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May 03, 2021
Summary Prospectus, Statutory Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information Supplement dated May 3, 2021
Important Notice Regarding Changes in Fund Name, Fees and Investment Strategies for Invesco Global Low Volatility
Equity Yield Fund
The purpose of this supplement is to provide you notice of changes to the current Prospectuses and Statement of
Additional Information (“SAI”) of Invesco Global Low Volatility Equity Yield Fund
.
You should read this supplement in
conjunction with the Summary Prospectus, Statutory Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information and retain it for future
reference.
On April 26, 2021, the Board of Trustees (the “Board”) of AIM Growth Series (Invesco Growth Series) (the “Trust”) approved changes
to the name, management fees and principal investment strategies, including removal of the 80% investment policy of Invesco
Global Low Volatility Equity Yield Fund (the “Fund”) in connection with repositioning the Fund to one that seeks to provide
shareholders with high levels of income, consistent with the Fund’s current investment objective, by investing in a portfolio of U.S.
and foreign issuers of equity securities, equity-linked notes and other securities, while providing some downside protection in the
event of broad equity market downturns and also providing equity market upside participation. Shareholders of the Fund should be
aware that, in connection with the Fund’s repositioning, the changes outlined below will be effectuated on or about July 15, 2021.
Due to the repositioning, the Fund may experience a higher than normal portfolio turnover rate, which may result in increased
transaction costs and potentially increased capital gain distributions to shareholders.
Effective on or about July 15, 2021, the Fund’s Summary and Statutory Prospectuses and SAI will be revised to reflect the following:
1. The Fund will be renamed “Invesco Income Advantage International Fund.”
2. The contractual management fee for the Fund will be lowered by 0.05% at all asset breakpoints.
3. The Fund will no longer have a non-fundamental investment policy to invest, under normal circumstances, at least 80% of its net
assets (plus any borrowings for investment purposes) in equity securities and in derivatives and other instruments that have
economic characteristics similar to such securities.
4. The following or similar information regarding the Fund’s new principal investment strategies will replace in its entirety similar
information appearing in the sections of the Fund’s Summary and Statutory Prospectuses that discuss the Fund’s strategies:
The Fund seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing in a diversified portfolio of equity securities and equity-linked
notes designed to generate high income while providing some downside protection in the event of broad equity market downturns
and also providing equity market upside participation.
The Fund invests primarily in equity securities, including common and preferred stock and equity-linked notes (ELNs) and
depositary receipts of U.S. and foreign issuers. A depositary receipt is generally issued by a bank or other financial institution and
represents an ownership interest in the common stock or other equity securities of a foreign company. The Fund may also invest in
real estate investment trusts (REITs), which are trusts that sell equity and/or debt securities to investors and use the proceeds to
invest in real estate or interests therein.
The Fund invests in ELNs, which are hybrid derivative-type instruments that are specially designed to combine the
characteristics of one or more reference securities and a related equity derivative, such as a put or call option, in a single note form
(typically senior, unsecured debt) issued by financial institutions. The Fund will invest in ELNs that reference either a broad-based
equity security index or an exchange-traded fund that passively tracks such an index. The Fund’s portfolio of ELNs will be constituted
by positions in short-term ELNs issued by a diversified group of U.S. and international financial institutions and cash and cash
equivalents. The Fund’s investment in ELNs can represent up to 50% of the Fund’s net assets, but is expected to be in the range of
15% to 50%. The Fund’s investment in ELNs will be adjusted periodically to achieve the Fund’s desired yield.
Under normal circumstances, the Fund will provide exposure to investments that are economically tied to at least three different
countries outside of the U.S. The Fund may also invest up to 50% of its net assets in securities of issuers located in emerging
markets countries, i.e., those that are generally in the early stages of their industrial cycles. The Schedule of Investments included in
the Fund’s annual and semi-annual reports identifies the countries in which the Fund had invested, as of the date of the reports.
