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FORM N-CSR
CERTIFIED SHAREHOLDER REPORT OF REGISTERED
MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES
Investment Company Act file number | 811-03826 |
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AIM Sector Funds |
(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter) |
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11 Greenway Plaza, Suite 100 Houston, Texas | | 77046 |
(Address of principal executive offices) | | (Zip code) |
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Philip A. Taylor 11 Greenway Plaza, Suite 100 Houston, Texas 77046 |
(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: | 3/31 | |
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Date of reporting period: | 3/31/07 | |
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ITEM 1. Reports to Stockholders
AIM Energy Fund
Annual Report to Shareholders · March 31, 2007
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Supplemental Information | 2 |
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Letters to Shareholders | 3 |
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Performance Summary | 5 |
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Management Discussion | 5 |
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Fund Expenses | 7 |
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Long-term Fund Performance | 8 |
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Schedule of Investments | F-1 |
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Financial Statements | F-3 |
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Notes to Financial Statements | F-6 |
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Financial Highlights | F-13 |
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Auditor’s Report | F-17 |
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Tax Information | F-18 |
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Trustees and Officers | F-19 |
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AIM Energy Fund
AIM ENERGY FUND’s investment objective is capital growth.
· Unless otherwise stated, information presented in this report is as of March 31, 2007, and is based on total net assets.
· Unless otherwise noted, all data in this report are from A I M Management Group Inc.
About share classes
· Class B shares are not available as an investment for retirement plans maintained pursuant to Section 401 of the Internal Revenue Code, including 401(k) plans, money purchase pension plans and profit sharing plans. Plans that had existing accounts invested in Class B shares prior to September 30, 2003, will continue to be allowed to make additional purchases.
· Investor Class shares are closed to most investors. For more information on who may continue to invest in Investor Class shares, please see the prospectus.
Principal risks of investing in the Fund
· Investing in a fund that invests in smaller companies involves risks not associated with investing in more established companies, such as business risk, stock price fluctuations and illiquidity.
· The prices of and the income generated by securities held by the Fund may decline in response to certain events, including some directly involving the companies whose securities are owned by the Fund. These factors include general economic and market conditions, regional or global economic instability and currency and interest rate fluctuations.
· Prices of equity securities change in response to many factors including the historical and prospective earnings of the issuer, the value of its assets, general economic conditions, interest rates, investor perceptions and market liquidity.
· There is no guarantee that the investment techniques and risk analyses used by the Fund’s managers will produce the desired results.
· Because a large percentage of the Fund’s assets may be invested in a limited number of securities, a change in the value of these securities could significantly affect the value of your investment in the Fund.
· The Fund’s investments are concentrated in a comparatively narrow segment of the economy. Consequently, the Fund may be more volatile than other mutual funds, and the value of the Fund’s investments may rise and fall more rapidly.
· The businesses in which the Fund invests may be adversely affected by foreign government, federal or state regulations on energy production, distribution and sale. Short term fluctuations in commodity prices may affect Fund returns and increase price fluctuations in the Fund’s shares.
About indexes used in this report
· The Dow Jones U.S. Oil & Gas Index measures the performance of energy companies within the United States. The index maintains an approximate weighting of 95% in U.S. coal, oil and drilling and pipeline companies.
· The unmanaged Lipper Natural Resource Funds Index represents an average of the largest natural resources funds tracked by Lipper Inc., an independent mutual fund performance monitor.
· The unmanaged Standard & Poor’s Composite Index of 500 Stocks (the S&P 500 —registered trademark— Index) is an index of common stocks frequently used as a general measure of U.S. stock market performance.
· The Fund is not managed to track the performance of any particular index, including the indexes defined here, and consequently, the performance of the Fund may deviate significantly from the performance of the indexes.
· 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 an index of funds reflects fund expenses; performance of a market index does not.
Other information
· The returns shown in management’s discussion of Fund performance are based on net asset values calculated for shareholder transactions. Generally accepted accounting principles require adjustments to be made to the net assets of the Fund at period end for financial reporting purposes, and as such, the net asset values for shareholder transactions and the returns based on those net asset values may differ from the net asset values and returns reported in the Financial Highlights.
· Industry classifications used in this report are generally according to the Global Industry Classification Standard, which was developed by and is the exclusive property and a service mark of Morgan Stanley Capital International Inc. and Standard & Poor’s.
The Fund provides a complete list of its holdings four times in each fiscal year, at the quarter-ends. For the second and fourth quarters, the lists appear in the Fund’s semiannual and annual reports to shareholders. For the first and third quarters, the Fund files the lists with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Form N-Q. The most recent list of portfolio holdings is available at AIMinvestments.com. From our home page, click on Products & Performance, then Mutual Funds, then Fund Overview. Select your Fund from the drop-down menu and click on Complete Quarterly Holdings. Shareholders can also look up the Fund’s Forms N-Q on the SEC Web site 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 202-942-8090 or 800-732-0330, or by electronic request at the following e-mail address: publicinfo@sec.gov. The SEC file numbers for the Fund are 811-03826 and 002-85905.
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This report must be accompanied or preceded by a currently effective Fund prospectus, which contains more complete information, including sales charges and expenses. Investors should read it carefully before investing.
Fund NASDAQ Symbols
Class A Shares | | IENAX | |
Class B Shares | | IENBX | |
Class C Shares | | IEFCX | |
Investor Class Shares | | FSTEX | |
Not FDIC Insured May lose value No bank guarantee
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Philip Taylor
Dear Shareholders of The AIM Family of Funds —registered trademark—:
I’m pleased to provide you with this report, which includes a discussion of how your Fund was managed during the period under review, and what factors affected its performance. The following pages contain important information that answers questions you may have about your investment.
Most major stock market indexes, in the U.S. and overseas, performed well for the 12 months ended March 31, 2007, as did major fixed-income indexes.(1) Reasons for their positive performance included continued economic expansion and a cessation of interest rate increases by the U.S. Federal Reserve Board, among other factors.(2)
As the period covered by this report drew to a close, however, stock market volatility returned. In late February, Asian markets sold off, triggering a global decline. Additional volatility followed in March, partly due to uncertainty about the health of the U.S. housing market and rising concern about the ability of sub-prime borrowers to repay their mortgages. By mid-April, after the close of the period covered by this report, U.S. and foreign markets had largely resumed their upward trend, helped by good economic growth and a rash of corporate buyouts.
At AIM Investments —registered trademark—, we know that market conditions change—often suddenly and sometimes dramatically. We can help you deal with market volatility by offering a broad range of mutual funds, including:
· Domestic, global and international equity funds
· Taxable and tax-exempt fixed-income funds
· Allocation portfolios, with risk/return characteristics to match your needs
· AIM Independence Funds—target-maturity funds that combine retail mutual funds and PowerShares —registered trademark— exchange-traded funds—with risk/return characteristics that change as your target retirement date nears
We believe in the value of working with a trusted financial advisor. Your financial advisor can recommend various AIM funds that, together, can create a portfolio that’s appropriate for your investment goals, time horizon and risk tolerance. Market volatility can be disconcerting—but your financial advisor can help you keep on track with your investment program, making periodic adjustments as market conditions and your changing investment goals warrant.
In conclusion
Our highly trained, courteous client service representatives are eager to answer your questions, provide you with product information or assist you with account transactions. I encourage you to give us an opportunity to serve you by calling us at 800-959-4246.
Of course, you can access your account information, review your Fund’s performance, learn more about your Fund’s investment strategies and obtain general investing information when it’s convenient for you by visiting our Web site, AIMinvestments.com.
All of us at AIM are committed to helping you achieve your financial goals. We work every day to earn your trust, and we’re grateful for the confidence you’ve placed in us.
Sincerely, |
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Philip Taylor |
President – AIM Funds |
CEO, AIM Investments |
May 17, 2007
AIM Investments is a registered service mark of A I M Management Group Inc. A I M Advisors, Inc. and A I M Capital Management, Inc. are the investment advisors. A I M Distributors, Inc. is the distributor for the retail mutual funds represented by AIM Investments and the PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust.
Sources: (1)Lipper Inc.; (2)U.S. Federal Reserve Board
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Bruce L. Crockett
Dear Fellow AIM Fund Shareholders:
Your AIM Funds Board started 2007 committed to continue working with management at A I M Advisors, Inc. (AIM) with the goal of improving performance and lowering shareholder expenses for the AIM Funds.
The progress made to date is encouraging. Following the general trends of global equity markets and the U.S. stock market, the asset-weighted absolute performance for all the money market, equity and fixed-income AIM Funds improved for the one-year period ended December 31, 2006, as compared to the one-year period ended December 31, 2005, and the one-year period ended December 31, 2004.(1)p
In November, your Board approved, subject to shareholder vote, four more AIM Fund consolidations. As always, these decisions were made to benefit existing shareholders and were driven by a desire to improve the merged funds’ performance, attract new assets and reduce costs. The asset class subcommittees of your Board’s Investments Committee are meeting frequently with portfolio managers to identify how performance might be further improved.
On the expense side, both AMVESCAP, the parent company of AIM, and AIM continue to take advantage of opportunities for operational consolidation, outsourcing and new technologies to improve cost efficiencies for your benefit. Your Board, for example, takes advantage of effective software solutions that enable us to save money through electronic information sharing. Additional cost-saving steps are under way. I’ll report more on these steps once they’re completed.
Another major Board initiative for early 2007 is the revision of the AIM Funds’ proxy voting guidelines, a project begun by a special Board task force late last year. We expect to have new procedures in place for the 2007 spring proxy season that will improve the ability of the AIM Funds to cast votes that are in the best interests of all fund shareholders.
While your Board recognizes that additional work lies ahead, we are gratified that some key external sources have recognized changes at AIM and the AIM Funds in the past two years. An article in the November 21, 2006, issue of Morningstar Report (Morningstar, Inc. is a leading provider of independent mutual fund investment research) included a review of AIM’s progress, highlighting lower expenses, stronger investment teams and an improved sales culture, as well as areas for continued improvement. I’m looking forward to a return visit to Morningstar this year to review AIM Funds’ performance and governance ratings.
Your Board thanks Mark Williamson, former President and CEO of AIM Investments, who retired from your Board in 2006. He has been succeeded on your Board by Phil Taylor, President of AIM Funds. We extend a warm welcome to Phil.
I’d like to hear from you. Please write to me at AIM Investments, AIM Investments Tower, 11 Greenway Plaza, Suite 100, Houston TX 77046. Let me know your thoughts on how your Board is doing and how we might serve you better.
Sincerely, |
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Independent Chair |
AIM Funds Board |
May 17, 2007
Sources: pA I M Management Group Inc. and Lipper Inc.
(1)Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Please visit AIMinvestments.com for the most recent month-end performance for all AIM funds.
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Management’s discussion of Fund performance
Performance Summary
For the 12 months ended March 31, 2007, Class A shares of AIM Energy Fund, excluding applicable sales charges, underperformed the Fund’s broad market index and style-specific index, the S&P 500 Index and the Dow Jones U.S. Oil & Gas Index, respectively. Although the energy sector outperformed the broad market, as measured by the S&P 500 Index, its outperformance was largely attributable to the strong performance of major integrated oil companies such as Chevron and ExxonMobil. Integrated oil and gas companies, which account for approximately 50% of the Dow Jones U.S. Oil & Gas Index, are generally not as dependent on commodity prices as other industries in the energy sector.(1) The Fund’s underweight position in these more defensive and less leveraged companies hurt the Fund’s relative performance.
The Fund’s long-term performance can be found on pages 8 and 9.
Fund vs. Indexes
Total returns, 3/31/06–3/31/07, excluding applicable sales charges. If sales charges were included, returns would be lower.
Class A Shares | | 10.48 | % |
Class B Shares | | 9.64 | |
Class C Shares | | 9.63 | |
Investor Class Shares | | 10.48 | |
S&P 500 Index(2) (Broad Market Index) | | 11.82 | |
Dow Jones U.S. Oil & Gas Index(2) (Style-Specific Index) | | 16.32 | |
Lipper Natural Resource Funds Index(2) (Peer Group Index) | | 10.84 | |
Sources: (1)Dow Jones; (2)Lipper Inc.
How we invest
Your Fund invests in companies involved in the four main sub-sectors of the energy sector: major oil companies, energy services, oil and gas exploration and production, and natural gas pipelines. We seek to own firms that have the potential to increase production through exploration or innovation. We believe companies with an increasing production profile that can control costs may earn a high rate of return, enabling them to grow earnings independent of oil and natural gas prices.
We select stocks based on quantitative and fundamental analysis of individual companies. Quantitative analysis focuses on free cash flow, return on capital and output. Fundamental analysis focuses on reviewing the management team and the competitive environment.
Typically, we strive to limit the number of stocks held in the Fund to allow us to get to know company management, the business structure and how the company’s products and services fit into the energy value change. This is the process that moves oil and natural gas from the ground to the consumer.
We seek to manage risk by:
· Diversifying across most industries and sub-industries within the energy sector.
· Maintaining a small cash cushion so that we are not forced to sell holdings in a market downturn.
We may sell or reduce our position in a stock when:
· Its valuation, in our opinion, becomes excessive in comparison to similar investment opportunities.
· A company reports disappointing earnings or its fundamentals deteriorate.
· We identify a more attractive opportunity.
Market conditions and your Fund
The economy has enjoyed several years of growth fueled by low interest rates, a strong real estate market and resilient consumer spending, among other factors. Gross domestic product, a broad measure of economic growth, remained positive but moderated somewhat during the fiscal year.(1) Additionally, the consumer price index, a measure of inflation, was at an annualized rate of 2.8% for March 2007.(2) Overall, we believed the economic out-
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Portfolio Composition
By industry | | | |
Oil & Gas Equipment & Services | | 26.9 | % |
Oil & Gas Exploration & Production | | 24.8 | |
Integrated Oil & Gas | | 23.1 | |
Oil & Gas Drilling | | 8.3 | |
Oil & Gas Storage & Transportation | | 4.0 | |
Oil & Gas Refining & Marketing | | 3.9 | |
Gas Utilities | | 3.2 | |
Construction & Engineering | | 1.0 | |
Money Market Funds Plus Other Assets Less Liabilities | | 4.8 | |
Top 10 Equity Holdings*
1. Occidental Petroleum Corp. | | 4.5 | % |
2. National-Oilwell Varco Inc. | | 4.2 | |
3. Southwestern Energy Co. | | 4.1 | |
4. Cameron International Corp. | | 4.0 | |
5. Williams Cos., Inc. (The) | | 4.0 | |
6. Valero Energy Corp. | | 3.9 | |
7. Hess Corp. | | 3.9 | |
8. Total S.A.-ADR (France) | | 3.8 | |
9. Grant Prideco, Inc. | | 3.8 | |
10. Bill Barrett Corp. | | 3.6 | |
Total Net Assets and Holdings
Total Net Assets | | $ | 1.32 billion | |
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Total Number of Holdings* | | 34 | |
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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look remained positive although growth has slowed to a more subdued level than what we saw in the past several years.
Oil prices were volatile during the fiscal year ended March 31, 2007. The price of West Texas Intermediate Crude began and ended the fiscal year at around $65 per barrel.(3) However, during the fiscal year, prices peaked at a record high of $77 per barrel in July 2006 and fell as low as $50 per barrel in January 2007.(3)
The fall in oil prices was attributable to an unusually warm 2006-2007 winter in the United States and an unusually mild 2006 hurricane season which saw no hurricanes make U.S. landfall.(4) Continued tensions with Iran and, more important, a decrease in petroleum inventories caused oil prices to rise toward the end of the fiscal year.
Against this backdrop, utilities, telecommunication services, materials and energy were the best performing sectors of the S&P 500 Index. Information technology, industrials, health care and financials were the weakest sectors of the broad market. The Fund benefited from holdings within our three main sub-industries:
· Integrated oil and gas
· Oil and gas exploration and production
· Oil and gas equipment and services
Conversely, our holdings in coal and oil and gas drilling were net detractors from Fund performance.
Houston-based oil and gas explorer Southwestern Energy was a top contributor to Fund performance. Southwestern Energy has the largest land position in the Fayetteville Shale in northwest Arkansas and has been particularly successful at increasing production in the unconventional gas shale. The company also announced plans to increase drilling in the region later this year.
Also contributing to performance was National Oilwell Varco, the Fund’s largest holding within the oilfield services industry. National Oilwell Varco, the world’s largest supplier of oilfield rigs and rig equipment, experienced a steep rise in its fourth quarter profits, fueled by strong demand for its products.
Peabody Energy, the world’s largest coal company, was the largest detractor from Fund performance. Generally, coal stocks were down due to concerns regarding carbon dioxide emissions. We positioned the Fund with more natural gas exposure, which has one-third the carbon dioxide emissions of coal. We sold Peabody before the close of the fiscal year.
Offshore drilling stock Hercules Offshore also detracted from performance. Hercules recently announced plans to acquire TODCO at a price that we consider to be fairly cheap, thereby expanding its drilling capabilities in the Gulf of Mexico. We continued to own Hercules at the close of the fiscal year as we feel it is poised for potential future growth.
During the fiscal year, we reduced our exposure to integrated and international oil companies by selling positions in Chevron and Canadian Natural Resources. We used the proceeds to purchase energy services stocks, including Anadarko Petroleum, Devon Energy and Schlumberger, where we are finding greater growth potential.
As always, thank you for your continued investment in AIM Energy Fund.
Sources: (1)Bureau of Economic Analysis; (2)Bureau of Labor Statistics; (3)Bloomberg L.P.; (4)National Hurricane Center
The views and opinions expressed in management’s discussion of Fund performance are those of A I M Advisors, Inc. These views and opinions are subject to change at any time based on factors such as market and economic conditions. These views and opinions may not be relied upon as investment advice or recommendations, or as an offer for a particular security. The information is not a complete analysis of every aspect of any market, country, industry, security or the Fund. Statements of fact are from sources considered reliable, but A I M Advisors, Inc. makes no representation or warranty as to their completeness or accuracy. Although historical performance is no guarantee of future results, these insights may help you understand our investment management philosophy.
See important Fund and index disclosures on the inside front cover.
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John S. Segner
Senior portfolio manager, lead manager of AIM Energy Fund. He has more than 20 years of experience in the energy and investment industries. Before joining the Fund’s advisor in 1997, he was a managing director and principal with an investment management company that focused exclusively on publicly-traded energy stocks. Prior to that, he held positions with several energy companies. Mr. Segner earned a B.S. in civil engineering from the University of Alabama and an M.B.A. with a concentration in finance from The University of Texas at Austin.
Assisted by the Energy/Gold/Utilities Team
In February 2007, lead portfolio manager John Segner celebrated his 10-year anniversary managing AIM Energy Fund. The energy sector has experienced “booms” and “busts” during those 10 years, but we invite you to examine AIM Energy Fund’s Investor Class share’s average annual total returns under Mr. Segner’s leadership. The Fund’s long-term performance appears on pages 8 and 9.
For a presentation of your Fund’s long-term performance, please see pages 8 and 9.
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Calculating your ongoing Fund expenses
Example
As a shareholder of the Fund, you incur two types of costs: (1) transaction costs, which may include sales charges (loads) on purchase payments or contingent deferred sales charges on redemptions, and redemption fees, if any; and (2) ongoing costs, including management fees; distribution and/or service (12b-1) fees; and other Fund expenses. This example is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Fund and to compare these costs with ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds. The example is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period October 1, 2006, through March 31, 2007.
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 Fund’s actual cumulative total returns at net asset value after expenses for the six months ended March 31, 2007, appear in the table “Cumulative Total Returns” on page 9.
The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You may use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in the Fund and other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of the other funds.
Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only and do not reflect any transaction costs, such as sales charges (loads) on purchase payments, contingent deferred sales charges on redemptions, and redemption fees, if any. Therefore, the hypothetical information is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. In addition, if these transaction costs were included, your costs would have been higher.
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Share | | Account Value | | Account Value | | Paid During | | Account Value | | Paid During | | Expense | |
Class | | (10/1/06) | | (3/31/07)(1) | | Period(2) | | (3/31/07) | | Period(2) | | Ratio | |
A | | $ | 1,000.00 | | $ | 1,147.30 | | $ | 6.32 | | $ | 1,019.05 | | $ | 5.94 | | 1.18 | % |
B | | 1,000.00 | | 1,143.00 | | 10.31 | | 1,015.31 | | 9.70 | | 1.93 | |
C | | 1,000.00 | | 1,142.90 | | 10.31 | | 1,015.31 | | 9.70 | | 1.93 | |
Investor | | 1,000.00 | | 1,147.40 | | 6.32 | | 1,019.05 | | 5.94 | | 1.18 | |
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(1) The actual ending account value is based on the actual total return of the Fund for the period October 1, 2006, through March 31, 2007, 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. The Fund’s actual cumulative total returns at net asset value after expenses for the six months ended March 31, 2007, appear in the table “Cumulative Total Returns” on page 9.
(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 182/365 to reflect the most recent fiscal half year.
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Your Fund’s long-term performance
Past performance cannot guarantee comparable future results.
The data shown in the chart include reinvested distributions, Fund expenses and management fees. Index results include reinvested dividends. Performance of an index of funds reflects fund expenses and management fees; performance of a market index does not. Performance shown in the chart and table(s) does not reflect deduction of taxes a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or sale of Fund shares. Performance of the indexes does not reflect the effects of taxes.
This chart, which is a logarithmic chart, presents the fluctuations in the value of the Fund and its broad market index. We believe that a logarithmic chart is more effective than other types of charts in illustrating changes in value during the early years shown in the chart. The vertical axis, the one that indicates the dollar value of an investment, is constructed with each segment representing a percent change in the value of the investment. In this chart, each segment represents a doubling, or 100% change, in the value of the investment. In other words, the space between $5,000 and $10,000 is the same size as the space between $10,000 and $20,000, and so on.
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Results of a $10,000 Investment
Fund data from 1/19/84, index data from 1/31/84
Date | | AIM Energy Fund -Investor Class Shares | | S&P 500 Index(1) | |
1/19/84 | | | $ | 10000 | | | |
1/84 | | | 10000 | | $ | 10000 | |
2/84 | | | 9975 | | 9648 | |
3/84 | | | 10013 | | 9815 | |
4/84 | | | 10125 | | 9908 | |
5/84 | | | 9737 | | 9360 | |
6/84 | | | 9324 | | 9563 | |
7/84 | | | 8337 | | 9444 | |
8/84 | | | 9412 | | 10488 | |
9/84 | | | 9686 | | 10490 | |
10/84 | | | 9449 | | 10531 | |
11/84 | | | 9551 | | 10413 | |
12/84 | | | 9487 | | 10687 | |
1/85 | | | 9767 | | 11520 | |
2/85 | | | 10162 | | 11661 | |
3/85 | | | 10429 | | 11668 | |
4/85 | | | 10429 | | 11658 | |
5/85 | | | 10289 | | 12331 | |
6/85 | | | 10175 | | 12524 | |
7/85 | | | 10633 | | 12506 | |
8/85 | | | 10658 | | 12385 | |
9/85 | | | 10264 | | 12011 | |
10/85 | | | 10741 | | 12566 | |
11/85 | | | 11117 | | 13428 | |
12/85 | | | 10780 | | 14078 | |
1/86 | | | 10145 | | 14157 | |
2/86 | | | 9977 | | 15214 | |
3/86 | | | 9912 | | 16063 | |
4/86 | | | 10029 | | 15883 | |
5/86 | | | 10638 | | 16727 | |
6/86 | | | 10573 | | 17010 | |
7/86 | | | 9808 | | 16059 | |
8/86 | | | 11221 | | 17250 | |
9/86 | | | 11091 | | 15823 | |
10/86 | | | 11186 | | 16736 | |
11/86 | | | 11186 | | 17143 | |
12/86 | | | 11549 | | 16705 | |
1/87 | | | 12851 | | 18955 | |
2/87 | | | 13026 | | 19704 | |
3/87 | | | 14731 | | 20272 | |
4/87 | | | 14624 | | 20092 | |
5/87 | | | 15523 | | 20266 | |
6/87 | | | 16369 | | 21290 | |
7/87 | | | 17376 | | 22369 | |
8/87 | | | 16879 | | 23203 | |
9/87 | | | 16033 | | 22694 | |
10/87 | | | 11898 | | 17807 | |
11/87 | | | 10971 | | 16340 | |
12/87 | | | 12117 | | 17582 | |
1/88 | | | 12985 | | 18321 | |
2/88 | | | 13383 | | 19172 | |
3/88 | | | 13942 | | 18580 | |
4/88 | | | 14266 | | 18786 | |
5/88 | | | 13928 | | 18946 | |
6/88 | | | 13618 | | 19815 | |
7/88 | | | 13854 | | 19739 | |
8/88 | | | 14105 | | 19070 | |
9/88 | | | 13737 | | 19882 | |
10/88 | | | 13884 | | 20435 | |
11/88 | | | 13614 | | 20143 | |
12/88 | | | 13927 | | 20494 | |
1/89 | | | 14720 | | 21994 | |
2/89 | | | 14885 | | 21447 | |
3/89 | | | 15617 | | 21947 | |
4/89 | | | 16274 | | 23085 | |
5/89 | | | 16872 | | 24016 | |
6/89 | | | 16946 | | 23881 | |
7/89 | | | 18022 | | 26035 | |
8/89 | | | 18516 | | 26542 | |
9/89 | | | 18410 | | 26434 | |
10/89 | | | 17821 | | 25821 | |
11/89 | | | 19072 | | 26345 | |
12/89 | | | 19988 | | 26977 | |
1/90 | | | 18736 | | 25167 | |
2/90 | | | 18905 | | 25491 | |
3/90 | | | 18950 | | 26166 | |
4/90 | | | 17730 | | 25514 | |
5/90 | | | 19668 | | 27996 | |
6/90 | | | 18814 | | 27808 | |
7/90 | | | 20385 | | 27719 | |
8/90 | | | 20018 | | 25216 | |
9/90 | | | 20203 | | 23991 | |
10/90 | | | 18570 | | 23890 | |
11/90 | | | 17924 | | 25431 | |
12/90 | | | 16693 | | 26139 | |
1/91 | | | 15891 | | 27274 | |
2/91 | | | 17523 | | 29222 | |
3/91 | | | 16768 | | 29929 | |
4/91 | | | 16584 | | 30000 | |
5/91 | | | 16552 | | 31290 | |
6/91 | | | 15490 | | 29858 | |
7/91 | | | 16721 | | 31248 | |
8/91 | | | 17507 | | 31986 | |
9/91 | | | 17183 | | 31451 | |
10/91 | | | 17537 | | 31873 | |
11/91 | | | 16153 | | 30592 | |
12/91 | | | 16106 | | 34085 | |
1/92 | | | 15328 | | 33450 | |
2/92 | | | 15157 | | 33883 | |
3/92 | | | 14317 | | 33225 | |
4/92 | | | 14349 | | 34200 | |
5/92 | | | 14940 | | 34367 | |
6/92 | | | 13385 | | 33856 | |
7/92 | | | 14287 | | 35238 | |
8/92 | | | 14675 | | 34518 | |
9/92 | | | 14753 | | 34924 | |
10/92 | | | 14240 | | 35043 | |
11/92 | | | 14022 | | 36233 | |
12/92 | | | 13975 | | 36678 | |
1/93 | | | 14412 | | 36984 | |
2/93 | | | 15564 | | 37488 | |
3/93 | | | 16609 | | 38279 | |
4/93 | | | 17295 | | 37353 | |
5/93 | | | 18011 | | 38350 | |
6/93 | | | 18292 | | 38462 | |
7/93 | | | 17981 | | 38307 | |
8/93 | | | 19119 | | 39757 | |
9/93 | | | 18620 | | 39453 | |
10/93 | | | 18121 | | 40268 | |
11/93 | | | 16329 | | 39884 | |
12/93 | | | 16311 | | 40366 | |
1/94 | | | 16924 | | 41738 | |
2/94 | | | 16469 | | 40605 | |
3/94 | | | 15792 | | 38838 | |
4/94 | | | 16547 | | 39336 | |
5/94 | | | 16547 | | 39979 | |
6/94 | | | 16721 | | 39001 | |
7/94 | | | 16642 | | 40280 | |
8/94 | | | 16501 | | 41928 | |
9/94 | | | 16626 | | 40904 | |
10/94 | | | 17025 | | 41821 | |
11/94 | | | 15792 | | 40300 | |
12/94 | | | 15129 | | 40897 | |
1/95 | | | 14528 | | 41957 | |
2/95 | | | 14892 | | 43590 | |
3/95 | | | 15556 | | 44874 | |
4/95 | | | 16172 | | 46195 | |
5/95 | | | 16741 | | 48038 | |
6/95 | | | 16236 | | 49152 | |
7/95 | | | 16520 | | 50781 | |
8/95 | | | 16551 | | 50908 | |
9/95 | | | 16851 | | 53055 | |
10/95 | | | 16097 | | 52866 | |
11/95 | | | 16896 | | 55184 | |
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Source: (1)Lipper Inc.
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12/95 | | | 18124 | | 56247 | |
1/96 | | | 17773 | | 58159 | |
2/96 | | | 18187 | | 58700 | |
3/96 | | | 19143 | | 59265 | |
4/96 | | | 20899 | | 60138 | |
5/96 | | | 20803 | | 61686 | |
6/96 | | | 21042 | | 61922 | |
7/96 | | | 20147 | | 59187 | |
8/96 | | | 21487 | | 60438 | |
9/96 | | | 22555 | | 63836 | |
10/96 | | | 24035 | | 65596 | |
11/96 | | | 25378 | | 70550 | |
12/96 | | | 25160 | | 69153 | |
1/97 | | | 25925 | | 73471 | |
2/97 | | | 23262 | | 74047 | |
3/97 | | | 24447 | | 71011 | |
4/97 | | | 24185 | | 75246 | |
5/97 | | | 26935 | | 79847 | |
6/97 | | | 27110 | | 83396 | |
7/97 | | | 30032 | | 90030 | |
8/97 | | | 32225 | | 84990 | |
9/97 | | | 34764 | | 89642 | |
10/97 | | | 33805 | | 86652 | |
11/97 | | | 30492 | | 90660 | |
12/97 | | | 29964 | | 92216 | |
1/98 | | | 26842 | | 93235 | |
2/98 | | | 28018 | | 99955 | |
3/98 | | | 30113 | | 105070 | |
4/98 | | | 31161 | | 106146 | |
5/98 | | | 29195 | | 104324 | |
6/98 | | | 28681 | | 108558 | |
7/98 | | | 24425 | | 107411 | |
8/98 | | | 19655 | | 91893 | |
9/98 | | | 23419 | | 97784 | |
10/98 | | | 24168 | | 105726 | |
11/98 | | | 22114 | | 112131 | |
12/98 | | | 21625 | | 118588 | |
1/99 | | | 20040 | | 123546 | |
2/99 | | | 19162 | | 119706 | |
3/99 | | | 24322 | | 124495 | |
4/99 | | | 28326 | | 129316 | |
5/99 | | | 28326 | | 126265 | |
6/99 | | | 29847 | | 133254 | |
7/99 | | | 30617 | | 129111 | |
8/99 | | | 32264 | | 128472 | |
9/99 | | | 31109 | | 124954 | |
10/99 | | | 29289 | | 132858 | |
11/99 | | | 29096 | | 135558 | |
12/99 | | | 30682 | | 143531 | |
1/00 | | | 30768 | | 136321 | |
2/00 | | | 31152 | | 133743 | |
3/00 | | | 37255 | | 146819 | |
4/00 | | | 37449 | | 142403 | |
5/00 | | | 42718 | | 139484 | |
6/00 | | | 41774 | | 142919 | |
7/00 | | | 40445 | | 140687 | |
8/00 | | | 47127 | | 149420 | |
9/00 | | | 48069 | | 141534 | |
10/00 | | | 43210 | | 140933 | |
11/00 | | | 38958 | | 129831 | |
12/00 | | | 48534 | | 130468 | |
1/01 | | | 46699 | | 135094 | |
2/01 | | | 46559 | | 122783 | |
3/01 | | | 45860 | | 115009 | |
4/01 | | | 50882 | | 123940 | |
5/01 | | | 50882 | | 124771 | |
6/01 | | | 43189 | | 121735 | |
7/01 | | | 42075 | | 120537 | |
8/01 | | | 40169 | | 112998 | |
9/01 | | | 35891 | | 103874 | |
10/01 | | | 38564 | | 105856 | |
11/01 | | | 37381 | | 113974 | |
12/01 | | | 40378 | | 114973 | |
1/02 | | | 38101 | | 113296 | |
2/02 | | | 39518 | | 111111 | |
3/02 | | | 44774 | | 115290 | |
4/02 | | | 46055 | | 108303 | |
5/02 | | | 45056 | | 107508 | |
6/02 | | | 41915 | | 99853 | |
7/02 | | | 37267 | | 92071 | |
8/02 | | | 37941 | | 92674 | |
9/02 | | | 35919 | | 82612 | |
10/02 | | | 36709 | | 89876 | |
11/02 | | | 37686 | | 95160 | |
12/02 | | | 38639 | | 89573 | |
1/03 | | | 37824 | | 87231 | |
2/03 | | | 39337 | | 85920 | |
3/03 | | | 39081 | | 86752 | |
4/03 | | | 38546 | | 93894 | |
5/03 | | | 43638 | | 98837 | |
6/03 | | | 42521 | | 100099 | |
7/03 | | | 39872 | | 101865 | |
8/03 | | | 42475 | | 103848 | |
9/03 | | | 41337 | | 102748 | |
10/03 | | | 41734 | | 108558 | |
11/03 | | | 42522 | | 109512 | |
12/03 | | | 47357 | | 115251 | |
1/04 | | | 47963 | | 117366 | |
2/04 | | | 50846 | | 118997 | |
3/04 | | | 51588 | | 117202 | |
4/04 | | | 52125 | | 115364 | |
5/04 | | | 51661 | | 116944 | |
6/04 | | | 56011 | | 119217 | |
7/04 | | | 57893 | | 115272 | |
8/04 | | | 56127 | | 115734 | |
9/04 | | | 62054 | | 116988 | |
10/04 | | | 62004 | | 118775 | |
11/04 | | | 66791 | | 123579 | |
12/04 | | | 64701 | | 127783 | |
1/05 | | | 67580 | | 124669 | |
2/05 | | | 77318 | | 127291 | |
3/05 | | | 76205 | | 125039 | |
4/05 | | | 70878 | | 122669 | |
5/05 | | | 74386 | | 126568 | |
6/05 | | | 80732 | | 126750 | |
7/05 | | | 88772 | | 131461 | |
8/05 | | | 96140 | | 130263 | |
9/05 | | | 100438 | | 131317 | |
10/05 | | | 92795 | | 129127 | |
11/05 | | | 96098 | | 134006 | |
12/05 | | | 99606 | | 134054 | |
1/06 | | | 113939 | | 137603 | |
2/06 | | | 101577 | | 137976 | |
3/06 | | | 105873 | | 139693 | |
4/06 | | | 112416 | | 141567 | |
5/06 | | | 109932 | | 137498 | |
6/06 | | | 111801 | | 137680 | |
7/06 | | | 113030 | | 138529 | |
8/06 | | | 108114 | | 141820 | |
9/06 | | | 101940 | | 145472 | |
10/06 | | | 105090 | | 150210 | |
11/06 | | | 114359 | | 153062 | |
12/06 | | | 109225 | | 155209 | |
1/07 | | | 109596 | | 157554 | |
2/07 | | | 109738 | | 154482 | |
3/07 | | | 116977 | | 156206 | |
AIM Energy Fund
Average Annual Total Returns
As of 3/31/07, including applicable sales charges
Class A Shares | | | |
Inception (3/28/02) | | 19.83 | % |
5 Years | | 19.86 | |
1 Year | | 4.41 | |
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Class B Shares | | | |
Inception (3/28/02) | | 20.23 | % |
5 Years | | 20.17 | |
1 Year | | 4.95 | |
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Class C Shares | | | |
Inception (2/14/00) | | 19.81 | % |
5 Years | | 20.34 | |
1 Year | | 8.69 | |
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Investor Class Shares | | | |
Inception (1/19/84) | | 11.18 | % |
10 Years | | 16.94 | |
5 Years | | 21.17 | |
1 Year | | 10.48 | |
The performance data quoted represent past performance and cannot guarantee comparable future results; current performance may be lower or higher. Please visit AIMinvestments.com for the most recent month-end performance. Performance figures reflect reinvested distributions, changes in net asset value and the effect of the maximum sales charge unless otherwise stated. Investment return and principal value will fluctuate so that you may have a gain or loss when you sell shares.
Cumulative Total Returns
Six months ended 3/31/07, excluding applicable sales charges
Class A Shares | | 14.73 | % |
Class B Shares | | 14.30 | |
Class C Shares | | 14.29 | |
Investor Class Shares | | 14.74 | |
The total annual Fund operating expense ratio set forth in the most recent Fund prospectus as of the date of this report for Class A, Class B, Class C and Investor Class shares was 1.18%, 1.93%, 1.93% and 1.18%, respectively. The expense ratios above may vary from the expense ratios presented in other sections of this report that are based on expenses incurred during the period covered by this report.
Class A share performance reflects the maximum 5.50% sales charge, and Class B and Class C share performance reflects the applicable contingent deferred sales charge (CDSC) for the period involved. The CDSC on Class B shares declines from 5% beginning at the time of purchase to 0% at the beginning of the seventh year. The CDSC on Class C shares is 1% for the first year after purchase. Investor Class shares do not have a front-end sales charge or a CDSC; therefore, performance is at net asset value.
The performance of the Fund’s share classes will differ primarily due to different sales charge structures and class expenses.
Had the advisor not waived fees and/or reimbursed expenses on Class B and Class C shares in the past, performance would have been lower.
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Information regarding how the Fund voted proxies related to its portfolio securities during the 12 months ended June 30, 2006, is available at our Web site. Go to AIMinvestments.com, access the About Us tab, click on Required Notices and then click on Proxy Voting Activity. Next, select the Fund from the drop-down menu. The information is also available on the SEC Web site, sec.gov.
9
Supplement to Annual Report dated 3/31/07
AIM Energy Fund
Institutional Class Shares
The following information has been prepared to provide Institutional Class shareholders with a performance overview specific to their holdings. Institutional Class shares are offered exclusively to institutional investors, including defined contribution plans that meet certain criteria.
Average Annual Total Returns
For periods ended 3/31/07
Inception (1/31/06) | | 2.72 | % |
1 Year | | 10.95 | |
6 Months* | | 15.00 | |
*Cumulative total return that has not been annualized
Institutional Class shares have no sales charge; therefore, performance is at net asset value (NAV). Performance of Institutional Class shares will differ from performance of other share classes primarily due to differing sales charges and class expenses.
Please note that past performance is not indicative of future results. More recent returns may be more or less than those shown. All returns assume reinvestment of distributions at NAV. Investment return and principal value will fluctuate so your shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. See full report for information on comparative benchmarks. Please consult your Fund prospectus for more information. For the most current month-end performance, please call 800-451-4246 or visit AIMinvestments.com.
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Information about your Fund’s expenses
Calculating your ongoing Fund expenses
Example
As a shareholder 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 October 1, 2006, through March 31, 2007.
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 Fund’s actual cumulative total return after expenses for the six months ended March 31, 2007, appears in the table on the front of this supplement.
The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You may use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in the Fund and other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of the other funds.
Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only. Therefore, the hypothetical information is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds.
| | | | ACTUAL | | HYPOTHETICAL (5% annual return before expenses) | | | |
| | Beginning | | Ending | | Expenses | | Ending | | Expenses | | Annualized | |
Share | | Account Value | | Account Value | | Paid During | | Account Value | | Paid During | | Expense | |
Class | | (10/1/06) | | (3/31/07)(1) | | Period(2) | | (3/31/07) | | Period(2) | | Ratio | |
Institutional | | $ | 1,000.00 | | $ | 1,150.00 | | $ | 3.97 | | $ | 1,021.24 | | $ | 3.73 | | 0.74 | % |
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(1) The actual ending account value is based on the actual total return of the Fund for the period October 1, 2006, through March 31, 2007, 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. The Fund’s actual cumulative total return after expenses for the six months ended March 31, 2007, appears in the table on the front of this supplement.
(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 182/365 to reflect the most recent fiscal half year.
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AIM Energy Fund
Schedule of Investments
March 31, 2007
| | Shares | | Value | |
Domestic Common Stocks & Other Equity Interests–81.27% | |
Construction & Engineering–0.97% | |
Chicago Bridge & Iron Co. N.V.–New York Shares | | | 420,000 | | | $ | 12,915,000 | | |
Gas Utilities–3.17% | |
Questar Corp.(a) | | | 470,000 | | | | 41,928,700 | | |
Integrated Oil & Gas–14.34% | |
Exxon Mobil Corp.(a) | | | 530,000 | | | | 39,988,500 | | |
Hess Corp.(a) | | | 925,000 | | | | 51,309,750 | | |
Murphy Oil Corp.(a) | | | 725,000 | | | | 38,715,000 | | |
Occidental Petroleum Corp. | | | 1,210,000 | | | | 59,665,100 | | |
| | | | | | | 189,678,350 | | |
Oil & Gas Drilling–8.26% | |
GlobalSantaFe Corp. | | | 450,000 | | | | 27,756,000 | | |
Hercules Offshore, Inc.(a)(b) | | | 970,000 | | | | 25,472,200 | | |
Nabors Industries Ltd.(a)(b) | | | 650,000 | | | | 19,285,500 | | |
Transocean Inc.(a)(b) | | | 450,000 | | | | 36,765,000 | | |
| | | | | | | 109,278,700 | | |
Oil & Gas Equipment & Services–26.96% | |
Baker Hughes Inc.(a) | | | 600,000 | | | | 39,678,000 | | |
BJ Services Co. | | | 800,000 | | | | 22,320,000 | | |
Cameron International Corp.(b) | | | 850,000 | | | | 53,371,500 | | |
FMC Technologies, Inc.(a)(b) | | | 260,000 | | | | 18,137,600 | | |
Grant Prideco, Inc.(a)(b) | | | 1,000,000 | | | | 49,840,000 | | |
Halliburton Co.(a) | | | 400,000 | | | | 12,696,000 | | |
National-Oilwell Varco Inc.(a)(b) | | | 715,000 | | | | 55,619,850 | | |
Schlumberger Ltd.(a) | | | 500,000 | | | | 34,550,000 | | |
Smith International, Inc.(a) | | | 550,000 | | | | 26,427,500 | | |
Weatherford International Ltd.(a)(b) | | | 975,000 | | | | 43,972,500 | | |
| | | | | | | 356,612,950 | | |
Oil & Gas Exploration & Production–19.67% | |
Anadarko Petroleum Corp.(a) | | | 685,000 | | | | 29,441,300 | | |
Apache Corp. | | | 460,000 | | | | 32,522,000 | | |
Bill Barrett Corp.(a)(b) | | | 1,475,000 | | | | 47,804,750 | | |
Cheniere Energy, Inc.(a)(b) | | | 675,000 | | | | 21,026,250 | | |
Devon Energy Corp.(a) | | | 580,000 | | | | 40,147,600 | | |
Plains Exploration & Production Co.(a)(b) | | | 775,000 | | | | 34,983,500 | | |
Southwestern Energy Co.(a)(b) | | | 1,325,000 | | | | 54,298,500 | | |
| | | | | | | 260,223,900 | | |
| | Shares | | Value | |
Oil & Gas Refining & Marketing—3.92% | |
Valero Energy Corp.(a) | | | 805,000 | | | $ | 51,914,450 | | |
Oil & Gas Storage & Transportation–3.98% | |
Williams Cos., Inc. (The)(a) | | | 1,850,000 | | | | 52,651,000 | | |
Total Domestic Common Stocks & Other Equity Interests (Cost $802,889,506) | | | | | | | 1,075,203,050 | | |
Foreign Common Stocks & Other Equity Interests–13.89% | |
Brazil–2.78% | |
Petroleo Brasileiro S.A.–ADR (Integrated Oil & Gas)(a) | | | 370,000 | | | | 36,818,700 | | |
Canada–5.11% | |
Nexen Inc. (Oil & Gas Exploration & Production) | | | 500,000 | | | | 30,650,000 | | |
Talisman Energy Inc. (Oil & Gas Exploration & Production) | | | 2,100,000 | | | | 36,876,000 | | |
| | | | | | | 67,526,000 | | |
France–3.80% | |
Total S.A.–ADR (Integrated Oil & Gas) | | | 720,000 | | | | 50,241,600 | | |
United Kingdom–2.20% | |
BP PLC–ADR (Integrated Oil & Gas) | | | 450,000 | | | | 29,137,500 | | |
Total Foreign Common Stocks & Other Equity Interests (Cost $126,406,199) | | | | | | | 183,723,800 | | |
Money Market Funds–3.06% | |
Liquid Assets Portfolio–Institutional Class(c) | | | 20,239,843 | | | | 20,239,843 | | |
Premier Portfolio–Institutional Class(c) | | | 20,239,842 | | | | 20,239,842 | | |
Total Money Market Funds (Cost $40,479,685) | | | | | | | 40,479,685 | | |
TOTAL INVESTMENTS (excluding investments purchased with cash collateral from securities loaned)–98.22% (Cost $969,775,390) | | | | | | | 1,299,406,535 | | |
Investments Purchased with Cash Collateral from Securities Loaned | |
Money Market Funds–20.83% | |
Premier Portfolio–Institutional Class(c)(d) | | | 275,543,072 | | | | 275,543,072 | | |
Total Money Market Funds (purchased with cash collateral from securities loaned) (Cost $275,543,072) | | | | | | | 275,543,072 | | |
TOTAL INVESTMENTS–119.05% (Cost $1,245,318,462) | | | | | | | 1,574,949,607 | | |
OTHER ASSETS LESS LIABILITIES–(19.05)% | | | | | | | (252,048,195 | ) | |
NET ASSETS–100.00% | | | | | | $ | 1,322,901,412 | | |
F-1
AIM Energy Fund
Investment Abbreviations:
ADR | | | – | | | American Depositary Receipt | |
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Notes to Schedule of Investments:
(a) All or a portion of this security was out on loan at March 31, 2007.
(b) Non-income producing security.
(c) The money market fund and the Fund are affiliated by having the same investment advisor. See Note 3.
(d) The security has been segregated to satisfy the commitment to return the cash collateral received in securities lending transactions upon the borrower's return of the securities loaned. See Note 8.
See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements which are an integral part of the financial statements.
F-2
AIM Energy Fund
Statement of Assets and Liabilities
March 31, 2007
Assets: | |
Investments, at value (cost $929,295,705)* | | $ | 1,258,926,850 | | |
Investments in affiliated money market funds (cost $316,022,757) | | | 316,022,757 | | |
Total investments (cost $1,245,318,462) | | | 1,574,949,607 | | |
Foreign currencies, at value (cost $380) | | | 415 | | |
Receivables for: | |
Investments sold | | | 21,872,546 | | |
Fund shares sold | | | 4,785,710 | | |
Dividends | | | 1,003,373 | | |
Investment for trustee deferred compensation and retirement plans | | | 55,159 | | |
Other assets | | | 41,285 | | |
Total assets | | | 1,602,708,095 | | |
Liabilities: | |
Payables for: | |
Fund shares reacquired | | | 3,082,708 | | |
Trustee deferred compensation and retirement plans | | | 100,013 | | |
Collateral upon return of securities loaned | | | 275,543,072 | | |
Accrued distribution fees | | | 447,644 | | |
Accrued trustees' and officer's fees and benefits | | | 7,608 | | |
Accrued transfer agent fees | | | 544,003 | | |
Accrued operating expenses | | | 81,635 | | |
Total liabilities | | | 279,806,683 | | |
Net assets applicable to shares outstanding | | $ | 1,322,901,412 | | |
Net assets consist of: | |
Shares of beneficial interest | | $ | 960,257,398 | | |
Undistributed net investment income (loss) | | | (76,621 | ) | |
Undistributed net realized gain | | | 33,089,455 | | |
Unrealized appreciation | | | 329,631,180 | | |
| | $ | 1,322,901,412 | | |
Net Assets: | |
Class A | | $ | 538,155,112 | | |
Class B | | $ | 136,404,283 | | |
Class C | | $ | 156,393,902 | | |
Investor Class | | $ | 491,847,198 | | |
Institutional Class | | $ | 100,917 | | |
Shares outstanding, $0.01 par value per share, unlimited number of shares authorized: | |
Class A | | | 13,119,799 | | |
Class B | | | 3,472,915 | | |
Class C | | | 4,059,167 | | |
Investor Class | | | 12,023,832 | | |
Institutional Class | | | 2,446.7 | | |
Class A: | |
Net asset value per share | | $ | 41.02 | | |
Offering price per share (Net asset value of $41.02 ÷ 94.50%) | | $ | 43.41 | | |
Class B: | |
Net asset value and offering price per share | | $ | 39.28 | | |
Class C: | |
Net asset value and offering price per share | | $ | 38.53 | | |
Investor Class: | |
Net asset value and offering price per share | | $ | 40.91 | | |
Institutional Class: | |
Net asset value and offering price per share | | $ | 41.25 | | |
* At March 31, 2007, securities with an aggregate value of $266,840,059 were on loan to brokers.
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 March 31, 2007
Investment income: | |
Dividends (net of foreign withholding taxes of $485,255) | | $ | 13,179,993 | | |
Dividends from affiliated money market funds (includes securities lending income of $212,090) | | | 2,015,367 | | |
Total investment income | | | 15,195,360 | | |
Expenses: | |
Advisory fees | | | 8,726,924 | | |
Administrative services fees | | | 361,035 | | |
Custodian fees | | | 77,846 | | |
Distribution fees: | |
Class A | | | 1,376,590 | | |
Class B | | | 1,429,458 | | |
Class C | | | 1,696,875 | | |
Investor Class | | | 1,331,127 | | |
Transfer agent fees — A, B, C and Investor | | | 3,125,435 | | |
Transfer agent fees — Institutional | | | 17 | | |
Trustees' and officer's fees and benefits | | | 58,869 | | |
Other | | | 554,780 | | |
Total expenses | | | 18,738,956 | | |
Less: Fees waived, expenses reimbursed and expense offset arrangements | | | (105,486 | ) | |
Net expenses | | | 18,633,470 | | |
Net investment income (loss) | | | (3,438,110 | ) | |
Realized and unrealized gain: | |
Net realized gain from: | |
Investment securities | | | 107,052,420 | | |
Change in net unrealized appreciation of: | |
Investment securities | | | 9,961,849 | | |
Foreign currencies | | | 49 | | |
| | | 9,961,898 | | |
Net realized and unrealized gain | | | 117,014,318 | | |
Net increase in net assets resulting from operations | | $ | 113,576,208 | | |
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 March 31, 2007 and 2006
| | 2007 | | 2006 | |
Operations: | |
Net investment income (loss) | | $ | (3,438,110 | ) | | $ | (3,260,358 | ) | |
Net realized gain | | | 107,052,420 | | | | 194,697,947 | | |
Change in net unrealized appreciation | | | 9,961,898 | | | | 123,957,553 | | |
Net increase in net assets resulting from operations | | | 113,576,208 | | | | 315,395,142 | | |
Distributions to shareholders from net realized gains: | |
Class A | | | (77,496,244 | ) | | | (24,689,490 | ) | |
Class B | | | (21,033,488 | ) | | | (7,145,820 | ) | |
Class C | | | (25,182,648 | ) | | | (8,319,692 | ) | |
Investor Class | | | (72,566,655 | ) | | | (28,931,461 | ) | |
Institutional Class | | | (15,064 | ) | | | — | | |
Decrease in net assets resulting from distributions | | | (196,294,099 | ) | | | (69,086,463 | ) | |
Share transactions—net: | |
Class A | | | 42,778,823 | | | | 287,836,340 | | |
Class B | | | (1,078,947 | ) | | | 68,595,281 | | |
Class C | | | (2,239,340 | ) | | | 88,393,139 | | |
Class K | | | — | | | | (3,496,411 | ) | |
Investor Class | | | (46,915,816 | ) | | | 67,743,047 | | |
Institutional Class | | | 39,458 | | | | 67,000 | | |
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from share transactions | | | (7,415,822 | ) | | | 509,138,396 | | |
Net increase (decrease) in net assets | | | (90,133,713 | ) | | | 755,447,075 | | |
Net assets: | |
Beginning of year | | | 1,413,035,125 | | | | 657,588,050 | | |
End of year (including undistributed net investment income (loss) of $(76,621) and $(50,914), respectively) | | $ | 1,322,901,412 | | | $ | 1,413,035,125 | | |
See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements which are an integral part of the financial statements.
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Notes to Financial Statements
March 31, 2007
NOTE 1—Significant Accounting Policies
AIM Energy Fund (the "Fund") is a series portfolio of AIM Sector Funds (the "Trust"). The Trust is a Delaware statutory trust registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the "1940 Act"), as an open-end series management investment company consisting of six separate portfolios, each authorized to issue an unlimited number of shares of beneficial interest. The Fund currently consists of multiple classes of shares. Matters affecting each portfolio or class will be voted on exclusively by the shareholders of such portfolio or class. The assets, liabilities and operations of each portfolio are accounted for separately. Information presented in these financial statements pertains only to the Fund.
The Fund's investment objective is capital growth.
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 the 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 be tween 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, yield, quality, type of issue, coupon rate, maturity, individual trading characteristics and other market data. Short-term obligations, including commercial paper, having 60 days or less to maturity are recorded at amortized cost which approximates value.
Foreign securities (including foreign exchange contracts) 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 are significant and may make the closing price unreliable, the Fund may fair value the security. If the event is likely to have affected the closing price of the security, the security will be valued at fair value in good faith using procedures approved by the Board of Trustees. Adjustments to closing prices to reflect fair value may also be based on a sc reening 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 meeting the approved degree of certainty that the price is not reflective of current value will be priced at the indication of fair value from the independent pricing service. Multiple factors may be considered by the independent pricing service in determining adjustments to reflect fair value and may include information relating to sector indices, ADRs and domestic and foreign index futures.
Securities for which market prices are not provided by any of the above methods may be valued based upon quotes furnished by independent sources and are valued at the last bid price in the case of equity securities and in the case of debt obligations, the mean between the last bid and asked prices.
Securities for which market quotations are not readily available or are unreliable are valued at fair value as determined in good faith by or under the supervision of the Trust's officers following procedures approved by the Board of Trustees. Issuer specific events, market trends, bid/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.
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 is recorded on the ex-dividend date.
The Fund may receive proceeds from litigation settlements involving Fund investments. 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 realized and unrealized gain (loss) from investment securities reported in the Statement of Operations and the Statement of Changes in Net Assets and the realized and unrealized
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net 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 advisor.
The Fund allocates income and realized and unrealized capital gains and losses to a class based on the relative net assets of each class.
C. Country Determination — For the purposes of making investment selection decisions and presentation in the Schedule of Investments, AIM 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 and net realized capital gain, if any, are generally paid annually and recorded on ex-dividend date. The Fund may elect to treat a portion of the proceeds from redemptions as distributions for federal income tax purposes.
E. Federal Income Taxes — The Fund intends to comply with the requirements of Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code necessary to qualify as a regulated investment company and to distribute substantially all of the Fund's taxable earnings to shareholders. As such, the Fund will not be subject to federal income taxes on otherwise taxable income (including net realized capital gain) that is distributed to shareholders. Therefore, no provision for federal income taxes is recorded in the financial statements.
F. Expenses — Fees provided for under the Rule 12b-1 plan of a particular class of the Fund are charged to the operations of such class. Transfer agency fees and expenses and other shareholder recordkeeping fees and expenses attributable to the Institutional Class are charged to such class. Transfer agency fees and expenses and other shareholder recordkeeping fees and expenses relating to all other classes are allocated among those classes based on relative net assets. All other expenses are allocated among the classes based on relative net assets.
G. Accounting Estimates — The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America 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.
H. Indemnifications — Under the Trust's organizational documents, each Trustee, officer, employee or other agent of the Trust (including the Trust's investment manager) is indemnified against certain liabilities that may arise out of performance of their duties to the Fund. Additionally, in the normal course of business, the Fund enters into contracts that contain a variety of indemnification clauses. The Fund's maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown as this would involve future claims that may be made against the Fund that have not yet occurred. The risk of material loss as a result of such indemnification claims is considered remote.
I. Foreign Currency Translations — Foreign currency is valued at the close of the NYSE based on quotations posted by banks and major currency dealers. Portfolio securities and other assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies are translated into U.S. dollar amounts at date of valuation. Purchases and sales of portfolio securities (net of foreign taxes withheld on disposition) and income items denominated in foreign currencies are translated into U.S. dollar amounts on the respective dates of such transactions. The Fund does not separately account for the portion of the results of operations resulting from changes in foreign exchange rates on investments and the fluctuations arising from changes in market prices of securities held. The combined results of changes in foreign exchange rates and the fluctuation of market price s on investments (net of estimated foreign tax withholding) are included with the net realized and unrealized gain or loss from investments in the Statement of Operations. Reported net realized foreign currency gains or losses arise from (i) sales of foreign currencies, (ii) currency gains or losses realized between the trade and settlement dates on securities transactions, and (iii) the difference between the amounts of dividends, interest, and foreign withholding taxes recorded on the Fund's books and the U.S. dollar equivalent of the amounts actually received or paid. Net unrealized foreign currency gains and losses arise from changes in the fair values of assets and liabilities, other than investments in securities at fiscal period end, resulting from changes in exchange rates.
The Fund may invest in foreign securities which may be subject to foreign taxes on income, gains on investments or currency repatriation, a portion of which may be recoverable. Taxes are accrued based on the Fund's current interpretation of tax regulations and rates that exist in the foreign markets in which the Fund invests.
J. Foreign Currency Contracts — A foreign currency contract is an obligation to purchase or sell a specific currency for an agreed-upon price at a future date. The Fund may enter into a foreign currency contract to attempt to minimize the risk to the Fund from adverse changes in the relationship between currencies. The Fund may also enter into a foreign currency contract for the purchase or sale of a security denominated in a foreign currency in order to "lock in" the U.S. dollar price of that security. Fluctuations in the value of these contracts are recorded as unrealized appreciation (depreciation) until the contracts are closed. When these contracts are closed, realized gains (losses) are recorded. Realized and unrealized gains and losses on these contracts are included in the Statement of Operations. The Fund could be exposed to r isk, which may be in excess of the amount reflected in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities, if counterparties to the contracts are unable to meet the terms of their contracts or if the value of the foreign currency changes unfavorably.
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NOTE 2—Advisory Fees and Other Fees Paid to Affiliates
The Trust has entered into a master investment advisory agreement with A I M Advisors, Inc. ("AIM"). Under the terms of the investment advisory agreement, the Fund pays an advisory fee to AIM based on the annual rate of the Fund's average daily net assets as follows:
Average Net Assets | | Rate | |
First $350 million | | | 0.75 | % | |
Next $350 million | | | 0.65 | % | |
Next $1.3 billion | | | 0.55 | % | |
Next $2 billion | | | 0.45 | % | |
Next $2 billion | | | 0.40 | % | |
Next $2 billion | | | 0.375 | % | |
Over $8 billion | | | 0.35 | % | |
AIM has voluntarily agreed to waive advisory fees of the Fund in the amount of 25% of the advisory fee AIM receives from the affiliated money market funds on investments by the Fund in such affiliated money market funds (excluding investments made in affiliated money market funds with cash collateral from securities loaned by the fund). Voluntary fee waivers or reimbursements may be modified or discontinued at any time upon consultation with the Board of Trustees without further notice to investors.
For the year ended March 31, 2007, AIM waived advisory fees of $11,165.
At the request of the Trustees of the Trust, AMVESCAP PLC ("AMVESCAP") agreed to reimburse expenses incurred by the Fund in connection with market timing matters in the AIM Funds, which may include legal, audit, shareholder reporting, communications and trustee expenses. These expenses along with the related expense reimbursement are included in the Statement of Operations. For the year ended March 31, 2007, AMVESCAP reimbursed expenses of the Fund in the amount of $2,990.
The Trust has entered into a master administrative services agreement with AIM pursuant to which the Fund has agreed to pay AIM for certain administrative costs incurred in providing accounting services, to the Fund. For the year ended March 31, 2007, expenses incurred under the agreement are shown in the Statement of Operations as administrative services fees.
The Trust has entered into a transfer agency and service agreement with AIM Investment Services, Inc. ("AIS") pursuant to which the Fund has agreed to pay AIS a fee for providing transfer agency and shareholder services to the Fund and reimburse AIS for certain expenses incurred by AIS in the course of providing such services. AIS may make payments to intermediaries that provide omnibus account services, sub-accounting services and/or networking services. All fees payable by AIS to intermediaries that provide omnibus account services or sub-accounting are charged back to the Fund, subject to certain limitations approved by the Trust's Board of Trustees. For the year ended March 31, 2007, expenses incurred under the agreement are shown in the Statement of Operations as transfer agent fees.
The Trust has entered into master distribution agreements with A I M Distributors, Inc. ("ADI") to serve as the distributor for the Class A, Class B, Class C, Investor Class and Institutional Class shares of the Fund. The Trust has adopted plans pursuant to Rule 12b-1 under the 1940 Act with respect to the Fund's Class A, Class B, Class C and Investor Class shares (collectively the "Plans"). The Fund, pursuant to the Plans, pays ADI compensation at the annual rate of 0.25% of the Fund's average daily net assets of Class A shares, 1.00% of the average daily net assets of Class B and Class C shares and 0.25% of the average daily net assets of Investor Class shares. Of the Plan payments, up to 0.25% of the average daily net assets of each class of shares may be paid to furnish continuing personal shareholder services to customers who purchase and own shares of such classes. Any amounts not paid as a service fee under the Plans woul d constitute an asset-based sales charge. National Association of Securities Dealers ("NASD") Rules impose a cap on the total sales charges, including asset-based sales charges that may be paid by any class of shares of the Fund. For the year ended March 31, 2007, expenses incurred under the Plan are shown in the Statement of Operations as distribution fees.
Front-end sales commissions and contingent deferred sales charges ("CDSC") (collectively the "sales charges") are not recorded as expenses of the Fund. Front-end sales commissions are deducted from proceeds from the sales of Fund shares prior to investment in Class A shares of the Fund. CDSC are deducted from redemption proceeds prior to remittance to the shareholder. During the year ended March 31, 2007, ADI advised the Fund that it retained $445,058 in front-end sales commissions from the sale of Class A shares and $12,958, $267,345 and $86,243 from Class A, Class B and Class C shares, respectively, for CDSC imposed on redemptions by shareholders.
Certain officers and trustees of the Trust are officers and directors of AIM, AIS and/or ADI.
NOTE 3—Investments in Affiliates
The Fund is permitted, pursuant to procedures approved by the Board of Trustees, to invest daily available cash balances and cash collateral from securities lending transactions in affiliated money market funds. The Fund and the money market funds below have the same investment advisor and therefore, are considered to be affiliated. The tables below show the transactions in and earnings from investments in affiliated money market funds for the year ended March 31, 2007.
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Investments of Daily Available Cash Balances:
Fund | | Value 03/31/06 | | Purchases at Cost | | Proceeds from Sales | | Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) | | Value 03/31/07 | | Dividend Income | | Realized Gain (Loss) | |
Liquid Assets Portfolio–Institutional Class | | $ | — | | | $ | 236,493,096 | | | $ | (216,253,253 | ) | | $ | — | | | $ | 20,239,843 | | | $ | 608,991 | | | $ | — | | |
Premier Portfolio–Institutional Class | | | 62,590,664 | | | | 333,997,883 | | | | (376,348,705 | ) | | | — | | | | 20,239,842 | | | | 1,194,286 | | | | — | | |
Subtotal | | $ | 62,590,664 | | | $ | 570,490,979 | | | $ | (592,601,958 | ) | | $ | — | | | $ | 40,479,685 | | | $ | 1,803,277 | | | $ | — | | |
Investments of Cash Collateral from Securities Lending Transactions:
Fund | | Value 03/31/06 | | Purchases at Cost | | Proceeds from Sales | | Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) | | Value 03/31/07 | | Dividend Income* | | Realized Gain (Loss) | |
Premier Portfolio–Institutional Class | | $ | 24,025,815 | | | $ | 1,214,526,045 | | | $ | (963,008,788 | ) | | $ | — | | | $ | 275,543,072 | | | $ | 212,090 | | | $ | — | | |
Total Investments in Affiliates | | $ | 86,616,479 | | | $ | 1,785,017,024 | | | $ | (1,555,610,746 | ) | | $ | — | | | $ | 316,022,757 | | | $ | 2,015,367 | | | $ | — | | |
* Net of compensation to counterparties.
NOTE 4—Security Transactions with Affiliated Funds
The Fund is permitted to purchase or sell securities from or to certain other AIM Funds under specified conditions outlined in procedures adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Trust. The procedures have been designed to ensure that any purchase or sale of securities by the Fund from or to another fund or portfolio that is or could be considered an affiliate by virtue of having a common investment advisor (or affiliated investment advisors), common Trustees and/or common officers complies with Rule 17a-7 of the 1940 Act. Further, as defined under the procedures, each transaction is effected at the current market price. Pursuant to these procedures, for the year ended March 31, 2007, the Fund engaged in securities purchases of $6,616,000.
NOTE 5—Expense Offset Arrangements
The expense offset arrangements are comprised of (i) transfer agency credits which result from balances in Demand Deposit Accounts (DDA) used by the transfer agent for clearing shareholder transactions, (ii) custodian credits which result from periodic overnight cash balances at the custodian and (iii) a one time custodian fee credit used to offset custodian fees. For the year ended March 31, 2007, the Fund received credits from these arrangements, which resulted in the reduction of the Fund's total expenses of $91,331.
NOTE 6—Trustees' and Officer's Fees and Benefits
"Trustees' and Officer's Fees and Benefits" include amounts accrued by the Fund to pay remuneration to certain Trustees and Officers of the Fund. Trustees have the option to defer compensation payable by the Fund, and "Trustees' and Officer's Fees and Benefits" also include amounts accrued by the Fund to fund such deferred compensation amounts. Those Trustees who defer compensation have the option to select various AIM Funds in which their deferral accounts shall be deemed to be invested. Finally, certain Trustees are eligible to participate in a retirement plan that provides for benefits to be paid upon retirement to Trustees over a period of time based on the number of years of service. The Fund may have certain former Trustees who also participate in a retirement plan and receive benefits under such plan. "Trustees' and Officer's Fees and Benefits" include amounts accrued by the Fund to fund such retirement benefits. Obligati ons under the deferred compensation and retirement plans represent unsecured claims against the general assets of the Fund.
During the year ended March 31, 2007, the Fund paid legal fees of $8,887 for services rendered by Kramer, Levin, Naftalis & Frankel LLP as counsel to the Independent Trustees. A member of that firm is a Trustee of the Trust.
NOTE 7—Borrowings
Pursuant to an exemptive order from the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Fund may participate in an interfund lending facility that AIM has established for temporary borrowings by the AIM Funds. An interfund loan will be made under this facility only if the loan rate (an average of the rate available on bank loans and the rate available on investments in overnight repurchase agreements) is favorable to both the lending fund and the borrowing fund. A loan will be secured by collateral if the Fund's aggregate borrowings from all sources exceeds 10% of the Fund's total assets. To the extent that the loan is required to be secured by collateral, the collateral is marked to market daily to ensure that the market value is at least 102% of the outstanding principal value of the loan.
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The Fund participates in an uncommitted unsecured revolving credit facility with State Street Bank and Trust Company ("SSB"). The Fund may borrow up to the lesser of (i) $125,000,000, or (ii) the limits set by its prospectus for borrowings. The Fund and other funds advised by AIM which are parties to the credit facility can borrow on a first come, first served basis. Principal on each loan outstanding shall bear interest at the bid rate quoted by SSB at the time of the request for the loan.
During the year ended March 31, 2007, the Fund did not borrow or lend under the interfund lending facility or borrow under the uncommitted unsecured revolving credit facility.
Additionally, the Fund is permitted to temporarily carry a negative or overdrawn balance in its account with SSB, the custodian bank. To compensate the custodian bank for such overdrafts, the overdrawn Fund may either (i) leave funds as a compensating balance in the account so the custodian bank can be compensated by earning the additional interest; or (ii) compensate by paying the custodian bank at a rate agreed upon by the custodian bank and AIM, not to exceed the contractually agreed upon rate.
NOTE 8—Portfolio Securities Loaned
The Fund may lend portfolio securities having a market value up to one-third of the Fund's total assets. Such loans are secured by collateral equal to no less than the market value of the loaned securities determined daily. Such collateral will be cash or debt securities issued or guaranteed by the U.S. Government or any of its agencies. Cash collateral received in connection with these loans is invested in short-term money market instruments or affiliated money market funds. It is the Fund's policy to obtain additional collateral from or return excess collateral to the borrower by the end of the next business day, following the valuation date of the securities loaned. Therefore, the value of the collateral held may be temporarily less than the value of the securities on loan. Lending securities entails a risk of loss to the Fund if and to the extent that the market value of the securities loaned were to increase and the borrowe r did not increase the collateral accordingly, and the borrower fails to return the securities. The Fund could also experience delays and costs in gaining access to the collateral. The Fund bears the risk of any deficiency in the amount of the collateral available for return to the borrower due to any loss on the collateral invested.
At March 31, 2007, securities with an aggregate value of $266,840,059 were on loan to brokers. The loans were secured by cash collateral of $275,543,072 received by the Fund and subsequently invested in an affiliated money market fund. For the year ended March 31, 2007, the Fund received dividends on cash collateral investments of $212,090 for securities lending transactions, which are net of compensation to counterparties.
NOTE 9—Distribution to Shareholders and Tax Components of Net Assets
Distributions to Shareholders:
The tax character of distributions paid during the years ended March 31, 2007 and 2006 was as follows:
| | 2007 | | 2006 | |
Distributions paid from: | |
Ordinary income | | $ | 46,291,276 | | | $ | 4,803,204 | | |
Long-term capital gain | | | 150,002,823 | | | | 64,283,259 | | |
Total distributions | | $ | 196,294,099 | | | $ | 69,086,463 | | |
Tax Components of Net Assets:
As of March 31, 2007, the components of net assets on a tax basis were as follows:
| | 2007 | |
Undistributed long-term gain | | $ | 37,512,637 | | |
Net unrealized appreciation–investments | | | 328,022,221 | | |
Temporary book/tax differences | | | (76,621 | ) | |
Capital loss carryover | | | (2,814,223 | ) | |
Shares of beneficial interest | | | 960,257,398 | | |
Total net assets | | $ | 1,322,901,412 | | |
The difference between book-basis and tax-basis unrealized appreciation (depreciation) is due to differences in the timing of recognition of gains and losses on investments for tax and book purposes. The Fund's net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) difference is attributable primarily to losses on wash sales and the treatment of corporate actions. The tax-basis net unrealized appreciation on investments amount includes appreciation on foreign currencies of $35.
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The temporary book/tax differences are a result of timing differences between book and tax recognition of income and/or expenses. The Fund's temporary book/tax differences are the result of the trustee deferral of compensation and retirement plan benefits.
Capital loss carryforward is calculated and reported as of a specific date. Results of transactions and other activity after that date may affect the amount of capital loss carryforward actually available for the Fund to utilize. The ability to utilize capital loss carryforward in the future may be limited under the Internal Revenue Code and related regulations based on the results of future transactions. Under these limitation rules, the Fund is limited as of March 31, 2007 to utilizing $1,577,866 of capital loss carryforward in the fiscal year ended March 31, 2008.
The Fund utilized $1,577,866 of capital loss carryforward in the current period to offset net realized capital gain for federal income tax purposes. The Fund has a capital loss carryforward as of March 31, 2007 which expires as follows:
Expiration | | Capital Loss Carryforward* | |
March 31, 2009 | | $ | 2,814,223 | | |
Total capital loss carryforward | | $ | 2,814,223 | | |
* Capital loss carryforward as of the date listed above is reduced for limitations, if any, to the extent required by the Internal Revenue Code. To the extent that unrealized gains as of November 24, 2003, the date of the reorganization of AIM Global Energy Fund into the Fund, are realized on securities held in each fund at such date, the capital loss carryforward may be further limited for up to five years from the date of the reorganization.
NOTE 10—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 March 31, 2007 was $712,999,587 and $917,960,465, respectively.
Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) of Investment Securities on a Tax Basis
Aggregate unrealized appreciation of investment securities | | $ | 330,677,774 | | |
Aggregate unrealized (depreciation) of investment securities | | | (2,655,588 | ) | |
Net unrealized appreciation of investment securities | | $ | 328,022,186 | | |
Cost of investments for tax purposes is $1,246,927,421.
NOTE 11—Reclassification of Permanent Differences
Primarily as a result of differing book/tax treatment of net operating losses, on March 31, 2007, undistributed net investment income (loss) was increased by $3,412,403 and shares of beneficial interest decreased by $3,412,403. This reclassification had no effect on the net assets of the Fund.
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NOTE 12—Share Information
The Fund currently consists of five different classes of shares: Class A, Class B, Class C, Investor Class and Institutional Class. The Fund formerly offered Class K shares; however, as of the close of business October 21, 2005, the Class K shares were converted to Class A shares. Investor Class shares of the Fund are offered only to certain grandfathered investors.
Class A shares are sold with a front-end sales charge unless certain waiver criteria are met and under certain circumstances load waiver shares may be subject to a CDSC. Class B shares and Class C shares are sold with a CDSC. Investor Class and Institutional Class shares are sold at net asset value. Generally, Class B shares will automatically convert to Class A shares on or about the month-end which is at least eight years after the date of purchase.
Changes in Shares Outstanding
| | Year ended March 31, | |
| | 2007(a) | | 2006 | |
| | Shares | | Amount | | Shares | | Amount | |
Sold: | |
Class A | | | 5,649,979 | | | $ | 241,289,320 | | | | 10,675,411 | | | $ | 420,923,874 | | |
Class B | | | 993,610 | | | | 41,356,208 | | | | 2,808,969 | | | | 106,378,368 | | |
Class C | | | 1,397,514 | | | | 56,984,857 | | | | 3,253,143 | | | | 123,432,977 | | |
Class K(b) | | | — | | | | — | | | | 205,037 | | | | 6,909,826 | | |
Investor Class | | | 3,290,947 | | | | 141,432,666 | | | | 6,101,345 | | | | 238,432,579 | | |
Institutional Class(c) | | | 821 | | | | 35,609 | | | | 1,553 | | | | 67,000 | | |
Issued as reinvestment of dividends: | |
Class A | | | 1,777,964 | | | | 71,545,287 | | | | 551,786 | | | | 22,761,178 | | |
Class B | | | 502,776 | | | | 19,417,215 | | | | 166,321 | | | | 6,672,814 | | |
Class C | | | 624,397 | | | | 23,652,174 | | | | 197,609 | | | | 7,799,607 | | |
Investor Class | | | 1,767,611 | | | | 70,934,224 | | | | 686,106 | | | | 28,240,142 | | |
Institutional Class(c) | | | 334 | | | | 13,518 | | | | — | | | | — | | |
Conversion of Class K shares to Class A shares:(d) | |
Class A | | | — | | | | — | | | | 209,627 | | | | 7,810,718 | | |
Class K | | | — | | | | — | | | | (227,851 | ) | | | (7,810,718 | ) | |
Automatic conversion of Class B shares to Class A shares: | |
Class A | | | 161,990 | | | | 6,876,481 | | | | 118,767 | | | | 4,630,254 | | |
Class B | | | (167,934 | ) | | | (6,876,481 | ) | | | (121,850 | ) | | | (4,630,254 | ) | |
Reacquired: | |
Class A | | | (6,644,373 | ) | | | (276,932,265 | ) | | | (4,296,793 | ) | | | (168,289,684 | ) | |
Class B | | | (1,370,399 | ) | | | (54,975,889 | ) | | | (1,065,740 | ) | | | (39,825,647 | ) | |
Class C | | | (2,123,552 | ) | | | (82,876,371 | ) | | | (1,140,790 | ) | | | (42,839,445 | ) | |
Class K(b) | | | — | | | | — | | | | (74,961 | ) | | | (2,595,519 | ) | |
Investor Class | | | (6,234,705 | ) | | | (259,282,706 | ) | | | (5,145,565 | ) | | | (198,929,674 | ) | |
Institutional Class(c) | | | (261 | ) | | | (9,669 | ) | | | — | | | | — | | |
| | | (373,281 | ) | | $ | (7,415,822 | ) | | | 12,902,124 | | | $ | 509,138,396 | | |
(a) There are two entities that are each record owners of more than 5% of the outstanding shares of the Fund and in the aggregate they own 18% of the outstanding shares of the Fund. ADI has an agreement with these entities to sell Fund shares. The Fund, AIM and/or AIM affiliates may make payments to these entities, which are considered to be related to the Fund, for providing services to the Fund, AIM and/or AIM affiliates including but not limited to services such as securities brokerage, distribution, third party record keeping and account servicing. The Trust has no knowledge as to whether all or any portion of the shares owned of record by these entities are also owned beneficially.
(b) Class K shares activity for the period April 1, 2005 through October 21, 2005 (date of conversion).
(c) Institutional Class shares commenced sales on January 31, 2006.
(d) Effective as of close of business October 21, 2005, all outstanding Class K shares were converted to Class A shares of the Fund.
NOTE 13—New Accounting Standard
In June 2006, the Financial Accounting Standards Board ("FASB") issued FASB Interpretation No. 48, Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes ("FIN 48"). FIN 48 prescribes a recognition threshold and measurement attribute for the financial statement recognition and measurement for a tax position taken or expected to be taken in a tax return. FIN 48 also provides guidance on derecognition, classification, interest and penalties, accounting in interim periods, disclosure and transition. The provisions for FIN 48 are effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2006. Management is currently assessing the impact of FIN 48, if any, on the Fund's financial statements and currently intends for the Fund to adopt FIN 48 provisions during the fiscal year ending March 31, 2008.
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NOTE 14—Financial Highlights
The following schedule presents financial highlights for a share of the Fund outstanding throughout the periods indicated.
| | Class A | |
| | Year ended March 31, | |
| | 2007 | | 2006 | | 2005 | | 2004 | | 2003(a) | |
Net asset value, beginning of period | | $ | 43.17 | | | $ | 32.86 | | | $ | 22.27 | | | $ | 16.85 | | | $ | 19.26 | | |
Income from investment operations: | |
Net investment income (loss)(b) | | | (0.04 | ) | | | (0.06 | ) | | | (0.09 | ) | | | (0.05 | ) | | | (0.05 | ) | |
Net gains (losses) on securities (both realized and unrealized) | | | 4.44 | | | | 12.73 | | | | 10.68 | | | | 5.47 | | | | (2.36 | ) | |
Total from investment operations | | | 4.40 | | | | 12.67 | | | | 10.59 | | | | 5.42 | | | | (2.41 | ) | |
Less distributions from net realized gains | | | (6.55 | ) | | | (2.36 | ) | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | | |
Net asset value, end of period | | $ | 41.02 | | | $ | 43.17 | | | $ | 32.86 | | | $ | 22.27 | | | $ | 16.85 | | |
Total return(c) | | | 10.48 | % | | | 38.90 | % | | | 47.55 | % | | | 32.17 | % | | | (12.51 | )% | |
Ratios/supplemental data: | |
Net assets, end of period (000s omitted) | | $ | 538,155 | | | $ | 525,619 | | | $ | 161,529 | | | $ | 40,847 | | | $ | 9,131 | | |
Ratio of expenses to average net assets: | |
With fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements | | | 1.17 | %(d) | | | 1.19 | % | | | 1.47 | % | | | 1.66 | % | | | 1.46 | % | |
Without fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements | | | 1.17 | %(d) | | | 1.19 | % | | | 1.48 | % | | | 1.74 | % | | | 1.46 | % | |
Ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets | | | (0.08 | )%(d) | | | (0.16 | )% | | | (0.32 | )% | | | (0.25 | )% | | | (0.33 | )% | |
Portfolio turnover rate | | | 52 | % | | | 72 | % | | | 45 | % | | | 123 | % | | | 144 | % | |
(a) Class commenced sales on March 28, 2002.
(b) Calculated using average shares outstanding.
(c) Includes adjustments in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America and as such, the net asset value for financial reporting purposes and the returns based upon those net asset values may differ from the net asset value and returns for shareholder transactions. Does not include sales charges.
