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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:              September 30                        

  Date of reporting period:              09/30/19                                 


Item 1.

Reports to Stockholders.


 

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Annual Report

 

    

 

 

9/30/2019

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
 

 

Invesco

Oppenheimer

Master Event-Linked

Bond Fund*

  
 

Beginning on January 1, 2021, as permitted by regulations adopted by the Securities and Exchange Commission, paper copies of the Fund’s shareholder reports will no longer be sent by mail, unless you specifically request paper copies of the reports from the Fund or from your financial intermediary, such as a broker-dealer or bank. Instead, the reports will be made available on the Fund’s website, and you will be notified by mail each time a report is posted and provided with a website link to access the report.

 

If you already elected to receive shareholder reports electronically, you will not be affected by this change and you need not take any action. You may elect to receive shareholder reports and other communications from the Fund electronically by contacting your financial intermediary (such as a broker-dealer or bank) or, if you are a direct investor, by enrolling at invesco. com/edelivery.

 

You may elect to receive all future reports in paper free of charge. If you invest through a financial intermediary, you can contact your financial intermediary to request that you continue to receive paper copies of your shareholder reports. If you invest directly with the Fund, you can call 800 959 4246 to let the Fund know you wish to continue receiving paper copies of your shareholder reports. Your election to receive reports in paper will apply to all funds held with your financial intermediary or all funds held with the fund complex if you invest directly with the Fund.

 

*Prior to the close of business on May 24, 2019, the Fund’s name was Oppenheimer Master Event-Linked Bond Fund, LLC. See Important Update on the following page for more information.

 

 

 

 


Important Update

On October 18, 2018, Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company, an indirect corporate parent of OppenheimerFunds, Inc. and its subsidiaries OFI Global Asset Management, Inc., OFI SteelPath, Inc. and OFI Advisors, LLC, announced that it had entered into an agreement whereby Invesco Ltd., a global investment management company would acquire OppenheimerFunds and its subsidiaries (together, “OppenheimerFunds”). After the close of business on May 24, 2019 Invesco Ltd. completed the acquisition of OppenheimerFunds. This Fund was included in that acquisition and as of that date, became part of the Invesco family of funds. Please visit invesco.com for more information or call Invesco’s Client Services team at 800-959-4246.


Table of Contents

 

 

 

 

Class R6 Shares

AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURNS AT 9/30/19

 

     Invesco Oppenheimer Master        Swiss Re Global Cat    
     Event-Linked Bond Fund    Bond Index

1-Year

   0.19%    1.77%

5-Year

   1.91       3.67   

10-Year

   4.19       6.23   

Performance quoted is past performance and cannot guarantee comparable future results; current performance may be lower or higher. Visit invesco.com for the most recent month-end performance. Performance figures reflect reinvested distributions and changes in net asset value (NAV). Investment return and principal value will vary so that you may have a gain or a loss when you sell shares. Fund returns include changes in share price and reinvested distributions. Returns for periods of less than one year are cumulative and not annualized. As the result of a reorganization after the close of business on May 24, 2019, the returns of the Fund for periods on or prior to May 24, 2019 reflect performance of the Oppenheimer predecessor fund. Share class returns will differ from those of the predecessor fund because they have different expenses. Returns do not consider capital gains or income taxes on an individual’s investment. See Fund prospectus and summary prospectus for more information on share classes, sales charges and new fee agreements, if any. Fund literature is available at invesco.com.

 

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The Fund’s performance is compared to the performance of the Swiss Re Global Cat Bond Index. The Swiss Re Global Cat Bond Index tracks outstanding U.S. dollar denominated catastrophe bonds. The Index is unmanaged and cannot be purchased directly by investors. While index comparisons may be useful to provide a benchmark for the Fund’s performance, it must be noted that the Fund’s investments are not limited to the investments comprising the

Index. Index performance includes reinvestment of income, but does not reflect transaction costs, fees, expenses or taxes. Index performance is shown for illustrative purposes only as a benchmark for the Fund’s performance, and does not predict or depict performance of the Fund. The Fund’s performance reflects the effects of the Fund’s business and operating expenses.

The views in the Fund Performance Discussion represent the opinions of this Fund’s portfolio manager(s) and are not intended as investment advice or to predict or depict the performance of any investment. These views are as of the close of business on September 30, 2019, and are subject to change based on subsequent developments. The Fund’s portfolio and strategies are subject to change.

Shares of Invesco Oppenheimer Master Event-Linked Bond Fund are issued solely in private placement transactions that do not involve any “public offering” within the meaning of Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933 (the “Securities Act”), as amended. Investments in the Fund may only be made by certain “accredited investors” within the meaning of Regulation D under the Securities Act, including other investment companies. This report does not constitute an offer to sell, or the solicitation of an offer to buy, any “security” within the meaning of the Securities Act.

Shares of Invesco Oppenheimer funds are not deposits or obligations of any bank, are not guaranteed by any bank, are not insured by the FDIC or any other agency, and involve investment risks, including the possible loss of the principal amount invested.

 

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Fund Performance Discussion

The Fund produced a return of 0.19% over the one-year reporting period ended September 30, 2019, compared to its benchmark, the Swiss Re Global Cat Bond Index (the “Index”), which returned 1.77%.

 

The top underperforming bonds relative to the Index during the reporting period were Cal Phoenix Re and Residential Re, which were issued by PG&E Corporation; and the United Services Automotive Association (USAA), the insurer for U.S. military personnel and their families, respectively. Cal Phoenix was impacted by the losses from the California wildfires related to PG&E, and the multi-peril Residential Re experienced losses from a series of uncorrelated perils with exposure to natural events across the U.S, including accumulated losses from the hurricane and wildfire events in both 2017-2018, as well as U.S. East coast winter storms.

Top performers for the Fund during the reporting period were Blue Halo Re Ltd and Kilimanjaro II Re Ltd. These bonds had triggers linked to losses based on industry-loss index measures across storm and earthquake events in North America and the Caribbean. Issuers Everest Re (Kilimanjaro bonds), and Allianz (Blue Halo) had high-yielding tranches of these bonds that experienced a strong rebound during the 12-month periods ending 9/30/19, as their loss determination process from recent events showed that the bonds would not realize additional loss-triggering impacts.

 

 

 

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OUTLOOK

As we look forward, we expect 144A issuance to pick up significantly along with the private insurance-linked securities (ILS) market.

The effects of 2017 and 2018 losses have led to a reduction in the supply of risk capital to certain reinsurance products and segments of the market, leading cedants to look more broadly for opportunities across their reinsurance protection coverages for 2020.

One of those segments is the “retrocessionaire” (or “retro”) market for reinsurance companies. This market is where reinsurers purchase reinsurance protection for their underwriting portfolio. Retro has been negatively impacted recently as certain providers of this coverage were significantly impacted by the 2017 and 2018 loss years, with some exiting the market. We, therefore, expect reinsurers to tap the cat bond market for additional help to fill the protection gap because retro coverage has shrunk. In the cat bond universe, issuing reinsurers typically place industry loss index cat bonds, which refers to bonds triggering losses if the insurance and reinsurance industries experience an accumulation of losses from a series of events that reach a defined level during a loss period.

We also expect the market to further broaden in terms of risk perils. This year, the cat bond market saw new bonds with risks linked to Italian weather risk as well as terrorism. Looking forward, we may see more terrorism deals and perhaps bonds covering volcanic

risks, and potentially risks in regions that are particularly vulnerable to climate change, such as the Caribbean islands. This continues to be a positive development for investors, allowing for additional diversification relative to the traditional concentration of reinsurance capital in event-linked risk associated with tropical cyclones and earthquakes, particularly in the U.S.

We believe that a resurgence in the issuance levels could also emerge. The market is recovering from the losses of 2017 and 2018 as the amount of capital trapped or set aside to pay for losses and principal reduction as a result has decreased. This capital is expected to be redeployed to the next round of issuance.

At the same time, the market is offering an attractive value proposition as reinsurance rates have risen to reflect the loss activity for certain peril risks. We note that peak peril markets such as Florida Wind and Japan Wind have experienced a repricing with higher reinsurance rates, which can increase cat bond yields. We believe that such a trend signals to investors that the ILS market is following the discipline of traditional markets when it comes to properly re-pricing reinsurance risk as events unfold.

 

 

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Top Holdings and Allocations

 

PORTFOLIO ALLOCATION

        
Event-Linked Bonds   

Multiple Event

     48.4%     

Earthquake

     27.7        

Windstorm

     16.3        

Other

     4.7        

Longevity

     0.8        

Flood

     0.8        

Pandemic

     0.3        

Fire

     0.1        
Investment Company      0.9        

Portfolio holdings and allocations are subject to change. Percentages are as of September 30, 2019, and are based on the total market value of investments.

REGION OF RISK

 

North America

     64.2%     

Multi-Region

     14.2        

Asia

     12.2        

Europe

     5.4        

South America

     4.0        

Portfolio holdings and allocations are subject to change. Percentages are as of September 30, 2019, and are based on the total market value of event-linked securities.

     NRSRO  
     ONLY  
CREDIT RATING BREAKDOWN    TOTAL  

BBB

     1.0%     

BB

     5.9        

B

     1.2        

Unrated

     91.9        

Total

     100.0%     

The percentages above are based on the market value of the Fund’s securities as of September 30, 2019, and are subject to change. Except for securities labeled “Unrated,” all securities have been rated by at least one Nationally Recognized Statistical Rating Organization (“NRSRO”), such as Standard & Poor’s (“S&P”). For securities rated only by an NRSRO other than S&P, Invesco Advisers, Inc. (the “Adviser”) converts that rating to the equivalent S&P rating. If two or more NRSROs have assigned a rating to a security, the highest S&P equivalent rating is used. For securities not rated by an NRSRO, the Adviser uses its own credit analysis to assign ratings in categories similar to those of S&P. The use of similar categories is not an indication that the Adviser’s credit analysis process is consistent or comparable with any NRSRO’s process were that NRSRO to rate the same security. Fund assets invested in Invesco Government & Agency Portfolio are assigned that fund’s S&P rating, which is currently AAA. For the purposes of this table, “investment-grade” securities are securities rated within the NRSROs’ four highest rating categories (AAA, AA, A and BBB). Unrated securities do not necessarily indicate low credit quality, and may or may not be the equivalent of investment-grade. Please consult the Fund’s prospectus and Statement of Additional Information for further information.

 

 

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Fund Expenses

Fund Expenses. As a shareholder of the Fund, you incur two types of costs: (1) transaction costs, which may include sales charges (loads) on purchase payments and/or contingent deferred sales charges on redemptions; and (2) ongoing costs, including management fees; distribution and service fees; and other Fund expenses. These examples are intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds.

The examples are based on an investment of $1,000.00 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire 6-month period ended September 30, 2019.

Actual Expenses. The first section of the table provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in this section, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expense that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000.00 (for example, an $8,600.00 account value divided by $1,000.00 = 8.60), then multiply the result by the number in the first section under the heading entitled “Expenses Paid During 6 Months Ended September 30, 2019” to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during this period.

Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes. The second section of the table 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 transactional costs, such as front-end or contingent deferred sales charges (loads). Therefore, the “hypothetical” section of the table 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 transactional costs were included, your costs would have been higher.

 

 

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     Beginning        Ending      Expenses  
     Account        Account      Paid During  
     Value        Value      6 Months Ended  
Actual    April 1, 2019        September 30, 2019      September 30, 2019        
Class R6      $     1,000.00              $ 1,017.40                  $ 2.28                    
Hypothetical           
(5% return before expenses)                             
Class R6      1,000.00              1,022.81                  2.28                    

Expenses are equal to the Fund’s annualized expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 183/365 (to reflect the one-half year period). The annualized expense ratio, excluding indirect expenses from affiliated funds, based on the 6-month period ended September 30, 2019 is as follows:

 

Class    Expense Ratio          
Class R6      0.45%      

The expense ratio reflects voluntary and/or contractual waivers and/or reimbursements of expenses by the Fund’s Manager. Some of these undertakings may be modified or terminated at any time, as indicated in the Fund’s prospectus. The “Financial Highlights” table in the Fund’s financial statements, included in this report, also shows the gross expense ratio, without such waivers or reimbursements and reduction to custodian expenses, if applicable.

