-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, Hkpt3ETGTRM558WTAwJvBWJcAwP4fMeDTIO4mHznxZkoN1f/diPOCTwLnw5t+wTd GVVEh7aMj7c1hpRIIozmJA== 0000950129-06-010123.txt : 20061214 0000950129-06-010123.hdr.sgml : 20061214 20061213180554 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000950129-06-010123 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 497 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 20061214 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20061213 EFFECTIVENESS DATE: 20061214 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: AIM FUNDS GROUP CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000019034 IRS NUMBER: 060841973 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 497 SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 002-27334 FILM NUMBER: 061275203 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 11 GREENWAY PLZ STE 100 CITY: HOUSTON STATE: TX ZIP: 77046 BUSINESS PHONE: 7136261919 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: AIM FUNDS GROUP STREET 2: 11 GREENWAY PLZ STE 100 CITY: HOUSTON STATE: TX ZIP: 77046 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: AIM FUNDS GROUP/DE DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19940718 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: AIM FUNDS GROUP DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19921016 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: CIGNA GROWTH FUND INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19860227 0000019034 S000000211 AIM Basic Balanced Fund C000000466 Class A BBLAX C000000467 Class B BBLBX C000000468 Class C BBLCX C000000469 Class R BBLRX C000022910 Institutional Class BBLIX C000029612 Investor Class BBLTX 0000019034 S000000212 AIM European Small Company Fund C000000470 Class A ESMAX C000000471 Class B ESMBX C000000472 Class C ESMCX 0000019034 S000000213 AIM Global Value Fund C000000473 Class A AWSAX C000000474 Class B AWSBX C000000475 Class C AWSCX C000022912 Institutional Class AWSIX 0000019034 S000000214 AIM International Small Company Fund C000000476 Class A IEGAX C000000477 Class B IEGBX C000000478 Class C IEGCX C000022913 Institutional Class IEGIX 0000019034 S000000215 AIM Mid Cap Basic Value Fund C000000479 Class A MDCAX C000000480 Class B MDCBX C000000481 Class C MDCVX C000000482 Class R MDCRX C000022914 Institutional Class MDICX 0000019034 S000000217 AIM Select Equity Fund C000000487 Class A AGWFX C000000488 Class B AGWBX C000000489 Class C AGWCX 0000019034 S000000218 AIM Small Cap Equity Fund C000000490 Class A SMEAX C000000491 Class B SMEBX C000000492 Class C SMECX C000000493 Class R SMERX C000022917 Institutional Class SMEIX 497 1 h42063be497.txt SUPPLEMENT TO THE SAI RETAIL CLASSES OF AIM BASIC BALANCED FUND AIM EUROPEAN SMALL COMPANY FUND AIM GLOBAL VALUE FUND AIM INTERNATIONAL SMALL COMPANY FUND AIM MID CAP BASIC VALUE FUND AIM SELECT EQUITY FUND AIM SMALL CAP EQUITY FUND (SERIES PORTFOLIOS OF AIM FUNDS GROUP) Supplement dated December 13, 2006 to the Statement of Additional Information dated April 24, 2006, as supplemented May 1, 2006, June 30, 2006, August 1, 2006, September 20, 2006 and October 30, 2006 The following information replaces in its entirety the section entitled "DESCRIPTION OF FUNDS AND THEIR INVESTMENTS AND RISKS - INVESTMENT STRATEGIES AND RISKS - OTHER INVESTMENTS - OTHER INVESTMENT COMPANIES" on pages 11 and 12 of the Statement of Additional Information: "OTHER INVESTMENT COMPANIES. Each Fund may purchase shares of other investment companies. For each Fund, the 1940 Act imposes the following restrictions on investments in other investment companies: (i) a Fund may not purchase more than 3% of the total outstanding voting stock of another investment company; (ii) a Fund may not invest more than 5% of its total assets in securities issued by another investment company; and (iii) a Fund may not invest more than 10% of its total assets in securities issued by other investment companies. These restrictions do not apply to investments by the Funds in investment companies that are money market funds, including money market funds that have AIM or an affiliate of AIM as an investment advisor (the "Affiliated Money Market Funds"). With respect to a Fund's purchase of shares of another investment company, including an Affiliated Money Market Fund, the Fund will indirectly bear its proportionate share of the advisory fees and other operating expenses of such investment company. EXCHANGE-TRADED FUNDS. Each Fund may purchase shares of exchange-traded funds ("ETFs"). Most ETFs are registered under the 1940 Act as investment companies. Therefore, a Fund's purchase of shares of an ETF may be subject to the restrictions on investments in other investment companies discussed above under "Other Investment Companies." ETFs hold portfolios of securities that are designed to replicate, as closely as possible before expenses, the price and yield of a specified market index. The performance results of ETFs will not replicate exactly the performance of the pertinent index due to transaction and other expenses, including fees to service providers, borne by ETFs. ETF shares are sold and redeemed at net asset value only in large blocks called creation units and redemption units, respectively. ETF shares also may be purchased and sold in secondary market trading on national securities exchanges, which allows investors to purchase and sell ETF shares at their market price throughout the day. Investments in ETFs involve the same risks associated with a direct investment in the types of securities included in the indicies the ETFs are designed to replicate. In addition, shares of an ETF may trade at a market price that is less than their net asset value and an active trading market in such shares may not develop or continue. Finally there can be no assurance that the portfolio of securities purchased by an ETF to replicate a particular index will replicate such index." The following information replaces in its entirety the first paragraph under the heading "DESCRIPTION OF FUNDS AND THEIR INVESTMENTS AND RISKS - FUND POLICIES - NON FUNDAMENTAL RESTRICTIONS" on page 25 of the Statement of Additional Information (such paragraph describes each Fund's non-fundamental investment