(d) Ratios are based on average daily net assets of $550,635,915.
| | Class B | |
| | Year ended March 31, | |
| | 2007 | | 2006 | | 2005 | | 2004 | | 2003(a) | |
Net asset value, beginning of period | | $ | 41.90 | | | $ | 32.17 | | | $ | 21.94 | | | $ | 16.71 | | | $ | 19.26 | | |
Income from investment operations: | |
Net investment income (loss)(b) | | | (0.34 | ) | | | (0.35 | ) | | | (0.25 | ) | | | (0.18 | ) | | | (0.17 | ) | |
Net gains (losses) on securities (both realized and unrealized) | | | 4.27 | | | | 12.44 | | | | 10.48 | | | | 5.41 | | | | (2.38 | ) | |
Total from investment operations | | | 3.93 | | | | 12.09 | | | | 10.23 | | | | 5.23 | | | | (2.55 | ) | |
Less distributions from net realized gains | | | (6.55 | ) | | | (2.36 | ) | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | | |
Net asset value, end of period | | $ | 39.28 | | | $ | 41.90 | | | $ | 32.17 | | | $ | 21.94 | | | $ | 16.71 | | |
Total return(c) | | | 9.64 | % | | | 37.92 | % | | | 46.63 | % | | | 31.30 | % | | | (13.24 | )% | |
Ratios/supplemental data: | |
Net assets, end of period (000s omitted) | | $ | 136,404 | | | $ | 147,270 | | | $ | 55,559 | | | $ | 20,164 | | | $ | 1,502 | | |
Ratio of expenses to average net assets: | |
With fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements | | | 1.92 | %(d) | | | 1.93 | % | | | 2.12 | % | | | 2.31 | % | | | 2.33 | % | |
Without fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements | | | 1.92 | %(d) | | | 1.93 | % | | | 2.13 | % | | | 2.59 | % | | | 2.41 | % | |
Ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets | | | (0.83 | )%(d) | | | (0.90 | )% | | | (0.97 | )% | | | (0.90 | )% | | | (1.16 | )% | |
Portfolio turnover rate | | | 52 | % | | | 72 | % | | | 45 | % | | | 123 | % | | | 144 | % | |
(a) Class commenced sales on March 28, 2002.
(b) Calculated using average shares outstanding.
(c) Includes adjustments in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America and as such, the net asset value for financial reporting purposes and the returns based upon those net asset values may differ from the net asset value and returns for shareholder transactions. Does not include sales charges.
(d) Ratios are based on average daily net assets of $142,945,806.
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| | Class C | |
| | Year ended March 31, | |
| | 2007 | | 2006 | | 2005 | | 2004 | | 2003 | |
Net asset value, beginning of period | | $ | 41.22 | | | $ | 31.68 | | | $ | 21.60 | | | $ | 16.45 | | | $ | 18.98 | | |
Income from investment operations: | |
Net investment income (loss)(a) | | | (0.34 | ) | | | (0.35 | ) | | | (0.25 | ) | | | (0.17 | ) | | | (0.11 | ) | |
Net gains (losses) on securities (both realized and unrealized) | | | 4.20 | | | | 12.25 | | | | 10.33 | | | | 5.32 | | | | (2.42 | ) | |
Total from investment operations | | | 3.86 | | | | 11.90 | | | | 10.08 | | | | 5.15 | | | | (2.53 | ) | |
Less distributions from net realized gains | | | (6.55 | ) | | | (2.36 | ) | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | | |
Net asset value, end of period | | $ | 38.53 | | | $ | 41.22 | | | $ | 31.68 | | | $ | 21.60 | | | $ | 16.45 | | |
Total return(b) | | | 9.63 | % | | | 37.91 | % | | | 46.67 | % | | | 31.31 | % | | | (13.33 | )% | |
Ratios/supplemental data: | |
Net assets, end of period (000s omitted) | | $ | 156,394 | | | $ | 171,500 | | | $ | 58,626 | | | $ | 16,383 | | | $ | 9,566 | | |
Ratio of expenses to average net assets: | |
With fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements | | | 1.92 | %(c) | | | 1.93 | % | | | 2.12 | % | | | 2.31 | % | | | 2.33 | % | |
Without fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements | | | 1.92 | %(c) | | | 1.93 | % | | | 2.13 | % | | | 2.59 | % | | | 2.53 | % | |
Ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets | | | (0.83 | )%(c) | | | (0.90 | )% | | | (0.97 | )% | | | (0.90 | )% | | | (1.22 | )% | |
Portfolio turnover rate | | | 52 | % | | | 72 | % | | | 45 | % | | | 123 | % | | | 144 | % | |
(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.
(c) Ratios are based on average daily net assets of $169,687,518.
| | Investor Class | |
| | Year ended March 31, | |
| | 2007 | | 2006 | | 2005 | | 2004 | | 2003 | |
Net asset value, beginning of period | | $ | 43.07 | | | $ | 32.78 | | | $ | 22.19 | | | $ | 16.81 | | | $ | 19.26 | | |
Income from investment operations: | |
Net investment income (loss)(a) | | | (0.04 | ) | | | (0.06 | ) | | | (0.06 | ) | | | (0.07 | ) | | | (0.10 | ) | |
Net gains (losses) on securities (both realized and unrealized) | | | 4.43 | | | | 12.71 | | | | 10.65 | | | | 5.45 | | | | (2.35 | ) | |
Total from investment operations | | | 4.39 | | | | 12.65 | | | | 10.59 | | | | 5.38 | | | | (2.45 | ) | |
Less distributions from net realized gains | | | (6.55 | ) | | | (2.36 | ) | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | | |
Net asset value, end of period | | $ | 40.91 | | | $ | 43.07 | | | $ | 32.78 | | | $ | 22.19 | | | $ | 16.81 | | |
Total return(b) | | | 10.48 | % | | | 38.94 | % | | | 47.72 | % | | | 32.00 | % | | | (12.72 | )% | |
Ratios/supplemental data: | |
Net assets, end of period (000s omitted) | | $ | 491,847 | | | $ | 568,579 | | | $ | 378,915 | | | $ | 230,148 | | | $ | 231,023 | | |
Ratio of expenses to average net assets | | | 1.17 | %(c) | | | 1.18 | % | | | 1.37 | %(d) | | | 1.76 | % | | | 1.69 | % | |
Ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets | | | (0.08 | )%(c) | | | (0.15 | )% | | | (0.22 | )% | | | (0.35 | )% | | | (0.57 | )% | |
Portfolio turnover rate | | | 52 | % | | | 72 | % | | | 45 | % | | | 123 | % | | | 144 | % | |
(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.
(c) Ratios are based on average daily net assets of $532,450,862.
(d) After fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements. Ratio of expenses to average net assets prior to fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements was 1.38% for the year ended March 31, 2005.
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| | Institutional Class | |
| | Year ended March 31, 2007 | | January 31, 2006 (Date sales commenced) to March 31, 2006 | |
Net asset value, beginning of period | | $ | 43.20 | | | $ | 46.46 | | |
Income from investment operations: | |
Net investment income(a) | | | 0.16 | | | | 0.02 | | |
Net gains (losses) on securities (both realized and unrealized) | | | 4.44 | | | | (3.28 | ) | |
Total from investment operations | | | 4.60 | | | | (3.26 | ) | |
Less distributions from net realized gains | | | (6.55 | ) | | | — | | |
Net asset value, end of period | | $ | 41.25 | | | $ | 43.20 | | |
Total return(b) | | | 10.95 | % | | | (7.02 | )% | |
Ratios/supplemental data: | |
Net assets, end of period (000s omitted) | | $ | 101 | | | $ | 67 | | |
Ratio of expenses to average net assets | | | 0.72 | %(c) | | | 0.80 | %(d) | |
Ratio of net investment income to average net assets | | | 0.37 | %(c) | | | 0.23 | %(d) | |
Portfolio turnover rate(e) | | | 52 | % | | | 72 | % | |
(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. Not annualized for periods less than one year.
(c) Ratios are based on average daily net assets of $84,180.
(d) Annualized.
(e) Portfolio turnover is calculated at the fund level and is not annualized for periods less than one year.
NOTE 15—Legal Proceedings
Terms used in the Legal Proceedings Note are defined terms solely for the purpose of this note.
Settled Enforcement Actions and Investigations Related to Market Timing
On October 8, 2004, INVESCO Funds Group, Inc. ("IFG") (the former investment advisor to certain AIM Funds), AIM and A I M Distributors, Inc. ("ADI") (the distributor of the retail AIM Funds) reached final settlements with certain regulators, including the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC"), the New York Attorney General and the Colorado Attorney General, to resolve civil enforcement actions and/or investigations related to market timing and related activity in the AIM Funds, including those formerly advised by IFG. As part of the settlements, a $325 million fair fund ($110 million of which is civil penalties) has been created to compensate shareholders harmed by market timing and related activity in funds formerly advised by IFG. Additionally, AIM and ADI created a $50 million fair fund ($30 million of which is civil penalties) to compensate shareholders harmed by market timing and related activity in funds advised by AI M, which was done pursuant to the terms of the settlement. These two fair funds may increase as a result of contributions from third parties who reach final settlements with the SEC or other regulators to resolve allegations of market timing and/or late trading that also may have harmed applicable AIM Funds. These two fair funds will be distributed in accordance with a methodology to be determined by AIM's independent distribution consultant, in consultation with AIM and the independent trustees of the AIM Funds and acceptable to the staff of the SEC. Management of AIM and the Fund are unable to estimate the impact, if any, that the distribution of these two fair funds may have on the Fund or whether such distribution will have an impact on the Fund's financial statements in the future.
At the request of the trustees of the AIM Funds, AMVESCAP PLC ("AMVESCAP"), the parent company of IFG and AIM, has agreed to reimburse expenses incurred by the AIM Funds related to market timing matters.
Pending Litigation and Regulatory Inquiries
On August 30, 2005, the West Virginia Office of the State Auditor - Securities Commission ("WVASC") issued a Summary Order to Cease and Desist and Notice of Right to Hearing to AIM and ADI (Order No. 05-1318). The WVASC makes findings of fact that AIM and ADI entered into certain arrangements permitting market timing of the AIM Funds and failed to disclose these arrangements in the prospectuses for such Funds, and conclusions of law to the effect that AIM and ADI violated the West Virginia securities laws. The WVASC orders AIM and ADI to cease any further violations and seeks to impose monetary sanctions, including restitution to affected investors, disgorgement of fees, reimbursement of investigatory, administrative and legal costs and an
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"administrative assessment," to be determined by the Commissioner. Initial research indicates that these damages could be limited or capped by statute. By agreement with the Commissioner of Securities, AIM's time to respond to that Order has been indefinitely suspended.
Civil lawsuits, including purported class action and shareholder derivative suits, have been filed against certain of the AIM Funds, IFG, AIM, ADI and/or related entities and individuals, depending on the lawsuit, alleging:
• that the defendants permitted improper market timing and related activity in the AIM Funds;
• that certain AIM Funds inadequately employed fair value pricing; and
• that the defendants improperly used the assets of the AIM Funds to pay brokers to aggressively promote the sale of the AIM Funds over other mutual funds and that the defendants concealed such payments from investors by disguising them as brokerage commissions.
These lawsuits allege as theories of recovery, depending on the lawsuit, violations of various provisions of the Federal and state securities laws and ERISA, negligence, breach of fiduciary duty and/or breach of contract. These lawsuits seek remedies that include, depending on the lawsuit, damages, restitution, injunctive relief, imposition of a constructive trust, removal of certain directors and/or employees, various corrective measures under ERISA, rescission of certain AIM Funds' advisory agreements and/or distribution plans and recovery of all fees paid, an accounting of all fund-related fees, commissions and soft dollar payments, restitution of all commissions and fees paid, and prospective relief in the form of reduced fees.
All lawsuits based on allegations of market timing, late trading and related issues have been transferred to the United States District Court for the District of Maryland (the "MDL Court"). Pursuant to an Order of the MDL Court, plaintiffs in these lawsuits consolidated their claims for pre-trial purposes into three amended complaints against various AIM- and IFG-related parties: (i) a Consolidated Amended Class Action Complaint purportedly brought on behalf of shareholders of the AIM Funds; (ii) a Consolidated Amended Fund Derivative Complaint purportedly brought on behalf of the AIM Funds and fund registrants; and (iii) an Amended Class Action Complaint for Violations of the Employee Retirement Income Securities Act ("ERISA") purportedly brought on behalf of participants in AMVESCAP's 401(k) plan. Based on orders issued by the MDL Court, all claims asserted against the AIM Funds that have been transferred to the MDL Court have been dismissed, although certain Funds remain nominal defendants in the Consolidated Amended Fund Derivative Complaint. On September 15, 2006, the MDL Court granted the AMVESCAP defendants' motion to dismiss the Amended Class Action Complaint for Violations of ERISA and dismissed such Complaint. The plaintiff has commenced an appeal from that decision.
IFG, AIM, ADI and/or related entities and individuals have received inquiries from numerous regulators in the form of subpoenas or other oral or written requests for information and/or documents related to one or more of the following issues, among others, some of which concern one or more AIM Funds: market timing activity, late trading, fair value pricing, excessive or improper advisory and/or distribution fees, mutual fund sales practices, including revenue sharing and directed-brokerage arrangements, investments in securities of other registered investment companies, contractual plans, issues related to Section 529 college savings plans and procedures for locating lost security holders. IFG, AIM and ADI have advised the Fund that they are providing full cooperation with respect to these inquiries. Regulatory actions and/or additional civil lawsuits related to these or other issues may be filed against the AIM Funds, IFG, AIM and/or related entities and individuals in the future.
At the present time, management of AIM and the Fund are unable to estimate the impact, if any, that the outcome of the Pending Litigation and Regulatory Inquiries described above may have on AIM, ADI or the Fund.
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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
To the Board of Trustees of AIM Sector Funds
and Shareholders of AIM Energy 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 AIM Energy Fund (one of the funds constituting AIM Sector Funds, hereafter referred to as the "Fund") at March 31, 2007, the results of its operations for the year then ended, the changes in its net assets for each of the two years in the period then ended and the financial highlights for each of the five years in the period then ended, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. These financial statements and financial highlights (hereafter referred to as "financial statements") are the responsibility of the Fund's management; our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits. We conducted our audits of these financial statements in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, and evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits, which included confirmation of securities at March 31, 2007 by correspondence with the custodian and brokers, provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLP
May 18, 2007
Houston, Texas
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Tax Information
Form 1099-DIV, Form 1042-S and other year–end tax information provide shareholders with actual calendar year amounts that should be included in their tax returns. Shareholders should consult their tax advisors.
The following distribution information is being provided as required by the Internal Revenue Code.
The Fund designates the following amounts or, if subsequently determined to be different, the maximum amount allowable for its fiscal year ended March 31, 2007:
Federal and State Income Tax
Long-Term Capital Gain Dividends | | $ | 150,002,823 | | |
Qualified Dividend Income* | | | 15.95 | % | |
Corporate Dividends Received Deduction* | | | 9.89 | % | |
* The above percentages are based on ordinary income dividends paid to shareholders during the Fund's fiscal year.
Non-Resident Alien Shareholders
Qualified Short-Term Gains | | $ | 46,291,276 | | |
Additional Non-Resident Alien Shareholder Information
The percentages of qualifying assets not subject to the U.S. estate tax for the fiscal quarters ended June 30, 2006, September 30, 2006, December 31, 2006 and March 31, 2007 were 16.54%, 17.62%, 16.33%, and 16.95%, respectively.
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Trustees and Officers
The address of each trustee and officer of AIM Sector Funds (the "Trust"), is 11 Greenway Plaza, Suite 100, Houston, Texas 77046. Each trustee oversees 105 portfolios in the AIM Funds complex. The trustees serve for the life of the Trust, subject to their earlier death, incapacitation, resignation, retirement or removal as more specifically provided in the Trust's organizational documents. Column two below includes length of time served with predecessor entities, if any.
Name, Year of Birth and Position(s) Held with the Trust | | Trustee and/or Officer Since | | Principal Occupation(s) During Past 5 Years | | Other Trusteeship(s)/ Directorship(s) Held by Trustee/Director | |
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Martin L. Flanagan1 — 1960 Trustee | | | 2007 | | | Director, Chief Executive Officer and President, AMVESCAP PLC (parent of AIM and a global investment management firm); Chairman, A I M Advisors, Inc. (registered investment advisor); and Director, Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President, AVZ Inc. (holding company); INVESCO North American Holdings, Inc. (holding company); Chairman and President, AMVESCAP Group Services, Inc. (service provider); Trustee, The AIM Family of Funds®; Chairman, Investment Company Institute; and Member of Executive Board, SMU Cox School of Business Formerly: President, Co-Chief Executive Officer, Co-President, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer, Franklin Resources, Inc. (global investment management organization) | | None | |
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Robert H. Graham2 — 1946 Trustee and Vice Chair | | | 2003 | | | Trustee and Vice Chair of The AIM Family of Funds®. Formerly: President and Chief Executive Officer, A I M Management Group Inc.; Director, Chairman and President, A I M Advisors, Inc. (registered investment advisor); Director and Chairman, A I M Capital Management, Inc. (registered investment advisor), A I M Distributors, Inc. (registered broker dealer), AIM Investment Services, Inc. (registered transfer agent), and Fund Management Company (registered broker dealer); and Chief Executive Officer, AMVESCAP PLC — Managed Products; and President and Principal Executive Officer of The AIM Family of Funds®; Director and Chairman, A I M Management Group Inc. (financial services holding company); Director and Vice Chairman, AMVESCAP PLC; and Chairman, AMVESCAP PLC — AIM Division. | | None | |
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Philip A. Taylor3 — 1954 Trustee, President and Principal Executive Officer | | | 2006 | | | Director, Chief Executive Officer and President, A I M Management Group Inc., AIM Mutual Fund Dealer Inc. (registered broker dealer), A I M Advisors, Inc., AIM Funds Management Inc. d/b/a AMVESCAP Enterprise Services (registered investment advisor and registered transfer agent) and 1371 Preferred Inc. (holding company); Director, Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President, A I M Capital Management, Inc.; Director and President, A I M Advisors, Inc., INVESCO Funds Group, Inc. (registered investment advisor and registered transfer agent) and AIM GP Canada Inc. (general partner for limited partnership); Director, A I M Distributors, Inc.; Director and Chairman, AIM Investment Services, Inc., Fund Management Company and INVESCO Distributors, Inc. (registered broker dealer); Director, President and Chairman, AVZ Callco Inc. (holding company), AMVESCAP Inc. (holding company) and AIM Canada Holdings Inc. (holding company); Director and Chief Exec utive Officer, AIM Trimark Corporate Class Inc. (formerly AIM Trimark Global Fund Inc.) (corporate mutual fund company) and AIM Trimark Canada Fund Inc. (corporate mutual fund company); Trustee, President and Principal Executive Officer, The AIM Family of Funds® (other than AIM Treasurer's Series Trust, Short-Term Investments Trust and Tax-Free Investments Trust); Trustee and Executive Vice President, The AIM Family of Funds® (AIM Treasurer's Series Trust, Short-Term Investments Trust and Tax-Free Investments Trust only); and Manager, Powershares Capital Management LLC Formerly: President and Principal Executive Officer, The AIM Family of Funds® (AIM Treasurer's Series Trust, Short-Term Investments Trust and Tax-Free Investments Trust only); Chairman, AIM Canada Holdings, Inc.; President, AIM Trimark Global Fund Inc. and AIM Trimark Canada Fund Inc.; and Director, Trimark Trust (federally regulated Canadian trust company) | | None | |
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Bruce L. Crockett — 1944 Trustee and Chair | | | 2003 | | | Chairman, Crockett Technology Associates (technology consulting company) | | ACE Limited (insurance company); and Captaris, Inc. (unified messaging provider) | |
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Bob R. Baker — 1936 Trustee | | | 1983 | | | Retired | | None | |
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Frank S. Bayley — 1939 Trustee | | | 2003 | | | Retired Formerly: Partner, law firm of Baker & McKenzie | | Badgley Funds, Inc. (registered investment company (2 portfolios)) | |
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James T. Bunch — 1942 Trustee | | | 2000 | | | Founder, Green, Manning & Bunch Ltd., (investment banking firm); and Director, Policy Studies, Inc. and Van Gilder Insurance Corporation | | None | |
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Albert R. Dowden — 1941 Trustee | | | 2003 | | | Director of a number of public and private business corporations, including the Boss Group Ltd. (private investment and management); Reich & Tang Funds (Chairman) (registered investment company (7 portfolios)); Annuity and Life Re (Holdings), Ltd. (insurance company); CompuDyne Corporation (provider of products and services to the public security market); and Homeowners of America Holding Corporation Formerly: Director, President and Chief Executive Officer, Volvo Group North America, Inc.; Senior Vice President, AB Volvo; and Director of various affiliated Volvo companies; and Director, Magellan Insurance Company | | None | |
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Jack M. Fields — 1952 Trustee | | | 2003 | | | Chief Executive Officer, Twenty First Century Group, Inc. (government affairs company); and Owner, Dos Angelos Ranch, L.P. Formerly: Chief Executive Officer, Texana Timber LP (sustainable forestry company) | | Administaff, and Discovery Global Education Fund (non-profit) | |
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Carl Frischling —1937 Trustee | | | 2003 | | | Partner, law firm of Kramer Levin Naftalis and Frankel LLP | | Director, Reich & Tang Funds (registered investment company (7 portfolios)) | |
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Prema Mathai-Davis —1950 Trustee | | | 2003 | | | Formerly: Chief Executive Officer, YWCA of the USA | | None | |
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Lewis F. Pennock — 1942 Trustee | | | 2003 | | | Partner, law firm of Pennock & Cooper | | None | |
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Ruth H. Quigley — 1935 Trustee | | | 2003 | | | Retired | | None | |
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Larry Soll — 1942 Trustee | | | 1997 | | | Retired | | None | |
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Raymond Stickel, Jr. —1944 Trustee | | | 2005 | | | Retired Formerly: Partner, Deloitte & Touche | | Director, Mainstay VP Series Funds, Inc. (21 portfolios) | |
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1 Mr. Flanagan was appointed as Trustee of the Trust on February 24, 2007. Mr. Flanagan is considered an interested person of the Trust because he is an officer of the advisor to the Trust, and an officer and a director of AMVESCAP PLC, parent of the advisor to the Trust.
2 Mr. Graham is considered an interested person of the Trust because of his previous positions with AMVESCAP PLC, parent of the advisor to the Trust.
3 Mr. Taylor is considered an interested person of the Trust because he is an officer and a director of the advisor to, and a director of the principal underwriter of, the Trust.
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Trustees and Officers–(continued)
Name, Year of Birth and Position(s) Held with the Trust | | Trustee and/or Officer Since | | Principal Occupation(s) During Past 5 Years | | Other Trusteeship(s)/ Directorship(s) Held by Trustee/Director | |
Other Officers | | | | | | | | | |
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Russell C. Burk — 1958 Senior Vice President and Senior Officer | | | 2005 | | | Senior Vice President and Senior Officer of The AIM Family of Funds®. Formerly: Director of Compliance and Assistant General Counsel, ICON Advisers, Inc.; Financial Consultant, Merrill Lynch; General Counsel and Director of Compliance, ALPS Mutual Funds, Inc. | | N/A | |
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John M. Zerr — 1962 Senior Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Secretary | | | 2006 | | | Director, Senior Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel, A I M Management Group Inc., A I M Advisors, Inc. and A I M Capital Management, Inc.; Director, Vice President and Secretary, INVESCO Distributors, Inc.; Vice President and Secretary, AIM Investment Services, Inc., and Fund Management Company; Senior Vice President and Secretary, A I M Distributors, Inc.; Director, INVESCO Funds Group, Inc.; and Senior Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Secretary of The AIM Family of Funds® Formerly: Vice President, A I M Capital Management, Inc.; Chief Operating Officer, Senior Vice President, General Counsel, and Secretary, Liberty Ridge Capital, Inc. (an investment adviser); Vice President and Secretary, PBHG Funds (an investment company); Vice President and Secretary, PBHG Insurance Series Fund (an investment company); General Counsel and Secretary, P ilgrim Baxter Value Investors (an investment adviser); Chief Operating Officer, General Counsel and Secretary, Old Mutual Investment Partners (a broker dealer), General Counsel and Secretary, Old Mutual Fund Services (an adminstrator); General Counsel and Secretary, 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 | |
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Lisa O. Brinkley — 1959 Vice President | | | 2004 | | | Global Compliance Director, AMVESCAP PLC; and Vice President of The AIM Family of Funds®. Formerly: Senior Vice President, A I M Management Group Inc. (financial services holding company); Senior Vice President and Chief Compliance Officer, A I M Advisors, Inc. and The AIM Family of Funds®; Vice President and Chief Compliance Officer, A I M Capital Management, Inc. and A I M Distributors, Inc.; Vice President, AIM Investment Services, Inc. and Fund Management Company; Senior Vice President and Chief Compliance Officer of The AIM Family of Funds® and Senior Vice President and Compliance Director, Delaware Investments Family of Funds | | N/A | |
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Kevin M. Carome — 1956 Vice President | | | 2003 | | | Senior Vice President and General Counsel, AMVESCAP PLC; Director, INVESCO Funds Group, Inc.; and Vice President of The AIM Family of Funds® Formerly: Director, General Counsel, and Vice President Fund Management Company; Director, Senior Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel, A I M Management Group Inc. (financial services holding company) and A I M Advisors, Inc.; Director and Vice President, INVESCO Distributors, Inc.; Senior Vice President, A I M Distributors, Inc.; Vice President, A I M Capital Management, Inc. and AIM Investment Services, Inc.; Senior Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Secretary of The AIM Family of Funds®; Chief Executive Officer and President, INVESCO Funds Group, Inc.; and Senior Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and General Counsel, Liberty Financial Companies, Inc. and Liberty Funds Group, LLC | | N/A | |
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Sidney M. Dilgren — 1961 Vice President, Principal Financial Officer and Treasurer | | | 2004 | | | Vice President and Fund Treasurer, A I M Advisors, Inc.; and Vice President, Treasurer and Principal Officer of The AIM Family of Funds® Formerly: Senior Vice President, AIM Investment Services, Inc.; and Vice President, A I M Distributors, Inc. | | N/A | |
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Karen Dunn Kelley — 1960 Vice President | | | 2003 | | | Director of Cash Management and Senior Vice President, A I M Advisors, Inc. and A I M Capital Management, Inc.; Director and President, Fund Management Company; President and Principal Executive Officer, The AIM Family of Funds® (AIM Treasurer's Series Trust, Short-Term Investments Trust and Tax-Free Investments Trust only); and Vice President, The AIM Family of Funds® (other than AIM Treasurer's Series Trust, Short-Term Investments Trust and Tax-Free Investments Trust) Formerly: Chief Cash Management Officer and Managing Director, A I M Capital Management, Inc.; Vice President, A I M Advisors, Inc. and The AIM Family of Funds® (AIM Treasurer's Series Trust, Short-Term Investments Trust and Tax-Free Investments Trust only) | | N/A | |
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Patrick J.P. Farmer — 1962 Vice President | | | 2007 | | | Head of North American Retail Investments, Director, Chief Investment Officer and Executive Vice President, AIM Funds Management Inc. d/b/a AIM Trimark Investments; Senior Vice President and Head of Equity Investments, A I M Advisors, Inc. and A I M Capital Management, Inc.; and Vice President, The AIM Family of Funds® Formerly: Director, Trimark Trust | | N/A | |
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Stephen M. Johnson — 1961 Vice President | | | 2007 | | | Chief Investment Officer of INVESCO Fixed Income and Vice President, INVESCO Institutional (N.A.), Inc.; Senior Vice President and Fixed Income Chief Investment Officer, A I M Advisors, Inc. and A I M Capital Management, Inc.; and Vice President, The AIM Family of Funds® | | N/A | |
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Lance A. Rejsek — 1967 Anti-Money Laundering Compliance Officer | | | 2005 | | | Anti-Money Laundering Compliance Officer, A I M Advisors, Inc., A I M Capital Management, Inc., A I M Distributors, Inc., AIM Investment Services, Inc., AIM Private Asset Management, Inc., Fund Management Company and The AIM Family of Funds® Formerly: Manager of the Fraud Prevention Department, AIM Investment Services, Inc. | | N/A | |
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Todd L. Spillane — 1958 Chief Compliance Officer | | | 2006 | | | Senior Vice President, A I M Management Group Inc.; Senior Vice President and Chief Compliance Officer, A I M Advisors, Inc.; Chief Compliance Officer of The AIM Family of Funds®; Vice President and Chief Compliance Officer, A I M Capital Management, Inc.; and Vice President, A I M Distributors, Inc., AIM Investment Services, Inc. and Fund Management Company Formerly: Global Head of Product Development, AIG-Global Investment Group, Inc.; Chief Compliance Officer and Deputy General Counsel, AIG-SunAmerica Asset Management; and Chief Compliance Officer, Chief Operating Officer and Deputy General Counsel, American General Investment Management | | N/A | |
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The Statement of Additional Information of the Trust includes additional information about the Fund's Trustees and is available upon request, without charge, by calling 1.800.959.4246.
Office of the Fund
11 Greenway Plaza
Suite 100
Houston, TX 77046-1173
Counsel to the Fund
Ballard Spahr
Andrews & Ingersoll, LLP
1735 Market Street, 51st Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19103-7599
Investment Advisor
A I M Advisors, Inc.
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Suite 100
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Counsel to the
Independent Trustees
Kramer, Levin, Naftalis &
Frankel LLP
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New York, NY 10036-2714
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Annual Report to Shareholders · March 31, 2007
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AIM FINANCIAL SERVICES FUND’s investment objective is capital growth.
· Unless otherwise stated, information presented in this report is as of March 31, 2007, and is based on total net assets.
· Unless otherwise noted, all data in this report are from A I M Management Group Inc.
About share classes
· Class B shares are not available as an investment for retirement plans maintained pursuant to Section 401 of the Internal Revenue Code, including 401(k) plans, money purchase pension plans and profit sharing plans. Plans that had existing accounts invested in Class B shares prior to September 30, 2003, will continue to be allowed to make additional purchases.
· Investor Class shares are closed to most investors. For more information on who may continue to invest in Investor Class shares, please see the prospectus.
Principal risks of investing in the Fund
· The prices of and the income generated by securities held by the Fund may decline in response to certain factors, including some directly involving the companies whose securities are owned by the Fund. These factors include general economic and market conditions, regional or global economic instability and currency and interest rate fluctuations.
· The Fund’s investments are concentrated in a comparatively narrow segment of the economy. Consequently, the Fund may be more volatile than other mutual funds, and the value of the Fund’s investments may rise and fall more rapidly.
· Foreign securities have additional risks, including exchange rate changes, political and economic upheaval, the relative lack of information about these companies, relatively low market liquidity and the potential lack of strict financial and accounting controls and standards.
· Investing in a fund that invests in smaller companies involves risks not associated with investing in more established companies, such as business risk, stock price fluctuations and illiquidity.
· There is no guarantee that the investment techniques and risk analyses used by the Fund’s managers will produce the desired results.
· Prices of equity securities change in response to many factors including the historical and prospective earnings of the issuer, the value of its assets, general economic conditions, interest rates, investor perceptions and market liquidity.
· The financial services sector is subject to extensive government regulation, which may change frequently. The profitability of businesses in this sector depends heavily on the availability and cost of money and may fluctuate significantly in response to changes to interest rates and general economic conditions.
· Since a large percentage of the Fund’s assets may be invested in securities of a limited number of companies, each investment has a greater effect on the Fund’s overall performance and any change in value of those securities could significantly affect the value of your investment in the Fund.
About indexes used in this report
· The unmanaged Standard & Poor’s Composite Index of 500 Stocks (the S&P 500 —registered trademark— Index) is an index of common stocks frequently used as a general measure of U.S. stock market performance.
· The S&P 500 Financials Index is a market capitalization weighted index of companies involved in activities such as banking, consumer finance, investment banking and brokerage, asset management, insurance and investment, and real estate, including REITs.
· The unmanaged Lipper Financial Services Funds Index represents an average of the largest financial-services funds tracked by Lipper Inc., an independent mutual fund performance monitor.
· The Fund is not managed to track the performance of any particular index, including the indexes defined here, and consequently, the performance of the Fund may deviate significantly from the performance of the index.
· 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 an index of funds reflects fund expenses; performance of a market index does not.
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· The returns shown in the management’s discussion of Fund performance are based on net asset values calculated for shareholder transactions. Generally accepted accounting principles require adjustments to be made to the net assets of the Fund at period end for financial reporting purposes, and as such, the net asset values for shareholder transactions and the returns based on those net asset values may differ from the net asset values and returns reported in the Financial Highlights.
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Class A Shares | IFSAX |
Class B Shares | IFSBX |
Class C Shares | IFSCX |
Investor Class Shares | FSFSX |
Not FDIC Insured May lose value No bank guarantee
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Philip Taylor
Dear Shareholders of The AIM Family of Funds —registered trademark—:
I’m pleased to provide you with this report, which includes a discussion of how your Fund was managed during the period under review, and what factors affected its performance. The following pages contain important information that answers questions you may have about your investment.
Most major stock market indexes, in the U.S. and overseas, performed well for the 12 months ended March 31, 2007, as did major fixed-income indexes.(1) Reasons for their positive performance included continued economic expansion and a cessation of interest rate increases by the U.S. Federal Reserve Board, among other factors.(2)
As the period covered by this report drew to a close, however, stock market volatility returned. In late February, Asian markets sold off, triggering a global decline. Additional volatility followed in March, partly due to uncertainty about the health of the U.S. housing market and rising concern about the ability of sub-prime borrowers to repay their mortgages. By mid-April, after the close of the period covered by this report, U.S. and foreign markets had largely resumed their upward trend, helped by good economic growth and a rash of corporate buyouts.
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May 17, 2007
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Dear Fellow AIM Fund Shareholders:
Your AIM Funds Board started 2007 committed to continue working with management at A I M Advisors, Inc. (AIM) with the goal of improving performance and lowering shareholder expenses for the AIM Funds.
The progress made to date is encouraging. Following the general trends of global equity markets and the U.S. stock market, the asset-weighted absolute performance for all the money market, equity and fixed-income AIM Funds improved for the one-year period ended December 31, 2006, as compared to the one-year period ended December 31, 2005, and the one-year period ended December 31, 2004.(1)p
In November, your Board approved, subject to shareholder vote, four more AIM Fund consolidations. As always, these decisions were made to benefit existing shareholders and were driven by a desire to improve the merged funds’ performance, attract new assets and reduce costs. The asset class subcommittees of your Board’s Investments Committee are meeting frequently with portfolio managers to identify how performance might be further improved.
On the expense side, both AMVESCAP, the parent company of AIM, and AIM continue to take advantage of opportunities for operational consolidation, outsourcing and new technologies to improve cost efficiencies for your benefit. Your Board, for example, takes advantage of effective software solutions that enable us to save money through electronic information sharing. Additional cost-saving steps are under way. I’ll report more on these steps once they’re completed.
Another major Board initiative for early 2007 is the revision of the AIM Funds’ proxy voting guidelines, a project begun by a special Board task force late last year. We expect to have new procedures in place for the 2007 spring proxy season that will improve the ability of the AIM Funds to cast votes that are in the best interests of all fund shareholders.
While your Board recognizes that additional work lies ahead, we are gratified that some key external sources have recognized changes at AIM and the AIM Funds in the past two years. An article in the November 21, 2006, issue of Morningstar Report (Morningstar, Inc. is a leading provider of independent mutual fund investment research) included a review of AIM’s progress, highlighting lower expenses, stronger investment teams and an improved sales culture, as well as areas for continued improvement. I’m looking forward to a return visit to Morningstar this year to review AIM Funds’ performance and governance ratings.
Your Board thanks Mark Williamson, former President and CEO of AIM Investments, who retired from your Board in 2006. He has been succeeded on your Board by Phil Taylor, President of AIM Funds. We extend a warm welcome to Phil.
I’d like to hear from you. Please write to me at AIM Investments, AIM Investments Tower, 11 Greenway Plaza, Suite 100, Houston TX 77046. Let me know your thoughts on how your Board is doing and how we might serve you better.
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May 17, 2007
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Management’s discussion of Fund performance
Performance Summary
For the fiscal year ended March 31, 2007, all shares of AIM Financial Services Fund, excluding applicable sales charges, produced positive returns and slightly outperformed the Lipper Financial Services Funds Index, its peer group index.(1) The Fund underperformed its style-specific index, the S&P 500 Financials Index, and its broad market index, the S&P 500 Index.(1)
Given the mandate of the Fund—to invest in the financials sector—the Fund’s performance relative to its broad market index was heavily influenced by the performance of the financials sector versus the overall market. For the year, the financials sector performed generally in line with the broad market. The Fund underperformed its style-specific index and broad market index primarily because it did not own any real estate investment trusts (REITs), which were strong performers during the year.
Your Fund’s long-term performance can be found on pages 8 and 9.
Fund vs. Indexes
Total returns, 3/31/06–3/31/07, excluding applicable sales charges. If sales charges were included, returns would be lower.
Class A Shares | | 9.24 | % |
Class B Shares | | 8.45 | |
Class C Shares | | 8.44 | |
Investor Class Shares | | 9.27 | |
S&P 500 Index(1) (Broad Market Index) | | 11.82 | |
S&P 500 Financials Index(1) (Style-Specific Index) | | 12.16 | |
Lipper Financial Services Funds Index(1) (Peer Group Index) | | 8.23 | |
Source: (1)Lipper Inc.
How we invest
Our goal is to create wealth for shareholders. We maintain a long-term investment horizon and invest in two primary opportunities we believe have historically resulted in superior investment returns within the financials sector:
· Financial companies trading at a significant discount to our estimate of intrinsic value because of excessive short-term investor pessimism. Estimated intrinsic value is a measure based primarily on the estimated future cash flows generated by the businesses.
· Reasonably valued financial companies that are expected to demonstrate superior capital discipline by returning excess capital to shareholders in the form of dividends and share repurchases.
We maintain a proprietary database of intrinsic value estimates and screen financial companies for those of acceptable quality. Purchase candidates are subject to extensive fundamental analysis. We focus on the drivers of estimated intrinsic value such as normalized earnings power, marginal returns on economic equity (which adjusts for distortions present in accounting numbers) and sustainable growth. Additionally, we strive to understand a company’s ability and willingness to grow capital returned to shareholders in the future. Finally, we focus on quality, including competitive position, management and financial strength.
The result is normally a 35- to 50-stock portfolio, with investments that we believe are attractive from both a valuation and capital discipline perspective representing top holdings. In constructing a portfolio, we attempt to mitigate risk in multiple ways, including by diversifying holdings across industries and businesses that react in different ways to changes in interest rates and economic cycles.
We believe a portfolio of undervalued and capital-disciplined quality financial companies that profitably grow cash flows over time provides the best opportunity for superior long-term investment results.
Market conditions and your Fund
The investment backdrop for the financials sector is heavily affected by several factors, including U.S. Federal Reserve Board (the Fed) policy, capital markets activity and the health of the economy—which drives credit losses. For the year ended March 31, 2007, the economy grew at a moderate pace. The Fed, having methodically raised interest rates since June 2004, decided to hold rates steady beginning in August 2006.(1) Investor expectations regarding the end of interest rate increases by the Fed was an important consideration for the performance of financial stocks. The Fed’s pause in interest rate hikes, coupled with minimal credit losses and robust capital markets activity, allowed
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Portfolio Composition
By industry | | | |
Other Diversified Financial Services | | 21.7 | % |
Thrifts & Mortgage Finance | | 11.6 | |
Property & Casualty Insurance | | 9.2 | |
Asset Management & Custody Banks | | 8.3 | |
Investment Banking & Brokerage | | 8.1 | |
Diversified Banks | | 8.0 | |
Insurance Brokers | | 7.9 | |
Regional Banks | | 7.6 | |
Multi-Line Insurance | | 6.7 | |
Consumer Finance | | 5.3 | |
Three Other Industries, Each Less than 3% of Total Net Assets | | 4.1 | |
Money Market Funds Plus Other Assets Less Liabilities | | 1.5 | |
Top 10 Equity Holdings*
1. JPMorgan Chase & Co. | | 9.0 | % |
2. Citigroup Inc. | | 8.6 | |
3. Fannie Mae | | 6.8 | |
4. Capital One Financial Corp. | | 5.3 | |
5. Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. | | 5.0 | |
6. Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. (The) | | 4.3 | |
7. Bank of America Corp. | | 4.2 | |
8. Marsh & McLennan Cos., Inc. | | 4.1 | |
9. Bank of New York Co., Inc. (The) | | 4.0 | |
10. Fifth Third Bancorp | | 3.8 | |
Total Net Assets | | $ | 637.00 million | |
Total Number of Holdings* | | 33 | |
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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financial stocks to post gains during the first part of the year as measured by the S&P 500 Financials Index. However, financial stocks declined during the first quarter of 2007 when several large mortgage lenders specializing in subprime loans declared bankruptcy, leading many investors to believe that a broader economic slowdown could be on the horizon.
The largest contributors to Fund performance during the year were JP Morgan Chase, Bank of America, Morgan Stanley and Citigroup. All benefited from a robust capital markets environment and rotation to large-cap financial stocks, as investors anticipated an end to Fed tightening. More importantly, JP Morgan Chase and Morgan Stanley, under the leadership of new CEOs, showed signs of improved operating and financial performance.
The Fund did not have any investments in REITs during the year. REITs performed strongly for a fourth straight year, so the absence of REIT investments hurt the Fund’s performance relative to the S&P 500 Financials Index. During the fiscal year, we did not believe REITs, with dividend yields at historic lows relative to interest rates, represented attractive investments.
Performance was broad-based during the year with only a few Fund holdings declining by more than 5%. Capital One Financial and Aon were the largest detractors. We believed that Capital One, a well-run credit card company that expanded further into regional banking with its acquisition of North Fork Bancorporation, was attractively valued. Aon is one of the world’s largest insurance brokerage firms. We believed that continued business restructuring under a new CEO could potentially lead to improved financial performance over time. After Aon’s stock rose 50% in 2005, the company’s first quarter 2006 earnings report disappointed investors, and the stock fell 10%.(2) In our view, improved performance rarely comes in a straight line, therefore we continued to believe Aon’s prospects were underappreciated.
Consistent with our relatively low turnover approach, the composition of the portfolio changed only modestly during the year. Based mostly on valuation and other portfolio considerations, we eliminated our positions in Lehman Brothers, Cullen/Frost Bankers and PMI Group, and we meaningfully reduced our holdings in Wells Fargo.
We initiated positions in Security Capital Assurance, National Financial Partners (NFP) and Popular during the year. The opportunity for us to buy established bond insurer Security Capital at an attractive price arose from the need of its former parent firm, XL Capital (not a Fund holding), to sell part of the company in an initial public offering as part of a plan to fortify its balance sheet after 2005’s devastating hurricanes.
NFP was down about 40% from its high at the time of purchase, amid what we considered to be investor overreaction to margin pressure that we believed could prove transitory.(2) At the close of the year, we believed NFP, a distributor of insurance products to high net worth individuals, was trading at a substantial discount to its estimated intrinsic value.
Popular is the premier banking franchise in Puerto Rico. The stock was down substantially from its peak in 2004, as earnings have been pressured by twin cyclical issues of a flat yield curve and rising credit costs in Puerto Rico.(2) Investors also became concerned about some subprime mortgage lending exposure. We believed all of these issues would prove transitory and that the stock may have been materially undervalued as a consequence.
At the close of the year, the portfolio continued to have significant holdings in the largest diversified U.S. financial companies which we believed to be among the most attractive investment opportunities in the sector. Given recent strong performance by financial stocks and rising risks in the financials sector (an inverted yield curve, the sharp slowdown in residential housing activity and, more recently, a step up in corporate leveraging), we believed valuation levels demanded heightened selectivity when investing within the sector.
Regardless of the macroeconomic environment, we remained focused on identifying financial companies that we believed were undervalued and exhibited capital discipline. Thank you for your investment in AIM Financial Services Fund.
Source: (1)U.S. Federal Reserve Board; (2)Bloomberg L.P.
The views and opinions expressed in management’s discussion of Fund performance are those of A I M Advisors, Inc. These views and opinions are subject to change at any time based on factors such as market and economic conditions. These views and opinions may not be relied upon as investment advice or recommendations, or as an offer for a particular security. The information is not a complete analysis of every aspect of any market, country, industry, security or the Fund. Statements of fact are from sources considered reliable, but A I M Advisors, Inc. makes no representation or warranty as to their completeness or accuracy. Although historical performance is no guarantee of future results, these insights may help you understand our investment management philosophy.
See important Fund and index
disclosures on the inside front cover.
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Michael J. Simon
Chartered Financial Analyst, senior portfolio manager, is lead manager of AIM Financial Services Fund. He started his investment career in 1989 and joined AIM in 2001. Mr. Simon earned a B.B.A. in finance from Texas Christian University and an M.B.A. with high honors from the Graduate School of Business at the University of Chicago.
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Meggan M. Walsh
Chartered Financial Analyst, senior portfolio manager, is manager of AIM Financial Services Fund. She began her investment career in 1987 and joined AIM in 1991. Ms. Walsh earned a bachelor’s degree in finance from the University of Maryland and an M.B.A. from Loyola College.
Assisted by the Financial Services Team
For a presentation of your Fund’s long-term performance, please see pages 8 and 9.
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Calculating your ongoing Fund expenses
Example
As a shareholder of the Fund, you incur two types of costs: (1) transaction costs, which may include sales charges (loads) on purchase payments or contingent deferred sales charges on redemptions, and redemption fees, if any; and (2) ongoing costs, including management fees; distribution and/or service (12b-1) fees; and other Fund expenses. This example is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Fund and to compare these costs with ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds. The example is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period October 1, 2006, through March 31, 2007.
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 Fund’s actual cumulative total returns at net asset value after expenses for the six months ended March 31, 2007, appear in the table “Cumulative Total Returns” on page 9.
The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You may use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in the Fund and other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of the other funds.
Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only and do not reflect any transaction costs, such as sales charges (loads) on purchase payments, contingent deferred sales charges on redemptions, and redemption fees, if any. Therefore, the hypothetical information is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. In addition, if these transaction costs were included, your costs would have been higher.
| | | | | | HYPOTHETICAL | | | |
| | | | ACTUAL | | (5% annual return before expenses) | | | |
| | Beginning | | Ending | | Expenses | | Ending | | Expenses | | Annualized | |
Share | | Account Value | | Account Value | | Paid During | | Account Value | | Paid During | | Expense | |
Class | | (10/1/06) | | (3/31/07)(1) | | Period(2) | | (3/31/07) | | Period(2) | | Ratio | |
A | | $ | 1,000.00 | | $ | 1,039.70 | | $ | 6.41 | | $ | 1,018.65 | | $ | 6.34 | | 1.26 | % |
B | | 1,000.00 | | 1,036.20 | | 10.20 | | 1,014.91 | | 10.10 | | 2.01 | |
C | | 1,000.00 | | 1,036.10 | | 10.20 | | 1,014.91 | | 10.10 | | 2.01 | |
Investor | | 1,000.00 | | 1,039.90 | | 6.41 | | 1,018.65 | | 6.34 | | 1.26 | |
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(1) The actual ending account value is based on the actual total return of the Fund for the period October 1, 2006, through March 31, 2007, 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. The Fund’s actual cumulative total returns at net asset value after expenses for the six months ended March 31, 2007, appear in the table “Cumulative Total Returns” on page 9.
(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 182/365 to reflect the most recent fiscal half year.
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Your Fund’s long-term performance
Past performance cannot guarantee comparable future results.
The data shown in the chart include reinvested distributions, Fund expenses and management fees. Index results include reinvested dividends. Performance of an index of funds reflects fund expenses and management fees; performance of a market index does not. Performance shown in the chart and table(s) does not reflect deduction of taxes a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or sale of Fund shares. Performance of the indexes does not reflect the effects of taxes.
This chart, which is a logarithmic chart, presents the fluctuations in the value of the Fund and its indexes. We believe that a logarithmic chart is more effective than other types of charts in illustrating changes in value during the early years shown in the chart. The vertical axis, the one that indicates the dollar value of an investment, is constructed with each segment representing a percent change in the value of the investment. In this chart, each segment represents a doubling, or 100% change, in the value of the investment. In other words, the space between $5,000 and $10,000 is the same size as the space between $10,000 and $20,000, and so on.
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Results of a $10,000 Investment
Index data from 5/31/86, Fund data from 6/2/86
Date | | AIM Financial Services Fund -Investor Class Shares | | S&P 500 Index(1) | |
5/31/86 | | | | | $ | 10000 | |
6/86 | | | $ | 10163 | | 10169 | |
7/86 | | | 9913 | | 9601 | |
8/86 | | | 10401 | | 10312 | |
9/86 | | | 9313 | | 9460 | |
10/86 | | | 9707 | | 10006 | |
11/86 | | | 9355 | | 10249 | |
12/86 | | | 9293 | | 9987 | |
1/87 | | | 9794 | | 11332 | |
2/87 | | | 10346 | | 11779 | |
3/87 | | | 10082 | | 12119 | |
4/87 | | | 9618 | | 12012 | |
5/87 | | | 9468 | | 12116 | |
6/87 | | | 9769 | | 12728 | |
7/87 | | | 9807 | | 13373 | |
8/87 | | | 10133 | | 13871 | |
9/87 | | | 9807 | | 13567 | |
10/87 | | | 8217 | | 10646 | |
11/87 | | | 7843 | | 9768 | |
12/87 | | | 8269 | | 10511 | |
1/88 | | | 8979 | | 10953 | |
2/88 | | | 9186 | | 11461 | |
3/88 | | | 9186 | | 11108 | |
4/88 | | | 9173 | | 11231 | |
5/88 | | | 9432 | | 11326 | |
6/88 | | | 9935 | | 11846 | |
7/88 | | | 9871 | | 11801 | |
8/88 | | | 9703 | | 11401 | |
9/88 | | | 9910 | | 11886 | |
10/88 | | | 9910 | | 12217 | |
11/88 | | | 9700 | | 12042 | |
12/88 | | | 9686 | | 12252 | |
1/89 | | | 10316 | | 13149 | |
2/89 | | | 10237 | | 12822 | |
3/89 | | | 10670 | | 13120 | |
4/89 | | | 11248 | | 13801 | |
5/89 | | | 11785 | | 14357 | |
6/89 | | | 11877 | | 14276 | |
7/89 | | | 12823 | | 15564 | |
8/89 | | | 13203 | | 15868 | |
9/89 | | | 13532 | | 15803 | |
10/89 | | | 13045 | | 15437 | |
11/89 | | | 13464 | | 15750 | |
12/89 | | | 13262 | | 16128 | |
1/90 | | | 12035 | | 15046 | |
2/90 | | | 12439 | | 15239 | |
3/90 | | | 12483 | | 15643 | |
4/90 | | | 12382 | | 15253 | |
5/90 | | | 13349 | | 16737 | |
6/90 | | | 13349 | | 16624 | |
7/90 | | | 12569 | | 16571 | |
8/90 | | | 11415 | | 15075 | |
9/90 | | | 10607 | | 14343 | |
10/90 | | | 10416 | | 14282 | |
11/90 | | | 11444 | | 15203 | |
12/90 | | | 12313 | | 15626 | |
1/91 | | | 13313 | | 16305 | |
2/91 | | | 14719 | | 17470 | |
3/91 | | | 15718 | | 17892 | |
4/91 | | | 16399 | | 17935 | |
5/91 | | | 17847 | | 18706 | |
6/91 | | | 16485 | | 17850 | |
7/91 | | | 18470 | | 18681 | |
8/91 | | | 19803 | | 19122 | |
9/91 | | | 20572 | | 18802 | |
10/91 | | | 21516 | | 19054 | |
11/91 | | | 19713 | | 18289 | |
12/91 | | | 21428 | | 20377 | |
1/92 | | | 22662 | | 19998 | |
2/92 | | | 22852 | | 20256 | |
3/92 | | | 22455 | | 19863 | |
4/92 | | | 22720 | | 20445 | |
5/92 | | | 23381 | | 20545 | |
6/92 | | | 23248 | | 20240 | |
7/92 | | | 23527 | | 21066 | |
8/92 | | | 22350 | | 20636 | |
9/92 | | | 22893 | | 20878 | |
10/92 | | | 24036 | | 20950 | |
11/92 | | | 25718 | | 21661 | |
12/92 | | | 27161 | | 21927 | |
1/93 | | | 28848 | | 22110 | |
2/93 | | | 29935 | | 22411 | |
3/93 | | | 31103 | | 22884 | |
4/93 | | | 29653 | | 22331 | |
5/93 | | | 29449 | | 22927 | |
6/93 | | | 30315 | | 22994 | |
7/93 | | | 31148 | | 22901 | |
8/93 | | | 32441 | | 23768 | |
9/93 | | | 33197 | | 23586 | |
10/93 | | | 32284 | | 24073 | |
11/93 | | | 31328 | | 23844 | |
12/93 | | | 32187 | | 24132 | |
1/94 | | | 33278 | | 24952 | |
2/94 | | | 32266 | | 24275 | |
3/94 | | | 30366 | | 23219 | |
4/94 | | | 30812 | | 23516 | |
5/94 | | | 31561 | | 23901 | |
6/94 | | | 30914 | | 23316 | |
7/94 | | | 31662 | | 24081 | |
8/94 | | | 32390 | | 25066 | |
9/94 | | | 31380 | | 24453 | |
10/94 | | | 31562 | | 25002 | |
11/94 | | | 29974 | | 24093 | |
12/94 | | | 30295 | | 24449 | |
1/95 | | | 31082 | | 25083 | |
2/95 | | | 32385 | | 26059 | |
3/95 | | | 32550 | | 26827 | |
4/95 | | | 32963 | | 27617 | |
5/95 | | | 35096 | | 28719 | |
6/95 | | | 35303 | | 29385 | |
7/95 | | | 37146 | | 30359 | |
8/95 | | | 38947 | | 30434 | |
9/95 | | | 40229 | | 31718 | |
10/95 | | | 39706 | | 31605 | |
11/95 | | | 42116 | | 32991 | |
12/95 | | | 42356 | | 33626 | |
1/96 | | | 44338 | | 34769 | |
2/96 | | | 46032 | | 35093 | |
3/96 | | | 46253 | | 35431 | |
4/96 | | | 45564 | | 35952 | |
5/96 | | | 45855 | | 36878 | |
6/96 | | | 45475 | | 37019 | |
7/96 | | | 44474 | | 35384 | |
8/96 | | | 46213 | | 36132 | |
9/96 | | | 48954 | | 38163 | |
10/96 | | | 52214 | | 39215 | |
11/96 | | | 56177 | | 42177 | |
12/96 | | | 55194 | | 41342 | |
1/97 | | | 58622 | | 43923 | |
2/97 | | | 61054 | | 44268 | |
3/97 | | | 56310 | | 42452 | |
4/97 | | | 59937 | | 44984 | |
5/97 | | | 62994 | | 47735 | |
6/97 | | | 66893 | | 49857 | |
7/97 | | | 73201 | | 53823 | |
8/97 | | | 68831 | | 50810 | |
9/97 | | | 74420 | | 53591 | |
10/97 | | | 72998 | | 51803 | |
11/97 | | | 75575 | | 54199 | |
12/97 | | | 79913 | | 55129 | |
1/98 | | | 77812 | | 55739 | |
2/98 | | | 84153 | | 59756 | |
3/98 | | | 88731 | | 62814 | |
4/98 | | | 90745 | | 63457 | |
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Source: (1)Lipper Inc.
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5/98 | | | 89321 | | 62368 | |
6/98 | | | 92474 | | 64899 | |
7/98 | | | 92418 | | 64213 | |
8/98 | | | 74027 | | 54936 | |
9/98 | | | 75648 | | 58458 | |
10/98 | | | 81587 | | 63206 | |
11/98 | | | 86718 | | 67035 | |
12/98 | | | 90664 | | 70896 | |
1/99 | | | 90537 | | 73859 | |
2/99 | | | 89695 | | 71564 | |
3/99 | | | 93956 | | 74427 | |
4/99 | | | 100298 | | 77309 | |
5/99 | | | 92254 | | 75485 | |
6/99 | | | 95169 | | 79663 | |
7/99 | | | 88774 | | 77186 | |
8/99 | | | 82559 | | 76804 | |
9/99 | | | 80727 | | 74701 | |
10/99 | | | 92626 | | 79426 | |
11/99 | | | 89754 | | 81041 | |
12/99 | | | 91334 | | 85807 | |
1/00 | | | 88932 | | 81497 | |
2/00 | | | 79567 | | 79956 | |
3/00 | | | 93181 | | 87773 | |
4/00 | | | 90162 | | 85133 | |
5/00 | | | 94247 | | 83388 | |
6/00 | | | 91598 | | 85441 | |
7/00 | | | 99806 | | 84107 | |
8/00 | | | 107670 | | 89328 | |
9/00 | | | 112440 | | 84613 | |
10/00 | | | 112856 | | 84254 | |
11/00 | | | 105001 | | 77617 | |
12/00 | | | 115711 | | 77997 | |
1/01 | | | 112483 | | 80763 | |
2/01 | | | 106713 | | 73404 | |
3/01 | | | 103661 | | 68756 | |
4/01 | | | 106460 | | 74095 | |
5/01 | | | 111453 | | 74592 | |
6/01 | | | 110773 | | 72777 | |
7/01 | | | 108546 | | 72060 | |
8/01 | | | 102446 | | 67554 | |
9/01 | | | 96781 | | 62099 | |
10/01 | | | 94516 | | 63284 | |
11/01 | | | 101917 | | 68137 | |
12/01 | | | 103955 | | 68734 | |
1/02 | | | 102770 | | 67732 | |
2/02 | | | 101475 | | 66425 | |
3/02 | | | 107624 | | 68924 | |
4/02 | | | 104266 | | 64747 | |
5/02 | | | 104266 | | 64272 | |
6/02 | | | 99574 | | 59695 | |
7/02 | | | 91867 | | 55043 | |
8/02 | | | 93282 | | 55403 | |
9/02 | | | 83898 | | 49388 | |
10/02 | | | 89771 | | 53730 | |
11/02 | | | 92060 | | 56890 | |
12/02 | | | 87770 | | 53549 | |
1/03 | | | 86322 | | 52149 | |
2/03 | | | 83499 | | 51366 | |
3/03 | | | 83524 | | 51863 | |
4/03 | | | 92160 | | 56133 | |
5/03 | | | 97073 | | 59088 | |
6/03 | | | 97461 | | 59842 | |
7/03 | | | 102490 | | 60898 | |
8/03 | | | 101260 | | 62083 | |
9/03 | | | 101564 | | 61426 | |
10/03 | | | 108582 | | 64899 | |
11/03 | | | 108017 | | 65469 | |
12/03 | | | 113677 | | 68900 | |
1/04 | | | 117758 | | 70165 | |
2/04 | | | 120914 | | 71140 | |
3/04 | | | 119221 | | 70067 | |
4/04 | | | 113403 | | 68968 | |
5/04 | | | 114708 | | 69913 | |
6/04 | | | 115442 | | 71272 | |
7/04 | | | 112175 | | 68913 | |
8/04 | | | 115338 | | 69189 | |
9/04 | | | 115027 | | 69939 | |
10/04 | | | 114486 | | 71007 | |
11/04 | | | 118104 | | 73879 | |
12/04 | | | 123383 | | 76393 | |
1/05 | | | 119842 | | 74531 | |
2/05 | | | 119590 | | 76098 | |
3/05 | | | 115118 | | 74752 | |
4/05 | | | 114530 | | 73335 | |
5/05 | | | 117909 | | 75666 | |
6/05 | | | 119513 | | 75775 | |
7/05 | | | 121580 | | 78592 | |
8/05 | | | 118541 | | 77875 | |
9/05 | | | 118884 | | 78505 | |
10/05 | | | 123783 | | 77196 | |
11/05 | | | 129563 | | 80113 | |
12/05 | | | 129913 | | 80141 | |
1/06 | | | 132459 | | 82263 | |
2/06 | | | 134300 | | 82486 | |
3/06 | | | 133965 | | 83512 | |
4/06 | | | 139203 | | 84633 | |
5/06 | | | 133259 | | 82200 | |
6/06 | | | 131553 | | 82309 | |
7/06 | | | 133960 | | 82817 | |
8/06 | | | 136278 | | 84784 | |
9/06 | | | 140762 | | 86968 | |
10/06 | | | 144351 | | 89800 | |
11/06 | | | 144640 | | 91505 | |
12/06 | | | 151076 | | 92789 | |
1/07 | | | 151560 | | 94191 | |
2/07 | | | 147452 | | 92354 | |
3/07 | | | 146276 | | 93385 | |
AIM Financial Services Fund
Average Annual Total Returns
As of 3/31/07, including applicable sales charges
Class A Shares | | | |
Inception (3/28/02) | | 5.12 | % |
5 Years | | 5.13 | |
1 Year | | 3.25 | |
| | | |
Class B Shares | | | |
Inception (3/28/02) | | 5.54 | % |
5 Years | | 5.39 | |
1 Year | | 3.61 | |
| | | |
Class C Shares | | | |
Inception (2/14/00) | | 7.78 | % |
5 Years | | 5.42 | |
1 Year | | 7.47 | |
| | | |
Investor Class Shares | | | |
Inception (6/2/86) | | 13.75 | % |
10 Years | | 10.02 | |
5 Years | | 6.34 | |
1 Year | | 9.27 | |
Cumulative Total Returns
Six months ended 3/31/07, excluding applicable sales charges
Class A Shares | | 3.97 | % |
Class B Shares | | 3.62 | |
Class C Shares | | 3.61 | |
Investor Class Shares | | 3.99 | |
The performance data quoted represent past performance and cannot guarantee comparable future results; current performance may be lower or higher. Please visit AIMinvestments.com for the most recent month-end performance. Performance figures reflect reinvested distributions, changes in net asset value and the effect of the maximum sales charge unless otherwise stated. Investment return and principal value will fluctuate so that you may have a gain or loss when you sell shares.
The total annual Fund operating expense ratio set forth in the most recent Fund prospectus as of the date of this report for Class A, Class B, Class C and Investor Class shares was 1.29%, 2.04%, 2.04% and 1.29%, respectively. The expense ratios presented above may vary from the expense ratios presented in other sections of this report that are based on expenses incurred during the period covered by this report.
Class A share performance reflects the maximum 5.50% sales charge, and Class B and Class C share performance reflects the applicable contingent deferred sales charge (CDSC) for the period involved. The CDSC on Class B shares declines from 5% beginning at the time of purchase to 0% at the beginning of the seventh year. The CDSC on Class C shares is 1% for the first year after purchase. Investor Class shares do not have a front-end sales charge or a CDSC; therefore, performance is at net asset value.
The performance of the Fund’s share classes will differ primarily due to different sales charge structures and class expenses.
Had the advisor not waived fees and/or reimbursed expenses for the Fund’s Class A and Class B shares in the past, performance would have been lower.
Continued from inside front cover
The Fund provides a complete list of its holdings four times in each fiscal year, at the quarter-ends. For the second and fourth quarters, the lists appear in the Fund’s semiannual and annual reports to shareholders. For the first and third quarters, the Fund files the lists with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Form N-Q. The most recent list of portfolio holdings is available at AIMinvestments.com. From our home page, click on Products & Performance, then Mutual Funds, then Fund Overview. Select your Fund from the drop-down menu and click on Complete Quarterly Holdings. Shareholders can also look up the Fund’s Forms N-Q on the SEC Web site 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 202-942-8090 or 800-732-0330, or by electronic request at the following e-mail address: publicinfo@sec.gov. The SEC file numbers for the Fund are 811-03826 and 002-85905.
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 on the AIM Web site, AIMinvestments.com. On the home page, scroll down and click on AIM Funds Proxy Policy. The information is also available on the SEC Web site, sec.gov.
Information regarding how the Fund voted proxies related to its portfolio securities during the 12 months ended June 30, 2006, is available at our Web site. Go to AIMinvestments.com, access the About Us tab, click on Required Notices and then click on Proxy Voting Activity. Next, select the Fund from the drop-down menu. The information is also available on the SEC Web site, sec.gov.
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AIM Financial Services Fund
Schedule of Investments
March 31, 2007
| | Shares | | Value | |
Common Stocks–98.47% | |
Asset Management & Custody Banks–8.26% | |
Bank of New York Co., Inc. (The) | | | 628,280 | | | $ | 25,476,754 | | |
Federated Investors, Inc. -Class B | | | 460,340 | | | | 16,903,685 | | |
State Street Corp. | | | 158,500 | | | | 10,262,875 | | |
| | | | | | | 52,643,314 | | |
Consumer Finance–5.29% | |
Capital One Financial Corp. | | | 446,294 | | | | 33,677,345 | | |
Diversified Banks–8.02% | |
Anglo Irish Bank Corp. PLC (Ireland)(a) | | | 468,600 | | | | 9,991,458 | | |
U.S. Bancorp | | | 506,700 | | | | 17,719,299 | | |
Wachovia Corp. | | | 371,200 | | | | 20,434,560 | | |
Wells Fargo & Co. | | | 84,902 | | | | 2,923,176 | | |
| | | | | | | 51,068,493 | | |
Diversified Capital Markets–2.22% | |
UBS A.G. - (Switzerland) | | | 238,000 | | | | 14,144,340 | | |
Insurance Brokers–7.87% | |
Aon Corp. | | | 367,800 | | | | 13,961,688 | | |
Marsh & McLennan Cos., Inc. | | | 881,300 | | | | 25,813,277 | | |
National Financial Partners Corp. | | | 221,160 | | | | 10,374,616 | | |
| | | | | | | 50,149,581 | | |
Investment Banking & Brokerage–8.13% | |
Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. | | | 387,390 | | | | 31,638,141 | | |
Morgan Stanley | | | 256,200 | | | | 20,178,312 | | |
| | | | | | | 51,816,453 | | |
Life & Health Insurance–0.52% | |
Prudential Financial, Inc. | | | 36,657 | | | | 3,308,661 | | |
Multi-Line Insurance–6.74% | |
American International Group, Inc. | | | 112,352 | | | | 7,552,301 | | |
Genworth Financial Inc. -Class A | | | 237,000 | | | | 8,280,780 | | |
Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. (The) | | | 283,400 | | | | 27,087,372 | | |
| | | | | | | 42,920,453 | | |
Other Diversified Financial Services–21.72% | |
Bank of America Corp. | | | 521,692 | | | | 26,616,726 | | |
Citigroup Inc. | | | 1,064,301 | | | | 54,641,213 | | |
JPMorgan Chase & Co. | | | 1,180,772 | | | | 57,125,749 | | |
| | | | | | | 138,383,688 | | |
| | Shares | | Value | |
Property & Casualty Insurance–9.19% | |
ACE Ltd. | | | 427,500 | | | $ | 24,393,150 | | |
MBIA Inc. | | | 252,000 | | | | 16,503,480 | | |
Security Capital Assurance Ltd. | | | 360,000 | | | | 10,162,800 | | |
Travelers Cos., Inc. (The) | | | 144,067 | | | | 7,458,349 | | |
| | | | | | | 58,517,779 | | |
Regional Banks–7.62% | |
Fifth Third Bancorp | | | 633,300 | | | | 24,502,377 | | |
Popular, Inc. | | | 440,000 | | | | 7,286,400 | | |
SunTrust Banks, Inc. | | | 120,500 | | | | 10,006,320 | | |
Zions Bancorp. | | | 80,200 | | | | 6,778,504 | | |
| | | | | | | 48,573,601 | | |
Specialized Consumer Services–1.30% | |
H&R Block, Inc. | | | 392,400 | | | | 8,256,096 | | |
Thrifts & Mortgage Finance–11.59% | |
Fannie Mae | | | 797,400 | | | | 43,522,092 | | |
Freddie Mac | | | 372,000 | | | | 22,130,280 | | |
Hudson City Bancorp, Inc. | | | 596,700 | | | | 8,162,856 | | |
| | | | | | | 73,815,228 | | |
Total Common Stocks (Cost $441,542,234) | | | | | | | 627,275,032 | | |
Money Market Funds–1.66% | |
Liquid Assets Portfolio -Institutional Class (b) | | | 5,288,995 | | | | 5,288,995 | | |
Premier Portfolio -Institutional Class (b) | | | 5,288,995 | | | | 5,288,995 | | |
Total Money Market Funds (Cost $10,577,990) | | | | | | | 10,577,990 | | |
TOTAL INVESTMENTS–100.13% (Cost $452,120,224) | | | | | | | 637,853,022 | | |
OTHER ASSETS LESS LIABILITIES–(0.13)% | | | | | | | (853,813 | ) | |
NET ASSETS–100.00% | | | | | | $ | 636,999,209 | | |
Notes to Schedule of Investments:
(a) In accordance with the procedures established by the Board of Trustees, the foreign security is fair valued using adjusted closing market prices. The value of this security at March 31, 2007 represented 1.57% of the Fund's Net Assets. See Note 1A.
(b) The money market fund and the Fund are affiliated by having the same investment advisor. See Note 3.
See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements which are an integral part of the financial statements.
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AIM Financial Services Fund
Statement of Assets and Liabilities
March 31, 2007
Assets: | |
Investments, at value (cost $441,542,234) | | $ | 627,275,032 | | |
Investments in affiliated money market funds (cost $10,577,990) | | | 10,577,990 | | |
Total investments (cost $452,120,224) | | | 637,853,022 | | |
Cash | | | 37,453 | | |
Foreign currencies, at value (cost $66,688) | | | 67,854 | | |
Receivables for: | |
Fund shares sold | | | 146,373 | | |
Dividends | | | 999,404 | | |
Investment for trustee deferred compensation and retirement plans | | | 152,515 | | |
Other assets | | | 20,225 | | |
Total assets | | | 639,276,846 | | |
Liabilities: | |
Payables for: | |
Fund shares reacquired | | | 1,536,007 | | |
Trustee deferred compensation and retirement plans | | | 207,141 | | |
Accrued distribution fees | | | 175,228 | | |
Accrued trustees' and officer's fees and benefits | | | 5,883 | | |
Accrued transfer agent fees | | | 248,760 | | |
Accrued operating expenses | | | 104,618 | | |
Total liabilities | | | 2,277,637 | | |
Net assets applicable to shares outstanding | | $ | 636,999,209 | | |
Net assets consist of: | |
Shares of beneficial interest | | $ | 431,773,352 | | |
Undistributed net investment income | | | 2,173,838 | | |
Undistributed net realized gain | | | 17,318,055 | | |
Unrealized appreciation | | | 185,733,964 | | |
| | $ | 636,999,209 | | |
Net Assets: | |
Class A | | $ | 69,846,051 | | |
Class B | | $ | 43,638,844 | | |
Class C | | $ | 15,727,139 | | |
Investor Class | | $ | 507,787,175 | | |
Shares outstanding, $0.01 par value per share, unlimited number of shares authorized: | |
Class A | | | 2,558,242 | | |
Class B | | | 1,602,903 | | |
Class C | | | 593,815 | | |
Investor Class | | | 18,487,938 | | |
Class A: | |
Net asset value per share | | $ | 27.30 | | |
Offering price per share (Net asset value of $27.30 ÷ 94.50%) | | $ | 28.89 | | |
Class B: | |
Net asset value and offering price per share | | $ | 27.22 | | |
Class C: | |
Net asset value and offering price per share | | $ | 26.48 | | |
Investor Class: | |
Net asset value and offering price per share | | $ | 27.47 | | |
See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements which are an integral part of the financial statements.
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AIM Financial Services Fund
Statement of Operations
For the year ended March 31, 2007
Investment income: | |
Dividends (net of foreign withholding taxes of $44,437) | | $ | 16,529,977 | | |
Dividends from affiliated money market funds | | | 1,082,831 | | |
Total investment income | | | 17,612,808 | | |
Expenses: | |
Advisory fees | | | 4,741,195 | | |
Administrative services fees | | | 185,381 | | |
Custodian fees | | | 50,800 | | |
Distribution fees: | |
Class A | | | 178,231 | | |
Class B | | | 487,520 | | |
Class C | | | 180,068 | | |
Investor Class | | | 1,343,793 | | |
Transfer agent fees | | | 1,648,031 | | |
Trustees' and officer's fees and benefits | | | 36,463 | | |
Other | | | 309,803 | | |
Total expenses | | | 9,161,285 | | |
Less: Fees waived, expenses reimbursed and expense offset arrangements | | | (57,459 | ) | |
Net expenses | | | 9,103,826 | | |
Net investment income | | | 8,508,982 | | |
Realized and unrealized gain (loss): | |
Net realized gain (loss) from: | |
Investment securities (includes net gains from securities sold to affiliates of $349,952) | | | 53,674,515 | | |
Foreign currencies | | | (1,718 | ) | |
| | | 53,672,797 | | |
Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of: | |
Investment securities | | | (2,251,594 | ) | |
Foreign currencies | | | 1,166 | | |
| | | (2,250,428 | ) | |
Net realized and unrealized gain | | | 51,422,369 | | |
Net increase in net assets resulting from operations | | $ | 59,931,351 | | |
See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements which are an integral part of the financial statements.
F-3
AIM Financial Services Fund
Statement of Changes In Net Assets
For the years ended March 31, 2007 and 2006
| | 2007 | | 2006 | |
Operations: | |
Net investment income | | $ | 8,508,982 | | | $ | 8,015,084 | | |
Net realized gain | | | 53,672,797 | | | | 56,565,230 | | |
Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) | | | (2,250,428 | ) | | | 48,823,021 | | |
Net increase in net assets resulting from operations | | | 59,931,351 | | | | 113,403,335 | | |
Distributions to shareholders from net investment income: | |
Class A | | | (966,047 | ) | | | (1,022,752 | ) | |
Class B | | | (259,505 | ) | | | (319,663 | ) | |
Class C | | | (100,458 | ) | | | (124,637 | ) | |
Investor Class | | | (6,895,681 | ) | | | (7,756,438 | ) | |
Total distributions from net investment income | | | (8,221,691 | ) | | | (9,223,490 | ) | |
Distributions to shareholders from net realized gains: | |
Class A | | | (7,881,491 | ) | | | (7,683,669 | ) | |
Class B | | | (5,094,599 | ) | | | (5,527,000 | ) | |
Class C | | | (1,972,186 | ) | | | (2,154,934 | ) | |
Investor Class | | | (56,258,383 | ) | | | (56,498,589 | ) | |
Total distributions from net realized gains | | | (71,206,659 | ) | | | (71,864,192 | ) | |
Decrease in net assets resulting from distributions | | | (79,428,350 | ) | | | (81,087,682 | ) | |
Share transactions—net: | |
Class A | | | 1,041,349 | | | | (13,572,042 | ) | |
Class B | | | (7,802,758 | ) | | | (15,144,190 | ) | |
Class C | | | (2,522,176 | ) | | | (5,844,666 | ) | |
Class K | | | — | | | | (1,167,127 | ) | |
Investor Class | | | (40,456,752 | ) | | | (95,012,942 | ) | |
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from share transactions | | | (49,740,337 | ) | | | (130,740,967 | ) | |
Net increase (decrease) in net assets | | | (69,237,336 | ) | | | (98,425,314 | ) | |
Net assets: | |
Beginning of year | | | 706,236,545 | | | | 804,661,859 | | |
End of year (including undistributed net investment income of $2,173,838 and $1,888,265, respectively) | | $ | 636,999,209 | | | $ | 706,236,545 | | |
See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements which are an integral part of the financial statements.
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AIM Financial Services Fund
Notes to Financial Statements
March 31, 2007
NOTE 1—Significant Accounting Policies
AIM Financial Services Fund (the "Fund") is a series portfolio of AIM Sector Funds (the "Trust"). The Trust is a Delaware statutory trust registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the "1940 Act"), as an open-end series management investment company consisting of six separate portfolios, each authorized to issue an unlimited number of shares of beneficial interest. The Fund currently consists of multiple classes of shares. Matters affecting each portfolio or class will be voted on exclusively by the shareholders of such portfolio or class. The assets, liabilities and operations of each portfolio are accounted for separately. Information presented in these financial statements pertains only to the Fund.
The Fund's investment objective is capital growth.
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 the 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 be tween 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, yield, quality, type of issue, coupon rate, maturity, individual trading characteristics and other market data. Short-term obligations, including commercial paper, having 60 days or less to maturity are recorded at amortized cost which approximates value.
Foreign securities (including foreign exchange contracts) 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 are significant and may make the closing price unreliable, the Fund may fair value the security. If the event is likely to have affected the closing price of the security, the security will be valued at fair value in good faith using procedures approved by the Board of Trustees. Adjustments to closing prices to reflect fair value may also be based on a sc reening 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 meeting the approved degree of certainty that the price is not reflective of current value will be priced at the indication of fair value from the independent pricing service. Multiple factors may be considered by the independent pricing service in determining adjustments to reflect fair value and may include information relating to sector indices, ADRs and domestic and foreign index futures.
Securities for which market prices are not provided by any of the above methods may be valued based upon quotes furnished by independent sources and are valued at the last bid price in the case of equity securities and in the case of debt obligations, the mean between the last bid and asked prices.
Securities for which market quotations are not readily available or are unreliable are valued at fair value as determined in good faith by or under the supervision of the Trust's officers following procedures approved by the Board of Trustees. Issuer specific events, market trends, bid/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.
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 is recorded on the ex-dividend date.
The Fund may receive proceeds from litigation settlements involving Fund investments. 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 realized and unrealized gain
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AIM Financial Services Fund
(loss) from investment securities reported in the Statement of Operations and the Statement of Changes in Net Assets and the realized and unrealized net 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 advisor.
The Fund allocates income and realized and unrealized capital gains and losses to a class based on the relative net assets of each class.
C. Country Determination — For the purposes of making investment selection decisions and presentation in the Schedule of Investments, AIM 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 and net realized capital gain, if any, are generally paid annually and recorded on ex-dividend date. The Fund may elect to treat a portion of the proceeds from redemptions as distributions for federal income tax purposes.
E. Federal Income Taxes — The Fund intends to comply with the requirements of Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code necessary to qualify as a regulated investment company and to distribute substantially all of the Fund's taxable earnings to shareholders. As such, the Fund will not be subject to federal income taxes on otherwise taxable income (including net realized capital gain) that is distributed to shareholders. Therefore, no provision for federal income taxes is recorded in the financial statements.
F. Expenses — Fees provided for under the Rule 12b-1 plan of a particular class of the Fund and which are directly attributable to that class are charged to the operations of such class. All other expenses are allocated among the classes based on relative net assets.
G. Accounting Estimates — The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America 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.
H. Indemnifications — Under the Trust's organizational documents, each Trustee, officer, employee or other agent of the Trust (including the Trust's investment manager) is indemnified against certain liabilities that may arise out of performance of their duties to the Fund. Additionally, in the normal course of business, the Fund enters into contracts that contain a variety of indemnification clauses. The Fund's maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown as this would involve future claims that may be made against the Fund that have not yet occurred. The risk of material loss as a result of such indemnification claims is considered remote.
I. Foreign Currency Translations — Foreign currency is valued at the close of the NYSE based on quotations posted by banks and major currency dealers. Portfolio securities and other assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies are translated into U.S. dollar amounts at date of valuation. Purchases and sales of portfolio securities (net of foreign taxes withheld on disposition) and income items denominated in foreign currencies are translated into U.S. dollar amounts on the respective dates of such transactions. The Fund does not separately account for the portion of the results of operations resulting from changes in foreign exchange rates on investments and the fluctuations arising from changes in market prices of securities held. The combined results of changes in foreign exchange rates and the fluctuation of market price s on investments (net of estimated foreign tax withholding) are included with the net realized and unrealized gain or loss from investments in the Statement of Operations. Reported net realized foreign currency gains or losses arise from (i) sales of foreign currencies, (ii) currency gains or losses realized between the trade and settlement dates on securities transactions, and (iii) the difference between the amounts of dividends, interest, and foreign withholding taxes recorded on the Fund's books and the U.S. dollar equivalent of the amounts actually received or paid. Net unrealized foreign currency gains and losses arise from changes in the fair values of assets and liabilities, other than investments in securities at fiscal period end, resulting from changes in exchange rates.
The Fund may invest in foreign securities which may be subject to foreign taxes on income, gains on investments or currency repatriation, a portion of which may be recoverable. Taxes are accrued based on the Fund's current interpretation of tax regulations and rates that exist in the foreign markets in which the Fund invests.
