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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                  811-06463

AIM International Mutual Funds (Invesco International Mutual Funds)

(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:        10/31            

Date of reporting period:    10/31/16        

 


Item 1. Report to Stockholders.


   

 

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Annual Report to Shareholders

 

  October 31, 2016
   

 

   

Invesco Asia Pacific Growth Fund

 

    Nasdaq:  
    A: ASIAX    B: ASIBX    C: ASICX    Y: ASIYX  

 

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Letters to Shareholders

 

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Philip Taylor

    

Dear Shareholders:

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

In December 2015, the US Federal Reserve raised short-term interest rates for the first time since 2006, signaling its belief that the economy was likely to continue strengthening. Indeed, throughout the reporting period, US economic data were generally positive and the economy expanded at a moderate rate – but there were some bumps along the road. Job growth in May 2016 was very weak, but it was followed by strong increases in nonfarm payrolls in June and July. Increased concerns about global economic weakness caused US stock market indexes to sink at the start of calendar year 2016, but they eventually recovered; they sank again following the UK’s decision to leave the European Union,

but then quickly recovered and reached record highs later in the summer. Strong demand for income-producing investments, particularly those perceived to be lower risk, benefited bonds as well as dividend-paying stocks for much of the reporting period. While economic news in the US was generally positive, news overseas was less upbeat. The European Central Bank, and central banks in China and Japan – as well as other countries – maintained extraordinarily accommodative monetary policies in response to economic weakness. As the fiscal year drew to a close, uncertainty about the outcome of the US presidential election resulted in increased market volatility; the surprise outcome after the close of the reporting period suggested that market volatility may continue for some time to come.

Short-term market volatility can prompt some investors to abandon their investment plans – and can cause others to settle for average results. The investment professionals at Invesco, in contrast, invest with high conviction, take a long-term perspective and have a passion to exceed. Invesco’s pure focus on investment management eliminates possible distractions and means that there are no competing lines of business for us to support. Just as important, we embrace a variety of investment strategies, asset classes and geographies – because we know that no single investment approach meets the diverse needs of all of our clients. We manage all our investment approaches with a passion to exceed. All our investment teams have a highly disciplined, long-term investing style that eliminates short-term decision-making. Of course, investing with high conviction can’t guarantee a profit or ensure success; no investment strategy can. To learn more about how we invest with high conviction, visit invesco.com/HighConviction.

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

Visit our website for more information on your investments

Our website, invesco.com/us, offers a wide range of market insights and investment perspectives. On the website, you’ll find detailed information about our funds, including performance, holdings and portfolio manager commentaries. You can access information about your account by completing a simple, secure online registration. Click on the “Need to register” link in the “Account Access” box on our homepage to get started.

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

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

Have questions?

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

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

Sincerely,

 

 

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Philip Taylor

Senior Managing Director, Invesco Ltd.

 

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Dear Fellow Shareholders:

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

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

Bruce Crockett       Ensuring that Invesco offers a diverse lineup of mutual funds that your financial adviser can use to strive to meet your financial needs as your investment goals change over time.
      Monitoring how the portfolio management teams of the Invesco funds are performing in light of changing economic and market conditions.
  Assessing each portfolio management team’s investment performance within the context of the investment strategy described in the fund’s prospectus.
  Monitoring for potential conflicts of interests that may impact the nature of the services that your funds receive.

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

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

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

Sincerely,

 

 

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Bruce L. Crockett

Independent Chair

Invesco Funds Board of Trustees

 

3                         Invesco Asia Pacific Growth Fund


 

Management’s Discussion of Fund Performance

 

Performance summary

For the fiscal year ended October 31, 2016, Class A shares of Invesco Asia Pacific Growth Fund (the Fund), at net asset value (NAV), outperformed the MSCI All Country Asia Pacific ex-Japan Index, the Fund’s broad market/style-specific benchmark.

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

 

  

     

  

Fund vs. Indexes

Total returns, 10/31/15 to 10/31/16, at net asset value (NAV). Performance shown does not include applicable contingent deferred sales charges (CDSC) or front-end sales charges, which would have reduced performance.

 

  

    

Class A Shares

     11.15

Class B Shares

     10.27   

Class C Shares

     10.30   

Class Y Shares

     11.38   
MSCI All Country Asia Pacific ex-Japan Indexq (Broad Market/Style-Specific Index)      7.97   

Lipper Pacific Region ex-Japan Funds Index (Peer Group Index)

     4.92   

 

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

 

        

 

 

Market conditions and your Fund

The global economy continued to expand, albeit slowly, for the fiscal year ended October 31, 2016. However, that growth became increasingly uneven across developed and emerging economies, amid continued volatility in oil prices and as the policies of central banks globally began to diverge.

    An equity market rally in November 2015 was offset by negative performance in December, as a late-year crash in oil prices rattled the markets. Also in December, the US Federal Reserve (the Fed) followed through on its commitment to normalize monetary policy by raising interest rates – its first increase since 2006 – even as the European Central Bank extended its asset purchase program and Japan introduced additional quantitative easing and negative interest rates.

    Stocks began calendar year 2016 on a negative note, driven by investor concerns about economic weakness in China and falling oil prices. Markets recovered in

late February and posted gains amid concerted central bank commitments to very loose monetary policy. As a result, the US dollar fell sharply against the euro and Japanese yen, a development that was largely supportive of oil and stock prices.

    All major global stock indexes experienced steep declines again in June after UK voters opted to leave the European Union – resulting in a sharp stock-market sell-off.

    After the initial shock of the UK vote, stocks made a strong recovery, regaining most of the losses as fears of a sharp shock to consumer confidence never materialized. For the remainder of the reporting period, emerging markets outperformed developed markets as the Fed left interest rates unchanged and expectations for an interest rate increase were delayed again.

    Regardless of the macroeconomic environment, we remain focused on our bottom-up investment approach of identifying attractive companies that fit our earnings, quality and valuation (EQV) process.

 

    On a geographic basis, the Fund’s holdings in China, Singapore, Indonesia and South Korea delivered double-digit gains, outperforming the Fund’s broad market/ style-specific index in each of these markets and contributing favorably to both relative and absolute returns. In China, Fund holdings in the materials, consumer discretionary and consumer staples sectors showed particular strength. In contrast, the Fund’s relative underweight allocation to Australia during the reporting period, combined with weaker-than-index performance in that country, detracted from the Fund’s performance versus the broad market/style specific index.

    From a sector perspective, the Fund’s holdings in the financials, consumer staples, consumer discretionary and telecommunication services sectors outperformed those of the broad market/ style-specific index and contributed favorably to both relative and absolute returns. The Fund’s holdings in the utilities sector, however, underperformed those of the broad market/style-specific benchmark and were among the most significant detractors from the Fund’s relative performance for the reporting period.

    The Fund’s cash exposure, in a rising-market environment, was a meaningful detractor from performance versus the broad market/style-specific benchmark. It is important to note that similar to the the Fund’s sector and regional allocations, cash is a residual of our bottom-up investment process and not the result of any top-down tactical asset allocation or risk-management allocation decision. Over the reporting period, cash tended to be higher than the long-term average (generally less than 10% of total net assets) primarily due to the valuation component of our EQV philosophy. Although valuations came down in some segments of the market during the reporting period,

 

Portfolio Composition

  

By sector

 

    

 

% of total net assets

 

  

 

Financials

     29.0

Information Technology

     12.8   
Consumer Staples      10.0   
Consumer Discretionary      8.7   
Industrials      6.4   
Materials      6.3   
Telecommunication Services      5.7   
Utilities      3.1   
Health Care      2.6   
Money Market Funds Plus Other Assets Less Liabilities      15.4   

Top 10 Equity Holdings*

   % of total net assets

 

  1.

  CK Hutchison Holdings Ltd.      4.7

  2.

  WH Group Ltd.-REGS      4.0   

  3.

  Lee & Man Paper Manufacturing Ltd.      3.6   

  4.

  Hongkong Land Holdings Ltd.      3.6   

  5.

  Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd.      3.6   

  6.

  Cheung Kong Property Holdings Ltd.      3.6   

  7.

  Broadcom Ltd.      3.2   

  8.

  China Mobile Ltd.      3.1   

  9.

  Keppel REIT      3.1   

10.

  Public Bank Bhd.      2.9   

Total Net Assets

   $ 873.8 million   
Total Number of Holdings*      44   

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

*Excluding money market fund holdings.

Data presented here are as of October 31, 2016.

 

 

 

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valuations of quality stocks and growth stocks that our process focuses on remained resilient. This held us back from adding more holdings to the Fund’s portfolio.

    From an individual securities perspective, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company and Lee & Man Paper Manufacturing were among the most significant contributors to Fund performance for the reporting period. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, based in Hsinchu, Taiwan, is the world’s largest dedicated third-party maker of semiconductors. The company benefited from better-than-expected demand for both smartphones and PCs, driving margins higher. Lee & Man Paper Manufacturing, a Hong Kong-based packaging and paper manufacturer, benefited from a reduction of supply as certain competitors were driven from the market, creating a more favorable supply/demand dynamic and driving margins higher.

    In contrast, Stella International and Aurizon Holdings were among the most significant detractors from Fund performance for the reporting period. China-based Stella International is a leading maker and retailer of premium and casual fashion footware with clients ranging from Rockport to Tory Birch (not Fund holdings). We trimmed our position in Stella International during the reporting period as the company’s stock declined due to negative profit warnings. Aurizon Holdings, an Australia-based railroad operator, was negatively impacted by the volatility in commodities over the reporting period. Weak earnings visiblity led us to sell out of the position over the first and second quarters of 2016.

    During the reporting period, we continued to look for opportunities to improve the growth potential and quality of the Fund’s portfolio by adding companies based on our EQV outlook for each company. We added several select holdings, such as NAVER, an internet search portal operator based in South Korea, and Swire Properties, a leading property developer based in Hong Kong. We trimmed or sold several of the Fund’s holdings with EQV characteristics that were no longer as compelling as when we first initiated positions in them, including Aurizon Holdings and Hong Kong-based shoe retailer Belle International Holdings, which were both sold during the reporting period.

    As always, we continue to look for high-quality growth companies that exhibit the following characteristics: strong organic revenue growth; high returns on capital;

pricing power; strong balance sheets; cash generation; and reasonable valuations. In addition, we continue to favor companies that are able to consistently generate cash during weak economic environments. We believe that this balanced EQV-focused approach may help deliver attractive returns over the long term.

    We thank you for your continued investment in Invesco Asia Pacific Growth Fund.

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

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

 

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Shuxin (Steve) Cao

Chartered Financial Analyst, Portfolio Manager, is lead manager of Invesco Asia Pacific

Growth Fund. He joined Invesco in 1997. Mr. Cao earned a BA in English from the Tianjin Foreign Language Institute and an MBA from Texas A&M University. He is also a Certified Public Accountant.
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Brent Bates

Chartered Financial Analyst, Portfolio Manager, is manager of Invesco Asia Pacific Growth Fund.

He joined Invesco in 1996. Mr. Bates earned a BBA from Texas A&M University and is a Certified Public Accountant.

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Mark Jason

Chartered Financial Analyst, Portfolio Manager, is manager of Invesco Asia Pacific Growth Fund.

He joined Invesco in 2001. Mr. Jason earned a BS in finance and a BS in real estate from California State University, Northridge.

    

 

 

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Your Fund’s Long-Term Performance

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

Fund and index data from 10/31/06

    

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1 Source: Lipper Inc.

2 Source: FactSet Research Systems Inc.

 

Past performance cannot guarantee comparable future results.

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

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

    

 

 

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Average Annual Total Returns

  

As of 10/31/16, including maximum applicable sales charges

    

 

   

  

Class A Shares

        

Inception (11/3/97)

     8.66

10 Years

     7.65   

  5 Years

     6.27   

  1 Year

     5.03   

Class B Shares

        

Inception (11/3/97)

     8.67

10 Years

     7.62   

  5 Years

     6.35   

  1 Year

     5.27   

Class C Shares

        

Inception (11/3/97)

     8.18

10 Years

     7.45   

  5 Years

     6.67   

  1 Year

     9.30   

Class Y Shares

        

10 Years

     8.47

  5 Years

     7.74   

  1 Year

     11.38   

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

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

    The net annual Fund operating expense ratio set forth in the most recent Fund prospectus as of the date of this report for Class A, Class B, Class C and Class Y shares was 1.45%, 2.20%, 2.20% and 1.20%, respectively.1 The total annual Fund operating expense ratio set forth in the most recent Fund prospectus as of the date of this report for Class A, Class B, Class C and Class Y shares was 1.46%, 2.21%, 2.21% and 1.21%, respectively. The expense ratios presented above may vary from the expense ratios presented in other sections of this report that are based on expenses incurred during the period covered by this report.

Average Annual Total Returns

  

As of 9/30/16, the most recent calendar quarter end, including maximum applicable sales charges

 

   

Class A Shares

        

Inception (11/3/97)

     8.85

10 Years

     8.53   

  5 Years

     8.81   

  1 Year

     15.64   

Class B Shares

        

Inception (11/3/97)

     8.86

10 Years

     8.50   

  5 Years

     8.95   

  1 Year

     16.46   

Class C Shares

        

Inception (11/3/97)

     8.38

10 Years

     8.33   

  5 Years

     9.24   

  1 Year

     20.43   

Class Y Shares

        

10 Years

     9.36

  5 Years

     10.33   

  1 Year

     22.65   

    Class A share performance reflects the maximum 5.50% sales charge, and Class B and Class C share performance reflects the applicable contingent deferred sales charge (CDSC) for the period involved. The CDSC on Class B shares declines from 5% beginning at the time of purchase to 0% at the beginning of the seventh year. The CDSC on Class C shares is 1% for the first year after purchase. Class Y shares do not have a front-end sales charge or a CDSC; therefore, performance is at net asset value.

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

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

 

1 Total annual Fund operating expenses after any contractual fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements by the adviser in effect through at least June 30, 2018. See current prospectus for more information.
    
 

 

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Invesco Asia Pacific Growth Fund’s investment objective is long-term growth of capital.

  Unless otherwise stated, information presented in this report is as of October 31, 2016, and is based on total net assets.
  Unless otherwise noted, all data provided by Invesco.
  To access your Fund’s reports/prospectus, visit invesco.com/fundreports.

    

 

About share classes

  Class B shares may not be purchased for new or additional investments. Please see the prospectus for more information.
  Class Y shares are available to only certain investors. Please see the prospectus for more information.

 

 

Principal risks of investing in the Fund

  Depositary receipts risk. Investing in depositary receipts involves the same risks as direct investments in foreign securities. In addition, the underlying issuers of certain depositary receipts are under no obligation to distribute shareholder communications or pass through any voting rights with respect to the deposited securities to the holders of such receipts. The Fund may therefore receive less timely information or have less control than if it invested directly in the foreign issuer.
  Derivatives risk. The value of a derivative instrument depends largely on (and is derived from) the value of an underlying security, currency, commodity, interest rate, index or other asset (each referred to as an underlying asset). In addition to risks relating to the underlying assets, the use of derivatives may include other, possibly greater, risks, including counterparty, leverage and liquidity risks. Counter-party risk is the risk that the counter-party to the derivative contract will default on its obligation to pay the Fund the amount owed or otherwise perform under the derivative contract. Derivatives create leverage risk because they do not require payment up front equal to the economic exposure created by owning the derivative. As a result, an adverse change in the value of the underlying asset could result in the Fund sustaining a loss that is substantially greater than the amount invested in the derivative, which may make the Fund’s returns more volatile and increase the risk of loss. Derivative instruments
   

may also be less liquid than more traditional investments and the Fund may be unable to sell or close out its derivative positions at a desirable time or price. This risk may be more acute under adverse market conditions, during which the Fund may be most in need of liquidating its derivative positions. Derivatives may also be harder to value, less tax efficient and subject to changing government regulation that could impact the Fund’s ability to use certain derivatives or their cost. Also, derivatives used for hedging or to gain or limit exposure to a particular market segment may not provide the expected benefits, particularly during adverse market conditions.

  Emerging markets securities risk. Emerging markets (also referred to as developing markets) are generally subject to greater market volatility, political, social and economic instability, uncertain trading markets and more governmental limitations on foreign investment than more developed markets. In addition, emerging markets may be subject to lower trading volume and greater price fluctuations than companies in more developed markets. Securities law and the enforcement of systems of taxation in many emerging market countries may change quickly and unpredictably. In addition, investments in emerging markets securities may also be subject to additional transaction costs, delays in settlement procedures, and lack of timely information.
  Foreign securities risk. The Fund’s foreign investments may be adversely affected by political and social instability, changes in economic or taxation policies, difficulty in enforcing obligations, decreased liquidity or increased volatility. Foreign investments also involve the risk of the possible seizure, nationalization or expropriation of the issuer or foreign deposits (in which the Fund could lose its entire investments in a certain market) and the possible adoption of foreign governmental restrictions
   

such as exchange controls. Unless the Fund has hedged its foreign securities risk, foreign securities risk also involves the risk of negative foreign currency rate fluctuations, which may cause the value of securities denominated in such foreign currency (or other instruments through which the Fund has exposure to foreign currencies) to decline in value. Currency exchange rates may fluctuate significantly over short periods of time. Currency hedging strategies, if used, are not always successful.

  Geographic focus risk. The Fund may from time to time invest a substantial amount of its assets in securities of issuers located in a single country or a limited number of countries. Adverse economic, political or social conditions in those countries may therefore have a significant negative impact on the Fund’s investment performance.
  Growth investing risk. Growth stocks tend to be more expensive relative to the issuing company’s earnings or assets compared with other types of stock. As a result, they tend to be more sensitive to changes in, or investors’ expectations of, the issuing company’s earnings and can be more volatile.
  Management risk. The Fund is actively managed and depends heavily on the Adviser’s judgment about markets, interest rates or the attractiveness, relative values, liquidity, or potential appreciation of particular investments made for the Fund’s portfolio. The Fund could experience losses if these judgments prove to be incorrect. Additionally, legislative, regulatory, or tax developments may adversely affect management of the Fund and, therefore, the ability of the Fund to achieve its investment objective.
  Market risk. The market values of the Fund’s investments, and therefore the value of the Fund’s shares, will go up and down, sometimes rapidly or unpredictably. Market risk may affect a single issuer, industry or section of the economy, or it may affect the market as a whole. Individual stock prices tend to go up and down more dramatically than those of certain other types of investments, such as bonds. During a general downturn in the financial markets,
 

 

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

 

 

 

NOT FDIC INSURED  |  MAY LOSE VALUE  |  NO BANK GUARANTEE

 

8                         Invesco Asia Pacific Growth Fund


 

multiple asset classes may decline in value. When markets perform well, there can be no assurance that specific investments held by the Fund will rise in value.

  Preferred securities risk. Preferred securities are subject to issuer-specific and market risks applicable generally to equity securities. Preferred securities also may be subordinated to bonds or other debt instruments, subjecting them to a greater risk of non-payment, may be less liquid than many other securities, such as common stocks, and generally offer no voting rights with respect to the issuer.
  Sector focus risk. The Fund may from time to time invest a significant amount of its assets (i.e. over 25%) in one market sector or group of related industries. In this event, the Fund’s performance will depend to a greater extent on the overall condition of the sector or group of industries and there is increased risk that the Fund will lose significant value if conditions adversely affect that sector or group of industries.
  Small- and mid-capitalization companies risks. Small- and mid-capitalization companies tend to be more vulnerable to changing market conditions, may have little or no operating history or track record of success, and may have more limited product lines and markets, less experienced management and fewer financial resources than larger companies. These companies’ securities may be more volatile and less liquid than those of more established companies, and their returns may vary, sometimes significantly, from the overall securities market.

 

 

About indexes used in this report

  The MSCI All Country Asia Pacific ex-Japan Index is an unmanaged index considered representative of Asia Pacific region stock markets, excluding Japan. The index is computed using the net return, which withholds applicable taxes for non-resident investors.
  The Lipper Pacific Region ex-Japan Funds Index is an unmanaged index considered representative of Pacific region ex-Japan funds tracked by Lipper.
  The Fund is not managed to track the performance of any particular index, including the index(es) described here, and consequently, the performance of the Fund may deviate significantly from the performance of the index(es).
  A direct investment cannot be made in an index. Unless otherwise indicated, index results include reinvested dividends, and they do not reflect sales charges. Performance of the peer group, if applicable, reflects fund expenses; performance of a market index does not.

 

 

Other information

  CPA® and Certified Public Accountant® are trademarks owned by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.
  The returns shown in management’s discussion of Fund performance are based on net asset values (NAVs) calculated for shareholder transactions. Generally accepted accounting principles require adjustments to be made to the net assets of the Fund at period end for financial reporting purposes, and as such, the NAVs for shareholder transactions and the returns based on those NAVs may differ from the NAVs and returns reported in the Financial Highlights.
  Industry classifications used in this report are generally according to the Global Industry Classification Standard, which was developed by and is the exclusive property and a service mark of MSCI Inc. and Standard & Poor’s.

    

 

 

9                         Invesco Asia Pacific Growth Fund


Schedule of Investments

October 31, 2016

 

 

     Shares      Value  

Common Stocks & Other Equity Interests–84.62%

  

Australia–9.92%   

Amcor Ltd.

    2,086,269       $ 23,298,945   

Brambles Ltd.

    811,566         7,100,398   

Coca-Cola Amatil Ltd.

    810,631         5,882,426   

Computershare Ltd.

    1,248,780         10,021,281   

CSL Ltd.

    301,579         23,004,214   

Tassal Group Ltd.

    5,939,448         17,357,614   
               86,664,878   
China–20.49%   

Baidu, Inc.–ADR(a)

    37,110         6,563,275   

China Mobile Ltd.

    2,379,000         27,254,918   

Fuyao Glass Industry Group Co., Ltd.–Class A

    1,906,135         4,978,039   

Industrial & Commercial Bank of China Ltd.–Class H

    22,205,000         13,335,066   

Kweichow Moutai Co., Ltd.–Class A

    495,830         23,266,500   

Lee & Man Paper Manufacturing Ltd.

    42,023,000         31,523,366   

Minth Group Ltd.

    7,074,000         25,124,414   

NetEase, Inc.–ADR

    82,942         21,315,265   

Stella International Holdings Ltd.

    11,445,000         19,863,412   

Want Want China Holdings Ltd.

    9,579,000         5,842,172   
               179,066,427   
Hong Kong–17.82%   

Cheung Kong Property Holdings Ltd.

    4,200,160         31,113,500   

CK Hutchison Holdings Ltd.

    3,318,660         41,058,279   

Galaxy Entertainment Group Ltd.

    2,525,000         10,369,643   

Hongkong Land Holdings Ltd.

    4,703,600         31,514,120   

Swire Properties Ltd.

    2,255,800         6,475,885   

WH Group Ltd.–REGS(b)

    43,410,000         35,207,357   
               155,738,784   
Indonesia–7.65%   

PT Bank Central Asia Tbk

    19,565,200         23,248,198   

PT Bank Mandiri Persero Tbk

    10,279,200         9,023,542   

PT Pakuwon Jati Tbk

    105,982,600         5,831,540   

PT Perusahaan Gas Negara Persero Tbk

    30,021,400         5,878,750   

PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia Persero Tbk

    70,809,200         22,859,889   
               66,841,919   
Malaysia–3.85%   

Bursa Malaysia Bhd.

    3,957,400         8,161,047   
     Shares      Value  
Malaysia–(continued)     

Public Bank Bhd.

    5,388,600       $ 25,513,791   
               33,674,838   
Philippines–7.31%   

Energy Development Corp.

    127,116,950         15,479,670   

First Gen Corp.

    11,399,389         5,399,711   

GMA Holdings, Inc.–PDR

    21,483,600         2,656,074   

Metro Pacific Investments Corp.

    151,811,300         22,560,193   

SM Investments Corp.

    536,716         7,444,234   

SM Prime Holdings Inc.

    18,560,900         10,305,226   
               63,845,108   
Singapore–8.00%   

Broadcom Ltd.

    164,193         27,958,784   

Keppel REIT

    34,111,400         26,727,115   

United Overseas Bank Ltd.

    1,130,900         15,249,487   
               69,935,386   
South Korea–1.73%   

NAVER Corp.

    9,477         7,100,862   

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

    5,631         8,033,444   
               15,134,306   
Taiwan–3.57%   

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd.

    5,214,464         31,147,652   
Thailand–4.28%   

Kasikornbank PCL

    5,019,000         24,602,152   

Major Cineplex Group PCL

    10,005,600         8,283,254   

Thai Stanley Electric PCL

    911,800         4,503,037   
               37,388,443   

Total Common Stocks & Other Equity Interests
(Cost $558,586,792)

   

     739,437,741   

Money Market Funds–15.46%

  

Government & Agency Portfolio– Institutional Class, 0.29%(c)

    81,039,513         81,039,513   

Treasury Portfolio–Institutional Class, 0.22%(c)

    54,026,342         54,026,342   

Total Money Market Funds
(Cost $135,065,855)

   

     135,065,855   

TOTAL INVESTMENTS–100.08%
(Cost $693,652,647)

   

     874,503,596   

OTHER ASSETS LESS LIABILITIES–(0.08)%

  

     (736,327

NET ASSETS–100.00%

  

   $ 873,767,269   
 

Investment Abbreviations:

 

ADR  

– American Depositary Receipt

PDR  

– Philippine Depositary Receipt

REGS  

– Regulation S

REIT  

– Real Estate Investment Trust

Notes to Schedule of Investments:

 

(a)  Non-income producing security.
(b)  Security purchased or received in transaction exempt from registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “1933 Act”). The security may be resold pursuant to an exemption from registration under the 1933 Act, typically to qualified institutional buyers. The value of this security at October 31, 2016 represented 4.03% of the Fund’s Net Assets.
(c)  The money market fund and the Fund are affiliated by having the same investment adviser. The rate shown is the 7-day SEC standardized yield as of October 31, 2016.

 

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

 

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Statement of Assets and Liabilities

October 31, 2016

 

 

Assets:

  

Investments, at value (Cost $558,586,792)

  $ 739,437,741   

Investments in affiliated money market funds, at value and cost

    135,065,855   

Total investments, at value (Cost $693,652,647)

    874,503,596   

Foreign currencies, at value (Cost $1,809,117)

    1,810,460   

Receivable for:

 

Fund shares sold

    1,074,333   

Dividends

    425,935   

Investment for trustee deferred compensation and retirement plans

    119,849   

Other assets

    25,653   

Total assets

    877,959,826   

Liabilities:

  

Payable for:

 

Fund shares reacquired

    873,876   

Accrued foreign taxes

    2,440,873   

Accrued fees to affiliates

    528,804   

Accrued trustees’ and officers’ fees and benefits

    2,260   

Accrued other operating expenses

    210,522   

Trustee deferred compensation and retirement plans

    136,222   

Total liabilities

    4,192,557   

Net assets applicable to shares outstanding

  $ 873,767,269   

Net assets consist of:

  

Shares of beneficial interest

  $ 676,927,892   

Undistributed net investment income

    7,983,440   

Undistributed net realized gain

    8,002,750   

Net unrealized appreciation

    180,853,187   
    $ 873,767,269   

Net Assets:

  

Class A

  $ 467,190,596   

Class B

  $ 3,957,084   

Class C

  $ 72,871,829   

Class Y

  $ 329,747,760   

Shares outstanding, $0.001 par value per share,
with an unlimited number of shares authorized:

   

Class A

    14,786,663   

Class B

    134,806   

Class C

    2,498,282   

Class Y

    10,404,047   

Class A:

 

Net asset value per share

  $ 31.60   

Maximum offering price per share

 

(Net asset value of $31.60 ¸ 94.50%)

  $ 33.44   

Class B:

 

Net asset value and offering price per share

  $ 29.35   

Class C:

 

Net asset value and offering price per share

  $ 29.17   

Class Y:

 

Net asset value and offering price per share

  $ 31.69   
 

 

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

 

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Statement of Operations

For the year ended October 31, 2016

 

Investment income:

  

Dividends (net of foreign withholding taxes of $1,371,430)

  $ 20,487,160   

Dividends from affiliated money market funds

    390,726   

Total investment income

    20,877,886   

Expenses:

 

Advisory fees

    7,552,788   

Administrative services fees

    206,414   

Custodian fees

    388,228   

Distribution fees:

 

Class A

    1,125,238   

Class B

    52,072   

Class C

    733,756   

Transfer agent fees

    1,654,690   

Trustees’ and officers’ fees and benefits

    36,880   

Registration and filing fees

    84,002   

Reports to shareholders

    98,900   

Professional services fees

    66,418   

Other

    31,837   

Total expenses

    12,031,223   

Less: Fees waived and expense offset arrangement(s)

    (142,651

Net expenses

    11,888,572   

Net investment income

    8,989,314   

Realized and unrealized gain (loss) from:

 

Net realized gain (loss) from:

 

Investment securities (net of foreign taxes of $713,507)

    22,499,235   

Foreign currencies

    (13,896
      22,485,339   

Change in net unrealized appreciation of:

 

Investment securities (net of foreign taxes of $1,033,449)

    60,684,226   

Foreign currencies

    20,317   
      60,704,543   

Net realized and unrealized gain

    83,189,882   

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

  $ 92,179,196   

 

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

 

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Statement of Changes in Net Assets

For the years ended October 31, 2016 and 2015

 

     2016      2015  

Operations:

  

  

Net investment income

  $ 8,989,314       $ 26,350,661   

Net realized gain (loss)

    22,485,339         (16,243,837

Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

    60,704,543         (104,310,361

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

    92,179,196         (94,203,537

Distributions to shareholders from net investment income:

    

Class A

    (13,895,726      (6,938,903

Class B

    (150,826      (81,066

Class C

    (1,839,511      (554,964

Class Y

    (8,971,069      (3,930,309

Total distributions from net investment income

    (24,857,132      (11,505,242

Distributions to shareholders from net realized gains:

    

Class A

            (15,905,754

Class B

            (427,032

Class C

            (2,923,423

Class Y

            (7,560,901

Total distributions from net realized gains

            (26,817,110

Share transactions–net:

    

Class A

    (33,771,006      (14,351,854

Class B

    (3,083,170      (6,636,896

Class C

    (12,120,880      (3,037,408

Class Y

    31,472,093         60,513,827   

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

    (17,502,963      36,487,669   

Net increase (decrease) in net assets

    49,819,101         (96,038,220

Net assets:

    

Beginning of year

    823,948,168         919,986,388   

End of year (includes undistributed net investment income of $7,983,440 and $24,578,659, respectively)

  $ 873,767,269       $ 823,948,168   

Notes to Financial Statements

October 31, 2016

NOTE 1—Significant Accounting Policies

Invesco Asia Pacific Growth Fund (the “Fund”) is a series portfolio of AIM International Mutual Funds (Invesco International Mutual Funds) (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 consisting of ten separate portfolios, each authorized to issue an unlimited number of shares of beneficial interest. The assets, liabilities and operations of each portfolio are accounted for separately. Information presented in these financial statements pertains only to the Fund. Matters affecting each portfolio or class will be voted on exclusively by the shareholders of such portfolio or class.

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

The Fund currently consists of four different classes of shares: Class A, Class B, Class C and Class Y. Class Y shares are available only to certain investors. Class A shares are sold with a front-end sales charge unless certain waiver criteria are met and under certain circumstances load waived shares may be subject to contingent deferred sales charges (“CDSC”). Class C shares are sold with a CDSC. Class Y shares are sold at net asset value. Effective November 30, 2010, new or additional investments in Class B shares are no longer permitted. Existing shareholders of Class B shares may continue to reinvest dividends and capital gains distributions in Class B shares until they convert to Class A shares. Also, shareholders in Class B shares will be able to exchange those shares for Class B shares of other Invesco Funds offering such shares until they convert to Class A shares. Generally, Class B shares will automatically convert to Class A shares on or about the month-end, which is at least eight years after the date of purchase. Redemption of Class B shares prior to the conversion date will be subject to a CDSC.

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

A. Security Valuations — Securities, including restricted securities, are valued according to the following policy.

A security listed or traded on an exchange (except convertible securities) is valued at its last sales price or official closing price as of the close of the customary trading session on the exchange where the security is principally traded, or lacking any sales or official closing price on a particular day, the security may be valued at the closing bid price on that day. Securities traded in the over-the-counter market are valued based

 

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on prices furnished by independent pricing services or market makers. When such securities are valued by an independent pricing service they may be considered fair valued. Futures contracts are valued at the final settlement price set by an exchange on which they are principally traded. Listed options are valued at the mean between the last bid and asked prices from the exchange on which they are principally traded. Options not listed on an exchange are valued by an independent source at the mean between the last bid and asked prices. For purposes of determining net asset value (“NAV”) per share, futures and option contracts generally are valued 15 minutes after the close of the customary trading session of the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”).

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

Debt obligations (including convertible securities) and unlisted equities are fair valued using an evaluated quote provided by an independent pricing service. Evaluated quotes provided by the pricing service may be determined without exclusive reliance on quoted prices, and may reflect appropriate factors such as institution-size trading in similar groups of securities, developments related to specific securities, dividend rate (for unlisted equities), yield (for debt obligations), quality, type of issue, coupon rate (for debt obligations), maturity (for debt obligations), individual trading characteristics and other market data. Debt obligations are subject to interest rate and credit risks. In addition, all debt obligations involve some risk of default with respect to interest and/or principal payments.

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

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

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

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

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

B. Securities Transactions and Investment Income — Securities transactions are accounted for on a trade date basis. Realized gains or losses on sales are computed on the basis of specific identification of the securities sold. Interest income (net of withholding tax, if any) is recorded on the accrual basis from settlement date. Dividend income (net of withholding tax, if any) is recorded on the ex-dividend date.

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

Brokerage commissions and mark ups are considered transaction costs and are recorded as an increase to the cost basis of securities purchased and/or a reduction of proceeds on a sale of securities. Such transaction costs are included in the determination of net realized and unrealized gain (loss) from investment securities reported in the Statement of Operations and the Statement of Changes in Net Assets and the net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on securities per share in the Financial Highlights. Transaction costs are included in the calculation of the Fund’s net asset value and, accordingly, they reduce the Fund’s total returns. These transaction costs are not considered operating expenses and are not reflected in net investment income reported in the Statement of Operations and the Statement of Changes in Net Assets, or the net investment income per share and the ratios of expenses and net investment income reported in the Financial Highlights, nor are they limited by any expense limitation arrangements between the Fund and the investment adviser.

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

C.

Country Determination — For the purposes of making investment selection decisions and presentation in the Schedule of Investments, the investment adviser may determine the country in which an issuer is located and/or credit risk exposure based on various factors. These factors include the laws of the country under which the issuer is organized, where the issuer maintains a principal office, the country in which the issuer derives 50% or more of its total revenues and the country that has the primary market for the issuer’s securities, as well as other criteria. Among the other criteria that may be evaluated for making this determination are the country in which the issuer maintains 50% or more of its assets,

 

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  the type of security, financial guarantees and enhancements, the nature of the collateral and the sponsor organization. Country of issuer and/or credit risk exposure has been determined to be the United States of America, unless otherwise noted.
D. Distributions — Distributions from net investment income and net realized capital gain, if any, are generally declared and paid annually and recorded on the ex-dividend date. The Fund may elect to treat a portion of the proceeds from redemptions as distributions for federal income tax purposes.
E. Federal Income Taxes — The Fund intends to comply with the requirements of Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Internal Revenue Code”), necessary to qualify as a regulated investment company and to distribute substantially all of the Fund’s taxable earnings to shareholders. As such, the Fund will not be subject to federal income taxes on otherwise taxable income (including net realized capital gain) that is distributed to shareholders. Therefore, no provision for federal income taxes is recorded in the financial statements.

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

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

F. Expenses — Fees provided for under the Rule 12b-1 plan of a particular class of the Fund and which are directly attributable to that class are charged to the operations of such class. All other expenses are allocated among the classes based on relative net assets.
G. Accounting Estimates — The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”) requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period including estimates and assumptions related to taxation. Actual results could differ from those estimates by a significant amount. In addition, the Fund monitors for material events or transactions that may occur or become known after the period-end date and before the date the financial statements are released to print.
H. Indemnifications — Under the Trust’s organizational documents, each Trustee, officer, employee or other agent of the Trust is indemnified against certain liabilities that may arise out of the performance of their duties to the Fund. Additionally, in the normal course of business, the Fund enters into contracts, including the Fund’s servicing agreements, that contain a variety of indemnification clauses. The Fund’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown as this would involve future claims that may be made against the Fund that have not yet occurred. The risk of material loss as a result of such indemnification claims is considered remote.
I. Foreign Currency Translations — Foreign currency is valued at the close of the NYSE based on quotations posted by banks and major currency dealers. Portfolio securities and other assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies are translated into U.S. dollar amounts at date of valuation. Purchases and sales of portfolio securities (net of foreign taxes withheld on disposition) and income items denominated in foreign currencies are translated into U.S. dollar amounts on the respective dates of such transactions. The Fund does not separately account for the portion of the results of operations resulting from changes in foreign exchange rates on investments and the fluctuations arising from changes in market prices of securities held. The combined results of changes in foreign exchange rates and the fluctuation of market prices on investments (net of estimated foreign tax withholding) are included with the net realized and unrealized gain or loss from investments in the Statement of Operations. Reported net realized foreign currency gains or losses arise from (1) sales of foreign currencies, (2) currency gains or losses realized between the trade and settlement dates on securities transactions, and (3) the difference between the amounts of dividends, interest, and foreign withholding taxes recorded on the Fund’s books and the U.S. dollar equivalent of the amounts actually received or paid. Net unrealized foreign currency gains and losses arise from changes in the fair values of assets and liabilities, other than investments in securities at fiscal period end, resulting from changes in exchange rates.

The Fund may invest in foreign securities, which may be subject to foreign taxes on income, gains on investments or currency repatriation, a portion of which may be recoverable. Foreign taxes, if any, are recorded based on the tax regulations and rates that exist in the foreign markets in which the Fund invests and are shown in the Statement of Operations.

J. Forward Foreign Currency Contracts — The Fund may engage in foreign currency transactions either on a spot (i.e. for prompt delivery and settlement) basis, or through forward foreign currency contracts, to manage or minimize currency or exchange rate risk.

The Fund may also enter into forward foreign currency contracts for the purchase or sale of a security denominated in a foreign currency in order to “lock in” the U.S. dollar price of that security, or the Fund may also enter into forward foreign currency contracts that do not provide for physical settlement of the two currencies, but instead are settled by a single cash payment calculated as the difference between the agreed upon exchange rate and the spot rate at settlement based upon an agreed upon notional amount (non-deliverable forwards). The Fund will set aside liquid assets in an amount equal to the daily mark-to-market obligation for forward foreign currency contracts.

A forward foreign currency contract is an obligation between two parties (“Counterparties”) to purchase or sell a specific currency for an agreed-upon price at a future date. The use of forward foreign currency contracts does not eliminate fluctuations in the price of the underlying securities the Fund owns or intends to acquire but establishes a rate of exchange in advance. Fluctuations in the value of these contracts are measured by the difference in the contract date and reporting date exchange rates and are recorded as unrealized appreciation (depreciation) until the contracts are closed. When the contracts are closed, realized gains (losses) are recorded. Realized and unrealized gains (losses) on the contracts are included in the Statement of Operations. The primary risks associated with forward foreign currency contracts include failure of the Counterparty to meet the terms of the contract and the value of the foreign currency changing unfavorably. These risks may be in excess of the amounts reflected in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities.

 

15                         Invesco Asia Pacific Growth Fund


NOTE 2—Advisory Fees and Other Fees Paid to Affiliates

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

 

Average Daily Net Assets   Rate  

First $250 million

    0 .935%   

Next $250 million

    0 .91%   

Next $500 million

    0 .885%   

Next $1.5 billion

    0 .86%   

Next $2.5 billion

    0 .835%   

Next $2.5 billion

    0 .81%   

Next $2.5 billion

    0 .785%   

Over $10 billion

    0 .76%         

For the year ended October 31, 2016, the effective advisory fees incurred by the Fund was 0.91%.

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

The Adviser has contractually agreed, through at least June 30, 2017, to waive advisory fees and/or reimburse expenses of all shares to the extent necessary to limit total annual fund operating expenses after fee waiver and/or expense reimbursement (excluding certain items discussed below) of Class A, Class B, Class C and Class Y shares to 2.25%, 3.00%, 3.00% and 2.00%, respectively, of average daily net assets (the “expense limits”). In determining the Adviser’s obligation to waive advisory fees and/or reimburse expenses, the following expenses are not taken into account, and could cause the total annual fund operating expenses after fee waiver and/or expense reimbursement to exceed the numbers reflected above: (1) interest; (2) taxes; (3) dividend expense on short sales; (4) extraordinary or non-routine items; and (5) expenses that the Fund has incurred but did not actually pay because of an expense offset arrangement. Unless Invesco continues the fee waiver agreement, it will terminate on June 30, 2017. During its term, the fee waiver agreement cannot be terminated or amended to increase the expense limits without approval of the Board of Trustees. The Adviser did not waive fees and/or reimburse expenses during the period under these expense limits.

Further, the Adviser has contractually agreed, through at least June 30, 2018, 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 October 31, 2016, the Adviser waived advisory fees of $136,150.

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 October 31, 2016, expenses incurred under the agreement are shown in the Statement of Operations as Administrative services fees.

The Trust has entered into a transfer agency and service agreement with Invesco Investment Services, Inc. (“IIS”) pursuant to which the Fund has agreed to pay IIS a fee for providing transfer agency and shareholder services to the Fund and reimburse IIS for certain expenses incurred by IIS in the course of providing such services. IIS may make payments to intermediaries that provide omnibus account services, sub-accounting services and/or networking services. All fees payable by IIS to intermediaries that provide omnibus account services or sub-accounting are charged back to the Fund, subject to certain limitations approved by the Trust’s Board of Trustees. For the year ended October 31, 2016, the expenses incurred under the agreement are shown in the Statement of Operations as Transfer agent fees.

The Trust has entered into master distribution agreements with Invesco Distributors, Inc. (“IDI”) to serve as the distributor for the Class A, Class B, Class C and Class Y shares of the Fund. The Trust has adopted plans pursuant to Rule 12b-1 under the 1940 Act with respect to the Fund’s Class A, Class B and Class C shares (collectively, the “Plans”). The Fund, pursuant to the Plans, pays IDI compensation at the annual rate of 0.25% of the Fund’s average daily net assets of Class A shares and 1.00% of the average daily net assets of each class of Class B and Class C shares. Of the Plan payments, up to 0.25% of the average daily net assets of each class of shares may be paid to furnish continuing personal shareholder services to customers who purchase and own shares of such classes. Any amounts not paid as a service fee under the Plans would constitute an asset-based sales charge. Rules of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”) impose a cap on the total sales charges, including asset-based sales charges, that may be paid by any class of shares of the Fund. For the year ended October 31, 2016, expenses incurred under the Plans are shown in the Statement of Operations as Distribution fees.

Front-end sales commissions and CDSC (collectively, the “sales charges”) are not recorded as expenses of the Fund. Front-end sales commissions are deducted from proceeds from the sales of Fund shares prior to investment in Class A shares of the Fund. CDSC are deducted from redemption proceeds prior to remittance to the shareholder. During the year ended October 31, 2016, IDI advised the Fund that IDI retained $106,038 in front-end sales commissions from the sale of Class A shares and $3,721, $963 and $7,356 from Class A, Class B and Class C shares, respectively, for CDSC imposed on redemptions by shareholders.

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

 

16                         Invesco Asia Pacific Growth Fund


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 October 31, 2016. 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.

During the year ended October 31, 2016, there were transfers from Level 1 to Level 2 of $46,952,038 and from Level 2 to Level 1 of $372,723,566, due to foreign fair value adjustments.

 

     Level 1        Level 2        Level 3        Total  

Australia

  $ 15,903,707         $ 70,761,171         $         $ 86,664,878   

China

    104,105,541           74,960,886                     179,066,427   

Hong Kong

    149,262,899           6,475,885                     155,738,784   

Indonesia

              66,841,919                     66,841,919   

Malaysia

    33,674,838                               33,674,838   

Philippines

    63,845,108                               63,845,108   

Singapore

    54,685,899           15,249,487                     69,935,386   

South Korea

    7,100,862           8,033,444                     15,134,306   

Taiwan

    31,147,652                               31,147,652   

Thailand

    12,786,291           24,602,152                     37,388,443   

Money Market Funds

    135,065,855                               135,065,855   

Total Investments

  $ 607,578,652         $ 266,924,944         $         $ 874,503,596   

NOTE 4—Expense Offset Arrangement(s)

The expense offset arrangement is comprised of transfer agency credits which result from balances in demand deposit accounts used by the transfer agent for clearing shareholder transactions. For the year ended October 31, 2016, the Fund received credits from this arrangement, which resulted in the reduction of the Fund’s total expenses of $6,501.

NOTE 5—Trustees’ and Officers’ Fees and Benefits

Trustees’ and Officers’ Fees and Benefits include amounts accrued by the Fund to pay remuneration to certain Trustees and Officers of the Fund. Trustees have the option to defer compensation payable by the Fund, and Trustees’ and Officers’ Fees and Benefits also include amounts accrued by the Fund to fund such deferred compensation amounts. Those Trustees who defer compensation have the option to select various Invesco Funds in which their deferral accounts shall be deemed to be invested. Finally, certain current Trustees were eligible to participate in a retirement plan that provided for benefits to be paid upon retirement to Trustees over a period of time based on the number of years of service. The Fund may have certain former Trustees who also participate in a retirement plan and receive benefits under such plan. Trustees’ and Officers’ Fees and Benefits include amounts accrued by the Fund to fund such retirement benefits. Obligations under the deferred compensation and retirement plans represent unsecured claims against the general assets of the Fund.

NOTE 6—Cash Balances

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

 

17                         Invesco Asia Pacific Growth Fund


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

Tax Character of Distributions to Shareholders Paid During the Fiscal Years Ended October 31, 2016 and 2015:

 

     2016        2015  

Ordinary income

  $ 24,857,132         $ 11,520,054   

Long-term capital gain

              26,802,298   

Total distributions

  $ 24,857,132         $ 38,322,352   

Tax Components of Net Assets at Period-End:

 

     2016  

Undistributed ordinary income

  $ 8,209,351   

Undistributed long-term gain

    8,798,505   

Net unrealized appreciation — investments

    179,968,979   

Net unrealized appreciation — other investments

    2,238   

Temporary book/tax differences

    (139,696

Shares of beneficial interest

    676,927,892   

Total net assets

  $ 873,767,269   

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

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

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

The Fund does not have a capital loss carryforward as of October 31, 2016, which expires as follows:

NOTE 8—Investment Securities

The aggregate amount of investment securities (other than short-term securities, U.S. Treasury obligations and money market funds, if any) purchased and sold by the Fund during the year ended October 31, 2016 was $65,419,483 and $203,743,710, respectively. Cost of investments on a tax basis includes the adjustments for financial reporting purposes as of the most recently completed federal income tax reporting period-end.

 

Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) of Investment Securities on a Tax Basis  

Aggregate unrealized appreciation of investment securities

  $ 201,707,930   

Aggregate unrealized (depreciation) of investment securities

    (21,738,951

Net unrealized appreciation of investment securities

  $ 179,968,979   

Cost of investments for tax purposes is $694,534,617.

NOTE 9—Reclassification of Permanent Differences

Primarily as a result of differing book/tax treatment of foreign capital gain taxes and foreign currency transactions, on October 31, 2016, undistributed net investment income was decreased by $727,401 and undistributed net realized gain was increased by $727,401. This reclassification had no effect on the net assets of the Fund.

 

18                         Invesco Asia Pacific Growth Fund


NOTE 10—Share Information

 

     Summary of Share Activity  
    Years Ended October 31,  
    2016(a)      2015  
     Shares      Amount      Shares      Amount  

Sold:

          

Class A

    2,036,325       $ 60,570,450         3,322,479       $ 105,532,830   

Class B

    2,349         66,083         10,622         320,599   

Class C

    177,152         4,835,945         454,728         13,459,302   

Class Y

    6,670,356         188,165,363         10,006,164         319,095,160   

Issued as reinvestment of dividends:

          

Class A

    460,370         12,632,568         726,443         22,556,041   

Class B

    5,541         142,167         17,252         501,161   

Class C

    64,456         1,643,629         117,502         3,392,286   

Class Y

    173,277         4,758,193         245,080         7,619,531   

Automatic conversion of Class B shares to Class A shares:

          

Class A

    72,566         2,125,618         173,093         5,502,079   

Class B

    (77,875      (2,125,618      (185,570      (5,502,079

Reacquired:

          

Class A

    (3,742,768      (109,099,642      (4,761,851      (147,942,804

Class B

    (42,983      (1,165,802      (66,916      (1,956,577

Class C

    (694,543      (18,600,454      (698,211      (19,888,996

Class Y

    (5,567,529      (161,451,463      (8,827,917      (266,200,864

Net increase (decrease) in share activity

    (463,306    $ (17,502,963      532,898       $ 36,487,669   

 

(a)  There are entities that are record owners of more than 5% of the outstanding shares of the Fund and in the aggregate own 40% of the outstanding shares of the Fund. IDI has an agreement with these entities to sell Fund shares. The Fund, Invesco and/or Invesco affiliates may make payments to these entities, which are considered to be related to the Fund, for providing services to the Fund, Invesco and/or Invesco affiliates including but not limited to services such as securities brokerage, distribution, third party record keeping and account servicing. The Fund has no knowledge as to whether all or any portion of the shares owned of record by these entities are also owned beneficially.

 

19                         Invesco Asia Pacific Growth Fund


NOTE 11—Financial Highlights

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

 

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

Class A

                           

Year ended 10/31/16

  $ 29.35      $ 0.31      $ 2.83      $ 3.14      $ (0.89   $      $ (0.89   $ 31.60        11.15   $ 467,191        1.45 %(e)      1.47 %(e)      1.06 %(e)      9

Year ended 10/31/15

    33.43        0.83 (f)      (3.54     (2.71     (0.41     (0.96     (1.37     29.35        (8.32     468,366        1.44        1.45        2.63 (f)      23   

Year ended 10/31/14

    33.45        0.48        1.47        1.95        (0.27     (1.70     (1.97     33.43        6.54        551,539        1.47        1.48        1.52        15   

Year ended 10/31/13

    30.65        0.30        3.35        3.65        (0.20     (0.65     (0.85     33.45        12.16        555,505        1.47        1.49        0.95        18   

Year ended 10/31/12

    28.42        0.26        4.34        4.60        (0.27     (2.10     (2.37     30.65        17.77        457,964        1.54        1.55        0.89        16   

Class B

                           

Year ended 10/31/16

    27.27        0.08        2.64        2.72        (0.64            (0.64     29.35        10.31        3,957        2.20 (e)      2.22 (e)      0.31 (e)      9   

Year ended 10/31/15

    31.15        0.56 (f)      (3.30     (2.74     (0.18     (0.96     (1.14     27.27        (9.03     6,757        2.19        2.20        1.88 (f)      23   

Year ended 10/31/14

    31.29        0.23        1.37        1.60        (0.04     (1.70     (1.74     31.15        5.74        14,714        2.22        2.23        0.77        15   

Year ended 10/31/13

    28.74        0.06        3.14        3.20               (0.65     (0.65     31.29        11.32        22,421        2.22        2.24        0.20        18   

Year ended 10/31/12

    26.73        0.04        4.10        4.14        (0.03     (2.10     (2.13     28.74        16.94        27,112        2.29        2.30        0.14        16   

Class C

                           

Year ended 10/31/16

    27.10        0.08        2.63        2.71        (0.64            (0.64     29.17        10.34        72,872        2.20 (e)      2.22 (e)      0.31 (e)      9   

Year ended 10/31/15

    30.96        0.55 (f)      (3.27     (2.72     (0.18     (0.96     (1.14     27.10        (9.02     79,991        2.19        2.20        1.88 (f)      23   

Year ended 10/31/14

    31.11        0.23        1.36        1.59        (0.04     (1.70     (1.74     30.96        5.73        95,277        2.22        2.23        0.77        15   

Year ended 10/31/13

    28.58        0.06        3.12        3.18               (0.65     (0.65     31.11        11.31        96,520        2.22        2.24        0.20        18   

Year ended 10/31/12

    26.60        0.04        4.07        4.11        (0.03     (2.10     (2.13     28.58        16.91        79,959        2.29        2.30        0.14        16   

Class Y

                           

Year ended 10/31/16

    29.45        0.39        2.82        3.21        (0.97            (0.97     31.69        11.42        329,748        1.20 (e)      1.22 (e)      1.31 (e)      9   

Year ended 10/31/15

    33.55        0.91 (f)      (3.55     (2.64     (0.50     (0.96     (1.46     29.45        (8.12     268,833        1.19        1.20        2.88 (f)      23   

Year ended 10/31/14

    33.57        0.57        1.47        2.04        (0.36     (1.70     (2.06     33.55        6.80        258,457        1.22        1.23        1.77        15   

Year ended 10/31/13

    30.75        0.39        3.35        3.74        (0.27     (0.65     (0.92     33.57        12.43        121,030        1.22        1.24        1.20        18   

Year ended 10/31/12

    28.52        0.33        4.35        4.68        (0.35     (2.10     (2.45     30.75        18.07        58,843        1.29        1.30        1.14        16   

 

(a)  Calculated using average shares outstanding.
(b)  Includes redemption fees added to shares of beneficial interest which were less than $0.005 per share for the fiscal year ended October 31, 2012.
(c)  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.
(d)  Portfolio turnover is calculated at the fund level and is not annualized for periods less than one year, if applicable.
(e)  Ratios are based on average daily net assets (000’s omitted) of $450,095, $5,207, $73,376 and $303,558 for Class A, Class B, Class C and Class Y shares, respectively.
(f)  Net investment income per share and the ratio of net investment income to average net assets include significant dividends received during the fiscal year ended October 31, 2015. Net investment income per share and the ratio of net investment income to average net assets excluding the significant dividends are $0.38 and 1.18%, $0.11 and 0.43%, $0.10 and 0.43% and $0.46 and 1.43% for Class A, Class B, Class C and Class Y shares, respectively.

 

20                         Invesco Asia Pacific Growth Fund


Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

 

To the Board of Trustees and Shareholders of the Invesco Asia Pacific Growth Fund:

In our opinion, the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities, including the schedule of investments, and the related statements of operations and of changes in net assets and the financial highlights present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Invesco Asia Pacific Growth Fund (the “Fund”) as of October 31, 2016, the results of its operations for the year then ended, the changes in its net assets for each of the two years in the period then ended and the financial highlights for each of the five years in the period then ended, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. These financial statements and financial highlights (hereafter referred to as “financial statements”) are the responsibility of the Fund’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits. We conducted our audits of these financial statements in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, and evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits, which included confirmation of securities as of October 31, 2016 by correspondence with the custodian, provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLP

Houston, Texas

December 21, 2016

 

21                         Invesco Asia Pacific Growth Fund


Calculating your ongoing Fund expenses

Example

As a shareholder of the Fund, you incur two types of costs: (1) transaction costs, which may include sales charges (loads) on purchase payments or contingent deferred sales charges on redemptions, if any; and (2) ongoing costs, including management fees, distribution and/or service (12b-1) fees, and other Fund expenses. This example is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Fund and to compare these costs with ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds. The example is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period May 1, 2016 through October 31, 2016.

Actual expenses

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

Hypothetical example for comparison purposes

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

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

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

 

Class    Beginning
Account Value
(05/01/16)
     ACTUAL      HYPOTHETICAL
(5% annual return before
expenses)
     Annualized
Expense
Ratio
 
      Ending
Account Value
(10/31/16)1
     Expenses
Paid During
Period2
     Ending
Account Value
(10/31/16)
     Expenses
Paid During
Period2
    
A    $ 1,000.00       $ 1,080.30       $ 7.37       $ 1,018.05       $ 7.15         1.41
B      1,000.00         1,075.90         11.27         1,014.28         10.94         2.16   
C      1,000.00         1,076.00         11.27         1,014.28         10.94         2.16   
Y      1,000.00         1,081.20         6.07         1,019.30         5.89         1.16   

 

1  The actual ending account value is based on the actual total return of the Fund for the period May 1, 2016 through October 31, 2016, after actual expenses and will differ from the hypothetical ending account value which is based on the Fund’s expense ratio and a hypothetical annual return of 5% before expenses.
2  Expenses are equal to the Fund’s annualized expense ratio as indicated above multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 184/366 to reflect the most recent fiscal half year.

 

22                         Invesco Asia Pacific Growth Fund


Approval of Investment Advisory and Sub-Advisory Contracts

 

The Board of Trustees (the Board) of AIM International Mutual Funds (Invesco International Mutual Funds) is required under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, to approve annually the renewal of Invesco Asia Pacific Growth Fund’s (the Fund) investment advisory agreements. During contract renewal meetings held on June 7-8, 2016, the Board as a whole, and the disinterested or “independent” Trustees, who comprise over 75% of the Board, voting separately, approved the continuance for the Fund of the Master Investment Advisory Agreement with Invesco Advisers, Inc. (Invesco Advisers and the investment advisory agreement) and 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. (collectively, the Affiliated Sub-Advisers and the sub-advisory contracts) for another year effective July 1, 2016.

In evaluating the fairness and reasonableness of compensation under the Fund’s investment advisory agreement and sub-advisory contracts, the Board considered, among other things, the factors discussed below. The Board determined that continuation of the Fund’s investment advisory agreement and the sub-advisory contracts is in the best interest of the Fund and its shareholders and that the compensation payable to Invesco Advisers and the Affiliated Sub-Advisers under the agreements is fair and reasonable.

The Board’s Fund Evaluation Process

The Board’s Investments Committee has established three Sub-Committees, which meet throughout the year to review the performance of funds advised by Invesco Advisers (the Invesco Funds). Over the course of each year, the Sub-Committees meet with portfolio managers for their assigned Invesco Funds and other members of management to review the performance, investment objective(s), policies, strategies, limitations and investment risks of these funds. The Board had the benefit of reports from the Sub-Committees and Investments Committee throughout the year in considering approval of the continuance of each Invesco Fund’s investment advisory agreement and sub-advisory contracts for another year.

During the contract renewal process, the Board receives comparative performance and fee data regarding the Invesco Funds prepared by Invesco Advisers and Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. (Broadridge), an independent provider of investment company data. The Board also receives an independent written evaluation from the Senior Officer, an officer of the Invesco Funds who reports directly to the independent

Trustees. The Senior Officer’s evaluation is prepared as part of his responsibility to manage the process by which the Invesco Funds’ proposed management fees are negotiated during the annual contract renewal process to ensure they are negotiated in a manner that is at arms’ length and reasonable. In addition to meetings with Invesco Advisers and fund counsel, the independent Trustees also discuss the continuance of the investment advisory agreement and sub-advisory contracts in separate sessions with the Senior Officer and with independent legal counsel.

The Trustees recognized that the advisory fee rates for the Invesco Funds are, in many cases, the result of years of review and negotiation. The Trustees’ deliberations and conclusions in a particular year may be based in part on their deliberations and conclusions regarding these arrangements throughout the year and in prior years. 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.

The discussion below is a summary of the Senior Officer’s independent written evaluation with respect to the Fund’s investment advisory agreement as well as a discussion 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. Unless otherwise stated, this information is current as of June 8, 2016, and does not reflect consideration of factors that became known to the Board after that date.

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 advisory services provided to the Fund by Invesco Advisers under the Fund’s investment advisory agreement, the performance of Invesco Advisers in providing these services, and the credentials and experience of the officers and employees of Invesco Advisers who provide these services, including the Fund’s portfolio manager or managers. The Board’s review of the qualifications of Invesco Advisers to provide advisory services included the Board’s consideration of Invesco Advisers’ investment process oversight, independent credit analysis and investment risk management. The Board also considered non-advisory services that Invesco Advisers and its affiliates provide to the Invesco Funds such as various back office support functions, trading operations, internal audit, valuation and legal and compliance.

In determining whether to continue the Fund’s investment advisory agreement, the Board considered the benefits of reapproving an existing relationship and the greater uncertainty that may be associated with entering into a new relationship. The Board concluded that the nature, extent and quality of the services provided to the Fund by Invesco Advisers are appropriate and satisfactory and consistent with the terms of the Fund’s investment advisory agreement.

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 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 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 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 and consistent with the terms of the Fund’s sub-advisory contracts.

B. Fund Performance

The Board considered Fund performance as a relevant factor in considering whether to approve the investment advisory agreement. 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 performance during the past one, three and five calendar years to the performance of funds in the Broadridge performance universe and against the Lipper Pacific Region Ex-Japan Funds Index. The Board noted that performance of Class A shares of the Fund was in the third quintile of its performance universe for the one year period, the second quintile for the three year period and the first quintile for the five year period (the first quintile being the best performing funds and the fifth quintile being the worst performing funds). The Board noted that performance of Class A shares of the Fund was below the performance of the Index for the one year period and above the performance of the Index for the three and five year periods. The Trustees also reviewed more recent Fund performance and this review did not change their conclusions.

 

 

23                         Invesco Asia Pacific Growth Fund


C. Advisory and Sub-Advisory Fees

The Board compared the Fund’s contractual management fee rate to the contractual management fee rates of funds in the Fund’s Broadridge expense group at a common asset level. The Board noted that the contractual management fee rate for Class A shares of the Fund was below the median contractual management fee rate of funds in its expense group. The Board noted that the term “contractual management fee” for funds in the expense group may include both advisory and certain administrative services fees, but that Broadridge does not provide information on a fund by fund basis as to what is included. The Board noted that Invesco Advisers does not separately charge the Invesco Funds for the administrative services included in the term as defined by Broadridge. The Board also reviewed the methodology used by Broadridge in providing expense group information, which includes using each fund’s contractual management fee schedule (including any applicable breakpoints) as reported in the most recent prospectus or statement of additional information for each fund in the expense group.

The Board noted that Invesco Advisers and the Affiliated Sub-Advisers do not manage other mutual funds or client accounts with investment strategies comparable to those of the Fund.

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. The Board also noted that the sub-advisory fees are not paid directly by the Fund, but rather, are payable by Invesco Advisers to the Affiliated Sub-Advisers.

D. Economies of Scale and Breakpoints

The Board considered the extent to which there are economies of scale in the provision of advisory services to the Fund. The Board also considered whether the Fund benefits from economies of scale through contractual breakpoints in the Fund’s advisory fee schedule. The Board also noted that the Fund shares directly in economies of scale through lower fees charged by third party service providers based on the combined size of the Invesco Funds and other clients advised by Invesco Advisers.

E. Profitability and Financial Resources

The Board reviewed information from Invesco Advisers concerning the costs of the advisory and other services that Invesco Advisers and its affiliates provide to the Fund and the Invesco Funds and the profitability of Invesco Advisers and its affiliates in providing these services. The Board received information from Invesco Advisers and a report from an independent consultant engaged by the Senior Officer about the methodology used to prepare the profitability information. The Board noted that Invesco Advisers continues to operate at a net profit from services Invesco Advisers and its affiliates provide to the Invesco Funds and the Fund. The Board did not deem the level of

profits realized by Invesco Advisers and its affiliates from providing services to the Fund to be excessive given the nature, quality and extent of the services provided. to the Fund, although the Fund does incur its share of underlying fund fees and other allocable costs. The Board received and accepted information from Invesco Advisers demonstrating that Invesco Advisers and each Affiliated Sub-Adviser 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 received by Invesco Advisers and its affiliates from the relationship with the Fund, including the fees received for providing transfer agency and distribution services to the Fund. The Board considered comparative information regarding fees charged for these services, including information provided by Broadridge and other independent sources. The Board considered the performance of Invesco Advisers and its affiliates in providing these services and the organizational structure employed to provide these services. The Board also considered that these services are 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. The Board noted that soft dollar arrangements shift the payment obligation for research services from Invesco Advisers and the Affiliated Sub-Advisers to the Invesco Funds and that the research received may be used with other clients of Invesco Advisers and may reduce Invesco Advisers’ and the Affiliated Sub-Advisers’ expenses. The Board also considered that it receives periodic reports from the Chief Compliance Officer of the Invesco Funds demonstrating that these arrangements are consistent with regulatory requirements. The Board did not deem the soft dollar arrangements to be inappropriate.

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

The Board also considered the Fund may use an affiliated broker to execute certain trades for the Fund to, among other things, control information leakage, and were advised that such trades would be executed in compliance with rules under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and consistent with best execution obligations.

 

 

24                         Invesco Asia Pacific Growth Fund


Tax Information

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

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

The Fund designates the following amounts or, if subsequently determined to be different, the maximum amount allowable for its fiscal year ended October 31, 2016:

 

Federal and State Income Tax

 

Qualified Dividend Income*

     99.95

Corporate Dividends Received Deduction*

     0

U.S. Treasury Obligations*

     0

Foreign Taxes

   $
0.0457
 per share 

Foreign Source Income

   $
0.7982
 per share 

 

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

 

25                         Invesco Asia Pacific Growth Fund


Trustees and Officers

 

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

 

Name, Year of Birth and
Position(s) Held with the Trust
  Trustee and/
or Officer Since
  Principal Occupation(s)
During Past 5 Years
  Number of
Funds in Fund
Complex
Overseen by
Trustee
  Other Directorship(s)
Held by Trustee During
Past 5 Years
Interested Persons                

Martin L. Flanagan1 — 1960

Trustee

  2007  

Executive Director, Chief Executive Officer and President, Invesco Ltd. (ultimate parent of Invesco and a global investment management firm); Advisor to the Board, Invesco Advisers, Inc. (formerly known as Invesco Institutional (N.A.), Inc.); Trustee, The Invesco Funds; Vice Chair, Investment Company Institute; and Member of Executive Board, SMU Cox School of Business

 

Formerly: 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)

 

146

  None

Philip A. Taylor2 — 1954

Trustee and Senior Vice President

  2006  

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

 

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

 

146

  None
1 Mr. Flanagan is considered an interested person (within the meaning of Section 2(a)(19) of the 1940 Act) of the Trust because he is an officer of the Adviser to the Trust, and an officer and a director of Invesco Ltd., ultimate parent of the Adviser.

 

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

 

T-1                         Invesco Asia Pacific Growth Fund


Trustees and Officers—(continued)

 

Name, Year of Birth and
Position(s) Held with the Trust
  Trustee and/
or Officer Since
  Principal Occupation(s)
During Past 5 Years
  Number of
Funds in Fund
Complex
Overseen by
Trustee
  Other Directorship(s)
Held by Trustee During
Past 5 Years
Independent Trustees                

Bruce L. Crockett — 1944

Trustee and Chair

 

1992

 

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

 

146

  ALPS (Attorneys Liability Protection Society) (insurance company) and Globe Specialty Metals, Inc. (metallurgical company); Member of the Audit Committee, Ferroglobe PLC and Investment Company Institute; Member of the Executive Committee and Chair of the Governance Committee, Independent Directors Council

David C. Arch — 1945

Trustee

  2010   Chairman of Blistex Inc., a consumer health care products manufacturer  

146

  Board member of the Illinois Manufacturers’ Association; Member of the Board of Visitors, Institute for the Humanities, University of Michigan

James T. Bunch — 1942

Trustee

 

2003

 

Managing Member, Grumman Hill Group LLC (family office/private equity investments)

 

Formerly: Chairman of the Board, Denver Film Society, Chairman of the Board of Trustees, Evans Scholarship Foundation; Chairman, Board of Governors, Western Golf Association

 

146

  Trustee, Evans Scholarship Foundation

Albert R. Dowden — 1941

Trustee

 

2000

 

Director of a number of public and private business corporations, including Nature’s Sunshine Products, Inc.

 

Formerly: Director, The Boss Group, Ltd. and Reich & Tang Funds (5 portfolios) (registered investment company); Director, Homeowners of America Holding Corporation/Homeowners of America Insurance Company (property casualty company); Director, Continental Energy Services, LLC (oil and gas pipeline service); Director, CompuDyne Corporation (provider of product and services to the public security market) and Director, Annuity and Life Re (Holdings), Ltd. (reinsurance company); Director, President and Chief Executive Officer, Volvo Group North America, Inc.; Senior Vice President, AB Volvo; Director of various public and private corporations; Chairman, DHJ Media, Inc.; Director, Magellan Insurance Company; and Director, The Hertz Corporation, Genmar Corporation (boat manufacturer), National Media Corporation; Advisory Board of Rotary Power International (designer, manufacturer, and seller of rotary power engines); and Chairman, Cortland Trust, Inc. (registered investment company)

 

146

  Director of Nature’s Sunshine Products, Inc.

Jack M. Fields — 1952

Trustee

 

1997

 

Chief Executive Officer, Twenty First Century Group, Inc. (government affairs company); and 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); 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

 

146

  None

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 and Director, Arvest Bank

 

146

  Director of Insperity, Inc. (formerly known as Administaff)

Prema Mathai-Davis — 1950

Trustee

 

1998

 

Retired.

 

Formerly: Chief Executive Officer, YWCA of the U.S.A.

 

146

  None

Larry Soll — 1942

Trustee

 

2003

 

Retired.

 

Formerly: Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President, Synergen Corp. (a biotechnology company)

 

146

  None

Raymond Stickel, Jr. — 1944

Trustee

  2005  

Retired.

 

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

 

146

  None

Robert C. Troccoli — 1949

Trustee

  2016  

Adjunct Professor, University of Denver — Daniels College of Business

 

Formerly: Senior Partner, KPMG LLP

 

146

  None

 

T-2                         Invesco Asia Pacific Growth Fund


Trustees and Officers—(continued)

 

Name, Year of Birth and
Position(s) Held with the Trust
 

Trustee and/

or Officer Since

  Principal Occupation(s)
During Past 5 Years
  Number of
Funds in Fund
Complex
Overseen by
Trustee
  Other Directorship(s)
Held by Trustee During
Past 5 Years
Independent Trustees—(continued)

Suzanne H. Woolsey — 1941

Trustee

  2014  

Retired.

 

Formerly: Chief Executive Officer of Woolsey Partners LLC

 

146

  Director, SunShare LLC; Trustee, Ocean Conservancy; Emeritus Chair of the Board of Trustees of the Institute for Defense Analyses and of Colorado College; Trustee, Chair, Business and Finance Committee of California Institute of Technology; Prior to 2014, Director of Fluor Corp.; Prior to 2010, Trustee of the German Marshall Fund of the United States; Prior to 2010, Trustee of the Rocky Mountain Institute
Other Officers                

Sheri Morris — 1964

President, Principal Executive Officer and Treasurer

 

1999

 

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

 

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

  N/A   N/A

Russell C. Burk — 1958

Senior Vice President and Senior Officer

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

John M. Zerr — 1962

Senior Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Secretary

  2006  

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

 

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

  N/A   N/A

 

T-3                         Invesco Asia Pacific Growth Fund


Trustees and Officers—(continued)

 

 

Name, Year of Birth and
Position(s) Held with the Trust
  Trustee and/
or Officer Since
  Principal Occupation(s)
During Past 5 Years
  Number of
Funds in Fund
Complex
Overseen by
Trustee
  Other Directorship(s)
Held by Trustee During
Past 5 Years
Other Officers—(continued)                

Karen Dunn Kelley — 1960

Senior Vice President

 

2004

 

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

 

Formerly: Vice President, The Invesco Funds (other than AIM Treasurer’s Series Trust (Invesco Treasurer’s Series Trust), Short-Term Investments Trust and Invesco Management Trust); and President and Principal Executive Officer, 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 Asset Management (Bermuda) Ltd., Director, INVESCO Global Asset Management DAC (formerly known as INVESCO Global Asset Management Limited) and INVESCO Management S.A.; Senior Vice President, Van Kampen Investments Inc. and Invesco Advisers, Inc. (formerly known as Invesco Institutional (N.A.), Inc.) (registered investment adviser); Director and President, Fund Management Company; Chief Cash Management Officer, Director of Cash Management, Senior Vice President, and Managing Director, Invesco AIM Capital Management, Inc.; Director of Cash Management, Senior Vice President, and Vice President, Invesco Advisers, Inc. and Vice President, The Invesco Funds (AIM Treasurer’s Series Trust (Invesco Treasurer’s Series Trust), and Short-Term Investments Trust only)

  N/A   N/A

Kelli Gallegos — 1970

Vice President, Principal Financial Officer and Assistant Treasurer

  2008  

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

 

Formerly: Assistant Vice President, The Invesco Funds

  N/A   N/A

Tracy Sullivan — 1962

Vice President, Chief Tax Officer and Assistant Treasurer

  2008  

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

 

Formerly: Assistant Vice President, The Invesco Funds

  N/A   N/A

Crissie M. Wisdom — 1969

Anti-Money Laundering Compliance Officer

  2013  

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

 

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

  N/A   N/A

Robert R. Leveille — 1969

Chief Compliance Officer

  2016  

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

 

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

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

 

Office of the Fund

11 Greenway Plaza, Suite 1000
Houston, TX 77046-1173

 

Investment Adviser

Invesco Advisers, Inc.
1555 Peachtree Street, N.E.
Atlanta, GA 30309

 

Distributor

Invesco Distributors, Inc.
11 Greenway Plaza, Suite 1000
Houston, TX 77046-1173

 

Auditors

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
1000 Louisiana Street, Suite 5800

Houston, TX 77002-5678

     

Counsel to the Fund

Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young, LLP
2005 Market Street, Suite 2600
Philadelphia, PA 19103-7018

 

Counsel to the Independent Trustees

Goodwin Procter LLP
901 New York Avenue, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20001

 

Transfer Agent

Invesco Investment Services, Inc.
11 Greenway Plaza, Suite 1000
Houston, TX 77046-1173

 

Custodian

State Street Bank and Trust Company
225 Franklin Street
Boston, MA 02110-2801

 

T-4                         Invesco Asia Pacific Growth Fund


 

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Invesco mailing information

Send general correspondence to Invesco Investment Services, Inc., P.O. Box 219078, Kansas City, MO 64121-9078.

 

 

Important notice regarding delivery of security holder documents

To reduce Fund expenses, only one copy of most shareholder documents may be mailed to shareholders with multiple accounts at the same address (Householding). Mailing of your shareholder documents may be householded indefinitely unless you instruct us otherwise. If you do not want the mailing of these documents to be combined with those for other members of your household, please contact Invesco Investment Services, Inc. at 800 959 4246 or contact your financial institution. We will begin sending you individual copies for each account within 30 days after receiving your request.

 

 

Fund holdings and proxy voting information

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

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

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

    Invesco Advisers, Inc. is an investment adviser; it provides investment advisory services to individual and institutional clients and does not sell securities. Invesco Distributors, Inc. is the US distributor for Invesco Ltd.’s retail mutual funds, exchange-traded funds and institutional money market funds. Both are wholly owned, indirect subsidiaries of Invesco Ltd.

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SEC file numbers: 811-06463 and 033-44611    APG-AR-1    Invesco Distributors, Inc.


   

 

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Annual Report to Shareholders

 

   

 

October 31, 2016

 

  

 

   

 

    Invesco European Growth Fund   
   

 

Nasdaq:

 
    A: AEDAX    B: AEDBX    C: AEDCX    R: AEDRX    Y: AEDYX    Investor: EGINX   

 

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Letters to Shareholders

 

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Philip Taylor

    

Dear Shareholders:

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

In December 2015, the US Federal Reserve raised short-term interest rates for the first time since 2006, signaling its belief that the economy was likely to continue strengthening. Indeed, throughout the reporting period, US economic data were generally positive and the economy expanded at a moderate rate – but there were some bumps along the road. Job growth in May 2016 was very weak, but it was followed by strong increases in nonfarm payrolls in June and July. Increased concerns about global economic weakness caused US stock market indexes to sink at the start of calendar year 2016, but they eventually recovered; they sank again following the UK’s decision to leave the European Union, but

then quickly recovered and reached record highs later in the summer. Strong demand for income-producing investments, particularly those perceived to be lower risk, benefited bonds as well as dividend-paying stocks for much of the reporting period. While economic news in the US was generally positive, news overseas was less upbeat. The European Central Bank, and central banks in China and Japan – as well as other countries – maintained extraordinarily accommodative monetary policies in response to economic weakness. As the fiscal year drew to a close, uncertainty about the outcome of the US presidential election resulted in increased market volatility; the surprise outcome after the close of the reporting period suggested that market volatility may continue for some time to come.

Short-term market volatility can prompt some investors to abandon their investment plans – and can cause others to settle for average results. The investment professionals at Invesco, in contrast, invest with high conviction, take a long-term perspective and have a passion to exceed. Invesco’s pure focus on investment management eliminates possible distractions and means that there are no competing lines of business for us to support. Just as important, we embrace a variety of investment strategies, asset classes and geographies – because we know that no single investment approach meets the diverse needs of all of our clients. We manage all our investment approaches with a passion to exceed. All our investment teams have a highly disciplined, long-term investing style that eliminates short-term decision-making. Of course, investing with high conviction can’t guarantee a profit or ensure success; no investment strategy can. To learn more about how we invest with high conviction, visit invesco.com/HighConviction.

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

Visit our website for more information on your investments

Our website, invesco.com/us, offers a wide range of market insights and investment perspectives. On the website, you’ll find detailed information about our funds, including performance, holdings and portfolio manager commentaries. You can access information about your account by completing a simple, secure online registration. Click on the “Need to register” link in the “Account Access” box on our homepage to get started.

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

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

Have questions?

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

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

Sincerely,

 

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Philip Taylor

Senior Managing Director, Invesco Ltd.

 

2                         Invesco European Growth Fund


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     Bruce Crockett

   

Dear Fellow Shareholders:

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

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

      Ensuring that Invesco offers a diverse lineup of mutual funds that your financial adviser can use to strive to meet your financial needs as your investment goals change over time.
      Monitoring how the portfolio management teams of the Invesco funds are performing in light of changing economic and market conditions.
  Assessing each portfolio management team’s investment performance within the context of the investment strategy described in the fund’s prospectus.
  Monitoring for potential conflicts of interests that may impact the nature of the services that your funds receive.

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

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

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

Sincerely,

 

 

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Bruce L. Crockett

Independent Chair

Invesco Funds Board of Trustees

 

3                         Invesco European Growth Fund


 

Management’s Discussion of Fund Performance

 

Performance summary

For the fiscal year ended October 31, 2016, Class A shares of Invesco European Growth Fund (the Fund), at net asset value (NAV), outperformed the MSCI Europe Growth Index, the Fund’s style-specific benchmark.

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

 

Fund vs. Indexes

Total returns, 10/31/15 to 10/31/16, at net asset value (NAV). Performance shown does not include applicable contingent deferred sales charges (CDSC) or front-end sales charges, which would have reduced performance.

Class A Shares       -5.94 %
Class B Shares       -6.66  
Class C Shares       -6.63  
Class R Shares       -6.19  
Class Y Shares       -5.71  
Investor Class Shares       -5.91  
MSCI Europe Index (Broad Market Index)       -7.48  
MSCI Europe Growth Index (Style-Specific Index)       -8.30  
Lipper European Funds Index (Peer Group Index)       -6.35  

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

 

  

 

 

Market conditions and your Fund

The global economy continued to expand, albeit slowly, for the fiscal year ended October 31, 2016. However, that growth became increasingly uneven across developed and emerging economies, amid continued volatility in oil prices and as the policies of central banks globally began to diverge.

    An equity market rally in November 2015 was offset by negative performance in December, as a late-year crash in oil prices rattled the markets. Also in December, the US Federal Reserve (the Fed) followed through on its commitment to normalize monetary policy by raising interest rates – its first increase since 2006 – even as the European Central Bank extended its asset purchase program and Japan introduced additional quantitative easing and negative interest rates.

    Stocks began calendar year 2016 on a negative note, driven by investor concerns about economic weakness in China

and falling oil prices. Markets recovered in late February and posted gains amid concerted central bank commitments to very loose monetary policy. As a result, the US dollar fell sharply against the euro and Japanese yen, a development that was largely supportive of oil and stock prices.

    All major global stock indexes experienced steep declines again in June after UK voters opted to leave the European Union. After the initial shock of the UK vote, stocks made a strong recovery, regaining most of the losses as fears of a sharp shock to consumer confidence never materialized. For the remainder of the reporting period, emerging markets outperformed as the Fed left interest rates unchanged and expectations for an interest rate increase were delayed again.

    Regardless of the macroeconomic environment, we remain focused on our bottom-up investment approach of identifying attractive companies that fit our earnings, quality and valuation (EQV) process.

 

    The Fund’s holdings in the financials and industrials sectors outperformed those of the MSCI Europe Growth Index and contributed favorably to Fund performance versus the style-specific index. Underweight exposure to the weak health care sector versus the style-specific index was supportive on a relative basis, as well. The Fund’s underweight allocation to the consumer staples sector versus the style-specific index detracted from relative Fund returns. Stock selection in the materials and real estate sectors also detracted from relative Fund performance.

    The Fund’s cash position, during a period of general weakness in the Europe market, contributed favorably to Fund performance versus the style-specific benchmark. It is important to note that cash is a residual of the team’s bottom-up investment process and not the result of any top-down tactical asset allocation or risk-management allocation decision.

    On a geographic basis, the Fund’s holdings in the UK, Italy and Switzerland outperformed those of the MSCI Europe Growth Index and were among the most significant contributors to Fund performance. The Fund’s exposure to Russia, a market not represented in the style-specific index, contributed to both absolute and relative Fund returns. The Fund’s exposure to Sweden, Norway, the Netherlands and Germany, however, underperformed those of the MSCI Europe Growth Index for the reporting period and were among the most significant detractors from relative Fund results. As a reminder, the Fund’s country and sector exposures are shaped by the stocks we select based on their own investment merits, rather than by making top-down/macro-based allocation decisions.

    From an individual securities perspective, Sberbank of Russia and SAP were among the most significant contributors to Fund performance during the fiscal year. Sberbank is Russia’s largest and

 

Portfolio Composition

   

By sector

  % of total net assets 
Financials      25.8
Industrials      23.5   
Consumer Discretionary      18.7   
Health Care      7.9   
Consumer Staples      6.3   
Information Technology      5.8   
Energy      3.2   
Materials      1.7   

Money Market Funds

Plus Other Assets Less Liabilities

     7.1   

Top 10 Equity Holdings*

  

    

 

% of total net assets 

 

  

 

1.   DCC PLC   4.0%
2.  

Sberbank PAO-

Preference Shares

  3.9   
3.   RELX PLC   3.0   
4.   Sky PLC   2.9   
5.   SAP S.E.   2.7   
6.   Micro Focus International PLC   2.7   
7.   Deutsche Boerse AG   2.6   
8.   Publicis Groupe S.A.   2.4   
9.  

Haci Omer Sabanci

Holding A.S.

  2.4   
10.   Roche Holding AG   2.4   

Total Net Assets

   $ 1.4 billion   
Total Number of Holdings*      66   

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

*Excluding money market fund holdings.

Data presented here are as of October 31, 2016.

 

 

4                         Invesco European Growth Fund


most dominant bank. The bank continued with impressive execution as the recession in Russia dwindled and, while credit growth was slow, Sberbank was able to choose higher-quality lending opportunities. In addition, strong profitability allowed the bank to rebuild its capital levels during the reporting period. SAP is a German company that specializes in enterprise application software. The company’s share price performed well during the reporting period as momentum for its cloud-based product continued to build.

    In contrast, Sky and Ericsson LM were among the most significant detractors from Fund performance for the reporting period. Sky is a UK-based, pan-European broadcasting company. Shares of the company underperformed due to concerns around cost inflation going into the rights auction for Germany’s Bundesliga (professional soccer league) matches and the potential adverse impact that the Brexit may have on UK consumers. Ericsson is a Sweden-based multinational networking and telecommunications equipment and services company. The company’s management execution was poor during the reporting period, and operating results for the first quarter of 2016 were disappointing. Ericsson’s gross margins came under pressure given a negative product mix, and earnings visibility remained murky for the short term.

    During the reporting period, we continued to look for opportunities to improve the growth and quality characteristics of the Fund. As disconcerting as volatility may be, we believe it can create long-term opportunities for our shareholders. In our opinion, it’s rare to find a thriving business at a compelling valuation when everything is going right; we believe those valuations typically occur when fear dominates the market. At the stock level, we saw volatility in global equities during the reporting period as a buying opportunity.

    New additions to the Fund’s portfolio included UK specialty recruitment and human resources services company Hays, Switzerland-based industrial equipment manufacturer OC Oerlikon, French winemaking and distillery company Pernod Ricard and Netherlands-based global software and information services company Wolters Kluwer.

    We trimmed or sold several of the Fund’s holdings with EQV characteristics that were no longer as compelling as when we first initiated Fund positions in them, including UK-based health and safety technology company Halma and Switzerland-based global food company ARYZTA.

    As always, regardless of the macroeconomic environment, we remain focused on a bottom-up investment approach of identifying attractive companies that fit our EQV-focused investment process. We continue to look for high-quality growth companies that exhibit the following characteristics: strong organic revenue growth; high returns on capital; pricing power; strong balance sheets; cash generation; effective capital allocation and reasonable valuations. In addition, we continue to favor companies that are resilient in weak economic environments. We believe that this balanced EQV-focused approach may help deliver attractive returns over the long term.

    We thank you for your continued investment in Invesco European Growth Fund.

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

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

 

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Jason Holzer

Chartered Financial Analyst, Portfolio Manager, is lead manager of Invesco European Growth

Fund with respect to the Fund’s small and mid-cap investments. He joined Invesco in 1996. Mr. Holzer earned a BA in quantitative economics and an MS in engineering economic systems from Stanford University.
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Clas Olsson

Portfolio Manager and Chief Investment Officer of Invesco’s international and global growth team, is

lead manager of Invesco European Growth Fund with respect to the Fund’s small and mid-cap investments. He joined Invesco in 1994. Mr. Olsson became a commissioned officer at the Royal Swedish Naval Academy in 1988. He also earned a BBA from The University of Texas at Austin.
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Matthew Dennis

Chartered Financial Analyst, Portfolio Manager, is manager of Invesco European Growth Fund. He

joined Invesco in 2000. Mr. Dennis earned a BA in economics from The University of Texas at Austin and an MS in finance from Texas A&M University.
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Borge Endresen

Chartered Financial Analyst, Portfolio Manager, is manager of Invesco European Growth Fund. He

joined Invesco in 1999.Mr. Endresen earned a BS in finance from the University of Oregon and an MBA from The University of Texas at Austin.
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Richard Nield

Chartered Financial Analyst, Portfolio Manager, is manager of Invesco European Growth Fund. He

joined Invesco in 2000. Mr. Nield earned a Bachelor of Commerce degree in finance and international business from McGill University in Montreal.
 

 

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Your Fund’s Long-Term Performance

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

Fund and index data from 10/31/06

 

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1  Source: FactSet Research Systems Inc.
2  Source: Lipper Inc.

 

Past performance cannot guarantee comparable future results.

    The data shown in the chart include reinvested distributions, applicable sales charges and Fund expenses including management fees. Results for Class B shares are calculated as if a hypothetical

shareholder had liquidated his entire investment in the Fund at the close of the reporting period and paid the contingent deferred sales charges, if applicable. Index results include reinvested dividends, but they do not reflect sales charges. Performance of the peer group,

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

 

 

 

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   of particular investments made for the Fund’s portfolio. The Fund could experience losses if these judgments prove to be incorrect. Additionally, legislative, regulatory, or tax developments may adversely affect management of the Fund and, therefore, the ability of the Fund to achieve its investment objective.
  Market risk. The market values of the Fund’s investments, and therefore the value of the Fund’s shares, will go up and down, sometimes rapidly or unpredictably. Market risk may affect a single issuer, industry or section of the economy, or it may affect the market as a whole. Individual stock prices tend to go up and down more dramatically than those of certain other types of investments, such as bonds. During a general downturn in the financial markets, multiple asset classes may decline in value. When markets perform well, there can be no assurance that specific investments held by the Fund will rise in value.
  Preferred securities risk. Preferred securities are subject to issuer-specific and market risks applicable generally to equity securities. Preferred securities also may be subordinated to bonds
  or other debt instruments, subjecting them to a greater risk of non-payment, may be less liquid than many other securities, such as common stocks, and generally offer no voting rights with respect to the issuer.
  Sector risk. The Fund may from time to time invest a significant amount of its assets (i.e. over 25%) in one market sector or group of related industries. In this event, the Fund’s performance will depend to a greater extent on the overall condition of the sector or group of industries and there is increased risk that the Fund will lose significant value if conditions adversely affect that sector or group of industries.
  Small- and mid-capitalization companies risks. Small- and mid-capitalization companies tend to be more vulnerable to changing market conditions, may have little or no operating history or track record of success, and may have more limited product lines and markets, less experienced management and fewer financial resources than larger companies. These companies’ securities may be more volatile and less liquid than those of more established
  companies, and their returns may vary, sometimes significantly, from the overall securities market.

 

 

About indexes used in this report

  The MSCI Europe Index is an unmanaged index considered representative of stocks of developed European countries. The index is computed using the net return, which withholds applicable taxes for non-resident investors.
  The MSCI Europe Growth Index is an unmanaged index considered representative of European growth stocks. The index is computed using the net return, which withholds applicable taxes for non-resident investors.
  The Lipper European Funds Index is an unmanaged index considered representative of European funds tracked by Lipper.
  The Fund is not managed to track the performance of any particular index, including the index(es) described here, and consequently, the performance of the Fund may deviate significantly from the performance of the index(es).
  A direct investment cannot be made in an index. Unless otherwise indicated, index results include reinvested dividends,

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Average Annual Total Returns   

As of 10/31/16, including maximum applicable sales charges

    

   

  

Class A Shares

        

Inception (11/3/97)

     9.39

10 Years

     2.52   

  5 Years

     4.98   

  1 Year

     -11.11   

Class B Shares

        

Inception (11/3/97)

     9.40

10 Years

     2.49   

  5 Years

     5.05   

  1 Year

     -11.13   

Class C Shares

        

Inception (11/3/97)

     8.93

10 Years

     2.34   

  5 Years

     5.38   

  1 Year

     -7.52   

Class R Shares

        

Inception (6/3/02)

     8.08

10 Years

     2.85   

  5 Years

     5.91   

  1 Year

     -6.19   

Class Y Shares

        

10 Years

     3.32

  5 Years

     6.44   

  1 Year

     -5.71   

Investor Class Shares

        

Inception (9/30/03)

     9.03

10 Years

     3.14   

  5 Years

     6.21   

  1 Year

     -5.91   
Performance includes litigation proceeds. Had these proceeds not been received, total returns would have been lower.     

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

    The performance data quoted represent past performance and cannot guarantee comparable future results; current performance may be lower or higher. Please visit

Average Annual Total Returns   
As of 9/30/16, the most recent calendar quarter end, including maximum applicable sales charges     

Class A Shares

        

Inception (11/3/97)

     9.71

10 Years

     3.53   

  5 Years

     7.90   

  1 Year

     -2.34   

Class B Shares

        

Inception (11/3/97)

     9.72

10 Years

     3.49   

  5 Years

     8.02   

  1 Year

     -2.34   

Class C Shares

        

Inception (11/3/97)

     9.25

10 Years

     3.34   

  5 Years

     8.31   

  1 Year

     1.58   

Class R Shares

        

Inception (6/3/02)

     8.50

10 Years

     3.85   

  5 Years

     8.85   

  1 Year

     3.06   

Class Y Shares

        

10 Years

     4.32

  5 Years

     9.39   

  1 Year

     3.57   

Investor Class Shares

        

Inception (9/30/03)

     9.50

10 Years

     4.15   

  5 Years

     9.16   

  1 Year

     3.38   
Performance includes litigation proceeds. Had these proceeds not been received, total returns would have been lower.     

invesco.com/performance for the most recent month-end performance. Performance figures reflect reinvested distributions, changes in net asset value and the effect of the maximum sales charge unless otherwise stated. Investment return and principal value will fluctuate so that you may have a gain or loss when you sell shares.

    The net annual Fund operating expense ratio set forth in the most recent Fund prospectus as of the date of this report for Class A, Class B, Class C, Class R, Class Y and Investor Class shares was 1.38%, 2.13%, 2.13%, 1.63%, 1.13% and 1.36%, respectively.1 The total annual Fund operating expense ratio set forth in the most recent Fund prospectus as of the date of this report for Class A, Class B, Class C, Class R, Class Y and Investor Class shares was 1.39%, 2.14%, 2.14%, 1.64%, 1.14% and 1.37%, respectively. The expense ratios presented above may vary from the expense ratios presented in other sections of this report that are based on expenses incurred during the period covered by this report.

    Class A share performance reflects the maximum 5.50% sales charge, and Class B and Class C share performance reflects the applicable contingent deferred sales charge (CDSC) for the period involved. The CDSC on Class B shares declines from 5% beginning at the time of purchase to 0% at the beginning of the seventh year. The CDSC on Class C shares is 1% for the first year after purchase. Class R shares, Class Y shares and Investor Class shares do not have a front-end sales charge or a CDSC; therefore, performance is at net asset value.

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

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

 

1 Total annual Fund operating expenses after any contractual fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements by the adviser in effect through at least June 30, 2018. See current prospectus for more information.
 

  

 

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     and they do not reflect sales charges. Performance of the peer group, if applicable, reflects fund expenses; performance of a market index does not.

 

 

Other information

  The returns shown in management’s discussion of Fund performance are based on net asset values (NAVs) calculated

    

 

  for shareholder transactions. Generally accepted accounting principles require adjustments to be made to the net assets of the Fund at period end for financial reporting purposes, and as such, the NAVs for shareholder transactions and the returns based on those NAVs may differ from the NAVs and returns reported in the Financial Highlights.

    

 

  Industry classifications used in this report are generally according to the Global Industry Classification Standard, which was developed by and is the exclusive property and a service mark of MSCI Inc. and Standard & Poor’s.
 

 

7                         Invesco European Growth Fund


 

Invesco European Growth Fund’s investment objective is long-term growth of capital.

  Unless otherwise stated, information presented in this report is as of October 31, 2016, and is based on total net assets.
  Unless otherwise noted, all data provided by Invesco.
  To access your Fund’s reports/prospectus, visit invesco.com/fundreports.

 

 

About share classes

  Class B shares may not be purchased for new or additional investments. Please see the prospectus for more information.
  Class R shares are generally available only to employer sponsored retirement and benefit plans. Please see the prospectus for more information.
  Class Y shares and Investor Class shares are available only to certain investors. Please see the prospectus for more information.

 

 

Principal risks of investing in the Fund

  Depositary receipts risk. Investing in depositary receipts involves the same risks as direct investments in foreign securities. In addition, the underlying issuers of certain depositary receipts are under no obligation to distribute shareholder communications or pass through any voting rights with respect to the deposited securities to the holders of such receipts. The Fund may therefore receive less timely information or have less control than if it invested directly in the foreign issuer.
  Derivatives risk. The value of a derivative instrument depends largely on (and is derived from) the value of an underlying security, currency, commodity, interest rate, index or other asset (each referred to as an underlying asset). In addition to risks relating to the underlying assets, the use of derivatives may include other, possibly greater, risks, including counterparty, leverage and liquidity risks. Counter-party risk is the risk that the counter-party to the derivative contract will default on its obligation to pay the Fund the amount owed or otherwise perform under the derivative contract. Derivatives create leverage risk because they do not require payment up front equal to the economic exposure created by owning the derivative. As a result, an adverse change in the value of the underlying asset could result in the Fund
  sustaining a loss that is substantially greater than the amount invested in the derivative, which may make the Fund’s returns more volatile and increase the risk of loss. Derivative instruments may also be less liquid than more traditional investments and the Fund may be unable to sell or close out its derivative positions at a desirable time or price. This risk may be more acute under adverse market conditions, during which the Fund may be most in need of liquidating its derivative positions. Derivatives may also be harder to value, less tax efficient and subject to changing government regulation that could impact the Fund’s ability to use certain derivatives or their cost. Also, derivatives used for hedging or to gain or limit exposure to a particular market segment may not provide the expected benefits, particularly during adverse market conditions.
  Emerging markets securities risk. Emerging markets (also referred to as developing markets) are generally subject to greater market volatility, political, social and economic instability, uncertain trading markets and more governmental limitations on foreign investment than more developed markets. In addition, emerging markets may be subject to lower trading volume and greater price fluctuations than companies in more developed markets. Securities law and the enforcement of systems of taxation in many emerging market countries may change quickly and unpredictably. In addition, investments in emerging markets securities may also be subject to additional transaction costs, delays in settlement procedures, and lack of timely information.
  Foreign securities risk. The Fund’s foreign investments may be adversely affected by political and social instability, changes in economic or taxation policies, difficulty in enforcing obligations, decreased liquidity or increased volatility. Foreign investments also involve the risk of the possible seizure, nationalization
  or expropriation of the issuer or foreign deposits (in which the Fund could lose its entire investments in a certain market) and the possible adoption of foreign governmental restrictions such as exchange controls. Unless the Fund has hedged its foreign securities risk, foreign securities risk also involves the risk of negative foreign currency rate fluctuations, which may cause the value of securities denominated in such foreign currency (or other instruments through which the Fund has exposure to foreign currencies) to decline in value. Currency exchange rates may fluctuate significantly over short periods of time. Currency hedging strategies, if used, are not always successful.
  Geographic focus risk. The Fund may from time to time invest a substantial amount of its assets in securities of issuers located in a single country or a limited number of countries. Adverse economic, political or social conditions in those countries may therefore have a significant negative impact on the Fund’s investment performance.
  Growth investing risk. Growth stocks tend to be more expensive relative to the issuing company’s earnings or assets compared with other types of stock. As a result, they tend to be more sensitive to changes in, or investors’ expectations of, the issuing company’s earnings and can be more volatile.
  Investing in the European Union risk. Investments in certain countries in the European Union are susceptible to high economic risks associated with high levels of debt, such as investments in sovereign debt of Greece, Italy and Spain. Separately, the European Union faces issues involving its membership, structure, procedures and policies. The exit of one or more member states from the European Union would place its currency and banking system in jeopardy. Efforts of the member states to further unify their economic and monetary policies may increase the potential for the downward movement of one member state’s market to cause a similar effect on other member states’ markets.
  Management risk. The Fund is actively managed and depends heavily on the Adviser’s judgment about markets, interest rates or the attractiveness, relative values, liquidity, or potential appreciation

continued on page 6

 

 

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

 

 

 

NOT FDIC INSURED  |  MAY LOSE VALUE  |  NO BANK GUARANTEE

 

8                         Invesco European Growth Fund


Schedule of Investments

October 31, 2016

 

 

     Shares      Value  

Common Stocks & Other Equity Interests–92.88%

  

Denmark–2.37%   

Carlsberg A/S–Class B

    301,520       $ 27,189,020   

Novo Nordisk A/S–Class B

    168,125         6,014,522   
         33,203,542   
France–7.38%   

Bollore S.A.

    3,906,484         12,865,028   

Metropole Television S.A.

    730,831         12,736,032   

Pernod Ricard S.A.

    35,116         4,176,740   

Publicis Groupe S.A.

    493,574         33,863,804   

Schneider Electric S.E.

    319,510         21,444,372   

Vicat S.A.

    289,250         18,184,610   
         103,270,586   
Germany–13.99%   

Allianz S.E.

    212,008         33,047,913   

Deutsche Boerse AG

    480,568         35,909,888   

Deutsche Post AG

    412,574         12,785,455   

GEA Group AG

    291,981         11,290,392   

MorphoSys AG(a)

    338,839         15,001,167   

MTU Aero Engines AG

    258,515         27,001,879   

ProSiebenSat.1 Media SE

    525,592         22,651,788   

SAP S.E.

    431,282         37,988,811   
         195,677,293   
Ireland–1.08%   

Origin Enterprises PLC

    2,444,584         15,162,013   
Israel–1.08%   

Israel Discount Bank Ltd.–Class A(a)

    8,249,202         15,157,673   
Italy–1.74%   

Danieli & C. Officine Meccaniche S.p.A.–Savings Shares

    1,138,513         15,247,593   

PRADA S.p.A.

    2,593,000         9,094,198   
         24,341,791   
Netherlands–1.49%   

Aalberts Industries N.V.

    269,641         8,509,672   

Wolters Kluwer N.V.

    317,637         12,283,091   
         20,792,763   
Russia–3.91%   

Sberbank of Russia PJSC–Preference Shares

    31,092,640         54,719,004   
Spain–1.10%   

Construcciones y Auxiliar de Ferrocarriles S.A.