The Fund can invest in derivative instruments including futures contracts and forward foreign currency contracts. A futures
contract is a standardized agreement between two parties to buy or sell a specified quantity of an underlying asset at a specified
price at a specified future time. The value of the futures contract tends to increase and decrease in tandem with the value of the
underlying asset. Futures contracts are bilateral agreements, with both the purchaser and the seller equally obligated to complete
the transaction. Depending on the terms of the particular contract, futures contracts are settled by purchasing an offsetting contract,
physically delivering the underlying asset on the settlement date or paying a cash settlement amount on the settlement date. The
Fund can use futures contracts, including index futures, to gain exposure to the broad market in connection with managing cash
balances. The Fund also can use futures contracts, including currency futures, to hedge against adverse movements in the foreign
currencies in which portfolio securities are denominated.
The Fund can hold long and short positions in equity index futures to hedge against adverse movements in the equity markets.
A long position involves the Fund buying a derivative with the anticipation of a price increase of the underlying asset, and a short
position involves the Fund writing (selling) a derivative with the anticipation of a price decrease of the underlying asset.
A forward foreign currency contract is an agreement between parties to exchange a specified amount of currency at a specified
future time at a specified rate. The Fund can use forward foreign currency contracts to hedge against adverse movements in the
foreign currencies in which portfolio securities are denominated.
The portfolio managers aim to construct a diversified portfolio that generates high income while providing downside protection
against broad equity market drawdowns and providing equity market upside participation. The Fund’s equity exposure will be
achieved primarily through investments that track a broad-based equity market index that emphasizes factors to which the portfolio
managers seek to gain market exposure, including but not limited to, the factors of momentum, value, quality and low volatility; which
index(es) may be developed by Invesco’s affiliate, Invesco Indexing LLC, or third-party providers. The Adviser maintains full and sole
discretion on whether to use or not use an index (or use it in combination with other indices), and anticipates that the composition of
the Fund’s equity portfolio will change over time. The factors themselves and the allocations to each factor may also change over
time and the portfolio managers may emphasize different factors or indices in the future based on market, economic and other
conditions.
The portfolio managers also seek to construct a portfolio of high-income, short-term ELNs with a focus on downside protection.
The portfolio managers seek to enhance portfolio diversification by staggering the maturity dates of the ELNs to create more
consistent returns over time. The portion of the ELN portfolio maintained in cash and cash equivalents is aimed at providing
additional downside protection by limiting the ELN portfolio’s exposure to broad equity market risk. The portion of the Fund’s assets
allocated between the equity portfolio and ELN portfolio will be actively adjusted on a periodic basis to balance yield targets, equity
participation with less volatility, and downside protection.
The Fund may hold up to 25% of its assets in cash or cash equivalents, including treasury bills and money market funds,
outside of the ELN portfolio in an effort to maintain high liquidity and a downside buffer.
5. The sections of the Fund’s Summary and Statutory Prospectuses that discuss the Fund’s risks will be updated to remove “Risks of
Quantitative Models” and “Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Considerations Risk” and to include additional risks that
correspond with changes to the Fund’s principal investment strategies, including, but not limited to, the following risks:
Equity-Linked Notes Risk
. Investments in ELNs are susceptible to the risks of their underlying securities, which could include
management risk, market risk and, as applicable, foreign securities and currency risks. ELNs are also subject to certain debt
securities risks, such as interest rate and credit risks. Should the prices of the underlying securities move in an unexpected manner,
the Fund may not achieve the anticipated benefits of an investment in an ELN, and may realize losses, which could be significant
and could include the Fund’s entire principal investment. An ELN investment is also subject to counterparty risk, which is the risk that
the issuer of the ELN will default or become bankrupt and the Fund may not be repaid the principal amount of, or income from, its
investment. ELNs may also be less liquid than more traditional investments and the Fund may be unable to sell ELNs at a desirable
time or price. In addition, the price of ELNs may not correlate with the underlying securities or a fixed income investment.
