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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
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Investment Company Act file number | | 811-02611 | | |
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| | Invesco Exchange Fund | | |
| | (Exact name of registrant as specified in charter) | | |
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| | 1555 Peachtree Street, N.E., Atlanta, Georgia 30309 | | |
| | (Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code) | | |
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| | Colin D. Meadows 1555 Peachtree Street, N.E., Atlanta, Georgia 30309 |
| | (Name and address of agent for service) |
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Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: | | (713) 626-1919 |
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Date of fiscal year end: | | 12/31 |
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Date of reporting period: | | 12/31/13 |
Item 1. Report to Stockholders.
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| | | | Annual Report to Partners | | December 31, 2013 |
| | | Invesco Exchange Fund |
| | | Nasdaq: ACEHX | | |
Management’s Discussion of Fund Performance
Performance summary
For the year ended December 31, 2013, Invesco Exchange Fund underperformed the S&P 500 Index. The Fund seeks long-term growth of capital, while the production of current income is an important secondary objective. The Fund does not currently offer its shares for purchase.
Your Fund’s long-term performance appears later in this report.
Fund vs. Indexes
Total returns, 12/31/12 to 12/31/13
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Invesco Exchange Fund | | | | 26.07 | % |
S&P 500 Index‚ (Broad Market/Style-Specific Index) | | | | 32.39 | |
Source(s): ‚Invesco, S&P-Dow Jones via FactSet Research Systems Inc.
Market conditions and your Fund
The year ended December 31, 2013, was characterized by slow but steady improvement in the US economy and strong US equity market returns. As the year began, consumer confidence trended higher based on the recovery of the US housing market, despite uncertainty surrounding the outcome of tax and spending negotiations between the White House and Congress – and implementation of sequestration spending cuts – which consequently left many businesses hesitant to spend.
US equity markets rose for the first half of the year, but from late May through June, capital markets declined following US Federal Reserve (the Fed) Chairman Ben Bernanke’s comments suggesting that the time had come for the Fed to begin to reduce the size of its bond buying program, also known as quantitative easing (QE). This sell-off was brief but broad, and few asset classes were immune. Markets stabilized in mid-summer, despite some volatility in August surrounding a potential US military reaction to instability in Syria.
The fourth quarter began amid uncertainty created by a two-week federal government shutdown, yet equities shrugged off this news and rallied steadily throughout the last three months of the year. In December, as expected, the Fed officially announced that it would begin reducing the scope of QE in early 2014. Despite the Fed’s actions, equities continued to rise, as the announcement was widely anticipated and largely priced into stock valuations.
In seeking to attain its investment objectives, the Fund acquires securities for potential long-term appreciation and does not engage to any significant degree in short-term trading. Capital gains taxes are considered in determining the sale of portfolio securities. However, sales are affected whenever they are believed to be in the best interests of the partners, even though capital gains may be recognized. Sectors that contributed the most to relative Fund performance were the energy and materials sectors. The consumer staples, financials, health care, industrials and information technology sectors detracted from the Fund’s relative
performance. All sectors of the Fund delivered positive absolute performance during the reporting period.
When looking at individual holdings, top contributors for the year were Air Products and Chemicals, Hess, Intel, International Flavors & Fragrances and Johnson & Johnson. Top detractors included American International Group, Alpha Natural Resources, Louisiana-Pacific, IBM and CareFusion.
The Fund’s holding in Medco Health Solutions was liquidated during the reporting period.
No new holdings were added.
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Portfolio Composition By sector | | |
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Energy | | | | 29.5 | % |
Health Care | | | | 22.9 | |
Materials | | | | 16.6 | |
Information Technology | | | | 12.0 | |
Consumer Staples | | | | 8.9 | |
Industrials | | | | 6.5 | |
Financials | | | | 2.7 | |
Money Market Funds Plus Other Assets Less Liabilities | | | | 0.9 | |
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Top 10 Equity Holdings* | | |
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1. Air Products & Chemicals, Inc. | | | | 9.8 | % |
2. McCormick & Co., Inc. | | | | 8.9 | |
3. Intel Corp. | | | | 8.0 | |
4. Merck & Co., Inc. | | | | 7.2 | |
5. Exxon Mobil Corp. | | | | 7.0 | |
6. Johnson & Johnson | | | | 7.0 | |
7. Pfizer Inc. | | | | 6.5 | |
8. Hess Corp. | | | | 6.1 | |
9. International Flavors & Fragrances Inc. | | | | 6.1 | |
10. Halliburton Co. | | | | 4.4 | |
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Total Net Assets | | | | $70.2 million | |
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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.
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Your Fund’s Long-Term Performance
Results of a $10,000 Investment
Fund and index data from 12/31/03
Past performance cannot guarantee comparable future results.
The data shown in the chart include reinvested distributions and Fund expenses including management fees.
Index results include reinvested dividends, but they do not reflect sales charges, fund expenses or management fees. Performance shown in the chart and table(s) does not reflect deduction of
taxes a partner would pay on Fund distributions including reinvested distributions or sale of units.
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Average Annual Total Returns |
As of 12/31/13 | | | | | |
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Invesco Exchange Fund | | | | | |
Inception (12/16/76) | | | | 11.21 | % |
10 Years | | | | 7.77 | |
5 Years | | | | 15.29 | |
1 Year | | | | 26.07 | |
Effective August 2, 2013, Invesco Van Kampen Exchange Fund was renamed Invesco Exchange Fund.
The performance data quoted represent past performance and cannot guarantee comparable future results; current performance may be lower or
higher. Performance figures reflect reinvested distributions and changes in net asset value. Investment return and principal value will fluctuate so that you may have a gain or loss when you sell units.
The above presentation, in accordance with requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission, assumes the reinvestment of dividends. However, the Fund does not offer its units and does not provide the option of reinvesting dividends in units of the Fund; dividends may not be reinvested in the Fund.
The total annual Fund operating expense ratio for the period ended December 31, 2013, is 0.67%.
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Invesco Exchange Fund’s principal investment objective is long-term growth of capital, while the production of current income is an important secondary objective.
n | | Unless otherwise stated, information presented in this report is as of December 31, 2013, and is based on total net assets. |
n | | Unless otherwise noted, all data provided by Invesco. |
Principal risks of investing in the Fund
The Fund is subject to market risk. Market risk is the possibility that the market values of securities owned by the Fund will decline. Market risk may affect a single issuer, industry, sector of the economy or the market as a whole.
Investments in common stocks and convertible securities generally are affected by changes in the stock markets, which fluctuate substantially over time, sometimes suddenly and sharply. The financial markets in general are subject to volatility and may at times experience periods of extreme volatility and uncertainty, which may affect all investment securities, including equity securities, fixed income or debt securities and derivative instruments. During such periods, fixed income or debt securities of all credit qualities may become illiquid or difficult to sell at a time and a price acceptable to the Fund. The markets for other securities in which the Fund may invest may not function properly, which may affect the value of such securities, and such securities may become illiquid.
New or proposed laws may have an impact on the Fund’s investments and the Fund’s investment adviser is unable to predict what effect, if any, such legislation may have on the Fund.
About indexes used in this report
n | | The S&P 500® Index is an unmanaged index considered representative of the US stock market. |
n | | 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). |
n | | 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. |
Unless otherwise noted, all data provided by Invesco.
