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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM N-CSR

CERTIFIED SHAREHOLDER REPORT OF REGISTERED

MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES

 

  Investment Company Act file number   

                 811-02699

 

AIM Growth Series (Invesco Growth Series)

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

 

11 Greenway Plaza, Suite 1000     Houston, Texas 77046

(Address of principal executive offices)  (Zip code)

 

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

(Name and address of agent for service)

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

  Date of fiscal year end:        12/31           

  Date of reporting period:     12/31/17      


Item 1. Report to Stockholders.


 

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Annual Report to Shareholders

 

  

December 31, 2017

 

   

 

Invesco Alternative Strategies Fund

   

 

Nasdaq:

A: LQLAX C: LQLCX R: LQLRX Y: LQLYX R5: LQLFX R6: LQLSX

 

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Letters to Shareholders

 

LOGO      Dear Shareholders:
    

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

    Major stock market indexes rose – and set record highs – throughout the reporting period. Generally positive economic data, strong corporate earnings and anticipated tax and regulatory reform contributed to the rally. The US economy expanded during the reporting period, with gross domestic product, the value of all goods and services produced, significantly increasing its growth rate from the first to the third quarter of the year. Tax reform legislation, enacted in December 2017, was a positive for the stock market, but its long-term economic impact was uncertain. Citing positive economic trends – specifically, realized and expected labor market conditions and inflation – the US Federal Reserve raised interest rates in March, June and

December 2017. While US and global bond markets, as well as emerging market equities, sold off early in the reporting period, they recovered much of their losses during the reporting period. Overseas, economic data were mixed, prompting the European Central Bank and central banks in China and Japan, among other countries, to maintain extraordinarily accommodative monetary policies.

    Short-term market volatility can prompt some investors to abandon their investment plans – and can cause others to settle for whatever returns the market has to offer. The investment professionals at Invesco, in contrast, invest with high conviction. This means that, no matter the asset class or the strategy, each investment team has a passion to exceed. We want to help investors achieve better outcomes, such as seeking higher returns, helping mitigate risk and generating income. Of course, investing with high conviction can’t guarantee a profit or ensure success; no investment strategy can. To learn more about how we invest with high conviction, visit invesco.com/HighConviction.

    You, too, can invest with high conviction by maintaining a long-term investment perspective and by working with your financial adviser on a regular basis. During periods of short-term market volatility or uncertainty, your financial adviser can keep you focused on your long-term investment goals – a new home, a child’s college education or a secure retirement. He or she also can share research about the economy, the markets and individual investment options.

Visit our website for more information on your investments

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

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

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

Have questions?

For questions about your account, contact an Invesco client services representative at 800 959 4246. For Invesco-related questions or comments, please email me directly at phil@invesco.com.

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

Sincerely,

 

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Philip Taylor

Senior Managing Director, Invesco Ltd.

 

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Dear Fellow Shareholders:

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

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

  

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

  Monitoring how the portfolio management teams of the Invesco funds are performing in light of changing economic and market conditions.
  Assessing each portfolio management team’s investment performance within the context of the investment strategy described in the fund’s prospectus.
  Monitoring for potential conflicts of interests that may impact the nature of the services that your funds receive.

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

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

    As always, please contact me at bruce@brucecrockett.com with any questions or concerns you may have. On behalf of the Board, we look forward to continuing to represent your interests and serving your needs.

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Sincerely,

 

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Bruce L. Crockett

Independent Chair

Invesco Funds Board of Trustees

 

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Management’s Discussion of Fund Performance

 

 

Performance summary

For the year ended December 31, 2017, Class A shares of Invesco Alternative Strategies Fund (the Fund), at net asset value (NAV), outperformed the FTSE US 3-Month Treasury Bill Index, the Fund’s broad market/style-specific index.

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

 

 

Fund vs. Indexes

Total returns, 12/31/16 to 12/31/17, at net asset value (NAV). Performance shown does not include applicable contingent deferred sales charges (CDSC) or front-end sales charges, which would have reduced performance.

 

Class A Shares

      3.77

Class C Shares

      3.09

Class R Shares

      3.57

Class Y Shares

      4.10

Class R5 Shares

      4.11

Class R6 Shares

      4.11

FTSE US 3-Month Treasury Bill Index (Broad Market/Style-Specific Index)

      0.84

Lipper Alternative Multi-Strategy Funds Classification Average (Peer Group)

      4.70

 

Source(s): FactSet Research Systems Inc.; Lipper Inc.

 

 

 

Market conditions and your Fund

Despite highly destructive hurricanes that threatened to derail a years-long economic recovery, the US economy continued to expand throughout the year ended December 31, 2017. Gross domestic product – the value of all goods and services produced in the US – expanded in the first three quarters of 2017.

    Given signs of an improving economy, the US Federal Reserve (the Fed) raised interest rates three times during the reporting period, most recently in December 2017; each rate hike was 25 basis points.1 (A basis point is 0.01%.) The Fed pledged that “realized and expected economic conditions relative to its objectives of maximum employment and 2 percent inflation” will guide its future actions. At the close of the reporting period, Fed policy remained accommodative, and the fed funds target rate stood at a range of 1.25% to 1.50% – 75 basis points higher than at the start of the reporting period.1

    US bond returns were positive for the year, with all fixed income sectors (Treasuries, government-related, corporate and securitized) posting positive returns,

primarily driven by strong macroeconomic conditions, muted market volatility and global investor demand for yield. A benign inflation outlook dampened long-term rates as the yield curve flattened, benefiting longer-maturity securities. In addition, the benign inflation environment allowed the Fed to remain less aggressive with rate hikes. The US corporate credit sector remained a key contributor to excess return for the year, with lower-rated investment grade securities outperforming higher-rated credits and comparable-maturity Treasuries. Tax cut legislation enacted in December included significant corporate tax reductions that were an additional catalyst for the positive tone in the credit market. The high yield sector also benefited from strong demand during the year, despite lofty valuations. Within structured securities, commercial mortgage-backed securities (MBS) were the primary outperformers, with asset-backed securities also performing well in midst of higher short-term rates. Agency MBS also outperformed on a relative basis, even as the Fed began to systematically de-lever its MBS and Treasury holdings.

 

    Major US stock market indexes repeatedly hit all-time highs throughout the reporting period. The stock market rally that began after the 2016 presidential election continued throughout the reporting period, fueled by generally positive economic data, strong corporate earnings and improved consumer confidence. However, performance was highly concentrated, with more than two-thirds of the equity market’s gains linked to just three sectors: information technology, financials and health care. Finally, after much debate in Congress, a tax reform bill was signed into law in December 2017, which further strengthened stocks.

    The Fund comprises “core” and “satellite” allocations. The core portfolio allocation is comprised of underlying alternative funds and strategies with an absolute return focus, which seek low correlation with traditional equity markets, and which seek to target lower volatility. The Fund’s satellite portfolio allocation includes underlying alternative funds that are directional, meaning they seek to perform well in specific economic environments, reflecting our near-term outlook for the markets. They tend to have higher volatility than underlying core allocation funds.

    With another strong year for US equities, directional market exposures within our satellite allocation all posted positive returns for the reporting period, contributing to the Fund’s returns. These satellite allocations included Invesco Long/ Short Equity Fund, Invesco Global Infrastructure Fund and PowerShares DB Base Metals Fund, which benefited from increased industrial metals prices that were supported by strong manufacturing and import growth data out of China and by indications that China intended to cut production to curb pollution. The largest individual contributors to Fund performance were absolute return-focused holdings within the non-directional core allocation. Invesco Balanced-Risk

 

 

  Portfolio Composition*   
  By fund type, based on total investments   
  Alternative Funds    59.4% 
  Equity Funds    38.1
  Fixed Income Funds    2.0
  Money Market Funds    0.5

 

  Total Net Assets    $2.6 million 

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

Data presented here are as of December 31, 2017.

* Based on the Schedule of Investments, which classifies each underlying fund and other investments into broad asset classes based on their predominant investments.
 

 

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Allocation Fund posted positive returns, benefiting from its strategic exposures across equities, commodities and fixed income. Invesco Macro Allocation Strategy Fund also added to results.

    Within the core allocations, Invesco Global Market Neutral Fund and Invesco All Cap Market Neutral Fund detracted from Fund performance due to short holdings that did not perform as expected, particularly those in the health care sector. Invesco Global Targeted Returns also detracted from Fund performance during the reporting period.

    During the reporting period, the Fund added a position in Invesco Global Targeted Returns Fund to replace its position in Invesco Macro Long/Short Fund, which was liquidated and terminated on February 27, 2017.

    Please note that some of the Fund’s underlying funds – including, but not limited to, Invesco All Cap Market Neutral Fund, Invesco Global Market Neutral Fund, Invesco Macro Allocation Strategy Fund, Invesco Balanced-Risk Allocation Fund, Invesco Macro Long/Short Fund, Invesco Long/Short Equity Fund, Invesco Global Targeted Returns Fund and Invesco Balanced-Risk Commodity Strategy Fund – may use derivatives, which may amplify traditional investment risks through the creation of leverage in the underlying funds. Please note that some of these underlying fund strategies may be principally implemented with derivative instruments that include futures and total return swaps. Therefore, performance of these underlying funds, both positive and negative, can be attributed to these instruments.

    It has been our privilege to oversee Invesco Alternative Strategies Fund, and we thank you for your continued investment.

 

1 Source: US Federal Reserve

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

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

 

 

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Duy Nguyen

Chartered Financial Analyst, Portfolio Manager and Chief Investment Officer of Invesco’s Global Solutions Development

and Implementation Team, is manager of Invesco Alternative Strategies Fund. He joined Invesco in 2000. Mr. Nguyen earned a BBA from The University of Texas at Austin and an MS from the University of Houston.

 

 

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Jacob Borbidge

Chartered Financial Analyst, Portfolio Manager and Head of Research for Invesco’s Global Solutions

Development and Implementation Team, is manager of Invesco Alternative Strategies Fund. He joined Invesco in 2004. Mr. Borbidge earned a BS in mechanical engineering from Lehigh University and an MS in finance from the University of Houston.

 

Assisted by Invesco’s Global Solutions Development & Implementation Team

 

 

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Your Fund’s Long-Term Performance

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

Fund and index data from 10/14/14

 

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1   Source: Lipper Inc.

2   Source: FactSet Research Systems Inc.

 

Past performance cannot guarantee comparable future results.

    The data shown in the chart include reinvested distributions, applicable sales charges and Fund expenses including management fees. Index results include reinvested dividends, but they do not reflect sales charges. Performance of the

peer group, if applicable, reflects fund expenses and management fees; performance of a market index does not. Performance shown in the chart and table(s) does not reflect deduction of taxes a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or sale of Fund shares.

 

 

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Average Annual Total Returns

As of 12/31/17, including maximum applicable sales charges

 

 Class A Shares

         

 Inception (10/14/14)

      0.93

1 Year

      -1.89

 Class C Shares

         

 Inception (10/14/14)

      1.95 %

1 Year

      2.09

 Class R Shares

         

 Inception (10/14/14)

      2.46 %

1 Year

      3.57

 Class Y Shares

         

 Inception (10/14/14)

      3.01 %

1 Year

      4.10

 Class R5 Shares

         
 Inception (10/14/14)       2.98 %

1 Year

      4.11

 Class R6 Shares

         

 Inception (10/14/14)

      2.98 %

1 Year

      4.11

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

    The net annual Fund operating expense ratio set forth in the most recent Fund prospectus as of the date of this report for Class A, Class C, Class R, Class Y, Class R5 and Class R6 shares was 1.44%, 2.19%, 1.69%, 1.19%, 1.19% and 1.19%, respectively.1,2 The total annual Fund operating expense ratio set forth in the most recent Fund prospectus as of the date of this report for Class A, Class C, Class R, Class Y, Class R5 and Class R6 shares was 19.91%, 20.66%, 20.16%, 19.66%, 19.37% and 19.37%, respectively.1 The expense ratios presented above may vary from the expense ratios presented in other sections of this report that are based on expenses incurred during the period covered by this report.

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

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

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

 

1 The expense ratio includes acquired fund fees and expenses of the underlying funds in which the Fund invests of 1.14% for Invesco Alternative Strategies Fund.
2 Total annual Fund operating expenses after any contractual fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements by the adviser in effect through at least April 30, 2019. See current prospectus for more information.
 

 

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Invesco Alternative Strategies Fund’s investment objective is long-term capital appreciation.

  Unless otherwise stated, information presented in this report is as of December 31, 2017, and is based on total net assets.
  Unless otherwise noted, all data provided by Invesco.
  To access your Fund’s reports/prospectus, visit invesco.com/fundreports.

 

 

About share classes

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

 

 

Principal risks of investing in the Fund

  Fund of funds risk. The Fund’s performance depends on that of the underlying funds in which it invests. Accordingly, the risks associated with an investment in the Fund include the risks associated with investments in the underlying funds. The Fund will indirectly pay a proportional share of the fees and expenses of the underlying funds in which it invests. There are risks that the Fund will vary from its target weightings (if any) in the underlying funds, that the underlying funds will not achieve their investment objectives, that the underlying funds’ performance may be lower than their represented asset classes, and that the Fund may withdraw its investments in an underlying fund at a disadvantageous time.
  Allocation risk. The Fund’s investment performance depends, in part, on how its assets are allocated among the underlying funds or asset classes. The Adviser’s evaluations and assumptions regarding the asset classes or the underlying funds in which the Fund invests may be incorrect, causing the Fund to be invested (or not invested) in one or more asset classes or underlying
   

funds at an inopportune time, which could negatively affect the Fund’s performance.

  Exchange-traded funds risk. In addition to the risks associated with the underlying assets held by the exchange-traded fund, investments in exchange-traded funds are subject to the following additional risks: (1) an exchange-traded fund’s shares may trade above or below its net asset value; (2) an active trading market for the exchange-traded fund’s shares may not develop or be maintained; (3) trading an exchange-traded fund’s shares may be halted by the listing exchange; (4) a passively-managed exchange-traded fund may not track the performance of the reference asset; and (5) a passively managed exchange-traded fund may hold troubled securities. Investment in exchange-traded funds may involve duplication of management fees and certain other expenses, as the Fund or an underlying fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of any expenses paid by the exchange-traded funds in which it invests. Further, certain exchange-traded funds in which the Fund or an underlying fund may invest are leveraged, which may result in economic leverage, permitting the Fund or an underlying fund to gain exposure that is greater than would be the case in an unlevered instrument, and potentially resulting in greater volatility.

The principal risks of investing in the Fund also include the risks of each underlying fund. These risks include the following:

  Active trading risk. Active trading of portfolio securities may result in added expenses, a lower return and increased tax liability.
  Changing Fixed Income Market Conditions Risk. The current low interest rate environment was created in part by the Federal Reserve Board (FRB) and certain foreign central banks keeping the federal funds and equivalent foreign
   

rates near, at or below zero. Increases in the federal funds and equivalent foreign rates may expose fixed income markets to heightened volatility and reduced liquidity for certain fixed income investments, particularly those with longer maturities. In addition, decreases in fixed income dealer market-making capacity may also potentially lead to heightened volatility and reduced liquidity in the fixed income markets. As a result, the value of an underlying fund’s investments and share price may decline. Changes in central bank policies could also result in higher than normal shareholder redemptions, which could potentially increase portfolio turnover and an underlying fund’s transaction costs.

  Commodities tax risk. The tax treatment of commodity-linked derivative instruments may be adversely affected by changes in legislation, regulations or other legally binding authority. If, as a result of any such adverse action, the income of an underlying fund from certain commodity-linked derivatives was treated as non-qualifying income, an underlying fund might fail to qualify as a regulated investment company and be subject to federal income tax at the fund level. As a result of a recent announcement by the Internal Revenue Service, an underlying fund intends to invest in commodity-linked notes: (a) directly, generally only to the extent that it obtains an opinion of counsel confirming that income from such investments should be qualifying income because such commodity-linked notes constitute securities under section 2(a) (36) of the 1940 Act or (b) indirectly through the Subsidiary. Should the Internal Revenue Service issue further guidance, or Congress enact legislation, that adversely affects the tax treatment of an underlying fund’s use of commodity-linked notes or a wholly-owned subsidiary (which guidance might be applied to the underlying fund retroactively), it could, among other consequences, limit the underlying fund’s ability to pursue its investment strategy.
  Commodity-linked notes risk. In addition to risks associated with the underlying commodities, investments in commodity-linked notes may be subject to additional risks, such as non-
 

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

 

 

NOT FDIC INSURED | MAY LOSE VALUE | NO BANK GUARANTEE

 

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payment of interest and loss of principal, counterparty risk, lack of a secondary market and risk of greater volatility than traditional equity and debt securities. The value of the commodity-linked notes an underlying fund buys may fluctuate significantly because the values of the underlying investments to which they are linked are themselves volatile. Additionally, certain commodity-linked notes employ “economic” leverage by requiring payment by the issuer of an amount that is a multiple of the price increase or decrease of the underlying commodity, commodity index, or other economic variable. Such economic leverage will increase the volatility of the value of these commodity-linked notes and an underlying fund to the extent it invests in such notes.

  Commodity risk. An underlying fund will concentrate its investments in commodities markets and will therefore have investment exposure to the commodities markets and one or more sectors of the commodities markets, which may subject an underlying fund to greater volatility than investments in traditional securities, such as stocks and bonds. Volatility in the commodities markets may be caused by changes in overall market movements, domestic and foreign political and economic events and policies, war, acts of terrorism, changes in domestic or foreign interest rates and/or investor expectations concerning interest rates, domestic and foreign inflation rates, investment and trading activities of mutual funds, hedge funds and commodities funds, and factors such as drought, floods, weather, livestock disease, embargoes, tariffs and other regulatory developments, or supply and demand disruptions. Because an underlying fund’s performance is linked to the performance of volatile commodities, investors should be willing to assume the risks of potentially significant fluctuations in the value of an underlying fund’s shares.
  Correlation risk. Because an underlying fund’s investment strategy seeks to balance risk across the four sectors of the commodities market and, within each commodity sector, to balance risk across different commodities, to the
   

extent either the sectors of the commodities markets or the selected commodities become correlated in a way not anticipated by an underlying fund’s adviser an underlying fund’s risk allocation process may result in magnified risks and loss instead of balancing (reducing) the risk of loss.

  Debt securities risk. The prices of debt securities held by an underlying fund will be affected by changes in interest rates, the creditworthiness of the issuer and other factors. An increase in prevailing interest rates typically causes the value of existing debt securities to fall and often has a greater impact on longer-duration debt securities and higher quality debt securities. Falling interest rates will cause an underlying fund to reinvest the proceeds of debt securities that have been repaid by the issuer at lower interest rates. Falling interest rates may also reduce an underlying fund’s distributable income because interest payments on floating rate debt instruments held by an underlying fund will decline. An underlying fund could lose money on investments in debt securities if the issuer or borrower fails to meet its obligations to make interest payments and/or to repay principal in a timely manner. Changes in an issuer’s financial strength, the market’s perception of such strength or in the credit rating of the issuer or the security may affect the value of debt securities. An underlying fund’s adviser’s credit analysis may fail to anticipate such changes, which could result in buying a debt security at an inopportune time or failing to sell a debt security in advance of a price decline or other credit event.
  Derivatives risk. The value of a derivative instrument depends largely on (and is derived from) the value of an underlying security, currency, commodity, interest rate, index or other asset (each referred to as an underlying asset). In addition to risks relating to the underlying assets, the use of derivatives may include other, possibly greater, risks, including counterparty, leverage and liquidity risks. Counterparty risk is the risk that the counterparty to the derivative contract will default on its obligation to pay the underlying fund the amount owed or
   

otherwise perform under the derivative contract. Derivatives create leverage risk because they do not require payment up front equal to the economic exposure created by owning the derivative. As a result, an adverse change in the value of the underlying asset could result in the underlying fund sustaining a loss that is substantially greater than the amount invested in the derivative, which may make the underlying fund’s returns more volatile and increase the risk of loss. Derivative instruments may also be less liquid than more traditional investments and the underlying fund may be unable to sell or close out its derivative positions at a desirable time or price. This risk may be more acute under adverse market conditions, during which the underlying fund may be most in need of liquidating its derivative positions. Derivatives may also be harder to value, less tax efficient and subject to changing government regulation that could impact the underlying fund’s ability to use certain derivatives or their cost. The SEC has proposed new regulations related to the use of derivatives and related instruments by registered investment companies. If adopted as proposed, these regulations would limit an underlying fund’s ability to engage in derivatives transactions and may result in increased costs or require an underlying fund to modify its investment strategies or to liquidate. Also, derivatives used for hedging or to gain or limit exposure to a particular market segment may not provide the expected benefits, particularly during adverse market conditions. These risks are greater for certain underlying funds than most other mutual funds because certain underlying funds will implement their investment strategy primarily through derivative instruments rather than direct investments in stocks/bonds.

  Emerging markets securities risk. Emerging markets (also referred to as developing markets) are generally subject to greater market volatility, political, social and economic instability, uncertain trading markets and more governmental limitations on foreign investment than more developed markets. In addition, companies operating in emerging markets may be subject to
 

 

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lower trading volume and greater price fluctuations than companies in more developed markets. Securities law and the enforcement of systems of taxation in many emerging market countries may change quickly and unpredictably. In addition, investments in emerging markets securities may also be subject to additional transaction costs, delays in settlement procedures, and lack of timely information.

  Exchange-traded funds risk. In addition to the risks associated with the underlying assets held by the exchange-traded fund, investments in exchange-traded funds are subject to the following additional risks: (1) an exchange-traded fund’s shares may trade above or below its net asset value; (2) an active trading market for the exchange-traded fund’s shares may not develop or be maintained; (3) trading an exchange-traded fund’s shares may be halted by the listing exchange; (4) a passively-managed exchange-traded fund may not track the performance of the reference asset; and (5) a passively managed exchange-traded fund may hold troubled securities. Investment in exchange-traded funds may involve duplication of management fees and certain other expenses, as the Fund or an underlying fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of any expenses paid by the exchange-traded funds in which it invests. Further, certain exchange-traded funds in which the Fund or an underlying fund may invest are leveraged, which may result in economic leverage, permitting the Fund or an underlying fund to gain exposure that is greater than would be the case in an unlevered instrument, and potentially resulting in greater volatility.
  Exchange-traded notes risk. Exchange-traded notes are subject to credit risk, counterparty risk, and the risk that the value of the exchange-traded note may drop due to a downgrade in the issuer’s credit rating. The value of an exchange-traded note may also be influenced by time to maturity, level of supply and demand for the exchange-traded note, volatility and lack of liquidity in the underlying market, changes in the applicable interest rates, and economic, legal, political, or geographic events that affect the referenced underlying market or assets. An underlying fund will bear its proportionate share of any fees and expenses borne by an exchange-traded note in which it invests. For certain exchange-traded notes, there may
   

be restrictions on an underlying fund’s right to redeem its investment in an exchange-traded note, which is meant to be held until maturity.

  Foreign currency tax risk. If the US Treasury Department were to exercise its authority to issue regulations that exclude from the definition of “qualifying income” foreign currency gains not directly related to an underlying fund’s business of investing in securities, the underlying fund may be unable to qualify as a regulated investment company for one or more years. In this event, the underlying fund’s Board of Trustees may authorize a significant change in investment strategy or other action.
  Foreign government debt risk. Investments in foreign government debt securities (sometimes referred to as sovereign debt securities) involve certain risks in addition to those relating to foreign securities or debt securities generally. The issuer of the debt or the governmental authorities that control the repayment of the debt may be unable or unwilling to repay principal or interest when due in accordance with the terms of such debt, and the Fund may have limited recourse in the event of a default against the defaulting government. Without the approval of debt holders, some governmental debtors have in the past been able to reschedule or restructure their debt payments or declare moratoria on payments.
  Foreign securities risk. An underlying fund’s foreign investments may be adversely affected by political and social instability, changes in economic or taxation policies, difficulty in enforcing obligations, decreased liquidity or increased volatility. Foreign investments also involve the risk of the possible seizure, nationalization or expropriation of the issuer or foreign deposits (in which an underlying fund could lose its entire investments in a certain market) and the possible adoption of foreign governmental restrictions such as exchange controls. Unless an underlying fund has hedged its foreign securities risk, foreign securities risk also involves the risk of negative foreign currency rate fluctuations, which may cause the value of securities denominated in such foreign currency (or other instruments through which an underlying fund has exposure to foreign currencies) to decline in value. Currency exchange rates may fluctuate significantly over short periods of time. Currency hedging strategies, if used, are not always successful.
  High yield debt securities (junk bond) risk. Investments in high yield debt securities (“junk bonds”) and other lower-rated securities will subject an underlying fund to substantial risk of loss. These securities are considered to be speculative with respect to the issuer’s ability to pay interest and principal when due, are more susceptible to default or decline in market value and are less liquid than investment grade debt securities. Prices of high yield debt securities tend to be very volatile.
  Investing in the European Union risk. Investments in certain countries in the European Union are susceptible to high economic risks associated with high levels of debt, such as investments in sovereign debt of Greece, Italy and Spain. Efforts of the member states to further unify their economic and monetary policies may increase the potential for the downward movement of one member state’s market to cause a similar effect on other member states’ markets. Separately, the European Union faces issues involving its membership, structure, procedures and policies. The exit of one or more member states from the European Union, such as the United Kingdom (UK) which has announced its intention to exit, would place its currency and banking system in jeopardy. The exit by the UK or other member states will likely result in increased volatility, illiquidity and potentially lower economic growth in the affected markets, which will adversely affect an underlying fund’s investments.
  Management risk. There is no guarantee that the underlying funds’ portfolio manager’s investment selection process will produce a portfolio effective at achieving the underlying fund’s respective investment objective. In addition, certain underlying funds’ investment strategies will likely cause the underlying fund to underperform the broader equity markets in which the underlying fund invests during market rallies. Further, the portfolio managers’ use of instruments that provide economic leverage increases the volatility of an underlying fund’s net asset value, which increases the potential of greater losses that may cause an underlying fund to liquidate positions when it may not be advantageous to do so.
  Market risk. The market values of an underlying fund’s investments, and therefore the value of an underlying fund’s shares, will go up and down,
 

 

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sometimes rapidly or unpredictably. Market risk may affect a single issuer, industry or section of the economy, or it may affect the market as a whole. Individual stock prices tend to go up and down more dramatically than those of certain other types of investments, such as bonds. During a general downturn in the financial markets, multiple asset classes may decline in value. When markets perform well, there can be no assurance that specific investments held by an underlying fund will rise in value.

  Preferred securities risk. Preferred securities are subject to issuer-specific and market risks applicable generally to equity securities. Preferred securities also may be subordinated to bonds or other debt instruments, subjecting them to a greater risk of non-payment, may be less liquid than many other securities, such as common stocks, and generally offer no voting rights with respect to the issuer.
  Sector focus risk. An underlying fund may from time to time invest a significant amount of its assets (i.e. over 25%) in one market sector or group of related industries. In this event, an underlying fund’s performance will depend to a greater extent on the overall condition of the sector or group of industries and there is increased risk that an underlying fund will lose significant value if conditions adversely affect that sector or group of industries.
  Short position risk. Because an underlying fund’s potential loss on a short position arises from increases in the value of the asset sold short, the underlying fund will incur a loss on a short position, which is theoretically unlimited, if the price of the asset sold short increases from the short sale price. The counterparty to a short position or other market factors may prevent an underlying fund from closing out a short position at a desirable time or price and may reduce or eliminate any gain or result in a loss. In a rising market, an underlying fund’s short positions will cause the underlying fund to underperform the overall market and its peers that do not engage in shorting. If an underlying fund holds both long and short positions, and both positions decline simultaneously, the short positions will not provide any buffer (hedge) from declines in value of the underlying fund’s long positions. Certain types of short positions involve leverage, which may exaggerate any
  losses, potentially more than the actual cost of the investment, and will increase the volatility of an underlying fund’s returns.
  Small- and mid-capitalization companies risks. Small- and mid-capitalization companies tend to be more vulnerable to changing market conditions, may have little or no operating history or track record of success, and may have more limited product lines and markets, less experienced management and fewer financial resources than larger companies. These companies’ securities may be more volatile and less liquid than those of more established companies, and their returns may vary, sometimes significantly, from the overall securities market.
  Subsidiary risk. By investing in the Subsidiary, an underlying fund is indirectly exposed to risks associated with the Subsidiary’s investments. The Subsidiary is not registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (1940 Act), and, except as otherwise noted in this prospectus, is not subject to the investor protections of the 1940 Act. Changes in the laws of the United States and/or the Cayman Islands, under which an underlying fund and the Subsidiary, respectively, are organized, could result in the inability of an underlying fund and/or the Subsidiary to operate as described in this prospectus and the SAI, and could negatively affect an underlying fund and its shareholders.
  US government obligations risk. Obligations of US government agencies and authorities receive varying levels of support and may not be backed by the full faith and credit of the US government, which could affect an underlying fund’s ability to recover should they default. No assurance can be given that the US government will provide financial support to its agencies and authorities if it is not obligated by law to do so.
  Volatility risk. Although an underlying fund’s investment strategy targets a specific volatility level, certain of an underlying fund’s investments may appreciate or decrease significantly in value over short periods of time. This may cause an underlying fund’s net asset value per share to experience significant increases or declines in value over short periods of time.

 

About indexes used in this report

  The FTSE US 3-Month Treasury Bill Index is an unmanaged index representative of three-month Treasury bills.
  The Lipper Alternative Multi-Strategy Funds Classification Average represents an average of all funds in the Lipper Alternative Multi-Strategy Funds classification.
  The Fund is not managed to track the performance of any particular index, including the index(es) described here, and consequently, the performance of the Fund may deviate significantly from the performance of the index(es).
  A direct investment cannot be made in an index. Unless otherwise indicated, index results include reinvested dividends, and they do not reflect sales charges. Performance of the peer group, if applicable, reflects fund expenses; performance of a market index does not.

 

Other information

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

 

11                         Invesco Alternative Strategies Fund


Schedule of Investments

December 31, 2017

Invesco Alternative Strategies Fund

Schedule of Investments in Affiliated Issuers–99.87%(a)

 

     % of
Net
Assets
12/31/17
   

Value

12/31/16

    Purchases
at Cost
    Proceeds
from Sales
    Change in
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
    Realized
Gain (Loss)
    Dividend
Income
    Shares
12/31/17
   

Value

12/31/17

 

Alternative Funds–24.13%

 

Invesco Global Targeted Returns Fund
–Class R6(b)

    19.53   $     $ 553,170     $ (38,552   $ (2,719   $ (144   $       51,381     $ 511,755  

Powershares DB Base Metals Fund–ETF(b)

    2.56     36,867       28,493       (12,825     13,428       1,021             3,451       66,984  

Powershares DB Silver Fund–ETF(b)

    2.04     30,031       31,113       (9,328     2,285       (583     32       2,056       53,518  

Total Alternative Funds

            66,898       612,776       (60,705     12,994       294       32               632,257  

Asset Allocation Funds–31.30%

 

Invesco Balanced-Risk Allocation Fund
–Class R6(b)

    15.56     261,214       311,710       (176,479     17,141       18,521             37,033       407,737  

Invesco Balanced-Risk Commodity Strategy Fund–Class R6

    2.46     35,302       33,555       (8,211     4,189       (535     28       8,993       64,300  

Invesco Macro Allocation Strategy Fund–Class R6(b)

    13.28     231,053       246,569       (138,514     18,451       5,418             36,706       347,980  

Total Asset Allocation Funds

            527,569       591,834       (323,204     39,781       23,404       28               820,017  

Domestic Equity Funds–16.89%

 

Invesco All Cap Market Neutral Fund–Class R6(b)

    12.86     264,570       291,768       (151,371     (64,429     36,694             39,865       336,860  

Invesco Long/Short Equity Fund–Class R6

    4.03     59,633       63,883       (20,407     1,304       8,364       7,459       8,793       105,513  

Total Domestic Equity Funds

            324,203       355,651       (171,778     (63,125     45,058       7,459               442,373  

Fixed-Income Funds–1.97%

                 

Invesco Floating Rate Fund–Class R6

    1.97     30,701       24,162       (3,172     (84     (27     1,865       6,823       51,580  

Foreign Equity Funds–21.19%

                 

Invesco Global Infrastructure Fund–Class R6

    3.71     59,858       48,592       (19,385     8,180       2,294       2,258       9,246       97,359  

Invesco Global Market Neutral Fund–Class R6(b)

    17.48     281,603       361,017       (151,021     (32,037     29,842             49,290       457,902  

Invesco Macro Long/Short Fund–Class R6(b)

    0.00     167,944       8,702       (178,037     (3,641     5,032                    

Total Foreign Equity Funds

            509,405       418,311       (348,443     (27,498     37,168       2,258               555,261  

Real Estate Funds–3.90%

                 

Invesco Global Real Estate Fund–Class R6

    3.90     59,701       47,842       (12,724     7,678       379       2,342       7,598       102,269  

Money Market Funds–0.49%

                 

Invesco Government & Agency Portfolio–Institutional Class, 1.18%(d)

    0.17     5,459       669,043       (669,993                 89       4,509       4,509  

Invesco Liquid Assets Portfolio–Institutional Class, 1.40%(d)

    0.12           5,981       (2,761                 2       3,220       3,220  

Invesco Treasury Portfolio–Institutional Class, 1.17%(d)

    0.20     4,083       446,767       (445,697                 58       5,153       5,153  

Total Money Market Funds

            9,542       1,121,791       (1,118,451                 149               12,882  

TOTAL INVESTMENTS IN AFFILIATED ISSUERS
(Cost $2,640,857)

    99.87   $ 1,528,019     $ 3,172,367     $ (2,038,477   $ (30,254   $ 106,276 (c)    $ 14,133             $ 2,616,639  

OTHER ASSETS LESS LIABILITIES

    0.13                                                             3,444  

NET ASSETS

    100.00                                                           $ 2,620,083  

Investment Abbreviations:

ETF – Exchange Traded Fund

Notes to Schedule of Investments:

 

(a) Each underlying fund and the Fund are affiliated by either having the same investment adviser or an investment adviser under common control with the Fund’s investment adviser.
(b) Non-income producing security. A security is determined to be non-income producing if the security has not declared a distribution in more than one year from the report date.
(c) Includes $24,370, $14,997, $40,372, $7,264, $2,180, $31,502 and $607 of capital gains distributions from affiliated underlying funds for Invesco Balanced-Risk Allocation Fund, Invesco Macro Allocation Strategy Fund, Invesco All Cap Market Neutral Fund, Invesco Long/Short Equity Fund, Invesco Global Infrastructure Fund, Invesco Global Market Neutral Fund and Invesco Global Real Estate Fund, respectively.
(d) The rate shown is the 7-day SEC standardized yield as of December 31, 2017.

 

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

 

12                         Invesco Alternative Strategies Fund


Statement of Assets and Liabilities

December 31, 2017

 

 

Assets:

 

Investments in affiliated underlying funds, at value (Cost $2,640,857)

  $ 2,616,639  

Receivable for:

 

Fund shares sold

    2,516  

Dividends — affiliated underlying funds

    260  

Fund expenses absorbed

    4,690  

Investment for trustee deferred compensation and retirement plans

    8,152  

Other assets

    30,801  

Total assets

    2,663,058  

Liabilities:

 

Payable for:

 

Investments purchased — affiliated underlying funds

    197  

Accrued fees to affiliates

    2,158  

Accrued trustees’ and officers’ fees and benefits

    640  

Accrued other operating expenses

    31,828  

Trustee deferred compensation and retirement plans

    8,152  

Total liabilities

    42,975  

Net assets applicable to shares outstanding

  $ 2,620,083  

Net assets consist of:

 

Shares of beneficial interest

  $ 2,594,559  

Undistributed net investment income

    3,705  

Undistributed net realized gain

    46,037  

Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

    (24,218
    $ 2,620,083  

Net Assets:

 

Class A

  $ 948,453  

Class C

  $ 180,869  

Class R

  $ 18,365  

Class Y

  $ 1,452,754  

Class R5

  $ 9,821  

Class R6

  $ 9,821  

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

 

Class A

    96,847  

Class C

    18,607  

Class R

    1,879  

Class Y

    147,893  

Class R5

    1,001  

Class R6

    1,001  

Class A:

 

Net asset value per share

  $ 9.79  

Maximum offering price per share

 

(Net asset value of $9.79 ¸ 94.50%)

  $ 10.36  

Class C:

 

Net asset value and offering price per share

  $ 9.72  

Class R:

 

Net asset value and offering price per share

  $ 9.77  

Class Y:

 

Net asset value and offering price per share

  $ 9.82  

Class R5:

 

Net asset value and offering price per share

  $ 9.81  

Class R6:

 

Net asset value and offering price per share

  $ 9.81  
 

 

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

 

13                         Invesco Alternative Strategies Fund


Statement of Operations

For the year ended December 31, 2017

 

Investment income:

 

Dividends from affiliated underlying funds

  $ 14,133  

Expenses:

 

Advisory fees

    3,286  

Administrative services fees

    50,000  

Custodian fees

    8,406  

Distribution fees:

 

Class A

    2,234  

Class C

    1,779  

Class R

    91  

Transfer agent fees — A, C, R and Y

    5,935  

Transfer agent fees — R5

    10  

Transfer agent fees — R6

    10  

Trustees’ and officers’ fees and benefits

    20,650  

Registration and filing fees

    78,293  

Reports to shareholders

    18,144  

Professional services fees

    42,841  

Other

    10,897  

Total expenses

    242,576  

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

    (237,402

Net expenses

    5,174  

Net investment income

    8,959  

Realized and unrealized gain (loss) from investments in affiliated underlying fund shares

 

Net realized gain (loss) on sales of affiliated underlying fund shares

    (15,016

Net realized gain from distributions of affiliated underlying fund shares

    121,292  
      106,276  

Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of affiliated underlying fund shares

    (30,254

Net gain from affiliated underlying funds

    76,022  

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

  $ 84,981  

 

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

 

14                         Invesco Alternative Strategies Fund


Statement of Changes in Net Assets

For the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016

 

     2017      2016  

Operations:

    

Net investment income

  $ 8,959      $ 39,848  

Net realized gain (loss)

    106,276        (11,699

Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

    (30,254      44,710  

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

    84,981        72,859  

Distributions to shareholders from net investment income:

    

Class A

    (6,842      (28,320

Class C

    (356      (4,558

Class R

    (99      (575

Class Y

    (13,866      (17,612

Class R5

    (95      (353

Class R6

    (95      (353

Total distributions from net investment income

    (21,353      (51,771

Distributions to shareholders from net realized gains:

    

Class A

    (2,538      (264

Class C

    (622      (52

Class R

    (50      (6

Class Y

    (3,917      (155

Class R5

    (27      (3

Class R6

    (27      (3

Total distributions from net realized gains

    (7,181      (483

Share transactions–net:

    

Class A

    69,894        354,562  

Class C

    16,225        56,719  

Class R

    75        (620

Class Y

    928,614        234,568  

Net increase in net assets resulting from share transactions

    1,014,808        645,229  

Net increase in net assets

    1,071,255        665,834  

Net assets:

    

Beginning of year

    1,548,828        882,994  

End of year (includes undistributed net investment income of $3,705 and $(796), respectively)

  $ 2,620,083      $ 1,548,828  

Notes to Financial Statements

December 31, 2017

NOTE 1—Significant Accounting Policies

Invesco Alternative Strategies Fund (the “Fund”) is a series portfolio of AIM Growth Series (Invesco Growth Series) (the “Trust”). The Trust is organized as a Delaware statutory trust and is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”), as an open-end series management investment company consisting of twenty-nine separate series portfolios, each authorized to issue an unlimited number of shares of beneficial interest. The assets, liabilities and operations of each portfolio are accounted for separately. Information presented in these financial statements pertains only to the Fund. Matters affecting each portfolio or class will be voted on exclusively by the shareholders of such portfolio or class.

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

The Fund is a “fund of funds”, in that it invests in other mutual funds (“underlying funds”) advised by Invesco Advisers, Inc. (the “Adviser” or “Invesco”) and exchange-traded funds advised by Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC (“PowerShares Capital”), an affiliate of Invesco. Invesco and PowerShares Capital are affiliates of each other as they are indirect, wholly-owned subsidiaries of Invesco Ltd. Invesco may change the Fund’s asset class allocations or the underlying funds without shareholder approval. The underlying funds may engage in a number of investment techniques and practices, which involve certain risks. Each underlying fund’s accounting policies are outlined in the underlying fund’s financial statements and are publicly available.

 

15                         Invesco Alternative Strategies Fund


The Fund currently consists of six different classes of shares: Class A, Class C, Class R, Class Y, Class R5 and Class R6. Class Y shares are available only to certain investors. Class A shares are sold with a front-end sales charge unless certain waiver criteria are met and under certain circumstances load waived shares may be subject to contingent deferred sales charges (“CDSC”). Class C shares are sold with a CDSC. Class R, Class Y, Class R5 and Class R6 shares are sold at net asset value.

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

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

A. Security Valuations — Securities of investment companies that trade on an exchange are valued at the last sales price or official closing price as of the close of the customary trading session on the exchange where the security is principally traded. Investments in shares of funds that are not traded on an exchange are valued at the end-of-day net asset value per share of such fund. Securities in the underlying funds, including restricted securities, are valued in accordance with the valuation policy of such fund. The policies of the underlying funds affiliated with the Fund as a result of having the same investment adviser are set forth below.

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

Variable rate senior loan interests are fair valued using quotes provided by an independent pricing service. Quotes provided by the pricing service may reflect appropriate factors such as ratings, tranche type, industry, company performance, spread, individual trading characteristics, institution-size trading in similar groups of securities and other market data.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

 

16                         Invesco Alternative Strategies Fund


B. Securities Transactions and Investment Income — Securities transactions are accounted for on a trade date basis. Realized gains or losses on sales are computed on the basis of specific identification of the securities sold. Distributions from ordinary income from underlying funds, if any, are recorded as dividend income on ex-dividend date. Distributions from gains from underlying funds, if any, are recorded as realized gains on the ex-dividend date. The following policies are followed by the underlying funds: Interest income (net of withholding tax, if any) is recorded on the accrual basis from settlement date. Bond premiums and discounts are amortized and/or accreted over the lives of the respective securities. Pay-in-kind interest income and non-cash dividend income received in the form of securities in-lieu of cash are recorded at the fair value of the securities received. Paydown gains and losses on mortgage and asset-backed securities are recorded as adjustments to interest income.

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

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

C. Distributions — Distributions from net investment income and net realized capital gain, if any, are generally declared and paid annually and recorded on the ex-dividend date. The Fund may elect to treat a portion of the proceeds from redemptions as distributions for federal income tax purposes.
D. Federal Income Taxes — The Fund intends to comply with the requirements of Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Internal Revenue Code”), necessary to qualify as a regulated investment company and to distribute substantially all of the Fund’s taxable earnings to shareholders. As such, the Fund will not be subject to federal income taxes on otherwise taxable income (including net realized capital gain) that is distributed to shareholders. Therefore, no provision for federal income taxes is recorded in the financial statements.

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

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

E. Expenses — Expenses included in the accompanying financial statements reflect the expenses of the Fund and do not include any expenses of the underlying funds. The effects of the underlying funds expenses are included in the realized and unrealized gain/loss on the investments in the underlying funds. Estimated expenses of the underlying funds are discussed further in Note 11.

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

F. Accounting Estimates — The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”) requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period including estimates and assumptions related to taxation. Actual results could differ from those estimates by a significant amount. In addition, the Fund monitors for material events or transactions that may occur or become known after the period-end date and before the date the financial statements are released to print.
G. Indemnifications — Under the Trust’s organizational documents, each Trustee, officer, employee or other agent of the Trust is indemnified against certain liabilities that may arise out of the performance of their duties to the Fund. Additionally, in the normal course of business, the Fund enters into contracts, including the Fund’s servicing agreements, that contain a variety of indemnification clauses. The Fund’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown as this would involve future claims that may be made against the Fund that have not yet occurred. The risk of material loss as a result of such indemnification claims is considered remote.

NOTE 2—Advisory Fees and Other Fees Paid to Affiliates

The Trust has entered into a master investment advisory agreement with Invesco Advisers, Inc. (the “Adviser” or “Invesco”). Under the terms of the investment advisory agreement, the Fund accrues daily and pays monthly an advisory fee to the Adviser based on the annual rate of 0.15% of the Fund’s average daily net assets.

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

The Adviser has contractually agreed, through at least April 30, 2019, to waive advisory fees and/or reimburse expenses to the extent necessary to limit total annual fund operating expenses after fee waiver and/or expense reimbursement (including prior fiscal year-end Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses of 1.14% and excluding certain items discussed below) of Class A, Class C, Class R, Class Y, Class R5 and Class R6 shares to 1.44%, 2.19%, 1.69%, 1.19%, 1.19% and 1.19%, respectively, of average daily net assets (the “expense limits”). In determining the Adviser’s obligation to reimburse expenses, the following expenses are not taken into account, and could cause the total annual fund operating expenses after expense reimbursement to exceed the numbers reflected above: (1) interest; (2) taxes; (3) dividend expense on short sales; (4) extraordinary or non-routine items, including litigation expenses; and (5) expenses that the Fund has incurred but did not actually pay because of an expense offset arrangement. Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses are not operating expenses of the Fund directly, but are fees and expenses, including management fees of the investment companies in which the Fund invests. Unless Invesco continues the fee waiver agreement, it will terminate on April 30, 2019. During its

 

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term, the fee waiver agreement cannot be terminated or amended to increase the expense limits or reduce the advisory fee waiver without approval of the Board of Trustees.

Further, the Adviser has contractually agreed, through at least June 30, 2019, to waive the advisory fee payable by the Fund in an amount equal to 100% of the net advisory fees the Adviser receives from the affiliated money market funds on investments by the Fund of uninvested cash in such affiliated money market funds.

For the year ended December 31, 2017, the Adviser waived advisory fees of $3,286, reimbursed fund level expenses of $228,161 and reimbursed class level expenses of $2,399, $478, $49, $2,904, $10 and $10 of Class A, Class C, Class R, Class Y, Class R5 and Class R6 shares, respectively.

The Trust has entered into a master administrative services agreement with Invesco pursuant to which the Fund has agreed to pay Invesco for certain administrative costs incurred in providing accounting services to the Fund. For the year ended December 31, 2017, expenses incurred under the agreement are shown in the Statement of Operations as Administrative services fees.

The Trust has entered into a transfer agency and service agreement with Invesco Investment Services, Inc. (“IIS”) pursuant to which the Fund has agreed to pay IIS a fee for providing transfer agency and shareholder services to the Fund and reimburse IIS for certain expenses incurred by IIS in the course of providing such services. IIS may make payments to intermediaries that provide omnibus account services, sub-accounting services and/or networking services. All fees payable by IIS to intermediaries that provide omnibus account services or sub-accounting services are charged back to the Fund, subject to certain limitations approved by the Trust’s Board of Trustees. For the year ended December 31, 2017, expenses incurred under the agreement are shown in the Statement of Operations as Transfer agent fees.

The Trust has entered into master distribution agreements with Invesco Distributors, Inc. (“IDI”) to serve as the distributor for the Class A, Class C, Class R, Class Y, Class R5 and Class R6 shares of the Fund. The Trust has adopted plans pursuant to Rule 12b-1 under the 1940 Act with respect to the Fund’s Class A, Class C and Class R shares (collectively, the “Plans”). The Fund, pursuant to the Plans, pays IDI compensation at the annual rate of 0.25% of the Fund’s average daily net assets of Class A shares, 1.00% of the average daily net assets of Class C shares and 0.50% of the average daily net assets of Class R shares. The fees are accrued daily and paid monthly. Of the Plan payments, up to 0.25% of the average daily net assets of each class of shares may be paid to furnish continuing personal shareholder services to customers who purchase and own shares of such classes. Any amounts not paid as a service fee under the Plans would constitute an asset-based sales charge. Rules of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”) impose a cap on the total sales charges, including asset-based sales charges, that may be paid by any class of shares of the Fund. For the year ended December 31, 2017, expenses incurred under the Plans are shown in the Statement of Operations as Distribution fees.

Front-end sales commissions and CDSC (collectively, the “sales charges”) are not recorded as expenses of the Fund. Front-end sales commissions are deducted from proceeds from the sales of Fund shares prior to investment in Class A shares of the Fund. CDSC are deducted from redemption proceeds prior to remittance to the shareholder. During the year ended December 31, 2017, IDI advised the Fund that IDI retained $271 in front-end sales commissions from the sale of Class A shares and $13 from Class C shares for CDSC imposed on redemptions by shareholders.

The underlying Invesco funds pay no distribution fees for Class Y and Class R6, and the Fund pays no sales loads or other similar compensation to IDI for acquiring underlying fund shares.

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

NOTE 3—Additional Valuation Information

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

  Level 1 — Prices are determined using quoted prices in an active market for identical assets.
  Level 2 — Prices are determined using other significant observable inputs. Observable inputs are inputs that other market participants may use in pricing a security. These may include quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, yield curves, loss severities, default rates, discount rates, volatilities and others.
  Level 3 — Prices are determined using significant unobservable inputs. In situations where quoted prices or observable inputs are unavailable (for example, when there is little or no market activity for an investment at the end of the period), unobservable inputs may be used. Unobservable inputs reflect the Fund’s own assumptions about the factors market participants would use in determining fair value of the securities or instruments and would be based on the best available information.

As of December 31, 2017, all of the securities in this Fund were valued based on Level 1 inputs (see the Schedule of Investments for security categories). The level assigned to the securities valuations may not be an indication of the risk or liquidity associated with investing in those securities.

The Fund’s policy is to recognize transfers in and out of the valuation levels as of the end of the reporting period. During the year ended December 31, 2017, there were no material transfers between valuation levels.

NOTE 4—Expense Offset Arrangement(s)

The expense offset arrangement is comprised of transfer agency credits which result from balances in demand deposit accounts used by the transfer agent for clearing shareholder transactions. For the year ended December 31, 2017, the Fund received credits from this arrangement, which resulted in the reduction of the Fund’s total expenses of $105.

 

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NOTE 5—Trustees’ and Officers’ Fees and Benefits

Trustees’ and Officers’ Fees and Benefits include amounts accrued by the Fund to pay remuneration to certain Trustees and Officers of the Fund. Trustees have the option to defer compensation payable by the Fund, and Trustees’ and Officers’ Fees and Benefits also include amounts accrued by the Fund to fund such deferred compensation amounts. Those Trustees who defer compensation have the option to select various Invesco Funds in which their deferral accounts shall be deemed to be invested. Obligations under the deferred compensation plan represent unsecured claims against the general assets of the Fund.

NOTE 6—Cash Balances

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

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

Tax Character of Distributions to Shareholders Paid During the Fiscal Years Ended December 31, 2017 and 2016:

 

     2017        2016  

Ordinary income

  $ 25,442        $ 45,686  

Long-term capital gain

    3,092          6,568  

Total distributions

  $ 28,534        $ 52,254  

Tax Components of Net Assets at Period-End:

 

     2017  

Undistributed ordinary income

  $ 11,029  

Undistributed long-term gain

    84,926  

Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) — investments

    (64,028

Temporary book/tax differences

    (6,403

Shares of beneficial interest

    2,594,559  

Total net assets

  $ 2,620,083  

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

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

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

The Fund does not have a capital loss carryforward as of December 31, 2017.

NOTE 8—Investment Transactions

The aggregate amount of investment securities (other than short-term securities, U.S. Treasury obligations and money market funds, if any) purchased and sold by the Fund during the year ended December 31, 2017 was $2,050,576 and $920,026, respectively. Cost of investments, including any derivatives, on a tax basis includes the adjustments for financial reporting purposes as of the most recently completed federal income tax reporting period-end.

 

Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) of Investments on a Tax Basis  

Aggregate unrealized appreciation of investments

  $ 62,373  

Aggregate unrealized (depreciation) of investments

    (126,401

Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of investments

  $ (64,028

Cost of investments for tax purposes is $2,680,667.

 

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NOTE 9—Reclassification of Permanent Differences

Primarily as a result of differing book/tax treatment of distributions from underlying funds and partnerships, on December 31, 2017, undistributed net investment income was increased by $16,895 and undistributed net realized gain was decreased by $16,895. This reclassification had no effect on the net assets of the Fund.

NOTE 10—Share Information

 

     Summary of Share Activity
 
    Years ended December 31,  
    2017(a)      2016  
     Shares      Amount      Shares      Amount  

Sold:

          

Class A

    28,060      $ 271,863        48,683      $ 463,511  

Class C

    11,926        114,874        9,826        92,030  

Class R

    70        685                

Class Y

    101,400        979,722        47,768        455,982  

Issued as reinvestment of dividends:

          

Class A

    796        7,757        2,632        25,054  

Class C

    92        896        459        4,337  

Class R

    7        69        28        266  

Class Y

    900        8,792        1,471        14,034  

Reacquired:

          

Class A

    (21,786      (209,726      (14,078      (134,003

Class C

    (10,321      (99,545      (4,246      (39,648

Class R

    (70      (679      (96      (886

Class Y

    (6,166      (59,900      (24,896      (235,448

Net increase in share activity

    104,908      $ 1,014,808        67,551      $ 645,229  

 

(a)  There are entities that are record owners of more than 5% of the outstanding shares of the Fund and in the aggregate own 54% of the outstanding shares of the Fund. IDI has an agreement with these entities to sell Fund shares. The Fund, Invesco and/or Invesco affiliates may make payments to these entities, which are considered to be related to the Fund, for providing services to the Fund, Invesco and/or Invesco affiliates including but not limited to services such as securities brokerage, distribution, third party record keeping and account servicing. The Fund has no knowledge as to whether all or any portion of the shares owned of record by these entities are also owned beneficially.
         In addition, 22% of the outstanding shares of the Fund are owned by the Adviser or an affiliate of the Adviser.

 

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NOTE 11—Financial Highlights

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

 

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

Class A

                           

Year ended 12/31/17

  $ 9.54     $ 0.03     $ 0.32     $ 0.35     $ (0.07   $ (0.03   $ (0.10   $ 9.79       3.66   $ 948       0.30 %(e)      11.13 %(e)      0.35 %(e)      43

Year ended 12/31/16

    9.32       0.32       0.24       0.56       (0.34     (0.00     (0.34     9.54       5.97       856       0.51       18.77       3.39       45  

Year ended 12/31/15

    9.95       0.41       (0.62     (0.21     (0.40     (0.02     (0.42     9.32       (2.15     489       0.52       47.31       4.19       52  

Year ended 12/31/14(f)

    10.00       0.15       (0.01     0.14       (0.19           (0.19     9.95       1.39       152       0.52 (g)      97.85 (g)      6.96 (g)      3  

Class C

                           

Year ended 12/31/17

    9.48       (0.04     0.32       0.28       (0.01     (0.03     (0.04     9.72       2.98       181       1.05 (e)      11.88 (e)      (0.40 )(e)      43  

Year ended 12/31/16

    9.28       0.25       0.22       0.47       (0.27     (0.00     (0.27     9.48       5.10       160       1.26       19.52       2.64       45  

Year ended 12/31/15

    9.95       0.33       (0.62     (0.29     (0.36     (0.02     (0.38     9.28       (2.90     101       1.27       48.06       3.44       52  

Year ended 12/31/14(f)

    10.00       0.14       (0.02     0.12       (0.17           (0.17     9.95       1.23       21       1.27 (g)      98.60 (g)      6.21 (g)      3  

Class R

                           

Year ended 12/31/17

    9.52       0.01       0.32       0.33       (0.05     (0.03     (0.08     9.77       3.47       18       0.55 (e)      11.38 (e)      0.10 (e)      43  

Year ended 12/31/16

    9.31       0.30       0.22       0.52       (0.31     (0.00     (0.31     9.52       5.64       18       0.76       19.02       3.14       45  

Year ended 12/31/15

    9.95       0.39       (0.63     (0.24     (0.38     (0.02     (0.40     9.31       (2.38     18       0.77       47.56       3.94       52  

Year ended 12/31/14(f)

    10.00       0.15       (0.02     0.13       (0.18           (0.18     9.95       1.34       18       0.77 (g)      98.10 (g)      6.71 (g)      3  

Class Y

                           

Year ended 12/31/17

    9.57       0.06       0.31       0.37       (0.09     (0.03     (0.12     9.82       3.88       1,453       0.05 (e)      10.88 (e)      0.60 (e)      43  

Year ended 12/31/16

    9.34       0.35       0.23       0.58       (0.35     (0.00     (0.35     9.57       6.28       495       0.26       18.52       3.64       45  

Year ended 12/31/15

    9.96       0.44       (0.63     (0.19     (0.41     (0.02     (0.43     9.34       (1.89     256       0.27       47.06       4.44       52  

Year ended 12/31/14(f)

    10.00       0.16       (0.01     0.15       (0.19           (0.19     9.96       1.54       309       0.27 (g)      97.60 (g)      7.21 (g)      3  

Class R5

                           

Year ended 12/31/17

    9.55       0.06       0.32       0.38       (0.09     (0.03     (0.12     9.81       4.00       10       0.05 (e)      10.72 (e)      0.60 (e)      43  

Year ended 12/31/16

    9.33       0.35       0.22       0.57       (0.35     (0.00     (0.35     9.55       6.18       10       0.26       18.23       3.64       45  

Year ended 12/31/15

    9.95       0.44       (0.63     (0.19     (0.41     (0.02     (0.43     9.33       (1.89     9       0.27       46.77       4.44       52  

Year ended 12/31/14(f)

    10.00       0.16       (0.02     0.14       (0.19           (0.19     9.95       1.44       10       0.27 (g)      96.70 (g)      7.21 (g)      3  

Class R6

                           

Year ended 12/31/17

    9.55       0.06       0.32       0.38       (0.09     (0.03     (0.12     9.81       4.00       10       0.05 (e)      10.72 (e)      0.60 (e)      43  

Year ended 12/31/16

    9.33       0.35       0.22       0.57       (0.35     (0.00     (0.35     9.55       6.18       10       0.26       18.23       3.64       45  

Year ended 12/31/15

    9.95       0.44       (0.63     (0.19     (0.41     (0.02     (0.43     9.33       (1.89     9       0.27       46.77       4.44       52  

Year ended 12/31/14(f)

    10.00       0.16       (0.02     0.14       (0.19           (0.19     9.95       1.44       10       0.27 (g)      96.70 (g)      7.21 (g)      3  

 

(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)  In addition to the fees and expenses which the Fund bears directly, the Fund indirectly bears a pro rata share of the fees and expenses of the underlying funds in which the Fund invests. Because the underlying funds have varied expenses and fee levels and the Fund may own different proportions at different times, the amount of fees and expenses incurred indirectly by the Fund will vary. Estimated underlying fund expenses are not expenses that are incurred directly by the Fund. They are expenses that are incurred directly by the underlying funds and are deducted from the value of the funds the Fund invests in. The effect of the estimated underlying fund expenses that the Fund bears indirectly is included in the Fund’s total return. Estimated acquired fund fees from underlying funds were 1.04%, 1.14%, 1.02% and 1.73% for the years ended December 31, 2017, December 31, 2016, December 31, 2015 and the period October 14, 2014 (commencement date) through December 31, 2014, respectively.
(d)  Portfolio turnover is calculated at the fund level and is not annualized for periods less than one year, if applicable.
(e)  Ratios are based on average daily net assets (000’s omitted) of $894, $178, $18, $1,082, $10 and $10 for Class A, Class C, Class R, Class Y, Class R5 and Class R6 shares, respectively.
(f)  Commencement date of October 14, 2014.
(g)  Annualized.

 

21                         Invesco Alternative Strategies Fund


Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

 

To the Board of Trustees of AIM Growth Series (Invesco Growth Series) and Shareholders of Invesco Alternative Strategies Fund

Opinion on the Financial Statements

We have audited the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities, including the schedule of investments, of Invesco Alternative Strategies Fund (one of the funds constituting AIM Growth Series (Invesco Growth Series), hereafter referred to as the “Fund”) as of December 31, 2017, the related statement of operations for the year ended December 31, 2017, the statement of changes in net assets for each of the two years in the period ended December 31, 2017, including the related notes, and the financial highlights for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2017 and for the period October 14, 2014 (commencement of investment operation) through December 31, 2014 (collectively referred to as the “financial statements”). In our opinion, the financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Fund as of December 31, 2017, the results of its operations for the year then ended, the changes in its net assets for each of the two years in the period ended December 31, 2017 and the financial highlights for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2017 and for the period October 14, 2014 (commencement of investment operation) through December 31, 2014 in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

Basis for Opinion

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

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

Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements. Our procedures included confirmation of securities owned as of December 31, 2017 by correspondence with the custodian and transfer agent. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Houston, TX

February 23, 2018

We have served as the auditor of one or more of the investment companies in the Invesco/PowerShares group of investment companies since at least 1995. We have not determined the specific year we began serving as auditor.

 

22                         Invesco Alternative Strategies Fund


Calculating your ongoing Fund expenses

Example

As a shareholder of the Fund, you incur two types of costs: (1) transaction costs, which may include sales charges (loads) on purchase payments or contingent deferred sales charges on redemptions, if any; and (2) ongoing costs, including distribution and/or service (12b-1) fees, and other Fund expenses. This example is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Fund and to compare these costs with ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds. The example is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period July 1, 2017, through December 31, 2017.

In addition to the fees and expenses which the Fund bears directly, the Fund indirectly bears a pro rata share of the fees and expenses of the underlying funds in which the Fund invests. The amount of fees and expenses incurred indirectly by the Fund will vary because the underlying funds have varied expenses and fee levels and the Fund may own different proportions of the underlying funds at different times. Estimated underlying fund expenses are not expenses that are incurred directly by the Fund. They are expenses that are incurred directly by the underlying funds and are deducted from the value of the underlying funds the Fund invests in. The effect of the estimated underlying fund expenses that the Fund bears indirectly are included in the Fund’s total return.

Actual expenses

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

Hypothetical example for comparison purposes

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

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

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

 

Class     

Beginning
Account Value
(07/01/17)

       ACTUAL       

HYPOTHETICAL

(5% annual return before

expenses)

      

Annualized
Expense
Ratio

 
          Ending
Account Value
(12/31/17)1
       Expenses
Paid During
Period2
       Ending
Account Value
(12/31/17)
       Expenses
Paid During
Period2
      

A

       $1,000.00          $1,038.80          $1.54          $1,023.69          $1.53          0.30

C

       1,000.00          1,035.20          5.39          1,019.91          5.35          1.05  

R

       1,000.00          1,036.80          2.82          1,022.43          2.80          0.55  

Y

       1,000.00          1,039.90          0.26          1,024.95          0.26          0.05  

R5

       1,000.00          1,040.00          0.26          1,024.95          0.26          0.05  

R6

       1,000.00          1,040.00          0.26          1,024.95          0.26          0.05  

 

1  The actual ending account value is based on the actual total return of the Fund for the period July 1, 2017 through December 31, 2017, after actual expenses and will differ from the hypothetical ending account value which is based on the Fund’s expense ratio and a hypothetical annual return of 5% before expenses.
2  Expenses are equal to the Fund’s annualized expense ratio as indicated above multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 184/365 to reflect the most recent fiscal half year.

 

23                         Invesco Alternative Strategies Fund


Tax Information

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

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

The Fund designates the following amounts or, if subsequently determined to be different, the maximum amount allowable for its fiscal year ended December 31, 2017:

 

Federal and State Income Tax

 

Long-Term Capital Gain Distributions

  $ 3,092  

Qualified Dividend Income*

    12.42

Corporate Dividends Received Deduction*

    6.16

U.S. Treasury Obligations*

    10.71

 

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

 

Non-Resident Alien Shareholders

 

Qualified Short-Term Gains

  $ 3,578  

 

24                         Invesco Alternative Strategies Fund


Trustees and Officers

 

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

 

Name, Year of Birth and

Position(s) Held with the Trust

  Trustee and/
or Officer Since
  Principal Occupation(s)
During Past 5 Years
  Number of
Funds in Fund
Complex
Overseen by
Trustee
  Other Directorship(s)
Held by Trustee During
Past 5 Years
Interested Persons                
Martin L. Flanagan1 — 1960 Trustee   2007  

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

 

Formerly: Advisor to the Board, Invesco Advisers, Inc. (formerly known as Invesco Institutional (N.A.), Inc.); Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Invesco Advisers, Inc. (registered investment adviser); Director, Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President, Invesco Holding Company (US), Inc. (formerly IVZ Inc.) (holding company), Invesco Group Services, Inc. (service provider) and Invesco North American Holdings, Inc. (holding company); Director, Chief Executive Officer and President, Invesco Holding Company Limited (parent of Invesco and a global investment management firm); Director, Invesco Ltd.; Chairman, Investment Company Institute and President, Co-Chief Executive Officer, Co-President, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer, Franklin Resources, Inc. (global investment management organization)

  158   None
Philip A. Taylor2 — 1954 Trustee and Senior Vice President   2006  

Head of the Americas and Senior Managing Director, Invesco Ltd.; Director, Invesco Advisers, Inc. (formerly known as Invesco Institutional (N.A.), Inc.) (registered investment adviser); Director, Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President, Invesco Management Group, Inc. (formerly known as Invesco Aim Management Group, Inc.) (financial services holding company); Director and Chairman, Invesco Investment Services, Inc. (formerly known as Invesco Aim Investment Services, Inc.) (registered transfer agent); Chief Executive Officer, Invesco Corporate Class Inc. (corporate mutual fund company); Director, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Invesco Canada Ltd. (formerly known as Invesco Trimark Ltd./Invesco Trimark Ltèe) (registered investment adviser and registered transfer agent); Trustee and Senior Vice President, The Invesco Funds; Director, Invesco Investment Advisers LLC (formerly known as Van Kampen Asset Management).

 

Formerly: Co-Chairman, Co-President and Co-Chief Executive Officer, Invesco Advisers, Inc. (formerly known as Invesco Institutional (N.A.), Inc.) (registered investment adviser); Director, Chief Executive Officer and President, Van Kampen Exchange Corp; President and Principal Executive Officer, The Invesco Funds (other than AIM Treasurer’s Series Trust (Invesco Treasurer’s Series Trust), Short-Term Investments Trust and Invesco Management Trust); Executive Vice President, The Invesco Funds (AIM Treasurer’s Series Trust (Invesco Treasurer’s Series Trust), Short-Term Investments Trust and Invesco Management Trust only); Director and President, INVESCO Funds Group, Inc. (registered investment adviser and registered transfer agent); Director and Chairman, IVZ Distributors, Inc. (formerly known as INVESCO Distributors, Inc.) (registered broker dealer); Director, President and Chairman, Invesco Inc. (holding company), Invesco Canada Holdings Inc. (holding company), Trimark Investments Ltd./Placements Trimark Ltèe and Invesco Financial Services Ltd/Services Financiers Invesco Ltèe; Chief Executive Officer, Invesco Canada Fund Inc. (corporate mutual fund company); Director and Chairman, Van Kampen Investor Services Inc.; Director, Chief Executive Officer and President, 1371 Preferred Inc. (holding company) and Van Kampen Investments Inc.; Director and President, AIM GP Canada Inc. (general partner for limited partnerships) and Van Kampen Advisors, Inc.; Director and Chief Executive Officer, Invesco Trimark Dealer Inc. (registered broker dealer); Director, Invesco Distributors, Inc. (formerly known as Invesco Aim Distributors, Inc.) (registered broker dealer); Manager, Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC; Director, Chief Executive Officer and President, Invesco Advisers, Inc.; Director, Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President, Invesco Aim Capital Management, Inc.; President, Invesco Trimark Dealer Inc. and Invesco Trimark Ltd./Invesco Trimark Ltèe; Director and President, AIM Trimark Corporate Class Inc. and AIM Trimark Canada Fund Inc.; Senior Managing Director, Invesco Holding Company Limited; Director and Chairman, Fund Management Company (former registered broker dealer); President and Principal Executive Officer, The Invesco Funds (AIM Treasurer’s Series Trust (Invesco Treasurer’s Series Trust), and Short-Term Investments Trust only); President, AIM Trimark Global Fund Inc. and AIM Trimark Canada Fund Inc.

  158   None

 

1  Mr. Flanagan is considered an interested person (within the meaning of Section 2(a)(19) of the 1940 Act) of the Trust because he is an officer of the Adviser to the Trust, and an officer and a director of Invesco Ltd., ultimate parent of the Adviser.

 

2  Mr. Taylor is considered an interested person (within the meaning of Section 2(a)(19) of the 1940 Act) of the Trust because he is an officer and a director of the Adviser.

 

T-1                         Invesco Alternative Strategies Fund


Trustees and Officers—(continued)

 

Name, Year of Birth and

Position(s) Held with the Trust

  Trustee and/
or Officer Since
 

Principal Occupation(s)

During Past 5 Years

  Number of
Funds in Fund
Complex
Overseen by
Trustee
 

Other Directorship(s)
Held by Trustee During

Past 5 Years

Independent Trustees                

Bruce L. Crockett — 1944

Trustee and Chair

  2001  

Chairman, Crockett Technologies Associates (technology consulting company)

 

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

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

David C. Arch — 1945

Trustee

  2010   Chairman of Blistex Inc. (consumer health care products manufacturer); Member, World Presidents’ Organization   158   Board member of the Illinois Manufacturers’ Association

Jack M. Fields — 1952

Trustee

  2001  

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

 

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

  158   None

Cynthia Hostetler — 1962

Trustee

  2017  

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

 

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

  158   Vulcan Materials Company (construction materials company); Trilinc Global Impact Fund; Aberdeen Investment Funds (4 portfolios); Artio Global Investment LLC (mutual fund complex); Edgen Group, Inc. (specialized energy and infrastructure products distributor)

Eli Jones — 1961

Trustee

  2016  

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

 

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

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

Prema Mathai-Davis — 1950

Trustee

  2001   Retired.   158   None

Teresa M. Ressel  —  1962

Trustee

  2017  

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

 

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

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

Ann Barnett Stern — 1957

Trustee

  2017  

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

 

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

  158   Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas

Raymond Stickel, Jr. — 1944

Trustee

  2005  

Retired.

 

Formerly: Director, Mainstay VP Series Funds, Inc. (25 portfolios); Partner, Deloitte & Touche

  158   None

Robert C. Troccoli — 1949

Trustee

  2016  

Adjunct Professor, University of Denver — Daniels College of Business

 

Formerly: Senior Partner, KPMG LLP

  158   None

Christopher L. Wilson —  1957

Trustee

  2017  

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

 

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

  158   TD Asset Management USA Inc. (mutual fund complex) (22 portfolios); ISO New England, Inc. (non-profit organization managing regional electricity market)

 

T-2                         Invesco Alternative Strategies Fund


Trustees and Officers—(continued)

 

Name, Year of Birth and

Position(s) Held with the Trust

  Trustee and/
or Officer Since
 

Principal Occupation(s)

During Past 5 Years

  Number of
Funds in Fund
Complex
Overseen by
Trustee
 

Other Directorship(s)
Held by Trustee During

Past 5 Years

Other Officers                

Sheri Morris — 1964

President, Principal Executive Officer and Treasurer

  1999  

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

 

Formerly: Vice President and Principal Financial Officer, The Invesco Funds; Vice President, Invesco Aim Advisers, Inc., Invesco Aim Capital Management, Inc. and Invesco Aim Private Asset Management, Inc.; Assistant Vice President and Assistant Treasurer, The Invesco Funds and Assistant Vice President, Invesco Advisers, Inc., Invesco Aim Capital Management, Inc. and Invesco Aim Private Asset Management, Inc.; and Treasurer, PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust II, PowerShares India Exchange-Traded Fund Trust and PowerShares Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Fund Trust

  N/A   N/A

Russell C. Burk — 1958

Senior Vice President and Senior Officer

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

John M. Zerr — 1962

Senior Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Secretary

  2006  

Director, Senior Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel, Invesco Management Group, Inc. (formerly known as Invesco AIM Management Group, Inc.); Senior Vice President, Invesco Advisers, Inc. (formerly known as Invesco Institutional (N.A.), Inc.) (registered investment adviser); Senior Vice President and Secretary, Invesco Distributors, Inc. (formerly known as Invesco AIM Distributors, Inc.); Director, Vice President and Secretary, Invesco Investment Services, Inc. (formerly known as Invesco AIM Investment Services, Inc.) Senior Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Secretary, The Invesco Funds; Managing Director, Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC; Director, Secretary and General Counsel, Invesco Investment Advisers LLC (formerly known as Van Kampen Asset Management); Secretary and General Counsel, Invesco Capital Markets, Inc. (formerly known as Van Kampen Funds Inc.) and Chief Legal Officer, PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust II, PowerShares India Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, PowerShares Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, PowerShares Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Commodity Fund Trust and PowerShares Exchange-Traded Self-Indexed Fund Trust; Manager and Secretary, Invesco Indexing LLC

 

Formerly: Director, Secretary, General Counsel and Senior Vice President, Van Kampen Exchange Corp.; Director, Vice President and Secretary, IVZ Distributors, Inc. (formerly known as INVESCO Distributors, Inc.); Director and Vice President, INVESCO Funds Group, Inc.; Director and Vice President, Van Kampen Advisors Inc.; Director, Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel, Van Kampen Investor Services Inc.; Director, Invesco Distributors, Inc. (formerly known as Invesco AIM Distributors, Inc.); Director, Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary, Invesco AIM Advisers, Inc. and Van Kampen Investments Inc.; Director, Vice President and Secretary, Fund Management Company; Director, Senior Vice President, Secretary, General Counsel and Vice President, Invesco AIM Capital Management, Inc.; Chief Operating Officer and General Counsel, Liberty Ridge Capital, Inc. (an investment adviser); Vice President and Secretary, PBHG Funds (an investment company) and PBHG Insurance Series Fund (an investment company); Chief Operating Officer, General Counsel and Secretary, Old Mutual Investment Partners (a broker-dealer); General Counsel and Secretary, Old Mutual Fund Services (an administrator) and Old Mutual Shareholder Services (a shareholder servicing center); Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary, Old Mutual Capital, Inc. (an investment adviser); and Vice President and Secretary, Old Mutual Advisors Funds (an investment company)

  N/A   N/A

Gregory G. McGreevey — 1962

Senior Vice President

  2012  

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

 

Formerly: Assistant Vice President, The Invesco Funds

  N/A   N/A

Kelli Gallegos — 1970

Vice President, Principal Financial Officer and Assistant Treasurer

  2008  

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

 

Formerly: Assistant Vice President, The Invesco Funds

  N/A   N/A

 

T-3                         Invesco Alternative Strategies Fund


Trustees and Officers—(continued)

 

Name, Year of Birth and

Position(s) Held with the Trust

  Trustee and/
or Officer Since
 

Principal Occupation(s)

During Past 5 Years

  Number of
Funds in Fund
Complex
Overseen by
Trustee
 

Other Directorship(s)
Held by Trustee During

Past 5 Years

Other Officers—(continued)                

Tracy Sullivan — 1962

Vice President, Chief Tax Officer and Assistant Treasurer

  2008  

Vice President, Chief Tax Officer and Assistant Treasurer, The Invesco Funds; Assistant Treasurer, Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC, PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust II, PowerShares India Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, PowerShares Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Fund Trust,PowerShares Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Commodity Fund Trust and PowerShares Exchange-Traded Self-Indexed Fund Trust

 

Formerly: Assistant Vice President, The Invesco Funds

  N/A   N/A

Crissie M. Wisdom — 1969

Anti-Money Laundering Compliance Officer

  2013  

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

 

Formerly: Anti-Money Laundering Compliance Officer, Van Kampen Exchange Corp.

  N/A   N/A

Robert R. Leveille — 1969

Chief Compliance Officer

  2016  

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

 

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

  N/A   N/A

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

 

Office of the Fund

11 Greenway Plaza, Suite 1000

Houston, TX 77046-1173

 

Investment Adviser

Invesco Advisers, Inc.

1555 Peachtree Street, N.E.

Atlanta, GA 30309

 

Distributor

Invesco Distributors, Inc.

11 Greenway Plaza, Suite 1000

Houston, TX 77046-1173

 

Auditors

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

1000 Louisiana Street, Suite 5800

Houston, TX 77002-5678

     

Counsel to the Fund

Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young, LLP

2005 Market Street, Suite 2600

Philadelphia, PA 19103-7018

 

Counsel to the Independent Trustees

Goodwin Procter LLP

901 New York Avenue, N.W.

Washington, D.C. 20001

 

Transfer Agent

Invesco Investment Services, Inc.

11 Greenway Plaza, Suite 1000

Houston, TX 77046-1173

 

Custodian

State Street Bank and Trust Company

225 Franklin Street

Boston, MA 02110-2801

 

T-4                         Invesco Alternative Strategies Fund


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The Fund provides a complete list of its holdings four times in each fiscal year, at the quarter ends. For the second and fourth quarters, the lists appear in the Fund’s semiannual and annual reports to shareholders. For the first and third quarters, the Fund files the lists with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Form N-Q. The most recent list of portfolio holdings is available at invesco.com/completeqtrholdings. Shareholders can also look up the Fund’s Forms N-Q on the SEC website at sec.gov. Copies of the Fund’s Forms N-Q may be reviewed and copied at the SEC Public Reference Room in Washington, D.C. You can obtain information on the operation of the Public Reference Room, including information about duplicating fee charges, by calling 202 551 8090 or 800 732 0330, or by electronic request at the following email address: publicinfo@sec.gov.

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    A description of the policies and procedures that the Fund uses to determine how to vote proxies relating to portfolio securities is available without charge, upon request, from our Client Services department at 800 959 4246 or at invesco.com/proxyguidelines. The information is also available on the SEC website, sec.gov.

    Information regarding how the Fund voted proxies related to its portfolio securities during the most recent 12-month period ended June 30 is available at invesco.com/proxysearch. The information is also available on the SEC website, sec.gov.

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  Invesco Balanced-Risk Retirement Funds
  Invesco Balanced-Risk Retirement Now Fund  
  Invesco Balanced-Risk Retirement 2020 Fund  
  Invesco Balanced-Risk Retirement 2030 Fund  
  Invesco Balanced-Risk Retirement 2040 Fund  
  Invesco Balanced-Risk Retirement 2050 Fund  

 

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Letters to Shareholders

 

 

 

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        Philip Taylor

    

Dear Shareholders:

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

    Major stock market indexes rose – and set record highs – throughout the reporting period. Generally positive economic data, strong corporate earnings and anticipated tax and regulatory reform contributed to the rally. The US economy expanded during the reporting period, with gross domestic product, the value of all goods and services produced, significantly increasing its growth rate from the first to the third quarter of the year. Tax reform legislation, enacted in December 2017, was a positive for the stock market, but its long-term economic impact was uncertain. Citing positive economic trends – specifically, realized and expected

labor market conditions and inflation – the US Federal Reserve raised interest rates in March, June and December 2017. While US and global bond markets, as well as emerging market equities, sold off early in the reporting period, they recovered much of their losses during the reporting period. Overseas, economic data were mixed, prompting the European Central Bank and central banks in China and Japan, among other countries, to maintain extraordinarily accommodative monetary policies.

    Short-term market volatility can prompt some investors to abandon their investment plans – and can cause others to settle for whatever returns the market has to offer. The investment professionals at Invesco, in contrast, invest with high conviction. This means that, no matter the asset class or the strategy, each investment team has a passion to exceed. We want to help investors achieve better outcomes, such as seeking higher returns, helping mitigate risk and generating income. Of course, investing with high conviction can’t guarantee a profit or ensure success; no investment strategy can. To learn more about how we invest with high conviction, visit invesco.com/HighConviction.

    You, too, can invest with high conviction by maintaining a long-term investment perspective and by working with your financial adviser on a regular basis. During periods of short-term market volatility or uncertainty, your financial adviser can keep you focused on your long-term investment goals – a new home, a child’s college education or a secure retirement. He or she also can share research about the economy, the markets and individual investment options.

Visit our website for more information on your investments

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

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

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

Have questions?

For questions about your account, contact an Invesco client services representative at 800 959 4246. For Invesco-related questions or comments, please email me directly at phil@invesco.com.

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

Sincerely,

 

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Philip Taylor

Senior Managing Director, Invesco Ltd.

 

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        Bruce Crockett

    

Dear Fellow Shareholders:

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

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

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

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

  Assessing each portfolio management team’s investment performance within the context of the investment strategy described in the fund’s prospectus.
  Monitoring for potential conflicts of interests that may impact the nature of the services that your funds receive.

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

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

    As always, please contact me at bruce@brucecrockett.com with any questions or concerns you may have. On behalf of the Board, we look forward to continuing to represent your interests and serving your needs.

Sincerely,

 

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Bruce L. Crockett

Independent Chair

Invesco Funds Board of Trustees

 

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Management’s Discussion of Fund Performance

 

 

Performance summary - Invesco Balanced-Risk Retirement Now Fund

For the year ended December 31, 2017, Class A shares of Invesco Balanced-Risk Retirement Now Fund (the Fund), at net asset value (NAV), underperformed the Custom Invesco Balanced-Risk Retirement Now Index.

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

 

Fund vs. Indexes

Total returns, 12/31/16 to 12/31/17, at net asset value (NAV). Performance shown does not include applicable contingent deferred sales charges (CDSC) or front-end sales charges, which would have reduced performance.

 

Class A Shares   6.11% 
Class AX Shares   5.99    
Class B Shares   5.27    
Class C Shares   5.27    
Class CX Shares   5.27    
Class R Shares   5.84    
Class RX Shares   5.84    
Class Y Shares   6.51    
Class R5 Shares   6.39    
Class R6 Shares   6.39    
S&P 500 Index (Broad Market Index)   21.83    
Custom Invesco Balanced-Risk Allocation Broad Index (Style-Specific Index)   14.25    
Custom Invesco Balanced-Risk Retirement Now Index (Style-Specific Index)   8.87    
Lipper Mixed-Asset Target Today Index (Peer Group Index)   9.25    

Source(s): FactSet Research Systems Inc.; Invesco, FactSet Research Systems Inc.; Lipper Inc.

 

 

 

Market conditions and your Fund

Invesco Balanced-Risk Retirement Now Fund invests in a combination of Invesco Balanced-Risk Allocation Fund (IBRA) and affiliated money market funds to provide broad market diversification and execute the Fund’s glide path strategy with the goal of achieving real return and capital preservation for investors in retirement. As a result of the Fund’s strategy to invest in IBRA and affiliated money market funds, the Fund’s performance can be attributed to the performance of these underlying funds and the allocation of the Fund’s assets between the underlying funds.

    For the year ended December 31, 2017, each of the asset classes in which IBRA invests (directly or indirectly through derivatives) provided positive

 

contributions to IBRA’s performance – and at NAV the Fund reported positive absolute performance. IBRA invests in derivatives, such as swaps and futures, which are expected to correspond to the performance of US and international fixed income, equity and commodity markets. The strategic allocation portion of the investment process involves first selecting representative assets for each asset class from a universe of more than 50 assets. Next, IBRA seeks to construct the portfolio so that an approximately equal amount of risk comes from equity, fixed income and commodity allocations. IBRA then makes tactical adjustments to its portfolio on a monthly basis to try and take advantage of short-term market dynamics, while remaining consistent with the balanced-risk long-term portfolio structure.

 

 

    IBRA’s strategic exposure to equities, obtained through the use of swaps and futures, led results for the year, with all six markets in which IBRA invests – Europe ex-UK, Hong Kong, Japan, the UK, US large caps and US small caps – posting positive returns. Asian equities were the leading contributor as Japanese equity prices were boosted by increased exports. Hong Kong equities provided further positive influence from the Asian region, rising in sympathy with emerging markets, which enjoyed a substantial rally. While the prospect of less accommodative monetary policy from the European Central Bank (ECB) and Brexit (the UK’s plan to leave the European Union) remained sources of political and economic uncertainty, European and UK equities performed strongly due to improved economic data and positive confidence surveys. US equities – both large caps and small caps – contributed to IBRA’s performance for the year. The reporting period began with most major US stock market indexes hitting record highs following the US presidential election. Investors believed the new administration’s plans to reduce tax rates, scale back regulations and increase infrastructure spending had the potential to stimulate economic growth. That was called into question after the first quarter of 2017, when it appeared that enacting significant regulatory and tax reform might be more difficult than previously anticipated – although in December 2017, major tax reform legislation was enacted into law. Tactical positioning in US equities, obtained through the use of swaps and futures, contributed to IBRA’s performance for the year as overweight exposure to the asset class, relative to the Fund’s strategic exposure, proved timely.

    IBRA’s exposure to commodities, obtained through the use of swaps, futures and commodity-linked notes,

also

 

Portfolio Composition

    Asset Class*   Risk Allocation   % of Total Net 
Assets as of 
12/31/17** 

Equities

      42.43 %       25.87 %

Fixed Income

      19.11       37.77

Commodities

      35.13       22.01

Cash

      3.33       39.35

Total

      100.00       125.00

 

  * Based on the expected market exposure through investments in the underlying funds.
** Due to the use of leverage, the percentages may not equal 100%.

Total Net Assets

    $ 24.8 million 

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

Data presented here are as of December 31, 2017.

Fund Nasdaq Symbols

 

 

Class A Shares

      IANAX

Class AX Shares

      VIRAX

Class B Shares

      IANBX

Class C Shares

      IANCX

Class CX Shares

      VIRCX

Class R Shares

      IANRX

Class RX Shares

      VIRRX

Class Y Shares

      IANYX

Class R5 Shares

      IANIX

Class R6 Shares

      IANFX
 

 

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contributed to its performance for the year, as gains in industrial metals, energy and precious metals outweighed losses in agriculture. Strategic positioning in industrial metals was the leading contributor to IBRA’s performance within the asset class, with gains in both aluminum and copper. Increased industrial metals prices were supported by strong manufacturing and import growth data out of China and by indications that China intended to cut production to curb pollution. IBRA’s strategic positioning within energy was also favorable as all assets, with the exception of natural gas, experienced gains. The energy commodity sector started the year plagued by high inventory levels and rising US production and rig counts. These conditions lasted throughout much of the first half of 2017. Oil and distillate prices rebounded in the third quarter of 2017 as the US rig count declined and expectations rose for an extension of OPEC’s production cuts. Severe weather also affected energy prices in the third quarter of 2017 as hurricanes forced refinery shutdowns that further boosted prices. Natural gas prices rose at the beginning of the year, but those gains were not enough to outweigh the losses from rising US output at the end of the year. Strategic positioning in precious metals contributed to IBRA’s performance for the reporting period, with gains in gold outweighing losses in silver. Precious metals were pressured as the US Federal Reserve raised short-term interest rates three times during the year – in March, June and December. Strategic positioning in agriculture was the sole detractor within the sector. Most agriculture assets posted losses except cotton, lean hogs and live cattle. Lean hogs and live cattle rose due to strong US export demand. Sugar was by far the leading detractor as production increased despite softer global demand. Tactical positioning within commodities, obtained through the use of futures, swaps and commodity-linked notes, slightly detracted from IBRA’s results for the year.

    IBRA’s exposure to global government bonds, obtained through the use of swaps and futures,

contributed to results for the year led by Australia and the US. Despite expectations that the ECB would likely begin tapering its monetary policy accommodation, German government bonds also contributed to IBRA’s performance for the reporting period. Canadian government bonds were the largest detractor within the fixed income asset class as yields rose after the Central Bank

of Canada (BOC) raised rates in July. Yields spiked again in the third quarter of 2017 in response to a surprise rate hike by the BOC. UK bonds detracted as they continue to be consumed with Brexit and terrorism. IBRA’s tactical positioning within bonds detracted from performance for the reporting period as losses from overweight exposure to Canadian and UK government bonds, coupled with underweight exposure to German government bonds, outweighed gains from underweight exposure to Australian and US government bonds.

    Please note that IBRA’s strategy is principally implemented with derivative instruments that include futures, commodity-linked notes and total return swaps. Therefore, all or most of the performance of the strategy, both positive and negative, can be attributed to these instruments. Derivatives can be a cost-effective way to gain exposure to asset classes. However, derivatives may amplify traditional investment risks through the creation of leverage and may be less liquid than traditional securities.

    Thank you for your continued investment in Invesco Balanced-Risk Retirement Now Fund.

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

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

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Mark Ahnrud

Chartered Financial Analyst, Portfolio Manager, is manager of Invesco Balanced-Risk Retirement Now Fund.

He joined Invesco in 2000. Mr. Ahnrud earned a BS in finance and investments from Babson College and an MBA from Duke University Fuqua School of Business.

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Chris Devine

Chartered Financial Analyst, Portfolio Manager, is manager of Invesco Balanced-Risk Retirement Now Fund.

He joined Invesco in 1998. Mr. Devine earned a BA in economics from Wake Forest University and an MBA from the University of Georgia.

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Scott Hixon

Chartered Financial Analyst, Portfolio Manager, is manager of Invesco Balanced-Risk Retirement Now Fund.

He joined Invesco in 1994. Mr. Hixon earned a BBA in finance from Georgia Southern University and an MBA in finance from Georgia State University.

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Christian Ulrich

Chartered Financial Analyst, Portfolio Manager, is manager of Invesco Balanced-Risk Retirement Now Fund.

He joined Invesco in 2000. Mr. Ulrich earned the equivalent of a BBA from the KV Zurich Business School in Zurich, Switzerland.

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Scott Wolle

Chartered Financial Analyst, Portfolio Manager, is manager of Invesco Balanced-Risk Retirement Now Fund.

He joined Invesco in 1999. Mr. Wolle earned a BS in finance from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University and an MBA from Duke University Fuqua School of Business.

Assisted by Invesco’s Global Asset

Allocation Team

 

 

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Management’s Discussion of Fund Performance

 

 

Performance summary - Invesco Balanced-Risk Retirement 2020 Fund

For the year ended December 31, 2017, Class A shares of Invesco Balanced-Risk Retirement 2020 Fund (the Fund), at net asset value (NAV), underperformed the Custom Invesco Balanced-Risk Retirement 2020 Index.

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

 

Fund vs. Indexes

Total returns, 12/31/16 to 12/31/17, at net asset value (NAV). Performance shown does not include applicable contingent deferred sales charges (CDSC) or front-end sales charges, which would have reduced performance.

 

Class A Shares   7.24% 
Class AX Shares   7.24    
Class B Shares   6.46    
Class C Shares   6.35    
Class CX Shares   6.48    
Class R Shares   6.99    
Class RX Shares   6.87    
Class Y Shares   7.52    
Class R5 Shares   7.48    
Class R6 Shares   7.47    
S&P 500 Index (Broad Market Index)   21.83    
Custom Invesco Balanced-Risk Allocation Broad Index (Style-Specific Index)   14.25    
Custom Invesco Balanced-Risk Retirement 2020 Index (Style-Specific Index)   10.50    
Lipper Mixed-Asset Target 2020 Funds Index (Peer Group Index)   13.12    
Source(s): FactSet Research Systems Inc.; Invesco, FactSet Research Systems Inc.; Lipper Inc.

 

 

Market conditions and your Fund

Invesco Balanced-Risk Retirement 2020 Fund invests in a combination of Invesco Balanced-Risk Allocation Fund (IBRA) and affiliated money market funds to provide broad market diversification and execute the Fund’s glide path strategy with the goal of achieving real return and capital preservation for investors in retirement. As a result of the Fund’s strategy to invest in IBRA and affiliated money market funds, the Fund’s performance can be attributed to the performance of these underlying funds and the allocation of the Fund’s assets between the underlying funds.

    For the year ended December 31, 2017, each of the asset classes in which IBRA invests (directly or indirectly through derivatives) provided positive

contributions to IBRA’s performance – and at NAV the Fund reported positive absolute performance. IBRA invests in derivatives, such as swaps and futures, which are expected to correspond to the performance of US and international fixed income, equity and commodity markets. The strategic allocation portion of the investment process involves first selecting representative assets for each asset class from a universe of more than 50 assets. Next, IBRA seeks to construct the portfolio so that an approximately equal amount of risk comes from equity, fixed income and commodity allocations. IBRA then makes tactical adjustments to its portfolio on a monthly basis to try and take advantage of short-term market dynamics, while remaining consistent with the balanced-risk long-term portfolio structure.

 

    IBRA’s strategic exposure to equities, obtained through the use of swaps and futures, led results for the year, with all six markets in which IBRA invests – Europe ex-UK, Hong Kong, Japan, the UK, US large caps and US small caps – posting positive returns. Asian equities were the leading contributor as Japanese equity prices were boosted by increased exports. Hong Kong equities provided further positive influence from the Asian region, rising in sympathy with emerging markets, which enjoyed a substantial rally. While the prospect of less accommodative monetary policy from the European Central Bank (ECB) and Brexit (the UK’s plan to leave the European Union) remained sources of political and economic uncertainty, European and UK equities performed strongly due to improved economic data and positive confidence surveys. US equities – both large caps and small caps – contributed to IBRA’s performance for the year. The reporting period began with most major US stock market indexes hitting record highs following the US presidential election. Investors believed the new administration’s plans to reduce tax rates, scale back regulations and increase infrastructure spending had the potential to stimulate economic growth. That was called into question after the first quarter of 2017, when it appeared that enacting significant regulatory and tax reform might be more difficult than previously anticipated – although in December 2017, major tax reform legislation was enacted into law. Tactical positioning in US equities, obtained through the use of swaps and futures, contributed to IBRA’s performance for the year as overweight exposure to the asset class, relative to the Fund’s strategic exposure, proved timely.

    IBRA’s exposure to commodities, obtained through the use of swaps, futures and commodity-linked notes, also

 

Portfolio Composition

    Asset Class*   Risk Allocation    % of Total Net 
Assets as of 
12/31/17** 

Equities

      42.99 %       30.60 %

Fixed Income

      19.36       44.66

Commodities

      35.60       26.03

Cash

      2.05       28.27

Total

      100.00       129.56

 

  * Based on the expected market exposure through investments in the underlying funds.
** Due to the use of leverage, the percentages may not equal 100%.

Total Net Assets

   $64.9 million

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

Data presented here are as of December 31, 2017.

Fund Nasdaq Symbols

 

Class A Shares

   AFTAX

Class AX Shares

   VRCAX

Class B Shares

   AFTBX

Class C Shares

   AFTCX

Class CX Shares

   VRCCX

Class R Shares

   ATFRX

Class RX Shares

   VRCRX

Class Y Shares

   AFTYX

Class R5 Shares

   AFTSX

Class R6 Shares

   VRCFX
 

 

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contributed to its performance for the year, as gains in industrial metals, energy and precious metals outweighed losses in agriculture. Strategic positioning in industrial metals was the leading contributor to IBRA’s performance within the asset class, with gains in both aluminum and copper. Increased industrial metals prices were supported by strong manufacturing and import growth data out of China and by indications that China intended to cut production to curb pollution. IBRA’s strategic positioning within energy was also favorable as all assets, with the exception of natural gas, experienced gains. The energy commodity sector started the year plagued by high inventory levels and rising US production and rig counts. These conditions lasted throughout much of the first half of 2017. Oil and distillate prices rebounded in the third quarter of 2017 as the US rig count declined and expectations rose for an extension of OPEC’s production cuts. Severe weather also affected energy prices in the third quarter of 2017 as hurricanes forced refinery shutdowns that further boosted prices. Natural gas prices rose at the beginning of the year, but those gains were not enough to outweigh the losses from rising US output at the end of the year. Strategic positioning in precious metals contributed to IBRA’s performance for the reporting period, with gains in gold outweighing losses in silver. Precious metals were pressured as the US Federal Reserve raised short-term interest rates three times during the year – in March, June and December. Strategic positioning in agriculture was the sole detractor within the sector. Most agriculture assets posted losses except cotton, lean hogs and live cattle. Lean hogs and live cattle rose due to strong US export demand. Sugar was by far the leading detractor as production increased despite softer global demand. Tactical positioning within commodities, obtained through the use of futures, swaps and commodity-linked notes, slightly detracted from IBRA’s results for the year.

    IBRA’s exposure to global government bonds, obtained through the use of swaps and futures,

contributed to results for the year led by Australia and the US. Despite expectations that the ECB would likely begin tapering its monetary policy accommodation, German government bonds also contributed to IBRA’s performance for the reporting period. Canadian government bonds were the largest detractor within the fixed income asset class as yields rose after the Central Bank

of Canada (BOC) raised rates in July. Yields spiked again in the third quarter of 2017 in response to a surprise rate hike by the BOC. UK bonds detracted as they continue to be consumed with Brexit and terrorism. IBRA’s tactical positioning within bonds detracted from performance for the reporting period as losses from overweight exposure to Canadian and UK government bonds, coupled with underweight exposure to German government bonds, outweighed gains from underweight exposure to Australian and US government bonds.

    Please note that IBRA’s strategy is principally implemented with derivative instruments that include futures, commodity-linked notes and total return swaps. Therefore, all or most of the performance of the strategy, both positive and negative, can be attributed to these instruments. Derivatives can be a cost-effective way to gain exposure to asset classes. However, derivatives may amplify traditional investment risks through the creation of leverage and may be less liquid than traditional securities.

    Thank you for your continued investment in Invesco Balanced-Risk Retirement 2020 Fund.

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

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

LOGO  

 

Mark Ahnrud

Chartered Financial Analyst, Portfolio Manager, is manager of Invesco Balanced-Risk Retirement 2020 Fund.

He joined Invesco in 2000. Mr. Ahnrud earned a BS in finance and investments from Babson College and an MBA from Duke University Fuqua School of Business.

LOGO  

 

Chris Devine

Chartered Financial Analyst, Portfolio Manager, is manager of Invesco Balanced-Risk Retirement 2020 Fund.

He joined Invesco in 1998. Mr. Devine earned a BA in economics from Wake Forest University and an MBA from the University of Georgia.

LOGO  

 

Scott Hixon

Chartered Financial Analyst, Portfolio Manager, is manager of Invesco Balanced-Risk Retirement 2020 Fund.

He joined Invesco in 1994. Mr. Hixon earned a BBA in finance from Georgia Southern University and an MBA in finance from Georgia State University.

LOGO  

 

Christian Ulrich

Chartered Financial Analyst, Portfolio Manager, is manager of Invesco Balanced-Risk Retirement 2020 Fund.

He joined Invesco in 2000. Mr. Ulrich earned the equivalent of a BBA from the KV Zurich Business School in Zurich, Switzerland.

LOGO  

 

Scott Wolle

Chartered Financial Analyst, Portfolio Manager, is manager of Invesco Balanced-Risk Retirement 2020 Fund.

He joined Invesco in 1999. Mr. Wolle earned a BS in finance from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University and an MBA from Duke University Fuqua School of Business.

Assisted by Invesco’s Global Asset

Allocation Team

 

 

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Management’s Discussion of Fund Performance

 

 

Performance summary - Invesco Balanced-Risk Retirement 2030 Fund

For the year ended December 31, 2017, Class A shares of Invesco Balanced-Risk Retirement 2030 Fund (the Fund), at net asset value (NAV), underperformed the Custom Invesco Balanced-Risk Retirement 2030 Index.

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

 

Fund vs. Indexes

Total returns, 12/31/16 to 12/31/17, at net asset value (NAV). Performance shown does not include applicable contingent deferred sales charges (CDSC) or front-end sales charges, which would have reduced performance.

 

Class A Shares   10.20% 
Class AX Shares   10.33    
Class B Shares   9.34    
Class C Shares   9.34    
Class CX Shares   9.47    
Class R Shares   9.97    
Class RX Shares   9.99    
Class Y Shares   10.46    
Class R5 Shares   10.55    
Class R6 Shares   10.43    
S&P 500 Index (Broad Market Index)   21.83    
Custom Invesco Balanced-Risk Allocation Broad Index (Style-Specific Index)   14.25    
Custom Invesco Balanced-Risk Retirement 2030 Index (Style-Specific Index)   14.82    
Lipper Mixed-Asset Target 2030 Funds Index (Peer Group Index)   16.97    

Source(s): FactSet Research Systems Inc.; Invesco, FactSet Research Systems Inc.; Lipper Inc.

 

 

 

Market conditions and your Fund

Invesco Balanced-Risk Retirement 2030 Fund invests in a combination of Invesco Balanced-Risk Allocation Fund (IBRA), Invesco Balanced-Risk Aggressive Allocation Fund (IBRAA) and affiliated money market funds to provide broad market diversification and execute the Fund’s glide path strategy which transitions from an accumulation strategy to a real return strategy at the target retirement date. As a result of the Fund’s strategy to invest in IBRA, IBRAA and affiliated money market funds, the Fund’s performance can be attributed to the performance of these underlying funds and the allocation of the Fund’s assets among the underlying funds.

    For the year ended December 31, 2017, each of the asset classes in which IBRA and IBRAA invests (directly or

indirectly through derivatives) provided positive contributions to Fund performance – and the Fund at NAV reported positive absolute performance. IBRA and IBRAA invest in derivatives, such as swaps and futures, which are expected to correspond to the performance of US and international fixed income, equity and commodity markets. The strategic allocation portion of the investment process involves first selecting representative assets for each asset class from a universe of more than 50 assets. Next, IBRA and IBRAA seek to construct portfolios so that an approximately equal amount of risk comes from our equity, fixed income and commodity allocations. IBRA and IBRAA then make tactical adjustments to their portfolios on a monthly basis to try and take advantage of short-term market dynamics, while

 

remaining consistent with the balanced-risk long-term portfolio structure.

    IBRA’s and IBRAA’s strategic exposure to equities, obtained through the use of swaps and futures, led results for the year, with all six markets in which IBRA and IBRAA invest – Europe ex-UK, Hong Kong, Japan, the UK, US large caps and US small caps – posting positive returns. Asian equities were the leading contributor as Japanese equity prices were boosted by increased exports. Hong Kong equities provided further positive influence from the Asian region, rising in sympathy with emerging markets, which enjoyed a substantial rally. While the prospect of less accommodative monetary policy from the European Central Bank (ECB) and Brexit (the UK’s plan to leave the European Union) remained sources of political and economic uncertainty, European and UK equities performed strongly due to improved economic data and positive confidence surveys. US equities – both large caps and small caps – contributed to IBRA’s and IBRAA’s performance for the year. The reporting period began with most major US stock market indexes hitting record highs following the US presidential election. Investors believed the new administration’s plans to reduce tax rates, scale back regulations and increase infrastructure spending had the potential to stimulate economic growth. That was called into question after the first quarter of 2017, when it appeared that enacting significant regulatory and tax reform might be more difficult than previously anticipated – although in December 2017, major tax reform legislation was enacted into law. Tactical positioning in US equities, obtained through the use of swaps and futures, contributed to IBRA’s and IBRAA’s performance for the year as overweight exposure to the asset class, relative to the Fund’s strategic exposure, proved timely.

 
Portfolio Composition
    Asset Class*   Risk Allocation
   % of Total Net 
Assets as of
12/31/17**
Equities       43.88 %       44.21 %
Fixed Income       19.76       64.53
Commodities       36.33       37.60
Cash       0.03       0.67

Total

      100.00       147.01
  * Based on the expected market exposure through investments in the underlying funds.
** Due to the use of leverage, the percentages may not equal 100%.

Total Net Assets

   $73.0 million

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

Data presented here are as of December 31, 2017.

Fund Nasdaq Symbols

 

Class A Shares

   TNAAX

Class AX Shares

   VREAX

Class B Shares

   TNABX

Class C Shares

   TNACX

Class CX Shares

   VRECX

Class R Shares

   TNARX

Class RX Shares

   VRERX

Class Y Shares

   TNAYX

Class R5 Shares

   TNAIX

Class R6 Shares

   TNAFX
 

 

8                         Invesco Balanced-Risk Retirement Funds


    IBRA’s and IBRAA’s exposure to commodities, obtained through the use of swaps, futures and commodity-linked notes, also contributed to IBRA’s and IBRAA’s performance for the year, as gains in industrial metals, energy and precious metals outweighed losses in agriculture. Strategic positioning in industrial metals was the leading contributor to IBRA’s and IBRAA’s performance within the asset class, with gains in both aluminum and copper. Increased industrial metals prices were supported by strong manufacturing and import growth data out of China and by indications that China intended to cut production to curb pollution. IBRA’s and IBRAA’s strategic positioning within energy was also favorable as all assets, with the exception of natural gas, experienced gains. The energy commodity sector started the year plagued by high inventory levels and rising US production and rig counts. These conditions lasted throughout much of the first half of 2017. Oil and distillate prices rebounded in the third quarter of 2017 as the US rig count declined and expectations rose for an extension of OPEC’s production cuts. Severe weather also affected energy prices in the third quarter of 2017 as hurricanes forced refinery shutdowns that further boosted prices. Natural gas prices rose at the beginning of the year, but those gains were not enough to outweigh the losses from rising US output at the end of the year. Strategic positioning in precious metals contributed to IBRA’s and IBRAA’s performance, with gains in gold outweighing losses in silver. Precious metals were pressured as the US Federal Reserve raised short-term interest rates three times during the year – in March, June and December. Strategic positioning in agriculture was the sole detractor within the sector. Most agriculture assets posted losses except cotton, lean hogs and live cattle. Lean hogs and live cattle rose due to strong US export demand. Sugar was by far the leading detractor as production increased despite softer global demand. Tactical positioning within commodities, obtained through the use of futures, swaps and commodity-linked notes, slightly detracted from IBRA’s and IBRAA’s results for the year.

    IBRA’s and IBRAA’s exposure to global government bonds, obtained through the use of swaps and futures, contributed to results for the year led by Australia and the US. Despite expectations that the ECB would likely begin tapering its monetary policy accommodation, German

government bonds also contributed to IBRA’s and IBRAA’s performance for the reporting period. Canadian government bonds were the largest detractor within the fixed income asset class as yields rose after the Central Bank of Canada (BOC) raised rates in July. Yields spiked again in the third quarter of 2017 in response to a surprise rate hike by the BOC. UK bonds detracted as they continue to be consumed with Brexit and terrorism. IBRA’s and IBRAA’s tactical positioning within bonds detracted from performance for the reporting period as losses from overweight exposure to Canadian and UK government bonds, coupled with underweight exposure to German government bonds, outweighed gains from underweight exposure to Australian and US government bonds.

    Please note that IBRA’s and IBRAA’s strategy is principally implemented with derivative instruments that include futures, commodity-linked notes and total return swaps. Therefore, all or most of the performance of the strategy, both positive and negative, can be attributed to these instruments. Derivatives can be a cost-effective way to gain exposure to asset classes. However, derivatives may amplify traditional investment risks through the creation of leverage and may be less liquid than traditional securities.

    Thank you for your continued investment in Invesco Balanced-Risk Retirement 2030 Fund.

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

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

 

LOGO  

Mark Ahnrud

Chartered Financial Analyst, Portfolio Manager, is manager of Invesco Balanced-Risk Retirement 2030 Fund. He joined

Invesco in 2000. Mr. Ahnrud earned a BS in finance and investments from Babson College and an MBA from Duke University Fuqua School of Business.

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Chris Devine

Chartered Financial Analyst, Portfolio Manager, is manager of Invesco Balanced-Risk Retirement 2030 Fund. He joined

Invesco in 1998. Mr. Devine earned a BA in economics from Wake Forest University and an MBA from the University of Georgia.

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Scott Hixon

Chartered Financial Analyst, Portfolio Manager, is manager of Invesco Balanced-Risk Retirement 2030 Fund. He joined

Invesco in 1994. Mr. Hixon earned a BBA in finance from Georgia Southern University and an MBA in finance from Georgia State University.

LOGO  

Christian Ulrich

Chartered Financial Analyst, Portfolio Manager, is manager of Invesco Balanced-Risk Retirement 2030 Fund. He joined

Invesco in 2000. Mr. Ulrich earned the equivalent of a BBA from the KV Zurich Business School in Zurich, Switzerland.

LOGO  

Scott Wolle

Chartered Financial Analyst, Portfolio Manager, is manager of Invesco Balanced-Risk Retirement 2030 Fund. He joined

Invesco in 1999. Mr. Wolle earned a BS in finance from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University and an MBA from Duke University Fuqua School of Business.

Assisted by Invesco’s Global Asset

Allocation Team

 

 

9                         Invesco Balanced-Risk Retirement Funds   


 

Management’s Discussion of Fund Performance

 

Performance summary - Invesco Balanced-Risk Retirement 2040 Fund

For the year ended December 31, 2017, Class A shares of Invesco Balanced-Risk Retirement 2040 Fund (the Fund), at net asset value (NAV), underperformed the Custom Invesco Balanced-Risk Retirement 2040 Index.

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

 

Fund vs. Indexes

Total returns, 12/31/16 to 12/31/17, at net asset value (NAV). Performance shown does not include applicable contingent deferred sales charges (CDSC) or front-end sales charges, which would have reduced performance.

 

Class A Shares   11.78% 
Class AX Shares   11.79    
Class B Shares   10.93    
Class C Shares   10.95    
Class CX Shares   10.96    
Class R Shares   11.42    
Class RX Shares   11.57    
Class Y Shares   12.02    
Class R5 Shares   12.14    
Class R6 Shares   12.00    
S&P 500 Index (Broad Market Index)   21.83    
Custom Invesco Balanced-Risk Allocation Broad Index (Style-Specific Index)   14.25    
Custom Invesco Balanced-Risk Retirement 2040 Index (Style-Specific Index)   15.78    
Lipper Mixed-Asset Target 2040 Funds Index (Peer Group Index)   20.91    

 

Source(s): FactSet Research Systems Inc.; Invesco, FactSet Research Systems Inc.; Lipper Inc.

 

 

 

Market conditions and your Fund

Invesco Balanced-Risk Retirement 2040 Fund invests in a combination of Invesco Balanced-Risk Allocation Fund (IBRA), Invesco Balanced-Risk Aggressive Allocation Fund (IBRAA) and affiliated money market funds to provide broad market diversification and execute the Fund’s glide path strategy which transitions from an accumulation strategy to a real return strategy at the target retirement date. As a result of the Fund’s strategy to invest in IBRA, IBRAA and affiliated money market funds, the Fund’s performance can be attributed to the performance of these underlying funds and the allocation of the Fund’s assets among the underlying funds.

    For the year ended December 31, 2017, each of the asset classes in which IBRA and IBRAA invests (directly or

indirectly through derivatives) provided positive contributions to Fund performance – and the Fund at NAV reported positive absolute performance. IBRA and IBRAA invest in derivatives, such as swaps and futures, which are expected to correspond to the performance of US and international fixed income, equity and commodity markets. The strategic allocation portion of the investment process involves first selecting representative assets for each asset class from a universe of more than 50 assets. Next, IBRA and IBRAA seek to construct portfolios so that an approximately equal amount of risk comes from our equity, fixed income and commodity allocations. IBRA and IBRAA then make tactical adjustments to their portfolios on a monthly basis to try and take advantage of short-term market dynamics, while

 

remaining consistent with the balanced-risk long-term portfolio structure.

    IBRA’s and IBRAA’s strategic exposure to equities, obtained through the use of swaps and futures, led results for the year, with all six markets in which IBRA and IBRAA invest – Europe ex-UK, Hong Kong, Japan, the UK, US large caps and US small caps – posting positive returns. Asian equities were the leading contributor as Japanese equity prices were boosted by increased exports. Hong Kong equities provided further positive influence from the Asian region, rising in sympathy with emerging markets, which enjoyed a substantial rally. While the prospect of less accommodative monetary policy from the European Central Bank (ECB) and Brexit (the UK’s plan to leave the European Union) remained sources of political and economic uncertainty, European and UK equities performed strongly due to improved economic data and positive confidence surveys. US equities – both large caps and small caps – contributed to IBRA’s and IBRAA’s performance for the year. The reporting period began with most major US stock market indexes hitting record highs following the US presidential election. Investors believed the new administration’s plans to reduce tax rates, scale back regulations and increase infrastructure spending had the potential to stimulate economic growth. That was called into question after the first quarter of 2017, when it appeared that enacting significant regulatory and tax reform might be more difficult than previously anticipated – although in December 2017, major tax reform legislation was enacted into law. Tactical positioning in US equities, obtained through the use of swaps and futures, contributed to IBRA’s and IBRAA’s performance for the year as overweight exposure to the asset class, relative to the Fund’s strategic exposure, proved timely.

 
Portfolio Composition
    Asset Class*   Risk Allocation    % of Total Net 
Assets as of
12/31/17**
Equities       43.88 %       51.38 %
Fixed Income       19.76       74.99
Commodities       36.33       43.70
Cash       0.03       0.79

Total

      100.00       170.86

 

  * Based on the expected market exposure through investments in the underlying funds.
** Due to the use of leverage, the percentages may not equal 100%.

 

Total Net Assets

 

  

 

 

$53.7 million

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

Data presented here are as of December 31, 2017.

Fund Nasdaq Symbols

 

 

Class A Shares       TNDAX
Class AX Shares       VRGAX
Class B Shares       TNDBX
Class C Shares       TNDCX
Class CX Shares       VRGCX
Class R Shares       TNDRX
Class RX Shares       VRGRX
Class Y Shares       TNDYX
Class R5 Shares       TNDIX
Class R6 Shares       TNDFX
 

 

10                         Invesco Balanced-Risk Retirement Funds


    IBRA’s and IBRAA’s exposure to commodities, obtained through the use of swaps, futures and commodity-linked notes, also contributed to IBRA’s and IBRAA’s performance for the year, as gains in industrial metals, energy and precious metals outweighed losses in agriculture. Strategic positioning in industrial metals was the leading contributor to IBRA’s and IBRAA’s performance within the asset class, with gains in both aluminum and copper. Increased industrial metals prices were supported by strong manufacturing and import growth data out of China and by indications that China intended to cut production to curb pollution. IBRA’s and IBRAA’s strategic positioning within energy was also favorable as all assets, with the exception of natural gas, experienced gains. The energy commodity sector started the year plagued by high inventory levels and rising US production and rig counts. These conditions lasted throughout much of the first half of 2017. Oil and distillate prices rebounded in the third quarter of 2017 as the US rig count declined and expectations rose for an extension of OPEC’s production cuts. Severe weather also affected energy prices in the third quarter of 2017 as hurricanes forced refinery shutdowns that further boosted prices. Natural gas prices rose at the beginning of the year, but those gains were not enough to outweigh the losses from rising US output at the end of the year. Strategic positioning in precious metals contributed to IBRA’s and IBRAA’s performance, with gains in gold outweighing losses in silver. Precious metals were pressured as the US Federal Reserve raised short-term interest rates three times during the year – in March, June and December. Strategic positioning in agriculture was the sole detractor within the sector. Most agriculture assets posted losses except cotton, lean hogs and live cattle. Lean hogs and live cattle rose due to strong US export demand. Sugar was by far the leading detractor as production increased despite softer global demand. Tactical positioning within commodities, obtained through the use of futures, swaps and commodity-linked notes, slightly detracted from IBRA’s and IBRAA’s results for the year.

    IBRA’s and IBRAA’s exposure to global government bonds, obtained through the use of swaps and futures, contributed to results for the year led by Australia and the US. Despite expectations that the ECB would likely begin tapering its monetary policy accommodation, German government bonds also contributed to IBRA’s and IBRAA’s performance for the

reporting period. Canadian government bonds were the largest detractor within the fixed income asset class as yields rose after the Central Bank of Canada (BOC) raised rates in July. Yields spiked again in the third quarter of 2017 in response to a surprise rate hike by the BOC. UK bonds detracted as they continue to be consumed with Brexit and terrorism. IBRA’s and IBRAA’s tactical positioning within bonds detracted from performance for the reporting period as losses from overweight exposure to Canadian and UK government bonds, coupled with underweight exposure to German government bonds, outweighed gains from underweight exposure to Australian and US government bonds.

    Please note that IBRA’s and IBRAA’s strategy is principally implemented with derivative instruments that include futures, commodity-linked notes and total return swaps. Therefore, all or most of the performance of the strategy, both positive and negative, can be attributed to these instruments. Derivatives can be a cost-effective way to gain exposure to asset classes. However, derivatives may amplify traditional investment risks through the creation of leverage and may be less liquid than traditional securities.

    Thank you for your continued investment in Invesco Balanced-Risk Retirement 2040 Fund.

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

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

LOGO  

Mark Ahnrud

Chartered Financial Analyst, Portfolio Manager, is manager of Invesco Balanced-Risk Retirement 2040 Fund. He joined

Invesco in 2000. Mr. Ahnrud earned a BS in finance and investments from Babson College and an MBA from Duke University Fuqua School of Business.
LOGO  

Chris Devine

Chartered Financial Analyst, Portfolio Manager, is manager of Invesco Balanced-Risk Retirement 2040 Fund. He joined

Invesco in 1998. Mr. Devine earned a BA in economics from Wake Forest University and an MBA from the University of Georgia.
LOGO  

Scott Hixon

Chartered Financial Analyst, Portfolio Manager, is manager of Invesco Balanced-Risk Retirement 2040 Fund. He joined

Invesco in 1994. Mr. Hixon earned a BBA in finance from Georgia Southern University and an MBA in finance from Georgia State University.
LOGO  

Christian Ulrich

Chartered Financial Analyst, Portfolio Manager, is manager of Invesco Balanced-Risk Retirement 2040 Fund. He joined

Invesco in 2000. Mr. Ulrich earned the equivalent of a BBA from the KV Zurich Business School in Zurich, Switzerland.
LOGO  

Scott Wolle

Chartered Financial Analyst, Portfolio Manager, is manager of Invesco Balanced-Risk Retirement 2040 Fund. He joined

Invesco in 1999. Mr. Wolle earned a BS in finance from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University and an MBA from Duke University Fuqua School of Business.

Assisted by Invesco’s Global Asset

Allocation Team

 

 

11                         Invesco Balanced-Risk Retirement Funds   


 

Management’s Discussion of Fund Performance

 

 

Performance summary - Invesco Balanced-Risk Retirement 2050 Fund

For the year ended December 31, 2017, Class A shares of Invesco Balanced-Risk Retirement 2050 Fund (the Fund), at net asset value (NAV), underperformed the Custom Invesco Balanced-Risk Retirement 2050 Index.

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

 

Fund vs. Indexes

Total returns, 12/31/16 to 12/31/17, at net asset value (NAV). Performance shown does not include applicable contingent deferred sales charges (CDSC) or front-end sales charges, which would have reduced performance.

 

Class A Shares   13.16% 
Class AX Shares   13.30    
Class B Shares   12.53    
Class C Shares   12.35    
Class CX Shares   12.51    
Class R Shares   12.96    
Class RX Shares   13.10    
Class Y Shares   13.67    
Class R5 Shares   13.65    
Class R6 Shares   13.63    
S&P 500 Index (Broad Market Index)   21.83    
Custom Invesco Balanced-Risk Allocation Broad Index (Style-Specific Index)   14.25    
Custom Invesco Balanced-Risk Retirement 2050 Index (Style-Specific Index)   16.75    
Lipper Mixed-Asset Target 2050 Funds Index (Peer Group Index)   21.69    

Source(s): FactSet Research Systems Inc.; Invesco, FactSet Research Systems Inc.; Lipper Inc.

 

 

 

Market conditions and your Fund

Invesco Balanced-Risk Retirement 2050 Fund invests in a combination of Invesco Balanced-Risk Allocation Fund (IBRA), Invesco Balanced-Risk Aggressive Allocation Fund (IBRAA) and affiliated money market funds to provide broad market diversification and execute the Fund’s glide path strategy which transitions from an accumulation strategy to a real return strategy at the target retirement date. As a result of the Fund’s strategy to invest in IBRA, IBRAA and affiliated money market funds, the Fund’s performance can be attributed to the performance of these underlying funds and the allocation of the Fund’s assets among the underlying funds.

    For the year ended December 31, 2017, each of the asset classes in which IBRA and IBRAA invests (directly or

indirectly through derivatives) provided positive contributions to Fund performance – and the Fund at NAV reported positive absolute performance. IBRA and IBRAA invest in derivatives, such as swaps and futures, which are expected to correspond to the performance of US and international fixed income, equity and commodity markets. The strategic allocation portion of the investment process involves first selecting representative assets for each asset class from a universe of more than 50 assets. Next, IBRA and IBRAA seek to construct portfolios so that an approximately equal amount of risk comes from our equity, fixed income and commodity allocations. IBRA and IBRAA then make tactical adjustments to their portfolios on a monthly basis to try and take advantage of short-term market dynamics, while

 

remaining consistent with the balanced-risk long-term portfolio structure.

    IBRA’s and IBRAA’s strategic exposure to equities, obtained through the use of swaps and futures, led results for the year, with all six markets in which IBRA and IBRAA invest – Europe ex-UK, Hong Kong, Japan, the UK, US large caps and US small caps – posting positive returns. Asian equities were the leading contributor as Japanese equity prices were boosted by increased exports. Hong Kong equities provided further positive influence from the Asian region, rising in sympathy with emerging markets, which enjoyed a substantial rally. While the prospect of less accommodative monetary policy from the European Central Bank (ECB) and Brexit (the UK’s plan to leave the European Union) remained sources of political and economic uncertainty, European and UK equities performed strongly due to improved economic data and positive confidence surveys. US equities – both large caps and small caps – contributed to IBRA’s and IBRAA’s performance for the year. The reporting period began with most major US stock market indexes hitting record highs following the US presidential election. Investors believed the new administration’s plans to reduce tax rates, scale back regulations and increase infrastructure spending had the potential to stimulate economic growth. That was called into question after the first quarter of 2017, when it appeared that enacting significant regulatory and tax reform might be more difficult than previously anticipated – although in December 2017, major tax reform legislation was enacted into law. Tactical positioning in US equities, obtained through the use of swaps and futures, contributed to IBRA’s and IBRAA’s performance for the year as overweight exposure to the asset class, relative to the Fund’s strategic exposure, proved timely.

 
Portfolio Composition
    Asset Class*   Risk Allocation
   % of Total Net 
Assets as of
12/31/17**
Equities       43.89 %       57.88 %
Fixed Income       19.77       84.47
Commodities       36.34       49.22
Cash       0.00       0.00

Total

      100.00       191.57

 

  * Based on the expected market exposure through investments in the underlying funds.
** Due to the use of leverage, the percentages may not equal 100%.
Total Net Assets     $ 38.5 million

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

Data presented here are as of December 31, 2017.

Fund Nasdaq Symbols

 

 

Class A Shares       TNEAX
Class AX Shares       VRIAX
Class B Shares       TNEBX
Class C Shares       TNECX
Class CX Shares       VRICX
Class R Shares       TNERX
Class RX Shares       VRIRX
Class Y Shares       TNEYX
Class R5 Shares       TNEIX
Class R6 Shares       TNEFX
 

 

12                         Invesco Balanced-Risk Retirement Funds


    IBRA’s and IBRAA’s exposure to commodities, obtained through the use of swaps, futures and commodity-linked notes, also contributed to IBRA’s and IBRAA’s performance for the year, as gains in industrial metals, energy and precious metals outweighed losses in agriculture. Strategic positioning in industrial metals was the leading contributor to IBRA’s and IBRAA’s performance within the asset class, with gains in both aluminum and copper. Increased industrial metals prices were supported by strong manufacturing and import growth data out of China and by indications that China intended to cut production to curb pollution. IBRA’s and IBRAA’s strategic positioning within energy was also favorable as all assets, with the exception of natural gas, experienced gains. The energy commodity sector started the year plagued by high inventory levels and rising US production and rig counts. These conditions lasted throughout much of the first half of 2017. Oil and distillate prices rebounded in the third quarter of 2017 as the US rig count declined and expectations rose for an extension of OPEC’s production cuts. Severe weather also affected energy prices in the third quarter of 2017 as hurricanes forced refinery shutdowns that further boosted prices. Natural gas prices rose at the beginning of the year, but those gains were not enough to outweigh the losses from rising US output at the end of the year. Strategic positioning in precious metals contributed to IBRA’s and IBRAA’s performance, with gains in gold outweighing losses in silver. Precious metals were pressured as the US Federal Reserve raised short-term interest rates three times during the year – in March, June and December. Strategic positioning in agriculture was the sole detractor within the sector. Most agriculture assets posted losses except cotton, lean hogs and live cattle. Lean hogs and live cattle rose due to strong US export demand. Sugar was by far the leading detractor as production increased despite softer global demand. Tactical positioning within commodities, obtained through the use of futures, swaps and commodity-linked notes, slightly detracted from IBRA’s and IBRAA’s results for the year.

    IBRA’s and IBRAA’s exposure to global government bonds, obtained through the use of swaps and futures, contributed to results for the year led by Australia and the US. Despite expectations that the ECB would likely begin tapering its monetary policy accommodation, German

government bonds also contributed to IBRA’s and IBRAA’s performance for the reporting period. Canadian government bonds were the largest detractor within the fixed income asset class as yields rose after the Central Bank of Canada (BOC) raised rates in July. Yields spiked again in the third quarter of 2017 in response to a surprise rate hike by the BOC. UK bonds detracted as they continue to be consumed with Brexit and terrorism. IBRA’s and IBRAA’s tactical positioning within bonds detracted from performance for the reporting period as losses from overweight exposure to Canadian and UK government bonds, coupled with underweight exposure to German government bonds, outweighed gains from underweight exposure to Australian and US government bonds.

    Please note that IBRA’s and IBRAA’s strategy is principally implemented with derivative instruments that include futures, commodity-linked notes and total return swaps. Therefore, all or most of the performance of the strategy, both positive and negative, can be attributed to these instruments. Derivatives can be a cost-effective way to gain exposure to asset classes. However, derivatives may amplify traditional investment risks through the creation of leverage and may be less liquid than traditional securities.

    Thank you for your continued investment in Invesco Balanced-Risk Retirement 2050 Fund.

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

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

LOGO  

Mark Ahnrud

Chartered Financial Analyst, Portfolio Manager, is manager of Invesco Balanced-Risk Retirement 2050 Fund. He joined

Invesco in 2000. Mr. Ahnrud earned a BS in finance and investments from Babson College and an MBA from Duke University Fuqua School of Business.
LOGO  

Chris Devine

Chartered Financial Analyst, Portfolio Manager, is manager of Invesco Balanced-Risk Retirement 2050 Fund. He joined

Invesco in 1998. Mr. Devine earned a BA in economics from Wake Forest University and an MBA from the University of Georgia.
LOGO  

Scott Hixon

Chartered Financial Analyst, Portfolio Manager, is manager of Invesco Balanced-Risk Retirement 2050 Fund. He joined

Invesco in 1994. Mr. Hixon earned a BBA in finance from Georgia Southern University and an MBA in finance from Georgia State University.
LOGO  

Christian Ulrich

Chartered Financial Analyst, Portfolio Manager, is manager of Invesco Balanced-Risk Retirement 2050 Fund. He joined

Invesco in 2000. Mr. Ulrich earned the equivalent of a BBA from the KV Zurich Business School in Zurich, Switzerland.
LOGO  

Scott Wolle

Chartered Financial Analyst, Portfolio Manager, is manager of Invesco Balanced-Risk Retirement 2050 Fund. He joined

Invesco in 1999. Mr. Wolle earned a BS in finance from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University and an MBA from Duke University Fuqua School of Business.

 

 

 

13                         Invesco Balanced-Risk Retirement Funds   


 

Invesco Balanced-Risk Retirement Now Fund’s Long-Term Performance

 

 

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

Fund and index data from 12/31/07

 

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1 Source: FactSet Research Systems Inc.
2 Source(s): Invesco, FactSet Research Systems Inc.
3 Source: Lipper Inc.

 

Past performance cannot guarantee comparable future results.

    The data shown in the chart include reinvested distributions, applicable sales charges and Fund expenses including management fees. Results for Class B shares are calculated as if a hypothetical shareholder had liquidated his entire investment in the Fund at the close of the reporting period and paid the contingent deferred sales charges, if applicable.

Index results include reinvested dividends, but they do not reflect sales charges. Performance of the peer group, if applicable, reflects fund expenses and management fees; performance of a market index does not. Performance shown in the chart and table(s) does not reflect deduction of taxes a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or sale of Fund shares.

 

 

14                         Invesco Balanced-Risk Retirement Funds


 

Average Annual Total Returns

As of 12/31/17, including maximum applicable sales charges

 

Class A Shares

   

Inception (1/31/07)

  2.40% 

10 Years

  2.26

  5 Years

  1.71

  1 Year

  0.28

 

Class AX Shares

   

10 Years

  2.24%

  5 Years

  1.69

  1 Year

  0.16

 

Class B Shares

   

Inception (1/31/07)

  2.35%

10 Years

  2.22

  5 Years

  1.78

  1 Year

  0.27

 

Class C Shares

   

Inception (1/31/07)

  2.16%

10 Years

  2.08

  5 Years

  2.14

  1 Year

  4.27

 

Class CX Shares

   

10 Years

  2.07%

  5 Years

  2.11

  1 Year

  4.27

 

Class R Shares

   

Inception (1/31/07)

  2.66%

10 Years

  2.58

  5 Years

  2.60

  1 Year

  5.84

 

Class RX Shares

   

10 Years

  2.57%

  5 Years

  2.60

  1 Year

  5.84

 

Class Y Shares

   

10 Years

  3.08%

  5 Years

  3.11

  1 Year

  6.51

 

Class R5 Shares

   

Inception (1/31/07)

  3.17%

10 Years

  3.09

  5 Years

  3.11

  1 Year

  6.39

 

Class R6 Shares

   

10 Years

  2.97%

  5 Years

  3.11

  1 Year

  6.39

Class AX shares incepted on June 1, 2010. Performance shown prior to that date is that of Class A shares and includes the 12b-1 fees applicable to Class A shares.

Class CX and Class RX shares incepted on June 1, 2010. Performance shown prior to that date is that of Class A shares, restated to reflect the higher 12b-1 fees applicable to Class CX and Class RX shares.

Class Y shares incepted on October 3, 2008. Performance shown prior to that date is that of Class A shares and includes the 12b-1 fees applicable to Class A shares.

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

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

The net annual Fund operating expense ratio set forth in the most recent Fund prospectus as of the date of this report for Class A, Class AX, Class B, Class C, Class CX, Class R, Class RX, Class Y, Class R5 and Class R6 shares was 0.81%, 0.81%, 1.56%, 1.56%, 1.56%, 1.06%, 1.06%, 0.56%, 0.56% and 0.56%, respectively.1,2 The total annual Fund operating expense ratio set forth in the most recent Fund prospectus as of the date of this report for Class A, Class AX, Class B, Class C, Class CX, Class R, Class RX, Class Y, Class R5 and Class R6 shares was 1.88%, 1.88%, 2.63%, 2.63%, 2.63%, 2.13%, 2.13%, 1.63%, 1.54% and 1.47%, respectively.1 The expense ratios presented above may vary from the expense ratios presented in other sections of this report that are based on expenses incurred during the period covered by this report.

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

The CDSC on Class B shares declines from 5% beginning at the time of purchase to 0% at the beginning of the seventh year. The CDSC on Class C and Class CX shares is 1% for the first year after purchase. Class R, Class RX, Class Y, Class R5 and Class R6 shares do not have a front-end sales charge or a CDSC; therefore, performance is at net asset value.

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

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

 

1 The expense ratio includes acquired fund fees and expenses of the underlying funds in which the Fund invests of 0.56%.
2 Total annual Fund operating expenses after any contractual fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements by the adviser in effect through at least April 30, 2019. See current prospectus for more information.
 

 

15                         Invesco Balanced-Risk Retirement Funds   


 

Invesco Balanced-Risk Retirement 2020 Fund’s Long-Term Performance

 

 

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

Fund and index data from 12/31/07

 

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1 Source: FactSet Research Systems Inc.
2 Source(s): Invesco, FactSet Research Systems Inc.
3 Source: Lipper Inc.

 

Past performance cannot guarantee comparable future results.

The data shown in the chart include reinvested distributions, applicable sales charges and Fund expenses including management fees. Results for Class B shares are calculated as if a hypothetical shareholder had liquidated his entire investment in the Fund at the close of the reporting period and paid the contingent deferred sales charges, if applicable.

Index results include reinvested dividends, but they do not reflect sales charges. Performance of the peer group, if applicable, reflects fund expenses and management fees; performance of a market index does not. Performance shown in the chart and table(s) does not reflect deduction of taxes a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or sale of Fund shares.

 

 

16                         Invesco Balanced-Risk Retirement Funds


 

Average Annual Total Returns

As of 12/31/17, including maximum applicable sales charges

 

Class A Shares

   

Inception (1/31/07)

  3.18%

10 Years

  3.23

  5 Years

  2.55

  1 Year

  1.30

 

Class AX Shares

   

10 Years

  3.23%

  5 Years

  2.55

  1 Year

  1.30

 

Class B Shares

   

Inception (1/31/07)

  3.14%

10 Years

  3.18

  5 Years

  2.60

  1 Year

  1.46

 

Class C Shares

   

Inception (1/31/07)

  2.92%

10 Years

  3.02

  5 Years

  2.95

  1 Year

  5.35

 

Class CX Shares

   

10 Years

  3.04%

  5 Years

  2.95

  1 Year

  5.48

 

Class R Shares

   

Inception (1/31/07)

  3.45%

10 Years

  3.54

  5 Years

  3.44

  1 Year

  6.99

 

Class RX Shares

   

10 Years

  3.55%

  5 Years

  3.44

  1 Year

  6.87

 

Class Y Shares

   

10 Years

  4.04%

  5 Years

  3.96

  1 Year

  7.52

 

Class R5 Shares

   

Inception (1/31/07)

  3.97%

10 Years

  4.06

  5 Years

  3.97

  1 Year

  7.48

 

Class R6 Shares

   

10 Years

  3.95%

  5 Years

  3.96

  1 Year

  7.47

Class AX shares incepted on June 1, 2010. Performance shown prior to that date is that of Class A shares and includes the 12b-1 fees applicable to Class A shares.

Class CX and Class RX shares incepted on June 1, 2010. Performance shown prior to that date is that of Class A shares, restated to reflect the higher 12b-1 fees applicable to Class CX and Class RX shares.

Class Y shares incepted on October 3, 2008. Performance shown prior to that date is that of Class A shares and includes the 12b-1 fees applicable to Class A shares.

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

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

The net annual Fund operating expense ratio set forth in the most recent Fund prospectus as of the date of this report for Class A, Class AX, Class B, Class C, Class CX, Class R, Class RX, Class Y, Class R5 and Class R6 shares was 0.91%, 0.91%, 1.66%, 1.66%, 1.66%, 1.16%, 1.16%, 0.66%, 0.66% and 0.66%, respectively.1,2 The total annual Fund operating expense ratio set forth in the most recent Fund prospectus as of the date of this report for Class A, Class AX, Class B, Class C, Class CX, Class R, Class RX, Class Y, Class R5 and Class R6 shares was 1.48%, 1.48%, 2.23%, 2.23%, 2.23%, 1.73%, 1.73%, 1.23%, 1.13% and 1.04%, respectively.1 The expense ratios presented above may vary from the expense ratios presented in other sections of this report that are based on expenses incurred during the period covered by this report.

Class A and Class AX share performance reflects the maximum 5.50% sales charge, and Class B, Class C and Class CX share performance reflects the applicable contingent deferred sales

charge (CDSC) for the period involved. The CDSC on Class B shares declines from 5% beginning at the time of purchase to 0% at the beginning of the seventh year. The CDSC on Class C and Class CX shares is 1% for the first year after purchase. Class R, Class RX, Class Y, Class R5 and Class R6 shares do not have a front-end sales charge or a CDSC; therefore, performance is at net asset value.

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

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

 

1 The expense ratio includes acquired fund fees and expenses of the underlying funds in which the Fund invests of 0.66%.
2 Total annual Fund operating expenses after any contractual fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements by the adviser in effect through at least April 30, 2019. See current prospectus for more information.
 

 

17                         Invesco Balanced-Risk Retirement Funds   


 

Invesco Balanced-Risk Retirement 2030 Fund’s Long-Term Performance

 

 

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

Fund and index data from 12/31/07

 

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1 Source: FactSet Research Systems Inc.
2 Source(s): Invesco, FactSet Research Systems Inc.
3 Source: Lipper Inc.

 

Past performance cannot guarantee comparable future results.

The data shown in the chart include reinvested distributions, applicable sales charges and Fund expenses including management fees. Results for Class B shares are calculated as if a hypothetical shareholder had liquidated his entire investment in the Fund at the close of the reporting period and paid the contingent deferred sales charges, if applicable.

Index results include reinvested dividends, but they do not reflect sales charges. Performance of the peer group, if applicable, reflects fund expenses and management fees; performance of a market index does not. Performance shown in the chart and table(s) does not reflect deduction of taxes a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or sale of Fund shares.

 

 

18                         Invesco Balanced-Risk Retirement Funds


Average Annual Total Returns

As of 12/31/17, including maximum applicable sales charges

 

Class A Shares

   

Inception (1/31/07)

    3.29% 

10 Years

    3.38

  5 Years

    3.79

  1 Year

    4.19

 

Class AX Shares

   

10 Years

    3.39%

  5 Years

    3.81

  1 Year

    4.30

 

Class B Shares

   

Inception (1/31/07)

    3.25%

10 Years

    3.34

  5 Years

    3.88

  1 Year

    4.34

 

Class C Shares

   

Inception (1/31/07)

    3.05%

10 Years

    3.19

  5 Years

    4.23

  1 Year

    8.34

 

Class CX Shares

   

10 Years

    3.22%

  5 Years

    4.25

  1 Year

    8.47

 

Class R Shares

   

Inception (1/31/07)

    3.57%

10 Years

    3.72

  5 Years

    4.75

  1 Year

    9.97

 

Class RX Shares

   

10 Years

    3.73%

  5 Years

    4.73

  1 Year

    9.99

 

Class Y Shares

   

10 Years

    4.22%

  5 Years

    5.24

  1 Year

  10.46

 

Class R5 Shares

   

Inception (1/31/07)

    4.09%

10 Years

    4.25

  5 Years

    5.25

  1 Year

  10.55

 

Class R6 Shares

   

10 Years

    4.11%

  5 Years

    5.23

  1 Year

  10.43

Class AX shares incepted on June 1, 2010. Performance shown prior to that date is that of Class A shares and includes the 12b-1 fees applicable to Class A shares.

Class CX and Class RX shares incepted on June 1, 2010. Performance shown prior to that date is that of Class A shares, restated to reflect the higher 12b-1 fees applicable to Class CX and Class RX shares.

Class Y shares incepted on October 3, 2008. Performance shown prior to that date is that of Class A shares and includes the 12b-1 fees applicable to Class A shares.

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

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

The net annual Fund operating expense ratio set forth in the most recent Fund prospectus as of the date of this report for Class A, Class AX, Class B, Class C, Class CX, Class R, Class RX, Class Y, Class R5 and Class R6 shares was 1.08%, 1.08%, 1.83%, 1.83%, 1.83%, 1.33%, 1.33%, 0.83%, 0.83% and 0.83%, respectively.1,2 The total annual Fund operating expense ratio set forth in the most recent Fund prospectus as of the date of this report for Class A, Class AX, Class B, Class C, Class CX, Class R, Class RX, Class Y, Class R5 and Class R6 shares was 1.64%, 1.64%, 2.39%, 2.39%, 2.39%, 1.89%, 1.89%, 1.39%, 1.27% and 1.18%, respectively.1 The expense ratios presented above may vary from the expense ratios presented in other sections of this report that are based on expenses incurred during the period covered by this report.

Class A and Class AX share performance reflects the maximum 5.50% sales charge, and Class B, Class C and Class CX share performance reflects the applicable contingent deferred sales

charge (CDSC) for the period involved. The CDSC on Class B shares declines from 5% beginning at the time of purchase to 0% at the beginning of the seventh year. The CDSC on Class C and Class CX shares is 1% for the first year after purchase. Class R, Class RX, Class Y, Class R5 and Class R6 shares do not have a front-end sales charge or a CDSC; therefore, performance is at net asset value.

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

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

 

1 The expense ratio includes acquired fund fees and expenses of the underlying funds in which the Fund invests of 0.83%.
2 Total annual Fund operating expenses after any contractual fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements by the adviser in effect through at least April 30, 2019. See current prospectus for more information.
 

 

19                         Invesco Balanced-Risk Retirement Funds   


 

Invesco Balanced-Risk Retirement 2040 Fund’s Long-Term Performance

 

 

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

Fund and index data from 12/31/07

 

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1 Source: FactSet Research Systems Inc.
2 Source(s): Invesco, FactSet Research Systems Inc.
3 Source: Lipper Inc.

 

Past performance cannot guarantee comparable future results.

The data shown in the chart include reinvested distributions, applicable sales charges and Fund expenses including management fees. Results for Class B shares are calculated as if a hypothetical shareholder had liquidated his entire investment in the Fund at the close of the reporting period and paid the contingent deferred sales charges, if applicable.

Index results include reinvested dividends, but they do not reflect sales charges. Performance of the peer group, if applicable, reflects fund expenses and management fees; performance of a market index does not. Performance shown in the chart and table(s) does not reflect deduction of taxes a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or sale of Fund shares.

 

 

20                         Invesco Balanced-Risk Retirement Funds


Average Annual Total Returns

As of 12/31/17, including maximum applicable sales charges

 

Class A Shares

   

Inception (1/31/07)

    3.32% 

10 Years

    3.44

  5 Years

    4.53

  1 Year

    5.63

 

Class AX Shares

   

10 Years

    3.43%

  5 Years

    4.50

  1 Year

    5.64

 

Class B Shares

   

Inception (1/31/07)

    3.29%

10 Years

    3.40

  5 Years

    4.65

  1 Year

    5.93

 

Class C Shares

   

Inception (1/31/07)

    3.10%

10 Years

    3.27

  5 Years

    4.96

  1 Year

    9.95

 

Class CX Shares

   

10 Years

    3.27%

  5 Years

    4.97

  1 Year

    9.96

 

Class R Shares

   

Inception (1/31/07)

    3.60%

10 Years

    3.77

  5 Years

    5.45

  1 Year

  11.42

 

Class RX Shares

   

10 Years

    3.77%

  5 Years

    5.44

  1 Year

  11.57

 

Class Y Shares

   

10 Years

    4.26%

  5 Years

    5.95

  1 Year

  12.02

 

Class R5 Shares

   

Inception (1/31/07)

    4.11%

10 Years

    4.28

  5 Years

    5.99

  1 Year

  12.14

 

Class R6 Shares

   

10 Years

    4.17%

  5 Years

    5.97

  1 Year

  12.00

Class AX shares incepted on June 1, 2010. Performance shown prior to that date is that of Class A shares and includes the 12b-1 fees applicable to Class A shares.

Class CX and Class RX shares incepted on June 1, 2010. Performance shown prior to that date is that of Class A shares, restated to reflect the higher 12b-1 fees applicable to Class CX and Class RX shares.

Class Y shares incepted on October 3, 2008. Performance shown prior to that date is that of Class A shares and includes the 12b-1 fees applicable to Class A shares.

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

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

The net annual Fund operating expense ratio set forth in the most recent Fund prospectus as of the date of this report for Class A, Class AX, Class B, Class C, Class CX, Class R, Class RX, Class Y, Class R5 and Class R6 shares was 1.12%, 1.12%, 1.87%, 1.87%, 1.87%, 1.37%, 1.37%, 0.87%, 0.87% and 0.87%, respectively.1,2 The total annual Fund operating expense ratio set forth in the most recent Fund prospectus as of the date of this report for Class A, Class AX, Class B, Class C, Class CX, Class R, Class RX, Class Y, Class R5 and Class R6 shares was 1.93%, 1.93%, 2.68%, 2.68%, 2.68%, 2.18%, 2.18%, 1.68%, 1.49% and 1.40%, respectively.1 The expense ratios presented above may vary from the expense ratios presented in other sections of this report that are based on expenses incurred during the period covered by this report.

Class A and Class AX share performance reflects the maximum 5.50% sales charge, and Class B, Class C and Class CX share performance reflects the applicable contingent deferred sales

charge (CDSC) for the period involved. The CDSC on Class B shares declines from 5% beginning at the time of purchase to 0% at the beginning of the seventh year. The CDSC on Class C and Class CX shares is 1% for the first year after purchase. Class R, Class RX, Class Y, Class R5 and Class R6 shares do not have a front-end sales charge or a CDSC; therefore, performance is at net asset value.

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

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

 

1 The expense ratio includes acquired fund fees and expenses of the underlying funds in which the Fund invests of 0.87%.
2 Total annual Fund operating expenses after any contractual fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements by the adviser in effect through at least April 30, 2019. See current prospectus for more information.
 

 

21                         Invesco Balanced-Risk Retirement Funds   


 

Invesco Balanced-Risk Retirement 2050 Fund’s Long-Term Performance

 

 

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

Fund and index data from 12/31/07

 

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1 Source: FactSet Research Systems Inc.
2 Source(s): Invesco, FactSet Research Systems Inc.

 

Past performance cannot guarantee comparable future results.

The Lipper Mixed-Asset Target 2050 Funds Index is not shown on the chart as the index does not have sufficient performance history.

The data shown in the chart include reinvested distributions, applicable sales charges and Fund expenses including management fees. Results for Class B shares are calculated as if a hypothetical shareholder had liquidated his entire investment in the Fund at the close of the

reporting period and paid the contingent deferred sales charges, if applicable. Index results include reinvested dividends, but they do not reflect sales charges. Performance of the peer group, if applicable, reflects fund expenses and management fees; performance of a market index does not. Performance shown in the chart and table(s) does not reflect deduction of taxes a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or sale of Fund shares.

 

 

22                         Invesco Balanced-Risk Retirement Funds


Average Annual Total Returns

As of 12/31/17, including maximum applicable sales charges

 

Class A Shares

   

Inception (1/31/07)

    3.39% 

10 Years

    3.54

  5 Years

    5.17

  1 Year

    6.91

 

Class AX Shares

   

10 Years

    3.53%

  5 Years

    5.16

  1 Year

    7.04

 

Class B Shares

   

Inception (1/31/07)

    3.34%

10 Years

    3.51

  5 Years

    5.38

  1 Year

    7.53

 

Class C Shares

   

Inception (1/31/07)

    3.17%

10 Years

    3.37

  5 Years

    5.62

  1 Year

  11.35

 

Class CX Shares

   

10 Years

    3.38%

  5 Years

    5.66

  1 Year

  11.51

 

Class R Shares

   

Inception (1/31/07)

    3.67%

10 Years

    3.88

  5 Years

    6.14

  1 Year

  12.96

 

Class RX Shares

   

10 Years

    3.88%

  5 Years

    6.14

  1 Year

  13.10

 

Class Y Shares

   

10 Years

    4.37%

  5 Years

    6.67

  1 Year

  13.67

 

Class R5 Shares

   

Inception (1/31/07)

    4.18%

10 Years

    4.39

  5 Years

    6.67

  1 Year

  13.65

 

Class R6 Shares

   

10 Years

    4.28%

  5 Years

    6.66

  1 Year

  13.63

Class AX shares incepted on June 1, 2010. Performance shown prior to that date is that of Class A shares and includes the 12b-1 fees applicable to Class A shares.

Class CX and Class RX shares incepted on June 1, 2010. Performance shown prior to that date is that of Class A shares, restated to reflect the higher 12b-1 fees applicable to Class CX and Class RX shares.

Class Y shares incepted on October 3, 2008. Performance shown prior to that date is that of Class A shares and includes the 12b-1 fees applicable to Class A shares.

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

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

The net annual Fund operating expense ratio set forth in the most recent Fund prospectus as of the date of this report for Class A, Class AX, Class B, Class C, Class CX, Class R, Class RX, Class Y, Class R5 and Class R6 shares was 1.16%, 1.16%, 1.91%, 1.91%, 1.91%, 1.41%, 1.41%, 0.91%, 0.91% and 0.91%, respectively.1,2 The total annual Fund operating expense ratio set forth in the most recent Fund prospectus as of the date of this report for Class A, Class AX, Class B, Class C, Class CX, Class R, Class RX, Class Y, Class R5 and Class R6 shares was 2.48%, 2.48%, 3.23%, 3.23%, 3.23%, 2.73%, 2.73%, 2.23%, 1.93% and 1.86%, respectively.1 The expense ratios presented above may vary from the expense ratios presented in other sections of this report that are based on expenses incurred during the period covered by this report.

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

The CDSC on Class B shares declines from 5% beginning at the time of purchase to 0% at the beginning of the seventh year. The CDSC on Class C and Class CX shares is 1% for the first year after purchase. Class R, Class RX, Class Y, Class R5 and Class R6 shares do not have a front-end sales charge or a CDSC; therefore, performance is at net asset value.

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

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

 

1 The expense ratio includes acquired fund fees and expenses of the underlying funds in which the Fund invests of 0.91%.
2 Total annual Fund operating expenses after any contractual fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements by the adviser in effect through at least April 30, 2019. See current prospectus for more information.
 

 

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Invesco Balanced-Risk Retirement Now Fund’s investment objective is to provide real return and, as a secondary objective, capital preservation.

Invesco Balanced-Risk Retirement 2020 Fund’s, Invesco Balanced-Risk Retirement 2030 Fund’s, Invesco Balanced-Risk Retirement 2040 Fund’s and Invesco Balanced-Risk Retirement 2050 Fund’s investment objective is to provide total return with a low to moderate correlation to traditional financial market indices, and as a secondary objective, capital preservation.

  Unless otherwise stated, information presented in this report is as of December 31, 2017, and is based on total net assets.
  Unless otherwise noted, all data provided by Invesco.
  To access your Fund’s reports/prospectus, visit invesco.com/fundreports.

 

 

About share classes

  Class AX shares, Class CX shares, Class RX shares and Class Y shares are available only to certain investors. Please see the prospectus for more information.
  Effective January 26, 2018, after the close of the reporting period, all outstanding Class B shares were converted to Class A shares, in advance of their normally scheduled conversion. No CDSC was paid in connection with this early conversion.
  Class R shares are generally available only to employee benefit plans. Please see the prospectus for more information.
  Class R5 shares and Class R6 shares are available for use by retirement plans that meet certain standards and for institutional investors. Class R6 shares are also available through intermediaries that have established an agreement with Invesco Distributors, Inc. to make such shares available for use in retail omnibus accounts. Please see the prospectus for more information.

 

 

The principal risks of investing in the Funds and the underlying funds are:

  Allocation risk. The Fund’s investment performance depends, in part, on how its assets are allocated among the underlying funds or asset classes. The Adviser’s evaluations and assumptions regarding the asset classes or the underlying funds in which the Fund invests may be incorrect, causing the Fund to be invested (or not invested) in one or more asset classes or underlying funds at an inopportune time, which could negatively affect the Fund’s performance.
  Changing fixed income market conditions risk. The current low interest rate environment was created in part by the Federal Reserve Board (FRB) and certain foreign central banks keeping the federal funds and equivalent foreign rates near, at or below zero. Increases in the federal funds and equivalent foreign rates may expose fixed income markets to heightened volatility and reduced liquidity for certain fixed income investments, particularly those with longer maturities. In addition, decreases in fixed income dealer market-making capacity may also potentially lead to heightened volatility and reduced liquidity in the fixed income markets. As a result, the value of an underlying fund’s investments and share price may decline. Changes in central bank policies could also result in higher than normal shareholder redemptions, which could potentially increase portfolio turnover and an underlying fund’s transaction costs.
  Commodities tax risk. The tax treatment of commodity-linked derivative instruments may be adversely affected by changes in legislation, regulations or other legally binding authority. If, as a result of any such adverse action, the income of an underlying fund from certain commodity-linked derivatives was treated as non-qualifying income, an underlying fund might fail to qualify as a regulated investment company and be subject to federal income tax at the fund level. As a result of a recent announcement by the Internal Revenue Service, an underlying fund intends to invest in commodity-linked notes: (a) directly, generally only to the extent that it obtains an opinion of counsel confirming that income from such investments should be qualifying income because such commodity-linked notes
   

constitute securities under section 2(a) (36) of the 1940 Act or (b) indirectly through the Subsidiary. Should the Internal Revenue Service issue further guidance, or Congress enact legislation, that adversely affects the tax treatment of an underlying fund’s use of commodity-linked notes or a wholly-owned subsidiary (which guidance might be applied to the underlying fund retroactively), it could, among other consequences, limit the underlying fund’s ability to pursue its investment strategy.

  Commodity-linked notes risk. In addition to risks associated with the underlying commodities, investments in commodity-linked notes may be subject to additional risks, such as non-payment of interest and loss of principal, counterparty risk, lack of a secondary market and risk of greater volatility than traditional equity and debt securities. The value of the commodity-linked notes an underlying fund buys may fluctuate significantly because the values of the underlying investments to which they are linked are themselves volatile. Additionally, certain commodity-linked notes employ “economic” leverage by requiring payment by the issuer of an amount that is a multiple of the price increase or decrease of the underlying commodity, commodity index, or other economic variable. Such economic leverage will increase the volatility of the value of these commodity-linked notes and an underlying fund to the extent it invests in such notes.
  Commodity risk. An underlying fund may have investment exposure to the commodities markets and/or a particular sector of the commodities markets, which may subject an underlying fund to greater volatility than investments in traditional securities, such as stocks and bonds. Volatility in the commodities markets may be caused by changes in overall market movements, domestic and foreign political and economic events and policies, war, acts of terrorism, changes in domestic or foreign
 

 

 

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

 

 
   

 

NOT FDIC INSURED  |  MAY LOSE VALUE  |  NO BANK GUARANTEE

 

 

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interest rates and/or investor expectations concerning interest rates, domestic and foreign inflation rates, investment and trading activities of mutual funds, hedge funds and commodities funds, and factors such as drought, floods, weather, livestock disease, embargoes, tariffs and other regulatory developments, or supply and demand disruptions. Because an underlying fund’s performance may be linked to the performance of volatile commodities, investors should be willing to assume the risks of potentially significant fluctuations in the value of an underlying fund’s shares.

