011, (the “Closing Date”) immediately prior to the opening of regular trading on the New York Stock Exchange on the Closing Date (the “Effective Time”). The consummation of any particular Reorganization is not conditioned upon the consummation of any other Reorganization. As a result, the Reorganizations may close at different times. In addition, the parties may choose to delay the consummation of a Reorganization that shareholders have approved so that all or substantially all of the Reorganizations are consummated at the same time. Following receipt of the requisite shareholder vote in favor of a Reorganization and as soon as reasonably practicable after the Closing, the outstanding shares of the Target Fund will be terminated in accordance with its governing documents and applicable law.
     If shareholders of a Target Fund do not approve the Agreement or if a Reorganization does not otherwise close, the Board will consider what additional action to take. The Agreement may be terminated and a Reorganization may be abandoned at any time by mutual agreement of the parties. The Agreement may be amended or modified in a writing signed by the parties to the Agreement.
Board Considerations in Approving the Reorganizations
     As discussed above, on June 1, 2010, Invesco acquired the retail mutual fund business of Morgan Stanley, which included 92 Morgan Stanley and Van Kampen branded funds. This transaction filled gaps in Invesco’s product line-up and has enabled Invesco to expand its investment offerings to retail customers. The transaction also resulted in significant product overlap. The Reorganizations proposed in this Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus are part of a larger group of reorganizations across Invesco’s mutual fund platform. The reorganizations are designed to put forth Invesco’s most compelling investment processes and strategies, reduce product overlap and create scale in the resulting funds.
     Because of the large number of proposed reorganizations, each Board of Trustees of the Invesco Funds created an ad hoc committee comprised of both Invesco Fund trustees and Van Kampen legacy trustees (the “Ad Hoc Merger Committees”). The Ad Hoc Merger Committee of the Board met separately three times, from September 2, 2010 through October 13, 2010 to discuss the proposed Reorganizations. Two separate meetings of the full Board were also held to review and consider the Reorganizations, including presentations by the Ad Hoc Merger Committee. The trustees who are not “interested persons,” as that term is defined in the 1940 Act, of the Trust (the “Independent Trustees”) held a separate meeting prior to the meeting of the full Board to consider these matters. The Independent Trustees have been advised on this matter by independent counsel to the Independent Trustees and by the independent Senior Officer, an officer of the Trust who reports directly to the Independent Trustees. The Board requested and received from Invesco Advisers and IDI written materials containing relevant information about the Funds and the proposed Reorganizations, including fee and expense information on an actual and pro forma estimated basis, and comparative portfolio composition and performance data.
     The Board considered the potential benefits and costs of a Reorganization to each Target Fund, Acquiring Fund and their respective shareholders. The Board reviewed detailed information comparing the following information for each Target Fund and the Acquiring Fund: (1) investment objectives, policies and restrictions; (2) portfolio management; (3) portfolio composition; (4) the comparative short-term and long-term investment performance; (5) the current expense ratios and expense structures, including contractual investment advisory fees; (6) the expected federal income tax consequences to the Funds, including any impact on capital loss carry forwards; and (7) relative asset size and net purchase (redemption) trends. The Board also considered the benefits to each Target Fund of (i) combining with a similar Fund to create a larger fund with a more diversified shareholder base that may also achieve certain economies of scale as certain fixed expenses are allocated over a larger asset base, (ii) Invesco Advisers’ paying a portion of the expenses related to the reorganizations for those funds that are currently subject to expense caps, (iii) Invesco Advisers’ agreement to cap expenses for the Acquiring Fund for one year after

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the Closing, and (iv) the expected tax free nature of the Reorganizations for each Target Fund and its shareholders for federal income tax purposes. The Board also considered the overall goal of the reorganizations to rationalize the Invesco Funds to enable IDI to better focus on the combined funds to promote additional asset growth. With respect to each individual Reorganization, the Board considered the following additional matters.
     With respect to the proposed Reorganization of the Fundamental Value Fund into the Acquiring Fund, the Board further considered that (i) Fundamental Value Fund shareholders would become shareholders of a Fund with a lower effective management fee and an estimated lower overall total expense ratio on a pro forma basis, (ii) Invesco Advisers’ agreement to cap the Acquiring Fund’s total expenses, as disclosed above, on a pro forma basis, through June 30, 2012, (iii) the investment objective, strategies and related risks of the Funds are similar, (iv) the portfolio composition strategies and stock selection techniques of the Funds are similar, and (v) the Funds have the same portfolio management team.
     With respect to the proposed Reorganization of the Large Cap Value Fund into the Acquiring Fund, the Board further considered that (i) Large Cap Value Fund shareholders would become shareholders of a Fund with a comparable effective management fee and an estimated lower overall total expense ratio on a pro forma basis, (ii) Invesco Advisers’ agreement to cap the Acquiring Fund’s total expenses, as disclosed above, on a pro forma basis, through June 30, 2012, (iii) the investment objective, strategies and related risks of the Funds are similar, (iv) the portfolio composition strategies and stock selection techniques of the Funds are similar, (v) the Funds have the same portfolio management team.
     Based upon the information and considerations described above, the Board, on behalf of the Target Funds and the Acquiring Fund, approved each of the Reorganizations in order to combine each Target Fund with a similar Fund in terms of investment objectives, strategies and risks, portfolio management and portfolio composition to create a larger fund with a relatively more diversified shareholder base. The Board also determined that shareholders of the Funds could potentially benefit from the growth in assets realized by the Reorganizations, with the potential to achieve certain economies of scale. The Board concluded that the Reorganization is in the best interests of each Target Fund and the Acquiring Fund and that no dilution of value would result to the shareholders of the Target Funds or the Acquiring Fund from the Reorganizations. Consequently, the Board approved the Agreement and each of the Reorganizations on October 27, 2010.
Federal Income Tax Considerations
     The following is a general summary of the material U.S. federal income tax considerations of the Reorganizations and is based upon the current provisions of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), the existing U.S. Treasury Regulations thereunder, current administrative rulings of the IRS and published judicial decisions, all of which are subject to change. These considerations are general in nature and individual shareholders should consult their own tax advisors as to the federal, state, local, and foreign tax considerations applicable to them and their individual circumstances. These same considerations generally do not apply to shareholders who hold their shares in a tax-deferred account.
     The Reorganizations are intended to be a tax-free reorganization pursuant to Section 368(a) of the Code. The principal federal income tax considerations that are expected to result from the Reorganization of each Target Fund into the Acquiring Fund are as follows:
    no gain or loss will be recognized by the Target Fund or the shareholders of the Target Fund as a result of the Reorganization;
 
    no gain or loss will be recognized by the Acquiring Fund as a result of the Reorganization;
 
    the aggregate tax basis of the shares of the Acquiring Fund to be received by a shareholder of the Target Fund will be the same as the shareholder’s aggregate tax basis of the shares of the Target Fund; and
 
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      such shares of the Target Fund are capital assets in the hands of such shareholder as of the Closing).
     Neither the Target Funds nor the Acquiring Fund have requested or will request an advance ruling from the IRS as to the federal tax consequences of the Reorganizations. As a condition to Closing, Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young, LLP will render a favorable opinion to each Target Fund and the Acquiring Fund as to the foregoing federal income tax consequences of each Reorganization, which opinion will be conditioned upon, among other things, the accuracy, as of the Effective Time, of certain representations of each Target Fund and the Acquiring Fund upon which Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young, LLP will rely in rendering its opinion. A copy of the opinion will be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission and will be available for public inspection. See “WHERE TO FIND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.”
     Opinions of counsel are not binding upon the IRS or the courts. If a Reorganization is consummated but the IRS or the courts determine that the Reorganization does not qualify as a tax-free reorganization under the Code, and thus is taxable, each Target Fund would recognize gain or loss on the transfer of its assets to the Acquiring Fund and each shareholder of the Target Fund would recognize a taxable gain or loss equal to the difference between its tax basis in its Target Fund shares and the fair market value of the shares of the Acquiring Fund it receives. The failure of one Reorganization to qualify as a tax-free reorganization would not adversely effect any other Reorganization.
     Prior to the Closing of each Reorganization, each Target Fund will distribute, and the Acquiring Fund may distribute, to their respective shareholders any undistributed income and gains (net of available capital loss carryovers) to the extent required to avoid entity level tax or as otherwise deemed desirable. Such distributions, if made, are anticipated to be made in the 2011 calendar year and would be taxable to shareholders in such year.
     The tax attributes, including capital loss carryovers, of the Target Funds move to the Acquiring Fund in the Reorganizations. The capital loss carryovers of the Target Funds and the Acquiring Fund are available to offset future gains recognized by the combined Fund, subject to limitations under the Code. Where these limitations apply, all or a portion of a Fund’s capital loss carryovers may become unavailable the effect of which may be to accelerate the recognition of taxable gain to the combined Fund and its shareholders post-Closing. First, the capital loss carryovers of the Target Funds increased by any current year loss or decreased by any current year gain, together with any net unrealized depreciation in the value of its portfolio investments (collectively, its “aggregate capital loss carryovers”), are expected to become subject to an annual limitation. Losses in excess of that limitation may be carried forward to succeeding tax years, subject to an overall eight-year carryover period. The annual limitation will generally equal the net asset value of a Target Fund on the Closing Date multiplied by the “long-term tax-exempt rate” published by the IRS. In the case of a Target Fund with net unrealized built-in gains at the time of Closing the Reorganization (i.e., unrealized appreciation in value of the Fund’s investments), the annual limitation for a taxable year will be increased by the amount of such built-in gains that are recognized in the taxable year. Second, if a Fund has built-in gains at the time of Closing that are realized by the combined Fund in the five-year period following the Reorganization, such built-in gains, when realized, may not be offset by the losses (including any capital loss carryovers and “built in losses”) of another Fund. Third, the capital losses of a Target Fund that may be used by the Acquiring Fund (including to offset any “built-in gains” of the Target Fund itself) for the first taxable year ending after the Closing Date will be limited to an amount equal to the capital gain net income of the Acquiring Fund for such taxable year (excluding capital loss carryovers) treated as realized post-Closing based on the number of days remaining in such year. Fourth, the Reorganization may result in an earlier expiration of a Fund’s capital loss carryovers because the Reorganization causes a Target Fund’s tax year to close early in the year of the Reorganization. The aggregate capital loss carryovers of the Funds and the approximate annual limitation on the use by the Acquiring Fund, post-Closing, of the Target Funds’ aggregate capital loss carryovers following the Reorganization are as follows:

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    Fundamental Value        
    Fund   Large Cap Value Fund   Acquiring Fund
    (000,000s)   (000,000s)   (000,000s)
    at 3/31/2010   at 6/30/2010   at 5/31/2010
Aggregate capital loss carryovers on a tax basis (1)
  $ (4.6 )   $ (44.9 )   $ (805.7 )
Unrealized Net Appreciation (Depreciation) in Investments on a Tax Basis
  $ 4.9     $ (22.6 )   $ 90.9  
Aggregate Net Asset Value
  $ 49.4     $ 229.3     $ 6,339.5  
Approximate annual limitation (2)
  $ 2.0     $ 9.1       N/A  
 
(1)   Includes realized gain, to the extent not offset by expiring capital loss carryovers, or loss for the current fiscal year determined on the basis of generally accepted accounting principles; excludes any excess capital loss carryovers that are anticipated to expire on or prior to Closing.
 
(2)   Based on the long-term tax-exempt rate for ownership changes during October 2010 of 3.98%.
     Based upon the Fundamental Value Fund’s and Large Cap Value Fund’s capital loss positions at March 31, 2010 and June 30, 2010 respectively, the annual limitations on the use of each Fund’s aggregate capital loss carryovers may not prevent the combined Fund from utilizing such losses, albeit over a period of time. However, the effect of these annual limitations may be to cause the combined Fund, post-Closing, to distribute more capital gains in a taxable year than might otherwise have been the case if no such limitation had applied. The aggregate capital loss carryovers of the Acquiring Fund should continue to be available, if its nets assets at time of Closing represent more than 50% of the combined Fund. The ability of the Acquiring Fund to absorb its own capital loss carryovers and those of the Target Funds post-Closing depends upon a variety of factors that can not be known in advance. For more information with respect to each Fund’s capital loss carryovers, please refer to the Fund’s shareholder report.
     In addition, if the Acquiring Fund following the Reorganization has proportionately greater unrealized appreciation in its portfolio investments as a percentage of its net asset value than a Target Fund, shareholders of the Target Fund, post-Closing, may receive greater amounts of taxable gain as such portfolio investments are sold than they otherwise might have if the Reorganization had not occurred. The unrealized appreciation (depreciation) in value of the portfolio investments of each Target Fund on a tax basis as a percentage of its net asset value is 10% for the Fundamental Value Fund at March 31, 2010 and (10%) for the Large Cap Value Fund at June 30, 2010, compared to that of the Acquiring Fund at May 31, 2010 of 1%, and 1% on a combined basis.
     After the Reorganization, shareholders will continue to be responsible for tracking the adjusted tax basis and holding period of their shares for federal income tax purposes.
Costs of the Reorganizations
     The total cost of a Reorganization to be paid by the Acquiring Fund is estimated to be $30,000. The estimated total costs of the Reorganizations for each Target Fund, as well as the estimated proxy solicitation costs for the Target Funds, which are part of the total Reorganization costs, are set forth in the table below.
                         
                    Estimated Portion
                    of Total
            Estimated Total   Reorganization
    Estimated Proxy   Reorganization   Costs to be Paid
    Solicitation Costs   Costs   by the Funds
Fundamental Value Fund
  $ 31,000     $ 70,000     $ 0  
Large Cap Value Fund
  $ 37,000     $ 80,000     $ 80,000  
     Where the Target Fund is not paying Reorganization costs, Invesco Advisers will bear these costs. The costs of a Reorganization include legal counsel fees, independent accountant fees, expenses related to the printing and mailing of this Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus and fees associated with the proxy solicitation but do not include any portfolio transaction costs arising from a Reorganization.
VOTING INFORMATION
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     We are sending you this Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus and the enclosed proxy card because the Board is soliciting your proxy to vote at the Meeting and at any adjournments of the Meeting. This Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus gives you information about the business to be conducted at the Meeting. Target Fund shareholders may vote by appearing in person at the Meeting and following the instructions below. You do not need to attend the Meeting to vote, however. Instead, you may simply complete, sign and return the enclosed proxy card or vote by telephone or through a website established for that purpose.
     This Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus, the enclosed Notice of Joint Special Meeting of Shareholders and the enclosed proxy card are expected to be mailed on or about January __, 2011 to all shareholders entitled to vote. Shareholders of record of the Target Funds as of the close of business on January 14, 2011 (the “Record Date”) are entitled to vote at the Meeting. The number of outstanding shares of each class of the Target Funds on December 15, 2010 can be found in Exhibit A. Each share is entitled to one vote for each full share held, and a proportionate fractional vote for each fractional share held.
     Proxies will have the authority to vote and act on behalf of shareholders at any adjournment of the Meeting. If a proxy is authorized to vote for a shareholder, the shareholder may revoke the authorization at any time before it is exercised by sending in another proxy card with a later date or by notifying the Secretary of the Target Funds in writing at the address of the Target Funds set forth on the cover page of the Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus before the Meeting that the shareholder has revoked its proxy. In addition, although merely attending the Meeting will not revoke your proxy, if a shareholder is present at the Meeting, the shareholder may withdraw the proxy and vote in person. However, if your shares are held through a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary, you will need to obtain a “legal proxy” from them in order to vote your shares at the Meeting.
Quorum Requirement and Adjournment
     A quorum of shareholders is necessary to hold a valid shareholder meeting of each Target Fund. For each Target Fund, a quorum will exist if shareholders representing one-third of the outstanding shares of the Target Fund entitled to vote are present at the Meeting in person or by proxy.
     Proxies received prior to the Meeting on which no vote is indicated will be voted “FOR” the Agreement. Because the proposal described in this Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus is considered “non-routine,” under the rules applicable to broker-dealers, if your broker holds your shares in its name, the broker will not be entitled to vote your shares if it has not received instructions from you.
     Abstentions will count as shares present at the Meeting for purposes of establishing a quorum. If a quorum is not present at the Meeting or if a quorum is present but sufficient votes to approve the Agreement are not received, the person(s) presiding over the Meeting or the persons named as proxies may propose one or more adjournments of the Meeting to allow for further solicitation of votes. The persons named as proxies will vote those proxies that they are entitled to vote in favor of such an adjournment, provided that they determine that such an adjournment and additional solicitation is reasonable and in the interest of shareholders based on a consideration of all relevant factors, including, among other things, the percentage of votes then cast, the percentage of negative votes then cast, the nature of the proposed solicitation activities and the nature of the reasons for such further solicitation.
Vote Necessary to Approve the Agreement
     The Board has unanimously approved each Reorganization, subject to shareholder approval. Provided a quorum is present at the Meeting, shareholder approval of the Agreement requires the affirmative vote of a majority of the shares cast by shareholders of a Target Fund.
     Abstentions are counted as present for purposes of determining quorum but are not considered shares cast at the Meeting. As a result, abstentions will not impact the outcome of the shareholder vote.
Proxy Solicitation
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Target Funds or Solicitor may also solicit proxies by telephone, facsimile or personal interview. The Target Funds’ officers may also solicit proxies but will not receive any additional or special compensation for any such solicitation.
     Under the agreement with the Solicitor, the Solicitor will be paid a project management fee as well as telephone solicitation expenses incurred for reminder calls, outbound telephone voting, confirmation of telephone votes, inbound telephone contact, obtaining shareholders’ telephone numbers, and providing additional materials upon shareholder request. The agreement also provides that the Solicitor shall be indemnified against certain liabilities and expenses, including liabilities under the federal securities laws.
Other Meeting Matters
     Management is not aware of any matters to be presented at the Meeting other than as is discussed in this Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus. Under the Target Funds’ bylaws, business transacted at a special meeting such as the Meeting shall be limited to (i) the purpose stated in the notice and (ii) adjournment of the special meeting with regard to the stated purpose. If any other matters properly come before the Meeting, the shares represented by proxies will be voted with respect thereto in accordance with their best judgment.
Share Ownership by Large Shareholders, Management and Trustees
     A list of the name, address and percent ownership of each person who, as of December 15, 2010, to the knowledge of each Target Fund and the Acquiring Fund, owned 5% or more of the outstanding shares of a class of such Target Fund or the Acquiring Fund, respectively, can be found at Exhibits B and C.
     Information regarding the ownership of shares of the Target Funds and the Acquiring Fund by the Trustees and executive officers of the Trust can be found at Exhibits B and C.
OTHER MATTERS
Capitalization
     The following table sets forth as of September 30, 2010, for the Reorganizations, the total net assets, number of shares outstanding and net asset value per share of each class of each Fund. This information is generally referred to as the “capitalization” of a Fund. The term “pro forma capitalization” means the expected capitalization of the Acquiring Fund after it has combined with the corresponding Target Fund. The pro forma capitalization column in the table assumes that all of the Reorganizations have taken place. The capitalizations of the Target Funds, Acquiring Fund and their classes are likely to be different on the Closing Date as a result of daily share purchase, redemption, and market activity.
                                         
    Fundamental   Large Cap           Pro Forma   Acquiring Fund
    Value Fund   Value Fund   Acquiring Fund   Adjustments   (pro forma)
Net assets (all classes)
  $ 40,292,026     $ 245,169,972     $ 6,474,110,867     $ (80,000 )   $ 6,759,492,865  
Class A net assets
  $ 13,235,240     $ 39,935,722     $ 4,418,594,895     $ (13,031 ) 1   $ 4,471,752,826  
Class A shares outstanding
    1,338,309       4,166,920       255,585,021       (2,431,664 ) 2     258,658,586  
Class A net asset value per share
  $ 9.89     $ 9.58     $ 17.29             $ 17.29  
Class B net assets
  $ 23,509,493     $ 15,559     $ 241,060,237     $ (5 ) 1   $ 264,585,284  
Class B shares outstanding
    2,397,805       1,625       14,054,294       (1,028,349 ) 2     15,425,375  
Class B net asset value per share
  $ 9.80     $ 9.57     $ 17.15             $ 17.15  
Class C net assets
  $ 3,276,830     $ 10,555     $ 284,973,816     $ (4 ) 1   $ 288,261,197  
Class C shares outstanding
    336,347       1,102       16,622,056       (145,700 ) 2     16,813,805  
Class C net asset value per share
  $ 9.74     $ 9.58     $ 17.14             $ 17.14  
Class Y net assets
  $ 270,463     $ 205,208,136     $ 1,322,673,816     $ (66,960 ) 1   $ 1,528,085,455  
Class Y shares outstanding
    27,347       21,401,749       76,478,027       (9,546,720 ) 2     88,360,403  
Class Y net asset value per share
  $ 9.89     $ 9.59     $ 17.29             $ 17.29  
 
1.   Pro forma net assets have been adjusted for the allocated portion of the Large Cap Value Fund’s expenses to be incurred in connection with the Reorganization. The costs of the Reorganization have been allocated among all classes based on relative net assets of each class of the Large Cap Value Fund.