J. Foreign Currency Contracts — A foreign currency contract is an obligation to purchase or sell a specific currency for an agreed-upon price at a future date. The Fund may enter into a foreign currency contract to attempt to minimize the risk to the Fund from adverse changes in the relationship between currencies. The Fund may also enter into a foreign currency contract for the purchase or sale of a security denominated in a foreign currency in order to "lock in" the U.S. dollar price of that security. Fluctuations in the value of these contracts are recorded as unrealized appreciation (depreciation) until the contracts are closed. When these contracts are closed, realized gains (losses) are recorded. Realized and unrealized gains and losses on these contracts are included in the Statement of Operations. The Fund could be exposed to r isk, which may be in excess of the amount reflected in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities, if counterparties to the contracts are unable to meet the terms of their contracts or if the value of the foreign currency changes unfavorably.
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AIM Financial Services Fund
NOTE 2—Advisory Fees and Other Fees Paid to Affiliates
The Trust has entered into a master investment advisory agreement with A I M Advisors, Inc. ("AIM"). Under the terms of the investment advisory agreement, the Fund pays an advisory fee to AIM based on the annual rate of the Fund's average daily net assets as follows:
Average Net Assets | | Rate | |
First $350 million | | | 0.75 | % | |
Next $350 million | | | 0.65 | % | |
Next $1.3 billion | | | 0.55 | % | |
Next $2 billion | | | 0.45 | % | |
Next $2 billion | | | 0.40 | % | |
Next $2 billion | | | 0.375 | % | |
Over $8 billion | | | 0.35 | % | |
AIM has voluntarily agreed to waive advisory fees of the Fund in the amount of 25% of the advisory fee AIM receives from the affiliated money market funds on investments by the Fund in such affiliated money market funds. Voluntary fee waivers or reimbursements may be modified or discontinued at any time upon consultation with the Board of Trustees without further notice to investors.
For the year ended March 31, 2007, AIM waived advisory fees of $6,333.
At the request of the Trustees of the Trust, AMVESCAP agreed to reimburse expenses incurred by the Fund in connection with market timing matters in the AIM Funds, which may include legal, audit, shareholder reporting, communications and trustee expenses. These expenses along with the related expense reimbursement are included in the Statement of Operations. For the year ended March 31, 2007, AMVESCAP reimbursed expenses of the Fund in the amount of $4,640.
The Trust has entered into a master administrative services agreement with AIM pursuant to which the Fund has agreed to pay AIM for certain administrative costs incurred in providing accounting services, to the Fund. For the year ended March 31, 2007, expenses incurred under the agreement are shown in the Statement of Operations as administrative services fees.
The Trust has entered into a transfer agency and service agreement with AIM Investment Services, Inc. ("AIS") pursuant to which the Fund has agreed to pay AIS a fee for providing transfer agency and shareholder services to the Fund and reimburse AIS for certain expenses incurred by AIS in the course of providing such services. AIS may make payments to intermediaries that provide omnibus account services, sub-accounting services and/or networking services. All fees payable by AIS to intermediaries that provide omnibus account services or sub-accounting are charged back to the Fund, subject to certain limitations approved by the Trust's Board of Trustees. For the year ended March 31, 2007, expenses incurred under the agreement are shown in the Statement of Operations as transfer agent fees.
The Trust has entered into master distribution agreements with A I M Distributors, Inc. ("ADI") to serve as the distributor for the Class A, Class B, Class C and Investor Class shares of the Fund. The Trust has adopted plans pursuant to Rule 12b-1 under the 1940 Act with respect to the Fund's Class A, Class B, Class C and Investor Class shares (collectively the "Plans"). The Fund, pursuant to the Plans, pays ADI compensation at the annual rate of 0.25% of the Fund's average daily net assets of Class A shares, 1.00% of the average daily net assets of Class B and Class C shares and 0.25% of the average daily net assets of Investor Class shares. Of the Plan payments, up to 0.25% of the average daily net assets of each class of shares may be paid to furnish continuing personal shareholder services to customers who purchase and own shares of such classes. Any amounts not paid as a service fee under the Plans would constitute an asset - -based sales charge. National Association of Securities Dealers ("NASD") Rules impose a cap on the total sales charges, including asset-based sales charges that may be paid by any class of shares of the Fund. For the year ended March 31, 2007, expenses incurred under the Plans are shown in the Statement of Operations as distribution fees.
Front-end sales commissions and contingent deferred sales charges ("CDSC") (collectively the "sales charges") are not recorded as expenses of the Fund. Front-end sales commissions are deducted from proceeds from the sales of Fund shares prior to investment in Class A shares of the Fund. CDSC are deducted from redemption proceeds prior to remittance to the shareholder. During the year ended March 31, 2007, ADI advised the Fund that it retained $13,903 in front-end sales commissions from the sale of Class A shares and $1, $22,458 and $1,227 from Class A, Class B and Class C shares, respectively, for CDSC imposed on redemptions by shareholders.
Certain officers and trustees of the Trust are officers and directors of AIM, AIS and/or ADI.
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AIM Financial Services Fund
NOTE 3—Investments in Affiliates
The Fund is permitted, pursuant to procedures approved by the Board of Trustees, to invest daily available cash balances in affiliated money market funds. The Fund and the money market funds below have the same investment advisor and therefore, are considered to be affiliated. The table below shows the transactions in and earnings from investments in affiliated money market funds for the year ended March 31, 2007.
Fund | |
Value 03/31/06 | |
Purchases at Cost | |
Proceeds from Sales | | Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) | |
Value 03/31/07 | |
Dividend Income | | Realized Gain (Loss) | |
Liquid Assets Portfolio-Institutional Class | | $ | — | | | $ | 57,049,112 | | | $ | (51,760,117 | ) | | $ | — | | | $ | 5,288,995 | | | $ | 455,705 | | | $ | — | | |
Premier Portfolio-Institutional Class | | | 15,636,790 | | | | 83,692,377 | | | | (94,040,172 | ) | | | — | | | | 5,288,995 | | | | 627,126 | | | | — | | |
Total Investments in Affiliates | | $ | 15,636,790 | | | $ | 140,741,489 | | | $ | (145,800,289 | ) | | $ | — | | | $ | 10,577,990 | | | $ | 1,082,831 | | | $ | — | | |
NOTE 4—Security Transactions with Affiliated Funds
The Fund is permitted to purchase or sell securities from or to certain other AIM Funds under specified conditions outlined in procedures adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Trust. The procedures have been designed to ensure that any purchase or sale of securities by the Fund from or to another fund or portfolio that is or could be considered an affiliate by virtue of having a common investment advisor (or affiliated investment advisors), common Trustees and/or common officers complies with Rule 17a-7 of the 1940 Act. Further, as defined under the procedures, each transaction is effected at the current market price. Pursuant to these procedures, for the year ended March 31, 2007, the Fund engaged in securities sales of $2,028,911, which resulted in net realized gains of $349,952.
NOTE 5—Expense Offset Arrangements
The expense offset arrangements are comprised of (i) transfer agency credits which result from balances in Demand Deposit Accounts (DDA) used by the transfer agent for clearing shareholder transactions, (ii) custodian credits which result from periodic overnight cash balances at the custodian and (iii) a one time custodian fee credit used to offset custodian fees. For the year ended March 31, 2007, the Fund received credits from these arrangements, which resulted in the reduction of the Fund's total expenses of $46,486.
NOTE 6—Trustees' and Officer's Fees and Benefits
"Trustees' and Officer's Fees and Benefits" include amounts accrued by the Fund to pay remuneration to certain Trustees and Officers of the Fund. Trustees have the option to defer compensation payable by the Fund, and "Trustees' and Officer's Fees and Benefits" also include amounts accrued by the Fund to fund such deferred compensation amounts. Those Trustees who defer compensation have the option to select various AIM Funds in which their deferral accounts shall be deemed to be invested. Finally, certain current Trustees are eligible to participate in a retirement plan that provides for benefits to be paid upon retirement to Trustees over a period of time based on the number of years of service. The Fund may have certain former Trustees who also participate in a retirement plan and receive benefits under such plan. "Trustees' and Officer's Fees and Benefits" include amounts accrued by the Fund to fund such retirement benefits. Obligations under the deferred compensation and retirement plans represent unsecured claims against the general assets of the Fund.
During the year ended March 31, 2007, the Fund paid legal fees of $6,302 for services rendered by Kramer, Levin, Naftalis & Frankel LLP as counsel to the Independent Trustees. A member of that firm is a Trustee of the Trust.
NOTE 7—Borrowings
Pursuant to an exemptive order from the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Fund may participate in an interfund lending facility that AIM has established for temporary borrowings by the AIM Funds. An interfund loan will be made under this facility only if the loan rate (an average of the rate available on bank loans and the rate available on investments in overnight repurchase agreements) is favorable to both the lending fund and the borrowing fund. A loan will be secured by collateral if the Fund's aggregate borrowings from all sources exceeds 10% of the Fund's total assets. To the extent that the loan is required to be secured by collateral, the collateral is marked to market daily to ensure that the market value is at least 102% of the outstanding principal value of the loan.
The Fund participates in an uncommitted unsecured revolving credit facility with State Street Bank and Trust Company ("SSB"). The Fund may borrow up to the lesser of (i) $125,000,000, or (ii) the limits set by its prospectus for borrowings. The Fund and other funds advised by AIM which are parties to the credit facility can borrow on a first come, first served basis. Principal on each loan outstanding shall bear interest at the bid rate quoted by SSB at the time of the request for the loan.
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AIM Financial Services Fund
During the year ended March 31, 2007, the Fund did not borrow or lend under the interfund lending facility or borrow under the uncommitted unsecured revolving credit facility.
Additionally, the Fund is permitted to temporarily carry a negative or overdrawn balance in its account with SSB, the custodian bank. To compensate the custodian bank for such overdrafts, the overdrawn Fund may either (i) leave funds as a compensating balance in the account so the custodian bank can be compensated by earning the additional interest; or (ii) compensate by paying the custodian bank at a rate agreed upon by the custodian bank and AIM, not to exceed the contractually agreed upon rate.
NOTE 8—Distributions to Shareholders and Tax Components of Net Assets
Distributions to Shareholders:
The tax character of distributions paid during the years March 31, 2007 and 2006 was as follows:
| | 2007 | | 2006 | |
Distributions paid from: | |
Ordinary income | | $ | 8,431,318 | | | $ | 9,223,490 | | |
Long-term capital gain | | | 70,997,032 | | | | 71,864,192 | | |
Total distributions | | $ | 79,428,350 | | | $ | 81,087,682 | | |
Tax Components of Net Assets:
As of March 31, 2007, the components of net assets on a tax basis were as follows:
| | 2007 | |
Undistributed ordinary income | | $ | 2,359,862 | | |
Undistributed long-term gain | | | 17,815,743 | | |
Net unrealized appreciation–investments | | | 185,182,939 | | |
Temporary book/tax differences | | | (131,910 | ) | |
Post-October currency loss deferral | | | (777 | ) | |
Shares of beneficial interest | | | 431,773,352 | | |
Total net assets | | $ | 636,999,209 | | |
The difference between book-basis and tax-basis unrealized appreciation (depreciation) is due to differences in the timing of recognition of gains and losses on investments for tax and book purposes. The Fund's net unrealized appreciation difference is attributable primarily to losses on wash sales. The tax-basis net unrealized appreciation on investments amount includes appreciation on foreign currencies of $1,166.
The temporary book/tax differences are a result of timing differences between book and tax recognition of income and/or expenses. The Fund's temporary book/tax differences are the result of the trustee deferral of compensation and retirement plan benefits.
The Fund does not have a capital loss carryforward as of March 31, 2007.
NOTE 9—Investment Securities
The aggregate amount of investment securities (other than short-term securities, U.S. Treasury obligations and money market funds, if any) purchased and sold by the Fund during the year ended March 31, 2007 was $33,765,637 and $148,982,610, respectively.
Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) of Investment Securities on a Tax Basis
Aggregate unrealized appreciation of investment securities | | $ | 209,101,548 | | |
Aggregate unrealized (depreciation) of investment securities | | | (23,919,775 | ) | |
Net unrealized appreciation of investment securities | | $ | 185,181,773 | | |
Cost of investments for tax purposes is $452,671,249.
NOTE 10—Reclassification of Permanent Differences
Primarily as a result of differing book/tax treatment of foreign currency transactions, on March 31, 2007, undistributed net investment income was decreased by $1,718 and undistributed net realized gain was increased by $1,718. This reclassification had no effect on the net assets of the Fund.
F-9
AIM Financial Services Fund
NOTE 11—Share Information
The Fund currently consists of four different classes of shares: Class A, Class B, Class C and Investor Class. The Fund formerly offered Class K shares; however, as of the close of business October 21, 2005, the Class K shares were converted to Class A shares. Investor Class shares of the Fund are offered only to certain grandfathered investors.
Class A shares are sold with a front-end sales charge unless certain waiver criteria are met and under certain circumstances load waiver shares may be subject to a CDSC. Class B shares and Class C shares are sold with a CDSC. Investor Class shares are sold at net asset value. Generally, Class B shares will automatically convert to Class A shares on or about month-end which is at least eight years after the date of purchase.
Changes in Shares Outstanding
| | Year ended March 31, | |
| | 2007(a) | | 2006 | |
| | Shares | | Amount | | Shares | | Amount | |
Sold: | |
Class A | | | 513,134 | | | $ | 14,984,632 | | | | 716,557 | | | $ | 20,378,029 | | |
Class B | | | 132,863 | | | | 3,822,420 | | | | 115,738 | | | | 3,288,138 | | |
Class C | | | 116,742 | | | | 3,274,731 | | | | 135,095 | | | | 3,802,796 | | |
Class K(b) | | | — | | | | — | | | | 4,938 | | | | 134,706 | | |
Investor Class | | | 922,710 | | | | 26,808,233 | | | | 1,347,245 | | | | 38,588,249 | | |
Issued as reinvestment of dividends: | |
Class A | | | 298,424 | | | | 8,364,834 | | | | 293,912 | | | | 8,111,992 | | |
Class B | | | 179,041 | | | | 5,014,940 | | | | 199,024 | | | | 5,491,059 | | |
Class C | | | 71,651 | | | | 1,952,501 | | | | 79,642 | | | | 2,143,962 | | |
Investor Class | | | 2,172,607 | | | | 61,267,534 | | | | 2,249,021 | | | | 62,410,343 | | |
Conversion of Class K shares to Class A shares:(c) | |
Class A | | | — | | | | — | | | | 35,449 | | | | 994,706 | | |
Class K | | | — | | | | — | | | | (36,250 | ) | | | (994,706 | ) | |
Automatic conversion of Class B shares to Class A shares: | |
Class A | | | 72,865 | | | | 2,081,734 | | | | 114,476 | | | | 3,199,620 | | |
Class B | | | (73,171 | ) | | | (2,081,734 | ) | | | (114,907 | ) | | | (3,199,620 | ) | |
Reacquired: | |
Class A | | | (852,498 | ) | | | (24,389,851 | ) | | | (1,644,381 | ) | | | (46,256,389 | ) | |
Class B | | | (510,623 | ) | | | (14,558,384 | ) | | | (738,274 | ) | | | (20,723,767 | ) | |
Class C | | | (281,675 | ) | | | (7,749,408 | ) | | | (430,546 | ) | | | (11,791,424 | ) | |
Class K(b) | | | — | | | | — | | | | (11,150 | ) | | | (307,127 | ) | |
Investor Class | | | (4,461,313 | ) | | | (128,532,519 | ) | | | (6,912,773 | ) | | | (196,011,534 | ) | |
| | | (1,699,243 | ) | | $ | (49,740,337 | ) | | | (4,597,184 | ) | | $ | (130,740,967 | ) | |
(a) There is one entity that is a record owner of more than 5% of the outstanding shares of the Fund and it owns 19% of the outstanding shares of the Fund. ADI has an agreement with this entity to sell Fund shares. The Fund, AIM and/or AIM affiliates may make payments to this entity, which is considered to be related to the Fund, for providing services to the Fund, AIM and/or AIM affiliates including but not limited to services such as, securities brokerage, distribution, third party record keeping and account servicing. The Trust has no knowledge as to whether all or any portion of the shares owned of record by this entity are also owned beneficially.
(b) Class K shares activity for the period April 1, 2005 through October 21, 2005 (date of conversion).
(c) Effective as of close of business October 21, 2005, all outstanding Class K shares were converted to Class A shares of the Fund.
NOTE 12—New Accounting Standard
In June 2006, the Financial Accounting Standards Board ("FASB") issued FASB Interpretation No. 48, Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes ("FIN 48"). FIN 48 prescribes a recognition threshold and measurement attribute for the financial statement recognition and measurement for a tax position taken or expected to be taken in a tax return. FIN 48 also provides guidance on derecognition, classification, interest and penalties, accounting in interim periods, disclosure and transition. The provisions for FIN 48 are effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2006. Management is currently assessing the impact of FIN 48, if any, on the Fund's financial statements and currently intends for the Fund to adopt FIN 48 provisions during the fiscal year ending March 31, 2008.
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AIM Financial Services Fund
NOTE 13—Financial Highlights
The following schedule presents financial highlights for a share of the Fund outstanding throughout the periods indicated.
| | Class A | |
| | Year ended March 31, | |
| | 2007 | | 2006 | | 2005 | | 2004 | | 2003(a) | |
Net asset value, beginning of period | | $ | 28.22 | | | $ | 27.16 | | | $ | 30.83 | | | $ | 21.68 | | | $ | 28.22 | | |
Income from investment operations: | |
Net investment income | | | 0.38 | (b) | | | 0.32 | (b) | | | 0.23 | (b) | | | 0.16 | (b) | | | 0.06 | | |
Net gains (losses) on securities (both realized and unrealized) | | | 2.32 | | | | 4.05 | | | | (1.19 | ) | | | 9.10 | | | | (6.37 | ) | |
Total from investment operations | | | 2.70 | | | | 4.37 | | | | (0.96 | ) | | | 9.26 | | | | (6.31 | ) | |
Less distributions: | |
Dividends from net investment income | | | (0.39 | ) | | | (0.39 | ) | | | (0.20 | ) | | | (0.11 | ) | | | (0.20 | ) | |
Distributions from net realized gains | | | (3.23 | ) | | | (2.92 | ) | | | (2.51 | ) | | | — | | | | (0.03 | ) | |
Total distributions | | | (3.62 | ) | | | (3.31 | ) | | | (2.71 | ) | | | (0.11 | ) | | | (0.23 | ) | |
Net asset value, end of period | | $ | 27.30 | | | $ | 28.22 | | | $ | 27.16 | | | $ | 30.83 | | | $ | 21.68 | | |
Total return(c) | | | 9.24 | % | | | 16.36 | % | | | (3.57 | )% | | | 42.78 | % | | | (22.36 | )% | |
Ratios/supplemental data: | |
Net assets, end of period (000s omitted) | | $ | 69,846 | | | $ | 71,297 | | | $ | 81,761 | | | $ | 111,766 | | | $ | 5,311 | | |
Ratio of expenses to average net assets: | |
With fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements | | | 1.28 | %(d) | | | 1.32 | % | | | 1.38 | % | | | 1.41 | % | | | 1.38 | % | |
Without fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements | | | 1.28 | %(d) | | | 1.32 | % | | | 1.39 | % | | | 1.66 | % | | | 1.51 | % | |
Ratio of net investment income to average net assets | | | 1.33 | %(d) | | | 1.12 | % | | | 0.79 | % | | | 0.55 | % | | | 0.49 | % | |
Portfolio turnover rate | | | 5 | % | | | 3 | % | | | 53 | % | | | 57 | % | | | 60 | % | |
(a) Class commenced sales on March 28, 2002.
(b) Calculated using average shares outstanding.
(c) Includes adjustments in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America and as such, the net asset value for financial reporting purposes and the returns based upon those net asset values may differ from the net asset value and returns for shareholder transactions. Does not include sales charges.
(d) Ratios are based on average daily net assets of $71,292,203.
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AIM Financial Services Fund
NOTE 13—Financial Highlights—(continued)
| | Class B | |
| | Year ended March 31, | |
| | 2007 | | 2006 | | 2005 | | 2004 | | 2003(a) | |
Net asset value, beginning of period | | $ | 28.15 | | | $ | 27.10 | | | $ | 30.82 | | | $ | 21.74 | | | $ | 28.22 | | |
Income from investment operations: | |
Net investment income (loss) | | | 0.16 | (b) | | | 0.11 | (b) | | | 0.04 | (b) | | | (0.03 | )(b) | | | (0.03 | ) | |
Net gains (losses) on securities (both realized and unrealized) | | | 2.30 | | | | 4.03 | | | | (1.19 | ) | | | 9.11 | | | | (6.30 | ) | |
Total from investment operations | | | 2.46 | | | | 4.14 | | | | (1.15 | ) | | | 9.08 | | | | (6.33 | ) | |
Less distributions: | |
Dividends from net investment income | | | (0.16 | ) | | | (0.17 | ) | | | (0.06 | ) | | | (0.00 | ) | | | (0.11 | ) | |
Distributions from net realized gains | | | (3.23 | ) | | | (2.92 | ) | | | (2.51 | ) | | | — | | | | (0.04 | ) | |
Total distributions | | | (3.39 | ) | | | (3.09 | ) | | | (2.57 | ) | | | (0.00 | ) | | | (0.15 | ) | |
Net asset value, end of period | | $ | 27.22 | | | $ | 28.15 | | | $ | 27.10 | | | $ | 30.82 | | | $ | 21.74 | | |
Total return(c) | | | 8.41 | % | | | 15.51 | % | | | (4.19 | )% | | | 41.78 | % | | | (22.48 | )% | |
Ratios/supplemental data: | |
Net assets, end of period (000s omitted) | | $ | 43,639 | | | $ | 52,773 | | | $ | 65,390 | | | $ | 92,137 | | | $ | 990 | | |
Ratio of expenses to average net assets: | |
With fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements | | | 2.03 | %(d) | | | 2.04 | % | | | 2.03 | % | | | 2.06 | % | | | 2.09 | % | |
Without fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements | | | 2.03 | %(d) | | | 2.04 | % | | | 2.04 | % | | | 2.34 | % | | | 2.40 | % | |
Ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets | | | 0.58 | %(d) | | | 0.40 | % | | | 0.14 | % | | | (0.10 | )% | | | (0.20 | )% | |
Portfolio turnover rate | | | 5 | % | | | 3 | % | | | 53 | % | | | 57 | % | | | 60 | % | |
(a) Class commenced sales on March 28, 2002.
(b) Calculated using average shares outstanding.
(c) Includes adjustments in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America and as such, the net asset value for financial reporting purposes and the returns based upon those net asset values may differ from the net asset value and returns for shareholder transactions. Does not include sales charges.
(d) Ratios are based on average daily net assets of $48,752,044.
| | Class C | |
| | Year ended March 31, | |
| | 2007 | | 2006 | | 2005 | | 2004 | | 2003 | |
Net asset value, beginning of period | | $ | 27.47 | | | $ | 26.51 | | | $ | 30.20 | | | $ | 21.38 | | | $ | 27.89 | | |
Income from investment operations: | |
Net investment income (loss) | | | 0.16 | (a) | | | 0.11 | (a) | | | 0.04 | (a) | | | (0.12 | )(a) | | | (0.25 | ) | |
Net gains (losses) on securities (both realized and unrealized) | | | 2.24 | | | | 3.94 | | | | (1.16 | ) | | | 8.94 | | | | (6.22 | ) | |
Total from investment operations | | | 2.40 | | | | 4.05 | | | | (1.12 | ) | | | 8.82 | | | | (6.47 | ) | |
Less distributions: | |
Dividends from net investment income | | | (0.16 | ) | | | (0.17 | ) | | | (0.06 | ) | | | (0.00 | ) | | | — | | |
Distributions from net realized gains | | | (3.23 | ) | | | (2.92 | ) | | | (2.51 | ) | | | — | | | | (0.04 | ) | |
Total distributions | | | (3.39 | ) | | | (3.09 | ) | | | (2.57 | ) | | | (0.00 | ) | | | (0.04 | ) | |
Net asset value, end of period | | $ | 26.48 | | | $ | 27.47 | | | $ | 26.51 | | | $ | 30.20 | | | $ | 21.38 | | |
Total return(b) | | | 8.39 | % | | | 15.51 | % | | | (4.18 | )% | | | 41.27 | % | | | (23.22 | )% | |
Ratios/supplemental data: | |
Net assets, end of period (000s omitted) | | $ | 15,727 | | | $ | 18,872 | | | $ | 23,932 | | | $ | 38,696 | | | $ | 10,026 | | |
Ratio of expenses to average net assets | | | 2.03 | %(c) | | | 2.04 | % | | | 2.03 | %(d) | | | 2.38 | % | | | 2.45 | % | |
Ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets | | | 0.58 | %(c) | | | 0.40 | % | | | 0.14 | % | | | (0.42 | )% | | | (0.68 | )% | |
Portfolio turnover rate | | | 5 | % | | | 3 | % | | | 53 | % | | | 57 | % | | | 60 | % | |
(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.
(c) Ratios are based on average daily net assets of $18,006,841.
(d) After fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements. Ratio of expenses to average net assets prior to fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements was 2.04% for the year ended March 31, 2005.
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AIM Financial Services Fund
NOTE 13—Financial Highlights—(continued)
| | Investor Class | |
| | Year ended March 31, | |
| | 2007 | | 2006 | | 2005 | | 2004 | | 2003 | |
Net asset value, beginning of period | | $ | 28.37 | | | $ | 27.30 | | | $ | 30.96 | | | $ | 21.77 | | | $ | 28.22 | | |
Income from investment operations: | |
Net investment income | | | 0.38 | (a) | | | 0.33 | (a) | | | 0.27 | (a) | | | 0.15 | (a) | | | 0.10 | | |
Net gains (losses) on securities (both realized and unrealized) | | | 2.34 | | | | 4.06 | | | | (1.19 | ) | | | 9.14 | | | | (6.42 | ) | |
Total from investment operations | | | 2.72 | | | | 4.39 | | | | (0.92 | ) | | | 9.29 | | | | (6.32 | ) | |
Less distributions: | |
Dividends from net investment income | | | (0.39 | ) | | | (0.40 | ) | | | (0.23 | ) | | | (0.10 | ) | | | (0.10 | ) | |
Distributions from net realized gains | | | (3.23 | ) | | | (2.92 | ) | | | (2.51 | ) | | | — | | | | (0.03 | ) | |
Total distributions | | | (3.62 | ) | | | (3.32 | ) | | | (2.74 | ) | | | (0.10 | ) | | | (0.13 | ) | |
Net asset value, end of period | | $ | 27.47 | | | $ | 28.37 | | | $ | 27.30 | | | $ | 30.96 | | | $ | 21.77 | | |
Total return(b) | | | 9.27 | % | | | 16.36 | % | | | (3.44 | )% | | | 42.73 | % | | | (22.39 | )% | |
Ratios/supplemental data: | |
Net assets, end of period (000s omitted) | | $ | 507,787 | | | $ | 563,294 | | | $ | 632,450 | | | $ | 846,933 | | | $ | 734,440 | | |
Ratio of expenses to average net assets | | | 1.28 | %(c) | | | 1.30 | % | | | 1.28 | %(d) | | | 1.42 | % | | | 1.40 | % | |
Ratio of net investment income to average net assets | | | 1.33 | %(c) | | | 1.14 | % | | | 0.89 | % | | | 0.54 | % | | | 0.38 | % | |
Portfolio turnover rate | | | 5 | % | | | 3 | % | | | 53 | % | | | 57 | % | | | 60 | % | |
(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.
(c) Ratios are based on average daily net assets of $537,517,340.
(d) After fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements. Ratio of expenses to average net assets prior to fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements was 1.29% for the year ended March 31, 2005.
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AIM Financial Services Fund
NOTE 14—Legal Proceedings
Terms used in the Legal Proceedings Note are defined terms solely for the purpose of this note.
Settled Enforcement Actions and Investigations Related to Market Timing
On October 8, 2004, INVESCO Funds Group, Inc. ("IFG") (the former investment advisor to certain AIM Funds), AIM and A I M Distributors, Inc. ("ADI") (the distributor of the retail AIM Funds) reached final settlements with certain regulators, including the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC"), the New York Attorney General and the Colorado Attorney General, to resolve civil enforcement actions and/or investigations related to market timing and related activity in the AIM Funds, including those formerly advised by IFG. As part of the settlements, a $325 million fair fund ($110 million of which is civil penalties) has been created to compensate shareholders harmed by market timing and related activity in funds formerly advised by IFG. Additionally, AIM and ADI created a $50 million fair fund ($30 million of which is civil penalties) to compensate shareholders harmed by market timing and related activity in funds advised by AI M, which was done pursuant to the terms of the settlement. These two fair funds may increase as a result of contributions from third parties who reach final settlements with the SEC or other regulators to resolve allegations of market timing and/or late trading that also may have harmed applicable AIM Funds. These two fair funds will be distributed in accordance with a methodology to be determined by AIM's independent distribution consultant, in consultation with AIM and the independent trustees of the AIM Funds and acceptable to the staff of the SEC. Management of AIM and the Fund are unable to estimate the impact, if any, that the distribution of these two fair funds may have on the Fund or whether such distribution will have an impact on the Fund's financial statements in the future.
At the request of the trustees of the AIM Funds, AMVESCAP PLC ("AMVESCAP"), the parent company of IFG and AIM, has agreed to reimburse expenses incurred by the AIM Funds related to market timing matters.
Pending Litigation and Regulatory Inquiries
On August 30, 2005, the West Virginia Office of the State Auditor—Securities Commission ("WVASC") issued a Summary Order to Cease and Desist and Notice of Right to Hearing to AIM and ADI (Order No. 05-1318). The WVASC makes findings of fact that AIM and ADI entered into certain arrangements permitting market timing of the AIM Funds and failed to disclose these arrangements in the prospectuses for such Funds, and conclusions of law to the effect that AIM and ADI violated the West Virginia securities laws. The WVASC orders AIM and ADI to cease any further violations and seeks to impose monetary sanctions, including restitution to affected investors, disgorgement of fees, reimbursement of investigatory, administrative and legal costs and an "administrative assessment," to be determined by the Commissioner. Initial research indicates that these damages could be limited or capped by statute. By agreement with the Commissioner of Securities, AIM's time to respond to that Order has been indefinitely suspended.
Civil lawsuits, including purported class action and shareholder derivative suits, have been filed against certain of the AIM Funds, IFG, AIM, ADI and/or related entities and individuals, depending on the lawsuit, alleging:
• that the defendants permitted improper market timing and related activity in the AIM Funds;
• that certain AIM Funds inadequately employed fair value pricing; and
• that the defendants improperly used the assets of the AIM Funds to pay brokers to aggressively promote the sale of the AIM Funds over other mutual funds and that the defendants concealed such payments from investors by disguising them as brokerage commissions.
These lawsuits allege as theories of recovery, depending on the lawsuit, violations of various provisions of the Federal and state securities laws and ERISA, negligence, breach of fiduciary duty and/or breach of contract. These lawsuits seek remedies that include, depending on the lawsuit, damages, restitution, injunctive relief, imposition of a constructive trust, removal of certain directors and/or employees, various corrective measures under ERISA, rescission of certain AIM Funds' advisory agreements and/or distribution plans and recovery of all fees paid, an accounting of all fund-related fees, commissions and soft dollar payments, restitution of all commissions and fees paid, and prospective relief in the form of reduced fees.
All lawsuits based on allegations of market timing, late trading and related issues have been transferred to the United States District Court for the District of Maryland (the "MDL Court"). Pursuant to an Order of the MDL Court, plaintiffs in these lawsuits consolidated their claims for pre-trial purposes into three amended complaints against various AIM- and IFG-related parties: (i) a Consolidated Amended Class Action Complaint purportedly brought on behalf of shareholders of the AIM Funds; (ii) a Consolidated Amended Fund Derivative Complaint purportedly brought on behalf of the AIM Funds and fund registrants; and (iii) an Amended Class Action Complaint for Violations of the Employee Retirement Income Securities Act ("ERISA") purportedly brought on behalf of participants in AMVESCAP's 401(k) plan. Based on orders issued by the MDL Court, all claims asserted against the AIM Funds that have been transferred to the MDL Court have been dismissed, although certain Funds remain nominal defendants in the Consolidated Amended Fund Derivative Complaint. On September 15, 2006, the MDL Court granted the AMVESCAP defendants' motion to dismiss the Amended Class Action Complaint for Violations of ERISA and dismissed such Complaint. The plaintiff has commenced an appeal from that decision.
IFG, AIM, ADI and/or related entities and individuals have received inquiries from numerous regulators in the form of subpoenas or other oral or written requests for information and/or documents related to one or more of the following issues, among others, some of which concern one or more AIM Funds: market timing activity, late trading, fair value pricing, excessive or improper advisory and/or distribution fees, mutual fund sales practices, including revenue sharing and directed-brokerage arrangements, investments in securities of other registered investment companies, contractual plans, issues related to Section 529 college savings plans and procedures for locating lost security holders. IFG, AIM and ADI have advised the Fund that they are providing full cooperation with respect to these inquiries. Regulatory actions and/or additional civil lawsuits related to these or other issues may be filed against the AIM Funds, IFG, AIM and/or related entities and individuals in the future.
At the present time, management of AIM and the Fund are unable to estimate the impact, if any, that the outcome of the Pending Litigation and Regulatory Inquiries described above may have on AIM, ADI or the Fund.
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AIM Financial Services Fund
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
To the Board of Trustees of AIM Sector Funds
and Shareholders of AIM Financial Services 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 AIM Financial Services Fund (one of the funds constituting AIM Sector Funds, hereafter referred to as the "Fund") at March 31, 2007, the results of its operations for the year then ended, the changes in its net assets for each of the two years in the period then ended and the financial highlights for each of the five years in the period then ended, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. These financial statements and financial highlights (hereafter referred to as "financial statements") are the responsibility of the Fund's management; our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statemen ts 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 March 31, 2007 by correspondence with the custodian, provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLP
May 18, 2007
Houston, Texas
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Tax Information
Form 1099-DIV, Form 1042-S and other year–end tax information provide shareholders with actual calendar year amounts that should be included in their tax returns. Shareholders should consult their tax advisors.
The following distribution information is being provided as required by the Internal Revenue Code or to meet a specific state's requirement.
The Fund designates the following amounts or, if subsequently determined to be different, the maximum amount allowable for its fiscal year ended March 31, 2007
Federal and State Income Tax
Long-Term Capital Gain Dividends | | $ | 70,997,032 | | |
Qualified Dividend Income* | | | 100 | % | |
Corporate Dividends Received Deduction* | | | 100 | % | |
* The above percentages are based on ordinary income dividends paid to shareholders during the Fund's fiscal year.
Non-Resident Alien Shareholders
Qualified Short-Term Gains | | $ | 209,627 | | |
Qualified Interest Income** | | | 4.95 | % | |
** The above percentage is based on income dividends paid to shareholders during the Fund's fiscal year.
Additional Non-Resident Alien Shareholder Information
The percentages of qualifying assets not subject to the U.S. estate tax for the fiscal quarters ended June 30, 2006, September 30, 2006, December 31, 2006 and March 31, 2007 were 6.35%, 5.89%, 7.31%, and 5.43%, respectively.
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AIM Financial Services Fund
Trustees and Officers
The address of each trustee and officer of AIM Sector Funds (the "Trust"), is 11 Greenway Plaza, Suite 100, Houston, Texas 77046. Each trustee oversees 105 portfolios in the AIM Funds complex. The trustees serve for the life of the Trust, subject to their earlier death, incapacitation, resignation, retirement or removal as more specifically provided in the Trust's organizational documents. Column two below includes length of time served with predecessor entities, if any.
Name, Year of Birth and Position(s) Held with the Trust | | Trustee and/or Officer Since | | Principal Occupation(s) During Past 5 Years | | Other Trusteeship(s)/ Directorship(s) Held by Trustee/Director | |
Interested Persons | | | | | | | | | |
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Martin L. Flanagan1 — 1960 Trustee | | | 2007 | | | Director, Chief Executive Officer and President, AMVESCAP PLC (parent of AIM and a global investment management firm); Chairman, A I M Advisors, Inc. (registered investment advisor); and Director, Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President, AVZ Inc. (holding company); INVESCO North American Holdings, Inc. (holding company); Chairman and President, AMVESCAP Group Services, Inc. (service provider); Trustee, The AIM Family of Funds®; Chairman, Investment Company Institute; and Member of Executive Board, SMU Cox School of Business Formerly: President, Co-Chief Executive Officer, Co-President, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer, Franklin Resources, Inc. (global investment management organization) | | None | |
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Robert H. Graham2 — 1946 Trustee and Vice Chair | | | 2003 | | | Trustee and Vice Chair of The AIM Family of Funds®. Formerly: President and Chief Executive Officer, A I M Management Group Inc.; Director, Chairman and President, A I M Advisors, Inc. (registered investment advisor); Director and Chairman, A I M Capital Management, Inc. (registered investment advisor), A I M Distributors, Inc. (registered broker dealer), AIM Investment Services, Inc. (registered transfer agent), and Fund Management Company (registered broker dealer); and Chief Executive Officer, AMVESCAP PLC — Managed Products; and President and Principal Executive Officer of The AIM Family of Funds®; Director and Chairman, A I M Management Group Inc. (financial services holding company); Director and Vice Chairman, AMVESCAP PLC; and Chairman, AMVESCAP PLC — AIM Division. | | None | |
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Philip A. Taylor3 — 1954 Trustee, President and Principal Executive Officer | | | 2006 | | | Director, Chief Executive Officer and President, A I M Management Group Inc., AIM Mutual Fund Dealer Inc. (registered broker dealer), A I M Advisors, Inc., AIM Funds Management Inc. d/b/a AMVESCAP Enterprise Services (registered investment advisor and registered transfer agent) and 1371 Preferred Inc. (holding company); Director, Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President, A I M Capital Management, Inc.; Director and President, A I M Advisors, Inc., INVESCO Funds Group, Inc. (registered investment advisor and registered transfer agent) and AIM GP Canada Inc. (general partner for limited partnership); Director, A I M Distributors, Inc.; Director and Chairman, AIM Investment Services, Inc., Fund Management Company and INVESCO Distributors, Inc. (registered broker dealer); Director, President and Chairman, AVZ Callco Inc. (holding company), AMVESCAP Inc. (holding company) and AIM Canada Holdings Inc. (holding company); Director and Chief Exec utive Officer, AIM Trimark Corporate Class Inc. (formerly AIM Trimark Global Fund Inc.) (corporate mutual fund company) and AIM Trimark Canada Fund Inc. (corporate mutual fund company); Trustee, President and Principal Executive Officer, The AIM Family of Funds® (other than AIM Treasurer's Series Trust, Short-Term Investments Trust and Tax-Free Investments Trust); Trustee and Executive Vice President, The AIM Family of Funds® (AIM Treasurer's Series Trust, Short-Term Investments Trust and Tax-Free Investments Trust only); and Manager, Powershares Capital Management LLC Formerly: President and Principal Executive Officer, The AIM Family of Funds® (AIM Treasurer's Series Trust, Short-Term Investments Trust and Tax-Free Investments Trust only); Chairman, AIM Canada Holdings, Inc.; President, AIM Trimark Global Fund Inc. and AIM Trimark Canada Fund Inc.; and Director, Trimark Trust (federally regulated Canadian trust company) | | None | |
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Independent Trustees | | | | | | | | | |
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Bruce L. Crockett — 1944 Trustee and Chair | | | 2003 | | | Chairman, Crockett Technology Associates (technology consulting company) | | ACE Limited (insurance company); and Captaris, Inc. (unified messaging provider) | |
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Bob R. Baker — 1936 Trustee | | | 1983 | | | Retired | | None | |
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Frank S. Bayley — 1939 Trustee | | | 2003 | | | Retired Formerly: Partner, law firm of Baker & McKenzie | | Badgley Funds, Inc. (registered investment company (2 portfolios)) | |
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James T. Bunch — 1942 Trustee | | | 2000 | | | Founder, Green, Manning & Bunch Ltd., (investment banking firm); and Director, Policy Studies, Inc. and Van Gilder Insurance Corporation | | None | |
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Albert R. Dowden — 1941 Trustee | | | 2003 | | | Director of a number of public and private business corporations, including the Boss Group Ltd. (private investment and management); Reich & Tang Funds (Chairman) (registered investment company (7 portfolios)); Annuity and Life Re (Holdings), Ltd. (insurance company); CompuDyne Corporation (provider of products and services to the public security market); and Homeowners of America Holding Corporation Formerly: Director, President and Chief Executive Officer, Volvo Group North America, Inc.; Senior Vice President, AB Volvo; and Director of various affiliated Volvo companies; and Director, Magellan Insurance Company | | None | |
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Jack M. Fields — 1952 Trustee | | | 2003 | | | Chief Executive Officer, Twenty First Century Group, Inc. (government affairs company); and Owner, Dos Angelos Ranch, L.P. Formerly: Chief Executive Officer, Texana Timber LP (sustainable forestry company) | | Administaff, and Discovery Global Education Fund (non-profit) | |
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Carl Frischling —1937 Trustee | | | 2003 | | | Partner, law firm of Kramer Levin Naftalis and Frankel LLP | | Director, Reich & Tang Funds (registered investment company (7 portfolios)) | |
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Prema Mathai-Davis —1950 Trustee | | | 2003 | | | Formerly: Chief Executive Officer, YWCA of the USA | | None | |
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Lewis F. Pennock — 1942 Trustee | | | 2003 | | | Partner, law firm of Pennock & Cooper | | None | |
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Ruth H. Quigley — 1935 Trustee | | | 2003 | | | Retired | | None | |
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Larry Soll — 1942 Trustee | | | 1997 | | | Retired | | None | |
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Raymond Stickel, Jr. —1944 Trustee | | | 2005 | | | Retired Formerly: Partner, Deloitte & Touche | | Director, Mainstay VP Series Funds, Inc. (21 portfolios) | |
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1 Mr. Flanagan was appointed as Trustee of the Trust on February 24, 2007. Mr. Flanagan is considered an interested person of the Trust because he is an officer of the advisor to the Trust, and an officer and a director of AMVESCAP PLC, parent of the advisor to the Trust.
2 Mr. Graham is considered an interested person of the Trust because of his previous positions with AMVESCAP PLC, parent of the advisor to the Trust.
3 Mr. Taylor is considered an interested person of the Trust because he is an officer and a director of the advisor to, and a director of the principal underwriter of, the Trust.
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Trustees and Officers–(continued)
Name, Year of Birth and Position(s) Held with the Trust | | Trustee and/or Officer Since | | Principal Occupation(s) During Past 5 Years | | Other Trusteeship(s)/ Directorship(s) Held by Trustee/Director | |
Other Officers | | | | | | | | | |
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Russell C. Burk — 1958 Senior Vice President and Senior Officer | | | 2005 | | | Senior Vice President and Senior Officer of The AIM Family of Funds®. Formerly: Director of Compliance and Assistant General Counsel, ICON Advisers, Inc.; Financial Consultant, Merrill Lynch; General Counsel and Director of Compliance, ALPS Mutual Funds, Inc. | | N/A | |
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John M. Zerr — 1962 Senior Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Secretary | | | 2006 | | | Director, Senior Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel, A I M Management Group Inc., A I M Advisors, Inc. and A I M Capital Management, Inc.; Director, Vice President and Secretary, INVESCO Distributors, Inc.; Vice President and Secretary, AIM Investment Services, Inc., and Fund Management Company; Senior Vice President and Secretary, A I M Distributors, Inc.; Director, INVESCO Funds Group, Inc.; and Senior Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Secretary of The AIM Family of Funds® Formerly: Vice President, A I M Capital Management, Inc.; Chief Operating Officer, Senior Vice President, General Counsel, and Secretary, Liberty Ridge Capital, Inc. (an investment adviser); Vice President and Secretary, PBHG Funds (an investment company); Vice President and Secretary, PBHG Insurance Series Fund (an investment company); General Counsel and Secretary, P ilgrim Baxter Value Investors (an investment adviser); Chief Operating Officer, General Counsel and Secretary, Old Mutual Investment Partners (a broker dealer), General Counsel and Secretary, Old Mutual Fund Services (an adminstrator); General Counsel and Secretary, 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 | |
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Lisa O. Brinkley — 1959 Vice President | | | 2004 | | | Global Compliance Director, AMVESCAP PLC; and Vice President of The AIM Family of Funds®. Formerly: Senior Vice President, A I M Management Group Inc. (financial services holding company); Senior Vice President and Chief Compliance Officer, A I M Advisors, Inc. and The AIM Family of Funds®; Vice President and Chief Compliance Officer, A I M Capital Management, Inc. and A I M Distributors, Inc.; Vice President, AIM Investment Services, Inc. and Fund Management Company; Senior Vice President and Chief Compliance Officer of The AIM Family of Funds® and Senior Vice President and Compliance Director, Delaware Investments Family of Funds | | N/A | |
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Kevin M. Carome — 1956 Vice President | | | 2003 | | | Senior Vice President and General Counsel, AMVESCAP PLC; Director, INVESCO Funds Group, Inc.; and Vice President of The AIM Family of Funds® Formerly: Director, General Counsel, and Vice President Fund Management Company; Director, Senior Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel, A I M Management Group Inc. (financial services holding company) and A I M Advisors, Inc.; Director and Vice President, INVESCO Distributors, Inc.; Senior Vice President, A I M Distributors, Inc.; Vice President, A I M Capital Management, Inc. and AIM Investment Services, Inc.; Senior Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Secretary of The AIM Family of Funds®; Chief Executive Officer and President, INVESCO Funds Group, Inc.; and Senior Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and General Counsel, Liberty Financial Companies, Inc. and Liberty Funds Group, LLC | | N/A | |
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Sidney M. Dilgren — 1961 Vice President, Principal Financial Officer and Treasurer | | | 2004 | | | Vice President and Fund Treasurer, A I M Advisors, Inc.; and Vice President, Treasurer and Principal Officer of The AIM Family of Funds® Formerly: Senior Vice President, AIM Investment Services, Inc.; and Vice President, A I M Distributors, Inc. | | N/A | |
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Karen Dunn Kelley — 1960 Vice President | | | 2003 | | | Director of Cash Management and Senior Vice President, A I M Advisors, Inc. and A I M Capital Management, Inc.; Director and President, Fund Management Company; President and Principal Executive Officer, The AIM Family of Funds® (AIM Treasurer's Series Trust, Short-Term Investments Trust and Tax-Free Investments Trust only); and Vice President, The AIM Family of Funds® (other than AIM Treasurer's Series Trust, Short-Term Investments Trust and Tax-Free Investments Trust) Formerly: Chief Cash Management Officer and Managing Director, A I M Capital Management, Inc.; Vice President, A I M Advisors, Inc. and The AIM Family of Funds® (AIM Treasurer's Series Trust, Short-Term Investments Trust and Tax-Free Investments Trust only) | | N/A | |
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Patrick J.P. Farmer — 1962 Vice President | | | 2007 | | | Head of North American Retail Investments, Director, Chief Investment Officer and Executive Vice President, AIM Funds Management Inc. d/b/a AIM Trimark Investments; Senior Vice President and Head of Equity Investments, A I M Advisors, Inc. and A I M Capital Management, Inc.; and Vice President, The AIM Family of Funds® Formerly: Director, Trimark Trust | | N/A | |
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Stephen M. Johnson — 1961 Vice President | | | 2007 | | | Chief Investment Officer of INVESCO Fixed Income and Vice President, INVESCO Institutional (N.A.), Inc.; Senior Vice President and Fixed Income Chief Investment Officer, A I M Advisors, Inc. and A I M Capital Management, Inc.; and Vice President, The AIM Family of Funds® | | N/A | |
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Lance A. Rejsek — 1967 Anti-Money Laundering Compliance Officer | | | 2005 | | | Anti-Money Laundering Compliance Officer, A I M Advisors, Inc., A I M Capital Management, Inc., A I M Distributors, Inc., AIM Investment Services, Inc., AIM Private Asset Management, Inc., Fund Management Company and The AIM Family of Funds® Formerly: Manager of the Fraud Prevention Department, AIM Investment Services, Inc. | | N/A | |
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Todd L. Spillane — 1958 Chief Compliance Officer | | | 2006 | | | Senior Vice President, A I M Management Group Inc.; Senior Vice President and Chief Compliance Officer, A I M Advisors, Inc.; Chief Compliance Officer of The AIM Family of Funds®; Vice President and Chief Compliance Officer, A I M Capital Management, Inc.; and Vice President, A I M Distributors, Inc., AIM Investment Services, Inc. and Fund Management Company Formerly: Global Head of Product Development, AIG-Global Investment Group, Inc.; Chief Compliance Officer and Deputy General Counsel, AIG-SunAmerica Asset Management; and Chief Compliance Officer, Chief Operating Officer and Deputy General Counsel, American General Investment Management | | N/A | |
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The Statement of Additional Information of the Trust includes additional information about the Fund's Trustees and is available upon request, without charge, by calling 1.800.959.4246.
Office of the Fund
11 Greenway Plaza
Suite 100
Houston, TX 77046-1173
Counsel to the Fund
Ballard Spahr
Andrews & Ingersoll, LLP
1735 Market Street, 51st Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19103-7599
Investment Advisor
A I M Advisors, Inc.
11 Greenway Plaza
Suite 100
Houston, TX 77046-1173
Counsel to the
Independent Trustees
Kramer, Levin, Naftalis &
Frankel LLP
1177 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10036-2714
Distributor
A I M Distributors, Inc.
11 Greenway Plaza
Suite 100
Houston, TX 77046-1173
Transfer Agent
AIM Investment Services, Inc.
P.O. Box 4739
Houston, TX 77210-4739
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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· Unless otherwise stated, information presented in this report is as of March 31, 2007, and is based on total net assets.
· Unless otherwise noted, all data in this report are from A I M Management Group Inc.
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· Prices of equity securities change in response to many factors including the historical and prospective earnings of the issuer, the value of its assets, general economic conditions, interest rates, investor perceptions and market liquidity.
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· Fluctuations in the price of gold and precious metals often dramatically affect the profitability of the companies in the gold and precious metals sector.
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Philip Taylor
Dear Shareholders of The AIM Family of Funds —registered trademark—:
I’m pleased to provide you with this report, which includes a discussion of how your Fund was managed during the period under review, and what factors affected its performance. The following pages contain important information that answers questions you may have about your investment.
Most major stock market indexes, in the U.S. and overseas, performed well for the 12 months ended March 31, 2007, as did major fixed-income indexes.(1) Reasons for their positive performance included continued economic expansion and a cessation of interest rate increases by the U.S. Federal Reserve Board, among other factors.(2)
As the period covered by this report drew to a close, however, stock market volatility returned. In late February, Asian markets sold off, triggering a global decline. Additional volatility followed in March, partly due to uncertainty about the health of the U.S. housing market and rising concern about the ability of sub-prime borrowers to repay their mortgages. By mid-April, after the close of the period covered by this report, U.S. and foreign markets had largely resumed their upward trend, helped by good economic growth and a rash of corporate buyouts.
At AIM Investments —registered trademark—, we know that market conditions change—often suddenly and sometimes dramatically. We can help you deal with market volatility by offering a broad range of mutual funds, including:
· Domestic, global and international equity funds
· Taxable and tax-exempt fixed-income funds
· Allocation portfolios, with risk/return characteristics to match your needs
· AIM Independence Funds—target-maturity funds that combine retail mutual funds and PowerShares —registered trademark— exchange-traded funds—with risk/return characteristics that change as your target retirement date nears
We believe in the value of working with a trusted financial advisor. Your financial advisor can recommend various AIM funds that, together, can create a portfolio that’s appropriate for your investment goals, time horizon and risk tolerance. Market volatility can be disconcerting—but your financial advisor can help you keep on track with your investment program, making periodic adjustments as market conditions and your changing investment goals warrant.
In conclusion
Our highly trained, courteous client service representatives are eager to answer your questions, provide you with product information or assist you with account transactions. I encourage you to give us an opportunity to serve you by calling us at 800-959-4246.
Of course, you can access your account information, review your Fund’s performance, learn more about your Fund’s investment strategies and obtain general investing information when it’s convenient for you by visiting our Web site, AIMinvestments.com.
All of us at AIM are committed to helping you achieve your financial goals. We work every day to earn your trust, and we’re grateful for the confidence you’ve placed in us.
Sincerely,
/s/ Philip Taylor | |
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Philip Taylor |
President – AIM Funds |
CEO, AIM Investments |
May 17, 2007
AIM Investments is a registered service mark of A I M Management Group Inc. A I M Advisors, Inc. and A I M Capital Management, Inc. are the investment advisors. A I M Distributors, Inc. is the distributor for the retail mutual funds represented by AIM Investments and the PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust.
Sources: (1)Lipper Inc.; (2)U.S. Federal Reserve Board
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AIM Gold & Precious Metals Fund
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Bruce L. Crockett
Dear Fellow AIM Fund Shareholders:
Your AIM Funds Board started 2007 committed to continue working with management at A I M Advisors, Inc. (AIM) with the goal of improving performance and lowering shareholder expenses for the AIM Funds.
The progress made to date is encouraging. Following the general trends of global equity markets and the U.S. stock market, the asset-weighted absolute performance for all the money market, equity and fixed-income AIM Funds improved for the one-year period ended December 31, 2006, as compared to the one-year period ended December 31, 2005, and the one-year period ended December 31, 2004.(1)p
In November, your Board approved, subject to shareholder vote, four more AIM Fund consolidations. As always, these decisions were made to benefit existing shareholders and were driven by a desire to improve the merged funds’ performance, attract new assets and reduce costs. The asset class subcommittees of your Board’s Investments Committee are meeting frequently with portfolio managers to identify how performance might be further improved.
On the expense side, both AMVESCAP, the parent company of AIM, and AIM continue to take advantage of opportunities for operational consolidation, outsourcing and new technologies to improve cost efficiencies for your benefit. Your Board, for example, takes advantage of effective software solutions that enable us to save money through electronic information sharing. Additional cost-saving steps are under way. I’ll report more on these steps once they’re completed.
Another major Board initiative for early 2007 is the revision of the AIM Funds’ proxy voting guidelines, a project begun by a special Board task force late last year. We expect to have new procedures in place for the 2007 spring proxy season that will improve the ability of the AIM Funds to cast votes that are in the best interests of all fund shareholders.
While your Board recognizes that additional work lies ahead, we are gratified that some key external sources have
recognized changes at AIM and the AIM Funds in the past two years. An article in the November 21, 2006, issue of Morningstar Report (Morningstar, Inc. is a leading provider of independent mutual fund investment research) included a review of AIM’s progress, highlighting lower expenses, stronger investment teams and an improved sales culture, as well as areas for continued improvement. I’m looking forward to a return visit to Morningstar this year to review AIM Funds’ performance and governance ratings.
Your Board thanks Mark Williamson, former President and CEO of AIM Investments, who retired from your Board in 2006. He has been succeeded on your Board by Phil Taylor, President of AIM Funds. We extend a warm welcome to Phil.
I’d like to hear from you. Please write to me at AIM Investments, AIM Investments Tower, 11 Greenway Plaza, Suite 100, Houston TX 77046. Let me know your thoughts on how your Board is doing and how we might serve you better.
Sincerely,
/s/ Bruce L. Crockett | |
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Bruce L. Crockett |
Independent Chair |
AIM Funds Board |
May 17, 2007
Sources: pA I M Management Group Inc. and Lipper Inc.
(1)Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Please visit AIMinvestments.com for the most recent month-end performance for all AIM funds.
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AIM Gold & Precious Metals Fund
Management’s discussion of Fund performance
Performance Summary
The price of gold and gold stocks fluctuated, as concerns about the economy, inflation and political tensions in the Middle East fluctuated during the fiscal year ended March 31, 2007. The Fund’s focus on gold stocks caused it to underperform the market in general, as represented by the S&P 500 Index, for the year.(1) However, the Fund did outperform its style-specific index, the Philadelphia Gold & Silver Index, as this benchmark is more heavily concentrated in a few gold stocks, which detracted from its performance.(2)
Your Fund’s long-term performance appears on pages 8 and 9.
Fund vs. Indexes
Total returns, 3/31/06–3/31/07, excluding applicable sales charges. If sales charges were included, returns would be lower.
Class A Shares | 10.24 | % | |
Class B Shares | 9.45 | | |
Class C Shares | 9.59 | | |
Investor Class Shares | 10.36 | | |
S&P 500 Index(1) (Broad Market Index) | 11.82 | | |
Philadelphia Gold & Silver Index(2) (Style-Specific Index) | –3.26 | | |
Lipper Gold Funds Index(1) (Peer Group Index) | 13.15 | | |
Source: (1)Lipper Inc.; (2)A I M Management Group Inc., Bloomberg L.P.
How we invest
We invest in companies involved in the discovery, mining, processing and exchange of gold and other precious metals. We select stocks based on analysis of individual companies, focusing on companies we believe have the ability to:
· Increase production capacity at a low cost.
· Make major gold discoveries on a global basis.
The portfolio will typically include “core companies,” which are major gold and precious metal firms with proven production reserves, and “emerging companies”—mid- to small-sized exploration companies we believe can make significant precious metal discoveries.
We control risk by diversifying among large and small companies in the industry.
We may sell a stock when we believe any of the following has occurred:
· A better investment option becomes available.
· Valuation becomes too high.
· Corporate management changes the company’s strategic direction to the detriment of shareholders.
· A company is adversely affected by a geopolitical or economic event.
Market conditions and your Fund
During the fiscal year ended March 31, 2007, we began to see a moderation of economic growth. Gross domestic product, a measure of economic growth, declined from an annualized rate of 2.5% in the fourth quarter of 2006 to 1.3% in the first quarter of 2007.(1) Additionally, inflation, as measured by the consumer price index, was at an annualized rate of 2.8% for March 2007.(2) Overall, we believed the economic outlook remained positive although growth has slowed to a more subdued level than what we have seen in the past several years.
Against this backdrop, utilities, telecommunications and materials were the best performing sectors of the S&P 500 Index.(3) Information technology, industrials and health care, however, were the weakest sectors of the broad market.(3)
Uncertainty regarding the direction of the domestic economy, potential inflation and foreign political tensions caused the price of gold and gold stocks to rise and fall during the period. Investors tend to view gold and gold stocks as a “store of value” for their assets during periods of a weakening U.S. dollar, rising inflation and geopolitical uncertainty. The price of gold fluctuated but ultimately ended $80 higher, closing the fiscal year at $664 per ounce.(4)
(continued)
Portfolio Composition
By industry
Gold | | 55.9 | % |
Precious Metals & Minerals | | 18.2 | |
Diversified Metals & Mining | | 14.7 | |
Investment Companies–Exchange Traded Funds | | 5.7 | |
Coal & Consumable Fuel | | 0.5 | |
Money Market Funds Plus Other Assets Less Liabilities | | 5.0 | |
Total Net Assets | | $ | 252.42 million | |
Total Number of Holdings* | | 30 | |
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Top 10 Equity Holdings*
1. | Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold, Inc. | | 8.0 | % |
2. | Goldcorp., Inc. (Canada) | | 7.5 | |
3. | Yamana Gold Inc. (Canada) | | 5.4 | |
4. | Kinross Gold Corp. (Canada) | | 5.2 | |
5. | Agnico-Eagle Mines Ltd. (Canada) | | 4.8 | |
6. | Eldorado Gold Corp. (Canada) | | 4.7 | |
7. | Pan American Silver Corp. (Canada) | | 4.6 | |
8 | Meridian Gold Inc. (Canada) | | 4.6 | |
9. | Barrick Gold Corp. (Canada) | | 4.5 | |
10. | Gold Fields Ltd.-ADR (South Africa) | | 4.4 | |
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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AIM Gold & Precious Metals Fund
Within this market environment, your Fund fared better than the Philadelphia Gold & Silver Index due to stock selection and by avoiding concentration in a small number of stocks. Keep in mind that the Fund’s style-specific benchmark is market-cap weighted and has only 16 holdings.(4) Three of those 16 holdings, Barrick Gold, Newmont Mining and Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold (also Fund holdings), accounted for almost 50% of the index.(4) One of the stocks, Newmont Mining, posted double-digit losses during the fiscal year.(4) In contrast, your Fund had twice the holdings and the top 10 holdings accounted for more than 50% of assets. Relative to the Philadelphia Gold & Silver Index, strong stock selection with an underweight in gold stocks and an over-weight in diversified metals and mining stocks enhanced Fund performance.
Merger and acquisition activity was prevalent in the mining industry. Some of our holdings benefited from these transactions, especially in cases where we owned both the stocks of the acquiring company and the takeover target during the year. Top contributors to Fund performance included Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold, which acquired Phelps Dodge to create the world’s largest publicly traded copper company. We view the transaction as favorable to shareholders from a financial and competitive prospective. Kinross Gold, a Canada-based gold mining firm, also acquired Bema Gold during the year and contributed to Fund performance.
Detractors from performance included Goldcorp and Tahera Diamond. During the year, Goldcorp experienced construction delays at its Los Filos mine in Mexico as a result of landowner groups requesting contract renegotiations. The issue was resolved shortly after the close of the fiscal year, and Goldcorp expected to begin extracting gold from the mine during the second quarter of 2007. In our view, Goldcorp embodied the kind of company we like to hold in the Fund: a well managed mid-cap company with solid discoveries and new production. We continued to own the stock.
Tahera Diamond underperformed due to production problems associated with its only diamond mine, Jericho, and poor exploration results from recent prospecting efforts. Tahera was forced to seek financing as a result of over-spending on exploration and high operation costs. We continued to hold the stock, although it represents a relatively small position in the Fund.
As always, thank you for your continued investment in AIM Gold & Precious Metals Fund.
Sources: (1)Bureau of Economic Analysis; (2)Bureau of Labor Statistics; (3)Lipper Inc.; (4)Bloomberg L.P.
The views and opinions expressed in management’s discussion of Fund performance are those of A I M Advisors, Inc. These views and opinions are subject to change at any time based on factors such as market and economic conditions. These views and opinions may not be relied upon as investment advice or recommendations, or as an offer for a particular security. The information is not a complete analysis of every aspect of any market, country, industry, security or the Fund. Statements of fact are from sources considered reliable, but A I M Advisors, Inc. makes no representation or warranty as to their completeness or accuracy. Although historical performance is no guarantee of future results, these insights may help you understand our investment management philosophy.
See important Fund and index disclosures on the inside front cover.
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John S. Segner
Senior portfolio manager, is lead manager of AIM Gold & Precious Metals Fund. He has more than 20 years of experience in the energy and investment industries. Before joining the Fund’s advisor in 1997, he was a managing director and principal with an investment management company that focused exclusively on publicly-traded energy stocks. Prior to that, he held positions with several energy companies. Mr. Segner holds a B.S. in civil engineering from the University of Alabama and an M.B.A. with a concentration in finance from The University of Texas at Austin.
Assisted by the Energy/Gold/Utilities Team
For a presentation of your Fund’s long-term performance, please see pages 8 and 9.
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AIM Gold & Precious Metals Fund
Calculating your ongoing Fund expenses
Example
As a shareholder of the Fund, you incur two types of costs: (1) transaction costs, which may include sales charges (loads) on purchase payments or contingent deferred sales charges on redemptions, and redemption fees, if any; and (2) ongoing costs, including management fees; distribution and/or service (12b-1) fees; and other Fund expenses. This example is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Fund and to compare these costs with ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds. The example is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period October 1, 2006, through March 31, 2007.
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 Fund’s actual cumulative total returns at net asset value after expenses for the six months ended March 31, 2007, appear in the table “Cumulative Total Returns” on page 9.
The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You may use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in the Fund and other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of the other funds
Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only and do not reflect any transaction costs, such as sales charges (loads) on purchase payments, contingent deferred sales charges on redemptions, and redemption fees, if any. Therefore, the hypothetical information is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. In addition, if these transaction costs were included, your costs would have been higher.
| | | | | | | | HYPOTHETICAL | | | |
| | | | ACTUAL | | (5% annual return before expenses) | | | |
| | Beginning | | Ending | | Expenses | | Ending | | Expenses | | Annualized | |
Share | | Account Value | | Account Value | | Paid During | | Account Value | | Paid During | | Expense | |
Class | | (10/1/06) | | (3/31/07)(1) | | Period(2) | | (3/31/07) | | Period(2) | | Ratio | |
A | | $ | 1,000.00 | | $ | 1,153.30 | | $ | 7.84 | | $ | 1,017.65 | | $ | 7.34 | | 1.46 | % |
B | | 1,000.00 | | 1,150.00 | | 11.85 | | 1,013.91 | | 11.10 | | 2.21 | |
C | | 1,000.00 | | 1,150.10 | | 11.85 | | 1,013.91 | | 11.10 | | 2.21 | |
Investor | | 1,000.00 | | 1,154.20 | | 7.84 | | 1,017.65 | | 7.34 | | 1.46 | |
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(1) The actual ending account value is based on the actual total return of the Fund for the period October 1, 2006, through March 31, 2007, 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. The Fund’s actual cumulative total returns at net asset value after expenses for the six months ended March 31, 2007, appear in the table “Cumulative Total Returns” on page 9.
(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 182/365 to reflect the most recent fiscal half year.
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AIM Gold & Precious Metals Fund
Your Fund’s long-term performance
Past performance cannot guarantee comparable future results.
The data shown in the chart include reinvested distributions, Fund expenses and management fees. Index results include reinvested dividends. Performance of an index of funds reflects fund expenses and management fees; performance of a market index does not. Performance shown in the chart and table(s) does not reflect deduction of taxes a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or sale of Fund shares. Performance of the indexes does not reflect the effects of taxes.
This chart, which is a logarithmic chart, presents the fluctuations in the value of the Fund and its indexes. We believe that a logarithmic chart is more effective than other types of charts in illustrating changes in value during the early years shown in the chart. The vertical axis, the one that indicates the dollar value of an investment, is constructed with each segment representing a percent change in the value of the investment. In this chart, each segment represents a doubling, or 100% change, in the value of the investment. In other words, the space between $2,000 and $4,000 is the same size as the space between $4,000 and $8,000 and so on.
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[MOUNTAIN CHART]
Results of a $10,000 Investment
Fund data from 1/19/84, Index data from 1/31/84
| | AIM Gold & Precious | | | | | |
| | Metals Fund | | | | | |
Date | | -Investor Class Shares | | S&P 500 Index(1) | | Lipper Gold Funds Index(1) | |
1/19/84 | | | $ | 10000 | | | | | |
1/84 | | | 10000 | | $ | 10000 | | $ | 10000 | |
2/84 | | | 10075 | | 9648 | | 11795 | |
3/84 | | | 9475 | | 9815 | | 11523 | |
4/84 | | | 9250 | | 9908 | | 11232 | |
5/84 | | | 9275 | | 9360 | | 11100 | |
6/84 | | | 8525 | | 9563 | | 10320 | |
7/84 | | | 6324 | | 9444 | | 8179 | |
8/84 | | | 7199 | | 10488 | | 9365 | |
9/84 | | | 6837 | | 10490 | | 8952 | |
10/84 | | | 6212 | | 10531 | | 8251 | |
11/84 | | | 6415 | | 10413 | | 8563 | |
12/84 | | | 5517 | | 10687 | | 7558 | |
1/85 | | | 5466 | | 11520 | | 7640 | |
2/85 | | | 5264 | | 11661 | | 7309 | |
3/85 | | | 6567 | | 11668 | | 8802 | |
4/85 | | | 6314 | | 11658 | | 8531 | |
5/85 | | | 6289 | | 12331 | | 8405 | |
6/85 | | | 6074 | | 12524 | | 8084 | |
7/85 | | | 5959 | | 12506 | | 7698 | |
8/85 | | | 5846 | | 12385 | | 7577 | |
9/85 | | | 5580 | | 12011 | | 7300 | |
10/85 | | | 5181 | | 12566 | | 6717 | |
11/85 | | | 5701 | | 13428 | | 7445 | |
12/85 | | | 5272 | | 14078 | | 6982 | |
1/86 | | | 6194 | | 14157 | | 8394 | |
2/86 | | | 5974 | | 15214 | | 8419 | |
3/86 | | | 5883 | | 16063 | | 7898 | |
4/86 | | | 5519 | | 15883 | | 7510 | |
5/86 | | | 5117 | | 16727 | | 6845 | |
6/86 | | | 5286 | | 17010 | | 6970 | |
7/86 | | | 5234 | | 16059 | | 6910 | |
8/86 | | | 5949 | | 17250 | | 8168 | |
9/86 | | | 6910 | | 15823 | | 9378 | |
10/86 | | | 6763 | | 16736 | | 8712 | |
11/86 | | | 7122 | | 17143 | | 9513 | |
12/86 | | | 7308 | | 16705 | | 9543 | |
1/87 | | | 8120 | | 18955 | | 10676 | |
2/87 | | | 8972 | | 19704 | | 11427 | |
3/87 | | | 11581 | | 20272 | | 14865 | |
4/87 | | | 12327 | | 20092 | | 16023 | |
5/87 | | | 11235 | | 20266 | | 14503 | |
6/87 | | | 10743 | | 21290 | | 14152 | |
7/87 | | | 12740 | | 22369 | | 16993 | |
8/87 | | | 12341 | | 23203 | | 16645 | |
9/87 | | | 12820 | | 22694 | | 16998 | |
10/87 | | | 7593 | | 17807 | | 12021 | |
11/87 | | | 8800 | | 16340 | | 13854 | |
12/87 | | | 8474 | | 17582 | | 13054 | |
1/88 | | | 6820 | | 18321 | | 10810 | |
2/88 | | | 6698 | | 19172 | | 10683 | |
3/88 | | | 7539 | | 18580 | | 11860 | |
4/88 | | | 7525 | | 18786 | | 11623 | |
5/88 | | | 7877 | | 18946 | | 11806 | |
6/88 | | | 7687 | | 19815 | | 11576 | |
7/88 | | | 7877 | | 19739 | | 11650 | |
8/88 | | | 7308 | | 19070 | | 10996 | |
9/88 | | | 6644 | | 19882 | | 10288 | |
10/88 | | | 6847 | | 20435 | | 10733 | |
11/88 | | | 6969 | | 20143 | | 11059 | |
12/88 | | | 6779 | | 20494 | | 10603 | |
1/89 | | | 7054 | | 21994 | | 11061 | |
2/89 | | | 7150 | | 21447 | | 11350 | |
3/89 | | | 6930 | | 21947 | | 11329 | |
4/89 | | | 6518 | | 23085 | | 11050 | |
5/89 | | | 6106 | | 24016 | | 10482 | |
6/89 | | | 6546 | | 23881 | | 11154 | |
7/89 | | | 6792 | | 26035 | | 11498 | |
8/89 | | | 6929 | | 26542 | | 11794 | |
9/89 | | | 7218 | | 26434 | | 12142 | |
10/89 | | | 7276 | | 25821 | | 12221 | |
11/89 | | | 8210 | | 26345 | | 13837 | |
12/89 | | | 8224 | | 26977 | | 14153 | |
1/90 | | | 8582 | | 25167 | | 15036 | |
2/90 | | | 8265 | | 25491 | | 13706 | |
3/90 | | | 7866 | | 26166 | | 12950 | |
4/90 | | | 6999 | | 25514 | | 11636 | |
5/90 | | | 7481 | | 27996 | | 12318 | |
6/90 | | | 6833 | | 27808 | | 11508 | |
7/90 | | | 7233 | | 27719 | | 12332 | |
8/90 | | | 6971 | | 25216 | | 12133 | |
9/90 | | | 6916 | | 23991 | | 11902 | |
10/90 | | | 5917 | | 23890 | | 10510 | |
11/90 | | | 5779 | | 25431 | | 10226 | |
12/90 | | | 6331 | | 26139 | | 10718 | |
1/91 | | | 5380 | | 27274 | | 9520 | |
2/91 | | | 5904 | | 29222 | | 10384 | |
3/91 | | | 5835 | | 29929 | | 10181 | |
4/91 | | | 5669 | | 30000 | | 10166 | |
5/91 | | | 5821 | | 31290 | | 10626 | |
6/91 | | | 6290 | | 29858 | | 11201 | |
7/91 | | | 6193 | | 31248 | | 11267 | |
8/91 | | | 5421 | | 31986 | | 10130 | |
9/91 | | | 5517 | | 31451 | | 10373 | |
10/91 | | | 5876 | | 31873 | | 10992 | |
11/91 | | | 6042 | | 30592 | | 11221 | |
12/91 | | | 5876 | | 34085 | | 10653 | |
1/92 | | | 6083 | | 33450 | | 10890 | |
2/92 | | | 5793 | | 33883 | | 10440 | |
3/92 | | | 5449 | | 33225 | | 9972 | |
4/92 | | | 5062 | | 34200 | | 9533 | |
5/92 | | | 5449 | | 34367 | | 10151 | |
6/92 | | | 5752 | | 33856 | | 10336 | |
7/92 | | | 6056 | | 35238 | | 10483 | |
8/92 | | | 5849 | | 34518 | | 10018 | |
9/92 | | | 5766 | | 34924 | | 9681 | |
10/92 | | | 5503 | | 35043 | | 9022 | |
11/92 | | | 5117 | | 36233 | | 8361 | |
12/92 | | | 5393 | | 36678 | | 8618 | |
1/93 | | | 5489 | | 36984 | | 8629 | |
2/93 | | | 5861 | | 37488 | | 9400 | |
3/93 | | | 6647 | | 38279 | | 10685 | |
4/93 | | | 7530 | | 37353 | | 12140 | |
5/93 | | | 8289 | | 38350 | | 13853 | |
6/93 | | | 8440 | | 38462 | | 14148 | |
7/93 | | | 9130 | | 38307 | | 15651 | |
8/93 | | | 8371 | | 39757 | | 14026 | |
9/93 | | | 7240 | | 39453 | | 12702 | |
10/93 | | | 8592 | | 40268 | | 14403 | |
11/93 | | | 8758 | | 39884 | | 14257 | |
12/93 | | | 9309 | | 40366 | | 16117 | |
1/94 | | | 9599 | | 41738 | | 15601 | |
2/94 | | | 9213 | | 40605 | | 14765 | |
3/94 | | | 9420 | | 38838 | | 14766 | |
4/94 | | | 8359 | | 39336 | | 14388 | |
5/94 | | | 8538 | | 39979 | | 14571 | |
6/94 | | | 7904 | | 39001 | | 14441 | |
7/94 | | | 7449 | | 40280 | | 14969 | |
8/94 | | | 7779 | | 41928 | | 16014 | |
9/94 | | | 8538 | | 40904 | | 17463 | |
10/94 | | | 7834 | | 41821 | | 16643 | |
11/94 | | | 6662 | | 40300 | | 14648 | |
12/94 | | | 6718 | | 40897 | | 15155 | |
1/95 | | | 5821 | | 41957 | | 12565 | |
2/95 | | | 6028 | | 43590 | | 13084 | |
3/95 | | | 6662 | | 44874 | | 14287 | |
4/95 | | | 7117 | | 46195 | | 14365 | |
5/95 | | | 7462 | | 48038 | | 14273 | |
6/95 | | | 7530 | | 49152 | | 14437 | |
7/95 | | | 7847 | | 50781 | | 15102 | |
8/95 | | | 7806 | | 50908 | | 15213 | |
9/95 | | | 7875 | | 53055 | | 15292 | |
10/95 | | | 7197 | | 52866 | | 13537 | |
11/95 | | | 7294 | | 55184 | | 14297 | |
12/95 | | | 7570 | | 56247 | | 14563 | |
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Source: (1)Lipper Inc.