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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Schedule of Investments(a)
December 31, 2013
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| | Shares | | | Value | |
Common Stocks & Other Equity Interests–99.05% | |
Aerospace & Defense–1.63% | |
Honeywell International Inc. | | | 12,478 | | | $ | 1,140,115 | |
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Coal & Consumable Fuels–0.13% | |
Alpha Natural Resources, Inc.(b) | | | 13,099 | | | | 93,527 | |
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Construction & Engineering–2.93% | |
Fluor Corp. | | | 25,559 | | | | 2,052,132 | |
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Diversified Banks–0.90% | |
HSBC Holdings PLC–ADR (United Kingdom) | | | 11,471 | | | | 632,396 | |
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Forest Products–0.68% | |
Louisiana–Pacific Corp.(b) | | | 25,866 | | | | 478,780 | |
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Health Care Distributors–0.18% | |
Cardinal Health, Inc. | | | 1,860 | | | | 124,267 | |
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Health Care Equipment–1.04% | |
Baxter International Inc. | | | 9,960 | | | | 692,718 | |
CareFusion Corp.(b) | | | 930 | | | | 37,033 | |
| | | | | | | 729,751 | |
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Health Care Services–0.98% | |
Express Scripts Holding Co.(b) | | | 9,802 | | | | 688,492 | |
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Industrial Gases–9.82% | |
Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. | | | 61,638 | | | | 6,889,896 | |
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Industrial Machinery–1.93% | |
SPX Corp. | | | 13,594 | | | | 1,354,098 | |
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Integrated Oil & Gas–15.48% | |
BP PLC–ADR (United Kingdom) | | | 33,740 | | | | 1,640,101 | |
Exxon Mobil Corp. | | | 48,719 | | | | 4,930,363 | |
Hess Corp. | | | 51,692 | | | | 4,290,436 | |
| | | | | | | 10,860,900 | |
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IT Consulting & Other Services–4.00% | |
International Business Machines Corp. | | | 14,956 | | | | 2,805,297 | |
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Multi–Line Insurance–0.15% | |
American International Group, Inc. | | | 2,076 | | | | 105,980 | |
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| | Shares | | | Value | |
Oil & Gas Drilling–0.15% | |
Transocean Ltd. | | | 2,169 | | | $ | 107,192 | |
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Oil & Gas Equipment & Services–10.50% | |
Baker Hughes Inc. | | | 25,531 | | | | 1,410,843 | |
Halliburton Co. | | | 60,397 | | | | 3,065,148 | |
Schlumberger Ltd. | | | 32,031 | | | | 2,886,313 | |
| | | | | | | 7,362,304 | |
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Oil & Gas Exploration & Production–3.21% | |
Apache Corp. | | | 26,241 | | | | 2,255,151 | |
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Packaged Foods & Meats–8.88% | |
McCormick & Co., Inc. | | | 90,360 | | | | 6,227,611 | |
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Pharmaceuticals–20.71% | |
Johnson & Johnson | | | 53,320 | | | | 4,883,579 | |
Merck & Co., Inc. | | | 101,062 | | | | 5,058,153 | |
Pfizer Inc. | | | 149,619 | | | | 4,582,830 | |
| | | | | | | 14,524,562 | |
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Semiconductors–7.99% | |
Intel Corp. | | | 215,966 | | | | 5,606,477 | |
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Specialized REIT’s–1.69% | |
Plum Creek Timber Co., Inc. | | | 25,500 | | | | 1,186,005 | |
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Specialty Chemicals–6.07% | |
International Flavors & Fragrances Inc. | | | 49,513 | | | | 4,257,128 | |
Total Common Stocks & Other Equity Interests (Cost $5,490,527) | | | | 69,482,061 | |
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Money Market Funds–0.87% | |
Liquid Assets Portfolio– Institutional Class(c) | | | 306,456 | | | | 306,456 | |
Premier Portfolio– Institutional Class(c) | | | 306,457 | | | | 306,457 | |
Total Money Market Funds (Cost $612,913) | | | | | | | 612,913 | |
TOTAL INVESTMENTS–99.92% (Cost $6,103,440) | | | | | | | 70,094,974 | |
OTHER ASSETS LESS LIABILITIES–0.08% | | | | 55,764 | |
NET ASSETS–100.00% | | | | | | $ | 70,150,738 | |
Investment Abbreviations:
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ADR | | – American Depositary Receipt |
REIT | | – Real Estate Investment Trust |
Notes to Schedule of Investments:
(a) | Industry and/or sector 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. |
(b) | Non-income producing security. |
(c) | The money market fund and the Fund are affiliated by having the same investment adviser. |
See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements which are an integral part of the financial statements.
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Statement of Assets and Liabilities
December 31, 2013
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Assets: | | | | |
Investments, at value (Cost $5,490,527) | | $ | 69,482,061 | |
Investments in affiliated money market funds, at value and cost | | | 612,913 | |
Total investments, at value (Cost $6,103,440) | | | 70,094,974 | |
Receivable for: | | | | |
Dividends | | | 163,941 | |
Total assets | | | 70,258,915 | |
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Liabilities: | | | | |
Payable for: | | | | |
Accrued fees to affiliates | | | 313 | |
Accrued trustees’ and officers’ fees and benefits | | | 268 | |
Accrued other operating expenses | | | 107,596 | |
Total liabilities | | | 108,177 | |
Net assets applicable to units outstanding | | $ | 70,150,738 | |
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Net assets consist of: | | | | |
123,876 units of limited partnership interest | | $ | 68,867,843 | |
2,106 units of non-managing general partnership units | | | 1,170,562 | |
202 units of managing general partnership interest | | | 112,333 | |
Net assets | | $ | 70,150,738 | |
Net asset value per unit ($70,150,738 divided by 126,184 units of partnership interest outstanding) | | $ | 555.94 | |
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Components of net assets: | | | | |
Net paid in capital on units of beneficial interest | | $ | 6,159,204 | |
Net unrealized appreciation on investments | | | 63,991,534 | |
Total net assets | | $ | 70,150,738 | |
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 December 31, 2013
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Investment income: | | | | |
Dividends | | $ | 1,582,641 | |
Dividends from affiliated money market funds | | | 424 | |
Total investment income | | | 1,583,065 | |
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Expenses: | | | | |
Advisory fees | | | 195,638 | |
Administrative services fees | | | 50,000 | |
Custodian fees | | | 4,297 | |
Transfer agent fees | | | 2,133 | |
Managing general partners’ fees and related expenses | | | 9,603 | |
Professional services fees | | | 150,564 | |
Other | | | 25,468 | |
Total expenses | | | 437,703 | |
Less: Fees waived | | | (1,006 | ) |
Net expenses | | | 436,697 | |
Net investment income | | | 1,146,368 | |
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Realized and unrealized gain from: | | | | |
Net realized gain on investments as a result of partner in-kind redemptions | | | 987,674 | |
Change in net unrealized appreciation of investment securities | | | 12,686,369 | |
Net realized and unrealized gain | | | 13,674,043 | |
Net increase in net assets resulting from operations | | $ | 14,820,411 | |
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 December 31, 2013, and 2012
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| | 2013 | | | 2012 | |
Operations: | |
Net investment income | | $ | 1,146,368 | | | $ | 1,125,745 | |
Net realized gain | | | 987,674 | | | | 1,021,359 | |
Change in net unrealized appreciation | | | 12,686,369 | | | | 2,055,120 | |
Net increase in net assets resulting from operations | | | 14,820,411 | | | | 4,202,224 | |
Distributions from net investment income | | | (638,306 | ) | | | (671,111 | ) |
Distributions from net realized gain | | | (117,069 | ) | | | — | |
Partnership unit transactions — net | | | (1,257,051 | ) | | | (3,014,861 | ) |
Net increase in net assets | | | 12,807,985 | | | | 516,252 | |
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Net assets: | |
Beginning of year | | | 57,342,753 | | | | 56,826,501 | |
End of year | | $ | 70,150,738 | | | $ | 57,342,753 | |
Notes to Financial Statements
December 31, 2013
NOTE 1—Significant Accounting Policies
Invesco Exchange Fund (the “Fund”), formerly Invesco Van Kampen Exchange Fund, a California limited partnership, is a partnership registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”), as a diversified, open-end management investment company.
The Fund’s principal investment objective is long-term growth of capital, while the production of current income is an important secondary objective.
The Fund has three different types of partners: Managing General Partners, Non-Managing General Partners and Limited Partners. Except as otherwise specifically provided in the Certificate and Agreement of Limited Partnership (the “Agreement”), Managing General Partners have complete and exclusive control over the management, conduct and operations of the Fund’s business. Generally, Non-Managing General Partners will take no part in the management, conduct and operations of the Fund. Limited Partners have no right to and will take no part in the control of the Fund’s business. Limited Partners may exercise voting rights as provided pursuant to the terms of the Agreement.
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 bonds) 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 ask 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 ask prices. For purposes of determining net asset value 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 bonds) 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 Managing General Partners. 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
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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 Managing General Partners. Issuer specific events, market trends, bid/ask 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.
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 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 Statement of Changes in Net Assets, or the net investment income per share and 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.
Net investment income is allocated daily to each partner, relative to the total number of units held. Capital gains or losses will be allocated equally among units outstanding on the day recognized.
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 income to partners are paid quarterly and recorded on ex-dividend date. Distributions from realized capital gains, if any, are made annually and recorded on ex-dividend date. |
E. | Federal Income Taxes — The Fund has met the qualification to be classified as a partnership for federal income tax purposes and intends to maintain this qualification in the future. A partnership is not subject to federal income tax. 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 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. | 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. |
G. | Indemnifications — Under the Fund’s organizational documents, each General Partner of the Fund (including officers, and/or directors of a corporate General Partner) 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. |
NOTE 2—Advisory Fees and Other Fees Paid to Affiliates
The Fund 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 annual fee of 0.30% based on the average daily net assets of the Fund.