    40,865         15,400,285   
Sweden–5.42%   

Getinge AB–Class B

    1,009,308         16,518,959   

Intrum Justitia AB

    474,002         14,615,923   

Investor AB–Class B

    839,283         29,793,057   
     Shares      Value  
Sweden–(continued)   

Sandvik AB

    826,994       $ 9,386,965   

Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson–Class B

    1,120,935         5,453,482   
         75,768,386   
Switzerland–9.86%   

Cie Financiere Richemont S.A.

    217,978         14,020,817   

Julius Baer Group Ltd.

    558,069         22,582,417   

Novartis AG

    103,795         7,371,796   

OC Oerlikon Corp. AG

    1,506,495         14,173,582   

Roche Holding AG

    145,445         33,375,503   

Syngenta AG

    13,290         5,335,180   

Tecan Group AG

    110,294         18,167,775   

UBS Group AG

    1,620,563         22,927,474   
         137,954,544   
Turkey–3.16%   

Haci Omer Sabanci Holding A.S.

    11,153,719         33,567,004   

Tupras-Turkiye Petrol Rafinerileri A.S.

    525,370         10,675,936   
         44,242,940   
United Kingdom–40.30%   

Aberdeen Asset Management PLC

    5,816,298         22,746,685   

British American Tobacco PLC

    418,683         24,038,507   

Compass Group PLC

    1,147,521         20,749,551   

DCC PLC

    681,736         55,498,897   

Hays PLC

    11,177,625         18,685,756   

HomeServe PLC

    1,851,814         13,812,794   

IG Group Holdings PLC

    3,278,667         33,122,632   

Informa PLC

    2,403,407         19,780,172   

John Wood Group PLC

    2,355,769         22,117,362   

Jupiter Fund Management PLC

    2,738,160         14,466,095   

Kingfisher PLC

    2,219,966         9,795,086   

Lancashire Holdings Ltd.

    1,202,950         10,246,907   

Lloyds Banking Group PLC

    14,325,150         10,016,525   

Micro Focus International PLC

    1,448,132         37,943,315   

Next PLC

    321,146         18,896,690   

RELX PLC

    2,320,863         41,408,943   

Royal Dutch Shell PLC–Class B

    445,609         11,500,841   

Savills PLC

    1,798,086         15,271,454   

Sky PLC

    4,072,237         40,674,114   

Smith & Nephew PLC

    960,579         13,839,650   

Smiths Group PLC

    513,483         8,888,790   

Tullett Prebon PLC

    1,739,666         7,557,962   

UBM PLC

    1,305,975         11,460,705   

Ultra Electronics Holdings PLC

    708,960         16,120,477   

Unilever N.V.

    430,153         18,012,460   

William Hill PLC

    4,243,156         15,360,226   

WPP PLC

    1,465,158         31,830,624   
               563,843,220   

Total Common Stocks & Other Equity Interests
(Cost $1,191,634,347)

   

     1,299,534,040   
 

 

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

 

9                         Invesco European Growth Fund


     Shares      Value  

Money Market Funds–6.74%

  

  

Government & Agency Portfolio–Institutional Class, 0.29%(b)

    56,576,822       $ 56,576,822   

Treasury Portfolio–Institutional
Class, 0.22%(b)

    37,717,882         37,717,882   

Total Money Market Funds
(Cost $94,294,704)

   

     94,294,704   

TOTAL INVESTMENTS–99.62%
(Cost $1,285,929,051)

   

     1,393,828,744   

OTHER ASSETS LESS LIABILITIES–0.38%

  

     5,338,519   

NET ASSETS–100.00%

  

   $ 1,399,167,263   
 

Notes to Schedule of Investments:

 

(a)  Non-income producing security.
(b)  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 October 31, 2016.

 

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

 

10                         Invesco European Growth Fund


Statement of Assets and Liabilities

October 31, 2016

 

 

Assets:

  

Investments, at value (Cost $1,191,634,347)

  $ 1,299,534,040   

Investments in affiliated money market funds, at value and cost

    94,294,704   

Total investments, at value (Cost $1,285,929,051)

    1,393,828,744   

Foreign currencies, at value (Cost $2,993,988)

    3,014,369   

Receivable for:

 

Investments sold

    1,468,655   

Fund shares sold

    4,007,103   

Dividends

    3,596,071   

Investment for trustee deferred compensation and retirement plans

    195,621   

Other assets

    40,580   

Total assets

    1,406,151,143   

Liabilities:

  

Payable for:

 

Investments purchased

    2,654,520   

Fund shares reacquired

    3,203,426   

Accrued fees to affiliates

    687,246   

Accrued trustees’ and officers’ fees and benefits

    2,952   

Accrued other operating expenses

    207,960   

Trustee deferred compensation and retirement plans

    227,776   

Total liabilities

    6,983,880   

Net assets applicable to shares outstanding

  $ 1,399,167,263   

Net assets consist of:

  

Shares of beneficial interest

  $ 1,277,069,653   

Undistributed net investment income

    18,937,299   

Undistributed net realized gain (loss)

    (4,581,936

Net unrealized appreciation

    107,742,247   
    $ 1,399,167,263   

Net Assets:

  

Class A

  $ 453,113,606   

Class B

  $ 2,147,475   

Class C

  $ 86,302,514   

Class R

  $ 12,892,571   

Class Y

  $ 696,906,996   

Investor Class

  $    147,804,101   

Shares outstanding, $0.001 par value per share,
with an unlimited number of shares authorized:

   

Class A

    13,780,153   

Class B

    70,497   

Class C

    2,829,977   

Class R

    394,141   

Class Y

    21,130,415   

Investor Class

    4,506,560   

Class A:

 

Net asset value per share

  $ 32.88   

Maximum offering price per share

 

(Net asset value of $32.88 ¸ 94.50%)

  $ 34.79   

Class B:

 

Net asset value and offering price per share

  $ 30.46   

Class C:

 

Net asset value and offering price per share

  $ 30.50   

Class R:

 

Net asset value and offering price per share

  $ 32.71   

Class Y:

 

Net asset value and offering price per share

  $ 32.98   

Investor Class:

 

Net asset value and offering price per share

  $ 32.80   
 

 

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

 

11                         Invesco European Growth Fund


Statement of Operations

For the year ended October 31, 2016

 

Investment income:

  

Dividends (net of foreign withholding taxes of $2,636,494)

  $ 42,048,828   

Dividends from affiliated money market funds

    555,292   

Other income

    753,727   

Total investment income

    43,357,847   

Expenses:

 

Advisory fees

    13,729,502   

Administrative services fees

    375,926   

Custodian fees

    331,118   

Distribution fees:

 

Class A

    1,330,928   

Class B

    33,301   

Class C

    1,030,253   

Class R

    73,176   

Investor Class

    358,587   

Transfer agent fees

    2,319,174   

Trustees’ and officers’ fees and benefits

    57,050   

Registration and filing fees

    132,247   

Reports to shareholders

    113,999   

Professional services fees

    77,968   

Other

    46,087   

Total expenses

    20,009,316   

Less: Fees waived and expense offset arrangement(s)

    (244,709

Net expenses

    19,764,607   

Net investment income

    23,593,240   

Realized and unrealized gain (loss) from:

 

Net realized gain (loss) from:

 

Investment securities

    (4,068,466

Foreign currencies

    (244,216
      (4,312,682

Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of:

 

Investment securities

    (113,925,762

Foreign currencies

    (77,692
      (114,003,454

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

    (118,316,136

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

  $ (94,722,896

 

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

 

12                         Invesco European Growth Fund


Statement of Changes in Net Assets

For the years ended October 31, 2016 and 2015

 

     2016      2015  

Operations:

  

  

Net investment income

  $ 23,593,240       $ 22,346,326   

Net realized gain (loss)

    (4,312,682      52,538,941   

Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

    (114,003,454      (21,140,405

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

    (94,722,896      53,744,862   

Distributions to shareholders from net investment income:

    

Class A

    (7,951,343      (9,316,870

Class B

    (37,106      (97,767

Class C

    (922,133      (1,093,697

Class R

    (182,314      (252,936

Class Y

    (11,374,911      (16,031,370

Investor Class

    (2,489,340      (3,212,811

Total distributions from net investment income

    (22,957,147      (30,005,451

Distributions to shareholders from net realized gains:

    

Class A

    (17,953,970      (21,258,619

Class B

    (155,299      (364,390

Class C

    (3,859,347      (4,076,344

Class R

    (487,490      (664,482

Class Y

    (21,950,742      (31,703,920

Investor Class

    (5,546,661      (7,187,120

Total distributions from net realized gains

    (49,953,509      (65,254,875

Share transactions–net:

    

Class A

    (63,359,753      52,656,852   

Class B

    (2,217,702      (3,571,332

Class C

    (16,745,591      24,123,562   

Class R

    (827,560      (613,277

Class Y

    78,393,505         (81,492,161

Investor Class

    (12,625,198      7,144,300   

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

    (17,382,299      (1,752,056

Net increase (decrease) in net assets

    (185,015,851      (43,267,520

Net assets:

    

Beginning of year

    1,584,183,114         1,627,450,634   

End of year (includes undistributed net investment income of $18,937,299 and $18,553,174, respectively)

  $ 1,399,167,263       $ 1,584,183,114   

Notes to Financial Statements

October 31, 2016

NOTE 1—Significant Accounting Policies

Invesco European Growth Fund (the “Fund”) is a series portfolio of AIM International Mutual Funds (Invesco International Mutual Funds) (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 consisting of ten separate portfolios, each authorized to issue an unlimited number of shares of beneficial interest. The assets, liabilities and operations of each portfolio are accounted for separately. Information presented in these financial statements pertains only to the Fund. Matters affecting each portfolio or class will be voted on exclusively by the shareholders of such portfolio or class.

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

The Fund currently consists of six different classes of shares: Class A, Class B, Class C, Class R, Class Y and Investor Class. Class Y and Investor Class shares are available only to certain investors. Class A shares are sold with a front-end sales charge unless certain waiver criteria are met and under certain circumstances load waived shares may be subject to contingent deferred sales charges (“CDSC”). Class C shares are sold with a CDSC. Class R, Class Y and Investor Class shares are sold at net asset value. Effective November 30, 2010, new or additional investments in Class B shares are no longer permitted. Existing shareholders of Class B shares may continue to reinvest dividends and capital gains distributions in Class B shares

 

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until they convert to Class A shares. Also, shareholders in Class B shares will be able to exchange those shares for Class B shares of other Invesco Funds offering such shares until they convert to Class A shares. Generally, Class B shares will automatically convert to Class A shares on or about the month-end, which is at least eight years after the date of purchase. Redemption of Class B shares prior to the conversion date will be subject to a CDSC.

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

A. Security Valuations — Securities, including restricted securities, are valued according to the following policy.

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

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

Debt obligations (including convertible securities) and unlisted equities are fair valued using an evaluated quote provided by an independent pricing service. Evaluated quotes provided by the pricing service may be determined without exclusive reliance on quoted prices, and may reflect appropriate factors such as institution-size trading in similar groups of securities, developments related to specific securities, dividend rate (for unlisted equities), yield (for debt obligations), quality, type of issue, coupon rate (for debt obligations), maturity (for debt obligations), individual trading characteristics and other market data. Debt obligations are subject to interest rate and credit risks. In addition, all debt obligations involve some risk of default with respect to interest and/or principal payments.

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

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

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

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

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

B. Securities Transactions and Investment Income — Securities transactions are accounted for on a trade date basis. Realized gains or losses on sales are computed on the basis of specific identification of the securities sold. Interest income (net of withholding tax, if any) is recorded on the accrual basis from settlement date. Dividend income (net of withholding tax, if any) is recorded on the ex-dividend date.

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

Brokerage commissions and mark ups are considered transaction costs and are recorded as an increase to the cost basis of securities purchased and/or a reduction of proceeds on a sale of securities. Such transaction costs are included in the determination of net realized and unrealized gain (loss) from investment securities reported in the Statement of Operations and the Statement of Changes in Net Assets and the net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on securities per share in the Financial Highlights. Transaction costs are included in the calculation of the Fund’s net asset value and, accordingly, they reduce the Fund’s total returns. These transaction costs are not considered operating expenses and are not reflected in net investment income reported in the Statement of Operations and the Statement of Changes in Net Assets, or the net

 

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investment income per share and the ratios of expenses and net investment income reported in the Financial Highlights, nor are they limited by any expense limitation arrangements between the Fund and the investment adviser.

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

C. Country Determination — For the purposes of making investment selection decisions and presentation in the Schedule of Investments, the investment adviser may determine the country in which an issuer is located and/or credit risk exposure based on various factors. These factors include the laws of the country under which the issuer is organized, where the issuer maintains a principal office, the country in which the issuer derives 50% or more of its total revenues and the country that has the primary market for the issuer’s securities, as well as other criteria. Among the other criteria that may be evaluated for making this determination are the country in which the issuer maintains 50% or more of its assets, the type of security, financial guarantees and enhancements, the nature of the collateral and the sponsor organization. Country of issuer and/or credit risk exposure has been determined to be the United States of America, unless otherwise noted.
D. Distributions — Distributions from net investment income and net realized capital gain, if any, are generally declared and paid annually and recorded on the ex-dividend date. The Fund may elect to treat a portion of the proceeds from redemptions as distributions for federal income tax purposes.
E. Federal Income Taxes — The Fund intends to comply with the requirements of Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Internal Revenue Code”), necessary to qualify as a regulated investment company and to distribute substantially all of the Fund’s taxable earnings to shareholders. As such, the Fund will not be subject to federal income taxes on otherwise taxable income (including net realized capital gain) that is distributed to shareholders. Therefore, no provision for federal income taxes is recorded in the financial statements.

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

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

F. Expenses — Fees provided for under the Rule 12b-1 plan of a particular class of the Fund and which are directly attributable to that class are charged to the operations of such class. All other expenses are allocated among the classes based on relative net assets.
G. Accounting Estimates — The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”) requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period including estimates and assumptions related to taxation. Actual results could differ from those estimates by a significant amount. In addition, the Fund monitors for material events or transactions that may occur or become known after the period-end date and before the date the financial statements are released to print.
H. Indemnifications — Under the Trust’s organizational documents, each Trustee, officer, employee or other agent of the Trust is indemnified against certain liabilities that may arise out of the performance of their duties to the Fund. Additionally, in the normal course of business, the Fund enters into contracts, including the Fund’s servicing agreements, that contain a variety of indemnification clauses. The Fund’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown as this would involve future claims that may be made against the Fund that have not yet occurred. The risk of material loss as a result of such indemnification claims is considered remote.
I. Foreign Currency Translations — Foreign currency is valued at the close of the NYSE based on quotations posted by banks and major currency dealers. Portfolio securities and other assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies are translated into U.S. dollar amounts at date of valuation. Purchases and sales of portfolio securities (net of foreign taxes withheld on disposition) and income items denominated in foreign currencies are translated into U.S. dollar amounts on the respective dates of such transactions. The Fund does not separately account for the portion of the results of operations resulting from changes in foreign exchange rates on investments and the fluctuations arising from changes in market prices of securities held. The combined results of changes in foreign exchange rates and the fluctuation of market prices on investments (net of estimated foreign tax withholding) are included with the net realized and unrealized gain or loss from investments in the Statement of Operations. Reported net realized foreign currency gains or losses arise from (1) sales of foreign currencies, (2) currency gains or losses realized between the trade and settlement dates on securities transactions, and (3) the difference between the amounts of dividends, interest, and foreign withholding taxes recorded on the Fund’s books and the U.S. dollar equivalent of the amounts actually received or paid. Net unrealized foreign currency gains and losses arise from changes in the fair values of assets and liabilities, other than investments in securities at fiscal period end, resulting from changes in exchange rates.

The Fund may invest in foreign securities, which may be subject to foreign taxes on income, gains on investments or currency repatriation, a portion of which may be recoverable. Foreign taxes, if any, are recorded based on the tax regulations and rates that exist in the foreign markets in which the Fund invests and are shown in the Statement of Operations.

J. Forward Foreign Currency Contracts — The Fund may engage in foreign currency transactions either on a spot (i.e. for prompt delivery and settlement) basis, or through forward foreign currency contracts, to manage or minimize currency or exchange rate risk.

The Fund may also enter into forward foreign currency contracts for the purchase or sale of a security denominated in a foreign currency in order to “lock in” the U.S. dollar price of that security, or the Fund may also enter into forward foreign currency contracts that do not provide for physical settlement of the two currencies, but instead are settled by a single cash payment calculated as the difference between the agreed upon exchange rate and the spot rate at settlement based upon an agreed upon notional amount (non-deliverable forwards). The Fund will set aside liquid assets in an amount equal to the daily mark-to-market obligation for forward foreign currency contracts.

A forward foreign currency contract is an obligation between two parties (“Counterparties”) to purchase or sell a specific currency for an agreed-upon price at a future date. The use of forward foreign currency contracts does not eliminate fluctuations in the price of the underlying securities the Fund owns or intends to acquire but establishes a rate of exchange in advance. Fluctuations in the value of these contracts are measured by the difference in the contract date and reporting date exchange rates and are recorded as unrealized appreciation (depreciation) until the contracts are closed. When the contracts are closed, realized gains (losses) are recorded. Realized and unrealized gains (losses) on the contracts are included in the Statement of Operations. The primary risks associated with forward foreign currency contracts include failure of the

 

15                         Invesco European Growth Fund


Counterparty to meet the terms of the contract and the value of the foreign currency changing unfavorably. These risks may be in excess of the amounts reflected in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities.

NOTE 2—Advisory Fees and Other Fees Paid to Affiliates

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

 

Average Daily Net Assets   Rate  

First $250 million

    0 .935%   

Next $250 million

    0 .91%   

Next $500 million

    0 .885%   

Next $1.5 billion

    0 .86%   

Next $2.5 billion

    0 .835%   

Next $2.5 billion

    0 .81%   

Next $2.5 billion

    0 .785%   

Over $10 billion

    0 .76%         

For the year ended October 31, 2016, the effective advisory fees incurred by the Fund was 0.89%.

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

The Adviser has contractually agreed, through at least June 30, 2017, to waive advisory fees and/or reimburse expenses of all shares to the extent necessary to limit total annual fund operating expenses after fee waiver and/or expense reimbursement (excluding certain items discussed below) of Class A, Class B, Class C, Class R, Class Y and Investor Class shares to 2.25%, 3.00%, 3.00%, 2.50%, 2.00% and 2.25%, respectively, of average daily net assets (the “expense limits”). In determining the Adviser’s obligation to waive advisory fees and/or reimburse expenses, the following expenses are not taken into account, and could cause the total annual fund operating expenses after fee waiver and/or expense reimbursement to exceed the numbers reflected above: (1) interest; (2) taxes; (3) dividend expense on short sales; (4) extraordinary or non-routine items, including litigation expenses; and (5) expenses that the Fund has incurred but did not actually pay because of an expense offset arrangement. Unless Invesco continues the fee waiver agreement, it will terminate on June 30, 2017. During its term, the fee waiver agreement cannot be terminated or amended to increase the expense limits without approval of the Board of Trustees. The Adviser did not waive fees and/or reimburse expenses during the period under these expense limits.

Further, the Adviser has contractually agreed, through at least June 30, 2018, 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 October 31, 2016, the Adviser waived advisory fees of $235,068.

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 October 31, 2016, expenses incurred under the agreement are shown in the Statement of Operations as Administrative services fees.

The Trust has entered into a transfer agency and service agreement with Invesco Investment Services, Inc. (“IIS”) pursuant to which the Fund has agreed to pay IIS a fee for providing transfer agency and shareholder services to the Fund and reimburse IIS for certain expenses incurred by IIS in the course of providing such services. IIS may make payments to intermediaries that provide omnibus account services, sub-accounting services and/or networking services. All fees payable by IIS to intermediaries that provide omnibus account services or sub-accounting are charged back to the Fund, subject to certain limitations approved by the Trust’s Board of Trustees. For the year ended October 31, 2016, expenses incurred under the agreement are shown in the Statement of Operations as Transfer agent fees.

The Trust has entered into master distribution agreements with Invesco Distributors, Inc. (“IDI”) to serve as the distributor for the Class A, Class B, Class C, Class R, Class Y and Investor Class shares of the Fund. The Trust has adopted plans pursuant to Rule 12b-1 under the 1940 Act with respect to the Fund’s Class A, Class B, Class C, Class R and Investor Class shares (collectively, the “Plans”). The Fund, pursuant to the Plans, pays IDI compensation at the annual rate of 0.25% of the Fund’s average daily net assets of Class A shares, 1.00% of the average daily net assets of Class B and Class C shares and 0.50% of the average daily net assets of Class R shares. The Fund, pursuant to the Investor Class Plan, reimburses IDI for its allocated share of expenses incurred pursuant to the Investor Class Plan for the period, up to a maximum annual rate of 0.25% of the average daily net assets of Investor Class shares. Of the Plan payments, up to 0.25% of the average daily net assets of each class of shares may be paid to furnish continuing personal shareholder services to customers who purchase and own shares of such classes. Any amounts not paid as a service fee under the Plans would constitute an asset-based sales charge. Rules of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”) impose a cap on the total sales charges, including asset-based sales charges, that may be paid by any class of shares of the Fund. For the year ended October 31, 2016, expenses incurred under the Plans are shown in the Statement of Operations as Distribution fees.

Front-end sales commissions and CDSC (collectively, the “sales charges”) are not recorded as expenses of the Fund. Front-end sales commissions are deducted from proceeds from the sales of Fund shares prior to investment in Class A shares of the Fund. CDSC are deducted from redemption proceeds prior to remittance to the shareholder. During the year ended October 31, 2016, IDI advised the Fund that IDI retained $111,809 in front-end sales commissions from the sale of Class A shares and $15,509, $355 and $20,325 from Class A, Class B and Class C shares, respectively, for CDSC imposed on redemptions by shareholders.

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

 

16                         Invesco European Growth Fund


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 October 31, 2016. 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.

During the year ended October 31, 2016, there were transfers from Level 1 to Level 2 of $55,953,569 and from Level 2 to Level 1 of $224,181,381, due to foreign fair value adjustments.

 

     Level 1      Level 2      Level 3      Total  

Denmark

  $ 33,203,542       $       $       $ 33,203,542   

France

    103,270,586                         103,270,586   

Germany

    168,675,414         27,001,879                 195,677,293   

Ireland

    15,162,013                         15,162,013   

Israel

    15,157,673                         15,157,673   

Italy

    24,341,791                         24,341,791   

Netherlands

            20,792,763                 20,792,763   

Russia

            54,719,004                 54,719,004   

Spain

    15,400,285                         15,400,285   

Sweden

    14,615,923         61,152,463                 75,768,386   

Switzerland

    69,289,648         68,664,896                 137,954,544   

Turkey

            44,242,940                 44,242,940   

United Kingdom

    216,159,390         347,683,830                 563,843,220   

Money Market Funds

    94,294,704                         94,294,704   

Total Investments

  $ 769,570,969       $ 624,257,775       $       $ 1,393,828,744   

NOTE 4—Expense Offset Arrangement(s)

The expense offset arrangement is comprised of transfer agency credits which result from balances in demand deposit accounts used by the transfer agent for clearing shareholder transactions. For the year ended October 31, 2016, the Fund received credits from this arrangement, which resulted in the reduction of the Fund’s total expenses of $9,641.

NOTE 5—Trustees’ and Officers’ Fees and Benefits

Trustees’ and Officers’ Fees and Benefits include amounts accrued by the Fund to pay remuneration to certain Trustees and Officers of the Fund. Trustees have the option to defer compensation payable by the Fund, and Trustees’ and Officers’ Fees and Benefits also include amounts accrued by the Fund to fund such deferred compensation amounts. Those Trustees who defer compensation have the option to select various Invesco Funds in which their deferral accounts shall be deemed to be invested. Finally, certain current Trustees were eligible to participate in a retirement plan that provided for benefits to be paid upon retirement to Trustees over a period of time based on the number of years of service. The Fund may have certain former Trustees who also participate in a retirement plan and receive benefits under such plan. Trustees’ and Officers’ Fees and Benefits include amounts accrued by the Fund to fund such retirement benefits. Obligations under the deferred compensation and retirement plans represent unsecured claims against the general assets of the Fund.

NOTE 6—Cash Balances

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

 

17                         Invesco European Growth Fund


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

Tax Character of Distributions to Shareholders Paid During the Fiscal Years Ended October 31, 2016 and 2015:

 

     2016        2015  

Ordinary income

  $ 22,964,898         $ 30,005,451   

Long-term capital gain

    49,945,758           65,254,875   

Total distributions

  $ 72,910,656         $ 95,260,326   

Tax Components of Net Assets at Period-End:

 

     2016  

Undistributed ordinary income

  $ 22,831,945   

Net unrealized appreciation — investments

    103,937,399   

Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) — other investments

    (157,446

Temporary book/tax differences

    (234,466

Capital loss carryforward

    (4,279,822

Shares of beneficial interest

    1,277,069,653   

Total net assets

  $ 1,399,167,263   

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

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

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

The Fund has a capital loss carryforward as of October 31, 2016, as follows:

 

Capital Loss Carryforward*  
Expiration   Short-Term        Long-Term        Total  

Not subject to expiration

  $ 4,279,822         $         $ 4,279,822   

 

* Capital loss carryforward as of the date listed above is reduced for limitations, if any, to the extent required by the Internal Revenue Code and may be further limited depending upon a variety of factors, including the realization of net unrealized gains or losses as of the date of any reorganization.

NOTE 8—Investment Securities

The aggregate amount of investment securities (other than short-term securities, U.S. Treasury obligations and money market funds, if any) purchased and sold by the Fund during the year ended October 31, 2016 was $253,216,417 and $229,433,838, respectively. Cost of investments on a tax basis includes the adjustments for financial reporting purposes as of the most recently completed federal income tax reporting period-end.

 

Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) of Investment Securities on a Tax Basis  

Aggregate unrealized appreciation of investment securities

  $ 218,033,892   

Aggregate unrealized (depreciation) of investment securities

    (114,096,493

Net unrealized appreciation of investment securities

  $ 103,937,399   

Cost of investments for tax purposes is $1,289,891,345.

NOTE 9—Reclassification of Permanent Differences

Primarily as a result of differing book/tax treatment of foreign currency transactions, on October 31, 2016, undistributed net investment income was decreased by $251,968 and undistributed net realized gain (loss) was increased by $251,968. This reclassification had no effect on the net assets of the Fund.

 

18                         Invesco European Growth Fund


NOTE 10—Share Information

 

     Summary of Share Activity  
    Years ended October 31,  
    2016(a)      2015  
     Shares      Amount      Shares      Amount  

Sold:

          

Class A

    2,718,954       $ 92,163,918         4,654,916       $ 170,740,866   

Class B

    3,934         124,424         20,364         694,603   

Class C

    504,048         16,007,330         1,328,418         45,715,887   

Class R

    103,287         3,495,968         121,174         4,437,729   

Class Y

    10,906,622         372,070,583         7,599,065         278,772,181   

Investor Class

    148,472         5,046,071         590,425         21,781,441   

Issued as reinvestment of dividends:

          

Class A

    680,427         23,209,346         801,716         27,330,500   

Class B

    5,847         185,987         13,788         439,987   

Class C

    134,993         4,299,514         146,579         4,683,191   

Class R

    19,683         669,439         26,937         915,848   

Class Y

    715,824         24,438,220         987,757         33,692,395   

Investor Class

    222,684         7,573,476         289,107         9,826,733   

Automatic conversion of Class B shares to Class A shares:

          

Class A

    47,892         1,614,555         92,918         3,406,347   

Class B

    (51,497      (1,614,555      (99,558      (3,406,347

Reacquired:

          

Class A

    (5,362,871      (180,347,572      (4,081,743      (148,820,861

Class B

    (29,456      (913,558      (38,169      (1,299,575

Class C

    (1,181,253      (37,052,435      (776,008      (26,275,516

Class R

    (147,738      (4,992,967      (163,463      (5,966,854

Class Y

    (9,404,300      (318,115,298      (10,945,885      (393,956,737

Investor Class

    (750,042      (25,244,745      (675,275      (24,463,874

Net increase (decrease) in share activity

    (714,490    $ (17,382,299      (106,937    $ (1,752,056

 

(a)  There are entities that are record owners of more than 5% of the outstanding shares of the Fund and in the aggregate own 44% of the outstanding shares of the Fund. IDI has an agreement with these entities to sell Fund shares. The Fund, Invesco and/or Invesco affiliates may make payments to these entities, which are considered to be related to the Fund, for providing services to the Fund, Invesco and/or Invesco affiliates including but not limited to services such as securities brokerage, distribution, third party record keeping and account servicing. The Fund has no knowledge as to whether all or any portion of the shares owned of record by these entities are also owned beneficially.

 

19                         Invesco European Growth Fund


NOTE 11—Financial Highlights

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

 

     Net asset
value,
beginning
of period
    Net
investment
income(a)
   

Net gains
(losses)

on securities

(both
realized and
unrealized)

   

Total from
investment

operations

   

Dividends
from net

investment
income

   

Distributions

from net
realized

gains

    Total
distributions
   

Net asset

value, end

of period(b)

    Total
return(c)
   

Net assets,
end of period

(000’s omitted)

   

Ratio of
expenses

to average

net assets
with fee waivers
and/or expenses

absorbed

   

Ratio of
expenses
to average net
assets without

fee waivers
and/or expenses
absorbed

   

Ratio of net
investment
income

to average
net assets

    Portfolio
turnover(d)
 

Class A

  

Year ended 10/31/16

  $ 36.65      $ 0.50      $ (2.61   $ (2.11   $ (0.51   $ (1.15   $ (1.66   $ 32.88        (5.94 )%    $ 453,114        1.34 %(e)      1.36 %(e)      1.47 %(e)      16

Year ended 10/31/15

    37.50        0.52        0.88        1.40        (0.69     (1.56     (2.25     36.65        4.18        575,258        1.37        1.38        1.41        14   

Year ended 10/31/14

    39.17        0.54        (1.02     (0.48     (0.45     (0.74     (1.19     37.50        (1.22     533,550        1.34        1.36        1.38        18   

Year ended 10/31/13

    32.84        0.48        7.06        7.54        (0.60     (0.61     (1.21     39.17        23.72        494,360        1.39        1.41        1.35        15   

Year ended 10/31/12

    30.13        0.59        3.07 (f)      3.66        (0.95            (0.95     32.84        12.64 (f)      377,331        1.47        1.48        1.94        14   

Class B

  

Year ended 10/31/16

    34.08        0.22        (2.42     (2.20     (0.27     (1.15     (1.42     30.46        (6.63     2,147        2.09 (e)      2.11 (e)      0.72 (e)      16   

Year ended 10/31/15

    35.01        0.22        0.83        1.05        (0.42     (1.56     (1.98     34.08        3.40        4,829        2.12        2.13        0.66        14   

Year ended 10/31/14

    36.71        0.23        (0.94     (0.71     (0.25     (0.74     (0.99     35.01        (1.96     8,586        2.09        2.11        0.63        18   

Year ended 10/31/13

    30.87        0.20        6.64        6.84        (0.39     (0.61     (1.00     36.71        22.82        12,343        2.14        2.16        0.60        15   

Year ended 10/31/12

    28.27        0.34        2.90 (f)      3.24        (0.64            (0.64     30.87        11.80 (f)      15,089        2.22        2.23        1.19        14   

Class C

  

Year ended 10/31/16

    34.12        0.22        (2.42     (2.20     (0.27     (1.15     (1.42     30.50        (6.63     86,303        2.09 (e)      2.11 (e)      0.72 (e)      16   

Year ended 10/31/15

    35.04        0.22        0.84        1.06        (0.42     (1.56     (1.98     34.12        3.42        115,058        2.12        2.13        0.66        14   

Year ended 10/31/14

    36.74        0.23        (0.94     (0.71     (0.25     (0.74     (0.99     35.04        (1.96     93,680        2.09        2.11        0.63        18   

Year ended 10/31/13

    30.90        0.20        6.64        6.84        (0.39     (0.61     (1.00     36.74        22.80        55,760        2.14        2.16        0.60        15   

Year ended 10/31/12

    28.30        0.34        2.90 (f)      3.24        (0.64            (0.64     30.90        11.79 (f)      38,282        2.22        2.23        1.19        14   

Class R

  

Year ended 10/31/16

    36.48        0.41        (2.60     (2.19     (0.43     (1.15     (1.58     32.71        (6.19     12,893        1.59 (e)      1.61 (e)      1.22 (e)      16   

Year ended 10/31/15

    37.33        0.42        0.89        1.31        (0.60     (1.56     (2.16     36.48        3.93        15,280        1.62        1.63        1.16        14   

Year ended 10/31/14

    39.02        0.44        (1.01     (0.57     (0.38     (0.74     (1.12     37.33        (1.46     16,210        1.59        1.61        1.13        18   

Year ended 10/31/13

    32.73        0.39        7.04        7.43        (0.53     (0.61     (1.14     39.02        23.42        16,137        1.64        1.66        1.10        15   

Year ended 10/31/12

    30.00        0.51        3.07 (f)      3.58        (0.85            (0.85     32.73        12.36 (f)      13,204        1.72        1.73        1.69        14   

Class Y

  

Year ended 10/31/16

    36.76        0.58        (2.62     (2.04     (0.59     (1.15     (1.74     32.98        (5.71     696,907        1.09 (e)      1.11 (e)      1.72 (e)      16   

Year ended 10/31/15

    37.62        0.61        0.88        1.49        (0.79     (1.56     (2.35     36.76        4.46        695,157        1.12        1.13        1.66        14   

Year ended 10/31/14

    39.28        0.64        (1.03     (0.39     (0.53     (0.74     (1.27     37.62        (0.98     800,278        1.09        1.11        1.63        18   

Year ended 10/31/13

    32.92        0.57        7.07        7.64        (0.67     (0.61     (1.28     39.28        24.01        624,166        1.14        1.16        1.60        15   

Year ended 10/31/12

    30.22        0.67        3.08 (f)      3.75        (1.05            (1.05     32.92        12.96 (f)      260,860        1.22        1.23        2.19        14   

Investor Class

  

Year ended 10/31/16

    36.56        0.51        (2.61     (2.10     (0.51     (1.15     (1.66     32.80        (5.91 )(g)      147,804        1.31 (e)(g)      1.33 (e)(g)      1.50 (e)(g)      16   

Year ended 10/31/15

    37.42        0.52        0.88        1.40        (0.70     (1.56     (2.26     36.56        4.21 (g)      178,602        1.35 (g)      1.36 (g)      1.43 (g)      14   

Year ended 10/31/14

    39.08        0.55        (1.02     (0.47     (0.45     (0.74     (1.19     37.42        (1.19 )(g)      175,148        1.31 (g)      1.33 (g)      1.41 (g)      18   

Year ended 10/31/13

    32.78        0.48        7.04        7.52        (0.61     (0.61     (1.22     39.08        23.74        197,655        1.38        1.40        1.36        15   

Year ended 10/31/12

    30.07        0.61        3.07 (f)      3.68        (0.97            (0.97     32.78        12.75 (f)      155,575        1.41        1.42        2.00        14   

 

(a)  Calculated using average shares outstanding.
(b)  Includes redemption fees added to shares of beneficial interest which were less than $0.005 per share for the fiscal year ended October 31, 2012.
(c)  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.
(d)  Portfolio turnover is calculated at the fund level and is not annualized for periods less than one year, if applicable.
(e)  Ratios are based on average daily net assets (000’s omitted) of $532,371, $3,330, $103,025, $14,635, $729,088 and $163,132 for Class A, Class B, Class C, Class R, Class Y and Investor Class shares, respectively.
(f)  Includes litigation proceeds received during the period. Had the litigation proceeds not been received Net gains (losses) on securities (both realized and unrealized) per share, for the year ended October 31, 2012, would have been $2.96, $2.79, $2.79, $2.95, $2.97 and $2.96 for Class A, Class B, Class C, Class R, Class Y and Investor Class shares, respectively, and total returns would have been lower.
(g)  The total return, ratio of expenses to average net assets and ratio of net investment income to average net assets reflect actual 12b-1 fees of 0.22% for the year ended October 31, 2016, 0.22% for the year ended October 31, 2015 and 0.21% for the year ended October 31, 2014.

 

20                         Invesco European Growth Fund


Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

 

To the Board of Trustees

and Shareholders of the Invesco European Growth Fund:

In our opinion, the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities, including the schedule of investments, and the related statements of operations and of changes in net assets and the financial highlights present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Invesco European Growth Fund (the “Fund”) as of October 31, 2016, the results of its operations for the year then ended, the changes in its net assets for each of the two years in the period then ended and the financial highlights for each of the five years in the period then ended, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. These financial statements and financial highlights (hereafter referred to as “financial statements”) are the responsibility of the Fund’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits. We conducted our audits of these financial statements in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, and evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits, which included confirmation of securities as of October 31, 2016 by correspondence with the custodian and brokers, and the application of alternative auditing procedures where confirmations of security purchases have not been received, provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLP

Houston, Texas

December 21, 2016

 

21                         Invesco European Growth Fund


Calculating your ongoing Fund expenses

Example

As a shareholder of the Fund, you incur two types of costs: (1) transaction costs, which may include sales charges (loads) on purchase payments or contingent deferred sales charges on redemptions, if any; and (2) ongoing costs, including management fees, distribution and/or service (12b-1) fees, and other Fund expenses. This example is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Fund and to compare these costs with ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds. The example is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period May 1, 2016 through October 31, 2016.

Actual expenses

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

Hypothetical example for comparison purposes

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

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

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

 

Class   Beginning
Account Value
(05/01/16)
    ACTUAL    

HYPOTHETICAL

(5% annual return before
expenses)

     Annualized
Expense
Ratio
 
    Ending
Account Value
(10/31/16)1
     Expenses
Paid During
Period2
    Ending
Account Value
(10/31/16)
     Expenses
Paid During
Period2
    
A   $ 1,000.00      $ 948.70       $ 6.61      $ 1,018.35       $ 6.85         1.35
B     1,000.00        945.10         10.27        1,014.58         10.63         2.10   
C     1,000.00        945.20         10.27        1,014.58         10.63         2.10   
R     1,000.00        947.60         7.83        1,017.09         8.11         1.60   
Y     1,000.00        949.90         5.39        1,019.61         5.58         1.10   
Investor     1,000.00        948.80         6.52        1,018.45         6.75         1.33   

 

1  The actual ending account value is based on the actual total return of the Fund for the period May 1, 2016 through October 31, 2016, after actual expenses and will differ from the hypothetical ending account value which is based on the Fund’s expense ratio and a hypothetical annual return of 5% before expenses.
2  Expenses are equal to the Fund’s annualized expense ratio as indicated above multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 184/366 to reflect the most recent fiscal half year.

 

22                         Invesco European Growth Fund


Approval of Investment Advisory and Sub-Advisory Contracts

 

The Board of Trustees (the Board) of AIM International Mutual Funds (Invesco International Mutual Funds) is required under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, to approve annually the renewal of Invesco European Growth Fund’s (the Fund) investment advisory agreements. During contract renewal meetings held on June 7-8, 2016, the Board as a whole, and the disinterested or “independent” Trustees, who comprise over 75% of the Board, voting separately, approved the continuance for the Fund of the Master Investment Advisory Agreement with Invesco Advisers, Inc. (Invesco Advisers and the investment advisory agreement) and 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. (collectively, the Affiliated Sub-Advisers and the sub-advisory contracts) for another year, effective July 1, 2016.

In evaluating the fairness and reasonableness of compensation under the Fund’s investment advisory agreement and sub-advisory contracts, the Board considered, among other things, the factors discussed below. The Board determined that continuation of the Fund’s investment advisory agreement and the sub-advisory contracts is in the best interest of the Fund and its shareholders and that the compensation payable to Invesco Advisers and the Affiliated Sub-Advisers under the agreements is fair and reasonable.

The Board’s Fund Evaluation Process

The Board’s Investments Committee has established three Sub-Committees, which meet throughout the year to review the performance of funds advised by Invesco Advisers (the Invesco Funds). Over the course of each year, the Sub-Committees meet with portfolio managers for their assigned Invesco Funds and other members of management to review the performance, investment objective(s), policies, strategies, limitations and investment risks of these funds. The Board had the benefit of reports from the Sub-Committees and Investments Committee throughout the year in considering approval of the continuance of each Invesco Fund’s investment advisory agreement and sub-advisory contracts for another year.

During the contract renewal process, the Board receives comparative performance and fee data regarding the Invesco Funds prepared by Invesco Advisers and Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. (Broadridge), an independent provider of investment company data. The Board also receives an independent written evaluation from the Senior Officer, an officer of the Invesco Funds who reports directly to the

independent Trustees. The Senior Officer’s evaluation is prepared as part of his responsibility to manage the process by which the Invesco Funds’ proposed management fees are negotiated during the annual contract renewal process to ensure they are negotiated in a manner that is at arms’ length and reasonable. In addition to meetings with Invesco Advisers and fund counsel, the independent Trustees also discuss the continuance of the investment advisory agreement and sub-advisory contracts in separate sessions with the Senior Officer and with independent legal counsel.

The Trustees recognized that the advisory fee rates for the Invesco Funds are, in many cases, the result of years of review and negotiation. The Trustees’ deliberations and conclusions in a particular year may be based in part on their deliberations and conclusions regarding these arrangements throughout the year and in prior years. 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.

The discussion below is a summary of the Senior Officer’s independent written evaluation with respect to the Fund’s investment advisory agreement as well as a discussion 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. Unless otherwise stated, this information is current as of June 8, 2016, and does not reflect consideration of factors that became known to the Board after that date.

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 advisory services provided to the Fund by Invesco Advisers under the Fund’s investment advisory agreement, the performance of Invesco Advisers in providing these services, and the credentials and experience of the officers and employees of Invesco Advisers who provide these services, including the Fund’s portfolio manager or managers. The Board’s review of the qualifications of Invesco Advisers to provide advisory services included the Board’s consideration of Invesco Advisers’ investment process oversight, independent credit analysis and investment risk management. The Board also considered non-advisory services that Invesco Advisers and its affiliates provide to the Invesco Funds such as various back office support functions, trading operations, internal audit, valuation and legal and compliance.

In determining whether to continue the Fund’s investment advisory agreement, the Board considered the benefits of reapproving an existing relationship and the greater uncertainty that may be associated with entering into a new relationship. The Board concluded that the nature, extent and quality of the services provided to the Fund by Invesco Advisers are appropriate and satisfactory and consistent with the terms of the Fund’s investment advisory agreement.

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 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 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 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 and consistent with the terms of the Fund’s sub-advisory contracts.

B. Fund Performance

The Board considered Fund performance as a relevant factor in considering whether to approve the investment advisory agreement. 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 performance during the past one, three and five calendar years to the performance of funds in the Broadridge performance universe and against the Lipper European Funds Index. The Board noted that performance of Class A shares of the Fund was in the second quintile of its performance universe for the one and five year periods and the third quintile for the three year period (the first quintile being the best performing funds and the fifth quintile being the worst performing funds). The Board noted that performance of Class A shares of the Fund was above the performance of the Index for the one and five year periods and below the performance of the Index for the three year period. The Trustees also reviewed more recent Fund performance and this review did not change their conclusions.

 

 

23                         Invesco European Growth Fund


C. Advisory and Sub-Advisory Fees

The Board compared the Fund’s contractual management fee rate to the contractual management fee rates of funds in the Fund’s Broadridge expense group at a common asset level. The Board noted that the contractual management fee rate for Class A shares of the Fund was above the median contractual management fee rate of funds in its expense group. The Board noted that the term “contractual management fee” for funds in the expense group may include both advisory and certain administrative services fees, but that Broadridge does not provide information on a fund by fund basis as to what is included. The Board noted that Invesco Advisers does not separately charge the Invesco Funds for the administrative services included in the term as defined by Broadridge. The Board also reviewed the methodology used by Broadridge in providing expense group information, which includes using each fund’s contractual management fee schedule (including any applicable breakpoints) as reported in the most recent prospectus or statement of additional information for each fund in the expense group.

The Board also compared the Fund’s effective advisory fee rate (the advisory fee rate after advisory fee waivers and before other expense limitations/waivers) to the effective advisory fee rates of other funds advised by Invesco Advisers and its affiliates with investment strategies comparable to those of the Fund, based on asset balances as of December 31, 2015. The Board noted that Invesco Advisers and its affiliates manage two off-shore funds with investment strategies comparable to those of the Fund and that the Fund’s rate was below the rate of one fund and above the rate of one fund. The Board noted that Invesco Advisers and the Affiliated Sub-Advisers do not manage other client accounts with investment strategies comparable to those of the Fund.

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. The Board also noted that the sub-advisory fees are not paid directly by the Fund, but rather, are payable by Invesco Advisers to the Affiliated Sub-Advisers.

D. Economies of Scale and Breakpoints

The Board considered the extent to which there are economies of scale in the provision of advisory services to the Fund. The Board also considered whether the Fund benefits from economies of scale through contractual breakpoints in the Fund’s advisory fee schedule. The Board also noted that the Fund shares directly in economies of scale through lower fees charged by third party service providers based on the combined size of the Invesco Funds and other clients advised by Invesco Advisers.

E. Profitability and Financial Resources

The Board reviewed information from Invesco Advisers concerning the costs of the advisory

and other services that Invesco Advisers and its affiliates provide to the Fund and the Invesco Funds and the profitability of Invesco Advisers and its affiliates in providing these services. The Board received information from Invesco Advisers and a report from an independent consultant engaged by the Senior Officer about the methodology used to prepare the profitability information. The Board noted that Invesco Advisers continues to operate at a net profit from services Invesco Advisers and its affiliates provide to the Invesco Funds and the Fund. The Board did not deem the level of profits realized by Invesco Advisers and its affiliates from providing services to the Fund to be excessive given the nature, quality and extent of the services provided. The Board received and accepted information from Invesco Advisers demonstrating that Invesco Advisers and each Affiliated Sub-Adviser 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 received by Invesco Advisers and its affiliates from the relationship with the Fund, including the fees received for providing transfer agency and distribution services to the Fund. The Board considered comparative information regarding fees charged for these services, including information provided by Broadridge and other independent sources. The Board considered the performance of Invesco Advisers and its affiliates in providing these services and the organizational structure employed to provide these services. The Board also considered that these services are 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. The Board noted that soft dollar arrangements shift the payment obligation for research services from Invesco Advisers and the Affiliated Sub-Advisers to the Invesco Funds

and that the research received may be used with other clients of Invesco Advisers and may reduce Invesco Advisers’ and the Affiliated Sub-Advisers’ expenses. The Board also considered that it receives periodic reports from the Chief Compliance Officer of the Invesco Funds demonstrating that these arrangements are consistent with regulatory requirements. The Board did not deem the soft dollar arrangements to be inappropriate.

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 noted that

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

The Board also considered the Fund may use an affiliated broker to execute certain trades for the Fund to, among other things, control information leakage, and were advised that such trades would be executed in compliance with rules under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and consistent with best execution obligations.

 

 

24                         Invesco European Growth Fund


Tax Information

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

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

The Fund designates the following amounts or, if subsequently determined to be different, the maximum amount allowable for its fiscal year ended October 31, 2016:

 

Federal and State Income Tax

 

Long-Term Capital Gain Distributions

     $49,945,758   

Qualified Dividend Income*

     100

Corporate Dividends Received Deduction*

     0

U.S. Treasury Obligations*

     0

Tax-Exempt Interest Dividends*

     0

Foreign Taxes

     $       0.0462  per share 

Foreign Source Income

     $       1.0895  per share 

 

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

 

25                         Invesco European Growth Fund


Trustees and Officers

 

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

 

Name, Year of Birth and
Position(s) Held with the Trust
  Trustee and/
or Officer Since
  Principal Occupation(s)
During Past 5 Years
  Number of
Funds in Fund
Complex
Overseen by
Trustee
  Other Directorship(s)
Held by Trustee During
Past 5 Years
Interested Persons                

Martin L. Flanagan1 — 1960

Trustee

  2007  

Executive Director, Chief Executive Officer and President, Invesco Ltd. (ultimate parent of Invesco and a global investment management firm); Advisor to the Board, Invesco Advisers, Inc. (formerly known as Invesco Institutional (N.A.), Inc.); Trustee, The Invesco Funds; Vice Chair, Investment Company Institute; and Member of Executive Board, SMU Cox School of Business

 

Formerly: 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)

 

146

  None

Philip A. Taylor2 — 1954

Trustee and Senior Vice President

  2006  

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

 

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

 

146

  None
1 Mr. Flanagan is considered an interested person (within the meaning of Section 2(a)(19) of the 1940 Act) of the Trust because he is an officer of the Adviser to the Trust, and an officer and a director of Invesco Ltd., ultimate parent of the Adviser.

 

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

 

T-1                         Invesco European Growth Fund


Trustees and Officers—(continued)

 

Name, Year of Birth and
Position(s) Held with the Trust
  Trustee and/
or Officer Since
  Principal Occupation(s)
During Past 5 Years
  Number of
Funds in Fund
Complex
Overseen by
Trustee
  Other Directorship(s)
Held by Trustee During
Past 5 Years
Independent Trustees                

Bruce L. Crockett — 1944

Trustee and Chair

 

1992

 

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

 

146

  ALPS (Attorneys Liability Protection Society) (insurance company) and Globe Specialty Metals, Inc. (metallurgical company); Member of the Audit Committee, Ferroglobe PLC and Investment Company Institute; Member of the Executive Committee and Chair of the Governance Committee, Independent Directors Council

David C. Arch — 1945

Trustee

  2010   Chairman of Blistex Inc., a consumer health care products manufacturer  

146

  Board member of the Illinois Manufacturers’ Association; Member of the Board of Visitors, Institute for the Humanities, University of Michigan

James T. Bunch — 1942

Trustee

 

2003

 

Managing Member, Grumman Hill Group LLC (family office/private equity investments)

 

Formerly: Chairman of the Board, Denver Film Society, Chairman of the Board of Trustees, Evans Scholarship Foundation; Chairman, Board of Governors, Western Golf Association

 

146

  Trustee, Evans Scholarship Foundation

Albert R. Dowden — 1941

Trustee

 

2000

 

Director of a number of public and private business corporations, including Nature’s Sunshine Products, Inc.

 

Formerly: Director, The Boss Group, Ltd. and Reich & Tang Funds (5 portfolios) (registered investment company); Director, Homeowners of America Holding Corporation/Homeowners of America Insurance Company (property casualty company); Director, Continental Energy Services, LLC (oil and gas pipeline service); Director, CompuDyne Corporation (provider of product and services to the public security market) and Director, Annuity and Life Re (Holdings), Ltd. (reinsurance company); Director, President and Chief Executive Officer, Volvo Group North America, Inc.; Senior Vice President, AB Volvo; Director of various public and private corporations; Chairman, DHJ Media, Inc.; Director, Magellan Insurance Company; and Director, The Hertz Corporation, Genmar Corporation (boat manufacturer), National Media Corporation; Advisory Board of Rotary Power International (designer, manufacturer, and seller of rotary power engines); and Chairman, Cortland Trust, Inc. (registered investment company)

 

146

  Director of Nature’s Sunshine Products, Inc.

Jack M. Fields — 1952

Trustee

 

1997

 

Chief Executive Officer, Twenty First Century Group, Inc. (government affairs company); and 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); 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

 

146

  None

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 and Director, Arvest Bank

 

146

  Director of Insperity, Inc. (formerly known as Administaff)

Prema Mathai-Davis — 1950

Trustee

 

1998

 

Retired.

 

Formerly: Chief Executive Officer, YWCA of the U.S.A.

 

146

  None

Larry Soll — 1942

Trustee

 

2003

 

Retired.

 

Formerly: Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President, Synergen Corp. (a biotechnology company)

 

146

  None

Raymond Stickel, Jr. — 1944

Trustee

  2005  

Retired.

 

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

 

146

  None

Robert C. Troccoli — 1949

Trustee

  2016  

Adjunct Professor, University of Denver — Daniels College of Business

 

Formerly: Senior Partner, KPMG LLP

 

146

  None

 

T-2                         Invesco European Growth Fund


Trustees and Officers—(continued)

 

Name, Year of Birth and
Position(s) Held with the Trust
 

Trustee and/

or Officer Since

  Principal Occupation(s)
During Past 5 Years
  Number of
Funds in Fund
Complex
Overseen by
Trustee
  Other Directorship(s)
Held by Trustee During
Past 5 Years
Independent Trustees—(continued)

Suzanne H. Woolsey — 1941

Trustee

  2014  

Retired.

 

Formerly: Chief Executive Officer of Woolsey Partners LLC

  146   Director, SunShare LLC; Trustee, Ocean Conservancy; Emeritus Chair of the Board of Trustees of the Institute for Defense Analyses and of Colorado College; Trustee, Chair, Business and Finance Committee of California Institute of Technology; Prior to 2014, Director of Fluor Corp.; Prior to 2010, Trustee of the German Marshall Fund of the United States; Prior to 2010, Trustee of the Rocky Mountain Institute
Other Officers                

Sheri Morris — 1964

President, Principal Executive Officer and Treasurer

 

1999

 

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

 

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

  N/A   N/A

Russell C. Burk — 1958

Senior Vice President and Senior Officer

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

John M. Zerr — 1962

Senior Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Secretary

  2006  

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

 

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

  N/A   N/A

 

T-3                         Invesco European Growth Fund


Trustees and Officers—(continued)

 

 

Name, Year of Birth and
Position(s) Held with the Trust
  Trustee and/
or Officer Since
  Principal Occupation(s)
During Past 5 Years
  Number of
Funds in Fund
Complex
Overseen by
Trustee
  Other Directorship(s)
Held by Trustee During
Past 5 Years
Other Officers—(continued)                

Karen Dunn Kelley — 1960

Senior Vice President

 

2004

 

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

 

Formerly: Vice President, The Invesco Funds (other than AIM Treasurer’s Series Trust (Invesco Treasurer’s Series Trust), Short-Term Investments Trust and Invesco Management Trust); and President and Principal Executive Officer, 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 Asset Management (Bermuda) Ltd., Director, INVESCO Global Asset Management DAC (formerly known as INVESCO Global Asset Management Limited) and INVESCO Management S.A.; Senior Vice President, Van Kampen Investments Inc. and Invesco Advisers, Inc. (formerly known as Invesco Institutional (N.A.), Inc.) (registered investment adviser); Director and President, Fund Management Company; Chief Cash Management Officer, Director of Cash Management, Senior Vice President, and Managing Director, Invesco AIM Capital Management, Inc.; Director of Cash Management, Senior Vice President, and Vice President, Invesco Advisers, Inc. and Vice President, The Invesco Funds (AIM Treasurer’s Series Trust (Invesco Treasurer’s Series Trust), and Short-Term Investments Trust only)

  N/A   N/A

Kelli Gallegos — 1970

Vice President, Principal Financial Officer and Assistant Treasurer

  2008  

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

 

Formerly: Assistant Vice President, The Invesco Funds

  N/A   N/A

Tracy Sullivan — 1962

Vice President, Chief Tax Officer and Assistant Treasurer

  2008  

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

 

Formerly: Assistant Vice President, The Invesco Funds

  N/A   N/A

Crissie M. Wisdom — 1969

Anti-Money Laundering Compliance Officer

  2013  

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

 

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

  N/A   N/A

Robert R. Leveille — 1969

Chief Compliance Officer

  2016  

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

 

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

  N/A   N/A

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

 

Office of the Fund

11 Greenway Plaza, Suite 1000
Houston, TX 77046-1173

 

Investment Adviser

Invesco Advisers, Inc.
1555 Peachtree Street, N.E.
Atlanta, GA 30309

 

Distributor

Invesco Distributors, Inc.
11 Greenway Plaza, Suite 1000
Houston, TX 77046-1173

 

Auditors

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
1000 Louisiana Street, Suite 5800

Houston, TX 77002-5678

     

Counsel to the Fund

Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young, LLP
2005 Market Street, Suite 2600
Philadelphia, PA 19103-7018

 

Counsel to the Independent Trustees

Goodwin Procter LLP
901 New York Avenue, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20001

 

Transfer Agent

Invesco Investment Services, Inc.
11 Greenway Plaza, Suite 1000
Houston, TX 77046-1173

 

Custodian

State Street Bank and Trust Company
225 Franklin Street
Boston, MA 02110-2801

 

T-4                         Invesco European Growth Fund


 

 

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Invesco mailing information

Send general correspondence to Invesco Investment Services, Inc., P.O. Box 219078, Kansas City, MO 64121-9078.

 

 

Important notice regarding delivery of security holder documents

To reduce Fund expenses, only one copy of most shareholder documents may be mailed to shareholders with multiple accounts at the same address (Householding). Mailing of your shareholder documents may be householded indefinitely unless you instruct us otherwise. If you do not want the mailing of these documents to be combined with those for other members of your household, please contact Invesco Investment Services, Inc. at 800 959 4246 or contact your financial institution. We will begin sending you individual copies for each account within 30 days after receiving your request.

 

 

Fund holdings and proxy voting information

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

The SEC file numbers for the Fund are shown below.

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

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

Invesco Advisers, Inc. is an investment adviser; it provides investment advisory services to individual and institutional clients and does not sell securities. Invesco Distributors, Inc. is the US distributor for Invesco Ltd.’s retail mutual funds, exchange-traded funds and institutional money market funds. Both are wholly owned, indirect subsidiaries of Invesco Ltd.

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SEC file numbers: 811-06463 and 033-44611    EGR-AR-1    Invesco Distributors, Inc.


 

 

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Annual Report to Shareholders

 

  October 31, 2016
 

 

 

Invesco Global Growth Fund

 

  Nasdaq:
  A: AGGAX    B: AGGBX    C: AGGCX    Y: AGGYX    R5: GGAIX    R6: AGGFX

 

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Letters to Shareholders

 

LOGO

Philip Taylor

    

Dear Shareholders:

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

    In December 2015, the US Federal Reserve raised short-term interest rates for the first time since 2006, signaling its belief that the economy was likely to continue strengthening. Indeed, throughout the reporting period, US economic data were generally positive and the economy expanded at a moderate rate – but there were some bumps along the road. Job growth in May 2016 was very weak, but it was followed by strong increases in nonfarm payrolls in June and July. Increased concerns about global economic weakness caused US stock market indexes to sink at the start of calendar year 2016, but they eventually recovered; they sank again following

the UK’s decision to leave the European Union, but then quickly recovered and reached record highs later in the summer. Strong demand for income-producing investments, particularly those perceived to be lower risk, benefited bonds as well as dividend-paying stocks for much of the reporting period. While economic news in the US was generally positive, news overseas was less upbeat. The European Central Bank, and central banks in China and Japan – as well as other countries – maintained extraordinarily accommodative monetary policies in response to economic weakness. As the fiscal year drew to a close, uncertainty about the outcome of the US presidential election resulted in increased market volatility; the surprise outcome after the close of the reporting period suggested that market volatility may continue for some time to come.

Short-term market volatility can prompt some investors to abandon their investment plans – and can cause others to settle for average results. The investment professionals at Invesco, in contrast, invest with high conviction, take a long-term perspective and have a passion to exceed. Invesco’s pure focus on investment management eliminates possible distractions and means that there are no competing lines of business for us to support. Just as important, we embrace a variety of investment strategies, asset classes and geographies – because we know that no single investment approach meets the diverse needs of all of our clients. We manage all our investment approaches with a passion to exceed. All our investment teams have a highly disciplined, long-term investing style that eliminates short-term decision-making. Of course, investing with high conviction can’t guarantee a profit or ensure success; no investment strategy can. To learn more about how we invest with high conviction, visit invesco.com/HighConviction.

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

Visit our website for more information on your investments

Our website, invesco.com/us, offers a wide range of market insights and investment perspectives. On the website, you’ll find detailed information about our funds, including performance, holdings and portfolio manager commentaries. You can access information about your account by completing a simple, secure online registration. Click on the “Need to register” link in the “Account Access” box on our homepage to get started.

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

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

Have questions?

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

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

Sincerely,

 

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Philip Taylor

Senior Managing Director, Invesco Ltd.

 

2                         Invesco Global Growth Fund


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Bruce Crockett

    

Dear Fellow Shareholders:

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

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

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

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

Assessing each portfolio management team’s investment performance within the context of the investment strategy described in the fund’s prospectus.

Monitoring for potential conflicts of interests that may impact the nature of the services that your funds receive.

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

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

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

Sincerely,

 

 

 

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Bruce L. Crockett

Independent Chair

Invesco Funds Board of Trustees

 

3                         Invesco Global Growth Fund


 

Management’s Discussion of Fund Performance

 

Performance summary

For the fiscal year ended October 31, 2016, Class A shares of Invesco Global Growth Fund (the Fund), at net asset value (NAV), outperformed the MSCI All Country World Growth Index, the Fund’s style-specific benchmark.

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

 

  

    

  

Fund vs. Indexes

Total returns, 10/31/15 to 10/31/16, at net asset value (NAV). Performance shown does not include applicable contingent deferred sales charges (CDSC) or front-end sales charges, which would have reduced performance.

 

  

    

Class A Shares

     2.00

Class B Shares

     1.20   

Class C Shares

     1.24   

Class Y Shares

     2.27   

Class R5 Shares

     2.35   

Class R6 Shares

     2.35   

MSCI All Country World Indexq (Broad Market Index)

     2.05   

MSCI All Country World Growth Indexq (Style-Specific Index)

     0.72   

Lipper Global Multi-Cap Growth Funds Index (Peer Group Index)

     0.67   

 

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

  

 

 

Market conditions and your Fund

The global economy continued to expand, albeit slowly, for the fiscal year ended October 31, 2016. However, that growth became increasingly uneven across developed and emerging economies, amid continued volatility in oil prices and as the policies of central banks globally began to diverge.

    An equity market rally in November 2015 was offset by negative performance in December, as a late-year crash in oil prices rattled the markets. Also in December, the US Federal Reserve (the Fed) followed through on its commitment to normalize monetary policy by raising interest rates – its first increase since 2006 – even as the European Central Bank extended its asset purchase program and Japan introduced additional quantitative easing and negative interest rates.

    Stocks began calendar year 2016 on a negative note, driven by investor concerns about economic weakness in China and falling oil prices. Markets recovered in late February and posted gains amid concerted central bank commitments to very loose monetary policy. As a result, the US dollar fell sharply against the euro and Japanese yen, a development that was largely supportive of oil and stock prices.

    All major global stock indexes experienced steep declines again in June after UK voters opted to leave the European Union. After the initial shock of the UK vote, stocks made a strong recovery, regaining most of the losses as fears of a sharp shock to consumer confidence never materialized. For the remainder of the reporting period, emerging markets outperformed as the Fed left interest rates unchanged and expectations for an interest rate increase were delayed again.

 

    Regardless of the macroeconomic environment, we remain focused on our bottom-up investment approach of identifying attractive companies that fit our earnings, quality and valuation (EQV) process.

    During the reporting period, Fund holdings in the consumer staples, information technology and financials sectors outperformed those of the MSCI All Country World Growth Index and were among the most significant contributors to the Fund’s performance versus the style-specific benchmark. The Fund’s holdings in the health care and consumer discretionary sectors, however, underperformed those of the style-specific benchmark and were the most significant detractors from the Fund’s relative performance.

    On a geographic basis, the Fund’s holdings in China, Brazil and the US outperformed those of the MSCI All Country World Growth Index and were among the most significant contributors to Fund performance. Overweight exposure to the strong Brazil market contributed to Fund performance versus the style-specific benchmark. The Fund’s holdings in Sweden and Israel underperformed those of the style-specific benchmark for the reporting period and were among the most significant detractors from relative results. The Fund’s overweight exposure to the weak UK market was also a drag on relative Fund results.

    From an individual securities perspective, BM&FBOVESPA, one of the world’s largest stock exchanges, was the top contributor to Fund performance for the reporting period. BM&FBOVESPA’s stock was significantly depressed in 2015 due to Brazil’s political and economic turmoil, but the stock price rose after the ousting of Brazil’s President Rousseff under the expectation that this change could allow

 

Portfolio Composition

By sector

 

 

% of total net assets

Information Technology

     24.4

Consumer Discretionary

     22.6   

Financials

     11.4   

Consumer Staples

     10.8   

Industrials

     10.4   

Health Care

     10.1   

Energy

     4.5   

Materials

     1.8   

Money Market Funds

Plus Other Assets Less Liabilities

     4.0   

Top 10 Equity Holdings*

 

% of total net assets  

 

1.

 

Apple Inc.

     2.4

2.

 

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd.

     2.1   

3.

 

NetEase, Inc.-ADR

     2.0   

4.

 

CK Hutchison Holdings Ltd.

     1.9   

5.

 

Newell Brands, Inc.

     1.9   

6.

 

WH Group Ltd.-REGS

     1.9   

7.

 

Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.-ADR

     1.8   

8.

 

RELX PLC

     1.7   

9.

 

Citrix Systems, Inc.

     1.7   

10.

 

Priceline Group Inc. (The)

     1.7   

Total Net  Assets

  $ 670.3 million   

 

Total Number of

Holdings*

    91   

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

* Excluding money market fund holdings.

Data presented here are as of October 31, 2016.

 

 

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for reforms and a more orthodox economic policy. This high quality company enjoyed monopoly status in its key businesses and its process of acquiring Brazil’s largest security registration business is expected to add stability to BM&FBOVESPA’s earnings.

    In contrast, Sky was among the most significant detractors from Fund performance for the reporting period. Sky is a UK-based, pan-European broadcasting company. Shares of the company underperformed due to concerns around cost inflation going into the rights auction for the German Bundesliga (professional soccer league) matches and the potential adverse impact that the Brexit may have on UK consumers.

    During the reporting period, we continued to look for opportunities to improve the growth potential and quality of the Fund’s portfolio by adding companies based on our EQV outlook for each company. New additions to the portfolio included Mexico-based multinational beverage and retail company Fomento Economico Mexicano, US-based global computer software and services company PTC and Canadian oil and gas royalty company PrairieSky Royalty. We trimmed or sold several of the Fund’s holdings with EQV characteristics that were no longer as compelling as when we initiated Fund positions in them, including Belgian-Brazilian beverage and brewing company Anheuser-Busch InBev, Brazil-based food company BRF, American multinational data storage and cloud computing company EMC and Singapore-based multinational banking group United Overseas Bank.

    As always, we continue to look for high-quality growth companies that exhibit the following characteristics: strong organic revenue growth; high returns on capital; pricing power; strong balance sheets; cash generation; and reasonable valuations. In addition, we continue to favor companies that are able to consistently generate cash during weak economic environments. We believe that this balanced EQV-focused approach may help deliver attractive returns over the long term.

    We thank you for your continued investment in Invesco Global Growth Fund.

The views and opinions expressed in management’s discussion of Fund performance are those of Invesco Advisers, Inc. These views and opinions are subject

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

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

 

LOGO    

Matthew Dennis

Chartered Financial Analyst, Portfolio Manager, is lead manager of Invesco Global Growth Fund. He joined Invesco in 2000.

Mr. Dennis earned a BA in economics from The University of Texas at Austin and an MS in finance from Texas A&M University.
LOGO    

Ryan Amerman

Chartered Financial Analyst, Portfolio Manager, is manager of Invesco Global Growth Fund. He joined Invesco in 1996.

Mr. Amerman earned a BBA from Stephen F. Austin State University and an MBA from the University of St. Thomas.
LOGO    

Mark Jason

Chartered Financial Analyst, Portfolio Manager, is manager of Invesco Global Growth Fund. He joined Invesco in 2001.

Mr. Jason earned a BS in finance and a BS in real estate from California State University, Northridge.
 

 

5                         Invesco Global Growth Fund


 

Your Fund’s Long-Term Performance

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

Fund and index data from 10/31/06

 

 

LOGO

1  Source: Lipper Inc.

2  Source: FactSet Research Systems Inc.

 

Past performance cannot guarantee comparable future results.

    The data shown in the chart include reinvested distributions, applicable sales charges and Fund expenses including management fees. Results for Class B shares are calculated as if a hypothetical

shareholder had liquidated his entire investment in the Fund at the close of the reporting period and paid the contingent deferred sales charges, if applicable. Index results include reinvested dividends, but they do not reflect sales charges. Performance of the peer group, if applicable,

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

 

 

 

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of particular investments made for the Fund’s portfolio. The Fund could experience losses if these judgments prove to be incorrect. Additionally, legislative, regulatory, or tax developments may adversely affect management of the Fund and, therefore, the ability of the Fund to achieve its investment objective.

  Market risk. The market values of the Fund’s investments, and therefore the value of the Fund’s shares, will go up and down, sometimes rapidly or unpredictably. Market risk may affect a single issuer, industry or section of the economy, or it may affect the market as a whole. Individual stock prices tend to go up and down more dramatically than those of certain other types of investments, such as bonds. During a general downturn in the financial markets, multiple asset classes may decline in value. When markets perform well, there can be no assurance that specific investments held by the Fund will rise in value.
  Mid-capitalization companies risk. Mid-capitalization companies tend to be more vulnerable to changing market conditions and may
   

have more limited product lines and markets, less experienced management and fewer financial resources than larger companies. These companies’ securities may be more volatile and less liquid than those of more established companies, and their returns may vary, sometimes significantly, from the overall securities market.

  Preferred securities risk. Preferred securities are subject to issuer-specific and market risks applicable generally to equity securities. Preferred securities also may be subordinated to bonds or other debt instruments, subjecting them to a greater risk of non-payment, may be less liquid than many other securities, such as common stocks, and generally offer no voting rights with respect to the issuer.
  Sector focus risk. The Fund may from time to time invest a significant amount of its assets (i.e. over 25%) in one market sector or group of related industries. In this event, the Fund’s performance will depend to a greater extent on the overall condition of the sector or group of industries and there is increased risk that the Fund
   

will lose significant value if conditions adversely affect that sector or group of industries.

 

 

About indexes used in this report

 

  The MSCI All Country World Index is an unmanaged index considered representative of large- and mid-cap stocks across developed and emerging markets. The index is computed using the net return, which withholds applicable taxes for non-resident investors.
  The MSCI All Country World Growth Index is an unmanaged index considered representative of large- and mid-cap growth stocks of developed and emerging markets. The index is computed using the net return, which withholds applicable taxes for non-resident investors.
  The Lipper Global Multi-Cap Growth Funds Index is an unmanaged index considered representative of global multicap growth funds tracked by Lipper.
  The Fund is not managed to track the performance of any particular index, including the index(es) described here, and consequently, the performance of
 

 

6                         Invesco Global Growth Fund


Average Annual Total Returns

  

As of 10/31/16, including maximum applicable sales charges

 

   

Class A Shares

        

Inception (9/15/94)

     6.20

10 Years

     3.76   

  5 Years

     7.55   

  1 Year

     -3.62   

Class B Shares

        

Inception (9/15/94)

     6.26

10 Years

     3.73   

  5 Years

     7.66   

  1 Year

     -3.66   

Class C Shares

        

Inception (8/4/97)

     3.57

10 Years

     3.57   

  5 Years

     7.96   

  1 Year

     0.27   

Class Y Shares

        

10 Years

     4.56

  5 Years

     9.04   

  1 Year

     2.27   

Class R5 Shares

        

10 Years

     4.83

  5 Years

     9.21   

  1 Year

     2.35   

Class R6 Shares

        

10 Years

     4.53

  5 Years

     9.15   

  1 Year

     2.35   

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

Class R5 shares incepted on September 28, 2007. Performance shown prior to that date is that of Class A shares and includes the 12b-1 fees applicable to Class A shares.

Class R6 shares incepted on September 24, 2012. Performance shown prior to that date is that of Class A shares and includes the

Average Annual Total Returns

  

As of 9/30/16, the most recent calendar quarter end, including maximum applicable sales charges

   

Class A Shares

        

Inception (9/15/94)

     6.34

10 Years

     4.29   

  5 Years

     10.28   

  1 Year

     6.64   

Class B Shares

        

Inception (9/15/94)

     6.40

10 Years

     4.26   

  5 Years

     10.44   

  1 Year

     6.98   

Class C Shares

        

Inception (8/4/97)

     3.71

10 Years

     4.10   

  5 Years

     10.71   

  1 Year

     10.98   

Class Y Shares

        

10 Years

     5.09

  5 Years

     11.81   

  1 Year

     13.09   

Class R5 Shares

        

10 Years

     5.36

  5 Years

     11.99   

  1 Year

     13.21   

Class R6 Shares

        

10 Years

     5.06

  5 Years

     11.92   

  1 Year

     13.21   

12b-1 fees applicable to Class A shares.

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

The net annual Fund operating expense ratio set forth in the most recent Fund prospectus as of the date of this report for Class A, Class B, Class C, Class Y, Class R5 and Class R6 shares was 1.31%, 2.06%, 2.06%, 1.06%, 0.99% and 0.99%, respectively.1 The total annual Fund operating expense ratio set forth in the most recent Fund prospectus as of the date of this report for Class A, Class B, Class C, Class Y, Class R5 and Class R6 shares was 1.42%, 2.17%, 2.17%, 1.17%, 0.99% and 0.99%, respectively. The expense ratios presented above may vary from the expense ratios presented in other sections of this report that are based on expenses incurred during the period covered by this report.

Class A share performance reflects the maximum 5.50% sales charge, and Class B and Class C share performance reflects the applicable contingent deferred sales charge (CDSC) for the period involved. The CDSC on Class B shares declines from 5% beginning at the time of purchase to 0% at the beginning of the seventh year. The CDSC on Class C shares is 1% for the first year after purchase. Class Y, Class R5 and Class R6 shares do not have a front-end sales charge or a CDSC; therefore, performance is at net asset value.

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

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

 

1 Total annual Fund operating expenses after any contractual fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements by the adviser in effect through at least February 28, 2017. See current prospectus for more information.
 

 

 

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the Fund may deviate significantly from the performance of the
index(es).

  A direct investment cannot be made in an index. Unless otherwise indicated, index results include reinvested dividends, and they do not reflect sales charges. Performance of the peer group, if applicable, reflects fund expenses; performance of a market index does not.
  Other information
  The returns shown in management’s discussion of Fund performance are based on net asset values (NAVs) calculated for shareholder transactions. Generally accepted accounting principles require adjustments to be made to the net assets of the Fund at period end for financial reporting purposes, and as such,
   

the NAVs for shareholder transactions and the returns based on those NAVs may differ from the NAVs and returns reported in the Financial Highlights.

  Industry classifications used in this report are generally according to the Global Industry Classification Standard, which was developed by and is the exclusive property and a service mark of MSCI Inc. and Standard & Poor’s.
 

 

7                         Invesco Global Growth Fund


 

Invesco Global Growth Fund’s investment objective is long-term growth of capital.

  Unless otherwise stated, information presented in this report is as of October 31, 2016, and is based on total net assets.
  Unless otherwise noted, all data provided by Invesco.
  To access your Fund’s reports/prospectus, visit invesco.com/fundreports.

 

 

About share classes

  Class B shares may not be purchased for new or additional investments. Please see the prospectus for more information.
  Class Y shares are available to only certain investors. Please see the prospectus for more information.
  Class R5 shares and Class R6 shares are primarily intended for employer sponsored retirement and benefit plans that meet certain standards and for institutional investors. Please see the prospectus for more information.

 

 

Principal risks of investing in the Fund

  Depositary receipts risk. Investing in depositary receipts involves the same risks as direct investments in foreign securities. In addition, the underlying issuers of certain depositary receipts are under no obligation to distribute shareholder communications or pass through any voting rights with respect to the deposited securities to the holders of such receipts. The Fund may therefore receive less timely information or have less control than if it invested directly in the foreign issuer.
  Derivatives risk. The value of a derivative instrument depends largely on (and is derived from) the value of an underlying security, currency, commodity, interest rate, index or other asset (each referred to as an underlying asset). In addition to risks relating to the underlying assets, the use of derivatives may include other, possibly greater, risks, including counterparty, leverage and liquidity risks. Counterparty risk is the risk that the counterparty to the derivative contract will default on its obligation to pay the Fund the amount owed or otherwise perform under the derivative contract. Derivatives create leverage risk because they do not require payment up front equal to the economic exposure created by owning the derivative. As a result, an adverse change in the value of the underlying asset could result in the Fund sustaining a loss that is substantially greater than the amount invested in the derivative,
 

which may make the Fund’s returns more volatile and increase the risk of loss. Derivative instruments may also be less liquid than more traditional investments and the Fund may be unable to sell or close out its derivative positions at a desirable time or price. This risk may be more acute under adverse market conditions, during which the Fund may be most in need of liquidating its derivative positions. Derivatives may also be harder to value, less tax efficient and subject to changing government regulation that could impact the Fund’s ability to use certain derivatives or their cost. Also, derivatives used for hedging or to gain or limit exposure to a particular market segment may not provide the expected benefits, particularly during adverse market conditions.

  Emerging markets securities risk. Emerging markets (also referred to as developing markets) are generally subject to greater market volatility, political, social and economic instability, uncertain trading markets and more governmental limitations on foreign investment than more developed markets. In addition, emerging markets may be subject to lower trading volume and greater price fluctuations than companies in more developed markets. Securities law and the enforcement of systems of taxation in many emerging market countries may change quickly and unpredictably. In addition, investments in emerging markets securities may also be subject to additional transaction costs, delays in settlement procedures, and lack of timely information.
  Foreign securities risk. The Fund’s foreign investments may be adversely affected by political and social instability, changes in economic or taxation policies, difficulty in enforcing obligations, decreased liquidity or increased volatility. Foreign investments also involve the risk of the possible seizure, nationalization or expropriation of the issuer or foreign deposits (in which the Fund could lose its entire investments in a certain market) and the possible adoption of foreign governmental restrictions such as exchange controls. Unless the Fund has hedged its foreign securities
   

risk, foreign securities risk also involves the risk of negative foreign currency rate fluctuations, which may cause the value of securities denominated in such foreign currency (or other instruments through which the Fund has exposure to foreign currencies) to decline in value. Currency exchange rates may fluctuate significantly over short periods of time. Currency hedging strategies, if used, are not always successful.

  Geographic focus risk. The Fund may from time to time invest a substantial amount of its assets in securities of issuers located in a single country or a limited number of countries. Adverse economic, political or social conditions in those countries may therefore have a significant negative impact on the Fund’s investment performance.
  Growth investing risk. Growth stocks tend to be more expensive relative to the issuing company’s earnings or assets compared with other types of stock. As a result, they tend to be more sensitive to changes in, or investors’ expectations of, the issuing company’s earnings and can be more volatile.
  Investing in the European Union risk. Investments in certain countries in the European Union are susceptible to high economic risks associated with high levels of debt, such as investments in sovereign debt of Greece, Italy and Spain. Separately, the European Union faces issues involving its membership, structure, procedures and policies. The exit of one or more member states from the European Union would place its currency and banking system in jeopardy. Efforts of the member states to further unify their economic and monetary policies may increase the potential for the downward movement of one member state’s market to cause a similar effect on other member states’ markets.
  Management risk. The Fund is actively managed and depends heavily on the Adviser’s judgment about markets, interest rates or the attractiveness, relative values, liquidity, or potential appreciation

continued on page 6

 

 

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

 

 

NOT FDIC INSURED  |  MAY LOSE VALUE  |  NO BANK GUARANTEE

 

8                         Invesco Global Growth Fund


Schedule of Investments

October 31, 2016

 

 

     Shares      Value  

Common Stocks & Other Equity Interests–95.95%

  

Australia–1.46%   

Amcor Ltd.

    877,065       $ 9,794,849   
Brazil–2.10%   

BM&FBOVESPA S.A.

    1,616,431         9,522,571   

Cielo S.A.

    447,523         4,543,594   
               14,066,165   
Canada–3.94%   

Cenovus Energy Inc.

    298,258         4,302,920   

CGI Group Inc.–Class A(a)

    222,740         10,580,254   

PrairieSky Royalty Ltd.

    199,900         4,347,499   

Suncor Energy, Inc.

    238,085         7,144,769   
               26,375,442   
China–4.00%   

Baidu, Inc.–ADR(a)

    26,213         4,636,031   

Kweichow Moutai Co., Ltd.–Class A

    185,091         8,685,275   

NetEase, Inc.–ADR

    52,488         13,488,891   
               26,810,197   
Denmark–1.77%   

Carlsberg A/S–Class B

    108,035         9,741,860   

Novo Nordisk A/S–Class B

    59,755         2,137,682   
               11,879,542   
France–2.38%   

Pernod Ricard S.A.

    15,614         1,857,148   

Publicis Groupe S.A.

    122,932         8,434,288   

Schneider Electric S.E.

    84,365         5,662,278   
               15,953,714   
Germany–3.20%   

Deutsche Boerse AG

    97,507         7,286,098   

ProSiebenSat.1 Media SE

    147,329         6,349,536   

SAP S.E.

    88,916         7,832,029   
               21,467,663   
Hong Kong–3.78%   

CK Hutchison Holdings Ltd.

    1,034,232         12,795,461   

WH Group Ltd.–REGS(b)

    15,420,500         12,506,682   
               25,302,143   
Indonesia–0.78%   

PT Bank Mandiri Persero Tbk

    5,971,000         5,241,611   
Israel–2.87%   

Check Point Software Technologies Ltd.(a)

    81,127         6,860,099   

Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.–ADR

    288,799         12,343,269   
               19,203,368   
Italy–0.43%   

PRADA S.p.A.

    820,700         2,878,368   
     Shares      Value  
Japan–4.67%   

FANUC Corp.

    29,300       $ 5,490,088   

Japan Tobacco, Inc.

    281,700         10,729,126   

Keyence Corp.

    5,600         4,115,158   

Toyota Motor Corp.

    61,300         3,541,205   

Yahoo! Japan Corp.

    1,932,500         7,426,668   
               31,302,245   
Mexico–2.20%   

Fomento Economico Mexicano, S.A.B. de C.V.–ADR

    80,165         7,669,386   

Grupo Televisa S.A.B.–ADR

    288,332         7,072,784   
               14,742,170   
Singapore–1.54%   

Broadcom Ltd.

    60,534         10,307,730   
Spain–0.96%   

Amadeus IT Group S.A.

    136,402         6,438,618   
Sweden–1.79%   

Getinge AB–Class B

    382,447         6,259,364   

Sandvik AB

    333,428         3,784,642   

Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson–Class B

    407,939         1,984,672   
               12,028,678   
Switzerland–4.55%   

Cie Financiere Richemont S.A.

    83,050         5,341,956   

Julius Baer Group Ltd.

    116,587         4,717,725   

Novartis AG

    43,179         3,066,687   

Roche Holding AG

    42,690         9,796,145   

Syngenta AG

    5,665         2,274,175   

UBS Group AG

    374,624         5,300,122   
               30,496,810   
Taiwan–2.05%   

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd.

    2,300,428         13,741,188   
Thailand–0.99%   

Kasikornbank PCL–NVDR

    1,350,500         6,618,148   
Turkey–0.49%   

Akbank T.A.S.

    1,234,550         3,284,195   
United Kingdom–10.04%   

Aberdeen Asset Management PLC

    910,919         3,562,470   

British American Tobacco PLC

    102,663         5,894,353   

Compass Group PLC

    294,346         5,322,384   

Kingfisher PLC

    824,880         3,639,592   

Lloyds Banking Group PLC

    4,173,534         2,918,246   

Next PLC

    72,588         4,271,182   

RELX PLC

    642,497         11,463,461   

Royal Dutch Shell PLC–Class B

    108,333         2,795,995   

Sky PLC

    818,925         8,179,546   
 

 

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

 

9                         Invesco Global Growth Fund


     Shares      Value  
United Kingdom–(continued)   

Smith & Nephew PLC

    391,056       $ 5,634,183   

Unilever N.V.

    118,784         4,974,026   

WPP PLC

    398,163         8,650,109   
               67,305,547   
United States–39.96%   

Alphabet Inc.–Class A(a)

    12,019         9,734,188   

Alphabet Inc.–Class C(a)

    8,906         6,987,113   

Aon PLC

    49,202         5,453,058   

Apple Inc.

    143,078         16,245,076   

BB&T Corp.

    198,851         7,794,959   

Blue Buffalo Pet Products, Inc.(a)

    126,364         3,174,264   

Cardinal Health, Inc.

    110,099         7,562,700   

Celgene Corp.(a)

    83,984         8,581,485   

Cisco Systems, Inc.

    346,896         10,642,769   

Citrix Systems, Inc.(a)

    133,171         11,292,901   

Comcast Corp.–Class A

    172,282         10,650,473   

Discovery Communications, Inc.–Class A(a)

    252,118         6,582,801   

Dollar General Corp.

    105,722         7,304,333   

Expedia, Inc.

    45,572         5,889,270   

Express Scripts Holding Co.(a)

    39,122         2,636,823   

First Republic Bank

    78,788         5,864,191   

Gilead Sciences, Inc.

    131,633         9,692,138   

IHS Markit Ltd.(a)

    188,076         6,919,316   

Ingersoll-Rand PLC

    120,219         8,089,537   

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

    125,789         8,712,146   

Kansas City Southern

    73,499         6,450,272   

Las Vegas Sands Corp.

    154,109         8,919,829   
     Shares      Value  
United States–(continued)   

Macy’s, Inc.

    91,332       $ 3,332,705   

Mattel, Inc.

    303,380         9,565,571   

Mead Johnson Nutrition Co.

    100,531         7,516,703   

Microsoft Corp.

    149,386         8,951,209   

Newell Brands, Inc.

    262,705         12,615,094   

Nielsen Holdings PLC

    201,362         9,065,317   

Occidental Petroleum Corp.

    71,766         5,232,459   

Priceline Group Inc. (The)(a)

    7,514         11,077,364   

PTC Inc.(a)

    159,694         7,575,883   

Schlumberger Ltd.

    77,611         6,071,509   

Scripps Networks Interactive Inc.–Class A

    121,654         7,829,652   

Urban Outfitters, Inc.(a)

    117,749         3,938,704   
               267,951,812   

Total Common Stocks & Other Equity Interests
(Cost $559,982,825)

   

     643,190,203   

Money Market Funds–4.10%

  

Government & Agency Portfolio–Institutional Class, 0.29%(c)

    16,494,714         16,494,714   

Treasury Portfolio–Institutional Class, 0.22%(c)

    10,996,476         10,996,476   

Total Money Market Funds
(Cost $27,491,190)

   

     27,491,190   

TOTAL INVESTMENTS–100.05%
(Cost $587,474,015)

             670,681,393   

OTHER ASSETS LESS LIABILITIES–(0.05)%

  

     (342,809

NET ASSETS–100.00%

           $ 670,338,584   
 

Investment Abbreviations:

 

ADR  

– American Depositary Receipt

NVDR  

– Non-Voting Depositary Receipt

REGS  

– Regulation S

Notes to Schedule of Investments:

 

(a)  Non-income producing security.
(b)  Security purchased or received in transaction exempt from registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “1933 Act”). The security may be resold pursuant to an exemption from registration under the 1933 Act, typically to qualified institutional buyers. The value of this security at October 31, 2016 represented 1.87% of the Fund’s Net Assets.
(c)  The money market fund and the Fund are affiliated by having the same investment adviser. The rate shown is the 7-day SEC standardized yield as of October 31, 2016.

 

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

 

10                         Invesco Global Growth Fund


Statement of Assets and Liabilities

October 31, 2016

 

 

Assets:

  

Investments, at value (Cost $559,982,825)

  $ 643,190,203   

Investments in affiliated money market funds, at value and cost

    27,491,190   

Total investments, at value (Cost $587,474,015)

    670,681,393   

Foreign currencies, at value (Cost $270,013)

    271,362   

Receivable for:

 

Investments sold

    532,137   

Fund shares sold

    319,729   

Dividends

    693,407   

Investment for trustee deferred compensation and retirement plans

    123,897   

Other assets

    35,021   

Total assets

    672,656,946   

Liabilities:

  

Payable for:

 

Investments purchased

    1,315,674   

Fund shares reacquired

    425,281   

Accrued foreign taxes

    44,174   

Accrued fees to affiliates

    281,200   

Accrued trustees’ and officers’ fees and benefits

    1,994   

Accrued other operating expenses

    111,947   

Trustee deferred compensation and retirement plans

    138,092   

Total liabilities

    2,318,362   

Net assets applicable to shares outstanding

  $ 670,338,584   

Net assets consist of:

 

Shares of beneficial interest

  $ 581,585,449   

Undistributed net investment income

    3,052,303   

Undistributed net realized gain

    2,513,322   

Net unrealized appreciation

    83,187,510   
    $ 670,338,584   

Net Assets:

  

Class A

  $ 311,411,730   

Class B

  $ 2,260,381   

Class C

  $ 23,755,326   

Class Y

  $ 12,561,683   

Class R5

  $ 10,717   

Class R6

  $ 320,338,747   

Shares outstanding, $0.001 par value per share,
with an unlimited number of shares authorized:

   

Class A

    11,123,169   

Class B

    87,843   

Class C

    923,053   

Class Y

    447,209   

Class R5

    384   

Class R6

    11,479,133   

Class A:

 

Net asset value per share

  $ 28.00   

Maximum offering price per share

 

(Net asset value of $28.00 ¸ 94.50%)

  $ 29.63   

Class B:

 

Net asset value and offering price per share

  $ 25.73   

Class C:

 

Net asset value and offering price per share

  $ 25.74   

Class Y:

 

Net asset value and offering price per share

  $ 28.09   

Class R5:

 

Net asset value and offering price per share

  $ 27.91   

Class R6:

 

Net asset value and offering price per share

  $ 27.91   
 

 

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

 

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Statement of Operations

For the year ended October 31, 2016

 

Investment income:

  

Dividends (net of foreign withholding taxes of $497,375)

  $ 8,832,527   

Dividends from affiliated money market funds

    88,211   

Total investment income

    8,920,738   

Expenses:

 

Advisory fees

    3,546,898   

Administrative services fees

    128,114   

Custodian fees

    43,064   

Distribution fees:

 

Class A

    781,656   

Class B

    29,198   

Class C

    242,969   

Transfer agent Fees — A, B, C and Y

    831,882   

Transfer agent fees — R5

    1   

Transfer agent fees — R6

    12,654   

Trustees’ and officers’ fees and benefits

    29,751   

Registration and filing fees

    84,037   

Reports to shareholders

    65,506   

Professional services fees

    64,614   

Other

    28,597   

Total expenses

    5,888,941   

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

    (326,042

Net expenses

    5,562,899   

Net investment income

    3,357,839   

Realized and unrealized gain (loss) from:

 

Net realized gain (loss) from:

 

Investment securities

    2,889,046   

Foreign currencies

    (137,799
      2,751,247   

Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of:

 

Investment securities (net of foreign taxes of $40,370)

    (823,698

Foreign currencies

    (5,109
      (828,807

Net realized and unrealized gain

    1,922,440   

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

  $ 5,280,279   

 

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

 

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Statement of Changes in Net Assets

For the years ended October 31, 2016 and 2015

 

     2016      2015  

Operations:

  

  

Net investment income

  $ 3,357,839       $ 1,697,543   

Net realized gain

    2,751,247         12,033,973   

Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

    (828,807      (14,223,907

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

    5,280,279         (492,391

Distributions to shareholders from net investment income:

    

Class A

    (1,630,690      (1,810,977

Class Y

    (59,256      (34,501

Class R5

    (103      (11,226

Class R6

    (11,967      (126

Total distributions from net investment income

    (1,702,016      (1,856,830

Distributions to shareholders from net realized gains:

    

Class A

    (10,819,065      (23,403,048

Class B

    (129,522      (432,841

Class C

    (954,287      (2,070,354

Class Y

    (265,364      (326,031

Class R5

    (380      (84,043

Class R6

    (44,395      (944

Total distributions from net realized gains

    (12,213,013      (26,317,261

Share transactions–net:

    

Class A

    8,042,537         19,626,739   

Class B

    (1,220,371      (1,557,277

Class C

    (999,112      1,958,192   

Class Y

    4,964,030         3,756,458   

Class R5

            (1,012,643

Class R6

    321,113,619         1,319,044   

Net increase in net assets resulting from share transactions

    331,900,703         24,090,513   

Net increase (decrease) in net assets

    323,265,953         (4,575,969

Net assets:

    

Beginning of year

    347,072,631         351,648,600   

End of year (includes undistributed net investment income of $3,052,303 and $1,534,201, respectively)

  $ 670,338,584       $ 347,072,631   

Notes to Financial Statements

October 31, 2016

NOTE 1—Significant Accounting Policies

Invesco Global Growth Fund (the “Fund”) is a series portfolio of AIM International Mutual Funds (Invesco International Mutual Funds) (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 consisting of ten separate portfolios, each authorized to issue an unlimited number of shares of beneficial interest. The assets, liabilities and operations of each portfolio are accounted for separately. Information presented in these financial statements pertains only to the Fund. Matters affecting each portfolio or class will be voted on exclusively by the shareholders of such portfolio or class.

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

The Fund currently consists of six different classes of shares: Class A, Class B, Class C, Class Y, Class R5 and Class R6. Class Y shares are available only to certain investors. Class A shares are sold with a front-end sales charge unless certain waiver criteria are met and under certain circumstances load waived shares may be subject to contingent deferred sales charges (“CDSC”). Class C shares are sold with a CDSC. Class Y, Class R5 and Class R6 shares are sold at net asset value. Effective November 30, 2010, new or additional investments in Class B shares are no longer permitted. Existing shareholders of Class B shares may continue to reinvest dividends and capital gains distributions in Class B shares until they convert to Class A shares. Also, shareholders in Class B shares will be able to exchange those shares for Class B shares of other Invesco Funds offering such shares until they convert to Class A shares. Generally, Class B shares will automatically convert to Class A shares on or about the month-end, which is at least eight years after the date of purchase. Redemption of Class B shares prior to the conversion date will be subject to a CDSC.

 

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

A. Security Valuations — Securities, including restricted securities, are valued according to the following policy.

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

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

Debt obligations (including convertible securities) and unlisted equities are fair valued using an evaluated quote provided by an independent pricing service. Evaluated quotes provided by the pricing service may be determined without exclusive reliance on quoted prices, and may reflect appropriate factors such as institution-size trading in similar groups of securities, developments related to specific securities, dividend rate (for unlisted equities), yield (for debt obligations), quality, type of issue, coupon rate (for debt obligations), maturity (for debt obligations), individual trading characteristics and other market data. Debt obligations are subject to interest rate and credit risks. In addition, all debt obligations involve some risk of default with respect to interest and/or principal payments.

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

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

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

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

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

B. Securities Transactions and Investment Income — Securities transactions are accounted for on a trade date basis. Realized gains or losses on sales are computed on the basis of specific identification of the securities sold. Interest income (net of withholding tax, if any) is recorded on the accrual basis from settlement date. Dividend income (net of withholding tax, if any) is recorded on the ex-dividend date.

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

Brokerage commissions and mark ups are considered transaction costs and are recorded as an increase to the cost basis of securities purchased and/or a reduction of proceeds on a sale of securities. Such transaction costs are included in the determination of net realized and unrealized gain (loss) from investment securities reported in the Statement of Operations and the Statement of Changes in Net Assets and the net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on securities per share in the Financial Highlights. Transaction costs are included in the calculation of the Fund’s net asset value and, accordingly, they reduce the Fund’s total returns. These transaction costs are not considered operating expenses and are not reflected in net investment income reported in the Statement of Operations and the Statement of Changes in Net Assets, or the net investment income per share and the ratios of expenses and net investment income reported in the Financial Highlights, nor are they limited by any expense limitation arrangements between the Fund and the investment adviser.

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

 

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C. Country Determination — For the purposes of making investment selection decisions and presentation in the Schedule of Investments, the investment adviser may determine the country in which an issuer is located and/or credit risk exposure based on various factors. These factors include the laws of the country under which the issuer is organized, where the issuer maintains a principal office, the country in which the issuer derives 50% or more of its total revenues and the country that has the primary market for the issuer’s securities, as well as other criteria. Among the other criteria that may be evaluated for making this determination are the country in which the issuer maintains 50% or more of its assets, the type of security, financial guarantees and enhancements, the nature of the collateral and the sponsor organization. Country of issuer and/or credit risk exposure has been determined to be the United States of America, unless otherwise noted.
D. Distributions — Distributions from net investment income and net realized capital gain, if any, are generally declared and paid annually and recorded on the ex-dividend date. The Fund may elect to treat a portion of the proceeds from redemptions as distributions for federal income tax purposes.
E. Federal Income Taxes — The Fund intends to comply with the requirements of Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Internal Revenue Code”), necessary to qualify as a regulated investment company and to distribute substantially all of the Fund’s taxable earnings to shareholders. As such, the Fund will not be subject to federal income taxes on otherwise taxable income (including net realized capital gain) that is distributed to shareholders. Therefore, no provision for federal income taxes is recorded in the financial statements.

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

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

F. Expenses — Fees provided for under the Rule 12b-1 plan of a particular class of the Fund are charged to the operations of such class. Transfer agency fees and expenses and other shareholder recordkeeping fees and expenses attributable to Class R5 and Class R6 are allocated to each share class based on relative net assets. Sub-accounting fees attributable to Class R5 are charged to the operations of the class. Transfer agency fees and expenses and other shareholder recordkeeping fees and expenses relating to all other classes are allocated among those classes based on relative net assets. All other expenses are allocated among the classes based on relative net assets.
G. Accounting Estimates — The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”) requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period including estimates and assumptions related to taxation. Actual results could differ from those estimates by a significant amount. In addition, the Fund monitors for material events or transactions that may occur or become known after the period-end date and before the date the financial statements are released to print.
H. Indemnifications — Under the Trust’s organizational documents, each Trustee, officer, employee or other agent of the Trust is indemnified against certain liabilities that may arise out of the performance of their duties to the Fund. Additionally, in the normal course of business, the Fund enters into contracts, including the Fund’s servicing agreements, that contain a variety of indemnification clauses. The Fund’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown as this would involve future claims that may be made against the Fund that have not yet occurred. The risk of material loss as a result of such indemnification claims is considered remote.
I. Foreign Currency Translations — Foreign currency is valued at the close of the NYSE based on quotations posted by banks and major currency dealers. Portfolio securities and other assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies are translated into U.S. dollar amounts at date of valuation. Purchases and sales of portfolio securities (net of foreign taxes withheld on disposition) and income items denominated in foreign currencies are translated into U.S. dollar amounts on the respective dates of such transactions. The Fund does not separately account for the portion of the results of operations resulting from changes in foreign exchange rates on investments and the fluctuations arising from changes in market prices of securities held. The combined results of changes in foreign exchange rates and the fluctuation of market prices on investments (net of estimated foreign tax withholding) are included with the net realized and unrealized gain or loss from investments in the Statement of Operations. Reported net realized foreign currency gains or losses arise from (1) sales of foreign currencies, (2) currency gains or losses realized between the trade and settlement dates on securities transactions, and (3) the difference between the amounts of dividends, interest, and foreign withholding taxes recorded on the Fund’s books and the U.S. dollar equivalent of the amounts actually received or paid. Net unrealized foreign currency gains and losses arise from changes in the fair values of assets and liabilities, other than investments in securities at fiscal period end, resulting from changes in exchange rates.

The Fund may invest in foreign securities, which may be subject to foreign taxes on income, gains on investments or currency repatriation, a portion of which may be recoverable. Foreign taxes, if any, are recorded based on the tax regulations and rates that exist in the foreign markets in which the Fund invests and are shown in the Statement of Operations.

J. Forward Foreign Currency Contracts — The Fund may engage in foreign currency transactions either on a spot (i.e. for prompt delivery and settlement) basis, or through forward foreign currency contracts, to manage or minimize currency or exchange rate risk.

The Fund may also enter into forward foreign currency contracts for the purchase or sale of a security denominated in a foreign currency in order to “lock in” the U.S. dollar price of that security, or the Fund may also enter into forward foreign currency contracts that do not provide for physical settlement of the two currencies, but instead are settled by a single cash payment calculated as the difference between the agreed upon exchange rate and the spot rate at settlement based upon an agreed upon notional amount (non-deliverable forwards). The Fund will set aside liquid assets in an amount equal to the daily mark-to-market obligation for forward foreign currency contracts.

A forward foreign currency contract is an obligation between two parties (“Counterparties”) to purchase or sell a specific currency for an agreed-upon price at a future date. The use of forward foreign currency contracts does not eliminate fluctuations in the price of the underlying securities the Fund owns or intends to acquire but establishes a rate of exchange in advance. Fluctuations in the value of these contracts are measured by the difference in the contract date and reporting date exchange rates and are recorded as unrealized appreciation (depreciation) until the contracts are closed. When the contracts are closed, realized gains (losses) are recorded. Realized and unrealized gains (losses) on the contracts are included in the Statement of Operations. The primary risks associated with forward foreign currency contracts include failure of the

 

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Counterparty to meet the terms of the contract and the value of the foreign currency changing unfavorably. These risks may be in excess of the amounts reflected in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities.