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1/96 | | | 9159 | | 58159 | | 17344 | |
2/96 | | | 10361 | | 58700 | | 17723 | |
3/96 | | | 11065 | | 59265 | | 17780 | |
4/96 | | | 11853 | | 60138 | | 18154 | |
5/96 | | | 13317 | | 61686 | | 19304 | |
6/96 | | | 10900 | | 61922 | | 16567 | |
7/96 | | | 10790 | | 59187 | | 16224 | |
8/96 | | | 11923 | | 60438 | | 17126 | |
9/96 | | | 11411 | | 63836 | | 16237 | |
10/96 | | | 11052 | | 65596 | | 16074 | |
11/96 | | | 10734 | | 70550 | | 15544 | |
12/96 | | | 10647 | | 69153 | | 15250 | |
1/97 | | | 10110 | | 73471 | | 14382 | |
2/97 | | | 11432 | | 74047 | | 16212 | |
3/97 | | | 9268 | | 71011 | | 13941 | |
4/97 | | | 8788 | | 75246 | | 12985 | |
5/97 | | | 8980 | | 79847 | | 13482 | |
6/97 | | | 8004 | | 83396 | | 12283 | |
7/97 | | | 7315 | | 90030 | | 11800 | |
8/97 | | | 7296 | | 84990 | | 11852 | |
9/97 | | | 7583 | | 89642 | | 12416 | |
10/97 | | | 6147 | | 86652 | | 10378 | |
11/97 | | | 4519 | | 90660 | | 8180 | |
12/97 | | | 4738 | | 92216 | | 8549 | |
1/98 | | | 4894 | | 93235 | | 9045 | |
2/98 | | | 4719 | | 99955 | | 8769 | |
3/98 | | | 5010 | | 105070 | | 9278 | |
4/98 | | | 5166 | | 106146 | | 9925 | |
5/98 | | | 4370 | | 104324 | | 8458 | |
6/98 | | | 3826 | | 108558 | | 7566 | |
7/98 | | | 3554 | | 107411 | | 7109 | |
8/98 | | | 2641 | | 91893 | | 5462 | |
9/98 | | | 3884 | | 97784 | | 7870 | |
10/98 | | | 3690 | | 105726 | | 7753 | |
11/98 | | | 3515 | | 112131 | | 7494 | |
12/98 | | | 3671 | | 118588 | | 7455 | |
1/99 | | | 3573 | | 123546 | | 7282 | |
2/99 | | | 3612 | | 119706 | | 7101 | |
3/99 | | | 3593 | | 124495 | | 7136 | |
4/99 | | | 4001 | | 129316 | | 8163 | |
5/99 | | | 3534 | | 126265 | | 6989 | |
6/99 | | | 3612 | | 133254 | | 7275 | |
7/99 | | | 3282 | | 129111 | | 6905 | |
8/99 | | | 3379 | | 128472 | | 7155 | |
9/99 | | | 4078 | | 124954 | | 8736 | |
10/99 | | | 3554 | | 132858 | | 7873 | |
11/99 | | | 3379 | | 135558 | | 7657 | |
12/99 | | | 3340 | | 143531 | | 7782 | |
1/00 | | | 3126 | | 136321 | | 7013 | |
2/00 | | | 3204 | | 133743 | | 7002 | |
3/00 | | | 3107 | | 146819 | | 6613 | |
4/00 | | | 3068 | | 142403 | | 6258 | |
5/00 | | | 3068 | | 139484 | | 6339 | |
6/00 | | | 3243 | | 142919 | | 6693 | |
7/00 | | | 3010 | | 140687 | | 6229 | |
8/00 | | | 3126 | | 149420 | | 6640 | |
9/00 | | | 2874 | | 141534 | | 6190 | |
10/00 | | | 2583 | | 140933 | | 5640 | |
11/00 | | | 2602 | | 129831 | | 5884 | |
12/00 | | | 2906 | | 130468 | | 6432 | |
1/01 | | | 2886 | | 135094 | | 6424 | |
2/01 | | | 2966 | | 122783 | | 6688 | |
3/01 | | | 2846 | | 115009 | | 6077 | |
4/01 | | | 3185 | | 123940 | | 6977 | |
5/01 | | | 3264 | | 124771 | | 7299 | |
6/01 | | | 3245 | | 121735 | | 7347 | |
7/01 | | | 3125 | | 120537 | | 6956 | |
8/01 | | | 3285 | | 112998 | | 7351 | |
9/01 | | | 3424 | | 103874 | | 7592 | |
10/01 | | | 3344 | | 105856 | | 7433 | |
11/01 | | | 3284 | | 113974 | | 7436 | |
12/01 | | | 3404 | | 114973 | | 7799 | |
1/02 | | | 3802 | | 113296 | | 8681 | |
2/02 | | | 4160 | | 111111 | | 9558 | |
3/02 | | | 4558 | | 115290 | | 10482 | |
4/02 | | | 4857 | | 108303 | | 11111 | |
5/02 | | | 5772 | | 107508 | | 13171 | |
6/02 | | | 5016 | | 99853 | | 11560 | |
7/02 | | | 4280 | | 92071 | | 9583 | |
8/02 | | | 4937 | | 92674 | | 11129 | |
9/02 | | | 4956 | | 82612 | | 11219 | |
10/02 | | | 4498 | | 89876 | | 10284 | |
11/02 | | | 4498 | | 95160 | | 10301 | |
12/02 | | | 5434 | | 89573 | | 12535 | |
1/03 | | | 5494 | | 87231 | | 12656 | |
2/03 | | | 5175 | | 85920 | | 11887 | |
3/03 | | | 4777 | | 86752 | | 11012 | |
4/03 | | | 4738 | | 93894 | | 10980 | |
5/03 | | | 5295 | | 98837 | | 12237 | |
6/03 | | | 5454 | | 100099 | | 12600 | |
7/03 | | | 5693 | | 101865 | | 13301 | |
8/03 | | | 6350 | | 103848 | | 15206 | |
9/03 | | | 6450 | | 102748 | | 15748 | |
10/03 | | | 7166 | | 108558 | | 17623 | |
11/03 | | | 8062 | | 109512 | | 19107 | |
12/03 | | | 8010 | | 115251 | | 19350 | |
1/04 | | | 7308 | | 117366 | | 17540 | |
2/04 | | | 7618 | | 118997 | | 17881 | |
3/04 | | | 7928 | | 117202 | | 18951 | |
4/04 | | | 6359 | | 115364 | | 15001 | |
5/04 | | | 6875 | | 116944 | | 16131 | |
6/04 | | | 6793 | | 119217 | | 15633 | |
7/04 | | | 6690 | | 115272 | | 15350 | |
8/04 | | | 7144 | | 115734 | | 16353 | |
9/04 | | | 7742 | | 116988 | | 17874 | |
10/04 | | | 7742 | | 118775 | | 18228 | |
11/04 | | | 8155 | | 123579 | | 19213 | |
12/04 | | | 7619 | | 127783 | | 18158 | |
1/05 | | | 7244 | | 124669 | | 17207 | |
2/05 | | | 7870 | | 127291 | | 18547 | |
3/05 | | | 7452 | | 125039 | | 17573 | |
4/05 | | | 6722 | | 122669 | | 15897 | |
5/05 | | | 6889 | | 126568 | | 16121 | |
6/05 | | | 7473 | | 126750 | | 17470 | |
7/05 | | | 7473 | | 131461 | | 17475 | |
8/05 | | | 7870 | | 130263 | | 18285 | |
9/05 | | | 8976 | | 131317 | | 21195 | |
10/05 | | | 8392 | | 129127 | | 19822 | |
11/05 | | | 9164 | | 134006 | | 21837 | |
12/05 | | | 10103 | | 134054 | | 24228 | |
1/06 | | | 11794 | | 137603 | | 28782 | |
2/06 | | | 10918 | | 137976 | | 26893 | |
3/06 | | | 11900 | | 139693 | | 29555 | |
4/06 | | | 13236 | | 141567 | | 33127 | |
5/06 | | | 12130 | | 137498 | | 30266 | |
6/06 | | | 11921 | | 137680 | | 30086 | |
7/06 | | | 11899 | | 138529 | | 30100 | |
8/06 | | | 12630 | | 141820 | | 31116 | |
9/06 | | | 11377 | | 145472 | | 28304 | |
10/06 | | | 12170 | | 150210 | | 30416 | |
11/06 | | | 13443 | | 153062 | | 33408 | |
12/06 | | | 12982 | | 155209 | | 32691 | |
1/07 | | | 13025 | | 157554 | | 32485 | |
2/07 | | | 13175 | | 154482 | | 33122 | |
3/07 | | | 13131 | | 156206 | | 33442 | |
10
Average Annual Total Returns
As of 3/31/07, including applicable sales charges
Class A Shares | | | |
Inception (3/28/02) | | 21.94 | % |
5 Years | | 21.98 | |
1 year | | 4.18 | |
| | | |
Class B Shares | | | |
Inception (3/28/02) | | 22.67 | % |
5 Years | | 22.63 | |
1 Year | | 4.45 | |
| | | |
Class C Shares | | | |
Inception (2/14/00) | | 21.23 | % |
5 Years | | 22.70 | |
1 Year | | 8.59 | |
| | | |
Investor Class Shares | | | |
Inception (1/19/84) | | 1.18 | % |
10 Years | | 3.54 | |
5 Years | | 23.56 | |
1 Year | | 10.36 | |
Cumulative Total Returns
Six months ended 3/31/07, excluding applicable sales charges
Class A Shares | | 15.33 | % |
Class B Shares | | 15.00 | |
Class C Shares | | 15.01 | |
Investor Class Shares | | 15.42 | |
The performance data quoted represent past performance and cannot guarantee comparable future results; current performance may be lower or higher. Please visit AIMinvestments.com for the most recent month-end performance. Performance figures reflect reinvested distributions, changes in net asset value and the effect of the maximum sales charge unless otherwise stated. Investment return and principal value will fluctuate so that you may have a gain or loss when you sell shares.
The total annual Fund operating expense ratio set forth in the most recent Fund prospectus as of the date of this report for Class A, Class B, Class C and Investor Class Shares was 1.44%, 2.19%, 2.19% and 1.44%, respectively. The expense ratios presented above may vary from the expense ratios presented in other sections of this report that are based on expenses incurred during the period covered by this report.
Class A share performance reflects the maximum 5.50% sales charge, and Class B and Class C share performance reflects the applicable contingent deferred sales charge (CDSC) for the period involved. The CDSC on Class B shares declines from 5% beginning at the time of purchase to 0% at the beginning of the seventh year. The CDSC on Class C shares is 1% for the first year after purchase. Investor Class shares do not have a front-end sales charge or a CDSC; therefore, performance is at net asset value.
The performance of the Fund’s share classes will differ primarily due to different sales charge structures and class expenses. A redemption fee of 2% will be imposed on certain redemptions or exchanges out of the Fund within 30 days of purchase. Exceptions to the redemption fee are listed in the Fund’s prospectus.
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· Industry classifications used in this report are generally according to the Global Industry Classification Standard, which was developed by and is the exclusive property and a service mark of Morgan Stanley Capital International Inc. and Standard & Poor’s.
The Fund provides a complete list of its holdings four times in each fiscal year, at the quarter-ends. For the second and fourth quarters, the lists appear in the Fund’s semiannual and annual reports to shareholders. For the first and third quarters, the Fund files the lists with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Form N-Q. The most recent list of portfolio holdings is available at AIMinvestments.com. From our home page, click on Products & Performance, then Mutual Funds, then Fund Overview. Select your Fund from the drop-down menu and click on Complete Quarterly Holdings. Shareholders can also look up the Fund’s Forms N-Q on the SEC Web site 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 202-942-8090 or 800-732-0330, or by electronic request at the following e-mail address: publicinfo@sec.gov. The SEC file numbers for the Fund are 811-03826 and 002-85905.
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 on the AIM Web site, AIMinvestments.com. On the home page, scroll down and click on AIM Funds Proxy Policy. The information is also available on the SEC Web site, sec.gov.
Information regarding how the Fund voted proxies related to its portfolio securities during the 12 months ended June 30, 2006, is available at our Web site. Go to AIMinvestments.com, access the About Us tab, click on Required Notices and then click on Proxy Voting Activity. Next, select the Fund from the drop-down menu. The information is also available on the SEC Web site, sec.gov.
9
AIM Gold & Precious Metals Fund
Schedule of Investments
March 31, 2007
| | Shares | | Value | |
Foreign Common Stocks & Other Equity Interests–71.95% | |
Australia–6.59% | |
BHP Billiton Ltd.–ADR (Diversified Metals & Mining)(a) | | | 165,000 | | | $ | 7,994,250 | | |
Newcrest Mining Ltd. (Gold)(a)(b) | | | 450,000 | | | | 8,638,915 | | |
| | | | | | | 16,633,165 | | |
Canada–51.35% | |
Aber Diamond Corp. (Precious Metals & Minerals) | | | 200,000 | | | | 7,457,451 | | |
Agnico-Eagle Mines Ltd. (Gold) | | | 340,000 | | | | 12,042,800 | | |
Alamos Gold Inc. (Gold)(c) | | | 500,000 | | | | 3,200,381 | | |
Barrick Gold Corp. (Gold) | | | 400,000 | | | | 11,420,000 | | |
Cameco Corp. (Coal & Consumable Fuels)(a) | | | 30,000 | | | | 1,228,200 | | |
Eldorado Gold Corp. (Gold)(c) | | | 2,050,000 | | | | 11,985,189 | | |
Goldcorp, Inc. (Gold) | | | 783,500 | | | | 18,819,670 | | |
IAMGOLD Corp. (Gold) | | | 1,000,000 | | | | 7,717,292 | | |
Kinross Gold Corp. (Gold)(c) | | | 950,000 | | | | 13,115,933 | | |
Meridian Gold Inc. (Gold)(c) | | | 450,000 | | | | 11,488,500 | | |
Pacific Rim Mining Corp. (Precious Metals & Minerals)(a)(c) | | | 1,254,900 | | | | 1,347,777 | | |
Pan American Silver Corp. (Precious Metals & Minerals)(a)(c) | | | 390,000 | | | | 11,540,100 | | |
Rio Narcea Gold Mines Ltd. (Gold)(c) | | | 515,900 | | | | 2,010,783 | | |
SouthernEra Diamonds, Inc. (Precious Metals & Minerals)(c) | | | 1,025,000 | | | | 350,678 | | |
Tahera Diamond Corp. (Precious Metals & Minerals)(a)(c) | | | 1,700,000 | | | | 1,546,057 | | |
Western Copper Corp. (Diversified Metals & Mining)(c) | | | 350,000 | | | | 718,462 | | |
Yamana Gold Inc. (Gold)(a) | | | 950,000 | | | | 13,642,000 | | |
| | | | | | | 129,631,273 | | |
South Africa–10.84% | |
AngloGold Ashanti Ltd.–ADR (Gold)(a) | | | 140,000 | | | | 6,242,600 | | |
Gold Fields Ltd.–ADR (Gold)(a) | | | 600,000 | | | | 11,088,000 | | |
Impala Platinum Holdings Ltd. (Precious Metals & Minerals)(b) | | | 320,000 | | | | 10,020,272 | | |
| | | | | | | 27,350,872 | | |
United Kingdom–3.17% | |
Rio Tinto PLC (Diversified Metals & Mining) | | | 140,000 | | | | 7,994,900 | | |
Total Foreign Common Stocks & Other Equity Interests (Cost $185,746,947) | | | | | | | 181,610,210 | | |
| | Shares | | Value | |
Domestic Common Stocks–23.04% | |
Diversified Metals & Mining–8.04% | |
Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold, Inc.–Class B(a) | | | 306,540 | | | $ | 20,289,883 | | |
Gold–3.88% | |
Newmont Mining Corp.(a) | | | 233,000 | | | | 9,783,670 | | |
Investment Companies–Exchange Traded Funds–5.73% | |
Ishares COMEX Gold Trust(c) | | | 100,000 | | | | 6,585,000 | | |
streetTRACKS Gold Trust(c) | | | 120,000 | | | | 7,891,200 | | |
| | | | | | | 14,476,200 | | |
Precious Metals & Minerals–5.39% | |
Coeur d'Alene Mines Corp.(a)(c) | | | 1,900,000 | | | | 7,809,000 | | |
Hecla Mining Co.(c) | | | 300,000 | | | | 2,718,000 | | |
Solitario Resources Corp. (Canada)(c) | | | 761,000 | | | | 3,084,734 | | |
| | | | | | | 13,611,734 | | |
Total Domestic Common Stocks (Cost $55,475,609) | | | | | | | 58,161,487 | | |
Money Market Funds–5.03% | |
Liquid Assets Portfolio–Institutional Class(d) | | | 6,350,961 | | | | 6,350,961 | | |
Premier Portfolio–Institutional Class(d) | | | 6,350,961 | | | | 6,350,961 | | |
Total Money Market Funds (Cost $12,701,922) | | | | | | | 12,701,922 | | |
TOTAL INVESTMENTS (excluding investments purchased with cash collateral from securities loaned)–100.02% (Cost $253,924,478) | | | | | | | 252,473,619 | | |
Investments Purchased with Cash Collateral from Securities Loaned–12.55% | |
Money Market Funds–12.55% | |
Premier Portfolio–Institutional Class(d)(e) | | | 31,671,251 | | | | 31,671,251 | | |
Total Money Market Funds (purchased with cash collateral from securities loaned) (Cost $31,671,251) | | | | | | | 31,671,251 | | |
TOTAL INVESTMENTS–112.57% (Cost $285,595,729) | | | | | | | 284,144,870 | | |
OTHER ASSETS LESS LIABILITIES–(12.57)% | | | | | | | (31,721,674 | ) | |
NET ASSETS–100.00% | | | | | | $ | 252,423,196 | | |
F-1
AIM Gold & Precious Metals Fund
Investment Abbreviations:
ADR | | | – | | | American Depositary Receipt | |
|
Notes to Schedule of Investments:
(a) All or a portion of this security was out on loan at March 31, 2007.
(b) In accordance with the procedures established by the Board of Trustees, the foreign security is fair valued using adjusted closing market prices. The aggregate value of these securities at March 31, 2007 was $18,659,187, which represented 7.39% of the Fund's Net Assets. See Note 1A.
(c) Non-income producing security.
(d) The money market fund and the Fund are affiliated by having the same investment advisor. See Note 3.
(e) The security has been segregated to satisfy the commitment to return the cash collateral received in securities lending transactions upon the borrower's return of the securities loaned. See Note 8.
See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements which are an integral part of the financial statements.
F-2
AIM Gold & Precious Metals Fund
Statement of Assets and Liabilities
March 31, 2007
Assets: | |
Investments, at value (cost $241,222,556)* | | $ | 239,771,697 | | |
Investments in affiliated money market funds (cost $44,373,173) | | | 44,373,173 | | |
Total investments (cost $285,595,729) | | | 284,144,870 | | |
Foreign currencies, at value (cost $4,547) | | | 4,675 | | |
Cash | | | 9,990 | | |
Receivables for: | |
Fund shares sold | | | 909,182 | | |
Dividends | | | 151,003 | | |
Investment for trustee deferred compensation and retirement plans | | | 32,314 | | |
Other assets | | | 25,448 | | |
Total assets | | | 285,277,482 | | |
Liabilities: | |
Payables for: | |
Investments purchased | | | 704,224 | | |
Fund shares reacquired | | | 193,609 | | |
Trustee deferred compensation and retirement plans | | | 42,342 | | |
Collateral upon return of securities loaned | | | 31,671,251 | | |
Accrued distribution fees | | | 81,012 | | |
Accrued trustees' and officer's fees and benefits | | | 4,329 | | |
Accrued transfer agent fees | | | 87,102 | | |
Accrued operating expenses | | | 70,417 | | |
Total liabilities | | | 32,854,286 | | |
Net assets applicable to shares outstanding | | $ | 252,423,196 | | |
Net assets consist of: | |
Shares of beneficial interest | | $ | 290,999,556 | | |
Undistributed net investment income | | | 1,155,335 | | |
Undistributed net realized gain (loss) | | | (38,282,621 | ) | |
Unrealized appreciation (depreciation) | | | (1,449,074 | ) | |
| | $ | 252,423,196 | | |
Net Assets: | |
Class A | | $ | 58,701,845 | | |
Class B | | $ | 25,598,706 | | |
Class C | | $ | 21,188,396 | | |
Investor Class | | $ | 146,934,249 | | |
Shares outstanding, $0.01 par value per share, unlimited number of shares authorized: | |
Class A | | | 9,609,236 | | |
Class B | | | 4,256,436 | | |
Class C | | | 3,317,888 | | |
Investor Class | | | 23,905,152 | | |
Class A: | |
Net asset value per share | | $ | 6.11 | | |
Offering price per share (Net asset value of $6.11 ÷ 94.50%) | | $ | 6.47 | | |
Class B: | |
Net asset value and offering price per share | | $ | 6.01 | | |
Class C: | |
Net asset value and offering price per share | | $ | 6.39 | | |
Investor Class: | |
Net asset value and offering price per share | | $ | 6.15 | | |
* At March 31, 2007, securities with an aggregate value of $31,188,974 were on loan to brokers.
See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements which are an integral part of the financial statements.
F-3
AIM Gold & Precious Metals Fund
Statement of Operations
For the year ended March 31, 2007
Investment income: | |
Dividends (net of foreign withholding taxes of $68,583) | | $ | 2,816,637 | | |
Dividends from affiliated money market funds (includes securities lending income of $68,030) | | | 500,400 | | |
Interest | | | 2,860 | | |
Total investment income | | | 3,319,897 | | |
Expenses: | |
Advisory fees | | | 1,809,486 | | |
Administrative services fees | | | 85,491 | | |
Custodian fees | | | 56,548 | | |
Distribution fees: | |
Class A | | | 131,952 | | |
Class B | | | 230,234 | | |
Class C | | | 187,155 | | |
Investor Class | | | 366,863 | | |
Transfer agent fees | | | 632,709 | | |
Trustees' and officer's fees and benefits | | | 22,704 | | |
Other | | | 200,911 | | |
Total expenses | | | 3,724,053 | | |
Less: Fees waived, expenses reimbursed and expense offset arrangements | | | (26,581 | ) | |
Net expenses | | | 3,697,472 | | |
Net investment income (loss) | | | (377,575 | ) | |
Realized and unrealized gain (loss): | |
Net realized gain from: | |
Investment securities | | | 36,701,090 | | |
Foreign currencies | | | 18,129 | | |
| | | 36,719,219 | | |
Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of: Investment securities | | | (15,983,138 | ) | |
Foreign currencies | | | 1,605 | | |
| | | (15,981,533 | ) | |
Net realized and unrealized gain | | | 20,737,686 | | |
Net increase in net assets resulting from operations | | $ | 20,360,111 | | |
See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements which are an integral part of the financial statements.
F-4
AIM Gold & Precious Metals Fund
Statement of Changes In Net Assets
For the years ended March 31, 2007 and 2006
| | 2007 | | 2006 | |
Operations: | |
Net investment income (loss) | | $ | (377,575 | ) | | $ | (282,347 | ) | |
Net realized gain | | | 36,719,219 | | | | 70,556,711 | | |
Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) | | | (15,981,533 | ) | | | 5,642,301 | | |
Net increase in net assets resulting from operations | | | 20,360,111 | | | | 75,916,665 | | |
Distributions to shareholders from net investment income: | |
Class A | | | (1,268,378 | ) | | | — | | |
Class B | | | (486,140 | ) | | | — | | |
Class C | | | (363,617 | ) | | | — | | |
Investor Class | | | (3,386,775 | ) | | | — | | |
Decrease in net assets resulting from distributions | | | (5,504,910 | ) | | | — | | |
Share transactions—net: | |
Class A | | | 14,901,458 | | | | 19,718,830 | | |
Class B | | | 5,102,570 | | | | 4,681,909 | | |
Class C | | | 5,477,510 | | | | 3,815,917 | | |
Investor Class | | | (12,134,950 | ) | | | (6,945,056 | ) | |
Net increase in net assets resulting from share transactions | | | 13,346,588 | | | | 21,271,600 | | |
Net increase in net assets | | | 28,201,789 | | | | 97,188,265 | | |
Net assets: | |
Beginning of year | | | 224,221,407 | | | | 127,033,142 | | |
End of year (including undistributed net investment income (loss) of $1,155,335 and $(654,484), respectively) | | $ | 252,423,196 | | | $ | 224,221,407 | | |
Notes to Financial Statements
March 31, 2007
NOTE 1—Significant Accounting Policies
AIM Gold & Precious Metals Fund (the "Fund") is a series portfolio of AIM Sector Funds (the "Trust"). The Trust is a Delaware statutory trust registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the "1940 Act"), as an open-end series management investment company consisting of six separate portfolios, each authorized to issue an unlimited number of shares of beneficial interest. The Fund currently consists of multiple classes of shares. Matters affecting each portfolio or class will be voted on exclusively by the shareholders of such portfolio or class. The assets, liabilities and operations of each portfolio are accounted for separately. Information presented in these financial statements pertains only to the Fund.
The Fund's investment objective is long-term capital growth.
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. Securites 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 the 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 bet ween 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").
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Investments in open-end and closed-end registered investment companies that do not trade on an exchange are valued at the end of day net asset value per share. Investments in open-end and closed-end registered investment companies that trade on an exchange are valued at the last sales price or official closing price as of the close of the customary trading session on the exchange where the security is principally traded.
Debt obligations (including convertible 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, yield, quality, type of issue, coupon rate, maturity, individual trading characteristics and other market data. Short-term obligations, including commercial paper, having 60 days or less to maturity are recorded at amortized cost which approximates value.
Foreign securities (including foreign exchange contracts) 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 are significant and may make the closing price unreliable, the Fund may fair value the security. If the event is likely to have affected the closing price of the security, the security will be valued at fair value in good faith using procedures approved by the Board of Trustees. Adjustments to closing prices to reflect fair value may also be based on a sc reening 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 meeting the approved degree of certainty that the price is not reflective of current value will be priced at the indication of fair value from the independent pricing service. Multiple factors may be considered by the independent pricing service in determining adjustments to reflect fair value and may include information relating to sector indices, ADRs and domestic and foreign index futures.
Securities for which market prices are not provided by any of the above methods may be valued based upon quotes furnished by independent sources and are valued at the last bid price in the case of equity securities and in the case of debt obligations, the mean between the last bid and asked prices.
Securities for which market quotations are not readily available or are unreliable are valued at fair value as determined in good faith by or under the supervision of the Trust's officers following procedures approved by the Board of Trustees. Issuer specific events, market trends, bid/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.
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 is recorded on the ex-dividend date.
The Fund may receive proceeds from litigation settlements involving Fund investments. 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 realized and unrealized gain (loss) from investment securities reported in the Statement of Operations and the Statement of Changes in Net Assets and the realized and unrealized net 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 Finan cial Highlights, nor are they limited by any expense limitation arrangements between the Fund and the advisor.
The Fund allocates income and realized and unrealized capital gains and losses to a class based on the relative net assets of each class.
C. Country Determination — For the purposes of making investment selection decisions and presentation in the Schedule of Investments, AIM 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 and net realized capital gain, if any, are generally paid annually and recorded on ex-dividend date. The Fund may elect to treat a portion of the proceeds from redemptions as distributions for federal income tax purposes.
E. Federal Income Taxes — The Fund intends to comply with the requirements of Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code necessary to qualify as a regulated investment company and to distribute substantially all of the Fund's taxable earnings to shareholders. As such, the Fund will not be subject to federal income taxes on otherwise taxable income (including net realized capital gain) that is distributed to shareholders. Therefore, no provision for federal income taxes is recorded in the financial statements.
F. Expenses — Fees provided for under the Rule 12b-1 plan of a particular class of the Fund and which are directly attributable to that class are charged to the operations of such class. All other expenses are allocated among the classes based on relative net assets.
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G. Accounting Estimates — The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America 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.
H. Indemnifications — Under the Trust's organizational documents, each Trustee, officer, employee or other agent of the Trust (including the Trust's investment manager) is indemnified against certain liabilities that may arise out of performance of their duties to the Fund. Additionally, in the normal course of business, the Fund enters into contracts that contain a variety of indemnification clauses. The Fund's maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown as this would involve future claims that may be made against the Fund that have not yet occurred. The risk of material loss as a result of such indemnification claims is considered remote.
I. Foreign Currency Translations — Foreign currency is valued at the close of the NYSE based on quotations posted by banks and major currency dealers. Portfolio securities and other assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies are translated into U.S. dollar amounts at date of valuation. Purchases and sales of portfolio securities (net of foreign taxes withheld on disposition) and income items denominated in foreign currencies are translated into U.S. dollar amounts on the respective dates of such transactions. The Fund does not separately account for the portion of the results of operations resulting from changes in foreign exchange rates on investments and the fluctuations arising from changes in market prices of securities held. The combined results of changes in foreign exchange rates and the fluctuation of market price s on investments (net of estimated foreign tax withholding) are included with the net realized and unrealized gain or loss from investments in the Statement of Operations. Reported net realized foreign currency gains or losses arise from (i) sales of foreign currencies, (ii) currency gains or losses realized between the trade and settlement dates on securities transactions, and (iii) the difference between the amounts of dividends, interest, and foreign withholding taxes recorded on the Fund's books and the U.S. dollar equivalent of the amounts actually received or paid. Net unrealized foreign currency gains and losses arise from changes in the fair values of assets and liabilities, other than investments in securities at fiscal period end, resulting from changes in exchange rates.
The Fund may invest in foreign securities which may be subject to foreign taxes on income, gains on investments or currency repatriation, a portion of which may be recoverable. Taxes are accrued based on the Fund's current interpretation of tax regulations and rates that exist in the foreign markets in which the Fund invests.
J. Foreign Currency Contracts — A foreign currency contract is an obligation to purchase or sell a specific currency for an agreed-upon price at a future date. The Fund may enter into a foreign currency contract to attempt to minimize the risk to the Fund from adverse changes in the relationship between currencies. The Fund may also enter into a foreign currency contract for the purchase or sale of a security denominated in a foreign currency in order to "lock in" the U.S. dollar price of that security. Fluctuations in the value of these contracts are recorded as unrealized appreciation (depreciation) until the contracts are closed. When these contracts are closed, realized gains (losses) are recorded. Realized and unrealized gains and losses on these contracts are included in the Statement of Operations. The Fund could be exposed to r isk, which may be in excess of the amount reflected in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities, if counterparties to the contracts are unable to meet the terms of their contracts or if the value of the foreign currency changes unfavorably.
K. Redemption Fees — The Fund has a 2% redemption fee that is to be retained by the Fund to offset transaction costs and other expenses associated with short-term redemptions and exchanges. The fee, subject to certain exceptions, is imposed on certain redemptions, including exchanges of shares held less than 30 days. The redemption fee is recorded as an increase in shareholder capital and is allocated among the share classes based on the relative net assets of each class.
NOTE 2—Advisory Fees and Other Fees Paid to Affiliates
The Trust has entered into a master investment advisory agreement with A I M Advisors, Inc. ("AIM"). Under the terms of the investment advisory agreement, the Fund pays an advisory fee to AIM based on the annual rate of the Fund's average daily net assets as follows:
Average Net Assets | | Rate | |
First $350 million | | | 0.75 | % | |
Next $350 million | | | 0.65 | % | |
Next $1.3 billion | | | 0.55 | % | |
Next $2 billion | | | 0.45 | % | |
Next $2 billion | | | 0.40 | % | |
Next $2 billion | | | 0.375 | % | |
Over $8 billion | | | 0.35 | % | |
AIM has voluntarily agreed to waive advisory fees of the Fund in the amount of 25% of the advisory fee AIM receives from the affiliated money market funds on investments by the Fund in such affiliated money market funds (excluding investments made in affiliated money market funds with cash collateral from securities loaned by the fund). Voluntary fee waivers or reimbursements may be modified or discontinued at any time upon consultation with the Board of Trustees without further notice to investors.
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For the year ended March 31, 2007, AIM waived advisory fees of $2,371.
At the request of the Trustees of the Trust, AMVESCAP agreed to reimburse expenses incurred by the Fund in connection with market timing matters in the AIM Funds, which may include legal, audit, shareholder reporting, communications and trustee expenses. These expenses along with the related expense reimbursement are included in the Statement of Operations. For the year ended March 31, 2007, AMVESCAP reimbursed expenses of the Fund in the amount of $2,711.
The Trust has entered into a master administrative services agreement with AIM pursuant to which the Fund has agreed to pay AIM for certain administrative costs incurred in providing accounting services, to the Fund. For the year ended March 31, 2007, expenses incurred under the agreement are shown in the Statement of Operations as administrative services fees.
The Trust has entered into a transfer agency and service agreement with AIM Investment Services, Inc. ("AIS") pursuant to which the Fund has agreed to pay AIS a fee for providing transfer agency and shareholder services to the Fund and reimburse AIS for certain expenses incurred by AIS in the course of providing such services. AIS may make payments to intermediaries that provide omnibus account services, sub-accounting services and/or networking services. All fees payable by AIS to intermediaries that provide omnibus account services or sub-accounting are charged back to the Fund, subject to certain limitations approved by the Trust's Board of Trustees. For the year ended March 31, 2007, expenses incurred under the agreement are shown in the Statement of Operations as transfer agent fees.
The Trust has entered into master distribution agreements with A I M Distributors, Inc. ("ADI") to serve as the distributor for the Class A, Class B, Class C and Investor Class shares of the Fund. The Trust has adopted plans pursuant to Rule 12b-1 under the 1940 Act with respect to the Fund's Class A, Class B, Class C and Investor Class shares (collectively the "Plans"). The Fund, pursuant to the Plans, pays ADI compensation at the annual rate of 0.25% of the Fund's average daily net assets of Class A shares, 1.00% of the average daily net assets of Class B and Class C shares and 0.25% of the average daily net assets of Investor Class shares. Of the Plan payments, up to 0.25% of the average daily net assets of each class of shares may be paid to furnish continuing personal shareholder services to customers who purchase and own shares of such classes. Any amounts not paid as a service fee under the Plans would constitute an asset - -based sales charge. National Association of Securities Dealers ("NASD") Rules impose a cap on the total sales charges, including asset-based sales charges that may be paid by any class of shares of the Fund. For the year ended March 31, 2007, expenses incurred under the Plans are shown in the Statement of Operations as distribution fees.
Front-end sales commissions and contingent deferred sales charges ("CDSC") (collectively the "sales charges") are not recorded as expenses of the Fund. Front-end sales commissions are deducted from proceeds from the sales of Fund shares prior to investment in Class A shares of the Fund. CDSC are deducted from redemption proceeds prior to remittance to the shareholder. During the year ended March 31, 2007, ADI advised the Fund that it retained $114,617 in front-end sales commissions from the sale of Class A shares and $21,391, $35,342 and $14,731 from Class A, Class B and Class C shares, respectively, for CDSC imposed on redemptions by shareholders.
Certain officers and trustees of the Trust are officers and directors of AIM, AIS and/or ADI.
NOTE 3—Investments in Affiliates
The Fund is permitted, pursuant to procedures approved by the Board of Trustees, to invest daily available cash balances and cash collateral from securities lending transactions in affiliated money market funds. The Fund and the money market funds below have the same investment advisor and therefore, are considered to be affiliated. The tables below show the transactions in and earnings from investments in affiliated money market funds for the year ended March 31, 2007.
Investments of Daily Available Cash Balances:
Fund | |
Value 03/31/06 | |
Purchases at Cost | |
Proceeds from Sales | | Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) | |
Value 03/31/07 | |
Dividend Income | | Realized Gain (Loss) | |
Liquid Assets Portfolio–Institutional Class | | $ | — | | | $ | 64,798,888 | | | $ | (58,447,927 | ) | | $ | — | | | $ | 6,350,961 | | | $ | 185,910 | | | $ | — | | |
Premier Portfolio–Institutional Class | | | 1,801,215 | | | | 104,058,048 | | | | (99,508,302 | ) | | | — | | | | 6,350,961 | | | | 246,460 | | | | — | | |
Subtotal | | $ | 1,801,215 | | | $ | 168,856,936 | | | $ | (157,956,229 | ) | | $ | — | | | $ | 12,701,922 | | | $ | 432,370 | | | $ | — | | |
Investments of Cash Collateral from Securities Lending Transactions:
Fund | |
Value 03/31/06 | |
Purchases at Cost | |
Proceeds from Sales | | Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) | |
Value 03/31/07 | |
Dividend Income* | | Realized Gain (Loss) | |
Premier Portfolio–Institutional Class | | $ | 33,241,072 | | | $ | 234,575,446 | | | $ | (236,145,267 | ) | | $ | — | | | $ | 31,671,251 | | | $ | 68,030 | | | $ | — | | |
Total Investments in Affiliates | | $ | 35,042,287 | | | $ | 403,432,382 | | | $ | (394,101,496 | ) | | $ | — | | | $ | 44,373,173 | | | $ | 500,400 | | | $ | — | | |
* Net of compensation to counterparties.
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NOTE 4—Security Transactions with Affiliates
The Fund is permitted to purchase or sell securities from or to certain other AIM Funds under specified conditions outlined in procedures adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Trust. The procedures have been designed to ensure that any purchase or sale of securities by the Fund from or to another fund or portfolio that is or could be considered an affiliate by virtue of having a common investment advisor (or affiliated investment advisors), common Trustees and/or common officers complies with Rule 17a-7 of the 1940 Act. Further, as defined under the procedures, each transaction is effected at the current market price. Pursuant to these procedures, for the year ended March 31, 2007, the Fund engaged in securities purchases of $3,446,435.
NOTE 5—Expense Offset Arrangements
The expense offset arrangements are comprised of (i) transfer agency credits which result from balances in Demand Deposit Accounts (DDA) used by the transfer agent for clearing shareholder transactions, (ii) custodian credits which result from periodic overnight cash balances at the custodian and (iii) a one time custodian fee credit used to offset custodian fees. For the year ended March 31, 2007, the Fund received credits from these arrangements, which resulted in the reduction of the Fund's total expenses of $21,499.
NOTE 6—Trustees' and Officer's Fees and Benefits
"Trustees' and Officer's Fees and Benefits" include amounts accrued by the Fund to pay remuneration to certain Trustees and Officers of the Fund. Trustees have the option to defer compensation payable by the Fund, and "Trustees' and Officer's Fees and Benefits" also include amounts accrued by the Fund to fund such deferred compensation amounts. Those Trustees who defer compensation have the option to select various AIM Funds in which their deferral accounts shall be deemed to be invested. Finally, certain current Trustees are eligible to participate in a retirement plan that provides for benefits to be paid upon retirement to Trustees over a period of time based on the number of years of service. The Fund may have certain former Trustees who also participate in a retirement plan and receive benefits under such plan. "Trustees' and Officer's Fees and Benefits" include amounts accrued by the Fund to fund such retirement benefits. Obligations under the deferred compensation and retirement plans represent unsecured claims against the general assets of the Fund.
During the year ended March 31, 2007, the Fund paid legal fees of $4,651 for services rendered by Kramer, Levin, Naftalis & Frankel LLP as counsel to the Independent Trustees. A member of that firm is a Trustee of the Trust.
NOTE 7—Borrowings
Pursuant to an exemptive order from the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Fund may participate in an interfund lending facility that AIM has established for temporary borrowings by the AIM Funds. An interfund loan will be made under this facility only if the loan rate (an average of the rate available on bank loans and the rate available on investments in overnight repurchase agreements) is favorable to both the lending fund and the borrowing fund. A loan will be secured by collateral if the Fund's aggregate borrowings from all sources exceed 10% of the Fund's total assets. To the extent that the loan is required to be secured by collateral, the collateral is marked to market daily to ensure that the market value is at least 102% of the outstanding principal value of the loan.
The Fund participates in an uncommitted unsecured revolving credit facility with State Street Bank and Trust Company ("SSB"). The Fund may borrow up to the lesser of (i) $125,000,000, or (ii) the limits set by its prospectus for borrowings. The Fund and other funds advised by AIM which are parties to the credit facility can borrow on a first come, first served basis. Principal on each loan outstanding shall bear interest at the bid rate quoted by SSB at the time of the request for the loan.
During the year ended March 31, 2007, the Fund did not borrow or lend under the interfund lending facility or borrow under the uncommitted unsecured revolving credit facility.
Additionally, the Fund is permitted to temporarily carry a negative or overdrawn balance in its account with SSB, the custodian bank. To compensate the custodian bank for such overdrafts, the overdrawn Fund may either (i) leave funds as a compensating balance in the account so the custodian bank can be compensated by earning the additional interest; or (ii) compensate by paying the custodian bank at a rate agreed upon by the custodian bank and AIM, not to exceed the contractually agreed upon rate.
NOTE 8—Portfolio Securities Loaned
The Fund may lend portfolio securities having a market value up to one-third of the Fund's total assets. Such loans are secured by collateral equal to no less than the market value of the loaned securities determined daily. Such collateral will be cash or debt securities issued or guaranteed by the U.S. Government or any of its agencies. Cash collateral received in connection with these loans is invested in short-term money market instruments or affiliated money market funds. It is the Fund's policy to obtain additional collateral from or return excess collateral to the borrower by the end of the next business day, following the valuation date of the securities loaned. Therefore, the value of the collateral held may be temporarily less than the value of the securities on loan. Lending securities entails a risk of loss to the Fund if and to the extent that the market value of the securities loaned were to increase and the borrowe r did not increase the collateral accordingly, and the borrower fails to return the securities. The Fund could also experience delays and
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costs in gaining access to the collateral. The Fund bears the risk of any deficiency in the amount of the collateral available for return to the borrower due to any loss on the collateral invested.
At March 31, 2007, securities with an aggregate value of $31,188,974 were on loan to brokers. The loans were secured by cash collateral of $31,671,251 received by the Fund and subsequently invested in an affiliated money market fund. For the year ended March 31, 2007, the Fund received dividends on cash collateral investments of $68,030 for securities lending transactions, which are net of compensation to counterparties.
NOTE 9—Distributions to Shareholders and Tax Components of Net Assets
Distributions to Shareholders:
The tax character of distributions paid during the years ended March 31, 2007 and 2006 was as follows:
| | 2007 | | 2006 | |
Distributions paid from ordinary income | | $ | 5,504,910 | | | $ | — | | |
Tax Components of Net Assets:
As of March 31, 2007, the components of net assets on a tax basis were as follows:
| | 2007 | |
Undistributed ordinary income | | $ | 1,578,636 | | |
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)–investments | | | (2,150,502 | ) | |
Temporary book/tax differences | | | (28,748 | ) | |
Capital loss carryover | | | (37,975,746 | ) | |
Shares of beneficial interest | | | 290,999,556 | | |
Total net assets | | $ | 252,423,196 | | |
The difference between book-basis and tax-basis unrealized appreciation (depreciation) is due to differences in the timing of recognition of gains and losses on investments for tax and book purposes. The Fund's net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) difference is attributable primarily to losses on wash sales and the recognition of unrealized gains on passive foreign investment companies. The tax-basis net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments amount includes appreciation on foreign currencies of $1,785.
The temporary book/tax differences are a result of timing differences between book and tax recognition of income and/or expenses. The Fund's temporary book/tax differences are the result of the trustee deferral of compensation and retirement plan benefits.
Capital loss carryforward is calculated and reported as of a specific date. Results of transactions and other activity after that date may affect the amount of capital loss carryforward actually available for the Fund to utilize. The ability to utilize capital loss carryforward in the future may be limited under the Internal Revenue Code and related regulations based on the results of future transactions.
The Fund utilized $29,264,298 of capital loss carryforward in the current period to offset net realized capital gain for federal income tax purposes. The Fund has a capital loss carryforward as of March 31, 2007 which expires as follows:
Expiration | | Capital Loss Carryforward* | |
March 31, 2009 | | $ | 36,882,837 | | |
March 31, 2010 | | | 1,092,909 | | |
Total capital loss carryforward | | $ | 37,975,746 | | |
* Capital loss carryforward as of the date listed above is reduced for limitations, if any, to the extent required by the Internal Revenue Code.
NOTE 10—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 March 31, 2007 was $201,396,490 and $204,257,288, respectively.
Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) of Investment Securities on a Tax Basis
Aggregate unrealized appreciation of investment securities | | $ | 21,086,877 | | |
Aggregate unrealized (depreciation) of investment securities | | | (23,239,164 | ) | |
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of investment securities | | $ | (2,152,287 | ) | |
Cost of investments for tax purposes is $286,297,157.
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NOTE 11—Reclassification of Permanent Differences
Primarily as a result of differing book/tax treatment of passive foreign investment companies and foreign currency transactions, on March 31, 2007, undistributed net investment income (loss) was increased by $7,692,304, undistributed net realized gain (loss) was decreased by $7,692,302 and shares of beneficial interest decreased by $2. This reclassification had no effect on the net assets of the Fund.
NOTE 12—Share Information
The Fund currently consists of four different classes of shares: Class A, Class B, Class C and Investor Class. Investor Class shares of the Fund are offered only to certain grandfathered investors.
Class A shares are sold with a front-end sales charge unless certain waiver criteria are met and under certain circumstances load waiver shares may be subject to a CDSC. Class B shares and Class C shares are sold with a CDSC. Investor Class shares are sold at net asset value. Generally, Class B shares will automatically convert to Class A shares on or about the month-end which is at least eight years after the date of purchase.
Changes in Shares Outstanding
| | Year ended March 31, | |
| | 2007(a) | | 2006 | |
| | Shares | | Amount | | Shares | | Amount | |
Sold: | |
Class A | | | 8,156,329 | | | $ | 47,553,212 | | | | 7,531,059 | | | $ | 34,273,073 | | |
Class B | | | 2,434,979 | | | | 14,068,686 | | | | 2,233,171 | | | | 9,831,499 | | |
Class C | | | 2,468,685 | | | | 15,254,513 | | | | 2,254,429 | | | | 11,248,429 | | |
Investor Class | | | 8,091,035 | | | | 47,618,402 | | | | 8,301,400 | | | | 37,940,685 | | |
Issued as reinvestment of dividends: | |
Class A | | | 182,388 | | | | 1,096,155 | | | | — | | | | — | | |
Class B | | | 70,776 | | | | 419,698 | | | | — | | | | — | | |
Class C | | | 54,733 | | | | 344,270 | | | | — | | | | — | | |
Investor Class | | | 533,333 | | | | 3,226,664 | | | | — | | | | — | | |
Automatic conversion of Class B shares to Class A shares: | |
Class A | | | 196,836 | | | | 1,159,382 | | | | 67,062 | | | | 286,923 | | |
Class B | | | (199,633 | ) | | | (1,159,382 | ) | | | (67,562 | ) | | | (286,923 | ) | |
Reacquired:(b) | |
Class A | | | (6,197,039 | ) | | | (34,907,291 | ) | | | (3,315,412 | ) | | | (14,841,166 | ) | |
Class B | | | (1,458,496 | ) | | | (8,226,432 | ) | | | (1,185,128 | ) | | | (4,862,667 | ) | |
Class C | | | (1,688,547 | ) | | | (10,121,273 | ) | | | (1,635,980 | ) | | | (7,432,512 | ) | |
Investor Class | | | (10,882,218 | ) | | | (62,980,016 | ) | | | (10,370,494 | ) | | | (44,885,741 | ) | |
| | | 1,763,161 | | | $ | 13,346,588 | | | | 3,812,545 | | | $ | 21,271,600 | | |
(a) There are three entities that are each record owners of more than 5% of the outstanding shares of the Fund and in the aggregate they own 23% of the outstanding shares of the Fund. ADI has an agreement with these entities to sell Fund shares. The Fund, AIM and/or AIM affiliates may make payments to these entities, which are considered to be related to the Fund, for providing services to the Fund, AIM and/or AIM affiliates including but not limited to services such as, securities brokerage, distribution, third party record keeping and account servicing. The Trust has no knowledge as to whether all or any portion of the shares owned of record by these entities are also owned beneficially.
(b) Amount is net of redemption fees of $3,859, $1,700, $1,388 and $9,863 for Class A, Class B, Class C and Investor Class shares, respectively, for the year ended March 31, 2007.
NOTE 13—New Accounting Standard
In June 2006, the Financial Accounting Standards Board ("FASB") issued FASB Interpretation No. 48, Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes ("FIN 48"). FIN 48 prescribes a recognition threshold and measurement attribute for the financial statement recognition and measurement for a tax position taken or expected to be taken in a tax return. FIN 48 also provides guidance on derecognition, classification, interest and penalties, accounting in interim periods, disclosure and transition. The provisions for FIN 48 are effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2006. Management is currently assessing the impact of FIN 48, if any, on the Fund's financial statements and currently intends for the Fund to adopt FIN 48 provisions during the fiscal year ending March 31, 2008.
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NOTE 14—Financial Highlights
The following schedule presents financial highlights for a share of the Fund outstanding throughout the periods indicated.
| | Class A | |
| | Year ended March 31, | |
| | 2007 | | 2006 | | 2005 | | 2004 | | 2003(a) | |
Net asset value, beginning of period | | $ | 5.67 | | | $ | 3.55 | | | $ | 3.81 | | | $ | 2.39 | | | $ | 2.29 | | |
Income from investment operations: | |
Net investment income (loss) | | | (0.00 | )(b) | | | (0.00 | )(b) | | | (0.03 | )(b) | | | (0.01 | ) | | | (0.02 | )(b) | |
Net gains (losses) on securities (both realized and unrealized) | | | 0.58 | | | | 2.12 | | | | (0.20 | ) | | | 1.56 | | | | 0.12 | | |
Total from investment operations | | | 0.58 | | | | 2.12 | | | | (0.23 | ) | | | 1.55 | | | | 0.10 | | |
Less dividends from net investment income | | | (0.14 | ) | | | — | | | | (0.03 | ) | | | (0.13 | ) | | | — | | |
Redemption fees added to shares of beneficial interest | | | 0.00 | | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | | |
Net asset value, end of period | | $ | 6.11 | | | $ | 5.67 | | | $ | 3.55 | | | $ | 3.81 | | | $ | 2.39 | | |
Total return(c) | | | 10.24 | % | | | 59.72 | % | | | (5.89 | )% | | | 65.02 | % | | | 4.37 | % | |
Ratios/supplemental data: | |
Net assets, end of period (000s omitted) | | $ | 58,702 | | | $ | 41,200 | | | $ | 10,609 | | | $ | 8,844 | | | $ | 1,514 | | |
Ratio of expenses to average net assets: | |
With fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements | | | 1.41 | %(d) | | | 1.45 | % | | | 1.69 | % | | | 2.13 | % | | | 2.09 | % | |
Without fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements | | | 1.41 | %(d) | | | 1.45 | % | | | 1.71 | % | | | 2.13 | % | | | 2.11 | % | |
Ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets | | | (0.04 | )%(d) | | | (0.10 | )% | | | (0.78 | )% | | | (1.29 | )% | | | (1.09 | )% | |
Portfolio turnover rate | | | 85 | % | | | 155 | % | | | 51 | % | | | 48 | % | | | 84 | % | |
(a) Class commenced sales on March 28, 2002.
(b) Calculated using average shares outstanding.
(c) Includes adjustments in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America and as such, the net asset value for financial reporting purposes and the returns based upon those net asset values may differ from the net asset value and returns for shareholder transactions. Does not include sales charges.
(d) Ratios are based on average daily net assets of $52,780,643.
| | Class B | |
| | Year ended March 31, | |
| | 2007 | | 2006 | | 2005 | | 2004 | | 2003(a) | |
Net asset value, beginning of period | | $ | 5.60 | | | $ | 3.54 | | | $ | 3.82 | | | $ | 2.39 | | | $ | 2.29 | | |
Income from investment operations: | |
Net investment income (loss) | | | (0.05 | )(b) | | | (0.04 | )(b) | | | (0.05 | )(b) | | | (0.01 | ) | | | (0.02 | )(b) | |
Net gains (losses) on securities (both realized and unrealized) | | | 0.58 | | | | 2.10 | | | | (0.20 | ) | | | 1.57 | | | | 0.12 | | |
Total from investment operations | | | 0.53 | | | | 2.06 | | | | (0.25 | ) | | | 1.56 | | | | 0.10 | | |
Less dividends from net investment income | | | (0.12 | ) | | | — | | | | (0.03 | ) | | | (0.13 | ) | | | — | | |
Redemption fees added to shares of beneficial interest | | | 0.00 | | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | | |
Net asset value, end of period | | $ | 6.01 | | | $ | 5.60 | | | $ | 3.54 | | | $ | 3.82 | | | $ | 2.39 | | |
Total return(c) | | | 9.45 | % | | | 58.19 | % | | | (6.48 | )% | | | 65.26 | % | | | 4.37 | % | |
Ratios/supplemental data: | |
Net assets, end of period (000s omitted) | | $ | 25,599 | | | $ | 19,103 | | | $ | 8,593 | | | $ | 7,042 | | | $ | 2,315 | | |
Ratio of expenses to average net assets | | | 2.16 | %(d) | | | 2.19 | % | | | 2.34 | %(e) | | | 2.28 | % | | | 2.18 | % | |
Ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets | | | (0.79 | )%(d) | | | (0.84 | )% | | | (1.43 | )% | | | (1.44 | )% | | | (1.12 | )% | |
Portfolio turnover rate | | | 85 | % | | | 155 | % | | | 51 | % | | | 48 | % | | | 84 | % | |
(a) Class commenced sales on March 28, 2002.
(b) Calculated using average shares outstanding.
(c) Includes adjustments in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America and as such, the net asset value for financial reporting purposes and the returns based upon those net asset values may differ from the net asset value and returns for shareholder transactions. Does not include sales charges.
(d) Ratios are based on average daily net assets of $23,023,433.
(e) After fees waivers and/or expense reimbursements. Ratio of expenses to average net assets prior to fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements was 2.36% for the year ended March 31, 2005.
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NOTE 14—Financial Highlights—(continued)
| | Class C | |
| | Year ended March 31, | |
| | 2007 | | 2006 | | 2005 | | 2004 | | 2003 | |
Net asset value, beginning of period | | $ | 5.94 | | | $ | 3.75 | | | $ | 4.04 | | | $ | 2.52 | | | $ | 2.42 | | |
Income from investment operations: | |
Net investment income (loss) | | | (0.05 | )(a) | | | (0.04 | )(a) | | | (0.05 | )(a) | | | (0.04 | ) | | | (0.00 | )(b) | |
Net gains (losses) on securities (both realized and unrealized) | | | 0.62 | | | | 2.23 | | | | (0.22 | ) | | | 1.67 | | | | 0.10 | | |
Total from investment operations | | | 0.57 | | | | 2.19 | | | | (0.27 | ) | | | 1.63 | | | | 0.10 | | |
Less dividends from net investment income | | | (0.12 | ) | | | — | | | | (0.02 | ) | | | (0.11 | ) | | | — | | |
Redemption fees added to shares of beneficial interest | | | 0.00 | | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | | |
Net asset value, end of period | | $ | 6.39 | | | $ | 5.94 | | | $ | 3.75 | | | $ | 4.04 | | | $ | 2.52 | | |
Total return(c) | | | 9.59 | % | | | 58.40 | % | | | (6.58 | )% | | | 64.70 | % | | | 4.13 | % | |
Ratios/supplemental data: | |
Net assets, end of period (000s omitted) | | $ | 21,188 | | | $ | 14,758 | | | $ | 6,993 | | | $ | 5,208 | | | $ | 2,459 | | |
Ratio of expenses to average net assets | | | 2.16 | %(d) | | | 2.19 | % | | | 2.34 | %(e) | | | 2.69 | % | | | 2.65 | % | |
Ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets | | | (0.79 | )%(d) | | | (0.84 | )% | | | (1.43 | )% | | | (1.85 | )% | | | (1.60 | )% | |
Portfolio turnover rate | | | 85 | % | | | 155 | % | | | 51 | % | | | 48 | % | | | 84 | % | |
(a) Calculated using average shares outstanding.
(b) The net investment income (loss) per share was calculated after permanent book tax differences, such as net operating losses, which were reclassified from accumulated net investment income (loss) to paid in capital. Had net investment income (loss) per share been calculated using the current method, which is before reclassification of net operating losses, net investment income (loss) per share would have been $(0.04) for the year ended March 31, 2003.
(c) Includes adjustments in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America and as such, the net asset value for financial reporting purposes and the returns based upon those net asset values may differ from the net asset value and returns for shareholder transactions. Does not include sales charges.
(d) Ratios are based on average daily net assets of $18,715,527.
(e) After fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements. Ratio of expenses to average net assets prior to fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements was 2.36% for the year ended March 31, 2005.
| | Investor Class | |
| | Year ended March 31, | |
| | 2007 | | 2006 | | 2005 | | 2004 | | 2003 | |
Net asset value, beginning of period | | $ | 5.70 | | | $ | 3.57 | | | $ | 3.84 | | | $ | 2.40 | | | $ | 2.29 | | |
Income from investment operations: | |
Net investment income (loss) | | | (0.00 | )(a) | | | (0.00 | )(a) | | | (0.02 | )(a) | | | (0.05 | ) | | | (0.02 | )(a) | |
Net gains (losses) on securities (both realized and unrealized) | | | 0.59 | | | | 2.13 | | | | (0.21 | ) | | | 1.63 | | | | 0.13 | | |
Total from investment operations | | | 0.59 | | | | 2.13 | | | | (0.23 | ) | | | 1.58 | | | | 0.11 | | |
Less dividends from net investment income | | | (0.14 | ) | | | — | | | | (0.04 | ) | | | (0.14 | ) | | | — | | |
Redemption fees added to shares of beneficial interest | | | 0.00 | | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | | |
Net asset value, end of period | | $ | 6.15 | | | $ | 5.70 | | | $ | 3.57 | | | $ | 3.84 | | | $ | 2.40 | | |
Total return(b) | | | 10.36 | % | | | 59.66 | % | | | (6.00 | )% | | | 65.92 | % | | | 4.80 | % | |
Ratios/supplemental data: | |
Net assets, end of period (000s omitted) | | $ | 146,934 | | | $ | 149,160 | | | $ | 100,838 | | | $ | 125,053 | | | $ | 98,388 | | |
Ratio of expenses to average net assets | | | 1.41 | %(c) | | | 1.44 | % | | | 1.59 | %(d) | | | 1.93 | % | | | 1.88 | % | |
Ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets | | | (0.04 | )%(c) | | | (0.09 | )% | | | (0.68 | )% | | | (1.09 | )% | | | (0.79 | )% | |
Portfolio turnover rate | | | 85 | % | | | 155 | % | | | 51 | % | | | 48 | % | | | 84 | % | |
(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.
(c) Ratios are based on average daily net assets of $146,745,210.
(d) After fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements. Ratio of expenses to average net assets prior to fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements was 1.61% for the year ended March 31, 2005.
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NOTE 15—Legal Proceedings
Terms used in the Legal Proceedings Note are defined terms solely for the purpose of this note.
Settled Enforcement Actions and Investigations Related to Market Timing
On October 8, 2004, INVESCO Funds Group, Inc. ("IFG") (the former investment advisor to certain AIM Funds), AIM and A I M Distributors, Inc. ("ADI") (the distributor of the retail AIM Funds) reached final settlements with certain regulators, including the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC"), the New York Attorney General and the Colorado Attorney General, to resolve civil enforcement actions and/or investigations related to market timing and related activity in the AIM Funds, including those formerly advised by IFG. As part of the settlements, a $325 million fair fund ($110 million of which is civil penalties) has been created to compensate shareholders harmed by market timing and related activity in funds formerly advised by IFG. Additionally, AIM and ADI created a $50 million fair fund ($30 million of which is civil penalties) to compensate shareholders harmed by market timing and related activity in funds advised by AI M, which was done pursuant to the terms of the settlement. These two fair funds may increase as a result of contributions from third parties who reach final settlements with the SEC or other regulators to resolve allegations of market timing and/or late trading that also may have harmed applicable AIM Funds. These two fair funds will be distributed in accordance with a methodology to be determined by AIM's independent distribution consultant, in consultation with AIM and the independent trustees of the AIM Funds and acceptable to the staff of the SEC. Management of AIM and the Fund are unable to estimate the impact, if any, that the distribution of these two fair funds may have on the Fund or whether such distribution will have an impact on the Fund's financial statements in the future.
At the request of the trustees of the AIM Funds, AMVESCAP PLC ("AMVESCAP"), the parent company of IFG and AIM, has agreed to reimburse expenses incurred by the AIM Funds related to market timing matters.
Pending Litigation and Regulatory Inquiries
On August 30, 2005, the West Virginia Office of the State Auditor—Securities Commission ("WVASC") issued a Summary Order to Cease and Desist and Notice of Right to Hearing to AIM and ADI (Order No. 05-1318). The WVASC makes findings of fact that AIM and ADI entered into certain arrangements permitting market timing of the AIM Funds and failed to disclose these arrangements in the prospectuses for such Funds, and conclusions of law to the effect that AIM and ADI violated the West Virginia securities laws. The WVASC orders AIM and ADI to cease any further violations and seeks to impose monetary sanctions, including restitution to affected investors, disgorgement of fees, reimbursement of investigatory, administrative and legal costs and an "administrative assessment," to be determined by the Commissioner. Initial research indicates that these damages could be limited or capped by statute. By agreement with the Commissioner of Securities, AIM's time to respond to that Order has been indefinitely suspended.
Civil lawsuits, including purported class action and shareholder derivative suits, have been filed against certain of the AIM Funds, IFG, AIM, ADI and/or related entities and individuals, depending on the lawsuit, alleging:
• that the defendants permitted improper market timing and related activity in the AIM Funds;
• that certain AIM Funds inadequately employed fair value pricing; and
• that the defendants improperly used the assets of the AIM Funds to pay brokers to aggressively promote the sale of the AIM Funds over other mutual funds and that the defendants concealed such payments from investors by disguising them as brokerage commissions.
These lawsuits allege as theories of recovery, depending on the lawsuit, violations of various provisions of the Federal and state securities laws and ERISA, negligence, breach of fiduciary duty and/or breach of contract. These lawsuits seek remedies that include, depending on the lawsuit, damages, restitution, injunctive relief, imposition of a constructive trust, removal of certain directors and/or employees, various corrective measures under ERISA, rescission of certain AIM Funds' advisory agreements and/or distribution plans and recovery of all fees paid, an accounting of all fund-related fees, commissions and soft dollar payments, restitution of all commissions and fees paid, and prospective relief in the form of reduced fees.
All lawsuits based on allegations of market timing, late trading and related issues have been transferred to the United States District Court for the District of Maryland (the "MDL Court"). Pursuant to an Order of the MDL Court, plaintiffs in these lawsuits consolidated their claims for pre-trial purposes into three amended complaints against various AIM- and IFG-related parties: (i) a Consolidated Amended Class Action Complaint purportedly brought on behalf of shareholders of the AIM Funds; (ii) a Consolidated Amended Fund Derivative Complaint purportedly brought on behalf of the AIM Funds and fund registrants; and (iii) an Amended Class Action Complaint for Violations of the Employee Retirement Income Securities Act ("ERISA") purportedly brought on behalf of participants in AMVESCAP's 401(k) plan. Based on orders issued by the MDL Court, all claims asserted against the AIM Funds that have been transferred to the MDL Court have been dismissed, although certain Funds remain nominal defendants in the Consolidated Amended Fund Derivative Complaint. On September 15, 2006, the MDL Court granted the AMVESCAP defendants' motion to dismiss the Amended Class Action Complaint for Violations of ERISA and dismissed such Complaint. The plaintiff has commenced an appeal from that decision.
IFG, AIM, ADI and/or related entities and individuals have received inquiries from numerous regulators in the form of subpoenas or other oral or written requests for information and/or documents related to one or more of the following issues, among others, some of which concern one or more AIM Funds: market timing activity, late trading, fair value pricing, excessive or improper advisory and/or distribution fees, mutual fund sales practices, including revenue sharing and directed-brokerage arrangements, investments in securities of other registered investment companies, contractual plans, issues related to Section 529 college savings plans and procedures for locating lost security holders. IFG, AIM and ADI have advised the Fund that they are providing full cooperation with respect to these inquiries. Regulatory actions and/or additional civil lawsuits related to these or other issues may be filed against the AIM Funds, IFG, AIM and/or related entities and individuals in the future.
At the present time, management of AIM and the Fund are unable to estimate the impact, if any, that the outcome of the Pending Litigation and Regulatory Inquiries described above may have on AIM, ADI or the Fund.
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AIM Gold & Precious Metals Fund
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
To the Board of Trustees of AIM Sector Funds
and Shareholders of AIM Gold & Precious Metals 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 AIM Gold & Precious Metals Fund (one of the funds constituting AIM Sector Funds, hereafter referred to as the "Fund") at March 31, 2007, the results of its operations for the year then ended, the changes in its net assets for each of the two years in the period then ended and the financial highlights for each of the five years in the period then ended, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. These financial statements and financial highlights (hereafter referred to as "financial statements") are the responsibility of the Fund's management; our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits. We conducted our audits of these financial statements in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, and evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits, which included confirmation of investments at March 31, 2007 by correspondence with the custodian and brokers, provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLP
May 18, 2007
Houston, Texas
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Tax Information
Form 1099-DIV, Form 1042-S and other year–end tax information provide shareholders with actual calendar year amounts that should be included in their tax returns. Shareholders should consult their tax advisors.
The following distribution information is being provided as required by the Internal Revenue Code or to meet a specific state's requirement.
The Fund designates the following amounts or, if subsequently determined to be different, the maximum amount allowable for its fiscal year ended March 31, 2007:
Federal Income Tax
Qualified Dividend Income* | | | 25.34 | % | |
Corporate Dividends received Deduction * | | | 11.34 | % | |
* The above percentage is based on income dividends paid to shareholders during the Fund's fiscal year.
Additional Non-Resident Alien Shareholder Information
The percentages of qualifying assets not subject to the U.S. estate tax for the fiscal quarters ended June 30, 2006, September 30, 2006, December 31, 2006 and March 31, 2007 are 76.43%, 72.43%, 67.68%, and 68.62%, respectively.
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AIM Gold & Precious Metals Fund
Trustees and Officers
The address of each trustee and officer of AIM Sector Funds (the "Trust"), is 11 Greenway Plaza, Suite 100, Houston, Texas 77046. Each trustee oversees 105 portfolios in the AIM Funds complex. The trustees serve for the life of the Trust, subject to their earlier death, incapacitation, resignation, retirement or removal as more specifically provided in the Trust's organizational documents. Column two below includes length of time served with predecessor entities, if any.
Name, Year of Birth and Position(s) Held with the Trust | | Trustee and/or Officer Since | | Principal Occupation(s) During Past 5 Years | | Other Trusteeship(s)/ Directorship(s) Held by Trustee/Director | |
Interested Persons | |
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Martin L. Flanagan1 — 1960 Trustee | | | 2007 | | | Director, Chief Executive Officer and President, AMVESCAP PLC (parent of AIM and a global investment management firm); Chairman, A I M Advisors, Inc. (registered investment advisor); and Director, Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President, AVZ Inc. (holding company); INVESCO North American Holdings, Inc. (holding company); Chairman and President, AMVESCAP Group Services, Inc. (service provider); Trustee, The AIM Family of Funds®; Chairman, Investment Company Institute; and Member of Executive Board, SMU Cox School of Business Formerly: President, Co-Chief Executive Officer, Co-President, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer, Franklin Resources, Inc. (global investment management organization) | | None | |
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Robert H. Graham2 — 1946 Trustee and Vice Chair | | | 2003 | | | Trustee and Vice Chair of The AIM Family of Funds®. Formerly: President and Chief Executive Officer, A I M Management Group Inc.; Director, Chairman and President, A I M Advisors, Inc. (registered investment advisor); Director and Chairman, A I M Capital Management, Inc. (registered investment advisor), A I M Distributors, Inc. (registered broker dealer), AIM Investment Services, Inc. (registered transfer agent), and Fund Management Company (registered broker dealer); and Chief Executive Officer, AMVESCAP PLC — Managed Products; and President and Principal Executive Officer of The AIM Family of Funds®; Director and Chairman, A I M Management Group Inc. (financial services holding company); Director and Vice Chairman, AMVESCAP PLC; and Chairman, AMVESCAP PLC — AIM Division. | | None | |
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Philip A. Taylor3 — 1954 Trustee, President and Principal Executive Officer | | | 2006 | | | Director, Chief Executive Officer and President, A I M Management Group Inc., AIM Mutual Fund Dealer Inc. (registered broker dealer), A I M Advisors, Inc., AIM Funds Management Inc. d/b/a AMVESCAP Enterprise Services (registered investment advisor and registered transfer agent) and 1371 Preferred Inc. (holding company); Director, Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President, A I M Capital Management, Inc.; Director and President, A I M Advisors, Inc., INVESCO Funds Group, Inc. (registered investment advisor and registered transfer agent) and AIM GP Canada Inc. (general partner for limited partnership); Director, A I M Distributors, Inc.; Director and Chairman, AIM Investment Services, Inc., Fund Management Company and INVESCO Distributors, Inc. (registered broker dealer); Director, President and Chairman, AVZ Callco Inc. (holding company), AMVESCAP Inc. (holding company) and AIM Canada Holdings Inc. (holding company); Director and Chief Exec utive Officer, AIM Trimark Corporate Class Inc. (formerly AIM Trimark Global Fund Inc.) (corporate mutual fund company) and AIM Trimark Canada Fund Inc. (corporate mutual fund company); Trustee, President and Principal Executive Officer, The AIM Family of Funds® (other than AIM Treasurer's Series Trust, Short-Term Investments Trust and Tax-Free Investments Trust); Trustee and Executive Vice President, The AIM Family of Funds® (AIM Treasurer's Series Trust, Short-Term Investments Trust and Tax-Free Investments Trust only); and Manager, Powershares Capital Management LLC Formerly: President and Principal Executive Officer, The AIM Family of Funds® (AIM Treasurer's Series Trust, Short-Term Investments Trust and Tax-Free Investments Trust only); Chairman, AIM Canada Holdings, Inc.; President, AIM Trimark Global Fund Inc. and AIM Trimark Canada Fund Inc.; and Director, Trimark Trust (federally regulated Canadian trust company) | | None | |
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Independent Trustees | |
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Bruce L. Crockett — 1944 Trustee and Chair | | | 2003 | | | Chairman, Crockett Technology Associates (technology consulting company) | | ACE Limited (insurance company); and Captaris, Inc. (unified messaging provider) | |
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Bob R. Baker — 1936 Trustee | | | 1983 | | | Retired | | None | |
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Frank S. Bayley — 1939 Trustee | | | 2003 | | | Retired Formerly: Partner, law firm of Baker & McKenzie | | Badgley Funds, Inc. (registered investment company (2 portfolios)) | |
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James T. Bunch — 1942 Trustee | | | 2000 | | | Founder, Green, Manning & Bunch Ltd., (investment banking firm); and Director, Policy Studies, Inc. and Van Gilder Insurance Corporation | | None | |
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Albert R. Dowden — 1941 Trustee | | | 2003 | | | Director of a number of public and private business corporations, including the Boss Group Ltd. (private investment and management); Reich & Tang Funds (Chairman) (registered investment company (7 portfolios)); Annuity and Life Re (Holdings), Ltd. (insurance company); CompuDyne Corporation (provider of products and services to the public security market); and Homeowners of America Holding Corporation Formerly: Director, President and Chief Executive Officer, Volvo Group North America, Inc.; Senior Vice President, AB Volvo; and Director of various affiliated Volvo companies; and Director, Magellan Insurance Company | | None | |
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Jack M. Fields — 1952 Trustee | | | 2003 | | | Chief Executive Officer, Twenty First Century Group, Inc. (government affairs company); and Owner, Dos Angelos Ranch, L.P. Formerly: Chief Executive Officer, Texana Timber LP (sustainable forestry company) | | Administaff, and Discovery Global Education Fund (non-profit) | |
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Carl Frischling —1937 Trustee | | | 2003 | | | Partner, law firm of Kramer Levin Naftalis and Frankel LLP | | Director, Reich & Tang Funds (registered investment company (7 portfolios)) | |
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Prema Mathai-Davis —1950 Trustee | | | 2003 | | | Formerly: Chief Executive Officer, YWCA of the USA | | None | |
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Lewis F. Pennock — 1942 Trustee | | | 2003 | | | Partner, law firm of Pennock & Cooper | | None | |
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Ruth H. Quigley — 1935 Trustee | | | 2003 | | | Retired | | None | |
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Larry Soll — 1942 Trustee | | | 1997 | | | Retired | | None | |
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Raymond Stickel, Jr. —1944 Trustee | | | 2005 | | | Retired Formerly: Partner, Deloitte & Touche | | Director, Mainstay VP Series Funds, Inc. (21 portfolios) | |
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1 Mr. Flanagan was appointed as Trustee of the Trust on February 24, 2007. Mr. Flanagan is considered an interested person of the Trust because he is an officer of the advisor to the Trust, and an officer and a director of AMVESCAP PLC, parent of the advisor to the Trust.
2 Mr. Graham is considered an interested person of the Trust because of his previous positions with AMVESCAP PLC, parent of the advisor to the Trust.
3 Mr. Taylor is considered an interested person of the Trust because he is an officer and a director of the advisor to, and a director of the principal underwriter of, the Trust.
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Trustees and Officers–(continued)
Name, Year of Birth and Position(s) Held with the Trust | | Trustee and/or Officer Since | | Principal Occupation(s) During Past 5 Years | | Other Trusteeship(s)/ Directorship(s) Held by Trustee/Director | |
Other Officers | |
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Russell C. Burk — 1958 Senior Vice President and Senior Officer | | | 2005 | | | Senior Vice President and Senior Officer of The AIM Family of Funds®. Formerly: Director of Compliance and Assistant General Counsel, ICON Advisers, Inc.; Financial Consultant, Merrill Lynch; General Counsel and Director of Compliance, ALPS Mutual Funds, Inc. | | N/A | |
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John M. Zerr — 1962 Senior Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Secretary | | | 2006 | | | Director, Senior Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel, A I M Management Group Inc., A I M Advisors, Inc. and A I M Capital Management, Inc.; Director, Vice President and Secretary, INVESCO Distributors, Inc.; Vice President and Secretary, AIM Investment Services, Inc., and Fund Management Company; Senior Vice President and Secretary, A I M Distributors, Inc.; Director, INVESCO Funds Group, Inc.; and Senior Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Secretary of The AIM Family of Funds® Formerly: Vice President, A I M Capital Management, Inc.; Chief Operating Officer, Senior Vice President, General Counsel, and Secretary, Liberty Ridge Capital, Inc. (an investment adviser); Vice President and Secretary, PBHG Funds (an investment company); Vice President and Secretary, PBHG Insurance Series Fund (an investment company); General Counsel and Secretary, P ilgrim Baxter Value Investors (an investment adviser); Chief Operating Officer, General Counsel and Secretary, Old Mutual Investment Partners (a broker dealer), General Counsel and Secretary, Old Mutual Fund Services (an adminstrator); General Counsel and Secretary, 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 | |
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Lisa O. Brinkley — 1959 Vice President | | | 2004 | | | Global Compliance Director, AMVESCAP PLC; and Vice President of The AIM Family of Funds®. Formerly: Senior Vice President, A I M Management Group Inc. (financial services holding company); Senior Vice President and Chief Compliance Officer, A I M Advisors, Inc. and The AIM Family of Funds®; Vice President and Chief Compliance Officer, A I M Capital Management, Inc. and A I M Distributors, Inc.; Vice President, AIM Investment Services, Inc. and Fund Management Company; Senior Vice President and Chief Compliance Officer of The AIM Family of Funds® and Senior Vice President and Compliance Director, Delaware Investments Family of Funds | | N/A | |
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Kevin M. Carome — 1956 Vice President | | | 2003 | | | Senior Vice President and General Counsel, AMVESCAP PLC; Director, INVESCO Funds Group, Inc.; and Vice President of The AIM Family of Funds® Formerly: Director, General Counsel, and Vice President Fund Management Company; Director, Senior Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel, A I M Management Group Inc. (financial services holding company) and A I M Advisors, Inc.; Director and Vice President, INVESCO Distributors, Inc.; Senior Vice President, A I M Distributors, Inc.; Vice President, A I M Capital Management, Inc. and AIM Investment Services, Inc.; Senior Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Secretary of The AIM Family of Funds®; Chief Executive Officer and President, INVESCO Funds Group, Inc.; and Senior Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and General Counsel, Liberty Financial Companies, Inc. and Liberty Funds Group, LLC | | N/A | |
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Sidney M. Dilgren — 1961 Vice President, Principal Financial Officer and Treasurer | | | 2004 | | | Vice President and Fund Treasurer, A I M Advisors, Inc.; and Vice President, Treasurer and Principal Officer of The AIM Family of Funds® Formerly: Senior Vice President, AIM Investment Services, Inc.; and Vice President, A I M Distributors, Inc. | | N/A | |
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Karen Dunn Kelley — 1960 Vice President | | | 2003 | | | Director of Cash Management and Senior Vice President, A I M Advisors, Inc. and A I M Capital Management, Inc.; Director and President, Fund Management Company; President and Principal Executive Officer, The AIM Family of Funds® (AIM Treasurer's Series Trust, Short-Term Investments Trust and Tax-Free Investments Trust only); and Vice President, The AIM Family of Funds® (other than AIM Treasurer's Series Trust, Short-Term Investments Trust and Tax-Free Investments Trust) Formerly: Chief Cash Management Officer and Managing Director, A I M Capital Management, Inc.; Vice President, A I M Advisors, Inc. and The AIM Family of Funds® (AIM Treasurer's Series Trust, Short-Term Investments Trust and Tax-Free Investments Trust only) | | N/A | |
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Patrick J.P. Farmer — 1962 Vice President | | | 2007 | | | Head of North American Retail Investments, Director, Chief Investment Officer and Executive Vice President, AIM Funds Management Inc. d/b/a AIM Trimark Investments; Senior Vice President and Head of Equity Investments, A I M Advisors, Inc. and A I M Capital Management, Inc.; and Vice President, The AIM Family of Funds® Formerly: Director, Trimark Trust | | N/A | |
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Stephen M. Johnson — 1961 Vice President | | | 2007 | | | Chief Investment Officer of INVESCO Fixed Income and Vice President, INVESCO Institutional (N.A.), Inc.; Senior Vice President and Fixed Income Chief Investment Officer, A I M Advisors, Inc. and A I M Capital Management, Inc.; and Vice President, The AIM Family of Funds® | | N/A | |
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Lance A. Rejsek — 1967 Anti-Money Laundering Compliance Officer | | | 2005 | | | Anti-Money Laundering Compliance Officer, A I M Advisors, Inc., A I M Capital Management, Inc., A I M Distributors, Inc., AIM Investment Services, Inc., AIM Private Asset Management, Inc., Fund Management Company and The AIM Family of Funds® Formerly: Manager of the Fraud Prevention Department, AIM Investment Services, Inc. | | N/A | |
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Todd L. Spillane — 1958 Chief Compliance Officer | | | 2006 | | | Senior Vice President, A I M Management Group Inc.; Senior Vice President and Chief Compliance Officer, A I M Advisors, Inc.; Chief Compliance Officer of The AIM Family of Funds®; Vice President and Chief Compliance Officer, A I M Capital Management, Inc.; and Vice President, A I M Distributors, Inc., AIM Investment Services, Inc. and Fund Management Company Formerly: Global Head of Product Development, AIG-Global Investment Group, Inc.; Chief Compliance Officer and Deputy General Counsel, AIG-SunAmerica Asset Management; and Chief Compliance Officer, Chief Operating Officer and Deputy General Counsel, American General Investment Management | | N/A | |
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AIM LEISURE FUND’s investment objective is capital growth.
· Unless otherwise stated, information presented in this report is as of March 31, 2007, and is based on total net assets.
· Unless otherwise noted, all data in this report are from A I M Management Group Inc.
About share classes
· Class B shares are not available as an investment for retirement plans maintained pursuant to Section 401 of the Internal Revenue Code, including 401(k) plans, money purchase pension plans and profit sharing plans. Plans that had existing accounts invested in Class B shares prior to September 30, 2003, will continue to be allowed to make additional purchases.
· Investor Class shares are closed to most investors. For more information on who may continue to invest in Investor Class shares, please see the prospectus.
· Class R shares are available only to certain retirement plans. Please see the prospectus for more information.
Principal risks of investing in the Fund
· The prices of and the income generated by securities held by the Fund may decline in response to certain factors, including some directly involving the companies whose securities are owned by the Fund. These factors include general economic and market conditions, regional or global economic instability and currency and interest rate fluctuations.
· The Fund’s investments are concentrated in a comparatively narrow segment of the economy. Consequently, the Fund may be more volatile than other mutual funds and the value of the Fund’s investments may rise and fall more rapidly.
· Foreign securities have additional risks, including exchange rate changes, political and economic upheaval, the relative lack of information about these companies, relatively low market liquidity and the potential lack of strict financial and accounting controls and standards.
· Investing in a fund that invests in smaller companies involves risks not associated with investing in more established companies, such as business risk, stock price fluctuations and illiquidity.
· The Fund may use leverage, which entails special risks such as magnifying changes in the value of the portfolio’s securities.
· Prices of equity securities change in response to many factors including the historical and prospective earnings of the issuer, the value of its assets, general economic conditions, interest rates, investor perceptions and market liquidity.
· The leisure sector depends on consumer discretionary spending, which generally falls during economic downturns.
· The Fund may use enhanced investment techniques such as derivatives. The principal risk of investments in derivatives is that the fluctuation in their values may not correlate perfectly with the overall securities markets. Derivatives are subject to counter party risk—the risk that the other party will not complete the transaction with the Fund.
· There is no guarantee that the investment techniques and risk analyses used by the Fund’s managers will produce the desired results.
· The prices of initial public offering (IPO) securities may go up and down more than prices of equity securities of companies with longer trading histories. In addition, companies offering securities in IPOs may have less experienced management or limited operating histories. There can be no assurance that the fund will have favorable IPO investment opportunities
About indexes used in this report
· The unmanaged Standard & Poor’s Composite Index of 500 Stocks (the S&P 500 —registered trademark— Index) is an index of common stocks frequently used as a general measure of U.S. stock market performance.
· The Fund is not managed to track the performance of any particular index, including the indexes defined here, and consequently, the performance of the Fund may deviate significantly from the performance of the index.
· 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 an index of funds reflects fund expenses; performance of a market index does not.
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· The returns shown in the management’s discussion of Fund performance are based on net asset values calculated for shareholder transactions. Generally accepted accounting principles require adjustments to be made to the net assets of the Fund at period end for financial reporting purposes, and as such, the net asset values for shareholder transactions and the returns based on those net asset values may differ from the net asset values and returns reported in the Financial Highlights.
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Dear Shareholders of The AIM Family of Funds —registered trademark—:
I’m pleased to provide you with this report, which includes a discussion of how your Fund was managed during the period under review, and what factors affected its performance. The following pages contain important information that answers questions you may have about your investment.
Most major stock market indexes, in the U.S. and overseas, performed well for the 12 months ended March 31, 2007, as did major fixed-income indexes.(1) Reasons for their positive performance included continued economic expansion and a cessation of interest rate increases by the U.S. Federal Reserve Board, among other factors.(2)
As the period covered by this report drew to a close, however, stock market volatility returned. In late February, Asian markets sold off, triggering a global decline. Additional volatility followed in March, partly due to uncertainty about the health of the U.S. housing market and rising concern about the ability of sub-prime borrowers to repay their mortgages. By mid-April, after the close of the period covered by this report, U.S. and foreign markets had largely resumed their upward trend, helped by good economic growth and a rash of corporate buyouts.
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In conclusion
Our highly trained, courteous client service representatives are eager to answer your questions, provide you with product information or assist you with account transactions. I encourage you to give us an opportunity to serve you by calling us at 800-959-4246.
Of course, you can access your account information, review your Fund’s performance, learn more about your Fund’s investment strategies and obtain general investing information when it’s convenient for you by visiting our Web site, AIMinvestments.com.
All of us at AIM are committed to helping you achieve your financial goals. We work every day to earn your trust, and we’re grateful for the confidence you’ve placed in us.
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President – AIM Funds |
CEO, AIM Investments |
May 17, 2007
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Sources: (1) Lipper Inc.; (2) U.S. Federal Reserve Board
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Bruce L. Crockett
Dear Fellow AIM Fund Shareholders:
Your AIM Funds Board started 2007 committed to continue working with management at A I M Advisors, Inc. (AIM) with the goal of improving performance and lowering shareholder expenses for the AIM Funds.
The progress made to date is encouraging. Following the general trends of global equity markets and the U.S. stock market, the asset-weighted absolute performance for all the money market, equity and fixed-income AIM Funds improved for the one-year period ended December 31, 2006, as compared to the one-year period ended December 31, 2005, and the one-year period ended December 31, 2004. (1)p
In November, your Board approved, subject to shareholder vote, four more AIM Fund consolidations. As always, these decisions were made to benefit existing shareholders and were driven by a desire to improve the merged funds’ performance, attract new assets and reduce costs. The asset class subcommittees of your Board’s Investments Committee are meeting frequently with portfolio managers to identify how performance might be further improved.