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2.   Pro forma shares outstanding have been adjusted for the accumulated change in the number of shares of the Target Funds’ shareholder accounts based on the relative value of the Target Funds’ and the Acquiring Fund’s net asset value per share.
Dissenters’ Rights
     If the Reorganizations are approved at the Meeting, Target Fund shareholders will not have the right to dissent and obtain payment of the fair value of their shares because the exercise of dissenters’ rights is subject to the forward pricing requirements of Rule 22c-1 under the 1940 Act, which supersedes state law. Shareholders of the Target Funds, however, have the right to redeem their shares at net asset value subject to applicable deferred sales charges and/or redemption fees (if any) until the closing date of the Reorganizations. After the Reorganizations, Target Fund shareholders will hold shares of the Acquiring Fund, which may also be redeemed at net asset value subject to applicable deferred sales charges and/or redemption fees (if any).
Shareholder Proposals
     The Funds do not generally hold annual meetings of shareholders. A shareholder desiring to submit a proposal intended to be presented at any meeting of shareholders of a Target Fund hereafter called should send the proposal to the Target Fund at the Target Fund’s principal offices so that it is received within a reasonable time before the proxy materials are printed and mailed. If the proposed Reorganization is approved and completed for a Target Fund, shareholders of such Target Fund will become shareholders of the Acquiring Fund and, thereafter, will be subject to the notice requirements of the Acquiring Fund. The mere submission of a proposal by a shareholder does not guarantee that such proposal will be included in a proxy statement because compliance with certain rules under the federal securities laws is required before inclusion of the proposal is required. Also, the submission does not mean that the proposal will be presented at a future meeting. For a shareholder proposal to be considered at a future shareholder meeting, it must be a proper matter for consideration under applicable law.
WHERE TO FIND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
     This Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus and the related SAI do not contain all the information set forth in the registration statements, the exhibits relating thereto and the annual and semi-annual reports filed by the Funds as such documents have been filed with the SEC pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the 1940 Act, to which reference is hereby made. The SEC file number of the registrant of each Fund’s registration statement, which contains the Funds’ prospectuses and related SAIs is 811-09913.
     Each Fund is subject to the informational requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the 1940 Act and in accordance therewith, each Fund files reports and other information with the SEC. Reports, proxy materials, registration statements and other information filed (including the Registration Statement relating to the Funds on Form N-14 of which this Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus is a part) may be inspected without charge and copied at the public reference facilities maintained by the SEC at Room 1580, 100 F Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20549-1520. Copies of such materials may also be obtained from the Public Reference Section of the SEC at 450 Fifth Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20549-1520, at the prescribed rates. The SEC maintains a website at www.sec.gov that contains information regarding the Funds and other registrants that file electronically with the SEC.

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EXHIBIT A
Outstanding Shares of the Target Funds
     As of December 15, 2010, there were the following number of shares outstanding of each class of each Target Fund:
         
Target Fund/Share Classes   Number of Shares Outstanding  
Invesco Fundamental Value Fund
       
Class A
       
Class B
       
Class C
       
Class Y
       
 
       
Invesco Large Cap Relative Value Fund
       
Class A
       
Class B
       
Class C
       
Class Y
       

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EXHIBIT B
Ownership of the Target Funds
Significant Holders
     Listed below are the name, address and percent ownership of each person who, as of December 15, 2010, to the best knowledge of the Trust owned 5% or more of the outstanding shares of each class of each Target Fund. A shareholder who owns beneficially 25% or more of the outstanding securities of a Target Fund is presumed to “control” the Fund as defined in the 1940 Act. Such control may affect the voting rights of other shareholders.
                 
            Number of   Percent Owned of
Name and Address   Fund   Class of Shares   Shares Owned   Record*
 
               
                 
 
*   AIM Counselor Series Trust (Invesco Counselor Series Trust) has no knowledge of whether all or any portion of the shares owned of record are also owned beneficially.
Security Ownership of Management and Trustees
     To the best of the knowledge of each Target Fund, the ownership of shares of a Target Fund by executive officers and Trustees of the Target Fund as a group constituted less than 1% of each outstanding class of shares of the Target Fund as of December 15, 2010.

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EXHIBIT C
Ownership of the Acquiring Fund
Significant Holders
     Listed below are the name, address and percent ownership of each person who, as of December 15, 2010, to the best knowledge of the Trust owned 5% or more of the outstanding shares of each class of the Acquiring Fund. A shareholder who owns beneficially 25% or more of the outstanding securities of the Acquiring Fund is presumed to “control” the Fund as defined in the 1940 Act. Such control may affect the voting rights of other shareholders.
                 
            Number of   Percent Owned of
Name and Address   Fund   Class of Shares   Shares Owned   Record*
 
               
 
               
 
*   AIM Counselor Series Trust (Invesco Counselor Series Trust) has no knowledge of whether all or any portion of the shares owned of record are also owned beneficially.
Security Ownership of Management and Trustees
     To the best of the knowledge of the Acquiring Fund, the ownership of shares of the Acquiring Fund by executive officers and Trustees of the Acquiring Fund as a group constituted less than 1% of each outstanding class of shares of the Acquiring Fund as of December 15, 2010.

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EXHIBIT D
FORM OF AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF REORGANIZATION

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Exhibit D
AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF REORGANIZATION
THIS AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF REORGANIZATION (“Agreement”) is adopted as of this ___ day of __________, 2010 by and among (i) each of the Invesco open-end registered investment companies identified as a Target Entity on Exhibit A hereto (each a “Target Entity”) separately, on behalf of its respective series identified on Exhibit A hereto (each a “Target Fund”); (ii) each of the Invesco open-end registered investment companies identified as an Acquiring Entity on Exhibit A hereto (each an “Acquiring Entity”), separately on behalf of its respective series identified on Exhibit A hereto (each an “Acquiring Fund”); and (iii) Invesco Advisers, Inc. (“IAI”).
          WHEREAS, the parties hereto intend for each Acquiring Fund and its corresponding Target Fund (as set forth in Exhibit A hereto) to enter into a transaction pursuant to which: (i) the Acquiring Fund will acquire the assets and assume the liabilities of the Target Fund in exchange for the corresponding class or classes of shares (as applicable) of the Acquiring Fund identified on Exhibit A of equal value to the net assets of the Target Fund being acquired, and (ii) the Target Fund will distribute such shares of the Acquiring Fund to shareholders of the corresponding class of the Target Fund, in connection with the liquidation of the Target Fund, all upon the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth in this Agreement (each such transaction, a “Reorganization” and collectively, the “Reorganizations”);
          WHEREAS, each Target Entity and each Acquiring Entity is an open-end, registered investment company of the management type; and
          WHEREAS, this Agreement is intended to be and is adopted as a plan of reorganization and liquidation with respect to each Reorganization within the meaning of Section 368(a)(1) of the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code).
          NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and of the covenants and agreements hereinafter set forth, and intending to be legally bound, the parties hereto covenant and agree as follows:
1.   DESCRIPTION OF THE REORGANIZATIONS
     1.1. It is the intention of the parties hereto that each Reorganization described herein shall be conducted separately from the others, and a party that is not a party to a Reorganization shall incur no obligations, duties or liabilities with respect to such Reorganization by reason of being a party to this Agreement. If any one or more Reorganizations should fail to be consummated, such failure shall not affect the other Reorganizations in any way.
     1.2. Provided that all conditions precedent to a Reorganization set forth herein have been satisfied as of the Closing Date (as defined in Section 3.1), and based on the representations and warranties each party provides to the others, each Target Entity and its corresponding Acquiring Entity agree to take the following steps with respect to their Reorganization(s), the parties to which and classes of shares to be issued in connection with which are set forth in Exhibit A:

 


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     (a) The Target Fund shall transfer all of its Assets, as defined and set forth in Section 1.2(b), to the Acquiring Fund, and the Acquiring Fund in exchange therefor shall assume the Liabilities, as defined and set forth in Section 1.2(c), and deliver to the Target Fund the number of full and fractional Acquiring Fund shares determined in the manner set forth in Section 2.
     (b) The assets of the Target Fund to be transferred to the Acquiring Fund shall consist of all assets and property, including, without limitation, all cash, securities, commodities and futures interests, claims (whether absolute or contingent, known or unknown, accrued or unaccrued and including, without limitation, any interest in pending or future legal claims in connection with past or present portfolio holdings, whether in the form of class action claims, opt-out or other direct litigation claims, or regulator or government-established investor recovery fund claims, and any and all resulting recoveries) and dividends or interest receivable that are owned by the Target Fund and any deferred or prepaid expenses shown as an asset on the books of the Target Fund on the Closing Date, except for cash, bank deposits or cash equivalent securities in an amount necessary to pay the estimated costs of extinguishing any Excluded Liabilities (as defined in Section 1.2(c)) and cash in an amount necessary to pay any distributions pursuant to Section 7.1(g) (collectively, “Assets”).
     (c) The Acquiring Fund shall assume all of the liabilities of the Target Fund, whether accrued or contingent, known or unknown, existing at the Closing Date, except for the Target Fund’s Excluded Liabilities (as defined below), if any, pursuant to this Agreement (collectively, with respect to each Target Fund separately, “Liabilities”). If prior to the Closing Date the Acquiring Entity identifies a liability that the Acquiring Entity and the Target Entity mutually agree should not be assumed by the Acquiring Fund, such liability shall be excluded from the definition of Liabilities hereunder and shall be listed on a Schedule of Excluded Liabilities to be signed by the Acquiring Entity and the Target Entity at Closing and attached to this Agreement as Schedule 1.2(c) (the “Excluded Liabilities”). The Assets minus the Liabilities of a Target Fund shall be referred to herein as the Target Fund’s “Net Assets.”
     (d) As soon as is reasonably practicable after the Closing, the Target Fund will distribute to its shareholders of record (“Target Fund Shareholders”) the shares of the Acquiring Fund of the corresponding class received by the Target Fund pursuant to Section 1.2(a), as set forth in Exhibit A, on a pro rata basis within that class, and the Target Fund will as promptly as practicable completely liquidate and dissolve. Such distribution and liquidation will be accomplished, with respect to each class of the Target Fund’s shares, by the transfer of the Acquiring Fund shares of the corresponding class then credited to the account of the Target Fund on the books of the Acquiring Fund to open accounts on the share records of the Acquiring Fund in the names of the Target Fund Shareholders of the class. The aggregate net asset value of the Acquiring Fund shares to be so credited to the corresponding Target Fund Shareholders shall be equal to the aggregate net asset value of the corresponding Target Fund’s shares owned by the Target Fund Shareholders on the Valuation Date. The Acquiring Fund shall not issue certificates representing shares in connection with such exchange.

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     (e) Ownership of Acquiring Fund shares will be shown on its books, as such are maintained by the Acquiring Fund’s transfer agent.
2.   VALUATION
     2.1. With respect to each Reorganization:
     (a) The value of the Target Fund’s Assets shall be the value of such Assets computed as of immediately after the close of regular trading on the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”), which shall reflect the declaration of any dividends, on the business day next preceding the Closing Date (the “Valuation Date”), using the Target Fund’s valuation procedures established by the Target Entity’s Board of Trustees.
     (b) The net asset value per share of each class of the Acquiring Fund shares issued in connection with the Reorganization shall be the net asset value per share of the corresponding class of each class computed on the Valuation Date using the Acquiring Fund’s valuation procedures established by the Acquiring Entity’s Board of Trustees, which are the same as the Target Fund’s valuation procedures.
     (c) The number of shares issued of each class of the Acquiring Fund (including fractional shares, if any, rounded to the nearest thousandth) in exchange for the Target Fund’s Net Assets shall be determined by dividing the value of the Net Assets of the Target Fund attributable to each class of Target Fund shares by the net asset value per share of the corresponding share class of the Acquiring Fund.
     (d) All computations of value shall be made by the Target Fund’s and the Acquiring Fund’s designated recordkeeping agent using the valuation procedures described in this Section 2.
3.   CLOSING AND CLOSING DATE
     3.1. Each Reorganization shall close on the date identified on Exhibit A or such other date as the parties may agree with respect to any or all Reorganizations (the “Closing Date”). All acts taking place at the closing of a Reorganization (the “Closing”) shall be deemed to take place simultaneously as of immediately prior to the opening of regular trading on the NYSE on the Closing Date of that Reorganization unless otherwise agreed to by the parties (the “Closing Time”).
     3.2. With respect to each Reorganization:
     (a) The Target Fund’s portfolio securities, investments or other assets that are represented by a certificate or other written instrument shall be transferred and delivered by the Target Fund as of the Closing Date to the Acquiring Fund’s Custodian for the account of the Acquiring Fund, duly endorsed in proper form for transfer and in such condition as to constitute good delivery thereof. The Target Fund shall direct the Target Fund’s custodian (the “Target Custodian”) to deliver to the Acquiring Fund’s Custodian as of the Closing Date by book entry, in accordance with the customary practices of Target Custodian and any securities depository (as defined in Rule 17f-4 under the

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Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”)), in which the Assets are deposited, the Target Fund’s portfolio securities and instruments so held. The cash to be transferred by a Target Fund shall be delivered to the Acquiring Fund’s Custodian by wire transfer of federal funds or other appropriate means on the Closing Date.
     (b) The Target Entity shall direct the Target Custodian for each Target Fund to deliver, at the Closing, a certificate of an authorized officer stating that (i) except as permitted by Section 3.2(a), the Assets have been delivered in proper form to the Acquiring Fund no later than the Closing Time on the Closing Date, and (ii) all necessary taxes in connection with the delivery of the Assets, including all applicable Federal, state and foreign stock transfer stamps, if any, have been paid or provision for payment has been made.
     (c) At such time prior to the Closing Date as the parties mutually agree, the Target Fund shall provide (i) instructions and related information to the Acquiring Fund or its transfer agent with respect to the Target Fund Shareholders, including names, addresses, dividend reinvestment elections and tax withholding status of the Target Fund Shareholders as of the date agreed upon (such information to be updated as of the Closing Date, as necessary) and (ii) the information and documentation maintained by the Target Fund or its agents relating to the identification and verification of the Target Fund Shareholders under the USA PATRIOT ACT and other applicable anti-money laundering laws, rules and regulations and such other information as the Acquiring Fund may reasonably request. The Acquiring Fund and its transfer agent shall have no obligation to inquire as to the validity, propriety or correctness of any such instruction, information or documentation, but shall, in each case, assume that such instruction, information or documentation is valid, proper, correct and complete.
     (d) The Target Entity shall direct each applicable transfer agent for a Target Fund (the “Target Transfer Agent”) to deliver to the Acquiring Fund at the Closing a certificate of an authorized officer stating that its records, as provided to the Acquiring Entity, contain the names and addresses of the Target Fund Shareholders and the number of outstanding shares of each class owned by each such shareholder immediately prior to the Closing. The Acquiring Fund shall issue and deliver to the Secretary of the Target Fund a confirmation evidencing the Acquiring Fund shares to be credited on the Closing Date, or provide other evidence satisfactory to the Target Entity that such Acquiring Fund shares have been credited to the Target Fund Shareholders’ accounts on the books of the Acquiring Fund. At the Closing, each party shall deliver to the other such bills of sale, checks, assignments, certificates, if any, receipts or other documents as such other party or its counsel may reasonably request.
     (e) In the event that on the Valuation Date or the Closing Date (a) the NYSE or another primary trading market for portfolio securities of the Target Fund (each, an “Exchange”) shall be closed to trading or trading thereupon shall be restricted, or (b) trading or the reporting of trading on such Exchange or elsewhere shall be disrupted so that, in the judgment of the Board of Trustees of the Acquiring Entity or the Target Entity or the authorized officers of either of such entities, accurate appraisal of the value of the net assets of the Acquiring Fund or the Target Fund, respectively, is impracticable, the

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Closing Date shall be postponed until the first business day after the day when trading shall have been fully resumed and reporting shall have been restored.
4.   REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
     4.1. Each Target Entity, on behalf of itself or, where applicable, a Target Fund, represents and warrants to the Acquiring Entity and its corresponding Acquiring Fund as follows:
     (a) The Target Fund is duly organized as a series of the Target Entity, which is a statutory trust duly formed, validly existing, and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware with power under its Amended and Restated Agreement and Declaration of Trust and by-laws (“Governing Documents”), to own all of its Assets, to carry on its business as it is now being conducted and to enter into this Agreement and perform its obligations hereunder;
     (b) The Target Entity is a registered investment company classified as a management company of the open-end type, and its registration with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) as an investment company under the 1940 Act, and the registration of the shares of the Target Fund under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (“1933 Act”), are in full force and effect;
     (c) No consent, approval, authorization, or order of any court or governmental authority or the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”) is required for the consummation by the Target Fund and the Target Entity of the transactions contemplated herein, except such as have been obtained or will be obtained at or prior to the Closing Date under the 1933 Act, the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (“1934 Act”), the 1940 Act and state securities laws;
     (d) The current prospectus and statement of additional information of the Target Fund and each prospectus and statement of additional information of the Target Fund used at all times between the commencement of operations of the Target Fund and the date of this Agreement conforms or conformed at the time of its use in all material respects to the applicable requirements of the 1933 Act and the 1940 Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder and does not or did not at the time of its use include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not materially misleading;
     (e) The Target Fund is in compliance in all material respects with the applicable investment policies and restrictions set forth in the Target Fund’s prospectus and statement of additional information;
     (f) Except as otherwise disclosed to and accepted by or on behalf of the Acquiring Fund, the Target Fund will on the Closing Date have good title to the Assets and full right, power, and authority to sell, assign, transfer and deliver such Assets free of adverse claims, including any liens or other encumbrances, and upon delivery and payment for such Assets, the Acquiring Fund will acquire good title thereto, free of

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adverse claims and subject to no restrictions on the full transfer thereof, including, without limitation, such restrictions as might arise under the 1933 Act, provided that the Acquiring Fund will acquire Assets that are segregated as collateral for the Target Fund’s derivative positions, including without limitation, as collateral for swap positions and as margin for futures positions, subject to such segregation and liens that apply to such Assets;
     (g) The financial statements of the Target Fund for the Target Fund’s most recently completed fiscal year have been audited by the independent registered public accounting firm identified in the Target Fund’s prospectus or statement of additional information included in the Target Fund’s registration statement on Form N-1A (the “Prospectus” and “Statement of Additional Information”). Such statements, as well as the unaudited, semi-annual financial statements for the semi-annual period next succeeding the Target Fund’s most recently completed fiscal year, if any, were prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”) consistently applied, and such statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial condition of the Target Fund as of such date in accordance with GAAP, and there are no known contingent liabilities of the Target Fund required to be reflected on a balance sheet (including the notes thereto) in accordance with GAAP as of such date not disclosed therein;
     (h) Since the last day of the Target Fund’s most recently completed fiscal year, there has not been any material adverse change in the Target Fund’s financial condition, assets, liabilities or business, other than changes occurring in the ordinary course of business;
     (i) On the Closing Date, all material Returns (as defined below) of the Target Fund required by law to have been filed by such date (including any extensions) shall have been filed and are or will be true, correct and complete in all material respects, and all Taxes (as defined below) shown as due or claimed to be due by any government entity shall have been paid or provision has been made for the payment thereof. To the Target Fund’s knowledge, no such Return is currently under audit by any Federal, state, local or foreign Tax authority; no assessment has been asserted with respect to such Returns; there are no levies, liens or other encumbrances on the Target Fund or its assets resulting from the non-payment of any Taxes; no waivers of the time to assess any such Taxes are outstanding nor are any written requests for such waivers pending; and adequate provision has been made in the Target Fund financial statements for all Taxes in respect of all periods ended on or before the date of such financial statements. As used in this Agreement, “Tax” or “Taxes” means (i) any tax, governmental fee or other like assessment or charge of any kind whatsoever (including, but not limited to, withholding on amounts paid to or by any person), together with any interest, penalty, addition to tax or additional amount imposed by any governmental authority (domestic or foreign) responsible for the imposition of any such tax. “Return” means reports, returns, information returns, elections, agreements, declarations, or other documents of any nature or kind (including any attached schedules, supplements and additional or supporting material) filed or required to be filed with respect to Taxes, including any claim for