  Correlation risk. Because an underlying fund’s investment strategy seeks to balance risk across three asset classes and, within each asset class, across different countries and investments, to the extent either the asset classes or the selected countries and investments become correlated in a way not anticipated an underlying fund’s adviser, an underlying fund’s risk allocation process may result in magnified risks and loss instead of balancing (reducing) the risk of loss.
  Debt securities risk. The prices of debt securities held by an underlying fund will be affected by changes in interest rates, the creditworthiness of the issuer and other factors. An increase in prevailing interest rates typically causes the value of existing debt securities to fall and often has a greater impact on longer-duration debt securities and higher quality debt securities. Falling interest rates will cause an underlying fund to reinvest the proceeds of debt securities that have been repaid by the issuer at lower interest rates. Falling interest rates may also reduce an underlying fund’s distributable income because interest payments on floating rate debt instruments held by an underlying fund will decline. An underlying fund could lose money on investments in debt securities if the issuer or borrower fails to meet its obligations to make interest payments and/or to repay principal in a timely manner. Changes in an issuer’s financial strength, the market’s perception of such strength or in the credit rating of the issuer or the security may affect the value of debt securities. An underlying fund’s adviser’s credit analysis may fail to anticipate such changes, which could result in buying a debt security at an inopportune time or failing to sell a debt security in advance of a price decline or other credit event.
  Derivatives risk. The value of a derivative instrument depends largely on (and is derived from) the value of an underlying security, currency, commodity, interest rate, index or other asset (each referred to as an underlying asset). In addition to risks relating to the underlying assets, the use of derivatives may include other, possibly greater, risks, including counterparty, leverage and liquidity risks. Counterparty risk is the risk that the counterparty to the derivative contract will default on its obligation to pay the underlying fund the amount owed or otherwise perform under the derivative contract. Derivatives create leverage risk because they do not require payment up front equal to the economic exposure created by owning the derivative. As a result, an adverse change in the value of the underlying asset could result in the underlying fund sustaining a loss that is substantially greater than the amount invested in the derivative, which may make the underlying fund’s returns more volatile and increase the risk of loss. Derivative instruments may also be less liquid than more traditional investments and the underlying fund may be unable to sell or close out its derivative positions at a desirable time or price. This risk may be more acute under adverse market conditions, during which the underlying fund may be most in need of liquidating its derivative positions. Derivatives may also be harder to value, less tax efficient and subject to changing government regulation that could impact the underlying fund’s ability to use certain derivatives or their cost. The SEC has proposed new regulations related to the use of derivatives and related instruments by registered investment companies. If adopted as proposed, these regulations would limit an underlying fund’s ability to engage in derivatives transactions and may result in increased costs or require an underlying fund to modify its investment strategies or to liquidate. Also, derivatives used for hedging or to gain or limit exposure to a particular market segment may not provide the expected benefits, particularly during adverse market conditions. These risks are greater for certain underlying funds than most other mutual funds because certain underlying funds will implement their investment strategy primarily through derivative instruments rather than direct investments in stocks/bonds.
  Emerging markets securities risk. Emerging markets (also referred to as developing markets) are generally subject to greater market volatility, political, social and economic instability, uncertain trading markets and more governmental limitations on foreign investment than more developed markets. In addition, companies operating in emerging markets may be subject to lower trading volume and greater price fluctuations than companies in more developed markets. Securities law and the enforcement of systems of taxation in many emerging market countries may change quickly and unpredictably. In addition, investments in emerging markets securities may also be subject to additional transaction costs, delays in settlement procedures, and lack of timely information.
  Exchange-traded funds risk. In addition to the risks associated with the underlying assets held by the exchange-traded fund, investments in exchange-traded funds are subject to the following additional risks: (1) an exchange-traded fund’s shares may trade above or below its net asset value; (2) an active trading market for the exchange-traded fund’s shares may not develop or be maintained; (3) trading an exchange-traded fund’s shares may be halted by the listing exchange; (4) a passively-managed exchange-traded fund may not track the performance of the reference asset; and (5) a passively managed exchange-traded fund may hold troubled securities. Investment in exchange-traded funds may involve duplication of management fees and certain other expenses, as the Fund or an underlying fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of any expenses paid by the exchange-traded funds in which it invests. Further, certain exchange-traded funds in which the Fund or an underlying fund may invest are leveraged, which may result in economic leverage, permitting the Fund or an underlying fund to gain exposure that is greater than would be the case in an unlevered instrument, and potentially resulting in greater volatility.
  Exchange-traded notes risk. Exchange-traded notes are subject to credit risk, counterparty risk, and the risk that the value of the exchange-traded note may drop due to a downgrade in the issuer’s credit rating. The value of an exchange-traded note may also be influenced by time to maturity, level of supply and demand for the exchange-traded note,

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volatility and lack of liquidity in the underlying market, changes in the applicable interest rates, and economic, legal, political, or geographic events that affect the referenced underlying market or assets. An underlying fund will bear its proportionate share of any fees and expenses borne by an exchange-traded note in which it invests. For certain exchange-traded notes, there may be restrictions on an underlying fund’s right to redeem its investment in an exchange-traded note, which is meant to be held until maturity.

  Foreign government debt risk. Investments in foreign government debt securities (sometimes referred to as sovereign debt securities) involve certain risks in addition to those relating to foreign securities or debt securities generally. The issuer of the debt or the governmental authorities that control the repayment of the debt may be unable or unwilling to repay principal or interest when due in accordance with the terms of such debt, and an underlying fund may have limited recourse in the event of a default against the defaulting government. Without the approval of debt holders, some governmental debtors have in the past been able to reschedule or restructure their debt payments or declare moratoria on payments.
  Foreign securities risk. An underlying fund’s foreign investments may be adversely affected by political and social instability, changes in economic or taxation policies, difficulty in enforcing obligations, decreased liquidity or increased volatility. Foreign investments also involve the risk of the possible seizure, nationalization or expropriation of the issuer or foreign deposits (in which an underlying fund could lose its entire investments in a certain market) and the possible adoption of foreign governmental restrictions such as exchange controls. Unless an underlying fund has hedged its foreign securities risk, foreign securities risk also involves the risk of negative foreign currency rate fluctuations, which may cause the value of securities denominated in such foreign currency (or other instruments through which an underlying fund has exposure to foreign currencies) to decline in value. Currency exchange rates may fluctuate significantly over short periods of time. Currency hedging strategies, if used, are not always successful.
  Fund of funds risk. The Fund’s performance depends on that of the underlying funds in which it invests. Accordingly, the risks associated with an investment in the Fund include the risks associated with investments in the underlying funds. The Fund will indirectly pay a proportional share of the fees and expenses of the underlying funds in which it invests. There are risks that the Fund will vary from its target weightings (if any) in the underlying funds, that the underlying funds will not achieve their investment objectives, that the underlying funds’ performance may be lower than their represented asset classes, and that the Fund may withdraw its investments in an underlying fund at a disadvantageous time.
  Management risk. An underlying fund is actively managed and depends heavily on an underlying fund’s adviser’s judgment about markets, interest rates or the attractiveness, relative values, liquidity, or potential appreciation of particular investments made for an underlying fund’s portfolio. An underlying fund could experience losses if these judgments prove to be incorrect. Because an underlying fund’s investment process relies heavily on its asset allocation process, market movements that are counter to the portfolio managers’ expectations may have a significant adverse effect on the Fund’s net asset value. Additionally, legislative, regulatory, or tax developments may adversely affect management of an underlying fund and, therefore, the ability of the underlying fund to achieve its investment objective.
  Market risk. The market values of an underlying fund’s investments, and therefore the value of an underlying fund’s shares, will go up and down, sometimes rapidly or unpredictably. Market risk may affect a single issuer, industry or section of the economy, or it may affect the market as a whole. Individual stock prices tend to go up and down more dramatically than those of certain other types of investments, such as bonds. During a general downturn in the financial markets, multiple asset classes may decline in value. When markets perform well, there can be no assurance that specific investments held by an underlying fund will rise in value.
  Money market fund risk. Although an underlying money market fund seeks to preserve the value of the Fund’s
   

investment at $1.00 per share, the Fund may lose money by investing in an underlying money market fund. The share price of money market funds can fall below the $1.00 share price. An underlying money market fund’s sponsor has no legal obligation to provide financial support to an underlying money market fund, and you should not rely on or expect that the sponsor will enter into support agreements or take other actions to provide financial support to an underlying money market fund or maintain to an underlying money market fund’s $1.00 share price at any time. The credit quality of to an underlying money market fund’s holdings can change rapidly in certain markets, and the default of a single holding could have an adverse impact on an underlying money market fund’s share price. An underlying money market fund’s share price can also be negatively affected during periods of high redemption pressures, illiquid markets, and/or significant market volatility. While an underlying money market fund’s Board may elect to impose a fee upon the sale of the Fund’s shares or temporarily suspend the Fund’s ability to sell shares in the future if an underlying money market fund’s liquidity falls below required minimums because of market conditions or other factors, an underlying money market fund’s Board has not elected to do so at this time. Should an underlying money market fund’s Board elect to do so, such change would only become effective after shareholders were provided with specific advance notice of the change in an underlying money market fund’s policy and provided with the opportunity to redeem their shares in accordance with Rule 2a-7 before the policy change became effective.

  Non-diversification risk. The Fund is non-diversified and can invest a greater portion of its assets in the obligations or securities of a small number of issuers or any single issuer than a diversified fund can. A change in the value of one or a few issuers’ securities will therefore affect the value of the Fund more than if it was a diversified fund.
  Repurchase agreement risk. If the seller of a repurchase agreement defaults or otherwise does not fulfill its obligations, an underlying fund may incur delays and losses arising from selling the underlying securities, enforcing its rights, or declining collateral value.
 

 

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  Short position risk. Because an underlying fund’s potential loss on a short position arises from increases in the value of the asset sold short, the underlying fund will incur a loss on a short position, which is theoretically unlimited, if the price of the asset sold short increases from the short sale price. The counterparty to a short position or other market factors may prevent an underlying fund from closing out a short position at a desirable time or price and may reduce or eliminate any gain or result in a loss. In a rising market, an underlying fund’s short positions will cause the underlying fund to underperform the overall market and its peers that do not engage in shorting. If an underlying fund holds both long and short positions, and both positions decline simultaneously, the short positions will not provide any buffer (hedge) from declines in value of the underlying fund’s long positions. Certain types of short positions involve leverage, which may exaggerate any losses, potentially more than the actual cost of the investment, and will increase the volatility of an underlying fund’s returns.
  Subsidiary risk. By investing in the Subsidiary, an underlying fund is indirectly exposed to risks associated with the Subsidiary’s investments. The Subsidiary is not registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (1940 Act), and, except as otherwise noted in this prospectus, is not subject to the investor protections of the 1940 Act. Changes in the laws of the United States and/or the Cayman Islands, under which an underlying fund and the Subsidiary, respectively, are organized, could result in the inability of an underlying fund and/or the Subsidiary to operate as described in this prospectus and the SAI, and could negatively affect an underlying fund and its shareholders.
  US government obligations risk. Obligations of US government agencies and authorities receive varying levels of support and may not be backed by the full faith and credit of the US government, which could affect an underlying fund’s ability to recover should they default. No assurance can be given that the US government will provide financial support to its agencies and authorities if it is not obligated by law to do so.
  Volatility risk. Although an underlying fund’s investment strategy targets a
   

specific volatility level, certain of an underlying fund’s investments may appreciate or decrease significantly in value over short periods of time. This may cause an underlying fund’s net asset value per share to experience significant increases or declines in value over short periods of time.

  Yield risk. An underlying fund’s yield will vary as the short-term securities in its portfolio mature or are sold and the proceeds are reinvested in other securities. When interest rates are very low, an underlying fund’s expenses could absorb all or a portion of an underlying fund’s income and yield. Additionally, inflation may outpace and diminish investment returns over time.

 

 

About indexes used in this report

  The Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index is an unmanaged index considered representative of the US investment grade, fixed-rate bond market.
  The Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Universal Index represents the union of the U.S. Aggregate Bond Index, the U.S. High-Yield Corporate Index, the 144A Index, the Eurodollar Index, the Emerging Markets Index and the non-ERISA portion of the CMBS Index.
  The Custom Invesco Balanced-Risk Allocation Broad Index consists of 60% S&P 500 Index and 40% Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index.
  The Custom Invesco Balanced-Risk Retirement Now Index was created by Invesco to serve as a style-specific benchmark for Invesco Balanced-Risk Retirement Now Fund. From the inception of the Fund to November 4, 2009, the index comprised the Custom Independence Now Index, which included the following indexes: Russell 3000, MSCI EAFE, FTSE NAREIT Equity REITs, Barclays U.S. Universal and Three-month U.S. Treasury Bill. From November 4, 2009, through November 30, 2009, the index comprised the MSCI World Index, the JP Morgan Global Government Index and the Three-month U.S. Treasury Bill Index. Since December 1, 2009, the index has comprised the MSCI World Index, Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index and FTSE US Three-Month Treasury Bill Index. The composition of the index may change based on the Fund’s target allocation. Therefore, the current composition of the index does
   

not reflect its historical composition and will likely be altered in the future to better reflect the Fund’s objective.

  The Custom Invesco Balanced-Risk Retirement 2020 Index was created by Invesco to serve as a style-specific benchmark for Invesco Balanced-Risk Retirement 2020 Fund. From the inception of the Fund to November 4, 2009, the index comprised the Custom Independence 2020 Index, which included the following indexes: Russell 3000, MSCI EAFE, FTSE NAREIT Equity REITs and Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Universal. From November 4, 2009, through November 30, 2009, the index comprised the MSCI World Index and the JP Morgan Global Government Bond Index. Since December 1, 2009, the index has comprised the MSCI World Index, the Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index and the U.S. 3-Month Treasury Bill Index. The composition of the index may change based on the Fund’s target asset allocation. Therefore, the current composition of the index does not reflect its historical composition and will likely be altered in the future to better reflect the Fund’s objective.
  The Custom Invesco Balanced-Risk Retirement 2030 Index was created by Invesco to serve as a style-specific benchmark for Invesco Balanced-Risk Retirement 2030 Fund. From the inception of the Fund to November 4, 2009, the index comprised the Custom Independence 2030 Index, which included the following indexes: Russell 3000, MSCI EAFE, FTSE NAREIT Equity REITs and Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Universal. From November 4, 2009, through November 30, 2009, the index comprised the MSCI World Index and the JP Morgan Global Government Bond Index. Since December 1, 2009, the index has comprised the MSCI World Index and the Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index. The composition of the index may change based on the Fund’s target asset allocation. Therefore, the current composition of the index does not reflect its historical composition and will likely be altered in the future to better reflect the Fund’s objective.
  The Custom Invesco Balanced-Risk Retirement 2040 Index was created by Invesco to serve as a style-specific benchmark for Invesco Balanced-Risk Retirement 2040 Fund. From the inception of the Fund to November 4, 2009,

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the index comprised the Custom Independence 2040 Index, which included the following indexes: Russell 3000, MSCI EAFE, FTSE NAREIT Equity REITs and Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Universal. From November 4, 2009, through November 30, 2009, the index comprised the MSCI World Index and the JP Morgan Global Government Bond Index. Since December 1, 2009, the index has comprised the MSCI World Index and the Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index. The composition of the index may change based on the Fund’s target asset allocation. Therefore, the current composition of the index does not reflect its historical composition and will likely be altered in the future to better reflect the Fund’s objective.

  The Custom Invesco Balanced-Risk Retirement 2050 Index was created by Invesco to serve as a style-specific benchmark for Invesco Balanced-Risk Retirement 2050 Fund. From the inception of the Fund to November 4, 2009, the index comprised the Custom Independence 2050 Index, which included the following indexes: Russell 3000, MSCI EAFE, FTSE NAREIT Equity REITs and Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Universal. From November 4, 2009, through November 30, 2009, the index comprised the MSCI World Index and the JP Morgan Global Government Bond Index. Since December 1, 2009, the index has comprised the MSCI World Index and the Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index. The composition of the index may change based on the Fund’s target asset allocation. Therefore, the current composition of the index does not reflect its historical composition and will likely be altered in the future to better reflect the Fund’s objective.
  The FTSE NAREIT Equity REITs Index is an unmanaged index considered representative of US real estate investment trusts (REITs).
  The FTSE US 3-Month Treasury Bill Index is an unmanaged index representative of three-month US Treasury bills.
  The JP Morgan Global Government Bond Index tracks fixed-rate issuances from high-income countries spanning the globe.
  The Lipper Mixed-Asset Target Today Index is an unmanaged index considered representative of mixed-asset target today funds tracked by Lipper.
  The Lipper Mixed-Asset Target 2020 Index is an unmanaged index considered representative of mixed-asset target 2020 funds tracked by Lipper.
  The Lipper Mixed-Asset Target 2030 Index is an unmanaged index considered representative of mixed-asset target 2030 funds tracked by Lipper.
  The Lipper Mixed-Asset Target 2040 Index is an unmanaged index considered representative of mixed-asset target 2040 funds tracked by Lipper.
  The Lipper Mixed-Asset Target 2050 Index is an unmanaged index considered representative of mixed-asset target 2050 funds tracked by Lipper.
  The MSCI EAFE® Index is an unmanaged index considered representative of stocks of Europe, Australasia and the Far East. The index is computed using the net return, which withholds applicable taxes for non-resident investors.
  The MSCI WorldSM Index is an unmanaged index considered representative of stocks of developed countries. The index is computed using the net return, which withholds applicable taxes for non-resident investors.
  The Russell 3000® Index is an unmanaged index considered representative of the US stock market. The Russell 3000 Index is a trademark/service mark of the Frank Russell Co. Russell® is a trademark of the Frank Russell Co.
  The S&P 500® Index is an unmanaged index considered representative of the US stock market.
  The U.S. 3-Month Treasury Bill Index is tracked by Lipper to provide performance of the three-month US Treasury bill.
  The Fund is not managed to track the performance of any particular index, including the index(es) described here, and consequently, the performance of the Fund may deviate significantly from the performance of the index(es).
  A direct investment cannot be made in an index. Unless otherwise indicated, index results include reinvested dividends, and they do not reflect sales charges. Performance of the peer group, if applicable, reflects fund expenses; performance of a market index does not.

 

Other information

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

 

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Schedule of Investments

December 31, 2017

Invesco Balanced-Risk Retirement Now Fund

Schedule of Investments in Affiliated Issuers–100.08%(a)

 

     % of
Net
Assets
12/31/17
    Value
12/31/16
    Purchases
at Cost
    Proceeds
from Sales
    Change in
Unrealized
Appreciation
    Realized
Gain
    Dividend
Income
    Shares
12/31/17
    Value
12/31/17
 

Asset Allocation Funds–60.73%

 

Invesco Balanced-Risk Allocation Fund–Class R6

    60.73   $ 16,256,949     $ 1,504,552     $ (3,319,393   $ 508,684     $ 984,531     $       1,366,097     $ 15,040,728  

Money Market Funds–39.35%

 

Invesco Government & Agency Portfolio–Institutional Class, 1.18% (b)

    23.61     6,445,052       5,491,663       (6,088,274                 48,080       5,848,441       5,848,441  

Invesco Liquid Assets Portfolio–Institutional Class, 1.40%(b)

    0.00           3,072,273       (3,072,273                 164              

Invesco Treasury Portfolio–Institutional Class, 1.17%(b)

    15.74     4,296,701       3,008,900       (3,406,641                 30,763       3,898,960       3,898,960  

Total Money Market Funds

            10,741,753       11,572,836       (12,567,188                 79,007               9,747,401  

TOTAL INVESTMENTS IN AFFILIATED ISSUERS
(Cost $24,405,915)

    100.08   $ 26,998,702     $ 13,077,388     $ (15,886,581   $ 508,684     $ 984,531 (c)    $ 79,007             $ 24,788,129  

OTHER ASSETS LESS LIABILITIES

    (0.08 )%                                                              (20,309

NET ASSETS

    100.00                                                           $ 24,767,820  

Invesco Balanced-Risk Retirement 2020 Fund

Schedule of Investments in Affiliated Issuers–100.09%(a)

 

     % of
Net
Assets
12/31/17
    Value
12/31/16
    Purchases
at Cost
    Proceeds
from Sales
    Change in
Unrealized
Appreciation
    Realized
Gain
    Dividend
Income
    Shares
12/31/17
    Value
12/31/17
 

Asset Allocation Funds–71.82%

 

Invesco Balanced-Risk Allocation Fund–Class R6

    71.82   $ 51,665,053     $ 2,771,751     $ (9,721,698   $ 1,871,372     $ 2,786,414     $       4,232,619     $ 46,601,141  

Money Market Funds–28.27%

 

Invesco Government & Agency Portfolio–Institutional Class, 1.18%(b)

    16.96     10,696,253       7,896,833       (7,586,369                 85,446       11,006,717       11,006,717  

Invesco Treasury Portfolio–Institutional Class, 1.17%(b)

    11.31     7,130,835       5,264,556       (5,057,580                 54,580       7,337,811       7,337,811  

Total Money Market Funds

            17,827,088       13,161,389       (12,643,949                 140,026               18,344,528  

TOTAL INVESTMENTS IN AFFILIATED ISSUERS
(Cost $63,764,702)

    100.09   $ 69,492,141     $ 15,933,140     $ (22,365,647   $ 1,871,372     $ 2,786,414 (d)    $ 140,026             $ 64,945,669  

OTHER ASSETS LESS LIABILITIES

    (0.09 )%                                                              (57,014

NET ASSETS

    100.00                                                           $ 64,888,655  

Notes to Schedule of Investments:

 

(a)  Each underlying fund and the Fund are affiliated by either having the same investment adviser or an investment adviser under common control with the Fund’s investment adviser.
(b)  The rate shown is the 7 -day SEC standardized yield as of December 31, 2017.
(c)  Includes $894,595 of capital gains distributions from affiliated underlying funds for Invesco Balanced-Risk Allocation Fund.
(d)  Includes $2,771,751 of capital gains distributions from affiliated underlying funds for Invesco Balanced-Risk Allocation Fund.

 

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

 

29                         Invesco Balanced-Risk Retirement Funds


Schedule of Investments—(continued)

December 31, 2017

Invesco Balanced-Risk Retirement 2030 Fund

Schedule of Investments in Affiliated Issuers–100.74%(a)

 

     % of
Net
Assets
12/31/17
    Value
12/31/16
    Purchases
at Cost
    Proceeds
from Sales
    Change in
Unrealized
Appreciation
    Realized
Gain
    Dividend
Income
    Shares
12/31/17
    Value
12/31/17
 

Asset Allocation Funds–100.07%

 

Invesco Balanced-Risk Allocation Fund–Class R6

    92.70   $ 71,111,737     $ 6,143,525     $ (12,100,002   $ 3,162,345     $ 3,424,882     $       6,148,606     $ 67,696,154  

Invesco Balanced-Risk Aggressive Allocation Fund

    7.37     8,561,561       567,395       (4,171,757     824,782       91,848             633,913       5,381,921  

Total Asset Allocation Funds

            79,673,298       6,710,920       (16,271,759     3,987,127       3,516,730                     73,078,075  

Money Market Funds–0.67%

 

Invesco Government & Agency Portfolio–Institutional Class, 1.18%(b)

    0.40     182,293       7,480,481       (7,368,031                 1,487       294,743       294,743  

Invesco Treasury Portfolio–Institutional Class, 1.17%(b)

    0.27     121,528       4,986,988       (4,912,021                 949       196,495       196,495  

Total Money Market Funds

            303,821       12,467,469       (12,280,052                 2,436               491,238  

TOTAL INVESTMENTS IN AFFILIATED ISSUERS
(Cost $74,019,934)

    100.74   $ 79,977,119     $ 19,178,389     $ (28,551,811   $ 3,987,127     $ 3,516,730 (c)    $ 2,436             $ 73,569,313  

OTHER ASSETS LESS LIABILITIES

    (0.74 )%                                                              (544,139

NET ASSETS

    100.00                                                           $ 73,025,174  

Invesco Balanced-Risk Retirement 2040 Fund

Schedule of Investments in Affiliated Issuers–100.53%(a)

 

     % of
Net
Assets
12/31/17
    Value
12/31/16
    Purchases
at Cost
    Proceeds
from Sales
    Change in
Unrealized
Appreciation
    Realized
Gain
    Dividend
Income
    Shares
12/31/17
    Value
12/31/17
 

Asset Allocation Funds–99.74%

 

Invesco Balanced-Risk Allocation Fund–Class R6

    58.06   $ 28,316,194     $ 5,611,918     $ (3,773,351   $ 1,235,243     $ 1,630,574     $       2,829,685     $ 31,154,838  

Invesco Balanced-Risk Aggressive Allocation Fund

    41.68     22,758,100       3,356,877       (4,808,186     1,424,813       1,680,460             2,634,439       22,366,385  

Total Asset Allocation Funds

            51,074,294       8,968,795       (8,581,537     2,660,056       3,311,034                     53,521,223  

Money Market Funds–0.79%

 

Invesco Government & Agency Portfolio–Institutional Class, 1.18%(b)

    0.47     256,259       6,018,385       (6,019,451                 1,224       255,193       255,193  

Invesco Treasury Portfolio–Institutional Class, 1.17%(b)

    0.32     170,840       4,012,257       (4,012,968                 795       170,129       170,129  

Total Money Market Funds

            427,099       10,030,642       (10,032,419                 2,019               425,322  

TOTAL INVESTMENTS IN AFFILIATED ISSUERS
(Cost $58,312,326)

    100.53   $ 51,501,393     $ 18,999,437     $ (18,613,956   $ 2,660,056     $ 3,311,034 (d)    $ 2,019             $ 53,946,545  

OTHER ASSETS LESS LIABILITIES

    (0.53 )%                                                              (285,372

NET ASSETS

    100.00                                                           $ 53,661,173  

Notes to Schedule of Investments:

 

(a)  Each underlying fund and the Fund are affiliated by either having the same investment adviser or an investment adviser under common control with the Fund’s investment adviser.
(b)  The rate shown is the 7–day SEC standardized yield as of December 31, 2017.
(c)  Includes $4,046,333 and $491,908 of capital gains distributions from affiliated underlying funds for Invesco Balanced-Risk Allocation Fund and Invesco Balanced–Risk Aggressive Allocation Fund, respectively.
(d)  Includes $1,865,740 and $2,045,679 of capital gains distributions from affiliated underlying funds for Invesco Balanced-Risk Allocation Fund and Invesco Balanced–Risk Aggressive Allocation Fund, respectively.

 

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

 

30                         Invesco Balanced-Risk Retirement Funds


Schedule of Investments—(continued)

December 31, 2017

Invesco Balanced-Risk Retirement 2050 Fund

Schedule of Investments in Affiliated Issuers–99.21%(a)

 

     % of
Net
Assets
12/31/17
    Value
12/31/16
    Purchases
at Cost
    Proceeds
from Sales
    Change in
Unrealized
Appreciation
    Realized
Gain
    Dividend
Income
    Shares
12/31/17
    Value
12/31/17
 

Asset Allocation Funds–99.21%

 

Invesco Balanced-Risk Allocation Fund–Class R6

    25.98   $ 7,396,287     $ 3,514,894     $ (1,141,375   $ 301,771     $ 534,541     $       908,312     $ 10,000,511  

Invesco Balanced-Risk Aggressive Allocation Fund

    73.23     25,689,554       6,453,127       (5,031,168     1,489,758       2,185,467             3,319,321       28,181,038  

Total Asset Allocation Funds

            33,085,841       9,968,021       (6,172,543     1,791,529       2,720,008                     38,181,549  

Money Market Funds–0.00%

 

Invesco Government & Agency Portfolio–Institutional Class, 1.18%(b)

    0.00     430,976       5,486,678       (5,917,654                 1,006              

Invesco Treasury Portfolio–Institutional Class, 1.17%(b)

    0.00     287,317       3,657,785       (3,945,102                 643              

Total Money Market Funds

            718,293       9,144,463       (9,862,756                 1,649                

TOTAL INVESTMENTS IN AFFILIATED ISSUERS
(Cost $41,140,239)

    99.21   $ 33,804,134     $ 19,112,484     $ (16,035,299   $ 1,791,529     $ 2,720,008 (c)    $ 1,649             $ 38,181,549  

OTHER ASSETS LESS LIABILITIES

    0.79                                                             302,588  

NET ASSETS

    100.00                                                           $ 38,484,137  

Notes to Schedule of Investments:

 

(a)  Each underlying fund and the Fund are affiliated by either having the same investment adviser or an investment adviser under common control with the Fund’s investment adviser.
(b)  The rate shown is the 7–day SEC standardized yield as of December 31, 2017.
(c)  Includes $605,607 and $2,605,700 of capital gains distributions from affiliated underlying funds for Invesco Balanced-Risk Allocation Fund and Invesco Balanced–Risk Aggressive Allocation Fund, respectively.

 

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

 

31                         Invesco Balanced-Risk Retirement Funds


Statement of Assets and Liabilities

December 31, 2017

 

            Invesco
Balanced-Risk
Retirement
Now Fund
          Invesco
Balanced-Risk
Retirement
2020 Fund
          Invesco
Balanced-Risk
Retirement
2030 Fund
          Invesco
Balanced-Risk
Retirement
2040 Fund
          Invesco
Balanced-Risk
Retirement
2050 Fund
 

Assets:

                    

Investments in affiliated underlying funds, at value

     $ 24,788,129       $ 64,945,669       $ 73,569,313       $ 53,946,545       $ 38,181,549  

Cash

       20,942         30,499         33,642         30,379         380,056  

Receivable for:

                    

Fund shares sold

       3,649         112,611         148,939         85,518         251,158  

Dividends from affiliated underlying funds

       8,956         16,978         310         207         252  

Fund expenses absorbed

       5,637                                  

Investment for trustee deferred compensation and retirement plans

       46,322         40,709         40,441         37,225         33,666  

Other assets

       49,823         51,224         51,581         50,939         50,777  

Total assets

       24,923,458         65,197,690         73,844,226         54,150,813         38,897,458  

Liabilities:

                    

Payable for:

                    

Fund shares reacquired

       61,957         184,660         677,725         366,581         299,105  

Accrued fees to affiliates

       17,423         51,614         68,206         56,003         51,291  

Accrued trustees’ and officer’s fees and benefits

       587         635         762         752         663  

Accrued operating expenses

       28,418         29,446         29,929         28,008         27,777  

Trustee deferred compensation and retirement plans

       47,253         42,680         42,430         38,296         34,485  

Total liabilities

       155,638         309,035         819,052         489,640         413,321  

Net assets applicable to shares outstanding

     $ 24,767,820       $ 64,888,655       $ 73,025,174       $ 53,661,173       $ 38,484,137  

Net assets consist of:

                    

Shares of beneficial interest

     $ 23,957,526       $ 64,908,664       $ 75,077,333       $ 59,919,719       $ 41,222,060  

Undistributed net investment income (loss)

       (37,705       756,141         1,342,724         1,152,866         476,031  

Undistributed net realized gain (loss)

       465,785         (1,957,117       (2,944,262       (3,045,631       (255,264

Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

       382,214         1,180,967         (450,621       (4,365,781       (2,958,690
       $ 24,767,820       $ 64,888,655       $ 73,025,174       $ 53,661,173       $ 38,484,137  

 

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

 

32                         Invesco Balanced-Risk Retirement Funds


Statement of Assets and Liabilities—(continued)

December 31, 2017

 

            Invesco
Balanced-Risk
Retirement
Now Fund
           Invesco
Balanced-Risk
Retirement
2020 Fund
           Invesco
Balanced-Risk
Retirement
2030 Fund
           Invesco
Balanced-Risk
Retirement
2040 Fund
           Invesco
Balanced-Risk
Retirement
2050 Fund
 

Net Assets:

                        

Class A

     $ 10,052,925        $ 36,409,143        $ 41,546,194        $ 32,003,913        $ 21,082,402  

Class AX

     $ 7,608,479        $ 6,510,053        $ 4,629,083        $ 2,586,860        $ 1,025,147  

Class B

     $ 27,474        $ 394,673        $ 310,931        $ 236,237        $ 90,736  

Class C

     $ 3,423,473        $ 7,344,841        $ 11,936,301        $ 6,368,958        $ 5,853,375  

Class CX

     $ 1,120,753        $ 1,138,459        $ 723,871        $ 212,562        $ 144,002  

Class R

     $ 1,373,512        $ 7,005,500        $ 8,538,151        $ 7,650,059        $ 4,226,642  

Class RX

     $ 87,195        $ 422,716        $ 561,159        $ 161,336        $ 57,812  

Class Y

     $ 305,779        $ 1,921,442        $ 890,468        $ 848,623        $ 4,251,301  

Class R5

     $ 123,982        $ 728,127        $ 760,669        $ 411,814        $ 113,588  

Class R6

     $ 644,248        $ 3,013,701        $ 3,128,347        $ 3,180,811        $ 1,639,132  

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

 

Class A

       1,187,474          4,024,917          4,770,035          4,029,053          2,704,600  

Class AX

       899,916          719,661          530,931          326,151          131,363  

Class B

       3,367          44,039          36,049          30,054          11,820  

Class C

       418,890          821,239          1,384,200          811,028          760,799  

Class CX

       137,260          127,363          83,913          27,125          18,729  

Class R

       164,135          777,220          985,255          968,099          545,294  

Class RX

       10,427          46,898          64,783          20,416          7,450  

Class Y

       35,699          212,504          102,059          106,601          543,932  

Class R5

       14,481          80,067          86,873          51,637          14,514  

Class R6

       75,253          331,242          357,407          398,872          209,189  

Class A:

                        

Net asset value per share

     $ 8.47        $ 9.05        $ 8.71        $ 7.94        $ 7.80  

Maximum offering price per share
(Net asset value ¸ 94.50%)

     $ 8.96        $ 9.58        $ 9.22        $ 8.40        $ 8.25  

Class AX:

                        

Net asset value per share

     $ 8.45        $ 9.05        $ 8.72        $ 7.93        $ 7.80  

Maximum offering price per share
(Net asset value ¸ 94.50%)

     $ 8.94        $ 9.58        $ 9.23        $ 8.39        $ 8.25  

Class B:

                        

Net asset value and offering price per share

     $ 8.16        $ 8.96        $ 8.63        $ 7.86        $ 7.68  

Class C:

                        

Net asset value and offering price per share

     $ 8.17        $ 8.94        $ 8.62        $ 7.85        $ 7.69  

Class CX:

                        

Net asset value and offering price per share

     $ 8.17        $ 8.94        $ 8.63        $ 7.84        $ 7.69  

Class R:

                        

Net asset value and offering price per share

     $ 8.37        $ 9.01        $ 8.67        $ 7.90        $ 7.75  

Class RX:

                        

Net asset value and offering price per share

     $ 8.36        $ 9.01        $ 8.66        $ 7.90        $ 7.76  

Class Y:

                        

Net asset value and offering price per share

     $ 8.57        $ 9.04        $ 8.73        $ 7.96        $ 7.82  

Class R5:

                        

Net asset value and offering price per share

     $ 8.56        $ 9.09        $ 8.76        $ 7.98        $ 7.83  

Class R6:

                        

Net asset value and offering price per share

     $ 8.56        $ 9.10        $ 8.75        $ 7.97        $ 7.84  

Cost of Investments in affiliated underlying funds

     $ 24,405,915        $ 63,764,702        $ 74,019,934        $ 58,312,326        $ 41,140,239  

 

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

 

33                         Invesco Balanced-Risk Retirement Funds


Statement of Operations

For the year ended December 31, 2017

 

            Invesco
Balanced-Risk
Retirement
Now Fund
          Invesco
Balanced-Risk
Retirement
2020 Fund
          Invesco
Balanced-Risk
Retirement
2030 Fund
          Invesco
Balanced-Risk
Retirement
2040 Fund
          Invesco
Balanced-Risk
Retirement
2050 Fund
 

Investment income:

                    

Dividends from affiliated underlying funds

     $ 79,007       $ 140,026       $ 2,436       $ 2,019       $ 1,649  

Expenses:

                    

Administrative services fees

       50,000         50,000         50,000         50,000         50,000  

Custodian fees

       5,968         6,195         7,198         6,328         6,325  

Distribution fees:

                    

Class A

       25,253         92,773         105,876         77,151         46,014  

Class AX

       19,929         16,894         12,516         6,696         2,810  

Class B

       429         5,289         6,153         3,197         1,915  

Class C

       35,776         77,068         114,466         61,413         54,415  

Class CX

       13,738         12,614         7,631         2,555         1,436  

Class R

       8,366         36,175         42,521         35,924         19,335  

Class RX

       387         2,073         2,554         710         341  

Transfer agent fees — A, AX, B, C, CX, R, RX and Y

       46,394         125,015         152,037         131,685         120,876  

Transfer agent fees — R5

       121         657         1,004         430         235  

Transfer agent fees — R6

       222         287         325         352         297  

Trustees’ and officers’ fees and benefits

       21,280         21,430         21,644         21,445         21,046  

Registration and filing fees

       120,815         123,486         123,364         121,846         121,790  

Reports to shareholders

       20,055         33,606         34,402         27,888         27,440  

Professional services fees

       42,395         39,733         41,474         41,282         41,019  

Other

       15,624         15,951         16,039         15,851         15,641  

Total expenses

       426,752         659,246         739,204         604,753         530,935  

Less: Expenses reimbursed and expense offset arrangement(s)

       (323,025       (416,451       (447,641       (417,224       (404,758

Net expenses

       103,727         242,795         291,563         187,529         126,177  

Net investment income (loss)

       (24,720       (102,769       (289,127       (185,510       (124,528

Realized and unrealized gain (loss) from:

                    

Net realized gain (loss) from affiliated underlying fund shares

       89,936         14,663         (1,021,511       (600,385       (491,299

Net realized gain from distributions of affiliated underlying fund shares

       894,595         2,771,751         4,538,241         3,911,419         3,211,307  

Net realized gain from affiliated underlying fund shares

       984,531         2,786,414         3,516,730         3,311,034         2,720,008  

Change in net unrealized appreciation of affiliated underlying fund shares

       508,684         1,871,372         3,987,127         2,660,056         1,791,529  

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

     $ 1,468,495       $ 4,555,017       $ 7,214,730       $ 5,785,580       $ 4,387,009  

 

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

 

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Statement of Changes in Net Assets

For the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016

 

            Invesco Balanced-Risk
Retirement Now Fund
          Invesco Balanced-Risk
Retirement 2020 Fund
 
         2017     2016           2017     2016  

Operations:

            

Net investment income (loss)

     $ (24,720   $ 586,071       $ (102,769   $ 1,872,940  

Net realized gain (loss)

       984,531       645,355         2,786,414       (1,820,194

Change in net unrealized appreciation

       508,684       509,789         1,871,372       5,161,749  

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

       1,468,495       1,741,215         4,555,017       5,214,495  

Distributions to shareholders from net investment income:

            

Class A

       (184,495     (344,249       (1,048,141     (1,012,843

Class AX

       (141,518     (292,065       (187,481     (192,430

Class B

       (467     (2,587       (8,776     (12,956

Class C

       (56,400     (103,700       (156,123     (147,366

Class CX

       (18,362     (52,281       (24,144     (27,780

Class R

       (24,770     (56,811       (189,975     (168,948

Class RX

       (1,509     (2,411       (11,028     (9,999

Class Y

       (6,014     (18,400       (60,386     (101,129

Class R5

       (2,316     (4,897       (22,480     (33,991

Class R6

       (12,149     (19,650       (93,145     (44,209

Total distributions from net investment income

       (448,000     (897,051       (1,801,679     (1,751,651

Distributions to shareholders from net realized gains:

            

Class A

       (153,160     (125,224             (193,903

Class AX

       (117,197     (105,893             (36,840

Class B

       (448     (1,075             (3,515

Class C

       (54,327     (43,199             (39,982

Class CX

       (17,671     (21,962             (7,537

Class R

       (21,014     (22,324             (35,734

Class RX

       (1,335     (825             (2,115

Class Y

       (3,915     (6,502             (17,676

Class R5

       (1,862     (1,673             (5,941

Class R6

       (9,688     (6,957             (7,727

Total distributions from net realized gains

       (380,617     (335,634             (350,970

Share transactions–net:

            

Class A

       (327,525     (429,100       (3,710,264     (1,553,986

Class AX

       (1,241,989     (842,999       (992,796     (1,008,681

Class B

       (54,808     (90,219       (294,741     (380,539

Class C

       (166,873     (339,846       (770,615     (634,438

Class CX

       (549,427     (695,634       (381,498     (776,102

Class R

       (401,132     265,073         (369,338     713,367  

Class RX

       18,440       (128,735       (14,134     (148,363

Class Y

       (167,412     (969,190       (1,800,648     (1,996,507

Class R5

       (18,828     (2,970,711       (499,582     (26,283,371

Class R6

       53,244       150,625         1,414,917       182,246  

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

       (2,856,310     (6,050,736       (7,418,699     (31,886,374

Net increase (decrease) in net assets

       (2,216,432     (5,542,206       (4,665,361     (28,774,500

Net assets:

            

Beginning of year

       26,984,252       32,526,458         69,554,016       98,328,516  

End of year*

     $ 24,767,820     $ 26,984,252       $ 64,888,655     $ 69,554,016  

* Includes accumulated undistributed net investment income (loss)

     $ (37,705   $ (14,880     $ 756,141     $ 1,280,679  

 

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

 

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Statement of Changes in Net Assets—(continued)

For the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016

 

            Invesco Balanced-Risk
Retirement 2030 Fund
          Invesco Balanced-Risk
Retirement 2040 Fund
 
         2017     2016           2017     2016  

Operations:

            

Net investment income (loss)

     $ (289,127   $ 3,143,239       $ (185,510   $ 2,635,696  

Net realized gain (loss)

       3,516,730       (2,482,753       3,311,034       (3,150,120

Change in net unrealized appreciation

       3,987,127       7,910,598         2,660,056       6,542,673  

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

       7,214,730       8,571,084         5,785,580       6,028,249  

Distributions to shareholders from net investment income:

            

Class A

       (1,209,287     (2,022,276       (1,228,854     (1,441,292

Class AX

       (132,906     (256,421       (99,407     (132,204

Class B

       (7,606     (42,383       (7,722     (16,894

Class C

       (255,594     (446,577       (202,087     (233,283

Class CX

       (15,637     (31,226       (6,716     (11,853

Class R

       (216,537     (374,006       (271,662     (307,139

Class RX

       (14,739     (20,919       (5,775     (6,924

Class Y

       (28,955     (159,889       (34,700     (72,931

Class R5

       (23,625     (142,093       (16,591     (35,989

Class R6

       (96,715     (102,211       (128,269     (107,400

Total distributions from net investment income

       (2,001,601     (3,598,001       (2,001,783     (2,365,909

Distributions to shareholders from net realized gains:

            

Class A

             (289,479             (446,744

Class AX

             (36,705             (40,978

Class B

             (7,308             (6,215

Class C

             (77,006             (85,817

Class CX

             (5,385             (4,360

Class R

             (56,877             (100,693

Class RX

             (3,181             (2,270

Class Y

             (21,701             (21,503

Class R5

             (19,285             (10,611

Class R6

             (13,872             (31,666

Total distributions from net realized gains

             (530,799             (750,857

Share transactions–net:

            

Class A

       (4,880,949     389,628         (918,895     1,731,030  

Class AX

       (1,263,878     (592,483       (425,655     (249,871

Class B

       (776,142     (550,680       (189,846     (199,594

Class C

       (341,257     (1,325,115       103,038       53,318  

Class CX

       (131,932     (373,995       (97,457     (40,294

Class R

       (742,549     (1,438,734       147,159       (429,128

Class RX

       46,840       (761,492       13,324       (514,480

Class Y

       (2,668,093     (1,852,382       (781,351     (1,629,956

Class R5

       (2,306,974     (24,740,635       (367,413     (22,385,227

Class R6

       852,244       439,813         851,660       572,318  

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

       (12,212,690     (30,806,075       (1,665,436     (23,091,884

Net increase (decrease) in net assets

       (6,999,561     (26,363,791       2,118,361       (20,180,401

Net assets:

            

Beginning of year

       80,024,735       106,388,526         51,542,812       71,723,213  

End of year*

     $ 73,025,174     $ 80,024,735       $ 53,661,173     $ 51,542,812  

* Includes accumulated undistributed net investment income (loss)

     $ 1,342,724     $ 1,347,209       $ 1,152,866     $ 1,281,044  

 

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

 

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Statement of Changes in Net Assets—(continued)

For the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016

 

            Invesco Balanced-Risk
Retirement 2050 Fund
 
         2017     2016  

Operations:

      

Net investment income (loss)

     $ (124,528   $ 1,946,463  

Net realized gain (loss)

       2,720,008       (471,009

Change in net unrealized appreciation

       1,791,529       2,387,672  

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

       4,387,009       3,863,126  

Distributions to shareholders from net investment income:

      

Class A

       (908,662     (1,211,728

Class AX

       (42,705     (89,361

Class B

       (3,790     (17,914

Class C

       (199,531     (330,597

Class CX

       (5,090     (9,249

Class R

       (172,363     (244,337

Class RX

       (2,426     (5,602

Class Y

       (189,757     (217,224

Class R5

       (4,941     (50,643

Class R6

       (71,518     (73,865

Total distributions from net investment income

       (1,600,783     (2,250,520

Distributions to shareholders from net realized gains:

      

Class A

             (50,199

Class AX

             (3,702

Class B

             (822

Class C

             (15,178

Class CX

             (425

Class R

             (10,476

Class RX

             (240

Class Y

             (8,722

Class R5

             (2,034

Class R6

             (2,966

Total distributions from net realized gains

             (94,764

Share transactions–net:

      

Class A

       1,901,807       3,442,274  

Class AX

       (302,538     125,233  

Class B

       (172,108     (70,669

Class C

       139,359       691,638  

Class CX

       (9,581     (10,123

Class R

       340,032       (510,406

Class RX

       (28,422     (97,271

Class Y

       241,137       1,162,282  

Class R5

       (610,780     (7,214,733

Class R6

       522,727       460,380  

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

       2,021,633       (2,021,395

Net increase (decrease) in net assets

       4,807,859       (503,553

Net assets:

      

Beginning of year

       33,676,278       34,179,831  

End of year*

     $ 38,484,137     $ 33,676,278  

* Includes accumulated undistributed net investment income (loss)

     $ 476,031     $ 460,164  

 

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

 

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Notes to Financial Statements

December 31, 2017

NOTE 1—Significant Accounting Policies

AIM Growth Series (Invesco Growth Series) (the “Trust”) is organized as a Delaware statutory trust and is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”), as an open-end series management investment company consisting of twenty-nine separate series portfolios (each constituting a “Fund”), each authorized to issue an unlimited number of shares of beneficial interest. The Funds covered in this report, each a series portfolio of the Trust, are Invesco Balanced-Risk Retirement Now Fund, Invesco Balanced-Risk Retirement 2020 Fund, Invesco Balanced-Risk Retirement 2030 Fund, Invesco Balanced-Risk Retirement 2040 Fund and Invesco Balanced-Risk Retirement 2050 Fund (collectively, the “Funds”). The assets, liabilities and operations of each Fund are accounted for separately. Information presented in these financial statements pertains only to the Funds. Matters affecting each Fund or class will be voted on exclusively by the shareholders of such Fund or class.

The investment objectives of the Funds are: to provide real return and, as a secondary objective, capital preservation for Invesco Balanced-Risk Retirement Now Fund; and to provide total return with a low to moderate correlation to traditional financial market indices and, as a secondary objective, capital preservation for Invesco Balanced-Risk Retirement 2020 Fund, Invesco Balanced-Risk Retirement 2030 Fund, Invesco Balanced-Risk Retirement 2040 Fund and Invesco Balanced-Risk Retirement 2050 Fund.

Each Fund is a “fund of funds,” in that it invests in other mutual funds (“underlying funds”) advised by Invesco Advisers, Inc. (the “Adviser” or “Invesco”). The Adviser may change each Fund’s asset class allocations, the underlying funds or the target weightings in an underlying fund without shareholder approval. The underlying funds may engage in a number of investment techniques and practices, which involve certain risks. Each underlying fund’s accounting policies are outlined in the underlying fund’s financial statements and are publicly available.

Each Fund currently consists of ten different classes of shares: Class A, Class AX, Class B, Class C, Class CX, Class R, Class RX, Class Y, Class R5 and Class R6. Class AX, Class CX and Class RX shares are closed to new investors. Class Y shares are available only to certain investors. Class A shares and Class AX shares are sold with a front-end sales charge unless certain waiver criteria are met and under certain circumstances load waived shares may be subject to contingent deferred sales charges (“CDSC”). Class C and Class CX shares are sold with a CDSC. Class R, Class RX, Class Y, Class R5 and Class R6 shares are sold at net asset value. Effective November 30, 2010, new or additional investments in Class B shares are no longer permitted. Existing shareholders of Class B shares may continue to reinvest dividends and capital gains distributions in Class B shares until they convert to Class A shares. Also, shareholders in Class B shares will be able to exchange those shares for Class B shares of other Invesco Funds offering such shares until they convert to Class A shares. Generally, Class B shares will automatically convert to Class A shares on or about the month-end, which is at least eight years after the date of purchase. Redemption of Class B shares prior to the conversion date will be subject to a CDSC. Effective January 26, 2018, each of the Fund’s outstanding Class B shares were converted to Class A shares, in advance of their normally scheduled conversion. No CDSC was paid in connection with this early conversion.

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

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

A. Security Valuations — Securities of investment companies that trade on an exchange are valued at the last sales price or official closing price as of the close of the customary trading session on the exchange where the security is principally traded. Investments in shares of funds that are not traded on an exchange are valued at the end-of-day net asset value per share of such fund. Securities in the underlying funds, including restricted securities, are valued in accordance with the valuation policy of such fund. The policies of the underlying funds affiliated with the Funds as a result of having the same investment adviser are set forth below.

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

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

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

Swap agreements are fair valued using an evaluated quote, if available, provided by an independent pricing service. Evaluated quotes provided by the pricing service are valued based on a model which may include end-of-day net present values, spreads, ratings, industry, company performance and returns of referenced assets. Centrally cleared swap agreements are valued at the daily settlement price determined by the relevant exchange or clearinghouse.

Foreign securities’ (including foreign exchange contracts) prices are converted into U.S. dollar amounts using the applicable exchange rates as of the close of the NYSE. If market quotations are available and reliable for foreign exchange-traded equity securities, the securities will be valued

 

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

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

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

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

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

B. Securities Transactions and Investment Income — Securities transactions are accounted for on a trade date basis. Realized gains or losses on sales are computed on the basis of specific identification of the securities sold. Distributions from ordinary income from underlying funds, if any, are recorded as dividend income on ex-dividend date. Distributions from gains from underlying funds, if any, are recorded as realized gains on the ex-dividend date. The following policies are followed by the underlying funds: Interest income (net of withholding tax, if any) is recorded on the accrual basis from settlement date. Bond premiums and discounts are amortized and/or accreted over the lives of the respective securities. Pay-in-kind interest income and non-cash dividend income received in the form of securities in-lieu of cash are recorded at the fair value of the securities received. Paydown gains and losses on mortgage and asset-backed securities are recorded as adjustments to interest income.

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

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

C. Distributions — Invesco Balanced-Risk Retirement Now Fund generally declares and pays dividends from net investment income, if any, quarterly. Invesco Balanced-Risk Retirement 2020 Fund, Invesco Balanced-Risk Retirement 2030 Fund, Invesco Balanced-Risk Retirement 2040 Fund and Invesco Balanced-Risk Retirement 2050 Fund generally declare and pay dividends from net investment income, if any, annually. Distributions from net realized capital gains, if any, are generally paid annually and recorded on the ex-dividend date. The Funds may elect to treat a portion of the proceeds from redemptions as distributions for federal income tax purposes.
D. Federal Income Taxes — The Funds intend to comply with the requirements of Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Internal Revenue Code”), necessary to qualify as a regulated investment company and to distribute substantially all of the Funds’ taxable earnings to shareholders. As such, the Funds will not be subject to federal income taxes on otherwise taxable income (including net realized capital gain) that is distributed to shareholders. Therefore, no provision for federal income taxes is recorded in the financial statements.

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

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

E. Expenses — Expenses included in the accompanying financial statements reflect the expenses of the Funds and do not include any expenses of the underlying funds. The effects of the underlying funds expenses are included in the realized and unrealized gain/loss on the investments in the underlying funds. Estimated expenses of the underlying funds are discussed further within Note 11.

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

F.

Accounting Estimates — The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”) requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period including

 

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  estimates and assumptions related to taxation. Actual results could differ from those estimates by a significant amount. In addition, each Fund monitors for material events or transactions that may occur or become known after the period-end date and before the date the financial statements are released to print.
G. Indemnifications — Under the Trust’s organizational documents, each Trustee, officer, employee or other agent of the Trust is indemnified against certain liabilities that may arise out of the performance of their duties to the Funds. Additionally, in the normal course of business, the Funds enter into contracts, including each Fund’s servicing agreements, that contain a variety of indemnification clauses. Each Fund’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown as this would involve future claims that may be made against such Fund that have not yet occurred. The risk of material loss as a result of such indemnification claims is considered remote.
H. Other Risks — The Funds and certain of the underlying funds are non-diversified and may invest in securities of 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.

NOTE 2—Advisory Fees and Other Fees Paid to Affiliates

The Trust has entered into a master investment advisory agreement with Invesco. Under the terms of the investment advisory agreement, the Funds do not pay an advisory fee. However, each Fund pays advisory fees to Invesco indirectly as a shareholder of the underlying funds.

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

Invesco has contractually agreed, through at least April 30, 2019, to reimburse expenses to the extent necessary to limit total annual fund operating expenses after expense reimbursement (excluding certain items discussed below) of Class A, Class AX, Class B, Class C, Class CX, Class R, Class RX, Class Y, Class R5 and Class R6 shares for each Fund as shown in the following table (the “expense limits”):

 

        Class A/AX        Class B        Class C/CX        Class R/RX        Class Y        Class R5        Class R6  

Invesco Balanced-Risk Retirement Now Fund

     0.25      1.00      1.00      0.50      0.00      0.00      0.00

Invesco Balanced-Risk Retirement 2020 Fund

     0.25      1.00      1.00      0.50      0.00      0.00      0.00

Invesco Balanced-Risk Retirement 2030 Fund

     0.25      1.00      1.00      0.50      0.00      0.00      0.00

Invesco Balanced-Risk Retirement 2040 Fund

     0.25      1.00      1.00      0.50      0.00      0.00      0.00

Invesco Balanced-Risk Retirement 2050 Fund

     0.25      1.00      1.00      0.50      0.00      0.00      0.00

In determining Invesco’s obligation to reimburse expenses, the following expenses are not taken into account, and could cause the total annual fund operating expenses after expense reimbursement to exceed the numbers reflected above: (1) interest; (2) taxes; (3) dividend expense on short sales; (4) extraordinary or non-routine items, including litigation expenses; and (5) expenses that the Funds have incurred but did not actually pay because of an expense offset arrangement. Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses are not operating expenses of a Fund directly, but are fees and expenses, including management fees of the investment companies in which a Fund invests. As a result, the total annual fund operating expenses after expense reimbursement may exceed the expense limits above. Unless Invesco continues each Fund’s fee waiver agreement, it will terminate on April 30, 2019. During its term, the fee waiver agreement cannot be terminated or amended to increase the expense limits or reduce the advisory fee waiver without approval of the Board of Trustees.

For the year ended December 31, 2017, Invesco reimbursed the following expenses:

 

     Fund Level     Class A     Class AX     Class B     Class C     Class CX     Class R     Class RX     Class Y     Class R5     Class R6  

Invesco Balanced-Risk Retirement Now Fund

  $ 276,288     $ 18,362     $ 14,491     $ 78     $ 6,504     $ 2,497     $ 3,042     $ 141     $ 737     $ 121     $ 222  

Invesco Balanced-Risk Retirement 2020 Fund

    290,492       71,808       13,077       1,023       14,913       2,441       14,000       802       5,648       657       287  

Invesco Balanced-Risk Retirement 2030 Fund

    294,275       88,874       10,507       1,291       24,021       1,601       17,846       1,072       4,740       1,004       325  

Invesco Balanced-Risk Retirement 2040 Fund

    284,757       82,029       7,119       850       16,324       679       19,097       378       3,199       430       352  

Invesco Balanced-Risk Retirement 2050 Fund

    283,350       65,700       4,012       683       19,423       513       13,803       244       14,374       235       297  

The Trust has entered into a master administrative services agreement with Invesco pursuant to which each Fund has agreed to pay Invesco for certain administrative costs incurred in providing accounting services to such Fund. For the year ended December 31, 2017, expenses incurred under the agreement are shown in the Statements of Operations as Administrative services fees.

The Trust has entered into a transfer agency and service agreement with Invesco Investment Services, Inc. (“IIS”) pursuant to which each Fund has agreed to pay IIS a fee for providing transfer agency and shareholder services to such Fund. For the year ended December 31, 2017, expenses incurred under the agreement are shown in the Statements of Operations as Transfer agent fees.

The Trust has entered into master distribution agreements with Invesco Distributors, Inc. (“IDI”) to serve as the distributor for the Class A, Class AX, Class B, Class C, Class CX, Class R, Class RX, Class Y, Class R5 and Class R6 shares of each Fund. The Trust has adopted plans pursuant to Rule 12b-1 under the 1940 Act with respect to each Fund’s Class A, Class AX, Class B, Class C, Class CX, Class R and Class RX shares (collectively, the “Plans”). Each Fund, pursuant to the Plans, pays IDI compensation at the annual rate of 0.25% of the average daily net assets of Class A shares, 1.00% of the average daily net assets of Class B and Class C shares and 0.50% of the average daily net assets of Class R shares. Also, each Fund, pursuant to the Plans, reimburses IDI up to a maximum annual rate of 0.25% of each Fund’s average daily net assets of Class AX shares, 1.00% of the average daily net assets of each Fund’s Class CX shares and 0.50% of each Fund’s average daily net assets of Class RX shares. The fees are accrued daily and paid monthly. Of the Plan payments, up to 0.25% of the average daily net assets of each class of shares may be paid to furnish continuing personal shareholder services to customers who purchase and own shares of such classes. Any amounts not paid as a service fee under the Plans would

 

40                         Invesco Balanced-Risk Retirement Funds


constitute an asset-based sales charge. Rules of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”) impose a cap on the total sales charges, including asset-based sales charges, that may be paid by any class of shares of each Fund. For the year ended December 31, 2017, expenses incurred under the Plans are shown in the Statements of Operations as Distribution fees.

Front-end sales commissions and CDSC are not recorded as expenses of the Funds. Front-end sales commissions are deducted from proceeds from the sales of each Fund’s shares prior to investment in Class A and Class AX shares of the Funds. CDSC are deducted from redemption proceeds prior to remittance to the shareholder. During the year ended December 31, 2017, IDI advised the Funds that IDI retained the following in front-end sales commissions from the sale of Class A and Class AX shares and received the following in CDSC imposed on redemptions by shareholders:

 

     Front End Sales Charges        Contingent Deferred Sales Charges  
  Class A        Class AX        Class A        Class AX        Class B        Class C        Class CX  

Invesco Balanced-Risk Retirement Now Fund

  $ 3,662        $ 321        $ 0        $ 0        $ 0        $ 202        $ 0  

Invesco Balanced-Risk Retirement 2020 Fund

    10,110          454          7          4          0          591          0  

Invesco Balanced-Risk Retirement 2030 Fund

    13,574          644          178          0          0          1,089          12  

Invesco Balanced-Risk Retirement 2040 Fund

    13,744          251          9          0          0          991          65  

Invesco Balanced-Risk Retirement 2050 Fund

    12,459          101          11          7          0          879          15  

The underlying Invesco Funds pay no distribution fees for Class R6 shares or shares of Invesco Balanced-Risk Aggressive Allocation Fund, and the Funds pay no sales loads or other similar compensation to IDI for acquiring underlying fund shares.

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

NOTE 3—Additional Valuation Information

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

  Level 1 — Prices are determined using quoted prices in an active market for identical assets.
  Level 2 — Prices are determined using other significant observable inputs. Observable inputs are inputs that other market participants may use in pricing a security. These may include quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, yield curves, loss severities, default rates, discount rates, volatilities and others.
  Level 3 — Prices are determined using significant unobservable inputs. In situations where quoted prices or observable inputs are unavailable (for example, when there is little or no market activity for an investment at the end of the period), unobservable inputs may be used. Unobservable inputs reflect each Fund’s own assumptions about the factors market participants would use in determining fair value of the securities or instruments and would be based on the best available information.

As of December 31, 2017, all of the securities in each Fund were valued based on Level 1 inputs (see the Schedule of Investments for security categories). The level assigned to the securities valuations may not be an indication of the risk or liquidity associated with investing in those securities. Because of the inherent uncertainties of valuation, the values reflected in the financial statements may materially differ from the value received upon actual sale of those investments.

Each Fund’s policy is to recognize transfers in and out of the valuation levels as of the end of the reporting period. During the year ended December 31, 2017, there were no material transfers between valuation levels.

NOTE 4—Expense Offset Arrangement(s)

The expense offset arrangements are comprised of transfer agency credits which result from balances in demand deposit accounts used by the transfer agent for clearing shareholder transactions. For the year ended December 31, 2017, the Funds received credits from these arrangements, which resulted in the reduction of the Funds’ total expenses of:

 

     Transfer Agent Credits  

Invesco Balanced-Risk Retirement Now Fund

  $ 542  

Invesco Balanced-Risk Retirement 2020 Fund

    1,303  

Invesco Balanced-Risk Retirement 2030 Fund

    2,085  

Invesco Balanced-Risk Retirement 2040 Fund

    2,010  

Invesco Balanced-Risk Retirement 2050 Fund

    2,124  

 

41                         Invesco Balanced-Risk Retirement Funds


NOTE 5—Trustees’ and Officers’ Fees and Benefits

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

NOTE 6—Cash Balances

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

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

Tax Character of Distributions to Shareholders Paid During the Fiscal Years Ended December 31, 2017 and 2016:

 

    2017        2016  
     Ordinary
Income
       Long-term
Capital Gain
       Total
Distributions
       Ordinary
Income
       Long-term
Capital Gain
       Total
Distributions
 

Invesco Balanced-Risk Retirement Now Fund

  $ 448,000        $ 380,617        $ 828,617        $ 897,051        $ 335,634        $ 1,232,685  

Invesco Balanced-Risk Retirement 2020 Fund

    1,801,679                   1,801,679          1,757,431          345,190          2,102,621  

Invesco Balanced-Risk Retirement 2030 Fund

    2,001,601                   2,001,601          3,604,392          524,408          4,128,800  

Invesco Balanced-Risk Retirement 2040 Fund

    2,001,783                   2,001,783          2,382,400          734,366          3,116,766  

Invesco Balanced-Risk Retirement 2050 Fund

    1,600,783                   1,600,783          2,251,835          93,449          2,345,284  

Tax Components of Net Assets at Period-End:

 

     Undistributed
Ordinary
Income
     Undistributed
Long-term
Gain
     Net Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation) —
Investments
    Temporary
Book/Tax
Differences
    Capital Loss
Carryforward
    Shares of
Beneficial
Interest
     Total Net
Assets
 

Invesco Balanced-Risk Retirement Now Fund

  $      $ 473,534      $ 374,465     $ (37,705   $     $ 23,957,526      $ 24,767,820  

Invesco Balanced-Risk Retirement 2020 Fund

    790,866               1,054,526       (34,725     (1,830,676     64,908,664        64,888,655  

Invesco Balanced-Risk Retirement 2030 Fund

    1,377,205               (911,473     (34,481     (2,483,410     75,077,333        73,025,174  

Invesco Balanced-Risk Retirement 2040 Fund

    1,183,577               (4,986,545     (30,711     (2,424,867     59,919,719        53,661,173  

Invesco Balanced-Risk Retirement 2050 Fund

    503,441        434,905        (3,648,859     (27,410           41,222,060        38,484,137  

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

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

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

The Funds have a capital loss carryforward as of December 31, 2017 as follows:

 

    Short-Term        Long-Term           
Fund   Not Subject to
Expiration
       Not Subject to
Expiration
       Total*  

Invesco Balanced-Risk Retirement 2020 Fund

  $        $ 1,830,676        $ 1,830,676  

Invesco Balanced-Risk Retirement 2030 Fund

    51,340          2,432,070          2,483,410  

Invesco Balanced-Risk Retirement 2040 Fund

    45,190          2,379,677          2,424,867  

 

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

 

42                         Invesco Balanced-Risk Retirement Funds


NOTE 8—Investment Transactions

The aggregate amount of investment securities purchased and sold by each Fund and aggregate cost and the net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of investments for tax purposes are as follows:

 

    For the year ended
December 31, 2017*
     At December 31, 2017  
       Federal Tax
Cost**
    

Unrealized
Appreciation

    

Unrealized
(Depreciation)

     Net Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 
     Purchases      Sales              

Invesco Balanced-Risk Retirement Now Fund

  $ 1,504,552      $ 3,319,393      $ 24,413,664      $ 374,465      $      $ 374,465  

Invesco Balanced-Risk Retirement 2020 Fund

    2,771,751        9,721,698        63,891,143        1,054,526               1,054,526  

Invesco Balanced-Risk Retirement 2030 Fund

    6,710,920        16,271,759        74,480,786        217,632        (1,129,105      (911,473

Invesco Balanced-Risk Retirement 2040 Fund

    8,968,795        8,581,537        58,933,090               (4,986,545      (4,986,545

Invesco Balanced-Risk Retirement 2050 Fund

    9,968,021        6,172,543        41,830,408               (3,648,859      (3,648,859

 

* Excludes U.S. Treasury obligations and money market funds, if any.
** Cost of investments, including any derivatives, on a tax basis includes the adjustments for financial reporting purposes as of the most recently completed federal income tax reporting period-end.

NOTE 9—Reclassification of Permanent Differences

Primarily as a result of differing book/tax treatment of distributions from the underlying funds, on December 31, 2017, the following amounts were reclassified between undistributed net investment income (loss), undistributed net realized gain (loss) and shares of beneficial interest. These reclassifications had no effect on the net assets of each Fund.

 

     Undistributed Net
Investment Income (Loss)
       Undistributed Net
Realized Gain (Loss)
       Shares of
Beneficial Interest
 

Invesco Balanced-Risk Retirement Now Fund

  $ 449,895        $ (445,372      $ (4,523

Invesco Balanced-Risk Retirement 2020 Fund

    1,379,910          (1,379,910         

Invesco Balanced-Risk Retirement 2030 Fund

    2,286,243          (2,286,243         

Invesco Balanced-Risk Retirement 2040 Fund

    2,059,115          (2,059,115         

Invesco Balanced-Risk Retirement 2050 Fund

    1,741,178          (1,741,178         

 

43                         Invesco Balanced-Risk Retirement Funds


NOTE 10—Share Information

Invesco Balanced-Risk Retirement Now Fund

 

     Summary of Share Activity  
    Years ended December 31,  
    2017(a)      2016  
     Shares      Amount      Shares      Amount  

Sold:

          

Class A

    246,734      $ 2,077,368        238,242      $ 1,998,264  

Class AX

    9,660        80,767        4,211        35,582  

Class B

    832        6,862        885        7,338  

Class C

    65,777        537,679        52,369        425,878  

Class CX

    518        4,211        6,167        49,786  

Class R

    59,787        498,640        56,236        462,373  

Class RX

    2,290        19,145        3,139        25,878  

Class Y

    39,309        333,894        78,375        675,625  

Class R5

    819        6,988        3,366        27,559  

Class R6

    26,194        222,636        21,810        184,755  

Issued as reinvestment of dividends:

          

Class A

    36,666        307,495        52,940        434,975  

Class AX

    29,690        248,691        46,272        379,281  

Class B

    113        914        420        3,348  

Class C

    11,793        95,521        15,850        126,497  

Class CX

    4,250        34,379        8,846        70,502  

Class R

    5,487        45,472        9,666        78,642  

Class RX

    307        2,544        348        2,828  

Class Y

    1,060        8,981        2,864        23,728  

Class R5

    454        3,852        739        6,125  

Class R6

    2,539        21,519        3,159        26,174  

Automatic conversion of Class B shares to Class A shares:

          

Class A

    5,418        45,590        9,500        78,287  

Class B

    (5,593      (45,590      (9,779      (78,287

Reacquired:

          

Class A

    (328,115      (2,757,978      (351,918      (2,940,626

Class AX

    (187,258      (1,571,447      (148,623      (1,257,862

Class B

    (2,092      (16,994      (2,763      (22,618

Class C

    (97,770      (800,073      (110,344      (892,221

Class CX

    (71,933      (588,017      (99,619      (815,922

Class R

    (112,935      (945,244      (33,180      (275,942

Class RX

    (381      (3,249      (18,824      (157,441

Class Y

    (59,869      (510,287      (202,299      (1,668,543

Class R5

    (3,498      (29,668      (371,487      (3,004,395

Class R6

    (22,359      (190,911      (7,005      (60,304

Net increase (decrease) in share activity

    (342,106    $ (2,856,310      (740,437    $ (6,050,736

 

(a)  There are entities that are record owners of more than 5% of the outstanding shares of the Fund and in the aggregate own 30% of the outstanding shares of the Fund. IDI has an agreement with these entities to sell Fund shares. The Fund, Invesco and/or Invesco affiliates may make payments to these entities, which are considered to be related to the Fund, for providing services to the Fund, Invesco and/or Invesco affiliates including but not limited to services such as securities brokerage, distribution, third party record keeping and account servicing. The Fund has no knowledge as to whether all or any portion of the shares owned of record by these entities are also owned beneficially.

 

44                         Invesco Balanced-Risk Retirement Funds


NOTE 10—Share Information—(continued)

Invesco Balanced-Risk Retirement 2020 Fund

 

     Summary of Share Activity  
    Years ended December 31,  
    2017      2016  
     Shares      Amount      Shares      Amount  

Sold:

          

Class A

    671,330      $ 5,991,700        1,013,937      $ 8,869,411  

Class AX

    48,510        427,492        24,281        209,639  

Class B

    1,712        15,272        6,460        55,839  

Class C

    167,251        1,485,454        244,536        2,083,309  

Class CX

    3,576        31,331        8,869        81,888  

Class R

    236,170        2,096,431        217,602        1,875,501  

Class RX

    9,463        83,817        12,544        108,324  

Class Y

    141,983        1,258,503        504,091        4,397,260  

Class R5

    28,869        262,521        49,161        400,152  

Class R6

    180,293        1,647,504        35,669        312,178  

Issued as reinvestment of dividends:

          

Class A

    115,070        1,029,874        136,979        1,182,132  

Class AX

    20,804        186,198        26,055        224,855  

Class B

    956        8,475        1,874        16,024  

Class C

    17,350        153,543        21,450        182,966  

Class CX

    2,728        24,145        4,140        35,317  

Class R

    21,298        189,975        23,800        204,682  

Class RX

    1,208        10,774        1,377        11,842  

Class Y

    6,324        56,598        10,634        91,767  

Class R5

    2,454        22,089        4,558        39,524  

Class R6

    10,317        92,854        5,949        51,631  

Automatic conversion of Class B shares to Class A shares:

          

Class A

    26,601        237,732        34,068        294,321  

Class B

    (26,946      (237,732      (34,545      (294,321

Reacquired:

          

Class A

    (1,229,613      (10,969,570      (1,367,030      (11,899,850

Class AX

    (180,844      (1,606,486      (164,489      (1,443,175

Class B

    (9,162      (80,756      (18,922      (158,081

Class C

    (271,550      (2,409,612      (343,428      (2,900,713

Class CX

    (49,757      (436,974      (102,754      (893,307

Class R

    (298,596      (2,655,744      (158,505      (1,366,816

Class RX

    (12,230      (108,725      (31,706      (268,529

Class Y

    (348,348      (3,115,749      (769,190      (6,485,534

Class R5

    (88,083      (784,192      (3,269,761      (26,723,047

Class R6

    (36,271      (325,441      (21,578      (181,563

Net increase (decrease) in share activity

    (837,133    $ (7,418,699      (3,893,874    $ (31,886,374

 

45                         Invesco Balanced-Risk Retirement Funds


NOTE 10—Share Information—(continued)

Invesco Balanced-Risk Retirement 2030 Fund

 

     Summary of Share Activity  
    Years ended December 31,  
    2017(a)      2016  
     Shares      Amount      Shares      Amount  

Sold:

          

Class A

    989,897      $ 8,365,292        1,005,534      $ 8,217,984  

Class AX

    33,551        282,236        18,799        153,883  

Class B

    4,125        34,206        6,811        55,480  

Class C

    254,964        2,123,221        349,365        2,792,124  

Class CX

    4,795        40,042        1,642        13,338  

Class R

    278,984        2,366,723        409,410        3,308,624  

Class RX

    6,792        57,134        14,575        115,665  

Class Y

    179,611        1,508,598        245,309        2,032,919  

Class R5

    11,929        99,869        113,812        892,304  

Class R6

    168,765        1,442,757        60,398        497,281  

Issued as reinvestment of dividends:

          

Class A

    138,767        1,190,613        281,914        2,275,051  

Class AX

    15,120        129,889        35,857        289,366  

Class B

    895        7,606        6,202        49,615  

Class C

    29,814        253,419        64,287        513,655  

Class CX

    1,829        15,549        4,560        36,431  

Class R

    25,348        216,469        53,643        430,757  

Class RX

    1,675        14,291        2,902        23,276  

Class Y

    3,252        27,963        20,990        169,813  

Class R5

    2,693        23,241        19,818        160,725  

Class R6

    11,186        96,425        14,253        115,591  

Automatic conversion of Class B shares to Class A shares:

          

Class A

    69,573        586,231        53,684        439,581  

Class B

    (70,437      (586,231      (54,415      (439,581

Reacquired:

          

Class A

    (1,777,507      (15,023,085      (1,282,537      (10,542,988

Class AX

    (198,515      (1,676,003      (124,277      (1,035,732

Class B

    (27,630      (231,723      (27,312      (216,194

Class C

    (327,942      (2,717,897      (583,164      (4,630,894

Class CX

    (22,089      (187,523      (53,241      (423,764

Class R

    (392,636      (3,325,741      (625,970      (5,178,115

Class RX

    (2,969      (24,585      (110,554      (900,433

Class Y

    (494,328      (4,204,654      (505,083      (4,055,114

Class R5

    (288,818      (2,430,084      (3,414,730      (25,793,664

Class R6

    (80,468      (686,938      (21,005      (173,059

Net increase (decrease) in share activity

    (1,449,774    $ (12,212,690      (4,018,523    $ (30,806,075

 

(a)  There is an entity that is a record owner of more than 5% of the outstanding shares of the Fund and owns 7% of the outstanding shares of the Fund. IDI has an agreement with this entity to sell Fund shares. The Fund, Invesco and/or Invesco affiliates may make payments to this entity, which is considered to be related to the Fund, for providing services to the Fund, Invesco and/or Invesco affiliates including but not limited to services such as securities brokerage, distribution, third party record keeping and account servicing. The Fund has no knowledge as to whether all or any portion of the shares owned of record by this entity are also owned beneficially.

 

46                         Invesco Balanced-Risk Retirement Funds


NOTE 10—Share Information—(continued)

Invesco Balanced-Risk Retirement 2040 Fund

 

     Summary of Share Activity  
    Years ended December 31,  
    2017(a)      2016  
     Shares      Amount      Shares      Amount  

Sold:

          

Class A

    1,008,071      $ 7,759,721        1,029,750      $ 7,772,225  

Class AX

    11,368        88,105        18,951        142,668  

Class B

    592        4,426        1,758        13,554  

Class C

    204,305        1,566,559        225,170        1,654,944  

Class CX

    2,560        19,896        3,426        24,216  

Class R

    252,133        1,936,528        277,953        2,062,605  

Class RX

    5,029        38,639        8,816        63,863  

Class Y

    59,142        455,018        98,270        733,329  

Class R5

    8,401        65,128        48,230        330,835  

Class R6

    187,530        1,461,197        91,473        687,316  

Issued as reinvestment of dividends:

          

Class A

    156,924        1,225,579        256,624        1,878,495  

Class AX

    12,744        99,407        23,469        171,561  

Class B

    999        7,722        3,187        23,109  

Class C

    25,907        199,974        43,497        314,916  

Class CX

    871        6,716        2,048        14,811  

Class R

    34,858        270,847        55,944        407,832  

Class RX

    700        5,435        1,187        8,655  

Class Y

    4,370        34,216        12,766        93,702  

Class R5

    2,051        16,082        6,235        45,830  

Class R6

    16,314        127,900        18,845        138,508  

Automatic conversion of Class B shares to Class A shares:

          

Class A

    21,173        163,240        19,880        148,984  

Class B

    (21,446      (163,240      (20,180      (148,984

Reacquired:

          

Class A

    (1,307,692      (10,067,435      (1,082,661      (8,068,674

Class AX

    (79,296      (613,167      (74,122      (564,100

Class B

    (4,938      (38,754      (11,746      (87,273

Class C

    (215,872      (1,663,495      (261,246      (1,916,542

Class CX

    (16,179      (124,069      (10,769      (79,321

Class R

    (268,007      (2,060,216      (384,646      (2,899,565

Class RX

    (4,074      (30,750      (78,322      (586,998

Class Y

    (163,162      (1,270,585      (326,690      (2,456,987

Class R5

    (58,346      (448,623      (3,360,180      (22,761,892

Class R6

    (95,057      (737,437      (34,174      (253,506

Net increase (decrease) in share activity

    (218,027    $ (1,665,436      (3,397,257    $ (23,091,884

 

(a)  There are entities that are record owners of more than 5% of the outstanding shares of the Fund and in the aggregate own 22% of the outstanding shares of the Fund. IDI has an agreement with these entities to sell Fund shares. The Fund, Invesco and/or Invesco affiliates may make payments to these entities, which are considered to be related to the Fund, for providing services to the Fund, Invesco and/or Invesco affiliates including but not limited to services such as securities brokerage, distribution, third party record keeping and account servicing. The Fund has no knowledge as to whether all or any portion of the shares owned of record by these entities are also owned beneficially.

 

47                         Invesco Balanced-Risk Retirement Funds


NOTE 10—Share Information—(continued)

Invesco Balanced-Risk Retirement 2050 Fund

 

     Summary of Share Activity  
    Years ended December 31,  
    2017(a)      2016  
     Shares      Amount      Shares      Amount  

Sold:

          

Class A

    1,396,059      $ 10,740,646        965,806      $ 7,134,840  

Class AX

    10,760        80,802        20,742        158,181  

Class C

    238,119        1,773,135        272,919        1,974,275  

Class CX

    1,689        12,481        2,086        15,034  

Class R

    199,170        1,507,345        208,692        1,524,511  

Class RX

    2,208        16,637        5,598        39,389  

Class Y

    244,904        1,856,762        421,999        3,115,200  

Class R5

    6,345        48,146        69,435        473,168  

Class R6

    96,543        733,067        57,210        424,699  

Issued as reinvestment of dividends:

          

Class A

    118,086        903,361        176,857        1,257,448  

Class AX

    5,547        42,495        13,033        92,796  

Class B

    503        3,788        2,422        17,016  

Class C

    25,765        194,523        48,119        338,277  

Class CX

    674        5,090        1,378        9,673  

Class R

    21,899        166,650        35,991        254,813  

Class RX

    232        1,769        664        4,701  

Class Y

    24,489        187,833        31,182        222,328  

Class R5

    580        4,456        7,265        51,872  

Class R6

    9,249        71,124        10,654        76,176  

Automatic conversion of Class B shares to Class A shares:

          

Class A

    14,841        113,143        4,606        34,219  

Class B

    (15,108      (113,143      (4,697      (34,219

Reacquired:

          

Class A

    (1,292,673      (9,855,343      (687,129      (4,984,233

Class AX

    (56,121      (425,835      (17,196      (125,744

Class B

    (8,203      (62,753      (7,731      (53,466

Class C

    (245,943      (1,828,299      (225,931      (1,620,914

Class CX

    (3,644      (27,152      (4,801      (34,830

Class R

    (176,301      (1,333,963      (316,302      (2,289,730

Class RX

    (6,273      (46,828      (19,492      (141,361

Class Y

    (236,502      (1,803,458      (301,268      (2,175,246

Class R5

    (88,543      (663,382      (1,179,238      (7,739,773

Class R6

    (36,777      (281,464      (5,404      (40,495

Net increase (decrease) in share activity

    251,574      $ 2,021,633        (412,531    $ (2,021,395

 

(a)  There are entities that are record owners of more than 5% of the outstanding shares of the Fund and in the aggregate own 19% of the outstanding shares of the Fund. IDI has an agreement with these entities to sell Fund shares. The Fund, Invesco and/or Invesco affiliates may make payments to these entities, which are considered to be related to the Fund, for providing services to the Fund, Invesco and/or Invesco affiliates including but not limited to services such as securities brokerage, distribution, third party record keeping and account servicing. The Fund has no knowledge as to whether all or any portion of the shares owned of record by these entities are also owned beneficially.

 

48                         Invesco Balanced-Risk Retirement Funds


NOTE 11—Financial Highlights

The following schedules present financial highlights for a share of each Fund outstanding throughout the periods indicated.

Invesco Balanced-Risk Retirement Now Fund

 

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

Class A

 

Year ended 12/31/17

  $ 8.26     $ 0.00     $ 0.50     $ 0.50     $ (0.16   $ (0.13   $ (0.29   $ 8.47       6.11   $ 10,053       0.25 %(e)      1.50 %(e)      0.05 %(e)      10

Year ended 12/31/16

    8.11       0.19       0.36       0.55       (0.29     (0.11     (0.40     8.26       6.74       10,130       0.25       1.32       2.20       10  

Year ended 12/31/15

    8.77       0.12       (0.37     (0.25     (0.24     (0.17     (0.41     8.11       (2.81     10,366       0.25       1.11       1.39       19  

Year ended 12/31/14

    8.91       0.10       0.19       0.29       (0.23     (0.20     (0.43     8.77       3.32       14,273       0.25       0.96       1.13       9  

Year ended 12/31/13

    9.07       (0.02     0.14       0.12       (0.20     (0.08     (0.28     8.91       1.33       15,858       0.25       0.85       (0.22     16  

Class AX

                           

Year ended 12/31/17

    8.25       0.00       0.49       0.49       (0.16     (0.13     (0.29     8.45       5.99       7,608       0.25 (e)      1.50 (e)      0.05 (e)      10  

Year ended 12/31/16

    8.10       0.18       0.37       0.55       (0.29     (0.11     (0.40     8.25       6.75       8,641       0.25       1.32       2.20       10  

Year ended 12/31/15

    8.76       0.12       (0.37     (0.25     (0.24     (0.17     (0.41     8.10       (2.82     9,283       0.25       1.11       1.39       19  

Year ended 12/31/14

    8.90       0.10       0.20       0.30       (0.24     (0.20     (0.44     8.76       3.32       11,273       0.25       0.96       1.13       9  

Year ended 12/31/13

    9.06       (0.02     0.14       0.12       (0.20     (0.08     (0.28     8.90       1.33       14,817       0.25       0.85       (0.22     16  

Class B

                           

Year ended 12/31/17

    8.01       (0.06     0.48       0.42       (0.14     (0.13     (0.27     8.16       5.27       27       1.00 (e)      2.25 (e)      (0.70 )(e)      10  

Year ended 12/31/16

    7.89       0.12       0.36       0.48       (0.25     (0.11     (0.36     8.01       6.03       81       1.00       2.07       1.45       10  

Year ended 12/31/15

    8.57       0.05       (0.36     (0.31     (0.20     (0.17     (0.37     7.89       (3.55     168       1.00       1.86       0.64       19  

Year ended 12/31/14

    8.76       0.03       0.19       0.22       (0.21     (0.20     (0.41     8.57       2.55       341       1.00       1.71       0.38       9  

Year ended 12/31/13

    8.97       (0.09     0.14       0.05       (0.18     (0.08     (0.26     8.76       0.56       480       1.00       1.60       (0.97     16  

Class C

                           

Year ended 12/31/17

    8.02       (0.06     0.48       0.42       (0.14     (0.13     (0.27     8.17       5.27       3,423       1.00 (e)      2.25 (e)      (0.70 )(e)      10  

Year ended 12/31/16

    7.89       0.12       0.37       0.49       (0.25     (0.11     (0.36     8.02       6.16       3,522       1.00       2.07       1.45       10  

Year ended 12/31/15

    8.58       0.05       (0.37     (0.32     (0.20     (0.17     (0.37     7.89       (3.67     3,799       1.00       1.86       0.64       19  

Year ended 12/31/14

    8.76       0.03       0.20       0.23       (0.21     (0.20     (0.41     8.58       2.66       4,535       1.00       1.71       0.38       9  

Year ended 12/31/13

    8.98       (0.09     0.13       0.04       (0.18     (0.08     (0.26     8.76       0.45       5,084       1.00       1.60       (0.97     16  

Class CX

                           

Year ended 12/31/17

    8.01       (0.06     0.49       0.43       (0.14     (0.13     (0.27     8.17       5.40       1,121       1.00 (e)      2.25 (e)      (0.70 )(e)      10  

Year ended 12/31/16

    7.89       0.12       0.36       0.48       (0.25     (0.11     (0.36     8.01       6.03       1,638       1.00       2.07       1.45       10  

Year ended 12/31/15

    8.57       0.05       (0.36     (0.31     (0.20     (0.17     (0.37     7.89       (3.55     2,281       1.00       1.86       0.64       19  

Year ended 12/31/14

    8.76       0.03       0.20       0.23       (0.22     (0.20     (0.42     8.57       2.55       3,088       1.00       1.71       0.38       9  

Year ended 12/31/13

    8.97       (0.09     0.14       0.05       (0.18     (0.08     (0.26     8.76       0.56       3,861       1.00       1.60       (0.97     16  

Class R

                           

Year ended 12/31/17

    8.18       (0.02     0.49       0.47       (0.15     (0.13     (0.28     8.37       5.84       1,374       0.50 (e)      1.75 (e)      (0.20 )(e)      10  

Year ended 12/31/16

    8.05       0.16       0.35       0.51       (0.27     (0.11     (0.38     8.18       6.37       1,732       0.50       1.57       1.95       10  

Year ended 12/31/15

    8.72       0.10       (0.37     (0.27     (0.23     (0.17     (0.40     8.05       (3.08     1,442       0.50       1.36       1.14       19  

Year ended 12/31/14

    8.88       0.08       0.19       0.27       (0.23     (0.20     (0.43     8.72       3.02       1,656       0.50       1.21       0.88       9  

Year ended 12/31/13

    9.04       (0.04     0.14       0.10       (0.18     (0.08     (0.26     8.88       1.13       1,959       0.50       1.10       (0.47     16  

Class RX

                           

Year ended 12/31/17

    8.17       (0.02     0.49       0.47       (0.15     (0.13     (0.28     8.36       5.84       87       0.50 (e)      1.75 (e)      (0.20 )(e)      10  

Year ended 12/31/16

    8.04       0.15       0.36       0.51       (0.27     (0.11     (0.38     8.17       6.38       67       0.50       1.57       1.95       10  

Year ended 12/31/15

    8.71       0.10       (0.37     (0.27     (0.23     (0.17     (0.40     8.04       (3.09     189       0.50       1.36       1.14       19  

Year ended 12/31/14

    8.86       0.08       0.20       0.28       (0.23     (0.20     (0.43     8.71       3.14       181       0.50       1.21       0.88       9  

Year ended 12/31/13

    9.04       (0.04     0.13       0.09       (0.19     (0.08     (0.27     8.86       1.03       295       0.50       1.10       (0.47     16  

Class Y

                           

Year ended 12/31/17

    8.33       0.03       0.51       0.54       (0.17     (0.13     (0.30     8.57       6.51       306       0.00 (e)      1.25 (e)      0.30 (e)      10  

Year ended 12/31/16

    8.18       0.20       0.36       0.56       (0.30     (0.11     (0.41     8.33       6.85       460       0.00       1.07       2.45       10  

Year ended 12/31/15

    8.84       0.14       (0.38     (0.24     (0.25     (0.17     (0.42     8.18       (2.64     1,442       0.00       0.86       1.64       19  

Year ended 12/31/14

    8.96       0.13       0.19       0.32       (0.24     (0.20     (0.44     8.84       3.61       1,695       0.00       0.71       1.38       9  

Year ended 12/31/13

    9.11       0.00       0.13       0.13       (0.20     (0.08     (0.28     8.96       1.51       2,118       0.00       0.60       0.03       16  

Class R5

                           

Year ended 12/31/17

    8.33       0.03       0.50       0.53       (0.17     (0.13     (0.30     8.56       6.39       124       0.00 (e)      1.16 (e)      0.30 (e)      10  

Year ended 12/31/16

    8.18       0.20       0.36       0.56       (0.30     (0.11     (0.41     8.33       6.85       139       0.00       0.98       2.45       10  

Year ended 12/31/15

    8.84       0.14       (0.38     (0.24     (0.25     (0.17     (0.42     8.18       (2.64     3,141       0.00       0.77       1.64       19  

Year ended 12/31/14

    8.96       0.13       0.19       0.32       (0.24     (0.20     (0.44     8.84       3.61       9,573       0.00       0.63       1.38       9  

Year ended 12/31/13

    9.10       0.00       0.14       0.14       (0.20     (0.08     (0.28     8.96       1.63       7,802       0.00       0.54       0.03       16  

Class R6

                           

Year ended 12/31/17

    8.33       0.03       0.50       0.53       (0.17     (0.13     (0.30     8.56       6.39       644       0.00 (e)      1.10 (e)      0.30 (e)      10  

Year ended 12/31/16

    8.18       0.20       0.36       0.56       (0.30     (0.11     (0.41     8.33       6.85       574       0.00       0.93       2.45       10  

Year ended 12/31/15

    8.84       0.14       (0.38     (0.24     (0.25     (0.17     (0.42     8.18       (2.64     416       0.00       0.69       1.64       19  

Year ended 12/31/14

    8.96       0.13       0.20       0.33       (0.25     (0.20     (0.45     8.84       3.61       328       0.00       0.54       1.38       9  

Year ended 12/31/13

    9.10       0.00       0.14       0.14       (0.20     (0.08     (0.28     8.96       1.63       281       0.00       0.45       0.03       16  

 

(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)  In addition to the fees and expenses which the Fund bears directly, the Fund indirectly bears a pro rata share of the fees and expenses of the underlying funds in which the Fund invests. Because the underlying funds have varied expenses and fee levels and the Fund may own different proportions at different times, the amount of fees and expenses incurred indirectly by the Fund will vary. Estimated underlying fund expenses are not expenses that are incurred directly by the Fund. They are expenses that are incurred directly by the underlying funds and are deducted from the value of the funds the Fund invests in. The effect of the estimated underlying fund expenses that the Fund bears indirectly is included in the Fund’s total return. Estimated acquired fund fees from underlying funds were 0.58%, 0.56%, 0.56%, 0.56% and 0.54% for the years ended December 31, 2017, December 31, 2016, December 31, 2015, December 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013, respectively.
(d) Portfolio turnover is calculated at the fund level and is not annualized for periods less than one year, if applicable.
(e)  Ratios are based on average daily net assets (000’s omitted) of $10,101, $7,971, $43, $3,578, $1,374, $1,673, $77, $406, $121 and $624 for Class A, Class AX, Class B, Class C, Class CX, Class R, Class RX, Class Y, Class R5 and Class R6 shares, respectively.

 

49                         Invesco Balanced-Risk Retirement Funds


NOTE 11—Financial Highlights—(continued)

Invesco Balanced-Risk Retirement 2020 Fund

 

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

Class A

 

Year ended 12/31/17

  $ 8.69     $ (0.00   $ 0.63     $ 0.63     $ (0.27   $     $ (0.27   $ 9.05       7.24   $ 36,409       0.25 %(e)      0.88 %(e)      (0.04 )%(e)      6

Year ended 12/31/16

    8.25       0.23       0.50       0.73       (0.24     (0.05     (0.29     8.69       8.77       38,580       0.25       0.82       2.67       11  

Year ended 12/31/15

    9.11       0.17       (0.52     (0.35     (0.31     (0.20     (0.51     8.25       (3.79     38,164       0.25       0.69       1.92       12  

Year ended 12/31/14

    9.32       0.16       0.28       0.44       (0.37     (0.28     (0.65     9.11       4.81       47,303       0.25       0.67       1.65       7  

Year ended 12/31/13

    9.51       (0.02     0.21       0.19       (0.31     (0.07     (0.38     9.32       2.01       51,352       0.25       0.66       (0.24     16  

Class AX

                           

Year ended 12/31/17

    8.69       0.00       0.63       0.63       (0.27           (0.27     9.05       7.24       6,510       0.25 (e)      0.88 (e)      (0.04 )(e)      6  

Year ended 12/31/16

    8.25       0.23       0.50       0.73       (0.24     (0.05     (0.29     8.69       8.77       7,220       0.25       0.82       2.67       11  

Year ended 12/31/15

    9.10       0.17       (0.51     (0.34     (0.31     (0.20     (0.51     8.25       (3.69     7,802       0.25       0.69       1.92       12  

Year ended 12/31/14

    9.31       0.16       0.28       0.44       (0.37     (0.28     (0.65     9.10       4.81       9,609       0.25       0.67       1.65       7  

Year ended 12/31/13

    9.51       (0.02     0.20       0.18       (0.31     (0.07     (0.38     9.31       1.90       11,986       0.25       0.66       (0.24     16  

Class B

                           

Year ended 12/31/17

    8.60       (0.07     0.62       0.55       (0.19           (0.19     8.96       6.46       395       1.00 (e)      1.63 (e)      (0.79 )(e)      6  

Year ended 12/31/16

    8.16       0.16       0.50       0.66       (0.17     (0.05     (0.22     8.60       8.00       667       1.00       1.57       1.92       11  

Year ended 12/31/15

    9.00       0.10       (0.51     (0.41     (0.23     (0.20     (0.43     8.16       (4.48     1,001       1.00       1.44       1.17       12  

Year ended 12/31/14

    9.21       0.09       0.28       0.37       (0.30     (0.28     (0.58     9.00       4.03       1,715       1.00       1.42       0.90       7  

Year ended 12/31/13

    9.40       (0.09     0.20       0.11       (0.23     (0.07     (0.30     9.21       1.19       2,425       1.00       1.41       (0.99     16  

Class C

                           

Year ended 12/31/17

    8.59       (0.07     0.61       0.54       (0.19           (0.19     8.94       6.35       7,345       1.00 (e)      1.63 (e)      (0.79 )(e)      6  

Year ended 12/31/16

    8.15       0.16       0.50       0.66       (0.17     (0.05     (0.22     8.59       8.01       7,798       1.00       1.57       1.92       11  

Year ended 12/31/15

    8.98       0.10       (0.50     (0.40     (0.23     (0.20     (0.43     8.15       (4.37     8,032       1.00       1.44       1.17       12  

Year ended 12/31/14

    9.20       0.09       0.27       0.36       (0.30     (0.28     (0.58     8.98       3.93       9,613       1.00       1.42       0.90       7  

Year ended 12/31/13

    9.38       (0.09     0.21       0.12       (0.23     (0.07     (0.30     9.20       1.29       10,108       1.00       1.41       (0.99     16  

Class CX

                           

Year ended 12/31/17

    8.58       (0.07     0.62       0.55       (0.19           (0.19     8.94       6.48       1,138       1.00 (e)      1.63 (e)      (0.79 )(e)      6  

Year ended 12/31/16

    8.15       0.16       0.49       0.65       (0.17     (0.05     (0.22     8.58       7.89       1,466       1.00       1.57       1.92       11  

Year ended 12/31/15

    8.99       0.10       (0.51     (0.41     (0.23     (0.20     (0.43     8.15       (4.48     2,124       1.00       1.44       1.17       12  

Year ended 12/31/14

    9.20       0.09       0.28       0.37       (0.30     (0.28     (0.58     8.99       4.04       2,677       1.00       1.42       0.90       7  

Year ended 12/31/13

    9.38       (0.09     0.21       0.12       (0.23     (0.07     (0.30     9.20       1.29       2,951       1.00       1.41       (0.99     16  

Class R

                           

Year ended 12/31/17

    8.65       (0.03     0.63       0.60       (0.24           (0.24     9.01       6.99       7,006       0.50 (e)      1.13 (e)      (0.29 )(e)      6  

Year ended 12/31/16

    8.22       0.20       0.49       0.69       (0.21     (0.05     (0.26     8.65       8.40       7,083       0.50       1.07       2.42       11  

Year ended 12/31/15

    9.07       0.15       (0.51     (0.36     (0.29     (0.20     (0.49     8.22       (3.98     6,047       0.50       0.94       1.67       12  

Year ended 12/31/14

    9.28       0.13       0.29       0.42       (0.35     (0.28     (0.63     9.07       4.55       7,564       0.50       0.92       1.40       7  

Year ended 12/31/13

    9.47       (0.05     0.22       0.17       (0.29     (0.07     (0.36     9.28       1.73       10,375       0.50       0.91       (0.49     16  

Class RX

                           

Year ended 12/31/17

    8.66       (0.03     0.62       0.59       (0.24           (0.24     9.01       6.87       423       0.50 (e)      1.13 (e)      (0.29 )(e)      6  

Year ended 12/31/16

    8.22       0.21       0.49       0.70       (0.21     (0.05     (0.26     8.66       8.52       419       0.50       1.07       2.42       11  

Year ended 12/31/15

    9.07       0.15       (0.51     (0.36     (0.29     (0.20     (0.49     8.22       (3.98     545       0.50       0.94       1.67       12  

Year ended 12/31/14

    9.28       0.13       0.29       0.42       (0.35     (0.28     (0.63     9.07       4.55       848       0.50       0.92       1.40       7  

Year ended 12/31/13

    9.47       (0.05     0.22       0.17       (0.29     (0.07     (0.36     9.28       1.73       1,282       0.50       0.91       (0.49     16  

Class Y

                           

Year ended 12/31/17

    8.68       0.02       0.63       0.65       (0.29           (0.29     9.04       7.52       1,921       0.00 (e)      0.63 (e)      0.21 (e)      6  

Year ended 12/31/16

    8.25       0.25       0.49       0.74       (0.26     (0.05     (0.31     8.68       8.92       3,583       0.00       0.57       2.92       11  

Year ended 12/31/15

    9.10       0.20       (0.51     (0.31     (0.34     (0.20     (0.54     8.25       (3.40     5,502       0.00       0.44       2.17       12  

Year ended 12/31/14

    9.31       0.18       0.29       0.47       (0.40     (0.28     (0.68     9.10       5.09       7,416       0.00       0.42       1.90       7  

Year ended 12/31/13

    9.51       0.00       0.21       0.21       (0.34     (0.07     (0.41     9.31       2.16       8,497       0.00       0.41       0.01       16  

Class R5

                           

Year ended 12/31/17

    8.73       0.02       0.63       0.65       (0.29           (0.29     9.09       7.48       728       0.00 (e)      0.54 (e)      0.21 (e)      6  

Year ended 12/31/16

    8.29       0.24       0.51       0.75       (0.26     (0.05     (0.31     8.73       9.00       1,194       0.00       0.47       2.92       11  

Year ended 12/31/15

    9.15       0.20       (0.52     (0.32     (0.34     (0.20     (0.54     8.29       (3.50     27,809       0.00       0.34       2.17       12  

Year ended 12/31/14

    9.36       0.18       0.29       0.47       (0.40     (0.28     (0.68     9.15       5.07       36,230       0.00       0.31       1.90       7  

Year ended 12/31/13

    9.55       0.00       0.22       0.22       (0.34     (0.07     (0.41     9.36       2.26       32,091       0.00       0.32       0.01       16  

Class R6

                           

Year ended 12/31/17

    8.74       0.02       0.63       0.65       (0.29           (0.29     9.10       7.47       3,014       0.00 (e)      0.45 (e)      0.21 (e)      6  

Year ended 12/31/16

    8.30       0.26       0.49       0.75       (0.26     (0.05     (0.31     8.74       8.99       1,545       0.00       0.38       2.92       11  

Year ended 12/31/15

    9.16       0.20       (0.52     (0.32     (0.34     (0.20     (0.54     8.30       (3.49     1,303       0.00       0.24       2.17       12  

Year ended 12/31/14

    9.37       0.18       0.29       0.47       (0.40     (0.28     (0.68     9.16       5.06       1,136       0.00       0.22       1.90       7  

Year ended 12/31/13

    9.56       0.00       0.22       0.22       (0.34     (0.07     (0.41     9.37       2.25       901       0.00       0.23       0.01       16  

 

(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)  In addition to the fees and expenses which the Fund bears directly, the Fund indirectly bears a pro rata share of the fees and expenses of the underlying funds in which the Fund invests. Because the underlying funds have varied expenses and fee levels and the Fund may own different proportions at different times, the amount of fees and expenses incurred indirectly by the Fund will vary. Estimated underlying fund expenses are not expenses that are incurred directly by the Fund. They are expenses that are incurred directly by the underlying funds and are deducted from the value of the funds the Fund invests in. The effect of the estimated underlying fund expenses that the Fund bears indirectly is included in the Fund’s total return. Estimated acquired fund fees from underlying funds were 0.60%, 0.66%, 0.70%, 0.73% and 0.71% for the years ended December 31, 2017, December 31, 2016, December 31, 2015, December 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013, respectively.
(d)  Portfolio turnover is calculated at the fund level and is not annualized for periods less than one year, if applicable.
(e)  Ratios are based on average daily net assets (000’s omitted) of $37,109, $6,758, $529, $7,707, $1,261, $7,235, $415, $2,919, $624 and $1,937 for Class A, Class AX, Class B, Class C, Class CX, Class R, Class RX, Class Y, Class R5 and Class R6 shares, respectively.

 

50                         Invesco Balanced-Risk Retirement Funds


NOTE 11—Financial Highlights—(continued)

Invesco Balanced-Risk Retirement 2030 Fund

 

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

Class A

 

Year ended 12/31/17

  $ 8.14     $ (0.02   $ 0.85     $ 0.83     $ (0.26   $     $ (0.26   $ 8.71       10.20   $ 41,546       0.25 %(e)      0.85 %(e)      (0.25 )%(e)      9

Year ended 12/31/16

    7.67       0.32       0.61       0.93       (0.40     (0.06     (0.46     8.14       12.09       43,528       0.25       0.81       3.86       11  

Year ended 12/31/15

    8.79       0.24       (0.69     (0.45     (0.40     (0.27     (0.67     7.67       (5.03     40,600       0.25       0.69       2.74       17  

Year ended 12/31/14

    9.04       0.24       0.31       0.55       (0.50     (0.30     (0.80     8.79       6.25       49,929       0.25       0.68       2.57       9  

Year ended 12/31/13

    9.23       (0.02     0.23       0.21       (0.32     (0.08     (0.40     9.04       2.28       51,749       0.25       0.68       (0.25     34  

Class AX

                           

Year ended 12/31/17

    8.14       (0.02     0.86       0.84       (0.26           (0.26     8.72       10.33       4,629       0.25 (e)      0.85 (e)      (0.25 )(e)      9  

Year ended 12/31/16

    7.69       0.31       0.60       0.91       (0.40     (0.06     (0.46     8.14       11.80       5,545       0.25       0.81       3.86       11  

Year ended 12/31/15

    8.80       0.24       (0.68     (0.44     (0.40     (0.27     (0.67     7.69       (4.90     5,767       0.25       0.69       2.74       17  

Year ended 12/31/14

    9.04       0.24       0.32       0.56       (0.50     (0.30     (0.80     8.80       6.36       6,697       0.25       0.68       2.57       9  

Year ended 12/31/13

    9.23       (0.02     0.23       0.21       (0.32     (0.08     (0.40     9.04       2.27       8,353       0.25       0.68       (0.25     34  

Class B

                           

Year ended 12/31/17

    8.06       (0.08     0.84       0.76       (0.19           (0.19     8.63       9.47       311       1.00 (e)      1.60 (e)      (1.00 )(e)      9  

Year ended 12/31/16

    7.59       0.25       0.61       0.86       (0.33     (0.06     (0.39     8.06       11.32       1,040       1.00       1.56       3.11       11  

Year ended 12/31/15

    8.70       0.17       (0.68     (0.51     (0.33     (0.27     (0.60     7.59       (5.77     1,502       1.00       1.44       1.99       17  

Year ended 12/31/14

    8.95       0.17       0.31       0.48       (0.43     (0.30     (0.73     8.70       5.51       2,157       1.00       1.43       1.82       9  

Year ended 12/31/13

    9.14       (0.09     0.23       0.14       (0.25     (0.08     (0.33     8.95       1.52       2,759       1.00       1.43       (1.00     34  

Class C

                           

Year ended 12/31/17

    8.06       (0.08     0.83       0.75       (0.19           (0.19     8.62       9.34       11,936       1.00 (e)      1.60 (e)      (1.00 )(e)      9  

Year ended 12/31/16

    7.59       0.25       0.61       0.86       (0.33     (0.06     (0.39     8.06       11.33       11,502       1.00       1.56       3.11       11  

Year ended 12/31/15

    8.69       0.17       (0.67     (0.50     (0.33     (0.27     (0.60     7.59       (5.66     12,119       1.00       1.44       1.99       17  

Year ended 12/31/14

    8.95       0.17       0.30       0.47       (0.43     (0.30     (0.73     8.69       5.39       13,330       1.00       1.43       1.82       9  

Year ended 12/31/13

    9.13       (0.09     0.24       0.15       (0.25     (0.08     (0.33     8.95       1.64       12,050       1.00       1.43       (1.00     34  

Class CX

                           

Year ended 12/31/17

    8.06       (0.08     0.84       0.76       (0.19           (0.19     8.63       9.47       724       1.00 (e)      1.60 (e)      (1.00 )(e)      9  

Year ended 12/31/16

    7.59       0.25       0.61       0.86       (0.33     (0.06     (0.39     8.06       11.33       801       1.00       1.56       3.11       11  

Year ended 12/31/15

    8.69       0.17       (0.67     (0.50     (0.33     (0.27     (0.60     7.59       (5.66     1,111       1.00       1.44       1.99       17  

Year ended 12/31/14

    8.95       0.17       0.30       0.47       (0.43     (0.30     (0.73     8.69       5.39       1,732       1.00       1.43       1.82       9  

Year ended 12/31/13

    9.13       (0.09     0.24       0.15       (0.25     (0.08     (0.33     8.95       1.64       1,821       1.00       1.43       (1.00     34  

Class R

                           

Year ended 12/31/17

    8.10       (0.04     0.84       0.80       (0.23           (0.23     8.67       9.97       8,538       0.50 (e)      1.10 (e)      (0.50 )(e)      9  

Year ended 12/31/16

    7.63       0.29       0.61       0.90       (0.37     (0.06     (0.43     8.10       11.85       8,693       0.50       1.06       3.61       11  

Year ended 12/31/15

    8.74       0.22       (0.68     (0.46     (0.38     (0.27     (0.65     7.63       (5.21     9,435       0.50       0.94       2.49       17  

Year ended 12/31/14

    8.99       0.22       0.31       0.53       (0.48     (0.30     (0.78     8.74       6.02       11,531       0.50       0.93       2.32       9  

Year ended 12/31/13

    9.18       (0.05     0.24       0.19       (0.30     (0.08     (0.38     8.99       2.03       13,007       0.50       0.93       (0.50     34  

Class RX

                           

Year ended 12/31/17

    8.09       (0.04     0.84       0.80       (0.23           (0.23     8.66       9.99       561       0.50 (e)      1.10 (e)      (0.50 )(e)      9  

Year ended 12/31/16

    7.63       0.29       0.60       0.89       (0.37     (0.06     (0.43     8.09       11.72       480       0.50       1.06       3.61       11  

Year ended 12/31/15

    8.73       0.22       (0.67     (0.45     (0.38     (0.27     (0.65     7.63       (5.09     1,162       0.50       0.94       2.49       17  

Year ended 12/31/14

    8.99       0.22       0.30       0.52       (0.48     (0.30     (0.78     8.73       5.89       1,139       0.50       0.93       2.32       9  

Year ended 12/31/13

    9.18       (0.05     0.24       0.19       (0.30     (0.08     (0.38     8.99       2.04       1,119       0.50       0.93       (0.50     34  

Class Y

                           

Year ended 12/31/17

    8.16       0.00       0.85       0.85       (0.28           (0.28     8.73       10.46       890       0.00 (e)      0.60 (e)      0.00 (e)      9  

Year ended 12/31/16

    7.69       0.34       0.61       0.95       (0.42     (0.06     (0.48     8.16       12.35       3,374       0.00       0.56       4.11       11  

Year ended 12/31/15

    8.81       0.26       (0.68     (0.42     (0.43     (0.27     (0.70     7.69       (4.75     5,018       0.00       0.44       2.99       17  

Year ended 12/31/14

    9.06       0.27       0.31       0.58       (0.53     (0.30     (0.83     8.81       6.51       5,730       0.00       0.43       2.82       9  

Year ended 12/31/13

    9.25       0.00       0.23       0.23       (0.34     (0.08     (0.42     9.06       2.52       5,406       0.00       0.43       0.00       34  

Class R5

                           

Year ended 12/31/17

    8.18       0.00       0.86       0.86       (0.28           (0.28     8.76       10.55       761       0.00 (e)      0.49 (e)      0.00 (e)      9  

Year ended 12/31/16

    7.71       0.32       0.63       0.95       (0.42     (0.06     (0.48     8.18       12.31       2,953       0.00       0.44       4.11       11  

Year ended 12/31/15

    8.83       0.26       (0.68     (0.42     (0.43     (0.27     (0.70     7.71       (4.74     28,098       0.00       0.32       2.99       17  

Year ended 12/31/14

    9.08       0.27       0.31       0.58       (0.53     (0.30     (0.83     8.83       6.50       41,595       0.00       0.30       2.82       9  

Year ended 12/31/13

    9.27       0.00       0.23       0.23       (0.34     (0.08     (0.42     9.08       2.52       35,104       0.00       0.33       0.00       34  

Class R6

                           

Year ended 12/31/17

    8.18       0.00       0.85       0.85       (0.28           (0.28     8.75       10.43       3,128       0.00 (e)      0.41 (e)      0.00 (e)      9  

Year ended 12/31/16

    7.71       0.34       0.61       0.95       (0.42     (0.06     (0.48     8.18       12.31       2,109       0.00       0.35       4.11       11  

Year ended 12/31/15

    8.83       0.26       (0.68     (0.42     (0.43     (0.27     (0.70     7.71       (4.74     1,576       0.00       0.23       2.99       17  

Year ended 12/31/14

    9.08       0.27       0.31       0.58       (0.53     (0.30     (0.83     8.83       6.50       1,250       0.00       0.21       2.82       9  

Year ended 12/31/13

    9.27       0.00       0.23       0.23       (0.34     (0.08     (0.42     9.08       2.52       905       0.00       0.24       0.00       34  

 

(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)  In addition to the fees and expenses which the Fund bears directly, the Fund indirectly bears a pro rata share of the fees and expenses of the underlying funds in which the Fund invests. Because the underlying funds have varied expenses and fee levels and the Fund may own different proportions at different times, the amount of fees and expenses incurred indirectly by the Fund will vary. Estimated underlying fund expenses are not expenses that are incurred directly by the Fund. They are expenses that are incurred directly by the underlying funds and are deducted from the value of the funds the Fund invests in. The effect of the estimated underlying fund expenses that the Fund bears indirectly is included in the Fund’s total return. Estimated acquired fund fees from underlying funds were 0.86%, 0.83%, 0.88%, 0.89% and 0.87% for the years ended December 31, 2017, December 31, 2016, December 31, 2015, December 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013, respectively.
(d)  Portfolio turnover is calculated at the fund level and is not annualized for periods less than one year, if applicable.
(e)  Ratios are based on average daily net assets (000’s omitted) of $42,350, $5,007, $615, $11,447, $763, $8,504, $511, $2,259, $1,009 and $2,536 for Class A, Class AX, Class B, Class C, Class CX, Class R, Class RX, Class Y, Class R5 and Class R6 shares, respectively.

 

51                         Invesco Balanced-Risk Retirement Funds


NOTE 11—Financial Highlights—(continued)

Invesco Balanced-Risk Retirement 2040 Fund

 

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

Class A

 

Year ended 12/31/17

  $ 7.39     $ (0.02   $ 0.88     $ 0.86     $ (0.31   $     $ (0.31   $ 7.94       11.78   $ 32,004       0.25 %(e)      1.07 %(e)      (0.25 )%(e)      17

Year ended 12/31/16

    6.91       0.38       0.59       0.97       (0.37     (0.12     (0.49     7.39       14.07       30,678       0.25       1.06       5.06       13  

Year ended 12/31/15

    8.07       0.27       (0.74     (0.47     (0.45     (0.24     (0.69     6.91       (5.74     27,131       0.25       0.85       3.32       28  

Year ended 12/31/14

    8.34       0.31       0.29       0.60       (0.59     (0.28     (0.87     8.07       7.35       35,495       0.26       0.86       3.53       8  

Year ended 12/31/13

    8.76       (0.02     0.21       0.19       (0.22     (0.39     (0.61     8.34       2.23       33,816       0.25       0.87       (0.25     68  

Class AX

                           

Year ended 12/31/17

    7.38       (0.02     0.89       0.87       (0.32           (0.32     7.93       11.79       2,587       0.25 (e)      1.07 (e)      (0.25 )(e)      17  

Year ended 12/31/16

    6.90       0.38       0.59       0.97       (0.37     (0.12     (0.49     7.38       14.09       2,815       0.25       1.06       5.06       13  

Year ended 12/31/15

    8.06       0.27       (0.74     (0.47     (0.45     (0.24     (0.69     6.90       (5.76     2,851       0.25       0.85       3.32       28  

Year ended 12/31/14

    8.34       0.31       0.28       0.59       (0.59     (0.28     (0.87     8.06       7.23       3,284       0.26       0.86       3.53       8  

Year ended 12/31/13

    8.75       (0.02     0.22       0.20       (0.22     (0.39     (0.61     8.34       2.34       3,493       0.25       0.87       (0.25     68  

Class B

                           

Year ended 12/31/17

    7.32       (0.07     0.87       0.80       (0.26           (0.26     7.86       10.93       236       1.00 (e)      1.82 (e)      (1.00 )(e)      17  

Year ended 12/31/16

    6.83       0.32       0.60       0.92       (0.31     (0.12     (0.43     7.32       13.52       401       1.00       1.81       4.31       13  

Year ended 12/31/15

    7.97       0.20       (0.72     (0.52     (0.38     (0.24     (0.62     6.83       (6.39     559       1.00       1.60       2.57       28  

Year ended 12/31/14

    8.26       0.24       0.28       0.52       (0.53     (0.28     (0.81     7.97       6.38       925       1.01       1.61       2.78       8  

Year ended 12/31/13

    8.67       (0.09     0.22       0.13       (0.15     (0.39     (0.54     8.26       1.54       1,109       1.00       1.62       (1.00     68  

Class C

                           

Year ended 12/31/17

    7.31       (0.07     0.87       0.80       (0.26           (0.26     7.85       10.95       6,369       1.00 (e)      1.82 (e)      (1.00 )(e)      17  

Year ended 12/31/16

    6.82       0.32       0.60       0.92       (0.31     (0.12     (0.43     7.31       13.54       5,820       1.00       1.81       4.31       13  

Year ended 12/31/15

    7.96       0.20       (0.72     (0.52     (0.38     (0.24     (0.62     6.82       (6.39     5,382       1.00       1.60       2.57       28  

Year ended 12/31/14

    8.25       0.24       0.28       0.52       (0.53     (0.28     (0.81     7.96       6.39       6,249       1.01       1.61       2.78       8  

Year ended 12/31/13

    8.66       (0.09     0.22       0.13       (0.15     (0.39     (0.54     8.25       1.54       5,999       1.00       1.62       (1.00     68  

Class CX

                           

Year ended 12/31/17

    7.30       (0.08     0.88       0.80       (0.26           (0.26     7.84       10.96       213       1.00 (e)      1.82 (e)      (1.00 )(e)      17  

Year ended 12/31/16

    6.81       0.32       0.60       0.92       (0.31     (0.12     (0.43     7.30       13.56       291       1.00       1.81       4.31       13  

Year ended 12/31/15

    7.95       0.20       (0.72     (0.52     (0.38     (0.24     (0.62     6.81       (6.40     308       1.00       1.60       2.57       28  

Year ended 12/31/14

    8.24       0.24       0.28       0.52       (0.53     (0.28     (0.81     7.95       6.39       572       1.01       1.61       2.78       8  

Year ended 12/31/13

    8.65       (0.09     0.22       0.13       (0.15     (0.39     (0.54     8.24       1.54       563       1.00       1.62       (1.00     68  

Class R

                           

Year ended 12/31/17

    7.36       (0.04     0.88       0.84       (0.30           (0.30     7.90       11.42       7,650       0.50 (e)      1.32 (e)      (0.50 )(e)      17  

Year ended 12/31/16

    6.87       0.36       0.60       0.96       (0.35     (0.12     (0.47     7.36       14.00       6,981       0.50       1.31       4.81       13  

Year ended 12/31/15

    8.02       0.24       (0.72     (0.48     (0.43     (0.24     (0.67     6.87       (5.93     6,869       0.50       1.10       3.07       28  

Year ended 12/31/14

    8.30       0.28       0.29       0.57       (0.57     (0.28     (0.85     8.02       7.00       8,650       0.51       1.11       3.28       8  

Year ended 12/31/13

    8.72       (0.04     0.21       0.17       (0.20     (0.39     (0.59     8.30       1.97       8,644       0.50       1.12       (0.50     68  

Class RX

                           

Year ended 12/31/17

    7.35       (0.03     0.88       0.85       (0.30           (0.30     7.90       11.57       161       0.50 (e)      1.32 (e)      (0.50 )(e)      17  

Year ended 12/31/16

    6.88       0.34       0.60       0.94       (0.35     (0.12     (0.47     7.35       13.68       138       0.50       1.31       4.81       13  

Year ended 12/31/15

    8.03       0.24       (0.72     (0.48     (0.43     (0.24     (0.67     6.88       (5.91     599       0.50       1.10       3.07       28  

Year ended 12/31/14

    8.31       0.28       0.29       0.57       (0.57     (0.28     (0.85     8.03       6.99       683       0.51       1.11       3.28       8  

Year ended 12/31/13

    8.72       (0.04     0.22       0.18       (0.20     (0.39     (0.59     8.31       2.08       614       0.50       1.12       (0.50     68  

Class Y

                           

Year ended 12/31/17

    7.41       0.00       0.88       0.88       (0.33           (0.33     7.96       12.02       849       0.00 (e)      0.82 (e)      0.00 (e)      17  

Year ended 12/31/16

    6.92       0.39       0.61       1.00       (0.39     (0.12     (0.51     7.41       14.47       1,528       0.00       0.81       5.31       13  

Year ended 12/31/15

    8.09       0.29       (0.75     (0.46     (0.47     (0.24     (0.71     6.92       (5.58     2,921       0.00       0.60       3.57       28  

Year ended 12/31/14

    8.36       0.33       0.29       0.62       (0.61     (0.28     (0.89     8.09       7.61       2,338       0.01       0.61       3.78       8  

Year ended 12/31/13

    8.78       0.00       0.21       0.21       (0.24     (0.39     (0.63     8.36       2.49       2,716       0.00       0.62       0.00       68  

Class R5

                           

Year ended 12/31/17

    7.42       0.00       0.89       0.89       (0.33           (0.33     7.98       12.14       412       0.00 (e)      0.65 (e)      0.00 (e)      17  

Year ended 12/31/16

    6.94       0.37       0.62       0.99       (0.39     (0.12     (0.51     7.42       14.29       739       0.00       0.62       5.31       13  

Year ended 12/31/15

    8.10       0.29       (0.74     (0.45     (0.47     (0.24     (0.71     6.94       (5.44     23,619       0.00       0.42       3.57       28  

Year ended 12/31/14

    8.37       0.33       0.29       0.62       (0.61     (0.28     (0.89     8.10       7.59       25,848       0.01       0.44       3.78       8  

Year ended 12/31/13

    8.78       0.00       0.22       0.22       (0.24     (0.39     (0.63     8.37       2.60       21,149       0.00       0.47       0.00       68  

Class R6

                           

Year ended 12/31/17

    7.42       0.00       0.88       0.88       (0.33           (0.33     7.97       12.00       3,181       0.00 (e)      0.56 (e)      0.00 (e)      17  

Year ended 12/31/16

    6.93       0.40       0.60       1.00       (0.39     (0.12     (0.51     7.42       14.45       2,152       0.00       0.53       5.31       13  

Year ended 12/31/15

    8.10       0.29       (0.75     (0.46     (0.47     (0.24     (0.71     6.93       (5.58     1,484       0.00       0.33       3.57       28  

Year ended 12/31/14

    8.37       0.33       0.29       0.62       (0.61     (0.28     (0.89     8.10       7.59       1,270       0.01       0.35       3.78       8  

Year ended 12/31/13

    8.78       0.00       0.22       0.22       (0.24     (0.39     (0.63     8.37       2.60       970       0.00       0.37       0.00       68  

 

(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)  In addition to the fees and expenses which the Fund bears directly, the Fund indirectly bears a pro rata share of the fees and expenses of the underlying funds in which the Fund invests. Because the underlying funds have varied expenses and fee levels and the Fund may own different proportions at different times, the amount of fees and expenses incurred indirectly by the Fund will vary. Estimated underlying fund expenses are not expenses that are incurred directly by the Fund. They are expenses that are incurred directly by the underlying funds and are deducted from the value of the funds the Fund invests in. The effect of the estimated underlying fund expenses that the Fund bears indirectly is included in the Fund’s total return. Estimated acquired fund fees from underlying funds were 0.90%, 0.87%, 0.98%, 0.99% and 0.99% for the years ended December 31, 2017, December 31, 2016, December 31, 2015, December 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013, respectively.
(d)  Portfolio turnover is calculated at the fund level and is not annualized for periods less than one year, if applicable.
(e)  Ratios are based on average daily net assets (000’s omitted) of $30,860, $2,678, $320, $6,141, $255, $7,185, $142, $1,203, $432 and $2,588 for Class A, Class AX, Class B, Class C, Class CX, Class R, Class RX, Class Y, Class R5 and Class R6 shares, respectively.

 

52                         Invesco Balanced-Risk Retirement Funds


NOTE 11—Financial Highlights—(continued)

Invesco Balanced-Risk Retirement 2050 Fund

 

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

Class A

 

Year ended 12/31/17

  $ 7.19     $ (0.02   $ 0.97     $ 0.95     $ (0.34   $     $ (0.34   $ 7.80       13.30   $ 21,082       0.25 %(e)      1.43 %(e)      (0.25 )%(e)      18

Year ended 12/31/16

    6.70       0.49       0.57       1.06       (0.55     (0.02     (0.57     7.19       16.00       17,740       0.25       1.57       6.72       34  

Year ended 12/31/15

    7.98       0.31       (0.83     (0.52     (0.48     (0.28     (0.76     6.70       (6.45     13,456       0.25       1.31       3.97       22  

Year ended 12/31/14

    8.21       0.40       0.27       0.67       (0.63     (0.27     (0.90     7.98       8.30       14,645       0.25       1.24       4.61       8  

Year ended 12/31/13

    8.68       (0.02     0.22       0.20       (0.20     (0.47     (0.67     8.21       2.42       13,570       0.25       1.31       (0.25     93  

Class AX

                           

Year ended 12/31/17

    7.19       (0.01     0.96       0.95       (0.34           (0.34     7.80       13.30       1,025       0.25 (e)      1.43 (e)      (0.25 )(e)      18  

Year ended 12/31/16

    6.71       0.48       0.57       1.05       (0.55     (0.02     (0.57     7.19       15.82       1,231       0.25       1.57       6.72       34  

Year ended 12/31/15

    7.99       0.31       (0.83     (0.52     (0.48     (0.28     (0.76     6.71       (6.44     1,037       0.25       1.31       3.97       22  

Year ended 12/31/14

    8.21       0.40       0.28       0.68       (0.63     (0.27     (0.90     7.99       8.43       1,192       0.25       1.24       4.61       8  

Year ended 12/31/13

    8.69       (0.02     0.21       0.19       (0.20     (0.47     (0.67     8.21       2.30       1,230       0.25       1.31       (0.25     93  

Class B

                           

Year ended 12/31/17

    7.08       (0.07     0.95       0.88       (0.28           (0.28     7.68       12.53       91       1.00 (e)      2.18 (e)      (1.00 )(e)      18  

Year ended 12/31/16

    6.60       0.43       0.57       1.00       (0.50     (0.02     (0.52     7.08       15.26       245       1.00       2.32       5.97       34  

Year ended 12/31/15

    7.86       0.25       (0.81     (0.56     (0.42     (0.28     (0.70     6.60       (7.11     294       1.00       2.06       3.22       22  

Year ended 12/31/14

    8.10       0.33       0.27       0.60       (0.57     (0.27     (0.84     7.86       7.55       348       1.00       1.99       3.86       8  

Year ended 12/31/13

    8.57       (0.09     0.22       0.13       (0.13     (0.47     (0.60     8.10       1.65       393       1.00       2.06       (1.00     93  

Class C

                           

Year ended 12/31/17

    7.10       (0.07     0.94       0.87       (0.28           (0.28     7.69       12.35       5,853       1.00 (e)      2.18 (e)      (1.00 )(e)      18  

Year ended 12/31/16

    6.61       0.43       0.58       1.01       (0.50     (0.02     (0.52     7.10       15.38       5,273       1.00       2.32       5.97       34  

Year ended 12/31/15

    7.87       0.25       (0.81     (0.56     (0.42     (0.28     (0.70     6.61       (7.11     4,283       1.00       2.06       3.22       22  

Year ended 12/31/14

    8.12       0.33       0.26       0.59       (0.57     (0.27     (0.84     7.87       7.41       4,876       1.00       1.99       3.86       8  

Year ended 12/31/13

    8.59       (0.09     0.22       0.13       (0.13     (0.47     (0.60     8.12       1.65       3,924       1.00       2.06       (1.00     93  

Class CX

                           

Year ended 12/31/17

    7.09       (0.07     0.95       0.88       (0.28           (0.28     7.69       12.51       144       1.00 (e)      2.18 (e)      (1.00 )(e)      18  

Year ended 12/31/16

    6.61       0.43       0.57       1.00       (0.50     (0.02     (0.52     7.09       15.23       142       1.00       2.32       5.97       34  

Year ended 12/31/15

    7.87       0.25       (0.81     (0.56     (0.42     (0.28     (0.70     6.61       (7.10     141       1.00       2.06       3.22       22  

Year ended 12/31/14

    8.11       0.33       0.27       0.60       (0.57     (0.27     (0.84     7.87       7.54       152       1.00       1.99       3.86       8  

Year ended 12/31/13

    8.58       (0.09     0.22       0.13       (0.13     (0.47     (0.60     8.11       1.65       134       1.00       2.06       (1.00     93  

Class R

                           

Year ended 12/31/17

    7.15       (0.04     0.96       0.92       (0.32           (0.32     7.75       12.96       4,227       0.50 (e)      1.68 (e)      (0.50 )(e)      18  

Year ended 12/31/16

    6.66       0.47       0.57       1.04       (0.53     (0.02     (0.55     7.15       15.80       3,578       0.50       1.82       6.47       34  

Year ended 12/31/15

    7.93       0.29       (0.82     (0.53     (0.46     (0.28     (0.74     6.66       (6.63     3,812       0.50       1.56       3.72       22  

Year ended 12/31/14

    8.17       0.37       0.27       0.64       (0.61     (0.27     (0.88     7.93       7.96       5,548       0.50       1.49       4.36       8  

Year ended 12/31/13

    8.64       (0.04     0.22       0.18       (0.18     (0.47     (0.65     8.17       2.18       4,887       0.50       1.56       (0.50     93  

Class RX

                           

Year ended 12/31/17

    7.16       (0.04     0.96       0.92       (0.32           (0.32     7.76       12.94       58       0.50 (e)      1.68 (e)      (0.50 )(e)      18  

Year ended 12/31/16

    6.67       0.46       0.58       1.04       (0.53     (0.02     (0.55     7.16       15.79       81       0.50       1.82       6.47       34  

Year ended 12/31/15

    7.94       0.29       (0.82     (0.53     (0.46     (0.28     (0.74     6.67       (6.63     163       0.50       1.56       3.72       22  

Year ended 12/31/14

    8.17       0.37       0.28       0.65       (0.61     (0.27     (0.88     7.94       8.09       214       0.50       1.49       4.36       8  

Year ended 12/31/13

    8.65       (0.04     0.21       0.17       (0.18     (0.47     (0.65     8.17       2.06       255       0.50       1.56       (0.50     93  

Class Y

                           

Year ended 12/31/17

    7.20       0.00       0.98       0.98       (0.36           (0.36     7.82       13.67       4,251       0.00 (e)      1.18 (e)      0.00 (e)      18  

Year ended 12/31/16

    6.72       0.51       0.56       1.07       (0.57     (0.02     (0.59     7.20       16.06       3,681       0.00       1.32       6.97       34  

Year ended 12/31/15

    8.01       0.34       (0.85     (0.51     (0.50     (0.28     (0.78     6.72       (6.29     2,412       0.00       1.06       4.22       22  

Year ended 12/31/14

    8.22       0.42       0.29       0.71       (0.65     (0.27     (0.92     8.01       8.81       3,381       0.00       0.99       4.86       8  

Year ended 12/31/13

    8.69       0.00       0.22       0.22       (0.22     (0.47     (0.69     8.22       2.68       1,941       0.00       1.06       0.00       93  

Class R5

                           

Year ended 12/31/17

    7.21       0.00       0.98       0.98       (0.36           (0.36     7.83       13.65       114       0.00 (e)      0.94 (e)      0.00 (e)      18  

Year ended 12/31/16

    6.72       0.48       0.60       1.08       (0.57     (0.02     (0.59     7.21       16.21       693       0.00       1.02       6.97       34  

Year ended 12/31/15

    8.00       0.34       (0.84     (0.50     (0.50     (0.28     (0.78     6.72       (6.17     8,058       0.00       0.77       4.22       22  

Year ended 12/31/14

    8.23       0.42       0.27       0.69       (0.65     (0.27     (0.92     8.00       8.53       18,171       0.00       0.70       4.86       8  

Year ended 12/31/13

    8.70       0.00       0.22       0.22       (0.22     (0.47     (0.69     8.23       2.68       14,065       0.00       0.81       0.00       93  

Class R6

                           

Year ended 12/31/17

    7.22       0.00       0.98       0.98       (0.36           (0.36     7.84       13.63       1,639       0.00 (e)      0.84 (e)      0.00 (e)      18  

Year ended 12/31/16

    6.73       0.52       0.56       1.08       (0.57     (0.02     (0.59     7.22       16.18       1,012       0.00       0.95       6.97       34  

Year ended 12/31/15

    8.01       0.33       (0.83     (0.50     (0.50     (0.28     (0.78     6.73       (6.16     523       0.00       0.69       4.22       22  

Year ended 12/31/14

    8.24       0.42       0.27       0.69       (0.65     (0.27     (0.92     8.01       8.52       430       0.00       0.61       4.86       8  

Year ended 12/31/13

    8.71       0.00       0.22       0.22       (0.22     (0.47     (0.69     8.24       2.67       290       0.00       0.72       0.00       93  

 

(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)  In addition to the fees and expenses which the Fund bears directly, the Fund indirectly bears a pro rata share of the fees and expenses of the underlying funds in which the Fund invests. Because the underlying funds have varied expenses and fee levels and the Fund may own different proportions at different times, the amount of fees and expenses incurred indirectly by the Fund will vary. Estimated underlying fund expenses are not expenses that are incurred directly by the Fund. They are expenses that are incurred directly by the underlying funds and are deducted from the value of the funds the Fund invests in. The effect of the estimated underlying fund expenses that the Fund bears indirectly is included in the Fund’s total return. Estimated acquired fund fees from underlying funds were 0.93%, 0.91%, 1.09%, 1.10% and 1.11% for the years ended December 31, 2017, December 31, 2016, December 31, 2015, December 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013, respectively.
(d)  Portfolio turnover is calculated at the fund level and is not annualized for periods less than one year, if applicable.
(e)  Ratios are based on average daily net assets (000’s omitted) of $18,406, $1,124, $191, $5,441, $144, $3,867, $68, $4,027, $181 and $1,329 for Class A, Class AX, Class B, Class C, Class CX, Class R, Class RX, Class Y, Class R5 and Class R6 shares, respectively.

 

53                         Invesco Balanced-Risk Retirement Funds


Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

 

To the Board of Trustees of AIM Growth Series (Invesco Growth Series) and Shareholders of Invesco Balanced-Risk Retirement Now Fund, Invesco Balanced-Risk Retirement 2020 Fund, Invesco Balanced-Risk Retirement 2030 Fund, Invesco Balanced-Risk Retirement 2040 Fund and Invesco Balanced-Risk Retirement 2050 Fund

Opinions on the Financial Statements

We have audited the accompanying statements of assets and liabilities, including the schedules of investments, of Invesco Balanced-Risk Retirement Now Fund, Invesco Balanced-Risk Retirement 2020 Fund, Invesco Balanced-Risk Retirement 2030 Fund, Invesco Balanced-Risk Retirement 2040 Fund and Invesco Balanced-Risk Retirement 2050 Fund (five of the funds constituting AIM Growth Series (Invesco Growth Series), hereafter collectively referred to as the “Funds”) as of December 31, 2017, the related statements of operations for the year ended December 31, 2017, the statements of changes in net assets for each of the two years in the period ended December 31, 2017, including the related notes, and the financial highlights for each of the five years in the period ended December 31, 2017 (collectively referred to as the “financial statements”). In our opinion, the financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of each of the Funds as of December 31, 2017, the results of each of their operations for the year then ended, the changes in each of their net assets for each of the two years in the period ended December 31, 2017 and each of the financial highlights for each of the five years in the period ended December 31, 2017 in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

Basis for Opinions

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

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

Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements. Our procedures included confirmation of securities owned as of December 31, 2017 by correspondence with the custodian and transfer agent. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinions.

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Houston, TX

February 23, 2018

We have served as the auditor of one or more of the investment companies in the Invesco/PowerShares group of investment companies since at least 1995. We have not determined the specific year we began serving as auditor.

 

54                         Invesco Balanced-Risk Retirement Funds


Calculating your ongoing Fund expenses

Example

As a shareholder of the Funds, you incur two types of costs: (1) transaction costs, which may include sales charges (loads) on purchase payments or contingent deferred sales charges on redemptions, if any; and (2) ongoing costs, including distribution and/or service (12b-1) fees, and other Fund expenses. This example is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Funds and to compare these costs with ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds. The example is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period July 1, 2017, through December 31, 2017.

In addition to the fees and expenses which the Funds bear directly, the Funds indirectly bear a pro rata share of the fees and expenses of the underlying funds in which the Funds invest. The amount of fees and expenses incurred indirectly by the Funds will vary because the underlying funds have varied expenses and fee levels and the Funds may own different proportions of the underlying funds at different times. Estimated underlying fund expenses are not expenses that are incurred directly by the Funds. They are expenses that are incurred directly by the underlying funds and are deducted from the value of the underlying funds the Funds invest in. The effect of the estimated underlying fund expenses that the Funds bear indirectly are included in each Fund’s total return.

Actual expenses

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

Hypothetical example for comparison purposes

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

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

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

Invesco Balanced-Risk Retirement Now Fund

 

Class   Beginning
Account Value
(07/01/17)
    ACTUAL    

HYPOTHETICAL

(5% annual return before
expenses)

   

Annualized
Expense
Ratio

 
    Ending
Account Value
(12/31/17)1
    Expenses
Paid During
Period2
    Ending
Account Value
(12/31/17)
    Expenses
Paid During
Period2
   
A   $ 1,000.00     $ 1,047.60     $ 1.29     $ 1,023.95     $ 1.28       0.25
AX     1,000.00       1,046.40       1.29       1,023.95       1.28       0.25  
B     1,000.00       1,043.50       5.15       1,020.16       5.09       1.00  
C     1,000.00       1,043.50       5.15       1,020.16       5.09       1.00  
CX     1,000.00       1,042.20       5.15       1,020.16       5.09       1.00  
R     1,000.00       1,046.70       2.58       1,022.68       2.55       0.50  
RX     1,000.00       1,045.40       2.58       1,022.68       2.55       0.50  
Y     1,000.00       1,048.50       0.00       1,025.21       0.00       0.00  
R5     1,000.00       1,048.50       0.00       1,025.21       0.00       0.00  
R6     1,000.00       1,048.50       0.00       1,025.21       0.00       0.00  

 

55                         Invesco Balanced-Risk Retirement Funds


Invesco Balanced-Risk Retirement 2020 Fund

 

Class   Beginning
Account Value
(07/01/17)
    ACTUAL    

HYPOTHETICAL

(5% annual return before
expenses)

   

Annualized
Expense
Ratio

 
    Ending
Account Value
(12/31/17)1
    Expenses
Paid During
Period2
    Ending
Account Value
(12/31/17)
    Expenses
Paid During
Period2
   
A   $ 1,000.00     $ 1,056.60     $ 1.30     $ 1,023.95     $ 1.28       0.25
AX     1,000.00       1,056.60       1.30       1,023.95       1.28       0.25  
B     1,000.00       1,051.20       5.17       1,020.16       5.09       1.00  
C     1,000.00       1,051.30       5.17       1,020.16       5.09       1.00  
CX     1,000.00       1,052.50       5.17       1,020.16       5.09       1.00  
R     1,000.00       1,054.10       2.59       1,022.68       2.55       0.50  
RX     1,000.00       1,054.10       2.59       1,022.68       2.55       0.50  
Y     1,000.00       1,057.00       0.00       1,025.21       0.00       0.00  
R5     1,000.00       1,056.60       0.00       1,025.21       0.00       0.00  
R6     1,000.00       1,057.80       0.00       1,025.21       0.00       (0.00

Invesco Balanced-Risk Retirement 2030 Fund

 

Class   Beginning
Account Value
(07/01/17)
    ACTUAL    

HYPOTHETICAL

(5% annual return before
expenses)

   

Annualized
Expense
Ratio

 
    Ending
Account Value
(12/31/17)1
    Expenses
Paid During
Period2
    Ending
Account Value
(12/31/17)
    Expenses
Paid During
Period2
   
A   $ 1,000.00     $ 1,079.50     $ 1.31     $ 1,023.95     $ 1.28       0.25
AX     1,000.00       1,079.40       1.31       1,023.95       1.28       0.25  
B     1,000.00       1,074.80       5.23       1,020.16       5.09       1.00  
C     1,000.00       1,074.80       5.23       1,020.16       5.09       1.00  
CX     1,000.00       1,076.00       5.23       1,020.16       5.09       1.00  
R     1,000.00       1,078.40       2.62       1,022.68       2.55       0.50  
RX     1,000.00       1,077.20       2.62       1,022.68       2.55       0.50  
Y     1,000.00       1,080.70       0.00       1,025.21       0.00       0.00  
R5     1,000.00       1,081.70       0.00       1,025.21       0.00       0.00  
R6     1,000.00       1,080.50       0.00       1,025.21       0.00       0.00  

Invesco Balanced-Risk Retirement 2040 Fund

 

Class   Beginning
Account Value
(07/01/17)
    ACTUAL    

HYPOTHETICAL

(5% annual return before
expenses)

   

Annualized
Expense
Ratio

 
    Ending
Account Value
(12/31/17)1
    Expenses
Paid During
Period2
    Ending
Account Value
(12/31/17)
    Expenses
Paid During
Period2
   
A   $ 1,000.00     $ 1,091.20     $ 1.32     $ 1,023.95     $ 1.28       0.25
AX     1,000.00       1,091.30       1.32       1,023.95       1.28       0.25  
B     1,000.00       1,087.00       5.26       1,020.16       5.09       1.00  
C     1,000.00       1,087.10       5.26       1,020.16       5.09       1.00  
CX     1,000.00       1,087.30       5.26       1,020.16       5.09       1.00  
R     1,000.00       1,090.50       2.63       1,022.68       2.55       0.50  
RX     1,000.00       1,090.50       2.63       1,022.68       2.55       0.50  
Y     1,000.00       1,093.60       0.00       1,025.21       0.00       0.00  
R5     1,000.00       1,093.40       0.00       1,025.21       0.00       0.00  
R6     1,000.00       1,092.00       0.00       1,025.21       0.00       0.00  

 

56                         Invesco Balanced-Risk Retirement Funds


Invesco Balanced-Risk Retirement 2050 Fund

 

Class   Beginning
Account Value
(07/01/17)
    ACTUAL    

HYPOTHETICAL

(5% annual return before
expenses)

   

Annualized
Expense
Ratio

 
    Ending
Account Value
(12/31/17)1
    Expenses
Paid During
Period2
    Ending
Account Value
(12/31/17)
    Expenses
Paid During
Period2
   
A   $ 1,000.00     $ 1,102.40     $ 1.32     $ 1,023.95     $ 1.28       0.25
AX     1,000.00       1,102.30       1.32       1,023.95       1.28       0.25  
B     1,000.00       1,098.90       5.29       1,020.16       5.09       1.00  
C     1,000.00       1,098.80       5.29       1,020.16       5.09       1.00  
CX     1,000.00       1,098.80       5.29       1,020.16       5.09       1.00  
R     1,000.00       1,101.90       2.65       1,022.68       2.55       0.50  
RX     1,000.00       1,101.70       2.65       1,022.68       2.55       0.50  
Y     1,000.00       1,104.50       0.00       1,025.21       0.00       0.00  
R5     1,000.00       1,105.90       0.00       1,025.21       0.00       0.00  
R6     1,000.00       1,105.70       0.00       1,025.21       0.00       0.00  

 

1  The actual ending account value is based on the actual total return of the Funds for the period July 1, 2017, through December 31, 2017, after actual expenses and will differ from the hypothetical ending account value which is based on each Fund’s expense ratio and a hypothetical annual return of 5% before expenses.
2  Expenses are equal to each Fund’s annualized expense ratio as indicated above multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 184/365 to reflect the most recent fiscal half year.

 

57                         Invesco Balanced-Risk Retirement Funds


Tax Information

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

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

The Funds designate the following amounts or, if subsequently determined to be different, the maximum amount allowable for their fiscal year ended December 31, 2017:

 

Federal and State Income Tax

 
     Long Term Capital
Gain Distributions
       Qualified Dividend Income*      Corporate Dividends
Received Deduction*
     U.S. Treasury
Obligations*
 

Invesco Balanced-Risk Retirement Now Fund

  $ 380,617          0.00      0.00      9.08

Invesco Balanced-Risk Retirement 2020 Fund

             0.00      0.00      8.50

Invesco Balanced-Risk Retirement 2030 Fund

             0.00      0.00      7.32

Invesco Balanced-Risk Retirement 2040 Fund

             0.00      0.00      5.94

Invesco Balanced-Risk Retirement 2050 Fund

             0.00      0.00      4.98

 

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

 

58                         Invesco Balanced-Risk Retirement Funds


Trustees and Officers

 

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

 

Name, Year of Birth and

Position(s) Held with the Trust

  Trustee and/
or Officer Since
  Principal Occupation(s)
During Past 5 Years
  Number of
Funds in Fund
Complex
Overseen by
Trustee
  Other Directorship(s)
Held by Trustee During
Past 5 Years
Interested Persons                
Martin L. Flanagan1 — 1960 Trustee   2007  

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

 

Formerly: Advisor to the Board, Invesco Advisers, Inc. (formerly known as Invesco Institutional (N.A.), Inc.); Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Invesco Advisers, Inc. (registered investment adviser); Director, Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President, Invesco Holding Company (US), Inc. (formerly IVZ Inc.) (holding company), Invesco Group Services, Inc. (service provider) and Invesco North American Holdings, Inc. (holding company); Director, Chief Executive Officer and President, Invesco Holding Company Limited (parent of Invesco and a global investment management firm); Director, Invesco Ltd.; Chairman, Investment Company Institute and President, Co-Chief Executive Officer, Co-President, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer, Franklin Resources, Inc. (global investment management organization)

  158   None
Philip A. Taylor2 — 1954 Trustee and Senior Vice President   2006  

Head of the Americas and Senior Managing Director, Invesco Ltd.; Director, Invesco Advisers, Inc. (formerly known as Invesco Institutional (N.A.), Inc.) (registered investment adviser); Director, Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President, Invesco Management Group, Inc. (formerly known as Invesco Aim Management Group, Inc.) (financial services holding company); Director and Chairman, Invesco Investment Services, Inc. (formerly known as Invesco Aim Investment Services, Inc.) (registered transfer agent); Chief Executive Officer, Invesco Corporate Class Inc. (corporate mutual fund company); Director, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Invesco Canada Ltd. (formerly known as Invesco Trimark Ltd./Invesco Trimark Ltèe) (registered investment adviser and registered transfer agent); Trustee and Senior Vice President, The Invesco Funds; Director, Invesco Investment Advisers LLC (formerly known as Van Kampen Asset Management).

 

Formerly: Co-Chairman, Co-President and Co-Chief Executive Officer, Invesco Advisers, Inc. (formerly known as Invesco Institutional (N.A.), Inc.) (registered investment adviser); Director, Chief Executive Officer and President, Van Kampen Exchange Corp; President and Principal Executive Officer, The Invesco Funds (other than AIM Treasurer’s Series Trust (Invesco Treasurer’s Series Trust), Short-Term Investments Trust and Invesco Management Trust); Executive Vice President, The Invesco Funds (AIM Treasurer’s Series Trust (Invesco Treasurer’s Series Trust), Short-Term Investments Trust and Invesco Management Trust only); Director and President, INVESCO Funds Group, Inc. (registered investment adviser and registered transfer agent); Director and Chairman, IVZ Distributors, Inc. (formerly known as INVESCO Distributors, Inc.) (registered broker dealer); Director, President and Chairman, Invesco Inc. (holding company), Invesco Canada Holdings Inc. (holding company), Trimark Investments Ltd./Placements Trimark Ltèe and Invesco Financial Services Ltd/Services Financiers Invesco Ltèe; Chief Executive Officer, Invesco Canada Fund Inc. (corporate mutual fund company); Director and Chairman, Van Kampen Investor Services Inc.; Director, Chief Executive Officer and President, 1371 Preferred Inc. (holding company) and Van Kampen Investments Inc.; Director and President, AIM GP Canada Inc. (general partner for limited partnerships) and Van Kampen Advisors, Inc.; Director and Chief Executive Officer, Invesco Trimark Dealer Inc. (registered broker dealer); Director, Invesco Distributors, Inc. (formerly known as Invesco Aim Distributors, Inc.) (registered broker dealer); Manager, Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC; Director, Chief Executive Officer and President, Invesco Advisers, Inc.; Director, Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President, Invesco Aim Capital Management, Inc.; President, Invesco Trimark Dealer Inc. and Invesco Trimark Ltd./Invesco Trimark Ltèe; Director and President, AIM Trimark Corporate Class Inc. and AIM Trimark Canada Fund Inc.; Senior Managing Director, Invesco Holding Company Limited; Director and Chairman, Fund Management Company (former registered broker dealer); President and Principal Executive Officer, The Invesco Funds (AIM Treasurer’s Series Trust (Invesco Treasurer’s Series Trust), and Short-Term Investments Trust only); President, AIM Trimark Global Fund Inc. and AIM Trimark Canada Fund Inc.

  158   None

 

1  Mr. Flanagan is considered an interested person (within the meaning of Section 2(a)(19) of the 1940 Act) of the Trust because he is an officer of the Adviser to the Trust, and an officer and a director of Invesco Ltd., ultimate parent of the Adviser.

 

2  Mr. Taylor is considered an interested person (within the meaning of Section 2(a)(19) of the 1940 Act) of the Trust because he is an officer and a director of the Adviser.

 

T-1                         Invesco Balanced-Risk Retirement Funds


Trustees and Officers—(continued)

 

Name, Year of Birth and

Position(s) Held with the Trust

  Trustee and/
or Officer Since
 

Principal Occupation(s)

During Past 5 Years

  Number of
Funds in Fund
Complex
Overseen by
Trustee
 

Other Directorship(s)
Held by Trustee During

Past 5 Years

Independent Trustees                

Bruce L. Crockett — 1944

Trustee and Chair

  2001  

Chairman, Crockett Technologies Associates (technology consulting company)

 

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

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

David C. Arch — 1945

Trustee

  2010   Chairman of Blistex Inc. (consumer health care products manufacturer); Member, World Presidents’ Organization   158   Board member of the Illinois Manufacturers’ Association

Jack M. Fields — 1952

Trustee

  2001  

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

 

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

  158   None

Cynthia Hostetler — 1962

Trustee

  2017  

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

 

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

  158   Vulcan Materials Company (construction materials company); Trilinc Global Impact Fund; Aberdeen Investment Funds (4 portfolios); Artio Global Investment LLC (mutual fund complex); Edgen Group, Inc. (specialized energy and infrastructure products distributor)

Eli Jones — 1961

Trustee

  2016  

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

 

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

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

Prema Mathai-Davis — 1950

Trustee

  2001   Retired.   158   None

Teresa M. Ressel  —  1962

Trustee

  2017  

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

 

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

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

Ann Barnett Stern — 1957

Trustee

  2017  

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

 

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

  158   Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas

Raymond Stickel, Jr. — 1944

Trustee

  2005  

Retired.

 

Formerly: Director, Mainstay VP Series Funds, Inc. (25 portfolios); Partner, Deloitte & Touche

  158   None

Robert C. Troccoli — 1949

Trustee

  2016  

Adjunct Professor, University of Denver — Daniels College of Business

 

Formerly: Senior Partner, KPMG LLP

  158   None

Christopher L. Wilson —  1957

Trustee

  2017  

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

 

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

  158   TD Asset Management USA Inc. (mutual fund complex) (22 portfolios); ISO New England, Inc. (non-profit organization managing regional electricity market)

 

T-2                         Invesco Balanced-Risk Retirement Funds


Trustees and Officers—(continued)

 

Name, Year of Birth and

Position(s) Held with the Trust

  Trustee and/
or Officer Since
 

Principal Occupation(s)

During Past 5 Years

  Number of
Funds in Fund
Complex
Overseen by
Trustee
 

Other Directorship(s)
Held by Trustee During

Past 5 Years

Other Officers                

Sheri Morris — 1964

President, Principal Executive Officer and Treasurer

  1999  

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

 

Formerly: Vice President and Principal Financial Officer, The Invesco Funds; Vice President, Invesco Aim Advisers, Inc., Invesco Aim Capital Management, Inc. and Invesco Aim Private Asset Management, Inc.; Assistant Vice President and Assistant Treasurer, The Invesco Funds and Assistant Vice President, Invesco Advisers, Inc., Invesco Aim Capital Management, Inc. and Invesco Aim Private Asset Management, Inc.; and Treasurer, PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust II, PowerShares India Exchange-Traded Fund Trust and PowerShares Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Fund Trust

  N/A   N/A

Russell C. Burk — 1958

Senior Vice President and Senior Officer

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

John M. Zerr — 1962

Senior Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Secretary

  2006  

Director, Senior Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel, Invesco Management Group, Inc. (formerly known as Invesco AIM Management Group, Inc.); Senior Vice President, Invesco Advisers, Inc. (formerly known as Invesco Institutional (N.A.), Inc.) (registered investment adviser); Senior Vice President and Secretary, Invesco Distributors, Inc. (formerly known as Invesco AIM Distributors, Inc.); Director, Vice President and Secretary, Invesco Investment Services, Inc. (formerly known as Invesco AIM Investment Services, Inc.) Senior Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Secretary, The Invesco Funds; Managing Director, Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC; Director, Secretary and General Counsel, Invesco Investment Advisers LLC (formerly known as Van Kampen Asset Management); Secretary and General Counsel, Invesco Capital Markets, Inc. (formerly known as Van Kampen Funds Inc.) and Chief Legal Officer, PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust II, PowerShares India Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, PowerShares Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, PowerShares Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Commodity Fund Trust and PowerShares Exchange-Traded Self-Indexed Fund Trust; Manager and Secretary, Invesco Indexing LLC

 

Formerly: Director, Secretary, General Counsel and Senior Vice President, Van Kampen Exchange Corp.; Director, Vice President and Secretary, IVZ Distributors, Inc. (formerly known as INVESCO Distributors, Inc.); Director and Vice President, INVESCO Funds Group, Inc.; Director and Vice President, Van Kampen Advisors Inc.; Director, Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel, Van Kampen Investor Services Inc.; Director, Invesco Distributors, Inc. (formerly known as Invesco AIM Distributors, Inc.); Director, Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary, Invesco AIM Advisers, Inc. and Van Kampen Investments Inc.; Director, Vice President and Secretary, Fund Management Company; Director, Senior Vice President, Secretary, General Counsel and Vice President, Invesco AIM Capital Management, Inc.; Chief Operating Officer and General Counsel, Liberty Ridge Capital, Inc. (an investment adviser); Vice President and Secretary, PBHG Funds (an investment company) and PBHG Insurance Series Fund (an investment company); Chief Operating Officer, General Counsel and Secretary, Old Mutual Investment Partners (a broker-dealer); General Counsel and Secretary, Old Mutual Fund Services (an administrator) and Old Mutual Shareholder Services (a shareholder servicing center); Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary, Old Mutual Capital, Inc. (an investment adviser); and Vice President and Secretary, Old Mutual Advisors Funds (an investment company)

  N/A   N/A

Gregory G. McGreevey — 1962

Senior Vice President

  2012  

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

 

Formerly: Assistant Vice President, The Invesco Funds

  N/A   N/A

Kelli Gallegos — 1970

Vice President, Principal Financial Officer and Assistant Treasurer

  2008  

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

 

Formerly: Assistant Vice President, The Invesco Funds

  N/A   N/A

 

T-3                         Invesco Balanced-Risk Retirement Funds


Trustees and Officers—(continued)

 

Name, Year of Birth and

Position(s) Held with the Trust

  Trustee and/
or Officer Since
 

Principal Occupation(s)

During Past 5 Years

  Number of
Funds in Fund
Complex
Overseen by
Trustee
 

Other Directorship(s)
Held by Trustee During

Past 5 Years

Other Officers—(continued)                

Tracy Sullivan — 1962

Vice President, Chief Tax Officer and Assistant Treasurer

  2008  

Vice President, Chief Tax Officer and Assistant Treasurer, The Invesco Funds; Assistant Treasurer, Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC, PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust II, PowerShares India Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, PowerShares Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Fund Trust,PowerShares Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Commodity Fund Trust and PowerShares Exchange-Traded Self-Indexed Fund Trust

 

Formerly: Assistant Vice President, The Invesco Funds

  N/A   N/A

Crissie M. Wisdom — 1969

Anti-Money Laundering Compliance Officer

  2013  

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

 

Formerly: Anti-Money Laundering Compliance Officer, Van Kampen Exchange Corp.

  N/A   N/A

Robert R. Leveille — 1969

Chief Compliance Officer

  2016  

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

 

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

  N/A   N/A

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

 

Office of the Fund

11 Greenway Plaza, Suite 1000

Houston, TX 77046-1173

 

Investment Adviser

Invesco Advisers, Inc.

1555 Peachtree Street, N.E.

Atlanta, GA 30309

 

Distributor

Invesco Distributors, Inc.

11 Greenway Plaza, Suite 1000

Houston, TX 77046-1173

 

Auditors

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

1000 Louisiana Street, Suite 5800

Houston, TX 77002-5678

     

Counsel to the Fund

Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young, LLP

2005 Market Street, Suite 2600

Philadelphia, PA 19103-7018

 

Counsel to the Independent Trustees

Goodwin Procter LLP

901 New York Avenue, N.W.

Washington, D.C. 20001

 

Transfer Agent

Invesco Investment Services, Inc.

11 Greenway Plaza, Suite 1000

Houston, TX 77046-1173

 

Custodian

State Street Bank and Trust Company

225 Franklin Street

Boston, MA 02110-2801

 

T-4                         Invesco Balanced-Risk Retirement Funds


 

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The Fund provides a complete list of its holdings four times in each fiscal year, at the quarter ends. For the second and fourth quarters, the lists appear in the Fund’s semiannual and annual reports to shareholders. For the first and third quarters, the Fund files the lists with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Form N-Q. The most recent list of portfolio holdings is available at invesco.com/completeqtrholdings. Shareholders can also look up the Fund’s Forms N-Q on the SEC website at sec.gov. Copies of the Fund’s Forms N-Q may be reviewed and copied at the SEC Public Reference Room in Washington, D.C. You can obtain information on the operation of the Public Reference Room, including information about duplicating fee charges, by calling 202 551 8090 or 800 732 0330, or by electronic request at the following email address: publicinfo@sec.gov. The SEC file numbers for the Fund are shown below.

    A description of the policies and procedures that the Fund uses to determine how to vote proxies relating to portfolio securities is available without charge, upon request, from our Client Services department at 800 959 4246 or at invesco.com/proxyguidelines. The information is also available on the SEC website, sec.gov.

    Information regarding how the Fund voted proxies related to its portfolio securities during the most recent 12-month period ended June 30 is available at invesco.com/proxysearch. The information is also available on the SEC website, sec.gov.