On the expense side, both AMVESCAP, the parent company of AIM, and AIM continue to take advantage of opportunities for operational consolidation, outsourcing and new technologies to improve cost efficiencies for your benefit. Your Board, for example, takes advantage of effective software solutions that enable us to save money through electronic information sharing. Additional cost-saving steps are under way. I’ll report more on these steps once they’re completed.
Another major Board initiative for early 2007 is the revision of the AIM Funds’ proxy voting guidelines, a project begun by a special Board task force late last year. We expect to have new procedures in place for the 2007 spring proxy season that will improve the ability of the AIM Funds to cast votes that are in the best interests of all fund shareholders.
While your Board recognizes that additional work lies ahead, we are gratified that some key external sources have recognized changes at AIM and the AIM Funds in the past two years. An article in the November 21, 2006, issue of Morningstar Report (Morningstar, Inc. is a leading provider of independent mutual fund investment research) included a review of AIM’s progress, highlighting lower expenses, stronger investment teams and an improved sales culture, as well as areas for continued improvement. I’m looking forward to a return visit to Morningstar this year to review AIM Funds’ performance and governance ratings.
Your Board thanks Mark Williamson, former President and CEO of AIM Investments, who retired from your Board in 2006. He has been succeeded on your Board by Phil Taylor, President of AIM Funds. We extend a warm welcome to Phil.
I’d like to hear from you. Please write to me at AIM Investments, AIM Investments Tower, 11 Greenway Plaza, Suite 100, Houston TX 77046. Let me know your thoughts on how your Board is doing and how we might serve you better.
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May 17, 2007
Sources: pA I M Management Group Inc. and Lipper Inc.
(1)Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Please visit AIMinvestments.com for the most recent month-end performance for all AIM funds.
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Management's discussion of Fund performance
Performance Summary
We are pleased to report that for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2007, and excluding applicable sales charges, AIM Leisure Fund delivered positive returns to shareholders that exceeded those of the S&P 500 Index.(1) Relative to the S&P 500 Index, the Fund benefited from strong stock selection and overweight positions in media stocks as well as stocks in the hotels, restaurants and leisure industry.
Your Fund's long-term performance is shown on pages 8 and 9.
Fund vs. Indexes
Total returns, 3/31/06-3/31/07, excluding applicable sales charges. If sales charges were included, returns would be lower.
Class A Shares | | 21.86 | % |
Class B Shares | | 20.95 | |
Class C Shares | | 20.95 | |
Class R Shares | | 21.56 | |
Investor Class Shares | | 21.88 | |
S&P 500 Index(1) (Broad Market Index / Style-Specific Index) | | 11.82 | |
Source: (1)Lipper Inc.
How we invest
We focus on companies that profit from consumer spending on leisure activities (products and/or services purchased with consumers’ discretionary dollars) and that are growing their market share, cash flow and earnings at rates greater than the broad market.
We perform both fundamental and valuation analysis:
· Fundamental research includes interviews with company managements, buyers, customers and competitors. We ask company management teams to detail their three- to five-year strategic plan and their corresponding financial goals. We then evaluate whether the company has the right management in place, appropriate competitive position and adequate resources to realize its vision.
· Valuation analysis involves using financial models for each company in an effort to estimate its fair valuation over the next two to three years based primarily on our expectations for free cash flow growth. Free cash flow is the net cash left for shareholders after payment of all expenses and investment in capital to run the business.
Just as we look for managements with long-term visions, we strive to maintain a long-term investment horizon, resulting in relatively low portfolio turnover. We attempt to manage risk by diversifying the Fund’s holdings across a variety of leisure-related stocks, including those of cable television companies, satellite programming companies, publishers, cruise lines, advertising agencies, hotels, casinos, electronic game and toy manufacturers and entertainment companies.
We consider selling or trimming a stock when:
· There is a negative change in the company’s fundamental business prospects.
· A stock’s valuation rises so that it is no longer attractive relative to other investment opportunities.
Market conditions and your Fund
The economy has enjoyed several years of economic growth fueled by low interest rates, a strong real estate market and resilient consumer spending. Gross domestic product, a measure of economic growth, declined from an annualized rate of 2.5% in the fourth quarter of 2006 to 1.3% in the first quarter of 2007.(1) Additionally, the consumer price index, a measure of inflation, was at an annualized rate of 2.8% for March 2007.(2) Overall, we believed the economic outlook remained positive although growth has slowed to a more subdued level than what we have seen in the past several years.
Against this backdrop, utilities, telecommunication services and materials were the best performing sectors of the S&P 500 Index.(3) Information technology industrials, health care and financials were the weakest sectors of the broad market(3) Relative to the S&P 500 Index, the Fund benefited from strong stock selection and overweight positions in media, hotels, restaurants and leisure. Our holdings in the Internet and catalog retail industry and the Internet software and services industry detracted
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Portfolio Composition
By sector | | | |
Consumer Discretionary | | 79.3 | % |
Consumer Staples | | 10.4 | |
Financials | | 5.1 | |
Information Technology | | 1.1 | |
Money Market Funds Plus Other Assets Less Liabilities | | 4.1 | |
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Total Net Assets | | $ | 896.87 million | |
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Total Number of Holdings* | | 78 | |
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Top 10 Equity Holdings*
Omnicom Group Inc. | | 5.3 | % |
News Corp.-Class A | | 5.2 | |
Harrah’s Entertainment, Inc. | | 4.7 | |
Hilton Hotels Corp. | | 3.7 | |
Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. | | 3.2 | |
Polo Ralph Lauren Corp. | | 2.7 | |
Comcast Corp.-Class A | | 2.5 | |
Walt Disney Co. (The) | | 2.4 | |
Groupe Bruxelles Lambert S.A. (Belgium) | | 2.3 | |
Cablevision Systems Corp.-Class A | | 2.3 | |
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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from Fund performance. Additionally, the Fund's exposure to international markets was a positive relative contributor as foreign stocks generally outperformed U.S. stocks during the fiscal year.
For the fiscal year, the Fund’s media holdings were among the top contributors to performance. News Corp., Omnicom and Cablevision —all long-time Fund holdings—were strong contributors. As a group, media stocks were fairly flat for the first half of 2006 as investors worried that broadcast advertising revenues might weaken, given economic uncertainty and a continued shift from traditional advertising to online advertising. However, media stocks staged a rally in the second half of 2006, with many media stocks posting significant returns for the year.(4)
News Corp., in particular, was a standout performer. Its MySpace.com Web site and its motion pictures were well received and continued to generate solid revenue growth. Our largest holding, Omnicom, a diversified advertising, marketing and communications company, performed well during the fiscal year as the market recognized the company’s compelling valuation and management’s ability to increase earnings. Cablevision operates some of the most attractive cable assets in the country and the company issued a $10 per-share special dividend in April 2006.
Our positions in McClatchy and Home Depot detracted from performance. McClatchy, the third-largest U.S. newspaper publisher, was negatively affected by the trend toward Internet-based news. We continued to hold the stock. Shares of Home Depot were negatively affected by declines in new home construction. We continued to own Home Depot at the close of the fiscal year as we felt the trend in home improvements may potentially outweigh the effects of a cooling housing market.
Portfolio changes are usually the result of insight that comes from our bottom-up investment process and long-term investment horizon. This long-term investment horizon is one reason for the Fund’s low portfolio turnover rate relative to most other domestic equity funds. During the fiscal year, two of our travel and casino holdings, Aztar and Intrawest, were acquired by private-equity interests. Also during the fiscal year, Harrah’s agreed to be purchased in a private equity deal that is expected to close at the end of 2007. We continued to hold a significant number of shares in Harrah’s, although we trimmed our position before the close of the fiscal year. We used the proceeds to initiate positions in Abercrombie & Fitch and Crocs—two retail stocks in which we saw strong fundamentals and attractive valuations.
We are comfortable with the quality of the companies that we have selected for inclusion in AIM Leisure Fund. We remind shareholders that our time horizon for the stocks in the Fund is two to three years. We believe the Fund is positioned in line with its mandate; it has exposure to a variety of leisure-related industries based on our bottom-up, stock-by-stock approach to investing. While domestic spending in this segment of the market may ebb and flow over short-term periods, we maintain a long-term investment perspective and urge you to do the same.
As always, we thank you for your continued investment and we welcome any new shareholders to AIM Leisure Fund.
Sources: (1)Bureau of Economic Analysis; (2)Bureau of Labor Statistics; (3)Lipper Inc.; (4)Bloomberg L.P.
The views and opinions expressed in management’s discussion of Fund performance are those of A I M Advisors, Inc. These views and opinions are subject to change at any time based on factors such as market and economic conditions. These views and opinions may not be relied upon as investment advice or recommendations, or as an offer for a particular security. The information is not a complete analysis of every aspect of any market, country, industry, security or the Fund. Statements of fact are from sources considered reliable, but A I M Advisors, Inc. makes no representation or warranty as to their completeness or accuracy. Although historical performance is no guarantee of future results, these insights may help you understand our investment management philosophy.
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Mark D. Greenberg Chartered Financial Analyst, senior portfolio manager, is manager of AIM Leisure Fund. He has been associated with AIM and/or its affiliates since 1996. Mr. Greenberg attended City University in London, England, and earned his B.S.B.A. in economics with a specialization in finance from Marquette University.
Assisted by the Leisure Team
For a presentation of your Fund’s long-term performance, please see pages 8 and 9.
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Calculating your ongoing Fund expenses
Example
As a shareholder of the Fund, you incur two types of costs: (1) transaction costs, which may include sales charges (loads) on purchase payments or contingent deferred sales charges on redemptions, and redemption fees, if any; and (2) ongoing costs, including management fees; distribution and/or service (12b-1) fees; and other Fund expenses. This example is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Fund and to compare these costs with ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds. The example is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period October 1, 2006, through March 31, 2007.
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 Fund’s actual cumulative total returns at net asset value after expenses for the six months ended March 31, 2007, appear in the table “Cumulative Total Returns” on page 9.
The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You may use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in the Fund and other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of the other funds.
Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only and do not reflect any transaction costs, such as sales charges (loads) on purchase payments, contingent deferred sales charges on redemptions, and redemption fees, if any. Therefore, the hypothetical information is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. In addition, if these transaction costs were included, your costs would have been higher.
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A | | $ | 1,000.00 | | $ | 1,166.50 | | $ | 6.43 | | $ | 1,019.00 | | $ | 5.99 | | 1.19 | % |
B | | 1,000.00 | | 1,162.20 | | 10.46 | | 1,015.26 | | 9.75 | | 1.94 | |
C | | 1,000.00 | | 1,162.00 | | 10.46 | | 1,015.26 | | 9.75 | | 1.94 | |
R | | 1,000.00 | | 1,165.20 | | 7.77 | | 1,017.75 | | 7.24 | | 1.44 | |
Investor | | 1,000.00 | | 1,166.60 | | 6.43 | | 1,019.00 | | 5.99 | | 1.19 | |
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(1) The actual ending account value is based on the actual total return of the Fund for the period October 1, 2006, through March 31, 2007, 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. The Fund’s actual cumulative total returns at net asset value after expenses for the six months ended March 31, 2007, appear in the table “Cumulative Total Returns” on page 9.
(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 182/365 to reflect the most recent fiscal half year.
7
AIM Leisure Fund
Your Fund’s long-term performance
Past performance cannot guarantee comparable future results.
The data shown in the chart include reinvested distributions, applicable sales charges, Fund expenses and management fees. Index results include reinvested dividends, but they do not reflect sales charges. Performance of an index of funds reflects fund expenses and management fees; performance of a market index does not. Performance shown in the chart and table(s) does not reflect deduction of taxes a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or sale of Fund shares. Performance of the indexes does not reflect the effects of taxes.
This chart, which is a logarithmic chart, presents the fluctuations in the value of the Fund and its indexes. We believe that a logarithmic chart is more effective than other types of charts in illustrating changes in value during the early years shown in the chart. The vertical axis, the one that indicates the dollar value of an investment, is constructed with each segment representing a percent change in the value of the investment. In this chart, each segment represents a doubling, or 100% change, in the value of the investment. In other words, the space between $5,000 and $10,000 is the same size as the space between $10,000 and $20,000, and so on.
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[MOUNTAIN CHART]
Results of a $10,000 Investment
Fund data from 1/19/84, index data from 1/31/84
Date | | AIM Leisure Fund -Investor Class Shares | | S&P 500 Index(1) | |
1/19/84 | | | $ | 10000 | | | |
1/84 | | | 10000 | | $ | 10000 | |
2/84 | | | 9975 | | 9648 | |
3/84 | | | 9850 | | 9815 | |
4/84 | | | 9901 | | 9908 | |
5/84 | | | 9601 | | 9360 | |
6/84 | | | 10126 | | 9563 | |
7/84 | | | 9913 | | 9444 | |
8/84 | | | 10700 | | 10488 | |
9/84 | | | 10500 | | 10490 | |
10/84 | | | 10663 | | 10531 | |
11/84 | | | 10424 | | 10413 | |
12/84 | | | 10689 | | 10687 | |
1/85 | | | 11595 | | 11520 | |
2/85 | | | 12262 | | 11661 | |
3/85 | | | 12602 | | 11668 | |
4/85 | | | 12299 | | 11658 | |
5/85 | | | 12703 | | 12331 | |
6/85 | | | 12904 | | 12524 | |
7/85 | | | 12904 | | 12506 | |
8/85 | | | 12917 | | 12385 | |
9/85 | | | 12087 | | 12011 | |
10/85 | | | 12679 | | 12566 | |
11/85 | | | 13348 | | 13428 | |
12/85 | | | 14132 | | 14078 | |
1/86 | | | 14271 | | 14157 | |
2/86 | | | 16027 | | 15214 | |
3/86 | | | 17064 | | 16063 | |
4/86 | | | 17696 | | 15883 | |
5/86 | | | 18794 | | 16727 | |
6/86 | | | 19730 | | 17010 | |
7/86 | | | 17467 | | 16059 | |
8/86 | | | 17771 | | 17250 | |
9/86 | | | 16558 | | 15823 | |
10/86 | | | 17877 | | 16736 | |
11/86 | | | 17546 | | 17143 | |
12/86 | | | 16792 | | 16705 | |
1/87 | | | 18520 | | 18955 | |
2/87 | | | 20405 | | 19704 | |
3/87 | | | 20405 | | 20272 | |
4/87 | | | 19871 | | 20092 | |
5/87 | | | 19588 | | 20266 | |
6/87 | | | 20515 | | 21290 | |
7/87 | | | 22275 | | 22369 | |
8/87 | | | 22558 | | 23203 | |
9/87 | | | 22102 | | 22694 | |
10/87 | | | 16387 | | 17807 | |
11/87 | | | 15312 | | 16340 | |
12/87 | | | 16913 | | 17582 | |
1/88 | | | 17405 | | 18321 | |
2/88 | | | 18662 | | 19172 | |
3/88 | | | 19299 | | 18580 | |
4/88 | | | 19607 | | 18786 | |
5/88 | | | 19262 | | 18946 | |
6/88 | | | 20955 | | 19815 | |
7/88 | | | 20936 | | 19739 | |
8/88 | | | 19990 | | 19070 | |
9/88 | | | 21591 | | 19882 | |
10/88 | | | 21829 | | 20435 | |
11/88 | | | 20956 | | 20143 | |
12/88 | | | 21739 | | 20494 | |
1/89 | | | 23450 | | 21994 | |
2/89 | | | 23851 | | 21447 | |
3/89 | | | 24779 | | 21947 | |
4/89 | | | 26890 | | 23085 | |
5/89 | | | 28111 | | 24016 | |
6/89 | | | 27510 | | 23881 | |
7/89 | | | 29985 | | 26035 | |
8/89 | | | 31077 | | 26542 | |
9/89 | | | 31459 | | 26434 | |
10/89 | | | 30452 | | 25821 | |
11/89 | | | 30620 | | 26345 | |
12/89 | | | 30054 | | 26977 | |
1/90 | | | 26931 | | 25167 | |
2/90 | | | 27330 | | 25491 | |
3/90 | | | 28483 | | 26166 | |
4/90 | | | 28463 | | 25514 | |
5/90 | | | 31315 | | 27996 | |
6/90 | | | 31208 | | 27808 | |
7/90 | | | 29888 | | 27719 | |
8/90 | | | 25803 | | 25216 | |
9/90 | | | 23393 | | 23991 | |
10/90 | | | 22747 | | 23890 | |
11/90 | | | 25101 | | 25431 | |
12/90 | | | 26760 | | 26139 | |
1/91 | | | 28556 | | 27274 | |
2/91 | | | 30958 | | 29222 | |
3/91 | | | 33177 | | 29929 | |
4/91 | | | 33111 | | 30000 | |
5/91 | | | 35488 | | 31290 | |
6/91 | | | 33157 | | 29858 | |
7/91 | | | 34390 | | 31248 | |
8/91 | | | 36344 | | 31986 | |
9/91 | | | 36322 | | 31451 | |
10/91 | | | 38076 | | 31873 | |
11/91 | | | 37155 | | 30592 | |
12/91 | | | 40874 | | 34085 | |
1/92 | | | 41618 | | 33450 | |
2/92 | | | 43079 | | 33883 | |
3/92 | | | 43079 | | 33225 | |
4/92 | | | 41795 | | 34200 | |
5/92 | | | 41924 | | 34367 | |
6/92 | | | 41157 | | 33856 | |
7/92 | | | 42079 | | 35238 | |
8/92 | | | 41721 | | 34518 | |
9/92 | | | 42977 | | 34924 | |
10/92 | | | 44297 | | 35043 | |
11/92 | | | 48890 | | 36233 | |
12/92 | | | 50440 | | 36678 | |
1/93 | | | 52422 | | 36984 | |
2/93 | | | 51604 | | 37488 | |
3/93 | | | 54974 | | 38279 | |
4/93 | | | 53699 | | 37353 | |
5/93 | | | 56556 | | 38350 | |
6/93 | | | 55769 | | 38462 | |
7/93 | | | 56857 | | 38307 | |
8/93 | | | 62543 | | 39757 | |
9/93 | | | 66814 | | 39453 | |
10/93 | | | 69260 | | 40268 | |
11/93 | | | 67224 | | 39884 | |
12/93 | | | 68460 | | 40366 | |
1/94 | | | 67050 | | 41738 | |
2/94 | | | 67198 | | 40605 | |
3/94 | | | 64637 | | 38838 | |
4/94 | | | 64082 | | 39336 | |
5/94 | | | 62967 | | 39979 | |
6/94 | | | 61172 | | 39001 | |
7/94 | | | 63613 | | 40280 | |
8/94 | | | 65935 | | 41928 | |
9/94 | | | 65935 | | 40904 | |
10/94 | | | 66554 | | 41821 | |
11/94 | | | 65024 | | 40300 | |
12/94 | | | 65056 | | 40897 | |
1/95 | | | 64230 | | 41957 | |
2/95 | | | 67448 | | 43590 | |
3/95 | | | 69505 | | 44874 | |
4/95 | | | 68706 | | 46195 | |
5/95 | | | 69592 | | 48038 | |
6/95 | | | 72598 | | 49152 | |
7/95 | | | 76802 | | 50781 | |
8/95 | | | 77508 | | 50908 | |
9/95 | | | 75733 | | 53055 | |
10/95 | | | 73196 | | 52866 | |
11/95 | | | 75012 | | 55184 | |
| | | | | | | | |
[MOUNTAIN CHART]
12/95 | | | 75334 | | 56247 | |
1/96 | | | 77451 | | 58159 | |
2/96 | | | 79287 | | 58700 | |
3/96 | | | 80381 | | 59265 | |
4/96 | | | 83845 | | 60138 | |
5/96 | | | 84868 | | 61686 | |
6/96 | | | 84308 | | 61922 | |
7/96 | | | 77884 | | 59187 | |
8/96 | | | 79753 | | 60438 | |
9/96 | | | 82752 | | 63836 | |
10/96 | | | 80997 | | 65596 | |
11/96 | | | 83614 | | 70550 | |
12/96 | | | 82167 | | 69153 | |
1/97 | | | 83769 | | 73471 | |
2/97 | | | 83367 | | 74047 | |
3/97 | | | 81108 | | 71011 | |
4/97 | | | 82487 | | 75246 | |
5/97 | | | 86636 | | 79847 | |
6/97 | | | 91514 | | 83396 | |
7/97 | | | 95046 | | 90030 | |
8/97 | | | 93734 | | 84990 | |
9/97 | | | 99227 | | 89642 | |
10/97 | | | 99058 | | 86652 | |
11/97 | | | 100406 | | 90660 | |
12/97 | | | 103900 | | 92216 | |
1/98 | | | 103453 | | 93235 | |
2/98 | | | 110933 | | 99955 | |
3/98 | | | 119963 | | 105070 | |
4/98 | | | 120047 | | 106146 | |
5/98 | | | 117886 | | 104324 | |
6/98 | | | 123650 | | 108558 | |
7/98 | | | 122303 | | 107411 | |
8/98 | | | 102355 | | 91893 | |
9/98 | | | 108036 | | 97784 | |
10/98 | | | 114086 | | 105726 | |
11/98 | | | 121764 | | 112131 | |
12/98 | | | 134841 | | 118588 | |
1/99 | | | 145952 | | 123546 | |
2/99 | | | 142902 | | 119706 | |
3/99 | | | 152362 | | 124495 | |
4/99 | | | 164871 | | 129316 | |
5/99 | | | 164953 | | 126265 | |
6/99 | | | 175329 | | 133254 | |
7/99 | | | 174768 | | 129111 | |
8/99 | | | 169192 | | 128472 | |
9/99 | | | 177787 | | 124954 | |
10/99 | | | 188384 | | 132858 | |
11/99 | | | 198801 | | 135558 | |
12/99 | | | 223293 | | 143531 | |
1/00 | | | 208467 | | 136321 | |
2/00 | | | 207341 | | 133743 | |
3/00 | | | 221046 | | 146819 | |
4/00 | | | 207054 | | 142403 | |
5/00 | | | 198006 | | 139484 | |
6/00 | | | 209827 | | 142919 | |
7/00 | | | 210016 | | 140687 | |
8/00 | | | 220201 | | 149420 | |
9/00 | | | 213309 | | 141534 | |
10/00 | | | 213821 | | 140933 | |
11/00 | | | 196052 | | 129831 | |
12/00 | | | 205502 | | 130468 | |
1/01 | | | 226032 | | 135094 | |
2/01 | | | 219567 | | 122783 | |
3/01 | | | 208874 | | 115009 | |
4/01 | | | 224185 | | 123940 | |
5/01 | | | 231717 | | 124771 | |
6/01 | | | 229702 | | 121735 | |
7/01 | | | 216540 | | 120537 | |
8/01 | | | 209177 | | 112998 | |
9/01 | | | 174454 | | 103874 | |
10/01 | | | 183682 | | 105856 | |
11/01 | | | 203979 | | 113974 | |
12/01 | | | 213934 | | 114973 | |
1/02 | | | 211195 | | 113296 | |
2/02 | | | 214722 | | 111111 | |
3/02 | | | 221422 | | 115290 | |
4/02 | | | 217790 | | 108303 | |
5/02 | | | 217681 | | 107508 | |
6/02 | | | 192953 | | 99853 | |
7/02 | | | 179022 | | 92071 | |
8/02 | | | 183050 | | 92674 | |
9/02 | | | 172597 | | 82612 | |
10/02 | | | 176740 | | 89876 | |
11/02 | | | 190260 | | 95160 | |
12/02 | | | 180938 | | 89573 | |
1/03 | | | 177011 | | 87231 | |
2/03 | | | 170763 | | 85920 | |
3/03 | | | 175203 | | 86752 | |
4/03 | | | 190498 | | 93894 | |
5/03 | | | 201528 | | 98837 | |
6/03 | | | 202999 | | 100099 | |
7/03 | | | 206470 | | 101865 | |
8/03 | | | 211921 | | 103848 | |
9/03 | | | 207195 | | 102748 | |
10/03 | | | 219129 | | 108558 | |
11/03 | | | 224936 | | 109512 | |
12/03 | | | 235778 | | 115251 | |
1/04 | | | 237830 | | 117366 | |
2/04 | | | 242491 | | 118997 | |
3/04 | | | 242952 | | 117202 | |
4/04 | | | 239040 | | 115364 | |
5/04 | | | 238753 | | 116944 | |
6/04 | | | 239732 | | 119217 | |
7/04 | | | 225756 | | 115272 | |
8/04 | | | 224221 | | 115734 | |
9/04 | | | 234333 | | 116988 | |
10/04 | | | 242628 | | 118775 | |
11/04 | | | 254954 | | 123579 | |
12/04 | | | 267880 | | 127783 | |
1/05 | | | 259924 | | 124669 | |
2/05 | | | 263693 | | 127291 | |
3/05 | | | 260819 | | 125039 | |
4/05 | | | 251325 | | 122669 | |
5/05 | | | 258362 | | 126568 | |
6/05 | | | 262263 | | 126750 | |
7/05 | | | 267928 | | 131461 | |
8/05 | | | 262998 | | 130263 | |
9/05 | | | 259632 | | 131317 | |
10/05 | | | 249428 | | 129127 | |
11/05 | | | 259730 | | 134006 | |
12/05 | | | 264561 | | 134054 | |
1/06 | | | 269878 | | 137603 | |
2/06 | | | 270337 | | 137976 | |
3/06 | | | 278042 | | 139693 | |
4/06 | | | 287078 | | 141567 | |
5/06 | | | 281882 | | 137498 | |
6/06 | | | 280219 | | 137680 | |
7/06 | | | 270103 | | 138529 | |
8/06 | | | 279476 | | 141820 | |
9/06 | | | 290515 | | 145472 | |
10/06 | | | 307510 | | 150210 | |
11/06 | | | 317658 | | 153062 | |
12/06 | | | 328712 | | 155209 | |
1/07 | | | 339067 | | 157554 | |
2/07 | | | 334354 | | 154482 | |
3/07 | | | 338757 | | 156206 | |
Source: (1) Lipper Inc.
AIM Leisure Fund
Average Annual Total Returns
As of 3/31/07, including applicable sales charges
Class A Shares | | | |
Inception (3/28/02) | | 7.65 | % |
5 Years | | 7.67 | |
1 Year | | 15.16 | |
| | | |
Class B Shares | | | |
Inception (3/28/02) | | 7.96 | % |
5 Years | | 7.83 | |
1 Year | | 15.95 | |
| | | |
Class C Shares | | | |
Inception (2/14/00) | | 5.84 | % |
5 Years | | 7.99 | |
1 Year | | 19.95 | |
| | | |
Class R Shares | | | |
Inception (10/25/05) | | 22.97 | % |
1 Year | | 21.56 | |
| | | |
Investor Class Shares | | | |
Inception (1/19/84) | | 16.40 | % |
10 Years | | 15.37 | |
5 Years | | 8.88 | |
1 Year | | 21.88 | |
Cumulative Total Returns
Six months ended 3/31/07, excluding applicable sales charges
Class A | | 16.65 | % |
Class B | | 16.22 | |
Class C | | 16.20 | |
Class R | | 16.52 | |
Investor Class Shares | | 16.66 | |
The performance data quoted represent past performance and cannot guarantee comparable future results; current performance may be lower or higher. Please visit AIMinvestments.com for the most recent month-end performance. Performance figures reflect reinvested distributions, changes in net asset value and the effect of the maximum sales charge unless otherwise stated. Investment return and principal value will fluctuate so that you may have a gain or loss when you sell shares.
The total annual Fund operating expense ratio set forth in the most recent Fund prospectus as of the date of this report for Class A, Class B, Class C, Class R and Investor Class shares was 1.27%, 2.02%, 2.02%, 1.52% and 1.27%, respectively. The expense ratios presented above may vary from the expense ratios presented in other sections of this report that are based on expenses incurred during the period covered by this report.
Class A share performance reflects the maximum 5.50% sales charge, and Class B and Class C share performance reflects the applicable contingent deferred sales charge (CDSC) for the period involved. The CDSC on Class B shares declines from 5% beginning at the time of purchase to 0% at the beginning of the seventh year. The CDSC on Class C shares is 1% for the first year after purchase. Class R shares do not have a front-end sales charge; returns shown are at net asset value and do not reflect a 0.75% CDSC that may be imposed on a total redemption of retirement plan assets within the first year. Investor Class shares do not have a front-end sales charge or a CDSC; therefore, performance is at net asset value.
The performance of the Fund’s share classes will differ primarily due to different sales charge structures and class expenses.
Continued from inside front cover
and third quarters, the Fund files the lists with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Form N-Q. The most recent list of portfolio holdings is available at AIMinvestments.com. From our home page, click on Products & Performance, then Mutual Funds, then Fund Overview. Select your Fund from the drop-down menu and click on Complete Quarterly Holdings. Shareholders can also look up the Fund’s Forms N-Q on the SEC Web site 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 202-942-8090 or 800-732-0330, or by electronic request at the following e-mail address: publicinfo@sec.gov. The SEC file numbers for the Fund are 811-03826 and 002-85905.
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 on the AIM Web site, AIMinvestments.com. On the home page, scroll down and click on AIM Funds Proxy Policy. The information is also available on the SEC Web site, sec.gov.
Information regarding how the Fund voted proxies related to its portfolio securities during the 12 months ended June 30, 2006, is available at our Web site. Go to AIMinvestments.com, access the About Us tab, click on Required Notices and then click on Proxy Voting Activity. Next, select the Fund from the drop-down menu. The information is also available on the SEC Web site, sec.gov.
9
AIM Leisure Fund
Schedule of Investments
March 31, 2007
| | Shares | | Value | |
Domestic Common Stocks–76.92% | |
Advertising–5.78% | |
Harte-Hanks, Inc. | | | 161,050 | | | $ | 4,443,370 | | |
Omnicom Group Inc. | | | 462,800 | | | | 47,381,464 | | |
| | | | | | | 51,824,834 | | |
Apparel Retail–1.57% | |
Abercrombie & Fitch Co.–Class A | | | 185,659 | | | | 14,050,673 | | |
Apparel, Accessories & Luxury Goods–4.58% | |
Carter's, Inc.(a) | | | 472,467 | | | | 11,972,314 | | |
Columbia Sportswear Co. | | | 75,905 | | | | 4,729,641 | | |
Polo Ralph Lauren Corp. | | | 276,710 | | | | 24,391,986 | | |
| | | | | | | 41,093,941 | | |
Brewers–0.99% | |
Anheuser-Busch Cos., Inc. | | | 176,933 | | | | 8,928,039 | | |
Broadcasting & Cable TV–11.88% | |
Cablevision Systems Corp.–Class A | | | 667,193 | | | | 20,302,683 | | |
CBS Corp.–Class A | | | 64,550 | | | | 1,975,876 | | |
CBS Corp.–Class B | | | 64,700 | | | | 1,979,173 | | |
Clear Channel Communications, Inc. | | | 359,649 | | | | 12,602,101 | | |
Comcast Corp.–Class A(a) | | | 880,191 | | | | 22,840,956 | | |
EchoStar Communications Corp.–Class A(a) | | | 296,085 | | | | 12,858,972 | | |
Liberty Global, Inc.–Class A(a) | | | 80,054 | | | | 2,636,178 | | |
Liberty Global, Inc.–Series C(a) | | | 125,025 | | | | 3,830,766 | | |
Liberty Media Corp.–Series A(a) | | | 93,088 | | | | 10,294,602 | | |
Scripps Co. (E.W.) (The)–Class A | | | 137,300 | | | | 6,134,564 | | |
Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc.–Class A | | | 422,400 | | | | 6,526,080 | | |
Spanish Broadcasting System, Inc.–Class A(a) | | | 222,200 | | | | 888,800 | | |
Virgin Media Inc. | | | 146,250 | | | | 3,692,812 | | |
| | | | | | | 106,563,563 | | |
Casinos & Gaming–7.79% | |
Harrah's Entertainment, Inc. | | | 502,954 | | | | 42,474,465 | | |
International Game Technology | | | 299,940 | | | | 12,111,577 | | |
MGM Mirage(a) | | | 220,032 | | | | 15,296,625 | | |
| | | | | | | 69,882,667 | | |
Catalog Retail–1.24% | |
Liberty Media Corp.–Interactive–Series A(a) | | | 465,444 | | | | 11,086,876 | | |
Computer & Electronics Retail–0.75% | |
Best Buy Co., Inc. | | | 137,319 | | | | 6,690,182 | | |
| | Shares | | Value | |
Department Stores–0.64% | |
Kohl's Corp.(a) | | | 75,255 | | | $ | 5,765,286 | | |
Distillers & Vintners–0.50% | |
Brown-Forman Corp.–Class B | | | 68,677 | | | | 4,502,464 | | |
Footwear–2.51% | |
Crocs, Inc.(a) | | | 300,518 | | | | 14,199,476 | | |
NIKE, Inc.–Class B | | | 78,066 | | | | 8,295,293 | | |
| | | | | | | 22,494,769 | | |
General Merchandise Stores–0.96% | |
Target Corp. | | | 144,858 | | | | 8,584,285 | | |
Home Entertainment Software–0.33% | |
Electronic Arts Inc.(a) | | | 58,400 | | | | 2,941,024 | | |
Home Improvement Retail–2.33% | |
Home Depot, Inc. (The) | | | 398,141 | | | | 14,627,700 | | |
Lowe's Cos., Inc. | | | 200,700 | | | | 6,320,043 | | |
| | | | | | | 20,947,743 | | |
Hotels, Resorts & Cruise Lines–11.91% | |
Carnival Corp.(b) | | | 382,686 | | | | 17,932,666 | | |
Hilton Hotels Corp. | | | 917,632 | | | | 32,998,047 | | |
Marriott International, Inc.–Class A | | | 368,685 | | | | 18,050,818 | | |
Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. | | | 212,384 | | | | 8,954,109 | | |
Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. | | | 445,568 | | | | 28,895,085 | | |
| | | | | | | 106,830,725 | | |
Hypermarkets & Super Centers–0.73% | |
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. | | | 138,951 | | | | 6,523,749 | | |
Internet Retail–0.52% | |
Blue Nile, Inc.(a)(c) | | | 114,615 | | | | 4,660,246 | | |
Internet Software & Services–0.80% | |
Google Inc.–Class A(a) | | | 15,590 | | | | 7,142,714 | | |
Investment Companies - Exchange Traded Funds–1.28% | |
iShares Russell 3000 Index Fund | | | 46,568 | | | | 3,848,380 | | |
iShares S&P 500 Index Fund | | | 26,936 | | | | 3,831,915 | | |
S&P 500 Depositary Receipts Trust–Series 1 | | | 27,039 | | | | 3,840,890 | | |
| | | | | | | 11,521,185 | | |
Movies & Entertainment–10.74% | |
News Corp.–Class A | | | 2,033,523 | | | | 47,015,052 | | |
F-1
AIM Leisure Fund
| | Shares | | Value | |
Movies & Entertainment–(continued) | |
Time Warner Inc. | | | 936,500 | | | $ | 18,467,780 | | |
Viacom Inc.–Class A(a) | | | 131,424 | | | | 5,396,269 | | |
Viacom Inc.–Class B(a) | | | 95,100 | | | | 3,909,561 | | |
Walt Disney Co. (The) | | | 626,608 | | | | 21,574,114 | | |
| | | | | | | 96,362,776 | | |
Publishing–2.79% | |
Belo Corp.–Class A | | | 304,800 | | | | 5,690,616 | | |
Gannett Co., Inc. | | | 95,205 | | | | 5,359,089 | | |
McClatchy Co. (The)–Class A | | | 129,300 | | | | 4,087,173 | | |
McGraw-Hill Cos., Inc. (The) | | | 157,000 | | | | 9,872,160 | | |
| | | | | | | 25,009,038 | | |
Restaurants–2.55% | |
Burger King Holdings Inc. | | | 202,664 | | | | 4,377,542 | | |
McDonald's Corp. | | | 160,740 | | | | 7,241,337 | | |
Ruth's Chris Steak House, Inc.(a) | | | 284,661 | | | | 5,795,698 | | |
Yum! Brands, Inc. | | | 94,826 | | | | 5,477,150 | | |
| | | | | | | 22,891,727 | | |
Soft Drinks–1.39% | |
PepsiCo, Inc. | | | 195,627 | | | | 12,434,052 | | |
Specialized REIT's–0.72% | |
Felcor Lodging Inc. | | | 247,228 | | | | 6,420,511 | | |
Specialty Stores–1.64% | |
PetSmart, Inc. | | | 445,266 | | | | 14,675,967 | | |
Total Domestic Common Stocks (Cost $419,736,881) | | | | | | | 689,829,036 | | |
Foreign Common Stocks & Other Equity Interests–18.98% | |
Belgium–3.58% | |
Compagnie Nationale a Portfeuille/Nationale Portefeuille Maatschappis (Multi-Sector Holdings)(c)(d) | | | 25,200 | | | | 1,602,309 | | |
Groupe Bruxelles Lambert S.A. (Multi-Sector Holdings)(d) | | | 174,400 | | | | 20,422,966 | | |
InBev N.V. (Brewers)(d) | | | 139,535 | | | | 10,087,684 | | |
| | | | | | | 32,112,959 | | |
Brazil–1.34% | |
Companhia de Bebidas das Americas–ADR (Brewers) | | | 229,446 | | | | 11,965,609 | | |
Denmark–1.00% | |
Carlsberg A.S.–Class B (Brewers)(c)(d) | | | 82,550 | | | | 8,966,225 | | |
France–3.73% | |
Accor S.A. (Hotels, Resorts & Cruise Lines)(d) | | | 200,971 | | | | 19,243,791 | | |
JC Decaux S.A. (Advertising)(d) | | | 201,900 | | | | 5,971,987 | | |
Pernod Ricard S.A. (Distillers & Vintners)(d) | | | 40,560 | | | | 8,236,407 | | |
| | | | | | | 33,452,185 | | |
| | Shares | | Value | |
Hong Kong–0.19% | |
Television Broadcasts Ltd.–ADR (Broadcasting & Cable TV)(c)(e) | | | 138,900 | | | $ | 1,736,639 | | |
Japan–0.36% | |
Sony Corp.–ADR (Consumer Electronics) | | | 64,500 | | | | 3,256,605 | | |
Mexico–0.59% | |
Coca-Cola Femsa S.A. B. de C.V. (Soft Drinks) | | | 146,575 | | | | 5,294,289 | | |
Netherlands–1.20% | |
Jetix Europe N.V. (Broadcasting & Cable TV)(a)(c) | | | 428,515 | | | | 10,761,314 | | |
Sweden–0.13% | |
Rezidor Hotel Group A.B. (Acquired 11/28/06; Cost $20,647) (Hotels, Resorts & Cruise Lines)(a)(f) | | | 147,174 | | | | 1,180,233 | | |
Switzerland–1.75% | |
Compagnie Financiere Richemont S.A.–Class A (Apparel, Accessories & Luxury Goods)(c)(d)(g) | | | 179,500 | | | | 10,049,714 | | |
Pargesa Holding S.A. (Multi-Sector Holdings)(c) | | | 53,900 | | | | 5,654,777 | | |
| | | | | | | 15,704,491 | | |
United Kingdom–5.11% | |
Diageo PLC (Distillers & Vintners)(d) | | | 797,446 | | | | 16,170,929 | | |
InterContinental Hotels Group PLC (Hotels, Resorts & Cruise Lines)(d) | | | 516,309 | | | | 12,784,864 | | |
WPP Group PLC (Advertising)(d) | | | 1,112,030 | | | | 16,876,593 | | |
| | | | | | | 45,832,386 | | |
Total Foreign Common Stocks & Other Equity Interests (Cost $86,156,623) | | | | | | | 170,262,935 | | |
Money Market Funds–5.72% | |
Liquid Assets Portfolio–Institutional Class(h) | | | 25,646,576 | | | | 25,646,576 | | |
Premier Portfolio–Institutional Class(h) | | | 25,646,577 | | | | 25,646,577 | | |
Total Money Market Funds (Cost $51,293,153) | | | | | | | 51,293,153 | | |
TOTAL INVESTMENTS (excluding investments purchased with cash collateral from securities loaned)–101.62% (Cost $557,186,657) | | | | | | | 911,385,124 | | |
Investments Purchased with Cash Collateral from Securities Loaned | |
Money Market Funds–1.98% | |
Premier Portfolio–Institutional Class (Money Market Funds)(h)(i) | | | 17,770,695 | | | | 17,770,695 | | |
Total Money Market Funds (purchased with cash collateral from securities loaned) (Cost $17,770,695) | | | | | | | 17,770,695 | | |
TOTAL INVESTMENTS–103.60% (Cost $574,957,352) | | | | | | | 929,155,819 | | |
OTHER ASSETS LESS LIABILITIES–(3.60)% | | | | | | | (32,289,904 | ) | |
NET ASSETS–100.00% | | | | | | $ | 896,865,951 | | |
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Investment Abbreviations:
ADR | | | – | | | American Depositary Receipt | |
|
REIT | | | – | | | Real Estate Investment Trust | |
|
Notes to Schedule of Investments:
(a) Non-income producing security.
(b) Each unit represents one common share with paired trust share.
(c) All or a portion of this security was out on loan at March 31, 2007.
(d) In accordance with the procedures established by the Board of Trustees, the foreign security is fair valued using adjusted closing market prices. The aggregate value of these securities at March 31, 2007 was $130,413,469, which represented 14.54% of the Fund's Net Assets. See Note 1A.
(e) In accordance with the procedures established by the Board of Trustees, security fair valued based on an evaluated quote provided by an independent pricing service. The value of this security at March 31, 2007 represented 0.19% of the Fund's Net Assets. See Note 1A.
(f) Security not registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (e.g., the security was purchased in a Rule 144A transaction or a Regulation D transaction). The security may be resold pursuant to an exemption from registration under the 1933 Act, typically to qualified institutional buyers. The Fund has no rights to demand registration of these securities. The value of this security at March 31, 2007 represented 0.13% of the Fund's Net Assets. Unless otherwise indicated, this security is not considered to be illiquid.
(g) Each unit represents one A bearer share in the company and one bearer share participation certificate in Richemont S.A.
(h) The money market fund and the Fund are affiliated by having the same investment advisor. See Note 3.
(i) The security has been segregated to satisfy the commitment to return the cash collateral received in securities lending transactions upon the borrower's return of the securities loaned. See Note 8.
See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements which are an integral part of the financial statements.
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Statement of Assets and Liabilities
March 31, 2007
Assets: | |
Investments, at value (cost $505,893,504)* | | $ | 860,091,971 | | |
Investments in affiliated money market funds (cost $69,063,848) | | | 69,063,848 | | |
Total investments (cost $574,957,352) | | | 929,155,819 | | |
Foreign currencies, at value (cost $34,946) | | | 35,737 | | |
Receivables for: | |
Investments sold | | | 5,344,571 | | |
Fund shares sold | | | 1,507,510 | | |
Dividends | | | 1,213,000 | | |
Investment for trustee deferred compensation and retirement plans | | | 76,676 | | |
Other assets | | | 24,890 | | |
Total assets | | | 937,358,203 | | |
Liabilities: | |
Payables for: | |
Investments purchased | | | 18,119,041 | | |
Fund shares reacquired | | | 3,772,652 | | |
Trustee deferred compensation and retirement plans | | | 121,790 | | |
Collateral upon return of securities loaned | | | 17,770,695 | | |
Accrued distribution fees | | | 240,800 | | |
Accrued trustees' and officer's fees and benefits | | | 6,509 | | |
Accrued transfer agent fees | | | 344,257 | | |
Accrued operating expenses | | | 116,508 | | |
Total liabilities | | | 40,492,252 | | |
Net assets applicable to shares outstanding | | $ | 896,865,951 | | |
Net assets consist of: | |
Shares of beneficial interest | | $ | 547,297,307 | | |
Undistributed net investment income | | | (16,247,174 | ) | |
Undistributed net realized gain | | | 11,608,360 | | |
Unrealized appreciation | | | 354,207,458 | | |
| | $ | 896,865,951 | | |
Net Assets: | |
Class A | | $ | 181,747,972 | | |
Class B | | $ | 37,552,735 | | |
Class C | | $ | 47,521,336 | | |
Class R | | $ | 203,424 | | |
Investor Class | | $ | 629,840,484 | | |
Shares outstanding, $0.01 par value per share, unlimited number of shares authorized: | |
Class A | | | 3,694,479 | | |
Class B | | | 783,122 | | |
Class C | | | 1,019,356 | | |
Class R | | | 4,140 | | |
Investor Class | | | 12,826,543 | | |
Class A: | |
Net asset value per share | | $ | 49.19 | | |
Offering price per share (Net asset value of $49.19 ÷ 94.50%) | | $ | 52.05 | | |
Class B: | |
Net asset value and offering price per share | | $ | 47.95 | | |
Class C: | |
Net asset value and offering price per share | | $ | 46.62 | | |
Class R: | |
Net asset value and offering price per share | | $ | 49.14 | | |
Investor Class: | |
Net asset value and offering price per share | | $ | 49.10 | | |
* At March 31, 2007, securities with an aggregate value of $17,032,601 were on loan to brokers.
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 March 31, 2007
Investment income: | |
Dividends (net of foreign withholding taxes of $268,531) | | $ | 10,462,720 | | |
Dividends from affiliated money market funds (includes securities lending income of $252,439) | | | 1,727,519 | | |
Interest | | | 4,589 | | |
Total investment income | | | 12,194,828 | | |
Expenses: | |
Advisory fees | | | 5,360,699 | | |
Administrative services fees | | | 220,265 | | |
Custodian fees | | | 158,821 | | |
Distribution fees: | |
Class A | | | 357,948 | | |
Class B | | | 337,729 | | |
Class C | | | 350,501 | | |
Class R | | | 315 | | |
Investor Class | | | 1,429,246 | | |
Transfer agent fees | | | 1,593,746 | | |
Trustees' and officer's fees and benefits | | | 38,582 | | |
Other | | | 321,785 | | |
Total expenses | | | 10,169,637 | | |
Less: Fees waived, expenses reimbursed and expense offset arrangements | | | (81,592 | ) | |
Net expenses | | | 10,088,045 | | |
Net investment income | | | 2,106,783 | | |
Realized and unrealized gain: | |
Net realized gain from: | |
Investment securities (includes net gains from securities sold to affiliates of $646,399) | | | 43,574,667 | | |
Foreign currencies | | | 96,856 | | |
| | | 43,671,523 | | |
Change in net unrealized appreciation of: | |
Investment securities | | | 107,963,026 | | |
Foreign currencies | | | 15,576 | | |
| | | 107,978,602 | | |
Net realized and unrealized gain | | | 151,650,125 | | |
Net increase in net assets resulting from operations | | $ | 153,756,908 | | |
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 March 31, 2007 and 2006
| | 2007 | | 2006 | |
Operations: | |
Net investment income | | $ | 2,106,783 | | | $ | 2,380,758 | | |
Net realized gain | | | 43,671,523 | | | | 94,200,637 | | |
Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) | | | 107,978,602 | | | | (49,020,657 | ) | |
Net increase in net assets resulting from operations | | | 153,756,908 | | | | 47,560,738 | | |
Distributions to shareholders from net investment income: | |
Class A | | | (3,164,930 | ) | | | (1,478,318 | ) | |
Class B | | | (510,702 | ) | | | (275,141 | ) | |
Class C | | | (517,823 | ) | | | (273,567 | ) | |
Class R | | | (1,141 | ) | | | (104 | ) | |
Investor Class | | | (12,405,646 | ) | | | (6,284,550 | ) | |
Total distributions from net investment income | | | (16,600,242 | ) | | | (8,311,680 | ) | |
Distributions to shareholders from net realized gains: | |
Class A | | | (7,769,732 | ) | | | (13,787,712 | ) | |
Class B | | | (1,835,881 | ) | | | (3,646,606 | ) | |
Class C | | | (1,861,652 | ) | | | (3,625,742 | ) | |
Class R | | | (3,131 | ) | | | (1,007 | ) | |
Investor Class | | | (30,455,191 | ) | | | (57,249,907 | ) | |
Total distributions from net realized gains | | | (41,925,587 | ) | | | (78,310,974 | ) | |
Decrease in net assets resulting from distributions | | | (58,525,829 | ) | | | (86,622,654 | ) | |
Share transactions—net: | |
Class A | | | 32,469,432 | | | | 51,259,710 | | |
Class B | | | (734,905 | ) | | | 7,419,440 | | |
Class C | | | 10,060,236 | | | | 5,751,247 | | |
Class K | | | — | | | | (98,550,104 | ) | |
Class R | | | 176,861 | | | | 21,525 | | |
Investor Class | | | (9,014,946 | ) | | | (65,151,262 | ) | |
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from share transactions | | | 32,956,678 | | | | (99,249,444 | ) | |
Net increase (decrease) in net assets | | | 128,187,757 | | | | (138,311,360 | ) | |
Net assets: | |
Beginning of year | | | 768,678,194 | | | | 906,989,554 | | |
End of year (including undistributed net investment income of $(16,247,174) and $(12,984,441), respectively) | | $ | 896,865,951 | | | $ | 768,678,194 | | |
See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements which are an integral part of the financial statements.
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AIM Leisure Fund
Notes to Financial Statements
March 31, 2007
NOTE 1—Significant Accounting Policies
AIM Leisure Fund (the "Fund") is a series portfolio of AIM Sector Funds (the "Trust"). The Trust is a Delaware statutory trust registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the "1940 Act"), as an open-end series management investment company consisting of six separate portfolios, each authorized to issue an unlimited number of shares of beneficial interest. The Fund currently consists of multiple classes of shares. Matters affecting each portfolio or class will be voted on exclusively by the shareholders of such portfolio or class. The assets, liabilities and operations of each portfolio are accounted for separately. Information presented in these financial statements pertains only to the Fund.
The Fund's investment objective is capital growth.
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 the 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 be tween 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, yield, quality, type of issue, coupon rate, maturity, individual trading characteristics and other market data. Short-term obligations, including commercial paper, having 60 days or less to maturity are recorded at amortized cost which approximates value.
Foreign securities (including foreign exchange contracts) 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 are significant and may make the closing price unreliable, the Fund may fair value the security. If the event is likely to have affected the closing price of the security, the security will be valued at fair value in good faith using procedures approved by the Board of Trustees. Adjustments to closing prices to reflect fair value may also be based on a sc reening 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 meeting the approved degree of certainty that the price is not reflective of current value will be priced at the indication of fair value from the independent pricing service. Multiple factors may be considered by the independent pricing service in determining adjustments to reflect fair value and may include information relating to sector indices, ADRs and domestic and foreign index futures.
Securities for which market prices are not provided by any of the above methods may be valued based upon quotes furnished by independent sources and are valued at the last bid price in the case of equity securities and in the case of debt obligations, the mean between the last bid and asked prices.
Securities for which market quotations are not readily available or are unreliable are valued at fair value as determined in good faith by or under the supervision of the Trust's officers following procedures approved by the Board of Trustees. Issuer specific events, market trends, bid/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.
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 is recorded on the ex-dividend date.
The Fund may receive proceeds from litigation settlements involving Fund investments. 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 realized and unrealized gain (loss) from investment securities reported in the Statement of Operations and the Statement of Changes in Net Assets and the realized and unrealized net gains (losses) on securities per share in the Financial Highlights. Transaction costs are included in the calculation of the Fund's net asset value
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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 advisor.
The Fund allocates income and realized and unrealized capital gains and losses to a class based on the relative net assets of each class.
C. Country Determination — For the purposes of making investment selection decisions and presentation in the Schedule of Investments, AIM 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 and net realized capital gain, if any, are generally paid annually and recorded on ex-dividend date. The Fund may elect to treat a portion of the proceeds from redemptions as distributions for federal income tax purposes.
E. Federal Income Taxes — The Fund intends to comply with the requirements of Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code necessary to qualify as a regulated investment company and to distribute substantially all of the Fund's taxable earnings to shareholders. As such, the Fund will not be subject to federal income taxes on otherwise taxable income (including net realized capital gain) that is distributed to shareholders. Therefore, no provision for federal income taxes is recorded in the financial statements.
F. Expenses — Fees provided for under the Rule 12b-1 plan of a particular class of the Fund and which are directly attributable to that class are charged to the operations of such class. All other expenses are allocated among the classes based on relative net assets.
G. Accounting Estimates — The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America 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.
H. Indemnifications — Under the Trust's organizational documents, each Trustee, officer, employee or other agent of the Trust (including the Trust's investment manager) is indemnified against certain liabilities that may arise out of performance of their duties to the Fund. Additionally, in the normal course of business, the Fund enters into contracts that contain a variety of indemnification clauses. The Fund's maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown as this would involve future claims that may be made against the Fund that have not yet occurred. The risk of material loss as a result of such indemnification claims is considered remote.
I. Foreign Currency Translations — Foreign currency is valued at the close of the NYSE based on quotations posted by banks and major currency dealers. Portfolio securities and other assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies are translated into U.S. dollar amounts at date of valuation. Purchases and sales of portfolio securities (net of foreign taxes withheld on disposition) and income items denominated in foreign currencies are translated into U.S. dollar amounts on the respective dates of such transactions. The Fund does not separately account for the portion of the results of operations resulting from changes in foreign exchange rates on investments and the fluctuations arising from changes in market prices of securities held. The combined results of changes in foreign exchange rates and the fluctuation of market price s on investments (net of estimated foreign tax withholding) are included with the net realized and unrealized gain or loss from investments in the Statement of Operations. Reported net realized foreign currency gains or losses arise from (i) sales of foreign currencies, (ii) currency gains or losses realized between the trade and settlement dates on securities transactions, and (iii) the difference between the amounts of dividends, interest, and foreign withholding taxes recorded on the Fund's books and the U.S. dollar equivalent of the amounts actually received or paid. Net unrealized foreign currency gains and losses arise from changes in the fair values of assets and liabilities, other than investments in securities at fiscal period end, resulting from changes in exchange rates.
The Fund may invest in foreign securities which may be subject to foreign taxes on income, gains on investments or currency repatriation, a portion of which may be recoverable. Taxes are accrued based on the Fund's current interpretation of tax regulations and rates that exist in the foreign markets in which the Fund invests.
J. Foreign Currency Contracts — A foreign currency contract is an obligation to purchase or sell a specific currency for an agreed-upon price at a future date. The Fund may enter into a foreign currency contract to attempt to minimize the risk to the Fund from adverse changes in the relationship between currencies. The Fund may also enter into a foreign currency contract for the purchase or sale of a security denominated in a foreign currency in order to "lock in" the U.S. dollar price of that security. Fluctuations in the value of these contracts are recorded as unrealized appreciation (depreciation) until the contracts are closed. When these contracts are closed, realized gains (losses) are recorded. Realized and unrealized gains and losses on these contracts are included in the Statement of Operations. The Fund could be exposed to r isk, which may be in excess of the amount reflected in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities, if counterparties to the contracts are unable to meet the terms of their contracts or if the value of the foreign currency changes unfavorably.
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NOTE 2—Advisory Fees and Other Fees Paid to Affiliates
The Trust has entered into a master investment advisory agreement with A I M Advisors, Inc. ("AIM"). Under the terms of the investment advisory agreement, the Fund pays an advisory fee to AIM based on the annual rate of the Fund's average daily net assets as follows:
Average Net Assets | | Rate | |
First $350 million | | | 0.75 | % | |
Next $350 million | | | 0.65 | % | |
Next $1.3 billion | | | 0.55 | % | |
Next $2 billion | | | 0.45 | % | |
Next $2 billion | | | 0.40 | % | |
Next $2 billion | | | 0.375 | % | |
Over $8 billion | | | 0.35 | % | |
AIM has voluntarily agreed to waive advisory fees of the Fund in the amount of 25% of the advisory fee AIM receives from the affiliated money market funds on investments by the Fund in such affiliated money market funds (excluding investments made in affiliated money market funds with cash collateral from securities loaned by the fund). Voluntary fee waivers or reimbursements may be modified or discontinued at any time upon consultation with the Board of Trustees without further notice to investors.
For the year ended March 31, 2007, AIM waived advisory fees of $8,012.
At the request of the Trustees of the Trust, AMVESCAP PLC ("AMVESCAP") agreed to reimburse expenses incurred by the Fund in connection with market timing matters in the AIM Funds, which may include legal, audit, shareholder reporting, communications and trustee expenses. These expenses along with the related expense reimbursement are included in the Statement of Operations. For the year ended March 31, 2007, AMVESCAP reimbursed expenses of the Fund in the amount of $4,540.
The Trust has entered into a master administrative services agreement with AIM pursuant to which the Fund has agreed to pay AIM for certain administrative costs incurred in providing accounting services, to the Fund. For the year ended March 31, 2007, expenses incurred under the agreement are shown in the Statement of Operations as administrative services fees.
The Trust has entered into a transfer agency and service agreement with AIM Investment Services, Inc. ("AIS") pursuant to which the Fund has agreed to pay AIS a fee for providing transfer agency and shareholder services to the Fund and reimburse AIS for certain expenses incurred by AIS in the course of providing such services. AIS may make payments to intermediaries that provide omnibus account services, sub-accounting services and/or networking services. All fees payable by AIS to intermediaries that provide omnibus account services or sub-accounting are charged back to the Fund, subject to certain limitations approved by the Trust's Board of Trustees. For the year ended March 31, 2007, expenses incurred under the agreement are shown in the Statement of Operations as transfer agent fees.
The Trust has entered into master distribution agreements with A I M Distributors, Inc. ("ADI") to serve as the distributor for the Class A, Class B, Class C, Class R and Investor Class shares of the Fund. The Trust has adopted plans pursuant to Rule 12b-1 under the 1940 Act with respect to the Fund's Class A, Class B, Class C, Class R and Investor Class shares (collectively the "Plans"). The Fund, pursuant to the Plans, pays ADI compensation at the annual rate of 0.25% of the Fund's average daily net assets of Class A shares, 1.00% of the average daily net assets of Class B and Class C shares, 0.50% of the average daily net assets of Class R shares and 0.25% of the average daily net assets of Investor Class shares. Of Plan payments, up to 0.25% of the average daily net assets of each class of shares may be paid to furnish continuing personal shareholder services to customers who purchase and own shares of such classes. Any amou nts not paid as a service fee under the Plans would constitute an asset-based sales charge. National Association of Securities Dealers ("NASD") Rules impose a cap on the total sales charges, including asset-based sales charges that may be paid by any class of shares of the Fund. For the year ended March 31, 2007, expenses incurred under the Plans are shown in the Statement of Operations as distribution fees.
Front-end sales commissions and contingent deferred sales charges ("CDSC") (collectively the "sales charges") are not recorded as expenses of the Fund. Front-end sales commissions are deducted from proceeds from the sales of Fund shares prior to investment in Class A shares of the Fund. CDSC are deducted from redemption proceeds prior to remittance to the shareholder. During the year ended March 31, 2007, ADI advised the Fund that it retained $51,250 in front-end sales commissions from the sale of Class A shares and $1,252, $37,210, $5,571 and $0 from Class A, Class B, Class C and Class R shares, respectively, for CDSC imposed on redemptions by shareholders.
Certain officers and trustees of the Trust are officers and directors of AIM, AIS and/or ADI.
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NOTE 3—Investments in Affiliates
The Fund is permitted, pursuant to procedures approved by the Board of Trustees, to invest daily available cash balances and cash collateral from securities lending transactions in affiliated money market funds. The Fund and the money market funds below have the same investment advisor and therefore, are considered to be affiliated. The tables below show the transactions in and earnings from investments in affiliated money market funds for the year ended March 31, 2007.
Investments of Daily Available Cash Balances:
Fund | |
Value 03/31/06 | |
Purchases at Cost | |
Proceeds from Sales | | Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) | |
Value 03/31/07 | |
Dividend Income | | Realized Gain (Loss) | |
Liquid Assets Portfolio–Institutional Class | | $ | — | | | $ | 84,942,637 | | | $ | (59,296,061 | ) | | $ | — | | | $ | 25,646,576 | | | $ | 668,964 | | | $ | — | | |
Premier Portfolio–Institutional Class | | | 1,876,748 | | | | 136,802,483 | | | | (113,032,654 | ) | | | — | | | | 25,646,577 | | | | 806,116 | | | | — | | |
Subtotal | | $ | 1,876,748 | | | $ | 221,745,120 | | | $ | (172,328,715 | ) | | $ | — | | | $ | 51,293,153 | | | $ | 1,475,080 | | | $ | — | | |
Investments of Cash Collateral from Securities Lending Transactions:
Fund | |
Value 03/31/06 | |
Purchases at Cost | |
Proceeds from Sales | | Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) | |
Value 03/31/07 | |
Dividend Income* | | Realized Gain (Loss) | |
Premier Portfolio–Institutional Class | | $ | 24,296,094 | | | $ | 476,239,730 | | | $ | (482,765,129 | ) | | $ | — | | | $ | 17,770,695 | | | $ | 252,439 | | | $ | — | | |
Total Investments in Affiliates | | $ | 26,172,842 | | | $ | 697,984,850 | | | $ | (655,093,844 | ) | | $ | — | | | $ | 69,063,848 | | | $ | 1,727,519 | | | $ | — | | |
* Net of compensation to counterparties.
NOTE 4—Security Transactions with Affiliated Funds
The Fund is permitted to purchase or sell securities from or to certain other AIM Funds under specified conditions outlined in procedures adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Trust. The procedures have been designed to ensure that any purchase or sale of securities by the Fund from or to another fund or portfolio that is or could be considered an affiliate by virtue of having a common investment advisor (or affiliated investment advisors), common Trustees and/or common officers complies with Rule 17a-7 of the 1940 Act. Further, as defined under the procedures, each transaction is effected at the current market price. Pursuant to these procedures, for the year ended March 31, 2007, the Fund engaged in securities sales of $1,616,200, which resulted in net realized gains of $646,399.
NOTE 5—Expense Offset Arrangements
The expense offset arrangements are comprised of (i) transfer agency credits which result from balances in Demand Deposit Accounts (DDA) used by the transfer agent for clearing shareholder transactions, (ii) custodian credits which result from periodic overnight cash balances at the custodian and (iii) a one time custodian fee credit used to offset custodian fees. For the year ended March 31, 2007, the Fund received credits from these arrangements, which resulted in the reduction of the Fund's total expenses of $69,040.
NOTE 6—Trustees' and Officer's Fees and Benefits
"Trustees' and Officer's Fees and Benefits" include amounts accrued by the Fund to pay remuneration to certain Trustees and Officers of the Fund. Trustees have the option to defer compensation payable by the Fund, and "Trustees' and Officer's Fees and Benefits" also include amounts accrued by the Fund to fund such deferred compensation amounts. Those Trustees who defer compensation have the option to select various AIM Funds in which their deferral accounts shall be deemed to be invested. Finally, certain current Trustees are eligible to participate in a retirement plan that provides for benefits to be paid upon retirement to Trustees over a period of time based on the number of years of service. The Fund may have certain former Trustees who also participate in a retirement plan and receive benefits under such plan. "Trustees' and Officer's Fees and Benefits" include amounts accrued by the Fund to fund such retirement benefits. Obligations under the deferred compensation and retirement plans represent unsecured claims against the general assets of the Fund.
During the year ended March 31, 2007, the Fund paid legal fees of $6,569 for services rendered by Kramer, Levin, Naftalis & Frankel LLP as counsel to the Independent Trustees. A member of that firm is a Trustee of the Trust.
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NOTE 7—Borrowings
Pursuant to an exemptive order from the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Fund may participate in an interfund lending facility that AIM has established for temporary borrowings by the AIM Funds. An interfund loan will be made under this facility only if the loan rate (an average of the rate available on bank loans and the rate available on investments in overnight repurchase agreements) is favorable to both the lending fund and the borrowing fund. A loan will be secured by collateral if the Fund's aggregate borrowings from all sources exceeds 10% of the Fund's total assets. To the extent that the loan is required to be secured by collateral, the collateral is marked to market daily to ensure that the market value is at least 102% of the outstanding principal value of the loan.
The Fund participates in an uncommitted unsecured revolving credit facility with State Street Bank and Trust Company ("SSB"). The Fund may borrow up to the lesser of (i) $125,000,000, or (ii) the limits set by its prospectus for borrowings. The Fund and other funds advised by AIM which are parties to the credit facility can borrow on a first come, first served basis. Principal on each loan outstanding shall bear interest at the bid rate quoted by SSB at the time of the request for the loan.
During the year ended March 31, 2007, the Fund did not borrow or lend under the interfund lending facility or borrow under the uncommitted unsecured revolving credit facility.
Additionally, the Fund is permitted to temporarily carry a negative or overdrawn balance in its account with SSB, the custodian bank. To compensate the custodian bank for such overdrafts, the overdrawn Fund may either (i) leave funds as a compensating balance in the account so the custodian bank can be compensated by earning the additional interest; or (ii) compensate by paying the custodian bank at a rate agreed upon by the custodian bank and AIM, not to exceed the contractually agreed upon rate.
NOTE 8—Portfolio Securities Loaned
The Fund may lend portfolio securities having a market value up to one-third of the Fund's total assets. Such loans are secured by collateral equal to no less than the market value of the loaned securities determined daily. Such collateral will be cash or debt securities issued or guaranteed by the U.S. Government or any of its agencies. Cash collateral received in connection with these loans is invested in short-term money market instruments or affiliated money market funds. It is the Fund's policy to obtain additional collateral from or return excess collateral to the borrower by the end of the next business day, following the valuation date of the securities loaned. Therefore, the value of the collateral held may be temporarily less than the value of the securities on loan. Lending securities entails a risk of loss to the Fund if and to the extent that the market value of the securities loaned were to increase and the borrowe r did not increase the collateral accordingly, and the borrower fails to return the securities. The Fund could also experience delays and costs in gaining access to the collateral. The Fund bears the risk of any deficiency in the amount of the collateral available for return to the borrower due to any loss on the collateral invested.
At March 31, 2007, securities with an aggregate value of $17,032,601 were on loan to brokers. The loans were secured by cash collateral of $17,770,695 received by the Fund and subsequently invested in an affiliated money market fund. For the year ended March 31, 2007, the Fund received dividends on cash collateral investments of $252,439 for securities lending transactions, which are net of compensation to counterparties.
NOTE 9—Distributions to Shareholders and Tax Components of Net Assets
Distributions to Shareholders:
The tax character of distributions paid during the years March 31, 2007 and 2006 was as follows:
| | 2007 | | 2006 | |
Distributions paid from: | |
Ordinary income | | $ | 18,873,581 | | | $ | 8,311,680 | | |
Long-term capital gain | | | 39,652,248 | | | | 78,310,974 | | |
Total distributions | | $ | 58,525,829 | | | $ | 86,622,654 | | |
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Tax Components of Net Assets:
As of March 31, 2007, the components of net assets on a tax basis were as follows:
| | 2007 | |
Undistributed ordinary income | | $ | 207,444 | | |
Undistributed long-term gain | | | 11,434,084 | | |
Net undistributed appreciation–investments | | | 338,044,480 | | |
Temporary book/tax differences | | | (81,216 | ) | |
Post-October Currency loss deferral | | | (36,148 | ) | |
Shares of Beneficial Interest | | | 547,297,307 | | |
Total net assets | | $ | 896,865,951 | | |
The difference between book-basis and tax-basis unrealized appreciation (depreciation) is due to differences in the timing of recognition of gains and losses on investments for tax and book purposes. The Fund's net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) difference is attributable primarily to losses on wash sales and the recognition for tax purposes of unrealized gains on passive foreign investment companies. The tax-basis net unrealized appreciation on investments amount includes appreciation on foreign currencies of $8,991.
The temporary book/tax differences are a result of timing differences between book and tax recognition of income and/or expenses. The Fund's temporary book/tax differences are the result of the trustee deferral of compensation and retirement plan benefits.
The Fund does not have a capital loss carryforward as of March 31, 2007.
NOTE 10—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 March 31, 2007 was $151,735,517 and $198,614,356, respectively.
Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) of Investment Securities on a Tax Basis
Aggregate unrealized appreciation of investment securities | | $ | 342,464,602 | | |
Aggregate unrealized (depreciation) of investment securities | | | (4,429,113 | ) | |
Net unrealized appreciation of investment securities | | $ | 338,035,489 | | |
Cost of investments for tax purposes is $591,120,330.
NOTE 11—Reclassification of Permanent Differences
Primarily as a result of differing book/tax treatment of passive foreign investment companies, distributions, reclassifications, foreign currency transactions and partnership investments, on March 31, 2007, undistributed net investment income was increased by $11,230,726, undistributed net realized gain was decreased by $11,225,023 and shares of beneficial interest decreased by $5,703. This reclassification had no effect on the net assets of the Fund.
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NOTE 12—Share Information
The Fund currently consists of five different classes of shares: Class A shares, Class B shares, Class C shares, Class R shares and Investor Class shares. The Fund formerly offered Class K shares; however, as of the close of business October 21, 2005, the Class K shares were converted to Class A shares. Investor Class shares of the Fund are offered only to certain grandfathered investors.
Class A shares are sold with a front-end sales charge unless certain waiver criteria are met and under certain circumstances load waiver shares may be subject to a CDSC. Class B shares and Class C shares are sold with a CDSC. Class R shares and Investor Class shares are sold at net asset value. Generally, Class B shares will automatically convert to Class A shares on or about the month-end which is at least eight years after the date of purchase.
Changes in Shares Outstanding
| | Year ended March 31, | |
| | 2007(a) | | 2006 | |
| | Shares | | Amount | | Shares | | Amount | |
Sold: | |
Class A | | | 1,494,071 | | | $ | 71,392,926 | | | | 1,690,157 | | | $ | 76,342,165 | | |
Class B | | | 143,163 | | | | 6,633,511 | | | | 303,966 | | | | 13,527,410 | | |
Class C | | | 382,210 | | | | 17,487,929 | | | | 335,088 | | | | 14,484,186 | | |
Class K(b) | | | — | | | | — | | | | 87,158 | | | | 3,917,051 | | |
Class R(c) | | | 3,823 | | | | 185,389 | | | | 469 | | | | 20,414 | | |
Investor Class | | | 1,622,354 | | | | 76,328,821 | | | | 1,086,533 | | | | 48,574,296 | | |
Issued as reinvestment of dividends: | |
Class A | | | 220,134 | | | | 10,396,906 | | | | 352,631 | | | | 14,581,266 | | |
Class B | | | 47,490 | | | | 2,191,237 | | | | 89,561 | | | | 3,626,335 | | |
Class C | | | 49,428 | | | | 2,217,356 | | | | 93,161 | | | | 3,674,292 | | |
Class R(c) | | | 90 | | | | 4,272 | | | | 27 | | | | 1,111 | | |
Investor Class | | | 884,063 | | | | 41,683,592 | | | | 1,495,835 | | | | 61,748,054 | | |
Conversion of Class K shares to Class A shares:(d) | |
Class A | | | — | | | | — | | | | 349,033 | | | | 15,172,483 | | |
Class K | | | — | | | | — | | | | (353,342 | ) | | | (15,172,483 | ) | |
Automatic conversion of Class B shares to Class A shares: | |
Class A | | | 21,604 | | | | 996,081 | | | | 14,950 | | | | 660,308 | | |
Class B | | | (22,151 | ) | | | (996,081 | ) | | | (15,261 | ) | | | (660,308 | ) | |
Reacquired: | |
Class A | | | (1,091,354 | ) | | | (50,316,481 | ) | | | (1,265,646 | ) | | | (55,496,512 | ) | |
Class B | | | (192,586 | ) | | | (8,563,572 | ) | | | (212,534 | ) | | | (9,073,997 | ) | |
Class C | | | (223,561 | ) | | | (9,645,049 | ) | | | (294,933 | ) | | | (12,407,231 | ) | |
Class K(b) | | | — | | | | — | | | | (1,983,958 | ) | | | (87,294,672 | ) | |
Class R(c) | | | (269 | ) | | | (12,800 | ) | | | — | | | | — | | |
Investor Class | | | (2,782,870 | ) | | | (127,027,359 | ) | | | (3,970,756 | ) | | | (175,473,612 | ) | |
| | | 555,639 | | | $ | 32,956,678 | | | | (2,197,861 | ) | | $ | (99,249,444 | ) | |
(a) There are two entities that are record owners of more than 5% of the outstanding shares of the Fund and in the aggregate they own 26% of the outstanding shares of the Fund. ADI has an agreement with these entities to sell Fund shares. The Fund, AIM and/or AIM affiliates may make payments to these entities, which are considered to be related to the Fund, for providing services to the Fund, AIM and/or AIM affiliates including but not limited to services such as securities brokerage, distribution, third party record keeping and account servicing. The Trust has no knowledge as to whether all or any portion of the shares owned of record by these entities are also owned beneficially.
(b) Class K shares activity for the period April 1, 2005 through October 21, 2005 (date of conversion).
(c) Class R shares commenced sales on October 25, 2005.
(d) Effective as of close of business October 21, 2005, all outstanding shares were converted to class A shares of the Fund.
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NOTE 13—New Accounting Standard
In June 2006, the Financial Accounting Standards Board ("FASB") issued FASB Interpretation No. 48, Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes ("FIN 48"). FIN 48 prescribes a recognition threshold and measurement attribute for the financial statement recognition and measurement for a tax position taken or expected to be taken in a tax return. FIN 48 also provides guidance on derecognition, classification, interest and penalties, accounting in interim periods, disclosure and transition. The provisions for FIN 48 are effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2006. Management is currently assessing the impact of FIN 48, if any, on the Fund's financial statements and currently intends for the Fund to adopt FIN 48 provisions during the fiscal year ending March 31, 2008.
NOTE 14—Financial Highlights
The following schedule presents financial highlights for a share of the Fund outstanding throughout the periods indicated.
| | Class A | |
| | Year ended March 31, | |
| | 2007 | | 2006 | | 2005 | | 2004 | | 2003(a) | |
Net asset value, beginning of period | | $ | 43.45 | | | $ | 45.61 | | | $ | 42.83 | | | $ | 30.88 | | | $ | 38.96 | | |
Income from investment operations: | |
Net investment income (loss)(b) | | | 0.15 | | | | 0.15 | | | | (0.05 | ) | | | (0.14 | ) | | | (0.17 | ) | |
Net gains (losses) on securities (both realized and unrealized) | | | 9.20 | (c) | | | 2.60 | | | | 3.15 | | | | 12.09 | | | | (7.91 | ) | |
Total from investment operations | | | 9.35 | | | | 2.75 | | | | 3.10 | | | | 11.95 | | | | (8.08 | ) | |
Less distributions: | |
Dividends from net investment income | | | (1.05 | ) | | | (0.47 | ) | | | (0.32 | ) | | | — | | | | — | | |
Distributions from net realized gains | | | (2.56 | ) | | | (4.44 | ) | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | | |
Total distributions | | | (3.61 | ) | | | (4.91 | ) | | | (0.32 | ) | | | — | | | | — | | |
Net asset value, end of period | | $ | 49.19 | | | $ | 43.45 | | | $ | 45.61 | | | $ | 42.83 | | | $ | 30.88 | | |
Total return(d) | | | 21.86 | %(c) | | | 6.58 | % | | | 7.23 | % | | | 38.70 | % | | | (20.74 | )% | |
Ratios/supplemental data: | |
Net assets, end of period (000s omitted) | | $ | 181,748 | | | $ | 132,515 | | | $ | 87,068 | | | $ | 66,510 | | | $ | 27,175 | | |
Ratio of expenses to average net assets | | | 1.23 | %(e) | | | 1.29 | % | | | 1.42 | %(f) | | | 1.48 | % | | | 1.42 | % | |
Ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets | | | 0.33 | %(e) | | | 0.34 | % | | | (0.11 | )% | | | (0.37 | )% | | | (0.56 | )% | |
Portfolio turnover rate | | | 20 | % | | | 20 | % | | | 8 | % | | | 20 | % | | | 20 | % | |
(a) Class commenced sales on March 28, 2002.
(b) Calculated using average shares outstanding.
(c) Net gains (losses) on securities (both realized and unrealized) per share and total return include a special dividend received of $10.00 per share owned of Cablevision Systems Corp.-Class A on April 24, 2006. Net gains (losses) on securities (both realized and unrealized) per share and total return excluding the special dividend are $8.81 and 20.89%, respectively.
(d) 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.
(e) Ratios are based on average daily net assets of $143,179,185.
(f) After fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements. Ratio of expenses to average net assets prior to fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements was 1.43%.
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NOTE 14—Financial Highlights—(continued)
| | Class B | |
| | Year ended March 31, | |
| | 2007 | | 2006 | | 2005 | | 2004 | | 2003(a) | |
Net asset value, beginning of period | | $ | 42.46 | | | $ | 44.86 | | | $ | 42.22 | | | $ | 30.65 | | | $ | 38.96 | | |
Income from investment operations: | |
Net investment income (loss)(b) | | | (0.19 | ) | | | (0.17 | ) | | | (0.32 | ) | | | (0.40 | ) | | | (0.38 | ) | |
Net gains (losses) on securities (both realized and unrealized) | | | 8.96 | (c) | | | 2.54 | | | | 3.08 | | | | 11.97 | | | | (7.93 | ) | |
Total from investment operations | | | 8.77 | | | | 2.37 | | | | 2.76 | | | | 11.57 | | | | (8.31 | ) | |
Less distributions: | |
Dividends from net investment income | | | (0.72 | ) | | | (0.33 | ) | | | (0.12 | ) | | | — | | | | — | | |
Distributions from net realized gains | | | (2.56 | ) | | | (4.44 | ) | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | | |
Total distributions | | | (3.28 | ) | | | (4.77 | ) | | | (0.12 | ) | | | — | | | | — | | |
Net asset value, end of period | | $ | 47.95 | | | $ | 42.46 | | | $ | 44.86 | | | $ | 42.22 | | | $ | 30.65 | | |
Total return(d) | | | 20.95 | %(c) | | | 5.81 | % | | | 6.54 | % | | | 37.75 | % | | | (21.33 | )% | |
Ratios/supplemental data: | |
Net assets, end of period (000s omitted) | | $ | 37,553 | | | $ | 34,272 | | | $ | 28,776 | | | $ | 18,814 | | | $ | 8,268 | | |
Ratio of expenses to average net assets: | |
With fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements | | | 1.98 | %(e) | | | 2.02 | % | | | 2.07 | % | | | 2.15 | % | | | 2.14 | % | |
Without fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements | | | 1.98 | %(e) | | | 2.02 | % | | | 2.08 | % | | | 2.26 | % | | | 2.23 | % | |
Ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets | | | (0.42 | )%(e) | | | (0.39 | )% | | | (0.76 | )% | | | (1.04 | )% | | | (1.29 | )% | |
Portfolio turnover rate | | | 20 | % | | | 20 | % | | | 8 | % | | | 20 | % | | | 20 | % | |
(a) Class commenced sales on March 28, 2002.
(b) Calculated using average shares outstanding.
(c) Net gains (losses) on securities (both realized and unrealized) per share and total return include a special dividend received of $10.00 per share owned of Cablevision Systems Corp.-Class A on April 24, 2006. Net gains (losses) on securities (both realized and unrealized) per share and total return excluding the special dividend are $8.57 and 19.97%, respectively.
(d) 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.
(e) Ratios are annualized and based on average daily net assets of $33,772,902.
| | Class C | |
| | Year ended March 31, | |
| | 2007 | | 2006 | | 2005 | | 2004 | | 2003 | |
Net asset value, beginning of period | | $ | 41.35 | | | $ | 43.82 | | | $ | 41.24 | | | $ | 30.00 | | | $ | 38.29 | | |
Income from investment operations: | |
Net investment income (loss) | | | (0.19 | )(a) | | | (0.17 | )(a) | | | (0.31 | )(a) | | | (0.46 | )(a) | | | (0.18 | ) | |
Net gains (losses) on securities (both realized and unrealized) | | | 8.74 | (b) | | | 2.47 | | | | 3.01 | | | | 11.70 | | | | (8.11 | ) | |
Total from investment operations | | | 8.55 | | | | 2.30 | | | | 2.70 | | | | 11.24 | | | | (8.29 | ) | |
Less distributions: | |
Dividends from net investment income | | | (0.72 | ) | | | (0.33 | ) | | | (0.12 | ) | | | — | | | | — | | |
Distributions from net realized gains | | | (2.56 | ) | | | (4.44 | ) | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | | |
Total distributions | | | (3.28 | ) | | | (4.77 | ) | | | (0.12 | ) | | | — | | | | — | | |
Net asset value, end of period | | $ | 46.62 | | | $ | 41.35 | | | $ | 43.82 | | | $ | 41.24 | | | $ | 30.00 | | |
Total return(c) | | | 20.98 | %(b) | | | 5.78 | % | | | 6.55 | % | | | 37.47 | % | | | (21.65 | )% | |
Ratios/supplemental data: | |
Net assets, end of period (000s omitted) | | $ | 47,521 | | | $ | 33,549 | | | $ | 29,706 | | | $ | 28,383 | | | $ | 17,768 | | |
Ratio of expenses to average net assets | | | 1.98 | %(d) | | | 2.02 | % | | | 2.07 | %(e) | | | 2.36 | % | | | 2.44 | % | |
Ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets | | | (0.42 | )%(d) | | | (0.39 | )% | | | (0.76 | )% | | | (1.25 | )% | | | (1.62 | )% | |
Portfolio turnover rate | | | 20 | % | | | 20 | % | | | 8 | % | | | 20 | % | | | 20 | % | |
(a) Calculated using average shares outstanding.