restriction regarding issuer diversification): "(1) In complying with the fundamental restriction regarding issuer diversification, the Fund will not, with respect to 75% of its total assets, purchase the securities of any issuer (other than securities issued or guaranteed by the U.S. Government or any of its agencies or instrumentalities and securities issued by other investment companies), if, as a result, (i) more than 5% of the Fund's total assets would be invested in the securities of that issuer, or (ii) the Fund would hold more than 10% of the outstanding voting securities of that issuer. The Fund may purchase securities of other investment companies as permitted by the 1940 Act Laws, Interpretations and Exemptions." Effective January 1, 2007, the following information is added after the second paragraph under the heading "INVESTMENT ADVISORY AND OTHER SERVICES - OTHER SERVICE PROVIDERS - TRANSFER AGENT" on page 39 of the Statement of Additional Information: "SUB-TRANSFER AGENT. AIM Funds Management, Inc. ("AFMI"), 5140 Yonge Street, Suite 900, Toronto, Ontario M2N6X7, a wholly owned, indirect subsidiary of AMVESCAP PLC, provides services to the Trust as a sub-transfer agent, pursuant to an agreement between AFMI and AIS. The Trust does not pay a fee to AFMI for these services. Rather AFMI is compensated by AIS, as a sub-contractor." 2 INSTITUTIONAL CLASS OF AIM BASIC BALANCED FUND AIM GLOBAL VALUE FUND AIM INTERNATIONAL SMALL COMPANY FUND AIM MID CAP BASIC VALUE FUND AIM SMALL CAP EQUITY FUND (SERIES PORTFOLIOS OF AIM FUNDS GROUP) Supplement dated December 13, 2006 to the Statement of Additional Information dated April 24, 2006, as supplemented May 1, 2006, August 1, 2006, September 20, 2006 and October 30, 2006 The following information replaces in its entirety the section entitled "DESCRIPTION OF FUNDS AND THEIR INVESTMENTS AND RISKS - INVESTMENT STRATEGIES AND RISKS - OTHER INVESTMENTS - OTHER INVESTMENT COMPANIES" on page 11 of the Statement of Additional Information: "OTHER INVESTMENT COMPANIES. Each Fund may purchase shares of other investment companies. For each Fund, the 1940 Act imposes the following restrictions on investments in other investment companies: (i) a Fund may not purchase more than 3% of the total outstanding voting stock of another investment company; (ii) a Fund may not invest more than 5% of its total assets in securities issued by another investment company; and (iii) a Fund may not invest more than 10% of its total assets in securities issued by other investment companies. These restrictions do not apply to investments by the Funds in investment companies that are money market funds, including money market funds that have AIM or an affiliate of AIM as an investment advisor (the "Affiliated Money Market Funds"). With respect to a Fund's purchase of shares of another investment company, including an Affiliated Money Market Fund, the Fund will indirectly bear its proportionate share of the advisory fees and other operating expenses of such investment company. EXCHANGE-TRADED FUNDS. Each Fund may purchase shares of exchange-traded funds ("ETFs"). Most ETFs are registered under the 1940 Act as investment companies. Therefore, a Fund's purchase of shares of an ETF may be subject to the restrictions on investments in other investment companies discussed above under "Other Investment Companies." ETFs hold portfolios of securities that are designed to replicate, as closely as possible before expenses, the price and yield of a specified market index. The performance results of ETFs will not replicate exactly the performance of the pertinent index due to transaction and other expenses, including fees to service providers, borne by ETFs. ETF shares are sold and redeemed at net asset value only in large blocks called creation units and redemption units, respectively. ETF shares also may be purchased and sold in secondary market trading on national securities exchanges, which allows investors to purchase and sell ETF shares at their market price throughout the day. Investments in ETFs involve the same risks associated with a direct investment in the types of securities included in the indicies the ETFs are designed to replicate. In addition, shares of an ETF may trade at a market price that is less than their net asset value and an active trading market in such shares may not develop or continue. Finally there can be no assurance that the portfolio of securities purchased by an ETF to replicate a particular index will replicate such index." The following information replaces in its entirety the first paragraph under the heading "DESCRIPTION OF FUNDS AND THEIR INVESTMENTS AND RISKS - FUND POLICIES - NON FUNDAMENTAL RESTRICTIONS" on page 25 of the Statement of Additional Information (such paragraph describes each Fund's non-fundamental investment restriction regarding issuer diversification): "(1) In complying with the fundamental restriction regarding issuer diversification, the Fund will not, with respect to 75% of its total assets, purchase the securities of any issuer (other than securities issued or guaranteed by the U.S. Government or any of its agencies or instrumentalities and securities issued by other investment companies), if, as a result, (i) more than 5% of the Fund's total assets would be invested in the securities of that issuer, or (ii) the Fund would hold more than 10% of the outstanding voting securities of that issuer. The Fund may purchase securities of other investment companies as permitted by the 1940 Act Laws, Interpretations and Exemptions." Effective January 1, 2007, the following information is added after the second paragraph under the heading "INVESTMENT ADVISORY AND OTHER SERVICES - OTHER SERVICE PROVIDERS - TRANSFER AGENT" on page 38 of the Statement of Additional Information: "SUB-TRANSFER AGENT. AIM Funds Management, Inc. ("AFMI"), 5140 Yonge Street, Suite 900, Toronto, Ontario M2N6X7, a wholly owned, indirect subsidiary of AMVESCAP PLC, provides services to the Trust as a sub-transfer agent, pursuant to an agreement between AFMI and AIS. The Trust does not pay a fee to AFMI for these services. Rather AFMI is compensated by AIS, as a sub-contractor." 2 -----END PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE-----