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refund, amended return or declaration of estimated Taxes (and including any amendments with respect thereto);
     (j) The Target Fund has elected to be a regulated investment company under Subchapter M of the Code and is a fund that is treated as a separate corporation under Section 851(g) of the Code. The Target Fund has qualified for treatment as a regulated investment company for each taxable year since inception that has ended prior to the Closing Date and will have satisfied the requirements of Part I of Subchapter M of the Code to maintain such qualification for the period beginning on the first day of its current taxable year and ending on the Closing Date. The Target Fund has no earnings or profits accumulated in any taxable year in which the provisions of Subchapter M of the Code did not apply to it. If Target Fund serves as a funding vehicle for variable contracts (life insurance or annuity), Target Fund, with respect to each of its taxable years that has ended prior to the Closing Date during which it has served as such a funding vehicle, has satisfied the diversification requirements of Section 817(h) of the Code and will continue to satisfy the requirements of Section 817(h) of the Code for the period beginning on the first day of its current taxable year and ending on the Closing Date. In order to (i) ensure continued qualification of the Target Fund for treatment as a “regulated investment company” for tax purposes and (ii) eliminate any tax liability of the Target Fund arising by reason of undistributed investment company taxable income or net capital gain, the Target Fund, before the Closing Date will declare on or prior to the Valuation Date to the shareholders of Target Fund a dividend or dividends that, together with all previous such dividends, shall have the effect of distributing (A) all of Target Fund’s investment company taxable income (determined without regard to any deductions for dividends paid) for the taxable year ended prior to the Closing Date and substantially all of such investment company taxable income for the short taxable year beginning on the first day of its current taxable year and ending on the Closing Date; (B) all of Target Fund’s net capital gain recognized in its taxable year ended prior to the Closing Date and substantially all of any such net capital gain recognized in such short taxable year (in each case after reduction for any capital loss carryover); and (C) at least 90 percent of the excess, if any, of the Target Fund’s interest income excludible from gross income under Section 103(a) of the Code over its deductions disallowed under Sections 265 and 171(a)(2) of the Code for the taxable year prior to the Closing Date and at least 90 percent of such net tax-exempt income for the short taxable year;
     (k) All issued and outstanding shares of the Target Fund are, and on the Closing Date will be, duly and validly issued and outstanding, fully paid and non-assessable by the Target Entity and, in every state where offered or sold, such offers and sales have been in compliance in all material respects with applicable registration and/or notice requirements of the 1933 Act and state and District of Columbia securities laws;
     (l) The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement will have been duly authorized prior to the Closing Date by all necessary action, if any, on the part of the Board of Trustees of the Target Entity, on behalf of the Target Fund, and subject to the approval of the shareholders of the Target Fund and the due authorization, execution and delivery of this Agreement by the other parties hereto, this Agreement will constitute a valid and binding obligation of the Target Fund, enforceable in accordance with its

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terms, subject, as to enforcement, to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and other laws relating to or affecting creditors’ rights and to general equity principles;
     (m) The books and records of the Target Fund are true and correct in all material respects and contain no material omissions with respect to information required to be maintained under the laws, rules and regulations applicable to the Target Fund;
     (n) The Target Entity is not under the jurisdiction of a court in a Title 11 or similar case within the meaning of Section 368(a)(3)(A) of the Code; and
     (o) The Target Fund has no unamortized or unpaid organizational fees or expenses.
     4.2. Each Acquiring Entity, on behalf of the Acquiring Fund, represents and warrants to the Target Entity and its corresponding Target Fund as follows:
     (a) The Acquiring Fund is duly organized as a series of the Acquiring Entity, which is a statutory trust duly formed, validly existing, and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware, with power under its Agreement and Declaration of Trust, as amended (the “Agreement and Declaration of Trust”), to own all of its properties and assets and to carry on its business as it is now being, and as it is contemplated to be, conducted, and to enter into this Agreement and perform its obligations hereunder;
     (b) The Acquiring Entity is a registered investment company classified as a management company of the open-end type, and its registration with the Commission as an investment company under the 1940 Act and the registration of the shares of the Acquiring Fund under the 1933 Act are in full force and effect;
     (c) No consent, approval, authorization, or order of any court, governmental authority or FINRA is required for the consummation by the Acquiring Fund and the Acquiring Entity of the transactions contemplated herein, except such as have been or will be obtained (at or prior to the Closing Date) under the 1933 Act, the 1934 Act, the 1940 Act and state securities laws;
     (d) The prospectuses and statements of additional information of the Acquiring Fund to be used in connection with the Reorganization will conform at the time of their use in all material respects to the applicable requirements of the 1933 Act and the 1940 Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder and will not include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not materially misleading;
     (e) The Acquiring Fund is in compliance in all material respects with the applicable investment policies and restrictions set forth in the Acquiring Fund’s prospectus and statement of additional information;
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public accounting firm identified in the Acquiring Fund’s prospectus or statement of additional information included in the Acquiring Fund’s registration statement on Form N-1A. Such statements, as well as the unaudited, semi-annual financial statements for the semi-annual period next succeeding the Acquiring Fund’s most recently completed fiscal year, if any, were prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”) consistently applied, and such statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial condition of the Acquiring Fund as of such date in accordance with GAAP, and there are no known contingent liabilities of the Acquiring Fund required to be reflected on a balance sheet (including the notes thereto) in accordance with GAAP as of such date not disclosed therein;
     (g) Since the last day of the Acquiring Fund’s most recently completed fiscal year, there has not been any material adverse change in the Acquiring Fund’s financial condition, assets, liabilities or business, other than changes occurring in the ordinary course of business;
     (h) On the Closing Date, all material Returns of the Acquiring Fund required by law to have been filed by such date (including any extensions) shall have been filed and are or will be true, correct and complete in all material respects, and all Taxes shown as due or claimed to be due by any government entity shall have been paid or provision has been made for the payment thereof. To the Acquiring Fund’s knowledge, no such Return is currently under audit by any Federal, state, local or foreign Tax authority; no assessment has been asserted with respect to such Returns; there are no levies, liens or other encumbrances on the Acquiring Fund or its assets resulting from the non-payment of any Taxes; and no waivers of the time to assess any such Taxes are outstanding nor are any written requests for such waivers pending; and adequate provision has been made in the Acquiring Fund financial statements for all Taxes in respect of all periods ended on or before the date of such financial statements;
     (i) The Acquiring Fund has elected to be a regulated investment company under Subchapter M of the Code and is a fund that is treated as a separate corporation under Section 851(g) of the Code. The Acquiring Fund has qualified for treatment as a regulated investment company for each taxable year since inception that has ended prior to the Closing Date and has satisfied the requirements of Part I of Subchapter M of the Code to maintain such qualification for the period beginning on the first day of its current taxable year and ending on the Closing Date. The Acquiring Fund has no earnings or profits accumulated in any taxable year in which the provisions of Subchapter M of the Code did not apply to it. If the Acquiring Fund serves as a funding vehicle for variable contracts (life insurance or annuity), the Acquiring Fund, with respect to each of its taxable years that has ended prior to the Closing Date during which it has served as such a funding vehicle, has satisfied the diversification requirements of Section 817(h) of the Code and will continue to satisfy the requirements of Section 817(h) of the Code for the period beginning on the first day of its current taxable year and ending on the Closing Date;
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assessable by the Acquiring Entity and, in every state where offered or sold, such offers and sales have been in compliance in all material respects with applicable registration and/or notice requirements of the 1933 Act and state and District of Columbia securities laws;
     (k) The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement will have been duly authorized prior to the Closing Date by all necessary action, if any, on the part of the trustees of the Acquiring Entity, on behalf of the Acquiring Fund, and subject to the approval of shareholders of the Target Fund and the due authorization, execution and delivery of this Agreement by the other parties hereto, this Agreement will constitute a valid and binding obligation of the Acquiring Fund, enforceable in accordance with its terms, subject, as to enforcement, to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and other laws relating to or affecting creditors’ rights and to general equity principles;
     (l) The shares of the Acquiring Fund to be issued and delivered to the Target Fund, for the account of the Target Fund Shareholders, pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, will on the Closing Date have been duly authorized and, when so issued and delivered, will be duly and validly issued Acquiring Fund shares, and, upon receipt of the Target Fund’s Assets in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, will be fully paid and non-assessable by the Acquiring Entity;
     (m) The books and records of the Acquiring Fund are true and correct in all material respects and contain no material omissions with respect to information required to be maintained under laws, rules, and regulations applicable to the Acquiring Fund;
     (n) The Acquiring Entity is not under the jurisdiction of a court in a Title 11 or similar case within the meaning of Section 368(a)(3)(A) of the Code;
     (o) The Acquiring Fund has no unamortized or unpaid organizational fees or expenses for which it does not expect to be reimbursed by Invesco or its affiliates.
5.   COVENANTS OF THE ACQUIRING FUND AND THE TARGET FUND
     5.1. With respect to each Reorganization:
     (a) The Acquiring Fund and the Target Fund each: (i) will operate its business in the ordinary course and substantially in accordance with past practices between the date hereof and the Closing Date for the Reorganization, it being understood that such ordinary course of business may include the declaration and payment of customary dividends and distributions, and any other distribution that may be advisable, and (ii) shall use its reasonable best efforts to preserve intact its business organization and material assets and maintain the rights, franchises and business and customer relations necessary to conduct the business operations of the Acquiring Fund or the Target Fund, as appropriate, in the ordinary course in all material respects.
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     (c) The Target Fund covenants that the Acquiring Fund shares to be issued pursuant to this Agreement are not being acquired for the purpose of making any distribution thereof, other than in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
     (d) The Target Fund will assist the Acquiring Fund in obtaining such information as the Acquiring Fund reasonably requests concerning the beneficial ownership of the Target Fund’s shares.
     (e) If reasonably requested by the Acquiring Fund in writing, the Target Entity will provide the Acquiring Fund with (1) a statement of the respective tax basis and holding period of all investments to be transferred by a Target Fund to the Acquiring Fund, (2) a copy (which may be in electronic form) of the shareholder ledger accounts including, without limitation, the name, address and taxpayer identification number of each shareholder of record, the number of shares of beneficial interest held by each shareholder, the dividend reinvestment elections applicable to each shareholder, and the backup withholding and nonresident alien withholding certifications, notices or records on file with the Target Fund with respect to each shareholder, for all of the shareholders of record of the Target Fund as of the close of business on the Valuation Date, who are to become holders of the Acquiring Fund as a result of the transfer of Assets (the “Target Fund Shareholder Documentation”), certified by its transfer agent or its President or Vice-President to the best of their knowledge and belief, (3) all FIN 48 work papers and supporting statements pertaining to a Target Fund (the “FIN 48 Workpapers”), and (4) the tax books and records of a Target Fund in a Tax-Free Reorganization for purposes of preparing any returns required by law to be filed for tax periods ending after the Closing Date.
     (f) Subject to the provisions of this Agreement, the Acquiring Fund and the Target Fund will each take, or cause to be taken, all action, and do or cause to be done all things, reasonably necessary, proper or advisable to consummate and make effective the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
     (g) As soon as is reasonably practicable after the Closing, the Target Fund will make one or more liquidating distributions to its shareholders consisting of the applicable class of shares of the Acquiring Fund received at the Closing, as set forth in Section 1.2(d) hereof.
     (h) If reasonably requested in writing by Acquiring Fund, a statement of the earnings and profits (accumulated and current) of the Target Fund for federal income tax purposes that will be carried over to the Acquiring Fund as a result of Section 381 of the Code.
     (i) It is the intention of the parties that each Reorganization will qualify as a reorganization with the meaning of Section 368(a) of the Code. None of the parties to a Reorganization shall take any action or cause any action to be taken (including, without limitation the filing of any tax return) that is inconsistent with such treatment or results in the failure of such Reorganization to qualify as a reorganization within the meaning of Section 368(a) of the Code.

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     (j) Any reporting responsibility of the Target Fund, including, but not limited to, the responsibility for filing regulatory reports, tax returns relating to tax periods ending on or prior to the Closing Date (whether due before or after the Closing Date), or other documents with the Commission, any state securities commission, and any Federal, state or local tax authorities or any other relevant regulatory authority, is and shall remain the responsibility of the Target Fund, except as otherwise is mutually agreed by the parties.
     (k) If reasonably requested in writing by Acquiring Fund, the Target Fund shall deliver to the Acquiring Fund copies of: (1) the federal, state and local income tax returns filed by or on behalf of the Target Fund for the prior three (3) taxable years; and (2) any of the following that have been issued to or for the benefit of or that otherwise affect the Target Fund and which have continuing relevance: (a) rulings, determinations, holdings or opinions issued by any federal, state, local or foreign tax authority and (b) legal opinions.
6.   CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO OBLIGATIONS OF THE TARGET FUND
     6.1. With respect to each Reorganization, the obligations of the Target Entity, on behalf of the Target Fund, to consummate the transactions provided for herein shall be subject, at the Target Fund’s election, to the performance by the Acquiring Fund of all of the obligations to be performed by it hereunder on or before the Closing Date, and, in addition thereto, the following conditions:
     (a) All representations and warranties of the Acquiring Fund and the Acquiring Entity contained in this Agreement shall be true and correct in all material respects as of the date hereof and, except as they may be affected by the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, as of the Closing Date, with the same force and effect as if made on and as of the Closing Date;
     (b) The Acquiring Entity shall have delivered to the Target Entity on the Closing Date a certificate executed in its name by its President or Vice President and Treasurer, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Target Entity and dated as of the Closing Date, to the effect that the representations and warranties of or with respect to the Acquiring Fund made in this Agreement are true and correct at and as of the Closing Date, except as they may be affected by the transactions contemplated by this Agreement;
     (c) The Acquiring Entity and the Acquiring Fund shall have performed all of the covenants and complied with all of the provisions required by this Agreement to be performed or complied with by the Acquiring Entity and the Acquiring Fund, on or before the Closing Date; and
7.   CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO OBLIGATIONS OF THE ACQUIRING FUND
     7.1. With respect to each Reorganization, the obligations of the Acquiring Entity, on behalf of the Acquiring Fund, to consummate the transactions provided for herein shall be subject, at the Acquiring Fund’s election, to the performance by the Target Fund of all of the

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obligations to be performed by it hereunder on or before the Closing Date and, in addition thereto, the following conditions:
     (a) All representations and warranties of the Target Entity and the Target Fund contained in this Agreement shall be true and correct in all material respects as of the date hereof and, except as they may be affected by the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, as of the Closing Date, with the same force and effect as if made on and as of the Closing Date;
     (b) If requested by Acquiring Fund, the Target Entity, on behalf of the Target Fund, shall have delivered to the Acquiring Entity (i) a statement of the Target Fund’s Assets, together with a list of portfolio securities of the Target Fund showing the adjusted tax basis of such securities by lot and the holding periods of such securities, as of the Closing Date, certified by the Treasurer of the Target Entity, (ii) the Target Fund Shareholder Documentation, (iii) if applicable, the FIN 48 Workpapers, (iv) to the extent permitted by applicable law, all information pertaining to, or necessary or useful in the calculation or demonstration of, the investment performance of the Target Fund, and (v) a statement of earnings and profits as provided in Section 5.1(h);
     (c) The Target Entity shall have delivered to the Acquiring Entity on the Closing Date a certificate executed in its name by its President or Vice President and Treasurer, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Acquiring Entity and dated as of the Closing Date, to the effect that the representations and warranties of or with respect to the Target Fund made in this Agreement are true and correct at and as of the Closing Date, except as they may be affected by the transactions contemplated by this Agreement;
     (d) The Target Custodian shall have delivered the certificate contemplated by Sections 3.2(b) of this Agreement, duly executed by an authorized officer of the Target Custodian;
     (e) The Target Entity and the Target Fund shall have performed all of the covenants and complied with all of the provisions required by this Agreement to be performed or complied with by the Target Entity and the Target Fund, on or before the Closing Date; and
     (f) The Target Fund shall have declared and paid a distribution or distributions prior to the Closing that, together with all previous distributions, shall have the effect of distributing to its shareholders (i) all of its investment company taxable income (determined without regard to any deductions for dividends paid) and all of its net realized capital gains, if any, for the period from the close of its last fiscal year to the Closing Time on the Closing Date; (ii) any such undistributed investment company taxable income and net realized capital gains from any prior period to the extent not otherwise already distributed; and (iii) at least 90 percent of the excess, if any, of the Target Fund’s interest income excludible from gross income under Section 103(a) of the Code over its deductions disallowed under Sections 265 and 171(a)(2) of the Code for the

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taxable year prior to the Closing Date and at least 90 percent of such net tax-exempt income for the short taxable year.
8.   FURTHER CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO OBLIGATIONS OF THE ACQUIRING FUND AND THE TARGET FUND
     With respect to each Reorganization, if any of the conditions set forth below have not been satisfied on or before the Closing Date with respect to the Target Fund or the Acquiring Fund, the Acquiring Entity or Target Entity, respectively, shall, at its option, not be required to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement:
     8.1. The Agreement shall have been approved by the requisite vote of the holders of the outstanding shares of the Target Fund in accordance with the provisions of the Target Entity’s Governing Documents, Delaware law, and the 1940 Act. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, neither the Target Fund nor the Acquiring Fund may waive the conditions set forth in this Section 8.1;
     8.2. On the Closing Date, no action, suit or other proceeding shall be pending or, to the Target Entity’s or the Acquiring Entity’s knowledge, threatened before any court or governmental agency in which it is sought to restrain or prohibit, or obtain damages or other relief in connection with, this Agreement, the transactions contemplated herein;
     8.3. All consents of other parties and all other consents, orders and permits of Federal, state and local regulatory authorities deemed necessary by the Acquiring Fund or the Target Fund to permit consummation, in all material respects, of the transactions contemplated hereby shall have been obtained, except where failure to obtain any such consent, order or permit would not involve a risk of a material adverse effect on the assets or properties of the Acquiring Fund or the Target Fund, provided that either party hereto may for itself waive any of such conditions;
     8.4. A registration statement on Form N-14 under the 1933 Act properly registering the Acquiring Fund shares to be issued in connection with the Reorganization shall have become effective under the 1933 Act and no stop orders suspending the effectiveness thereof shall have been issued and, to the best knowledge of the parties hereto, no investigation or proceeding for that purpose shall have been instituted or be pending, threatened or contemplated under the 1933 Act; and
     8.5. The Target Entity and the Acquiring Entity shall have received on or before the Closing Date an opinion of Stradley Ronon in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Target Entity and the Acquiring Entity, as to the matters set forth on Schedule 8.6. In rendering such opinion, Stradley Ronon may request and rely upon representations contained in certificates of officers of the Target Entity, the Acquiring Entity and others, and the officers of the Target Entity and the Acquiring Entity shall use their best efforts to make available such truthful certificates.