    Invesco Advisers, Inc. is an investment adviser; it provides investment advisory services to individual and institutional clients and does not sell securities. Invesco Distributors, Inc. is the US distributor for Invesco Ltd.’s retail mutual funds, exchange-traded funds and institutional money market funds. Both are wholly owned, indirect subsidiaries of Invesco Ltd.

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SEC file numbers: 811-02699 and 002-57526                     Invesco Distributors, Inc.    IBRR-AR-1        02222018        0824


 

 

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Annual Report to Shareholders

 

  

 

December 31, 2017

 

 

 

Invesco Allocation Funds

Invesco Conservative Allocation Fund

Invesco Growth Allocation Fund

Invesco Moderate Allocation Fund

 

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Invesco Conservative Allocation Fund’s Long-Term Performance

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

Fund and index data from 12/31/07

 

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1  Source: FactSet Research Systems Inc.

2  Source(s): Invesco, FactSet Research Systems Inc.

3  Source: Lipper Inc.

 

Past performance cannot guarantee comparable future results.

The data shown in the chart include reinvested distributions, applicable sales charges and Fund expenses including management fees. Results for Class B shares are calculated as if a hypothetical shareholder had liquidated his entire investment in the Fund at the close of the reporting period and paid the contingent deferred sales charges, if applicable.

Index results include reinvested dividends, but they do not reflect sales charges. Performance of the peer group, if applicable, reflects fund expenses and management fees; performance of a market index does not. Performance shown in the chart and table(s) does not reflect deduction of taxes a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or sale of Fund shares.

 

 

2    Invesco Allocation Funds


Average Annual Total Returns  

As of 12/31/17, including maximum applicable

sales charges

 

 

Class A Shares

        

Inception (4/29/05)

     4.16

10 Years

     3.15  

  5 Years

     3.16  

  1 Year

     1.92  

Class B Shares

        

Inception (4/29/05)

     4.13

10 Years

     3.13  

  5 Years

     3.22  

  1 Year

     2.02  

Class C Shares

        

Inception (4/29/05)

     3.86

10 Years

     2.98  

  5 Years

     3.57  

  1 Year

     6.02  

Class R Shares

        

Inception (4/29/05)

     4.36

10 Years

     3.48  

  5 Years

     4.06  

  1 Year

     7.52  

Class S Shares

        

10 Years

     3.80

  5 Years

     4.44  

  1 Year

     7.97  

Class Y Shares

        

10 Years

     3.95

  5 Years

     4.61  

  1 Year

     8.15  

Class R5 Shares

        

Inception (4/29/05)

     4.91

10 Years

     4.02  

  5 Years

     4.64  

  1 Year

     8.16  

Class R6 Shares

        

10 Years

     3.74

  5 Years

     4.35  

  1 Year

     8.00  

Class S shares incepted on June 3, 2011. Performance shown prior to that date is that of Class A shares and includes the 12b-1 fees applicable to Class A shares.

Class Y shares incepted on October 3, 2008. Performance shown prior to that date is that of Class A shares and includes the 12b-1 fees applicable to Class A shares.

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

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

The total annual Fund operating expense ratio set forth in the most recent Fund prospectus as of the date of this report for Class A, Class B, Class C, Class R, Class S, Class Y, Class R5 and Class R6 was 1.05%, 1.80%, 1.80%, 1.30%, 0.95%, 0.80%, 0.75% and 0.70%, respectively.1 The expense ratios presented above may vary from the expense ratios presented in other sections of this report that are based on expenses incurred during the period covered by this report.

Class A share performance reflects the maximum 5.50% sales charge, and Class B and Class C share performance reflects the applicable contingent deferred sales charge (CDSC) for the period involved. The CDSC on Class B shares declines from 5% beginning at the time of purchase to 0% at the beginning of the seventh year. The CDSC on Class C shares is 1% for the first year after purchase. Class R, Class S, Class Y, Class R5 and Class R6 shares do not have a front-end sales charge or a CDSC; therefore, performance is at net asset value.

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

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

 

1 The expense ratio includes acquired fund fees and expenses of the underlying funds in which the Fund invests of 0.55% for Invesco Conservative Allocation Fund.
 

 

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Invesco Growth Allocation Fund’s Long-Term Performance

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

Fund and index data from 12/31/07

 

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1  Source: FactSet Research Systems Inc.

2  Source: Lipper Inc.

3  Source(s): Invesco, FactSet Research Systems Inc.

 

Past performance cannot guarantee comparable future results.

The data shown in the chart include reinvested distributions, applicable sales charges and Fund expenses including management fees. Results for Class B shares are calculated as if a hypothetical shareholder had liquidated his entire investment in the Fund at the close of the reporting period and paid the contingent deferred sales charges, if applicable.

Index results include reinvested dividends, but they do not reflect sales charges. Performance of the peer group, if applicable, reflects fund expenses and management fees; performance of a market index does not. Performance shown in the chart and table(s) does not reflect deduction of taxes a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or sale of Fund shares.

 

 

4    Invesco Allocation Funds


Average Annual Total Returns  

As of 12/31/17, including maximum applicable

sales charges

 

 

Class A Shares

        

Inception (4/30/04)

     5.73

10 Years

     3.17  

  5 Years

     6.49  

  1 Year

     9.41  

Class B Shares

        

Inception (4/30/04)

     5.71

10 Years

     3.13  

  5 Years

     6.57  

  1 Year

     9.96  

Class C Shares

        

Inception (4/30/04)

     5.38

10 Years

     2.98  

  5 Years

     6.89  

  1 Year

     13.94  

Class R Shares

        

Inception (4/30/04)

     5.91

10 Years

     3.50  

  5 Years

     7.43  

  1 Year

     15.43  

Class S Shares

        

10 Years

     3.84

  5 Years

     7.80  

  1 Year

     15.90  

Class Y Shares

        

10 Years

     4.00

  5 Years

     7.97  

  1 Year

     16.08  

Class R5 Shares

        

Inception (4/30/04)

     6.52

10 Years

     4.11  

  5 Years

     8.10  

  1 Year

     16.26  

Class R6 Shares

        

10 Years

     3.78

  5 Years

     7.75  

  1 Year

     16.05  

Class S shares incepted on September 25, 2009. Performance shown prior to that date is that of Class A shares and includes the 12b-1 fees applicable to Class A shares.

Class Y shares incepted on October 3, 2008. Performance shown prior to that date is that of Class A shares and includes the 12b-1 fees applicable to Class A shares.

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

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

The total annual Fund operating expense ratio set forth in the most recent Fund prospectus as of the date of this report for Class A, Class B, Class C, Class R, Class S, Class Y, Class R5 and Class R6 shares was 1.15%, 1.90%, 1.90%, 1.40%, 1.05%, 0.90%, 0.77% and 0.72%, respectively.1 The expense ratios presented above may vary from the expense ratios presented in other sections of this report that are based on expenses incurred during the period covered by this report.

Class A share performance reflects the maximum 5.50% sales charge, and Class B and Class C share performance reflects the applicable contingent deferred sales charge (CDSC) for the period involved. The CDSC on Class B shares declines from 5% beginning at the time of purchase to 0% at the beginning of the seventh year. The CDSC on Class C shares is 1% for the first year after purchase. Class R, Class S, Class Y, Class R5 and Class R6 shares do not have a front-end sales charge or a CDSC; therefore, performance is at net asset value.

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

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

 

1 The expense ratio includes acquired fund fees and expenses of the underlying funds in which the Fund invests of 0.61% for Invesco Growth Allocation Fund.
 

 

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Invesco Moderate Allocation Fund’s Long-Term Performance

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

Fund and index data from 12/31/07

 

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1  Source: FactSet Research Systems Inc.

2  Source(s): Invesco, FactSet Research Systems Inc.

3  Source: Lipper Inc.

 

Past performance cannot guarantee comparable future results.

The data shown in the chart include reinvested distributions, applicable sales charges and Fund expenses including management fees. Results for Class B shares are calculated as if a hypothetical shareholder had liquidated his entire investment in the Fund at the close of the reporting period and paid the contingent deferred sales charges, if applicable.

Index results include reinvested dividends, but they do not reflect sales charges. Performance of the peer group, if applicable, reflects fund expenses and management fees; performance of a market index does not. Performance shown in the chart and table(s) does not reflect deduction of taxes a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or sale of Fund shares.

 

 

6    Invesco Allocation Funds


Average Annual Total Returns  

As of 12/31/17, including maximum applicable

sales charges

 

 

Class A Shares

        

Inception (4/30/04)

     5.29

10 Years

     3.65  

  5 Years

     4.98  

  1 Year

     6.48  

Class B Shares

        

Inception (4/30/04)

     5.27

10 Years

     3.62  

  5 Years

     5.05  

  1 Year

     6.81  

Class C Shares

        

Inception (4/30/04)

     4.94

10 Years

     3.46  

  5 Years

     5.38  

  1 Year

     10.82  

Class R Shares

        

Inception (4/30/04)

     5.47

10 Years

     3.97  

  5 Years

     5.91  

  1 Year

     12.41  

Class S Shares

        

10 Years

     4.31

  5 Years

     6.27  

  1 Year

     12.70  

Class Y Shares

        

10 Years

     4.47

  5 Years

     6.43  

  1 Year

     12.85  

Class R5 Shares

        

Inception (4/30/04)

     6.00

10 Years

     4.49  

  5 Years

     6.43  

  1 Year

     12.97  

Class R6 Shares

        

10 Years

     4.25

  5 Years

     6.20  

  1 Year

     12.82  

Class S shares incepted on September 25, 2009. Performance shown prior to that date is that of Class A shares and includes the 12b-1 fees applicable to Class A shares.

Class Y shares incepted on October 3, 2008. Performance shown prior to that date is that of Class A shares and includes the 12b-1 fees applicable to Class A shares.

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

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

The total annual Fund operating expense ratio set forth in the most recent Fund prospectus as of the date of this report for Class A, Class B, Class C, Class R, Class S, Class Y, Class R5 and Class R6 shares was 1.06%, 1.81%, 1.81%, 1.31%, 0.96%, 0.81%, 0.75% and 0.69%, respectively.1 The expense ratios presented above may vary from the expense ratios presented in other sections of this report that are based on expenses incurred during the period covered by this report.

Class A share performance reflects the maximum 5.50% sales charge, and Class B and Class C share performance reflects the applicable contingent deferred sales charge (CDSC) for the period involved. The CDSC on Class B shares declines from 5% beginning at the time of purchase to 0% at the beginning of the seventh year. The CDSC on Class C shares is 1% for the first year after purchase. Class R, Class S, Class Y, Class R5 and Class R6 shares do not have a front-end sales charge or a CDSC; therefore, performance is at net asset value.

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

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

 

1 The expense ratio includes acquired fund fees and expenses of the underlying funds in which the Fund invests of 0.58% for Invesco Moderate Allocation Fund.
 

 

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Letters to Shareholders

 

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Philip Taylor

    

Dear Shareholders:

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

Major stock market indexes rose – and set record highs – throughout the reporting period. Generally positive economic data, strong corporate earnings and anticipated tax and regulatory reform contributed to the rally. The US economy expanded during the reporting period, with gross domestic product, the value of all goods and services produced, significantly increasing its growth rate from the first to the third quarter of the year. Tax reform legislation, enacted in December 2017, was a positive for the stock market, but its long-term economic impact was uncertain. Citing positive economic trends – specifically, realized and expected labor market

conditions and inflation – the US Federal Reserve raised interest rates in March, June and December 2017. While US and global bond markets, as well as emerging market equities, sold off early in the reporting period, they recovered much of their losses during the reporting period. Overseas, economic data were mixed, prompting the European Central Bank and central banks in China and Japan, among other countries, to maintain extraordinarily accommodative monetary policies.

Short-term market volatility can prompt some investors to abandon their investment plans – and can cause others to settle for whatever returns the market has to offer. The investment professionals at Invesco, in contrast, invest with high conviction. This means that, no matter the asset class or the strategy, each investment team has a passion to exceed. We want to help investors achieve better outcomes, such as seeking higher returns, helping mitigate risk and generating income. Of course, investing with high conviction can’t guarantee a profit or ensure success; no investment strategy can. To learn more about how we invest with high conviction, visit invesco.com/HighConviction.

You, too, can invest with high conviction by maintaining a long-term investment perspective and by working with your financial adviser on a regular basis. During periods of short-term market volatility or uncertainty, your financial adviser can keep you focused on your long-term investment goals – a new home, a child’s college education or a secure retirement. He or she also can share research about the economy, the markets and individual investment options.

Visit our website for more information on your investments

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

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

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

Have questions?

For questions about your account, contact an Invesco client services representative at 800 959 4246. For Invesco-related questions or comments, please email me directly at phil@invesco.com.

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

 

Sincerely,

 

LOGO

 

Philip Taylor
Senior Managing Director, Invesco Ltd.

 

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LOGO

Bruce Crockett

    

Dear Fellow Shareholders:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

As always, please contact me at bruce@brucecrockett.com with any questions or concerns you may have. On behalf of the Board, we look forward to continuing to represent your interests and serving your needs.

Sincerely,

 

LOGO

Bruce L. Crockett

Independent Chair

Invesco Funds Board of Trustees

 

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Management’s Discussion of Fund Performance

 

 

Performance summary – Invesco Conservative Allocation Fund

For the year ended December 31, 2017, Class A shares of Invesco Conservative Allocation Fund (the Fund), at net asset value (NAV), underperformed the Fund’s style-specific index, the Custom Invesco Conservative Allocation Index.

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

 

 

 

 

Fund vs. Indexes

Total returns, 12/31/16 to 12/31/17, at net asset value (NAV). Performance shown does not include applicable contingent deferred sales charges (CDSC) or front-end sales charges, which would have reduced performance.

 

 

 

Class A Shares

    7.87

Class B Shares

    7.02  

Class C Shares

    7.02  

Class R Shares

    7.52  

Class S Shares

    7.97  

Class Y Shares

    8.15  

Class R5 Shares

    8.16  

Class R6 Shares*

    8.00  

S&P 500 Indexq (Broad Market Index)

    21.83  

Custom Invesco Conservative Allocation Index (Style-Specific Index)

    10.13  

Lipper Mixed-Asset Target Allocation Conservative Funds Index

(Peer Group Index)

    8.78  

 

Source(s): qFactSet Research Systems Inc.; Invesco, FactSet Research Systems Inc.;

Lipper Inc.

 

 

 

*Class R6 shares incepted on April 4, 2017. See page 3 for more information.

 

 

 

 

Market conditions and your Fund

Despite highly destructive hurricanes that threatened to derail a years-long economic recovery, the US economy continued to expand throughout the year ended December 31, 2017. Gross domestic product – the value of all goods and services produced in the US – expanded in the first three quarters of 2017.

    Given signs of an improving economy, the US Federal Reserve (the Fed) raised interest rates three times during the reporting period, most recently in December 2017; each rate hike was 25 basis points.1 (A basis point is 0.01%.) The Fed pledged that “realized and expected economic conditions relative to its objectives of maximum employment and 2 percent inflation” will guide its future actions. At the close of the reporting period, Fed policy remained accommodative, and the fed funds target rate stood at a range of 1.25% to 1.50% – 75

basis points higher than at the start of the reporting period.1

    Higher inventories and a worsening outlook caused oil prices and many energy stocks to decline during the first half of 2017. However, oil prices rose significantly in the second half of the reporting period as expectations for lower supplies increased, partly due to continued OPEC production cuts, and demand began normalizing.

    Major US stock market indexes repeatedly hit all-time highs throughout the reporting period. The stock market rally that began after the 2016 presidential election continued throughout the reporting period, fueled by generally positive economic data, strong corporate earnings and improved consumer confidence. Finally, after much debate in Congress, a tax reform bill was signed into law in December 2017, which further strengthened stocks.

 

    Strategic asset class exposures in the Fund are obtained through underlying mutual funds, exchange-traded funds and other pooled investment vehicles targeting a pre-defined level of risk. From an asset class perspective, the Fund’s exposure to US equities through underlying funds was the largest contributor to Fund performance. Specifically, Invesco Equally-Weighted S&P 500 Fund was the largest contributor to Fund performance during the reporting period. PowerShares Russell Top 200 Pure Growth Portfolio also added to returns, in line with broader large-cap growth equities. Within our fixed income allocation, Invesco Core Plus Bond Fund was the largest contributor to Fund performance during the reporting period.

    Although no asset classes detracted from absolute Fund performance, underweight exposure to international developed equities versus the Fund’s style-specific benchmark detracted from relative performance, as did tepid returns from allocations to fixed income. In terms of individual holdings, Invesco All Cap Market Neutral Fund detracted from Fund performance due to short holdings that did not perform as expected, particularly those in the health care sector. Invesco Global Targeted Returns Fund also detracted from Fund performance. These non-directional alternatives allocations are included in an effort to reduce the overall risk of the Fund while providing an alternative source of return. Such alternatives allocations tend not to move in lockstep with equities, so in a bull equity market, they can underperform equities. Although Invesco Diversified Dividend Fund posted positive returns, it under-performed the broader equity market during the reporting period.

    As part of the Fund’s strategic annual rebalance, we sold its holdings in Invesco Endeavor Fund and established a position in Invesco Global Targeted Returns Fund. Please note that some of the Fund’s

 
Portfolio Composition*  
By fund type, based on total investments  

Fixed Income Funds

     59.7%  

Equity Funds

     31.9     

Alternative Funds

     8.0     

Money Market Funds

     0.4     

 

* Based on the Schedule of Investments, which classifies each underlying fund and other investments into broad asset classes based on their predominant investments.

 

Total Net Assets

 

  

$323.3 million

 

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

Data presented here are as of December 31, 2017.

Fund Nasdaq Symbols

Class A Shares

   CAAMX 

Class B Shares

   CMBAX 

Class C Shares

   CACMX 

Class R Shares

   CMARX 

Class S Shares

   CMASX 

Class Y Shares

   CAAYX 

Class R5 Shares

   CMAIX 

Class R6 Shares

   CNSSX 
 

 

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underlying holdings – including, but not limited to, Invesco Balanced-Risk Allocation Fund and Invesco Global Targeted Returns Fund – may use derivatives, including futures, which may create economic leverage in the underlying funds. Therefore, performance of these underlying funds, both positive and negative, can also be attributed to these instruments.

It has been our privilege to oversee Invesco Conservative Allocation Fund, and we thank you for your continued investment.

1  Source: US Federal Reserve

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

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

LOGO  

Jacob Borbidge

Chartered Financial Analyst, Portfolio Manager and Head of Research for Invesco’s Global Solutions

Development and Implementation Team, is manager of Invesco Conservative Allocation Fund. He joined Invesco in 2004. Mr. Borbidge earned a BS in mechanical engineering from Lehigh University and an MS in finance from the University of Houston.
 
LOGO  

Duy Nguyen

Chartered Financial Analyst, Portfolio Manager and Chief Investment Officer of Invesco’s Global

Solutions Development and Implementation Team, is manager of Invesco Conservative Allocation Fund. He joined Invesco in 2000. Mr. Nguyen earned a BBA from The University of Texas at Austin and an MS from the University of Houston.

Assisted by Invesco’s Global Solutions Development & Implementation Team

 

 

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Management’s Discussion of Fund Performance

 

 

Performance summary – Invesco Growth Allocation Fund

For the year ended December 31, 2017, Class A shares of Invesco Growth Allocation Fund (the Fund), at net asset value (NAV), underperformed the Fund’s style-specific index, the Custom Invesco Growth Allocation Index.

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

 

 

 

 

Fund vs. Indexes

Total returns, 12/31/16 to 12/31/17, at net asset value (NAV). Performance shown does not include applicable contingent deferred sales charges (CDSC) or front-end sales charges, which would have reduced performance.

 

 

 

Class A Shares

    15.77

Class B Shares

    14.96  

Class C Shares

    14.94  

Class R Shares

    15.43  

Class S Shares

    15.90  

Class Y Shares

    16.08  

Class R5 Shares

    16.26  

Class R6 Shares*

    16.05  

S&P 500 Indexq (Broad Market Index)

    21.83  

Custom Invesco Growth Allocation Index (Style-Specific Index)

    19.13  

Lipper Mixed-Asset Target Allocation Growth Funds Index

(Peer Group Index)

    16.67  

 

Source(s): qFactSet Research Systems Inc.; Invesco, FactSet Research Systems Inc.;

Lipper Inc.

 

 

 

*Class R6 shares incepted on April 4, 2017. See page 5 for more information.

 

 

 

 

Market conditions and your Fund

Despite highly destructive hurricanes that threatened to derail a years-long economic recovery, the US economy continued to expand throughout the year ended December 31, 2017. Gross domestic product – the value of all goods and services produced in the US – expanded in the first three quarters of 2017.

    Given signs of an improving economy, the US Federal Reserve (the Fed) raised interest rates three times during the reporting period, most recently in December 2017; each rate hike was 25 basis points.1 (A basis point is 0.01%.) The Fed pledged that “realized and expected economic conditions relative to its objectives of maximum employment and 2 percent inflation” will guide its future actions. At the close of the reporting period, Fed policy remained accommodative, and the fed funds target rate stood at a range of 1.25% to 1.50% – 75

basis points higher than at the start of the reporting period.1

    Higher inventories and a worsening outlook caused oil prices and many energy stocks to decline during the first half of 2017. However, oil prices rose significantly in the second half of the reporting period as expectations for lower supplies increased, partly due to continued OPEC production cuts, and demand began normalizing.

Major US stock market indexes repeatedly hit all-time highs throughout the reporting period. The stock market rally that began after the 2016 presidential election continued throughout the reporting period, fueled by generally positive economic data, strong corporate earnings and improved consumer confidence. Finally, after much debate in Congress, a tax reform bill was signed into law in December 2017, which further strengthened stocks.

 

    Strategic asset class exposures in the Fund are obtained through underlying mutual funds, exchange-traded funds and other pooled investment vehicles targeting a pre-defined level of risk. From an asset class perspective, the Fund’s exposure to US equities through underlying funds was the largest contributor to Fund performance. Specifically, PowerShares Russell Top 200 Pure Growth Portfolio was the largest contributor to Fund performance during the reporting period. The portfolio posted strong positive returns consistent with those of broader large-cap growth equities. Invesco Equally-Weighted S&P 500 Fund and Invesco American Franchise Fund also added to Fund performance during the reporting period.

    No asset classes detracted from absolute Fund performance. However, within the Fund’s US equity allocation, exposure to mid- and small-cap equities held in some of the underlying funds underperformed relative to their representative asset classes. Underweight exposure to international equities versus the Fund’s style-specific benchmark also detracted from the Fund’s relative performance. In terms of individual holdings, Invesco All Cap Market Neutral Fund detracted from Fund performance due to short holdings that did not perform as expected, particularly those in the health care sector. This non-directional alternatives allocation is included in an effort to reduce the overall risk of the Fund while providing an alternative source of return. Such alternatives allocations tend not to move in lockstep with equities, so in a bull equity market, they can underperform equities. Although Invesco Diversified Dividend Fund and Invesco Equally-Weighted S&P 500 Fund posted positive returns, they underperformed the broader equity market during the reporting period.

    As part of the Fund’s strategic annual rebalance, we sold its holdings in Invesco

 
Portfolio Composition*  
By fund type, based on total investments  

Equity Funds

     79.7%  

Fixed Income Funds

     13.0     

Alternative Funds

     7.0     

Money Market Funds

     0.3     

 

* Based on the Schedule of Investments, which classifies each underlying fund and other investments into broad asset classes based on their predominant investments.

 

Total Net Assets

 

  

 

$1.1 billion

 

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

Data presented here are as of December 31, 2017.

Fund Nasdaq Symbols

Class A Shares

   AADAX  

Class B Shares

   AAEBX  

Class C Shares

   AADCX  

Class R Shares

   AADRX  

Class S Shares

   AADSX  

Class Y Shares

   AADYX  

Class R5 Shares

   AADIX  

Class R6 Shares

   AAESX  
 

 

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Endeavor Fund. Please note that some of the Fund’s underlying holdings – including, but not limited to, Invesco Balanced-Risk Allocation Fund – may use derivatives, including futures, which may create economic leverage in the underlying funds. Therefore, performance of these underlying funds, both positive and negative, can also be attributed to these instruments.

It has been our privilege to oversee Invesco Growth Allocation Fund, and we thank you for your continued investment.

1  Source: US Federal Reserve

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

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

LOGO  

Jacob Borbidge

Chartered Financial Analyst, Portfolio Manager and Head of Research for Invesco’s Global Solutions

Development and Implementation Team, is manager of Invesco Growth Allocation Fund. He joined Invesco in 2004. Mr. Borbidge earned a BS in mechanical engineering from Lehigh University and an MS in finance from the University of Houston.
 
LOGO  

Duy Nguyen

Chartered Financial Analyst, Portfolio Manager and Chief Investment Officer of Invesco’s Global

Solutions Development and Implementation Team, is manager of Invesco Growth Allocation Fund. He joined Invesco in 2000. Mr. Nguyen earned a BBA from The University of Texas at Austin and an MS from the University of Houston.

Assisted by Invesco’s Global Solutions Development & Implementation Team

 

 

13    Invesco Allocation Funds


 

Management’s Discussion of Fund Performance

 

 

Performance summary – Invesco Moderate Allocation Fund

For the year ended December 31, 2017, Class A shares of Invesco Moderate Allocation Fund (the Fund), at net asset value (NAV), underperformed the Fund’s style-specific index, the Custom Invesco Moderate Allocation Index.

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

 

 

 

 

Fund vs. Indexes

Total returns, 12/31/16 to 12/31/17, at net asset value (NAV). Performance shown does not include applicable contingent deferred sales charges (CDSC) or front-end sales charges, which would have reduced performance.

 

 

 

Class A Shares

    12.66

Class B Shares

    11.81  

Class C Shares

    11.82  

Class R Shares

    12.41  

Class S Shares

    12.70  

Class Y Shares

    12.85  

Class R5 Shares

    12.97  

Class R6 Shares*

    12.82  

S&P 500 Indexq (Broad Market Index)

    21.83  

Custom Invesco Moderate Allocation Index (Style-Specific Index)

    15.02  

Lipper Mixed-Asset Target Allocation Moderate Funds Index

(Peer Group Index)

    13.37  

 

Source(s): qFactSet Research Systems Inc.; Invesco, FactSet Research Systems Inc.;

Lipper Inc.

 

 

 

*Class R6 shares incepted on April 4, 2017. See page 7 for more information.

 

 

 

 

Market conditions and your Fund

Despite highly destructive hurricanes that threatened to derail a years-long economic recovery, the US economy continued to expand throughout the year ended December 31, 2017. Gross domestic product – the value of all goods and services produced in the US – expanded in the first three quarters of 2017.

    Given signs of an improving economy, the US Federal Reserve (the Fed) raised interest rates three times during the reporting period, most recently in December 2017; each rate hike was 25 basis points.1 (A basis point is 0.01%.) The Fed pledged that “realized and expected economic conditions relative to its objectives of maximum employment and 2 percent inflation” will guide its future actions. At the close of the reporting period, Fed policy remained accommodative, and the fed funds target rate

stood at a range of 1.25% to 1.50% – 75 basis points higher than at the start of the reporting period.1

    Higher inventories and a worsening outlook caused oil prices and many energy stocks to decline during the first half of 2017. However, oil prices rose significantly in the second half of the reporting period as expectations for lower supplies increased, partly due to continued OPEC production cuts, and demand began normalizing.

    Major US stock market indexes repeatedly hit all-time highs throughout the reporting period. The stock market rally that began after the 2016 presidential election continued throughout the reporting period, fueled by generally positive economic data, strong corporate earnings and improved consumer confidence. Finally, after much debate in Congress, a tax reform bill was signed into law in

 

December 2017, which further strengthened stocks.

    Strategic asset class exposures in the Fund are obtained through underlying mutual funds, exchange-traded funds and other pooled investment vehicles targeting a pre-defined level of risk. From an asset class perspective, the Fund’s exposure to US equities through underlying funds was the largest contributor to Fund performance. Specifically, PowerShares Russell Top 200 Pure Growth Portfolio was the largest contributor to Fund performance during the reporting period. The portfolio posted strong positive returns consistent with those of broader large-cap growth equities. Invesco Equally-Weighted S&P 500 Fund and Invesco American Franchise Fund also added to Fund performance during the reporting period.

    No asset classes detracted from absolute Fund performance. However, within the Fund’s US equity allocation, exposure to mid- and small-cap equities through underlying funds underperformed relative to their representative asset classes. Underweight exposure to international equities versus the Fund’s style-specific benchmark also detracted from the Fund’s relative performance. In terms of individual holdings, Invesco All Cap Market Neutral Fund detracted from Fund performance due to short holdings that did not perform as expected, particularly those in the health care sector. This non-directional alternatives allocation is included in an effort to reduce the overall risk of the Fund while providing an alternative source of return. Such alternatives allocations tend not to move in lockstep with equities, so in a bull equity market, they can underperform equities. Although Invesco Diversified Dividend Fund and Invesco Equally-Weighted S&P 500 Fund posted positive returns, they under-performed the broader equity market during the reporting period.

 
Portfolio Composition*  
By fund type, based on total investments  

Equity Funds

     58.8%  

Fixed Income Funds

     33.9     

Alternative Funds

     7.0     

Money Market Funds

     0.3     

 

* Based on the Schedule of Investments, which classifies each underlying fund and other investments into broad asset classes based on their predominant investments.

 

Total Net Assets

 

  

 

$776.6 million

 

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

Data presented here are as of December 31, 2017.

Fund Nasdaq Symbols

Class A Shares

   AMKAX  

Class B Shares

   AMKBX  

Class C Shares

   AMKCX  

Class R Shares

   AMKRX  

Class S Shares

   AMKSX  

Class Y Shares

   ABKYX  

Class R5 Shares

   AMLIX  

Class R6 Shares

   AMLSX  
 

 

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    As part of the fund’s strategic annual rebalance, we sold its holdings in Invesco Endeavor Fund and PowerShares S&P Small Cap Low Volatility Portfolio. Please note that some of the Fund’s underlying holdings – including, but not limited to, Invesco Balanced-Risk Allocation Fund – may use derivatives, including futures, which may create economic leverage in the underlying funds. Therefore, performance of these underlying funds, both positive and negative, can also be attributed to these instruments.

    It has been our privilege to oversee Invesco Moderate Allocation Fund, and we thank you for your continued investment.

1  Source: US Federal Reserve

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

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

LOGO  

Jacob Borbidge

Chartered Financial Analyst, Portfolio Manager and Head of Research for Invesco’s Global Solutions

Development and Implementation Team, is manager of Invesco Moderate Allocation Fund. He joined Invesco in 2004. Mr. Borbidge earned a BS in mechanical engineering from Lehigh University and an MS in finance from the University of Houston.
 
LOGO  

Duy Nguyen

Chartered Financial Analyst, Portfolio Manager and Chief Investment Officer of Invesco’s Global

Solutions Development and Implementation Team, is manager of Invesco Moderate Allocation Fund. He joined Invesco in 2000. Mr. Nguyen earned a BBA from The University of Texas at Austin and an MS from the University of Houston.

Assisted by Invesco’s Global Solutions Development & Implementation Team

 

 

15    Invesco Allocation Funds


 

Invesco Conservative Allocation Fund’s investment objective is total return consistent with a lower level of risk relative to the broad stock market.

Invesco Growth Allocation Fund’s investment objective is long-term growth of capital consistent with a higher level of risk relative to the broad stock market.

Invesco Moderate Allocation Fund’s investment objective is total return consistent with a moderate level of risk relative to the broad stock market.

  Unless otherwise stated, information presented in this report is as of December 31, 2017, and is based on total net assets.
  Unless otherwise noted, all data provided by Invesco.
  To access your Fund’s reports/prospectus, visit invesco.com/fundreports.

 

 

About share classes

  Effective January 26, 2018, after the close of the reporting period, all outstanding Class B shares were converted to Class A shares, in advance of their normally scheduled conversion. No CDSC was paid in connection with this early conversion.
  Class R shares are generally available only to employer sponsored retirement and benefit plans. Please see the prospectus for more information.
  Class S shares and Class Y shares are available only to certain investors. Please see the prospectus for more information.
  Class R5 shares and Class R6 shares are available for use by retirement plans that meet certain standards and for institutional investors. Class R6 shares are also available through intermediaries that have established an agreement with Invesco Distributors, Inc. to make such shares available for use in retail omnibus accounts. Please see the prospectus for more information.

 

 

Principal risks of investing in the Fund

 

     

 

Invesco
Conservative
Allocation Fund

 

 

Invesco

Growth
Allocation Fund

 

 

 

Invesco        
Moderate        
Allocation Fund         

 

Active trading risk

   x   x   x        

Allocation risk

   x   x   x        

Borrowing risk

   x        

Changing fixed income market conditions risk

   x       x        

Collateralized loan obligations risk

   x       x        

Commodities tax risk

   x   x   x        

Commodity-linked notes risk

   x   x   x        

Commodity risk

   x   x   x        

Debt securities risk

   x       x        

Depositary receipts risk

       x   x        

Derivatives risk

   x   x   x        

Dollar roll transactions risk

   x        

Emerging markets securities risk

       x   x        

Exchange-traded fund industry concentration risk

   x   x   x        

Exchange-traded funds risk

   x   x   x        

Foreign government debt risk

   x       x        

Foreign securities risk

   x   x   x        

Fund of funds risk

   x   x   x        

Growth investing risk

       x    

High yield debt securities (junk bond) risk

   x       x        

Indexing risk

       x   x        

Liquidity risk

   x       x        

Management risk

   x   x   x        

Market risk

   x   x   x        

Market trading risk

       x    

Mortgage- and asset-backed securities risk

   x       x        

Municipal securities risk

   x       x        

Non-diversification risk

   x   x    

Real estate investment trust (REIT) risk/real estate risk

       x    

 

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Invesco
Conservative
Allocation Fund

 

  

Invesco

Growth
Allocation Fund

 

  

 

Invesco        
Moderate        
Allocation Fund         

 

Sector focus risk

        x     

Small- and mid-capitalization companies risks

        x     

TBA transactions risk

   x         x        

US government obligations risk

   x         x        

Value investing style risk

   x    x    x        

When-issued, delayed delivery and forward

commitment risks

   x         x        

Zero coupon or pay-in-kind securities risk

   x         x        

 

 

 

Principal risks defined

  Active trading risk. Active trading of portfolio securities may result in added expenses, a lower return and increased tax liability.
  Allocation risk. The Fund’s investment performance depends, in part, on how its assets are allocated among the underlying funds or asset classes. The Adviser’s evaluations and assumptions regarding the asset classes or the underlying funds in which the Fund invests may be incorrect, causing the Fund to be invested (or not invested) in one or more asset classes or underlying funds at an inopportune time, which could negatively affect the Fund’s performance.
  Borrowing risk. Borrowing money to buy securities exposes an underlying fund to leverage and will cause an underlying fund’s share price to be more volatile because leverage will exaggerate the effect of any increase or decrease in the value of an underlying fund’s portfolio securities. Borrowing money may also require an underlying fund to liquidate positions when it may not be advantageous to do so. In addition, an underlying fund will incur interest expenses and other fees on borrowed money. There can be no assurance that an underlying fund’s borrowing strategy will enhance and not reduce the underlying fund’s returns.
  Changing fixed income market conditions risk. The current low interest rate environment was created in part by the Federal Reserve Board (FRB) and certain foreign central banks keeping the federal funds and equivalent foreign rates near, at or below zero. Increases in the federal funds and equivalent foreign rates may expose fixed income

 

markets to heightened volatility and reduced liquidity for certain fixed income investments, particularly those with longer maturities. In addition, decreases in fixed income dealer market-making capacity may also potentially lead to heightened volatility and reduced liquidity in the fixed income markets. As a result, the value of an underlying fund’s investments and share price may decline. Changes in central bank policies could also result in higher than normal shareholder redemptions, which could potentially increase portfolio turnover and an underlying fund’s transaction costs.

  Collateralized loan obligations risk. CLOs are subject to the risks of substantial losses due to actual defaults by underlying borrowers, which will be greater during periods of economic or financial stress. CLOs may also lose value due to collateral defaults and disappearance of subordinate tranches, market anticipation of defaults, and investor aversion to CLO securities as a class. The risks of CLOs will be greater if an underlying fund invests in CLOs that hold loans of uncreditworthy borrowers or if an underlying fund holds subordinate tranches of the CLO that absorbs losses from the defaults before senior tranches. In addition, CLOs carry risks including interest rate risk and credit risk.
  Commodities tax risk. The tax treatment of commodity-linked derivative instruments may be adversely affected by changes in legislation, regulations or other legally binding authority. If, as a result of any such adverse action, the income of an underlying fund from certain commodity-linked derivatives was treated as non-qualifying income, an underlying fund might fail to qualify as
 

 

 

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

 

 

 

  a regulated investment company and be subject to federal income tax at the fund level. As a result of a recent announcement by the Internal Revenue Service, an underlying fund intends to invest in commodity-linked notes: (a) directly, generally only to the extent that it obtains an opinion of counsel confirming that income from such investments should be qualifying income because such commodity-linked notes constitute securities under section 2(a) (36) of the 1940 Act or (b) indirectly through the Subsidiary. Should the Internal Revenue Service issue further guidance, or Congress enact legislation, that adversely affects the tax treatment of an underlying fund’s use of commodity-linked notes or a wholly-owned subsidiary (which guidance might be applied to the underlying fund retroactively), it could, among other consequences, limit the underlying fund’s ability to pursue its investment strategy.
  Commodity-linked notes risk. In addition to risks associated with the underlying commodities, investments in commodity-linked notes may be subject to additional risks, such as non-payment of interest and loss of principal, counterparty risk, lack of a secondary market and risk of greater volatility than traditional equity and debt securities. The value of the commodity-linked notes an underlying fund buys may fluctuate significantly because the values of the underlying investments to which they are linked are themselves volatile. Additionally, certain commodity-linked notes employ “economic” leverage by requiring payment by the issuer of an amount that is a multiple of the price increase or decrease of the underlying commodity, commodity index, or other economic variable. Such economic leverage will increase the volatility of the value of these commodity-linked notes and an underlying fund to the extent it invests in such notes.

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  Commodity risk. An underlying fund may have investment exposure to the commodities markets and/or a particular sector of the commodities markets, which may subject an underlying fund to greater volatility than investments in traditional securities, such as stocks and bonds. Volatility in the commodities markets may be caused by changes in overall market movements, domestic and foreign political and economic events and policies, war, acts of terrorism, changes in domestic or foreign interest rates and/or investor expectations concerning interest rates, domestic and foreign inflation rates, investment and trading activities of mutual funds, hedge funds and commodities funds, and factors such as drought, floods, weather, livestock disease, embargoes, tariffs and other regulatory developments, or supply and demand disruptions. Because an underlying fund’s performance may be linked to the performance of volatile commodities, investors should be willing to assume the risks of potentially significant fluctuations in the value of an underlying fund’s shares.
  Debt securities risk. The prices of debt securities held by an underlying fund will be affected by changes in interest rates, the creditworthiness of the issuer and other factors. An increase in prevailing interest rates typically causes the value of existing debt securities to fall and often has a greater impact on longer-duration debt securities and higher quality debt securities. Falling interest rates will cause an underlying fund to reinvest the proceeds of debt securities that have been repaid by the issuer at lower interest rates. Falling interest rates may also reduce an underlying fund’s distributable income because interest payments on floating rate debt instruments held by an underlying fund will decline. An underlying fund could lose money on investments in debt securities if the issuer or borrower fails to meet its obligations to make interest payments and/or to repay principal in a timely manner. Changes in an issuer’s financial strength, the market’s perception of such strength or in the credit rating of the issuer or the security may affect the value of debt securities. An underlying fund’s adviser’s credit analysis may fail to anticipate such changes, which could result in buying a debt security at an inopportune time or failing to sell a debt security in advance of a
   

price decline or other credit event.

  Depositary receipts risk. Investing in depositary receipts involve the same risks as direct investments in foreign securities. In addition, the underlying issuers of certain depositary receipts are under no obligation to distribute shareholder communications or pass through any voting rights with respect to the deposited securities to the holders of such receipts. An underlying fund may therefore receive less timely information or have less control than if it invested directly in the foreign issuer.
  Derivatives risk. The value of a derivative instrument depends largely on (and is derived from) the value of an underlying security, currency, commodity, interest rate, index or other asset (each referred to as an underlying asset). In addition to risks relating to the underlying assets, the use of derivatives may include other, possibly greater, risks, including counterparty, leverage and liquidity risks. Counterparty risk is the risk that the counterparty to the derivative contract will default on its obligation to pay the underlying fund the amount owed or otherwise perform under the derivative contract. Derivatives create leverage risk because they do not require payment up front equal to the economic exposure created by owning the derivative. As a result, an adverse change in the value of the underlying asset could result in the underlying fund sustaining a loss that is substantially greater than the amount invested in the derivative, which may make the underlying fund’s returns more volatile and increase the risk of loss. Derivative instruments may also be less liquid than more traditional investments and the underlying fund may be unable to sell or close out its derivative positions at a desirable time or price. This risk may be more acute under adverse market conditions, during which the underlying fund may be most in need of liquidating its derivative positions. Derivatives may also be harder to value, less tax efficient and subject to changing government regulation that could impact the underlying fund’s ability to use certain derivatives or their cost. The SEC has proposed new regulations related to the use of derivatives and related instruments by registered investment companies. If adopted as proposed, these regulations would limit an underlying fund’s ability to engage in derivatives transactions and may result in increased costs or
   

require an underlying fund to modify its investment strategies or to liquidate. Also, derivatives used for hedging or to gain or limit exposure to a particular market segment may not provide the expected benefits, particularly during adverse market conditions. These risks are greater for certain underlying funds than most other mutual funds because certain underlying funds will implement their investment strategy primarily through derivative instruments rather than direct investments in stocks/bonds.

  Dollar roll transactions risk. Dollar roll transactions occur in connection with TBA transactions and involve the risk that the market value of the securities an underlying fund is required to purchase may decline below the agreed upon purchase price of those securities. Dollar roll transactions add a form of leverage to an underlying fund’s portfolio, which may make the Fund’s returns more volatile and increase the risk of loss. In addition, dollar roll transactions may increase an underlying fund’s portfolio turnover, which may result in increased brokerage costs and may lower an underlying fund’s actual return.
  Emerging markets securities risk. Emerging markets (also referred to as developing markets) are generally subject to greater market volatility, political, social and economic instability, uncertain trading markets and more governmental limitations on foreign investment than more developed markets. In addition, companies operating in emerging markets may be subject to lower trading volume and greater price fluctuations than companies in more developed markets. Securities law and the enforcement of systems of taxation in many emerging market countries may change quickly and unpredictably. In addition, investments in emerging markets securities may also be subject to additional transaction costs, delays in settlement procedures, and lack of timely information.
 

Exchange-traded fund industry concentration risk. In following its methodology, an underlying exchange-traded fund’s underlying index from time to time may be concentrated to a significant degree in securities of issuers located in a single industry or sector. To the extent that an underlying fund’s underlying index concentrates in the securities of issuers in a particular industry or sector, an underlying fund

 

 

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will also concentrate its investments to approximately the same extent. By concentrating its investments in an industry or sector, an underlying fund faces more risks than if it were diversified broadly over numerous industries or sectors. Such industry-based risks, any of which may adversely affect the companies in which an underlying fund invests, may include, but are not limited to, the following: general economic conditions or cyclical market patterns that could negatively affect supply and demand in a particular industry; competition for resources, adverse labor relations, political or world events; obsolescence of technologies; and increased competition or new product introductions that may affect the profitability or viability of companies in an industry. In addition, at times, such industry or sector may be out of favor and underperform other industries or the market as a whole.

  Exchange-traded funds risk. In addition to the risks associated with the underlying assets held by the exchange-traded fund, investments in exchange-traded funds are subject to the following additional risks: (1) an exchange-traded fund’s shares may trade above or below its net asset value; (2) an active trading market for the exchange-traded fund’s shares may not develop or be maintained; (3) trading an exchange-traded fund’s shares may be halted by the listing exchange; (4) a passively- managed exchange-traded fund may not track the performance of the reference asset; and (5) a passively managed exchange-traded fund may hold troubled securities. Investment in exchange-traded funds may involve duplication of management fees and certain other expenses, as the Fund or an underlying fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of any expenses paid by the exchange-traded funds in which it invests. Further, certain exchange- traded funds in which the Fund or an underlying fund may invest are lever aged, which may result in economic leverage, permitting the Fund or an underlying fund to gain exposure that is greater than would be the case in an unlevered instrument, and potentially resulting in greater volatility.
  Foreign government debt risk. Investments in foreign government debt securities (sometimes referred to as sovereign debt securities) involve certain risks in addition to those relating to
   

foreign securities or debt securities generally. The issuer of the debt or the governmental authorities that control the repayment of the debt may be unable or unwilling to repay principal or interest when due in accordance with the terms of such debt, and an underlying fund may have limited recourse in the event of a default against the defaulting government. Without the approval of debt holders, some governmental debtors have in the past been able to reschedule or restructure their debt payments or declare moratoria on payments.

  Foreign securities risk. An underlying fund’s foreign investments may be adversely affected by political and social instability, changes in economic or taxation policies, difficulty in enforcing obligations, decreased liquidity or increased volatility. Foreign investments also involve the risk of the possible seizure, nationalization or expropriation of the issuer or foreign deposits (in which an underlying fund could lose its entire investments in a certain market) and the possible adoption of foreign governmental restrictions such as exchange controls. Unless an underlying fund has hedged its foreign securities risk, foreign securities risk also involves the risk of negative foreign currency rate fluctuations, which may cause the value of securities denominated in such foreign currency (or other instruments through which an underlying fund has exposure to foreign currencies) to decline in value. Currency exchange rates may fluctuate significantly over short periods of time. Currency hedging strategies, if used, are not always successful.
  Fund of funds risk. The Fund’s performance depends on that of the underlying funds in which it invests. Accordingly, the risks associated with an investment in the Fund include the risks associated with investments in the underlying funds. The Fund will indirectly pay a proportional share of the fees and expenses of the underlying funds in which it invests. There are risks that the Fund will vary from its target weightings (if any) in the underlying funds, that the underlying funds will not achieve their investment objectives, that the underlying funds’ performance may be lower than their represented asset classes, and that the Fund may withdraw its investments in an underlying fund at a disadvantageous time.
  Growth investing risk. Growth stocks tend to be more expensive relative to the issuing company’s earnings or assets compared with other types of stock. As a result, they tend to be more sensitive to changes in, or investors’ expectations of, the issuing company’s earnings and can be more volatile.
  High yield debt securities (junk bond) risk. Investments in high yield debt securities (“junk bonds”) and other lower-rated securities will subject an underlying fund to substantial risk of loss. These securities are considered to be speculative with respect to the issuer’s ability to pay interest and principal when due, are more susceptible to default or decline in market value and are less liquid than investment grade debt securities. Prices of high yield debt securities tend to be very volatile.
  Indexing risk. An underlying fund is operated as a passively managed index fund and, therefore, the adverse performance of a particular security necessarily will not result in the elimination of the security from the underlying fund’s portfolio. Ordinarily, the underlying fund’s adviser will not sell the underlying fund’s portfolio securities except to reflect additions or deletions of the securities that comprise the underlying fund’s underlying index, or as may be necessary to raise cash to pay underlying fund shareholders who sell underlying fund shares. As such, the underlying fund will be negatively affected by declines in the securities represented by its underlying index. Also, there is no guarantee that the underlying fund’s adviser will be able to correlate the underlying fund’s performance with that of its underlying index.
  Liquidity risk. An underlying fund may be unable to sell illiquid investments at the time or price it desires and, as a result, could lose its entire investment in such investments. Liquid securities can become illiquid during periods of market stress. If a significant amount of the an underlying fund’s securities become illiquid, an underlying fund may not be able to timely pay redemption proceeds and may need to sell securities at significantly reduced prices.
 

Management risk. An underlying fund is actively managed and depends heavily on an underlying fund’s adviser’s judgment about markets, interest rates or the attractiveness, relative values, liquidity, or potential appreciation of particular investments made for an

 

 

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underlying fund’s portfolio. An underlying fund could experience losses if these judgments prove to be incorrect. Additionally, legislative, regulatory, or tax developments may adversely affect management of an underlying fund and, therefore, the ability of the underlying fund to achieve its investment objective.

  Market risk. The market values of an underlying fund’s investments, and therefore the value of an underlying fund’s shares, will go up and down, sometimes rapidly or unpredictably. Market risk may affect a single issuer, industry or section of the economy, or it may affect the market as a whole. Individual stock prices tend to go up and down more dramatically than those of certain other types of investments, such as bonds. During a general downturn in the financial markets, multiple asset classes may decline in value. When markets perform well, there can be no assurance that specific investments held by an underlying fund will rise in value.
  Market trading risk. An underlying exchange-traded fund faces numerous market trading risks, including the potential lack of an active market for its shares, losses from trading in secondary markets, and disruption in the creation/redemption process of an underlying fund (such as from an underlying fund’s failure to meet the requirements for continued listing on an exchange). Shares of an underlying fund may trade in the secondary market at times when an underlying fund does not accept orders to purchase its shares. Shares of an underlying fund, similar to shares of other issuers listed on a stock exchange, may be sold short and are therefore subject to the risk of increased volatility associated with short selling. Any of these factors may lead to an underlying fund’s shares trading at a premium or discount to an underlying fund’s NAV.
  Mortgage- and asset-backed securities risk. Mortgage- and asset-backed securities are subject to prepayment or call risk, which is the risk that a borrower’s payments may be received earlier or later than expected due to changes in prepayment rates on underlying loans. This could result in an underlying fund reinvesting these early payments at lower interest rates, thereby reducing an underlying fund’s income. Mortgage-and asset-backed securities also
   

are subject to extension risk, which is the risk that an unexpected rise in interest rates could reduce the rate of prepayments, causing the price of the mortgage- and asset-backed securities and an underlying fund’s share price to fall. An unexpectedly high rate of defaults on the mortgages held by a mortgage pool will adversely affect the value of mortgage-backed securities and will result in losses to an underlying fund. An underlying fund may invest in mortgage pools that include subprime mortgages, which are loans made to borrowers with weakened credit histories or with lower capacity to make timely payments on their mortgages. Privately issued mortgage-related securities are not subject to the same underwriting requirements as those with government or government-sponsored entity guarantees and, therefore, mortgage loans underlying privately issued mortgage-related securities may have less favorable collateral, credit risk or other underwriting characteristics, and wider variances in interest rate, term, size, purpose and borrower characteristics.

  Municipal securities risk. The risk of a municipal obligation generally depends on the financial and credit status of the issuer. Constitutional amendments, legislative enactments, executive orders, administrative regulations, voter initiatives, and the issuer’s regional economic conditions may affect the municipal security’s value, interest payments, repayment of principal and an underlying fund’s ability to sell the security. Failure of a municipal security issuer to comply with applicable tax requirements may make income paid thereon taxable, resulting in a decline in the security’s value. In addition, there could be changes in applicable tax laws or tax treatments that reduce or eliminate the current federal income tax exemption on municipal securities or otherwise adversely affect the current federal or state tax status of municipal securities.
  Non-diversification risk. An underlying fund is non-diversified and can invest a greater portion of its assets in the obligations or securities of small number of issuers or any single issuer than a diversified fund can. A change in the value of one or a few issuers’ securities will therefore affect the value of an underlying fund more than would occur in a diversified fund.
  REIT risk/real estate risk. An underlying fund concentrates its investments in the securities of real estate and real estate related companies. Investments in real estate related instruments may be affected by economic, legal, cultural, environmental or technological factors that affect property values, rents or occupancies of real estate related to an underlying fund’s holdings. Real estate companies, including REITs or similar structures, tend to be small- and mid-cap companies and their shares may be more volatile and less liquid than larger companies. The value of investments in real estate related companies may be affected by the quality of management, the ability to repay loans, the utilization of leverage and financial covenants related thereto, whether the company carries adequate insurance and environmental factors. If a real estate related company defaults on certain types of debt obligations, an underlying fund may own real estate directly, which involves additional risks such as environmental liabilities; difficulty in valuing and selling the real estate; and economic or regulatory changes.
  Sector focus risk. An underlying fund may from time to time invest a significant amount of its assets (i.e. over 25%) in one market sector or group of related industries. In this event, an underlying fund’s performance will depend to a greater extent on the overall condition of the sector or group of industries and there is increased risk that an underlying fund will lose significant value if conditions adversely affect that sector or group of industries.
  Small- and mid-capitalization companies risks. Investing in securities of small and mid-capitalization companies involves greater risk than customarily is associated with investing in larger, more established companies. Stocks of small- and mid-capitalization companies tend to be more vulnerable to changing market conditions, may have little or no operating history or track record of success, and may have more limited product lines and markets, less experienced management and fewer financial resources than larger companies. These companies’ securities may be more volatile and less liquid than those of more established companies. These securities may have returns that vary, sometimes significantly, from the overall securities market.
 

 

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  TBA transactions risk. TBA transactions involve the risk of loss if the securities received are less favorable than what was anticipated by an underlying fund when entering into the TBA transaction, or if the counterparty fails to deliver the securities. When an underlying fund enters into a short sale of a TBA mortgage it does not own, an underlying fund may have to purchase deliverable mortgages to settle the short sale at a higher price than anticipated, thereby causing a loss. As there is no limit on how much the price of mortgage securities can increase, an underlying fund’s exposure is unlimited. An underlying fund may not always be able to purchase mortgage securities to close out the short position at a particular time or at an acceptable price. In addition, taking short positions results in a form of leverage, which could increase the volatility of an underlying fund’s share price.
  US government obligations risk. Obligations of US government agencies and authorities receive varying levels of support and may not be backed by the full faith and credit of the US government, which could affect an underlying fund’s ability to recover should they default. No assurance can be given that the US government will provide financial support to its agencies and authorities if it is not obligated by law to do so.
  Value investing style risk. A value investing style subjects an underlying fund 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.
  When-issued, delayed delivery and forward commitment risks. When-issued and delayed delivery transactions subject an underlying fund to market risk because the value or yield of a security at delivery may be more or less than the purchase price or yield generally available when delivery occurs, and counterparty risk because an underlying fund relies on the buyer or seller, as the case may be, to consummate the transaction. These transactions also have a leveraging effect on an underlying fund because an underlying fund commits to purchase securities that it does not have to pay for until a later date, which increases an underlying fund’s overall investment exposure and, as a result, its volatility.
  Zero coupon or pay-in-kind securities risk. The value, interest rates, and liquidity of non-cash paying instruments, such as zero coupon and pay-in-kind securities, are subject to greater fluctuation than other types of securities. The higher yields and interest rates on pay-in-kind securities reflect the payment deferral and increased credit risk associated with such instruments and that such investments may represent a higher credit risk than loans that periodically pay interest.

 

 

About indexes used in this report

  The S&P 500® Index is an unmanaged index considered representative of the US stock market.
  The Custom Invesco Conservative Allocation Index, created by Invesco to serve as a benchmark for Invesco Conservative Allocation Fund, is composed of the following indexes: S&P 500 Index, MSCI EAFE Index and Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index. The composition may change based on the Fund’s target asset allocation. Therefore, the current composition of the index does not reflect its historical composition and will likely be altered in the future to better reflect the Fund’s objective.
  The Lipper Mixed-Asset Target Allocation Conservative Funds Index is an unmanaged index considered representative of mixed-asset target allocation conservative funds tracked by Lipper.
  The Custom Invesco Growth Allocation Index, created by Invesco to serve as a benchmark for Invesco Growth Allocation Fund, is composed of the following indexes: S&P 500 Index, MSCI EAFE Index and Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index. The composition of the index may change based on the Fund’s target asset allocation. Therefore, the current composition of the index does not reflect its historical composition and will likely be altered in the future to better reflect the Fund’s objective.
  The Lipper Mixed-Asset Target Allocation Growth Funds Index is an unmanaged index considered representative of mixed-asset target allocation growth funds tracked by Lipper.
  The Custom Invesco Moderate Allocation Index, created by Invesco to serve as a benchmark for Invesco Moderate Allocation Fund, is composed of the following indexes: S&P 500 Index, MSCI EAFE Index and Bloomberg
   

Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index. The composition of the index may change based on the Fund’s target asset allocation. Therefore, the current composition of the index does not reflect its historical composition and will likely be altered in the future to better reflect the Fund’s objective.

  The Lipper Mixed-Asset Target Allocation Moderate Funds Index is an unmanaged index considered representative of mixed-asset target allocation moderate funds tracked by Lipper.
  The MSCI EAFE® Index is an unmanaged index considered representative of stocks of Europe, Australasia and the Far East. The index is computed using the net return, which withholds applicable taxes for non-resident investors.
  The Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index is an unmanaged index considered representative of the US investment-grade, fixed-rate bond market.
  The Fund is not managed to track the performance of any particular index, including the index(es) described here, and consequently, the performance of the Fund may deviate significantly from the performance of the index(es).
  A direct investment cannot be made in an index. Unless otherwise indicated, index results include reinvested dividends, and they do not reflect sales charges. Performance of the peer group, if applicable, reflects fund expenses; performance of a market index does not.

 

 

Other information

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

 

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Schedule of Investments

December 31, 2017

Invesco Conservative Allocation Fund

Schedule of Investments in Affiliated Issuers–100.03%(a)

 

     % of
Net
Assets
12/31/17
    Value
12/31/16
    Purchases
at Cost
    Proceeds
from Sales
    Change in
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
    Realized
Gain (Loss)
    Dividend
Income
    Shares
12/31/17
    Value
12/31/17
 

Alternative Funds–2.48%

 

Invesco Global Targeted Returns Fund–Class R6(b)

    2.48   $     $ 8,168,811     $ (127,503   $ (40,070   $ 736     $       803,411     $ 8,001,974  

Asset Allocation Funds–2.52%

 

Invesco Balanced-Risk Allocation Fund–Class R6(b)

    2.52     15,001,805       592,730       (7,935,798     534,214       451,758             740,899       8,157,296  

Domestic Equity Funds–25.88%

 

Invesco All Cap Market Neutral
Fund–Class R6(b)

    1.99     8,224,865       1,359,471       (1,752,010     (1,340,527     691,765             759,377       6,416,736  

Invesco American Franchise
Fund–Class R6(b)

    2.47     8,282,796       595,954       (2,529,170     1,067,162       958,166             393,580       7,969,999  

Invesco Diversified Dividend
Fund–Class R6

    7.47     23,053,184       2,747,411       (2,935,040     925,613       532,911       526,092       1,185,945       24,145,843  

Invesco Endeavor Fund–Class R6(b)

    0.00     6,663,596       413,865       (6,944,349     (2,104,635     2,385,388                    

Invesco Equally-Weighted S&P 500 Fund–Class R6

    5.73     19,617,100       974,189       (4,777,221     1,609,081       1,369,967       306,993       306,126       18,538,980  

Invesco Growth and Income
Fund–Class R6

    4.76     13,080,947       5,013,058       (3,100,167     (59,531     1,790,501       326,812       569,887       15,392,638  

PowerShares Russell Top 200 Pure Growth Portfolio–ETF

    3.46     8,249,200       3,320,137       (3,392,293     2,122,770       884,482       81,303       246,201       11,184,296  

Total Domestic Equity Funds

            87,171,688       14,424,085       (25,430,250     2,219,933       8,613,180       1,241,200               83,648,492  

Fixed–Income Funds–59.77%

 

Invesco Core Plus Bond Fund–
Class R6

    17.94     60,417,386       2,009,330       (5,650,602     1,135,256       76,585       1,854,223       5,315,120       57,987,955  

Invesco Emerging Market Flexible Bond Fund–Class R6

    4.96     16,517,772       757,754       (1,595,961     1,002,083       (633,052     757,753       2,413,323       16,048,596  

Invesco Floating Rate Fund–
Class R6

    5.51     16,826,734       2,270,169       (1,254,183     (2,342     (24,005     759,695       2,356,663       17,816,373  

Invesco High Yield Fund–Class R6

    6.02     19,991,301       938,861       (1,766,429     259,986       369       986,003       4,658,190       19,471,234  

Invesco Quality Income Fund–
Class R5

    9.21     26,753,437       5,288,060       (1,889,203     (345,167     (26,199     1,055,617       2,481,744       29,780,928  

Invesco Short Duration Inflation Protected Fund–Class R6

    4.72     16,795,126       337,048       (1,643,752     (259,069     18,428       337,048       1,471,794       15,247,781  

Invesco Short Term Bond Fund–
Class R6

    3.48     13,429,268       248,859       (2,424,622     (39,858     38,053       248,859       1,311,387       11,251,700  

PowerShares 1-30 Laddered Treasury Portfolio–ETF

    5.45     20,048,513       522,767       (3,495,610     431,930       101,392       375,040       537,351       17,608,992  

PowerShares LadderRite 0-5 Year Corporate Bond Portfolio–ETF

    2.48     9,972,513       37,350       (2,040,205     39,361       11,926       160,375       321,997       8,020,945  

Total Fixed-Income Funds

            200,752,050       12,410,198       (21,760,567     2,222,180       (436,503     6,534,613               193,234,504  

Foreign Equity Funds–6.03%

 

Invesco International Growth
Fund–Class R6

    3.01     10,106,201       280,541       (2,436,039     1,183,747       683,038       196,197       264,559       9,733,143  

PowerShares FTSE RAFI Developed Markets ex-U.S. Portfolio–ETF

    3.02     9,989,239             (2,095,359     1,713,136       164,154       285,047       215,224       9,771,170  

Total Foreign Equity Funds

            20,095,440       280,541       (4,531,398     2,896,883       847,192       481,244               19,504,313  

Real Estate Funds–2.99%

 

Invesco Global Real Estate Income Fund–Class R6

    2.99     10,157,821       376,099       (1,357,836     446,683       48,659       376,100       1,062,794       9,671,426  

Money Market Funds–0.36%

 

Invesco Government & Agency Portfolio–Institutional Class,
1.18%(e)

    0.13     548,298       22,394,403       (22,537,923                 5,157       404,778       404,778  

Invesco Liquid Assets Portfolio–Institutional Class, 1.40%(e)

    0.09           585,948       (296,820           (9     264       289,089       289,119  

Invesco Treasury Portfolio–Institutional Class, 1.17%(e)

    0.14     365,532       15,178,416       (15,081,344                 3,441       462,604       462,604  

Total Money Market Funds

            913,830       38,158,767       (37,916,087           (9     8,862               1,156,501  

TOTAL INVESTMENTS IN AFFILIATED ISSUERS
(Cost $290,110,832)

    100.03   $ 334,092,634     $ 74,411,231     $ (99,059,439   $ 8,279,823 (c)    $ 9,525,013 (d)    $ 8,642,019             $ 323,374,506  

OTHER ASSETS LESS LIABILITIES

    (0.03 )%                                                              (109,526

NET ASSETS

    100.00                                                           $ 323,264,980  

Investment Abbreviations:

ETF – Exchange Traded Fund

 

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

 

22                         Invesco Allocation Funds


Notes to Schedule of Investments:

 

(a)  Each underlying fund and the Fund are affiliated by either having the same investment adviser or an investment adviser under common control with the Fund’s investment adviser.
(b)  Non-income producing security. A security is determined to be non-income producing if the security has not declared a distribution in more than one year from the report date.
(c)  Includes $47,146 of return of capital received from Invesco High Yield Fund.
(d)  Includes capital gains distributions from affiliated underlying funds as follows:

 

Fund Name    Capital Gain  

Invesco Balanced-Risk Allocation Fund

   $ 487,413  

Invesco All Cap Market Neutral Fund

     766,828  

Invesco American Franchise Fund

     404,909  

Invesco Diversified Dividend Fund

     178,236  

Invesco Endeavor Fund

     413,865  

Invesco Equally-Weighted S&P 500 Fund

     254,136  

Invesco Growth and Income Fund

     1,332,170  

Invesco International Growth Fund

     84,345  

 

(e)  The rate shown is the 7-day SEC standardized yield as of December 31, 2017.

 

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

 

23                         Invesco Allocation Funds


Schedule of Investments—(continued)

December 31, 2017

Invesco Growth Allocation Fund

Schedule of Investments in Affiliated Issuers–99.71%(a)

 

     % of
Net
Assets
12/31/17
    Value
12/31/16
    Purchases
at Cost
    Proceeds
from Sales
    Change in
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
    Realized
Gain (Loss)
    Dividend
Income
    Shares
12/31/17
    Value
12/31/17
 

Asset Allocation Funds–4.48%

 

Invesco Balanced-Risk Allocation Fund–Class R6(b)

    4.48   $ 46,285,029     $ 4,028,450     $ (4,397,168   $ 1,261,458     $ 3,287,454     $       4,325,319     $ 47,621,767  

Domestic Equity Funds–57.47%

 

Invesco All Cap Market Neutral Fund–Class R6(b)

    3.96     40,669,361       14,146,346       (3,961,720     (8,764,565     5,048,593             4,989,467       42,160,997  

Invesco American Franchise Fund–Class R6(b)

    5.66     60,437,305       5,631,136       (17,774,415     (274,916     15,253,779             2,973,905       60,221,585  

Invesco Comstock Fund–Class R6

    7.93     60,426,150       27,032,581       (13,512,194     2,695,309       9,568,663       1,521,359       3,143,220       84,364,014  

Invesco Diversified Dividend Fund–Class R6

    11.44     116,888,431       7,280,576       (8,967,841     2,470,599       4,861,029       2,629,472       5,974,037       121,631,398  

Invesco Endeavor Fund–Class R6(b)

    0.00     25,508,878       1,644,789       (26,586,390     (7,161,627     8,239,139                    

Invesco Equally-Weighted S&P 500 Fund–Class R6

    9.92     101,078,445       3,207,135       (13,514,555     11,433,289       4,734,437       1,754,620       1,741,847       105,486,236  

Invesco Long/Short Equity Fund–Class R6

    2.96     30,291,114       7,078,557       (6,877,329     29,801       3,219,781       2,266,173       2,627,923       31,535,069  

Invesco Small Cap Equity Fund–Class R6(b)

    2.23     30,304,804       1,680,276       (10,631,944     (1,521,788     4,992,988             1,395,264       23,705,536  

PowerShares Russell Top 200 Pure Growth Portfolio–ETF

    6.91     60,284,846       10,263,734       (17,581,347     13,359,401       7,159,707       524,927       1,617,662       73,486,341  

PowerShares S&P Midcap Low Volatility Portfolio–ETF

    3.98     30,642,357       11,032,617       (3,501,681     3,333,175       804,165       734,861       932,363       42,310,633  

PowerShares S&P Smallcap Low Volatility Portfolio–ETF

    2.48     30,592,603       2,203,887       (8,173,628     (374,115     2,109,683       501,499       569,912       26,358,430  

Total Domestic Equity Funds

            587,124,294       91,201,634       (131,083,044     15,224,563       65,991,964       9,932,911               611,260,239  

Fixed–Income Funds–12.98%

 

Invesco Core Plus Bond Fund–Class R6

    5.24     41,164,816       16,520,856       (2,800,906     825,764       99,384       1,581,346       5,115,483       55,809,914  

Invesco Emerging Markets Flexible Bond Fund–Class R6

    1.00     20,053,776       748,188       (10,747,019     (145,249     708,889       508,219       1,596,780       10,618,585  

Invesco Quality Income Fund–Class R5

    2.50     25,822,828       1,897,584       (837,393     (326,062     7,948       945,894       2,213,742       26,564,905  

Invesco Short Term Bond Fund–Class R6

    1.75     20,000,088       1,087,344       (2,470,204     (53,397     43,524       393,168       2,168,689       18,607,355  

PowerShares 1-30 Laddered Treasury Portfolio–ETF

    2.49     25,716,552       1,696,615       (1,631,170     577,697       129,378       523,033       808,333       26,489,072  

Total Fixed–Income Funds

            132,758,060       21,950,587       (18,486,692     878,753       989,123       3,951,660               138,089,831  

Foreign Equity Funds–22.02%

 

Invesco Developing Markets Fund–Class R6

    2.26     25,765,439       660,977       (8,795,306     5,146,666       1,229,141       263,635       640,014       24,006,917  

Invesco International Companies Fund–Class R6

    4.77     30,533,372       22,452,404       (9,152,151     4,946,199       5,648,564       464,628       4,143,709       50,677,563  

Invesco International Growth Fund–Class R6

    6.76     82,200,510       2,072,982       (26,230,351     3,438,018       11,062,460       1,449,740       1,954,889       71,920,377  

Invesco Low Volatility Emerging Markets Fund–Class R6

    2.01     25,635,894       3,615,450       (11,305,951     1,093,839       4,964,508       464,156       2,436,177       21,413,991  

PowerShares FTSE RAFI Developed Markets ex-U.S. Portfolio–ETF

    6.22     61,204,472       1,866,412       (9,074,207     11,249,239       893,576       1,903,386       1,456,817       66,139,492  

Total Foreign Equity Funds

            225,339,687       30,668,225       (64,557,966     25,873,961       23,798,249       4,545,545               234,158,340  

Real Estate Funds–2.49%

 

Invesco Global Real Estate Income Fund–Class R6

    2.49     25,829,609       1,334,793       (1,974,968     1,187,954       100,062       1,006,898       2,909,610       26,477,450  

Money Market Funds–0.27%

 

Invesco Government & Agency Portfolio–Institutional Class,
1.18%(d)

    0.09     3,574,943       71,367,347       (73,933,070                 16,232       1,009,220       1,009,220  

Invesco Liquid Assets Portfolio–Institutional Class, 1.40%(d)

    0.07           2,198,673       (1,477,802     (48     (84     835       720,667       720,739  

Invesco Treasury Portfolio–Institutional Class,
1.17%(d)

    0.11     2,383,295       48,332,027       (49,561,928                 10,801       1,153,394       1,153,394  

Total Money Market Funds

            5,958,238       121,898,047       (124,972,800     (48     (84     27,868               2,883,353  

TOTAL INVESTMENTS IN AFFILIATED ISSUERS
(Cost $857,956,366)

    99.71   $ 1,023,294,917     $ 271,081,736     $ (345,472,638   $ 44,426,641     $ 94,166,768 (c)    $ 19,464,882             $ 1,060,490,980  

OTHER ASSETS LESS LIABILITIES

    0.29                                                             3,121,856  

NET ASSETS

    100.00                                                           $ 1,063,612,836  

 

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

 

24                         Invesco Allocation Funds


Investment Abbreviations:

ETF – Exchange Traded Fund

Notes to Schedule of Investments:

 

(a)  Each underlying fund and the Fund are affiliated by either having the same investment adviser or an investment adviser under common control with the Fund’s investment adviser.
(b)  Non-income producing security. A security is determined to be non-income producing if the security has not declared a distribution in more than one year from the report date.
(c)  Includes capital gains distributions from affiliated underlying funds as follows:

 

Fund Name    Capital Gain  

Invesco Balanced-Risk Allocation Fund

   $ 2,843,456  

Invesco All Cap Market Neutral Fund

     4,977,018  

Invesco American Franchise Fund

     3,051,304  

Invesco Comstock Fund

     1,846,495  

Invesco Diversified Dividend Fund

     901,396  

Invesco Endeavor Fund

     1,644,789  

Invesco Equally-Weighted S&P 500 Fund

     1,452,515  

Invesco Long/Short Equity Fund

     2,206,855  

Invesco Small Cap Equity Fund

     1,118,800  

Invesco International Companies Fund

     3,750,825  

Invesco International Growth Fund

     623,242  

Invesco Low Volatility Emerging Markets Fund

     2,589,749  

 

(d)  The rate shown is the 7-day SEC standardized yield as of December 31, 2017.

 

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

 

25                         Invesco Allocation Funds


Schedule of Investments—(continued)

December 31, 2017

Invesco Moderate Allocation Fund

Schedule of Investments in Affiliated Issuers–100.00%(a)

 

     % of
Net
Assets
12/31/17
    Value
12/31/16
    Purchases
at Cost
    Proceeds
from Sales
    Change in
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
    Realized
Gain (Loss)
    Dividend
Income
    Shares
12/31/17
    Value
12/31/17
 

Asset Allocation Funds–4.51%

 

Invesco Balanced–Risk Allocation Fund–Class R6(b)

    4.51   $ 35,217,249     $ 2,083,485     $ (3,568,412   $ 935,408     $ 2,445,157     $       3,181,599     $ 35,029,402  

Domestic Equity Funds–43.68%

 

Invesco All Cap Market Neutral Fund–Class R6(b)

    2.97     23,282,312       6,335,686       (1,705,501     (4,796,026     2,708,917             2,728,785       23,058,231  

Invesco American Franchise Fund–Class R6(b)

    4.18     34,649,626       2,821,229       (11,743,500     3,930,006       4,451,014             1,602,884       32,458,395  

Invesco Comstock Fund–Class R6(b)

    6.51     34,643,233       18,703,242       (9,003,143     4,680,715       2,625,381       900,441       1,883,625       50,556,486  

Invesco Diversified Dividend Fund–Class R6

    9.93     73,812,420       5,069,912       (5,823,264     3,201,444       1,435,281       1,670,820       3,788,121       77,126,143  

Invesco Endeavor Fund–Class R6(b)

    0.00     15,596,298       981,267       (16,251,947     (4,475,496     5,131,145                    

Invesco Equally-Weighted S&P 500 Fund–Class R6

    7.96     61,813,136       1,871,362       (10,690,612     6,377,477       3,267,427       1,023,820       1,020,331       61,791,248  

Invesco Long/Short Equity Fund–Class R6

    2.01     15,493,345       2,705,325       (3,155,467     13,099       1,580,818       1,098,993       1,297,241       15,566,893  

Invesco Small Cap Equity Fund–Class R6

    1.99     15,443,734       1,039,265       (2,343,371     599,782       1,469,812             911,204       15,481,355  

PowerShares Russell Top 200 Pure Growth Portfolio–ETF

    5.91     34,487,290       10,860,993       (11,827,906     9,363,067       3,048,347       330,603       1,011,101       45,931,791  

PowerShares S&P Midcap Low Volatility Portfolio–ETF

    2.22     15,599,641       2,070,542       (2,293,554     1,330,522       521,820       301,489       379,660       17,228,971  

PowerShares S&P Smallcap Low Volatility Portfolio–ETF

    0.00     15,590,385             (15,660,840     (3,873,719     3,944,174       14,398              

Total Domestic Equity Funds

            340,411,420       52,458,823       (90,499,105     16,350,871       30,184,136       5,340,564               339,199,513  

Fixed–Income Funds–33.92%

 

Invesco Core Plus Bond Fund–Class R6

    10.23     77,527,403       6,193,778       (5,862,308     1,594,557       3,412       2,477,185       7,282,937       79,456,842  

Invesco Emerging Market Flexible Bond Fund–Class R6

    2.99     23,222,233       1,369,852       (1,797,839     1,117,914       (682,563     1,161,901       3,493,172       23,229,597  

Invesco Floating Rate Fund–Class R6

    2.24     15,677,520       2,723,524       (970,318     (18,526     (8,505     731,129       2,302,076       17,403,695  

Invesco High Yield Fund–Class R6

    3.01     27,455,082       1,400,723       (6,035,642     263,221       113,109       1,221,385       5,587,064       23,353,929  

Invesco Quality Income Fund–Class R5

    5.99     38,813,498       10,651,823       (2,405,663     (545,498     (21,419     1,601,116       3,874,395       46,492,741  

Invesco Short Duration Inflation Protected Fund–Class R6

    2.49     19,269,168       779,409       (358,282     (308,884     3,615       417,012       1,871,142       19,385,026  

Invesco Short Term Bond Fund–Class R6

    2.00     23,124,642       633,619       (8,279,165     (114,390     142,748       366,977       1,807,395       15,507,454  

PowerShares 1-30 Laddered Treasury Portfolio–ETF

    4.97     37,966,350       3,296,752       (3,738,004     1,078,457       (16,454     779,455       1,177,513       38,587,101  

Total Fixed–Income Funds

            263,055,896       27,049,480       (29,447,221     3,066,851       (466,057     8,756,160               263,416,385  

Foreign Equity Funds–15.09%

 

Invesco Developing Markets Fund–Class R6

    1.51     11,872,747       128,522       (3,291,855     2,731,470       299,314       128,522       312,989       11,740,198  

Invesco International Companies Fund–Class R6

    3.04     15,446,921       9,767,010       (4,977,209     2,492,573       2,612,895       213,389       1,931,280       23,619,554  

Invesco International Growth Fund–Class R6

    4.50     39,272,319       1,007,113       (12,019,912     3,699,357       3,284,859       704,325       949,740       34,940,947  

Invesco Low Volatility Emerging Markets Fund–Class R6

    1.28     11,754,123       1,638,120       (5,018,919     716,546       2,064,109       214,170       1,132,995       9,959,025  

PowerShares FTSE RAFI Developed Markets ex- U.S. Portfolio–ETF

    4.76     38,564,864             (8,753,195     6,492,789       674,568       1,073,069       814,516       36,979,026  

Total Foreign Equity Funds

            116,910,974       12,540,765       (34,061,090     16,132,735       8,935,745       2,333,475               117,238,750  

Real Estate Funds–2.49%

 

Invesco Global Real Estate Income Fund–Class R6

    2.49     19,742,878       923,640       (2,331,561     876,995       95,725       743,502       2,121,723       19,307,677  

Money Market Funds–0.31%

 

Invesco Government & Agency Portfolio–Institutional Class, 1.18(e)

    0.11     2,673,608       62,068,092       (63,895,308                 11,902       846,392       846,392  

Invesco Liquid Assets Portfolio–Institutional Class, 1.40(e)

    0.08           1,348,207       (743,640           (28     599       604,478       604,539  

Invesco Treasury Portfolio–Institutional Class, 1.17(e)

    0.12     1,782,406       41,903,575       (42,718,675                 7,942       967,306       967,306  

Total Money Market Funds

            4,456,014       105,319,874       (107,357,623           (28     20,443               2,418,237  

TOTAL INVESTMENTS IN AFFILIATED ISSUERS
(Cost $642,390,052)

    100.00   $ 779,794,431     $ 200,376,067     $ (267,265,012   $ 37,362,860 (c)    $ 41,194,678 (d)    $ 17,194,144             $ 776,609,964  

OTHER ASSETS LESS LIABILITIES

    (0.00 )%                                                              (11,791

NET ASSETS

    100.00                                                           $ 776,598,173  

 

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

 

26                         Invesco Allocation Funds


Investment Abbreviations:

ETF – Exchange Traded Fund

Notes to Schedule of Investments:

 

(a)  Each underlying fund and the Fund are affiliated by either having the same investment adviser or an investment adviser under common control with the Fund’s investment adviser.
(b)  Non-income producing security. A security is determined to be non-income producing if the security has not declared a distribution in more than one year from the report date.
(c)  Includes $157,436 of return of capital received from Invesco High Yield Fund.
(d)  Includes capital gains distributions from affiliated underlying funds as follows:

 

Fund Name    Capital Gain  

Invesco Balanced-Risk Allocation Fund

   $ 2,083,485  

Invesco All Cap Market Neutral Fund

     2,767,157  

Invesco American Franchise Fund

     1,649,980  

Invesco Comstock Fund

     1,092,942  

Invesco Diversified Dividend Fund

     569,650  

Invesco Endeavor Fund

     981,267  

Invesco Equally-Weighted S&P 500 Fund

     847,542  

Invesco Long/Short Equity Fund

     1,070,227  

Invesco Small Cap Equity Fund

     727,867  

Invesco International Companies Fund

     1,722,636  

Invesco International Growth Fund

     302,789  

Invesco Low Volatility Emerging Markets Fund

     1,194,954  

 

(e) The rate shown is the 7-day SEC standardized yield as of December 31, 2017.

 

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

 

27                         Invesco Allocation Funds


Statement of Assets and Liabilities

December 31, 2017

 

            Invesco
Conservative
Allocation Fund
          Invesco Growth
Allocation Fund
          Invesco Moderate
Allocation Fund
 

Assets:

            

Investments in affiliated underlying funds, at value

     $ 323,374,506       $ 1,060,490,980       $ 776,609,964  

Cash

               4,095,647          

Receivable for:

            

Investments sold

               713,584          

Fund shares sold

       414,718         1,170,443         781,057  

Dividends from affiliated underlying funds

       4,501         3,534         5,651  

Investment for trustee deferred compensation and retirement plans

       94,563         213,544         152,648  

Other assets

       26,978         22,256         31,275  

Total assets

       323,915,266         1,066,709,988         777,580,595  

Liabilities:

            

Payable for:

            

Investments purchased

               1,432,378          

Fund shares reacquired

       309,405         606,771         301,807  

Accrued fees to affiliates

       186,169         723,902         452,717  

Accrued trustees’ and officer’s fees and benefits

       715         1,028         1,046  

Accrued operating expenses

       49,978         98,787         58,070  

Trustee deferred compensation and retirement plans

       104,019         234,286         168,782  

Total liabilities

       650,286         3,097,152         982,422  

Net assets applicable to shares outstanding

     $ 323,264,980       $ 1,063,612,836       $ 776,598,173  

Net assets consist of:

            

Shares of beneficial interest

     $ 292,694,898       $ 882,948,117       $ 636,015,786  

Undistributed net investment income

       154,956         3,986,078         2,104,404  

Undistributed net realized gain (loss)

       (2,848,548       (25,855,973       4,258,071  

Net unrealized appreciation

       33,263,674         202,534,614         134,219,912  
       $ 323,264,980       $ 1,063,612,836       $ 776,598,173  

 

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

 

28                         Invesco Allocation Funds


Statement of Assets and Liabilities—(continued)

December 31, 2017

 

            Invesco
Conservative
Allocation Fund
           Invesco Growth
Allocation Fund
           Invesco Moderate
Allocation Fund
 

Net Assets:

              

Class A

     $ 233,998,333        $ 844,779,725        $ 584,747,277  

Class B

     $ 2,749,815        $ 14,051,616        $ 6,818,512  

Class C

     $ 69,799,587        $ 147,229,141        $ 132,378,525  

Class R

     $ 8,358,546        $ 21,598,001        $ 15,613,859  

Class S

     $ 2,105,797        $ 25,357,887        $ 29,134,087  

Class Y

     $ 6,231,542        $ 10,560,500        $ 7,880,483  

Class R5

     $ 11,087        $ 25,092        $ 14,929  

Class R6

     $ 10,273        $ 10,874        $ 10,501  

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

              

Class A

       20,124,463          52,630,441          42,945,606  

Class B

       239,380          883,658          504,363  

Class C

       6,064,710          9,252,369          9,798,711  

Class R

       721,591          1,348,652          1,149,273  

Class S

       180,882          1,581,481          2,140,660  

Class Y

       536,463          659,391          578,027  

Class R5

       949          1,557          1,091  

Class R6

       880          675          768  

Class A:

              

Net asset value per share

     $ 11.63        $ 16.05        $ 13.62  

Maximum offering price per share
(Net asset value of ¸ 94.50%)

     $ 12.31        $ 16.98        $ 14.41  

Maximum offering price per share

              

Class B:

              

Net asset value and offering price per share

     $ 11.49        $ 15.90        $ 13.52  

Class C:

              

Net asset value and offering price per share

     $ 11.51        $ 15.91        $ 13.51  

Class R:

              

Net asset value and offering price per share

     $ 11.58        $ 16.01        $ 13.59  

Class S:

              

Net asset value and offering price per share

     $ 11.64        $ 16.03        $ 13.61  

Class Y:

              

Net asset value and offering price per share

     $ 11.62        $ 16.02        $ 13.63  

Class R5:

              

Net asset value and offering price per share

     $ 11.68        $ 16.12        $ 13.68  

Class R6:

              

Net asset value and offering price per share

     $ 11.67        $ 16.11        $ 13.67  

Cost of Investments in affiliated underlying funds

     $ 290,110,832        $ 857,956,366        $ 642,390,052  

 

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

 

29                         Invesco Allocation Funds


Statement of Operations

For the year ended December 31, 2017

 

            Invesco
Conservative
Allocation Fund
          Invesco Growth
Allocation Fund
          Invesco Moderate
Allocation Fund
 

Investment income:

            

Dividends from affiliated underlying funds

     $ 8,642,019       $ 19,464,882       $ 17,194,144  

Expenses:

            

Administrative services fees

       108,923         272,954         211,637  

Custodian fees

       8,105         10,865         9,544  

Distribution fees:

            

Class A

       590,684         2,043,962         1,449,131  

Class B

       48,001         226,634         121,722  

Class C

       695,376         1,442,706         1,304,086  

Class R

       43,114         111,166         78,697  

Class S

       3,227         36,903         42,898  

Transfer agent fees — A, B, C, R, S and Y

       462,915         2,186,778         1,205,888  

Transfer agent fees — R5

       12         15         13  

Transfer agent fees — R6

       8         8         7  

Trustees’ and officers’ fees and benefits

       25,411         35,054         31,246  

Registration and filing fees

       108,897         132,419         117,273  

Reports to shareholders

       129,460         375,008         226,993  

Professional services fees

       53,478         62,339         51,757  

Other

       18,216         27,699         22,845  

Total expenses

       2,295,827         6,964,510         4,873,737  

Less: Expense offset arrangement(s)

       (5,529       (28,961       (15,698

Net expenses

       2,290,298         6,935,549         4,858,039  

Net investment income

       6,351,721         12,529,333         12,336,105  

Realized and unrealized gain from:

            

Net realized gain from:

            

Net realized gain on sales of affiliated underlying fund shares

       5,603,111         67,160,324         26,184,182  

Net realized gain from distributions of affiliated underlying fund shares

       3,921,902         27,006,444         15,010,496  
         9,525,013         94,166,768         41,194,678  

Change in net unrealized appreciation of affiliated underlying fund shares

       8,279,823         44,426,641         37,362,860  

Net gain from affiliated underlying funds

       17,804,836         138,593,409         78,557,538  

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

     $ 24,156,557       $ 151,122,742       $ 90,893,643  

 

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

 

30                         Invesco Allocation Funds


Statement of Changes in Net Assets

For the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016

 

            Invesco Conservative Allocation Fund                 Invesco Growth Allocation Fund           Invesco Moderate Allocation Fund  
         2017     2016                 2017     2016           2017     2016  

Operations:

                    

Net investment income

     $ 6,351,721     $ 6,820,916         $ 12,529,333     $ 11,001,450       $ 12,336,105     $ 12,134,085  

Net realized gain (loss)

       9,525,013       (1,699,271         94,166,768       (2,331,712       41,194,678       (5,322,188

Change in net unrealized appreciation

       8,279,823       16,639,652           44,426,641       78,396,587         37,362,860       54,706,543  

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

       24,156,557       21,761,297           151,122,742       87,066,325         90,893,643       61,518,440  

Distributions to shareholders from net investment income:

 

           

Class A

       (6,813,601     (4,985,465         (15,251,774     (8,850,706       (14,295,237     (10,829,903

Class B

       (81,982     (107,981         (162,601     (111,549       (178,620     (231,080

Class C

       (1,493,727     (927,697         (1,555,975     (483,592       (2,244,570     (1,464,238

Class R

       (223,464     (185,141         (334,496     (191,262       (343,299     (268,686

Class S

       (64,100     (46,163         (482,793     (284,212       (739,459     (528,350

Class Y

       (184,838     (106,582         (214,627     (89,859       (198,793     (105,862

Class R5

       (378     (329         (542     (185       (411     (292

Class R6

       (271               (237             (232      

Total distributions from net investment income

       (8,862,361     (6,359,358         (18,003,045     (10,011,365       (18,000,621     (13,428,411

Distributions to shareholders from net realized gains:

 

           

Class A

       (616,738     (1,084,344                       (8,186,572      

Class B

       (7,970     (31,471                       (112,314      

Class C

       (185,169     (322,347                       (1,867,240      

Class R

       (21,875     (42,835                       (217,185      

Class S

       (5,572     (9,687                       (410,294      

Class Y

       (16,377     (21,489                       (110,330      

Class R5

       (30     (64                       (213      

Class R6

       (27                             (150      

Total distributions from net realized gains

       (853,758     (1,512,237                       (10,904,298      

Share transactions–net:

                    

Class A

       (16,055,601     (16,779,366         (53,062,590     (53,511,520       (42,574,193     (62,092,336

Class B

       (4,195,409     (4,601,745         (20,701,283     (25,865,182       (11,819,646     (14,325,982

Class C

       (4,156,896     (5,662,676         (15,372,696     (16,060,403       (8,245,023     (19,947,206

Class R

       (1,568,320     (1,353,553         (3,669,956     (3,663,622       (2,956,978     (1,561,838

Class S

       (151,218     (151,042         (1,121,880     (1,616,593       (570,720     (1,311,199

Class Y

       1,244,809       93,102           2,688,313       763,803         1,748,662       540,723  

Class R5

       (3,875     595           10,970                      

Class R6

       10,033                 10,000               10,000        

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

       (24,876,477     (28,454,685         (91,219,122     (99,953,517       (64,407,898     (98,697,838

Net increase (decrease) in net assets

       (10,436,039     (14,564,983         41,900,575       (22,898,557       (2,419,174     (50,607,809

Net assets:

                    

Beginning of year

       333,701,019       348,266,002           1,021,712,261       1,044,610,818         779,017,347       829,625,156  

End of year*

     $ 323,264,980     $ 333,701,019         $ 1,063,612,836     $ 1,021,712,261       $ 776,598,173     $ 779,017,347  

* Includes accumulated undistributed net investment income

     $ 154,956     $ 2,147,510         $ 3,986,078     $ 4,215,970       $ 2,104,404     $ 4,755,977  

 

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

 

31                         Invesco Allocation Funds


Notes to Financial Statements

December 31, 2017

NOTE 1—Significant Accounting Policies

AIM Growth Series (Invesco Growth Series) (the “Trust”) is organized as a Delaware statutory trust and is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”), as an open-end series management investment company consisting of twenty-nine separate series portfolios (each constituting a “Fund”), each authorized to issue an unlimited number of shares of beneficial interest. The Funds covered in this report, each a series portfolio of the Trust, are Invesco Conservative Allocation Fund, Invesco Growth Allocation Fund and Invesco Moderate Allocation Fund (collectively, the “Funds”). The assets, liabilities and operations of each portfolio are accounted for separately. Information presented in these financial statements pertains only to the Fund. Matters affecting each portfolio or class will be voted on exclusively by the shareholders of such portfolio or class.

The investment objectives of the Funds are: total return consistent with a lower level of risk relative to the broad stock market for Invesco Conservative Allocation Fund, long-term growth of capital consistent with a higher level of risk relative to the broad stock market for Invesco Growth Allocation Fund, and total return consistent with a moderate level of risk relative to the broad stock market for Invesco Moderate Allocation Fund.

Each Fund is a “fund of funds,” in that it invests in other mutual funds (“underlying funds”) advised by Invesco Advisers, Inc. (“Invesco”) and exchange-traded funds advised by Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC (“PowerShares Capital”), an affiliate of Invesco. Invesco and PowerShares Capital are affiliates of each other as they are indirect, wholly-owned subsidiaries of Invesco Ltd. Invesco may change each Fund’s asset class allocations, the underlying funds or target weightings in the underlying funds without shareholder approval. The underlying funds may engage in a number of investment techniques and practices, which involve certain risks. Each underlying fund’s accounting policies are outlined in the underlying fund’s financial statements and are publicly available.

Each Fund currently consists of eight different classes of shares: Class A, Class B, Class C, Class R, Class S, Class Y, Class R5 and Class R6. On April 4, 2017, the Fund began offering Class R6 shares. Class Y shares are available only to certain investors. Class A shares are sold with a front-end sales charge unless certain waiver criteria are met and under certain circumstances load waived shares may be subject to contingent deferred sales charges (“CDSC”). Class C shares are sold with a CDSC. Class R, Class S, Class Y and Class R5 shares are sold at net asset value. Effective November 30, 2010, new or additional investments in Class B shares are no longer permitted. Existing shareholders of Class B shares may continue to reinvest dividends and capital gains distributions in Class B shares until they convert to Class A shares. Also, shareholders in Class B shares will be able to exchange those shares for Class B shares of other Invesco Funds offering such shares until they convert to Class A shares. Generally, Class B shares will automatically convert to Class A shares on or about the month-end, which is at least eight years after the date of purchase. Redemption of Class B shares prior to the conversion date will be subject to a CDSC. Effective January 26, 2018, all of the Fund’s outstanding Class B shares were converted to Class A shares, in advance of their normally scheduled conversion. No CDSC was paid in connection with this early conversion.

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

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

A. Security Valuations — Securities of investment companies that trade on an exchange are valued at the last sales price or official closing price as of the close of the customary trading session on the exchange where the security is principally traded. Investments in shares of funds that are not traded on an exchange are valued at the end-of-day net asset value per share of such fund. Securities in the underlying funds, including restricted securities, are valued in accordance with the valuation policy of such fund. The policies of the underlying funds affiliated with the Funds as a result of having the same investment adviser are set forth below.

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

Variable rate senior loan interests are fair valued using quotes provided by an independent pricing service. Quotes provided by the pricing service may reflect appropriate factors such as ratings, tranche type, industry, company performance, spread, individual trading characteristics, institution-size trading in similar groups of securities and other market data.

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

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

Swap agreements are fair valued using an evaluated quote, if available, provided by an independent pricing service. Evaluated quotes provided by the pricing service are valued based on a model which may include end-of-day net present values, spreads, ratings, industry, company

 

32                         Invesco Allocation Funds


performance and returns of referenced assets. Centrally cleared swap agreements are valued at the daily settlement price determined by the relevant exchange or clearinghouse.

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

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

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

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

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

B. Securities Transactions and Investment Income — Securities transactions are accounted for on a trade date basis. Realized gains or losses on sales are computed on the basis of specific identification of the securities sold. Distributions from ordinary income from underlying funds, if any, are recorded as dividend income on ex-dividend date. Distributions from gains from underlying funds, if any, are recorded as realized gains on the ex-dividend date. The following policies are followed by the underlying funds: Interest income (net of withholding tax, if any) is recorded on the accrual basis from settlement date. Bond premiums and discounts are amortized and/or accreted over the lives of the respective securities. Pay-in-kind interest income and non-cash dividend income received in the form of securities in-lieu of cash are recorded at the fair value of the securities received. Paydown gains and losses on mortgage and asset-backed securities are recorded as adjustments to interest income.

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

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

C. Distributions — Invesco Conservative Allocation Fund and Invesco Moderate Allocation Fund generally declare and pay dividends from net investment income, if any, quarterly. Invesco Growth Allocation Fund generally declares and pays dividends from net investment income, if any, annually. Distributions from net realized capital gains, if any, are generally declared and paid annually and recorded on the ex-dividend date. The Funds may elect to treat a portion of the proceeds from redemptions as distributions for federal tax purposes.
D. Federal Income Taxes — The Funds intend to comply with the requirements of Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Internal Revenue Code”), necessary to qualify as a regulated investment company and to distribute substantially all of the Funds’ taxable earnings to shareholders. As such, the Funds will not be subject to federal income taxes on otherwise taxable income (including net realized capital gain) that is distributed to shareholders. Therefore, no provision for federal income taxes is recorded in the financial statements.

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

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

E. Expenses — Expenses included in the accompanying financial statements reflect the expenses of the Funds and do not include any expenses of the underlying funds. The effects of the underlying funds expenses are included in the realized and unrealized gain/loss on the investments in the underlying funds. Estimated expenses of the underlying funds are discussed further within Note 11.

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

 

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F. Accounting Estimates The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”) requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period including estimates and assumptions related to taxation. Actual results could differ from those estimates by a significant amount. In addition, each Fund monitors for material events or transactions that may occur or become known after the period-end date and before the date the financial statements are released to print.
G. Indemnifications — Under the Trust’s organizational documents, each Trustee, officer, employee or other agent of the Trust is indemnified against certain liabilities that may arise out of the performance of their duties to the Funds. Additionally, in the normal course of business, the Funds enter into contracts, including each Fund’s servicing agreements, that contain a variety of indemnification clauses. Each Fund’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown as this would involve future claims that may be made against such Fund that have not yet occurred. The risk of material loss as a result of such indemnification claims is considered remote.

NOTE 2—Advisory Fees and Other Fees Paid to Affiliates

The Trust has entered into a master investment advisory agreement with Invesco. Under the terms of the investment advisory agreement, the Funds do not pay an advisory fee. However, each Fund pays advisory fees to Invesco indirectly as a shareholder of the underlying funds.

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

Invesco has contractually agreed, through June 30, 2018, to reimburse expenses to the extent necessary to limit total annual fund operating expenses after expense reimbursement (excluding certain items discussed below) of Class A, Class B, Class C, Class R, Class S, Class Y, Class R5 and Class R6 shares for each Fund as shown in the following table (the “expense limits”):

 

     Class A    Class B    Class C    Class R    Class S    Class Y    Class R5    Class R6

Invesco Conservative Allocation Fund

  1.50%    2.25%    2.25%    1.75%    1.40%    1.25%    1.25%    1.25%

Invesco Growth Allocation Fund

  2.00%    2.75%    2.75%    2.25%    1.90%    1.75%    1.75%    1.75%

Invesco Moderate Allocation Fund

  1.50%    2.25%    2.25%    1.75%    1.40%    1.25%    1.25%    1.25%

In determining Invesco’s obligation to reimburse expenses, the following expenses are not taken into account, and could cause the total annual fund operating expenses after expense reimbursement to exceed the numbers reflected above: (1) interest; (2) taxes; (3) dividend expense on short sales; (4) extraordinary or non-routine items, including litigation expenses; and (5) expenses that the Fund has incurred but did not actually pay because of an expense offset arrangement. Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses are not operating expenses of a Fund directly, but are fees and expenses, including management fees of the investment companies in which a Fund invests. As a result, the total annual fund operating expenses after expense reimbursement may exceed the expense limits above. Unless Invesco continues the fee waiver agreement, it will terminate on June 30, 2018. During its term, the fee waiver agreement cannot be terminated or amended to increase the expense limits without approval of the Board of Trustees. To the extent that the annualized expense ratio does not exceed the expense limits, the Adviser will retain its ability to be reimbursed for such fee waivers or reimbursements prior to the end of each fiscal year. The Adviser did not waive fees and/or reimburse expenses during the period under these expense limits.

The Trust has entered into a master administrative services agreement with Invesco pursuant to which each Fund has agreed to pay Invesco for certain administrative costs incurred in providing accounting services to such Fund. For the year ended December 31, 2017, expenses incurred under the agreement are shown in the Statements of Operations as Administrative services fees.

The Trust has entered into a transfer agency and service agreement with Invesco Investment Services, Inc. (“IIS”) pursuant to which each Fund has agreed to pay IIS a fee for providing transfer agency and shareholder services to the Fund and reimburse IIS for certain expenses incurred by IIS in the course of providing such services. IIS may make payments to intermediaries that provide omnibus account services, sub-accounting services and/or networking services. All fees payable by IIS to intermediaries that provide omnibus account services or sub-accounting services are charged back to each Fund, subject to certain limitations approved by the Trust’s Board of Trustees. For the year ended December 31, 2017, expenses incurred under the agreement are shown in the Statement of Operations as Transfer agent fees.

The Trust has entered into master distribution agreements with Invesco Distributors, Inc. (“IDI”) to serve as the distributor for the Class A, Class B, Class C, Class R, Class S, Class Y, Class R5 and Class R6 shares of each Fund. The Trust has adopted plans pursuant to Rule 12b-1 under the 1940 Act with respect to each Fund’s Class A, Class B, Class C, Class R and Class S shares (collectively, the “Plans”). Each Fund, pursuant to the Plans, pays IDI compensation at the annual rate of 0.25% of the average daily net assets of Class A shares, 1.00% of the average daily net assets of Class B and Class C shares and 0.50% of the average daily net assets of Class R shares and 0.15% of the average daily net assets of Class S shares. The fees are accrued daily and paid monthly. Of the Plan payments, up to 0.25% of the average daily net assets of Class A, Class B, Class C and Class R shares and 0.15% of the average daily net assets of Class S shares may be paid to furnish continuing personal shareholder services to customers who purchase and own shares of such classes. Any amounts not paid as a service fee under the Plans would constitute an asset-based sales charge. Rules of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”) impose a cap on the total sales charges, including asset-based sales charges, that may be paid by any class of shares of each Fund. For the year ended December 31, 2017, expenses incurred under the Plans are shown in the Statement of Operations as Distribution fees.

Front-end sales commissions and CDSC (collectively, the “sales charges”) are not recorded as expenses of the Funds. Front-end sales commissions are deducted from proceeds from the sales of each Fund’s shares prior to investment in Class A shares of the Funds. CDSC are deducted from

 

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redemption proceeds prior to remittance to the shareholder. During the year ended December 31, 2017, IDI advised the Funds that IDI retained the following in front-end sales commissions from the sale of Class A shares and received the following in CDSC imposed on redemptions by shareholders:

 

    Front End
Sales Charges
     Contingent Deferred Sales Charges  
     Class A      Class A      Class B      Class C  

Invesco Conservative Allocation Fund

  $ 46,396      $ 538      $ 40      $ 3,252  

Invesco Growth Allocation Fund

    188,596        1,784        1        7,704  

Invesco Moderate Allocation Fund

    106,191        3,579        0        5,858  

The underlying Invesco Funds pay no distribution fees for Class R6 shares and the Funds pay no sales loads or other similar compensation to IDI for acquiring underlying fund shares.

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

NOTE 3—Additional Valuation Information

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

  Level 1 — Prices are determined using quoted prices in an active market for identical assets.
  Level 2 — Prices are determined using other significant observable inputs. Observable inputs are inputs that other market participants may use in pricing a security. These may include quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, yield curves, loss severities, default rates, discount rates, volatilities and others.
  Level 3 — Prices are determined using significant unobservable inputs. In situations where quoted prices or observable inputs are unavailable (for example, when there is little or no market activity for an investment at the end of the period), unobservable inputs may be used. Unobservable inputs reflect each Fund’s own assumptions about the factors market participants would use in determining fair value of the securities or instruments and would be based on the best available information.

As of December 31, 2017, all of the securities in each Fund were valued based on Level 1 inputs (see the Schedule of Investments for security categories). The level assigned to the securities valuations may not be an indication of the risk or liquidity associated with investing in those securities. Because of the inherent uncertainties of valuation, the values reflected in the financial statements may materially differ from the value received upon actual sale of those investments.

Each Fund’s policy is to recognize transfers in and out of the valuation levels as of the end of the reporting period. During the year ended December 31, 2017, there were no material transfers between valuation levels.

NOTE 4—Expense Offset Arrangement(s)

The expense offset arrangements are comprised of transfer agency credits which result from balances in demand deposit accounts used by the transfer agent for clearing shareholder transactions. For the year ended December 31, 2017, the Funds received credits from these arrangements, which resulted in the reduction of the Funds’ total expenses of:

 

     Transfer Agent Credits  

Invesco Conservative Allocation Fund

  $ 5,529  

Invesco Growth Allocation Fund

    28,961  

Invesco Moderate Allocation Fund

    15,698  

NOTE 5—Trustees’ and Officers’ Fees and Benefits

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

NOTE 6—Cash Balances

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

 

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

Tax Character of Distributions to Shareholders Paid During the Fiscal Years Ended December 31, 2017 and 2016:

 

    2017        2016  
    

Ordinary

Income

       Long-term
Capital Gain
       Total
Distributions
      

Ordinary

Income

       Long-term
Capital Gain
       Total
Distributions
 

Invesco Conservative Allocation Fund

  $ 8,862,361        $ 853,758        $ 9,716,119        $ 6,379,122        $ 1,492,473        $ 7,871,595  

Invesco Growth Allocation Fund

    18,003,045                   18,003,045          10,011,365                   10,011,365  

Invesco Moderate Allocation Fund

    18,000,621          10,904,298          28,904,919          13,428,411                   13,428,411  

Tax Components of Net Assets at Period-End:

 

     Undistributed
Ordinary
Income
     Undistributed
Long-Term Gain
     Net Unrealized
Appreciation
Investments
     Temporary
Book/Tax
Differences
    Capital Loss
Carryforward
    Shares of
Beneficial
Interest
     Total
Net Assets
 

Invesco Conservative Allocation Fund

  $ 242,880      $ 3,890,993      $ 26,524,134      $ (87,925   $     $ 292,694,898      $ 323,264,980  

Invesco Growth Allocation Fund

    4,188,803               198,520,891        (202,724     (21,842,251     882,948,117        1,063,612,836  

Invesco Moderate Allocation Fund

    2,251,323        14,087,397        124,390,586        (146,919           636,015,786        776,598,173  

The difference between book-basis and tax-basis unrealized appreciation (depreciation) is due to differences in the timing of recognition of gains and losses on investments for tax and book purposes. The Funds net unrealized appreciation differences are attributable primarily to wash sales.

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

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

The Funds have a capital loss carryforward as of December 31, 2017 which expires as follows:

 

    Invesco Conservative Allocation Fund      Invesco Growth Allocation Fund      Invesco Moderate Allocation Fund  
Expiration*   Short-Term      Long-Term      Total      Short-Term      Long-Term      Total      Short-Term      Long-Term      Total  

December 31, 2018

  $      $      $      $ 21,842,251      $      $ 21,842,251      $      $      $  

 

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

NOTE 8—Investment Transactions

The aggregate amount of investment securities purchased and sold by each Fund and aggregate cost and the net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of investments for tax purposes are as follows:

 

    For the year ended
December 31, 2017*
     At December 31, 2017  
      

Federal Tax

Cost**

    

Unrealized

Appreciation

    

Unrealized

(Depreciation)

    

Net
Unrealized

Appreciation

 
     Purchases      Sales              

Invesco Conservative Allocation Fund

  $ 36,252,464      $ 61,143,352      $ 296,850,372      $ 30,258,035      $ (3,733,901    $ 26,524,134  

Invesco Growth Allocation Fund

    149,183,689        220,499,838        861,970,089        207,957,456        (9,436,565      198,520,891  

Invesco Moderate Allocation Fund

    95,056,193        159,907,389        652,219,378        134,764,643        (10,374,057      124,390,586  

 

* Excludes U.S. Treasury obligations and money market funds, if any.
** Cost of investments, including any derivatives, on a tax basis includes the adjustments for financial reporting purposes as of the most recently completed federal income tax reporting period-end.

NOTE 9—Reclassification of Permanent Differences

Primarily as a result of differing book/tax treatment of distributions from underlying funds and expired capital loss carryforward, on December 31, 2017, the following amounts were reclassified between undistributed net investment income, undistributed net realized gain (loss) and shares of beneficial interest. These reclassifications had no effect on the net assets of each Fund.

 

     Undistributed Net
Investment Income
     Undistributed Net
Realized Gain (Loss)
     Shares of
Beneficial Interest
 

Invesco Conservative Allocation Fund

  $ 518,086      $ (518,086    $  

Invesco Growth Allocation Fund

    5,243,820        3,874,488        (9,118,308

Invesco Moderate Allocation Fund

    3,012,943        (3,012,943       

 

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NOTE 10—Share Information

Invesco Conservative Allocation Fund

 

     Summary of Share Activity  
    2017(a)      2016  
     Shares      Amount      Shares      Amount  

Sold:

          

Class A

    2,179,778      $ 25,092,721        2,982,770      $ 32,646,884  

Class B

    15,208        173,553        34,767        372,008  

Class C

    1,253,506        14,281,371        1,345,953        14,547,988  

Class R

    186,815        2,141,638        229,698        2,488,146  

Class S

    2,635        30,266        4,040        44,186  

Class Y

    291,419        3,353,162        169,667        1,870,979  

Class R5

    22        250        48        515  

Class R6(b)

    880        10,033                

Issued as reinvestment of dividends:

          

Class A

    609,040        7,024,869        519,024        5,724,631  

Class B

    7,585        86,373        12,213        132,968  

Class C

    141,484        1,617,806        109,035        1,191,282  

Class R

    20,510        235,766        19,544        214,926  

Class S

    6,031        69,672        5,058        55,850  

Class Y

    15,496        178,615        9,707        106,969  

Class R5

    2        23        9        100  

Automatic conversion of Class B shares to Class A shares:

          

Class A

    284,495        3,279,133        288,887        3,150,066  

Class B

    (288,185      (3,279,133      (292,563      (3,150,066

Reacquired:

          

Class A

    (4,476,262      (51,452,324      (5,308,660      (58,300,947

Class B

    (103,798      (1,176,202      (181,524      (1,956,655

Class C

    (1,765,953      (20,056,073      (1,971,949      (21,401,946

Class R

    (345,437      (3,945,724      (369,845      (4,056,625

Class S

    (21,792      (251,156      (22,953      (251,078

Class Y

    (199,105      (2,286,968      (171,683      (1,884,846

Class R5

    (363      (4,148      (2      (20

Net increase (decrease) in share activity

    (2,185,989    $ (24,876,477      (2,588,759    $ (28,454,685

 

(a)  There are entities that are record owners of more than 5% of the outstanding shares of the Fund and in the aggregate own 31% of the outstanding shares of the Fund. IDI has an agreement with these entities to sell Fund shares. The Fund, Invesco and/or Invesco affiliates may make payments to these entities, which are considered to be related to the Fund, for providing services to the Fund, Invesco and/or Invesco affiliates including but not limited to services such as securities brokerage, distribution, third party record keeping and account servicing. The Fund has no knowledge as to whether all or any portion of the shares owned of record by these entities are also owned beneficially.
(b)  Commencement date April 4, 2017.

 

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NOTE 10—Share Information—(continued)

Invesco Growth Allocation Fund

 

     Summary of Share Activity  
    2017(a)      2016  
     Shares      Amount      Shares      Amount  

Sold:

          

Class A

    4,214,782      $ 64,040,057        4,899,029      $ 65,695,541  

Class B

    23,847        355,086        45,474        604,129  

Class C

    1,226,581        18,431,307        1,431,219        18,972,651  

Class R

    272,557        4,160,187        318,704        4,249,338  

Class S

    49,660        751,344        62,833        838,636  

Class Y

    459,315        7,027,896        216,691        2,956,796  

Class R5

    670        10,734                

Class R6(b)

    675        10,000                

Issued as reinvestment of dividends:

          

Class A

    930,917        14,866,743        610,183        8,627,989  

Class B

    10,094        159,790        7,871        110,273  

Class C

    96,099        1,522,208        33,693        472,383  

Class R

    20,973        334,305        13,564        191,258  

Class S

    30,250        482,793        20,128        284,212  

Class Y

    11,305        180,205        5,842        82,370  

Class R5

    15        236                

Automatic conversion of Class B shares to Class A shares:

          

Class A

    1,154,352        17,559,742        1,430,461        19,238,490  

Class B

    (1,168,876      (17,559,742      (1,449,150      (19,238,490

Reacquired:

          

Class A

    (9,865,302      (149,529,132      (10,905,547      (147,073,540

Class B

    (246,204      (3,656,417      (554,420      (7,341,094

Class C

    (2,365,053      (35,326,211      (2,662,828      (35,505,437

Class R

    (534,143      (8,164,448      (609,913      (8,104,218

Class S

    (153,598      (2,356,017      (204,477      (2,739,441

Class Y

    (295,067      (4,519,788      (171,785      (2,275,363

Net increase (decrease) in share activity

    (6,126,151    $ (91,219,122      (7,462,428    $ (99,953,517

 

(a)  There are entities that are record owners of more than 5% of the outstanding shares of the Fund and in the aggregate own 26% of the outstanding shares of the Fund. IDI has an agreement with these entities to sell Fund shares. The Fund, Invesco and/or Invesco affiliates may make payments to these entities, which are considered to be related to the Fund, for providing services to the Fund, Invesco and/or Invesco affiliates including but not limited to services such as securities brokerage, distribution, third party record keeping and account servicing. The Fund has no knowledge as to whether all or any portion of the shares owned of record by these entities are also owned beneficially.
(b)  Commencement date April 4, 2017.

 

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NOTE 10—Share Information—(continued)

Invesco Moderate Allocation Fund

 

     Summary of Share Activity  
    2017(a)      2016  
     Shares      Amount      Shares      Amount  

Sold:

          

Class A

    3,631,868      $ 48,078,342        4,344,787      $ 52,750,014  

Class B

    29,659        388,458        67,072        814,413  

Class C

    1,498,393        19,664,675        1,627,026        19,515,581  

Class R

    259,588        3,452,345        359,119        4,360,614  

Class S

    70,027        927,197        74,183        896,533  

Class Y

    429,256        5,701,208        232,739        2,867,295  

Class R6(b)

    768        10,000                

Issued as reinvestment of dividends:

          

Class A

    1,620,023        21,747,928        838,550        10,372,697  

Class B

    21,278        283,179        18,323        225,042  

Class C

    298,107        3,979,995        113,415        1,396,047  

Class R

    41,534        556,777        21,501        265,618  

Class S

    85,655        1,149,123        42,697        527,910  

Class Y

    18,804        252,908        6,473        80,219  

Automatic conversion of Class B shares to Class A shares:

          

Class A

    725,301        9,633,260        803,388        9,754,811  

Class B

    (730,914      (9,633,260      (809,589      (9,754,811

Reacquired:

          

Class A

    (9,237,606      (122,033,723      (11,111,688      (134,969,858

Class B

    (220,018      (2,858,023      (464,491      (5,610,626

Class C

    (2,435,831      (31,889,693      (3,384,773      (40,858,834

Class R

    (529,159      (6,966,100      (516,631      (6,188,070

Class S

    (198,587      (2,647,040      (226,215      (2,735,642

Class Y

    (315,755      (4,205,454      (197,545      (2,406,791

Net increase (decrease) in share activity

    (4,937,609    $ (64,407,898      (8,161,659    $ (98,697,838

 

(a)  There is an entity that is a record owner of more than 5% of the outstanding shares of the Fund and owns 22% of the outstanding shares of the Fund. IDI has an agreement with this entity to sell Fund shares. The Fund, Invesco and/or Invesco affiliates may make payments to this entity, which is considered to be related to the Fund, for providing services to the Fund, Invesco and/or Invesco affiliates including but not limited to services such as, securities brokerage, distribution, third party record keeping and account servicing. The Fund has no knowledge as to whether all or any portion of the shares owned of record by this entity are also owned beneficially.
(b)  Commencement date April 4, 2017.

 

39                         Invesco Allocation Funds


NOTE 11—Financial Highlights

The following schedules present financial highlights for a share of each Fund outstanding throughout the periods indicated.

Invesco Conservative Allocation Fund

 

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

Class A

 

Year ended 12/31/17

  $ 11.13     $ 0.24     $ 0.63     $ 0.87     $ (0.34   $ (0.03   $ (0.37   $ 11.63       7.87   $ 233,998       0.53 %(e)      0.53 %(e)      2.11 %(e)      11

Year ended 12/31/16

    10.70       0.23       0.47       0.70       (0.22     (0.05     (0.27     11.13       6.63       239,626       0.50       0.50       2.16       45  

Year ended 12/31/15

    11.34       0.26       (0.60     (0.34     (0.30           (0.30     10.70       (3.07     246,518       0.51       0.51       2.24       12  

Year ended 12/31/14

    11.08       0.27       0.28       0.55       (0.29           (0.29     11.34       5.01       256,587       0.50       0.50       2.40       7  

Year ended 12/31/13

    10.70       0.23       0.37       0.60       (0.22           (0.22     11.08       5.58       243,852       0.50       0.50       2.06       20  

Class B

                           

Year ended 12/31/17

    11.00       0.15       0.62       0.77       (0.25     (0.03     (0.28     11.49       7.02       2,750       1.28 (e)      1.28 (e)      1.36 (e)      11  

Year ended 12/31/16

    10.57       0.15       0.47       0.62       (0.14     (0.05     (0.19     11.00       5.88       6,692       1.25       1.25       1.41       45  

Year ended 12/31/15

    11.21       0.17       (0.60     (0.43     (0.21           (0.21     10.57       (3.87     10,945       1.26       1.26       1.49       12  

Year ended 12/31/14

    10.94       0.19       0.28       0.47       (0.20           (0.20     11.21       4.34       17,243       1.25       1.25       1.65       7  

Year ended 12/31/13

    10.60       0.14       0.37       0.51       (0.17           (0.17     10.94       4.83       22,965       1.25       1.25       1.31       20  

Class C

                           

Year ended 12/31/17

    11.02       0.16       0.61       0.77       (0.25     (0.03     (0.28     11.51       7.02       69,800       1.28 (e)      1.28 (e)      1.36 (e)      11  

Year ended 12/31/16

    10.59       0.15       0.47       0.62       (0.14     (0.05     (0.19     11.02       5.88       70,906       1.25       1.25       1.41       45  

Year ended 12/31/15

    11.23       0.17       (0.60     (0.43     (0.21           (0.21     10.59       (3.86     73,617       1.26       1.26       1.49       12  

Year ended 12/31/14

    10.96       0.19       0.28       0.47       (0.20           (0.20     11.23       4.34       77,159       1.25       1.25       1.65       7  

Year ended 12/31/13

    10.63       0.14       0.36       0.50       (0.17           (0.17     10.96       4.73       68,657       1.25       1.25       1.31       20  

Class R

                           

Year ended 12/31/17

    11.09       0.21       0.62       0.83       (0.31     (0.03     (0.34     11.58       7.52       8,359       0.78 (e)      0.78 (e)      1.86 (e)      11  

Year ended 12/31/16

    10.66       0.21       0.47       0.68       (0.20     (0.05     (0.25     11.09       6.38       9,534       0.75       0.75       1.91       45  

Year ended 12/31/15

    11.30       0.23       (0.60     (0.37     (0.27           (0.27     10.66       (3.34     10,448       0.76       0.76       1.99       12  

Year ended 12/31/14

    11.04       0.24       0.28       0.52       (0.26           (0.26     11.30       4.75       10,211       0.75       0.75       2.15       7  

Year ended 12/31/13

    10.67       0.20       0.37       0.57       (0.20           (0.20     11.04       5.36       9,453       0.75       0.75       1.81       20  

Class S

                           

Year ended 12/31/17

    11.14       0.26       0.62       0.88       (0.35     (0.03     (0.38     11.64       7.97       2,106       0.43 (e)      0.43 (e)      2.21 (e)      11  

Year ended 12/31/16

    10.71       0.25       0.46       0.71       (0.23     (0.05     (0.28     11.14       6.73       2,162       0.40       0.40       2.26       45  

Year ended 12/31/15

    11.36       0.26       (0.60     (0.34     (0.31           (0.31     10.71       (3.05     2,226       0.41       0.41       2.34       12  

Year ended 12/31/14

    11.09       0.29       0.28       0.57       (0.30           (0.30     11.36       5.20       2,525       0.40       0.40       2.50       7  

Year ended 12/31/13

    10.70       0.24       0.37       0.61       (0.22           (0.22     11.09       5.73       2,863       0.40       0.40       2.16       20  

Class Y

                           

Year ended 12/31/17

    11.12       0.27       0.63       0.90       (0.37     (0.03     (0.40     11.62       8.15       6,232       0.28 (e)      0.28 (e)      2.36 (e)      11  

Year ended 12/31/16

    10.69       0.26       0.47       0.73       (0.25     (0.05     (0.30     11.12       6.90       4,767       0.25       0.25       2.41       45  

Year ended 12/31/15

    11.33       0.28       (0.60     (0.32     (0.32           (0.32     10.69       (2.83     4,498       0.26       0.26       2.49       12  

Year ended 12/31/14

    11.07       0.30       0.28       0.58       (0.32           (0.32     11.33       5.28       3,871       0.25       0.25       2.65       7  

Year ended 12/31/13

    10.67       0.25       0.38       0.63       (0.23           (0.23     11.07       5.91       3,751       0.25       0.25       2.31       20  

Class R5

                           

Year ended 12/31/17

    11.18       0.28       0.62       0.90       (0.37     (0.03     (0.40     11.68       8.16       11       0.24 (e)      0.24 (e)      2.40 (e)      11  

Year ended 12/31/16

    10.74       0.27       0.48       0.75       (0.26     (0.05     (0.31     11.18       7.03       14       0.20       0.20       2.46       45  

Year ended 12/31/15

    11.40       0.29       (0.62     (0.33     (0.33           (0.33     10.74       (2.92     13       0.20       0.20       2.55       12  

Year ended 12/31/14

    11.13       0.31       0.29       0.60       (0.33           (0.33     11.40       5.41       27       0.21       0.21       2.69       7  

Year ended 12/31/13

    10.73       0.26       0.37       0.63       (0.23           (0.23     11.13       5.92       47       0.20       0.20       2.36       20  

Class R6

                           

Year ended 12/31/17(f)

    11.40       0.21       0.40       0.61       (0.31     (0.03     (0.34     11.67       5.38       10       0.24 (e)(g)      0.24 (e)(g)      2.40 (e)(g)      11  

 

(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)  In addition to the fees and expenses which the Fund bears directly, the Fund indirectly bears a pro rata share of the fees and expenses of the underlying funds in which the Fund invests. Because the underlying funds have varied expenses and fee levels and the Fund may own different proportions at different times, the amount of fees and expenses incurred indirectly by the Fund will vary. Estimated underlying fund expenses are not expenses that are incurred directly by the Fund. They are expenses that are incurred directly by the underlying funds and are deducted from the value of the funds the Fund invests in. The effect of the estimated underlying fund expenses that the Fund bears indirectly is included in the Fund’s total return. Estimated acquired fund fees from underlying funds 0.53%, 0.55%, 0.63%, 0.63% and 0.60% for the years ended December 31, 2017, December 31, 2016, December 31, 2015, December 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013.
(d)  Portfolio turnover is calculated at the fund level and is not annualized for periods less than one year, if applicable.
(e)  Ratios are based on average daily net assets (000’s omitted) of $236,274, $4,800, $69,538, $8,623, $2,151, $5,536, $12 and $10 for Class A, Class B, Class C, Class R, Class S Class Y, Class R5 and Class R6 shares, respectively.
(f) Commencement date April 4, 2017.
(g) Annualized.

 

40                         Invesco Allocation Funds


NOTE 11—Financial Highlights—(continued)

Invesco Growth Allocation Fund

 

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

Class A

                       

Year ended 12/31/17

  $ 14.12     $ 0.20     $ 2.02     $ 2.22     $ (0.29   $ 16.05       15.77   $ 844,780       0.55 %(e)      0.55 %(e)      1.32 %(e)      14

Year ended 12/31/16

    13.09       0.16       1.03       1.19       (0.16     14.12       9.08       793,403       0.54       0.54       1.21       52  

Year ended 12/31/15

    13.95       0.16       (0.81     (0.65     (0.21     13.09       (4.68     787,598       0.53       0.53       1.15       15  

Year ended 12/31/14

    13.61       0.18       0.41       0.59       (0.25     13.95       4.35       850,812       0.54       0.54       1.27       18  

Year ended 12/31/13

    11.98       0.14       1.70       1.84       (0.21     13.61       15.37       827,241       0.51       0.51       1.03       39  

Class B

                       

Year ended 12/31/17

    13.99       0.09       1.99       2.08       (0.17     15.90       14.87       14,052       1.30 (e)      1.30 (e)      0.57 (e)      14  

Year ended 12/31/16

    12.96       0.06       1.02       1.08       (0.05     13.99       8.31       31,675       1.29       1.29       0.46       52  

Year ended 12/31/15

    13.80       0.06       (0.80     (0.74     (0.10     12.96       (5.40     54,641       1.28       1.28       0.40       15  

Year ended 12/31/14

    13.46       0.07       0.41       0.48       (0.14     13.80       3.56       91,798       1.29       1.29       0.52       18  

Year ended 12/31/13

    11.87       0.04       1.67       1.71       (0.12     13.46       14.41       122,521       1.26       1.26       0.28       39  

Class C

                       

Year ended 12/31/17

    14.00       0.09       1.99       2.08       (0.17     15.91       14.86       147,229       1.30 (e)      1.30 (e)      0.57 (e)      14  

Year ended 12/31/16

    12.97       0.06       1.02       1.08       (0.05     14.00       8.30       144,077       1.29       1.29       0.46       52  

Year ended 12/31/15

    13.81       0.06       (0.80     (0.74     (0.10     12.97       (5.40     149,087       1.28       1.28       0.40       15  

Year ended 12/31/14

    13.47       0.07       0.41       0.48       (0.14     13.81       3.56       168,737       1.29       1.29       0.52       18  

Year ended 12/31/13

    11.87       0.04       1.68       1.72       (0.12     13.47       14.50       165,853       1.26       1.26       0.28       39  

Class R

                       

Year ended 12/31/17

    14.09       0.16       2.01       2.17       (0.25     16.01       15.43       21,598       0.80 (e)      0.80 (e)      1.07 (e)      14  

Year ended 12/31/16

    13.06       0.13       1.02       1.15       (0.12     14.09       8.82       22,386       0.79       0.79       0.96       52  

Year ended 12/31/15

    13.91       0.12       (0.80     (0.68     (0.17     13.06       (4.89     24,382       0.78       0.78       0.90       15  

Year ended 12/31/14

    13.57       0.14       0.41       0.55       (0.21     13.91       4.09       25,309       0.79       0.79       1.02       18  

Year ended 12/31/13

    11.95       0.10       1.70       1.80       (0.18     13.57       15.08       25,394       0.76       0.76       0.78       39  

Class S

                       

Year ended 12/31/17

    14.10       0.22       2.02       2.24       (0.31     16.03       15.90       25,358       0.45 (e)      0.45 (e)      1.42 (e)      14  

Year ended 12/31/16

    13.08       0.18       1.01       1.19       (0.17     14.10       9.12       23,344       0.44       0.44       1.31       52  

Year ended 12/31/15

    13.93       0.17       (0.80     (0.63     (0.22     13.08       (4.51     23,234       0.43       0.43       1.25       15  

Year ended 12/31/14

    13.60       0.19       0.40       0.59       (0.26     13.93       4.38       28,380       0.44       0.44       1.37       18  

Year ended 12/31/13

    11.97       0.15       1.70       1.85       (0.22     13.60       15.49       31,974       0.41       0.41       1.13       39  

Class Y

                       

Year ended 12/31/17

    14.09       0.24       2.02       2.26       (0.33     16.02       16.08       10,561       0.30 (e)      0.30 (e)      1.57 (e)      14  

Year ended 12/31/16

    13.06       0.20       1.02       1.22       (0.19     14.09       9.38       6,816       0.29       0.29       1.46       52  

Year ended 12/31/15

    13.92       0.19       (0.81     (0.62     (0.24     13.06       (4.43     5,657       0.28       0.28       1.40       15  

Year ended 12/31/14

    13.58       0.21       0.41       0.62       (0.28     13.92       4.63       6,090       0.29       0.29       1.52       18  

Year ended 12/31/13

    11.96       0.17       1.69       1.86       (0.24     13.58       15.56       4,584       0.26       0.26       1.28       39  

Class R5

                       

Year ended 12/31/17

    14.17       0.26       2.04       2.30       (0.35     16.12       16.26       25       0.19 (e)      0.19 (e)      1.68 (e)      14  

Year ended 12/31/16

    13.14       0.21       1.03       1.24       (0.21     14.17       9.45       12       0.16       0.16       1.59       52  

Year ended 12/31/15

    14.00       0.22       (0.82     (0.60     (0.26     13.14       (4.28     11       0.16       0.16       1.52       15  

Year ended 12/31/14

    13.66       0.23       0.41       0.64       (0.30     14.00       4.71       374       0.17       0.17       1.64       18  

Year ended 12/31/13

    12.02       0.18       1.71       1.89       (0.25     13.66       15.75       346       0.16       0.16       1.38       39  

Class R6

                       

Year ended 12/31/17(f)

    14.84       0.19       1.43       1.62       (0.35     16.11       10.94       11       0.20 (e)(g)      0.20 (e)(g)      1.67 (e)(g)      14  

 

(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)  In addition to the fees and expenses which the Fund bears directly, the Fund indirectly bears a pro rata share of the fees and expenses of the underlying funds in which the Fund invests. Because the underlying funds have varied expenses and fee levels and the Fund may own different proportions at different times, the amount of fees and expenses incurred indirectly by the Fund will vary. Estimated underlying fund expenses are not expenses that are incurred directly by the Fund. They are expenses that are incurred directly by the underlying funds and are deducted from the value of the funds the Fund invests in. The effect of the estimated underlying fund expenses that the Fund bears indirectly is included in the Fund’s total return. Estimated acquired fund fees from underlying funds were 0.58%, 0.61%, 0.69%, 0.69% and 0.74% for the years ended December 31, 2017, December 31, 2016, December 31, 2015, December 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013, respectively.
(d)  Portfolio turnover is calculated at the fund level and is not annualized for periods less than one year, if applicable.
(e)  Ratios are based on average daily net assets (000’s omitted) of $817,585, $22,663, $144,271, $22,233, $24,602, $8,654, $15 and $11 for Class A, Class B, Class C, Class R, Class S, Class Y, Class R5 and Class R6 shares, respectively.
(f) Commencement date April 4, 2017.
(g) Annualized.

 

41                         Invesco Allocation Funds


NOTE 11—Financial Highlights—(continued)

Invesco Moderate Allocation Fund

 

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

Class A

 

Year ended 12/31/17

  $ 12.57     $ 0.23     $ 1.35     $ 1.58     $ (0.33   $ (0.20   $ (0.53   $ 13.62       12.66   $ 584,747       0.49 %(e)      0.49 %(e)      1.73 %(e)      12

Year ended 12/31/16

    11.83       0.20       0.77       0.97       (0.23           (0.23     12.57       8.22       580,922       0.48       0.48       1.66       47  

Year ended 12/31/15

    12.58       0.21       (0.73     (0.52     (0.23           (0.23     11.83       (4.18     607,469       0.47       0.47       1.68       14  

Year ended 12/31/14

    12.30       0.23       0.31       0.54       (0.26           (0.26     12.58       4.39       659,139       0.47       0.47       1.83       15  

Year ended 12/31/13

    11.32       0.19       1.01       1.20       (0.22           (0.22     12.30       10.61       628,036       0.46       0.46       1.61       23  

Class B

                           

Year ended 12/31/17

    12.48       0.13       1.34       1.47       (0.23     (0.20     (0.43     13.52       11.81       6,819       1.24 (e)      1.24 (e)      0.98 (e)      12  

Year ended 12/31/16

    11.75       0.11       0.75       0.86       (0.13           (0.13     12.48       7.37       17,531       1.23       1.23       0.91       47  

Year ended 12/31/15

    12.49       0.12       (0.72     (0.60     (0.14           (0.14     11.75       (4.86     30,471       1.22       1.22       0.93       14  

Year ended 12/31/14

    12.21       0.13       0.31       0.44       (0.16           (0.16     12.49       3.62       48,796       1.22       1.22       1.08       15  

Year ended 12/31/13

    11.28       0.10       1.00       1.10       (0.17           (0.17     12.21       9.78       64,268       1.21       1.21       0.86       23  

Class C

                           

Year ended 12/31/17

    12.48       0.13       1.33       1.46       (0.23     (0.20     (0.43     13.51       11.73       132,379       1.24 (e)      1.24 (e)      0.98 (e)      12  

Year ended 12/31/16

    11.74       0.11       0.76       0.87       (0.13           (0.13     12.48       7.47       130,220       1.23       1.23       0.91       47  

Year ended 12/31/15

    12.48       0.12       (0.72     (0.60     (0.14           (0.14     11.74       (4.87     141,890       1.22       1.22       0.93       14  

Year ended 12/31/14

    12.20       0.13       0.31       0.44       (0.16           (0.16     12.48       3.62       154,724       1.22       1.22       1.08       15  

Year ended 12/31/13

    11.27       0.10       1.00       1.10       (0.17           (0.17     12.20       9.79       147,372       1.21       1.21       0.86       23  

Class R

                           

Year ended 12/31/17

    12.55       0.20       1.34       1.54       (0.30     (0.20     (0.50     13.59       12.32       15,614       0.74 (e)      0.74 (e)      1.48 (e)      12  

Year ended 12/31/16

    11.81       0.17       0.77       0.94       (0.20           (0.20     12.55       7.97       17,279       0.73       0.73       1.41       47  

Year ended 12/31/15

    12.55       0.18       (0.72     (0.54     (0.20           (0.20     11.81       (4.35     17,870       0.72       0.72       1.43       14  

Year ended 12/31/14

    12.27       0.20       0.30       0.50       (0.22           (0.22     12.55       4.13       21,117       0.72       0.72       1.58       15  

Year ended 12/31/13

    11.31       0.16       1.00       1.16       (0.20           (0.20     12.27       10.30       23,099       0.71       0.71       1.36       23  

Class S

                           

Year ended 12/31/17

    12.57       0.24       1.35       1.59       (0.35     (0.20     (0.55     13.61       12.70       29,134       0.39 (e)      0.39 (e)      1.83 (e)      12  

Year ended 12/31/16

    11.83       0.21       0.77       0.98       (0.24           (0.24     12.57       8.33       27,441       0.38       0.38       1.76       47  

Year ended 12/31/15

    12.58       0.22       (0.73     (0.51     (0.24           (0.24     11.83       (4.08     27,124       0.37       0.37       1.78       14  

Year ended 12/31/14

    12.29       0.24       0.32       0.56       (0.27           (0.27     12.58       4.58       31,854       0.37       0.37       1.93       15  

Year ended 12/31/13

    11.31       0.20       1.00       1.20       (0.22           (0.22     12.29       10.68       35,661       0.36       0.36       1.71       23  

Class Y

                           

Year ended 12/31/17

    12.59       0.26       1.34       1.60       (0.36     (0.20     (0.56     13.63       12.85       7,880       0.24 (e)      0.24 (e)      1.98 (e)      12  

Year ended 12/31/16

    11.85       0.23       0.77       1.00       (0.26           (0.26     12.59       8.48       5,611       0.23       0.23       1.91       47  

Year ended 12/31/15

    12.60       0.24       (0.73     (0.49     (0.26           (0.26     11.85       (3.92     4,788       0.22       0.22       1.93       14  

Year ended 12/31/14

    12.31       0.26       0.32       0.58       (0.29           (0.29     12.60       4.74       6,870       0.22       0.22       2.08       15  

Year ended 12/31/13

    11.32       0.22       1.00       1.22       (0.23           (0.23     12.31       10.84       4,912       0.21       0.21       1.86       23  

Class R5

 

Year ended 12/31/17

    12.63       0.27       1.35       1.62       (0.37     (0.20     (0.57     13.68       12.97       15       0.18 (e)      0.18 (e)      2.04 (e)      12  

Year ended 12/31/16

    11.89       0.24       0.77       1.01       (0.27           (0.27     12.63       8.53       14       0.17       0.17       1.97       47  

Year ended 12/31/15

    12.62       0.26       (0.76     (0.50     (0.23           (0.23     11.89       (4.03     13       0.16       0.16       1.99       14  

Year ended 12/31/14

    12.34       0.27       0.31       0.58       (0.30           (0.30     12.62       4.71       159       0.16       0.16       2.14       15  

Year ended 12/31/13

    11.35       0.23       1.00       1.23       (0.24           (0.24     12.34       10.84       232       0.17       0.17       1.90       23  

Class R6

 

Year ended 12/31/17(f)

    13.03       0.20       0.94       1.14       (0.30     (0.20     (0.50     13.67       8.80       11       0.18 (e)(g)      0.18 (e)(g)      2.04 (e)(g)      12  

 

(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)  In addition to the fees and expenses which the Fund bears directly, the Fund indirectly bears a pro rata share of the fees and expenses of the underlying funds in which the Fund invests. Because the underlying funds have varied expenses and fee levels and the Fund may own different proportions at different times, the amount of fees and expenses incurred indirectly by the Fund will vary. Estimated underlying fund expenses are not expenses that are incurred directly by the Fund. They are expenses that are incurred directly by the underlying funds and are deducted from the value of the funds the Fund invests in. The effect of the estimated underlying fund expenses that the Fund bears indirectly is included in the Fund’s total return. Estimated acquired fund fees from underlying funds were 0.56%, 0.58%, 0.62%, 0.67% and 0.69% for the years ended December 31, 2017, December 31, 2016, December 31, 2015, December 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013, respectively.
(d)  Portfolio turnover is calculated at the fund level and is not annualized for periods less than one year, if applicable.
(e)  Ratios are based on average daily net assets (000’s omitted) of $579,652, $12,172, $130,409, $15,739, $28,598, $6,931, $15 and $10 for Class A, Class B, Class C, Class R, Class S, Class Y, Class R5 and Class R6 shares, respectively.
(f) Commencement date April 4, 2017.
(g) Annualized.

 

42                         Invesco Allocation Funds


Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

 

To the Board of Trustees of AIM Growth Series (Invesco Growth Series)

and Shareholders of Invesco Conservative Allocation Fund, Invesco Growth Allocation Fund and Invesco Moderate Allocation Fund

Opinions on the Financial Statements

We have audited the accompanying statements of assets and liabilities, including the schedules of investments, of Invesco Conservative Allocation Fund, Invesco Growth Allocation Fund and Invesco Moderate Allocation Fund (three of the funds constituting AIM Growth Series (Invesco Growth Series), hereafter collectively referred to as the “Funds”) as of December 31, 2017, the related statements of operations for the year ended December 31, 2017, the statements of changes in net assets for each of the two years in the period ended December 31, 2017, including the related notes, and the financial highlights for each of the periods indicated therein (collectively referred to as the “financial statements”). In our opinion, the financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of each of the Funds as of December 31, 2017, the results of each of their operations for the year then ended, the changes in each of their net assets for each of the two years in the period ended December 31, 2017 and each of the financial highlights for each of the periods indicated therein in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

Basis for Opinions

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

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

Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements. Our procedures included confirmation of securities owned as of December 31, 2017 by correspondence with the custodian, transfer agent and brokers; when replies were not received from brokers, we performed other auditing procedures. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinions.

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Houston, TX

February 23, 2018

We have served as the auditor of one or more of the investment companies in the Invesco/PowerShares group of investment companies since at least 1995. We have not determined the specific year we began serving as auditor.

 

43                         Invesco Allocation Funds


Calculating your ongoing Fund expenses

Example

As a shareholder of the Fund, you incur two types of costs: (1) transaction costs, which may include sales charges (loads) on purchase payments or contingent deferred sales charges on redemptions, if any; and (2) ongoing costs, including distribution and/or service (12b-1) fees, and other Fund expenses. This example is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Fund and to compare these costs with ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds. The example is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period July 1, 2017, through December 31, 2017.

In addition to the fees and expenses which the Fund bears directly, the Fund indirectly bears a pro rata share of the fees and expenses of the underlying funds in which the Fund invests. The amount of fees and expenses incurred indirectly by the Fund will vary because the underlying funds have varied expenses and fee levels and the Fund may own different proportions of the underlying funds at different times. Estimated underlying fund expenses are not expenses that are incurred directly by the Fund. They are expenses that are incurred directly by the underlying funds and are deducted from the value of the underlying funds the Fund invests in. The effect of the estimated underlying fund expenses that the Fund bears indirectly are included in the Fund’s total return.

Actual expenses

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

Hypothetical example for comparison purposes

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

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

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

Invesco Conservative Allocation Fund

 

Class   Beginning
Account Value
(07/01/17)
    ACTUAL     HYPOTHETICAL
(5% annual return before
expenses)
     Annualized
Expense
Ratio
 
    Ending
Account Value
(12/31/17)1
     Expenses
Paid During
Period2
    Ending
Account Value
(12/31/17)
     Expenses
Paid During
Period2
    
A   $ 1,000.00     $ 1,035.70      $ 2.46     $ 1,022.79      $ 2.45        0.48
B     1,000.00       1,031.90        6.30       1,019.00        6.26        1.23  
C     1,000.00       1,031.90        6.30       1,019.00        6.26        1.23  
R     1,000.00       1,033.50        3.74       1,021.53        3.72        0.73  
S     1,000.00       1,036.10        1.95       1,023.29        1.94        0.38  
Y     1,000.00       1,036.90        1.18       1,024.05        1.17        0.23  
R5     1,000.00       1,037.00        1.03       1,024.20        1.02        0.20  
R6     1,000.00       1,036.10        1.03       1,024.20        1.02        0.20  

 

44                         Invesco Allocation Funds


Invesco Growth Allocation Fund

 

Class   Beginning
Account Value
(07/01/17)
    ACTUAL     HYPOTHETICAL
(5% annual return before
expenses)
     Annualized
Expense
Ratio
 
    Ending
Account Value
(12/31/17)1
     Expenses
Paid During
Period2
    Ending
Account Value
(12/31/17)
     Expenses
Paid During
Period2
    
A   $ 1,000.00     $ 1,078.90      $ 2.88     $ 1,022.43      $ 2.80        0.55
B     1,000.00       1,075.00        6.80       1,018.65        6.61        1.30  
C     1,000.00       1,074.90        6.80       1,018.65        6.61        1.30  
R     1,000.00       1,077.10        4.19       1,021.17        4.08        0.80  
S     1,000.00       1,079.40        2.36       1,022.94        2.29        0.45  
Y     1,000.00       1,081.00        1.57       1,023.69        1.53        0.30  
R5     1,000.00       1,081.70        1.05       1,024.20        1.02        0.20  
R6     1,000.00       1,081.00        1.05       1,024.20        1.02        0.20  

Invesco Moderate Allocation Fund

 

Class   Beginning
Account Value
(07/01/17)
    ACTUAL     HYPOTHETICAL
(5% annual return before
expenses)
     Annualized
Expense
Ratio
 
    Ending
Account Value
(12/31/17)1
     Expenses
Paid During
Period2
    Ending
Account Value
(12/31/17)
     Expenses
Paid During
Period2
    
A   $ 1,000.00     $ 1,063.20      $ 2.55     $ 1,022.74      $ 2.50        0.49
B     1,000.00       1,058.70        6.43       1,018.95        6.31        1.24  
C     1,000.00       1,058.80        6.43       1,018.95        6.31        1.24  
R     1,000.00       1,061.90        3.85       1,021.48        3.77        0.74  
S     1,000.00       1,063.70        2.03       1,023.24        1.99        0.39  
Y     1,000.00       1,063.70        1.25       1,024.00        1.22        0.24  
R5     1,000.00       1,064.60        0.94       1,024.30        0.92        0.18  
R6     1,000.00       1,064.60        0.94       1,024.30        0.92        0.18  

 

1  The actual ending account value is based on the actual total return of the Funds for the period July 1, 2017, through December 31, 2017, after actual expenses and will differ from the hypothetical ending account value which is based on each Fund’s expense ratio and a hypothetical annual return of 5% before expenses.
2  Expenses are equal to each Fund’s annualized expense ratio as indicated above multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 184/365 to reflect the most recent fiscal half year.

 

45                         Invesco Allocation Funds


Tax Information

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

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

The Funds designate the following amounts or, if subsequently determined to be different, the maximum amount allowable for their fiscal year ended December 31, 2017:

 

Federal and State Income Tax

 
     Long Term Capital
Gain Distributions
     Qualified
Dividend Income*
     Corporate Dividends
Received Deduction*
     U.S. Treasury
Obligations*
 

Invesco Conservative Allocation Fund

  $ 853,758        24.05      16.62      7.29

Invesco Growth Allocation Fund

           75.54      46.55      1.93

Invesco Moderate Allocation Fund

    10,904,298        47.03      29.82      0.00

 

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

 

46                         Invesco Allocation Funds


Trustees and Officers

 

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

 

Name, Year of Birth and

Position(s) Held with the Trust

  Trustee and/
or Officer Since
  Principal Occupation(s)
During Past 5 Years
  Number of
Funds in Fund
Complex
Overseen by
Trustee
  Other Directorship(s)
Held by Trustee During
Past 5 Years
Interested Persons                
Martin L. Flanagan1 — 1960 Trustee   2007  

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

 

Formerly: Advisor to the Board, Invesco Advisers, Inc. (formerly known as Invesco Institutional (N.A.), Inc.); Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Invesco Advisers, Inc. (registered investment adviser); Director, Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President, Invesco Holding Company (US), Inc. (formerly IVZ Inc.) (holding company), Invesco Group Services, Inc. (service provider) and Invesco North American Holdings, Inc. (holding company); Director, Chief Executive Officer and President, Invesco Holding Company Limited (parent of Invesco and a global investment management firm); Director, Invesco Ltd.; Chairman, Investment Company Institute and President, Co-Chief Executive Officer, Co-President, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer, Franklin Resources, Inc. (global investment management organization)

  158   None
Philip A. Taylor2 — 1954 Trustee and Senior Vice President   2006  

Head of the Americas and Senior Managing Director, Invesco Ltd.; Director, Invesco Advisers, Inc. (formerly known as Invesco Institutional (N.A.), Inc.) (registered investment adviser); Director, Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President, Invesco Management Group, Inc. (formerly known as Invesco Aim Management Group, Inc.) (financial services holding company); Director and Chairman, Invesco Investment Services, Inc. (formerly known as Invesco Aim Investment Services, Inc.) (registered transfer agent); Chief Executive Officer, Invesco Corporate Class Inc. (corporate mutual fund company); Director, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Invesco Canada Ltd. (formerly known as Invesco Trimark Ltd./Invesco Trimark Ltèe) (registered investment adviser and registered transfer agent); Trustee and Senior Vice President, The Invesco Funds; Director, Invesco Investment Advisers LLC (formerly known as Van Kampen Asset Management).

 

Formerly: Co-Chairman, Co-President and Co-Chief Executive Officer, Invesco Advisers, Inc. (formerly known as Invesco Institutional (N.A.), Inc.) (registered investment adviser); Director, Chief Executive Officer and President, Van Kampen Exchange Corp; President and Principal Executive Officer, The Invesco Funds (other than AIM Treasurer’s Series Trust (Invesco Treasurer’s Series Trust), Short-Term Investments Trust and Invesco Management Trust); Executive Vice President, The Invesco Funds (AIM Treasurer’s Series Trust (Invesco Treasurer’s Series Trust), Short-Term Investments Trust and Invesco Management Trust only); Director and President, INVESCO Funds Group, Inc. (registered investment adviser and registered transfer agent); Director and Chairman, IVZ Distributors, Inc. (formerly known as INVESCO Distributors, Inc.) (registered broker dealer); Director, President and Chairman, Invesco Inc. (holding company), Invesco Canada Holdings Inc. (holding company), Trimark Investments Ltd./Placements Trimark Ltèe and Invesco Financial Services Ltd/Services Financiers Invesco Ltèe; Chief Executive Officer, Invesco Canada Fund Inc. (corporate mutual fund company); Director and Chairman, Van Kampen Investor Services Inc.; Director, Chief Executive Officer and President, 1371 Preferred Inc. (holding company) and Van Kampen Investments Inc.; Director and President, AIM GP Canada Inc. (general partner for limited partnerships) and Van Kampen Advisors, Inc.; Director and Chief Executive Officer, Invesco Trimark Dealer Inc. (registered broker dealer); Director, Invesco Distributors, Inc. (formerly known as Invesco Aim Distributors, Inc.) (registered broker dealer); Manager, Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC; Director, Chief Executive Officer and President, Invesco Advisers, Inc.; Director, Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President, Invesco Aim Capital Management, Inc.; President, Invesco Trimark Dealer Inc. and Invesco Trimark Ltd./Invesco Trimark Ltèe; Director and President, AIM Trimark Corporate Class Inc. and AIM Trimark Canada Fund Inc.; Senior Managing Director, Invesco Holding Company Limited; Director and Chairman, Fund Management Company (former registered broker dealer); President and Principal Executive Officer, The Invesco Funds (AIM Treasurer’s Series Trust (Invesco Treasurer’s Series Trust), and Short-Term Investments Trust only); President, AIM Trimark Global Fund Inc. and AIM Trimark Canada Fund Inc.

  158   None

 

1  Mr. Flanagan is considered an interested person (within the meaning of Section 2(a)(19) of the 1940 Act) of the Trust because he is an officer of the Adviser to the Trust, and an officer and a director of Invesco Ltd., ultimate parent of the Adviser.

 

2  Mr. Taylor is considered an interested person (within the meaning of Section 2(a)(19) of the 1940 Act) of the Trust because he is an officer and a director of the Adviser.

 

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Trustees and Officers—(continued)

 

Name, Year of Birth and

Position(s) Held with the Trust

  Trustee and/
or Officer Since
 

Principal Occupation(s)

During Past 5 Years

  Number of
Funds in Fund
Complex
Overseen by
Trustee
 

Other Directorship(s)
Held by Trustee During

Past 5 Years

Independent Trustees                

Bruce L. Crockett — 1944

Trustee and Chair

  2001  

Chairman, Crockett Technologies Associates (technology consulting company)

 

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

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

David C. Arch — 1945

Trustee

  2010   Chairman of Blistex Inc. (consumer health care products manufacturer); Member, World Presidents’ Organization   158   Board member of the Illinois Manufacturers’ Association

Jack M. Fields — 1952

Trustee

  2001  

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

 

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

  158   None

Cynthia Hostetler — 1962

Trustee

  2017  

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

 

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

  158   Vulcan Materials Company (construction materials company); Trilinc Global Impact Fund; Aberdeen Investment Funds (4 portfolios); Artio Global Investment LLC (mutual fund complex); Edgen Group, Inc. (specialized energy and infrastructure products distributor)

Eli Jones — 1961

Trustee

  2016  

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

 

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

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

Prema Mathai-Davis — 1950

Trustee

  2001   Retired.   158   None

Teresa M. Ressel  —  1962

Trustee

  2017  

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

 

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

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

Ann Barnett Stern — 1957

Trustee

  2017  

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

 

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

  158   Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas

Raymond Stickel, Jr. — 1944

Trustee

  2005  

Retired.

 

Formerly: Director, Mainstay VP Series Funds, Inc. (25 portfolios); Partner, Deloitte & Touche

  158   None

Robert C. Troccoli — 1949

Trustee

  2016  

Adjunct Professor, University of Denver — Daniels College of Business

 

Formerly: Senior Partner, KPMG LLP

  158   None

Christopher L. Wilson —  1957

Trustee

  2017  

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

 

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

  158   TD Asset Management USA Inc. (mutual fund complex) (22 portfolios); ISO New England, Inc. (non-profit organization managing regional electricity market)

 

T-2                         Invesco Allocation Funds


Trustees and Officers—(continued)

 

Name, Year of Birth and

Position(s) Held with the Trust

  Trustee and/
or Officer Since
 

Principal Occupation(s)

During Past 5 Years

  Number of
Funds in Fund
Complex
Overseen by
Trustee
 

Other Directorship(s)
Held by Trustee During

Past 5 Years

Other Officers                

Sheri Morris — 1964

President, Principal Executive Officer and Treasurer

  1999  

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

 

Formerly: Vice President and Principal Financial Officer, The Invesco Funds; Vice President, Invesco Aim Advisers, Inc., Invesco Aim Capital Management, Inc. and Invesco Aim Private Asset Management, Inc.; Assistant Vice President and Assistant Treasurer, The Invesco Funds and Assistant Vice President, Invesco Advisers, Inc., Invesco Aim Capital Management, Inc. and Invesco Aim Private Asset Management, Inc.; and Treasurer, PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust II, PowerShares India Exchange-Traded Fund Trust and PowerShares Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Fund Trust

  N/A   N/A

Russell C. Burk — 1958

Senior Vice President and Senior Officer

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

John M. Zerr — 1962

Senior Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Secretary

  2006  

Director, Senior Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel, Invesco Management Group, Inc. (formerly known as Invesco AIM Management Group, Inc.); Senior Vice President, Invesco Advisers, Inc. (formerly known as Invesco Institutional (N.A.), Inc.) (registered investment adviser); Senior Vice President and Secretary, Invesco Distributors, Inc. (formerly known as Invesco AIM Distributors, Inc.); Director, Vice President and Secretary, Invesco Investment Services, Inc. (formerly known as Invesco AIM Investment Services, Inc.) Senior Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Secretary, The Invesco Funds; Managing Director, Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC; Director, Secretary and General Counsel, Invesco Investment Advisers LLC (formerly known as Van Kampen Asset Management); Secretary and General Counsel, Invesco Capital Markets, Inc. (formerly known as Van Kampen Funds Inc.) and Chief Legal Officer, PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust II, PowerShares India Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, PowerShares Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, PowerShares Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Commodity Fund Trust and PowerShares Exchange-Traded Self-Indexed Fund Trust; Manager and Secretary, Invesco Indexing LLC

 

Formerly: Director, Secretary, General Counsel and Senior Vice President, Van Kampen Exchange Corp.; Director, Vice President and Secretary, IVZ Distributors, Inc. (formerly known as INVESCO Distributors, Inc.); Director and Vice President, INVESCO Funds Group, Inc.; Director and Vice President, Van Kampen Advisors Inc.; Director, Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel, Van Kampen Investor Services Inc.; Director, Invesco Distributors, Inc. (formerly known as Invesco AIM Distributors, Inc.); Director, Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary, Invesco AIM Advisers, Inc. and Van Kampen Investments Inc.; Director, Vice President and Secretary, Fund Management Company; Director, Senior Vice President, Secretary, General Counsel and Vice President, Invesco AIM Capital Management, Inc.; Chief Operating Officer and General Counsel, Liberty Ridge Capital, Inc. (an investment adviser); Vice President and Secretary, PBHG Funds (an investment company) and PBHG Insurance Series Fund (an investment company); Chief Operating Officer, General Counsel and Secretary, Old Mutual Investment Partners (a broker-dealer); General Counsel and Secretary, Old Mutual Fund Services (an administrator) and Old Mutual Shareholder Services (a shareholder servicing center); Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary, Old Mutual Capital, Inc. (an investment adviser); and Vice President and Secretary, Old Mutual Advisors Funds (an investment company)

  N/A   N/A

Gregory G. McGreevey — 1962

Senior Vice President

  2012  

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

 

Formerly: Assistant Vice President, The Invesco Funds

  N/A   N/A

Kelli Gallegos — 1970

Vice President, Principal Financial Officer and Assistant Treasurer

  2008  

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

 

Formerly: Assistant Vice President, The Invesco Funds

  N/A   N/A

 

T-3                         Invesco Allocation Funds


Trustees and Officers—(continued)

 

Name, Year of Birth and

Position(s) Held with the Trust

  Trustee and/
or Officer Since
 

Principal Occupation(s)

During Past 5 Years

  Number of
Funds in Fund
Complex
Overseen by
Trustee
 

Other Directorship(s)
Held by Trustee During

Past 5 Years

Other Officers—(continued)                

Tracy Sullivan — 1962

Vice President, Chief Tax Officer and Assistant Treasurer

  2008  

Vice President, Chief Tax Officer and Assistant Treasurer, The Invesco Funds; Assistant Treasurer, Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC, PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust II, PowerShares India Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, PowerShares Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Fund Trust,PowerShares Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Commodity Fund Trust and PowerShares Exchange-Traded Self-Indexed Fund Trust

 

Formerly: Assistant Vice President, The Invesco Funds

  N/A   N/A

Crissie M. Wisdom — 1969

Anti-Money Laundering Compliance Officer

  2013  

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

 

Formerly: Anti-Money Laundering Compliance Officer, Van Kampen Exchange Corp.

  N/A   N/A

Robert R. Leveille — 1969

Chief Compliance Officer

  2016  

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

 

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

  N/A   N/A

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

 

Office of the Fund

11 Greenway Plaza, Suite 1000

Houston, TX 77046-1173

 

Investment Adviser

Invesco Advisers, Inc.

1555 Peachtree Street, N.E.

Atlanta, GA 30309

 

Distributor

Invesco Distributors, Inc.