Under the terms of master intergroup sub-advisory contracts between the Adviser and each of Invesco Asset Management Deutschland GmbH, Invesco Asset Management Limited, Invesco Asset Management (Japan) Limited, Invesco Australia Limited, Invesco Hong Kong Limited, Invesco Senior Secured Management, Inc. and Invesco Canada Ltd. (collectively, the “Affiliated Sub-Advisers”) the Adviser, not the Fund, may pay 40% of the fees
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paid to the Adviser to any such Affiliated Sub-Adviser(s) that provide(s) discretionary investment management services to the Fund based on the percentage of assets allocated to such Sub-Adviser(s).
The Adviser has contractually agreed, through at least June 30, 2014, 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 December 31, 2013, the Adviser waived advisory fees of $1,006.
The Fund 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 December 31, 2013, expenses incurred under these agreement are shown in the Statement of Operations as Administrative services fees.
The Fund 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. For the year ended December 31, 2013, expenses incurred under these agreements are shown in the Statement of Operations as Transfer agent fees.
For the the year ended December 31, 2013, the Fund paid legal fees of $70,880 for services rendered to the Fund by Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, of which a Managing General Partner of the Fund is Of Counsel.
A Managing General Partner of the Fund is an officer of Invesco and/or IIS.
At December 31, 2013, the Adviser and Van Kampen Exchange Corp. (an affiliate of the Adviser), as non-managing general partner of the Fund, owned 234 and 1,872 units of partnership interest, respectively.
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. |
As of December 31, 2013, all of the securities in this Fund were valued based on Level 1 inputs (see the Schedule of Investments for security categories). 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.
NOTE 4—Partnership Unit Transactions
Partners of the Fund may redeem units any time. The net asset value of units redeemed, other than redemptions under a systematic withdrawal plan, may be paid in cash or securities, at the option of the Fund, and will ordinarily be paid in whole or in part in securities. The Fund’s valuation may determine the quantity of securities tendered. The Fund will select securities for tender in redemptions based on tax or investment considerations. During the year ended December 31, 2013, the Fund tendered securities of $1,041,726 for partner redemptions.
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—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 December 31, 2013 was $0 and $1,041,726. 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.
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Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) of Investment Securities on a Tax Basis | |
Aggregate unrealized appreciation of investment securities | | $ | 66,448,752 | |
Aggregate unrealized (depreciation) of investment securities | | | (44,954 | ) |
Net unrealized appreciation of investment securities | | $ | 66,403,798 | |
Cost of investments for tax purposes is $3,691,176.
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NOTE 7—Unit Information
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| | Summary of Unit Activity | |
| | Years ended December 31, | |
| | 2013(a) | | | 2012 | |
| | Units | | | Amount | | | Units | | | Amount | |
Issued as reinvestment of dividends:(b) | | | 88 | | | $ | 43,324 | | | | 203 | | | $ | 89,779 | |
Reacquired: | | | (2,454 | ) | | | (1,300,375 | ) | | | (7,069 | ) | | | (3,104,640 | ) |
Net increase (decrease) in share activity | | | (2,366 | ) | | $ | (1,257,051 | ) | | | (6,866 | ) | | $ | (3,014,861 | ) |
(a) | At December 31, 2013, five of the unitholders in the aggregate owned approximately 50% of the Fund. The Fund has no knowledge as to whether all or any portion of the units owned of record are also owned beneficially. |
(b) | Effective July 17, 2012, the Fund’s Partnership Agreement was amended to provide for the payment of distributions in cash, without the option of reinvesting distributions in units of the Fund. Beginning with the September 19, 2013 Fund distribution, all Fund distributions will be made in cash. |
NOTE 8—Financial Highlights
The following schedule presents financial highlights for a unit of the Fund outstanding throughout the periods indicated.
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| | Years ended December 31, | |
| | 2013 | | | 2012 | | | 2011 | | | 2010 | | | 2009 | |
Net asset value, beginning of period | | $ | 446.07 | | | $ | 419.64 | | | $ | 456.20 | | | $ | 410.07 | | | $ | 327.27 | |
Net investment income(a) | | | 8.96 | | | | 8.39 | | | | 7.89 | | | | 6.95 | | | | 6.84 | |
Net gains (losses) on securities (both realized and unrealized) | | | 106.83 | | | | 23.04 | | | | (3.78 | ) | | | 55.24 | | | | 85.24 | |
Total from investment operations | | | 115.79 | | | | 31.43 | | | | 4.11 | | | | 62.19 | | | | 92.08 | |
Dividends from net investment income | | | (5.00 | ) | | | (5.00 | ) | | | (5.00 | ) | | | (7.25 | ) | | | (6.50 | ) |
Distributions from net realized gains | | | (0.92 | ) | | | — | | | | (35.67 | ) | | | (8.81 | ) | | | (2.78 | ) |
Total distributions | | | (5.92 | ) | | | (5.00 | ) | | | (40.67 | ) | | | (16.06 | ) | | | (9.28 | ) |
Net asset value, end of period | | $ | 555.94 | | | $ | 446.07 | | | $ | 419.64 | | | $ | 456.20 | | | $ | 410.07 | |
Total return(b) | | | 26.09 | % | | | 7.51 | % | | | 0.84 | % | | | 15.77 | % | | | 28.74 | % |
Net assets, end of period (000’s omitted) | | $ | 70,151 | | | $ | 57,343 | | | $ | 56,827 | | | $ | 60,971 | | | $ | 59,066 | |
Portfolio turnover rate(c) | | | 0 | % | | | 0 | % | | | 0 | % | | | 0 | % | | | 2 | % |
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Ratio of expenses to average net assets: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
With fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements | | | 0.67 | %(d) | | | 0.58 | % | | | 0.52 | % | | | 0.50 | % | | | 0.52 | % |
Without fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements | | | 0.67 | %(d) | | | 0.75 | % | | | 0.65 | % | | | 0.52 | % | | | 0.52 | % |
Ratio of net investment income to average net assets | | | 1.76 | %(d) | | | 1.90 | % | | | 1.70 | % | | | 1.72 | % | | | 1.93 | % |
(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 annualized and based on average daily net assets (000’s omitted) of $65,213. |
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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
To the Partners of Invesco Exchange 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 Invesco Exchange Fund (formerly Invesco Van Kampen Exchange Fund), hereafter referred to as the “Fund” at December 31, 2013, 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, 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 at December 31, 2013 by correspondence with the custodian, provide a reasonable basis for our opinion. The financial highlights of the Fund for the period ended December 31, 2009 were audited by another independent registered public accounting firm whose report dated February 19, 2010 expressed an unqualified opinion on such financial statement.
PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLP
February 26, 2014
Houston, Texas
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Calculating your ongoing Fund expenses
Example
As a unitholder of the Fund, you incur ongoing costs, including management 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, 2013 through December 31, 2013.
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.
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Beginning Account Value (07/01/13) | | ACTUAL | | HYPOTHETICAL (5% annual return before expenses) | | Annualized Expense Ratio |
| Ending Account Value (12/31/13)1 | | Expenses Paid During Period2 | | Ending Account Value (12/31/13) | | Expenses Paid During Period2 | |
$1,000.00 | | $1,129.50 | | $3.70 | | $1,021.73 | | $3.52 | | 0.69% |
1 | The actual ending account value is based on the actual total return of the Fund for the period July 1, 2013 through December 31, 2013, 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 184/365 to reflect the most recent fiscal half year. |
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Proxy Results
An Annual Meeting (“Meeting”) of Partners of Invesco Exchange Fund (the “Fund”), formerly known as Invesco Van Kampen Exchange Fund, was held on August 2, 2013. The Meeting was held for the following purposes:
(1) | To elect eight Managing General Partners, each to serve until the next annual meeting of Partners or until a successor is elected and qualified. |
(2) | To change the Fund’s name to “Invesco Exchange Fund.” |
The results of the voting on the above matters were as follows:
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| | Matters | | | | | | | | Votes For | | | Votes Withheld | |
(1) | | David C. Arch | | | | 90,667 | | | | 3,429 | |
| | Jerry D. Choate | | | | 91,380 | | | | 2,716 | |
| | Linda Hutton Heagy | | | | 91,380 | | | | 2,716 | |
| | R. Craig Kennedy | | | | 90,667 | | | | 3,429 | |
| | Colin D. Meadows | | | | 91,380 | | | | 2,716 | |
| | Hugo F. Sonnenschein | | | | 90,667 | | | | 3,429 | |
| | Wayne W. Whalen | | | | 91,380 | | | | 2,716 | |
| | Suzanne H. Woolsey | | | | 46,335 | | | | 47,761 | |
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| | | | Votes For | | | Votes Against | | | Withheld/ Abstentions | | | Broker Non-Votes | |
(2) | | To change the Fund’s name to “Invesco Exchange Fund.” | | | 75,896 | | | | 15,483 | | | | 2,716 | | | | 1 | |
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Managing General Partners and Officers
The address of each managing general partner and officer is 1555 Peachtree, N.E., Atlanta, Georgia 30309. The managing general partners serve for the life of the Fund, subject to their earlier death, incapacitation, resignation, retirement or removal as more specifically provided in the Fund’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.