NOTE 2—Advisory Fees and Other Fees Paid to Affiliates

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

 

Average Daily Net Assets   Rate  

First $250 million

    0.80%   

Next $250 million

    0.78%   

Next $500 million

    0.76%   

Next $1.5 billion

    0.74%   

Next $2.5 billion

    0.72%   

Next $2.5 billion

    0.70%   

Next $2.5 billion

    0.68%   

Over $10 billion

    0.66%   

For the year ended October 31, 2016, the effective advisory fees incurred by the Fund was 0.79%.

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

The Adviser has contractually agreed, through at least February 28, 2017, to waive advisory fees and/or reimburse expenses to the extent necessary to limit total annual fund operating expenses after fee waiver and/or expense reimbursement (excluding certain items discussed below) of Class A, Class B, Class C, Class Y, Class R5 and Class R6 shares to 1.31%, 2.06%, 2.06%, 1.06%, 1.06% and 1.06%, respectively, of average daily net assets (the “expense limits”). In determining the Adviser’s obligation to waive advisory fees and/or reimburse expenses, the following expenses are not taken into account, and could cause the total annual fund operating expenses after fee waiver and/or expense reimbursement to exceed the numbers reflected above: (1) interest; (2) taxes; (3) dividend expense on short sales; (4) extraordinary or non-routine items, litigation expenses; and (5) expenses that the Fund has incurred but did not actually pay because of an expense offset arrangement. Unless Invesco continues the fee waiver agreement, it will terminate on February 28, 2017. During its term, the fee waiver agreement cannot be terminated or amended to increase the expense limits without approval of the Board of Trustees.

Further, the Adviser has contractually agreed, through at least June 30, 2018, 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 October 31, 2016, the Adviser waived advisory fees of $35,376 and reimbursed class level expenses of $254,873, $2,380, $19,806 and $7,916 of Class A, Class B, Class C and Class Y shares, respectively.

The Trust has entered into a master administrative services agreement with Invesco pursuant to which the Fund has agreed to pay Invesco for certain administrative costs incurred in providing accounting services to the Fund. For the year ended October 31, 2016, expenses incurred under the agreement are shown in the Statement of Operations as Administrative services fees.

The Trust has entered into a transfer agency and service agreement with Invesco Investment Services, Inc. (“IIS”) pursuant to which the Fund has agreed to pay IIS a fee for providing transfer agency and shareholder services to the Fund and reimburse IIS for certain expenses incurred by IIS in the course of providing such services. IIS may make payments to intermediaries that provide omnibus account services, sub-accounting services and/or networking services. All fees payable by IIS to intermediaries that provide omnibus account services or sub-accounting are charged back to the Fund, subject to certain limitations approved by the Trust’s Board of Trustees. For the year ended October 31, 2016, expenses incurred under the agreement are shown in the Statement of Operations as Transfer agent fees.

The Trust has entered into master distribution agreements with Invesco Distributors, Inc. (“IDI”) to serve as the distributor for the Class A, Class B, Class C, Class Y, Class R5 and Class R6 shares of the Fund. The Trust has adopted plans pursuant to Rule 12b-1 under the 1940 Act with respect to the Fund’s Class A, Class B and Class C shares (collectively, the “Plans”). The Fund, pursuant to the Plans, pays IDI compensation at the annual rate of 0.25% of the Fund’s average daily net assets of Class A shares and 1.00% of the average daily net assets of Class B and Class C shares. Of the Plan payments, up to 0.25% of the average daily net assets of each class of shares may be paid to furnish continuing personal shareholder services to customers who purchase and own shares of such classes. Any amounts not paid as a service fee under the Plans would constitute an asset-based sales charge. Rules of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”) impose a cap on the total sales charges, including asset-based sales charges, that may be paid by any class of shares of the Fund. For the year ended October 31, 2016, expenses incurred under the Plans are shown in the Statement of Operations as Distribution fees.

Front-end sales commissions and CDSC (collectively, the “sales charges”) are not recorded as expenses of the Fund. Front-end sales commissions are deducted from proceeds from the sales of Fund shares prior to investment in Class A shares of the Fund. CDSC are deducted from redemption proceeds prior to remittance to the shareholder. During the year ended October 31, 2016, IDI advised the Fund that IDI retained $106,716 in front-end sales commissions from the sale of Class A shares and $18,982, $342 and $684 from Class A, Class B and Class C shares, respectively, for CDSC imposed on redemptions by shareholders.

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

 

16                         Invesco Global Growth Fund


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 October 31, 2016. 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.

During the year ended October 31, 2016, there were transfers from Level 1 to Level 2 of $7,068,837 and from Level 2 to Level 1 of $110,516,427, due to foreign fair value adjustments.

 

     Level 1      Level 2      Level 3      Total  

Australia

  $       $ 9,794,849       $       $ 9,794,849   

Brazil

    14,066,165                         14,066,165   

Canada

    26,375,442                         26,375,442   

China

    26,810,197                         26,810,197   

Denmark

    11,879,542                         11,879,542   

France

    15,953,714                         15,953,714   

Germany

    21,467,663                         21,467,663   

Hong Kong

    25,302,143                         25,302,143   

Indonesia

            5,241,611                 5,241,611   

Israel

    19,203,368                         19,203,368   

Italy

    2,878,368                         2,878,368   

Japan

    22,270,952         9,031,293                 31,302,245   

Mexico

    14,742,170                         14,742,170   

Singapore

    10,307,730                         10,307,730   

Spain

    6,438,618                         6,438,618   

Sweden

            12,028,678                 12,028,678   

Switzerland

    10,642,078         19,854,732                 30,496,810   

Taiwan

    13,741,188                         13,741,188   

Thailand

            6,618,148                 6,618,148   

Turkey

            3,284,195                 3,284,195   

United Kingdom

    5,894,353         61,411,194                 67,305,547   

United States

    267,951,812                         267,951,812   

Money Market Funds

    27,491,190                         27,491,190   

Total Investments

  $ 543,416,693       $ 127,264,700       $       $ 670,681,393   

NOTE 4—Expense Offset Arrangement(s)

The expense offset arrangement is comprised of transfer agency credits which result from balances in demand deposit accounts used by the transfer agent for clearing shareholder transactions. For the year ended October 31, 2016, the Fund received credits from this arrangement, which resulted in the reduction of the Fund’s total expenses of $5,691.

 

17                         Invesco Global Growth Fund


NOTE 5—Trustees’ and Officers’ Fees and Benefits

Trustees’ and Officers’ Fees and Benefits include amounts accrued by the Fund to pay remuneration to certain Trustees and Officers of the Fund. Trustees have the option to defer compensation payable by the Fund, and Trustees’ and Officers’ Fees and Benefits also include amounts accrued by the Fund to fund such deferred compensation amounts. Those Trustees who defer compensation have the option to select various Invesco Funds in which their deferral accounts shall be deemed to be invested. Finally, certain current Trustees were eligible to participate in a retirement plan that provided for benefits to be paid upon retirement to Trustees over a period of time based on the number of years of service. The Fund may have certain former Trustees who also participate in a retirement plan and receive benefits under such plan. Trustees’ and Officers’ Fees and Benefits include amounts accrued by the Fund to fund such retirement benefits. Obligations under the deferred compensation and retirement plans represent unsecured claims against the general assets of the Fund.

NOTE 6—Cash Balances

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

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

Tax Character of Distributions to Shareholders Paid During the Fiscal Years Ended October 31, 2016 and 2015:

 

     2016        2015  

Ordinary income

  $
1,914,135
  
     $ 3,785,605   

Long-term capital gain

    12,000,894           24,388,486   

Total distributions

  $ 13,915,029         $ 28,174,091   

Tax Components of Net Assets at Period-End:

 

     2016  

Undistributed ordinary income

  $ 4,391,668   

Undistributed long-term gain

    2,105,671   

Net unrealized appreciation — investments

    82,416,245   

Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) — other investments

    (19,868

Temporary book/tax differences

    (140,581

Shares of beneficial interest

    581,585,449   

Total net assets

  $ 670,338,584   

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

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

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

The Fund does not have a capital loss carryforward as of October 31, 2016.

NOTE 8—Investment Securities

The aggregate amount of investment securities (other than short-term securities, U.S. Treasury obligations and money market funds, if any) purchased and sold by the Fund during the year ended October 31, 2016 was $91,467,347 and $65,188,228 respectively. Cost of investments on a tax basis includes the adjustments for financial reporting purposes as of the most recently completed federal income tax reporting period-end.

 

Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) of Investment Securities on a Tax Basis  

Aggregate unrealized appreciation of investment securities

  $ 99,080,013   

Aggregate unrealized (depreciation) of investment securities

    (16,663,768

Net unrealized appreciation of investment securities

    82,416,245   

Cost of investments for tax purposes is $588,265,148.

 

18                         Invesco Global Growth Fund


NOTE 9—Reclassification of Permanent Differences

Primarily as a result of differing book/tax treatment of foreign currency transactions on October 31, 2016, undistributed net investment income was decreased by $137,721 and undistributed net realized gain was increased by $137,721. This reclassification had no effect on the net assets of the Fund.

NOTE 10—Share Information

 

     Summary of Share Activity  
    Years ended October 31,  
    2016(a)      2015  
     Shares      Amount      Shares      Amount  

Sold:

          

Class A

    1,417,194       $ 38,412,642         1,012,086       $ 29,592,895   

Class B

    8,014         200,955         6,896         188,022   

Class C

    158,842         3,972,423         124,459         3,408,293   

Class Y

    318,992         8,933,493         171,444         4,995,873   

Class R6(b)

    12,172,107         342,175,107         46,005         1,373,476   

Issued as reinvestment of dividends:

          

Class A

    459,389         12,150,838         822,495         22,996,947   

Class B

    5,282         129,311         16,087         418,265   

Class C

    38,549         943,677         75,132         1,953,418   

Class Y

    11,767         311,596         10,816         302,732   

Class R5

                    3,389         94,247   

Class R6

    2,125         55,858                   

Automatic conversion of Class B shares to Class A shares:

          

Class A

    44,382         1,216,187         47,369         1,393,135   

Class B

    (48,131      (1,216,187      (51,097      (1,393,135

Reacquired:

          

Class A

    (1,589,006      (43,737,130      (1,172,589      (34,356,238

Class B

    (13,284      (334,450      (28,216      (770,429

Class C

    (239,645      (5,915,212      (125,853      (3,403,519

Class Y

    (152,442      (4,281,059      (52,578      (1,542,147

Class R5

                    (38,874      (1,106,890

Class R6

    (739,687      (21,117,346      (1,820      (54,432

Net increase in share activity

    11,854,448       $ 331,900,703         865,151       $ 24,090,513   

 

(a)  There are entities that are record owners of more than 5% of the outstanding shares of the Fund and in the aggregate own 60% of the outstanding shares of the Fund. IDI has an agreement with these entities to sell Fund shares. The Fund, Invesco and/or Invesco affiliates may make payments to these entities, which are considered to be related to the Fund, for providing services to the Fund, Invesco and/or Invesco affiliates including but not limited to services such as securities brokerage, distribution, third party record keeping and account servicing. The Fund has no knowledge as to whether all or any portion of the shares owned of record by these entities are also owned beneficially.
(b)  During the year ended October 31, 2016, Class R6 shares valued at $340,039,554 were issued to investors in the CollegeBound 529 program.

 

19                         Invesco Global Growth Fund


NOTE 11—Financial Highlights

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

 

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

Class A

  

Year ended 10/31/16

  $ 28.63      $ 0.19      $ 0.32      $ 0.51      $ (0.15   $ (0.99   $ (1.14   $ 28.00        2.00   $ 311,412        1.29 %(e)      1.38 %(e)      0.70 %(e)      19

Year ended 10/31/15

    31.21        0.16        (0.21     (0.05     (0.18     (2.35     (2.53     28.63        0.02        308,940        1.40        1.42        0.55        24   

Year ended 10/31/14

    29.84        0.23        2.34        2.57        (0.20     (1.00     (1.20     31.21        9.00        314,679        1.43        1.43        0.76        27   

Year ended 10/31/13

    24.22        0.15        5.82        5.97        (0.22     (0.13     (0.35     29.84        24.96        325,319        1.43        1.47        0.56        29   

Year ended 10/31/12

    22.26        0.20        1.90        2.10        (0.14            (0.14     24.22        9.50        277,313        1.34        1.56        0.85        33   

Class B

                           

Year ended 10/31/16

    26.44        (0.01     0.29        0.28               (0.99     (0.99     25.73        1.24        2,260        2.04 (e)      2.13 (e)      (0.05 )(e)      19   

Year ended 10/31/15

    29.04        (0.06     (0.19     (0.25            (2.35     (2.35     26.44        (0.74     3,595        2.15        2.17        (0.20     24   

Year ended 10/31/14

    27.87        0.01        2.18        2.19        (0.02     (1.00     (1.02     29.04        8.17        5,585        2.18        2.18        0.01        27   

Year ended 10/31/13

    22.64        (0.05     5.45        5.40        (0.04     (0.13     (0.17     27.87        24.03        7,975        2.18        2.22        (0.19     29   

Year ended 10/31/12

    20.83        0.02        1.79        1.81                             22.64        8.69        9,368        2.09        2.31        0.10        33   

Class C

                           

Year ended 10/31/16

    26.45        (0.01     0.29        0.28               (0.99     (0.99     25.74        1.24        23,755        2.04 (e)      2.13 (e)      (0.05 )(e)      19   

Year ended 10/31/15

    29.05        (0.06     (0.19     (0.25            (2.35     (2.35     26.45        (0.74     25,530        2.15        2.17        (0.20     24   

Year ended 10/31/14

    27.87        0.01        2.19        2.20        (0.02     (1.00     (1.02     29.05        8.21        25,896        2.18        2.18        0.01        27   

Year ended 10/31/13

    22.64        (0.05     5.45        5.40        (0.04     (0.13     (0.17     27.87        24.03        25,175        2.18        2.22        (0.19     29   

Year ended 10/31/12

    20.83        0.02        1.79        1.81                             22.64        8.69        21,803        2.09        2.31        0.10        33   

Class Y

                           

Year ended 10/31/16

    28.72        0.26        0.32        0.58        (0.22     (0.99     (1.21     28.09        2.27        12,562        1.04 (e)      1.13 (e)      0.95 (e)      19   

Year ended 10/31/15

    31.30        0.23        (0.21     0.02        (0.25     (2.35     (2.60     28.72        0.26        7,724        1.15        1.17        (0.80     24   

Year ended 10/31/14

    29.94        0.31        2.33        2.64        (0.28     (1.00     (1.28     31.30        9.24        4,358        1.18        1.18        1.01        27   

Year ended 10/31/13

    24.29        0.22        5.83        6.05        (0.27     (0.13     (0.40     29.94        25.31        3,144        1.18        1.22        0.81        29   

Year ended 10/31/12

    22.33        0.25        1.91        2.16        (0.20            (0.20     24.29        9.78        2,372        1.09        1.31        1.10        33   

Class R5

                           

Year ended 10/31/16

    28.57        0.30        0.30        0.60        (0.27     (0.99     (1.26     27.91        2.35        11        0.89 (e)      0.90 (e)      1.10 (e)      19   

Year ended 10/31/15

    31.17        0.30        (0.24     0.06        (0.31     (2.35     (2.66     28.57        0.42        11        0.99        0.99        0.96        24   

Year ended 10/31/14

    29.82        0.38        2.31        2.69        (0.34     (1.00     (1.34     31.17        9.49        1,118        0.94        0.94        1.25        27   

Year ended 10/31/13

    24.18        0.27        5.80        6.07        (0.30     (0.13     (0.43     29.82        25.51        825        0.99        0.99        1.00        29   

Year ended 10/31/12

    22.33        0.28        1.90        2.18        (0.33            (0.33     24.18        9.95        379        0.99        0.99        1.20        33   

Class R6

                           

Year ended 10/31/16

    28.56        0.31        0.30        0.61        (0.27     (0.99     (1.26     27.91        2.39        320,339        0.89 (e)      0.90 (e)      1.10 (e)      19   

Year ended 10/31/15

    31.16        0.28        (0.22     0.06        (0.31     (2.35     (2.66     28.56        0.42        1,274        0.99        0.99        0.96        24   

Year ended 10/31/14

    29.80        0.38        2.32        2.70        (0.34     (1.00     (1.34     31.16        9.53        13        0.94        0.94        1.25        27   

Year ended 10/31/13

    24.17        0.27        5.79        6.06        (0.30     (0.13     (0.43     29.80        25.52        12        0.99        0.99        1.00        29   

Year ended10/31/12(f)

    24.84        0.03        (0.70     (0.67                          24.17        (2.70     10        0.95 (g)      0.96 (g)      1.24 (g)      33   

 

(a) Calculated using average shares outstanding.
(b) Includes redemption fees added to shares of beneficial interest for Class A, Class B, Class C, Class Y and Class R5, which were less than $0.005 per share for the fiscal year ended October 31, 2012.
(c) 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.
(d) Portfolio turnover is calculated at the fund level and is not annualized for periods less than one year, if applicable. For the period ended October 31, 2012, the portfolio turnover calculation excludes the value of securities purchased of $92,850,953 and sold of $35,562,826 in the effort to realign the Fund’s portfolio holdings after the reorganization of Invesco Global Advantage into the Fund.
(e) Ratios are based on average daily net assets (000’s omitted) of $312,662, $2,920, $24,297, $9,711, $11, and $98,720 for Class A, Class B, Class C, Class Y, Class R5 and Class R6 shares, respectively.
(f) Commencement date of September 24, 2012.
(g) Annualized.

NOTE 12—Subsequent Event

Effective January 1, 2017, the Adviser has contractually agreed, through at least February 28, 2018, to waive advisory fees and/or reimburse expenses to the extent necessary to limit total annual fund operating expenses after fee waiver and/or expense reimbursement (excluding certain items discussed in Note 2) of Class A, Class B, Class C, Class Y, Class R5 and Class R6 shares to 1.22%, 1.97%, 1.97%, 0.97%, 0.97% and 0.97%, respectively, of the Fund’s average daily net assets.

 

20                         Invesco Global Growth Fund


Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

 

To the Board of Trustees and Shareholders of the Invesco Global Growth Fund:

In our opinion, the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities, including the schedule of investments, and the related statements of operations and of changes in net assets and the financial highlights present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Invesco Global Growth Fund (the “Fund”) as of October 31, 2016, the results of its operations for the year then ended, the changes in its net assets for each of the two years in the period then ended and the financial highlights for each of the five years in the period then ended, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. These financial statements and financial highlights (hereafter referred to as “financial statements”) are the responsibility of the Fund’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits. We conducted our audits of these financial statements in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, and evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits, which included confirmation of securities as of October 31, 2016 by correspondence with the custodian and brokers, and the application of alternative auditing procedures where confirmations of security purchases have not been received, provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLP

Houston, Texas

December 21, 2016

 

21                         Invesco Global Growth Fund


Calculating your ongoing Fund expenses

Example

As a shareholder of the Fund, you incur two types of costs: (1) transaction costs, which may include sales charges (loads) on purchase payments or contingent deferred sales charges on redemptions, if any; and (2) ongoing costs, including management fees, distribution and/or service (12b-1) fees, and other Fund expenses. This example is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Fund and to compare these costs with ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds. The example is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period May 1, 2016 through October 31, 2016.

Actual expenses

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

Hypothetical example for comparison purposes

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

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

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

 

Class   Beginning
Account Value
(05/01/16)
    ACTUAL    

HYPOTHETICAL

(5% annual return before
expenses)

     Annualized
Expense
Ratio2
 
    Ending
Account Value
(10/31/16)1
     Expenses
Paid During
Period2,3
    Ending
Account Value
(10/31/16)
     Expenses
Paid During
Period2,4
    

A

  $ 1,000.00      $ 1,014.50       $ 6.48      $ 1,018.70       $ 6.50         1.28

B

    1,000.00        1,010.60         10.26        1,014.93         10.28         2.03   

C

    1,000.00        1,010.60         10.26        1,014.93         10.28         2.03   

Y

    1,000.00        1,015.90         5.22        1,019.96         5.23         1.03   

R5

    1,000.00        1,016.40         4.41        1,020.76         4.42         0.87   

R6

    1,000.00        1,016.40         4.41        1,020.76         4.42         0.87   

 

1  The actual ending account value is based on the actual total return of the Fund for the period May 1, 2016 through October 31, 2016, after actual expenses and will differ from the hypothetical ending account value which is based on the Fund’s expense ratio and a hypothetical annual return of 5% before expenses.
2  Expenses are equal to the Fund’s annualized expense ratio as indicated above multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 184/366 to reflect the most recent fiscal half year. Effective January 1, 2017, the Fund’s Adviser has contractually agreed to waive advisory fees and/or reimburse expenses to the extent necessary to limit total annual fund operating expenses of Class A, Class B, Class C, Class Y, Class R5 and Class R6 shares to 1.22%, 1.97%, 1.97%, 0.97%, 0.97% and 0.97% of average daily net assets, respectively. The annualized expense ratios restated as if these agreements had been in effect throughout the entire most recent fiscal half year are 1.22%, 1.97%, 1.97%, 0.97%, 0.87% and 0.87% for Class A, Class B, Class C, Class Y, Class R5 and Class R6 shares, respectively.
3  The actual expenses paid restated as if the changes discussed above had been in effect throughout the entire most recent fiscal half year are $6.18, $9.96, $9.96, $4.92, $4.41 and $4.41 for Class A, Class B, Class C, Class Y, Class R5 and Class R6 shares, respectively.
4  The hypothetical expenses paid restated as if the changes discussed above had been in effect throughout the entire most recent fiscal half year are $6.19, $9.98, $9.98, $4.93, $4.42 and $4.42 for Class A, Class B, Class C, Class Y, Class R5 and Class R6 shares, respectively.

 

22                         Invesco Global Growth Fund


Approval of Investment Advisory and Sub-Advisory Contracts

 

The Board of Trustees (the Board) of AIM International Mutual Funds (Invesco International Mutual Funds) is required under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, to approve annually the renewal of Invesco Global Growth Fund’s (the Fund) investment advisory agreements. During contract renewal meetings held on June 7-8, 2016, the Board as a whole, and the disinterested or “independent” Trustees, who comprise over 75% of the Board, voting separately, approved the continuance for the Fund of the Master Investment Advisory Agreement with Invesco Advisers, Inc. (Invesco Advisers and the investment advisory agreement) and 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. (collectively, the Affiliated Sub-Advisers and the sub-advisory contracts) for another year, effective July 1, 2016.

In evaluating the fairness and reasonableness of compensation under the Fund’s investment advisory agreement and sub-advisory contracts, the Board considered, among other things, the factors discussed below. The Board determined that continuation of the Fund’s investment advisory agreement and the sub-advisory contracts is in the best interest of the Fund and its shareholders and that the compensation payable to Invesco Advisers and the Affiliated Sub-Advisers under the agreements is fair and reasonable.

The Board’s Fund Evaluation Process

The Board’s Investments Committee has established three Sub-Committees, which meet throughout the year to review the performance of funds advised by Invesco Advisers (the Invesco Funds). Over the course of each year, the Sub-Committees meet with portfolio managers for their assigned Invesco Funds and other members of management to review the performance, investment objective(s), policies, strategies, limitations and investment risks of these funds. The Board had the benefit of reports from the Sub-Committees and Investments Committee throughout the year in considering approval of the continuance of each Invesco Fund’s investment advisory agreement and sub-advisory contracts for another year.

During the contract renewal process, the Board receives comparative performance and fee data regarding the Invesco Funds prepared by Invesco Advisers and Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. (Broadridge), an independent provider of investment company data. The Board also receives an independent written evaluation from the Senior Officer, an officer of the Invesco Funds who reports directly to the

independent Trustees. The Senior Officer’s evaluation is prepared as part of his responsibility to manage the process by which the Invesco Funds’ proposed management fees are negotiated during the annual contract renewal process to ensure they are negotiated in a manner that is at arms’ length and reasonable. In addition to meetings with Invesco Advisers and fund counsel, the independent Trustees also discuss the continuance of the investment advisory agreement and sub-advisory contracts in separate sessions with the Senior Officer and with independent legal counsel.

The Trustees recognized that the advisory fee rates for the Invesco Funds are, in many cases, the result of years of review and negotiation. The Trustees’ deliberations and conclusions in a particular year may be based in part on their deliberations and conclusions regarding these arrangements throughout the year and in prior years. 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.

The discussion below is a summary of the Senior Officer’s independent written evaluation with respect to the Fund’s investment advisory agreement as well as a discussion 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. Unless otherwise stated, this information is current as of June 8, 2016, and does not reflect consideration of factors that became known to the Board after that date.

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 advisory services provided to the Fund by Invesco Advisers under the Fund’s investment advisory agreement, the performance of Invesco Advisers in providing these services, and the credentials and experience of the officers and employees of Invesco Advisers who provide these services, including the Fund’s portfolio manager or managers. The Board’s review of the qualifications of Invesco Advisers to provide advisory services included the Board’s consideration of Invesco Advisers’ investment process oversight, independent credit analysis and investment risk management. The Board also considered non-advisory services that Invesco Advisers and its affiliates provide to the Invesco Funds such as various back office

support functions, trading operations, internal audit, valuation and legal and compliance.

In determining whether to continue the Fund’s investment advisory agreement, the Board considered the benefits of reapproving an existing relationship and the greater uncertainty that may be associated with entering into a new relationship. The Board concluded that the nature, extent and quality of the services provided to the Fund by Invesco Advisers are appropriate and satisfactory and consistent with the terms of the Fund’s investment advisory agreement.

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 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 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 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 and consistent with the terms of the Fund’s sub-advisory contracts.

B. Fund Performance

The Board considered Fund performance as a relevant factor in considering whether to approve the investment advisory agreement. 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 performance during the past one, three and five calendar years to the performance of funds in the Broadridge performance universe and against the Lipper Global Multi-Cap Growth Funds Index. The Board noted that performance of Class A shares of the Fund was in the fifth quintile of its performance universe for the one year period, the fourth quintile for the three year period and the third quintile for the five year period (the first quintile being the best performing funds and the fifth quintile being the worst performing funds). The Board noted that performance of Class A shares of the Fund was below the performance of the Index for the one and three year periods and above the performance of the Index for the five year period. The Trustees also reviewed more recent Fund

 

 

23                         Invesco Global Growth Fund


performance and this review did not change their conclusions.

C. Advisory and Sub-Advisory Fees

The Board compared the Fund’s contractual management fee rate to the contractual management fee rates of funds in the Fund’s Broadridge expense group at a common asset level. The Board noted that the contractual management fee rate for Class A shares of the Fund was below the median contractual management fee rate of funds in its expense group. The Board noted that the term “contractual management fee” for funds in the expense group may include both advisory and certain administrative services fees, but that Broadridge does not provide information on a fund by fund basis as to what is included. The Board noted that Invesco Advisers does not separately charge the Invesco Funds for the administrative services included in the term as defined by Broadridge. The Board also reviewed the methodology used by Broadridge in providing expense group information, which includes using each fund’s contractual management fee schedule (including any applicable breakpoints) as reported in the most recent prospectus or statement of additional information for each fund in the expense group.

The Board noted that Invesco Advisers has contractually agreed to waive fees and/or limit expenses of the Fund through at least February 28, 2017 in an amount necessary to limit total annual operating expense to a specified percentage of average daily assets for each class of the Fund.

The Board also compared the Fund’s effective advisory fee rate (the advisory fee rate after advisory fee waivers and before other expense limitations/waivers) to the effective advisory fee rates of other funds advised by Invesco Advisers and its affiliates with investment strategies comparable to those of the Fund, based on asset balances as of December 31, 2015. The Board noted that the Fund’s rate was below the rate of one off-shore fund. The Board noted that Invesco Advisers and the Affiliated Sub-Advisers do not manage other client accounts with investment strategies comparable to those of the Fund.

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. The Board also noted that the sub-advisory fees are not paid directly by the Fund, but rather, are payable by Invesco Advisers to the Affiliated Sub-Advisers.

D. Economies of Scale and Breakpoints

The Board considered the extent to which there are economies of scale in the provision of advisory services to the Fund. The Board also considered whether the Fund benefits from economies of scale through contractual breakpoints in the Fund’s advisory fee schedule. The Board also noted that the Fund shares directly in economies of scale through lower fees charged by third party service providers

based on the combined size of the Invesco Funds and other clients advised by Invesco Advisers.

E. Profitability and Financial Resources

The Board reviewed information from Invesco Advisers concerning the costs of the advisory and other services that Invesco Advisers and its affiliates provide to the Fund and the Invesco Funds and the profitability of Invesco Advisers and its affiliates in providing these services. The Board received information from Invesco Advisers and a report from an independent consultant engaged by the Senior Officer about the methodology used to prepare the profitability information. The Board noted that Invesco Advisers continues to operate at a net profit from services Invesco Advisers and its affiliates provide to the Invesco Funds and the Fund. The Board did not deem the level of profits realized by Invesco Advisers and its affiliates from providing services to the Fund to be excessive given the nature, quality and extent of the services provided. The Board received and accepted information from Invesco Advisers demonstrating that Invesco Advisers and each Affiliated Sub-Adviser 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 received by Invesco Advisers and its affiliates from the relationship with the Fund, including the fees received for providing transfer agency and distribution services to the Fund. The Board considered comparative information regarding fees charged for these services, including information provided by Broadridge and other independent sources. The Board considered the performance of Invesco Advisers and its affiliates in providing these services and the organizational structure employed to provide these services. The Board also considered that these services are 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. The Board noted that soft dollar arrangements shift the payment obligation for research services from Invesco Advisers and the Affiliated Sub-Advisers to the Invesco Funds and that the research received may be used with other clients of Invesco Advisers and may reduce Invesco Advisers’ and the Affiliated Sub-Advisers’ expenses. The Board also considered that it receives periodic reports from the Chief Compliance Officer of the Invesco Funds demonstrating that these arrangements are consistent with regulatory requirements. The Board did not deem the soft dollar arrangements to be inappropriate.

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

The Board also considered the Funds may use an affiliated broker to execute certain trades for the Fund to, among other things, control information leakage, and were advised that such trades would be executed in compliance with rules under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and consistent with best execution obligations.

 

 

24                         Invesco Global Growth Fund


Tax Information

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

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

The Fund designates the following amounts or, if subsequently determined to be different, the maximum amount allowable for its fiscal year ended October 31, 2016:

 

Federal and State Income Tax

 

Long-Term Capital Gain Distributions

  $ 12,000,894   

Qualified Dividend Income*

    100

Corporate Dividends Received Deduction*

    72.77

U.S. Treasury Obligations*

    0

 

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

 

Non-Resident Alien Shareholders

 

Qualified Short-Term Gains

   $ 212,120   

 

25                         Invesco Global Growth Fund


Trustees and Officers

 

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

 

Name, Year of Birth and
Position(s) Held with the Trust
  Trustee and/
or Officer Since
  Principal Occupation(s)
During Past 5 Years
  Number of
Funds in Fund
Complex
Overseen by
Trustee
  Other Directorship(s)
Held by Trustee During
Past 5 Years
Interested Persons                

Martin L. Flanagan1 — 1960

Trustee

  2007  

Executive Director, Chief Executive Officer and President, Invesco Ltd. (ultimate parent of Invesco and a global investment management firm); Advisor to the Board, Invesco Advisers, Inc. (formerly known as Invesco Institutional (N.A.), Inc.); Trustee, The Invesco Funds; Vice Chair, Investment Company Institute; and Member of Executive Board, SMU Cox School of Business

 

Formerly: 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)

 

146

  None

Philip A. Taylor2 — 1954

Trustee and Senior Vice President

  2006  

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

 

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

 

146

  None
1 Mr. Flanagan is considered an interested person (within the meaning of Section 2(a)(19) of the 1940 Act) of the Trust because he is an officer of the Adviser to the Trust, and an officer and a director of Invesco Ltd., ultimate parent of the Adviser.

 

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

 

T-1                         Invesco Global Growth Fund


Trustees and Officers—(continued)

 

Name, Year of Birth and
Position(s) Held with the Trust
  Trustee and/
or Officer Since
  Principal Occupation(s)
During Past 5 Years
  Number of
Funds in Fund
Complex
Overseen by
Trustee
  Other Directorship(s)
Held by Trustee During
Past 5 Years
Independent Trustees                

Bruce L. Crockett — 1944

Trustee and Chair

 

1992

 

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

 

146

  ALPS (Attorneys Liability Protection Society) (insurance company) and Globe Specialty Metals, Inc. (metallurgical company); Member of the Audit Committee, Ferroglobe PLC and Investment Company Institute; Member of the Executive Committee and Chair of the Governance Committee, Independent Directors Council

David C. Arch — 1945

Trustee

  2010   Chairman of Blistex Inc., a consumer health care products manufacturer  

146

  Board member of the Illinois Manufacturers’ Association; Member of the Board of Visitors, Institute for the Humanities, University of Michigan

James T. Bunch — 1942

Trustee

 

2003

 

Managing Member, Grumman Hill Group LLC (family office/private equity investments)

 

Formerly: Chairman of the Board, Denver Film Society, Chairman of the Board of Trustees, Evans Scholarship Foundation; Chairman, Board of Governors, Western Golf Association

 

146

  Trustee, Evans Scholarship Foundation

Albert R. Dowden — 1941

Trustee

 

2000

 

Director of a number of public and private business corporations, including Nature’s Sunshine Products, Inc.

 

Formerly: Director, The Boss Group, Ltd. and Reich & Tang Funds (5 portfolios) (registered investment company); Director, Homeowners of America Holding Corporation/Homeowners of America Insurance Company (property casualty company); Director, Continental Energy Services, LLC (oil and gas pipeline service); Director, CompuDyne Corporation (provider of product and services to the public security market) and Director, Annuity and Life Re (Holdings), Ltd. (reinsurance company); Director, President and Chief Executive Officer, Volvo Group North America, Inc.; Senior Vice President, AB Volvo; Director of various public and private corporations; Chairman, DHJ Media, Inc.; Director, Magellan Insurance Company; and Director, The Hertz Corporation, Genmar Corporation (boat manufacturer), National Media Corporation; Advisory Board of Rotary Power International (designer, manufacturer, and seller of rotary power engines); and Chairman, Cortland Trust, Inc. (registered investment company)

 

146

  Director of Nature’s Sunshine Products, Inc.

Jack M. Fields — 1952

Trustee

 

1997

 

Chief Executive Officer, Twenty First Century Group, Inc. (government affairs company); and 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); 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

 

146

  None

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 and Director, Arvest Bank

 

146

  Director of Insperity, Inc. (formerly known as Administaff)

Prema Mathai-Davis — 1950

Trustee

 

1998

 

Retired.

 

Formerly: Chief Executive Officer, YWCA of the U.S.A.

 

146

  None

Larry Soll — 1942

Trustee

 

2003

 

Retired.

 

Formerly: Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President, Synergen Corp. (a biotechnology company)

 

146

  None

Raymond Stickel, Jr. — 1944

Trustee

  2005  

Retired.

 

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

 

146

  None

Robert C. Troccoli — 1949

Trustee

  2016  

Adjunct Professor, University of Denver — Daniels College of Business

 

Formerly: Senior Partner, KPMG LLP

 

146

  None

 

T-2                         Invesco Global Growth Fund


Trustees and Officers—(continued)

 

Name, Year of Birth and
Position(s) Held with the Trust
 

Trustee and/

or Officer Since

  Principal Occupation(s)
During Past 5 Years
  Number of
Funds in Fund
Complex
Overseen by
Trustee
  Other Directorship(s)
Held by Trustee During
Past 5 Years
Independent Trustees—(continued)

Suzanne H. Woolsey — 1941

Trustee

  2014  

Retired.

 

Formerly: Chief Executive Officer of Woolsey Partners LLC

 

146

  Director, SunShare LLC; Trustee, Ocean Conservancy; Emeritus Chair of the Board of Trustees of the Institute for Defense Analyses and of Colorado College; Trustee, Chair, Business and Finance Committee of California Institute of Technology; Prior to 2014, Director of Fluor Corp.; Prior to 2010, Trustee of the German Marshall Fund of the United States; Prior to 2010, Trustee of the Rocky Mountain Institute
Other Officers                

Sheri Morris — 1964

President, Principal Executive Officer and Treasurer

 

1999

 

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

 

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

  N/A   N/A

Russell C. Burk — 1958

Senior Vice President and Senior Officer

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

John M. Zerr — 1962

Senior Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Secretary

  2006  

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

 

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

  N/A   N/A

 

T-3                         Invesco Global Growth Fund


Trustees and Officers—(continued)

 

 

Name, Year of Birth and
Position(s) Held with the Trust
  Trustee and/
or Officer Since
  Principal Occupation(s)
During Past 5 Years
  Number of
Funds in Fund
Complex
Overseen by
Trustee
  Other Directorship(s)
Held by Trustee During
Past 5 Years
Other Officers—(continued)                

Karen Dunn Kelley — 1960

Senior Vice President

 

2004

 

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

 

Formerly: Vice President, The Invesco Funds (other than AIM Treasurer’s Series Trust (Invesco Treasurer’s Series Trust), Short-Term Investments Trust and Invesco Management Trust); and President and Principal Executive Officer, 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 Asset Management (Bermuda) Ltd., Director, INVESCO Global Asset Management DAC (formerly known as INVESCO Global Asset Management Limited) and INVESCO Management S.A.; Senior Vice President, Van Kampen Investments Inc. and Invesco Advisers, Inc. (formerly known as Invesco Institutional (N.A.), Inc.) (registered investment adviser); Director and President, Fund Management Company; Chief Cash Management Officer, Director of Cash Management, Senior Vice President, and Managing Director, Invesco AIM Capital Management, Inc.; Director of Cash Management, Senior Vice President, and Vice President, Invesco Advisers, Inc. and Vice President, The Invesco Funds (AIM Treasurer’s Series Trust (Invesco Treasurer’s Series Trust), and Short-Term Investments Trust only)

  N/A   N/A

Kelli Gallegos — 1970

Vice President, Principal Financial Officer and Assistant Treasurer

  2008  

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

 

Formerly: Assistant Vice President, The Invesco Funds

  N/A   N/A

Tracy Sullivan — 1962

Vice President, Chief Tax Officer and Assistant Treasurer

  2008  

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

 

Formerly: Assistant Vice President, The Invesco Funds

  N/A   N/A

Crissie M. Wisdom — 1969

Anti-Money Laundering Compliance Officer

  2013  

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

 

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

  N/A   N/A

Robert R. Leveille — 1969

Chief Compliance Officer

  2016  

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

 

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

  N/A   N/A

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

 

Office of the Fund

11 Greenway Plaza, Suite 1000
Houston, TX 77046-1173

 

Investment Adviser

Invesco Advisers, Inc.
1555 Peachtree Street, N.E.
Atlanta, GA 30309

 

Distributor

Invesco Distributors, Inc.
11 Greenway Plaza, Suite 1000
Houston, TX 77046-1173

 

Auditors

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
1000 Louisiana Street, Suite 5800

Houston, TX 77002-5678

     

Counsel to the Fund

Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young, LLP
2005 Market Street, Suite 2600
Philadelphia, PA 19103-7018

 

Counsel to the Independent Trustees

Goodwin Procter LLP
901 New York Avenue, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20001

 

Transfer Agent

Invesco Investment Services, Inc.
11 Greenway Plaza, Suite 1000
Houston, TX 77046-1173

 

Custodian

State Street Bank and Trust Company
225 Franklin Street
Boston, MA 02110-2801

 

T-4                         Invesco Global Growth Fund


 

 

 

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Invesco mailing information

Send general correspondence to Invesco Investment Services, Inc., P.O. Box 219078, Kansas City, MO 64121-9078.

 

 

Important notice regarding delivery of security holder documents

To reduce Fund expenses, only one copy of most shareholder documents may be mailed to shareholders with multiple accounts at the same address (Householding). Mailing of your shareholder documents may be householded indefinitely unless you instruct us otherwise. If you do not want the mailing of these documents to be combined with those for other members of your household, please contact Invesco Investment Services, Inc. at 800 959 4246 or contact your financial institution. We will begin sending you individual copies for each account within 30 days after receiving your request.

 

 

Fund holdings and proxy voting information

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

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

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

    Invesco Advisers, Inc. is an investment adviser; it provides investment advisory services to individual and institutional clients and does not sell securities. Invesco Distributors, Inc. is the US distributor

for Invesco Ltd.’s retail mutual funds, exchange-traded funds and institutional money market funds. Both are wholly owned, indirect subsidiaries of Invesco Ltd.

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SEC file numbers: 811-06463 and 033-44611    GLG-AR-1    Invesco Distributors, Inc.


 

 

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Annual Report to Shareholders

 

  October 31, 2016
 

 

 

Invesco Global Opportunities Fund

 

  Nasdaq:
  A: IAOPX    C: ICOPX    R: IROPX    Y: IYOPX    R5: IIOPX     R6: IFOPX

 

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Letters to Shareholders

 

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Philip Taylor

    

Dear Shareholders:

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

In December 2015, the US Federal Reserve raised short-term interest rates for the first time since 2006, signaling its belief that the economy was likely to continue strengthening. Indeed, throughout the reporting period, US economic data were generally positive and the economy expanded at a moderate rate – but there were some bumps along the road. Job growth in May 2016 was very weak, but it was followed by strong increases in nonfarm payrolls in June and July. Increased concerns about global economic weakness caused US stock market indexes to sink at the start of calendar year 2016, but they eventually recovered; they sank again following the UK’s decision to leave the European Union, but

then quickly recovered and reached record highs later in the summer. Strong demand for income-producing investments, particularly those perceived to be lower risk, benefited bonds as well as dividend-paying stocks for much of the reporting period. While economic news in the US was generally positive, news overseas was less upbeat. The European Central Bank, and central banks in China and Japan – as well as other countries – maintained extraordinarily accommodative monetary policies in response to economic weakness. As the fiscal year drew to a close, uncertainty about the outcome of the US presidential election resulted in increased market volatility; the surprise outcome after the close of the reporting period suggested that market volatility may continue for some time to come.

Short-term market volatility can prompt some investors to abandon their investment plans – and can cause others to settle for average results. The investment professionals at Invesco, in contrast, invest with high conviction, take a long-term perspective and have a passion to exceed. Invesco’s pure focus on investment management eliminates possible distractions and means that there are no competing lines of business for us to support. Just as important, we embrace a variety of investment strategies, asset classes and geographies – because we know that no single investment approach meets the diverse needs of all of our clients. We manage all our investment approaches with a passion to exceed. All our investment teams have a highly disciplined, long-term investing style that eliminates short-term decision-making. Of course, investing with high conviction can’t guarantee a profit or ensure success; no investment strategy can. To learn more about how we invest with high conviction, visit invesco.com/HighConviction.

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

Visit our website for more information on your investments

Our website, invesco.com/us, offers a wide range of market insights and investment perspectives. On the website, you’ll find detailed information about our funds, including performance, holdings and portfolio manager commentaries. You can access information about your account by completing a simple, secure online registration. Click on the “Need to register” link in the “Account Access” box on our homepage to get started.

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

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

Have questions?

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

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

Sincerely,

 

 

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Philip Taylor

Senior Managing Director, Invesco Ltd.

 

2                         Invesco Global Opportunities Fund


 

 

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Bruce Crockett

   

Dear Fellow Shareholders:

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

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

      Ensuring that Invesco offers a diverse lineup of mutual funds that your financial adviser can use to strive to meet your financial needs as your investment goals change over time.
      Monitoring how the portfolio management teams of the Invesco funds are performing in light of changing economic and market conditions.
  Assessing each portfolio management team’s investment performance within the context of the investment strategy described in the fund’s prospectus.
  Monitoring for potential conflicts of interests that may impact the nature of the services that your funds receive.

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

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

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

Sincerely,

 

 

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Bruce L. Crockett

Independent Chair

Invesco Funds Board of Trustees

 

3                         Invesco Global Opportunities Fund


 

Management’s Discussion of Fund Performance

 

Performance summary

For the fiscal year ended October 31, 2016, Class A shares of Invesco Global Opportunities Fund (the Fund), at net asset value (NAV), underperformed the MSCI All Country World Index, the Fund’s broad market/style-specific benchmark.

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

 

  

     

  

Fund vs. Indexes

Total returns, 10/31/15 to 10/31/16, at net asset value (NAV). Performance shown does not include applicable contingent deferred sales charges (CDSC) or front-end sales charges, which would have reduced performance.

 

  

    

Class A Shares

     0.57

Class C Shares

     -0.08   

Class R Shares

     0.40   

Class Y Shares

     0.90   

Class R5 Shares

     0.91   

Class R6 Shares

     0.83   

MSCI All Country World Indexq (Broad Market/Style-Specific Index)

     2.05   

Lipper Global Large-Cap Core Funds Index (Peer Group Index)

     0.92   

 

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

 

        

 

 

Market conditions and your Fund

The global economy continued to expand, albeit slowly, for the fiscal year ended October 31, 2016. However, that growth became increasingly uneven across developed and emerging economies, amid continued volatility in oil prices and as the policies of central banks globally began to diverge.

An equity market rally in November 2015 was offset by negative performance in December, as a late-year crash in oil prices rattled the markets. Also in December, the US Federal Reserve (the Fed) followed through on its commitment to normalize monetary policy by raising interest rates – its first increase since 2006 – even as the European Central Bank extended its asset purchase program and Japan introduced additional quantitative easing and negative interest rates.

Stocks began calendar year 2016 on a negative note, driven by investor concerns about economic weakness in China and falling oil prices. Markets recovered in late February and posted gains amid concerted central bank commitments to very

loose monetary policy. As a result, the US dollar fell sharply against the euro and Japanese yen, a development that was largely supportive of oil and stock prices.

All major global stock indexes experienced steep declines again in June after UK voters opted to leave the European Union. Stocks in economically sensitive sectors, including energy and financials, were hardest hit, and investors flocked to the perceived safety of US Treasuries and more defensive, dividend-paying equities often found in the telecommunication services, utilities and consumer staples sectors.

After the initial shock of the UK vote, stocks made a strong recovery, regaining most of their losses as fears of a shock to consumer confidence never materialized. For the remainder of the reporting period, emerging markets outperformed as the Fed left interest rates unchanged and expectations for an interest rate increase were delayed again.

For the fiscal year, the Fund underperformed its broad market/style-specific benchmark, the MSCI All Country World

 

 

Index. From a sector perspective, stock selection in the energy and consumer staples sectors contributed to Fund performance relative to the benchmark. Energy, in particular, was a strong performer as the sector recovered from lows earlier in the reporting period. The Fund’s holdings in the materials and consumer staples sectors were significant detractors from relative performance.

    On a geographic basis, the Fund’s largest overweight position was to the UK, which posted negative returns and detracted from performance. The Fund’s stock selection in the US contributed to relative performance, although this was slightly offset by underweight exposure to the US, which was one of the stronger equity markets globally during the reporting period. In reviewing the allocations to sector and geographies that contributed to and detracted from Fund performance, it’s important to emphasize that these are shaped by the stocks selected through the Fund’s conviction-led and valuation-focused investment process.

    For example, Netease was the largest contributor to Fund performance, as shares gained due to the company’s highly successful expansion into the Chinese mobile gaming market. The company has attractive characteristics including a dominant market position in Chinese video games, very strong organic growth and excellent cash generation. But after the stock appreciated, we sold our holdings due to valuation considerations.

    Homebuilder EZ Tec Empreendimentos e Participacoes also contributed to Fund performance, benefiting from a recovery in sentiment toward Brazil specifically, and emerging markets more broadly. While we believe the backdrop for property development in Sao Paolo is likely to remain depressed for some time, the company’s management has remained conservative in its approach, focusing on cash generation and maintaining a strong net cash

 
Portfolio Composition   

By sector

 

     % of total net investments   

Financials

     30.9

Industrials

     18.9   

Consumer Discretionary

     15.9   

Energy

     11.2   

Health Care

     9.3   

Materials

     6.0   

Consumer Staples

     4.1   

Information Technology

     3.7   
Top 10 Equity Holdings
   % of total net assets

 

1.

  Bayer AG      6.5

2.

  JPMorgan Chase & Co.      5.1   

3.

  Citigroup Inc.      4.5   

4.

  Volkswagen AG-Preferred Shares      4.2   

5.

  Standard Chartered PLC      4.1   

6.

  EZ Tec Empreendimentos e Participacoes S.A.      3.9   

7.

  Rolls-Royce Holdings PLC      3.8   

8.

  MasterCard, Inc.-Class A      3.7   

9.

  United Technologies Corp.      3.6   

10.

  Royal Dutch Shell PLC      3.5   

Total Net Assets

     $14.9 million   
Total Number of Holdings      38   

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

Data presented here are as of October 31, 2016.

 

 

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balance sheet. We continue to believe that the company has excellent asset backing and, given its financial strength, could emerge in a strong position going forward.

    UK-based travel group Thomas Cook was the largest detractor from Fund performance. Terrorist attacks in Turkey and Egypt during the reporting period had a negative impact on tourism, which required the company to shift its focus to other destinations such as Spain, Greece and the US.

    During the reporting period, we increased the Fund’s exposure to more cyclical areas of the market. In terms of portfolio position, this meant that we made the decision to reduce our exposure to holdings with high balance sheet leverage, including Colfax, J.C. Penney and Samsung – all three of which we eliminated from the Fund before the close of the reporting period. Given continued uncertainty regarding potential changes to the US health care system post-elections, valuations have come down significantly, and we used this opportunity to establish new positions in Novartis and Bayer. In the case of Bayer, we took advantage of the initial negative market reaction to news of a possible merger with Monsanto, another new holding in the Fund, given our positive view on the potential future synergies between Monsanto’s seed franchise and Bayer’s crop chemical franchise.

    We believe that extreme market movements, like those experienced during the reporting period, can create buying opportunities, as correlations rise and selling can be somewhat indiscriminate. We used these market movements to increase positions in current holdings or establish new ones in what we believed were attractive companies selling at attractive prices.

    Invesco Global Opportunities Fund seeks to invest in companies with sound fundamentals, good management, strong balance sheets and attractive valuations, regardless of their location. As bottom-up stock pickers, we seek out the most attractive and compelling investment opportunities from around the world, unconstrained by limitations on market capitalization, style or sector. We will continue to do so.

    We thank you for your investment in Invesco Global Opportunities Fund.

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

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

 

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Stephen Anness

Portfolio Manager, is lead manager of Invesco Global Opportunities Fund. He joined Invesco in

2002. Mr. Anness earned a BSc in economics from the University of Swansea, the Securities Institute Diploma and the Investment Management Certificate.
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Andrew Hall

Portfolio Manager, is manager of Invesco Global Opportunities Fund. He joined Invesco in 2013. Mr. Hall earned a

BSc degree in economics from Nottingham University.

    

 

 

5                         Invesco Global Opportunities Fund


 

Your Fund’s Long-Term Performance

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

Fund and index data from 8/3/12

 

 

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1  Source: Lipper Inc.
2  Source: FactSet Research Systems Inc.

 

Past performance cannot guarantee comparable future results.

    The data shown in the chart include reinvested distributions, applicable sales charges and Fund expenses including

management fees. Index results include reinvested dividends, but they do not reflect sales charges. Performance of the peer group, if applicable, reflects fund expenses and management fees; performance

of a market index does not. Performance shown in the chart and table(s) does not reflect deduction of taxes a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or sale of Fund shares.

 

 

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Average Annual Total Returns   
As of 10/31/16, including maximum applicable sales charges    

Class A Shares

       

Inception (8/3/12)

    9.70

  1 Year

    -4.93   

Class C Shares

       

Inception (8/3/12)

    10.33

  1 Year

    -1.04   

Class R Shares

       

Inception (8/3/12)

    10.87

  1 Year

    0.40   

Class Y Shares

       

Inception (8/3/12)

    11.43

  1 Year

    0.90   

Class R5 Shares

       

Inception (8/3/12)

    11.45

  1 Year

    0.91   

Class R6 Shares

       

Inception

    11.44

  1 Year

    0.83   

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

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

    The net annual Fund operating expense ratio set forth in the most recent Fund prospectus as of the date of this report for Class A, Class C, Class R, Class Y, Class R5 and Class R6 shares was 1.36%, 2.11%, 1.61%, 1.11%, 1.11% and 1.11%, respectively.1 The total annual Fund operating expense ratio set forth in the most recent Fund prospectus as of the date of this report for Class A, Class C, Class R, Class Y, Class R5 and Class R6 shares was 2.94%, 3.69%, 3.19%, 2.69%, 2.45% and 2.45%, respectively. The expense ratios presented above may vary from the expense ratios presented in other sections of this report that are based

Average Annual Total Returns   
As of 9/30/16, the most recent calendar quarter end, including maximum applicable sales charges     

Class A Shares

       

Inception (8/3/12)

    9.93

  1 Year

    2.45   

Class C Shares

       

Inception (8/3/12)

    10.57

  1 Year

    6.49   

Class R Shares

       

Inception (8/3/12)

    11.13

  1 Year

    8.10   

Class Y Shares

       

Inception (8/3/12)

    11.68

  1 Year

    8.57   

Class R5 Shares

       

Inception (8/3/12)

    11.70

  1 Year

    8.65   

Class R6 Shares

       

Inception

    11.70

  1 Year

    8.66   

on expenses incurred during the period covered by this report.

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

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

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

 

1 Total annual Fund operating expenses after any contractual fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements by the adviser in effect through at least February 28, 2017. See current prospectus for more information.

    

 

 

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Invesco Global Opportunities Fund’s investment objective is long-term growth of capital.

  Unless otherwise stated, information presented in this report is as of October 31, 2016, and is based on total net assets.
  Unless otherwise noted, all data provided by Invesco.
  To access your Fund’s reports/prospectus, visit invesco.com/fundreports.

 

About share classes

  Class R shares are generally available only to employer sponsored retirement and benefit plans. Please see the prospectus for more information.
  Class Y shares are available only to certain investors. Please see the prospectus for more information.
  Class R5 shares and Class R6 shares are primarily intended for employer sponsored retirement and benefit plans that meet certain standards and for institutional investors. Please see the prospectus for more information.

 

 

Principal risks of investing in the Fund

  Convertible securities risk. The market values of convertible securities are affected by market interest rates, the risk of actual issuer default on interest or principal payments and the value of the underlying common stock into which the convertible security may be converted. Additionally, a convertible security is subject to the same types of market and issuer risks as apply to the underlying common stock. In addition, certain convertible securities are subject to involuntary conversions and may undergo principal write-downs upon the occurrence of certain triggering events, and, as a result, are subject to an increased risk of loss.
  Depositary receipts risk. Investing in depositary receipts involves the same risks as direct investments in foreign securities. In addition, the underlying issuers of certain depositary receipts are under no obligation to distribute shareholder communications or pass through any voting rights with respect to the deposited securities to the holders of such receipts. The Fund may therefore receive less timely information or have less control than if it invested directly in the foreign issuer.
  Emerging markets securities risk. Emerging markets (also referred to as developing markets) are generally subject to greater market volatility, political, social and economic instability, uncertain trading markets and more governmental limitations on foreign investment than more developed
   

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

  Foreign securities risk. The Fund’s foreign investments may be adversely affected by political and social instability, changes in economic or taxation policies, difficulty in enforcing obligations, decreased liquidity or increased volatility. Foreign investments also involve the risk of the possible seizure, nationalization or expropriation of the issuer or foreign deposits (in which the Fund could lose its entire investments in a certain market) and the possible adoption of foreign governmental restrictions such as exchange controls. Unless the Fund has hedged its foreign securities risk, foreign securities risk also involves the risk of negative foreign currency rate fluctuations, which may cause the value of securities denominated in such foreign currency (or other instruments through which the Fund has exposure to foreign currencies) to decline in value. Currency exchange rates may fluctuate significantly over short periods of time. Currency hedging strategies, if used, are not always successful.
  Geographic focus risk. The Fund may from time to time invest a substantial amount of its assets in securities of issuers located in a single country or a limited number of countries. Adverse economic, political or social conditions in those countries may therefore have a significant negative impact on the Fund’s investment performance.
  Investing in the European Union risk. Investments in certain countries in the European Union are
   

susceptible to high economic risks associated with high levels of debt, such as investments in sovereign debt of Greece, Italy and Spain. Separately, the European Union faces issues involving its membership, structure, procedures and policies. The exit of one or more member states from the European Union would place its currency and banking system in jeopardy. Efforts of the member states to further unify their economic and monetary policies may increase the potential for the downward movement of one member state’s market to cause a similar effect on other member states’ markets.

  Management risk. The Fund is actively managed and depends heavily on the Adviser’s judgment about markets, interest rates or the attractiveness, relative values, liquidity, or potential appreciation of particular investments made for the Fund’s portfolio. The Fund could experience losses if these judgments prove to be incorrect. Additionally, legislative, regulatory, or tax developments may adversely affect management of the Fund and, therefore, the ability of the Fund to achieve its investment objective.
  Market risk. The market values of the Fund’s investments, and therefore the value of the Fund’s shares, will go up and down, sometimes rapidly or unpredictably. Market risk may affect a single issuer, industry or section of the economy, or it may affect the market as a whole. Individual stock prices tend to go up and down more dramatically than those of certain other types of investments, such as bonds. During a general downturn in the financial markets, multiple asset classes may decline in value. When markets perform well, there can be no assurance that specific investments held by the Fund will rise in value.
  Preferred securities risk. Preferred securities are subject to issuer-specific and market risks applicable generally to equity securities. Preferred securities also may be subordinated to bonds or other debt instruments, subjecting them to a greater risk of non-payment, may be less liquid than many other securities, such as common stocks, and generally offer no voting rights with respect to the issuer.
 

 

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

 

 

 

NOT FDIC INSURED  |  MAY LOSE VALUE  |  NO BANK GUARANTEE

 

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  Sector focus risk. The Fund may from time to time invest a significant amount of its assets (i.e. over 25%) in one market sector or group of related industries. In this event, the Fund’s performance will depend to a greater extent on the overall condition of the sector or group of industries and there is increased risk that the Fund will lose significant value if conditions adversely affect that sector or group of industries.
  Small- and mid-capitalization companies risks. Small- and mid-capitalization companies tend to be more vulnerable to changing market conditions, may have little or no operating history or track record of success, and may have more limited product lines and markets, less experienced management and fewer financial resources than larger companies. These companies’ securities may be more volatile and less liquid than those of more established companies, and their returns may vary, sometimes significantly, from the overall securities market.
  Warrants risk. Warrants may be significantly less valuable or worthless on their expiration date and may also be postponed or terminated early, resulting in a partial or total loss. Warrants may also be illiquid.

 

 

About indexes used in this report

  The MSCI All Country World Index is an unmanaged index considered representative of large- and mid-cap stocks across developed and emerging markets. The index is computed using the net return, which withholds applicable taxes for non-resident investors.
  The Lipper Global Large-Cap Core Funds Index is an unmanaged index considered representative of global large-cap core funds tracked by Lipper.
  The Fund is not managed to track the performance of any particular index, including the index(es) described here, and consequently, the performance of the Fund may deviate significantly from the performance of the index(es).
  A direct investment cannot be made in an index. Unless otherwise indicated, index results include reinvested dividends, and they do not reflect sales charges. Performance of the peer group, if applicable, reflects fund expenses; performance of a market index does not.

 

Other information

  The returns shown in management’s discussion of Fund performance are based on net asset values (NAVs) calculated for shareholder transactions. Generally accepted accounting principles require adjustments to be made to the net assets of the Fund at period end for financial reporting purposes, and as such, the NAVs for shareholder transactions and the returns based on those NAVs may differ from the NAVs and returns reported in the Financial Highlights.
  Industry classifications used in this report are generally according to the Global Industry Classification Standard, which was developed by and is the exclusive property and a service mark of MSCI Inc. and Standard & Poor’s.

    

 

 

9                         Invesco Global Opportunities Fund


Schedule of Investments

October 31, 2016

 

 

     Shares      Value  

Common Stocks & Other Equity Interests–101.57%

  

Brazil–3.85%   

EZ Tec Empreendimentos e Participacoes S.A.

    111,058       $ 575,257   
Canada–3.18%   

PrairieSky Royalty Ltd.

    21,843         475,050   
France–6.70%   

Airbus Group SE

    8,545         507,378   

Legrand S.A.

    8,732         493,079   
               1,000,457   
Germany–10.71%   

Bayer AG

    9,850         976,291   

Volkswagen AG–Preference Shares

    4,542         624,245   
               1,600,536   
Hong Kong–6.20%   

CK Hutchison Holdings Ltd.

    25,180         311,525   

Standard Chartered PLC(a)

    72,214         615,483   
               927,008   
Indonesia–1.45%   

PT Bank Rakyat Indonesia (Persero) Tbk

    232,900         217,310   
Norway–2.59%   

Statoil ASA

    23,761         387,200   
Sweden–2.13%   

Lundin Petroleum AB(a)

    17,728         318,385   
Switzerland–2.96%   

LafargeHolcim Ltd.

    1         45   

Novartis AG

    6,223         441,974   
               442,019   
United Kingdom–23.76%   

Barclays PLC

    135,589         314,416   

Booker Group PLC

    113,784         249,498   
     Shares      Value  
United Kingdom–(continued)     

DS Smith PLC

    71,403       $ 347,798   

Essentra PLC

    69,273         432,359   

Howden Joinery Group PLC

    19,926         91,263   

London Stock Exchange Group PLC

    9,302         319,139   

Rolls-Royce Holdings PLC

    64,413         572,692   

Rolls-Royce Holdings PLC–Preference Shares(a)

    2,962,998         3,626   

Royal Dutch Shell PLC–Class A

    20,656         514,952   

Tesco PLC(a)

    143,285         369,555   

Thomas Cook Group PLC(a)

    393,496         334,684   
               3,549,982   
United States–38.04%     

American Express Co.

    7,067         469,390   

Berkshire Hathaway Inc.–Class B(a)

    2,978         429,725   

Citigroup Inc.

    13,769         676,746   

First Republic Bank

    6,499         483,721   

Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. (The)

    5,714         165,877   

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

    10,992         761,306   

Las Vegas Sands Corp.

    6,811         394,221   

Markel Corp.(a)

    182         159,692   

MasterCard Inc.–Class A

    5,188         555,220   

Monsanto Co.

    1,286         129,590   

S&P Global Inc.

    1,996         243,213   

Samsonite International S.A.

    102,600         322,798   

Union Pacific Corp.

    4,030         355,365   

United Technologies Corp.

    5,255         537,061   
               5,683,925   

TOTAL INVESTMENTS–101.57%
(Cost $14,500,712)

   

     15,177,129   

OTHER ASSETS LESS LIABILITIES–(1.57)%

  

     (234,447

NET ASSETS–100.00%

  

   $ 14,942,682   
 

Notes to Schedule of Investments:

 

(a)  Non-income producing security.

 

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

 

10                         Invesco Global Opportunities Fund


Statement of Assets and Liabilities

October 31, 2016

 

 

Assets:

  

Total investments, at value (Cost $14,500,712)

  $ 15,177,129   

Foreign currencies, at value (Cost $106,541)

    106,961   

Receivable for:

 

Fund shares sold

    2,631   

Dividends

    32,960   

Fund expenses absorbed

    6,041   

Investment for trustee deferred compensation and retirement plans

    12,080   

Other assets

    33,102   

Total assets

    15,370,904   

Liabilities:

  

Payable for:

 

Fund shares reacquired

    46,675   

Amount due custodian

    301,584   

Accrued fees to affiliates

    16,663   

Accrued trustees’ and officers’ fees and benefits

    1,751   

Accrued other operating expenses

    49,289   

Trustee deferred compensation and retirement plans

    12,260   

Total liabilities

    428,222   

Net assets applicable to shares outstanding

  $ 14,942,682   

Net assets consist of:

  

Shares of beneficial interest

  $ 15,286,299   

Undistributed net investment income

    96,467   

Undistributed net realized gain (loss)

    (1,114,905

Net unrealized appreciation

    674,821   
    $ 14,942,682   

Net Assets:

  

Class A

  $ 11,454,762   

Class C

  $ 2,752,550   

Class R

  $ 261,417   

Class Y

  $ 449,193   

Class R5

  $ 12,842   

Class R6

  $ 11,918   

Shares outstanding, $0.001 par value per share,
with an unlimited number of shares authorized:

   

Class A

    896,711   

Class C

    220,020   

Class R

    20,594   

Class Y

    35,041   

Class R5

    1,001   

Class R6

    930   

Class A:

 

Net asset value per share

  $ 12.77   

Maximum offering price per share

 

(Net asset value of $12.77 ¸ 94.50%)

  $ 13.51   

Class C:

 

Net asset value and offering price per share

  $ 12.51   

Class R:

 

Net asset value and offering price per share

  $ 12.69   

Class Y:

 

Net asset value and offering price per share

  $ 12.82   

Class R5:

 

Net asset value and offering price per share

  $ 12.83   

Class R6:

 

Net asset value and offering price per share

  $ 12.82   
 

 

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

 

11                         Invesco Global Opportunities Fund


Statement of Operations

For the year ended October 31, 2016

 

Investment income:

  

Dividends (net of foreign withholding taxes of $21,672)

  $ 367,805   

Dividends from affiliated money market funds

    429   

Total investment income

    368,234   

Expenses:

 

Advisory fees

    141,850   

Administrative services fees

    50,000   

Custodian fees

    15,319   

Distribution fees:

 

Class A

    30,009   

Class C

    27,920   

Class R

    1,198   

Transfer agent fees — A, C, R and Y

    58,145   

Transfer agent fees — R5

    10   

Transfer agent fees — R6

    10   

Trustees’ and officers’ fees and benefits

    19,182   

Registration and filing fees

    75,960   

Reports to shareholders

    15,439   

Professional services fees

    55,823   

Other

    15,549   

Total expenses

    506,414   

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

    (250,788

Net expenses

    255,626   

Net investment income

    112,608   

Realized and unrealized gain (loss) from:

 

Net realized gain (loss) from:

 

Investment securities

    (805,476

Foreign currencies

    12,124   
      (793,352

Change in net unrealized appreciation of:

 

Investment securities

    535,040   

Foreign currencies

    1,245   
      536,285   

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

    (257,067

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

  $ (144,459

 

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

 

12                         Invesco Global Opportunities Fund


Statement of Changes in Net Assets

For the years ended October 31, 2016 and 2015

 

     2016      2015  

Operations:

  

  

Net investment income

  $ 112,608       $ 52,110   

Net realized gain (loss)

    (793,352      553,362   

Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

    536,285         (713,753

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

    (144,459      (108,281

Distributions to shareholders from net investment income:

    

Class A

    (20,017      (158,805

Class C

            (10,983

Class R

            (1,853

Class Y

    (15,245      (53,196

Class R5

    (52      (261

Class R6

    (48      (243

Total distributions from net investment income

    (35,362      (225,341

Distributions to shareholders from net realized gains:

    

Class A

    (366,471      (1,159,655

Class C

    (87,858      (244,473

Class R

    (6,311      (17,319

Class Y

    (113,691      (318,954

Class R5

    (387      (1,566

Class R6

    (359      (1,454

Total distributions from net realized gains

    (575,077      (1,743,421

Share transactions–net:

    

Class A

    (664,409      3,066,764   

Class C

    (121,271      922,698   

Class R

    43,201         79,273   

Class Y

    (3,856,578      1,735,517   

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

    (4,599,057      5,804,252   

Net increase (decrease) in net assets

    (5,353,955      3,727,209   

Net assets:

    

Beginning of year

    20,296,637         16,569,428   

End of year (includes undistributed net investment income of $96,467 and $20,047, respectively)

  $ 14,942,682       $ 20,296,637   

Notes to Financial Statements

October 31, 2016

NOTE 1—Significant Accounting Policies

Invesco Global Opportunities Fund (the “Fund”) is a series portfolio of AIM International Mutual Funds (Invesco International Mutual Funds) (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 consisting of ten separate portfolios, each authorized to issue an unlimited number of shares of beneficial interest. The assets, liabilities and operations of each portfolio are accounted for separately. Information presented in these financial statements pertains only to the Fund. Matters affecting each portfolio or class will be voted on exclusively by the shareholders of such portfolio or class.

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

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

The 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.

 

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

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

Debt obligations (including convertible securities) and unlisted equities are fair valued using an evaluated quote provided by an independent pricing service. Evaluated quotes provided by the pricing service may be determined without exclusive reliance on quoted prices, and may reflect appropriate factors such as institution-size trading in similar groups of securities, developments related to specific securities, dividend rate (for unlisted equities), yield (for debt obligations), quality, type of issue, coupon rate (for debt obligations), maturity (for debt obligations), individual trading characteristics and other market data. Debt obligations are subject to interest rate and credit risks. In addition, all debt obligations involve some risk of default with respect to interest and/or principal payments.

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

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

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

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

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

B. Securities Transactions and Investment Income — Securities transactions are accounted for on a trade date basis. Realized gains or losses on sales are computed on the basis of specific identification of the securities sold. Interest income (net of withholding tax, if any) is recorded on the accrual basis from settlement date. Dividend income (net of withholding tax, if any) is recorded on the ex-dividend date.

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

Brokerage commissions and mark ups are considered transaction costs and are recorded as an increase to the cost basis of securities purchased and/or a reduction of proceeds on a sale of securities. Such transaction costs are included in the determination of net realized and unrealized gain (loss) from investment securities reported in the Statement of Operations and the Statement of Changes in Net Assets and the net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on securities per share in the Financial Highlights. Transaction costs are included in the calculation of the Fund’s net asset value and, accordingly, they reduce the Fund’s total returns. These transaction costs are not considered operating expenses and are not reflected in net investment income reported in the Statement of Operations and the Statement of Changes in Net Assets, or the net investment income per share and the ratios of expenses and net investment income reported in the Financial Highlights, nor are they limited by any expense limitation arrangements between the Fund and the investment adviser.

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

C.

Country Determination For the purposes of making investment selection decisions and presentation in the Schedule of Investments, the investment adviser may determine the country in which an issuer is located and/or credit risk exposure based on various factors. These factors include the laws of the country under which the issuer is organized, where the issuer maintains a principal office, the country in which the issuer

 

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  derives 50% or more of its total revenues and the country that has the primary market for the issuer’s securities, as well as other criteria. Among the other criteria that may be evaluated for making this determination are the country in which the issuer maintains 50% or more of its assets, the type of security, financial guarantees and enhancements, the nature of the collateral and the sponsor organization. Country of issuer and/or credit risk exposure has been determined to be the United States of America, unless otherwise noted.
D. Distributions — Distributions from net investment income and net realized capital gain, if any, are generally declared and paid annually and recorded on the ex-dividend date. The Fund may elect to treat a portion of the proceeds from redemptions as distributions for federal income tax purposes.
E. Federal Income Taxes — The Fund intends to comply with the requirements of Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Internal Revenue Code”), necessary to qualify as a regulated investment company and to distribute substantially all of the Fund’s taxable earnings to shareholders. As such, the Fund will not be subject to federal income taxes on otherwise taxable income (including net realized capital gain) that is distributed to shareholders. Therefore, no provision for federal income taxes is recorded in the financial statements.

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

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

F. Expenses — Fees provided for under the Rule 12b-1 plan of a particular class of the Fund are charged to the operations of such class. Transfer agency fees and expenses and other shareholder recordkeeping fees and expenses attributable to Class R5 and Class R6 are allocated to each share class based on relative net assets. Sub-accounting fees attributable to Class R5 are charged to the operations of the class. Transfer agency fees and expenses and other shareholder recordkeeping fees and expenses relating to all other classes are allocated among those classes based on relative net assets. All other expenses are allocated among the classes based on relative net assets.
G. Accounting Estimates — The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”) requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period including estimates and assumptions related to taxation. Actual results could differ from those estimates by a significant amount. In addition, the Fund monitors for material events or transactions that may occur or become known after the period-end date and before the date the financial statements are released to print.
H. Indemnifications — Under the Trust’s organizational documents, each Trustee, officer, employee or other agent of the Trust is indemnified against certain liabilities that may arise out of the performance of their duties to the Fund. Additionally, in the normal course of business, the Fund enters into contracts, including the Fund’s servicing agreements, that contain a variety of indemnification clauses. The Fund’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown as this would involve future claims that may be made against the Fund that have not yet occurred. The risk of material loss as a result of such indemnification claims is considered remote.
I. Foreign Currency Translations — Foreign currency is valued at the close of the NYSE based on quotations posted by banks and major currency dealers. Portfolio securities and other assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies are translated into U.S. dollar amounts at date of valuation. Purchases and sales of portfolio securities (net of foreign taxes withheld on disposition) and income items denominated in foreign currencies are translated into U.S. dollar amounts on the respective dates of such transactions. The Fund does not separately account for the portion of the results of operations resulting from changes in foreign exchange rates on investments and the fluctuations arising from changes in market prices of securities held. The combined results of changes in foreign exchange rates and the fluctuation of market prices on investments (net of estimated foreign tax withholding) are included with the net realized and unrealized gain or loss from investments in the Statement of Operations. Reported net realized foreign currency gains or losses arise from (1) sales of foreign currencies, (2) currency gains or losses realized between the trade and settlement dates on securities transactions, and (3) the difference between the amounts of dividends, interest, and foreign withholding taxes recorded on the Fund’s books and the U.S. dollar equivalent of the amounts actually received or paid. Net unrealized foreign currency gains and losses arise from changes in the fair values of assets and liabilities, other than investments in securities at fiscal period end, resulting from changes in exchange rates.

The Fund may invest in foreign securities, which may be subject to foreign taxes on income, gains on investments or currency repatriation, a portion of which may be recoverable. Foreign taxes, if any, are recorded based on the tax regulations and rates that exist in the foreign markets in which the Fund invests and are shown in the Statement of Operations.

J. Forward Foreign Currency Contracts — The Fund may engage in foreign currency transactions either on a spot (i.e. for prompt delivery and settlement) basis, or through forward foreign currency contracts, to manage or minimize currency or exchange rate risk.

The Fund may also enter into forward foreign currency contracts for the purchase or sale of a security denominated in a foreign currency in order to “lock in” the U.S. dollar price of that security, or the Fund may also enter into forward foreign currency contracts that do not provide for physical settlement of the two currencies, but instead are settled by a single cash payment calculated as the difference between the agreed upon exchange rate and the spot rate at settlement based upon an agreed upon notional amount (non-deliverable forwards). The Fund will set aside liquid assets in an amount equal to the daily mark-to-market obligation for forward foreign currency contracts.

A forward foreign currency contract is an obligation between two parties (“Counterparties”) to purchase or sell a specific currency for an agreed-upon price at a future date. The use of forward foreign currency contracts does not eliminate fluctuations in the price of the underlying securities the Fund owns or intends to acquire but establishes a rate of exchange in advance. Fluctuations in the value of these contracts are measured by the difference in the contract date and reporting date exchange rates and are recorded as unrealized appreciation (depreciation) until the contracts are closed. When the contracts are closed, realized gains (losses) are recorded. Realized and unrealized gains (losses) on the contracts are included in the Statement of Operations. The primary risks associated with forward foreign currency contracts include failure of the Counterparty to meet the terms of the contract and the value of the foreign currency changing unfavorably. These risks may be in excess of the amounts reflected in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities.

 

15                         Invesco Global Opportunities Fund


NOTE 2—Advisory Fees and Other Fees Paid to Affiliates

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

 

Average Daily Net Assets   Rate  

First $250 million

    0 .80%   

Next $250 million

    0 .78%   

Next $500 million

    0 .76%   

Next $1.5 billion

    0 .74%   

Next $2.5 billion

    0 .72%   

Next $2.5 billion

    0 .70%   

Next $2.5 billion

    0 .68%   

Over $10 billion

    0 .66%         

For the year ended October 31, 2016, the effective advisory fees incurred by the Fund was 0.80%.

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

The Adviser has contractually agreed, through at least February 28, 2017, to waive advisory fees and/or reimburse expenses of all shares to the extent necessary to limit total annual fund operating expenses after fee waiver and/or expense reimbursement (excluding certain items discussed below) of Class A, Class C, Class R, Class Y, Class R5 and Class R6 shares to 1.36%, 2.11%, 1.61%, 1.11%, 1.11% and 1.11%, respectively, of average daily net assets (the “expense limits”). In determining the Adviser’s obligation to waive advisory fees and/or reimburse expenses, the following expenses are not taken into account, and could cause the total annual fund operating expenses after fee waiver and/or expense reimbursement to exceed the numbers reflected above: (1) interest; (2) taxes; (3) dividend expense on short sales; (4) extraordinary or non-routine items, litigation expenses; and (5) expenses that the Fund has incurred but did not actually pay because of an expense offset arrangement. Unless Invesco continues the fee waiver agreement, it will terminate on February 28, 2017. During its term, the fee waiver agreement cannot be terminated or amended to increase the expense limits without approval of the Board of Trustees.

Further, the Adviser has contractually agreed, through at least June 30, 2018, 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 October 31, 2016, the Adviser waived advisory fees and reimbursed fund level expenses of $192,623 and reimbursed class level expenses of $39,047, $9,082, $779, $8,693, $10 and $10 of Class A, Class C, Class R, Class Y, Class R5 and Class R6 shares, respectively.

The Trust has entered into a master administrative services agreement with Invesco pursuant to which the Fund has agreed to pay Invesco for certain administrative costs incurred in providing accounting services to the Fund. For the year ended October 31, 2016, expenses incurred under the agreement are shown in the Statement of Operations as Administrative services fees.

The Trust has entered into a transfer agency and service agreement with Invesco Investment Services, Inc. (“IIS”) pursuant to which the Fund has agreed to pay IIS a fee for providing transfer agency and shareholder services to the Fund and reimburse IIS for certain expenses incurred by IIS in the course of providing such services. IIS may make payments to intermediaries that provide omnibus account services, sub-accounting services and/or networking services. All fees payable by IIS to intermediaries that provide omnibus account services or sub-accounting are charged back to the Fund, subject to certain limitations approved by the Trust’s Board of Trustees. For the year ended October 31, 2016, expenses incurred under the agreement are shown in the Statement of Operations as Transfer agent fees.

The Trust has entered into master distribution agreements with Invesco Distributors, Inc. (“IDI”) to serve as the distributor for the Class A, Class C, Class R, Class Y, Class R5 and Class R6 shares of the Fund. The Trust has adopted plans pursuant to Rule 12b-1 under the 1940 Act with respect to the Fund’s Class A, Class C and Class R shares (collectively, the “Plans”). The Fund, pursuant to the Plans, pays IDI compensation at the annual rate of 0.25% of the Fund’s average daily net assets of Class A shares, 1.00% of the average daily net assets of Class C shares and 0.50% of the average daily net assets of Class R shares. Of the Plan payments, up to 0.25% of the average daily net assets of each class of shares may be paid to furnish continuing personal shareholder services to customers who purchase and own shares of such classes. Any amounts not paid as a service fee under the Plans would constitute an asset-based sales charge. Rules of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”) impose a cap on the total sales charges, including asset-based sales charges, that may be paid by any class of shares of the Fund. For the year ended October 31, 2016, expenses incurred under the Plans are shown in the Statement of Operations as Distribution fees.

Front-end sales commissions and CDSC (collectively, the “sales charges”) are not recorded as expenses of the Fund. Front-end sales commissions are deducted from proceeds from the sales of Fund shares prior to investment in Class A shares of the Fund. CDSC are deducted from redemption proceeds prior to remittance to the shareholder. During the year ended October 31, 2016, IDI advised the Fund that IDI retained $5,530 in front-end sales commissions from the sale of Class A shares and $1,419 and $380 from Class A and Class C shares, respectively, for CDSC imposed upon redemptions by shareholders.

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

 

16                         Invesco Global Opportunities Fund


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 October 31, 2016. 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.

During the year ended October 31, 2016, there were transfers from Level 1 to Level 2 of $318,385 and from Level 2 to Level 1 of $3,041,734, due to foreign fair value adjustments.

 

     Level 1        Level 2        Level 3        Total  

Brazil

  $ 575,257         $         $         $ 575,257   

Canada

    475,050                               475,050   

France

              1,000,457                     1,000,457   

Germany

    1,600,536                               1,600,536   

Hong Kong

    927,008                               927,008   

Indonesia

              217,310                     217,310   

Norway

              387,200                     387,200   

Sweden

              318,385                     318,385   

Switzerland

    45           441,974                     442,019   

United Kingdom

    2,227,868           1,322,114                     3,549,982   

United States

    5,683,925                               5,683,925   

Total Investments

  $ 11,489,689         $ 3,687,440         $         $ 15,177,129   

NOTE 4—Expense Offset Arrangement(s)

The expense offset arrangement is comprised of transfer agency credits which result from balances in demand deposit accounts used by the transfer agent for clearing shareholder transactions. For the year ended October 31, 2016, the Fund received credits from this arrangement, which resulted in the reduction of the Fund’s total expenses of $544.

NOTE 5—Trustees’ and Officers’ Fees and Benefits

Trustees’ and Officers’ Fees and Benefits include amounts accrued by the Fund to pay remuneration to certain Trustees and Officers of the Fund. Trustees have the option to defer compensation payable by the Fund, and Trustees’ and Officers’ Fees and Benefits also include amounts accrued by the Fund to fund such deferred compensation amounts. Those Trustees who defer compensation have the option to select various Invesco Funds in which their deferral accounts shall be deemed to be invested. Finally, certain current Trustees were eligible to participate in a retirement plan that provided for benefits to be paid upon retirement to Trustees over a period of time based on the number of years of service. The Fund may have certain former Trustees who also participate in a retirement plan and receive benefits under such plan. Trustees’ and Officers’ Fees and Benefits include amounts accrued by the Fund to fund such retirement benefits. Obligations under the deferred compensation and retirement plans represent unsecured claims against the general assets of the Fund.

NOTE 6—Cash Balances

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

 

17                         Invesco Global Opportunities Fund


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

Tax Character of Distributions to Shareholders Paid During the Fiscal Years Ended October 31, 2016 and 2015:

 

     2016        2015  

Ordinary income

  $ 48,387         $ 353,571   

Long-term capital gain

    562,052           1,615,191   

Total distributions

  $ 610,439         $ 1,968,762   

Tax Components of Net Assets at Period-End:

 

     2016  

Undistributed ordinary income

  $ 166,141   

Net unrealized appreciation—investments

    221,262   

Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)—other investments

    (1,596

Temporary book/tax differences

    (11,872

Capital loss carryforward

    (717,552

Shares of beneficial interest

    15,286,299   

Total net assets

  $ 14,942,682   

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

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

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

The Fund has a capital loss carry forward as of October 31, 2016, as follows:

 

Capital Loss Carryforward*  
Expiration   Short-Term        Long-Term        Total  

Not Subject to Expiration

  $ 717,552         $         $ 717,552   

 

* Capital loss carryforward as of the date listed above is reduced for limitations, if any, to the extent required by the Internal Revenue Code and may be further limited depending upon a variety of factors, including the realization of net unrealized gains or losses as of the date of any reorganization.

NOTE 8—Investment Securities

The aggregate amount of investment securities (other than short-term securities, U.S. Treasury obligations and money market funds, if any) purchased and sold by the Fund during the year ended October 31, 2016 was $9,102,613 and $13,248,289, respectively. Cost of investments on a tax basis includes the adjustments for financial reporting purposes as of the most recently completed federal income tax reporting period-end.

 

Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) of Investment Securities on a Tax Basis  

Aggregate unrealized appreciation of investment securities

  $ 1,005,585   

Aggregate unrealized (depreciation) of investment securities

    (784,323

Net unrealized appreciation of investment securities

  $ 221,262   

Cost of investments for tax purposes is $14,955,867.

NOTE 9—Reclassification of Permanent Differences

Primarily as a result of differing book/tax treatment of foreign currency transactions and distributions, on October 31, 2016, undistributed net investment income was decreased by $826 and undistributed net realized gain (loss) was increased by $826.

 

18                         Invesco Global Opportunities Fund


NOTE 10—Share Information

 

     Summary of Share Activity  
    Years ended October 31,  
    2016(a)      2015  
     Shares      Amount      Shares      Amount  

Sold:

  

Class A

    243,794       $ 2,969,412         745,064       $ 10,095,196   

Class C

    54,438         653,836         157,144         2,124,840   

Class R

    8,289         99,803         8,066         107,880   

Class Y

    50,324         623,467         399,612         4,922,074   

Issued as reinvestment of dividends:

          

Class A

    32,327         386,301         100,243         1,253,041   

Class C

    7,458         87,858         20,271         251,366   

Class R

    498         5,924         1,399         17,438   

Class Y

    10,724         128,363         6,729         84,246   

Reacquired:

          

Class A

    (324,538      (4,020,122      (653,868      (8,281,473

Class C

    (71,272      (862,965      (109,873      (1,453,508

Class R

    (4,920      (62,526      (3,493      (46,045

Class Y

    (381,426      (4,608,408      (248,246      (3,270,803

Net increase (decrease) in share activity

    (374,304    $ (4,599,057      423,048       $ 5,804,252   

 

(a)  There are entities that are record owners of more than 5% of the outstanding shares of the Fund and in the aggregate own 34% of the outstanding shares of the Fund. IDI has an agreement with these entities to sell Fund shares. The Fund, Invesco and/or Invesco affiliates may make payments to these entities, which are considered to be related to the Fund, for providing services to the Fund, Invesco and/or Invesco affiliates including but not limited to services such as securities brokerage, distribution, third party record keeping and account servicing. The Fund has no knowledge as to whether all or any portion of the shares owned of record by these entities are also owned beneficially.

 

19                         Invesco Global Opportunities Fund


NOTE 11—Financial Highlights

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

 

     Net asset
value,
beginning
of period
    Net
investment
income
(loss)(a)
   

Net gains
(losses)

on securities

(both
realized and
unrealized)

   

Total from
investment

operations

   

Dividends
from net
investment

income

   

Distributions

from net
realized
gains

    Total
distributions
   

Net asset

value, end

of period

    Total
return(b)
   

Net assets,

end of period

(000’s omitted)

   

Ratio of
expenses

to average

net assets
with fee waivers
and/or expenses

absorbed

   

Ratio of
expenses
to average net
assets without

fee waivers
and/or expenses
absorbed

   

Ratio of net
investment
income (loss)

to average
net assets

    Portfolio
turnover(c)
 

Class A

                           

Year ended 10/31/16

  $ 13.13      $ 0.09      $ (0.04   $ 0.05      $ (0.02   $ (0.39   $ (0.41   $ 12.77        0.57   $ 11,455        1.36 %(d)      2.77 %(d)      0.72 %(d)      52

Year ended 10/31/15

    14.74        0.06        0.11        0.17        (0.22     (1.56     (1.78     13.13        1.76        12,405        1.36        2.94        0.43        71   

Year ended 10/31/14

    14.90        0.14        0.17        0.31        (0.06     (0.41     (0.47     14.74        2.11        11,113        1.36        2.39        0.96        106   

Year ended 10/31/13

    10.64        0.13        4.20        4.33        (0.07            (0.07     14.90        40.94        10,912        1.36        4.80        0.97        76   

Year ended 10/31/12(e)

    10.00        0.02        0.62        0.64                             10.64        6.40        1,658        1.35 (f)      11.20 (f)      0.80 (f)      9   

Class C

                           

Year ended 10/31/16

    12.93        (0.00     (0.03     (0.03            (0.39     (0.39     12.51        (0.08     2,753        2.11 (d)      3.52 (d)      (0.03 )(d)      52   

Year ended 10/31/15

    14.51        (0.04     0.10        0.06        (0.08     (1.56     (1.64     12.93        0.86        2,967        2.11        3.69        (0.32     71   

Year ended 10/31/14

    14.76        0.03        0.17        0.20        (0.04     (0.41     (0.45     14.51        1.39        2,348        2.11        3.14        0.21        106   

Year ended 10/31/13

    10.62        0.03        4.18        4.21        (0.07            (0.07     14.76        39.85        1,292        2.11        5.55        0.22        76   

Year ended 10/31/12(e)

    10.00        0.00        0.62        0.62                             10.62        6.20        14        2.10 (f)      11.95 (f)      0.05 (f)      9   

Class R

                           

Year ended 10/31/16

    13.05        0.06        (0.03     0.03               (0.39     (0.39     12.69        0.40        261        1.61 (d)      3.02 (d)      0.47 (d)      52   

Year ended 10/31/15

    14.67        0.02        0.09        0.11        (0.17     (1.56     (1.73     13.05        1.31        218        1.61        3.19        0.18        71   

Year ended 10/31/14

    14.85        0.11        0.17        0.28        (0.05     (0.41     (0.46     14.67        1.94        158        1.61        2.64        0.71        106   

Year ended 10/31/13

    10.63        0.09        4.20        4.29        (0.07            (0.07     14.85        40.59        40        1.61        5.05        0.72        76   

Year ended 10/31/12(e)

    10.00        0.01        0.62        0.63                             10.63        6.30        11        1.60 (f)      11.45 (f)      0.55 (f)      9   

Class Y

                           

Year ended 10/31/16

    13.17        0.12        (0.03     0.09        (0.05     (0.39     (0.44     12.82        0.90        449        1.11 (d)      2.52 (d)      0.97 (d)      52   

Year ended 10/31/15

    14.81        0.09        0.09        0.18        (0.26     (1.56     (1.82     13.17        1.90        4,681        1.11        2.69        0.68        71   

Year ended 10/31/14

    14.94        0.18        0.17        0.35        (0.07     (0.41     (0.48     14.81        2.39        2,922        1.11        2.14        1.21        106   

Year ended 10/31/13

    10.65        0.16        4.20        4.36        (0.07            (0.07     14.94        41.21        5,414        1.11        4.55        1.22        76   

Year ended 10/31/12(e)

    10.00        0.03        0.62        0.65                             10.65        6.50        1,581        1.10 (f)      10.95 (f)      1.05 (f)      9   

Class R5

                           

Year ended 10/31/16

    13.18        0.12        (0.03     0.09        (0.05     (0.39     (0.44     12.83        0.91        13        1.11 (d)      2.28 (d)      0.97 (d)      52   

Year ended 10/31/15

    14.81        0.09        0.10        0.19        (0.26     (1.56     (1.82     13.18        1.97        13        1.11        2.45        0.68        71   

Year ended 10/31/14

    14.94        0.18        0.17        0.35        (0.07     (0.41     (0.48     14.81        2.39        15        1.11        1.99        1.21        106   

Year ended 10/31/13

    10.64        0.16        4.21        4.37        (0.07            (0.07     14.94        41.34        15        1.11        4.53        1.22        76   

Year ended 10/31/12(e)

    10.00        0.03        0.61        0.64                             10.64        6.40        11        1.10 (f)      11.00 (f)      1.05 (f)      9   

Class R6

                           

Year ended 10/31/16

    13.17        0.12        (0.03     0.09        (0.05     (0.39     (0.44     12.82        0.90        12        1.11 (d)      2.28 (d)      0.97 (d)      52   

Year ended 10/31/15

    14.81        0.09        0.09        0.18        (0.26     (1.56     (1.82     13.17        1.89        12        1.11        2.45        0.68        71   

Year ended 10/31/14

    14.94        0.18        0.17        0.35        (0.07     (0.41     (0.48     14.81        2.39        14        1.11        1.99        1.21        106   

Year ended 10/31/13

    10.64        0.16        4.21        4.37        (0.07            (0.07     14.94        41.34        14        1.11        4.53        1.22        76   

Year ended 10/31/12(e)

    10.76        0.01        (0.13     (0.12                          10.64        (1.12     10        1.10 (f)      8.37 (f)      1.05 (f)      9   

 

(a)  Calculated using average shares outstanding.
(b)  Includes adjustments in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America and as such, the net asset value for financial reporting purposes and the returns based upon those net asset values may differ from the net asset value and returns for shareholder transactions. Does not include sales charges and is not annualized for periods less than one year, if applicable.
(c)  Portfolio turnover is calculated at the fund level and is not annualized for periods less than one year, if applicable.
(d)  Ratios are based on average daily net assets (000’s omitted) of $12,004, $2,792, $240, $2,672, $12, and $11 for Class A, Class C, Class R, Class Y, Class R5 and Class R6 shares, respectively.
(e)  Commencement date of August 3, 2012 for Class A, Class C, Class R, Class Y and Class R5 shares and September 24, 2012 for Class R6, respectively.
(f)  Annualized.

NOTE 12—Subsequent Event

Effective January 1, 2017, the Adviser has contractually agreed, through at least February 28, 2018, to waive advisory fees and/or reimburse expenses to the extent necessary to limit total annual fund operating expenses after fee waiver and/or expense reimbursement (excluding certain items discussed in Note 2) of Class A, Class C, Class R, Class Y, Class R5 and Class R6 shares to 1.02%, 1.77%, 1.27%, 0.77%, 0.77% and 0.77%, respectively, of the Fund’s average daily net assets.

 

20                         Invesco Global Opportunities Fund


Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

 

To the Board of Trustees and Shareholders of the Invesco Global Opportunities Fund:

In our opinion, the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities, including the schedule of investments, and the related statements of operations and of changes in net assets and the financial highlights present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Invesco Global Opportunities Fund (the “Fund”) as of October 31, 2016, the results of its operations for the year then ended, the changes in its net assets for each of the two years in the period then ended and the financial highlights for each of the four years in the period then ended and for the period August 3, 2012 (commencement of operations) through October 31, 2012, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. These financial statements and financial highlights (hereafter referred to as “financial statements”) are the responsibility of the Fund’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits. We conducted our audits of these financial statements in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, and evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits, which included confirmation of securities as of October 31, 2016 by correspondence with the custodian, provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLP

Houston, Texas

December 21, 2016

 

21                         Invesco Global Opportunities Fund


Calculating your ongoing Fund expenses

Example

As a shareholder of the Fund, you incur two types of costs: (1) transaction costs, which may include sales charges (loads) on purchase payments or contingent deferred sales charges on redemptions, if any; and (2) ongoing costs, including management fees, distribution and/or service (12b-1) fees, and other Fund expenses. This example is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Fund and to compare these costs with ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds. The example is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period May 1, 2016 through October 31, 2016.

Actual expenses

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

Hypothetical example for comparison purposes

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

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

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

 

Class   Beginning
Account Value
(05/01/16)
    ACTUAL    

HYPOTHETICAL

(5% annual return before
expenses)

    Annualized
Expense
Ratio2
 
    Ending
Account Value
(10/31/16)1
    Expenses
Paid During
Period2,3
    Ending
Account Value
(10/31/16)
    Expenses
Paid During
Period2,4
   
A   $ 1,000.00      $ 1,007.90      $ 6.86      $ 1,018.30      $ 6.90        1.36
C     1,000.00        1,004.00        10.63        1,014.53        10.68        2.11   
R     1,000.00        1,006.30        8.12        1,017.04        8.16        1.61   
Y     1,000.00        1,009.40        5.61        1,019.56        5.63        1.11   
R5     1,000.00        1,009.40        5.61        1,019.56        5.63        1.11   
R6     1,000.00        1,009.40        5.61        1,019.56        5.63        1.11   

 

1  The actual ending account value is based on the actual total return of the Fund for the period May 1, 2016 through October 31, 2016, after actual expenses and will differ from the hypothetical ending account value which is based on the Fund’s expense ratio and a hypothetical annual return of 5% before expenses.
2  Expenses are equal to the Fund’s annualized expense ratio as indicated above multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 184/366 to reflect the most recent fiscal half year. Effective January 1, 2017, the Fund’s Adviser has contractually agreed to waive advisory fees and/or reimburse expenses to the extent necessary to limit total annual fund operating expenses of Class A, Class C, Class R, Class Y, Class R5 and Class R6 shares to 1.02%, 1.77%, 1.27%, 0.77%, 0.77% and 0.77% of average daily net assets, respectively. The annualized expense ratios restated as if these agreements had been in effect throughout the entire most recent fiscal half year are 1.02%, 1.77%, 1.27%, 0.77%, 0.77% and 0.77% for Class A, Class C, Class R, Class Y, Class R5 and Class R6 shares, respectively.
3  The actual expenses paid restated as if the changes discussed above had been in effect throughout the entire most recent fiscal half year are $5.15, $8.92, $6.40, $3.89, $3.89 and $3.89 for Class A, Class C, Class R, Class Y, Class R5 and Class R6 shares, respectively.
4  The hypothetical expenses paid restated as if the changes discussed above had been in effect throughout the entire most recent fiscal half year are $5.18, $8.97, $6.44, $3.91, $3.91 and $3.91 for Class A, Class C, Class R, Class Y, Class R5 and Class R6 shares, respectively.

 

22                         Invesco Global Opportunities Fund


Approval of Investment Advisory and Sub-Advisory Contracts

 

The Board of Trustees (the Board) of AIM International Mutual Funds (Invesco International Mutual Funds) is required under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, to approve annually the renewal of Invesco Global Opportunities Fund’s (the Fund) investment advisory agreements. During contract renewal meetings held on June 7-8, 2016, the Board as a whole, and the disinterested or “independent” Trustees, who comprise over 75% of the Board, voting separately, approved the continuance for the Fund of the Master Investment Advisory Agreement with Invesco Advisers, Inc. (Invesco Advisers and the investment advisory agreement) and 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., Invesco Canada Ltd. and Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC (collectively, the Affiliated Sub-Advisers and the sub-advisory contracts) for another year, effective July 1, 2016.

In evaluating the fairness and reasonableness of compensation under the Fund’s investment advisory agreement and sub-advisory contracts, the Board considered, among other things, the factors discussed below. The Board determined that continuation of the Fund’s investment advisory agreement and the sub-advisory contracts is in the best interest of the Fund and its shareholders and that the compensation payable to Invesco Advisers and the Affiliated Sub-Advisers under the agreements is fair and reasonable.

The Board’s Fund Evaluation Process

The Board’s Investments Committee has established three Sub-Committees, which meet throughout the year to review the performance of funds advised by Invesco Advisers (the Invesco Funds). Over the course of each year, the Sub-Committees meet with portfolio managers for their assigned Invesco Funds and other members of management to review the performance, investment objective(s), policies, strategies, limitations and investment risks of these funds. The Board had the benefit of reports from the Sub-Committees and Investments Committee throughout the year in considering approval of the continuance of each Invesco Fund’s investment advisory agreement and sub-advisory contracts for another year.

During the contract renewal process, the Board receives comparative performance and fee data regarding the Invesco Funds prepared by Invesco Advisers and Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. (Broadridge), an independent provider of investment company data. The Board also receives an independent written evaluation from the Senior Officer, an officer of

the Invesco Funds who reports directly to the independent Trustees. The Senior Officer’s evaluation is prepared as part of his responsibility to manage the process by which the Invesco Funds’ proposed management fees are negotiated during the annual contract renewal process to ensure they are negotiated in a manner that is at arms’ length and reasonable. In addition to meetings with Invesco Advisers and fund counsel, the independent Trustees also discuss the continuance of the investment advisory agreement and sub-advisory contracts in separate sessions with the Senior Officer and with independent legal counsel.

The Trustees recognized that the advisory fee rates for the Invesco Funds are, in many cases, the result of years of review and negotiation. The Trustees’ deliberations and conclusions in a particular year may be based in part on their deliberations and conclusions regarding these same arrangements throughout the year and in prior years. 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.

The discussion below is a summary of the Senior Officer’s independent written evaluation with respect to the Fund’s investment advisory agreement as well as a discussion 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. Unless otherwise stated, this information is current as of June 8, 2016, and does not reflect consideration of factors that became known to the Board after that date.

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 advisory services provided to the Fund by Invesco Advisers under the Fund’s investment advisory agreement, the performance of Invesco Advisers in providing these services, and the credentials and experience of the officers and employees of Invesco Advisers who provide these services, including the Fund’s portfolio manager or managers. The Board’s review of the qualifications of Invesco Advisers to provide advisory services included the Board’s consideration of Invesco Advisers’ investment process oversight, independent credit analysis and investment risk management. The Board also considered non-advisory services that Invesco Advisers and its affiliates provide to the Invesco Funds such as various back office

support functions, trading operations, internal audit, valuation and legal and compliance.

In determining whether to continue the Fund’s investment advisory agreement, the Board considered the benefits of reapproving an existing relationship and the greater uncertainty that may be associated with entering into a new relationship. The Board concluded that the nature, extent and quality of the services provided to the Fund by Invesco Advisers are appropriate and satisfactory and consistent with the terms of the Fund’s investment advisory agreement.