11 Greenway Plaza, Suite 1000

Houston, TX 77046-1173

 

Auditors

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

1000 Louisiana Street, Suite 5800

Houston, TX 77002-5678

     

Counsel to the Fund

Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young, LLP

2005 Market Street, Suite 2600

Philadelphia, PA 19103-7018

 

Counsel to the Independent Trustees

Goodwin Procter LLP

901 New York Avenue, N.W.

Washington, D.C. 20001

 

Transfer Agent

Invesco Investment Services, Inc.

11 Greenway Plaza, Suite 1000

Houston, TX 77046-1173

 

Custodian

State Street Bank and Trust Company

225 Franklin Street

Boston, MA 02110-2801

 

T-4                         Invesco Allocation Funds


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Send general correspondence to Invesco Investment Services, Inc., P.O. Box 219078, Kansas City, MO 64121-9078.

 

 

Important notice regarding delivery of security holder documents

To reduce Fund expenses, only one copy of most shareholder documents may be mailed to shareholders with multiple accounts at the same address (Householding). Mailing of your shareholder documents may be householded indefinitely unless you instruct us otherwise. If you do not want the mailing of these documents to be combined with those for other members of your household, please contact Invesco Investment Services, Inc. at 800 959 4246 or contact your financial institution. We will begin sending you individual copies for each account within 30 days after receiving your request.

 

 

Fund holdings and proxy voting information

The Fund provides a complete list of its holdings four times in each fiscal year, at the quarter ends. For the second and fourth quarters, the lists appear in the Fund’s semiannual and annual reports to shareholders. For the first and third quarters, the Fund files the lists with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Form N-Q. The most recent list of portfolio holdings is available at invesco.com/completeqtrholdings. Shareholders can also look up the Fund’s Forms N-Q on the SEC website at sec.gov. Copies of the Fund’s Forms N-Q may be reviewed and copied at the SEC Public Reference Room in Washington, D.C. You can obtain information on the operation of the Public Reference Room, including information about duplicating fee charges, by calling 202 551 8090 or 800 732 0330, or by electronic request at the following email address: publicinfo@sec.gov. The SEC file numbers for the Fund are shown below.

A description of the policies and procedures that the Fund uses to determine how to vote proxies relating to portfolio securities is available without charge, upon request, from our Client Services department at 800 959 4246 or at invesco.com/proxyguidelines. The information is also available on the SEC website, sec.gov.

Information regarding how the Fund voted proxies related to its portfolio securities during the most recent 12-month period ended June 30 is available at invesco.com/proxysearch. The information is also available on the SEC website, sec.gov.

Invesco Advisers, Inc. is an investment adviser; it provides investment advisory services to individual and institutional clients and does not sell securities. Invesco Distributors, Inc. is the US distributor for Invesco Ltd.’s retail mutual funds, exchange-traded funds and institutional money market funds. Both are wholly owned, indirect subsidiaries of Invesco Ltd.

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SEC file numbers: 811-02699 and 002-57526                        Invesco Distributors, Inc.                                                                           AAS-AR-1                        02212018    1002


 

 

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Annual Report to Shareholders

 

 

 

December 31, 2017

 

 

 

Invesco Convertible Securities Fund

 

  Nasdaq:  
  A: CNSAX    B: CNSBX    C: CNSCX    Y: CNSDX    R5: CNSIX    R6: CNSFX

 

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Letters to Shareholders

 

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        Philip Taylor

 

Dear Shareholders:

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

Major stock market indexes rose – and set record highs – throughout the reporting period. Generally positive economic data, strong corporate earnings and anticipated tax and regulatory reform contributed to the rally. The US economy expanded during the reporting period, with gross domestic product, the value of all goods and services produced, significantly increasing its growth rate from the first to the third quarter of the year. Tax reform legislation, enacted in December 2017, was a positive for the stock market, but its long-term economic impact was uncertain. Citing positive economic trends – specifically, realized and expected labor market conditions and inflation – the US Federal Reserve raised

interest rates in March, June and December 2017. While US and global bond markets, as well as emerging market equities, sold off early in the reporting period, they recovered much of their losses during the reporting period. Overseas, economic data were mixed, prompting the European Central Bank and central banks in China and Japan, among other countries, to maintain extraordinarily accommodative monetary policies.

Short-term market volatility can prompt some investors to abandon their investment plans — and can cause others to settle for whatever returns the market has to offer. The investment professionals at Invesco, in contrast, invest with high conviction. This means that, no matter the asset class or the strategy, each investment team has a passion to exceed. We want to help investors achieve better outcomes, such as seeking higher returns, helping mitigate risk and generating income. Of course, investing with high conviction can’t guarantee a profit or ensure success; no investment strategy can. To learn more about how we invest with high conviction, visit invesco.com/HighConviction.

You, too, can invest with high conviction by maintaining a long-term investment perspective and by working with your financial adviser on a regular basis. During periods of short-term market volatility or uncertainty, your financial adviser can keep you focused on your long-term investment goals – a new home, a child’s college education or a secure retirement. He or she also can share research about the economy, the markets and individual investment options.

Visit our website for more information on your investments

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

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

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

Have questions?

For questions about your account, contact an Invesco client services representative at 800 959 4246. For Invesco-related questions or comments, please email me directly at phil@invesco.com.

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

Sincerely,

 

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Philip Taylor

Senior Managing Director, Invesco Ltd.

 

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    Bruce Crockett

  

Dear Fellow Shareholders:

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

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

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

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

  Assessing each portfolio management team’s investment performance within the context of the investment strategy described in the fund’s prospectus.
  Monitoring for potential conflicts of interests that may impact the nature of the services that your funds receive.

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

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

As always, please contact me at bruce@brucecrockett.com with any questions or concerns you may have. On behalf of the Board, we look forward to continuing to represent your interests and serving your needs.

Sincerely,

 

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Bruce L. Crockett

Independent Chair

Invesco Funds Board of Trustees

 

3   Invesco Convertible Securities Fund


 

Management’s Discussion of Fund Performance

 

Performance summary

For the year ended December 31, 2017, Invesco Convertible Securities Fund (the Fund), at net asset value (NAV), underperformed the ICE BofAML US Convertible Index, the Fund’s broad market/style-specific index.

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

 

 

 

 

 

Fund vs. Indexes

 

Total returns, 12/31/16 to 12/31/17, at net asset value (NAV). Performance shown does not include applicable contingent deferred sales charges (CDSC) or front-end sales charges, which would have reduced performance.

 

 

Class A Shares

    10.42

 

Class B Shares

    9.60  

 

Class C Shares

    9.57  

 

Class Y Shares

    10.68  

 

Class R5 Shares

    10.73  

 

Class R6 Shares

    10.82  

 

ICE BofAML US Convertible Indexq(Broad Market/Style-Specific Index)

    13.70  

 

Lipper Convertible Securities Funds Index (Peer Group Index)

    12.12  

 

Source(s): qFactSet Research Systems Inc.; Lipper Inc.

 

 

 

 

Market conditions and your Fund

Despite highly destructive hurricanes that threatened to derail a years-long economic recovery, the US economy continued to expand throughout the year ended December 31, 2017. Gross domestic product – the value of all goods and services produced in the US – expanded in the first three quarters of 2017. Inflation remained subdued even as unemployment continued its multiyear decline.

Given signs of an improving economy, the US Federal Reserve (the Fed) raised interest rates three times during the reporting period, most recently in December 2017; each rate hike was 25 basis points.1 (A basis point is 0.01%.) The Fed pledged that “realized and expected economic conditions relative to its objectives of maximum employment and 2 percent inflation” will guide its future actions. At the close of the reporting period, Fed policy remained accommodative, and the fed funds target rate stood at a range of 1.25% to 1.50% – 75 basis points higher     than at the start of the reporting period.1

Higher inventories and a worsening outlook caused oil prices and many energy stocks to decline during the first half of 2017. However, oil prices rose significantly in the second half of the reporting period as expectations for lower supplies increased, partly due to continued OPEC production cuts, and demand began normalizing.

Major US stock market indexes repeatedly hit all-time highs throughout the reporting period. The stock market rally that began after the 2016 presidential election continued throughout the reporting period, fueled by generally positive economic data, strong corporate earnings and improved consumer confidence. Finally, after much debate in Congress, a tax reform bill was signed into law in December 2017. While its enactment further strengthened stocks, its effect on the US economy remained uncertain.

Convertible securities (as represented by the ICE BofAML US Convertibles Index) rallied along with the equity

 

markets during the year, and finished with strong gains, returning 13.70%. Convertible performance was driven by strong returns from equity sensitive convertibles, the information technology (IT) sector, as well as among large-cap issuers. Within the index, the industrials and IT sectors had the highest returns, while telecommunication services and energy posted losses for the period.

Given strong returns from the IT sector during the reporting period, it was the largest detractor from the Fund’s performance relative to the broad market/style-specific benchmark for the year. The Fund’s underperformance in the sector relative to the benchmark was due to our risk management process, which seeks to minimize concentration risk by underweighting certain issues relative to the index. Highly equity-sensitive issuers, such as Intel and Microchip Technology, made up a large percentage of the index and as a result the Fund’s underweight allocations in these issues detracted from relative returns. We also maintained a strong sell discipline, taking profits and selling when issues reached their price targets. Additionally, we chose to sell or trim a number of IT holdings as these higher-priced issues carry more equity sensitivity, which, in our opinion, results in a heightened risk profile.

However, within IT, the Fund’s position in the Mandatory Exchangeable Trust (China) of Chinese e-commerce conglomerate Alibaba was a key individual contributor to the Fund’s relative returns, as the issue is not held in the benchmark. Similarly, the Fund’s overweight exposure to Square, headquartered in San Francisco, was a key individual contributor to the Fund’s relative return as the company reported strong earnings during the year, and the company raised its outlook for the year.

 
  Portfolio Composition      
  By sector    % of total net assets 

  Information Technology

     36.3

  Health Care

     18.3  

  Industrials

     10.5  

  Consumer Discretionary

     10.3  

  Financials

     9.4  

  Real Estate

     4.4  

  Energy

     3.2  

  Utilities

     2.6  

  Materials

     0.7  

  Consumer Staples

     0.2  

  Money Market Funds

  Plus Other Assets Less Liabilities

     4.1  
 Top Five Debt Issuers*
% of total net assets

 1. Salesforce.com, Inc.

    2.6 %  

 2. Micron Technology, Inc.

    2.0  

 3. Live Nation Entertainment, Inc.

    1.8  

 4. Tesla, Inc.

    1.6  

 5. Wright Medical Group, Inc.

    1.6  

  Total Net Assets

   $ 1.4 billion  

  Total Number of Holdings*

 

    

 

130

 

 

 

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

*Excluding money market fund holdings.

Data presented here are as of December 31, 2017.

 

 

 

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Overweight exposure to and security selection in the health care sector was another key detractor from relative Fund performance. Much of the Fund’s underperformance in the sector was due to overweight allocations in Teva and Wright Medical. During the reporting period, Teva reported weaker-than-expected earnings and lowered its outlook for the year due to pricing pressure and increased competition within the generic pharmaceutical industry. We sold our position in Teva during the reporting period. Wright Medical underperformed due to weaker earnings in the first half of the year.

Security selection in the financials sector was the largest contributor to the Fund’s relative return, due in large part to Lending Tree and Bank of America. During the reporting period, Lending Tree reported higher revenues from both its mortgage business and non-mortgage segment, which includes personal loans and credit cards. Bank of America benefited from the Federal Reserve’s (the Fed’s) better-than-expected report of its Comprehensive Capital Analysis and Review, which gave a positive view of the financial strength of US banks. Banks also benefited from the Fed’s series of interest rate increases in 2017.

Underweight exposure to and security selection in the real estate sector also contributed to relative Fund performance. Within the sector, American Tower and Crown Castle were strong individual contributors.

During the year, we increased our exposure to the consumer discretionary and industrials sectors and decreased our exposure to the energy and telecommunication services sectors. At year end, the Fund’s largest absolute sector exposures remained in the IT and health care sectors. The Fund’s largest overweight positions relative to the benchmark were in the industrials and consumer discretionary sectors, while the largest underweight positions were in the financials and energy sectors.

Financial markets finished 2017 with very strong gains, and many indexes reached record highs. However, we expect that market volatility may return in 2018 given the potential for slowing economic growth, higher interest rates and gridlock in Washington leading up to the mid-term elections. Given this market uncertainty, we sought to avoid issue-specific underperformers, and we continued to focus on companies with healthy balance sheets and reasonable valuations that may benefit in the current economic environment.

Thank you for your continued investment in Invesco Convertible Securities Fund, and for sharing our commitment to a long-term investment horizon.

 

1 Source: US Federal Reserve

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

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

 

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Ellen Gold

Portfolio Manager, is lead manager of Invesco Convertible Securities Fund. She joined Invesco in 2010. Ms. Gold

earned a BBA from George Washington University and an MBA from New York University.

 

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Ramez Nashed

Portfolio Manager, is manager of Invesco Convertible Securities Fund. He joined Invesco in 2010. Mr. Nashed earned

a BA in finance from New Jersey City University and an MBA from Seton Hall University.
 

 

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Your Fund’s Long-Term Performance

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

Fund and index data from 12/31/07

 

 

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1  Source: FactSet Research Systems Inc.

2  Source: Lipper Inc.

 

Past performance cannot guarantee comparable future results.

The data shown in the chart include reinvested distributions, applicable sales charges and Fund expenses including management fees. Results for Class B shares are calculated as if a hypothetical shareholder had liquidated his entire investment in the Fund at the close of the reporting period and paid the contingent deferred sales charges, if applicable.

Index results include reinvested dividends, but they do not reflect sales charges. Performance of the peer group, if applicable, reflects fund expenses and management fees; performance of a market index does not. Performance shown in the chart and table(s) does not reflect deduction of taxes a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or sale of Fund shares.

 

 

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 Average Annual Total Returns

 

 As of 12/31/17, including maximum applicable

 sales charges

 

 

 Class A Shares

        

 Inception (7/28/97)

     6.28%  

 10 Years

     5.84     

   5 Years

     6.19     

   1 Year

     4.36     

 Class B Shares

        

 Inception (10/31/85)

     7.54%  

 10 Years

     5.80     

   5 Years

     6.29     

   1 Year

     4.61     

 Class C Shares

        

 Inception (7/28/97)

     5.80%  

 10 Years

     5.68     

   5 Years

     6.64     

   1 Year

     8.57     

 Class Y Shares

        

 Inception (7/28/97)

     6.83%  

 10 Years

     6.70     

   5 Years

     7.66     

   1 Year

     10.68     

 Class R5 Shares

        

 10 Years

     6.66%  

   5 Years

     7.72     

   1 Year

     10.73     

 Class R6 Shares

        

 10 Years

     6.64%  

   5 Years

     7.80     

   1 Year

     10.82     

Effective June 1, 2010, Class A, Class B, Class C and Class I shares of the predecessor fund, Morgan Stanley Convertible Securities Trust, advised by Morgan Stanley Investment Advisors Inc. were reorganized into Class A, Class B, Class C and Class Y shares, respectively, of Invesco Convertible Securities Fund. Returns shown above, prior to June 1, 2010, for Class A, Class B, Class C and Class Y shares are blended returns of the predecessor fund and Invesco Convertible Securities Fund. Share class returns will differ from the predecessor fund because of different expenses.

Class R5 shares incepted on May 23, 2011. Performance shown prior to that date is that of the Fund’s and the predecessor fund’s Class A shares and includes the 12b-1 fees applicable to Class A shares.

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

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

The net annual Fund operating expense ratio set forth in the most recent Fund prospectus as of the date of this report for Class A, Class B, Class C, Class Y, Class R5 and Class R6 shares was 0.89%, 1.65%, 1.62%, 0.65%, 0.63% and 0.53%, respectively.1 The total annual Fund operating expense ratio set forth in the most recent Fund prospectus as of the date of this report for Class A, Class B, Class C, Class Y, Class R5 and Class R6 shares was 0.90%, 1.66%, 1.63%, 0.66%, 0.64% and 0.54%, respectively. The expense ratios presented above may vary from the expense ratios presented in other sections of this report that are based on expenses incurred during the period covered by this report.

Class A share performance reflects the maximum 5.50% sales charge, and Class B and Class C share performance reflects the applicable contingent deferred sales charge (CDSC) for the period involved. The CDSC on Class B shares declines from 5% beginning at the time of purchase to 0% at the beginning of the seventh year. The CDSC on Class C shares is 1% for the first year after purchase. Class Y, Class R5 and Class R6 shares do not have a front-end sales charge or a CDSC; therefore, performance is at net asset value.

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

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

 

1 Total annual Fund operating expenses after any contractual fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements by the adviser in effect through at least June 30, 2019. See current prospectus for more information.
 

 

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Invesco Convertible Securities Fund’s investment objective is total return through growth of capital and current income.

 Unless otherwise stated, information presented in this report is as of December 31, 2017, and is based on total net assets.
 Unless otherwise noted, all data provided by Invesco.
 To access your Fund’s reports/prospectus, visit invesco.com/fundreports.

 

 

About share classes

 Effective January 26, 2018, after the close of the reporting period, all outstanding Class B shares were converted to Class A shares, in advance of their normally scheduled conversion. No CDSC was paid in connection with this early conversion.

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

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

 

Principal risks of investing in the Fund

 Changing fixed income market conditions risk. The current low interest rate environment was created in part by the Federal Reserve Board (FRB) and certain foreign central banks keeping the federal funds and equivalent foreign rates near, at or below zero. Increases in the federal funds and equivalent foreign rates may expose fixed income markets to heightened volatility and reduced liquidity for certain fixed income investments, particularly those with longer maturities. In addition, decreases in fixed income dealer market-making capacity may also potentially lead to heightened volatility and reduced liquidity in the fixed income markets. As a result, the value of the Fund’s investments and share price may decline. Changes in central bank policies could also result in higher than normal shareholder redemptions, which could potentially increase portfolio turnover and the Fund’s transaction costs.

 Convertible securities risk. The market values of convertible securities are af-

  

    fected by market interest rates, the risk of actual issuer default on interest or principal payments and the value of the underlying common stock into which the convertible security may be converted. Additionally, a convertible security is subject to the same types of market and issuer risks as apply to the underlying common stock. In addition, certain convertible securities are subject to involuntary conversions and may undergo principal write-downs upon the occurrence of certain triggering events, and, as a result, are subject to an increased risk of loss. Convertible securities may be rated below investment grade.

 Debt securities risk. The prices of debt securities held by the Fund will be affected by changes in interest rates, the creditworthiness of the issuer and other factors. An increase in prevailing interest rates typically causes the value of existing debt securities to fall and often has a greater impact on longer-duration debt securities and higher quality debt securities. Falling interest rates will cause the Fund to reinvest the proceeds of debt securities that have been repaid by the issuer at lower interest rates. Falling interest rates may also reduce the Fund’s distributable income because interest payments on floating rate debt instruments held by the Fund will decline. The Fund could lose money on investments in debt securities if the issuer or borrower fails to meet its obligations to make interest payments and/or to repay principal in a timely manner. Changes in an issuer’s financial strength, the market’s perception of such strength or in the credit rating of the issuer or the security may affect the value of debt securities. The Adviser’s credit analysis may fail to anticipate such changes, which could result in buying a debt security at an inopportune time or failing to sell a debt security in advance of a price decline or other credit event.

  

 Depositary receipts risk. Investing in depositary receipts involves the same risks as direct investments in foreign securities. In addition, the underlying issuers of certain depositary receipts are under no obligation to distribute shareholder communications or pass through any voting rights with respect to the deposited securities to the holders of such receipts. The Fund may therefore receive less timely information or have less control than if it invested directly in the foreign issuer.

 Derivatives risk. The value of a derivative instrument depends largely on (and is derived from) the value of an underlying security, currency, commodity, interest rate, index or other asset (each referred to as an underlying asset). In addition to risks relating to the underlying assets, the use of derivatives may include other, possibly greater, risks, including counterparty, leverage and liquidity risks. Counterparty risk is the risk that the counterparty to the derivative contract will default on its obligation to pay the Fund the amount owed or otherwise perform under the derivative contract. Derivatives create leverage risk because they do not require payment up front equal to the economic exposure created by owning the derivative. As a result, an adverse change in the value of the underlying asset could result in the Fund sustaining a loss that is substantially greater than the amount invested in the derivative, which may make the Fund’s returns more volatile and increase the risk of loss. Derivative instruments may also be less liquid than more traditional investments and the Fund may be unable to sell or close out its derivative positions at a desirable time or price. This risk may be more acute under adverse market conditions, during which the Fund may be most in need of liquidating its derivative positions. Derivatives may also be harder to value, less tax efficient and subject to changing government regulation that could impact the Fund’s ability to use certain derivatives or their cost. Also, derivatives used for hedging or to gain or limit exposure to a particular market segment may not provide the expected benefits, particularly during adverse market conditions.

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

 

  
         
NOT FDIC INSURED    |    MAY LOSE VALUE    |    NO BANK GUARANTEE   

 

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 Emerging markets securities risk. Emerging markets (also referred to as developing markets) are generally subject to greater market volatility, political, social and economic instability, uncertain trading markets and more governmental limitations on foreign investment than more developed markets. In addition, companies operating in emerging markets may be subject to lower trading volume and greater price fluctuations than companies in more developed markets. Securities law and the enforcement of systems of taxation in many emerging market countries may change quickly and unpredictably. In addition, investments in emerging markets securities may also be subject to additional transaction costs, delays in settlement procedures, and lack of timely information.

 Foreign securities risk. The Fund’s foreign investments may be adversely affected by political and social instability, changes in economic or taxation policies, difficulty in enforcing obligations, decreased liquidity or increased volatility. Foreign investments also involve the risk of the possible seizure, nationalization or expropriation of the issuer or foreign deposits (in which the Fund could lose its entire investments in a certain market) and the possible adoption of foreign governmental restrictions such as exchange controls. Unless the Fund has hedged its foreign securities risk, foreign securities risk also involves the risk of negative foreign currency rate fluctuations, which may cause the value of securities denominated in such foreign currency (or other instruments through which the Fund has exposure to foreign currencies) to decline in value. Currency exchange rates may fluctuate significantly over short periods of time. Currency hedging strategies, if used, are not always successful.

 High yield debt securities (junk bond) risk. Investments in high yield debt securities (“junk bonds”) and other lower-rated securities will subject the Fund to substantial risk of loss. These securities are considered to be speculative with respect to the issuer’s ability to pay interest and principal when due, are more susceptible to default or decline in market value and are less liquid than

  

    investment grade debt securities. Prices of high yield debt securities tend to be very volatile.

 Liquidity risk. The Fund may be unable to sell illiquid investments at the time or price it desires and, as a result, could lose its entire investment in such investments. Liquid securities can become illiquid during periods of market stress. If a significant amount of the Fund’s securities become illiquid, the Fund may not be able to timely pay redemption proceeds and may need to sell securities at significantly reduced prices.

 Management risk. The Fund is actively managed and depends heavily on the Adviser’s judgment about markets, interest rates or the attractiveness, relative values, liquidity, or potential appreciation of particular investments made for the Fund’s portfolio. The Fund could experience losses if these judgments prove to be incorrect. Additionally, legislative, regulatory, or tax developments may adversely affect management of the Fund and, therefore, the ability of the Fund to achieve its investment objective.

 Market risk. The market values of the Fund’s investments, and therefore the value of the Fund’s shares, will go up and down, sometimes rapidly or unpredictably. Market risk may affect a single issuer, industry or section of the economy, or it may affect the market as a whole. Individual stock prices tend to go up and down more dramatically than those of certain other types of investments, such as bonds. During a general downturn in the financial markets, multiple asset classes may decline in value. When markets perform well, there can be no assurance that specific investments held by the Fund will rise in value.

 Preferred securities risk. Preferred securities are subject to issuer-specific and market risks applicable generally to equity securities. Preferred securities also may be subordinated to bonds or other debt instruments, subjecting them to a greater risk of non-payment, may be less liquid than many other securities, such as common stocks, and generally offer no voting rights with respect to the issuer.

 Sector focus risk. The Fund may from time to time invest a significant amount of its assets (i.e. over 25%) in one mar-

  

    ket sector or group of related industries. In this event, the Fund’s performance will depend to a greater extent on the overall condition of the sector or group of industries and there is increased risk that the Fund will lose significant value if conditions adversely affect that sector or group of industries.

 

About indexes used in this report

 The ICE BofAML US Convertible Index tracks the performance of US-dollar-denominated convertible securities that are not currently in bankruptcy and have total market values of more than $50 million at issuance.

 The Lipper Convertible Securities Funds Index is an unmanaged index considered representative of convertible securities funds tracked by Lipper.

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

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

 

Other information

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

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

 

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Schedule of Investments(a)

December 31, 2017

 

     Principal
Amount
     Value  

Bonds & Notes–78.97%

 

Aerospace & Defense–1.47%  

Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings, Inc., Sr. Unsec. Conv. Bonds, 2.25%, 12/15/2023

  $ 12,000,000      $ 16,592,555  

RTI International Metals Inc., Sr. Unsec. Gtd. Conv. Notes, 1.63%, 10/15/2019

    3,245,000        3,719,581  
               20,312,136  
Air Freight & Logistics–2.06%  

Air Transport Services Group, Inc., Sr. Unsec. Conv. Notes, 1.13%, 10/15/2024(b)

    11,000,000        11,385,000  

Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings, Inc., Sr. Unsec. Conv. Bonds, 2.25%, 06/01/2022

    8,500,000        9,790,937  

Echo Global Logistics, Inc., Sr. Unsec. Conv. Notes, 2.50%, 05/01/2020

    7,000,000        7,262,500  
               28,438,437  
Application Software–8.17%  

Citrix Systems, Inc., Sr. Unsec. Conv. Bonds, 0.50%, 04/15/2019

    11,000,000        14,251,875  

HubSpot, Inc., Sr. Unsec. Conv. Notes, 0.25%, 06/01/2022(b)

    10,500,000        12,107,813  

NICE Systems Inc. (Israel), Sr. Unsec. Gtd. Conv. Notes,
1.25%, 01/15/2024(b)

    9,000,000        11,131,875  

Nuance Communications, Inc., Sr. Unsec. Conv. Bonds, 1.00%, 12/15/2022(c)

    7,129,000        6,839,384  

PROS Holdings, Inc., Sr. Unsec. Conv. Notes, 2.00%, 06/01/2022(b)(c)

    2,000,000        1,820,000  

RealPage, Inc., Sr. Unsec. Conv. Notes, 1.50%, 11/15/2022(b)

    10,212,000        12,688,410  

salesforce.com, inc., Sr. Unsec. Conv. Notes, 0.25%, 04/01/2018

    23,330,000        35,782,387  

Verint Systems Inc., Sr. Unsec. Conv. Notes, 1.50%, 06/01/2021

    7,000,000        6,833,750  

Workday, Inc., Sr. Unsec. Conv. Notes, 0.25%, 10/01/2022(b)

    11,500,000        11,399,375  
               112,854,869  
Asset Management & Custody Banks–0.37%  

Ares Capital Corp., Sr. Unsec. Conv. Notes, 3.75%, 02/01/2022(b)

    5,000,000        5,153,125  
Automobile Manufacturers–1.63%  

Tesla, Inc., Sr. Unsec. Conv. Notes,
1.25%, 03/01/2021

    10,000,000        10,837,500  

2.38%, 03/15/2022

    10,000,000        11,656,250  
               22,493,750  
Biotechnology–4.05%  

Aegerion Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Sr. Unsec. Conv. Bonds, 2.00%, 08/15/2019

    4,500,000        3,622,500  
     Principal
Amount
     Value  
Biotechnology–(continued)  

BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc., Sr. Unsec. Sub. Conv. Notes, 0.75%, 10/15/2018

  $ 8,517,000      $ 9,256,914  

1.50%, 10/15/2020

    4,497,000        5,348,619  

Clovis Oncology, Inc., Sr. Unsec. Conv. Notes, 2.50%, 09/15/2021

    2,000,000        2,701,250  

Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Sr. Unsec. Conv. Bonds, 1.00%, 11/15/2021

    11,500,000        12,168,438  

Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc., Sr. Unsec. Conv. Notes, 2.25%, 05/15/2024(b)

    12,000,000        15,352,500  

Sarepta Therapeutics, Inc., Sr. Unsec. Conv. Notes, 1.50%, 11/15/2024(b)

    7,000,000        7,498,750  
               55,948,971  
Broadcasting–2.37%  

Liberty Interactive LLC, Sr. Unsec. Conv. Deb., 1.75%, 10/05/2023(b)(c)

    15,000,000        17,390,625  

Liberty Media Corp., Sr. Unsec. Conv. Deb., 2.25%, 10/05/2021(c)

    9,400,000        9,834,750  

Liberty Formua One, Sr. Unsec. Conv. Notes, 1.00%, 01/30/2023(b)

    4,900,000        5,494,125  
               32,719,500  
Cable & Satellite–1.13%  

DISH Network Corp., Sr. Unsec. Conv. Bonds, 3.38%, 08/15/2026

    14,300,000        15,595,938  
Casinos & Gaming–0.14%  

Caesars Entertainment Corp., Sr. Unsec. Conv. Global Notes, 5.00%, 10/01/2024

    1,000,000        1,939,375  
Communications Equipment–1.84%  

Ciena Corp., Sr. Unsec. Conv. Global Notes, 3.75%, 10/15/2018

    2,000,000        2,330,000  

Finisar Corp., Sr. Unsec. Conv. Bonds, 0.50%, 12/15/2021(c)

    6,000,000        5,595,000  

Lumentum Holdings Inc., Sr. Unsec. Conv. Notes, 0.25%, 03/15/2024(b)

    5,000,000        5,568,750  

Viavi Solutions Inc., Sr. Unsec. Conv. Notes, 1.00%, 03/01/2024(b)

    12,000,000        11,887,500  
               25,381,250  
Construction & Engineering–1.82%  

Dycom Industries, Inc., Sr. Unsec. Conv. Bonds, 0.75%, 09/15/2021

    12,000,000        15,705,000  

Tutor Perini Corp., Sr. Unsec. Conv. Bonds, 2.88%, 06/15/2021

    8,500,000        9,413,750  
               25,118,750  
Construction Machinery & Heavy Trucks–2.03%  

Greenbrier Cos., Inc. (The), Sr. Unsec. Conv. Notes, 2.88%, 02/01/2024(b)

    13,000,000        15,551,250  
 

 

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

 

10                         Invesco Convertible Securities Fund


     Principal
Amount
     Value  
Construction Machinery & Heavy Trucks–(continued)  

Meritor Inc., Sr. Unsec. Conv. Gtd. Notes, 3.25%, 10/15/2025(b)(c)

  $ 12,000,000      $ 12,517,500  
               28,068,750  
Construction Materials–0.38%  

CEMEX, S.A.B. de C.V. (Mexico), Unsec. Sub. Conv. Bonds, 3.72%, 03/15/2020

    5,000,000        5,225,000  
Consumer Finance–0.86%     

PRA Group, Inc.,

    

Sr. Unsec. Conv. Bonds, 3.00%, 08/01/2020

    2,000,000        1,920,000  

Sr. Unsec. Conv. Notes,

3.50%, 06/01/2023(b)

    10,000,000        10,031,250  
               11,951,250  
Data Processing & Outsourced Services–2.54%  

Blackhawk Network Holdings, Inc., Sr. Unsec. Conv. Bonds, 1.50%, 01/15/2022

    13,000,000        13,268,125  

Euronet Worldwide, Inc., Sr. Unsec. Conv. Bonds, 1.50%, 10/01/2020(c)

    4,400,000        5,434,000  

Square, Inc., Sr. Unsec. Conv. Notes, 0.38%, 03/01/2022(b)

    10,000,000        16,356,250  
               35,058,375  
Diversified REIT’s–0.62%  

Colony NorthStar, Inc., Sr. Unsec. Conv. Notes, 3.88%, 01/15/2021

    8,567,000        8,556,291  
Electric Utilities–1.15%  

NextEra Energy, Inc., Conv. Investment Units, 6.12%, 09/01/2019

    279,000        15,872,310  
Electronic Components–0.44%  

II-VI Inc., Sr. Unsec. Conv. Notes, 0.25%, 09/01/2022(b)

    5,000,000        6,037,500  
Health Care Equipment–5.75%  

DexCom, Inc., Sr. Unsec. Conv. Notes, 0.75%, 05/15/2022(b)

    9,333,000        8,813,852  

Insulet Corp.,

    

Sr. Unsec. Conv. Bonds, 1.25%, 09/15/2021

    10,500,000        13,741,875  

Sr. Unsec. Conv. Notes, 1.38%, 11/15/2024(b)

    4,000,000        4,062,500  

Nevro Corp., Sr. Unsec. Conv. Notes, 1.75%, 06/01/2021

    5,500,000        5,771,563  

NuVasive, Inc., Sr. Unsec. Conv. Bonds, 2.25%, 03/15/2021

    13,000,000        15,307,500  

Wright Medical Group N.V., Sr. Unsec. Conv. Bonds, 2.25%, 11/15/2021

    8,000,000        9,780,000  

Wright Medical Group, Inc., Sr. Unsec. Gtd. Conv. Bonds, 2.00%, 02/15/2020

    21,300,000        21,952,312  
               79,429,602  
     Principal
Amount
     Value  
Health Care Technology–1.51%  

Allscripts Healthcare Solutions, Inc., Sr. Unsec. Conv. Bonds, 1.25%, 07/01/2020

  $ 9,000,000      $ 9,658,125  

Medidata Solutions, Inc., Sr. Unsec. Conv. Notes, 1.00%, 08/01/2018

    4,837,000        5,610,920  

Teladoc, Inc., Sr. Unsec. Conv. Notes, 3.00%, 12/15/2022(b)

    5,000,000        5,646,875  
               20,915,920  
Infrastructure–0.90%  

Macquarie Infrastructure Corp., Sr. Unsec. Conv. Notes, 2.88%, 07/15/2019

    12,055,000        12,484,459  
Internet & Direct Marketing Retail–3.24%  

Ctrip.com International, Ltd. (China), Sr. Unsec. Conv. Global Bonds, 1.00%, 07/01/2018(c)

    10,000,000        10,562,500  

Liberty Expedia Holdings, Inc., Sr. Unsec. Conv. Deb., 1.00%, 07/05/2022(b)(c)

    6,000,000        6,015,000  

Priceline Group Inc. (The), Sr. Unsec.

    

Conv. Bonds,
0.35%, 06/15/2020

    10,000,000        13,812,500  

0.90%, 09/15/2021

    6,000,000        7,031,250  

Wayfair, Inc., Sr. Unsec. Conv. Notes, 0.38%, 09/01/2022(b)

    7,000,000        7,323,750  
               44,745,000  
Internet Software & Services–5.44%  

Altaba Inc., Sr. Unsec. Conv. Bonds, 0.00%, 12/01/2018(d)

    6,000,000        8,103,750  

Carbonite, Inc., Sr. Unsec. Conv. Notes, 2.50%, 04/01/2022(b)

    5,000,000        6,131,250  

Cornerstone OnDemand, Inc., Sr. Unsec. Conv. Bonds, 1.50%, 07/01/2018

    8,006,000        7,980,981  

IAC FinanceCo, Inc., Sr. Unsec. Gtd. Conv. Bonds, 0.88%, 10/01/2022(b)

    12,000,000        12,705,000  

Twitter, Inc., Sr. Unsec. Conv. Bonds, 1.00%, 09/15/2021

    10,805,000        10,095,922  

Web.com Group Inc., Sr. Unsec. Conv. Notes, 1.00%, 08/15/2018

    6,595,000        6,545,538  

Weibo Corp. (China), Sr. Unsec. Conv. Notes, 1.25%, 11/15/2022(b)

    8,000,000        8,805,000  

Zillow Group, Inc., Sr. Unsec. Conv. Bonds, 2.00%, 12/01/2021

    13,500,000        14,782,500  
               75,149,941  
Life Sciences Tools & Services–0.43%  

Fluidigm Corp., Sr. Unsec. Conv. Notes, 2.75%, 02/06/2021(c)

    7,064,000        5,894,025  
Managed Health Care–0.44%  

Anthem Inc., Conv. Investment Units, 5.25%, 05/01/2018

    109,500        6,132,000  
 

 

11                         Invesco Convertible Securities Fund

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


     Principal
Amount
     Value  
Mortgage REIT’s–0.93%  

Blackstone Mortgage Trust, Inc., Sr. Unsec. Conv. Notes, 5.25%, 12/01/2018

  $ 5,711,000      $ 6,717,564  

Starwood Property Trust, Inc., Sr. Unsec. Conv. Notes, 4.38%, 04/01/2023

    6,000,000        6,127,500  
               12,845,064  
Movies & Entertainment–1.79%  

Live Nation Entertainment, Inc., Sr. Unsec. Conv. Bonds, 2.50%, 05/15/2019

    19,081,000        24,721,821  
Multi-Utilities–1.42%  

Dominion Energy, Inc., Series A, Jr. Unsec. Sub. Conv. Investment Units, 6.75%, 08/15/2019(e)

    120,000        6,230,400  

DTE Energy Co., Series C, Sr. Unsec. Conv. Investment Units, 6.50%, 10/01/2019

    245,000        13,428,450  
               19,658,850  
Oil & Gas Drilling–0.34%  

Ensco Jersey Finance Ltd., Sr. Unsec. Gtd. Conv. Bonds, 3.00%, 01/31/2024

    5,250,000        4,685,625  
Oil & Gas Equipment & Services–0.68%  

Weatherford International Ltd., Sr. Unsec. Gtd. Conv. Notes, 5.88%, 07/01/2021

    8,700,000        9,450,375  
Oil & Gas Exploration & Production–1.52%  

Chesapeake Energy Corp., Sr. Unsec. Gtd. Conv. Notes, 5.50%, 09/15/2026(b)

    3,200,000        2,930,000  

Oasis Petroleum Inc., Sr. Unsec. Gtd. Conv. Notes, 2.63%, 09/15/2023

    8,000,000        8,620,000  

SM Energy Co., Sr. Unsec. Conv. Notes, 1.50%, 07/01/2021

    3,500,000        3,440,937  

Whiting Petroleum Corp., Sr. Unsec. Gtd. Conv. Notes, 1.25%, 04/01/2020

    6,500,000        6,012,500  
               21,003,437  
Oil & Gas Storage & Transportation–0.21%  

Cheniere Energy, Inc., Sr. Unsec. Conv. Notes, 4.25%, 03/15/2045

    4,000,000        2,857,500  
Pharmaceuticals–2.70%  

Dermira, Inc., Sr. Unsec. Conv. Notes, 3.00%, 05/15/2022(b)

    9,000,000        9,950,625  

Horizon Pharma Investment Ltd., Sr. Unsec. Gtd. Conv. Bonds, 2.50%, 03/15/2022(b)

    8,500,000        7,936,875  

Jazz Investments I Ltd., Sr. Unsec. Gtd. Conv. Bonds, 1.88%, 08/15/2021

    10,000,000        10,056,250  

Pacira Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Sr. Unsec. Conv. Notes, 2.38%, 04/01/2022(b)

    9,000,000        9,450,000  
               37,393,750  
Property & Casualty Insurance–0.47%  

AmTrust Financial Services, Inc., Sr. Unsec. Conv. Notes, 2.75%, 12/15/2024(c)

    9,000,000        6,525,000  
     Principal
Amount
     Value  
Semiconductor Equipment–1.04%  

Teradyne Inc., Sr. Unsec. Conv. Bonds, 1.25%, 12/15/2023

  $ 7,000,000      $ 10,005,625  

Veeco Instruments Inc., Sr. Unsec. Conv. Notes, 2.70%, 01/15/2023

    5,000,000        4,365,625  
               14,371,250  
Semiconductors–10.84%  

Cypress Semiconductor Corp.,

 

Sr. Unsec. Conv. Bonds, 4.50%, 01/15/2022

    10,500,000        13,807,500  

Sr. Unsec. Conv. Notes, 2.00%, 02/01/2023(b)

    1,500,000        1,559,063  

Inphi Corp., Sr. Unsec. Conv. Bonds, 0.75%, 09/01/2021

    10,500,000        10,454,063  

Integrated Device Technology, Inc., Sr. Unsec. Conv. Bonds, 0.88%, 11/15/2022

    18,500,000        20,685,312  

Intel Corp., Jr. Unsec. Sub. Conv. Global Deb., 3.25%, 08/01/2039

    5,440,000        12,093,827  

Microchip Technology Inc.,

 

Sr. Unsec. Sub. Conv. Bonds, 1.63%, 02/15/2025

    5,482,000        9,346,810  

Sr. Unsec. Sub. Conv. Notes, 1.63%, 02/15/2027(b)

    9,375,000        11,033,203  

Micron Technology, Inc.,

 

Series F, Sr. Unsec. Conv. Notes, 2.13%, 02/15/2020(c)

    3,000,000        11,270,625  

Series G, Sr. Unsec. Conv. Global Bonds, 3.00%, 11/15/2028(c)

    11,700,000        16,928,437  

NXP Semiconductors N.V. (Netherlands), Sr. Unsec. Conv. Bonds, 1.00%, 12/01/2019

    6,700,000        8,295,438  

ON Semiconductor Corp., Sr. Unsec. Gtd. Conv. Bonds, 1.00%, 12/01/2020

    13,900,000        17,809,375  

Silicon Laboratories Inc., Sr. Unsec. Conv. Notes, 1.38%, 03/01/2022(b)

    8,688,000        10,040,070  

SunPower Corp., Sr. Unsec. Conv. Notes, 0.88%, 06/01/2021

    2,300,000        1,791,125  

Synaptics Inc., Sr. Unsec. Conv. Notes, 0.50%, 06/15/2022(b)

    5,000,000        4,625,000  
               149,739,848  
Specialized REIT’s–0.65%  

Extra Space Storage LP, Sr. Unsec. Gtd. Conv. Notes, 3.13%, 10/01/2020(b)(c)

    8,000,000        8,980,000  
Steel–0.33%  

Allegheny Technologies Inc., Sr. Unsec. Conv. Notes, 4.75%, 07/01/2022

    2,500,000        4,637,500  
Systems Software–3.34%  

FireEye, Inc.,

 

Series A, Sr. Unsec. Conv. Bonds, 1.00%, 06/01/2020(c)

    13,100,000        12,297,625  

Series B, Sr. Unsec. Conv. Bonds, 1.63%, 06/01/2022(c)

    5,900,000        5,420,625  

Proofpoint, Inc., Sr. Unsec. Conv. Bonds, 0.75%, 06/15/2020

    10,875,000        13,661,719  

ServiceNow, Inc., Sr. Unsec. Conv. Notes, 0.00%, 06/01/2022(b)(d)

    12,900,000        14,826,937  
               46,206,906  
 

 

12                         Invesco Convertible Securities Fund

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


     Principal
Amount
     Value  
Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals–0.56%  

Electronics for Imaging, Inc., Sr. Unsec. Conv. Bonds, 0.75%, 09/01/2019

  $ 8,000,000      $ 7,735,000  
Thrifts & Mortgage Finance–1.19%  

LendingTree, Inc., Sr. Unsec. Conv. Notes, 0.63%, 06/01/2022(b)

    9,500,000        16,399,375  
Tobacco–0.18%  

Vector Group Ltd., Sr. Unsec. Conv. Variable Rate Notes, 1.75%, 04/15/2020(f)

    2,185,000        2,527,772  

Total Bonds & Notes
(Cost $981,957,774)

             1,091,215,597  
    Shares         

Preferred Stocks–15.78%

 

Asset Management & Custody Banks–0.92%  

AMG Capital Trust II, $2.58 Conv. Pfd.

    200,200        12,700,188  
Diversified Banks–4.24%  

Bank of America Corp., Series L, $72.50 Conv. Pfd.

    22,300        29,413,700  

Wells Fargo & Co., Class A, Series L, $75.00 Conv. Pfd.

    22,300        29,212,777  
               58,626,477  
Electronic Components–0.67%  

Belden Inc., Series B, $6.75 Conv. Pfd.

    90,000        9,257,400  
Health Care Equipment–1.55%  

Becton, Dickinson and Co., Series A, $3.06 Conv. Pfd.

    370,000        21,423,000  
Industrial Machinery–2.25%  

Rexnord Corp., Series A, $2.88 Conv. Pfd.

    226,600        13,206,248  

Stanley Black & Decker Inc., Series C, Conv. Investment Units, 5.38%, 05/15/2020

    145,000        17,798,750  
               31,004,998  
Internet Software & Services–1.49%  

Mandatory Exchangeable Trust (China), $5.75 Conv. Pfd.(b)

    105,400        20,540,879  
         
Shares
     Value  
Oil & Gas Exploration & Production–0.40%  

WPX Energy Inc., Series A, $3.13 Conv. Pfd.

    90,400      $ 5,591,240  
Other Diversified Financial Services–0.45%  

2017 Mandatory Exchangeable Trust, $5.19 Conv. Pfd.(b)

    60,000        6,207,000  
Pharmaceuticals–0.71%  

Allergan PLC, Series A, $55.00 Conv. Pfd.

    16,800        9,849,000  
Specialized REIT’s–3.10%  

American Tower Corp., Series B, $5.50 Conv. Pfd.

    213,300        26,822,475  

Crown Castle International Corp., Series A, $68.75 Conv. Pfd.

    14,204        16,033,475  
               42,855,950  

Total Preferred Stocks
(Cost $189,957,232)

             218,056,132  

Common Stocks –1.16%

 

Biotechnology–0.38%  

Exelixis, Inc.(g)

    171,065        5,200,376  
Managed Health Care–0.78%  

Molina Healthcare Inc.(g)

    141,395        10,842,181  

Total Common Stocks (Cost $12,327,797)

             16,042,557  

Money Market Funds–3.71%

 

Invesco Government & Agency Portfolio–Institutional
Class, 1.18%(h)

    17,936,706        17,936,706  

Invesco Liquid Assets
Portfolio–Institutional Class, 1.40%(h)

    12,809,704        12,810,984  

Invesco Treasury Portfolio–Institutional Class, 1.17%(h)

    20,499,092        20,499,092  

Total Money Market Funds
(Cost $51,247,382)

             51,246,782  

TOTAL INVESTMENTS IN SECURITIES–99.62%
(Cost $1,235,490,185)

 

     1,376,561,068  

OTHER ASSETS LESS LIABILITIES–0.38%

 

     5,196,763  

NET ASSETS–100.00%

 

   $ 1,381,757,831  
 

Investment Abbreviations:

 

Conv.  

– Convertible

Deb.  

– Debentures

Gtd.  

– Guaranteed

Jr.  

– Junior

Pfd.  

– Preferred

REIT  

– Real Estate Investment Trust

Sr.  

– Senior

Sub.  

– Subordinated

Unsec.  

– Unsecured

 

 

Notes to Schedule of Investments:

 

(a)  Industry and/or sector classifications used in this report are generally according to the Global Industry Classification Standard, which was developed by and is the exclusive property and a service mark of MSCI Inc. and Standard & Poor’s.
(b)  Security purchased or received in a transaction exempt from registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “1933 Act”). The security may be resold pursuant to an exemption from registration under the 1933 Act, typically to qualified institutional buyers. The aggregate value of these securities at December 31, 2017 was $373,353,852, which represented 27.02% of the Fund’s Net Assets.
(c)  Security has an irrevocable call by the issuer or mandatory put by the holder. Maturity date reflects such call or put.
(d)  Zero coupon bond issued at a discount. The interest rate shown represents the yield to maturity at issue.
(e)  Each corporate unit consists of a purchase contract for the issuer’s common stock & 1/40th undivided beneficial ownership interest in the issuer’s Series A, 1.50% subordinated notes due 2020.
(f)  Interest or dividend rate is redetermined periodically. Rate shown is the rate in effect on December 31, 2017.
(g)  Non-income producing security.
(h)  The money market fund and the Fund are affiliated by having the same investment adviser. The rate shown is the 7-day SEC standardized yield as of December 31, 2017.

 

13                         Invesco Convertible Securities Fund

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

 


Statement of Assets and Liabilities

December 31, 2017

 

Assets:

 

Investments in securities, at value (Cost $1,184,242,803)

  $ 1,325,314,286  

Investments in affiliated money market funds, at value (Cost $51,247,382)

    51,246,782  

Receivable for:

 

Fund shares sold

    2,277,261  

Dividends and interest

    5,301,290  

Investment for trustee deferred compensation and retirement plans

    121,657  

Other assets

    34,818  

Total assets

    1,384,296,094  

Liabilities:

 

Payable for:

 

Fund shares reacquired

    1,581,285  

Accrued fees to affiliates

    617,072  

Accrued trustees’ and officers’ fees and benefits

    1,099  

Accrued other operating expenses

    150,611  

Trustee deferred compensation and retirement plans

    188,196  

Total liabilities

    2,538,263  

Net assets applicable to shares outstanding

  $ 1,381,757,831  

Net assets consist of:

 

Shares of beneficial interest

  $ 1,223,117,981  

Undistributed net investment income

    3,009,633  

Undistributed net realized gain

    14,559,334  

Net unrealized appreciation

    141,070,883  
    $ 1,381,757,831  

Net Assets:

 

Class A

  $    653,121,182  

Class B

  $ 798,707  

Class C

  $ 95,218,191  

Class Y

  $ 594,284,137  

Class R5

  $ 1,584,553  

Class R6

  $ 36,751,061  

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

 

Class A

    26,751,118  

Class B

    32,619  

Class C

    3,918,571  

Class Y

    24,314,555  

Class R5

    64,874  

Class R6

    1,504,422  

Class A:

 

Net asset value per share

  $ 24.41  

Maximum offering price per share

 

(Net asset value of $24.41 ¸ 94.50%)

  $ 25.83  

Class B:

 

Net asset value and offering price per share

  $ 24.49  

Class C:

 

Net asset value and offering price per share

  $ 24.30  

Class Y:

 

Net asset value and offering price per share

  $ 24.44  

Class R5:

 

Net asset value and offering price per share

  $ 24.43  

Class R6:

 

Net asset value and offering price per share

  $ 24.43  
 

 

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

 

14                         Invesco Convertible Securities Fund


Statement of Operations

For the year ended December 31, 2017

 

Investment income:

 

Interest

  $ 20,081,366  

Dividends (net of foreign withholding taxes of $95,288)

    12,670,171  

Dividends from affiliated money market funds

    325,864  

Total investment income

    33,077,401  

Expenses:

 

Advisory fees

    6,947,768  

Administrative services fees

    357,556  

Custodian fees

    43,538  

Distribution fees:

 

Class A

    1,699,290  

Class B

    13,611  

Class C

    1,076,285  

Transfer agent fees — A, B, C and Y

    1,920,677  

Transfer agent fees — R5

    2,167  

Transfer agent fees — R6

    4,912  

Trustees’ and officers’ fees and benefits

    41,290  

Registration and filing fees

    122,608  

Reports to shareholders

    306,155  

Professional services fees

    88,482  

Other

    53,831  

Total expenses

    12,678,170  

Less: Fees waived and expense offset arrangement(s)

    (51,724

Net expenses

    12,626,446  

Net investment income

    20,450,955  

Realized and unrealized gain from:

 

Net realized gain from investment securities

    48,328,010  

Change in net unrealized appreciation of investment securities

    75,907,005  

Net realized and unrealized gain

    124,235,015  

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

  $ 144,685,970  

 

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

 

15                         Invesco Convertible Securities Fund


Statement of Changes in Net Assets

For the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016

 

     2017      2016  

Operations:

 

Net investment income

  $ 20,450,955      $ 29,224,581  

Net realized gain

    48,328,010        19,994,818  

Change in net unrealized appreciation

    75,907,005        23,932,534  

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

    144,685,970        73,151,933  

Distributions to shareholders from net investment income:

 

Class A

    (28,718,565      (24,488,116

Class B

    (44,164      (63,957

Class C

    (3,589,070      (4,238,112

Class Y

    (27,386,575      (27,776,127

Class R5

    (80,568      (144,468

Class R6

    (953,741      (586,719

Total distributions from net investment income

    (60,772,683      (57,297,499

Distributions to shareholders from net realized gains:

 

Class A

    (1,263,763       

Class B

    (1,865       

Class C

    (184,718       

Class Y

    (1,141,284       

Class R5

    (1,832       

Class R6

    (71,482       

Total distributions from net realized gains

    (2,664,944       

Share transactions–net:

 

Class A

    (173,846,718      20,724,648  

Class B

    (1,114,039      (1,376,778

Class C

    (42,173,932      (59,195,684

Class Y

    (7,125,223      (541,887,377

Class R5

    (3,828,590      1,265,367  

Class R6

    21,863,533        (3,238,940

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

    (206,224,969      (583,708,764

Net increase (decrease) in net assets

    (124,976,626      (567,854,330

Net assets:

 

Beginning of year

    1,506,734,457        2,074,588,787  

End of year (includes undistributed net investment income of $3,009,633 and $21,737,781, respectively)

  $ 1,381,757,831      $ 1,506,734,457  

Notes to Financial Statements

December 31, 2017

NOTE 1—Significant Accounting Policies

Invesco Convertible Securities Fund (the “Fund”) is a series portfolio of AIM Growth Series (Invesco Growth Series) (the “Trust”). The Trust is organized as a Delaware statutory trust and is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”), as an open-end series management investment company consisting of twenty-nine separate series portfolios, each authorized to issue an unlimited number of shares of beneficial interest. The assets, liabilities and operations of each portfolio are accounted for separately. Information presented in these financial statements pertains only to the Fund. Matters affecting each portfolio or class will be voted on exclusively by the shareholders of such portfolio or class.

The Fund’s investment objective is total return through growth of capital and current income.

The Fund currently consists of six different classes of shares: Class A, Class B, Class C, Class Y, Class R5 and Class R6. Class Y shares are available only to certain investors. Class A shares are sold with a front-end sales charge unless certain waiver criteria are met and under certain circumstances load waived shares may be subject to contingent deferred sales charges (“CDSC”). Class C shares are sold with a CDSC. Class Y, Class R5 and Class R6 shares are sold at net asset value. Effective November 30, 2010, new or additional investments in Class B shares are no longer permitted. Existing shareholders of Class B shares may continue to reinvest dividends and capital gains distributions in Class B shares until they convert to Class A shares.

 

16                         Invesco Convertible Securities Fund


Also, shareholders in Class B shares will be able to exchange those shares for Class B shares of other Invesco Funds offering such shares until they convert to Class A shares. Generally, Class B shares will automatically convert to Class A shares on or about the month-end, which is at least eight years after the date of purchase. Redemption of Class B shares prior to the conversion date will be subject to a CDSC. Effective January 26, 2018, all of the Fund’s outstanding Class B shares were converted to Class A shares, in advance of their normally scheduled conversion. No CDSC was paid in connection with this early conversion.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

B. Securities Transactions and Investment Income — Securities transactions are accounted for on a trade date basis. Realized gains or losses on sales are computed on the basis of specific identification of the securities sold. Interest income (net of withholding tax, if any) is recorded on the accrual basis from settlement date. Bond premiums and discounts are amortized and/or accreted over the lives of the respective securities. Pay-in-kind interest income and non-cash dividend income received in the form of securities in-lieu of cash are recorded at the fair value of the securities received. Paydown gains and losses on mortgage and asset-backed securities are recorded as adjustments to interest income. Dividend income (net of withholding tax, if any) is recorded on the ex-dividend date.

 

17                         Invesco Convertible Securities Fund


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

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

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

C. Country Determination — For the purposes of making investment selection decisions and presentation in the Schedule of Investments, the investment adviser may determine the country in which an issuer is located and/or credit risk exposure based on various factors. These factors include the laws of the country under which the issuer is organized, where the issuer maintains a principal office, the country in which the issuer derives 50% or more of its total revenues and the country that has the primary market for the issuer’s securities, as well as other criteria. Among the other criteria that may be evaluated for making this determination are the country in which the issuer maintains 50% or more of its assets, the type of security, financial guarantees and enhancements, the nature of the collateral and the sponsor organization. Country of issuer and/or credit risk exposure has been determined to be the United States of America, unless otherwise noted.
D. Distributions — Distributions from net investment income, if any, are declared and paid quarterly and are recorded on the ex-dividend date. Distributions from net realized capital gain, if any, are generally declared and paid annually and recorded on the ex-dividend date. The Fund may elect to treat a portion of the proceeds from redemptions as distributions for federal income tax purposes.
E. Federal Income Taxes — The Fund intends to comply with the requirements of Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Internal Revenue Code”), necessary to qualify as a regulated investment company and to distribute substantially all of the Fund’s taxable earnings to shareholders. As such, the Fund will not be subject to federal income taxes on otherwise taxable income (including net realized capital gain) that is distributed to shareholders. Therefore, no provision for federal income taxes is recorded in the financial statements.

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

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

F. Expenses — Fees provided for under the Rule 12b-1 plan of a particular class of the Fund are charged to the operations of such class. Transfer agency fees and expenses and other shareholder recordkeeping fees and expenses attributable to Class R5 and Class R6 are allocated to each share class based on relative net assets. Sub-accounting fees attributable to Class R5 are charged to the operations of the class. Transfer agency fees and expenses and other shareholder recordkeeping fees and expenses relating to all other classes are allocated among those classes based on relative net assets. All other expenses are allocated among the classes based on relative net assets.
G. Accounting Estimates The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”) requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period including estimates and assumptions related to taxation. Actual results could differ from those estimates by a significant amount. In addition, the Fund monitors for material events or transactions that may occur or become known after the period-end date and before the date the financial statements are released to print.
H. Indemnifications — Under the Trust’s organizational documents, each Trustee, officer, employee or other agent of the Trust is indemnified against certain liabilities that may arise out of the performance of their duties to the Fund. Additionally, in the normal course of business, the Fund enters into contracts, including the Fund’s servicing agreements, that contain a variety of indemnification clauses. The Fund’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown as this would involve future claims that may be made against the Fund that have not yet occurred. The risk of material loss as a result of such indemnification claims is considered remote.

NOTE 2—Advisory Fees and Other Fees Paid to Affiliates

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

 

Average Daily Net Assets   Rate  

First $750 million

    0 .52%   

Next $250 million

    0 .47%   

Next $500 million

    0 .42%   

Next $500 million

    0 .395%   

Next $1 billion

    0 .37%   

Over $3 billion

    0 .345%         

 

18                         Invesco Convertible Securities Fund


For the year ended December 31, 2017, the effective advisory fees incurred by the Fund was 0.48%.

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

The Adviser has contractually agreed, through at least June 30, 2018, to waive advisory fees and/or reimburse expenses of all shares to the extent necessary to limit total annual fund operating expenses after fee waiver and/or expense reimbursement (excluding certain items discussed below) of Class A, Class B, Class C, Class Y, Class R5 and Class R6 shares to 1.50%, 2.25%, 2.25%, 1.25%, 1.25% and 1.25%, respectively, of average daily net assets (the “expense limits”). In determining the Adviser’s obligation to waive advisory fees and/or reimburse expenses, the following expenses are not taken into account, and could cause the total annual fund operating expenses after fee waiver and/or expense reimbursement to exceed the numbers reflected above: (1) interest; (2) taxes; (3) dividend expense on short sales; (4) extraordinary or non-routine items, including litigation expenses; and (5) expenses that the Fund has incurred but did not actually pay because of an expense offset arrangement. Unless Invesco continues the fee waiver agreement, it will terminate on June 30, 2018. During its term, the fee waiver agreement cannot be terminated or amended to increase the expense limits without approval of the Board of Trustees. The Adviser did not waive fees and/or reimburse expenses during the period under these expense limits.

Further, the Adviser has contractually agreed, through at least June 30, 2019, to waive the advisory fee payable by the Fund in an amount equal to 100% of the net advisory fees the Adviser receives from the affiliated money market funds on investments by the Fund of uninvested cash in such affiliated money market funds.

For the year ended December 31, 2017, the Adviser waived advisory fees of $46,282.

The Trust has entered into a master administrative services agreement with Invesco pursuant to which the Fund has agreed to pay Invesco for certain administrative costs incurred in providing accounting services to the Fund. For the year ended December 31, 2017, expenses incurred under the agreement are shown in the Statement of Operations as Administrative services fees.

The Trust has entered into a transfer agency and service agreement with Invesco Investment Services, Inc. (“IIS”) pursuant to which the Fund has agreed to pay IIS a fee for providing transfer agency and shareholder services to the Fund and reimburse IIS for certain expenses incurred by IIS in the course of providing such services. IIS may make payments to intermediaries that provide omnibus account services, sub-accounting services and/or networking services. All fees payable by IIS to intermediaries that provide omnibus account services or sub-accounting services are charged back to the Fund, subject to certain limitations approved by the Trust’s Board of Trustees. For the year ended December 31, 2017, expenses incurred under the agreement are shown in the Statement of Operations as Transfer agent fees.

Shares of the Fund are distributed by Invesco Distributors, Inc. (“IDI”), an affiliate of the Adviser. The Fund has adopted a Plan of Distribution (the “Plan”) pursuant to Rule 12b-1 under the 1940 Act. The Plan provides that the Fund will reimburse IDI for distribution related expenses that IDI incurs up to a maximum of the following annual rates: (1) Class A — up to 0.25% of the average daily net assets of Class A shares; (2) Class B — up to 1.00% of the average daily net assets of Class B shares; and (3) Class C — up to 1.00% of the average daily net assets of Class C shares. The fees are accrued daily and paid monthly.

In the case of Class B shares, provided that the Plan continues in effect, any cumulative expenses incurred by IDI, but not yet reimbursed to IDI, may be recovered through the payment of future distribution fees from the Fund pursuant to the Plan and contingent deferred sales charges paid by investors upon redemption of Class B shares.

For the year ended December 31, 2017, expenses incurred under these agreements are shown in the Statement of Operations as Distribution fees.

Front-end sales commissions and CDSC (collectively, the “sales charges”) are not recorded as expenses of the Fund. Front-end sales commissions are deducted from proceeds from the sales of Fund shares prior to investment in Class A shares of the Fund. CDSC are deducted from redemption proceeds prior to remittance to the shareholder. During the year ended December 31, 2017, IDI advised the Fund that IDI retained $53,042 in front-end sales commissions from the sale of Class A shares and $892 and $3,926 from Class A and Class C shares, respectively, for CDSC imposed on redemptions by shareholders.

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

NOTE 3—Additional Valuation Information

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

  Level 1 — Prices are determined using quoted prices in an active market for identical assets.
  Level 2 — Prices are determined using other significant observable inputs. Observable inputs are inputs that other market participants may use in pricing a security. These may include quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, yield curves, loss severities, default rates, discount rates, volatilities and others.
  Level 3 — Prices are determined using significant unobservable inputs. In situations where quoted prices or observable inputs are unavailable (for example, when there is little or no market activity for an investment at the end of the period), unobservable inputs may be used. Unobservable inputs reflect the Fund’s own assumptions about the factors market participants would use in determining fair value of the securities or instruments and would be based on the best available information.

The following is a summary of the tiered valuation input levels, as of December 31, 2017. The level assigned to the securities valuations may not be an indication of the risk or liquidity associated with investing in those securities. Because of the inherent uncertainties of valuation, the values reflected in the financial statements may materially differ from the value received upon actual sale of those investments.

 

19                         Invesco Convertible Securities Fund


The Fund’s policy is to recognize transfers in and out of the valuation levels as of the end of the reporting period. During the year ended December 31, 2017, there were no material transfers between valuation levels.

 

     Level 1        Level 2        Level 3        Total  
Investments in Securities                                     

Bonds & Notes

  $        $ 1,091,215,597        $        $ 1,091,215,597  

Preferred Stocks

    153,317,190          64,738,942                   218,056,132  

Common Stocks

    16,042,557                            16,042,557  

Money Market Funds

    51,246,782                            51,246,782  

Total Investments

  $ 220,606,529        $ 1,155,954,539        $        $ 1,376,561,068  

NOTE 4—Expense Offset Arrangement(s)

The expense offset arrangement is comprised of transfer agency credits which result from balances in demand deposit accounts used by the transfer agent for clearing shareholder transactions. For the year ended December 31, 2017, the Fund received credits from this arrangement, which resulted in the reduction of the Fund’s total expenses of $5,442.

NOTE 5—Trustees’ and Officers’ Fees and Benefits

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

NOTE 6—Cash Balances

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

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

Tax Character of Distributions to Shareholders Paid During the Fiscal Years Ended December 31, 2017 and 2016:

 

     2017      2016  

Ordinary income

  $ 63,437,627      $ 57,297,499  

Tax Components of Net Assets at Period-End:

 

     2017  

Undistributed ordinary income

  $ 20,450,940  

Undistributed long-term gain

    10,664,742  

Net unrealized appreciation — investments

    127,694,495  

Temporary book/tax differences

    (170,327

Shares of beneficial interest

    1,223,117,981  

Total net assets

  $ 1,381,757,831  

The difference between book-basis and tax-basis unrealized appreciation (depreciation) is due to differences in the timing of recognition of gains and losses on investments for tax and book purposes. The Fund’s net unrealized appreciation difference is attributable primarily to wash sales, bond premium amortization, deemed dividends and convertible preferred debt instruments.

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

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

The Fund does not have a capital loss carryforward as of December 31, 2017.

 

20                         Invesco Convertible Securities Fund


NOTE 8—Investment Transactions

The aggregate amount of investment securities (other than short-term securities, U.S. Treasury obligations and money market funds, if any) purchased and sold by the Fund during the year ended December 31, 2017 was $551,048,465 and $820,868,042, respectively. Cost of investments, including any derivatives, on a tax basis includes the adjustments for financial reporting purposes as of the most recently completed federal income tax reporting period-end.

 

Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) of Investments on a Tax Basis  

Aggregate unrealized appreciation of investments

  $ 152,914,602  

Aggregate unrealized (depreciation) of investments

    (25,220,107

Net unrealized appreciation of investments

  $ 127,694,495  

Cost of investments for tax purposes is $1,248,866,573.

NOTE 9—Reclassification of Permanent Differences

Primarily as a result of differing book/tax treatment of convertible preferred debt instruments, deemed dividends and bond premium amortization, on December 31, 2017, undistributed net investment income was increased by $21,593,580 and undistributed net realized gain was decreased by $21,593,580. This reclassification had no effect on the net assets of the Fund.

 

21                         Invesco Convertible Securities Fund


NOTE 10—Share Information

 

     Summary of Share Activity  
    Years ended December 31,  
    2017(a)      2016  
     Shares      Amount      Shares      Amount  

Sold:

 

Class A

    2,179,700      $ 52,271,355        11,606,844      $ 266,227,183  

Class B

    536        12,767        407        9,474  

Class C

    256,763        6,128,554        344,133        7,647,315  

Class Y

    9,351,883        224,461,048        17,263,111        377,851,687  

Class R5

    27,109        661,583        112,023        2,556,000  

Class R6

    991,990        24,007,472        100,037        2,248,726  

Issued as reinvestment of dividends:

 

Class A

    1,129,411        27,038,270        934,311        21,185,871  

Class B

    1,687        40,444        2,458        55,694  

Class C

    132,898        3,165,614        151,791        3,415,971  

Class Y

    880,636        21,124,550        834,059        18,901,064  

Class R5

    1,318        31,639        1,969        45,007  

Class R6

    34,322        824,157        25,978        586,290  

Automatic conversion of Class B shares to Class A shares:

 

Class A

    37,822        913,062        28,386        640,885  

Class B

    (37,735      (913,062      (28,324      (640,885

Reacquired:

 

Class A

    (10,597,129      (254,069,405      (11,963,827      (267,329,291

Class B

    (10,633      (254,188      (35,594      (801,061

Class C

    (2,165,004      (51,468,100      (3,138,681      (70,258,970

Class Y

    (10,534,371      (252,710,821      (42,379,180      (938,640,128

Class R5

    (189,591      (4,521,812      (60,796      (1,335,640

Class R6

    (122,298      (2,968,096      (264,646      (6,073,956

Net increase (decrease) in share activity

    (8,630,686    $ (206,224,969      (26,465,541    $ (583,708,764

 

(a)  There are entities that are record owners of more than 5% of the outstanding shares of the Fund and in the aggregate own 53% of the outstanding shares of the Fund. IDI has an agreement with these entities to sell Fund shares. The Fund, Invesco and/or Invesco affiliates may make payments to these entities, which are considered to be related to the Fund, for providing services to the Fund, Invesco and/or Invesco affiliates including but not limited to services such as securities brokerage, distribution, third party record keeping and account servicing. The Fund has no knowledge as to whether all or any portion of the shares owned of record by these entities are also owned beneficially.

 

22                         Invesco Convertible Securities Fund


NOTE 11—Financial Highlights

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

 

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

Class A

                           

Year ended 12/31/17

  $ 23.10     $ 0.33     $ 2.04     $ 2.37     $ (1.01   $ (0.05   $ (1.06   $ 24.41       10.42 %(d)    $ 653,121       0.93 %(d)(e)      0.93 %(d)(e)      1.36 %(d)(e)      39

Year ended 12/31/16

    22.62       0.39       0.90       1.29       (0.81           (0.81     23.10       5.82 (f)      785,526       0.88 (f)      0.89 (f)      1.74 (f)      42  

Year ended 12/31/15

    23.88       0.30       (1.00     (0.70     (0.56           (0.56     22.62       (3.02 )(g)      755,534       0.86 (g)      0.87 (g)      1.26 (g)      45  

Year ended 12/31/14

    24.17       0.32       0.63       0.95       (0.52     (0.72     (1.24     23.88       3.95 (h)      980,513       0.84 (h)      0.85 (h)      1.29 (h)      56  

Year ended 12/31/13

    20.88       0.55 (i)      3.84       4.39       (0.53     (0.57     (1.10     24.17       21.31 (j)      936,425       0.88 (j)      0.89 (j)      2.40 (i)(j)      45  

Class B

                           

Year ended 12/31/17

    23.17       0.15       2.05       2.20       (0.83     (0.05     (0.88     24.49       9.60 (d)      799       1.69 (d)(e)      1.69 (d)(e)      0.60 (d)(e)      39  

Year ended 12/31/16

    22.69       0.22       0.90       1.12       (0.64           (0.64     23.17       5.00 (f)      1,825       1.64 (f)      1.65 (f)      0.98 (f)      42  

Year ended 12/31/15

    23.95       0.12       (1.00     (0.88     (0.38           (0.38     22.69       (3.74 )(g)      3,172       1.62 (g)      1.63 (g)      0.50 (g)      45  

Year ended 12/31/14

    24.24       0.13       0.63       0.76       (0.33     (0.72     (1.05     23.95       3.16 (h)      5,642       1.60 (h)      1.61 (h)      0.53 (h)      56  

Year ended 12/31/13

    20.93       0.38 (i)      3.86       4.24       (0.36     (0.57     (0.93     24.24       20.45 (j)      7,167       1.64 (j)      1.65 (j)      1.64 (i)(j)      45  

Class C

                           

Year ended 12/31/17

    23.00       0.15       2.03       2.18       (0.83     (0.05     (0.88     24.30       9.57 (d)      95,218       1.69 (d)(e)      1.69 (d)(e)      0.60 (d)(e)      39  

Year ended 12/31/16

    22.52       0.22       0.90       1.12       (0.64           (0.64     23.00       5.07 (f)      130,934       1.61 (f)      1.62 (f)      1.01 (f)      42  

Year ended 12/31/15

    23.77       0.14       (0.99     (0.85     (0.40           (0.40     22.52       (3.67 )(g)      187,743       1.54 (g)      1.55 (g)      0.58 (g)      45  

Year ended 12/31/14

    24.04       0.16       0.62       0.78       (0.33     (0.72     (1.05     23.77       3.30 (h)      232,065       1.48 (h)      1.49 (h)      0.65 (h)      56  

Year ended 12/31/13

    20.78       0.38 (i)      3.81       4.19       (0.36     (0.57     (0.93     24.04       20.37 (j)      172,232       1.64 (j)      1.65 (j)      1.64 (i)(j)      45  

Class Y

                           

Year ended 12/31/17

    23.13       0.39       2.04       2.43       (1.07     (0.05     (1.12     24.44       10.68       594,284       0.69 (e)      0.69 (e)      1.60 (e)      39  

Year ended 12/31/16

    22.65       0.44       0.90       1.34       (0.86           (0.86     23.13       6.07       569,345       0.64       0.65       1.98       42  

Year ended 12/31/15

    23.91       0.36       (1.00     (0.64     (0.62           (0.62     22.65       (2.78     1,107,497       0.62       0.63       1.50       45  

Year ended 12/31/14

    24.20       0.38       0.63       1.01       (0.58     (0.72     (1.30     23.91       4.20       1,043,554       0.60       0.61       1.53       56  

Year ended 12/31/13

    20.90       0.61 (i)      3.84       4.45       (0.58     (0.57     (1.15     24.20       21.62       719,722       0.64       0.65       2.64 (i)      45  

Class R5

                           

Year ended 12/31/17

    23.11       0.39       2.06       2.45       (1.08     (0.05     (1.13     24.43       10.78       1,585       0.64 (e)      0.64 (e)      1.65 (e)      39  

Year ended 12/31/16

    22.63       0.45       0.90       1.35       (0.87           (0.87     23.11       6.10       5,225       0.62       0.63       2.00       42  

Year ended 12/31/15

    23.89       0.37       (1.00     (0.63     (0.63           (0.63     22.63       (2.75     3,912       0.57       0.58       1.55       45  

Year ended 12/31/14

    24.18       0.40       0.63       1.03       (0.60     (0.72     (1.32     23.89       4.28       6,615       0.53       0.54       1.60       56  

Year ended 12/31/13

    20.88       0.63 (i)      3.84       4.47       (0.60     (0.57     (1.17     24.18       21.72       4,781       0.57       0.58       2.71 (i)      45  

Class R6

                           

Year ended 12/31/17

    23.12       0.42       2.04       2.46       (1.10     (0.05     (1.15     24.43       10.82       36,751       0.57 (e)      0.57 (e)      1.72 (e)      39  

Year ended 12/31/16

    22.64       0.47       0.90       1.37       (0.89           (0.89     23.12       6.21       13,880       0.52       0.53       2.10       42  

Year ended 12/31/15

    23.90       0.39       (1.00     (0.61     (0.65           (0.65     22.64       (2.66     16,731       0.49       0.50       1.63       45  

Year ended 12/31/14

    24.18       0.41       0.64       1.05       (0.61     (0.72     (1.33     23.90       4.35       16,598       0.49       0.50       1.64       56  

Year ended 12/31/13

    20.89       0.64 (i)      3.83       4.47       (0.61     (0.57     (1.18     24.18       21.69       64       0.55       0.56       2.73 (i)      45  

 

(a)  Calculated using average shares outstanding.
(b)  Includes adjustments in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America and as such, the net asset value for financial reporting purposes and the returns based upon those net asset values may differ from the net asset value and returns for shareholder transactions. Does not include sales charges and is not annualized for periods less than one year, if applicable.
(c)  Portfolio turnover is calculated at the fund level and is not annualized for periods less than one year, if applicable.
(d)  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 0.24%, 1.00% and 1.00% for Class A, Class B and Class C shares, respectively.
(e)  Ratios are based on average daily net assets (000’s omitted) of $703,844, $1,361, $107,629, $609,378, $2,379 and $21,306 for Class A, Class B, Class C, Class Y, Class R5 and Class R6 shares, respectively.
(f)  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 0.24%, 1.00% and 0.97% for Class A, Class B and Class C shares, respectively.
(g)  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 0.24%, 1.00% and 0.92% for Class A, Class B and Class C shares, respectively.
(h)  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 0.24%, 1.00% and 0.88% for Class A, Class B and Class C shares, respectively.
(i)  Net investment income per share and the ratio of net investment income to average net assets includes significant dividends received during the year ended December 31, 2013. Net investment income per share and the ratio of net investment income to average net assets excluding the significant dividends are $0.42 and 2.39%, $0.25 and 1.63%, $0.25 and 1.63%, $0.48 and 2.63%, $0.50 and 2.70%, $0.51 and 2.72% for Class A, Class B, Class C, Class Y, Class R5 and Class R6 shares, respectively.
(j)  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 0.24%, 1.00% and 1.00% for Class A, Class B and Class C shares, respectively.

 

23                         Invesco Convertible Securities Fund


Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

 

To the Board of Trustees of AIM Growth Series (Invesco Growth Series)

and Shareholders of Invesco Convertible Securities Fund

Opinion on the Financial Statements

We have audited the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities, including the schedule of investments, of Invesco Convertible Securities Fund (one of the funds constituting AIM Growth Series (Invesco Growth Series), hereafter referred to as the “Fund”) as of December 31, 2017, the related statement of operations for the year ended December 31, 2017, the statement of changes in net assets for each of the two years in the period ended December 31, 2017, including the related notes, and the financial highlights for each of the five years in the period ended December 31, 2017 (collectively referred to as the “financial statements”). In our opinion, the financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Fund as of December 31, 2017, the results of its operations for the year then ended, the changes in its net assets for each of the two years in the period ended December 31, 2017 and the financial highlights for each of the five years in the period ended December 31, 2017 in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

Basis for Opinion

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

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

Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements. Our procedures included confirmation of securities owned as of December 31, 2017 by correspondence with the custodian and transfer agent. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Houston, TX

February 23, 2018

We have served as the auditor of one or more of the investment companies in the Invesco/PowerShares group of investment companies since at least 1995. We have not determined the specific year we began serving as auditor.

 

24                         Invesco Convertible Securities Fund


Calculating your ongoing Fund expenses

Example

As a shareholder of the Fund, you incur two types of costs: (1) transaction costs, which may include sales charges (loads) on purchase payments or contingent deferred sales charges on redemptions, if any; and (2) ongoing costs, including management fees, distribution and/or service (12b-1) fees, and other Fund expenses. This example is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Fund and to compare these costs with ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds. The example is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period July 1, 2017 through December 31, 2017.

Actual expenses

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

Hypothetical example for comparison purposes

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

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

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

 

Class    Beginning
Account Value
(07/01/17)
     ACTUAL     

HYPOTHETICAL

(5% annual return before
expenses)

     Annualized
Expense
Ratio
 
      Ending
Account Value
(12/31/17)1
     Expenses
Paid During
Period2
     Ending
Account Value
(12/31/17)
     Expenses
Paid During
Period2
    

A

   $ 1,000.00      $ 1,046.90      $ 4.85      $ 1,020.47      $ 4.79        0.94

B

     1,000.00        1,043.20        8.75        1,016.64        8.64        1.70  

C

     1,000.00        1,043.50        8.76        1,016.64        8.64        1.70  

Y

     1,000.00        1,048.60        3.61        1,021.68        3.57        0.70  

R5

     1,000.00        1,048.40        3.25        1,022.03        3.21        0.63  

R6

     1,000.00        1,049.20        3.00        1,022.28        2.96        0.58  

 

1  The actual ending account value is based on the actual total return of the Fund for the period July 1, 2017 through December 31, 2017, after actual expenses and will differ from the hypothetical ending account value which is based on the Fund’s expense ratio and a hypothetical annual return of 5% before expenses.
2  Expenses are equal to the Fund’s annualized expense ratio as indicated above multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 184/365 to reflect the most recent fiscal half year.

 

25                         Invesco Convertible Securities Fund


Tax Information

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

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

The Fund designates the following amounts or, if subsequently determined to be different, the maximum amount allowable for its fiscal year ended December 31, 2017:

 

Federal and State Income Tax

 

Qualified Dividend Income*

     32.85

Corporate Dividends Received Deduction*

     27.29

U.S. Treasury Obligations*

     0.00

 

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

 

Non-Resident Alien Shareholders

      

Qualified Short-Term Gains

   $ 2,664,944  

 

26                         Invesco Convertible Securities Fund


Trustees and Officers

 

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

 

Name, Year of Birth and

Position(s) Held with the Trust

  Trustee and/
or Officer Since
  Principal Occupation(s)
During Past 5 Years
  Number of
Funds in Fund
Complex
Overseen by
Trustee
  Other Directorship(s)
Held by Trustee During
Past 5 Years
Interested Persons                
Martin L. Flanagan1 — 1960 Trustee   2007  

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

 

Formerly: Advisor to the Board, Invesco Advisers, Inc. (formerly known as Invesco Institutional (N.A.), Inc.); Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Invesco Advisers, Inc. (registered investment adviser); Director, Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President, Invesco Holding Company (US), Inc. (formerly IVZ Inc.) (holding company), Invesco Group Services, Inc. (service provider) and Invesco North American Holdings, Inc. (holding company); Director, Chief Executive Officer and President, Invesco Holding Company Limited (parent of Invesco and a global investment management firm); Director, Invesco Ltd.; Chairman, Investment Company Institute and President, Co-Chief Executive Officer, Co-President, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer, Franklin Resources, Inc. (global investment management organization)

  158   None
Philip A. Taylor2 — 1954 Trustee and Senior Vice President   2006  

Head of the Americas and Senior Managing Director, Invesco Ltd.; Director, Invesco Advisers, Inc. (formerly known as Invesco Institutional (N.A.), Inc.) (registered investment adviser); Director, Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President, Invesco Management Group, Inc. (formerly known as Invesco Aim Management Group, Inc.) (financial services holding company); Director and Chairman, Invesco Investment Services, Inc. (formerly known as Invesco Aim Investment Services, Inc.) (registered transfer agent); Chief Executive Officer, Invesco Corporate Class Inc. (corporate mutual fund company); Director, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Invesco Canada Ltd. (formerly known as Invesco Trimark Ltd./Invesco Trimark Ltèe) (registered investment adviser and registered transfer agent); Trustee and Senior Vice President, The Invesco Funds; Director, Invesco Investment Advisers LLC (formerly known as Van Kampen Asset Management).

 

Formerly: Co-Chairman, Co-President and Co-Chief Executive Officer, Invesco Advisers, Inc. (formerly known as Invesco Institutional (N.A.), Inc.) (registered investment adviser); Director, Chief Executive Officer and President, Van Kampen Exchange Corp; President and Principal Executive Officer, The Invesco Funds (other than AIM Treasurer’s Series Trust (Invesco Treasurer’s Series Trust), Short-Term Investments Trust and Invesco Management Trust); Executive Vice President, The Invesco Funds (AIM Treasurer’s Series Trust (Invesco Treasurer’s Series Trust), Short-Term Investments Trust and Invesco Management Trust only); Director and President, INVESCO Funds Group, Inc. (registered investment adviser and registered transfer agent); Director and Chairman, IVZ Distributors, Inc. (formerly known as INVESCO Distributors, Inc.) (registered broker dealer); Director, President and Chairman, Invesco Inc. (holding company), Invesco Canada Holdings Inc. (holding company), Trimark Investments Ltd./Placements Trimark Ltèe and Invesco Financial Services Ltd/Services Financiers Invesco Ltèe; Chief Executive Officer, Invesco Canada Fund Inc. (corporate mutual fund company); Director and Chairman, Van Kampen Investor Services Inc.; Director, Chief Executive Officer and President, 1371 Preferred Inc. (holding company) and Van Kampen Investments Inc.; Director and President, AIM GP Canada Inc. (general partner for limited partnerships) and Van Kampen Advisors, Inc.; Director and Chief Executive Officer, Invesco Trimark Dealer Inc. (registered broker dealer); Director, Invesco Distributors, Inc. (formerly known as Invesco Aim Distributors, Inc.) (registered broker dealer); Manager, Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC; Director, Chief Executive Officer and President, Invesco Advisers, Inc.; Director, Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President, Invesco Aim Capital Management, Inc.; President, Invesco Trimark Dealer Inc. and Invesco Trimark Ltd./Invesco Trimark Ltèe; Director and President, AIM Trimark Corporate Class Inc. and AIM Trimark Canada Fund Inc.; Senior Managing Director, Invesco Holding Company Limited; Director and Chairman, Fund Management Company (former registered broker dealer); President and Principal Executive Officer, The Invesco Funds (AIM Treasurer’s Series Trust (Invesco Treasurer’s Series Trust), and Short-Term Investments Trust only); President, AIM Trimark Global Fund Inc. and AIM Trimark Canada Fund Inc.

  158   None

 

1  Mr. Flanagan is considered an interested person (within the meaning of Section 2(a)(19) of the 1940 Act) of the Trust because he is an officer of the Adviser to the Trust, and an officer and a director of Invesco Ltd., ultimate parent of the Adviser.

 

2  Mr. Taylor is considered an interested person (within the meaning of Section 2(a)(19) of the 1940 Act) of the Trust because he is an officer and a director of the Adviser.

 

T-1                         Invesco Convertible Securities Fund


Trustees and Officers—(continued)

 

Name, Year of Birth and

Position(s) Held with the Trust

  Trustee and/
or Officer Since
 

Principal Occupation(s)

During Past 5 Years

  Number of
Funds in Fund
Complex
Overseen by
Trustee
 

Other Directorship(s)
Held by Trustee During

Past 5 Years

Independent Trustees                

Bruce L. Crockett — 1944

Trustee and Chair

  2001  

Chairman, Crockett Technologies Associates (technology consulting company)

 

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

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

David C. Arch — 1945

Trustee

  2010   Chairman of Blistex Inc. (consumer health care products manufacturer); Member, World Presidents’ Organization   158   Board member of the Illinois Manufacturers’ Association

Jack M. Fields — 1952

Trustee

  2001  

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

 

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

  158   None

Cynthia Hostetler — 1962

Trustee

  2017  

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

 

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

  158   Vulcan Materials Company (construction materials company); Trilinc Global Impact Fund; Aberdeen Investment Funds (4 portfolios); Artio Global Investment LLC (mutual fund complex); Edgen Group, Inc. (specialized energy and infrastructure products distributor)

Eli Jones — 1961

Trustee

  2016  

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

 

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

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

Prema Mathai-Davis — 1950

Trustee

  2001   Retired.   158   None

Teresa M. Ressel  —  1962

Trustee

  2017  

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

 

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

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

Ann Barnett Stern — 1957

Trustee

  2017  

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

 

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

  158   Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas

Raymond Stickel, Jr. — 1944

Trustee

  2005  

Retired.

 

Formerly: Director, Mainstay VP Series Funds, Inc. (25 portfolios); Partner, Deloitte & Touche

  158   None

Robert C. Troccoli — 1949

Trustee

  2016  

Adjunct Professor, University of Denver — Daniels College of Business

 

Formerly: Senior Partner, KPMG LLP

  158   None

Christopher L. Wilson —  1957

Trustee

  2017  

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

 

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

  158   TD Asset Management USA Inc. (mutual fund complex) (22 portfolios); ISO New England, Inc. (non-profit organization managing regional electricity market)

 

T-2                         Invesco Convertible Securities Fund


Trustees and Officers—(continued)

 

Name, Year of Birth and

Position(s) Held with the Trust

  Trustee and/
or Officer Since
 

Principal Occupation(s)

During Past 5 Years

  Number of
Funds in Fund
Complex
Overseen by
Trustee
 

Other Directorship(s)
Held by Trustee During

Past 5 Years

Other Officers                

Sheri Morris — 1964

President, Principal Executive Officer and Treasurer

  1999  

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

 

Formerly: Vice President and Principal Financial Officer, The Invesco Funds; Vice President, Invesco Aim Advisers, Inc., Invesco Aim Capital Management, Inc. and Invesco Aim Private Asset Management, Inc.; Assistant Vice President and Assistant Treasurer, The Invesco Funds and Assistant Vice President, Invesco Advisers, Inc., Invesco Aim Capital Management, Inc. and Invesco Aim Private Asset Management, Inc.; and Treasurer, PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust II, PowerShares India Exchange-Traded Fund Trust and PowerShares Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Fund Trust

  N/A   N/A

Russell C. Burk — 1958

Senior Vice President and Senior Officer

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

John M. Zerr — 1962

Senior Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Secretary

  2006  

Director, Senior Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel, Invesco Management Group, Inc. (formerly known as Invesco AIM Management Group, Inc.); Senior Vice President, Invesco Advisers, Inc. (formerly known as Invesco Institutional (N.A.), Inc.) (registered investment adviser); Senior Vice President and Secretary, Invesco Distributors, Inc. (formerly known as Invesco AIM Distributors, Inc.); Director, Vice President and Secretary, Invesco Investment Services, Inc. (formerly known as Invesco AIM Investment Services, Inc.) Senior Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Secretary, The Invesco Funds; Managing Director, Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC; Director, Secretary and General Counsel, Invesco Investment Advisers LLC (formerly known as Van Kampen Asset Management); Secretary and General Counsel, Invesco Capital Markets, Inc. (formerly known as Van Kampen Funds Inc.) and Chief Legal Officer, PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust II, PowerShares India Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, PowerShares Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, PowerShares Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Commodity Fund Trust and PowerShares Exchange-Traded Self-Indexed Fund Trust; Manager and Secretary, Invesco Indexing LLC

 

Formerly: Director, Secretary, General Counsel and Senior Vice President, Van Kampen Exchange Corp.; Director, Vice President and Secretary, IVZ Distributors, Inc. (formerly known as INVESCO Distributors, Inc.); Director and Vice President, INVESCO Funds Group, Inc.; Director and Vice President, Van Kampen Advisors Inc.; Director, Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel, Van Kampen Investor Services Inc.; Director, Invesco Distributors, Inc. (formerly known as Invesco AIM Distributors, Inc.); Director, Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary, Invesco AIM Advisers, Inc. and Van Kampen Investments Inc.; Director, Vice President and Secretary, Fund Management Company; Director, Senior Vice President, Secretary, General Counsel and Vice President, Invesco AIM Capital Management, Inc.; Chief Operating Officer and General Counsel, Liberty Ridge Capital, Inc. (an investment adviser); Vice President and Secretary, PBHG Funds (an investment company) and PBHG Insurance Series Fund (an investment company); Chief Operating Officer, General Counsel and Secretary, Old Mutual Investment Partners (a broker-dealer); General Counsel and Secretary, Old Mutual Fund Services (an administrator) and Old Mutual Shareholder Services (a shareholder servicing center); Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary, Old Mutual Capital, Inc. (an investment adviser); and Vice President and Secretary, Old Mutual Advisors Funds (an investment company)

  N/A   N/A

Gregory G. McGreevey — 1962

Senior Vice President

  2012  

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

 

Formerly: Assistant Vice President, The Invesco Funds

  N/A   N/A

Kelli Gallegos — 1970

Vice President, Principal Financial Officer and Assistant Treasurer

  2008  

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

 

Formerly: Assistant Vice President, The Invesco Funds

  N/A   N/A

 

T-3                         Invesco Convertible Securities Fund


Trustees and Officers—(continued)

 

Name, Year of Birth and

Position(s) Held with the Trust

  Trustee and/
or Officer Since
 

Principal Occupation(s)

During Past 5 Years

  Number of
Funds in Fund
Complex
Overseen by
Trustee
 

Other Directorship(s)
Held by Trustee During

Past 5 Years

Other Officers—(continued)                

Tracy Sullivan — 1962

Vice President, Chief Tax Officer and Assistant Treasurer

  2008  

Vice President, Chief Tax Officer and Assistant Treasurer, The Invesco Funds; Assistant Treasurer, Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC, PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust II, PowerShares India Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, PowerShares Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Fund Trust,PowerShares Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Commodity Fund Trust and PowerShares Exchange-Traded Self-Indexed Fund Trust

 

Formerly: Assistant Vice President, The Invesco Funds

  N/A   N/A

Crissie M. Wisdom — 1969

Anti-Money Laundering Compliance Officer

  2013  

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

 

Formerly: Anti-Money Laundering Compliance Officer, Van Kampen Exchange Corp.

  N/A   N/A

Robert R. Leveille — 1969

Chief Compliance Officer

  2016  

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

 

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

  N/A   N/A

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

 

Office of the Fund

11 Greenway Plaza, Suite 1000

Houston, TX 77046-1173

 

Investment Adviser

Invesco Advisers, Inc.

1555 Peachtree Street, N.E.

Atlanta, GA 30309

 

Distributor

Invesco Distributors, Inc.

11 Greenway Plaza, Suite 1000

Houston, TX 77046-1173

 

Auditors

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

1000 Louisiana Street, Suite 5800

Houston, TX 77002-5678

     

Counsel to the Fund

Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young, LLP

2005 Market Street, Suite 2600

Philadelphia, PA 19103-7018

 

Counsel to the Independent Trustees

Goodwin Procter LLP

901 New York Avenue, N.W.

Washington, D.C. 20001

 

Transfer Agent

Invesco Investment Services, Inc.

11 Greenway Plaza, Suite 1000

Houston, TX 77046-1173

 

Custodian

State Street Bank and Trust Company

225 Franklin Street

Boston, MA 02110-2801

 

T-4                         Invesco Convertible Securities Fund


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Annual Report to Shareholders

 

   December 31, 2017
 

 

 

Invesco Global Low Volatility Equity Yield Fund

 

  Nasdaq:
  A: GTNDX B: GNBDX C: GNDCX R: GTNRX Y: GTNYX R5: GNDIX  R6:GNDSX

 

 

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Letters to Shareholders

 

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        Philip Taylor

    

Dear Shareholders:

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

    Major stock market indexes rose – and set record highs – throughout the reporting period. Generally positive economic data, strong corporate earnings and anticipated tax and regulatory reform contributed to the rally. The US economy expanded during the reporting period, with gross domestic product, the value of all goods and services produced, significantly increasing its growth rate from the first to the third quarter of the year. Tax reform legislation, enacted in December 2017, was a positive for the stock market, but its long-term economic impact was uncertain. Citing positive economic trends – specifically, realized and expected labor market conditions and inflation – the US Federal Reserve raised interest rates in March, June and

December 2017. While US and global bond markets, as well as emerging market equities, sold off early in the reporting period, they recovered much of their losses during the reporting period. Overseas, economic data were mixed, prompting the European Central Bank and central banks in China and Japan, among other countries, to maintain extraordinarily accommodative monetary policies.

    Short-term market volatility can prompt some investors to abandon their investment plans – and can cause others to settle for whatever returns the market has to offer. The investment professionals at Invesco, in contrast, invest with high conviction. This means that, no matter the asset class or the strategy, each investment team has a passion to exceed. We want to help investors achieve better outcomes, such as seeking higher returns, helping mitigate risk and generating income. Of course, investing with high conviction can’t guarantee a profit or ensure success; no investment strategy can. To learn more about how we invest with high conviction, visit invesco.com/HighConviction.

    You, too, can invest with high conviction by maintaining a long-term investment perspective and by working with your financial adviser on a regular basis. During periods of short-term market volatility or uncertainty, your financial adviser can keep you focused on your long-term investment goals – a new home, a child’s college education or a secure retirement. He or she also can share research about the economy, the markets and individual investment options.

Visit our website for more information on your investments

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

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

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

Have questions?

For questions about your account, contact an Invesco client services representative at 800 959 4246. For Invesco-related questions or comments, please email me directly at phil@invesco.com.

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

Sincerely,

 

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Senior Managing Director, Invesco Ltd.

 

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        Bruce Crockett

 

Dear Fellow Shareholders:

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

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

 

  Ensuring that Invesco offers a diverse lineup of mutual funds that your financial adviser can use to strive to meet your financial needs as your investment goals change over time.
    Monitoring how the portfolio management teams of the Invesco funds are performing in light of changing economic and market conditions.
  Assessing each portfolio management team’s investment performance within the context of the investment strategy described in the fund’s prospectus.
  Monitoring for potential conflicts of interests that may impact the nature of the services that your funds receive.

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

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

 As always, please contact me at bruce@brucecrockett.com with any questions or concerns you may have. On behalf of the Board, we look forward to continuing to represent your interests and serving your needs.

Sincerely,

 

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Bruce L. Crockett

Independent Chair

Invesco Funds Board of Trustees

 

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Management’s Discussion of Fund Performance

 

 

Performance summary

For the year ended December 31, 2017, Class A shares of Invesco Global Low Volatility Equity Yield Fund (the Fund), at net asset value (NAV), underperformed the Custom Invesco Global Low Volatility Equity Yield Index,

the Fund’s style-specific benchmark.

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

 

     

Most emerging markets continued to perform well during 2017. In addition to the improving global economic outlook, other positive tailwinds included reduced expectations for a major shift in US trade policy as well as stronger oil prices. Oil moved higher on production restraint by OPEC and Russia, benefiting commodity-driven emerging markets countries.

At the close of 2017, equity market valuations in developed and emerging markets appeared relatively full in absolute terms, but non-US equity markets were trading at a material discount to the US. In sum, while valuations were not cheap, earnings growth and upward earnings revisions improved in many non-US developed markets. Interestingly, while 2017 marked the eighth year of the global bull market, we saw a shift in leadership as international stocks outperformed US stocks for the year. Prior to 2017, international stocks had trailed US stocks for four consecutive years and in six of the last seven years.

The Fund seeks to provide a higher level of income, before taxes, than the MSCI World 100% Hedged to USD Index, while still achieving the highest return available with less volatility. The Fund attempts to do this through its stock selection process, in which we systematically evaluate fundamental and behavioral factors to forecast individual security returns and rank those securities based on their attractiveness relative to industry peers. Given the pervasive low volatility environment throughout 2017, the Fund’s volatility was in line with the MSCI World 100% Hedged to USD Index.

While all sectors of the Fund delivered positive absolute performance during the reporting period, stock selection in the consumer staples, industrials, materials and real estate sectors detracted from the Fund’s performance relative to the

Fund vs. Indexes    

Total returns, 12/31/16 to 12/31/17, at net asset value (NAV). Performance shown does not include applicable contingent deferred sales charges (CDSC) or front-end sales charges, which would have reduced performance.

 

   

Class A Shares

           15.85%      

Class B Shares

           15.00         

Class C Shares

           15.02         

Class R Shares

           15.63         

Class Y Shares

           16.20         

Class R5 Shares

           16.27         

Class R6 Shares*

           16.14         

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

   22.40         

Custom Invesco Global Low Volatility Equity Yield Index (Style-Specific Index)**

   20.01         

MSCI World 100% Hedged to USD Indexq (Former Style-Specific Index)**

   19.13         

Lipper Global Equity Income Funds Index (Peer Group Index)

   17.85           

 

Source(s): qFactSet Research Systems Inc.; Invesco, FTSE/FactSet Research Systems Inc.; Lipper Inc.

 

  *Class R6 shares incepted on April 4, 2017. See page 7 for more information.

 **During the reporting period, the Fund first changed its style-specific benchmark from the MSCI World Index to the MSCI World 100% Hedged to USD Index and then to the Custom Invesco Global Low Volatility Equity Yield Index. The Fund elected to use the Custom Invesco Global Low Volatility Equity Yield Index as its style-specific index as it more closely reflects the performance of the types of securities in the Fund as well as the Fund’s strategy to hedge foreign currency exposure compared to its previous style-specific benchmarks.

 

   

 

 

 

Market conditions and your Fund

 

Global equity markets delivered positive, and in many cases double-digit, returns over the year ended December 31, 2017. These gains were broadly driven by firming global economic growth, as well as stronger corporate fundamentals. After trailing international markets for the first three quarters of the year, the US equity market outperformed international markets in the fourth quarter. US equity markets received a boost from the prospect of sweeping individual and corporate tax cuts, with a final tax bill approved by Congress in December 2017.

   

 

In developed markets, the US Federal Reserve (the Fed) met in December and increased the benchmark fed funds target rate by 0.25% to a target range of 1.25% to 1.50%.1 Combined with two other interest rate increases earlier in 2017, the Fed’s decision reflects a more constructive outlook for the US economy. In contrast, the European Central Bank held rates steady at 0% throughout 2017 and maintained its generous bond buying program through at least September 2018, or beyond, until it sees a sustained adjustment in the path of inflation.

   

 

Portfolio Composition  
By sector         % of total net assets  

Consumer Discretionary

     20.2%   
Utilities      12.4      
Energy      11.5      
Industrials      10.6      
Real Estate      9.1      
Health Care      7.9      
Telecommunication Services      6.4      
Materials      6.1      
Information Technology      5.5      
Financials      3.7      
Consumer Staples      3.5      
Money Market Funds Plus Other Assets Less Liabilities      3.1      
Top 10 Holdings*  

% of total net assets

 

  1. Petrofac Ltd.

    2.3%   

  2. Best Buy Co., Inc.

    2.2      

  3. Persimmon PLC

    2.1      

  4. Kindred Group PLC-SDR

    2.1      

  5. HP Inc.

    2.1      

  6. CSR Ltd.

    2.1      

  7. UPM-Kymmene Oyj

    2.1      

  8. Vodafone Group PLC

    2.0      

  9. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

    2.0      

10. Regis Resources Ltd.

    2.0      

Total Net Assets

  $ 105.5 million  

Total Number of Holdings*

    66  

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

*Excluding money market fund holdings.

Data presented here are as of December 31, 2017.

 

 

 

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Custom Invesco Global Low Volatility Equity Yield Index, the Fund’s style-specific index. In addition, an underweight position in the information technology sector and an overweight position in the utilities sector hurt the Fund’s performance versus the style-specific benchmark. Stock selection in the energy, health care and financials sectors contributed to Fund performance.

From a geographic perspective, stock selection in Japan, the Netherlands, Singapore and the UK was beneficial to the Fund’s relative performance during the reporting period, while stock selection lagged in the US, Hong Kong, France and Australia.

The largest detractor from Fund performance during the year was Neopost. We sold our position in the company before the close of the reporting period. Office Depot, which is still working on its integration with OfficeMax (not a Fund holding), lagged during the year but hopes to see synergy benefits from the merger in the near future.

Venture, a global electronics services company, was the largest contributor to absolute and relative return during the reporting period. The company’s stock price rose on quarterly profit reports that outpaced analysts’ expectations. Another top contributor was Wal-Mart Stores. The company’s stock price benefited from increased earnings revenue and sales growth.

The Fund uses a quantitative method of investing and focuses on four investment concepts that make up its stock selection model – Earnings Expectations, Market Sentiment, Management and Quality, and Value. During the reporting period, our stock selection model for our global investment universe was mostly positive across the investable universe. The balance in our multi-factor process – combining momentum, valuation, and business management measures – has helped to generate these positive forecasts. Value and Quality tend to be negatively correlated with our momentum factors, acting as attractive complements.

Please note that the Fund’s strategy is principally implemented through equity investments, but may also use equity futures contracts, derivative instruments, to gain exposure to the equity market. In addition, the Fund may use forward foreign currency contracts to hedge against adverse movements in the foreign currencies in which portfolio securities are

denominated. During the year, the Fund invested in S&P500, Nikkei 225, FTSE 100 and EuroStoxx 50 futures contracts, which were positive for Fund performance on an absolute basis. The Fund also invested in forward foreign currency contracts that were negative for Fund performance on an absolute basis due to the depreciation of the US dollar against other major currencies.

Derivatives can be a cost-effective way to gain exposure to asset classes. However, derivatives may amplify traditional investment risks through the creation of leverage and may be less liquid than traditional securities.

As always, we thank you for your continued investment in Invesco Global Low Volatility Equity Yield Fund.

1  Source: US Federal Reserve

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

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

 

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Michael Abata

Chartered Financial Analyst, Portfolio Manager, is manager of Invesco Global Low Volatility Equity Yield

Fund. He joined Invesco in 2011. Mr. Abata earned a BA in economics from Binghamton University.

 

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Uwe Draeger

Portfolio Manager, is manager of Invesco Global Low Volatility Equity Yield Fund. He joined Invesco in 2005.

Mr. Draeger earned a Diplom-Ökonom degree from Hochschule für Ökonomie Berlin, an MA from City of London Polytechnic and an MBA from Anglia Business School (Cambridge).

 

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Nils Huter

Chartered Financial Analyst, Portfolio Manager, is manager of Invesco Global Low Volatility Equity Yield

Fund. He joined Invesco in 2007. Mr. Huter earned a business administration degree, Diplom Kaufmann (FH), the University of Applied Sciences and Arts in Hildesheim.

 

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Donna Chapman Wilson

Portfolio Manager and Director of Portfolio Management, is manager of Invesco Global Low Volatility

Equity Yield Fund. She joined Invesco in 1997. Ms. Chapman Wilson earned a BA in economics from Hampton University and an MBA in finance from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.
 

 

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Your Fund’s Long-Term Performance

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

Fund and index data from 12/31/07

 

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1  Source: FactSet Research Systems Inc.

2  Source(s): Invesco, FTSE/FactSet Research Systems Inc.

 

Past performance cannot guarantee comparable future results.

During the reporting period, the Fund first changed its style-specific benchmark from the MSCI World Index to the MSCI World 100% Hedged to USD Index and then to the Custom Invesco Global Low Volatility Equity Yield Index. The Fund elected to use the Custom Invesco Global Low Volatility Equity Yield Index as its style-specific index as it more closely reflects the the performance of the types of securities in the Fund as well as the

Fund’s strategy to hedge foreign currency exposure compared to its previous style-specific benchmarks. In addition, the Lipper Global Equity Income Funds Index is not shown on the chart as the index does not have 10 years of performance history.

The data shown in the chart include reinvested distributions, applicable sales charges and Fund expenses including management fees. Results for Class B shares are calculated as if a hypothetical shareholder had liquidated his entire

investment in the Fund at the close of the reporting period and paid the contingent deferred sales charges, if applicable. Index results include reinvested dividends, but they do not reflect sales charges. Performance of the peer group, if applicable, reflects fund expenses and management fees; performance of a market index does not. Performance shown in the chart and table(s) does not reflect deduction of taxes a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or sale of Fund shares.

 

 

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Average Annual Total Returns    

As of 12/31/17, including maximum applicable

sales charges    

 

 

 

Class A Shares

        

Inception (9/15/97)

     5.70

10 Years

     1.88  

  5 Years

     6.28  

  1 Year

     9.48  

Class B Shares

        

Inception (9/15/97)

     5.79

10 Years

     1.85  

  5 Years

     6.38  

  1 Year

     10.00  

Class C Shares

        

Inception (1/2/98)

     5.55

10 Years

     1.70  

  5 Years

     6.70  

  1 Year

     14.02  

Class R Shares

        

Inception (10/31/05)

     4.20

10 Years

     2.21  

  5 Years

     7.22  

  1 Year

     15.63  

Class Y Shares

        

10 Years

     2.69

  5 Years

     7.77  

  1 Year

     16.20  

Class R5 Shares

        

Inception (4/30/04)

     5.95

10 Years

     2.99  

  5 Years

     7.95  

  1 Year

     16.27  

Class R6 Shares

        

10 Years

     2.48

  5 Years

     7.54  

  1 Year

     16.14  

Class Y shares incepted on October 3, 2008. Performance shown prior to that date is that of Class A shares and includes the 12b-1 fees applicable to Class A shares.

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

The performance data quoted represent past performance and cannot guarantee comparable future results; current performance may be lower or higher. Please visit invesco.com/performance for the most recent month-end performance. Performance figures reflect reinvested distributions, changes in net asset value and the effect of

the maximum sales charge unless otherwise stated. Investment return and principal value will fluctuate so that you may have a gain or loss when you sell shares.

The total annual Fund operating expense ratio set forth in the most recent Fund prospectus as of the date of this report for Class A, Class B, Class C, Class R, Class Y, Class R5 and Class R6 shares was 1.52%, 2.27%, 2.27%, 1.77%, 1.27%, 1.10% and 1.05%, respectively. The expense ratios presented above may vary from the expense ratios presented in other sections of this report that are based on expenses incurred during the period covered by this report.

Class A share performance reflects the maximum 5.50% sales charge, and Class B and Class C share performance reflects the applicable contingent deferred sales charge (CDSC) for the period involved. The CDSC on Class B shares declines from 5% beginning at the time of purchase to 0% at the beginning of the seventh year. The CDSC on Class C shares is 1% for the first year after purchase. Class R, Class Y, Class R5 and Class R6 shares do not have a front-end sales charge or a CDSC; therefore, performance is at net asset value.

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

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

            

 

 

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Invesco Global Low Volatility Equity Yield Fund’s investment objective is income and long-term growth of capital.

  Unless otherwise stated, information presented in this report is as of December 31, 2017, and is based on total net assets.
  Unless otherwise noted, all data provided by Invesco.
  To access your Fund’s reports/prospectus, visit invesco.com/fundreports.

 

 

About share classes

  Effective January 26, 2018, after the close of the reporting period, all outstanding Class B shares were converted to Class A shares, in advance of their normally scheduled conversion. No CDSC was paid in connection with this early conversion.

  Class R shares are generally available only to employer sponsored retirement and benefit plans. Please see the prospectus for more information.

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

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

 

Principal risks of investing in the Fund

  Depositary receipts risk. Investing in depositary receipts involves the same risks as direct investments in foreign securities. In addition, the underlying issuers of certain depositary receipts are under no obligation to distribute shareholder communications or pass through any voting rights with respect to the deposited securities to the holders of such receipts. The Fund may therefore receive less timely information or have less control than if it invested directly in the foreign issuer.

  Derivatives risk. The value of a derivative instrument depends largely on (and is derived from) the value of an underlying security, currency, commodity, interest rate, index or other asset (each referred to as an underlying asset). In addition to risks relating to the underlying assets, the use of derivatives may include other, possibly

 

greater, risks, including counterparty, leverage and liquidity risks. Counter-party risk is the risk that the counter-party to the derivative contract will default on its obligation to pay the Fund the amount owed or otherwise perform under the derivative contract. Derivatives create leverage risk because they do not require payment up front equal to the economic exposure created by owning the derivative. As a result, an adverse change in the value of the underlying asset could result in the Fund sustaining a loss that is substantially greater than the amount invested in the derivative, which may make the Fund’s returns more volatile and increase the risk of loss. Derivative instruments may also be less liquid than more traditional investments and the Fund may be unable to sell or close out its derivative positions at a desirable time or price. This risk may be more acute under adverse market conditions, during which the Fund may be most in need of liquidating its derivative positions. Derivatives may also be harder to value, less tax efficient and subject to changing government regulation that could impact the Fund’s ability to use certain derivatives or their cost. Also, derivatives used for hedging or to gain or limit exposure to a particular market segment may not provide the expected benefits, particularly during adverse market conditions.

  Emerging markets securities risk. Emerging markets (also referred to as developing markets) are generally subject to greater market volatility, political, social and economic instability, uncertain trading markets and more governmental limitations on foreign investment than more developed markets. In addition, companies operating in emerging markets may be subject to lower trading volume and greater price fluctuations than companies in more developed markets. Securities law and the enforcement of systems of taxation in many emerging market countries

 

 

may change quickly and unpredictably. In addition, investments in emerging markets securities may also be subject to additional transaction costs, delays in settlement procedures, and lack of timely information.

  Foreign securities risk. The Fund’s foreign investments may be adversely affected by political and social instability, changes in economic or taxation policies, difficulty in enforcing obligations, decreased liquidity or increased volatility. Foreign investments also involve the risk of the possible seizure, nationalization or expropriation of the issuer or foreign deposits (in which the Fund could lose its entire investments in a certain market) and the possible adoption of foreign governmental restrictions such as exchange controls. Unless the Fund has hedged its foreign securities risk, foreign securities risk also involves the risk of negative foreign currency rate fluctuations, which may cause the value of securities denominated in such foreign currency (or other instruments through which the Fund has exposure to foreign currencies) to decline in value. Currency exchange rates may fluctuate significantly over short periods of time. Currency hedging strategies, if used, are not always successful.

  Geographic focus risk. The Fund may from time to time invest a substantial amount of its assets in securities of issuers located in a single country or a limited number of countries. Adverse economic, political or social conditions in those countries may therefore have a significant negative impact on the Fund’s investment performance.

  Investing in the European Union risk. Investments in certain countries in the European Union are susceptible to high economic risks associated with high levels of debt, such as investments in sovereign debt of Greece, Italy and Spain. Efforts of the member states to further unify their economic and monetary policies may increase the potential for the downward movement of one member state’s market to cause a similar effect on other member states’ markets. Separately, the European Union faces issues involving its membership, structure, procedures and policies. The exit of one or more member states

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

 
   
NOT FDIC INSURED   |   MAY LOSE VALUE   |   NO BANK  GUARANTEE      

 

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from the European Union, such as the United Kingdom (UK) which has announced its intention to exit, would place its currency and banking system in jeopardy. The exit by the UK or other member states will likely result in increased volatility, illiquidity and potentially lower economic growth in the affected markets, which will adversely affect the Fund’s investments.

  Management risk. The Fund is actively managed and depends heavily on the Adviser’s judgment about markets, interest rates or the attractiveness, relative values, liquidity, or potential appreciation of particular investments made for the Fund’s portfolio. The Fund could experience losses if these judgments prove to be incorrect. There is no guarantee that the portfolio manager’s stock selection process will produce lower volatility than the broader markets in which the Fund invests. In addition, the Fund’s investment strategy to seek lower volatility may cause the Fund to underperform the broader markets in which the Fund invests during market rallies. Such underperformance could be significant during sudden or significant market rallies. Additionally, legislative, regulatory, or tax developments may adversely affect management of the Fund and, therefore, the ability of the Fund to achieve its investment objective.
  Market risk. The market values of the Fund’s investments, and therefore the value of the Fund’s shares, will go up and down, sometimes rapidly or unpredictably. Market risk may affect a single issuer, industry or section of the economy, or it may affect the market as a whole. Individual stock prices tend to go up and down more dramatically than those of certain other types of investments, such as bonds. During a general downturn in the financial markets, multiple asset classes may decline in value. When markets perform well, there can be no assurance that specific investments held by the Fund will rise in value.
  Preferred securities risk. Preferred securities are subject to issuer-specific and market risks applicable generally to equity securities. Preferred securities also may be subordinated to bonds or other debt instruments, subjecting
   

them to a greater risk of non-payment, may be less liquid than many other securities, such as common stocks, and generally offer no voting rights with respect to the issuer.

  REIT risk/real estate risk. Investments in real estate related instruments may be affected by economic, legal, cultural, environmental or technological factors that affect property values, rents or occupancies of real estate related to the Fund’s holdings. Shares of real estate related companies, which tend to be small- and mid-cap companies, may be more volatile and less liquid.

 

 

About indexes used in this report

  The MSCI World IndexSM is an unmanaged index considered representative of stocks of developed countries. The index is computed using the net return, which withholds applicable taxes for non-resident investors.
  The MSCI World 100% Hedged to USD IndexSM is an unmanaged index considered representative of stocks of developed countries. The index is 100% hedged to the USD and is computed using the net return, which withholds applicable taxes for non-residents investors.
  The Custom Invesco Global Low Volatility Equity Yield Index is composed of the MSCI World Index (Net) through February 23, 2017 and the MSCI World 100% Hedged to USD Index thereafter.
  The Lipper Global Equity Income Funds Index is an unmanaged Index considered representative of global equity income funds tracked by Lipper.
  The Fund is not managed to track the performance of any particular index, including the index(es) described here, and consequently, the performance of the Fund may deviate significantly from the performance of the index(es).
  A direct investment cannot be made in an index. Unless otherwise indicated, index results include reinvested dividends, and they do not reflect sales charges. Performance of the peer group, if applicable, reflects fund expenses; performance of a market index does not.

 

Other information

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

 

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Schedule of Investments

December 31, 2017

 

 

     Shares      Value  

Common Stocks & Other Equity Interests-96.86%

 

Australia–8.90%  

Caltex Australia Ltd.

    50,474      $ 1,338,615  

Cochlear Ltd.

    14,210        1,898,366  

CSR Ltd.

    586,131        2,172,052  

Harvey Norman Holdings Ltd.

    67,723        219,901  

Qantas Airways Ltd.

    421,549        1,654,741  

Regis Resources Ltd.

    628,241        2,103,582  
               9,387,257  
Canada–5.48%  

Capital Power Corp.

    95,665        1,863,980  

IGM Financial, Inc.

    58,121        2,041,564  

Superior Plus Corp.

    198,633        1,875,864  
               5,781,408  
China–1.74%  

Yangzijiang Shipbuilding Holdings Ltd.

    1,674,800        1,840,715  
Finland–2.05%  

UPM-Kymmene Oyj

    69,854        2,167,365  
France–1.89%  

Faurecia

    25,528        1,990,631  
Hong Kong–4.54%  

CLP Holdings Ltd.

    181,500        1,857,303  

HK Electric Investments and HK Electric Investments Ltd.–REGS(a)

    2,144,000        1,962,088  

NWS Holdings Ltd.

    539,000        971,119  
               4,790,510  
Israel–1.68%  

Bezeq The Israeli Telecommunication Corp. Ltd.

    908,636        1,373,319  

Paz Oil Co. Ltd.(b)

    2,329        402,867  
               1,776,186  
Japan–9.37%  

Aoyama Trading Co., Ltd.

    36,900        1,378,796  

Brother Industries, Ltd.

    11,600        286,216  

Haseko Corp.

    135,000        2,089,585  

K's Holdings Corp.

    68,900        1,766,682  

Miraca Holdings Inc.

    43,300        1,854,287  

mixi, Inc.

    32,900        1,477,536  

Nishimatsu Construction Co., Ltd.

    36,600        1,026,502  
               9,879,604  
Malta–2.09%  

Kindred Group PLC–SDR

    153,996        2,204,208  
New Zealand–6.36%  

Air New Zealand Ltd.

    696,221        1,568,129  

Contact Energy Ltd.

    426,914        1,682,200  

Mercury NZ Ltd.

    284,194        677,310  

Meridian Energy Ltd.

    387,756        802,764  

Spark New Zealand Ltd.

    767,650        1,974,842  
               6,705,245  
     Shares      Value  
Norway–1.47%  

Marine Harvest ASA

    91,718      $ 1,552,990  
Singapore–1.96%  

SATS Ltd.

    56,000        217,340  

Venture Corp. Ltd.

    121,000        1,848,934  
               2,066,274  
Sweden–1.95%  

Intrum Justitia AB

    55,677        2,058,843  
Switzerland–1.91%  

Novartis AG

    23,807        2,013,442  
United Kingdom–14.40%  

Barratt Developments PLC

    238,950        2,088,876  

BP PLC

    291,609        2,057,877  

PageGroup PLC

    256,084        1,605,745  

Persimmon PLC

    59,812        2,208,693  

Petrofac Ltd.

    345,983        2,382,269  

SSE PLC

    41,802        744,967  

Subsea 7 S.A.

    129,880        1,946,017  

Vodafone Group PLC

    681,045        2,151,389  
               15,185,833  
United States–31.07%  

Aaron's, Inc.

    7,828        311,946  

AbbVie Inc.

    7,798        754,145  

Best Buy Co., Inc.

    33,952        2,324,693  

Boeing Co. (The)

    890        262,470  

CenturyLink Inc.

    76,550        1,276,854  

CoreCivic, Inc.

    76,148        1,713,330  

EastGroup Properties, Inc.

    3,119        275,657  

Entergy Corp.

    19,700        1,603,383  

Four Corners Property Trust, Inc.

    58,976        1,515,683  

GameStop Corp.–Class A

    95,251        1,709,755  

Gaming and Leisure Properties, Inc.

    39,902        1,476,374  

Gilead Sciences, Inc.

    24,417        1,749,234  

HP Inc.

    103,417        2,172,791  

Macy's, Inc.

    73,908        1,861,742  

National Health Investors, Inc.

    25,491        1,921,512  

Office Depot, Inc.

    317,778        1,124,934  

Plains GP Holdings LP–Class A(b)

    90,122        1,978,178  

Potlatch Corp.

    13,874        692,313  

Uniti Group Inc.

    24,970        444,216  

Waddell & Reed Financial, Inc.–Class A

    84,590        1,889,741  

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

    21,493        2,122,434  

Washington Prime Group Inc.

    222,115        1,581,459  

Williams Cos., Inc. (The)

    66,067        2,014,383  
               32,777,227  

Total Common Stocks & Other Equity Interests
(Cost $93,990,513)

 

     102,177,738  

Money Market Funds–3.00%

 

Invesco Government & Agency Portfolio–Institutional
Class, 1.18%(c)

    1,186,527        1,186,527  
 

 

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

 

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     Shares      Value  

Invesco Liquid Assets Portfolio–Institutional Class, 1.40%(c)

    619,774      $ 619,836  

Invesco Treasury Portfolio–Institutional Class, 1.17%(c)

    1,356,030        1,356,030  

Total Money Market Funds
(Cost $3,162,454)

 

     3,162,393  

TOTAL INVESTMENTS IN SECURITIES–99.86% (Cost $97,152,967)

             105,340,131  

OTHER ASSETS LESS LIABILITIES–0.14%

             147,302  

NET ASSETS–100.00%

           $ 105,487,433  
 

Investment Abbreviations:

 

REGS  

– Regulation S

SDR  

– Swedish Depository Receipts

Notes to Schedule of Investments:

 

(a)  Security purchased or received in transaction exempt from registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “1933 Act”). The security may be resold pursuant to an exemption from registration under the 1933 Act, typically to qualified institutional buyers. The value of this security at December 31, 2017 represented 1.86% of the Fund's Net Assets.
(b)  Non-income producing security.
(c)  The money market fund and the Fund are affiliated by having the same investment adviser. The rate shown is the 7-day SEC standardized yield as of December 31, 2017.

 

Open Futures Contracts(a)  
Long Futures Contracts   Number of
Contracts
     Expiration
Month
     Notional
Value
     Value      Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 

Dow Jones EURO STOXX 50 Index

    11        March-2018      $ 460,999      $ (10,434    $ (10,434

E-Mini S&P 500 Index

    13        March-2018        1,739,400        14,366        14,366  

FTSE 100 Index

    2        March-2018        206,241        6,848        6,848  

SGX NIKKEI 225 Index

    3        March-2018        302,942        2,649        2,649  

Total Futures Contracts-Equity Risk

                             $ 13,429      $ 13,429  

 

(a)  Futures contracts collateralized by $113,777 cash held with Bank of America Merrill Lynch, the futures commission merchant.

 

Open Forward Foreign Currency Contracts  

Settlement
Date

          Contract to        Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 
     Counterparty    Deliver        Receive       

01/19/2018

     State Street Bank and Trust Co.      JPY       1,092,000,000          USD       9,726,656        $ 28,752  

01/19/2018

     State Street Bank and Trust Co.      USD       1,241,447          EUR       1,050,000          20,020  

01/19/2018

     State Street Bank and Trust Co.      USD       222,900          SGD       300,000          1,474  

Subtotal

                                                  50,246  

01/19/2018

     State Street Bank and Trust Co.      AUD       11,760,000          USD       8,985,910          (189,777

01/19/2018

     State Street Bank and Trust Co.      CAD       6,860,000          USD       5,423,272          (36,394

01/19/2018

     State Street Bank and Trust Co.      CHF       1,970,000          USD       2,006,492          (18,646

01/19/2018

     State Street Bank and Trust Co.      EUR       4,490,000          USD       5,344,514          (49,760

01/19/2018

     State Street Bank and Trust Co.      GBP       9,810,000          USD       13,186,146          (68,189

01/19/2018

     State Street Bank and Trust Co.      ILS       5,950,000          USD       1,707,311          (3,810

01/19/2018

     State Street Bank and Trust Co.      JPY       104,000,000          USD       919,940          (4,057

01/19/2018

     State Street Bank and Trust Co.      NOK       27,500,000          USD       3,323,813          (28,320

01/19/2018

     State Street Bank and Trust Co.      NZD       8,850,000          USD       6,097,358          (172,828

01/19/2018

     State Street Bank and Trust Co.      SEK       33,800,000          USD       4,033,436          (93,151

01/19/2018

     State Street Bank and Trust Co.      SGD       5,350,000          USD       3,976,714          (24,620

01/19/2018

     State Street Bank and Trust Co.      USD       649,490          GBP       480,000          (960

Subtotal

                                                  (690,512

Total Forward Foreign Currency Contracts-Currency Risk

 

                        $ (640,266

Abbreviations:

 

AUD  

– Australian Dollar

CAD  

– Canadian Dollar

CHF  

– Swiss Franc

EUR  

– Euro

GBP  

– British Pound Sterling

ILS  

– Israeli Sheqel

JPY  

– Japanese Yen

NOK  

– Norwegian Krone

NZD  

– New Zealand Dollar

SEK  

– Swedish Krona

SGD  

– Singapore Dollar

USD  

– U.S. Dollar

 

 

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

 

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Statement of Assets and Liabilities

December 31, 2017

 

 

Assets:

 

Investments in securities, at value (Cost $93,990,513)

  $ 102,177,738  

Investments in affiliated money market funds, at value (Cost $3,162,454)

    3,162,393  

Other investments:

 

Unrealized appreciation on forward foreign currency contracts outstanding

    50,246  

Foreign currencies, at value (Cost $561,784)

    568,359  

Deposits with brokers:

 

Cash collateral — exchange-traded futures contracts

    113,777  

Receivable for:

 

Fund shares sold

    54,316  

Dividends

    269,370  

Investment for trustee deferred compensation and retirement plans

    88,918  

Other assets

    30,935  

Total assets

    106,516,052  

Liabilities:

 

Other investments:

 

Variation margin payable — futures contracts

    8,277  

Unrealized depreciation on forward foreign currency contracts outstanding

    690,512  

Payable for:

 

Fund shares reacquired

    94,616  

Accrued fees to affiliates

    76,403  

Accrued trustees’ and officers’ fees and benefits

    640  

Accrued other operating expenses

    60,227  

Trustee deferred compensation and retirement plans

    97,944  

Total liabilities

    1,028,619  

Net assets applicable to shares outstanding

  $ 105,487,433  

Net assets consist of:

 

Shares of beneficial interest

  $ 107,113,604  

Undistributed net investment income

    32,207  

Undistributed net realized gain (loss)

    (9,228,376

Net unrealized appreciation

    7,569,998  
    $ 105,487,433  

Net Assets:

 

Class A

  $ 88,550,281  

Class B

  $ 511,588  

Class C

  $ 9,163,076  

Class R

  $ 1,495,828  

Class Y

  $ 4,713,906  

Class R5

  $ 1,042,095  

Class R6

  $ 10,659  

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

 

Class A

    6,373,008  

Class B

    38,890  

Class C

    697,647  

Class R

    107,505  

Class Y

    338,506  

Class R5

    74,110  

Class R6

    758  

Class A:

 

Net asset value per share

  $ 13.89  

Maximum offering price per share

 

(Net asset value of $13.89 ¸ 94.50%)

  $ 14.70  

Class B:

 

Net asset value and offering price per share

  $ 13.15  

Class C:

 

Net asset value and offering price per share

  $ 13.13  

Class R:

 

Net asset value and offering price per share

  $ 13.91  

Class Y:

 

Net asset value and offering price per share

  $ 13.93  

Class R5:

 

Net asset value and offering price per share

  $ 14.06  

Class R6:

 

Net asset value and offering price per share

  $ 14.06  
 

 

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

 

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Statement of Operations

For the year ended December 31, 2017

 

Investment income:

 

Dividends (net of foreign withholding taxes of $225,281)

  $ 4,794,553  

Dividends from affiliated money market funds (includes securities lending income of $27,659)

    49,561  

Total investment income

    4,844,114  

Expenses:

 

Advisory fees

    864,355  

Administrative services fees

    50,000  

Custodian fees

    27,383  

Distribution fees:

 

Class A

    226,696  

Class B

    7,809  

Class C

    95,967  

Class R

    7,613  

Transfer agent fees — A, B, C, R and Y

    280,988  

Transfer agent fees — R5

    1,016  

Transfer agent fees — R6

    8  

Trustees’ and officers’ fees and benefits

    22,451  

Registration and filing fees

    90,942  

Reports to shareholders

    85,616  

Professional services fees

    74,925  

Other

    18,423  

Total expenses

    1,854,192  

Less: Fees waived and expense offset arrangement(s)

    (7,192

Net expenses

    1,847,000  

Net investment income

    2,997,114  

Realized and unrealized gain (loss) from:

 

Net realized gain (loss) from:

 

Investment securities

    7,095,916  

Foreign currencies

    (6,983

Forward foreign currency contracts

    (1,564,284

Futures contracts

    309,065  
      5,833,714  

Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of:

 

Investment securities

    7,697,053  

Foreign currencies

    21,502  

Forward foreign currency contracts

    (640,266

Futures contracts

    16,168  
      7,094,457  

Net realized and unrealized gain

    12,928,171  

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

  $ 15,925,285  

 

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

 

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Statement of Changes in Net Assets

For the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016

 

     2017      2016  

Operations:

    

Net investment income

  $ 2,997,114      $ 3,767,572  

Net realized gain (loss)

    5,833,714        (2,033,775

Change in net unrealized appreciation

    7,094,457        2,468,505  

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

    15,925,285        4,202,302  

Distributions to shareholders from net investment income:

    

Class A

    (2,741,152      (3,600,966

Class B

    (16,938      (41,779

Class C

    (217,236      (325,800

Class R

    (42,304      (46,674

Class Y

    (150,904      (150,047

Class R5

    (35,713      (53,603

Class R6

    (269       

Total distributions from net investment income

    (3,204,516      (4,218,869

Share transactions–net:

    

Class A

    (14,291,301      (16,316,528

Class B

    (692,562      (864,046

Class C

    (2,272,020      (2,608,033

Class R

    (74,917      12,401  

Class Y

    889,797        (878,112

Class R5

    (80,257      (988,657

Class R6

    10,014         

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

    (16,511,246      (21,642,975

Net increase (decrease) in net assets

    (3,790,477      (21,659,542

Net assets:

    

Beginning of year

    109,277,910        130,937,452  

End of year (includes undistributed net investment income of $32,207 and $380,316, respectively)

  $ 105,487,433      $ 109,277,910  

Notes to Financial Statements

December 31, 2017

NOTE 1—Significant Accounting Policies

Invesco Global Low Volatility Equity Yield Fund (the “Fund”) is a series portfolio of AIM Growth Series (Invesco Growth Series) (the “Trust”). The Trust is organized as a Delaware statutory trust and is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”), as an open-end series management investment company consisting of twenty-nine separate series portfolios, each authorized to issue an unlimited number of shares of beneficial interest. The assets, liabilities and operations of each portfolio are accounted for separately. Information presented in these financial statements pertains only to the Fund. Matters affecting each portfolio or class will be voted on exclusively by the shareholders of such portfolio or class.

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

The Fund currently consists of seven different classes of shares: Class A, Class B, Class C, Class R, Class Y, Class R5 and Class R6. On April 4, 2017, the Fund began offering Class R6 shares. Class Y shares are available only to certain investors. Class A shares are sold with a front-end sales charge unless certain waiver criteria are met and under certain circumstances load waived shares may be subject to contingent deferred sales charges (“CDSC”). Class C shares are sold with a CDSC. Class R, Class Y, Class R5 and Class R6 shares are sold at net asset value. Effective November 30, 2010, new or additional investments in Class B shares are no longer permitted. Existing shareholders of Class B shares may continue to reinvest dividends and capital gains distributions in Class B shares until they convert to Class A shares. Also, shareholders in Class B shares will be able to exchange those shares for Class B shares of other Invesco Funds offering such shares until they convert to Class A shares. Generally, Class B shares will automatically convert to Class A shares on or about the month-end, which is at least eight years after the date of purchase. Redemption of Class B shares prior to the conversion date will be subject to a CDSC. Effective January 26, 2018, all of the Fund’s outstanding Class B shares were converted to Class A shares, in advance of their normally scheduled conversion. No CDSC was paid in connection with this early conversion.

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

 

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

 

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

C. Country Determination — For the purposes of making investment selection decisions and presentation in the Schedule of Investments, the investment adviser may determine the country in which an issuer is located and/or credit risk exposure based on various factors. These factors include the laws of the country under which the issuer is organized, where the issuer maintains a principal office, the country in which the issuer derives 50% or more of its total revenues and the country that has the primary market for the issuer’s securities, as well as other criteria. Among the other criteria that may be evaluated for making this determination are the country in which the issuer maintains 50% or more of its assets, the type of security, financial guarantees and enhancements, the nature of the collateral and the sponsor organization. Country of issuer and/or credit risk exposure has been determined to be the United States of America, unless otherwise noted.
D. Distributions — Distributions from net investment income, if any, are declared and paid quarterly and are recorded on the ex-dividend date. Distributions from net realized capital gain, if any, are generally declared and paid annually and recorded on the ex-dividend date. The Fund may elect to treat a portion of the proceeds from redemptions as distributions for federal income tax purposes.
E. Federal Income Taxes — The Fund intends to comply with the requirements of Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Internal Revenue Code”), necessary to qualify as a regulated investment company and to distribute substantially all of the Fund’s taxable earnings to shareholders. As such, the Fund will not be subject to federal income taxes on otherwise taxable income (including net realized capital gain) that is distributed to shareholders. Therefore, no provision for federal income taxes is recorded in the financial statements.

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

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

F. Accounting Estimates — The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”) requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period including estimates and assumptions related to taxation. Actual results could differ from those estimates by a significant amount. In addition, the Fund monitors for material events or transactions that may occur or become known after the period-end date and before the date the financial statements are released to print.
G. Expenses — Fees provided for under the Rule 12b-1 plan of a particular class of the Fund are charged to the operations of such class. Transfer agency fees and expenses and other shareholder recordkeeping fees and expenses attributable to Class R5 and Class R6 are allocated to each share class based on relative net assets. Sub-accounting fees attributable to Class R5 are charged to the operations of the class. Transfer agency fees and expenses and other shareholder recordkeeping fees and expenses relating to all other classes are allocated among those classes based on relative net assets. All other expenses are allocated among the classes based on relative net assets.
H. Indemnifications — Under the Trust’s organizational documents, each Trustee, officer, employee or other agent of the Trust is indemnified against certain liabilities that may arise out of the performance of their duties to the Fund. Additionally, in the normal course of business, the Fund enters into contracts, including the Fund’s servicing agreements, that contain a variety of indemnification clauses. The Fund’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown as this would involve future claims that may be made against the Fund that have not yet occurred. The risk of material loss as a result of such indemnification claims is considered remote.
I. Securities Lending — The Fund may lend portfolio securities having a market value up to one-third of the Fund’s total assets. Such loans are secured by collateral equal to no less than the market value of the loaned securities determined daily by the securities lending provider. Such collateral will be cash or debt securities issued or guaranteed by the U.S. Government or any of its sponsored agencies. Cash collateral received in connection with these loans is invested in short-term money market instruments or affiliated money market funds and is shown as such on the Schedule of Investments. The Fund bears the risk of loss with respect to the investment of collateral. It is the Fund’s policy to obtain additional collateral from or return excess collateral to the borrower by the end of the next business day, following the valuation date of the securities loaned. Therefore, the value of the collateral held may be temporarily less than the value of the securities on loan. When loaning securities, the Fund retains certain benefits of owning the securities, including the economic equivalent of dividends or interest generated by the security. Lending securities entails a risk of loss to the Fund if, and to the extent that, the market value of the securities loaned were to increase and the borrower did not increase the collateral accordingly, and the borrower failed to return the securities. The securities loaned are subject to termination at the option of the borrower or the Fund. Upon termination, the borrower will return to the Fund the securities loaned and the Fund will return the collateral. Upon the failure of the borrower to return the securities, collateral may be liquidated and the securities may be purchased on the open market to replace the loaned securities. The Fund could experience delays and costs in gaining access to the collateral and the securities may lose value during the delay which could result in potential losses to the Fund. Some of these losses may be indemnified by the lending agent. The Fund bears the risk of any deficiency in the amount of the collateral available for return to the borrower due to any loss on the collateral invested. Dividends received on cash collateral investments for securities lending transactions, which are net of compensation to counterparties, are included in Dividends from affiliated money market funds on the Statement of Operations. The aggregate value of securities out on loan, if any, is shown as a footnote on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities.
J.

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

 

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

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

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

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

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

L. Futures Contracts — The Fund may enter into futures contracts to manage exposure to interest rate, equity and market price movements and/or currency risks. A futures contract is an agreement between two parties (“Counterparties”) to purchase or sell a specified underlying security, currency or commodity (or delivery of a cash settlement price, in the case of an index future) for a fixed price at a future date. The Fund currently invests only in exchange-traded futures and they are standardized as to maturity date and underlying financial instrument. Initial margin deposits required upon entering into futures contracts are satisfied by the segregation of specific securities or cash as collateral at the futures commission merchant (broker). During the period the futures contracts are open, changes in the value of the contracts are recognized as unrealized gains or losses by recalculating the value of the contracts on a daily basis. Subsequent or variation margin payments are received or made depending upon whether unrealized gains or losses are incurred. These amounts are reflected as receivables or payables on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. When the contracts are closed or expire, the Fund recognizes a realized gain or loss equal to the difference between the proceeds from, or cost of, the closing transaction and the Fund’s basis in the contract. The net realized gain (loss) and the change in unrealized gain (loss) on futures contracts held during the period is included on the Statement of Operations. The primary risks associated with futures contracts are market risk and the absence of a liquid secondary market. If the Fund were unable to liquidate a futures contract and/or enter into an offsetting closing transaction, the Fund would continue to be subject to market risk with respect to the value of the contracts and continue to be required to maintain the margin deposits on the futures contracts. Futures contracts have minimal Counterparty risk since the exchange’s clearinghouse, as Counterparty to all exchange-traded futures, guarantees the futures against default. Risks may exceed amounts recognized in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities.
M. Collateral — To the extent the Fund has pledged or segregated a security as collateral and that security is subsequently sold, it is the Fund’s practice to replace such collateral no later than the next business day. This practice does not apply to securities pledged as collateral for securities lending transactions.

NOTE 2—Advisory Fees and Other Fees Paid to Affiliates

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

 

Average Daily Net Assets   Rate  

First $250 million

    0.80%  

Next $250 million

    0.78%  

Next $500 million

    0.76%  

Next $1.5 billion

    0.74%  

Next $2.5 billion

    0.72%  

Next $2.5 billion

    0.70%  

Next $2.5 billion

    0.68%  

Over $10 billion

    0.66%  

For the year ended December 31, 2017, the effective advisory fees incurred by the Fund was 0.80%.

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

 

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The Adviser has contractually agreed, through at least June 30, 2018, to waive advisory fees and/or reimburse expenses of all shares to the extent necessary to limit total annual fund operating expenses after fee waiver and/or expense reimbursement (excluding certain items discussed below) of Class A, Class B, Class C, Class R, Class Y, Class R5 and Class R6 shares to 2.00%, 2.75%, 2.75%, 2.25%, 1.75%, 1.75% and 1.75%, respectively, of average daily net assets (the “expense limits”). In determining the Adviser’s obligation to waive advisory fees and/or reimburse expenses, the following expenses are not taken into account, and could cause the total annual fund operating expenses after fee waiver and/or expense reimbursement to exceed the numbers reflected above: (1) interest; (2) taxes; (3) dividend expense on short sales; (4) extraordinary or non-routine items, including litigation expenses; and (5) expenses that the Fund has incurred but did not actually pay because of an expense offset arrangement. Unless Invesco continues the fee waiver agreement, it will terminate on June 30, 2018. During its term, the fee waiver agreement cannot be terminated or amended to increase the expense limits or reduce the advisory fee waiver without approval of the Board of Trustees. The Adviser did not waive fees and/or reimburse expenses during the period under these expense limits.

Further, the Adviser has contractually agreed, through at least June 30, 2019, to waive the advisory fee payable by the Fund in an amount equal to 100% of the net advisory fees the Adviser receives from the affiliated money market funds on investments by the Fund of uninvested cash (excluding investments of cash collateral from securities lending) in such affiliated money market funds.

For the year ended December 31, 2017, the Adviser waived advisory fees of $2,926.

The Trust has entered into a master administrative services agreement with Invesco pursuant to which the Fund has agreed to pay Invesco for certain administrative costs incurred in providing accounting services to the Fund. For the year ended December 31, 2017, expenses incurred under the agreement are shown in the Statement of Operations as Administrative services fees.

The Trust has entered into a transfer agency and service agreement with Invesco Investment Services, Inc. (“IIS”) pursuant to which the Fund has agreed to pay IIS a fee for providing transfer agency and shareholder services to the Fund and reimburse IIS for certain expenses incurred by IIS in the course of providing such services. IIS may make payments to intermediaries that provide omnibus account services, sub-accounting services and/or networking services. All fees payable by IIS to intermediaries that provide omnibus account services or sub-accounting services are charged back to the Fund, subject to certain limitations approved by the Trust’s Board of Trustees. For the year ended December 31, 2017, expenses incurred under the agreement are shown in the Statement of Operations as Transfer agent fees.

The Trust has entered into master distribution agreements with Invesco Distributors, Inc. (“IDI”) to serve as the distributor for the Class A, Class B, Class C, Class R, Class Y, Class R5 and Class R6 shares of the Fund. The Trust has adopted plans pursuant to Rule 12b-1 under the 1940 Act with respect to the Fund’s Class A, Class B, Class C and Class R shares (collectively, the “Plans”). The Fund, pursuant to the Plans, pays IDI compensation at the annual rate of 0.25% of the Fund’s average daily net assets of Class A shares, 1.00% of the average daily net assets of Class B and Class C shares and 0.50% of the average daily net assets of Class R shares. The fees are accrued daily and paid monthly. Of the Plan payments, up to 0.25% of the average daily net assets of each class of shares may be paid to furnish continuing personal shareholder services to customers who purchase and own shares of such classes. Any amounts not paid as a service fee under the Plans would constitute an asset-based sales charge. Rules of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”) impose a cap on the total sales charges, including asset-based sales charges, that may be paid by any class of shares of the Fund. For the year ended December 31, 2017, expenses incurred under the Plans are shown in the Statement of Operations as Distribution fees.

Front-end sales commissions and CDSC (collectively, the “sales charges”) are not recorded as expenses of the Fund. Front-end sales commissions are deducted from proceeds from the sales of Fund shares prior to investment in Class A shares of the Fund. CDSC are deducted from redemption proceeds prior to remittance to the shareholder. During the year ended December 31, 2017, IDI advised the Fund that IDI retained $8,130 in front-end sales commissions from the sale of Class A shares and $17 and $188 from Class A and Class C shares, respectively, for CDSC imposed on redemptions by shareholders.

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

NOTE 3—Additional Valuation Information

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

  Level 1 — Prices are determined using quoted prices in an active market for identical assets.
  Level 2 — Prices are determined using other significant observable inputs. Observable inputs are inputs that other market participants may use in pricing a security. These may include quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, yield curves, loss severities, default rates, discount rates, volatilities and others.
  Level 3 — Prices are determined using significant unobservable inputs. In situations where quoted prices or observable inputs are unavailable (for example, when there is little or no market activity for an investment at the end of the period), unobservable inputs may be used. Unobservable inputs reflect the Fund’s own assumptions about the factors market participants would use in determining fair value of the securities or instruments and would be based on the best available information.

The following is a summary of the tiered valuation input levels, as of December 31, 2017. The level assigned to the securities valuations may not be an indication of the risk or liquidity associated with investing in those securities. Because of the inherent uncertainties of valuation, the values reflected in the financial statements may materially differ from the value received upon actual sale of those investments.

The Fund’s policy is to recognize transfers in and out of the valuation levels as of the end of the reporting period.

 

18                         Invesco Global Low Volatility Equity Yield Fund


During the year ended December 31, 2017, there were transfers from Level 1 to Level 2 of $2,391,953 and from Level 2 to Level 1 of $14,816,813, due to foreign fair value adjustments.

 

     Level 1      Level 2      Level 3      Total  
Investments in Securities                               

Australia

  $ 1,898,366      $ 7,488,891      $      $ 9,387,257  

Canada

    5,781,408                      5,781,408  

China

    1,840,715                      1,840,715  

Finland

           2,167,365               2,167,365  

France

           1,990,631               1,990,631  

Hong Kong

    3,819,391        971,119               4,790,510  

Israel

    1,776,186                      1,776,186  

Japan

    7,790,019        2,089,585               9,879,604  

Malta

    2,204,208                      2,204,208  

New Zealand

    3,657,042        3,048,203               6,705,245  

Norway

    1,552,990                      1,552,990  

Singapore

           2,066,274               2,066,274  

Sweden

    2,058,843                      2,058,843  

Switzerland

    2,013,442                      2,013,442  

United Kingdom

    9,220,006        5,965,827               15,185,833  

United States

    32,777,227                      32,777,227  

Money Market Funds

    3,162,393                      3,162,393  

Total Investments in Securities

    79,552,236        25,787,895               105,340,131  
Other Investments - Assets*                               

Forward Foreign Currency Contracts

    50,246                      50,246  

Futures Contracts

    23,863                      23,863  
      74,109                      74,109  
Other Investments - Liabilities*                               

Forward Foreign Currency Contracts

    (690,512                    (690,512

Futures Contracts

    (10,434                    (10,434
      (700,946                    (700,946

Total Other Investments

    (626,837                    (626,837

Total Investments

  $ 78,925,399      $ 25,787,895      $      $ 104,713,294  

 

* Unrealized appreciation (depreciation).

NOTE 4—Derivative Investments

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

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

Value of Derivative Investments at Period-End

The table below summarizes the value of the Fund’s derivative investments, detailed by primary risk exposure, held as of December 31, 2017:

 

    Value  
Derivative Assets  

Currency

Risk

    

Equity

Risk

     Total  

Unrealized appreciation on futures contracts — Exchange-Traded(a)

  $      $ 23,863      $ 23,863  

Unrealized appreciation on forward foreign currency contracts

    50,246               50,246  

Total Derivative Assets

    50,246        23,863        74,109  

Derivatives not subject to master netting agreements

           (23,863      (23,863

Total Derivative Assets subject to master netting agreements

  $ 50,246      $      $ 50,246  

 

(a)  The daily variation margin receivable (payable) at period-end is recorded in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities.

 

19                         Invesco Global Low Volatility Equity Yield Fund


    Value  
Derivative Liabilities  

Currency

Risk

    

Equity

Risk

     Total  

Unrealized depreciation on futures contracts — Exchange-Traded(a)

  $      $ (10,434    $ (10,434

Unrealized depreciation on forward foreign currency contracts outstanding

    (690,512             (690,512

Total Derivative Liabilities

    (690,512      (10,434      (700,946

Derivatives not subject to master netting agreements

           10,434        10,434  

Total Derivative Liabilities subject to master netting agreements

  $ (690,512    $      $ (690,512

 

(a)  The daily variation margin receivable (payable) at period-end is recorded in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities.

Offsetting Assets and Liabilities

The table below reflects the Fund’s exposure to Counterparties subject to either an ISDA Master Agreement or other agreement for OTC derivative transactions as of December 31, 2017.

 

    Financial
Derivative Assets
       Financial
Derivative Liabilities
                Collateral
(Received)/Pledged
          
Counterparty   Forward Foreign
Currency Contracts
       Forward Foreign
Currency Contracts
      

Net Value of

Derivatives

       Non-Cash        Cash       

Net

Amount

 

State Street Bank and Trust Co.

  $ 50,246        $ (690,512      $ (640,266      $        $        $ (640,266

Effect of Derivative Investments for the year ended December 31, 2017

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

 

    Location of Gain (Loss) on
Statement of Operations
 
    

Currency

Risk

      

Equity

Risk

       Total  

Realized Gain (Loss):

           

Forward foreign currency contracts

  $ (1,564,284      $        $ (1,564,284

Futures contracts

             309,065          309,065  

Change in Net Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation):

           

Forward foreign currency contracts

    (640,266                 (640,266

Futures contracts

             16,168          16,168  

Total

  $ (2,204,550      $ 325,233        $ (1,879,317

The table below summarizes the average notional value of forward foreign currency contracts and futures contracts outstanding during the period.

 

     Forward Foreign
Currency Contracts
     Futures
Contracts
 

Average notional value

  $ 58,812,740      $ 2,244,097  

NOTE 5—Expense Offset Arrangement(s)

The expense offset arrangement is comprised of transfer agency credits which result from balances in demand deposit accounts used by the transfer agent for clearing shareholder transactions. For the year ended December 31, 2017, the Fund received credits from this arrangement, which resulted in the reduction of the Fund’s total expenses of $4,266.

NOTE 6—Trustees’ and Officers’ Fees and Benefits

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

NOTE 7—Cash Balances

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

 

20                         Invesco Global Low Volatility Equity Yield Fund


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

Tax Character of Distributions to Shareholders Paid During the Fiscal Years Ended December 31, 2017 and 2016:

 

     2017        2016  

Ordinary income

  $ 3,204,516        $ 4,218,869  

Tax Components of Net Assets at Period-End:

 

     2017  

Undistributed ordinary income

  $ 102,068  

Net unrealized appreciation — investments

    8,163,969  

Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) — foreign currencies and forward foreign currency contracts

    26,328  

Temporary book/tax differences

    (83,744

Capital loss carryforward

    (9,834,792

Shares of beneficial interest

    107,113,604  

Total net assets

  $ 105,487,433  

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

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

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

The Fund has a capital loss carryforward as of December 31, 2017:

 

Capital Loss Carryforward*  
Expiration   Short-Term        Long-Term        Total  

Not subject to expiration

  $ 9,834,792        $        $ 9,834,792  

 

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

NOTE 9—Investment Transactions

The aggregate amount of investment securities (other than short-term securities, U.S. Treasury obligations and money market funds, if any) purchased and sold by the Fund during the year ended December 31, 2017 was $81,654,092 and $100,270,296, respectively. Cost of investments, including any derivatives, on a tax basis includes the adjustments for financial reporting purposes as of the most recently completed federal income tax reporting period-end.

 

Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) of Investments on a Tax Basis  

Aggregate unrealized appreciation of investments

  $ 12,971,496  

Aggregate unrealized (depreciation) of investments

    (4,807,527

Net unrealized appreciation of investments

  $ 8,163,969  

Cost of investments for tax purposes is $96,549,325.

NOTE 10—Reclassification of Permanent Differences

Primarily as a result of differing book/tax treatment of expired capital loss carryforward, on December 31, 2017, undistributed net investment income was decreased by $140,707, undistributed net realized gain (loss) was increased by $65,477,101 and shares of beneficial interest was decreased by $65,336,394. This reclassification had no effect on the net assets of the Fund.

 

21                         Invesco Global Low Volatility Equity Yield Fund


NOTE 11—Share Information

 

    

Summary of Share Activity

 
    Years ended December 31,  
    2017(a)      2016  
     Shares      Amount      Shares      Amount  

Sold:

          

Class A

    317,987      $ 4,269,034        353,426      $ 4,436,908  

Class B

    583        7,491        1,728        20,734  

Class C

    46,711        591,026        57,591        682,337  

Class R

    15,107        201,447        12,784        160,376  

Class Y

    313,201        4,153,399        247,419        3,138,248  

Class R5

    18,028        238,398        28,803        354,117  

Class R6(b)

    758        10,014                

Issued as reinvestment of dividends:

          

Class A

    192,594        2,581,160        270,902        3,433,001  

Class B

    1,304        16,468        3,422        41,094  

Class C

    15,874        201,092        24,872        298,020  

Class R

    3,148        42,276        3,670        46,574  

Class Y

    9,264        124,498        7,347        93,275  

Class R5

    2,634        35,713        4,177        53,603  

Automatic conversion of Class B shares to Class A shares:

          

Class A

    41,829        556,920        52,890        662,318  

Class B

    (44,222      (556,920      (55,914      (662,318

Reacquired:

          

Class A

    (1,632,153      (21,698,415      (1,968,836      (24,848,755

Class B

    (12,831      (159,601      (22,127      (263,556

Class C

    (244,716      (3,064,138      (303,245      (3,588,390

Class R

    (23,630      (318,640      (15,339      (194,549

Class Y

    (253,397      (3,388,100      (328,003      (4,109,635

Class R5

    (26,747      (354,368      (112,298      (1,396,377

Net increase (decrease) in share activity

    (1,258,674    $ (16,511,246      (1,736,731    $ (21,642,975

 

(a)  There are entities that are record owners of more than 5% of the outstanding shares of the Fund and in the aggregate own 21% of the outstanding shares of the Fund. IDI has an agreement with these entities to sell Fund shares. The Fund, Invesco and/or Invesco affiliates may make payments to these entities, which are considered to be related to the Fund, for providing services to the Fund, Invesco and/or Invesco affiliates including but not limited to services such as securities brokerage, distribution, third party record keeping and account servicing. The Fund has no knowledge as to whether all or any portion of the shares owned of record by these entities are also owned beneficially.
(b)  Commencement date of April 4, 2017.

 

22                         Invesco Global Low Volatility Equity Yield Fund


NOTE 12—Financial Highlights

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

 

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

Class A

                       

Year ended 12/31/17

  $ 12.37     $ 0.38     $ 1.55     $ 1.93     $ (0.41   $ 13.89       15.77   $ 88,550       1.65 %(d)      1.65 %(d)      2.83 %(d)      78

Year ended 12/31/16

    12.40       0.40       0.02       0.42       (0.45     12.37       3.34       92,154       1.49       1.52       3.14       83  

Year ended 12/31/15

    13.89       0.48       (1.44     (0.96     (0.53     12.40       (7.02     108,429       1.48       1.52       3.60       94  

Year ended 12/31/14

    14.44       0.53       (0.55     (0.02     (0.53     13.89       (0.33     140,461       1.45       1.46       3.55       64  

Year ended 12/31/13

    11.38       0.27       3.05       3.32       (0.26     14.44       29.32       117,234       1.54       1.54       2.10       103  

Class B

                       

Year ended 12/31/17

    11.71       0.26       1.47       1.73       (0.29     13.15       14.91       512       2.40 (d)      2.40 (d)      2.08 (d)      78  

Year ended 12/31/16

    11.74       0.29       0.02       0.31       (0.34     11.71       2.56       1,101       2.24       2.27       2.39       83  

Year ended 12/31/15

    13.14       0.36       (1.36     (1.00     (0.40     11.74       (7.65     1,959       2.23       2.27       2.85       94  

Year ended 12/31/14

    13.66       0.39       (0.52     (0.13     (0.39     13.14       (1.08     3,580       2.20       2.21       2.80       64  

Year ended 12/31/13

    10.81       0.16       2.89       3.05       (0.20     13.66       28.34       5,434       2.29       2.29       1.35       103  

Class C

                       

Year ended 12/31/17

    11.69       0.26       1.47       1.73       (0.29     13.13       14.93       9,163       2.40 (d)      2.40 (d)      2.08 (d)      78  

Year ended 12/31/16

    11.72       0.28       0.02       0.30       (0.33     11.69       2.56       10,283       2.24       2.27       2.39       83  

Year ended 12/31/15

    13.13       0.36       (1.37     (1.01     (0.40     11.72       (7.74     12,900       2.23       2.27       2.85       94  

Year ended 12/31/14

    13.66       0.40       (0.52     (0.12     (0.41     13.13       (1.06     18,936       2.20       2.21       2.80       64  

Year ended 12/31/13

    10.79       0.17       2.89       3.06       (0.19     13.66       28.42       14,099       2.29       2.29       1.35       103  

Class R

                       

Year ended 12/31/17

    12.38       0.35       1.56       1.91       (0.38     13.91       15.55       1,496       1.90 (d)      1.90 (d)      2.58 (d)      78  

Year ended 12/31/16

    12.42       0.37       0.01       0.38       (0.42     12.38       3.00       1,398       1.74       1.77       2.89       83  

Year ended 12/31/15

    13.91       0.44       (1.44     (1.00     (0.49     12.42       (7.24     1,388       1.73       1.77       3.35       94  

Year ended 12/31/14

    14.46       0.49       (0.55     (0.06     (0.49     13.91       (0.58     1,627       1.70       1.71       3.30       64  

Year ended 12/31/13

    11.41       0.25       3.05       3.30       (0.25     14.46       29.00       1,351       1.79       1.79       1.85       103  

Class Y

                       

Year ended 12/31/17

    12.39       0.41       1.58       1.99       (0.45     13.93       16.20       4,714       1.40 (d)      1.40 (d)      3.08 (d)      78  

Year ended 12/31/16

    12.42       0.43       0.02       0.45       (0.48     12.39       3.60       3,339       1.24       1.27       3.39       83  

Year ended 12/31/15

    13.92       0.52       (1.46     (0.94     (0.56     12.42       (6.90     4,257       1.23       1.27       3.85       94  

Year ended 12/31/14

    14.49       0.57       (0.55     0.02       (0.59     13.92       (0.04     10,067       1.20       1.21       3.80       64  

Year ended 12/31/13

    11.38       0.32       3.04       3.36       (0.25     14.49       29.63       3,176       1.29       1.29       2.35       103  

Class R5

                       

Year ended 12/31/17

    12.52       0.44       1.57       2.01       (0.47     14.06       16.27       1,042       1.24 (d)      1.24 (d)      3.24 (d)      78  

Year ended 12/31/16

    12.56       0.45       0.02       0.47       (0.51     12.52       3.67       1,004       1.10       1.10       3.53       83  

Year ended 12/31/15

    14.08       0.56       (1.49     (0.93     (0.59     12.56       (6.66     2,004       1.05       1.05       4.03       94  

Year ended 12/31/14

    14.63       0.61       (0.55     0.06       (0.61     14.08       0.21       13,373       0.97       0.98       4.03       64  

Year ended 12/31/13

    11.49       0.35       3.08       3.43       (0.29     14.63       29.99       25,230       1.02       1.02       2.62       103  

Class R6

                       

Year ended 12/31/17(e)

    13.27       0.34       0.81       1.15       (0.36     14.06       8.72       11       1.20 (d)(f)      1.20 (d)(f)      3.28 (d)(f)      78  

 

(a)  Calculated using average shares outstanding.
(b)  Includes adjustments in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America and as such, the net asset value for financial reporting purposes and the returns based upon those net asset values may differ from the net asset value and returns for shareholder transactions. Does not include sales charges and is not annualized for periods less than one year, if applicable.
(c)  Portfolio turnover is calculated at the fund level and is not annualized for periods less than one year, if applicable.
(d)  Ratios are based on average daily net assets (000’s omitted) of $90,678, $781, $9,597, $1,522, $4,440, $1,018 and $10 for Class A, Class B, Class C, Class R, Class Y, Class R5 and Class R6 shares, respectively.
(e)  Commencement date of April 4, 2017.
(f)  Annualized.