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Name, Year of Birth and Position(s) Held with the Fund | | Managing General Partner and/or Officer Since | | Principal Occupation(s) During Past 5 Years | | Number of Funds in Fund Complex Overseen by Managing General Partner | | Other Directorship(s) Held by Managing General Partner During Past 5 Years |
Interested Persons | | | | | | | | |
Colin Meadows — 1971 Trustee, President and Principal Executive Officer | | 2010 | | Chief Administrative Officer, Invesco Advisers, Inc., since 2006; Senior Managing Director and Chief Administrative Officer of Invesco, Ltd. Since 2006. Prior to 2006, Senior Vice President of business development and mergers and acquisitions at GE Consumer Finance; Prior to 2005, Senior Vice President of strategic planning and technology at Wells Fargo Bank; From 1996 to 2003, associate principal with McKinsey & Company, focusing on the financial services and venture capital industries, with emphasis in banking and asset management sectors | | 13 | | None |
Wayne W. Whalen1 — 1939 Trustee and Chair | | 1997 | | Of Counsel, and prior to 2010, partner in the law firm of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, legal counsel to certain funds in the Fund Complex | | 136 | | Director of the Mutual Fund Directors Forum, a nonprofit membership organization for investment directors; Chairman and Director of the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library Foundation; and Director of the Stevenson Center for Democracy |
Independent Managing General Partners |
David C. Arch — 1945 Trustee | | 1997 | | Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Blistex Inc., (consumer health care products manufacturer) Formerly: Member of the Heartland Alliance Advisory Board, a nonprofit organization serving human needs based in Chicago | | 136 | | Board member of the Illinois Manufacturers’ Association; Member of the Board of Visitors, Institute for the Humanities, University of Michigan |
Jerry D. Choate — 1938 Trustee | | 2003 | | From 1995 to 1999, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Allstate Corporation (“Allstate”) and Allstate Insurance Company. From 1994 to 1995, President and Chief Executive Officer of Allstate. Prior to 1994, various management positions at Allstate | | 13 | | Trustee/Managing General Partner of funds in the Fund Complex. Director since 1998 and member of the governance and nominating committee, executive committee, compensation and management development committee and equity award committee, of Amgen Inc., a biotechnological company. Director since 1999 and member of the nominating and governance committee and compensation and executive committee, of Valero Energy Corporation, a crude oil refining and marketing company. Previously, from 2006 to 2007, Director and member of the compensation committee and audit committee, of H&R Block, a tax preparation services company |
Linda Hutton Heagy — 1948 Trustee | | 2003 | | Retired. Prior to June 2008, Managing Partner of Heidrick & Struggles, the second largest global executive search firm, and from 2001-2004, Regional Managing Director of U.S. operations at Heidrick & Struggles. Prior to 1997, Managing Partner of Ray & Berndtson, Inc., an executive recruiting firm. Prior to 1995, Executive Vice President of ABN AMRO, N.A., a bank holding company, with oversight for treasury management operations including all non-credit product pricing. Prior to 1990, experience includes Executive Vice President of The Exchange National Bank with oversight of treasury management including capital markets operations, Vice President of Northern Trust Company and a trainee at Price Waterhouse | | 13 | | Trustee/Managing General Partner of funds in the Fund Complex. Prior to 2010, Trustee on the University of Chicago Medical Center Board, Vice Chair of the Board of the YMCA of Metropolitan Chicago and a member of the Women’s Board of the University of Chicago |
1 | Mr. Whalen is considered an “interested person” (within the meaning of Section 2(a)(19) of the 1940 Act) of certain Funds in the Invesco Fund Complex by reason of he and his firm currently providing legal services as legal counsel to such Funds in the Invesco Fund Complex. |
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Managing General Partners and Officers—(continued)
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Name, Year of Birth and Position(s) Held with the Fund | | Managing General Partner and/or Officer Since | | Principal Occupation(s) During Past 5 Years | | Number of Funds in Fund Complex Overseen by Managing General Partner | | Other Directorship(s) Held by Managing General Partner During Past 5 Years |
Independent Managing General Partners—(continued) |
R. Craig Kennedy — 1952 Trustee | | 2003 | | Director and President of the German Marshall Fund of the United States, an independent U.S. foundation created to deepen understanding, promote collaboration and stimulate exchanges of practical experience between Americans and Europeans. Formerly, advisor to the Dennis Trading Group Inc., a managed futures and option company that invests money for individuals and institutions. Prior to 1992, President and Chief Executive Officer, Director and member of the Investment Committee of the Joyce Foundation, a private foundation | | 13 | | Trustee/Managing General Partner of funds in the Fund Complex. Director of First Solar, Inc. Advisory Board, True North Ventures |
Hugo F. Sonnenschein — 1940 Trustee | | 1997 | | Distinguished Service Professor and President Emeritus of the University of Chicago and the Adam Smith Distinguished Service Professor in the Department of Economics at the University of Chicago Formerly: President of the University of Chicago | | 136 | | Trustee of the University of Rochester and a member of its investment committee. Member of the National Academy of Sciences, the American Philosophical Society and a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences |
Suzanne H. Woolsey, Ph.D. — 1941 Trustee | | 2003 | | Chief Executive Officer of Woolsey Partners LLC. Chief Communications Officer of the National Academy of Sciences and Engineering and Institute of Medicine/National Research Council, an independent, federally chartered policy institution, from 2001 to November 2003 and Chief Operating Officer from 1993 to 2001. Executive Director of the Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education at the National Academy of Sciences/National Research Council from 1989 to 1993. Prior to 1980, experience includes Partner of Coopers & Lybrand (from 1980 to 1989), Associate Director of the US Office of Management and Budget (from 1977 to 1980) and Program Director of the Urban Institute (from 1975 to 1977) | | 13 | | Trustee/Managing General Partner of funds in the Fund Complex. Independent Director and audit committee chairperson of Changing World Technologies, Inc., an energy manufacturing company, since July 2008. Independent Director and member of audit and governance committees of Fluor Corp., a global engineering, construction and management company, since January 2004. Director of Intelligent Medical Devices, Inc., a private company which develops symptom-based diagnostic tools for viral respiratory infections. Advisory Board member of ExactCost LLC, a private company providing activity-based costing for hospitals, laboratories, clinics, and physicians, since 2008. Chairperson of the Board of Trustees of the Institute for Defense Analyses, a federally funded research and development center, since 2000. Trustee from 1992 to 2000 and 2002 to present, current chairperson of the finance committee, current member of the audit committee, strategic growth committee and executive committee, and former Chairperson of the Board of Trustees (from 1997 to 1999), of the German Marshall Fund of the United States, a public foundation. Lead Independent Trustee of the Rocky Mountain Institute, a non-profit energy and environmental institute; Trustee since 2004. Chairperson of the Board of Trustees of the Colorado College; Trustee since 1995. Trustee of California Institute of Technology. Previously, Independent Director and member of audit committee and governance committee of Neurogen Corporation from 1998 to 2006; and Independent Director of Arbros Communications from 2000 to 2002 |
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Managing General Partners and Officers—(continued)
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Name, Year of Birth and Position(s) Held with the Fund | | Managing General Partner and/or Officer Since | | Principal Occupation(s) During Past 5 Years | | Number of Funds in Fund Complex Overseen by Managing General Partner | | Other Directorship(s) Held by Managing General Partner During Past 5 Years |
Independent Managing General Partners—(continued) |
Other Officers | | | | | | | | |
John M. Zerr — 1962 Senior Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Secretary | | 2010 | | Director, Senior Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel, Invesco Management Group, Inc. (formerly known as Invesco Aim Management Group, Inc.) and Van Kampen Exchange Corp.; 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.) and IVZ Distributors, Inc. (formerly known as INVESCO Distributors, Inc.); Director and Vice President, INVESCO Funds Group, Inc.; Senior Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Secretary, The Invesco Funds; Manager, 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 and PowerShares Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Fund Trust Formerly: 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 |