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 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 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 and consistent with the terms of the Fund’s sub-advisory contracts.

B. Fund Performance

The Board considered Fund performance as a relevant factor in considering whether to approve the investment advisory agreement as well as the sub-advisory contracts for the Fund, as Invesco Asset Management Limited currently manages assets of the Fund.

The Board noted that the Fund recently began operations and that comparative performance data for only the past three calendar years was available. The Board compared the Fund’s performance during the past three calendar years to the performance of funds in the Broadridge performance universe and against the Lipper Global Large-Cap Core Funds Index. The Board noted that performance of Class A shares of the Fund was in the third quintile of its performance universe for the one year period and the second quintile for the three year period (the first quintile being the best performing funds and the fifth quintile being the worst performing funds). The Board noted that the Fund’s performance was above the performance of the Index for the one and three year periods. The Trustees also reviewed more recent Fund performance and this review did not change their conclusions.

 

 

23                         Invesco Global Opportunities Fund


C. Advisory and Sub-Advisory Fees

The Board compared the Fund’s contractual management fee rate to the contractual management fee rates of funds in the Fund’s Broadridge expense group at a common asset level. The Board noted that the contractual management fee rate for Class A shares of the Fund was below the median contractual management fee rate of funds in its expense group. The Board noted that the term “contractual management fee” for funds in the expense group may include both advisory and certain administrative services fees, but that Broadridge does not provide information on a fund by fund basis as to what is included. The Board noted that Invesco Advisers does not separately charge the Invesco Funds for the administrative services included in the term as defined by Broadridge. The Board also reviewed the methodology used by Broadridge in providing expense group information, which includes using each fund’s contractual management fee schedule (including any applicable breakpoints) as reported in the most recent prospectus or statement of additional information for each fund in the expense group.

The Board noted that Invesco Advisers has contractually agreed to waive fees and/or limit expenses of the Fund through at least February 28, 2017 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 also compared the Fund’s effective advisory fee rate (the advisory fee rate after advisory fee waivers and before other expense limitations/waivers) to the effective advisory fee rates of other funds advised by Invesco Advisers and its affiliates with investment strategies comparable to those of the Fund. The Board noted that the Fund’s rate was below the rate of an off-shore fund. The Board noted that Invesco Advisers and the Affiliated Sub-Advisers do not manage other client accounts with investment strategies comparable to those of the Fund.

The Board also considered the services 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. The Board noted that Invesco Advisers retains overall responsibility for, and provides services to, sub-advised Invesco Funds, including oversight of the Affiliated Sub-Advisers as well as the additional services described herein other than day-to-day portfolio management. The Board also noted that the sub-advisory fees are not paid directly by the Fund, but rather, are payable by Invesco Advisers to the Affiliated Sub-Advisers.

D. Economies of Scale and Breakpoints

The Board considered the extent to which there are economies of scale in the provision of advisory services to the Fund. The Board also considered whether the Fund benefits from economies of scale through contractual breakpoints in the Fund’s advisory fee schedule. The Board also noted that the Fund shares

directly in economies of scale through lower fees charged by third party service providers based on the combined size of the Invesco Funds and other clients advised by Invesco Advisers.

E. Profitability and Financial Resources

The Board reviewed information from Invesco Advisers concerning the costs of the advisory and other services that Invesco Advisers and its affiliates provide to the Fund and the Invesco Funds and the profitability of Invesco Advisers and its affiliates in providing these services. The Board received information from Invesco Advisers and a report from an independent consultant engaged by the Senior Officer about the methodology used to prepare the profitability information. The Board noted that Invesco Advisers continues to operate at a net profit from services Invesco Advisers and its affiliates provide to the Invesco Funds. The Board noted that Invesco Advisers and its affiliates did not make a profit from managing the Fund as a result of fee and expense waivers. The Board received and accepted information from Invesco Advisers demonstrating that Invesco Advisers and each Affiliated Sub-Adviser 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 received by Invesco Advisers and its affiliates from the relationship with the Fund, including the fees received for providing transfer agency and distribution services to the Fund. The Board considered comparative information regarding fees charged for these services, including information provided by Broadridge and other independent sources. The Board considered the performance of Invesco Advisers and its affiliates in providing these services and the organizational structure employed to provide these services. The Board also considered that these services are 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. The Board noted that soft dollar arrangements shift the payment obligation for research services from Invesco Advisers and the Affiliated Sub-Advisers to the Invesco Funds and that the research received may be used with other clients of Invesco Advisers and may reduce Invesco Advisers’ and the Affiliated Sub-Advisers’ expenses. The Board also considered that it receives periodic reports from the Chief Compliance Officer of the Invesco Funds demonstrating that these arrangements are consistent with regulatory requirements. The Board did not deem the soft dollar arrangements to be inappropriate.

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

The Board also considered that the Fund may use an affiliated broker to execute certain trades for the Fund to, among other things, control information leakage, and was advised that such trades would be executed in compliance with rules under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and consistent with best execution obligations.

 

 

24                         Invesco Global Opportunities Fund


Tax Information

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

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

The Fund designates the following amounts or, if subsequently determined to be different, the maximum amount allowable for its fiscal year ended October 31, 2016:

 

Federal and State Income Tax

 

Long-Term Capital Gain Distributions

  $ 562,052   

Qualified Dividend Income*

    100

Corporate Dividends Received Deduction*

    85.08

U.S. Treasury Obligations*

    0

 

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

 

25                         Invesco Global Opportunities Fund


Trustees and Officers

 

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

 

Name, Year of Birth and
Position(s) Held with the Trust
  Trustee and/
or Officer Since
  Principal Occupation(s)
During Past 5 Years
  Number of
Funds in Fund
Complex
Overseen by
Trustee
  Other Directorship(s)
Held by Trustee During
Past 5 Years
Interested Persons                

Martin L. Flanagan1 — 1960

Trustee

  2007  

Executive Director, Chief Executive Officer and President, Invesco Ltd. (ultimate parent of Invesco and a global investment management firm); Advisor to the Board, Invesco Advisers, Inc. (formerly known as Invesco Institutional (N.A.), Inc.); Trustee, The Invesco Funds; Vice Chair, Investment Company Institute; and Member of Executive Board, SMU Cox School of Business

 

Formerly: 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)

  146   None

Philip A. Taylor2 — 1954

Trustee and Senior Vice President

  2006  

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

 

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

  146   None
1 Mr. Flanagan is considered an interested person (within the meaning of Section 2(a)(19) of the 1940 Act) of the Trust because he is an officer of the Adviser to the Trust, and an officer and a director of Invesco Ltd., ultimate parent of the Adviser.

 

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

 

T-1                         Invesco Global Opportunities Fund


Trustees and Officers—(continued)

 

Name, Year of Birth and
Position(s) Held with the Trust
  Trustee and/
or Officer Since
  Principal Occupation(s)
During Past 5 Years
  Number of
Funds in Fund
Complex
Overseen by
Trustee
  Other Directorship(s)
Held by Trustee During
Past 5 Years
Independent Trustees                

Bruce L. Crockett — 1944

Trustee and Chair

  1992  

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

  146   ALPS (Attorneys Liability Protection Society) (insurance company) and Globe Specialty Metals, Inc. (metallurgical company); Member of the Audit Committee, Ferroglobe PLC and Investment Company Institute; Member of the Executive Committee and Chair of the Governance Committee, Independent Directors Council

David C. Arch — 1945

Trustee

  2010   Chairman of Blistex Inc., a consumer health care products manufacturer   146   Board member of the Illinois Manufacturers’ Association; Member of the Board of Visitors, Institute for the Humanities, University of Michigan

James T. Bunch — 1942

Trustee

  2003  

Managing Member, Grumman Hill Group LLC (family office/private equity investments)

 

Formerly: Chairman of the Board, Denver Film Society, Chairman of the Board of Trustees, Evans Scholarship Foundation; Chairman, Board of Governors, Western Golf Association

  146   Trustee, Evans Scholarship Foundation

Albert R. Dowden — 1941

Trustee

  2000  

Director of a number of public and private business corporations, including Nature’s Sunshine Products, Inc.

 

Formerly: Director, The Boss Group, Ltd. and Reich & Tang Funds (5 portfolios) (registered investment company); Director, Homeowners of America Holding Corporation/Homeowners of America Insurance Company (property casualty company); Director, Continental Energy Services, LLC (oil and gas pipeline service); Director, CompuDyne Corporation (provider of product and services to the public security market) and Director, Annuity and Life Re (Holdings), Ltd. (reinsurance company); Director, President and Chief Executive Officer, Volvo Group North America, Inc.; Senior Vice President, AB Volvo; Director of various public and private corporations; Chairman, DHJ Media, Inc.; Director, Magellan Insurance Company; and Director, The Hertz Corporation, Genmar Corporation (boat manufacturer), National Media Corporation; Advisory Board of Rotary Power International (designer, manufacturer, and seller of rotary power engines); and Chairman, Cortland Trust, Inc. (registered investment company)

  146   Director of Nature’s Sunshine Products, Inc.

Jack M. Fields — 1952

Trustee

  1997  

Chief Executive Officer, Twenty First Century Group, Inc. (government affairs company); and 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); 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

  146   None

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 and Director, Arvest Bank

  146   Director of Insperity, Inc. (formerly known as Administaff)

Prema Mathai-Davis — 1950

Trustee

  1998  

Retired.

 

Formerly: Chief Executive Officer, YWCA of the U.S.A.

  146   None

Larry Soll — 1942

Trustee

  2003  

Retired.

 

Formerly: Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President, Synergen Corp. (a biotechnology company)

  146   None

Raymond Stickel, Jr. — 1944

Trustee

  2005  

Retired.

 

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

  146   None

Robert C. Troccoli — 1949

Trustee

  2016  

Adjunct Professor, University of Denver — Daniels College of Business

 

Formerly: Senior Partner, KPMG LLP

  146   None

 

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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)

Suzanne H. Woolsey — 1941

Trustee

  2014  

Retired.

 

Formerly: Chief Executive Officer of Woolsey Partners LLC

  146   Director, SunShare LLC; Trustee, Ocean Conservancy; Emeritus Chair of the Board of Trustees of the Institute for Defense Analyses and of Colorado College; Trustee, Chair, Business and Finance Committee of California Institute of Technology; Prior to 2014, Director of Fluor Corp.; Prior to 2010, Trustee of the German Marshall Fund of the United States; Prior to 2010, Trustee of the Rocky Mountain Institute
Other Officers                

Sheri Morris — 1964

President, Principal Executive Officer and Treasurer

  1999  

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

 

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

  N/A   N/A

Russell C. Burk — 1958

Senior Vice President and Senior Officer

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

John M. Zerr — 1962

Senior Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Secretary

  2006  

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

 

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

  N/A   N/A

 

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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)                

Karen Dunn Kelley — 1960

Senior Vice President

  2004  

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

 

Formerly: Vice President, The Invesco Funds (other than AIM Treasurer’s Series Trust (Invesco Treasurer’s Series Trust), Short-Term Investments Trust and Invesco Management Trust); and President and Principal Executive Officer, 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 Asset Management (Bermuda) Ltd., Director, INVESCO Global Asset Management DAC (formerly known as INVESCO Global Asset Management Limited) and INVESCO Management S.A.; Senior Vice President, Van Kampen Investments Inc. and Invesco Advisers, Inc. (formerly known as Invesco Institutional (N.A.), Inc.) (registered investment adviser); Director and President, Fund Management Company; Chief Cash Management Officer, Director of Cash Management, Senior Vice President, and Managing Director, Invesco AIM Capital Management, Inc.; Director of Cash Management, Senior Vice President, and Vice President, Invesco Advisers, Inc. and Vice President, The Invesco Funds (AIM Treasurer’s Series Trust (Invesco Treasurer’s Series Trust), and Short-Term Investments Trust only)

  N/A   N/A

Kelli Gallegos — 1970

Vice President, Principal Financial Officer and Assistant Treasurer

  2008  

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

 

Formerly: Assistant Vice President, The Invesco Funds

  N/A   N/A

Tracy Sullivan — 1962

Vice President, Chief Tax Officer and Assistant Treasurer

  2008  

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

 

Formerly: Assistant Vice President, The Invesco Funds

  N/A   N/A

Crissie M. Wisdom — 1969

Anti-Money Laundering Compliance Officer

  2013  

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

 

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

  N/A   N/A

Robert R. Leveille — 1969

Chief Compliance Officer

  2016  

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

 

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

  N/A   N/A

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

 

Office of the Fund

11 Greenway Plaza, Suite 1000
Houston, TX 77046-1173

 

Investment Adviser

Invesco Advisers, Inc.
1555 Peachtree Street, N.E.
Atlanta, GA 30309

 

Distributor

Invesco Distributors, Inc.
11 Greenway Plaza, Suite 1000
Houston, TX 77046-1173

 

Auditors

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
1000 Louisiana Street, Suite 5800

Houston, TX 77002-5678

     

Counsel to the Fund

Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young, LLP
2005 Market Street, Suite 2600
Philadelphia, PA 19103-7018

 

Counsel to the Independent Trustees

Goodwin Procter LLP
901 New York Avenue, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20001

 

Transfer Agent

Invesco Investment Services, Inc.
11 Greenway Plaza, Suite 1000
Houston, TX 77046-1173

 

Custodian

State Street Bank and Trust Company
225 Franklin Street
Boston, MA 02110-2801

 

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Invesco mailing information

Send general correspondence to Invesco Investment Services, Inc., P.O. Box 219078, Kansas City, MO 64121-9078.

 

 

Important notice regarding delivery of security holder documents

To reduce Fund expenses, only one copy of most shareholder documents may be mailed to shareholders with multiple accounts at the same address (Householding). Mailing of your shareholder documents may be householded indefinitely unless you instruct us otherwise. If you do not want the mailing of these documents to be combined with those for other members of your household, please contact Invesco Investment Services, Inc. at 800 959 4246 or contact your financial institution. We will begin sending you individual copies for each account within 30 days after receiving your request.

 

 

Fund holdings and proxy voting information

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

The SEC file numbers for the Fund are shown below.

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

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

Invesco Advisers, Inc. is an investment adviser; it provides investment advisory services to individual and institutional clients and does not sell securities. Invesco Distributors, Inc. is the US distributor for Invesco Ltd.’s retail mutual funds, exchange-traded funds and institutional money market funds. Both are wholly owned, indirect subsidiaries of Invesco Ltd.

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SEC file numbers: 811-06463 and 033-44611    GLOPP-AR-1    Invesco Distributors, Inc.


 

 

 
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Annual Report to Shareholders

 

  October 31, 2016  
 

 

 
 

Invesco Global Responsibility Equity Fund

 

 
  Nasdaq:  
  A: VSQAX    C: VSQCX    R: VSQRX    Y: VSQYX    R5: VSQFX    R6: VSQSX  

 

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Letters to Shareholders

 

LOGO

Philip Taylor

    

Dear Shareholders:

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

In December 2015, the US Federal Reserve raised short-term interest rates for the first time since 2006, signaling its belief that the economy was likely to continue strengthening. Indeed, throughout the reporting period, US economic data were generally positive and the economy expanded at a moderate rate – but there were some bumps along the road. Job growth in May 2016 was very weak, but it was followed by strong increases in nonfarm payrolls in June and July. Increased concerns about global economic weakness caused US stock market indexes to sink at the start of calendar year 2016, but they eventually recovered; they sank again following the UK’s decision to leave the European Union, but then quickly recovered and reached

record highs later in the summer. Strong demand for income-producing investments, particularly those perceived to be lower risk, benefited bonds as well as dividend-paying stocks for much of the reporting period. While economic news in the US was generally positive, news overseas was less upbeat. The European Central Bank, and central banks in China and Japan – as well as other countries – maintained extraordinarily accommodative monetary policies in response to economic weakness. As the fiscal year drew to a close, uncertainty about the outcome of the US presidential election resulted in increased market volatility; the surprise outcome after the close of the reporting period suggested that market volatility may continue for some time to come.

Short-term market volatility can prompt some investors to abandon their investment plans – and can cause others to settle for average results. The investment professionals at Invesco, in contrast, invest with high conviction, take a long-term perspective and have a passion to exceed. Invesco’s pure focus on investment management eliminates possible distractions and means that there are no competing lines of business for us to support. Just as important, we embrace a variety of investment strategies, asset classes and geographies – because we know that no single investment approach meets the diverse needs of all of our clients. We manage all our investment approaches with a passion to exceed. All our investment teams have a highly disciplined, long-term investing style that eliminates short-term decision-making. Of course, investing with high conviction can’t guarantee a profit or ensure success; no investment strategy can. To learn more about how we invest with high conviction, visit invesco.com/HighConviction.

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

Visit our website for more information on your investments

Our website, invesco.com/us, offers a wide range of market insights and investment perspectives. On the website, you’ll find detailed information about our funds, including performance, holdings and portfolio manager commentaries. You can access information about your account by completing a simple, secure online registration. Click on the “Need to register” link in the “Account Access” box on our homepage to get started.

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

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

Have questions?

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

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

Sincerely,

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Philip Taylor

Senior Managing Director, Invesco Ltd.

 

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     Bruce Crockett

   

Dear Fellow Shareholders:

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

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

   

  Ensuring that Invesco offers a diverse lineup of mutual funds that your financial adviser can use to strive to meet your financial needs as your investment goals change over time.
      Monitoring how the portfolio management teams of the Invesco funds are performing in light of changing economic and market conditions.
  Assessing each portfolio management team’s investment performance within the context of the investment strategy described in the fund’s prospectus.
  Monitoring for potential conflicts of interests that may impact the nature of the services that your funds receive.

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

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

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

Sincerely,

 

 

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Bruce L. Crockett

Independent Chair

Invesco Funds Board of Trustees

 

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Management’s Discussion of Fund Performance

 

 

Performance summary

Invesco Global Responsibility Equity Fund (the Fund) incepted on July 1, 2016. From the Fund’s inception to the end of the reporting period on October 31, 2016, Class A shares of the Fund, at net asset value (NAV), outperformed the Fund’s broad market/style-specific benchmark, the MSCI World Index.

    Additional information about your Fund’s performance appears later in this report.

 

 

Fund vs. Indexes

Cumulative total returns, 7/1/16 (inception date) to 10/31/16, at net asset value (NAV). Performance shown does not include applicable contingent deferred sales charges (CDSC) or front-end sales charges, which would have reduced performance.

 

 Class A Shares

     2.75

 Class C Shares

     2.56   

 Class R Shares

     2.65   

 Class Y Shares

     2.85   

 Class R5 Shares

     2.85   

 Class R6 Shares

     2.85   

 MSCI World Indexq (Broad Market/Style-Specific Index)

     2.39   

 Lipper Global Multi-Cap Core Funds Index (Peer Group Index)

     3.90   

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

 

 

 

Market conditions and your Fund

Invesco Global Responsibility Fund incepted on July 1, 2016, just four months before the close of the reporting period. At the Fund’s inception, global markets were still absorbing the news that UK voters had opted in late June to leave the European Union – the so-called Brexit vote. Brexit resulted in a sharp stock-market sell-off around the globe. Stocks in economically sensitive sectors, including energy and financials, were hardest hit, and investors flocked to the perceived safety of US Treasuries and more defensive, dividend-paying equities.

    After the initial shock of the UK vote, stocks made a strong recovery, regaining most of their losses as fears of a shock to consumer confidence never materialized. For the remainder of the reporting period, emerging markets outperformed as the US Federal Reserve left interest rates unchanged and expectations for an interest rate increase were delayed again. Toward the end of the reporting period, uncertainty about the outcome of the hotly-contested

US presidential election resulted in some market volatility as investors waited to see how changes in Washington, DC, might affect various sectors of the economy.

    Invesco Global Responsibility Equity Fund is a globally conscious portfolio designed to provide exposure to global developed equity markets while excluding companies that have negative social and environmental impacts. Companies involved in fossil fuels, nuclear power, firearms and armaments, cluster munitions, pornography, sale and production of alcohol and tobacco, and genetic engineering of crops and animals are targeted for exclusion.

    The Fund seeks to provide long-term growth of capital while simultaneously pursuing a social and environmental policy. The Fund seeks to accomplish this through stock selection using a proprietary multi-factor model based on fundamental and behavioral factors to evaluate and rank companies relative to peers within their respective countries and sectors. The multi-factor model forecasts a return for each stock in the

 

investable universe and is based on four concepts: Earnings Expectations, Market Sentiment, Management and Quality, and Value.1

    The Fund benefited from its mandate to exclude US-based alcohol, tobacco and fossil fuel generating energy companies from its portfolio as many of these stocks had negative returns. Avoiding defense companies was also a mild positive, as US defense contractors underperformed the Fund’s style-specific benchmark. However, stock selection within the materials and financials sectors detracted from relative performance. From a geographic perspective, stock selection in the US and Europe, specifically in Switzerland, strongly contributed to Fund performance, while stock selection in Canada detracted from Fund performance.

    One of the Fund’s largest contributors was HP, which announced during the reporting period that it plans to buy Samsung’s (not a Fund holding) printing business for over $1 billion. In addition, retailer Best Buy delivered a strong return on news of solid earnings growth and its continued streak of not missing an earnings target in over four years.

    The materials sector was the largest detractor from Fund performance during the reporting period. Gold mining company Barrick Gold declined as gold prices fell on fears of rising interest rates. Also detracting was Campbell Soup, which reported a smaller-than-expected quarterly adjusted profit due to a product recall during the reporting period.

    At the end of the reporting period, the Fund had overweight allocations in the financials, health care, industrials and information technology sectors relative to its style-specific benchmark. The Fund had underweight allocations in the consumer staples, energy and materials sectors. In addition, the Fund had no allocation to the real estate, telecommunication

 

 

 

 

  Portfolio Composition

        
  By sector      % of total net assets   

 Financials

     19.9

 Information Technology

     18.8   

 Health Care

     14.9   

 Industrials

     14.3   

 Consumer Discretionary

     12.2   

 Consumer Staples

     6.0   

 Materials

     4.8   

 Energy

     0.6   

 Money Market Funds

 Plus Other Assets Less Liabilities

     8.5   

Top 10 Equity Holdings*

        % of total net assets   
   1.   Citigroup Inc.      4.2
   2.   Baxter International Inc.      3.6   
   3.   HP Inc.      3.5   
   4.   International Business Machines Corp.      3.5   
   5.   Johnson & Johnson      3.3   
   6.   JPMorgan Chase & Co.      3.2   
   7.   Intel Corp.      3.1   
   8.   Gilead Sciences, Inc.      3.1   
   9.   HOCHTIEF AG      3.0   
 10.   Aflac, Inc.      2.7   

Total Net Assets

   $ 1.5 million   

 

Total Number of Holdings*

  

 

 

 

68

 

  

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

*Excluding money market fund holdings.

Data presented here are as of October 31, 2016.

 
 

 

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services or utilities sectors. From a geographic perspective, the largest overweight allocations were in Australia, Canada, Germany and Switzerland, and underweight allocations were in the US, UK and Japan.

    Please note, the Fund’s strategy is principally implemented through equity investments, but we may also use futures contracts, a derivative instrument, to gain exposure to the equity markets. Derivatives can be a cost-effective way to gain exposure to asset classes. However, derivatives may amplify traditional investment risks through the creation of leverage and may be less liquid than traditional securities.

    Thank you for your investment in Invesco Global Responsibility Equity Fund.

 

1 The Model’s investment concepts – Earnings Expectations, Market Sentiment, Management and Quality, and Value are the foundation of the Fund’s stock selection process. Earnings Expectations is measured by earnings momentum and earnings revisions. Market Sentiment evaluates the price momentum of the stock. Management and Quality assesses whether management is a benefit for shareholders. The Value concept measures valuation in terms of cash flow yield, dividend yield and earnings yield.

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

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

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Michael Abata

Chartered Financial Analyst, Portfolio Manager, is manager of Invesco Global Responsibility Equity Fund. He joined

Invesco in 2011. Mr. Abata earned a BA in economics from Binghamton University.

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Uwe Draeger

Portfolio Manager, is manager of Invesco Global Responsibility Equity Fund. He joined Invesco in 2005. Mr. Draeger

earned a Diplom-Ökonom degree from Hochschule für Ökonomie Berlin, an MA from City of London Polytechnic and an MBA from Anglia Business School (Cambridge).
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Robert Nakouzi

Portfolio Manager, is manager of Invesco Global Responsibility Equity Fund. He joined Invesco in 2004. Mr. Nakouzi

earned a Licence en Gestion de Entreprises from the University of Beirut in 1989 and a bachelor’s degree in finance and marketing from the University of Applied Sciences in Frankfurt, Germany.
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Manuela von Ditfurth

Portfolio Manager, is manager of Invesco Global Responsibility Equity Fund. She joined Invesco in 1998. Ms. Ditfurth

earned a Bankfachwirt degree from Bankakademie Frankfurt.
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Andrew Waisburd

Portfolio Manager, is manager of Invesco Global Responsibility Equity Fund. He joined Invesco in 2008. Dr. Waisburd

earned a BS in statistics from Cornell University and an MS and a PhD in finance from Indiana University.
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Donna Chapman Wilson

Portfolio Manager and Director of Portfolio Management, is manager of Invesco Global Responsibility

Equity Fund. She joined Invesco in 1997. Ms. Chapman Wilson earned a BA in economics from Hampton University and an MBA in finance from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.
 

 

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Your Fund’s Performance

 

Cumulative Total Returns

  

As of 10/31/16, including maximum applicable sales charges    

Class A Shares

        

Inception (7/1/16)

     -2.88

Class C Shares

        

Inception (7/1/16)

     1.56

Class R Shares

        

Inception (7/1/16)

     2.65

Class Y Shares

        

Inception (7/1/16)

     2.85

Class R5 Shares

        

Inception (7/1/16)

     2.85

Class R6 Shares

        

Inception (7/1/16)

     2.85

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

Cumulative Total Returns   
As of 9/30/16, the most recent calendar quarter end, including maximum applicable sales charges     

Class A Shares

        

Inception (7/1/16)

     0.19

Class C Shares

        

Inception (7/1/16)

     4.80

Class R Shares

        

Inception (7/1/16)

     5.90

Class Y Shares

        

Inception (7/1/16)

     6.10

Class R5 Shares

        

Inception (7/1/16)

     6.10

Class R6 Shares

        

Inception (7/1/16)

     6.10

    The net annual Fund operating expense ratio set forth in the most recent Fund prospectus as of the date of this report for Class A, Class C, Class R, Class Y, Class R5 and Class R6 shares was 0.85%, 1.60%, 1.10%, 0.60%, 0.60% and 0.60%, respectively.1 The total annual Fund operating expense ratio set forth in the most recent Fund prospectus as of the date of this report for Class A, Class C, Class R, Class Y, Class R5 and Class R6 shares was 16.89%, 17.64%, 17.14%, 16.64%,

16.64% and 16.60%, respectively. The expense ratios presented above may vary from the expense ratios presented in other sections of this report that are based on expenses incurred during the period covered by this report.

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

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

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

 

1 Total annual Fund operating expenses after any contractual fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements by the adviser in effect through at least February 28, 2018. See current prospectus for more information.
 

 

 

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be no assurance that specific investments held by the Fund will rise in value.

  Mid-capitalization companies risk. Mid-capitalization companies tend to be more vulnerable to changing market conditions and may have more limited product lines and markets, less experienced management and fewer financial resources than larger companies. These companies’ securities may be more volatile and less liquid than those of more established companies, and their returns may vary, sometimes significantly, from the overall securities market.
  Preferred securities risk. Preferred securities are subject to issuer-specific and market risks applicable generally to equity securities. Preferred securities also may be subordinated to bonds or other debt instruments, subjecting them to a greater risk of non-payment, may be less liquid than many other securities, such as common stocks, and generally offer no voting rights with respect to the issuer.
  Real estate investment trust (REIT) risk/real estate risk. Investments in real estate related instruments may be affected
 

by economic, legal, cultural, environmental or technological factors that affect property values, rents or occupancies of real estate related to the Fund’s holdings. Shares of real estate related companies, which tend to be small- and mid-cap companies, may be more volatile and less liquid.

 

 

About indexes used in this report

  The MSCI World IndexSM is an unmanaged index considered representative of stocks of developed countries. The index is computed using the net return, which withholds applicable taxes for non-resident investors.
  The Lipper Global Multi-Cap Core Funds Index is an unmanaged index considered representative of global multicap core funds tracked by Lipper.
  The Fund is not managed to track the performance of any particular index, including the index(es) described here, and consequently, the performance of the Fund may deviate significantly from the performance of the index(es).
  A direct investment cannot be made in an index. Unless otherwise indicated,
   

index results include reinvested dividends, and they do not reflect sales charges. Performance of the peer group, if applicable, reflects fund expenses; performance of a market index does not.

 

 

Other information

  The returns shown in management’s discussion of Fund performance are based on net asset values (NAVs) calculated for shareholder transactions. Generally accepted accounting principles require adjustments to be made to the net assets of the Fund at period end for financial reporting purposes, and as such, the NAVs for shareholder transactions and the returns based on those NAVs may differ from the NAVs and returns reported in the Financial Highlights.
  Industry classifications used in this report are generally according to the Global Industry Classification Standard, which was developed by and is the exclusive property and a service mark of MSCI Inc. and Standard & Poor’s.
 

 

6                         Invesco Global Responsibility Equity Fund


 

Global Responsibility Equity Fund’s investment objective is long-term growth of capital.

  Unless otherwise stated, information presented in this report is as of October 31, 2016, and is based on total net assets.
  Unless otherwise noted, all data provided by Invesco.
  To access your Fund’s reports/prospectus, visit invesco.com/fundreports.

 

About share classes

  Class R shares are generally available only to employer sponsored retirement and benefit plans. Please see the prospectus for more information.
  Class Y shares are available only to certain investors. Please see the prospectus for more information.
  Class R5 shares and Class R6 shares are primarily intended for employer sponsored retirement and benefit plans that meet certain standards and for institutional investors. Please see the prospectus for more information.

 

 

Principal risks of investing

in the Fund

  Depositary receipts risk. Investing in depositary receipts involves the same risks as direct investments in foreign securities. In addition, the underlying issuers of certain depositary receipts are under no obligation to distribute shareholder communications or pass through any voting rights with respect to the deposited securities to the holders of such receipts. The Fund may therefore receive less timely information or have less control than if it invested directly in the foreign issuer.
  Derivatives risk. The value of a derivative instrument depends largely on (and is derived from) the value of an underlying security, currency, commodity, interest rate, index or other asset (each referred to as an underlying asset). In addition to risks relating to the underlying assets, the use of derivatives may include other, possibly greater, risks, including counterparty, leverage and liquidity risks. Counterparty risk is the risk that the counterparty to the derivative contract will default on its obligation to pay the Fund the amount owed or otherwise perform under the derivative contract. Derivatives create leverage risk because they do not require payment up front equal to the economic exposure created by owning the derivative. As a result, an adverse change in the value of the underlying asset could result in the Fund sustaining a loss that is substantially greater than the amount invested in the derivative, which may make the Fund’s returns more volatile and increase the risk of loss. Derivative instruments may also be less liquid than more
 

traditional investments and the Fund may be unable to sell or close out its derivative positions at a desirable time or price. This risk may be more acute under adverse market conditions, during which the Fund may be most in need of liquidating its derivative positions. Derivatives may also be harder to value, less tax efficient and subject to changing government regulation that could impact the Fund’s ability to use certain derivatives or their cost. Also, derivatives used for hedging or to gain or limit exposure to a particular market segment may not provide the expected benefits, particularly during adverse market conditions.

  Environmental and social investing risk. Because the Fund uses environmental and social factors to exclude certain investments for non-financial reasons, the Fund may forego some market opportunities available to other funds that do not use these criteria. Further, there is a risk that information used by the Fund to evaluate the environmental and social factors may not be readily available, complete or accurate, which could negatively impact the Fund’s ability to apply its environmental and social standards, which may negatively impact the Fund’s performance.
  Foreign securities risk. The Fund’s foreign investments may be adversely affected by political and social instability, changes in economic or taxation policies, difficulty in enforcing obligations, decreased liquidity or increased volatility. Foreign investments also involve the risk of the possible seizure, nationalization or expropriation of the issuer or foreign deposits (in which the Fund could lose its entire investments in a certain market) and the possible adoption of foreign governmental restrictions such as exchange controls. Unless the Fund has hedged its foreign securities risk, foreign securities risk also involves the risk of negative foreign currency rate fluctuations, which may cause the value of securities denominated in such foreign currency (or other instruments through which the Fund has exposure to foreign currencies) to decline in value. Currency exchange rates may fluctuate significantly over short periods of time. Currency hedging strategies, if used, are not always successful.
  Geographic focus risk. The Fund may from time to time invest a substantial amount of its assets in securities of issuers located in a single country or a limited number of countries. Adverse economic, political or social conditions in those countries may therefore have a significant negative impact on the Fund’s investment performance.
  Investing in the European Union risk. Investments in certain countries in the European Union are susceptible to high economic risks associated with high levels of debt, such as investments in sovereign debt of Greece, Italy and Spain. Separately, the European Union faces issues involving its membership, structure, procedures and policies. The exit of one or more member states from the European Union would place its currency and banking system in jeopardy. Efforts of the member states to further unify their economic and monetary policies may increase the potential for the downward movement of one member state’s market to cause a similar effect on other member states’ markets.
  Management risk. The Fund is actively managed and depends heavily on the Adviser’s judgment about markets, interest rates or the attractiveness, relative values, liquidity, or potential appreciation of particular investments made for the Fund’s portfolio. The Fund could experience losses if these judgments prove to be incorrect. Additionally, legislative, regulatory, or tax developments may adversely affect management of the Fund and, therefore, the ability of the Fund to achieve its investment objective.
  Market risk. The market values of the Fund’s investments, and therefore the value of the Fund’s shares, will go up and down, sometimes rapidly or unpredictably. Market risk may affect a single issuer, industry or section of the economy, or it may affect the market as a whole. Individual stock prices tend to go up and down more dramatically than those of certain other types of investments, such as bonds. During a general downturn in the financial markets, multiple asset classes may decline in value. When markets perform well, there can
 

 

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

 

 

 

NOT FDIC INSURED  |  MAY LOSE VALUE  |  NO BANK GUARANTEE

  continued on page 6

 

7                         Invesco Global Responsibility Equity Fund


Schedule of Investments

October 31, 2016

 

 

     Shares      Value  

Common Stocks & Other Equity Interests–91.50%

  

Australia–2.79%   

BlueScope Steel Ltd.

    2,282       $ 13,539   

Cochlear Ltd.

    284         27,594   
               41,133   
Canada–5.23%   

Barrick Gold Corp.

    813         14,305   

CAE, Inc.

    1,655         23,247   

Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce

    121         9,067   

Dollarama Inc.

    376         28,098   

Toronto-Dominion Bank (The)

    50         2,269   
               76,986   
France–2.65%   

BNP Paribas S.A.

    673         39,037   
Germany–4.93%     

adidas AG

    176         28,865   

HOCHTIEF AG

    320         43,681   
               72,546   
Ireland–2.19%   

Experian PLC

    1,675         32,158   
Italy–0.79%   

Recordati S.p.A.

    409         11,575   
Japan–6.26%   

Asahi Glass Co., Ltd.

    1,000         7,009   

IBIDEN CO., LTD.

    1,000         14,511   

Iida Group Holdings Co., Ltd.

    1,500         29,023   

Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd.

    1,000         2,502   

mixi, Inc.

    1,000         36,857   

NSK Ltd.

    200         2,217   
               92,119   
New Zealand–1.56%   

Fletcher Building Ltd.

    3,105         23,024   
Spain–1.21%   

Industria de Diseno Textil, S.A.

    448         15,661   

Mediaset Espana Comunicacion S.A.

    186         2,078   
               17,739   
Sweden–2.10%   

Electrolux AB–Series B

    487         11,522   

Intrum Justitia AB

    311         9,590   

Sandvik AB

    864         9,807   
               30,919   
Switzerland–4.57%   

Georg Fischer AG

    38         33,667   

Lonza Group AG

    178         33,602   
               67,269   
     Shares      Value  
United Kingdom–4.89%   

Berendsen PLC

    1,211       $ 14,316   

Fiat Chrysler Automobiles N.V.

    2,697         19,747   

Informa PLC

    227         1,868   

Johnson Matthey PLC

    120         4,993   

Reckitt Benckiser Group PLC

    22         1,967   

RELX PLC

    1,161         20,715   

Subsea 7 S.A.(a)

    753         8,421   
               72,027   
United States–52.33%   

Aflac, Inc.

    570         39,256   

American Express Co.

    35         2,325   

Annaly Capital Management Inc.

    3,500         36,260   

Apple Inc.

    108         12,262   

Applied Materials, Inc.

    215         6,252   

Bank of America Corp.

    312         5,148   

Baxter International Inc.

    1,113         52,968   

Best Buy Co., Inc.

    973         37,859   

Campbell Soup Co.

    272         14,780   

CBS Corp.–Class B

    53         3,001   

Cisco Systems, Inc.

    1,000         30,680   

Citigroup Inc.

    1,243         61,093   

Citizens Financial Group, Inc.

    269         7,085   

ConAgra Foods, Inc.

    561         27,029   

Discover Financial Services

    39         2,197   

Ford Motor Co.

    163         1,914   

Gilead Sciences, Inc.

    612         45,062   

HP Inc.

    3,536         51,237   

Ingredion Inc.

    21         2,755   

Intel Corp.

    1,300         45,331   

International Business Machines Corp.

    333         51,179   

JM Smucker Co. (The)

    53         6,959   

Johnson & Johnson

    416         48,252   

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

    683         47,305   

ManpowerGroup Inc.

    90         6,912   

Navient Corp.

    2,736         34,966   

Newmont Mining Corp.

    388         14,371   

Nuance Communications, Inc.(a)

    943         13,221   

Procter & Gamble Co. (The)

    293         25,432   

QUALCOMM, Inc.

    228         15,668   

Synchrony Financial

    77         2,201   

Tyson Foods, Inc.–Class A

    127         8,998   

Unum Group

    67         2,372   

Voya Financial, Inc.

    85         2,597   

Waste Management, Inc.

    80         5,253   
               770,180   

Total Common Stocks & Other Equity Interests
(Cost $1,310,701)

   

     1,346,712   
 

 

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

 

8                         Invesco Global Responsibility Equity Fund


     Shares      Value  

Money Market Funds–5.45%

    

Government & Agency Portfolio–Institutional Class, 0.29%(b)

    48,101       $ 48,101   

Treasury Portfolio–Institutional Class, 0.22%(b)

    32,067         32,067   

Total Money Market Funds
(Cost $80,168)

             80,168   

TOTAL INVESTMENTS–96.95%
(Cost $1,390,869)

   

     1,426,880   

OTHER ASSETS LESS LIABILITIES–3.05%

  

     44,925   

NET ASSETS–100.00%

  

   $ 1,471,805   
 

Notes to Schedule of Investments:

 

(a)  Non-income producing security.
(b)  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 October 31, 2016.

 

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

 

9                         Invesco Global Responsibility Equity Fund


Statement of Assets and Liabilities

October 31, 2016

 

Assets:

 

Investments, at value (Cost $1,310,701)

  $ 1,346,712   

Investments in affiliated money market funds, at value and cost

    80,168   

Total investments, at value (Cost $1,390,869)

    1,426,880   

Cash

    28,930   

Foreign currencies, at value (Cost $666)

    707   

Receivable for:

 

Fund shares sold

    55,137   

Dividends

    1,396   

Investment for trustee deferred compensation and retirement plans

    401   

Other assets

    96,058   

Total assets

    1,609,509   

Liabilities:

 

Payable for:

 

Investments purchased

    40,559   

Accrued fees to affiliates

    52,542   

Accrued trustees’ and officers’ fees and benefits

    1,590   

Accrued other operating expenses

    42,612   

Trustee deferred compensation and retirement plans

    401   

Total liabilities

    137,704   

Net assets applicable to shares outstanding

  $ 1,471,805   

Net assets consist of:

 

Shares of beneficial interest

  $ 1,427,458   

Undistributed net investment income

    7,416   

Undistributed net realized gain

    870   

Net unrealized appreciation

    36,061   
    $ 1,471,805   

Net Assets:

 

Class A

  $ 45,529   

Class C

  $ 10,435   

Class R

  $ 10,453   

Class Y

  $ 41,852   

Class R5

  $ 10,471   

Class R6

  $ 1,353,065   

Shares outstanding, $0.001 par value per share,
with an unlimited number of shares authorized:

   

Class A

    4,356   

Class C

    1,001   

Class R

    1,001   

Class Y

    4,001   

Class R5

    1,001   

Class R6

    129,351   

Class A:

 

Net asset value per share

  $ 10.45   

Maximum offering price per share

 

(Net asset value of $10.45 ¸ 94.50%)

  $ 11.06   

Class C:

 

Net asset value and offering price per share

  $ 10.42   

Class R:

 

Net asset value and offering price per share

  $ 10.44   

Class Y:

 

Net asset value and offering price per share

  $ 10.46   

Class R5:

 

Net asset value and offering price per share

  $ 10.46   

Class R6:

 

Net asset value and offering price per share

  $ 10.46   
 

 

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

 

10                         Invesco Global Responsibility Equity Fund


Statement of Operations

For the period July 1, 2016 (commencement date) through October 31, 2016

 

Investment income:

  

Dividends (net of foreign withholding taxes of $197)

  $ 7,986   

Dividends from affiliated money market funds

    136   

Total investment income

    8,122   

Expenses:

 

Advisory fees

    2,681   

Administrative services fees

    16,803   

Custodian fees

    3,169   

Distribution fees:

 

Class A

    32   

Class C

    35   

Class R

    18   

Transfer agent fees — A, C, R and Y

    635   

Transfer agent fees — R5

    2   

Transfer agent fees — R6

    246   

Trustees’ and officers’ fees and benefits

    5,767   

Registration and filing fees

    32,362   

Reports to shareholders

    12,547   

Professional services fees

    45,164   

Other

    3,030   

Total expenses

    122,491   

Less: Fees waived and expenses reimbursed

    (119,961

Net expenses

    2,530   

Net investment income

    5,592   

Realized and unrealized gain (loss) from:

 

Net realized gain (loss) from:

 

Investment securities

    870   

Foreign currencies

    (903
      (33

Change in net unrealized appreciation of:

 

Investment securities

    36,011   

Foreign currencies

    50   
      36,061   

Net realized and unrealized gain

    36,028   

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

  $ 41,620   

 

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

 

11                         Invesco Global Responsibility Equity Fund


Statement of Changes in Net Assets

For the period July 1, 2016 (commencement date) through October 31, 2016

 

     July 1, 2016
(commencement date)
through October 31,
2016
 

Operations:

 

Net investment income

  $ 5,592   

Net realized gain (loss)

    (33

Change in net unrealized appreciation

    36,061   

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

    41,620   

Share transactions–net:

 

Class A

    44,374   

Class C

    10,010   

Class R

    10,010   

Class Y

    40,007   

Class R5

    10,010   

Class R6

    1,315,774   

Net increase in net assets resulting from share transactions

    1,430,185   

Net increase in net assets

    1,471,805   

Net assets:

 

Beginning of year

      

End of year (includes undistributed net investment income of $7,416)

  $ 1,471,805   

Notes to Financial Statements

October 31, 2016

NOTE 1—Significant Accounting Policies

Invesco Global Responsibility Equity Fund (the “Fund”) is a series portfolio of AIM International Mutual Funds (Invesco International Mutual Funds) (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 consisting of ten separate portfolios, each authorized to issue an unlimited number of shares of beneficial interest. The assets, liabilities and operations of each portfolio are accounted for separately. Information presented in these financial statements pertains only to the Fund. Matters affecting each portfolio or class will be voted on exclusively by the shareholders of such portfolio or class.

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

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

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

A. Security Valuations — Securities, including restricted securities, are valued according to the following policy.

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

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

Debt obligations (including convertible securities) and unlisted equities are fair valued using an evaluated quote provided by an independent pricing service. Evaluated quotes provided by the pricing service may be determined without exclusive reliance on quoted prices, and may reflect appropriate factors such as institution-size trading in similar groups of securities, developments related to specific securities, dividend rate (for unlisted equities), yield (for debt obligations), quality, type of issue, coupon rate (for debt obligations), maturity (for debt obligations), individual

 

12                         Invesco Global Responsibility Equity Fund


trading characteristics and other market data. Debt obligations are subject to interest rate and credit risks. In addition, all debt obligations involve some risk of default with respect to interest and/or principal payments.

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

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

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

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

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

B. Securities Transactions and Investment Income — Securities transactions are accounted for on a trade date basis. Realized gains or losses on sales are computed on the basis of specific identification of the securities sold. Interest income (net of withholding tax, if any) is recorded on the accrual basis from settlement date. Dividend income (net of withholding tax, if any) is recorded on the ex-dividend date.

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

Brokerage commissions and mark ups are considered transaction costs and are recorded as an increase to the cost basis of securities purchased and/or a reduction of proceeds on a sale of securities. Such transaction costs are included in the determination of net realized and unrealized gain (loss) from investment securities reported in the Statement of Operations and the Statement of Changes in Net Assets and the net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on securities per share in the Financial Highlights. Transaction costs are included in the calculation of the Fund’s net asset value and, accordingly, they reduce the Fund’s total returns. These transaction costs are not considered operating expenses and are not reflected in net investment income reported in the Statement of Operations and the Statement of Changes in Net Assets, or the net investment income per share and the ratios of expenses and net investment income reported in the Financial Highlights, nor are they limited by any expense limitation arrangements between the Fund and the investment adviser.

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

C. Country Determination — For the purposes of making investment selection decisions and presentation in the Schedule of Investments, the investment adviser may determine the country in which an issuer is located and/or credit risk exposure based on various factors. These factors include the laws of the country under which the issuer is organized, where the issuer maintains a principal office, the country in which the issuer derives 50% or more of its total revenues and the country that has the primary market for the issuer’s securities, as well as other criteria. Among the other criteria that may be evaluated for making this determination are the country in which the issuer maintains 50% or more of its assets, the type of security, financial guarantees and enhancements, the nature of the collateral and the sponsor organization. Country of issuer and/or credit risk exposure has been determined to be the United States of America, unless otherwise noted.
D. Distributions — Distributions from net investment income and net realized capital gain, if any, are generally declared and paid annually and recorded on the ex-dividend date. The Fund may elect to treat a portion of the proceeds from redemptions as distributions for federal income tax purposes.
E. Federal Income Taxes — The Fund intends to comply with the requirements of Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Internal Revenue Code”), necessary to qualify as a regulated investment company and to distribute substantially all of the Fund’s taxable earnings to shareholders. As such, the Fund will not be subject to federal income taxes on otherwise taxable income (including net realized capital gain) that is distributed to shareholders. Therefore, no provision for federal income taxes is recorded in the financial statements.

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

 

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

F. Expenses — Fees provided for under the Rule 12b-1 plan of a particular class of the Fund are charged to the operations of such class. Transfer agency fees and expenses and other shareholder recordkeeping fees and expenses attributable to Class R5 and Class R6 are allocated to each share class based on relative net assets. Sub-accounting fees attributable to Class R5 are charged to the operations of the class. Transfer agency fees and expenses and other shareholder recordkeeping fees and expenses relating to all other classes are allocated among those classes based on relative net assets. All other expenses are allocated among the classes based on relative net assets.
G. Accounting Estimates — The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”) requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period including estimates and assumptions related to taxation. Actual results could differ from those estimates by a significant amount. In addition, the Fund monitors for material events or transactions that may occur or become known after the period-end date and before the date the financial statements are released to print.
H. Indemnifications — Under the Trust’s organizational documents, each Trustee, officer, employee or other agent of the Trust is indemnified against certain liabilities that may arise out of the performance of their duties to the Fund. Additionally, in the normal course of business, the Fund enters into contracts, including the Fund’s servicing agreements, that contain a variety of indemnification clauses. The Fund’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown as this would involve future claims that may be made against the Fund that have not yet occurred. The risk of material loss as a result of such indemnification claims is considered remote.
I. Foreign Currency Translations — Foreign currency is valued at the close of the NYSE based on quotations posted by banks and major currency dealers. Portfolio securities and other assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies are translated into U.S. dollar amounts at date of valuation. Purchases and sales of portfolio securities (net of foreign taxes withheld on disposition) and income items denominated in foreign currencies are translated into U.S. dollar amounts on the respective dates of such transactions. The Fund does not separately account for the portion of the results of operations resulting from changes in foreign exchange rates on investments and the fluctuations arising from changes in market prices of securities held. The combined results of changes in foreign exchange rates and the fluctuation of market prices on investments (net of estimated foreign tax withholding) are included with the net realized and unrealized gain or loss from investments in the Statement of Operations. Reported net realized foreign currency gains or losses arise from (1) sales of foreign currencies, (2) currency gains or losses realized between the trade and settlement dates on securities transactions, and (3) the difference between the amounts of dividends, interest, and foreign withholding taxes recorded on the Fund’s books and the U.S. dollar equivalent of the amounts actually received or paid. Net unrealized foreign currency gains and losses arise from changes in the fair values of assets and liabilities, other than investments in securities at fiscal period end, resulting from changes in exchange rates.

The Fund may invest in foreign securities, which may be subject to foreign taxes on income, gains on investments or currency repatriation, a portion of which may be recoverable. Foreign taxes, if any, are recorded based on the tax regulations and rates that exist in the foreign markets in which the Fund invests and are shown in the Statement of Operations.

J. Forward Foreign Currency Contracts — The Fund may engage in foreign currency transactions either on a spot (i.e. for prompt delivery and settlement) basis, or through forward foreign currency contracts, to manage or minimize currency or exchange rate risk.

The Fund may also enter into forward foreign currency contracts for the purchase or sale of a security denominated in a foreign currency in order to “lock in” the U.S. dollar price of that security, or the Fund may also enter into forward foreign currency contracts that do not provide for physical settlement of the two currencies, but instead are settled by a single cash payment calculated as the difference between the agreed upon exchange rate and the spot rate at settlement based upon an agreed upon notional amount (non-deliverable forwards). The Fund will set aside liquid assets in an amount equal to the daily mark-to-market obligation for forward foreign currency contracts.

A forward foreign currency contract is an obligation between two parties (“Counterparties”) to purchase or sell a specific currency for an agreed-upon price at a future date. The use of forward foreign currency contracts does not eliminate fluctuations in the price of the underlying securities the Fund owns or intends to acquire but establishes a rate of exchange in advance. Fluctuations in the value of these contracts are measured by the difference in the contract date and reporting date exchange rates and are recorded as unrealized appreciation (depreciation) until the contracts are closed. When the contracts are closed, realized gains (losses) are recorded. Realized and unrealized gains (losses) on the contracts are included in the Statement of Operations. The primary risks associated with forward foreign currency contracts include failure of the Counterparty to meet the terms of the contract and the value of the foreign currency changing unfavorably. These risks may be in excess of the amounts reflected in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities.

NOTE 2—Advisory Fees and Other Fees Paid to Affiliates

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

 

Average Daily Net Assets   Rate  

First $25 million

    0.65%   

Over $25 million

    0.60%   

For the period July 1, 2016 (commencement date) through October 31, 2016, the effective advisory fees incurred by the Fund was 0.65%.

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., Invesco Canada Ltd. and Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC (collectively, the “Affiliated Sub-Advisers”) the Adviser, not the Fund, will pay 40% of the fees paid to the Adviser to any such Affiliated Sub-Adviser(s) that provide(s) discretionary investment management services to the Fund based on the percentage of assets allocated to such Affiliated Sub-Adviser(s).

 

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The Adviser has contractually agreed, through at least February 28, 2018, to waive advisory fees and/or reimburse expenses to the extent necessary to limit total annual fund operating expenses after fee waiver and/or expense reimbursement (excluding certain items discussed below) of Class A, Class C, Class R, Class Y, Class R5 and Class R6 shares to 0.85%, 1.60%, 1.10%, 0.60%, 0.60%, and 0.60%, respectively, of average daily net assets (the “expense limits”). In determining the Adviser’s obligation to waive advisory fees and/or reimburse expenses, the following expenses are not taken into account, and could cause the total annual fund operating expenses after fee waiver and/or expense reimbursement to exceed the numbers reflected above: (1) interest; (2) taxes; (3) dividend expense on short sales; (4) extraordinary or non-routine items, litigation expenses; and (5) expenses that the Fund has incurred but did not actually pay because of an expense offset arrangement. Unless Invesco continues the fee waiver agreement, it will terminate on February 28, 2018. During its term, the fee waiver agreement cannot be terminated or amended to increase the expense limits without approval of the Board of Trustees.

Further, the Adviser has contractually agreed, through at least June 30, 2018, 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 period July 1, 2016 (commencement date) through October 31, 2016, the Adviser waived fund level fees of $119,078 and reimbursed class level expenses of $238, $66, $66, $265, $2 and $246 of Class A, Class C, Class R, Class Y, Class R5 and Class R6 shares, respectively.

The Trust has entered into a master administrative services agreement with Invesco pursuant to which the Fund has agreed to pay Invesco for certain administrative costs incurred in providing accounting services to the Fund. For the period July 1, 2016 (commencement date) through October 31, 2016, expenses incurred under the agreement are shown in the Statement of Operations as Administrative services fees.

The Trust has entered into a transfer agency and service agreement with Invesco Investment Services, Inc. (“IIS”) pursuant to which the Fund has agreed to pay IIS a fee for providing transfer agency and shareholder services to the Fund and reimburse IIS for certain expenses incurred by IIS in the course of providing such services. IIS may make payments to intermediaries that provide omnibus account services, sub-accounting services and/or networking services. All fees payable by IIS to intermediaries that provide omnibus account services or sub-accounting are charged back to the Fund, subject to certain limitations approved by the Trust’s Board of Trustees. For the period July 1, 2016 (commencement date) through October 31, 2016, expenses incurred under the agreement are shown in the Statement of Operations as Transfer agent fees.

The Trust has entered into master distribution agreements with Invesco Distributors, Inc. (“IDI”) to serve as the distributor for the Class A, Class C, Class R, Class Y, Class R5 and Class R6 shares of the Fund. The Trust has adopted plans pursuant to Rule 12b-1 under the 1940 Act with respect to the Fund’s Class A, Class C and Class R shares (collectively, the “Plans”). The Fund, pursuant to the Plans, pays IDI compensation at the annual rate of 0.25% of the Fund’s average daily net assets of Class A shares, 1.00% of the average daily net assets of Class C shares and 0.50% of the average daily net assets of Class R shares. Of the Plan payments, up to 0.25% of the average daily net assets of each class of shares may be paid to furnish continuing personal shareholder services to customers who purchase and own shares of such classes. Any amounts not paid as a service fee under the Plans would constitute an asset-based sales charge. Rules of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”) impose a cap on the total sales charges, including asset-based sales charges, that may be paid by any class of shares of the Fund. For the period July 1, 2016 (commencement date) through October 31, 2016, expenses incurred under the Plans are shown in the Statement of Operations as Distribution fees.

Front-end sales commissions and CDSC (collectively, the “sales charges”) are not recorded as expenses of the Fund. Front-end sales commissions are deducted from proceeds from the sales of Fund shares prior to investment in Class A shares of the Fund. CDSC are deducted from redemption proceeds prior to remittance to the shareholder. During the period July 1, 2016 (commencement date) through October 31, 2016, IDI advised the Fund that there were no front-end sales commissions retained from the sale of Class A shares and there were no CDSC imposed upon redemptions by shareholders.

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

NOTE 3—Additional Valuation Information

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

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

 

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The following is a summary of the tiered valuation input levels, as of October 31, 2016. 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.

 

     Level 1        Level 2        Level 3        Total  

Australia

  $ 13,539         $ 27,594         $         $ 41,133   

Canada

    76,986                               76,986   

France

    39,037                               39,037   

Germany

    72,546                               72,546   

Ireland

              32,158                     32,158   

Italy

    11,575                               11,575   

Japan

    72,889           19,230                     92,119   

New Zealand

    23,024                               23,024   

Spain

    17,739                               17,739   

Sweden

    9,590           21,329                     30,919   

Switzerland

    33,602           33,667                     67,269   

United Kingdom

    35,931           36,096                     72,027   

United States

    770,180                               770,180   

Money Market Funds

    80,168                               80,168   

Total Investments

  $ 1,256,806         $ 170,074         $         $ 1,426,880   

NOTE 4—Trustees’ and Officers’ Fees and Benefits

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

NOTE 5—Cash Balances

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

NOTE 6—Distributions to Shareholders and Tax Components of Net Assets

There were no ordinary income and long-term gain distributions paid for the period July 1, 2016 (commencement date) through October 31, 2016.

Tax Components of Net Assets at Period-End:

 

     2016  

Undistributed ordinary income

  $ 9,521   

Net unrealized appreciation — investments

    35,164   

Net unrealized appreciation — other investments

    50   

Temporary book/tax differences

    (388

Shares of beneficial interest

    1,427,458   

Total net assets

  $ 1,471,805   

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

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

Capital loss carryforward is calculated and reported as of a specific date. Results of transactions and other activity after that date may affect the amount of capital loss carryforward actually available for the Fund to utilize. The ability to utilize capital loss carryforward in the future may be limited under the Internal Revenue Code and related regulations based on the results of future transactions.

The Fund does not have a capital loss carryforward as of October 31, 2016.

 

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NOTE 7—Investment Securities

The aggregate amount of investment securities (other than short-term securities, U.S. Treasury obligations and money market funds, if any) purchased and sold by the Fund during the period July 1, 2016 (commencement date) through October 31, 2016 was $1,527,410 and $217,579, respectively. Cost of investments on a tax basis includes the adjustment for financial reporting purposes as of the most recent completed federal income tax reporting period-end.

 

Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) of Investment Securities on a Tax Basis  

Aggregate unrealized appreciation of investment securities

  $ 69,946   

Aggregate unrealized (depreciation) of investment securities

    (34,782

Net unrealized appreciation of investment securities

  $ 35,164   

Cost of investments for tax purposes is $1,391,716.

NOTE 8—Reclassification of Permanent Differences

Primarily as a result of differing book/tax treatment of nondeductible stock issuance costs and foreign currency transactions, on October 31, 2016, undistributed net investment income was increased by $1,824, undistributed net realized gain was increased by $903 and shares of beneficial interest was decreased by $2,727. This reclassification had no effect on the net assets of the Fund.

NOTE 9—Share Information

 

     Summary of Share Activity  
    July 1, 2016
(commencement date)
through
October 31, 2016(a)
 
     Shares      Amount  

Sold:

    

Class A

    4,720       $ 48,174   

Class C

    1,001         10,010   

Class R

    1,001         10,010   

Class Y

    4,006         40,060   

Class R5

    1,001         10,010   

Class R6

    132,041         1,344,525   

Reacquired:

    

Class A

    (364      (3,800

Class Y

    (5      (53

Class R6

    (2,690      (28,751

Net increase in share activity

    140,711       $ 1,430,185   

 

(a)  There is an entity that is a record owner of more than 5% of the outstanding shares of the Fund and owns 24% of the outstanding shares of the Fund. IDI has an agreement with this entity to sell Fund shares. The Fund, Invesco and/or Invesco affiliates may make payments to this entity, which 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 this entity are also owned beneficially.
          In addition, 71% of the outstanding shares of the Fund are owned by the Adviser or an affiliate of the Adviser.

 

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NOTE 10—Financial Highlights

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

 

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

Class A

                     

Period ended 10/31/16(d)

  $ 10.17      $ 0.04      $ 0.24      $ 0.28      $ 10.45        2.75   $ 46        0.84 %(e)      31.57 %(e)      1.13 %(e)      18

Class C

                     

Period ended 10/31/16(d)

    10.17        0.01        0.24        0.25        10.42        2.46        10        1.59 (e)      32.32 (e)      0.38 (e)      18   

Class R

                     

Period ended 10/31/16(d)

    10.17        0.03        0.24        0.27        10.44        2.65        10        1.09 (e)      31.82 (e)      0.88 (e)      18   

Class Y

                     

Period ended 10/31/16(d)

    10.17        0.05        0.24        0.29        10.46        2.85        42        0.59 (e)      31.32 (e)      1.38 (e)      18   

Class R5

                     

Period ended 10/31/16(d)

    10.17        0.05        0.24        0.29        10.46        2.85        10        0.59 (e)      29.53 (e)      1.38 (e)      18   

Class R6

                     

Period ended 10/31/16(d)

    10.17        0.05        0.24        0.29        10.46        2.85        1,353        0.59 (e)      29.53 (e)      1.38 (e)      18   

 

(a)  Calculated using average shares outstanding.
(b)  Includes adjustments in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America and as such, the net asset value for financial reporting purposes and the returns based upon those net asset values may differ from the net asset value and returns for shareholder transactions. Does not include sales charges and is not annualized for periods less than one year, if applicable.
(c)  Portfolio turnover is calculated at the fund level and is not annualized for periods less than one year, if applicable.
(d)  Commencement date of July 1, 2016.
(e)  Ratios are annualized and based on average daily net assets (000’s omitted) of $38, $11, $11, $42, $11 and $1,116 for Class A, Class C, Class R, Class Y, Class R5 and Class R6 shares, respectively.

 

18                         Invesco Global Responsibility Equity Fund


Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

 

To the Board of Trustees

and Shareholders of the Invesco Global Responsibility Equity Fund:

In our opinion, the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities, including the schedule of investments, and the related statements of operations and of changes in net assets and the financial highlights present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Invesco Global Responsibility Equity Fund (the “Fund”) as of October 31, 2016, and the results of its operations, the changes in its net assets and the financial highlights for the period July 1, 2016 (commencement of operations) through October 31, 2016, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. These financial statements and financial highlights (hereafter referred to as “financial statements”) are the responsibility of the Fund’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audit. We conducted our audit of these financial statements in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, and evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audit, which included confirmation of securities as of October 31, 2016 by correspondence with the custodian and brokers, and the application of alternative auditing procedures where confirmations of security purchases have not been received, provides a reasonable basis for our opinion.

PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLP

Houston, Texas

December 21, 2016

 

19                         Invesco Global Responsibility Equity Fund


Calculating your ongoing Fund expenses

Example

As a shareholder of the Fund, you incur two types of costs: (1) transaction costs, which may include sales charges (loads) on purchase payments or contingent deferred sales charges on redemptions, if any; and (2) ongoing costs, including management fees, distribution and/or service (12b-1) fees, and other Fund expenses. This example is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Fund and to compare these costs with ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds. The example is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period July 1, 2016 (commencement date) through October 31, 2016.

Actual expenses

The table below provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in this table, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the table under the heading entitled “Actual Expenses Paid During Period” to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during this period (as of close of business July 1, 2016 (commencement date) through October 31, 2016).

Hypothetical example for comparison purposes

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

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

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

 

Class   Beginning
Account Value
(05/01/16)
    ACTUAL    

HYPOTHETICAL

(5% annual return before
expenses)

    Annualized
Expense
Ratio
 
    Ending
Account Value
(10/31/16)1
    Expenses
Paid During
Period2
    Ending
Account Value
(10/31/16)
    Expenses
Paid During
Period2,3
   
A   $ 1,000.00      $ 1,027.50      $ 2.86      $ 1,020.91      $ 4.27        0.84
C     1,000.00        1,025.60        5.41        1,017.14        8.06        1.59   
R     1,000.00        1,026.50        3.71        1,019.66        5.53        1.09   
Y     1,000.00        1,028.50        2.01        1,022.17        3.00        0.59   
R5     1,000.00        1,028.50        2.02        1,022.16        3.01        0.59   
R6     1,000.00        1,028.50        2.02        1,022.16        3.01        0.59   

 

1  The actual ending account value is based on the actual total return of the Fund for the period July 1, 2016 (commencement date) through October 31, 2016, after actual expenses and will differ from the hypothetical ending account value which is based on the Fund’s expense ratio and a hypothetical annual return of 5% before expenses.
2  Actual expenses are equal to the Fund’s annualized expense ratio as indicated above multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 123 (as of close of business July 1, 2016 (commencement date) through October 31, 2016)/366. Because the Fund has not been in existence for a full six month period, the actual ending account value and expense information shown may not provide a meaningful comparison to fund expense information of classes that show such data for a full six month period and, because the actual ending account value and expense information in the expense example covers a short time period, return and expense data may not be indicative of return and expense data for longer time periods.
3  Hypothetical expenses are equal to the annualized expense ratio indicated above multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 184/366 to reflect a one-half year period. The hypothetical ending account value and expenses may be used to compare ongoing costs of investing in the Fund and other funds because such data is based on a full six month period.

 

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Initial Approval of Investment Advisory and Sub-Advisory Agreements

 

The Board of Trustees (the Board) of AIM International Mutual Funds (Invesco International Mutual Funds) (the Company) is required under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, to approve the Invesco Global Responsibility Equity Fund (the Fund) investment advisory agreements before the Fund can commence operations. During meetings held on June 7-8, 2016, the Board as a whole and the disinterested or “independent” Trustees voting separately approved (i) an amendment to the Company’s Master Investment Advisory Agreement with Invesco Advisers, Inc. (Invesco Advisers and the investment advisory agreement) to add the Fund, and (ii) (a) 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, and (b) an amendment to the Sub-Advisory Contract with Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC to add the Fund (the sub-advisers, the Affiliated Sub-Advisers; and the contracts, the sub-advisory contracts). In doing so, 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 as well as the information provided with respect to the Fund. The Board (i) determined that the investment advisory agreement and sub-advisory contracts are in the best interest of the Fund and its shareholders and that the compensation payable to Invesco Advisers and the Affiliated Sub-Advisers under the Fund’s agreements is fair and reasonable and (ii) approved submission of the agreements to the initial shareholder of the Fund.

The Board’s Fund Evaluation Process

The Board’s Investments Committee has established three Sub-Committees that are responsible for overseeing the performance and investment management services provided by Invesco Advisers and the Affiliated Sub-Advisers to a number of the funds advised by Invesco Advisers (the Invesco Funds). The Fund will be assigned to one of the Sub-Committees. Over the course of each year, the Sub-Committees meet with portfolio managers for their assigned Invesco Funds and other members of management and review with these individuals the performance, investment objective(s), policies, strategies, limitations and investment risks of these funds.

In evaluating the fairness and reasonableness of compensation under the Fund’s investment

advisory agreement and sub-advisory contracts, the Board considered, among other things, the factors discussed below. The Board was assisted in its review by the Senior Officer, an independent officer of the Invesco Funds, and by independent legal counsel. 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.

Factors and Conclusions and Summary of Evaluation of Investment Advisory and Sub-Advisory Agreements

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

The Board reviewed 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 of the qualifications of Invesco Advisers to provide these services included the Board’s consideration of Invesco Advisers’ investment process oversight, independent credit analysis and investment risk management. 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, equity and fixed income trading operations, internal audit, valuation and legal and compliance. In determining whether to approve the Fund’s investment advisory agreement, the Board considered the existing relationship between Invesco Advisers and the Invesco Funds, as well as the Board’s knowledge of Invesco Advisers’ operations. 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 will be provided by Invesco Asset Management Deutschland GmbH and that may be provided by other Affiliated Sub-Advisers under the sub-advisory contracts and the credentials and experience of the officers and employees of the Affiliated Sub-Advisers who may provide these services. The Board noted that the Affiliated Sub-Advisers have offices and personnel that are located in financial centers around the world. As a result, 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 will benefit the Fund and its shareholders by permitting Invesco Advisers to use the resources and talents of the Affiliated Sub-Advisers 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 Performance

The Board did not consider the performance of the Fund because the Fund is new and has no performance history. The Board did review performance expectations for the Fund.

C. Advisory and Sub-Advisory Fees and Fee Waivers

The Board considered the proposed advisory fee schedule of the Fund and the proposed fee waivers and expense limitations. The Board also considered the services to be provided by the Affiliated Sub-Advisers pursuant to the sub-advisory contracts and the services to be provided by Invesco Advisers pursuant to the Fund’s investment advisory agreement, as well as the allocation of fees between Invesco Advisers and the Affiliated Sub-Advisers pursuant to the sub-advisory contracts. The Board noted that the sub-advisory fees will have no direct effect on the Fund or its shareholders, as they will be paid by Invesco Advisers to the Affiliated Sub-Advisers.

The Board also considered comparative advisory fee data provided by Invesco Advisers with respect to comparable registered funds managed by third-party advisers.

Based upon the information provided and considerations described above, the Board concluded that the compensation payable to Invesco Advisers and the Affiliated Sub-Advisers is fair and reasonable.

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 also considered whether the Fund would benefit from such economies of scale through contractual breakpoints in the Fund’s advisory fee schedule. The Board also noted that the Fund will share directly in economies of scale through lower fees charged by third party service providers based on the combined size of all of the Invesco Funds and other clients advised by Invesco Advisers.

E. Profitability and Financial Resources

The Board considered information from 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 received information from Invesco Advisers demonstrating that Invesco Advisers and each

 

 

21                         Invesco Global Responsibility Equity Fund


Affiliated Sub-Adviser are financially sound and have the resources necessary to perform their obligations under the Fund’s 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 resulting from Invesco Advisers’ relationship with the Fund, including the fees to be received by Invesco Advisers and its affiliates for their provision of 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 by Invesco Advisers and its affiliates 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; that the services are required for the operation of the Fund; that Invesco Advisers and its affiliates can provide services, the nature and quality of which are at least equal to those provided by others offering the same or similar services; and that the fees for such services are fair and reasonable in light of the usual and customary charges by others for services of the same nature and quality.

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. The Board noted that soft dollar arrangements shift the payment obligation for research and execution services from Invesco Advisers and the Affiliated Sub-Advisers to the Invesco Funds and that the research received may be used with other clients of Invesco Advisers and may reduce Invesco Advisers’ and the Affiliated Sub-Advisers’ expenses. The Board also considered periodic reports that it receives from the Chief Compliance Officer of the Invesco Funds demonstrating that these arrangements are consistent with regulatory requirements. The Board did not deem the soft dollar arrangements to be inappropriate.

The Board considered the fact 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 noted 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 at least June 30, 2018, the advisory fees payable by the Fund with respect to such investments. This waiver is in an amount equal to 100% of the net advisory fee Invesco Advisers or its affiliates 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 from securities lending arrangements. The Board concluded that the Fund’s investment

of uninvested cash and cash collateral from any securities lending arrangements in the affiliated money market funds is fair and reasonable.

The Board also considered that the Fund may use an affiliated broker to execute certain trades and was advised that such trades will be executed in compliance with rules under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.

 

 

22                         Invesco Global Responsibility Equity Fund


Trustees and Officers

 

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

 

Name, Year of Birth and
Position(s) Held with the Trust
  Trustee and/
or Officer Since
  Principal Occupation(s)
During Past 5 Years
  Number of
Funds in Fund
Complex
Overseen by
Trustee
  Other Directorship(s)
Held by Trustee During
Past 5 Years
Interested Persons                

Martin L. Flanagan1 — 1960

Trustee

  2007  

Executive Director, Chief Executive Officer and President, Invesco Ltd. (ultimate parent of Invesco and a global investment management firm); Advisor to the Board, Invesco Advisers, Inc. (formerly known as Invesco Institutional (N.A.), Inc.); Trustee, The Invesco Funds; Vice Chair, Investment Company Institute; and Member of Executive Board, SMU Cox School of Business

 

Formerly: 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)

  146   None

Philip A. Taylor2 — 1954

Trustee and Senior Vice President

  2006  

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

 

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

  146   None
1 Mr. Flanagan is considered an interested person (within the meaning of Section 2(a)(19) of the 1940 Act) of the Trust because he is an officer of the Adviser to the Trust, and an officer and a director of Invesco Ltd., ultimate parent of the Adviser.

 

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

 

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Trustees and Officers—(continued)

 

Name, Year of Birth and
Position(s) Held with the Trust
  Trustee and/
or Officer Since
  Principal Occupation(s)
During Past 5 Years
  Number of
Funds in Fund
Complex
Overseen by
Trustee
  Other Directorship(s)
Held by Trustee During
Past 5 Years
Independent Trustees                

Bruce L. Crockett — 1944

Trustee and Chair

  1992  

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

  146   ALPS (Attorneys Liability Protection Society) (insurance company) and Globe Specialty Metals, Inc. (metallurgical company); Member of the Audit Committee, Ferroglobe PLC and Investment Company Institute; Member of the Executive Committee and Chair of the Governance Committee, Independent Directors Council

David C. Arch — 1945

Trustee

  2010   Chairman of Blistex Inc., a consumer health care products manufacturer   146   Board member of the Illinois Manufacturers’ Association; Member of the Board of Visitors, Institute for the Humanities, University of Michigan

James T. Bunch — 1942

Trustee

  2003  

Managing Member, Grumman Hill Group LLC (family office/private equity investments)

 

Formerly: Chairman of the Board, Denver Film Society, Chairman of the Board of Trustees, Evans Scholarship Foundation; Chairman, Board of Governors, Western Golf Association

  146   Trustee, Evans Scholarship Foundation

Albert R. Dowden — 1941

Trustee

  2000  

Director of a number of public and private business corporations, including Nature’s Sunshine Products, Inc.

 

Formerly: Director, The Boss Group, Ltd. and Reich & Tang Funds (5 portfolios) (registered investment company); Director, Homeowners of America Holding Corporation/Homeowners of America Insurance Company (property casualty company); Director, Continental Energy Services, LLC (oil and gas pipeline service); Director, CompuDyne Corporation (provider of product and services to the public security market) and Director, Annuity and Life Re (Holdings), Ltd. (reinsurance company); Director, President and Chief Executive Officer, Volvo Group North America, Inc.; Senior Vice President, AB Volvo; Director of various public and private corporations; Chairman, DHJ Media, Inc.; Director, Magellan Insurance Company; and Director, The Hertz Corporation, Genmar Corporation (boat manufacturer), National Media Corporation; Advisory Board of Rotary Power International (designer, manufacturer, and seller of rotary power engines); and Chairman, Cortland Trust, Inc. (registered investment company)

  146   Director of Nature’s Sunshine Products, Inc.

Jack M. Fields — 1952

Trustee

  1997  

Chief Executive Officer, Twenty First Century Group, Inc. (government affairs company); and 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); 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

  146   None

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 and Director, Arvest Bank

  146   Director of Insperity, Inc. (formerly known as Administaff)

Prema Mathai-Davis — 1950

Trustee

  1998  

Retired.

 

Formerly: Chief Executive Officer, YWCA of the U.S.A.

  146   None

Larry Soll — 1942

Trustee

  2003  

Retired.

 

Formerly: Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President, Synergen Corp. (a biotechnology company)

  146   None

Raymond Stickel, Jr. — 1944

Trustee

  2005  

Retired.

 

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

  146   None

Robert C. Troccoli — 1949

Trustee

  2016  

Adjunct Professor, University of Denver — Daniels College of Business

 

Formerly: Senior Partner, KPMG LLP

  146   None

 

T-2                         Invesco Global Responsibility Equity Fund


Trustees and Officers—(continued)

 

Name, Year of Birth and
Position(s) Held with the Trust
 

Trustee and/

or Officer Since

  Principal Occupation(s)
During Past 5 Years
  Number of
Funds in Fund
Complex
Overseen by
Trustee
  Other Directorship(s)
Held by Trustee During
Past 5 Years
Independent Trustees—(continued)

Suzanne H. Woolsey — 1941

Trustee

  2014  

Retired.

 

Formerly: Chief Executive Officer of Woolsey Partners LLC

  146   Director, SunShare LLC; Trustee, Ocean Conservancy; Emeritus Chair of the Board of Trustees of the Institute for Defense Analyses and of Colorado College; Trustee, Chair, Business and Finance Committee of California Institute of Technology; Prior to 2014, Director of Fluor Corp.; Prior to 2010, Trustee of the German Marshall Fund of the United States; Prior to 2010, Trustee of the Rocky Mountain Institute
Other Officers                

Sheri Morris — 1964

President, Principal Executive Officer and Treasurer

  1999  

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

 

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

  N/A   N/A

Russell C. Burk — 1958

Senior Vice President and Senior Officer

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

John M. Zerr — 1962

Senior Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Secretary

  2006  

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

 

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

  N/A   N/A

 

T-3                         Invesco Global Responsibility Equity Fund


Trustees and Officers—(continued)

 

 

Name, Year of Birth and
Position(s) Held with the Trust
  Trustee and/
or Officer Since
  Principal Occupation(s)
During Past 5 Years
  Number of
Funds in Fund
Complex
Overseen by
Trustee
  Other Directorship(s)
Held by Trustee During
Past 5 Years
Other Officers—(continued)                

Karen Dunn Kelley — 1960

Senior Vice President

  2004  

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

 

Formerly: Vice President, The Invesco Funds (other than AIM Treasurer’s Series Trust (Invesco Treasurer’s Series Trust), Short-Term Investments Trust and Invesco Management Trust); and President and Principal Executive Officer, 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 Asset Management (Bermuda) Ltd., Director, INVESCO Global Asset Management DAC (formerly known as INVESCO Global Asset Management Limited) and INVESCO Management S.A.; Senior Vice President, Van Kampen Investments Inc. and Invesco Advisers, Inc. (formerly known as Invesco Institutional (N.A.), Inc.) (registered investment adviser); Director and President, Fund Management Company; Chief Cash Management Officer, Director of Cash Management, Senior Vice President, and Managing Director, Invesco AIM Capital Management, Inc.; Director of Cash Management, Senior Vice President, and Vice President, Invesco Advisers, Inc. and Vice President, The Invesco Funds (AIM Treasurer’s Series Trust (Invesco Treasurer’s Series Trust), and Short-Term Investments Trust only)

  N/A   N/A

Kelli Gallegos — 1970

Vice President, Principal Financial Officer and Assistant Treasurer

  2008  

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

 

Formerly: Assistant Vice President, The Invesco Funds

  N/A   N/A

Tracy Sullivan — 1962

Vice President, Chief Tax Officer and Assistant Treasurer

  2008  

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

 

Formerly: Assistant Vice President, The Invesco Funds

  N/A   N/A

Crissie M. Wisdom — 1969

Anti-Money Laundering Compliance Officer

  2013  

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

 

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

  N/A   N/A

Robert R. Leveille — 1969

Chief Compliance Officer

  2016  

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

 

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

  N/A   N/A

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

 

Office of the Fund

11 Greenway Plaza, Suite 1000
Houston, TX 77046-1173

 

Investment Adviser

Invesco Advisers, Inc.
1555 Peachtree Street, N.E.
Atlanta, GA 30309

 

Distributor

Invesco Distributors, Inc.
11 Greenway Plaza, Suite 1000
Houston, TX 77046-1173

 

Auditors

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
1000 Louisiana Street, Suite 5800

Houston, TX 77002-5678

     

Counsel to the Fund

Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young, LLP
2005 Market Street, Suite 2600
Philadelphia, PA 19103-7018

 

Counsel to the Independent Trustees

Goodwin Procter LLP
901 New York Avenue, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20001

 

Transfer Agent

Invesco Investment Services, Inc.
11 Greenway Plaza, Suite 1000
Houston, TX 77046-1173

 

Custodian

State Street Bank and Trust Company
225 Franklin Street
Boston, MA 02110-2801

 

T-4                         Invesco Global Responsibility Equity Fund


 

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Invesco mailing information

Send general correspondence to Invesco Investment Services, Inc., P.O. Box 219078, Kansas City, MO 64121-9078.

 

 

Important notice regarding delivery of security holder documents

To reduce Fund expenses, only one copy of most shareholder documents may be mailed to shareholders with multiple accounts at the same address (Householding). Mailing of your shareholder documents may be householded indefinitely unless you instruct us otherwise. If you do not want the mailing of these documents to be combined with those for other members of your household, please contact Invesco Investment Services, Inc. at 800 959 4246 or contact your financial institution. We will begin sending you individual copies for each account within 30 days after receiving your request.

 

 

Fund holdings and proxy voting information

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

The SEC file numbers for the Fund are shown below.

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

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

    Invesco Advisers, Inc. is an investment adviser; it provides investment advisory services to individual and institutional clients and does not sell securities. Invesco Distributors, Inc. is the US distributor for Invesco Ltd.’s retail mutual funds, exchange-traded funds and institutional money market funds. Both are wholly owned, indirect subsidiaries of Invesco Ltd.

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Annual Report to Shareholders

 

  October 31, 2016
 

 

 

Invesco Global Small & Mid Cap Growth Fund

 

  Nasdaq:
  A: AGAAX    B: AGABX    C: AGACX    Y: AGAYX    R5: GAIIX

 

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Letters to Shareholders

 

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Philip Taylor

    

Dear Shareholders:

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

    In December 2015, the US Federal Reserve raised short-term interest rates for the first time since 2006, signaling its belief that the economy was likely to continue strengthening. Indeed, throughout the reporting period, US economic data were generally positive and the economy expanded at a moderate rate – but there were some bumps along the road. Job growth in May 2016 was very weak, but it was followed by strong increases in nonfarm payrolls in June and July. Increased concerns about global economic weakness caused US stock market indexes to sink at the start of calendar year 2016, but they eventually recovered; they sank again following the UK’s decision to leave the European Union,

but then quickly recovered and reached record highs later in the summer. Strong demand for income-producing investments, particularly those perceived to be lower risk, benefited bonds as well as dividend-paying stocks for much of the reporting period. While economic news in the US was generally positive, news overseas was less upbeat. The European Central Bank, and central banks in China and Japan – as well as other countries – maintained extraordinarily accommodative monetary policies in response to economic weakness. As the fiscal year drew to a close, uncertainty about the outcome of the US presidential election resulted in increased market volatility; the surprise outcome after the close of the reporting period suggested that market volatility may continue for some time to come.

Short-term market volatility can prompt some investors to abandon their investment plans – and can cause others to settle for average results. The investment professionals at Invesco, in contrast, invest with high conviction, take a long-term perspective and have a passion to exceed. Invesco’s pure focus on investment management eliminates possible distractions and means that there are no competing lines of business for us to support. Just as important, we embrace a variety of investment strategies, asset classes and geographies – because we know that no single investment approach meets the diverse needs of all of our clients. We manage all our investment approaches with a passion to exceed. All our investment teams have a highly disciplined, long-term investing style that eliminates short-term decision-making. Of course, investing with high conviction can’t guarantee a profit or ensure success; no investment strategy can. To learn more about how we invest with high conviction, visit invesco.com/HighConviction.

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

Visit our website for more information on your investments

Our website, invesco.com/us, offers a wide range of market insights and investment perspectives. On the website, you’ll find detailed information about our funds, including performance, holdings and portfolio manager commentaries. You can access information about your account by completing a simple, secure online registration. Click on the “Need to register” link in the “Account Access” box on our homepage to get started.

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

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

Have questions?

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

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

Sincerely,

 

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Philip Taylor

Senior Managing Director, Invesco Ltd.

 

2                         Invesco Global Small & Mid Cap Growth Fund


 

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Bruce Crockett

    

Dear Fellow Shareholders:

 

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Sincerely,

 

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Bruce L. Crockett

Independent Chair

Invesco Funds Board of Trustees

 

3                         Invesco Global Small & Mid Cap Growth Fund


 

Management’s Discussion of Fund Performance

 

 

Performance summary

During the fiscal year ended October 31, 2016, Class A shares of Invesco Small & Mid Cap Growth Fund (the Fund), at net asset value (NAV), underperformed the MSCI All Country World Small and Mid Cap Growth Index, the Fund’s style-specific benchmark.

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

 

 

Fund vs. Indexes

Total returns, 10/31/15 to 10/31/16, at net asset value (NAV). Performance shown does not include applicable contingent deferred sales charges (CDSC) or front-end sales charges, which would have reduced performance.

 

Class A Shares

     0.98

Class B Shares

     0.21   

Class C Shares

     0.21   

Class Y Shares

     1.27   

Class R5 Shares

     1.31   

MSCI All Country World Small Mid Cap Indexq (Broad Market Index)

     3.17   

MSCI All Country World Small and Mid Cap Growth Indexq (Style-Specific Index)

     1.57   

Lipper Global Small/Mid-Cap Funds Classification Average (Peer Group Index)

     5.07   

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

 

 

Market conditions and your Fund

The global economy continued to expand, albeit slowly, for the fiscal year ended October 31, 2016. However, that growth became increasingly uneven across developed and emerging economies, amid continued volatility in oil prices and as the policies of central banks globally began to diverge.

    An equity market rally in November 2015 was offset by negative performance in December, as a late-year crash in oil prices rattled the markets. Also in December, the US Federal Reserve (the Fed) followed through on its commitment to normalize monetary policy by raising interest rates – its first increase since 2006 – even as the European Central Bank extended its asset purchase program and Japan introduced additional quantitative easing and negative interest rates.

 

    Stocks began calendar year 2016 on a negative note, driven by investor concerns about economic weakness in China and falling oil prices. Markets recovered in late February and posted gains amid concerted central bank commitments to very loose monetary policy. As a result, the US dollar fell sharply against the euro and Japanese yen, a development that was largely supportive of oil and stock prices.

    All major global stock indexes experienced steep declines again in June after UK voters opted to leave the European Union. Stocks in economically sensitive sectors, including energy and financials, were hardest hit, and investors flocked to the perceived safety of US Treasuries and more defensive, dividend-paying equities often found in the telecommunication services, utilities and consumer staples sectors.

 

    After the initial shock of the UK vote, stocks made a strong recovery, regaining most of their losses as fears of a shock to consumer confidence never materialized. For the remainder of the reporting period, emerging markets outperformed as the Fed left interest rates unchanged and expectations for an interest rate increase were delayed again.

    In this environment, the Fund posted a positive return but underperformed the style-specific index. Stock selection in the information technology (IT) and consumer staples sectors led Fund performance versus the style-specific index. Underweight exposure to the consumer discretionary sector and Fund holdings in the health care sector also contributed to relative performance. On the negative side, stock selection in the energy sector detracted from relative performance. Stock selection in and underweight exposure to the materials sector, as well as stock selection in the real estate sector, detracted from relative performance, as well. The Fund’s single-digit cash position was also a drag on relative performance as markets generally rose during the reporting period. It is important to note that we do not use cash for top-down tactical asset allocation purposes.

    Micro Focus International was the Fund’s top individual contributor to Fund performance relative to the style-specific index. Micro Focus International, a UK-based software and IT business, reported positive results during the fiscal year driven by performance in its software and system development business. Chinese internet technology company NetEase was also one of the Fund’s top individual contributors. During the fiscal year, the company made progress in monetizing

 
Portfolio Composition   

By sector

 

     % of total net assets   

Financials

     24.4
Information Technology      18.4   
Industrials      13.5   
Consumer Discretionary      10.5   
Health Care      7.2   
Consumer Staples      5.5   
Energy      4.6   
Materials      3.4   
Utilities      1.8   
Telecommunication Services      1.2   
Money Market Funds Plus Other Assets Less Liabilities      9.5   
Top 10 Equity Holdings*
   % of total net assets  

 

1.

  DCC PLC      4.6

2.

  Micro Focus International PLC      4.4   

3.

  WH Group Ltd.-REGS      3.4   

4.

  Hongkong Land Holdings Ltd.      2.6   

5.

  IG Group Holdings PLC      2.5   

6.

  Lee & Man Paper Manufacturing Ltd.      2.3   

7.

  Deutsche Boerse AG      2.2   

8.

  Onex Corp.      2.1   

9.

  Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd.      2.1   

10.

  Cielo S.A.      2.0   

Total Net Assets

     $507.9 million   
Total Number of Holdings*      95   

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

*Excluding money market fund holdings.

Data presented here are as of October 31, 2016.

 

 

4                         Invesco Global Small & Mid Cap Growth Fund


the functions it offers consumers, such as online game services, email and wireless value-add services, which bolstered revenues.

    Stock selection in the consumer staples sector also contributed to relative performance versus the style-specific index. WH Group, China’s largest packaged pork producer, was the top individual contributor within the sector. The company benefited from better margins during the reporting period. It also benefited from lower input costs associated with exporting cheaper pork from the US to China. WhiteWave Foods, a consumer packaged food and beverage company located in Denver, Colorado, was acquired by Danone (not a Fund holding) for a premium during the fiscal year and contributed to Fund performance. We sold our position after the acquisition.

    Stock selection in the consumer discretionary sector benefited the Fund’s relative performance versus the style-specific index, as well. US-based clothing retailer Burlington Stores contributed to Fund performance after the company reported better-than-expected revenues and higher margins early in the calendar year. Exedy, a transmission parts manufacturer in Japan, was another solid contributor to relative performance during the reporting period.

    Conversely, stock selection in the energy sector was a significant detractor from performance versus the Fund’s style-specific index. Prosafe was the top individual detractor from relative performance within the sector. Based in Norway, the company is a leading global offshore accommodation rig operator. Prosafe was under renewed pressure early in the fiscal year after Pemex (not a Fund holding) abruptly cancelled some contracts in the Gulf of Mexico. We sold the position during the reporting period. Canada-based exploration and production company Paramount Resources detracted from relative performance, as well. We sold our position before the close of the reporting period.

    Stock selection in and underweight exposure to the materials sector also detracted from relative performance versus the style-specific index. Israel Chemicals, a fertilizer and specialty chemicals producer, was the largest detractor from relative Fund performance within the sector. The company’s stock price declined during the fiscal year due to a weak market environment for fertilizer. We sold our position toward the end of the reporting period. PPG Industries was also a significant detractor from relative performance within the sector.

 

    Additionally, stock selection in the real estate sector detracted from Fund performance relative to the style-specific index. UK-based real estate services company Savills suffered significant losses due to the Brexit referendum. We continue to hold our shares in Savills as it is the fourth-largest real estate services company in the world with a strong brand franchise and solid company fundamentals.

    On a geographic basis, relative performance versus the style-specific index was led by overweight exposure to the resurgent Brazilian economy. While the economy is still working its way through a recession, a change in government and monetary easing policy during the fiscal year bolstered the Brazilian markets. Stock selection in the UK, China and Hong Kong also contributed to relative performance. In contrast, stock selection in the US was the leading detractor from relative performance. Despite posting a positive return, US markets were quite volatile during the reporting period due to investor uncertainty about global macroeconomic events, monetary policy and the US presidential election. Stock selection in Germany and Norway detracted from relative results, as well. As a reminder, the Fund’s country and sector exposures are shaped by the stocks we select based on their own investment merits, rather than by making top-down allocation decisions.

    Over the reporting period, we continued to look for opportunities to improve the growth potential and quality of the Fund’s portfolio. As disconcerting as volatility may be, we believe it tends to create long-term opportunities for our shareholders and we caution investors against making investment decisions based on short-term performance.

    We thank you for your commitment to Invesco Global Small & Mid Cap Growth Fund.

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

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

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Shuxin (Steve) Cao

Chartered Financial Analyst, Portfolio Manager, is lead manager of Invesco Global Small & Mid

Cap Growth Fund with respect to the domestic portion of the Fund’s portfolio. He joined Invesco in 1997. Mr. Cao earned a BA in English from the Tianjin Foreign Language Institute and an MBA from Texas A&M University. He is also a Certified Public Accountant.
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Jason Holzer

Chartered Financial Analyst, Portfolio Manager, is lead manager of Invesco Global Small & Mid

Cap Growth Fund with respect to the domestic portion of the Fund’s portfolio. He joined Invesco in 1996. Mr. Holzer earned a BA in quantitative economics and an MS in engineering economic systems from Stanford University.
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Jim Leach

Chartered Financial Analyst, Portfolio Manager, is lead manager of Invesco Global Small & Mid

Cap Growth Fund with respect to the Fund’s investments in Europe and Canada. He joined Invesco in 2011. Mr. Leach earned a BS in mechanical engineering from the University of California and an MBA from New York University Stern School of Business.
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Borge Endresen

Chartered Financial Analyst, Portfolio Manager, is manager of Invesco Global Small & Mid Cap Growth Fund. He

joined Invesco in 1999. Mr. Endresen earned a BS in finance from the University of Oregon and an MBA from The University of Texas at Austin.

 

 

 

 

 

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Your Fund’s Long-Term Performance

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

Fund and index data from 10/31/06

 

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1 Source: FactSet Research Systems Inc.
2 Source: Lipper Inc.

 

Past performance cannot guarantee comparable future results.

    The data shown in the chart include reinvested distributions, applicable sales charges and Fund expenses including management fees. Results for Class B shares are calculated as if a hypothetical

shareholder had liquidated his entire investment in the Fund at the close of the reporting period and paid the contingent deferred sales charges, if applicable. Index results include reinvested dividends, but they do not reflect sales charges. Performance of the peer group,

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

 

 

 

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    tive values, liquidity, or potential appreciation of particular investments made for the Fund’s portfolio. The Fund could experience losses if these judgments prove to be incorrect. Additionally, legislative, regulatory, or tax developments may adversely affect management of the Fund and, therefore, the ability of the Fund to achieve its investment objective.

  Market risk. The market values of the Fund’s investments, and therefore the value of the Fund’s shares, will go up and down, sometimes rapidly or unpredictably. Market risk may affect a single issuer, industry or section of the economy, or it may affect the market as a whole. Individual stock prices tend to go up and down more dramatically than those of certain other types of investments, such as bonds. During a general downturn in the financial markets, multiple asset classes may decline in value. When markets perform well, there can be no assurance that specific investments held by the Fund will rise in value.
  Preferred securities risk. Preferred securities are subject to issuer-specific and market risks applicable generally to equity securities. Preferred securities also may be subordinated to bonds or other debt instruments, subjecting them to a greater risk of non-payment, may be less liquid than many other securities, such as common stocks, and generally offer no voting rights with respect to the issuer.
  Small- and mid-capitalization companies risks. Small- and mid-capitalization companies tend to be more vulnerable to changing market conditions, may have little or no operating history or track record of success, and may have more limited product lines and markets, less experienced management and fewer financial resources than larger companies. These companies’ securities may be more volatile and less liquid than those of more established companies, and their returns may vary, sometimes significantly, from the overall securities market.

 

About indexes used in this report

  The MSCI All Country World Small Mid Cap Index is an unmanaged index designed to measure small and mid-cap stocks across developed and emerging markets. The index is computed using the net return, which withholds applicable taxes for non-resident investors.
  The MSCI All Country World Small and Mid Cap Growth Index is an unmanaged index designed to measure small and mid-cap growth stocks across developed and emerging markets. The index is computed using the net return, which withholds applicable taxes for non-resident investors.
  The Lipper Global Small/Mid-Cap Funds Classification Average represents an average of all funds in the Lipper Global Small/Mid-Cap Funds classification.
  The Fund is not managed to track the performance of any particular index, including the index(es) described here, and consequently, the performance of the Fund may deviate significantly from the performance of the index(es).
 

 

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6                         Invesco Global Small & Mid Cap Growth Fund


Average Annual Total Returns

  

As of 10/31/16, including maximum applicable sales charges

   

Class A Shares

        

Inception (9/15/94)

     7.64

10 Years

     3.83   

  5 Years

     6.53   

  1 Year

     -4.58   

Class B Shares

        

Inception (9/15/94)

     7.70

10 Years

     3.79   

  5 Years

     6.65   

  1 Year

     -4.44   

Class C Shares

        

Inception (8/4/97)

     4.95

10 Years

     3.64   

  5 Years

     6.92   

  1 Year

     -0.72   

Class Y Shares

        

10 Years

     4.64

  5 Years

     8.00   

  1 Year

     1.27   

Class R5 Shares

        

10 Years

     4.87

  5 Years

     8.17   

  1 Year

     1.31   

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

    Class R5 shares incepted on September 28, 2007. Performance shown prior to that date is that of Class A shares and includes the 12b-1 fees applicable to Class A shares.

    The performance data quoted represent past performance and cannot guarantee comparable future results; current performance may

Average Annual Total Returns   
As of 9/30/16, the most recent calendar quarter end, including maximum applicable sales charges    

Class A Shares

        

Inception (9/15/94)

     7.84

10 Years

     4.66   

  5 Years

     9.21   

  1 Year

     4.33   

Class B Shares

        

Inception (9/15/94)

     7.90

10 Years

     4.63   

  5 Years

     9.35   

  1 Year

     4.56   

Class C Shares

        

Inception (8/4/97)

     5.17

10 Years

     4.48   

  5 Years

     9.63   

  1 Year

     8.62   

Class Y Shares

        

10 Years

     5.47

  5 Years

     10.73   

  1 Year

     10.67   

Class R5 Shares

        

10 Years

     5.72

  5 Years

     10.90   

  1 Year

     10.84   

be lower or higher. Please visit invesco.com/performance for the most recent month-end performance. Performance figures reflect reinvested distributions, changes in net asset value and the effect of the maximum sales charge unless otherwise stated. Investment return and principal value will fluctuate so that you may have a gain or loss when you sell shares.

    The net annual Fund operating expense ratio set forth in the most recent Fund prospectus as of the date of this report for Class A, Class B, Class C, Class Y and Class R5 shares was

1.36%, 2.11%, 2.11%, 1.11% and 0.99%, respectively.1 The total annual Fund operating expense ratio set forth in the most recent Fund prospectus as of the date of this report for Class A, Class B, Class C, Class Y and Class R5 shares was 1.37%, 2.12%, 2.12%, 1.12% and 1.00%, respectively. The expense ratios presented above may vary from the expense ratios presented in other sections of this report that are based on expenses incurred during the period covered by this report.

    Class A share performance reflects the maximum 5.50% sales charge, and Class B and Class C share performance reflects the applicable contingent deferred sales charge (CDSC) for the period involved. The CDSC on Class B shares declines from 5% beginning at the time of purchase to 0% at the beginning of the seventh year. The CDSC on Class C shares is 1% for the first year after purchase. Class Y and Class R5 shares do not have a front-end sales charge or a CDSC; therefore, performance is at net asset value.

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

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

 

1 Total annual Fund operating expenses after any contractual fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements by the adviser in effect through at least June 30, 2018. See current prospectus for more information.
 

 

 

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A direct investment cannot be made in an index. Unless otherwise indicated, index results include reinvested dividends, and they do not reflect sales charges. Performance of the peer group, if applicable, reflects fund expenses; performance of a market index does not.

 

 

Other information

The returns shown in management’s discussion of Fund performance are based on net asset values (NAVs) calculated

for shareholder transactions. Generally accepted accounting principles require adjustments to be made to the net assets of the Fund at period end for financial reporting purposes, and as such, the NAVs for shareholder transactions and the returns based on those NAVs may differ from the NAVs and returns reported in the Financial Highlights.

Industry classifications used in this report are generally according to the Global Industry Classification Standard,

    which was developed by and is the exclusive property and a service mark of MSCI Inc. and Standard & Poor’s.

 

 

 

 

7                         Invesco Global Small & Mid Cap Growth Fund


 

Invesco Global Small & Mid Cap Growth Fund’s investment objective is long-term growth of capital.

  Unless otherwise stated, information presented in this report is as of October 31, 2016, and is based on total net assets.
  Unless otherwise noted, all data provided by Invesco.
  To access your Fund’s reports/prospectus, visit invesco.com/fundreports.

 

 

About share classes

  Class B shares may not be purchased for new or additional investments. Please see the prospectus for more information.
  Class Y shares are available only to certain investors. Please see the prospectus for more information.
  Class R5 shares are primarily intended for employer sponsored retirement and benefit plans that meet certain standards and for institutional investors. Please see the prospectus for more information.

 

 

Principal risks of investing

in the Fund

  Depositary receipts risk. Investing in depositary receipts involves the same risks as direct investments in foreign securities. In addition, the underlying issuers of certain depositary receipts are under no obligation to distribute shareholder communications or pass through any voting rights with respect to the deposited securities to the holders of such receipts. The Fund may therefore receive less timely information or have less control than if it invested directly in the foreign issuer.
  Derivatives risk. The value of a derivative instrument depends largely on (and is derived from) the value of an underlying security, currency, commodity, interest rate, index or other asset (each referred to as an underlying asset). In addition to risks relating to the underlying assets, the use of derivatives may include other, possibly greater, risks, including counterparty, leverage and liquidity risks. Counterparty risk is the risk that the counterparty to the derivative contract will default on its obligation to pay the Fund the amount owed or otherwise perform under the derivative contract. Derivatives create leverage risk because they do not require payment up front equal to the economic exposure created by owning the derivative. As a result, an adverse change in the value of the underlying
 

asset could result in the Fund sustaining a loss that is substantially greater than the amount invested in the derivative, which may make the Fund’s returns more volatile and increase the risk of loss. Derivative instruments may also be less liquid than more traditional investments and the Fund may be unable to sell or close out its derivative positions at a desirable time or price. This risk may be more acute under adverse market conditions, during which the Fund may be most in need of liquidating its derivative positions. Derivatives may also be harder to value, less tax efficient and subject to changing government regulation that could impact the Fund’s ability to use certain derivatives or their cost. Also, derivatives used for hedging or to gain or limit exposure to a particular market segment may not provide the expected benefits, particularly during adverse market conditions.