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9.   FEES AND EXPENSES
     9.1. Each Acquiring Fund will bear its expenses relating to the Reorganizations, which IAI has estimated to be $30,000 per Reorganization. Each Target Fund will bear its costs associated with the Reorganization, provided that the Target Fund is expected to recoup those costs within 24 months following the Reorganization as a result of reduced total annual fund operating expenses. IAI has agreed to bear the Reorganization costs of any Target Fund that does not meet the foregoing threshold based on estimates prepared by the Adviser and discussed with the Board.
10.   FINAL TAX RETURNS AND FORMS 1099 OF TARGET FUND
     10.1. After the Closing Date, except as otherwise agreed to by the parties, Target Entity shall or shall cause its agents to prepare any federal, state or local tax returns, including any Forms 1099, required to be filed by Target Entity with respect to each Target Fund’s final taxable year ending with its complete liquidation and for any prior periods or taxable years and shall further cause such tax returns and Forms 1099 to be duly filed with the appropriate taxing authorities.
11.   ENTIRE AGREEMENT; SURVIVAL OF WARRANTIES AND COVENANTS
     11.1. The representations, warranties and covenants contained in this Agreement or in any document delivered pursuant hereto or in connection herewith shall not survive the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereunder. The covenants to be performed after the Closing shall survive the Closing.
12.   TERMINATION
     This Agreement may be terminated and the transactions contemplated hereby may be abandoned with respect to one or more (or all) Reorganizations by mutual agreement of the parties.
13.   AMENDMENTS
     This Agreement may be amended, modified or supplemented in a writing signed by the parties hereto to be bound by such Amendment.
14.   HEADINGS; GOVERNING LAW; COUNTERPARTS; ASSIGNMENT; LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
     14.1. The Article and Section headings contained in this Agreement are for reference purposes only and shall not affect in any way the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement.
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     14.3. This Agreement shall bind and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns, but no assignment or transfer hereof or of any rights or obligations hereunder shall be made by any party without the written consent of the other parties. Nothing herein expressed or implied is intended or shall be construed to confer upon or give any person, firm or corporation, other than the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns, any rights or remedies under or by reason of this Agreement.
     14.4. This agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be considered an original.
     14.5. It is expressly agreed that the obligations of the parties hereunder shall not be binding upon any of their respective directors or trustees, shareholders, nominees, officers, agents, or employees personally, but shall bind only the property of the applicable Target Fund or the applicable Acquiring Fund as provided in the Governing Documents of the Target Entity or the Agreement and Declaration of Trust of the Acquiring Entity, respectively. The execution and delivery by such officers shall not be deemed to have been made by any of them individually or to impose any liability on any of them personally, but shall bind only the property of such party.

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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be approved on behalf of the Acquiring Fund and Target Fund.

                 
Invesco Advisers, Inc.        
 
               
By:
               
 
           
 
  Name:        
 
  Title:        
AIM Counselor Series Trust (Invesco Counselor Series Trust), AIM Equity Funds (Invesco Equity Funds), AIM Funds Group (Invesco Funds Group), AIM Growth Series (Invesco Growth Series), AIM International Mutual funds (Invesco International Mutual Funds), AIM Investment Funds (Invesco Investment Funds), AIM Investment Securities Funds (Invesco Investment Securities Funds), AIM Sector Funds (Invesco Sector Funds) and AIM Variable Insurance Funds (Invesco Variable Insurance Funds), each on behalf of its respective series identified on Exhibit A hereto
         
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EXHIBIT A
CHART OF REORGANIZATIONS
     
Acquiring Fund (and share classes) and   Corresponding Target Fund (and share
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Schedule 1.2(c)
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Schedule 8.6
Tax Opinions
     (i) The acquisition by the Acquiring Fund of substantially all of the assets of the Target Fund, as provided for in the Agreement, in exchange for Acquiring Fund shares and the assumption by the Acquiring Fund of all of the liabilities of the Target Fund, followed by the distribution by the Target Fund to its shareholders of the Acquiring Fund shares in complete liquidation of the Target Fund, will qualify as a reorganization within the meaning of Section 368(a)(1) of the Code, and the Target Fund and the Acquiring Fund each will be a “party to the reorganization” within the meaning of Section 368(b) of the Code.
     (ii) No gain or loss will be recognized by the Target Fund upon the transfer of substantially all of its assets to, and assumption of its liabilities by, the Acquiring Fund in exchange solely for Acquiring Fund shares pursuant to Section 361(a) and Section 357(a) of the Code, except that Target Fund may be required to recognize gain or loss with respect to contracts described in Section 1256(b) of the Code or stock in a passive foreign investment company, as defined in Section 1297(a) of the Code.
     (iii) No gain or loss will be recognized by the Acquiring Fund upon the receipt by it of substantially all of the assets of the Target Fund in exchange solely for the assumption of the liabilities of the Target Fund and issuance of the Acquiring Fund shares pursuant to Section 1032(a) of the Code.
     (iv) No gain or loss will be recognized by the Target Fund upon the distribution of the Acquiring Fund shares by the Target Fund to its shareholders in complete liquidation (in pursuance of the Agreement) pursuant to Section 361(c)(1) of the Code.
     (v) The tax basis of the assets of the Target Fund received by the Acquiring Fund will be the same as the tax basis of such assets in the hands of the Target Fund immediately prior to the transfer pursuant to Section 362(b) of the Code.
     (vi) The holding periods of the assets of the Target Fund in the hands of the Acquiring Fund will include the periods during which such assets were held by the Target Fund pursuant to Section 1223(2) of the Code.
     (vii) No gain or loss will be recognized by the shareholders of the Target Fund upon the exchange of all of their Target Fund shares for the Acquiring Fund shares pursuant to Section 354(a) of the Code.
     (viii) The aggregate tax basis of the Acquiring Fund shares to be received by each shareholder of the Target Fund will be the same as the aggregate tax basis of Target Fund shares exchanged therefor pursuant to Section 358(a)(1) of the Code.
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provided that the shareholder held Target Fund shares as a capital asset on the date of the exchange pursuant to Section 1223(1) of the Code.
     (x) For purposes of Section 381 of the Code, either: (i) The Acquiring Fund will succeed to and take into account, as of the date of the transfer as defined in Section 1.381(b)-1(b) of the income tax regulations issued by the United States Department of the Treasury (the “Income Tax Regulations”), the items of the Target Fund described in Section 381(c) of the Code, subject to the conditions and limitations specified in Sections 381, 382, 383 and 384 of the Code and the Income Tax Regulations thereunder; or (ii) The Acquiring Fund will succeed to and take into account, as of the date of the transfer as defined in Section 1.381(b)-1(b) of the income tax regulations issued by the United States Department of the Treasury (the “Income Tax Regulations”), the items of the Target Fund described in Section 381(c) of the Code as if there had been no Reorganization.

 


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Part B
STATEMENT OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
January _ , 2011

To the
Registration Statement on Form N-14 Filed by:
AIM Counselor Series Trust (Invesco Counselor Series Trust) On behalf of Invesco California Tax-Free Income Fund, Invesco Core Plus Bond Fund, Invesco Structured Core Fund, Invesco Van Kampen American Franchise Fund, Invesco Van Kampen Equity and Income Fund and Invesco Van Kampen Growth and Income Fund
11 Greenway Plaza, Suite 2500
Houston, Texas 77046-1173
(800) 959-4246
Relating to the April 14, 2011 Special or Joint Special Meetings of Shareholders of the following Invesco Funds:
Invesco Balanced Fund
Invesco Basic Balanced Fund
Invesco Core Bond Fund
Invesco Fundamental Value Fund
Invesco Large Cap Growth Fund
Invesco Large Cap Relative Value Fund
Invesco Select Equity Fund
Invesco Van Kampen California Insured Tax Free Fund
Invesco Van Kampen Capital Growth Fund
Invesco Van Kampen Core Plus Fixed Income Fund
Invesco Van Kampen Enterprise Fund
Invesco Van Kampen Equity Premium Income Fund
This Statement of Additional Information, which is not a prospectus, supplements and should be read in conjunction with the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus dated January ___, 2011, relating specifically to the Special or Joint Special Meetings of Shareholders of each of the above-listed Target Funds to be held on April 14, 2011 (the “Proxy Statement/Prospectuses”). Copies of the Proxy Statement/Prospectuses may be obtained at no charge by writing to Invesco Investment Services, Inc., P.O. Box 4739, Houston, TX 77210-4739, or by calling (800) 959-4246. You can also access this information at www.invesco.com/us.

 


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General Information
This Statement of Additional Information relates to (a) the proposed acquisition of all of the assets and assumption of all liabilities of each “Target Fund,” as identified below, by the corresponding “Acquiring Fund” in exchange for shares of a corresponding class of the Acquiring Fund; (b) the distribution of such shares to the corresponding class to the shareholders of the Target Fund in complete liquidation of the Target Fund; and (c) the termination of the Target Fund. Further information is included in the Proxy Statement/Prospectuses and in the documents, listed below, that are incorporated by reference into this Statement of Additional Information.
Invesco Van Kampen Equity Premium Income Fund, Invesco Balanced Fund, Invesco Fundamental Value Fund and Invesco Large Cap Relative Value Fund, and each Acquiring Fund, are each a series of AIM Counselor Series Trust (Invesco Counselor Series Trust). Invesco Large Cap Growth Fund is a series of AIM Equity Funds (Invesco Equity Funds). Invesco Core Bond Fund and Invesco Van Kampen Core Plus Fixed Income Fund is a series of AIM Investment Securities Funds (Invesco Investments Securities Funds). Invesco Van Kampen California Insured Tax Free Fund is a series of AIM Tax-Exempt Funds (Invesco Tax-Exempt Funds). Invesco Select Equity Fund and Invesco Basic Balanced Fund are series of AIM Funds Group (Invesco Funds Group). Invesco Van Kampen Capital Growth Fund and Invesco Van Kampen Enterprise Fund is a series of AIM Sector Funds (Invesco Sector Funds).
     
Target Fund   Acquiring Fund
Invesco Van Kampen California Insured Tax Free Fund
  Invesco California Tax-Free Income Fund
Invesco Core Bond Fund
  Invesco Core Plus Bond Fund
Invesco Van Kampen Core Plus Fixed Income Fund
  Invesco Core Plus Bond Fund
Invesco Van Kampen Equity Premium Income Fund
  Invesco Structured Core Fund
Invesco Select Equity Fund
  Invesco Structured Core Fund
Invesco Large Cap Growth Fund
  Invesco Van Kampen American Franchise Fund
Invesco Van Kampen Capital Growth Fund
  Invesco Van Kampen American Franchise Fund
Invesco Van Kampen Enterprise Fund
  Invesco Van Kampen American Franchise Fund
Invesco Balanced Fund
  Invesco Van Kampen Equity and Income Fund
Invesco Basic Balanced Fund
  Invesco Van Kampen Equity and Income Fund
Invesco Fundamental Value Fund
  Invesco Van Kampen Growth and Income Fund
Invesco Large Cap Relative Value Fund
  Invesco Van Kampen Growth and Income Fund
Incorporation of Documents by Reference into the Statement of Additional Information
This Statement of Additional Information incorporates by reference the following documents, which have been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission and will be sent to any shareholder requesting this Statement of Additional Information:
  1.   Statement of Additional Information dated October 29, 2010, for AIM Counselor Series Trust (Invesco Counselor Series Trust) with respect to Invesco California Tax-Free Income Fund, Invesco Van Kampen American Franchise Fund, Invesco Van Kampen Equity and Income Fund, Invesco Van Kampen Growth and Income Fund, Invesco Van Kampen Equity Premium Income Fund, Invesco Balanced Fund, Invesco Fundamental Value Fund and Invesco Large Cap Relative Value Fund (filed via EDGAR on October 28, 2010, Accession No. 0000950123-10-097527).
 
  2.   The audited financial statements and related report of the independent public accounting firm included in the AIM Counselor Series Trust (Invesco Counselor Series Trust) Annual Report to Shareholders for the fiscal year ended August 31, 2010, with respect to Invesco California Tax-Free Income Fund, Invesco Van Kampen American Franchise Fund, Invesco Van Kampen Equity and Income Fund, Invesco Van Kampen Growth and Income Fund, Invesco Van Kampen Equity Premium Income Fund, Invesco Fundamental Value Fund, Invesco Large Cap Relative Value Fund, Invesco Core Plus Bond Fund and Invesco Structured Core Fund (filed via EDGAR on November 8, 2010, Accession No. 0000950123-10-102371).
 
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      ended January 31, 2010, with respect to the predecessor fund of Invesco Balanced Fund (filed via EDGAR on April 12, 2010, Accession No. 0000950123-10-034080).
 
  4.   Statement of Additional Information dated December 4, 2009, for AIM Counselor Series Trust (Invesco Counselor Series Trust) with respect to Invesco Core Plus Bond Fund and Invesco Structured Core Fund (filed via EDGAR on December 3, 2009, Accession No. 0000950123-09-068096) (“ACST SAI”).
 
  5.   Supplement dated December 4, 2009 to ACST SAI (filed via EDGAR on December 4, 2009, Accession No. 0000950123-09-068301).
 
  6.   Supplement dated January 13, 2010 to ACST SAI (filed via EDGAR on January 13, 2010, Accession No. 0000950123-10-002324).
 
  7.   Supplement dated February 4, 2010 to ACST SAI (filed via EDGAR on February 4, 2010, Accession No. 0000950123-10-008645).
 
  8.   Supplement dated February 26, 2010 to ACST SAI (filed via EDGAR on February 26, 2010, Accession No. 0000950123-10-017729).
 
  9.   Supplement dated June 15, 2010 to ACST SAI (filed via EDGAR on June 15, 2010, Accession No. 0000950123-10-058300).
 
  10.   Supplement dated June 21, 2010 to ACST SAI (filed via EDGAR on June 21, 2010, Accession No. 0000950123-10-059567).
 
  11.   Supplement dated July 1, 2010 to ACST SAI (filed via EDGAR on July 1, 2010, Accession No. 0000950123-10-063167).
 
  12.   Statement of Additional Information dated March 11, 2010, for AIM Equity Funds (Invesco Equity Funds) with respect to Invesco Large Cap Growth Fund (filed via EDGAR on March 10, 2010, Accession No. 0000950123-10-023088) (“AEF SAI”).
 
  13.   Supplement dated March 30, 2010 to AEF SAI (filed via EDGAR on March 30, 2010, Accession No. 0000950123-10-029928).
 
  14.   Supplement dated April 6, 2010 to AEF SAI (filed via EDGAR on April 6, 2010, Accession No. 0000950123-10-032499).
 
  15.   Supplement dated April 30, 2010 to AEF SAI (filed via EDGAR on April 30, 2010, Accession No. 0000950123-10-041321).
 
  16.   Supplement dated May 12, 2010 to AEF SAI (filed via EDGAR on May 12, 2010, Accession No. 0000950123-10-048448).
 
  17.   Supplement dated May 13, 2010 to AEF SAI (filed via EDGAR on May 13, 2010, Accession No. 0000005272-10-000001).
 
  18.   Supplement dated June 2, 2010 to AEF SAI (filed via EDGAR on June 2, 2010, Accession No. 0000950123-10-055209).
 
  19.   Supplement dated June 15, 2010 to AEF SAI (filed via EDGAR on June 15, 2010, Accession No. 0000950123-10-058297).
 
  20.   Supplement dated June 29, 2010 to AEF SAI (filed via EDGAR on June 29, 2010, Accession No. 0000950123-10-062271).
 
  21.   The unaudited financial statements included in the AIM Equity Funds (Invesco Equity Funds) Semi-Annual Report to Shareholders for the fiscal period ended April 30, 2010, with respect to Invesco Large Cap Growth Fund (filed via EDGAR on July 8, 2010, Accession No. 0000950123-10-064232).
 
  22.   The audited financial statements and related report of the independent public accounting firm included in the AIM Equity Funds (Invesco Equity Funds) Annual Report to Shareholders for the fiscal year ended October 31, 2009, with respect to Invesco Large Cap Growth Fund (filed via EDGAR on January 7, 2010, Accession No. 0000950123-10-000890).
 
  23.   Statement of Additional Information dated June 1 2010, for AIM Investment Securities Funds (Invesco Investment Securities Funds) with respect to Invesco Van Kampen Core Plus Fixed Income Fund (filed via EDGAR on May 28, 2010, Accession No. 0000950123-10-054206) (“AIS SAI”).
 
  24.   Supplement dated June 15, 2010 to the AIS SAI (filed via EDGAR on June 15, 2010, Accession No. 0000950123-10-058308).
 
  25.   Supplement dated June 30, 2010 to the AIS SAI (filed via EDGAR on June 30, 2010, Accession No. 0000950123-10-062847).

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  26.   The audited financial statements and related report of the independent public accounting firm included in the AIM Investment Securities Funds (Invesco Investment Securities Funds) Annual Report to Shareholders for the fiscal year ended August 31, 2010, with respect to Invesco Van Kampen Core Plus Fixed Income Fund (filed via EDGAR on November 8, 2010, Accession No. 0000950123-10-102239).
 
  27.   Statement of Additional Information dated June 29, 2010, for AIM Investment Securities Funds (Invesco Investment Securities Funds) with respect to Invesco Core Bond Fund (filed via EDGAR on November 8, 2010, Accession No. 0000950123-10-062131).
 
  28.   The unaudited financial statements included in the AIM Investment Securities Funds (Invesco Investment Securities Funds) Semi-Annual Report to Shareholders for the fiscal period ended August 31, 2010, with respect to Invesco Core Bond Fund (filed via EDGAR on November 8, 2010, Accession No. 0000950123-10-102354).
 
  29.   The audited financial statements and related report of the independent public accounting firm included in the AIM Investment Securities Funds (Invesco Investment Securities Funds) Annual Report to Shareholders for the fiscal year ended February 28, 2010, with respect to Invesco Core Bond Fund (filed via EDGAR on April 14, 2010, Accession No. 0000950123-10-034672).
 
  30.   Statement of Additional Information dated June 1, 2010, for AIM Tax-Exempt Funds (Invesco Tax-Exempt Funds) with respect to Invesco Van Kampen California Insured Tax Free Fund (filed via EDGAR on May 28, 2010, Accession No. 0000950123-10-054089) (“ATEF SAI”).
 
  31.   Supplement dated June 15, 2010 to the ATEF SAI (filed via EDGAR on June 15, 2010, Accession No. 0000950123-10-058302).
 
  32.   The unaudited financial statements included in the Van Kampen Tax Free Trust Semi-Annual Report to Shareholders for the fiscal period ended March 31, 2010, with respect to the predecessor fund of Invesco Van Kampen California Insured Tax Free Fund (filed on May 26, 2010, Accession No. 0000950123-10-053070).
 
  33.   The audited financial statements and related report of the independent public accounting firm included in the Van Kampen Tax Free Trust Annual Report to Shareholders for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2009, with respect to the predecessor fund of Invesco Van Kampen California Insured Tax Free Fund (filed on November 27, 2009, Accession No. 0000950123-09-066382).
 
  34.   Statement of Additional Information dated April 30, 2010, for AIM Funds Group (Invesco Funds Group) with respect to Invesco Select Equity Fund and Invesco Basic Balanced Fund (filed via EDGAR on April 28, 2010, Accession No. 0000950123-10-038947) (“AFG SAI”).
 
  35.   Supplement dated May 12, 2010 to AFG SAI (filed via EDGAR on May 12, 2010, Accession No. 0000950123-10-048440).
 
  36.   Supplement dated June 15, 2010 to AFG SAI (filed via EDGAR on June 15, 2010, Accession No. 0000950123-10-058321).
 
  37.   Supplement dated June 29, 2010 to AFG SAI (filed via EDGAR on June 29, 2010, Accession No. 0000950123-10-062272).
 
  38.   Supplement dated August 13, 2010 to AFG SAI (filed via EDGAR on August 13, 2010, Accession No. 0000950123-10-077185).
 
  39.   The unaudited financial statements included in the AIM Funds Group (Invesco Funds Group) Semi-Annual Report to Shareholders for the fiscal period ended June 30, 2010, with respect to Invesco Select Equity Fund and Invesco Basic Balanced Fund (filed via EDGAR on September 3, 2010, Accession No. 0000950123-10-083728).
 
  40.   The audited financial statements and related report of the independent public accounting firm included in the AIM Funds Group (Invesco Funds Group) Annual Report to Shareholders for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2009, with respect to Invesco Select Equity Fund and Invesco Basic Balanced Fund (filed via EDGAR on March 5, 2010, Accession No. 0000950123-10-021441).
 
  41.   Statement of Additional Information dated November 10, 2010, for AIM Sector Funds (Invesco Sector Funds) with respect to Invesco Van Kampen Capital Growth Fund and Invesco Van Kampen Enterprise Fund (filed via EDGAR on November 9 2010, Accession No. 0000950123-10-102688).
 
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      fiscal year ended June 30, 2010, with respect to Invesco Van Kampen Capital Growth Fund (filed via EDGAR on September 3, 2010, Accession No. 0000950123-10-083865).
  43.   The unaudited financial statements in the AIM Sector Funds (Invesco Sector Funds) Semi-Annual Report to shareholders for the fiscal period ended June 30, 2010, with respect to Invesco Van Kampen Enterprise Fund (filed via EDGAR on September 3, 2010, Accession No. 0000950123-10-083679).
 