 

23                         Invesco Global Low Volatility Equity Yield Fund


Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

 

To the Board of Trustees of AIM Growth Series (Invesco Growth Series) and Shareholders of Invesco Global Low Volatility Equity Yield Fund

Opinion on the Financial Statements

We have audited the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities, including the schedule of investments, of Invesco Global Low Volatility Equity Yield Fund (one of the funds constituting AIM Growth Series (Invesco Growth Series), hereafter referred to as the “Fund”) as of December 31, 2017, the related statement of operations for the year ended December 31, 2017, the statement of changes in net assets for each of the two years in the period ended December 31, 2017, including the related notes, and the financial highlights for each of the periods indicated therein (collectively referred to as the “financial statements”). In our opinion, the financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Fund as of December 31, 2017, the results of its operations for the year then ended, the changes in its net assets for each of the two years in the period ended December 31, 2017 and the financial highlights for each of the periods indicated therein in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

Basis for Opinion

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

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

Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements. Our procedures included confirmation of securities owned as of December 31, 2017 by correspondence with the custodian, transfer agent and brokers; when replies were not received from brokers, we performed other auditing procedures. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Houston, TX

February 23, 2018

We have served as the auditor of one or more of the investment companies in the Invesco/PowerShares group of investment companies since at least 1995. We have not determined the specific year we began serving as auditor.

 

24                         Invesco Global Low Volatility Equity Yield Fund


Calculating your ongoing Fund expenses

Example

As a shareholder of the Fund, you incur two types of costs: (1) transaction costs, which may include sales charges (loads) on purchase payments or contingent deferred sales charges on redemptions, if any; and (2) ongoing costs, including management fees, distribution and/or service (12b-1) fees, and other Fund expenses. This example is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Fund and to compare these costs with ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds. With the exception of the actual ending account value and expenses of the Class R6 shares, the example is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period July 1, 2017 through December 31, 2017.

Actual expenses

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

Hypothetical example for comparison purposes

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

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

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

 

Class

    

Beginning
Account Value
(07/01/17)

       ACTUAL       

HYPOTHETICAL

(5% annual return before

expenses)

      

Annualized
Expense
Ratio

 
          Ending
Account Value
(12/31/17)1
       Expenses
Paid During
Period2
       Ending
Account Value
(12/31/17)
       Expenses
Paid During
Period2
      

Class A

     $ 1,000.00        $ 1,054.60        $ 8.54        $ 1,016.89        $ 8.39          1.65

Class B

       1,000.00          1,050.40          12.40          1,013.11          12.18          2.40  

Class C

       1,000.00          1,050.50          12.40          1,013.11          12.18          2.40  

Class R

       1,000.00          1,053.20          9.83          1,015.63          9.65          1.90  

Class Y

       1,000.00          1,055.80          7.25          1,018.15          7.12          1.40  

Class R5

       1,000.00          1,056.20          6.43          1,018.95          6.31          1.24  

Class R6

       1,000.00          1,056.20          6.43          1,018.95          6.31          1.24  

 

1  The actual ending account value is based on the actual total return of the Fund for the period July 1, 2017 through December 31, 2017, after actual expenses and will differ from the hypothetical ending account value which is based on the Fund’s expense ratio and a hypothetical annual return of 5% before expenses.
2  Expenses are equal to the Fund’s annualized expense ratio as indicated above multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 184/365 to reflect the most recent fiscal half year.

 

25                         Invesco Global Low Volatility Equity Yield Fund


Tax Information

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

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

The Fund designates the following amounts or, if subsequently determined to be different, the maximum amount allowable for its fiscal year ended December 31, 2017:

 

 

Federal and State Income Tax

 

Qualified Dividend Income*

    79.59

Corporate Dividends Received Deduction*

    23.60

U.S. Treasury Obligations*

    0.00

 

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

 

26                         Invesco Global Low Volatility Equity Yield Fund


Trustees and Officers

 

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

 

Name, Year of Birth and

Position(s) Held with the Trust

  Trustee and/
or Officer Since
  Principal Occupation(s)
During Past 5 Years
  Number of
Funds in Fund
Complex
Overseen by
Trustee
  Other Directorship(s)
Held by Trustee During
Past 5 Years
Interested Persons                
Martin L. Flanagan1 — 1960 Trustee   2007  

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

 

Formerly: Advisor to the Board, Invesco Advisers, Inc. (formerly known as Invesco Institutional (N.A.), Inc.); Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Invesco Advisers, Inc. (registered investment adviser); Director, Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President, Invesco Holding Company (US), Inc. (formerly IVZ Inc.) (holding company), Invesco Group Services, Inc. (service provider) and Invesco North American Holdings, Inc. (holding company); Director, Chief Executive Officer and President, Invesco Holding Company Limited (parent of Invesco and a global investment management firm); Director, Invesco Ltd.; Chairman, Investment Company Institute and President, Co-Chief Executive Officer, Co-President, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer, Franklin Resources, Inc. (global investment management organization)

  158   None
Philip A. Taylor2 — 1954 Trustee and Senior Vice President   2006  

Head of the Americas and Senior Managing Director, Invesco Ltd.; Director, Invesco Advisers, Inc. (formerly known as Invesco Institutional (N.A.), Inc.) (registered investment adviser); Director, Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President, Invesco Management Group, Inc. (formerly known as Invesco Aim Management Group, Inc.) (financial services holding company); Director and Chairman, Invesco Investment Services, Inc. (formerly known as Invesco Aim Investment Services, Inc.) (registered transfer agent); Chief Executive Officer, Invesco Corporate Class Inc. (corporate mutual fund company); Director, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Invesco Canada Ltd. (formerly known as Invesco Trimark Ltd./Invesco Trimark Ltèe) (registered investment adviser and registered transfer agent); Trustee and Senior Vice President, The Invesco Funds; Director, Invesco Investment Advisers LLC (formerly known as Van Kampen Asset Management).

 

Formerly: Co-Chairman, Co-President and Co-Chief Executive Officer, Invesco Advisers, Inc. (formerly known as Invesco Institutional (N.A.), Inc.) (registered investment adviser); Director, Chief Executive Officer and President, Van Kampen Exchange Corp; President and Principal Executive Officer, The Invesco Funds (other than AIM Treasurer’s Series Trust (Invesco Treasurer’s Series Trust), Short-Term Investments Trust and Invesco Management Trust); Executive Vice President, The Invesco Funds (AIM Treasurer’s Series Trust (Invesco Treasurer’s Series Trust), Short-Term Investments Trust and Invesco Management Trust only); Director and President, INVESCO Funds Group, Inc. (registered investment adviser and registered transfer agent); Director and Chairman, IVZ Distributors, Inc. (formerly known as INVESCO Distributors, Inc.) (registered broker dealer); Director, President and Chairman, Invesco Inc. (holding company), Invesco Canada Holdings Inc. (holding company), Trimark Investments Ltd./Placements Trimark Ltèe and Invesco Financial Services Ltd/Services Financiers Invesco Ltèe; Chief Executive Officer, Invesco Canada Fund Inc. (corporate mutual fund company); Director and Chairman, Van Kampen Investor Services Inc.; Director, Chief Executive Officer and President, 1371 Preferred Inc. (holding company) and Van Kampen Investments Inc.; Director and President, AIM GP Canada Inc. (general partner for limited partnerships) and Van Kampen Advisors, Inc.; Director and Chief Executive Officer, Invesco Trimark Dealer Inc. (registered broker dealer); Director, Invesco Distributors, Inc. (formerly known as Invesco Aim Distributors, Inc.) (registered broker dealer); Manager, Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC; Director, Chief Executive Officer and President, Invesco Advisers, Inc.; Director, Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President, Invesco Aim Capital Management, Inc.; President, Invesco Trimark Dealer Inc. and Invesco Trimark Ltd./Invesco Trimark Ltèe; Director and President, AIM Trimark Corporate Class Inc. and AIM Trimark Canada Fund Inc.; Senior Managing Director, Invesco Holding Company Limited; Director and Chairman, Fund Management Company (former registered broker dealer); President and Principal Executive Officer, The Invesco Funds (AIM Treasurer’s Series Trust (Invesco Treasurer’s Series Trust), and Short-Term Investments Trust only); President, AIM Trimark Global Fund Inc. and AIM Trimark Canada Fund Inc.

  158   None

 

1  Mr. Flanagan is considered an interested person (within the meaning of Section 2(a)(19) of the 1940 Act) of the Trust because he is an officer of the Adviser to the Trust, and an officer and a director of Invesco Ltd., ultimate parent of the Adviser.

 

2  Mr. Taylor is considered an interested person (within the meaning of Section 2(a)(19) of the 1940 Act) of the Trust because he is an officer and a director of the Adviser.

 

T-1                         Invesco Global Low Volatility Equity Yield Fund


Trustees and Officers—(continued)

 

Name, Year of Birth and

Position(s) Held with the Trust

  Trustee and/
or Officer Since
 

Principal Occupation(s)

During Past 5 Years

  Number of
Funds in Fund
Complex
Overseen by
Trustee
 

Other Directorship(s)
Held by Trustee During

Past 5 Years

Independent Trustees                

Bruce L. Crockett — 1944

Trustee and Chair

  2001  

Chairman, Crockett Technologies Associates (technology consulting company)

 

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

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

David C. Arch — 1945

Trustee

  2010   Chairman of Blistex Inc. (consumer health care products manufacturer); Member, World Presidents’ Organization   158   Board member of the Illinois Manufacturers’ Association

Jack M. Fields — 1952

Trustee

  2001  

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

 

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

  158   None

Cynthia Hostetler — 1962

Trustee

  2017  

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

 

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

  158   Vulcan Materials Company (construction materials company); Trilinc Global Impact Fund; Aberdeen Investment Funds (4 portfolios); Artio Global Investment LLC (mutual fund complex); Edgen Group, Inc. (specialized energy and infrastructure products distributor)

Eli Jones — 1961

Trustee

  2016  

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

 

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

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

Prema Mathai-Davis — 1950

Trustee

  2001   Retired.   158   None

Teresa M. Ressel  —  1962

Trustee

  2017  

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

 

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

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

Ann Barnett Stern — 1957

Trustee

  2017  

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

 

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

  158   Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas

Raymond Stickel, Jr. — 1944

Trustee

  2005  

Retired.

 

Formerly: Director, Mainstay VP Series Funds, Inc. (25 portfolios); Partner, Deloitte & Touche

  158   None

Robert C. Troccoli — 1949

Trustee

  2016  

Adjunct Professor, University of Denver — Daniels College of Business

 

Formerly: Senior Partner, KPMG LLP

  158   None

Christopher L. Wilson —  1957

Trustee

  2017  

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

 

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

  158   TD Asset Management USA Inc. (mutual fund complex) (22 portfolios); ISO New England, Inc. (non-profit organization managing regional electricity market)

 

T-2                         Invesco Global Low Volatility Equity Yield Fund


Trustees and Officers—(continued)

 

Name, Year of Birth and

Position(s) Held with the Trust

  Trustee and/
or Officer Since
 

Principal Occupation(s)

During Past 5 Years

  Number of
Funds in Fund
Complex
Overseen by
Trustee
 

Other Directorship(s)
Held by Trustee During

Past 5 Years

Other Officers                

Sheri Morris — 1964

President, Principal Executive Officer and Treasurer

  1999  

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

 

Formerly: Vice President and Principal Financial Officer, The Invesco Funds; Vice President, Invesco Aim Advisers, Inc., Invesco Aim Capital Management, Inc. and Invesco Aim Private Asset Management, Inc.; Assistant Vice President and Assistant Treasurer, The Invesco Funds and Assistant Vice President, Invesco Advisers, Inc., Invesco Aim Capital Management, Inc. and Invesco Aim Private Asset Management, Inc.; and Treasurer, PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust II, PowerShares India Exchange-Traded Fund Trust and PowerShares Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Fund Trust

  N/A   N/A

Russell C. Burk — 1958

Senior Vice President and Senior Officer

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

John M. Zerr — 1962

Senior Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Secretary

  2006  

Director, Senior Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel, Invesco Management Group, Inc. (formerly known as Invesco AIM Management Group, Inc.); Senior Vice President, Invesco Advisers, Inc. (formerly known as Invesco Institutional (N.A.), Inc.) (registered investment adviser); Senior Vice President and Secretary, Invesco Distributors, Inc. (formerly known as Invesco AIM Distributors, Inc.); Director, Vice President and Secretary, Invesco Investment Services, Inc. (formerly known as Invesco AIM Investment Services, Inc.) Senior Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Secretary, The Invesco Funds; Managing Director, Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC; Director, Secretary and General Counsel, Invesco Investment Advisers LLC (formerly known as Van Kampen Asset Management); Secretary and General Counsel, Invesco Capital Markets, Inc. (formerly known as Van Kampen Funds Inc.) and Chief Legal Officer, PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust II, PowerShares India Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, PowerShares Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, PowerShares Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Commodity Fund Trust and PowerShares Exchange-Traded Self-Indexed Fund Trust; Manager and Secretary, Invesco Indexing LLC

 

Formerly: Director, Secretary, General Counsel and Senior Vice President, Van Kampen Exchange Corp.; Director, Vice President and Secretary, IVZ Distributors, Inc. (formerly known as INVESCO Distributors, Inc.); Director and Vice President, INVESCO Funds Group, Inc.; Director and Vice President, Van Kampen Advisors Inc.; Director, Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel, Van Kampen Investor Services Inc.; Director, Invesco Distributors, Inc. (formerly known as Invesco AIM Distributors, Inc.); Director, Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary, Invesco AIM Advisers, Inc. and Van Kampen Investments Inc.; Director, Vice President and Secretary, Fund Management Company; Director, Senior Vice President, Secretary, General Counsel and Vice President, Invesco AIM Capital Management, Inc.; Chief Operating Officer and General Counsel, Liberty Ridge Capital, Inc. (an investment adviser); Vice President and Secretary, PBHG Funds (an investment company) and PBHG Insurance Series Fund (an investment company); Chief Operating Officer, General Counsel and Secretary, Old Mutual Investment Partners (a broker-dealer); General Counsel and Secretary, Old Mutual Fund Services (an administrator) and Old Mutual Shareholder Services (a shareholder servicing center); Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary, Old Mutual Capital, Inc. (an investment adviser); and Vice President and Secretary, Old Mutual Advisors Funds (an investment company)

  N/A   N/A

Gregory G. McGreevey — 1962

Senior Vice President

  2012  

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

 

Formerly: Assistant Vice President, The Invesco Funds

  N/A   N/A

Kelli Gallegos — 1970

Vice President, Principal Financial Officer and Assistant Treasurer

  2008  

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

 

Formerly: Assistant Vice President, The Invesco Funds

  N/A   N/A

 

T-3                         Invesco Global Low Volatility Equity Yield Fund


Trustees and Officers—(continued)

 

Name, Year of Birth and

Position(s) Held with the Trust

  Trustee and/
or Officer Since
 

Principal Occupation(s)

During Past 5 Years

  Number of
Funds in Fund
Complex
Overseen by
Trustee
 

Other Directorship(s)
Held by Trustee During

Past 5 Years

Other Officers—(continued)                

Tracy Sullivan — 1962

Vice President, Chief Tax Officer and Assistant Treasurer

  2008  

Vice President, Chief Tax Officer and Assistant Treasurer, The Invesco Funds; Assistant Treasurer, Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC, PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust II, PowerShares India Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, PowerShares Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Fund Trust,PowerShares Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Commodity Fund Trust and PowerShares Exchange-Traded Self-Indexed Fund Trust

 

Formerly: Assistant Vice President, The Invesco Funds

  N/A   N/A

Crissie M. Wisdom — 1969

Anti-Money Laundering Compliance Officer

  2013  

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

 

Formerly: Anti-Money Laundering Compliance Officer, Van Kampen Exchange Corp.

  N/A   N/A

Robert R. Leveille — 1969

Chief Compliance Officer

  2016  

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

 

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

  N/A   N/A

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

 

Office of the Fund

11 Greenway Plaza, Suite 1000

Houston, TX 77046-1173

 

Investment Adviser

Invesco Advisers, Inc.

1555 Peachtree Street, N.E.

Atlanta, GA 30309

 

Distributor

Invesco Distributors, Inc.

11 Greenway Plaza, Suite 1000

Houston, TX 77046-1173

 

Auditors

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

1000 Louisiana Street, Suite 5800

Houston, TX 77002-5678

     

Counsel to the Fund

Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young, LLP

2005 Market Street, Suite 2600

Philadelphia, PA 19103-7018

 

Counsel to the Independent Trustees

Goodwin Procter LLP

901 New York Avenue, N.W.

Washington, D.C. 20001

 

Transfer Agent

Invesco Investment Services, Inc.

11 Greenway Plaza, Suite 1000

Houston, TX 77046-1173

 

Custodian

State Street Bank and Trust Company

225 Franklin Street

Boston, MA 02110-2801

 

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Annual Report to Shareholders

 

 

 

December 31, 2017

 

 

 

Invesco Income Allocation Fund

 

  Nasdaq:  
  A: ALAAX    B: BLIAX    C: CLIAX    R: RLIAX    Y: ALAYX    R5: ILAAX     R6: IIASX

 

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Letters to Shareholders

 

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              Philip Taylor

 

Dear Shareholders:

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

Major stock market indexes rose – and set record highs – throughout the reporting period. Generally positive economic data, strong corporate earnings and anticipated tax and regulatory reform contributed to the rally. The US economy expanded during the reporting period, with gross domestic product, the value of all goods and services produced, significantly increasing its growth rate from the first to the third quarter of the year. Tax reform legislation, enacted in December 2017, was a positive for the stock market, but its long-term economic impact was uncertain. Citing positive economic trends – specifically, realized and expected labor market conditions and inflation – the US

Federal Reserve raised interest rates in March, June and December 2017. While US and global bond markets, as well as emerging market equities, sold off early in the reporting period, they recovered much of their losses during the reporting period. Overseas, economic data were mixed, prompting the European Central Bank and central banks in China and Japan, among other countries, to maintain extraordinarily accommodative monetary policies.

Short-term market volatility can prompt some investors to abandon their investment plans – and can cause others to settle for whatever returns the market has to offer. The investment professionals at Invesco, in contrast, invest with high conviction. This means that, no matter the asset class or the strategy, each investment team has a passion to exceed. We want to help investors achieve better outcomes, such as seeking higher returns, helping mitigate risk and generating income. Of course, investing with high conviction can’t guarantee a profit or ensure success; no investment strategy can. To learn more about how we invest with high conviction, visit invesco.com/HighConviction.

You, too, can invest with high conviction by maintaining a long-term investment perspective and by working with your financial adviser on a regular basis. During periods of short-term market volatility or uncertainty, your financial adviser can keep you focused on your long-term investment goals – a new home, a child’s college education or a secure retirement. He or she also can share research about the economy, the markets and individual investment options.

Visit our website for more information on your investments

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

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

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

Have questions?

For questions about your account, contact an Invesco client services representative at 800 959 4246. For Invesco-related questions or comments, please email me directly at phil@invesco.com.

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

Sincerely,

 

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Senior Managing Director, Invesco Ltd.

 

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        Bruce Crockett

  

Dear Fellow Shareholders:

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

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

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

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

  Assessing each portfolio management team’s investment performance within the context of the investment strategy described in the fund’s prospectus.
  Monitoring for potential conflicts of interests that may impact the nature of the services that your funds receive.

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

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

As always, please contact me at bruce@brucecrockett.com with any questions or concerns you may have. On behalf of the Board, we look forward to continuing to represent your interests and serving your needs.

Sincerely,

 

 

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Bruce L. Crockett

Independent Chair

Invesco Funds Board of Trustees

 

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Management’s Discussion of Fund Performance

 

Performance summary

For the year ended December 31, 2017, Class A shares of Invesco Income Allocation Fund (the Fund), at net asset value (NAV), underperformed the Fund’s style-specific index, the Custom Invesco Income Allocation Index.

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

 

 

 

 

 

Fund vs. Indexes

        

Total returns, 12/31/16 to 12/31/17, at net asset value (NAV). Performance shown does not include applicable contingent deferred sales charges (CDSC) or front-end sales charges, which would have reduced performance.

 

 

Class A Shares

     7.99

Class B Shares

     7.18  

Class C Shares

     7.18  

Class R Shares

     7.63  

Class Y Shares

     8.26  

Class R5 Shares

     8.26  

Class R6 Shares*

     8.10  

S&P 500 Indexq (Broad Market Index)

     21.83  

Custom Invesco Income Allocation Index (Style-Specific Index)

     9.21  

Lipper Mixed-Asset Target Allocation Conservative Funds Index¨ (Peer Group Index)

     8.78  

Source(s): qFactSet Research Systems Inc.; Invesco, FactSet Research Systems Inc.; ¨Lipper Inc.

*Class R6 shares incepted on April 4, 2017. See page 7 for more information.

  

 

 

Market conditions and your Fund

Despite highly destructive hurricanes that threatened to derail a years-long economic recovery, the US economy continued to expand throughout the year ended December 31, 2017. Gross domestic product — the value of all goods and services produced in the US — expanded in the first three quarters of 2017.

Given signs of an improving economy, the US Federal Reserve (the Fed) raised interest rates three times during the reporting period, most recently in December 2017; each rate hike was 25 basis points.1 (A basis point is 0.01%.) The Fed pledged that “realized and expected economic conditions relative to its objectives of maximum employment and 2 percent inflation” will guide its future actions. At the close of the reporting period, Fed policy remained accommodative, and the fed funds target rate stood at a range of 1.25% to 1.50% — 75 basis points higher than at the start of the reporting period.1

US bond returns were positive for the year, with all fixed income sectors (Treasuries, government-related, corporate and securitized) posting positive returns, primarily driven by strong macroeconomic conditions, muted market volatility and global investor demand for yield. A benign inflation outlook dampened long-term rates as the yield curve flattened, benefiting investors invested in longer maturity securities. In addition, the benign inflation environment allowed the Fed to remain less aggressive with rate hikes. The US corporate credit sector remained a key contributor to excess return for the year, with lower-rated investment grade securities outperforming higher-rated credits and comparable-maturity Treasuries. Tax cut legislation enacted in December included significant corporate tax reductions that were an additional catalyst for the positive tone in the credit market. The high yield sector also benefited from strong demand during the year, despite lofty valuations. Within structured securities, commercial

 

 
  Portfolio Composition*        
  By fund type, based on total investments  

  Fixed Income Funds

     68.1

  Equity Funds

     25.0  

  Alternative Funds

     6.3  

  Money Market Funds

     0.6  

 

* Based on the Schedule of Investments, which classifies each underlying fund and other investments into broad asset classes based on their predominant investments.

  Total Net Assets

   $ 625.7 million  

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

Data presented here are as of December 31, 2017.

 

mortgage-backed securities (MBS) were the primary outperformers, with asset-backed securities also performing well in midst of higher short-term rates. Agency MBS also outperformed on a relative basis, even as the Fed began to systematically de-lever its MBS and Treasury holdings.

Major US stock market indexes repeatedly hit all-time highs throughout the reporting period. The stock market rally that began after the 2016 presidential election continued throughout the reporting period, fueled by generally positive economic data, strong corporate earnings and improved consumer confidence. However, performance was highly concentrated, with more than two-thirds of the equity market’s gains linked to just three sectors: technology, financials and health care. Finally, after much debate in Congress, a tax reform bill was signed into law in December 2017, which further strengthened stocks.

Reflecting these trends, the largest contributors to Fund performance during the reporting period were US equities and diversified fixed income. The largest individual contributors to absolute Fund performance included Invesco Dividend Income Fund and PowerShares Top 200 Pure Value Portfolio. However, relative to the Fund’s style-specific benchmark, these funds detracted from results, as large-cap value stocks generally underperformed broader equity market. Invesco Multi-Asset Income Fund also contributed to Fund returns, led by gains in US large-cap preferred equities, US high yield securities, US mortgage real estate investment trusts, emerging market government bonds and master limited partnerships.

There were no detractors from absolute Fund returns in terms of asset classes or individual holdings. Relative to the style-specific benchmark, the Fund’s underweight exposure to US equity and overweight exposure to fixed income detracted from Fund performance. Invesco Quality Income Fund also detracted from relative Fund results, as mortgages underperformed broader fixed income.

As part of the Fund’s annual rebalance, PowerShares International Dividend Achievers Portfolio was removed as a Fund holding. Please note that some of the Fund’s underlying funds – including, but not limited to, Invesco Multi-Asset Income Fund – may use derivatives, including futures and total return swaps,

 

 

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which may create economic leverage in the underlying funds. Therefore, performance of these underlying funds, both positive and negative, can be attributed to these instruments.

We welcome new investors who joined the Fund during the year, and we thank you for investing in Invesco Income Allocation Fund.

 

1 Source: US Federal Reserve

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

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

 

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Jacob Borbidge

Chartered Financial Analyst, Portfolio Manager and Head of Research for Invesco’s Global Solutions Development and Implementation Team, is manager of Invesco Income Allocation Fund. He

joined Invesco in 2004. Mr. Borbidge earned a BS in mechanical engineering from Lehigh University and an MS in finance from the University of Houston.

 

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Duy Nguyen

Chartered Financial Analyst, Portfolio Manager and Chief Investment Officer of Invesco’s Global Solutions Development and Implementation Team, is manager of Invesco Income Allocation Fund. He

joined Invesco in 2000. Mr. Nguyen earned a BBA from the University of Texas at Austin and an MS from University of Houston.

 

Assisted by Invesco’s Global Solutions Development & Implementation Team

 

 

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Your Fund’s Long-Term Performance

Results of a $10,000 Investment - Oldest Share Classes(es)

Fund and index data from 12/31/07

 

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1 Source: FactSet Research Systems Inc.
2 Source(s): Invesco, FactSet Research Systems Inc.
3 Source: Lipper Inc.

 

Past performance cannot guarantee comparable future results.

The data shown in the chart re-invested distributions, applicable sales charges and Fund expenses including management fees. Results for Class B shares are calculated as if a hypothetical

shareholder had liquidated his entire investment in the Fund at the close of the reporting period and paid the contingent deferred sales charges, if applicable. Index results include reinvested dividends, but they do not reflect sales charges. Performance of the peer group,

if applicable, reflects fund expenses and management fees; performance of a market index does not. Performance shown in the chart and table(s) does not reflect deduction of taxes a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or sale of Fund shares.

 

 

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 Average Annual Total  Returns  

 As of 12/31/17, including maximum applicable

 sales charges

 

 

 Class A Shares

        

 Inception (10/31/05)

     5.30%  

 10 Years

     4.74     

   5 Years

     4.95     

   1 Year

     2.08     

 Class B Shares

        

 Inception (10/31/05)

     5.27%  

 10 Years

     4.71     

   5 Years

     5.03     

   1 Year

     2.18     

 Class C Shares

        

 Inception (10/31/05)

     5.00%  

 10 Years

     4.54     

   5 Years

     5.34     

   1 Year

     6.18     

 Class R Shares

        

 Inception (10/31/05)

     5.53%  

 10 Years

     5.06     

   5 Years

     5.87     

   1 Year

     7.63     

 Class Y Shares

        

 10 Years

     5.58%  

   5 Years

     6.40     

   1 Year

     8.26     

 Class R5 Shares

        

 Inception (10/31/05)

     6.06%  

 10 Years

     5.60     

   5 Years

     6.40     

   1 Year

     8.26     

 Class R6 Shares

        

 10 Years

     5.35%  

   5 Years

     6.16     

   1 Year

     8.10     

Class Y shares incepted on October 3, 2008. Performance shown prior to that date is that of Class A shares and includes the 12b-1 fees applicable to Class A shares.

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

The performance data quoted represent past performance and cannot guarantee comparable future results; current performance may be lower or higher. Please visit invesco.com/performance for the most recent month end performance. Performance figures reflect reinvested distributions, changes in net asset value and the effect of the maximum sales charge unless

otherwise stated. Investment return and principal value will fluctuate so that you may have a gain or loss when you sell shares.

The net annual Fund operating expense ratio set forth in the most recent Fund prospectus as of the date of this report for Class A, Class B, Class C, Class R, Class Y, Class R5 and Class R6 shares was 0.83%, 1.58%, 1.58%, 1.08%, 0.58%, 0.58% and 0.58%, respectively.1,2 The total annual Fund operating expense ratio set forth in the most recent Fund prospectus as of the date of this report for Class A, Class B, Class C, Class R, Class Y, Class R5 and Class R6 was 1.04%, 1.79%, 1.79%, 1.29%, 0.79%, 0.76% and 0.71%, respectively.1 The expense ratios presented above may vary from the expense ratios presented in other sections of this report that are based on expenses incurred during the period covered by this report.

Class A share performance reflects the maximum 5.50% sales charge, and Class B and Class C share performance reflects the applicable contingent deferred sales charge (CDSC) for the period involved. The CDSC on Class B shares declines from 5% beginning at the time of purchase to 0% at the beginning of the seventh year. The CDSC on Class C shares is 1% for the first year after purchase. Class R, Class Y, Class R5 and Class R6 shares do not have a front-end sales charge or a CDSC; therefore, performance is at net asset value.

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

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

 

1 The expense ratio includes acquired fund fees and expenses of the underlying funds in which the Fund invests of 0.58% for Invesco Income Allocation Fund.
2 Total annual Fund operating expenses after any contractual fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements by the adviser in effect through at least April 30, 2019. See current prospectus for more information.
 

 

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Invesco Income Allocation Fund’s investment objective is current income and, secondarily, growth of capital.

  Unless otherwise stated, information presented in this report is as of December 31, 2017, and is based on total net assets.
  Unless otherwise noted, all data provided by Invesco.
  To access your Fund’s reports/prospectus, visit invesco.com/fundreports.

 

 

 

About share classes

 Effective January 26, 2018, after the close of the reporting period, all outstanding Class B shares were converted to Class A shares, in advance of their normally scheduled conversion. No CDSC was paid in connection with this early conversion.

 Class R shares are generally available only to employer sponsored retirement and benefit plans. Please see the prospectus for more information.

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

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

 

 

Principal risks of investing in the Fund

 Active trading risk. Active trading of portfolio securities may result in added expenses, a lower return and increased tax liability.

 Allocation risk. The Fund’s investment performance depends, in part, on how its assets are allocated among the underlying funds or asset classes. The Adviser’s evaluations and assumptions regarding the asset classes or the underlying funds in which the Fund invests may be incorrect, causing the Fund to be invested (or not invested) in one or more asset classes or underlying funds at an inopportune time, which could negatively affect the Fund’s performance.

 Bank loan risk. There are a number of risks associated with an investment in bank loans including, credit risk, interest rate risk, liquidity risk and prepayment risk. Lack of an active trading market, restrictions on resale, irregular

 

trading activity, wide bid/ask spreads and extended trade settlement periods may impair an underlying fund’s ability to sell bank loans within its desired time frame or at an acceptable price and its ability to accurately value existing and prospective investments. Extended trade settlement periods may result in cash not being immediately available to an underlying fund. As a result an underlying fund may have to sell other investments or engage in borrowing transactions to raise cash to meet its obligations. The risk of holding bank loans is also directly tied to the risk of insolvency or bankruptcy of the issuing banks. These risks could cause an underlying fund to lose income or principal on a particular investment, which in turn could affect the underlying fund’s returns. The value of bank loans can be affected by and sensitive to changes in government regulation and to economic downturns in the United States and abroad. Bank loans generally are floating rate loans, which are subject to interest rate risk as the interest paid on the floating rate loans adjusts periodically based on changes in widely accepted reference rates.

 Borrowing risk. Borrowing money to buy securities exposes an underlying fund to leverage and will cause an underlying fund’s share price to be more volatile because leverage will exaggerate the effect of any increase or decrease in the value of an underlying fund’s portfolio securities. Borrowing money may also require an underlying fund to liquidate positions when it may not be advantageous to do so. In addition, an underlying fund will incur interest expenses and other fees on borrowed money. There can be no assurance that an underlying fund’s borrowing strategy will enhance and not reduce the underlying fund’s returns.

  Changing fixed income market conditions risk. The current low interest rate environment was created in part by the Federal Reserve Board (FRB) and certain foreign central banks keeping the

 

federal funds and equivalent foreign rates near, at or below zero. Increases in the federal funds and equivalent foreign rates may expose fixed income markets to heightened volatility and reduced liquidity for certain fixed income investments, particularly those with longer maturities. In addition, decreases in fixed income dealer market-making capacity may also potentially lead to heightened volatility and reduced liquidity in the fixed income markets. As a result, the value of an underlying fund’s investments and share price may decline. Changes in central bank policies could also result in higher than normal shareholder redemptions, which could potentially increase portfolio turnover and an underlying fund’s transaction costs.

 Collateralized loan obligations risk. CLOs are subject to the risks of substantial losses due to actual defaults by underlying borrowers, which will be greater during periods of economic or financial stress. CLOs may also lose value due to collateral defaults and disappearance of subordinate tranches, market anticipation of defaults, and investor aversion to CLO securities as a class. The risks of CLOs will be greater if an underlying fund invests in CLOs that hold loans of uncreditworthy borrowers or if an underlying fund holds subordinate tranches of the CLO that absorbs losses from the defaults before senior tranches. In addition, CLOs are subject to interest rate risk and credit risk.

  Commodities tax risk. The tax treatment of commodity-linked derivative instruments may be adversely affected by changes in legislation, regulations or other legally binding authority. If, as a result of any such adverse action, the income of an underlying fund from certain commodity-linked derivatives was treated as non-qualifying income, an underlying fund might fail to qualify as a regulated investment company and be subject to federal income tax at the fund level. Should the Internal Revenue Service issue guidance, or Congress enact legislation, that adversely affects the tax treatment of an underlying fund’s use of commodity-linked notes or a wholly-owned subsidiary (which guidance might be applied to the underlying fund retroactively), it could, among other consequences, limit the

 

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

 

 

 

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underlying fund’s ability to pursue its investment strategy.

  Commodity risk. An underlying fund may have investment exposure to the commodities markets and/or a particular sector of the commodities markets, which may subject an underlying fund to greater volatility than investments in traditional securities, such as stocks and bonds. Volatility in the commodities markets may be caused by changes in overall market movements, domestic and foreign political and economic events and policies, war, acts of terrorism, changes in domestic or foreign interest rates and/or investor expectations concerning interest rates, domestic and foreign inflation rates, investment and trading activities of mutual funds, hedge funds and commodities funds, and factors such as drought, floods, weather, livestock disease, embargoes, tariffs and other regulatory developments, or supply and demand disruptions. Because an underlying fund’s performance may be linked to the performance of volatile commodities, investors should be willing to assume the risks of potentially significant fluctuations in the value of an underlying fund’s shares.
  Convertible securities risk. The market values of convertible securities are affected by market interest rates, the risk of actual issuer default on interest or principal payments and the value of the underlying common stock into which the convertible security may be converted. Additionally, a convertible security is subject to the same types of market and issuer risks as apply to the underlying common stock. In addition, certain convertible securities are subject to involuntary conversions and may undergo principal writedowns upon the occurrence of certain triggering events, and, as a result, are subject to an increased risk of loss. Convertible securities may be rated below investment grade.
  Credit linked notes risk. Risks of credit linked notes include those risks associated with the underlying reference obligation including but not limited to market risk, interest rate risk, credit risk, default risk and, in some cases, foreign currency risk. An investor in a credit linked note bears counterparty risk or the risk that the issuer of the credit linked note will default or become bankrupt and not make timely payment of principal and interest of the structured security. Credit linked notes may be less liquid than other investments
   

and therefore harder to dispose of at the desired time and price. In addition, credit linked notes may be leveraged and, as a result, small changes in the value of the underlying reference obligation may produce disproportionate losses to an underlying fund.

  Debt securities risk. The prices of debt securities held by an underlying fund will be affected by changes in interest rates, the creditworthiness of the issuer and other factors. An increase in prevailing interest rates typically causes the value of existing debt securities to fall and often has a greater impact on longer-duration debt securities and higher quality debt securities. Falling interest rates will cause an underlying fund to reinvest the proceeds of debt securities that have been repaid by the issuer at lower interest rates. Falling interest rates may also reduce an underlying fund’s distributable income because interest payments on floating rate debt instruments held by an underlying fund will decline. An underlying fund could lose money on investments in debt securities if the issuer or borrower fails to meet its obligations to make interest payments and/or to repay principal in a timely manner. Changes in an issuer’s financial strength, the market’s perception of such strength or in the credit rating of the issuer or the security may affect the value of debt securities. The Adviser’s credit analysis may fail to anticipate such changes, which could result in buying a debt security at an inopportune time or failing to sell a debt security in advance of a price decline or other credit event.
  Defaulted securities risk. Defaulted securities pose a greater risk that principal will not be repaid than non-defaulted securities. Defaulted securities and any securities received in an exchange for such securities may be subject to restrictions on resale.
  Derivatives risk. The value of a derivative instrument depends largely on (and is derived from) the value of an underlying security, currency, commodity, interest rate, index or other asset (each referred to as an underlying asset). In addition to risks relating to the underlying assets, the use of derivatives may include other, possibly greater, risks, including counterparty, leverage and liquidity risks. Counterparty risk is the risk that the counterparty to the derivative contract will default on its obligation to pay an underlying fund the amount owed or
   

otherwise perform under the derivative contract. Derivatives create leverage risk because they do not require payment up front equal to the economic exposure created by owning the derivative. As a result, an adverse change in the value of the underlying asset could result in an underlying fund sustaining a loss that is substantially greater than the amount invested in the derivative, which may make an underlying fund’s returns more volatile and increase the risk of loss. Derivative instruments may also be less liquid than more traditional investments and an underlying fund may be unable to sell or close out its derivative positions at a desirable time or price. This risk may be more acute under adverse market conditions, during which an underlying fund may be most in need of liquidating its derivative positions. Derivatives may also be harder to value, less tax efficient and subject to changing government regulation that could impact an underlying fund’s ability to use certain derivatives or their cost. Also, derivatives used for hedging or to gain or limit exposure to a particular market segment may not provide the expected benefits, particularly during adverse market conditions.

  Dividend paying security risk. Securities that pay high dividends as a group can fall out of favor with the market, causing such companies to underperform companies that do not pay high dividends. Also, changes in the dividend policies of the companies in an underlying fund’s underlying index and the capital resources available for such companies’ dividend payments may affect an underlying fund.
  Dollar roll transactions risk. Dollar roll transactions occur in connection with TBA transactions and involve the risk that the market value of the securities an underlying fund is required to purchase may decline below the agreed upon purchase price of those securities Dollar roll transactions add a form of leverage to an underlying fund’s portfolio, which may make the Fund’s returns more volatile and increase the risk of loss. In addition, dollar roll transactions may increase an underlying fund’s portfolio turnover, which may result in increased brokerage costs and may lower an underlying fund’s actual return.
 

Emerging markets securities risk. Emerging markets (also referred to as developing markets) are generally subject to greater market volatility, political, social and economic instability, uncertain trading markets and more

 

 

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governmental limitations on foreign investment than more developed markets. In addition, companies operating in emerging markets may be subject to lower trading volume and greater price fluctuations than companies in more developed markets. Securities law and the enforcement of systems of taxation in many emerging market countries may change quickly and unpredictably. In addition, investments in emerging markets securities may also be subject to additional transaction costs, delays in settlement procedures, and lack of timely information.

  Exchange-traded fund industry concentration risk. In following its methodology, an underlying exchange-traded fund’s underlying index from time to time may be concentrated to a significant degree in securities of issuers located in a single industry or sector. To the extent that an underlying fund’s underlying index concentrates in the securities of issuers in a particular industry or sector, an underlying fund will also concentrate its investments to approximately the same extent. By concentrating its investments in an industry or sector, an underlying fund faces more risks than if it were diversified broadly over numerous industries or sectors. Such industry-based risks, any of which may adversely affect the companies in which an underlying fund invests, may include, but are not limited to, the following: general economic conditions or cyclical market patterns that could negatively affect supply and demand in a particular industry; competition for resources, adverse labor relations, political or world events; obsolescence of technologies; and increased competition or new product introductions that may affect the profitability or viability of companies in an industry. In addition, at times, such industry or sector may be out of favor and underperform other industries or the market as a whole.
  Exchange-traded funds risk. In addition to the risks associated with the underlying assets held by the exchange-traded fund, investments in exchange-traded funds are subject to the following additional risks: (1) an exchange-traded fund’s shares may trade above or below its net asset value; (2) an active trading market for the exchange-traded fund’s shares may not develop or be maintained; (3) trading an exchange-traded fund’s shares may be halted by the listing exchange; (4) a passively-managed exchange-traded fund may
   

not track the performance of the reference asset; and (5) a passively managed exchange-traded fund may hold troubled securities. Investment in exchange-traded funds may involve duplication of management fees and certain other expenses, as the Fund or an underlying fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of any expenses paid by the exchange-traded funds in which it invests. Further, certain exchange-traded funds in which the Fund or an underlying fund may invest are leveraged, which may result in economic leverage, permitting the Fund or an underlying fund to gain exposure that is greater than would be the case in an unlevered instrument, and potentially resulting in greater volatility.

  Financial services sector risk. An underlying fund may be susceptible to adverse economic or regulatory occurrences affecting the financial services sector. Financial services companies are subject to extensive government regulation and are disproportionately affected by unstable interest rates, each of which could adversely affect the profitability of such companies. Financial services companies may also have concentrated portfolios, which make them especially vulnerable to unstable economic conditions.
  Foreign credit exposure risk. US dollar-denominated securities carrying foreign credit exposure may be affected by unfavorable political, economic or governmental developments that could affect payments of principal and interest.
  Foreign currency tax risk. If the US Treasury Department were to exercise its authority to issue regulations that exclude from the definition of “qualifying income” foreign currency gains not directly related to an underlying fund’s business of investing in securities, the underlying fund may be unable to qualify as a regulated investment company for one or more years. In this event, the underlying fund’s Board of Trustees may authorize a significant change in investment strategy or other action.
  Foreign government debt risk. Investments in foreign government debt securities (sometimes referred to as sovereign debt securities) involve certain risks in addition to those relating to foreign securities or debt securities generally. The issuer of the debt or the governmental authorities that control the repayment of the debt may be unable or unwilling to repay principal or interest when due in accordance with the terms of such debt, and an underlying
   

fund may have limited recourse in the event of a default against the defaulting government. Without the approval of debt holders, some governmental debtors have in the past been able to reschedule or restructure their debt payments or declare moratoria on payments.

  Foreign securities risk. An underlying fund’s foreign investments may be adversely affected by political and social instability, changes in economic or taxation policies, difficulty in enforcing obligations, decreased liquidity or increased volatility. Foreign investments also involve the risk of the possible seizure, nationalization or expropriation of the issuer or foreign deposits (in which an underlying fund could lose its entire investments in a certain market) and the possible adoption of foreign governmental restrictions such as exchange controls. Unless an underlying fund has hedged its foreign securities risk, foreign securities risk also involves the risk of negative foreign currency rate fluctuations, which may cause the value of securities denominated in such foreign currency (or other instruments through which an underlying fund has exposure to foreign currencies) to decline in value. Currency exchange rates may fluctuate significantly over short periods of time. Currency hedging strategies, if used, are not always successful.
  Fund of funds risk. The Fund’s performance depends on that of the underlying funds in which it invests. Accordingly, the risks associated with an investment in the Fund include the risks associated with investments in the underlying funds. The Fund will indirectly pay a proportional share of the fees and expenses of the underlying funds in which it invests. There are risks that the Fund will vary from its target weightings (if any) in the underlying funds, that the underlying funds will not achieve their investment objectives, that the underlying funds’ performance may be lower than their represented asset classes, and that the Fund may withdraw its investments in an underlying fund at a disadvantageous time.
 

High yield debt securities (junk bond) risk. Investments in high yield debt securities (“junk bonds”) and other lower-rated securities will subject an underlying fund to substantial risk of loss. These securities are considered to be speculative with respect to the issuer’s ability to pay interest and principal when due, are more susceptible to

 

 

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default or decline in market value and are less liquid than investment grade debt securities. Prices of high yield debt securities tend to be very volatile.

  Indexing risk. An underlying fund is operated as a passively managed index fund and, therefore, the adverse performance of a particular security necessarily will not result in the elimination of the security from the underlying fund’s portfolio. Ordinarily, the underlying fund’s adviser will not sell the underlying fund’s portfolio securities except to reflect additions or deletions of the securities that comprise the underlying fund’s underlying index, or as may be necessary to raise cash to pay underlying fund shareholders who sell underlying fund shares. As such, the underlying fund will be negatively affected by declines in the securities represented by its underlying index. Also, there is no guarantee that the underlying fund’s adviser will be able to correlate the underlying fund’s performance with that of its underlying index.
  Investment companies risk. Investing in other investment companies could result in the duplication of certain fees, including management and administrative fees, and may expose an underlying fund to the risks of owning the underlying investments that the other investment company holds.
  Liquidity risk. An underlying fund may be unable to sell illiquid investments at the time or price it desires and, as a result, could lose its entire investment in such investments. Liquid securities can become illiquid during periods of market stress. If a significant amount of the an underlying fund’s securities become illiquid, an underlying fund may not be able to timely pay redemption proceeds and may need to sell securities at significantly reduced prices.
  Management risk. An underlying fund is actively managed and depends heavily on an underlying fund’s adviser’s judgment about markets, interest rates or the attractiveness, relative values, liquidity, or potential appreciation of particular investments made for an underlying fund’s portfolio. An underlying fund could experience losses if these judgments prove to be incorrect. Additionally, legislative, regulatory, or tax developments may adversely affect management of an underlying fund and, therefore, the ability of the underlying fund to achieve its investment objective.
  Market risk. The market values of an underlying fund’s investments, and
   

therefore the value of an underlying fund’s shares, will go up and down, sometimes rapidly or unpredictably. Market risk may affect a single issuer, industry or section of the economy, or it may affect the market as a whole. Individual stock prices tend to go up and down more dramatically than those of certain other types of investments, such as bonds. During a general downturn in the financial markets, multiple asset classes may decline in value. When markets perform well, there can be no assurance that specific investments held by an underlying fund will rise in value.

  Market trading risk. An underlying exchange-traded fund faces numerous market trading risks, including the potential lack of an active market for its shares, losses from trading in secondary markets, and disruption in the creation/redemption process of an underlying fund. Any of these factors may lead to an underlying fund’s shares trading at a premium or discount to an underlying fund’s net asset value (NAV).
  MLP risk. An underlying fund invests in securities of MLPs, which are subject to the following risks:
  Limited partner risk. An MLP is a public limited partnership or limited liability company taxed as a partnership under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the Code). Although the characteristics of MLPs closely resemble a traditional limited partnership, a major difference is that MLPs may trade on a public exchange or in the over-the-counter market. The risks of investing in an MLP are similar to those of investing in a partnership, including more flexible governance structures, which could result in less protection for investors than investments in a corporation. Investors in an MLP normally would not be liable for the debts of the MLP beyond the amount that the investor has contributed but investors may not be shielded to the same extent that a shareholder of a corporation would be. In certain circumstances, creditors of an MLP would have the right to seek return of capital distributed to a limited partner, which right would continue after an investor sold its investment in the MLP.
  - Liquidity risk. The ability to trade on a public exchange or in the over-the-counter market provides a certain amount of liquidity not found in many limited partnership
  investments. However, MLP interests may be less liquid than conventional publicly traded securities and, therefore, more difficult to trade at desirable times and/or prices.
  Interest rate risk. In addition, MLP distributions may be reduced by fees and other expenses incurred by the MLP. MLPs generally are considered interest-rate sensitive investments. During periods of interest rate volatility, these investments may not provide attractive returns.
  General partner risk. The holder of the general partner or managing member interest can be liable in certain circumstances for amounts greater than the amount of the holder’s investment in the general partner or managing member.

Additionally, if an underlying fund were to invest more than 25% of its total assets in MLPs that are taxed as partnerships this could cause an underlying fund to lose its status as regulated investment company under Subchapter M of the Code.

  MLP tax risk. MLPs taxed as partnerships do not pay US federal income tax at the partnership level. A change in current tax law, or a change in the underlying business mix of a given MLP, however, could result in an MLP being classified as a corporation for US federal income tax purposes, which would have the effect of reducing the amount of cash available for distribution by the MLP and could cause a reduction of the value of an underlying fund’s investment, and consequently the Fund’s investment in an underlying fund and lower income.
 

Mortgage- and asset-backed securities risk. Mortgage- and asset-backed securities are subject to prepayment or call risk, which is the risk that a borrower’s payments may be received earlier or later than expected due to changes in prepayment rates on underlying loans. This could result in an underlying fund reinvesting these early payments at lower interest rates, thereby reducing an underlying fund’s income. Mortgage- and asset-backed securities also are subject to extension risk, which is the risk that an unexpected rise in interest rates could reduce the rate of prepayments, causing the price of the mortgage- and asset-backed securities and an underlying fund’s share price to fall. An unexpectedly high rate of defaults on the mortgages held by a mortgage pool will adversely affect the value of mortgage-backed securities and will

 

 

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result in losses to an underlying fund. An underlying fund may invest in mortgage pools that include subprime mortgages, which are loans made to borrowers with weakened credit histories or with lower capacity to make timely payments on their mortgages. Privately issued mortgage-related securities are not subject to the same underwriting requirements as those with government or government-sponsored entity guarantees and, therefore, mortgage loans underlying privately issued mortgage-related securities may have less favorable collateral, credit risk or other underwriting characteristics, and wider variances in interest rate, term, size, purpose and borrower characteristics.

  Municipal securities risk. The risk of a municipal obligation generally depends on the financial and credit status of the issuer. Constitutional amendments, legislative enactments, executive orders, administrative regulations, voter initiatives, and the issuer’s regional economic conditions may affect the municipal security’s value, interest payments, repayment of principal and an underlying fund’s ability to sell the security. Failure of a municipal security issuer to comply with applicable tax requirements may make income paid thereon taxable, resulting in a decline in the security’s value. In addition, there could be changes in applicable tax laws or tax treatments that reduce or eliminate the current federal income tax exemption on municipal securities or otherwise adversely affect the current federal or state tax status of municipal securities.
  Non-correlation risk. The return of an underlying fund’s preferred equity segment may not match the return of the underlying index for a number of reasons. For example, an underlying fund incurs operating expenses not applicable to the underlying index, and incurs costs in buying and selling securities, especially when rebalancing securities holdings to reflect changes in the index. In addition, the performance of the preferred equity segment and the underlying index may vary due to asset valuation differences and differences between the preferred equity segment and the index resulting from legal restrictions, costs or liquidity constraints.
  Non-diversification risk. An underlying fund is non-diversified and can invest a greater portion of its assets in the obligations or securities of a small number of issuers or any single issuer than a diversified fund can. A change in the value
   

of one or a few issuers’ securities will therefore affect the value of an underlying fund more than would occur in a diversified fund.

  Preferred securities risk. Preferred securities are subject to issuer specific and market risks applicable generally to equity securities. Preferred securities also may be subordinated to bonds or other debt instruments, subjecting them to a greater risk of nonpayment, may be less liquid than many other securities, such as common stocks, and generally offer no voting rights with respect to the issuer.
  Real estate investment trust (REIT) risk/real estate risk. An underlying fund concentrates its investments in the securities of real estate and real estate related companies. Investments in real estate related instruments may be affected by economic, legal, cultural, environmental or technological factors that affect property values, rents or occupancies of real estate related to an underlying fund’s holdings. Shares of real estate related companies, which tend to be small- and mid-cap companies, may be more volatile and less liquid than larger companies. The value of investments in real estate related companies may be affected by the quality of management, the ability to repay loans, the utilization of leverage and financial covenants related thereto, whether the company carries adequate insurance and environmental factors. If a real estate related company defaults on certain types of debt obligations, an underlying fund may own real estate directly, which involves additional risks such as environmental liabilities; difficulty in valuing and selling the real estate; and economic or regulatory changes.
  Risk of subordinated debt. Perpetual subordinated debt is a type of hybrid instrument that has no maturity date for the return of principal and does not need to be redeemed by the issuer. These investments typically have lower credit ratings and lower priority than other obligations of an issuer during bankruptcy, presenting a greater risk for nonpayment. This risk increases as the priority of the obligation becomes lower. Payments on these securities may be subordinated to all existing and future liabilities and obligations of subsidiaries and associated companies of an issuer. Additionally, some perpetual subordinated debt does not restrict the ability of an issuer’s subsidiaries to incur further unsecured indebtedness.
  Sampling risk. An underlying fund’s use of a representative sampling approach will result in its holding a smaller number of securities than are in its underlying index and in the underlying fund holding securities not included in its underlying index. As a result, an adverse development respecting an issuer of securities held by the underlying fund could result in a greater decline in the underlying fund’s NAV than would be the case if all of the securities in its underlying index were held. An underlying fund’s use of a representative sampling approach may also include the risk that it may not track the return of its underlying index as well as it would have if the underlying fund held all of the securities in its underlying index.
  Short position risk. Because an underlying fund’s potential loss on a short position arises from increases in the value of the asset sold short, the underlying fund will incur a loss on a short position, which is theoretically unlimited, if the price of the asset sold short increases from the short sale price. The counterparty to a short position or other market factors may prevent an underlying fund from closing out a short position at a desirable time or price and may reduce or eliminate any gain or result in a loss. In a rising market, an underlying fund’s short positions will cause the underlying fund to underperform the overall market and its peers that do not engage in shorting. If an underlying fund holds both long and short positions, and both positions decline simultaneously, the short positions will not provide any buffer (hedge) from declines in value of the underlying fund’s long positions. Certain types of short positions involve leverage, which may exaggerate any losses, potentially more than the actual cost of the investment, and will increase the volatility of an underlying fund’s returns.
  Small- and mid-capitalization companies risks. Small- and mid-capitalization companies tend to be more vulnerable to changing market conditions, may have little or no operating history or track record of success, and may have more limited product lines and markets, less experienced management and fewer financial resources than larger companies. These companies’ securities may be more volatile and less liquid than those of more established companies, and their returns may vary, sometimes significantly, from the overall securities market.
 

 

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  Subsidiary risk. By investing in the Subsidiary, an underlying fund is indirectly exposed to risks associated with the Subsidiary’s investments. The Subsidiary is not registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (1940 Act), and, except as otherwise noted in this prospectus, is not subject to the investor protections of the 1940 Act. Changes in the laws of the United States and/or the Cayman Islands, under which an underlying fund and the Subsidiary, respectively, are organized, could result in the inability of an underlying fund and/or the Subsidiary to operate as described in this prospectus and the SAI, and could negatively affect an underlying fund and its shareholders.
  TBA transactions risk. TBA transactions involve the risk of loss if the securities received are less favorable than what was anticipated by an underlying fund when entering into the TBA transaction, or if the counterparty fails to deliver the securities. When an underlying fund enters into a short sale of a TBA mortgage it does not own, an underlying fund may have to purchase deliverable mortgages to settle the short sale at a higher price than anticipated, thereby causing a loss. As there is no limit on how much the price of mortgage securities can increase, an underlying fund’s exposure is unlimited. An underlying fund may not always be able to purchase mortgage securities to close out the short position at a particular time or at an acceptable price. In addition, taking short positions results in a form of leverage, which could increase the volatility of an underlying fund’s share price.
  US government obligations risk. Obligations of US government agencies and authorities receive varying levels of support and may not be backed by the full faith and credit of the US government, which could affect an underlying fund’s ability to recover should they default. No assurance can be given that the US government will provide financial support to its agencies and authorities if it is not obligated by law to do so.
  Value investing style risk. A value investing style subjects an underlying fund 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.
  When-issued, delayed delivery and forward commitment risks. When-issued and delayed delivery transactions subject
   

an underlying fund to market risk because the value or yield of a security at delivery may be more or less than the purchase price or yield generally available when delivery occurs, and counterparty risk because an underlying fund relies on the buyer or seller, as the case may be, to consummate the transaction. These transactions also have a leveraging effect on an underlying fund because an underlying fund commits to purchase securities that it does not have to pay for until a later date, which increases an underlying fund’s overall investment exposure and, as a result, its volatility.

  Zero coupon or pay-in-kind securities risk. The value, interest rates, and liquidity of noncash paying instruments, such as zero coupon and pay-in-kind securities, are subject to greater fluctuation than other types of securities. The higher yields and interest rates on pay-in-kind securities reflect the payment deferral and increased credit risk associated with such instruments and that such investments may represent a higher credit risk than loans that periodically pay interest.

 

 

About indexes used in this report

  The S&P 500® Index is an unmanaged index considered representative of the US stock market.
  The Custom Invesco Income Allocation Index, created by Invesco to serve as a benchmark for Invesco Income Allocation Fund, is composed of the following indexes: Russell 3000 Index, MSCI EAFE Index, FTSE NAREIT Equity REITs Index and Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Universal Index. The composition of the index may change based on the fund’s target asset allocation. Therefore, the current composition of the index does not reflect its historical composition and will likely be altered in the future to better reflect the fund’s objective.
  The Lipper Mixed-Asset Target Allocation Conservative Funds Index is an unmanaged index considered representative of mixed-asset target allocation conservative funds tracked by Lipper.
  The Russell 3000® Index is an unmanaged index considered representative of the US stock market. The Russell 3000 Index is a trademark/service mark of the Frank Russell Co. Russell® is a trademark of the Frank Russell Co.
  The MSCI EAFE® Index is an unmanaged index considered representative of stocks of Europe, Australasia and the Far East. The index is computed
   

using the net return, which withholds applicable taxes for non-resident investors.

  The FTSE NAREIT Equity REITs Index is an unmanaged index considered representative of US REITs. The index is computed using the net return which withholds applicable taxes for non-resident investors.
  The Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Universal Index represents the union of the U.S. Aggregate Index, the U.S. HighYield Corporate Index, the 144A Index, the Eurodollar Index, the Emerging Markets Index and the non-ERISA portion of the CMBS Index.
  The Fund is not managed to track the performance of any particular index, including the index(es) described here, and consequently, the performance of the Fund may deviate significantly from the performance of the index(es).
  A direct investment cannot be made in an index. Unless otherwise indicated, index results include reinvested dividends, and they do not reflect sales charges. Performance of the peer group, if applicable, reflects fund expenses; performance of a market index does not.

 

Other information

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

 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments

December 31, 2017

Invesco Income Allocation Fund

Schedule of Investments in Affiliated Issuers–99.95%(a)

 

     % of
Net
Assets
12/31/17
    Value
12/31/16
    Purchases
at Cost
    Proceeds
from Sales
    Change in
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
    Realized
Gain (Loss)
    Dividend
Income
    Shares
12/31/17
    Value
12/31/17
 

Domestic Equity Funds–19.55%

 

Invesco Dividend Income
Fund–Class R6

    12.61   $ 74,474,425     $ 11,601,714     $ (10,573,958   $ 2,411,685     $ 2,887,065     $ 1,701,674       3,220,750     $ 78,908,362  

PowerShares Russell Top 200 Pure Value Portfolio–ETF

    6.94     42,453,635       5,383,558       (9,599,983     2,722,181       2,457,485       741,585       1,121,017       43,416,876  

Total Domestic Equity Funds

            116,928,060       16,985,272       (20,173,941     5,133,866       5,344,550       2,443,259               122,325,238  

Fixed-Income Funds–68.08%

 

Invesco Core Plus Bond
Fund–Class R6

    13.42     75,090,646       9,408,367       (2,132,228     1,624,881       (42,332     2,515,047       7,694,714       83,949,334  

Invesco Corporate Bond Fund–Class R6

    4.73     21,390,278       7,518,068             715,006       163,344       1,053,431       3,992,366       29,623,352  

Invesco Floating Rate
Fund–Class R6

    7.20     37,549,311       7,665,850       (91,823     (66,290     (851     1,827,147       5,959,814       45,056,197  

Invesco High Yield
Fund–Class R6

    7.20     37,558,161       7,258,474       (102,038     481,863       (1,764     2,118,427       10,781,928       45,068,460  

Invesco Multi Asset Income
Fund–Class R6

    9.95     50,848,603       9,216,938       (210,531     2,433,828       525,393       2,865,063       5,698,355       62,283,018  

Invesco Quality Income
Fund–Class R5

    11.67     51,085,730       22,930,590       (138,883     (865,899     (3,896     2,358,297       6,083,970       73,007,642  

PowerShares 1-30 Laddered Treasury Portfolio–ETF

    3.50     21,403,902       2,510,582       (2,644,521     780,756       (175,630     434,288       667,534       21,875,089  

PowerShares Emerging Markets Sovereign Debt Portfolio–ETF

    5.22     26,630,246       5,142,105       (388,624     1,266,202       (16,855     1,451,783       1,104,708       32,633,074  

PowerShares Variable Rate Preferred Portfolio–ETF

    5.19     26,798,272       5,101,317       (564,613     1,110,166       17,452       1,403,794       1,265,105       32,462,594  

Total Fixed-Income Funds

            348,355,149       76,752,291       (6,273,261     7,480,513       464,861       16,027,277               425,958,760  

Foreign Equity Funds–5.47%

 

PowerShares International Dividend Achievers
Portfolio–ETF

    0.00     16,082,900       497,700       (17,291,780     1,865,987       (1,154,807     18,993              

Power Shares S&P International Developed Low Volatility Portfolio–ETF

    5.47     16,110,068       15,154,743       (953,615     3,912,816       26,620       1,012,148       1,017,547       34,250,632  

Total Foreign Equity Funds

            32,192,968       15,652,443       (18,245,395     5,778,803       (1,128,187     1,031,141               34,250,632  

Real Estate Funds–6.24%

 

Invesco Global Real Estate Income Fund–Class R6

    6.24     37,612,781       3,976,320       (4,422,835     1,980,977       (80,685     1,478,041       4,293,029       39,066,558  

Money Market Funds–0.61%

 

Invesco Government & Agency
Portfolio–Institutional Class, 1.18%(d)

    0.21     3,256,080       38,392,678       (40,312,690                 15,568       1,336,068       1,336,068  

Invesco Liquid Assets
Portfolio–Institutional Class, 1.40%(d)

    0.15           2,445,769       (1,491,435     (3     (105     993       954,130       954,226  

Invesco Treasury
Portfolio–Institutional Class, 1.17%(d)

    0.25     2,170,720       26,728,780       (27,372,566                 10,492       1,526,934       1,526,934  

Total Money Market Funds

            5,426,800       67,567,227       (69,176,691     (3     (105     27,053               3,817,228  

TOTAL INVESTMENTS IN AFFILIATED ISSUERS
(Cost $583,764,665)

    99.95   $ 540,515,758     $ 180,933,553     $ (118,292,123   $ 20,374,156 (b)    $ 4,600,434 (c)    $ 21,006,771             $ 625,418,416  

OTHER ASSETS LESS LIABILITIES

    0.05                                                             307,248  

NET ASSETS

    100.00                                                           $ 625,725,664  

Investment Abbreviations:

ETF – Exchange Traded Fund

Notes to Schedule of Investments:

 

(a)  Each underlying fund and the Fund are affiliated by either having the same investment adviser or an investment adviser under common control with the Fund’s investment adviser.
(b)  Includes $126,236 of return of capital from Invesco High Yield Fund.
(c)  Includes $1,892,569, $163,344 and $531,213 of capital gains distributions from affiliated underlying funds for Invesco Dividend Income Fund, Invesco Corporate Bond Fund, and Invesco Multi Asset Income Fund, respectively.
(d)  The rate shown is the 7-day SEC standardized yield as of December 31, 2017.

 

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

 

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Statement of Assets and Liabilities

December 31, 2017

 

Assets:

 

Investments in affiliated underlying funds, at value (Cost $583,764,665)

  $ 625,418,416  

Cash

    98,461  

Receivable for:

 

Fund shares sold

    1,103,287  

Dividends

    12,293  

Fund expenses absorbed

    15,485  

Investment for trustee deferred compensation and retirement plans

    50,540  

Other assets

    49,766  

Total assets

    626,748,248  

Liabilities:

 

Payable for:

 

Fund shares reacquired

    587,520  

Accrued fees to affiliates

    334,135  

Accrued trustees’ and officers’ fees and benefits

    808  

Accrued other operating expenses

    44,036  

Trustee deferred compensation and retirement plans

    56,085  

Total liabilities

    1,022,584  

Net assets applicable to shares outstanding

  $ 625,725,664  

Net assets consist of:

 

Shares of beneficial interest

  $ 589,765,544  

Undistributed net investment income

    1,979,517  

Undistributed net realized gain (loss)

    (7,673,148

Net unrealized appreciation

    41,653,751  
    $ 625,725,664  

Net Assets:

 

Class A

  $ 391,849,665  

Class B

  $ 862,621  

Class C

  $ 147,051,478  

Class R

  $ 6,948,586  

Class Y

  $ 76,898,140  

Class R5

  $ 2,104,921  

Class R6

  $ 10,253  

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

 

Class A

    33,501,804  

Class B

    73,600  

Class C

    12,558,745  

Class R

    593,773  

Class Y

    6,575,021  

Class R5

    179,940  

Class R6

    876  

Class A:

 

Net asset value per share

  $ 11.70  

Maximum offering price per share

 

(Net asset value of $11.70 ¸ 94.50%)

  $ 12.38  

Class B:

 

Net asset value and offering price per share

  $ 11.72  

Class C:

 

Net asset value and offering price per share

  $ 11.71  

Class R:

 

Net asset value and offering price per share

  $ 11.70  

Class Y:

 

Net asset value and offering price per share

  $ 11.70  

Class R5:

 

Net asset value and offering price per share

  $ 11.70  

Class R6:

 

Net asset value and offering price per share

  $ 11.70  
 

 

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

 

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Statement of Operations

For the year ended December 31, 2017

 

Investment income:

 

Dividends from affiliated underlying funds

  $ 21,006,771  

Expenses:

 

Administrative services fees

    164,035  

Custodian fees

    19,745  

Distribution fees:

 

Class A

    954,625  

Class B

    13,778  

Class C

    1,369,521  

Class R

    28,769  

Transfer agent fees — A, B, C, R and Y

    684,230  

Transfer agent fees — R5

    1,645  

Transfer agent fees — R6

    5  

Trustees’ and officers’ fees and benefits

    28,802  

Registration and filing fees

    135,717  

Reports to shareholders

    148,861  

Professional services fees

    46,836  

Other

    17,396  

Total expenses

    3,613,965  

Less: Expenses reimbursed and expense offset arrangement(s)

    (1,248,179

Net expenses

    2,365,786  

Net investment income

    18,640,985  

Realized and unrealized gain from investments in affiliated underlying fund shares

 

Net realized gain on sales of affiliated underlying fund shares

    2,013,308  

Net realized gain from distributions of affiliated underlying fund shares

    2,587,126  

Net realized gain from affiliated underlying fund shares

    4,600,434  

Change in net unrealized appreciation of affiliated underlying fund shares

    20,374,156  

Net gain from affiliated underlying funds

    24,974,590  

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

  $ 43,615,575  

 

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

 

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Statement of Changes in Net Assets

For the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016

 

     2017      2016  

Operations:

    

Net investment income

  $ 18,640,985      $ 16,660,112  

Net realized gain (loss)

    4,600,434        (5,077,184

Change in net unrealized appreciation

    20,374,156        28,540,317  

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

    43,615,575        40,123,245  

Distributions to shareholders from net investment income:

    

Class A

    (13,007,437      (10,786,287

Class B

    (37,575      (60,603

Class C

    (3,631,941      (2,823,247

Class R

    (181,591      (117,720

Class Y

    (2,204,811      (840,367

Class R5

    (60,821      (30,206

Class R6

    (273       

Total distributions from net investment income

    (19,124,449      (14,658,430

Distributions to shareholders from net realized gains:

    

Class A

           (1,786,804

Class B

           (10,472

Class C

           (604,333

Class R

           (24,654

Class Y

           (163,653

Class R5

           (4,070

Total distributions from net realized gains

           (2,593,986

Share transactions–net:

    

Class A

    3,551,272        73,336,171  

Class B

    (1,241,085      (986,779

Class C

    16,085,365        18,522,029  

Class R

    1,690,792        1,783,350  

Class Y

    39,613,011        19,395,146  

Class R5

    1,222,860        (64,705

Class R6

    10,000         

Net increase in net assets resulting from share transactions

    60,932,215        111,985,212  

Net increase in net assets

    85,423,341        134,856,041  

Net assets:

    

Beginning of year

    540,302,323        405,446,282  

End of year (includes undistributed net investment income of $1,979,517 and $2,017,094, respectively)

  $ 625,725,664      $ 540,302,323  

Notes to Financial Statements

December 31, 2017

NOTE 1—Significant Accounting Policies

Invesco Income Allocation Fund (the “Fund”) is a series portfolio of AIM Growth Series (Invesco Growth Series) (the “Trust”). The Trust is organized as a Delaware statutory trust and is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”), as an open-end series management investment company consisting of twenty-nine separate series portfolios, each authorized to issue an unlimited number of shares of beneficial interest. The assets, liabilities and operations of each portfolio are accounted for separately. Information presented in these financial statements pertains only to the Fund. Matters affecting each portfolio or class will be voted on exclusively by the shareholders of such portfolio or class.

The Fund’s investment objective is current income and, secondarily, growth of capital.

The Fund is a “fund of funds”, in that it invests in other mutual funds (“underlying funds”) advised by Invesco Advisers, Inc. (the “Adviser” or “Invesco”) and exchange-traded funds advised by Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC (“PowerShares Capital”), an affiliate of Invesco.

 

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Invesco and PowerShares Capital are affiliates of each other as they are indirect, wholly-owned subsidiaries of Invesco Ltd. Invesco may change the Fund’s asset class allocations, the underlying funds or the target weightings in the underlying funds without shareholder approval. The underlying funds may engage in a number of investment techniques and practices, which involve certain risks. Each underlying fund’s accounting policies are outlined in the underlying fund’s financial statements and are publicly available.

The Fund currently consists of seven different classes of shares: Class A, Class B, Class C, Class R, Class Y, Class R5 and Class R6. On April 4, 2017, the Fund began offering Class R6 shares. Class Y shares are available only to certain investors. Class A shares are sold with a front-end sales charge unless certain waiver criteria are met and under certain circumstances load waived shares may be subject to contingent deferred sales charges (“CDSC”). Class C shares are sold with a CDSC. Class R, Class Y, Class R5 and Class R6 shares are sold at net asset value. Effective November 30, 2010, new or additional investments in Class B shares are no longer permitted. Existing shareholders of Class B shares may continue to reinvest dividends and capital gains distributions in Class B shares until they convert to Class A shares. Also, shareholders in Class B shares will be able to exchange those shares for Class B shares of other Invesco Funds offering such shares until they convert to Class A shares. Generally, Class B shares will automatically convert to Class A shares on or about the month-end, which is at least eight years after the date of purchase. Redemption of Class B shares prior to the conversion date will be subject to a CDSC. Effective January 26, 2018, all of the Fund’s outstanding Class B shares were converted to Class A shares, in advance of their normally scheduled conversion. No CDSC was paid in connection with this early conversion.

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

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

A. Security Valuations — Securities of investment companies that trade on an exchange are valued at the last sales price or official closing price as of the close of the customary trading session on the exchange where the security is principally traded. Investments in shares of funds that are not traded on an exchange are valued at the end-of-day net asset value per share of such fund. Securities in the underlying funds, including restricted securities, are valued in accordance with the valuation policy of such fund. The policies of the underlying funds affiliated with the Fund as a result of having the same investment adviser are set forth below.

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

Variable rate senior loan interests are fair valued using quotes provided by an independent pricing service. Quotes provided by the pricing service may reflect appropriate factors such as ratings, tranche type, industry, company performance, spread, individual trading characteristics, institution-size trading in similar groups of securities and other market data.

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

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

Swap agreements are fair valued using an evaluated quote, if available, provided by an independent pricing service. Evaluated quotes provided by the pricing service are valued based on a model which may include end-of-day net present values, spreads, ratings, industry, company performance and returns of referenced assets. Centrally cleared swap agreements are valued at the daily settlement price determined by the relevant exchange or clearinghouse.

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

 

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

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

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

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

B. Securities Transactions and Investment Income — Securities transactions are accounted for on a trade date basis. Realized gains or losses on sales are computed on the basis of specific identification of the securities sold. Distributions from ordinary income from underlying funds, if any, are recorded as dividend income on ex-dividend date. Distributions from gains from underlying funds, if any, are recorded as realized gains on the ex-dividend date. The following policies are followed by the underlying funds: Interest income (net of withholding tax, if any) is recorded on the accrual basis from settlement date. Bond premiums and discounts are amortized and/or accreted over the lives of the respective securities. Pay-in-kind interest income and non-cash dividend income received in the form of securities in-lieu of cash are recorded at the fair value of the securities received. Paydown gains and losses on mortgage and asset-backed securities are recorded as adjustments to interest income.

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

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

C. Distributions — Distributions from net investment income, if any, are declared and paid monthly. Distributions from net realized capital gain, if any, are generally declared and paid annually and recorded on the ex-dividend date. The Fund may elect to treat a portion of the proceeds from redemptions as distributions for federal income tax purposes.
D. Federal Income Taxes — The Fund intends to comply with the requirements of Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Internal Revenue Code”), necessary to qualify as a regulated investment company and to distribute substantially all of the Fund’s taxable earnings to shareholders. As such, the Fund will not be subject to federal income taxes on otherwise taxable income (including net realized capital gain) that is distributed to shareholders. Therefore, no provision for federal income taxes is recorded in the financial statements.

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

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

E. Expenses — Expenses included in the accompanying financial statements reflect the expenses of the Fund and do not include any expenses of the underlying funds. The effects of the underlying funds expenses are included in the realized and unrealized gain/loss on the investments in the underlying funds. Estimated expenses of the underlying funds are discussed further in Note 11.

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

F. Accounting Estimates — The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”) requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period including estimates and assumptions related to taxation. Actual results could differ from those estimates by a significant amount. In addition, the Fund monitors for material events or transactions that may occur or become known after the period-end date and before the date the financial statements are released to print.
G. Indemnifications — Under the Trust’s organizational documents, each Trustee, officer, employee or other agent of the Trust is indemnified against certain liabilities that may arise out of the performance of their duties to the Fund. Additionally, in the normal course of business, the Fund enters into contracts, including the Fund’s servicing agreements, that contain a variety of indemnification clauses. The Fund’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown as this would involve future claims that may be made against the Fund that have not yet occurred. The risk of material loss as a result of such indemnification claims is considered remote.

 

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NOTE 2—Advisory Fees and Other Fees Paid to Affiliates

The Trust has entered into a master investment advisory agreement with Invesco. Under the terms of the investment advisory agreement, the Fund does not pay an advisory fee. However, the Fund pays advisory fees to Invesco indirectly as a shareholder of the underlying funds.

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

The Adviser has contractually agreed, through at least April 30, 2019, to reimburse expenses to the extent necessary to limit total annual fund operating expenses after expense reimbursement (excluding certain items discussed below) of Class A, Class B, Class C, Class R, Class Y, Class R5 and Class R6 shares to 0.25%, 1.00%, 1.00%, 0.50%, 0.00%, 0.00% and 0.00%, respectively, of average daily net assets (the “expense limits”). In determining Adviser’s obligation to reimburse expenses, the following expenses are not taken into account, and could cause the total annual fund operating expenses after expense reimbursement to exceed the numbers reflected above: (1) interest; (2) taxes; (3) dividend expense on short sales; (4) extraordinary or non-routine items, including litigation expenses; and (5) expenses that the Fund has incurred but did not actually pay because of an expense offset arrangement. Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses are not operating expenses of a Fund directly, but are fees and expenses, including management fees of the investment companies in which a Fund invests. As a result, the total annual fund operating expenses after expense reimbursement may exceed the expense limits above. Unless Invesco continues the fee waiver agreement, it will terminate on April 30, 2019. During its term, the fee waiver agreement cannot be terminated or amended to increase the expense limits or reduce the advisory fee waiver without approval of the Board of Trustees.

For the year ended December 31, 2017, the Adviser waived advisory fees of $562,300 and reimbursed class level expenses of $443,508, $1,600, $159,066, $6,683, $70,518, $1,645 and $5 of Class A, Class B, Class C, Class R, Class Y, Class R5 and Class R6 shares, respectively.

The Trust has entered into a master administrative services agreement with Invesco pursuant to which the Fund has agreed to pay Invesco for certain administrative costs incurred in providing accounting services to the Fund. For the year ended December 31, 2017, expenses incurred under the agreement are shown in the Statement of Operations as Administrative services fees.

The Trust has entered into a transfer agency and service agreement with Invesco Investment Services, Inc. (“IIS”) pursuant to which the Fund has agreed to pay IIS a fee for providing transfer agency and shareholder services to the Fund and reimburse IIS for certain expenses incurred by IIS in the course of providing such services. IIS may make payments to intermediaries that provide omnibus account services, sub-accounting services and/or networking services. All fees payable by IIS to intermediaries that provide omnibus account services or sub-accounting services are charged back to the Fund, subject to certain limitations approved by the Trust’s Board of Trustees. For the year ended December 31, 2017, expenses incurred under the agreement are shown in the Statement of Operations as Transfer agent fees.

The Trust has entered into master distribution agreements with Invesco Distributors, Inc. (“IDI”) to serve as the distributor for the Class A, Class B, Class C, Class R, Class Y, Class R5 and Class R6 shares of the Fund. The Trust has adopted plans pursuant to Rule 12b-1 under the 1940 Act with respect to the Fund’s Class A, Class B, Class C and Class R shares (collectively, the “Plans”). The Fund, pursuant to the Plans, pays IDI compensation at the annual rate of 0.25% of the Fund’s average daily net assets of Class A shares, 1.00% of the average daily net assets of Class B and Class C shares and 0.50% of the average daily net assets of Class R shares. The fees are accrued daily and paid monthly. Of the Plan payments, up to 0.25% of the average daily net assets of each class of shares may be paid to furnish continuing personal shareholder services to customers who purchase and own shares of such classes. Any amounts not paid as a service fee under the Plans would constitute an asset-based sales charge. Rules of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”) impose a cap on the total sales charges, including asset-based sales charges, that may be paid by any class of shares of the Fund. For the year ended December 31, 2017, expenses incurred under the Plans are shown in the Statement of Operations as Distribution fees.

Front-end sales commissions and CDSC (collectively, the “sales charges”) are not recorded as expenses of the Fund. Front-end sales commissions are deducted from proceeds from the sales of Fund shares prior to investment in Class A shares of the Fund. CDSC are deducted from redemption proceeds prior to remittance to the shareholder. During the year ended December 31, 2017, IDI advised the Fund that IDI retained $172,146 in front-end sales commissions from the sale of Class A shares and $22,355 and $12,113 from Class A and Class C shares, respectively, for CDSC imposed on redemptions by shareholders.

The underlying Invesco funds pay no distribution fees for Class R6 and the Fund pays no sales loads or other similar compensation to IDI for acquiring underlying fund shares.

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

NOTE 3—Additional Valuation Information

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

  Level 1 — Prices are determined using quoted prices in an active market for identical assets.
  Level 2 — Prices are determined using other significant observable inputs. Observable inputs are inputs that other market participants may use in pricing a security. These may include quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, yield curves, loss severities, default rates, discount rates, volatilities and others.
  Level 3 — Prices are determined using significant unobservable inputs. In situations where quoted prices or observable inputs are unavailable (for example, when there is little or no market activity for an investment at the end of the period), unobservable inputs may be used. Unobservable inputs reflect the Fund’s own assumptions about the factors market participants would use in determining fair value of the securities or instruments and would be based on the best available information.

 

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As of December 31, 2017, all of the securities in this Fund were valued based on Level 1 inputs (see the Schedule of Investments for security categories). The level assigned to the securities valuations may not be an indication of the risk or liquidity associated with investing in those securities.

The Fund’s policy is to recognize transfers in and out of the valuation levels as of the end of the reporting period. During the year ended December 31, 2017, there were no material transfers between valuation levels.

NOTE 4—Expense Offset Arrangement(s)

The expense offset arrangement is comprised of transfer agency credits which result from balances in demand deposit accounts used by the transfer agent for clearing shareholder transactions. For the year ended December 31, 2017, the Fund received credits from this arrangement, which resulted in the reduction of the Fund’s total expenses of $2,854.

NOTE 5—Trustees’ and Officers’ Fees and Benefits

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

NOTE 6—Cash Balances

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

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

Tax Character of Distributions to Shareholders Paid During the Fiscal Years Ended December 31, 2017 and 2016:

 

     2017        2016  

Ordinary income

  $ 19,124,449        $ 14,670,798  

Long-term capital gain

             2,581,618  

Total distributions

  $ 19,124,449        $ 17,252,416  

Tax Components of Net Assets at Period-End:

 

     2017  

Undistributed ordinary income

  $ 2,026,147  

Net unrealized appreciation — investments

    35,121,344  

Temporary book/tax differences

    (46,630

Capital loss carryforward

    (1,140,741

Shares of beneficial interest

    589,765,544  

Total net assets

  $ 625,725,664  

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

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

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

The Fund has a capital loss carryforward as of December 31, 2017, as follows:

 

Capital Loss Carryforward*  
Expiration   Short-Term        Long-Term        Total  

Not subject to expiration

  $ 1,140,741        $        $ 1,140,741  

 

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

 

21                         Invesco  Income Allocation Fund


NOTE 8—Investment Transactions

The aggregate amount of investment securities (other than short-term securities, U.S. Treasury obligations and money market funds, if any) purchased and sold by the Fund during the year ended December 31, 2017 was $113,366,326 and $49,115,432, respectively. Cost of investments, including any derivatives, on a tax basis includes the adjustments for financial reporting purposes as of the most recently completed federal income tax reporting period-end.

 

Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) of Investments on a Tax Basis  

Aggregate unrealized appreciation of investments

  $ 37,541,570  

Aggregate unrealized (depreciation) of investments

    (2,420,226

Net unrealized appreciation of investments

  $ 35,121,344  

Cost of investments for tax purposes is $590,297,072.

NOTE 9—Reclassification of Permanent Differences

Primarily as a result of differing book/tax treatment of real estate investment trust and distributions from underlying funds, on December 31, 2017, undistributed net investment income was increased by $445,887 and undistributed net realized gain (loss) was decreased by $445,887. This reclassification had no effect on the net assets of the Fund.

NOTE 10—Share Information

 

     Summary of Share Activity  
    Years ended December 31,  
    2017(a)      2016  
     Shares      Amount      Shares      Amount  

Sold:

          

Class A

    8,390,016      $ 96,473,649        13,487,878      $ 149,016,802  

Class B

    7,104        82,694        34,495        382,647  

Class C

    4,718,408        54,441,894        5,003,251        55,440,617  

Class R

    420,538        4,868,670        223,894        2,487,511  

Class Y

    5,475,552        62,899,823        2,542,320        28,076,340  

Class R5

    124,566        1,432,150        31,419        344,822  

Class R6(b)

    876        10,000                

Issued as reinvestment of dividends:

          

Class A

    995,848        11,454,241        989,399        10,913,727  

Class B

    2,916        33,511        5,729        63,046  

Class C

    269,302        3,102,196        265,346        2,930,437  

Class R

    15,779        181,591        12,882        142,374  

Class Y

    139,205        1,604,550        69,307        766,956  

Class R5

    5,229        60,338        3,062        33,746  

Automatic conversion of Class B shares to Class A shares:

          

Class A

    99,233        1,141,784        89,076        973,564  

Class B

    (99,044      (1,141,784      (88,886      (973,564

Reacquired:

          

Class A

    (9,179,305      (105,518,402      (7,887,261      (87,567,922

Class B

    (18,734      (215,506      (41,765      (458,908

Class C

    (3,592,624      (41,458,725      (3,603,448      (39,849,025

Class R

    (289,754      (3,359,469      (76,211      (846,535

Class Y

    (2,162,362      (24,891,362      (856,588      (9,448,150

Class R5

    (23,401      (269,628      (40,638      (443,273

Net increase in share activity

    5,299,348      $ 60,932,215        10,163,261      $ 111,985,212  

 

(a)  There are entities that are record owners of more than 5% of the outstanding shares of the Fund and in the aggregate own 50% of the outstanding shares of the Fund. IDI has an agreement with these entities to sell Fund shares. The Fund, Invesco and/or Invesco affiliates may make payments to these entities, which are considered to be related to the Fund, for providing services to the Fund, Invesco and/or Invesco affiliates including but not limited to services such as securities brokerage, distribution, third party record keeping and account servicing. The Fund has no knowledge as to whether all or any portion of the shares owned of record by these entities are also owned beneficially.
(b)  Commencement date of April 4, 2017.

 

22                         Invesco  Income Allocation Fund


NOTE 11—Financial Highlights

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

 

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

Class A

                           

Year ended 12/31/17

  $ 11.21     $ 0.38     $ 0.50     $ 0.88     $ (0.39   $     $ (0.39   $ 11.70       7.99   $ 391,850       0.25 %(e)      0.46 %(e)      3.32 %(e)      8

Year ended 12/31/16

    10.66       0.40       0.56       0.96       (0.36     (0.05     (0.41     11.21       9.15       372,141       0.25       0.46       3.64       38  

Year ended 12/31/15

    11.18       0.37       (0.48     (0.11     (0.40     (0.01     (0.41     10.66       (1.08     282,690       0.25       0.48       3.37       1  

Year ended 12/31/14

    10.69       0.38       0.51       0.89       (0.40           (0.40     11.18       8.44       199,834       0.25       0.52       3.42       4  

Year ended 12/31/13

    10.38       0.36       0.31       0.67       (0.36           (0.36     10.69       6.53       131,485       0.25       0.56       3.39       24  

Class B

                           

Year ended 12/31/17

    11.23       0.30       0.50       0.80       (0.31           (0.31     11.72       7.18       863       1.00 (e)      1.21 (e)      2.57 (e)      8  

Year ended 12/31/16

    10.68       0.32       0.56       0.88       (0.28     (0.05     (0.33     11.23       8.32       2,037       1.00       1.21       2.89       38  

Year ended 12/31/15

    11.19       0.29       (0.48     (0.19     (0.31     (0.01     (0.32     10.68       (1.72     2,903       1.00       1.23       2.62       1  

Year ended 12/31/14

    10.70       0.30       0.51       0.81       (0.32           (0.32     11.19       7.63       4,357       1.00       1.27       2.67       4  

Year ended 12/31/13

    10.39       0.28       0.31       0.59       (0.28           (0.28     10.70       5.73       5,157       1.00       1.31       2.64       24  

Class C

                           

Year ended 12/31/17

    11.22       0.30       0.50       0.80       (0.31           (0.31     11.71       7.18       147,051       1.00 (e)      1.21 (e)      2.57 (e)      8  

Year ended 12/31/16

    10.67       0.32       0.56       0.88       (0.28     (0.05     (0.33     11.22       8.33       125,281       1.00       1.21       2.89       38  

Year ended 12/31/15

    11.19       0.29       (0.49     (0.20     (0.31     (0.01     (0.32     10.67       (1.81     101,367       1.00       1.23       2.62       1  

Year ended 12/31/14

    10.70       0.30       0.51       0.81       (0.32           (0.32     11.19       7.63       68,771       1.00       1.27       2.67       4  

Year ended 12/31/13

    10.39       0.28       0.31       0.59       (0.28           (0.28     10.70       5.73       38,400       1.00       1.31       2.64       24  

Class R

                           

Year ended 12/31/17

    11.22       0.35       0.49       0.84       (0.36           (0.36     11.70       7.63       6,949       0.50 (e)      0.71 (e)      3.07 (e)      8  

Year ended 12/31/16

    10.67       0.37       0.56       0.93       (0.33     (0.05     (0.38     11.22       8.87       5,016       0.50       0.71       3.39       38  

Year ended 12/31/15

    11.19       0.35       (0.49     (0.14     (0.37     (0.01     (0.38     10.67       (1.32     3,058       0.50       0.73       3.12       1  

Year ended 12/31/14

    10.69       0.35       0.52       0.87       (0.37           (0.37     11.19       8.26       3,073       0.50       0.77       3.17       4  

Year ended 12/31/13

    10.38       0.33       0.31       0.64       (0.33           (0.33     10.69       6.27       2,046       0.50       0.81       3.14       24  

Class Y

                           

Year ended 12/31/17

    11.21       0.41       0.50       0.91       (0.42           (0.42     11.70       8.26       76,898       0.00 (e)      0.21 (e)      3.57 (e)      8  

Year ended 12/31/16

    10.66       0.43       0.56       0.99       (0.39     (0.05     (0.44     11.21       9.42       35,002       0.00       0.21       3.89       38  

Year ended 12/31/15

    11.18       0.40       (0.49     (0.09     (0.42     (0.01     (0.43     10.66       (0.83     14,578       0.00       0.23       3.62       1  

Year ended 12/31/14

    10.69       0.41       0.51       0.92       (0.43           (0.43     11.18       8.71       14,031       0.00       0.27       3.67       4  

Year ended 12/31/13

    10.38       0.38       0.31       0.69       (0.38           (0.38     10.69       6.80       2,697       0.00       0.31       3.64       24  

Class R5

                           

Year ended 12/31/17

    11.21       0.41       0.50       0.91       (0.42           (0.42     11.70       8.26       2,105       0.00 (e)      0.20 (e)      3.57 (e)      8  

Year ended 12/31/16

    10.66       0.43       0.56       0.99       (0.39     (0.05     (0.44     11.21       9.42       825       0.00       0.18       3.89       38  

Year ended 12/31/15

    11.18       0.40       (0.49     (0.09     (0.42     (0.01     (0.43     10.66       (0.83     850       0.00       0.20       3.62       1  

Year ended 12/31/14

    10.69       0.41       0.51       0.92       (0.43           (0.43     11.18       8.71       882       0.00       0.23       3.67       4  

Year ended 12/31/13

    10.38       0.38       0.31       0.69       (0.38           (0.38     10.69       6.80       283       0.00       0.27       3.64       24  

Class R6

                           

Year ended 12/31/17(f)

    11.42       0.31       0.28       0.59       (0.31           (0.31     11.70       5.25       10       0.00 (e)(g)      0.17 (e)(g)      3.57 (e)(g)      8  

 

(a)  Calculated using average shares outstanding.
(b)  Includes adjustments in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America and as such, the net asset value for financial reporting purposes and the returns based upon those net asset values may differ from the net asset value and returns for shareholder transactions. Does not include sales charges and is not annualized for periods less than one year, if applicable.
(c)  In addition to the fees and expenses which the Fund bears directly, the Fund indirectly bears a pro rata share of the fees and expenses of the underlying funds in which the Fund invests. Because the underlying funds have varied expenses and fee levels and the Fund may own different proportions at different times, the amount of fees and expenses incurred indirectly by the Fund will vary. Estimated underlying fund expenses are not expenses that are incurred directly by the Fund. They are expenses that are incurred directly by the underlying funds and are deducted from the value of the funds the Fund invests in. The effect of the estimated underlying fund expenses that the Fund bears indirectly is included in the Fund’s total return. Estimated acquired fund fees from underlying funds were 0.54%, 0.58%, 0.62%, 0.62% and 0.60% for the years ended December 31, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014 and 2013, respectively.
(d)  Portfolio turnover is calculated at the fund level and is not annualized for periods less than one year, if applicable.
(e)  Ratios are based on average daily net assets (000’s omitted) of $381,850, $1,378, $136,952, $5,754, $60,714, $1,646 and $10 for Class A, Class B, Class C, Class R, Class Y, Class R5 and Class R6 shares, respectively.
(f)  Commencement date of April 4, 2017.
(g)  Annualized.

 

23                         Invesco  Income Allocation Fund


Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

 

To the Board of Trustees of AIM Growth Series (Invesco Growth Series)

and Shareholders of Invesco Income Allocation Fund

Opinion on the Financial Statements

We have audited the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities, including the schedule of investments, of Invesco Income Allocation Fund (one of the funds constituting AIM Growth Series (Invesco Growth Series), hereafter referred to as the “Fund”) as of December 31, 2017, the related statement of operations for the year ended December 31, 2017, the statement of changes in net assets for each of the two years in the period ended December 31, 2017, including the related notes, and the financial highlights for each of the periods indicated therein (collectively referred to as the “financial statements”). In our opinion, the financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Fund as of December 31, 2017, the results of its operations for the year then ended, the changes in its net assets for each of the two years in the period ended December 31, 2017 and the financial highlights for each of the periods indicated therein in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

Basis for Opinion

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

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

Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements. Our procedures included confirmation of securities owned as of December 31, 2017 by correspondence with the custodian and transfer agent. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Houston, TX

February 23, 2018

We have served as the auditor of one or more of the investment companies in the Invesco/PowerShares group of investment companies since at least 1995. We have not determined the specific year we began serving as auditor.

 

24                         Invesco  Income Allocation Fund


Calculating your ongoing Fund expenses

Example

As a shareholder of the Fund, you incur two types of costs: (1) transaction costs, which may include sales charges (loads) on purchase payments or contingent deferred sales charges on redemptions, if any; and (2) ongoing costs, including distribution and/or service (12b-1) fees, and other Fund expenses. This example is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Fund and to compare these costs with ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds. The example is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period July 1, 2017, through December 31, 2017.

In addition to the fees and expenses which the Fund bears directly, the Fund indirectly bears a pro rata share of the fees and expenses of the underlying funds in which the Fund invests. The amount of fees and expenses incurred indirectly by the Fund will vary because the underlying funds have varied expenses and fee levels and the Fund may own different proportions of the underlying funds at different times. Estimated underlying fund expenses are not expenses that are incurred directly by the Fund. They are expenses that are incurred directly by the underlying funds and are deducted from the value of the underlying funds the Fund invests in. The effect of the estimated underlying fund expenses that the Fund bears indirectly are included in the Fund’s total return.

Actual expenses

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

Hypothetical example for comparison purposes

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

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

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

 

Class   Beginning
Account Value
(07/01/17)
    ACTUAL    

HYPOTHETICAL

(5% annual return before
expenses)

     Annualized
Expense
Ratio
 
    Ending
Account Value
(12/31/17)1
     Expenses
Paid During
Period2
    Ending
Account Value
(12/31/17)
     Expenses
Paid During
Period2
    
A   $ 1,000.00     $ 1,032.30      $ 1.28     $ 1,023.95      $ 1.28        0.25
B     1,000.00       1,028.40        5.11       1,020.16        5.09        1.00  
C     1,000.00       1,028.40        5.11       1,020.16        5.09        1.00  
R     1,000.00       1,031.00        2.56       1,022.68        2.55        0.50  
Y     1,000.00       1,033.60        0.00       1,025.21        0.00        0.00  
R5     1,000.00       1,033.60        0.00       1,025.21        0.00        0.00  
R6     1,000.00       1,033.60        0.00       1,025.21        0.00        0.00  

 

1  The actual ending account value is based on the actual total return of the Fund for the period July 1, 2017 through December 31, 2017, after actual expenses and will differ from the hypothetical ending account value which is based on the Fund’s expense ratio and a hypothetical annual return of 5% before expenses.
2  Expenses are equal to the Fund’s annualized expense ratio as indicated above multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 184/365 to reflect the most recent fiscal half year.

 

25                         Invesco  Income Allocation Fund


Tax Information

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

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

The Fund designates the following amounts or, if subsequently determined to be different, the maximum amount allowable for its fiscal year ended December 31, 2017:

 

Federal and State Income Tax

 

Qualified Dividend Income*

    20.52

Corporate Dividends Received Deduction*

    16.20

U.S. Treasury Obligations*

    3.38

 

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

 

26                         Invesco  Income Allocation Fund


Trustees and Officers

 

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

 

Name, Year of Birth and

Position(s) Held with the Trust

  Trustee and/
or Officer Since
  Principal Occupation(s)
During Past 5 Years
  Number of
Funds in Fund
Complex
Overseen by
Trustee
  Other Directorship(s)
Held by Trustee During
Past 5 Years
Interested Persons                
Martin L. Flanagan1 — 1960 Trustee   2007  

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

 

Formerly: Advisor to the Board, Invesco Advisers, Inc. (formerly known as Invesco Institutional (N.A.), Inc.); Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Invesco Advisers, Inc. (registered investment adviser); Director, Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President, Invesco Holding Company (US), Inc. (formerly IVZ Inc.) (holding company), Invesco Group Services, Inc. (service provider) and Invesco North American Holdings, Inc. (holding company); Director, Chief Executive Officer and President, Invesco Holding Company Limited (parent of Invesco and a global investment management firm); Director, Invesco Ltd.; Chairman, Investment Company Institute and President, Co-Chief Executive Officer, Co-President, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer, Franklin Resources, Inc. (global investment management organization)

  158   None
Philip A. Taylor2 — 1954 Trustee and Senior Vice President   2006  

Head of the Americas and Senior Managing Director, Invesco Ltd.; Director, Invesco Advisers, Inc. (formerly known as Invesco Institutional (N.A.), Inc.) (registered investment adviser); Director, Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President, Invesco Management Group, Inc. (formerly known as Invesco Aim Management Group, Inc.) (financial services holding company); Director and Chairman, Invesco Investment Services, Inc. (formerly known as Invesco Aim Investment Services, Inc.) (registered transfer agent); Chief Executive Officer, Invesco Corporate Class Inc. (corporate mutual fund company); Director, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Invesco Canada Ltd. (formerly known as Invesco Trimark Ltd./Invesco Trimark Ltèe) (registered investment adviser and registered transfer agent); Trustee and Senior Vice President, The Invesco Funds; Director, Invesco Investment Advisers LLC (formerly known as Van Kampen Asset Management).

 

Formerly: Co-Chairman, Co-President and Co-Chief Executive Officer, Invesco Advisers, Inc. (formerly known as Invesco Institutional (N.A.), Inc.) (registered investment adviser); Director, Chief Executive Officer and President, Van Kampen Exchange Corp; President and Principal Executive Officer, The Invesco Funds (other than AIM Treasurer’s Series Trust (Invesco Treasurer’s Series Trust), Short-Term Investments Trust and Invesco Management Trust); Executive Vice President, The Invesco Funds (AIM Treasurer’s Series Trust (Invesco Treasurer’s Series Trust), Short-Term Investments Trust and Invesco Management Trust only); Director and President, INVESCO Funds Group, Inc. (registered investment adviser and registered transfer agent); Director and Chairman, IVZ Distributors, Inc. (formerly known as INVESCO Distributors, Inc.) (registered broker dealer); Director, President and Chairman, Invesco Inc. (holding company), Invesco Canada Holdings Inc. (holding company), Trimark Investments Ltd./Placements Trimark Ltèe and Invesco Financial Services Ltd/Services Financiers Invesco Ltèe; Chief Executive Officer, Invesco Canada Fund Inc. (corporate mutual fund company); Director and Chairman, Van Kampen Investor Services Inc.; Director, Chief Executive Officer and President, 1371 Preferred Inc. (holding company) and Van Kampen Investments Inc.; Director and President, AIM GP Canada Inc. (general partner for limited partnerships) and Van Kampen Advisors, Inc.; Director and Chief Executive Officer, Invesco Trimark Dealer Inc. (registered broker dealer); Director, Invesco Distributors, Inc. (formerly known as Invesco Aim Distributors, Inc.) (registered broker dealer); Manager, Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC; Director, Chief Executive Officer and President, Invesco Advisers, Inc.; Director, Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President, Invesco Aim Capital Management, Inc.; President, Invesco Trimark Dealer Inc. and Invesco Trimark Ltd./Invesco Trimark Ltèe; Director and President, AIM Trimark Corporate Class Inc. and AIM Trimark Canada Fund Inc.; Senior Managing Director, Invesco Holding Company Limited; Director and Chairman, Fund Management Company (former registered broker dealer); President and Principal Executive Officer, The Invesco Funds (AIM Treasurer’s Series Trust (Invesco Treasurer’s Series Trust), and Short-Term Investments Trust only); President, AIM Trimark Global Fund Inc. and AIM Trimark Canada Fund Inc.

  158   None

 

1  Mr. Flanagan is considered an interested person (within the meaning of Section 2(a)(19) of the 1940 Act) of the Trust because he is an officer of the Adviser to the Trust, and an officer and a director of Invesco Ltd., ultimate parent of the Adviser.

 

2  Mr. Taylor is considered an interested person (within the meaning of Section 2(a)(19) of the 1940 Act) of the Trust because he is an officer and a director of the Adviser.

 

T-1                         Invesco  Income Allocation Fund


Trustees and Officers—(continued)

 

Name, Year of Birth and

Position(s) Held with the Trust

  Trustee and/
or Officer Since
 

Principal Occupation(s)

During Past 5 Years

  Number of
Funds in Fund
Complex
Overseen by
Trustee
 

Other Directorship(s)
Held by Trustee During

Past 5 Years

Independent Trustees                

Bruce L. Crockett — 1944

Trustee and Chair

  2001  

Chairman, Crockett Technologies Associates (technology consulting company)

 

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

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

David C. Arch — 1945

Trustee

  2010   Chairman of Blistex Inc. (consumer health care products manufacturer); Member, World Presidents’ Organization   158   Board member of the Illinois Manufacturers’ Association

Jack M. Fields — 1952

Trustee

  2001  

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

 

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

  158   None

Cynthia Hostetler — 1962

Trustee

  2017  

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

 

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

  158   Vulcan Materials Company (construction materials company); Trilinc Global Impact Fund; Aberdeen Investment Funds (4 portfolios); Artio Global Investment LLC (mutual fund complex); Edgen Group, Inc. (specialized energy and infrastructure products distributor)

Eli Jones — 1961

Trustee

  2016  

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

 

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

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

Prema Mathai-Davis — 1950

Trustee

  2001   Retired.   158   None

Teresa M. Ressel  —  1962

Trustee

  2017  

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

 

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

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

Ann Barnett Stern — 1957

Trustee

  2017  

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

 

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

  158   Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas

Raymond Stickel, Jr. — 1944

Trustee

  2005  

Retired.

 

Formerly: Director, Mainstay VP Series Funds, Inc. (25 portfolios); Partner, Deloitte & Touche

  158   None

Robert C. Troccoli — 1949

Trustee

  2016  

Adjunct Professor, University of Denver — Daniels College of Business

 

Formerly: Senior Partner, KPMG LLP

  158   None

Christopher L. Wilson —  1957

Trustee

  2017  

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

 

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

  158   TD Asset Management USA Inc. (mutual fund complex) (22 portfolios); ISO New England, Inc. (non-profit organization managing regional electricity market)

 

T-2                         Invesco  Income Allocation Fund


Trustees and Officers—(continued)

 

Name, Year of Birth and

Position(s) Held with the Trust

  Trustee and/
or Officer Since
 

Principal Occupation(s)

During Past 5 Years

  Number of
Funds in Fund
Complex
Overseen by
Trustee
 

Other Directorship(s)
Held by Trustee During

Past 5 Years

Other Officers                

Sheri Morris — 1964

President, Principal Executive Officer and Treasurer

  1999  

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

 

Formerly: Vice President and Principal Financial Officer, The Invesco Funds; Vice President, Invesco Aim Advisers, Inc., Invesco Aim Capital Management, Inc. and Invesco Aim Private Asset Management, Inc.; Assistant Vice President and Assistant Treasurer, The Invesco Funds and Assistant Vice President, Invesco Advisers, Inc., Invesco Aim Capital Management, Inc. and Invesco Aim Private Asset Management, Inc.; and Treasurer, PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust II, PowerShares India Exchange-Traded Fund Trust and PowerShares Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Fund Trust

  N/A   N/A

Russell C. Burk — 1958

Senior Vice President and Senior Officer

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

John M. Zerr — 1962

Senior Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Secretary

  2006  

Director, Senior Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel, Invesco Management Group, Inc. (formerly known as Invesco AIM Management Group, Inc.); Senior Vice President, Invesco Advisers, Inc. (formerly known as Invesco Institutional (N.A.), Inc.) (registered investment adviser); Senior Vice President and Secretary, Invesco Distributors, Inc. (formerly known as Invesco AIM Distributors, Inc.); Director, Vice President and Secretary, Invesco Investment Services, Inc. (formerly known as Invesco AIM Investment Services, Inc.) Senior Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Secretary, The Invesco Funds; Managing Director, Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC; Director, Secretary and General Counsel, Invesco Investment Advisers LLC (formerly known as Van Kampen Asset Management); Secretary and General Counsel, Invesco Capital Markets, Inc. (formerly known as Van Kampen Funds Inc.) and Chief Legal Officer, PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust II, PowerShares India Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, PowerShares Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, PowerShares Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Commodity Fund Trust and PowerShares Exchange-Traded Self-Indexed Fund Trust; Manager and Secretary, Invesco Indexing LLC

 

Formerly: Director, Secretary, General Counsel and Senior Vice President, Van Kampen Exchange Corp.; Director, Vice President and Secretary, IVZ Distributors, Inc. (formerly known as INVESCO Distributors, Inc.); Director and Vice President, INVESCO Funds Group, Inc.; Director and Vice President, Van Kampen Advisors Inc.; Director, Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel, Van Kampen Investor Services Inc.; Director, Invesco Distributors, Inc. (formerly known as Invesco AIM Distributors, Inc.); Director, Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary, Invesco AIM Advisers, Inc. and Van Kampen Investments Inc.; Director, Vice President and Secretary, Fund Management Company; Director, Senior Vice President, Secretary, General Counsel and Vice President, Invesco AIM Capital Management, Inc.; Chief Operating Officer and General Counsel, Liberty Ridge Capital, Inc. (an investment adviser); Vice President and Secretary, PBHG Funds (an investment company) and PBHG Insurance Series Fund (an investment company); Chief Operating Officer, General Counsel and Secretary, Old Mutual Investment Partners (a broker-dealer); General Counsel and Secretary, Old Mutual Fund Services (an administrator) and Old Mutual Shareholder Services (a shareholder servicing center); Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary, Old Mutual Capital, Inc. (an investment adviser); and Vice President and Secretary, Old Mutual Advisors Funds (an investment company)

  N/A   N/A

Gregory G. McGreevey — 1962

Senior Vice President

  2012  

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

 

Formerly: Assistant Vice President, The Invesco Funds

  N/A   N/A

Kelli Gallegos — 1970

Vice President, Principal Financial Officer and Assistant Treasurer

  2008  

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

 

Formerly: Assistant Vice President, The Invesco Funds

  N/A   N/A

 

T-3                         Invesco  Income Allocation Fund


Trustees and Officers—(continued)

 

Name, Year of Birth and

Position(s) Held with the Trust

  Trustee and/
or Officer Since
 

Principal Occupation(s)

During Past 5 Years

  Number of
Funds in Fund
Complex
Overseen by
Trustee
 

Other Directorship(s)
Held by Trustee During

Past 5 Years

Other Officers—(continued)                

Tracy Sullivan — 1962

Vice President, Chief Tax Officer and Assistant Treasurer

  2008  

Vice President, Chief Tax Officer and Assistant Treasurer, The Invesco Funds; Assistant Treasurer, Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC, PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust II, PowerShares India Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, PowerShares Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Fund Trust,PowerShares Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Commodity Fund Trust and PowerShares Exchange-Traded Self-Indexed Fund Trust

 

Formerly: Assistant Vice President, The Invesco Funds

  N/A   N/A

Crissie M. Wisdom — 1969

Anti-Money Laundering Compliance Officer

  2013  

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

 

Formerly: Anti-Money Laundering Compliance Officer, Van Kampen Exchange Corp.

  N/A   N/A

Robert R. Leveille — 1969

Chief Compliance Officer

  2016  

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

 

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

  N/A   N/A

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

 

Office of the Fund

11 Greenway Plaza, Suite 1000

Houston, TX 77046-1173

 

Investment Adviser

Invesco Advisers, Inc.

1555 Peachtree Street, N.E.

Atlanta, GA 30309

 

Distributor

Invesco Distributors, Inc.

11 Greenway Plaza, Suite 1000

Houston, TX 77046-1173

 

Auditors

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

1000 Louisiana Street, Suite 5800

Houston, TX 77002-5678

     

Counsel to the Fund

Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young, LLP

2005 Market Street, Suite 2600

Philadelphia, PA 19103-7018

 

Counsel to the Independent Trustees

Goodwin Procter LLP

901 New York Avenue, N.W.

Washington, D.C. 20001

 

Transfer Agent

Invesco Investment Services, Inc.

11 Greenway Plaza, Suite 1000

Houston, TX 77046-1173

 

Custodian

State Street Bank and Trust Company

225 Franklin Street

Boston, MA 02110-2801

 

T-4                         Invesco  Income Allocation Fund


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Visit invesco.com/edelivery to enjoy the convenience and security of anytime electronic access to your investment documents.

With eDelivery, you can elect to have any or all of the following materials delivered straight to your inbox to download, save and print from your own computer:

 

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Invesco mailing information

Send general correspondence to Invesco Investment Services, Inc., P.O. Box 219078, Kansas City, MO 64121-9078.

 

Important notice regarding delivery of security holder documents

To reduce Fund expenses, only one copy of most shareholder documents may be mailed to shareholders with multiple accounts at the same address (Householding). Mailing of your shareholder documents may be householded indefinitely unless you instruct us otherwise. If you do not want the mailing of these documents to be combined with those for other members of your household, please contact Invesco Investment Services, Inc. at 800 959 4246 or contact your financial institution. We will begin sending you individual copies for each account within 30 days after receiving your request.

 

 

Fund holdings and proxy voting information

The Fund provides a complete list of its holdings four times in each fiscal year, at the quarter ends. For the second and fourth quarters, the lists appear in the Fund’s semiannual and annual reports to shareholders. For the first and third quarters, the Fund files the lists with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Form N-Q. The most recent list of portfolio holdings is available at invesco.com/completeqtrholdings. Shareholders can also look up the Fund’s Forms N-Q on the SEC website at sec.gov. Copies of the Fund’s Forms N-Q may be reviewed and copied at the SEC Public Reference Room in Washington, D.C. You can obtain information on the operation of the Public Reference Room, including information about duplicating fee charges, by calling 202 551 8090 or 800 732 0330, or by electronic request at the following email address: publicinfo@sec.gov. The SEC file numbers for the Fund are shown below.

A description of the policies and procedures that the Fund uses to determine how to vote proxies relating to portfolio securities is available without charge, upon request, from our Client Services department at 800 959 4246 or at invesco.com/proxyguidelines. The information is also available on the SEC website, sec.gov.

Information regarding how the Fund voted proxies related to its portfolio securities during the most recent 12-month period ended June 30 is available at invesco.com/proxysearch. The information is also available on the SEC website, sec.gov.

Invesco Advisers, Inc. is an investment adviser; it provides investment advisory services to individual and institutional clients and does not sell securities. Invesco Distributors, Inc. is the US distributor for Invesco Ltd.’s retail mutual funds, exchange-traded funds and institutional money market funds. Both are wholly owned, indirect subsidiaries of Invesco Ltd.

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SEC file numbers: 811-02699 and 002-57526                                                         Invesco Distributors, Inc.    INCAL-AR-1            02162018         1233


 

 

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Annual Report to Shareholders

 

  

December 31, 2017

 

 

 

 

Invesco International Allocation Fund            

 

Nasdaq:

A: AINAX    B: INABX    C: INACX    R: RINAX    Y: AINYX    R5: INAIX    R6: INASX

 

 

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Letters to Shareholders

 

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Philip Taylor

    

Dear Shareholders:

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

Major stock market indexes rose – and set record highs – throughout the reporting period. Generally positive economic data, strong corporate earnings and anticipated tax and regulatory reform contributed to the rally. The US economy expanded during the reporting period, with gross domestic product, the value of all goods and services produced, significantly increasing its growth rate from the first to the third quarter of the year. Tax reform legislation, enacted in December 2017, was a positive for the stock market, but its long-term economic impact was uncertain. Citing positive economic trends – specifically, realized and expected labor market conditions and inflation – the US Federal

Reserve raised interest rates in March, June and December 2017. While US and global bond markets, as well as emerging market equities, sold off early in the reporting period, they recovered much of their losses during the reporting period. Overseas, economic data were mixed, prompting the European Central Bank and central banks in China and Japan, among other countries, to maintain extraordinarily accommodative monetary policies.

Short-term market volatility can prompt some investors to abandon their investment plans – and can cause others to settle for whatever returns the market has to offer. The investment professionals at Invesco, in contrast, invest with high conviction. This means that, no matter the asset class or the strategy, each investment team has a passion to exceed. We want to help investors achieve better outcomes, such as seeking higher returns, helping mitigate risk and generating income. Of course, investing with high conviction can’t guarantee a profit or ensure success; no investment strategy can. To learn more about how we invest with high conviction, visit invesco.com/HighConviction.

You, too, can invest with high conviction by maintaining a long-term investment perspective and by working with your financial adviser on a regular basis. During periods of short-term market volatility or uncertainty, your financial adviser can keep you focused on your long-term investment goals – a new home, a child’s college education or a secure retirement. He or she also can share research about the economy, the markets and individual investment options.

Visit our website for more information on your investments

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

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

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

Have questions?

For questions about your account, contact an Invesco client services representative at 800 959 4246. For Invesco-related questions or comments, please email me directly at phil@invesco.com.

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

Sincerely,

 

 

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Philip Taylor

Senior Managing Director, Invesco Ltd.

 

2    Invesco International Allocation Fund


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Bruce Crockett

    

Dear Fellow Shareholders:

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

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

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

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

  Assessing each portfolio management team’s investment performance within the context of the investment strategy described in the fund’s prospectus.
  Monitoring for potential conflicts of interests that may impact the nature of the services that your funds receive.

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

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

  As always, please contact me at bruce@brucecrockett.com with any questions or concerns you may have. On behalf of the Board, we look forward to continuing to represent your interests and serving your needs.

Sincerely,

 

 

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Bruce L. Crockett

Independent Chair

Invesco Funds Board of Trustees

 

3    Invesco International Allocation Fund


 

Management’s Discussion of Fund Performance

 

Performance summary

For the year ended December 31, 2017, Class A shares of Invesco International Allocation Fund (the Fund), at net asset value (NAV), underperformed the Fund’s broad market/style-specific index, the MSCI All Country World ex-U.S. Index.

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

 

 

 

 

Fund vs. Indexes

Total returns, 12/31/16 to 12/31/17, at net asset value (NAV). Performance shown does not include applicable contingent deferred sales charges (CDSC) or front-end sales charges, which would have reduced performance.

 

 

 

Class A Shares

     24.94

Class B Shares

     23.98  

Class C Shares

     23.98  

Class R Shares

     24.61  

Class Y Shares

     25.25  

Class R5 Shares

     25.38  

Class R6 Shares*

     25.48  

MSCI All Country World ex-U.S. Indexq (Broad Market/Style-Specific Index)

     27.19  

Lipper International Multi-Cap Core Funds Index (Peer Group Index)

     24.95  

 

Source(s): qFactSet Research Systems Inc.; Lipper Inc.

* Class R6 shares incepted on April 4, 2017. See page 7 for more information.

 

  

 

 

Market conditions and your Fund

Global equity markets delivered positive, and in many cases double-digit, returns over the year ended December 31, 2017. These gains were broadly driven by firming global economic growth, as well as stronger corporate fundamentals. After trailing international markets for the first three quarters of the year, the US equity market outperformed international markets in the fourth quarter. US equity markets received a boost from the prospect of sweeping individual and corporate tax cuts, with a final tax bill approved by Congress in December 2017.

     In developed markets, the US Federal Reserve (the Fed) met in December and increased the benchmark fed funds target rate by 0.25% to a target range of 1.25% to 1.50%.1 Combined with two other interest rate increases earlier in 2017, the Fed’s decision reflects a more constructive outlook for the US economy. In contrast, the European Central Bank held rates steady at 0% throughout 2017 and maintained its generous bond buying program through at least September 2018, or beyond, until it sees a sustained adjustment in the path of inflation.

    Most emerging markets continued to perform well during 2017. In addition to the improving global economic outlook, other positive tailwinds included reduced expectations for a major shift in US trade policy as well as stronger oil prices. Oil moved higher on production restraint by OPEC and Russia, benefiting commodity-driven emerging markets.

     At the close of 2017, equity market valuations in developed and emerging markets appeared relatively full in absolute terms, but non-US equity markets were trading at a material discount to the US. In sum, while valuations were not cheap, recent earnings growth and upward earnings revisions improved in many non-US developed markets. Interestingly, while 2017 marked the eighth year of the global bull market, we saw a shift in leadership as international stocks outperformed US stocks for the year. Prior to 2017, international stocks had trailed US stocks for four consecutive years and in six of the last seven years.

    In terms of global asset class and investment style performance during the reporting period, all international indexes posted gains, with emerging markets

 
Portfolio Composition**  

Asset Class*

 

 

% of Total Investments
As of 12/31/2017

 

 

Developed Markets

    85.0 %  

Emerging Markets

    15.0      

 

  * Excluding money market funds
** Based on Schedule of Investments, which classifies each underlying fund and other investments into broad asset classes based on their predominant investments.

Total Net Assets

   $ 159.4 million  

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

Data presented here are as of December 31, 2017.

 

leading and value stocks in developed markets trailing, but still posting a double-digit return. Macroeconomic conditions also helped explain the strength of the growth and momentum investment factors. A limited risk environment allowed momentum to thrive, while low volatility and quality investment factors trailed.

    Reflecting these trends, allocations to emerging markets through underlying funds contributed to Fund returns relative to the Fund’s style-specific benchmark. All underlying funds posted positive returns for the reporting period, which added to absolute Fund performance. The largest individual contributors to absolute performance included Invesco International Growth Fund, PowerShares FTSE RAFI Developed Markets ex-US Portfolio and Invesco International Core Equity Fund.

    Although there were no detractors from the Fund’s absolute returns, the Fund’s allocation to developed markets detracted from the Fund’s results versus the style-specific benchmark. Funds with a quality or low volatility factor focus trailed the style-specific benchmark, detracting from relative Fund returns. The largest individual detractors relative to the style-specific benchmark included Invesco International Growth Fund, PowerShares S&P International Developed Low Volatility Portfolio and PowerShares International Dividend Achievers Portfolio.

    As part of the Fund’s strategic annual rebalance, PowerShares International Dividend Achievers Portfolio and Invesco Emerging Markets Equity Fund were removed as Fund holdings, and the weight of Invesco International Core Equity Fund was reduced. Proceeds were used to establish a position in Invesco Low Volatility Emerging Markets Fund and increase the weight in Invesco International Companies Fund.

    We welcome new investors who joined the Fund during the year, and we thank you for your continued commitment to Invesco International Allocation Fund.

1  Source: US Federal Reserve

 

 

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

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

 

LOGO

  

Jacob Borbidge

Chartered Financial Analyst, Portfolio Manager and Head of Research for Invesco’s Global

Solutions Development and Implementation Team, is manager of Invesco International Allocation Fund. He joined Invesco in 2004. Mr. Borbidge earned a BS in mechanical engineering from Lehigh University and an MS in finance from the University of Houston.

 

LOGO

  

Duy Nguyen

Chartered Financial Analyst, Portfolio Manager and Chief Investment Officer of Invesco’s Global Solutions

Development and Implementation Team, is manager of Invesco International Allocation Fund. He joined Invesco in 2000. Mr. Nguyen earned a BBA from The University of Texas at Austin and an MS from the University of Houston.

Assisted by Invesco’s Global Solutions Development & Implementation Team

    

    

 

 

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Your Fund’s Long-Term Performance

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

Fund and index data from 12/31/07

 

 

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1  Source: Lipper Inc.

2  Source: FactSet Research Systems Inc.

 

Past performance cannot guarantee comparable future results.

The data shown in the chart include reinvested distributions, applicable sales charges and Fund expenses including management fees. Results for Class B shares are calculated as if a hypothetical

shareholder had liquidated his entire investment in the Fund at the close of the reporting period and paid the contingent deferred sales charges, if applicable. Index results include reinvested dividends, but they do not reflect sales charges. Performance of the peer group,

if applicable, reflects fund expenses and management fees; performance of a market index does not. Performance shown in the chart and table(s) does not reflect deduction of taxes a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or sale of Fund shares.

 

 

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Average Annual Total Returns

 

As of 12/31/17, including maximum applicable sales charges  

Class A Shares

        

Inception (10/31/05)

     4.46%  

10 Years

     1.24     

  5 Years

     4.69     

  1 Year

     18.07     

Class B Shares

        

Inception (10/31/05)

     4.43%  

10 Years

     1.19     

  5 Years

     4.75     

  1 Year

     18.98     

Class C Shares

        

Inception (10/31/05)

     4.17%  

10 Years

     1.05     

  5 Years

     5.08     

  1 Year

     22.98     

Class R Shares

        

Inception (10/31/05)

     4.70%  

10 Years

     1.56     

  5 Years

     5.63     

  1 Year

     24.61     

Class Y Shares

        

10 Years

     2.06%  

  5 Years

     6.15     

  1 Year

     25.25     

Class R5 Shares

        

Inception (10/31/05)

     5.31%  

10 Years

     2.18     

  5 Years

     6.35     

  1 Year

     25.38     

Class R6 Shares

        

10 Years

     1.86%  

  5 Years

     5.98     

  1 Year

     25.48     

Class Y shares incepted on October 3, 2008. Performance shown prior to that date is that of Class A shares and includes the 12b-1 fees applicable to Class A shares.

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

The performance data quoted represent past performance and cannot guarantee comparable future results; current performance may be lower or higher. Please visit invesco.com/performance for the most recent month-end performance. Performance figures reflect reinvested distributions, changes in net asset value and the effect of the maximum sales charge unless otherwise

stated. Investment return and principal value will fluctuate so that you may have a gain or loss when you sell shares.

The total annual Fund operating expense ratio set forth in the most recent Fund prospectus as of the date of this report for Class A, Class B, Class C, Class R, Class Y, Class R5 and Class R6 shares was 1.47%, 2.22%, 2.22%, 1.72%, 1.22%, 1.03% and 0.98%, respectively.1 The expense ratios presented above may vary from the expense ratios presented in other sections of this report that are based on expenses incurred during the period covered by this report.

Class A share performance reflects the maximum 5.50% sales charge, and Class B and Class C share performance reflects the applicable contingent deferred sales charge (CDSC) for the period involved. The CDSC on Class B shares declines from 5% beginning at the time of purchase to 0% at the beginning of the seventh year. The CDSC on Class C shares is 1% for the first year after purchase. Class R, Class Y, Class R5 and Class R6 shares do not have a front-end sales charge or a CDSC; therefore, performance is at net asset value.

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

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

 

1 The expense ratio includes acquired fund fees and expenses of the underlying funds in which the Fund invests of 0.73% for Invesco International Allocation Fund.

        

 

 

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

  Unless otherwise stated, information presented in this report is as of December 31, 2017, and is based on total net assets.
  Unless otherwise noted, all data provided by Invesco.
  To access your Fund’s reports/prospectus, visit invesco.com/fundreports.

 

 

About share classes

  Effective January 26, 2018, after the close of the reporting period, all outstanding Class B shares were converted to Class A shares, in advance of their normally scheduled conversion. No CDSC was paid in connection with this early conversion.
  Class R shares are generally available only to employer sponsored retirement and benefit plans. Please see the prospectus for more information.
  Class Y shares are available only to certain investors. Please see the prospectus for more information.
  Class R5 shares and Class R6 shares are available for use by retirement plans that meet certain standards and for institutional investors. Class R6 shares are also available through intermediaries that have established an agreement with Invesco Distributors, Inc. to make such shares available for use in retail omnibus accounts. Please see the prospectus for more information.

 

 

Principal risks of investing in the Fund

  Allocation risk. The Fund’s investment performance depends, in part, on how its assets are allocated among the underlying funds or asset classes. The Adviser’s evaluations and assumptions regarding the asset classes or the underlying funds in which the Fund invests may be incorrect, causing the Fund to be invested (or not invested) in one or more asset classes or underlying funds at an inopportune time, which could negatively affect the Fund’s performance.
  Depositary receipts risk. Investing in depositary receipts involve the same risks as direct investments in foreign securities. In addition, the underlying issuers of certain depositary receipts are under no obligation to distribute shareholder communications or pass through any voting rights with respect to the deposited securities to the holders of such receipts. An underlying
  fund may therefore receive less timely information or have less control than if it invested directly in the foreign issuer.
  Derivatives risk. The value of a derivative instrument depends largely on (and is derived from) the value of an underlying security, currency, commodity, interest rate, index or other asset (each referred to as an underlying asset). In addition to risks relating to the underlying assets, the use of derivatives may include other, possibly greater, risks, including counterparty, leverage and liquidity risks. Counter-party risk is the risk that the counter-party to the derivative contract will default on its obligation to pay an underlying fund the amount owed or otherwise perform under the derivative contract. Derivatives create leverage risk because they do not require payment up front equal to the economic exposure created by owning the derivative. As a result, an adverse change in the value of the underlying asset could result in an underlying fund sustaining a loss that is substantially greater than the amount invested in the derivative, which may make an underlying fund’s returns more volatile and increase the risk of loss. Derivative instruments may also be less liquid than more traditional investments and an underlying fund may be unable to sell or close out its derivative positions at a desirable time or price. This risk may be more acute under adverse market conditions, during which an underlying fund may be most in need of liquidating its derivative positions. Derivatives may also be harder to value, less tax efficient and subject to changing government regulation that could impact an underlying fund’s ability to use certain derivatives or their cost. Also, derivatives used for hedging or to gain or limit exposure to a particular market segment may not provide the expected benefits, particularly during adverse market conditions.
  Emerging markets securities risk. Emerging markets (also referred to as developing markets) are generally subject
   

to greater market volatility, political, social and economic instability, uncertain trading markets and more governmental limitations on foreign investment than more developed markets. In addition, companies operating in emerging markets may be subject to lower trading volume and greater price fluctuations than companies in more developed markets. Securities law and the enforcement of systems of taxation in many emerging market countries may change quickly and unpredictably. In addition, investments in emerging markets securities may also be subject to additional transaction costs, delays in settlement procedures, and lack of timely information.

  Exchange-traded fund industry concentration risk. In following its methodology, an underlying exchange-traded fund’s underlying index from time to time may be concentrated to a significant degree in securities of issuers located in a single industry or sector. To the extent that an underlying fund’s underlying index concentrates in the securities of issuers in a particular industry or sector, an underlying fund will also concentrate its investments to approximately the same extent. By concentrating its investments in an industry or sector, an underlying fund faces more risks than if it were diversified broadly over numerous industries or sectors. Such industry-based risks, any of which may adversely affect the companies in which an underlying fund invests, may include, but are not limited to, the following: general economic conditions or cyclical market patterns that could negatively affect supply and demand in a particular industry; competition for resources, adverse labor relations, political or world events; obsolescence of technologies; and increased competition or new product introductions that may affect the profitability or viability of companies in an industry. In addition, at times, such industry or sector may be out of favor and underperform other industries or the market as a whole.
  Exchange-traded funds risk. In addition to the risks associated with the underlying assets held by the exchange-traded fund, investments in exchange-traded funds are subject to the following additional risks: (1) an exchange-traded
 

 

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

 

  

 

NOT FDIC INSURED  |   MAY LOSE VALUE  |   NO BANK GUARANTEE       

 

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fund’s shares may trade above or below its net asset value; (2) an active trading market for the exchange-traded fund’s shares may not develop or be maintained; (3) trading an exchange-traded fund’s shares may be halted by the listing exchange; (4) a passively-managed exchange-traded fund may not track the performance of the reference asset; and (5) a passively managed exchange-traded fund may hold troubled securities. Investment in exchange-traded funds may involve duplication of management fees and certain other expenses, as the Fund or an underlying fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of any expenses paid by the exchange-traded funds in which it invests. Further, certain exchange-traded funds in which the Fund or an underlying fund may invest are leveraged, which may result in economic leverage, permitting the Fund or an underlying fund to gain exposure that is greater than would be the case in an unlevered instrument, and potentially resulting in greater volatility.

  Financial services sector risk. An underlying fund may be susceptible to adverse economic or regulatory occurrences affecting the financial services sector. Financial services companies are subject to extensive government regulation and are disproportionately affected by unstable interest rates, each of which could adversely affect the profitability of such companies. Financial services companies may also have concentrated portfolios, which make them especially vulnerable to unstable economic conditions.
  Foreign securities risk. An underlying fund’s foreign investments may be adversely affected by political and social instability, changes in economic or taxation policies, difficulty in enforcing obligations, decreased liquidity or increased volatility. Foreign investments also involve the risk of the possible seizure, nationalization or expropriation of the issuer or foreign deposits (in which an underlying fund could lose its entire investments in a certain market) and the possible adoption of foreign governmental restrictions such as exchange controls. Unless an underlying fund has hedged its foreign securities risk, foreign securities risk also involves the risk of negative foreign currency rate fluctuations, which may cause the value of securities denominated in such foreign currency (or other instruments through which an underlying fund has exposure to foreign currencies) to
   

decline in value. Currency exchange rates may fluctuate significantly over short periods of time. Currency hedging strategies, if used, are not always successful.

  Fund of funds risk. The Fund’s performance depends on that of the underlying funds in which it invests. Accordingly, the risks associated with an investment in the Fund include the risks associated with investments in the underlying funds. The Fund will indirectly pay a proportional share of the fees and expenses of the underlying funds in which it invests. There are risks that the Fund will vary from its target weightings (if any) in the underlying funds, that the underlying funds will not achieve their investment objectives, that the underlying funds’ performance may be lower than their represented asset classes, and that the Fund may withdraw its investments in an underlying fund at a disadvantageous time.
  Geographic focus risk. An underlying fund may from time to time invest a substantial amount of its assets in securities of issuers located in a single country or a limited number of countries. Adverse economic, political or social conditions in those countries may therefore have a significant negative impact on an underlying fund’s investment performance.
  Growth investing risk. Growth stocks tend to be more expensive relative to the issuing company’s earnings or assets compared with other types of stock. As a result, they tend to be more sensitive to changes in, or investors’ expectations of, the issuing company’s earnings and can be more volatile.
  Indexing risk. An underlying fund is operated as a passively managed index fund and, therefore, the adverse performance of a particular security necessarily will not result in the elimination of the security from the underlying fund’s portfolio. Ordinarily, the underlying fund’s adviser will not sell the underlying fund’s portfolio securities except to reflect additions or deletions of the securities that comprise the underlying fund’s underlying index, or as may be necessary to raise cash to pay underlying fund shareholders who sell underlying fund shares. As such, the underlying fund will be negatively affected by declines in the securities represented by its underlying index. Also, there is no guarantee that the underlying fund’s adviser will be able to correlate the underlying fund’s performance with that of its underlying index.
  Investing in the European Union risk. Investments in certain countries in the European Union are susceptible to high economic risks associated with high levels of debt, such as investments in sovereign debt of Greece, Italy and Spain. Separately, the European Union faces issues involving its membership, structure, procedures and policies. The exit of one or more member states from the European Union would place its currency and banking system in jeopardy. Efforts of the member states to further unify their economic and monetary policies may increase the potential for the downward movement of one member state’s market to cause a similar effect on other member states’ markets.
  Management risk. An underlying fund is actively managed and depends heavily on an underlying fund’s adviser’s judgment about markets, interest rates or the attractiveness, relative values, liquidity, or potential appreciation of particular investments made for an underlying fund’s portfolio. An underlying fund could experience losses if these judgments prove to be incorrect. Additionally, legislative, regulatory, or tax developments may adversely affect management of an underlying fund and, therefore, the ability of the underlying fund to achieve its investment objective.
  Market risk. The market values of an underlying fund’s investments, and therefore the value of an underlying fund’s shares, will go up and down, sometimes rapidly or unpredictably. Market risk may affect a single issuer, industry or section of the economy, or it may affect the market as a whole. Individual stock prices tend to go up and down more dramatically than those of certain other types of investments, such as bonds. During a general downturn in the financial markets, multiple asset classes may decline in value. When markets perform well, there can be no assurance that specific investments held by an underlying fund will rise in value.
  Market trading risk. An underlying exchange-traded fund faces numerous market trading risks, including the potential lack of an active market for its shares, losses from trading in secondary markets, and disruption in the creation/redemption process of an underlying fund. Any of these factors may lead to an underlying fund’s shares trading at a premium or discount to an underlying fund’s net asset value (NAV).
 

 

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  Non-diversification risk. An underlying fund is non-diversified and can invest a greater portion of its assets in the obligations or securities of a small number of issuers or any single issuer than a diversified fund can. A change in the value of one or a few issuers’ securities will therefore affect the value of an underlying fund more than would occur in a diversified fund.
  Preferred securities risk. Preferred securities are subject to issuer-specific and market risks applicable generally to equity securities. Preferred securities also may be subordinated to bonds or other debt instruments, subjecting them to a greater risk of non-payment, may be less liquid than many other securities, such as common stocks, and generally offer no voting rights with respect to the issuer.
  Sector focus risk. An underlying fund may from time to time invest a significant amount of its assets (i.e. over 25%) in one market sector or group of related industries. In this event, an underlying fund’s performance will depend to a greater extent on the overall condition of the sector or group of industries and there is increased risk that an underlying fund will lose significant value if conditions adversely affect that sector or group of industries.
  Small- and mid-capitalization companies risks. Small- and mid-capitalization companies tend to be more vulnerable to changing market conditions, may have little or no operating history or track record of success, and may have more limited product lines and markets, less experienced management and fewer financial resources than larger companies. These companies’ securities may be more volatile and less liquid than those of more established companies, and their returns may vary, sometimes significantly, from the overall securities market.
  Value investing style risk. A value investing style subjects an underlying fund 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.

 

About indexes used in this report

  The MSCI All Country World ex-U.S. Index is an index considered representative of developed and emerging stock markets, excluding the US. The index is computed using the net return, which withholds applicable taxes for non-resident investors.
  The Lipper International Multi-Cap Core Funds Index is an unmanaged index considered representative of international multicap core funds tracked by Lipper.
  The Fund is not managed to track the performance of any particular index, including the index(es) described here, and consequently, the performance of the Fund may deviate significantly from the performance of the index(es).
  A direct investment cannot be made in an index. Unless otherwise indicated, index results include reinvested dividends, and they do not reflect sales charges. Performance of the peer group, if applicable, reflects fund expenses; performance of a market index does not.

  

 

Other information

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

    

 

 

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Schedule of Investments

December 31, 2017

Invesco International Allocation Fund

Schedule of Investments in Affiliated Issuers–100.63%(a)

 

     % of
Net
Assets
12/31/17
    Value
12/31/16
    Purchases
at Cost
    Proceeds
from Sales
    Change in
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
    Realized
Gain
    Dividend
Income
    Shares
12/31/17
    Value
12/31/17
 

Foreign Equity Funds–99.59%

 

Invesco Developing Markets Fund–Class R6

    4.99   $ 8,439,140     $ 502,747     $ (3,081,952   $ 981,720     $ 1,112,841     $ 88,906       212,063     $ 7,954,496  

Invesco Emerging Market Equity Fund–Class R6

    0.00     6,428,043             (7,452,497     992,335       32,119                    

Invesco International Companies Fund–Class R6

    11.96     7,076,519       12,090,596       (2,036,215     1,505,827       1,822,037       172,807       1,558,769       19,063,742  

Invesco International Core Equity Fund–Class R6

    9.96     25,302,263       777,003       (14,217,981     993,008       3,018,806       271,337       1,261,773       15,873,099  

Invesco International Growth Fund–Class R6

    17.93     25,428,052       2,027,245       (3,635,823     3,131,340       1,869,226       576,521       776,629       28,572,194  

Invesco International Small Company Fund–Class R6

    7.00     8,530,702       2,204,266       (1,697,581     1,269,799       1,240,575       331,012       582,165       11,160,107  

Invesco Low Volatility Emerging Markets
Fund–Class R6

    4.01           7,130,044       (619,313     (151,717     811,069       139,328       727,270       6,392,705  

PowerShares FTSE RAFI Developed Markets ex- U.S. Portfolio–ETF

    17.89     20,993,679       5,747,790       (2,986,447     4,110,311       641,963       800,423       627,914       28,507,296  

PowerShares FTSE RAFI Developed Markets ex-US Small-Mid Portfolio–ETF

    8.90     9,903,303       3,148,052       (1,821,807     2,540,393       410,592       349,504       412,105       14,180,533  

PowerShares FTSE RAFI Emerging Markets
Portfolio–ETF

    6.03     8,381,017       1,222,155       (1,862,699     1,216,937       651,524       262,351       430,315       9,608,934  

PowerShares International Dividend Achievers Portfolio–ETF

    0.00     9,873,401       166,543       (10,472,585     (1,253,875     1,686,516       11,318              

PowerShares S&P International Developed Low Volatility Portfolio–ETF

    10.92     10,620,930       5,992,845       (1,441,898     2,059,615       163,356       515,160       516,781       17,394,848  

Total Foreign Equity Funds

            140,977,049       41,009,286       (51,326,798     17,395,693       13,460,624       3,518,667               158,707,954  

Money Market Funds–1.04%

 

Invesco Government & Agency Portfolio–Institutional Class, 1.18%(c)

    0.36     137,443       11,530,681       (11,091,279                 2,643       576,845       576,845  

Invesco Liquid Assets Portfolio–Institutional Class, 1.40%(c)

    0.26           506,303       (94,273                 86       411,989       412,030  

Invesco Treasury Portfolio–Institutional Class,
1.17%(c)

    0.42     91,629       7,969,617       (7,401,994                 1,762       659,252       659,252  

Total Money Market Funds

            229,072       20,006,601       (18,587,546                 4,491               1,648,127  

TOTAL INVESTMENTS IN AFFILIATED ISSUERS
(Cost $128,609,464)

    100.63   $ 141,206,121     $ 61,015,887     $ (69,914,344   $ 17,395,693     $ 13,460,624 (b)    $ 3,523,158             $ 160,356,081  

OTHER ASSETS LESS LIABILITIES

    (0.63 )%                                                              (997,194

NET ASSETS

    100.00                                                           $ 159,358,887  

Investment Abbreviations:

ETF – Exchange Traded Fund

Notes to Schedule of Investments:

 

(a) Each underlying fund and the Fund are affiliated by either having the same investment adviser or an investment adviser under common control with the Fund’s investment adviser.
(b) Includes $1,395,022, $247,846, $387,654 and $777,378 of capital gains distributions from affiliated underlying funds for Invesco International Companies Fund, Invesco International Growth Fund, Invesco International Small Company Fund and Invesco Low Volatility Emerging Market Equity fund, respectively.
(c) The rate shown is the 7-day SEC standardized yield as of December 31, 2017.

 

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

 

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Statement of Assets and Liabilities

December 31, 2017

 

Assets:

 

Investments in affiliated underlying funds, at value (Cost $128,609,464)

  $ 160,356,081  

Receivable for:

 

Fund shares sold

    100,818  

Dividends from affiliated underlying funds

    605  

Investment for trustee deferred compensation and retirement plans

    65,180  

Other assets

    36,953  

Total assets

    160,559,637  

Liabilities:

 

Payable for:

 

Investments purchased — affiliated underlying funds

    896,177  

Fund shares reacquired

    89,739  

Accrued fees to affiliates

    119,236  

Accrued trustees’ and officers’ fees and benefits

    667  

Accrued other operating expenses

    22,187  

Trustee deferred compensation and retirement plans

    72,744  

Total liabilities

    1,200,750  

Net assets applicable to shares outstanding

  $ 159,358,887  

Net assets consist of:

 

Shares of beneficial interest

  $ 177,740,832  

Undistributed net investment income

    444,647  

Undistributed net realized gain (loss)

    (50,573,209

Net unrealized appreciation

    31,746,617  
    $ 159,358,887  

Net Assets:

 

Class A

  $ 102,478,967  

Class B

  $ 639,587  

Class C

  $ 24,297,038  

Class R

  $ 4,779,075  

Class Y

  $ 19,039,678  

Class R5

  $ 8,112,318  

Class R6

  $ 12,224  

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

 

Class A

    8,391,943  

Class B

    52,275  

Class C

    1,985,963  

Class R

    391,025  

Class Y

    1,565,859  

Class R5

    665,226  

Class R6

    1,003  

Class A:

 

Net asset value per share

  $ 12.21  

Maximum offering price per share

 

(Net asset value of $12.21 ¸ 94.50%)

  $ 12.92  

Class B:

 

Net asset value and offering price per share

  $ 12.24  

Class C:

 

Net asset value and offering price per share

  $ 12.23  

Class R:

 

Net asset value and offering price per share

  $ 12.22  

Class Y:

 

Net asset value and offering price per share

  $ 12.16  

Class R5:

 

Net asset value and offering price per share

  $ 12.19  

Class R6:

 

Net asset value and offering price per share

  $ 12.19  
 

 

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

 

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Statement of Operations

For the year ended December 31, 2017

 

Investment income:

 

Dividends from affiliated underlying funds

  $ 3,523,158  

Expenses:

 

Administrative services fees

    50,000  

Custodian fees

    7,577  

Distribution fees:

 

Class A

    249,499  

Class B

    9,168  

Class C

    229,228  

Class R

    21,787  

Transfer agent fees —A, B, C, R and Y

    391,497  

Transfer agent fees — R5

    7,142  

Trustees’ and officers’ fees and benefits

    22,588  

Registration and filing fees

    96,576  

Reports to shareholders

    83,941  

Professional services fees

    36,261  

Other

    11,889  

Total expenses

    1,217,153  

Less: Expense offset arrangement(s)

    (4,663

Net expenses

    1,212,490  

Net investment income

    2,310,668  

Realized and unrealized gain from investments in affiliated underlying fund shares

 

Net realized gain on sales of affiliated underlying fund shares

    10,652,723  

Net realized gain from distributions of affiliated underlying fund shares

    2,807,900  
      13,460,623  

Change in net unrealized appreciation of affiliated underlying fund shares

    17,395,693  

Net gain from affiliated underlying funds

    30,856,316  

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

  $ 33,166,984  

 

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

 

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Statement of Changes in Net Assets

For the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016

 

     2017      2016  

Operations:

    

Net investment income

  $ 2,310,668      $ 2,157,090  

Net realized gain (loss)

    13,460,623        (17,640,642

Change in net unrealized appreciation

    17,395,693        23,943,662  

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

    33,166,984        8,460,110  

Distributions to shareholders from net investment income:

    

Class A

    (1,999,235      (1,451,855

Class B

    (8,413      (7,916

Class C

    (298,596      (143,016

Class R

    (82,330      (52,478

Class Y

    (422,780      (117,859

Class R5

    (189,748      (116,009

Class R6

    (304       

Total distributions from net investment income

    (3,001,406      (1,889,133

Share transactions–net:

    

Class A

    (18,404,467      (12,820,980

Class B

    (721,069      (1,238,145

Class C

    (2,200,367      (2,762,874

Class R

    (451,327      (962,366

Class Y

    9,257,539        (803,290

Class R5

    488,397        38,039  

Class R6

    10,824         

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

    (12,020,470      (18,549,616

Net increase (decrease) in net assets

    18,145,108        (11,978,639

Net assets:

    

Beginning of year

    141,213,779        153,192,418  

End of year (includes undistributed net investment income of $444,647 and $629,411, respectively)

  $ 159,358,887      $ 141,213,779  

Notes to Financial Statements

December 31, 2017

NOTE 1—Significant Accounting Policies

Invesco International Allocation Fund (the “Fund”) is a series portfolio of AIM Growth Series (Invesco Growth Series) (the “Trust”). The Trust is organized as a Delaware statutory trust and is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”), as an open-end series management investment company consisting of twenty-nine separate series portfolios, each authorized to issue an unlimited number of shares of beneficial interest. The assets, liabilities and operations of each portfolio are accounted for separately. Information presented in these financial statements pertains only to the Fund. Matters affecting each portfolio or class will be voted on exclusively by the shareholders of such portfolio or class.

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

The Fund is a “fund of funds,” in that it invests in other mutual funds (“underlying funds”) advised by Invesco Advisers, Inc. (the “Adviser” or “Invesco”) and exchange-traded funds advised by Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC (“PowerShares Capital”), an affiliate of Invesco. Invesco and PowerShares Capital are affiliates of each other as they are indirect, wholly-owned subsidiaries of Invesco Ltd. Invesco may change the Fund’s asset class allocations, the underlying funds or target weightings in the underlying funds without shareholder approval. The underlying funds may engage in a number of investment techniques and practices, which involve certain risks. Each underlying fund’s accounting policies are outlined in the underlying fund’s financial statements and are publicly available.

The Fund currently consists of seven different classes of shares: Class A, Class B, Class C, Class R, Class Y, Class R5 and Class R6. On April 4, 2017, the Fund began offering Class R6 shares. Class Y shares are available only to certain investors. Class A shares are sold with a front-end sales charge unless certain waiver criteria are met and under certain circumstances load waived shares may be subject to contingent deferred sales charges (“CDSC”). Class C shares are sold with a CDSC. Class R, Class Y, Class R5 and Class R6 shares are sold at net asset value. Effective November 30, 2010, new or additional investments in Class B shares are no longer permitted. Existing shareholders of Class B shares may continue to reinvest dividends and capital gains distributions in Class B shares until they convert to Class A shares. Also, shareholders in Class B shares will be

 

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able to exchange those shares for Class B shares of other Invesco Funds offering such shares until they convert to Class A shares. Generally, Class B shares will automatically convert to Class A shares on or about the month-end, which is at least eight years after the date of purchase. Redemption of Class B shares prior to the conversion date will be subject to a CDSC. Effective January 26, 2018, all of the Fund’s outstanding Class B shares were converted to Class A shares, in advance of their normally scheduled conversion. No CDSC was paid in connection with this early conversion.

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

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

A. Security Valuations — Securities of investment companies that trade on an exchange are valued at the last sales price or official closing price as of the close of the customary trading session on the exchange where the security is principally traded. Investments in shares of funds that are not traded on an exchange are valued at the end-of-day net asset value per share of such fund. Securities in the underlying funds, including restricted securities, are valued in accordance with the valuation policy of such fund. The policies of the underlying funds affiliated with the Fund as a result of having the same investment adviser are set forth below.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

B.

Securities Transactions and Investment Income — Securities transactions are accounted for on a trade date basis. Realized gains or losses on sales are computed on the basis of specific identification of the securities sold. Distributions from ordinary income from underlying funds, if any, are recorded as dividend income on ex-dividend date. Distributions from gains from underlying funds, if any, are recorded as realized gains on the ex-dividend date. The following policies are followed by the underlying funds: Interest income (net of withholding tax, if any)

 

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  is recorded on the accrual basis from settlement date. Bond premiums and discounts are amortized and/or accreted over the lives of the respective securities. Pay-in-kind interest income and non-cash dividend income received in the form of securities in-lieu of cash are recorded at the fair value of the securities received. Paydown gains and losses on mortgage and asset-backed securities are recorded as adjustments to interest income.

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

C. Distributions — Distributions from net investment income and net realized capital gain, if any, are generally declared and paid annually and recorded on the ex-dividend date. The Fund may elect to treat a portion of the proceeds from redemptions as distributions for federal income tax purposes.
D. Federal Income Taxes — The Fund intends to comply with the requirements of Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Internal Revenue Code”), necessary to qualify as a regulated investment company and to distribute substantially all of the Fund’s taxable earnings to shareholders. As such, the Fund will not be subject to federal income taxes on otherwise taxable income (including net realized capital gain) that is distributed to shareholders. Therefore, no provision for federal income taxes is recorded in the financial statements.

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

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

E. Expenses — Expenses included in the accompanying financial statements reflect the expenses of the Fund and do not include any expenses of the underlying funds. The effects of the underlying funds expenses are included in the realized and unrealized gain/loss on the investments in the underlying funds. Estimated expenses of the underlying funds are discussed further in Note 11.

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

F. Accounting Estimates — The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”) requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period including estimates and assumptions related to taxation. Actual results could differ from those estimates by a significant amount. In addition, the Fund monitors for material events or transactions that may occur or become known after the period-end date and before the date the financial statements are released to print.
G. Indemnifications — Under the Trust’s organizational documents, each Trustee, officer, employee or other agent of the Trust is indemnified against certain liabilities that may arise out of the performance of their duties to the Fund. Additionally, in the normal course of business, the Fund enters into contracts, including the Fund’s servicing agreements, that contain a variety of indemnification clauses. The Fund’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown as this would involve future claims that may be made against the Fund that have not yet occurred. The risk of material loss as a result of such indemnification claims is considered remote.

NOTE 2—Advisory Fees and Other Fees Paid to Affiliates

The Trust has entered into a master investment advisory agreement with Invesco. Under the terms of the investment advisory agreement, the Fund does not pay an advisory fee. However, the Fund pays advisory fees to Invesco indirectly as a shareholder of the underlying funds.

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

The Adviser has contractually agreed, through at least June 30, 2018, to reimburse expenses of all shares to the extent necessary to limit total annual fund operating expenses after expense reimbursement (excluding certain items discussed below) of Class A, Class B, Class C, Class R, Class Y, Class R5 and Class R6 shares to 2.25%, 3.00%, 3.00%, 2.50%, 2.00%, 2.00% and 2.00%, respectively, of average daily net assets (the “expense limits”). In determining the Adviser’s obligation to reimburse expenses, the following expenses are not taken into account, and could cause the total annual fund operating expenses after expense reimbursement to exceed the numbers reflected above: (1) interest; (2) taxes; (3) dividend expense on short sales; (4) extraordinary or non-routine items, including litigation expenses; and (5) expenses that the Fund has incurred but did not actually pay because of an expense offset arrangement. Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses are not operating expenses of a Fund directly, but are fees and expenses, including management fees of the investment companies in which a Fund invests. As a result, the total annual fund operating expenses after expense reimbursement may exceed the expense limits above. Unless Invesco continues the fee waiver agreement, it will terminate on June 30, 2018. During its term, the fee waiver agreement cannot be terminated or amended to increase the expense limits without approval of the Board of Trustees. The Adviser did not waive fees and/or reimburse expenses during the period under these expense limits.

The Trust has entered into a master administrative services agreement with Invesco pursuant to which the Fund has agreed to pay Invesco for certain administrative costs incurred in providing accounting services to the Fund. For the year ended December 31, 2017, expenses incurred under the agreement are shown in the Statement of Operations as Administrative services fees.

The Trust has entered into a transfer agency and service agreement with Invesco Investment Services, Inc. (“IIS”) pursuant to which the Fund has agreed to pay IIS a fee for providing transfer agency and shareholder services to the Fund and reimburse IIS for certain expenses incurred by IIS in the course of providing such services. IIS may make payments to intermediaries that provide omnibus account services, sub-accounting services and/or networking services. All fees payable by IIS to intermediaries that provide omnibus account services or sub-accounting services are charged back to

 

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the Fund, subject to certain limitations approved by the Trust’s Board of Trustees. For the year ended December 31, 2017, expenses incurred under the agreement are shown in the Statement of Operations as Transfer agent fees.

The Trust has entered into master distribution agreements with Invesco Distributors, Inc. (“IDI”) to serve as the distributor for the Class A, Class B, Class C, Class R, Class Y, Class R5 and Class R6 shares of the Fund. The Trust has adopted plans pursuant to Rule 12b-1 under the 1940 Act with respect to the Fund’s Class A, Class B, Class C and Class R shares (collectively, the “Plans”). The Fund, pursuant to the Plans, pays IDI compensation at the annual rate of 0.25% of the Fund’s average daily net assets of Class A shares, 1.00% of the average daily net assets of Class B and Class C shares and 0.50% of the average daily net assets of Class R shares. The fees are accrued daily and paid monthly. Of the Plan payments, up to 0.25% of the average daily net assets of each class of shares may be paid to furnish continuing personal shareholder services to customers who purchase and own shares of such classes. Any amounts not paid as a service fee under the Plans would constitute an asset-based sales charge. Rules of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”) impose a cap on the total sales charges, including asset-based sales charges, that may be paid by any class of shares of the Fund. For the year ended December 31, 2017, expenses incurred under the Plans are shown in the Statement of Operations as Distribution fees.

Front-end sales commissions and CDSC (collectively, the “sales charges”) are not recorded as expenses of the Fund. Front-end sales commissions are deducted from proceeds from the sales of Fund shares prior to investment in Class A shares of the Fund. CDSC are deducted from redemption proceeds prior to remittance to the shareholder. During the year ended December 31, 2017, IDI advised the Fund that IDI retained $17,866 in front-end sales commissions from the sale of Class A shares and $1,779, $94 and $1,001 from Class A, Class B and Class C shares, respectively, for CDSC imposed on redemptions by shareholders.

The underlying Invesco mutual funds pay no distribution fees for Class R6 and the Fund pays no sales loads or other similar compensation to IDI for acquiring underlying fund shares.

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

NOTE 3—Additional Valuation Information

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

  Level 1 — Prices are determined using quoted prices in an active market for identical assets.
  Level 2 — Prices are determined using other significant observable inputs. Observable inputs are inputs that other market participants may use in pricing a security. These may include quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, yield curves, loss severities, default rates, discount rates, volatilities and others.
  Level 3 — Prices are determined using significant unobservable inputs. In situations where quoted prices or observable inputs are unavailable (for example, when there is little or no market activity for an investment at the end of the period), unobservable inputs may be used. Unobservable inputs reflect the Fund’s own assumptions about the factors market participants would use in determining fair value of the securities or instruments and would be based on the best available information.

As of December 31, 2017, all of the securities in this Fund were valued based on Level 1 inputs (see the Schedule of Investments for security categories). The level assigned to the securities valuations may not be an indication of the risk or liquidity associated with investing in those securities.

The Fund’s policy is to recognize transfers in and out of the valuation levels as of the end of the reporting period. During the year ended December 31, 2017, there were no material transfers between valuation levels.