  Emerging markets securities risk. Emerging markets (also referred to as developing markets) are generally subject to greater market volatility, political, social and economic instability, uncertain trading markets and more governmental limitations on foreign investment than more developed markets. In addition, emerging markets may be subject to lower trading volume and greater price fluctuations than companies in more developed markets. Securities law and the enforcement of systems of taxation in many emerging market countries may change quickly and unpredictably. In addition, investments in emerging markets securities may also be subject to additional transaction costs, delays in settlement procedures, and lack of timely information.
  Foreign securities risk. The Fund’s foreign investments may be adversely affected by political and social instability, changes in economic or taxation policies, difficulty in enforcing obligations, decreased liquidity or increased volatility. Foreign investments also involve the
 

risk of the possible seizure, nationalization or expropriation of the issuer or foreign deposits (in which the Fund could lose its entire investments in a certain market) and the possible adoption of foreign governmental restrictions such as exchange controls. Unless the Fund has hedged its foreign securities risk, foreign securities risk also involves the risk of negative foreign currency rate fluctuations, which may cause the value of securities denominated in such foreign currency (or other instruments through which the Fund has exposure to foreign currencies) to decline in value. Currency exchange rates may fluctuate significantly over short periods of time. Currency hedging strategies, if used, are not always successful.

  Geographic focus risk. The Fund may from time to time invest a substantial amount of its assets in securities of issuers located in a single country or a limited number of countries. Adverse economic, political or social conditions in those countries may therefore have a significant negative impact on the Fund’s investment performance.
  Growth investing risk. Growth stocks tend to be more expensive relative to the issuing company’s earnings or assets compared with other types of stock. As a result, they tend to be more sensitive to changes in, or investors’ expectations of, the issuing company’s earnings and can be more volatile.
  Investing in the European Union risk. Investments in certain countries in the European Union are susceptible to high economic risks associated with high levels of debt, such as investments in sovereign debt of Greece, Italy and Spain. Separately, the European Union faces issues involving its membership, structure, procedures and policies. The exit of one or more member states from the European Union would place its currency and banking system in jeopardy. Efforts of the member states to further unify their economic and monetary policies may increase the potential for the downward movement of one member state’s market to cause a similar effect on other member states’ markets.
  Management risk. The Fund is actively managed and depends heavily on the Adviser’s judgment about markets, interest rates or the attractiveness, rela-

 

 

 

 

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

 

 

continued on page 6

 

NOT FDIC INSURED  |  MAY LOSE VALUE  |  NO BANK GUARANTEE

 

 

8                         Invesco Global Small & Mid Cap Growth Fund


Schedule of Investments

October 31, 2016

 

 

     Shares      Value  

Common Stocks & Other Equity Interests–90.53%

  

Australia–1.12%   

Computershare Ltd.

    706,036       $ 5,665,838   
Brazil–5.53%   

BM&FBOVESPA S.A.

    565,000         3,328,476   

BR Malls Participacoes S.A.(a)

    1,248,520         4,999,949   

CETIP S.A.-Mercados Organizados

    670,565         9,428,359   

Cielo S.A.

    1,018,970         10,345,359   
               28,102,143   
Canada–7.36%   

Celestica Inc.(a)

    533,000         6,306,587   

Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd.

    20,671         10,587,097   

Onex Corp.

    167,223         10,816,975   

Open Text Corp.

    90,310         5,607,468   

TransForce, Inc.

    180,000         4,083,802   
               37,401,929   
China–4.81%   

Fuyao Glass Industry Group Co., Ltd.–Class A

    1,140,926         2,979,628   

Lee & Man Paper Manufacturing Ltd.

    15,539,000         11,656,511   

NetEase, Inc.–ADR

    38,128         9,798,515   
               24,434,654   
Colombia–0.66%   

Gran Tierra Energy Inc.(a)

    1,149,433         3,359,387   
France–0.71%   

Bollore S.A.

    1,096,700         3,611,707   
Germany–4.41%   

Deutsche Boerse AG

    151,855         11,347,189   

MorphoSys AG(a)

    157,821         6,987,092   

MTU Aero Engines AG

    39,000         4,073,548   
               22,407,829   
Hong Kong–5.99%   

Hongkong Land Holdings Ltd.

    1,992,100         13,347,070   

WH Group Ltd.–REGS(b)

    21,039,000         17,063,524   
               30,410,594   
Indonesia–0.60%   

PT Perusahaan Gas Negara Persero Tbk

    15,437,600         3,022,970   
Ireland–1.00%   

Origin Enterprises PLC

    818,004         5,073,496   
Israel–1.12%   

Israel Discount Bank Ltd.–Class A(a)

    3,086,000         5,670,437   
Japan–1.90%   

EXEDY Corp.

    339,300         9,659,132   
Netherlands–0.70%   

NXP Semiconductors N.V.(a)

    35,672         3,567,200   
     Shares      Value  
Philippines–1.21%   

Energy Development Corp.

    50,672,100       $ 6,170,596   
Switzerland–1.15%   

Tecan Group AG

    35,536         5,853,537   
Turkey–3.02%   

Haci Omer Sabanci Holding A.S.

    2,639,111         7,942,378   

Tupras-Turkiye Petrol Rafinerileri A.S.

    363,635         7,389,352   
               15,331,730   
United Kingdom–23.50%   

Aberdeen Asset Management PLC

    1,170,542         4,577,817   

Compass Group PLC

    165,574         2,993,920   

DCC PLC

    288,961         23,523,793   

HomeServe PLC

    1,099,489         8,201,156   

IG Group Holdings PLC

    1,244,518         12,572,705   

Informa PLC

    899,791         7,405,329   

John Wood Group PLC

    680,000         6,384,245   

Jupiter Fund Management PLC

    958,750         5,065,215   

Lancashire Holdings Ltd.

    637,330         5,428,872   

Micro Focus International PLC

    861,607         22,575,446   

Savills PLC

    689,358         5,854,836   

Smiths Group PLC

    177,316         3,069,478   

UBM PLC

    333,198         2,924,010   

Ultra Electronics Holdings PLC

    225,074         5,117,779   

William Hill PLC

    1,019,541         3,690,739   
               119,385,340   
United States–25.74%   

Acuity Brands, Inc.

    9,089         2,032,028   

Advance Auto Parts, Inc.

    14,564         2,040,125   

Allegion PLC

    51,350         3,278,184   

American Eagle Outfitters, Inc.

    75,403         1,284,867   

Amphenol Corp.–Class A

    72,333         4,768,915   

Boston Scientific Corp.(a)

    165,786         3,647,292   

Brunswick Corp.

    64,152         2,790,612   

Burlington Stores, Inc.(a)

    41,317         3,096,296   

Cadence Design Systems, Inc.(a)

    160,088         4,095,051   

Carlisle Cos. Inc.

    22,335         2,341,825   

CBOE Holdings Inc.

    32,770         2,071,392   

Centene Corp.(a)

    62,092         3,879,508   

Cheniere Energy, Inc.(a)

    58,709         2,213,329   

Cinemark Holdings, Inc.

    89,629         3,567,234   

Cirrus Logic, Inc.(a)

    30,781         1,661,558   

Constellation Brands, Inc.–Class A

    21,331         3,564,837   

CoreSite Realty Corp.

    28,189         2,078,657   

CoStar Group Inc.(a)

    15,240         2,851,709   

Diamondback Energy Inc.(a)

    24,480         2,234,779   

Dollar Tree, Inc.(a)

    25,891         1,956,065   

E*TRADE Financial Corp.(a)

    73,967         2,082,911   

Electronic Arts Inc.(a)

    31,786         2,495,837   
 

 

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

 

9                         Invesco Global Small & Mid Cap Growth Fund


     Shares      Value  
United States–(continued)   

F5 Networks, Inc.(a)

    21,327       $ 2,947,605   

Fidelity National Information Services, Inc.

    42,371         3,132,064   

Foot Locker, Inc.

    27,842         1,859,010   

Gartner, Inc.(a)

    21,573         1,856,141   

Harman International Industries, Inc.

    18,417         1,468,019   

Hologic, Inc.(a)

    102,818         3,702,476   

INC Research Holdings, Inc.–Class A(a)

    47,160         2,155,212   

Intercontinental Exchange, Inc.

    11,864         3,207,907   

Masco Corp.

    101,680         3,139,878   

Microsemi Corp.(a)

    58,270         2,454,915   

Monster Beverage Corp.(a)

    17,401         2,511,660   

Newell Brands, Inc.

    44,602         2,141,788   

Pacira Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a)

    23,942         761,356   

Patheon N.V.(a)

    78,448         1,991,795   

PPG Industries, Inc.

    39,394         3,668,763   

Progressive Corp. (The)

    48,601         1,531,418   

Republic Services, Inc.

    51,940         2,733,602   

S&P Global Inc.

    16,956         2,066,089   

SBA Communications Corp.–Class A(a)

    28,119         3,185,320   

Stanley Black & Decker Inc.

    28,622         3,258,329   

Targa Resources Corp.

    38,865         1,706,174   

Team Health Holdings, Inc.(a)

    31,200         1,336,920   
     Shares      Value  
United States–(continued)   

Tractor Supply Co.

    19,271       $ 1,206,943   

Tyler Technologies, Inc.(a)

    20,172         3,235,589   

Ulta Salon, Cosmetics & Fragrance, Inc.(a)

    8,824         2,147,232   

VCA Inc.(a)

    45,745         2,811,488   

Vulcan Materials Co.

    17,158         1,942,286   

VWR Corp.(a)

    135,626         3,731,071   

Zayo Group Holdings, Inc.(a)

    86,148         2,772,243   
               130,696,304   

Total Common Stocks & Other Equity Interests
(Cost $338,486,176)

   

     459,824,823   

Money Market Funds–9.35%

  

Government & Agency Portfolio–Institutional Class, 0.29%(c)

    28,485,437         28,485,437   

Treasury Portfolio–Institutional Class, 0.22%(c)

    18,990,292         18,990,292   

Total Money Market Funds
(Cost $47,475,729)

   

     47,475,729   

TOTAL INVESTMENTS–99.88%
(Cost $385,961,905)

   

     507,300,552   

OTHER ASSETS LESS LIABILITIES–0.12%

  

     634,843   

NET ASSETS–100.00%

  

   $ 507,935,395   
 

Investment Abbreviations:

 

ADR  

– American Depositary Receipt

REGS  

– Regulation S

Notes to Schedule of Investments:

 

(a)  Non-income producing security.
(b)  Security purchased or received in a transaction exempt from registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “1933 Act”). The security may be resold pursuant to an exemption from registration under the 1933 Act, typically to qualified institutional buyers. The value of this security at October 31, 2016 represented 3.36% of the Fund’s Net Assets.
(c)  The money market fund and the Fund are affiliated by having the same investment adviser. The rate shown is the 7-day SEC standardized yield as of October 31, 2016.

 

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

 

10                         Invesco Global Small & Mid Cap Growth Fund


Statement of Assets and Liabilities

October 31, 2016

 

 

Assets:

  

Investments, at value (Cost $338,486,176)

  $ 459,824,823   

Investments in affiliated money market funds, at value and cost

    47,475,729   

Total investments, at value (Cost $385,961,905)

    507,300,552   

Foreign currencies, at value (Cost $1,036,960)

    1,037,353   

Receivable for:

 

Investments sold

    101,977   

Fund shares sold

    124,555   

Dividends

    399,064   

Investment for trustee deferred compensation and retirement plans

    199,589   

Other assets

    29,991   

Total assets

    509,193,081   

Liabilities:

  

Payable for:

 

Fund shares reacquired

    565,455   

Accrued foreign taxes

    423   

Accrued fees to affiliates

    348,442   

Accrued trustees’ and officers’ fees and benefits

    2,044   

Accrued other operating expenses

    117,701   

Trustee deferred compensation and retirement plans

    223,621   

Total liabilities

    1,257,686   

Net assets applicable to shares outstanding

  $ 507,935,395   

Net assets consist of:

  

Shares of beneficial interest

  $ 383,815,544   

Undistributed net investment income

    2,940,850   

Undistributed net realized gain (loss)

    (150,112

Net unrealized appreciation

    121,329,113   
    $ 507,935,395   

Net Assets:

  

Class A

  $ 451,433,032   

Class B

  $ 4,153,571   

Class C

  $ 23,628,350   

Class Y

  $ 15,847,106   

Class R5

  $ 12,873,336   

Shares outstanding, $0.001 par value per share,
with an unlimited number of shares authorized:

   

Class A

    25,767,489   

Class B

    288,274   

Class C

    1,638,292   

Class Y

    901,673   

Class R5

    737,524   

Class A:

 

Net asset value per share

  $ 17.52   

Maximum offering price per share

 

(Net asset value of $17.52 ¸ 94.50%)

  $ 18.54   

Class B:

 

Net asset value and offering price per share

  $ 14.41   

Class C:

 

Net asset value and offering price per share

  $ 14.42   

Class Y:

 

Net asset value and offering price per share

  $ 17.58   

Class R5:

 

Net asset value and offering price per share

  $ 17.45   
 

 

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

 

11                         Invesco Global Small & Mid Cap Growth Fund


Statement of Operations

For the year ended October 31, 2016

 

Investment income:

  

Dividends (net of foreign withholding taxes of $443,750)

  $ 10,634,747   

Dividends from affiliated money market funds

    158,026   

Total investment income

    10,792,773   

Expenses:

 

Advisory fees

    4,167,393   

Administrative services fees

    141,579   

Custodian fees

    55,343   

Distribution fees:

 

Class A

    1,174,317   

Class B

    56,047   

Class C

    251,246   

Transfer agent fees — A, B, C and Y

    1,199,667   

Transfer agent fees — R5

    12,836   

Trustees’ and officers’ fees and benefits

    36,065   

Registration and filing fees

    71,188   

Reports to shareholders

    78,676   

Professional services fees

    65,281   

Other

    28,735   

Total expenses

    7,338,373   

Less: Fees waived and expense offset arrangement(s)

    (80,565

Net expenses

    7,257,808   

Net investment income

    3,534,965   

Realized and unrealized gain (loss) from:

 

Net realized gain (loss) from:

 

Investment securities (Net of foreign taxes of $90,908 and includes net gains (losses) from securities sold to affiliates of $(84,237))

    874,637   

Foreign currencies

    (212,130
      662,507   

Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of:

 

Investment securities (net of foreign taxes of $444,664)

    (186,747

Foreign currencies

    4,637   
      (182,110

Net realized and unrealized gain

    480,397   

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

  $ 4,015,362   

 

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

 

12                         Invesco Global Small & Mid Cap Growth Fund


Statement of Changes in Net Assets

For the years ended October 31, 2016 and 2015

 

     2016      2015  

Operations:

  

  

Net investment income

  $ 3,534,965       $ 4,016,645   

Net realized gain

    662,507         31,758,794   

Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

    (182,110      (49,202,143

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

    4,015,362         (13,426,704

Distributions to shareholders from net investment income:

    

Class A

    (2,652,445      (3,016,780

Class Y

    (131,610      (145,818

Class R5

    (123,730      (123,663

Total distributions from net investment income

    (2,907,785      (3,286,261

Distributions to shareholders from net realized gains:

    

Class A

    (28,975,343      (61,809,369

Class B

    (492,744      (1,473,690

Class C

    (1,894,472      (3,866,332

Class Y

    (952,999      (2,042,044

Class R5

    (771,132      (1,471,936

Total distributions from net realized gains

    (33,086,690      (70,663,371

Share transactions–net:

    

Class A

    (24,782,343      23,233,411   

Class B

    (2,638,770      (2,692,307

Class C

    (2,344,961      2,603,434   

Class Y

    101,749         1,534,155   

Class R5

    (8,306      2,462,340   

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

    (29,672,631      27,141,033   

Net increase (decrease) in net assets

    (61,651,744      (60,235,303

Net assets:

    

Beginning of year

    569,587,139         629,822,442   

End of year (includes undistributed net investment income of $2,940,850 and $2,627,216, respectively)

  $ 507,935,395       $ 569,587,139   

Notes to Financial Statements

October 31, 2016

NOTE 1—Significant Accounting Policies

Invesco Global Small & Mid Cap Growth Fund (the “Fund”) is a series portfolio of AIM International Mutual Funds (Invesco International Mutual Funds) (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 consisting of ten separate portfolios, each authorized to issue an unlimited number of shares of beneficial interest. The assets, liabilities and operations of each portfolio are accounted for separately. Information presented in these financial statements pertains only to the Fund. Matters affecting each portfolio or class will be voted on exclusively by the shareholders of such portfolio or class.

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

The Fund currently consists of five different classes of shares: Class A, Class B, Class C, Class Y and Class R5. Class Y shares are available only to certain investors. Class A shares are sold with a front-end sales charge unless certain waiver criteria are met and under certain circumstances load waived shares may be subject to contingent deferred sales charges (“CDSC”). Class C shares are sold with a CDSC. Class Y and Class R5 shares are sold at net asset value. Effective November 30, 2010, new or additional investments in Class B shares are no longer permitted. Existing shareholders of Class B shares may continue to reinvest dividends and capital gains distributions in Class B shares until they convert to Class A shares. Also, shareholders in Class B shares will be able to exchange those shares for Class B shares of other Invesco Funds offering such shares until they convert to Class A shares. Generally, Class B shares will automatically convert to Class A shares on or about the month-end, which is at least eight years after the date of purchase. Redemption of Class B shares prior to the conversion date will be subject to a CDSC.

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.

 

13                         Invesco Global Small & Mid Cap Growth Fund


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

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

Debt obligations (including convertible securities) and unlisted equities are fair valued using an evaluated quote provided by an independent pricing service. Evaluated quotes provided by the pricing service may be determined without exclusive reliance on quoted prices, and may reflect appropriate factors such as institution-size trading in similar groups of securities, developments related to specific securities, dividend rate (for unlisted equities), yield (for debt obligations), quality, type of issue, coupon rate (for debt obligations), maturity (for debt obligations), individual trading characteristics and other market data. Debt obligations are subject to interest rate and credit risks. In addition, all debt obligations involve some risk of default with respect to interest and/or principal payments.

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

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

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

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

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

B. Securities Transactions and Investment Income — Securities transactions are accounted for on a trade date basis. Realized gains or losses on sales are computed on the basis of specific identification of the securities sold. Interest income (net of withholding tax, if any) is recorded on the accrual basis from settlement date. Dividend income (net of withholding tax, if any) is recorded on the ex-dividend date.

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

Brokerage commissions and mark ups are considered transaction costs and are recorded as an increase to the cost basis of securities purchased and/or a reduction of proceeds on a sale of securities. Such transaction costs are included in the determination of net realized and unrealized gain (loss) from investment securities reported in the Statement of Operations and the Statement of Changes in Net Assets and the net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on securities per share in the Financial Highlights. Transaction costs are included in the calculation of the Fund’s net asset value and, accordingly, they reduce the Fund’s total returns. These transaction costs are not considered operating expenses and are not reflected in net investment income reported in the Statement of Operations and the Statement of Changes in Net Assets, or the net investment income per share and the ratios of expenses and net investment income reported in the Financial Highlights, nor are they limited by any expense limitation arrangements between the Fund and the investment adviser.

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

C.

Country Determination — For the purposes of making investment selection decisions and presentation in the Schedule of Investments, the investment adviser may determine the country in which an issuer is located and/or credit risk exposure based on various factors. These factors include the laws of the country under which the issuer is organized, where the issuer maintains a principal office, the country in which the issuer

 

14                         Invesco Global Small & Mid Cap Growth Fund


  derives 50% or more of its total revenues and the country that has the primary market for the issuer’s securities, as well as other criteria. Among the other criteria that may be evaluated for making this determination are the country in which the issuer maintains 50% or more of its assets, the type of security, financial guarantees and enhancements, the nature of the collateral and the sponsor organization. Country of issuer and/or credit risk exposure has been determined to be the United States of America, unless otherwise noted.
D. Distributions — Distributions from net investment income and net realized capital gain, if any, are generally declared and paid annually and recorded on the ex-dividend date. The Fund may elect to treat a portion of the proceeds from redemptions as distributions for federal income tax purposes.
E. Federal Income Taxes — The Fund intends to comply with the requirements of Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Internal Revenue Code”), necessary to qualify as a regulated investment company and to distribute substantially all of the Fund’s taxable earnings to shareholders. As such, the Fund will not be subject to federal income taxes on otherwise taxable income (including net realized capital gain) that is distributed to shareholders. Therefore, no provision for federal income taxes is recorded in the financial statements.

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

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

F. Expenses — Fees provided for under the Rule 12b-1 plan of a particular class of the Fund are charged to the operations of such class. Transfer agency fees and expenses and other shareholder recordkeeping fees and expenses attributable to Class R5 are charged to such class. Transfer agency fees and expenses and other shareholder recordkeeping fees and expenses relating to all other classes are allocated among those classes based on relative net assets. All other expenses are allocated among the classes based on relative net assets.
G. Accounting Estimates — The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”) requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period including estimates and assumptions related to taxation. Actual results could differ from those estimates by a significant amount. In addition, the Fund monitors for material events or transactions that may occur or become known after the period-end date and before the date the financial statements are released to print.
H. Indemnifications — Under the Trust’s organizational documents, each Trustee, officer, employee or other agent of the Trust is indemnified against certain liabilities that may arise out of the performance of their duties to the Fund. Additionally, in the normal course of business, the Fund enters into contracts, including the Fund’s servicing agreements, that contain a variety of indemnification clauses. The Fund’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown as this would involve future claims that may be made against the Fund that have not yet occurred. The risk of material loss as a result of such indemnification claims is considered remote.
I. Foreign Currency Translations — Foreign currency is valued at the close of the NYSE based on quotations posted by banks and major currency dealers. Portfolio securities and other assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies are translated into U.S. dollar amounts at date of valuation. Purchases and sales of portfolio securities (net of foreign taxes withheld on disposition) and income items denominated in foreign currencies are translated into U.S. dollar amounts on the respective dates of such transactions. The Fund does not separately account for the portion of the results of operations resulting from changes in foreign exchange rates on investments and the fluctuations arising from changes in market prices of securities held. The combined results of changes in foreign exchange rates and the fluctuation of market prices on investments (net of estimated foreign tax withholding) are included with the net realized and unrealized gain or loss from investments in the Statement of Operations. Reported net realized foreign currency gains or losses arise from (1) sales of foreign currencies, (2) currency gains or losses realized between the trade and settlement dates on securities transactions, and (3) the difference between the amounts of dividends, interest, and foreign withholding taxes recorded on the Fund’s books and the U.S. dollar equivalent of the amounts actually received or paid. Net unrealized foreign currency gains and losses arise from changes in the fair values of assets and liabilities, other than investments in securities at fiscal period end, resulting from changes in exchange rates.

The Fund may invest in foreign securities, which may be subject to foreign taxes on income, gains on investments or currency repatriation, a portion of which may be recoverable. Foreign taxes, if any, are recorded based on the tax regulations and rates that exist in the foreign markets in which the Fund invests and are shown in the Statement of Operations.

J. Forward Foreign Currency Contracts — The Fund may engage in foreign currency transactions either on a spot (i.e. for prompt delivery and settlement) basis, or through forward foreign currency contracts, to manage or minimize currency or exchange rate risk.

The Fund may also enter into forward foreign currency contracts for the purchase or sale of a security denominated in a foreign currency in order to “lock in” the U.S. dollar price of that security, or the Fund may also enter into forward foreign currency contracts that do not provide for physical settlement of the two currencies, but instead are settled by a single cash payment calculated as the difference between the agreed upon exchange rate and the spot rate at settlement based upon an agreed upon notional amount (non-deliverable forwards). The Fund will set aside liquid assets in an amount equal to the daily mark-to-market obligation for forward foreign currency contracts.

A forward foreign currency contract is an obligation between two parties (“Counterparties”) to purchase or sell a specific currency for an agreed-upon price at a future date. The use of forward foreign currency contracts does not eliminate fluctuations in the price of the underlying securities the Fund owns or intends to acquire but establishes a rate of exchange in advance. Fluctuations in the value of these contracts are measured by the difference in the contract date and reporting date exchange rates and are recorded as unrealized appreciation (depreciation) until the contracts are closed. When the contracts are closed, realized gains (losses) are recorded. Realized and unrealized gains (losses) on the contracts are included in the Statement of Operations. The primary risks associated with forward foreign currency contracts include failure of the Counterparty to meet the terms of the contract and the value of the foreign currency changing unfavorably. These risks may be in excess of the amounts reflected in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities.

 

15                         Invesco Global Small & Mid Cap Growth Fund


NOTE 2—Advisory Fees and Other Fees Paid to Affiliates

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

 

Average Daily Net Assets   Rate  

First $250 million

    0.80%   

Next $250 million

    0.78%   

Next $500 million

    0.76%   

Next $1.5 billion

    0.74%   

Next $2.5 billion

    0.72%   

Next $2.5 billion

    0.70%   

Next $2.5 billion

    0.68%   

Over $10 billion

    0.66%   

For the year ended October 31, 2016, the effective advisory fees incurred by the Fund was 0.79%.

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

The Adviser has contractually agreed, through at least June 30, 2017, to waive advisory fees and/or reimburse expenses of all shares to the extent necessary to limit total annual fund operating expenses after fee waiver and/or expense reimbursement (excluding certain items discussed below) of Class A, Class B, Class C, Class Y and Class R5 shares to 2.25%, 3.00%, 3.00%, 2.00% and 2.00%, respectively, of average daily net assets (the “expense limits”). In determining the Adviser’s obligation to waive advisory fees and/or reimburse expenses, the following expenses are not taken into account, and could cause the total annual fund operating expenses after fee waiver and/or expense reimbursement to exceed the numbers reflected above: (1) interest; (2) taxes; (3) dividend expense on short sales; (4) extraordinary or non-routine items, including litigation expenses; and (5) expenses that the Fund has incurred but did not actually pay because of an expense offset arrangement. Unless Invesco continues the fee waiver agreement, it will terminate on June 30, 2017. During its term, the fee waiver agreement cannot be terminated or amended to increase the expense limits without approval of the Board of Trustees. The Adviser did not waive fees and/or reimburse expenses during the period under these expense limits.

Further, the Adviser has contractually agreed, through at least June 30, 2018, 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 October 31, 2016, the Adviser waived advisory fees of $71,270.

The Trust has entered into a master administrative services agreement with Invesco pursuant to which the Fund has agreed to pay Invesco for certain administrative costs incurred in providing accounting services to the Fund. For the year ended October 31, 2016, expenses incurred under the agreement are shown in the Statement of Operations as Administrative services fees.

The Trust has entered into a transfer agency and service agreement with Invesco Investment Services, Inc. (“IIS”) pursuant to which the Fund has agreed to pay IIS a fee for providing transfer agency and shareholder services to the Fund and reimburse IIS for certain expenses incurred by IIS in the course of providing such services. IIS may make payments to intermediaries that provide omnibus account services, sub-accounting services and/or networking services. All fees payable by IIS to intermediaries that provide omnibus account services or sub-accounting are charged back to the Fund, subject to certain limitations approved by the Trust’s Board of Trustees. For the year ended October 31, 2016, expenses incurred under the agreement are shown in the Statement of Operations as Transfer agent fees.

The Trust has entered into master distribution agreements with Invesco Distributors, Inc. (“IDI”) to serve as the distributor for the Class A, Class B, Class C, Class Y and Class R5 shares of the Fund. The Trust has adopted plans pursuant to Rule 12b-1 under the 1940 Act with respect to the Fund’s Class A, Class B and Class C shares (collectively, the “Plans”). The Fund, pursuant to the Plans, pays IDI compensation at the annual rate of 0.25% of the Fund’s average daily net assets of Class A shares and 1.00% of the average daily net assets of Class B and Class C shares. Of the Plan payments, up to 0.25% of the average daily net assets of each class of shares may be paid to furnish continuing personal shareholder services to customers who purchase and own shares of such classes. Any amounts not paid as a service fee under the Plans would constitute an asset-based sales charge. Rules of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”) impose a cap on the total sales charges, including asset-based sales charges, that may be paid by any class of shares of the Fund. For the year ended October 31, 2016, expenses incurred under the Plans are shown in the Statement of Operations as Distribution fees.

Front-end sales commissions and CDSC (collectively, the “sales charges”) are not recorded as expenses of the Fund. Front-end sales commissions are deducted from proceeds from the sales of Fund shares prior to investment in Class A shares of the Fund. CDSC are deducted from redemption proceeds prior to remittance to the shareholder. During the year ended October 31, 2016, IDI advised the Fund that IDI retained $44,627 in front-end sales commissions from the sale of Class A shares and $2,267, $510 and $1,830 from Class A, Class B and Class C shares, respectively, for CDSC imposed on redemptions by shareholders.

For the year ended October 31, 2016, the Fund incurred $335 in brokerage commissions with Invesco Capital Markets, Inc., an affiliate of the Adviser and IDI, for portfolio transactions executed on behalf of the Fund.

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

 

16                         Invesco Global Small & Mid Cap Growth Fund


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 October 31, 2016. 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.

During the year ended October 31, 2016, there were transfers from Level 1 to Level 2 of $14,532,378 and from Level 2 to Level 1 of $67,479,275, due to foreign fair value adjustments.

 

     Level 1        Level 2        Level 3        Total  

Australia

  $ 5,665,838         $         $         $ 5,665,838   

Brazil

    28,102,143                               28,102,143   

Canada

    37,401,929                               37,401,929   

China

    9,798,515           14,636,139                     24,434,654   

Colombia

    3,359,387                               3,359,387   

France

    3,611,707                               3,611,707   

Germany

    18,334,281           4,073,548                     22,407,829   

Hong Kong

    30,410,594                               30,410,594   

Indonesia

              3,022,970                     3,022,970   

Ireland

    5,073,496                               5,073,496   

Israel

    5,670,437                               5,670,437   

Japan

              9,659,132                     9,659,132   

Netherlands

    3,567,200                               3,567,200   

Philippines

    6,170,596                               6,170,596   

Switzerland

    5,853,537                               5,853,537   

Turkey

              15,331,730                     15,331,730   

United Kingdom

    70,483,205           48,902,135                     119,385,340   

United States

    130,696,304                               130,696,304   

Money Market Funds

    47,475,729                               47,475,729   

Total Investments

  $ 411,674,898         $ 95,625,654         $         $ 507,300,552   

NOTE 4—Security Transactions with Affiliated Funds

The Fund is permitted to purchase or sell securities from or to certain other Invesco Funds under specified conditions outlined in procedures adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Trust. The procedures have been designed to ensure that any purchase or sale of securities by the Fund from or to another fund or portfolio that is or could be considered an affiliate by virtue of having a common investment adviser (or affiliated investment advisers), common Trustees and/or common officers complies with Rule 17a-7 of the 1940 Act. Further, as defined under the procedures, each transaction is effected at the current market price. Pursuant to these procedures, for the year ended October 31, 2016, the Fund engaged in securities sales of $971,880, which resulted in net realized gains (losses) of $(84,237).

NOTE 5—Expense Offset Arrangement(s)

The expense offset arrangement is comprised of transfer agency credits which result from balances in demand deposit accounts used by the transfer agent for clearing shareholder transactions. For the year ended October 31, 2016, the Fund received credits from this arrangement, which resulted in the reduction of the Fund’s total expenses of $9,295.

 

17                         Invesco Global Small & Mid Cap Growth Fund


NOTE 6—Trustees’ and Officers’ Fees and Benefits

Trustees’ and Officers’ Fees and Benefits include amounts accrued by the Fund to pay remuneration to certain Trustees and Officers of the Fund. Trustees have the option to defer compensation payable by the Fund, and Trustees’ and Officers’ Fees and Benefits also include amounts accrued by the Fund to fund such deferred compensation amounts. Those Trustees who defer compensation have the option to select various Invesco Funds in which their deferral accounts shall be deemed to be invested. Finally, certain current Trustees were eligible to participate in a retirement plan that provided for benefits to be paid upon retirement to Trustees over a period of time based on the number of years of service. The Fund may have certain former Trustees who also participate in a retirement plan and receive benefits under such plan. Trustees’ and Officers’ Fees and Benefits include amounts accrued by the Fund to fund such retirement benefits. Obligations under the deferred compensation and retirement plans represent unsecured claims against the general assets of the Fund.

NOTE 7—Cash Balances

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

NOTE 8—Distributions to Shareholders and Tax Components of Net Assets

Tax Character of Distributions to Shareholders Paid During the Fiscal Years Ended October 31, 2016 and 2015:

 

     2016        2015  

Ordinary income

  $ 3,110,316         $ 3,286,261   

Long-term capital gain

    32,884,159           70,663,371   

Total distributions

  $ 35,994,475         $ 73,949,632   

Tax Components of Net Assets at Period-End:

 

     2016  

Undistributed ordinary income

  $ 3,164,471   

Undistributed long-term gain

    786,650   

Net unrealized appreciation — investments

    120,401,885   

Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) — other investments

    (9,534

Temporary book/tax differences

    (223,621

Shares of beneficial interest

    383,815,544   

Total net assets

  $ 507,935,395   

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

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

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

The Fund does not have a capital loss carryforward as of October 31, 2016.

NOTE 9—Investment Securities

The aggregate amount of investment securities (other than short-term securities, U.S. Treasury obligations and money market funds, if any) purchased and sold by the Fund during the year ended October 31, 2016 was $107,471,506 and $160,565,552, respectively. Cost of investments on a tax basis includes the adjustments for financial reporting purposes as of the most recently completed federal income tax reporting period-end.

 

Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) of Investment Securities on a Tax Basis  

Aggregate unrealized appreciation of investment securities

  $ 137,246,042   

Aggregate unrealized (depreciation) of investment securities

    (16,844,157

Net unrealized appreciation of investment securities

  $ 120,401,885   

Cost of investments for tax purposes is $386,898,667.

 

18                         Invesco Global Small & Mid Cap Growth Fund


NOTE 10—Reclassification of Permanent Differences

Primarily as a result of differing book/tax treatment of foreign currency transactions and foreign capital gain taxes, on October 31, 2016, undistributed net investment income (loss) was decreased by $313,546 and undistributed net realized gain (loss) was increased by $313,546. This reclassification had no effect on the net assets of the Fund.

NOTE 11—Share Information

 

     Summary of Share Activity  
    Years ended October 31,  
    2016(a)      2015  
     Shares      Amount      Shares      Amount  

Sold:

          

Class A

    956,512       $ 16,410,633         1,499,916       $ 29,138,450   

Class B

    3,395         47,848         11,718         192,903   

Class C

    159,487         2,254,088         299,129         4,892,671   

Class Y

    358,011         6,288,364         326,703         6,410,607   

Class R5

    70,593         1,201,202         193,952         3,707,088   

Issued as reinvestment of dividends:

          

Class A

    1,764,204         30,026,740         3,351,989         61,710,118   

Class B

    34,377         484,367         93,226         1,441,267   

Class C

    129,456         1,826,621         242,184         3,746,582   

Class Y

    57,171         974,198         103,532         1,908,092   

Class R5

    52,874         893,578         87,093         1,592,917   

Automatic conversion of Class B shares to Class A shares:

          

Class A

    135,788         2,320,661         146,258         2,850,440   

Class B

    (164,398      (2,320,661      (174,430      (2,850,440

Reacquired:

          

Class A

    (4,258,732      (73,540,377      (3,642,223      (70,465,597

Class B

    (60,203      (850,324      (90,173      (1,476,037

Class C

    (450,380      (6,425,670      (370,702      (6,035,819

Class Y

    (411,855      (7,160,813      (354,991      (6,784,544

Class R5

    (121,954      (2,103,086      (147,380      (2,837,665

Net increase (decrease) in share activity

    (1,745,654    $ (29,672,631      1,575,801       $ 27,141,033   

 

(a)  There are entities that are record owners of more than 5% of the outstanding shares of the Fund and in the aggregate own 25% of the outstanding shares of the Fund. IDI has an agreement with these entities to sell Fund shares. The Fund, Invesco and/or Invesco affiliates may make payments to these entities, which are considered to be related to the Fund, for providing services to the Fund, Invesco and/or Invesco affiliates including but not limited to services such as securities brokerage, distribution, third party record keeping and account servicing. The Fund has no knowledge as to whether all or any portion of the shares owned of record by these entities are also owned beneficially.

 

19                         Invesco Global Small & Mid Cap Growth Fund


NOTE 12—Financial Highlights

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

 

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

Class A

  

Year ended 10/31/16

    $ 18.55       $ 0.12       $ 0.03       $ 0.15       $ (0.10 )     $ (1.08 )     $ (1.18 )     $ 17.52         0.98 %     $ 451,433         1.35 %(e)       1.36 %(e)       0.69 %(e)       22 %

Year ended 10/31/15

      21.59         0.13         (0.64 )       (0.51 )       (0.12 )       (2.41 )       (2.53 )       18.55         (2.28 )       504,020         1.35         1.36         0.69         25  

Year ended 10/31/14

      22.11         0.12         1.40         1.52         (0.18 )       (1.86 )       (2.04 )       21.59         7.69         557,238         1.35         1.36         0.54         18  

Year ended 10/31/13

      17.87         0.17         4.48         4.65         (0.16 )       (0.25 )       (0.41 )       22.11         26.56         550,526         1.37         1.38         0.87         26  

Year ended 10/31/12

      17.93         0.17         1.10         1.27         (0.24 )       (1.09 )       (1.33 )       17.87         7.94         482,051         1.42         1.43         1.00         37  

Class B

                                                       

Year ended 10/31/16

      15.48         (0.01 )       0.02         0.01                 (1.08 )       (1.08 )       14.41         0.21         4,154         2.10 (e)       2.11 (e)       (0.06 )(e)       22  

Year ended 10/31/15

      18.44         (0.01 )       (0.54 )       (0.55 )               (2.41 )       (2.41 )       15.48         (2.96 )       7,353         2.10         2.11         (0.06 )       25  

Year ended 10/31/14

      19.18         (0.04 )       1.20         1.16         (0.04 )       (1.86 )       (1.90 )       18.44         6.87         11,707         2.10         2.11         (0.21 )       18  

Year ended 10/31/13

      15.57         0.02         3.89         3.91         (0.05 )       (0.25 )       (0.30 )       19.18         25.58         15,405         2.12         2.13         0.12         26  

Year ended 10/31/12

      15.74         0.04         0.96         1.00         (0.08 )       (1.09 )       (1.17 )       15.57         7.12         17,529         2.17         2.18         0.25         37  

Class C

                                                       

Year ended 10/31/16

      15.49         (0.01 )       0.02         0.01                 (1.08 )       (1.08 )       14.42         0.21         23,628         2.10 (e)       2.11 (e)       (0.06 )(e)       22  

Year ended 10/31/15

      18.46         (0.01 )       (0.55 )       (0.56 )               (2.41 )       (2.41 )       15.49         (3.01 )       27,880         2.10         2.11         (0.06 )       25  

Year ended 10/31/14

      19.19         (0.04 )       1.21         1.17         (0.04 )       (1.86 )       (1.90 )       18.46         6.92         30,069         2.10         2.11         (0.21 )       18  

Year ended 10/31/13

      15.58         0.02         3.89         3.91         (0.05 )       (0.25 )       (0.30 )       19.19         25.56         28,505         2.12         2.13         0.12         26  

Year ended 10/31/12

      15.75         0.04         0.96         1.00         (0.08 )       (1.09 )       (1.17 )       15.58         7.11         22,401         2.17         2.18         0.25         37  

Class Y

                                                       

Year ended 10/31/16

      18.61         0.16         0.04         0.20         (0.15 )       (1.08 )       (1.23 )       17.58         1.27         15,847         1.10 (e)       1.11 (e)       0.94 (e)       22  

Year ended 10/31/15

      21.66         0.18         (0.65 )       (0.47 )       (0.17 )       (2.41 )       (2.58 )       18.61         (2.04 )       16,721         1.10         1.11         0.94         25  

Year ended 10/31/14

      22.18         0.17         1.40         1.57         (0.23 )       (1.86 )       (2.09 )       21.66         7.94         17,830         1.10         1.11         0.79         18  

Year ended 10/31/13

      17.92         0.22         4.49         4.71         (0.20 )       (0.25 )       (0.45 )       22.18         26.87         10,546         1.12         1.13         1.12         26  

Year ended 10/31/12

      18.00         0.22         1.09         1.31         (0.30 )       (1.09 )       (1.39 )       17.92         8.18         7,406         1.17         1.18         1.25         37  

Class R5

                                                       

Year ended 10/31/16

      18.50         0.18         0.02         0.20         (0.17 )       (1.08 )       (1.25 )       17.45         1.31         12,873         0.97 (e)       0.98 (e)       1.07 (e)       22  

Year ended 10/31/15

      21.55         0.21         (0.65 )       (0.44 )       (0.20 )       (2.41 )       (2.61 )       18.50         (1.88 )       13,613         0.98         0.99         1.06         25  

Year ended 10/31/14

      22.08         0.20         1.39         1.59         (0.26 )       (1.86 )       (2.12 )       21.55         8.10         12,980         0.96         0.97         0.93         18  

Year ended 10/31/13

      17.85         0.25         4.46         4.71         (0.23 )       (0.25 )       (0.48 )       22.08         27.05         22,585         0.95         0.96         1.29         26  

Year ended 10/31/12

      17.95         0.25         1.10         1.35         (0.36 )       (1.09 )       (1.45 )       17.85         8.46         20,481         0.94         0.95         1.48         37  

 

(a)  Calculated using average shares outstanding.
(b)  Includes redemption fees added to shares of beneficial interest, which were less than $0.005 per share for the year ended October 31, 2012.
(c)  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.
(d)  Portfolio turnover is calculated at the fund level and is not annualized for periods less than one year, if applicable.
(e)  Ratios are based on average daily net assets (000’s omitted) of $469,727, $5,605, $25,125, $15,313 and $12,836 for Class A, Class B, Class C, Class Y and Class R5 shares, respectively.

 

20                         Invesco Global Small & Mid Cap Growth Fund


Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

 

To the Board of Trustees and Shareholders of the Invesco Global Small & Mid Cap Growth Fund:

In our opinion, the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities, including the schedule of investments, and the related statements of operations and of changes in net assets and the financial highlights present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Invesco Global Small & Mid Cap Growth Fund (the “Fund”) as of October 31, 2016, the results of its operations for the year then ended, the changes in its net assets for each of the two years in the period then ended and the financial highlights for each of the five years in the period then ended, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. These financial statements and financial highlights (hereafter referred to as “financial statements”) are the responsibility of the Fund’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits. We conducted our audits of these financial statements in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, and evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits, which included confirmation of securities as of October 31, 2016 by correspondence with the custodian, provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLP

Houston, Texas

December 21, 2016

 

21                         Invesco Global Small & Mid Cap Growth Fund


Calculating your ongoing Fund expenses

Example

As a shareholder of the Fund, you incur two types of costs: (1) transaction costs, which may include sales charges (loads) on purchase payments or contingent deferred sales charges on redemptions, if any; and (2) ongoing costs, including management fees, distribution and/or service (12b-1) fees, and other Fund expenses. This example is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Fund and to compare these costs with ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds. The example is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period May 1, 2016 through October 31, 2016.

Actual expenses

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

Hypothetical example for comparison purposes

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

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

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

 

Class   Beginning
Account Value
(05/01/16)
    ACTUAL    

HYPOTHETICAL

(5% annual return before

expenses)

    Annualized
Expense
Ratio
 
    Ending
Account Value
(10/31/16)1
     Expenses
Paid During
Period2
    Ending
Account Value
(10/31/16)
    Expenses
Paid During
Period2
   
A   $ 1,000.00      $ 1,014.50       $ 6.73      $ 1,018.45      $ 6.75        1.33
B     1,000.00        1,011.20         10.52        1,014.68        10.53        2.08   
C     1,000.00        1,010.50         10.51        1,014.68        10.53        2.08   
Y     1,000.00        1,016.20         5.47        1,019.71        5.48        1.08   
R5     1,000.00        1,016.30         4.81        1,020.36        4.82        0.95   

 

1  The actual ending account value is based on the actual total return of the Fund for the period May 1, 2016 through October 31, 2016, after actual expenses and will differ from the hypothetical ending account value which is based on the Fund’s expense ratio and a hypothetical annual return of 5% before expenses.
2  Expenses are equal to the Fund’s annualized expense ratio as indicated above multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 184/366 to reflect the most recent fiscal half year.

 

22                         Invesco Global Small & Mid Cap Growth Fund


Approval of Investment Advisory and Sub-Advisory Contracts

 

The Board of Trustees (the Board) of AIM International Mutual Funds (Invesco International Mutual Funds) is required under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, to approve annually the renewal of Invesco Global Small & Mid Cap Growth Fund’s (the Fund) investment advisory agreements. During contract renewal meetings held on June 7-8, 2016, the Board as a whole, and the disinterested or “independent” Trustees, who comprise over 75% of the Board, voting separately, approved the continuance for the Fund of the Master Investment Advisory Agreement with Invesco Advisers, Inc. (Invesco Advisers and the investment advisory agreement) and 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. (collectively, the Affiliated Sub-Advisers and the sub-advisory contracts) for another year, effective July 1, 2016.

In evaluating the fairness and reasonableness of compensation under the Fund’s investment advisory agreement and sub-advisory contracts, the Board considered, among other things, the factors discussed below. The Board determined that continuation of the Fund’s investment advisory agreement and the sub-advisory contracts is in the best interest of the Fund and its shareholders and that the compensation payable to Invesco Advisers and the Affiliated Sub-Advisers under the agreements is fair and reasonable.

The Board’s Fund Evaluation Process

The Board’s Investments Committee has established three Sub-Committees, which meet throughout the year to review the performance of funds advised by Invesco Advisers (the Invesco Funds). Over the course of each year, the Sub-Committees meet with portfolio managers for their assigned Invesco Funds and other members of management to review the performance, investment objective(s), policies, strategies, limitations and investment risks of these funds. The Board had the benefit of reports from the Sub-Committees and Investments Committee throughout the year in considering approval of the continuance of each Invesco Fund’s investment advisory agreement and sub-advisory contracts for another year.

During the contract renewal process, the Board receives comparative performance and fee data regarding the Invesco Funds prepared by Invesco Advisers and Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. (Broadridge), an independent provider of investment company data. The Board also receives an independent written evaluation from the Senior Officer, an officer of the Invesco Funds who reports directly to the

independent Trustees. The Senior Officer’s evaluation is prepared as part of his responsibility to manage the process by which the Invesco Funds’ proposed management fees are negotiated during the annual contract renewal process to ensure they are negotiated in a manner that is at arms’ length and reasonable. In addition to meetings with Invesco Advisers and fund counsel, the independent Trustees also discuss the continuance of the investment advisory agreement and sub-advisory contracts in separate sessions with the Senior Officer and with independent legal counsel.

The Trustees recognized that the advisory fee rates for the Invesco Funds are, in many cases, the result of years of review and negotiation. The Trustees’ deliberations and conclusions in a particular year may be based in part on their deliberations and conclusions regarding these arrangements throughout the year and in prior years. 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.

The discussion below is a summary of the Senior Officer’s independent written evaluation with respect to the Fund’s investment advisory agreement as well as a discussion 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. Unless otherwise stated, this information is current as of June 8, 2016, and does not reflect consideration of factors that became known to the Board after that date.

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 advisory services provided to the Fund by Invesco Advisers under the Fund’s investment advisory agreement, the performance of Invesco Advisers in providing these services, and the credentials and experience of the officers and employees of Invesco Advisers who provide these services, including the Fund’s portfolio manager or managers. The Board’s review of the qualifications of Invesco Advisers to provide advisory services included the Board’s consideration of Invesco Advisers’ investment process oversight, independent credit analysis and investment risk management. The Board also considered non-advisory services that Invesco Advisers and its affiliates provide to the Invesco Funds such as various back office

support functions, trading operations, internal audit, valuation and legal and compliance.

In determining whether to continue the Fund’s investment advisory agreement, the Board considered the benefits of reapproving an existing relationship and the greater uncertainty that may be associated with entering into a new relationship. The Board concluded that the nature, extent and quality of the services provided to the Fund by Invesco Advisers are appropriate and satisfactory and consistent with the terms of the Fund’s investment advisory agreement.

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 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 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 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 and consistent with the terms of the Fund’s sub-advisory contracts.

B. Fund Performance

The Board considered Fund performance as a relevant factor in considering whether to approve the investment advisory agreement. 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 performance during the past one, three and five calendar years to the performance of funds in the Broadridge performance universe and against the Lipper Global Small/Mid-Cap Funds Index. The Board noted that performance of Class A shares of the Fund was in the third quintile of its performance universe for the one, three and five year periods (the first quintile being the best performing funds and the fifth quintile being the worst performing funds). The Board noted that performance of the Class A shares of the Fund was below the performance of the Index for the one year period and above the performance of the Index for the three and five year periods. The Trustees also reviewed more recent Fund performance and this review did not change their conclusions.

 

 

23                         Invesco Global Small & Mid Cap Growth Fund


C. Advisory and Sub-Advisory Fees

The Board compared the Fund’s contractual management fee rate to the contractual management fee rates of funds in the Fund’s Broadridge expense group at a common asset level. The Board noted that the contractual management fee rate for Class A shares of the Fund was below the median contractual management fee rate of funds in its expense group. The Board noted that the term “contractual management fee” for funds in the expense group may include both advisory and certain administrative services fees, but that Broadridge does not provide information on a fund by fund basis as to what is included. The Board noted that Invesco Advisers does not separately charge the Invesco Funds for the administrative services included in the term as defined by Broadridge. The Board also reviewed the methodology used by Broadridge in providing expense group information, which includes using each fund’s contractual management fee schedule (including any applicable breakpoints) as reported in the most recent prospectus or statement of additional information for each fund in the expense group.

The Board noted that Invesco Advisers and the Affiliated Sub-Advisers do not manage other mutual funds or client accounts with investment strategies comparable to those of the Fund.

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. The Board also noted that the sub-advisory fees are not paid directly by the Fund, but rather, are payable by Invesco Advisers to the Affiliated Sub-Advisers.

D. Economies of Scale and Breakpoints

The Board considered the extent to which there are economies of scale in the provision of advisory services to the Fund. The Board also considered whether the Fund benefits from economies of scale through contractual breakpoints in the Fund’s advisory fee schedule. The Board also noted that the Fund shares directly in economies of scale through lower fees charged by third party service providers based on the combined size of the Invesco Funds and other clients advised by Invesco Advisers.

E. Profitability and Financial Resources

The Board reviewed information from Invesco Advisers concerning the costs of the advisory and other services that Invesco Advisers and its affiliates provide to the Fund and the Invesco Funds and the profitability of Invesco Advisers and its affiliates in providing these services. The Board received information from Invesco Advisers and a report from an independent consultant engaged by the Senior Officer about the methodology used to prepare the profitability information. The Board noted that Invesco Advisers continues to operate at a net profit from services Invesco Advisers and its affiliates provide to the Invesco Funds and the Fund. The Board did not deem the level of

profits realized by Invesco Advisers and its affiliates from providing services to the Fund to be excessive given the nature, quality and extent of the services provided. The Board received and accepted information from Invesco Advisers demonstrating that Invesco Advisers and each Affiliated Sub-Adviser 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 received by Invesco Advisers and its affiliates from the relationship with the Fund, including the fees received for providing transfer agency and distribution services to the Fund. The Board considered comparative information regarding fees charged for these services, including information provided by Broadridge and other independent sources. The Board considered the performance of Invesco Advisers and its affiliates in providing these services and the organizational structure employed to provide these services. The Board also considered that these services are 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. The Board noted that soft dollar arrangements shift the payment obligation for research services from Invesco Advisers and the Affiliated Sub-Advisers to the Invesco Funds and that the research received may be used with other clients of Invesco Advisers and may reduce Invesco Advisers’ and the Affiliated Sub-Advisers’ expenses. The Board also considered that it receives periodic reports from the Chief Compliance Officer of the Invesco Funds demonstrating that these arrangements are consistent with regulatory requirements. The Board did not deem the soft dollar arrangements to be inappropriate.

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

The Board also considered the Fund use an affiliated broker to execute certain trades for the Fund to, among other things, control information leakage, and were advised that such trades would be executed in compliance with rules under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and consistent with best execution obligations.

 

 

24                         Invesco Global Small & Mid Cap Growth Fund


Tax Information

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

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

The Fund designates the following amounts or, if subsequently determined to be different, the maximum amount allowable for its fiscal year ended October 31, 2016:

 

Federal and State Income Tax

 

Long-Term Capital Gain Distributions

  $ 32,884,159   

Qualified Dividend Income*

    100.00

Corporate Dividends Received Deduction*

    37.08

U.S. Treasury Obligations*

    0.00

Foreign Tax Credit

  $ 0.0140   

Foreign Source Income

  $ 0.3461   

 

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

 

Non-Resident Alien Shareholders

 

Qualified Short-Term Gains

  $ 192,842   

 

25                         Invesco Global Small & Mid Cap Growth Fund


Trustees and Officers

 

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

 

Name, Year of Birth and
Position(s) Held with the Trust
  Trustee and/
or Officer Since
  Principal Occupation(s)
During Past 5 Years
  Number of
Funds in Fund
Complex
Overseen by
Trustee
  Other Directorship(s)
Held by Trustee During
Past 5 Years
Interested Persons                

Martin L. Flanagan1 — 1960

Trustee

  2007  

Executive Director, Chief Executive Officer and President, Invesco Ltd. (ultimate parent of Invesco and a global investment management firm); Advisor to the Board, Invesco Advisers, Inc. (formerly known as Invesco Institutional (N.A.), Inc.); Trustee, The Invesco Funds; Vice Chair, Investment Company Institute; and Member of Executive Board, SMU Cox School of Business

 

Formerly: 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)

  146   None

Philip A. Taylor2 — 1954

Trustee and Senior Vice President

  2006  

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

 

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

  146   None
1 Mr. Flanagan is considered an interested person (within the meaning of Section 2(a)(19) of the 1940 Act) of the Trust because he is an officer of the Adviser to the Trust, and an officer and a director of Invesco Ltd., ultimate parent of the Adviser.

 

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

 

T-1                         Invesco Global Small & Mid Cap Growth Fund


Trustees and Officers—(continued)

 

Name, Year of Birth and
Position(s) Held with the Trust
  Trustee and/
or Officer Since
  Principal Occupation(s)
During Past 5 Years
  Number of
Funds in Fund
Complex
Overseen by
Trustee
  Other Directorship(s)
Held by Trustee During
Past 5 Years
Independent Trustees                

Bruce L. Crockett — 1944

Trustee and Chair

  1992  

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

  146   ALPS (Attorneys Liability Protection Society) (insurance company) and Globe Specialty Metals, Inc. (metallurgical company); Member of the Audit Committee, Ferroglobe PLC and Investment Company Institute; Member of the Executive Committee and Chair of the Governance Committee, Independent Directors Council

David C. Arch — 1945

Trustee

  2010   Chairman of Blistex Inc., a consumer health care products manufacturer   146   Board member of the Illinois Manufacturers’ Association; Member of the Board of Visitors, Institute for the Humanities, University of Michigan

James T. Bunch — 1942

Trustee

  2003  

Managing Member, Grumman Hill Group LLC (family office/private equity investments)

 

Formerly: Chairman of the Board, Denver Film Society, Chairman of the Board of Trustees, Evans Scholarship Foundation; Chairman, Board of Governors, Western Golf Association

  146   Trustee, Evans Scholarship Foundation

Albert R. Dowden — 1941

Trustee

  2000  

Director of a number of public and private business corporations, including Nature’s Sunshine Products, Inc.

 

Formerly: Director, The Boss Group, Ltd. and Reich & Tang Funds (5 portfolios) (registered investment company); Director, Homeowners of America Holding Corporation/Homeowners of America Insurance Company (property casualty company); Director, Continental Energy Services, LLC (oil and gas pipeline service); Director, CompuDyne Corporation (provider of product and services to the public security market) and Director, Annuity and Life Re (Holdings), Ltd. (reinsurance company); Director, President and Chief Executive Officer, Volvo Group North America, Inc.; Senior Vice President, AB Volvo; Director of various public and private corporations; Chairman, DHJ Media, Inc.; Director, Magellan Insurance Company; and Director, The Hertz Corporation, Genmar Corporation (boat manufacturer), National Media Corporation; Advisory Board of Rotary Power International (designer, manufacturer, and seller of rotary power engines); and Chairman, Cortland Trust, Inc. (registered investment company)

  146   Director of Nature’s Sunshine Products, Inc.

Jack M. Fields — 1952

Trustee

  1997  

Chief Executive Officer, Twenty First Century Group, Inc. (government affairs company); and 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); 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

  146   None

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 and Director, Arvest Bank

  146   Director of Insperity, Inc. (formerly known as Administaff)

Prema Mathai-Davis — 1950

Trustee

  1998  

Retired.

 

Formerly: Chief Executive Officer, YWCA of the U.S.A.

  146   None

Larry Soll — 1942

Trustee

  2003  

Retired.

 

Formerly: Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President, Synergen Corp. (a biotechnology company)

  146   None

Raymond Stickel, Jr. — 1944

Trustee

  2005  

Retired.

 

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

  146   None

Robert C. Troccoli — 1949

Trustee

  2016  

Adjunct Professor, University of Denver — Daniels College of Business

 

Formerly: Senior Partner, KPMG LLP

  146   None

 

T-2                         Invesco Global Small & Mid Cap Growth Fund


Trustees and Officers—(continued)

 

Name, Year of Birth and
Position(s) Held with the Trust
 

Trustee and/

or Officer Since

  Principal Occupation(s)
During Past 5 Years
  Number of
Funds in Fund
Complex
Overseen by
Trustee
  Other Directorship(s)
Held by Trustee During
Past 5 Years
Independent Trustees—(continued)

Suzanne H. Woolsey — 1941

Trustee

  2014  

Retired.

 

Formerly: Chief Executive Officer of Woolsey Partners LLC

  146   Director, SunShare LLC; Trustee, Ocean Conservancy; Emeritus Chair of the Board of Trustees of the Institute for Defense Analyses and of Colorado College; Trustee, Chair, Business and Finance Committee of California Institute of Technology; Prior to 2014, Director of Fluor Corp.; Prior to 2010, Trustee of the German Marshall Fund of the United States; Prior to 2010, Trustee of the Rocky Mountain Institute
Other Officers                

Sheri Morris — 1964

President, Principal Executive Officer and Treasurer

  1999  

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

 

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

  N/A   N/A

Russell C. Burk — 1958

Senior Vice President and Senior Officer

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

John M. Zerr — 1962

Senior Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Secretary

  2006  

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

 

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

  N/A   N/A

 

T-3                         Invesco Global Small & Mid Cap Growth Fund


Trustees and Officers—(continued)

 

 

Name, Year of Birth and
Position(s) Held with the Trust
  Trustee and/
or Officer Since
  Principal Occupation(s)
During Past 5 Years
  Number of
Funds in Fund
Complex
Overseen by
Trustee
  Other Directorship(s)
Held by Trustee During
Past 5 Years
Other Officers—(continued)                

Karen Dunn Kelley — 1960

Senior Vice President

  2004  

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

 

Formerly: Vice President, The Invesco Funds (other than AIM Treasurer’s Series Trust (Invesco Treasurer’s Series Trust), Short-Term Investments Trust and Invesco Management Trust); and President and Principal Executive Officer, 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 Asset Management (Bermuda) Ltd., Director, INVESCO Global Asset Management DAC (formerly known as INVESCO Global Asset Management Limited) and INVESCO Management S.A.; Senior Vice President, Van Kampen Investments Inc. and Invesco Advisers, Inc. (formerly known as Invesco Institutional (N.A.), Inc.) (registered investment adviser); Director and President, Fund Management Company; Chief Cash Management Officer, Director of Cash Management, Senior Vice President, and Managing Director, Invesco AIM Capital Management, Inc.; Director of Cash Management, Senior Vice President, and Vice President, Invesco Advisers, Inc. and Vice President, The Invesco Funds (AIM Treasurer’s Series Trust (Invesco Treasurer’s Series Trust), and Short-Term Investments Trust only)

  N/A   N/A

Kelli Gallegos — 1970

Vice President, Principal Financial Officer and Assistant Treasurer

  2008  

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

 

Formerly: Assistant Vice President, The Invesco Funds

  N/A   N/A

Tracy Sullivan — 1962

Vice President, Chief Tax Officer and Assistant Treasurer

  2008  

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

 

Formerly: Assistant Vice President, The Invesco Funds

  N/A   N/A

Crissie M. Wisdom — 1969

Anti-Money Laundering Compliance Officer

  2013  

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

 

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

  N/A   N/A

Robert R. Leveille — 1969

Chief Compliance Officer

  2016  

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

 

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

  N/A   N/A

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

 

Office of the Fund

11 Greenway Plaza, Suite 1000
Houston, TX 77046-1173

 

Investment Adviser

Invesco Advisers, Inc.
1555 Peachtree Street, N.E.
Atlanta, GA 30309

 

Distributor

Invesco Distributors, Inc.
11 Greenway Plaza, Suite 1000
Houston, TX 77046-1173

 

Auditors

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
1000 Louisiana Street, Suite 5800

Houston, TX 77002-5678

     

Counsel to the Fund

Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young, LLP
2005 Market Street, Suite 2600
Philadelphia, PA 19103-7018

 

Counsel to the Independent Trustees

Goodwin Procter LLP
901 New York Avenue, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20001

 

Transfer Agent

Invesco Investment Services, Inc.
11 Greenway Plaza, Suite 1000
Houston, TX 77046-1173

 

Custodian

State Street Bank and Trust Company
225 Franklin Street
Boston, MA 02110-2801

 

T-4                         Invesco Global Small & Mid Cap Growth Fund


 

 

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Invesco mailing information

Send general correspondence to Invesco Investment Services, Inc., P.O. Box 219078, Kansas City, MO 64121-9078.

 

 

Important notice regarding delivery of security holder documents

To reduce Fund expenses, only one copy of most shareholder documents may be mailed to shareholders with multiple accounts at the same address (Householding). Mailing of your shareholder documents may be householded indefinitely unless you instruct us otherwise. If you do not want the mailing of these documents to be combined with those for other members of your household, please contact Invesco Investment Services, Inc. at 800 959 4246 or contact your financial institution. We will begin sending you individual copies for each account within 30 days after receiving your request.

 

 

Fund holdings and proxy voting information

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

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

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

Invesco Advisers, Inc. is an investment adviser; it provides investment advisory services to individual and institutional clients and does not sell securities. Invesco Distributors, Inc. is the US distributor for Invesco Ltd.’s retail mutual funds, exchange-traded funds and institutional money market funds. Both are wholly owned, indirect subsidiaries of Invesco Ltd.

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SEC file numbers: 811-06463 and 033-44611    GSMG-AR-1    Invesco Distributors, Inc.


 

 

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Annual Report to Shareholders

 

  October 31, 2016
 

 

 

Invesco International Companies Fund

 

  Nasdaq:
  A: IZIAX    C: IZICX    R: IZIRX    Y: IZIYX    R5: IZIFX    R6: IZISX

 

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Letters to Shareholders

 

LOGO

Philip Taylor

    

Dear Shareholders:

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

    In December 2015, the US Federal Reserve raised short-term interest rates for the first time since 2006, signaling its belief that the economy was likely to continue strengthening. Indeed, throughout the reporting period, US economic data were generally positive and the economy expanded at a moderate rate – but there were some bumps along the road. Job growth in May 2016 was very weak, but it was followed by strong increases in nonfarm payrolls in June and July. Increased concerns about global economic weakness caused US stock market indexes to sink at the start of calendar year 2016, but they eventually recovered; they sank again following

the UK’s decision to leave the European Union, but then quickly recovered and reached record highs later in the summer. Strong demand for income-producing investments, particularly those perceived to be lower risk, benefited bonds as well as dividend-paying stocks for much of the reporting period. While economic news in the US was generally positive, news overseas was less upbeat. The European Central Bank, and central banks in China and Japan – as well as other countries – maintained extraordinarily accommodative monetary policies in response to economic weakness. As the fiscal year drew to a close, uncertainty about the outcome of the US presidential election resulted in increased market volatility; the surprise outcome after the close of the reporting period suggested that market volatility may continue for some time to come.

Short-term market volatility can prompt some investors to abandon their investment plans – and can cause others to settle for average results. The investment professionals at Invesco, in contrast, invest with high conviction, take a long-term perspective and have a passion to exceed. Invesco’s pure focus on investment management eliminates possible distractions and means that there are no competing lines of business for us to support. Just as important, we embrace a variety of investment strategies, asset classes and geographies – because we know that no single investment approach meets the diverse needs of all of our clients. We manage all our investment approaches with a passion to exceed. All our investment teams have a highly disciplined, long-term investing style that eliminates short-term decision-making. Of course, investing with high conviction can’t guarantee a profit or ensure success; no investment strategy can. To learn more about how we invest with high conviction, visit invesco.com/HighConviction.

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

Visit our website for more information on your investments

Our website, invesco.com/us, offers a wide range of market insights and investment perspectives. On the website, you’ll find detailed information about our funds, including performance, holdings and portfolio manager commentaries. You can access information about your account by completing a simple, secure online registration. Click on the “Need to register” link in the “Account Access” box on our homepage to get started.

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

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

Have questions?

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

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

Sincerely,

 

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Philip Taylor

Senior Managing Director, Invesco Ltd.

 

2                         Invesco International Companies Fund


 

 

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Bruce Crockett

    

Dear Fellow Shareholders:

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

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

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

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

Assessing each portfolio management team’s investment performance within the context of the investment strategy described in the fund’s prospectus.

Monitoring for potential conflicts of interests that may impact the nature of the services that your funds receive.

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

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

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

Sincerely,

 

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Bruce L. Crockett

Independent Chair

Invesco Funds Board of Trustees

 

3                         Invesco International Companies Fund


 

Management’s Discussion of Fund Performance

 

Performance summary

Invesco International Companies Fund (the Fund) incepted on December 21, 2015. From the Fund’s inception to the end of the reporting period on October 31, 2016, Class A shares of the Fund, at net asset value (NAV), outperformed the MSCI All Country World ex-U.S. Growth Index, the Fund’s style-specific benchmark.

    Additional information about your Fund’s performance appears later in this report.

 

Fund vs. Indexes

Cumulative total returns, 12/21/15 (inception date) to 10/31/16, at net asset value (NAV).

 

Class A Shares

    9.80

Class C Shares

    9.10   

Class R Shares

    9.50   

Class Y Shares

    10.00   

Class R5 Shares

    10.00   

Class R6 Shares

    10.00   

MSCI All Country World ex-U.S. Indexq (Broad Market Index)

    6.01   

MSCI All Country World ex-U.S. Growth Indexq (Style-Specific Index)

    4.22   

Lipper International Multi-Cap Growth Funds Index (Peer Group Index)

    2.55   

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

 

  

 

 

 

Market conditions and your Fund

The global economy continued to expand, albeit slowly, for the fiscal year ended October 31, 2016. However, that growth became increasingly uneven across developed and emerging economies, amid continued volatility in oil prices and as the policies of central banks globally began to diverge.

    An equity market rally in November was offset by negative performance in December, as a late-year crash in oil prices rattled the markets. Also in December, the US Federal Reserve (the Fed) followed through on its commitment to normalize monetary policy by raising interest rates – its first increase since 2006 – even as the European Central Bank extended its asset purchase program and Japan introduced additional quantitative easing and negative interest rates.

    Stocks began calendar year 2016 on a negative note, driven by investor concerns about economic weakness in China and falling oil prices. Markets recovered in late February and posted

gains amid concerted central bank commitments to very loose monetary policy. As a result, the US dollar fell sharply against the euro and Japanese yen, a development that was largely supportive of oil and stock prices.

    All major global stock indexes experienced steep declines again in June after UK voters opted to leave the European Union. Stocks in economically sensitive sectors, including energy and financials, were hardest hit, and investors flocked to the perceived safety of US Treasuries and more defensive, dividend-paying equities often found in the telecommunication services, utilities and consumer staples sectors.

    After the initial shock of the UK vote, stocks made a strong recovery, regaining most of their losses as fears of a shock to consumer confidence never materialized. For the remainder of the reporting period, emerging markets outperformed as the Fed left interest rates unchanged and expectations for an interest rate increase were delayed again.

 

    Stock selection in the health care sector, as well as an underweight allocation, were the largest contributors to the Fund’s outperformance during the reporting period. Health care was the worst-performing sector within the style-specific index for the reporting period, and the Fund’s holdings outperformed those of the benchmark.

    The Fund also benefited from strong stock selection in the industrials and consumer discretionary sectors. Strong stock selection in and relative underweight exposure to the financials and information technology (IT) sectors also contributed to the Fund, at NAV, outperforming the style-specific benchmark.

    From a geographic perspective, the Fund benefited from strong stock selection in emerging markets, most notably in Brazil and China. China also included a number of the Fund’s largest individual contributors and detractors.

    Within China, key contributors to the Fund included New Oriental Education & Technology Group and Kweichow Moutai. Shares of spirits company Kweichow Moutai performed well as the Chinese economy has responded favorably to the government’s stimulus program announced in early 2016.

    Conversely, a key individual detractor from Fund performance was Fosun International, one of the largest diversified conglomerates in China. The company’s share price fell during the reporting period following an announced shift in its acquisition and debt strategies.

    Another detractor from Fund performance was Chongqing Rural Commercial Bank, the first provincial-level rural bank in western China and the third provincial-level rural commercial bank in China. The company’s share price fell in sympathy with other Chinese banks due to investor concerns about weakening margins and a potential increase in non-performing loans.

    The Brazilian equity market was one of the best-performing markets in the reporting period as investors were buoyed

 

Portfolio Composition

        

By sector

 

         % of total net assets   

Industrials

    29.5

Consumer Staples

    23.5   

Information Technology

    16.4   

Consumer Discretionary

    9.7   

Financials

    5.8   

Health Care

    5.7   

Telecommunication Services

    2.4   

Money Market Funds

Plus Other Assets Less Liabilities

    7.0   

Top 10 Equity Holdings*

   % of total net assets  

 

1.

 

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.-Preference Shares

    4.6

2.

 

Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV

    3.6   

3.

 

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd.-ADR

    3.2   

4.

 

Kweichow Moutai Co., Ltd.-Class A

    3.1   

5.

 

Experian PLC

    3.0   

6.

 

Sinopharm Group Co. Ltd.-Class H

    3.0   

7.

 

Fosun International Ltd.

    2.9   

8.

 

Liberty Global PLC-Series A

    2.8   

9.

 

Japan Tobacco, Inc.

    2.7   

10.

 

Edenred

    2.6   

 

Total Net Assets

    $58.5 million   

Total Number of Holdings*

    45   

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

*Excluding money market fund holdings.

Data presented here are as of October 31, 2016.

 

 

4                         Invesco International Companies Fund


by a change in political leadership. Companies that benefited included a number of the Fund’s top contributors such as Localiza Rent a Car, a fleet rental service, and Cielo, a credit card services company.

    Holdings in Japan and the UK made a strong contribution to the Fund’s relative performance. Examples included MISUMI and SoftBank from Japan and British companies Electrocomponents and Rolls-Royce. We sold Rolls-Royce by the close of the reporting period. The UK also included the Fund’s largest individual detractor from performance, Howden Joinery, a British cabinetmaker.

    In Europe, the Fund’s holdings in Germany, Denmark, France and Switzerland benefited performance relative to the style-specific benchmark. A key contributor was DSV, a Danish transport and logistics company. During the reporting period, the company reported that its integration of businesses acquired in 2015 was ahead of schedule and exceeding expectations.

    A lack of exposure to the energy sector detracted from the Fund’s relative performance, as energy was the best-performing sector within the style-specific index for the reporting period. Similarly, the lack of exposure to the materials sector, which performed strongly during the reporting period, also detracted from the Fund’s relative performance.

    Geographically, the Fund’s lack of exposure to Taiwan, Canada and Australia detracted from relative performance.

    The Fund’s relative overweight exposure to Belgium, and specifically to Anheuser-Busch InBev, also detracted from Fund performance during the reporting period. The company’s shares suffered due to costs associated with its acquisition of rival SABMiller (not a Fund holding) in October.

    During the reporting period, we increased the Fund’s exposure to the IT, consumer staples and industrials sectors, and decreased exposure to the financials sector. At the end of the reporting period, the Fund’s

largest overweight allocations versus the benchmark were in the industrials and consumer staples sectors. From a country perspective, the largest overweight exposure was in China and the UK. Conversely, the largest underweight allocations were in the health care and materials sectors, and, geographically, in Japan and Canada.

    As always, the Fund’s country and sector allocations are the result of the team’s bottom-up, fundamental stock selection process, and are not based on the characteristics of the index.

    We thank you for your investment in Invesco International Companies Fund.

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

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

Jeff Feng

Chartered Financial Analyst, Portfolio Manager, is manager of Invesco International Companies Fund. He joined Invesco in 2009. Mr. Feng earned a BA in finance from Xiamen University in China and an MBA from the Richard Ivey School of Business at the University of Western Ontario.

Matt Peden

Chartered Financial Analyst, Portfolio Manager, is manager of Invesco International Companies Fund. He joined Invesco in 2009. Mr. Peden earned a B. Comm degree from the University of Guelph and an MBA from the Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto.

 

 

5                         Invesco International Companies Fund


 

Your Fund’s Performance

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

Fund and index data from 12/21/15

 

 

LOGO

1 Source: FactSet Research Systems Inc.

2 Lipper Inc.

 

Past performance cannot guarantee comparable future results.

    The data shown in the chart include reinvested distributions, applicable sales charges and Fund expenses including management fees. Index results include

reinvested dividends, but they do not reflect sales charges. Performance of the peer group, if applicable, reflects fund expenses and management fees; performance of a market index does not. Performance shown in the chart and table(s)

does not reflect deduction of taxes a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or sale of Fund shares.

 

 

 

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

  Preferred securities risk. Preferred securities are subject to issuer-specific and market risks applicable generally to equity securities. Preferred securities also may be subordinated to bonds or other debt instruments, subjecting them to a greater risk of non-payment, may be less liquid than many other securities, such as common stocks, and generally offer no voting rights with respect to the issuer.
  Small- and mid-capitalization risks. Small- and mid-capitalization companies tend to be more vulnerable to changing market conditions, may have little or no operating history or track record of success, and may have more limited product lines and markets, less experienced management
  and fewer financial resources than larger companies. These companies’ securities may be more volatile and less liquid than those of more established companies, and their returns may vary, sometimes significantly, from the overall securities market.

 

 

About indexes used in this report

  The MSCI All Country World ex-U.S. Index is an index considered representative of developed and emerging market stock markets, excluding the US. The index is computed using the net return, which withholds applicable taxes for non-resident investors
  The MSCI All Country World ex-U.S. Growth Index is an unmanaged index considered representative of growth stocks across developed and emerging markets, excluding the US. The index is computed using the net return, which withholds applicable taxes for non-resident investors.
  The Lipper International Multi-Cap Growth Funds Index is an unmanaged index considered representative of international multi-cap growth funds tracked by Lipper.
  The Fund is not managed to track the performance of any particular index, including the index(es)

described here, and consequently, the performance of the Fund may deviate significantly from the performance of the index(es).

  A direct investment cannot be made in an index. Unless otherwise indicated, index results include reinvested dividends, and they do not reflect sales charges. Performance of the peer group, if applicable, reflects fund expenses; performance of a market index does not.

 

 

Other information

  The returns shown in management’s discussion of Fund performance are based on net asset values (NAVs) calculated for shareholder transactions. Generally accepted accounting principles require adjustments to be made to the net assets of the Fund at period end for financial reporting purposes, and as such, the NAVs for shareholder transactions and the returns based on those NAVs may differ from the NAVs and returns reported in the Financial Highlights.
  Industry classifications used in this report are generally according to the Global Industry Classification Standard, which was developed by and is the exclusive property and a service mark of MSCI Inc. and Standard & Poor’s.
 

 

6                         Invesco International Companies Fund


Cumulative Total Returns

 

  

As of 10/31/16, including maximum applicable sales charges

 

   

Class A Shares

        

Inception (12/21/15)

     3.78%   

 

Class C Shares

        

Inception (12/21/15)

     8.10%   

 

Class R Shares

        

Inception (12/21/15)

     9.50%   

 

Class Y Shares

        

Inception (12/21/15)

     10.00%   

 

Class R5 Shares

        

Inception (12/21/15)

     10.00%   

 

Class R6 Shares

        

Inception (12/21/15)

     10.00%   

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

    The net annual Fund operating expense ratio set forth in the most recent Fund prospectus as of the date of this report for Class A, Class C, Class R, Class Y, Class R5 and Class R6 shares was 1.33%, 2.08%, 1.58%,1.08%, 1.08%, and 1.08%, respectively.1 The total annual Fund operating expense ratio set forth in the most recent Fund prospectus as of the date of this report for Class A, Class C, Class R, Class Y, Class R5 and Class R6 shares was 2.75%, 3.50%, 3.00%, 2.50%, 2.44% and 2.38%, respectively. The expense ratios presented above may vary from the expense ratios presented in other sections of this report that are based on expenses incurred during the period covered by this report.

Cumulative Total Returns

 

  

As of 9/30/16, the most recent calendar quarter end, including maximum applicable sales charges

   

Class A Shares

        

Inception (12/21/15)

     8.32%   

 

Class C Shares

        

Inception (12/21/15)

     13.00%   

 

Class R Shares

        

Inception (12/21/15)

     14.40%   

 

Class Y Shares

        

Inception (12/21/15)

     14.80%   

 

Class R5 Shares

        

Inception (12/21/15)

     14.90%   

 

Class R6 Shares

        

Inception (12/21/15)

     14.80%   

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

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

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

 

1 Total annual Fund operating expenses after any contractual fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements by the adviser in effect through at least February 28, 2017. See current prospectus for more information.
 

 

7                         Invesco International Companies Fund


 

Invesco International Companies Fund’s investment objective is long-term growth of capital.

  Unless otherwise stated, information presented in this report is as of October 31, 2016, and is based on total net assets.
  Unless otherwise noted, all data provided by Invesco.
  To access your Fund’s reports/prospectus, visit invesco.com/fundreports.

 

 

About share classes

  Class R shares are generally available only to employer sponsored retirement and benefit plans. Please see the prospectus for more information.
  Class Y shares are available only to certain investors. Please see the prospectus for more information.
  Class R5 shares and Class R6 shares are primarily intended for employer sponsored retirement and benefit plans that meet certain standards and for institutional investors. Please see the prospectus for more information.

 

 

Principal risks of investing in the Fund

  Depositary receipts risk. Investing in depositary receipts involves the same risks as direct investments in foreign securities. In addition, the underlying issuers of certain depositary receipts are under no obligation to distribute shareholder communications or pass through any voting rights with respect to the deposited securities to the holders of such receipts. The Fund may therefore receive less timely information or have less control than if it invested directly in the foreign issuer.
  Derivatives risk. The value of a derivative instrument depends largely on (and is derived from) the value of an underlying security, currency, commodity, interest rate, index or other asset (each referred to as an underlying asset). In addition to risks relating to the underlying assets, the use of derivatives may include other, possibly greater, risks, including counterparty, leverage and liquidity risks. Counterparty risk is the risk that the counterparty to the derivative contract will default on its obligation to pay the Fund the amount owed or otherwise perform under the derivative contract. Derivatives create leverage risk because they do not require payment up front equal to the economic exposure created by owning the derivative. As a result, an adverse change in the value of the underlying asset could result in the Fund sustaining a loss that is substantially greater than the amount invested in the derivative, which may make the Fund’s returns more volatile and increase the risk of loss. Derivative instruments may also be less liquid than more traditional investments
   

and the Fund may be unable to sell or close out its derivative positions at a desirable time or price. This risk may be more acute under adverse market conditions, during which the Fund may be most in need of liquidating its derivative positions. Derivatives may also be harder to value, less tax efficient and subject to changing government regulation that could impact the Fund’s ability to use certain derivatives or their cost. Also, derivatives used for hedging or to gain or limit exposure to a particular market segment may not provide the expected benefits, particularly during adverse market conditions.

  Emerging markets securities risk. Emerging markets (also referred to as developing markets) are generally subject to greater market volatility, political, social and economic instability, uncertain trading markets and more governmental limitations on foreign investment than more developed markets. In addition, companies operating in emerging markets may be subject to lower trading volume and greater price fluctuations than companies in more developed markets. Securities law and the enforcement of systems of taxation in many emerging market countries may change quickly and unpredictably. In addition, investments in emerging markets securities may also be subject to additional transaction costs, delays in settlement procedures, and lack of timely information.
  Foreign securities risk. The Fund’s foreign investments may be adversely affected by political and social instability, changes in economic or taxation policies, difficulty in enforcing obligations, decreased liquidity or increased volatility. Foreign investments also involve the risk of the possible seizure, nationalization or expropriation of the issuer or foreign deposits (in which the Fund could lose its entire investments in a certain market) and the possible adoption of foreign governmental restrictions such as exchange controls. Unless the Fund has hedged its foreign securities risk, foreign securities risk also involves the risk of negative foreign currency rate fluctuations, which may cause the value of securities denominated in such foreign currency (or other instruments through which the Fund has exposure to foreign currencies) to decline in value. Currency exchange rates may
   

fluctuate significantly over short periods of time. Currency hedging strategies, if used, are not always successful.

  Geographic focus risk. The Fund may from time to time invest a substantial amount of its assets in securities of issuers located in a single country or a limited number of countries. Adverse economic, political or social conditions in those countries may therefore have a significant negative impact on the Fund’s investment performance.
  Growth investing risk. Growth stocks tend to be more expensive relative to the issuing company’s earnings or assets compared with other types of stock. As a result, they tend to be more sensitive to changes in, or investors’ expectations of, the issuing company’s earnings and can be more volatile.
  Investing in the European Union risk. Investments in certain countries in the European Union are susceptible to high economic risks associated with high levels of debt, such as investments in sovereign debt of Greece, Italy and Spain. Separately, the European Union faces issues involving its membership, structure, procedures and policies. The exit of one or more member states from the European Union would place its currency and banking system in jeopardy. Efforts of the member states to further unify their economic and monetary policies may increase the potential for the downward movement of one member state’s market to cause a similar effect on other member states’ markets.
  Management risk. The Fund is actively managed and depends heavily on the Adviser’s judgment about markets, interest rates or the attractiveness, relative values, liquidity, or potential appreciation of particular investments made for the Fund’s portfolio. The Fund could experience losses if these judgments prove to be incorrect. Additionally, legislative, regulatory, or tax developments may adversely affect management of the Fund and, therefore, the ability of the Fund to achieve its investment objective.
  Market risk. The market values of the Fund’s investments, and therefore the

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

 

 

 

NOT FDIC INSURED  |  MAY LOSE VALUE  |  NO BANK GUARANTEE

 

8                         Invesco International Companies Fund


Schedule of Investments

October 31, 2016

 

 

     Shares      Value  

Common Stocks & Other Equity Interests–92.98%

  

Belgium–5.14%   

Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV

    18,334       $ 2,104,189   

Groupe Bruxelles Lambert S.A.

    10,518         904,150   
               3,008,339   
Brazil–3.93%   

Cielo S.A.

    118,580         1,203,915   

Localiza Rent a Car S.A.

    88,144         1,094,601   
               2,298,516   
China–17.92%   

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd.–ADR(a)

    18,566         1,887,976   

Baidu, Inc.–ADR(a)

    5,022         888,191   

Chongqing Rural Commercial Bank Co., Ltd.–Class H

    1,969,000         1,180,570   

Fosun International Ltd.

    1,173,500         1,703,784   

Kweichow Moutai Co., Ltd.–Class A

    39,101         1,834,789   

New Oriental Education & Technology Group, Inc.–ADR(a)

    25,150         1,260,769   

Sinopharm Group Co. Ltd.–Class H

    354,400         1,725,058   
               10,481,137   
Denmark–2.57%   

DSV A/S

    30,968         1,500,903   
France–6.62%   

Bureau Veritas S.A.

    76,282         1,441,141   

Edenred

    66,202         1,533,769   

Publicis Groupe S.A.

    13,039         894,597   
               3,869,507   
Germany–2.65%   

Carl Zeiss Meditec AG

    14,137         508,321   

Henkel AG & Co. KGaA

    9,447         1,040,156   
               1,548,477   
Hong Kong–3.84%   

AIA Group Ltd.

    210,000         1,325,455   

Sands China Ltd.

    212,400         921,793   
               2,247,248   
Ireland–2.99%   

Experian PLC

    91,114         1,749,308   
Japan–9.84%   

Japan Tobacco, Inc.

    41,300         1,572,996   

Keyence Corp.

    1,000         734,850   

MISUMI Group Inc.

    57,500         1,049,251   

SMC Corp.

    3,500         1,015,014   

SoftBank Group Corp.

    21,900         1,378,761   
               5,750,872   
     Shares      Value  
Luxembourg–1.68%   

L’Occitane International S.A.

    476,750       $ 984,796   
Russia–2.13%   

Magnit PJSC

    7,450         1,248,081   
South Korea–6.12%   

AMOREPACIFIC Corp.–Preference Shares

    4,936         863,107   

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.–Preference Shares

    2,367         2,714,281   
               3,577,388   
Switzerland–3.10%   

Nestle S.A.

    17,693         1,282,879   

Sonova Holding AG

    3,952         529,968   
               1,812,847   
United Kingdom–18.18%   

Abcam PLC

    54,922         585,430   

Aggreko PLC

    50,485         495,195   

Diageo PLC

    53,728         1,430,206   

Electrocomponents PLC

    187,249         853,833   

Howden Joinery Group PLC

    306,438         1,403,509   

Liberty Global PLC–Series A(a)

    49,307         1,607,408   

Liberty Global PLC LiLAC–Series A(a)

    1         21   

Reckitt Benckiser Group PLC

    11,174         999,016   

Rotork PLC

    524,822         1,310,246   

Spirax-Sarco Engineering PLC

    11,033         594,324   

Unilever N.V.

    32,194         1,348,109   
               10,627,297   
United States–6.27%   

Accenture PLC–Class A

    11,408         1,326,066   

IHS Markit Ltd.(a)

    31,829         1,170,989   

Nielsen Holdings PLC

    25,969         1,169,124   
               3,666,179   

Total Common Stocks & Other Equity Interests
(Cost $47,413,437)

   

     54,370,895   

Money Market Funds–6.62%

    

Government & Agency Portfolio–Institutional Class, 0.29%(b)

    2,321,922         2,321,922   

Treasury Portfolio–Institutional Class, 0.22%(b)

    1,547,948         1,547,948   

Total Money Market Funds
(Cost $3,869,870)

   

     3,869,870   

TOTAL INVESTMENTS–99.60%
(Cost $51,283,307)

   

     58,240,765   

OTHER ASSETS LESS LIABILITIES–0.40%

  

     231,733   

NET ASSETS–100.00%

  

   $ 58,472,498   
 

Investment Abbreviations:

 

ADR  

– American Depositary Receipt

Notes to Schedule of Investments:

 

(a)  Non-income producing security.
(b)  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 October 31, 2016.

 

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

 

9                         Invesco International Companies Fund


Statement of Assets and Liabilities

October 31, 2016

 

 

Assets:

  

Investments, at value (Cost $47,413,437)

  $ 54,370,895   

Investments in affiliated money market funds, at value and cost

    3,869,870   

Total investments, at value (Cost $51,283,307)

    58,240,765   

Foreign currencies, at value (Cost $253,593)

    78,628   

Receivable for:

 

Investments sold

    162,489   

Fund shares sold

    19,271   

Dividends

    91,496   

Fund expenses absorbed

    24,204   

Investment for trustee deferred compensation and retirement plans

    1,205   

Other assets

    26,597   

Total assets

    58,644,655   

Liabilities:

  

Payable for:

 

Investments purchased

    109,025   

Fund shares reacquired

    2,281   

Accrued fees to affiliated

    1,192   

Accrued trustees’ and officers’ fees and benefits

    1,565   

Accrued other operating expenses

    56,889   

Trustee deferred compensation and retirement plans

    1,205   

Total liabilities

    172,157   

Net assets applicable to shares outstanding

  $ 58,472,498   

Net assets consist of:

  

Shares of beneficial interest

  $ 49,019,408   

Undistributed net investment income

    539,307   

Undistributed net realized gain

    1,958,793   

Net unrealized appreciation

    6,954,990   
    $ 58,472,498   

Net Assets:

  

Class A

  $ 3,378,464   

Class C

  $ 50,286   

Class R

  $ 14,991   

Class Y

  $ 2,809,569   

Class R5

  $ 11,011   

Class R6

  $ 52,208,177   

Shares outstanding, $0.001 par value per share, with an unlimited number of shares authorized:

 

Class A

    307,805   

Class C

    4,610   

Class R

    1,369   

Class Y

    255,430   

Class R5

    1,001   

Class R6

    4,747,284   

Class A:

 

Net asset value per share

  $ 10.98   

Maximum offering price per share

 

(Net asset value of $10.98 ¸ 94.50%)

  $ 11.62   

Class C:

 

Net asset value and offering price per share

  $ 10.91   

Class R:

 

Net asset value and offering price per share

  $ 10.95   

Class Y:

 

Net asset value and offering price per share

  $ 11.00   

Class R5:

 

Net asset value and offering price per share

  $ 11.00   

Class R6:

 

Net asset value and offering price per share

  $ 11.00   
 

 

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

 

10                         Invesco International Companies Fund


Statement of Operations

For the period December 21, 2015 (commencement date) through October 31, 2016

 

Investment income:

  

Dividends (net of foreign withholding taxes of $82,663)

  $ 907,521   

Dividends from affiliated money market funds

    10,904   

Total investment income

    918,425   

Expenses:

 

Advisory fees

    402,894   

Administrative services fees

    43,169   

Custodian fees

    33,344   

Distribution fees:

 

Class A

    6,020   

Class C

    195   

Class R

    48   

Transfer agent fees

    2,053   

Trustees’ and officers’ fees and benefits

    16,121   

Registration and filing fees

    92,823   

Reports to shareholders

    23,195   

Professional services fees

    68,213   

Other

    13,127   

Total expenses

    701,202   

Less: Fees waived and expenses reimbursed

    (232,121

Net expenses

    469,081   

Net investment income

    449,344   

Realized and unrealized gain (loss) from:

 

Net realized gain from:

 

Investment securities

    1,961,403   

Foreign currencies

    54,221   
      2,015,624   

Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of:

 

Investment securities

    6,957,458   

Foreign currencies

    (2,468
      6,954,990   

Net realized and unrealized gain

    8,970,614   

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

  $ 9,419,958   

 

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

 

11                         Invesco International Companies Fund


Statement of Changes in Net Assets

For the period December 21, 2015 (commencement date) through October 31, 2016

 

    

December 21, 2015

(commencement date)

through October 31,
2016

 

Operations:

 

Net investment income

  $ 449,344   

Net realized gain

    2,015,624   

Change in net unrealized appreciation

    6,954,990   

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

    9,419,958   

Share transactions–net:

 

Class A

    3,135,013   

Class C

    50,015   

Class R

    14,110   

Class Y

    2,563,340   

Class R5

    10,010   

Class R6

    43,280,052   

Net increase in net assets resulting from share transactions

    49,052,540   

Net increase in net assets

    58,472,498   

Net assets:

 

Beginning of period

      

End of year (includes undistributed net investment income of $539,307)

  $ 58,472,498   

Note to Financial Statements

October 31, 2016

NOTE 1—Significant Accounting Policies

Invesco International Companies Fund (the “Fund”) is a series portfolio of AIM International Mutual Funds (Invesco International Mutual Funds) (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 consisting of ten separate portfolios, each authorized to issue an unlimited number of shares of beneficial interest. The assets, liabilities and operations of each portfolio are accounted for separately. Information presented in these financial statements pertains only to the Fund. Matters affecting each portfolio or class will be voted on exclusively by the shareholders of such portfolio or class.

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

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

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

A. Security Valuations — Securities, including restricted securities, are valued according to the following policy.

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

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

Debt obligations (including convertible securities) and unlisted equities are fair valued using an evaluated quote provided by an independent pricing service. Evaluated quotes provided by the pricing service may be determined without exclusive reliance on quoted prices, and may reflect appropriate factors such as institution-size trading in similar groups of securities, developments related to specific securities, dividend rate (for

 

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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. Debt obligations are subject to interest rate and credit risks. In addition, all debt obligations involve some risk of default with respect to interest and/or principal payments.

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

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

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

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

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

B. Securities Transactions and Investment Income — Securities transactions are accounted for on a trade date basis. Realized gains or losses on sales are computed on the basis of specific identification of the securities sold. Interest income (net of withholding tax, if any) is recorded on the accrual basis from settlement date. Dividend income (net of withholding tax, if any) is recorded on the ex-dividend date.

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

Brokerage commissions and mark ups are considered transaction costs and are recorded as an increase to the cost basis of securities purchased and/or a reduction of proceeds on a sale of securities. Such transaction costs are included in the determination of net realized and unrealized gain (loss) from investment securities reported in the Statement of Operations and the Statement of Changes in Net Assets and the net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on securities per share in the Financial Highlights. Transaction costs are included in the calculation of the Fund’s net asset value and, accordingly, they reduce the Fund’s total returns. These transaction costs are not considered operating expenses and are not reflected in net investment income reported in the Statement of Operations and the Statement of Changes in Net Assets, or the net investment income per share and the ratios of expenses and net investment income reported in the Financial Highlights, nor are they limited by any expense limitation arrangements between the Fund and the investment adviser.

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

C. Country Determination For the purposes of making investment selection decisions and presentation in the Schedule of Investments, the investment adviser may determine the country in which an issuer is located and/or credit risk exposure based on various factors. These factors include the laws of the country under which the issuer is organized, where the issuer maintains a principal office, the country in which the issuer derives 50% or more of its total revenues and the country that has the primary market for the issuer’s securities, as well as other criteria. Among the other criteria that may be evaluated for making this determination are the country in which the issuer maintains 50% or more of its assets, the type of security, financial guarantees and enhancements, the nature of the collateral and the sponsor organization. Country of issuer and/or credit risk exposure has been determined to be the United States of America, unless otherwise noted.
D. Distributions Distributions from net investment income and net realized capital gain, if any, are generally declared and paid annually and recorded on the ex-dividend date. The Fund may elect to treat a portion of the proceeds from redemptions as distributions for federal income tax purposes.
E. Federal Income Taxes The Fund intends to comply with the requirements of Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Internal Revenue Code”), necessary to qualify as a regulated investment company and to distribute substantially all of the Fund’s taxable earnings to shareholders. As such, the Fund will not be subject to federal income taxes on otherwise taxable income (including net realized capital gain) that is distributed to shareholders. Therefore, no provision for federal income taxes is recorded in the financial statements.

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

 

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

F. Expenses Fees provided for under the Rule 12b-1 plan of a particular class of the Fund are charged to the operations of such class. Transfer agency fees and expenses and other shareholder recordkeeping fees and expenses attributable to Class R5 and Class R6 are allocated to each share class based on relative net assets. Sub-accounting fees attributable to Class R5 are charged to the operations of the class. Transfer agency fees and expenses and other shareholder recordkeeping fees and expenses relating to all other classes are allocated among those classes based on relative net assets. All other expenses are allocated among the classes based on relative net assets.
G. Accounting Estimates The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”) requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period including estimates and assumptions related to taxation. Actual results could differ from those estimates by a significant amount. In addition, the Fund monitors for material events or transactions that may occur or become known after the period-end date and before the date the financial statements are released to print.
H. Indemnifications Under the Trust’s organizational documents, each Trustee, officer, employee or other agent of the Trust is indemnified against certain liabilities that may arise out of the performance of their duties to the Fund. Additionally, in the normal course of business, the Fund enters into contracts, including the Fund’s servicing agreements, that contain a variety of indemnification clauses. The Fund’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown as this would involve future claims that may be made against the Fund that have not yet occurred. The risk of material loss as a result of such indemnification claims is considered remote.
I. Foreign Currency Translations Foreign currency is valued at the close of the NYSE based on quotations posted by banks and major currency dealers. Portfolio securities and other assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies are translated into U.S. dollar amounts at date of valuation. Purchases and sales of portfolio securities (net of foreign taxes withheld on disposition) and income items denominated in foreign currencies are translated into U.S. dollar amounts on the respective dates of such transactions. The Fund does not separately account for the portion of the results of operations resulting from changes in foreign exchange rates on investments and the fluctuations arising from changes in market prices of securities held. The combined results of changes in foreign exchange rates and the fluctuation of market prices on investments (net of estimated foreign tax withholding) are included with the net realized and unrealized gain or loss from investments in the Statement of Operations. Reported net realized foreign currency gains or losses arise from (1) sales of foreign currencies, (2) currency gains or losses realized between the trade and settlement dates on securities transactions, and (3) the difference between the amounts of dividends, interest, and foreign withholding taxes recorded on the Fund’s books and the U.S. dollar equivalent of the amounts actually received or paid. Net unrealized foreign currency gains and losses arise from changes in the fair values of assets and liabilities, other than investments in securities at fiscal period end, resulting from changes in exchange rates.

The Fund may invest in foreign securities, which may be subject to foreign taxes on income, gains on investments or currency repatriation, a portion of which may be recoverable. Foreign taxes, if any, are recorded based on the tax regulations and rates that exist in the foreign markets in which the Fund invests and are shown in the Statement of Operations.

J. Forward Foreign Currency Contracts The Fund may engage in foreign currency transactions either on a spot (i.e. for prompt delivery and settlement) basis, or through forward foreign currency contracts, to manage or minimize currency or exchange rate risk.

The Fund may also enter into forward foreign currency contracts for the purchase or sale of a security denominated in a foreign currency in order to “lock in” the U.S. dollar price of that security, or the Fund may also enter into forward foreign currency contracts that do not provide for physical settlement of the two currencies, but instead are settled by a single cash payment calculated as the difference between the agreed upon exchange rate and the spot rate at settlement based upon an agreed upon notional amount (non-deliverable forwards). The Fund will set aside liquid assets in an amount equal to the daily mark-to-market obligation for forward foreign currency contracts.

A forward foreign currency contract is an obligation between two parties (“Counterparties”) to purchase or sell a specific currency for an agreed-upon price at a future date. The use of forward foreign currency contracts does not eliminate fluctuations in the price of the underlying securities the Fund owns or intends to acquire but establishes a rate of exchange in advance. Fluctuations in the value of these contracts are measured by the difference in the contract date and reporting date exchange rates and are recorded as unrealized appreciation (depreciation) until the contracts are closed. When the contracts are closed, realized gains (losses) are recorded. Realized and unrealized gains (losses) on the contracts are included in the Statement of Operations. The primary risks associated with forward foreign currency contracts include failure of the Counterparty to meet the terms of the contract and the value of the foreign currency changing unfavorably. These risks may be in excess of the amounts reflected in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities.

NOTE 2—Advisory Fees and Other Fees Paid to Affiliates

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

 

Average Daily Net Assets   Rate  

First $250 million

    0 .935%   

Next $250 million

    0 .91%   

Next $500 million

    0 .885%   

Next $1.5 billion

    0 .86%   

Next $2.5 billion

    0 .835%   

Next $2.5 billion

    0 .81%   

Next $2.5 billion

    0 .785%   

Over $10 billion

    0 .76%         

 

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For the period December 21, 2015 (commencement date) through October 31, 2016, the effective advisory fees incurred by the Fund was 0.935%.

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., Invesco Canada Ltd. and Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC (collectively, the “Affiliated Sub-Advisers”) the Adviser, not the Fund, will pay 40% of the fees paid to the Adviser to any such Affiliated Sub-Adviser(s) that provide(s) discretionary investment management services to the Fund based on the percentage of assets allocated to such Affiliated Sub-Adviser(s).

The Adviser has contractually agreed, through February 28, 2017, to waive advisory fees and/or reimburse expenses of all shares to the extent necessary to limit total annual fund operating expenses after fee waiver and/or expense reimbursement (excluding certain items discussed below) of Class A, Class C, Class R, Class Y, Class R5 and Class R6 shares to 1.33%, 2.08%, 1.58%, 1.08%, 1.08% and 1.08%, respectively, of average daily net assets (the “expense limits”). In determining the Adviser’s obligation to waive advisory fees and/or reimburse expenses, the following expenses are not taken into account, and could cause the total annual fund operating expenses after fee waiver and/or expense reimbursement to exceed the numbers reflected above: (1) interest; (2) taxes; (3) dividend expense on short sales; (4) extraordinary or non-routine items, including litigation expenses; and (5) expenses that the Fund has incurred but did not actually pay because of an expense offset arrangement. Unless Invesco continues the fee waiver agreement, it will terminate on February 28, 2017. During its term, the fee waiver agreement cannot be terminated or amended to increase the expense limits without approval of the Board of Trustees.