 

 

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SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS September 30, 2019

 

              Principal Amount      Value  
Event-Linked Bonds—98.0%                           
Earthquake—27.4%                           
Acorn Re Ltd. Catastrophe Linked Nts., 4.872% [US0003M+275], 11/10/211,2             $             5,000,000      $             4,983,750  
Buffalo Re Ltd. Catastrophe Linked Nts.:         
5.508% [US0006M+342], 4/7/201,2         2,250,000        2,228,287  
9.258% [US0006M+717], 4/7/201,2               2,500,000        2,469,625  
Golden State Re II Ltd. Catastrophe Linked Nts., 4.488% [US0003M+220], 1/8/231,2               4,910,000        4,930,867  
International Bank for Reconstruction & Development Catastrophe Linked Nts.:

 

  
4.458% [US0003M+250], 2/14/201,2         2,375,000        2,372,031  
4.458% [US0003M+250], 2/15/211,2         5,250,000        5,229,788  
4.958% [US0003M+300], 2/15/211,2         5,250,000        5,220,863  
7.958% [US0003M+600], 2/15/211,2         3,675,000        3,622,631  
10.208% [US0003M+825], 2/14/201,2               3,950,000        3,945,853  
Kilimanjaro Re Ltd. Catastrophe Linked Nts., 5.565% [T-BILL 3MO+375], 11/25/191,2               5,375,000        5,379,031  
Kizuna Re II Ltd. Catastrophe Linked Nts.:         
3.69% [T-BILL 3MO+187.5], 4/11/231,2         3,500,000        3,472,875  
4.315% [T-BILL 3MO+250], 4/11/231,2               2,550,000        2,528,452  
Merna Reinsurance II Ltd. Catastrophe Linked Nts., 3.81% [T-BILL 3MO+200], 4/7/221,2               6,000,000        5,997,600  
Nakama Re Ltd. Catastrophe Linked Nts.:         
3.939% [US0003M+200], 4/13/231,2         3,500,000        3,455,725  
4.263% [US0006M+220], 10/13/211,2         4,350,000        4,338,907  
4.685% [T-BILL 3MO+287.5], 1/16/201,2         3,040,000        3,040,456  
4.685% [T-BILL 3MO+287.5], 1/14/211,2         3,000,000        3,006,150  
4.939% [US0003M+300], 4/13/231,2         3,250,000        3,217,662  
5.06% [T-BILL 3MO+325], 1/14/211,2         3,300,000        3,309,075  
5.313% [US0006M+325], 10/13/211,2               4,750,000        4,728,862  
Torrey Pines Re Ltd. Catastrophe Linked Nts.:         
5.389% [US0006M+380], 6/9/201,2         2,850,000        2,843,873  
8.279% [US0006M+669], 6/9/201,2               3,450,000        3,446,723  
Ursa Re Ltd. Catastrophe Linked Nts.:         
5.81% [T-BILL 3MO+400], 12/10/191,2         3,750,000        3,735,188  
5.89% [T-BILL 3MO+408], 12/10/201,2         1,250,000        1,244,688  
6.91% [T-BILL 3MO+510], 9/24/211,2         1,350,000        1,320,503  
7.18% [T-BILL 3MO+537], 12/10/201,2         3,200,000        3,163,360  
7.81% [T-BILL 3MO+600], 5/27/201,2         5,000,000        4,984,750  
              
           98,217,575  
                            
Fire—0.1%                           
Cal Phoenix Re Ltd. Catastrophe Linked Nts., 2.476% [US0003M+50], 8/13/211,2         5,400,000        378,000  
                            
Flood—0.8%                           
FloodSmart Re Ltd. Catastrophe Linked Nts.:         
13.06% [T-BILL 3MO+1,125], 3/7/221,2         2,500,000        2,529,500  

 

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              Principal Amount      Value  
Flood (Continued)                           
FloodSmart Re Ltd. Catastrophe Linked Nts.: (Continued)         
16.31% [T-BILL 3MO+1,450], 3/7/221,2       $ 500,000      $ 505,900  
              
                       3,035,400  
                            
Longevity—0.8%                           
Vita Capital VI Ltd. Catastrophe Linked Nts., 4.921% [US0006M+290], 1/8/211,2                     2,750,000        2,772,137  
                            
Multiple Event—47.8%                           
Alamo Re Ltd. Catastrophe Linked Nts., 5.29% [T-BILL 1MO+348], 6/7/211,2               2,000,000        2,016,100  
Armor Re II Ltd. Catastrophe Linked Nts., 5.65% [T-BILL 3MO+384], 6/8/201,2               2,000,000        2,019,700  
Armor RE II Ltd. Catastrophe Linked Nts., 7.71% [T-BILL 3MO+590], 6/8/221,2               1,500,000        1,519,875  
Atlas Capital UK 2018 plc Catastrophe Linked Nts., 8.038% [US0003M+606], 6/7/221,2               2,000,000        1,991,500  
Atlas Capital UK 2019 plc Catastrophe Linked Nts., 13.728% [US0003M+1,175], 6/7/231,2               1,000,000        1,012,550  
Atlas IX Capital DAC Catastrophe Linked Nts.:         
2.238% [US0003M+10], 1/7/211,2         3,061,565        1,515,475  
9.919% [US0003M+796], 1/8/201,2               3,000,000        2,996,850  
Atmos Re Dac Catastrophe Linked Nts., 4.50% [EUR003M+450], 2/14/221,2      EUR        3,050,000        1,072,102  
Baltic PCC Ltd. Catastrophe Linked Nts., 8.314% [GBP T-BILL 3MO+590], 3/7/222      GBP        2,500,000        3,071,108  
Blue Halo Re Ltd. Catastrophe Linked Nts., 2.31% [T-BILL 3MO+50], 6/21/221,2               4,500,000        4,471,875  
Bonanza Re Ltd. Catastrophe Linked Nts.:         
5.243% [US0006M+337], 12/31/191,2         1,000,000        994,750  
6.093% [US0006M+437], 12/31/191,2               1,000,000        995,050  
Bowline Re Ltd. Series 2018-1 Catastrophe Linked Nts., 6.31% [T-BILL 3MO+450], 5/23/221,2               4,250,000        4,200,062  
Bowline Re Ltd. Series 2019-1 Catastrophe Linked Nts.:         
6.56% [T-BILL 3MO+475], 3/20/231,2         2,250,000        2,269,237  
10.31% [T-BILL 3MO+850], 3/20/231,2               1,750,000        1,764,962  
Caelus Re IV Ltd. Catastrophe Linked Nts., 7.06% [T-BILL 3MO+525], 3/6/201,2               2,000,000        2,027,700  
Caelus Re V Ltd. Catastrophe Linked Nts.:         
2.31% [T-BILL 1MO+50], 6/5/201,2         3,250,000        1,462,500  
2.31% [T-BILL 1MO+50], 6/5/201,2         2,522,130        21,004  
4.94% [T-BILL 3MO+313], 6/5/201,2         3,750,000        3,625,500  
5.74% [T-BILL 3MO+393], 6/7/211,2         1,750,000        1,697,412  
6.45% [T-BILL 3MO+464], 6/7/211,2         1,500,000        1,446,975  
9.63% [T-BILL 3MO+782], 6/7/211,2         2,500,000        2,224,000  
12.71% [T-BILL 3MO+1,090], 6/7/211,2               1,250,000        849,500  
Citrus Re Ltd. Catastrophe Linked Nts., 7.00% [US0006M+531], 3/18/201,2         722,705        423,505  

 

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SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS Continued

 

              Principal Amount      Value  
Multiple Event (Continued)                           
Cranberry Re Ltd. Catastrophe Linked Nts., 3.633% [US0006M+198], 7/13/201,2             $ 4,000,000      $ 4,021,000  
East Lane Re VI Ltd. Catastrophe Linked Nts., 5.20% [T-BILL 3MO+339], 3/13/201,2                           2,500,000                    2,531,875  
First Coast Re II Pte Ltd. Catastrophe Linked Nts., 7.06% [T-BILL 3MO+525], 6/7/231,2               500,000        504,375  
FloodSmart Re Ltd. Catastrophe Linked Nts.:         
13.06% [T-BILL 3MO+1,125], 8/6/211,2         2,250,000        2,256,187  
15.31% [T-BILL 3MO+1,350], 8/6/211,2               750,000        758,250  
Fortius Re II Ltd. Catastrophe Linked Nts., 4.803% [US0006M+342], 7/7/211,2               3,500,000        3,521,175  
Galilei Re Ltd. Catastrophe Linked Nts.:         
6.651% [US0006M+479], 1/8/201,2         3,500,000        3,522,225  
6.671% [US0006M+479], 1/8/211,2         2,000,000        2,013,100  
8.641% [US0006M+678], 1/8/201,2         2,000,000        2,010,700  
10.491% [US0006M+863], 1/8/201,2         2,000,000        2,005,100  
10.511% [US0006M+863], 1/8/211,2         1,000,000        1,001,750  
15.721% [US0006M+1,386], 1/8/201,2         2,250,000        2,253,262  
15.741% [US0006M+1,386], 1/8/211,2               3,500,000        3,479,525  
Galileo Re Ltd. Catastrophe Linked Nts.:         
9.559% [US0003M+750], 11/6/201,2         600,000        604,710  
19.559% [US0003M+1,750], 11/6/201,2               1,550,000        1,547,287  
Kendall Re Ltd. Catastrophe Linked Nts., 7.329% [US0003M+525], 5/6/211,2               5,250,000        5,154,712  
Kilimanjaro II Re Ltd. Catastrophe Linked Nts.:         
9.673% [US0006M+791], 4/20/211,2         1,500,000        1,507,875  
11.403% [US0006M+1,061], 4/20/211,2               5,250,000        5,253,938  
Kilimanjaro Re Ltd. Catastrophe Linked Nts.:         
7.029% [US0003M+494], 5/6/221,2         3,750,000        3,705,937  
7.049% [US0003M+494], 5/5/231,2         3,750,000        3,705,562  
11.065% [T-BILL 3MO+925], 12/6/191,2         2,750,000        2,745,737  
15.699% [US0003M+1,361], 5/6/221,2         4,000,000        3,981,000  
15.719% [US0003M+1,361], 5/5/231,2               3,000,000        2,974,050  
Lion II Re DAC Catastrophe Linked Nts., 3.29% [EUR003M+329], 7/15/211,2      EUR        4,500,000        4,891,655  
Loma Reinsurance Bermuda Ltd. Catastrophe Linked Nts., 0.50% [T-BILL 3MO+50], 10/8/191,2               3,750,000        1,631,250  
Manatee Re III Pte Ltd. Catastrophe Linked Nts., 7.06% [T-BILL 3MO+525], 6/7/221,2               1,000,000        1,015,550  
MetroCat Re Ltd. Catastrophe Linked Nts., 5.51% [T-BILL 3MO+370], 5/8/201,2               3,500,000        3,569,125  
Northshore Re II Ltd. Catastrophe Linked Nts.:         
9.31% [T-BILL 3MO+750], 7/7/231,2         1,250,000        1,260,438  
9.954% [US0003M+799], 7/8/221,2               3,250,000        3,265,113  
Panthera Re Ltd. Catastrophe Linked Nts., 5.31% [T-BILL 3MO+350], 3/9/201,2               1,250,000        1,252,688  
Residential Reinsurance 2014 Ltd. Catastrophe Linked Nts., 2.31% [T-BILL 3MO+50], 12/6/191,2         5,000,000        3,750  

 