NOTE 4—Expense Offset Arrangement(s)

The expense offset arrangement is comprised of transfer agency credits which result from balances in demand deposit accounts used by the transfer agent for clearing shareholder transactions. For the year ended December 31, 2017, the Fund received credits from this arrangement, which resulted in the reduction of the Fund’s total expenses of $4,663.

NOTE 5—Trustees’ and Officers’ Fees and Benefits

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

NOTE 6—Cash Balances

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

 

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

Tax Character of Distributions to Shareholders Paid During the Fiscal Years Ended December 31, 2017 and 2016:

 

     2017        2016  

Ordinary income

  $ 3,001,406        $ 1,889,133  

Tax Components of Net Assets at Period-End:

 

     2017  

Undistributed ordinary income

  $ 506,493  

Net unrealized appreciation — investments

    21,658,504  

Temporary book/tax differences

    (61,846

Capital loss carryforward

    (40,485,096

Shares of beneficial interest

    177,740,832  

Total net assets

  $ 159,358,887  

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

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

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

The Fund has a capital loss carryforward as of December 31, 2017, which expires as follows:

 

Capital Loss Carryforward*  
Expiration   Short-Term        Long-Term        Total  

December 31, 2018

  $ 9,317,140        $        $ 9,317,140  

Not subject to expiration

             31,167,956          31,167,956  
    $ 9,317,140        $ 31,167,956        $ 40,485,096  

 

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

NOTE 8—Investment Transactions

The aggregate amount of investment securities (other than short-term securities, U.S. Treasury obligations and money market funds, if any) purchased and sold by the Fund during the year ended December 31, 2017 was $41,009,286 and $51,326,798, respectively. Cost of investments, including any derivatives, on a tax basis includes the adjustments for financial reporting purposes as of the most recently completed federal income tax reporting period-end.

 

Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) of Investments on a Tax Basis  

Aggregate unrealized appreciation of investments

  $ 21,810,422  

Aggregate unrealized (depreciation) of investments

    (151,918

Net unrealized appreciation of investments

  $ 21,658,504  

Cost of investments for tax purposes is $138,697,577.

NOTE 9—Reclassification of Permanent Differences

Primarily as a result of differing book/tax treatment of capital loss carryforward and capital gain distributions, on December 31, 2017, undistributed net investment income was increased by $505,974, undistributed net realized gain (loss) was increased by $22,777,314 and shares of beneficial interest was decreased by $23,283,288. This reclassification had no effect on the net assets of the Fund.

 

18                         Invesco International Allocation Fund


NOTE 10—Share Information

 

     Summary of Share Activity  
    Years ended December 31,  
    2017(a)      2016  
     Shares      Amount      Shares      Amount  

Sold:

          

Class A

    1,185,449      $ 13,458,629        1,381,909      $ 13,328,295  

Class B

    6,219        72,137        8,550        81,414  

Class C

    353,728        4,044,085        285,095        2,770,800  

Class R

    144,930        1,694,381        92,667        907,099  

Class Y

    1,547,234        16,760,085        491,952        4,883,477  

Class R5

    99,361        1,138,487        102,752        998,236  

Class R6(b)

    1,001        10,803                

Issued as reinvestment of dividends:

          

Class A

    165,634        1,989,251        138,116        1,367,350  

Class B

    698        8,403        758        7,531  

Class C

    24,530        295,346        12,320        122,342  

Class R

    6,849        82,330        5,295        52,478  

Class Y

    34,293        410,140        9,386        92,541  

Class R5

    15,806        189,519        11,664        115,355  

Class R6

    2        21                

Automatic conversion of Class B shares to Class A shares:

          

Class A

    55,286        626,761        99,610        964,895  

Class B

    (55,359      (626,761      (99,742      (964,895

Reacquired:

          

Class A

    (3,113,046      (34,479,108      (2,924,424      (28,481,520

Class B

    (15,685      (174,848      (38,417      (362,195

Class C

    (583,088      (6,539,798      (582,816      (5,656,016

Class R

    (197,702      (2,228,038      (195,263      (1,921,943

Class Y

    (709,464      (7,912,686      (585,036      (5,779,308

Class R5

    (73,793      (839,609      (111,389      (1,075,552

Net increase (decrease) in share activity

    (1,107,117    $ (12,020,470      (1,897,013    $ (18,549,616

 

(a)  There are entities that are record owners of more than 5% of the outstanding shares of the Fund and in the aggregate own 38% of the outstanding shares of the Fund. IDI has an agreement with these entities to sell Fund shares. The Fund, Invesco and/or Invesco affiliates may make payments to these entities, which are considered to be related to the Fund, for providing services to the Fund, Invesco and/or Invesco affiliates including but not limited to services such as securities brokerage, distribution, third party record keeping and account servicing. The Fund has no knowledge as to whether all or any portion of the shares owned of record by these entities are also owned beneficially.
(b)  Commencement date of April 4, 2017.

 

19                         Invesco International Allocation Fund


NOTE 11—Financial Highlights

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

 

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

Class A

                       

Year ended 12/31/17

  $ 9.97     $ 0.18     $ 2.30     $ 2.48     $ (0.24   $ 12.21       24.94   $ 102,479       0.72 %(e)      0.72 %(e)      1.61 %(e)      27

Year ended 12/31/16

    9.54       0.15       0.42       0.57       (0.14     9.97       6.03       100,698       0.70       0.70       1.56       47  

Year ended 12/31/15

    10.69       0.15       (1.16     (1.01     (0.14     9.54       (9.48     108,787       0.66       0.66       1.37       9  

Year ended 12/31/14

    11.07       0.16       (0.36     (0.20     (0.18     10.69       (1.78     128,452       0.63       0.63       1.46       12  

Year ended 12/31/13

    9.94       0.14       1.15       1.29       (0.16     11.07       13.02       136,055       0.64       0.64       1.36       8  

Class B

                       

Year ended 12/31/17

    9.99       0.10       2.30       2.40       (0.15     12.24       24.08       640       1.47 (e)      1.47 (e)      0.86 (e)      27  

Year ended 12/31/16

    9.56       0.08       0.42       0.50       (0.07     9.99       5.18       1,163       1.45       1.45       0.81       47  

Year ended 12/31/15

    10.69       0.07       (1.15     (1.08     (0.05     9.56       (10.08     2,343       1.41       1.41       0.62       9  

Year ended 12/31/14

    11.06       0.08       (0.36     (0.28     (0.09     10.69       (2.52     5,276       1.38       1.38       0.71       12  

Year ended 12/31/13

    9.94       0.06       1.14       1.20       (0.08     11.06       12.09       8,974       1.39       1.39       0.61       8  

Class C

                       

Year ended 12/31/17

    9.99       0.10       2.29       2.39       (0.15     12.23       23.98       24,297       1.47 (e)      1.47 (e)      0.86 (e)      27  

Year ended 12/31/16

    9.55       0.08       0.43       0.51       (0.07     9.99       5.29       21,890       1.45       1.45       0.81       47  

Year ended 12/31/15

    10.69       0.07       (1.16     (1.09     (0.05     9.55       (10.18     23,659       1.41       1.41       0.62       9  

Year ended 12/31/14

    11.06       0.08       (0.36     (0.28     (0.09     10.69       (2.52     27,874       1.38       1.38       0.71       12  

Year ended 12/31/13

    9.94       0.06       1.14       1.20       (0.08     11.06       12.09       30,241       1.39       1.39       0.61       8  

Class R

                       

Year ended 12/31/17

    9.98       0.15       2.30       2.45       (0.21     12.22       24.61       4,779       0.97 (e)      0.97 (e)      1.36 (e)      27  

Year ended 12/31/16

    9.55       0.13       0.42       0.55       (0.12     9.98       5.75       4,361       0.95       0.95       1.31       47  

Year ended 12/31/15

    10.69       0.12       (1.15     (1.03     (0.11     9.55       (9.65     5,100       0.91       0.91       1.12       9  

Year ended 12/31/14

    11.07       0.14       (0.37     (0.23     (0.15     10.69       (2.05     6,260       0.88       0.88       1.21       12  

Year ended 12/31/13

    9.94       0.12       1.14       1.26       (0.13     11.07       12.74       6,412       0.89       0.89       1.11       8  

Class Y

                       

Year ended 12/31/17

    9.93       0.21       2.29       2.50       (0.27     12.16       25.25       19,040       0.47 (e)      0.47 (e)      1.86 (e)      27  

Year ended 12/31/16

    9.50       0.18       0.42       0.60       (0.17     9.93       6.34       6,889       0.45       0.45       1.81       47  

Year ended 12/31/15

    10.65       0.17       (1.15     (0.98     (0.17     9.50       (9.25     7,388       0.41       0.41       1.62       9  

Year ended 12/31/14

    11.03       0.19       (0.36     (0.17     (0.21     10.65       (1.52     7,345       0.38       0.38       1.71       12  

Year ended 12/31/13

    9.91       0.17       1.13       1.30       (0.18     11.03       13.23       7,959       0.39       0.39       1.61       8  

Class R5

                       

Year ended 12/31/17

    9.96       0.23       2.29       2.52       (0.29     12.19       25.38       8,112       0.30 (e)      0.30 (e)      2.03 (e)      27  

Year ended 12/31/16

    9.53       0.20       0.42       0.62       (0.19     9.96       6.52       6,212       0.26       0.26       2.00       47  

Year ended 12/31/15

    10.68       0.19       (1.15     (0.96     (0.19     9.53       (9.04     5,915       0.24       0.24       1.79       9  

Year ended 12/31/14

    11.07       0.23       (0.38     (0.15     (0.24     10.68       (1.35     42       0.17       0.17       1.92       12  

Year ended 12/31/13

    9.94       0.19       1.15       1.34       (0.21     11.07       13.52       1,188       0.18       0.18       1.82       8  

Class R6

                       

Year ended 12/31/17(f)

    10.74       0.19       1.56       1.75       (0.30     12.19       16.38       12       0.21 (e)(g)      0.21 (e)(g)      2.12 (e)(g)      27  

 

(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)  In addition to the fees and expenses which the Fund bears directly, the Fund indirectly bears a pro rata share of the fees and expenses of the underlying funds in which the Fund invests. Because the underlying funds have varied expenses and fee levels and the Fund may own different proportions at different times, the amount of fees and expenses incurred indirectly by the Fund will vary. Estimated underlying fund expenses are not expenses that are incurred directly by the Fund. They are expenses that are incurred directly by the underlying funds and are deducted from the value of the funds the Fund invests in. The effect of the estimated underlying fund expenses that the Fund bears indirectly is included in the Fund’s total return. Estimated acquired fund fees from underlying funds were 0.73%, 0.77%, 0.81%, 0.88% and 0.88% for the years ended December 31, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014 and 2013 respectively.
(d)  Portfolio turnover is calculated at the fund level and is not annualized for periods less than one year, if applicable.
(e)  Ratios are based on average daily net assets (000’s omitted) of $99,799, $917, $22,923, $4,357, $15,716, $7,207 and $11 for Class A, Class B, Class C, Class R, Class Y, Class R5 and Class R6 shares, respectively.
(f)  Commencement date of April 4, 2017.
(g)  Annualized.

 

20                         Invesco International Allocation Fund


Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

 

To the Board of Trustees of AIM Growth Series (Invesco Growth Series)

and Shareholders of Invesco International Allocation Fund

Opinion on the Financial Statements

We have audited the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities, including the schedule of investments, of Invesco International Allocation Fund (one of the funds constituting AIM Growth Series (Invesco Growth Series), hereafter referred to as the “Fund”) as of December 31, 2017, the related statement of operations for the year ended December 31, 2017, the statement of changes in net assets for each of the two years in the period ended December 31, 2017, including the related notes, and the financial highlights for each of the periods indicated therein (collectively referred to as the “financial statements”). In our opinion, the financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Fund as of December 31, 2017, the results of its operations for the year then ended, the changes in its net assets for each of the two years in the period ended December 31, 2017 and the financial highlights for each of the periods indicated therein in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

Basis for Opinion

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

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

Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements. Our procedures included confirmation of securities owned as of December 31, 2017 by correspondence with the custodian, transfer agent and brokers; when replies were not received from brokers, we performed other auditing procedures. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Houston, TX

February 23, 2018

We have served as the auditor of one or more of the investment companies in the Invesco/PowerShares group of investment companies since at least 1995. We have not determined the specific year we began serving as auditor.

 

21                         Invesco International Allocation Fund


Calculating your ongoing Fund expenses

Example

As a shareholder of the Fund, you incur two types of costs: (1) transaction costs, which may include sales charges (loads) on purchase payments or contingent deferred sales charges on redemptions, if any; and (2) ongoing costs, including distribution and/or service (12b-1) fees, and other Fund expenses. This example is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Fund and to compare these costs with ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds. The example is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period July 1, 2017, through December 31, 2017.

In addition to the fees and expenses which the Fund bears directly, the Fund indirectly bears a pro rata share of the fees and expenses of the underlying funds in which the Fund invests. The amount of fees and expenses incurred indirectly by the Fund will vary because the underlying funds have varied expenses and fee levels and the Fund may own different proportions of the underlying funds at different times. Estimated underlying fund expenses are not expenses that are incurred directly by the Fund. They are expenses that are incurred directly by the underlying funds and are deducted from the value of the underlying funds the Fund invests in. The effect of the estimated underlying fund expenses that the Fund bears indirectly are included in the Fund’s total return.

Actual expenses

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

Hypothetical example for comparison purposes

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

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

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

 

Class

 

Beginning
Account Value
(07/01/17)

    ACTUAL     HYPOTHETICAL
(5% annual return before
expenses)
    

Annualized
Expense

Ratio

 
    Ending
Account Value
(12/31/17)1
     Expenses
Paid During
Period2
    Ending
Account Value
(12/31/17)
     Expenses
Paid During
Period2
    
A   $ 1,000.00     $ 1,098.50      $ 3.65     $ 1,021.73      $ 3.52        0.69
B     1,000.00       1,094.20        7.60       1,017.95        7.32        1.44  
C     1,000.00       1,094.20        7.60       1,017.95        7.32        1.44  
R     1,000.00       1,097.70        4.97       1,020.47        4.79        0.94  
Y     1,000.00       1,100.70        2.33       1,022.99        2.24        0.44  
R5     1,000.00       1,101.20        1.48       1,023.79        1.43        0.28  
R6     1,000.00       1,101.30        1.01       1,024.25        0.97        0.19  

 

1  The actual ending account value is based on the actual total return of the Fund for the period July 1, 2017 through December 31, 2017, after actual expenses and will differ from the hypothetical ending account value which is based on the Fund’s expense ratio and a hypothetical annual return of 5% before expenses.
2  Expenses are equal to the Fund’s annualized expense ratio as indicated above multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 184/365 to reflect the most recent fiscal half year.

 

22                         Invesco International Allocation Fund


Tax Information

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

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

The Fund designates the following amounts or, if subsequently determined to be different, the maximum amount allowable for its fiscal year ended December 31, 2017:

 

Federal and State Income Tax

 

Qualified Dividend Income*

     100%  

Corporate Dividends Received Deduction*

     0%  

U.S. Treasury Obligations*

     0.02%  

 

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

 

23                         Invesco International Allocation Fund


Trustees and Officers

 

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

 

Name, Year of Birth and

Position(s) Held with the Trust

  Trustee and/
or Officer Since
  Principal Occupation(s)
During Past 5 Years
  Number of
Funds in Fund
Complex
Overseen by
Trustee
  Other Directorship(s)
Held by Trustee During
Past 5 Years
Interested Persons                
Martin L. Flanagan1 — 1960 Trustee   2007  

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

 

Formerly: Advisor to the Board, Invesco Advisers, Inc. (formerly known as Invesco Institutional (N.A.), Inc.); Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Invesco Advisers, Inc. (registered investment adviser); Director, Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President, Invesco Holding Company (US), Inc. (formerly IVZ Inc.) (holding company), Invesco Group Services, Inc. (service provider) and Invesco North American Holdings, Inc. (holding company); Director, Chief Executive Officer and President, Invesco Holding Company Limited (parent of Invesco and a global investment management firm); Director, Invesco Ltd.; Chairman, Investment Company Institute and President, Co-Chief Executive Officer, Co-President, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer, Franklin Resources, Inc. (global investment management organization)

  158   None
Philip A. Taylor2 — 1954 Trustee and Senior Vice President   2006  

Head of the Americas and Senior Managing Director, Invesco Ltd.; Director, Invesco Advisers, Inc. (formerly known as Invesco Institutional (N.A.), Inc.) (registered investment adviser); Director, Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President, Invesco Management Group, Inc. (formerly known as Invesco Aim Management Group, Inc.) (financial services holding company); Director and Chairman, Invesco Investment Services, Inc. (formerly known as Invesco Aim Investment Services, Inc.) (registered transfer agent); Chief Executive Officer, Invesco Corporate Class Inc. (corporate mutual fund company); Director, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Invesco Canada Ltd. (formerly known as Invesco Trimark Ltd./Invesco Trimark Ltèe) (registered investment adviser and registered transfer agent); Trustee and Senior Vice President, The Invesco Funds; Director, Invesco Investment Advisers LLC (formerly known as Van Kampen Asset Management).

 

Formerly: Co-Chairman, Co-President and Co-Chief Executive Officer, Invesco Advisers, Inc. (formerly known as Invesco Institutional (N.A.), Inc.) (registered investment adviser); Director, Chief Executive Officer and President, Van Kampen Exchange Corp; President and Principal Executive Officer, The Invesco Funds (other than AIM Treasurer’s Series Trust (Invesco Treasurer’s Series Trust), Short-Term Investments Trust and Invesco Management Trust); Executive Vice President, The Invesco Funds (AIM Treasurer’s Series Trust (Invesco Treasurer’s Series Trust), Short-Term Investments Trust and Invesco Management Trust only); Director and President, INVESCO Funds Group, Inc. (registered investment adviser and registered transfer agent); Director and Chairman, IVZ Distributors, Inc. (formerly known as INVESCO Distributors, Inc.) (registered broker dealer); Director, President and Chairman, Invesco Inc. (holding company), Invesco Canada Holdings Inc. (holding company), Trimark Investments Ltd./Placements Trimark Ltèe and Invesco Financial Services Ltd/Services Financiers Invesco Ltèe; Chief Executive Officer, Invesco Canada Fund Inc. (corporate mutual fund company); Director and Chairman, Van Kampen Investor Services Inc.; Director, Chief Executive Officer and President, 1371 Preferred Inc. (holding company) and Van Kampen Investments Inc.; Director and President, AIM GP Canada Inc. (general partner for limited partnerships) and Van Kampen Advisors, Inc.; Director and Chief Executive Officer, Invesco Trimark Dealer Inc. (registered broker dealer); Director, Invesco Distributors, Inc. (formerly known as Invesco Aim Distributors, Inc.) (registered broker dealer); Manager, Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC; Director, Chief Executive Officer and President, Invesco Advisers, Inc.; Director, Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President, Invesco Aim Capital Management, Inc.; President, Invesco Trimark Dealer Inc. and Invesco Trimark Ltd./Invesco Trimark Ltèe; Director and President, AIM Trimark Corporate Class Inc. and AIM Trimark Canada Fund Inc.; Senior Managing Director, Invesco Holding Company Limited; Director and Chairman, Fund Management Company (former registered broker dealer); President and Principal Executive Officer, The Invesco Funds (AIM Treasurer’s Series Trust (Invesco Treasurer’s Series Trust), and Short-Term Investments Trust only); President, AIM Trimark Global Fund Inc. and AIM Trimark Canada Fund Inc.

  158   None

 

1  Mr. Flanagan is considered an interested person (within the meaning of Section 2(a)(19) of the 1940 Act) of the Trust because he is an officer of the Adviser to the Trust, and an officer and a director of Invesco Ltd., ultimate parent of the Adviser.

 

2  Mr. Taylor is considered an interested person (within the meaning of Section 2(a)(19) of the 1940 Act) of the Trust because he is an officer and a director of the Adviser.

 

T-1                         Invesco International Allocation Fund


Trustees and Officers—(continued)

 

Name, Year of Birth and

Position(s) Held with the Trust

  Trustee and/
or Officer Since
 

Principal Occupation(s)

During Past 5 Years

  Number of
Funds in Fund
Complex
Overseen by
Trustee
 

Other Directorship(s)
Held by Trustee During

Past 5 Years

Independent Trustees                

Bruce L. Crockett — 1944

Trustee and Chair

  2001  

Chairman, Crockett Technologies Associates (technology consulting company)

 

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

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

David C. Arch — 1945

Trustee

  2010   Chairman of Blistex Inc. (consumer health care products manufacturer); Member, World Presidents’ Organization   158   Board member of the Illinois Manufacturers’ Association

Jack M. Fields — 1952

Trustee

  2001  

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

 

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

  158   None

Cynthia Hostetler — 1962

Trustee

  2017  

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

 

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

  158   Vulcan Materials Company (construction materials company); Trilinc Global Impact Fund; Aberdeen Investment Funds (4 portfolios); Artio Global Investment LLC (mutual fund complex); Edgen Group, Inc. (specialized energy and infrastructure products distributor)

Eli Jones — 1961

Trustee

  2016  

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

 

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

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

Prema Mathai-Davis — 1950

Trustee

  2001   Retired.   158   None

Teresa M. Ressel  —  1962

Trustee

  2017  

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

 

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

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

Ann Barnett Stern — 1957

Trustee

  2017  

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

 

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

  158   Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas

Raymond Stickel, Jr. — 1944

Trustee

  2005  

Retired.

 

Formerly: Director, Mainstay VP Series Funds, Inc. (25 portfolios); Partner, Deloitte & Touche

  158   None

Robert C. Troccoli — 1949

Trustee

  2016  

Adjunct Professor, University of Denver — Daniels College of Business

 

Formerly: Senior Partner, KPMG LLP

  158   None

Christopher L. Wilson —  1957

Trustee

  2017  

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

 

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

  158   TD Asset Management USA Inc. (mutual fund complex) (22 portfolios); ISO New England, Inc. (non-profit organization managing regional electricity market)

 

T-2                         Invesco International Allocation Fund


Trustees and Officers—(continued)

 

Name, Year of Birth and

Position(s) Held with the Trust

  Trustee and/
or Officer Since
 

Principal Occupation(s)

During Past 5 Years

  Number of
Funds in Fund
Complex
Overseen by
Trustee
 

Other Directorship(s)
Held by Trustee During

Past 5 Years

Other Officers                

Sheri Morris — 1964

President, Principal Executive Officer and Treasurer

  1999  

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

 

Formerly: Vice President and Principal Financial Officer, The Invesco Funds; Vice President, Invesco Aim Advisers, Inc., Invesco Aim Capital Management, Inc. and Invesco Aim Private Asset Management, Inc.; Assistant Vice President and Assistant Treasurer, The Invesco Funds and Assistant Vice President, Invesco Advisers, Inc., Invesco Aim Capital Management, Inc. and Invesco Aim Private Asset Management, Inc.; and Treasurer, PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust II, PowerShares India Exchange-Traded Fund Trust and PowerShares Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Fund Trust

  N/A   N/A

Russell C. Burk — 1958

Senior Vice President and Senior Officer

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

John M. Zerr — 1962

Senior Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Secretary

  2006  

Director, Senior Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel, Invesco Management Group, Inc. (formerly known as Invesco AIM Management Group, Inc.); Senior Vice President, Invesco Advisers, Inc. (formerly known as Invesco Institutional (N.A.), Inc.) (registered investment adviser); Senior Vice President and Secretary, Invesco Distributors, Inc. (formerly known as Invesco AIM Distributors, Inc.); Director, Vice President and Secretary, Invesco Investment Services, Inc. (formerly known as Invesco AIM Investment Services, Inc.) Senior Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Secretary, The Invesco Funds; Managing Director, Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC; Director, Secretary and General Counsel, Invesco Investment Advisers LLC (formerly known as Van Kampen Asset Management); Secretary and General Counsel, Invesco Capital Markets, Inc. (formerly known as Van Kampen Funds Inc.) and Chief Legal Officer, PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust II, PowerShares India Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, PowerShares Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, PowerShares Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Commodity Fund Trust and PowerShares Exchange-Traded Self-Indexed Fund Trust; Manager and Secretary, Invesco Indexing LLC

 

Formerly: Director, Secretary, General Counsel and Senior Vice President, Van Kampen Exchange Corp.; Director, Vice President and Secretary, IVZ Distributors, Inc. (formerly known as INVESCO Distributors, Inc.); Director and Vice President, INVESCO Funds Group, Inc.; Director and Vice President, Van Kampen Advisors Inc.; Director, Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel, Van Kampen Investor Services Inc.; Director, Invesco Distributors, Inc. (formerly known as Invesco AIM Distributors, Inc.); Director, Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary, Invesco AIM Advisers, Inc. and Van Kampen Investments Inc.; Director, Vice President and Secretary, Fund Management Company; Director, Senior Vice President, Secretary, General Counsel and Vice President, Invesco AIM Capital Management, Inc.; Chief Operating Officer and General Counsel, Liberty Ridge Capital, Inc. (an investment adviser); Vice President and Secretary, PBHG Funds (an investment company) and PBHG Insurance Series Fund (an investment company); Chief Operating Officer, General Counsel and Secretary, Old Mutual Investment Partners (a broker-dealer); General Counsel and Secretary, Old Mutual Fund Services (an administrator) and Old Mutual Shareholder Services (a shareholder servicing center); Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary, Old Mutual Capital, Inc. (an investment adviser); and Vice President and Secretary, Old Mutual Advisors Funds (an investment company)

  N/A   N/A

Gregory G. McGreevey — 1962

Senior Vice President

  2012  

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

 

Formerly: Assistant Vice President, The Invesco Funds

  N/A   N/A

Kelli Gallegos — 1970

Vice President, Principal Financial Officer and Assistant Treasurer

  2008  

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

 

Formerly: Assistant Vice President, The Invesco Funds

  N/A   N/A

 

T-3                         Invesco International Allocation Fund


Trustees and Officers—(continued)

 

Name, Year of Birth and

Position(s) Held with the Trust

  Trustee and/
or Officer Since
 

Principal Occupation(s)

During Past 5 Years

  Number of
Funds in Fund
Complex
Overseen by
Trustee
 

Other Directorship(s)
Held by Trustee During

Past 5 Years

Other Officers—(continued)                

Tracy Sullivan — 1962

Vice President, Chief Tax Officer and Assistant Treasurer

  2008  

Vice President, Chief Tax Officer and Assistant Treasurer, The Invesco Funds; Assistant Treasurer, Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC, PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust II, PowerShares India Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, PowerShares Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Fund Trust,PowerShares Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Commodity Fund Trust and PowerShares Exchange-Traded Self-Indexed Fund Trust

 

Formerly: Assistant Vice President, The Invesco Funds

  N/A   N/A

Crissie M. Wisdom — 1969

Anti-Money Laundering Compliance Officer

  2013  

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

 

Formerly: Anti-Money Laundering Compliance Officer, Van Kampen Exchange Corp.

  N/A   N/A

Robert R. Leveille — 1969

Chief Compliance Officer

  2016  

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

 

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

  N/A   N/A

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

 

Office of the Fund

11 Greenway Plaza, Suite 1000

Houston, TX 77046-1173

 

Investment Adviser

Invesco Advisers, Inc.

1555 Peachtree Street, N.E.

Atlanta, GA 30309

 

Distributor

Invesco Distributors, Inc.

11 Greenway Plaza, Suite 1000

Houston, TX 77046-1173

 

Auditors

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

1000 Louisiana Street, Suite 5800

Houston, TX 77002-5678

     

Counsel to the Fund

Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young, LLP

2005 Market Street, Suite 2600

Philadelphia, PA 19103-7018

 

Counsel to the Independent Trustees

Goodwin Procter LLP

901 New York Avenue, N.W.

Washington, D.C. 20001

 

Transfer Agent

Invesco Investment Services, Inc.

11 Greenway Plaza, Suite 1000

Houston, TX 77046-1173

 

Custodian

State Street Bank and Trust Company

225 Franklin Street

Boston, MA 02110-2801

 

T-4                         Invesco International Allocation Fund


 

Explore High-Conviction Investing with Invesco

 

 

 

 

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Visit invesco.com/edelivery to enjoy the convenience and security of anytime electronic access to your investment documents.

With eDelivery, you can elect to have any or all of the following materials delivered straight to your inbox to download, save and print from your own computer:

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Invesco mailing information

Send general correspondence to Invesco Investment Services, Inc., P.O. Box 219078, Kansas City, MO 64121-9078.

 

 

Important notice regarding delivery of security holder documents

To reduce Fund expenses, only one copy of most shareholder documents may be mailed to shareholders with multiple accounts at the same address (Householding). Mailing of your shareholder documents may be householded indefinitely unless you instruct us otherwise. If you do not want the mailing of these documents to be combined with those for other members of your household, please contact Invesco Investment Services, Inc. at 800 959 4246 or contact your financial institution. We will begin sending you individual copies for each account within 30 days after receiving your request.

 

 

Fund holdings and proxy voting information

The Fund provides a complete list of its holdings four times in each fiscal year, at the quarter ends. For the second and fourth quarters, the lists appear in the Fund’s semiannual and annual reports to shareholders. For the first and third quarters, the Fund files the lists with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Form N-Q. The most recent list of portfolio holdings is available at invesco.com/completeqtrholdings. Shareholders can also look up the Fund’s Forms N-Q on the SEC website at sec.gov. Copies of the Fund’s Forms N-Q may be reviewed and copied at the SEC Public Reference Room in Washington, D.C. You can obtain information on the operation of the Public Reference Room, including information about duplicating fee charges, by calling 202 551 8090 or 800 732 0330, or by electronic request at the following email address: publicinfo@sec.gov.

The SEC file numbers for the Fund are shown below.

A description of the policies and procedures that the Fund uses to determine how to vote proxies relating to portfolio securities is available without charge, upon request, from our Client Services department at 800 959 4246 or at invesco.com/proxyguidelines. The information is also available on the SEC website, sec.gov.

Information regarding how the Fund voted proxies related to its portfolio securities during the most recent 12-month period ended June 30 is available at invesco.com/proxysearch. The information is also available on the SEC website, sec.gov.

   

 

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Invesco Advisers, Inc. is an investment adviser; it provides investment advisory services to individual and institutional clients and does not sell securities. Invesco Distributors, Inc. is the US distributor for Invesco Ltd.’s retail mutual funds, exchange-traded funds and institutional money market funds. Both are wholly owned, indirect subsidiaries of Invesco Ltd.

   

SEC file numbers: 811-02699 and 002-57526                         Invesco Distributors, Inc.                                                           INTAL-AR-1                                       02152018    1508


 

 

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Annual Report to Shareholders

 

   December 31, 2017
 

 

 

Invesco Mid Cap Core Equity Fund

 

  Nasdaq:
  A: GTAGX  B: GTABX  C: GTACX   R: GTARX  Y: GTAYX  R5: GTAVX  R6: GTAFX

 

 

 

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Letters to Shareholders

 

LOGO

Dear Shareholders:

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

    Major stock market indexes rose – and set record highs – throughout the reporting period. Generally positive economic data, strong corporate earnings and anticipated tax and regulatory reform contributed to the rally. The US economy expanded during the reporting period, with gross domestic product, the value of all goods and services produced, significantly increasing its growth rate from the first to the third quarter of the year. Tax reform legislation, enacted in December 2017, was a positive for the stock market, but its long-term economic impact was uncertain. Citing positive economic trends – specifically, realized and expected labor market conditions and inflation – the US Federal Reserve raised interest rates in March, June and December 2017. While US and global bond markets, as well as emerging market equities, sold off early in the reporting period, they recovered much of their losses during the reporting period. Overseas, economic data were mixed, prompting the European Central Bank and central banks in China and Japan, among other countries, to maintain extraordinarily accommodative monetary policies.

    Short-term market volatility can prompt some investors to abandon their investment plans – and can cause others to settle for whatever returns the market has to offer. The investment professionals at Invesco, in contrast, invest with high conviction. This means that, no matter the asset class or the strategy, each investment team has a passion to exceed. We want to help investors achieve better outcomes, such as seeking higher returns, helping mitigate risk and generating income. Of course, investing with high conviction can’t guarantee a profit or ensure success; no investment strategy can. To learn more about how we invest with high conviction, visit invesco.com/HighConviction.

You, too, can invest with high conviction by maintaining a long-term investment perspective and by working with your financial adviser on a regular basis. During periods of short-term market volatility or uncertainty, your financial adviser can keep you focused on your long-term investment goals – a new home, a child’s college education or a secure retirement. He or she also can share research about the economy, the markets and individual investment options.

Visit our website for more information on your investments

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

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

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

Have questions?

For questions about your account, contact an Invesco client services representative at 800 959 4246. For Invesco-related questions or comments, please email me directly at phil@invesco.com.

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

Sincerely,

 

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Philip Taylor

Senior Managing Director, Invesco Ltd.

 

2    Invesco Mid Cap Core Equity Fund


LOGO  

Dear Fellow Shareholders:

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

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

 

  Ensuring that Invesco offers a diverse lineup of mutual funds that your financial adviser can use to strive to meet your financial needs as your investment goals change over time.
    Monitoring how the portfolio management teams of the Invesco funds are performing in light of changing economic and market conditions.
  Assessing each portfolio management team’s investment performance within the context of the investment strategy described in the fund’s prospectus.
  Monitoring for potential conflicts of interests that may impact the nature of the services that your funds receive.

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

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

As always, please contact me at bruce@brucecrockett.com with any questions or concerns you may have. On behalf of the Board, we look forward to continuing to represent your interests and serving your needs.

Sincerely,

 

 

 

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Bruce L. Crockett

Independent Chair

Invesco Funds Board of Trustees

 

3    Invesco Mid Cap Core Equity Fund


 

Management’s Discussion of Fund Performance

 

 

Performance summary

For the year ended December 31, 2017, Class A shares of Invesco Mid Cap Core Equity Fund (the Fund), at net asset value (NAV), underperformed the Russell Midcap Index, the Fund’s style-specific benchmark.

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

 

     

law in December 2017. While its enactment further strengthened stocks, its effect on the US economy remained uncertain.

During the year, stock selection in the consumer discretionary and materials sectors benefited Fund performance relative to the style-specific benchmark. In addition, underweight exposure to the consumer staples, telecommunication services and utilities sectors contributed to the Fund’s performance. While stock selection in the information technology (IT) sector hindered the Fund’s relative performance, overweight exposure to the sector produced positive overall results. The largest detractors from Fund performance included stock selection in the health care and energy sectors, as well as underweight exposure to the former and overweight exposure to the latter.

One of the most significant contributors to Fund performance was semiconductor company Teradyne. The company reported strong revenue and earnings growth and benefited from generally strong performance of the IT sector.

The largest home construction company in the US, D.R. Horton, was another top performer for the year. The company’s stock price benefited from positive earnings data and increased activity in homebuilding and remodeling.

IT consulting firm EPAM Systems was also a contributor to Fund performance. The company’s positive performance was attributed to better-than-expected earnings and rising demand for its IT services.

The largest individual detractors from the Fund’s performance versus the style-specific benchmark were natural gas companies Range Resources and Seven Generations Energy. Range Resources underperformed due to disappointing earnings results and a reduction in its forward guidance. Seven Generations

Fund vs. Indexes    

Total returns, 12/31/16 to 12/31/17, at net asset value (NAV). Performance shown does not include applicable contingent deferred sales charges (CDSC) or front-end sales charges, which would have reduced performance.

 

   

Class A Shares

           15.04%      

Class B Shares

           14.21         

Class C Shares

           14.19         

Class R Shares

           14.75         

Class Y Shares

           15.33         

Class R5 Shares

           15.49         

Class R6 Shares

           15.52         

S&P 500 Indexq (Broad Market Index)

   21.83         

Russell Midcap Indexq (Style-Specific Index)

   18.52         

Lipper Mid-Cap Core Funds Index (Peer Group Index)

   15.62         

 

Source(s): qFactSet Research Systems Inc.; Lipper Inc.

 

   

 

 

 

Market conditions and your Fund

 

Despite highly destructive hurricanes that threatened to derail a years-long economic recovery, the US economy continued to expand throughout the year ended December 31, 2017. Gross domestic product – the value of all goods and services produced in the US – expanded in the first three quarters of 2017. Inflation remained subdued even as unemployment continued its multiyear decline.

Given signs of an improving economy, the US Federal Reserve (the Fed) raised interest rates three times during the reporting period, most recently in December 2017; each rate hike was 25 basis points.1 (A basis point is 0.01%.) The Fed pledged that “realized and expected economic conditions relative to its objectives of maximum employment and 2 percent inflation” will guide its future actions. At the close of the reporting

   

 

period, Fed policy remained accommodative, and the fed funds target rate stood at a range of 1.25% to 1.50% – 75 basis points higher than at the start of the reporting period.1

Higher inventories and a worsening outlook caused oil prices and many energy stocks to decline during the first half of 2017. However, oil prices rose significantly in the second half of the reporting period as expectations for lower supplies increased, partly due to continued OPEC production cuts, and demand began normalizing.

Major US stock market indexes repeatedly hit all-time highs throughout the reporting period. The stock market rally that began after the 2016 presidential election continued throughout the reporting period, fueled by generally positive economic data, strong corporate earnings and improved consumer confi-dence. Finally, after much debate in Congress, a tax reform bill was signed into

   

 

Portfolio Composition  
By sector        % of total net assets  

Information Technology

    20.7%   
Industrials     15.8      
Consumer Discretionary          12.2      
Health Care     8.9      
Financials     8.8      
Materials     6.0      
Energy     5.0      
Utilities     1.2      
Money Market Funds        
Plus Other Assets Less Liabilities     21.4      
Top 10 Equity Holdings*  

% of total net assets

 

  1. Dover Corp.

    2.8%   

  2. Teradyne, Inc.

    2.7      

  3. Stanley Black & Decker Inc.

    2.7      

  4. Agilent Technologies, Inc.

    2.6      

  5. EPAM Systems, Inc.

    2.2      

  6. St. James’s Place PLC

    2.1      

  7. D.R. Horton, Inc.

    2.0      

  8. Samsonite International S.A.

    2.0      

  9. Jack Henry & Associates, Inc.

    2.0      

10. Amphenol Corp.-Class A

    1.9      

Total Net Assets

  $ 1.2 billion  

Total Number of Holdings*

    58  

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

*Excluding money market fund holdings.

Data presented here are as of December 31, 2017.

 

 

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Energy received negative market reaction to a slight increase in its 2018 spending plan. Both companies were negatively affected by declining natural gas prices. We sold our position in Range Resources before the close of the reporting period.

Also detracting for the year was media conglomerate Viacom, which declined following disappointing earnings results and worse-than-expected guidance.

Finally, the Fund’s conservative positioning and allocation to cash hampered Fund performance during the year. We have been quite active in deploying cash during periods of market volatility, and we remain focused on putting these assets back to work.

At the close of the reporting period, our largest overweight position relative to the Russell Midcap Index was in the IT sector. The largest underweight positions were in the consumer staples, health care, real estate and utilities sectors. The Fund also had a slight underweight position in the financials sector.

As always, the Fund focuses on companies that provide an attractive return on invested capital, trade at attractive valuations and have high-quality management teams with a long-term perspective. In short, we seek to take advantage of the market’s volatile behavior and short-term focus. We believe our conservative approach should position the Fund to navigate the evolving economic backdrop.

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

1 Source: US Federal Reserve

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

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

LOGO  

Ronald Sloan

Chartered Financial Analyst, Portfolio Manager and Co-Chief Investment Officer of Invesco’s Global Core Equity Team, is lead

manager of Invesco Mid Cap Core Equity Fund. He joined Invesco in 1998. Mr. Sloan earned a BS in business administration and an MBA from the University of Missouri.

 

LOGO  

Brian Nelson

Chartered Financial Analyst, Portfolio Manager, is manager of Invesco Mid Cap Core Equity Fund. He joined Invesco in 2004. Mr. Nelson earned

a BA from the University of California, Santa Barbara

Assisted by Invesco’s Global Core Equity Team

 

 

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Your Fund’s Long-Term Performance

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

Fund and index data from 12/31/07

 

LOGO

1  Source: FactSet Research Systems Inc.

2  Source: Lipper Inc.

 

Past performance cannot guarantee comparable future results.

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

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

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

 

 

 

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conditions and may have more limited product lines and markets, less experienced management and fewer financial resources than larger companies. These companies’ securities maybe more volatile and less liquid than those of more established companies, and their returns may vary, sometimes significantly, from the overall securities market.

 

 

About indexes used in this report

  The S&P 500® Index is an unmanaged index considered representative of the US stock market.
  The Russell Midcap® Index is an unmanaged index considered representative of mid-cap stocks. The Russell Midcap Index is a trademark/service mark of the Frank Russell Co. Russell® is a trademark of the Frank Russell Co.
  The Lipper Mid-Cap Core Funds Index is an unmanaged index considered representative of mid-cap core funds tracked by Lipper.
  The Fund is not managed to track the performance of any particular index, including the index(es) described here, and consequently, the performance of the Fund may deviate significantly from the performance of the index(es).
  A direct investment cannot be made in an index. Unless otherwise indicated, index results include reinvested dividends, and they do not reflect sales charges. Performance of the peer group, if applicable, reflects fund expenses; performance of a market index does not.

 

 

Other information

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

 

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Average Annual Total Returns

As of 12/31/17, including maximum applicable sales charges

 

 

Class A Shares

  

Inception (6/9/87)

     10.28

  10 Years

     5.63  

5 Years

     9.48  

1 Year

     8.72  

Class B Shares

  

Inception (4/1/93)

     9.76

  10 Years

     5.59  

5 Years

     9.68  

1 Year

     9.62  

Class C Shares

  

Inception (5/3/99)

     8.00

  10 Years

     5.44  

5 Years

     9.90  

1 Year

     13.27  

Class R Shares

  

Inception (6/3/02)

     7.06

  10 Years

     5.97  

5 Years

     10.44  

1 Year

     14.75  

Class Y Shares

  

  10 Years

     6.47

5 Years

     11.00  

1 Year

     15.33  

Class R5 Shares

  

Inception (3/15/02)

     7.54

  10 Years

     6.65  

5 Years

     11.15  

1 Year

     15.49  

Class R6 Shares

  

  10 Years

     6.49

5 Years

     11.22  

1 Year

     15.52  

Class Y shares incepted on October 3, 2008. Performance shown prior to that date is that of Class A shares and includes the 12b-1 fees applicable to Class A shares.

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

The performance data quoted represent past performance and cannot guarantee comparable future results; current performance may be lower or higher. Please visit invesco.com/performance for the most recent month-end performance. Performance figures reflect reinvested distributions, changes in net asset value and the effect of the maximum sales charge unless otherwise stated.

Investment return and principal value will fluctuate so that you may have a gain or loss when you sell shares.

The net annual Fund operating expense ratio set forth in the most recent Fund prospectus as of the date of this report for Class A, Class B, Class C, Class R, Class Y, Class R5 and Class R6 shares was 1.24%, 1.99%, 1.99%, 1.49%, 0.99%, 0.86% and 0.78%, respectively.1 The total annual Fund operating expense ratio set forth in the most recent Fund prospectus as of the date of this report for Class A, Class B, Class C, Class R, Class Y, Class R5 and Class R6 shares was 1.26%, 2.01%, 2.01%, 1.51%, 1.01%, 0.88% and 0.80%, respectively. The expense ratios presented above may vary from the expense ratios presented in other sections of this report that are based on expenses incurred during the period covered by this report.

Class A share performance reflects the maximum 5.50% sales charge, and Class B and Class C share performance reflects the applicable contingent deferred sales charge (CDSC) for the period involved. The CDSC on Class B shares declines from 5% beginning at the time of purchase to 0% at the beginning of the seventh year. The CDSC on Class C shares is 1% for the first year after purchase. Class R, Class Y, Class R5 and Class R6 shares do not have a front-end sales charge or a CDSC; therefore, performance is at net asset value.

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

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

 

1 Total annual Fund operating expenses after any contractual fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements by the adviser in effect through at least June 30, 2019. See current prospectus for more information.
 

 

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

  Unless otherwise stated, information presented in this report is as of December 31, 2017, and is based on total net assets.
  Unless otherwise noted, all data provided by Invesco.
  To access your Fund’s reports/prospectus, visit invesco.com/fundreports.

 

 

About share classes

  Effective January 26, 2018, after the close of the reporting period, all outstanding Class B shares were converted to Class A shares, in advance of their normally scheduled conversion. No CDSC was paid in connection with this early conversion.
  Class R shares are generally available only to employer sponsored retirement and benefit plans. Please see the prospectus for more information.
  Class Y shares are available only to certain investors. Please see the prospectus for more information.
  Class R5 shares and Class R6 shares are available for use by retirement plans that meet certain standards and for institutional investors. Class R6 shares are also available through intermediaries that have established an agreement with Invesco Distributors, Inc. to make such shares available for use in retail omnibus accounts. Please see the prospectus for more information.

 

 

Principal risks of investing in the Fund

  Cash/cash equivalents risk. In rising markets, holding cash or cash equivalents will negatively affect the Fund’s performance relative to its benchmark.
  Derivatives risk. The value of a derivative instrument depends largely on (and is derived from) the value of an underlying security, currency, commodity, interest rate, index or other asset (each referred to as an underlying asset). In addition to risks relating to the underlying assets, the use of derivatives may include other, possibly greater, risks, including counterparty, leverage and liquidity risks.

   Counterparty risk is the risk that the counterparty to the derivative contract will default on its obligation to pay the Fund the amount owed or otherwise perform under the derivative contract. Derivatives create leverage risk because they do not require payment up

front equal to the economic exposure created by owning the derivative. As a result, an adverse change in the value of the underlying asset could result in the Fund sustaining a loss that is substantially greater than the amount invested in the derivative, which may make the Fund’s returns more volatile and increase the risk of loss. Derivative instruments may also be less liquid than more traditional investments and the Fund may be unable to sell or close out its derivative positions at a desirable time or price. This risk may be more acute under adverse market conditions, during which the Fund may be most in need of liquidating its derivative positions. Derivatives may also be harder to value, less tax efficient and subject to changing government regulation that could impact the Fund’s ability to use certain derivatives or their cost. Also, derivatives used for hedging or to gain or limit exposure to a particular market segment may not provide the expected benefits, particularly during adverse market conditions.

  Emerging markets securities risk. Emerging markets (also referred to as developing markets) are generally subject to greater market volatility, political, social and economic instability, uncertain trading markets and more governmental limitations on foreign investment than more developed markets. In addition, companies operating in emerging markets may be subject to lower trading volume and greater price fluctuations than companies in more developed markets. Securities law and the enforcement of systems of taxation in many emerging market countries may change quickly and unpredictably. In addition, investments in emerging markets securities may also be subject to additional transaction costs, delays in settlement procedures, and lack of timely information.
  Foreign securities risk. The Fund’s foreign investments may be adversely affected by political and social instability,
   

changes in economic or taxation policies, difficulty in enforcing obligations, decreased liquidity or increased volatility. Foreign investments also involve the risk of the possible seizure, nationalization or expropriation of the issuer or foreign deposits (in which the Fund could lose its entire investments in a certain market) and the possible adoption of foreign governmental restrictions such as exchange controls. Unless the Fund has hedged its foreign securities risk, foreign securities risk also involves the risk of negative foreign currency rate fluctuations, which may cause the value of securities denominated in such foreign currency (or other instruments through which the Fund has exposure to foreign currencies) to decline in value. Currency exchange rates may fluctuate significantly over short periods of time. Currency hedging strategies, if used, are not always successful.

  Management risk. The Fund is actively managed and depends heavily on the Adviser’s judgment about markets, interest rates or the attractiveness, relative values, liquidity, or potential appreciation of particular investments made for the Fund’s portfolio. The Fund could experience losses if these judgments prove to be incorrect. Additionally, legislative, regulatory, or tax developments may adversely affect management of the Fund and, therefore, the ability of the Fund to achieve its investment objective.
  Market risk. The market values of the Fund’s investments, and therefore the value of the Fund’s shares, will go up and down, sometimes rapidly or unpredictably. Market risk may affect a single issuer, industry or section of the economy, or it may affect the market as a whole. Individual stock prices tend to go up and down more dramatically than those of certain other types of investments, such as bonds. During a general downturn in the financial markets, multiple asset classes may decline in value. When markets perform well, there can be no assurance that specific investments held by the Fund will rise in value.
  Mid-capitalization companies risk. Mid-capitalization companies tend to be more vulnerable to changing market
 

 

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

  

 

NOT FDIC INSURED   |   MAY LOSE VALUE   |   NO BANK  GUARANTEE       

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8    Invesco Mid Cap Core Equity Fund


Schedule of Investments(a)

December 31, 2017

 

 

     Shares      Value  

Common Stocks–78.61%

 

Apparel, Accessories & Luxury Goods–2.04%  

Samsonite International S.A.

    5,311,800      $ 24,407,534  
Application Software–0.96%  

Synopsys, Inc.(b)

    134,569        11,470,662  
Asset Management & Custody Banks–2.11%  

St. James’s Place PLC (United Kingdom)

    1,526,842        25,237,202  
Biotechnology–1.07%  

BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc.(b)

    143,644        12,808,735  
Casinos & Gaming–1.85%  

Wynn Resorts Ltd.

    130,934        22,074,163  
Communications Equipment–1.23%  

Motorola Solutions, Inc.

    162,365        14,668,054  
Data Processing & Outsourced Services–1.98%  

Jack Henry & Associates, Inc.

    202,152        23,643,698  
Electronic Components–1.94%  

Amphenol Corp.–Class A

    263,498        23,135,124  
Electronic Equipment & Instruments–0.50%  

Keysight Technologies, Inc.(b)

    142,413        5,924,381  
Electronic Manufacturing Services–0.79%  

IPG Photonics Corp.(b)

    43,853        9,390,243  
Environmental & Facilities Services–1.88%  

Republic Services, Inc.

    221,725        14,990,827  

Tetra Tech, Inc.

    154,858        7,456,413  
               22,447,240  
Financial Exchanges & Data–1.60%  

Moody’s Corp.

    129,153        19,064,274  
General Merchandise Stores–1.83%  

Dollar General Corp.

    234,843        21,842,747  
Health Care Equipment–4.04%  

Becton, Dickinson and Co.

    12,719        2,722,608  

ResMed Inc.

    173,950        14,731,825  

Wright Medical Group N.V.(b)

    547,213        12,148,129  

Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc.

    155,279        18,737,517  
               48,340,079  
Health Care Supplies–1.11%  

DENTSPLY SIRONA Inc.

    201,028        13,233,673  
Home Furnishings–1.70%  

Mohawk Industries, Inc.(b)

    73,464        20,268,718  
Homebuilding–2.04%  

D.R. Horton, Inc.

    478,521        24,438,067  
Household Appliances–1.16%  

Whirlpool Corp.

    82,356        13,888,516  
     Shares      Value  
Industrial Machinery–12.70%  

Colfax Corp.(b)

    493,770      $ 19,563,167  

Crane Co.

    69,425        6,194,099  

Dover Corp.

    326,114        32,934,253  

Fortive Corp.

    245,298        17,747,310  

ITT Inc.

    301,177        16,073,817  

Nordson Corp.

    102,818        15,052,555  

Parker-Hannifin Corp.

    32,162        6,418,892  

Stanley Black & Decker Inc.

    187,422        31,803,639  

Timken Co. (The)

    122,802        6,035,718  
               151,823,450  
Internet Software & Services–1.40%  

Just Eat PLC (United Kingdom)(b)

    1,598,402        16,767,185  
IT Consulting & Other Services–2.20%  

EPAM Systems, Inc.(b)

    245,302        26,352,794  
Life & Health Insurance–1.28%  

Torchmark Corp.

    169,256        15,353,212  
Life Sciences Tools & Services–2.62%  

Agilent Technologies, Inc.

    468,397        31,368,547  
Movies & Entertainment–1.61%  

Viacom Inc.–Class B

    626,429        19,300,277  
Multi-Utilities–1.22%  

CMS Energy Corp.

    307,430        14,541,439  
Office Services & Supplies–0.73%  

Société BIC S.A. (France)

    79,044        8,692,759  
Oil & Gas Equipment & Services–1.34%  

Core Laboratories N.V.

    145,678        15,959,025  
Oil & Gas Exploration & Production–3.70%  

Concho Resources Inc.(b)

    140,951        21,173,659  

Seven Generations Energy
Ltd.–Class A (Canada)(b)

    755,423        10,686,149  

Vermilion Energy, Inc. (Canada)

    339,820        12,350,209  
               44,210,017  
Paper Packaging–1.41%  

Packaging Corp. of America

    139,768        16,849,032  
Property & Casualty Insurance–2.86%  

Arch Capital Group Ltd.(b)

    184,475        16,744,796  

Progressive Corp. (The)

    309,067        17,406,653  
               34,151,449  
Railroads–0.51%  

Genesee & Wyoming Inc.–Class A(b)

    77,455        6,098,032  
Regional Banks–0.94%  

First Republic Bank

    129,001        11,176,647  
 

 

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

 

9                         Invesco Mid Cap Core Equity Fund


     Shares      Value  
Semiconductor Equipment–4.58%  

KLA-Tencor Corp.

    157,177      $ 16,514,587  

MKS Instruments, Inc.

    64,577        6,102,527  

Teradyne, Inc.

    767,563        32,137,863  
               54,754,977  
Semiconductors–5.13%  

Cypress Semiconductor Corp.

    402,737        6,137,712  

MACOM Technology Solutions Holdings, Inc.(b)

    345,391        11,239,023  

Microchip Technology Inc.

    256,840        22,571,099  

Xilinx, Inc.

    317,721        21,420,750  
               61,368,584  
Specialty Chemicals–4.02%  

Albemarle Corp.

    118,456        15,149,338  

International Flavors & Fragrances Inc.

    108,253        16,520,490  

PPG Industries, Inc.

    140,264        16,385,641  
               48,055,469  
     Shares      Value  
Steel–0.53%  

Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co.

    73,802      $ 6,331,474  

Total Common Stocks (Cost $614,630,445)

             939,437,479  

Money Market Funds–21.08%

 

Invesco Government & Agency Portfolio–Institutional
Class, 1.18%(c)

    88,195,832        88,195,832  

Invesco Liquid Assets
Portfolio–Institutional
Class, 1.40%(c)

    62,984,615        62,990,913  

Invesco Treasury
Portfolio–Institutional
Class, 1.17%(c)

    100,795,236        100,795,236  

Total Money Market Funds
(Cost $251,987,571)

 

     251,981,981  

TOTAL INVESTMENTS IN SECURITIES–99.69%
(Cost $866,618,016)

 

     1,191,419,460  

OTHER ASSETS LESS LIABILITIES–0.31%

 

     3,673,104  

NET ASSETS–100.00%

 

   $ 1,195,092,564  
 

Notes to Schedule of Investments:

 

(a)  Industry and/or sector classifications used in this report are generally according to the Global Industry Classification Standard, which was developed by and is the exclusive property and a service mark of MSCI Inc. and Standard & Poor’s.
(b)  Non-income producing security.
(c)  The money market fund and the Fund are affiliated by having the same investment adviser. The rate shown is the 7-day SEC standardized yield as of December 31, 2017.

 

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

 

10                         Invesco Mid Cap Core Equity Fund


Statement of Assets and Liabilities

December 31, 2017

 

Assets:

 

Investments in securities, at value (Cost $614,630,445)

  $ 939,437,479  

Investments in affiliated money market funds, at value (Cost $251,987,571)

    251,981,981  

Receivable for:

 

Investments sold

    8,310,757  

Fund shares sold

    674,711  

Dividends

    1,061,687  

Investment for trustee deferred compensation and retirement plans

    482,557  

Other assets

    37,201  

Total assets

    1,201,986,373  

Liabilities:

 

Payable for:

 

Investments purchased

    2,725,915  

Fund shares reacquired

    2,646,735  

Accrued fees to affiliates

    806,716  

Accrued trustees’ and officers’ fees and benefits

    1,228  

Accrued other operating expenses

    175,050  

Trustee deferred compensation and retirement plans

    538,165  

Total liabilities

    6,893,809  

Net assets applicable to shares outstanding

  $ 1,195,092,564  

Net assets consist of:

 

Shares of beneficial interest

  $ 863,695,108  

Undistributed net investment income

    (364,787

Undistributed net realized gain

    6,960,696  

Net unrealized appreciation

    324,801,547  
    $ 1,195,092,564  

Net Assets:

 

Class A

  $ 893,885,690  

Class B

  $ 4,380,377  

Class C

  $ 91,794,336  

Class R

  $ 57,532,406  

Class Y

  $ 85,402,103  

Class R5

  $ 27,351,435  

Class R6

  $ 34,746,217  

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

 

Class A

    41,515,255  

Class B

    341,475  

Class C

    7,191,826  

Class R

    2,788,665  

Class Y

    3,889,174  

Class R5

    1,155,337  

Class R6

    1,466,676  

Class A:

 

Net asset value per share

  $ 21.53  

Maximum offering price per share

 

(Net asset value of $21.53 ¸ 94.50%)

  $ 22.78  

Class B:

 

Net asset value and offering price per share

  $ 12.83  

Class C:

 

Net asset value and offering price per share

  $ 12.76  

Class R:

 

Net asset value and offering price per share

  $ 20.63  

Class Y:

 

Net asset value and offering price per share

  $ 21.96  

Class R5:

 

Net asset value and offering price per share

  $ 23.67  

Class R6:

 

Net asset value and offering price per share

  $ 23.69  
 

 

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

 

11                         Invesco Mid Cap Core Equity Fund


Statement of Operations

For the year ended December 31, 2017

 

Investment income:

 

Dividends (net of foreign withholding taxes of $291,479)

  $ 14,078,728  

Dividends from affiliated money market funds

    1,815,184  

Total investment income

    15,893,912  

Expenses:

 

Advisory fees

    8,710,080  

Administrative services fees

    314,010  

Custodian fees

    57,366  

Distribution fees:

 

Class A

    2,250,836  

Class B

    71,847  

Class C

    1,008,943  

Class R

    301,029  

Transfer agent fees — A, B, C, R and Y

    2,465,204  

Transfer agent fees — R5

    37,752  

Transfer agent fees — R6

    3,837  

Trustees’ and officers’ fees and benefits

    37,897  

Registration and filing fees

    133,178  

Reports to shareholders

    419,228  

Professional services fees

    68,701  

Other

    29,658  

Total expenses

    15,909,566  

Less: Fees waived and expense offset arrangement(s)

    (269,440

Net expenses

    15,640,126  

Net investment income

    253,786  

Realized and unrealized gain (loss) from:

 

Net realized gain (loss) from:

 

Investment securities (includes net gains (losses) from securities sold to affiliates of $(1,104,028))

    162,091,233  

Foreign currencies

    (83,027
      162,008,206  

Change in net unrealized appreciation of:

 

Investment securities

    10,119,738  

Foreign currencies

    14,723  
      10,134,461  

Net realized and unrealized gain

    172,142,667  

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

  $ 172,396,453  

 

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

 

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Statement of Changes in Net Assets

For the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016

 

     2017      2016  

Operations:

    

Net investment income

  $ 253,786      $ 4,877,256  

Net realized gain

    162,008,206        79,427,357  

Change in net unrealized appreciation

    10,134,461        61,513,733  

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

    172,396,453        145,818,346  

Distributions to shareholders from net investment income:

    

Class A

    (1,223,553      (2,595,461

Class R

    (81,786      (12,025

Class Y

    (119,748      (502,044

Class R5

    (34,298      (348,580

Class R6

    (42,442      (44,451

Total distributions from net investment income

    (1,501,827      (3,502,561

Distributions to shareholders from net realized gains:

    

Class A

    (114,032,966      (84,531,272

Class B

    (926,738      (1,445,547

Class C

    (18,410,425      (14,988,712

Class R

    (7,622,380      (6,163,627

Class Y

    (11,160,305      (8,632,585

Class R5

    (3,196,595      (3,846,347

Class R6

    (3,955,496      (349,120

Total distributions from net realized gains

    (159,304,905      (119,957,210

Share transactions–net:

    

Class A

    (35,154,112      (36,092,471

Class B

    (5,885,416      (5,685,669

Class C

    (11,744,459      (13,271,939

Class R

    (7,670,663      (13,048,614

Class Y

    (14,292,428      (654,126,853

Class R5

    (20,196,934      (1,888,601

Class R6

    32,512,972        838,845  

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

    (62,431,040      (723,275,302

Net increase (decrease) in net assets

    (50,841,319      (700,916,727

Net assets:

    

Beginning of year

    1,245,933,883        1,946,850,610  

End of year (includes undistributed net investment income of $(364,787) and $966,282, respectively)

  $ 1,195,092,564      $ 1,245,933,883  

Notes to Financial Statements

December 31, 2017

NOTE 1—Significant Accounting Policies

Invesco Mid Cap Core Equity Fund (the “Fund”) is a series portfolio of AIM Growth Series (Invesco Growth Series) (the “Trust”). The Trust is organized as a Delaware statutory trust and is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”), as an open-end series management investment company consisting of twenty-nine separate series portfolios, each authorized to issue an unlimited number of shares of beneficial interest. The assets, liabilities and operations of each portfolio are accounted for separately. Information presented in these financial statements pertains only to the Fund. Matters affecting each portfolio or class will be voted on exclusively by the shareholders of such portfolio or class.

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

The Fund currently consists of seven different classes of shares: Class A, Class B, Class C, Class R, Class Y, Class R5 and Class R6. Class Y shares are available only to certain investors. Class A shares are sold with a front-end sales charge unless certain waiver criteria are met and under certain circumstances load waived shares may be subject to contingent deferred sales charges (“CDSC”). Class C shares are sold with a CDSC. Class R, Class Y, Class R5 and Class R6 shares are sold at net asset value. Effective November 30, 2010, new or additional investments in Class B shares are no longer

 

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permitted. Existing shareholders of Class B shares may continue to reinvest dividends and capital gains distributions in Class B shares until they convert to Class A shares. Also, shareholders in Class B shares will be able to exchange those shares for Class B shares of other Invesco Funds offering such shares until they convert to Class A shares. Generally, Class B shares will automatically convert to Class A shares on or about the month-end, which is at least eight years after the date of purchase. Redemption of Class B shares prior to the conversion date will be subject to a CDSC. Effective January 26, 2018, all of the Fund’s outstanding Class B shares were converted to Class A shares, in advance of their normally scheduled conversion. No CDSC was paid in connection with this early conversion.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

 

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

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

C. Country Determination — For the purposes of making investment selection decisions and presentation in the Schedule of Investments, the investment adviser may determine the country in which an issuer is located and/or credit risk exposure based on various factors. These factors include the laws of the country under which the issuer is organized, where the issuer maintains a principal office, the country in which the issuer derives 50% or more of its total revenues and the country that has the primary market for the issuer’s securities, as well as other criteria. Among the other criteria that may be evaluated for making this determination are the country in which the issuer maintains 50% or more of its assets, the type of security, financial guarantees and enhancements, the nature of the collateral and the sponsor organization. Country of issuer and/or credit risk exposure has been determined to be the United States of America, unless otherwise noted.
D. Distributions — Distributions from net investment income and net realized capital gain, if any, are generally declared and paid annually and recorded on the ex-dividend date. The Fund may elect to treat a portion of the proceeds from redemptions as distributions for federal income tax purposes.
E. Federal Income Taxes — The Fund intends to comply with the requirements of Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Internal Revenue Code”), necessary to qualify as a regulated investment company and to distribute substantially all of the Fund’s taxable earnings to shareholders. As such, the Fund will not be subject to federal income taxes on otherwise taxable income (including net realized capital gain) that is distributed to shareholders. Therefore, no provision for federal income taxes is recorded in the financial statements.

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

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

F. Expenses — Fees provided for under the Rule 12b-1 plan of a particular class of the Fund are charged to the operations of such class. Transfer agency fees and expenses and other shareholder recordkeeping fees and expenses attributable to Class R5 and Class R6 are allocated to each share class based on relative net assets. Sub-accounting fees attributable to Class R5 are charged to the operations of the class. Transfer agency fees and expenses and other shareholder recordkeeping fees and expenses relating to all other classes are allocated among those classes based on relative net assets. All other expenses are allocated among the classes based on relative net assets.
G. Accounting Estimates — The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”) requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period including estimates and assumptions related to taxation. Actual results could differ from those estimates by a significant amount. In addition, the Fund monitors for material events or transactions that may occur or become known after the period-end date and before the date the financial statements are released to print.
H. Indemnifications — Under the Trust’s organizational documents, each Trustee, officer, employee or other agent of the Trust is indemnified against certain liabilities that may arise out of the performance of their duties to the Fund. Additionally, in the normal course of business, the Fund enters into contracts, including the Fund’s servicing agreements, that contain a variety of indemnification clauses. The Fund’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown as this would involve future claims that may be made against the Fund that have not yet occurred. The risk of material loss as a result of such indemnification claims is considered remote.
I. Foreign Currency Translations — Foreign currency is valued at the close of the NYSE based on quotations posted by banks and major currency dealers. Portfolio securities and other assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies are translated into U.S. dollar amounts at date of valuation. Purchases and sales of portfolio securities (net of foreign taxes withheld on disposition) and income items denominated in foreign currencies are translated into U.S. dollar amounts on the respective dates of such transactions. The Fund does not separately account for the portion of the results of operations resulting from changes in foreign exchange rates on investments and the fluctuations arising from changes in market prices of securities held. The combined results of changes in foreign exchange rates and the fluctuation of market prices on investments (net of estimated foreign tax withholding) are included with the net realized and unrealized gain or loss from investments in the Statement of Operations. Reported net realized foreign currency gains or losses arise from (1) sales of foreign currencies, (2) currency gains or losses realized between the trade and settlement dates on securities transactions, and (3) the difference between the amounts of dividends, interest, and foreign withholding taxes recorded on the Fund’s books and the U.S. dollar equivalent of the amounts actually received or paid. Net unrealized foreign currency gains and losses arise from changes in the fair values of assets and liabilities, other than investments in securities at fiscal period end, resulting from changes in exchange rates.

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

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

The Fund may also enter into forward foreign currency contracts for the purchase or sale of a security denominated in a foreign currency in order to “lock in” the U.S. dollar price of that security, or the Fund may also enter into forward foreign currency contracts that do not provide for

 

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physical settlement of the two currencies, but instead are settled by a single cash payment calculated as the difference between the agreed upon exchange rate and the spot rate at settlement based upon an agreed upon notional amount (non-deliverable forwards). The Fund will set aside liquid assets in an amount equal to the daily mark-to-market obligation for forward foreign currency contracts.

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

NOTE 2—Advisory Fees and Other Fees Paid to Affiliates

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

 

Average Daily Net Assets   Rate  

First $500 million

    0 .725%   

Next $500 million

    0 .70%   

Next $500 million

    0 .675%   

Over $1.5 billion

    0 .65%         

For the year ended December 31, 2017, the effective advisory fees incurred by the Fund was 0.71%.

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

The Adviser has contractually agreed, through at least June 30, 2018, to waive advisory fees and/or reimburse expenses of all shares to the extent necessary to limit total annual fund operating expenses after fee waiver and/or expense reimbursement (excluding certain items discussed below) of Class A, Class B, Class C, Class R, Class Y, Class R5 and Class R6 shares to 2.00%, 2.75%, 2.75%, 2.25%, 1.75%, 1.75% and 1.75%, respectively, of average daily net assets (the “expense limits”). In determining the Adviser’s obligation to waive advisory fees and/or reimburse expenses, the following expenses are not taken into account, and could cause the total annual fund operating expenses after fee waiver and/or expense reimbursement to exceed the numbers reflected above: (1) interest; (2) taxes; (3) dividend expense on short sales; (4) extraordinary or non-routine items, including litigation expenses; and (5) expenses that the Fund has incurred but did not actually pay because of an expense offset arrangement. Unless Invesco continues the fee waiver agreement, it will terminate on June 30, 2018. During its term, the fee waiver agreement cannot be terminated or amended to increase the expense limits or reduce the advisory fee waiver without approval of the Board of Trustees. The Adviser did not waive fees and/or reimburse expenses during the period under these expense limits.

Further, the Adviser has contractually agreed, through at least June 30, 2019, to waive the advisory fee payable by the Fund in an amount equal to 100% of the net advisory fees the Adviser receives from the affiliated money market funds on investments by the Fund of uninvested cash in such affiliated money market funds.

For the year ended December 31, 2017, the Adviser waived advisory fees of $251,322.

The Trust has entered into a master administrative services agreement with Invesco pursuant to which the Fund has agreed to pay Invesco for certain administrative costs incurred in providing accounting services to the Fund. For the year ended December 31, 2017, expenses incurred under the agreement are shown in the Statement of Operations as Administrative services fees.

The Trust has entered into a transfer agency and service agreement with Invesco Investment Services, Inc. (“IIS”) pursuant to which the Fund has agreed to pay IIS a fee for providing transfer agency and shareholder services to the Fund and reimburse IIS for certain expenses incurred by IIS in the course of providing such services. IIS may make payments to intermediaries that provide omnibus account services, sub-accounting services and/or networking services. All fees payable by IIS to intermediaries that provide omnibus account services or sub-accounting services are charged back to the Fund, subject to certain limitations approved by the Trust’s Board of Trustees. For the year ended December 31, 2017, expenses incurred under the agreement are shown in the Statement of Operations as Transfer agent fees.

The Trust has entered into master distribution agreements with Invesco Distributors, Inc. (“IDI”) to serve as the distributor for the Class A, Class B, Class C, Class R, Class Y, Class R5 and Class R6 shares of the Fund. The Trust has adopted plans pursuant to Rule 12b-1 under the 1940 Act with respect to the Fund’s Class A, Class B, Class C and Class R shares (collectively, the “Plans”). The Fund, pursuant to the Plans, pays IDI compensation at the annual rate of 0.25% of the Fund’s average daily net assets of Class A shares, 1.00% of the average daily net assets of Class B and Class C shares and 0.50% of the average daily net assets of Class R shares. The fees are accrued daily and paid monthly. Of the Plan payments, up to 0.25% of the average daily net assets of each class of shares may be paid to furnish continuing personal shareholder services to customers who purchase and own shares of such classes. Any amounts not paid as a service fee under the Plans would constitute an asset-based sales charge. Rules of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”) impose a cap on the total sales charges, including asset-based sales charges, that may be paid by any class of shares of the Fund. For the year ended December 31, 2017, expenses incurred under the Plans are shown in the Statement of Operations as Distribution fees.

Front-end sales commissions and CDSC (collectively, the “sales charges”) are not recorded as expenses of the Fund. Front-end sales commissions are deducted from proceeds from the sales of Fund shares prior to investment in Class A shares of the Fund. CDSC are deducted from redemption

 

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proceeds prior to remittance to the shareholder. During the year ended December 31, 2017, IDI advised the Fund that IDI retained $155,138 in front-end sales commissions from the sale of Class A shares and $15,841 and $1,592 from Class A and Class C shares, respectively, for CDSC imposed on redemptions by shareholders.

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

NOTE 3—Additional Valuation Information

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

  Level 1 — Prices are determined using quoted prices in an active market for identical assets.
  Level 2 — Prices are determined using other significant observable inputs. Observable inputs are inputs that other market participants may use in pricing a security. These may include quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, yield curves, loss severities, default rates, discount rates, volatilities and others.
  Level 3 — Prices are determined using significant unobservable inputs. In situations where quoted prices or observable inputs are unavailable (for example, when there is little or no market activity for an investment at the end of the period), unobservable inputs may be used. Unobservable inputs reflect the Fund’s own assumptions about the factors market participants would use in determining fair value of the securities or instruments and would be based on the best available information.

The following is a summary of the tiered valuation input levels, as of December 31, 2017. The level assigned to the securities valuations may not be an indication of the risk or liquidity associated with investing in those securities. Because of the inherent uncertainties of valuation, the values reflected in the financial statements may materially differ from the value received upon actual sale of those investments.

The Fund’s policy is to recognize transfers in and out of the valuation levels as of the end of the reporting period. During the year ended December 31, 2017, there were no material transfers between valuation levels.

 

     Level 1        Level 2        Level 3        Total  
Investments in Securities  

Common Stocks

  $ 897,433,092        $ 42,004,387        $        $ 939,437,479  

Money Market Funds

    251,981,981                            251,981,981  

Total Investments

  $ 1,149,415,073        $ 42,004,387        $        $ 1,191,419,460  

NOTE 4—Security Transactions with Affiliated Funds

The Fund is permitted to purchase or sell securities from or to certain other Invesco Funds under specified conditions outlined in procedures adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Trust. The procedures have been designed to ensure that any purchase or sale of securities by the Fund from or to another fund or portfolio that is or could be considered an affiliate by virtue of having a common investment adviser (or affiliated investment advisers), common Trustees and/or common officers complies with Rule 17a-7 of the 1940 Act. Further, as defined under the procedures, each transaction is effected at the current market price. Pursuant to these procedures, for the year ended December 31, 2017, the Fund engaged in securities sales of $11,513,360, which resulted in net realized gains (losses) of $(1,104,028).

NOTE 5—Expense Offset Arrangement(s)

The expense offset arrangement is comprised of transfer agency credits which result from balances in demand deposit accounts used by the transfer agent for clearing shareholder transactions. For the year ended December 31, 2017, the Fund received credits from this arrangement, which resulted in the reduction of the Fund’s total expenses of $18,118.

NOTE 6—Trustees’ and Officers’ Fees and Benefits

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

NOTE 7—Cash Balances

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

 

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

Tax Character of Distributions to Shareholders Paid During the Fiscal Years Ended December 31, 2017 and 2016:

 

     2017        2016  

Ordinary income

  $ 1,501,827        $ 3,502,561  

Long-term capital gain

    159,304,905          119,957,210  

Total distributions

  $ 160,806,732        $ 123,459,771  

Tax Components of Net Assets at Period-End:

 

     2017  

Undistributed ordinary income

  $ 298,578  

Undistributed long-term gain

    9,099,060  

Net unrealized appreciation — investments

    322,663,080  

Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) — foreign currencies

    (185,722

Temporary book/tax differences

    (477,540

Shares of beneficial interest

    863,695,108  

Total net assets

  $ 1,195,092,564  

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

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

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

The Fund does not have a capital loss carryforward as of December 31, 2017.

NOTE 9—Investment Transactions

The aggregate amount of investment securities (other than short-term securities, U.S. Treasury obligations and money market funds, if any) purchased and sold by the Fund during the year ended December 31, 2017 was $452,612,075 and $758,848,294, respectively. Cost of investments, including any derivatives, on a tax basis includes the adjustments for financial reporting purposes as of the most recently completed federal income tax reporting period-end.

 

Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) of Investments on a Tax Basis  

Aggregate unrealized appreciation of investments

  $ 340,794,270  

Aggregate unrealized (depreciation) of investments

    (18,131,190

Net unrealized appreciation of investments

  $ 322,663,080  

Cost of investments for tax purposes is $868,756,380.

NOTE 10—Reclassification of Permanent Differences

Primarily as a result of differing book/tax treatment of foreign currency transactions, on December 31, 2017, undistributed net investment income was decreased by $83,028 and undistributed net realized gain was increased by $83,028. This reclassification had no effect on the net assets of the Fund.

 

18                         Invesco Mid Cap Core Equity Fund


NOTE 11—Share Information

 

     Summary of Share Activity  
    Years ended December 31,  
    2017(a)      2016  
     Shares      Amount      Shares      Amount  

Sold:

          

Class A

    3,891,991      $ 88,828,526        5,016,706      $ 109,629,555  

Class B

    11,628        168,564        15,642        234,231  

Class C

    536,171        7,821,457        673,918        9,987,483  

Class R

    513,244        11,237,144        576,556        12,165,402  

Class Y

    3,388,163        77,555,215        4,134,893        90,888,838  

Class R5

    169,341        4,163,257        460,419        11,059,695  

Class R6

    1,310,605        33,411,207        59,658        1,425,795  

Issued as reinvestment of dividends:

          

Class A

    5,261,271        111,696,789        3,857,642        83,672,240  

Class B

    71,240        901,191        99,396        1,404,461  

Class C

    1,421,159        17,892,430        1,023,944        14,406,890  

Class R

    378,191        7,696,196        294,427        6,168,256  

Class Y

    461,178        9,984,512        370,680        8,158,662  

Class R5

    138,269        3,227,205        177,398        4,165,303  

Class R6

    167,493        3,912,634        16,719        392,559  

Automatic conversion of Class B shares to Class A shares:

          

Class A

    231,673        5,297,873        200,849        4,389,313  

Class B

    (359,105      (5,297,873      (295,256      (4,389,313

Reacquired:

          

Class A

    (10,595,929      (240,977,300      (10,618,265      (233,783,579

Class B

    (112,507      (1,657,298      (197,914      (2,935,048

Class C

    (2,552,604      (37,458,346      (2,542,461      (37,666,312

Class R

    (1,214,987      (26,604,003      (1,480,962      (31,382,272

Class Y

    (4,331,339      (101,832,155      (34,859,778      (753,174,353

Class R5

    (1,100,188      (27,587,396      (736,720      (17,113,599

Class R6

    (190,626      (4,810,869      (40,100      (979,509

Net increase (decrease) in share activity

    (2,505,668    $ (62,431,040      (33,792,609    $ (723,275,302

 

(a)  There are entities that are record owners of more than 5% of the outstanding shares of the Fund and in the aggregate own 23% of the outstanding shares of the Fund. IDI has an agreement with these entities to sell Fund shares. The Fund, Invesco and/or Invesco affiliates may make payments to these entities, which are considered to be related to the Fund, for providing services to the Fund, Invesco and/or Invesco affiliates including but not limited to services such as, securities brokerage, distribution, third party record keeping and account servicing. The Fund has no knowledge as to whether all or any portion of the shares owned of record by these entities are also owned beneficially.

 

19                         Invesco Mid Cap Core Equity Fund


NOTE 12—Financial Highlights

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

 

     Net asset
value,
beginning
of period
    Net
investment
income
(loss)(a)
   

Net gains
(losses)

on securities
(both
realized and
unrealized)

    Total from
investment
operations
    Dividends
from net
investment
income
    Distributions
from net
realized
gains
    Total
distributions
    Net asset
value, end
of period
    Total
return(b)
    Net assets,
end of period
(000’s omitted)
   

Ratio of
expenses
to average

net assets
with fee waivers
and/or expenses
absorbed

    Ratio of
expenses
to average net
assets without
fee waivers
and/or expenses
absorbed
    Ratio of net
investment
income (loss)
to average
net assets
    Portfolio
turnover(c)
 

Class A

 

Year ended 12/31/17

  $ 21.48     $ 0.01     $ 3.17     $ 3.18     $ (0.03   $ (3.10   $ (3.13   $ 21.53       15.04   $ 893,886       1.23 %(d)      1.25 %(d)      0.06 %(d)      45

Year ended 12/31/16

    21.14       0.08       2.48       2.56       (0.07     (2.15     (2.22     21.48       12.00       917,863       1.22       1.24       0.35       20  

Year ended 12/31/15

    23.52       (0.01     (1.01     (1.02     (0.01     (1.35     (1.36     21.14       (4.33     935,951       1.19       1.21       (0.02     54  

Year ended 12/31/14

    25.20       0.04       1.01       1.05       (0.00     (2.73     (2.73     23.52       4.51       1,155,635       1.17       1.19       0.17       35  

Year ended 12/31/13

    21.37       (0.01     6.15       6.14             (2.31     (2.31     25.20       29.19       1,378,888       1.16       1.19       (0.04     33  

Class B

 

Year ended 12/31/17

    13.99       (0.10     2.04       1.94             (3.10     (3.10     12.83       14.21       4,380       1.98 (d)      2.00 (d)      (0.69 )(d)      45  

Year ended 12/31/16

    14.50       (0.06     1.70       1.64             (2.15     (2.15     13.99       11.18       10,216       1.97       1.99       (0.40     20  

Year ended 12/31/15

    16.70       (0.13     (0.72     (0.85           (1.35     (1.35     14.50       (5.08     16,074       1.94       1.96       (0.77     54  

Year ended 12/31/14

    18.81       (0.11     0.73       0.62             (2.73     (2.73     16.70       3.74       25,115       1.92       1.94       (0.58     35  

Year ended 12/31/13

    16.55       (0.15     4.72       4.57             (2.31     (2.31     18.81       28.20       33,795       1.91       1.94       (0.79     33  

Class C

 

Year ended 12/31/17

    13.93       (0.10     2.03       1.93             (3.10     (3.10     12.76       14.18       91,794       1.98 (d)      2.00 (d)      (0.69 )(d)      45  

Year ended 12/31/16

    14.45       (0.06     1.69       1.63             (2.15     (2.15     13.93       11.15       108,508       1.97       1.99       (0.40     20  

Year ended 12/31/15

    16.64       (0.13     (0.71     (0.84           (1.35     (1.35     14.45       (5.04     124,748       1.94       1.96       (0.77     54  

Year ended 12/31/14

    18.76       (0.11     0.72       0.61             (2.73     (2.73     16.64       3.69       180,461       1.92       1.94       (0.58     35  

Year ended 12/31/13

    16.51       (0.15     4.71       4.56             (2.31     (2.31     18.76       28.21       202,919       1.91       1.94       (0.79     33  

Class R

 

Year ended 12/31/17

    20.75       (0.04     3.05       3.01       (0.03     (3.10     (3.13     20.63       14.75       57,532       1.48 (d)      1.50 (d)      (0.19 )(d)      45  

Year ended 12/31/16

    20.48       0.02       2.41       2.43       (0.01     (2.15     (2.16     20.75       11.75       64,577       1.47       1.49       0.10       20  

Year ended 12/31/15

    22.88       (0.06     (0.99     (1.05           (1.35     (1.35     20.48       (4.58     76,246       1.44       1.46       (0.27     54  

Year ended 12/31/14

    24.65       (0.02     0.98       0.96             (2.73     (2.73     22.88       4.24       99,552       1.42       1.44       (0.08     35  

Year ended 12/31/13

    21.00       (0.07     6.03       5.96             (2.31     (2.31     24.65       28.85       124,622       1.41       1.44       (0.29     33  

Class Y

 

Year ended 12/31/17

    21.80       0.07       3.22       3.29       (0.03     (3.10     (3.13     21.96       15.33       85,402       0.98 (d)      1.00 (d)      0.31 (d)      45  

Year ended 12/31/16

    21.42       0.13       2.53       2.66       (0.13     (2.15     (2.28     21.80       12.31       95,292       0.97       0.99       0.60       20  

Year ended 12/31/15

    23.76       0.05       (1.03     (0.98     (0.01     (1.35     (1.36     21.42       (4.12     743,988       0.94       0.96       0.23       54  

Year ended 12/31/14

    25.44       0.11       1.01       1.12       (0.07     (2.73     (2.80     23.76       4.76       808,895       0.92       0.94       0.42       35  

Year ended 12/31/13

    21.50       0.05       6.20       6.25             (2.31     (2.31     25.44       29.53       653,577       0.91       0.94       0.21       33  

Class R5

 

Year ended 12/31/17

    23.26       0.10       3.44       3.54       (0.03     (3.10     (3.13     23.67       15.44       27,351       0.87 (d)      0.89 (d)      0.42 (d)      45  

Year ended 12/31/16

    22.76       0.17       2.68       2.85       (0.20     (2.15     (2.35     23.26       12.42       45,310       0.84       0.86       0.73       20  

Year ended 12/31/15

    25.11       0.09       (1.08     (0.99     (0.01     (1.35     (1.36     22.76       (3.94     46,584       0.81       0.83       0.36       54  

Year ended 12/31/14

    26.73       0.15       1.07       1.22       (0.11     (2.73     (2.84     25.11       4.88       146,211       0.81       0.83       0.53       35  

Year ended 12/31/13

    22.47       0.08       6.49       6.57             (2.31     (2.31     26.73       29.68       220,321       0.81       0.83       0.31       33  

Class R6

 

Year ended 12/31/17

    23.26       0.12       3.44       3.56       (0.03     (3.10     (3.13     23.69       15.52       34,746       0.79 (d)      0.81 (d)      0.50 (d)      45  

Year ended 12/31/16

    22.81       0.19       2.69       2.88       (0.28     (2.15     (2.43     23.26       12.51       4,168       0.76       0.78       0.81       20  

Year ended 12/31/15

    25.14       0.11       (1.08     (0.97     (0.01     (1.35     (1.36     22.81       (3.85     3,260       0.72       0.74       0.45       54  

Year ended 12/31/14

    26.76       0.17       1.07       1.24       (0.13     (2.73     (2.86     25.14       4.97       3,650       0.72       0.74       0.62       35  

Year ended 12/31/13

    22.48       0.11       6.48       6.59             (2.31     (2.31     26.76       29.75       4,243       0.72       0.74       0.40       33  

 

(a)  Calculated using average shares outstanding.
(b)  Includes adjustments in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America and as such, the net asset value for financial reporting purposes and the returns based upon those net asset values may differ from the net asset value and returns for shareholder transactions. Does not include sales charges and is not annualized for periods less than one year, if applicable.
(c)  Portfolio turnover is calculated at the fund level and is not annualized for periods less than one year, if applicable.
(d)  Ratios are based on average daily net assets (000’s omitted) of $900,335, $7,185, $100,894, $60,206, $113,140, $36,836 and $16,231 for Class A, Class B, Class C, Class R, Class Y, Class R5 and Class R6 shares, respectively.

 

20                         Invesco Mid Cap Core Equity Fund


Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

 

To the Board of Trustees of AIM Growth Series (Invesco Growth Series)

and Shareholders of Invesco Mid Cap Core Equity Fund

Opinion on the Financial Statements

We have audited the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities, including the schedule of investments, of Invesco Mid Cap Core Equity Fund (one of the funds constituting AIM Growth Series (Invesco Growth Series), hereafter referred to as the “Fund”) as of December 31, 2017, the related statement of operations for the year ended December 31, 2017, the statement of changes in net assets for each of the two years in the period ended December 31, 2017, including the related notes, and the financial highlights for each of the five years in the period ended December 31, 2017 (collectively referred to as the “financial statements”). In our opinion, the financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Fund as of December 31, 2017, the results of its operations for the year then ended, the changes in its net assets for each of the two years in the period ended December 31, 2017 and the financial highlights for each of the five years in the period ended December 31, 2017 in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

Basis for Opinion

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

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

Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements. Our procedures included confirmation of securities owned as of December 31, 2017 by correspondence with the custodian, transfer agent and brokers; when replies were not received from brokers, we performed other auditing procedures. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Houston, TX

February 23, 2018

We have served as the auditor of one or more of the investment companies in the Invesco/PowerShares group of investment companies since at least 1995. We have not determined the specific year we began serving as auditor.

 

21                         Invesco Mid Cap Core Equity Fund


Calculating your ongoing Fund expenses

Example

As a shareholder of the Fund, you incur two types of costs: (1) transaction costs, which may include sales charges (loads) on purchase payments or contingent deferred sales charges on redemptions, if any; and (2) ongoing costs, including management fees, distribution and/or service (12b-1) fees, and other Fund expenses. This example is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Fund and to compare these costs with ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds. The example is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period July 1, 2017 through December 31, 2017.

Actual expenses

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

Hypothetical example for comparison purposes

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

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

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

 

Class

 

Beginning
Account Value
(07/01/17)

     ACTUAL     

HYPOTHETICAL

(5% annual return before
expenses)

    

Annualized
Expense
Ratio

 
     Ending
Account Value
(12/31/17)1
     Expenses
Paid During
Period2
     Ending
Account Value
(12/31/17)
     Expenses
Paid During
Period2
    
A   $ 1,000.00      $ 1,071.10      $ 6.37      $ 1,019.06      $ 6.21        1.22
B     1,000.00        1,067.30        10.27        1,015.27        10.01        1.97  
C     1,000.00        1,067.60        10.27        1,015.27        10.01        1.97  
R     1,000.00        1,070.10        7.67        1,017.80        7.48        1.47  
Y     1,000.00        1,072.60        5.07        1,020.32        4.94        0.97  
R5     1,000.00        1,073.70        4.55        1,020.82        4.43        0.87  

R6

    1,000.00        1,073.60        4.18        1,021.17        4.08        0.80  

 

1  The actual ending account value is based on the actual total return of the Fund for the period July 1, 2017 through December 31, 2017, after actual expenses and will differ from the hypothetical ending account value which is based on the Fund’s expense ratio and a hypothetical annual return of 5% before expenses.
2  Expenses are equal to the Fund’s annualized expense ratio as indicated above multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 184/365 to reflect the most recent fiscal half year.

 

22                         Invesco Mid Cap Core Equity Fund


Tax Information

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

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

The Fund designates the following amounts or, if subsequently determined to be different, the maximum amount allowable for its fiscal year ended December 31, 2017:

 

Federal and State Income Tax

 

Long-Term Capital Gain Distributions

  $ 159,304,905  

Qualified Dividend Income*

    100.00

Corporate Dividends Received Deduction*

    100.00

U.S. Treasury Obligations*

    0.00

 

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

 

23                         Invesco Mid Cap Core Equity Fund


Trustees and Officers

 

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

 

Name, Year of Birth and

Position(s) Held with the Trust

  Trustee and/
or Officer Since
  Principal Occupation(s)
During Past 5 Years
  Number of
Funds in Fund
Complex
Overseen by
Trustee
  Other Directorship(s)
Held by Trustee During
Past 5 Years
Interested Persons                
Martin L. Flanagan1 — 1960 Trustee   2007  

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

 

Formerly: Advisor to the Board, Invesco Advisers, Inc. (formerly known as Invesco Institutional (N.A.), Inc.); Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Invesco Advisers, Inc. (registered investment adviser); Director, Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President, Invesco Holding Company (US), Inc. (formerly IVZ Inc.) (holding company), Invesco Group Services, Inc. (service provider) and Invesco North American Holdings, Inc. (holding company); Director, Chief Executive Officer and President, Invesco Holding Company Limited (parent of Invesco and a global investment management firm); Director, Invesco Ltd.; Chairman, Investment Company Institute and President, Co-Chief Executive Officer, Co-President, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer, Franklin Resources, Inc. (global investment management organization)

  158   None
Philip A. Taylor2 — 1954 Trustee and Senior Vice President   2006  

Head of the Americas and Senior Managing Director, Invesco Ltd.; Director, Invesco Advisers, Inc. (formerly known as Invesco Institutional (N.A.), Inc.) (registered investment adviser); Director, Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President, Invesco Management Group, Inc. (formerly known as Invesco Aim Management Group, Inc.) (financial services holding company); Director and Chairman, Invesco Investment Services, Inc. (formerly known as Invesco Aim Investment Services, Inc.) (registered transfer agent); Chief Executive Officer, Invesco Corporate Class Inc. (corporate mutual fund company); Director, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Invesco Canada Ltd. (formerly known as Invesco Trimark Ltd./Invesco Trimark Ltèe) (registered investment adviser and registered transfer agent); Trustee and Senior Vice President, The Invesco Funds; Director, Invesco Investment Advisers LLC (formerly known as Van Kampen Asset Management).

 

Formerly: Co-Chairman, Co-President and Co-Chief Executive Officer, Invesco Advisers, Inc. (formerly known as Invesco Institutional (N.A.), Inc.) (registered investment adviser); Director, Chief Executive Officer and President, Van Kampen Exchange Corp; President and Principal Executive Officer, The Invesco Funds (other than AIM Treasurer’s Series Trust (Invesco Treasurer’s Series Trust), Short-Term Investments Trust and Invesco Management Trust); Executive Vice President, The Invesco Funds (AIM Treasurer’s Series Trust (Invesco Treasurer’s Series Trust), Short-Term Investments Trust and Invesco Management Trust only); Director and President, INVESCO Funds Group, Inc. (registered investment adviser and registered transfer agent); Director and Chairman, IVZ Distributors, Inc. (formerly known as INVESCO Distributors, Inc.) (registered broker dealer); Director, President and Chairman, Invesco Inc. (holding company), Invesco Canada Holdings Inc. (holding company), Trimark Investments Ltd./Placements Trimark Ltèe and Invesco Financial Services Ltd/Services Financiers Invesco Ltèe; Chief Executive Officer, Invesco Canada Fund Inc. (corporate mutual fund company); Director and Chairman, Van Kampen Investor Services Inc.; Director, Chief Executive Officer and President, 1371 Preferred Inc. (holding company) and Van Kampen Investments Inc.; Director and President, AIM GP Canada Inc. (general partner for limited partnerships) and Van Kampen Advisors, Inc.; Director and Chief Executive Officer, Invesco Trimark Dealer Inc. (registered broker dealer); Director, Invesco Distributors, Inc. (formerly known as Invesco Aim Distributors, Inc.) (registered broker dealer); Manager, Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC; Director, Chief Executive Officer and President, Invesco Advisers, Inc.; Director, Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President, Invesco Aim Capital Management, Inc.; President, Invesco Trimark Dealer Inc. and Invesco Trimark Ltd./Invesco Trimark Ltèe; Director and President, AIM Trimark Corporate Class Inc. and AIM Trimark Canada Fund Inc.; Senior Managing Director, Invesco Holding Company Limited; Director and Chairman, Fund Management Company (former registered broker dealer); President and Principal Executive Officer, The Invesco Funds (AIM Treasurer’s Series Trust (Invesco Treasurer’s Series Trust), and Short-Term Investments Trust only); President, AIM Trimark Global Fund Inc. and AIM Trimark Canada Fund Inc.

  158   None

 

1  Mr. Flanagan is considered an interested person (within the meaning of Section 2(a)(19) of the 1940 Act) of the Trust because he is an officer of the Adviser to the Trust, and an officer and a director of Invesco Ltd., ultimate parent of the Adviser.

 

2  Mr. Taylor is considered an interested person (within the meaning of Section 2(a)(19) of the 1940 Act) of the Trust because he is an officer and a director of the Adviser.

 

T-1                         Invesco Mid Cap Core Equity Fund


Trustees and Officers—(continued)

 

Name, Year of Birth and

Position(s) Held with the Trust

  Trustee and/
or Officer Since
 

Principal Occupation(s)

During Past 5 Years

  Number of
Funds in Fund
Complex
Overseen by
Trustee
 

Other Directorship(s)
Held by Trustee During

Past 5 Years

Independent Trustees                

Bruce L. Crockett — 1944

Trustee and Chair

  2001  

Chairman, Crockett Technologies Associates (technology consulting company)

 

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

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

David C. Arch — 1945

Trustee

  2010   Chairman of Blistex Inc. (consumer health care products manufacturer); Member, World Presidents’ Organization   158   Board member of the Illinois Manufacturers’ Association

Jack M. Fields — 1952

Trustee

  2001  

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

 

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

  158   None

Cynthia Hostetler — 1962

Trustee

  2017  

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

 

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

  158   Vulcan Materials Company (construction materials company); Trilinc Global Impact Fund; Aberdeen Investment Funds (4 portfolios); Artio Global Investment LLC (mutual fund complex); Edgen Group, Inc. (specialized energy and infrastructure products distributor)

Eli Jones — 1961

Trustee

  2016  

Professor and Dean, Mays Business School — Texas A&M University

 

Formerly: Professor and Dean, Walton College of Business, University of Arkansas and E.J. Ourso College of Business, Louisiana State University; Director, Arvest Bank

  158   Insperity, Inc. (formerly known as Administaff) (human resources provider)

Prema Mathai-Davis — 1950

Trustee

  2001   Retired.   158   None

Teresa M. Ressel  —  1962

Trustee

  2017  

Non-executive director and trustee of a number of public and private business corporations

 

Formerly: Chief Financial Officer, Olayan America, The Olayan Group (international investor/commercial/industrial); Chief Executive Officer, UBS Securities LLC; Group Chief Operating Officer, Americas, UBS AG; Assistant Secretary for Management & Budget and CFO, US Department of the Treasury

  158   Atlantic Power Corporation (power generation company); ON Semiconductor Corp. (semiconductor supplier)

Ann Barnett Stern — 1957

Trustee

  2017  

President and Chief Executive Officer, Houston Endowment Inc. (private philanthropic institution)

 

Formerly: Executive Vice President and General Counsel, Texas Children’s Hospital; Attorney, Beck, Redden and Secrest, LLP; Business Law Instructor, University of St. Thomas; Attorney, Andrews & Kurth LLP

  158   Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas

Raymond Stickel, Jr. — 1944

Trustee

  2005  

Retired.

 

Formerly: Director, Mainstay VP Series Funds, Inc. (25 portfolios); Partner, Deloitte & Touche

  158   None

Robert C. Troccoli — 1949

Trustee

  2016  

Adjunct Professor, University of Denver — Daniels College of Business

 

Formerly: Senior Partner, KPMG LLP

  158   None

Christopher L. Wilson —  1957

Trustee

  2017  

Non-executive director and trustee of a number of public and private business corporations

 

Formerly: Managing Partner, CT2, LLC (investing and consulting firm); President/Chief Executive Officer, Columbia Funds, Bank of America Corporation; President/Chief Executive Officer, CDC IXIS Asset Management Services, Inc.; Principal & Director of Operations, Scudder Funds, Scudder, Stevens & Clark, Inc.; Assistant Vice President, Fidelity Investments

  158   TD Asset Management USA Inc. (mutual fund complex) (22 portfolios); ISO New England, Inc. (non-profit organization managing regional electricity market)

 

T-2                         Invesco Mid Cap Core Equity Fund


Trustees and Officers—(continued)

 

Name, Year of Birth and

Position(s) Held with the Trust

  Trustee and/
or Officer Since
 

Principal Occupation(s)

During Past 5 Years

  Number of
Funds in Fund
Complex
Overseen by
Trustee
 

Other Directorship(s)
Held by Trustee During

Past 5 Years

Other Officers                

Sheri Morris — 1964

President, Principal Executive Officer and Treasurer

  1999  

President, Principal Executive Officer and Treasurer, The Invesco Funds; Vice President, Invesco Advisers, Inc. (formerly known as Invesco Institutional (N.A.), Inc.) (registered investment adviser); and Vice President, PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust II, PowerShares India Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, PowerShares Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, PowerShares Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Commodity Fund Trust and PowerShares Exchange-Traded Self-Indexed Fund Trust

 

Formerly: Vice President and Principal Financial Officer, The Invesco Funds; Vice President, Invesco Aim Advisers, Inc., Invesco Aim Capital Management, Inc. and Invesco Aim Private Asset Management, Inc.; Assistant Vice President and Assistant Treasurer, The Invesco Funds and Assistant Vice President, Invesco Advisers, Inc., Invesco Aim Capital Management, Inc. and Invesco Aim Private Asset Management, Inc.; and Treasurer, PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust II, PowerShares India Exchange-Traded Fund Trust and PowerShares Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Fund Trust

  N/A   N/A

Russell C. Burk — 1958

Senior Vice President and Senior Officer

  2005   Senior Vice President and Senior Officer, The Invesco Funds   N/A   N/A

John M. Zerr — 1962

Senior Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Secretary

  2006  

Director, Senior Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel, Invesco Management Group, Inc. (formerly known as Invesco AIM Management Group, Inc.); Senior Vice President, Invesco Advisers, Inc. (formerly known as Invesco Institutional (N.A.), Inc.) (registered investment adviser); Senior Vice President and Secretary, Invesco Distributors, Inc. (formerly known as Invesco AIM Distributors, Inc.); Director, Vice President and Secretary, Invesco Investment Services, Inc. (formerly known as Invesco AIM Investment Services, Inc.) Senior Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Secretary, The Invesco Funds; Managing Director, Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC; Director, Secretary and General Counsel, Invesco Investment Advisers LLC (formerly known as Van Kampen Asset Management); Secretary and General Counsel, Invesco Capital Markets, Inc. (formerly known as Van Kampen Funds Inc.) and Chief Legal Officer, PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust II, PowerShares India Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, PowerShares Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, PowerShares Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Commodity Fund Trust and PowerShares Exchange-Traded Self-Indexed Fund Trust; Manager and Secretary, Invesco Indexing LLC

 

Formerly: Director, Secretary, General Counsel and Senior Vice President, Van Kampen Exchange Corp.; Director, Vice President and Secretary, IVZ Distributors, Inc. (formerly known as INVESCO Distributors, Inc.); Director and Vice President, INVESCO Funds Group, Inc.; Director and Vice President, Van Kampen Advisors Inc.; Director, Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel, Van Kampen Investor Services Inc.; Director, Invesco Distributors, Inc. (formerly known as Invesco AIM Distributors, Inc.); Director, Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary, Invesco AIM Advisers, Inc. and Van Kampen Investments Inc.; Director, Vice President and Secretary, Fund Management Company; Director, Senior Vice President, Secretary, General Counsel and Vice President, Invesco AIM Capital Management, Inc.; Chief Operating Officer and General Counsel, Liberty Ridge Capital, Inc. (an investment adviser); Vice President and Secretary, PBHG Funds (an investment company) and PBHG Insurance Series Fund (an investment company); Chief Operating Officer, General Counsel and Secretary, Old Mutual Investment Partners (a broker-dealer); General Counsel and Secretary, Old Mutual Fund Services (an administrator) and Old Mutual Shareholder Services (a shareholder servicing center); Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary, Old Mutual Capital, Inc. (an investment adviser); and Vice President and Secretary, Old Mutual Advisors Funds (an investment company)

  N/A   N/A

Gregory G. McGreevey — 1962

Senior Vice President

  2012  

Senior Managing Director, Invesco Ltd.; Director, Chairman, President, and Chief Executive Officer, Invesco Advisers, Inc. (formerly known as Invesco Institutional (N.A.), Inc.) (registered investment adviser); Senior Vice President, Invesco Management Group, Inc.; Director, Invesco Mortgage Capital, Inc. and Invesco Senior Secured Management, Inc.; and Senior Vice President, The Invesco Funds

 

Formerly: Assistant Vice President, The Invesco Funds

  N/A   N/A

Kelli Gallegos — 1970

Vice President, Principal Financial Officer and Assistant Treasurer

  2008  

Vice President, Principal Financial Officer and Assistant Treasurer, The Invesco Funds; Assistant Treasurer, Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC, PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust II, PowerShares India Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, PowerShares Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, PowerShares Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Commodity Fund Trust and PowerShares Exchange-Traded Self-Indexed Fund Trust

 

Formerly: Assistant Vice President, The Invesco Funds

  N/A   N/A

 

T-3                         Invesco Mid Cap Core Equity Fund


Trustees and Officers—(continued)

 

Name, Year of Birth and

Position(s) Held with the Trust

  Trustee and/
or Officer Since
 

Principal Occupation(s)

During Past 5 Years

  Number of
Funds in Fund
Complex
Overseen by
Trustee
 

Other Directorship(s)
Held by Trustee During

Past 5 Years

Other Officers—(continued)                

Tracy Sullivan — 1962

Vice President, Chief Tax Officer and Assistant Treasurer

  2008  

Vice President, Chief Tax Officer and Assistant Treasurer, The Invesco Funds; Assistant Treasurer, Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC, PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust II, PowerShares India Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, PowerShares Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Fund Trust,PowerShares Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Commodity Fund Trust and PowerShares Exchange-Traded Self-Indexed Fund Trust

 

Formerly: Assistant Vice President, The Invesco Funds

  N/A   N/A

Crissie M. Wisdom — 1969

Anti-Money Laundering Compliance Officer

  2013  

Anti-Money Laundering Compliance Officer, Invesco Advisers, Inc. (formerly known as Invesco Institutional (N.A.), Inc.) (registered investment adviser), Invesco Capital Markets, Inc. (formerly known as Van Kampen Funds Inc.), Invesco Distributors, Inc., Invesco Investment Services, Inc., Invesco Management Group, Inc., The Invesco Funds, and PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust II, PowerShares India Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, PowerShares Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Fund Trust,PowerShares Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Commodity Fund Trust and PowerShares Exchange-Traded Self-Indexed Fund Trust; Anti-Money Laundering Compliance Officer and Bank Secrecy Act Officer, INVESCO National Trust Company and Invesco Trust Company; and Fraud Prevention Manager and Controls and Risk Analysis Manager for Invesco Investment Services, Inc.

 

Formerly: Anti-Money Laundering Compliance Officer, Van Kampen Exchange Corp.

  N/A   N/A

Robert R. Leveille — 1969

Chief Compliance Officer

  2016  

Chief Compliance Officer, Invesco Advisers, Inc. (registered investment adviser); and Chief Compliance Officer, The Invesco Funds

 

Formerly: Chief Compliance Officer, Putnam Investments and the Putnam Funds

  N/A   N/A

The Statement of Additional Information of the Trust includes additional information about the Fund’s Trustees and is available upon request, without charge, by calling 1.800.959.4246. Please refer to the Fund’s Statement of Additional Information for information on the Fund’s sub-advisers.

 

Office of the Fund

11 Greenway Plaza, Suite 1000

Houston, TX 77046-1173

 

Investment Adviser

Invesco Advisers, Inc.

1555 Peachtree Street, N.E.

Atlanta, GA 30309

 

Distributor

Invesco Distributors, Inc.

11 Greenway Plaza, Suite 1000

Houston, TX 77046-1173

 

Auditors

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

1000 Louisiana Street, Suite 5800

Houston, TX 77002-5678

     

Counsel to the Fund

Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young, LLP

2005 Market Street, Suite 2600

Philadelphia, PA 19103-7018

 

Counsel to the Independent Trustees

Goodwin Procter LLP

901 New York Avenue, N.W.

Washington, D.C. 20001

 

Transfer Agent

Invesco Investment Services, Inc.

11 Greenway Plaza, Suite 1000

Houston, TX 77046-1173

 

Custodian

State Street Bank and Trust Company

225 Franklin Street

Boston, MA 02110-2801

 

T-4                         Invesco Mid Cap Core Equity Fund


 

 

 

 

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To reduce Fund expenses, only one copy of most shareholder documents may be mailed to shareholders with multiple accounts at the same address (Householding). Mailing of your shareholder documents may be householded indefinitely unless you instruct us otherwise. If you do not want the mailing of these documents to be combined with those for other members of your household, please contact Invesco Investment Services, Inc. at 800 959 4246 or contact your financial institution. We will begin sending you individual copies for each account within 30 days after receiving your request.

 

 

Fund holdings and proxy voting information

The Fund provides a complete list of its holdings four times in each fiscal year, at the quarter ends. For the second and fourth quarters, the lists appear in the Fund’s semiannual and annual reports to shareholders. For the first and third quarters, the Fund files the lists with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Form N-Q. The most recent list of portfolio holdings is available at invesco.com/completeqtrholdings. Shareholders can also look up the Fund’s Forms N-Q on the SEC website at sec.gov. Copies of the Fund’s Forms N-Q may be reviewed and copied at the SEC Public Reference Room in Washington, D.C. You can obtain information on the operation of the Public Reference Room, including information about duplicating fee charges, by calling 202 551 8090 or 800 732 0330, or by electronic request at the following email address: publicinfo@sec.gov. The SEC file numbers for the Fund are shown below.

A description of the policies and procedures that the Fund uses to determine how to vote proxies relating to portfolio securities is available without charge, upon request, from our Client Services department at 800 959 4246 or at invesco.com/proxyguidelines. The information is also available on the SEC website, sec.gov.

Information regarding how the Fund voted proxies related to its portfolio securities during the most recent 12-month period ended June 30 is available at invesco.com/proxysearch. The information is also available on the SEC website, sec.gov.

Invesco Advisers, Inc. is an investment adviser; it provides investment advisory services to individual and institutional clients and does not sell securities. Invesco Distributors, Inc. is the US distributor for Invesco Ltd.’s retail mutual funds, exchange-traded funds and institutional money market funds. Both are wholly owned, indirect subsidiaries of Invesco Ltd.

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SEC file numbers: 811-02699 and  002-57526

  

                Invesco Distributors, Inc.

 

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Annual Report to Shareholders

 

 

 

December 31, 2017

 

 

 

Invesco Multi-Asset Inflation Fund

 

  Nasdaq:  
  A: MIZAX    C: MIZCX    R: MIZRX    Y: MIZYX    R5: MIZFX    R6: MIZSX

 

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Letters to Shareholders

 

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              Philip Taylor

 

Dear Shareholders:

This annual report includes information about your Fund, including performance data and a complete list of its investments as of the close of the reporting period. Inside is a discussion of how your Fund was managed and the factors that affected its performance during the reporting period.

Major stock market indexes rose – and set record highs – throughout the reporting period. Generally positive economic data, strong corporate earnings and anticipated tax and regulatory reform contributed to the rally. The US economy expanded during the reporting period, with gross domestic product, the value of all goods and services produced, significantly increasing its growth rate from the first to the third quarter of the year. Tax reform legislation, enacted in December 2017, was a positive for the stock market, but its long-term economic impact was uncertain. Citing positive economic trends – specifically, realized and expected labor market conditions and inflation – the US Federal Reserve raised

interest rates in March, June and December 2017. While US and global bond markets, as well as emerging market equities, sold off early in the reporting period, they recovered much of their losses during the reporting period. Overseas, economic data were mixed, prompting the European Central Bank and central banks in China and Japan, among other countries, to maintain extraordinarily accommodative monetary policies.

Short-term market volatility can prompt some investors to abandon their investment plans – and can cause others to settle for whatever returns the market has to offer. The investment professionals at Invesco, in contrast, invest with high conviction. This means that, no matter the asset class or the strategy, each investment team has a passion to exceed. We want to help investors achieve better outcomes, such as seeking higher returns, helping mitigate risk and generating income. Of course, investing with high conviction can’t guarantee a profit or ensure success; no investment strategy can. To learn more about how we invest with high conviction, visit invesco.com/HighConviction.

You, too, can invest with high conviction by maintaining a long-term investment perspective and by working with your financial adviser on a regular basis. During periods of short-term market volatility or uncertainty, your financial adviser can keep you focused on your long-term investment goals – a new home, a child’s college education or a secure retirement. He or she also can share research about the economy, the markets and individual investment options.

Visit our website for more information on your investments

Our website, invesco.com/us, offers a wide range of market insights and investment perspectives. On the website, you’ll find detailed information about our funds, including performance, holdings and portfolio manager commentaries. You can access information about your account by completing a simple, secure online registration. To do so, select “Log In” on the right side of the homepage, and then select “Register for Individual Account Access.”

In addition to the resources accessible on our website and through our mobile app, you can obtain timely updates to help you stay informed about the markets and the economy by connecting with Invesco on Twitter, LinkedIn or Facebook. You can access our blog at blog.invesco.us.com. Our goal is to provide you the information you want, when and where you want it.

Finally, I’m pleased to share with you Invesco’s commitment to both the Principles for Responsible Investment and to considering environmental, social and governance issues in our robust investment process. I invite you to learn more at invesco.com/esg.

Have questions?

For questions about your account, contact an Invesco client services representative at 800 959 4246. For Invesco-related questions or comments, please email me directly at phil@invesco.com.

All of us at Invesco look forward to serving your investment management needs. Thank you for investing with us.

Sincerely,

 

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Philip Taylor

Senior Managing Director, Invesco Ltd.

 

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        Bruce Crockett

  

Dear Fellow Shareholders:

Among the many important lessons I’ve learned in more than 40 years in a variety of business endeavors is the value of a trusted advocate.

As independent chair of the Invesco Funds Board, I can assure you that the members of the Board are strong advocates for the interests of investors in Invesco’s mutual funds. We work hard to represent your interests through oversight of the quality of the investment management services your funds receive and other matters important to your investment, including but not limited to:

Ensuring that Invesco offers a diverse lineup of mutual funds that your financial adviser can use to strive to meet your financial needs as your investment goals change over time.

Monitoring how the portfolio management teams of the Invesco funds are performing in light of changing economic and market conditions.

  Assessing each portfolio management team’s investment performance within the context of the investment strategy described in the fund’s prospectus.
  Monitoring for potential conflicts of interests that may impact the nature of the services that your funds receive.

  We believe one of the most important services we provide our fund shareholders is the annual review of the funds’ advisory and sub-advisory contracts with Invesco Advisers and its affiliates. This review is required by the Investment Company Act of 1940 and focuses on the nature and quality of the services Invesco provides as the adviser to the Invesco funds and the reasonableness of the fees that it charges for those services. Each year, we spend months carefully reviewing information received from Invesco and a variety of independent sources, such as performance and fee data prepared by Lipper, Inc. (a subsidiary of Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc.), an independent, third-party firm widely recognized as a leader in its field. We also meet with our independent legal counsel and other independent advisers to review and help us assess the information that we have received. Our goal is to assure that you receive quality investment management services for a reasonable fee.

  I trust the measures outlined above provide assurance that you have a worthy advocate when it comes to choosing the Invesco Funds.

  As always, please contact me at bruce@brucecrockett.com with any questions or concerns you may have. On behalf of the Board, we look forward to continuing to represent your interests and serving your needs.

Sincerely,

 

 

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Bruce L. Crockett

Independent Chair

Invesco Funds Board of Trustees

 

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Management’s Discussion of Fund Performance

 

Performance summary

For the year ended December 31, 2017, Class A shares of Invesco Multi-Asset Inflation Fund (the Fund), at net asset value (NAV), outperformed the Bloomberg Barclays 1-3 Month Treasury Bill Index, the Fund’s broad market index.

Your Fund’s long-term performance appears later in this report.

 

 

 

 

 

Fund vs. Indexes

        

Total returns, 12/31/16 to 12/31/17, at net asset value (NAV). Performance shown does not include applicable contingent deferred sales charges (CDSC) or front-end sales charges, which would have reduced performance.

 

 

Class A Shares

     6.27

Class C Shares

     5.48  

Class R Shares

     6.05  

Class Y Shares

     6.62  

Class R5 Shares

     6.63  

Class R6 Shares

     6.63  

Bloomberg Barclays 1-3 Month Treasury Bill Indexq (Broad Market Index)

     0.82  

U.S. Consumer Price Index (Style-Specific Index)

     2.11  

Lipper Flexible Portfolio Funds Index¨ (Peer Group Index)

     15.47  

Source(s): qFactSet Research Systems Inc.; Bloomberg L.P.; ¨Lipper Inc.

  

 

 

Market conditions and your Fund

Despite highly destructive hurricanes that threatened to derail a years-long economic recovery, the US economy continued to expand throughout the year ended December 31, 2017. Gross domestic product – the value of all goods and services produced in the US – expanded in the first three quarters of 2017.

Given signs of an improving economy, the US Federal Reserve (the Fed) raised interest rates three times during the reporting period, most recently in December 2017; each rate hike was 25 basis points.1 (A basis point is 0.01%.) The Fed pledged that “realized and expected economic conditions relative to its objectives of maximum employment and 2 percent inflation” will guide its future actions. At the close of the reporting period, Fed policy remained accommodative, and the fed funds target rate stood at a range of 1.25% to 1.50% - 75 basis points higher than at the start of the reporting period.1

Higher inventories and a worsening outlook caused oil prices and many energy stocks to decline during the first half of 2017. However, oil prices rose

significantly in the second half of the reporting period as expectations for lower supplies increased, partly due to continued OPEC production cuts, and demand began normalizing.

Major US stock market indexes repeatedly hit all-time highs throughout the reporting period. The stock market rally that began after the 2016 presidential election continued throughout the reporting period, fueled by generally positive economic data, strong corporate earnings and improved consumer confidence. Finally, after much debate in Congress, a tax reform bill was signed into law in December 2017, which further strengthened stocks.

The Fund seeks to protect the purchasing power of investors from inflation through exposure to a broad spectrum of asset classes by investing in underlying mutual funds, exchange-traded funds and other pooled investment vehicles. During the reporting period, US inflation remained subdued even as unemployment continued its multiyear decline and the economy continued to expand. In the 12 months through December 2017, the U.S. Consumer Price Index increased 2.11%.2

From an asset class perspective, the

 

 

 

  Portfolio Composition*        

  By fund type, based on total investments

 

 

  Equity Funds

     41.0

  Fixed Income Funds

     34.4  

  Alternative Funds

     24.1  

  Money Market Funds

     0.5  

 

  Total Net Assets

   $ 1.4 million  

The Fund’s holdings are subject to change, and there is no assurance that the Fund will continue to hold any particular security.

Data presented here are as of December 31, 2017.

 

*  Based on the Schedule of Investments, which classifies each underlying fund and other investments into broad asset classes based on their predominant investments.

 

 

top contributors to absolute Fund performance during the reporting period were health care, infrastructure and US equities. Health care was the largest contributor due to the Fund’s investments in iShares U.S. Healthcare ETF and Invesco Global Health Care Fund, which benefited from its allocations to companies in bio-tech, pharmaceuticals and managed care. Other strong individual contributors included Invesco Global Infrastructure Fund and iShares U.S. Consumer Goods ETF, which both benefited from the continued expansion of the US economy.

The only detractor from absolute Fund performance was Invesco Energy Fund, which posted negative returns due to a sharp drop in oil prices early in the reporting period. While fixed income did not detract from absolute performance, underlying funds representing the asset class posted tepid returns, in the low to high single digits, which weighed on Fund results.

More broadly, it is important to emphasize that the Fund is designed to invest in inflation-sensitive asset classes. Under normal market conditions, price pressures are expected to manifest in such inflation-sensitive asset classes, particularly during periods of economic growth and low unemployment. But as of the close of the reporting period, the Fed also recognized that inflationary pressure had yet to fully manifest, and the returns of inflation-sensitive asset classes trailed the broader equity market.

Please note that some of the Fund’s underlying funds - which include, but are not limited to, Invesco Balanced-Risk Commodity Strategy Fund, Invesco Emerging Markets Flexible Bond Fund and Invesco Global Health Care Fund - may use derivatives, including futures and total return swaps, which may amplify traditional investment risks through the creation of leverage in the underlying funds. Therefore, performance of these underlying funds, both positive and negative, can be attributed to these instruments.

During the reporting period, we swapped some of the underlying holdings in order to adjust exposures to certain asset classes. Specifically, we replaced Invesco Global Healthcare Fund with iShares U.S. Healthcare Portfolio. We also replaced Invesco Global Real Estate Fund with Invesco Global Real Estate Income Fund. Additionally, we replaced iShares TIPS Bond ETF with Invesco Short Duration Inflation Protection Fund.

 

 

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We also trimmed our position in Invesco Energy Fund and used the proceeds to create a position in Energy Select Sector SPDR Fund.

Thank you for investing in Invesco Multi-Asset Inflation Fund.

 

1 Source: US Federal Reserve
2 Source: Bloomberg L.P.

The views and opinions expressed in management’s discussion of Fund performance are those of Invesco Advisers, Inc. These views and opinions are subject to change at any time based on factors such as market and economic conditions. These views and opinions may not be relied upon as investment advice or recommendations, or as an offer for a particular security. The information is not a complete analysis of every aspect of any market, country, industry, security or the Fund. Statements of fact are from sources considered reliable, but Invesco Advisers, Inc. makes no representation or warranty as to their completeness or accuracy. Although historical performance is no guarantee of future results, these insights may help you understand our investment management philosophy.

See important Fund and, if applicable, index disclosures later in this report.

 

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Duy Nguyen

Chartered Financial Analyst, Portfolio Manager and Chief Investment Officer of Invesco’s Global Solutions Development and Implementation Team, is manager of Invesco

Multi-Asset Inflation Fund. He joined Invesco in 2000. Mr. Nguyen earned a BBA from The University of Texas at Austin and an MS from the University of Houston.

 

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Jacob Borbidge

Chartered Financial Analyst, Portfolio Manager and Head of Research for Invesco’s Global Solutions Development and Implementation Team, is manager of Invesco Multi-Asset

Inflation Fund. He joined Invesco in 2004. Mr. Borbidge earned a BS in mechanical engineering from Lehigh University and an MS in finance from the University of Houston.

 

Assisted by Invesco’s Global Solutions Development & Implementation Team

 

 

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Your Fund’s Long-Term Performance

Results of a $10,000 Investment – Oldest Share Class(es) since Inception

Fund and index data from 10/14/14*

 

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1 Source: Lipper Inc.
2 Source: Bloomberg L.P.
3 Source: FactSet Research Systems Inc.

 

*U.S. Consumer Price Index data are monthly. Performance is from Sept. 30, 2014, the month-end closest to Fund inception.

 

Past performance cannot guarantee comparable future results.

The data shown in the chart include reinvested distributions, applicable sales charges and Fund expenses including

management fees. Index results include reinvested dividends, but they do not reflect sales charges. Performance of the peer group, if applicable, reflects fund expenses and management fees; performance

of a market index does not. Performance shown in the chart and table(s) does not reflect deduction of taxes a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or sale of Fund shares.

 

 

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 Average Annual Total Returns

 As of 12/31/17, including maximum applicable

 sales charges

 Class A Shares

        

 Inception (10/14/14)

     -1.79%  

   1 Year

     0.44     

 Class C Shares

        

 Inception (10/14/14)

     -0.80%  

   1 Year

     4.48     

 Class R Shares

        

 Inception (10/14/14)

     -0.28%  

   1 Year

     6.05     

 Class Y Shares

        

 Inception (10/14/14)

     0.24%  

   1 Year

     6.62     

 Class R5 Shares

        

 Inception (10/14/14)

     0.24%  

   1 Year

     6.63     

 Class R6 Shares

        

 Inception (10/14/14)

     0.24%  

   1 Year

     6.63     

The performance data quoted represent past performance and cannot guarantee comparable future results; current performance may be lower or higher. Please visit invesco.com/performance for the most recent month-end performance. Performance figures reflect reinvested distributions, changes in net asset value and the effect of the maximum sales charge unless otherwise stated. Investment return and principal value will fluctuate so that you may have a gain or loss when you sell shares.

The net annual Fund operating expense ratio set forth in the most recent Fund prospectus as of the date of this report for Class A, Class C, Class R, Class Y, Class R5 and Class R6 shares was 1.02%, 1.77%, 1.27%, 0.77%, 0.77% and 0.77%, respectively.1,2 The total annual Fund operating expense ratio set forth in the most recent Fund prospectus as of the date of this report for Class A, Class C, Class R, Class Y, Class R5 and Class R6 shares was 36.33%, 37.08%, 36.58%, 36.08%, 35.91% and 35.91%, respectively.1 The expense ratios presented above may vary from the expense ratios presented in other sections of this report that are based on expenses incurred during the period covered by this report.

Class A share performance reflects the maximum 5.50% sales charge, and Class C share performance reflects the applicable contingent deferred sales

charge (CDSC) for the period involved. The CDSC on Class C shares is 1% for the first year after purchase. Class R, Class Y, Class R5 and Class R6 class shares do not have a front-end sales charge or a CDSC; therefore, performance is at net asset value.

The performance of the Fund’s share classes will differ primarily due to different sales charge structures and class expenses.

Fund performance reflects any applicable fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements. Had the adviser not waived fees and/or reimbursed expenses currently or in the past, returns would have been lower. See current prospectus for more information.

 

1 The expense ratio includes acquired fund fees and expenses of the underlying funds in which the Fund invests of 0.74% for Invesco Multi-Asset Inflation Fund.
2 Total annual Fund operating expenses after any contractual fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements by the adviser in effect through at least April 30, 2019. See current prospectus for more information.
 

 

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Invesco Multi-Asset Inflation Fund’s investment objective is total return, comprised of current income and capital appreciation.

 Unless otherwise stated, information presented in this report is as of December 31, 2017, and is based on total net assets.
 Unless otherwise noted, all data provided by Invesco.
 To access your Fund’s reports/prospectus, visit invesco.com/fundreports.

 

 

About share classes

 ClassR shares are generally available only to employer sponsored retirement and benefit plans. Please see the prospectus for more information.

 ClassY shares are available only to certain investors. Please see the prospectus for more information.

 ClassR5 shares and Class R6 shares are available for use by retirement plans that meet certain standards and for institutional investors. Class R6 shares are also available through intermediaries that have established an agreement with Invesco Distributors, Inc. to make such shares available for use in retail omnibus accounts. Please see the prospectus for more information.

 

Principal risks of investing in the Fund

 Fund of funds risk. The Fund’s performance depends on that of the underlying funds in which it invests. Accordingly, the risks associated with an investment in the Fund include the risks associated with investments in the underlying funds. The Fund will indirectly pay a proportional share of the fees and expenses of the underlying funds in which it invests. There are risks that the Fund will vary from its target weightings (if any) in the underlying funds, that the underlying funds will not achieve their investment objectives, that the underlying funds’ performance may be lower than their represented asset classes, and that the Fund may withdraw its investments in an underlying fund at a disadvantageous time.

 Allocation risk. The Fund’s investment performance depends, in part, on how its assets are allocated among the underlying funds or asset classes. The Adviser’s evaluations and assumptions regarding the asset classes or the underlying funds in which the Fund invests may be incorrect, causing the Fund to be invested (or not invested) in one or more asset classes or underlying

  

     funds at an inopportune time, which could negatively affect the Fund’s performance.

 

The principal risks of investing in the Fund also include the risks of each underlying fund. The risks of the Fund and underlying funds include the following:

 Active trading risk. Active trading of portfolio securities may result in added expenses, a lower return and increased tax liability.

 Bank loan risk. There are a number of risks associated with an investment in bank loans including, credit risk, interest rate risk, liquidity risk and prepayment risk. Lack of an active trading market, restrictions on resale, irregular trading activity, wide bid/ask spreads and extended trade settlement periods may impair an underlying fund’s ability to sell bank loans within its desired time frame or at an acceptable price and its ability to accurately value existing and prospective investments. Extended trade settlement periods may result in cash not being immediately available to an underlying fund. As a result, an underlying fund may have to sell other investments or engage in borrowing transactions to raise cash to meet its obligations. The risk of holding bank loans is also directly tied to the risk of insolvency or bankruptcy of the issuing banks. These risks could cause an underlying fund to lose income or principal on a particular investment, which in turn could affect the underlying fund’s returns. The value of bank loans can be affected by and sensitive to changes in government regulation and to economic downturns in the United States and abroad. Bank loans generally are floating rate loans, which are subject to interest rate risk as the interest paid on the floating rate loans adjusts periodically based on changes in widely accepted reference rates.

 Changing fixed income market conditions risk. The current low interest rate

  

    environment was created in part by the Federal Reserve Board (FRB) and certain foreign central banks keeping the federal funds and equivalent foreign rates near, at or below zero. Increases in the federal funds and equivalent foreign rates may expose fixed income markets to heightened volatility and reduced liquidity for certain fixed income investments, particularly those with longer maturities. In addition, decreases in fixed income dealer market-making capacity may also potentially lead to heightened volatility and reduced liquidity in the fixed income markets. As a result, the value of an underlying fund’s investments and share price may decline. Changes in central bank policies could also result in higher than normal shareholder redemptions, which could potentially increase portfolio turnover and an underlying fund’s transaction costs.

 Commodities tax risk. The tax treatment of commodity-linked derivative instruments may be adversely affected by changes in legislation, regulations or other legally binding authority. If, as a result of any such adverse action, the income of an underlying fund from certain commodity-linked derivatives was treated as non-qualifying income, an underlying fund might fail to qualify as a regulated investment company and be subject to federal income tax at the fund level. As a result of a recent announcement by the Internal Revenue Service, an underlying fund intends to invest in commodity-linked notes: (a) directly, generally only to the extent that it obtains an opinion of counsel confirming that income from such investments should be qualifying income because such commodity-linked notes constitute securities under section 2(a)(36) of the 1940 Act or (b) indirectly through the Subsidiary. Should the Internal Revenue Service issue further guidance, or Congress enact legislation, that adversely affects the tax treatment of an underlying fund’s use of commodity-linked notes or a wholly-owned subsidiary (which guidance might be applied to the underlying fund retroactively), it could, among other consequences, limit the underlying fund’s ability to pursue its investment strategy.

 Commodity-linked notes risk. In addition to risks associated with the underlying

This report must be accompanied or preceded by a currently effective Fund prospectus, which contains more complete information, including sales charges and expenses. Investors should read it carefully before investing.

 

  
         
NOT FDIC INSURED    |    MAY LOSE VALUE    |    NO BANK GUARANTEE   

 

 

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    commodities, investments in commodity-linked notes may be subject to additional risks, such as non-payment of interest and loss of principal, counterparty risk, lack of a secondary market and risk of greater volatility than traditional equity and debt securities. The value of the commodity-linked notes an underlying fund buys may fluctuate significantly because the values of the underlying investments to which they are linked are themselves volatile. Additionally, certain commodity-linked notes employ “economic” leverage by requiring payment by the issuer of an amount that is a multiple of the price increase or decrease of the underlying commodity, commodity index, or other economic variable. Such economic leverage will increase the volatility of the value of these commodity-linked notes and an underlying fund to the extent it invests in such notes.

Commodity risk. An underlying fund will concentrate its investments in commodities markets and will therefore have investment exposure to the commodities markets and one or more sectors of the commodities markets, which may subject an underlying fund to greater volatility than investments in traditional securities, such as stocks and bonds. Volatility in the commodities markets may be caused by changes in overall market movements, domestic and foreign political and economic events and policies, war, acts of terrorism, changes in domestic or foreign interest rates and/or investor expectations concerning interest rates, domestic and foreign inflation rates, investment and trading activities of mutual funds, hedge funds and commodities funds, and factors such as drought, floods, weather, livestock disease, embargoes, tariffs and other regulatory developments, or supply and demand disruptions. Because an underlying fund’s performance may be linked to the performance of volatile commodities, investors should be willing to assume the risks of potentially significant fluctuations in the value of an underlying fund’s shares.

•  Consumer discretionary sector risk. An underlying fund may concentrate its investments in securities of issuers in the consumer discretionary sector. Companies engaged in the consumer discretionary sector are affected by fluctuations in supply and demand, changes in consumer preferences and spending, political and economic conditions,

  

    commodity price volatility, changes in exchange rates, imposition of import controls, increased competition, depletion of resources and labor relations.

  Correlation risk. Because an underlying fund’s investment strategy seeks to balance risk across three asset classes and, within each asset class, across different countries and investments, to the extent either the asset classes or the selected countries and investments become correlated in a way not anticipated an underlying fund’s adviser, an underlying fund’s risk allocation process may result in magnified risks and loss instead of balancing (reducing) the risk of loss.

  Debt securities risk. The prices of debt securities held by an underlying fund will be affected by changes in interest rates, the creditworthiness of the issuer and other factors. An increase in prevailing interest rates typically causes the value of existing debt securities to fall and often has a greater impact on longer-duration debt securities and higher quality debt securities. Falling interest rates will cause an underlying fund to reinvest the proceeds of debt securities that have been repaid by the issuer at lower interest rates. Falling interest rates may also reduce an underlying fund’s distributable income because interest payments on floating rate debt instruments held by an underlying fund will decline. An underlying fund could lose money on investments in debt securities if the issuer or borrower fails to meet its obligations to make interest payments and/or to repay principal in a timely manner. Changes in an issuer’s financial strength, the market’s perception of such strength or in the credit rating of the issuer or the security may affect the value of debt securities. An underlying fund’s adviser’s credit analysis may fail to anticipate such changes, which could result in buying a debt security at an inopportune time or failing to sell a debt security in advance of a price decline or other credit event.

  Derivatives risk. The value of a derivative instrument depends largely on (and is derived from) the value of an underlying security, currency, commodity, interest rate, index or other asset (each referred to as an underlying asset). In addition to risks relating to the underlying assets, the use of derivatives may include other, possibly greater, risks, including counterparty, leverage and liquidity risks. Counterparty

  

    risk is the risk that the counterparty to the derivative contract will default on its obligation to pay the underlying fund the amount owed or otherwise perform under the derivative contract. Derivatives create leverage risk because they do not require payment up front equal to the economic exposure created by owning the derivative. As a result, an adverse change in the value of the underlying asset could result in the underlying fund sustaining a loss that is substantially greater than the amount invested in the derivative, which may make the underlying fund’s returns more volatile and increase the risk of loss. Derivative instruments may also be less liquid than more traditional investments and the underlying fund may be unable to sell or close out its derivative positions at a desirable time or price. This risk may be more acute under adverse market conditions, during which the underlying fund may be most in need of liquidating its derivative positions. Derivatives may also be harder to value, less tax efficient and subject to changing government regulation that could impact the underlying fund’s ability to use certain derivatives or their cost. The SEC has proposed new regulations related to the use of derivatives and related instruments by registered investment companies. If adopted as proposed, these regulations would limit an underlying fund’s ability to engage in derivatives transactions and may result in increased costs or require an underlying fund to modify its investment strategies or to liquidate. Also, derivatives used for hedging or to gain or limit exposure to a particular market segment may not provide the expected benefits, particularly during adverse market conditions. These risks are greater for certain underlying funds than most other mutual funds because certain underlying funds will implement their investment strategy primarily through derivative instruments rather than direct investments in stocks/bonds.

 Emerging markets securities risk. Emerging markets (also referred to as developing markets) are generally subject to greater market volatility, political, social and economic instability, uncertain trading markets and more governmental limitations on foreign investment than more developed markets. In addition, companies operating in emerging markets may be subject to lower trading volume and greater price fluctuations than companies in more

 

 

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    developed markets. Securities law and the enforcement of systems of taxation in many emerging market countries may change quickly and unpredictably. In addition, investments in emerging markets securities may also be subject to additional transaction costs, delays in settlement procedures, and lack of timely information.

 Energy sector risk. An underlying fund will concentrate its investments in the securities of issuers engaged primarily in energy-related industries. Changes in worldwide energy prices, exploration and production spending, government regulation, world events, economic conditions, exchange rate, transportation and storage costs and labor relations can affect companies in the energy sector. In addition, these companies are at an increased risk of civil liability and environmental damage claims, and are also subject to the risk of loss from terrorism and natural disasters.

 Exchange-traded funds risk. In addition to the risks associated with the underlying assets held by the exchange-traded fund, investments in exchange-traded funds are subject to the following additional risks: (1) an exchange-traded fund’s shares may trade above or below its net asset value; (2) an active trading market for the exchange-traded fund’s shares may not develop or be maintained; (3) trading an exchange-traded fund’s shares may be halted by the listing exchange; (4) a passively-managed exchange-traded fund may not track the performance of the reference asset; and (5) a passively managed exchange-traded fund may hold troubled securities. Investment in exchange-traded funds may involve duplication of management fees and certain other expenses, as the Fund or an underlying fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of any expenses paid by the exchange-traded funds in which it invests. Further, certain exchange-traded funds in which the Fund or an underlying fund may invest are leveraged, which may result in economic leverage, permitting the Fund or an underlying fund to gain exposure that is greater than would be the case in an unlevered instrument, and potentially resulting in greater volatility.

 Exchange-traded fund industry concentration risk. In following its methodology, an underlying exchange-traded fund’s underlying index from time to time may be concentrated to a significant degree in securities of issuers located in a single industry or sector. To

  

    the extent that an underlying fund’s underlying index concentrates in the securities of issuers in a particular industry or sector, an underlying fund will also concentrate its investments to approximately the same extent. By concentrating its investments in an industry or sector, an underlying fund faces more risks than if it were diversified broadly over numerous industries or sectors. Such industry-based risks, any of which may adversely affect the companies in which an underlying fund invests, may include, but are not limited to, the following: general economic conditions or cyclical market patterns that could negatively affect supply and demand in a particular industry; competition for resources, adverse labor relations, political or world events; obsolescence of technologies; and increased competition or new product introductions that may affect the profitability or viability of companies in an industry. In addition, at times, such industry or sector may be out of favor and underperform other industries or the market as a whole.

 Exchange-traded notesrisk. Exchange-traded notes are subject to credit risk, counterparty risk, and the risk that the value of the exchange-traded note may drop due to a downgrade in the issuer’s credit rating. The value of an exchange-traded note may also be influenced by time to maturity, level of supply and demand for the exchange-traded note, volatility and lack of liquidity in the underlying market, changes in the applicable interest rates, and economic, legal, political, or geographic events that affect the referenced underlying market or assets. An underlying fund will bear its proportionate share of any fees and expenses borne by an exchange-traded note in which it invests. For certain exchange-traded notes, there may be restrictions on an underlying fund’s right to redeem its investment in an exchange-traded note, which is meant to be held until maturity.

 Foreign currency tax risk. If the US Treasury Department were to exercise its authority to issue regulations that exclude from the definition of “qualifying income” foreign currency gains not directly related to an underlying fund’s business of investing in securities, the underlying fund may be unable to qualify as a regulated investment company for one or more years. In this event, the underlying fund’s Board of Trustees may authorize a significant change in investment strategy or other action.

  

 Foreign government debt risk. Investments in foreign government debt securities (sometimes referred to as sovereign debt securities) involve certain risks in addition to those relating to foreign securities or debt securities generally. The issuer of the debt or the governmental authorities that control the repayment of the debt may be unable or unwilling to repay principal or interest when due in accordance with the terms of such debt, and an underlying fund may have limited recourse in the event of a default against the defaulting government. Without the approval of debt holders, some governmental debtors have in the past been able to reschedule or restructure their debt payments or declare moratoria on payments.

 Foreign securities risk. An underlying fund’s foreign investments may be adversely affected by political and social instability, changes in economic or taxation policies, difficulty in enforcing obligations, decreased liquidity or increased volatility. Foreign investments also involve the risk of the possible seizure, nationalization or expropriation of the issuer or foreign deposits (in which an underlying fund could lose its entire investments in a certain market) and the possible adoption of foreign governmental restrictions such as exchange controls. Unless an underlying fund has hedged its foreign securities risk, foreign securities risk also involves the risk of negative foreign currency rate fluctuations, which may cause the value of securities denominated in such foreign currency (or other instruments through which an underlying fund has exposure to foreign currencies) to decline in value. Currency exchange rates may fluctuate significantly over short periods of time. Currency hedging strategies, if used, are not always successful.

 Geographic focus risk. An underlying fund may from time to time invest a substantial amount of its assets in securities of issuers located in a single country or a limited number of countries. Adverse economic, political or social conditions in those countries may therefore have a significant negative impact on an underlying fund’s investment performance.

 Gold and precious metals sector risk. An underlying fund will concentrate its investments in the securities of issuers primarily engaged in gold and precious metals-related industries. Fluctuations in the price of gold and precious metals

 

 

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    resulting from supply and demand imbalances, increased mining, transportation or storage costs or other market forces will have a significant impact on the profitability of companies in the gold and precious metals sector. The price of gold and precious metals may also be affected by changes in political or economic conditions of countries where gold and precious metals companies are located.

  Gold bullion risk. To the extent an underlying fund invests in gold bullion, it will earn no income from such investment. Appreciation in the market price of gold is the sole manner in which an underlying fund can realize gains on gold bullion, and such investments may incur higher storage and custody costs as compared to purchasing, holding and selling more traditional investments.

  Health care sector risk. An underlying fund will concentrate its investments in the securities of domestic and foreign issuers in the health care sector. The health care sector is subject to significant government regulations, increases or decreases in the cost of medical products and services, and competitive forces that could negatively impact a health care company’s profitability. The health care sector may also be affected by government health care programs.

  High yield debt securities (junk bond) risk. Investments in high yield debt securities (“junk bonds”) and other lower-rated securities will subject an underlying fund to substantial risk of loss. These securities are considered to be speculative with respect to the issuer’s ability to pay interest and principal when due, are more susceptible to default or decline in market value and are less liquid than investment grade debt securities. Prices of high yield debt securities tend to be very volatile.

  Indexing risk. An underlying fund is operated as a passively managed index fund and, therefore, the adverse performance of a particular security necessarily will not result in the elimination of the security from the underlying fund’s portfolio. Ordinarily, the underlying fund’s adviser will not sell the underlying fund’s portfolio securities except to reflect additions or deletions of the securities that comprise the underlying fund’s underlying index, or as may be necessary to raise cash to pay underlying fund shareholders who sell underlying fund shares. As such, the underlying fund will be negatively affected by declines in the securities

  

    represented by its underlying index. Also, there is no guarantee that the underlying fund’s adviser will be able to correlate the underlying fund’s performance with that of its underlying index.

 Inflation-indexed securities risk. The values of inflation-indexed securities generally fluctuate in response to changes in real interest rates, and an underlying fund’s or the Fund’s income from its investments in these securities is likely to fluctuate considerably more than the income distributions of its investments in more traditional fixed income securities.

 Inflation-indexed securities tax risk. Any increase in the principal amount of an inflation-indexed security may be included for tax purposes in an underlying fund’s or the Fund’s gross income, even though no cash attributable to such gross income has been received by the underlying fund or the Fund. In such event, the underlying fund or the Fund may be required to make annual distributions to shareholders that exceed the cash it has otherwise received. In order to pay such distributions, the underlying fund or the Fund may be required to raise cash by selling portfolio investments. The sale of such investments could result in capital gains to the underlying fund or the Fund and additional capital gain distributions to the Fund. In addition, adjustments during the taxable year for deflation to an inflation-indexed bond held by an underlying fund or the Fund may cause amounts previously distributed to the Fund in the taxable year as income to be characterized as a return of capital, which could increase or decrease the Fund’s ordinary income distributions to you, and may cause some of the Fund’s distributed income to be classified as a return of capital.

 Infrastructure-related companies risk. An underlying fund will concentrate its investments in the infrastructure industry. Infrastructure-related companies are subject to a variety of risk factors, including costs associated with environmental, governmental and other regulations, high interest costs for capital construction programs, high leverage, the effects of economic slowdowns, surplus capacity, increased competition, fluctuations of fuel prices, the effects of energy conservation policies, unfavorable tax laws or accounting policies, environmental damage, difficulty in raising capital, increased susceptibility to terrorist acts or political actions, and general changes in

  

    market sentiment towards infrastructure assets.

 Liquidity risk. An underlying fund may be unable to sell illiquid investments at the time or price it desires and, as a result, could lose its entire investment in such investments. Liquid securities can become illiquid during periods of market stress. If a significant amount of the an underlying fund’s securities become illiquid, an underlying fund may not be able to timely pay redemption proceeds and may need to sell securities at significantly reduced prices.

 Management risk. An underlying fund is actively managed and depends heavily on an underlying fund’s adviser’s judgment about markets, interest rates or the attractiveness, relative values, liquidity, or potential appreciation of particular investments made for an underlying fund’s portfolio. An underlying fund could experience losses if these judgments prove to be incorrect. Additionally, legislative, regulatory, or tax developments may adversely affect management of an underlying fund and, therefore, the ability of the underlying fund to achieve its investment objective.

 Market risk. The market values of the Fund’s or an underlying fund’s investments, and therefore the value of the Fund’s shares, will go up and down, sometimes rapidly or unpredictably. Market risk may affect a single issuer, industry or section of the economy, or it may affect the market as a whole. Individual stock prices tend to go up and down more dramatically than those of certain other types of investments, such as bonds. During a general downturn in the financial markets, multiple asset classes may decline in value. When markets perform well, there can be no assurance that specific investments held by the Fund or an underlying fund will rise in value.

 Market trading risk. An underlying exchange-traded fund faces numerous market trading risks, including the potential lack of an active market for its shares, losses from trading in secondary markets, and disruption in the creation/redemption process of an underlying fund. Any of these factors may lead to an underlying fund’s shares trading at a premium or discount to an underlying fund’s net asset value (NAV).

 

 

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  MLP risk. An underlying fund invests in securities of MLPs, which are subject to the following risks:

–   Limited partner risk. An MLP is a public limited partnership or limited liability company taxed as a partnership under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the Code). Although the characteristics of MLPs closely resemble a traditional limited partnership, a major difference is that MLPs may trade on a public exchange or in the over-the-counter market. The risks of investing in an MLP are similar to those of investing in a partnership, including more flexible governance structures, which could result in less protection for investors than investments in a corporation. Investors in an MLP normally would not be liable for the debts of the MLP beyond the amount that the investor has contributed but investors may not be shielded to the same extent that a shareholder of a corporation would be. In certain circumstances, creditors of an MLP would have the right to seek return of capital distributed to a limited partner, which right would continue after an investor sold its investment in the MLP.

–   Liquidity risk. The ability to trade on a public exchange or in the over-the-counter market provides a certain amount of liquidity not found in many limited partnership investments. However, MLP interests may be less liquid than conventional publicly traded securities and, therefore, more difficult to trade at desirable times and/or prices.

–   Interest rate risk. In addition, MLP distributions may be reduced by fees and other expenses incurred by the MLP. MLPs generally are considered interest-rate sensitive investments. During periods of interest rate volatility, these investments may not provide attractive returns.

–   General partner risk. The holder of the general partner or managing member interest can be liable in certain circumstances for amounts greater than the amount of the holder’s investment in the general partner or managing member.

Additionally, if an underlying fund were to invest more than 25% of its total assets in MLPs that are taxed as partnerships this could cause an underlying fund to lose its status as regulated investment company under Subchapter M of the Code.

  

  MLP tax risk. MLPs taxed as partnerships do not pay US federal income tax at the partnership level. A change in current tax law, or a change in the underlying business mix of a given MLP, however, could result in an MLP being classified as a corporation for US federal income tax purposes, which would have the effect of reducing the amount of cash available for distribution by the MLP and, as a result, could result in a reduction of the value of an underlying fund’s investment, and consequently the Fund’s investment in an underlying fund and lower income.

  Non-diversification risk. An underlying fund is non-diversified and can invest a greater portion of its assets in the obligations or securities of a small number of issuers or any single issuer than a diversified fund can. A change in the value of one or a few issuers’ securities will therefore affect the value of an underlying fund more than would occur in a diversified fund.

  Real estate investment trust (REIT) risk/real estate risk. An underlying fund concentrates its investments in the securities of real estate and real estate related companies. Investments in real estate related instruments may be affected by economic, legal, cultural, environmental or technological factors that affect property values, rents or occupancies of real estate related to an underlying fund’s holdings. Shares of real estate related companies, which tend to be small- and mid-cap companies, may be more volatile and less liquid than larger companies. If a real estate related company defaults on certain types of debt obligations, an underlying fund may own real estate directly, which involves additional risks such as environmental liabilities; difficulty in valuing and selling the real estate; and economic or regulatory changes.

  Sampling risk. An underlying fund’s use of a representative sampling approach will result in its holding a smaller number of securities than are in its underlying index and in the underlying fund holding securities not included in its underlying index. As a result, an adverse development respecting an issuer of securities held by the underlying fund could result in a greater decline in the underlying fund’s NAV than would be the case if all of the securities in its underlying index were held. An underlying fund’s use of a representative sampling approach may also include the risk that it may not track the return of

  

    itsunderlying index as well as it would have if the underlying fund held all of the securities in its underlying index.

 Securities lending risk. Securities lending involves a risk of loss because the borrower may fail to return the securities in a timely manner or at all, which may force an underlying fund to sell the collateral and purchase a replacement security in the market at a disadvantageous time. Any cash received as collateral will be invested in an affiliated money market fund and an underlying fund will bear any loss on the investment of cash collateral.

 Short position risk. Because an underlying fund’s potential loss on a short position arises from increases in the value of the asset sold short, the underlying fund will incur a loss on a short position, which is theoretically unlimited, if the price of the asset sold short increases from the short sale price. The counterparty to a short position or other market factors may prevent an underlying fund from closing out a short position at a desirable time or price and may reduce or eliminate any gain or result in a loss. In a rising market, an underlying fund’s short positions will cause the underlying fund to underperform the overall market and its peers that do not engage in shorting. If an underlying fund holds both long and short positions, and both positions decline simultaneously, the short positions will not provide any buffer (hedge) from declines in value of the underlying fund’s long positions. Certain types of short positions involve leverage, which may exaggerate any losses, potentially more than the actual cost of the investment, and will increase the volatility of an underlying fund’s returns.

 Small-and mid-capitalization companies risks. Small- and mid-capitalization companies tend to be more vulnerable to changing market conditions, may have little or no operating history or track record of success, and may have more limited product lines and markets, less experienced management and fewer financial resources than larger companies. These companies’ securities may be more volatile and less liquid than those of more established companies, and their returns may vary, sometimes significantly, from the overall securities market.

 Subsidiary risk. By investing in the Subsidiary, an underlying fund is indirectly exposed to risks associated with the Subsidiary’s investments. The Subsidiary

 

 

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    is not registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (1940 Act), and, except as otherwise noted in this prospectus, is not subject to the investor protections of the 1940 Act. Changes in the laws of the United States and/or the Cayman Islands, under which an underlying fund and the Subsidiary, respectively, are organized, could result in the inability of an underlying fund and/or the Subsidiary to operate as described in this prospectus and the SAI, and could negatively affect an underlying fund and its shareholders.

  Unregistered funds risk. Certain of the underlying funds in which the Fund invests are not registered as investment companies under the 1940 Act. Therefore, the Fund’s investments in an unregistered fund will not have the regulatory protections afforded by the 1940 Act to investors in registered investment companies.

  US government obligations risk. Obligations of US government agencies and authorities receive varying levels of support and may not be backed by the full faith and credit of the US government, which could affect an underlying fund’s ability to recover should they default. No assurance can be given that the US government will provide financial support to its agencies and authorities if it is not obligated by law to do so.

  When-issued, delayed delivery and forward commitment risks. When-issued and delayed delivery transactions subject an underlying fund to market risk because the value or yield of a security at delivery may be more or less than the purchase price or yield generally available when delivery occurs, and counterparty risk because an underlying fund relies on the buyer or seller, as the case may be, to consummate the transaction. These transactions also have a leveraging effect on an underlying fund because an underlying fund commits to purchase securities that it does not have to pay for until a later date, which increases an underlying fund’s overall investment exposure and, as a result, its volatility.

  

 

About indexes used in this report

  The Bloomberg Barclays 1-3 Month Treasury Bill Index is an unmanaged index considered representative of short-term US government debt instruments.

  The U.S. Consumer Price Index is a measure of change in consumer prices as determined by the US Bureau of Labor Statistics.

  The Lipper Flexible Portfolio Funds Index is an unmanaged index considered representative of flexible portfolio funds tracked by Lipper.

  The Fund is not managed to track the performance of any particular index, including the index(es) described here, and consequently, the performance of the Fund may deviate significantly from the performance of the index(es).

  A direct investment cannot be made in an index. Unless otherwise indicated, index results include reinvested dividends, and they do not reflect sales charges. Performance of the peer group, if applicable, reflects fund expenses; performance of a market index does not.

 

Other information

  The returns shown in management’s discussion of Fund performance are based on net asset values (NAVs) calculated for shareholder transactions. Generally accepted accounting principles require adjustments to be made to the net assets of the Fund at period end for financial reporting purposes, and as such, the NAVs for shareholder transactions and the returns based on those NAVs may differ from the NAVs and returns reported in the Financial Highlights.

  

 

 

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Schedule of Investments

December 31, 2017

Invesco Multi-Asset Inflation Fund

Schedule of Investments in Affiliated and Unaffiliated Issuers–100.08%(a)

 

     % of
Net
Assets
12/31/17
    Value
12/31/16
    Purchases
at Cost
    Proceeds
from Sales
    Change in
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
    Realized
Gain (Loss)
    Dividend
Income
    Shares
12/31/17
    Value
12/31/17
 

Alternative Funds–7.83%

 

PowerShares DB Oil Fund–ETF(b)

    7.83   $ 75,252     $ 80,284     $ (55,680   $ 9,263     $ 369     $       10,787     $ 109,488  

Asset Allocation Funds–9.54%

 

Invesco Balanced-Risk Commodity Strategy
Fund–Class R6

    9.54     74,275       85,584       (32,908     8,188       (1,737     59       18,658       133,402  

Domestic Equity Funds–26.37%

 

Energy Select Sector SPDR Fund (The)–ETF(c)

    5.81           84,397       (8,517     5,336       77       2,061       1,125       81,293  

Invesco Energy Fund–Class R5

    5.82     90,803       111,237       (107,348     (5,524     (7,814     2,460       3,162       81,354  

iShares U.S. Consumer Goods–ETF(c)

    7.06     57,242       59,366       (28,506     8,925       1,696       1,642       779       98,723  

iShares U.S. Health Care–ETF(c)

    7.68           123,273       (25,798     9,309       716       879       617       107,500  

Total Domestic Equity Funds

            148,045       378,273       (170,169     18,046       (5,325     7,042               368,870  

Fixed-Income Funds–34.40%

 

Invesco Emerging Market Flexible Bond
Fund–Class R6

    1.96     17,245       13,113       (3,372     528       (9     1,106       4,136       27,505  

Invesco Floating Rate Fund–Class R6

    4.90     42,664       40,022       (14,003     (105     (61     2,665       9,063       68,517  

Invesco High Yield Fund–Class R6

    4.47     37,232       35,269       (10,421     669       (189     2,846       14,966       62,560  

Invesco Quality Income Fund–Class R5

    1.96     22,470       13,420       (8,221     (81     (207     899       2,282       27,381  

Invesco Short Duration Inflation Protected
Fund–Class R6

    14.84     132,485       129,572       (51,094     (3,008     (406     4,265       20,034       207,549  

Invesco U.S. Government Fund–Class R5

    6.27     58,344       54,026       (24,485     316       (541     1,734       9,950       87,660  

PowerShares Fundamental Investment Grade Corporate Bond Portfolio–ETF

    0.00     17,024             (17,104     501       (421                  

Total Fixed–Income Funds

            327,464       285,422       (128,700     (1,180     (1,834     13,515               481,172  

Foreign Equity Funds–14.70%

 

Invesco Global Health Care Fund–Class Y

    0.00     67,604       36,961       (112,486     8,934       (1,013                  

Invesco Global Infrastructure Fund–Class R6

    6.65     51,590       53,504       (20,772     7,957       2,825       2,226       8,835       93,033  

Invesco Gold & Precious Metals Fund–Class Y

    6.06     54,782       69,815       (41,415     2,810       (1,283     1,539       19,978       84,709  

Invesco International Growth Fund–Class R6

    1.99     22,503       12,326       (11,121     3,766       671       562       758       27,904  

Total Foreign Equity Funds

            196,479       172,606       (185,794     23,467       1,200       4,327               205,646  

Real Estate Funds–6.74%

 

Invesco Global Real Estate Fund–Class R6

    0.00     51,780       38,765       (92,951     925       1,481       274              

Invesco Global Real Estate Income Fund–Class R6

    6.74           105,819       (12,981     1,530       (29     2,970       10,367       94,339  

Total Real Estate Funds

            51,780       144,584       (105,932     2,455       1,452       3,244               94,339  

Money Market Funds–0.50%

 

Invesco Government & Agency Portfolio–Institutional Class, 1.18%(e)

    0.18     15,911       523,867       (537,312                 56       2,466       2,466  

Invesco Liquid Assets Portfolio–Institutional Class, 1.40%(e)

    0.12           4,977       (3,216                 1       1,761       1,761  

Invesco Treasury Portfolio–Institutional Class,
1.17%(e)

    0.20     10,607       350,419       (358,208                 36       2,818       2,818  

Total Money Market Funds

            26,518       879,263       (898,736                 93               7,045  

TOTAL INVESTMENTS IN AFFILIATED AND UNAFFILIATED ISSUERS
(Cost $1,335,536)

    100.08   $ 899,813     $ 2,026,016     $ (1,577,919   $ 60,239     $ (5,875 )(d)    $ 28,280             $ 1,399,962  

OTHER ASSETS LESS LIABILITIES

    (0.08 )%                                                              (1,085

NET ASSETS

    100.00                                                           $ 1,398,877  

Investment Abbreviations:

 

ETF  

– Exchange Traded Fund

SPDR  

– Standard & Poor’s Depositary Receipts

Notes to Schedule of Investments:

 

(a)  Each underlying fund and the Fund are affiliated by either having the same investment adviser or an investment adviser under common control with the Fund’s investment adviser, unless otherwise noted.
(b)  Non-income producing security. A security is determined to be non-income producing if the security has not declared a distribution in more than one year from the report date.
(c)  Not affiliated with Invesco Advisers, Inc.
(d)  Includes $2,071 and $241 of capital gains distributions from affiliated underlying funds for Invesco Global Infrastructure Fund and Invesco International Growth Fund, respectively.
(e)  The rate shown is the 7-day SEC standardized yield as of December 31, 2017.