Karen Dunn Kelley — 1960 Vice President | | 2010 | | Senior Managing Director, Investments; 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, 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; Director and President, INVESCO Asset Management (Bermuda) Ltd., Vice President, The Invesco Funds (other than AIM Treasurer’s Series Trust (Invesco Treasurer’s Series Trust) and Short-Term Investments Trust); and President and Principal Executive Officer, The Invesco Funds (AIM Treasurer’s Series Trust (Invesco Treasurer’s Series Trust) and Short-Term Investments Trust only) Formerly: Director, 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); Vice President, Invesco Advisers, Inc. (formerly known as Invesco Institutional (N.A.), Inc.); Director of Cash Management and Senior Vice President, Invesco Advisers, Inc. and Invesco Aim Capital Management, Inc.; President and Principal Executive Officer, Tax-Free Investments Trust; 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 The Invesco Funds (AIM Treasurer’s Series Trust (Invesco Treasurer’s Series Trust), Short-Term Investments Trust and Tax-Free Investments Trust only) | | N/A | | N/A |
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Managing General Partners and Officers—(continued)
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Name, Year of Birth and Position(s) Held with the Fund | | Managing General Partner and/or Officer Since | | Principal Occupation(s) During Past 5 Years | | Number of Funds in Fund Complex Overseen by Managing General Partner | | Other Directorship(s) Held by Managing General Partner During Past 5 Years |
Other Officers—(continued) | | | | | | | | |
Sheri Morris — 1964 Vice President, Principal Financial Officer and Treasurer | | 2010 | | Vice President, Treasurer and Principal Financial Officer, 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 and PowerShares Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Fund Trust Formerly: 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 |
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., Van Kampen Exchange Corp., The Invesco Funds, Invesco Funds (Chicago), and 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; and Fraud Prevention Manager and Controls and Risk Analysis Manager for Invesco Investment Services, Inc. | | N/A | | N/A |
Valinda J. Arnett-Patton — 1959 Chief Compliance Officer | | 2011 | | Chief Compliance Officer, The Invesco Van Kampen Closed-End Funds | | N/A | | N/A |
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Office of the Fund 1555 Peachtree Street, N.E. Atlanta, GA 30309 | | Investment Adviser Invesco Advisers, Inc. 1555 Peachtree Street, N.E. Atlanta, GA 30309 | | Auditors PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP 1201 Louisiana Street, Suite 2900 Houston, TX 77002-5678 | | Custodian State Street Bank and Trust Company 225 Franklin Street Boston, MA 02110-2801 |
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Counsel to the Fund Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, LLP Four Times Square New York, NY 10036 | | Transfer Agent Invesco Investment Services, Inc. 11 Greenway Plaza, Suite 1000 Houston, TX 77046-1173 | | | | |
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Invesco mailing information
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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. 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 number for the Fund is 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.
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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. | | | | | |
SEC file number: 811-02611 VK-EXCH-AR-1 Invesco Distributors, Inc.
As of the end of the period covered by this report, the Registrant had adopted a code of ethics (the “Code”) that applies to the Registrant’s principal executive officer (“PEO”) and principal financial officer (“PFO”). There were no amendments to the Code during the period covered by the report. The Registrant did not grant any waivers, including implicit waivers, from any provisions of the Code to the PEO or PFO during the period covered by this report.
ITEM 3. | AUDIT COMMITTEE FINANCIAL EXPERT. |
The Board of Trustees has determined that the Registrant has at least one audit committee financial expert serving on its Audit Committee. The Audit Committee financial experts are Jerry D. Choate, Linda Hutton Heagy and R. Craig Kennedy. Jerry D. Choate, Linda Hutton Heagy and R. Craig Kennedy are “independent” within the meaning of that term as used in Form N-CSR.
ITEM 4. | PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTANT FEES AND SERVICES. |
(a) to (d)
Fees Billed by Principal Accountant Related to the Registrant
PWC billed the Registrant aggregate fees for services rendered to the Registrant for the last two fiscal years as follows:
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| | Fees Billed for Services Rendered to the Registrant for fiscal year end 12/31/2013 | | (e)(2) Percentage of Fees Billed Applicable to Non-Audit Services Provided for fiscal year end 12/31/2013 Pursuant to Waiver of Pre-Approval Requirement(1) | | Fees Billed for Services Rendered to the Registrant for fiscal year end 12/31/2012 | | (e)(2) Percentage of Fees Billed Applicable to Non-Audit Services Provided for fiscal year end 12/31/2012 Pursuant to Waiver of Pre-Approval Requirement(1) |
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Audit Fees | | | $ | 23,600 | | | | | N/A | | | | $ | 29,800 | | | | | N/A | |
Audit-Related Fees | | | $ | 0 | | | | | 0% | | | | $ | 0 | | | | | 0% | |
Tax Fees(2) | | | $ | 27,000 | | | | | 0% | | | | $ | 35,000 | | | | | 0% | |
All Other Fees(3) | | | $ | 1,923 | | | | | 0% | | | | $ | 0 | | | | | 0% | |
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Total Fees | | | $ | 52,523 | | | | | 0% | | | | $ | 64,800 | | | | | 0% | |
(g) PWC billed the Registrant aggregate non-audit fees of $28,923 for the fiscal year ended 2013, and $35,000 for the fiscal year ended 2012, for non-audit services rendered to the Registrant.
(1) | With respect to the provision of non-audit services, the pre-approval requirement is waived pursuant to a de minimis exception if (i) such services were not recognized as non-audit services by the Registrant at the time of engagement, (ii) the aggregate amount of all such services provided is no more than 5% of the aggregate audit and non-audit fees paid by the Registrant to PWC during a fiscal year; and (iii) such services are promptly brought to the attention of the Registrant’s Audit Committee and approved by the Registrant’s Audit Committee prior to the completion of the audit. |
(2) | Tax fees for the fiscal year end December 31, 2013 includes fees billed for reviewing tax returns. Tax fees for the fiscal year end December 31, 2012 includes fees billed for reviewing tax returns. |
(3) | All other fees for the fiscal year end December 31, 2013 includes fees billed for completing professional services related to benchmark analysis. |
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:
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| | Fees Billed for Non- Audit Services Rendered to Invesco and Invesco Affiliates for fiscal year end 12/31/2013 That Were Required to be Pre-Approved by the Registrant’s Audit Committee | | (e)(2) Percentage of Fees Billed Applicable to Non-Audit Services Provided for fiscal year end 12/31/2013 Pursuant to Waiver of Pre-Approval Requirement(1) | | Fees Billed for Non- Audit Services Rendered to Invesco and Invesco Affiliates for fiscal year end 12/31/2012 That Were Required to be Pre-Approved by the Registrant’s Audit Committee | | (e)(2) Percentage of Fees Billed Applicable to Non-Audit Services Provided for fiscal year end 12/31/2012 Pursuant to Waiver of Pre-Approval Requirement(1) |
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Audit-Related Fees | | | | $574,000 | | | | | 0% | | | | | $0 | | | | | 0% | |
Tax Fees | | | | $ 0 | | | | | 0% | | | | | $0 | | | | | 0% | |
All Other Fees | | | | $ 0 | | | | | 0% | | | | | $0 | | | | | 0% | |
Total Fees(2) | | | | $574,000 | | | | | 0% | | | | | $0 | | | | | 0% | |
(1) | With respect to the provision of non-audit services, the pre-approval requirement is waived pursuant to a de minimis exception if (i) such services were not recognized as non-audit services by the Registrant at the time of engagement, (ii) the aggregate amount of all such services provided is no more than 5% of the aggregate audit and non-audit fees paid by the Registrant, Invesco and Invesco Affiliates to PWC during a fiscal year; and (iii) such services are promptly brought to the attention of the Registrant’s Audit Committee and approved by the Registrant’s Audit Committee prior to the completion of the audit. |
(2) | Audit-Related fees for the year end 2013 include fees billed related to reviewing controls at a service organization. |
(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 $1,645,309 for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2013, and $0 for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2012, for non-audit services rendered to Invesco and Invesco Affiliates.
(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. To the extent that such services were provided, the Audit Committee determined that the provision of such services is compatible with PWC maintaining independence with respect to the Registrant.
(f) Not applicable.