Financial Services Sector Risk
. The Fund may be susceptible to adverse economic or regulatory occurrences affecting the
financial services sector. Financial services companies are subject to extensive government regulation and, as a result, their
profitability may be affected by new regulations or regulatory interpretations. Unstable interest rates can have a disproportionate
effect on companies in the financial services sector which could adversely affect the profitability of such companies. Financial
services companies whose securities the Fund may purchase may themselves have concentrated portfolios, which makes them
especially vulnerable to unstable economic conditions.
Short Position Risk
. The Fund will incur a loss on a short position if the price of the asset sold short increases from the short
sale price. Because the Fund’s potential loss on a short position arises from increases in the value of the asset sold short, the extent
of such loss, like the price of the asset sold short, is theoretically unlimited. Short sales are speculative transactions and involve
greater reliance on the investment adviser’s ability to accurately anticipate the future value of an asset or markets in general. Any
gain on a short position is decreased, and any loss is increased, by the amount of any payment, dividend, interest or other
transaction costs that the Fund may be required to pay with respect to the asset sold short. The counterparty to a short position or
market factors, such as a sharp increase in prices, may prevent the Fund from closing out a short position at a desirable time or price
and may reduce or eliminate any gain or result in a loss. In a rising market, the Fund’s short positions will cause the Fund to
underperform the overall market and its peers that do not engage in shorting. If the Fund holds both long and short positions, both
positions may decline simultaneously, in which case the short positions will not provide any buffer (hedge) from declines in value of
the Fund’s long positions. Certain types of short positions involve leverage, which may exaggerate any losses, potentially more than
the actual cost of the investment, and will increase the volatility of the Fund’s returns.
Indexing Risk
. Certain portions of the Fund’s assets may be managed pursuant to an indexing approach (Indexed Assets) and,
therefore, the adverse performance of a particular security necessarily will
 
not result in the elimination of the security from the
Indexed Assets. Ordinarily, the Fund will not sell portfolio securities of the Indexed Assets except to reflect additions or deletions of
the securities that comprise the index the Fund seeks to track with respect to the Indexed Assets (Underlying Index), or as may be
necessary to raise cash to pay Fund shareholders who redeem Fund shares. As such, the Indexed Assets, and therefore the Fund,
will be negatively affected by declines in the securities represented by the Underlying Index. There is no guarantee, however, that the
Fund will be able to correlate the performance of the Indexed Assets with that of the Underlying Index because the Fund’s ability to
correlate performance of the Indexed Assets, before expenses, may be affected by many factors, including, but not limited to, the
manner in which the Underlying Index is calculated; the differences between the securities held in the Indexed Assets and those
included in the Underlying Index; transaction costs; pricing differences; fees and expenses incurred by the Fund, but are not incurred
by the Underlying Index; and the Fund’s holding of cash. This risk may be heightened during times of market volatility or other
unusual market conditions.
Cash/Cash Equivalents Risk
. In rising markets, holding cash or cash equivalents will negatively affect the Fund’s performance
relative to its benchmark.
Money Market Fund Risk
. Although money market funds generally seek to preserve the value of an investment at $1.00 per
share, the Fund may lose money by investing in money market funds. A money market fund's sponsor has no legal obligation to
provide financial support to the money market fund. The credit quality of a money market fund's holdings can change rapidly in
certain markets, and the default of a single holding could have an adverse impact on the money market fund's share price. A money
market fund's share price can also be negatively affected during periods of high redemption pressures, illiquid markets and/or
significant market volatility.
6. The Fund will change its broad-based and style specific securities market benchmarks to the MSCI ACWI ex-U.S. Index.
7. The Fund's expense limits will be lowered to 1.23%, 1.98%, 1.48%, 0.98%, 0.98% and 0.98%, respectively, for Class A, Class C,
Class R, Class Y, Class R5 and Class R6 shares, pursuant to a new contractual fee waiver agreement with the Adviser.