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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Statement of Assets and Liabilities

December 31, 2017

 

Assets:

 

Investments in affiliated and unaffiliated underlying funds, at value (Cost $1,335,536)

  $ 1,399,962  

Receivable for:

 

Dividends — affiliated underlying funds

    804  

Investment for trustee deferred compensation and retirement plans

    8,149  

Other assets

    30,288  

Total assets

    1,439,203  

Liabilities:

 

Payable for:

 

Investments purchased — affiliated underlying funds

    782  

Accrued fees to affiliates

    1,577  

Accrued trustees’ and officers’ fees and benefits

    640  

Accrued other operating expenses

    29,178  

Trustee deferred compensation and retirement plans

    8,149  

Total liabilities

    40,326  

Net assets applicable to shares outstanding

  $ 1,398,877  

Net assets consist of:

 

Shares of beneficial interest

  $ 1,394,878  

Undistributed net investment income

    (8,723

Undistributed net realized gain (loss)

    (51,704

Net unrealized appreciation

    64,426  
    $ 1,398,877  

Net Assets:

 

Class A

  $ 540,645  

Class C

  $ 211,653  

Class R

  $ 25,274  

Class Y

  $ 602,715  

Class R5

  $ 9,295  

Class R6

  $ 9,295  

Shares outstanding, no par value,
with an unlimited number of shares authorized:

 

Class A

    58,376  

Class C

    22,998  

Class R

    2,732  

Class Y

    64,885  

Class R5

    1,001  

Class R6

    1,001  

Class A:

 

Net asset value per share

  $ 9.26  

Maximum offering price per share

 

(Net asset value of $9.26 ¸ 94.50%)

  $ 9.80  

Class C:

 

Net asset value and offering price per share

  $ 9.20  

Class R:

 

Net asset value and offering price per share

  $ 9.25  

Class Y:

 

Net asset value and offering price per share

  $ 9.29  

Class R5:

 

Net asset value and offering price per share

  $ 9.29  

Class R6:

 

Net asset value and offering price per share

  $ 9.29  
 

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

15                         Invesco Multi-Asset Inflation Fund


Statement of Operations

For the year ended December 31, 2017

 

Investment income:

 

Dividends from affiliated and unaffiliated underlying funds

  $ 28,280  

Expenses:

 

Advisory fees

    1,865  

Administrative services fees

    50,000  

Custodian fees

    8,380  

Distribution fees:

 

Class A

    1,336  

Class C

    1,933  

Class R

    82  

Transfer agent fees — A, C, R and Y

    2,532  

Transfer agent fees — R5

    9  

Transfer agent fees — R6

    9  

Trustees’ and officers’ fees and benefits

    21,033  

Registration and filing fees

    78,033  

Reports to shareholders

    18,554  

Professional services fees

    42,637  

Taxes

    156  

Other

    12,055  

Total expenses

    238,614  

Less: Fees waived and expenses reimbursed

    (234,435

Net expenses

    4,179  

Net investment income

    24,101  

Realized and unrealized gain (loss) from:

 

Net realized gain (loss) on sales of affiliated and unaffiliated underlying fund shares

    (8,187

Net realized gain from distributions of affiliated underlying shares

    2,312  
      (5,875

Change in net unrealized appreciation of affiliated underlying fund shares

    60,239  

Net gain from affiliated and unaffiliated underlying funds

    54,364  

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

  $ 78,465  

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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Statement of Changes in Net Assets

For the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016

 

     2017      2016  

Operations:

 

  

Net investment income

  $ 24,101      $ 14,785  

Net realized gain (loss)

    (5,875      (30,538

Change in net unrealized appreciation

    60,239        65,288  

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

    78,465        49,535  

Distributions to shareholders from net investment income:

    

Class A

    (11,568      (9,483

Class C

    (3,148      (2,759

Class R

    (483      (173

Class Y

    (14,099      (4,679

Class R5

    (222      (194

Class R6

    (222      (194

Total distributions from net investment income

    (29,742      (17,482

Distributions to shareholders from net realized gains:

    

Class A

    (2,746      (2,281

Class C

    (1,084      (775

Class R

    (128      (44

Class Y

    (3,012      (1,055

Class R5

    (47      (44

Class R6

    (47      (44

Total distributions from net realized gains

    (7,064      (4,243

Share transactions–net:

    

Class A

    47,977        290,036  

Class C

    28,263        162,999  

Class R

    15,383         

Class Y

    366,762        (20,537

Net increase in net assets resulting from share transactions

    458,385        432,498  

Net increase in net assets

    500,044        460,308  

Net assets:

    

Beginning of year

    898,833        438,525  

End of year (includes undistributed net investment income of $(8,723) and $(3,218), respectively)

  $ 1,398,877      $ 898,833  

Notes to Financial Statements

December 31, 2017

NOTE 1—Significant Accounting Policies

Invesco Multi-Asset Inflation Fund (the “Fund”) is a series portfolio of AIM Growth Series (Invesco Growth Series) (the “Trust”). The Trust is organized as a Delaware statutory trust and is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”), as an open-end series management investment company consisting of twenty-nine separate series portfolios, each authorized to issue an unlimited number of shares of beneficial interest. The assets, liabilities and operations of each portfolio are accounted for separately. Information presented in these financial statements pertains only to the Fund. Matters affecting each portfolio or class will be voted on exclusively by the shareholders of such portfolio or class.

The Fund’s investment objective is total return, comprised of current income and capital appreciation.

The Fund is a “fund of funds”, in that it invests in other mutual funds (“underlying funds”) advised by Invesco Advisers, Inc. (the “Adviser” or “Invesco”), exchange-traded funds advised by Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC (“PowerShares Capital”), an affiliate of Invesco, or other unaffiliated advisers. Invesco and PowerShares Capital are affiliates of each other as they are indirect, wholly-owned subsidiaries of Invesco Ltd. Invesco may change the Fund’s asset class allocations or the underlying funds without shareholder approval. The underlying funds may engage in a number of investment techniques and practices, which involve certain risks. Each underlying fund’s accounting policies are outlined in the underlying fund’s financial statements and are publicly available.

 

17                         Invesco Multi-Asset Inflation Fund


The Fund currently consists of six different classes of shares: Class A, Class C, Class R, Class Y, Class R5 and Class R6. Class Y shares are available only to certain investors. Class A shares are sold with a front-end sales charge unless certain waiver criteria are met and under certain circumstances load waived shares may be subject to contingent deferred sales charges (“CDSC”). Class C shares are sold with a CDSC. Class R, Class Y, Class R5 and Class R6 shares are sold at net asset value.

The Fund is an investment company and accordingly follows the investment company accounting and reporting guidance in accordance with Financial Accounting Standards Board Accounting Standards Codification Topic 946, Financial Services – Investment Companies.

The following is a summary of the significant accounting policies followed by the Fund in the preparation of its financial statements.

A. Security Valuations — Securities of investment companies that trade on an exchange are valued at the last sales price or official closing price as of the close of the customary trading session on the exchange where the security is principally traded. Investments in shares of funds that are not traded on an exchange are valued at the end-of-day net asset value per share of such fund. Securities in the underlying funds, including restricted securities, are valued in accordance with the valuation policy of such fund. The policies of the underlying funds affiliated with the Fund as a result of having the same investment adviser are set forth below.

A security listed or traded on an exchange (except convertible securities) is valued at its last sales price or official closing price as of the close of the customary trading session on the exchange where the security is principally traded, or lacking any sales or official closing price on a particular day, the security may be valued at the closing bid price on that day. Securities traded in the over-the-counter market are valued based on prices furnished by independent pricing services or market makers. When such securities are valued by an independent pricing service they may be considered fair valued. Futures contracts are valued at the final settlement price set by an exchange on which they are principally traded. Listed options are valued at the mean between the last bid and asked prices from the exchange on which they are principally traded. Options not listed on an exchange are valued by an independent source at the mean between the last bid and asked prices. For purposes of determining net asset value (“NAV”) per share, futures and option contracts generally are valued 15 minutes after the close of the customary trading session of the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”).

Variable rate senior loan interests are fair valued using quotes provided by an independent pricing service. Quotes provided by the pricing service may reflect appropriate factors such as ratings, tranche type, industry, company performance, spread, individual trading characteristics, institution-size trading in similar groups of securities and other market data.

Investments in open-end and closed-end registered investment companies that do not trade on an exchange are valued at the end-of-day net asset value per share. Investments in open-end and closed-end registered investment companies that trade on an exchange are valued at the last sales price or official closing price as of the close of the customary trading session on the exchange where the security is principally traded.

Debt obligations (including convertible securities) and unlisted equities are fair valued using an evaluated quote provided by an independent pricing service. Evaluated quotes provided by the pricing service may be determined without exclusive reliance on quoted prices, and may reflect appropriate factors such as institution-size trading in similar groups of securities, developments related to specific securities, dividend rate (for unlisted equities), yield (for debt obligations), quality, type of issue, coupon rate (for debt obligations), maturity (for debt obligations), individual trading characteristics and other market data. Pricing services generally value debt obligations assuming orderly transactions of institutional round lot size, but a fund may hold or transact in the same securities in smaller, odd lot sizes. Odd lots often trade at lower prices than institutional round lots. Debt obligations are subject to interest rate and credit risks. In addition, all debt obligations involve some risk of default with respect to interest and/or principal payments.

Foreign securities’ (including foreign exchange contracts) prices are converted into U.S. dollar amounts using the applicable exchange rates as of the close of the NYSE. If market quotations are available and reliable for foreign exchange-traded equity securities, the securities will be valued at the market quotations. Because trading hours for certain foreign securities end before the close of the NYSE, closing market quotations may become unreliable. If between the time trading ends on a particular security and the close of the customary trading session on the NYSE, events occur that the investment adviser determines are significant and make the closing price unreliable, the Fund may fair value the security. If the event is likely to have affected the closing price of the security, the security will be valued at fair value in good faith using procedures approved by the Board of Trustees. Adjustments to closing prices to reflect fair value may also be based on a screening process of an independent pricing service to indicate the degree of certainty, based on historical data, that the closing price in the principal market where a foreign security trades is not the current value as of the close of the NYSE. Foreign securities’ prices meeting the approved degree of certainty that the price is not reflective of current value will be priced at the indication of fair value from the independent pricing service. Multiple factors may be considered by the independent pricing service in determining adjustments to reflect fair value and may include information relating to sector indices, American Depositary Receipts and domestic and foreign index futures. Foreign securities may have additional risks including exchange rate changes, potential for sharply devalued currencies and high inflation, political and economic upheaval, the relative lack of issuer information, relatively low market liquidity and the potential lack of strict financial and accounting controls and standards.

Securities for which market prices are not provided by any of the above methods may be valued based upon quotes furnished by independent sources. The last bid price may be used to value equity securities. The mean between the last bid and asked prices is used to value debt obligations, including corporate loans.

Securities for which market quotations are not readily available or became unreliable are valued at fair value as determined in good faith by or under the supervision of the Trust’s officers following procedures approved by the Board of Trustees. Issuer specific events, market trends, bid/asked quotes of brokers and information providers and other market data may be reviewed in the course of making a good faith determination of a security’s fair value.

The Fund may invest in securities that are subject to interest rate risk, meaning the risk that the prices will generally fall as interest rates rise and, conversely, the prices will generally rise as interest rates fall. Specific securities differ in their sensitivity to changes in interest rates depending on their individual characteristics. Changes in interest rates may result in increased market volatility, which may affect the value and/or liquidity of certain Fund investments.

Valuations change in response to many factors including the historical and prospective earnings of the issuer, the value of the issuer’s assets, general economic conditions, interest rates, investor perceptions and market liquidity. Because of the inherent uncertainties of valuation, the values reflected in the financial statements may materially differ from the value received upon actual sale of those investments.

 

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B. Securities Transactions and Investment Income — Securities transactions are accounted for on a trade date basis. Realized gains or losses on sales are computed on the basis of specific identification of the securities sold. Distributions from ordinary income from underlying funds, if any, are recorded as dividend income on ex-dividend date. Distributions from gains from underlying funds, if any, are recorded as realized gains on the ex-dividend date. The following policies are followed by the underlying funds: Interest income (net of withholding tax, if any) is recorded on the accrual basis from settlement date. Bond premiums and discounts are amortized and/or accreted over the lives of the respective securities. Pay-in-kind interest income and non-cash dividend income received in the form of securities in-lieu of cash are recorded at the fair value of the securities received. Paydown gains and losses on mortgage and asset-backed securities are recorded as adjustments to interest income.

The Fund may periodically participate in litigation related to Fund investments. As such, the Fund may receive proceeds from litigation settlements. Any proceeds received are included in the Statement of Operations as realized gain (loss) for investments no longer held and as unrealized gain (loss) for investments still held.

The Fund allocates income and realized and unrealized capital gains and losses to a class based on the relative net assets of each class.

C. Distributions — Distributions from net investment income and net realized capital gain, if any, are generally declared and paid annually and recorded on the ex-dividend date. The Fund may elect to treat a portion of the proceeds from redemptions as distributions for federal income tax purposes.
D. Federal Income Taxes — The Fund intends to comply with the requirements of Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Internal Revenue Code”), necessary to qualify as a regulated investment company and to distribute substantially all of the Fund’s taxable earnings to shareholders. As such, the Fund will not be subject to federal income taxes on otherwise taxable income (including net realized capital gain) that is distributed to shareholders. Therefore, no provision for federal income taxes is recorded in the financial statements.

The Fund recognizes the tax benefits of uncertain tax positions only when the position is more likely than not to be sustained. Management has analyzed the Fund’s uncertain tax positions and concluded that no liability for unrecognized tax benefits should be recorded related to uncertain tax positions. Management is not aware of any tax positions for which it is reasonably possible that the total amounts of unrecognized tax benefits will change materially in the next 12 months.

The Fund files tax returns in the U.S. Federal jurisdiction and certain other jurisdictions. Generally, the Fund is subject to examinations by such taxing authorities for up to three years after the filing of the return for the tax period.

E. Expenses — Expenses included in the accompanying financial statements reflect the expenses of the Fund and do not include any expenses of the underlying funds. The effects of the underlying funds expenses are included in the realized and unrealized gain/loss on the investments in the underlying funds. Estimated expenses of the underlying funds are discussed further in Note 10.

Fees provided for under the Rule 12b-1 plan of a particular class of the Fund and which are directly attributable to that class are charged to the operations of such class. Transfer agency fees and expenses and other shareholder recordkeeping fees and expenses attributable to Class R5 and Class R6 are allocated to each share class based on relative net assets. Transfer agency fees and expenses and other shareholder recordkeeping fees and expenses relating to all other classes are allocated among those classes based on relative net assets. All other expenses are allocated among the classes based on relative net assets.

F. Accounting Estimates — The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”) requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period including estimates and assumptions related to taxation. Actual results could differ from those estimates by a significant amount. In addition, the Fund monitors for material events or transactions that may occur or become known after the period-end date and before the date the financial statements are released to print.
G. Indemnifications — Under the Trust’s organizational documents, each Trustee, officer, employee or other agent of the Trust is indemnified against certain liabilities that may arise out of the performance of their duties to the Fund. Additionally, in the normal course of business, the Fund enters into contracts, including the Fund’s servicing agreements, that contain a variety of indemnification clauses. The Fund’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown as this would involve future claims that may be made against the Fund that have not yet occurred. The risk of material loss as a result of such indemnification claims is considered remote.

NOTE 2—Advisory Fees and Other Fees Paid to Affiliates

The Trust has entered into a master investment advisory agreement with Invesco Advisers, Inc. (the “Adviser” or “Invesco”). Under the terms of the investment advisory agreement, the Fund accrues daily and pays monthly an advisory fee to the Adviser based on the annual rate of 0.15% of the Fund’s average daily net assets.

Under the terms of a master sub-advisory agreement between the Adviser and each of Invesco Asset Management Deutschland GmbH, Invesco Asset Management Limited, Invesco Asset Management (Japan) Limited, Invesco Hong Kong Limited, Invesco Senior Secured Management, Inc. and Invesco Canada Ltd. and separate sub-advisory agreements with Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC and Invesco Asset Management (India) Private Limited (collectively, the “Affiliated Sub-Advisers”) the Adviser, not the Fund, will pay 40% of the fees paid to the Adviser to any such Affiliated Sub-Adviser(s) that provide(s) discretionary investment management services to the Fund based on the percentage of assets allocated to such Affiliated Sub-Adviser(s).

The Adviser has contractually agreed, through at least April 30, 2019, to waive advisory fees and/or reimburse expenses to the extent necessary to limit total annual fund operating expenses after fee waiver and/or expense reimbursement (including prior fiscal year-end Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses of 0.74% and excluding certain items discussed below) of Class A, Class C, Class R, Class Y, Class R5 and Class R6 shares to 1.02%, 1.77%, 1.27%, 0.77%, 0.77% and 0.77%, respectively, of average daily net assets (the “expense limits”). In determining the Adviser’s obligation to waive advisory fees and/or reimburse expenses, the following expenses are not taken into account, and could cause the total annual fund operating expenses after fee waiver and/or expense reimbursement to exceed the numbers reflected above: (1) interest; (2) taxes; (3) dividend expense on short sales; (4) extraordinary or non-routine items, including litigation expenses; and (5) expenses that the Fund has incurred but did not actually pay because of an expense offset arrangement. Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses are not operating expenses of the Fund directly, but are fees and expenses, including management fees of the investment companies in which the Fund invests. Unless Invesco continues the fee waiver agreement, it

 

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will terminate on April 30, 2019. During its term, the fee waiver agreement cannot be terminated or amended to increase the expense limits without approval of the Board of Trustees. The Adviser did not waive fees and/or reimburse expenses during the period under these expense limits.

Further, the Adviser has contractually agreed, through at least June 30, 2019, to waive the advisory fee payable by the Fund in an amount equal to 100% of the net advisory fees the Adviser receives from the affiliated money market funds on investments by the Fund of uninvested cash in such affiliated money market funds.

For the year ended December 31, 2017, the Adviser waived advisory fees and reimbursed fund level expenses of $231,885 and reimbursed class level expenses of $1,105, $399, $34, $994, $9 and $9 of Class A, Class C, Class R, Class Y, Class R5 and Class R6 shares, respectively.

The Trust has entered into a master administrative services agreement with Invesco pursuant to which the Fund has agreed to pay Invesco for certain administrative costs incurred in providing accounting services to the Fund. For the year ended December 31, 2017, expenses incurred under the agreement are shown in the Statement of Operations as Administrative services fees.

The Trust has entered into a transfer agency and service agreement with Invesco Investment Services, Inc. (“IIS”) pursuant to which the Fund has agreed to pay IIS a fee for providing transfer agency and shareholder services to the Fund and reimburse IIS for certain expenses incurred by IIS in the course of providing such services. IIS may make payments to intermediaries that provide omnibus account services, sub-accounting services and/or networking services. All fees payable by IIS to intermediaries that provide omnibus account services or sub-accounting services are charged back to the Fund, subject to certain limitations approved by the Trust’s Board of Trustees. For the year ended December 31, 2017, expenses incurred under the agreement are shown in the Statement of Operations as Transfer agent fees.

The Trust has entered into master distribution agreements with Invesco Distributors, Inc. (“IDI”) to serve as the distributor for the Class A, Class C, Class R, Class Y, Class R5 and Class R6 shares of the Fund. The Trust has adopted plans pursuant to Rule 12b-1 under the 1940 Act with respect to the Fund’s Class A, Class C and Class R shares (collectively, the “Plans”). The Fund, pursuant to the Plans, pays IDI compensation at the annual rate of 0.25% of the Fund’s average daily net assets of Class A shares, 1.00% of the average daily net assets of Class C shares and 0.50% of the average daily net assets of Class R shares. The fees are accrued daily and paid monthly. Of the Plan payments, up to 0.25% of the average daily net assets of each class of shares may be paid to furnish continuing personal shareholder services to customers who purchase and own shares of such classes. Any amounts not paid as a service fee under the Plans would constitute an asset-based sales charge. Rules of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”) impose a cap on the total sales charges, including asset-based sales charges, that may be paid by any class of shares of the Fund. For the year ended December 31, 2017, expenses incurred under the Plans are shown in the Statement of Operations as Distribution fees.

Front-end sales commissions and CDSC (collectively, the “sales charges”) are not recorded as expenses of the Fund. Front-end sales commissions are deducted from proceeds from the sales of Fund shares prior to investment in Class A shares of the Fund. CDSC are deducted from redemption proceeds prior to remittance to the shareholder. During the year ended December 31, 2017, IDI advised the Fund that IDI retained $440 in front-end sales commissions from the sale of Class A shares and $64 from Class C shares, for CDSC imposed upon redemptions by shareholders.

The underlying Invesco funds pay no distribution fees for Class Y and Class R6, and the Fund pays no sales loads or other similar compensation to IDI for acquiring underlying fund shares.

Certain officers and trustees of the Trust are officers and directors of the Adviser, IIS and/or IDI.

NOTE 3—Additional Valuation Information

GAAP defines fair value as the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date, under current market conditions. GAAP establishes a hierarchy that prioritizes the inputs to valuation methods, giving the highest priority to readily available unadjusted quoted prices in an active market for identical assets (Level 1) and the lowest priority to significant unobservable inputs (Level 3), generally when market prices are not readily available or are unreliable. Based on the valuation inputs, the securities or other investments are tiered into one of three levels. Changes in valuation methods may result in transfers in or out of an investment’s assigned level:

  Level 1 — Prices are determined using quoted prices in an active market for identical assets.
  Level 2 — Prices are determined using other significant observable inputs. Observable inputs are inputs that other market participants may use in pricing a security. These may include quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, yield curves, loss severities, default rates, discount rates, volatilities and others.
  Level 3 — Prices are determined using significant unobservable inputs. In situations where quoted prices or observable inputs are unavailable (for example, when there is little or no market activity for an investment at the end of the period), unobservable inputs may be used. Unobservable inputs reflect the Fund’s own assumptions about the factors market participants would use in determining fair value of the securities or instruments and would be based on the best available information.

As of December 31, 2017, all of the securities in this Fund were valued based on Level 1 inputs (see the Schedule of Investments for security categories). The level assigned to the securities valuations may not be an indication of the risk or liquidity associated with investing in those securities.

The Fund’s policy is to recognize transfers in and out of the valuation levels as of the end of the reporting period. During the year ended December 31, 2017, there were no material transfers between valuation levels.

NOTE 4—Trustees’ and Officers’ Fees and Benefits

Trustees’ and Officers’ Fees and Benefits include amounts accrued by the Fund to pay remuneration to certain Trustees and Officers of the Fund. Trustees have the option to defer compensation payable by the Fund, and Trustees’ and Officers’ Fees and Benefits also include amounts accrued by the Fund to fund such deferred compensation amounts. Those Trustees who defer compensation have the option to select various Invesco Funds in which their deferral accounts shall be deemed to be invested. Obligations under the deferred compensation plan represent unsecured claims against the general assets of the Fund.

 

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NOTE 5—Cash Balances

The Fund is permitted to temporarily carry a negative or overdrawn balance in its account with State Street Bank and Trust Company, the custodian bank. Such balances, if any at period-end, are shown in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities under the payable caption Amount due custodian. To compensate the custodian bank for such overdrafts, the overdrawn Fund may either (1) leave funds as a compensating balance in the account so the custodian bank can be compensated by earning the additional interest; or (2) compensate by paying the custodian bank at a rate agreed upon by the custodian bank and Invesco, not to exceed the contractually agreed upon rate.

NOTE 6—Distributions to Shareholders and Tax Components of Net Assets

Tax Character of Distributions to Shareholders Paid During the Fiscal Years Ended December 31, 2017 and 2016:

 

     2017        2016  

Ordinary income

  $ 29,742        $ 17,482  

Long-term capital gain

    7,064          4,243  

Total distributions

  $ 36,806        $ 21,725  

Tax Components of Net Assets at Period-End:

 

     2017  

Net unrealized appreciation — investments

  $ 19,568  

Temporary book/tax differences

    (6,402

Capital loss carryforward

    (9,167

Shares of beneficial interest

    1,394,878  

Total net assets

  $ 1,398,877  

The difference between book-basis and tax-basis unrealized appreciation (depreciation) is due to differences in the timing of recognition of gains and losses on investments for tax and book purposes. The Fund’s net unrealized appreciation difference is attributable primarily to wash sales.

The temporary book/tax differences are a result of timing differences between book and tax recognition of income and/or expenses. The Fund’s temporary book/tax differences are the result of the trustee deferral of compensation and retirement plan benefits.

Capital loss carryforward is calculated and reported as of a specific date. Results of transactions and other activity after that date may affect the amount of capital loss carryforward actually available for the Fund to utilize. Capital losses generated in years beginning after December 22, 2010 can be carried forward for an unlimited period, whereas previous losses expire in eight tax years. Capital losses with an expiration period may not be used to offset capital gains until all net capital losses without an expiration date have been utilized. Capital loss carryforwards with no expiration date will retain their character as either short-term or long-term capital losses instead of as short-term capital losses as under prior law. The ability to utilize capital loss carryforwards in the future may be limited under the Internal Revenue Code and related regulations based on the results of future transactions.

The Fund has a capital loss carryforward as of December 31, 2017, as follows:

 

Capital Loss Carryforward*  
Expiration   Short-Term        Long-Term        Total  

Not subject to expiration

  $ 3,847        $ 5,320        $ 9,167  

 

* Capital loss carryforward as of the date listed above is reduced for limitations, if any, to the extent required by the Internal Revenue Code and may be further limited depending upon a variety of factors, including the realization of net unrealized gains or losses as of the date of any reorganization.

NOTE 7—Investment Transactions

The aggregate amount of investment securities (other than short-term securities, U.S. Treasury obligations and money market funds, if any) purchased and sold by the Fund during the year ended December 31, 2017 was $1,146,753 and $679,183, respectively. Cost of investments, including any derivatives, on a tax basis includes the adjustments for financial reporting purposes as of the most recently completed federal income tax reporting period-end.

 

Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) of Investments on a Tax Basis  

Aggregate unrealized appreciation of investments

  $ 23,439  

Aggregate unrealized (depreciation) of investments

    (3,871

Net unrealized appreciation of investments

  $ 19,568  

Cost of investments for tax purposes is $1,380,394.

NOTE 8—Reclassification of Permanent Differences

Primarily as a result of differing book/tax treatment of partnerships and distributions from underlying funds, on December 31, 2017, undistributed net investment income was increased by $136, undistributed net realized gain (loss) was increased by $2,548 and shares of beneficial interest was decreased by $2,684. This reclassification had no effect on the net assets of the Fund.

 

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NOTE 9—Share Information

 

     Summary of Share Activity  
    Years ended December 31,  
    2017(a)      2016  
     Shares      Amount      Shares      Amount  

Sold:

          

Class A

    14,453      $ 130,743        39,591      $ 353,698  

Class C

    7,163        64,387        19,088        172,682  

Class R

    1,689        15,000                

Class Y

    49,208        445,594                

Issued as reinvestment of dividends:

          

Class A

    1,149        10,454        828        7,367  

Class C

    446        4,047        334        2,945  

Class R

    42        383                

Class Y

    1,564        14,283        365        3,242  

Reacquired:

          

Class A

    (10,262      (93,220      (8,028      (71,029

Class C

    (4,518      (40,171      (1,409      (12,628

Class Y

    (10,408      (93,115      (2,797      (23,779

Net increase in share activity

    50,526      $ 458,385        47,972      $ 432,498  

 

(a)  There are entities that are record owners of more than 5% of the outstanding shares of the Fund and in the aggregate own 27% of the outstanding shares of the Fund. IDI has an agreement with these entities to sell Fund shares. The Fund, Invesco and/or Invesco affiliates may make payments to these entities, which are considered to be related to the Fund, for providing services to the Fund, Invesco and/or Invesco affiliates including but not limited to services such as, securities brokerage, distribution, third party record keeping and account servicing. The Fund has no knowledge as to whether all or any portion of the shares owned of record by these entities are also owned beneficially.
         In addition, 46% of the outstanding shares of the Fund are owned by the Adviser or an affiliate of the Adviser.

 

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NOTE 10—Financial Highlights

The following schedule presents financial highlights for a share of the Fund outstanding throughout the periods indicated.

 

     Net asset
value,
beginning
of period
    Net
investment
income
(loss)(a)
    Net gains
(losses)
on securities
(both
realized and
unrealized)
    Total from
investment
operations
    Dividends
from net
investment
income
    Distributions
from net
realized
gains
    Total
distributions
    Net asset
value, end
of period
    Total
return(b)
    Net assets,
end of period
(000’s omitted)
    Ratio of
expenses
to average
net assets
with fee waivers
and/or expenses
absorbed(c)
    Ratio of
expenses
to average net
assets without
fee waivers
and/or expenses
absorbed
    Ratio of net
investment
income (loss)
to average
net assets
    Portfolio
turnover(d)
 

Class A

                           

Year ended 12/31/17

  $ 8.95     $ 0.18     $ 0.38     $ 0.56     $ (0.20   $ (0.05   $ (0.25   $ 9.26       6.27   $ 541       0.31 %(e)      19.17 %(e)      1.96 %(e)      56

Year ended 12/31/16

    8.35       0.22       0.60       0.82       (0.18     (0.04     (0.22     8.95       9.91       475       0.70       35.59       2.44       72  

Year ended 12/31/15

    9.54       0.06       (1.15     (1.09     (0.10           (0.10     8.35       (11.39     172       0.73       69.65       0.68       34  

Year ended 12/31/14(f)

    10.00       0.04       (0.40     (0.36     (0.10           (0.10     9.54       (3.55     107       0.73 (g)      124.07 (g)      1.81 (g)      3  

Class C

                           

Year ended 12/31/17

    8.90       0.11       0.38       0.49       (0.14     (0.05     (0.19     9.20       5.48       212       1.06 (e)      19.92 (e)      1.21 (e)      56  

Year ended 12/31/16

    8.34       0.15       0.61       0.76       (0.16     (0.04     (0.20     8.90       9.12       177       1.45       36.34       1.69       72  

Year ended 12/31/15

    9.55       (0.01     (1.15     (1.16     (0.05           (0.05     8.34       (12.15     16       1.48       70.40       (0.07     34  

Year ended 12/31/14(f)

    10.00       0.02       (0.38     (0.36     (0.09           (0.09     9.55       (3.61     10       1.48 (g)      124.82 (g)      1.06 (g)      3  

Class R

                           

Year ended 12/31/17

    8.94       0.16       0.38       0.54       (0.18     (0.05     (0.23     9.25       6.05       25       0.56 (e)      19.42 (e)      1.71 (e)      56  

Year ended 12/31/16

    8.35       0.19       0.62       0.81       (0.18     (0.04     (0.22     8.94       9.68       9       0.95       35.84       2.19       72  

Year ended 12/31/15

    9.54       0.04       (1.15     (1.11     (0.08           (0.08     8.35       (11.60     8       0.98       69.90       0.43       34  

Year ended 12/31/14(f)

    10.00       0.03       (0.39     (0.36     (0.10           (0.10     9.54       (3.60     10       0.98 (g)      124.32 (g)      1.56 (g)      3  

Class Y

                           

Year ended 12/31/17

    8.97       0.20       0.39       0.59       (0.22     (0.05     (0.27     9.29       6.62       603       0.06 (e)      18.92 (e)      2.21 (e)      56  

Year ended 12/31/16

    8.36       0.24       0.60       0.84       (0.19     (0.04     (0.23     8.97       10.16       220       0.45       35.34       2.69       72  

Year ended 12/31/15

    9.55       0.09       (1.16     (1.07     (0.12           (0.12     8.36       (11.20     225       0.48       69.40       0.93       34  

Year ended 12/31/14(f)

    10.00       0.04       (0.38     (0.34     (0.11           (0.11     9.55       (3.39     140       0.48 (g)      123.82 (g)      2.06 (g)      3  

Class R5

                           

Year ended 12/31/17

    8.97       0.20       0.39       0.59       (0.22     (0.05     (0.27     9.29       6.63       9       0.06 (e)      18.81 (e)      2.21 (e)      56  

Year ended 12/31/16

    8.36       0.24       0.60       0.84       (0.19     (0.04     (0.23     8.97       10.16       9       0.45       35.17       2.69       72  

Year ended 12/31/15

    9.54       0.09       (1.15     (1.06     (0.12           (0.12     8.36       (11.11     8       0.48       69.37       0.93       34  

Year ended 12/31/14(f)

    10.00       0.04       (0.39     (0.35     (0.11           (0.11     9.54       (3.49     10       0.48 (g)      122.66 (g)      2.06 (g)      3  

Class R6

                           

Year ended 12/31/17

    8.97       0.20       0.39       0.59       (0.22     (0.05     (0.27     9.29       6.63       9       0.06 (e)      18.81 (e)      2.21 (e)      56  

Year ended 12/31/16

    8.36       0.24       0.60       0.84       (0.19     (0.04     (0.23     8.97       10.16       9       0.45       35.17       2.69       72  

Year ended 12/31/15

    9.54       0.09       (1.15     (1.06     (0.12           (0.12     8.36       (11.11     8       0.48       69.37       0.93       34  

Year ended 12/31/14(f)

    10.00       0.04       (0.39     (0.35     (0.11           (0.11     9.54       (3.49     10       0.48 (g)      122.66 (g)      2.06 (g)      3  

 

(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)  In addition to the fees and expenses which the Fund bears directly, the Fund indirectly bears a pro rata share of the fees and expenses of the underlying funds in which the Fund invests. Because the underlying funds have varied expenses and fee levels and the Fund may own different proportions at different times, the amount of fees and expenses incurred indirectly by the Fund will vary. Estimated underlying fund expenses are not expenses that are incurred directly by the Fund. They are expenses that are incurred directly by the underlying funds and are deducted from the value of the funds the Fund invests in. The effect of the estimated underlying fund expenses that the Fund bears indirectly is included in the Fund’s total return. Estimated acquired fund fees from underlying funds were 0.70%, 0.74%, 0.66% and 0.62% for the years ended December 31, 2017, December 31, 2016, December 31, 2015 and the period October 31, 2014 (commencement date) through December 31, 2014, respectively.
(d)  Portfolio turnover is calculated at the fund level and is not annualized for periods less than one year, if applicable.
(e)  Ratios are based on average daily net assets (000’s omitted) of $535, $193, $16, $481, $9 and $9 for Class A, Class C, Class R, Class Y, Class R5 and Class R6 shares, respectively.
(f)  Commencement date of October 14, 2014.
(g)  Annualized.

 

23                         Invesco Multi-Asset Inflation Fund


Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

 

To the Board of Trustees of AIM Growth Series (Invesco Growth Series) and Shareholders of Invesco Multi-Asset Inflation Fund

Opinion on the Financial Statements

We have audited the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities, including the schedule of investments, of Invesco Multi-Asset Inflation Fund (one of the funds constituting AIM Growth Series (Invesco Growth Series), hereafter referred to as the “Fund”) as of December 31, 2017, the related statement of operations for the year ended December 31, 2017, the statement of changes in net assets for each of the two years in the period ended December 31, 2017, including the related notes, and the financial highlights for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2017 and for the period October 14, 2014 (commencement of investment operation) through December 31, 2014 (collectively referred to as the “financial statements”). In our opinion, the financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Fund as of December 31, 2017, the results of its operations for the year then ended, the changes in its net assets for each of the two years in the period ended December 31, 2017 and the financial highlights for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2017 and for the period October 14, 2014 (commencement of investment operation) through December 31, 2014 in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

Basis for Opinion

These financial statements are the responsibility of the Fund’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Fund’s financial statements based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (“PCAOB”) and are required to be independent with respect to the Fund in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.

We conducted our audits of these financial statements in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud.

Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements. Our procedures included confirmation of securities owned as of December 31, 2017 by correspondence with the custodian and transfer agent. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Houston, TX

February 23, 2018

We have served as the auditor of one or more of the investment companies in the Invesco/PowerShares group of investment companies since at least 1995. We have not determined the specific year we began serving as auditor.

 

 

24                         Invesco Multi-Asset Inflation Fund


Calculating your ongoing Fund expenses

Example

As a shareholder of the Fund, you incur two types of costs: (1) transaction costs, which may include sales charges (loads) on purchase payments or contingent deferred sales charges on redemptions, if any; and (2) ongoing costs, including distribution and/or service (12b-1) fees, and other Fund expenses. This example is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Fund and to compare these costs with ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds. The example is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period July 1, 2017, through December 31, 2017.

In addition to the fees and expenses which the Fund bears directly, the Fund indirectly bears a pro rata share of the fees and expenses of the underlying funds in which the Fund invests. The amount of fees and expenses incurred indirectly by the Fund will vary because the underlying funds have varied expenses and fee levels and the Fund may own different proportions of the underlying funds at different times. Estimated underlying fund expenses are not expenses that are incurred directly by the Fund. They are expenses that are incurred directly by the underlying funds and are deducted from the value of the underlying funds the Fund invests in. The effect of the estimated underlying fund expenses that the Fund bears indirectly are included in the Fund’s total return.

Actual expenses

The table below provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in this table, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the table under the heading entitled “Actual Expenses Paid During Period” to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during this period.

Hypothetical example for comparison purposes

The table below also provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the Fund’s actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the Fund’s actual return.

The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You may use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in the Fund and other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of the other funds.

Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only and do not reflect any transaction costs, such as sales charges (loads) on purchase payments or contingent deferred sales charges on redemptions, if any. Therefore, the hypothetical information is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. In addition, expenses shown in the table do not include the expenses of the underlying funds, which are borne indirectly by the Fund. If transaction costs and indirect expenses were included, your costs would have been higher.

 

Class

  

Beginning
Account Value
(07/01/17)

     ACTUAL     

HYPOTHETICAL

(5% annual return before

expenses)

    

Annualized
Expense
Ratio

 
      Ending
Account Value
(12/31/17)1
     Expenses
Paid During
Period2
     Ending
Account Value
(12/31/17)
     Expenses
Paid During
Period2
    
A    $ 1,000.00      $ 1,065.10      $ 1.56      $ 1,023.69      $ 1.53        0.30
C      1,000.00        1,060.80        5.45        1,019.91        5.35        1.05  
R      1,000.00        1,064.10        2.86        1,022.43        2.80        0.55  
Y      1,000.00        1,067.40        0.26        1,024.95        0.26        0.05  
R5      1,000.00        1,067.40        0.26        1,024.95        0.26        0.05  
R6      1,000.00        1,067.40        0.26        1,024.95        0.26        0.05  

 

1  The actual ending account value is based on the actual total return of the Fund for the period July 1, 2017 through December 31, 2017, after actual expenses and will differ from the hypothetical ending account value which is based on the Fund’s expense ratio and a hypothetical annual return of 5% before expenses.
2  Expenses are equal to the Fund’s annualized expense ratio as indicated above multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 184/365 to reflect the most recent fiscal half year.

 

25                         Invesco Multi-Asset Inflation Fund


Tax Information

Form 1099-DIV, Form 1042-S and other year-end tax information provide shareholders with actual calendar year amounts that should be included in their tax returns. Shareholders should consult their tax advisors.

The following distribution information is being provided as required by the Internal Revenue Code or to meet a specific state’s requirement.

The Fund designates the following amounts or, if subsequently determined to be different, the maximum amount allowable for its fiscal year ended December 31, 2017:

 

Federal and State Income Tax

 

Long-Term Capital Gain Distributions

  $ 7,064  

Qualified Dividend Income*

    21.03

Corporate Dividends Received Deduction*

    11.94

U.S. Treasury Obligations*

    15.97

 

  * The above percentages are based on ordinary income dividends paid to shareholders during the Fund’s fiscal year.

 

26                         Invesco Multi-Asset Inflation Fund


Trustees and Officers

 

The address of each trustee and officer is AIM Growth Series (Invesco Growth Series) (the “Trust”), 11 Greenway Plaza, Suite 1000, Houston, Texas 77046-1173. The trustees serve for the life of the Trust, subject to their earlier death, incapacitation, resignation, retirement or removal as more specifically provided in the Trust’s organizational documents. Each officer serves for a one year term or until their successors are elected and qualified. Column two below includes length of time served with predecessor entities, if any.

 

Name, Year of Birth and

Position(s) Held with the Trust

  Trustee and/
or Officer Since
  Principal Occupation(s)
During Past 5 Years
  Number of
Funds in Fund
Complex
Overseen by
Trustee
  Other Directorship(s)
Held by Trustee During
Past 5 Years
Interested Persons                
Martin L. Flanagan1 — 1960 Trustee   2007  

Executive Director, Chief Executive Officer and President, Invesco Ltd. (ultimate parent of Invesco and a global investment management firm); Trustee, The Invesco Funds; Vice Chair, Investment Company Institute; and Member of Executive Board, SMU Cox School of Business

 

Formerly: Advisor to the Board, Invesco Advisers, Inc. (formerly known as Invesco Institutional (N.A.), Inc.); Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Invesco Advisers, Inc. (registered investment adviser); Director, Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President, Invesco Holding Company (US), Inc. (formerly IVZ Inc.) (holding company), Invesco Group Services, Inc. (service provider) and Invesco North American Holdings, Inc. (holding company); Director, Chief Executive Officer and President, Invesco Holding Company Limited (parent of Invesco and a global investment management firm); Director, Invesco Ltd.; Chairman, Investment Company Institute and President, Co-Chief Executive Officer, Co-President, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer, Franklin Resources, Inc. (global investment management organization)

  158   None
Philip A. Taylor2 — 1954 Trustee and Senior Vice President   2006  

Head of the Americas and Senior Managing Director, Invesco Ltd.; Director, Invesco Advisers, Inc. (formerly known as Invesco Institutional (N.A.), Inc.) (registered investment adviser); Director, Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President, Invesco Management Group, Inc. (formerly known as Invesco Aim Management Group, Inc.) (financial services holding company); Director and Chairman, Invesco Investment Services, Inc. (formerly known as Invesco Aim Investment Services, Inc.) (registered transfer agent); Chief Executive Officer, Invesco Corporate Class Inc. (corporate mutual fund company); Director, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Invesco Canada Ltd. (formerly known as Invesco Trimark Ltd./Invesco Trimark Ltèe) (registered investment adviser and registered transfer agent); Trustee and Senior Vice President, The Invesco Funds; Director, Invesco Investment Advisers LLC (formerly known as Van Kampen Asset Management).

 

Formerly: Co-Chairman, Co-President and Co-Chief Executive Officer, Invesco Advisers, Inc. (formerly known as Invesco Institutional (N.A.), Inc.) (registered investment adviser); Director, Chief Executive Officer and President, Van Kampen Exchange Corp; President and Principal Executive Officer, The Invesco Funds (other than AIM Treasurer’s Series Trust (Invesco Treasurer’s Series Trust), Short-Term Investments Trust and Invesco Management Trust); Executive Vice President, The Invesco Funds (AIM Treasurer’s Series Trust (Invesco Treasurer’s Series Trust), Short-Term Investments Trust and Invesco Management Trust only); Director and President, INVESCO Funds Group, Inc. (registered investment adviser and registered transfer agent); Director and Chairman, IVZ Distributors, Inc. (formerly known as INVESCO Distributors, Inc.) (registered broker dealer); Director, President and Chairman, Invesco Inc. (holding company), Invesco Canada Holdings Inc. (holding company), Trimark Investments Ltd./Placements Trimark Ltèe and Invesco Financial Services Ltd/Services Financiers Invesco Ltèe; Chief Executive Officer, Invesco Canada Fund Inc. (corporate mutual fund company); Director and Chairman, Van Kampen Investor Services Inc.; Director, Chief Executive Officer and President, 1371 Preferred Inc. (holding company) and Van Kampen Investments Inc.; Director and President, AIM GP Canada Inc. (general partner for limited partnerships) and Van Kampen Advisors, Inc.; Director and Chief Executive Officer, Invesco Trimark Dealer Inc. (registered broker dealer); Director, Invesco Distributors, Inc. (formerly known as Invesco Aim Distributors, Inc.) (registered broker dealer); Manager, Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC; Director, Chief Executive Officer and President, Invesco Advisers, Inc.; Director, Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President, Invesco Aim Capital Management, Inc.; President, Invesco Trimark Dealer Inc. and Invesco Trimark Ltd./Invesco Trimark Ltèe; Director and President, AIM Trimark Corporate Class Inc. and AIM Trimark Canada Fund Inc.; Senior Managing Director, Invesco Holding Company Limited; Director and Chairman, Fund Management Company (former registered broker dealer); President and Principal Executive Officer, The Invesco Funds (AIM Treasurer’s Series Trust (Invesco Treasurer’s Series Trust), and Short-Term Investments Trust only); President, AIM Trimark Global Fund Inc. and AIM Trimark Canada Fund Inc.

  158   None

 

1  Mr. Flanagan is considered an interested person (within the meaning of Section 2(a)(19) of the 1940 Act) of the Trust because he is an officer of the Adviser to the Trust, and an officer and a director of Invesco Ltd., ultimate parent of the Adviser.

 

2  Mr. Taylor is considered an interested person (within the meaning of Section 2(a)(19) of the 1940 Act) of the Trust because he is an officer and a director of the Adviser.

 

T-1                         Invesco Multi-Asset Inflation Fund


Trustees and Officers—(continued)

 

Name, Year of Birth and

Position(s) Held with the Trust

  Trustee and/
or Officer Since
 

Principal Occupation(s)

During Past 5 Years

  Number of
Funds in Fund
Complex
Overseen by
Trustee
 

Other Directorship(s)
Held by Trustee During

Past 5 Years

Independent Trustees                

Bruce L. Crockett — 1944

Trustee and Chair

  2001  

Chairman, Crockett Technologies Associates (technology consulting company)

 

Formerly: Director, Captaris (unified messaging provider); Director, President and Chief Executive Officer, COMSAT Corporation; Chairman, Board of Governors of INTELSAT (international communications company); ACE Limited (insurance company); Independent Directors Council and Investment Company Institute: Member of the Audit Committee, Investment Company Institute; Member of the Executive Committee and Chair of the Governance Committee, Independent Directors Council

  158   Director and Chairman of the Audit Committee, ALPS (Attorneys Liability Protection Society) (insurance company); Director and Member of the Audit Committee and Compensation Committee, Ferroglobe PLC (metallurgical company)

David C. Arch — 1945

Trustee

  2010   Chairman of Blistex Inc. (consumer health care products manufacturer); Member, World Presidents’ Organization   158   Board member of the Illinois Manufacturers’ Association

Jack M. Fields — 1952

Trustee

  2001  

Chief Executive Officer, Twenty First Century Group, Inc. (government affairs company); and Chairman, Discovery Learning Alliance (non-profit)

 

Formerly: Owner and Chief Executive Officer, Dos Angeles Ranch L.P. (cattle, hunting, corporate entertainment); Director, Insperity, Inc. (formerly known as Administaff) (human resources provider); Chief Executive Officer, Texana Timber LP (sustainable forestry company); Director of Cross Timbers Quail Research Ranch (non-profit); and member of the U.S. House of Representatives

  158   None

Cynthia Hostetler — 1962

Trustee

  2017  

Non-Executive Director and Trustee of a number of public and private business corporations

 

Formerly: Head of Investment Funds and Private Equity, Overseas Private Investment Corporation; President, First Manhattan Bancorporation, Inc.; Attorney, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP

  158   Vulcan Materials Company (construction materials company); Trilinc Global Impact Fund; Aberdeen Investment Funds (4 portfolios); Artio Global Investment LLC (mutual fund complex); Edgen Group, Inc. (specialized energy and infrastructure products distributor)

Eli Jones — 1961

Trustee

  2016  

Professor and Dean, Mays Business School — Texas A&M University

 

Formerly: Professor and Dean, Walton College of Business, University of Arkansas and E.J. Ourso College of Business, Louisiana State University; Director, Arvest Bank

  158   Insperity, Inc. (formerly known as Administaff) (human resources provider)

Prema Mathai-Davis — 1950

Trustee

  2001   Retired.   158   None

Teresa M. Ressel  —  1962

Trustee

  2017  

Non-executive director and trustee of a number of public and private business corporations

 

Formerly: Chief Financial Officer, Olayan America, The Olayan Group (international investor/commercial/industrial); Chief Executive Officer, UBS Securities LLC; Group Chief Operating Officer, Americas, UBS AG; Assistant Secretary for Management & Budget and CFO, US Department of the Treasury

  158   Atlantic Power Corporation (power generation company); ON Semiconductor Corp. (semiconductor supplier)

Ann Barnett Stern — 1957

Trustee

  2017  

President and Chief Executive Officer, Houston Endowment Inc. (private philanthropic institution)

 

Formerly: Executive Vice President and General Counsel, Texas Children’s Hospital; Attorney, Beck, Redden and Secrest, LLP; Business Law Instructor, University of St. Thomas; Attorney, Andrews & Kurth LLP

  158   Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas

Raymond Stickel, Jr. — 1944

Trustee

  2005  

Retired.

 

Formerly: Director, Mainstay VP Series Funds, Inc. (25 portfolios); Partner, Deloitte & Touche

  158   None

Robert C. Troccoli — 1949

Trustee

  2016  

Adjunct Professor, University of Denver — Daniels College of Business

 

Formerly: Senior Partner, KPMG LLP

  158   None

Christopher L. Wilson —  1957

Trustee

  2017  

Non-executive director and trustee of a number of public and private business corporations

 

Formerly: Managing Partner, CT2, LLC (investing and consulting firm); President/Chief Executive Officer, Columbia Funds, Bank of America Corporation; President/Chief Executive Officer, CDC IXIS Asset Management Services, Inc.; Principal & Director of Operations, Scudder Funds, Scudder, Stevens & Clark, Inc.; Assistant Vice President, Fidelity Investments

  158   TD Asset Management USA Inc. (mutual fund complex) (22 portfolios); ISO New England, Inc. (non-profit organization managing regional electricity market)

 

T-2                         Invesco Multi-Asset Inflation Fund


Trustees and Officers—(continued)

 

Name, Year of Birth and

Position(s) Held with the Trust

  Trustee and/
or Officer Since
 

Principal Occupation(s)

During Past 5 Years

  Number of
Funds in Fund
Complex
Overseen by
Trustee
 

Other Directorship(s)
Held by Trustee During

Past 5 Years

Other Officers                

Sheri Morris — 1964

President, Principal Executive Officer and Treasurer

  1999  

President, Principal Executive Officer and Treasurer, The Invesco Funds; Vice President, Invesco Advisers, Inc. (formerly known as Invesco Institutional (N.A.), Inc.) (registered investment adviser); and Vice President, PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust II, PowerShares India Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, PowerShares Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, PowerShares Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Commodity Fund Trust and PowerShares Exchange-Traded Self-Indexed Fund Trust

 

Formerly: Vice President and Principal Financial Officer, The Invesco Funds; Vice President, Invesco Aim Advisers, Inc., Invesco Aim Capital Management, Inc. and Invesco Aim Private Asset Management, Inc.; Assistant Vice President and Assistant Treasurer, The Invesco Funds and Assistant Vice President, Invesco Advisers, Inc., Invesco Aim Capital Management, Inc. and Invesco Aim Private Asset Management, Inc.; and Treasurer, PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust II, PowerShares India Exchange-Traded Fund Trust and PowerShares Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Fund Trust

  N/A   N/A

Russell C. Burk — 1958

Senior Vice President and Senior Officer

  2005   Senior Vice President and Senior Officer, The Invesco Funds   N/A   N/A

John M. Zerr — 1962

Senior Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Secretary

  2006  

Director, Senior Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel, Invesco Management Group, Inc. (formerly known as Invesco AIM Management Group, Inc.); Senior Vice President, Invesco Advisers, Inc. (formerly known as Invesco Institutional (N.A.), Inc.) (registered investment adviser); Senior Vice President and Secretary, Invesco Distributors, Inc. (formerly known as Invesco AIM Distributors, Inc.); Director, Vice President and Secretary, Invesco Investment Services, Inc. (formerly known as Invesco AIM Investment Services, Inc.) Senior Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Secretary, The Invesco Funds; Managing Director, Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC; Director, Secretary and General Counsel, Invesco Investment Advisers LLC (formerly known as Van Kampen Asset Management); Secretary and General Counsel, Invesco Capital Markets, Inc. (formerly known as Van Kampen Funds Inc.) and Chief Legal Officer, PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust II, PowerShares India Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, PowerShares Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, PowerShares Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Commodity Fund Trust and PowerShares Exchange-Traded Self-Indexed Fund Trust; Manager and Secretary, Invesco Indexing LLC

 

Formerly: Director, Secretary, General Counsel and Senior Vice President, Van Kampen Exchange Corp.; Director, Vice President and Secretary, IVZ Distributors, Inc. (formerly known as INVESCO Distributors, Inc.); Director and Vice President, INVESCO Funds Group, Inc.; Director and Vice President, Van Kampen Advisors Inc.; Director, Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel, Van Kampen Investor Services Inc.; Director, Invesco Distributors, Inc. (formerly known as Invesco AIM Distributors, Inc.); Director, Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary, Invesco AIM Advisers, Inc. and Van Kampen Investments Inc.; Director, Vice President and Secretary, Fund Management Company; Director, Senior Vice President, Secretary, General Counsel and Vice President, Invesco AIM Capital Management, Inc.; Chief Operating Officer and General Counsel, Liberty Ridge Capital, Inc. (an investment adviser); Vice President and Secretary, PBHG Funds (an investment company) and PBHG Insurance Series Fund (an investment company); Chief Operating Officer, General Counsel and Secretary, Old Mutual Investment Partners (a broker-dealer); General Counsel and Secretary, Old Mutual Fund Services (an administrator) and Old Mutual Shareholder Services (a shareholder servicing center); Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary, Old Mutual Capital, Inc. (an investment adviser); and Vice President and Secretary, Old Mutual Advisors Funds (an investment company)

  N/A   N/A

Gregory G. McGreevey — 1962

Senior Vice President

  2012  

Senior Managing Director, Invesco Ltd.; Director, Chairman, President, and Chief Executive Officer, Invesco Advisers, Inc. (formerly known as Invesco Institutional (N.A.), Inc.) (registered investment adviser); Senior Vice President, Invesco Management Group, Inc.; Director, Invesco Mortgage Capital, Inc. and Invesco Senior Secured Management, Inc.; and Senior Vice President, The Invesco Funds

 

Formerly: Assistant Vice President, The Invesco Funds

  N/A   N/A

Kelli Gallegos — 1970

Vice President, Principal Financial Officer and Assistant Treasurer

  2008  

Vice President, Principal Financial Officer and Assistant Treasurer, The Invesco Funds; Assistant Treasurer, Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC, PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust II, PowerShares India Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, PowerShares Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, PowerShares Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Commodity Fund Trust and PowerShares Exchange-Traded Self-Indexed Fund Trust

 

Formerly: Assistant Vice President, The Invesco Funds

  N/A   N/A

 

T-3                         Invesco Multi-Asset Inflation Fund


Trustees and Officers—(continued)

 

Name, Year of Birth and

Position(s) Held with the Trust

  Trustee and/
or Officer Since
 

Principal Occupation(s)

During Past 5 Years

  Number of
Funds in Fund
Complex
Overseen by
Trustee
 

Other Directorship(s)
Held by Trustee During

Past 5 Years

Other Officers—(continued)                

Tracy Sullivan — 1962

Vice President, Chief Tax Officer and Assistant Treasurer

  2008  

Vice President, Chief Tax Officer and Assistant Treasurer, The Invesco Funds; Assistant Treasurer, Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC, PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust II, PowerShares India Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, PowerShares Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Fund Trust,PowerShares Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Commodity Fund Trust and PowerShares Exchange-Traded Self-Indexed Fund Trust

 

Formerly: Assistant Vice President, The Invesco Funds

  N/A   N/A

Crissie M. Wisdom — 1969

Anti-Money Laundering Compliance Officer

  2013  

Anti-Money Laundering Compliance Officer, Invesco Advisers, Inc. (formerly known as Invesco Institutional (N.A.), Inc.) (registered investment adviser), Invesco Capital Markets, Inc. (formerly known as Van Kampen Funds Inc.), Invesco Distributors, Inc., Invesco Investment Services, Inc., Invesco Management Group, Inc., The Invesco Funds, and PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust II, PowerShares India Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, PowerShares Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Fund Trust,PowerShares Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Commodity Fund Trust and PowerShares Exchange-Traded Self-Indexed Fund Trust; Anti-Money Laundering Compliance Officer and Bank Secrecy Act Officer, INVESCO National Trust Company and Invesco Trust Company; and Fraud Prevention Manager and Controls and Risk Analysis Manager for Invesco Investment Services, Inc.

 

Formerly: Anti-Money Laundering Compliance Officer, Van Kampen Exchange Corp.

  N/A   N/A

Robert R. Leveille — 1969

Chief Compliance Officer

  2016  

Chief Compliance Officer, Invesco Advisers, Inc. (registered investment adviser); and Chief Compliance Officer, The Invesco Funds

 

Formerly: Chief Compliance Officer, Putnam Investments and the Putnam Funds

  N/A   N/A

The Statement of Additional Information of the Trust includes additional information about the Fund’s Trustees and is available upon request, without charge, by calling 1.800.959.4246. Please refer to the Fund’s Statement of Additional Information for information on the Fund’s sub-advisers.

 

Office of the Fund

11 Greenway Plaza, Suite 1000

Houston, TX 77046-1173

 

Investment Adviser

Invesco Advisers, Inc.

1555 Peachtree Street, N.E.

Atlanta, GA 30309

 

Distributor

Invesco Distributors, Inc.

11 Greenway Plaza, Suite 1000

Houston, TX 77046-1173

 

Auditors

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

1000 Louisiana Street, Suite 5800

Houston, TX 77002-5678

     

Counsel to the Fund

Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young, LLP

2005 Market Street, Suite 2600

Philadelphia, PA 19103-7018

 

Counsel to the Independent Trustees

Goodwin Procter LLP

901 New York Avenue, N.W.

Washington, D.C. 20001

 

Transfer Agent

Invesco Investment Services, Inc.

11 Greenway Plaza, Suite 1000

Houston, TX 77046-1173

 

Custodian

State Street Bank and Trust Company

225 Franklin Street

Boston, MA 02110-2801

 

T-4                         Invesco Multi-Asset Inflation Fund


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The Fund provides a complete list of its holdings four times in each fiscal year, at the quarter ends. For the second and fourth quarters, the lists appear in the Fund’s semiannual and annual reports to shareholders. For the first and third quarters, the Fund files the lists with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Form N-Q. The most recent list of portfolio holdings is available at invesco.com/completeqtrholdings. Shareholders can also look up the Fund’s Forms N-Q on the SEC website at sec.gov. Copies of the Fund’s Forms N-Q may be reviewed and copied at the SEC Public Reference Room in Washington, D.C. You can obtain information on the operation of the Public Reference Room, including information about duplicating fee charges, by calling 202 551 8090 or 800 732 0330, or by electronic request at the following email address: publicinfo@sec.gov. The SEC file numbers for the Fund are shown below.

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SEC file numbers: 811-02699 and 002-57526                                                         Invesco Distributors, Inc.    MAI-AR-1        02162018    1248


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Annual Report to Shareholders

 

 

December 31, 2017

 

 

 

Invesco Quality Income Fund

 

  Nasdaq:  
  A: VKMGX    B: VUSBX    C: VUSCX    Y: VUSIX    R5: VUSJX
   

 

 

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Letters to Shareholders

 

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      Philip Taylor

 

Dear Shareholders:

This annual report includes information about your Fund, including performance data and a complete list of its investments as of the close of the reporting period. Inside is a discussion of how your Fund was managed and the factors that affected its performance during the reporting period.

Major stock market indexes rose – and set record highs – throughout the reporting period. Generally positive economic data, strong corporate earnings and anticipated tax and regulatory reform contributed to the rally. The US economy expanded during the reporting period, with gross domestic product, the value of all goods and services produced, significantly increasing its growth rate from the first to the third quarter of the year. Tax reform legislation, enacted in December 2017, was a positive for the stock market, but its long-term economic impact was uncertain. Citing positive economic trends – specifically, realized and expected labor market conditions and inflation – the US Federal Reserve

raised interest rates in March, June and December 2017. While US and global bond markets, as well as emerging market equities, sold off early in the reporting period, they recovered much of their losses during the reporting period. Overseas, economic data were mixed, prompting the European Central Bank and central banks in China and Japan, among other countries, to maintain extraordinarily accommodative monetary policies.

Short-term market volatility can prompt some investors to abandon their investment plans – and can cause others to settle for whatever returns the market has to offer. The investment professionals at Invesco, in contrast, invest with high conviction. This means that, no matter the asset class or the strategy, each investment team has a passion to exceed. We want to help investors achieve better outcomes, such as seeking higher returns, helping mitigate risk and generating income. Of course, investing with high conviction can’t guarantee a profit or ensure success; no investment strategy can. To learn more about how we invest with high conviction, visit invesco.com/HighConviction.

You, too, can invest with high conviction by maintaining a long-term investment perspective and by working with your financial adviser on a regular basis. During periods of short-term market volatility or uncertainty, your financial adviser can keep you focused on your long-term investment goals – a new home, a child’s college education or a secure retirement. He or she also can share research about the economy, the markets and individual investment options.

Visit our website for more information on your investments

Our website, invesco.com/us, offers a wide range of market insights and investment perspectives. On the website, you’ll find detailed information about our funds, including performance, holdings and portfolio manager commentaries. You can access information about your account by completing a simple, secure online registration. To do so, select “Log In” on the right side of the homepage, and then select “Register for Individual Account Access.”

In addition to the resources accessible on our website and through our mobile app, you can obtain timely updates to help you stay informed about the markets and the economy by connecting with Invesco on Twitter, LinkedIn or Facebook. You can access our blog at blog.invesco.us.com. Our goal is to provide you the information you want, when and where you want it.

Finally, I’m pleased to share with you Invesco’s commitment to both the Principles for Responsible Investment and to considering environmental, social and governance issues in our robust investment process. I invite you to learn more at invesco.com/esg.

Have questions?

For questions about your account, contact an Invesco client services representative at 800 959 4246. For Invesco-related questions or comments, please email me directly at phil@invesco.com.

All of us at Invesco look forward to serving your investment management needs. Thank you for investing with us.

 

Sincerely,

 

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Philip Taylor

Senior Managing Director, Invesco Ltd.

 

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Bruce Crockett

    Dear Fellow Shareholders:
    Among the many important lessons I’ve learned in more than 40 years in a variety of business endeavors is the value of a trusted advocate.
   

As independent chair of the Invesco Funds Board, I can assure you that the members of the Board are strong advocates for the interests of investors in Invesco’s mutual funds. We work hard to represent your interests through oversight of the quality of the investment management services your funds receive and other matters important to your investment, including but not limited to:

      Ensuring that Invesco offers a diverse lineup of mutual funds that your financial adviser can use to strive to meet your financial needs as your investment goals change over time.
      Monitoring how the portfolio management teams of the Invesco funds are performing in light of changing economic and market conditions.
Assessing each portfolio management team’s investment performance within the context of the investment strategy described in the fund’s prospectus.
Monitoring for potential conflicts of interests that may impact the nature of the services that your funds receive.

We believe one of the most important services we provide our fund shareholders is the annual review of the funds’ advisory and sub-advisory contracts with Invesco Advisers and its affiliates. This review is required by the Investment Company Act of 1940 and focuses on the nature and quality of the services Invesco provides as the adviser to the Invesco funds and the reasonableness of the fees that it charges for those services. Each year, we spend months carefully reviewing information received from Invesco and a variety of independent sources, such as performance and fee data prepared by Lipper, Inc. (a subsidiary of Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc.), an independent, third-party firm widely recognized as a leader in its field. We also meet with our independent legal counsel and other independent advisers to review and help us assess the information that we have received. Our goal is to assure that you receive quality investment management services for a reasonable fee.

I trust the measures outlined above provide assurance that you have a worthy advocate when it comes to choosing the Invesco Funds.

As always, please contact me at bruce@brucecrockett.com with any questions or concerns you may have. On behalf of the Board, we look forward to continuing to represent your interests and serving your needs.

 

Sincerely,

 

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Bruce L. Crockett

Independent Chair

Invesco Funds Board of Trustees

 

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Management’s Discussion of Fund Performance

 

Performance summary

        

For the year ended December 31, 2017, Class A shares of Invesco Quality Income Fund (the Fund), at net asset value (NAV), underperformed the Fund’s style-specific index, the Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Mortgage-Backed Securities Index.

 

Your Fund’s long-term performance appears later in this report.

 

        

Fund vs. Indexes

  

Total returns, 12/31/16 to 12/31/17, at net asset value (NAV). Performance shown does not include applicable contingent deferred sales charges (CDSC) or front-end sales charges, which would have reduced performance.

 

 

Class A Shares

     1.98

Class B Shares

     1.45  

Class C Shares

     1.28  

Class Y Shares

     2.32  

Class R5 Shares

     2.46  

Class R6 Shares*

     2.39  

ICE BofAML 1-10 Year U.S. Treasury Indexq (Broad Market Index)

     1.08  

Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Mortgage-Backed Securities Indexq (Style-Specific Index)

     2.47  

Source(s): qFactSet Research Systems Inc.

  

*Class R6 shares incepted on April 4, 2017. See page 7 for more information.

  

 

 

Market conditions and your Fund

A volatile political environment kept things exciting in 2017. The economic agenda of President Donald Trump largely stalled until Congress passed the Tax Cut and Jobs Act just before the end of the year. The Act cut both corporate and individual tax rates. However, the promise to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act earlier in 2017 proved to be too big a hurdle for the slim Republican majority in the Senate to overcome. Cuts in regulation combined with growing business optimism helped the unemployment rate to decline to 4.1% by the end of the year.1 The housing market remained stable, and consumer confidence hit record levels. Despite robust economic growth in the second half of 2017, inflation and wage growth remained muted.

The US Federal Reserve (the Fed) hiked the fed funds rate range by 0.25% at each of three different meetings in 2017, leaving the range at 1.25% to 1.50% at year end.2 The Fed also was able to initiate a gradual reduction in the size of its balance sheet by imposing a cap on the amount of Treasuries and mortgages it was buying. Beginning in October, the

 

 

Fed reduced its monthly Treasury purchases by $6 billion and its mortgage purchases by $4 billion.2 The rate hikes and balance sheet reductions were accomplished without disrupting the financial markets.

The yield curve flattened significantly during the year as the two-year Treasury yield rose 70 basis points, while the 30-year Treasury yield fell 32 basis points.3 (A basis point is 0.01%.) We believe that low inflation and a reasonably aggressive Fed were largely responsible for the change in the shape of the yield curve. The 10-year Treasury yield ended the year at 2.41%, almost exactly where it began the year.3

Given this market backdrop, Class A shares of Invesco Quality Income Fund, at NAV, generated a positive return but underperformed the Fund’s style-specific index, the Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Mortgage-Backed Securities Index.

The Fund’s allocation to non-agency mortgage-backed securities (MBS), commercial MBS and asset-backed securities were the primary contributors to Fund performance, as credit spreads tightened during the year. During the year,

 

 

 

 Portfolio Composition        
 By security type, based on total investments  

 U.S. Government Sponsored

 Mortgage-Backed Securities

     70.9

 Asset-Backed Securities

     24.1  

 Agency Credit Risk Transfer

 Notes

     3.4  

 Security Types Each Less than

 1% of Portfolio

     0.2  

 Money Market Funds

     1.4  
  Top Five Debt Issuers*        
    % of total net assets  

   1.

  Federal National Mortgage Association      51.1

   2.

  Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.      26.6  

   3.

  Government National Mortgage Association      10.3  

   4.

  Freddie Mac REMICs      6.3  

   5.

  Ginnie Mae REMICs      4.3  
 

investments in agency MBS provided an additional boost to Fund performance, while exposure to interest-only agency collateralized mortgage obligations (CMO) detracted from Fund performance modestly.

   During the reporting period, the Fund also benefited from incremental income earned by engaging in dollar (mortgage) roll activity, a type of repurchase transaction in the highly liquid to-be-announced market for agency MBS. A dollar roll involves the Fund selling an MBS to a financial institution, with an agreement to repurchase a substantially similar security at an agreed upon price and date. Excess portfolio cash resulting from the use of this strategy is subsequently invested to generate additional return for the Fund. The Fund’s exposure to interest-only agency CMO and its underweight exposure to current coupon 30-year agency MBS relative to the style-specific benchmark were the key detractors from the Fund’s relative performance.

   During the reporting period, the Fund used active duration and yield curve positioning for risk management and for generating returns. Duration measures a portfolio’s price sensitivity to interest rate changes, with a shorter-duration portfolio tending to be less sensitive to these changes. During the year, we maintained the portfolio’s overall duration slightly longer than that of the style-specific benchmark, on average, which produced favorable results as rates fell. However, yield curve positioning within the portfolio emphasized short-term (six months to two years) interest rates, missing much of the performance benefit of falling longer-term rates, and more than offsetting the positive relative return generated by duration positioning alone. Buying and selling US Treasury futures contracts was an important tool we used for the management of interest rate risk and to maintain our targeted portfolio duration.

   Please note that our strategy is implemented using derivative instruments, including futures, swaps and options.

 

 

 Total Net Assets

  $ 609.9 million  

 Total Number of Holdings*

    747  

The Fund’s holdings are subject to change, and there is no assurance that the Fund will continue to hold any particular security.

*Excluding money market fund holdings.

Data presented here are as of December 31, 2017.

 

 

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Therefore, a portion of the performance of the Fund, both positive and negative, can be attributed to these instruments. Derivatives can be a cost-effective way to gain or hedge exposure to certain risks. However, derivatives may amplify traditional investment risks through the creation of leverage and may be less liquid than traditional securities.

We wish to remind you that the Fund is subject to interest rate risk, meaning when interest rates rise, the value of fixed income securities tends to fall. This risk may be greater in the current market environment because interest rates are at or near historic lows. The degree to which the value of fixed income securities may decline due to rising interest rates may vary depending on the speed and magnitude of the increase in interest rates, as well as individual security characteristics such as price, maturity, duration and coupon and market forces such as supply and demand for similar securities. We are monitoring interest rates, and the market, economic and geopolitical factors that may impact the direction, speed and magnitude of changes to interest rates across the maturity spectrum, including the potential impact of monetary policy changes by the Fed and certain foreign central banks. If interest rates rise, markets may experience increased volatility, which may affect the value and/ or liquidity of certain of the Fund’s investments.

We welcome new investors who joined the Fund during the year and thank you for your investment in Invesco Quality Income Fund.

1 Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics

2 Source: US Federal Reserve

3 Source: Bloomberg L.P.

The views and opinions expressed in management’s discussion of Fund performance are those of Invesco Advisers, Inc. These views and opinions are subject to change at any time based on factors such as market and economic conditions. These views and opinions may not be relied upon as investment advice or recommendations, or as an offer for a particular security. The information is not a complete analysis of every aspect of any market, country, industry, security or the Fund. Statements of fact are from sources considered reliable, but Invesco Advisers, Inc. makes no representation or warranty as to their completeness or accuracy. Although historical performance is no guarantee of future results, these insights may help you understand our investment management philosophy.

See important Fund and, if applicable, index disclosures later in this report.

LOGO    Mario Clemente
   Portfolio Manager, Head of Structured Investments and Stable Value for Invesco Fixed

Income, is manager of Invesco Quality Income Fund. He joined Invesco in 2014. Mr. Clemente earned an undergraduate degree in finance and international business from Hofstra University and an MBA from the Stern School of Business at New York University.

 

LOGO    Clint Dudley
   Chartered Financial Analyst, Portfolio Manager, is manager of Invesco Quality Income Fund. He

joined Invesco in 1998. Mr. Dudley earned a BBA and an MBA from Baylor University.

 

LOGO    Jason Marshall
   Portfolio Manager, is manager of Invesco Quality Income Fund. He joined Invesco in 2007. Mr. Marshall

earned a BS in finance from Indiana University of Penn-sylvania and an MBA from Duquesne University.

 

LOGO    Brian Norris
   Chartered Financial Analyst, Portfolio Manager, is manager of Invesco Quality Income Fund. He
joined Invesco in 2001. Mr. Norris earned a BS in business administration with a concentration in finance from the University of Louisville.
 

 

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Your Fund’s Long-Term Performance

Results of a $10,000 Investment – Oldest Share Class(es)

Fund and index data from 12/31/07

 

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1 Source: FactSet Research Systems Inc.

 

Past performance cannot guarantee comparable future results.

The data shown in the chart include reinvested distributions, applicable sales charges and Fund expenses including

management fees. Index results include reinvested dividends, but they do not reflect sales charges. Performance of the peer group, if applicable, reflects fund expenses and management fees;

performance of a market index does not. Performance shown in the chart and table(s) does not reflect deduction of taxes a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or sale of Fund shares.

 

 

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Average Annual Total Returns

 

As of 12/31/17, including maximum applicable sales charges

 

 Class A Shares

        

 Inception (5/31/84)

     6.18

 10 Years

     2.60  

   5 Years

     1.21  

   1 Year

     -2.37  

 Class B Shares

        

 Inception (8/24/92)

     4.20

 10 Years

     2.43  

   5 Years

     1.02  

   1 Year

     -3.49  

 Class C Shares

        

 Inception (8/13/93)

     3.47

 10 Years

     2.27  

   5 Years

     1.33  

   1 Year

     0.30  

 Class Y Shares

        

 Inception (9/25/06)

     3.62

 10 Years

     3.34  

   5 Years

     2.36  

   1 Year

     2.32  

 Class R5 Shares

        

 10 Years

     3.29

   5 Years

     2.44  

   1 Year

     2.46  

 Class R6 Shares

        

 10 Years

     3.09

   5 Years

     2.18  

   1 Year

     2.39  

Effective June 1, 2010, Class A, Class B, Class C and Class I shares of the predecessor fund, Van Kampen U.S. Mortgage Fund, advised by Van Kampen Asset Management were reorganized into Class A, Class B, Class C and Class Y shares, respectively, of Invesco Van Kampen U.S. Mortgage Fund (renamed Invesco U.S. Mortgage Fund). Returns shown above, prior to June 1, 2010, for Class A, Class B, Class C and Class Y shares are blended returns of the predecessor fund and Invesco U.S. Mortgage Fund. Share class returns will differ from the predecessor fund because of different expenses.

Class R5 shares incepted on June 1, 2010. Performance shown prior to that date is that of the predecessor fund’s Class A shares and includes the 12b-1 fees applicable to Class A shares.

Class R6 shares incepted on April 4, 2017. Performance shown prior to that date is that of the Fund’s and the predecessor fund’s Class A shares and

includes the 12b-1 fees applicable to Class A shares.

The performance data quoted represent past performance and cannot guarantee comparable future results; current performance may be lower or higher. Please visit invesco.com/performance for the most recent month-end performance. Performance figures reflect reinvested distributions, changes in net asset value and the effect of the maximum sales charge unless otherwise stated. Investment return and principal value will fluctuate so that you may have a gain or loss when you sell shares.

The net annual Fund operating expense ratio set forth in the most recent Fund prospectus as of the date of this report for Class A, Class B, Class C, Class Y, Class R5 and Class R6 shares was 0.93%, 1.69%, 1.69%, 0.69%, 0.56% and 0.56%, respectively.1 The total annual Fund operating expense ratio set forth in the most recent Fund prospectus as of the date of this report for Class A, Class B, Class C, Class Y, Class R5 and Class R6 shares was 0.94%, 1.70%, 1.70%, 0.70%, 0.57% and 0.57%, respectively. The expense ratios presented above may vary from the expense ratios presented in other sections of this report that are based on expenses incurred during the period covered by this report.

Class A share performance reflects the maximum 4.25% sales charge, and Class B and Class C share performance reflects the applicable contingent deferred sales charge (CDSC) for the period involved. For shares purchased prior to June 1, 2010, the CDSC on Class B shares declines from 4% at the time of purchase to 0% at the beginning of the seventh 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. The CDSC on Class C shares is 1% for the first year after purchase. Class Y, Class R5 and Class R6 shares do not have a front-end sales charge or a CDSC; therefore, performance is at net asset value.

The performance of the Fund’s share classes will differ primarily due to different sales charge structures and class expenses.

Fund performance reflects any applicable fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements. Had the adviser not waived fees and/or reimbursed expenses currently or in the past, returns would have been lower. See current prospectus for more information.

 

1 Total annual Fund operating expenses after any contractual fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements by the adviser in effect through at least June 30, 2019. See current prospectus for more information.
 

 

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Invesco Quality Income Fund’s investment objective is to provide a high level of current income, with liquidity and safety of principal.

  Unless otherwise stated, information presented in this report is as of December 31, 2017, and is based on total net assets.
  Unless otherwise noted, all data provided by Invesco.
  To access your Fund’s reports/prospectus, visit invesco.com/fundreports.

 

 

About share classes

  Effective January 26, 2018, after the close of the reporting period, all outstanding Class B shares were converted to Class A shares, in advance of their normally scheduled conversion. No CDSC was paid in connection with this early conversion.
  Class Y shares are available only to certain investors. Please see the prospectus for more information.
  Class R5 shares and Class R6 shares are available for use by retirement plans that meet certain standards and for institutional investors. Class R6 shares are also available through intermediaries that have established an agreement with Invesco Distributors, Inc. to make such shares available for use in retail omnibus accounts. Please see the prospectus for more information.

 

 

Principal risks of investing in the Fund

  Active trading risk. Active trading of portfolio securities may result in added expenses, a lower return and increased tax liability.
  Borrowing risk. Borrowing money to buy securities exposes the Fund to leverage and will cause the Fund’s share price to be more volatile because leverage will exaggerate the effect of any increase or decrease in the value of the Fund’s portfolio securities. Borrowing money may also require the Fund to liquidate positions when it may not be advantageous to do so. In addition, the Fund will incur interest expenses and other fees on borrowed money. There can be no assurance that the Fund’s borrowing strategy will enhance and not reduce the Fund’s returns.
  Changing fixed income market conditions risk. The current low interest rate environment was created in part by the Federal Reserve Board (FRB) and certain foreign central banks keeping the federal funds and equivalent foreign rates near, at or below zero. Increases in the federal funds and equivalent foreign
   

rates may expose fixed income markets to heightened volatility and reduced liquidity for certain fixed income investments, particularly those with longer maturities. In addition, decreases in fixed income dealer market-making capacity may also potentially lead to heightened volatility and reduced liquidity in the fixed income markets. As a result, the value of the Fund’s investments and share price may decline. Changes in central bank policies could also result in higher than normal shareholder redemptions, which could potentially increase portfolio turnover and the Fund’s transaction costs.

  Debt securities risk. The prices of debt securities held by the Fund will be affected by changes in interest rates, the creditworthiness of the issuer and other factors. An increase in prevailing interest rates typically causes the value of existing debt securities to fall and often has a greater impact on longer-duration debt securities and higher quality debt securities. Falling interest rates will cause the Fund to reinvest the proceeds of debt securities that have been repaid by the issuer at lower interest rates. Falling interest rates may also reduce the Fund’s distributable income because interest payments on floating rate debt instruments held by the Fund will decline. The Fund could lose money on investments in debt securities if the issuer or borrower fails to meet its obligations to make interest payments and/or to repay principal in a timely manner. Changes in an issuer’s financial strength, the market’s perception of such strength or in the credit rating of the issuer or the security may affect the value of debt securities. The Adviser’s credit analysis may fail to anticipate such changes, which could result in buying a debt security at an inopportune time or failing to sell a debt security in advance of a price decline or other credit event.
  Derivatives risk. The value of a derivative instrument depends largely on (and is derived from) the value of an underlying security, currency, commodity,
   

interest rate, index or other asset (each referred to as an underlying asset). In addition to risks relating to the underlying assets, the use of derivatives may include other, possibly greater, risks, including counterparty, leverage and liquidity risks. Counterparty risk is the risk that the counterparty to the derivative contract will default on its obligation to pay the Fund the amount owed or otherwise perform under the derivative contract. Derivatives create leverage risk because they do not require payment up front equal to the economic exposure created by owning the derivative. As a result, an adverse change in the value of the underlying asset could result in the Fund sustaining a loss that is substantially greater than the amount invested in the derivative, which may make the Fund’s returns more volatile and increase the risk of loss. Derivative instruments may also be less liquid than more traditional investments and the Fund may be unable to sell or close out its derivative positions at a desirable time or price. This risk may be more acute under adverse market conditions, during which the Fund may be most in need of liquidating its derivative positions. Derivatives may also be harder to value, less tax efficient and subject to changing government regulation that could impact the Fund’s ability to use certain derivatives or their cost. Also, derivatives used for hedging or to gain or limit exposure to a particular market segment may not provide the expected benefits, particularly during adverse market conditions.

  Dollar roll transactions risk. Dollar roll transactions occur in connection with TBA transactions and involve the risk that the market value of the securities the Fund is required to purchase may decline below the agreed upon purchase price of those securities. Dollar roll transactions add a form of leverage to the Fund’s portfolio, which may make the Fund’s returns more volatile and increase the risk of loss. In addition, dollar roll transactions may increase the Fund’s portfolio turnover, which may result in increased brokerage costs and may lower the Fund’s actual return.
  Liquidity risk. The Fund may be unable to sell illiquid investments at the time or price it desires and, as a result, could lose its entire investment in such investments.
 

 

This report must be accompanied or preceded by a currently effective Fund prospectus, which contains more complete information, including sales charges and expenses. Investors should read it carefully before investing.

 

 
   

NOT FDIC INSURED  |  MAY LOSE VALUE  |  NO BANK GUARANTEE

 

 

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Liquid securities can become illiquid during periods of market stress. If a significant amount of the Fund’s securities become illiquid, the Fund may not be able to timely pay redemption proceeds and may need to sell securities at significantly reduced prices.

  Management risk. The Fund is actively managed and depends heavily on the Adviser’s judgment about markets, interest rates or the attractiveness, relative values, liquidity, or potential appreciation of particular investments made for the Fund’s portfolio. The Fund could experience losses if these judgments prove to be incorrect. Additionally, legislative, regulatory, or tax developments may adversely affect management of the Fund and, therefore, the ability of the Fund to achieve its investment objective.
  Market risk. The market values of the Fund’s investments, and therefore the value of the Fund’s shares, will go up and down, sometimes rapidly or unpredictably. Market risk may affect a single issuer, industry or section of the economy, or it may affect the market as a whole. Individual stock prices tend to go up and down more dramatically than those of certain other types of investments, such as bonds. During a general downturn in the financial markets, multiple asset classes may decline in value. When markets perform well, there can be no assurance that specific investments held by the Fund will rise in value.
  Mortgage- and asset-backed securities risk. Mortgage- and asset-backed securities, including collateralized debt obligations and collateralized mortgage obligations, are subject to prepayment or call risk, which is the risk that a borrower’s payments may be received earlier or later than expected due to changes in prepayment rates on underlying loans. This could result in the Fund reinvesting these early payments at lower interest rates, thereby reducing the Fund’s income. Mortgage- and asset-backed securities also are subject to extension risk, which is the risk that an unexpected rise in interest rates could reduce the rate of prepayments, causing the price of the mortgage- and asset-backed securities and the Fund’s share price to fall. An unexpectedly high rate of defaults on the mortgages held by a mortgage pool may adversely affect the value of mortgage-backed securities and could result in losses to
   

the Fund. The Fund may invest in mortgage pools that include subprime mortgages, which are loans made to borrowers with weakened credit histories or with lower capacity to make timely payments on their mortgages. Privately issued mortgage-related securities are not subject to the same underwriting requirements as those with government or government-sponsored entity guarantees and, therefore, mortgage loans underlying privately issued mortgage-related securities may have less favorable collateral, credit risk or other underwriting characteristics, and wider variances in interest rate, term, size, purpose and borrower characteristics.

  TBA transactions risk. TBA transactions involve the risk of loss if the securities received are less favorable than what was anticipated by the Fund when entering into the TBA transaction, or if the counterparty fails to deliver the securities. When the Fund enters into a short sale of a TBA mortgage it does not own, the Fund may have to purchase deliverable mortgages to settle the short sale at a higher price than anticipated, thereby causing a loss. As there is no limit on how much the price of mortgage securities can increase, the Fund’s exposure is unlimited. The Fund may not always be able to purchase mortgage securities to close out the short position at a particular time or at an acceptable price. In addition, taking short positions results in a form of leverage, which could increase the volatility of the Fund’s share price.
  US government obligations risk. Obligations of US government agencies and authorities receive varying levels of support and may not be backed by the full faith and credit of the US government, which could affect the Fund’s ability to recover should they default. No assurance can be given that the US government will provide financial support to its agencies and authorities if it is not obligated by law to do so.
  When-issued, delayed delivery and forward commitment risks. When-issued and delayed delivery transactions subject the Fund to market risk because the value or yield of a security at delivery may be more or less than the purchase price or yield generally available when delivery occurs, and counterparty risk because the Fund relies on the buyer or seller, as the case may be, to consummate the transaction. These
   

transactions also have a leveraging effect on the Fund because the Fund commits to purchase securities that it does not have to pay for until a later date, which increases the Fund’s overall investment exposure and, as a result, its volatility.

  Zero coupon or pay-in-kind securities risk. The value, interest rates, and liquidity of non-cash paying instruments, such as zero coupon and pay-in-kind securities, are subject to greater fluctuation than other types of securities. The higher yields and interest rates on pay-in-kind securities reflect the payment deferral and increased credit risk associated with such instruments and that such investments may represent a higher credit risk than loans that periodically pay interest.

 

 

About indexes used in this report

  The ICE BofAML 1-10 Year U.S. Treasury Index tracks the performance of US Treasury securities with maturities between one and 10 years.
  The Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Mortgage Backed Securities Index represents mortgage-backed pass-through securities of Ginnie Mae, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
  The Fund is not managed to track the performance of any particular index, including the index(es) described here, and consequently, the performance of the Fund may deviate significantly from the performance of the index(es).
  A direct investment cannot be made in an index. Unless otherwise indicated, index results include reinvested dividends, and they do not reflect sales charges. Performance of the peer group, if applicable, reflects fund expenses; performance of a market index does not.

 

 

Other information

  The returns shown in management’s discussion of Fund performance are based on net asset values (NAVs) calculated for shareholder transactions. Generally accepted accounting principles require adjustments to be made to the net assets of the Fund at period end for financial reporting purposes, and as such, the NAVs for shareholder transactions and the returns based on those NAVs may differ from the NAVs and returns reported in the Financial Highlights.
 

 

9    Invesco Quality Income Fund


Schedule of Investments

December 31, 2017

 

 

     Principal
Amount
     Value  

U.S. Government Sponsored Agency Mortgage-Backed Securities–106.23%

 

Collateralized Mortgage Obligations–18.12%  

Fannie Mae ACES,
1.83% (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.59%), 09/25/2023(a)

  $ 6,177,361      $ 6,206,487  

Fannie Mae Grantor Trust, 7.50%, 01/19/2039(b)

    305,758        336,777  

Fannie Mae, Interest STRIPS, IO, 6.50%, 10/25/2024

    143,623        18,036  

8.00%, 05/25/2030

    688,307        190,709  

7.50%, 01/25/2032

    226,144        37,073  

Fannie Mae REMICs,
2.00%, 06/25/2019

    40,638        40,521  

7.00%, 09/25/2032

    251,259        289,683  

6.58%, 06/25/2039(b)

    919,789        1,061,362  

1.56% (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.32%), 01/25/2045(a)

    1,299,957        1,297,613  

3.00%, 05/25/2045

    2,196,174        2,158,382  

2.05% (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.50%), 05/25/2046 to 06/25/2046(a)

    5,550,178        5,601,255  

1.95% (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.40%), 09/25/2046(a)

    4,109,191        4,132,563  

Fannie Mae REMICs, IO,
4.50%, 11/25/2023

    315,251        561  

3.00%, 10/25/2026 to 02/25/2028

    18,773,610        1,672,501  

8.00%, 08/18/2027 to 09/18/2027

    769,084        168,511  

6.00%, 05/25/2033

    38,014        9,036  

7.00%, 05/25/2033

    743,692        182,789  

3.50%, 08/25/2042

    1,447,071        193,893  

1.85%, 03/25/2043(b)

    12,536,158        775,613  

1.81%, 04/25/2045(b)

    14,400,825        779,864  

1.57%, 02/25/2056(b)

    20,331,733        852,542  

Freddie Mac Multifamily Structured Pass Through Securities,
1.80% (12 mo. MTA Rate + 0.74%), 10/25/2021(a)

    1,898,549        1,900,694  

Freddie Mac REMICs,
4.50%, 06/15/2018

    11,766        11,807  

3.00%, 10/15/2018 to 03/15/2035

    2,612,248        2,612,057  

1.50%, 01/15/2027

    5,096,594        4,970,619  

1.93% (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.45%), 10/15/2036(a)

    1,446,168        1,453,500  

2.03% (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.55%), 10/15/2036(a)

    1,136,201        1,140,139  

1.59% (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.35%), 12/15/2036(a)

    7,032,925        7,032,690  

1.61% (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.37%), 08/15/2038(a)

    1,585,508        1,582,858  

1.69% (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.45%), 09/15/2040(a)

    1,318,075        1,320,458  

1.74% (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.50%), 11/15/2041 to 03/15/2042(a)

    3,541,749        3,538,024  

1.64% (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.40%), 12/15/2042(a)

    5,885,157        5,876,004  

1.78% (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.30%), 10/15/2043 to 09/15/2044(a)

    9,027,699        9,022,412  
     Principal
Amount
     Value  
Collateralized Mortgage Obligations–(continued)  

Freddie Mac REMICs, IO, 3.00%, 09/15/2025

  $ 3,092,281      $ 128,872  

2.50%, 09/15/2027

    2,741,853        182,717  

1.78%, 04/15/2038(b)

    8,257,133        359,222  

1.76%, 08/15/2038(b)

    15,445,652        679,530  

1.55%, 11/15/2038(b)

    12,984,219        651,756  

1.86%, 11/15/2038(b)

    13,958,713        771,724  

1.75%, 02/15/2039(b)

    6,937,816        337,447  

1.90%, 12/15/2039(b)

    14,915,046        716,171  

1.91%, 12/15/2039(b)

    21,127,422        847,119  

2.00%, 10/15/2040(b)

    17,258,221        833,425  

4.00%, 12/15/2041

    1,690,482        189,391  

Freddie Mac STRIPS,
1.59% (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.35%), 10/15/2037(a)

    7,453,259        7,446,883  

Freddie Mac STRIPS, IO, 8.00%, 06/15/2031

    1,077,281        288,915  

Freddie Mac Structured Pass Through Securities, 6.50%, 02/25/2043

    1,921,502        2,233,172  

Freddie Mac Whole Loan Securities Trust, 3.00%, 09/25/2045

    1,860,952        1,832,546  

Ginnie Mae REMICs, 5.89%, 01/20/2039(b)

    1,865,564        2,059,009  

1.94% (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.45%), 12/16/2039(a)

    2,584,750        2,607,766  

4.49%, 07/20/2041(b)

    2,643,257        2,769,995  

2.51%, 09/20/2041(b)

    2,161,029        2,262,578  

2.50%, 10/20/2043

    1,109,665        959,876  

1.75% (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.25%), 09/20/2045(a)

    6,802,456        6,803,755  

3.00%, 10/20/2045 to 01/20/2046

    8,852,740        8,542,702  

Ginnie Mae REMICs, IO, 1.59%,
09/20/2064(b)

    6,030,035        545,998  
               110,517,602  
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC)–26.59%  

Pass Through Ctfs.,
5.00%, 10/01/2018 to 06/01/2040

    6,373,977        6,930,294  

8.50%, 08/01/2019 to 08/01/2031

    252,366        301,118  

3.50%, 08/01/2026 to 09/01/2045

    8,720,806        9,004,664  

6.50%, 05/01/2028 to 08/01/2033

    354,086        392,435  

6.00%, 03/01/2029

    3,789        4,291  

2.50%, 02/01/2031

    4,015,179        4,012,940  

3.00%, 02/01/2032 to 02/01/2032

    12,641,653        12,901,610  

8.00%, 08/01/2032

    217,351        253,872  

7.50%, 05/01/2035

    345,708        400,342  

5.50%, 12/01/2036

    237,728        263,330  

4.50%, 05/01/2038 to 02/01/2042

    17,708,418        18,907,798  

5.35%, 07/01/2038 to 10/17/2038

    2,262,633        2,471,668  

5.80%, 10/01/2038 to 01/20/2039

    926,309        1,004,668  

5.45%, 11/25/2038

    2,457,591        2,685,810  

4.00%, 06/01/2042

    5,106,158        5,414,232  
 

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

10                         Invesco Quality Income Fund


     Principal
Amount
     Value  
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC)–(continued)  

Pass Through Ctfs., ARM,
3.64% (1 yr. USD LIBOR + 1.87%), 07/01/2036(a)

  $ 1,726,311      $ 1,829,429  

3.72% (1 yr. USD LIBOR + 2.05%), 02/01/2037(a)

    143,885        153,268  

3.88% (1 yr. USD LIBOR + 2.17%), 03/01/2037(a)

    555,487        592,529  

3.70% (1 yr. USD LIBOR + 1.88%), 05/01/2037(a)

    595,257        625,288  

3.75% (1 yr. USD LIBOR + 2.00%), 11/01/2037(a)

    1,909,284        2,020,235  

3.68% (1 yr. USD LIBOR + 2.06%), 01/01/2038(a)

    412,414        438,926  

3.60% (1 yr. USD LIBOR + 1.85%), 03/01/2041(a)

    127,973        134,240  

Pass Through Ctfs., TBA, 3.00%, 02/01/2033 to 02/01/2048(c)

    42,200,000        42,368,200  

3.50%, 02/01/2048(c)

    30,000,000        30,775,125  

4.00%, 02/01/2048(c)

    17,500,000        18,283,508  
               162,169,820  
Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA)–51.14%  

Pass Through Ctfs.,
7.00%, 02/01/2018 to 12/01/2033

    297,804        311,847  

4.50%, 05/01/2019 to 07/01/2044

    14,551,931        15,541,074  

8.00%, 07/01/2020 to 04/01/2033

    516,667        619,312  

6.50%, 06/01/2022 to 11/01/2038

    2,691,942        3,003,888  

5.50%, 11/01/2022 to 04/01/2038

    8,090,449        8,923,211  

5.00%, 06/01/2027 to 01/01/2041

    5,914,265        6,403,363  

3.00%, 02/01/2028 to 11/01/2045

    18,815,165        19,105,156  

9.50%, 04/01/2030

    50,472        58,264  

3.50%, 11/01/2030 to 04/01/2046

    44,591,704        45,957,123  

2.00%, 02/01/2032

    7,356,183        7,353,991  

5.63%, 08/01/2032

    367,822        391,325  

8.50%, 10/01/2032

    445,200        544,029  

6.00%, 12/01/2035 to 05/01/2040

    2,721,979        3,061,915  

7.50%, 08/01/2037

    544,600        648,318  

5.45%, 01/01/2038

    381,310        404,364  

4.00%, 06/01/2024 to 05/01/2045

    28,024,250        29,613,052  

Pass Through Ctfs., ARM,
3.48% (1 yr. USD LIBOR + 1.74%), 03/01/2038(a)

    244,797        256,866  

3.04% (1 yr. USD LIBOR + 1.30%), 02/01/2039(a)

    2,099,261        2,176,131  

3.09% (1 yr. USD LIBOR + 1.67%), 08/01/2042(a)

    921,446        938,581  

2.76% (1 yr. USD LIBOR + 1.61%), 03/01/2046(a)

    3,901,621        3,950,273  

Pass Through Ctfs., TBA, 2.50%, 02/01/2033(c)

    22,500,000        22,458,550  

3.00%, 02/01/2033 to 02/01/2048(c)

    47,500,000        47,742,624  

3.50%, 02/01/2048

    69,200,000        70,981,035  

4.00%, 02/01/2048

    20,500,000        21,421,924  
               311,866,216  
     Principal
Amount
     Value  
Government National Mortgage Association
(GNMA)–10.38%
 

Pass Through Ctfs.,
9.00%, 03/15/2018 to 08/15/2024

  $ 134,021      $ 135,098  

9.50%, 04/15/2018 to 06/15/2022

    68,708        69,353  

8.00%, 02/15/2020 to 12/15/2021

    63,519        63,792  

7.00%, 11/15/2022 to 01/15/2029

    270,115        283,991  

6.50%, 04/15/2026 to 11/15/2028

    132,483        147,049  

6.00%, 01/15/2028 to 04/20/2029

    311,470        350,262  

5.50%, 05/15/2033 to 10/15/2034

    808,546        897,543  

5.00%, 11/20/2037

    987,935        1,047,380  

3.50%, 07/20/2046

    8,056,150        8,386,431  

Pass Through Ctfs., ARM,
2.50% (1 yr. U.S. Treasury Yield Curve Rate + 1.50%), 10/20/2047(a)

    4,971,054        4,988,191  

Pass Through Ctfs., TBA, 3.50%, 02/01/2048(c)

    15,400,000        15,913,855  

3.00%, 02/01/2048(c)

    26,100,000        26,302,152  

4.00%, 02/01/2048(c)

    4,500,000        4,692,270  
               63,277,367  

Total U.S. Government Sponsored Agency Mortgage-Backed Securities
(Cost $657,627,575)

 

     647,831,005  

Asset-Backed Securities–36.06%

 

Adjustable Rate Mortgage Trust, Series 2005-7, Class 2A21, Variable Rate Pass Through Ctfs., 3.40%, 10/25/2035(b)

    672,703        628,105  

Agate Bay Mortgage Trust, Series 2015-2, Class B1, Variable Rate Pass Through Ctfs., 3.74%, 03/25/2045(b)(d)

    3,579,920        3,627,074  

American Home Mortgage Investment Trust, Series 2005-1, Class 7A1, Floating Rate Pass Through Ctfs., 3.56% (6 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.00%), 06/25/2045(a)

    506,194        507,210  

Angel Oak Mortgage Trust LLC, Series 2017-1, Class A1, Variable Rate Pass Through Ctfs., 2.81%, 01/25/2047(b)(d)

    892,675        888,595  

Banc of America Funding Trust,
Series 2006-3, Class 5A5, Pass Through Ctfs., 5.50%, 03/25/2036

    94,327        90,444  

Series 2006-A, Class 1A1, Variable Rate Pass Through Ctfs., 3.63%, 02/20/2036(b)

    1,002,579        995,013  

Bear Stearns Adjustable Rate Mortgage Trust,
Series 2005-1, Class 2A1, Variable Rate Pass Through Ctfs., 3.43%, 03/25/2035(b)

    1,822,507        1,789,092  

Series 2005-2, Class A1, Floating Rate Pass Through Ctfs., 3.26% (1 yr. U.S. Treasury Yield Curve Rate + 2.45%), 03/25/2035(a)

    785,098        795,446  

Bear Stearns Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust, Series 2006-T22, Class B, Variable Rate Pass Through Ctfs., 5.72%, 04/12/2038(b)(d)

    400,450        401,293  
 

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

11                         Invesco Quality Income Fund


     Principal
Amount
     Value  

CGDB Commercial Mortgage Trust, Series 2017-BIO, Class B, Floating Rate Pass Through Ctfs., 2.43% (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.95%), 05/15/2030(a)(d)

  $ 5,100,000      $ 5,103,307  

CGDBB Commercial Mortgage Trust, Series 2017-BIOC, Class B, Floating Rate Pass Through Ctfs., 2.45% (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.97%), 07/15/2028(a)(d)

    3,000,000        3,008,919  

Series 2017-BIOC, Class C, Floating Rate Pass Through Ctfs., 2.53% (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.05%), 07/15/2028(a)(d)

    2,954,000        2,957,251  

Chase Issuance Trust, Series 2016-A3, Class A3, Floating Rate Pass Through Ctfs., 1.80% (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.55%), 06/15/2023(a)

    5,000,000        5,060,465  

Chase Mortgage Finance Trust, Series 2005-A1, Class 3A1, Variable Rate Pass Through Ctfs., 3.36%, 12/25/2035(b)

    45,246        44,268  

Series 2007-A2, Class 2A1, Variable Rate Pass Through Ctfs., 3.60%, 07/25/2037(b)

    897,555        914,191  

Series 2007-A2, Class 2A4, Variable Rate Pass Through Ctfs., 3.60%, 07/25/2037(b)

    829,150        835,002  

Chase Mortgage Trust,
Series 2016-1, Class M3, Variable Rate Pass Through Ctfs., 3.75%, 04/25/2045(b)(d)

    3,301,098        3,306,910  

Series 2016-2, Class M4, Variable Rate Pass Through Ctfs., 3.75%, 12/25/2045(b)(d)

    3,213,817        3,101,139  

CHL Mortgage Pass Through Trust, Series 2004-29, Class 1A1, Floating Rate Pass Through Ctfs., 2.09% (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.54%), 02/25/2035(a)

    470,159        450,443  

Citigroup Mortgage Loan Trust, Inc., Series 2004-HYB3, Class 2A, Variable Rate Pass Through Ctfs., 3.14%, 09/25/2034(b)

    1,987,922        1,939,799  

Series 2004-UST1, Class A4, Variable Rate Pass Through Ctfs., 3.37%, 08/25/2034(b)

    297,717        290,441  

Series 2005-11, Class A2A, Floating Rate Pass Through Ctfs., 3.63% (1 yr. U.S. Treasury Yield Curve Rate + 2.40%), 10/25/2035(a)

    2,352,821        2,380,030  

Series 2006-AR2, Class 1A2, Variable Rate Pass Through Ctfs., 3.60%, 03/25/2036(b)

    86,353        85,415  

Series 2012-6, Class 2A1, Variable Rate Pass Through Ctfs., 3.31%, 08/25/2036(b)(d)

    469,295        471,310  

COLT Mortgage Loan Trust,
Series 2017-1, Class A1, Variable Rate Pass Through Ctfs., 2.61%, 05/27/2047(b)(d)

    1,995,849        2,002,121  

Series 2017-1, Class A3, Variable Rate Pass Through Ctfs., 3.07%, 05/27/2047(b)(d)

    2,328,490        2,334,744  

Series 2017-2, Class A2A, Variable Rate Pass Through Ctfs., 2.57%, 10/25/2047(b)(d)

    3,902,097        3,916,708  
     Principal
Amount
     Value  

Commercial Mortgage Trust, Series 2013-LC13, Class XA, IO, Variable Rate Pass Through Ctfs., 1.31%, 08/10/2046(b)

  $ 44,941,643      $ 1,692,902  

Series 2014-FL5, Class B, Floating Rate Pass Through Ctfs., 3.58% (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.15%), 10/15/2031(a)(d)

    1,400,000        1,390,742  

Series 2015-CR24, Class XA, IO, Variable Rate Pass Through Ctfs., 0.81%,
08/10/2048(b)

    43,578,375        2,112,810  

Credit Suisse First Boston Mortgage Securities Corp., Series 2004-AR5, Class 5A1, Variable Rate Pass Through Ctfs., 3.55%,
06/25/2034(b)

    1,548,883        1,547,071  

Credit Suisse Mortgage Capital Trust, Series 2013-6, Class 2A1, Variable Rate Pass Through Ctfs., 3.50%, 08/25/2043(b)(d)

    1,591,657        1,626,871  

Series 2013-7, Class B1, Variable Rate Pass Through Ctfs., 3.58%, 08/25/2043(b)(d)

    5,013,458        4,982,039  

Series 2015-TOWN, Class B, Floating Rate Pass Through Ctfs., 3.38% (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.90%), 03/15/2028(a)(d)

    2,500,000        2,502,217  

Credit Suisse Mortgage Loan Trust, Series 2015-1, Class A9, Variable Rate Pass Through Ctfs., 3.50%, 05/25/2045(b)(d)

    2,967,011        3,023,265  

DBUBS Mortgage Trust, Series 2011-LC3A, Class C, Variable Rate Pass Through Ctfs., 5.34%, 08/10/2044(b)(d)

    5,000,000        5,346,772  

Deutsche Mortgage Securities Inc Re-REMIC Trust Certificates, Series 2007-WM1, Class A1, Variable Rate Pass Through Ctfs., 3.24%, 06/27/2037(b)(d)

    3,783,538        3,848,868  

Ford Credit Auto Owner Trust, Series 2016-1, Class A, Pass Through Ctfs., 2.31%, 08/15/2027(d)

    6,109,000        6,092,341  

FREMF Mortgage Trust, Series 2017-KF41, Class B, Floating Rate Pass Through Ctfs., 3.87% (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.50%), 11/25/2024(a)(d)

    1,282,000        1,282,000  

GMACM Mortgage Loan Trust, Series 2005-AR3, Class 2A1, Variable Rate Pass Through Ctfs., 3.76%, 06/19/2035(b)

    2,024,340        1,996,875  

GSAA Home Equity Trust, Series 2007-7, Class A4, Floating Rate Pass Through Ctfs., 1.82% (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.27%), 07/25/2037(a)

    148,614        142,492  

GSR Mortgage Loan Trust, Series 2004-11, Class 2A2, Variable Rate Pass Through Ctfs., 3.72%, 09/25/2034(b)

    244,350        246,381  

Series 2004-12, Class 3A6, Variable Rate Pass Through Ctfs., 3.56%, 12/25/2034(b)

    1,068,701        1,078,119  

Hertz Vehicle Financing II LP, Series 2015-1A, Class A, Pass Through Ctfs., 2.73%, 03/25/2021(d)

    6,000,000        6,019,818  

Home Partners of America Trust, Series 2017-1, Class C, Floating Rate Pass Through Ctfs., 3.08% (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.55%), 07/17/2034(a)(d)

    3,000,000        3,022,612  

Series 2017-1, Class D, Floating Rate Pass Through Ctfs., 3.43% (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.90%), 07/17/2034(a)(d)

    2,920,000        2,935,865  
 

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

12                         Invesco Quality Income Fund


     Principal
Amount
     Value  

Hyatt Hotel Portfolio Trust, Series 2017-HYT2, Class E, Floating Rate Pass Through Ctfs., 3.83% (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.35%), 08/09/2032(a)(d)

  $ 2,000,000      $ 2,002,474  

Invitation Homes Trust, Series 2017-SFR2, Class C, Floating Rate Pass Through Ctfs., 2.94% (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.45%), 12/17/2036(a)(d)

    3,208,000        3,234,709  

Series 2017-SFR2, Class D, Floating Rate Pass Through Ctfs., 3.05% (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.80%), 12/17/2036(a)(d)

    2,916,000        2,946,481  

JP Morgan Mortgage Trust, Series 2005-A1, Class 3A1, Variable Rate Pass Through Ctfs., 3.69%, 02/25/2035(b)

    2,157,155        2,208,804  

Series 2005-A3, Class 6A5, Variable Rate Pass Through Ctfs., 3.54%, 06/25/2035(b)

    1,239,899        1,221,426  

Series 2005-A6, Class 7A1, Variable Rate Pass Through Ctfs., 3.64%, 08/25/2035(b)

    800,182        782,571  

Series 2014-1, Class 1A17, Variable Rate Pass Through Ctfs., 3.90%, 01/25/2044(b)(d)

    3,199,659        3,299,548  

Series 2015-3, Class A3, Variable Rate Pass Through Ctfs., 3.50%, 05/25/2045(b)(d)

    4,769,157        4,861,001  

Series 2015-5, Class A2, Variable Rate Pass Through Ctfs., 2.86%, 05/25/2045(b)(d)

    2,588,368        2,598,312  

Series 2016-5, Class A1, Variable Rate Pass Through Ctfs., 2.60%, 12/25/2046(b)(d)

    2,960,051        2,955,364  

Series 2017-5, Class A1, Variable Rate Pass Through Ctfs., 3.19%, 10/26/2048(b)(d)

    4,975,714        5,029,213  

JP Morgan Resecuritization Trust, Series 2009-7, Class 5A1, Variable Rate Pass Through Ctfs., 6.00%, 02/27/2037(b)(d)

    6,523        6,520  

La Hipotecaria El Salvadorian Mortgage Trust (El Salvador), Series 2013-1A, Class A, Pass Through Ctfs., 3.50%, 10/25/2041 (Acquired 04/22/2013; Cost $4,124,559)(d)

    3,985,081        4,115,219  

La Hipotecaria Panamanian Mortgage Trust (El Salvador), Series 2010-1GA, Class A, Floating Rate Pass Through Ctfs., 2.25% (PNMR–3.00%), 09/08/2039 (Acquired 11/05/2010-06/25/2012; Cost
$5,905,244)(a)(d)

    5,707,755        5,870,069  

LSTAR Commercial Mortgage Trust, Series 2014-2, Class A2, Pass Through Ctfs., 2.77%, 01/20/2041(d)

    420,986        420,037  

Luminent Mortgage Trust,
Series 2005-1, Class A1, Floating Rate Pass Through Ctfs., 1.59% (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.26%), 11/25/2035(a)

    2,194,755        2,134,966  

Series 2006-1, Class A1, Floating Rate Pass Through Ctfs., 1.79% (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.24%), 04/25/2036(a)

    76,226        64,514  
     Principal
Amount
     Value  

Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors Trust, Series 2004-A, Class A2, Floating Rate Pass Through Ctfs., 1.99% (6 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.50%), 04/25/2029(a)

  $ 465,600      $ 462,296  

Series 2005-3, Class 3A, Variable Rate Pass Through Ctfs., 3.30%, 11/25/2035(b)

    809,706        816,433  

Series 2005-A, Class A1, Floating Rate Pass Through Ctfs., 2.01% (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.46%), 03/25/2030(a)

    1,009,366        982,166  

Mill City Mortgage Loan Trust, Series 2017-1, Class A1, Variable Rate Pass Through Ctfs., 2.75%, 11/25/2058(b)(d)

    3,472,407        3,479,298  

Morgan Stanley Capital I Trust, Series 2006-HQ10, Class AJ, Variable Rate Pass Through Ctfs., 5.39%, 11/12/2041(b)

    2,562,783        2,567,948  

Series 2015-XLF2, Class AFSD, Floating Rate Pass Through Ctfs., 5.14% (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.66%), 08/15/2026(a)(d)

    2,150,000        2,181,321  

NextGear Floorplan Master Owner Trust, Series 2017-2A, Class A1, Floating Rate Pass Through Ctfs. 2.16% (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.68%), 10/17/2022(a)(d)

    3,800,000        3,809,461  

PFP Ltd. (Cayman Islands), Series 2015-2, Class B, Floating Rate Pass Through Ctfs., 4.18% (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.70%), 07/14/2034(a)(d)

    3,345,000        3,349,334  

RALI Trust, Series 2006-QO2, Class A2, Floating Rate Pass Through Ctfs., 1.60% (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.27%), 02/25/2046(a)

    55,966        25,840  

RBSSP Resecuritization Trust, Series 2010-1, Class 2A1, Variable Rate Pass Through Ctfs., 3.45%, 07/26/2045 (Acquired 01/31/2011-02/23/2016;
Cost $1,347,994)(b)(d)

    1,357,522        1,390,926  

Sequoia Mortgage Trust, Series 2013-4, Class A3, Variable Rate Pass Through Ctfs., 1.55%, 04/25/2043(b)

    1,407,766        1,374,781  

Shellpoint Asset Funding Trust, Series 2013-1, Class A3, Variable Rate Pass Through Ctfs., 3.75%, 07/25/2043(b)(d)

    2,401,612        2,428,424  

Starwood Waypoint Homes Trust, Series 2017-1, Class D, Floating Rate Pass Through Ctfs., 3.44% (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.95%), 01/17/2035(a)(d)

    5,750,000        5,797,978  

Structured Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan Trust,
Series 2004-6, Class 3A2, Variable Rate Pass Through Ctfs., 3.45%, 06/25/2034(b)

    2,326,545        2,431,716  

Series 2004-13, Class A2, Floating Rate Pass Through Ctfs., 0.49% (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.30%), 09/25/2034(a)

    486,194        456,439  

Series 2004-20, Class 3A1, Variable Rate Pass Through Ctfs., 3.29%, 01/25/2035(b)

    303,327        299,100  
 

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

13                         Invesco Quality Income Fund


     Principal
Amount
     Value  

Structured Asset Mortgage Investments, II Trust, Series 2005-AR2, Class 2A1, Floating Rate Pass Through Ctfs., 2.01% (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.46%), 05/25/2045(a)

  $ 1,333,165      $ 1,249,616  

Structured Asset Securities Corp., Series 2002-21A, Class B1II, Variable Rate Pass Through Ctfs., 3.50%, 11/25/2032(b)

    195,124        186,218  

Synchrony Credit Card Master Note Trust, Series 2015-3, Class A, Pass Through Ctfs., 1.74%, 09/15/2021

    5,000,000        4,994,369  

Thornburg Mortgage Securities Trust, Series 2005-2, Class A1, Variable Rate Pass Through Ctfs., 3.17%, 07/25/2045(b)

    3,261,762        3,188,352  

Towd Point Mortgage Trust, Series 2015-4, Class A1, Variable Rate Pass Through Ctfs., 3.50%, 04/25/2055(b)(d)

    1,116,054        1,134,831  

Series 2017-2, Class A1, Variable Rate Pass Through Ctfs., 2.75%, 04/25/2057(b)(d)

    5,863,364        5,865,427  

Verus Securitization Trust, Series 2017-2A, Class A2, Pass Through Ctfs., 2.64%, 07/25/2047(d)

    4,311,880        4,324,443  

Series 2017-2A, Class A3, Pass Through Ctfs., 2.85%, 07/25/2047(d)

    4,311,880        4,322,536  

Wachovia Bank Commercial Mortgage Trust, Series 2006-C27, Class AJ, Variable Rate Pass Through Ctfs., 5.83%, 07/15/2045(b)

    1,573,356        1,580,440  

WaMu Mortgage Pass-Through Trust, Series 2005-AR12, Class 1A8, Variable Rate Pass Through Ctfs., 3.21%, 10/25/2035(b)

    3,544,920        3,572,866  

Series 2007-HY2, Class 2A1, Variable Rate Pass Through Ctfs., 3.44%, 11/25/2036(b)

    196,922        186,370  

Wells Fargo Mortgage Backed Securities Trust,
Series 2004-K, Class 1A2, Variable Rate Pass Through Ctfs., 3.48%, 07/25/2034(b)

    1,172,732        1,182,211  

Series 2004-O, Class A1, Variable Rate Pass Through Ctfs., 3.55%, 08/25/2034(b)

    3,849,352        3,961,461  

Series 2005-AR2, Class 2A2, Variable Rate Pass Through Ctfs., 3.28%, 03/25/2035(b)

    182,617        185,106  

Series 2006-AR6, Class 3A1, Variable Rate Pass Through Ctfs., 3.63%, 03/25/2036(b)

    2,601,254        2,517,637  

Series 2006-AR6, Class 7A2, Variable Rate Pass Through Ctfs., 3.63%, 03/25/2036(b)

    1,433,518        1,446,342  

Series 2006-AR7, Class 2A5, Variable Rate Pass Through Ctfs., 3.34%, 05/25/2036(b)

    1,494,933        1,484,207  

Series 2006-AR8, Class 2A3, Variable Rate Pass Through Ctfs., 3.57%, 04/25/2036(b)

    886,613        898,531  

Series 2005-AR12, Class 1A1, Variable Rate Pass Through Ctfs., 3.47%, 05/25/2035(b)

    671,265        684,977  
     Principal
Amount
     Value  

WFRBS Commercial Mortgage Trust, Series 2013-C17, Class D, Variable Rate Pass Through Ctfs., 5.12%, 12/15/2046(b)(d)

  $ 2,600,000      $ 2,513,124  

Total Asset-Backed Securities
(Cost $216,766,977)

 

     219,898,548  

Agency Credit Risk Transfer Notes–5.13%

 

Fannie Mae Connecticut Avenue Securities, 3.65% (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.10%), 08/25/2028(a)

    192,140        193,276  

Freddie Mac, Series 2015-DNA1, Class M2, Floating Rate STACR® Debt Notes, 3.40% (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.85%), 10/25/2027(a)

    6,325,000        6,481,194  

Series 2015-HQ1, Class M3, Floating Rate STACR® Debt Notes, 5.35% (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.80%), 03/25/2025(a)

    5,000,000        5,438,232  

Series 2016-DNA1, Class M2, Floating Rate STACR® Debt Notes, 4.45% (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.90%), 07/25/2028(a)

    3,635,575        3,747,204  

Series 2016-HQA1, Class M2, Floating Rate STACR® Debt Notes, 4.30% (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.75%), 09/25/2028(a)

    3,872,000        3,981,227  

Series 2016-HQA2, Class M2, Floating Rate STACR® Debt Notes, 3.80% (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.25%), 11/25/2028(a)

    2,684,000        2,753,899  

Series 2016-HQA2, Class M3AF, Floating Rate STACR® Debt Notes, 5.45% (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.90%), 11/25/2028(a)

    3,000,000        3,292,500  

Series 2016-HQA4, Class M2, Floating Rate STACR® Debt Notes, 2.85% (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.30%), 04/25/2029(a)

    500,000        506,722  

Series 2017-DNA2, Class M1, Floating Rate STACR® Debt Notes, 2.75% (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.20%), 10/25/2029(a)

    4,822,649        4,899,561  

Total Agency Credit Risk Transfer Notes
(Cost $31,298,379)

 

     31,293,815  
    Shares         

Exchange-Traded Fund–0.25%

 

PowerShares Variable Rate Investment Grade Portfolio
(Cost $1,514,406)(e)

    60,000        1,511,400  
    Principal
Amount
        

U.S. Treasury Bills–0.07%(f)

    

1.03%, 02/01/2018(g)

  $ 125,000        124,869  

1.05%, 02/01/2018

    210,000        209,779  

1.09%, 02/01/2018(g)

    30,000        29,969  

1.10%, 02/01/2018(g)

    60,000        59,937  

Total U.S. Treasury Bills
(Cost $424,614)

 

     424,554  
 

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

14                         Invesco Quality Income Fund


     Shares      Value  

Money Market Funds–2.08%

 

Invesco Government & Agency Portfolio– Institutional
Class, 1.18%(h)

    4,444,087      $ 4,444,087  

Invesco Liquid Assets Portfolio–Institutional Class, 1.40%(h)

    3,173,933        3,174,251  

Invesco Treasury Portfolio–Institutional Class, 1.17%(h)

    5,078,957        5,078,957  

Total Money Market Funds
(Cost $12,697,365)

 

     12,697,295  

TOTAL INVESTMENTS IN SECURITIES–149.82% (Cost $920,329,316)

 

     913,656,617  

OTHER ASSETS LESS LIABILITIES–(49.82)%

 

     (303,804,662

NET ASSETS–100.00%

 

   $ 609,851,955  

Investment Abbreviations:

 

ACES  

– Automatically Convertible Extendable Security

ARM  

– Adjustable Rate Mortgage

Ctfs.  

– Certificates

IO  

– Interest Only

LIBOR  

– London Interbank Offered Rate

MTA  

– Moving Treasury Average

PNMR  

– Panamanian Mortgage Reference Rate

REMICs  

– Real Estate Mortgage Investment Conduits

STACR®  

– Structured Agency Credit Risk

STRIPS  

– Separately Traded Registered Interest and Principal Security

TBA  

– To Be Announced

USD  

– U.S. Dollar

 

Notes to Schedule of Investments:

 

(a)  Interest or dividend rate is redetermined periodically. Rate shown is the rate in effect on December 31, 2017.
(b)  Interest rate is redetermined periodically based on the cash flows generated by the pool of assets backing the security, less any applicable fees. The rate shown is the rate in effect December 31, 2017.
(c)  Security purchased on a forward commitment basis. This security is subject to dollar roll transactions. See Note 1I.
(d)  Security purchased or received in a transaction exempt from registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “1933 Act”). The security may be resold pursuant to an exemption from registration under the 1933 Act, typically to qualified institutional buyers. The aggregate value of these securities at December 31, 2017 was $151,128,831, which represented 24.78% of the Fund’s Net Assets.
(e)  PowerShares Variable Rate Investment Grade Portfolio and the Fund are affiliated by either having the same investment adviser or an investment adviser under common control with the Fund’s investment adviser. The value of this security as of December 31, 2017 represented less than 1% of the Fund’s Net Assets. See Note 5.
(f)  Security traded on a discount basis. The interest rate shown represents the discount rate at the time of purchase by the Fund.
(g)  All or a portion of the value was pledged as collateral to cover margin requirements for open futures contracts. See Note 1H.
(h)  The money market fund and the Fund are affiliated by having the same investment adviser. The rate shown is the 7-day SEC standardized yield as of December 31, 2017.

 

Open Futures Contracts  
Short Futures Contracts  

Number of

Contracts

    

Expiration

Month

    

Notional

Value

     Value      Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 

U.S. Treasury 2 Year Notes

    131        March-2018      $ (28,048,329    $ 54,985      $ 54,985  

U.S. Treasury Ultra 10 Year Notes

    36      March-2018        (4,465,687      30,009        30,009  

U.S. Treasury Long Bonds

    7      March-2018        (1,071,000      1,788        1,788  

U.S. Treasury Ultra Bonds

    4      March-2018        (670,625      (2,980      (2,980

Total Futures Contracts — Interest Rate Risk

                             $ 83,802      $ 83,802  

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

15                         Invesco Quality Income Fund


Statement of Assets and Liabilities

December 31, 2017

 

 

Assets:

 

Investments in securities, at value (Cost $906,117,545)

  $ 899,447,922  

Investments in affiliates, at value (Cost $14,211,771)

    14,208,695  

Receivable for:

 

Investments sold

    305,123,512  

Fund shares sold

    315,425  

Dividends and interest

    2,400,488  

Principal paydowns

    913,346  

Investment for trustee deferred compensation and retirement plans

    81,283  

Other assets

    29,714  

Total assets

    1,222,520,385  

Liabilities:

 

Other investments:

 

Variation margin payable — futures contracts

    19,219  

Payable for:

 

Investments purchased

    611,341,748  

Dividends

    285,444  

Fund shares reacquired

    493,892  

Accrued fees to affiliates

    190,904  

Accrued trustees’ and officers’ fees and benefits

    804  

Accrued other operating expenses

    244,554  

Trustee deferred compensation and retirement plans

    91,865  

Total liabilities

    612,668,430  

Net assets applicable to shares outstanding

  $ 609,851,955  

Net assets consist of:

 

Shares of beneficial interest

  $ 642,048,153  

Undistributed net investment income

    843,582  

Undistributed net realized gain (loss)

    (26,450,883

Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

    (6,588,897
    $ 609,851,955  

Net Assets:

 

Class A

  $ 353,255,770  

Class B

  $ 370,514  

Class C

  $ 13,178,287  

Class Y

  $ 67,027,341  

Class R5

  $ 176,010,158  

Class R6

  $ 9,885  

Shares outstanding, no par value,
with an unlimited number of shares authorized:

 

Class A

    29,551,612  

Class B

    31,099  

Class C

    1,110,300  

Class Y

    5,586,198  

Class R5

    14,672,737  

Class R6

    824  

Class A:

 

Net asset value per share

  $ 11.95  

Maximum offering price per share

 

(Net asset value of $11.95 ¸ 95.75%)

  $ 12.48  

Class B:

 

Net asset value and offering price per share

  $ 11.91  

Class C:

 

Net asset value and offering price per share

  $ 11.87  

Class Y:

 

Net asset value and offering price per share

  $ 12.00  

Class R5:

 

Net asset value and offering price per share

  $ 12.00  

Class R6:

 

Net asset value and offering price per share

  $ 12.00  
 

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

16                         Invesco Quality Income Fund


Statement of Operations

For the year ended December 31, 2017

 

Investment income:

 

Interest

  $ 19,301,878  

Dividends from affiliates

    96,721  

Total investment income

    19,398,599  

Expenses:

 

Advisory fees

    2,933,436  

Administrative services fees

    167,277  

Custodian fees

    47,642  

Distribution fees:

 

Class A

    902,248  

Class B

    5,111  

Class C

    144,970  

Transfer agent fees — A, B, C and Y

    644,770  

Transfer agent fees — R5

    760  

Trustees’ and officers’ fees and benefits

    28,831  

Registration and filing fees

    115,872  

Reports to shareholders

    134,688  

Professional services fees

    84,076  

Other

    101,409  

Total expenses

    5,311,090  

Less: Fees waived and expense offset arrangement(s)

    (21,026

Net expenses

    5,290,064  

Net investment income

    14,108,535  

Realized and unrealized gain (loss) from:

 

Net realized gain from:

 

Investment securities

    4,628,012  

Futures contracts

    1,044,515  
      5,672,527  

Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of:

 

Investment securities

    (6,329,169

Futures contracts

    (156,338
      (6,485,507

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

    (812,980

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

  $ 13,295,555  

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

17                         Invesco Quality Income Fund


Statement of Changes in Net Assets

For the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016

 

     2017      2016  

Operations:

    

Net investment income

  $ 14,108,535      $ 13,177,104  

Net realized gain

    5,672,527        1,798,723  

Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

    (6,485,507      (3,036,325

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

    13,295,555        11,939,502  

Distributions to shareholders from net investment income:

    

Class A

    (12,305,522      (13,585,264

Class B

    (12,970      (26,508

Class C

    (366,966      (368,661

Class Y

    (2,562,606      (1,569,262

Class R5

    (5,968,579      (4,406,269

Class R6

    (284       

Total distributions from net investment income

    (21,216,927      (19,955,964

Share transactions–net:

    

Class A

    (32,119,143      (1,986,107

Class B

    (339,468      (418,846

Class C

    (2,313,095      6,523,937  

Class Y

    387,569        47,048,651  

Class R5

    35,534,489        145,428,575  

Class R6

    10,013         

Net increase in net assets resulting from share transactions

    1,160,365        196,596,210  

Net increase (decrease) in net assets

    (6,761,007      188,579,748  

Net assets:

    

Beginning of year

    616,612,962        428,033,214  

End of year (includes undistributed net investment income of $843,582 and $342,743, respectively)

  $ 609,851,955      $ 616,612,962  

Notes to Financial Statements

December 31, 2017

NOTE 1—Significant Accounting Policies

Invesco Quality Income Fund (the “Fund”) is a series portfolio of AIM Growth Series (Invesco Growth Series) (the “Trust”). The Trust is organized as a Delaware statutory trust and is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”), as an open-end series management investment company consisting of twenty-nine separate series portfolios, each authorized to issue an unlimited number of shares of beneficial interest. The assets, liabilities and operations of each portfolio are accounted for separately. Information presented in these financial statements pertains only to the Fund. Matters affecting each portfolio or class will be voted on exclusively by the shareholders of such portfolio or class.

The Fund’s investment objective is to provide a high level of current income, with liquidity and safety of principal.

The Fund currently consists of six different classes of shares: Class A, Class B, Class C, Class Y, Class R5 and Class R6. On April 4, 2017, the Fund began offering Class R6 shares. Class Y shares are available only to certain investors. Class A shares are sold with a front-end sales charge unless certain waiver criteria are met and under certain circumstances load waived shares may be subject to contingent deferred sales charges (“CDSC”). Class C shares are sold with a CDSC. Class Y, Class R5 and Class R6 shares are sold at net asset value. Effective November 30, 2010, new or additional investments in Class B shares are no longer permitted. Existing shareholders of Class B shares may continue to reinvest dividends and capital gains distributions in Class B shares until they convert to Class A shares. Also, shareholders in Class B shares will be able to exchange those shares for Class B shares of other Invesco Funds offering such shares until they convert to Class A shares. Generally, Class B shares will automatically convert to Class A shares on or about the month-end, which is at least eight years after the date of purchase. Redemption of Class B shares prior to the conversion date will be subject to a CDSC.

Effective January 26, 2018, all of the Fund’s outstanding Class B shares were converted to Class A shares, in advance of their normally scheduled conversion. No CDSC was paid with this early conversion.

The Fund is an investment company and accordingly follows the investment company accounting and reporting guidance in accordance with Financial Accounting Standards Board Accounting Standards Codification Topic 946, Financial Services — Investment Companies.

 

18                         Invesco Quality Income Fund


The following is a summary of the significant accounting policies followed by the Fund in the preparation of its financial statements.

A. Security Valuations — Securities, including restricted securities, are valued according to the following policy.

Debt obligations (including convertible securities) and unlisted equities are fair valued using an evaluated quote provided by an independent pricing service. Evaluated quotes provided by the pricing service may be determined without exclusive reliance on quoted prices, and may reflect appropriate factors such as institution-size trading in similar groups of securities, developments related to specific securities, dividend rate (for unlisted equities), yield (for debt obligations), quality, type of issue, coupon rate (for debt obligations), maturity (for debt obligations), individual trading characteristics and other market data. Pricing services generally value debt obligations assuming orderly transactions of institutional round lot size, but a fund may hold or transact in the same securities in smaller, odd lot sizes. Odd lots often trade at lower prices than institutional round lots. Debt obligations are subject to interest rate and credit risks. In addition, all debt obligations involve some risk of default with respect to interest and/or principal payments.

A security listed or traded on an exchange (except convertible securities) is valued at its last sales price or official closing price as of the close of the customary trading session on the exchange where the security is principally traded, or lacking any sales or official closing price on a particular day, the security may be valued at the closing bid price on that day. Securities traded in the over-the-counter market are valued based on prices furnished by independent pricing services or market makers. When such securities are valued by an independent pricing service they may be considered fair valued. Futures contracts are valued at the final settlement price set by an exchange on which they are principally traded. Listed options are valued at the mean between the last bid and asked prices from the exchange on which they are principally traded. Options not listed on an exchange are valued by an independent source at the mean between the last bid and asked prices. For purposes of determining net asset value (“NAV”) per share, futures and option contracts generally are valued 15 minutes after the close of the customary trading session of the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”).

Investments in open-end and closed-end registered investment companies that do not trade on an exchange are valued at the end-of-day net asset value per share. Investments in open-end and closed-end registered investment companies that trade on an exchange are valued at the last sales price or official closing price as of the close of the customary trading session on the exchange where the security is principally traded.

Foreign securities’ (including foreign exchange contracts) prices are converted into U.S. dollar amounts using the applicable exchange rates as of the close of the NYSE. If market quotations are available and reliable for foreign exchange-traded equity securities, the securities will be valued at the market quotations. Because trading hours for certain foreign securities end before the close of the NYSE, closing market quotations may become unreliable. If between the time trading ends on a particular security and the close of the customary trading session on the NYSE, events occur that the investment adviser determines are significant and make the closing price unreliable, the Fund may fair value the security. If the event is likely to have affected the closing price of the security, the security will be valued at fair value in good faith using procedures approved by the Board of Trustees. Adjustments to closing prices to reflect fair value may also be based on a screening process of an independent pricing service to indicate the degree of certainty, based on historical data, that the closing price in the principal market where a foreign security trades is not the current value as of the close of the NYSE. Foreign securities’ prices meeting the approved degree of certainty that the price is not reflective of current value will be priced at the indication of fair value from the independent pricing service. Multiple factors may be considered by the independent pricing service in determining adjustments to reflect fair value and may include information relating to sector indices, American Depositary Receipts and domestic and foreign index futures. Foreign securities may have additional risks including exchange rate changes, potential for sharply devalued currencies and high inflation, political and economic upheaval, the relative lack of issuer information, relatively low market liquidity and the potential lack of strict financial and accounting controls and standards.

Securities for which market prices are not provided by any of the above methods may be valued based upon quotes furnished by independent sources. The last bid price may be used to value equity securities. The mean between the last bid and asked prices is used to value debt obligations, including corporate loans.

Securities for which market quotations are not readily available or became unreliable are valued at fair value as determined in good faith by or under the supervision of the Trust’s officers following procedures approved by the Board of Trustees. Issuer specific events, market trends, bid/asked quotes of brokers and information providers and other market data may be reviewed in the course of making a good faith determination of a security’s fair value.

The Fund may invest in securities that are subject to interest rate risk, meaning the risk that the prices will generally fall as interest rates rise and, conversely, the prices will generally rise as interest rates fall. Specific securities differ in their sensitivity to changes in interest rates depending on their individual characteristics. Changes in interest rates may result in increased market volatility, which may affect the value and/or liquidity of certain Fund investments.

Valuations change in response to many factors including the historical and prospective earnings of the issuer, the value of the issuer’s assets, general economic conditions, interest rates, investor perceptions and market liquidity. Because of the inherent uncertainties of valuation, the values reflected in the financial statements may materially differ from the value received upon actual sale of those investments.

B. Securities Transactions and Investment Income — Securities transactions are accounted for on a trade date basis. Realized gains or losses on sales are computed on the basis of specific identification of the securities sold. Interest income (net of withholding tax, if any) is recorded on the accrual basis from settlement date. Bond premiums and discounts are amortized and/or accreted over the lives of the respective securities. Pay-in-kind interest income and non-cash dividend income received in the form of securities in-lieu of cash are recorded at the fair value of the securities received. Paydown gains and losses on mortgage and asset-backed securities are recorded as adjustments to interest income. Dividend income (net of withholding tax, if any) is recorded on the ex-dividend date.

The Fund may periodically participate in litigation related to Fund investments. As such, the Fund may receive proceeds from litigation settlements. Any proceeds received are included in the Statement of Operations as realized gain (loss) for investments no longer held and as unrealized gain (loss) for investments still held.

Brokerage commissions and mark ups are considered transaction costs and are recorded as an increase to the cost basis of securities purchased and/or a reduction of proceeds on a sale of securities. Such transaction costs are included in the determination of net realized and unrealized gain (loss) from investment securities reported in the Statement of Operations and the Statement of Changes in Net Assets and the net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on securities per share in the Financial Highlights. Transaction costs are included in the calculation of the Fund’s net asset value and, accordingly, they reduce the Fund’s total returns. These transaction costs are not considered operating expenses and

 

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are not reflected in net investment income reported in the Statement of Operations and the Statement of Changes in Net Assets, or the net investment income per share and the ratios of expenses and net investment income reported in the Financial Highlights, nor are they limited by any expense limitation arrangements between the Fund and the investment adviser.

The Fund allocates income and realized and unrealized capital gains and losses to a class based on the relative net assets of each class.

C. Distributions — Distributions from net investment income are declared daily and paid monthly. Distributions from net realized capital gain, if any, are generally declared and paid annually and recorded on the ex-dividend date.
D. Federal Income Taxes — The Fund intends to comply with the requirements of Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Internal Revenue Code”), necessary to qualify as a regulated investment company and to distribute substantially all of the Fund’s taxable earnings to shareholders. As such, the Fund will not be subject to federal income taxes on otherwise taxable income (including net realized capital gain) that is distributed to shareholders. Therefore, no provision for federal income taxes is recorded in the financial statements.

The Fund recognizes the tax benefits of uncertain tax positions only when the position is more likely than not to be sustained. Management has analyzed the Fund’s uncertain tax positions and concluded that no liability for unrecognized tax benefits should be recorded related to uncertain tax positions. Management is not aware of any tax positions for which it is reasonably possible that the total amounts of unrecognized tax benefits will change materially in the next 12 months.

Each Fund files tax returns in the U.S. Federal jurisdiction and certain other jurisdictions. Generally, each Fund is subject to examinations by such taxing authorities for up to three years after the filing of the return for the tax period.

E. Expenses — Fees provided for under the Rule 12b-1 plan of a particular class of the Fund are charged to the operations of such class. Transfer agency fees and expenses and other shareholder recordkeeping fees and expenses attributable to Class R5 and Class R6 are allocated to each share class based on relative net assets. Sub-accounting fees attributable to Class R5 are charged to the operations of the class. Transfer agency fees and expenses and other shareholder recordkeeping fees and expenses relating to all other classes are allocated among those classes based on relative net assets. All other expenses are allocated among the classes based on relative net assets.
F. Accounting Estimates — The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”) requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period including estimates and assumptions related to taxation. Actual results could differ from those estimates by a significant amount. In addition, the Fund monitors for material events or transactions that may occur or become known after the period-end date and before the date the financial statements are released to print.
G. Indemnifications — Under the Trust’s organizational documents, each Trustee, officer, employee or other agent of the Trust is indemnified against certain liabilities that may arise out of the performance of their duties to the Fund. Additionally, in the normal course of business, the Fund enters into contracts, including the Fund’s servicing agreements, that contain a variety of indemnification clauses. The Fund’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown as this would involve future claims that may be made against the Fund that have not yet occurred. The risk of material loss as a result of such indemnification claims is considered remote.
H. Futures Contracts — The Fund may enter into futures contracts to manage exposure to interest rate, equity and market price movements and/or currency risks. A futures contract is an agreement between two parties (“Counterparties”) to purchase or sell a specified underlying security, currency or commodity (or delivery of a cash settlement price, in the case of an index future) for a fixed price at a future date. The Fund currently invests only in exchange-traded futures and they are standardized as to maturity date and underlying financial instrument. Initial margin deposits required upon entering into futures contracts are satisfied by the segregation of specific securities or cash as collateral at the futures commission merchant (broker). During the period the futures contracts are open, changes in the value of the contracts are recognized as unrealized gains or losses by recalculating the value of the contracts on a daily basis. Subsequent or variation margin payments are received or made depending upon whether unrealized gains or losses are incurred. These amounts are reflected as receivables or payables on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. When the contracts are closed or expire, the Fund recognizes a realized gain or loss equal to the difference between the proceeds from, or cost of, the closing transaction and the Fund’s basis in the contract. The net realized gain (loss) and the change in unrealized gain (loss) on futures contracts held during the period is included on the Statement of Operations. The primary risks associated with futures contracts are market risk and the absence of a liquid secondary market. If the Fund were unable to liquidate a futures contract and/or enter into an offsetting closing transaction, the Fund would continue to be subject to market risk with respect to the value of the contracts and continue to be required to maintain the margin deposits on the futures contracts. Futures contracts have minimal Counterparty risk since the exchange’s clearinghouse, as Counterparty to all exchange-traded futures, guarantees the futures against default. Risks may exceed amounts recognized in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities.
I. Dollar Rolls and Forward Commitment Transactions — The Fund may enter into dollar roll transactions to enhance the Fund’s performance. The Fund executes its dollar roll transactions in the to be announced (“TBA”) market whereby the Fund makes a forward commitment to purchase a security and, instead of accepting delivery, the position is offset by the sale of the security with a simultaneous agreement to repurchase at a future date.

The Fund accounts for dollar roll transactions as purchases and sales and realizes gains and losses on these transactions. These transactions increase the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate. The Fund will segregate liquid assets in an amount equal to its dollar roll commitments. Dollar roll transactions may be considered borrowings under the 1940 Act.

Dollar roll transactions involve the risk that a Counterparty to the transaction may fail to complete the transaction. If this occurs, the Fund may lose the opportunity to purchase or sell the security at the agreed upon price. Dollar roll transactions also involve the risk that the value of the securities retained by the Fund may decline below the price of the securities that the Fund has sold but is obligated to purchase under the agreement.

J. Other Risks — The Fund may invest in obligations issued by agencies and instrumentalities of the U.S. Government that may vary in the level of support they receive from the government. The government may choose not to provide financial support to government sponsored agencies or instrumentalities if it is not legally obligated to do so. In this case, if the issuer defaulted, the Fund may not be able to recover its investment in such issuer from the U.S. Government. Many securities purchased by the Fund are not guaranteed by the U.S. Government.

 

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K. Collateral — To the extent the Fund has designated or segregated a security as collateral and that security is subsequently sold, it is the Fund’s practice to replace such collateral no later than the next business day.

NOTE 2—Advisory Fees and Other Fees Paid to Affiliates

The Trust has entered into a master investment advisory agreement with Invesco Advisers, Inc. (the “Adviser” or “Invesco”). Under the terms of the investment advisory agreement, the Fund accrues daily and pays monthly an advisory fee to the Adviser based on the annual rate of the Fund’s average daily net assets as follows:

 

Average Daily Net Assets   Rate  

First $1 billion

    0 .47%   

Next $500 million

    0 .445%   

Next $500 million

    0 .42%   

Next $500 million

    0 .395%   

Next $2.5 billion

    0 .37%   

Next $2.5 billion

    0 .345%   

Next $2.5 billion

    0 .32%   

Next $2.5 billion

    0 .295%   

Over $12.5 billion

    0 .27%         

For the year ended December 31, 2017, the effective advisory fees incurred by the Fund was 0.47%.

Under the terms of a master sub-advisory agreement between the Adviser and each of Invesco Asset Management Deutschland GmbH, Invesco Asset Management Limited, Invesco Asset Management (Japan) Limited, Invesco Hong Kong Limited, Invesco Senior Secured Management, Inc. and Invesco Canada Ltd. and separate sub-advisory agreements with Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC and Invesco Asset Management (India) Private Limited (collectively, the “Affiliated Sub-Advisers”) the Adviser, not the Fund, will pay 40% of the fees paid to the Adviser to any such Affiliated Sub-Adviser(s) that provide(s) discretionary investment management services to the Fund based on the percentage of assets allocated to such Affiliated Sub-Adviser(s).

The Adviser has contractually agreed, through at least June 30, 2018, to waive advisory fees and/or reimburse expenses of all shares to the extent necessary to limit total annual fund operating expenses after fee waiver and/or expense reimbursement (excluding certain items discussed below) of Class A, Class B, Class C, Class Y, Class R5 and Class R6 shares to 1.50%, 2.25%, 2.25%, 1.25%, 1.25% and 1.25%, respectively, of average daily net assets (the “expense limits”). In determining the Adviser’s obligation to waive advisory fees and/or reimburse expenses, the following expenses are not taken into account, and could cause the total annual fund operating expenses after fee waiver and/or expense reimbursement to exceed the numbers reflected above: (1) interest; (2) taxes; (3) dividend expense on short sales; (4) extraordinary or non-routine items, including litigation expenses; and (5) expenses that the Fund has incurred but did not actually pay because of an expense offset arrangement. Unless Invesco continues the fee waiver agreement, it will terminate on June 30, 2018. During its term, the fee waiver agreement cannot be terminated or amended to increase the expense limits without approval of the Board of Trustees. The Adviser did not waive fees and/or reimburse expenses during the period under these expense limits.

Further, the Adviser has contractually agreed, through at least June 30, 2019, to waive the advisory fee payable by the Fund in an amount equal to 100% of the net advisory fees the Adviser receives from the affiliated money market funds on investments by the Fund of uninvested cash in such affiliated money market funds.

For the year ended December 31, 2017, the Adviser waived advisory fees of $14,736.

The Trust has entered into a master administrative services agreement with Invesco pursuant to which the Fund has agreed to pay Invesco for certain administrative costs incurred in providing accounting services to the Fund. For the year ended December 31, 2017, expenses incurred under the agreement are shown in the Statement of Operations as Administrative services fees.

The Trust has entered into a transfer agency and service agreement with Invesco Investment Services, Inc. (“IIS”) pursuant to which the Fund has agreed to pay IIS a fee for providing transfer agency and shareholder services to the Fund and reimburse IIS for certain expenses incurred by IIS in the course of providing such services. IIS may make payments to intermediaries that provide omnibus account services, sub-accounting services and/or networking services. All fees payable by IIS to intermediaries that provide omnibus account services or sub-accounting services are charged back to the Fund, subject to certain limitations approved by the Trust’s Board of Trustees. For the year ended December 31, 2017, expenses incurred under the agreement are shown in the Statement of Operations as Transfer agent fees.

Shares of the Fund are distributed by Invesco Distributors, Inc. (“IDI”). The Fund has adopted a distribution plan pursuant to Rule 12b-1 under the 1940 Act, and a service plan (collectively, the “Plans”) for Class A shares, Class B shares and Class C shares to compensate IDI for the sale, distribution, shareholder servicing and maintenance of shareholder accounts for these shares. Under the Plans, the Fund will incur annual fees of up to 0.25% of Class A average daily net assets and up to 1.00% each of Class B and Class C average daily net assets. The fees are accrued daily and paid monthly.

With respect to Class B and Class C shares, the Fund is authorized to reimburse in future years any distribution related expenses that exceed the maximum annual reimbursement rate for such class, so long as such reimbursement does not cause the Fund to exceed the Class B and Class C maximum annual reimbursement rate, respectively. With respect to Class A shares, distribution related expenses that exceed the maximum annual reimbursement rate for such class are not carried forward to future years and the Fund will not reimburse IDI for any such expenses.

For the year ended December 31, 2017, expenses incurred under these agreements are shown in the Statement of Operations as Distribution fees.

Front-end sales commissions and CDSC (collectively, the “sales charges”) are not recorded as expenses of the Fund. Front-end sales commissions are deducted from proceeds from the sales of Fund shares prior to investment in Class A shares of the Fund. CDSC are deducted from redemption proceeds prior to remittance to the shareholder. During the year ended December 31, 2017, IDI advised the Fund that IDI retained $25,657 in front-end sales commissions from the sale of Class A shares and $15,144 and $1,517 from Class A and Class C shares, respectively, for CDSC imposed on redemptions by shareholders.

 

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Certain officers and trustees of the Trust are officers and directors of the Adviser, IIS and/or IDI.

NOTE 3—Additional Valuation Information

GAAP defines fair value as the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date, under current market conditions. GAAP establishes a hierarchy that prioritizes the inputs to valuation methods, giving the highest priority to readily available unadjusted quoted prices in an active market for identical assets (Level 1) and the lowest priority to significant unobservable inputs (Level 3), generally when market prices are not readily available or are unreliable. Based on the valuation inputs, the securities or other investments are tiered into one of three levels. Changes in valuation methods may result in transfers in or out of an investment’s assigned level:

  Level 1 — Prices are determined using quoted prices in an active market for identical assets.
  Level 2 — Prices are determined using other significant observable inputs. Observable inputs are inputs that other market participants may use in pricing a security. These may include quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, yield curves, loss severities, default rates, discount rates, volatilities and others.
  Level 3 — Prices are determined using significant unobservable inputs. In situations where quoted prices or observable inputs are unavailable (for example, when there is little or no market activity for an investment at the end of the period), unobservable inputs may be used. Unobservable inputs reflect the Fund’s own assumptions about the factors market participants would use in determining fair value of the securities or instruments and would be based on the best available information.

The following is a summary of the tiered valuation input levels, as of December 31, 2017. The level assigned to the securities valuations may not be an indication of the risk or liquidity associated with investing in those securities. Because of the inherent uncertainties of valuation, the values reflected in the financial statements may materially differ from the value received upon actual sale of those investments.

The Fund’s policy is to recognize transfers in and out of the valuation levels as of the end of the reporting period. During the year ended December 31, 2017, there were no material transfers between valuation levels.

 

     Level 1        Level 2        Level 3        Total  
Investments in Securities                                     

U.S. Government Sponsored Agency Mortgage-Backed Securities

  $        $ 647,831,005        $        $ 647,831,005  

Asset-Backed Securities

             219,898,548                   219,898,548  

Agency Credit Risk Transfer Notes

             31,293,815                   31,293,815  

Exchange Traded Fund

             1,511,400                   1,511,400  

U.S. Treasury Bills

             424,554                   424,554  

Money Market Funds

    12,697,295                            12,697,295  

Total Investments in Securities

    12,697,295          900,959,322                   913,656,617  
Other Investments — Assets*                                     

Futures Contracts

    86,782                            86,782  
Other Investments — Liabilities*                                     

Futures Contracts

    (2,980                          (2,980

Total Other Investments

    83,802                            83,802  

Total Investments

  $ 12,781,097        $ 900,959,322        $        $ 913,740,419  

 

* Unrealized appreciation (depreciation).

NOTE 4—Derivative Investments

The Fund may enter into an International Swaps and Derivatives Association Master Agreement (“ISDA Master Agreement”) under which a fund may trade OTC derivatives. An OTC transaction entered into under an ISDA Master Agreement typically involves a collateral posting arrangement, payment netting provisions and close-out netting provisions. These netting provisions allow for reduction of credit risk through netting of contractual obligations. The enforceability of the netting provisions of the ISDA Master Agreement depends on the governing law of the ISDA Master Agreement, among other factors.

For financial reporting purposes, the Fund does not offset OTC derivative assets or liabilities that are subject to ISDA Master Agreements in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities.

Value of Derivative Investments at Period-End

The table below summarizes the value of the Fund’s derivative investments, detailed by primary risk exposure, held as of December 31, 2017:

 

    Value  
Derivative Assets   Interest Rate Risk  

Unrealized appreciation on futures contracts — Exchange-Traded(a)

  $ 86,782  

Derivatives not subject to master netting agreements

    (86,782

Total Derivative Assets subject to master netting agreements

  $  

 

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    Value  
Derivative Liabilities   Interest Rate Risk  

Unrealized depreciation on futures contracts — Exchange-Traded(a)

  $ (2,980

Derivatives not subject to master netting agreements

    2,980  

Total Derivative Liabilities subject to master netting agreements

  $  

 

(a)  The daily variation margin receivable (payable) at period-end is recorded in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities.

Effect of Derivative Investments for the year ended December 31, 2017

The table below summarizes the gains (losses) on derivative investments, detailed by primary risk exposure, recognized in earnings during the period:

 

    Location of Gain (Loss) on
Statement of Operations
 
     Interest Rate Risk  

Realized Gain:

 

Futures contracts

  $ 1,044,515  

Change in Net Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation):

 

Futures contracts

    (156,338

Total

  $ 888,177  

The table below summarizes the average notional value of futures contracts, outstanding during the period.

 

     Futures
Contracts
 

Average notional value

  $ 40,026,563  

NOTE 5—Investments in Affiliates

The Fund’s Adviser and the adviser for PowerShares Variable Rate Investment Grade Portfolio are subsidiaries of Invesco Ltd. and therefore, PowerShares Variable Rate Investment Grade Portfolio is considered to be affiliated with the Fund. The following is a summary of the transactions in, and earnings from, investments in PowerShares Variable Rate Investment Grade Portfolio for the year ended December 31, 2017.

 

     Value
12/31/2016
     Purchases
at Cost
     Proceeds
from Sales
     Change in
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
    Realized
Gain (Loss)
     Value
12/31/2017
     Dividend
Income
 

PowerShares Variable Rate Investment Grade Portfolio

  $      $ 1,514,406      $      $ (3,006   $      $ 1,511,400      $ 23,219  

NOTE 6—Expense Offset Arrangement(s)

The expense offset arrangement is comprised of transfer agency credits which result from balances in demand deposit accounts used by the transfer agent for clearing shareholder transactions. For the year ended December 31, 2017, the Fund received credits from this arrangement, which resulted in the reduction of the Fund’s total expenses of $6,290.

NOTE 7—Trustees’ and Officers’ Fees and Benefits

Trustees’ and Officers’ Fees and Benefits include amounts accrued by the Fund to pay remuneration to certain Trustees and Officers of the Fund. Trustees have the option to defer compensation payable by the Fund, and Trustees’ and Officers’ Fees and Benefits also include amounts accrued by the Fund to fund such deferred compensation amounts. Those Trustees who defer compensation have the option to select various Invesco Funds in which their deferral accounts shall be deemed to be invested. Finally, certain current Trustees were eligible to participate in a retirement plan that provided for benefits to be paid upon retirement to Trustees over a period of time based on the number of years of service. The Fund may have certain former Trustees who also participate in a retirement plan and receive benefits under such plan. Trustees’ and Officers’ Fees and Benefits include amounts accrued by the Fund to fund such retirement benefits. Obligations under the deferred compensation and retirement plans represent unsecured claims against the general assets of the Fund.

NOTE 8—Cash Balances

The Fund may borrow for leveraging in an amount up to 5% of the Fund’s total assets (excluding the amount borrowed) at the time the borrowing is made. In doing so, the Fund is permitted to temporarily carry a negative or overdrawn balance in its account with State Street Bank and Trust Company, the custodian bank. Such balances, if any at period end, are shown in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities under the payable caption Amount due custodian. To compensate the custodian bank for such overdrafts, the overdrawn Fund may either (1) leave funds as a compensating balance in the account so the custodian bank can be compensated by earning the additional interest; or (2) compensate by paying the custodian bank at a rate agreed upon by the custodian bank and Invesco, not to exceed the contractually agreed upon rate. The Fund may not purchase additional securities when any borrowings from banks exceed 5% of the Fund’s total assets.

 

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NOTE 9—Distributions to Shareholders and Tax Components of Net Assets

Tax Character of Distributions to Shareholders Paid During the Fiscal Years Ended December 31, 2017 and 2016:

 

     2017        2016  

Ordinary income

  $ 21,216,927        $ 19,955,964  

Tax Components of Net Assets at Period-End:

 

     2017  

Undistributed ordinary income

  $ 923,212  

Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) — investments

    (6,694,621

Temporary book/tax differences

    (79,630

Capital loss carryforward

    (26,345,159

Shares of beneficial interest

    642,048,153  

Total net assets

  $ 609,851,955  

The difference between book-basis and tax-basis unrealized appreciation (depreciation) is due to differences in the timing of recognition of gains and losses on investments for tax and book purposes. The Fund’s net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) difference is attributable primarily to futures contracts and wash sales.

The temporary book/tax differences are a result of timing differences between book and tax recognition of income and/or expenses. The Fund’s temporary book/tax differences are the result of the trustee deferral of compensation and retirement plan benefits.

Capital loss carryforward is calculated and reported as of a specific date. Results of transactions and other activity after that date may affect the amount of capital loss carryforward actually available for the Fund to utilize. Capital losses generated in years beginning after December 22, 2010 can be carried forward for an unlimited period, whereas previous losses expire in eight tax years. Capital losses with an expiration period may not be used to offset capital gains until all net capital losses without an expiration date have been utilized. Capital loss carryforwards with no expiration date will retain their character as either short-term or long-term capital losses instead of as short-term capital losses as under prior law. The ability to utilize capital loss carryforwards in the future may be limited under the Internal Revenue Code and related regulations based on the results of future transactions.

The Fund has a capital loss carryforward as of December 31, 2017 as follows:

 

Capital Loss Carryforward*            
Expiration   Short-Term        Long-Term        Total  

Not subject to expiration

  $ 12,776,778        $ 13,568,381        $ 26,345,159  

 

* Capital loss carryforward as of the date listed above is reduced for limitations, if any, to the extent required by the Internal Revenue Code and may be further limited depending upon a variety of factors, including the realization of net unrealized gains or losses as of the date of any reorganization.

NOTE 10—Investment Transactions

The aggregate amount of investment securities (other than short-term securities, U.S. Treasury obligations and money market funds, if any) purchased and sold by the Fund during the year ended December 31, 2017 was $4,581,701,616 and $4,543,934,364, respectively. Cost of investments, including any derivatives, on a tax basis includes the adjustments for financial reporting purposes as of the most recently completed federal income tax reporting period-end.

 

Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) of Investments on a Tax Basis       

Aggregate unrealized appreciation of investments

  $ 6,670,607  

Aggregate unrealized (depreciation) of investments

    (13,365,228

Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of investments

  $ (6,694,621

Cost of investments for tax purposes is $920,435,040.

NOTE 11—Reclassification of Permanent Differences

Primarily as a result of differing book/tax treatment of paydowns and dollar rolls, on December 31, 2017, undistributed net investment income was increased by $7,609,231 and undistributed net realized gain (loss) was decreased by $7,609,231. This reclassification had no effect on the net assets of the Fund.