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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, 2010
Statement of Principles
Under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and rules adopted by the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) (“Rules”), the Audit Committees of the Funds’ (the “Audit Committees”) Board of Trustees (the “Board”) are responsible for the appointment, compensation and oversight of the work of independent accountants (an “Auditor”). As part of this responsibility and to assure that the Auditor’s independence is not impaired, the Audit Committees pre-approve the audit and non-audit services provided to the Funds by each Auditor, as well as all non-audit services provided by the Auditor to the Funds’ investment adviser and to affiliates of the adviser that provide ongoing services to the Funds (“Service Affiliates”) if the services directly impact the Funds’ operations or financial reporting. The SEC Rules also specify the types of services that an Auditor may not provide to its audit client. The following policies and procedures comply with the requirements for pre-approval and provide a mechanism by which management of the Funds may request and secure pre-approval of audit and non-audit services in an orderly manner with minimal disruption to normal business operations.
Proposed services either may be pre-approved without consideration of specific case-by-case services by the Audit Committees (“general pre-approval”) or require the specific pre-approval of the Audit Committees (“specific pre-approval”). As set forth in these policies and procedures, unless a type of service has received general pre-approval, it will require specific pre-approval by the Audit Committees. Additionally, any fees exceeding 110% of estimated pre-approved fee levels provided at the time the service was pre-approved will also require specific approval by the Audit Committees before payment is made. The Audit Committees will also consider the impact of additional fees on the Auditor’s independence when determining whether to approve any additional fees for previously pre-approved services.
The Audit Committees will annually review and generally pre-approve the services that may be provided by each Auditor without obtaining specific pre-approval from the Audit Committee generally on an annual basis. The term of any general pre-approval runs from the date of such pre-approval through September 30th of the following year, unless the Audit Committees consider a different period and state otherwise. The Audit Committees will add to or subtract from the list of general pre-approved services from time to time, based on subsequent determinations.
The purpose of these policies and procedures is to set forth the guidelines to assist the Audit Committees in fulfilling their responsibilities.
Delegation
The Audit Committees may from time to time delegate pre-approval authority to one or more of its members who are Independent Trustees. All decisions to pre-approve a service by a delegated member shall be reported to the Audit Committees at the next quarterly meeting.
Audit Services
The annual audit services engagement terms will be subject to specific pre-approval of the Audit Committees. Audit services include the annual financial statement audit and other procedures such as tax provision work that is required to be performed by the independent auditor to be able to form an opinion on the Funds’ financial statements. The Audit Committees will obtain, review and consider sufficient information concerning the proposed Auditor to make a reasonable evaluation of the Auditor’s qualifications and independence.
In addition to the annual Audit services engagement, the Audit Committees may grant either general or specific pre-approval of other audit services, which are those services that only the independent auditor reasonably can provide. Other Audit services may include services such as issuing consents for the inclusion of audited financial statements with SEC registration statements, periodic reports and other documents filed with the SEC or other documents issued in connection with securities offerings.
Non-Audit Services
The Audit Committees may provide either general or specific pre-approval of any non-audit services to the Funds and its Service Affiliates if the Audit Committees believe that the provision of the service will not impair the independence of the Auditor, is consistent with the SEC’s Rules on auditor independence, and otherwise conforms to the Audit Committees’ general principles and policies as set forth herein.
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 the 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; and agreed-upon procedures related to mergers, compliance with ratings agency requirements and interfund lending activities.
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 Committees will scrutinize carefully the retention of the Auditor in connection with a transaction initially recommended by the Auditor, the major business purpose of which may be tax avoidance or the tax treatment of which may not be supported in the Internal Revenue Code and related regulations. The Audit Committees will consult with the Funds’ Treasurer (or his or her designee) and may consult with outside counsel or advisors as necessary to ensure the consistency of Tax services rendered by the Auditor with the foregoing policy.
No Auditor shall represent any Fund or any Service Affiliate before a tax court, district court or federal court of claims.
Under rules adopted by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board and approved by the SEC, in connection with seeking Audit Committees’ pre-approval of permissible Tax services, the Auditor shall:
| 1. | Describe in writing to the Audit Committees, which writing may be in the form of the proposed engagement letter: |
| a. | The scope of the service, the fee structure for the engagement, and any side letter or amendment to the engagement letter, or any other agreement between the Auditor and the Fund, relating to the service; and |
| b. | Any compensation arrangement or other agreement, such as a referral agreement, a referral fee or fee-sharing arrangement, between the Auditor and any person (other than the Fund) with respect to the promoting, marketing, or recommending of a transaction covered by the service; |
| 2. | Discuss with the Audit Committees the potential effects of the services on the independence of the Auditor; and |
| 3. | Document the substance of its discussion with the Audit Committees. |
All Other Auditor Services
The Audit Committees may pre-approve non-audit services classified as “All other services” that are not categorically prohibited by the SEC, as listed in Exhibit 1 to this policy.
Pre-Approval Fee Levels or Established Amounts
Pre-approval of estimated fees or established amounts for services to be provided by the Auditor under general or specific pre-approval policies will be set periodically by the Audit Committees. Any proposed fees exceeding 110% of the maximum estimated pre-approved fees or established amounts for pre-approved audit and non-audit services will be reported to the Audit Committees at the quarterly Audit Committees meeting and will require specific approval by the Audit Committees before payment is made. The Audit Committees will always factor in the overall relationship of fees for audit and non-audit services in determining whether to pre-approve any such services and in determining whether to approve any additional fees exceeding 110% of the maximum pre-approved fees or established amounts for previously pre-approved services.
Procedures
Generally on an annual basis, Invesco Advisers, Inc. (“Invesco”) will submit to the Audit Committees for general pre-approval, a list of non-audit services that the Funds or Service Affiliates of the Funds may request from the Auditor. The list will describe the non-audit services in reasonable detail and will include an estimated range of fees and such other information as the Audit Committee may request.
Each request for services to be provided by the Auditor under the general pre-approval of the Audit Committees will be submitted to the Funds’ Treasurer (or his or her designee) and must include a detailed description of the services to be rendered. The Treasurer or his or her designee will ensure that such services are included within the list of services that have received the general pre-approval of the Audit Committees. The Audit Committees will be informed at the next quarterly scheduled Audit Committees meeting of any such services for which the Auditor rendered an invoice and whether such services and fees had been pre-approved and if so, by what means.
Each request to provide services that require specific approval by the Audit Committees shall be submitted to the Audit Committees jointly by the Fund’s Treasurer or his or her designee and the Auditor, and must include a joint statement that, in their view, such request is consistent with the policies and procedures and the SEC Rules.
Each request to provide tax services under either the general or specific pre-approval of the Audit Committees will describe in writing: (i) the scope of the service, the fee structure for the engagement, and any side letter or amendment to the engagement letter, or any other agreement between the Auditor and the audit client, relating to the service; and (ii) any compensation arrangement or other agreement between the Auditor and any person (other than the audit client) with respect to the promoting, marketing, or recommending of a transaction covered by the service. The Auditor will discuss with the Audit Committees the potential effects of the services on the Auditor’s independence and will document the substance of the discussion.
Non-audit services pursuant to the de minimis exception provided by the SEC Rules will be promptly brought to the attention of the Audit Committees for approval, including documentation that each of the conditions for this exception, as set forth in the SEC Rules, has been satisfied.
On at least an annual basis, the Auditor will prepare a summary of all the services provided to any entity in the investment company complex as defined in section 2-01(f)(14) of Regulation S-X in sufficient detail as to the nature of the engagement and the fees associated with those services.
The Audit Committees have designated the Funds’ Treasurer to monitor the performance of all services provided by the Auditor and to ensure such services are in compliance with these policies and procedures. The Funds’ Treasurer will report to the Audit Committees on a periodic basis as to the results of such monitoring. Both the Funds’ Treasurer and management of Invesco will immediately report to the chairman of the Audit Committees any breach of these policies and procedures that comes to the attention of the Funds’ Treasurer or senior management of Invesco.
Exhibit 1 to Pre-Approval of Audit and Non-Audit Services Policies and Procedures
Conditionally Prohibited Non-Audit Services (not prohibited if the Fund can reasonably conclude that the results of the service would not be subject to audit procedures in connection with the audit of the Fund’s 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 |
| • | | Internal audit outsourcing services |
Categorically Prohibited Non-Audit Services
| • | | Broker-dealer, investment adviser, or investment banking 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 |
| • | | Any other service that the Public Company Oversight Board determines by regulation is impermissible. |
ITEM 5. | AUDIT COMMITTEE OF LISTED REGISTRANTS. |
| (a) | The registrant has a separately-designed standing audit committee established in accordance with Section 3(a)(58)(A) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Members of the audit committee are: Jerry D. Choate, Linda Hutton Heagy and R. Craig Kennedy. |
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.