  44.   The audited financial statements and related report of the Independent public accounting firm included in the Van Kampen Enterprise Fund Annual Report to Shareholders for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2009, with respect to the predecessor fund of Invesco Van Kampen Enterprise Fund (filed via EDGAR on February 25, 2010, Accession No. 0000950123-10-017035).
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Pro Forma Financial Information
Invesco Van Kampen California Insured Tax Free into Invesco California Tax-Free
Income Fund
The unaudited pro forma financial information set forth below is for informational purposes only and does not purport to be indicative of the financial condition that actually would have resulted if the Reorganization had been consummated. These pro forma numbers have been estimated in good faith based on information regarding the Target Fund and the corresponding Acquiring Fund, each as identified below, for the twelve month period ended June 30, 2010. The unaudited pro forma financial information should be read in conjunction with the historical financial statements of the Target Fund and Acquiring Fund, which are available in their respective annual and semi-annual shareholder reports.
Narrative Description of the Pro Forma Effects of the Reorganization
Note 1 — Reorganization
The unaudited pro forma information has been prepared to give effect to the proposed reorganization of the Target Fund into the Acquiring Fund pursuant to an Agreement and Plan of Reorganization (the “Plan”) as of the beginning of the period as indicated below in the table.
             
        12 Month Period
Target Fund   Acquiring Fund   Ended
Invesco Van Kampen California Insured Tax Free Fund
  Invesco California Tax-Free Income Fund   June 30, 2010
Basis of Pro Forma
The reorganization will be accounted for as a tax-free reorganization of investment companies; therefore, no gain or loss will be recognized by the Acquiring Fund or its shareholders as a result of the reorganization. The Target Fund and the Acquiring Fund are both series of a registered open-end management investment company that issues its shares in separate series. The reorganization would be accomplished by the acquisition of all of the assets and the assumption of all of the liabilities by the Acquiring Fund in exchange for shares of the Acquiring Fund and the distribution of such shares to Target Fund shareholders in complete liquidation of the Target Fund. The table below shows the class and shares that Target Fund shareholders would have received if the reorganization were to have taken place on the period ended date in Note 1.
                 
Target Fund Share Class   Shares Exchanged   Acquiring Fund Share Class
Class A
    14,073,681     Class A
Class B
    570,858     Class B
Class C
    767,549     Class C
Class Y
    34,734     Class Y
Under accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America, the historical cost of investment securities will be carried forward to the surviving entity, the Acquiring Fund, and the results of operations of the Acquiring Fund for pre-reorganization periods will not be restated. All securities held by the Target Fund comply with investment objectives, strategies and restrictions of the Acquiring Fund at period ended date in Note 1.

 


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Note 2 – Net Assets
The table below shows the net assets of the Target Fund and the Acquiring Fund and Pro Forma combined net assets as of the dates indicated.
                 
Fund   Net Assets   As-of Date
Invesco Van Kampen California Insured Tax Free Fund (Target Fund)
  $ 175,679,418     June 30, 2010
Invesco California Tax-Free Income Fund (Acquiring Fund)
    320,892,386     June 30, 2010
Invesco California Tax-Free Income Fund (Pro Forma Combined)
    496,491,804     June 30, 2010
Pro Forma combined net assets have been adjusted for expenses expected to be incurred by the Target Fund in connection with the reorganization.
Note 3 – Pro Forma Adjustments
The table below reflects adjustments to expenses needed to the pro forma combined Fund as if the Reorganization had taken place on the first day of the period as disclosed in Note 1. The pro forma information has been derived from the books and records used in calculating daily net asset values of the Target Fund and Acquiring Fund and has been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America which requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect this information. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
         
    Increase (decrease)
Expense Category   in expense
Advisory fees (1)
  $ (14,414 )
Administrative services fees (2)
    (163,008 )
Distribution fees (3)
    (21,551 )
Interest (4)
    35,802  
Professional fees (5)
    (53,339 )
Trustees’ and officers fees and benefits (6)
    (14,600 )
Fee waiver and/or expense reimbursements (1)
    35,618  
 
(1)   Under the terms of the investment advisory contract of the Acquiring Fund, the advisory fees have been adjusted to reflect the advisory fee rates in effect for the Acquiring Fund based on pro forma combined net assets. Correspondingly, advisory fee waivers have been adjusted to reflect the contractual agreement by Invesco Advisers, Inc., the Acquiring Fund’s investment adviser (the “Adviser”), to waive advisory fees and/or reimburse expenses through at least June 30, 2012 as part of the contractual expense limitation agreement of the Acquiring Fund. Upon closing of the Reorganization, the Adviser has contractually agreed through at least June 30, 2012, to waive advisory fees and/or reimburse expenses to the extent necessary to limit total annual fund operating expenses (excluding certain items discussed below) of Class A, Class B, Class C and Class Y shares to 0.85%, 1.35%, 1.35% and 0.60% of average daily net assets, respectively. 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 to exceed the numbers reflected above: (1) interest; (2) taxes; (3) dividend expense on short sales; (4) extraordinary or non-routine items; and (5) expenses that the Fund has incurred but did not actually pay because of an expense offset arrangement. Unless the Board of the Trustees and Invesco mutually agree to amend or continue the fee waiver agreement, it will terminate on June 30, 2012.
 
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(3)   Under the terms of the master distribution agreement of the Acquiring Fund, distribution fees have been adjusted to reflect the contractual rates for Class C shares of the Acquiring Fund.
 
(4)   Interest fees were increased to reflect the investment strategy of the Acquiring Fund.
 
(5)   Professional fees were reduced to eliminate the effects of duplicative fees for audit and legal services.
 
(6)   Trustees’ and officer’s fees and benefits were reduced to eliminate the effects of duplicative fixed costs of retainer and meeting fees.
No significant accounting policies will change as a result of the reorganization, specifically policies regarding security valuation or compliance with Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code.
Note 4 – Reorganization Costs
The Target Fund is expected to incur an estimated $80,000 in reorganization costs and will bear 100% of these costs. These costs represent the estimated non recurring expense of the Target Fund carrying out its obligations under the Plan and consist of management’s estimate of professional services fees, printing costs and mailing charges related to the proposed reorganization. The Acquiring Fund is expected to incur approximately $30,000 of expenses in connection with the reorganization and will bear all of these costs and expenses.
Note 5 — Accounting Survivor
The Acquiring Fund will be the accounting survivor. The surviving fund will have the portfolio management team, portfolio composition strategies, investment objective, expense structure, and policies/restrictions of the Acquiring Fund.
Note 6 — Capital Loss Carryforward
At September 30, 2009 the Target Fund had a capital loss carryforward of approximately $5,203,605. At December 31, 2009 the Acquiring Fund had a capital loss carryforward of approximately $2,435,320. For additional information regarding capital loss limitations, please see the section entitled Federal Income Tax Consequences in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus filed on Form N-14 with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

 


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Pro Forma Financial Information
Invesco Core Bond Fund and Invesco Van Kampen Core Plus Fixed Income Fund
into Invesco Core Plus Bond Fund
The unaudited pro forma financial information set forth below is for informational purposes only and does not purport to be indicative of the financial condition that actually would have resulted if all of the Reorganizations had been consummated. These pro forma numbers have been estimated in good faith based on information regarding each Target Fund and the Acquiring Fund, each as identified below, for the twelve month period ended August 31, 2010. The unaudited pro forma financial information should be read in conjunction with the historical financial statements of the Target Funds and the Acquiring Fund, which are available in their respective annual and semi-annual shareholder reports.
Narrative Description of the Pro Forma Effects of the Reorganization
Note 1 — Reorganization
The unaudited pro forma information has been prepared to give effect to the proposed reorganizations of each of the Target Funds into the Acquiring Fund pursuant to an Agreement and Plan of Reorganization (the “Plan”) as of the beginning of the period as indicated below in the table. No reorganization is contingent upon any other Reorganization.
             
        12 Month
Target Fund   Acquiring Fund   Period Ended
Invesco Core Bond Fund
  Invesco Core Plus Bond Fund   August 31, 2010
Invesco Van Kampen Core Plus Fixed Income Fund
  Invesco Core Plus Bond Fund   August 31, 2010
Basis of Pro Forma
Each reorganization will be accounted for as a tax-free reorganization of investment companies; therefore, no gain or loss will be recognized by the Acquiring Fund or its shareholders as a result of the reorganizations. The Target Fund and the Acquiring Fund are both series of a registered open-end management investment company that issues its shares in separate series. Each reorganization would be accomplished by the acquisition of all of the assets and the assumption of all of the liabilities by the Acquiring Fund in exchange for shares of the Acquiring Fund and the distribution of such shares to Target Fund shareholders in complete liquidation of the Target Fund. The table below shows the class and shares that Target Fund shareholders would have received if the reorganization were to have taken place on the period ended date in Note 1.
                         
    Shares Exchanged    
    Target Funds    
            Invesco Van    
    Invesco Core Bond   Kampen Core Plus    
Target Fund Share Class   Fund   Fixed Income Fund   Acquiring Fund Share Class
Class A
    11,197,269       8,578,756     Class A
Class B
    2,073,069       853,712     Class B
Class C
    2,551,856       1,190,860     Class C
Class R
    204,978           Class R
Class Y
    90,547       70,360     Class Y
Institutional Class
    17,829,254           Institutional Class
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a Target Fund comply with investment objectives, strategies and restrictions of the Acquiring Fund at period ended date in Note 1.
Note 2 – Net Assets
The table below shows the net assets of the Target Funds and the Acquiring Fund and Pro Forma combined net assets, assuming all reorganizations are completed, as of the dates indicated.
                 
Fund   Net Assets   As-of Date
Invesco Core Bond Fund (Target Fund)
    364,689,319     August 31, 2010
Invesco Van Kampen Core Plus Fixed Income Fund (Target Fund)
    115,014,089     August 31, 2010
Invesco Core Plus Bond Fund (Acquiring Fund)
    9,428,497     August 31, 2010
Invesco Core Plus Bond Fund (Pro Forma Combined)
    489,131,905     August 31, 2010
Note 3 – Pro Forma Adjustments
The table below reflects adjustments to expenses needed to the pro forma combined Fund as if the reorganization had taken place on the first day of the period as disclosed in Note 1. The pro forma information has been derived from the books and records used in calculating daily net asset values of the Target Fund and Acquiring Fund and has been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America which requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect this information. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
         
    Increase (decrease)
Expense Category   in expense
Advisory fees (1)
  $ 342,141  
Administrative services fees (2)
    (112,167 )
Professional fees (3)
    (106,251 )
Trustees’ and officers fees and benefits (4)
    (29,200 )
Fee waiver and/or expense reimbursements (1)
    (263,433 )
 
(1)   Under the terms of the investment advisory contract of the Acquiring Fund, the advisory fees have been adjusted to reflect the advisory fee rates in effect for the Acquiring Fund based on pro forma combined net assets. Correspondingly, advisory fee waivers have been adjusted to reflect the contractual agreement by Invesco Advisers, Inc., the Acquiring Fund’s investment adviser (the “Adviser”), to waive advisory fees and/or reimburse expenses through at least June 30, 2013 as part of the contractual expense limitation agreement of the Acquiring Fund. Upon closing of the Reorganization, the Adviser has contractually agreed through at least June 30, 2013, to waive advisory fees and/or reimburse expenses to the extent necessary to limit total annual fund operating expenses (excluding certain items discussed below) of Class A, Class B, Class C, Class R, Class Y and Institutional Class shares to 0.75%, 1.50%, 1.50%, 1.00%, 0.50% and 0.50% of average daily net assets, respectively. 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 to exceed the numbers reflected above: (1) interest; (2) taxes; (3) dividend expense on short sales; (4) extraordinary or non-routine items; and (5) expenses that the Fund has incurred but did not actually pay because of an expense offset arrangement. Unless the Board of the Trustees and Invesco mutually agree to amend or continue the fee waiver agreement, it will terminate on June 30, 2013.
 
(2)   Administrative services fees were adjusted to eliminate the duplicative costs of administering two funds pursuant to the master administrative services agreement for the Target Fund and the Acquiring Fund.
 
(3)   Professional fees were reduced to eliminate the effects of duplicative fees for audit and legal services.
 
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No significant accounting policies will change as a result of the reorganization, specifically policies regarding security valuation or compliance with Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code.
Note 4 – Reorganization Costs
The Target Funds — Invesco Core Bond Fund and Invesco Van Kampen Core Plus Fixed Income Fund are expected to incur an estimated $100,000 and $110,000, respectively in reorganization costs. These costs represent the estimated non recurring expense of each Target Fund carrying out its obligations under the Plan and consist of management’s estimate of professional services fees, printing costs and mailing charges related to the proposed reorganizations. Invesco will bear 100% of these costs for the Target Funds. The Acquiring Fund is expected to incur approximately $30,000 of expenses in connection with the Reorganization and will bear 100% of these costs and expenses. The pro forma financial information has not been adjusted for any costs related to the reorganization.
Note 5 — Accounting Survivor
The Acquiring Fund will be the accounting survivor. The surviving fund will have the portfolio management team, portfolio composition strategies, investment objective and policies/restrictions of the Acquiring Fund. The expense structure of the surviving fund will reflect the management fee of the Acquiring Fund and the lowest net effective expense ratio of Invesco Van Kampen Core Plus Fixed Income Fund.
Note 6 — Capital Loss Carryforward
At February 28, 2010 the Target Fund, Invesco Core Bond Fund had a capital loss carryforward of approximately $82,045,276. At August 31, 2010 the Target Fund, Invesco Van Kampen Core Plus Fixed Income Fund had a capital loss carryforward of approximately $19,316,529. For additional information regarding capital loss limitations, please see the section entitled Federal Income Tax Consequences in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus filed on Form N-14 with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

 


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Pro Forma Financial Information
Invesco Select Equity Fund and Invesco Van Kampen Equity Premium Income
Fund into Invesco Structured Core Fund
The unaudited pro forma financial information set forth below is for informational purposes only and does not purport to be indicative of the financial condition that actually would have resulted if all of the Reorganizations had been consummated. These pro forma numbers have been estimated in good faith based on information regarding each Target Fund and the Acquiring Fund, each as identified below, for the twelve month period ended August 31, 2010. The unaudited pro forma financial information should be read in conjunction with the historical financial statements of the Target Funds and the Acquiring Fund, which are available in their respective annual and semi-annual shareholder reports.
Narrative Description of the Pro Forma Effects of the Reorganization
Note 1 — Reorganization
The unaudited pro forma information has been prepared to give effect to the proposed reorganizations of each of the Target Funds into the Acquiring Fund pursuant to an Agreement and Plan of Reorganization (the “Plan”) as of the beginning of the period as indicated below in the table. No reorganization is contingent upon any other Reorganization.
         
Target Fund   Acquiring Fund   12 month Period Ended
Invesco Select Equity
Invesco Van Kampen Equity Premium Income Fund
  Invesco Structured Core Fund   August 31, 2010
Basis of Pro Forma
Each reorganization will be accounted for as a tax-free reorganization of investment companies; therefore, no gain or loss will be recognized by the Acquiring Fund or its shareholders as a result of the reorganizations. The Target Fund and the Acquiring Fund are both series of a registered open-end management investment company that issues its shares in separate series. Each reorganization would be accomplished by the acquisition of all of the assets and the assumption of all of the liabilities by the Acquiring Fund in exchange for shares of the Acquiring Fund and the distribution of such shares to Target Fund shareholders in complete liquidation of the Target Fund. The table below shows the class and shares that Target Fund shareholders would have received if the reorganization were to have taken place on the period ended date in Note 1.
             
        Invesco Van Kampen    
    Invesco Select   Equity Premium    
    Equity Fund (Target   Income Fund    
Target Funds Share   Fund)   (Target Fund)   Acquiring Fund
Class   Shares Exchanged   Shares Exchanged   Share Class
Class A   24,134,721   13,087,441   Class A
Class B   2,104,509   2,325,095   Class B
Class C   1,769,011   9,490,736   Class C
Class Y   250,713   475,488   Class Y
Under accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America, the historical cost of investment securities will be carried forward to the surviving entity, the Acquiring Fund, and the results of operations of the Acquiring Fund for pre-reorganization periods will not be restated. All securities held by a Target Fund comply with investment objectives, strategies and restrictions of the Acquiring Fund at period ended date in Note 1.

 


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Note 2 — Net Assets
The table below shows the net assets of the Target Funds and the Acquiring Fund and Pro Forma combined net assets, assuming all reorganizations are completed, as of the dates indicated.
             
Fund   Net Assets   As-of Date
Invesco Select Equity Fund (Target Fund)
  $ 177,695,701     August 31, 2010
Invesco Van Kampen Equity Premium Fund (Target Fund)
    158,812,009     August 31, 2010
Invesco Structured Core Fund (Acquiring Fund)
    84,562,728     August 31, 2010
Invesco Structured Core Fund (Pro Forma Combined)
    420,880,438     August 31, 2010
Pro Forma combined net assets have been adjusted for expenses expected to be incurred by Invesco Select Equity Fund in connection with the reorganization.
Note 3 — Pro Forma Adjustments
The table below reflects adjustments to expenses needed to the pro forma combined Fund as if the Reorganization had taken place on the first day of the period as disclosed in Note 1. The pro forma information has been derived from the books and records used in calculating daily net asset values of the Target Fund and Acquiring Fund and has been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America which requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect this information. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
         
    Increase (decrease)
Expense Category   in expense
Advisory fees (1)
  $ (570,333 )
Administrative services fees (2)
    6,132  
Professional fees (3)
    (109,460 )
Trustees’ and officers fees and benefits (4)
    (29,200 )
Fee waiver and/or expense reimbursements (1)
    (772,763 )
 
(1)   Under the terms of the investment advisory contract of the Acquiring Fund, the advisory fees have been adjusted to reflect the advisory fee rates in effect for the Acquiring Fund based on pro forma combined net assets. Correspondingly, advisory fee waivers have been adjusted to reflect the contractual agreement by Invesco Advisers, Inc., the Acquiring Fund’s investment adviser (the “Adviser”), to waive advisory fees and/or reimburse expenses through at least December 31, 2012 as part of the contractual expense limitation agreement of the Acquiring Fund. Upon closing of the Reorganization, the Adviser has contractually agreed through at least December 31, 2012, to waive advisory fees and/or reimburse expenses to the extent necessary to limit total annual fund operating expenses (excluding certain items discussed below) of Class A, Class B, Class C, Class Y, Class R, Investor Class and Institutional Class shares to 1.00%, 1.75%, 1.75%, 0.75%, 1.25%, 1.00% and 0.75% of average daily net assets, respectively. 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 to exceed the numbers reflected above: (1) interest; (2) taxes; (3) dividend expense on short sales; (4) extraordinary or non-routine items; and (5) expenses that the Fund has incurred but did not actually pay because of an expense offset arrangement. Unless the Board of the Trustees and Invesco mutually agree to amend or continue the fee waiver agreement, it will terminate on December 31, 2012.
 
(2)   Administrative services fees were adjusted for the increase in the pricing structure pursuant to the master administrative services agreement for the Acquiring Fund. This increase was offset somewhat by the elimination of the duplicative costs of administering two funds.
 
(3)   Professional fees were reduced to eliminate the effects of duplicative fees for audit and legal services.

 


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(4)   Trustees’ and officer’s fees and benefits were reduced to eliminate the effects of duplicative fixed costs of retainer and meeting fees.
No significant accounting policies will change as a result of the reorganization, specifically policies regarding security valuation or compliance with Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code.
Note 4 — Reorganization Costs
The Target Fund-Invesco Select Equity is expected to incur an estimated $190,000 in reorganization costs and will bear 100% of these costs. The Target Fund-Invesco Van Kampen Equity Premium Income Fund is expected to incur $170,000 in reorganization costs and Invesco will bear 100% of these costs. These costs represent the estimated non recurring expense of the Target Funds carrying out their obligations under the Plan and consist of management’s estimate of professional services fees, printing costs and mailing charges related to the proposed reorganizations. The Acquiring Fund is expected to incur approximately $30,000 of expenses in connection with the reorganization and will bear all of these costs and expenses.
Note 5 — Accounting Survivor
The Acquiring Fund will be the accounting survivor. The surviving fund will have the portfolio management team, investment objective, investment strategy and policies/restrictions and expense structure of the Acquiring Fund.
Note 6 — Capital Loss Carryforward
At June 30, 2010, Invesco Select Equity Fund, the Target Fund, had a capital loss carryforward of approximately $113,354,997. At August 31, 2010, Invesco Van Kampen Equity Premium Income Fund, the Target Fund, had a capital loss carryforward of approximately $71,325,460. At August 31, 2010, Invesco Structured Core Fund, the Acquiring Fund, had a capital loss carryforward of approximately $34,353,420. For additional information regarding capital loss limitations, please see the section entitled Federal Income Tax Consequences in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus filed on Form N-14 with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

 


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Pro Forma Financial Information
Invesco Large Cap Growth Fund, Invesco Van Kampen Capital Growth Fund and
Invesco Van Kampen Enterprise Fund into Invesco Van Kampen American
Franchise Fund
The unaudited pro forma financial information set forth below is for informational purposes only and does not purport to be indicative of the financial condition that actually would have resulted if all of the Reorganizations had been consummated. These pro forma numbers have been estimated in good faith based on information regarding each Target Fund and the Acquiring Fund, each as identified below, for the twelve month period ended August 31, 2010. The unaudited pro forma financial information should be read in conjunction with the historical financial statements of the Target Funds and the Acquiring Fund, which are available in their respective annual and semi-annual shareholder reports.
Narrative Description of the Pro Forma Effects of the Reorganization
Note 1 — Reorganization
The unaudited pro forma information has been prepared to give effect to the proposed reorganizations of each of the Target Funds into the Acquiring Fund pursuant to an Agreement and Plan of Reorganization (the “Plan”) as of the beginning of the period as indicated below in the table. No reorganization is contingent upon any other reorganization.
         
