EX-99.17 4 h41382a2exv99w17.txt FORM OF PROXY . . . -------------------------------------------------------------------------- [AIM INVESTMENTS LOGO APPEARS HERE] FOUR EASY WAYS TO VOTE YOUR PROXY INTERNET: Go to www.xxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx and follow the online directions. TELEPHONE: Call 1-800-XXX-XXXX and follow the simple instructions. MAIL: Vote, sign, date and return your proxy by mail. IN PERSON: Vote at the Special Meeting of Shareholders. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 999 999 999 999 99 AIM ADVANTAGE HEALTH SCIENCES FUND (THE "FUND") PROXY SOLICITED BY THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES (THE "BOARD") AN INVESTMENT PORTFOLIO OF AIM COUNSELOR SERIES TRUST PROXY FOR SPECIAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS TO BE HELD MARCH 15, 2007 The undersigned hereby appoints Philip A. Taylor, John M. Zerr and Sidney M. Dilgren, and any one of them separately, proxies with full power of substitution in each, and hereby authorizes them to represent and to vote, as designated on the reverse of this proxy card, at the Special Meeting of Shareholders on March 15, 2007, at 3:00 p.m., Central Time, and at any adjournment or postponement thereof, all of the shares of the FUND which the undersigned would be entitled to vote if personally present. IF THIS PROXY IS SIGNED AND RETURNED WITH NO CHOICE INDICATED, THE SHARES WILL BE VOTED "FOR" THE APPROVAL OF THE PROPOSAL. NOTE: IF YOU VOTE BY TELEPHONE OR ON THE INTERNET, PLEASE DO NOT RETURN YOUR PROXY CARD. [ARROW GRAPHIC] PROXY MUST BE SIGNED AND DATED BELOW. Dated ____________________ 2007 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Signature(s) (if held jointly) (SIGN IN THE BOX) NOTE: PLEASE SIGN EXACTLY AS YOUR NAME APPEARS ON THIS PROXY CARD. All joint owners should sign. When signing as executor, administrator, attorney, trustee or guardian or as custodian for a minor, please give full title as such. If a corporation, limited liability company, or partnership, please sign in full entity name and indicate the signer's position with the entity. [ARROW GRAPHIC]
*--+ [ARROW PLEASE FILL IN BOX AS SHOWN USING BLACK OR BLUE INK OR NUMBER 2 PENCIL. [X] [ARROW GRAPHIC] PLEASE DO NOT USE FINE POINT PENS. GRAPHIC] THIS PROXY IS SOLICITED ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD. THE BOARD RECOMMENDS VOTING "FOR" THE PROPOSAL. FOR AGAINST ABSTAIN [ ] [ ] [ ] 1 Approve an Agreement and Plan of Reorganization (the "Agreement") under which all of the assets of AIM Advantage Health Sciences Fund (the "Fund"), a portfolio of AIM Counselor Series Trust ("Trust"), will be transferred to AIM Global Health Care Fund ("Buying Fund"), a portfolio of AIM Investment Funds ("Buyer"), and Buyer will issue shares of each class of Buying Fund to shareholders of the corresponding class of shares of the Fund. PROXIES ARE AUTHORIZED TO VOTE, IN THEIR DISCRETION, UPON SUCH OTHER BUSINESS AS MAY PROPERLY COME BEFORE THE MEETING OR ANY ADJOURNMENT OR POSTPONEMENT THEREOF. PLEASE VOTE, SIGN AND DATE THIS PROXY CARD AND RETURN IT IN THE ENCLOSED ENVELOPE. [ARROW [ARROW GRAPHIC] GRAPHIC]