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ITEM 7. | | DISCLOSURE OF PROXY VOTING POLICIES AND PROCEDURES FOR CLOSED-END MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES. |
I.1. PROXY POLICIES AND PROCEDURES – INVESCO ADVISERS
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Applicable to | | All Advisory Clients, including the Invesco Funds |
Risk Addressed by Policy | | breach of fiduciary duty to client under Investment Advisers Act of 1940 by placing Invesco personal interests ahead of client best economic interests in voting proxies |
Relevant Law and Other Sources | | Investment Advisers Act of 1940 |
Last ¨ Reviewed þ Revised by Compliance for Accuracy | | November, 2013 |
Policy/Procedure Owner | | Advisory Compliance |
Policy Approver | | Invesco Advisers, Inc. Invesco Funds Board, Invesco Funds (Chicago) Board |
Approved/Adopted Date | | November, 2013 |
The following policies and procedures apply to all institutional and retail funds and accounts (collectively, the “Accounts”) managed by Invesco Advisers, Inc. (“Invesco”).
A. GUIDING PRINCIPLES
Invesco may be authorized by its clients, including the funds it manages (“Clients”), to vote proxies appurtenant to the securities owned by such Clients. If so authorized, Invesco carries out this responsibility by voting proxies in a manner reasonably designed to maximize the economic interests of its Clients and to minimize any real or perceived conflicts of interest. Invesco may determine not to vote proxies if it determines that the cost or restrictions placed on a Client are outweighed by the benefit to such Client of voting the proxy.
Invesco is guided by the following principles:
| • | | Invesco votes for proposals that maximize long-term shareholder value. |
| • | | Invesco believes in corporate accountability and supports governance structures reinforcing management’s accountability to the board of directors and a board of directors’ accountability to shareholders. |
| • | | In addition to the performance driven considerations noted above, Invesco believes that environmental, social and corporate governance proposals can influence long-term shareholder value and should be voted in a manner where such long-term shareholder value is maximized. |
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B. OPERATING PROCEDURES AND RESPONSIBLE PARTIES
Proxy administration
Guided by its philosophy that proxy voting is an asset that is to be managed by each investment team, consistent with each team’s view as to the best economic interest of its shareholders, Invesco has created the Invesco US Proxy Advisory Committee (“IUPAC”). The IUPAC is an investments driven committee comprised solely of representatives from each investment management team at Invesco. The purpose of the IUPAC is to provide a forum for investment teams to monitor proxy voting trends, understand inconsistent votes within the complex, and to vote proxies where Invesco as a firm has a conflict of interest with an issuer or a member of the IUPAC has a personal conflict of interest with an issuer whose proxy he or she is charged with voting. The IUPAC also will consider and express a view on the proxies of the top twenty-five issuers held across all Client accounts, as measured by the total market value of shares held by Invesco Client accounts, and any other proxy brought to the IUPAC by an IUPAC member in an effort to build consensus around a proxy. Absent a conflict of interest, each investment team may deviate from the view formed by the IUPAC on any proxy. In cases where there is a firm-level or personal conflict of interest with a proxy, the IUPAC’s vote controls the proxy across all applicable Client accounts. Representatives of the IUPAC will have access to third party proxy advisory analyses provided by each of Glass Lewis and Institutional Shareholder Services, Inc. (“ISS”) as one of many research tools in determining how to vote a proxy and is not required to vote in accordance with the recommendations of either.
Important principles underlying the Invesco Proxy Voting Guidelines (the “Guidelines”)
I. Corporate Governance
Management teams of companies are accountable to the boards of directors and directors of publicly held companies are accountable to shareholders. Invesco endeavors to vote the proxies of portfolio companies in a manner that will reinforce the notion of a board’s accountability. Consequently, Invesco generally votes against any actions that would impair the rights of shareholders or would reduce shareholders’ influence over the board or over management.
The following are specific voting issues that illustrate how Invesco applies this principle of accountability.
| • | | Elections of directors. In uncontested director elections for companies that do not have a controlling shareholder, Invesco generally votes in favor of slates if they are comprised of at least a majority of independent directors and if the boards’ key committees are fully independent. Key committees include the Audit, Compensation and Governance or Nominating Committees. Invesco’s standard of independence excludes directors who, in addition to the directorship, have any material business or family relationships with the companies they serve. |
Contested director elections are evaluated on a case-by-case basis.
| • | | Director performance. Invesco generally withholds votes from directors who exhibit a lack of accountability to shareholders, either through their level of attendance at meetings or by adopting or approving egregious corporate-governance or other policies. In cases of material financial restatements, accounting fraud, habitually late filings, adopting shareholder rights plan (“poison pills”) without shareholder |
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| approval, or other areas of poor performance, Invesco may withhold votes from some or all of a company’s directors. In situations where directors’ performance is a concern, Invesco may also support shareholder proposals to take corrective actions such as so-called “clawback” provisions. |
| • | | Auditors and Audit Committee members. Invesco believes a company’s Audit Committee has a high degree of responsibility to shareholders in matters of financial disclosure, integrity of the financial statements and effectiveness of a company’s internal controls. Independence, experience and financial expertise are critical elements of a well-functioning Audit Committee. When electing directors who are members of a company’s Audit Committee, or when ratifying a company’s auditors, Invesco considers the past performance of the Committee and holds its members accountable for the quality of the company’s financial statements and reports. |
| • | | Majority standard in director elections. The right to elect directors is the single most important mechanism shareholders have to promote accountability. Invesco supports the nascent effort to reform the U.S. convention of electing directors, and generally votes in favor of proposals to elect directors by a majority vote. |
| • | | Classified boards. Invesco generally supports proposals to elect directors annually instead of electing them to staggered multi-year terms because annual elections increase a board’s level of accountability to its shareholders. |
| • | | Supermajority voting requirements. Unless required by law in the state of incorporation, Invesco generally votes against actions that would impose any supermajority voting requirement, and generally supports actions to dismantle existing supermajority requirements. |
| • | | Responsiveness. Invesco generally withholds votes from directors who do not adequately respond to shareholder proposals that were approved by a majority of votes cast the prior year. |
| • | | Cumulative voting. The practice of cumulative voting can enable minority shareholders to have representation on a company’s board. Invesco generally supports proposals to institute the practice of cumulative voting at companies whose overall corporate-governance standards indicate a particular need to protect the interests of minority shareholders. |
| • | | Shareholder access. On business matters with potential financial consequences, Invesco generally votes in favor of proposals that would increase shareholders’ opportunities to express their views to boards of directors, proposals that would lower barriers to shareholder action and proposals to promote the adoption of generally accepted best practices in corporate governance. Furthermore, Invesco generally votes for shareholder proposals that are designed to protect shareholder rights if a company’s corporate governance standards indicate that such additional protections are warranted. |
II. Incentives
Invesco believes properly constructed compensation plans that include equity ownership are effective in creating incentives that induce management and employees of portfolio companies to create greater shareholder wealth. Invesco generally supports equity compensation plans that promote the proper alignment of incentives with shareholders’ long-term interests, and generally votes against plans that are overly dilutive to existing shareholders, plans that contain objectionable structural features, and plans that appear likely to reduce the value of the Client’s investment.
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Following are specific voting issues that illustrate how Invesco evaluates incentive plans.
| • | | Executive compensation. Invesco evaluates compensation plans for executives within the context of the company’s performance under the executives’ tenure. Invesco believes independent compensation committees are best positioned to craft executive-compensation plans that are suitable for their company-specific circumstances. Invesco views the election of independent compensation committee members as the appropriate mechanism for shareholders to express their approval or disapproval of a company’s compensation practices. Therefore, Invesco generally does not support shareholder proposals to limit or eliminate certain forms of executive compensation. In the interest of reinforcing the notion of a compensation committee’s accountability to shareholders, Invesco generally supports proposals requesting that companies subject each year’s compensation record to an advisory shareholder vote, or so-called “say on pay” proposals. |
| • | | Equity-based compensation plans. Invesco generally votes against plans that contain structural features that would impair the alignment of incentives between shareholders and management. Such features include the ability to reprice or reload options without shareholder approval, the ability to issue options below the stock’s current market price, or the ability automatically to replenish shares without shareholder approval. |
| • | | Employee stock-purchase plans. Invesco generally supports employee stock-purchase plans that are reasonably designed to provide proper incentives to a broad base of employees, provided that the price at which employees may acquire stock is at most a 15 percent discount from the market price. |
| • | | Severance agreements. Invesco generally votes in favor of proposals requiring advisory shareholder ratification of executives’ severance agreements. However, we generally oppose proposals requiring such agreements to be ratified by shareholders in advance of their adoption. Given the vast differences that may occur in these agreements, it is necessary to note that IUPAC can and does evaluate some severance agreements on a case-by-case basis. |
Examples of management proposals related to a company’s capital structure include authorizing or issuing additional equity capital, repurchasing outstanding stock, or enacting a stock split or reverse stock split. On requests for additional capital stock, Invesco analyzes the company’s stated reasons for the request. Except where the request could adversely affect the Client’s ownership stake or voting rights, Invesco generally supports a board’s decisions on its needs for additional capital stock. Some capitalization proposals require a case-by-case analysis. Examples of such proposals include authorizing common or preferred stock with special voting rights, or issuing additional stock in connection with an acquisition.