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              Principal Amount      Value  
Multiple Event (Continued)                           
Residential Reinsurance 2015 Ltd. Catastrophe Linked Nts., 12.78% [T-BILL 3MO+1,097], 12/6/191,2             $ 2,253,438      $ 56,336  
Residential Reinsurance 2016 Ltd. Catastrophe Linked Nts.:         
2.31% [T-BILL 3MO+50], 6/6/201,2         1,568,793        7,844  
5.18% [T-BILL 3MO+337], 6/6/201,2                               3,000,000                    3,028,950  
Residential Reinsurance 2017 Ltd. Catastrophe Linked Nts.:         
4.98% [T-BILL 3MO+317], 6/6/211,2         375,000        375,431  
6.86% [T-BILL 3MO+505], 6/6/211,2         1,000,000        825,000  
14.53% [T-BILL 3MO+1,272], 12/6/211,2               250,000        240,088  
Residential Reinsurance 2018 Ltd. Catastrophe Linked Nts.:         
5.06% [T-BILL 3MO+325], 6/6/221,2         4,000,000        3,969,000  
8.182%, 12/6/191,3         3,750,000        187,500  
12.81% [T-BILL 3MO+1,100], 12/6/221,2         2,500,000        2,458,625  
22.565%, 12/6/191,3               2,500,000        2,308,250  
Residential Reinsurance 2019 Ltd. Catastrophe Linked Nts., 6.31% [T-BILL 3MO+450], 6/6/231,2               500,000        504,225  
Riverfront Re Ltd. Catastrophe Linked Nts.:         
6.72% [T-BILL 3MO+491], 1/15/211,2         5,250,000        5,213,513  
8.32% [T-BILL 3MO+651], 1/15/211,2               4,750,000        4,725,063  
Sanders RE II Ltd. Catastrophe Linked Nts., 14.154% [US0003M+1,225], 4/7/231,2               3,750,000        3,634,688  
Sanders Re Ltd. Catastrophe Linked Nts.:         
4.734% [US0006M+299], 12/6/211,2         3,500,000        3,444,525  
4.824% [US0006M+314], 6/5/201,2         4,250,000        4,295,688  
7.31% [T-BILL 3MO+550], 4/7/221,2               3,500,000        3,462,375  
SD Re Ltd. Catastrophe Linked Nts., 6.143% [US0003M+400], 10/19/211,2         5,900,000        5,759,285  
Spectrum Capital Ltd. Catastrophe Linked Nts., 7.994% [US0006M+575], 6/8/211,2               1,500,000        1,504,725  
Tailwind Re Ltd. 2017-1 Catastrophe Linked Nts.:         
10.44% [T-BILL 3MO+863], 1/8/221,2         1,250,000        1,263,188  
12.40% [T-BILL 3MO+1,059], 1/8/221,2         750,000        755,813  
              
           171,658,305  
        
Other—4.6%                           
Alamo Re Ltd. Catastrophe Linked Nts., 6.31% [T-BILL 1MO+450], 6/8/221,2               500,000        504,775  
Benu Capital DAC Catastrophe Linked Nts.:         
2.55% [EUR003M+255], 1/8/201,2      EUR        250,000        273,128  
3.35% [EUR003M+335], 1/8/201,2      EUR        1,000,000        1,093,819  
Cape Lookout Re Ltd. Catastrophe Linked Nts.:         
6.06% [T-BILL 1MO+425], 2/25/221,2         2,750,000        2,739,687  
8.56% [T-BILL 1MO+675], 5/9/221,2               1,250,000        1,250,312  
Horse Capital I DAC Catastrophe Linked Nts., 12.00% [EUR003M+1,200], 6/15/201,2      EUR        4,000,000        4,481,220  
Integrity Re Ltd. Catastrophe Linked Nts., 6.674% [US0003M+475], 6/12/231,2               1,000,000        1,010,350  
Vitality Re IX Ltd. Catastrophe Linked Nts., 3.56% [T-BILL 3MO+175], 1/10/221,2         500,000        501,375  

 

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SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS Continued

 

              Principal Amount      Value  
Other (Continued)                           
Vitality Re VII Ltd. Catastrophe Linked Nts.:         
3.96% [T-BILL 3MO+215], 1/7/201,2       $ 1,000,000      $             1,005,250  
4.46% [T-BILL 3MO+265], 1/7/201,2               250,000        251,013  
Vitality Re VIII Ltd. Catastrophe Linked Nts.:         
3.56% [T-BILL 3MO+175], 1/8/211,2         1,000,000        1,002,850  
3.81% [T-BILL 3MO+200], 1/8/211,2               750,000        753,188  
Vitality Re X Ltd. Catastrophe Linked Nts.:         
3.56% [T-BILL 3MO+175], 1/10/231,2                     1,250,000        1,256,688  
3.81% [T-BILL 3MO+200], 1/10/231,2         500,000        503,125  
              
           16,626,780  
                            
Pandemic—0.3%                           

International Bank for Reconstruction & Development Catastrophe Linked Nts., 9.36% [US0006M-40+690], 7/15/201,2

 

             

 

1,000,000

 

 

 

    

 

1,006,350

 

 

 

Windstorm—16.2%                           
Akibare Re Ltd. Catastrophe Linked Nts.:         
2.403% [US0006M+50], 4/7/201,2         2,460,000        159,900  
3.989% [US0003M+190], 4/7/221,2         1,500,000        1,354,125  
3.989% [US0003M+190], 4/7/221,2               2,500,000        2,175,625  
Alamo Re Ltd. Catastrophe Linked Nts., 5.62% [T-BILL 3MO+381], 6/8/201,2               1,750,000        1,767,062  
Aozora Re Ltd. Catastrophe Linked Nts.:         
4.193% [US0006M+229], 4/7/201,2         3,500,000        3,446,625  
4.346% [US0006M+200], 4/7/211,2               5,500,000        4,607,625  
Casablanca Re Ltd. Catastrophe Linked Nts.:         
6.967% [US0006M+486], 6/4/201,2         1,500,000        1,526,925  
19.745% [US0006M+1,600], 6/4/201,4               1,250,000        250,000  
Citrus Re Ltd. Catastrophe Linked Nts., 9.66% [T-BILL 3MO+785], 2/25/211,2               1,570,271        879,352  
Everglades Re II Ltd. Catastrophe Linked Nts., 7.04% [T-BILL 3MO+523], 5/8/201,2               1,500,000        1,527,075  
First Coast Re 2017-1 Ltd. Catastrophe Linked Nts., 5.73% [T-BILL 3MO+392], 6/7/211,2               3,000,000        2,988,150  
Frontline Re Ltd. Catastrophe Linked Nts.:         
9.55% [T-BILL 3MO+774], 7/6/221,2         2,250,000        2,047,725  
14.26% [T-BILL 3MO+1,245], 7/6/221,2               500,000        256,950  
Hexagon Reinsurance DAC Catastrophe Linked Nts.:         
6.66% [EUR003M+666], 1/19/221,2      EUR        2,000,000        2,161,807  
8.22% [EUR003M+822], 1/19/221,2      EUR        3,000,000        3,230,939  
Integrity Re Ltd. Catastrophe Linked Nts.:         
6.068% [US0003M+401], 6/10/221,2         4,000,000        3,979,000  
6.204% [US0006M+457], 6/10/201,2         300,000        303,105  
15.984% [US0006M+1,435], 6/10/201,2               750,000        763,875  
International Bank for Reconstruction & Development Catastrophe Linked Nts.:

 

  
7.537% [US0006M+590], 12/20/191,2         4,275,000        4,237,166  
10.937% [US0006M+930], 12/20/191,2         2,550,000        2,584,553  

 

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      Principal Amount      Value  
Windstorm (Continued)                  
Long Point Re III Ltd. Catastrophe Linked Nts., 4.56% [T-BILL 3MO+275], 6/1/221,2    $ 3,750,000      $ 3,764,062  
Manatee Re II Ltd. Catastrophe Linked Nts.:      
6.20% [T-BILL 3MO+439], 6/7/211,2                  2,250,000                    2,265,862  
10.15% [T-BILL 3MO+834], 6/7/212      2,750,000        2,740,788  
Matterhorn Re Ltd. Catastrophe Linked Nts., 6.091%, 12/7/201,3      1,000,000        940,950  
Pelican IV Re Ltd. Catastrophe Linked Nts.:      
3.662% [US0006M+204], 5/5/201,2      500,000        503,175  
4.092% [US0003M+229], 5/7/211,2      3,500,000        3,517,325  
Queen Street XII Re Designated Activity Co. Catastrophe Linked Nts., 7.172% [US0006M+525], 4/8/201,2      4,000,000        4,033,000  
           
        58,012,746  
           
Total Event-Linked Bonds (Cost $388,133,469)         351,707,293  
      Shares          
Investment Company—0.9%                  
Invesco Government & Agency Portfolio, Institutional Class, 1.83%5 (Cost $3,232,776)      3,232,776        3,232,815  
Total Investments, at Value (Cost $391,366,245)      98.9%          354,940,108  
Net Other Assets (Liabilities)      1.1             3,913,724  
                 
Net Assets      100.0%        $ 358,853,832  
                 
                 

Footnotes to Schedule of Investments

1. 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 September 30, 2019 was $345,895,397, which represented 96.39% of the Fund’s Net Assets.

2. Represents the current interest rate for a variable or increasing rate security, which may be fixed for a predetermined period. The interest rate is, or will be as of an established date, determined as [Referenced Rate + Basis-point spread].

3. Zero coupon bond reflects effective yield on the original acquisition date.

4. The value of this security was determined using significant unobservable inputs. See Note 3 of the accompanying Notes.

5. 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 September 30, 2019.

 

Forward Currency Exchange Contracts as of September 30, 2019              

Counter

-party

 

Settlement

Month(s)

  Currency
Purchased (000’s)
 

Currency Sold

(000’s)

  Unrealized
Appreciation
    Unrealized
Depreciation
 
BOA   11/2019    USD                  19,859   EUR                    17,800    $                 385,760     $                             —  
BOA   11/2019    USD                    3,072   GBP                      2,500           8,416  
       

 

 

 
Total Unrealized Appreciation and Depreciation      $                 385,760     $                       8,416  
       

 

 

 

 

Glossary:   
BOA    Bank of America NA
Currency abbreviations indicate amounts reporting in currencies
EUR    Euro

 

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SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS Continued

 

 

Currency abbreviations indicate amounts reporting in currencies (Continued)
GBP    British Pound Sterling
Definitions     
EUR003M    EURIBOR 3 Month ACT/360
GBP T-BILL 3MO    UK Treasury Bill 3 Month
ICE LIBOR    Intercontinental Exchange London Interbank Offered Rate
T-BILL 3MO    US Treasury Bill 3 Month
US0003M    ICE LIBOR USD 3 Month
US0006M    ICE LIBOR USD 6 Month

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 

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STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES September 30, 2019

 

Assets         
Investments, at value—see accompanying schedule of investments:   
Unaffiliated companies (cost $388,133,469)    $     351,707,293  
Affiliated companies (cost $3,232,776)      3,232,815  
        
       354,940,108  
Unrealized appreciation on forward currency exchange contracts      385,760  
Receivables and other assets:   
Interest and dividends      3,760,056  
Other      31,762  
        
Total assets      359,117,686  
  
Liabilities         
Amount due to custodian      69,878  
Unrealized depreciation on forward currency exchange contracts      8,416  
Payables and other liabilities:   
Trustees’ compensation      29,659  
Shares of beneficial interest redeemed      13,898  
Shareholder communications      11,569  
Transfer and shareholder servicing agent fees      6,163  
Advisory fees      3,879  
Administration fees      47  
Other      120,345  
        
Total liabilities      263,854  
          
Net Assets-applicable to 22,682,399 shares of beneficial interest outstanding    $ 358,853,832  
        
        
          
Net Assets, Redemption Price Per Share and Offering Price Per Share    $ 15.82  

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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STATEMENT

OF OPERATIONS For the Year Ended September 30, 2019

 

Investment Income         
Interest (net of foreign withholding taxes of $2,557)    $ 29,024,215  
Dividends from Affiliated companies      148,004  
        
Total investment income      29,172,219  
  
Expenses         
Advisory fees      1,425,922  
Administration fees      17,450  
Transfer and shareholder servicing agent fees      18,042  
Shareholder communications      15,750  
Legal, auditing and other professional fees      91,299  
Trustees’ compensation      15,470  
Custodian fees and expenses      14,378  
Other      11,439  
        
Total expenses      1,609,750  
Less waivers, reimbursement of expenses and offset arrangement(s)      (9,909
        
Net expenses      1,599,841  
          

 

Net Investment Income

 

        27,572,378  
Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss)         
Net realized gain (loss) on:   
Investment transactions in unaffiliated companies      (16,172,813
Foreign currency transactions      (8,778
Forward currency exchange contracts      1,750,976  
        
Net realized loss      (14,430,615
          
Net change in unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) on:   
Investment transactions in:   

Unaffiliated companies

     (12,979,024

Affiliated companies

     39  
Translation of assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies      (2,571
Forward currency exchange contracts      178,134  
        
Net change in unrealized appreciation/(depreciation)      (12,803,422
          
Net Increase in Net Assets Resulting from Operations    $ 338,341  
        
        

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS

 

     Year Ended
September 30, 2019
  Year Ended
September 30, 2018
 
Operations                 
Net investment income    $ 27,572,378     $ 21,539,078  
Net realized gain (loss)      (14,430,615     (8,909,065
Net change in unrealized appreciation/(depreciation)      (12,803,422     (556,178
  

 

 

 

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations      338,341       12,073,835  
    
Beneficial Interest Transactions                 
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from beneficial interest transactions:     
Proceeds from contributions      127,534,469       155,080,112  
Payments for withdrawals      (142,256,245     (53,375,102
  

 

 

 

Total beneficial interest transactions      (14,721,776     101,705,010  
    
Net Assets                 
Total increase (decrease)      (14,383,435     113,778,845  
Beginning of period      373,237,267       259,458,422  
  

 

 

 

End of period    $ 358,853,832     $ 373,237,267  
  

 

 

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS

 

     Year Ended   Year Ended     Year Ended     Year Ended     Year Ended
Class R6    September
30, 2019
  September
30, 2018
    September
30, 2017
    September
30, 2016
    September
30, 2015
           
Per Share Operating Data           
Net asset value, beginning of period      $15.79       $15.23       $15.93       $15.10       $14.39  
Income (loss) from investment operations:           
Net investment income1      1.19       1.04       0.94       0.80       0.79  
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)      (1.16)       (0.48)       (1.64)       0.03       (0.08)  
  

 

 

 

Total from investment operations      0.03       0.56       (0.70)       0.83       0.71  
Net asset value, end of period      $15.82       $15.79       $15.23       $15.93       $15.10  
  

 

 

 

          
           
Total Return, at Net Asset Value2      0.19%       3.68%       (4.39)%       5.50%       4.93%  
          
           
Ratios/Supplemental Data           
Net assets, end of period (in thousands)      $358,854       $373,237       $259,458       $294,575       $307,778  
Average net assets (in thousands)      $360,713       $321,370       $278,438       $302,605       $311,603  
Ratios to average net assets:3           
Net investment income      7.64%       6.70%       5.84%       5.22%       5.40%  
Total expenses4      0.45%       0.45%       0.46%       0.45%       0.43%  
Expenses after payments, waivers and/or reimbursements and reduction to custodian expenses      0.45%5       0.45%5       0.46%5       0.45%5       0.43%5  
Portfolio turnover rate6      14%       33%       53%       43%       42%  

1. Per share amounts calculated based on the average shares outstanding during the period.

2. 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.