        12 Month Period
Target Funds   Acquiring Fund   Ended
Invesco Large Cap Growth Fund
Invesco Van Kampen Capital Growth Fund
Invesco Van Kampen Enterprise Fund
  Invesco Van Kampen American Franchise Fund   August 31, 2010
Basis of Pro Forma
Each reorganization will be accounted for as a tax-free reorganization of investment companies; therefore, no gain or loss will be recognized by the Acquiring Fund or its shareholders as a result of the reorganizations. The Target Funds and the Acquiring Fund are both series of a registered open-end management investment company that issues its shares in separate series. Each reorganization would be accomplished by the acquisition of all of the assets and the assumption of all of the liabilities by the Acquiring Fund in exchange for shares of the Acquiring Fund and the distribution of such shares to the Target Funds’ shareholders in complete liquidation of the Target Funds. The table below shows the class and shares that Target Funds’ shareholders would have received if the reorganization were to have taken place on the period ended date in Note 1.
             
    Shares   Acquiring Fund
Target Fund Share Class   Exchanged   Share Class
Class A — Invesco Large Cap Growth Fund
    63,826,546     Class A
Class B — Invesco Large Cap Growth Fund
    9,380,920     Class B
Class C — Invesco Large Cap Growth Fund
    8,176,612     Class C
Class R — Invesco Large Cap Growth Fund
    1,112,151     Class R
Class Y — Invesco Large Cap Growth Fund
    895,865     Class Y
Investor Class — Invesco Large Cap Growth Fund
    18,985,585     Class A
Institutional Class — Invesco Large Cap Growth Fund
    11,471,022     Institutional Class
Class A — Invesco Van Kampen Capital Growth Fund
    280,930,402     Class A
Class B — Invesco Van Kampen Capital Growth Fund
    29,239,580     Class B
Class C — Invesco Van Kampen Capital Growth Fund
    12,299,702     Class C
Class R — Invesco Van Kampen Capital Growth Fund
    261,495     Class R

 


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    Shares   Acquiring Fund
Target Fund Share Class   Exchanged   Share Class
Class Y — Invesco Van Kampen Capital Growth Fund
    4,213,363     Class Y
Institutional Class — Invesco Van Kampen Capital Growth Fund
    5,200,780     Institutional Class
Class A — Invesco Van Kampen Enterprise Fund
    71,365,028     Class A
Class B — Invesco Van Kampen Enterprise Fund
    5,155,282     Class B
Class C — Invesco Van Kampen Enterprise Fund
    1,099,168     Class C
Class Y — Invesco Van Kampen Enterprise Fund
    123,020     Class Y
Under accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America, the historical cost of investment securities will be carried forward to the surviving entity, the Acquiring Fund, and the results of operations of the Acquiring Fund for pre-reorganization periods will not be restated. All securities held by the Target Funds comply with investment objectives, strategies and restrictions of the Acquiring Fund at period ended date in Note 1.
Note 2 — Net Assets
The table below shows the net assets of the Target Funds and the Acquiring Fund and Pro Forma combined net assets, assuming all reorganizations are completed, as of the dates indicated.
             
Fund   Net Assets   As-of Date
Invesco Large Cap Growth Fund (Target Fund)
  $ 1,113,596,227     August 31, 2010
Invesco Van Kampen Capital Growth Fund (Target Fund)
  $ 3,246,846,595     August 31, 2010
Invesco Van Kampen Enterprise Fund (Target Fund)
  $ 760,232,992     August 31, 2010
Invesco Van Kampen American Franchise Fund (Acquiring Fund)
  $ 217,373,776     August 31, 2010
Invesco Van Kampen American Franchise Fund (Pro Forma Combined)
  $ 5,337,149,590     August 31, 2010
Pro Forma combined net assets have been adjusted for expenses expected to be incurred by Invesco Large Cap Growth Fund in connection with the reorganization.
Note 3 — Pro Forma Adjustments
The table below reflects adjustments to expenses needed to the pro forma combined Fund as if the Reorganization had taken place on the first day of the period as disclosed in Note 1. The pro forma information has been derived from the books and records used in calculating daily net asset values of the Target Funds and Acquiring Fund and has been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America which requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect this information. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
         
    Increase (decrease)
Expense Category   in expense
Advisory fees (1)
    6,771,148  
Administrative services fees (2)
    (441,679 )
Professional fees (3)
    (223,761 )
Trustees’ and officers fees and benefits (4)
    (43,800 )
Fee waiver and/or expense reimbursements (1)
    (12,172,188 )
 
(1)   Under the terms of the investment advisory contract of the Acquiring Fund, the advisory fees have been adjusted to reflect the advisory fee rates in effect for the Acquiring Fund based on pro forma combined net assets. Effective upon the closing of the Reorganization, the Acquiring Fund’s advisory fee schedule has changed and will be paid to Invesco Advisers, Inc., the Acquiring Fund’s investment adviser (the “Adviser”), based on the annual rate of the Fund’s average daily net assets as follows: 0.695% of the first $250 million, plus 0.67% of the next $250 million, plus 0.645% of the next $500 million, plus 0.62% of the next $1.5 billion, plus 0.60% of the next $3.45 billion, plus 0.595% of the next $250 million, plus 0.57% of the next $2.25 billion, plus 0.545% of the next $2.5 billion, plus

 


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    0.52% of the Fund’s average daily net assets in excess of $10 billion. Correspondingly, advisory fee waivers have been adjusted to reflect the contractual agreement by the Adviser to waive advisory fees and/or reimburse expenses through at least June 30, 2013 as part of the contractual expense limitation agreement of the Acquiring Fund. Upon closing of the Reorganization, the Adviser has contractually agreed through at least June 30, 2013, to waive advisory fees and/or reimburse expenses to the extent necessary to limit total annual fund operating expenses (excluding certain items discussed below) of Class A, Class B, Class C, Class R, Class Y and Institutional Class shares to 1.05%, 1.80%, 1.80%, 1.30%, 0.80% and 0.80% of average daily net assets, respectively. 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 to exceed the numbers reflected above: (1) interest; (2) taxes; (3) dividend expense on short sales; (4) extraordinary or non-routine items; and (5) expenses that the Fund has incurred but did not actually pay because of an expense offset arrangement. Unless the Board of the Trustees and Invesco mutually agree to amend or continue the fee waiver agreement, it will terminate on June 30, 2013.
 
(2)   Administrative services fees were adjusted to eliminate the duplicative costs of administering four funds pursuant to the master administrative services agreement for the Target Funds and the Acquiring Fund.
 
(3)   Professional fees were reduced to eliminate the effects of duplicative fees for audit and legal services.
 
(4)   Trustees’ and officer’s fees and benefits were reduced to eliminate the effects of duplicative fixed costs of retainer and meeting fees.
No significant accounting policies will change as a result of the reorganization, specifically policies regarding security valuation or compliance with Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code.
Note 4 — Reorganization Costs
Target Fund-Invesco Large Cap Growth Fund is expected to incur an estimated $900,000 in reorganization costs and will bear 100% of these costs. Target Fund-Invesco Van Kampen Capital Growth Fund and Target Fund-Invesco Van Kampen Enterprise Fund are expected to incur an estimated $4,500,000 and $920,000, respectively, in reorganization costs and Invesco will bear 100% of these costs. These costs represent the estimated non recurring expense of each Target Fund carrying out its obligations under the Plan and consist of management’s estimate of professional services fees, printing costs and mailing charges related to the proposed reorganizations. The Acquiring Fund is expected to incur approximately $30,000 of expenses in connection with the reorganization and will bear all of the costs and expenses.
Note 5 — Accounting Survivor
The Acquiring Fund will be the accounting survivor. The surviving fund will have the portfolio management team, investment objective, strategies, management fee structure and policies/restrictions of the Acquiring Fund.
Note 6 — Capital Loss Carryforward
At October 31, 2009, Invesco Large Cap Growth Fund had a capital loss carryforward of approximately $555,374,444. At December 31, 2009, Invesco Van Kampen Capital Growth Fund had a capital loss carryforward of approximately $2,999,787,611. At December 31, 2009, Invesco Van Kampen Enterprise Fund had a capital loss carryforward of approximately $720,309,995. At August 31, 2010, the Acquiring Fund had a capital loss carryforward of approximately $62,299,317.

 


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PART C
OTHER INFORMATION
Item 15.    Indemnification
    Indemnification provisions for officers, trustees, and employees of the Registrant are set forth in Article VIII of the Registrant’s Second Amended and Restated Agreement and Declaration of Trust and Article VIII of its Amended and Restated Bylaws, and are hereby incorporated by reference. See Item 16(1) and (2) below. Under the Second Amended and Restated Agreement and Declaration of Trust dated December 6, 2005, as amended (i) Trustees or officers, when acting in such capacity, shall not be personally liable for any act, omission or obligation of the Registrant or any Trustee or officer except by reason of willful misfeasance, bad faith, gross negligence or reckless disregard of the duties involved in the conduct of his office with the Trust; (ii) every Trustee, officer, employee or agent of the Registrant shall be indemnified to the fullest extent permitted under the Delaware Statutory Trust Act, the Registrant’s Bylaws and other applicable law; and (iii) in case any shareholder or former shareholder of the Registrant shall be held to be personally liable solely by reason of his being or having been a shareholder of the Registrant or any portfolio or class and not because of his acts or omissions or for some other reason, the shareholder or former shareholder (or his heirs, executors, administrators or other legal representatives, or, in the case of a corporation or other entity, its corporate or general successor) shall be entitled, out of the assets belonging to the applicable portfolio (or allocable to the applicable class), to be held harmless from and indemnified against all loss and expense arising from such liability in accordance with the Bylaws and applicable law. The Registrant, on behalf of the affected portfolio (or class), shall upon request by the shareholder, assume the defense of any such claim made against the shareholder for any act or obligation of that portfolio (or class).
 
    The Registrant and other investment companies and their respective officers and trustees are insured under a joint Mutual Fund Directors and Officers Liability Policy, issued by ICI Mutual Insurance Company and certain other domestic insurers, with limits up to $80,000,000 (plus an additional $20,000,000 limit that applies to independent directors/trustees only).
 
    Section 16 of the Master Investment Advisory Agreement between the Registrant and Invesco Advisers, Inc. (Invesco) provides that in the absence of willful misfeasance, bad faith, gross negligence or reckless disregard of obligations or duties hereunder on the part of Invesco or any of its officers, directors or employees, that Invesco shall not be subject to liability to the Registrant or to any series of the Registrant, or to any shareholder of any series of the Registrant for any act or omission in the course of, or connected with, rendering services hereunder or for any losses that may be sustained in the purchase, holding or sale of any security. Any liability of Invesco to any series of the Registrant shall not automatically impart liability on the part of Invesco to any other series of the Registrant. No series of the Registrant shall be liable for the obligations of any other series of the Registrant.

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    Section 9 of the Master Intergroup Sub-Advisory Contract for Mutual Funds (the Sub-Advisory Contract) between Invesco Advisers, Inc., on behalf of Registrant, and each of Invesco Asset Management Deutschland GmbH, Invesco Asset Management Ltd., Invesco Asset Management (Japan) Limited, Invesco Australia Limited, Invesco Hong Kong Limited, Invesco Senior Secured Management, Inc. and Invesco Trimark Ltd. (each a “Sub-Adviser”, collectively the “Sub-Advisers”) provides that the Sub-Adviser shall not be liable for any costs or liabilities arising from any error of judgment or mistake of law or any loss, suffered by any series of the Registrant or the Registrant in connection with the matters to which the Sub-Advisory Contract relates except a loss resulting from willful misfeasance, bad faith or gross negligence on the part of the Sub-Adviser in the performance by the Sub-Adviser of its duties or from reckless disregard by the Sub-Adviser of its obligations and duties under the Sub-Advisory Contract.
 
    Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 (the Act) may be permitted to trustees, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a trustee, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such trustee, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
Item 16.    Exhibits
         
(1)(a)
    (1) Second Amended and Restated Agreement and Declaration of Trust of Registrant dated December 6, 2005 incorporated herein by reference to Registrant’s PEA No. 19 on Form N-1A, filed on December 7, 2005.
 
       
 
    (2) Amendment No. 1, dated January 9, 2006, to the Second Amended and Restated Agreement and Declaration of Trust of Registrant incorporated herein by reference to Registrant’s PEA No. 21 on Form N-1A, filed on January 13, 2006.
 
       
 
    (3) Amendment No. 2, dated May 24, 2006, to the Second Amended and Restated Agreement and Declaration of Trust of Registrant incorporated herein by reference to Registrant’s PEA No. 25 on Form N-1A, filed on September 22, 2006.
 
       
 
    (4) Amendment No. 3, dated July 5, 2006, to the Second Amended and Restated Agreement and Declaration of Trust of Registrant incorporated herein by reference to Registrant’s PEA No. 25 on Form N-1A, filed on September 22, 2006.
 
       
 
    (5) Amendment No. 4, dated September 19, 2006, to the Second Amended and Restated Agreement and Declaration of Trust of Registrant incorporated herein by reference to Registrant’s PEA No. 25 on Form N-1A, filed on September 22, 2006.
 
       
 
    (6) Amendment No. 5, dated April 23, 2007, to the Second Amended and Restated Agreement and Declaration of Trust of Registrant incorporated herein by reference to Registrant’s PEA No. 30 on Form N-1A, filed on October 18, 2007.

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    (7) Amendment No. 6, dated October 16, 2007, to the Second Amended and Restated Agreement and Declaration of Trust of Registrant dated December 6, 2005 incorporated herein by reference to Registrant’s PEA No. 30 on Form N-1A, filed on October 18, 2007.
 
       
 
    (8) Amendment No. 7, dated May 1, 2008, to the Second Amended and Restated Agreement and Declaration of Trust of Registrant incorporated herein by reference to Registrant’s PEA No. 33 on Form N-1A filed on September 23, 2008.
 
       
 
    (9) Amendment No. 8, dated June 19, 2008, to the Second Amended and Restated Agreement and Declaration of Trust of Registrant incorporated herein by reference to Registrant’s PEA No. 33 on Form N-1A filed on September 23, 2008.
 
       
 
    (10) Amendment No. 9, dated March 3, 2009, to the Second Amended and Restated Agreement and Declaration of Trust of Registrant incorporated herein by reference to Registrant’s PEA No. 36 on Form N-1A filed on May 28, 2009.
 
       
 
    (11) Amendment No. 10, dated April 14, 2009, to the Second Amended and Restated Agreement and Declaration of Trust of Registrant incorporated herein by reference to Registrant’s PEA No. 36 on Form N-1A filed on May 28, 2009.
 
       
 
    (12) Amendment No. 11, dated November 12, 2009, to the Second Amended and Restated Agreement and Declaration of Trust of Registrant incorporated herein by reference to Registrant’s PEA No. 38 on Form N-1A filed on December 3, 2009.
 
       
 
    (13) Amendment No. 12, dated February 12, 2010, to the Second Amended and Restated Agreement and Declaration of Trust of Registrant, incorporated herein by reference to Registrant’s PEA No. 41 on Form N-1A, filed on May 28, 2010.
 
       
 
    (14) Amendment No. 13, dated April 30, 2010 to Amend and Restated Agreement and Declaration of Trust of Registrant, effective September 14, 2005, incorporated herein by reference to Registrant’s PEA No. 41 on Form N-1A, filed on May 28, 2010.
 
       
 
    (15) Amendment No. 14, dated June 7, 2010 to Amend and Restated Agreement and Declaration of Trust of Registrant, effective September 14, 2005, is filed herewith.
 
       
 
    (16) Amendment No. 15, dated June 15, 2010, to Amend and Restated Agreement and Declaration of Trust of Registrant, effective September 14, 2005, is filed herewith.
 
       
 
    (17) Amendment No. 16, dated September 15, 2010, to Amend and Restated Agreement and Declaration of Trust of Registrant, effective September 14, 2005, is filed herewith.
 
       
 
    (16) Amendment No. 17, dated October 14, 2010, to Amend and Restated Agreement and Declaration of Trust of Registrant, effective September 14, 2005, is filed herewith.
 
       
(2)(a)
    (1) Amended and Restated Bylaws, adopted effective September 14, 2005, incorporated herein by reference to Registrant’s PEA No. 18 on Form N-1A, filed on October 19, 2005.

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    (2) Amendment to Amended and Restated Bylaws of Registrant, adopted effective August 1, 2006, incorporated herein by reference to Registrant’s PEA No. 25 on Form N-1A, filed on September 22, 2006.
 
       
 
    (3) Amendment No. 2 to Amended and Restated Bylaws of Registrant, adopted effective March 23, 2006, incorporated herein by reference to Registrant’s PEA No. 30 on Form N-1A, filed on October 18, 2007.
 
       
 
    (4) Amendment No. 3 to Amended and Restated Bylaws of Registrant, adopted effective January 1, 2008, incorporated herein by reference to Registrant’s PEA No. 32 on Form N-1A, filed on February 15, 2008.
 
       
 
    (5) Amendment No. 4 to Amended and Restated Bylaws of Registrant, adopted effective, incorporated herein by reference to Registrant’s PEA No. 41 on Form N-1A, filed on May 28, 2010.
 
       
(3)
    Voting Trust Agreements — None.
 
       
(4)
    Form of Agreement and Plan of Reorganization by and among the Registrant, on behalf of certain series portfolios, is attached to the Joint Proxy Statement Prospectus contained in this Registration Statement.
 
       
(5)
    Articles II, VI, VII, VIII and IX of the Second Amended and Restated Agreement and Declaration of Trust, as amended, and Articles IV, V and VI of the Amended and Restated Bylaws, as amended, define rights of holders of shares.
 
       
(6)(a)
    (1) Master Investment Advisory Agreement dated November 25, 2003 between Registrant and A I M Advisors, Inc. incorporated herein by reference to Registrant’s PEA No. 16 on Form N-1A, filed on March 2, 2004.
 
       
 
    (2) Amendment No. 1, dated October 15, 2004, to the Master Investment Advisory Agreement between Registrant and A I M Advisors, Inc., incorporated herein by reference to Registrant’s PEA No. 17 on Form N-1A, filed on November 30, 2004.
 
       
 
    (3) Amendment No. 2, dated March 31, 2006, to the Master Investment Advisory Agreement between Registrant and A I M Advisors, Inc., incorporated herein by reference to Registrant’s PEA No. 24 on Form N-1A, filed on April 13, 2006.
 
       
 
    (4) Amendment No. 3, dated April 14, 2006, to the Master Investment Advisory Agreement between Registrant and A I M Advisors, Inc., incorporated herein by reference to Registrant’s PEA No. 25 on Form N-1A, filed on September 22, 2006.
 
       
 
    (5) Amendment No. 4, dated March 9, 2007, to the Master Investment Advisory Agreement between Registrant and A I M Advisors, Inc., incorporated herein by reference to Registrant’s PEA No. 30 on Form N-1A, filed on October 18, 2007.
 
       
 
    (6) Amendment No. 5, dated April 23, 2007, to the Master Investment Advisory Agreement between Registrant and A I M Advisors, Inc., incorporated herein by reference to Registrant’s PEA No. 30 on Form N-1A, filed on October 18, 2007.
 