Further, the Adviser has contractually agreed, through at least June 30, 2018, to waive the advisory fee payable by the Fund in an amount equal to 100% of the net advisory fees the Adviser receives from the affiliated money market funds on investments by the Fund of uninvested cash (excluding investments of cash collateral from securities lending) in such affiliated money market funds.

For the period December 21, 2015 (commencement date) through October 31, 2016, the Adviser waived fund level expenses of $229,891 and reimbursed class level expenses of $1,055, $9, $4, $985 and $177 of Class A, Class C, Class R, Class Y and Class R6 shares, respectively.

The Trust has entered into a master administrative services agreement with Invesco pursuant to which the Fund has agreed to pay Invesco for certain administrative costs incurred in providing accounting services to the Fund. For the period December 21, 2015 (commencement date) through October 31, 2016, expenses incurred under the agreement are shown in the Statement of Operations as Administrative services fees.

The Trust has entered into a transfer agency and service agreement with Invesco Investment Services, Inc. (“IIS”) pursuant to which the Fund has agreed to pay IIS a fee for providing transfer agency and shareholder services to the Fund and reimburse IIS for certain expenses incurred by IIS in the course of providing such services. IIS may make payments to intermediaries that provide omnibus account services, sub-accounting services and/or networking services. All fees payable by IIS to intermediaries that provide omnibus account services or sub-accounting are charged back to the Fund, subject to certain limitations approved by the Trust’s Board of Trustees. For the period December 21, 2015 (commencement date) through October 31, 2016, expenses incurred under the agreement are shown in the Statement of Operations as Transfer agent fees.

The Trust has entered into master distribution agreements with Invesco Distributors, Inc. (“IDI”) to serve as the distributor for the Class A, Class C, Class R, Class Y, Class R5 and Class R6 shares of the Fund. The Trust has adopted plans pursuant to Rule 12b-1 under the 1940 Act with respect to the Fund’s Class A, Class C and Class R shares (collectively, the “Plans”). The Fund, pursuant to the Plans, pays IDI compensation at the annual rate of 0.25% of the Fund’s average daily net assets of Class A shares, 1.00% of the average daily net assets of Class C shares and 0.50% of the average daily net assets of Class R shares. Of the Plan payments, up to 0.25% of the average daily net assets of each class of shares may be paid to furnish continuing personal shareholder services to customers who purchase and own shares of such classes. Any amounts not paid as a service fee under the Plans would constitute an asset-based sales charge. Rules of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”) impose a cap on the total sales charges, including asset-based sales charges, that may be paid by any class of shares of the Fund. For the period December 21, 2015 (commencement date) through October 31, 2016, expenses incurred under the Plans are shown in the Statement of Operations as Distribution fees.

Front-end sales commissions and CDSC (collectively, the “sales charges”) are not recorded as expenses of the Fund. Front-end sales commissions are deducted from proceeds from the sales of Fund shares prior to investment in Class A shares of the Fund. CDSC are deducted from redemption proceeds prior to remittance to the shareholder. During the period December 21, 2015 (commencement date) through October 31, 2016, IDI advised the Fund that IDI retained $392 in front-end sales commissions from the sale of Class A shares and $6 from Class C shares, respectively, for CDSC imposed upon redemptions by shareholders.

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

NOTE 3—Additional Valuation Information

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

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

 

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The following is a summary of the tiered valuation input levels, as of October 31, 2016. 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.

 

     Level 1        Level 2        Level 3        Total  

Belgium

  $ 2,104,189         $ 904,150         $         $ 3,008,339   

Brazil

    2,298,516                               2,298,516   

China

    10,481,137                               10,481,137   

Denmark

    1,500,903                               1,500,903   

France

    3,869,507                               3,869,507   

Germany

    1,548,477                               1,548,477   

Hong Kong

    1,325,455           921,793                     2,247,248   

Ireland

              1,749,308                     1,749,308   

Japan

    3,686,607           2,064,265                     5,750,872   

Luxembourg

    984,796                               984,796   

Russia

              1,248,081                     1,248,081   

South Korea

    863,107           2,714,281                     3,577,388   

Switzerland

    1,812,847                               1,812,847   

United Kingdom

    4,852,133           5,775,164                     10,627,297   

United States

    3,666,179                               3,666,179   

Money Market Funds

    3,869,870                                 3,869,870   

Total Investments

  $ 42,863,723         $ 15,377,042         $         $ 58,240,765   

NOTE 4—Trustees’ and Officers’ Fees and Benefits

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

NOTE 5—Cash Balances

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

 

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NOTE 6—Distributions to Shareholders and Tax Components of Net Assets

There were no ordinary income and long-term gain distributions paid for the period December 21, 2015 (commencement date) through October 31, 2016.

Tax Components of Net Assets at Period-End:

 

     2016  

Undistributed ordinary income

  $ 2,613,832   

Net unrealized appreciation — investments

    6,842,894   

Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) — other investments

    (2,469

Temporary book/tax differences

    (1,167

Shares of beneficial interest

    49,019,408   

Total net assets

  $ 58,472,498   

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

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

Capital loss carryforward is calculated and reported as of a specific date. Results of transactions and other activity after that date may affect the amount of capital loss carryforward actually available for the Fund to utilize. The ability to utilize capital loss carryforward in the future may be limited under the Internal Revenue Code and related regulations based on the results of future transactions.

The Fund does not have a capital loss carryforward as of October 31, 2016.

NOTE 7—Investment Securities

The aggregate amount of investment securities (other than short-term securities, U.S. Treasury obligations and money market funds, if any) purchased and sold by the Fund during the period December 21, 2015 (commencement date) through October 31, 2016 was $60,636,018 and $15,183,984, respectively. Cost of investments on a tax basis includes the adjustment for financial reporting purposes as of the most recent completed federal income tax reporting at period-end.

 

Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) of Investment Securities on a Tax Basis  

Aggregate unrealized appreciation of investment securities

  $ 7,916,214   

Aggregate unrealized (depreciation) of investment securities

    (1,073,320

Net unrealized appreciation of investment securities

  $ 6,842,894   

Cost of investments for tax purposes is $51,397,871.

NOTE 8—Reclassification of Permanent Differences

Primarily as a result of differing book/tax treatment of foreign currency transactions and organizational expenses, on October 31, 2016, undistributed net investment income was increased by $89,963, undistributed net realized gain was decreased by $56,831 and shares of beneficial interest was decreased by $33,132. This reclassification had no effect on the net assets of the Fund.

 

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NOTE 9—Share Information

 

     Summary of Share Activity  
    December 21, 2015
(commencement date)
through
October 31, 2016(a)
 
     Shares        Amount  

Sold:

      

Class A

    313,946         $ 3,198,377   

Class C

    5,579           60,755   

Class R

    1,369           14,110   

Class Y

    257,085           2,580,417   

Class R5

    1,001           10,010   

Class R6(b)

    5,511,007           51,594,329   

Reacquired:

      

Class A

    (6,141        (63,364

Class C

    (969        (10,740

Class Y

    (1,655        (17,077

Class R6

    (763,723        (8,314,277

Net increase in share activity

    5,317,499         $ 49,052,540   

 

(a)  99% of the outstanding shares of the Fund are owned by the Adviser or an affiliate of the Adviser.
(b)  On February 18, 2016, 5,352,142 Class R6 shares valued at $50,096,049 were sold to affiliated mutual funds.

NOTE 10—Financial Highlights

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

 

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

Class A

                     

Period ended 10/31/16(d)

  $ 10.00      $ 0.07      $ 0.91      $ 0.98      $ 10.98        9.80   $ 3,378        1.32 %(e)      1.90 %(e)      0.81 %(e)      35

Class C

                     

Period ended 10/31/16(d)

    10.00        0.01        0.90        0.91        10.91        9.10        50        2.07 (e)      2.65 (e)      0.06 (e)      35   

Class R

                     

Period ended 10/31/16(d)

    10.00        0.05        0.90        0.95        10.95        9.50        15        1.57 (e)      2.15 (e)      0.56 (e)      35   

Class Y

                     

Period ended 10/31/16(d)

    10.00        0.10        0.90        1.00        11.00        10.00        2,810        1.07 (e)      1.65 (e)      1.06 (e)      35   

Class R5

                     

Period ended 10/31/16(d)

    10.00        0.10        0.90        1.00        11.00        10.00        11        1.07 (e)      1.61 (e)      1.06 (e)      35   

Class R6

                     

Period ended 10/31/16(d)

    10.00        0.10        0.90        1.00        11.00        10.00        52,208        1.07 (e)      1.61 (e)      1.06 (e)      35   

 

(a)  Calculated using average shares outstanding.
(b)  Includes adjustments in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America and as such, the net asset value for financial reporting purposes and the returns based upon those net asset values may differ from the net asset value and returns for shareholder transactions. Does not include sales charges and is not annualized for periods less than one year, if applicable.
(c)  Portfolio turnover is calculated at the fund level and is not annualized for periods less than one year, if applicable.
(d)  Commencement date of December 21, 2015.
(e)  Ratios are annualized and based on average daily net assets (000’s omitted) of $2,789, $23, $11, $2,605, $10 and $44,470 for Class A, Class C, Class R, Class Y, Class R5 and Class R6 shares, respectively.

NOTE 11—Subsequent Event

Effective January 1, 2017, the Adviser has contractually agreed, through at least February 28, 2018, to waive advisory fees and/or reimburse expenses to the extent necessary to limit total annual fund operating expenses after fee waiver and/or expense reimbursement (excluding certain items discussed in Note 2) of Class A, Class C, Class R, Class Y, Class R5 and Class R6 shares to 1.12%, 1.87%, 1.37%, 0.87%, 0.87% and 0.87%, respectively, of the Fund’s average daily net assets.

 

18                         Invesco International Companies Fund


Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

 

To the Board of Trustees and Shareholders of the Invesco International Companies Fund:

In our opinion, the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities, including the schedule of investments, and the related statements of operations and of changes in net assets and the financial highlights present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Invesco International Companies Fund (the “Fund”) as of October 31, 2016, and the results of its operations, the changes in its net assets and the financial highlights for the period December 21, 2015 (commencement of operations) through October 31, 2016, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. These financial statements and financial highlights (hereafter referred to as “financial statements”) are the responsibility of the Fund’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audit. We conducted our audit of these financial statements in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, and evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audit, which included confirmation of securities as of October 31, 2016 by correspondence with the custodian and brokers, and the application of alternative auditing procedures where confirmations of security purchases have not been received, provides a reasonable basis for our opinion.

PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLP

Houston, Texas

December 21, 2016

 

19                         Invesco International Companies Fund


Calculating your ongoing Fund expenses

Example

As a shareholder of the Fund, you incur two types of costs: (1) transaction costs, which may include sales charges (loads) on purchase payments or contingent deferred sales charges on redemptions, if any; and (2) ongoing costs, including management fees, distribution and/or service (12b-1) fees, and other Fund expenses. This example is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Fund and to compare these costs with ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds. The example is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period May 1, 2016 through October 31, 2016.

Actual expenses

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

Hypothetical example for comparison purposes

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

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

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

 

Class   Beginning
Account Value
(05/01/16)
    ACTUAL    

HYPOTHETICAL

(5% annual return before
expenses)

    Annualized
Expense
Ratio2
 
    Ending
Account Value
(10/31/16)1
    Expenses
Paid During
Period2,3
    Ending
Account Value
(10/31/16)
    Expenses
Paid During
Period2,4
   

A

  $ 1,000.00      $ 1,049.70      $ 6.85      $ 1,018.45      $ 6.75        1.33

C

    1,000.00        1,046.00        10.70        1,014.68        10.53        2.08   

R

    1,000.00        1,047.80        8.13        1,017.19        8.01        1.58   

Y

    1,000.00        1,051.60        5.57        1,019.71        5.48        1.08   

R5

    1,000.00        1,050.60        5.57        1,019.71        5.48        1.08   

R6

    1,000.00        1,051.60        5.57        1,019.71        5.48        1.08   

 

1  The actual ending account value is based on the actual total return of the Fund for the period May 1, 2016 through October 31, 2016, after actual expenses and will differ from the hypothetical ending account value which is based on the Fund’s expense ratio and a hypothetical annual return of 5% before expenses.
2 Expenses are equal to the Fund’s annualized expense ratio as indicated above multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 184/366 to reflect the most recent fiscal half year. Effective January 1, 2017, the Fund’s adviser has contractually agreed to waive advisory fees and/or reimburse expenses to the extent necessary to limit total annual fund operating expenses of Class A, Class C, Class R, Class Y, Class R5 and Class R6 shares to 1.12%, 1.87%, 1.37%, 0.87%, 0.87% and 0.87% of average daily net assets, respectively. The annualized expense ratios restated as if these agreements had been in effect throughout the entire most recent fiscal half year are 1.12%, 1.87%, 1.37%, 0.87%, 0.87% and 0.87% for Class A, Class C, Class R, Class Y, Class R5 and Class R6 shares, respectively.
3 The actual expenses paid restated as if the changes discussed above had been in effect throughout the entire most recent fiscal half year are $5.77, $9.62, $7.05, $4.49, $4.48 and $4.49 for Class A, Class C, Class R, Class Y, Class R5 and Class R6 shares, respectively.
4 The hypothetical expenses paid restated as if the changes discussed above had been in effect throughout the entire most recent fiscal half year are $5.69, $9.48, $6.95, $4.42, $4.42 and $4.42 for Class A, Class C, Class R, Class Y, Class R5 and Class R6 shares, respectively.

 

20                         Invesco International Companies Fund


Initial Approval of Investment Advisory and Sub-Advisory Agreements

 

The Board of Trustees (the Board) of AIM International Mutual Funds (Invesco International Mutual Funds) (the Company) is required under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, to approve the Invesco International Companies Fund (the Fund) investment advisory agreements before the Fund can commence operations. During meetings held on December 1-2, 2015, the Board as a whole and the disinterested or “independent” Trustees voting separately approved (i) an amendment to the Company’s Master Investment Advisory Agreement with Invesco Advisers, Inc. (Invesco Advisers and the investment advisory agreement) to add the Fund, and (ii) (a) 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, and (b) an amendment to the Sub-Advisory Contract with Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC to add the Fund (the sub-advisers, the Affiliated Sub-Advisers; and the contracts, the sub-advisory contracts). In doing so, 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 as well as the information provided with respect to the Fund. The Board (i) determined that the investment advisory agreement and sub-advisory contracts are in the best interest of the Fund and its shareholders and that the compensation payable to Invesco Advisers and the Affiliated Sub-Advisers under the Fund’s agreements is fair and reasonable and (ii) approved submission of the agreements to the initial shareholder of the Fund.

The Board’s Fund Evaluation Process

The Board’s Investments Committee has established three Sub-Committees that are responsible for overseeing the performance and investment management services provided by Invesco Advisers and the Affiliated Sub-Advisers to a number of the funds advised by Invesco Advisers (the Invesco Funds). The Fund will be assigned to one of the Sub-Committees. Over the course of each year, the Sub-Committees meet with portfolio managers for their assigned Invesco Funds and other members of management and review with these individuals the performance, investment objective(s), policies, strategies, limitations and investment risks of these funds.

In evaluating the fairness and reasonableness of compensation under the Fund’s investment

advisory agreement and sub-advisory contracts, the Board considered, among other things, the factors discussed below. The Board was assisted in its review by the Senior Officer, an independent officer of the Invesco Funds, and by independent legal counsel. 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.

Factors and Conclusions and Summary of Evaluation of Investment Advisory and Sub-Advisory Agreements

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

The Board reviewed 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 of the qualifications of Invesco Advisers to provide these services included the Board’s consideration of Invesco Advisers’ investment process oversight, independent credit analysis and investment risk management. 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, equity and fixed income trading operations, internal audit, distribution, valuation and legal and compliance. In determining whether to approve the Fund’s investment advisory agreement, the Board considered the existing relationship between Invesco Advisers and the Invesco Funds, as well as the Board’s knowledge of Invesco Advisers’ operations. 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 will be provided by Invesco Canada Ltd. and Invesco Hong Kong Limited and that may be provided by other Affiliated Sub-Advisers under the sub-advisory contracts and the credentials and experience of the officers and employees of the Affiliated Sub-Advisers who may provide these services. The Board noted that the Affiliated Sub-Advisers have offices and personnel that are located in financial centers around the world. As a result, 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 will benefit the Fund and its shareholders by permitting Invesco Advisers to use the resources and talents of the Affiliated Sub-Advisers 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 Performance

The Board did not consider the performance of the Fund because the Fund is new and has no performance history. The Board did review performance expectations for the Fund.

C. Advisory and Sub-Advisory Fees and Fee Waivers

The Board considered the proposed advisory fee schedule of the Fund and the proposed fee waivers and expense limitations. The Board also considered the services to be provided by the Affiliated Sub-Advisers pursuant to the sub-advisory contracts and the services to be provided by Invesco Advisers pursuant to the Fund’s investment advisory agreement, as well as the allocation of fees between Invesco Advisers and the Affiliated Sub-Advisers pursuant to the sub-advisory contracts. The Board noted that the sub-advisory fees will have no direct effect on the Fund or its shareholders, as they will be paid by Invesco Advisers to the Affiliated Sub-Advisers.

The Board also considered comparative advisory fee data provided by Invesco Advisers with respect to comparable registered funds managed by third-party advisers. The Board noted that the advisory fee is above the Lipper International Large-Cap Growth Funds and Lipper International Multi-Cap Growth Funds classification median fees at all break points, but consistent with the Board approved Uniform Fee Schedule. The Board noted that Invesco Advisers advises three other mutual funds with investment strategies similar to those of the Fund.

Based upon the information provided and considerations described above, the Board concluded that the compensation payable to Invesco Advisers and the Affiliated Sub-Advisers is fair and reasonable.

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 also considered whether the Fund would benefit from such economies of scale through contractual breakpoints in the Fund’s advisory fee schedule. The Board also noted that the Fund will share directly in economies of scale through lower fees charged by third party service providers based on the combined size of

 

 

21                         Invesco International Companies Fund


all of the Invesco Funds and other clients advised by Invesco Advisers.

E. Profitability and Financial Resources

The Board considered information from 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 received information from Invesco Advisers demonstrating that Invesco Advisers and each Affiliated Sub-Adviser are financially sound and have the resources necessary to perform their obligations under the Fund’s 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 resulting from Invesco Advisers’ relationship with the Fund, including the fees to be received by Invesco Advisers and its affiliates for their provision of 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 by Invesco Advisers and its affiliates 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; that the services are required for the operation of the Fund; that Invesco Advisers and its affiliates can provide services, the nature and quality of which are at least equal to those provided by others offering the same or similar services; and that the fees for such services are fair and reasonable in light of the usual and customary charges by others for services of the same nature and quality.

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. The Board noted that soft dollar arrangements shift the payment obligation for research and execution services from Invesco Advisers and the Affiliated Sub-Advisers to the Invesco Funds and that the research received may be used with other clients of Invesco Advisers and may reduce Invesco Advisers’ and the Affiliated Sub-Advisers’ expenses. The Board also considered periodic reports that it receives from the Chief Compliance Officer of the Invesco Funds demonstrating that these arrangements are consistent with regulatory requirements. The Board did not deem the soft dollar arrangements to be inappropriate.

The Board considered the fact 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 noted 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 at least December 31, 2016, the advisory fees payable by the Fund with respect to such investments. This waiver is in an amount equal to 100% of the net advisory fee Invesco Advisers or its affiliates 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 from securities lending arrangements. The Board concluded that the Fund’s investment of uninvested cash and cash collateral from any securities lending arrangements in the affiliated money market funds is fair and reasonable.

The Board also considered that the Fund may use an affiliated broker to execute certain trades and was advised that such trades will be executed in compliance with rules under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.

 

 

22                         Invesco International Companies Fund


Trustees and Officers

 

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

 

Name, Year of Birth and
Position(s) Held with the Trust
  Trustee and/
or Officer Since
  Principal Occupation(s)
During Past 5 Years
  Number of
Funds in Fund
Complex
Overseen by
Trustee
  Other Directorship(s)
Held by Trustee During
Past 5 Years
Interested Persons                

Martin L. Flanagan1 — 1960

Trustee

  2007  

Executive Director, Chief Executive Officer and President, Invesco Ltd. (ultimate parent of Invesco and a global investment management firm); Advisor to the Board, Invesco Advisers, Inc. (formerly known as Invesco Institutional (N.A.), Inc.); Trustee, The Invesco Funds; Vice Chair, Investment Company Institute; and Member of Executive Board, SMU Cox School of Business

 

Formerly: 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)

 

146

  None

Philip A. Taylor2 — 1954

Trustee and Senior Vice President

  2006  

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

 

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

 

146

  None
1 Mr. Flanagan is considered an interested person (within the meaning of Section 2(a)(19) of the 1940 Act) of the Trust because he is an officer of the Adviser to the Trust, and an officer and a director of Invesco Ltd., ultimate parent of the Adviser.

 

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

 

T-1                         Invesco International Companies Fund


Trustees and Officers—(continued)

 

Name, Year of Birth and
Position(s) Held with the Trust
  Trustee and/
or Officer Since
  Principal Occupation(s)
During Past 5 Years
  Number of
Funds in Fund
Complex
Overseen by
Trustee
  Other Directorship(s)
Held by Trustee During
Past 5 Years
Independent Trustees                

Bruce L. Crockett — 1944

Trustee and Chair

 

1992

 

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

 

146

  ALPS (Attorneys Liability Protection Society) (insurance company) and Globe Specialty Metals, Inc. (metallurgical company); Member of the Audit Committee, Ferroglobe PLC and Investment Company Institute; Member of the Executive Committee and Chair of the Governance Committee, Independent Directors Council

David C. Arch — 1945

Trustee

  2010   Chairman of Blistex Inc., a consumer health care products manufacturer  

146

  Board member of the Illinois Manufacturers’ Association; Member of the Board of Visitors, Institute for the Humanities, University of Michigan

James T. Bunch — 1942

Trustee

 

2003

 

Managing Member, Grumman Hill Group LLC (family office/private equity investments)

 

Formerly: Chairman of the Board, Denver Film Society, Chairman of the Board of Trustees, Evans Scholarship Foundation; Chairman, Board of Governors, Western Golf Association

 

146

  Trustee, Evans Scholarship Foundation

Albert R. Dowden — 1941

Trustee

 

2000

 

Director of a number of public and private business corporations, including Nature’s Sunshine Products, Inc.

 

Formerly: Director, The Boss Group, Ltd. and Reich & Tang Funds (5 portfolios) (registered investment company); Director, Homeowners of America Holding Corporation/Homeowners of America Insurance Company (property casualty company); Director, Continental Energy Services, LLC (oil and gas pipeline service); Director, CompuDyne Corporation (provider of product and services to the public security market) and Director, Annuity and Life Re (Holdings), Ltd. (reinsurance company); Director, President and Chief Executive Officer, Volvo Group North America, Inc.; Senior Vice President, AB Volvo; Director of various public and private corporations; Chairman, DHJ Media, Inc.; Director, Magellan Insurance Company; and Director, The Hertz Corporation, Genmar Corporation (boat manufacturer), National Media Corporation; Advisory Board of Rotary Power International (designer, manufacturer, and seller of rotary power engines); and Chairman, Cortland Trust, Inc. (registered investment company)

 

146

  Director of Nature’s Sunshine Products, Inc.

Jack M. Fields — 1952

Trustee

 

1997

 

Chief Executive Officer, Twenty First Century Group, Inc. (government affairs company); and 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); 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

 

146

  None

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 and Director, Arvest Bank

 

146

  Director of Insperity, Inc. (formerly known as Administaff)

Prema Mathai-Davis — 1950

Trustee

 

1998

 

Retired.

 

Formerly: Chief Executive Officer, YWCA of the U.S.A.

 

146

  None

Larry Soll — 1942

Trustee

 

2003

 

Retired.

 

Formerly: Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President, Synergen Corp. (a biotechnology company)

 

146

  None

Raymond Stickel, Jr. — 1944

Trustee

  2005  

Retired.

 

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

 

146

  None

Robert C. Troccoli — 1949

Trustee

  2016  

Adjunct Professor, University of Denver — Daniels College of Business

 

Formerly: Senior Partner, KPMG LLP

 

146

  None

 

T-2                         Invesco International Companies Fund


Trustees and Officers—(continued)

 

Name, Year of Birth and
Position(s) Held with the Trust
 

Trustee and/

or Officer Since

  Principal Occupation(s)
During Past 5 Years
  Number of
Funds in Fund
Complex
Overseen by
Trustee
  Other Directorship(s)
Held by Trustee During
Past 5 Years
Independent Trustees—(continued)

Suzanne H. Woolsey — 1941

Trustee

  2014  

Retired.

 

Formerly: Chief Executive Officer of Woolsey Partners LLC

 

146

  Director, SunShare LLC; Trustee, Ocean Conservancy; Emeritus Chair of the Board of Trustees of the Institute for Defense Analyses and of Colorado College; Trustee, Chair, Business and Finance Committee of California Institute of Technology; Prior to 2014, Director of Fluor Corp.; Prior to 2010, Trustee of the German Marshall Fund of the United States; Prior to 2010, Trustee of the Rocky Mountain Institute
Other Officers                

Sheri Morris — 1964

President, Principal Executive Officer and Treasurer

 

1999

 

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

 

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

  N/A   N/A

Russell C. Burk — 1958

Senior Vice President and Senior Officer

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

John M. Zerr — 1962

Senior Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Secretary

  2006  

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

 

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

  N/A   N/A

 

T-3                         Invesco International Companies Fund


Trustees and Officers—(continued)

 

 

Name, Year of Birth and
Position(s) Held with the Trust
  Trustee and/
or Officer Since
  Principal Occupation(s)
During Past 5 Years
  Number of
Funds in Fund
Complex
Overseen by
Trustee
  Other Directorship(s)
Held by Trustee During
Past 5 Years
Other Officers—(continued)                

Karen Dunn Kelley — 1960

Senior Vice President

 

2004

 

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

 

Formerly: Vice President, The Invesco Funds (other than AIM Treasurer’s Series Trust (Invesco Treasurer’s Series Trust), Short-Term Investments Trust and Invesco Management Trust); and President and Principal Executive Officer, 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 Asset Management (Bermuda) Ltd., Director, INVESCO Global Asset Management DAC (formerly known as INVESCO Global Asset Management Limited) and INVESCO Management S.A.; Senior Vice President, Van Kampen Investments Inc. and Invesco Advisers, Inc. (formerly known as Invesco Institutional (N.A.), Inc.) (registered investment adviser); Director and President, Fund Management Company; Chief Cash Management Officer, Director of Cash Management, Senior Vice President, and Managing Director, Invesco AIM Capital Management, Inc.; Director of Cash Management, Senior Vice President, and Vice President, Invesco Advisers, Inc. and Vice President, The Invesco Funds (AIM Treasurer’s Series Trust (Invesco Treasurer’s Series Trust), and Short-Term Investments Trust only)

  N/A   N/A

Kelli Gallegos — 1970

Vice President, Principal Financial Officer and Assistant Treasurer

  2008  

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

 

Formerly: Assistant Vice President, The Invesco Funds

  N/A   N/A

Tracy Sullivan — 1962

Vice President, Chief Tax Officer and Assistant Treasurer

  2008  

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

 

Formerly: Assistant Vice President, The Invesco Funds

  N/A   N/A

Crissie M. Wisdom — 1969

Anti-Money Laundering Compliance Officer

  2013  

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

 

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

  N/A   N/A

Robert R. Leveille — 1969

Chief Compliance Officer

  2016  

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

 

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

  N/A   N/A

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

 

Office of the Fund

11 Greenway Plaza, Suite 1000
Houston, TX 77046-1173

 

Investment Adviser

Invesco Advisers, Inc.
1555 Peachtree Street, N.E.
Atlanta, GA 30309

 

Distributor

Invesco Distributors, Inc.
11 Greenway Plaza, Suite 1000
Houston, TX 77046-1173

 

Auditors

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
1000 Louisiana Street, Suite 5800

Houston, TX 77002-5678

     

Counsel to the Fund

Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young, LLP
2005 Market Street, Suite 2600
Philadelphia, PA 19103-7018

 

Counsel to the Independent Trustees

Goodwin Procter LLP
901 New York Avenue, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20001

 

Transfer Agent

Invesco Investment Services, Inc.
11 Greenway Plaza, Suite 1000
Houston, TX 77046-1173

 

Custodian

State Street Bank and Trust Company
225 Franklin Street
Boston, MA 02110-2801

 

T-4                         Invesco International Companies Fund


 

 

Explore High-Conviction Investing with Invesco

 

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Invesco mailing information

Send general correspondence to Invesco Investment Services, Inc., P.O. Box 219078, Kansas City, MO 64121-9078.

 

 

Important notice regarding delivery of security holder documents

To reduce Fund expenses, only one copy of most shareholder documents may be mailed to shareholders with multiple accounts at the same address (Householding). Mailing of your shareholder documents may be householded indefinitely unless you instruct us otherwise. If you do not want the mailing of these documents to be combined with those for other members of your household, please contact Invesco Investment Services, Inc. at 800 959 4246 or contact your financial institution. We will begin sending you individual copies for each account within 30 days after receiving your request.

 

 

Fund holdings and proxy voting information

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

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

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

    Invesco Advisers, Inc. is an investment adviser; it provides investment advisory services to individual and institutional clients and does not sell securities. Invesco Distributors, Inc. is the US distributor for Invesco Ltd.’s retail mutual funds, exchange-traded funds and institutional money market funds. Both are wholly owned, indirect subsidiaries of Invesco Ltd.

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SEC file numbers: 811-06463 and 033-44611    ICO-AR-1    Invesco Distributors, Inc.


 

 

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Annual Report to Shareholders

 

 

October 31, 2016

 

 

 

 

Invesco International Core Equity Fund

 

  Nasdaq:  
  A: IBVAX    B: IBVBX    C: IBVCX    R: IIBRX    Y: IBVYX    Investor: IIBCX  
  R5: IBVIX    R6: IBVFX

 

 

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2 Letters to Shareholders 4 Performance Summary 4 Management’s Discussion 6 Long-Term Fund Performance 8 Supplemental Information 10 Schedule of Investments 12 Financial Statements 15 Notes to Financial Statements 22 Financial Highlights 23 Auditor’s Report 24 Fund Expenses 25 Approval of Investment Advisory and Sub-Advisory Contracts 27 Tax Information T-1 Trustees and Officers


 

Letters to Shareholders

 

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Philip Taylor

    

Dear Shareholders:

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

    In December 2015, the US Federal Reserve raised short-term interest rates for the first time since 2006, signaling its belief that the economy was likely to continue strengthening. Indeed, throughout the reporting period, US economic data were generally positive and the economy expanded at a moderate rate – but there were some bumps along the road. Job growth in May 2016 was very weak, but it was followed by strong increases in nonfarm payrolls in June and July. Increased concerns about global economic weakness caused US stock market indexes to sink at the start of calendar year 2016, but they eventually recovered; they sank again following the UK’s decision to

leave the European Union, but then quickly recovered and reached record highs later in the summer. Strong demand for income-producing investments, particularly those perceived to be lower risk, benefited bonds as well as dividend-paying stocks for much of the reporting period. While economic news in the US was generally positive, news overseas was less upbeat. The European Central Bank, and central banks in China and Japan – as well as other countries – maintained extraordinarily accommodative monetary policies in response to economic weakness. As the fiscal year drew to a close, uncertainty about the outcome of the US presidential election resulted in increased market volatility; the surprise outcome after the close of the reporting period suggested that market volatility may continue for some time to come.

Short-term market volatility can prompt some investors to abandon their investment plans – and can cause others to settle for average results. The investment professionals at Invesco, in contrast, invest with high conviction, take a long-term perspective and have a passion to exceed. Invesco’s pure focus on investment management eliminates possible distractions and means that there are no competing lines of business for us to support. Just as important, we embrace a variety of investment strategies, asset classes and geographies – because we know that no single investment approach meets the diverse needs of all of our clients. We manage all our investment approaches with a passion to exceed. All our investment teams have a highly disciplined, long-term investing style that eliminates short-term decision-making. Of course, investing with high conviction can’t guarantee a profit or ensure success; no investment strategy can. To learn more about how we invest with high conviction, visit invesco.com/HighConviction.

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

Visit our website for more information on your investments

Our website, invesco.com/us, offers a wide range of market insights and investment perspectives. On the website, you’ll find detailed information about our funds, including performance, holdings and portfolio manager commentaries. You can access information about your account by completing a simple, secure online registration. Click on the “Need to register” link in the “Account Access” box on our homepage to get started.

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

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

Have questions?

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

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

Sincerely,

 

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Philip Taylor

Senior Managing Director, Invesco Ltd.

 

 

2                         Invesco International Core Equity Fund


 

    

 

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Bruce Crockett

    

Dear Fellow Shareholders:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Sincerely,

 

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Bruce L. Crockett

Independent Chair

Invesco Funds Board of Trustees

 

3                         Invesco International Core Equity Fund


 

Management’s Discussion of Fund Performance

 

 

Performance summary

For the fiscal year ended October 31, 2016, Class A shares of Invesco International Core Equity Fund (the Fund), at net asset value (NAV), outperformed the MSCI EAFE Index, the Fund’s broad market/style-specific benchmark.

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

 

  

     

  

Fund vs. Indexes

Total returns, 10/31/15 to 10/31/16, at net asset value (NAV). Performance shown does not include applicable contingent deferred sales charges (CDSC) or front-end sales charges, which would have reduced performance.

 

  

    

Class A Shares

     -1.26

Class B Shares

     -2.01   

Class C Shares

     -2.06   

Class R Shares

     -1.54   

Class Y Shares

     -1.06   

Investor Class Shares

     -1.24   

Class R5 Shares

     -0.83   

Class R6 Shares

     -0.91   

MSCI EAFE Indexq (Broad Market/Style-Specific Index)

     -3.23   

Lipper International Large-Cap Core Funds Index (Peer Group Index)

     -1.78   

 

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

 

        

 

 

Market conditions and your Fund

The global economy continued to expand, albeit slowly, for the fiscal year. However, that growth became increasingly uneven across developed and emerging economies, amid continued volatility in oil prices and as the policies of central banks globally began to diverge.

    An equity market rally in November 2015 was offset by negative performance in December, as a late-year crash in oil prices rattled the markets. Also in December, the US Federal Reserve (the Fed) followed through on its commitment to normalize monetary policy by raising interest rates – its first increase since 2006 – even as the European Central Bank extended its asset purchase program and Japan introduced additional quantitative easing and negative interest rates.

    Stocks began calendar year 2016 on a negative note, driven by investor concerns about economic weakness in China and falling oil prices. Markets recovered in late February and posted gains amid concerted central bank commitments to very loose monetary policy. As a result, the US dollar fell sharply against the euro and Japanese yen, a development that was largely supportive of oil and stock prices.

    All major global stock indexes experienced steep declines again in June after UK voters opted to leave the European Union. Stocks in economically sensitive sectors, including energy and financials, were hardest hit, and investors flocked to the perceived safety of US Treasuries and more defensive, dividend-paying equities often found in the telecommunication services, utilities and consumer staples sectors.

    After the initial shock of the UK vote, stocks made a strong recovery, regaining most of their losses

 

as fears of a shock to consumer confidence never materialized. For the remainder of the reporting period, emerging markets outperformed as the Fed left interest rates unchanged and expectations for an interest rate increase were delayed again.

    The Fund seeks long-term growth of capital by investing in foreign securities that have high or improving return on invested capital, quality management and a strong competitive position within their industries – and that are trading at compelling valuations. The Fund stayed true to its process and benefited from its quality orientation in stock selection. Stock selection in the financials, information technology (IT) and telecommunication services sectors contributed to Fund performance, while holdings in the health care and consumer discretionary sectors detracted from Fund performance for the reporting period.

    One of the largest contributors to Fund performance was Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company. During the fiscal year, the company, a parts supplier to the iPhone 7, benefited from a broader rally in technology companies and record profits as demand for new iPhones fueled orders for its processor chips. In addition, KDDI, Japan’s second-largest mobile carrier, also contributed to Fund performance as it received a boost from rising data usage and a reduction in sales expenses.

    The Fund’s detractors for the reporting period included UBS Group and Teva Pharmaceutical Industries. UBS Group was hurt by a strained operating environment, negative interest rates and global growth concerns, while Teva Pharmaceutical was hampered as a result of patent challenges and election campaign headlines calling for pharmaceutical price controls.

 
Portfolio Composition   

By sector

 

     % of total net assets   
Financials      24.3
Consumer Discretionary      16.8   
Industrials      14.8   
Health Care      12.6   
Information Technology      11.4   
Telecommunication Services      6.8   
Energy      6.0   
Consumer Staples      4.1   
Materials      2.7   
Money Market Funds Plus
Other Assets Less Liabilities
     0.5   
Top 10 Equity Holdings*   
      

 

% of total net assets

 

  

 

1.

  Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd.      3.5

2.

  Royal Dutch Shell PLC -Class A -ADR      3.0   

3.

  ING Groep N.V.      2.8   

4.

  KDDI Corp.      2.8   

5.

  Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Ltd.      2.6   

6.

  Roche Holding AG      2.5   

7.

  Novartis AG-ADR      2.5   

8.

  Hitachi, Ltd.      2.4   

9.

  Shire PLC-ADR      2.4   

10.

  St. James’s Place PLC      2.3   
Total Net Assets      $89.7 million   
Total Number of Holdings*      64   

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

*Excluding money market fund holdings.

Data presented here are as of October 31, 2016.

 

 

4                         Invesco International Core Equity Fund


    From a geographic perspective, the Fund’s exposure to emerging markets and Europe aided Fund performance for the fiscal year. Specifically, stock selection in Italy, Sweden and the UK helped Fund performance. Conversely, stock selection in Switzerland and Germany detracted from the Fund’s performance relative to its broad market/style-specific benchmark. As a group, the Fund’s Australian holdings were the most significant detractors from the Fund’s relative performance. At the close of the reporting period, and relative to its broad market/style-specific benchmark, the Fund maintained overweight positions in the Netherlands and Israel, while holding underweight positions in Japan, Australia and Germany.

    The Fund’s largest overweight positions relative to its broad market/style-specific benchmark were in the IT, financials and consumer discretionary sectors. Conversely, in the consumer staples, materials and utilities sectors, the Fund maintained underweight positions.

    Following our mandate as a conservative cornerstone for our clients’ portfolios, our team continues to seek out attractive risk-return growth-value anomalies with a long-term perspective.

    Thank you for your investment in Invesco International Core Equity Fund.

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

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

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Erik Esselink

Portfolio Manager, is manager of Invesco International Core Equity Fund. He joined Invesco in 2007.

Mr. Esselink earned a bachelor of science degree from the Rotterdam School of Economics, where he studied commercial economics.

 

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Brian Nelson

Chartered Financial Analyst, Portfolio Manager, is manager of Invesco International Core Equity Fund. He

joined Invesco in 2004. Mr. Nelson earned a BA from the University of California, Santa Barbara.

Assisted by Invesco’s Global Core Equity Team

    

 

 

5                         Invesco International Core Equity Fund


 

Your Fund’s Long-Term Performance

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

Fund and index data from 10/31/06

 

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1 Source: FactSet Research Systems Inc.

2 Source: Lipper Inc.

* The Fund’s oldest share class (Investor) does not have a sales charge; therefore, the second-oldest share class with a sales charge (Class C) is also included in the chart  

 

Past performance cannot guarantee comparable future results

    The data shown in the chart include reinvested distributions, applicable sales charges and Fund expenses including

management fees. Index results include reinvested dividends, but they do not reflect sales charges. Performance of the peer group, if applicable, reflects fund expenses and management fees; performance

of a market index does not.

Performance shown in the chart

and table(s) does not reflect deduction of taxes a shareholder

would pay on Fund distributions or sale of Fund shares.

 

 

6                         Invesco International Core Equity Fund


Average Annual Total Returns   
As of 10/31/16, including maximum applicable sales charges    

Class A Shares

        

Inception (3/28/02)

     3.39

10 Years

     -0.43   

  5 Years

     2.43   

  1 Year

     -6.65   

Class B Shares

        

Inception (3/28/02)

     3.43

10 Years

     -0.47   

  5 Years

     2.44   

  1 Year

     -6.90   

Class C Shares

        

Inception (2/14/00)

     1.29

10 Years

     -0.62   

  5 Years

     2.81   

  1 Year

     -3.04   

Class R Shares

        

Inception (11/24/03)

     4.06

10 Years

     -0.12   

  5 Years

     3.34   

  1 Year

     -1.54   

Class Y Shares

        

10 Years

     0.33

  5 Years

     3.84   

  1 Year

     -1.06   

Investor Class Shares

        

Inception (10/28/98)

     3.18 % 

10 Years

     0.13   

  5 Years

     3.59   

  1 Year

     -1.24   

Class R5 Shares

        

Inception (4/30/04)

     4.26

10 Years

     0.71   

  5 Years

     4.15   

  1 Year

     -0.83   

Class R6 Shares

        

10 Years

     0.35

  5 Years

     4.04   

  1 Year

     -0.91   

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

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

    The performance data quoted represent past performance and cannot guarantee comparable future results; current performance may be lower or

Average Annual Total Returns   
As of 9/30/16, the most recent calendar quarter end, including maximum applicable sales charges     

Class A Shares

        

Inception (3/28/02)

     3.54

10 Years

     0.06   

  5 Years

     4.44   

  1 Year

     1.76   

Class B Shares

        

Inception (3/28/02)

     3.58

10 Years

     0.03   

  5 Years

     4.52   

  1 Year

     1.82   

Class C Shares

        

Inception (2/14/00)

     1.41

10 Years

     -0.13   

  5 Years

     4.86   

  1 Year

     5.81   

Class R Shares

        

Inception (11/24/03)

     4.24

10 Years

     0.38   

  5 Years

     5.38   

  1 Year

     7.34   

Class Y Shares

        

10 Years

     0.83

  5 Years

     5.92   

  1 Year

     7.91   

Investor Class Shares

        

Inception (10/28/98)

     3.30 % 

10 Years

     0.62   

  5 Years

     5.63   

  1 Year

     7.63   

Class R5 Shares

        

Inception (4/30/04)

     4.44

10 Years

     1.21   

  5 Years

     6.23   

  1 Year

     8.15   

Class R6 Shares

        

10 Years

     0.84

  5 Years

     6.09   

  1 Year

     8.06   

higher. Please visit invesco.com/performance for the most recent month-end performance. Performance figures reflect reinvested distributions, changes in net asset value and the effect of the maximum sales charge unless otherwise stated. Investment return and principal value will fluctuate so that you may have a gain or loss when you sell shares.

    The net annual Fund operating expense ratio set forth in the most recent Fund prospectus as of the date of this report for Class A, Class B, Class C, Class R, Class Y, Investor Class, Class

R5 and Class R6 shares was 1.33%, 2.08%, 2.08%, 1.58%, 1.08%, 1.33%, 1.03% and 1.02%, respectively.1 The total annual Fund operating expense ratio set forth in the most recent Fund prospectus as of the date of this report for Class A, Class B, Class C, Class R, Class Y, Investor Class, Class R5 and Class R6 shares was 1.61%, 2.36%, 2.36%, 1.86%, 1.36%, 1.61%, 1.03% and 1.02%, respectively. The expense ratios presented above may vary from the expense ratios presented in other sections of this report that are based on expenses incurred during the period covered by this report.

    Class A share performance reflects the maximum 5.50% sales charge, and Class B and Class C share performance reflects the applicable contingent deferred sales charge (CDSC) for the period involved. The CDSC on Class B shares declines from 5% beginning at the time of purchase to 0% at the beginning of the seventh year. The CDSC on Class C shares is 1% for the first year after purchase. Class R, Class Y, Investor Class, Class R5 and Class R6 shares do not have a front-end sales charge or a CDSC; therefore, performance is at net asset value

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

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

 

1 Total annual Fund operating expenses after any contractual fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements by the adviser in effect through at least March 31, 2017. See current prospectus for more information.
 

 

7                         Invesco International Core Equity Fund


 

Invesco International Core Equity Fund’s investment objective is long-term growth of capital.

  Unless otherwise stated, information presented in this report is as of October 31, 2016, and is based on total net assets.
  Unless otherwise noted, all data provided by Invesco.
  To access your Fund’s reports/prospectus, visit invesco.com/fundreports.

 

About share classes

  Class B shares may not be purchased for new or additional investments. Please see the prospectus for more information.
  Class R shares are generally available only to employer sponsored retirement and benefit plans. Please see the prospectus for more information.
  Class Y shares and Investor Class shares are available only to certain investors. Please see the prospectus for more information.
  Class R5 shares and Class R6 shares are primarily intended for employer sponsored retirement and benefit plans that meet certain standards and for institutional investors. Please see the prospectus for more information.

 

 

Principal risks of investing in the Fund

  Depositary receipts risk. Investing in depositary receipts involves the same risks as direct investments in foreign securities. In addition, the underlying issuers of certain depositary receipts are under no obligation to distribute shareholder communications or pass through any voting rights with respect to the deposited securities to the holders of such receipts. The Fund may therefore receive less timely information or have less control than if it invested directly in the foreign issuer.
  Derivatives risk. The value of a derivative instrument depends largely on (and is derived from) the value of an underlying security, currency, commodity, interest rate, index or other asset (each referred to as an underlying asset). In addition to risks relating to the underlying assets, the use of derivatives may include other, possibly greater, risks, including counterparty, leverage and liquidity risks. Counter-party risk is the risk that the counter-party to the derivative contract will default on its obligation to pay the Fund the amount owed or otherwise perform under the derivative contract. Derivatives create leverage risk because they
   

do not require payment up front equal to the economic exposure created by owning the derivative. As a result, an adverse change in the value of the underlying asset could result in the Fund sustaining a loss that is substantially greater than the amount invested in the derivative, which may make the Fund’s returns more volatile and increase the risk of loss. Derivative instruments may also be less liquid than more traditional investments and the Fund may be unable to sell or close out its derivative positions at a desirable time or price. This risk may be more acute under adverse market conditions, during which the Fund may be most in need of liquidating its derivative positions. Derivatives may also be harder to value, less tax efficient and subject to changing government regulation that could impact the Fund’s ability to use certain derivatives or their cost. Also, derivatives used for hedging or to gain or limit exposure to a particular market segment may not provide the expected benefits, particularly during adverse market conditions.

  Emerging markets securities risk. Emerging markets (also referred to as developing markets) are generally subject to greater market volatility, political, social and economic instability, uncertain trading markets and more governmental limitations on foreign investment than more developed markets. In addition, emerging markets may be subject to lower trading volume and greater price fluctuations than companies in more developed markets. Securities law and the enforcement of systems of taxation in many emerging market countries may change quickly and unpredictably. In addition, investments in emerging markets securities may also be subject to additional transaction costs, delays in settlement procedures, and lack of timely information.
  Foreign securities risk. The Fund’s foreign investments may be adversely affected by political and social instability, changes in economic or taxation policies,
   

difficulty in enforcing obligations, decreased liquidity or increased volatility. Foreign investments also involve the risk of the possible seizure, nationalization or expropriation of the issuer or foreign deposits (in which the Fund could lose its entire investments in a certain market) and the possible adoption of foreign governmental restrictions such as exchange controls. Unless the Fund has hedged its foreign securities risk, foreign securities risk also involves the risk of negative foreign currency rate fluctuations, which may cause the value of securities denominated in such foreign currency (or other instruments through which the Fund has exposure to foreign currencies) to decline in value. Currency exchange rates may fluctuate significantly over short periods of time. Currency hedging strategies, if used, are not always successful.

  Geographic focus risk. The Fund may from time to time invest a substantial amount of its assets in securities of issuers located in a single country or a limited number of countries. Adverse economic, political or social conditions in those countries may therefore have a significant negative impact on the Fund’s investment performance.
  Investing in the European Union risk. Investments in certain countries in the European Union are susceptible to high economic risks associated with high levels of debt, such as investments in sovereign debt of Greece, Italy and Spain. Separately, the European Union faces issues involving its membership, structure, procedures and policies. The exit of one or more member states from the European Union would place its currency and banking system in jeopardy. Efforts of the member states to further unify their economic and monetary policies may increase the potential for the downward movement of one member state’s market to cause a similar effect on other member states’ markets.
  Management risk. The Fund is actively managed and depends heavily on the Adviser’s judgment about markets, interest rates or the attractiveness, relative values, liquidity, or potential appreciation of particular investments made for the Fund’s portfolio. The Fund could experience losses if these judgments prove to be incorrect. Additionally, legislative,
 

 

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

 

 

NOT FDIC INSURED | MAY LOSE VALUE | NO BANK GUARANTEE

 

8                         Invesco International Core Equity Fund


     regulatory, or tax developments may adversely affect management of the Fund and, therefore, the ability of the Fund to achieve its investment objective.
  Market risk. The market values of the Fund’s investments, and therefore the value of the Fund’s shares, will go up and down, sometimes rapidly or unpredictably. Market risk ma y affect a single issuer, industry or section of the economy, or it may affect the market as a whole. Individual stock prices tend to go up and down more dramatically than those of certain other types of investments, such as bonds. During a general downturn in the financial markets, multiple asset classes may decline in value. When markets perform well, there can be no assurance that specific investments held by the Fund will rise in value.
  Preferred securities risk. Preferred securities are subject to issuer-specific and market risks applicable generally to equity securities. Preferred securities also may be subordinated to bonds or other debt instruments, subjecting them to a greater risk of non-payment, may be less liquid than many other securities, such as common stocks, and generally offer no voting rights with respect to the issuer.

 

 

About indexes used in this report

  The MSCI EAFE® Index is an unmanaged index considered representative of stocks of Europe, Australasia and the Far East. The index is computed using the net return, which withholds applicable taxes for non-resident investors.
  The Lipper International Large-Cap Core Funds Index is an unmanaged index considered representative of international large-cap core funds tracked by Lipper.
  The Fund is not managed to track the performance of any particular index, including the index(es) described here, and consequently, the performance of the Fund may deviate significantly from the performance of the index(es).
  A direct investment cannot be made in an index. Unless otherwise indicated, index results include reinvested dividends, and they do not reflect sales charges. Performance of the peer group, if applicable, reflects fund expenses; performance of a market index does not.

 

Other information

  The returns shown in management’s discussion of Fund performance are based on net asset values (NAVs) calculated for shareholder transactions. Generally accepted accounting principles require adjustments to be made to the net assets of the Fund at period end for financial reporting purposes, and as such, the NAVs for shareholder transactions and the returns based on those NAVs may differ from the NAVs and returns reported in the Financial Highlights.
  Industry classifications used in this report are generally according to the Global Industry Classification Standard, which was developed by and is the exclusive property and a service mark of MSCI Inc. and Standard & Poor’s.
 

 

9                         Invesco International Core Equity Fund


Schedule of Investments

October 31, 2016

 

 

     Shares      Value  

Common Stocks & Other Equity Interests–99.49%

  

Australia–2.57%   

Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Ltd.

    109,196       $ 2,306,978   
Canada–2.97%   

Peyto Exploration & Development Corp.

    25,063         643,930   

Suncor Energy, Inc.

    40,540         1,216,578   

Vermilion Energy, Inc.

    20,445         801,794   
               2,662,302   
China–1.33%   

Baidu, Inc.–ADR(a)

    6,731         1,190,445   
Finland–1.31%   

Sampo Oyj–Class A

    25,653         1,176,268   
France–8.38%   

Criteo S.A.–ADR(a)

    19,062         689,091   

Danone

    19,033         1,317,961   

Europcar Groupe S.A.–REGS(a)(b)

    80,299         746,263   

LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton S.E.

    9,897         1,798,607   

Publicis Groupe S.A.

    21,072         1,445,737   

Rexel S.A.

    59,407         823,979   

Sanofi

    9,026         702,076   
               7,523,714   
Germany–5.10%   

Bayer AG

    14,140         1,401,498   

Muenchener Rueckversicherungs-Gesellschaft AG

    9,220         1,787,413   

SAP S.E.

    15,776         1,389,605   
               4,578,516   
Hong Kong–2.17%   

AIA Group Ltd.

    256,800         1,620,842   

AIA Group Ltd.–ADR(c)

    13,032         330,752   
               1,951,594   
India–0.76%   

InterGlobe Aviation Ltd.–REGS(b)

    48,732         684,751   
Ireland–1.45%   

Ryanair Holdings PLC–ADR(a)

    17,276         1,297,255   
Israel–1.90%   

Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.–ADR

    39,812         1,701,565   
Italy–1.00%   

Ferrari N.V.

    17,006         895,707   
Japan–19.51%   

Hitachi, Ltd.

    400,000         2,128,116   

Honda Motor Co., Ltd.

    58,300         1,744,181   

KDDI Corp.

    82,900         2,523,404   

Komatsu Ltd.

    78,493         1,749,573   

Mitsubishi Estate Co., Ltd.

    75,000         1,486,653   
     Shares      Value  
Japan–(continued)   

Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd.

    350,000       $ 875,627   

NTT DOCOMO, Inc.

    65,500         1,649,289   

Olympus Corp.

    26,300         940,495   

ORIX Corp.

    76,400         1,213,410   

Rakuten Inc.

    111,800         1,292,686   

Toyota Motor Corp.

    33,000         1,906,359   
               17,509,793   
Netherlands–10.18%   

GrandVision N.V.–REGS(b)

    46,952         1,075,415   

ING Groep N.V.

    192,516         2,531,007   

Koninklijke DSM N.V.

    21,558         1,384,979   

Koninklijke Philips N.V.

    52,238         1,573,067   

Philips Lighting N.V.–REGS(a)(b)

    38,897         912,055   

Randstad Holding N.V.

    32,186         1,655,454   
               9,131,977   
Singapore–1.66%   

DBS Group Holdings Ltd.

    138,760         1,492,221   
South Africa–1.04%   

Naspers Ltd.–Class N

    5,558         931,582   
Sweden–3.28%   

Sandvik AB

    99,460         1,128,941   

Svenska Handelsbanken AB–Class A

    133,038         1,812,309   
               2,941,250   
Switzerland–9.28%   

ABB Ltd.

    50,022         1,029,312   

Novartis AG–ADR

    30,984         2,200,484   

Roche Holding AG

    9,790         2,246,527   

TE Connectivity Ltd.

    15,557         978,069   

UBS Group AG

    132,131         1,869,369   
               8,323,761   
Taiwan–3.45%   

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd.

    518,000         3,094,179   
United Kingdom–17.43%   

British American Tobacco PLC

    15,747         904,107   

Delphi Automotive PLC

    27,225         1,771,531   

Diageo PLC

    33,390         888,821   

Imperial Brands PLC

    11,263         544,254   

Liberty Global PLC–Series A(a)

    56,455         1,840,433   

Liberty Global PLC LiLAC–Series A(a)

    15,158         418,967   

Meggitt PLC

    147,857         786,505   

Rio Tinto PLC

    30,371         1,052,794   

Royal Dutch Shell PLC–Class A–ADR

    54,547         2,716,986   

Spectris PLC

    30,379         761,773   

St. James’s Place PLC

    177,102         2,043,507   

Vodafone Group PLC–ADR

    68,721         1,913,193   
               15,642,871   
 

 

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

 

10                         Invesco International Core Equity Fund


     Shares      Value  
United States–4.72%   

Aon PLC

    12,052       $ 1,335,723   

Chubb Ltd.

    6,219         789,813   

Shire PLC–ADR

    12,497         2,107,494   
               4,233,030   

TOTAL INVESTMENTS (excluding investments purchased with cash collateral from securities on loan)–99.49% (Cost $94,513,479)

    

     89,269,759   

Investments Purchased with Cash
Collateral from Securities on Loan

   

Money Market Funds–0.29%

  

Government & Agency Portfolio–Institutional Class, 0.29%
(Cost $258,990)(d)(e)

    258,990         258,990   

TOTAL INVESTMENTS–99.78%
(Cost $94,772,469)

   

     89,528,749   

OTHER ASSETS LESS LIABILITIES–0.22%

  

     197,489   

NET ASSETS–100.00%

  

   $ 89,726,238   
 

Investment Abbreviations:

 

ADR  

– American Depositary Receipt

REGS  

– Regulation S

Notes to Schedule of Investments:

 

(a)  Non-income producing security.
(b)  Security purchased or received in a transaction exempt from registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “1933 Act”). The security may be resold pursuant to an exemption from registration under the 1933 Act, typically to qualified institutional buyers. The aggregate value of these securities at October 31, 2016 was $3,418,484, which represented 3.81% of the Fund’s Net Assets.
(c)  All or a portion of this security was out on loan at October 31, 2016.
(d)  The money market fund and the Fund are affiliated by having the same investment adviser. The rate shown is the 7-day SEC standardized yield as of October 31, 2016.
(e)  The security has been segregated to satisfy the commitment to return the cash collateral received in securities lending transactions upon the borrower’s return of the securities loaned. See Note 1I.

 

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

 

11                         Invesco International Core Equity Fund


Statement of Assets and Liabilities

October 31, 2016

 

 

Assets:

  

Investments, at value (Cost $94,513,479)*

  $ 89,269,759   

Investments in affiliated money market funds, at value and cost

    258,990   

Total investments, at value (Cost $94,772,469)

    89,528,749   

Foreign currencies, at value (Cost $244,731)

    243,101   

Receivable for:

 

Investments sold

    570,902   

Fund shares sold

    58,792   

Dividends

    515,493   

Fund expenses absorbed

    11,049   

Investment for trustee deferred compensation and retirement plans

    92,758   

Other assets

    33,010   

Total assets

    91,053,854   

Liabilities:

  

Payable for:

 

Investments purchased

    510,612   

Fund shares reacquired

    218,080   

Amount due custodian

    110,084   

Collateral upon return of securities loaned

    258,990   

Accrued fees to affiliates

    58,558   

Accrued trustees’ and officers’ fees and benefits

    1,805   

Accrued other operating expenses

    64,926   

Trustee deferred compensation and retirement plans

    104,561   

Total liabilities

    1,327,616   

Net assets applicable to shares outstanding

  $ 89,726,238   

Net assets consist of:

  

Shares of beneficial interest

  $ 108,019,467   

Undistributed net investment income

    1,057,488   

Undistributed net realized gain (loss)

    (14,118,834

Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

    (5,231,883
    $ 89,726,238   

Net Assets:

  

Class A

  $ 35,405,762   

Class B

  $ 537,181   

Class C

  $ 8,580,690   

Class R

  $ 2,180,147   

Class Y

  $ 3,431,098   

Investor Class

  $ 10,279,944   

Class R5

  $ 2,831,815   

Class R6

  $ 26,479,601   

Shares outstanding, $0.001 par value per share,
with an unlimited number of shares authorized:

   

Class A

    3,379,328   

Class B

    51,190   

Class C

    841,133   

Class R

    207,824   

Class Y

    321,802   

Investor Class

    965,638   

Class R5

    271,368   

Class R6

    2,538,774   

Class A:

 

Net asset value per share

  $ 10.48   

Maximum offering price per share

 

(Net asset value of $10.48 ¸ 94.50%)

  $ 11.09   

Class B:

 

Net asset value and offering price per share

  $ 10.49   

Class C:

 

Net asset value and offering price per share

  $ 10.20   

Class R:

 

Net asset value and offering price per share

  $ 10.49   

Class Y:

 

Net asset value and offering price per share

  $ 10.66   

Investor Class:

 

Net asset value and offering price per share

  $ 10.65   

Class R5:

 

Net asset value and offering price per share

  $ 10.44   

Class R6:

 

Net asset value and offering price per share

  $ 10.43   

 

* At October 31, 2016, securities with an aggregate value of $253,558 were on loan to brokers.
 

 

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

 

12                         Invesco International Core Equity Fund


Statement of Operations

For the year ended October 31, 2016

 

Investment income:

  

Dividends (net of foreign withholding taxes of $263,736)

  $ 2,572,293   

Dividends from affiliated money market funds

    5,112   

Other income

    15,819   

Total investment income

    2,593,224   

Expenses:

 

Advisory fees

    750,359   

Administrative services fees

    50,000   

Distribution fees:

 

Class A

    93,163   

Class B

    7,179   

Class C

    91,033   

Class R

    9,788   

Investor Class

    26,545   

Transfer agent fees — A, B, C, R, Y and Investor

    211,736   

Transfer agent fees — R5

    105   

Transfer agent fees — R6

    336   

Trustees’ and officers’ fees and benefits

    25,475   

Registration and filing fees

    91,839   

Reports to shareholders

    27,545   

Professional services fees

    58,853   

Other

    30,160   

Total expenses

    1,474,116   

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

    (133,139

Net expenses

    1,340,977   

Net investment income

    1,252,247   

Realized and unrealized gain (loss) from:

 

Net realized gain (loss) from:

 

Investment securities

    (1,729,600

Foreign currencies

    (50,936
      (1,780,536

Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of:

 

Investment securities

    (3,159,946

Foreign currencies

    (1,431
      (3,161,377

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

    (4,941,913

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

  $ (3,689,666

 

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

 

13                         Invesco International Core Equity Fund


Statement of Changes in Net Assets

For the years ended October 31, 2016 and 2015

 

     2016      2015  

Operations:

  

  

Net investment income

  $ 1,252,247       $ 1,787,032   

Net realized gain (loss)

    (1,780,536      720,150   

Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

    (3,161,377      (2,860,492

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

    (3,689,666      (353,310

Distributions to shareholders from net investment income:

    

Class A

    (414,514      (368,533

Class B

    (2,010      (3,458

Class C

    (22,857      (24,300

Class R

    (15,003      (12,369

Class Y

    (65,946      (14,995

Investor Class

    (117,141      (115,445

Class R5

    (45,760      (45,523

Class R6

    (819,648      (817,524

Total distributions from net investment income

    (1,502,879      (1,402,147

Distributions to shareholders from net realized gains:

    

Class A

            (1,729,823

Class B

            (67,605

Class C

            (475,093

Class R

            (77,750

Class Y

            (56,544

Investor Class

            (541,871

Class R5

            (136,763

Class R6

            (2,441,264

Total distributions from net realized gains

            (5,526,713

Share transactions–net:

    

Class A

    (3,780,052      2,355,231   

Class B

    (375,416      (613,854

Class C

    (1,220,009      (34,457

Class R

    424,051         44,465   

Class Y

    475,199         1,579,806   

Investor Class

    (1,123,820      (415,510

Class R5

    70,298         (129,751

Class R6

    (20,934,847      (2,860,031

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

    (26,464,596      (74,101

Net increase (decrease) in net assets

    (31,657,141      (7,356,271

Net assets:

    

Beginning of year

    121,383,379         128,739,650   

End of year (includes undistributed net investment income of $1,057,488 and $1,342,564, respectively)

  $ 89,726,238       $ 121,383,379   

 

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

 

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Notes to Financial Statements

October 31, 2016

NOTE 1—Significant Accounting Policies

Invesco International Core Equity Fund (the “Fund”) is a series portfolio of AIM International Mutual Funds (Invesco International Mutual Funds) (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 consisting of ten separate portfolios, each authorized to issue an unlimited number of shares of beneficial interest. The assets, liabilities and operations of each portfolio are accounted for separately. Information presented in these financial statements pertains only to the Fund. Matters affecting each portfolio or class will be voted on exclusively by the shareholders of such portfolio or class.

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

The Fund currently consists of eight different classes of shares: Class A, Class B, Class C, Class R, Class Y, Investor Class, Class R5 and Class R6. Class Y and Investor Class shares are available only to certain investors. Class A shares are sold with a front-end sales charge unless certain waiver criteria are met and under certain circumstances load waived shares may be subject to contingent deferred sales charges (“CDSC”). Class C shares are sold with a CDSC. Class R, Class Y, Investor Class, Class R5 and Class R6 shares are sold at net asset value. Effective November 30, 2010, new or additional investments in Class B shares are no longer permitted. Existing shareholders of Class B shares may continue to reinvest dividends and capital gains distributions in Class B shares until they convert to Class A shares. Also, shareholders in Class B shares will be able to exchange those shares for Class B shares of other Invesco Funds offering such shares until they convert to Class A shares. Generally, Class B shares will automatically convert to Class A shares on or about the month-end, which is at least eight years after the date of purchase. Redemption of Class B shares prior to the conversion date will be subject to a CDSC.

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

A. Security Valuations — Securities, including restricted securities, are valued according to the following policy.

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

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

Debt obligations (including convertible securities) and unlisted equities are fair valued using an evaluated quote provided by an independent pricing service. Evaluated quotes provided by the pricing service may be determined without exclusive reliance on quoted prices, and may reflect appropriate factors such as institution-size trading in similar groups of securities, developments related to specific securities, dividend rate (for unlisted equities), yield (for debt obligations), quality, type of issue, coupon rate (for debt obligations), maturity (for debt obligations), individual trading characteristics and other market data. Debt obligations are subject to interest rate and credit risks. In addition, all debt obligations involve some risk of default with respect to interest and/or principal payments.

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

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

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

The Fund may invest in securities that are subject to interest rate risk, meaning the risk that the prices will generally fall as interest rates rise and, conversely, the prices will generally rise as interest rates fall. Specific securities differ in their sensitivity to changes in interest rates

 

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depending on their individual characteristics. Changes in interest rates may result in increased market volatility, which may affect the value and/or liquidity of certain Fund investments.

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

B. Securities Transactions and Investment Income — Securities transactions are accounted for on a trade date basis. Realized gains or losses on sales are computed on the basis of specific identification of the securities sold. Interest income (net of withholding tax, if any) is recorded on the accrual basis from settlement date. Dividend income (net of withholding tax, if any) is recorded on the ex-dividend date.

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

Brokerage commissions and mark ups are considered transaction costs and are recorded as an increase to the cost basis of securities purchased and/or a reduction of proceeds on a sale of securities. Such transaction costs are included in the determination of net realized and unrealized gain (loss) from investment securities reported in the Statement of Operations and the Statement of Changes in Net Assets and the net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on securities per share in the Financial Highlights. Transaction costs are included in the calculation of the Fund’s net asset value and, accordingly, they reduce the Fund’s total returns. These transaction costs are not considered operating expenses and are not reflected in net investment income reported in the Statement of Operations and the Statement of Changes in Net Assets, or the net investment income per share and the ratios of expenses and net investment income reported in the Financial Highlights, nor are they limited by any expense limitation arrangements between the Fund and the investment adviser.

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

C. Country Determination — For the purposes of making investment selection decisions and presentation in the Schedule of Investments, the investment adviser may determine the country in which an issuer is located and/or credit risk exposure based on various factors. These factors include the laws of the country under which the issuer is organized, where the issuer maintains a principal office, the country in which the issuer derives 50% or more of its total revenues and the country that has the primary market for the issuer’s securities, as well as other criteria. Among the other criteria that may be evaluated for making this determination are the country in which the issuer maintains 50% or more of its assets, the type of security, financial guarantees and enhancements, the nature of the collateral and the sponsor organization. Country of issuer and/or credit risk exposure has been determined to be the United States of America, unless otherwise noted.
D. Distributions — Distributions from net investment income and net realized capital gain, if any, are generally declared and paid annually and recorded on the ex-dividend date. The Fund may elect to treat a portion of the proceeds from redemptions as distributions for federal income tax purposes.
E. Federal Income Taxes — The Fund intends to comply with the requirements of Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Internal Revenue Code”), necessary to qualify as a regulated investment company and to distribute substantially all of the Fund’s taxable earnings to shareholders. As such, the Fund will not be subject to federal income taxes on otherwise taxable income (including net realized capital gain) that is distributed to shareholders. Therefore, no provision for federal income taxes is recorded in the financial statements.

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

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

F. Expenses — Fees provided for under the Rule 12b-1 plan of a particular class of the Fund are charged to the operations of such class. Transfer agency fees and expenses and other shareholder recordkeeping fees and expenses attributable to Class R5 and Class R6 are allocated to each share class based on relative net assets. Sub-accounting fees attributable to Class R5 are charged to the operations of the class. Transfer agency fees and expenses and other shareholder recordkeeping fees and expenses relating to all other classes are allocated among those classes based on relative net assets. All other expenses are allocated among the classes based on relative net assets.
G. Accounting Estimates — The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”) requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period including estimates and assumptions related to taxation. Actual results could differ from those estimates by a significant amount. In addition, the Fund monitors for material events or transactions that may occur or become known after the period-end date and before the date the financial statements are released to print.
H. Indemnifications — Under the Trust’s organizational documents, each Trustee, officer, employee or other agent of the Trust is indemnified against certain liabilities that may arise out of the performance of their duties to the Fund. Additionally, in the normal course of business, the Fund enters into contracts, including the Fund’s servicing agreements, that contain a variety of indemnification clauses. The Fund’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown as this would involve future claims that may be made against the Fund that have not yet occurred. The risk of material loss as a result of such indemnification claims is considered remote.
I.

Securities Lending — The Fund may lend portfolio securities having a market value up to one-third of the Fund’s total assets. Such loans are secured by collateral equal to no less than the market value of the loaned securities determined daily by the securities lending provider. Such collateral will be cash or debt securities issued or guaranteed by the U.S. Government or any of its sponsored agencies. Cash collateral received in connection with these loans is invested in short-term money market instruments or affiliated money market funds and is shown as such on the Schedule of Investments. The Fund bears the risk of loss with respect to the investment of collateral. It is the Fund’s policy to obtain additional collateral from or return excess collateral to the borrower by the end of the next business day, following the valuation date of the securities loaned. Therefore, the value of the collateral held may be temporarily less than the value of the securities on loan. When loaning securities, the Fund retains certain benefits of owning the securities, including the economic equivalent of dividends or interest generated by the security. Lending securities entails a risk of loss to the Fund if, and to the extent that, the market value of the securities loaned were to increase and the

 

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  borrower did not increase the collateral accordingly, and the borrower failed to return the securities. The securities loaned are subject to termination at the option of the borrower or the Fund. Upon termination, the borrower will return to the Fund the securities loaned and the Fund will return the collateral. Upon the failure of the borrower to return the securities, collateral may be liquidated and the securities may be purchased on the open market to replace the loaned securities. The Fund could experience delays and costs in gaining access to the collateral and the securities may lose value during the delay which could result in potential losses to the Fund. Some of these losses may be indemnified by the lending agent. The Fund bears the risk of any deficiency in the amount of the collateral available for return to the borrower due to any loss on the collateral invested. Dividends received on cash collateral investments for securities lending transactions, which are net of compensation to counterparties, are included in Dividends from affiliated money market funds on the Statement of Operations. The aggregate value of securities out on loan, if any, is shown as a footnote on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities.
J. Foreign Currency Translations — Foreign currency is valued at the close of the NYSE based on quotations posted by banks and major currency dealers. Portfolio securities and other assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies are translated into U.S. dollar amounts at date of valuation. Purchases and sales of portfolio securities (net of foreign taxes withheld on disposition) and income items denominated in foreign currencies are translated into U.S. dollar amounts on the respective dates of such transactions. The Fund does not separately account for the portion of the results of operations resulting from changes in foreign exchange rates on investments and the fluctuations arising from changes in market prices of securities held. The combined results of changes in foreign exchange rates and the fluctuation of market prices on investments (net of estimated foreign tax withholding) are included with the net realized and unrealized gain or loss from investments in the Statement of Operations. Reported net realized foreign currency gains or losses arise from (1) sales of foreign currencies, (2) currency gains or losses realized between the trade and settlement dates on securities transactions, and (3) the difference between the amounts of dividends, interest, and foreign withholding taxes recorded on the Fund’s books and the U.S. dollar equivalent of the amounts actually received or paid. Net unrealized foreign currency gains and losses arise from changes in the fair values of assets and liabilities, other than investments in securities at fiscal period end, resulting from changes in exchange rates.

The Fund may invest in foreign securities, which may be subject to foreign taxes on income, gains on investments or currency repatriation, a portion of which may be recoverable. Foreign taxes, if any, are recorded based on the tax regulations and rates that exist in the foreign markets in which the Fund invests and are shown in the Statement of Operations.

K. Forward Foreign Currency Contracts — The Fund may engage in foreign currency transactions either on a spot (i.e. for prompt delivery and settlement) basis, or through forward foreign currency contracts, to manage or minimize currency or exchange rate risk.

The Fund may also enter into forward foreign currency contracts for the purchase or sale of a security denominated in a foreign currency in order to “lock in” the U.S. dollar price of that security, or the Fund may also enter into forward foreign currency contracts that do not provide for physical settlement of the two currencies, but instead are settled by a single cash payment calculated as the difference between the agreed upon exchange rate and the spot rate at settlement based upon an agreed upon notional amount (non-deliverable forwards). The Fund will set aside liquid assets in an amount equal to the daily mark-to-market obligation for forward foreign currency contracts.

A forward foreign currency contract is an obligation between two parties (“Counterparties”) to purchase or sell a specific currency for an agreed-upon price at a future date. The use of forward foreign currency contracts does not eliminate fluctuations in the price of the underlying securities the Fund owns or intends to acquire but establishes a rate of exchange in advance. Fluctuations in the value of these contracts are measured by the difference in the contract date and reporting date exchange rates and are recorded as unrealized appreciation (depreciation) until the contracts are closed. When the contracts are closed, realized gains (losses) are recorded. Realized and unrealized gains (losses) on the contracts are included in the Statement of Operations. The primary risks associated with forward foreign currency contracts include failure of the Counterparty to meet the terms of the contract and the value of the foreign currency changing unfavorably. These risks may be in excess of the amounts reflected in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities.

NOTE 2—Advisory Fees and Other Fees Paid to Affiliates

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

 

Average Daily Net Assets   Rate  

First $500 million

    0 .75%   

Next $500 million

    0 .65%   

From $1 billion

    0 .55%   

From $2 billion

    0 .45%   

From $4 billion

    0 .40%   

From $6 billion

    0 .375%   

Over $8 billion

    0 .35%         

For the year ended October 31, 2016, the effective advisory fees incurred by the Fund was 0.75%.

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

Effective April 1, 2016, the Adviser has contractually agreed, through March 31, 2017, to waive advisory fees and/or reimburse expenses of all shares to the extent necessary to limit total annual fund operating expenses after fee waiver and/or expense reimbursement (excluding certain items discussed below) of Class A, Class B, Class C, Class R, Class Y, Investor Class, Class R5 and Class R6 shares to 1.33%, 2.08%, 2.08%, 1.58%,

 

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1.08%, 1.33%, 1.08% and 1.08%, respectively, of average daily net assets (the “expense limits”). Prior to April 1, 2016, the Adviser had contractually agreed to waive advisory fees and/or reimburse expenses of all shares to the extent necessary to limit total annual fund operating expenses after fee waiver and/or expense reimbursement (excluding certain items discussed below) of Class A, Class B, Class C, Class R, Class Y, Investor Class, Class R5 and Class R6 shares to 2.25%, 3.00%, 3.00%, 2.50%, 2.00%, 2.25%, 2.00% and 2.00%, respectively, of average daily net assets. In determining the Adviser’s obligation to waive advisory fees and/or reimburse expenses, the following expenses are not taken into account, and could cause the total annual fund operating expenses after fee waiver and/or expense reimbursement to exceed the numbers reflected above: (1) interest; (2) taxes; (3) dividend expense on short sales; (4) extraordinary or non-routine items, including litigation expenses; and (5) expenses that the Fund has incurred but did not actually pay because of an expense offset arrangement. Unless Invesco continues the fee waiver agreement, it will terminate on March 31, 2017. During its term, the fee waiver agreement cannot be terminated or amended to increase the expense limits without approval of the Board of Trustees.

Further, the Adviser has contractually agreed, through at least June 30, 2018, to waive the advisory fee payable by the Fund in an amount equal to 100% of the net advisory fees the Adviser receives from the affiliated money market funds on investments by the Fund of uninvested cash (excluding investments of cash collateral from securities lending) in such affiliated money market funds.

For the year ended October 31, 2016, the Adviser waived advisory fees of $13,334 and reimbursed class level expenses of $68,217, $1,314, $16,664, $3,584, $8,735 and $19,437 for Class A, Class B, Class C, Class R, Class Y and Investor Class shares, respectively.

The Trust has entered into a master administrative services agreement with Invesco pursuant to which the Fund has agreed to pay Invesco for certain administrative costs incurred in providing accounting services to the Fund. For the year ended October 31, 2016, expenses incurred under the agreement are shown in the Statement of Operations as Administrative services fees.

The Trust has entered into a transfer agency and service agreement with Invesco Investment Services, Inc. (“IIS”) pursuant to which the Fund has agreed to pay IIS a fee for providing transfer agency and shareholder services to the Fund and reimburse IIS for certain expenses incurred by IIS in the course of providing such services. IIS may make payments to intermediaries that provide omnibus account services, sub-accounting services and/or networking services. All fees payable by IIS to intermediaries that provide omnibus account services or sub-accounting are charged back to the Fund, subject to certain limitations approved by the Trust’s Board of Trustees. For the year ended October 31, 2016, expenses incurred under the agreement are shown in the Statement of Operations as Transfer agent fees.

The Trust has entered into master distribution agreements with Invesco Distributors, Inc. (“IDI”) to serve as the distributor for the Class A, Class B, Class C, Class R, Class Y, Investor Class, Class R5 and Class R6 shares of the Fund. The Trust has adopted plans pursuant to Rule 12b-1 under the 1940 Act with respect to the Fund’s Class A, Class B, Class C, Class R and Investor Class shares (collectively, the “Plans”). The Fund, pursuant to the Plans, pays IDI compensation at the annual rate of 0.25% of the Fund’s average daily net assets of Class A shares, 1.00% of the average daily net assets of Class B and Class C shares, 0.50% of the average daily net assets of Class R shares and 0.25% of the average daily net assets of Investor Class shares. Of the Plan payments, up to 0.25% of the average daily net assets of each class of shares may be paid to furnish continuing personal shareholder services to customers who purchase and own shares of such classes. Any amounts not paid as a service fee under the Plans would constitute an asset-based sales charge. Rules of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”) impose a cap on the total sales charges, including asset-based sales charges, that may be paid by any class of shares of the Fund. For the year ended October 31, 2016, expenses incurred under the Plans are shown in the Statement of Operations as Distribution fees.

Front-end sales commissions and CDSC (collectively, the “sales charges”) are not recorded as expenses of the Fund. Front-end sales commissions are deducted from proceeds from the sales of Fund shares prior to investment in Class A shares of the Fund. CDSC are deducted from redemption proceeds prior to remittance to the shareholder. During the year ended October 31, 2016, IDI advised the Fund that IDI retained $8,253 in front-end sales commissions from the sale of Class A shares and $41, $56 and $1,082 from Class A, Class B and Class C shares, respectively, for CDSC imposed on redemptions by shareholders.

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

NOTE 3—Additional Valuation Information

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

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

The following is a summary of the tiered valuation input levels, as of October 31, 2016. 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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During the year ended October 31, 2016, there were transfers from Level 1 to Level 2 of $2,621,162 and from Level 2 to Level 1 of $18,460,122, due to foreign fair value adjustments.

 

     Level 1        Level 2        Level 3        Total  

Australia

  $         $ 2,306,978         $         $ 2,306,978   

Canada

    2,662,302                               2,662,302   

China

    1,190,445                               1,190,445   

Finland

    1,176,268                               1,176,268   

France

    6,821,638           702,076                     7,523,714   

Germany

    4,578,516                               4,578,516   

Hong Kong

    1,951,594                               1,951,594   

India

    684,751                               684,751   

Ireland

    1,297,255                               1,297,255   

Israel

    1,701,565                               1,701,565   

Italy

    895,707                               895,707   

Japan

    7,619,284           9,890,509                     17,509,793   

Netherlands

    1,987,470           7,144,507                     9,131,977   

Singapore

              1,492,221                     1,492,221   

South Africa

    931,582                               931,582   

Sweden

              2,941,250                     2,941,250   

Switzerland

    5,047,922           3,275,839                     8,323,761   

Taiwan

    3,094,179                               3,094,179   

United Kingdom

    10,326,990           5,315,881                     15,642,871   

United States

    4,233,030                               4,233,030   

Money Market Funds

    258,990                               258,990   

Total Investments

  $ 56,459,488         $ 33,069,261         $         $ 89,528,749   

NOTE 4—Security Transactions with Affiliated Funds

The Fund is permitted to purchase or sell securities from or to certain other Invesco Funds under specified conditions outlined in procedures adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Trust. The procedures have been designed to ensure that any purchase or sale of securities by the Fund from or to another fund or portfolio that is or could be considered an affiliate by virtue of having a common investment adviser (or affiliated investment advisers), common Trustees and/or common officers complies with Rule 17a-7 of the 1940 Act. Further, as defined under the procedures, each transaction is effected at the current market price. Pursuant to these procedures, for the year ended October 31, 2016, the Fund engaged in securities purchases of $374,949.

NOTE 5—Expense Offset Arrangement(s)

The expense offset arrangement is comprised of transfer agency credits which result from balances in demand deposit accounts used by the transfer agent for clearing shareholder transactions. For the year ended October 31, 2016, the Fund received credits from this arrangement, which resulted in the reduction of the Fund’s total expenses of $1,854.

NOTE 6—Trustees’ and Officers’ Fees and Benefits

Trustees’ and Officers’ Fees and Benefits include amounts accrued by the Fund to pay remuneration to certain Trustees and Officers of the Fund. Trustees have the option to defer compensation payable by the Fund, and Trustees’ and Officers’ Fees and Benefits also include amounts accrued by the Fund to fund such deferred compensation amounts. Those Trustees who defer compensation have the option to select various Invesco Funds in which their deferral accounts shall be deemed to be invested. Finally, certain current Trustees were eligible to participate in a retirement plan that provided for benefits to be paid upon retirement to Trustees over a period of time based on the number of years of service. The Fund may have certain former Trustees who also participate in a retirement plan and receive benefits under such plan. Trustees’ and Officers’ Fees and Benefits include amounts accrued by the Fund to fund such retirement benefits. Obligations under the deferred compensation and retirement plans represent unsecured claims against the general assets of the Fund.

NOTE 7—Cash Balances

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

 

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NOTE 8—Distributions to Shareholders and Tax Components of Net Assets

Tax Character of Distributions to Shareholders Paid During the Fiscal Years Ended October 31, 2016 and 2015:

 

     2016        2015  

Ordinary income

  $ 1,502,879         $ 1,720,986   

Long-term capital gain

              5,207,874   

Total distributions

  $ 1,502,879         $ 6,928,860   

Tax Components of Net Assets at Period-End:

 

     2016  

Undistributed ordinary income

  $ 1,220,620   

Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) — investments

    (5,306,983

Net unrealized appreciation — other investments

    11,837   

Temporary book/tax differences

    (106,316

Capital loss carryforward

    (14,112,387

Shares of beneficial interest

    108,019,467   

Total net assets

  $ 89,726,238   

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

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

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

The Fund has a capital loss carryforward as of October 31, 2016, which expires as follows:

 

Capital Loss Carryforward*  
Expiration   Short-Term        Long-Term        Total  

October 31, 2017

  $ 11,001,492         $         $ 11,001,492   

Not subject to expiration

    1,755,186           1,355,709           3,110,895   
    $ 12,756,678         $ 1,355,709         $ 14,112,387   

 

* Capital loss carryforward as of the date listed above is reduced for limitations, if any, to the extent required by the Internal Revenue Code and may be further limited depending upon a variety of factors, including the realization of net unrealized gains or losses as of the date of any reorganization.

NOTE 9—Investment Securities

The aggregate amount of investment securities (other than short-term securities, U.S. Treasury obligations and money market funds, if any) purchased and sold by the Fund during the year ended October 31, 2016 was $36,858,897 and $60,997,118, respectively. Cost of investments on a tax basis includes the adjustments for financial reporting purposes as of the most recently completed federal income tax reporting period-end.

 

Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) of Investment Securities on a Tax Basis  

Aggregate unrealized appreciation of investment securities

  $ 4,629,508   

Aggregate unrealized (depreciation) of investment securities

    (9,936,491

Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of investment securities

  $ (5,306,983

Cost of investments for tax purposes is $94,835,732.

NOTE 10—Reclassification of Permanent Differences

Primarily as a result of differing book/tax treatment of foreign currency transactions and passive foreign investment companies, on October 31, 2016, undistributed net investment income was decreased by $34,444, undistributed net realized gain (loss) was increased by $40,988 and shares of beneficial interest was decreased by $6,544. This reclassification had no effect on the net assets of the Fund.

 

20                         Invesco International Core Equity Fund


NOTE 11—Share Information

 

     Summary of Share Activity  
    Years ended October 31,  
    2016(a)      2015  
     Shares      Amount      Shares      Amount  

Sold:

          

Class A

    517,062       $ 5,199,765         797,936       $ 8,883,676   

Class B

    4,957         48,885         7,506         85,315   

Class C

    104,256         1,028,055         294,709         3,216,682   

Class R

    95,280         976,195         48,193         528,121   

Class Y

    422,790         4,431,186         238,069         2,689,632   

Investor Class

    93,239         989,875         63,561         721,270   

Class R5

    14,847         153,029         138         1,549   

Class R6

    57,732         578,596         395,051         4,195,194   

Issued as reinvestment of dividends:

          

Class A

    39,005         392,385         191,804         2,006,264   

Class B

    188         1,904         6,563         69,103   

Class C

    2,025         19,970         44,636         457,077   

Class R

    1,409         14,216         8,591         90,119   

Class Y

    3,694         37,714         5,813         63,818   

Investor Class

    11,030         112,722         60,131         638,592   

Class R5

    4,653         45,760         17,508         181,911   

Class R6

    82,129         819,648         313,647         3,258,788   

Automatic conversion of Class B shares to Class A shares:

          

Class A

    25,974         262,597         52,540         582,328   

Class B

    (25,854      (262,597      (52,328      (582,328

Reacquired:

          

Class A

    (946,469      (9,634,799      (827,673      (9,117,037

Class B

    (16,158      (163,608      (16,719      (185,944

Class C

    (229,773      (2,268,034      (353,083      (3,708,216

Class R

    (56,428      (566,360      (52,785      (573,775

Class Y

    (381,048      (3,993,701      (103,676      (1,173,644

Investor Class

    (212,841      (2,226,417      (160,126      (1,775,372

Class R5

    (12,325      (128,491      (28,852      (313,211

Class R6(b)

    (2,349,931      (22,333,091      (959,668      (10,314,013

Net increase (decrease) in share activity

    (2,750,557    $ (26,464,596      (8,514    $ (74,101

 

(a)  There is an entity that is a record owner of more than 5% of the outstanding shares of the Fund and owns 11% of the outstanding shares of the Fund. IDI has an agreement with this entity to sell Fund shares. The Fund, Invesco and/or Invesco affiliates may make payments to this entity, which is considered to be related to the Fund, for providing services to the Fund, Invesco and/or Invesco affiliates including but not limited to services such as securities brokerage, distribution, third party record keeping and account servicing. The Fund has no knowledge as to whether all or any portion of the shares owned of record by this entity are also owned beneficially.
         In addition, 34% of the outstanding shares of the Fund are owned by the Adviser or an affiliate of the Adviser.
(b)  On February 18, 2016, 1,920,641 Class R6 shares valued at $17,996,407 were redeemed by affiliated mutual funds.

 

21                         Invesco International Core Equity Fund


NOTE 12—Financial Highlights

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

 

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

Class A

  

Year ended 10/31/16

  $ 10.73      $ 0.12      $ (0.26   $ (0.14   $ (0.11   $      $ (0.11   $ 10.48        (1.26 )%    $ 35,406        1.41 %(e)      1.61 %(e)      1.18 %(e)      37

Year ended 10/31/15

    11.37        0.13        (0.17     (0.04     (0.10     (0.50     (0.60     10.73        (0.19     40,161        1.61        1.61        1.19        63   

Year ended 10/31/14

    11.45        0.15        (0.04     0.11        (0.19            (0.19     11.37        1.04        40,132        1.59        1.59        1.34        109   

Year ended 10/31/13

    9.87        0.13        1.63        1.76        (0.18            (0.18     11.45        18.11        42,703        1.65        1.65        1.20        25   

Year ended 10/31/12

    10.02        0.18        (0.05     0.13        (0.28            (0.28     9.87        1.40        39,044        1.59        1.59        1.86        20   

Class B

  

Year ended 10/31/16

    10.73        0.04        (0.26     (0.22     (0.02            (0.02     10.49        (2.01     537        2.16 (e)      2.36 (e)      0.43 (e)      37   

Year ended 10/31/15

    11.38        0.05        (0.18     (0.13     (0.02     (0.50     (0.52     10.73        (1.04     945        2.36        2.36        0.44        63   

Year ended 10/31/14

    11.47        0.07        (0.05     0.02        (0.11            (0.11     11.38        0.19        1,627        2.34        2.34        0.59        109   

Year ended 10/31/13

    9.87        0.05        1.65        1.70        (0.10            (0.10     11.47        17.35        2,488        2.40        2.40        0.45        25   

Year ended 10/31/12

    10.00        0.11        (0.05     0.06        (0.19            (0.19     9.87        0.67        3,085        2.34        2.34        1.11        20   

Class C

  

Year ended 10/31/16

    10.44        0.04        (0.26     (0.22     (0.02            (0.02     10.20        (2.06     8,581        2.16 (e)      2.36 (e)      0.43 (e)      37   

Year ended 10/31/15

    11.08        0.05        (0.17     (0.12     (0.02     (0.50     (0.52     10.44        (0.97     10,067        2.36        2.36        0.44        63   

Year ended 10/31/14

    11.16        0.07        (0.04     0.03        (0.11            (0.11     11.08        0.29        10,837        2.34        2.34        0.59        109   

Year ended 10/31/13

    9.61        0.05        1.60        1.65        (0.10            (0.10     11.16        17.30        12,458        2.40        2.40        0.45        25   

Year ended 10/31/12

    9.74        0.11        (0.05     0.06        (0.19            (0.19     9.61        0.69        11,896        2.34        2.34        1.11        20   

Class R

  

Year ended 10/31/16

    10.74        0.09        (0.26     (0.17     (0.08            (0.08     10.49        (1.54     2,180        1.66 (e)      1.86 (e)      0.93 (e)      37   

Year ended 10/31/15

    11.38        0.10        (0.17     (0.07     (0.07     (0.50     (0.57     10.74        (0.45     1,799        1.86        1.86        0.94        63   

Year ended 10/31/14

    11.47        0.13        (0.06     0.07        (0.16            (0.16     11.38        0.70        1,862        1.84        1.84        1.09        109   

Year ended 10/31/13

    9.88        0.10        1.65        1.75        (0.16            (0.16     11.47        17.87        2,016        1.90        1.90        0.95        25   

Year ended 10/31/12

    10.01        0.15        (0.03     0.12        (0.25            (0.25     9.88        1.29        2,016        1.84        1.84        1.61        20   

Class Y

  

Year ended 10/31/16

    10.92        0.15        (0.27     (0.12     (0.14            (0.14     10.66        (1.06     3,431        1.16 (e)      1.36 (e)      1.43 (e)      37   

Year ended 10/31/15

    11.56        0.16        (0.17     (0.01     (0.13     (0.50     (0.63     10.92        0.05        3,017        1.36        1.36        1.44        63   

Year ended 10/31/14

    11.65        0.19        (0.06     0.13        (0.22            (0.22     11.56        1.20        1,574        1.34        1.34        1.59        109   

Year ended 10/31/13

    10.03        0.16        1.67        1.83        (0.21            (0.21     11.65        18.53        1,284        1.40        1.40        1.45        25   

Year ended 10/31/12

    10.18        0.21        (0.05     0.16        (0.31            (0.31     10.03        1.67        1,411        1.34        1.34        2.11        20   

Investor Class

  

Year ended 10/31/16

    10.90        0.12        (0.26     (0.14     (0.11            (0.11     10.65        (1.24     10,280        1.41 (e)      1.61 (e)      1.18 (e)      37   

Year ended 10/31/15

    11.54        0.13        (0.17     (0.04     (0.10     (0.50     (0.60     10.90        (0.19     11,707        1.61        1.61        1.19        63   

Year ended 10/31/14

    11.63        0.16        (0.06     0.10        (0.19            (0.19     11.54        0.94        12,821        1.59        1.59        1.34        109   

Year ended 10/31/13

    10.02        0.13        1.66        1.79        (0.18            (0.18     11.63        18.14        14,726        1.65        1.65        1.20        25   

Year ended 10/31/12

    10.16        0.18        (0.04     0.14        (0.28            (0.28     10.02        1.48        14,181        1.59        1.59        1.86        20   

Class R5

  

Year ended 10/31/16

    10.71        0.16        (0.26     (0.10     (0.17            (0.17     10.44        (0.83     2,832        1.03 (e)      1.04 (e)      1.56 (e)      37   

Year ended 10/31/15

    11.35        0.19        (0.17     0.02        (0.16     (0.50     (0.66     10.71        0.37        2,830        1.03        1.03        1.77        63   

Year ended 10/31/14

    11.45        0.22        (0.06     0.16        (0.26            (0.26     11.35        1.51        3,127        1.01        1.01        1.92        109   

Year ended 10/31/13

    9.89        0.19        1.63        1.82        (0.26            (0.26     11.45        18.71        3,010        1.04        1.04        1.81        25   

Year ended 10/31/12

    10.04        0.24        (0.04     0.20        (0.35            (0.35     9.89        2.15        7,656        0.90        0.90        2.55        20   

Class R6

  

Year ended 10/31/16

    10.71        0.16        (0.27     (0.11     (0.17            (0.17     10.43        (0.91     26,480        1.02 (e)      1.03 (e)      1.57 (e)      37   

Year ended 10/31/15

    11.35        0.20        (0.17     0.03        (0.17     (0.50     (0.67     10.71        0.38        50,857        1.02        1.02        1.78        63   

Year ended 10/31/14

    11.45        0.22        (0.06     0.16        (0.26            (0.26     11.35        1.52        56,760        1.00        1.00        1.93        109   

Year ended 10/31/13

    9.88        0.19        1.64        1.83        (0.26            (0.26     11.45        18.84        57,388        1.03        1.03        1.82        25   

Year ended 10/31/12(f)

    10.05        0.03        (0.20     (0.17                          9.88        (1.69     203,831        0.87 (g)      0.87 (g)      2.58 (g)      20   

 

(a)  Calculated using average shares outstanding.
(b)  Includes redemption fees added to shares of beneficial interest for Class A, Class B, Class C, Class R, Class Y, Investor Class and Class R5 shares, which were less than $0.005 per share for the fiscal year ended October 31, 2012.
(c)  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.
(d)  Portfolio turnover is calculated at the fund level and is not annualized for periods less than one year, if applicable.
(e)  Ratios are based on average daily net assets (000’s omitted) of $37,265, $718, $9,103, $1,958, $4,771, $10,618, $2,764 and $32,850 for Class A, Class B, Class C, Class R, Class Y, Investor Class, Class R5 and Class R6 shares, respectively.
(f)  Commencement date of September 24, 2012 for Class R6 shares.
(g)  Annualized.

NOTE 13—Subsequent Event

Effective January 1, 2017, the Adviser has contractually agreed, through at least February 28, 2018, to waive advisory fees and/or reimburse expenses to the extent necessary to limit total annual fund operating expenses after fee waiver and/or expense reimbursement (excluding certain items discussed in Note 2) of Class A, Class B, Class C, Class R, Class Y, Investor Class, Class R5 and Class R6 shares to 1.12%, 1.87%, 1.87%, 1.37%, 0.87%, 1.12%, 0.87% and 0.87%, respectively, of the Fund’s average daily net assets.

 

22                         Invesco International Core Equity Fund


Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

 

To the Board of Trustees

and Shareholders of the Invesco International Core Equity Fund:

In our opinion, the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities, including the schedule of investments, and the related statements of operations and of changes in net assets and the financial highlights present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Invesco International Core Equity Fund (the “Fund”) as of October 31, 2016, the results of its operations for the year then ended, the changes in its net assets for each of the two years in the period then ended and the financial highlights for each of the five years in the period then ended, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. These financial statements and financial highlights (hereafter referred to as “financial statements”) are the responsibility of the Fund’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits. We conducted our audits of these financial statements in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, and evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits, which included confirmation of securities as of October 31, 2016 by correspondence with the custodian and brokers, and the application of alternative auditing procedures where confirmations of security purchases have not been received, provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLP

Houston, Texas

December 21, 2016

 

23                         Invesco International Core Equity Fund


Calculating your ongoing Fund expenses

Example

As a shareholder of the Fund, you incur two types of costs: (1) transaction costs, which may include sales charges (loads) on purchase payments or contingent deferred sales charges on redemptions, if any; and (2) ongoing costs, including management fees, distribution and/or service (12b-1) fees, and other Fund expenses. This example is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Fund and to compare these costs with ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds. The example is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period May 1, 2016 through October 31, 2016.

Actual expenses

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

Hypothetical example for comparison purposes

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

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

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

 

Class   Beginning
Account Value
(05/01/16)
    ACTUAL     HYPOTHETICAL
(5% annual return before
expenses)
    Annualized
Expense Ratio2
 
    Ending
Account Value
(10/31/16)1
    Expenses
Paid During
Period2,3
    Ending
Account Value
(10/31/16)
    Expenses
Paid During
Period2,4
   
A   $ 1,000.00      $ 1,021.40      $ 6.30      $ 1,018.90      $ 6.29        1.24
B     1,000.00        1,016.50        10.09        1,015.13        10.08        1.99   
C     1,000.00        1,017.00        10.09        1,015.13        10.08        1.99   
R     1,000.00        1,019.40        7.56        1,017.65        7.56        1.49   
Y     1,000.00        1,022.00        5.03        1,020.16        5.03        0.99   
Investor     1,000.00        1,021.10        6.30        1,018.90        6.29        1.24   
R5     1,000.00        1,022.50        5.03        1,020.16        5.03        0.99   
R6     1,000.00        1,022.50        5.03        1,020.16        5.03        0.99   

 

1  The actual ending account value is based on the actual total return of the Fund for the period May 1, 2016 through October 31, 2016, after actual expenses and will differ from the hypothetical ending account value which is based on the Fund’s expense ratio and a hypothetical annual return of 5% before expenses.
2  Expenses are equal to the Fund’s annualized expense ratio as indicated above multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 184/366 to reflect the most recent fiscal half year. Effective January 1, 2017, the Fund’s Adviser has contractually agreed to waive advisory fees and/or reimburse expenses to the extent necessary to limit total annual fund operating expenses of Class A, Class B, Class C, Class R, Class Y, Investor Class, Class R5 and Class R6 shares to 1.12%, 1.87%, 1.87%, 1.37%, 0.87%, 1.12%, 0.87% and 0.87% of average daily net assets, respectively. The annualized expense ratios restated as if these agreements had been in effect throughout the entire most recent fiscal half year are 1.12%, 1.87%, 1.87%, 1.37%, 0.87%, 1.12%, 0.87% and 0.87% for Class A, Class B, Class C, Class R, Class Y, Investor Class, Class R5 and Class R6 shares, respectively.
3  The actual expenses paid restated as if the changes discussed above had been in effect throughout the entire most recent fiscal half year are $5.69, $9.48, $9.48, $6.95, $4.42, $5.69, $4.42 and $4.42 for Class A, Class B, Class C, Class R, Class Y, Investor Class, Class R5 and Class R6 shares, respectively.
4  The hypothetical expenses paid restated as if the changes discussed above had been in effect throughout the entire most recent fiscal half year are $5.69, $9.48, $9.48, $6.95, $4.42, $5.69, $4.42 and $4.42 for Class A, Class B, Class C, Class R, Class Y, Investor Class, Class R5 and Class R6 shares, respectively.

 

24                         Invesco International Core Equity Fund


Approval of Investment Advisory and Sub-Advisory Contracts

 

The Board of Trustees (the Board) of AIM International Mutual Funds (Invesco International Mutual Funds) is required under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, to approve annually the renewal of Invesco International Core Equity Fund’s (the Fund) investment advisory agreements. During contract renewal meetings held on June 7-8, 2016, the Board as a whole, and the disinterested or “independent” Trustees, who comprise over 75% of the Board, voting separately, approved the continuance for the Fund of the Master Investment Advisory Agreement with Invesco Advisers, Inc. (Invesco Advisers and the investment advisory agreement) and 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. (collectively, the Affiliated Sub-Advisers and the sub-advisory contracts) for another year, effective July 1, 2016.