3. Annualized for periods less than one full year.

4. Total expenses including indirect expenses from affiliated fund fees and expenses were as follows:

            
  Year Ended September 30, 2019      0.45
  Year Ended September 30, 2018      0.45
  Year Ended September 30, 2017      0.46
  Year Ended September 30, 2016      0.45
  Year Ended September 30, 2015      0.43

5. Waiver was less than 0.005%.

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

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS September 30, 2019

Note 1 - Significant Accounting Policies

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

Prior to the close of business on May 24, 2019, the Fund operated as Oppenheimer Master Event-Linked Bond Fund, LLC (the “Acquired Fund” or “Predecessor Fund”). The Acquired Fund was reorganized after the close of business on May 24, 2019 (the “Reorganization Date”) through the transfer of all of its assets and liabilities to the Fund (the “Reorganization”).

Upon closing of the Reorganization, holders of the Acquired Fund’s Class E shares received Class R6 shares of the Fund. Information for the Acquired Fund’s Class E Shares prior to the Reorganization is included with Class R6 Shares throughout this report.

The Fund’s investment objective is to seek total return.

The Fund’s shares have not been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “1933 Act”), which means that the Fund’s shares may not be sold publicly. However, the Trust may sell the Fund’s shares through private placements pursuant to available exemptions from registration under the 1933 Act. Shares of the Fund are sold only to other investment companies.

For federal income tax purposes, the Fund qualifies as a partnership, and each investor in the Fund is treated as the owner of its proportionate share of the net assets, income, expenses, and realized and unrealized gains and losses of the Fund. Accordingly, as a “passthrough” entity, the Fund pays no dividends or capital gain distributions.

The Fund currently offers Class R6. 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, 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

 

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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.

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

 

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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.

 

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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 transactions 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.

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.  Federal Income Taxes - The Fund, as an entity, will not be subject to U.S. federal income tax. The Fund will be treated for U.S. federal income tax purposes as a partnership, and not as an association taxable as a corporation. Therefore, a tax provision is not required. Each shareholder is required for U.S. federal income tax purposes to take into account, in its taxable year with which (or within which a taxable year of the Fund ends), its distributive share of all items of Fund income, gains, losses, and deductions for such taxable year of the Fund. A shareholder must take such items into account even if the Fund does not distribute cash or other property to such shareholder during its taxable year.

Although the Fund is treated as a partnership for Federal tax purposes, it is intended that the Fund’s assets, income and distributions will be managed in such a way that investment in the Fund would not cause an investor that is a regulated investment company under Subchapter M of the Code (“RIC”) to fail that qualification.

The Fund has analyzed its tax positions for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2019, including open tax years, and does not believe there are any uncertain tax positions requiring recognition in the Fund’s financial statements.

E.  Accounting Estimates - The financial statements are prepared on a basis in conformity with accounting principals generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”), which 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

 

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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.

F.  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.

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

H.  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

 

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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.

I.  Event-Linked Bonds The Fund invest in event-linked, which are fixed income securities for which the return of principal and payment of interest are contingent on the non-occurrence of a specified trigger event that leads to economic loss, such as an earthquake or hurricane. In most cases, the trigger event will not be deemed to have occurred unless the event happened in a geographic area and was of a certain magnitude or caused a certain amount of actual or modeled loss. If the trigger event occurs prior to a bond’s maturity, the Fund may lose all or a portion of its principal and additional interest. If the trigger event does not occur, the Fund will recover its principal plus interest. The Fund records the net change in market value of event-linked bonds on the Statement of Operations as a change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation on investments. The Fund records a realized gain/loss in the Statement of Operations upon the sale or maturity of the investment.

J.  Other Risk. The Fund’s investments are concentrated in event-linked bonds, rather than a broad spectrum of investments, makes the Fund’s share price particularly sensitive to market, economic and natural and non-natural events that may affect this investment type. The Fund’s investment in event-linked bonds may be speculative and subject to greater price volatility than other types of investments.

The Fund may invest in event-linked bonds that are below investment grade (sometimes referred to as “high yield” or “junk” bonds. Investments in lower-rated securities or unrated securities of comparable quality tend to be more sensitive to economic conditions than higher rated securities. Junk bonds involve a greater risk of default by the issuer because such securities are generally unsecured and are often subordinated to other creditors’ claim.

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

 

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Fund accrues daily and pays monthly an advisory fee to the Adviser based on the annual rate of 0.40% of the Fund’s average daily net assets.

From the beginning of the fiscal period until the date of the Reorganization, the Acquired Fund paid $938,644 in advisory fees to OFI Global Asset Management, Inc. based on the annual rates above of the Acquired 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 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 Sub-Adviser(s). Invesco has also entered into a Sub-Advisory Agreement with OppenheimerFunds, Inc. to provide discretionary management services to the Funds.

Effective on the Reorganization Date, the Adviser has contractually agreed, through at least May 31, 2021, to waive advisory fees and/or reimburse expenses of all shares to the extent necessary to limit the total annual fund operating expenses after fee waiver and/or expense reimbursement (excluding certain items discussed below) to 0.45% of the Fund’s 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 total annual fund operating expenses after fee waivers and/or expense reimbursement to exceed the numbers reflected above: (1) interest; (2) taxes; (3) dividend expenses 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 May 31, 2021. During its term, the fee waiver agreement cannot be terminated or amended to increase the expense limits or reduce the advisory fee waiver without approval of the Board of Trustees.

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

For the year ended September 30, 2019, the Adviser waived advisory fees of $6,418 and reimbursed fund expenses of $2,707.

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 September 30, 2019, expenses incurred under the agreement are shown in the Statement of Operations as Administration fees. Additionally, Invesco has entered into service agreements whereby JPMorgan Chase Bank serves as custodian to the Fund. Prior to the Reorganization, the Acquired Fund paid administrative fees to OFI Global Asset Management, Inc.

The Trust has entered into a transfer agency and service agreement with Invesco

 

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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. Prior to the Reorganization, the Acquired Fund paid transfer agent fees to OFI Global Asset Management, Inc. and Shareholder Services, Inc. For the year ended September 30, 2019, expenses incurred under these agreements are shown in the Statement of Operations as Transfer and shareholder servicing agent fees.

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 September 30, 2019. The level assigned to the securities valuations may not be an indication of the risk or liquidity associated with investing in those securities. Because of the inherent uncertainties of valuation, the values reflected in the financial statements may materially differ from the value received upon actual sale of those investments.

 

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      Level 1—
Unadjusted
Quoted Prices
  

Level 2—

Other Significant
Observable Inputs

    Level 3—
Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
     Value  
Assets Table           
Investments, at Value:           
Event-Linked Bonds    $      $         351,457,293     $             250,000      $ 351,707,293  
Investment Company      3,232,815                     3,232,815  
  

 

 

 

Total Investments, at Value      3,232,815        351,457,293       250,000        354,940,108  
Other Financial Instruments:           
Forward currency exchange contracts             385,760              385,760  
  

 

 

 

Total Assets    $         3,232,815      $ 351,843,053     $ 250,000      $         355,325,868  
  

 

 

 

Liabilities Table           
Other Financial Instruments:           
Forward currency exchange contracts    $      $ (8,416   $      $ (8,416
  

 

 

 

Total Liabilities    $      $ (8,416   $      $ (8,416
  

 

 

 

Forward currency exchange contracts and futures contracts, if any, are reported at their unrealized appreciation/depreciation at measurement date, which represents the change in the contract’s value from trade date. All additional assets and liabilities included in the above table are reported at their market value at measurement date.

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.

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 asset transactions as of September 30, 2019:

 

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Gross Amounts Not Offset in the Statement of

Assets & Liabilities

 
Counterparty    Gross Amounts
Not Offset in
the Statement
of Assets &
Liabilities*
     Financial
Instruments
Available for
Offset
    Financial
Instruments
Collateral
Received**
     Cash Collateral
Received**
     Net Amount  
Bank of America NA    $         385,760      $                     (8,416   $                         –      $         –      $             377,344  

*OTC derivatives are reported gross on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Exchange traded options and margin related to centrally cleared swaps and futures, if any, are excluded from these reported amounts.

**Reported collateral posted for the benefit of the Fund within this table is limited to the net outstanding amount due from an individual counterparty. The collateral posted for the benefit of the Fund may exceed these amounts.

The table below reflects the Fund’s exposure to Counterparties subject to either an ISDA Master Agreement or other agreement for OTC derivative liability transactions as of September 30, 2019:

 

    

Gross Amounts Not Offset in the Statement of

Assets & Liabilities

 
Counterparty    Gross Amounts
Not Offset in
the Statement
of Assets &
Liabilities*
     Financial
Instruments
Available for
Offset
     Financial
Instruments
Collateral
Pledged**
     Cash Collateral
Pledged**
     Net Amount  
Bank of America NA    $         (8,416)      $                         8,416      $                         –      $         –      $         –  

*OTC derivatives are reported gross on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Exchange traded options and margin related to centrally cleared swaps and futures, if any, are excluded from these reported amounts.

**Reported collateral pledged within this table is limited to the net outstanding amount due from the Fund. The securities pledged as collateral by the Fund as reported on the Statement of Investments may exceed these amounts.

The table below reflects the Fund’s exposure to Counterparties subject to either an ISDA Master Agreement or other agreement for OTC derivative liability transactions as of September 30, 2019:

 

    Asset Derivatives                                                        Liability Derivatives                                         
 

 

 

 

Derivatives

Not Accounted

for as Hedging

Instruments

 

Statement of Assets      

and Liabilities Location

  Value  

Statement of Assets      

and Liabilities Location

  Value
  Unrealized appreciation on     Unrealized depreciation on  
Forward currency   foreign currency exchange     foreign currency exchange  
exchange contracts   contracts   $        385,760   contracts   $                    8,416

Effect of Derivative Investments for the Year Ended September 30, 2019

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

 

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Amount of Realized Gain or (Loss) Recognized on Derivatives

Derivatives

Not Accounted

for as Hedging

Instruments

  

Forward

currency

exchange

contracts

Forward currency exchange contracts    $        1,750,976

 

Amount of Change in Unrealized Gain or (Loss) Recognized on Derivatives

Derivatives

Not Accounted

for as Hedging

Instruments

  

Forward

currency

exchange

contracts

Forward currency exchange contracts    $            178,134
The table below summarizes the year ended average notional value of forward foreign currency contracts during the period.
     

Forward

currency

exchange

contracts

Average Notional Amount    $        21,484,498

Note 5 - Expense Offset Arrangement

The expense offset arrangement is comprised of custodian credits which result from periodic overnight cash balances at the custodian. For the year ended September 30, 2019, the Fund received credits from this arrangement, which resulted in the reduction of the Fund’s total expenses of $784.