       
 
    (7) Amendment No. 6, dated July 1, 2007, to the Master Investment Advisory Agreement between the Registrant and A I M Advisors, Inc., incorporated herein by reference to Registrant’s PEA No. 30 on Form N-1A, filed on October 18, 2007.

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    (8) Amendment No. 7, dated June 2, 2009, to the Master Investment Advisory Agreement between Registrant and Invesco Aim Advisors, Inc., formerly A I M Advisors, Inc., incorporated herein by reference to Registrant’s PEA No. 37 on Form N-1A, filed on December 3, 2009.
 
       
 
    (9) Amendment No. 8, dated January 1, 2010, to the Master Investment Advisory Agreement between Registrant and Invesco Advisers, Inc., successor by merger to Invesco Aim Advisors, Inc., incorporated herein by reference to Registrant’s PEA No. 40 on Form N-1A, filed on February 12, 2010.
 
       
 
    (10) Amendment No. 9, dated February 12, 2010 to the Master Investment Advisory Agreement between the Registrant and Invesco Advisers, Inc., incorporated herein by reference to Registrant’s PEA No. 41 on Form N-1A, filed on May 28, 2010.
 
       
 
    (11) Amendment No. 10, dated April 30, 2010, to the Master Investment Advisory Agreement between the Registrant and Invesco Advisers, Inc., successor by merger to Invesco Advisors, Inc., incorporated herein by reference to Registrant’s PEA No. 41 on Form N-1A, filed on May 28, 2010.
 
       
(b)
    (1) Master Intergroup Sub-Advisory Contract for Mutual Funds, dated May 1, 2008, between Invesco Aim Advisors, Inc. on behalf of Registrant, and each of Invesco Asset Management Deutschland GmbH, Invesco Asset Management Ltd., Invesco Asset Management (Japan) Limited, Invesco Australia Limited, Invesco Global Asset Management (N.A.), Inc., Invesco Hong Kong Limited, Invesco Institutional (N.A.), Inc., Invesco Senior Secured Management, Inc. and Invesco Trimark Ltd., incorporated herein by reference to Registrant’s PEA No. 33 on Form N-1A, filed on September 23, 2008.
 
       
 
    (2) Amendment No. 1, dated June 9, 2009, to Master Intergroup Sub-Advisory Contract for Mutual Funds, dated May 1, 2008, between Invesco Aim Advisors, Inc. on behalf of Registrant, and each of Invesco Asset Management Deutschland GmbH, Invesco Asset Management Ltd., Invesco Asset Management (Japan) Limited, Invesco Australia Limited, Invesco Global Asset Management (N.A.), Inc., Invesco Hong Kong Limited, Invesco Institutional (N.A.), Inc., Invesco Senior Secured Management, Inc. and Invesco Trimark Ltd., incorporated herein by reference to Registrant’s PEA No. 40 on Form N-1A, filed on February 12, 2010.
 
       
 
    (3) Amendment No. 2, dated January 1, 2010 to Master Intergroup Sub-Advisory Contract for Mutual Funds between Invesco Advisers, Inc., successor by merger to Invesco Advisers, Inc., on behalf of Registrant, and each of Invesco Asset Management Deutschland GmbH, Invesco Asset Management Ltd., Invesco Asset Management (Japan) Limited, Invesco Australia Limited, Invesco Hong Kong Limited, Invesco Senior Secured Management, Inc. and Invesco Trimark Ltd incorporated herein by reference to Registrant’s PEA No. 40 on Form N-1A, filed on February 11, 2010.
 
       
 
    (4) Amendment No. 3, dated February 12, 2010, to Master Intergroup Sub-Advisory Contract for Mutual Funds between Invesco Advisers, Inc., successor by merger to Invesco Advisers, Inc., on behalf of Registrant, and each of Invesco Asset Management Deutschland GmbH, Invesco Asset Management Ltd., Invesco Asset Management (Japan) Limited, Invesco Australia Limited, Invesco Hong Kong Limited, Invesco Senior Secured Management, Inc. and Invesco Trimark Ltd incorporated herein by reference to Registrant’s PEA No. 41 on Form N-1A, filed on May 28, 2010.

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    (5) Amendment No. 4 to Master Intergroup Sub-Advisory Contract for Mutual Funds, dated April 30, 2010 between Invesco Advisers, Inc., on behalf of Registrant, and each of Invesco Asset Management Deutschland GmbH, Invesco Asset Management Ltd., Invesco Asset Management (Japan) Limited, Invesco Australia Limited, Invesco Hong Kong Limited, Invesco Senior Secured Management, Inc. and Invesco Trimark Ltd., incorporated herein by reference to Registrant’s PEA No.  41 on Form N-1A, filed on May 28, 2010.
 
       
7 (a)
    (1) First Restated Master Distribution Agreement, made as of August 18, 2003, as subsequently amended, and as restated September 20, 2006, by and between Registrant (all classes except Class B shares) and A I M Distributors. Inc. incorporated herein by reference to Registrant’s PEA No. 26 on Form N-1A, filed on October 13, 2006.
 
       
 
    (2) Amendment No. 1 to the First Restated Master Distribution Agreement, made as of August 18, 2003, as subsequently amended, and as restated September 20, 2006, by and between Registrant (all classes except Class B shares) and A I M Distributors. Inc., dated December 8, 2006 incorporated herein by reference to Registrant’s PEA No. 29 on Form N-1A, filed on March 12, 2007.
 
       
 
    (3) Amendment No. 2, dated January 31, 2007, to the First Restated Master Distribution Agreement (all classes of shares except Class B shares), between Registrant and A I M Distributors, Inc., incorporated herein by reference to Registrant’s PEA No. 29 on Form N-1A filed on March 12, 2007.
 
       
 
    (4) Amendment No. 3, dated February 28, 2007, to the First Restated Master Distribution Agreement (all classes of shares except Class B shares), between Registrant and A I M Distributors, Inc., incorporated herein by reference to Registrant’s PEA No. 29 on Form N-1A filed on March 12, 2007.
 
       
 
    (5) Amendment No. 4, dated March 9, 2007, to the First Restated Master Distribution Agreement (all classes of shares except Class B shares), between Registrant and A I M Distributors, Inc., incorporated herein by reference to Registrant’s PEA No. 30 on Form N-1A, filed on October 18, 2007.
 
       
 
    (6) Amendment No. 5, dated April 23, 2007, to the First Restated Master Distribution Agreement (all classes of shares except Class B shares), between Registrant and A I M Distributors, Inc., incorporated herein by reference to Registrant’s PEA No. 30 on Form N-1A, filed on October 18, 2007.
 
       
 
    (7) Amendment No. 6, dated September 28, 2007, to the First Restated Master Distribution Agreement (all classes of shares except Class B shares), between Registrant and A I M Distributors, Inc., incorporated herein by reference to Registrant’s PEA No. 30 on Form N-1A, filed on October 18, 2007.
 
       
 
    (8) Amendment No. 7, dated December 20, 2007, to the First Restated Master Distribution Agreement (all classes of shares except Class B shares), between Registrant and A I M Distributors, Inc., incorporated herein by reference to Registrant’s PEA No. 32 on Form N-1A, filed on February 15, 2008.
 
       
 
    (9) Amendment No. 8, dated April 28, 2008, to the First Restated Master Distribution Agreement (all classes of shares except Class B shares), incorporated herein by reference to Registrant’s PEA No. 33 on Form N-1A, filed on September 23, 2008.

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    (10) Amendment No. 9, dated April 30, 2008, to the First Restated Master Distribution Agreement (all classes of shares except Class B shares), incorporated herein by reference to Registrant’s PEA No. 33 on Form N-1A, filed on September 23, 2008.
 
       
 
    (11) Amendment No. 10, dated May 1, 2008, to the First Restated Master Distribution Agreement (all classes of shares except Class B shares), incorporated herein by reference to Registrant’s PEA No. 33 on Form N-1A, filed on September 23, 2008.
 
       
 
    (12) Amendment No. 11, dated July 24, 2008, to the First Restated Master Distribution Agreement (all classes of shares except Class B shares), incorporated herein by reference to Registrant’s PEA No. 33 on Form N-1A, filed on September 23, 2008.
 
       
 
    (13) Amendment No. 12, dated October 3, 2008, to the First Restated Master Distribution Agreement (all classes of shares except Class B shares), incorporated herein by reference to Registrant’s PEA No. 34 on Form N-1A, filed on December 17, 2008.
 
       
 
    (14) Amendment No. 13, dated May 29, 2009, to the First Restated Master Distribution Agreement (all classes of shares except Class B shares), incorporated herein by reference to Registrant’s PEA No. 36 on Form N-1A, filed on May 28, 2009.
 
       
 
    (15) Amendment No. 14, dated June 2, 2009, to the First Restated Master Distribution Agreement (all classes of shares except Class B shares), incorporated herein by reference to Registrant’s PEA No. 38 on Form N-1A, filed on December 3, 2009.
 
       
 
    (16) Amendment No. 15, dated July 14, 2009, to the First Restated Master Distribution Agreement (all classes of shares except Class B shares), incorporated herein by reference to Registrant’s PEA No. 38 on Form N-1A, filed on December 3, 2009.
 
       
 
    (17) Amendment No. 16, dated September 25, 2009, to the First Restated Master Distribution Agreement (all classes of shares except Class B shares), incorporated herein by reference to Registrant’s PEA No. 38 on Form N-1A, filed on December 3, 2009.
 
       
 
    (18) Amendment No. 17, dated November 4, 2009, to the First Restated Master Distribution Agreement (all classes of shares except Class B shares), incorporated herein by reference to Registrant’s PEA No. 38 on Form N-1A, filed on December 3, 2009.
 
       
 
    (19) Amendment No. 18, dated February 1, 2010, to the First Restated Master Distribution Agreement (all classes of shares except Class B shares), incorporated herein by reference to Registrant’s PEA No. 40 on Form N-1A, filed on February 12, 2010.
 
       
 
    (20) Amendment No. 19, dated February 12, 2010, to the First Restated Master Distribution Agreement (all classes of shares except Class B and Class B5 shares), incorporated herein by reference to Registrant’s PEA No. 41 on Form N-1A, filed on May 28, 2010.

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    (21) Amendment No. 20, dated February 12, 2010, to the First Restated Master Distribution Agreement, (all Classes of Shares except Class B and B5 shares) and Invesco Distributors, Inc., incorporated herein by reference to Registrant’s PEA No. 41 on Form N-1A, filed on May 28, 2010.
 
       
 
    (22) Amendment No. 21, dated April 30, 2010, to the First Restated Master Distribution Agreement, (all Classes of Shares except Class B and B5 shares) and Invesco Distributors, Inc., incorporated herein by reference to Registrant’s PEA No. 41 on Form N-1A, filed on May 28, 2010.
 
       
 
    (23) Amendment No. 22, dated June 14, 2010, to the First Restated Master Distribution Agreement, (all Classes of Shares except Class B and B5 shares) and Invesco Distributors, Inc., incorporated herein by reference to Registrant’s PEA No. 43 on Form N-1A, filed on July 26, 2010.
 
       
  (b)
    (1) Second Restated Master Distribution Agreement, dated August 18, 2003, as subsequently amended and restated September 20, 2006 and May 4, 2010, between Registrant (Class B and Class B5 shares) and Invesco Distributors, Inc., incorporated herein by reference to Registrant’s PEA No. 43 on Form N-1A, filed on July 26, 2010.
 
       
 
    (2) Amendment No. 1, dated June 1, 2010, to the Second Restated Master Distribution Agreement (Class B and Class B5 shares) between Registrant and Invesco Distributors, Inc., incorporated herein by reference to Registrant’s PEA No. 43 on Form N-1A, filed on July 26, 2010.
 
       
 
    (3) Amendment No. 2, dated June 14, 2010, to the First Restated Master Distribution Agreement (Class B and Class B5 shares) between Registrant and Invesco Distributors, Inc., incorporated herein by reference to Registrant’s PEA No. 43 on Form N-1A, filed on July 26, 2010.
 
       
  (c)
    Form of Selected Dealer Agreement between A I M Distributors, Inc. and selected dealers incorporated herein by reference to Registrant’s PEA No. 35 on Form N-1A, filed on March 11, 2009.
 
       
  (d)
    Form of Bank Selling Group Agreement between A I M Distributors, Inc. and banks incorporated herein by reference to Registrant’s PEA No. 35 on Form N-1A, filed on March 11, 2009.
 
       
(8)(a)
    Form of AIM Funds Retirement Plan for Eligible Directors/Trustees, as amended and restated January 1, 2008 incorporated herein by reference to Registrant’s PEA No. 35 on Form N-1A, filed on March 11, 2009.
 
       
  (b)
    (1) Form of Invesco Funds Trustee Deferred Compensation Agreement, as amended June 16, 2010, incorporated herein by reference to Registrant’s PEA No. 43 on Form N-1A, filed on July 26, 2010.
 
       
(9)(a)
    (1) Amended and Restated Master Custodian Contract between Registrant and State Street Bank and Trust Company dated June 1, 2010, incorporated herein by reference to Registrant’s PEA No. 43 on Form N-1A, filed on July 26, 2010.
 
       
  (b)
    Foreign Assets Delegation Agreement, dated November 6, 2006, between A I M Advisors, Inc. and Registrant, is filed herewith.

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(10)(a)
    (1) First Restated Master Distribution Plan effective as of August 18, 2003 and as subsequently amended, and as restated September 20, 2006 (Class A shares) incorporated herein by reference to Registrant’s PEA No. 25 on Form N-1A, filed on September 22, 2006.
 
       
 
    (2) Amendment No. 1 to the First Restated Master Distribution Plan effective as of August 18, 2003 and as subsequently amended, and as restated September 20, 2006 (Class A shares), dated January 31, 2007 incorporated herein by reference to Registrant’s PEA No. 29 on Form N-1A, filed on March 12, 2007.
 
       
 
    (3) Amendment No. 2, dated February 28, 2007, to the Registrant’s First Restated Master Distribution Plan (Class A shares), incorporated herein by reference to Registrant’s PEA No. 29 on Form N-1A, filed on March 12, 2007.
 
       
 
    (4) Amendment No. 3, dated March 9, 2007, to the Registrant’s First Restated Master Distribution Plan (Class A shares), incorporated herein by reference to Registrant’s PEA No. 30 on Form N-1A, filed on October 18, 2007.
 
       
 
    (5) Amendment No. 4, dated April 23, 2007, to the Registrant’s First Restated Master Distribution Plan (Class A shares), incorporated herein by reference to Registrant’s PEA No. 30 on Form N-1A, filed on October 18, 2007.
 
       
 
    (6) Amendment No. 5, dated April 30, 2008, to the First Restated Master Distribution Plan (Class A shares) incorporated herein by reference to Registrant’s PEA No. 33 on Form N-1A, filed on September 23, 2008.
 
       
 
    (7) Amendment No. 6, dated May 1, 2008, to the First Restated Master Distribution Plan (Class A shares) incorporated herein by reference to Registrant’s PEA No. 33 on Form N-1A, filed on September 23, 2008.
 
       
 
    (8) Amendment No. 7, dated July 24, 2008, to the First Restated Master Distribution Plan (Class A shares) incorporated herein by reference to Registrant’s PEA No. 33 on Form N-1A, filed on September 23, 2008.
 
       
 
    (9) Amendment No. 8, dated May 29, 2009, to the First Restated Master Distribution Plan (Class A shares) incorporated herein by reference to Registrant’s PEA No. 36 on Form N-1A, filed on May 28, 2009.
 
       
 
    (10) Amendment No. 9, dated June 2, 2009, to the First Restated Master Distribution Plan (Class A shares) incorporated herein by reference to Registrant’s PEA No. 38 on Form N-1A, filed on December 3, 2009.
 
       
 
    (11) Amendment No. 10, dated July 1, 2009, to the First Restated Master Distribution Plan (Class A shares) incorporated herein by reference to Registrant’s PEA No. 38 on Form N-1A, filed on December 3, 2009.
 
       
 
    (12) Amendment No. 11, dated November 4, 2009, to the First Restated Master Distribution Plan (Class A shares) incorporated herein by reference to Registrant’s PEA No. 38 on Form N-1A, filed on December 3, 2009.
 
       
 
    (13) Amendment No. 12, dated February 1, 2010 to the First Restated Master Distribution Plan (Class A shares) incorporated herein by reference to Registrant’s PEA No. 41 on Form N-1A, filed on May 28, 2010.
 
       
 
    (14) Amendment No. 13, dated February 12, 2010, to the First Restated Master

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      Distribution Plan (Class A shares) incorporated herein by reference to Registrant’s PEA No. 41 on Form N-1A, filed on May 28, 2010.
 
       
 
    (15) Amendment No. 14, dated April 30, 2010, to the First Restated Master Distribution Plan (Class A shares) incorporated herein by reference to Registrant’s PEA No. 41 on Form N-1A, filed on May 28, 2010.
 
       
 
    (16) Amendment No. 15, dated May 4, 2010, to the First Restated Master Distribution Plan (Class A shares) incorporated herein by reference to Registrant’s PEA No. 41 on Form N-1A, filed on May 28, 2010.
 
       
 
    (17) Amendment No. 16, dated June 14, 2010 to the First Restated Master Distribution Plan (Class A shares) incorporated herein by reference to Registrant’s PEA No. 43 on Form N-1A, filed on July 26, 2010.
 
       
(b)
    (1) First Restated Master Distribution Plan effective as of August 18, 2003 and as restated September 20, 2006 (Class B shares)(Securitization) incorporated herein by reference to Registrant’s PEA No. 25 on Form N-1A, filed on September 22, 2006.
 
       
 
    (2) Amendment No. 1 to the First Restated Master Distribution Plan effective as of August 18, 2003 and as restated September 20, 2006 (Class B shares)(Securitization), dated January 31, 2007 incorporated herein be reference to Registrant’s PEA No. 29 on Form N-1A, filed on March 12, 2007.
 
       
 
    (3) Amendment No. 2, dated February 28, 2007, to the Registrant’s First Restated Master Distribution Plan (Class B shares)(Securitization), incorporated herein by reference to Registrant’s PEA No. 29 on Form N-1A, filed on March 12, 2007.
 
       
 
    (4) Amendment No. 3, dated March 9, 2007, to the Registrant’s First Restated Master Distribution Plan (Class B shares)(Securitization), incorporated herein by reference to Registrant’s PEA No. 30 on Form N-1A, filed on October 18, 2007.
 
       
 
    (5) Amendment No. 4, dated April 23, 2007, to the Registrant’s First Restated Master Distribution Plan (Class B shares)(Securitization), incorporated herein by reference to Registrant’s PEA No. 30 on Form N-1A, filed on October 18, 2007.
 
       
 
    (6) Amendment No. 5, dated April 30, 2008, to the Registrant’s First Restated Master Distribution Plan (Class B shares)(Securitization), incorporated herein by reference to Registrant’s PEA No. 33 on Form N-1A, filed on September 23, 2008.
 
       
 
    (7) Amendment No. 6, dated May 1, 2008, to the Registrant’s First Restated Master Distribution Plan (Class B shares)(Securitization), incorporated herein by reference to Registrant’s PEA No. 33 on Form N-1A, filed on September 23, 2008.
 
       
 
    (8) Amendment No. 7, dated July 24, 2008, to the Registrant’s First Restated Master Distribution Plan (Class B shares)(Securitization), incorporated herein by reference to Registrant’s PEA No. 33 on Form N-1A, filed on September 23, 2008.
 
       
 
    (9) Amendment No. 8, dated May 29, 2009, to the Registrant’s First Restated Master Distribution Plan (Class B shares)(Securitization), incorporated herein by reference to Registrant’s PEA No. 36 on Form N-1A, filed on May 28, 2009.
 
       
 
    (10) Amendment No. 9, dated June 2, 2009, to the Registrant’s First Restated

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      Master Distribution Plan (Class B shares)(Securitization), incorporated herein by reference to Registrant’s PEA No. 38 on Form N-1A, filed on December 3, 2009.
 
       
 
    (11) Amendment No. 10, dated July 1, 2009, to the Registrant’s First Restated Master Distribution Plan (Class B shares)(Securitization), incorporated herein by reference to Registrant’s PEA No. 38 on Form N-1A, filed on December 3, 2009.
 