In evaluating the fairness and reasonableness of compensation under the Fund’s investment advisory agreement and sub-advisory contracts, the Board considered, among other things, the factors discussed below. The Board determined that continuation of the Fund’s investment advisory agreement and the sub-advisory contracts is in the best interest of the Fund and its shareholders and that the compensation payable to Invesco Advisers and the Affiliated Sub-Advisers under the agreements is fair and reasonable.

The Board’s Fund Evaluation Process

The Board’s Investments Committee has established three Sub-Committees, which meet throughout the year to review the performance of funds advised by Invesco Advisers (the Invesco Funds). Over the course of each year, the Sub-Committees meet with portfolio managers for their assigned Invesco Funds and other members of management to review the performance, investment objective(s), policies, strategies, limitations and investment risks of these funds. The Board had the benefit of reports from the Sub-Committees and Investments Committee throughout the year in considering approval of the continuance of each Invesco Fund’s investment advisory agreement and sub-advisory contracts for another year.

During the contract renewal process, the Board receives comparative performance and fee data regarding the Invesco Funds prepared by Invesco Advisers and Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. (Broadridge), an independent provider of investment company data. The Board also receives an independent written evaluation from the Senior Officer, an officer of the Invesco Funds who reports directly to the

independent Trustees. The Senior Officer’s evaluation is prepared as part of his responsibility to manage the process by which the Invesco Funds’ proposed management fees are negotiated during the annual contract renewal process to ensure they are negotiated in a manner that is at arms’ length and reasonable. In addition to meetings with Invesco Advisers and fund counsel, the independent Trustees also discuss the continuance of the investment advisory agreement and sub-advisory contracts in separate sessions with the Senior Officer and with independent legal counsel.

The Trustees recognized that the advisory fee rates for the Invesco Funds are, in many cases, the result of years of review and negotiation. The Trustees’ deliberations and conclusions in a particular year may be based in part on their deliberations and conclusions regarding these same arrangements throughout the year and in prior years. 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.

The discussion below is a summary of the Senior Officer’s independent written evaluation with respect to the Fund’s investment advisory agreement as well as a discussion 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. Unless otherwise stated, this information is current as of June 8, 2016, and does not reflect consideration of factors that became known to the Board after that date.

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 advisory services provided to the Fund by Invesco Advisers under the Fund’s investment advisory agreement, the performance of Invesco Advisers in providing these services, and the credentials and experience of the officers and employees of Invesco Advisers who provide these services, including the Fund’s portfolio manager or managers. The Board’s review of the qualifications of Invesco Advisers to provide advisory services included the Board’s consideration of Invesco Advisers’ investment process oversight, independent credit analysis and investment risk management. The Board also considered non-advisory services that Invesco Advisers and its affiliates provide to the Invesco Funds such as various back office

support functions, trading operations, internal audit, valuation and legal and compliance.

In determining whether to continue the Fund’s investment advisory agreement, the Board considered the benefits of reapproving an existing relationship and the greater uncertainty that may be associated with entering into a new relationship. The Board concluded that the nature, extent and quality of the services provided to the Fund by Invesco Advisers are appropriate and satisfactory and consistent with the terms of the Fund’s investment advisory agreement.

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 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 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 and consistent with the terms of the Fund’s sub-advisory contracts.

B. Fund Performance

The Board considered Fund performance as a relevant factor in considering whether to approve the investment advisory agreement. 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 performance during the past one, three and five calendar years to the performance of funds in the Broadridge performance universe and against the Lipper International Multi-Cap Core Funds Index. The Board noted that performance of Class A shares of the Fund was in the fourth quintile of its performance universe for the one and three year periods and in the fifth quintile for the five year period (the first quintile being the best performing funds and the fifth quintile being the worst performing funds). The Board noted that performance of Class A shares of the Fund was below the performance of the Index for the one, three and five year periods. Invesco Advisers noted that a new co-chief investment officer had been named to the portfolio management team. The Trustees also reviewed

 

 

25                         Invesco International Core Equity Fund


more recent Fund performance and this review did not change their conclusions.

C. Advisory and Sub-Advisory Fees

The Board compared the Fund’s contractual management fee rate to the contractual management fee rates of funds in the Fund’s Broadridge expense group at a common asset level. The Board noted that the contractual management fee rate for Class A shares of the Fund was below the median contractual management fee rate of funds in its expense group. The Board noted that the term “contractual management fee” for funds in the expense group may include both advisory and certain administrative services fees, but that Broadridge does not provide information on a fund by fund basis as to what is included. The Board noted that Invesco Advisers does not separately charge the Invesco Funds for the administrative services included in the term as defined by Broadridge. The Board also reviewed the methodology used by Broadridge in providing expense group information, which includes using each fund’s contractual management fee schedule (including any applicable breakpoints) as reported in the most recent prospectus or statement of additional information for each fund in the expense group.

The Board noted that Invesco Advisers and the Affiliated Sub-Advisers do not manage other funds with investment strategies comparable to those of the Fund.

The Board also considered the fees charged by Invesco Advisers and the Affiliated Sub-Advisers to other client accounts with investment strategies comparable to those of the Fund. The Board noted that Invesco Advisers or the Affiliated Sub-Advisers may charge lower fees to large institutional clients. Invesco Advisers reviewed with the Board the significantly greater scope of services it provides to the Invesco Funds relative to certain other types of client accounts. These additional services include provision of administrative services, officers and office space, oversight of service providers, preparation of annual registration statement updates and financial information and regulatory compliance under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.

Invesco Advisers also reviewed generally the higher frequency of shareholder purchases and redemptions in the Invesco Funds relative to the flow of assets for other client accounts. Invesco Advisers advised the Board that advance notice of redemptions is often provided to Invesco Advisers by institutional clients. The Board did note that sub-advisory fee rates charged by the Affiliated Sub-Advisers to manage the Invesco Funds and to manage other client accounts tended to be more comparable, reflecting a similar scope of services.

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. The Board also noted

that the sub-advisory fees are not paid directly by the Fund, but rather, are payable by Invesco Advisers to the Affiliated Sub-Advisers.

D. Economies of Scale and Breakpoints

The Board considered the extent to which there are economies of scale in the provision of advisory services to the Fund. The Board also considered whether the Fund benefits from economies of scale through contractual breakpoints in the Fund’s advisory fee schedule. The Board also noted that the Fund shares directly in economies of scale through lower fees charged by third party service providers based on the combined size of the Invesco Funds and other clients advised by Invesco Advisers.

E. Profitability and Financial Resources

The Board reviewed information from Invesco Advisers concerning the costs of the advisory and other services that Invesco Advisers and its affiliates provide to the Fund and the Invesco Funds and the profitability of Invesco Advisers and its affiliates in providing these services. The Board received information from Invesco Advisers and a report from an independent consultant engaged by the Senior Officer about the methodology used to prepare the profitability information. The Board noted that Invesco Advisers continues to operate at a net profit from services Invesco Advisers and its affiliates provide to the Invesco Funds and the Fund. The Board did not deem the level of profits realized by Invesco Advisers and its affiliates from providing services to the Fund to be excessive given the nature, quality and extent of the services provided. The Board received and accepted information from Invesco Advisers demonstrating that Invesco Advisers and each Affiliated Sub-Adviser 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 received by Invesco Advisers and its affiliates from the relationship with the Fund, including the fees received for providing transfer agency and distribution services to the Fund. The Board considered comparative information regarding fees charged for these services, including information provided by Broadridge and other independent sources. The Board considered the performance of Invesco Advisers and its affiliates in providing these services and the organizational structure employed to provide these services. The Board also considered that these services are 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. The Board noted that soft dollar arrangements shift the payment obligation for research

services from Invesco Advisers and the Affiliated Sub-Advisers to the Invesco Funds and that the research received may be used with other clients of Invesco Advisers and may reduce Invesco Advisers’ and the Affiliated Sub-Advisers’ expenses. The Board also considered that it receives periodic reports from the Chief Compliance Officer of the Invesco Funds demonstrating that these arrangements are consistent with regulatory requirements. The Board did not deem the soft dollar arrangements to be inappropriate.

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

The Board also considered that the Fund may use an affiliated broker to execute certain trades for the Fund to, among other things, control information leakage, and was advised that such trades would be executed in compliance with rules under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and consistent with best execution obligations.

 

 

26                         Invesco International Core Equity Fund


Tax Information

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

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

The Fund designates the following amounts or, if subsequently determined to be different, the maximum amount allowable for its fiscal year ended October 31, 2016:

 

Federal and State Income Tax

 

Qualified Dividend Income*

     100

Corporate Dividends Received Deduction*

     2.04

U.S. Treasury Obligations*

     0.00

Foreign Taxes

   $ 0.0282  per share 

Foreign Source Income

   $ 0.3314  per share 

 

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

 

27                         Invesco International Core Equity Fund


Trustees and Officers

 

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

 

Name, Year of Birth and
Position(s) Held with the Trust
  Trustee and/
or Officer Since
  Principal Occupation(s)
During Past 5 Years
  Number of
Funds in Fund
Complex
Overseen by
Trustee
  Other Directorship(s)
Held by Trustee During
Past 5 Years
Interested Persons                

Martin L. Flanagan1 — 1960

Trustee

  2007  

Executive Director, Chief Executive Officer and President, Invesco Ltd. (ultimate parent of Invesco and a global investment management firm); Advisor to the Board, Invesco Advisers, Inc. (formerly known as Invesco Institutional (N.A.), Inc.); Trustee, The Invesco Funds; Vice Chair, Investment Company Institute; and Member of Executive Board, SMU Cox School of Business

 

Formerly: 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)

 

146

  None

Philip A. Taylor2 — 1954

Trustee and Senior Vice President

  2006  

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

 

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

 

146

  None
1 Mr. Flanagan is considered an interested person (within the meaning of Section 2(a)(19) of the 1940 Act) of the Trust because he is an officer of the Adviser to the Trust, and an officer and a director of Invesco Ltd., ultimate parent of the Adviser.

 

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

 

T-1                         Invesco International Core Equity Fund


Trustees and Officers—(continued)

 

Name, Year of Birth and
Position(s) Held with the Trust
  Trustee and/
or Officer Since
  Principal Occupation(s)
During Past 5 Years
  Number of
Funds in Fund
Complex
Overseen by
Trustee
  Other Directorship(s)
Held by Trustee During
Past 5 Years
Independent Trustees                

Bruce L. Crockett — 1944

Trustee and Chair

 

1992

 

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

 

146

  ALPS (Attorneys Liability Protection Society) (insurance company) and Globe Specialty Metals, Inc. (metallurgical company); Member of the Audit Committee, Ferroglobe PLC and Investment Company Institute; Member of the Executive Committee and Chair of the Governance Committee, Independent Directors Council

David C. Arch — 1945

Trustee

  2010   Chairman of Blistex Inc., a consumer health care products manufacturer  

146

  Board member of the Illinois Manufacturers’ Association; Member of the Board of Visitors, Institute for the Humanities, University of Michigan

James T. Bunch — 1942

Trustee

 

2003

 

Managing Member, Grumman Hill Group LLC (family office/private equity investments)

 

Formerly: Chairman of the Board, Denver Film Society, Chairman of the Board of Trustees, Evans Scholarship Foundation; Chairman, Board of Governors, Western Golf Association

 

146

  Trustee, Evans Scholarship Foundation

Albert R. Dowden — 1941

Trustee

 

2000

 

Director of a number of public and private business corporations, including Nature’s Sunshine Products, Inc.

 

Formerly: Director, The Boss Group, Ltd. and Reich & Tang Funds (5 portfolios) (registered investment company); Director, Homeowners of America Holding Corporation/Homeowners of America Insurance Company (property casualty company); Director, Continental Energy Services, LLC (oil and gas pipeline service); Director, CompuDyne Corporation (provider of product and services to the public security market) and Director, Annuity and Life Re (Holdings), Ltd. (reinsurance company); Director, President and Chief Executive Officer, Volvo Group North America, Inc.; Senior Vice President, AB Volvo; Director of various public and private corporations; Chairman, DHJ Media, Inc.; Director, Magellan Insurance Company; and Director, The Hertz Corporation, Genmar Corporation (boat manufacturer), National Media Corporation; Advisory Board of Rotary Power International (designer, manufacturer, and seller of rotary power engines); and Chairman, Cortland Trust, Inc. (registered investment company)

 

146

  Director of Nature’s Sunshine Products, Inc.

Jack M. Fields — 1952

Trustee

 

1997

 

Chief Executive Officer, Twenty First Century Group, Inc. (government affairs company); and 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); 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

 

146

  None

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 and Director, Arvest Bank

 

146

  Director of Insperity, Inc. (formerly known as Administaff)

Prema Mathai-Davis — 1950

Trustee

 

1998

 

Retired.

 

Formerly: Chief Executive Officer, YWCA of the U.S.A.

 

146

  None

Larry Soll — 1942

Trustee

 

2003

 

Retired.

 

Formerly: Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President, Synergen Corp. (a biotechnology company)

 

146

  None

Raymond Stickel, Jr. — 1944

Trustee

  2005  

Retired.

 

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

 

146

  None

Robert C. Troccoli — 1949

Trustee

  2016  

Adjunct Professor, University of Denver — Daniels College of Business

 

Formerly: Senior Partner, KPMG LLP

 

146

  None

 

T-2                         Invesco International Core Equity Fund


Trustees and Officers—(continued)

 

Name, Year of Birth and
Position(s) Held with the Trust
 

Trustee and/

or Officer Since

  Principal Occupation(s)
During Past 5 Years
  Number of
Funds in Fund
Complex
Overseen by
Trustee
  Other Directorship(s)
Held by Trustee During
Past 5 Years
Independent Trustees—(continued)

Suzanne H. Woolsey — 1941

Trustee

  2014  

Retired.

 

Formerly: Chief Executive Officer of Woolsey Partners LLC

 

146

  Director, SunShare LLC; Trustee, Ocean Conservancy; Emeritus Chair of the Board of Trustees of the Institute for Defense Analyses and of Colorado College; Trustee, Chair, Business and Finance Committee of California Institute of Technology; Prior to 2014, Director of Fluor Corp.; Prior to 2010, Trustee of the German Marshall Fund of the United States; Prior to 2010, Trustee of the Rocky Mountain Institute
Other Officers                

Sheri Morris — 1964

President, Principal Executive Officer and Treasurer

 

1999

 

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

 

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

  N/A   N/A

Russell C. Burk — 1958

Senior Vice President and Senior Officer

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

John M. Zerr — 1962

Senior Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Secretary

  2006  

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

 

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

  N/A   N/A

 

T-3                         Invesco International Core Equity Fund


Trustees and Officers—(continued)

 

 

Name, Year of Birth and
Position(s) Held with the Trust
  Trustee and/
or Officer Since
  Principal Occupation(s)
During Past 5 Years
  Number of
Funds in Fund
Complex
Overseen by
Trustee
  Other Directorship(s)
Held by Trustee During
Past 5 Years
Other Officers—(continued)                

Karen Dunn Kelley — 1960

Senior Vice President

 

2004

 

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

 

Formerly: Vice President, The Invesco Funds (other than AIM Treasurer’s Series Trust (Invesco Treasurer’s Series Trust), Short-Term Investments Trust and Invesco Management Trust); and President and Principal Executive Officer, 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 Asset Management (Bermuda) Ltd., Director, INVESCO Global Asset Management DAC (formerly known as INVESCO Global Asset Management Limited) and INVESCO Management S.A.; Senior Vice President, Van Kampen Investments Inc. and Invesco Advisers, Inc. (formerly known as Invesco Institutional (N.A.), Inc.) (registered investment adviser); Director and President, Fund Management Company; Chief Cash Management Officer, Director of Cash Management, Senior Vice President, and Managing Director, Invesco AIM Capital Management, Inc.; Director of Cash Management, Senior Vice President, and Vice President, Invesco Advisers, Inc. and Vice President, The Invesco Funds (AIM Treasurer’s Series Trust (Invesco Treasurer’s Series Trust), and Short-Term Investments Trust only)

  N/A   N/A

Kelli Gallegos — 1970

Vice President, Principal Financial Officer and Assistant Treasurer

  2008  

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

 

Formerly: Assistant Vice President, The Invesco Funds

  N/A   N/A

Tracy Sullivan — 1962

Vice President, Chief Tax Officer and Assistant Treasurer

  2008  

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

 

Formerly: Assistant Vice President, The Invesco Funds

  N/A   N/A

Crissie M. Wisdom — 1969

Anti-Money Laundering Compliance Officer

  2013  

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

 

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

  N/A   N/A

Robert R. Leveille — 1969

Chief Compliance Officer

  2016  

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

 

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

  N/A   N/A

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

 

Office of the Fund

11 Greenway Plaza, Suite 1000
Houston, TX 77046-1173

 

Investment Adviser

Invesco Advisers, Inc.
1555 Peachtree Street, N.E.
Atlanta, GA 30309

 

Distributor

Invesco Distributors, Inc.
11 Greenway Plaza, Suite 1000
Houston, TX 77046-1173

 

Auditors

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
1000 Louisiana Street, Suite 5800

Houston, TX 77002-5678

     

Counsel to the Fund

Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young, LLP
2005 Market Street, Suite 2600
Philadelphia, PA 19103-7018

 

Counsel to the Independent Trustees

Goodwin Procter LLP
901 New York Avenue, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20001

 

Transfer Agent

Invesco Investment Services, Inc.
11 Greenway Plaza, Suite 1000
Houston, TX 77046-1173

 

Custodian

State Street Bank and Trust Company
225 Franklin Street
Boston, MA 02110-2801

 

T-4                         Invesco International Core Equity Fund


 

 

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Invesco mailing information

Send general correspondence to Invesco Investment Services, Inc., P.O. Box 219078, Kansas City, MO 64121-9078.

 

 

Important notice regarding delivery of security holder documents

To reduce Fund expenses, only one copy of most shareholder documents may be mailed to shareholders with multiple accounts at the same address (Householding). Mailing of your shareholder documents may be householded indefinitely unless you instruct us otherwise. If you do not want the mailing of these documents to be combined with those for other members of your household, please contact Invesco Investment Services, Inc. at 800 959 4246 or contact your financial institution. We will begin sending you individual copies for each account within 30 days after receiving your request.

 

 

Fund holdings and proxy voting information

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

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

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

Invesco Advisers, Inc. is an investment adviser; it provides investment advisory services to individual and institutional clients and does not sell securities. Invesco Distributors, Inc. is the US distributor for Invesco Ltd.’s retail mutual funds, exchange-traded funds and institutional money market funds. Both are wholly owned, indirect subsidiaries of Invesco Ltd.

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SEC file numbers: 811-06463 and 033-44611    I-ICE-AR-1    Invesco Distributors, Inc.


 

 

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Annual Report to Shareholders

 

  October 31, 2016
 

 

 

Invesco International Growth Fund

 

  Nasdaq:
  A: AIIEX     B: AIEBX     C: AIECX     R: AIERX     Y: AIIYX     R5: AIEVX     R6: IGFRX

 

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Letters to Shareholders

 

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Philip Taylor

    

Dear Shareholders:

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

    In December 2015, the US Federal Reserve raised short-term interest rates for the first time since 2006, signaling its belief that the economy was likely to continue strengthening. Indeed, throughout the reporting period, US economic data were generally positive and the economy expanded at a moderate rate – but there were some bumps along the road. Job growth in May 2016 was very weak, but it was followed by strong increases in nonfarm payrolls in June and July. Increased concerns about global economic weakness caused US stock market indexes to sink at the start of calendar year 2016, but they eventually recovered; they sank again following

the UK’s decision to leave the European Union, but then quickly recovered and reached record highs later in the summer. Strong demand for income-producing investments, particularly those perceived to be lower risk, benefited bonds as well as dividend-paying stocks for much of the reporting period. While economic news in the US was generally positive, news overseas was less upbeat. The European Central Bank, and central banks in China and Japan – as well as other countries – maintained extraordinarily accommodative monetary policies in response to economic weakness. As the fiscal year drew to a close, uncertainty about the outcome of the US presidential election resulted in increased market volatility; the surprise outcome after the close of the reporting period suggested that market volatility may continue for some time to come.

    Short-term market volatility can prompt some investors to abandon their investment plans – and can cause others to settle for average results. The investment professionals at Invesco, in contrast, invest with high conviction, take a long-term perspective and have a passion to exceed. Invesco’s pure focus on investment management eliminates possible distractions and means that there are no competing lines of business for us to support. Just as important, we embrace a variety of investment strategies, asset classes and geographies – because we know that no single investment approach meets the diverse needs of all of our clients. We manage all our investment approaches with a passion to exceed. All our investment teams have a highly disciplined, long-term investing style that eliminates short-term decision-making. Of course, investing with high conviction can’t guarantee a profit or ensure success; no investment strategy can. To learn more about how we invest with high conviction, visit invesco.com/HighConviction.

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

Visit our website for more information on your investments

Our website, invesco.com/us, offers a wide range of market insights and investment perspectives. On the website, you’ll find detailed information about our funds, including performance, holdings and portfolio manager commentaries. You can access information about your account by completing a simple, secure online registration. Click on the “Need to register” link in the “Account Access” box on our homepage to get started.

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

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

Have questions?

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

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

Sincerely,

 

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Philip Taylor

Senior Managing Director, Invesco Ltd.

 

2                         Invesco International Growth Fund


 

 

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Bruce Crockett

    

Dear Fellow Shareholders:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Sincerely,

 

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Bruce L. Crockett

Independent Chair

Invesco Funds Board of Trustees

 

3                         Invesco International Growth Fund


 

Management’s Discussion of Fund Performance

 

Performance summary

For the fiscal year ended October 31, 2016, Class A shares of Invesco International Growth Fund (the Fund), at net asset value (NAV), underperformed the Custom Invesco International Growth Index, the Fund’s style-specific benchmark.

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

 

  

     

  

Fund vs. Indexes

Total returns, 10/31/15 to 10/31/16, at net asset value (NAV). Performance shown does not include applicable contingent deferred sales charges (CDSC) or front-end sales charges, which would have reduced performance.

 

  

    

Class A Shares

     -2.16

Class B Shares

     -2.89   

Class C Shares

     -2.92   

Class R Shares

     -2.41   

Class Y Shares

     -1.89   

Class R5 Shares

     -1.85   

Class R6 Shares

     -1.76   

MSCI All Country World ex-U.S. Indexq (Broad Market Index)

     0.22   

Custom Invesco International Growth Index (Style-Specific Index)

     0.13   

Lipper International Large-Cap Growth Funds Index (Peer Group Index)

     -1.86   

 

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

 

  

 

 

Market conditions and your Fund

The global economy continued to expand, albeit slowly, for the fiscal year ended October 31, 2016. However, that growth became increasingly uneven across developed and emerging economies, amid continued volatility in oil prices and as the policies of central banks globally began to diverge.

    An equity market rally in November 2015 was offset by negative performance in December, as a late-year crash in oil prices rattled the markets. Also in December, the US Federal Reserve (the Fed) followed through on its commitment to normalize monetary policy by raising interest rates – its first increase since 2006 – even as the European Central Bank extended its asset purchase program and Japan introduced additional quantitative easing and negative interest rates.

    Stocks began calendar year 2016 on a negative note, driven by investor concerns about economic weakness in China

and falling oil prices. All major global stock indices experienced steep declines again in June after UK voters opted to leave the European Union. After the initial shock of the UK vote, stocks made a strong recovery, regaining most of the losses as fears of a sharp shock to consumer confidence never materialized. For the remainder of the reporting period, emerging markets outperformed as the Fed left interest rates unchanged and expectations for an interest rate increase were delayed again.

    Regardless of the macroeconomic environment, we remain focused on our bottom-up investment approach of identifying attractive companies that fit our earnings, quality and valuation (EQV) process.

    During the reporting period, Fund holdings in the consumer staples and industrials sectors outperformed those of the Custom Invesco International Growth Index and were among the strongest

 

contributors to the Fund’s performance versus the style-specific benchmark. An underweight allocation to the weak telecommunication services sector also contributed to relative Fund returns. The Fund’s holdings in the consumer discretionary and energy sectors, however, underperformed those of the style-specific index and were the most significant detractors from the Fund’s relative performance.

    On a geographic basis, the Fund’s holdings in Singapore, Brazil and France outperformed those of the Custom Invesco International Growth Index and were among the most significant contributors to Fund performance during the reporting period. The Fund’s holdings in Sweden and Israel underperformed those of the Custom Invesco International Growth Index and were among the most significant detractors from Fund results versus the style-specific benchmark. The Fund’s overweight exposure to the weak UK market was also a drag on relative Fund results.

    From an individual securities perspective, BM&FBOVESPA, one of the world’s largest stock exchanges, was the Fund’s top contributor for the reporting period. BM&FBOVESPA’s stock was significantly depressed in 2015 due to Brazil’s political and economic turmoil, but the company’s stock price rose after the ousting of Brazil’s President Rousseff under the expectation that this change could allow for reforms and a more orthodox economic policy. This high quality company enjoyed monopoly status in its key businesses, and its process of acquiring Brazil’s largest security registration business is expected to add stability to BM&FBOVESPA’s earnings.

    In contrast, Sky was among the most significant detractors from Fund performance for the reporting period. Sky is a UK-based, pan-European broadcasting company. Shares of the company underperformed due to concerns about cost

 
Portfolio Composition   

By sector

 

     % of total net assets   

Consumer Discretionary

     19.2

Financials

     17.6   
Information Technology      16.3   
Industrials      13.2   
Consumer Staples      10.6   
Health Care      8.3   
Energy      4.6   
Materials      2.6   
Money Market Funds Plus Other Assets Less Liabilities      7.6   
Top 10 Equity Holdings*
   % of total net assets 

 

1.

  RELX PLC      3.0

2.

  Sky PLC      2.7   

3.

  CGI Group Inc.-Class A      2.6   

4.

  SAP S.E.      2.6   

5.

  Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd.      2.5   

6.

  Broadcom Ltd.      2.5   

7.

  CK Hutchison Holdings Ltd.      2.5   

8.

  Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.-ADR      2.4   

9.

  Publicis Groupe S.A.      2.3   

10.

  WPP PLC      2.3   

Total Net Assets

     $8.2 billion   
Total Number of Holdings*      66   

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

*Excluding money market fund holdings.

Data presented here are as of October 31, 2016.

 

 

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inflation going into the rights auction for the Germany Bundesliga (professional soccer league) matches and the potential adverse impact that the Brexit may have on UK consumers.

    We continued to look for new investment opportunities during the reporting period, but struggled to find companies that met our EQV criteria. As a result of this challenge, we introduced only three new holdings year-to-date, and in each case we established only a small starter position. However, we increased the Fund’s position in a number of select holdings, including UK-based retail chain Next (on the back of the Brexit sell-off), Mexico-based multi-national beverage and retail company FEMSA and Japan-based tobacco products maker Japan Tobacco. We also trimmed and sold several names with EQV characteristics that were no longer as compelling as when we first bought them, including Switzerland-based agrichemical company Syngenta due to its significant appreciation following a takeover bid. We also trimmed positions in a number of names due to strong share price appreciation, including China-based web service company Baidu and UK-based multinational tobacco company British American.

    As always, we continue to look for high-quality companies that exhibit the following characteristics: strong organic growth; high returns on capital; pricing power; strong balance sheets; cash generation; and reasonable valuations. In addition, we continue to favor companies that are able to consistently generate cash during weak economic environments. We believe that this balanced EQV-focused approach may help deliver attractive returns over the long term.

    We thank you for your continued investment in Invesco International Growth Fund.

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

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

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Clas Olsson

Portfolio Manager and Chief Investment Officer of Invesco’s international and global growth team,

is manager of Invesco International Growth Fund. He joined Invesco in 1994. Mr. Olsson became a commissioned officer at the Royal Swedish Naval Academy in 1988. He also earned a BBA from The University of Texas at Austin.
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Brent Bates

Chartered Financial Analyst, Portfolio Manager, is manager of Invesco International Growth

Fund. He joined Invesco in 1996. Mr. Bates earned a BBA from Texas A&M University and is a Certified Public Accountant.
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Matthew Dennis

Chartered Financial Analyst, Portfolio Manager, is manager of Invesco International Growth

Fund. He joined Invesco in 2000. Mr. Dennis earned a BA in economics from The University of Texas at Austin and an MS in finance from Texas A&M University.
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Mark Jason

Chartered Financial Analyst, Portfolio Manager, is manager of Invesco International Growth

Fund. He joined Invesco in 2001. Mr. Jason earned a BS in finance and a BS in real estate from California State University, Northridge.

 

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Richard Nield

Chartered Financial Analyst, Portfolio Manager, is manager of Invesco International Growth

Fund. He joined Invesco in 2000. Mr. Nield earned a Bachelor of Commerce degree in finance and international business from McGill University in Montreal.

    

 

 

    

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Your Fund’s Long-Term Performance

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

Fund and index data from 10/31/06

 

 

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

 

Past performance cannot guarantee comparable future results.

    The data shown in the chart include reinvested distributions, applicable sales charges and Fund expenses including

management fees. Index results include reinvested dividends, but they do not reflect sales charges. Performance of the peer group, if applicable, reflects fund expenses and management fees; performance

of a market index does not. Performance shown in the chart and table(s) does not reflect deduction of taxes a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or sale of Fund shares.

 

 

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Average Annual Total Returns   
As of 10/31/16, including maximum applicable sales charges    

Class A Shares

        

Inception (4/7/92)

     6.96

10 Years

     2.58   

  5 Years

     3.92   

  1 Year

     -7.55   

Class B Shares

        

Inception (9/15/94)

     5.66

10 Years

     2.55   

  5 Years

     3.97   

  1 Year

     -7.72   

Class C Shares

        

Inception (8/4/97)

     3.96

10 Years

     2.39   

  5 Years

     4.32   

  1 Year

     -3.88   

Class R Shares

        

Inception (6/3/02)

     6.32

10 Years

     2.91   

  5 Years

     4.85   

  1 Year

     -2.41   

Class Y Shares

        

10 Years

     3.38

  5 Years

     5.37   

  1 Year

     -1.89   

Class R5 Shares

        

Inception (3/15/02)

     7.06

10 Years

     3.57   

  5 Years

     5.47   

  1 Year

     -1.85   

Class R6 Shares

        

10 Years

     3.34

  5 Years

     5.47   

  1 Year

     -1.76   

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

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

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

Average Annual Total Returns
As of 9/30/16, the most recent calendar quarter end, including maximum applicable sales charges

Class A Shares

    

Inception (4/7/92)

   7.14% 

10 Years

   3.32    

  5 Years

   6.62    

  1 Year

   2.35    

Class B Shares

    

Inception (9/15/94)

   5.85% 

10 Years

   3.29    

  5 Years

   6.72    

  1 Year

   2.48    

Class C Shares

    

Inception (8/4/97)

   4.16% 

10 Years

   3.14    

  5 Years

   7.02    

  1 Year

   6.50    

Class R Shares

    

Inception (6/3/02)

   6.61% 

10 Years

   3.65    

  5 Years

   7.55    

  1 Year

   7.99    

Class Y Shares

    

10 Years

   4.12% 

  5 Years

   8.10    

  1 Year

   8.55    

Class R5 Shares

    

Inception (3/15/02)

   7.35% 

10 Years

   4.32    

  5 Years

   8.21    

  1 Year

   8.66    

Class R6 Shares

    

10 Years

   4.08% 

  5 Years

   8.19    

  1 Year

   8.72    

principal value will fluctuate so that you may have a gain or loss when you sell shares.

    The net annual Fund operating expense ratio set forth in the most recent Fund prospectus as of the date of this report for Class A, Class B, Class C, Class R, Class Y, Class R5 and Class R6 shares was 1.31%, 2.06%, 2.06%, 1.56%, 1.06%, 0.98% and 0.90%, respectively.1 The total annual Fund operating expense ratio set forth in the most recent Fund prospectus as of the date of this report for Class A, Class B, Class C, Class R, Class Y, Class R5 and Class R6 shares was 1.32%, 2.07%, 2.07%, 1.57%, 1.07%, 0.99% and 0.91%, respectively. The expense ratios presented above may vary from the expense ratios presented in other sections of this report that are based

on expenses incurred during the period covered by this report.     Class A share performance reflects the maximum 5.50% sales charge, and Class B and Class C share performance reflects the applicable contingent deferred sales charge (CDSC) for the period involved. The CDSC on Class B shares declines from 5% beginning at the time of purchase to 0% at the beginning of the seventh year. The CDSC on Class C shares is 1% for the first year after purchase. Class R, Class Y, Class R5 and Class R6 shares do not have a front-end sales charge or a CDSC; therefore, performance is at net asset value.

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

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

 

1 Total annual Fund operating expenses after any contractual fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements by the adviser in effect through at least June 30, 2018. See current prospectus for more information.
 

 

7                         Invesco International Growth Fund


 

Invesco International Growth Fund’s investment objective is long-term growth of capital.

  Unless otherwise stated, information presented in this report is as of October 31, 2016, and is based on total net assets.
  Unless otherwise noted, all data provided by Invesco.
  To access your Fund’s reports/prospectus, visit invesco.com/fundreports.

 

About share classes

  Class B shares may not be purchased for new or additional investments. Please see the prospectus for more information.
  Class R shares are generally available only to employer sponsored retirement and benefit plans. Please see the prospectus for more information.
  Class Y shares are available only to certain investors. Please see the prospectus for more information.
  Class R5 shares and Class R6 shares are primarily intended for employer sponsored retirement and benefit plans that meet certain standards and for institutional investors. Please see the prospectus for more information.

 

 

Principal risks of investing in the Fund

  Depositary receipts risk. Investing in depositary receipts involves the same risks as direct investments in foreign securities. In addition, the underlying issuers of certain depositary receipts are under no obligation to distribute shareholder communications or pass through any voting rights with respect to the deposited securities to the holders of such receipts. The Fund may therefore receive less timely information or have less control than if it invested directly in the foreign issuer.
  Derivatives risk. The value of a derivative instrument depends largely on (and is derived from) the value of an underlying security, currency, commodity, interest rate, index or other asset (each referred to as an underlying asset). In addition to risks relating to the underlying assets, the use of derivatives may include other, possibly greater, risks, including counterparty, leverage and liquidity risks. Counterparty risk is the risk that the counterparty to the derivative contract will default on its obligation to pay the Fund the amount owed or otherwise perform under the derivative contract. Derivatives create leverage risk because they do not require payment up front equal to the economic exposure created by owning the derivative. As a result, an adverse change in the value of
   

the underlying asset could result in the Fund sustaining a loss that is substantially greater than the amount invested in the derivative, which may make the Fund’s returns more volatile and increase the risk of loss. Derivative instruments may also be less liquid than more traditional investments and the Fund may be unable to sell or close out its derivative positions at a desirable time or price. This risk may be more acute under adverse market conditions, during which the Fund may be most in need of liquidating its derivative positions. Derivatives may also be harder to value, less tax efficient and subject to changing government regulation that could impact the Fund’s ability to use certain derivatives or their cost. Also, derivatives used for hedging or to gain or limit exposure to a particular market segment may not provide the expected benefits, particularly during adverse market conditions.

  Emerging markets securities risk. Emerging markets (also referred to as developing markets) are generally subject to greater market volatility, political, social and economic instability, uncertain trading markets and more governmental limitations on foreign investment than more developed markets. In addition, emerging markets may be subject to lower trading volume and greater price fluctuations than companies in more developed markets. Securities law and the enforcement of systems of taxation in many emerging market countries may change quickly and unpredictably. In addition, investments in emerging markets securities may also be subject to additional transaction costs, delays in settlement procedures, and lack of timely information.
  Foreign securities risk. The Fund’s foreign investments may be adversely affected by political and social instability, changes in economic or taxation policies, difficulty in enforcing obligations, decreased liquidity or increased volatility. Foreign investments also involve the risk of the possible seizure, nationalization or expropriation of the issuer or foreign deposits (in which the Fund could lose its entire investments
   

in a certain market) and the possible adoption of foreign governmental restrictions such as exchange controls. Unless the Fund has hedged its foreign securities risk, foreign securities risk also involves the risk of negative foreign currency rate fluctuations, which may cause the value of securities denominated in such foreign currency (or other instruments through which the Fund has exposure to foreign currencies) to decline in value. Currency exchange rates may fluctuate significantly over short periods of time. Currency hedging strategies, if used, are not always successful.

  Geographic focus risk. The Fund may from time to time invest a substantial amount of its assets in securities of issuers located in a single country or a limited number of countries. Adverse economic, political or social conditions in those countries may therefore have a significant negative impact on the Fund’s investment performance.
  Growth investing risk. Growth stocks tend to be more expensive relative to the issuing company’s earnings or assets compared with other types of stock. As a result, they tend to be more sensitive to changes in, or investors’ expectations of, the issuing company’s earnings and can be more volatile.
  Investing in the European Union risk. Investments in certain countries in the European Union are susceptible to high economic risks associated with high levels of debt, such as investments in sovereign debt of Greece, Italy and Spain. Separately, the European Union faces issues involving its membership, structure, procedures and policies. The exit of one or more member states from the European Union would place its currency and banking system in jeopardy. Efforts of the member states to further unify their economic and monetary policies may increase the potential for the downward movement of one member state’s market to cause a similar effect on other member states’ markets.
 

 

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

 

 

 

NOT FDIC INSURED  |  MAY LOSE VALUE  |  NO BANK GUARANTEE

 

8                         Invesco International Growth Fund


  Management risk. The Fund is actively managed and depends heavily on the Adviser’s judgment about markets, interest rates or the attractiveness, relative values, liquidity, or potential appreciation of particular investments made for the Fund’s portfolio. The Fund could experience losses if these judgments prove to be incorrect. Additionally, legislative, regulatory, or tax developments may adversely affect management of the Fund and, therefore, the ability of the Fund to achieve its investment objective.
  Market risk. The market values of the Fund’s investments, and therefore the value of the Fund’s shares, will go up and down, sometimes rapidly or unpredictably. Market risk may affect a single issuer, industry or section of the economy, or it may affect the market as a whole. Individual stock prices tend to go up and down more dramatically than those of certain other types of investments, such as bonds. During a general downturn in the financial markets, multiple asset classes may decline in value. When markets perform well, there can be no assurance that specific investments held by the Fund will rise in value.
  Mid-capitalization companies risk. Mid-capitalization companies tend to be more vulnerable to changing market conditions and may have more limited product lines and markets, less experienced management and fewer financial resources than larger companies. These companies’ securities may be more volatile and less liquid than those of more established companies, and their returns may vary, sometimes significantly, from the overall securities market.
  Preferred securities risk. Preferred securities are subject to issuer-specific and market risks applicable generally to equity securities. Preferred securities also may be subordinated to bonds or other debt instruments, subjecting them to a greater risk of non-payment, may be less liquid than many other securities, such as common stocks, and generally offer no voting rights with respect to the issuer.

 

About indexes used in this report

  The MSCI All Country World ex-U.S. Index is an index considered representative of developed and emerging stock markets, excluding the U.S. The index is computed using the net return, which withholds applicable taxes for non-resident investors.
  The Custom Invesco International Growth Index is composed of the MSCI EAFE Growth Index through February 28, 2013, and the MSCI All Country World ex-U.S. Growth Index thereafter.
  The Lipper International Large-Cap Growth Funds Index is an unmanaged index considered representative of international large-cap growth funds tracked by Lipper.
  The MSCI EAFE® Growth Index is an unmanaged index considered representative of growth stocks of Europe, Australasia and the Far East. The index is computed using the net return, which withholds applicable taxes for non-resident investors.
  The MSCI All Country World ex-U.S. Growth Index is a market capitalization weighted index that includes growth companies in developed and emerging markets throughout the world, excluding the US. The index is computed using the net return, which withholds applicable taxes for non-resident investors.
  The Fund is not managed to track the performance of any particular index, including the index(es) described here, and consequently, the performance of the Fund may deviate significantly from the performance of the index(es).
  A direct investment cannot be made in an index. Unless otherwise indicated, index results include reinvested dividends, and they do not reflect sales charges. Performance of the peer group, if applicable, reflects fund expenses; performance of a market index does not.

 

Other information

  CPA® and Certified Public Accountant® are trademarks owned by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.
  The returns shown in management’s discussion of Fund performance are based on net asset values (NAVs) calculated for shareholder transactions. Generally accepted accounting principles require adjustments to be made to the net assets of the Fund at period end for financial reporting purposes, and as such, the NAVs for shareholder transactions and the returns based on those NAVs may differ from the NAVs and returns reported in the Financial Highlights.
  Industry classifications used in this report are generally according to the Global Industry Classification Standard, which was developed by and is the exclusive property and a service mark of MSCI Inc. and Standard & Poor’s.

    

 

 

9                         Invesco International Growth Fund


Schedule of Investments

October 31, 2016

 

 

     Shares      Value  

Common Stocks & Other Equity Interests–92.39%

  

Australia–4.01%   

Amcor Ltd.

    16,139,632       $ 180,243,488   

Brambles Ltd.

    7,345,253         64,263,685   

CSL Ltd.

    1,117,548         85,245,701   
         329,752,874   
Brazil–1.84%   

BM&FBOVESPA S.A.

    25,659,402         151,162,321   
Canada–9.18%     

Canadian National Railway Co.

    1,309,821         82,344,162   

Cenovus Energy Inc.

    5,030,063         72,567,917   

CGI Group Inc.–Class A(a)

    4,576,410         217,381,608   

Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd.

    203,485         104,219,214   

Great-West Lifeco Inc.

    2,586,002         64,956,129   

PrairieSky Royalty Ltd.

    2,473,840         53,801,985   

Suncor Energy, Inc.

    5,350,522         160,565,525   
         755,836,540   
China–2.80%   

Baidu, Inc.–ADR(a)

    414,083         73,234,719   

Kweichow Moutai Co., Ltd.–Class A

    3,351,075         157,247,011   
         230,481,730   
Denmark–2.30%   

Carlsberg A/S–Class B

    1,722,481         155,321,604   

Novo Nordisk A/S–Class B

    961,558         34,398,881   
         189,720,485   
France–3.90%   

Pernod Ricard S.A.

    185,108         22,016,970   

Publicis Groupe S.A.

    2,809,371         192,749,188   

Schneider Electric S.E.

    1,577,336         105,865,169   
         320,631,327   
Germany–9.13%   

Allianz S.E.

    1,025,339         159,830,356   

Deutsche Boerse AG

    2,249,373         168,081,794   

Deutsche Post AG

    2,947,496         91,341,376   

ProSiebenSat.1 Media SE

    2,760,060         118,952,141   

SAP S.E.

    2,424,110         213,523,996   
         751,729,663   
Hong Kong–4.00%   

CK Hutchison Holdings Ltd.

    16,644,323         205,922,647   

Galaxy Entertainment Group Ltd.

    30,134,090         123,754,362   
         329,677,009   
Israel–2.38%   

Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.–ADR

    4,583,577         195,902,081   
     Shares      Value  
Japan–8.18%   

Denso Corp.

    1,291,747       $ 56,107,533   

FANUC Corp.

    434,912         81,491,650   

Japan Tobacco, Inc.

    4,409,400         167,941,101   

Keyence Corp.

    92,027         67,626,001   

Komatsu Ltd.

    4,326,728         96,440,801   

Toyota Motor Corp.

    1,175,130         67,885,429   

Yahoo! Japan Corp.

    35,261,900         135,512,761   
         673,005,276   
Mexico–2.90%     

Fomento Economico Mexicano, S.A.B. de C.V.–ADR

    1,090,650         104,342,485   

Grupo Televisa S.A.B.–ADR

    5,466,951         134,104,308   
         238,446,793   
Netherlands–0.78%     

Wolters Kluwer N.V.

    1,650,964         63,843,133   
Singapore–3.36%     

Broadcom Ltd.

    1,220,395         207,808,861   

United Overseas Bank Ltd.

    5,110,366         68,910,125   
         276,718,986   
South Korea–0.84%     

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

    48,754         69,554,705   
Spain–1.43%     

Amadeus IT Group S.A.

    2,496,840         117,858,963   
Sweden–3.79%     

Getinge AB–Class B

    4,599,065         75,271,141   

Investor AB–Class B

    4,347,281         154,320,761   

Sandvik AB

    4,674,159         53,054,997   

Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson–Class B

    6,107,132         29,711,923   
         312,358,822   
Switzerland–6.78%     

Cie Financiere Richemont S.A.

    1,228,449         79,016,501   

Julius Baer Group Ltd.

    2,652,660         107,340,621   

Novartis AG

    728,307         51,726,291   

Roche Holding AG

    724,857         166,334,127   

Syngenta AG

    83,928         33,692,321   

UBS Group AG

    8,477,155         119,933,475   
         558,043,336   
Taiwan–2.54%     

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd.

    34,958,887         208,820,553   
Thailand–1.46%     

Kasikornbank PCL–NVDR

    24,496,900         120,047,479   
Turkey–1.03%     

Akbank T.A.S.

    31,919,563         84,913,589   
 

 

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

 

10                         Invesco International Growth Fund


     Shares      Value  
United Kingdom–19.76%   

Aberdeen Asset Management PLC

    16,113,208       $ 63,016,383   

British American Tobacco PLC

    2,744,541         157,576,661   

Compass Group PLC

    7,817,982         141,365,272   

Informa PLC

    11,824,772         97,318,524   

Kingfisher PLC

    16,463,835         72,642,864   

Lloyds Banking Group PLC

    114,831,962         80,293,557   

Next PLC

    1,511,147         88,918,053   

RELX PLC

    13,636,226         243,298,164   

Royal Dutch Shell PLC–Class B

    3,489,878         90,071,189   

Sky PLC

    21,889,120         218,631,813   

Smith & Nephew PLC

    5,196,328         74,866,683   

Unilever N.V.

    2,560,054         107,201,088   

WPP PLC

    8,804,579         191,279,881   
               1,626,480,132   

Total Common Stocks & Other Equity Interests (Cost $6,367,623,446)

   

     7,604,985,797   
     Shares      Value  

Money Market Funds–7.61%

  

Government & Agency Portfolio–Institutional Class, 0.29%(b)

    375,848,275       $ 375,848,275   

Treasury Portfolio–Institutional Class, 0.22%(b)

    250,565,516         250,565,516   

Total Money Market Funds
(Cost $626,413,791)

   

     626,413,791   

TOTAL INVESTMENTS–100.00%
(Cost $6,994,037,237)

   

     8,231,399,588   

OTHER ASSETS LESS LIABILITIES–0.00%

  

     142,034   

NET ASSETS–100.00%

  

   $ 8,231,541,622   
 

Investment Abbreviations:

 

ADR  

– American Depositary Receipt

NVDR  

– Non-Voting Depositary Receipt

Notes to Schedule of Investments:

 

(a)  Non-income producing security.
(b)  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 October 31, 2016.

 

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

 

11                         Invesco International Growth Fund


Statement of Assets and Liabilities

October 31, 2016

 

Assets:

  

Investments, at value (Cost $6,367,623,446)

  $ 7,604,985,797   

Investments in affiliated money market funds, at value and cost

    626,413,791   

Total investments, at value (Cost $6,994,037,237)

    8,231,399,588   

Foreign currencies, at value (Cost $7,021,474)

    7,054,944   

Receivable for:

 

Investments sold

    7,928,153   

Fund shares sold

    12,072,192   

Dividends

    16,198,470   

Fund expenses absorbed

    6,203   

Investment for trustee deferred compensation and retirement plans

    719,223   

Other assets

    121,054   

Total assets

    8,275,499,827   

Liabilities:

  

Payable for:

 

Fund shares reacquired

    37,372,910   

Accrued foreign taxes

    1,226,922   

Accrued fees to affiliates

    3,607,909   

Accrued trustees’ and officers’ fees and benefits

    10,024   

Accrued other operating expenses

    890,297   

Trustee deferred compensation and retirement plans

    850,143   

Total liabilities

    43,958,205   

Net assets applicable to shares outstanding

  $ 8,231,541,622   

Net assets consist of:

  

Shares of beneficial interest

  $ 7,037,835,898   

Undistributed net investment income

    68,079,771   

Undistributed net realized gain (loss)

    (111,295,398

Net unrealized appreciation

    1,236,921,351   
    $ 8,231,541,622   

Net Assets:

  

Class A

  $ 2,332,124,625   

Class B

  $ 8,883,700   

Class C

  $ 160,641,929   

Class R

  $ 100,492,710   

Class Y

  $ 3,393,370,255   

Class R5

  $ 1,471,591,593   

Class R6

  $ 764,436,810   

Shares outstanding, $0.001 par value per share,
with an unlimited number of shares authorized:

   

Class A

    75,632,930   

Class B

    314,790   

Class C

    5,685,877   

Class R

    3,304,231   

Class Y

    109,613,274   

Class R5

    46,903,419   

Class R6

    24,357,625   

Class A:

 

Net asset value per share

  $ 30.83   

Maximum offering price per share

 

(Net asset value of $30.83 ¸ 94.50%)

  $ 32.62   

Class B:

 

Net asset value and offering price per share

  $ 28.22   

Class C:

 

Net asset value and offering price per share

  $ 28.25   

Class R:

 

Net asset value and offering price per share

  $ 30.41   

Class Y:

 

Net asset value and offering price per share

  $ 30.96   

Class R5:

 

Net asset value and offering price per share

  $ 31.37   

Class R6:

 

Net asset value and offering price per share

  $ 31.38   
 

 

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

 

12                         Invesco International Growth Fund


Statement of Operations

For the year ended October 31, 2016

 

Investment income:

  

Dividends (net of foreign withholding taxes of $17,906,783)

   $ 211,423,568   

Dividends from affiliated money market funds

     235,793   

Total investment income

     211,659,361   

Expenses:

  

Advisory fees

     71,850,632   

Administrative services fees

     738,585   

Custodian fees

     2,335,912   

Distribution fees:

  

Class A

     6,294,867   

Class B

     125,180   

Class C

     1,786,419   

Class R

     538,233   

Transfer agent fees — A, B, C, R and Y

     11,234,030   

Transfer agent fees — R5

     1,528,582   

Transfer agent fees — R6

     26,053   

Trustees’ and officers’ fees and benefits

     199,523   

Registration and filing fees

     290,848   

Reports to shareholders

     648,168   

Professional services fees

     188,197   

Other

     178,928   

Total expenses

     97,964,157   

Less: Fees waived and expense offset arrangement(s)

     (886,272

Net expenses

     97,077,885   

Net investment income

     114,581,476   

Realized and unrealized gain (loss) from:

  

Net realized gain (loss) from:

  

Investment securities

     (5,528,883

Foreign currencies

     364,924   
       (5,163,959

Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of:

  

Investment securities (net of foreign taxes of $1,146,785)

     (270,645,135

Foreign currencies

     28,154   
       (270,616,981

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

     (275,780,940

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

   $ (161,199,464

 

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

 

13                         Invesco International Growth Fund


Statement of Changes in Net Assets

For the years ended October 31, 2016 and 2015

 

     2016      2015  

Operations:

  

  

Net investment income

  $ 114,581,476       $ 115,805,397   

Net realized gain (loss)

    (5,163,959      15,552,211   

Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

    (270,616,981      (336,169,573

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

    (161,199,464      (204,811,965

Distributions to shareholders from net investment income:

    

Class A

    (32,346,647      (36,276,805

Class B

    (85,158      (224,850

Class C

    (1,030,154      (1,528,747

Class R

    (1,138,924      (1,246,313

Class Y

    (50,447,745      (51,260,156

Class R5

    (25,939,815      (31,180,473

Class R6

    (12,412,649      (6,351,523

Total distributions from net investment income

    (123,401,092      (128,068,867

Distributions to shareholders from net realized gains:

    

Class A

            (87,321,576

Class B

            (939,746

Class C

            (6,389,654

Class R

            (3,501,862

Class Y

            (106,776,710

Class R5

            (62,164,277

Class R6

            (12,220,329

Total distributions from net realized gains

            (279,314,154

Share transactions–net:

    

Class A

    (305,464,222      117,082,040   

Class B

    (7,401,095      (9,435,673

Class C

    (31,444,465      32,127,058   

Class R

    (12,434,670      22,482,397   

Class Y

    50,831,277         558,668,076   

Class R5

    (196,445,546      (111,649,974

Class R6

    20,798,488         431,163,343   

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

    (481,560,233      1,040,437,267   

Net increase (decrease) in net assets

    (766,160,789      428,242,281   

Net assets:

    

Beginning of year

    8,997,702,411         8,569,460,130   

End of year (includes undistributed net investment income of $68,079,771 and $76,519,765, respectively)

  $ 8,231,541,622       $ 8,997,702,411   

Notes to Financial Statements

October 31, 2016

NOTE 1—Significant Accounting Policies

Invesco International Growth Fund (the “Fund”) is a series portfolio of AIM International Mutual Funds (Invesco International Mutual Funds) (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 consisting of ten separate portfolios, each authorized to issue an unlimited number of shares of beneficial interest. The assets, liabilities and operations of each portfolio are accounted for separately. Information presented in these financial statements pertains only to the Fund. Matters affecting each portfolio or class will be voted on exclusively by the shareholders of such portfolio or class.

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

The Fund currently consists of seven different classes of shares: Class A, Class B, Class C, Class R, Class Y, Class R5 and Class R6. Class Y shares are available only to certain investors. Class A shares are sold with a front-end sales charge unless certain waiver criteria are met and under certain

 

14                         Invesco International Growth Fund


circumstances load waived shares may be subject to contingent deferred sales charges (“CDSC”). Class C shares are sold with a CDSC. Class R, Class Y, Class R5 and Class R6 shares are sold at net asset value. Effective November 30, 2010, new or additional investments in Class B shares are no longer permitted. Existing shareholders of Class B shares may continue to reinvest dividends and capital gains distributions in Class B shares until they convert to Class A shares. Also, shareholders in Class B shares will be able to exchange those shares for Class B shares of other Invesco Funds offering such shares until they convert to Class A shares. Generally, Class B shares will automatically convert to Class A shares on or about the month-end, which is at least eight years after the date of purchase. Redemption of Class B shares prior to the conversion date will be subject to a CDSC.

Effective the open of business on March 18, 2016, the Fund re-opened public sales of its shares to all investors.

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

A. Security Valuations — Securities, including restricted securities, are valued according to the following policy.

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

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

Debt obligations (including convertible securities) and unlisted equities are fair valued using an evaluated quote provided by an independent pricing service. Evaluated quotes provided by the pricing service may be determined without exclusive reliance on quoted prices, and may reflect appropriate factors such as institution-size trading in similar groups of securities, developments related to specific securities, dividend rate (for unlisted equities), yield (for debt obligations), quality, type of issue, coupon rate (for debt obligations), maturity (for debt obligations), individual trading characteristics and other market data. Debt obligations are subject to interest rate and credit risks. In addition, all debt obligations involve some risk of default with respect to interest and/or principal payments.

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

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

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

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

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

B. Securities Transactions and Investment Income — Securities transactions are accounted for on a trade date basis. Realized gains or losses on sales are computed on the basis of specific identification of the securities sold. Interest income (net of withholding tax, if any) is recorded on the accrual basis from settlement date. Dividend income (net of withholding tax, if any) is recorded on the ex-dividend date.

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

Brokerage commissions and mark ups are considered transaction costs and are recorded as an increase to the cost basis of securities purchased and/or a reduction of proceeds on a sale of securities. Such transaction costs are included in the determination of net realized and unrealized gain (loss) from investment securities reported in the Statement of Operations and the Statement of Changes in Net Assets and the net

 

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realized and unrealized gains (losses) on securities per share in the Financial Highlights. Transaction costs are included in the calculation of the Fund’s net asset value and, accordingly, they reduce the Fund’s total returns. These transaction costs are not considered operating expenses and are not reflected in net investment income reported in the Statement of Operations and the Statement of Changes in Net Assets, or the net investment income per share and the ratios of expenses and net investment income reported in the Financial Highlights, nor are they limited by any expense limitation arrangements between the Fund and the investment adviser.

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

C. Country Determination — For the purposes of making investment selection decisions and presentation in the Schedule of Investments, the investment adviser may determine the country in which an issuer is located and/or credit risk exposure based on various factors. These factors include the laws of the country under which the issuer is organized, where the issuer maintains a principal office, the country in which the issuer derives 50% or more of its total revenues and the country that has the primary market for the issuer’s securities, as well as other criteria. Among the other criteria that may be evaluated for making this determination are the country in which the issuer maintains 50% or more of its assets, the type of security, financial guarantees and enhancements, the nature of the collateral and the sponsor organization. Country of issuer and/or credit risk exposure has been determined to be the United States of America, unless otherwise noted.
D. Distributions — Distributions from net investment income and net realized capital gain, if any, are generally declared and paid annually and recorded on the ex-dividend date. The Fund may elect to treat a portion of the proceeds from redemptions as distributions for federal income tax purposes.
E. Federal Income Taxes — The Fund intends to comply with the requirements of Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Internal Revenue Code”), necessary to qualify as a regulated investment company and to distribute substantially all of the Fund’s taxable earnings to shareholders. As such, the Fund will not be subject to federal income taxes on otherwise taxable income (including net realized capital gain) that is distributed to shareholders. Therefore, no provision for federal income taxes is recorded in the financial statements.

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

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

F. Expenses — Fees provided for under the Rule 12b-1 plan of a particular class of the Fund are charged to the operations of such class. Transfer agency fees and expenses and other shareholder recordkeeping fees and expenses attributable to Class R5 and Class R6 are allocated to each share class based on relative net assets. Sub-accounting fees attributable to Class R5 are charged to the operations of the class. Transfer agency fees and expenses and other shareholder recordkeeping fees and expenses relating to all other classes are allocated among those classes based on relative net assets. All other expenses are allocated among the classes based on relative net assets.
G. Accounting Estimates — The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”) requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period including estimates and assumptions related to taxation. Actual results could differ from those estimates by a significant amount. In addition, the Fund monitors for material events or transactions that may occur or become known after the period-end date and before the date the financial statements are released to print.
H. Indemnifications — Under the Trust’s organizational documents, each Trustee, officer, employee or other agent of the Trust is indemnified against certain liabilities that may arise out of the performance of their duties to the Fund. Additionally, in the normal course of business, the Fund enters into contracts, including the Fund’s servicing agreements, that contain a variety of indemnification clauses. The Fund’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown as this would involve future claims that may be made against the Fund that have not yet occurred. The risk of material loss as a result of such indemnification claims is considered remote.
I. Foreign Currency Translations — Foreign currency is valued at the close of the NYSE based on quotations posted by banks and major currency dealers. Portfolio securities and other assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies are translated into U.S. dollar amounts at date of valuation. Purchases and sales of portfolio securities (net of foreign taxes withheld on disposition) and income items denominated in foreign currencies are translated into U.S. dollar amounts on the respective dates of such transactions. The Fund does not separately account for the portion of the results of operations resulting from changes in foreign exchange rates on investments and the fluctuations arising from changes in market prices of securities held. The combined results of changes in foreign exchange rates and the fluctuation of market prices on investments (net of estimated foreign tax withholding) are included with the net realized and unrealized gain or loss from investments in the Statement of Operations. Reported net realized foreign currency gains or losses arise from (1) sales of foreign currencies, (2) currency gains or losses realized between the trade and settlement dates on securities transactions, and (3) the difference between the amounts of dividends, interest, and foreign withholding taxes recorded on the Fund’s books and the U.S. dollar equivalent of the amounts actually received or paid. Net unrealized foreign currency gains and losses arise from changes in the fair values of assets and liabilities, other than investments in securities at fiscal period end, resulting from changes in exchange rates.

The Fund may invest in foreign securities, which may be subject to foreign taxes on income, gains on investments or currency repatriation, a portion of which may be recoverable. Foreign taxes, if any, are recorded based on the tax regulations and rates that exist in the foreign markets in which the Fund invests and are shown in the Statement of Operations.

J. Forward Foreign Currency Contracts — The Fund may engage in foreign currency transactions either on a spot (i.e. for prompt delivery and settlement) basis, or through forward foreign currency contracts, to manage or minimize currency or exchange rate risk.

The Fund may also enter into forward foreign currency contracts for the purchase or sale of a security denominated in a foreign currency in order to “lock in” the U.S. dollar price of that security, or the Fund may also enter into forward foreign currency contracts that do not provide for physical settlement of the two currencies, but instead are settled by a single cash payment calculated as the difference between the agreed upon exchange rate and the spot rate at settlement based upon an agreed upon notional amount (non-deliverable forwards). The Fund will set aside liquid assets in an amount equal to the daily mark-to-market obligation for forward foreign currency contracts.

 

16                         Invesco International Growth Fund


A forward foreign currency contract is an obligation between two parties (“Counterparties”) to purchase or sell a specific currency for an agreed-upon price at a future date. The use of forward foreign currency contracts does not eliminate fluctuations in the price of the underlying securities the Fund owns or intends to acquire but establishes a rate of exchange in advance. Fluctuations in the value of these contracts are measured by the difference in the contract date and reporting date exchange rates and are recorded as unrealized appreciation (depreciation) until the contracts are closed. When the contracts are closed, realized gains (losses) are recorded. Realized and unrealized gains (losses) on the contracts are included in the Statement of Operations. The primary risks associated with forward foreign currency contracts include failure of the Counterparty to meet the terms of the contract and the value of the foreign currency changing unfavorably. These risks may be in excess of the amounts reflected in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities.

NOTE 2—Advisory Fees and Other Fees Paid to Affiliates

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

 

Average Daily Net Assets   Rate  

First $250 million

    0 .935%   

Next $250 million

    0 .91%   

Next $500 million

    0 .885%   

Next $1.5 billion

    0 .86%   

Next $2.5 billion

    0 .835%   

Next $2.5 billion

    0 .81%   

Next $2.5 billion

    0 .785%   

Over $10 billion

    0 .76%         

For the year ended October 31, 2016, the effective advisory fees incurred by the Fund was 0.83%.

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

The Adviser has contractually agreed, through at least June 30, 2017, to waive advisory fees and/or reimburse expenses of all shares to the extent necessary to limit total annual fund operating expenses after fee waiver and/or expense reimbursement (excluding certain items discussed below) of Class A, Class B, Class C, Class R, Class Y, Class R5 and Class R6 shares to 2.25%, 3.00%, 3.00%, 2.50%, 2.00%, 2.00% and 2.00%, respectively, of average daily net assets (the “expense limits”). In determining the Adviser’s obligation to waive advisory fees and/or reimburse expenses, the following expenses are not taken into account, and could cause the total annual fund operating expenses after fee waiver and/or expense reimbursement to exceed the numbers reflected above: (1) interest; (2) taxes; (3) dividend expense on short sales; (4) extraordinary or non-routine items, including litigation expenses; and (5) expenses that the Fund has incurred but did not actually pay because of an expense offset arrangement. Unless Invesco continues the fee waiver agreement, it will terminate on June 30, 2017. During its term, the fee waiver agreement cannot be terminated or amended to increase the expense limits without approval of the Board of Trustees. The Adviser did not waive fees and/or reimburse expenses during the period under these expense limits.

Further, the Adviser has contractually agreed, through at least June 30, 2018, 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 October 31, 2016, the Adviser waived advisory fees of $868,682.

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 October 31, 2016, expenses incurred under the agreement are shown in the Statement of Operations as Administrative services fees.

The Trust has entered into a transfer agency and service agreement with Invesco Investment Services, Inc. (“IIS”) pursuant to which the Fund has agreed to pay IIS a fee for providing transfer agency and shareholder services to the Fund and reimburse IIS for certain expenses incurred by IIS in the course of providing such services. IIS may make payments to intermediaries that provide omnibus account services, sub-accounting services and/or networking services. All fees payable by IIS to intermediaries that provide omnibus account services or sub-accounting are charged back to the Fund, subject to certain limitations approved by the Trust’s Board of Trustees. For the year ended October 31, 2016, expenses incurred under the agreement are shown in the Statement of Operations as Transfer agent fees.

The Trust has entered into master distribution agreements with Invesco Distributors, Inc. (“IDI”) to serve as the distributor for the Class A, Class B, Class C, Class R, Class Y, Class R5 and Class R6 shares of the Fund. The Trust has adopted plans pursuant to Rule 12b-1 under the 1940 Act with respect to the Fund’s Class A, Class B, Class C and Class R shares (collectively, the “Plans”). The Fund, pursuant to the Plans, pays IDI compensation at the annual rate of 0.25% of the Fund’s average daily net assets of Class A shares, 1.00% of the average daily net assets of Class B and Class C shares and 0.50% of the average daily net assets of Class R shares. Of the Plan payments, up to 0.25% of the average daily net assets of each class of shares may be paid to furnish continuing personal shareholder services to customers who purchase and own shares of such classes. Any amounts not paid as a service fee under the Plans would constitute an asset-based sales charge. Rules of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”) impose a cap on the total sales charges, including asset-based sales charges, that may be paid by any class of shares of the Fund. For the year ended October 31, 2016, expenses incurred under the Plans are shown in the Statement of Operations as Distribution fees.

 

17                         Invesco International Growth Fund


Front-end sales commissions and CDSC (collectively, the “sales charges”) are not recorded as expenses of the Fund. Front-end sales commissions are deducted from proceeds from the sales of Fund shares prior to investment in Class A shares of the Fund. CDSC are deducted from redemption proceeds prior to remittance to the shareholder. During the year ended October 31, 2016, IDI advised the Fund that IDI retained $345,676 in front-end sales commissions from the sale of Class A shares and $35,686, $2,065 and $20,091 from Class A, Class B and Class C shares, respectively, for CDSC imposed on redemptions by shareholders.

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

NOTE 3—Additional Valuation Information

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

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

The following is a summary of the tiered valuation input levels, as of October 31, 2016. 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.

During the year ended October 31, 2016, there were transfers from Level 1 to Level 2 of $271,142,395 and from Level 2 to Level 1 of $1,934,114,214, due to foreign fair value adjustments.

 

     Level 1        Level 2        Level 3        Total  

Australia

  $         $ 329,752,874         $         $ 329,752,874   

Brazil

    151,162,321                               151,162,321   

Canada

    755,836,540                               755,836,540   

China

    230,481,730                               230,481,730   

Denmark

    189,720,485                               189,720,485   

France

    320,631,327                               320,631,327   

Germany

    751,729,663                               751,729,663   

Hong Kong

    329,677,009                               329,677,009   

Israel

    195,902,081                               195,902,081   

Japan

    371,079,864           301,925,412                     673,005,276   

Mexico

    238,446,793                               238,446,793   

Netherlands

              63,843,133                     63,843,133   

Singapore

    207,808,861           68,910,125                     276,718,986   

South Korea

              69,554,705                     69,554,705   

Spain

    117,858,963                               117,858,963   

Sweden

              312,358,822                     312,358,822   

Switzerland

    198,949,976           359,093,360                     558,043,336   

Taiwan

    208,820,553                               208,820,553   

Thailand

              120,047,479                     120,047,479   

Turkey

              84,913,589                     84,913,589   

United Kingdom

    254,895,185           1,371,584,947                     1,626,480,132   

Money Market Funds

    626,413,791                               626,413,791   

Total Investments

  $ 5,149,415,142         $ 3,081,984,446         $         $ 8,231,399,588   

NOTE 4—Expense Offset Arrangement(s)

The expense offset arrangement is comprised of transfer agency credits which result from balances in demand deposit accounts used by the transfer agent for clearing shareholder transactions. For the year ended October 31, 2016, the Fund received credits from this arrangement, which resulted in the reduction of the Fund’s total expenses of $17,590.

 

18                         Invesco International Growth Fund


NOTE 5—Trustees’ and Officers’ Fees and Benefits

Trustees’ and Officers’ Fees and Benefits include amounts accrued by the Fund to pay remuneration to certain Trustees and Officers of the Fund. Trustees have the option to defer compensation payable by the Fund, and Trustees’ and Officers’ Fees and Benefits also include amounts accrued by the Fund to fund such deferred compensation amounts. Those Trustees who defer compensation have the option to select various Invesco Funds in which their deferral accounts shall be deemed to be invested. Finally, certain current Trustees were eligible to participate in a retirement plan that provided for benefits to be paid upon retirement to Trustees over a period of time based on the number of years of service. The Fund may have certain former Trustees who also participate in a retirement plan and receive benefits under such plan. Trustees’ and Officers’ Fees and Benefits include amounts accrued by the Fund to fund such retirement benefits. Obligations under the deferred compensation and retirement plans represent unsecured claims against the general assets of the Fund.

NOTE 6—Cash Balances

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

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

Tax Character of Distributions to Shareholders Paid During the Fiscal Years Ended October 31, 2016 and 2015:

 

     2016        2015  

Ordinary income

  $ 123,401,092         $ 128,102,965   

Long-term capital gain

              279,280,056   

Total distributions

  $ 123,401,092         $ 407,383,021   

Tax Components of Net Assets at Period-End:

 

     2016  

Undistributed ordinary income

  $ 114,562,597   

Net unrealized appreciation — investments

    1,180,576,527   

Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) — other investments

    (441,000

Temporary book/tax differences

    (885,207

Capital loss carryforward

    (100,107,193

Shares of beneficial interest

    7,037,835,898   

Total net assets

  $ 8,231,541,622   

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

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

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

The Fund has a capital loss carryforward as of October 31, 2016, which expires as follows:

 

Capital Loss Carryforward*  
Expiration   Short-Term        Long-Term        Total  

October 31, 2017

  $ 93,607,910         $         $ 93,607,910   

Not subject to expiration

    6,499,283                     6,499,283   
    $ 100,107,193         $         $ 100,107,193   

 

* Capital loss carryforward as of the date listed above is reduced for limitations, if any, to the extent required by the Internal Revenue Code and may be further limited depending upon a variety of factors, including the realization of net unrealized gains or losses as of the date of any reorganization.

 

19                         Invesco International Growth Fund


NOTE 8—Investment Securities

The aggregate amount of investment securities (other than short-term securities, U.S. Treasury obligations and money market funds, if any) purchased and sold by the Fund during the year ended October 31, 2016 was $986,523,290 and $1,482,969,364, respectively. Cost of investments on a tax basis includes the adjustments for financial reporting purposes as of the most recently completed federal income tax reporting period-end.

 

Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) of Investment Securities on a Tax Basis  

Aggregate unrealized appreciation of investment securities

  $ 1,574,501,557   

Aggregate unrealized (depreciation) of investment securities

    (393,925,030

Net unrealized appreciation of investment securities

  $ 1,180,576,527   

Cost of investments for tax purposes is $7,050,823,061.

NOTE 9—Reclassification of Permanent Differences

Primarily as a result of differing book/tax treatment of foreign currency transactions, on October 31, 2016, undistributed net investment income was increased by $379,622 and undistributed net realized gain (loss) was decreased by $379,622. This reclassification had no effect on the net assets of the Fund.

NOTE 10—Share Information

 

     Summary of Share Activity  
    Years ended October 31,  
    2016(a)      2015  
     Shares      Amount      Shares      Amount  

Sold:

          

Class A

    11,128,655       $ 342,695,024         26,697,786       $ 885,874,850   

Class B

    8,817         251,527         33,284         1,019,092   

Class C

    590,445         16,901,541         2,098,788         64,436,962   

Class R

    835,380         25,379,580         1,532,311         49,911,996   

Class Y

    40,240,337         1,248,937,015         40,455,822         1,340,721,479   

Class R5

    12,384,174         390,436,257         17,155,685         569,589,969   

Class R6

    5,996,876         188,838,729         14,445,590         483,268,395   

Issued as reinvestment of dividends:

          

Class A

    1,045,328         31,840,697         3,536,773         111,762,038   

Class B

    3,004         84,293         37,950         1,105,107   

Class C

    35,599         1,000,348         246,494         7,187,756   

Class R

    37,439         1,127,653         150,113         4,691,039   

Class Y

    1,417,463         43,246,793         3,862,468         122,285,726   

Class R5

    776,191         23,984,294         2,407,626         77,164,395   

Class R6

    401,964         12,412,649         579,646         18,571,852   

Automatic conversion of Class B shares to Class A shares:

          

Class A

    179,914         5,553,920         246,099         8,178,590   

Class B

    (195,921      (5,553,920      (267,820      (8,178,590

Reacquired:

          

Class A

    (22,130,610      (685,553,863      (27,150,407      (888,733,438

Class B

    (76,651      (2,182,995      (111,739      (3,381,282

Class C

    (1,732,113      (49,346,354      (1,312,209      (39,497,660

Class R

    (1,275,152      (38,941,903      (994,923      (32,120,638

Class Y

    (39,694,236      (1,241,352,531      (27,405,343      (904,339,129

Class R5

    (19,261,866      (610,866,097      (22,699,710      (758,404,338

Class R6

    (5,729,555      (180,452,890      (2,126,176      (70,676,904

Net increase (decrease) in share activity

    (15,014,518    $ (481,560,233      31,418,108       $ 1,040,437,267   

 

(a)  There are entities that are record owners of more than 5% of the outstanding shares of the Fund and in the aggregate own 41% of the outstanding shares of the Fund. IDI has an agreement with these entities to sell Fund shares. The Fund, Invesco and/or Invesco affiliates may make payments to these entities, which are considered to be related to the Fund, for providing services to the Fund, Invesco and/or Invesco affiliates including but not limited to services such as securities brokerage, distribution, third party record keeping and account servicing. The Fund has no knowledge as to whether all or any portion of the shares owned of record by these entities are also owned beneficially.

 

20                         Invesco International Growth Fund


NOTE 11—Financial Highlights

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

 

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

Class A

  

Year ended 10/31/16

  $ 31.91      $ 0.36      $ (1.06   $ (0.70   $ (0.38   $      $ (0.38   $ 30.83        (2.16 )%    $ 2,332,125        1.31 %(e)      1.32 %(e)      1.15 %(e)      12

Year ended 10/31/15

    34.24        0.37        (1.13     (0.76     (0.46     (1.11     (1.57     31.91        (2.19     2,725,649        1.30        1.31        1.11        20   

Year ended 10/31/14

    33.30        0.45        0.85        1.30        (0.36            (0.36     34.24        3.98        2,810,473        1.32        1.33        1.32        18   

Year ended 10/31/13

    27.96        0.26        5.37        5.63        (0.29            (0.29     33.30        20.31        2,662,962        1.33        1.34        0.87        21   

Year ended 10/31/12

    26.43        0.26        1.59        1.85        (0.32            (0.32     27.96        7.13        2,132,503        1.37        1.38        0.99        21   

Class B

                           

Year ended 10/31/16

    29.22        0.11        (0.95     (0.84     (0.16            (0.16     28.22        (2.89     8,884        2.06 (e)      2.07 (e)      0.40 (e)      12   

Year ended 10/31/15

    31.51        0.11        (1.03     (0.92     (0.26     (1.11     (1.37     29.22        (2.90     16,818        2.05        2.06        0.36        20   

Year ended 10/31/14

    30.69        0.17        0.80        0.97        (0.15            (0.15     31.51        3.18        27,855        2.07        2.08        0.57        18   

Year ended 10/31/13

    25.81        0.03        4.96        4.99        (0.11            (0.11     30.69        19.41        38,858        2.08        2.09        0.12        21   

Year ended 10/31/12

    24.41        0.06        1.47        1.53        (0.13            (0.13     25.81        6.31        44,873        2.12        2.13        0.24        21   

Class C

  

Year ended 10/31/16

    29.25        0.11        (0.95     (0.84     (0.16            (0.16     28.25        (2.88     160,642        2.06 (e)      2.07 (e)      0.40 (e)      12   

Year ended 10/31/15

    31.55        0.11        (1.04     (0.93     (0.26     (1.11     (1.37     29.25        (2.93     198,692        2.05        2.06        0.36        20   

Year ended 10/31/14

    30.72        0.18        0.80        0.98        (0.15            (0.15     31.55        3.21        181,679        2.07        2.08        0.57        18   

Year ended 10/31/13

    25.83        0.03        4.97        5.00        (0.11            (0.11     30.72        19.44        154,313        2.08        2.09        0.12        21   

Year ended 10/31/12

    24.43        0.06        1.47        1.53        (0.13            (0.13     25.83        6.31        133,529        2.12        2.13        0.24        21   

Class R

  

Year ended 10/31/16

    31.49        0.28        (1.05     (0.77     (0.31            (0.31     30.41        (2.44     100,493        1.56 (e)      1.57 (e)      0.90 (e)      12   

Year ended 10/31/15

    33.83        0.28        (1.11     (0.83     (0.40     (1.11     (1.51     31.49        (2.45     116,738        1.55        1.56        0.86        20   

Year ended 10/31/14

    32.91        0.36        0.85        1.21        (0.29            (0.29     33.83        3.73        102,126        1.57        1.58        1.07        18   

Year ended 10/31/13

    27.64        0.19        5.31        5.50        (0.23            (0.23     32.91        20.03        104,712        1.58        1.59        0.62        21   

Year ended 10/31/12

    26.13        0.20        1.57        1.77        (0.26            (0.26     27.64        6.85        88,726        1.62        1.63        0.74        21   

Class Y

  

Year ended 10/31/16

    32.04        0.44        (1.05     (0.61     (0.47            (0.47     30.96        (1.89     3,393,370        1.06 (e)      1.07 (e)      1.40 (e)      12   

Year ended 10/31/15

    34.37        0.45        (1.14     (0.69     (0.53     (1.11     (1.64     32.04        (1.96     3,449,499        1.05        1.06        1.36        20   

Year ended 10/31/14

    33.42        0.54        0.85        1.39        (0.44            (0.44     34.37        4.25        3,118,319        1.07        1.08        1.57        18   

Year ended 10/31/13

    28.05        0.34        5.37        5.71        (0.34            (0.34     33.42        20.59        2,188,960        1.08        1.09        1.12        21   

Year ended 10/31/12

    26.53        0.33        1.59        1.92        (0.40            (0.40     28.05        7.39        1,464,295        1.12        1.13        1.24        21   

Class R5

  

Year ended 10/31/16

    32.47        0.47        (1.08     (0.61     (0.49            (0.49     31.37        (1.85     1,471,592        0.97 (e)      0.98 (e)      1.49 (e)      12   

Year ended 10/31/15

    34.80        0.48        (1.15     (0.67     (0.55     (1.11     (1.66     32.47        (1.86     1,721,004        0.97        0.98        1.44        20   

Year ended 10/31/14

    33.84        0.58        0.86        1.44        (0.48            (0.48     34.80        4.34        1,953,559        0.97        0.98        1.67        18   

Year ended 10/31/13

    28.39        0.38        5.44        5.82        (0.37            (0.37     33.84        20.74        1,899,117        0.97        0.98        1.23        21   

Year ended 10/31/12

    26.86        0.37        1.61        1.98        (0.45            (0.45     28.39        7.52        1,285,743        0.99        1.00        1.37        21   

Class R6

  

Year ended 10/31/16

    32.48        0.50        (1.08     (0.58     (0.52            (0.52     31.38        (1.76     764,437        0.88 (e)      0.89 (e)      1.58 (e)      12   

Year ended 10/31/15

    34.80        0.51        (1.14     (0.63     (0.58     (1.11     (1.69     32.48        (1.77     769,302        0.89        0.90        1.52        20   

Year ended 10/31/14

    33.84        0.60        0.86        1.46        (0.50            (0.50     34.80        4.42        375,449        0.90        0.91        1.74        18   

Year ended 10/31/13

    28.38        0.40        5.45        5.85        (0.39            (0.39     33.84        20.85        299,898        0.90        0.91        1.30        21   

Year ended 10/31/12(f)

    28.83        0.04        (0.49     (0.45                          28.38        (1.56     226,291        0.92 (g)      0.93 (g)      1.44 (g)      21   

 

(a)  Calculated using average shares outstanding.
(b)  Includes redemption fees added to shares of beneficial interest for Class A, Class B, Class C, Class R, Class Y and Class R5 shares, which were less than $0.005 per share for the year ended October 31, 2012.
(c)  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.
(d)  Portfolio turnover is calculated at the fund level and is not annualized for periods less than one year, if applicable.
(e)  Ratios are based on average daily net assets (000’s omitted) of $2,517,947, $12,518, $178,642, $107,646, $3,455,066, $1,585,539 and $762,150 for Class A, Class B, Class C, Class R, Class Y, Class R5 and Class R6 shares, respectively.
(f)  Commencement date of September 24, 2012 for Class R6 shares.
(g)  Annualized.

 

21                         Invesco International Growth Fund


Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

 

To the Board of Trustees

and Shareholders of the Invesco International Growth Fund:

In our opinion, the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities, including the schedule of investments, and the related statements of operations and of changes in net assets and the financial highlights present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Invesco International Growth Fund (the “Fund”) as of October 31, 2016, the results of its operations for the year then ended, the changes in its net assets for each of the two years in the period then ended and the financial highlights for each of the five years in the period then ended, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. These financial statements and financial highlights (hereafter referred to as “financial statements”) are the responsibility of the Fund’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits. We conducted our audits of these financial statements in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, and evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits, which included confirmation of securities as of October 31, 2016 by correspondence with the custodian, provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLP

Houston, Texas

December 21, 2016

 

22                         Invesco International Growth Fund


Calculating your ongoing Fund expenses

Example

As a shareholder of the Fund, you incur two types of costs: (1) transaction costs, which may include sales charges (loads) on purchase payments or contingent deferred sales charges on redemptions, if any; and (2) ongoing costs, including management fees, distribution and/or service (12b-1) fees, and other Fund expenses. This example is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Fund and to compare these costs with ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds. The example is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period May 1, 2016 through October 31, 2016.

Actual expenses

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

Hypothetical example for comparison purposes

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

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

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

 

Class   Beginning
Account Value
(05/01/16)
    ACTUAL    

HYPOTHETICAL

(5% annual return before
expenses)

    Annualized
Expense
Ratio
 
    Ending
Account Value
(10/31/16)1
    Expenses
Paid During
Period2
    Ending
Account Value
(10/31/16)
     Expenses
Paid During
Period2
   
A   $ 1,000.00      $ 975.30      $ 6.45      $ 1,018.60       $ 6.60        1.30
B     1,000.00        971.80        10.16        1,014.83         10.38        2.05   
C     1,000.00        971.80        10.16        1,014.83         10.38        2.05   
R     1,000.00        974.40        7.69        1,017.34         7.86        1.55   
Y     1,000.00        976.70        5.22        1,019.86         5.33        1.05   
R5     1,000.00        977.00        4.77        1,020.31         4.88        0.96   
R6     1,000.00        977.30        4.32        1,020.76         4.42        0.87   

 

1  The actual ending account value is based on the actual total return of the Fund for the period May 1, 2016 through October 31, 2016, after actual expenses and will differ from the hypothetical ending account value which is based on the Fund’s expense ratio and a hypothetical annual return of 5% before expenses.
2  Expenses are equal to the Fund’s annualized expense ratio as indicated above multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 184/366 to reflect the most recent fiscal half year.

 

23                         Invesco International Growth Fund


Approval of Investment Advisory and Sub-Advisory Contracts

 

The Board of Trustees (the Board) of AIM International Mutual Funds (Invesco International Mutual Funds) is required under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, to approve annually the renewal of Invesco International Growth Fund’s (the Fund) investment advisory agreements. During contract renewal meetings held on June 7-8, 2016, the Board as a whole, and the disinterested or “independent” Trustees, who comprise over 75% of the Board, voting separately, approved the continuance for the Fund of the Master Investment Advisory Agreement with Invesco Advisers, Inc. (Invesco Advisers and the investment advisory agreement) and 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. (collectively, the Affiliated Sub-Advisers and the sub-advisory contracts) for another year, effective July 1, 2016.

In evaluating the fairness and reasonableness of compensation under the Fund’s investment advisory agreement and sub-advisory contracts, the Board considered, among other things, the factors discussed below. The Board determined that continuation of the Fund’s investment advisory agreement and the sub-advisory contracts is in the best interest of the Fund and its shareholders and that the compensation payable to Invesco Advisers and the Affiliated Sub-Advisers under the agreements is fair and reasonable.

The Board’s Fund Evaluation Process

The Board’s Investments Committee has established three Sub-Committees, which meet throughout the year to review the performance of funds advised by Invesco Advisers (the Invesco Funds). Over the course of each year, the Sub-Committees meet with portfolio managers for their assigned Invesco Funds and other members of management to review the performance, investment objective(s), policies, strategies, limitations and investment risks of these funds. The Board had the benefit of reports from the Sub-Committees and Investments Committee throughout the year in considering approval of the continuance of each Invesco Fund’s investment advisory agreement and sub-advisory contracts for another year.

During the contract renewal process, the Board receives comparative performance and fee data regarding the Invesco Funds prepared by Invesco Advisers and Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. (Broadridge), an independent provider of investment company data. The Board also receives an independent written evaluation from the Senior Officer, an officer of the Invesco Funds who reports directly to the

independent Trustees. The Senior Officer’s evaluation is prepared as part of his responsibility to manage the process by which the Invesco Funds’ proposed management fees are negotiated during the annual contract renewal process to ensure they are negotiated in a manner that is at arms’ length and reasonable. In addition to meetings with Invesco Advisers and fund counsel, the independent Trustees also discuss the continuance of the investment advisory agreement and sub-advisory contracts in separate sessions with the Senior Officer and with independent legal counsel.

The Trustees recognized that the advisory fee rates for the Invesco Funds are, in many cases, the result of years of review and negotiation. The Trustees’ deliberations and conclusions in a particular year may be based in part on their deliberations and conclusions regarding these arrangements throughout the year and in prior years. 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.

The discussion below is a summary of the Senior Officer’s independent written evaluation with respect to the Fund’s investment advisory agreement as well as a discussion 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. Unless otherwise stated, this information is current as of June 8, 2016, and does not reflect consideration of factors that became known to the Board after that date.

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 advisory services provided to the Fund by Invesco Advisers under the Fund’s investment advisory agreement, the performance of Invesco Advisers in providing these services, and the credentials and experience of the officers and employees of Invesco Advisers who provide these services, including the Fund’s portfolio manager or managers. The Board’s review of the qualifications of Invesco Advisers to provide advisory services included the Board’s consideration of Invesco Advisers’ investment process oversight, independent credit analysis and investment risk management. The Board also considered non-advisory services that Invesco Advisers and its affiliates provide to the Invesco Funds such as various back office support functions, trading operations, internal audit, valuation and legal and compliance.

In determining whether to continue the Fund’s investment advisory agreement, the Board considered the benefits of reapproving an existing relationship and the greater uncertainty that may be associated with entering into a new relationship. The Board concluded that the nature, extent and quality of the services provided to the Fund by Invesco Advisers are appropriate and satisfactory and consistent with the terms of the Fund’s investment advisory agreement.

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 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 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 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 and consistent with the terms of the Fund’s sub-advisory contracts.

B. Fund Performance

The Board considered Fund performance as a relevant factor in considering whether to approve the investment advisory agreement. 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 performance during the past one, three and five calendar years to the performance of funds in the Broadridge performance universe and against the Lipper International Large-Cap Growth Funds Index. The Board noted that performance of Class A shares of the Fund was in the fifth quintile of its performance universe for the one year period and the second quintile for the three and five year periods (the first quintile being the best performing funds and the fifth quintile being the worst performing funds). The Board noted that performance of Class A shares of the Fund was below the performance of the Index for the one year period and above the performance of the Index for the three and five year periods. Invesco Advisers noted that the investment process had led to overweight to securities in certain global areas and underweight in other areas, which affected the

 

 

24                         Invesco International Growth Fund


one year performance. The Trustees also reviewed more recent Fund performance and this review did not change their conclusions.

C. Advisory and Sub-Advisory Fees

The Board compared the Fund’s contractual management fee rate to the contractual management fee rates of funds in the Fund’s Broadridge expense group at a common asset level. The Board noted that the contractual management fee rate for Class A shares of the Fund was below the median contractual management fee rate of funds in its expense group. The Board noted that the term “contractual management fee” for funds in the expense group may include both advisory and certain administrative services fees, but that Broadridge does not provide information on a fund by fund basis as to what is included. The Board noted that Invesco Advisers does not separately charge the Invesco Funds for the administrative services included in the term as defined by Broadridge. The Board also reviewed the methodology used by Broadridge in providing expense group information, which includes using each fund’s contractual management fee schedule (including any applicable breakpoints) as reported in the most recent prospectus or statement of additional information for each fund in the expense group.

The Board also compared the Fund’s effective advisory fee rate (the advisory fee rate after advisory fee waivers and before other expense limitations/waivers) to the effective advisory fee rates of other funds advised by Invesco Advisers and its affiliates with investment strategies comparable to those of the Fund, based on asset balances as of December 31, 2015. The Board noted that the Fund’s rate was above the rate of one such mutual fund. The Board also noted how the Fund’s rate compared to the effective sub-adviser fee rate of other funds sub-advised by Invesco Advisers.

The Board also considered the fees charged by Invesco Advisers and the Affiliated Sub-Advisers to other client accounts with investment strategies comparable to those of the Fund. The Board noted that Invesco Advisers or the Affiliated Sub-Advisers may charge lower fees to large institutional clients. Invesco Advisers reviewed with the Board the significantly greater scope of services it provides to the Invesco Funds relative to certain other types of client accounts. These additional services include provision of administrative services, officers and office space, oversight of service providers, preparation of annual registration statement updates and financial information and regulatory compliance under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.

Invesco Advisers also reviewed generally the higher frequency of shareholder purchases and redemptions in the Invesco Funds relative to the flow of assets for other client accounts. Invesco Advisers advised the Board that advance notice of redemptions is often provided to Invesco Advisers by institutional clients. The Board did note that sub-advisory fee rates charged by the

Affiliated Sub-Advisers to manage the Invesco Funds and to manage other client accounts tended to be more comparable, reflecting a similar scope of services.

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. The Board also noted that the sub-advisory fees are not paid directly by the Fund, but rather, are payable by Invesco Advisers to the Affiliated Sub-Advisers.

D. Economies of Scale and Breakpoints

The Board considered the extent to which there are economies of scale in the provision of advisory services to the Fund. The Board also considered whether the Fund benefits from economies of scale through contractual breakpoints in the Fund’s advisory fee schedule. The Board also noted that the Fund shares directly in economies of scale through lower fees charged by third party service providers based on the combined size of the Invesco Funds and other clients advised by Invesco Advisers.

E. Profitability and Financial Resources

The Board reviewed information from Invesco Advisers concerning the costs of the advisory and other services that Invesco Advisers and its affiliates provide to the Fund and the Invesco Funds and the profitability of Invesco Advisers and its affiliates in providing these services. The Board received information from Invesco Advisers and a report from an independent consultant engaged by the Senior Officer about the methodology used to prepare the profitability information. The Board noted that Invesco Advisers continues to operate at a net profit from services Invesco Advisers and its affiliates provide to the Invesco Funds and the Fund. The Board did not deem the level of profits realized by Invesco Advisers and its affiliates from providing services to the Fund to be excessive given the nature, quality and extent of the services provided. The Board received and accepted information from Invesco Advisers demonstrating that Invesco Advisers and each Affiliated Sub-Adviser 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 received by Invesco Advisers and its affiliates from the relationship with the Fund, including the fees received for providing transfer agency and distribution services to the Fund. The Board considered comparative information regarding fees charged for these services, including information provided by Broadridge and other independent sources. The Board considered the performance of Invesco Advisers and its affiliates in providing these services and the organizational structure employed to provide these services. The Board also considered that these services are 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. The Board noted that soft dollar arrangements shift the payment obligation for research services from Invesco Advisers and the Affiliated Sub-Advisers to the Invesco Funds and that the research received may be used with other clients of Invesco Advisers and may reduce Invesco Advisers’ and the Affiliated Sub-Advisers’ expenses. The Board also considered that it receives periodic reports from the Chief Compliance Officer of the Invesco Funds demonstrating that these arrangements are consistent with regulatory requirements. The Board did not deem the soft dollar arrangements to be inappropriate.

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

The Board also considered the Fund may use an affiliated broker to execute certain trades for the Fund to, among other things, control information leakage, and were advised that such trades would be executed in compliance with rules under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and consistent with best execution obligations.

 

 

25                         Invesco International Growth Fund


Tax Information

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

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

The Fund designates the following amounts or, if subsequently determined to be different, the maximum amount allowable for its fiscal year ended October 31, 2016:

 

Federal and State Income Tax

 

Qualified Dividend Income*

     100.00

Corporate Dividends Received Deduction*

     0.00

U.S. Treasury Obligations*

     0.00

Foreign Tax

   $ 0.0621  per share 

Foreign Source Income

   $ 0.8555  per share 

 

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

 

26                         Invesco International Growth Fund


Trustees and Officers

 

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

 

Name, Year of Birth and
Position(s) Held with the Trust
  Trustee and/
or Officer Since
  Principal Occupation(s)
During Past 5 Years
  Number of
Funds in Fund
Complex
Overseen by
Trustee
  Other Directorship(s)
Held by Trustee During
Past 5 Years
Interested Persons                

Martin L. Flanagan1 — 1960

Trustee

  2007  

Executive Director, Chief Executive Officer and President, Invesco Ltd. (ultimate parent of Invesco and a global investment management firm); Advisor to the Board, Invesco Advisers, Inc. (formerly known as Invesco Institutional (N.A.), Inc.); Trustee, The Invesco Funds; Vice Chair, Investment Company Institute; and Member of Executive Board, SMU Cox School of Business

 

Formerly: 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)

  146   None

Philip A. Taylor2 — 1954

Trustee and Senior Vice President

  2006  

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

 

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

  146   None
1 Mr. Flanagan is considered an interested person (within the meaning of Section 2(a)(19) of the 1940 Act) of the Trust because he is an officer of the Adviser to the Trust, and an officer and a director of Invesco Ltd., ultimate parent of the Adviser.

 

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

 

T-1                         Invesco International Growth Fund


Trustees and Officers—(continued)

 

Name, Year of Birth and
Position(s) Held with the Trust
  Trustee and/
or Officer Since
  Principal Occupation(s)
During Past 5 Years
  Number of
Funds in Fund
Complex
Overseen by
Trustee
  Other Directorship(s)
Held by Trustee During
Past 5 Years
Independent Trustees                

Bruce L. Crockett — 1944

Trustee and Chair

  1992  

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

  146   ALPS (Attorneys Liability Protection Society) (insurance company) and Globe Specialty Metals, Inc. (metallurgical company); Member of the Audit Committee, Ferroglobe PLC and Investment Company Institute; Member of the Executive Committee and Chair of the Governance Committee, Independent Directors Council

David C. Arch — 1945

Trustee

  2010   Chairman of Blistex Inc., a consumer health care products manufacturer   146   Board member of the Illinois Manufacturers’ Association; Member of the Board of Visitors, Institute for the Humanities, University of Michigan

James T. Bunch — 1942

Trustee

  2003  

Managing Member, Grumman Hill Group LLC (family office/private equity investments)

 

Formerly: Chairman of the Board, Denver Film Society, Chairman of the Board of Trustees, Evans Scholarship Foundation; Chairman, Board of Governors, Western Golf Association

  146   Trustee, Evans Scholarship Foundation

Albert R. Dowden — 1941

Trustee

  2000  

Director of a number of public and private business corporations, including Nature’s Sunshine Products, Inc.

 

Formerly: Director, The Boss Group, Ltd. and Reich & Tang Funds (5 portfolios) (registered investment company); Director, Homeowners of America Holding Corporation/Homeowners of America Insurance Company (property casualty company); Director, Continental Energy Services, LLC (oil and gas pipeline service); Director, CompuDyne Corporation (provider of product and services to the public security market) and Director, Annuity and Life Re (Holdings), Ltd. (reinsurance company); Director, President and Chief Executive Officer, Volvo Group North America, Inc.; Senior Vice President, AB Volvo; Director of various public and private corporations; Chairman, DHJ Media, Inc.; Director, Magellan Insurance Company; and Director, The Hertz Corporation, Genmar Corporation (boat manufacturer), National Media Corporation; Advisory Board of Rotary Power International (designer, manufacturer, and seller of rotary power engines); and Chairman, Cortland Trust, Inc. (registered investment company)

  146   Director of Nature’s Sunshine Products, Inc.

Jack M. Fields — 1952

Trustee

  1997  

Chief Executive Officer, Twenty First Century Group, Inc. (government affairs company); and 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); 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

  146   None

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 and Director, Arvest Bank

  146   Director of Insperity, Inc. (formerly known as Administaff)

Prema Mathai-Davis — 1950

Trustee

  1998  

Retired.

 

Formerly: Chief Executive Officer, YWCA of the U.S.A.

  146   None

Larry Soll — 1942

Trustee

  2003  

Retired.

 

Formerly: Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President, Synergen Corp. (a biotechnology company)

  146   None

Raymond Stickel, Jr. — 1944

Trustee

  2005  

Retired.

 

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

  146   None

Robert C. Troccoli — 1949

Trustee

  2016  

Adjunct Professor, University of Denver — Daniels College of Business

 

Formerly: Senior Partner, KPMG LLP

  146   None

 

T-2                         Invesco International Growth Fund


Trustees and Officers—(continued)

 

Name, Year of Birth and
Position(s) Held with the Trust
 

Trustee and/

or Officer Since

  Principal Occupation(s)
During Past 5 Years
  Number of
Funds in Fund
Complex
Overseen by
Trustee
  Other Directorship(s)
Held by Trustee During
Past 5 Years
Independent Trustees—(continued)

Suzanne H. Woolsey — 1941

Trustee

  2014  

Retired.

 

Formerly: Chief Executive Officer of Woolsey Partners LLC

  146   Director, SunShare LLC; Trustee, Ocean Conservancy; Emeritus Chair of the Board of Trustees of the Institute for Defense Analyses and of Colorado College; Trustee, Chair, Business and Finance Committee of California Institute of Technology; Prior to 2014, Director of Fluor Corp.; Prior to 2010, Trustee of the German Marshall Fund of the United States; Prior to 2010, Trustee of the Rocky Mountain Institute
Other Officers                

Sheri Morris — 1964

President, Principal Executive Officer and Treasurer

  1999  

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

 

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

  N/A   N/A

Russell C. Burk — 1958

Senior Vice President and Senior Officer

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

John M. Zerr — 1962

Senior Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Secretary

  2006  

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

 

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

  N/A   N/A

 

T-3                         Invesco International Growth Fund


Trustees and Officers—(continued)

 

 

Name, Year of Birth and
Position(s) Held with the Trust
  Trustee and/
or Officer Since
  Principal Occupation(s)
During Past 5 Years
  Number of
Funds in Fund
Complex
Overseen by
Trustee
  Other Directorship(s)
Held by Trustee During
Past 5 Years
Other Officers—(continued)                

Karen Dunn Kelley — 1960

Senior Vice President

  2004  

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

 

Formerly: Vice President, The Invesco Funds (other than AIM Treasurer’s Series Trust (Invesco Treasurer’s Series Trust), Short-Term Investments Trust and Invesco Management Trust); and President and Principal Executive Officer, 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 Asset Management (Bermuda) Ltd., Director, INVESCO Global Asset Management DAC (formerly known as INVESCO Global Asset Management Limited) and INVESCO Management S.A.; Senior Vice President, Van Kampen Investments Inc. and Invesco Advisers, Inc. (formerly known as Invesco Institutional (N.A.), Inc.) (registered investment adviser); Director and President, Fund Management Company; Chief Cash Management Officer, Director of Cash Management, Senior Vice President, and Managing Director, Invesco AIM Capital Management, Inc.; Director of Cash Management, Senior Vice President, and Vice President, Invesco Advisers, Inc. and Vice President, The Invesco Funds (AIM Treasurer’s Series Trust (Invesco Treasurer’s Series Trust), and Short-Term Investments Trust only)

  N/A   N/A

Kelli Gallegos — 1970

Vice President, Principal Financial Officer and Assistant Treasurer

  2008  

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

 

Formerly: Assistant Vice President, The Invesco Funds

  N/A   N/A

Tracy Sullivan — 1962

Vice President, Chief Tax Officer and Assistant Treasurer

  2008  

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

 

Formerly: Assistant Vice President, The Invesco Funds

  N/A   N/A

Crissie M. Wisdom — 1969

Anti-Money Laundering Compliance Officer

  2013  

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

 

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

  N/A   N/A

Robert R. Leveille — 1969

Chief Compliance Officer

  2016  

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

 

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

  N/A   N/A

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

 

Office of the Fund

11 Greenway Plaza, Suite 1000
Houston, TX 77046-1173

 

Investment Adviser

Invesco Advisers, Inc.
1555 Peachtree Street, N.E.
Atlanta, GA 30309

 

Distributor

Invesco Distributors, Inc.
11 Greenway Plaza, Suite 1000
Houston, TX 77046-1173

 

Auditors

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
1000 Louisiana Street, Suite 5800

Houston, TX 77002-5678

     

Counsel to the Fund

Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young, LLP
2005 Market Street, Suite 2600
Philadelphia, PA 19103-7018

 

Counsel to the Independent Trustees

Goodwin Procter LLP
901 New York Avenue, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20001

 

Transfer Agent

Invesco Investment Services, Inc.
11 Greenway Plaza, Suite 1000
Houston, TX 77046-1173

 

Custodian

State Street Bank and Trust Company
225 Franklin Street
Boston, MA 02110-2801

 

T-4                         Invesco International Growth Fund


 

 

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Invesco mailing information

Send general correspondence to Invesco Investment Services, Inc., P.O. Box 219078, Kansas City, MO 64121-9078.