Note 6 - Director and Officer Fees and Benefits

Certain Directors have executed a Deferred Compensation Agreement pursuant to which they have the option to elect to defer receipt of all or a portion of the annual compensation they are entitled to receive from the Fund. For purposes of determining the amount owed to the Directors under the plan, deferred amounts are treated as though equal dollar amounts had been invested in shares of the Fund or in other Invesco and/or Invesco Oppenheimer funds selected by the Directors. The Fund purchases shares of the funds selected for deferral by the Directors in amounts equal to his or her deemed investment, resulting in a Fund asset equal to the deferred compensation liability. Such assets are included as a component of “Other” within the asset section of the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Deferral of Directors’ fees under the plan will not affect the net assets of the Fund and will not materially affect the Fund’s assets, liabilities or net investment income per share. Amounts will be deferred until distributed in accordance with the compensation deferral plan.

 

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Note 7 - Cash Balances

The Fund is permitted to temporarily carry a negative or overdrawn balance in its account with JPMorgan Chase Bank, 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 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 year ended September 30, 2019 was $71,301,400 and $46,910,573, 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.

Note 9 - Share Information

Transactions in shares of beneficial interest were as follows:

 

     Year Ended September 30, 20191     Year Ended September 30, 2018     
      Shares     Amount     Shares     Amount     
Class R6         
Contributions      8,298,231     $ 127,534,469       10,042,804     $     155,080,112     
Withdrawals      (9,258,288     (142,256,245     (3,433,950     (53,375,102)    
  

 

 

 
Net increase (decrease)      (960,057   $ (14,721,776                 6,608,854     $     101,705,010     
  

 

 

 

1. There are entities that are record owners of more than 5% of the outstanding shares of the Fund and own 51% 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, 44% of the outstanding shares of the Fund are owned by the Adviser or an affiliate of the Adviser.

 

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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

 

 

 

To the Board of Trustees of AIM Growth Series (Invesco Growth Series) and Shareholders of Invesco Oppenheimer Master Event-Linked Bond Fund

Opinion on the Financial Statements

We have audited the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities, including the schedule of investments, of Invesco Oppenheimer Master Event-Linked Bond Fund (one of the funds constituting AIM Growth Series (Invesco Growth Series), referred to hereafter as the “Fund”) as of September 30, 2019, the related statements of operations and changes in net assets, including the related notes, and the financial highlights for the year ended September 30, 2019 (collectively referred to as the “financial statements”). In our opinion, the financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Fund as of September 30, 2019, the results of its operations, changes in its net assets and the financial highlights for the year ended September 30, 2019 in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

The financial statements of Invesco Oppenheimer Master Event-Linked Bond Fund (formerly known as Oppenheimer Master Event-Linked Bond Fund, LLC) as of and for the year ended September 30, 2018 and the financial highlights for the period ended on or prior to September 30, 2018 (not presented herein, other than the statement of changes in net assets and the financial highlights) were audited by other auditors whose report dated November 21, 2018 expressed an unqualified opinion on those financial statements and financial highlights.

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 audit. 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 audit 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 audit 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 audit 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 September 30, 2019 by correspondence with the custodian, transfer agent and brokers; when replies were not received from brokers, we performed other auditing procedures. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion.

 

/s/PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Houston, Texas
November 27, 2019

 

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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

 

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

 

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INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

 

 

The Audit Committee of the Board of Trustees appointed, and the Board of Trustees ratified and approved, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (“PwC”) as the independent registered public accounting firm of the Fund for the fiscal periods ending after May 24, 2019. Prior to the close of business on May 24, 2019, the Predecessor Fund was a separate series of an unaffiliated investment company and its financial statements were audited by a different independent registered public accounting firm (the “Prior Auditor”).

Effective after the close of business on May 24, 2019, the Prior Auditor resigned as the independent registered public accounting firm of the Fund. The Prior Auditor’s report on the financial statements of the Predecessor Fund for the past two fiscal years did not contain an adverse or disclaimer of opinion, and was not qualified or modified as to uncertainty, audit scope or accounting principles. During the Predecessor Fund’s two most recent fiscal years and through the close of business on May 24, 2019, there were no (1) disagreements with the Prior Auditor on any matter of accounting principles or practices, financial statement disclosure, or auditing scope or procedure, which disagreements, if not resolved to the Prior Auditor’s satisfaction, would have caused it to make reference to that matter in connection with its report; or (2) “reportable events,” as that term is defined in Item 304(a)(1)(v) of Regulation S-K under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

 

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APPROVAL OF INVESTMENT ADVISORY AND SUB-ADVISORY CONTRACTS

 

 

At meetings held on December 14, 2018, the Board of Trustees (the Board or the Trustees) of AIM Growth Series (Invesco Growth Series) (the Trust) as a whole, and the independent Trustees, who comprise over 75% of the Board, voting separately, approved (i) an amendment to the Trust’s Master Investment Advisory Agreement with Invesco Advisers, Inc. (Invesco Advisers and the investment advisory agreement) to add Invesco Oppenheimer Master Event-Linked Bond Fund (the Fund), (ii) an amendment to the Master Intergroup Sub-Advisory Contract for Mutual Funds with 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. to add the Fund, (iii) an amendment to the separate sub-advisory contract with Invesco Capital Management LLC to add the Fund, (iv) an amendment to the separate sub-advisory contract with Invesco Asset Management (India) Private Limited to add the Fund, and (v) an initial sub-advisory contract with OppenheimerFunds, Inc. (collectively, the Affiliated Sub-Advisers and the sub-advisory contracts). Additionally, on March 26, 2019, the Board re-approved an initial sub-advisory contract with OppenheimerFunds, Inc. following its change of control as a result of the acquisition of OppenheimerFunds, Inc. and its subsidiaries, including the Oppenheimer mutual funds (each, an Oppenheimer Fund), by Invesco Ltd. (the OFI Transaction). After evaluating the factors discussed below, among others, the Board approved the Fund’s investment advisory agreement and the sub-advisory contracts and determined that the compensation payable by the Fund to Invesco Advisers and by Invesco Advisers to the Affiliated Sub-Advisers is fair and reasonable.

The Board’s Evaluation Process

The Board noted that it had previously approved establishing the Fund at the Board meeting held on October 23, 2018 and that the Fund was formed to acquire the assets and liabilities of an Oppenheimer Fund (the Acquired Fund) with the same investment objective and substantially similar principal investment strategies and risks. At the time of approval, the Fund had no assets and no performance history and the portfolio managers were not employed by Invesco Advisers or any of the Affiliated Sub-Advisers except OppenheimerFunds, Inc., which was not affiliated with Invesco at that time.

In approving the investment advisory agreement and sub-advisory contracts, the Board followed a process similar to the process that it follows in annually reviewing and approving investment advisory agreements and sub-advisory contracts for the series portfolios of funds advised by Invesco Advisers and considered the information provided in the most recent annual review process for those funds as well as the information provided with respect to the Fund. As part of the approval process, the Board reviewed and considered information provided in response to detailed requests for information submitted to management by the independent Trustees with assistance from legal counsel to the independent Trustees. The Board reviewed comparative investment performance and fee data prepared by Invesco Advisers and an independent mutual fund data provider. The Board was assisted in its review by the Senior Officer, an officer of the Invesco Funds who reports directly to the independent Trustees, and by independent legal counsel.

 

 

36      INVESCO OPPENHEIMER MASTER EVENT-LINKED BOND FUND


    

 

 

The discussion below serves as a summary of the material factors and related conclusions that formed the basis for the Board’s approval of the Fund’s investment advisory agreement and sub-advisory contracts. The Trustees’ review and conclusions are based on the comprehensive consideration of all information presented to them and are not the result of any single determinative factor. Moreover, one Trustee may have weighed a particular piece of information or factor differently than another Trustee. This information is current as of December 14, 2018 and March 26, 2019 for the sub-advisory contract with OppenheimerFunds, Inc.

Factors and Conclusions and Summary of Independent Written Fee Evaluation

A. Nature, Extent and Quality of Services Provided by Invesco Advisers and the Affiliated Sub-Advisers

The Board reviewed the nature, extent and quality of the advisory services to be provided to the Fund by Invesco Advisers under the Fund’s investment advisory agreement, and the credentials and experience of the officers and employees of Invesco Advisers who will provide these services. The Board’s review included consideration of the investment process oversight and structure, credit analysis and investment risk management to be employed in providing advisory services to the Fund. The Board also considered non-advisory services that Invesco Advisers and its affiliates provide to the Invesco Funds and will provide to the Fund, such as various back office support functions, third party oversight, internal audit, valuation, portfolio trading and legal and compliance. The Board also received and reviewed information about Invesco Advisers’ role as administrator of the Invesco Funds’ liquidity risk management program. The Board also reviewed and considered the benefits to shareholders of investing in a fund that is part of the Invesco family of funds under the umbrella of Invesco Ltd., Invesco Advisers’ parent company, and noted Invesco Ltd.’s depth and experience in conducting an investment management business, as well as its commitment of financial and other resources to such business. The Board reviewed and considered information about the resources that Invesco Advisers intends to continue to commit to managing the Invesco family of funds, including the Fund, following the OFI Transaction. The Board concluded that the nature, extent and quality of the services to be provided to the Fund by Invesco Advisers are appropriate and satisfactory.

The Board reviewed the services that may be provided by the Affiliated Sub-Advisers under the sub-advisory contracts and the credentials and experience of the officers and employees of the Affiliated Sub-Advisers who provide these services. The Board noted the Affiliated Sub-Advisers’ expertise with respect to certain asset classes and that the Affiliated Sub-Advisers have offices and personnel that are located in financial centers around the world. As a result, the Board noted that the Affiliated Sub-Advisers can provide research and investment analysis on the markets and economies of various countries in which the Fund may invest, make recommendations regarding securities and assist with security trades. The Board concluded that the sub-advisory contracts may benefit the Fund and its shareholders by permitting Invesco Advisers to use the resources and talents of the Affiliated Sub-Advisers

 

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APPROVAL OF INVESTMENT ADVISORY AND SUB-ADVISORY CONTRACTS Continued

 

 

in managing the Fund. The Board concluded that the nature, extent and quality of the services that may be provided by the Affiliated Sub-Advisers are appropriate and satisfactory.

B. Fund Investment Performance

The Board noted that the Fund would continue the historical performance information of the Acquired Fund following the consummation of the OFI Transaction. The Board considered the performance of the Acquired Fund and the fact that, at the closing of the OFI Transaction, management anticipates that the Fund will be managed pursuant to substantially similar investment strategies and by substantially the same portfolio management team as managed the Acquired Fund. The Board did not view Fund performance as a relevant factor in considering whether to approve the sub-advisory contracts for the Fund, as no Affiliated Sub-Adviser currently manages assets of the Fund.

The Board compared the Fund’s investment performance over multiple time periods ending December 31, 2017 to the performance of funds in the Morningstar performance universe and against the Fund’s benchmark index. The Trustees also reviewed more recent Fund performance and this review did not change their conclusions.

C. Advisory and Sub-Advisory Fees and Fund Expenses

The Board compared the Fund’s contractual management fee rate to the contractual management fee rates of funds in the Fund’s Morningstar expense group. The Board also considered comparative information regarding the Fund’s total expense ratio and its various components.

The Board noted that Invesco Advisers has contractually agreed to waive fees and/or limit expenses of the Fund for at least two years from the closing date of the OFI Transaction in an amount necessary to limit total annual operating expenses to a specified percentage of average daily net assets for each class of the Fund.

The Board noted that Invesco Advisers and the Affiliated Sub-Advisers do not manage other similarly managed mutual funds or client accounts.

The Board also considered the services that may be provided by the Affiliated Sub-Advisers pursuant to the sub-advisory contracts, as well as the fees payable by Invesco Advisers to the Affiliated Sub-Advisers pursuant to the sub-advisory contracts.

D. Economies of Scale and Breakpoints

The Board considered the extent to which there may be economies of scale in the provision of advisory services to the Fund. The Board considered Invesco’s reinvestment in its business, including investments in business infrastructure and cybersecurity. The Board noted that the Fund will not benefit from economies of scale through contractual breakpoints, but will share in economies of scale through lower fees charged by third party service providers based on the combined size of the Invesco Funds. The Board noted that the Fund may

 

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also benefit from economies of scale through initial fee setting, fee waivers and expense reimbursements.