 

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NOTE 12—Share Information

 

     Summary of Share Activity  
    Years ended December 31,  
    2017(a)      2016  
     Shares      Amount      Shares      Amount  

Sold:(b)(c)

          

Class A

    2,315,811      $ 27,942,373        4,798,240      $ 59,190,772  

Class B

    2,193        27,450        22,421        275,217  

Class C

    327,493        3,928,916        1,102,136        13,512,659  

Class Y

    2,500,537        30,301,496        5,298,509        65,657,810  

Class R5(b)

    2,872,747        34,847,199        12,017,871        148,911,189  

Class R6(c)

    1,012        12,300                

Issued as reinvestment of dividends:

          

Class A

    805,578        9,711,034        837,029        10,321,307  

Class B

    1,013        12,158        1,961        24,074  

Class C

    24,989        299,127        24,893        304,721  

Class Y

    133,398        1,614,382        69,462        858,107  

Class R5

    493,462        5,968,234        356,152        4,405,911  

Automatic conversion of Class B shares to Class A shares:

          

Class A

    24,322        293,620        32,316        398,087  

Class B

    (24,461      (293,620      (32,480      (398,087

Reacquired:

          

Class A

    (5,809,800      (70,066,170      (5,834,640      (71,896,273

Class B

    (7,061      (85,456      (26,054      (320,050

Class C

    (545,831      (6,541,138      (597,411      (7,293,443

Class Y

    (2,604,704      (31,528,309      (1,577,082      (19,467,266

Class R5

    (435,272      (5,280,944      (634,434      (7,888,525

Class R6

    (188      (2,287              

Net increase in share activity

    75,238      $ 1,160,365        15,858,889      $ 196,596,210  

 

(a)  There are entities that are record owners of more than 5% of the outstanding shares of the Fund and in the aggregate own 15% of the outstanding shares of the Fund. IDI has an agreement with these entities to sell Fund shares. The Fund, Invesco and/or Invesco affiliates may make payments to these entities, which are considered to be related to the Fund, for providing services to the Fund, Invesco and/or Invesco affiliates including but not limited to services such as securities brokerage, distribution, third party record keeping and account servicing. The Fund has no knowledge as to whether all or any portion of the shares owned of record by these entities are also owned beneficially.
         In addition, 29% of the outstanding shares of the Fund are owned by the Adviser or an affiliate of the Adviser.
(b)  On February 18, 2016, 9,843,785 Class R5 shares valued at $122,062,934 were sold to affiliated mutual funds.
(c)  Commencement date April 4, 2017 for Class R6 shares.

 

25                         Invesco Quality Income Fund


NOTE 13—Financial Highlights

The following schedule presents financial highlights for a share of the Fund outstanding throughout the periods indicated.

 

     Net asset
value,
beginning
of period
    Net
investment
income(a)
    Net gains
(losses)
on securities
(both
realized and
unrealized)
    Total from
investment
operations
    Dividends
from net
investment
income
    Net asset
value, end
of period
    Total
return(b)
    Net assets,
end of period
(000’s omitted)
    Ratio of
expenses
to average
net assets
with fee waivers
and/or expenses
absorbed
    Ratio of
expenses
to average net
assets without
fee waivers
and/or expenses
absorbed
    Ratio of net
investment
income
to average
net assets
    Portfolio
turnover(c)
 

Class A

                       

Year ended 12/31/17

  $ 12.11     $ 0.26     $ (0.02   $ 0.24     $ (0.40   $ 11.95       1.98 %(d)    $ 353,256       0.96 %(d)(e)      0.96 %(d)(e)      2.15 %(d)(e)      516

Year ended 12/31/16

    12.22       0.27       0.04       0.31       (0.42     12.11       2.50 (d)      390,037       0.92 (d)      0.93 (d)      2.19 (d)(f)      472  

Year ended 12/31/15

    12.55       0.24       (0.06     0.18       (0.51     12.22       1.41 (d)      395,806       0.96 (d)      0.96 (d)      1.88 (d)      500  

Year ended 12/31/14

    12.35       0.28       0.48       0.76       (0.56     12.55       6.27 (d)      424,259       0.96 (d)      0.96 (d)      2.28 (d)      450  

Year ended 12/31/13

    13.02       0.21       (0.40     (0.19     (0.48     12.35       (1.51 )(d)      441,028       0.94 (d)      0.94 (d)      1.63 (d)      475  

Class B

                       

Year ended 12/31/17

    12.04       0.16       0.01       0.17       (0.30     11.91       1.45       371       1.72 (e)      1.72 (e)      1.39 (e)      516  

Year ended 12/31/16

    12.16       0.17       0.03       0.20       (0.32     12.04       1.64       716       1.68       1.69       1.43 (f)      472  

Year ended 12/31/15

    12.48       0.14       (0.05     0.09       (0.41     12.16       0.71       1,138       1.72       1.72       1.12       500  

Year ended 12/31/14

    12.28       0.18       0.48       0.66       (0.46     12.48       5.48       2,135       1.72       1.72       1.52       450  

Year ended 12/31/13

    12.95       0.11       (0.40     (0.29     (0.38     12.28       (2.28     3,197       1.70       1.70       0.87       475  

Class C

                       

Year ended 12/31/17

    12.02       0.16       (0.01     0.15       (0.30     11.87       1.28       13,178       1.72 (e)      1.72 (e)      1.39 (e)      516  

Year ended 12/31/16

    12.14       0.17       0.03       0.20       (0.32     12.02       1.63       15,672       1.68       1.69       1.43 (f)      472  

Year ended 12/31/15

    12.46       0.14       (0.05     0.09       (0.41     12.14       0.71       9,394       1.72       1.72       1.12       500  

Year ended 12/31/14

    12.26       0.19       0.47       0.66       (0.46     12.46       5.48       8,100       1.72       1.72       1.52       450  

Year ended 12/31/13

    12.93       0.11       (0.40     (0.29     (0.38     12.26       (2.29     7,788       1.70       1.70       0.87       475  

Class Y

                       

Year ended 12/31/17

    12.15       0.29       (0.01     0.28       (0.43     12.00       2.32       67,027       0.72 (e)      0.72 (e)      2.39 (e)      516  

Year ended 12/31/16

    12.27       0.30       0.03       0.33       (0.45     12.15       2.67       67,532       0.68       0.69       2.43 (f)      472  

Year ended 12/31/15

    12.59       0.26       (0.04     0.22       (0.54     12.27       1.75       21,668       0.72       0.72       2.12       500  

Year ended 12/31/14

    12.39       0.32       0.47       0.79       (0.59     12.59       6.52       19,306       0.72       0.72       2.52       450  

Year ended 12/31/13

    13.07       0.24       (0.41     (0.17     (0.51     12.39       (1.32     2,254       0.70       0.70       1.87       475  

Class R5

                       

Year ended 12/31/17

    12.15       0.30       (0.01     0.29       (0.44     12.00       2.46       176,010       0.58 (e)      0.58 (e)      2.53 (e)      516  

Year ended 12/31/16

    12.26       0.32       0.03       0.35       (0.46     12.15       2.86       142,657       0.55       0.56       2.56 (f)      472  

Year ended 12/31/15

    12.59       0.27       (0.06     0.21       (0.54     12.26       1.71       27       0.68       0.68       2.16       500  

Year ended 12/31/14

    12.39       0.33       0.47       0.80       (0.60     12.59       6.56       15       0.67       0.67       2.57       450  

Year ended 12/31/13

    13.06       0.25       (0.41     (0.16     (0.51     12.39       (1.23     10       0.66       0.66       1.91       475  

Class R6

                       

Year ended 12/31/17(g)

    12.14       0.23       (0.04     0.19       (0.33     12.00       1.61       10       0.58 (e)(h)      0.58 (e)(h)      2.53 (e)(h)      516  

 

(a)  Calculated using average shares outstanding.
(b) Includes adjustments in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America and as such, the net asset value for financial reporting purposes and the returns based upon those net asset values may differ from the net asset value and returns for shareholder transactions. Does not include sales charges and is not annualized for periods less than one year, if applicable.
(c)  Portfolio turnover is calculated at the fund level and is not annualized for periods less than one year, if applicable.
(d)  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 0.24% for the years ended December 31, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014 and 2013.
(e)  Ratios are based on average daily net assets (000’s omitted) of $373,756, $511, $14,497, $72,656, $162,707and $10 for Class A, Class B, Class C, Class Y, Class R5 and Class R6 shares, respectively.
(f)  Amount includes the effect of a one-time reimbursement of custody expenses. The ratio of net investment income excluding these payments would have been 2.02%, 1.26%, 1.26%, 2.26% and 2.39% for Class A, Class B, Class C, Class Y and Class R5 shares, respectively.
(g)  Commencement date of April 4, 2017.
(h)  Annualized.

 

26                         Invesco Quality Income Fund


Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

 

To the Board of Trustees of AIM Growth Series (Invesco Growth Series)

and Shareholders of Invesco Quality Income Fund

Opinion on the Financial Statements

We have audited the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities, including the schedule of investments, of Invesco Quality Income Fund (one of the funds constituting AIM Growth Series (Invesco Growth Series), hereafter referred to as the “Fund”) as of December 31, 2017, the related statement of operations for the year ended December 31, 2017, the statement of changes in net assets for each of the two years in the period ended December 31, 2017, including the related notes, and the financial highlights for each of the periods indicated therein (collectively referred to as the “financial statements”). In our opinion, the financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Fund as of December 31, 2017, the results of its operations for the year then ended, the changes in its net assets for each of the two years in the period ended December 31, 2017 and the financial highlights for each of the periods indicated therein in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

Basis for Opinion

These financial statements are the responsibility of the Fund’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Fund’s financial statements based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (“PCAOB”) and are required to be independent with respect to the Fund in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.

We conducted our audits of these financial statements in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud.

Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements. Our procedures included confirmation of securities owned as of December 31, 2017 by correspondence with the custodian, transfer agent and brokers; when replies were not received from brokers, we performed other auditing procedures. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Houston, TX

February 23, 2018

We have served as the auditor of one or more of the investment companies in the Invesco/PowerShares group of investment companies since at least 1995. We have not determined the specific year we began serving as auditor.

 

27                         Invesco Quality Income Fund


Calculating your ongoing Fund expenses

Example

As a shareholder of the Fund, you incur two types of costs: (1) transaction costs, which may include sales charges (loads) on purchase payments or contingent deferred sales charges on redemptions, if any; and (2) ongoing costs, including management fees, distribution and/or service (12b-1) fees, and other Fund expenses. This example is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Fund and to compare these costs with ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds. The example is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period July 1, 2017 through December 31, 2017.

Actual expenses

The table below provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in this table, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the table under the heading entitled “Actual Expenses Paid During Period” to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during this period.

Hypothetical example for comparison purposes

The table below also provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the Fund’s actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the Fund’s actual return.

The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You may use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in the Fund and other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of the other funds.

Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only and do not reflect any transaction costs, such as sales charges (loads) on purchase payments or contingent deferred sales charges on redemptions, if any. Therefore, the hypothetical information is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. In addition, if these transaction costs were included, your costs would have been higher.

 

Class

  

Beginning
Account Value
(07/01/17)

     ACTUAL      HYPOTHETICAL
(5% annual return before
expenses)
    

Annualized
Expense

Ratio

 
      Ending
Account Value
(12/31/17)1
     Expenses
Paid During
Period2
     Ending
Account Value
(12/31/17)
     Expenses
Paid During
Period2
    
A    $ 1,000.00      $ 1,008.20      $ 4.81      $ 1,020.42      $ 4.84        0.95
B      1,000.00        1,004.30        8.64        1,016.59        8.69        1.71  
C      1,000.00        1,004.30        8.64        1,016.59        8.69        1.71  
Y      1,000.00        1,009.50        3.60        1,021.63        3.62        0.71  
R5      1,000.00        1,011.00        2.89        1,022.33        2.91        0.57  
R6      1,000.00        1,011.00        2.89        1,022.33        2.91        0.57  

 

1  The actual ending account value is based on the actual total return of the Fund for the period July 1, 2017 through December 31, 2017, after actual expenses and will differ from the hypothetical ending account value which is based on the fund’s expense ratio and a hypothetical annual return of 5% before expenses.
2  Expenses are equal to the Fund’s annualized expense ratio as indicated above multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 184/365 to reflect the most recent fiscal half year.

 

28                         Invesco Quality Income Fund


Tax Information

Form 1099-DIV, Form 1042-S and other year-end tax information provide shareholders with actual calendar year amounts that should be included in their tax returns. Shareholders should consult their tax advisors.

The following distribution information is being provided as required by the Internal Revenue Code or to meet a specific state’s requirement.

The Fund designates the following amounts or, if subsequently determined to be different, the maximum amount allowable for its fiscal year ended December 31, 2017:

 

Federal and State Income Tax

 

Qualified Dividend Income*

    0.00

Corporate Dividends Received Deduction*

    0.00

U.S. Treasury Obligations*

    0.02

 

  * The above percentages are based on ordinary income dividends paid to shareholders during the Fund’s fiscal year.

 

29                         Invesco Quality Income Fund


Trustees and Officers

 

The address of each trustee and officer is AIM Growth Series (Invesco Growth Series) (the “Trust”), 11 Greenway Plaza, Suite 1000, Houston, Texas 77046-1173. The trustees serve for the life of the Trust, subject to their earlier death, incapacitation, resignation, retirement or removal as more specifically provided in the Trust’s organizational documents. Each officer serves for a one year term or until their successors are elected and qualified. Column two below includes length of time served with predecessor entities, if any.

 

Name, Year of Birth and

Position(s) Held with the Trust

  Trustee and/
or Officer Since
  Principal Occupation(s)
During Past 5 Years
  Number of
Funds in Fund
Complex
Overseen by
Trustee
  Other Directorship(s)
Held by Trustee During
Past 5 Years
Interested Persons                
Martin L. Flanagan1 — 1960 Trustee   2007  

Executive Director, Chief Executive Officer and President, Invesco Ltd. (ultimate parent of Invesco and a global investment management firm); Trustee, The Invesco Funds; Vice Chair, Investment Company Institute; and Member of Executive Board, SMU Cox School of Business

 

Formerly: Advisor to the Board, Invesco Advisers, Inc. (formerly known as Invesco Institutional (N.A.), Inc.); Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Invesco Advisers, Inc. (registered investment adviser); Director, Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President, Invesco Holding Company (US), Inc. (formerly IVZ Inc.) (holding company), Invesco Group Services, Inc. (service provider) and Invesco North American Holdings, Inc. (holding company); Director, Chief Executive Officer and President, Invesco Holding Company Limited (parent of Invesco and a global investment management firm); Director, Invesco Ltd.; Chairman, Investment Company Institute and President, Co-Chief Executive Officer, Co-President, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer, Franklin Resources, Inc. (global investment management organization)

  158   None
Philip A. Taylor2 — 1954 Trustee and Senior Vice President   2006  

Head of the Americas and Senior Managing Director, Invesco Ltd.; Director, Invesco Advisers, Inc. (formerly known as Invesco Institutional (N.A.), Inc.) (registered investment adviser); Director, Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President, Invesco Management Group, Inc. (formerly known as Invesco Aim Management Group, Inc.) (financial services holding company); Director and Chairman, Invesco Investment Services, Inc. (formerly known as Invesco Aim Investment Services, Inc.) (registered transfer agent); Chief Executive Officer, Invesco Corporate Class Inc. (corporate mutual fund company); Director, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Invesco Canada Ltd. (formerly known as Invesco Trimark Ltd./Invesco Trimark Ltèe) (registered investment adviser and registered transfer agent); Trustee and Senior Vice President, The Invesco Funds; Director, Invesco Investment Advisers LLC (formerly known as Van Kampen Asset Management).

 

Formerly: Co-Chairman, Co-President and Co-Chief Executive Officer, Invesco Advisers, Inc. (formerly known as Invesco Institutional (N.A.), Inc.) (registered investment adviser); Director, Chief Executive Officer and President, Van Kampen Exchange Corp; President and Principal Executive Officer, The Invesco Funds (other than AIM Treasurer’s Series Trust (Invesco Treasurer’s Series Trust), Short-Term Investments Trust and Invesco Management Trust); Executive Vice President, The Invesco Funds (AIM Treasurer’s Series Trust (Invesco Treasurer’s Series Trust), Short-Term Investments Trust and Invesco Management Trust only); Director and President, INVESCO Funds Group, Inc. (registered investment adviser and registered transfer agent); Director and Chairman, IVZ Distributors, Inc. (formerly known as INVESCO Distributors, Inc.) (registered broker dealer); Director, President and Chairman, Invesco Inc. (holding company), Invesco Canada Holdings Inc. (holding company), Trimark Investments Ltd./Placements Trimark Ltèe and Invesco Financial Services Ltd/Services Financiers Invesco Ltèe; Chief Executive Officer, Invesco Canada Fund Inc. (corporate mutual fund company); Director and Chairman, Van Kampen Investor Services Inc.; Director, Chief Executive Officer and President, 1371 Preferred Inc. (holding company) and Van Kampen Investments Inc.; Director and President, AIM GP Canada Inc. (general partner for limited partnerships) and Van Kampen Advisors, Inc.; Director and Chief Executive Officer, Invesco Trimark Dealer Inc. (registered broker dealer); Director, Invesco Distributors, Inc. (formerly known as Invesco Aim Distributors, Inc.) (registered broker dealer); Manager, Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC; Director, Chief Executive Officer and President, Invesco Advisers, Inc.; Director, Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President, Invesco Aim Capital Management, Inc.; President, Invesco Trimark Dealer Inc. and Invesco Trimark Ltd./Invesco Trimark Ltèe; Director and President, AIM Trimark Corporate Class Inc. and AIM Trimark Canada Fund Inc.; Senior Managing Director, Invesco Holding Company Limited; Director and Chairman, Fund Management Company (former registered broker dealer); President and Principal Executive Officer, The Invesco Funds (AIM Treasurer’s Series Trust (Invesco Treasurer’s Series Trust), and Short-Term Investments Trust only); President, AIM Trimark Global Fund Inc. and AIM Trimark Canada Fund Inc.

  158   None

 

1  Mr. Flanagan is considered an interested person (within the meaning of Section 2(a)(19) of the 1940 Act) of the Trust because he is an officer of the Adviser to the Trust, and an officer and a director of Invesco Ltd., ultimate parent of the Adviser.

 

2  Mr. Taylor is considered an interested person (within the meaning of Section 2(a)(19) of the 1940 Act) of the Trust because he is an officer and a director of the Adviser.

 

T-1                         Invesco Quality Income Fund


Trustees and Officers—(continued)

 

Name, Year of Birth and

Position(s) Held with the Trust

  Trustee and/
or Officer Since
 

Principal Occupation(s)

During Past 5 Years

  Number of
Funds in Fund
Complex
Overseen by
Trustee
 

Other Directorship(s)
Held by Trustee During

Past 5 Years

Independent Trustees                

Bruce L. Crockett — 1944

Trustee and Chair

  2001  

Chairman, Crockett Technologies Associates (technology consulting company)

 

Formerly: Director, Captaris (unified messaging provider); Director, President and Chief Executive Officer, COMSAT Corporation; Chairman, Board of Governors of INTELSAT (international communications company); ACE Limited (insurance company); Independent Directors Council and Investment Company Institute: Member of the Audit Committee, Investment Company Institute; Member of the Executive Committee and Chair of the Governance Committee, Independent Directors Council

  158   Director and Chairman of the Audit Committee, ALPS (Attorneys Liability Protection Society) (insurance company); Director and Member of the Audit Committee and Compensation Committee, Ferroglobe PLC (metallurgical company)

David C. Arch — 1945

Trustee

  2010   Chairman of Blistex Inc. (consumer health care products manufacturer); Member, World Presidents’ Organization   158   Board member of the Illinois Manufacturers’ Association

Jack M. Fields — 1952

Trustee

  2001  

Chief Executive Officer, Twenty First Century Group, Inc. (government affairs company); and Chairman, Discovery Learning Alliance (non-profit)

 

Formerly: Owner and Chief Executive Officer, Dos Angeles Ranch L.P. (cattle, hunting, corporate entertainment); Director, Insperity, Inc. (formerly known as Administaff) (human resources provider); Chief Executive Officer, Texana Timber LP (sustainable forestry company); Director of Cross Timbers Quail Research Ranch (non-profit); and member of the U.S. House of Representatives

  158   None

Cynthia Hostetler — 1962

Trustee

  2017  

Non-Executive Director and Trustee of a number of public and private business corporations

 

Formerly: Head of Investment Funds and Private Equity, Overseas Private Investment Corporation; President, First Manhattan Bancorporation, Inc.; Attorney, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP

  158   Vulcan Materials Company (construction materials company); Trilinc Global Impact Fund; Aberdeen Investment Funds (4 portfolios); Artio Global Investment LLC (mutual fund complex); Edgen Group, Inc. (specialized energy and infrastructure products distributor)

Eli Jones — 1961

Trustee

  2016  

Professor and Dean, Mays Business School — Texas A&M University

 

Formerly: Professor and Dean, Walton College of Business, University of Arkansas and E.J. Ourso College of Business, Louisiana State University; Director, Arvest Bank

  158   Insperity, Inc. (formerly known as Administaff) (human resources provider)

Prema Mathai-Davis — 1950

Trustee

  2001   Retired.   158   None

Teresa M. Ressel  —  1962

Trustee

  2017  

Non-executive director and trustee of a number of public and private business corporations

 

Formerly: Chief Financial Officer, Olayan America, The Olayan Group (international investor/commercial/industrial); Chief Executive Officer, UBS Securities LLC; Group Chief Operating Officer, Americas, UBS AG; Assistant Secretary for Management & Budget and CFO, US Department of the Treasury

  158   Atlantic Power Corporation (power generation company); ON Semiconductor Corp. (semiconductor supplier)

Ann Barnett Stern — 1957

Trustee

  2017  

President and Chief Executive Officer, Houston Endowment Inc. (private philanthropic institution)

 

Formerly: Executive Vice President and General Counsel, Texas Children’s Hospital; Attorney, Beck, Redden and Secrest, LLP; Business Law Instructor, University of St. Thomas; Attorney, Andrews & Kurth LLP

  158   Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas

Raymond Stickel, Jr. — 1944

Trustee

  2005  

Retired.

 

Formerly: Director, Mainstay VP Series Funds, Inc. (25 portfolios); Partner, Deloitte & Touche

  158   None

Robert C. Troccoli — 1949

Trustee

  2016  

Adjunct Professor, University of Denver — Daniels College of Business

 

Formerly: Senior Partner, KPMG LLP

  158   None

Christopher L. Wilson —  1957

Trustee

  2017  

Non-executive director and trustee of a number of public and private business corporations

 

Formerly: Managing Partner, CT2, LLC (investing and consulting firm); President/Chief Executive Officer, Columbia Funds, Bank of America Corporation; President/Chief Executive Officer, CDC IXIS Asset Management Services, Inc.; Principal & Director of Operations, Scudder Funds, Scudder, Stevens & Clark, Inc.; Assistant Vice President, Fidelity Investments

  158   TD Asset Management USA Inc. (mutual fund complex) (22 portfolios); ISO New England, Inc. (non-profit organization managing regional electricity market)

 

T-2                         Invesco Quality Income Fund


Trustees and Officers—(continued)

 

Name, Year of Birth and

Position(s) Held with the Trust

  Trustee and/
or Officer Since
 

Principal Occupation(s)

During Past 5 Years

  Number of
Funds in Fund
Complex
Overseen by
Trustee
 

Other Directorship(s)
Held by Trustee During

Past 5 Years

Other Officers                

Sheri Morris — 1964

President, Principal Executive Officer and Treasurer

  1999  

President, Principal Executive Officer and Treasurer, The Invesco Funds; Vice President, Invesco Advisers, Inc. (formerly known as Invesco Institutional (N.A.), Inc.) (registered investment adviser); and Vice President, PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust II, PowerShares India Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, PowerShares Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, PowerShares Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Commodity Fund Trust and PowerShares Exchange-Traded Self-Indexed Fund Trust

 

Formerly: Vice President and Principal Financial Officer, The Invesco Funds; Vice President, Invesco Aim Advisers, Inc., Invesco Aim Capital Management, Inc. and Invesco Aim Private Asset Management, Inc.; Assistant Vice President and Assistant Treasurer, The Invesco Funds and Assistant Vice President, Invesco Advisers, Inc., Invesco Aim Capital Management, Inc. and Invesco Aim Private Asset Management, Inc.; and Treasurer, PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust II, PowerShares India Exchange-Traded Fund Trust and PowerShares Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Fund Trust

  N/A   N/A

Russell C. Burk — 1958

Senior Vice President and Senior Officer

  2005   Senior Vice President and Senior Officer, The Invesco Funds   N/A   N/A

John M. Zerr — 1962

Senior Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Secretary

  2006  

Director, Senior Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel, Invesco Management Group, Inc. (formerly known as Invesco AIM Management Group, Inc.); Senior Vice President, Invesco Advisers, Inc. (formerly known as Invesco Institutional (N.A.), Inc.) (registered investment adviser); Senior Vice President and Secretary, Invesco Distributors, Inc. (formerly known as Invesco AIM Distributors, Inc.); Director, Vice President and Secretary, Invesco Investment Services, Inc. (formerly known as Invesco AIM Investment Services, Inc.) Senior Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Secretary, The Invesco Funds; Managing Director, Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC; Director, Secretary and General Counsel, Invesco Investment Advisers LLC (formerly known as Van Kampen Asset Management); Secretary and General Counsel, Invesco Capital Markets, Inc. (formerly known as Van Kampen Funds Inc.) and Chief Legal Officer, PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust II, PowerShares India Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, PowerShares Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, PowerShares Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Commodity Fund Trust and PowerShares Exchange-Traded Self-Indexed Fund Trust; Manager and Secretary, Invesco Indexing LLC

 

Formerly: Director, Secretary, General Counsel and Senior Vice President, Van Kampen Exchange Corp.; Director, Vice President and Secretary, IVZ Distributors, Inc. (formerly known as INVESCO Distributors, Inc.); Director and Vice President, INVESCO Funds Group, Inc.; Director and Vice President, Van Kampen Advisors Inc.; Director, Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel, Van Kampen Investor Services Inc.; Director, Invesco Distributors, Inc. (formerly known as Invesco AIM Distributors, Inc.); Director, Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary, Invesco AIM Advisers, Inc. and Van Kampen Investments Inc.; Director, Vice President and Secretary, Fund Management Company; Director, Senior Vice President, Secretary, General Counsel and Vice President, Invesco AIM Capital Management, Inc.; Chief Operating Officer and General Counsel, Liberty Ridge Capital, Inc. (an investment adviser); Vice President and Secretary, PBHG Funds (an investment company) and PBHG Insurance Series Fund (an investment company); Chief Operating Officer, General Counsel and Secretary, Old Mutual Investment Partners (a broker-dealer); General Counsel and Secretary, Old Mutual Fund Services (an administrator) and Old Mutual Shareholder Services (a shareholder servicing center); Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary, Old Mutual Capital, Inc. (an investment adviser); and Vice President and Secretary, Old Mutual Advisors Funds (an investment company)

  N/A   N/A

Gregory G. McGreevey — 1962

Senior Vice President

  2012  

Senior Managing Director, Invesco Ltd.; Director, Chairman, President, and Chief Executive Officer, Invesco Advisers, Inc. (formerly known as Invesco Institutional (N.A.), Inc.) (registered investment adviser); Senior Vice President, Invesco Management Group, Inc.; Director, Invesco Mortgage Capital, Inc. and Invesco Senior Secured Management, Inc.; and Senior Vice President, The Invesco Funds

 

Formerly: Assistant Vice President, The Invesco Funds

  N/A   N/A

Kelli Gallegos — 1970

Vice President, Principal Financial Officer and Assistant Treasurer

  2008  

Vice President, Principal Financial Officer and Assistant Treasurer, The Invesco Funds; Assistant Treasurer, Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC, PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust II, PowerShares India Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, PowerShares Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, PowerShares Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Commodity Fund Trust and PowerShares Exchange-Traded Self-Indexed Fund Trust

 

Formerly: Assistant Vice President, The Invesco Funds

  N/A   N/A

 

T-3                         Invesco Quality Income Fund


Trustees and Officers—(continued)

 

Name, Year of Birth and

Position(s) Held with the Trust

  Trustee and/
or Officer Since
 

Principal Occupation(s)

During Past 5 Years

  Number of
Funds in Fund
Complex
Overseen by
Trustee
 

Other Directorship(s)
Held by Trustee During

Past 5 Years

Other Officers—(continued)                

Tracy Sullivan — 1962

Vice President, Chief Tax Officer and Assistant Treasurer

  2008  

Vice President, Chief Tax Officer and Assistant Treasurer, The Invesco Funds; Assistant Treasurer, Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC, PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust II, PowerShares India Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, PowerShares Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Fund Trust,PowerShares Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Commodity Fund Trust and PowerShares Exchange-Traded Self-Indexed Fund Trust

 

Formerly: Assistant Vice President, The Invesco Funds

  N/A   N/A

Crissie M. Wisdom — 1969

Anti-Money Laundering Compliance Officer

  2013  

Anti-Money Laundering Compliance Officer, Invesco Advisers, Inc. (formerly known as Invesco Institutional (N.A.), Inc.) (registered investment adviser), Invesco Capital Markets, Inc. (formerly known as Van Kampen Funds Inc.), Invesco Distributors, Inc., Invesco Investment Services, Inc., Invesco Management Group, Inc., The Invesco Funds, and PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust II, PowerShares India Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, PowerShares Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Fund Trust,PowerShares Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Commodity Fund Trust and PowerShares Exchange-Traded Self-Indexed Fund Trust; Anti-Money Laundering Compliance Officer and Bank Secrecy Act Officer, INVESCO National Trust Company and Invesco Trust Company; and Fraud Prevention Manager and Controls and Risk Analysis Manager for Invesco Investment Services, Inc.

 

Formerly: Anti-Money Laundering Compliance Officer, Van Kampen Exchange Corp.

  N/A   N/A

Robert R. Leveille — 1969

Chief Compliance Officer

  2016  

Chief Compliance Officer, Invesco Advisers, Inc. (registered investment adviser); and Chief Compliance Officer, The Invesco Funds

 

Formerly: Chief Compliance Officer, Putnam Investments and the Putnam Funds

  N/A   N/A

The Statement of Additional Information of the Trust includes additional information about the Fund’s Trustees and is available upon request, without charge, by calling 1.800.959.4246. Please refer to the Fund’s Statement of Additional Information for information on the Fund’s sub-advisers.

 

Office of the Fund

11 Greenway Plaza, Suite 1000

Houston, TX 77046-1173

 

Investment Adviser

Invesco Advisers, Inc.

1555 Peachtree Street, N.E.

Atlanta, GA 30309

 

Distributor

Invesco Distributors, Inc.

11 Greenway Plaza, Suite 1000

Houston, TX 77046-1173

 

Auditors

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

1000 Louisiana Street, Suite 5800

Houston, TX 77002-5678

     

Counsel to the Fund

Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young, LLP

2005 Market Street, Suite 2600

Philadelphia, PA 19103-7018

 

Counsel to the Independent Trustees

Goodwin Procter LLP

901 New York Avenue, N.W.

Washington, D.C. 20001

 

Transfer Agent

Invesco Investment Services, Inc.

11 Greenway Plaza, Suite 1000

Houston, TX 77046-1173

 

Custodian

State Street Bank and Trust Company

225 Franklin Street

Boston, MA 02110-2801

 

T-4                         Invesco Quality Income Fund


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SEC  file numbers: 811-02699 and 002-57526                        Invesco Distributors, Inc.                                                                           VK-QINC-AR-1                  02152018      1118


 

 

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Annual Report to Shareholders

 

   December 31, 2017
 

 

 

Invesco Small Cap Growth Fund

 

  Nasdaq:
 

A: GTSAX  B: GTSBX  C:  GTSDX  R: GTSRX  Y: GTSYX  Investor:  GTSIX  R5: GTSVX

R6: GTSFX

 

 

 

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Letters to Shareholders

 

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        Philip Taylor

    

Dear Shareholders:

This annual report includes information about your Fund, including performance data and a complete list of its investments as of the close of the reporting period. Inside is a discussion of how your Fund was managed and the factors that affected its performance during the reporting period.

    Major stock market indexes rose – and set record highs – throughout the reporting period. Generally positive economic data, strong corporate earnings and anticipated tax and regulatory reform contributed to the rally. The US economy expanded during the reporting period, with gross domestic product, the value of all goods and services produced, significantly increasing its growth rate from the first to the third quarter of the year. Tax reform legislation, enacted in December 2017, was a positive for the stock market, but its long-term economic impact was uncertain. Citing positive economic trends – specifically, realized and expected labor market conditions and inflation – the US Federal Reserve raised interest rates in March, June and

December 2017. While US and global bond markets, as well as emerging market equities, sold off early in the reporting period, they recovered much of their losses during the reporting period. Overseas, economic data were mixed, prompting the European Central Bank and central banks in China and Japan, among other countries, to maintain extraordinarily accommodative monetary policies.

    Short-term market volatility can prompt some investors to abandon their investment plans – and can cause others to settle for whatever returns the market has to offer. The investment professionals at Invesco, in contrast, invest with high conviction. This means that, no matter the asset class or the strategy, each investment team has a passion to exceed. We want to help investors achieve better outcomes, such as seeking higher returns, helping mitigate risk and generating income. Of course, investing with high conviction can’t guarantee a profit or ensure success; no investment strategy can. To learn more about how we invest with high conviction, visit invesco.com/HighConviction.

You, too, can invest with high conviction by maintaining a long-term investment perspective and by working with your financial adviser on a regular basis. During periods of short-term market volatility or uncertainty, your financial adviser can keep you focused on your long-term investment goals – a new home, a child’s college education or a secure retirement. He or she also can share research about the economy, the markets and individual investment options.

Visit our website for more information on your investments

Our website, invesco.com/us, offers a wide range of market insights and investment perspectives. On the website, you’ll find detailed information about our funds, including performance, holdings and portfolio manager commentaries. You can access information about your account by completing a simple, secure online registration. To do so, select “Log In” on the right side of the homepage, and then select “Register for Individual Account Access.”

In addition to the resources accessible on our website and through our mobile app, you can obtain timely updates to help you stay informed about the markets and the economy by connecting with Invesco on Twitter, LinkedIn or Facebook. You can access our blog at blog.invesco.us.com. Our goal is to provide you the information you want, when and where you want it.

Finally, I’m pleased to share with you Invesco’s commitment to both the Principles for Responsible Investment and to considering environmental, social and governance issues in our robust investment process. I invite you to learn more at invesco.com/esg.

Have questions?

For questions about your account, contact an Invesco client services representative at 800 959 4246. For Invesco-related questions or comments, please email me directly at phil@invesco.com.

All of us at Invesco look forward to serving your investment management needs. Thank you for investing with us.

Sincerely,

 

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Senior Managing Director, Invesco Ltd.

 

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        Bruce Crockett

 

Dear Fellow Shareholders:

Among the many important lessons I’ve learned in more than 40 years in a variety of business endeavors is the value of a trusted advocate.

 As independent chair of the Invesco Funds Board, I can assure you that the members of the Board are strong advocates for the interests of investors in Invesco’s mutual funds. We work hard to represent your interests through oversight of the quality of the investment management services your funds receive and other matters important to your investment, including but not limited to:

 

  Ensuring that Invesco offers a diverse lineup of mutual funds that your financial adviser can use to strive to meet your financial needs as your investment goals change over time.
    Monitoring how the portfolio management teams of the Invesco funds are performing in light of changing economic and market conditions.
  Assessing each portfolio management team’s investment performance within the context of the investment strategy described in the fund’s prospectus.
  Monitoring for potential conflicts of interests that may impact the nature of the services that your funds receive.

 We believe one of the most important services we provide our fund shareholders is the annual review of the funds’ advisory and sub-advisory contracts with Invesco Advisers and its affiliates. This review is required by the Investment Company Act of 1940 and focuses on the nature and quality of the services Invesco provides as the adviser to the Invesco funds and the reasonableness of the fees that it charges for those services. Each year, we spend months carefully reviewing information received from Invesco and a variety of independent sources, such as performance and fee data prepared by Lipper, Inc. (a subsidiary of Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc.), an independent, third-party firm widely recognized as a leader in its field. We also meet with our independent legal counsel and other independent advisers to review and help us assess the information that we have received. Our goal is to assure that you receive quality investment management services for a reasonable fee.

 I trust the measures outlined above provide assurance that you have a worthy advocate when it comes to choosing the Invesco Funds.

 As always, please contact me at bruce@brucecrockett.com with any questions or concerns you may have. On behalf of the Board, we look forward to continuing to represent your interests and serving your needs.

Sincerely,

 

 

 

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Independent Chair

Invesco Funds Board of Trustees

 

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Management’s Discussion of Fund Performance

 

 

Performance summary

For the year ended December 31, 2017, Class A shares of Invesco Small Cap Growth Fund (the Fund), at net asset value (NAV), outperformed the Fund’s style-specific index, the Russell 2000 Growth Index.

Your Fund’s long-term performance appears later in this report.

 

      

Congress, a tax reform bill was signed into law in December. While its enactment further strengthened stocks, its effect on the US economy remained uncertain.

Within this environment, Class A shares of the Fund, at NAV, turned in a double-digit return and outperformed the benchmark Russell 2000 Growth Index. The Fund outperformed the index in the information technology (IT), consumer discretionary, health care, industrials and real estate sectors. Conversely, the Fund underperformed the index in the energy, consumer staples, financials, telecommunication services and materials sectors. The Fund’s modest cash position in the rising market was also a detractor from relative results.

On the positive side, the Fund outperformed its style-specific benchmark by the widest margin in the IT sector due to positive stock selection. Take–Two Interactive Software, an entertainment software developer, was a notable contributor to performance. The company was boosted by solid quarterly results as well as better-than-expected sales from its Grand Theft Auto game franchise. Cognex, an IT company that provides machine vision products for manufacturers, was also a contributor to Fund performance. The company benefited from broadening strength domestically and internationally in the machine vision space.

Stock selection in the consumer discretionary sector also contributed to relative Fund performance. Penn National Gaming, which operates or has ownership interests in gaming and racing facilities, was a contributor to performance. The company’s stock rose on better-than-expected earnings driven by more favorable-than-expected visitation and spending patterns. Panera Bread was acquired during the reporting period for

Fund vs. Indexes       

Total returns, 12/31/16 to 12/31/17, at net asset value (NAV). Performance shown does not include applicable contingent deferred sales charges (CDSC) or front-end sales charges, which would have reduced performance.

 

      

Class A Shares

           24.91%           

Class B Shares

           24.02              

Class C Shares

           23.99              

Class R Shares

           24.60              

Class Y Shares

           25.25              

Investor Class Shares

           24.94              

Class R5 Shares

           25.41              

Class R6 Shares

           25.49              

S&P 500 Indexq (Broad Market Index)

           21.83              

Russell 2000 Growth Indexq (Style-Specific Index)

   22.17              

Lipper Small-Cap Growth Funds Index (Peer Group Index)

   24.77              

 

Source(s): qFactSet Research Systems Inc.; Lipper Inc.

 

      

 

 

 

Market conditions and your Fund

Despite highly destructive hurricanes that threatened to derail a years-long economic recovery, the US economy continued to expand throughout the year ended December 31, 2017. Gross domestic product – the value of all goods and services produced in the US – expanded in the first three quarters of 2017. Inflation remained subdued even as unemployment continued its multiyear decline.

Given signs of an improving economy, the US Federal Reserve (the Fed) raised interest rates three times during the reporting period, most recently in December 2017; each rate hike was 25 basis points.1 (A basis point is 0.01%.) The Fed pledged that “realized and expected economic conditions relative to its objectives of maximum employment and 2 percent inflation” will guide its future actions. At the close of the

   

 

reporting period, Fed policy remained accommodative, and the fed funds target rate stood at a range of 1.25% to 1.50% – 75 basis points higher than at the start of the reporting period.1

Higher inventories and a worsening outlook caused oil prices and many energy stocks to decline during the first half of 2017. However, oil prices rose significantly in the second half of the reporting period as expectations for lower supplies increased, partly due to continued OPEC production cuts, and demand began normalizing.

Major US stock market indexes repeatedly hit all-time highs throughout the reporting period. The stock market rally that began after the 2016 presidential election continued throughout the reporting period, fueled by generally positive economic data, strong corporate earnings and improved consumer confidence. Finally, after much debate in

      

 

Portfolio Composition  
By sector   % of total net assets  

Information Technology

    28.0%   
Health Care     23.0      
Industrials     15.9      
Consumer Discretionary     12.6      
Financials     9.5      
Materials     3.9      
Energy     3.7      
Consumer Staples     1.2      
Real Estate     1.1      
Telecommunication Services     0.7      
Money Market Funds  
Plus Other Assets Less Liabilities     0.4      

Top 10 Equity Holdings*

       
    % of total net assets  

  1.

  Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc.     1.9%   

  2.

  Cognex Corp.     1.3      

  3.

  Exelixis, Inc.     1.3      

  4.

  Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings Inc.     1.3      

  5.

  Halozyme Therapeutics, Inc.     1.2      

  6.

  Penn National Gaming, Inc.     1.2      

  7.

  CoStar Group Inc.     1.2      

  8.

  Aspen Technology, Inc.     1.1      

  9.

  Martin Marietta Materials, Inc.     1.1      

10.

  Fair Isaac Corp.     1.1      

Total Net Assets

   $ 2.8 billion  

Total Number of Holdings

     122  

The Fund’s holdings are subject to change, and there is no assurance that the Fund will continue to hold any particular security.

*Excluding money market fund holdings.

Data presented here are as of December 31, 2017.

 

 

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a premium and contributed to performance as well.

Stock selection in the health care sector benefited relative Fund performance as well. Nektar Therapeutics, a biopharmaceutical company based in San Fran-cisco, was a leading contributor to Fund performance. During the first quarter of the year, the stock was boosted by better-than-expected phase 3 clinical trial results for a new opioid painkiller designed to relieve pain without leading to abuse and addiction. The stock rallied again in the fourth quarter after receiving favorable feedback from the Food and Drug Administration regarding the drug. Another notable contributor in the sector was Align Technology, a leading designer and manufacturer of 3-D scanners and clear aligners for orthodontics. The company benefited from strong revenue growth and pricing power among competitors during the year.

In contrast, overweight exposure to the energy sector was a detractor from relative Fund performance. The energy sector was the worst-performing sector in the style-specific index during the reporting period, as crude prices declined due to concerns over increasing US energy supplies and fears that the OPEC cuts enacted in November 2016 would not be continued after June 2017. Despite OPEC members eventually agreeing to extend the cuts in May and a sharp rally in the fourth quarter, the sector still has yet to fully recover. The Fund’s holdings were not immune to the decline; Laredo Petroleum, Parsley Energy and Patterson-UTI Energy were the leading detractors within the sector.

Fund holdings in the consumer staples sector also detracted from relative performance. The consumer staples sector was the second-worst performing sector in the index during the year due to extended valuations and an intense competitive dynamic between food manufacturers and retailers. Lancaster Colony, a specialty food manufacturer, was a notable detractor from Fund performance within the sector. The stock pulled back early in the year after posting a strong gain in the second half of 2016. The company’s core business continued to perform in-line with expectations and at the close of the reporting period we still owned the stock. B&G Foods, a food distributor primarily for pickles and condiments, also detracted from Fund performance for the reporting period. The company’s organic growth declined

during the year due to weak traffic at traditional grocery stores and competitive pressures. We sold the stock in the third quarter.

Overweight exposure to and stock selection in the financials sector also dampened relative Fund results. Although the Fund had an overweight allocation to the sector, underweight exposure to the mortgage finance and consumer finance industries detracted from relative performance. Financial Engines, an asset manager, was a leading detractor from performance in the sector due to disappointing inflows after the loss of a key client and investor concerns around pricing.

All changes to positioning are based on our bottom-up stock selection process. Our portfolio construction process acts as a risk control to help ensure the portfolio is aligned with small-cap market sector exposure within modest over- and underweight allocations. Our long-term investment horizon leads to relatively low turnover. We believe the traditional business cycle recovery has not fully materialized, as evidenced by several years of mixed results, depending on which sector we evaluate. However, it is possible this is just a very slow normalization, and there is some evidence we may yet see a more classic recovery and a reacceleration in growth. Due to the uncertain economic outlook, we continue to balance the portfolio with a mix of long-term secular growth opportunities and cyclical growth opportunities that have strong valuation support.

Thank you for your commitment to Invesco Small Cap Growth Fund and for sharing our long-term investment horizon.

1    Source: US Federal Reserve

The views and opinions expressed in management’s discussion of Fund performance are those of Invesco Advisers, Inc. These views and opinions are subject to change at any time based on factors such as market and economic conditions. These views and opinions may not be relied upon as investment advice or recommendations, or as an offer for a particular security. The information is not a complete analysis of every aspect of any market, country, industry, security or the Fund. Statements of fact are from sources considered reliable, but Invesco Advisers, Inc. makes no representation or warranty as to their completeness or accuracy. Although historical performance is no guarantee of future results, these insights may help you understand our investment management philosophy.

See important Fund and, if applicable, index disclosures later in this report.

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Juan Hartsfield

Chartered Financial Analyst, Portfolio Manager, is lead manager of Invesco Small Cap Growth

Fund. He joined Invesco in 2004. Mr. Hartsfield earned a BS in petroleum engineering from The University of Texas at Austin and an MBA from the University of Michigan.

 

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Clay Manley

Chartered Financial Analyst, Portfolio Manager, is manager of Invesco Small Cap Growth Fund. He

joined Invesco in 2001. Mr. Manley earned a BA with cum laude honors in history and geology from Vanderbilt University and an MBA with concentrations in finance and accounting from the Goizueta Business School at Emory University.

 

 

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Your Fund’s Long-Term Performance

Results of a $10,000 Investment – Oldest Share Class(es)

Fund and index data from 12/31/07

 

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1  Source: FactSet Research Systems Inc.

2  Source: Lipper Inc.

 

Past performance cannot guarantee comparable future results.

The data shown in the chart include reinvested distributions, applicable sales charges and Fund expenses including management fees. Results for Class B shares are calculated as if a hypothetical

shareholder had liquidated his entire investment in the Fund at the close of the reporting period and paid the contingent deferred sales charges, if applicable. Index results include reinvested dividends, but they do not reflect sales charges. Performance of the peer group,

if applicable, reflects fund expenses and management fees; performance of a market index does not. Performance shown in the chart and table(s) does not reflect deduction of taxes a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or sale of Fund shares.

 

 

6    Invesco Small Cap Growth Fund


 

Average Annual Total Returns

As of 12/31/17, including maximum applicable sales charges

 

 

Class A Shares

        

Inception (10/18/95)

     10.70

10 Years

     8.97  

5 Years

     14.20  

1 Year

     18.04  

Class B Shares

        

Inception (10/18/95)

     10.70

10 Years

     8.93  

5 Years

     14.42  

1 Year

     19.02  

Class C Shares

        

Inception (5/3/99)

     8.47

10 Years

     8.77  

5 Years

     14.65  

1 Year

     22.99  

Class R Shares

        

Inception (6/3/02)

     9.34

10 Years

     9.31  

5 Years

     15.21  

1 Year

     24.60  

Class Y Shares

        

10 Years

     9.84

5 Years

     15.79  

1 Year

     25.25  

Investor Class Shares

        

Inception (4/7/06)

     9.39

10 Years

     9.59  

5 Years

     15.51  

1 Year

     24.94  

Class R5 Shares

        

Inception (3/15/02)

     9.37

10 Years

     10.04  

5 Years

     15.96  

1 Year

     25.41  

Class R6 Shares

        

10 Years

     9.86

5 Years

     16.05  

1 Year

     25.49  

Class Y shares incepted on October 3, 2008. Performance shown prior to that date is that of Class A shares and includes the 12b-1 fees applicable to Class A shares.

Class R6 shares incepted on September 24, 2012. Performance shown prior to that date is that of Class A shares and includes the 12b-1 fees applicable to Class A shares.

The performance data quoted represent past performance and cannot guarantee comparable future results; current performance may be lower or higher. Please visit invesco.com/performance for the most recent month-end performance. Performance figures reflect reinvested distributions, changes in net asset value and the effect of the maximum sales charge unless otherwise stated. Investment return and principal value will fluctuate so that you may have a gain or loss when you sell shares.

The total annual Fund operating expense ratio set forth in the most recent Fund prospectus as of the date of this report for Class A, Class B, Class C, Class R, Class Y, Investor Class, Class R5 and Class R6 shares was 1.23%, 1.98%, 1.98%, 1.48%, 0.98%, 1.23%, 0.84% and 0.74%, respectively. The expense ratios presented above may vary from the expense ratios presented in other sections of this report that are based on expenses incurred during the period covered by this report.

Class A share performance reflects the maximum 5.50% sales charge, and Class B and Class C share performance reflects the applicable contingent deferred sales charge (CDSC) for the period involved. The CDSC on Class B shares declines from 5% beginning at the time of purchase to 0% at the beginning of the seventh year. The CDSC on Class C shares is 1% for the first year after purchase. Class R, Class Y, Investor Class, Class R5 and Class R6 shares do not have a front-end sales charge or a CDSC; therefore, performance is at net asset value.

The performance of the Fund’s share classes will differ primarily due to different sales charge structures and class expenses.

Fund performance reflects any applicable fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements. Had the adviser not waived fees and/or reimbursed expenses currently or in the past, returns would have been lower. See current prospectus for more information.

    

 

 

7    Invesco Small Cap Growth Fund


 

Invesco Small Cap Growth Fund’s investment objective is long-term growth of capital.

  Unless otherwise stated, information presented in this report is as of December 31, 2017, and is based on total net assets.
  Unless otherwise noted, all data provided by Invesco.
  To access your Fund’s reports/prospectus, visit invesco.com/fundreports.

 

 

About share classes

  Effective January 26, 2018, after the close of the reporting period, all outstanding Class B shares were converted to Class A shares, in advance of their normally scheduled conversion. No CDSC was paid in connection with this early conversion.
  Class R shares are generally available only to employer sponsored retirement and benefit plans. Please see the prospectus for more information.
  Class Y shares and Investor Class shares are available only to certain investors. Please see the prospectus for more information.
  Class R5 shares and Class R6 shares are available for use by retirement plans that meet certain standards and for institutional investors. Class R6 shares are also available through intermediaries that have established an agreement with Invesco Distributors, Inc. to make such shares available for use in retail omnibus accounts. Please see the prospectus for more information.

 

 

Principal risks of investing in the Fund

  Foreign securities risk. The Fund’s foreign investments may be adversely affected by political and social instability, changes in economic or taxation policies, difficulty in enforcing obligations, decreased liquidity or increased volatility. Foreign investments also involve the risk of the possible seizure, nationalization or expropriation of the issuer or foreign deposits (in which the Fund could lose its entire investments in a certain market) and the possible adoption of foreign governmental restrictions such as exchange controls. Unless the Fund has hedged its foreign securities risk, foreign securities risk also involves the risk of negative foreign currency rate fluctuations, which may cause the value of securities denominated in such foreign currency (or other instruments through which the Fund has exposure to foreign currencies) to decline in value. Currency exchange rates may fluctuate significantly over short periods of time. Currency
   

hedging strategies, if used, are not always successful.

  Growth investing risk. Growth stocks tend to be more expensive relative to the issuing company’s earnings or assets compared with other types of stock. As a result, they tend to be more sensitive to changes in, or investors’ expectations of, the issuing company’s earnings and can be more volatile.
  Management risk. The Fund is actively managed and depends heavily on the Adviser’s judgment about markets, interest rates or the attractiveness, relative values, liquidity, or potential appreciation of particular investments made for the Fund’s portfolio. The Fund could experience losses if these judgments prove to be incorrect. Additionally, legislative, regulatory, or tax developments may adversely affect management of the Fund and, therefore, the ability of the Fund to achieve its investment objective.
  Market risk. The market values of the Fund’s investments, and therefore the value of the Fund’s shares, will go up and down, sometimes rapidly or unpredictably. Market risk may affect a single issuer, industry or section of the economy, or it may affect the market as a whole. Individual stock prices tend to go up and down more dramatically than those of certain other types of investments, such as bonds. During a general downturn in the financial markets, multiple asset classes may decline in value. When markets perform well, there can be no assurance that specific investments held by the Fund will rise in value.
  Sector focus risk. The Fund may from time to time invest a significant amount of its assets (i.e. over 25%) in one market sector or group of related industries. In this event, the Fund’s performance will depend to a greater extent on the overall condition of the sector or group of industries and there is increased risk that the Fund will lose significant value if conditions adversely affect that sector or group of industries.
  Small- and mid-capitalization companies risks. Small- and mid-capitalization companies tend to be more vulnerable to changing market conditions, may
 

 

This report must be accompanied or preceded by a currently effective Fund prospectus, which contains more complete information, including sales charges and expenses. Investors should read it carefully before investing.

 

NOT FDIC INSURED   |   MAY LOSE VALUE   |   NO BANK GUARANTEE    
  have little or no operating history or track record of success, and may have more limited product lines and markets, less experienced management and fewer financial resources than larger companies. These companies’ securities may be more volatile and less liquid than those of more established companies, and their returns may vary, sometimes significantly, from the overall securities market.

 

 

About indexes used in this report

  The S&P 500® Index is an unmanaged index considered representative of the US stock market.
  The Russell 2000® Growth Index is an unmanaged index considered representative of small-cap growth stocks. The Russell 2000 Growth Index is a trademark/service mark of the Frank Russell Co. Russell® is a trademark of the Frank Russell Co.
  The Lipper Small-Cap Growth Funds Index is an unmanaged index considered representative of small-cap growth funds tracked by Lipper.
  The Fund is not managed to track the performance of any particular index, including the index(es) described here, and consequently, the performance of the Fund may deviate significantly from the performance of the index(es).
  A direct investment cannot be made in an index. Unless otherwise indicated, index results include reinvested dividends, and they do not reflect sales charges. Performance of the peer group, if applicable, reflects fund expenses; performance of a market index does not.

 

 

Other information

  The returns shown in management’s discussion of Fund performance are based on net asset values (NAVs) calculated for shareholder transactions. Generally accepted accounting principles require adjustments to be made to the net assets of the Fund at period end for financial reporting purposes, and as such, the NAVs for shareholder transactions and the returns based on those NAVs may differ from the NAVs and returns reported in the Financial Highlights.
  Industry classifications used in this report are generally according to the Global Industry Classification Standard, which was developed by and is the exclusive property and a service mark of MSCI Inc. and Standard & Poor’s.
 

 

8    Invesco Small Cap Growth Fund


Schedule of Investments(a)

December 31, 2017

 

 

     Shares      Value  

Common Stocks & Other Equity Interests–99.61%

 

Aerospace & Defense–1.74%  

BWX Technologies, Inc.

    449,130      $ 27,167,874  

TransDigm Group, Inc.

    79,558        21,848,218  
               49,016,092  
Alternative Carriers–0.75%  

Cogent Communications Holdings, Inc.

    463,938        21,016,391  
Apparel Retail–0.61%  

Urban Outfitters, Inc.(b)

    487,028        17,075,202  
Apparel, Accessories & Luxury Goods–1.41%  

Carter’s, Inc.

    185,142        21,752,333  

G-III Apparel Group, Ltd.(b)

    483,175        17,824,326  
               39,576,659  
Application Software–5.76%  

Aspen Technology, Inc.(b)

    481,348        31,865,238  

Fair Isaac Corp.

    205,360        31,461,152  

Guidewire Software Inc.(b)

    388,598        28,857,287  

Pegasystems Inc.

    336,411        15,861,779  

RealPage, Inc.(b)

    587,260        26,015,618  

Ultimate Software Group, Inc. (The)(b)

    129,076        28,168,255  
               162,229,329  
Asset Management & Custody Banks–0.93%  

Financial Engines, Inc.

    447,870        13,570,461  

WisdomTree Investments, Inc.

    1,013,304        12,716,965  
               26,287,426  
Auto Parts & Equipment–0.78%  

Visteon Corp.(b)

    175,930        22,015,880  
Biotechnology–7.16%  

ACADIA Pharmaceuticals Inc.(b)

    661,118        19,906,263  

Adamas Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(b)(c)

    760,429        25,770,939  

Agios Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(b)

    375,557        21,470,594  

Exelixis, Inc.(b)

    1,182,037        35,933,925  

Halozyme Therapeutics, Inc.(b)

    1,691,781        34,275,483  

Momenta Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(b)

    1,121,681        15,647,450  

Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc.(b)

    405,390        31,454,210  

Repligen Corp.(b)

    468,477        16,996,345  
               201,455,209  
Brewers–0.54%  

Boston Beer Co., Inc. (The)–Class A(b)

    78,812        15,060,973  
Building Products–1.69%  

A.O. Smith Corp.

    445,460        27,297,789  

Masonite International Corp.(b)

    274,955        20,387,913  
               47,685,702  
Casinos & Gaming–1.21%     

Penn National Gaming, Inc.(b)

    1,090,965        34,179,933  
     Shares      Value  
Construction Machinery & Heavy Trucks–1.51%  

WABCO Holdings Inc.(b)

    153,782      $ 22,067,717  

Wabtec Corp.(c)

    249,208        20,293,007  
               42,360,724  
Construction Materials–1.12%  

Martin Marietta Materials, Inc.

    142,990        31,606,510  
Data Processing & Outsourced Services–1.63%  

Euronet Worldwide, Inc.(b)

    295,551        24,906,083  

ExlService Holdings, Inc.(b)

    349,533        21,094,316  
               46,000,399  
Distributors–0.96%  

Pool Corp.

    208,888        27,082,329  
Electrical Components & Equipment–0.74%  

Acuity Brands, Inc.

    118,110        20,787,360  
Electronic Components–1.80%  

II-VI Inc.(b)

    486,280        22,830,846  

Littelfuse, Inc.

    140,044        27,703,504  
               50,534,350  
Electronic Equipment & Instruments–3.85%  

Cognex Corp.

    591,042        36,148,129  

National Instruments Corp.

    488,544        20,338,087  

Trimble Inc.(b)

    610,042        24,792,107  

Zebra Technologies Corp.–Class A(b)

    260,298        27,018,932  
               108,297,255  
Financial Exchanges & Data–0.88%  

MarketAxess Holdings, Inc.

    123,113        24,838,048  
Footwear–0.88%  

Steven Madden, Ltd.(b)

    529,854        24,744,182  
Health Care Equipment–4.09%  

Cantel Medical Corp.

    245,987        25,304,683  

DexCom Inc.(b)

    253,789        14,564,951  

Hill-Rom Holdings, Inc.

    262,418        22,119,213  

Integra LifeSciences Holdings Corp.(b)

    416,019        19,910,669  

Nevro Corp.(b)

    210,931        14,562,676  

NxStage Medical, Inc.(b)

    768,276        18,615,328  
               115,077,520  
Health Care Facilities–1.53%  

HealthSouth Corp.

    425,500        21,023,955  

Select Medical Holdings Corp.(b)

    1,240,690        21,898,179  
               42,922,134  
Health Care Services–0.87%  

Chemed Corp.

    100,401        24,399,451  
Health Care Supplies–2.34%  

Align Technology, Inc.(b)

    83,204        18,487,097  
 

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

9                         Invesco Small Cap Growth Fund


     Shares      Value  
Health Care Supplies–(continued)  

Halyard Health, Inc.(b)

    518,075      $ 23,924,703  

ICU Medical, Inc.(b)

    108,254        23,382,864  
               65,794,664  
Health Care Technology–0.59%  

Medidata Solutions, Inc.(b)

    263,606        16,704,712  
Home Entertainment Software–1.94%  

Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc.(b)

    496,454        54,500,720  
Homebuilding–0.83%  

CalAtlantic Group, Inc.

    412,025        23,234,090  
Industrial Machinery–4.21%  

ITT Inc.

    488,639        26,078,663  

John Bean Technologies Corp.

    250,092        27,710,194  

Kennametal Inc.

    479,749        23,224,649  

Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc.

    225,335        20,636,179  

Timken Co. (The)

    423,800        20,829,770  
               118,479,455  
Internet Software & Services–3.52%  

2U, Inc.(b)

    339,684        21,913,015  

CoStar Group Inc.(b)

    114,353        33,957,124  

LogMeIn, Inc.

    181,072        20,732,744  

Q2 Holdings, Inc.(b)

    607,671        22,392,676  
               98,995,559  
Investment Banking & Brokerage–0.75%  

Evercore Inc.–Class A

    235,100        21,159,000  
IT Consulting & Other Services–1.74%  

Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corp.

    629,201        23,991,434  

EPAM Systems, Inc.(b)

    231,178        24,835,453  
               48,826,887  
Leisure Facilities–0.82%  

Six Flags Entertainment Corp.

    346,784        23,085,411  
Leisure Products–0.73%  

Brunswick Corp.

    370,158        20,440,125  
Life & Health Insurance–0.82%  

American Equity Investment Life Holding Co.

    750,940        23,076,386  
Life Sciences Tools & Services–2.05%  

Bio-Techne Corp.

    192,570        24,947,444  

Pacific Biosciences of California Inc.(b)(c)

    1,879,430        4,961,695  

PerkinElmer, Inc.

    379,823        27,772,658  
               57,681,797  
Managed Health Care–1.08%  

HealthEquity, Inc.(b)

    651,282        30,388,818  
Metal & Glass Containers–1.08%  

Berry Global Group, Inc.(b)

    517,790        30,378,739  
     Shares      Value  
Movies & Entertainment–0.40%  

IMAX Corp.(b)

    492,223      $ 11,394,962  
Multi-Line Insurance–0.85%  

American Financial Group, Inc.

    219,808        23,857,960  
Office REIT’s–0.55%  

Highwoods Properties, Inc.

    303,091        15,430,363  
Office Services & Supplies–0.36%  

Pitney Bowes Inc.

    901,704        10,081,051  
Oil & Gas Drilling–0.73%  

Patterson-UTI Energy, Inc.

    897,504        20,651,567  
Oil & Gas Exploration & Production–2.92%  

Centennial Resource Development, Inc.–Class A(b)(c)

    1,187,595        23,514,381  

Energen Corp.(b)

    417,858        24,056,085  

Laredo Petroleum, Inc.(b)

    1,264,270        13,413,905  

Parsley Energy, Inc.–Class A(b)

    719,614        21,185,436  
               82,169,807  
Packaged Foods & Meats–0.71%  

Lancaster Colony Corp.

    153,734        19,863,970  
Pharmaceuticals–3.29%  

Aerie Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(b)

    118,641        7,088,800  

Catalent, Inc.(b)

    506,969        20,826,286  

GW Pharmaceuticals PLC–ADR (United Kingdom)(b)(c)

    160,371        21,170,576  

Nektar Therapeutics(b)

    496,763        29,666,686  

Prestige Brands Holdings, Inc.(b)

    309,709        13,754,177  
               92,506,525  
Property & Casualty Insurance–1.32%  

Hanover Insurance Group Inc. (The)

    205,892        22,252,807  

RLI Corp.

    247,834        15,033,611  
               37,286,418  
Regional Banks–3.89%  

BankUnited, Inc.

    475,801        19,374,617  

Cathay General Bancorp

    587,697        24,783,182  

Cullen/Frost Bankers, Inc.

    249,948        23,657,578  

MB Financial, Inc.

    495,055        22,039,849  

Sterling Bancorp

    801,667        19,721,008  
               109,576,234  
Restaurants–3.08%  

Dunkin’ Brands Group, Inc.

    365,391        23,556,758  

Jack in the Box Inc.

    188,015        18,446,152  

Texas Roadhouse, Inc.

    446,923        23,543,904  

Wendy’s Co. (The)

    1,294,044        21,248,202  
               86,795,016  
Security & Alarm Services–1.01%  

Brink’s Co. (The)

    360,576        28,377,331  
 

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

10                         Invesco Small Cap Growth Fund


     Shares      Value  
Semiconductor Equipment–0.92%  

MKS Instruments, Inc.

    274,982      $ 25,985,799  
Semiconductors–4.26%  

Cavium Inc.(b)

    302,758        25,380,203  

Integrated Device Technology, Inc.(b)

    750,914        22,324,673  

Monolithic Power Systems, Inc.

    194,888        21,897,616  

Power Integrations, Inc.

    255,431        18,786,950  

Silicon Laboratories Inc.(b)

    355,254        31,368,928  
               119,758,370  
Specialized REIT’s–0.59%  

CubeSmart

    575,024        16,629,694  
Specialty Chemicals–1.73%  

Ingevity Corp.(b)

    333,451        23,498,292  

PolyOne Corp.

    576,259        25,067,267  
               48,565,559  
Specialty Stores–0.91%  

Five Below, Inc.(b)

    387,743        25,715,116  
Systems Software–2.54%  

CommVault Systems, Inc.(b)

    433,012        22,733,130  

Proofpoint, Inc.(b)

    236,212        20,977,988  

Qualys, Inc.(b)

    469,567        27,868,801  
               71,579,919  
Trading Companies & Distributors–1.48%  

Univar Inc.(b)

    690,217        21,369,118  

Watsco, Inc.

    119,364        20,296,655  
               41,665,773  
     Shares      Value  
Trucking–3.13%  

Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings Inc.

    805,921      $ 35,234,866  

Landstar System, Inc.

    207,677        21,619,176  

Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc.

    238,393        31,360,599  
               88,214,641  

Total Common Stocks & Other Equity Interests
(Cost $1,833,472,724)

 

     2,803,101,496  

Money Market Funds–1.59%

 

Invesco Government & Agency Portfolio– Institutional Class,
1.18%(d)

    13,775,898        13,775,898  

Invesco Liquid Assets
Portfolio– Institutional Class,
1.40%(d)

    12,818,325        12,819,607  

Invesco Treasury Portfolio–Institutional Class, 1.17%(d)

    18,001,042        18,001,042  

Total Money Market Funds
(Cost $44,596,699)

 

     44,596,547  

TOTAL INVESTMENTS IN SECURITIES (excluding investments purchased with cash collateral from securities on loan)–101.20%
(Cost $1,878,069,423)

 

     2,847,698,043  

Investments Purchased with Cash Collateral from Securities on Loan

 

  

Money Market Funds–1.52%

 

Invesco Government & Agency Portfolio–Institutional Class, 1.18%
(Cost $42,849,449)(d)(e)

    42,849,449        42,849,449  

TOTAL INVESTMENTS IN SECURITIES–102.72%
(Cost $1,920,918,872)

 

     2,890,547,492  

OTHER ASSETS LESS LIABILITIES–(2.72)%

 

     (76,528,287

NET ASSETS–100.00%

 

   $ 2,814,019,205  
 

Investment Abbreviations:

 

ADR  

– American Depositary Receipt

REIT  

– Real Estate Investment Trust

Notes to Schedule of Investments:

 

(a) Industry and/or sector classifications used in this report are generally according to the Global Industry Classification Standard, which was developed by and is the exclusive property and a service mark of MSCI Inc. and Standard & Poor’s.
(b) Non-income producing security.
(c) All or a portion of this security was out on loan at December 31, 2017.
(d) The money market fund and the Fund are affiliated by having the same investment adviser. The rate shown is the 7-day SEC standardized yield as of December 31, 2017.
(e) The security has been segregated to satisfy the commitment to return the cash collateral received in securities lending transactions upon the borrower’s return of the securities loaned. See Note 1I.

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

11                         Invesco Small Cap Growth Fund


Statement of Assets and Liabilities

December 31, 2017

 

 

 

Assets:

 

Investments in securities, at value
(Cost $1,833,472,724)*

  $ 2,803,101,496  

Investments in affiliated money market funds, at value (Cost $87,446,148)

    87,445,996  

Receivable for:

 

Fund shares sold

    5,317,463  

Dividends

    602,439  

Investment for trustee deferred compensation and retirement plans

    360,371  

Other assets

    40,768  

Total assets

    2,896,868,533  

Liabilities:

 

Payable for:

 

Investments purchased

    3,039,648  

Collateral upon return of securities loaned

    42,849,449  

Fund shares reacquired

    35,122,186  

Accrued fees to affiliates

    1,277,800  

Accrued trustees’ and officers’ fees and benefits

    1,495  

Accrued other operating expenses

    150,188  

Trustee deferred compensation and retirement plans

    408,562  

Total liabilities

    82,849,328  

Net assets applicable to shares outstanding

  $ 2,814,019,205  

Net assets consist of:

 

Shares of beneficial interest

  $ 1,819,687,569  

Undistributed net investment income (loss)

    (360,807

Undistributed net realized gain

    25,063,823  

Net unrealized appreciation

    969,628,620  
    $ 2,814,019,205  

Net Assets:

 

Class A

  $ 617,955,184  

Class B

  $ 701,692  

Class C

  $ 14,501,890  

Class R

  $ 135,750,620  

Class Y

  $ 208,232,803  

Investor Class

  $ 241,103,515  

Class R5

  $ 1,292,036,230  

Class R6

  $ 303,737,271  

Shares outstanding, no par value,
with an unlimited number of shares authorized:

 

Class A

    16,563,556  

Class B

    27,632  

Class C

    572,618  

Class R

    3,925,800  

Class Y

    5,417,955  

Investor Class

    6,148,383  

Class R5

    30,749,279  

Class R6

    7,197,278  

Class A:

 

Net asset value per share

  $ 37.31  

Maximum offering price per share

 

(Net asset value of $37.31 ¸ 94.50%)

  $ 39.48  

Class B:

 

Net asset value and offering price per share

  $ 25.39  

Class C:

 

Net asset value and offering price per share

  $ 25.33  

Class R:

 

Net asset value and offering price per share

  $ 34.58  

Class Y:

 

Net asset value and offering price per share

  $ 38.43  

Investor Class:

 

Net asset value and offering price per share

  $ 39.21  

Class R5:

 

Net asset value and offering price per share

  $ 42.02  

Class R6:

 

Net asset value and offering price per share

  $ 42.20  

 

* At December 31, 2017, securities with an aggregate value of $40,799,722 were on loan to brokers.
 

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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Statement of Operations

For the year ended December 31, 2017

 

Investment income:

 

Dividends

  $ 18,006,410  

Dividends from affiliated money market funds (includes securities lending income of $183,596)

    655,538  

Total investment income

    18,661,948  

Expenses:

 

Advisory fees

    17,510,783  

Administrative services fees

    520,216  

Custodian fees

    84,204  

Distribution fees:

 

Class A

    1,491,071  

Class B

    10,930  

Class C

    148,052  

Class R

    605,558  

Investor Class

    553,232  

Transfer agent fees — A, B, C, R, Y and Investor

    2,612,014  

Transfer agent fees —R5

    1,053,371  

Transfer agent fees —R6

    9,065  

Trustees’ and officers’ fees and benefits

    56,299  

Registration and filing fees

    132,311  

Reports to shareholders

    297,670  

Professional services fees

    104,629  

Other

    68,759  

Total expenses

    25,258,164  

Less: Fees waived and expense offset arrangement(s)

    (80,141

Net expenses

    25,178,023  

Net investment income (loss)

    (6,516,075

Realized and unrealized gain from:

 

Net realized gain from investment securities (includes net gains from securities sold to affiliates of $3,919,158)

    216,281,116  

Change in net unrealized appreciation of investment securities

    370,876,964  

Net realized and unrealized gain

    587,158,080  

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

  $ 580,642,005  

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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Statement of Changes in Net Assets

For the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016

 

     2017      2016  

Operations:

    

Net investment income (loss)

  $ (6,516,075    $ 4,744,881  

Net realized gain

    216,281,116        199,083,030  

Change in net unrealized appreciation

    370,876,964        44,257,947  

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

    580,642,005        248,085,858  

Distributions to shareholders from net investment income:

    

Class Y

    (22,939      (360,191

Class R5

    (133,349      (3,477,362

Class R6

    (30,133      (815,646

Total distributions from net investment income

    (186,421      (4,653,199

Distributions to shareholders from net realized gains:

    

Class A

    (52,883,039      (51,968,425

Class B

    (90,427      (177,899

Class C

    (1,767,644      (1,754,430

Class R

    (12,397,245      (10,252,112

Class Y

    (17,172,885      (13,822,557

Investor Class

    (19,506,114      (18,881,493

Class R5

    (99,829,389      (82,025,446

Class R6

    (22,558,296      (15,201,678

Total distributions from net realized gains

    (226,205,039      (194,084,040

Share transactions–net:

    

Class A

    (59,527,834      (59,407,480

Class B

    (890,080      (917,234

Class C

    (1,789,549      (1,624,835

Class R

    9,275,758        8,509,336  

Class Y

    18,797,817        10,560,971  

Investor Class

    (18,602,316      (9,556,593

Class R5

    88,314,083        22,451,211  

Class R6

    72,066,527        22,425,588  

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from share transactions

    107,644,406        (7,559,036

Net increase in net assets

    461,894,951        41,789,583  

Net assets:

    

Beginning of year

    2,352,124,254        2,310,334,671  

End of year (includes undistributed net investment income (loss) of $(360,807) and $(204,013), respectively)

  $ 2,814,019,205      $ 2,352,124,254  

Notes to Financial Statements

December 31, 2017

NOTE 1—Significant Accounting Policies

Invesco Small Cap Growth Fund (the “Fund”) is a series portfolio of AIM Growth Series (Invesco Growth Series) (the “Trust”). The Trust is organized as a Delaware statutory trust and is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”), as an open-end series management investment company consisting of twenty-nine separate series portfolios, each authorized to issue an unlimited number of shares of beneficial interest. The assets, liabilities and operations of each portfolio are accounted for separately. Information presented in these financial statements pertains only to the Fund. Matters affecting each portfolio or class will be voted on exclusively by the shareholders of such portfolio or class.

The Fund’s investment objective is long-term growth of capital.

The Fund currently consists of eight different classes of shares: Class A, Class B, Class C, Class R, Class Y, Investor Class, Class R5 and Class R6. Class Y and Investor Class shares are available only to certain investors. Class A shares are sold with a front-end sales charge unless certain waiver criteria are met and under certain circumstances load waived shares may be subject to contingent deferred sales charges (“CDSC”). Class C shares are

 

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sold with a CDSC. Class R, Class Y, Investor Class, Class R5 and Class R6 shares are sold at net asset value. Effective November 30, 2010, new or additional investments in Class B shares are no longer permitted. Existing shareholders of Class B shares may continue to reinvest dividends and capital gains distributions in Class B shares until they convert to Class A shares. Also, shareholders in Class B shares will be able to exchange those shares for Class B shares of other Invesco Funds offering such shares until they convert to Class A shares. Generally, Class B shares will automatically convert to Class A shares on or about the month-end, which is at least eight years after the date of purchase. Redemption of Class B shares prior to the conversion date will be subject to a CDSC. Effective January 26, 2018, all of the Fund’s outstanding Class B shares were converted to Class A shares, in advance of their normally scheduled conversion. No CDSC was paid in connection with this early conversion.

Effective as of the close of business on March 18, 2002, the Fund’s shares were offered on a limited basis to certain investors.

The Fund is an investment company and accordingly follows the investment company accounting and reporting guidance in accordance with Financial Accounting Standards Board Accounting Standards Codification Topic 946, Financial Services — Investment Companies.

The following is a summary of the significant accounting policies followed by the Fund in the preparation of its financial statements.

A. Security Valuations — Securities, including restricted securities, are valued according to the following policy.

A security listed or traded on an exchange (except convertible securities) is valued at its last sales price or official closing price as of the close of the customary trading session on the exchange where the security is principally traded, or lacking any sales or official closing price on a particular day, the security may be valued at the closing bid price on that day. Securities traded in the over-the-counter market are valued based on prices furnished by independent pricing services or market makers. When such securities are valued by an independent pricing service they may be considered fair valued. Futures contracts are valued at the final settlement price set by an exchange on which they are principally traded. Listed options are valued at the mean between the last bid and asked prices from the exchange on which they are principally traded. Options not listed on an exchange are valued by an independent source at the mean between the last bid and asked prices. For purposes of determining net asset value (“NAV”) per share, futures and option contracts generally are valued 15 minutes after the close of the customary trading session of the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”).

Investments in open-end and closed-end registered investment companies that do not trade on an exchange are valued at the end-of-day net asset value per share. Investments in open-end and closed-end registered investment companies that trade on an exchange are valued at the last sales price or official closing price as of the close of the customary trading session on the exchange where the security is principally traded.

Debt obligations (including convertible securities) and unlisted equities are fair valued using an evaluated quote provided by an independent pricing service. Evaluated quotes provided by the pricing service may be determined without exclusive reliance on quoted prices, and may reflect appropriate factors such as institution-size trading in similar groups of securities, developments related to specific securities, dividend rate (for unlisted equities), yield (for debt obligations), quality, type of issue, coupon rate (for debt obligations), maturity (for debt obligations), individual trading characteristics and other market data. Pricing services generally value debt obligations assuming orderly transactions of institutional round lot size, but a fund may hold or transact in the same securities in smaller, odd lot sizes. Odd lots often trade at lower prices than institutional round lots. Debt obligations are subject to interest rate and credit risks. In addition, all debt obligations involve some risk of default with respect to interest and/or principal payments.

Foreign securities’ (including foreign exchange contracts) prices are converted into U.S. dollar amounts using the applicable exchange rates as of the close of the NYSE. If market quotations are available and reliable for foreign exchange-traded equity securities, the securities will be valued at the market quotations. Because trading hours for certain foreign securities end before the close of the NYSE, closing market quotations may become unreliable. If between the time trading ends on a particular security and the close of the customary trading session on the NYSE, events occur that the investment adviser determines are significant and make the closing price unreliable, the Fund may fair value the security. If the event is likely to have affected the closing price of the security, the security will be valued at fair value in good faith using procedures approved by the Board of Trustees. Adjustments to closing prices to reflect fair value may also be based on a screening process of an independent pricing service to indicate the degree of certainty, based on historical data, that the closing price in the principal market where a foreign security trades is not the current value as of the close of the NYSE. Foreign securities’ prices meeting the approved degree of certainty that the price is not reflective of current value will be priced at the indication of fair value from the independent pricing service. Multiple factors may be considered by the independent pricing service in determining adjustments to reflect fair value and may include information relating to sector indices, American Depositary Receipts and domestic and foreign index futures. Foreign securities may have additional risks including exchange rate changes, potential for sharply devalued currencies and high inflation, political and economic upheaval, the relative lack of issuer information, relatively low market liquidity and the potential lack of strict financial and accounting controls and standards.

Securities for which market prices are not provided by any of the above methods may be valued based upon quotes furnished by independent sources. The last bid price may be used to value equity securities. The mean between the last bid and asked prices is used to value debt obligations, including corporate loans.

Securities for which market quotations are not readily available or became unreliable are valued at fair value as determined in good faith by or under the supervision of the Trust’s officers following procedures approved by the Board of Trustees. Issuer specific events, market trends, bid/asked quotes of brokers and information providers and other market data may be reviewed in the course of making a good faith determination of a security’s fair value.

The Fund may invest in securities that are subject to interest rate risk, meaning the risk that the prices will generally fall as interest rates rise and, conversely, the prices will generally rise as interest rates fall. Specific securities differ in their sensitivity to changes in interest rates depending on their individual characteristics. Changes in interest rates may result in increased market volatility, which may affect the value and/or liquidity of certain Fund investments.

Valuations change in response to many factors including the historical and prospective earnings of the issuer, the value of the issuer’s assets, general economic conditions, interest rates, investor perceptions and market liquidity. Because of the inherent uncertainties of valuation, the values reflected in the financial statements may materially differ from the value received upon actual sale of those investments.

B. Securities Transactions and Investment Income — Securities transactions are accounted for on a trade date basis. Realized gains or losses on sales are computed on the basis of specific identification of the securities sold. Interest income (net of withholding tax, if any) is recorded on the accrual basis from settlement date. Dividend income (net of withholding tax, if any) is recorded on the ex-dividend date.

 

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The Fund may periodically participate in litigation related to Fund investments. As such, the Fund may receive proceeds from litigation settlements. Any proceeds received are included in the Statement of Operations as realized gain (loss) for investments no longer held and as unrealized gain (loss) for investments still held.

Brokerage commissions and mark ups are considered transaction costs and are recorded as an increase to the cost basis of securities purchased and/or a reduction of proceeds on a sale of securities. Such transaction costs are included in the determination of net realized and unrealized gain (loss) from investment securities reported in the Statement of Operations and the Statement of Changes in Net Assets and the net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on securities per share in the Financial Highlights. Transaction costs are included in the calculation of the Fund’s net asset value and, accordingly, they reduce the Fund’s total returns. These transaction costs are not considered operating expenses and are not reflected in net investment income reported in the Statement of Operations and the Statement of Changes in Net Assets, or the net investment income per share and the ratios of expenses and net investment income reported in the Financial Highlights, nor are they limited by any expense limitation arrangements between the Fund and the investment adviser.

The Fund allocates income and realized and unrealized capital gains and losses to a class based on the relative net assets of each class.

C. Country Determination — For the purposes of making investment selection decisions and presentation in the Schedule of Investments, the investment adviser may determine the country in which an issuer is located and/or credit risk exposure based on various factors. These factors include the laws of the country under which the issuer is organized, where the issuer maintains a principal office, the country in which the issuer derives 50% or more of its total revenues and the country that has the primary market for the issuer’s securities, as well as other criteria. Among the other criteria that may be evaluated for making this determination are the country in which the issuer maintains 50% or more of its assets, the type of security, financial guarantees and enhancements, the nature of the collateral and the sponsor organization. Country of issuer and/or credit risk exposure has been determined to be the United States of America, unless otherwise noted.
D. Distributions — Distributions from net investment income and net realized capital gain, if any, are generally declared and paid annually and recorded on the ex-dividend date. The Fund may elect to treat a portion of the proceeds from redemptions as distributions for federal income tax purposes.
E. Federal Income Taxes — The Fund intends to comply with the requirements of Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Internal Revenue Code”), necessary to qualify as a regulated investment company and to distribute substantially all of the Fund’s taxable earnings to shareholders. As such, the Fund will not be subject to federal income taxes on otherwise taxable income (including net realized capital gain) that is distributed to shareholders. Therefore, no provision for federal income taxes is recorded in the financial statements.

The Fund recognizes the tax benefits of uncertain tax positions only when the position is more likely than not to be sustained. Management has analyzed the Fund’s uncertain tax positions and concluded that no liability for unrecognized tax benefits should be recorded related to uncertain tax positions. Management is not aware of any tax positions for which it is reasonably possible that the total amounts of unrecognized tax benefits will change materially in the next 12 months.

The Fund files tax returns in the U.S. Federal jurisdiction and certain other jurisdictions. Generally, the Fund is subject to examinations by such taxing authorities for up to three years after the filing of the return for the tax period.

F. Expenses — Fees provided for under the Rule 12b-1 plan of a particular class of the Fund are charged to the operations of such class. Transfer agency fees and expenses and other shareholder recordkeeping fees and expenses attributable to Class R5 and Class R6 are allocated to each share class based on relative net assets. Sub-accounting fees attributable to Class R5 are charged to the operations of the class. Transfer agency fees and expenses and other shareholder recordkeeping fees and expenses relating to all other classes are allocated among those classes based on relative net assets. All other expenses are allocated among the classes based on relative net assets.
G. Accounting Estimates — The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”) requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period including estimates and assumptions related to taxation. Actual results could differ from those estimates by a significant amount. In addition, the Fund monitors for material events or transactions that may occur or become known after the period-end date and before the date the financial statements are released to print.
H. Indemnifications — Under the Trust’s organizational documents, each Trustee, officer, employee or other agent of the Trust is indemnified against certain liabilities that may arise out of the performance of their duties to the Fund. Additionally, in the normal course of business, the Fund enters into contracts, including the Fund’s servicing agreements, that contain a variety of indemnification clauses. The Fund’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown as this would involve future claims that may be made against the Fund that have not yet occurred. The risk of material loss as a result of such indemnification claims is considered remote.
I.

Securities Lending — The Fund may lend portfolio securities having a market value up to one-third of the Fund’s total assets. Such loans are secured by collateral equal to no less than the market value of the loaned securities determined daily by the securities lending provider. Such collateral will be cash or debt securities issued or guaranteed by the U.S. Government or any of its sponsored agencies. Cash collateral received in connection with these loans is invested in short-term money market instruments or affiliated money market funds and is shown as such on the Schedule of Investments. The Fund bears the risk of loss with respect to the investment of collateral. It is the Fund’s policy to obtain additional collateral from or return excess collateral to the borrower by the end of the next business day, following the valuation date of the securities loaned. Therefore, the value of the collateral held may be temporarily less than the value of the securities on loan. When loaning securities, the Fund retains certain benefits of owning the securities, including the economic equivalent of dividends or interest generated by the security. Lending securities entails a risk of loss to the Fund if, and to the extent that, the market value of the securities loaned were to increase and the borrower did not increase the collateral accordingly, and the borrower failed to return the securities. The securities loaned are subject to termination at the option of the borrower or the Fund. Upon termination, the borrower will return to the Fund the securities loaned and the Fund will return the collateral. Upon the failure of the borrower to return the securities, collateral may be liquidated and the securities may be purchased on the open market to replace the loaned securities. The Fund could experience delays and costs in gaining access to the collateral and the securities may lose value during the delay which could result in potential losses to the Fund. Some of these losses may be indemnified by the lending agent. The Fund bears the risk of any deficiency in the amount of the collateral available for return to the borrower due to any loss on the collateral invested. Dividends received on cash collateral investments for securities lending transactions, which are net of compensation to

 

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  counterparties, are included in Dividends from affiliated money market funds on the Statement of Operations. The aggregate value of securities out on loan, if any, is shown as a footnote on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities.

NOTE 2—Advisory Fees and Other Fees Paid to Affiliates

The Trust has entered into a master investment advisory agreement with Invesco Advisers, Inc. (the “Adviser” or “Invesco”). Under the terms of the investment advisory agreement, the Fund accrues daily and pays monthly an advisory fee to the Adviser based on the annual rate of the Fund’s average daily net assets as follows:

 

Average Daily Net Assets   Rate  

First $500 million

    0 .725%   

Next $500 million

    0 .70%   

Next $500 million

    0 .675%   

Over $1.5 billion

    0 .65%         

For the year ended December 31, 2017, the effective advisory fees incurred by the Fund was 0.68%.

Under the terms of a master sub-advisory agreement between the Adviser and each of Invesco Asset Management Deutschland GmbH, Invesco Asset Management Limited, Invesco Asset Management (Japan) Limited, Invesco Hong Kong Limited, Invesco Senior Secured Management, Inc. and Invesco Canada Ltd. and separate sub-advisory agreements with Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC and Invesco Asset Management (India) Private Limited (collectively, the “Affiliated Sub-Advisers”) the Adviser, not the Fund, will pay 40% of the fees paid to the Adviser to any such Affiliated Sub-Adviser(s) that provide(s) discretionary investment management services to the Fund based on the percentage of assets allocated to such Affiliated Sub-Adviser(s).

The Adviser has contractually agreed, through at least June 30, 2018, to waive advisory fees and/or reimburse expenses of all shares to the extent necessary to limit total annual fund operating expenses after fee waiver and/or expense reimbursement (excluding certain items discussed below) of Class A, Class B, Class C, Class R, Class Y, Investor Class, Class R5 and Class R6 shares to 2.00%, 2.75%, 2.75%, 2.25%, 1.75%, 2.00%, 1.75% and 1.75%, respectively, of average daily net assets (the “expense limits”). In determining the Adviser’s obligation to waive advisory fees and/or reimburse expenses, the following expenses are not taken into account, and could cause the total annual fund operating expenses after fee waiver and/or expense reimbursement to exceed the numbers reflected above: (1) interest; (2) taxes; (3) dividend expense on short sales; (4) extraordinary or non-routine items, including litigation expenses; and (5) expenses that the Fund has incurred but did not actually pay because of an expense offset arrangement. Unless Invesco continues the fee waiver agreement, it will terminate on June 30, 2018. During its term, the fee waiver agreement cannot be terminated or amended to increase the expense limits or reduce the advisory fee waiver without approval of the Board of Trustees. The Adviser did not waive fees and/or reimburse expenses during the period under these expense limits.

Further, the Adviser has contractually agreed, through at least June 30, 2019, to waive the advisory fee payable by the Fund in an amount equal to 100% of the net advisory fees the Adviser receives from the affiliated money market funds on investments by the Fund of uninvested cash (excluding investments of cash collateral from securities lending) in such affiliated money market funds.

For the year ended December 31, 2017, the Adviser waived advisory fees of $71,270.

The Trust has entered into a master administrative services agreement with Invesco pursuant to which the Fund has agreed to pay Invesco for certain administrative costs incurred in providing accounting services to the Fund. For the year ended December 31, 2017, expenses incurred under the agreement are shown in the Statement of Operations as Administrative services fees.

The Trust has entered into a transfer agency and service agreement with Invesco Investment Services, Inc. (“IIS”) pursuant to which the Fund has agreed to pay IIS a fee for providing transfer agency and shareholder services to the Fund and reimburse IIS for certain expenses incurred by IIS in the course of providing such services. IIS may make payments to intermediaries that provide omnibus account services, sub-accounting services and/or networking services. All fees payable by IIS to intermediaries that provide omnibus account services or sub-accounting services are charged back to the Fund, subject to certain limitations approved by the Trust’s Board of Trustees. For the year ended December 31, 2017, expenses incurred under the agreement are shown in the Statement of Operations as Transfer agent fees.

The Trust has entered into master distribution agreements with Invesco Distributors, Inc. (“IDI”) to serve as the distributor for the Class A, Class B, Class C, Class R, Class Y, Investor Class, Class R5 and Class R6 shares of the Fund. The Trust has adopted plans pursuant to Rule 12b-1 under the 1940 Act with respect to the Fund’s Class A, Class B, Class C, Class R and Investor Class shares (collectively, the “Plans”). The Fund, pursuant to the Plans, pays IDI compensation at the annual rate of 0.25% of the Fund’s average daily net assets of Class A shares, 1.00% of the average daily net assets of Class B and Class C shares and 0.50% of the average daily net assets of Class R shares. The Fund, pursuant to the Investor Class Plan, reimburses IDI for its allocated share of expenses incurred pursuant to the Investor Class Plan for the period, up to a maximum annual rate of 0.25% of the average daily net assets of Investor Class shares. The fees are accrued daily and paid monthly. Of the Plan payments, up to 0.25% of the average daily net assets of each class of shares may be paid to furnish continuing personal shareholder services to customers who purchase and own shares of such classes. Any amounts not paid as a service fee under the Plans would constitute an asset-based sales charge. Rules of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”) impose a cap on the total sales charges, including asset-based sales charges, that may be paid by any class of shares of the Fund. For the year ended December 31, 2017, expenses incurred under the Plans are shown in the Statement of Operations as Distribution fees.

Front-end sales commissions and CDSC (collectively, the “sales charges”) are not recorded as expenses of the Fund. Front-end sales commissions are deducted from proceeds from the sales of Fund shares prior to investment in Class A shares of the Fund. CDSC are deducted from redemption proceeds prior to remittance to the shareholder. During the year ended December 31, 2017, IDI advised the Fund that IDI retained $6,145 in front-end sales commissions from the sale of Class A shares and $87 and $117 from Class A and Class C shares, respectively, for CDSC imposed on redemptions by shareholders.

For the year ended December 31, 2017, the Fund incurred $34,542 in brokerage commissions with Invesco Capital Markets, Inc., an affiliate of the Adviser and IDI, for portfolio transactions executed on behalf of the Fund.

Certain officers and trustees of the Trust are officers and directors of the Adviser, IIS and/or IDI.

 

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NOTE 3—Additional Valuation Information

GAAP defines fair value as the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date, under current market conditions. GAAP establishes a hierarchy that prioritizes the inputs to valuation methods, giving the highest priority to readily available unadjusted quoted prices in an active market for identical assets (Level 1) and the lowest priority to significant unobservable inputs (Level 3), generally when market prices are not readily available or are unreliable. Based on the valuation inputs, the securities or other investments are tiered into one of three levels. Changes in valuation methods may result in transfers in or out of an investment’s assigned level:

  Level 1 — Prices are determined using quoted prices in an active market for identical assets.
  Level 2 — Prices are determined using other significant observable inputs. Observable inputs are inputs that other market participants may use in pricing a security. These may include quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, yield curves, loss severities, default rates, discount rates, volatilities and others.
  Level 3 — Prices are determined using significant unobservable inputs. In situations where quoted prices or observable inputs are unavailable (for example, when there is little or no market activity for an investment at the end of the period), unobservable inputs may be used. Unobservable inputs reflect the Fund’s own assumptions about the factors market participants would use in determining fair value of the securities or instruments and would be based on the best available information.

As of December 31, 2017, all of the securities in this Fund were valued based on Level 1 inputs (see the Schedule of Investments for security categories). The level assigned to the securities valuations may not be an indication of the risk or liquidity associated with investing in those securities. Because of the inherent uncertainties of valuation, the values reflected in the financial statements may materially differ from the value received upon actual sale of those investments.

The Fund’s policy is to recognize transfers in and out of the valuation levels as of the end of the reporting period. During the year ended December 31, 2017, there were no material transfers between valuation levels.

NOTE 4—Security Transactions with Affiliated Funds

The Fund is permitted to purchase or sell securities from or to certain other Invesco Funds under specified conditions outlined in procedures adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Trust. The procedures have been designed to ensure that any purchase or sale of securities by the Fund from or to another fund or portfolio that is or could be considered an affiliate by virtue of having a common investment adviser (or affiliated investment advisers), common Trustees and/or common officers complies with Rule 17a-7 of the 1940 Act. Further, as defined under the procedures, each transaction is effected at the current market price. Pursuant to these procedures, for the year ended December 31, 2017, the Fund engaged in securities purchases of $14,301,171 and securities sales of $27,856,352, which resulted in net realized gains of $3,919,158.

NOTE 5—Expense Offset Arrangement(s)

The expense offset arrangement is comprised of transfer agency credits which result from balances in demand deposit accounts used by the transfer agent for clearing shareholder transactions. For the year ended December 31, 2017, the Fund received credits from this arrangement, which resulted in the reduction of the Fund’s total expenses of $8,871.

NOTE 6—Trustees’ and Officers’ Fees and Benefits

Trustees’ and Officers’ Fees and Benefits include amounts accrued by the Fund to pay remuneration to certain Trustees and Officers of the Fund. Trustees have the option to defer compensation payable by the Fund, and Trustees’ and Officers’ Fees and Benefits also include amounts accrued by the Fund to fund such deferred compensation amounts. Those Trustees who defer compensation have the option to select various Invesco Funds in which their deferral accounts shall be deemed to be invested. Finally, certain current Trustees were eligible to participate in a retirement plan that provided for benefits to be paid upon retirement to Trustees over a period of time based on the number of years of service. The Fund may have certain former Trustees who also participate in a retirement plan and receive benefits under such plan. Trustees’ and Officers’ Fees and Benefits include amounts accrued by the Fund to fund such retirement benefits. Obligations under the deferred compensation and retirement plans represent unsecured claims against the general assets of the Fund.

NOTE 7—Cash Balances

The Fund is permitted to temporarily carry a negative or overdrawn balance in its account with State Street Bank and Trust Company, the custodian bank. Such balances, if any at period-end, are shown in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities under the payable caption Amount due custodian. To compensate the custodian bank for such overdrafts, the overdrawn Fund may either (1) leave funds as a compensating balance in the account so the custodian bank can be compensated by earning the additional interest; or (2) compensate by paying the custodian bank at a rate agreed upon by the custodian bank and Invesco, not to exceed the contractually agreed upon rate.

 

18                         Invesco Small Cap Growth Fund


NOTE 8—Distributions to Shareholders and Tax Components of Net Assets

Tax Character of Distributions to Shareholders Paid During the Fiscal Years Ended December 31, 2017 and 2016:

 

     2017        2016  

Ordinary income

  $ 1,142,673        $ 4,976,706  

Long-term capital gain

    225,248,787          193,760,533  

Total distributions

  $ 226,391,460        $ 198,737,239  

Tax Components of Net Assets at Period-End:

 

     2017  

Undistributed long-term gain

  $ 25,882,076  

Net unrealized appreciation — investments

    968,810,367  

Temporary book/tax differences

    (360,807

Shares of beneficial interest

    1,819,687,569  

Total net assets

  $ 2,814,019,205  

The difference between book-basis and tax-basis unrealized appreciation (depreciation) is due to differences in the timing of recognition of gains and losses on investments for tax and book purposes. The Fund’s net unrealized appreciation difference is attributable primarily to wash sales.

The temporary book/tax differences are a result of timing differences between book and tax recognition of income and/or expenses. The Fund’s temporary book/tax differences are the result of the trustee deferral of compensation and retirement plan benefits.

Capital loss carryforward is calculated and reported as of a specific date. Results of transactions and other activity after that date may affect the amount of capital loss carryforward actually available for the Fund to utilize. Capital losses generated in years beginning after December 22, 2010 can be carried forward for an unlimited period, whereas previous losses expire in eight tax years. Capital losses with an expiration period may not be used to offset capital gains until all net capital losses without an expiration date have been utilized. Capital loss carryforwards with no expiration date will retain their character as either short-term or long-term capital losses instead of as short-term capital losses as under prior law. The ability to utilize capital loss carryforwards in the future may be limited under the Internal Revenue Code and related regulations based on the results of future transactions.

The Fund does not have a capital loss carryforward as of December 31, 2017.

NOTE 9—Investment Transactions

The aggregate amount of investment securities (other than short-term securities, U.S. Treasury obligations and money market funds, if any) purchased and sold by the Fund during the year ended December 31, 2017 was $522,006,290 and $600,153,120, respectively. Cost of investments, including any derivatives, on a tax basis includes the adjustments for financial reporting purposes as of the most recently completed federal income tax reporting period-end.

 

Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) of Investments on a Tax Basis  

Aggregate unrealized appreciation of investments

  $ 1,024,951,323  

Aggregate unrealized (depreciation) of investments

    (56,140,956

Net unrealized appreciation of investments

  $ 968,810,367  

Cost of investments for tax purposes is $1,921,737,125.

NOTE 10—Reclassification of Permanent Differences

Primarily as a result of differing book/tax treatment of net operating losses on December 31, 2017, undistributed net investment income (loss) was increased by $6,545,702, undistributed net realized gain was decreased by $6,537,173 and shares of beneficial interest was decreased by $8,529. This reclassification had no effect on the net assets of the Fund.

 

19                         Invesco Small Cap Growth Fund


NOTE 11—Share Information

 

     Summary of Share Activity  
    Years ended December 31,  
    2017(a)      2016  
     Shares      Amount      Shares      Amount  

Sold:

          

Class A

    2,373,114      $ 85,526,625        3,307,313      $ 106,585,690  

Class B

    2,730        67,474        1,849        43,617  

Class C

    30,997        794,127        45,301        1,075,935  

Class R

    1,071,759        36,444,630        994,584        30,485,882  

Class Y

    2,512,373        91,728,881        1,703,726        55,758,585  

Investor Class

    306,754        11,653,378        523,397        17,783,519  

Class R5

    5,728,267        230,593,464        4,750,428        168,983,504  

Class R6

    3,016,797        122,787,405        1,237,919        45,197,275  

Issued as reinvestment of dividends:

          

Class A

    1,416,738        52,220,953        1,532,456        51,138,010  

Class B

    3,588        90,067        7,471        177,899  

Class C

    69,393        1,736,917        71,934        1,708,424  

Class R

    362,800        12,396,878        328,372        10,251,768  

Class Y

    419,700        15,935,998        392,787        13,433,340  

Investor Class

    487,733        18,899,636        526,167        18,373,732  

Class R5

    2,344,791        97,332,286        2,238,949        82,997,848  

Class R6

    541,778        22,586,721        430,664        16,016,380  

Automatic conversion of Class B shares to Class A shares:

          

Class A

    25,817        936,084        27,888        903,335  

Class B

    (36,411      (936,084      (37,809      (903,335

Reacquired:

          

Class A

    (5,533,288      (198,211,496      (6,752,912      (218,034,515

Class B

    (4,418      (111,537      (10,021      (235,415

Class C

    (168,096      (4,320,593      (186,919      (4,409,194

Class R

    (1,185,719      (39,565,750      (1,063,480      (32,228,314

Class Y

    (2,403,106      (88,867,062      (1,778,770      (58,630,954

Investor Class

    (1,288,130      (49,155,330      (1,349,581      (45,713,844

Class R5

    (5,901,704      (239,611,667      (6,412,270      (229,530,141

Class R6

    (1,820,738      (73,307,599      (1,084,913      (38,788,067

Net increase (decrease) in share activity

    2,373,519      $ 107,644,406        (555,470    $ (7,559,036

 

(a)  There are entities that are record owners of more than 5% of the outstanding shares of the Fund and in the aggregate own 35% of the outstanding shares of the Fund. IDI has an agreement with these entities to sell Fund shares. The Fund, Invesco and/or Invesco affiliates may make payments to these entities, which are considered to be related to the Fund, for providing services to the Fund, Invesco and/or Invesco affiliates including but not limited to services such as securities brokerage, distribution, third party record keeping and account servicing. The Fund has no knowledge as to whether all or any portion of the shares owned of record by these entities are also owned beneficially.

 

20                         Invesco Small Cap Growth Fund


NOTE 12—Financial Highlights

The following schedule presents financial highlights for a share of the Fund outstanding throughout the periods indicated.

 

     Net asset
value,
beginning
of period
    Net
investment
income
(loss)(a)
    Net gains
(losses)
on securities
(both
realized and
unrealized)
    Total from
investment
operations
    Dividends
from net
investment
income
    Distributions
from net
realized
gains
    Total
distributions
    Net asset
value, end
of period
    Total
return(b)
    Net assets,
end of period
(000’s omitted)
    Ratio of
expenses
to average
net assets
with fee waivers
and/or expenses
absorbed
    Ratio of
expenses
to average net
assets without
fee waivers
and/or expenses
absorbed
    Ratio of net
investment
income (loss)
to average
net assets
    Portfolio
turnover(c)
 

Class A

                           

Year ended 12/31/17

  $ 32.66     $ (0.17   $ 8.26     $ 8.09     $     $ (3.44   $ (3.44   $ 37.31       24.91   $ 617,955       1.20 %(d)      1.20 %(d)      (0.48 )%(d)      21

Year ended 12/31/16

    32.03       0.00       3.68       3.68             (3.05     (3.05     32.66       11.30       596,972       1.22       1.22       (0.01     26  

Year ended 12/31/15

    35.95       (0.16     (0.52     (0.68           (3.24     (3.24     32.03       (1.84     645,968       1.20       1.20       (0.43     30  

Year ended 12/31/14

    39.68       (0.10     2.93       2.83             (6.56     (6.56     35.95       7.67       710,426       1.22       1.22       (0.25     28  

Year ended 12/31/13

    30.00       (0.15     12.02       11.87       (0.02     (2.17     (2.19     39.68       39.90       957,432       1.21       1.21       (0.41     19  

Class B

                           

Year ended 12/31/17

    23.29       (0.31     5.85       5.54             (3.44     (3.44     25.39       23.97       702       1.95 (d)      1.95 (d)      (1.23 )(d)      21  

Year ended 12/31/16

    23.79       (0.18     2.73       2.55             (3.05     (3.05     23.29       10.46       1,447       1.97       1.97       (0.76     26  

Year ended 12/31/15

    27.76       (0.34     (0.39     (0.73           (3.24     (3.24     23.79       (2.57     2,395       1.95       1.95       (1.18     30  

Year ended 12/31/14

    32.31       (0.32     2.33       2.01             (6.56     (6.56     27.76       6.87       3,876       1.97       1.97       (1.00     28  

Year ended 12/31/13

    24.90       (0.34     9.92       9.58             (2.17     (2.17     32.31       38.87       5,360       1.96       1.96       (1.16     19  

Class C

                           

Year ended 12/31/17

    23.24       (0.31     5.84       5.53             (3.44     (3.44     25.33       23.99       14,502       1.95 (d)      1.95 (d)      (1.23 )(d)      21  

Year ended 12/31/16

    23.74       (0.18     2.73       2.55             (3.05     (3.05     23.24       10.49       14,878       1.97       1.97       (0.76     26  

Year ended 12/31/15

    27.71       (0.34     (0.39     (0.73           (3.24     (3.24     23.74       (2.57     16,858       1.95       1.95       (1.18     30  

Year ended 12/31/14

    32.27       (0.32     2.32       2.00             (6.56     (6.56     27.71       6.85       20,957       1.97       1.97       (1.00     28  

Year ended 12/31/13

    24.87       (0.34     9.91       9.57             (2.17     (2.17     32.27       38.88       21,794       1.96       1.96       (1.16     19  

Class R

                           

Year ended 12/31/17

    30.55       (0.25     7.72       7.47             (3.44     (3.44     34.58       24.60       135,751       1.45 (d)      1.45 (d)      (0.73 )(d)      21  

Year ended 12/31/16

    30.21       (0.08     3.47       3.39             (3.05     (3.05     30.55       11.02       112,318       1.47       1.47       (0.26     26  

Year ended 12/31/15

    34.18       (0.24     (0.49     (0.73           (3.24     (3.24     30.21       (2.08     103,249       1.45       1.45       (0.68     30  

Year ended 12/31/14

    38.13       (0.19     2.80       2.61             (6.56     (6.56     34.18       7.40       108,855       1.47       1.47       (0.50     28  

Year ended 12/31/13

    28.95       (0.23     11.58       11.35             (2.17     (2.17     38.13       39.55       106,983       1.46       1.46       (0.66     19  

Class Y

                           

Year ended 12/31/17

    33.48       (0.08     8.47       8.39       0.00       (3.44     (3.44     38.43       25.22       208,233       0.95 (d)      0.95 (d)      (0.23 )(d)      21  

Year ended 12/31/16

    32.76       0.08       3.77       3.85       (0.08     (3.05     (3.13     33.48       11.56       163,662       0.97       0.97       0.24       26  

Year ended 12/31/15

    36.60       (0.07     (0.53     (0.60           (3.24     (3.24     32.76       (1.59     149,745       0.95       0.95       (0.18     30  

Year ended 12/31/14

    40.18       0.00       2.98       2.98             (6.56     (6.56     36.60       7.95       105,194       0.97       0.97       0.00       28  

Year ended 12/31/13

    30.33       (0.06     12.16       12.10       (0.08     (2.17     (2.25     40.18       40.24       73,035       0.96       0.96       (0.16     19  

Investor Class

                           

Year ended 12/31/17

    34.18       (0.17     8.64       8.47             (3.44     (3.44     39.21       24.91       241,104       1.19 (d)      1.19 (d)      (0.47 )(d)      21  

Year ended 12/31/16

    33.40       0.00       3.83       3.83             (3.05     (3.05     34.18       11.29       226,995       1.22       1.22       (0.01     26  

Year ended 12/31/15

    37.34       (0.16     (0.54     (0.70           (3.24     (3.24     33.40       (1.82     231,853       1.20       1.20       (0.43     30  

Year ended 12/31/14

    40.97       (0.10     3.03       2.93             (6.56     (6.56     37.34       7.67       279,828       1.22       1.22       (0.25     28  

Year ended 12/31/13

    30.92       (0.15     12.39       12.24       (0.02     (2.17     (2.19     40.97       39.92       281,811       1.21       1.21       (0.41     19  

Class R5

                           

Year ended 12/31/17

    36.29       (0.04     9.22       9.18       0.00       (3.44     (3.44     42.02       25.41       1,292,036       0.82 (d)      0.82 (d)      (0.10 )(d)      21  

Year ended 12/31/16

    35.28       0.14       4.05       4.19       (0.13     (3.05     (3.18     36.29       11.70       1,037,098       0.83       0.83       0.38       26  

Year ended 12/31/15

    39.10       (0.02     (0.56     (0.58           (3.24     (3.24     35.28       (1.43     987,791       0.82       0.82       (0.05     30  

Year ended 12/31/14

    42.44       0.07       3.15       3.22             (6.56     (6.56     39.10       8.09       970,303       0.82       0.82       0.15       28  

Year ended 12/31/13

    31.92       (0.01     12.82       12.81       (0.12     (2.17     (2.29     42.44       40.46       780,094       0.83       0.83       (0.03     19  

Class R6

                           

Year ended 12/31/17

    36.41       0.00       9.23       9.23       0.00       (3.44     (3.44     42.20       25.49       303,737       0.73 (d)      0.73 (d)      (0.01 )(d)      21  

Year ended 12/31/16

    35.37       0.17       4.08       4.25       (0.16     (3.05     (3.21     36.41       11.85       198,752       0.73       0.73       0.48       26  

Year ended 12/31/15

    39.17       0.02       (0.58     (0.56           (3.24     (3.24     35.37       (1.38     172,477       0.73       0.73       0.04       30  

Year ended 12/31/14

    42.46       0.10       3.17       3.27             (6.56     (6.56     39.17       8.21       138,937       0.73       0.73       0.24       28  

Year ended 12/31/13

    31.92       0.02       12.81       12.83       (0.12     (2.17     (2.29     42.46       40.53       116,657       0.74       0.74       0.06       19  

 

(a)  Calculated using average shares outstanding.
(b)  Includes adjustments in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America and as such, the net asset value for financial reporting purposes and the returns based upon those net asset values may differ from the net asset value and returns for shareholder transactions. Does not include sales charges and is not annualized for periods less than one year, if applicable.
(c)  Portfolio turnover is calculated at the fund level and is not annualized for periods less than one year, if applicable.
(d)  Ratios are based on average daily net assets (000’s omitted) of $596,428, $1,093, $14,805, $121,112, $195,279, $234,623, $1,173,391 and $241,851 for Class A, Class B, Class C, Class R, Class Y, Investor Class, Class R5 and Class R6 shares, respectively.

 

21                         Invesco Small Cap Growth Fund


Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

 

To the Board of Trustees of AIM Growth Series (Invesco Growth Series) and Shareholders of Invesco Small Cap Growth Fund

Opinion on the Financial Statements

We have audited the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities, including the schedule of investments, of Invesco Small Cap Growth Fund (one of the funds constituting AIM Growth Series (Invesco Growth Series), hereafter referred to as the “Fund”) as of December 31, 2017, the related statement of operations for the year ended December 31, 2017, the statement of changes in net assets for each of the two years in the period ended December 31, 2017, including the related notes, and the financial highlights for each of the five years in the period ended December 31, 2017 (collectively referred to as the “financial statements”). In our opinion, the financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Fund as of December 31, 2017, the results of its operations for the year then ended, the changes in its net assets for each of the two years in the period ended December 31, 2017 and the financial highlights for each of the five years in the period ended December 31, 2017 in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

Basis for Opinion

These financial statements are the responsibility of the Fund’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Fund’s financial statements based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (“PCAOB”) and are required to be independent with respect to the Fund in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.

We conducted our audits of these financial statements in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud.

Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements. Our procedures included confirmation of securities owned as of December 31, 2017 by correspondence with the custodian, transfer agent and brokers; when replies were not received from brokers, we performed other auditing procedures. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Houston, TX

February 23, 2018

We have served as the auditor of one or more of the investment companies in the Invesco/PowerShares group of investment companies since at least 1995. We have not determined the specific year we began serving as auditor.

 

22                         Invesco Small Cap Growth Fund


Calculating your ongoing Fund expenses

Example

As a shareholder of the Fund, you incur two types of costs: (1) transaction costs, which may include sales charges (loads) on purchase payments or contingent deferred sales charges on redemptions, if any; and (2) ongoing costs, including management fees, distribution and/or service (12b-1) fees, and other Fund expenses. This example is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Fund and to compare these costs with ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds. The example is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period July 1, 2017 through December 31, 2017.

Actual expenses

The table below provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in this table, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the table under the heading entitled “Actual Expenses Paid During Period” to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during this period.

Hypothetical example for comparison purposes

The table below also provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the Fund’s actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the Fund’s actual return.

The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You may use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in the Fund and other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of the other funds.

Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only and do not reflect any transaction costs, such as sales charges (loads) on purchase payments or contingent deferred sales charges on redemptions, if any. Therefore, the hypothetical information is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. In addition, if these transaction costs were included, your costs would have been higher.

 

Class    Beginning
Account Value
(07/01/17)
     ACTUAL     

HYPOTHETICAL

(5% annual return before

expenses)

     Annualized
Expense
Ratio
 
      Ending
Account Value
(12/31/17)1
     Expenses
Paid During
Period2
     Ending
Account Value
(12/31/17)
     Expenses
Paid During
Period2
    

Class A

   $ 1,000.00      $ 1,131.00      $ 6.45      $ 1,019.16      $ 6.11        1.20

Class B

     1,000.00        1,127.00        10.45        1,015.38        9.91        1.95  

Class C

     1,000.00        1,126.90        10.45        1,015.38        9.91        1.95  

Class R

     1,000.00        1,129.60        7.78        1,017.90        7.38        1.45  

Class Y

     1,000.00        1,132.60        5.11        1,020.42        4.84        0.95  

Investor Class

     1,000.00        1,131.30        6.34        1,019.26        6.01        1.18  

Class R5

     1,000.00        1,133.20        4.41        1,021.07        4.18        0.82  

Class R6

     1,000.00        1,133.80        3.93        1,021.53        3.72        0.73  

 

1  The actual ending account value is based on the actual total return of the Fund for the period July 1, 2017 through December 31, 2017, after actual expenses and will differ from the hypothetical ending account value which is based on the Fund’s expense ratio and a hypothetical annual return of 5% before expenses.
2  Expenses are equal to the Fund’s annualized expense ratio as indicated above multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 184/365 to reflect the most recent fiscal half year.

 

23                         Invesco Small Cap Growth Fund


Tax Information

Form 1099-DIV, Form 1042-S and other year-end tax information provide shareholders with actual calendar year amounts that should be included in their tax returns. Shareholders should consult their tax advisors.

The following distribution information is being provided as required by the Internal Revenue Code or to meet a specific state’s requirement.

The Fund designates the following amounts or, if subsequently determined to be different, the maximum amount allowable for its fiscal year ended December 31, 2017:

 

Federal and State Income Tax

 

Long-Term Capital Gain Distributions

   $ 225,248,787  

Qualified Dividend Income*

     100.00

Corporate Dividends Received Deduction*

     100.00

U.S. Treasury Obligations*

     0.00

 

  * The above percentages are based on ordinary income dividends paid to shareholders during the Fund’s fiscal year.

 

Non-Resident Alien Shareholders

 

Qualified Short-Term Gains

   $ 965,031  

 

24                         Invesco Small Cap Growth Fund


Trustees and Officers

 

The address of each trustee and officer is AIM Growth Series (Invesco Growth Series) (the “Trust”), 11 Greenway Plaza, Suite 1000, Houston, Texas 77046-1173. The trustees serve for the life of the Trust, subject to their earlier death, incapacitation, resignation, retirement or removal as more specifically provided in the Trust’s organizational documents. Each officer serves for a one year term or until their successors are elected and qualified. Column two below includes length of time served with predecessor entities, if any.

 

Name, Year of Birth and

Position(s) Held with the Trust

  Trustee and/
or Officer Since
  Principal Occupation(s)
During Past 5 Years
  Number of
Funds in Fund
Complex
Overseen by
Trustee
  Other Directorship(s)
Held by Trustee During
Past 5 Years
Interested Persons                
Martin L. Flanagan1 — 1960 Trustee   2007  

Executive Director, Chief Executive Officer and President, Invesco Ltd. (ultimate parent of Invesco and a global investment management firm); Trustee, The Invesco Funds; Vice Chair, Investment Company Institute; and Member of Executive Board, SMU Cox School of Business

 

Formerly: Advisor to the Board, Invesco Advisers, Inc. (formerly known as Invesco Institutional (N.A.), Inc.); Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Invesco Advisers, Inc. (registered investment adviser); Director, Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President, Invesco Holding Company (US), Inc. (formerly IVZ Inc.) (holding company), Invesco Group Services, Inc. (service provider) and Invesco North American Holdings, Inc. (holding company); Director, Chief Executive Officer and President, Invesco Holding Company Limited (parent of Invesco and a global investment management firm); Director, Invesco Ltd.; Chairman, Investment Company Institute and President, Co-Chief Executive Officer, Co-President, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer, Franklin Resources, Inc. (global investment management organization)

  158   None
Philip A. Taylor2 — 1954 Trustee and Senior Vice President   2006  

Head of the Americas and Senior Managing Director, Invesco Ltd.; Director, Invesco Advisers, Inc. (formerly known as Invesco Institutional (N.A.), Inc.) (registered investment adviser); Director, Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President, Invesco Management Group, Inc. (formerly known as Invesco Aim Management Group, Inc.) (financial services holding company); Director and Chairman, Invesco Investment Services, Inc. (formerly known as Invesco Aim Investment Services, Inc.) (registered transfer agent); Chief Executive Officer, Invesco Corporate Class Inc. (corporate mutual fund company); Director, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Invesco Canada Ltd. (formerly known as Invesco Trimark Ltd./Invesco Trimark Ltèe) (registered investment adviser and registered transfer agent); Trustee and Senior Vice President, The Invesco Funds; Director, Invesco Investment Advisers LLC (formerly known as Van Kampen Asset Management).

 

Formerly: Co-Chairman, Co-President and Co-Chief Executive Officer, Invesco Advisers, Inc. (formerly known as Invesco Institutional (N.A.), Inc.) (registered investment adviser); Director, Chief Executive Officer and President, Van Kampen Exchange Corp; President and Principal Executive Officer, The Invesco Funds (other than AIM Treasurer’s Series Trust (Invesco Treasurer’s Series Trust), Short-Term Investments Trust and Invesco Management Trust); Executive Vice President, The Invesco Funds (AIM Treasurer’s Series Trust (Invesco Treasurer’s Series Trust), Short-Term Investments Trust and Invesco Management Trust only); Director and President, INVESCO Funds Group, Inc. (registered investment adviser and registered transfer agent); Director and Chairman, IVZ Distributors, Inc. (formerly known as INVESCO Distributors, Inc.) (registered broker dealer); Director, President and Chairman, Invesco Inc. (holding company), Invesco Canada Holdings Inc. (holding company), Trimark Investments Ltd./Placements Trimark Ltèe and Invesco Financial Services Ltd/Services Financiers Invesco Ltèe; Chief Executive Officer, Invesco Canada Fund Inc. (corporate mutual fund company); Director and Chairman, Van Kampen Investor Services Inc.; Director, Chief Executive Officer and President, 1371 Preferred Inc. (holding company) and Van Kampen Investments Inc.; Director and President, AIM GP Canada Inc. (general partner for limited partnerships) and Van Kampen Advisors, Inc.; Director and Chief Executive Officer, Invesco Trimark Dealer Inc. (registered broker dealer); Director, Invesco Distributors, Inc. (formerly known as Invesco Aim Distributors, Inc.) (registered broker dealer); Manager, Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC; Director, Chief Executive Officer and President, Invesco Advisers, Inc.; Director, Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President, Invesco Aim Capital Management, Inc.; President, Invesco Trimark Dealer Inc. and Invesco Trimark Ltd./Invesco Trimark Ltèe; Director and President, AIM Trimark Corporate Class Inc. and AIM Trimark Canada Fund Inc.; Senior Managing Director, Invesco Holding Company Limited; Director and Chairman, Fund Management Company (former registered broker dealer); President and Principal Executive Officer, The Invesco Funds (AIM Treasurer’s Series Trust (Invesco Treasurer’s Series Trust), and Short-Term Investments Trust only); President, AIM Trimark Global Fund Inc. and AIM Trimark Canada Fund Inc.

  158   None

 

1  Mr. Flanagan is considered an interested person (within the meaning of Section 2(a)(19) of the 1940 Act) of the Trust because he is an officer of the Adviser to the Trust, and an officer and a director of Invesco Ltd., ultimate parent of the Adviser.

 

2  Mr. Taylor is considered an interested person (within the meaning of Section 2(a)(19) of the 1940 Act) of the Trust because he is an officer and a director of the Adviser.

 

T-1                         Invesco Small Cap Growth Fund


Trustees and Officers—(continued)

 

Name, Year of Birth and

Position(s) Held with the Trust

  Trustee and/
or Officer Since
 

Principal Occupation(s)

During Past 5 Years

  Number of
Funds in Fund
Complex
Overseen by
Trustee
 

Other Directorship(s)
Held by Trustee During

Past 5 Years

Independent Trustees                

Bruce L. Crockett — 1944

Trustee and Chair

  2001  

Chairman, Crockett Technologies Associates (technology consulting company)

 

Formerly: Director, Captaris (unified messaging provider); Director, President and Chief Executive Officer, COMSAT Corporation; Chairman, Board of Governors of INTELSAT (international communications company); ACE Limited (insurance company); Independent Directors Council and Investment Company Institute: Member of the Audit Committee, Investment Company Institute; Member of the Executive Committee and Chair of the Governance Committee, Independent Directors Council

  158   Director and Chairman of the Audit Committee, ALPS (Attorneys Liability Protection Society) (insurance company); Director and Member of the Audit Committee and Compensation Committee, Ferroglobe PLC (metallurgical company)

David C. Arch — 1945

Trustee

  2010   Chairman of Blistex Inc. (consumer health care products manufacturer); Member, World Presidents’ Organization   158   Board member of the Illinois Manufacturers’ Association

Jack M. Fields — 1952

Trustee

  2001  

Chief Executive Officer, Twenty First Century Group, Inc. (government affairs company); and Chairman, Discovery Learning Alliance (non-profit)

 

Formerly: Owner and Chief Executive Officer, Dos Angeles Ranch L.P. (cattle, hunting, corporate entertainment); Director, Insperity, Inc. (formerly known as Administaff) (human resources provider); Chief Executive Officer, Texana Timber LP (sustainable forestry company); Director of Cross Timbers Quail Research Ranch (non-profit); and member of the U.S. House of Representatives

  158   None

Cynthia Hostetler — 1962

Trustee

  2017  

Non-Executive Director and Trustee of a number of public and private business corporations

 

Formerly: Head of Investment Funds and Private Equity, Overseas Private Investment Corporation; President, First Manhattan Bancorporation, Inc.; Attorney, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP

  158   Vulcan Materials Company (construction materials company); Trilinc Global Impact Fund; Aberdeen Investment Funds (4 portfolios); Artio Global Investment LLC (mutual fund complex); Edgen Group, Inc. (specialized energy and infrastructure products distributor)

Eli Jones — 1961

Trustee

  2016  

Professor and Dean, Mays Business School — Texas A&M University

 

Formerly: Professor and Dean, Walton College of Business, University of Arkansas and E.J. Ourso College of Business, Louisiana State University; Director, Arvest Bank

  158   Insperity, Inc. (formerly known as Administaff) (human resources provider)

Prema Mathai-Davis — 1950

Trustee

  2001   Retired.   158   None

Teresa M. Ressel  —  1962

Trustee

  2017  

Non-executive director and trustee of a number of public and private business corporations

 

Formerly: Chief Financial Officer, Olayan America, The Olayan Group (international investor/commercial/industrial); Chief Executive Officer, UBS Securities LLC; Group Chief Operating Officer, Americas, UBS AG; Assistant Secretary for Management & Budget and CFO, US Department of the Treasury

  158   Atlantic Power Corporation (power generation company); ON Semiconductor Corp. (semiconductor supplier)

Ann Barnett Stern — 1957

Trustee

  2017  

President and Chief Executive Officer, Houston Endowment Inc. (private philanthropic institution)

 

Formerly: Executive Vice President and General Counsel, Texas Children’s Hospital; Attorney, Beck, Redden and Secrest, LLP; Business Law Instructor, University of St. Thomas; Attorney, Andrews & Kurth LLP

  158   Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas

Raymond Stickel, Jr. — 1944

Trustee

  2005  

Retired.

 

Formerly: Director, Mainstay VP Series Funds, Inc. (25 portfolios); Partner, Deloitte & Touche

  158   None

Robert C. Troccoli — 1949

Trustee

  2016  

Adjunct Professor, University of Denver — Daniels College of Business

 

Formerly: Senior Partner, KPMG LLP

  158   None

Christopher L. Wilson —  1957

Trustee

  2017  

Non-executive director and trustee of a number of public and private business corporations

 

Formerly: Managing Partner, CT2, LLC (investing and consulting firm); President/Chief Executive Officer, Columbia Funds, Bank of America Corporation; President/Chief Executive Officer, CDC IXIS Asset Management Services, Inc.; Principal & Director of Operations, Scudder Funds, Scudder, Stevens & Clark, Inc.; Assistant Vice President, Fidelity Investments

  158   TD Asset Management USA Inc. (mutual fund complex) (22 portfolios); ISO New England, Inc. (non-profit organization managing regional electricity market)

 

T-2                         Invesco Small Cap Growth Fund


Trustees and Officers—(continued)

 

Name, Year of Birth and

Position(s) Held with the Trust

  Trustee and/
or Officer Since
 

Principal Occupation(s)

During Past 5 Years

  Number of
Funds in Fund
Complex
Overseen by
Trustee
 

Other Directorship(s)
Held by Trustee During

Past 5 Years

Other Officers                

Sheri Morris — 1964

President, Principal Executive Officer and Treasurer

  1999  

President, Principal Executive Officer and Treasurer, The Invesco Funds; Vice President, Invesco Advisers, Inc. (formerly known as Invesco Institutional (N.A.), Inc.) (registered investment adviser); and Vice President, PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust II, PowerShares India Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, PowerShares Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, PowerShares Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Commodity Fund Trust and PowerShares Exchange-Traded Self-Indexed Fund Trust

 

Formerly: Vice President and Principal Financial Officer, The Invesco Funds; Vice President, Invesco Aim Advisers, Inc., Invesco Aim Capital Management, Inc. and Invesco Aim Private Asset Management, Inc.; Assistant Vice President and Assistant Treasurer, The Invesco Funds and Assistant Vice President, Invesco Advisers, Inc., Invesco Aim Capital Management, Inc. and Invesco Aim Private Asset Management, Inc.; and Treasurer, PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust II, PowerShares India Exchange-Traded Fund Trust and PowerShares Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Fund Trust

  N/A   N/A

Russell C. Burk — 1958

Senior Vice President and Senior Officer

  2005   Senior Vice President and Senior Officer, The Invesco Funds   N/A   N/A

John M. Zerr — 1962

Senior Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Secretary

  2006  

Director, Senior Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel, Invesco Management Group, Inc. (formerly known as Invesco AIM Management Group, Inc.); Senior Vice President, Invesco Advisers, Inc. (formerly known as Invesco Institutional (N.A.), Inc.) (registered investment adviser); Senior Vice President and Secretary, Invesco Distributors, Inc. (formerly known as Invesco AIM Distributors, Inc.); Director, Vice President and Secretary, Invesco Investment Services, Inc. (formerly known as Invesco AIM Investment Services, Inc.) Senior Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Secretary, The Invesco Funds; Managing Director, Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC; Director, Secretary and General Counsel, Invesco Investment Advisers LLC (formerly known as Van Kampen Asset Management); Secretary and General Counsel, Invesco Capital Markets, Inc. (formerly known as Van Kampen Funds Inc.) and Chief Legal Officer, PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust II, PowerShares India Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, PowerShares Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, PowerShares Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Commodity Fund Trust and PowerShares Exchange-Traded Self-Indexed Fund Trust; Manager and Secretary, Invesco Indexing LLC

 

Formerly: Director, Secretary, General Counsel and Senior Vice President, Van Kampen Exchange Corp.; Director, Vice President and Secretary, IVZ Distributors, Inc. (formerly known as INVESCO Distributors, Inc.); Director and Vice President, INVESCO Funds Group, Inc.; Director and Vice President, Van Kampen Advisors Inc.; Director, Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel, Van Kampen Investor Services Inc.; Director, Invesco Distributors, Inc. (formerly known as Invesco AIM Distributors, Inc.); Director, Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary, Invesco AIM Advisers, Inc. and Van Kampen Investments Inc.; Director, Vice President and Secretary, Fund Management Company; Director, Senior Vice President, Secretary, General Counsel and Vice President, Invesco AIM Capital Management, Inc.; Chief Operating Officer and General Counsel, Liberty Ridge Capital, Inc. (an investment adviser); Vice President and Secretary, PBHG Funds (an investment company) and PBHG Insurance Series Fund (an investment company); Chief Operating Officer, General Counsel and Secretary, Old Mutual Investment Partners (a broker-dealer); General Counsel and Secretary, Old Mutual Fund Services (an administrator) and Old Mutual Shareholder Services (a shareholder servicing center); Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary, Old Mutual Capital, Inc. (an investment adviser); and Vice President and Secretary, Old Mutual Advisors Funds (an investment company)

  N/A   N/A

Gregory G. McGreevey — 1962

Senior Vice President

  2012  

Senior Managing Director, Invesco Ltd.; Director, Chairman, President, and Chief Executive Officer, Invesco Advisers, Inc. (formerly known as Invesco Institutional (N.A.), Inc.) (registered investment adviser); Senior Vice President, Invesco Management Group, Inc.; Director, Invesco Mortgage Capital, Inc. and Invesco Senior Secured Management, Inc.; and Senior Vice President, The Invesco Funds

 

Formerly: Assistant Vice President, The Invesco Funds

  N/A   N/A

Kelli Gallegos — 1970

Vice President, Principal Financial Officer and Assistant Treasurer

  2008  

Vice President, Principal Financial Officer and Assistant Treasurer, The Invesco Funds; Assistant Treasurer, Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC, PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust II, PowerShares India Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, PowerShares Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, PowerShares Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Commodity Fund Trust and PowerShares Exchange-Traded Self-Indexed Fund Trust

 

Formerly: Assistant Vice President, The Invesco Funds

  N/A   N/A

 

T-3                         Invesco Small Cap Growth Fund


Trustees and Officers—(continued)

 

Name, Year of Birth and

Position(s) Held with the Trust

  Trustee and/
or Officer Since
 

Principal Occupation(s)

During Past 5 Years

  Number of
Funds in Fund
Complex
Overseen by
Trustee
 

Other Directorship(s)
Held by Trustee During

Past 5 Years

Other Officers—(continued)                

Tracy Sullivan — 1962

Vice President, Chief Tax Officer and Assistant Treasurer

  2008  

Vice President, Chief Tax Officer and Assistant Treasurer, The Invesco Funds; Assistant Treasurer, Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC, PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust II, PowerShares India Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, PowerShares Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Fund Trust,PowerShares Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Commodity Fund Trust and PowerShares Exchange-Traded Self-Indexed Fund Trust

 

Formerly: Assistant Vice President, The Invesco Funds

  N/A   N/A

Crissie M. Wisdom — 1969

Anti-Money Laundering Compliance Officer

  2013  

Anti-Money Laundering Compliance Officer, Invesco Advisers, Inc. (formerly known as Invesco Institutional (N.A.), Inc.) (registered investment adviser), Invesco Capital Markets, Inc. (formerly known as Van Kampen Funds Inc.), Invesco Distributors, Inc., Invesco Investment Services, Inc., Invesco Management Group, Inc., The Invesco Funds, and PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust II, PowerShares India Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, PowerShares Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Fund Trust,PowerShares Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Commodity Fund Trust and PowerShares Exchange-Traded Self-Indexed Fund Trust; Anti-Money Laundering Compliance Officer and Bank Secrecy Act Officer, INVESCO National Trust Company and Invesco Trust Company; and Fraud Prevention Manager and Controls and Risk Analysis Manager for Invesco Investment Services, Inc.

 

Formerly: Anti-Money Laundering Compliance Officer, Van Kampen Exchange Corp.

  N/A   N/A

Robert R. Leveille — 1969

Chief Compliance Officer

  2016  

Chief Compliance Officer, Invesco Advisers, Inc. (registered investment adviser); and Chief Compliance Officer, The Invesco Funds

 

Formerly: Chief Compliance Officer, Putnam Investments and the Putnam Funds

  N/A   N/A

The Statement of Additional Information of the Trust includes additional information about the Fund’s Trustees and is available upon request, without charge, by calling 1.800.959.4246. Please refer to the Fund’s Statement of Additional Information for information on the Fund’s sub-advisers.

 

Office of the Fund

11 Greenway Plaza, Suite 1000

Houston, TX 77046-1173

 

Investment Adviser

Invesco Advisers, Inc.

1555 Peachtree Street, N.E.

Atlanta, GA 30309

 

Distributor

Invesco Distributors, Inc.

11 Greenway Plaza, Suite 1000

Houston, TX 77046-1173

 

Auditors

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

1000 Louisiana Street, Suite 5800

Houston, TX 77002-5678

     

Counsel to the Fund

Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young, LLP

2005 Market Street, Suite 2600

Philadelphia, PA 19103-7018

 

Counsel to the Independent Trustees

Goodwin Procter LLP

901 New York Avenue, N.W.

Washington, D.C. 20001

 

Transfer Agent

Invesco Investment Services, Inc.

11 Greenway Plaza, Suite 1000

Houston, TX 77046-1173

 

Custodian

State Street Bank and Trust Company

225 Franklin Street

Boston, MA 02110-2801

 

T-4                         Invesco Small Cap Growth Fund


 

 

 

 

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Fund holdings and proxy voting information

The Fund provides a complete list of its holdings four times in each fiscal year, at the quarter ends. For the second and fourth quarters, the lists appear in the Fund’s semiannual and annual reports to shareholders. For the first and third quarters, the Fund files the lists with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Form N-Q. The most recent list of portfolio holdings is available at invesco.com/completeqtrholdings. Shareholders can also look up the Fund’s Forms N-Q on the SEC website at sec.gov. Copies of the Fund’s Forms N-Q may be reviewed and copied at the SEC Public Reference Room in Washington, D.C. You can obtain information on the operation of the Public Reference Room, including information about duplicating fee charges, by calling 202 551 8090 or 800 732 0330, or by electronic request at the following email address: publicinfo@sec.gov. The SEC file numbers for the Fund are shown below.

A description of the policies and procedures that the Fund uses to determine how to vote proxies relating to portfolio securities is available without charge, upon request, from our Client Services department at 800 959 4246 or at invesco.com/proxyguidelines. The information is also available on the SEC website, sec.gov.

Information regarding how the Fund voted proxies related to its portfolio securities during the most recent 12-month period ended June 30 is available at invesco.com/proxysearch. The information is also available on the SEC website, sec.gov.

Invesco Advisers, Inc. is an investment adviser; it provides investment advisory services to individual and institutional clients and does not sell securities. Invesco Distributors, Inc. is the US distributor for Invesco Ltd.’s retail mutual funds, exchange-traded funds and institutional money market funds. Both are wholly owned, indirect subsidiaries of Invesco Ltd.

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SCG-AR-1

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ITEM 2.    CODE OF ETHICS.

There were no amendments to the Code of Ethics (the “Code”) that applies to the Registrant’s Principal Executive Officer (“PEO”) and Principal Financial Officer (“PFO”) during the period covered by the report. The Registrant did not grant any waivers, including implicit waivers, from any provisions of the Code to the PEO or PFO during the period covered by this report.

ITEM 3.    AUDIT COMMITTEE FINANCIAL EXPERT.

The Board of Trustees has determined that the Registrant has at least one audit committee financial expert serving on its Audit Committee. The Audit Committee financial expert is Raymond Stickel, Jr. Mr. Stickel is “independent” within the meaning of that term as used in Form N-CSR.

ITEM 4.    PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTANT FEES AND SERVICES.

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP informed the Trust that it has identified an issue related to its independence under Rule 2-01(c)(1)(ii)(A) of Regulation S-X (referred to as the Loan Rule). The Loan Rule prohibits accounting firms, such as PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, from being deemed independent if they have certain financial relationships with their audit clients or certain affiliates of those clients. The Trust is required under various securities laws to have its financial statements audited by an independent accounting firm.

The Loan Rule specifically provides that an accounting firm would not be independent if it or certain affiliates and covered persons receives a loan from a lender that is a record or beneficial owner of more than ten percent of an audit client’s equity securities (referred to as a “more than ten percent owner”). For purposes of the Loan Rule, audit clients include the Funds as well as all registered investment companies advised by the Adviser and its affiliates, including other subsidiaries of the Adviser’s parent company, Invesco Ltd. (collectively, the Invesco Fund Complex). PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP informed the Trust it and certain affiliates and covered persons have relationships with lenders who hold, as record owner, more than ten percent of the shares of certain funds within the Invesco Fund Complex, which may implicate the Loan Rule.

On June 20, 2016, the SEC Staff issued a “no-action” letter to another mutual fund complex (see Fidelity Management & Research Company et al., No-Action Letter) related to the audit independence issue described above. In that letter, the SEC confirmed that it would not recommend enforcement action against a fund that relied on audit services performed by an audit firm that was not in compliance with the Loan Rule in certain specified circumstances. In connection with prior independence determinations, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP communicated, as contemplated by the no-action letter, that it believes that it remains objective and impartial and that a reasonable investor possessing all the facts would conclude that PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP is able to exhibit the requisite objectivity and impartiality to report on the Funds’ financial statements as the independent registered public accounting firm. PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP also represented that it has complied with PCAOB Rule 3526(b)(1) and (2), which are conditions to the Funds relying on the no action letter, and affirmed that it is an independent accountant within the meaning of PCAOB Rule 3520. Therefore, the Adviser, the Funds and PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP concluded that PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP could continue as the Funds’ independent registered public accounting firm. The Invesco Fund Complex relied upon the no-action letter in reaching this conclusion.


If in the future the independence of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP is called into question under the Loan Rule by circumstances that are not addressed in the SEC’s no-action letter, the Funds will need to take other action in order for the Funds’ filings with the SEC containing financial statements to be deemed compliant with applicable securities laws. Such additional actions could result in additional costs, impair the ability of the Funds to issue new shares or have other material adverse effects on the Funds. The SEC no-action relief was initially set to expire 18 months from issuance but has been extended by the SEC without an expiration date, except that the no-action letter will be withdrawn upon the effectiveness of any amendments to the Loan Rule designed to address the concerns expressed in the letter.

(a) to (d)

Fees Billed by PWC Related to the Registrant

PWC billed the Registrant aggregate fees for services rendered to the Registrant for the last two fiscal years as follows:

 

     Fees Billed for
Services
Rendered to the
Registrant for
fiscal year end
2017
     Fees Billed for
Services Rendered
to the Registrant
for fiscal year end
2016
 

Audit Fees

   $ 361,800      $ 347,725  
Audit-Related Fees(1)    $ 10,500      $ 0  

Tax Fees(2)

   $ 108,950      $ 134,850  

All Other Fees

   $ 0      $ 0  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Fees

   $ 481,250      $ 482,575  

(g) PWC billed the Registrant aggregate non-audit fees of $119,450 for the fiscal year ended 2017, and $134,850 for the fiscal year ended 2016, for non-audit services rendered to the Registrant.

 

 

 

  (1) Audit-Related fees for the fiscal year end December 31, 2017 includes fees billed for reviewing regulatory filings.

 

  (2) Tax fees for the fiscal year end December 31, 2017 includes fees billed for reviewing tax returns and/or services related to tax compliance. Tax fees for fiscal year end December 31, 2016 includes fees billed for reviewing tax returns and/or services related to tax compliance.


Fees Billed by PWC Related to Invesco and Invesco Affiliates

PWC billed Invesco Advisers, Inc. (“Invesco”), the Registrant’s adviser, and any entity controlling, controlled by or under common control with Invesco that provides ongoing services to the Registrant (“Invesco Affiliates”) aggregate fees for pre-approved non-audit services rendered to Invesco and Invesco Affiliates for the last two fiscal years as follows:

 

    

Fees Billed for
Non-Audit
Services Rendered
to Invesco  and
Invesco Affiliates
for fiscal year end
2017 That Were
Required

to be Pre-

Approved

by the Registrant’s

Audit Committee

    

Fees Billed for
Non-Audit
Services Rendered
to Invesco  and
Invesco Affiliates
for fiscal year end
2016 That Were
Required

to be Pre-

Approved

by the Registrant’s

Audit Committee

 

Audit-Related Fees

   $ 662,000      $ 635,000  

Tax Fees

   $ 0      $ 0  

All Other Fees

   $ 1,006,000      $ 2,432,000  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Fees(1)

   $ 1,668,000      $ 3,067,000  

 

 

 

(1)

Audit-Related fees for the year end 2017 include fees billed related to reviewing controls at a service organization. Audit-Related fees for the year end 2016 include fees billed related to reviewing controls at a service organization.

All other fees for the year end 2017 include fees billed related to the assessments for certain of the company’s risk management tools, current state analysis against regulatory requirements and identification of structural and organizational alternatives, informed by industry practices, for certain of the company’s administrative activities and functions. All other fees for the year end 2016 include fees billed related to the identification of structural and organizational alternatives, informed by industry practices, for certain of the company’s administrative activities and functions.

(e)(2) There were no amounts that were pre-approved by the Audit Committee pursuant to the de minimus exception under Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X.

(f) Not applicable.

(g) Including the fees for services not required to be pre-approved by the registrant’s audit committee, PWC billed Invesco and Invesco Affiliates aggregate non-audit fees of $4,496,000 for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2017, and $5,763,000 for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2016, for non-audit services rendered to Invesco and Invesco Affiliates.

PWC provided audit services to the Investment Company complex of approximately $23 million.

(h) The Audit Committee also has considered whether the provision of non-audit services that were rendered to Invesco and Invesco Affiliates that were not required to be pre-approved pursuant to SEC regulations, if any, is compatible with maintaining PWC’s independence.


(e)(1)

PRE-APPROVAL OF AUDIT AND NON-AUDIT SERVICES

POLICIES AND PROCEDURES

As adopted by the Audit Committees

of the Invesco Funds (the “Funds”)

Last Amended May 4, 2016

 

  I.

Statement of Principles

The Audit Committees (the “Audit Committee”) of the Boards of Trustees of the Funds (the “Board”) have adopted these policies and procedures (the “Procedures”) with respect to the pre-approval of audit and non-audit services to be provided by the Funds’ independent auditor (the “Auditor”) to the Funds, and to the Funds’ investment adviser(s) and any entity controlling, controlled by, or under common control with the investment adviser(s) that provides ongoing services to the Funds (collectively, “Service Affiliates”).

Under Section 202 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, all audit and non-audit services provided to the Funds by the Auditor must be preapproved by the Audit Committee. Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X requires that the Audit Committee also pre-approve a Service Affiliate’s engagement of the Auditor for non-audit services if the engagement relates directly to the operations and financial reporting of the Funds (a “Service Affiliate’s Covered Engagement”).

These Procedures set forth the procedures and the conditions pursuant to which the Audit Committee may pre-approve audit and non-audit services for the Funds and a Service Affiliate’s Covered Engagement pursuant to rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) and other organizations and regulatory bodies applicable to the Funds (“Applicable Rules”).1 They address both general pre-approvals without consideration of specific case-by-case services (“general pre-approvals”) and pre-approvals on a case-by-case basis (“specific pre-approvals”). Any services requiring pre-approval that are not within the scope of general pre-approvals hereunder are subject to specific pre-approval. These Procedures also address the delegation by the Audit Committee of pre-approval authority to the Audit Committee Chair or Vice Chair.

 

  II.

Pre-Approval of Fund Audit Services

The annual Fund audit services engagement, including terms and fees, is subject to specific pre-approval by the Audit Committee. Audit services include the annual financial statement audit and other procedures required to be performed by an independent auditor to be able to form an opinion on the Funds’ financial statements. The Audit Committee will receive, review and consider sufficient information concerning a proposed Fund audit engagement to make a reasonable evaluation of the Auditor’s qualifications and independence. The Audit Committee will oversee the Fund audit services engagement as necessary, including approving any changes in terms, audit scope, conditions and fees.

In addition to approving the Fund audit services engagement at least annually and specifically approving any changes, the Audit Committee may generally or specifically pre-approve engagements for other audit services, which are those services that only an independent auditor

 

1 Applicable Rules include, for example, New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) rules applicable to closed-end funds managed by Invesco and listed on NYSE.


reasonably can provide. Other audit services may include services associated with SEC registration statements, periodic reports and other documents filed with the SEC.

 

  III.

General and Specific Pre-Approval of Non-Audit Fund Services

The Audit Committee will consider, at least annually, the list of General Pre-Approved Non-Audit Services which list may be terminated or modified at any time by the Audit Committee. To inform the Audit Committee’s review and approval of General Pre-Approved Non-Audit Services, the Funds’ Treasurer (or his or her designee) and Auditor shall provide such information regarding independence or other matters as the Audit Committee may request.

Any services or fee ranges that are not within the scope of General Pre-Approved Non-Audit Services have not received general pre-approval and require specific pre-approval. Each request for specific pre-approval by the Audit Committee for services to be provided by the Auditor to the Funds must be submitted to the Audit Committee by the Funds’ Treasurer (or his or her designee) and must include detailed information about the services to be provided, the fees or fee ranges to be charged, and other relevant information sufficient to allow the Audit Committee to consider whether to pre-approve such engagement, including evaluating whether the provision of such services will impair the independence of the Auditor and is otherwise consistent with Applicable Rules.

 

  IV.

Non-Audit Service Types

The Audit Committee may provide either general or specific pre-approval of audit-related, tax or other services, each as described in more detail below.

 

  a.

Audit-Related Services

“Audit-related services” are assurance and related services that are reasonably related to the performance of the audit or review of the Fund’s financial statements or that are traditionally performed by an independent auditor. Audit-related services include, among others, accounting consultations related to accounting, financial reporting or disclosure matters not classified as “Audit services”; assistance with understanding and implementing new accounting and financial reporting guidance from rulemaking authorities; services related to mergers, acquisitions or dispositions; compliance with ratings agency requirements and interfund lending activities; and assistance with internal control reporting requirements.

 

  b.

Tax Services

“Tax services” include, but are not limited to, the review and signing of the Funds’ federal tax returns, the review of required distributions by the Funds and consultations regarding tax matters such as the tax treatment of new investments or the impact of new regulations. The Audit Committee will not approve proposed services of the Auditor which the Audit Committee believes are to be provided in connection with a service or transaction initially recommended by the Auditor, the sole business purpose of which may be tax avoidance and the tax treatment of which may not be supported in the Internal Revenue Code and related regulations. The Audit Committee will consult with the Funds’ Treasurer (or his or her designee) and may consult with outside counsel or advisers as necessary to ensure the consistency of tax services rendered by the Auditor with the foregoing policy. The Auditor shall not represent any Fund or any Service Affiliate before a tax court, district court or federal court of claims.

Each request to provide tax services under either the general or specific pre-approval of the Audit Committee will include a description from the Auditor in writing of (i) the scope of the


service, the fee structure for the engagement, and any side letter or other amendment to the engagement letter, or any other agreement (whether oral, written, or otherwise) between the Auditor and the Funds, relating to the service; and (ii) any compensation arrangement or other agreement, such as a referral agreement, a referral fee or fee-sharing arrangement, between the Auditor (or an affiliate of the Auditor) and any person (other than the Funds or Service Affiliates receiving the services) with respect to the promoting, marketing, or recommending of a transaction covered by the service. The Auditor will also discuss with the Audit Committee the potential effects of the services on the independence of the Auditor, and document the substance of its discussion with the Audit Committee.

 

  c.

Other Services

The Audit Committee may pre-approve other non-audit services so long as the Audit Committee believes that the service will not impair the independence of the Auditor. Appendix I includes a list of services that the Auditor is prohibited from performing by the SEC rules. Appendix I also includes a list of services that would impair the Auditor’s independence unless the Audit Committee reasonably concludes that the results of the services will not be subject to audit procedures during an audit of the Funds’ financial statements.

 

  V.

Pre-Approval of Service Affiliate’s Covered Engagements

Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X requires that the Audit Committee pre-approve a Service Affiliate’s engagement of the Auditor for non-audit services if the engagement relates directly to the operations and financial reporting of the Funds, defined above as a “Service Affiliate’s Covered Engagement”.

The Audit Committee may provide either general or specific pre-approval of any Service Affiliate’s Covered Engagement, including for audit-related, tax or other services, as described above, if the Audit Committee believes that the provision of the services to a Service Affiliate will not impair the independence of the Auditor with respect to the Funds. Any Service Affiliate’s Covered Engagements that are not within the scope of General Pre-Approved Non-Audit Services have not received general pre-approval and require specific pre-approval.

Each request for specific pre-approval by the Audit Committee of a Service Affiliate’s Covered Engagement must be submitted to the Audit Committee by the Funds’ Treasurer (or his or her designee) and must include detailed information about the services to be provided, the fees or fee ranges to be charged, a description of the current status of the pre-approval process involving other audit committees in the Invesco investment company complex (as defined in Rule 2-201 of Regulation S-X) with respect to the proposed engagement, and other relevant information sufficient to allow the Audit Committee to consider whether the provision of such services will impair the independence of the Auditor from the Funds. Additionally, the Funds’ Treasurer (or his or her designee) and the Auditor will provide the Audit Committee with a statement that the proposed engagement requires pre-approval by the Audit Committee, the proposed engagement, in their view, will not impair the independence of the Auditor and is consistent with Applicable Rules, and the description of the proposed engagement provided to the Audit Committee is consistent with that presented to or approved by the Invesco audit committee.

Information about all Service Affiliate engagements of the Auditor for non-audit services, whether or not subject to pre-approval by the Audit Committee, shall be provided to the Audit


Committee at least quarterly, to allow the Audit Committee to consider whether the provision of such services is compatible with maintaining the Auditor’s independence from the Funds. The Funds’ Treasurer and Auditor shall provide the Audit Committee with sufficiently detailed information about the scope of services provided and the fees for such services, to ensure that the Audit Committee can adequately consider whether the provision of such services is compatible with maintaining the Auditor’s independence from the Funds.

 

  VI. Pre-Approved Fee Levels or Established Amounts

Pre-approved fee levels or ranges for audit and non-audit services to be provided by the Auditor to the Funds, and for a Service Affiliate’s Covered Engagement, under general pre-approval or specific pre-approval will be set periodically by the Audit Committee. Any proposed fees exceeding 110% of the maximum pre-approved fee levels or ranges for such services or engagements will be promptly presented to the Audit Committee and will require specific pre-approval by the Audit Committee before payment of any additional fees is made.

 

  VII. Delegation

The Audit Committee may from time to time delegate specific pre-approval authority to its Chair and/or Vice Chair, so that the Chair or, in his or her absence, Vice Chair may grant specific pre-approval for audit and non-audit services by the Auditor to the Funds and/or a Service Affiliate’s Covered Engagement between Audit Committee meetings. Any such delegation shall be reflected in resolutions adopted by the Audit Committee and may include such limitations as to dollar amount(s) and/or scope of service(s) as the Audit Committee may choose to impose. Any such delegation shall not preclude the Chair or Vice Chair from declining, on a case by case basis, to exercise his or her delegated authority and instead convening the Audit Committee to consider and pre-approve any proposed services or engagements.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, any non-audit services to be provided to the Funds for which the fees are estimated to exceed $500,000 and any Service Affiliate’s Covered Engagement for which the fees are estimated to exceed $500,000 must be pre-approved by the Audit Committee and may not be delegated to the Chair or Vice Chair.

 

  VIII. Compliance with Procedures

Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, failure to pre-approve any services or engagements that are not required to be pre-approved pursuant to the de minimis exception provided for in Rule 2-01(c)(7)(i)(C) of Regulation S-X shall not constitute a violation of these Procedures. The Audit Committee has designated the Funds’ Treasurer to ensure services and engagements are pre-approved in compliance with these Procedures. The Funds’ Treasurer will immediately report to the Chair of the Audit Committee, or the Vice Chair in his or her absence, any breach of these Procedures that comes to the attention of the Funds’ Treasurer or any services or engagements that are not required to be pre-approved pursuant to the de minimis exception provided for in Rule 2-01(c)(7)(i)(C) of Regulation S-X.

On at least an annual basis, the Auditor will provide the Audit Committee with a summary of all non-audit services provided to any entity in the investment company complex (as defined in section 2-01(f)(14) of Regulation S-X, including the Funds and Service Affiliates) that were not pre-approved, including the nature of services provided and the associated fees.


  IX.

Amendments to Procedures

All material amendments to these Procedures must be approved in advance by the Audit Committee. Non-material amendments to these Procedures may be made by the Legal and Compliance Departments and will be reported to the Audit Committee at the next regularly scheduled meeting of the Audit Committee.


Appendix I

Non-Audit Services That May Impair the Auditor’s Independence

The Auditor is not independent if, at any point during the audit and professional engagement, the Auditor provides the following non-audit services:

 

    Management functions;
    Human resources;
    Broker-dealer, investment adviser, or investment banking services;
    Legal services;
    Expert services unrelated to the audit;
    Any service or product provided for a contingent fee or a commission;
    Services related to marketing, planning, or opining in favor of the tax treatment of confidential transactions or aggressive tax position transactions, a significant purpose of which is tax avoidance;
    Tax services for persons in financial reporting oversight roles at the Fund; and
    Any other service that the Public Company Oversight Board determines by regulation is impermissible.

An Auditor is not independent if, at any point during the audit and professional engagement, the Auditor provides the following non-audit services unless it is reasonable to conclude that the results of the services will not be subject to audit procedures during an audit of the Funds’ financial statements:

 

    Bookkeeping or other services related to the accounting records or financial statements of the audit client;
    Financial information systems design and implementation;
    Appraisal or valuation services, fairness opinions, or contribution-in-kind reports;
    Actuarial services; and
    Internal audit outsourcing services.

 

ITEM 5. AUDIT COMMITTEE OF LISTED REGISTRANTS.

Not applicable.

 

ITEM 6. SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS.

Investments in securities of unaffiliated issuers is included as part of the reports to stockholders filed under Item 1 of this Form.

 

ITEM 7. DISCLOSURE OF PROXY VOTING POLICIES AND PROCEDURES FOR CLOSED-END     MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES.

Not applicable.

 

ITEM 8. PORTFOLIO MANAGERS OF CLOSED-END MANAGEMENT COMPANIES.


Not applicable.

 

ITEM 9. PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES BY CLOSED-END MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANY AND AFFILIATED PURCHASERS.

Not applicable.

 

ITEM 10. SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS.

None

 

ITEM 11. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES.

 

(a) As of February 14, 2018, an evaluation was performed under the supervision and with the participation of the officers of the Registrant, including the PEO and PFO, to assess the effectiveness of the Registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures, as that term is defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “Act”), as amended. Based on that evaluation, the Registrant’s officers, including the PEO and PFO, concluded that, as of February 14, 2018, the Registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures were reasonably designed to ensure: (1) that information required to be disclosed by the Registrant on Form N-CSR is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified by the rules and forms of the Securities and Exchange Commission; and (2) that material information relating to the Registrant is made known to the PEO and PFO as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.

 

(b) There have been no changes in the Registrant’s internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the Act) that occurred during the second fiscal quarter of the period covered by this report that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the Registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

ITEM 12. DISCLOSURE OF SECURITIES LENDING ACTIVITIES FOR CLOSED-END MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES.

Not applicable.

 

ITEM 13. EXHIBITS.

 

 13(a) (1) Code of Ethics.

 

 13(a) (2) Certifications of principal executive officer and principal financial officer as required by Rule 30a-2(a) under the Investment Company Act of 1940.

 

 13(a) (3) Not applicable.

 

 13(a) (4) Not applicable.

 


SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

Registrant:    AIM Growth Series (Invesco Growth Series)

 

By:  

  /s/ Sheri Morris

    Sheri Morris
    Principal Executive Officer
Date:     March 9, 2018

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the Registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

 

By:  

  /s/ Sheri Morris

    Sheri Morris
    Principal Executive Officer
Date:     March 9, 2018

 

By:  

  /s/ Kelli Gallegos

    Kelli Gallegos
    Principal Financial Officer
Date:     March 9, 2018

 


EXHIBIT INDEX

 

13(a) (1)    Code of Ethics.
13(a) (2)    Certifications of principal executive officer and principal financial officer as required by Rule 30a-2(a) under the Investment Company Act of 1940.
13(a) (3)    Not applicable.
13(a) (4)   

Not applicable.