 

 

Important notice regarding delivery of security holder documents

To reduce Fund expenses, only one copy of most shareholder documents may be mailed to shareholders with multiple accounts at the same address (Householding). Mailing of your shareholder documents may be householded indefinitely unless you instruct us otherwise. If you do not want the mailing of these documents to be combined with those for other members of your household, please contact Invesco Investment Services, Inc. at 800 959 4246 or contact your financial institution. We will begin sending you individual copies for each account within 30 days after receiving your request.

 

 

Fund holdings and proxy voting information

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

The SEC file numbers for the Fund are shown below.

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

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

Invesco Advisers, Inc. is an investment adviser; it provides investment advisory services to individual and institutional clients and does not sell securities. Invesco Distributors, Inc. is the US distributor for Invesco Ltd.’s retail mutual funds, exchange-traded funds and institutional money market funds. Both are wholly owned, indirect subsidiaries of Invesco Ltd.

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Annual Report to Shareholders

 

  October 31, 2016
 

 

 

Invesco Select Opportunities Fund

 

  Nasdaq:
  A: IZSAX    C: IZSCX    R: IZSRX    Y: IZSYX    R5: IZSIX    R6: IZFSX

 

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Letters to Shareholders

 

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Philip Taylor

    

Dear Shareholders:

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

    In December 2015, the US Federal Reserve raised short-term interest rates for the first time since 2006, signaling its belief that the economy was likely to continue strengthening. Indeed, throughout the reporting period, US economic data were generally positive and the economy expanded at a moderate rate – but there were some bumps along the road. Job growth in May 2016 was very weak, but it was followed by strong increases in nonfarm payrolls in June and July. Increased concerns about global economic weakness caused US stock market indexes to sink at the start of calendar year 2016, but they eventually recovered; they sank again following the UK’s decision to leave the

European Union, but then quickly recovered and reached record highs later in the summer. Strong demand for income-producing investments, particularly those perceived to be lower risk, benefited bonds as well as dividend-paying stocks for much of the reporting period. While economic news in the US was generally positive, news overseas was less upbeat. The European Central Bank, and central banks in China and Japan – as well as other countries – maintained extraordinarily accommodative monetary policies in response to economic weakness. As the fiscal year drew to a close, uncertainty about the outcome of the US presidential election resulted in increased market volatility; the surprise outcome after the close of the reporting period suggested that market volatility may continue for some time to come.

Short-term market volatility can prompt some investors to abandon their investment plans – and can cause others to settle for average results. The investment professionals at Invesco, in contrast, invest with high conviction, take a long-term perspective and have a passion to exceed. Invesco’s pure focus on investment management eliminates possible distractions and means that there are no competing lines of business for us to support. Just as important, we embrace a variety of investment strategies, asset classes and geographies – because we know that no single investment approach meets the diverse needs of all of our clients. We manage all our investment approaches with a passion to exceed. All our investment teams have a highly disciplined, long-term investing style that eliminates short-term decision-making. Of course, investing with high conviction can’t guarantee a profit or ensure success; no investment strategy can. To learn more about how we invest with high conviction, visit invesco.com/HighConviction.

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

Visit our website for more information on your investments

Our website, invesco.com/us, offers a wide range of market insights and investment perspectives. On the website, you’ll find detailed information about our funds, including performance, holdings and portfolio manager commentaries. You can access information about your account by completing a simple, secure online registration. Click on the “Need to register” link in the “Account Access” box on our homepage to get started.

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

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

Have questions?

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

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

Sincerely,

 

LOGO

Philip Taylor

Senior Managing Director, Invesco Ltd.

 

2                         Invesco Select Opportunities Fund


 

 

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Bruce Crockett

    

Dear Fellow Shareholders:

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

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

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

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

Assessing each portfolio management team’s investment performance within the context of the investment strategy described in the fund’s prospectus.

Monitoring for potential conflicts of interests that may impact the nature of the services that your funds receive.

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

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

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

Sincerely,

 

LOGO

Bruce L. Crockett

Independent Chair

Invesco Funds Board of Trustees

 

3                         Invesco Select Opportunities Fund


 

Management’s Discussion of Fund Performance

 

 

Performance summary

For the fiscal year ended October 31, 2016, Class A shares of Invesco Select

Opportunities Fund (the Fund), at net asset value (NAV), underperformed the MSCI World Small Cap Index, the Fund’s style-specific benchmark.

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

 

 

Fund vs. Indexes

Total returns, 10/31/15 to 10/31/16, at net asset value (NAV). Performance shown does not include applicable contingent deferred sales charges (CDSC) or front-end sales charges, which would have reduced performance.

 

Class A Shares

     3.12

Class C Shares

     2.30   

Class R Shares

     2.90   

Class Y Shares

     3.41   

Class R5 Shares

     3.49   

Class R6 Shares

     3.41   

MSCI World Indexq (Broad Market Index)

     1.18   

MSCI World Small Cap Indexq (Style-Specific Index)

     4.15   

Lipper Global Small/Mid-Cap Funds Classification Average (Peer Group)

     5.07   

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

 

 

Market conditions and your Fund

The global economy continued to expand, albeit slowly, for the fiscal year ended October 31, 2016. However, that growth became increasingly uneven across developed and emerging economies, amid continued volatility in oil prices and as the policies of central banks globally began to diverge.

    An equity-market rally in November 2015 was offset by negative performance in December, as a late-year crash in oil prices rattled the markets. Also in December, the US Federal Reserve (the Fed) followed through on its commitment to normalize monetary policy by raising interest rates – its first increase since 2006 – even as the European Central Bank extended its asset purchase program and Japan introduced additional quantitative easing and negative interest rates.

    Stocks began calendar year 2016 on a negative note, driven by investor concerns about economic weakness in China and falling oil prices. Markets recovered in late February and posted gains amid concerted central bank commitments to very loose monetary policy. As a result, the US dollar fell sharply against the euro and Japanese yen, a development that was largely supportive of oil and stock prices.

    All major global stock indexes experienced steep declines again in June after UK voters opted to leave the European Union – resulting in a sharp stock-market sell-off. Stocks in economically sensitive sectors, including energy and financials, were hardest hit, and investors flocked to the perceived safety of US Treasuries and more defensive, dividend-paying equities often found in the telecommunication services, utilities and consumer staples sectors.

 

    After the initial shock of the UK vote, stocks made a strong recovery, regaining most of their losses as fears of a shock to consumer confidence never materialized. For the remainder of the reporting period, emerging markets outperformed as the Fed left interest rates unchanged and expectations for an interest rate increase were delayed again.

    Before we discuss the Fund’s results during the fiscal year, it is helpful to briefly explain how we manage the Fund for shareholders. We view ourselves as business people buying businesses, and we consider the purchase of a stock as an ownership interest in a business. We strive to develop a proprietary view of a business through in-depth, fundamental research that includes careful financial statement analysis and meetings with company management. We then seek to purchase businesses whose stock prices are below what we have calculated to be the true value of the company based on its future free cash flows.

    Our investment approach focuses on individual businesses rather than market sectors. Therefore, your Fund has little in common with sector and regional weightings of various market indexes. However, if we were to broadly categorize businesses with which we had the most success during the reporting period, our investments in select information technology (IT) and energy stocks were the largest contributors to Fund performance. Select holdings in the energy and financials sectors were the largest detractors. Our avoidance of the utilities and consumer staples sectors also hurt the Fund’s relative performance as these were some of the best-performing sectors in the MSCI World Small Cap Index for the fiscal year. From a regional per-

 

Portfolio Composition

  

By sector

 

     % of total net assets   

Information Technology

     30.0
Industrials      19.4   
Consumer Discretionary      10.9   
Energy      9.5   
Financials      7.6   
Materials      4.7   
Health Care      1.0   
Money Market Funds Plus Other Assets Less Liabilities      16.9   
  Top 10 Equity Holdings*   
       

 

% of total net assets

 

  

 

  1.       Spirit Airlines Inc.      5.3
  2.       Microsemi Corp.      5.3   
  3.       SBM Offshore N.V.      5.0   
  4.       GasLog Ltd.      4.5   
  5.       Encore Capital Group, Inc.      4.2   
  6.       CommScope Holding Co., Inc.      4.1   
  7.       Vicat S.A.      4.1   
  8.       Kendrion N.V.      4.0   
  9.       Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corp.      3.8   
  10.       Arcos Dorados Holdings, Inc.-Class A      3.7   

Total Net Assets

     $45.8 million   
Total Number of Holdings*      28   

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

*Excluding money market fund holdings.

Data presented here are as of October 31, 2016.

 

 

4                         Invesco Select Opportunities Fund


spective, the Fund was more successful in Latin American and North American investments and least successful in European investments.

    IT sector holding TiVo (formerly Rovi) was the largest contributor to the Fund’s absolute performance for the fiscal year. TiVo is focused on revolutionizing the digital entertainment landscape by delivering solutions that enable consumers to intuitively connect to new entertainment from many sources and locations. TiVo holds over 5,000 issued or pending patents and patent applications worldwide. An example of the company’s technology is the TV Guide, a segment where TiVo has a 100% market share and 40% margins. Over the long term, we believe the growth opportunity of TiVo stems from sales increases from higher-margin, internally-developed guides and the sale of ancillary services. The company’s share price rose over the reporting period as TiVo signed a major customer which means that currently nine of the top 10 US TV service providers are licensing its guide patents. As litigation continues with the remaining TV service provider, we believe the probability of a licensing contract is high.

    Energy sector holding GasLog was also a large contributor to the Fund’s absolute performance during the fiscal year. GasLog is a merchant marine shipper of liquefied natural gas (LNG). The majority of the company’s ships have firm contracts with strategic, financially strong customers. The contracts provide a steady cash flow with five-, seven- or 10-year terms. The company plays an important part in LNG transportation between low-cost producing countries to high-demand countries. The ships are modern and powered by tri-fuel diesel engines that enjoy a 30% cost savings compared to the existing fleet. The company’s management team is both strategic and patient, and has a large personal ownership in the company. The company’s stock price rose as there was a recovery in the day rate for LNG carriers. Longer term, we believe natural gas is set to gain market share versus other fossil fuels due to its relative cleanliness, lower cost and extremely long reserve life.

    The Fund’s only financials sector holding, Encore Capital Group, was among the largest detractors from absolute Fund performance for the fiscal year. Encore Capital Group is a leading global provider of debt recovery. The company purchases

portfolios of defaulted credit at pennies on the dollar. It seeks repayment that amounts to multiple that of its acquisition costs. The competitive advantage of the business is that it is one of the largest debt recovery companies in the US. Therefore, the company has scale and is able to meet the regulatory needs of its clients, and has the infrastructure built to be successful in this space. Given its success in the US, the company has begun to expand internationally, which should benefit the company in the long term. Shares of the company declined during the fiscal year due to industry uncertainty and a changing regulatory environment.

    Energy sector holding Ultra Petroleum was also a large detractor from the Fund’s absolute performance. Ultra Petroleum is a low-cost natural gas producer in the US. The company’s share price declined during the reporting period due to increased balance sheet risk that resulted from low commodity prices that occurred throughout 2015 and in early 2016. Ultra Petroleum filed for bankruptcy protection in May 2016 and we subsequently sold our position in the company.

    During the fiscal year, we made some new investments and added to some of our existing holdings. We also sold several holdings based on valuations and other factors. The Fund’s cash position is a result of holdings being acquired over the past few years and a lack of opportunities as markets continued to rise. We believe the cash may act as a shock absorber in the next market correction, while providing us with the ability to invest in attractive opportunities as they present themselves.

    We continued to focus on finding quality businesses trading at attractive values relative to what we believe are their long-term prospects. In contrast, the market is often driven by short-term events or outlooks in both good times and bad. Market volatility during the reporting period allowed us to take advantage of investment opportunities we believe may benefit the Fund in the long term.

    While we can never predict future Fund performance, we pledge to you that we will adhere to our discipline of being business people who buy businesses – and we will continually strive to upgrade the quality of your Fund’s portfolio.

    Thank you for your investment in Invesco Select Opportunities Fund and for sharing our long-term investment perspective.

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

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

LOGO   

Virginia Au

Chartered Financial Analyst, Portfolio Manager, is lead manager of Invesco Select Opportunities Fund. She joined

Invesco in 2006. Ms. Au earned a Bachelor of Commerce degree in finance from The University of British Columbia.
LOGO   

Rob Mikalachki

Chartered Financial Analyst, Portfolio Manager, is manager of Invesco Select Opportunities Fund. He joined Invesco

in 1999. Mr. Mikalachki earned a business degree from Wilfrid Laurier University.
LOGO   

Jason Whiting

Chartered Financial Analyst, Portfolio Manager, is manager of Invesco Select Opportunities Fund. He joined Invesco

in 2003. Mr. Whiting earned a BBA from Wilfrid Laurier University.
 

 

5                         Invesco Select Opportunities Fund


 

Your Fund’s Long-Term Performance

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

Fund and index data from 8/3/12

 

LOGO

 

1  Source: FactSet Research Systems Inc.
2  Source: Lipper Inc.

 

Past performance cannot guarantee comparable future results.

    The data shown in the chart include reinvested distributions, applicable sales charges Fund expenses including management

fees. Index results include reinvested dividends, but they do not reflect sales charges. Performance of the peer group, if applicable, reflects fund expenses and management fees; performance of a market

index does not. Performance shown in the chart and table(s) does not reflect deduction of taxes a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or sale of Fund shares.

 

 

 

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tiple asset classes may decline in value. When markets perform well, there can be no assurance that specific investments held by the Fund will rise in value.

  Preferred securities risk. Preferred securities are subject to issuer-specific and market risks applicable generally to equity securities. Preferred securities also may be subordinated to bonds or other debt instruments, subjecting them to a greater risk of non-payment, may be less liquid than many other securities, such as common stocks, and generally offer no voting rights with respect to the issuer.
  Small- and mid-capitalization companies risks. Small- and mid-capitalization companies tend to be more vulnerable to changing market conditions, may have little or no operating history or track record of success, and may have more limited product lines and markets, less experienced management and fewer financial resources than larger companies. These companies’ securities may be more volatile and less liquid than those of more established
   

companies, and their returns may vary, sometimes significantly, from the overall securities market.

  US government obligations risk. Obligations of US government agencies and authorities receive varying levels of support and may not be backed by the full faith and credit of the US government, which could affect the Fund’s ability to recover should they default. No assurance can be given that the US government will provide financial support to its agencies and authorities if it is not obligated by law to do so.
  Value investing style risk. A value investing style subjects the Fund to the risk that the valuations never improve or that the returns on value equity securities are less than returns on other styles of investing or the overall stock market.
  Warrants risk. Warrants may be significantly less valuable or worthless on their expiration date and may also be postponed or terminated early, resulting in a partial or total loss. Warrants may also be illiquid.

 

About indexes used in this report

  The MSCI World IndexSM is an unmanaged index considered representative of stocks of developed countries. The index is computed using the net return, which withholds applicable taxes for non-resident investors.
  The MSCI World Small Cap Index is an unmanaged index considered representative of small-cap stocks of global developed markets. The index is computed using the net return, which withholds applicable taxes for non-resident investors.
  The Lipper Global Small/Mid-Cap Funds Classification Average represents an average of all funds in the Lipper Global Small/Mid-Cap Funds classification.
  The Fund is not managed to track the performance of any particular index, including the index(es) described here, and consequently, the performance of the Fund may deviate significantly from the performance of the index(es).

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6                         Invesco Select Opportunities Fund


Average Annual Total Returns   
As of 10/31/16, including maximum applicable sales charges    

Class A Shares

        

Inception (8/3/12)

     6.89

  1 Year

     -2.52   

Class C Shares

        

Inception (8/3/12)

     7.53

  1 Year

     1.30   

Class R Shares

        

Inception (8/3/12)

     8.07

  1 Year

     2.90   

Class Y Shares

        

Inception (8/3/12)

     8.60

  1 Year

     3.41   

Class R5 Shares

        

Inception (8/3/12)

     8.62

  1 Year

     3.49   

Class R6 Shares

        

Inception

     8.60

  1 Year

     3.41   

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

    The performance data quoted represent past performance and cannot guarantee comparable future results; current performance may be lower or higher. Please visit invesco.com/performance for the most recent month-end performance. Performance figures reflect reinvested distributions, changes in net asset value and the effect of the maximum

Average Annual Total Returns   
As of 9/30/16, the most recent calendar quarter end, including maximum applicable sales charges     

Class A Shares

        

Inception (8/3/12)

     7.47

  1 Year

     3.74   

Class C Shares

        

Inception (8/3/12)

     8.16

  1 Year

     7.97   

Class R Shares

        

Inception (8/3/12)

     8.68

  1 Year

     9.51   

Class Y Shares

        

Inception (8/3/12)

     9.21

  1 Year

     10.03   

Class R5 Shares

        

Inception (8/3/12)

     9.23

  1 Year

     10.11   

Class R6 Shares

        

Inception

     9.21

  1 Year

     10.03   

sales charge unless otherwise stated. Investment return and principal value will fluctuate so that you may have a gain or loss when you sell shares.

    The net annual Fund operating expense ratio set forth in the most recent Fund prospectus as of the date of this report for Class A, Class C, Class R, Class Y, Class R5 and Class R6 shares was 1.52%, 2.27%, 1.77%, 1.27%, 1.27%, and 1.27%, respectively.1,2 The total annual Fund operating expense ratio set forth in the most recent Fund prospectus as of the date of this report for Class A, Class C, Class R, Class Y,

Class R5 and Class R6 shares was 1.75%, 2.50%, 2.00%, 1.50%, 1.36% and 1.36%, respectively. The expense ratios presented above may vary from the expense ratios presented in other sections of this report that are based on expenses incurred during the period covered by this report.

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

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

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

 

1 Total annual Fund operating expenses after any contractual fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements by the adviser in effect through at least June 30, 2018. See current prospectus for more information.
2 Total annual Fund operating expenses after any contractual fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements by the adviser in effect through at least February 28, 2017. See current prospectus for more information.
 

 

 

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  A direct investment cannot be made in an index. Unless otherwise indicated, index results include reinvested dividends, and they do not reflect sales charges. Performance of the peer group, if applicable, reflects fund expenses; performance of a market index does not.

 

 

Other information

  The returns shown in management’s discussion of Fund performance are based on net asset values (NAVs) calculated for shareholder transactions. Generally accepted accounting principles require
   

adjustments to be made to the net assets of the Fund at period end for financial reporting purposes, and as such, the NAVs for shareholder transactions and the returns based on those NAVs may differ from the NAVs and returns reported in the Financial Highlights.

  Industry classifications used in this report are generally according to the Global Industry Classification Standard, which was developed by and is the exclusive property and a service mark of MSCI Inc. and Standard & Poor’s.
 

 

7                         Invesco Select Opportunities Fund


 

Invesco Select Opportunities Fund’s investment objective is long-term growth of capital.

  Unless otherwise stated, information presented in this report is as of October 31, 2016, and is based on total net assets.
  Unless otherwise noted, all data provided by Invesco.
  To access your Fund’s reports/prospectus, visit invesco.com/fundreports.

 

 

About share classes

  Class R shares are generally available only to employer sponsored retirement and benefit plans. Please see the prospectus for more information.
  Class Y shares are available only to certain investors. Please see the prospectus for more information.
  Class R5 shares and Class R6 shares are primarily intended for employer sponsored retirement and benefit plans that meet certain standards and for institutional investors. Please see the prospectus for more information.

 

 

Principal risks of investing

in the Fund

  Cash/cash equivalents risk. In rising markets, holding cash or cash equivalents will negatively affect the Fund’s performance relative to its benchmark.
  Convertible securities risk. The market values of convertible securities are affected by market interest rates, the risk of actual issuer default on interest or principal payments and the value of the underlying common stock into which the convertible security may be converted. Additionally, a convertible security is subject to the same types of market and issuer risks as apply to the underlying common stock. In addition, certain convertible securities are subject to involuntary conversions and may undergo principal write-downs upon the occurrence of certain triggering events, and, as a result, are subject to an increased risk of loss.
  Debt securities risk. The prices of debt securities held by the Fund will be affected by changes in interest rates, the creditworthiness of the issuer and other factors. An increase in prevailing interest rates typically causes the value of existing debt securities to fall and often has a greater impact on longer-duration debt securities and higher quality debt securities. Falling interest rates will cause the Fund to reinvest the proceeds of debt securities that have been repaid by the issuer at lower interest rates.
   

Falling interest rates may also reduce the Fund’s distributable income because interest payments on floating rate debt instruments held by the Fund will decline. The Fund could lose money on investments in debt securities if the issuer or borrower fails to meet its obligations to make interest payments and/or to repay principal in a timely manner. Changes in an issuer’s financial strength, the market’s perception of such strength or in the credit rating of the issuer or the security may affect the value of debt securities. The Adviser’s credit analysis may fail to anticipate such changes, which could result in buying a debt security at an inopportune time or failing to sell a debt security in advance of a price decline or other credit event.

  Depositary receipts risk. Investing in depositary receipts involves the same risks as direct investments in foreign securities. In addition, the underlying issuers of certain depositary receipts are under no obligation to distribute shareholder communications or pass through any voting rights with respect to the deposited securities to the holders of such receipts. The Fund may therefore receive less timely information or have less control than if it invested directly in the foreign issuer.
  Emerging markets securities risk. Emerging markets (also referred to as developing markets) are generally subject to greater market volatility, political, social and economic instability, uncertain trading markets and more governmental limitations on foreign investment than more developed markets. In addition, emerging markets may be subject to lower trading volume and greater price fluctuations than companies in more developed markets. Securities law and the enforcement of systems of taxation in many emerging market countries may change quickly and unpredictably. In addition, investments in emerging markets securities may also be subject to additional transaction costs, delays in settlement procedures, and lack of timely information.
 
  Foreign securities risk. The Fund’s foreign investments may be adversely affected by political and social instability, changes in economic or taxation policies, difficulty in enforcing obligations, decreased liquidity or increased volatility. Foreign investments also involve the risk of the possible seizure, nationalization or expropriation of the issuer or foreign deposits (in which the Fund could lose its entire investments in a certain market) and the possible adoption of foreign governmental restrictions such as exchange controls. Unless the Fund has hedged its foreign securities risk, foreign securities risk also involves the risk of negative foreign currency rate fluctuations, which may cause the value of securities denominated in such foreign currency (or other instruments through which the Fund has exposure to foreign currencies) to decline in value. Currency exchange rates may fluctuate significantly over short periods of time. Currency hedging strategies, if used, are not always successful.
  Limited number of holdings risk. Because the Fund may hold a more limited number of securities than other funds with a similar investment strategy, a change in the value of these securities could significantly affect the value of your investment in the Fund.
  Management risk. The Fund is actively managed and depends heavily on the Adviser’s judgment about markets, interest rates or the attractiveness, relative values, liquidity, or potential appreciation of particular investments made for the Fund’s portfolio. The Fund could experience losses if these judgments prove to be incorrect. Additionally, legislative, regulatory, or tax developments may adversely affect management of the Fund and, therefore, the ability of the Fund to achieve its investment objective.
  Market risk. The market values of the Fund’s investments, and therefore the value of the Fund’s shares, will go up and down, sometimes rapidly or unpredictably. Market risk may affect a single issuer, industry or section of the economy, or it may affect the market as a whole. Individual stock prices tend to go up and down more dramatically than those of certain other types of investments, such as bonds. During a general downturn in the financial markets, mul-
 

 

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

 

 

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NOT FDIC INSURED  |  MAY LOSE VALUE  |  NO BANK GUARANTEE

 

 

8                         Invesco Select Opportunities Fund


Schedule of Investments

October 31, 2016

 

     Shares      Value  

Common Stocks–83.11%

  

Brazil–7.15%   

Arcos Dorados Holdings, Inc.–Class A(a)

    278,175       $ 1,710,776   

CETIP S.A.–Mercados Organizados

    111,416         1,566,545   
               3,277,321   
China–3.32%   

Hollysys Automation Technologies Ltd.

    76,415         1,521,423   
France–6.78%   

Ipsos

    37,559         1,226,604   

Vicat S.A.

    29,863         1,877,432   
               3,104,036   
Hong Kong–0.75%   

Clear Media Ltd.

    350,000         342,082   
Ireland–0.97%   

UDG Healthcare PLC

    55,665         444,438   
Monaco–4.49%   

GasLog Ltd.

    133,884         2,055,119   
Netherlands–10.68%   

Aalberts Industries N.V.

    24,832         783,680   

Kendrion N.V.

    63,535         1,833,610   

SBM Offshore N.V.

    158,376         2,274,922   
               4,892,212   
United Kingdom–3.23%   

DCC PLC

    5,015         408,262   

Howden Joinery Group PLC

    234,448         1,073,790   
               1,482,052   
United States–45.74%   

Alliance Data Systems Corp.(a)

    8,095         1,655,185   

Axalta Coating Systems Ltd.(a)

    10,419         261,725   
     Shares      Value  
United States–(continued)   

Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corp.

    57,390       $ 1,748,673   

Brunswick Corp.

    27,542         1,198,077   

CommScope Holding Co., Inc.(a)

    61,729         1,885,821   

Cubic Corp.

    31,736         1,355,127   

Encore Capital Group, Inc.(a)

    96,141         1,908,399   

Global Payments Inc.

    21,057         1,527,054   

ION Geophysical Corp.(a)

    5,474         32,298   

Liberty Broadband Corp.–Class A(a)

    8,276         537,526   

Microsemi Corp.(a)

    57,193         2,409,541   

Mitel Networks Corp.(a)

    238,409         1,589,097   

Performant Financial Corp.(a)

    336,466         1,006,033   

Spirit Airlines Inc.(a)

    50,337         2,412,652   

TiVo Corp.(a)

    71,703         1,423,305   
               20,950,513   

Total Common Stocks
(Cost $36,078,747)

             38,069,196   

Money Market Funds–14.41%

    

Government & Agency Portfolio–Institutional Class, 0.29%(b)

    3,960,912         3,960,912   

Treasury Portfolio–Institutional
Class, 0.22%(b)

    2,640,608         2,640,608   

Total Money Market Funds
(Cost $6,601,520)

             6,601,520   

TOTAL INVESTMENTS–97.52%
(Cost $42,680,267)

   

     44,670,716   

OTHER ASSETS LESS LIABILITIES–2.48%

  

     1,134,130   

NET ASSETS–100.00%

  

   $ 45,804,846   
 

Notes to Schedule of Investments:

 

(a)  Non-income producing security.
(b)  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 October 31, 2016.

 

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

 

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Statement of Assets and Liabilities

October 31, 2016

 

Assets:

  

Investments, at value (Cost $36,078,747)

  $ 38,069,196   

Investments in affiliated money market funds, at value and cost

    6,601,520   

Total investments, at value (Cost $42,680,267)

    44,670,716   

Foreign currencies, at value (Cost $930,043)

    908,672   

Receivable for:

 

Fund shares sold

    536,011   

Dividends

    28,924   

Fund expenses absorbed

    4,885   

Investment for trustee deferred compensation and retirement plans

    12,143   

Other assets

    33,105   

Total assets

    46,194,456   

Liabilities:

  

Payable for:

 

Investments purchased

    260,882   

Fund shares reacquired

    33,237   

Accrued fees to affiliates

    30,667   

Accrued trustees’ and officers’ fees and benefits

    1,589   

Accrued other operating expenses

    50,930   

Trustee deferred compensation and retirement plans

    12,305   

Total liabilities

    389,610   

Net assets applicable to shares outstanding

  $ 45,804,846   

Net assets consist of:

  

Shares of beneficial interest

  $ 50,731,770   

Undistributed net investment income (loss)

    (251,243

Undistributed net realized gain (loss)

    (6,644,627

Net unrealized appreciation

    1,968,946   
    $ 45,804,846   

Net Assets:

  

Class A

  $ 19,287,587   

Class C

  $ 18,858,535   

Class R

  $ 283,006   

Class Y

  $ 7,350,357   

Class R5

  $ 13,179   

Class R6

  $ 12,182   

Shares outstanding, $0.001 par value per share,
with an unlimited number of shares authorized:

   

Class A

    1,480,019   

Class C

    1,490,361   

Class R

    21,921   

Class Y

    558,513   

Class R5

    1,001   

Class R6

    926   

Class A:

 

Net asset value per share

  $ 13.03   

Maximum offering price per share

 

(Net asset value of $13.03 ¸ 94.50%)

  $ 13.79   

Class C:

 

Net asset value and offering price per share

  $ 12.65   

Class R:

 

Net asset value and offering price per share

  $ 12.91   

Class Y:

 

Net asset value and offering price per share

  $ 13.16   

Class R5:

 

Net asset value and offering price per share

  $ 13.17   

Class R6:

 

Net asset value and offering price per share

  $ 13.16   
 

 

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

 

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Statement of Operations

For the year ended October 31, 2016

 

Investment income:

  

Dividends (net of foreign withholding taxes of $31,852)

   $ 501,739   

Dividends from affiliated money market funds

     18,444   

Total investment income

     520,183   

Expenses:

  

Advisory fees

     356,685   

Administrative services fees

     50,000   

Custodian fees

     8,673   

Distribution fees:

  

Class A

     47,458   

Class C

     169,341   

Class R

     1,335   

Transfer agent fees — A, C, R and Y

     89,619   

Transfer agent fees — R5

     12   

Transfer agent fees — R6

     12   

Trustees’ and officers’ fees and benefits

     19,422   

Registration and filing fees

     77,608   

Reports to shareholders

     15,651   

Professional services fees

     49,907   

Other

     14,471   

Total expenses

     900,194   

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

     (128,035

Net expenses

     772,159   

Net investment income (loss)

     (251,976

Realized and unrealized gain (loss) from:

  

Net realized gain (loss) from:

  

Investment securities

     (6,644,629

Foreign currencies

     (114,378
       (6,759,007

Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of:

  

Investment securities

     8,035,219   

Foreign currencies

     (14,324
       8,020,895   

Net realized and unrealized gain

     1,261,888   

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

   $ 1,009,912   

 

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

 

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Statement of Changes in Net Assets

For the years ended October 31, 2016 and 2015

 

     2016      2015  

Operations:

  

  

Net investment income (loss)

  $ (251,976    $ (230,343

Net realized gain (loss)

    (6,759,007      1,409,535   

Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

    8,020,895         (7,046,765

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

    1,009,912         (5,867,573

Distributions to shareholders from net realized gains:

    

Class A

    (468,624      (436,779

Class C

    (370,526      (85,578

Class R

    (6,471      (2,562

Class Y

    (334,495      (490,590

Class R5

    (309      (284

Class R6

    (285      (263

Total distributions from net realized gains

    (1,180,710      (1,016,056

Share transactions–net:

    

Class A

    (542,970      551,676   

Class C

    4,337,806         11,345,138   

Class R

    1,665         178,265   

Class Y

    (17,733,286      5,717,135   

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

    (13,936,785      17,792,214   

Net increase (decrease) in net assets

    (14,107,583      10,908,585   

Net assets:

    

Beginning of year

    59,912,429         49,003,844   

End of year (includes undistributed net investment income (loss) of $(251,243) and $(9,941), respectively)

  $ 45,804,846       $ 59,912,429   

Notes to Financial Statements

October 31, 2016

NOTE 1—Significant Accounting Policies

Invesco Select Opportunities Fund (the “Fund”) is a series portfolio of AIM International Mutual Funds (Invesco International Mutual Funds) (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 consisting of ten separate portfolios, each authorized to issue an unlimited number of shares of beneficial interest. The assets, liabilities and operations of each portfolio are accounted for separately. Information presented in these financial statements pertains only to the Fund. Matters affecting each portfolio or class will be voted on exclusively by the shareholders of such portfolio or class.

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

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

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

A. Security Valuations — Securities, including restricted securities, are valued according to the following policy.

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

 

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

Debt obligations (including convertible securities) and unlisted equities are fair valued using an evaluated quote provided by an independent pricing service. Evaluated quotes provided by the pricing service may be determined without exclusive reliance on quoted prices, and may reflect appropriate factors such as institution-size trading in similar groups of securities, developments related to specific securities, dividend rate (for unlisted equities), yield (for debt obligations), quality, type of issue, coupon rate (for debt obligations), maturity (for debt obligations), individual trading characteristics and other market data. Debt obligations are subject to interest rate and credit risks. In addition, all debt obligations involve some risk of default with respect to interest and/or principal payments.

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

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

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

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

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

B. Securities Transactions and Investment Income — Securities transactions are accounted for on a trade date basis. Realized gains or losses on sales are computed on the basis of specific identification of the securities sold. Interest income (net of withholding tax, if any) is recorded on the accrual basis from settlement date. Dividend income (net of withholding tax, if any) is recorded on the ex-dividend date.

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

Brokerage commissions and mark ups are considered transaction costs and are recorded as an increase to the cost basis of securities purchased and/or a reduction of proceeds on a sale of securities. Such transaction costs are included in the determination of net realized and unrealized gain (loss) from investment securities reported in the Statement of Operations and the Statement of Changes in Net Assets and the net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on securities per share in the Financial Highlights. Transaction costs are included in the calculation of the Fund’s net asset value and, accordingly, they reduce the Fund’s total returns. These transaction costs are not considered operating expenses and are not reflected in net investment income reported in the Statement of Operations and the Statement of Changes in Net Assets, or the net investment income per share and the ratios of expenses and net investment income reported in the Financial Highlights, nor are they limited by any expense limitation arrangements between the Fund and the investment adviser.

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

C. Country Determination — For the purposes of making investment selection decisions and presentation in the Schedule of Investments, the investment adviser may determine the country in which an issuer is located and/or credit risk exposure based on various factors. These factors include the laws of the country under which the issuer is organized, where the issuer maintains a principal office, the country in which the issuer derives 50% or more of its total revenues and the country that has the primary market for the issuer’s securities, as well as other criteria. Among the other criteria that may be evaluated for making this determination are the country in which the issuer maintains 50% or more of its assets, the type of security, financial guarantees and enhancements, the nature of the collateral and the sponsor organization. Country of issuer and/or credit risk exposure has been determined to be the United States of America, unless otherwise noted.
D. Distributions — Distributions from net investment income and net realized capital gain, if any, are generally declared and paid annually and recorded on the ex-dividend date. The Fund may elect to treat a portion of the proceeds from redemptions as distributions for federal income tax purposes.
E.

Federal Income Taxes — The Fund intends to comply with the requirements of Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Internal Revenue Code”), necessary to qualify as a regulated investment company and to distribute substantially all of the Fund’s

 

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  taxable earnings to shareholders. As such, the Fund will not be subject to federal income taxes on otherwise taxable income (including net realized capital gain) that is distributed to shareholders. Therefore, no provision for federal income taxes is recorded in the financial statements.

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

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

F. Expenses — Fees provided for under the Rule 12b-1 plan of a particular class of the Fund are charged to the operations of such class. Transfer agency fees and expenses and other shareholder recordkeeping fees and expenses attributable to Class R5 and Class R6 are allocated to each share class based on relative net assets. Sub-accounting fees attributable to Class R5 are charged to the operations of the class. Transfer agency fees and expenses and other shareholder recordkeeping fees and expenses relating to all other classes are allocated among those classes based on relative net assets. All other expenses are allocated among the classes based on relative net assets.
G. Accounting Estimates — The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”) requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period including estimates and assumptions related to taxation. Actual results could differ from those estimates by a significant amount. In addition, the Fund monitors for material events or transactions that may occur or become known after the period-end date and before the date the financial statements are released to print.
H. Indemnifications — Under the Trust’s organizational documents, each Trustee, officer, employee or other agent of the Trust is indemnified against certain liabilities that may arise out of the performance of their duties to the Fund. Additionally, in the normal course of business, the Fund enters into contracts, including the Fund’s servicing agreements, that contain a variety of indemnification clauses. The Fund’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown as this would involve future claims that may be made against the Fund that have not yet occurred. The risk of material loss as a result of such indemnification claims is considered remote.
I. Foreign Currency Translations — Foreign currency is valued at the close of the NYSE based on quotations posted by banks and major currency dealers. Portfolio securities and other assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies are translated into U.S. dollar amounts at date of valuation. Purchases and sales of portfolio securities (net of foreign taxes withheld on disposition) and income items denominated in foreign currencies are translated into U.S. dollar amounts on the respective dates of such transactions. The Fund does not separately account for the portion of the results of operations resulting from changes in foreign exchange rates on investments and the fluctuations arising from changes in market prices of securities held. The combined results of changes in foreign exchange rates and the fluctuation of market prices on investments (net of estimated foreign tax withholding) are included with the net realized and unrealized gain or loss from investments in the Statement of Operations. Reported net realized foreign currency gains or losses arise from (1) sales of foreign currencies, (2) currency gains or losses realized between the trade and settlement dates on securities transactions, and (3) the difference between the amounts of dividends, interest, and foreign withholding taxes recorded on the Fund’s books and the U.S. dollar equivalent of the amounts actually received or paid. Net unrealized foreign currency gains and losses arise from changes in the fair values of assets and liabilities, other than investments in securities at fiscal period end, resulting from changes in exchange rates.

The Fund may invest in foreign securities, which may be subject to foreign taxes on income, gains on investments or currency repatriation, a portion of which may be recoverable. Foreign taxes, if any, are recorded based on the tax regulations and rates that exist in the foreign markets in which the Fund invests and are shown in the Statement of Operations.

J. Forward Foreign Currency Contracts — The Fund may engage in foreign currency transactions either on a spot (i.e. for prompt delivery and settlement) basis, or through forward foreign currency contracts, to manage or minimize currency or exchange rate risk.

The Fund may also enter into forward foreign currency contracts for the purchase or sale of a security denominated in a foreign currency in order to “lock in” the U.S. dollar price of that security, or the Fund may also enter into forward foreign currency contracts that do not provide for physical settlement of the two currencies, but instead are settled by a single cash payment calculated as the difference between the agreed upon exchange rate and the spot rate at settlement based upon an agreed upon notional amount (non-deliverable forwards). The Fund will set aside liquid assets in an amount equal to the daily mark-to-market obligation for forward foreign currency contracts.

A forward foreign currency contract is an obligation between two parties (“Counterparties”) to purchase or sell a specific currency for an agreed-upon price at a future date. The use of forward foreign currency contracts does not eliminate fluctuations in the price of the underlying securities the Fund owns or intends to acquire but establishes a rate of exchange in advance. Fluctuations in the value of these contracts are measured by the difference in the contract date and reporting date exchange rates and are recorded as unrealized appreciation (depreciation) until the contracts are closed. When the contracts are closed, realized gains (losses) are recorded. Realized and unrealized gains (losses) on the contracts are included in the Statement of Operations. The primary risks associated with forward foreign currency contracts include failure of the Counterparty to meet the terms of the contract and the value of the foreign currency changing unfavorably. These risks may be in excess of the amounts reflected in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities.

 

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NOTE 2—Advisory Fees and Other Fees Paid to Affiliates

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

 

Average Daily Net Assets   Rate  

First $250 million

    0.80%   

Next $250 million

    0.78%   

Next $500 million

    0.76%   

Next $1.5 billion

    0.74%   

Next $2.5 billion

    0.72%   

Next $2.5 billion

    0.70%   

Next $2.5 billion

    0.68%   

Over $10 billion

    0.66%   

For the year ended October 31, 2016, the effective advisory fees incurred by the Fund was 0.80%.

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

The Adviser has contractually agreed, through at least February 28, 2017, to waive advisory fees and/or reimburse expenses of all shares to the extent necessary to limit total annual fund operating expenses after fee waiver and/or expense reimbursement (excluding certain items discussed below) of Class A, Class C, Class R, Class Y, Class R5 and Class R6 shares to 1.51%, 2.26%, 1.76%, 1.26%, 1.26% and 1.26%, respectively, of average daily net assets (the “expense limits”). In determining the Adviser’s obligation to waive advisory fees and/or reimburse expenses, the following expenses are not taken into account, and could cause the total annual fund operating expenses after fee waiver and/or expense reimbursement to exceed the numbers reflected above: (1) interest; (2) taxes; (3) dividend expense on short sales; (4) extraordinary or non-routine items, litigation expenses; and (5) expenses that the Fund has incurred but did not actually pay because of an expense offset arrangement. Unless Invesco continues the fee waiver agreement, it will terminate on February 28, 2017. During its term, the fee waiver agreement cannot be terminated or amended to increase the expense limits without approval of the Board of Trustees. The fee waiver agreement cannot be terminated during its term.

Further, the Adviser has contractually agreed, through at least June 30, 2018, 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 October 31, 2016, the Adviser waived advisory fees of $46,966 and reimbursed class level expenses of $34,294, $30,592, $482, $15,134, $10 and $10 of Class A, Class C, Class R, Class Y, Class R5 and Class R6 shares, respectively.

The Trust has entered into a transfer agency and service agreement with Invesco Investment Services, Inc. (“IIS”) pursuant to which the Fund has agreed to pay IIS a fee for providing transfer agency and shareholder services to the Fund and reimburse IIS for certain expenses incurred by IIS in the course of providing such services. IIS may make payments to intermediaries that provide omnibus account services, sub-accounting services and/or networking services. All fees payable by IIS to intermediaries that provide omnibus account services or sub-accounting are charged back to the Fund, subject to certain limitations approved by the Trust’s Board of Trustees. For the year ended October 31, 2016, expenses incurred under the agreement are shown in the Statement of Operations as Transfer agent fees.

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 October 31, 2016, expenses incurred under the agreement are shown in the Statement of Operations as Administrative services fees.

The Trust has entered into master distribution agreements with Invesco Distributors, Inc. (“IDI”) to serve as the distributor for the Class A, Class C, Class R, Class Y, Class R5 and Class R6 shares of the Fund. The Trust has adopted plans pursuant to Rule 12b-1 under the 1940 Act with respect to the Fund’s Class A, Class C and Class R shares (collectively, the “Plans”). The Fund, pursuant to the Plans, pays IDI compensation at the annual rate of 0.25% of the Fund’s average daily net assets of Class A shares, 1.00% of the average daily net assets of Class C shares and 0.50% of the average daily net assets of Class R shares. Of the Plan payments, up to 0.25% of the average daily net assets of each class of shares may be paid to furnish continuing personal shareholder services to customers who purchase and own shares of such classes. Any amounts not paid as a service fee under the Plans would constitute an asset-based sales charge. Rules of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”) impose a cap on the total sales charges, including asset-based sales charges, that may be paid by any class of shares of the Fund. For the year ended October 31, 2016, expenses incurred under the Plans are shown in the Statement of Operations as Distribution fees.

Front-end sales commissions and CDSC (collectively, the “sales charges”) are not recorded as expenses of the Fund. Front-end sales commissions are deducted from proceeds from the sales of Fund shares prior to investment in Class A shares of the Fund. CDSC are deducted from redemption proceeds prior to remittance to the shareholder. During the year ended October 31, 2016, IDI advised the Fund that IDI retained $4,335 in front-end sales commissions from the sale of Class A shares and $145 and $3,125 from Class A and Class C shares, respectively, for CDSC imposed upon redemptions by shareholders.

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

 

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NOTE 3—Additional Valuation Information

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

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

The following is a summary of the tiered valuation input levels, as of October 31, 2016. 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.

 

     Level 1        Level 2        Level 3        Total  

Brazil

  $ 3,277,321         $         $         $ 3,277,321   

China

    1,521,423                               1,521,423   

France

    3,104,036                               3,104,036   

Hong Kong

    342,082                               342,082   

Ireland

              444,438                     444,438   

Monaco

    2,055,119                               2,055,119   

Netherlands

    4,108,532           783,680                     4,892,212   

United Kingdom

              1,482,052                     1,482,052   

United States

    20,950,513                               20,950,513   

Money Market Funds

    6,601,520                               6,601,520   

Total Investments

  $ 41,960,546         $ 2,710,170         $         $ 44,670,716   

NOTE 4—Expense Offset Arrangement(s)

The expense offset arrangement is comprised of transfer agency credits which result from balances in demand deposit accounts used by the transfer agent for clearing shareholder transactions. For the year ended October 31, 2016, the Fund received credits from this arrangement, which resulted in the reduction of the Fund’s total expenses of $547.

NOTE 5—Trustees’ and Officers’ Fees and Benefits

Trustees’ and Officers’ Fees and Benefits include amounts accrued by the Fund to pay remuneration to certain Trustees and Officers of the Fund. Trustees have the option to defer compensation payable by the Fund, and Trustees’ and Officers’ Fees and Benefits also include amounts accrued by the Fund to fund such deferred compensation amounts. Those Trustees who defer compensation have the option to select various Invesco Funds in which their deferral accounts shall be deemed to be invested. Finally, certain current Trustees were eligible to participate in a retirement plan that provided for benefits to be paid upon retirement to Trustees over a period of time based on the number of years of service. The Fund may have certain former Trustees who also participate in a retirement plan and receive benefits under such plan. Trustees’ and Officers’ Fees and Benefits include amounts accrued by the Fund to fund such retirement benefits. Obligations under the deferred compensation and retirement plans represent unsecured claims against the general assets of the Fund.

NOTE 6—Cash Balances

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

 

16                         Invesco Select Opportunities Fund


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

Tax Character of Distributions to Shareholders Paid During the Fiscal Years Ended October 31, 2016 and 2015:

 

     2016        2015  

Ordinary income

  $ 150,410         $ 365,533   

Long-term capital gain

    1,030,300           650,523   

Total distributions

  $ 1,180,710         $ 1,016,056   

Tax Components of Net Assets at Period-End:

 

     2016  

Net unrealized appreciation — investments

  $ 1,898,564   

Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) — other investments

    (21,503

Temporary book/tax differences

    (11,916

Post-October deferrals

    (239,327

Capital loss carryforward

    (6,552,742

Shares of beneficial interest

    50,731,770   

Total net assets

  $ 45,804,846   

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

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

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

The Fund has a capital loss carryforward as of October 31, 2016, as follows:

 

Capital Loss Carryforward*  
Expiration   Short-Term        Long-Term        Total  

Not subject to expiration

  $ 3,115,441         $ 3,437,301         $ 6,552,742   

 

* Capital loss carryforward as of the date listed above is reduced for limitations, if any, to the extent required by the Internal Revenue Code and may be further limited depending upon a variety of factors, including the realization of net unrealized gains or losses as of the date of any reorganization.

NOTE 8—Investment Securities

The aggregate amount of investment securities (other than short-term securities, U.S. Treasury obligations and money market funds, if any) purchased and sold by the Fund during the year ended October 31, 2016 was $10,096,374 and $20,343,048, respectively. Cost of investments on a tax basis includes the adjustments for financial reporting purposes as of the most recently completed federal income tax reporting period-end.

 

Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) of Investment Securities on a Tax Basis  

Aggregate unrealized appreciation of investment securities

  $ 6,036,703   

Aggregate unrealized (depreciation) of investment securities

    (4,138,139

Net unrealized appreciation of investment securities

  $ 1,898,564   

Cost of investments for tax purposes is $42,772,152.

NOTE 9—Reclassification of Permanent Differences

Primarily as a result of differing book/tax treatment of net operating losses and foreign currency transactions, on October 31, 2016, undistributed net investment income (loss) was increased by $10,674, undistributed net realized gain (loss) was increased by $138,743 and shares of beneficial interest was decreased by $149,417. This reclassification had no effect on the net assets of the Fund.

 

17                         Invesco Select Opportunities Fund


NOTE 10—Share Information

 

     Summary of Share Activity  
    Years ended October 31,  
    2016(a)      2015  
     Shares      Amount      Shares      Amount  

Sold:

          

Class A

    521,992       $ 6,417,447         833,011       $ 11,620,829   

Class C

    532,036         6,324,954         942,583         13,000,944   

Class R

    1,453         17,466         15,641         211,798   

Class Y

    236,208         3,037,722         632,505         8,888,535   

Issued as reinvestment of dividends:

          

Class A

    37,862         455,480         29,246         398,039   

Class C

    30,841         362,696         6,054         81,183   

Class R

    516         6,163         168         2,278   

Class Y

    18,615         225,615         30,024         410,419   

Reacquired:

          

Class A

    (601,645      (7,415,897      (828,964      (11,467,192

Class C

    (194,190      (2,349,844      (128,772      (1,736,989

Class R

    (1,726      (21,964      (2,669      (35,811

Class Y

    (1,663,103      (20,996,623      (261,111      (3,581,819

Net increase (decrease) in share activity

    (1,081,141    $ (13,936,785      1,267,716       $ 17,792,214   

 

(a)  There are entities that are record owners of more than 5% of the outstanding shares of the Fund and in the aggregate own 68% 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.

 

18                         Invesco Select Opportunities Fund


NOTE 11—Financial Highlights

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

 

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

Class A

                                                       

Year ended 10/31/16

    $ 12.96       $ (0.04 )     $ 0.42       $ 0.38       $       $ (0.31 )     $ (0.31 )     $ 13.03         3.12 %     $ 19,288         1.49 %(e)       1.78 %(e)       (0.32 )%(e)       26 %

Year ended 10/31/15

      14.55         (0.06 )       (1.25 )       (1.31 )               (0.28 )       (0.28 )       12.96         (9.07 )       19,719         1.48         1.71         (0.40 )       18  

Year ended 10/31/14

      13.70         0.02         1.02         1.04         (0.07 )       (0.12 )       (0.19 )       14.55         7.64         21,652         1.47         2.24         0.11         13  

Year ended 10/31/13

      10.63         0.11 (d)       3.13         3.24         (0.08 )       (0.09 )       (0.17 )       13.70         30.84         5,019         1.47         6.17         0.84 (d)       10  

Year ended 10/31/12(f)

      10.00         (0.00 )       0.63         0.63                                 10.63         6.30         1,186         1.48 (g)       15.54 (g)       (0.07 )(g)       7  

Class C

                                                       

Year ended 10/31/16

      12.68         (0.13 )       0.41         0.28                 (0.31 )       (0.31 )       12.65         2.38         18,859         2.24 (e)       2.53 (e)       (1.07 )(e)       26  

Year ended 10/31/15

      14.35         (0.16 )       (1.23 )       (1.39 )               (0.28 )       (0.28 )       12.68         (9.77 )       14,226         2.23         2.46         (1.15 )       18  

Year ended 10/31/14

      13.59         (0.10 )       1.02         0.92         (0.04 )       (0.12 )       (0.16 )       14.35         6.83         4,331         2.22         2.99         (0.64 )       13  

Year ended 10/31/13

      10.62         0.01 (d)       3.12         3.13         (0.07 )       (0.09 )       (0.16 )       13.59         29.87         527         2.22         6.92         0.09 (d)       10  

Year ended 10/31/12(f)

      10.00         (0.02 )       0.64         0.62                                 10.62         6.20         90         2.23 (g)       16.29 (g)       (0.82 )(g)       7  

Class R

                                                       

Year ended 10/31/16

      12.87         (0.07 )       0.42         0.35                 (0.31 )       (0.31 )       12.91         2.90         283         1.74 (e)       2.03 (e)       (0.57 )(e)       26  

Year ended 10/31/15

      14.49         (0.09 )       (1.25 )       (1.34 )               (0.28 )       (0.28 )       12.87         (9.32 )       279         1.73         1.96         (0.65 )       18  

Year ended 10/31/14

      13.66         (0.02 )       1.02         1.00         (0.05 )       (0.12 )       (0.17 )       14.49         7.44         124         1.72         2.49         (0.14 )       13  

Year ended 10/31/13

      10.63         0.07 (d)       3.12         3.19         (0.07 )       (0.09 )       (0.16 )       13.66         30.44         68         1.72         6.42         0.59 (d)       10  

Year ended 10/31/12(f)

      10.00         (0.01 )       0.64         0.63                                 10.63         6.30         11         1.73 (g)       15.79 (g)       (0.32 )(g)       7  

Class Y

                                                       

Year ended 10/31/16

      13.05         (0.01 )       0.43         0.42                 (0.31 )       (0.31 )       13.16         3.41         7,350         1.24 (e)       1.53 (e)       (0.07 )(e)       26  

Year ended 10/31/15

      14.61         (0.02 )       (1.26 )       (1.28 )               (0.28 )       (0.28 )       13.05         (8.82 )       25,663         1.23         1.46         (0.15 )       18  

Year ended 10/31/14

      13.74         0.05         1.02         1.07         (0.08 )       (0.12 )       (0.20 )       14.61         7.88         22,869         1.22         1.99         0.36         13  

Year ended 10/31/13

      10.64         0.14 (d)       3.13         3.27         (0.08 )       (0.09 )       (0.17 )       13.74         31.11         3,610         1.22         5.92         1.09 (d)       10  

Year ended 10/31/12(f)

      10.00         0.00         0.64         0.64                                 10.64         6.40         1,049         1.23 (g)       15.29 (g)       0.18 (g)       7  

Class R5

                                                       

Year ended 10/31/16

      13.05         (0.01 )       0.44         0.43                 (0.31 )       (0.31 )       13.17         3.49         13         1.24 (e)       1.43 (e)       (0.07 )(e)       26  

Year ended 10/31/15

      14.62         (0.02 )       (1.27 )       (1.29 )               (0.28 )       (0.28 )       13.05         (8.89 )       13         1.23         1.32         (0.15 )       18  

Year ended 10/31/14

      13.74         0.05         1.03         1.08         (0.08 )       (0.12 )       (0.20 )       14.62         7.96         15         1.22         1.87         0.36         13  

Year ended 10/31/13

      10.64         0.14 (d)       3.13         3.27         (0.08 )       (0.09 )       (0.17 )       13.74         31.12         46         1.22         5.90         1.09 (d)       10  

Year ended 10/31/12(f)

      10.00         0.00         0.64         0.64                                 10.64         6.40         11         1.23 (g)       15.35 (g)       0.18 (g)       7  

Class R6

                                                       

Year ended 10/31/16

      13.05         (0.01 )       0.43         0.42                 (0.31 )       (0.31 )       13.16         3.41         12         1.24 (e)       1.43 (e)       (0.07 )(e)       26  

Year ended 10/31/15

      14.61         (0.02 )       (1.26 )       (1.28 )               (0.28 )       (0.28 )       13.05         (8.82 )       12         1.23         1.32         (0.15 )       18  

Year ended 10/31/14

      13.73         0.05         1.03         1.08         (0.08 )       (0.12 )       (0.20 )       14.61         7.96         14         1.22         1.83         0.36         13  

Year ended 10/31/13

      10.64         0.13 (d)       3.13         3.26         (0.08 )       (0.09 )       (0.17 )       13.73         31.02         13         1.22         5.89         1.09 (d)       10  

Year ended 10/31/12(f)

      10.80         0.00         (0.16 )       (0.16 )                               10.64         (1.48 )       10         1.23 (g)       11.37 (g)       0.18 (g)       7  

 

(a)  Calculated using average shares outstanding.
(b)  Includes adjustments in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America and as such, the net asset value for financial reporting purposes and the returns based upon those net asset values may differ from the net asset value and returns for shareholder transactions. Does not include sales charges and is not annualized for periods less than one year, if applicable.
(c) Portfolio turnover is calculated at the fund level and is not annualized for periods less than one year, if applicable.
(d)  Net investment income (loss) per share and the ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets includes significant dividends received during the period. Net investment income (loss) per share and the ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets excluding the significant dividends are $(0.04) and (0.37)%, $(0.14) and (1.12)%, $(0.08) and (0.62)%, $(0.01) and (0.12)%, $(0.01) and (0.12)%, $(0.02) and (0.12)%, for Class A, Class C, Class R, Class Y, Class R5 and Class R6 shares, respectively.
(e)  Ratios are based on average daily net assets (000’s omitted) of $18,983, $16,934, $267, $8,377, $12, and $12 for Class A, Class C, Class R, Class Y, Class R5 and Class R6 shares, respectively.
(f)  Commencement date of August 3, 2012 for Class A, Class C, Class R, Class Y and Class R5 shares and September 24, 2012 for Class R6 shares, respectively.
(g)  Annualized.

NOTE 12—Subsequent Event

Effective January 1, 2017, the Adviser has contractually agreed, through at least February 28, 2018, to waive advisory fees and/or reimburse expenses to the extent necessary to limit total annual fund operating expenses after fee waiver and/or expense reimbursement (excluding certain items discussed in Note 2) of Class A, Class C, Class R, Class Y, Class R5 and Class R6 shares to 1.02%, 1.77%, 1.27%, 0.77%, 0.77% and 0.77%, respectively, of the Fund’s average daily net assets.

 

19                         Invesco Select Opportunities Fund


Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

 

To the Board of Trustees

and Shareholders of the Invesco Select Opportunities Fund:

In our opinion, the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities, including the schedule of investments, and the related statements of operations and of changes in net assets and the financial highlights present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Invesco Select Opportunities Fund (the “Fund”) as of October 31, 2016, the results of its operations for the year then ended, the changes in its net assets for each of the two years in the period then ended and the financial highlights for each of the four years in the period then ended and for the period August 3, 2012 (commencement of operations) through October 31, 2012, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. These financial statements and financial highlights (hereafter referred to as “financial statements”) are the responsibility of the Fund’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits. We conducted our audits of these financial statements in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, and evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits, which included confirmation of securities as of October 31, 2016 by correspondence with the custodian and brokers, and the application of alternative auditing procedures where confirmations of security purchases have not been received, provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLP

Houston, Texas

December 21, 2016

 

20                         Invesco Select Opportunities Fund


Calculating your ongoing Fund expenses

Example

As a shareholder of the Fund, you incur two types of costs: (1) transaction costs, which may include sales charges (loads) on purchase payments or contingent deferred sales charges on redemptions, if any; and (2) ongoing costs, including management fees, distribution and/or service (12b-1) fees, and other Fund expenses. This example is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Fund and to compare these costs with ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds. The example is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period May 1, 2016 through October 31, 2016.

Actual expenses

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

Hypothetical example for comparison purposes

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

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

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

 

Class   Beginning
Account Value
(05/01/16)
    ACTUAL     

Hypothetical

(5% annual return before

expenses)

     Annualized
Expense
Ratio2
 
    Ending
Account Value
(10/31/16)1
     Expenses
Paid During
Period2,3
     Ending
Account Value
(10/31/16)
     Expenses
Paid During
Period2,4
    
A   $ 1,000.00      $ 1,039.10       $ 7.64       $ 1,017.65       $ 7.56         1.49
C     1,000.00        1,035.20         11.46         1,013.88         11.34         2.24   
R     1,000.00        1,038.60         8.92         1,016.39         8.82         1.74   
Y     1,000.00        1,041.10         6.36         1,018.90         6.29         1.24   
R5     1,000.00        1,041.10         6.36         1,018.90         6.29         1.24   
R6     1,000.00        1,041.10         6.36         1,018.90         6.29         1.24   

 

1  The actual ending account value is based on the actual total return of the Fund for the period May 1, 2016 through October 31, 2016, after actual expenses and will differ from the hypothetical ending account value which is based on the Fund’s expense ratio and a hypothetical annual return of 5% before expenses.
2  Expenses are equal to the Fund’s annualized expense ratio as indicated above multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 184/366 to reflect the most recent fiscal half year. Effective January 1, 2017, the Fund’s Adviser has contractually agreed to waive advisory fees and/or reimburse expenses to the extent necessary to limit total annual fund operating expenses of Class A, Class C and Class R, Class Y, Class R5 and Class R6 shares to 1.02%, 1.77%, 1.27%, 0.77%, 0.77% and 0.77% of average daily net assets, respectively. The annualized expense ratios restated as if these agreements had been in effect throughout the entire most recent fiscal half year are 1.00%, 1.75%, 1.25%, 0.75%, 0.75% and 0.75% for Class A, Class C, Class R, Class Y, Class R5 and Class R6 shares, respectively.
3  The actual expenses paid restated as if the changes discussed above had been in effect throughout the entire most recent fiscal half year are $5.13, $8.95, $6.41, $3.85, $3.85 and $3.85 for Class A, Class C, Class R, Class Y, Class R5 and Class R6 shares, respectively.
4  The hypothetical expenses paid restated as if the changes discussed above had been in effect throughout the entire most recent fiscal half year are $5.08, $8.87, $6.34, $3.81, $3.81 and $3.81 for Class A, Class C, Class R, Class Y, Class R5 and Class R6 shares, respectively.

 

21                         Invesco Select Opportunities Fund


Approval of Investment Advisory and Sub-Advisory Contracts

 

The Board of Trustees (the Board) of AIM International Mutual Funds (Invesco International Mutual Funds) is required under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, to approve annually the renewal of Invesco Select Opportunities Fund’s (the Fund) investment advisory agreements. During contract renewal meetings held on June 7-8, 2016, the Board as a whole, and the disinterested or “independent” Trustees, who comprise over 75% of the Board, voting separately, approved the continuance for the Fund of the Master Investment Advisory Agreement with Invesco Advisers, Inc. (Invesco Advisers and the investment advisory agreement) and 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., Invesco Canada Ltd. and Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC (collectively, the Affiliated Sub-Advisers and the sub-advisory contracts) for another year, effective July 1, 2016.

In evaluating the fairness and reasonableness of compensation under the Fund’s investment advisory agreement and sub-advisory contracts, the Board considered, among other things, the factors discussed below. The Board determined that continuation of the Fund’s investment advisory agreement and the sub-advisory contracts is in the best interest of the Fund and its shareholders and that the compensation payable to Invesco Advisers and the Affiliated Sub-Advisers under the agreements is fair and reasonable.

The Board’s Fund Evaluation Process

The Board’s Investments Committee has established three Sub-Committees, which meet throughout the year to review the performance of funds advised by Invesco Advisers (the Invesco Funds). Over the course of each year, the Sub-Committees meet with portfolio managers for their assigned Invesco Funds and other members of management to review the performance, investment objective(s), policies, strategies, limitations and investment risks of these funds. The Board had the benefit of reports from the Sub-Committees and Investments Committee throughout the year in considering approval of the continuance of each Invesco Fund’s investment advisory agreement and sub-advisory contracts for another year.

During the contract renewal process, the Board receives comparative performance and fee data regarding the Invesco Funds prepared by Invesco Advisers and Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. (Broadridge), an independent provider of investment company data. The Board also receives a report and this independent written evaluation from the Senior

Officer, an officer of the Invesco Funds who reports directly to the independent Trustees. The Senior Officer’s evaluation is prepared as part of his responsibility to manage the process by which the Invesco Funds’ proposed management fees are negotiated during the annual contract renewal process to ensure they are negotiated in a manner that is at arms’ length and reasonable. In addition to meetings with Invesco Advisers and fund counsel, the independent Trustees also discuss the continuance of the investment advisory agreement and sub-advisory contracts in separate sessions with the Senior Officer and with independent legal counsel.

The Trustees recognized that the advisory fee rates for the Invesco Funds are, in many cases, the result of years of review and negotiation. The Trustees’ deliberations and conclusions in a particular year may be based in part on their deliberations and conclusions regarding these same arrangements throughout the year and in prior years. 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.

The discussion below is a summary of the Senior Officer’s independent written evaluation with respect to the Fund’s investment advisory agreement as well as a discussion 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. Unless otherwise stated, this information is current as of June 8, 2016, and does not reflect consideration of factors that became known to the Board after that date.

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 advisory services provided to the Fund by Invesco Advisers under the Fund’s investment advisory agreement, the performance of Invesco Advisers in providing these services, and the credentials and experience of the officers and employees of Invesco Advisers who provide these services, including the Fund’s portfolio manager or managers. The Board’s review of the qualifications of Invesco Advisers to provide advisory services included the Board’s consideration of Invesco Advisers’ investment process oversight, independent credit analysis and investment risk management. The Board also considered non-advisory services that Invesco Advisers and its affiliates provide to the Invesco Funds such as various back office

support functions, trading operations, internal audit, valuation and legal and compliance.

In determining whether to continue the Fund’s investment advisory agreement, the Board considered the benefits of reapproving an existing relationship and the greater uncertainty that may be associated with entering into a new relationship. The Board concluded that the nature, extent and quality of the services provided to the Fund by Invesco Advisers are appropriate and satisfactory and consistent with the terms of the Fund’s investment advisory agreement.

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 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 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 and consistent with the terms of the Fund’s sub-advisory contracts.

B. Fund Performance

The Board considered Fund performance as a relevant factor in considering whether to approve the investment advisory agreement as well as the sub-advisory contracts for the Fund, as Invesco Canada Ltd. currently manages assets of the Fund.

The Board noted that the Fund recently began operations and that comparative performance data for only the past three calendar years was available. The Board compared the Fund’s performance during the past three calendar years to the performance of funds in the Broadridge performance universe and against the Lipper Global Small/Mid-Cap Funds Index. The Board noted that performance of Class A shares of the Fund was in the fifth quintile of its performance universe for the one and three year periods (the first quintile being the best performing funds and the fifth quintile being the worst performing funds). The Board noted that the Fund’s performance was below the performance of the Index for the one and three year periods. Invesco Advisers noted that performance was negatively impacted by an overweight allocation to energy and stock selection in several other sectors. The Trustees

 

 

22                         Invesco Select Opportunities Fund


also reviewed more recent Fund performance and this review did not change their conclusions.

C. Advisory and Sub-Advisory Fees

The Board compared the Fund’s contractual management fee rate to the contractual management fee rates of funds in the Fund’s Broadridge expense group at a common asset level. The Board noted that the contractual management fee rate for Class A shares of the Fund was below the median contractual management fee rate of funds in its expense group. The Board noted that the term “contractual management fee” for funds in the expense group may include both advisory and certain administrative services fees, but that Broadridge does not provide information on a fund by fund basis as to what is included. The Board noted that Invesco Advisers does not separately charge the Invesco Funds for the administrative services included in the term as defined by Broadridge. The Board also reviewed the methodology used by Broadridge in providing expense group information, which includes using each fund’s contractual management fee schedule (including any applicable breakpoints) as reported in the most recent prospectus or statement of additional information for each fund in the expense group.

The Board noted that Invesco Advisers has contractually agreed to waive fees and/or limit expenses of the Fund through at least February 29, 2017 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 also compared the Fund’s effective advisory fee rate (the advisory fee rate after advisory fee waivers and before other expense limitations/waivers) to the effective advisory fee rates of other funds advised by Invesco Advisers and its affiliates with investment strategies comparable to those of the Fund, based on asset balances as of December 31, 2015. The Board noted that the Fund’s rate was below the rate of one Canadian fund advised by Invesco Advisers. The Board noted that Invesco Advisers and the Affiliated Sub-Advisers do not manage other client accounts with investment strategies comparable to those of the Fund.

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. The Board noted that Invesco Advisers retains overall responsibility for, and provides services to, sub-advised Invesco Funds, including oversight of the Affiliated Sub-Advisers as well as the additional services described herein other than day-to-day portfolio management other than day-to-day portfolio management. The Board also noted that the sub-advisory fees are not paid directly by the Fund, but rather, are payable by Invesco Advisers to the Affiliated Sub-Advisers.

D. Economies of Scale and Breakpoints

The Board considered the extent to which there are economies of scale in the provision of advisory services to the Fund. The Board also considered whether the Fund benefits from economies of scale through contractual breakpoints in the Fund’s advisory fee schedule. The Board also noted that the Fund shares directly in economies of scale through lower fees charged by third party service providers based on the combined size of the Invesco Funds and other clients advised by Invesco Advisers.

E. Profitability and Financial Resources

The Board reviewed information from Invesco Advisers concerning the costs of the advisory and other services that Invesco Advisers and its affiliates provide to the Fund and the Invesco Funds and the profitability of Invesco Advisers and its affiliates in providing these services. The Board received information from Invesco Advisers and a report from an independent consultant engaged by the Senior Officer about the methodology used to prepare the profitability information. The Board noted that Invesco Advisers continues to operate at a net profit from services Invesco Advisers and its affiliates provide to the Invesco Funds. The Board noted that Invesco Advisers and its affiliates did not make a profit from managing the Fund as a result of fee and expense waivers. The Board received and accepted information from Invesco Advisers demonstrating that Invesco Advisers and each Affiliated Sub-Adviser 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 received by Invesco Advisers and its affiliates from the relationship with the Fund, including the fees received for providing transfer agency and distribution services to the Fund. The Board considered comparative information regarding fees charged for these services, including information provided by Broadridge and other independent sources. The Board considered the performance of Invesco Advisers and its affiliates in providing these services and the organizational structure employed to provide these services. The Board also considered that these services are 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. The Board noted that soft dollar arrangements shift the payment obligation for research services from Invesco Advisers and the Affiliated Sub-Advisers to the Invesco Funds and that the research received may be used with other clients of Invesco Advisers and may

reduce Invesco Advisers’ and the Affiliated Sub-Advisers’ expenses. The Board also considered that it receives periodic reports from the Chief Compliance Officer of the Invesco Funds demonstrating that these arrangements are consistent with regulatory requirements. The Board did not deem the soft dollar arrangements to be inappropriate.

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

The Board also considered that the Fund may use an affiliated broker to execute certain trades for the Fund to, among other things, control information leakage, and was advised that such trades would be executed in compliance with rules under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and consistent with best execution obligations.

 

 

23                         Invesco Select Opportunities Fund


Tax Information

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

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

The Fund designates the following amounts or, if subsequently determined to be different, the maximum amount allowable for its fiscal year ended October 31, 2016:

 

Federal and State Income Tax

 

Long-Term Capital Gain Distributions

  $ 1,030,300   

Qualified Dividend Income*

    94.17

Corporate Dividends Received Deduction*

    16.43

U.S. Treasury Obligations*

    0.00

 

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

 

Non-Resident Alien Shareholders

 

Qualified Short-Term Gains

   $ 150,410   

 

24                         Invesco Select Opportunities Fund


Trustees and Officers

 

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

 

Name, Year of Birth and
Position(s) Held with the Trust
  Trustee and/
or Officer Since
  Principal Occupation(s)
During Past 5 Years
  Number of
Funds in Fund
Complex
Overseen by
Trustee
  Other Directorship(s)
Held by Trustee During
Past 5 Years
Interested Persons                

Martin L. Flanagan1 — 1960

Trustee

  2007  

Executive Director, Chief Executive Officer and President, Invesco Ltd. (ultimate parent of Invesco and a global investment management firm); Advisor to the Board, Invesco Advisers, Inc. (formerly known as Invesco Institutional (N.A.), Inc.); Trustee, The Invesco Funds; Vice Chair, Investment Company Institute; and Member of Executive Board, SMU Cox School of Business

 

Formerly: 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)

  146   None

Philip A. Taylor2 — 1954

Trustee and Senior Vice President

  2006  

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

 

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

  146   None
1 Mr. Flanagan is considered an interested person (within the meaning of Section 2(a)(19) of the 1940 Act) of the Trust because he is an officer of the Adviser to the Trust, and an officer and a director of Invesco Ltd., ultimate parent of the Adviser.

 

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

 

T-1                         Invesco Select Opportunities Fund


Trustees and Officers—(continued)

 

Name, Year of Birth and
Position(s) Held with the Trust
  Trustee and/
or Officer Since
  Principal Occupation(s)
During Past 5 Years
  Number of
Funds in Fund
Complex
Overseen by
Trustee
  Other Directorship(s)
Held by Trustee During
Past 5 Years
Independent Trustees                

Bruce L. Crockett — 1944

Trustee and Chair

  1992  

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

  146   ALPS (Attorneys Liability Protection Society) (insurance company) and Globe Specialty Metals, Inc. (metallurgical company); Member of the Audit Committee, Ferroglobe PLC and Investment Company Institute; Member of the Executive Committee and Chair of the Governance Committee, Independent Directors Council

David C. Arch — 1945

Trustee

  2010   Chairman of Blistex Inc., a consumer health care products manufacturer   146   Board member of the Illinois Manufacturers’ Association; Member of the Board of Visitors, Institute for the Humanities, University of Michigan

James T. Bunch — 1942

Trustee

  2003  

Managing Member, Grumman Hill Group LLC (family office/private equity investments)

 

Formerly: Chairman of the Board, Denver Film Society, Chairman of the Board of Trustees, Evans Scholarship Foundation; Chairman, Board of Governors, Western Golf Association

  146   Trustee, Evans Scholarship Foundation

Albert R. Dowden — 1941

Trustee

  2000  

Director of a number of public and private business corporations, including Nature’s Sunshine Products, Inc.

 

Formerly: Director, The Boss Group, Ltd. and Reich & Tang Funds (5 portfolios) (registered investment company); Director, Homeowners of America Holding Corporation/Homeowners of America Insurance Company (property casualty company); Director, Continental Energy Services, LLC (oil and gas pipeline service); Director, CompuDyne Corporation (provider of product and services to the public security market) and Director, Annuity and Life Re (Holdings), Ltd. (reinsurance company); Director, President and Chief Executive Officer, Volvo Group North America, Inc.; Senior Vice President, AB Volvo; Director of various public and private corporations; Chairman, DHJ Media, Inc.; Director, Magellan Insurance Company; and Director, The Hertz Corporation, Genmar Corporation (boat manufacturer), National Media Corporation; Advisory Board of Rotary Power International (designer, manufacturer, and seller of rotary power engines); and Chairman, Cortland Trust, Inc. (registered investment company)

  146   Director of Nature’s Sunshine Products, Inc.

Jack M. Fields — 1952

Trustee

  1997  

Chief Executive Officer, Twenty First Century Group, Inc. (government affairs company); and 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); 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

  146   None

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 and Director, Arvest Bank

  146   Director of Insperity, Inc. (formerly known as Administaff)

Prema Mathai-Davis — 1950

Trustee

  1998  

Retired.

 

Formerly: Chief Executive Officer, YWCA of the U.S.A.

  146   None

Larry Soll — 1942

Trustee

  2003  

Retired.

 

Formerly: Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President, Synergen Corp. (a biotechnology company)

  146   None

Raymond Stickel, Jr. — 1944

Trustee

  2005  

Retired.

 

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

  146   None

Robert C. Troccoli — 1949

Trustee

  2016  

Adjunct Professor, University of Denver — Daniels College of Business

 

Formerly: Senior Partner, KPMG LLP

  146   None

 

T-2                         Invesco Select Opportunities Fund


Trustees and Officers—(continued)

 

Name, Year of Birth and
Position(s) Held with the Trust
 

Trustee and/

or Officer Since

  Principal Occupation(s)
During Past 5 Years
  Number of
Funds in Fund
Complex
Overseen by
Trustee
  Other Directorship(s)
Held by Trustee During
Past 5 Years
Independent Trustees—(continued)

Suzanne H. Woolsey — 1941

Trustee

  2014  

Retired.

 

Formerly: Chief Executive Officer of Woolsey Partners LLC

  146   Director, SunShare LLC; Trustee, Ocean Conservancy; Emeritus Chair of the Board of Trustees of the Institute for Defense Analyses and of Colorado College; Trustee, Chair, Business and Finance Committee of California Institute of Technology; Prior to 2014, Director of Fluor Corp.; Prior to 2010, Trustee of the German Marshall Fund of the United States; Prior to 2010, Trustee of the Rocky Mountain Institute
Other Officers                

Sheri Morris — 1964

President, Principal Executive Officer and Treasurer

  1999  

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

 

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

  N/A   N/A

Russell C. Burk — 1958

Senior Vice President and Senior Officer

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

John M. Zerr — 1962

Senior Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Secretary

  2006  

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

 

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

  N/A   N/A

 

T-3                         Invesco Select Opportunities Fund


Trustees and Officers—(continued)

 

 

Name, Year of Birth and
Position(s) Held with the Trust
  Trustee and/
or Officer Since
  Principal Occupation(s)
During Past 5 Years
  Number of
Funds in Fund
Complex
Overseen by
Trustee
  Other Directorship(s)
Held by Trustee During
Past 5 Years
Other Officers—(continued)                

Karen Dunn Kelley — 1960

Senior Vice President

  2004  

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

 

Formerly: Vice President, The Invesco Funds (other than AIM Treasurer’s Series Trust (Invesco Treasurer’s Series Trust), Short-Term Investments Trust and Invesco Management Trust); and President and Principal Executive Officer, 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 Asset Management (Bermuda) Ltd., Director, INVESCO Global Asset Management DAC (formerly known as INVESCO Global Asset Management Limited) and INVESCO Management S.A.; Senior Vice President, Van Kampen Investments Inc. and Invesco Advisers, Inc. (formerly known as Invesco Institutional (N.A.), Inc.) (registered investment adviser); Director and President, Fund Management Company; Chief Cash Management Officer, Director of Cash Management, Senior Vice President, and Managing Director, Invesco AIM Capital Management, Inc.; Director of Cash Management, Senior Vice President, and Vice President, Invesco Advisers, Inc. and Vice President, The Invesco Funds (AIM Treasurer’s Series Trust (Invesco Treasurer’s Series Trust), and Short-Term Investments Trust only)

  N/A   N/A

Kelli Gallegos — 1970

Vice President, Principal Financial Officer and Assistant Treasurer

  2008  

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

 

Formerly: Assistant Vice President, The Invesco Funds

  N/A   N/A

Tracy Sullivan — 1962

Vice President, Chief Tax Officer and Assistant Treasurer

  2008  

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

 

Formerly: Assistant Vice President, The Invesco Funds

  N/A   N/A

Crissie M. Wisdom — 1969

Anti-Money Laundering Compliance Officer

  2013  

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

 

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

  N/A   N/A

Robert R. Leveille — 1969

Chief Compliance Officer

  2016  

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

 

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

  N/A   N/A

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

 

Office of the Fund

11 Greenway Plaza, Suite 1000
Houston, TX 77046-1173

 

Investment Adviser

Invesco Advisers, Inc.
1555 Peachtree Street, N.E.
Atlanta, GA 30309

 

Distributor

Invesco Distributors, Inc.
11 Greenway Plaza, Suite 1000
Houston, TX 77046-1173

 

Auditors

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
1000 Louisiana Street, Suite 5800

Houston, TX 77002-5678

     

Counsel to the Fund

Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young, LLP
2005 Market Street, Suite 2600
Philadelphia, PA 19103-7018

 

Counsel to the Independent Trustees

Goodwin Procter LLP
901 New York Avenue, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20001

 

Transfer Agent

Invesco Investment Services, Inc.
11 Greenway Plaza, Suite 1000
Houston, TX 77046-1173

 

Custodian

State Street Bank and Trust Company
225 Franklin Street
Boston, MA 02110-2801

 

T-4                         Invesco Select Opportunities Fund


 

 

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Invesco mailing information

Send general correspondence to Invesco Investment Services, Inc., P.O. Box 219078, Kansas City, MO 64121-9078.

 

 

Important notice regarding delivery of security holder documents

To reduce Fund expenses, only one copy of most shareholder documents may be mailed to shareholders with multiple accounts at the same address (Householding). Mailing of your shareholder documents may be householded indefinitely unless you instruct us otherwise. If you do not want the mailing of these documents to be combined with those for other members of your household, please contact Invesco Investment Services, Inc. at 800 959 4246 or contact your financial institution. We will begin sending you individual copies for each account within 30 days after receiving your request.

 

 

Fund holdings and proxy voting information

The Fund provides a complete list of its holdings four times in each fiscal year, at the quarter ends. For the second and fourth quarters, the lists appear in the Fund’s semiannual and annual reports to shareholders. For the first and third quarters, the Fund files the lists with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Form N-Q. The most recent list of portfolio holdings is available at invesco.com/completeqtrholdings. Shareholders can also look up the Fund’s Forms N-Q on the SEC website at sec.gov. Copies of the Fund’s Forms N-Q may be reviewed and copied at the SEC Public Reference Room in Washington, D.C. You can obtain information on the operation of the Public Reference Room, including information about duplicating fee charges, by calling 202 551 8090 or 800 732 0330, or by electronic request at the following email address: publicinfo@sec.gov. The SEC file numbers for the Fund are shown below.

A description of the policies and procedures that the Fund uses to determine how to vote proxies relating to portfolio securities is available without charge, upon request, from our Client Services department at 800 959 4246 or at invesco.com/proxyguidelines. The information is also available on the SEC website, sec.gov.

Information regarding how the Fund voted proxies related to its portfolio securities during the most recent 12-month period ended June 30 is available at invesco.com/proxysearch. The information is also available on the SEC website, sec.gov.

Invesco Advisers, Inc. is an investment adviser; it provides investment advisory services to individual and institutional clients and does not sell securities. Invesco Distributors, Inc. is the US distributor for Invesco Ltd.’s retail mutual funds, exchange-traded funds and institutional money market funds. Both are wholly owned, indirect subsidiaries of Invesco Ltd.

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SEC file numbers: 811-06463 and 033-44611    SOPP-AR-1    Invesco Distributors, Inc.


ITEM 2.    CODE OF ETHICS.

There were no amendments to the Code of Ethics (the “Code”) that applies to the Registrant’s Principal Executive Officer (“PEO”) and Principal Financial Officer (“PFO”) during the period covered by the report. The Registrant did not grant any waivers, including implicit waivers, from any provisions of the Code to the PEO or PFO during the period covered by this report.

 

ITEM 3.    AUDIT COMMITTEE FINANCIAL EXPERT.

The Board of Trustees has determined that the Registrant has at least one audit committee financial expert serving on its Audit Committee. The Audit Committee financial expert is Raymond Stickel, Jr. Mr. Stickel is “independent” within the meaning of that term as used in Form N-CSR.

 

ITEM 4.    PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTANT FEES AND SERVICES.

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP informed the Trust that it has identified an issue related to its independence under Rule 2-01(c)(1)(ii)(A) of Regulation S-X (referred to as the Loan Rule). The Loan Rule prohibits accounting firms, such as PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, from being deemed independent if they have certain financial relationships with their audit clients or certain affiliates of those clients. The Trust is required under various securities laws to have its financial statements audited by an independent accounting firm.

The Loan Rule specifically provides that an accounting firm would not be independent if it receives a loan from a lender that is a record or beneficial owner of more than ten percent of an audit client’s equity securities. For purposes of the Loan Rule, audit clients include the Funds as well as all registered investment companies advised by the Adviser and its affiliates, including other subsidiaries of the Adviser’s parent company, Invesco Ltd. (collectively, the Invesco Fund Complex). PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP informed the Trust it has relationships with lenders who hold, as record owner, more than ten percent of the shares of certain funds within the Invesco Fund Complex. These relationships call into question PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP’s independence under the Loan Rule with respect to those funds, as well as all other funds in the Invesco Fund Complex.

On June 20, 2016, the SEC Staff issued a “no-action” letter to another mutual fund complex (see Fidelity Management & Research Company et al., No-Action Letter) related to the audit independence issue described above. In that letter, the SEC confirmed that it would not recommend enforcement action against a fund that relied on audit services performed by an audit firm that was not in compliance with the Loan Rule in certain specified circumstances. In October 2016, in connection with its annual communication, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP communicated, as contemplated by the no-action letter, that it believes that it remains objective and impartial and that a reasonable investor possessing all the facts would conclude that PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP is able to exhibit the requisite objectivity and impartiality to report on the Funds’ financial statements as the independent registered public accounting firm. PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP also represented that it has complied with PCAOB Rule 3526(b)(1) and (2), which are conditions to the Funds relying on the no action letter, and affirmed that it is an independent accountant within the meaning of PCAOB Rule 3520. Therefore, the Adviser, the Funds and PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP concluded that PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP could continue to serve as the Funds’ independent registered public accounting firm. The Invesco Fund Complex relied upon the no-action letter in reaching this conclusion.

If in the future the independence of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP is called into question under the Loan Rule by circumstances that are not addressed in the SEC’s no-action letter, the Fund will need to take other action in order for the Fund’s filings with the SEC containing financial statements to be deemed compliant with applicable securities laws. Such additional actions could result in additional costs, impair


the ability of the Funds to issue new shares or have other material adverse effects on the Funds. In addition, the SEC has indicated that the no-action relief will expire 18 months from its issuance after which the Invesco Funds will no longer be able rely on the letter unless its term is extended or made permanent by the SEC Staff

(a) to (d)

Fees Billed by PWC Related to the Registrant

PWC billed the Registrant aggregate fees for services rendered to the Registrant for the last two fiscal years as follows:

 

     Fees Billed for
Services
Rendered to the
Registrant for
fiscal year end
2016
       Fees Billed for
Services Rendered
to the Registrant
for fiscal year end
2015

Audit Fees

     $     318,950          $     259,490  

Audit-Related Fees

     $ 0          $ 0  

Tax Fees(1)

     $ 94,605          $ 136,912  

All Other Fees

     $ 0          $ 0  
    

 

 

        

 

 

 

Total Fees

     $ 413,555          $ 396,402  

(g) PWC billed the Registrant aggregate non-audit fees of $94,605for the fiscal year ended 2016, and $136,912 for the fiscal year ended 2015, for non-audit services rendered to the Registrant.

 

 

 

  (1)

Tax fees for the fiscal year end October 31, 2016 includes fees billed for reviewing tax returns and/or services related to tax compliance. Tax fees for fiscal year end October 31, 2015 includes fees billed for reviewing tax returns and/or services related to tax compliance.


Fees Billed by PWC Related to Invesco and Invesco Affiliates

PWC billed Invesco Advisers, Inc. (“Invesco”), the Registrant’s adviser, and any entity controlling, controlled by or under common control with Invesco that provides ongoing services to the Registrant (“Invesco Affiliates”) aggregate fees for pre-approved non-audit services rendered to Invesco and Invesco Affiliates for the last two fiscal years as follows:

 

    

Fees Billed for
Non-Audit
Services Rendered
to Invesco and
Invesco Affiliates
for fiscal year end
2016 That Were
Required

to be Pre-

Approved

by the Registrant’s

Audit Committee

      

Fees Billed for
Non-Audit
Services Rendered
to Invesco and
Invesco Affiliates
for fiscal year end
2015 That Were
Required

to be Pre-

Approved

by the Registrant’s

Audit Committee

Audit-Related Fees

     $ 635,000          $ 574,000  

Tax Fees

     $ 0          $ 0  

All Other Fees

     $ 2,193,000          $ 3,750,000  
    

 

 

        

 

 

 

Total Fees(1)

     $ 2,828,000          $ 4,324,000  

 

 

 

(1)

Audit-Related fees for the year end 2016 include fees billed related to reviewing controls at a service organization. Audit-Related fees for the year end 2015 include fees billed related to reviewing controls at a service organization.

  All other fees for the year end 2016 include fees billed related to the identification of structural and organizational alternatives, informed by industry practices, for certain of the company’s administrative activities and functions. All other fees for the year end 2015 include fees billed related to reviewing the operating effectiveness of strategic projects.

(e)(2) There were no amounts that were pre-approved by the Audit Committee pursuant to the de minimus exception under Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X.

(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 $5,032,000 for the fiscal year ended October 31, 2016, and $9,083,000 for the fiscal year ended October 31, 2015, for non-audit services rendered to Invesco and Invesco Affiliates.

PWC provided audit services to the Investment Company complex of approximately $22 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.

(f) Not applicable.


(e)(1)

PRE-APPROVAL OF AUDIT AND NON-AUDIT SERVICES

POLICIES AND PROCEDURES

As adopted by the Audit Committees

of the Invesco Funds (the “Funds”)

Last Amended May 4, 2016

 

  I. Statement of Principles

The Audit Committees (the “Audit Committee”) of the Boards of Trustees of the Funds (the “Board”) have adopted these policies and procedures (the “Procedures”) with respect to the pre-approval of audit and non-audit services to be provided by the Funds’ independent auditor (the “Auditor”) to the Funds, and to the Funds’ investment adviser(s) and any entity controlling, controlled by, or under common control with the investment adviser(s) that provides ongoing services to the Funds (collectively, “Service Affiliates”).

Under Section 202 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, all audit and non-audit services provided to the Funds by the Auditor must be preapproved by the Audit Committee. Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X requires that the Audit Committee also pre-approve a Service Affiliate’s engagement of the Auditor for non-audit services if the engagement relates directly to the operations and financial reporting of the Funds (a “Service Affiliate’s Covered Engagement”).

These Procedures set forth the procedures and the conditions pursuant to which the Audit Committee may pre-approve audit and non-audit services for the Funds and a Service Affiliate’s Covered Engagement pursuant to rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) and other organizations and regulatory bodies applicable to the Funds (“Applicable Rules”).1 They address both general pre-approvals without consideration of specific case-by-case services (“general pre-approvals”) and pre-approvals on a case-by-case basis (“specific pre-approvals”). Any services requiring pre-approval that are not within the scope of general pre-approvals hereunder are subject to specific pre-approval. These Procedures also address the delegation by the Audit Committee of pre-approval authority to the Audit Committee Chair or Vice Chair.

 

  II.

Pre-Approval of Fund Audit Services

The annual Fund audit services engagement, including terms and fees, is subject to specific pre-approval by the Audit Committee. Audit services include the annual financial statement audit and other procedures required to be performed by an independent auditor to be able to form an opinion on the Funds’ financial statements. The Audit Committee will receive, review and consider sufficient information concerning a proposed Fund audit engagement to make a reasonable evaluation of the Auditor’s qualifications and independence. The Audit Committee will oversee the Fund audit services engagement as necessary, including approving any changes in terms, audit scope, conditions and fees.

 

 

1 

Applicable Rules include, for example, New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) rules applicable to closed-end funds managed by Invesco and listed on NYSE.


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 whether to pre-approve such engagement, including evaluating whether the provision of such services will impair the independence of the Auditor and is otherwise consistent with Applicable Rules.

 

  IV.

Non-Audit Service Types

The Audit Committee may provide either general or specific pre-approval of audit-related, tax or other services, each as described in more detail below.

 

  a.

Audit-Related Services

“Audit-related services” are assurance and related services that are reasonably related to the performance of the audit or review of the Fund’s financial statements or that are traditionally performed by an independent auditor. Audit-related services include, among others, accounting consultations related to accounting, financial reporting or disclosure matters not classified as “Audit services”; assistance with understanding and implementing new accounting and financial reporting guidance from rulemaking authorities; services related to mergers, acquisitions or dispositions; compliance with ratings agency requirements and interfund lending activities; and assistance with internal control reporting requirements.

 

  b.

Tax Services

“Tax services” include, but are not limited to, the review and signing of the Funds’ federal tax returns, the review of required distributions by the Funds and consultations regarding tax matters such as the tax treatment of new investments or the impact of new regulations. The Audit Committee will not approve proposed services of the Auditor which the Audit Committee believes are to be provided in connection with a service or transaction initially recommended by the Auditor, the sole business purpose of which may be tax avoidance and the tax treatment of which may not be supported in the Internal Revenue Code and related regulations. The Audit Committee will consult with the Funds’ Treasurer (or his or her designee) and may consult with outside counsel or advisers as necessary to ensure the consistency of tax services rendered by the Auditor with the foregoing policy. The Auditor shall not represent any Fund or any Service Affiliate before a tax court, district court or federal court of claims.


Each request to provide tax services under either the general or specific pre-approval of the Audit Committee will include a description from the Auditor in writing of (i) the scope of the service, the fee structure for the engagement, and any side letter or other amendment to the engagement letter, or any other agreement (whether oral, written, or otherwise) between the Auditor and the Funds, relating to the service; and (ii) any compensation arrangement or other agreement, such as a referral agreement, a referral fee or fee-sharing arrangement, between the Auditor (or an affiliate of the Auditor) and any person (other than the Funds or Service Affiliates receiving the services) with respect to the promoting, marketing, or recommending of a transaction covered by the service. The Auditor will also discuss with the Audit Committee the potential effects of the services on the independence of the Auditor, and document the substance of its discussion with the Audit Committee.

 

  c.

Other Services

The Audit Committee may pre-approve other non-audit services so long as the Audit Committee believes that the service will not impair the independence of the Auditor. Appendix I includes a list of services that the Auditor is prohibited from performing by the SEC rules. Appendix I also includes a list of services that would impair the Auditor’s independence unless the Audit Committee reasonably concludes that the results of the services will not be subject to audit procedures during an audit of the Funds’ financial statements.

 

  V.

Pre-Approval of Service Affiliate’s Covered Engagements

Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X requires that the Audit Committee pre-approve a Service Affiliate’s engagement of the Auditor for non-audit services if the engagement relates directly to the operations and financial reporting of the Funds, defined above as a “Service Affiliate’s Covered Engagement”.

The Audit Committee may provide either general or specific pre-approval of any Service Affiliate’s Covered Engagement, including for audit-related, tax or other services, as described above, if the Audit Committee believes that the provision of the services to a Service Affiliate will not impair the independence of the Auditor with respect to the Funds. Any Service Affiliate’s Covered Engagements that are not within the scope of General Pre-Approved Non-Audit Services have not received general pre-approval and require specific pre-approval.

Each request for specific pre-approval by the Audit Committee of a Service Affiliate’s Covered Engagement must be submitted to the Audit Committee by the Funds’ Treasurer (or his or her designee) and must include detailed information about the services to be provided, the fees or fee ranges to be charged, a description of the current status of the pre-approval process involving other audit committees in the Invesco investment company complex (as defined in Rule 2-201 of Regulation S-X) with respect to the proposed engagement, and other relevant information sufficient to allow the Audit Committee to consider whether the provision of such services will impair the independence of the Auditor from the Funds. Additionally, the Funds’ Treasurer (or his or her designee) and the Auditor will provide the Audit Committee with a statement that the proposed engagement requires pre-approval by the Audit Committee, the proposed engagement, in their view, will not impair the independence of the Auditor and is consistent with Applicable Rules, and the description of the proposed engagement provided to the Audit Committee is consistent with that presented to or approved by the Invesco audit committee.

Information about all Service Affiliate engagements of the Auditor for non-audit services, whether or not subject to pre-approval by the Audit Committee, shall be provided to the Audit Committee at least quarterly, to allow the Audit Committee to consider whether the provision of such services is compatible with maintaining the Auditor’s independence from the Funds. The Funds’ Treasurer and Auditor shall provide the Audit Committee with sufficiently detailed information about the scope of services provided and the fees for such services, to ensure that the Audit Committee can adequately consider whether the provision of such services is compatible with maintaining the Auditor’s independence from the Funds.


  VI. Pre-Approved Fee Levels or Established Amounts

Pre-approved fee levels or ranges for audit and non-audit services to be provided by the Auditor to the Funds, and for a Service Affiliate’s Covered Engagement, under general pre-approval or specific pre-approval will be set periodically by the Audit Committee. Any proposed fees exceeding 110% of the maximum pre-approved fee levels or ranges for such services or engagements will be promptly presented to the Audit Committee and will require specific pre-approval by the Audit Committee before payment of any additional fees is made.

 

  VII. Delegation

The Audit Committee may from time to time delegate specific pre-approval authority to its Chair and/or Vice Chair, so that the Chair or, in his or her absence, Vice Chair may grant specific pre-approval for audit and non-audit services by the Auditor to the Funds and/or a Service Affiliate’s Covered Engagement between Audit Committee meetings. Any such delegation shall be reflected in resolutions adopted by the Audit Committee and may include such limitations as to dollar amount(s) and/or scope of service(s) as the Audit Committee may choose to impose. Any such delegation shall not preclude the Chair or Vice Chair from declining, on a case by case basis, to exercise his or her delegated authority and instead convening the Audit Committee to consider and pre-approve any proposed services or engagements.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, any non-audit services to be provided to the Funds for which the fees are estimated to exceed $500,000 and any Service Affiliate’s Covered Engagement for which the fees are estimated to exceed $500,000 must be pre-approved by the Audit Committee and may not be delegated to the Chair or Vice Chair.

 

  VIII.

Compliance with Procedures

Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, failure to pre-approve any services or engagements that are not required to be pre-approved pursuant to the de minimis exception provided for in Rule 2-01(c)(7)(i)(C) of Regulation S-X shall not constitute a violation of these Procedures. The Audit Committee has designated the Funds’ Treasurer to ensure services and engagements are pre-approved in compliance with these Procedures. The Funds’ Treasurer will immediately report to the Chair of the Audit Committee, or the Vice Chair in his or her absence, any breach of these Procedures that comes to the attention of the Funds’ Treasurer or any services or engagements that are not required to be pre-approved pursuant to the de minimis exception provided for in Rule 2-01(c)(7)(i)(C) of Regulation S-X.

On at least an annual basis, the Auditor will provide the Audit Committee with a summary of all non-audit services provided to any entity in the investment company complex (as defined in section 2-01(f)(14) of Regulation S-X, including the Funds and Service Affiliates) that were not pre-approved, including the nature of services provided and the associated fees.

 

  IX.

Amendments to Procedures

All material amendments to these Procedures must be approved in advance by the Audit Committee. Non-material amendments to these Procedures may be made by the Legal and Compliance Departments and will be reported to the Audit Committee at the next regularly scheduled meeting of the Audit Committee.


Appendix I

Non-Audit Services That May Impair the Auditor’s Independence

The Auditor is not independent if, at any point during the audit and professional engagement, the Auditor provides the following non-audit services:

 

    Management functions;
    Human resources;
    Broker-dealer, investment adviser, or investment banking services ;
    Legal services;
    Expert services unrelated to the audit;
    Any service or product provided for a contingent fee or a commission;
    Services related to marketing, planning, or opining in favor of the tax treatment of confidential transactions or aggressive tax position transactions, a significant purpose of which is tax avoidance;
    Tax services for persons in financial reporting oversight roles at the Fund; and
    Any other service that the Public Company Oversight Board determines by regulation is impermissible.

An Auditor is not independent if, at any point during the audit and professional engagement, the Auditor provides the following non-audit services unless it is reasonable to conclude that the results of the services will not be subject to audit procedures during an audit of the Funds’ financial statements:

 

    Bookkeeping or other services related to the accounting records or financial statements of the audit client;
    Financial information systems design and implementation;
    Appraisal or valuation services, fairness opinions, or contribution-in-kind reports;
    Actuarial services; and
    Internal audit outsourcing services.

 

ITEM 5. AUDIT COMMITTEE OF LISTED REGISTRANTS.

Not applicable.

 

ITEM 6. SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS.

Investments in securities of unaffiliated issuers is included as part of the reports to stockholders filed under Item 1 of this Form.

 

ITEM 7. DISCLOSURE OF PROXY VOTING POLICIES AND PROCEDURES FOR CLOSED-END MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES.

Not applicable.

 

ITEM 8. PORTFOLIO MANAGERS OF CLOSED-END MANAGEMENT COMPANIES.

Not applicable.


ITEM 9. PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES BY CLOSED-END MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANY AND AFFILIATED PURCHASERS.

Not applicable.

 

ITEM 10. SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS.

None

 

ITEM 11. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES.

 

(a) As of November 21, 2016, an evaluation was performed under the supervision and with the participation of the officers of the Registrant, including the PEO and PFO, to assess the effectiveness of the Registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures, as that term is defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “Act”), as amended. Based on that evaluation, the Registrant’s officers, including the PEO and PFO, concluded that, as of November 21, 2016, the Registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures were reasonably designed to ensure: (1) that information required to be disclosed by the Registrant on Form N-CSR is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified by the rules and forms of the Securities and Exchange Commission; and (2) that material information relating to the Registrant is made known to the PEO and PFO as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.

 

(b) There have been no changes in the Registrant’s internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the Act) that occurred during the second fiscal quarter of the period covered by this report that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the Registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

ITEM 12. EXHIBITS.

 

12(a) (1) Code of Ethics.

 

12(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.

 

12(a) (3) Not applicable.

 

12(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 International Mutual Funds (Invesco International Mutual Funds)

 

By:

 

/s/ Sheri Morris

 

Sheri Morris

 

Principal Executive Officer

Date:

 

January 6, 2017

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:

 

January 6, 2017

By:

 

/s/ Kelli Gallegos

 

Kelli Gallegos

 

Principal Financial Officer

Date:

 

January 6, 2017

 


EXHIBIT INDEX

 

12(a) (1)    Code of Ethics.
12(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.
12(a) (3)    Not applicable.
12(b)    Certifications of principal executive officer and principal financial officer as required by Rule 30a-2(b) under the Investment Company Act of 1940.