E. Profitability and Financial Resources

The Board reviewed information from the 2018 contract renewal process provided by Invesco Advisers concerning the costs of the advisory and other services that Invesco Advisers and its affiliates provide to the Invesco Funds and the profitability of Invesco Advisers and its affiliates in providing these services. The Board considered the methodology used for calculating profitability and noted the periodic review of such methodology by an independent consultant. The Board noted that Invesco Advisers will continue to operate at a net profit from services Invesco Advisers and its affiliates provide to the Invesco Funds. The Board did not deem the level of profits realized by Invesco Advisers and its affiliates from providing services to the Invesco Funds, and the profits estimated to be realized by the Fund, to be excessive given the nature, extent and quality of the services provided. The Board received information from Invesco Advisers demonstrating that Invesco Advisers and the Affiliated Sub-Advisers are financially sound and have the resources necessary to perform their obligations under the investment advisory agreement and sub-advisory contracts.

F. Collateral Benefits to Invesco Advisers and its Affiliates

The Board considered various other benefits to be received by Invesco Advisers and its affiliates from the relationship with the Fund, including the fees to be received for providing administrative, transfer agency and distribution services to the Fund. The Board considered the performance of Invesco Advisers and its affiliates in providing these services to other Invesco Funds and the organizational structure employed to provide these services. The Board also considered that these services will be provided to the Fund pursuant to written contracts that are reviewed and approved on an annual basis by the Board; and that the services are required for the operation of the Fund.

The Board considered the benefits realized by Invesco Advisers and the Affiliated Sub-Advisers as a result of portfolio brokerage transactions executed through “soft dollar” arrangements. Invesco Advisers noted that the Fund will not execute brokerage transactions through “soft dollar” arrangements to any significant degree.

The Board considered that the Fund’s uninvested cash and cash collateral from any securities lending arrangements may be invested in money market funds advised by Invesco Advisers pursuant to procedures approved by the Board. The Board considered that Invesco Advisers will receive advisory fees from these affiliated money market funds attributable to such investments, although Invesco Advisers has contractually agreed to waive through varying periods the advisory fees payable by the Invesco Funds with respect to certain investments in the affiliated money market funds. The waiver is in an amount equal to 100% of the net advisory fee Invesco Advisers will receive from the affiliated money market funds with respect to the Fund’s investment in the affiliated money market funds of uninvested cash, but not cash collateral. The Board concluded that the amount of advisory fees to be

 

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APPROVAL OF INVESTMENT ADVISORY AND SUB-ADVISORY CONTRACTS Continued

 

 

received by Invesco Advisers from the Fund’s investment of cash collateral from any securities lending arrangements in the affiliated money market funds is fair and reasonable.

 

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PORTFOLIO PROXY VOTING POLICIES AND GUIDELINES;

UPDATES TO SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS

 

 

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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-PORT. The most recent list of portfolio holdings is available at invesco. com/completeqtrholdings. Shareholders can also look up the Fund’s Forms N-PORT on the SEC website at sec.gov.

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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SHAREHOLDER PROXY

 

 

A Special Meeting (“Meeting”) of Shareholders of Invesco Oppenheimer Master Event-Linked Bond Fund was held on April 12, 2019. The Meeting was held for the following purpose:

(1) Approval of an Agreement and Plan of Reorganization that provides for the reorganization of Oppenheimer Master Event-Linked Bond Fund, LLC into Invesco Oppenheimer Master Event-Linked Bond Fund.

The results of the voting on the above matter was as follows:

 

Matter   

    Votes

For

     Votes
      Against
     Votes
      Abstain
     Broker
      Non-Votes
 
(1) Approval of an Agreement and Plan of Reorganization      22,055,913        0        0         

 

 

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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. Flanagan 1 — 1960 Trustee and Vice Chair    2007    

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

 

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

 

        229    None
   
Philip A. Taylor 2 — 1954 Trustee    2006    

Vice Chair, Invesco Ltd.; Trustee, The Invesco Funds

 

Formerly: Director, Invesco Canada Ltd. (formerly known as Invesco Trimark Ltd./ Invesco Trimark Ltèe) (registered investment adviser and registered transfer agent); 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);

 

        229    None
 

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

 

 

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 of Invesco Ltd., ultimate parent 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

           

INTERESTED PERSONS (CONTINUED)

 

                        
   
Philip A. Taylor (Continued)        

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); Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Invesco Canada Ltd. (formerly known as Invesco Trimark Ltd./Invesco Trimark Ltèe) (registered investment adviser and registered transfer agent); Senior Vice President, The Invesco Funds; Director, Invesco Investment Advisers LLC (formerly known as Van Kampen Asset Management); Director, Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President, Invesco Management Group, Inc. (formerly known as Invesco AIM Management Group, Inc.) (financial services holding company); 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

 

              

 

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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 (CONTINUED)

 

                        
   
Philip A. Taylor (Continued)         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 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.               

 

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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    2003    

Chairman, Crockett Technologies Associates (technology consulting company)     

 

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

 

        229   

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

 

   

David C. Arch – 1945

Trustee

   2010     Chairman of Blistex Inc. (consumer health care products manufacturer); Member, World Presidents’ Organization         229   

Board member of the Illinois Manufacturers’ Association

 

   
Beth Ann Brown – 1968 Trustee    2019    

Independent Consultant     

 

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

        229   

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

 

   

Jack M. Fields – 1952

Trustee

   2003    

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

 

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

 

        229    None

 

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Name, Year of Birth and

  Position(s) Held with the Trust  

  

Trustee 
and/or 
Officer 
Since 

 

  

Principal Occupation(s)

During Past 5 Years

        Number of Funds 
in Fund Complex 
Overseen by Trustee 
  

Other Directorship(s)
Held by Trustee During

Past 5 Years

           

INDEPENDENT TRUSTEES

(CONTINUED)

                        
   
Cynthia Hostetler —1962 Trustee    2017    

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

 

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

        229   

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

 

   

Eli Jones – 1961

Trustee

   2016    

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

 

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

 

        229    Insperity, Inc. (formerly known as Administaff) (human resources provider)
   
Elizabeth Krentzman – 1959 Trustee    2019    

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

 

        229   

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

 

 

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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

(CONTINUED)

 

                        
   
Anthony J. LaCava, Jr. –1956 Trustee    2019     Formerly: Director and Member of the Audit Committee, Blue Hills Bank (publicly traded financial institution) and Managing Partner, KPMG LLP         229   

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

 

   

Prema Mathai-Davis – 1950

Trustee

   2003    

Retired     

 

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

 

        229    None
   

Joel W. Motley – 1952

Trustee

   2019    

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

 

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

        229   

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

 

   
Teresa M. Ressel — 1962 Trustee    2017    

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

 

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

 

        229    Atlantic Power Corporation (power generation company); ON Semiconductor Corp. (semiconductor supplier)
   
Ann Barnett Stern – 1957 Trustee    2017    

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

 

Formerly: Executive Vice President and General Counsel, Texas Children’s Hospital;

 

        229    Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas

 

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Name, Year of Birth and

  Position(s) Held with the Trust  

  

Trustee 
and/or 
Officer 
Since 

 

  

Principal Occupation(s)

During Past 5 Years

        Number of Funds 
in Fund Complex 
Overseen by Trustee 
  

Other Directorship(s)
Held by Trustee During

Past 5 Years

           

INDEPENDENT TRUSTEES

(CONTINUED)

 

                        
   
Ann Barnett Stern (Continued)        

Attorney, Beck, Redden and Secrest, LLP; Business Law Instructor, University of St. Thomas; Attorney, Andrews & Kurth LLP

 

              
   

Raymond Stickel, Jr. – 1944

Trustee

   2005    

Retired     

 

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

 

        229    None
   
Robert C. Troccoli – 1949 Trustee    2016    

Retired     

 

Formerly: Adjunct Professor, University of Denver – Daniels College of Business, Senior Partner, KPMG LLP

 

        229    None
   
Daniel S. Vandivort –1954 Trustee    2019    

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

 

Formerly: Trustee and Governance Chair, of certain Oppenheimer Funds

 

        229   

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

 

   
James D. Vaughn – 1945 Trustee    2019    

Retired     

 

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

        229   

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

 

   

Christopher L. Wilson – 1957

Trustee, Vice Chair and Chair Designate

   2017    

Retired     

 

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

 

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

 

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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

   2003     Head of Global Fund Services, Invesco Ltd.; President, Principal Executive Officer and Treasurer, The Invesco Funds; Vice President, Invesco Advisers, Inc. (formerly known as Invesco Institutional (N.A.), Inc.) (registered investment adviser); and Vice President, Invesco Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, Invesco Exchange-Traded Fund Trust II, Invesco India Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, Invesco Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, Invesco Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Commodity Fund Trust and Invesco Exchange-Traded Self-Indexed Fund Trust, and Vice President, OppenheimerFunds, Inc.     N/A    N/A
   
       

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

 

        
           

Russell C. Burk — 1958

Senior Vice President and

Senior Officer

 

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

Jeffrey H. Kupor – 1968

Senior Vice President, Chief

Legal Officer and Secretary

   2018    

Head of Legal of the Americas, Invesco Ltd.; Senior Vice President and Secretary, Invesco Advisers, Inc. (formerly known as Invesco Institutional (N.A.), Inc.) (registered investment adviser); Senior Vice President and Secretary, Invesco Distributors, Inc. (formerly known as Invesco AIM Distributors, Inc.); Vice President and Secretary, Invesco Investment Services, Inc. (formerly known as Invesco AIM Investment Services, Inc.) Senior Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Secretary, The Invesco Funds; Secretary and General Counsel, Invesco Investment Advisers LLC (formerly known as Van Kampen Asset Management); Secretary and General Counsel, Invesco Capital Markets, Inc. (formerly known as Van Kampen Funds Inc.) and Chief Legal

 

      N/A    N/A

 

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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)

 

                      
   

Jeffrey H. Kupor (Continued)

     

Officer, Invesco Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, Invesco Exchange-Traded Fund Trust II, Invesco India Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, Invesco Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, Invesco Actively Managed Exchange- Traded Commodity Fund Trust and Invesco Exchange-Traded Self-Indexed Fund Trust; Secretary, Invesco Indexing LLC; Secretary, W.L. Ross & Co., LLC

 

        
   
       

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

 

        
           

Andrew R. Schlossberg – 1974

Senior Vice President

   2019    

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

 

    N/A    N/A
   
         

Formerly: Director, Invesco UK Limited; Director and Chief Executive, Invesco Asset Management Limited and Invesco Fund Managers Limited; Assistant Vice President, The Invesco Funds; Senior Vice President, Invesco Advisers, Inc. (formerly known as Invesco Institutional (N.A.), Inc.) (registered investment adviser); Director and Chief Executive, Invesco Administration Services

 

            

 

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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

 

OTHER OFFICERS (CONTINUED)

 

                      
   

Andrew R. Schlossberg (Continued)

     

Limited and Invesco Global Investment Funds Limited; Director, Invesco Distributors, Inc.; Head of EMEA, Invesco Ltd.; President, Invesco Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Commodity Fund Trust, Invesco Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, Invesco Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, Invesco Exchange-Traded Fund Trust II and Invesco India Exchange-Traded Fund Trust; Managing Director and Principal Executive Officer, Invesco Capital Management LLC

 

        
           

John M. Zerr — 1962

Senior Vice President

   2006    

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

 

    N/A    N/A
   
         

Formerly: Director and Senior Vice President, Invesco Management Group, Inc. (formerly known as Invesco AIM Management Group, Inc.); Secretary and General Counsel, Invesco Management Group, Inc. (formerly known as Invesco AIM Management Group, Inc.); Secretary, Invesco Investment Services, Inc. (formerly known as Invesco AIM Investment Services, Inc.); Chief Legal Officer and

 

            

 

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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)

 

                      
   

John M. Zerr (Continued)

     

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

 

        
           

Gregory G. McGreevey - 1962 Senior Vice President

   2012     Senior Managing Director, Invesco Ltd.; Director, Chairman, President, and Chief Executive Officer, Invesco Advisers, Inc. (formerly known as Invesco Institutional (N.A.), Inc.) (registered investment adviser); Director, Invesco Mortgage Capital, Inc. and Invesco Senior Secured Management, Inc.; and Senior Vice President, The Invesco Funds; and President, SNW Asset Management Corporation     N/A    N/A
   
         

Formerly: Senior Vice President, Invesco

 

            

 

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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

 

 

OTHER OFFICERS (CONTINUED)

 

                      
   

Gregory G. McGreevey (Continued)

     

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

 

        
           

Kelli Gallegos – 1970

Vice President, Principal

Financial Officer and Assistant Treasurer

   2008     Principal Financial and Accounting Officer – Investments Pool, Invesco Specialized Products, LLC; Vice President, Principal Financial Officer and Assistant Treasurer, The Invesco Funds; Principal Financial and Accounting Officer – Pooled Investments, Invesco Capital Management LLC; Vice President and Treasurer, Invesco Exchange- Traded Fund Trust, Invesco Exchange-Traded Fund Trust II, Invesco India Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, Invesco Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, Invesco Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Commodity Fund Trust and Invesco Exchange-Traded Self- Indexed Fund Trust     N/A    N/A
   
       

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

 

        
           

Crissie M. Wisdom – 1969

Anti-Money Laundering Compliance Officer

   2013    

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

 

      N/A    N/A

 

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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)

 

                      
           

Crissie M. Wisdom (Continued)

      Controls and Risk Analysis Manager for Invesco Investment Services, Inc.         
   