(b) Net gains (losses) on securities (both realized and unrealized) per share and total return include a special dividend received of $10.00 per share owned of Cablevision Systems Corp.-Class A on April 24, 2006. Net gains (losses) on securities (both realized and unrealized) per share and total return excluding the special dividend are $8.35 and 19.97%, respectively.
(c) Includes adjustments in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America and as such, the net asset value for financial reporting purposes and the returns based upon those net asset values may differ from the net asset value and returns for shareholder transactions. Does not include sales charges.
(d) Ratios are based on average daily net assets of $35,050,060.
(e) After fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements. Ratio of expenses to average net assets prior to fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements was 2.08%.
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NOTE 14—Financial Highlights—(continued)
| | Investor Class | |
| | Year ended March 31, | |
| | 2007 | | 2006 | | 2005 | | 2004 | | 2003 | |
Net asset value, beginning of period | | $ | 43.37 | | | $ | 45.54 | | | $ | 42.75 | | | $ | 30.83 | | | $ | 38.95 | | |
Income from investment operations: | |
Net investment income (loss) | | | 0.15 | (a) | | | 0.16 | (a) | | | (0.00 | )(a) | | | (0.14 | )(a) | | | (0.23 | ) | |
Net gains (losses) on securities (both realized and unrealized) | | | 9.19 | (b) | | | 2.59 | | | | 3.14 | | | | 12.06 | | | | (7.89 | ) | |
Total from investment operations | | | 9.34 | | | | 2.75 | | | | 3.14 | | | | 11.92 | | | | (8.12 | ) | |
Less distributions: | |
Dividends from net investment income | | | (1.05 | ) | | | (0.48 | ) | | | (0.35 | ) | | | — | | | | — | | |
Distributions from net realized gains | | | (2.56 | ) | | | (4.44 | ) | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | | |
Total distributions | | | (3.61 | ) | | | (4.92 | ) | | | (0.35 | ) | | | — | | | | — | | |
Net asset value, end of period | | $ | 49.10 | | | $ | 43.37 | | | $ | 45.54 | | | $ | 42.75 | | | $ | 30.83 | | |
Total return(c) | | | 21.88 | %(b) | | | 6.60 | % | | | 7.35 | % | | | 38.66 | % | | | (20.87 | )% | |
Ratios/supplemental data: | |
Net assets, end of period (000s omitted) | | $ | 629,840 | | | $ | 568,321 | | | $ | 659,978 | | | $ | 702,969 | | | $ | 536,108 | | |
Ratio of expenses to average net assets | | | 1.23 | %(d) | | | 1.27 | % | | | 1.32 | %(e) | | | 1.49 | % | | | 1.50 | % | |
Ratio of net investment income to average net assets | | | 0.33 | %(d) | | | 0.36 | % | | | (0.01 | )% | | | (0.38 | )% | | | (0.69 | )% | |
Portfolio turnover rate | | | 20 | % | | | 20 | % | | | 8 | % | | | 20 | % | | | 20 | % | |
(a) Calculated using average shares outstanding.
(b) Net gains (losses) on securities (both realized and unrealized) per share and total return include a special dividend received of $10.00 per share owned of Cablevision Systems Corp.-Class A on April 24, 2006. Net gains (losses) on securities (both realized and unrealized) per share and total return excluding the special dividend are $8.80 and 20.90%, respectively.
(c) Includes adjustments in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America and as such, the net asset value for financial reporting purposes and the returns based upon those net asset values may differ from the net asset value and returns for shareholder transactions.
(d) Ratios are based on average daily net assets of $571,698,266.
(e) After fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements. Ratio of expenses to average net assets prior to fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements was 1.33%.
| | Class R | |
| | Year ended March 31, 2007 | | October 25, 2005 (Date sales commenced) to March 31, 2006 | |
Net asset value, beginning of period | | $ | 43.41 | | | $ | 43.91 | | |
Income from investment operations: | |
Net investment income(a) | | | 0.04 | | | | 0.02 | | |
Net gains on securities (both realized and unrealized) | | | 9.19 | (b) | | | 4.38 | | |
Total from investment operations | | | 9.23 | | | | 4.40 | | |
Less distributions: | |
Dividends from net investment income | | | (0.94 | ) | | | (0.46 | ) | |
Distributions from net realized gains | | | (2.56 | ) | | | (4.44 | ) | |
Total distributions | | | (3.50 | ) | | | (4.90 | ) | |
Net asset value, end of period | | $ | 49.14 | | | $ | 43.41 | | |
Total return(c) | | | 21.59 | %(b) | | | 10.57 | % | |
Ratios/supplemental data: | |
Net assets, end of period (000s omitted) | | $ | 203 | | | $ | 22 | | |
Ratio of expenses to average net assets | | | 1.48 | %(d) | | | 1.52 | %(e) | |
Ratio of net investment income to average net assets | | | 0.08 | %(d) | | | 0.11 | %(e) | |
Portfolio turnover rate(f) | | | 20 | % | | | 20 | % | |
(a) Calculated using average shares outstanding.
(b) Net gains (losses) on securities (both realized and unrealized) per share and total return include a special dividend received of $10.00 per share owned of Cablevision Systems Corp.-Class A on April 24, 2006. Net gains (losses) on securities (both realized and unrealized) per share and total return excluding the special dividend are $8.80 and 20.62%, respectively.
(c) Includes adjustments in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America and as such, the net asset value for financial reporting purposes and the returns based upon those net asset values may differ from the net asset value and returns for shareholder transactions. Not annualized for periods less than one year.
(d) Ratios are based on average daily net assets of $63,013.
(e) Annualized.
(f) Portfolio turnover is calculated at the fund level and is not annualized for periods less than one year.
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AIM Leisure Fund
NOTE 15—Legal Proceedings
Terms used in the Legal Proceedings Note are defined terms solely for the purpose of this note.
Settled Enforcement Actions and Investigations Related to Market Timing
On October 8, 2004, INVESCO Funds Group, Inc. ("IFG") (the former investment advisor to certain AIM Funds), AIM and A I M Distributors, Inc. ("ADI") (the distributor of the retail AIM Funds) reached final settlements with certain regulators, including the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC"), the New York Attorney General and the Colorado Attorney General, to resolve civil enforcement actions and/or investigations related to market timing and related activity in the AIM Funds, including those formerly advised by IFG. As part of the settlements, a $325 million fair fund ($110 million of which is civil penalties) has been created to compensate shareholders harmed by market timing and related activity in funds formerly advised by IFG. Additionally, AIM and ADI created a $50 million fair fund ($30 million of which is civil penalties) to compensate shareholders harmed by market timing and related activity in funds advised by AI M, which was done pursuant to the terms of the settlement. These two fair funds may increase as a result of contributions from third parties who reach final settlements with the SEC or other regulators to resolve allegations of market timing and/or late trading that also may have harmed applicable AIM Funds. These two fair funds will be distributed in accordance with a methodology to be determined by AIM's independent distribution consultant, in consultation with AIM and the independent trustees of the AIM Funds and acceptable to the staff of the SEC. Management of AIM and the Fund are unable to estimate the impact, if any, that the distribution of these two fair funds may have on the Fund or whether such distribution will have an impact on the Fund's financial statements in the future.
At the request of the trustees of the AIM Funds, AMVESCAP PLC ("AMVESCAP"), the parent company of IFG and AIM, has agreed to reimburse expenses incurred by the AIM Funds related to market timing matters.
Pending Litigation and Regulatory Inquiries
On August 30, 2005, the West Virginia Office of the State Auditor - Securities Commission ("WVASC") issued a Summary Order to Cease and Desist and Notice of Right to Hearing to AIM and ADI (Order No. 05-1318). The WVASC makes findings of fact that AIM and ADI entered into certain arrangements permitting market timing of the AIM Funds and failed to disclose these arrangements in the prospectuses for such Funds, and conclusions of law to the effect that AIM and ADI violated the West Virginia securities laws. The WVASC orders AIM and ADI to cease any further violations and seeks to impose monetary sanctions, including restitution to affected investors, disgorgement of fees, reimbursement of investigatory, administrative and legal costs and an "administrative assessment," to be determined by the Commissioner. Initial research indicates that these damages could be limited or capped by statute. By agreement with the Commissioner of Se curities, AIM's time to respond to that Order has been indefinitely suspended.
Civil lawsuits, including purported class action and shareholder derivative suits, have been filed against certain of the AIM Funds, IFG, AIM, ADI and/or related entities and individuals, depending on the lawsuit, alleging:
• that the defendants permitted improper market timing and related activity in the AIM Funds;
• that certain AIM Funds inadequately employed fair value pricing; and
• that the defendants improperly used the assets of the AIM Funds to pay brokers to aggressively promote the sale of the AIM Funds over other mutual funds and that the defendants concealed such payments from investors by disguising them as brokerage commissions.
These lawsuits allege as theories of recovery, depending on the lawsuit, violations of various provisions of the Federal and state securities laws and ERISA, negligence, breach of fiduciary duty and/or breach of contract. These lawsuits seek remedies that include, depending on the lawsuit, damages, restitution, injunctive relief, imposition of a constructive trust, removal of certain directors and/or employees, various corrective measures under ERISA, rescission of certain AIM Funds' advisory agreements and/or distribution plans and recovery of all fees paid, an accounting of all fund-related fees, commissions and soft dollar payments, restitution of all commissions and fees paid, and prospective relief in the form of reduced fees.
All lawsuits based on allegations of market timing, late trading and related issues have been transferred to the United States District Court for the District of Maryland (the "MDL Court"). Pursuant to an Order of the MDL Court, plaintiffs in these lawsuits consolidated their claims for pre-trial purposes into three amended complaints against various AIM- and IFG-related parties: (i) a Consolidated Amended Class Action Complaint purportedly brought on behalf of shareholders of the AIM Funds; (ii) a Consolidated Amended Fund Derivative Complaint purportedly brought on behalf of the AIM Funds and fund registrants; and (iii) an Amended Class Action Complaint for Violations of the Employee Retirement Income Securities Act ("ERISA") purportedly brought on behalf of participants in AMVESCAP's 401(k) plan. Based on orders issued by the MDL Court, all claims asserted against the AIM Funds that have been transferred to the MDL Court have been dismissed, although certain Funds remain nominal defendants in the Consolidated Amended Fund Derivative Complaint. On September 15, 2006, the MDL Court granted the AMVESCAP defendants' motion to dismiss the Amended Class Action Complaint for Violations of ERISA and dismissed such Complaint. The plaintiff has commenced an appeal from that decision.
IFG, AIM, ADI and/or related entities and individuals have received inquiries from numerous regulators in the form of subpoenas or other oral or written requests for information and/or documents related to one or more of the following issues, among others, some of which concern one or more AIM Funds: market timing activity, late trading, fair value pricing, excessive or improper advisory and/or distribution fees, mutual fund sales practices, including revenue sharing and directed-brokerage arrangements, investments in securities of other registered investment companies, contractual plans, issues related to Section 529 college savings plans and procedures for locating lost security holders. IFG, AIM and ADI have advised the Fund that they are providing full cooperation with respect to these inquiries. Regulatory actions and/or additional civil lawsuits related to these or other issues may be filed against the AIM Funds, IFG, AIM and/or related entities and individuals in the future.
At the present time, management of AIM and the Fund are unable to estimate the impact, if any, that the outcome of the Pending Litigation and Regulatory Inquiries described above may have on AIM, ADI or the Fund.
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AIM Leisure Fund
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
To the Board of Trustees of AIM Sector Funds
and Shareholders of AIM Leisure 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 AIM Leisure Fund (one of the funds constituting AIM Sector Funds, hereafter referred to as the "Fund") at March 31, 2007, the results of its operations for the year then ended, the changes in its net assets for each of the two years in the period then ended and the financial highlights for each of the five years in the period then ended, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. These financial statements and financial highlights (hereafter referred to as "financial statements") are the responsibility of the Fund's management; our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits. We conducted our audits of these financial statements in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, and evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits, which included confirmation of securities at March 31, 2007 by correspondence with the custodian and brokers, provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLP
May 18, 2007
Houston, Texas
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Tax Information
Form 1099-DIV, Form 1042-S and other year–end tax information provide shareholders with actual calendar year amounts that should be included in their tax returns. Shareholders should consult their tax advisors.
The following distribution information is being provided as required by the Internal Revenue Code or to meet a specific state's requirement.
The Fund designates the following amounts or, if subsequently determined to be different, the maximum amount allowable for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2007:
Federal and State Income Tax
Long-Term Capital Gain Dividends | | $ | 39,652,248 | | |
Qualified Dividend Income* | | | 89.28 | % | |
Corporate Dividends Received Deduction* | | | 49.01 | % | |
* The above percentages are based on ordinary income dividends paid to shareholders during the Fund's fiscal year.
Non-Resident Alien Shareholders
Qualified Short-Term Gains | | $ | 6,329,130 | | |
Qualified Interest Income** | | | 2.25 | % | |
** The above percentage is based on income dividends paid to shareholders during the Fund's fiscal year.
Additional Non-Resident Alien Shareholder Information
The percentages of qualifying assets not subject to the U.S. estate tax for the fiscal quarters ended June 30, 2006, September 30, 2006, December 31, 2006 and March 31, 2007 are 24.89%, 24.87%, 23.38% and 24.36%, respectively.
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AIM Leisure Fund
Distribution Information
Shareholders were sent a notice from the Fund that set forth an estimate of the source or sources from which the distribution was paid in December of 2006. Subsequently, this estimate has been corrected in part. Listed below is a written statement of the sources of this distribution, as corrected, on a book basis.
| | Net Income | | Gain from Sale of Securities | | Return of Principal | | Total Distribution | |
12/15/06 | |
Class A | | $ | 0.1391 | | | $ | 3.0088 | | | $ | 0.4601 | | | $ | 3.6080 | | |
Class B | | $ | 0.0000 | | | $ | 3.0088 | | | $ | 0.2680 | | | $ | 3.2768 | | |
Class C | | $ | 0.0000 | | | $ | 3.0088 | | | $ | 0.2680 | | | $ | 3.2768 | | |
Class R | | $ | 0.0766 | | | $ | 3.0088 | | | $ | 0.4125 | | | $ | 3.4979 | | |
Investor Class | | $ | 0.1391 | | | $ | 3.0088 | | | $ | 0.4601 | | | $ | 3.6080 | | |
Please note that the information in the preceding chart is for book purposes only. Shareholders should be aware that the tax treatment of distributions may differ from their book treatment. The tax treatment of distributions was set forth in a Form 1099-DIV for the 2006 calendar year. This information is being provided to comply with certain SEC requirements.
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AIM Leisure Fund
Trustees and Officers
The address of each trustee and officer of AIM Sector Funds (the "Trust"), is 11 Greenway Plaza, Suite 100, Houston, Texas 77046. Each trustee oversees 105 portfolios in the AIM Funds complex. The trustees serve for the life of the Trust, subject to their earlier death, incapacitation, resignation, retirement or removal as more specifically provided in the Trust's organizational documents. Column two below includes length of time served with predecessor entities, if any.
Name, Year of Birth and Position(s) Held with the Trust | | Trustee and/or Officer Since | | Principal Occupation(s) During Past 5 Years | | Other Trusteeship(s)/ Directorship(s) Held by Trustee/Director | |
Interested Persons | |
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Martin L. Flanagan1 — 1960 Trustee | | | 2007 | | | Director, Chief Executive Officer and President, AMVESCAP PLC (parent of AIM and a global investment management firm); Chairman, A I M Advisors, Inc. (registered investment advisor); and Director, Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President, AVZ Inc. (holding company); INVESCO North American Holdings, Inc. (holding company); Chairman and President, AMVESCAP Group Services, Inc. (service provider); Trustee, The AIM Family of Funds®; Chairman, Investment Company Institute; and Member of Executive Board, SMU Cox School of Business Formerly: President, Co-Chief Executive Officer, Co-President, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer, Franklin Resources, Inc. (global investment management organization) | | None | |
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Robert H. Graham2 — 1946 Trustee and Vice Chair | | | 2003 | | | Trustee and Vice Chair of The AIM Family of Funds®. Formerly: President and Chief Executive Officer, A I M Management Group Inc.; Director, Chairman and President, A I M Advisors, Inc. (registered investment advisor); Director and Chairman, A I M Capital Management, Inc. (registered investment advisor), A I M Distributors, Inc. (registered broker dealer), AIM Investment Services, Inc. (registered transfer agent), and Fund Management Company (registered broker dealer); and Chief Executive Officer, AMVESCAP PLC — Managed Products; and President and Principal Executive Officer of The AIM Family of Funds®; Director and Chairman, A I M Management Group Inc. (financial services holding company); Director and Vice Chairman, AMVESCAP PLC; and Chairman, AMVESCAP PLC — AIM Division. | | None | |
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Philip A. Taylor3 — 1954 Trustee, President and Principal Executive Officer | | | 2006 | | | Director, Chief Executive Officer and President, A I M Management Group Inc., AIM Mutual Fund Dealer Inc. (registered broker dealer), A I M Advisors, Inc., AIM Funds Management Inc. d/b/a AMVESCAP Enterprise Services (registered investment advisor and registered transfer agent) and 1371 Preferred Inc. (holding company); Director, Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President, A I M Capital Management, Inc.; Director and President, A I M Advisors, Inc., INVESCO Funds Group, Inc. (registered investment advisor and registered transfer agent) and AIM GP Canada Inc. (general partner for limited partnership); Director, A I M Distributors, Inc.; Director and Chairman, AIM Investment Services, Inc., Fund Management Company and INVESCO Distributors, Inc. (registered broker dealer); Director, President and Chairman, AVZ Callco Inc. (holding company), AMVESCAP Inc. (holding company) and AIM Canada Holdings Inc. (holding company); Director and Chief Exec utive Officer, AIM Trimark Corporate Class Inc. (formerly AIM Trimark Global Fund Inc.) (corporate mutual fund company) and AIM Trimark Canada Fund Inc. (corporate mutual fund company); Trustee, President and Principal Executive Officer, The AIM Family of Funds® (other than AIM Treasurer's Series Trust, Short-Term Investments Trust and Tax-Free Investments Trust); Trustee and Executive Vice President, The AIM Family of Funds® (AIM Treasurer's Series Trust, Short-Term Investments Trust and Tax-Free Investments Trust only); and Manager, Powershares Capital Management LLC Formerly: President and Principal Executive Officer, The AIM Family of Funds® (AIM Treasurer's Series Trust, Short-Term Investments Trust and Tax-Free Investments Trust only); Chairman, AIM Canada Holdings, Inc.; President, AIM Trimark Global Fund Inc. and AIM Trimark Canada Fund Inc.; and Director, Trimark Trust (federally regulated Canadian trust company) | | None | |
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Independent Trustees | |
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Bruce L. Crockett — 1944 Trustee and Chair | | | 2003 | | | Chairman, Crockett Technology Associates (technology consulting company) | | ACE Limited (insurance company); and Captaris, Inc. (unified messaging provider) | |
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Bob R. Baker — 1936 Trustee | | | 1983 | | | Retired | | None | |
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Frank S. Bayley — 1939 Trustee | | | 2003 | | | Retired Formerly: Partner, law firm of Baker & McKenzie | | Badgley Funds, Inc. (registered investment company (2 portfolios)) | |
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James T. Bunch — 1942 Trustee | | | 2000 | | | Founder, Green, Manning & Bunch Ltd., (investment banking firm); and Director, Policy Studies, Inc. and Van Gilder Insurance Corporation | | None | |
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Albert R. Dowden — 1941 Trustee | | | 2003 | | | Director of a number of public and private business corporations, including the Boss Group Ltd. (private investment and management); Reich & Tang Funds (Chairman) (registered investment company (7 portfolios)); Annuity and Life Re (Holdings), Ltd. (insurance company); CompuDyne Corporation (provider of products and services to the public security market); and Homeowners of America Holding Corporation Formerly: Director, President and Chief Executive Officer, Volvo Group North America, Inc.; Senior Vice President, AB Volvo; and Director of various affiliated Volvo companies; and Director, Magellan Insurance Company | | None | |
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Jack M. Fields — 1952 Trustee | | | 2003 | | | Chief Executive Officer, Twenty First Century Group, Inc. (government affairs company); and Owner, Dos Angelos Ranch, L.P. Formerly: Chief Executive Officer, Texana Timber LP (sustainable forestry company) | | Administaff, and Discovery Global Education Fund (non-profit) | |
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Carl Frischling —1937 Trustee | | | 2003 | | | Partner, law firm of Kramer Levin Naftalis and Frankel LLP | | Director, Reich & Tang Funds (registered investment company (7 portfolios)) | |
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Prema Mathai-Davis —1950 Trustee | | | 2003 | | | Formerly: Chief Executive Officer, YWCA of the USA | | None | |
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Lewis F. Pennock — 1942 Trustee | | | 2003 | | | Partner, law firm of Pennock & Cooper | | None | |
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Ruth H. Quigley — 1935 Trustee | | | 2003 | | | Retired | | None | |
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Larry Soll — 1942 Trustee | | | 1997 | | | Retired | | None | |
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Raymond Stickel, Jr. —1944 Trustee | | | 2005 | | | Retired Formerly: Partner, Deloitte & Touche | | Director, Mainstay VP Series Funds, Inc. (21 portfolios) | |
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1 Mr. Flanagan was appointed as Trustee of the Trust on February 24, 2007. Mr. Flanagan is considered an interested person of the Trust because he is an officer of the advisor to the Trust, and an officer and a director of AMVESCAP PLC, parent of the advisor to the Trust.
2 Mr. Graham is considered an interested person of the Trust because of his previous positions with AMVESCAP PLC, parent of the advisor to the Trust.
3 Mr. Taylor is considered an interested person of the Trust because he is an officer and a director of the advisor to, and a director of the principal underwriter of, the Trust.
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AIM Leisure Fund
Trustees and Officers–(continued)
Name, Year of Birth and Position(s) Held with the Trust | | Trustee and/or Officer Since | | Principal Occupation(s) During Past 5 Years | | Other Trusteeship(s)/ Directorship(s) Held by Trustee/Director | |
Other Officers | |
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Russell C. Burk — 1958 Senior Vice President and Senior Officer | | | 2005 | | | Senior Vice President and Senior Officer of The AIM Family of Funds®. Formerly: Director of Compliance and Assistant General Counsel, ICON Advisers, Inc.; Financial Consultant, Merrill Lynch; General Counsel and Director of Compliance, ALPS Mutual Funds, Inc. | | N/A | |
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John M. Zerr — 1962 Senior Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Secretary | | | 2006 | | | Director, Senior Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel, A I M Management Group Inc., A I M Advisors, Inc. and A I M Capital Management, Inc.; Director, Vice President and Secretary, INVESCO Distributors, Inc.; Vice President and Secretary, AIM Investment Services, Inc., and Fund Management Company; Senior Vice President and Secretary, A I M Distributors, Inc.; Director, INVESCO Funds Group, Inc.; and Senior Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Secretary of The AIM Family of Funds® Formerly: Vice President, A I M Capital Management, Inc.; Chief Operating Officer, Senior Vice President, General Counsel, and Secretary, Liberty Ridge Capital, Inc. (an investment adviser); Vice President and Secretary, PBHG Funds (an investment company); Vice President and Secretary, PBHG Insurance Series Fund (an investment company); General Counsel and Secretary, P ilgrim Baxter Value Investors (an investment adviser); Chief Operating Officer, General Counsel and Secretary, Old Mutual Investment Partners (a broker dealer), General Counsel and Secretary, Old Mutual Fund Services (an adminstrator); General Counsel and Secretary, 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 | |
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Lisa O. Brinkley — 1959 Vice President | | | 2004 | | | Global Compliance Director, AMVESCAP PLC; and Vice President of The AIM Family of Funds®. Formerly: Senior Vice President, A I M Management Group Inc. (financial services holding company); Senior Vice President and Chief Compliance Officer, A I M Advisors, Inc. and The AIM Family of Funds®; Vice President and Chief Compliance Officer, A I M Capital Management, Inc. and A I M Distributors, Inc.; Vice President, AIM Investment Services, Inc. and Fund Management Company; Senior Vice President and Chief Compliance Officer of The AIM Family of Funds® and Senior Vice President and Compliance Director, Delaware Investments Family of Funds | | N/A | |
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Kevin M. Carome — 1956 Vice President | | | 2003 | | | Senior Vice President and General Counsel, AMVESCAP PLC; Director, INVESCO Funds Group, Inc.; and Vice President of The AIM Family of Funds® Formerly: Director, General Counsel, and Vice President Fund Management Company; Director, Senior Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel, A I M Management Group Inc. (financial services holding company) and A I M Advisors, Inc.; Director and Vice President, INVESCO Distributors, Inc.; Senior Vice President, A I M Distributors, Inc.; Vice President, A I M Capital Management, Inc. and AIM Investment Services, Inc.; Senior Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Secretary of The AIM Family of Funds®; Chief Executive Officer and President, INVESCO Funds Group, Inc.; and Senior Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and General Counsel, Liberty Financial Companies, Inc. and Liberty Funds Group, LLC | | N/A | |
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Sidney M. Dilgren — 1961 Vice President, Principal Financial Officer and Treasurer | | | 2004 | | | Vice President and Fund Treasurer, A I M Advisors, Inc.; and Vice President, Treasurer and Principal Officer of The AIM Family of Funds® Formerly: Senior Vice President, AIM Investment Services, Inc.; and Vice President, A I M Distributors, Inc. | | N/A | |
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Karen Dunn Kelley — 1960 Vice President | | | 2003 | | | Director of Cash Management and Senior Vice President, A I M Advisors, Inc. and A I M Capital Management, Inc.; Director and President, Fund Management Company; President and Principal Executive Officer, The AIM Family of Funds® (AIM Treasurer's Series Trust, Short-Term Investments Trust and Tax-Free Investments Trust only); and Vice President, The AIM Family of Funds® (other than AIM Treasurer's Series Trust, Short-Term Investments Trust and Tax-Free Investments Trust) Formerly: Chief Cash Management Officer and Managing Director, A I M Capital Management, Inc.; Vice President, A I M Advisors, Inc. and The AIM Family of Funds® (AIM Treasurer's Series Trust, Short-Term Investments Trust and Tax-Free Investments Trust only) | | N/A | |
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Patrick J.P. Farmer — 1962 Vice President | | | 2007 | | | Head of North American Retail Investments, Director, Chief Investment Officer and Executive Vice President, AIM Funds Management Inc. d/b/a AIM Trimark Investments; Senior Vice President and Head of Equity Investments, A I M Advisors, Inc. and A I M Capital Management, Inc.; and Vice President, The AIM Family of Funds® Formerly: Director, Trimark Trust | | N/A | |
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Stephen M. Johnson — 1961 Vice President | | | 2007 | | | Chief Investment Officer of INVESCO Fixed Income and Vice President, INVESCO Institutional (N.A.), Inc.; Senior Vice President and Fixed Income Chief Investment Officer, A I M Advisors, Inc. and A I M Capital Management, Inc.; and Vice President, The AIM Family of Funds® | | N/A | |
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Lance A. Rejsek — 1967 Anti-Money Laundering Compliance Officer | | | 2005 | | | Anti-Money Laundering Compliance Officer, A I M Advisors, Inc., A I M Capital Management, Inc., A I M Distributors, Inc., AIM Investment Services, Inc., AIM Private Asset Management, Inc., Fund Management Company and The AIM Family of Funds® Formerly: Manager of the Fraud Prevention Department, AIM Investment Services, Inc. | | N/A | |
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Todd L. Spillane — 1958 Chief Compliance Officer | | | 2006 | | | Senior Vice President, A I M Management Group Inc.; Senior Vice President and Chief Compliance Officer, A I M Advisors, Inc.; Chief Compliance Officer of The AIM Family of Funds®; Vice President and Chief Compliance Officer, A I M Capital Management, Inc.; and Vice President, A I M Distributors, Inc., AIM Investment Services, Inc. and Fund Management Company Formerly: Global Head of Product Development, AIG-Global Investment Group, Inc.; Chief Compliance Officer and Deputy General Counsel, AIG-SunAmerica Asset Management; and Chief Compliance Officer, Chief Operating Officer and Deputy General Counsel, American General Investment Management | | N/A | |
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The Statement of Additional Information of the Trust includes additional information about the Fund's Trustees and is available upon request, without charge, by calling 1.800.959.4246.
Office of the Fund
11 Greenway Plaza
Suite 100
Houston, TX 77046-1173
Counsel to the Fund
Ballard Spahr
Andrews & Ingersoll, LLP
1735 Market Street, 51st Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19103-7599
Investment Advisor
A I M Advisors, Inc.
11 Greenway Plaza
Suite 100
Houston, TX 77046-1173
Counsel to the
Independent Trustees
Kramer, Levin, Naftalis &
Frankel LLP
1177 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10036-2714
Distributor
A I M Distributors, Inc.
11 Greenway Plaza
Suite 100
Houston, TX 77046-1173
Transfer Agent
AIM Investment Services, Inc.
P.O. Box 4739
Houston, TX 77210-4739
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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Annual Report to Shareholders · March 31, 2007
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AIM TECHNOLOGY FUND’s investment objective is capital growth.
· Unless otherwise stated, information presented in this report is as of March 31, 2007, and is based on total net assets.
· Unless otherwise noted, all data in this report are from A I M Management Group Inc.
About share classes
· Class B shares are not available as an investment for retirement plans maintained pursuant to Section 401 of the Internal Revenue Code, including 401(k) plans, money purchase pension plans and profit sharing plans. Plans that had existing accounts invested in Class B shares prior to September 30, 2003, will continue to be allowed to make additional purchases.
· Investor Class shares are closed to most investors. For more information on who may continue to invest in Investor Class shares, please see the prospectus.
Principal risks of investing in the Fund
· The prices of and the income generated by securities held by the Fund may decline in response to certain factors, including some directly involving the companies whose securities are owned by the Fund. These factors include general economic and market conditions, regional or global economic instability and currency and interest rate fluctuations.
· The Fund’s investments are concentrated in a comparatively narrow segment of the economy. Consequently, the Fund may be more volatile than other mutual funds, and the value of the Fund’s investments may rise and fall more rapidly.
· Foreign securities have additional risks, including exchange rate changes, political and economic upheaval, the relative lack of information about these companies, relatively low market liquidity and the potential lack of strict financial and accounting controls and standards.
· There is no guarantee that the investment techniques and risk analyses used by the Fund’s managers will produce the desired results.
· Investing in a fund that invests in smaller companies involves risks not associated with investing in more established companies, such as business risk, stock price fluctuations and illiquidity.
· Prices of equity securities change in response to many factors including the historical and prospective earnings of the issuer, the value of its assets, general economic conditions, interest rates, investor perceptions and market liquidity.
· Many of the products and services offered by information technology-related companies are subject to rapid obsolescence, which may lower the value of the securities of the companies in this sector.
· The Fund may engage in active and frequent trading of portfolio securities to achieve its investment objective. If a fund does trade in this way, it may incur increased cost, which can lower the actual return of the fund. Active trading may also increase short term gains and losses, which may affect the taxes that must be paid.
· The Fund’s return during certain periods was positively impacted by its investments in initial public offerings (IPOs). There can be no assurance that the Fund will have favorable IPO investment opportunities in the future. Moreover, the prices of IPO securities may go up and down more than prices of equity securities of companies with longer trading histories. In addition, companies offering securities in IPOs may have less experienced management or limited operating histories. For additional information regarding the Fund’s performance, please see the Fund’s prospectus.
About indexes used in this report
· The unmanaged Standard & Poor’s Composite Index of 500 Stocks (the S&P 500 —registered trademark— Index) is an index of common stocks frequently used as a general measure of U.S. stock market performance.
· The Goldman Sachs Technology Composite Index is a modified capitalization-weighted index composed of companies involved in the technology industry. The index is rebalanced semiannually.
· The unmanaged Lipper Science and Technology Funds Index represents an average of the performance of the largest science and technology funds tracked by Lipper Inc., an independent mutual fund performance monitor.
· The Fund is not managed to track the performance of any particular index, including the indexes defined here, and consequently, the performance of the Fund may deviate significantly from the performance of the index.
· 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 an index of funds reflects fund expenses; performance of a market index does not.
Other information
· The returns shown in the management’s discussion of Fund performance are based on net asset values calculated for shareholder transactions. Generally accepted accounting principles require adjustments to be made to the net assets of the Fund at period end for financial reporting purposes, and as such, the net asset values for shareholder transactions and the returns based on those net asset values may differ from the net asset values and returns reported in the Financial Highlights.
· Industry classifications used in this report are generally according to the Global Industry Classification Standard, which was developed by and is the exclusive property and a service mark of Morgan Stanley Capital International Inc. and Standard & Poor’s.
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Philip Taylor
Dear Shareholders of The AIM Family of Funds —registered trademark—:
I’m pleased to provide you with this report, which includes a discussion of how your Fund was managed during the period under review, and what factors affected its performance. The following pages contain important information that answers questions you may have about your investment.
Most major stock market indexes, in the U.S. and overseas, performed well for the 12 months ended March 31, 2007, as did major fixed-income indexes.(1) Reasons for their positive performance included continued economic expansion and a cessation of interest rate increases by the U.S. Federal Reserve Board, among other factors.(2)
As the period covered by this report drew to a close, however, stock market volatility returned. In late February, Asian markets sold off, triggering a global decline. Additional volatility followed in March, partly due to uncertainty about the health of the U.S. housing market and rising concern about the ability of sub-prime borrowers to repay their mortgages. By mid-April, after the close of the period covered by this report, U.S. and foreign markets had largely resumed their upward trend, helped by good economic growth and a rash of corporate buyouts.
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May 17, 2007
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Sources: (1)Lipper Inc.; (2)U.S. Federal Reserve Board
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Bruce L. Crockett
Dear Fellow AIM Fund Shareholders:
Your AIM Funds Board started 2007 committed to continue working with management at A I M Advisors, Inc. (AIM) with the goal of improving performance and lowering shareholder expenses for the AIM Funds.
The progress made to date is encouraging. Following the general trends of global equity markets and the U.S. stock market, the asset-weighted absolute performance for all the money market, equity and fixed-income AIM Funds improved for the one-year period ended December 31, 2006, as compared to the one-year period ended December 31, 2005, and the one-year period ended December 31, 2004.(1)p
In November, your Board approved, subject to shareholder vote, four more AIM Fund consolidations. As always, these decisions were made to benefit existing shareholders and were driven by a desire to improve the merged funds’ performance, attract new assets and reduce costs. The asset class subcommittees of your Board’s Investments Committee are meeting frequently with portfolio managers to identify how performance might be further improved.
On the expense side, both AMVESCAP, the parent company of AIM, and AIM continue to take advantage of opportunities for operational consolidation, outsourcing and new technologies to improve cost efficiencies for your benefit. Your Board, for example, takes advantage of effective software solutions that enable us to save money through electronic information sharing. Additional cost-saving steps are under way. I’ll report more on these steps once they’re completed.
Another major Board initiative for early 2007 is the revision of the AIM Funds’ proxy voting guidelines, a project begun by a special Board task force late last year. We expect to have new procedures in place for the 2007 spring proxy season that will improve the ability of the AIM Funds to cast votes that are in the best interests of all fund shareholders.
While your Board recognizes that additional work lies ahead, we are gratified that some key external sources have recognized changes at AIM and the AIM Funds in the past two years. An article in the November 21, 2006, issue of Morningstar Report (Morningstar, Inc. is a leading provider of independent mutual fund investment research) included a review of AIM’s progress, highlighting lower expenses, stronger investment teams and an improved sales culture, as well as areas for continued improvement. I’m looking forward to a return visit to Morningstar this year to review AIM Funds’ performance and governance ratings.
Your Board thanks Mark Williamson, former President and CEO of AIM Investments, who retired from your Board in 2006. He has been succeeded on your Board by Phil Taylor, President of AIM Funds. We extend a warm welcome to Phil.
I’d like to hear from you. Please write to me at AIM Investments, AIM Investments Tower, 11 Greenway Plaza, Suite 100, Houston TX 77046. Let me know your thoughts on how your Board is doing and how we might serve you better.
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Sources: pA I M Management Group Inc. and Lipper Inc.
(1) Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Please visit AIMinvestments.com for the most recent month-end performance for all AIM funds.
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Management’s discussion of Fund performance
Performance Summary
The information technology (IT) sector produced positive returns for the year ended March 31, 2007, but was the weakest performing sector of the broad market, as measured by the S&P 500 Index.(1) For this reason, AIM Technology Fund, excluding applicable sales charges, underperformed its broad market index. The Fund also underperformed its style-specific benchmark, the Goldman Sachs Technology Composite Index, mainly due to stock selection and underweight positions in the software and computer and peripherals industries.
Your Fund’s long-term performance appears on pages 8 and 9.
Fund vs. Indexes
Total returns, 3/31/06–3/31/07, excluding applicable sales charges. If sales charges were included, returns would be lower.
Class A Shares | | 0.14 | % |
Class B Shares | | –0.62 | |
Class C Shares | | –0.63 | |
Investor Class Shares | | 0.14 | |
S&P 500 Index(1) (Broad Market Index) | | 11.82 | |
Goldman Sachs Technology Composite Index(2) (Style-Specific Index) | | 3.78 | |
Lipper Science and Technology Funds Index(1) (Peer Group Index) | | 1.16 | |
Sources: (1)Lipper Inc.; (2)A I M Management Group Inc., FactSet Research Systems Inc.
How we invest
We seek attractively valued, well-managed companies in the IT sector with the potential to generate sustainable earnings and free cash flow growth that is not yet anticipated by the market. The Fund is driven by the following investment themes:
· Increasing penetration of IT in business and consumer products will continue over the long term, yielding the potential for above average growth rates for the sector.
· Technology will continue to create new market opportunities through continual innovation that periodically creates exceptional growth opportunities for investors in technology.
We use a bottom-up investment approach, focusing on company fundamentals and growth prospects in industries such as hardware, software, semiconductors, telecommunications equipment and services and service-related companies in the IT sector.
In addition, a proprietary quantitative model is used to rank companies based on several factors such as earnings growth, cash flow sustainability, quality of financial metrics and valuation. The model serves both as a source of ideas and as a confirmation tool of our fundamental analysis.
We then apply our valuation analysis, comparing a stock’s current valuation to its historical valuations as well as to the valuations of its competitors.
A majority of the Fund’s assets are invested in core holdings—market-leading technology companies that we believe will maintain or improve their market share regardless of overall economic conditions. These companies are believed to have a strategic advantage over many of their competitors and the ability to provide attractive long-term investment returns.
The remainder of the Fund’s assets are invested in tactical holdings—faster growing, more volatile technology companies we believe to be emerging leaders in their fields. These companies typically have a short-term catalyst that we believe will provide attractive near-term investment returns.
We manage risk through:
· Diversification within the sector.
· Allocating the majority of Fund assets to core holdings.
· Favoring mid- and large-cap stocks, although we may invest in stocks of any market capitalization.
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Portfolio Composition
By industry | | | |
Semiconductors | | 21.8 | % |
Communications Equipment | | 12.7 | |
Internet Software & Services | | 9.9 | |
Application Software | | 7.7 | |
Systems Software | | 6.5 | |
Computer Storage & Peripherals | | 5.9 | |
Computer Hardware | | 5.7 | |
IT Consulting & Other Services | | 5.0 | |
Wireless Telecommunication Services | | 4.6 | |
Data Processing & Outsourced Services | | 3.6 | |
Semiconductor Equipment | | 3.3 | |
Seven Other Industries, Each Less Than 3% of Total Net Assets | | 9.1 | |
Money Market Funds Plus Other Assets Less Liabilities | | 4.2 | |
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Total Net Assets | | $ | 964.49 million | |
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Total Number of Holdings* | | 61 | |
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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.
Top 10 Equity Holdings*
1. | Accenture Ltd.-Class A | | 3.4 | % |
2. | Adobe Systems Inc. | | 3.2 | |
3. | Cisco Systems, Inc. | | 3.1 | |
4. | STMicroelectronics N.V.-New York Shares (Switzerland) | | 2.7 | |
5. | VeriFone Holdings, Inc. | | 2.6 | |
6. | Digital River, Inc. | | 2.6 | |
7. | Amdocs Ltd. | | 2.5 | |
8. | Google Inc.-Class A | | 2.5 | |
9. | Apple, Inc. | | 2.5 | |
10. | Hewlett-Packard Co. | | 2.2 | |
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We may reduce or eliminate exposure to a stock when:
· A catalyst does not materialize in the case of tactical holdings.
· A company’s fundamentals change.
· A company’s earnings are disrupted or disappoint.
· A company’s management or strategic direction changes.
· A stock’s valuation becomes excessive relative to similar investment opportunities.
· We identify a more attractive investment opportunity.
On March 12, 2007, Michelle Espelien Fenton left the firm and Lanny Sachnowitz became the interim lead manager of the Fund. The Technology Team continues to support the Fund.
Market conditions and your Fund
During the fiscal year ended March 31, 2007, we began to see a moderation of economic growth. Gross domestic product (GDP), a measure of economic growth, declined from an annualized rate of 2.5% in the fourth quarter of 2006 to 1.3% in the first quarter of 2007.(1) Additionally, inflation, as measured by the consumer price index, was at an annualized rate of 2.8% for March 2007.(2) Overall, we believed the economic outlook remained positive although growth had slowed to a more subdued level than what we have seen in the past several years.
Against this backdrop, IT was the weakest sector of the broad market.(3) Technology stocks were battered during the second quarter of 2006 amid concerns of a recession and inflation pressures. The IT sector staged a rally at the beginning of the third quarter of 2006 as oil prices declined from record highs and the U.S. Federal Reserve Board (the Fed) kept interest rates unchanged for the first time in more than two years.(4) Then in March of 2007, tech stocks experienced a brisk sell-off due to weak economic data and an investor preference for large-cap value-oriented stocks.
Relative to the Fund’s style-specific index, our stock selection and underweight positions in software and computers and peripherals detracted from performance. On the other hand, our stock selection in wireless telecommunication services and IT services were positive relative contributors.
Stocks that enhanced Fund performance included Freescale Semiconductor and Apple. Freescale, a global leader in the production of embedded semiconductors for cars, mobile phones and networks, was the largest contributor to Fund performance. After its spinoff from Motorola in 2004, Freescale’s management was able to expand its customer base while improving profit margins. In December, a consortium of private equity firms bought the company at a 30% premium to its stock price on September 8, 2006. We sold both Freescale and Motorola during the period.
Apple benefited from a strong product cycle and the ability to command a higher profit margin for its products. We increased our exposure to this stock during the year, and it was one of our top 10 holdings as of March 31, 2007.
Detractors from Fund performance included PMC-Sierra and software developer Red Hat. PMC-Sierra, a global broadband and storage solution provider, lost a chief financial officer who had been particularly adept at cutting costs. As a result of this key management change, we sold the stock.
During the fourth quarter of 2006, Oracle, another Fund holding and a long-time partner and reseller of Red Hat’s Linux operating system, announced it would begin offering its own version of Linux, competing directly with Red Hat. This hurt Red Hat’s competitive position and prompted us to sell the stock.
Changes in the Fund’s holdings during the year were primarily a result of shifting of responsibilities among our management team.
As always, we thank you for your continued investment in AIM Technology Fund.
Sources: (1)Bureau of Economic Analysis; (2)Bureau of Labor Statistics; (3)Lipper Inc.; (4)U.S. Federal Reserve Board
The views and opinions expressed in management’s discussion of Fund performance are those of A I M Advisors, Inc. These views and opinions are subject to change at any time based on factors such as market and economic conditions. These views and opinions may not be relied upon as investment advice or recommendations, or as an offer for a particular security. The information is not a complete analysis of every aspect of any market, country, industry, security or the Fund. Statements of fact are from sources considered reliable, but A I M Advisors, Inc. makes no representation or warranty as to their completeness or accuracy. Although historical performance is no guarantee of future results, these insights may help you understand our investment management philosophy.
See important Fund and index disclosures on the inside front cover.
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Lanny H. Sachnowitz
Senior portfolio manager, is manager of AIM Technology Fund. Mr. Sachnowitz joined AIM in 1987. He earned his B.S. in finance from the University of Southern California and an M.B.A. from the University of Houston.
Assisted by the Technology Team.
On March 12, 2007, Michelle E. Fenton left the management team of AIM Technology Fund.
For a presentation of your Fund’s long-term performance, please see pages 8 and 9.
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Calculating your ongoing Fund expenses
Example
As a shareholder of the Fund, you incur two types of costs: (1) transaction costs, which may include sales charges (loads) on purchase payments or contingent deferred sales charges on redemptions; and redemption fees, if any; and (2) ongoing costs, including management fees; distribution and/or service (12b-1) fees; and other Fund expenses. This example is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Fund and to compare these costs with ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds. The example is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period October 1, 2006, through March 31, 2007.
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 Fund’s actual cumulative total returns at net asset value after expenses for the six months ended March 31, 2007, appear in the table “Cumulative Total Returns” on page 9.
The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You may use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in the Fund and other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of the other funds.
Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only and do not reflect any transaction costs, such as sales charges (loads) on purchase payments, contingent deferred sales charges on redemptions, and redemption fees, if any. Therefore, the hypothetical information is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. In addition, if these transaction costs were included, your costs would have been higher.
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Share | | Account Value | | Account Value | | Paid During | | Account Value | | Paid During | | Expense | |
Class | | (10/1/06) | | (3/31/07)(1) | | Period(2) | | (3/31/07) | | Period(2) | | Ratio | |
A | | $ | 1,000.00 | | $ | 1,034.10 | | $ | 7.96 | | $ | 1,017.10 | | $ | 7.90 | | 1.57 | % |
B | | 1,000.00 | | 1,030.40 | | 11.74 | | 1,013.36 | | 11.65 | | 2.32 | |
C | | 1,000.00 | | 1,030.10 | | 11.74 | | 1,013.36 | | 11.65 | | 2.32 | |
Investor | | 1,000.00 | | 1,034.40 | | 7.81 | | 1,017.25 | | 7.75 | | 1.54 | |
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(1) The actual ending account value is based on the actual total return of the Fund for the period October 1, 2006, through March 31, 2007, 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. The Fund’s actual cumulative total returns at net asset value after expenses for the six months ended March 31, 2007, appear in the table “Cumulative Total Returns” on page 9.
(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 182/365 to reflect the most recent fiscal half year.
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Your Fund’s long-term performance
Past performance cannot guarantee comparable future results.
The data shown in the chart include reinvested distributions, Fund expenses and management fees. Index results include reinvested dividends. Performance of an index of funds reflects fund expenses and management fees; performance of a market index does not. Performance shown in the chart and table(s) does not reflect deduction of taxes a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or sale of Fund shares. Performance of the indexes does not reflect the effects of taxes.
This chart, which is a logarithmic chart, presents the fluctuations in the value of the Fund and its indexes. We believe that a logarithmic chart is more effective than other types of charts in illustrating changes in value during the early years shown in the chart. The vertical axis, the one that indicates the dollar value of an investment, is constructed with each segment representing a percent change in the value of the investment. In this chart, each segment represents a doubling, or 100% change, in the value of the investment. In other words, the space between $5,000 and $10,000 is the same size as the space between $10,000 and $20,000, and so on.
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Results of a $10,000 Investment
Fund data from 1/19/84, index data from 1/31/84
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Date | | -Investor Class Shares | | S&P 500 Index(1) | |
1/19/84 | | | $ | 10000 | | | |
1/84 | | | 10000 | | $ | 10000 | |
2/84 | | | 9975 | | 9648 | |
3/84 | | | 9925 | | 9815 | |
4/84 | | | 9787 | | 9908 | |
5/84 | | | 9412 | | 9360 | |
6/84 | | | 9488 | | 9563 | |
7/84 | | | 8563 | | 9444 | |
8/84 | | | 9762 | | 10488 | |
9/84 | | | 9137 | | 10490 | |
10/84 | | | 8913 | | 10531 | |
11/84 | | | 8123 | | 10413 | |
12/84 | | | 8712 | | 10687 | |
1/85 | | | 10091 | | 11520 | |
2/85 | | | 10580 | | 11661 | |
3/85 | | | 10129 | | 11668 | |
4/85 | | | 9590 | | 11658 | |
5/85 | | | 9903 | | 12331 | |
6/85 | | | 9665 | | 12524 | |
7/85 | | | 10141 | | 12506 | |
8/85 | | | 10078 | | 12385 | |
9/85 | | | 9439 | | 12011 | |
10/85 | | | 9515 | | 12566 | |
11/85 | | | 10706 | | 13428 | |
12/85 | | | 11095 | | 14078 | |
1/86 | | | 11358 | | 14157 | |
2/86 | | | 11634 | | 15214 | |
3/86 | | | 12624 | | 16063 | |
4/86 | | | 13025 | | 15883 | |
5/86 | | | 13602 | | 16727 | |
6/86 | | | 12838 | | 17010 | |
7/86 | | | 11685 | | 16059 | |
8/86 | | | 12625 | | 17250 | |
9/86 | | | 11898 | | 15823 | |
10/86 | | | 12986 | | 16736 | |
11/86 | | | 13265 | | 17143 | |
12/86 | | | 13517 | | 16705 | |
1/87 | | | 16032 | | 18955 | |
2/87 | | | 17724 | | 19704 | |
3/87 | | | 18101 | | 20272 | |
4/87 | | | 19220 | | 20092 | |
5/87 | | | 19583 | | 20266 | |
6/87 | | | 18032 | | 21290 | |
7/87 | | | 17823 | | 22369 | |
8/87 | | | 18383 | | 23203 | |
9/87 | | | 18747 | | 22694 | |
10/87 | | | 11880 | | 17807 | |
11/87 | | | 10788 | | 16340 | |
12/87 | | | 12803 | | 17582 | |
1/88 | | | 12216 | | 18321 | |
2/88 | | | 13573 | | 19172 | |
3/88 | | | 14049 | | 18580 | |
4/88 | | | 14693 | | 18786 | |
5/88 | | | 14427 | | 18946 | |
6/88 | | | 15799 | | 19815 | |
7/88 | | | 15058 | | 19739 | |
8/88 | | | 14330 | | 19070 | |
9/88 | | | 14527 | | 19882 | |
10/88 | | | 14149 | | 20435 | |
11/88 | | | 13869 | | 20143 | |
12/88 | | | 14625 | | 20494 | |
1/89 | | | 15227 | | 21994 | |
2/89 | | | 15031 | | 21447 | |
3/89 | | | 15395 | | 21947 | |
4/89 | | | 16137 | | 23085 | |
5/89 | | | 17355 | | 24016 | |
6/89 | | | 15829 | | 23881 | |
7/89 | | | 17159 | | 26035 | |
8/89 | | | 18041 | | 26542 | |
9/89 | | | 18447 | | 26434 | |
10/89 | | | 17720 | | 25821 | |
11/89 | | | 18154 | | 26345 | |
12/89 | | | 17762 | | 26977 | |
1/90 | | | 17105 | | 25167 | |
2/90 | | | 18574 | | 25491 | |
3/90 | | | 19639 | | 26166 | |
4/90 | | | 19778 | | 25514 | |
5/90 | | | 22620 | | 27996 | |
6/90 | | | 22901 | | 27808 | |
7/90 | | | 21362 | | 27719 | |
8/90 | | | 18450 | | 25216 | |
9/90 | | | 16365 | | 23991 | |
10/90 | | | 16254 | | 23890 | |
11/90 | | | 18214 | | 25431 | |
12/90 | | | 19293 | | 26139 | |
1/91 | | | 22190 | | 27274 | |
2/91 | | | 23520 | | 29222 | |
3/91 | | | 25998 | | 29929 | |
4/91 | | | 25200 | | 30000 | |
5/91 | | | 26279 | | 31290 | |
6/91 | | | 23940 | | 29858 | |
7/91 | | | 26669 | | 31248 | |
8/91 | | | 28867 | | 31986 | |
9/91 | | | 29568 | | 31451 | |
10/91 | | | 31481 | | 31873 | |
11/91 | | | 30090 | | 30592 | |
12/91 | | | 34125 | | 34085 | |
1/92 | | | 36230 | | 33450 | |
2/92 | | | 37415 | | 33883 | |
3/92 | | | 34631 | | 33225 | |
4/92 | | | 32180 | | 34200 | |
5/92 | | | 33135 | | 34367 | |
6/92 | | | 31220 | | 33856 | |
7/92 | | | 32369 | | 35238 | |
8/92 | | | 31136 | | 34518 | |
9/92 | | | 32805 | | 34924 | |
10/92 | | | 35134 | | 35043 | |
11/92 | | | 38907 | | 36233 | |
12/92 | | | 40541 | | 36678 | |
1/93 | | | 40160 | | 36984 | |
2/93 | | | 36787 | | 37488 | |
3/93 | | | 37846 | | 38279 | |
4/93 | | | 36942 | | 37353 | |
5/93 | | | 41201 | | 38350 | |
6/93 | | | 41860 | | 38462 | |
7/93 | | | 42032 | | 38307 | |
8/93 | | | 45268 | | 39757 | |
9/93 | | | 46853 | | 39453 | |
10/93 | | | 46942 | | 40268 | |
11/93 | | | 44923 | | 39884 | |
12/93 | | | 46635 | | 40366 | |
1/94 | | | 47740 | | 41738 | |
2/94 | | | 47821 | | 40605 | |
3/94 | | | 44598 | | 38838 | |
4/94 | | | 45369 | | 39336 | |
5/94 | | | 44993 | | 39979 | |
6/94 | | | 42739 | | 39001 | |
7/94 | | | 43410 | | 40280 | |
8/94 | | | 46791 | | 41928 | |
9/94 | | | 47287 | | 40904 | |
10/94 | | | 49302 | | 41821 | |
11/94 | | | 47660 | | 40300 | |
12/94 | | | 49090 | | 40897 | |
1/95 | | | 49006 | | 41957 | |
2/95 | | | 51966 | | 43590 | |
3/95 | | | 53702 | | 44874 | |
4/95 | | | 56274 | | 46195 | |
5/95 | | | 56787 | | 48038 | |
6/95 | | | 61750 | | 49152 | |
7/95 | | | 66566 | | 50781 | |
8/95 | | | 67179 | | 50908 | |
9/95 | | | 69120 | | 53055 | |
10/95 | | | 70101 | | 52866 | |
11/95 | | | 72268 | | 55184 | |
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Source: (1)Lipper Inc.
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12/95 | | | 71574 | | 56247 | |
1/96 | | | 71767 | | 58159 | |
2/96 | | | 75004 | | 58700 | |
3/96 | | | 73504 | | 59265 | |
4/96 | | | 80148 | | 60138 | |
5/96 | | | 83258 | | 61686 | |
6/96 | | | 77963 | | 61922 | |
7/96 | | | 74361 | | 59187 | |
8/96 | | | 80273 | | 60438 | |
9/96 | | | 86157 | | 63836 | |
10/96 | | | 84106 | | 65596 | |
11/96 | | | 88968 | | 70550 | |
12/96 | | | 87135 | | 69153 | |
1/97 | | | 91945 | | 73471 | |
2/97 | | | 85334 | | 74047 | |
3/97 | | | 80862 | | 71011 | |
4/97 | | | 85698 | | 75246 | |
5/97 | | | 92108 | | 79847 | |
6/97 | | | 94752 | | 83396 | |
7/97 | | | 104511 | | 90030 | |
8/97 | | | 104793 | | 84990 | |
9/97 | | | 108838 | | 89642 | |
10/97 | | | 101514 | | 86652 | |
11/97 | | | 99422 | | 90660 | |
12/97 | | | 94839 | | 92216 | |
1/98 | | | 93255 | | 93235 | |
2/98 | | | 100165 | | 99955 | |
3/98 | | | 106085 | | 105070 | |
4/98 | | | 109045 | | 106146 | |
5/98 | | | 103331 | | 104324 | |
6/98 | | | 109748 | | 108558 | |
7/98 | | | 107981 | | 107411 | |
8/98 | | | 88901 | | 91893 | |
9/98 | | | 98600 | | 97784 | |
10/98 | | | 98984 | | 105726 | |
11/98 | | | 108012 | | 112131 | |
12/98 | | | 123392 | | 118588 | |
1/99 | | | 136793 | | 123546 | |
2/99 | | | 123428 | | 119706 | |
3/99 | | | 141696 | | 124495 | |
4/99 | | | 144969 | | 129316 | |
5/99 | | | 144055 | | 126265 | |
6/99 | | | 164756 | | 133254 | |
7/99 | | | 162104 | | 129111 | |
8/99 | | | 175931 | | 128472 | |
9/99 | | | 181227 | | 124954 | |
10/99 | | | 205130 | | 132858 | |
11/99 | | | 240618 | | 135558 | |
12/99 | | | 302216 | | 143531 | |
1/00 | | | 301038 | | 136321 | |
2/00 | | | 407394 | | 133743 | |
3/00 | | | 381280 | | 146819 | |
4/00 | | | 337776 | | 142403 | |
5/00 | | | 297952 | | 139484 | |
6/00 | | | 349021 | | 142919 | |
7/00 | | | 338062 | | 140687 | |
8/00 | | | 395735 | | 149420 | |
9/00 | | | 366570 | | 141534 | |
10/00 | | | 330096 | | 140933 | |
11/00 | | | 234368 | | 129831 | |
12/00 | | | 233431 | | 130468 | |
1/01 | | | 252292 | | 135094 | |
2/01 | | | 175393 | | 122783 | |
3/01 | | | 139034 | | 115009 | |
4/01 | | | 174307 | | 123940 | |
5/01 | | | 161844 | | 124771 | |
6/01 | | | 158332 | | 121735 | |
7/01 | | | 145127 | | 120537 | |
8/01 | | | 123808 | | 112998 | |
9/01 | | | 92720 | | 103874 | |
10/01 | | | 108770 | | 105856 | |
11/01 | | | 127870 | | 113974 | |
12/01 | | | 127205 | | 114973 | |
1/02 | | | 126467 | | 113296 | |
2/02 | | | 107130 | | 111111 | |
3/02 | | | 118765 | | 115290 | |
4/02 | | | 103064 | | 108303 | |
5/02 | | | 97045 | | 107508 | |
6/02 | | | 83614 | | 99853 | |
7/02 | | | 73145 | | 92071 | |
8/02 | | | 70373 | | 92674 | |
9/02 | | | 58501 | | 82612 | |
10/02 | | | 67598 | | 89876 | |
11/02 | | | 77907 | | 95160 | |
12/02 | | | 67125 | | 89573 | |
1/03 | | | 66541 | | 87231 | |
2/03 | | | 67206 | | 85920 | |
3/03 | | | 65996 | | 86752 | |
4/03 | | | 71969 | | 93894 | |
5/03 | | | 79778 | | 98837 | |
6/03 | | | 79076 | | 100099 | |
7/03 | | | 82555 | | 101865 | |
8/03 | | | 89118 | | 103848 | |
9/03 | | | 85723 | | 102748 | |
10/03 | | | 95169 | | 108558 | |
11/03 | | | 96892 | | 109512 | |
12/03 | | | 96107 | | 115251 | |
1/04 | | | 99894 | | 117366 | |
2/04 | | | 98175 | | 118997 | |
3/04 | | | 95633 | | 117202 | |
4/04 | | | 89503 | | 115364 | |
5/04 | | | 94032 | | 116944 | |
6/04 | | | 95433 | | 119217 | |
7/04 | | | 85517 | | 115272 | |
8/04 | | | 82002 | | 115734 | |
9/04 | | | 85832 | | 116988 | |
10/04 | | | 91454 | | 118775 | |
11/04 | | | 96612 | | 123579 | |
12/04 | | | 99346 | | 127783 | |
1/05 | | | 93683 | | 124669 | |
2/05 | | | 94273 | | 127291 | |
3/05 | | | 91266 | | 125039 | |
4/05 | | | 87241 | | 122669 | |
5/05 | | | 94779 | | 126568 | |
6/05 | | | 92940 | | 126750 | |
7/05 | | | 97550 | | 131461 | |
8/05 | | | 96458 | | 130263 | |
9/05 | | | 97548 | | 131317 | |
10/05 | | | 95636 | | 129127 | |
11/05 | | | 101728 | | 134006 | |
12/05 | | | 101138 | | 134054 | |
1/06 | | | 107540 | | 137603 | |
2/06 | | | 106410 | | 137976 | |
3/06 | | | 110082 | | 139693 | |
4/06 | | | 111568 | | 141567 | |
5/06 | | | 102040 | | 137498 | |
6/06 | | | 100672 | | 137680 | |
7/06 | | | 95790 | | 138529 | |
8/06 | | | 101221 | | 141820 | |
9/06 | | | 106566 | | 145472 | |
10/06 | | | 108473 | | 150210 | |
11/06 | | | 112335 | | 153062 | |
12/06 | | | 111245 | | 155209 | |
1/07 | | | 111835 | | 157554 | |
2/07 | | | 110817 | | 154482 | |
3/07 | | | 110185 | | 156206 | |
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Average Annual Total Returns
As of 3/31/07, including applicable sales charges
Class A Shares | | | |
Inception (3/28/02) | | –2.40 | % |
5 Years | | –2.41 | |
1 Year | | –5.38 | |
| | | |
Class B Shares | | | |
Inception (3/28/02) | | –2.24 | % |
5 Years | | –2.44 | |
1 Year | | –5.59 | |
| | | |
Class C Shares | | | |
Inception (2/14/00) | | –15.87 | % |
5 Years | | –2.13 | |
1 Year | | –1.63 | |
| | | |
Investor Class Shares | | | |
Inception (1/19/84) | | 10.90 | % |
10 Years | | 3.15 | |
5 Years | | –1.48 | |
1 Year | | 0.14 | |
Cumulative Total Returns
Six months ended 3/31/07, excluding applicable sales charges
Class A Shares | | 3.41 | % |
Class B Shares | | 3.04 | |
Class C Shares | | 3.01 | |
Investor Class Shares | | 3.44 | |
The performance data quoted represent past performance and cannot guarantee comparable future results; current performance may be lower or higher. Please visit AIMinvestments.com for the most recent month-end performance. Performance figures reflect reinvested distributions, changes in net asset value and the effect of the maximum sales charge unless otherwise stated. Investment return and principal value will fluctuate so that you may have a gain or loss when you sell shares.
The net annual Fund operating expense ratio set forth in the most recent Fund prospectus as of the date of this report for Class A, Class B, Class C and Investor Class shares was 1.55, 2.30%, 2.30% and 1.55%, respectively.(1) The total annual Fund operating expense ratio set forth in the most recent Fund prospectus as of the date of this report for Class A, Class B, Class C and Investor Class shares was 1.61%, 2.36%, 2.36% and 1.61%, respectively. The expense ratios presented above may vary from the expense ratios presented in other sections of this report that are based on expenses incurred during the period covered by this report.
Class A share performance reflects the maximum 5.50% sales charge, and Class B and Class C share performance reflects the applicable contingent deferred sales charge (CDSC) for the period involved. The CDSC on Class B shares declines from 5% beginning at the time of purchase to 0% at the beginning of the seventh year. The CDSC on Class C shares is 1% for the first year after purchase. Investor Class shares do not have a front-end sales charge or a CDSC; therefore, performance is at net asset value.
The performance of the Fund’s share classes will differ primarily due to different sales charge structures and class expenses.
Had the advisor not waived fees and/or reimbursed expenses in the past for the Fund’s Class A, Class B and Class C shares, performance would have been lower.
(1) The investment advisor has contractually agreed to waive fees and/or reimburse expenses to limit certain fund expenses through at least June 30, 2007. See the current prospectus for more information.
Continued from inside front cover
The Fund provides a complete list of its holdings four times in each fiscal year, at the quarter-ends. For the second and fourth quarters, the lists appear in the Fund’s semiannual and annual reports to shareholders. For the first and third quarters, the Fund files the lists with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Form N-Q. The most recent list of portfolio holdings is available at AIMinvestments.com. From our home page, click on Products & Performance, then Mutual Funds, then Fund Overview. Select your Fund from the drop-down menu and click on Complete Quarterly Holdings. Shareholders can also look up the Fund’s Forms N-Q on the SEC Web site 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 202-942-8090 or 800-732-0330, or by electronic request at the following e-mail address: publicinfo@sec.gov. The SEC file numbers for the Fund are 811-03826 and 002-85905.
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 on the AIM Web site, AIMinvestments.com. On the home page, scroll down and click on AIM Funds Proxy Policy. The information is also available on the SEC Web site, sec.gov.
Information regarding how the Fund voted proxies related to its portfolio securities during the 12 months ended June 30, 2006, is available at our Web site. Go to AIMinvestments.com, access the About Us tab, click on Required Notices and then click on Proxy Voting Activity. Next, select the Fund from the drop-down menu. The information is also available on the SEC Web site, sec.gov.
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Supplement to Annual Report dated 3/31/07
AIM Technology Fund
Institutional Class Shares
The following information has been prepared to provide Institutional Class shareholders with a performance overview specific to their holdings. Institutional Class shares are offered exclusively to institutional investors, including defined contribution plans that meet certain criteria.
Average Annual Total Returns
For periods ended 3/31/07
Inception (12/21/98) | | –0.25 | % |
5 Years | | –0.64 | |
1 Year | | 0.84 | |
6 Months* | | 3.78 | |
*Cumulative total return that has not been annualized
Institutional Class shares have no sales charge; therefore, performance is at net asset value (NAV). Performance of Institutional Class shares will differ from performance of other share classes primarily due to differing sales charges and class expenses.
Had the advisor not waived fees and/or reimbursed expenses in the past, performance would have been lower.
Please note that past performance is not indicative of future results. More recent returns may be more or less than those shown. All returns assume reinvestment of distributions at NAV. Investment return and principal value will fluctuate so your shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. See full report for information on comparative benchmarks. Please consult your Fund prospectus for more information. For the most current month-end performance, please call 800-451-4246 or visit AIMinvestments.com.
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Information about your Fund’s expenses
Calculating your ongoing Fund expenses
Example
As a shareholder 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 October 1, 2006, through March 31, 2007.
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 Fund’s actual cumulative total return after expenses for the six months ended March 31, 2007, appears in the table on the front of this supplement.
The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You may use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in the Fund and other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of the other funds.
Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only. Therefore, the hypothetical information is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds.
| | | | | | HYPOTHETICAL | | | |
| | | | ACTUAL | | (5% annual return before expenses) | | | |
| | Beginning | | Ending | | Expenses | | Ending | | Expenses | | Annualized | |
Share | | Account Value | | Account Value | | Paid During | | Account Value | | Paid During | | Expense | |
Class | | (10/1/06) | | (3/31/07)(1) | | Period(2) | | (3/31/07) | | Period(2) | | Ratio | |
Institutional | | $ | 1,000.00 | | $ | 1,037.80 | | $ | 4.37 | | $ | 1,020.64 | | 4.33 | | 0.86 | % |
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(1) The actual ending account value is based on the actual total return of the Fund for the period October 1, 2006 through March 31, 2007, 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. The Fund’s actual cumulative total return after expenses for the six months ended March 31, 2007, appears in the table on the front of this supplement.
(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 182/365 to reflect the one-half year period.
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AIM Technology Fund
Schedule of Investments
March 31, 2007
| | Shares | | Value | |
Domestic Common Stocks & Other Equity Interests–82.20% | |
Application Software–7.73% | |
Adobe Systems Inc.(a) | | | 736,992 | | | $ | 30,732,566 | | |
Amdocs Ltd.(a) | | | 662,214 | | | | 24,157,567 | | |
Autodesk, Inc.(a) | | | 255,335 | | | | 9,600,596 | | |
Intuit Inc.(a) | | | 366,224 | | | | 10,019,889 | | |
| | | | | | | 74,510,618 | | |
Communications Equipment–9.09% | |
Cisco Systems, Inc.(a) | | | 1,182,767 | | | | 30,196,042 | | |
F5 Networks, Inc.(a) | | | 270,152 | | | | 18,013,735 | | |
Harris Corp. | | | 202,000 | | | | 10,291,900 | | |
OpNext, Inc.(a) | | | 497,984 | | | | 7,365,183 | | |
Polycom, Inc.(a) | | | 363,950 | | | | 12,130,453 | | |
QUALCOMM Inc. | | | 226,683 | | | | 9,670,297 | | |
| | | | | | | 87,667,610 | | |
Computer Hardware–5.74% | |
Apple, Inc.(a) | | | 259,785 | | | | 24,136,624 | | |
Hewlett-Packard Co. | | | 536,647 | | | | 21,541,011 | | |
NCR Corp.(a) | | | 201,830 | | | | 9,641,419 | | |
| | | | | | | 55,319,054 | | |
Computer Storage & Peripherals–5.85% | |
EMC Corp.(a) | | | 1,521,621 | | | | 21,074,451 | | |
Network Appliance, Inc.(a) | | | 531,953 | | | | 19,426,924 | | |
Seagate Technology | | | 685,481 | | | | 15,971,707 | | |
| | | | | | | 56,473,082 | | |
Data Processing & Outsourced Services–3.60% | |
Alliance Data Systems Corp.(a) | | | 158,979 | | | | 9,796,286 | | |
VeriFone Holdings, Inc.(a) | | | 679,553 | | | | 24,959,982 | | |
| | | | | | | 34,756,268 | | |
Electronic Equipment Manufacturers–2.24% | |
Amphenol Corp.–Class A | | | 175,524 | | | | 11,333,584 | | |
Itron, Inc.(a) | | | 158,419 | | | | 10,303,572 | | |
| | | | | | | 21,637,156 | | |
Home Entertainment Software–1.62% | |
Activision, Inc.(a) | | | 824,210 | | | | 15,610,537 | | |
Internet Retail–0.73% | |
IAC/InterActiveCorp(a) | | | 187,357 | | | | 7,065,232 | | |
| | Shares | | Value | |
Internet Software & Services–9.90% | |
Akamai Technologies, Inc.(a) | | | 211,154 | | | $ | 10,540,808 | | |
Digital River, Inc.(a) | | | 448,205 | | | | 24,763,326 | | |
eBay Inc.(a) | | | 438,850 | | | | 14,547,878 | | |
Google Inc.–Class A(a) | | | 52,692 | | | | 24,141,367 | | |
Yahoo! Inc.(a) | | | 686,267 | | | | 21,473,294 | | |
| | | | | | | 95,466,673 | | |
IT Consulting & Other Services–5.02% | |
Accenture Ltd.–Class A | | | 842,575 | | | | 32,472,840 | | |
Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp.–Class A(a) | | | 181,036 | | | | 15,980,048 | | |
| | | | | | | 48,452,888 | | |
Other Diversified Financial Services–1.27% | |
BlueStream Ventures L.P. (Aquired 08/03/00–11/28/06; Cost $23,866,660)(a)(b)(c)(d)(e)(f) | | | — | | | | 12,207,471 | | |
Semiconductor Equipment–3.29% | |
FormFactor Inc.(a) | | | 209,884 | | | | 9,392,309 | | |
KLA–Tencor Corp. | | | 237,168 | | | | 12,645,798 | | |
MEMC Electronic Materials, Inc.(a) | | | 159,376 | | | | 9,654,998 | | |
| | | | | | | 31,693,105 | | |
Semiconductors–16.58% | |
Broadcom Corp.–Class A(a) | | | 601,252 | | | | 19,282,152 | | |
Integrated Device Technology, Inc.(a) | | | 1,223,892 | | | | 18,872,415 | | |
Intersil Corp.–Class A | | | 790,715 | | | | 20,946,040 | | |
Marvell Technology Group Ltd.(a) | | | 825,853 | | | | 13,882,589 | | |
National Semiconductor Corp. | | | 794,079 | | | | 19,169,067 | | |
Netlogic Microsystems Inc.(a)(g) | | | 331,729 | | | | 8,830,626 | | |
ON Semiconductor Corp.(a) | | | 1,258,250 | | | | 11,223,590 | | |
SiRF Technology Holdings, Inc.(a) | | | 392,763 | | | | 10,903,101 | | |
Texas Instruments Inc. | | | 651,271 | | | | 19,603,257 | | |
Xilinx, Inc. | | | 668,291 | | | | 17,195,127 | | |
| | | | | | | 159,907,964 | | |
Systems Software–6.46% | |
McAfee Inc.(a) | | | 356,265 | | | | 10,360,186 | | |
Microsoft Corp. | | | 691,797 | | | | 19,280,382 | | |
Oracle Corp.(a) | | | 772,980 | | | | 14,014,128 | | |
Sybase, Inc.(a) | | | 738,428 | | | | 18,667,460 | | |
| | | | | | | 62,322,156 | | |
Technology Distributors–0.98% | |
Avnet, Inc.(a) | | | 260,933 | | | | 9,430,119 | | |
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| | Shares | | Value | |
Wireless Telecommunication Services–2.10% | |
American Tower Corp.–Class A(a) | | | 353,320 | | | $ | 13,761,814 | | |
Clearwire Corp.–Class A(a)(g) | | | 319,678 | | | | 6,543,809 | | |
| | | | | | | 20,305,623 | | |
Total Domestic Common Stocks & Other Equity Interests (Cost $657,128,662) | | | | | | | 792,825,556 | | |
Foreign Common Stocks & Other Equity Interests–13.63% | |
Canada–1.12% | |
Research In Motion Ltd. (Communications Equipment)(a) | | | 79,195 | | | | 10,809,326 | | |
Finland–1.42% | |
Nokia Oyj–ADR (Communications Equipment) | | | 596,809 | | | | 13,678,862 | | |
Hong Kong–1.00% | |
China Mobile Ltd. (Wireless Telecommunication Services) | | | 214,657 | | | | 9,627,367 | | |
Japan–1.12% | |
Nintendo Co., Ltd. (Home Entertainment Software)(g) | | | 37,100 | | | | 10,783,053 | | |
Mexico–1.49% | |
America Movil S.A. de C.V.–Series L–ADR (Wireless Telecommunication Services) | | | 301,737 | | | | 14,420,011 | | |
Sweden–1.07% | |
Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson–ADR (Communications Equipment) | | | 277,369 | | | | 10,287,616 | | |
Switzerland–2.74% | |
STMicroelectronics N.V.-New York Shares (Semiconductors) | | | 1,378,533 | | | | 26,467,834 | | |
Taiwan–3.67% | |
Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd. (Electronic Manufacturing Services)(h) | | | 1,779,342 | | | | 11,925,406 | | |
| | Shares | | Value | |
Taiwan–(continued) | |
Siliconware Precision Industries Co.–ADR (Semiconductors)(g) | | | 1,043,457 | | | $ | 10,236,313 | | |
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd.–ADR (Semiconductors) | | | 1,227,635 | | | | 13,197,076 | | |
| | | | | | | 35,358,795 | | |
Total Foreign Common Stocks & Other Equity Interests (Cost $106,150,054) | | | | | | | 131,432,864 | | |
Preferred Stocks–0.00% | |
Biotechnology–0.00% | |
Ingenex, Inc.–Series B, Pfd (Acquired 09/27/94; Cost $178,316).(a)(c)(d)(f) | | | 30,627 | | | | 0 | | |
Money Market Funds–2.55% | |
Liquid Assets Portfolio–Institutional Class(i) | | | 12,325,340 | | | | 12,325,340 | | |
Premier Portfolio–Institutional Class(i) | | | 12,325,340 | | | | 12,325,340 | | |
Total Money Market Funds (Cost $24,650,680) | | | | | | | 24,650,680 | | |
TOTAL INVESTMENTS (excluding investments purchased with cash collateral from securities loaned)–98.38% (Cost $788,107,712) | | | | | | | 948,909,100 | | |
Investments Purchased with Cash Collateral from Securities Loaned | |
Money Market Funds–2.01% | |
Premier Portfolio–Institutional Class(i)(j) | | | 19,349,479 | | | | 19,349,479 | | |
Total Money Market Funds (purchased with cash collateral from securities loaned) (Cost $19,349,479) | | | | | | | 19,349,479 | | |
TOTAL INVESTMENTS–100.39% (Cost $807,457,191) | | | | | | | 968,258,579 | | |
OTHER ASSETS LESS LIABILITIES–(0.39)% | | | | | | | (3,767,351 | ) | |
NET ASSETS–100.00% | | | | | | $ | 964,491,228 | | |
Investment Abbreviations:
ADR | | | – | | | American Depositary Receipt | |
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Pfd. | | | – | | | Preferred | |
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Notes to Schedule of Investments:
(a) Non-income producing security.
(b) The Fund has a remaining commitment of $2,764,719 to purchase additional interests in BlueStream Ventures L.P., which is subject to the terms of the limited partnership agreement.
(c) Security fair valued in good faith in accordance with the procedures established by the Board of Trustees. The aggregate value of these securities at March 31, 2007 was $12,207,471, which represented 1.27% of the Fund's Net Assets. See Note 1A.
(d) Security not registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (e.g., the security was purchased in a Rule 144A transaction or a Regulation D transaction). The security may be resold pursuant to an exemption from registration under the 1933 Act, typically to qualified institutional buyers. The Fund has no rights to demand registration of these securities. The aggregate value of these securities at March 31, 2007 was $12,207,471, which represented 1.27% of the Fund's Net Assets. These securities are considered to be illiquid. The Fund is limited to investing 15% of net assets in illiquid securities at the time of purchase.
(e) The Fund has a 10.29% ownership of BlueStream Ventures L.P. ("BlueStream") and BlueStream may be considered an affiliated company. The value of this security as of March 31, 2007 represented 1.27% of the Fund's Net Assets. See Note 3.
(f) Security is considered venture capital.
(g) All or a portion of this security was out on loan at March 31, 2007.
(h) In accordance with the procedures established by the Board of Trustees, the foreign security is fair valued using adjusted closing market prices. The value of this security at March 31, 2007 represented 1.24% of the Fund's Net Assets. See Note 1A.
(i) The money market fund and the Fund are affiliated by having the same investment advisor. See Note 3.
(j) The security has been segregated to satisfy the commitment to return the cash collateral received in securities lending transactions upon the borrower's return of the securities loaned. See Note 8.
See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements which are an integral part of the financial statements.
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Statement of Assets and Liabilities
March 31, 2007
Assets: | |
Investments, at value (cost $739,590,372)* | | $ | 912,050,949 | | |
Investments in affiliates, at value (cost $67,866,819) | | | 56,207,630 | | |
Total investments (cost $807,457,191) | | | 968,258,579 | | |
Foreign currencies, at value (cost $571,180) | | | 572,166 | | |
Receivables for: | |
Investments sold | | | 31,254,915 | | |
Fund shares sold | | | 169,077 | | |
Dividends | | | 352,966 | | |
Investment for trustee deferred compensation and retirement plans | | | 403,013 | | |
Other assets | | | 39,958 | | |
Total assets | | | 1,001,050,674 | | |
Liabilities: | |
Payables for: | |
Investments purchased | | | 12,227,128 | | |
Fund shares reacquired | | | 3,103,359 | | |
Trustee deferred compensation and retirement plans | | | 511,003 | | |
Collateral upon return of securities loaned | | | 19,349,479 | | |
Fund expenses advanced | | | 84,644 | | |
Accrued distribution fees | | | 247,621 | | |
Accrued trustees' and officer's fees and benefits | | | 6,906 | | |
Accrued transfer agent fees | | | 745,182 | | |
Accrued operating expenses | | | 284,124 | | |
Total liabilities | | | 36,559,446 | | |
Net assets applicable to shares outstanding | | $ | 964,491,228 | | |
Net assets consist of: | |
Shares of beneficial interest | | $ | 1,212,405,187 | | |
Undistributed net investment income (loss) | | | (289,091 | ) | |
Undistributed net realized gain (loss) | | | (408,427,983 | ) | |
Unrealized appreciation | | | 160,803,115 | | |
| | $ | 964,491,228 | | |
Net Assets: | |
Class A | | $ | 284,962,072 | | |
Class B | | $ | 62,354,874 | | |
Class C | | $ | 21,385,815 | | |
Investor Class | | $ | 595,776,025 | | |
Institutional Class | | $ | 12,442 | | |
Shares outstanding, $0.01 par value per share, unlimited number of shares authorized: | |
Class A | | | 10,002,292 | | |
Class B | | | 2,274,190 | | |
Class C | | | 801,237 | | |
Investor Class | | | 21,104,597 | | |
Institutional Class | | | 415.46 | | |
Class A: | |
Net asset value per share | | $ | 28.49 | | |
Offering price per share (Net asset value of $28.49 ÷ 94.50%) | | $ | 30.15 | | |
Class B: | |
Net asset value and offering price per share | | $ | 27.42 | | |
Class C: | |
Net asset value and offering price per share | | $ | 26.69 | | |
Investor Class: | |
Net asset value and offering price per share | | $ | 28.23 | | |
Institutional Class: | |
Net asset value and offering price per share | | $ | 29.95 | | |
* At March 31, 2007, securities with an aggregate value of $18,736,238 were on loan to brokers.