IV. | Mergers, Acquisitions and Other Corporate Actions |
Issuers occasionally require shareholder approval to engage in certain corporate actions such as mergers, acquisitions, name changes, dissolutions, reorganizations, divestitures and reincorporations and the votes for these types of corporate actions are generally determined on a case-by-case basis.
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Practices designed to protect a company from unsolicited bids can adversely affect shareholder value and voting rights, and they create conflicts of interests among directors, management and shareholders. Except under special issuer-specific circumstances, Invesco generally votes to reduce or eliminate such measures. These measures include adopting or renewing “poison pills”, requiring supermajority voting on certain corporate actions, classifying the election of directors instead of electing each director to an annual term, or creating separate classes of common or preferred stock with special voting rights. Invesco generally votes against management proposals to impose these types of measures, and generally votes for shareholder proposals designed to reduce such measures. Invesco generally supports shareholder proposals directing companies to subject their anti-takeover provisions to a shareholder vote.
VI. | Environmental and Social Issues |
Invesco will evaluate environmental and social proposals when it believes such proposals may influence long-term shareholder value. If Invesco votes on an environmental or social proposal, it shall do so in a manner it believes will maximize long-term shareholder value.
VII. | Routine Business Matters |
Routine business matters rarely have the potential to have a material effect on the economic prospects of Clients’ holdings, so Invesco generally supports the board’s discretion on these items. However, Invesco generally votes against proposals where there is insufficient information to make a decision about the nature of the proposal. Similarly, Invesco generally votes against proposals to conduct other unidentified business at shareholder meetings.
These Guidelines provide an important framework for making proxy-voting decisions, and should give our Clients insight into the factors driving Invesco’s decisions. The Guidelines cannot address all potential proxy issues, however. Decisions on specific issues must be made within the context of these Guidelines. In addition, at the discretion of the portfolio managers, Invesco may also vote shares held on a Client-by-Client basis.
Client Maintains Right to Vote Proxies
In the case of institutional Clients or sub-advised Clients, Invesco will vote the proxies in accordance with these Guidelines unless a Client, ERISA or non-ERISA, retains, in writing, the right to vote or the named fiduciary (e.g., the plan sponsor) of a Client retains in writing the right to direct the plan trustee or a third party to vote proxies.
Proxy Voting for Fixed Income Assets and Stable Value Wrap Agreements
Some of Invesco’s fixed income Clients hold interests in preferred stock of companies and some of Invesco’s stable value clients are parties to wrap agreements. From time to time, companies that have issued preferred stock or that are parties to wrap agreements request
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that Invesco’s Clients vote proxies on particular matters. Neither ISS nor GL currently provides proxy analysis or vote recommendations with respect to such proxy votes. Therefore, when a particular matter arises in this category, the portfolio managers responsible for the particular mandate will review the matter and make a recommendation as to how to vote the associated proxy.
Proxy Constraints
In certain circumstances, Invesco may refrain from voting where the economic cost of voting a company’s proxy exceeds any anticipated benefits of that proxy proposal. In addition, there may be instances in which Invesco is unable to vote a proxy despite using commercially reasonable efforts to vote all of its Clients’ proxies. Particular examples of such instances include, but are not limited to, the following:
| • | | When securities are participating in the securities lending program, Invesco makes a determination of whether to terminate the loan by weighing the benefit to the Clients of voting a particular proxy versus the revenue lost by terminating the loan and recalling the securities. In some countries the exercise of voting rights requires the Client to submit to “share-blocking.” Invesco generally refrains from voting proxies in share-blocking countries unless the portfolio manager determines that the benefit to the Client(s) of voting a specific proxy outweighs the Client’s temporary inability to sell the security. |
| • | | An inability to receive proxy materials from our Clients’ custodians with enough time and enough information to make a voting decision sometimes precludes Invesco’s ability to vote proxies. |
| • | | A requirement of some non-U.S. companies that in order to vote a proxy a representative in person must attend the proxy meeting. Invesco makes a determination as to whether the costs of sending a representative or signing a power-of-attorney outweigh the benefit of voting a particular proxy. |
In the great majority of instances Invesco is able to vote U.S. and non-U.S. proxies successfully. It is important to note that Invesco makes voting decisions for non-U.S. issuers using these Guidelines as its framework, but also takes into account the corporate governance standards, regulatory environment and generally reasonable and governance-minded practices of the local market.
E. RESOLVING POTENTIAL CONFLICTS OF INTEREST
Firm Level Conflicts of Interest. A potential conflict of interest arises when Invesco votes a proxy for an issuer with which it also maintains a material business relationship. Examples could include issuers that are distributors of Invesco’s products, or issuers that employ Invesco to manage portions of their retirement plans or treasury accounts.
Invesco generally resolves such potential conflicts in one of the following ways: (1) if the proposal that gives rise to the potential conflict is specifically addressed by the Guidelines, Invesco may vote the proxy in accordance with the predetermined Guidelines; (2) Invesco may engage an independent third party to determine how the proxy should be voted; or (3) Invesco may establish an ethical wall or other informational barrier between the persons involved in the potential conflict and the persons making the proxy-voting decision in order to insulate the potential conflict from the decision makers.
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Because the Guidelines are pre-determined and crafted to be in the best economic interest of Clients, applying the Guidelines to vote Client proxies should, in most instances, adequately resolve any potential conflict of interest. As an additional safeguard against potential conflicts, persons from Invesco’s marketing, distribution and other customer-facing functions are not members of IUPAC.
Personal Conflicts of Interest. If any member of IUPAC has a personal conflict of interest with respect to a company or an issue presented for voting, that IUPAC member will inform IUPAC of such conflict and will abstain from voting on that company or issue. All IUPAC members shall sign an annual conflicts of interest memorandum.
Funds of Funds. Some Invesco Funds offering diversified asset allocation within one investment vehicle own shares in other Invesco Funds. A potential conflict of interest could arise if an underlying Invesco Fund has a shareholder meeting with any proxy issues to be voted on, because Invesco’s asset-allocation funds or target-maturity funds may be large shareholders of the underlying fund. In order to avoid any potential for a conflict, the asset-allocation funds and target maturity funds vote their shares in the same proportion as the votes of the external shareholders of the underlying fund.
The Investments Administration team will be responsible for all Proxy Voting record keeping.
Policies and Vote Disclosure
A copy of these Guidelines and the voting record of each Invesco Retail Fund are available on Invesco’s web site, www.invesco.com. In accordance with Securities and Exchange Commission regulations, all Invesco Funds file a record of all proxy-voting activity for the prior 12 months ending June 30th. That filing is made on or before August 31st of each year. In the case of institutional and sub-advised Clients, Clients may obtain information about how Invesco voted proxies on their behalf by contacting their client services representative.
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ITEM 8. | PORTFOLIO MANAGERS OF CLOSED-END MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES. |
N/A
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 February 12, 2014, 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 February 12, 2014, 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. |
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(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: Invesco Exchange Fund
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By: | | /s/ Colin Meadows |
| | Colin Meadows |
| | Principal Executive Officer |
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Date: | | March 10, 2014 |
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.
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By: | | /s/ Colin Meadows |
| | Colin Meadows |
| | Principal Executive Officer |
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Date: | | March 10, 2014 |
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By: | | /s/ Sheri Morris |
| | Sheri Morris |
| | Principal Financial Officer |
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Date: | | March 10, 2014 |
EXHIBIT INDEX
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12(a) (1) | | Code of Ethics. |
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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. |
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12(a) (3) | | Not applicable. |
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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. |