       

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

 

        
           

Robert R. Leveille – 1969

Chief Compliance Officer

   2016     Chief Compliance Officer, Invesco Advisers, Inc. (registered investment adviser); and Chief Compliance Officer, The Invesco Funds     N/A    N/A
   
         

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

 

            

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

 

Office of the Fund    Investment Adviser    Distributor    Auditors
11 Greenway Plaza,    Invesco Advisers, Inc.    Invesco Distributors, Inc.    PricewaterhouseCoopers
Suite 1000    1555 Peachtree Street, N.E.    11 Greenway Plaza,    LLP
Houston, TX 77046-1173    Atlanta, GA 30309    Suite 1000    1000 Louisiana Street,
      Houston, TX    Suite 5800
      77046-1173    Houston, TX 77002-5021
Counsel to the Fund    Counsel to the    Transfer Agent    Custodian
Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young,    Independent Trustees    Invesco Investment    JPMorgan Chase Bank
LLP    Goodwin Procter LLP    Services, Inc.    4 Chase Metro Tech
2005 Market Street,    901 New York Avenue, N.W.    11 Greenway Plaza,    Center
Suite 2600    Washington, D.C. 20001    Suite 1000    Brooklyn, NY 11245
Philadelphia, PA 19103-7018       Houston, TX   
      77046-1173   

 

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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 experts are David C. Arch, Bruce L. Crockett, Cynthia Hostetler, Elizabeth Krentzman, Anthony J. LaCava, Jr., Teresa M. Ressel, Raymond Stickel, Jr., Robert C. Troccoli and James Vaughn. David C. Arch, Bruce L. Crockett, Cynthia Hostetler, Elizabeth Krentzman, Anthony J. LaCava, Jr., Teresa M. Ressel, Raymond Stickel, Jr., Robert C. Troccoli and James Vaughn are “independent” within the meaning of that term as used in Form N-CSR.

 

ITEM 4.

PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTANT FEES AND SERVICES.

During the reporting period, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLC (“PwC”) advised the Audit Committee of the following matters for consideration under the SEC’s auditor independence rules. PwC advised the Audit Committee that a PwC Senior Associate, a PwC Manager and a PwC Director each held financial interests in investment companies within the Invesco Fund Complex that were inconsistent with the requirements of Rule 2-01(c)(1) of Regulation S-X. PwC noted, among other things, that during the time of its audit, the engagement team was not aware of the investments (or with respect to the PwC Senior Associate and one PwC Manager. was not aware until after the investments were confirmed as SEC exceptions), the individuals were not in the chain of command of the audit or the audit partners of Invesco or the affiliate of the Registrant, the services each individual provided were not relied upon by the audit engagement team with respect to the audit of the Registrant or its affiliates (or with respect to the PwC Senior Associate, the services were performed by an individual who did not have decision-making responsibilities for matters that materially affected the audit and were reviewed by team members at least two levels higher than the PwC Senior Associate), and the investments were not material to the net worth of each individual or their respective immediate family members which PwC considered in reaching its conclusion. PwC advised the Audit Committee that it believes its objectivity and impartiality had not been adversely affected by these matters as they related to the audit of the Registrant.

On May 24, 2019, certain investment advisor subsidiaries of Invesco Ltd. assumed management responsibility from Oppenheimer Funds, Inc. (“OFI”) for 83 open-end mutual funds and 20 exchange-traded funds (collectively, the “Oppenheimer Funds”). Assumption of management responsibility for the Oppenheimer Funds was accomplished through the reorganization of each Oppenheimer Fund into a new Invesco shell fund (collectively, the “New Invesco Funds”) that did not have pre-existing assets (together, the “Reorganizations”). The Reorganizations were part of the acquisition by Invesco Ltd. (together with its subsidiaries, “Invesco”) of the asset management business of OFI (including the Oppenheimer Funds) from Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company (“MassMutual”), which was also consummated on May 24, 2019 (the “Acquisition”). Subsequent to the Acquisition, MassMutual became a significant shareholder of Invesco, and the Invesco Ltd. board of directors expanded by one director with the addition of a director selected by MassMutual.

Prior to the consummation of the Acquisition and the Reorganizations on May 24, 2019, PwC completed an independence assessment to evaluate the services and relationships with OFI and its affiliates, which


became affiliates of Invesco upon the closing of the Acquisition. The assessment identified the following relationship and services that are inconsistent with the auditor independence rules under Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X (“Rule 2-01”) if provided to an affiliate of an audit client. A retired PwC partner who receives a benefit from PwC that is not fully funded, served as a member of Audit Committee of the Boards of Trustees of certain Oppenheimer Funds prior to the Acquisition (the “Pre-Reorganization Relationship”). Additionally, PwC provided certain non-audit services including, expert legal services to one Oppenheimer Fund, custody of client assets in connection with payroll services, a non-audit service performed pursuant to a success-based fee, non-audit services in which PwC acted as an advocate on behalf of a MassMutual foreign affiliate and certain employee activities undertaken in connection with the provision of non-audit services for MassMutual and certain MassMutual foreign affiliates (collectively, the “Pre-Reorganization Services”).

PwC and the Audit Committees of the New Invesco Funds each considered the impact that the Pre-Reorganization Relationship and Services have on PwC’s independence with respect to the New Invesco Funds. On the basis of the nature of the relationship and services performed, and in particular the mitigating factors described below, PwC concluded that a reasonable investor, possessing knowledge of all the relevant facts and circumstances regarding the Pre-Reorganization Relationship and Services, would conclude that the Pre-Reorganization Relationship and Services do not impair PwC’s ability to exhibit the requisite objectivity and impartiality to report on the financial statements of the New Invesco Funds for the years ending May 31, 2019 – April 30, 2020 (“PwC’s Conclusion”).

The Audit Committees of the Boards of Trustees of the New Invesco Funds, based upon PwC’s Conclusion and the concurrence of Invesco, considered the relevant facts and circumstances including the mitigating factors described below and, after careful consideration, concluded that PwC is capable of exercising objective and impartial judgment in connection with its audits of the financial statements of the New Invesco Funds that the respective Boards of Trustees oversee.

Mitigating factors that PwC and the Audit Committees considered in reaching their respective conclusions included, among others, the following factors:

 

none of the Pre-Reorganization Relationship or Services created a mutuality of interest between PwC and the New Invesco Funds;

 

PwC will not act in a management or employee capacity for the New Invesco Funds or their affiliates during any portion of PwC’s professional engagement period;

 

other than the expert legal services, Pre-Reorganization Services that have been provided to OFI, MassMutual and their affiliates do not have any impact on the financial statements of the New Invesco Funds;

 

as it relates to the expert legal services, while the service provided by PwC related to litigation involving one Oppenheimer Fund, the impact of the litigation on the Oppenheimer Fund’s financial statements was based upon OFI’s decision, and OFI management represented that the PwC service was not considered a significant component of its decision;

 

while certain employees of OFI who were involved in the financial reporting process of the Oppenheimer Funds will be employed by Invesco subsequent to the Reorganizations, existing officers of other Invesco Funds will serve as Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer or equivalent roles for the New Invesco Funds, and are ultimately responsible for the accuracy of all financial statement assertions for the entirety of the financial reporting periods for the New Invesco Funds;


 

the Pre-Reorganization Services giving rise to the lack of independence were provided to, or entered into with, OFI, MassMutual and their affiliates at a time when PwC had no independence restriction with respect to these entities;

 

with the exception of the expert legal service provided to one Oppenheimer Fund, none of the Pre-Reorganization Services affected the operations or financial reporting of the New Invesco Funds;

 

the Pre-Reorganization Services provided by PwC to OFI, MassMutual and their affiliates were performed by persons who were not, and will not be, part of the audit engagement team for the New Invesco Funds; and

 

the fees associated with the Pre-Reorganization Services were not material to MassMutual, Invesco or PwC.

(a) to (d)

Fees Billed by PwC Related to the Registrant

PwC billed the series of the Registrant with a fiscal year end of September 30, 2019 (each a “Fund”) aggregate fees for services rendered to these Funds as shown in the following table. Each Fund is newly organized and was created, respectively, for the purpose of acquiring the assets and liabilities of a corresponding predecessor fund (each, a “Reorganization”). Each Reorganization was consummated after the close of business on May 24, 2019, prior to which each Fund had not yet commenced operations. Accordingly, the information shown in the following table has been provided for the periods since each Fund’s commencement of operations. The Audit Committee pre-approved all audit and non-audit services provided to the Funds.

 

    Fees Billed for Services
Rendered to the Registrant for
fiscal year end 2019

        

Audit Fees

  $ 58,840

Audit-Related Fees

  $ 0

Tax Fees(1)

  $ 0

All Other Fees

  $ 0

 

 

 

Total Fees

  $                 58,840

(g) PwC billed the Registrant aggregate non-audit fees of $0 for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2019

 

 

 

  (1)

Tax Fees for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2019 include 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”), each Fund’s adviser, and any entity controlling, controlled by or under common control with Invesco that provides ongoing services to each Fund (“Invesco Affiliates”) aggregate fees for pre-approved non-audit services rendered to Invesco and Invesco Affiliates for the periods since each Fund’s commencement of operations as shown in the following table. The Audit Committee pre-approved all non-audit services provided to Invesco and Invesco Affiliates.


 

        

Fees Billed for Non-Audit Services
Rendered to Invesco and  Affiliates
for fiscal year end 2019 That Were
Required

to be Pre-Approved

by the Registrant’s

Audit Committee

 
            
 

Audit-Related Fees(1)

      $ 690,000                          
 

Tax Fees

      $ 0     
 

All Other Fees

                           $ 0     
       

 

 

    
 

Total Fees

      $       690,000     

 

 

 

(1)

Audit-Related Fees for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2019 include fees billed related to reviewing controls at a service organization.

(e)(2) There were no amounts that were pre-approved by the Audit Committee pursuant to the de minimis 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 $3,984,000 for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2019 for non-audit services rendered to Invesco and Invesco Affiliates.

PwC provided audit services to the Investment Company complex of approximately $34 million.

(h) The Audit Committee also has considered whether the provision of non-audit services that were rendered to Invesco and Invesco Affiliates that were not required to be pre-approved pursuant to SEC regulations, if any, is compatible with maintaining PwC’s independence.

(e)(1)

PRE-APPROVAL OF AUDIT AND NON-AUDIT SERVICES

POLICIES AND PROCEDURES

As adopted by the Audit Committees

of the Invesco Funds (the “Funds”)

Last Amended March 29, 2017

 

  I.

Statement of Principles

The Audit Committees (the “Audit Committee”) of the Boards of Trustees of the Funds (the “Board”) have adopted these policies and procedures (the “Procedures”) with respect to the pre-approval of audit and non-audit services to be provided by the Funds’ independent auditor (the “Auditor”) to the Funds, and to the Funds’ investment adviser(s) and any entity controlling, controlled by, or under common control with the investment adviser(s) that provides ongoing services to the Funds (collectively, “Service Affiliates”).


Under Section 202 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, all audit and non-audit services provided to the Funds by the Auditor must be preapproved by the Audit Committee. Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X requires that the Audit Committee also pre-approve a Service Affiliate’s engagement of the Auditor for non-audit services if the engagement relates directly to the operations and financial reporting of the Funds (a “Service Affiliate’s Covered Engagement”).

These Procedures set forth the procedures and the conditions pursuant to which the Audit Committee may pre-approve audit and non-audit services for the Funds and a Service Affiliate’s Covered Engagement pursuant to rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) and other organizations and regulatory bodies applicable to the Funds (“Applicable Rules”).1 They address both general pre-approvals without consideration of specific case-by-case services (“general pre-approvals”) and pre-approvals on a case-by-case basis (“specific pre-approvals”). Any services requiring pre-approval that are not within the scope of general pre-approvals hereunder are subject to specific pre-approval. These Procedures also address the delegation by the Audit Committee of pre-approval authority to the Audit Committee Chair or Vice Chair.