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 March 31, 20007
Investment income: | |
Dividends (net of foreign withholding taxes of $233,962) | | $ | 4,095,828 | | |
Dividends from affiliates (includes securities lending income of $205,245) | | | 1,049,865 | | |
Total investment income | | | 5,145,693 | | |
Expenses: | |
Advisory fees | | | 6,840,645 | | |
Administrative services fees | | | 282,154 | | |
Custodian fees | | | 153,741 | | |
Distribution fees: | |
Class A | | | 741,595 | | |
Class B | | | 699,188 | | |
Class C | | | 230,449 | | |
Investor Class | | | 1,442,639 | | |
Transfer agent fees — A, B, C and Investor | | | 5,937,269 | | |
Transfer agent fees — Institutional | | | 12 | | |
Trustees' and officer's fees and benefits | | | 48,445 | | |
Other | | | 697,789 | | |
Total expenses | | | 17,073,926 | | |
Less: Fees waived, expenses reimbursed and expense offset arrangements | | | (276,236 | ) | |
Net expenses | | | 16,797,690 | | |
Net investment income (loss) | | | (11,651,997 | ) | |
Realized and unrealized gain (loss) from: | |
Net realized gain from: | |
Investment securities (includes net gains from securities sold to affiliates of $1,004,234) | | | 176,486,165 | | |
Foreign currencies | | | 60,689 | | |
Option contracts written | | | 575,867 | | |
| | | 177,122,721 | | |
Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of: | |
Investment securities | | | (172,733,421 | ) | |
Foreign currencies | | | (27,277 | ) | |
Option contracts written | | | 525,472 | | |
| | | (172,235,226 | ) | |
Net realized and unrealized gain | | | 4,887,495 | | |
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations | | $ | (6,764,502 | ) | |
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 March 31, 2007 and 2006
| | 2007 | | 2006 | |
Operations: | |
Net investment income (loss) | | $ | (11,651,997 | ) | | $ | (14,517,699 | ) | |
Net realized gain | | | 177,122,721 | | | | 187,735,566 | | |
Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) | | | (172,235,226 | ) | | | 60,616,920 | | |
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations | | | (6,764,502 | ) | | | 233,834,787 | | |
Share transactions-net: | |
Class A | | | (43,622,547 | ) | | | (45,689,980 | ) | |
Class B | | | (17,810,701 | ) | | | (21,848,741 | ) | |
Class C | | | (4,804,594 | ) | | | (5,334,370 | ) | |
Class K | | | — | | | | (13,237,491 | ) | |
Investor Class | | | (183,208,507 | ) | | | (262,478,863 | ) | |
Institutional Class | | | — | | | | (954 | ) | |
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from share transactions | | | (249,446,349 | ) | | | (348,590,399 | ) | |
Net increase (decrease) in net assets | | | (256,210,851 | ) | | | (114,755,612 | ) | |
Net assets: | |
Beginning of year | | | 1,220,702,079 | | | | 1,335,457,691 | | |
End of year (including undistributed net investment income (loss) of $(289,091) and $(426,140), respectively) | | $ | 964,491,228 | | | $ | 1,220,702,079 | | |
See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements which are an integral part of the financial statements.
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Notes to Financial Statements
March 31, 2007
NOTE 1—Significant Accounting Policies
AIM Technology Fund (the "Fund") is a series portfolio of AIM Sector Funds (the "Trust"). The Trust is a Delaware statutory trust registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the "1940 Act"), as an open-end series management investment company consisting of six separate portfolios, each authorized to issue an unlimited number of shares of beneficial interest. The Fund currently consists of multiple classes of shares. Matters affecting each portfolio or class will be voted on exclusively by the shareholders of such portfolio or class. The assets, liabilities and operations of each portfolio are accounted for separately. Information presented in these financial statements pertains only to the Fund.
The Fund's investment objective is capital growth.
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 the 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 be tween 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, yield, quality, type of issue, coupon rate, maturity, individual trading characteristics and other market data. Short-term obligations, including commercial paper, having 60 days or less to maturity are recorded at amortized cost which approximates value.
Foreign securities (including foreign exchange contracts) 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 are significant and may make the closing price unreliable, the Fund may fair value the security. If the event is likely to have affected the closing price of the security, the security will be valued at fair value in good faith using procedures approved by the Board of Trustees. Adjustments to closing prices to reflect fair value may also be based on a sc reening 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 meeting the approved degree of certainty that the price is not reflective of current value will be priced at the indication of fair value from the independent pricing service. Multiple factors may be considered by the independent pricing service in determining adjustments to reflect fair value and may include information relating to sector indices, ADRs and domestic and foreign index futures.
Securities for which market prices are not provided by any of the above methods may be valued based upon quotes furnished by independent sources and are valued at the last bid price in the case of equity securities and in the case of debt obligations, the mean between the last bid and asked prices.
Securities for which market quotations are not readily available or are unreliable are valued at fair value as determined in good faith by or under the supervision of the Trust's officers following procedures approved by the Board of Trustees. Issuer specific events, market trends, bid/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.
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 is recorded on the ex-dividend date.
The Fund may receive proceeds from litigation settlements involving Fund investments. 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 realized and unrealized gain (loss) from investment securities reported in the Statement of Operations and the Statement of Changes in Net Assets and the realized and unrealized net 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
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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 advisor.
The Fund allocates income and realized and unrealized capital gains and losses to a class based on the relative net assets of each class.
C. Country Determination — For the purposes of making investment selection decisions and presentation in the Schedule of Investments, AIM 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 and net realized capital gain, if any, are generally paid annually and recorded on ex-dividend date. The Fund may elect to treat a portion of the proceeds from redemptions as distributions for federal income tax purposes.
E. Federal Income Taxes — The Fund intends to comply with the requirements of Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code necessary to qualify as a regulated investment company and to distribute substantially all of the Fund's taxable earnings to shareholders. As such, the Fund will not be subject to federal income taxes on otherwise taxable income (including net realized capital gain) that is distributed to shareholders. Therefore, no provision for federal income taxes is recorded in the financial statements.
F. Expenses — Fees provided for under the Rule 12b-1 plan of a particular class of the Fund are charged to the operations of such class. Transfer agency fees and expenses and other shareholder recordkeeping fees and expenses attributable to the Institutional Class are charged to such class. Transfer agency fees and expenses and other shareholder recordkeeping fees and expenses relating to all other classes are allocated among those classes based on relative net assets. All other expenses are allocated among the classes based on relative net assets.
G. Accounting Estimates — The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America 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.
H. Indemnifications — Under the Trust's organizational documents, each Trustee, officer, employee or other agent of the Trust (including the Trust's investment manager) is indemnified against certain liabilities that may arise out of performance of their duties to the Fund. Additionally, in the normal course of business, the Fund enters into contracts that contain a variety of indemnification clauses. The Fund's maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown as this would involve future claims that may be made against the Fund that have not yet occurred. The risk of material loss as a result of such indemnification claims is considered remote.
I. Foreign Currency Translations — Foreign currency is valued at the close of the NYSE based on quotations posted by banks and major currency dealers. Portfolio securities and other assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies are translated into U.S. dollar amounts at date of valuation. Purchases and sales of portfolio securities (net of foreign taxes withheld on disposition) and income items denominated in foreign currencies are translated into U.S. dollar amounts on the respective dates of such transactions. The Fund does not separately account for the portion of the results of operations resulting from changes in foreign exchange rates on investments and the fluctuations arising from changes in market prices of securities held. The combined results of changes in foreign exchange rates and the fluctuation of market price s on investments (net of estimated foreign tax withholding) are included with the net realized and unrealized gain or loss from investments in the Statement of Operations. Reported net realized foreign currency gains or losses arise from (i) sales of foreign currencies, (ii) currency gains or losses realized between the trade and settlement dates on securities transactions, and (iii) the difference between the amounts of dividends, interest, and foreign withholding taxes recorded on the Fund's books and the U.S. dollar equivalent of the amounts actually received or paid. Net unrealized foreign currency gains and losses arise from changes in the fair values of assets and liabilities, other than investments in securities at fiscal period end, resulting from changes in exchange rates.
The Fund may invest in foreign securities which may be subject to foreign taxes on income, gains on investments or currency repatriation, a portion of which may be recoverable. Taxes are accrued based on the Fund's current interpretation of tax regulations and rates that exist in the foreign markets in which the Fund invests.
J. Foreign Currency Contracts — A foreign currency contract is an obligation to purchase or sell a specific currency for an agreed-upon price at a future date. The Fund may enter into a foreign currency contract to attempt to minimize the risk to the Fund from adverse changes in the relationship between currencies. The Fund may also enter into a foreign currency contract for the purchase or sale of a security denominated in a foreign currency in order to "lock in" the U.S. dollar price of that security. Fluctuations in the value of these contracts are recorded as unrealized appreciation (depreciation) until the contracts are closed. When these contracts are closed, realized gains (losses) are recorded. Realized and unrealized gains and losses on these contracts are included in the Statement of Operations. The Fund could be exposed to r isk, which may be in excess of the amount reflected in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities, if counterparties to the contracts are unable to meet the terms of their contracts or if the value of the foreign currency changes unfavorably.
K. Covered Call Options Written — The Fund may write call options. A call option gives the purchaser of such option the right to buy, and the writer (the Fund) the obligation to sell, the underlying security at the stated exercise price during the option period. Written call options are recorded as a liability in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. The amount of the liability is subsequently "marked-to-market" to reflect the current market value of the option written. If a written call option expires on the stipulated expiration date, or if the Fund enters into a closing purchase
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transaction, the Fund realizes a gain (or a loss if the closing purchase transaction exceeds the premium received when the option was written) without regard to any unrealized gain or loss on the underlying security, and the liability related to such option is extinguished. If a written option is exercised, the Fund realizes a gain or a loss from the sale of the underlying security and the proceeds of the sale are increased by the premium originally received. Realized gains and losses on these contracts are included in the Statement of Operations. A risk in writing a call option is that the Fund gives up the opportunity for profit if the market price of the security increases and the option is exercised.
L. Put Options Purchased — The Fund may purchase put options including options on securities indexes and/or futures contracts. By purchasing a put option, the Fund obtains the right (but not the obligation) to sell the option's underlying instrument at a fixed strike price. In return for this right, the Fund pays an option premium. The option's underlying instrument may be a security, securities index, or a futures contract. Put options may be used by the Fund to hedge securities it owns by locking in a minimum price at which the Fund can sell. If security prices fall, the put option could be exercised to offset all or a portion of the Fund's resulting losses. At the same time, because the maximum the Fund has at risk is the cost of the option, purchasing put options does not eliminate the potential for the Fund to profit from an incre ase in the value of the securities hedged. Realized and unrealized gains and losses on these contracts are included in the Statement of Operations. A risk in buying an option is that the Fund pays a premium whether or not the option is exercised. In addition, there can be no assurance that a liquid secondary market will exist for any option purchased.
M. Collateral — To the extent the Fund has pledged or segregated a security as collateral and that security is subsequently sold, it is the Fund's practice to replace such collateral no later than the next business day. This practice does not apply to securities pledged as collateral for securities lending transactions.
NOTE 2—Advisory Fees and Other Fees Paid to Affiliates
The Trust has entered into a master investment advisory agreement with A I M Advisors, Inc. ("AIM"). Under the terms of the investment advisory agreement, the Fund pays an advisory fee to AIM based on the annual rate of the Fund's average daily net assets as follows:
Average Net Assets | | Rate | |
First $350 million | | | 0.75 | % | |
Next $350 million | | | 0.65 | % | |
Next $1.3 billion | | | 0.55 | % | |
Next $2 billion | | | 0.45 | % | |
Next $2 billion | | | 0.40 | % | |
Next $2 billion | | | 0.375 | % | |
Over $8 billion | | | 0.35 | % | |
AIM has contractually agreed to waive advisory fees and/or reimburse expenses to the extent necessary to limit total annual operating expenses (excluding certain items discussed below) of Class A, Class B, Class C, Investor Class and Institutional Class shares to 1.55%, 2.30%, 2.30%, 1.55% and 1.30% of average daily net assets, respectively, through at least June 30, 2007. In determining the advisor's obligation to waive advisory fees and/or reimburse expenses, the following expenses are not taken into account, and could cause the net annual operating expenses to exceed the numbers reflected above: (i) interest; (ii) taxes; (iii) dividend expense on short sales; (iv) extraordinary items (these are expenses that are not anticipated to arise from the Fund's day-to-day operations), or items designated as such by the Fund's Board of Trustees; (v) expenses related to a merger or reorganization, as approved by the Fund's Board of Trus tees; and (vi) expenses that the Fund has incurred but did not actually pay because of an expense offset arrangement. Currently, in addition to the expense reimbursement arrangement with AMVESCAP PLC ("AMVESCAP") described more fully below, the expense offset arrangements from which the Fund may benefit are in the form of credits that the Fund receives from banks where the Fund or its transfer agent has deposit accounts in which it holds uninvested cash. In addition, the Fund may have benefited from a one time credit used to offset custodian expenses. These credits are used to pay certain expenses incurred by the Fund.
AIM has voluntarily agreed to waive advisory fees of the Fund in the amount of 25% of the advisory fee AIM receives from the affiliated money market funds on investments by the Fund in such affiliated money market funds (excluding investments made in affiliated money market funds with cash collateral from securities loaned by the fund). Voluntary fee waivers or reimbursements may be modified or discontinued at any time upon consultation with the Board of Trustees without further notice to investors.
For the year ended March 31, 2007, AIM waived advisory fees of $4,848 and reimbursed $131,196 of class level expenses of Class A, Class B, Class C and Investor Class shares in proportion to the net assets of such classes.
At the request of the Trustees of the Trust, AMVESCAP agreed to reimburse expenses incurred by the Fund in connection with market timing matters in the AIM Funds, which may include legal, audit, shareholder reporting, communications and trustee expenses. These expenses along with the related expense reimbursement are included in the Statement of Operations. For the year ended March 31, 2007, AMVESCAP reimbursed expenses of the Fund in the amount of $8,680.
The Trust has entered into a master administrative services agreement with AIM pursuant to which the Fund has agreed to pay AIM for certain administrative costs incurred in providing accounting services, to the Fund. For the year ended March 31, 2007, expenses incurred under the agreement are shown in the Statement of Operations as administrative services fees.
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AIM Technology Fund
The Trust has entered into a transfer agency and service agreement with AIM Investment Services, Inc. ("AIS") pursuant to which the Fund has agreed to pay AIS a fee for providing transfer agency and shareholder services to the Fund and reimburse AIS for certain expenses incurred by AIS in the course of providing such services. AIS may make payments to intermediaries that provide omnibus account services, sub-accounting services and/or networking services. All fees payable by AIS to intermediaries that provide omnibus account services or sub-accounting are charged back to the Fund, subject to certain limitations approved by the Trust's Board of Trustees. For the year ended March 31, 2007, expenses incurred under the agreement are shown in the Statement of Operations as transfer agent fees.
The Trust has entered into master distribution agreements with A I M Distributors, Inc. ("ADI") to serve as the distributor for the Class A, Class B, Class C, Investor Class and Institutional Class shares of the Fund. The Trust has adopted plans pursuant to Rule 12b-1 under the 1940 Act with respect to the Fund's Class A, Class B, Class C and Investor Class shares (collectively the "Plans"). The Fund, pursuant to the Plans, pays ADI compensation at the annual rate of 0.25% of the Fund's average daily net assets of Class A shares, 1.00% of the average daily net assets of Class B and Class C shares. The Fund, pursuant to the Investor Class Plan, reimburses ADI for its allocated share of expenses incurred pursuant to the Investor Class Plan for the period, up to a maximum annual rate of 0.25% of the average daily net assets of Investor Class shares. Of the Plan payments, up to 0.25% of the average daily net assets of each class of shares may be paid to furnish continuing personal shareholder services to customers who purchase and own shares of such classes. Any amounts not paid as a service fee under the Plans would constitute an asset-based sales charge. National Association of Securities Dealers ("NASD") Rules also impose a cap on the total sales charges, including asset-based sales charges that may be paid by any class of shares of the Fund. For the year ended March 31, 2007, expenses incurred under the Plans are shown in the Statement of Operations as distribution fees.
Front-end sales commissions and contingent deferred sales charges ("CDSC") (collectively the "sales charges") are not recorded as expenses of the Fund. Front-end sales commissions are deducted from proceeds from the sales of Fund shares prior to investment in Class A shares of the Fund. CDSC are deducted from redemption proceeds prior to remittance to the shareholder. During the year ended March 31, 2007, ADI advised the Fund that it retained $36,582 in front-end sales commissions from the sale of Class A shares and $183, $61,021 and $3,605 from Class A, Class B and Class C shares, respectively, for CDSC imposed on redemptions by shareholders.
Certain officers and trustees of the Trust are officers and directors of AIM, AIS and/or ADI.
NOTE 3—Investments in Affiliates
The Fund is permitted, pursuant to procedures approved by the Board of Trustees, to invest daily available cash balances and cash collateral from securities lending transactions in affiliated money market funds. The Fund and the money market funds below have the same investment advisor and therefore, are considered to be affiliated. The tables below show the transactions in and earnings from investments in affiliated money market funds for the year ended March 31, 2007.
Investments of Daily Available Cash Balances:
Fund | | Value 03/31/06 | | Purchases at Cost | | Proceeds from Sales | | Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) | | Value 03/31/07 | | Dividend Income | | Realized Gain (Loss) | |
Liquid Assets Portfolio–Institutional Class | | $ | — | | | $ | 191,100,318 | | | $ | (178,774,978 | ) | | $ | — | | | $ | 12,325,340 | | | $ | 312,714 | | | $ | — | | |
Premier Portfolio–Institutional Class | | | 14,449,995 | | | | 311,753,287 | | | | (313,877,942 | ) | | | — | | | | 12,325,340 | | | | 531,906 | | | | — | | |
Subtotal | | $ | 14,449,995 | | | $ | 502,853,605 | | | $ | (492,652,920 | ) | | $ | — | | | $ | 24,650,680 | | | $ | 844,620 | | | $ | — | | |
Investments of Cash Collateral from Securities Lending Transactions:
Fund | | Value 03/31/06 | | Purchases at Cost | | Proceeds from Sales | | Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) | | Value 03/31/07 | | Dividend Income* | | Realized Gain (Loss) | |
Premier Portfolio–Institutional Class | | $ | 27,614,426 | | | $ | 532,252,766 | | | $ | (540,517,713 | ) | | $ | — | | | $ | 19,349,479 | | | $ | 205,245 | | | $ | — | | |
* Net of compensation to counterparties.
Investments in Other Affiliates:
The following is a summary of the transactions with BlueStream Ventures L.P. which may be considered an affiliated company for the year ended March 31, 2007.
| | Value 03/31/06 | | Purchases at Cost | | Proceeds from Sales | | Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) | | Value 03/31/07 | | Dividend Income | | Realized Gain (Loss) | |
BlueStream Ventures L.P. | | $ | 10,135,080 | | | $ | 2,488,246 | | | $ | — | | | $ | (415,855 | ) | | $ | 12,207,471 | | | $ | — | | | $ | — | | |
Total Investments in Affiliates | | $ | 52,199,501 | | | $ | 1,037,594,617 | | | $ | (1,033,170,633 | ) | | $ | (415,855 | ) | | $ | 56,207,630 | | | $ | 1,049,865 | | | $ | — | | |
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NOTE 4—Security Transactions with Affiliated Funds
The Fund is permitted to purchase or sell securities from or to certain other AIM Funds under specified conditions outlined in procedures adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Trust. The procedures have been designed to ensure that any purchase or sale of securities by the Fund from or to another fund or portfolio that is or could be considered an affiliate by virtue of having a common investment advisor (or affiliated investment advisors), common Trustees and/or common officers complies with Rule 17a-7 of the 1940 Act. Further, as defined under the procedures, each transaction is effected at the current market price. Pursuant to these procedures, for the year ended March 31, 2007, the Fund engaged in securities sales of $11,022,026, which resulted in net realized gains of $1,004,234, and securities purchases of $4,641,775.
NOTE 5—Expense Offset Arrangements
The expense offset arrangements are comprised of (i) transfer agency credits which result from balances in Demand Deposit Accounts (DDA) used by the transfer agent for clearing shareholder transactions, (ii) custodian credits which result from periodic overnight cash balances at the custodian and (iii) a one time custodian fee credit used to offset custodian fees. For the year ended March 31, 2007, the Fund received credits from these arrangements, which resulted in the reduction of the Fund's total expenses of $131,512.
NOTE 6—Trustees' and Officer's Fees and Benefits
"Trustees' and Officer's Fees and Benefits" include amounts accrued by the Fund to pay remuneration to certain Trustees and Officers of the Fund. Trustees have the option to defer compensation payable by the Fund, and "Trustees' and Officer's Fees and Benefits" also include amounts accrued by the Fund to fund such deferred compensation amounts. Those Trustees who defer compensation have the option to select various AIM Funds in which their deferral accounts shall be deemed to be invested. Finally, certain current Trustees are eligible to participate in a retirement plan that provides for benefits to be paid upon retirement to Trustees over a period of time based on the number of years of service. The Fund may have certain former Trustees who also participate in a retirement plan and receive benefits under such plan. "Trustees' and Officer's Fees and Benefits" include amounts accrued by the Fund to fund such retirement benefits. Obligations under the deferred compensation and retirement plans represent unsecured claims against the general assets of the Fund.
During the year ended March 31, 2007, the Fund paid legal fees of $7,804 for services rendered by Kramer, Levin, Naftalis & Frankel LLP as counsel to the Independent Trustees. A member of that firm is a Trustee of the Trust.
NOTE 7—Borrowings
Pursuant to an exemptive order from the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Fund may participate in an interfund lending facility that AIM has established for temporary borrowings by the AIM Funds. An interfund loan will be made under this facility only if the loan rate (an average of the rate available on bank loans and the rate available on investments in overnight repurchase agreements) is favorable to both the lending fund and the borrowing fund. A loan will be secured by collateral if the Fund's aggregate borrowings from all sources exceeds 10% of the Fund's total assets. To the extent that the loan is required to be secured by collateral, the collateral is marked to market daily to ensure that the market value is at least 102% of the outstanding principal value of the loan.
The Fund participates in an uncommitted unsecured revolving credit facility with State Street Bank and Trust Company ("SSB"). The Fund may borrow up to the lesser of (i) $125,000,000, or (ii) the limits set by its prospectus for borrowings. The Fund and other funds advised by AIM which are parties to the credit facility can borrow on a first come, first served basis. Principal on each loan outstanding shall bear interest at the bid rate quoted by SSB at the time of the request for the loan.
During the year ended March 31, 2007, the Fund did not borrow or lend under the interfund lending facility or borrow under the uncommitted unsecured revolving credit facility.
Additionally, the Fund is permitted to temporarily carry a negative or overdrawn balance in its account with SSB, the custodian bank. To compensate the custodian bank for such overdrafts, the overdrawn Fund may either (i) leave funds as a compensating balance in the account so the custodian bank can be compensated by earning the additional interest; or (ii) compensate by paying the custodian bank at a rate agreed upon by the custodian bank and AIM, not to exceed the contractually agreed upon rate.
NOTE 8—Portfolio Securities Loaned
The Fund may lend portfolio securities having a market value up to one-third of the Fund's total assets. Such loans are secured by collateral equal to no less than the market value of the loaned securities determined daily. Such collateral will be cash or debt securities issued or guaranteed by the U.S. Government or any of its agencies. Cash collateral received in connection with these loans is invested in short-term money market instruments or affiliated money market funds. It is the Fund's policy to obtain additional collateral from or return excess collateral to the borrower by the end of the next business day, following the valuation date of the securities loaned. Therefore, the value of the collateral held may be temporarily less than the value of the securities on loan. Lending securities entails a risk of loss to the Fund if and to the extent that the market value of the securities loaned were to increase and the borrowe r did not increase the collateral accordingly, and the borrower fails to return the securities. The Fund could also experience delays and costs in gaining access to the collateral. The Fund bears the risk of any deficiency in the amount of the collateral available for return to the borrower due to any loss on the collateral invested.
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At March 31, 2007, securities with an aggregate value of $18,736,238 were on loan to brokers. The loans were secured by cash collateral of $19,349,479 received by the Fund and subsequently invested in an affiliated money market fund. For the year ended March 31, 2007, the Fund received dividends on cash collateral investments of $205,245 for securities lending transactions, which are net of compensation to counterparties.
NOTE 9—Option Contracts Written
Transactions During the Period
| | Call Option Contracts | |
| | Number of Contracts | | Premiums Received | |
Beginning of period | | | 10,001 | | | $ | 692,110 | | |
Written | | | 2,449 | | | | 495,620 | | |
Exercised | | | (8,540 | ) | | | (611,863 | ) | |
Expired | | | (3,910 | ) | | | (575,867 | ) | |
End of period | | | — | | | $ | — | | |
NOTE 10—Distributions to Shareholders and Tax Components of Net Assets
Distributions to Shareholders:
There were no ordinary income or long term gain distributions paid during the years ended March 31, 2007 and 2006.
Tax Components of Net Assets:
As of March 31, 2007, the components of net assets on a tax basis were as follows:
| | 2007 | |
Net unrealized appreciation–investments | | $ | 161,622,703 | | |
Temporary book/tax differences | | | (289,091 | ) | |
Capital loss carryover | | | (409,247,571 | ) | |
Shares of beneficial interest | | | 1,212,405,187 | | |
Total net assets | | $ | 964,491,228 | | |
The difference between book-basis and tax-basis unrealized appreciation (depreciation) is due to differences in the timing of recognition of gains and losses on investments for tax and book purposes. The Fund's net unrealized appreciation difference is attributable primarily to losses on wash sales, the deferral of losses on certain straddles and the treatment of partnerships. The tax-basis net unrealized appreciation on investments amount includes appreciation on foreign currencies of $1,727.
The temporary book/tax differences are a result of timing differences between book and tax recognition of income and/or expenses. The Fund's temporary book/tax differences are the result of the trustee deferral of compensation and retirement plan benefits.
Capital loss carryforward is calculated and reported as of a specific date. Results of transactions and other activity after that date may affect the amount of capital loss carryforward actually available for the Fund to utilize. The ability to utilize capital loss carryforward in the future may be limited under the Internal Revenue Code and related regulations based on the results of future transactions. Under these limitation rules, the Fund is limited as of March 31, 2007 to utilizing $169,471,288 of capital loss carryforward in the fiscal year ended March 31, 2008.
The Fund utilized $173,243,434 of capital loss carryforward in the current period to offset net realized capital gain for federal income tax purposes. The Fund has a capital loss carryforward as of March 31, 2007 which expires as follows:
Expiration | | Capital Loss Carryforward* | |
March 31, 2010 | | $ | 41,337,458 | | |
March 31, 2011 | | | 367,910,113 | | |
Total capital loss carryforward | | $ | 409,247,571 | | |
* Capital loss carryforward as of the date listed above is reduced for limitations, if any, to the extent required by the Internal Revenue Code. To the extent that unrealized gains as of November 24, 2003, the date of the reorganization of AIM New Technology Fund, AIM Global Science & Technology Fund and INVESCO Telecommunicaions Fund into the Fund, are realized on securities held in each fund at such date, the capital loss carryforward may be further limited for up to five years from the date of the reorganization.
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NOTE 11—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 March 31, 2007 was $1,200,028,389 and $1,477,851,415, respectively.
Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) of Investment Securities on a Tax Basis
Aggregate unrealized appreciation of investment securities | | $ | 174,127,889 | | |
Aggregate unrealized (depreciation) of investment securities | | | (12,506,913 | ) | |
Net unrealized appreciation of investment securities | | $ | 161,620,976 | | |
Cost of investments for tax purposes is $806,637,603.
NOTE 12—Reclassification of Permanent Differences
Primarily as a result of differing book/tax treatment of foreign currency transactions, realized gains on securities acquired in a reorganization, partnership transactions and net operating losses, on March 31, 2007, undistributed net investment income (loss) was increased by $11,789,046, undistributed net realized gain (loss) was increased by $21,437,954 and shares of beneficial interest decreased by $33,227,000. This reclassification had no effect on the net assets of the Fund.
NOTE 13—Share Information
The Fund currently consists of five different classes of shares: Class A, Class B, Class C, Investor Class and Institutional Class. The Fund formerly offered Class K shares; however, as of the close of business October 21, 2005, the Class K shares were converted to Class A shares. Investor Class shares of the Fund are offered only to certain grandfathered investors.
Class A shares are sold with a front-end sales charge unless certain waiver criteria are met and under certain circumstances load waiver shares may be subject to a CDSC. Class B shares and Class C shares are sold with a CDSC. Investor Class and Institutional Class shares are sold at net asset value. Generally, Class B shares will automatically convert to Class A shares on or about the month-end which is at least eight years after the date of purchase.
Changes in Shares Outstanding
| | Year ended March 31, | |
| | 2007(a) | | 2006 | |
| | Shares | | Amount | | Shares | | Amount | |
Sold: | |
Class A | | | 1,354,442 | | | $ | 37,510,293 | | | | 1,129,976 | | | $ | 28,845,975 | | |
Class B | | | 250,179 | | | | 6,672,005 | | | | 260,920 | | | | 6,473,754 | | |
Class C | | | 153,427 | | | | 4,000,097 | | | | 354,767 | | | | 8,680,425 | | |
Class K(b) | | | — | | | | — | | | | 100,778 | | | | 2,391,807 | | |
Investor Class | | | 2,346,828 | | | | 63,243,071 | | | | 3,764,263 | | | | 94,459,210 | | |
Institutional Class | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | | |
Conversion of Class K shares to Class A shares:(c) | |
Class A | | | — | | | | — | | | | 501,679 | | | | 12,225,909 | | |
Class K | | | — | | | | — | | | | (513,478 | ) | | | (12,225,909 | ) | |
Automatic conversion of Class B shares to Class A shares: | |
Class A | | | 105,694 | | | | 2,903,343 | | | | 159,811 | | | | 4,010,453 | | |
Class B | | | (109,412 | ) | | | (2,903,343 | ) | | | (164,166 | ) | | | (4,010,453 | ) | |
Reacquired: | |
Class A | | | (3,036,198 | ) | | | (84,036,183 | ) | | | (3,554,908 | ) | | | (90,772,317 | ) | |
Class B | | | (809,943 | ) | | | (21,579,363 | ) | | | (983,065 | ) | | | (24,312,042 | ) | |
Class C | | | (339,138 | ) | | | (8,804,691 | ) | | | (572,477 | ) | | | (14,014,795 | ) | |
Class K(b) | | | — | | | | — | | | | (142,541 | ) | | | (3,403,389 | ) | |
Investor Class | | | (9,040,054 | ) | | | (246,451,578 | ) | | | (14,168,269 | ) | | | (356,938,073 | ) | |
Institutional Class | | | — | | | | — | | | | (38 | ) | | | (954 | ) | |
| | | (9,124,175 | ) | | $ | (249,446,349 | ) | | | (13,826,748 | ) | | $ | (348,590,399 | ) | |
(a) There is one entity that is a record owner of more than 5% of the outstanding shares of the Fund and it owns 12% of the outstanding shares of the Fund. ADI has an agreement with this entity to sell Fund shares. The Fund, AIM and/or AIM affiliates may make payments to this entity, which is considered to be related to the Fund, for providing services to the Fund, AIM and/or AIM affiliates including but not limited to services such as, securities brokerage, distribution, third party record keeping and account servicing. The Trust has no knowledge as to whether all or any portion of the shares owned of record by this entity are also owned beneficially.
(b) Class K shares activity for the period April 1, 2005 through October 21, 2005 (date of conversion).
(c) Effective as of close of business October 21, 2005, all outstanding Class K shares were converted to Class A shares of the Fund.
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NOTE 14—New Accounting Standard
In June 2006, the Financial Accounting Standards Board ("FASB") issued FASB Interpretation No. 48, Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes ("FIN 48"). FIN 48 prescribes a recognition threshold and measurement attribute for the financial statement recognition and measurement for a tax position taken or expected to be taken in a tax return. FIN 48 also provides guidance on derecognition, classification, interest and penalties, accounting in interim periods, disclosure and transition. The provisions for FIN 48 are effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2006. Management is currently assessing the impact of FIN 48, if any, on the Fund's financial statements and currently intends for the Fund to adopt FIN 48 provisions during the fiscal year ending March 31, 2008.
NOTE 15—Financial Highlights
The following schedule presents financial highlights for a share of the Fund outstanding throughout the periods indicated.
| | Class A | |
| | Year ended March 31, | |
| | 2007 | | 2006 | | 2005 | | 2004 | | 2003(a) | |
Net asset value, beginning of period | | $ | 28.45 | | | $ | 23.59 | | | $ | 24.71 | | | $ | 16.98 | | | $ | 30.41 | | |
Income from investment operations: | |
Net investment income (loss)(b) | | | (0.30 | ) | | | (0.28 | ) | | | (0.19 | ) | | | (0.33 | ) | | | (0.20 | )(c) | |
Net gains (losses) on securities (both realized and unrealized) | | | 0.34 | | | | 5.14 | | | | (0.93 | ) | | | 8.06 | | | | (13.23 | ) | |
Total from investment operations | | | 0.04 | | | | 4.86 | | | | (1.12 | ) | | | 7.73 | | | | (13.43 | ) | |
Net asset value, end of period | | $ | 28.49 | | | $ | 28.45 | | | $ | 23.59 | | | $ | 24.71 | | | $ | 16.98 | | |
Total return(d) | | | 0.14 | % | | | 20.60 | % | | | (4.53 | )% | | | 45.52 | % | | | (44.16 | )% | |
Ratios/supplemental data: | |
Net assets, end of period (000s omitted) | | $ | 284,962 | | | $ | 329,461 | | | $ | 314,755 | | | $ | 410,407 | | | $ | 4,460 | | |
Ratio of expenses to average net assets: | |
With fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements | | | 1.56 | %(e) | | | 1.57 | % | | | 1.50 | % | | | 1.50 | % | | | 1.47 | % | |
Without fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements | | | 1.57 | %(e) | | | 1.63 | % | | | 1.68 | % | | | 1.93 | % | | | 1.51 | % | |
Ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets | | | (1.07 | )%(e) | | | (1.09 | )% | | | (0.80 | )% | | | (1.31 | )% | | | (1.12 | )% | |
Portfolio turnover rate | | | 126 | % | | | 107 | % | | | 92 | % | | | 141 | % | | | 107 | % | |
(a) Class commenced sales on March 28, 2002.
(b) Calculated using average shares outstanding.
(c) The net investment income (loss) per share was calculated after permanent book tax differences, such as net operating losses, which were reclassified from accumulated net investment income (loss) to paid in capital. Had net investment income (loss) per share been calculated using the current method, which is before reclassification of net operating losses, net investment income (loss) per share would have been $(0.20) for the year ended March 31, 2003.
(d) 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.
(e) Ratios are based on average daily net assets of $296,638,077.
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NOTE 15—Financial Highlights—(continued)
| | Class B | |
| | Year ended March 31, | |
| | 2007 | | 2006 | | 2005 | | 2004 | | 2003(a) | |
Net asset value, beginning of period | | $ | 27.59 | | | $ | 23.04 | | | $ | 24.29 | | | $ | 16.84 | | | $ | 30.41 | | |
Income from investment operations: | |
Net investment income (loss)(b) | | | (0.48 | ) | | | (0.45 | ) | | | (0.34 | ) | | | (0.48 | ) | | | (0.27 | )(c) | |
Net gains (losses) on securities (both realized and unrealized) | | | 0.31 | | | | 5.00 | | | | (0.91 | ) | | | 7.93 | | | | (13.30 | ) | |
Total from investment operations | | | (0.17 | ) | | | 4.55 | | | | (1.25 | ) | | | 7.45 | | | | (13.57 | ) | |
Net asset value, end of period | | $ | 27.42 | | | $ | 27.59 | | | $ | 23.04 | | | $ | 24.29 | | | $ | 16.84 | | |
Total return(d) | | | (0.62 | )% | | | 19.75 | % | | | (5.15 | )% | | | 44.24 | % | | | (44.62 | )% | |
Ratios/supplemental data: | |
Net assets, end of period (000s omitted) | | $ | 62,355 | | | $ | 81,212 | | | $ | 88,240 | | | $ | 125,597 | | | $ | 532 | | |
Ratio of expenses to average net assets: | |
With fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements | | | 2.31 | %(e) | | | 2.30 | % | | | 2.15 | % | | | 2.15 | % | | | 2.15 | % | |
Without fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements | | | 2.32 | %(e) | | | 2.36 | % | | | 2.33 | % | | | 3.16 | % | | | 2.74 | % | |
Ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets | | | (1.82 | )%(e) | | | (1.82 | )% | | | (1.45 | )% | | | (1.96 | )% | | | (1.71 | )% | |
Portfolio turnover rate | | | 126 | % | | | 107 | % | | | 92 | % | | | 141 | % | | | 107 | % | |
(a) Class commenced sales on March 28, 2002.
(b) Calculated using average shares outstanding.
(c) The net investment income (loss) per share was calculated after permanent book tax differences, such as net operating losses, which were reclassified from accumulated net investment income (loss) to paid in capital. Had net investment income (loss) per share been calculated using the current method, which is before reclassification of net operating losses, net investment income (loss) per share would have been $(0.27) for the year ended March 31, 2003.
(d) 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.
(e) Ratios are based on average daily net assets of $69,918,833.
| | Class C | |
| | Year ended March 31, | |
| | 2007 | | 2006 | | 2005 | | 2004 | | 2003 | |
Net asset value, beginning of period | | $ | 26.86 | | | $ | 22.43 | | | $ | 23.64 | | | $ | 16.39 | | | $ | 29.73 | | |
Income from investment operations: | |
Net investment income (loss) | | | (0.47 | )(a) | | | (0.44 | )(a) | | | (0.33 | )(a) | | | (0.45 | )(a) | | | (0.62 | )(b) | |
Net gains (losses) on securities (both realized and unrealized) | | | 0.30 | | | | 4.87 | | | | (0.88 | ) | | | 7.70 | | | | (12.72 | ) | |
Total from investment operations | | | (0.17 | ) | | | 4.43 | | | | (1.21 | ) | | | 7.25 | | | | (13.34 | ) | |
Net asset value, end of period | | $ | 26.69 | | | $ | 26.86 | | | $ | 22.43 | | | $ | 23.64 | | | $ | 16.39 | | |
Total return(c) | | | (0.63 | )% | | | 19.75 | % | | | (5.12 | )% | | | 44.23 | % | | | (44.87 | )% | |
Ratios/supplemental data: | |
Net assets, end of period (000s omitted) | | $ | 21,386 | | | $ | 26,507 | | | $ | 27,016 | | | $ | 37,191 | | | $ | 5,759 | | |
Ratio of expenses to average net assets: | |
With fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements | | | 2.31 | %(d) | | | 2.30 | % | | | 2.15 | % | | | 2.15 | % | | | 2.69 | % | |
Without fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements | | | 2.32 | %(d) | | | 2.36 | % | | | 2.33 | % | | | 3.20 | % | | | 3.95 | % | |
Ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets | | | (1.82 | )%(d) | | | (1.82 | )% | | | (1.45 | )% | | | (1.96 | )% | | | (2.39 | )% | |
Portfolio turnover rate | | | 126 | % | | | 107 | % | | | 92 | % | | | 141 | % | | | 107 | % | |
(a) Calculated using average shares outstanding.
(b) The net investment income (loss) per share was calculated after permanent book tax differences, such as net operating losses, which were reclassified from accumulated net investment income (loss) to paid in capital. Had net investment income (loss) per share been calculated using the current method, which is before reclassification of net operating losses, net investment income (loss) per share would have been $(0.84) for the year ended March 31, 2003.
(c) Includes adjustments in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America and as such, the net asset value for financial reporting purposes and the returns based upon those net asset values may differ from the net asset value and returns for shareholder transactions. Does not include sales charges.
(d) Ratios are based on average daily net assets of $23,044,848.
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NOTE 15—Financial Highlights—(continued)
| | Investor Class | |
| | Year ended March 31, | |
| | 2007 | | 2006 | | 2005 | | 2004 | | 2003 | |
Net asset value, beginning of period | | $ | 28.19 | | | $ | 23.37 | | | $ | 24.49 | | | $ | 16.90 | | | $ | 30.41 | | |
Income from investment operations: | |
Net investment income (loss) | | | (0.28 | )(a) | | | (0.27 | )(a) | | | (0.20 | )(a) | | | (0.35 | )(a) | | | (0.14 | )(b) | |
Net gains (losses) on securities (both realized and unrealized) | | | 0.32 | | | | 5.09 | | | | (0.92 | ) | | | 7.94 | | | | (13.37 | ) | |
Total from investment operations | | | 0.04 | | | | 4.82 | | | | (1.12 | ) | | | 7.59 | | | | (13.51 | ) | |
Net asset value, end of period | | $ | 28.23 | | | $ | 28.19 | | | $ | 23.37 | | | $ | 24.49 | | | $ | 16.90 | | |
Total return(c) | | | 0.14 | % | | | 20.63 | % | | | (4.57 | )% | | | 44.91 | % | | | (44.43 | )% | |
Ratios/supplemental data: | |
Net assets, end of period (000s omitted) | | $ | 595,776 | | | $ | 783,509 | | | $ | 892,630 | | | $ | 1,347,335 | | | $ | 853,530 | | |
Ratio of expenses to average net assets: | |
With fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements | | | 1.53 | %(d) | | | 1.57 | % | | | 1.56 | % | | | 1.72 | % | | | 1.77 | % | |
Without fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements | | | 1.54 | %(d) | | | 1.61 | % | | | 1.58 | % | | | 1.75 | % | | | 1.77 | % | |
Ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets | | | (1.04 | )%(d) | | | (1.09 | )% | | | (0.86 | )% | | | (1.53 | )% | | | (1.46 | )% | |
Portfolio turnover rate | | | 126 | % | | | 107 | % | | | 92 | % | | | 141 | % | | | 107 | % | |
(a) Calculated using average shares outstanding.
(b) The net investment income (loss) per share was calculated after permanent book tax differences, such as net operating losses, which were reclassified from accumulated net investment income (loss) to paid in capital. Had net investment income (loss) per share been calculated using the current method, which is before reclassification of net operating losses, net investment income (loss) per share would have been $(0.29) for the year ended March 31, 2003.
(c) Includes adjustments in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America and as such, the net asset value for financial reporting purposes and the returns based upon those net asset values may differ from the net asset value and returns for shareholder transactions.
(d) Ratios are based on average daily net assets of $663,230,782.
| | Institutional Class | |
| | Year ended March 31, | |
| | 2007 | | 2006 | | 2005 | | 2004 | | 2003 | |
Net asset value, beginning of period | | $ | 29.70 | | | $ | 24.44 | | | $ | 25.35 | | | $ | 17.34 | | | $ | 30.93 | | |
Income from investment operations: | |
Net investment income (loss)(a) | | | (0.11 | ) | | | (0.09 | ) | | | (0.02 | ) | | | (0.16 | ) | | | (0.12 | )(b) | |
Net gains (losses) on securities (both realized and unrealized) | | | 0.36 | | | | 5.35 | | | | (0.89 | ) | | | 8.17 | | | | (13.47 | ) | |
Total from investment operations | | | 0.25 | | | | 5.26 | | | | (0.91 | ) | | | 8.01 | | | | (13.59 | ) | |
Net asset value, end of period | | $ | 29.95 | | | $ | 29.70 | | | $ | 24.44 | | | $ | 25.35 | | | $ | 17.34 | | |
Total return(c) | | | 0.84 | % | | | 21.52 | % | | | (3.59 | )% | | | 46.19 | % | | | (43.94 | )% | |
Ratios/supplemental data: | |
Net assets, end of period (000s omitted) | | $ | 12 | | | $ | 12 | | | $ | 11 | | | $ | 1,309,623 | | | $ | 707,040 | | |
Ratio of expenses to average net assets | | | 0.86 | %(d) | | | 0.81 | % | | | 0.79 | %(e) | | | 0.86 | % | | | 0.90 | % | |
Ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets | | | (0.37 | )%(d) | | | (0.33 | )% | | | (0.09 | )% | | | (0.67 | )% | | | (0.59 | )% | |
Portfolio turnover rate | | | 126 | % | | | 107 | % | | | 92 | % | | | 141 | % | | | 107 | % | |
(a) Calculated using average shares outstanding.
(b) The net investment income (loss) per share was calculated after permanent book tax differences, such as net operating losses, which were reclassified from accumulated net investment income (loss) to paid in capital. Had net investment income (loss) per share been calculated using the current method, which is before reclassification of net operating losses, net investment income (loss) per share would have been $(0.12) for the year ended March 31, 2003.
(c) Includes adjustments in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America and as such, the net asset value for financial reporting purposes and the returns based upon those net asset values may differ from the net asset value and returns for shareholder transactions.
(d) Ratios are based on average daily net assets of $11,993.
(e) After fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements. Ratio of expenses to average net assets prior to fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements was 0.81% for the year ended March 31, 2005.
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AIM Technology Fund
NOTE 16—Legal Proceedings
Terms used in the Legal Proceedings Note are defined terms solely for the purpose of this note.
Settled Enforcement Actions and Investigations Related to Market Timing
On October 8, 2004, INVESCO Funds Group, Inc. ("IFG") (the former investment advisor to certain AIM Funds), AIM and A I M Distributors, Inc. ("ADI") (the distributor of the retail AIM Funds) reached final settlements with certain regulators, including the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC"), the New York Attorney General and the Colorado Attorney General, to resolve civil enforcement actions and/or investigations related to market timing and related activity in the AIM Funds, including those formerly advised by IFG. As part of the settlements, a $325 million fair fund ($110 million of which is civil penalties) has been created to compensate shareholders harmed by market timing and related activity in funds formerly advised by IFG. Additionally, AIM and ADI created a $50 million fair fund ($30 million of which is civil penalties) to compensate shareholders harmed by market timing and related activity in funds advised by AI M, which was done pursuant to the terms of the settlement. These two fair funds may increase as a result of contributions from third parties who reach final settlements with the SEC or other regulators to resolve allegations of market timing and/or late trading that also may have harmed applicable AIM Funds. These two fair funds will be distributed in accordance with a methodology to be determined by AIM's independent distribution consultant, in consultation with AIM and the independent trustees of the AIM Funds and acceptable to the staff of the SEC. Management of AIM and the Fund are unable to estimate the impact, if any, that the distribution of these two fair funds may have on the Fund or whether such distribution will have an impact on the Fund's financial statements in the future.
At the request of the trustees of the AIM Funds, AMVESCAP PLC ("AMVESCAP"), the parent company of IFG and AIM, has agreed to reimburse expenses incurred by the AIM Funds related to market timing matters.
Pending Litigation and Regulatory Inquiries
On August 30, 2005, the West Virginia Office of the State Auditor - Securities Commission ("WVASC") issued a Summary Order to Cease and Desist and Notice of Right to Hearing to AIM and ADI (Order No. 05-1318). The WVASC makes findings of fact that AIM and ADI entered into certain arrangements permitting market timing of the AIM Funds and failed to disclose these arrangements in the prospectuses for such Funds, and conclusions of law to the effect that AIM and ADI violated the West Virginia securities laws. The WVASC orders AIM and ADI to cease any further violations and seeks to impose monetary sanctions, including restitution to affected investors, disgorgement of fees, reimbursement of investigatory, administrative and legal costs and an "administrative assessment," to be determined by the Commissioner. Initial research indicates that these damages could be limited or capped by statute. By agreement with the Commissioner of Se curities, AIM's time to respond to that Order has been indefinitely suspended.
Civil lawsuits, including purported class action and shareholder derivative suits, have been filed against certain of the AIM Funds, IFG, AIM, ADI and/or related entities and individuals, depending on the lawsuit, alleging:
• that the defendants permitted improper market timing and related activity in the AIM Funds;
• that certain AIM Funds inadequately employed fair value pricing; and
• that the defendants improperly used the assets of the AIM Funds to pay brokers to aggressively promote the sale of the AIM Funds over other mutual funds and that the defendants concealed such payments from investors by disguising them as brokerage commissions.
These lawsuits allege as theories of recovery, depending on the lawsuit, violations of various provisions of the Federal and state securities laws and ERISA, negligence, breach of fiduciary duty and/or breach of contract. These lawsuits seek remedies that include, depending on the lawsuit, damages, restitution, injunctive relief, imposition of a constructive trust, removal of certain directors and/or employees, various corrective measures under ERISA, rescission of certain AIM Funds' advisory agreements and/or distribution plans and recovery of all fees paid, an accounting of all fund-related fees, commissions and soft dollar payments, restitution of all commissions and fees paid, and prospective relief in the form of reduced fees.
All lawsuits based on allegations of market timing, late trading and related issues have been transferred to the United States District Court for the District of Maryland (the "MDL Court"). Pursuant to an Order of the MDL Court, plaintiffs in these lawsuits consolidated their claims for pre-trial purposes into three amended complaints against various AIM- and IFG-related parties: (i) a Consolidated Amended Class Action Complaint purportedly brought on behalf of shareholders of the AIM Funds; (ii) a Consolidated Amended Fund Derivative Complaint purportedly brought on behalf of the AIM Funds and fund registrants; and (iii) an Amended Class Action Complaint for Violations of the Employee Retirement Income Securities Act ("ERISA") purportedly brought on behalf of participants in AMVESCAP's 401(k) plan. Based on orders issued by the MDL Court, all claims asserted against the AIM Funds that have been transferred to the MDL Court have been dismissed, although certain Funds remain nominal defendants in the Consolidated Amended Fund Derivative Complaint. On September 15, 2006, the MDL Court granted the AMVESCAP defendants' motion to dismiss the Amended Class Action Complaint for Violations of ERISA and dismissed such Complaint. The plaintiff has commenced an appeal from that decision.
IFG, AIM, ADI and/or related entities and individuals have received inquiries from numerous regulators in the form of subpoenas or other oral or written requests for information and/or documents related to one or more of the following issues, among others, some of which concern one or more AIM Funds: market timing activity, late trading, fair value pricing, excessive or improper advisory and/or distribution fees, mutual fund sales practices, including revenue sharing and directed-brokerage arrangements, investments in securities of other registered investment companies, contractual plans, issues related to Section 529 college savings plans and procedures for locating lost security holders. IFG, AIM and ADI have advised the Fund that they are providing full cooperation with respect to these inquiries. Regulatory actions and/or additional civil lawsuits related to these or other issues may be filed against the AIM Funds, IFG, AIM and/or related entities and individuals in the future.
At the present time, management of AIM and the Fund are unable to estimate the impact, if any, that the outcome of the Pending Litigation and Regulatory Inquiries described above may have on AIM, ADI or the Fund.
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AIM Technology Fund
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
To the Board of Trustees of AIM Sector Funds
and Shareholders of AIM Technology 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 AIM Technology Fund (one of the funds constituting AIM Sector Funds, hereafter referred to as the "Fund") at March 31, 2007, the results of its operations for the year then ended, the changes in its net assets for each of the two years in the period then ended and the financial highlights for each of the five years in the period then ended, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. These financial statements and financial highlights (hereafter referred to as "financial statements") are the responsibility of the Fund's management; our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits. We conducted our audits of these financial statements in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, and evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits, which included confirmation of securities at March 31, 2007 by correspondence with the custodian and brokers, provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLP
May 18, 2007
Houston, Texas
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AIM Technology Fund
Tax Information
Tax Information for Non-Resident Alien Shareholders
The percentage of qualifying assets not subject to the U.S. estate tax for the fiscal quarters ended June 30, 2006, September 30, 2006, December 31, 2006 and March 31, 2007, are 19.91%, 20.90%, 19.62% and 15.98%, respectively.
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AIM Technology Fund
Trustees and Officers
The address of each trustee and officer of AIM Sector Funds (the "Trust"), is 11 Greenway Plaza, Suite 100, Houston, Texas 77046. Each trustee oversees 105 portfolios in the AIM Funds complex. The trustees serve for the life of the Trust, subject to their earlier death, incapacitation, resignation, retirement or removal as more specifically provided in the Trust's organizational documents. Column two below includes length of time served with predecessor entities, if any.
Name, Year of Birth and Position(s) Held with the Trust | | Trustee and/or Officer Since | | Principal Occupation(s) During Past 5 Years | | Other Trusteeship(s)/ Directorship(s) Held by Trustee/Director | |
Interested Persons | | | | | | | | | |
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Martin L. Flanagan1 — 1960 Trustee | | | 2007 | | | Director, Chief Executive Officer and President, AMVESCAP PLC (parent of AIM and a global investment management firm); Chairman, A I M Advisors, Inc. (registered investment advisor); and Director, Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President, AVZ Inc. (holding company); INVESCO North American Holdings, Inc. (holding company); Chairman and President, AMVESCAP Group Services, Inc. (service provider); Trustee, The AIM Family of Funds®; Chairman, Investment Company Institute; and Member of Executive Board, SMU Cox School of Business Formerly: President, Co-Chief Executive Officer, Co-President, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer, Franklin Resources, Inc. (global investment management organization) | | None | |
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Robert H. Graham2 — 1946 Trustee and Vice Chair | | | 2003 | | | Trustee and Vice Chair of The AIM Family of Funds®. Formerly: President and Chief Executive Officer, A I M Management Group Inc.; Director, Chairman and President, A I M Advisors, Inc. (registered investment advisor); Director and Chairman, A I M Capital Management, Inc. (registered investment advisor), A I M Distributors, Inc. (registered broker dealer), AIM Investment Services, Inc. (registered transfer agent), and Fund Management Company (registered broker dealer); and Chief Executive Officer, AMVESCAP PLC — Managed Products; and President and Principal Executive Officer of The AIM Family of Funds®; Director and Chairman, A I M Management Group Inc. (financial services holding company); Director and Vice Chairman, AMVESCAP PLC; and Chairman, AMVESCAP PLC — AIM Division. | | None | |
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Philip A. Taylor3 — 1954 Trustee, President and Principal Executive Officer | | | 2006 | | | Director, Chief Executive Officer and President, A I M Management Group Inc., AIM Mutual Fund Dealer Inc. (registered broker dealer), A I M Advisors, Inc., AIM Funds Management Inc. d/b/a AMVESCAP Enterprise Services (registered investment advisor and registered transfer agent) and 1371 Preferred Inc. (holding company); Director, Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President, A I M Capital Management, Inc.; Director and President, A I M Advisors, Inc., INVESCO Funds Group, Inc. (registered investment advisor and registered transfer agent) and AIM GP Canada Inc. (general partner for limited partnership); Director, A I M Distributors, Inc.; Director and Chairman, AIM Investment Services, Inc., Fund Management Company and INVESCO Distributors, Inc. (registered broker dealer); Director, President and Chairman, AVZ Callco Inc. (holding company), AMVESCAP Inc. (holding company) and AIM Canada Holdings Inc. (holding company); Director and Chief Exec utive Officer, AIM Trimark Corporate Class Inc. (formerly AIM Trimark Global Fund Inc.) (corporate mutual fund company) and AIM Trimark Canada Fund Inc. (corporate mutual fund company); Trustee, President and Principal Executive Officer, The AIM Family of Funds® (other than AIM Treasurer's Series Trust, Short-Term Investments Trust and Tax-Free Investments Trust); Trustee and Executive Vice President, The AIM Family of Funds® (AIM Treasurer's Series Trust, Short-Term Investments Trust and Tax-Free Investments Trust only); and Manager, Powershares Capital Management LLC Formerly: President and Principal Executive Officer, The AIM Family of Funds® (AIM Treasurer's Series Trust, Short-Term Investments Trust and Tax-Free Investments Trust only); Chairman, AIM Canada Holdings, Inc.; President, AIM Trimark Global Fund Inc. and AIM Trimark Canada Fund Inc.; and Director, Trimark Trust (federally regulated Canadian trust company) | | None | |
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Independent Trustees | | | | | | | | | |
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Bruce L. Crockett — 1944 Trustee and Chair | | | 2003 | | | Chairman, Crockett Technology Associates (technology consulting company) | | ACE Limited (insurance company); and Captaris, Inc. (unified messaging provider) | |
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Bob R. Baker — 1936 Trustee | | | 1983 | | | Retired | | None | |
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Frank S. Bayley — 1939 Trustee | | | 2003 | | | Retired Formerly: Partner, law firm of Baker & McKenzie | | Badgley Funds, Inc. (registered investment company (2 portfolios)) | |
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James T. Bunch — 1942 Trustee | | | 2000 | | | Founder, Green, Manning & Bunch Ltd., (investment banking firm); and Director, Policy Studies, Inc. and Van Gilder Insurance Corporation | | None | |
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Albert R. Dowden — 1941 Trustee | | | 2003 | | | Director of a number of public and private business corporations, including the Boss Group Ltd. (private investment and management); Reich & Tang Funds (Chairman) (registered investment company (7 portfolios)); Annuity and Life Re (Holdings), Ltd. (insurance company); CompuDyne Corporation (provider of products and services to the public security market); and Homeowners of America Holding Corporation Formerly: Director, President and Chief Executive Officer, Volvo Group North America, Inc.; Senior Vice President, AB Volvo; and Director of various affiliated Volvo companies; and Director, Magellan Insurance Company | | None | |
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Jack M. Fields — 1952 Trustee | | | 2003 | | | Chief Executive Officer, Twenty First Century Group, Inc. (government affairs company); and Owner, Dos Angelos Ranch, L.P. Formerly: Chief Executive Officer, Texana Timber LP (sustainable forestry company) | | Administaff, and Discovery Global Education Fund (non-profit) | |
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Carl Frischling —1937 Trustee | | | 2003 | | | Partner, law firm of Kramer Levin Naftalis and Frankel LLP | | Director, Reich & Tang Funds (registered investment company (7 portfolios)) | |
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Prema Mathai-Davis —1950 Trustee | | | 2003 | | | Formerly: Chief Executive Officer, YWCA of the USA | | None | |
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Lewis F. Pennock — 1942 Trustee | | | 2003 | | | Partner, law firm of Pennock & Cooper | | None | |
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Ruth H. Quigley — 1935 Trustee | | | 2003 | | | Retired | | None | |
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Larry Soll — 1942 Trustee | | | 1997 | | | Retired | | None | |
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Raymond Stickel, Jr. —1944 Trustee | | | 2005 | | | Retired Formerly: Partner, Deloitte & Touche | | Director, Mainstay VP Series Funds, Inc. (21 portfolios) | |
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1 Mr. Flanagan was appointed as Trustee of the Trust on February 24, 2007. Mr. Flanagan is considered an interested person of the Trust because he is an officer of the advisor to the Trust, and an officer and a director of AMVESCAP PLC, parent of the advisor to the Trust.
2 Mr. Graham is considered an interested person of the Trust because of his previous positions with AMVESCAP PLC, parent of the advisor to the Trust.
3 Mr. Taylor is considered an interested person of the Trust because he is an officer and a director of the advisor to, and a director of the principal underwriter of, the Trust.
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Trustees and Officers–(continued)
Name, Year of Birth and Position(s) Held with the Trust | | Trustee and/or Officer Since | | Principal Occupation(s) During Past 5 Years | | Other Trusteeship(s)/ Directorship(s) Held by Trustee/Director | |
Other Officers | | | | | | | | | |
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Russell C. Burk — 1958 Senior Vice President and Senior Officer | | | 2005 | | | Senior Vice President and Senior Officer of The AIM Family of Funds®. Formerly: Director of Compliance and Assistant General Counsel, ICON Advisers, Inc.; Financial Consultant, Merrill Lynch; General Counsel and Director of Compliance, ALPS Mutual Funds, Inc. | | N/A | |
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John M. Zerr — 1962 Senior Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Secretary | | | 2006 | | | Director, Senior Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel, A I M Management Group Inc., A I M Advisors, Inc. and A I M Capital Management, Inc.; Director, Vice President and Secretary, INVESCO Distributors, Inc.; Vice President and Secretary, AIM Investment Services, Inc., and Fund Management Company; Senior Vice President and Secretary, A I M Distributors, Inc.; Director, INVESCO Funds Group, Inc.; and Senior Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Secretary of The AIM Family of Funds® Formerly: Vice President, A I M Capital Management, Inc.; Chief Operating Officer, Senior Vice President, General Counsel, and Secretary, Liberty Ridge Capital, Inc. (an investment adviser); Vice President and Secretary, PBHG Funds (an investment company); Vice President and Secretary, PBHG Insurance Series Fund (an investment company); General Counsel and Secretary, P ilgrim Baxter Value Investors (an investment adviser); Chief Operating Officer, General Counsel and Secretary, Old Mutual Investment Partners (a broker dealer), General Counsel and Secretary, Old Mutual Fund Services (an adminstrator); General Counsel and Secretary, 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 | |
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Lisa O. Brinkley — 1959 Vice President | | | 2004 | | | Global Compliance Director, AMVESCAP PLC; and Vice President of The AIM Family of Funds®. Formerly: Senior Vice President, A I M Management Group Inc. (financial services holding company); Senior Vice President and Chief Compliance Officer, A I M Advisors, Inc. and The AIM Family of Funds®; Vice President and Chief Compliance Officer, A I M Capital Management, Inc. and A I M Distributors, Inc.; Vice President, AIM Investment Services, Inc. and Fund Management Company; Senior Vice President and Chief Compliance Officer of The AIM Family of Funds® and Senior Vice President and Compliance Director, Delaware Investments Family of Funds | | N/A | |
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Kevin M. Carome — 1956 Vice President | | | 2003 | | | Senior Vice President and General Counsel, AMVESCAP PLC; Director, INVESCO Funds Group, Inc.; and Vice President of The AIM Family of Funds® Formerly: Director, General Counsel, and Vice President Fund Management Company; Director, Senior Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel, A I M Management Group Inc. (financial services holding company) and A I M Advisors, Inc.; Director and Vice President, INVESCO Distributors, Inc.; Senior Vice President, A I M Distributors, Inc.; Vice President, A I M Capital Management, Inc. and AIM Investment Services, Inc.; Senior Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Secretary of The AIM Family of Funds®; Chief Executive Officer and President, INVESCO Funds Group, Inc.; and Senior Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and General Counsel, Liberty Financial Companies, Inc. and Liberty Funds Group, LLC | | N/A | |
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Sidney M. Dilgren — 1961 Vice President, Principal Financial Officer and Treasurer | | | 2004 | | | Vice President and Fund Treasurer, A I M Advisors, Inc.; and Vice President, Treasurer and Principal Officer of The AIM Family of Funds® Formerly: Senior Vice President, AIM Investment Services, Inc.; and Vice President, A I M Distributors, Inc. | | N/A | |
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Karen Dunn Kelley — 1960 Vice President | | | 2003 | | | Director of Cash Management and Senior Vice President, A I M Advisors, Inc. and A I M Capital Management, Inc.; Director and President, Fund Management Company; President and Principal Executive Officer, The AIM Family of Funds® (AIM Treasurer's Series Trust, Short-Term Investments Trust and Tax-Free Investments Trust only); and Vice President, The AIM Family of Funds® (other than AIM Treasurer's Series Trust, Short-Term Investments Trust and Tax-Free Investments Trust) Formerly: Chief Cash Management Officer and Managing Director, A I M Capital Management, Inc.; Vice President, A I M Advisors, Inc. and The AIM Family of Funds® (AIM Treasurer's Series Trust, Short-Term Investments Trust and Tax-Free Investments Trust only) | | N/A | |
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Patrick J.P. Farmer — 1962 Vice President | | | 2007 | | | Head of North American Retail Investments, Director, Chief Investment Officer and Executive Vice President, AIM Funds Management Inc. d/b/a AIM Trimark Investments; Senior Vice President and Head of Equity Investments, A I M Advisors, Inc. and A I M Capital Management, Inc.; and Vice President, The AIM Family of Funds® Formerly: Director, Trimark Trust | | N/A | |
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Stephen M. Johnson — 1961 Vice President | | | 2007 | | | Chief Investment Officer of INVESCO Fixed Income and Vice President, INVESCO Institutional (N.A.), Inc.; Senior Vice President and Fixed Income Chief Investment Officer, A I M Advisors, Inc. and A I M Capital Management, Inc.; and Vice President, The AIM Family of Funds® | | N/A | |
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Lance A. Rejsek — 1967 Anti-Money Laundering Compliance Officer | | | 2005 | | | Anti-Money Laundering Compliance Officer, A I M Advisors, Inc., A I M Capital Management, Inc., A I M Distributors, Inc., AIM Investment Services, Inc., AIM Private Asset Management, Inc., Fund Management Company and The AIM Family of Funds® Formerly: Manager of the Fraud Prevention Department, AIM Investment Services, Inc. | | N/A | |
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Todd L. Spillane — 1958 Chief Compliance Officer | | | 2006 | | | Senior Vice President, A I M Management Group Inc.; Senior Vice President and Chief Compliance Officer, A I M Advisors, Inc.; Chief Compliance Officer of The AIM Family of Funds®; Vice President and Chief Compliance Officer, A I M Capital Management, Inc.; and Vice President, A I M Distributors, Inc., AIM Investment Services, Inc. and Fund Management Company Formerly: Global Head of Product Development, AIG-Global Investment Group, Inc.; Chief Compliance Officer and Deputy General Counsel, AIG-SunAmerica Asset Management; and Chief Compliance Officer, Chief Operating Officer and Deputy General Counsel, American General Investment Management | | N/A | |
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The Statement of Additional Information of the Trust includes additional information about the Fund's Trustees and is available upon request, without charge, by calling 1.800.959.4246.
Office of the Fund
11 Greenway Plaza
Suite 100
Houston, TX 77046-1173
Counsel to the Fund
Ballard Spahr
Andrews & Ingersoll, LLP
1735 Market Street, 51st Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19103-7599
Investment Advisor
A I M Advisors, Inc.
11 Greenway Plaza
Suite 100
Houston, TX 77046-1173
Counsel to the
Independent Trustees
Kramer, Levin, Naftalis &
Frankel LLP
1177 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10036-2714
Distributor
A I M Distributors, Inc.
11 Greenway Plaza
Suite 100
Houston, TX 77046-1173
Transfer Agent
AIM Investment Services, Inc.
P.O. Box 4739
Houston, TX 77210-4739
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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Supplemental Information | | 2 |
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Letters to Shareholders | | 3 |
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Performance Summary | | 5 |
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Management Discussion | | 5 |
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Fund Expenses | | 7 |
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Long-term Fund Performance | | 8 |
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Schedule of Investments | | F-1 |
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AIM Utilities Fund
AIM UTILITIES FUND’s investment objectives are capital growth and income.
· Unless otherwise stated, information presented in this report is as of March 31, 2007, and is based on total net assets.
· Unless otherwise noted, all data in this report are from A I M Management Group Inc.
About share classes
· Class B shares are not available as an investment for retirement plans maintained pursuant to Section 401 of the Internal Revenue Code, including 401(k) plans, money purchase pension plans and profit sharing plans. Plans that had existing accounts invested in Class B shares prior to September 30, 2003, will continue to be allowed to make additional purchases.
· Investor Class shares are closed to most investors. For more information on who may continue to invest in Investor Class shares, please see the prospectus.
Principal risks of investing in the Fund
· Foreign securities have additional risks, including exchange rate changes, political and economic upheaval, the relative lack of information about these companies, relatively low market liquidity and the potential lack of strict financial and accounting controls and standards.
· Prices of equity securities change in response to many factors including the historical and prospective earnings of the issuer, the value of its assets, general economic conditions, interest rates, investor perceptions and market liquidity.
· The Fund’s investments are concentrated in a comparatively narrow segment of the economy. Consequently, the Fund may be more volatile than other mutual funds, and the value of the Fund’s investments may rise and fall more rapidly.
· The prices of and the income generated by securities held by the Fund may decline in response to certain events, including some directly involving the companies whose securities are owned by the Fund. These factors include general economic and market conditions, regional or global economic instability and currency and interest rate fluctuations.
· The market value of the Fund’s holdings may be affected by government regulation, difficulties in obtaining adequate financing and investment return, environmental issues, prices of fuel for generation of electricity, availability of natural gas, risks associated with power marketing and trading and risks associated with nuclear power facilities.
· There is no guarantee that the investment techniques and risk analyses used by the Fund’s managers will produce the desired results.
· Since a large percentage of the Fund’s assets may be invested in securities of a limited number of companies, each investment has a greater effect on the Fund’s overall performance and any change in value of those securities could significantly affect the value of your investment in the Fund.
About indexes used in this report
· The unmanaged Standard & Poor’s Composite Index of 500 Stocks (the S&P 500 —registered trademark— Index) is an index of common stocks frequently used as a general measure of U.S. stock market performance.
· The unmanaged Lipper Utility Funds Index represents an average of the largest utility funds tracked by Lipper Inc., an independent mutual fund performance monitor.
· The Fund is not managed to track the performance of any particular index, including the indexes defined here, and consequently, the performance of the Fund may deviate significantly from the performance of the indexes.
· 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 an index of funds reflects fund expenses; performance of a market index does not.
Other information
· The returns shown in the management’s discussion of Fund performance are based on net asset values calculated for shareholder transactions. Generally accepted accounting principles require adjustments to be made to the net assets of the Fund at period end for financial reporting purposes, and as such, the net asset values for shareholder transactions and the returns based on those net asset values may differ from the net asset values and returns reported in the Financial Highlights.
· Industry classifications used in this report are generally according to the Global Industry Classification Standard, which was developed by and is the exclusive property and a service mark of Morgan Stanley Capital International Inc. and Standard & Poor’s.
The Fund provides a complete list of its holdings four times in each fiscal year, at the quarter-ends. For the second and fourth quarters, the lists appear in the Fund’s semiannual and annual reports to shareholders. For the first and third quarters, the Fund files the lists with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Form N-Q. The most recent list of portfolio holdings is available at AIMinvestments.com. From our home page, click on Products & Performance, then Mutual Funds, then Fund Overview. Select your Fund from the drop-down menu and click on Complete Quarterly Holdings. Shareholders can also look up the Fund’s Forms N-Q on the SEC Web site 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
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This report must be accompanied or preceded by a currently effective Fund prospectus, which contains more complete information, including sales charges and expenses. Investors should read it carefully before investing.
Not FDIC Insured May lose value No bank guarantee
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Fund NASDAQ Symbols
Class A Shares | IAUTX |
Class B Shares | IBUTX |
Class C Shares | IUTCX |
Investor Class Shares | FSTUX |
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Philip Taylor
Dear Shareholders of The AIM Family of Funds —registered trademark—:
I’m pleased to provide you with this report, which includes a discussion of how your Fund was managed during the period under review, and what factors affected its performance. The following pages contain important information that answers questions you may have about your investment.
Most major stock market indexes, in the U.S. and overseas, performed well for the 12 months ended March 31, 2007, as did major fixed-income indexes.(1) Reasons for their positive performance included continued economic expansion and a cessation of interest rate increases by the U.S. Federal Reserve Board, among other factors.(2)
As the period covered by this report drew to a close, however, stock market volatility returned. In late February, Asian markets sold off, triggering a global decline. Additional volatility followed in March, partly due to uncertainty about the health of the U.S. housing market and rising concern about the ability of sub-prime borrowers to repay their mortgages. By mid-April, after the close of the period covered by this report, U.S. and foreign markets had largely resumed their upward trend, helped by good economic growth and a rash of corporate buyouts.
At AIM Investments —registered trademark—, we know that market conditions change—often suddenly and sometimes dramatically. We can help you deal with market volatility by offering a broad range of mutual funds, including:
· Domestic, global and international equity funds
· Taxable and tax-exempt fixed-income funds
· Allocation portfolios, with risk/return characteristics to match your needs
· AIM Independence Funds—target-maturity funds that combine retail mutual funds and PowerShares —registered trademark— exchange-traded funds—with risk/return characteristics that change as your target retirement date nears
We believe in the value of working with a trusted financial advisor. Your financial advisor can recommend various AIM funds that, together, can create a portfolio that’s appropriate for your investment goals, time horizon and risk tolerance. Market volatility can be disconcerting—but your financial advisor can help you keep on track with your investment program, making periodic adjustments as market conditions and your changing investment goals warrant.
In conclusion
Our highly trained, courteous client service representatives are eager to answer your questions, provide you with product information or assist you with account transactions. I encourage you to give us an opportunity to serve you by calling us at 800-959-4246.
Of course, you can access your account information, review your Fund’s performance, learn more about your Fund’s investment strategies and obtain general investing information when it’s convenient for you by visiting our Web site, AIMinvestments.com.
All of us at AIM are committed to helping you achieve your financial goals. We work every day to earn your trust, and we’re grateful for the confidence you’ve placed in us.
Sincerely, |
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/s/ Philip Taylor | |
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Philip Taylor |
President – AIM Funds |
CEO, AIM Investments |
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May 17, 2007 |
AIM Investments is a registered service mark of A I M Management Group Inc. A I M Advisors, Inc. and A I M Capital Management, Inc. are the investment advisors. A I M Distributors, Inc. is the distributor for the retail mutual funds represented by AIM Investments and the PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust.
Sources: (1)Lipper Inc.; (2)U.S. Federal Reserve Board
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Bruce L. Crockett
Dear Fellow AIM Fund Shareholders:
Your AIM Funds Board started 2007 committed to continue working with management at A I M Advisors, Inc. (AIM) with the goal of improving performance and lowering shareholder expenses for the AIM Funds.
The progress made to date is encouraging. Following the general trends of global equity markets and the U.S. stock market, the asset-weighted absolute performance for all the money market, equity and fixed-income AIM Funds improved for the one-year period ended December 31, 2006, as compared to the one-year period ended December 31, 2005, and the one-year period ended December 31, 2004.(1)p
In November, your Board approved, subject to shareholder vote, four more AIM Fund consolidations. As always, these decisions were made to benefit existing shareholders and were driven by a desire to improve the merged funds’ performance, attract new assets and reduce costs. The asset class subcommittees of your Board’s Investments Committee are meeting frequently with portfolio managers to identify how performance might be further improved.
On the expense side, both AMVESCAP, the parent company of AIM, and AIM continue to take advantage of opportunities for operational consolidation, outsourcing and new technologies to improve cost efficiencies for your benefit. Your Board, for example, takes advantage of effective software solutions that enable us to save money through electronic information sharing. Additional cost-saving steps are under way. I’ll report more on these steps once they’re completed.
Another major Board initiative for early 2007 is the revision of the AIM Funds’ proxy voting guidelines, a project begun by a special Board task force late last year. We expect to have new procedures in place for the 2007 spring proxy season that will improve the ability of the AIM Funds to cast votes that are in the best interests of all fund shareholders.
While your Board recognizes that additional work lies ahead, we are gratified that some key external sources have
recognized changes at AIM and the AIM Funds in the past two years. An article in the November 21, 2006, issue of Morningstar Report (Morningstar, Inc. is a leading provider of independent mutual fund investment research) included a review of AIM’s progress, highlighting lower expenses, stronger investment teams and an improved sales culture, as well as areas for continued improvement. I’m looking forward to a return visit to Morningstar this year to review AIM Funds’ performance and governance ratings.
Your Board thanks Mark Williamson, former President and CEO of AIM Investments, who retired from your Board in 2006. He has been succeeded on your Board by Phil Taylor, President of AIM Funds. We extend a warm welcome to Phil.
I’d like to hear from you. Please write to me at AIM Investments, AIM Investments Tower, 11 Greenway Plaza, Suite 100, Houston TX 77046. Let me know your thoughts on how your Board is doing and how we might serve you better.
Sincerely, |
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/s/ Bruce L. Crockett | |
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Independent Chair |
AIM Funds Board |
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May 17, 2007 |
Sources: pA I M Management Group Inc. and Lipper Inc.
(1) Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Please visit AIMinvestments.com for the most recent month-end performance for all AIM funds.
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Management’s discussion of Fund performance
Performance Summary
An investor preference for dividend-paying equities boosted the performance of utilities stocks, helping the Fund post double-digit returns at net asset value for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2007. The Fund outperformed its broad market index, the S&P 500 Index, as utilities was the strongest performing sector during the fiscal year.(1) Utilities stocks benefited from an increase in merger and acquisition activity, as well as investor preference for their generally more defensive character and their tendency to pay dividends.
Your Fund’s long-term performance appears on pages 8 and 9.
Fund vs. Indexes
Total returns, 3/31/06–3/31/07, excluding applicable sales charges. If sales charges were included, returns would be lower.
Class A Shares | | 33.05 | % |
Class B Shares | | 32.02 | |
Class C Shares | | 31.99 | |
Investor Class Shares | | 33.00 | |
S&P 500 Index(1) (Broad Market Index) | | 11.82 | |
Lipper Utility Funds Index(1) (Peer Group Index) | | 31.28 | |
Source: (1)Lipper Inc.
How we invest
We invest primarily in natural gas, electricity telecommunication services, water and oil companies, selecting stocks based on our quantitative and fundamental analysis of individual companies. Our quantitative analysis focuses on positive cash flows and predictable earnings. Our fundamental analysis seeks strong balance sheets, competent management and sustainable dividends and distributions.
We look for companies that could potentially benefit from industry trends, such as increased demand for certain products and deregulation of state markets, and that are attractively valued relative to the rest of the market. We also monitor and may adjust industry and position weights according to prevailing economic trends such as gross domestic product (GDP) growth and interest rate changes.
We control risk by:
· Owning both regulated and unregulated utilities—unregulated companies may provide greater growth potential, while regulated firms may provide more stable dividends and principal.
· Striving to maintain a reasonable cash position to avoid having to sell stocks during market downturns.
We may sell a stock for any of the following reasons:
· Earnings growth is threatened because of deterioration in the firm’s fundamentals or change in the operating environment.
· Valuation becomes too high.
· Corporate strategy changes.
Market conditions and your Fund
During the fiscal year ended March 31, 2007, we began to see a moderation of economic growth. GDP, a measure of economic growth, declined from an annualized rate of 2.5% in the fourth quarter of 2006 to 1.3% in the first quarter of 2007.(1) Additionally, inflation, as measured by the consumer price index, was at an annualized rate of 2.8% for March 2007.(2) Overall, we believed the economic outlook remained positive although growth slowed to a more subdued level than what we have seen in the past several years.
Against this backdrop, utilities, telecommunication services and materials were the best performing sectors of the S&P 500 Index.(3) Information technology, industrials and health care, however, were the weakest sectors.(3) Investor preference for utilities stocks, based on their generally more defensive character and tendency to pay dividends, increased during the reporting period, bolstered by evidence of a slowing economy, low interest rates and lower energy costs. We believe utilities stocks tend to be sensitive to interest rate movements because they generally pay dividends and are
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Portfolio Composition
By industry | | | |
Electric Utilities | | 36.0 | % |
Multi-Utilities | | 20.3 | |
Integrated Telecommunication Services | | 11.9 | |
Gas Utilities | | 9.5 | |
Oil & Gas Storage & Transportation | | 9.5 | |
Independent Power Producers & Energy Traders | | 6.7 | |
Water Utilities | | 1.4 | |
Money Market Funds Plus Other Assets Less Liabilities | | 4.7 | |
Top 10 Equity Holdings*
1. | AT&T Inc. | | 5.6 | % |
2. | NRG Energy, Inc. | | 5.0 | |
3. | Exelon Corp. | | 4.8 | |
4. | Entergy Corp. | | 4.4 | |
5. | Questar Corp. | | 4.3 | |
6. | FPL Group, Inc. | | 4.2 | |
7. | Sempra Energy | | 4.2 | |
8. | Dominion Resources, Inc. | | 4.1 | |
9. | Duke Energy Corp. | | 4.0 | |
10. | Edison International | | 3.9 | |
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Total Net Assets | | $393.76 million | |
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Total Number of Holdings* | | 33 | |
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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particularly attractive when interest rates are low. An increase in merger and acquisition activity, particularly in the diversified telecommunication services and independent power producers industries, also helped to strengthen stocks within the utilities sector. For the fiscal year, our holdings in electric utilities, multi-utilities and independent power producers had the most positive impact on Fund performance. Water utilities, on the other hand, detracted from Fund performance.