       
 
    (12) Amendment No. 11, dated November 4, 2009, to the Registrant’s First Restated Master Distribution Plan (Class B shares)(Securitization), incorporated herein by reference to Registrant’s PEA No. 38 on Form N-1A, filed on December 3, 2009.
 
       
 
    (13) Amendment No. 12, dated February 12, 2010, to the Registrant’s First Restated Master Distribution Plan (Class B shares)(Securitization), incorporated herein by reference to Registrant’s PEA No. 41 on Form N-1A, filed on May 28, 2010.
 
       
 
    (14) Amendment No. 13, dated April 30, 2010, to the First Restated Master Distribution Plan (Class B shares)(Securitization), incorporated herein by reference to Registrant’s PEA No. 41 on Form N-1A, filed on May 28, 2010.
 
       
 
    (15) Amendment No. 14, dated May 4, 2010, to the First Restated Master Distribution Plan (Class B shares)(Securitization), incorporated herein by reference to Registrant’s PEA No. 41 on Form N-1A, filed on May 28, 2010.
 
       
 
    (16) Amendment No. 15, dated June 14, 2010, to the First Restated Master Distribution Plan (Class B shares)(Securitization), incorporated herein by reference to Registrant’s PEA No. 43 on Form N-1A, filed on July 26, 2010.
 
       
(c)
    (1) First Restated Master Distribution Plan (Class C shares) effective as of August 18, 2003 and as subsequently amended, and as restated September 20, 2006, incorporated herein by reference to Registrant’s PEA No. 25 on Form N-1A, filed on September 22, 2006.
 
       
 
    (2) Amendment No. 1 to the First Restated Master Distribution Plan effective as of August 18, 2003 and as amended, and as restated September 20, 2006 (Class C shares), dated January 31, 2007 incorporated herein by reference to Registrant’s PEA No. 29 on Form N-1A, filed on March 12, 2007.
 
       
 
    (3) Amendment No. 2, dated February 28, 2007, to the Registrant’s First Restated Master Distribution Plan (Class C shares), incorporated herein by reference to Registrant’s PEA No. 29 on Form N-1A, filed on March 12, 2007.
 
       
 
    (4) Amendment No. 3, dated March 9, 2007, to the Registrant’s First Restated Master Distribution Plan (Class C shares), incorporated herein by reference to Registrant’s PEA No. 30 on Form N-1A, filed on October 18, 2007.
 
       
 
    (5) Amendment No. 4, dated April 23, 2007, to the Registrant’s First Restated Master Distribution Plan (Class C shares), incorporated herein by reference to Registrant’s PEA No. 30 on Form N-1A, filed on October 18, 2007.
 
       
 
    (6) Amendment No. 5, dated April 30, 2008, to the Registrant’s First Restated Master Distribution Plan (Class C shares) incorporated herein by reference to Registrant’s PEA No.33 on Form N-1A, filed on September 23, 2008.

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    (7) Amendment No. 6, dated May 1, 2008, to the Registrant’s First Restated Master Distribution Plan (Class C shares) incorporated herein by reference to Registrant’s PEA No. 33 on Form N-1A, filed on September 23, 2008.
 
       
 
    (8) Amendment No. 7, dated July 24, 2008, to the Registrant’s First Restated Master Distribution Plan (Class C shares), incorporated herein by reference to Registrant’s PEA No. 33 on Form N-1A, filed on September 23, 2008.
 
       
 
    (9) Amendment No. 8, dated May 29, 2009, to the Registrant’s First Restated Master Distribution Plan (Class C shares), incorporated herein by reference to Registrant’s PEA No. 36 on Form N-1A, filed on May 28, 2009.
 
       
 
    (10) Amendment No. 9, dated June 2, 2009, to the Registrant’s First Restated Master Distribution Plan (Class C shares), incorporated herein by reference to Registrant’s PEA No. 38 on Form N-1A, filed on December 3, 2009.
 
       
 
    (11) Amendment No. 10, dated July 1, 2009, to the Registrant’s First Restated Master Distribution Plan (Class C shares), incorporated herein by reference to Registrant’s PEA No. 38 on Form N-1A, filed on December 3, 2009.
 
       
 
    (12) Amendment No. 11, dated November 4, 2009, to the Registrant’s First Restated Master Distribution Plan (Class C shares) incorporated herein by reference to Registrant’s PEA No. 38 on Form N-1A, filed on December 3, 2009.
 
       
 
    (13) Amendment No. 12, dated February 12, 2010, to the Registrant’s First Restated Master Distribution Plan (Class C shares) incorporated herein by reference to Registrant’s PEA No. 41 on Form N-1A, filed on May 28, 2010.
 
       
 
    (14) Amendment No. 13, dated April 30, 2010, to the First Restated Master Distribution Plan (Class C shares) incorporated herein by reference to Registrant’s PEA No. 41 on Form N-1A, filed on May 28, 2010.
 
       
 
    (15) Amendment No. 14, dated May 4, 2010, to the First Restated Master Distribution Plan (Class C shares) incorporated herein by reference to Registrant’s PEA No. 41 on Form N-1A, filed on May 28, 2010.
 
       
 
    (16) Amendment No. 15, dated June 14, 2010, to the First Restated Master Distribution Plan (Class C shares) incorporated herein by reference to Registrant’s PEA No. 43 on Form N-1A, filed on July 26, 2010.
 
       
(d)
    (1) First Restated Master Distribution Plan effective as of August 18, 2003 and as subsequently amended, and as restated September 20, 2006 (Class R shares) incorporated herein by reference to Registrant’s PEA No. 25 on Form N-1A, filed on September 22, 2006.
 
       
 
    (2) Amendment No. 1, dated January 31, 2007, to the Registrant’s First Restated Master Distribution Plan (Class R shares), incorporated herein by reference to Registrant’s PEA No. 29 on Form N-1A, filed on March 12, 2007.
 
       
 
    (3) Amendment No. 2, dated February 28, 2007, to the Registrant’s First Restated Master Distribution Plan (Class R shares), incorporated herein by reference to Registrant’s PEA No. 29 on Form N-1A, filed on March 12, 2007.
 
       
 
    (4) Amendment No. 3, dated April 30, 2008, to the Registrant’s First Restated Master Distribution Plan (Class R shares), incorporated herein by reference to

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      Registrant’s PEA No.33 on Form N-1A, filed on September 23, 2008.
 
       
 
    (5) Amendment No. 4, dated May 29, 2009, to the Registrant’s First Restated Master Distribution Plan (Class R shares), incorporated herein by reference to Registrant’s PEA No. 36 on Form N-1A, filed on May 28, 2009.
 
       
 
    (6) Amendment No. 5, dated June 2, 2009, to the Registrant’s First Restated Master Distribution Plan (Class R shares), incorporated herein by reference to Registrant’s PEA No. 37 on Form N-1A, filed on December 3, 2009.
 
       
 
    (7) Amendment No. 6, dated July 1, 2009, to the Registrant’s First Restated Master Distribution Plan (Class R shares), incorporated herein by reference to Registrant’s PEA No. 38 on Form N-1A, filed on December 3, 2009.
 
       
 
    (8) Amendment No. 7, dated November 4, 2009, to the Registrant’s First Restated Master Distribution Plan (Class R shares), incorporated herein by reference to Registrant’s PEA No. 38 on Form N-1A, filed on December 3, 2009.
 
       
 
    (9) Amendment No. 8, dated April 30, 2010, to the First Restated Master Distribution Plan (Class R shares) incorporated herein by reference to Registrant’s PEA No. 41 on Form N-1A, filed on May 28, 2010.
 
       
 
    (10) Amendment No. 9, dated June 14, 2010, to the First Restated Master Distribution Plan (Class R shares), incorporated herein by reference to Registrant’s PEA No. 43 on Form N-1A, filed on July 26, 2010.
 
       
(e)
    (1) First Restated Master Distribution Plan (Compensation) (Investor Class Shares), effective July 1, 2004 and as subsequently amended, incorporated herein by reference to Registrant’s PEA No. 30 on Form N-1A, filed on October 18, 2007.
 
       
 
    (2) Amendment No. 1, dated December 20, 2007, to the Registrant’s First Restated Master Distribution Plan (Compensation) (Investor Class Shares), effective July 1, 2004 and as subsequently amended, incorporated herein by reference to Registrant’s PEA No. 32 on Form N-1A, filed on February 15, 2008.
 
       
 
    (3) Amendment No. 2, dated April 28, 2008, to the Registrant’s First Restated Master Distribution Plan (Compensation) (Investor Class Shares), effective July 1, 2004 and as subsequently amended, incorporated herein by reference to Registrant’s PEA No. 33 on Form N-1A, filed on September 23, 2008.
 
       
 
    (4) Amendment No. 3, dated April 30, 2010, to the First Restated Master Distribution Plan (Compensation) effective July 1, 2004 as subsequently amended (Investor Class Shares) incorporated herein by reference to Registrant’s PEA No. 41 on Form N-1A, filed on May 28, 2010.
 
       
(f)
    Form of Master Distribution Plan (Class A, Class B, and Class C Shares) (Reimbursement) incorporated herein by reference to Registrant’s PEA No. 40 on Form N-1A, filed on February 12, 2010.
 
       
(g)
    Form of Master Distribution Plan (Class R Shares)(Reimbursement) incorporated herein by reference to Registrant’s PEA No. 40 on Form N-1A, filed on February 12, 2010.
 
       
(h)
    Form of Master Distribution Plan (Class A, Class A5, Class B, Class B5, Class C, Class C5, Class R and Class R5 Shares)(Reimbursement) incorporated herein by

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      reference to Registrant’s PEA No. 40 on Form N-1A, filed on February 11, 2010.
 
       
 
(i)   Master Related Agreement to the First Restated Master Distribution Plan (Class A shares) incorporated herein by reference to Registrant’s PEA No. 33 on Form N-1A, filed on September 23, 2008.
 
       
(j)   Master Related Agreement to the First Restated Master Distribution Plan (Class C shares) incorporated herein by reference to Registrant’s PEA No. 33 on Form N-1A, filed on September 23, 2008.
 
       
 
(k)   Master Related Agreement to the First Restated Master Distribution Plan (Class R shares) incorporated herein by reference to Registrant’s PEA No. 33 on Form N-1A, filed on September 23, 2008.
 
       
 
(l)   Master Related Agreement to First Restated Master Distribution Plan (Compensation) (Investor Class Shares), incorporated herein by reference to Registrant’s PEA No. 33 on Form N-1A, filed on September 23, 2008.
 
       
 
(m)   Form of Service Plan (Class R Shares)(Reimbursement) for certain Invesco Funds, incorporated herein by reference to Registrant’s PEA No. 40 on Form N-1A, filed on February 12, 2010.
 
       
 
(n)   Form of Service Plan (Class A, Class A5, Class B, Class B5, Class C, Class C5, Class R and Class R5 Shares)(Reimbursement) for certain AIM and Van Kampen Funds incorporated herein by reference to Registrant’s PEA No. 40 on Form N-1A, filed on February 12, 2010.
 
       
(11)
    Opinion and Consent of Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young, LLP is filed herewith.
 
       
(12)
    Opinion of Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young, LLP, supporting the tax matters and consequences to shareholders will be filed by Post-Effective Amendment.
 
       
(13)
(a)   Fourth Amended and Restated Transfer Agency and Service Agreement between Registrant and Invesco Investment Services, Inc. dated July 1, 2010 incorporated herein by reference to Registrant’s PEA No. 44 on Form N-1A, filed on October 15, 2010.
 
       
 
(b)   (1) Second Amended and Restated Master Administrative Services Agreement dated July 1, 2006 between Registrant and A I M Advisors, Inc. incorporated herein by reference to Registrant’s PEA No. 25 on Form N-1A, filed on September 22, 2006.
 
       
 
    (2) Amendment No. 1, dated March 9, 2007, to the Second Amended and Restated Master Administrative Services Agreement, incorporated herein by reference to Registrant’s PEA No. 30 on Form N-1A, filed on October 18, 2007.
 
       
 
    (3) Amendment No. 2, dated April 23, 2007, to the Second Amended and Restated Master Administrative Services Agreement, incorporated herein by reference to Registrant’s PEA No. 30 on Form N-1A, filed on October 18, 2007.
 
       
 
    (4) Amendment No. 3, dated June 2, 2009, to the Second Amended and Restated Master Administrative Services Agreement incorporated herein by reference to Registrant’s PEA No. 38 on Form N-1A, filed on December 3, 2009.
 
       
 
    (5) Amendment No. 4, dated January 1, 2010, to the Second Amended and

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      Restated Master Administrative Services Agreement incorporated herein by reference to Registrant’s PEA No. 40 on Form N-1A, filed on February 12, 2010.
 
       
 
    (6) Amendment No. 5, dated February 12, 2010, to the Second Amended and Restated Master Administrative Services Agreement incorporated herein by reference to Registrant’s PEA No. 41 on Form N-1A, filed on May 28, 2010.
 
       
 
    (7) Amendment No. 6, dated April 30, 2010, to the Second Amended and Restated Master Administrative Services Agreement, incorporated herein by reference to Registrant’s PEA No. 41 on Form N-1A, filed on May 28, 2010.
 
       
 
(c)   (1) Sixth Amended and Restated Memorandum of Agreement, regarding securities lending administrative fee waiver dated July 1, 2010 between Registrant and Invesco Advisors, Inc., incorporated herein by reference to Registrant’s PEA No. 43 on Form N-1A, filed on July 26, 2010.
 
       
 
    (2) Memorandum of Agreement, regarding advisory fee waivers and affiliated Money Market fee waivers, dated July 1, 2010, between Registrant and Invesco Advisors, Inc., incorporated herein by reference to Registrant’s PEA No. 43 on Form N-1A, filed on July 26, 2010.
 
       
 
    (3) Memorandum of Agreement, regarding expense limitations, dated July 1, 2010, between Invesco Advisers, Inc. and Registrant incorporated herein by reference to Registrant’s PEA No. 43 on Form N-1A, filed on July 26, 2010.
 
       
 
(d)   Third Amended and Restated Interfund Loan Agreement, dated December 30, 2005, between Registrant and AIM Advisors, Inc., incorporated herein by reference to Registrant’s PEA No. 33 on Form N-1A, filed on November 16, 2006.
 
       
 
(e)   Eighteenth Amended and Restated Multiple Class Plan of The AIM Family of Funds®, effective December 12, 2001, as amended and restated April 10, 2010 incorporated herein by reference to Registrant’s PEA No. 41 on Form N-1A, filed on May 28, 2010.
 
       
(14)
(a)   Consent of Ernst & Young LLP is filed herewith.
 
       
 
(b)   Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP is filed herewith.
 
       
 
(c)   Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP is filed herewith.
 
       
(15)
    Omitted Financial Statements — None.
 
       
(16)
(a)   Powers of Attorney for Arch, Baker, Bayley, Bunch, Crockett, Dammeyer, Dowden, Fields, Flanagan, Mathai-Davis, Pennock, Soll, Sonnenschein, Stickel, Taylor and Whalen is filed herewith.
 
       
 
(b)   Power of Attorney for Mr. Frischling is filed herewith.
 
       
17
    Form of Proxy Cards relating to the Special Meeting of Shareholders is filed herewith.

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Item 17.    Undertakings
  (1)   The undersigned Registrant agrees that prior to any public reoffering of the securities registered through the use of a prospectus which is a part of this registration statement by any person or party who is deemed to be an underwriter within the meaning of Rule 145(c) of the Securities Act [17 CRF 203.145c], the reoffering prospectus will contain the information called for by the applicable registration form for reofferings by persons who may be deemed underwriters, in addition to the information called for by the other items of the applicable form.
 
  (2)   The undersigned Registrant agrees that every prospectus that is filed under paragraph (1) above will be filed as a part of an amendment to the registration statement and will not be used until the amendment is effective, and that, in determining any liability under the 1933 Act, each post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement for the securities offered therein, and the offering of the securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering of them.
 
  (3)   The undersigned Registrant undertakes to file an opinion of counsel supporting the tax matters and consequences to shareholders discussed in the prospectus will by Post-Effective Amendment.

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SIGNATURES
          Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Registrant has duly caused this Registration Statement on Form N-14 to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereto duly authorized, in the City of Houston, State of Texas, on the 24th day of November, 2010.
     Registrant: AIM COUNSELOR SERIES TRUST (INVESCO COUNSELOR SERIES TRUST)
         
     
  By:   /s/ Philip A. Taylor    
    Philip A. Taylor, President   
       
 
          Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement on Form N-14 has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
         
SIGNATURES   TITLE   DATE
 
       
/s/ Philip A. Taylor
 
 (Philip A. Taylor)
  Trustee & President
(Principal Executive Officer)
  November 24, 2010
 
       
/s/ David C. Arch*
 
 (David C. Arch)
  Trustee   November 24, 2010
 
       
/s/ Bob R. Baker*
 
 (Bob R. Baker)
  Trustee   November 24, 2010
 
       
/s/ Frank S. Bayley*
 
 (Frank S. Bayley)
  Trustee   November 24, 2010
 
       
/s/ James T. Bunch*
 
 (James T. Bunch)
  Trustee   November 24, 2010
 
       
/s/ Bruce L. Crockett*
 
 (Bruce L. Crockett)
  Chair & Trustee   November 24, 2010
 
       
/s/ Rod Dammeyer*
 
 (Rod Dammeyer)
  Trustee   November 24, 2010
 
       
/s/ Albert R. Dowden*
 
 (Albert R. Dowden)
  Trustee   November 24, 2010
 
       
/s/ Jack M. Fields*
 
 (Jack M. Fields)
  Trustee   November 24, 2010
 
       
/s/ Martin L. Flanagan*
 
 (Martin L. Flanagan)
  Trustee   November 24, 2010
 
       
/s/ Carl Frischling*
 
 (Carl Frischling)
  Trustee   November 24, 2010
 
       
/s/ Prema Mathai-Davis*
 
 (Prema Mathai-Davis)
  Trustee   November 24, 2010

 


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SIGNATURES   TITLE   DATE
 
       
/s/ Lewis F. Pennock*
 
 (Lewis F. Pennock)
  Trustee   November 24, 2010
 
       
/s/ Larry Soll*
 
 (Larry Soll)
  Trustee   November 24, 2010
 
       
/s/ Hugo F. Sonnenschein*
 
 (Hugo F. Sonnenschein)
  Trustee   November 24, 2010
 
       
/s/ Raymond Stickel, Jr.*
 
 (Raymond Stickel, Jr.)
  Trustee   November 24, 2010
 
       
/s/ Wayne W. Whalen*
 
 (Wayne W. Whalen)
  Trustee   November 24, 2010
 
       
/s/ Sheri Morris
 
 (Sheri Morris)
  Vice President & Treasurer (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)   November 24, 2010
       
*By
        /s/ Philip A. Taylor
 
   
 
        Philip A. Taylor
 
        Attorney-in-Fact
 
*   Philip A. Taylor, pursuant to powers of attorney dated November 5 and 8, 2010, filed herewith.

 


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INDEX
     
Exhibit    
Number   Description
 
   
1(a)(15)
  Amendment No. 14 dated June 7, 2010 to Amend and Restated Agreement and Declaration of Trust of Registrant, effective September 14, 2005
 
   
1(a)(16)
  Amendment No. 15 dated June 15, 2010, to Amend and Restated Agreement and Declaration of Trust of Registrant, effective September 14, 2005
 
   
1(a)(17)
  Amendment No. 16 dated September 15, 2010, to Amend and Restated Agreement and Declaration of Trust of Registrant, effective September 14, 2005
 
   
1(a)(18)
  Amendment No. 17 dated October 14, 2010, to Amend and Restated Agreement and Declaration of Trust of Registrant, effective September 14, 2005
 
   
9(b)
  Foreign Asset Delegation Agreement, dated November 6, 2006, between A I M Advisors, Inc. and Registrant
 
   
11
  Opinion and Consent of Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young, LLP
 
   
14(a)
  Consent of Ernst & Young LLP
 
   
14(b)
  Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP
 
   
14(c)
  Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
 
   
16(a)
  Powers of Attorney for Arch, Baker, Bayley, Bunch, Crockett, Dammeyer, Dowden, Fields, Flanagan, Mathai-Davis, Pennock, Soll, Sonnenschein, Stickel, Taylor and Whalen
 
   
16(b)
  Power of Attorney for Mr. Frischling
 
   
17
  Form of Proxy Cards relating to the Special Meeting of Shareholders