 

  II.

Pre-Approval of Fund Audit Services

The annual Fund audit services engagement, including terms and fees, is subject to specific pre-approval by the Audit Committee. Audit services include the annual financial statement audit and other procedures required to be performed by an independent auditor to be able to form an opinion on the Funds’ financial statements. The Audit Committee will receive, review and consider sufficient information concerning a proposed Fund audit engagement to make a reasonable evaluation of the Auditor’s qualifications and independence. The Audit Committee will oversee the Fund audit services engagement as necessary, including approving any changes in terms, audit scope, conditions and fees.

In addition to approving the Fund audit services engagement at least annually and specifically approving any changes, the Audit Committee may generally or specifically pre-approve engagements for other audit services, which are those services that only an independent auditor reasonably can provide. Other audit services may include services associated with SEC registration statements, periodic reports and other documents filed with the SEC.

 

  III.

General and Specific Pre-Approval of Non-Audit Fund Services

The Audit Committee will consider, at least annually, the list of General Pre-Approved Non-Audit Services which list may be terminated or modified at any time by the Audit Committee. To inform the Audit Committee’s review and approval of General Pre-Approved Non-Audit Services, the Funds’ Treasurer (or his or her designee) and Auditor shall provide such information regarding independence or other matters as the Audit Committee may request.

Any services or fee ranges that are not within the scope of General Pre-Approved Non-Audit Services have not received general pre-approval and require specific pre-approval. Each request for specific pre-approval by the Audit Committee for services to be provided by the Auditor to the Funds must be submitted to the Audit Committee by the Funds’ Treasurer (or his or her designee) and must include detailed information about the services to be provided, the fees or fee ranges to be charged, and other relevant information sufficient to allow the Audit Committee to consider

 

1 Applicable Rules include, for example, New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) rules applicable to closed-end funds managed by Invesco and listed on NYSE.


whether to pre-approve such engagement, including evaluating whether the provision of such services will impair the independence of the Auditor and is otherwise consistent with Applicable Rules.

 

  IV.

Non-Audit Service Types

The Audit Committee may provide either general or specific pre-approval of audit-related, tax or other services, each as described in more detail below.

 

  a.

Audit-Related Services

“Audit-related services” are assurance and related services that are reasonably related to the performance of the audit or review of the Fund’s financial statements or that are traditionally performed by an independent auditor. Audit-related services include, among others, accounting consultations related to accounting, financial reporting or disclosure matters not classified as “Audit services”; assistance with understanding and implementing new accounting and financial reporting guidance from rulemaking authorities; services related to mergers, acquisitions or dispositions; compliance with ratings agency requirements and interfund lending activities; and assistance with internal control reporting requirements.

 

  b.

Tax Services

“Tax services” include, but are not limited to, the review and signing of the Funds’ federal tax returns, the review of required distributions by the Funds and consultations regarding tax matters such as the tax treatment of new investments or the impact of new regulations. The Audit Committee will not approve proposed services of the Auditor which the Audit Committee believes are to be provided in connection with a service or transaction initially recommended by the Auditor, the sole business purpose of which may be tax avoidance and the tax treatment of which may not be supported in the Internal Revenue Code and related regulations. The Audit Committee will consult with the Funds’ Treasurer (or his or her designee) and may consult with outside counsel or advisers as necessary to ensure the consistency of tax services rendered by the Auditor with the foregoing policy. The Auditor shall not represent any Fund or any Service Affiliate before a tax court, district court or federal court of claims.

Each request to provide tax services under either the general or specific pre-approval of the Audit Committee will include a description from the Auditor in writing of (i) the scope of the service, the fee structure for the engagement, and any side letter or other amendment to the engagement letter, or any other agreement (whether oral, written, or otherwise) between the Auditor and the Funds, relating to the service; and (ii) any compensation arrangement or other agreement, such as a referral agreement, a referral fee or fee-sharing arrangement, between the Auditor (or an affiliate of the Auditor) and any person (other than the Funds or Service Affiliates receiving the services) with respect to the promoting, marketing, or recommending of a transaction covered by the service. The Auditor will also discuss with the Audit Committee the potential effects of the services on the independence of the Auditor, and document the substance of its discussion with the Audit Committee.

 

  c.

Other Services


The Audit Committee may pre-approve other non-audit services so long as the Audit Committee believes that the service will not impair the independence of the Auditor. Appendix I includes a list of services that the Auditor is prohibited from performing by the SEC rules. Appendix I also includes a list of services that would impair the Auditor’s independence unless the Audit Committee reasonably concludes that the results of the services will not be subject to audit procedures during an audit of the Funds’ financial statements.

 

  V.

Pre-Approval of Service Affiliate’s Covered Engagements

Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X requires that the Audit Committee pre-approve a Service Affiliate’s engagement of the Auditor for non-audit services if the engagement relates directly to the operations and financial reporting of the Funds, defined above as a “Service Affiliate’s Covered Engagement”.

The Audit Committee may provide either general or specific pre-approval of any Service Affiliate’s Covered Engagement, including for audit-related, tax or other services, as described above, if the Audit Committee believes that the provision of the services to a Service Affiliate will not impair the independence of the Auditor with respect to the Funds. Any Service Affiliate’s Covered Engagements that are not within the scope of General Pre-Approved Non-Audit Services have not received general pre-approval and require specific pre-approval.

Each request for specific pre-approval by the Audit Committee of a Service Affiliate’s Covered Engagement must be submitted to the Audit Committee by the Funds’ Treasurer (or his or her designee) and must include detailed information about the services to be provided, the fees or fee ranges to be charged, a description of the current status of the pre-approval process involving other audit committees in the Invesco investment company complex (as defined in Rule 2-201 of Regulation S-X) with respect to the proposed engagement, and other relevant information sufficient to allow the Audit Committee to consider whether the provision of such services will impair the independence of the Auditor from the Funds. Additionally, the Funds’ Treasurer (or his or her designee) and the Auditor will provide the Audit Committee with a statement that the proposed engagement requires pre-approval by the Audit Committee, the proposed engagement, in their view, will not impair the independence of the Auditor and is consistent with Applicable Rules, and the description of the proposed engagement provided to the Audit Committee is consistent with that presented to or approved by the Invesco audit committee.

Information about all Service Affiliate engagements of the Auditor for non-audit services, whether or not subject to pre-approval by the Audit Committee, shall be provided to the Audit Committee at least quarterly, to allow the Audit Committee to consider whether the provision of such services is compatible with maintaining the Auditor’s independence from the Funds. The Funds’ Treasurer and Auditor shall provide the Audit Committee with sufficiently detailed information about the scope of services provided and the fees for such services, to ensure that the Audit Committee can adequately consider whether the provision of such services is compatible with maintaining the Auditor’s independence from the Funds.

 

  VI.

Pre-Approved Fee Levels or Established Amounts


Pre-approved fee levels or ranges for audit and non-audit services to be provided by the Auditor to the Funds, and for a Service Affiliate’s Covered Engagement, under general pre-approval or specific pre-approval will be set periodically by the Audit Committee. Any proposed fees exceeding 110% of the maximum pre-approved fee levels or ranges for such services or engagements will be promptly presented to the Audit Committee and will require specific pre-approval by the Audit Committee before payment of any additional fees is made.

 

  VII.

Delegation

The Audit Committee hereby delegates, subject to the dollar limitations set forth below, specific authority to its Chair, or in his or her absence, Vice Chair, to pre-approve audit and non-audit services proposed to be provided by the Auditor to the Funds and/or a Service Affiliate’s Covered Engagement, between Audit Committee meetings. Such delegation does not preclude the Chair or Vice Chair from declining, on a case by case basis, to exercise his or her delegated authority and instead convening the Audit Committee to consider and pre-approve any proposed services or engagements.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Audit Committee must pre-approve: (a) any non-audit services to be provided to the Funds for which the fees are estimated to exceed $500,000; (b) any Service Affiliate’s Covered Engagement for which the fees are estimated to exceed $500,000; or (c) any cost increase to any previously approved service or engagement that exceeds the greater of $250,000 or 50% of the previously approved fees up to a maximum increase of $500,000.

 

  VIII.

Compliance with Procedures

Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, failure to pre-approve any services or engagements that are not required to be pre-approved pursuant to the de minimis exception provided for in Rule 2-01(c)(7)(i)(C) of Regulation S-X shall not constitute a violation of these Procedures. The Audit Committee has designated the Funds’ Treasurer to ensure services and engagements are pre-approved in compliance with these Procedures. The Funds’ Treasurer will immediately report to the Chair of the Audit Committee, or the Vice Chair in his or her absence, any breach of these Procedures that comes to the attention of the Funds’ Treasurer or any services or engagements that are not required to be pre-approved pursuant to the de minimis exception provided for in Rule 2-01(c)(7)(i)(C) of Regulation S-X.

On at least an annual basis, the Auditor will provide the Audit Committee with a summary of all non-audit services provided to any entity in the investment company complex (as defined in section 2-01(f)(14) of Regulation S-X, including the Funds and Service Affiliates) that were not pre-approved, including the nature of services provided and the associated fees.

 

  IX.

Amendments to Procedures

All material amendments to these Procedures must be approved in advance by the Audit Committee. Non-material amendments to these Procedures may be made by the Legal and


Compliance Departments and will be reported to the Audit Committee at the next regularly scheduled meeting of the Audit Committee.

Appendix I

Non-Audit Services That May Impair the Auditor’s Independence

The Auditor is not independent if, at any point during the audit and professional engagement, the Auditor provides the following non-audit services:

 

   

Management functions;

 

   

Human resources;

 

   

Broker-dealer, investment adviser, or investment banking services;

 

   

Legal services;

 

   

Expert services unrelated to the audit;

 

   

Any service or product provided for a contingent fee or a commission;

 

   

Services related to marketing, planning, or opining in favor of the tax treatment of confidential transactions or aggressive tax position transactions, a significant purpose of which is tax avoidance;

 

   

Tax services for persons in financial reporting oversight roles at the Fund; and

 

   

Any other service that the Public Company Oversight Board determines by regulation is impermissible.

An Auditor is not independent if, at any point during the audit and professional engagement, the Auditor provides the following non-audit services unless it is reasonable to conclude that the results of the services will not be subject to audit procedures during an audit of the Funds’ financial statements:

 

   

Bookkeeping or other services related to the accounting records or financial statements of the audit client;

 

   

Financial information systems design and implementation;

 

   

Appraisal or valuation services, fairness opinions, or contribution-in-kind reports;

 

   

Actuarial services; and

 

   

Internal audit outsourcing services.

 

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 November 22, 2019, an evaluation was performed under the supervision and with the participation of the officers of the Registrant, including the Principal Executive Officer (“PEO”) and Principal Financial Officer (“PFO”), to assess the effectiveness of the Registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures, as that term is defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (“Act”), as amended. Based on that evaluation, the Registrant’s officers, including the PEO and PFO, concluded that, as of November 22, 2019, the Registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures were reasonably designed so as to ensure: (1) that information required to be disclosed by the Registrant on Form N-CSR is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified by the rules and forms of the Securities and Exchange Commission; and (2) that material information relating to the Registrant is made known to the PEO and PFO as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.

 

  (b)

There have been no changes in the Registrant’s internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the Act) that occurred during the period covered by this report that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the Registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

ITEM 12.

DISCLOSURE OF SECURITIES LENDING ACTIVITIES FOR CLOSED-END MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES.

Not applicable.


ITEM 13.

EXHIBITS.

 

13(a) (1)

   Code of Ethics.

13(a) (2)

   Certifications of principal executive officer and principal financial officer as required by Rule 30a-2(a) under the Investment Company Act of 1940.

13(a) (3)

   Not applicable.

13(a) (4)

   Registrant’s Independent Public Accountant, attached as Exhibit 99.ACCT

13(b)

   Certifications of principal executive officer and principal financial officer as required by Rule 30a-2(b) under the Investment Company Act of 1940.

 


SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

Registrant:    AIM Growth Series (Invesco Growth Series)

 

  By:

 

  /s/ Sheri Morris

 

  Sheri Morris

 

  Principal Executive Officer

  Date:  

 

  December 5, 2019

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:  

 

  December 5, 2019

 

  By:

 

  /s/ Kelli Gallegos

 

  Kelli Gallegos

 

  Principal Financial Officer

  Date:  

 

  December 5, 2019