Our largest holding, AT&T, was a notable contributor to performance during the fiscal year. The company provides various landline telecommunication services, as well as satellite television services and wireless voice and data communication services, in the United States. The company completed its acquisition of BellSouth, thus consolidating its ownership and management of joint venture Cingular Wireless. With the merger complete, we believed AT&T had the potential to expand its broadband, wireless and television services while preserving its core phone business.
Independent power producer TXU also contributed positively to performance. In February 2007, TXU announced a buyout proposal by private-equity interests and a plan to reorganize the company under a new strategic direction. Although the offer price represented a premium to the February 22 closing price of TXU stock, we were hoping for a higher valuation over the next two to three years. Given these events, we sold our position in the stock while the firm seeks regulatory approval to privatize.
Detractors to Fund performance were minimal over the reporting period. Our water utility company, Aqua America, negatively affected performance. Aqua America is a holding company for regulated utilities providing water or wastewater services primarily in the United States. Shares of the stock declined after the company reported lower financial results. We continued to own the stock as we believed the company was making progress and acquiring new water systems.
Duke Energy also detracted from Fund performance. The independent power producer spun off its natural gas business to create a wholly separate publicly traded company, Spectra Energy. We acquired a minor position in Spectra as a result of the spinoff, however shares of Duke Energy declined following the restructuring. We continued to own the stock.
During the year, the reduced federal income tax rate for qualified dividends, which has made utilities stocks attractive to investors, was extended. However, we remained modestly concerned about the possible repeal of the dividend tax cut, as well as interest rate and inflationary trends. As carbon dioxide emissions remain a popular topic with legislators, we positioned the Fund with more exposure to natural gas and nuclear power companies. Natural gas has one-third the carbon dioxide emissions of coal and nuclear power, although controversial, has no greenhouse gas emissions. We continued to maintain our focus on holding what we believed were favorably priced stocks of strong companies with reasonable growth prospects and attractive dividend yields.
During the fiscal year, the Fund experienced double-digit returns. It would be imprudent for us to suggest such a level of performance would be sustainable over the long term. As always, we thank you for your continued investment and welcome any new investors to AIM Utilities Fund.
Sources: (1)Bureau of Economic Analysis, (2)Bureau of Labor Statistics, (3)Lipper Inc.
The views and opinions expressed in management’s discussion of Fund performance are those of A I M Advisors, Inc. These views and opinions are subject to change at any time based on factors such as market and economic conditions. These views and opinions may not be relied upon as investment advice or recommendations, or as an offer for a particular security. The information is not a complete analysis of every aspect of any market, country, industry, security or the Fund. Statements of fact are from sources considered reliable, but A I M Advisors, Inc. makes no representation or warranty as to their completeness or accuracy. Although historical performance is no guarantee of future results, these insights may help you understand our investment management philosophy.
See important Fund and index disclosures on the inside front cover.
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John S. Segner
Senior portfolio manager, is lead manager of AIM Utilities Fund. He has more than 20 years of experience in the energy and investment industries. Before joining the Fund’s advisor in 1997, he was a managing director and principal with an investment management company that focused exclusively on publicly-traded energy stocks. Prior to that, he held positions with several energy companies. Mr. Segner holds a B.S. in civil engineering from the University of Alabama and an M.B.A. with a concentration in finance from The University of Texas at Austin.
Assisted by the Energy/Gold/Utilities Team
For a presentation of your Fund’s long-term performance, please see pages 8 and 9.
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Calculating your ongoing Fund expenses
Example
As a shareholder of the Fund, you incur two types of costs: (1) transaction costs, which may include sales charges (loads) on purchase payments or contingent deferred sales charges on redemptions, and redemption fees, if any; and (2) ongoing costs, including management fees; distribution and/or service (12b-1) fees; and other Fund expenses. This example is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Fund and to compare these costs with ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds. The example is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period October 1, 2006, through March 31, 2007.
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 Fund’s actual cumulative total returns at net asset value after expenses for the six months ended March 31, 2007, appear in the table “Cumulative Total Returns” on page 9.
The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You may use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in the Fund and other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of the other funds.
Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only and do not reflect any transaction costs, such as sales charges (loads) on purchase payments, contingent deferred sales charges on redemptions, and redemption fees, if any. Therefore, the hypothetical information is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. In addition, if these transaction costs were included, your costs would have been higher.
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Share | | Account Value | | Account Value | | Paid During | | Account Value | | Paid During | | Expense | |
Class | | (10/1/06) | | (3/31/07)(1) | | Period(2) | | (3/31/07) | | Period(2) | | Ratio | |
A | | $ | 1,000.00 | | $ | 1,192.90 | | $ | 7.16 | | $ | 1,018.40 | | $ | 6.59 | | 1.31 | % |
B | | 1,000.00 | | 1,188.50 | | 11.24 | | 1,014.66 | | 10.35 | | 2.06 | |
C | | 1,000.00 | | 1,189.20 | | 11.24 | | 1,014.66 | | 10.35 | | 2.06 | |
Investor | | 1,000.00 | | 1,193.40 | | 7.16 | | 1,018.40 | | 6.59 | | 1.31 | |
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(1) The actual ending account value is based on the actual total return of the Fund for the period October 1, 2006, through March 31, 2007, 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. The Fund’s actual cumulative total returns at net asset value after expenses for the six months ended March 31, 2007, appear in the table “Cumulative Total Returns” on page 9.
(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 182/365 to reflect the most recent fiscal half year.
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Your Fund’s long-term performance
Past performance cannot guarantee comparable future results.
The data shown in the chart include reinvested distributions, Fund expenses and management fees. Index results include reinvested dividends. Performance of an index of funds reflects fund expenses and management fees; performance of a market index does not. Performance shown in the chart and table(s) does not reflect deduction of taxes a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or sale of Fund shares. Performance of the indexes does not reflect the effects of taxes.
This chart, which is a logarithmic chart, presents the fluctuations in the value of the Fund and its indexes. We believe that a logarithmic chart is more effective than other types of charts in illustrating changes in value during the early years shown in the chart. The vertical axis, the one that indicates the dollar value of an investment, is constructed with each segment representing a percent change in the value of the investment. In this chart, each segment represents a doubling, or 100% change, in the value of the investment. In other words, the space between $10,000 and $20,000 is the same size as the space between $20,000 and $40,000, and so on.
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Results of a $10,000 Investment
Index data from 5/31/86, Fund data from 6/2/86
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Date | | -Investor Class Shares | | S&P 500 Index (1) | |
5/31/86 | | | | | $ | 10000 | |
6/86 | | | $ | 10363 | | 10169 | |
7/86 | | | 10726 | | 9601 | |
8/86 | | | 11338 | | 10312 | |
9/86 | | | 10563 | | 9460 | |
10/86 | | | 10999 | | 10006 | |
11/86 | | | 11100 | | 10249 | |
12/86 | | | 10898 | | 9987 | |
1/87 | | | 11793 | | 11332 | |
2/87 | | | 11553 | | 11779 | |
3/87 | | | 11415 | | 12119 | |
4/87 | | | 10967 | | 12012 | |
5/87 | | | 10904 | | 12116 | |
6/87 | | | 11285 | | 12728 | |
7/87 | | | 11247 | | 13373 | |
8/87 | | | 11634 | | 13871 | |
9/87 | | | 11415 | | 13567 | |
10/87 | | | 10623 | | 10646 | |
11/87 | | | 10200 | | 9768 | |
12/87 | | | 10358 | | 10511 | |
1/88 | | | 11240 | | 10953 | |
2/88 | | | 11079 | | 11461 | |
3/88 | | | 10744 | | 11108 | |
4/88 | | | 10757 | | 11231 | |
5/88 | | | 11164 | | 11326 | |
6/88 | | | 11462 | | 11846 | |
7/88 | | | 11313 | | 11801 | |
8/88 | | | 11258 | | 11401 | |
9/88 | | | 11573 | | 11886 | |
10/88 | | | 11916 | | 12217 | |
11/88 | | | 11916 | | 12042 | |
12/88 | | | 11833 | | 12252 | |
1/89 | | | 12182 | | 13149 | |
2/89 | | | 12055 | | 12822 | |
3/89 | | | 12350 | | 13120 | |
4/89 | | | 12953 | | 13801 | |
5/89 | | | 13663 | | 14357 | |
6/89 | | | 13777 | | 14276 | |
7/89 | | | 14671 | | 15564 | |
8/89 | | | 14828 | | 15868 | |
9/89 | | | 15157 | | 15803 | |
10/89 | | | 14592 | | 15437 | |
11/89 | | | 15073 | | 15750 | |
12/89 | | | 15555 | | 16128 | |
1/90 | | | 14493 | | 15046 | |
2/90 | | | 14367 | | 15239 | |
3/90 | | | 14210 | | 15643 | |
4/90 | | | 13442 | | 15253 | |
5/90 | | | 14408 | | 16737 | |
6/90 | | | 14456 | | 16624 | |
7/90 | | | 14353 | | 16571 | |
8/90 | | | 13380 | | 15075 | |
9/90 | | | 12997 | | 14343 | |
10/90 | | | 13444 | | 14282 | |
11/90 | | | 13751 | | 15203 | |
12/90 | | | 14001 | | 15626 | |
1/91 | | | 13937 | | 16305 | |
2/91 | | | 14606 | | 17470 | |
3/91 | | | 15145 | | 17892 | |
4/91 | | | 15193 | | 17935 | |
5/91 | | | 15670 | | 18706 | |
6/91 | | | 14913 | | 17850 | |
7/91 | | | 15471 | | 18681 | |
8/91 | | | 16085 | | 19122 | |
9/91 | | | 16367 | | 18802 | |
10/91 | | | 16681 | | 19054 | |
11/91 | | | 16949 | | 18289 | |
12/91 | | | 17910 | | 20377 | |
1/92 | | | 17355 | | 19998 | |
2/92 | | | 17541 | | 20256 | |
3/92 | | | 17220 | | 19863 | |
4/92 | | | 17430 | | 20445 | |
5/92 | | | 17939 | | 20545 | |
6/92 | | | 17889 | | 20240 | |
7/92 | | | 18678 | | 21066 | |
8/92 | | | 18472 | | 20636 | |
9/92 | | | 18437 | | 20878 | |
10/92 | | | 18690 | | 20950 | |
11/92 | | | 19282 | | 21661 | |
12/92 | | | 19845 | | 21927 | |
1/93 | | | 20337 | | 22110 | |
2/93 | | | 20282 | | 22411 | |
3/93 | | | 21325 | | 22884 | |
4/93 | | | 21468 | | 22331 | |
5/93 | | | 22606 | | 22927 | |
6/93 | | | 23202 | | 22994 | |
7/93 | | | 23694 | | 22901 | |
8/93 | | | 24389 | | 23768 | |
9/93 | | | 24425 | | 23586 | |
10/93 | | | 24269 | | 24073 | |
11/93 | | | 23492 | | 23844 | |
12/93 | | | 24049 | | 24132 | |
1/94 | | | 24258 | | 24952 | |
2/94 | | | 23530 | | 24275 | |
3/94 | | | 22530 | | 23219 | |
4/94 | | | 22537 | | 23516 | |
5/94 | | | 22147 | | 23901 | |
6/94 | | | 21804 | | 23316 | |
7/94 | | | 22469 | | 24081 | |
8/94 | | | 22745 | | 25066 | |
9/94 | | | 22468 | | 24453 | |
10/94 | | | 22513 | | 25002 | |
11/94 | | | 21864 | | 24093 | |
12/94 | | | 21655 | | 24449 | |
1/95 | | | 21934 | | 25083 | |
2/95 | | | 22144 | | 26059 | |
3/95 | | | 22355 | | 26827 | |
4/95 | | | 22800 | | 27617 | |
5/95 | | | 23532 | | 28719 | |
6/95 | | | 23673 | | 29385 | |
7/95 | | | 23957 | | 30359 | |
8/95 | | | 24647 | | 30434 | |
9/95 | | | 25527 | | 31718 | |
10/95 | | | 25550 | | 31605 | |
11/95 | | | 26201 | | 32991 | |
12/95 | | | 27126 | | 33626 | |
1/96 | | | 27362 | | 34769 | |
2/96 | | | 27630 | | 35093 | |
3/96 | | | 27802 | | 35431 | |
4/96 | | | 29030 | | 35952 | |
5/96 | | | 28958 | | 36878 | |
6/96 | | | 29424 | | 37019 | |
7/96 | | | 28215 | | 35384 | |
8/96 | | | 28708 | | 36132 | |
9/96 | | | 29004 | | 38163 | |
10/96 | | | 29944 | | 39215 | |
11/96 | | | 30713 | | 42177 | |
12/96 | | | 30587 | | 41342 | |
1/97 | | | 30863 | | 43923 | |
2/97 | | | 30783 | | 44268 | |
3/97 | | | 29459 | | 42452 | |
4/97 | | | 29677 | | 44984 | |
5/97 | | | 31199 | | 47735 | |
6/97 | | | 32613 | | 49857 | |
7/97 | | | 33050 | | 53823 | |
8/97 | | | 31952 | | 50810 | |
9/97 | | | 34253 | | 53591 | |
10/97 | | | 34239 | | 51803 | |
11/97 | | | 36444 | | 54199 | |
12/97 | | | 38041 | | 55129 | |
1/98 | | | 38158 | | 55739 | |
2/98 | | | 39689 | | 59756 | |
3/98 | | | 42919 | | 62814 | |
4/98 | | | 41735 | | 63457 | |
| | | | | | | | |
Source: (1)Lipper Inc.
5/98 | | | 41309 | | 62368 | |
6/98 | | | 42247 | | 64899 | |
7/98 | | | 41934 | | 64213 | |
8/98 | | | 37757 | | 54936 | |
9/98 | | | 40646 | | 58458 | |
10/98 | | | 42264 | | 63206 | |
11/98 | | | 43785 | | 67035 | |
12/98 | | | 47283 | | 70896 | |
1/99 | | | 47964 | | 73859 | |
2/99 | | | 47058 | | 71564 | |
3/99 | | | 47524 | | 74427 | |
4/99 | | | 50299 | | 77309 | |
5/99 | | | 51884 | | 75485 | |
6/99 | | | 52646 | | 79663 | |
7/99 | | | 52557 | | 77186 | |
8/99 | | | 49766 | | 76804 | |
9/99 | | | 50149 | | 74701 | |
10/99 | | | 52075 | | 79426 | |
11/99 | | | 53429 | | 81041 | |
12/99 | | | 56677 | | 85807 | |
1/00 | | | 59863 | | 81497 | |
2/00 | | | 62676 | | 79956 | |
3/00 | | | 64569 | | 87773 | |
4/00 | | | 60114 | | 85133 | |
5/00 | | | 57775 | | 83388 | |
6/00 | | | 58532 | | 85441 | |
7/00 | | | 57326 | | 84107 | |
8/00 | | | 60812 | | 89328 | |
9/00 | | | 62229 | | 84613 | |
10/00 | | | 60132 | | 84254 | |
11/00 | | | 54732 | | 77617 | |
12/00 | | | 59028 | | 77997 | |
1/01 | | | 58019 | | 80763 | |
2/01 | | | 56400 | | 73404 | |
3/01 | | | 54776 | | 68756 | |
4/01 | | | 57953 | | 74095 | |
5/01 | | | 54603 | | 74592 | |
6/01 | | | 49077 | | 72777 | |
7/01 | | | 45995 | | 72060 | |
8/01 | | | 43015 | | 67554 | |
9/01 | | | 37462 | | 62099 | |
10/01 | | | 38447 | | 63284 | |
11/01 | | | 38785 | | 68137 | |
12/01 | | | 38975 | | 68734 | |
1/02 | | | 35534 | | 67732 | |
2/02 | | | 34240 | | 66425 | |
3/02 | | | 36517 | | 68924 | |
4/02 | | | 35524 | | 64747 | |
5/02 | | | 34050 | | 64272 | |
6/02 | | | 32436 | | 59695 | |
7/02 | | | 29471 | | 55043 | |
8/02 | | | 29919 | | 55403 | |
9/02 | | | 27810 | | 49388 | |
10/02 | | | 29167 | | 53730 | |
11/02 | | | 29654 | | 56890 | |
12/02 | | | 30289 | | 53549 | |
1/03 | | | 29204 | | 52149 | |
2/03 | | | 28363 | | 51366 | |
3/03 | | | 28851 | | 51863 | |
4/03 | | | 30296 | | 56133 | |
5/03 | | | 32975 | | 59088 | |
6/03 | | | 33123 | | 59842 | |
7/03 | | | 31526 | | 60898 | |
8/03 | | | 31845 | | 62083 | |
9/03 | | | 32708 | | 61426 | |
10/03 | | | 33100 | | 64899 | |
11/03 | | | 33511 | | 65469 | |
12/03 | | | 35632 | | 68900 | |
1/04 | | | 36099 | | 70165 | |
2/04 | | | 36889 | | 71140 | |
3/04 | | | 36786 | | 70067 | |
4/04 | | | 35775 | | 68968 | |
5/04 | | | 36136 | | 69913 | |
6/04 | | | 36801 | | 71272 | |
7/04 | | | 37419 | | 68913 | |
8/04 | | | 38399 | | 69189 | |
9/04 | | | 39321 | | 69939 | |
10/04 | | | 40972 | | 71007 | |
11/04 | | | 43615 | | 73879 | |
12/04 | | | 44658 | | 76393 | |
1/05 | | | 44622 | | 74531 | |
2/05 | | | 45992 | | 76098 | |
3/05 | | | 46019 | | 74752 | |
4/05 | | | 46318 | | 73335 | |
5/05 | | | 47027 | | 75666 | |
6/05 | | | 49186 | | 75775 | |
7/05 | | | 51055 | | 78592 | |
8/05 | | | 52740 | | 77875 | |
9/05 | | | 54949 | | 78505 | |
10/05 | | | 51488 | | 77196 | |
11/05 | | | 51451 | | 80113 | |
12/05 | | | 52198 | | 80141 | |
1/06 | | | 54312 | | 82263 | |
2/06 | | | 54616 | | 82486 | |
3/06 | | | 53299 | | 83512 | |
4/06 | | | 54285 | | 84633 | |
5/06 | | | 54817 | | 82200 | |
6/06 | | | 56139 | | 82309 | |
7/06 | | | 58704 | | 82817 | |
8/06 | | | 60348 | | 84784 | |
9/06 | | | 59400 | | 86968 | |
10/06 | | | 62133 | | 89800 | |
11/06 | | | 64438 | | 91505 | |
12/06 | | | 65359 | | 92789 | |
1/07 | | | 65863 | | 94191 | |
2/07 | | | 67911 | | 92354 | |
3/07 | | | 70869 | | 93385 | |
AIM Utilities Fund
Average Annual Total Returns
As of 3/31/07, including applicable sales charges
Class A Shares
Inception (3/28/02) | | 12.80 | % |
5 Years | | 12.82 | |
1 Year | | 25.73 | |
Class B Shares
Inception (3/28/02) | | 13.15 | % |
5 Years | | 13.05 | |
1 Year | | 27.02 | |
Class C Shares
Inception (2/14/00) | | 0.82 | % |
5 Years | | 13.17 | |
1 Year | | 30.99 | |
Investor Class Shares
Inception (6/2/86) | | 9.86 | % |
10 Years | | 9.17 | |
5 Years | | 14.18 | |
1 Year | | 33.00 | |
Cumulative Total Returns
Six months ended 3/31/07, excluding applicable sales charges
Class A Shares | | 19.29 | % |
Class B Shares | | 18.85 | |
Class C Shares | | 18.92 | |
Investor Class Shares | | 19.34 | |
The performance data quoted represent past performance and cannot guarantee comparable future results; current performance may be lower or higher. Please visit AIMinvestments.com for the most recent month-end performance. Performance figures reflect reinvested distributions, changes in net asset value and the effect of the maximum sales charge unless otherwise stated. Investment return and principal value will fluctuate so that you may have a gain or loss when you sell shares.
The net annual Fund operating expense ratio set forth in the most recent Fund prospectus as of the date of this report for Class A, Class B, Class C and Investor Class Shares was 1.30%, 2.05%, 2.05% and 1.30%, respectively.(1) The total annual Fund operating expense ratio set forth in the most recent Fund prospectus as of the date of this report for Class A, Class B, Class C and Investor Class Shares was 1.46%, 2.21%, 2.21% and 1.46%, respectively. The expense ratios presented above may vary from the expense ratios presented in other sections of this report that are based on expenses incurred during the period covered by this report.
Class A share performance reflects the maximum 5.50% sales charge, and Class B and Class C share performance reflects the applicable contingent deferred sales charge (CDSC) for the period involved. The CDSC on Class B shares declines from 5% beginning at the time of purchase to 0% at the beginning of the seventh year. The CDSC on Class C shares is 1% for the first year after purchase. Investor Class shares do not have a front-end sales charge or a CDSC; therefore, performance is at net asset value.
The performance of the Fund’s share classes will differ primarily due to different sales charge structures and class expenses.
Had the advisor not waived fees and/or reimbursed expenses in the past, performance would have been lower.
(1) The investment advisor has contractually agreed to waive fees and/or reimburse expenses to limit certain Fund expenses through at least June 30, 2007. See the current prospectus for more information.
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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 on the AIM Web site, AIMinvestments.com. On the home page, scroll down and click on AIM Funds Proxy Policy. The information is also available on the SEC Web site, sec.gov.
Information regarding how the Fund voted proxies related to its portfolio securities during the 12 months ended June 30, 2006, is available at our Web site. Go to AIMinvestments.com, access the About Us tab, click on Required Notices and then click on Proxy Voting Activity. Next, select the Fund from the drop-down menu. The information is also available on the SEC Web site, sec.gov.
9
Supplement to Annual Report dated 3/31/07
AIM Utilities Fund
Institutional Class Shares
The following information has been prepared to provide Institutional Class shareholders with a performance overview specific to their holdings. Institutional Class shares are offered exclusively to institutional investors, including defined contribution plans that meet certain criteria.
Average Annual Total Returns
For periods ended 3/31/07
Inception (10/25/05) | | 26.10 | % |
1 Year | | 33.54 | |
6 Months* | | 19.60 | |
*Cumulative total return that has not been annualized
Institutional Class shares have no sales charge; therefore, performance is at net asset value (NAV). Performance of Institutional Class shares will differ from performance of other share classes primarily due to differing sales charges and class expenses.
Had the advisor not waived fees and/or reimbursed expenses in the past, performance would have been lower.
Please note that past performance is not indicative of future results. More recent returns may be more or less than those shown. All returns assume reinvestment of distributions at NAV. Investment return and principal value will fluctuate so your shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. See full report for information on comparative benchmarks. Please consult your Fund prospectus for more information. For the most current month-end performance, please call 800-451-4246 or visit AIMinvestments.com.
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Information about your Fund’s expenses
Calculating your ongoing Fund expenses
Example
As a shareholder 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 October 1, 2006, through March 31, 2007.
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 Fund’s actual cumulative total return after expenses for the six months ended March 31, 2007, appears in the table on the front of this supplement.
The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You may use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in the Fund and other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of the other funds.
Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only. Therefore, the hypothetical information is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds.
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| | | | ACTUAL | | (5% annual return before expenses) | | | |
| | Beginning | | Ending | | Expenses | | Ending | | Expenses | | Annualized | |
Share | | Account Value | | Account Value | | Paid During | | Account Value | | Paid During | | Expense | |
Class | | (10/1/06) | | (3/31/07)(1) | | Period(2) | | (3/31/07) | | Period(2) | | Ratio | |
Institutional | | $ | 1,000.00 | | $ | 1,196.00 | | $ | 4.82 | | $ | 1,020.54 | | $ | 4.43 | | 0.88 | % |
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(1) The actual ending account value is based on the actual total return of the Fund for the period October 1, 2006, through March 31, 2007, 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. The Fund’s actual cumulative total return after expenses for the six months ended March 31, 2007, appears in the table on the front of this supplement.
(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 182/365 to reflect the most recent fiscal half year.
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AIM Utilities Fund
Schedule of Investments
March 31, 2007
| | Shares | | Value | |
Common Stocks & Other Equity Interests–95.29% | |
Electric Utilities–35.96% | |
Duke Energy Corp. | | | 770,000 | | | $ | 15,623,300 | | |
E.ON A.G. (Germany)(a)(b) | | | 65,000 | | | | 8,843,977 | | |
Edison International | | | 315,000 | | | | 15,475,950 | | |
Enel S.p.A. (Italy)(b) | | | 500,000 | | | | 5,349,879 | | |
Entergy Corp. | | | 164,000 | | | | 17,206,880 | | |
Exelon Corp. | | | 275,000 | | | | 18,895,250 | | |
FirstEnergy Corp. | | | 185,000 | | | | 12,254,400 | | |
FPL Group, Inc. | | | 272,000 | | | | 16,638,240 | | |
Pepco Holdings, Inc. | | | 270,000 | | | | 7,835,400 | | |
PPL Corp. | | | 305,000 | | | | 12,474,500 | | |
Southern Co. | | | 300,000 | | | | 10,995,000 | | |
| | | | | | | 141,592,776 | | |
Gas Utilities–9.54% | |
AGL Resources Inc. | | | 204,000 | | | | 8,714,880 | | |
Equitable Resources, Inc. | | | 246,000 | | | | 11,886,720 | | |
Questar Corp. | | | 190,000 | | | | 16,949,900 | | |
| | | | | | | 37,551,500 | | |
Independent Power Producers & Energy Traders–6.71% | |
Constellation Energy Group | | | 75,000 | | | | 6,521,250 | | |
NRG Energy, Inc.(c) | | | 276,000 | | | | 19,883,040 | | |
| | | | | | | 26,404,290 | | |
Integrated Telecommunication Services–11.87% | |
Alaska Communications Systems Group Inc. | | | 654,756 | | | | 9,657,651 | | |
AT&T Inc. | | | 565,000 | | | | 22,277,950 | | |
Verizon Communications Inc. | | | 390,000 | | | | 14,788,800 | | |
| | | | | | | 46,724,401 | | |
Multi-Utilities–20.31% | |
Ameren Corp. | | | 85,000 | | | | 4,275,500 | | |
Dominion Resources, Inc. | | | 180,000 | | | | 15,978,600 | | |
National Grid PLC (United Kingdom)(a) | | | 370,000 | | | | 5,820,429 | | |
OGE Energy Corp. | | | 75,000 | | | | 2,910,000 | | |
| | Shares | | Value | |
Multi-Utilities–(continued) | |
PG&E Corp. | | | 273,000 | | | $ | 13,177,710 | | |
PNM Resources Inc. | | | 68,000 | | | | 2,196,400 | | |
Public Service Enterprise Group Inc. | | | 60,000 | | | | 4,982,400 | | |
SCANA Corp. | | | 70,000 | | | | 3,021,900 | | |
Sempra Energy | | | 270,000 | | | | 16,472,700 | | |
Veolia Environnement (France)(a)(b) | | | 150,000 | | | | 11,141,085 | | |
| | | | | | | 79,976,724 | | |
Oil & Gas Storage & Transportation–9.48% | |
El Paso Corp. | | | 810,000 | | | | 11,720,700 | | |
Spectra Energy Corp. | | | 390,000 | | | | 10,245,300 | | |
Williams Cos., Inc. (The) | | | 540,000 | | | | 15,368,400 | | |
| | | | | | | 37,334,400 | | |
Water Utilities–1.42% | |
Aqua America Inc.(b) | | | 250,000 | | | | 5,612,500 | | |
Total Common Stocks & Other Equity Interests (Cost $251,748,212) | | | | | | | 375,196,591 | | |
Money Market Funds–5.40% | |
Liquid Assets Portfolio–Institutional Class(d) | | | 10,637,280 | | | | 10,637,280 | | |
Premier Portfolio–Institutional Class(d) | | | 10,637,280 | | | | 10,637,280 | | |
Total Money Market Funds (Cost $21,274,560) | | | | | | | 21,274,560 | | |
TOTAL INVESTMENTS (excluding investments purchased with cash collateral from securities loaned)–100.69% (Cost $273,022,772) | | | | | | | 396,471,151 | | |
Investments Purchased with Cash Collateral from Securities Loaned | |
Money Market Funds–5.90% | |
Premier Portfolio–Institutional Class (Cost $23,229,940)(d)(e) | | | 23,229,940 | | | | 23,229,940 | | |
TOTAL INVESTMENTS–106.59% (Cost $296,252,712) | | | | | | | 419,701,091 | | |
OTHER ASSETS LESS LIABILITIES–(6.59)% | | | | | | | (25,936,199 | ) | |
NET ASSETS–100.00% | | | | | | $ | 393,764,892 | | |
Notes to Schedule of Investments:
(a) In accordance with the procedures established by the Board of Trustees, the foreign security is fair valued using adjusted closing market prices. The aggregate value of these securities at March 31, 2007 was $25,805,491, which represented 6.55% of the Fund's Net Assets. See Note 1A.
(b) All or a portion of this security was out on loan at March 31, 2007.
(c) Non-income producing security.
(d) The money market fund and the Fund are affiliated by having the same investment advisor. See Note 3.
(e) The security has been segregated to satisfy the commitment to return the cash collateral received in securities lending transactions upon the borrower's return of the securities loaned. See Note 8.
See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements which are an integral part of the financial statements.
F-1
AIM Utilities Fund
Statement of Assets and Liabilities
March 31, 2007
Assets: | |
Investments, at value (cost $251,748,212)* | | $ | 375,196,591 | | |
Investments in affiliated money market funds (cost $44,504,500) | | | 44,504,500 | | |
Total investments (cost $296,252,712) | | | 419,701,091 | | |
Foreign currencies, at value (cost $156) | | | 158 | | |
Cash | | | 35,098 | | |
Receivables for: | |
Fund shares sold | | | 1,099,775 | | |
Dividends | | | 766,751 | | |
Investment for trustee deferred compensation and retirement plans | | | 86,078 | | |
Other assets | | | 26,288 | | |
Total assets | | | 421,715,239 | | |
Liabilities: | |
Payables for: | |
Investments purchased | | | 3,975,625 | | |
Fund shares reacquired | | | 293,486 | | |
Trustee deferred compensation and retirement plans | | | 112,691 | | |
Collateral upon return of securities loaned | | | 23,229,940 | | |
Fund expenses advanced | | | 5,262 | | |
Accrued distribution fees | | | 120,860 | | |
Accrued trustees' and officer's fees and benefits | | | 5,003 | | |
Accrued transfer agent fees | | | 115,366 | | |
Accrued operating expenses | | | 92,114 | | |
Total liabilities | | | 27,950,347 | | |
Net assets applicable to shares outstanding | | $ | 393,764,892 | | |
Net assets consist of: | |
Shares of beneficial interest | | $ | 312,785,830 | | |
Undistributed net investment income | | | 90,371 | | |
Undistributed net realized gain (loss) | | | (42,559,904 | ) | |
Unrealized appreciation | | | 123,448,595 | | |
| | $ | 393,764,892 | | |
Net Assets: | |
Class A | | $ | 214,288,597 | | |
Class B | | $ | 49,840,063 | | |
Class C | | $ | 17,711,261 | | |
Investor Class | | $ | 106,793,165 | | |
Institutional Class | | $ | 5,131,806 | | |
Shares outstanding, $0.01 par value per share, unlimited number of shares authorized: | |
Class A | | | 11,805,971 | | |
Class B | | | 2,737,031 | | |
Class C | | | 965,231 | | |
Investor Class | | | 5,835,091 | | |
Institutional Class | | | 282,764 | | |
Class A: | |
Net asset value per share | | $ | 18.15 | | |
Offering price per share (Net asset value of $18.15 ÷ 94.50%) | | $ | 19.21 | | |
Class B: | |
Net asset value and offering price per share | | $ | 18.21 | | |
Class C: | |
Net asset value and offering price per share | | $ | 18.35 | | |
Investor Class: | |
Net asset value and offering price per share | | $ | 18.30 | | |
Institutional Class: | |
Net asset value and offering price per share | | $ | 18.15 | | |
* At March 31, 2007, securities with an aggregate value of $22,244,513 were on loan to brokers.
See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements which are an integral part of the financial statements.
F-2
AIM Utilities Fund
Statement of Operations
For the year ended March 31, 2007
Investment income: | |
Dividends (net of foreign withholding taxes of $215,073) | | $ | 10,054,371 | | |
Dividends from affiliated money market funds (includes securities lending income of $108,080) | | | 664,302 | | |
Total investment income | | | 10,718,673 | | |
Expenses: | |
Advisory fees | | | 2,426,056 | | |
Administrative services fees | | | 114,399 | | |
Custodian fees | | | 41,972 | | |
Distribution fees: | |
Class A | | | 427,944 | | |
Class B | | | 447,529 | | |
Class C | | | 136,072 | | |
Investor Class | | | 229,333 | | |
Transfer agent fees — A, B, C and Investor | | | 881,426 | | |
Transfer agent fees — Institutional | | | 536 | | |
Trustees' and officer's fees and benefits | | | 24,339 | | |
Other | | | 262,497 | | |
Total expenses | | | 4,992,103 | | |
Less: Fees waived, expenses reimbursed and expense offset arrangements | | | (361,147 | ) | |
Net expenses | | | 4,630,956 | | |
Net investment income | | | 6,087,717 | | |
Realized and unrealized gain (loss) from: | |
Net realized gain (loss) from: | |
Investment securities (includes net gains from securities sold to affiliates of $17,540) | | | 33,061,363 | | |
Foreign currencies | | | (51,260 | ) | |
| | | 33,010,103 | | |
Change in net unrealized appreciation of: | |
Investment securities | | | 54,522,621 | | |
Foreign currencies | | | 599 | | |
| | | 54,523,220 | | |
Net realized and unrealized gain | | | 87,533,323 | | |
Net increase in net assets resulting from operations | | $ | 93,621,040 | | |
See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements which are an integral part of the financial statements.
F-3
AIM Utilities Fund
Statement of Changes In Net Assets
For the years ended March 31, 2007 and 2006
| | 2007 | | 2006 | |
Operations: | |
Net investment income | | $ | 6,087,717 | | | $ | 5,369,383 | | |
Net realized gain | | | 33,010,103 | | | | 17,948,861 | | |
Change in net unrealized appreciation | | | 54,523,220 | | | | 14,443,788 | | |
Net increase in net assets resulting from operations | | | 93,621,040 | | | | 37,762,032 | | |
Distributions to shareholders from net investment income: | |
Class A | | | (3,468,997 | ) | | | (2,989,929 | ) | |
Class B | | | (551,443 | ) | | | (572,852 | ) | |
Class C | | | (163,522 | ) | | | (146,149 | ) | |
Investor Class | | | (1,823,569 | ) | | | (1,870,643 | ) | |
Institutional Class | | | (56,082 | ) | | | (4,121 | ) | |
Decrease in net assets resulting from distributions | | | (6,063,613 | ) | | | (5,583,694 | ) | |
Share transactions — net: | |
Class A | | | 31,857,689 | | | | 7,090,274 | | |
Class B | | | (4,000,356 | ) | | | 1,623,807 | | |
Class C | | | 2,815,318 | | | | 3,083,887 | | |
Investor Class | | | (2,573,026 | ) | | | (5,412,154 | ) | |
Institutional Class | | | 3,757,205 | | | | 721,596 | | |
Net increase in net assets resulting from share transactions | | | 31,856,830 | | | | 7,107,410 | | |
Net increase in net assets | | | 119,414,257 | | | | 39,285,748 | | |
Net assets: | |
Beginning of year | | | 274,350,635 | | | | 235,064,887 | | |
End of year (including undistributed net investment income of $90,371 and $90,977, respectively) | | $ | 393,764,892 | | | $ | 274,350,635 | | |
See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements which are an integral part of the financial statements.
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Notes to Financial Statements
March 31, 2007
NOTE 1—Significant Accounting Policies
AIM Utilities Fund (the "Fund") is a series portfolio of AIM Sector Funds (the "Trust"). The Trust is a Delaware statutory trust registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the "1940 Act"), as an open-end series management investment company consisting of six separate portfolios, each authorized to issue an unlimited number of shares of beneficial interest. The Fund currently consists of multiple classes of shares. Matters affecting each portfolio or class will be voted on exclusively by the shareholders of such portfolio or class. The assets, liabilities and operations of each portfolio are accounted for separately. Information presented in these financial statements pertains only to the Fund.
The Fund's investment objectives are capital growth and income.
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 the 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 be tween 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, yield, quality, type of issue, coupon rate, maturity, individual trading characteristics and other market data. Short-term obligations, including commercial paper, having 60 days or less to maturity are recorded at amortized cost which approximates value.
Foreign securities (including foreign exchange contracts) 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 are significant and may make the closing price unreliable, the Fund may fair value the security. If the event is likely to have affected the closing price of the security, the security will be valued at fair value in good faith using procedures approved by the Board of Trustees. Adjustments to closing prices to reflect fair value may also be based on a sc reening 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 meeting the approved degree of certainty that the price is not reflective of current value will be priced at the indication of fair value from the independent pricing service. Multiple factors may be considered by the independent pricing service in determining adjustments to reflect fair value and may include information relating to sector indices, ADRs and domestic and foreign index futures.
Securities for which market prices are not provided by any of the above methods may be valued based upon quotes furnished by independent sources and are valued at the last bid price in the case of equity securities and in the case of debt obligations, the mean between the last bid and asked prices.
Securities for which market quotations are not readily available or are unreliable are valued at fair value as determined in good faith by or under the supervision of the Trust's officers following procedures approved by the Board of Trustees. Issuer specific events, market trends, bid/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.
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 is recorded on the ex-dividend date. Bond premiums and discounts are amortized and/or accreted for financial reporting purposes.
The Fund may receive proceeds from litigation settlements involving Fund investments. 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.
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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 realized and unrealized gain (loss) from investment securities reported in the Statement of Operations and the Statement of Changes in Net Assets and the realized and unrealized net 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 Finan cial Highlights, nor are they limited by any expense limitation arrangements between the Fund and the advisor.
The Fund allocates income and realized and unrealized capital gains and losses to a class based on the relative net assets of each class.
C. Country Determination — For the purposes of making investment selection decisions and presentation in the Schedule of Investments, AIM 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 are declared and paid quarterly and are recorded on ex-dividend date. Distributions from net realized capital gain, if any, are generally paid annually and recorded on ex-dividend date. The Fund may elect to treat a portion of the proceeds from redemptions as distributions for federal income tax purposes.
E. Federal Income Taxes — The Fund intends to comply with the requirements of Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code necessary to qualify as a regulated investment company and to distribute substantially all of the Fund's taxable earnings to shareholders. As such, the Fund will not be subject to federal income taxes on otherwise taxable income (including net realized capital gain) that is distributed to shareholders. Therefore, no provision for federal income taxes is recorded in the financial statements.
F. Expenses — Fees provided for under the Rule 12b-1 plan of a particular class of the Fund are charged to the operations of such class. Transfer agency fees and expenses and other shareholder recordkeeping fees and expenses attributable to the Institutional Class are charged to such class. Transfer agency fees and expenses and other shareholder recordkeeping fees and expenses relating to all other classes are allocated among those classes based on relative net assets. All other expenses are allocated among the classes based on relative net assets.
G. Accounting Estimates — The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America 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.
H. Indemnifications — Under the Trust's organizational documents, each Trustee, officer, employee or other agent of the Trust (including the Trust's investment manager) is indemnified against certain liabilities that may arise out of performance of their duties to the Fund. Additionally, in the normal course of business, the Fund enters into contracts that contain a variety of indemnification clauses. The Fund's maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown as this would involve future claims that may be made against the Fund that have not yet occurred. The risk of material loss as a result of such indemnification claims is considered remote.
I. Foreign Currency Translations — Foreign currency is valued at the close of the NYSE based on quotations posted by banks and major currency dealers. Portfolio securities and other assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies are translated into U.S. dollar amounts at date of valuation. Purchases and sales of portfolio securities (net of foreign taxes withheld on disposition) and income items denominated in foreign currencies are translated into U.S. dollar amounts on the respective dates of such transactions. The Fund does not separately account for the portion of the results of operations resulting from changes in foreign exchange rates on investments and the fluctuations arising from changes in market prices of securities held. The combined results of changes in foreign exchange rates and the fluctuation of market price s on investments (net of estimated foreign tax withholding) are included with the net realized and unrealized gain or loss from investments in the Statement of Operations. Reported net realized foreign currency gains or losses arise from (i) sales of foreign currencies, (ii) currency gains or losses realized between the trade and settlement dates on securities transactions, and (iii) the difference between the amounts of dividends, interest, and foreign withholding taxes recorded on the Fund's books and the U.S. dollar equivalent of the amounts actually received or paid. Net unrealized foreign currency gains and losses arise from changes in the fair values of assets and liabilities, other than investments in securities at fiscal period end, resulting from changes in exchange rates.
The Fund may invest in foreign securities which may be subject to foreign taxes on income, gains on investments or currency repatriation, a portion of which may be recoverable. Taxes are accrued based on the Fund's current interpretation of tax regulations and rates that exist in the foreign markets in which the Fund invests.
J. Foreign Currency Contracts — A foreign currency contract is an obligation to purchase or sell a specific currency for an agreed-upon price at a future date. The Fund may enter into a foreign currency contract to attempt to minimize the risk to the Fund from adverse changes in the relationship between currencies. The Fund may also enter into a foreign currency contract for the purchase or sale of a security denominated in a foreign currency in order to "lock in" the U.S. dollar price of that security. Fluctuations in the value of these contracts are recorded as unrealized
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appreciation (depreciation) until the contracts are closed. When these contracts are closed, realized gains (losses) are recorded. Realized and unrealized gains and losses on these contracts are included in the Statement of Operations. The Fund could be exposed to risk, which may be in excess of the amount reflected in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities, if counterparties to the contracts are unable to meet the terms of their contracts or if the value of the foreign currency changes unfavorably.
NOTE 2—Advisory Fees and Other Fees Paid to Affiliates
The Trust has entered into a master investment advisory agreement with A I M Advisors, Inc. ("AIM"). Under the terms of the investment advisory agreement, the Fund pays an advisory fee to AIM based on the annual rate of the Fund's average daily net assets as follows:
Average Net Assets | | Rate | |
First $350 million | | | 0.75 | % | |
Next $350 million | | | 0.65 | % | |
Next $1.3 billion | | | 0.55 | % | |
Next $2 billion | | | 0.45 | % | |
Next $2 billion | | | 0.40 | % | |
Next $2 billion | | | 0.375 | % | |
Over $8 billion | | | 0.35 | % | |
Through at least June 30, 2007, AIM has contractually agreed to waive advisory fees to the extent necessary so that the advisory fees payable by the Fund based on the Fund's average daily net assets do not exceed the annual rate of:
Average Net Assets | | Rate | |
First $250 million | | | 0.75 | % | |
Next $250 million | | | 0.74 | % | |
Next $500 million | | | 0.73 | % | |
Next $1.5 billion | | | 0.72 | % | |
Next $2.5 billion | | | 0.71 | % | |
Next $2.5 billion | | | 0.70 | % | |
Next $2.5 billion | | | 0.69 | % | |
Over $10 billion | | | 0.68 | % | |
AIM has contractually agreed to waive advisory fees and/or reimburse expenses to the extent necessary to limit total annual operating expenses (excluding certain items discussed below) of Class A, Class B, Class C, Investor Class and Institutional Class shares to 1.30%, 2.05%, 2.05%, 1.30% and 1.05% of average daily net assets, respectively, through at least June 30, 2007. In determining the advisor's obligation to waive advisory fees and/or reimburse expenses, the following expenses are not taken into account, and could cause the net annual operating expenses to exceed the numbers reflected above: (i) interest; (ii) taxes; (iii) dividend expense on short sales; (iv) extraordinary items; (v) expenses related to a merger or reorganization, as approved by the Fund's Board of Trustees; and (vi) expenses that the Fund has incurred but did not actually pay because of an expense offset arrangement. Currently, in addition to the expens e reimbursement arrangement with AMVESCAP PLC ("AMVESCAP") described more fully below, the expense offset arrangements from which the Fund may benefit are in the form of credits that the Fund receives from banks where the Fund or its transfer agent has deposit accounts in which it holds uninvested cash. In addition, the Fund may have benefited from a one time credit used to offset custodian expenses. These credits are used to pay certain expenses incurred by the Fund.
AIM has voluntarily agreed to waive advisory fees of the Fund in the amount of 25% of the advisory fee AIM receives from the affiliated money market funds on investments by the Fund in such affiliated money market funds (excluding investments made in affiliated money market funds with cash collateral from securities loaned by the fund). Voluntary fee waivers or reimbursements may be modified or discontinued at any time upon consultation with the Board of Trustees without further notice to investors.
For the year ended March 31, 2007, AIM waived advisory fees of $10,324 and reimbursed $323,195 of class level expenses of Class A, Class B, Class C and Investor Class shares in proportion to the net assets of each class.
At the request of the Trustees of the Trust, AMVESCAP agreed to reimburse expenses incurred by the Fund in connection with market timing matters in the AIM Funds, which may include legal, audit, shareholder reporting, communications and trustee expenses. These expenses along with the related expense reimbursement are included in the Statement of Operations. For the year ended March 31, 2007, AMVESCAP reimbursed expenses of the Fund in the amount of $2,572.
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The Trust has entered into a master administrative services agreement with AIM pursuant to which the Fund has agreed to pay AIM for certain administrative costs incurred in providing accounting services, to the Fund. For the year ended March 31, 2007, expenses incurred under the agreement are shown in the Statement of Operations as administrative services fees.
The Trust has entered into a transfer agency and service agreement with AIM Investment Services, Inc. ("AIS") pursuant to which the Fund has agreed to pay AIS a fee for providing transfer agency and shareholder services to the Fund and reimburse AIS for certain expenses incurred by AIS in the course of providing such services. AIS may make payments to intermediaries that provide omnibus account services, sub-accounting services and/or networking services. All fees payable by AIS to intermediaries that provide omnibus account services or sub-accounting are charged back to the Fund, subject to certain limitations approved by the Trust's Board of Trustees. For the year ended March 31, 2007, expenses incurred under the agreement are shown in the Statement of Operations as transfer agent fees.
The Trust has entered into master distribution agreements with A I M Distributors, Inc. ("ADI") to serve as the distributor for the Class A, Class B, Class C, Investor Class and Institutional Class shares of the Fund. The Trust has adopted plans pursuant to Rule 12b-1 under the 1940 Act with respect to the Fund's Class A, Class B, Class C and Investor Class shares (collectively the "Plans"). The Fund, pursuant to the Plans, pays ADI compensation at the annual rate of 0.25% of the Fund's average daily net assets of Class A shares, 1.00% of the average daily net assets of Class B and Class C shares and 0.25% of the average daily net assets of Investor Class shares. Of the Plan payments, up to 0.25% of the average daily net assets of each class of shares may be paid to furnish continuing personal shareholder services to customers who purchase and own shares of such classes. Any amounts not paid as a service fee under the Plans woul d constitute an asset-based sales charge. National Association of Securities Dealers ("NASD") Rules impose a cap on the total sales charges, including asset-based sales charges that may be paid by any class of shares of the Fund. For the year ended March 31, 2007, expenses incurred under the Plan are shown in the Statement of Operations as distribution fees.
Front-end sales commissions and contingent deferred sales charges ("CDSC") (collectively the "sales charges") are not recorded as expenses of the Fund. Front-end sales commissions are deducted from proceeds from the sales of Fund shares prior to investment in Class A shares of the Fund. CDSC are deducted from redemption proceeds prior to remittance to the shareholder. During the year ended March 31, 2007, ADI advised the Fund that it retained $77,599 in front-end sales commissions from the sale of Class A shares and $8,567, $46,279 and $3,576 from Class A, Class B and Class C shares, respectively, for CDSC imposed on redemptions by shareholders.
Certain officers and trustees of the Trust are officers and directors of AIM, AIS and/or ADI.
NOTE 3—Investments in Affiliates
The Fund is permitted, pursuant to procedures approved by the Board of Trustees, to invest daily available cash balances and cash collateral from securities lending transactions in affiliated money market funds. The Fund and the money market funds below have the same investment advisor and therefore, are considered to be affiliated. The tables below show the transactions in and earnings from investments in affiliated money market funds for the year ended March 31, 2007.
Investments of Daily Available Cash Balances:
Fund | |
Value 03/31/06 | |
Purchases at Cost | |
Proceeds from Sales | | Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) | |
Value 03/31/07 | |
Dividend Income | |
Realized Gain (Loss) | |
Liquid Assets Portfolio–Institutional Class | | $ | — | | | $ | 49,261,909 | | | $ | (38,624,629 | ) | | $ | — | | | $ | 10,637,280 | | | $ | 247,541 | | | $ | — | | |
Premier Portfolio–Institutional Class | | | 3,440,728 | | | | 70,599,705 | | | | (63,403,153 | ) | | | — | | | | 10,637,280 | | | | 308,681 | | | | — | | |
Subtotal | | $ | 3,440,728 | | | $ | 119,861,614 | | | $ | (102,027,782 | ) | | $ | — | | | $ | 21,274,560 | | | $ | 556,222 | | | $ | — | | |
Investments of Cash Collateral from Securities Lending Transactions:
Fund | |
Value 03/31/06 | |
Purchases at Cost | |
Proceeds from Sales | | Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) | |
Value 03/31/07 | |
Dividend Income* | |
Realized Gain (Loss) | |
Premier Portfolio–Institutional Class | | $ | 14,506,448 | | | $ | 59,641,227 | | | $ | (50,917,735 | ) | | $ | — | | | $ | 23,229,940 | | | $ | 108,080 | | | $ | — | | |
Total Investments in Affiliates | | $ | 17,947,176 | | | $ | 179,502,841 | | | $ | (152,945,517 | ) | | $ | — | | | $ | 44,504,500 | | | $ | 664,302 | | | $ | — | | |
* Net of compensation to counterparties.
NOTE 4—Security Transactions with Affiliated Funds
The Fund is permitted to purchase or sell securities from or to certain other AIM Funds under specified conditions outlined in procedures adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Trust. The procedures have been designed to ensure that any purchase or sale of securities by the Fund from or to another fund or portfolio that is or could be considered an affiliate by virtue of having a common investment advisor (or affiliated investment advisors), common
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Trustees and/or common officers complies with Rule 17a-7 of the 1940 Act. Further, as defined under the procedures, each transaction is effected at the current market price. Pursuant to these procedures, for the year ended March 31, 2007, the Fund engaged in securities sales of $90,044, which resulted in net realized gains of $17,540.
NOTE 5—Expense Offset Arrangements
The expense offset arrangements are comprised of (i) transfer agency credits which result from balances in Demand Deposit Accounts (DDA) used by the transfer agent for clearing shareholder transactions, (ii) custodian credits which result from periodic overnight cash balances at the custodian and (iii) a one time custodian fee credit used to offset custodian fees. For the year ended March 31, 2007, the Fund received credits from these arrangements, which resulted in the reduction of the Fund's total expenses of $25,056.
NOTE 6—Trustees' and Officer's Fees and Benefits
"Trustees' and Officer's Fees and Benefits" include amounts accrued by the Fund to pay remuneration to certain Trustees and Officers of the Fund. Trustees have the option to defer compensation payable by the Fund, and "Trustees' and Officer's Fees and Benefits" also include amounts accrued by the Fund to fund such deferred compensation amounts. Those Trustees who defer compensation have the option to select various AIM Funds in which their deferral accounts shall be deemed to be invested. Finally, certain current Trustees are eligible to participate in a retirement plan that provides for benefits to be paid upon retirement to Trustees over a period of time based on the number of years of service. The Fund may have certain former Trustees who also participate in a retirement plan and receive benefits under such plan. "Trustees' and Officer's Fees and Benefits" include amounts accrued by the Fund to fund such retirement benefits. Obligations under the deferred compensation and retirement plans represent unsecured claims against the general assets of the Fund.
During the year ended March 31, 2007, the Fund paid legal fees of $4,922 for services rendered by Kramer, Levin, Naftalis & Frankel LLP as counsel to the Independent Trustees. A member of that firm is a Trustee of the Trust.
NOTE 7—Borrowings
Pursuant to an exemptive order from the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Fund may participate in an interfund lending facility that AIM has established for temporary borrowings by the AIM Funds. An interfund loan will be made under this facility only if the loan rate (an average of the rate available on bank loans and the rate available on investments in overnight repurchase agreements) is favorable to both the lending fund and the borrowing fund. A loan will be secured by collateral if the Fund's aggregate borrowings from all sources exceeds 10% of the Fund's total assets. To the extent that the loan is required to be secured by collateral, the collateral is marked to market daily to ensure that the market value is at least 102% of the outstanding principal value of the loan.
The Fund participates in an uncommitted unsecured revolving credit facility with State Street Bank and Trust Company ("SSB"). The Fund may borrow up to the lesser of (i) $125,000,000, or (ii) the limits set by its prospectus for borrowings. The Fund and other funds advised by AIM which are parties to the credit facility can borrow on a first come, first served basis. Principal on each loan outstanding shall bear interest at the bid rate quoted by SSB at the time of the request for the loan.
During the year ended March 31, 2007, the Fund did not borrow or lend under the interfund lending facility or borrow under the uncommitted unsecured revolving credit facility.
Additionally, the Fund is permitted to temporarily carry a negative or overdrawn balance in its account with SSB, the custodian bank. To compensate the custodian bank for such overdrafts, the overdrawn Fund may either (i) leave funds as a compensating balance in the account so the custodian bank can be compensated by earning the additional interest; or (ii) compensate by paying the custodian bank at a rate agreed upon by the custodian bank and AIM, not to exceed the contractually agreed upon rate.
NOTE 8—Portfolio Securities Loaned
The Fund may lend portfolio securities having a market value up to one-third of the Fund's total assets. Such loans are secured by collateral equal to no less than the market value of the loaned securities determined daily. Such collateral will be cash or debt securities issued or guaranteed by the U.S. Government or any of its agencies. Cash collateral received in connection with these loans is invested in short-term money market instruments or affiliated money market funds. It is the Fund's policy to obtain additional collateral from or return excess collateral to the borrower by the end of the next business day, following the valuation date of the securities loaned. Therefore, the value of the collateral held may be temporarily less than the value of the securities on loan. Lending securities entails a risk of loss to the Fund if and to the extent that the market value of the securities loaned were to increase and the borrowe r did not increase the collateral accordingly, and the borrower fails to return the securities. The Fund could also experience delays and costs in gaining access to the collateral. The Fund bears the risk of any deficiency in the amount of the collateral available for return to the borrower due to any loss on the collateral invested.
At March 31, 2007, securities with an aggregate value of $22,244,513 were on loan to brokers. The loans were secured by cash collateral of $23,229,940 received by the Fund and subsequently invested in an affiliated money market fund. For the year ended March 31, 2007, the Fund received dividends on cash collateral investments of $108,080 for securities lending transactions, which are net of compensation to counterparties.
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NOTE 9—Distributions to Shareholders and Tax Components of Net Assets
Distributions to Shareholders:
The tax character of distributions paid during the years ended March 31, 2007 and 2006 was as follows:
| | 2007 | | 2006 | |
Distributions paid from ordinary income | | $ | 6,063,613 | | | $ | 5,583,694 | | |
Tax Components of Net Assets:
As of March 31, 2007, the components of net assets on a tax basis were as follows:
| | 2007 | |
Undistributed ordinary income | | $ | 180,253 | | |
Net unrealized appreciation - investments | | | 122,815,202 | | |
Temporary book/tax differences | | | (89,882 | ) | |
Capital loss carryover | | | (41,926,511 | ) | |
Shares of beneficial interest | | | 312,785,830 | | |
Total net assets | | $ | 393,764,892 | | |
The difference between book-basis and tax-basis unrealized appreciation (depreciation) is due to differences in the timing of recognition of gains and losses on investments for tax and book purposes. The Fund's net unrealized appreciation difference is attributable primarily to losses on wash sales and the treatment of corporate actions. The tax-basis net unrealized appreciation on investments amount includes appreciation on foreign currencies of $216.
The temporary book/tax differences are a result of timing differences between book and tax recognition of income and/or expenses. The Fund's temporary book/tax differences are the result of the trustee deferral of compensation and retirement plan benefits.
Capital loss carryforward is calculated and reported as of a specific date. Results of transactions and other activity after that date may affect the amount of capital loss carryforward actually available for the Fund to utilize. The ability to utilize capital loss carryforward in the future may be limited under the Internal Revenue Code and related regulations based on the results of future transactions. Under these limitation rules, the Fund is limited as of March 31, 2007 to utilizing $32,255,111 of capital loss carryforward in the fiscal year ended March 31, 2008.
The Fund utilized $28,698,750 of capital loss carryforward in the current period to offset net realized capital gain for federal income tax purposes. The Fund has a capital loss carryforward as of March 31, 2007 which expires as follows:
Expiration | | Capital Loss Carryforward* | |
March 31, 2010 | | $ | 17,893,455 | | |
March 31, 2011 | | | 23,729,348 | | |
March 31, 2013 | | | 303,708 | | |
Total capital loss carryforward | | $ | 41,926,511 | | |
* Capital loss carryforward as of the date listed above is reduced for limitations, if any, to the extent required by the Internal Revenue Code.
NOTE 10—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 March 31, 2007 was $122,085,186 and $104,810,690, respectively.
Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) of Investment Securities on a Tax Basis
Aggregate unrealized appreciation of investment securities | | $ | 122,814,986 | | |
Aggregate unrealized (depreciation) of investment securities | | | — | | |
Net unrealized appreciation of investment securities | | $ | 122,814,986 | | |
Cost of investments for tax purposes is $296,886,105.
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NOTE 11—Reclassification of Permanent Differences
Primarily as a result of differing book/tax treatment of foreign currency transactions and defaulted bonds, on March 31, 2007, undistributed net investment income was decreased by $24,710 and undistributed net realized gain (loss) was increased by $24,710. This reclassification had no effect on the net assets of the Fund.
NOTE 12—Share Information
The Fund currently consists of five different classes of shares: Class A, Class B, Class C, Investor Class and Institutional Class. Investor Class shares of the Fund are offered only to certain grandfathered investors.
Class A shares are sold with a front-end sales charge unless certain waiver criteria are met and under certain circumstances load waiver shares may be subject to a CDSC. Class B shares and Class C shares are sold with a CDSC. Investor Class and Institutional Class shares are sold at net asset value. Generally, Class B shares will automatically convert to Class A shares on or the about month-end which is at least eight years after the date of purchase.
Changes in Shares Outstanding
| | Year ended March 31, | |
| | 2007(a) | | 2006 | |
| | Shares | | Amount | | Shares | | Amount | |
Sold: | |
Class A | | | 4,797,985 | | | $ | 74,934,437 | | | | 4,467,715 | | | $ | 60,682,158 | | |
Class B | | | 988,135 | | | | 15,509,813 | | | | 1,328,228 | | | | 17,798,142 | | |
Class C | | | 570,686 | | | | 9,084,763 | | | | 753,200 | | | | 10,129,701 | | |
Investor Class | | | 1,101,565 | | | | 17,678,603 | | | | 1,922,756 | | | | 26,204,938 | | |
Institutional Class(b) | | | 243,708 | | | | 3,959,498 | | | | 52,882 | | | | 739,049 | | |
Issued as reinvestment of dividends: | |
Class A | | | 199,779 | | | | 3,110,511 | | | | 191,385 | | | | 2,654,174 | | |
Class B | | | 31,966 | | | | 489,479 | | | | 36,537 | | | | 507,108 | | |
Class C | | | 9,455 | | | | 147,243 | | | | 9,371 | | | | 130,997 | | |
Investor Class | | | 110,738 | | | | 1,733,419 | | | | 126,615 | | | | 1,767,848 | | |
Institutional Class(b) | | | 3,443 | | | | 56,082 | | | | 290 | | | | 4,096 | | |
Automatic conversion of Class B shares to Class A shares: | |
Class A | | | 330,474 | | | | 5,190,983 | | | | 295,266 | | | | 3,977,446 | | |
Class B | | | (329,541 | ) | | | (5,190,983 | ) | | | (294,511 | ) | | | (3,977,446 | ) | |
Reacquired: | |
Class A | | | (3,279,773 | ) | | | (51,378,242 | ) | | | (4,428,535 | ) | | | (60,223,504 | ) | |
Class B | | | (952,554 | ) | | | (14,808,665 | ) | | | (937,188 | ) | | | (12,703,997 | ) | |
Class C | | | (411,182 | ) | | | (6,416,688 | ) | | | (522,221 | ) | | | (7,176,811 | ) | |
Investor Class | | | (1,410,976 | ) | | | (21,985,048 | ) | | | (2,440,722 | ) | | | (33,384,940 | ) | |
Institutional Class(b) | | | (16,026 | ) | | | (258,375 | ) | | | (1,533 | ) | | | (21,549 | ) | |
| | | 1,987,882 | | | $ | 31,856,830 | | | | 559,535 | | | $ | 7,107,410 | | |
(a) There are two entities that are each record owners of more than 5% of the outstanding shares of the Fund and in the aggregate they own 11% of the outstanding shares of the Fund. ADI has an agreement with these entities to sell Fund shares. The Fund, AIM and/or AIM affiliates may make payments to these entities, which are considered to be related to the Fund, for providing services to the Fund, AIM and/or AIM affiliates including but not limited to services such as securities brokerage, distribution, third party record keeping and account servicing. The Trust has no knowledge as to whether all or any portion of the shares owned of record by these entities are also owned beneficially.
(b) Institutional Class shares commenced sales on October 25, 2005.
NOTE 13—New Accounting Standard
In June 2006, the Financial Accounting Standards Board ("FASB") issued FASB Interpretation No. 48, Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes ("FIN 48"). FIN 48 prescribes a recognition threshold and measurement attribute for the financial statement recognition and measurement for a tax position taken or expected to be taken in a tax return. FIN 48 also provides guidance on derecognition, classification, interest and penalties, accounting in interim periods, disclosure and transition. The provisions for FIN 48 are effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2006. Management is currently assessing the impact of FIN 48, if any, on the Fund's financial statements and currently intends for the Fund to adopt FIN 48 provisions during the fiscal year ending March 31, 2008.
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NOTE 14—Financial Highlights
The following schedule presents financial highlights for a share of the Fund outstanding throughout the periods indicated.
| | Class A | |
| | Year ended March 31, | |
| | 2007 | | 2006 | | 2005 | | 2004 | | 2003(a) | |
Net asset value, beginning of period | | $ | 13.92 | | | $ | 12.28 | | | $ | 10.10 | | | $ | 8.13 | | | $ | 10.66 | | |
Income from investment operations: | |
Net investment income | | | 0.31 | | | | 0.28 | | | | 0.30 | (b) | | | 0.22 | (b) | | | 0.16 | | |
Net gains (losses) on securities (both realized and unrealized) | | | 4.23 | | | | 1.65 | | | | 2.18 | | | | 1.98 | | | | (2.40 | ) | |
Total from investment operations | | | 4.54 | | | | 1.93 | | | | 2.48 | | | | 2.20 | | | | (2.24 | ) | |
Less dividends from net investment income | | | (0.31 | ) | | | (0.29 | ) | | | (0.30 | ) | | | (0.23 | ) | | | (0.29 | ) | |
Net asset value, end of period | | $ | 18.15 | | | $ | 13.92 | | | $ | 12.28 | | | $ | 10.10 | | | $ | 8.13 | | |
Total return(c) | | | 33.05 | % | | | 15.74 | % | | | 24.95 | % | | | 27.33 | % | | | (21.05 | )% | |
Ratios/supplemental data: | |
Net assets, end of period (000s omitted) | | $ | 214,289 | | | $ | 135,835 | | | $ | 113,325 | | | $ | 101,899 | | | $ | 450 | | |
Ratio of expenses to average net assets: | |
With fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements | | | 1.31 | %(d) | | | 1.30 | % | | | 1.40 | % | | | 1.40 | % | | | 1.41 | % | |
Without fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements | | | 1.41 | %(d) | | | 1.46 | % | | | 1.46 | % | | | 1.77 | % | | | 1.74 | % | |
Ratio of net investment income to average net assets | | | 2.01 | %(d) | | | 2.06 | % | | | 2.76 | % | | | 2.27 | % | | | 2.79 | % | |
Portfolio turnover rate | | | 33 | % | | | 37 | % | | | 33 | % | | | 101 | % | | | 64 | % | |
(a) Class commenced sales on March 28, 2002.
(b) Calculated using average shares outstanding.
(c) Includes adjustments in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America and as such, the net asset value for financial reporting purposes and the returns based upon those net asset values may differ from the net asset value and returns for shareholder transactions. Does not include sales charges.
(d) Ratios are based on average daily net assets of $171,177,779.
| | Class B | |
| | Year ended March 31, | |
| | 2007 | | 2006 | | 2005 | | 2004 | | 2003(a) | |
Net asset value, beginning of period | | $ | 13.97 | | | $ | 12.32 | | | $ | 10.13 | | | $ | 8.15 | | | $ | 10.66 | | |
Income from investment operations: | |
Net investment income | | | 0.20 | | | | 0.18 | | | | 0.23 | (b) | | | 0.16 | (b) | | | 0.13 | | |
Net gains (losses) on securities (both realized and unrealized) | | | 4.24 | | | | 1.66 | | | | 2.19 | | | | 1.98 | | | | (2.43 | ) | |
Total from investment operations | | | 4.44 | | | | 1.84 | | | | 2.42 | | | | 2.14 | | | | (2.30 | ) | |
Less dividends from net investment income | | | (0.20 | ) | | | (0.19 | ) | | | (0.23 | ) | | | (0.16 | ) | | | (0.21 | ) | |
Net asset value, end of period | | $ | 18.21 | | | $ | 13.97 | | | $ | 12.32 | | | $ | 10.13 | | | $ | 8.15 | | |
Total return(c) | | | 32.02 | % | | | 14.92 | % | | | 24.17 | % | | | 26.47 | % | | | (21.67 | )% | |
Ratios/supplemental data: | |
Net assets, end of period (000s omitted) | | $ | 49,840 | | | $ | 41,888 | | | $ | 35,303 | | | $ | 34,606 | | | $ | 193 | | |
Ratio of expenses to average net assets: | |
With fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements | | | 2.06 | %(d) | | | 2.05 | % | | | 2.05 | % | | | 2.05 | % | | | 2.14 | % | |
Without fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements | | | 2.16 | %(d) | | | 2.21 | % | | | 2.21 | % | | | 2.79 | % | | | 2.69 | % | |
Ratio of net investment income to average net assets | | | 1.26 | %(d) | | | 1.31 | % | | | 2.11 | % | | | 1.62 | % | | | 1.84 | % | |
Portfolio turnover rate | | | 33 | % | | | 37 | % | | | 33 | % | | | 101 | % | | | 64 | % | |
(a) Class commenced sales on March 28, 2002.
(b) Calculated using average shares outstanding.
(c) Includes adjustments in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America and as such, the net asset value for financial reporting purposes and the returns based upon those net asset values may differ from the net asset value and returns for shareholder transactions. Does not include sales charges.
(d) Ratios are based on average daily net assets of $44,752,856.
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| | Class C | |
| | Year ended March 31, | |
| | 2007 | | 2006 | | 2005 | | 2004 | | 2003 | |
Net asset value, beginning of period | | $ | 14.08 | | | $ | 12.41 | | | $ | 10.21 | | | $ | 8.22 | | | $ | 10.63 | | |
Income from investment operations: | |
Net investment income | | | 0.20 | | | | 0.18 | | | | 0.23 | (a) | | | 0.16 | (a) | | | 0.15 | | |
Net gains (losses) on securities (both realized and unrealized) | | | 4.27 | | | | 1.68 | | | | 2.20 | | | | 1.98 | | | | (2.47 | ) | |
Total from investment operations | | | 4.47 | | | | 1.86 | | | | 2.43 | | | | 2.14 | | | | (2.32 | ) | |
Less dividends from net investment income | | | (0.20 | ) | | | (0.19 | ) | | | (0.23 | ) | | | (0.15 | ) | | | (0.09 | ) | |
Net asset value, end of period | | $ | 18.35 | | | $ | 14.08 | | | $ | 12.41 | | | $ | 10.21 | | | $ | 8.22 | | |
Total return(b) | | | 31.99 | % | | | 14.98 | % | | | 24.08 | % | | | 26.17 | % | | | (21.85 | )% | |
Ratios/supplemental data: | |
Net assets, end of period (000s omitted) | | $ | 17,711 | | | $ | 11,208 | | | $ | 6,900 | | | $ | 6,437 | | | $ | 667 | | |
Ratio of expenses to average net assets: | |
With fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements | | | 2.06 | %(c) | | | 2.05 | % | | | 2.05 | % | | | 2.05 | % | | | 2.05 | % | |
Without fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements | | | 2.16 | %(c) | | | 2.21 | % | | | 2.21 | % | | | 3.14 | % | | | 3.70 | % | |
Ratio of net investment income to average net assets | | | 1.26 | %(c) | | | 1.31 | % | | | 2.11 | % | | | 1.62 | % | | | 1.75 | % | |
Portfolio turnover rate | | | 33 | % | | | 37 | % | | | 33 | % | | | 101 | % | | | 64 | % | |
(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.
(c) Ratios are based on average daily net assets of $13,607,208.
| | Investor Class | |
| | Year ended March 31, | |
| | 2007 | | 2006 | | 2005 | | 2004 | | 2003 | |
Net asset value, beginning of period | | $ | 14.04 | | | $ | 12.38 | | | $ | 10.18 | | | $ | 8.19 | | | $ | 10.66 | | |
Income from investment operations: | |
Net investment income | | | 0.32 | | | | 0.28 | | | | 0.31 | (a) | | | 0.22 | (a) | | | 0.23 | | |
Net gains (losses) on securities (both realized and unrealized) | | | 4.26 | | | | 1.67 | | | | 2.21 | | | | 2.01 | | | | (2.46 | ) | |
Total from investment operations | | | 4.58 | | | | 1.95 | | | | 2.52 | | | | 2.23 | | | | (2.23 | ) | |
Less dividends from net investment income | | | (0.32 | ) | | | (0.29 | ) | | | (0.32 | ) | | | (0.24 | ) | | | (0.24 | ) | |
Net asset value, end of period | | $ | 18.30 | | | $ | 14.04 | | | $ | 12.38 | | | $ | 10.18 | | | $ | 8.19 | | |
Total return(b) | | | 33.00 | % | | | 15.79 | % | | | 25.08 | % | | | 27.50 | % | | | (20.99 | )% | |
Ratios/supplemental data: | |
Net assets, end of period (000s omitted) | | $ | 106,793 | | | $ | 84,701 | | | $ | 79,536 | | | $ | 69,065 | | | $ | 72,749 | | |
Ratio of expenses to average net assets: | |
With fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements | | | 1.31 | %(c) | | | 1.30 | % | | | 1.30 | % | | | 1.30 | % | | | 1.30 | % | |
Without fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements | | | 1.41 | %(c) | | | 1.46 | % | | | 1.46 | % | | | 2.01 | % | | | 1.90 | % | |
Ratio of net investment income to average net assets | | | 2.01 | %(c) | | | 2.06 | % | | | 2.86 | % | | | 2.37 | % | | | 2.63 | % | |
Portfolio turnover rate | | | 33 | % | | | 37 | % | | | 33 | % | | | 101 | % | | | 64 | % | |
(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.
(c) Ratios are based on average daily net assets of $91,733,319.
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| | Institutional Class | |
| | Year ended March 31, 2007 | | October 25, 2005 (Date sales commenced) to March 31, 2006 | |
Net asset value, beginning of period | | $ | 13.92 | | | $ | 13.48 | | |
Income from investment operations: | |
Net investment income | | | 0.36 | | | | 0.13 | | |
Net gains on securities (both realized and unrealized) | | | 4.24 | | | | 0.46 | | |
Total from investment operations | | | 4.60 | | | | 0.59 | | |
Less dividends from net investment income | | | (0.37 | ) | | | (0.15 | ) | |
Net asset value, end of period | | $ | 18.15 | | | $ | 13.92 | | |
Total return(a) | | | 33.54 | % | | | 4.34 | % | |
Ratios/supplemental data: | |
Net assets, end of period (000s omitted) | | $ | 5,132 | | | $ | 719 | | |
Ratio of expenses to average net assets: | |
With fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements | | | 0.91 | %(b) | | | 0.92 | %(c) | |
Without fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements | | | 0.91 | %(b) | | | 1.05 | %(c) | |
Ratio of net investment income to average net assets | | | 2.41 | %(b) | | | 2.44 | %(c) | |
Portfolio turnover rate(d) | | | 33 | % | | | 37 | % | |
(a) 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. Not annualized for periods less than one year.
(b) Ratios are based on average daily net assets of $2,202,970.
(c) Annualized.
(d) Portfolio turnover is calculated at the fund level and is not annualized for periods less than one year.
NOTE 15—Legal Proceedings
Terms used in the Legal Proceedings Note are defined terms solely for the purpose of this note.
Settled Enforcement Actions and Investigations Related to Market Timing
On October 8, 2004, INVESCO Funds Group, Inc. ("IFG") (the former investment advisor to certain AIM Funds), AIM and A I M Distributors, Inc. ("ADI") (the distributor of the retail AIM Funds) reached final settlements with certain regulators, including the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC"), the New York Attorney General and the Colorado Attorney General, to resolve civil enforcement actions and/or investigations related to market timing and related activity in the AIM Funds, including those formerly advised by IFG. As part of the settlements, a $325 million fair fund ($110 million of which is civil penalties) has been created to compensate shareholders harmed by market timing and related activity in funds formerly advised by IFG. Additionally, AIM and ADI created a $50 million fair fund ($30 million of which is civil penalties) to compensate shareholders harmed by market timing and related activity in funds advised by AI M, which was done pursuant to the terms of the settlement. These two fair funds may increase as a result of contributions from third parties who reach final settlements with the SEC or other regulators to resolve allegations of market timing and/or late trading that also may have harmed applicable AIM Funds. These two fair funds will be distributed in accordance with a methodology to be determined by AIM's independent distribution consultant, in consultation with AIM and the independent trustees of the AIM Funds and acceptable to the staff of the SEC. Management of AIM and the Fund are unable to estimate the impact, if any, that the distribution of these two fair funds may have on the Fund or whether such distribution will have an impact on the Fund's financial statements in the future.
At the request of the trustees of the AIM Funds, AMVESCAP PLC ("AMVESCAP"), the parent company of IFG and AIM, has agreed to reimburse expenses incurred by the AIM Funds related to market timing matters.
Pending Litigation and Regulatory Inquiries
On August 30, 2005, the West Virginia Office of the State Auditor - Securities Commission ("WVASC") issued a Summary Order to Cease and Desist and Notice of Right to Hearing to AIM and ADI (Order No. 05-1318). The WVASC makes findings of fact that AIM and ADI entered into certain arrangements permitting market timing of the AIM Funds and failed to disclose these arrangements in the prospectuses for such Funds, and conclusions of law to the effect that AIM and ADI violated the West Virginia securities laws. The WVASC orders AIM and ADI to cease any further violations and seeks to impose monetary sanctions, including restitution to affected investors, disgorgement of fees, reimbursement of investigatory, administrative and legal costs and an
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"administrative assessment," to be determined by the Commissioner. Initial research indicates that these damages could be limited or capped by statute. By agreement with the Commissioner of Securities, AIM's time to respond to that Order has been indefinitely suspended.
Civil lawsuits, including purported class action and shareholder derivative suits, have been filed against certain of the AIM Funds, IFG, AIM, ADI and/or related entities and individuals, depending on the lawsuit, alleging:
• that the defendants permitted improper market timing and related activity in the AIM Funds;
• that certain AIM Funds inadequately employed fair value pricing; and
• that the defendants improperly used the assets of the AIM Funds to pay brokers to aggressively promote the sale of the AIM Funds over other mutual funds and that the defendants concealed such payments from investors by disguising them as brokerage commissions.
These lawsuits allege as theories of recovery, depending on the lawsuit, violations of various provisions of the Federal and state securities laws and ERISA, negligence, breach of fiduciary duty and/or breach of contract. These lawsuits seek remedies that include, depending on the lawsuit, damages, restitution, injunctive relief, imposition of a constructive trust, removal of certain directors and/or employees, various corrective measures under ERISA, rescission of certain AIM Funds' advisory agreements and/or distribution plans and recovery of all fees paid, an accounting of all fund-related fees, commissions and soft dollar payments, restitution of all commissions and fees paid, and prospective relief in the form of reduced fees.
All lawsuits based on allegations of market timing, late trading and related issues have been transferred to the United States District Court for the District of Maryland (the "MDL Court"). Pursuant to an Order of the MDL Court, plaintiffs in these lawsuits consolidated their claims for pre-trial purposes into three amended complaints against various AIM- and IFG-related parties: (i) a Consolidated Amended Class Action Complaint purportedly brought on behalf of shareholders of the AIM Funds; (ii) a Consolidated Amended Fund Derivative Complaint purportedly brought on behalf of the AIM Funds and fund registrants; and (iii) an Amended Class Action Complaint for Violations of the Employee Retirement Income Securities Act ("ERISA") purportedly brought on behalf of participants in AMVESCAP's 401(k) plan. Based on orders issued by the MDL Court, all claims asserted against the AIM Funds that have been transferred to the MDL Court have been dismissed, although certain Funds remain nominal defendants in the Consolidated Amended Fund Derivative Complaint. On September 15, 2006, the MDL Court granted the AMVESCAP defendants' motion to dismiss the Amended Class Action Complaint for Violations of ERISA and dismissed such Complaint. The plaintiff has commenced an appeal from that decision.
IFG, AIM, ADI and/or related entities and individuals have received inquiries from numerous regulators in the form of subpoenas or other oral or written requests for information and/or documents related to one or more of the following issues, among others, some of which concern one or more AIM Funds: market timing activity, late trading, fair value pricing, excessive or improper advisory and/or distribution fees, mutual fund sales practices, including revenue sharing and directed-brokerage arrangements, investments in securities of other registered investment companies, contractual plans, issues related to Section 529 college savings plans and procedures for locating lost security holders. IFG, AIM and ADI have advised the Fund that they are providing full cooperation with respect to these inquiries. Regulatory actions and/or additional civil lawsuits related to these or other issues may be filed against the AIM Funds, IFG, AIM and/or related entities and individuals in the future.
At the present time, management of AIM and the Fund are unable to estimate the impact, if any, that the outcome of the Pending Litigation and Regulatory Inquiries described above may have on AIM, ADI or the Fund.
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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
To the Board of Trustees of AIM Sector Funds
and Shareholders of AIM Utilities 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 AIM Utilities Fund (one of the funds constituting AIM Sector Funds, hereafter referred to as the "Fund") at March 31, 2007, 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 periods indicated, 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 March 31, 2007 by correspondence with the custodian and brokers, provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLP
May 18, 2007
Houston, Texas
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Tax Information
Form 1099-DIV, Form 1042-S and other year-end tax information provide shareholders with actual calendar year amounts that should be included in their tax returns. Shareholders should consult their tax advisors.
The following distribution information is being provided as required by the Internal Revenue Code or to meet a specific state's requirement.
The Fund designates the following amounts or, if subsequently determined to be different, the maximum amount allowable for its fiscal year ended March 31, 2007:
Federal and State Income Tax
Qualified Dividend Income* | | | 100 | % | |
Corporate Dividends Received Deduction* | | | 100 | % | |
* The above percentages are based on ordinary income dividends paid to shareholders during the Fund's fiscal year.
Non-Resident Alien Shareholders
Qualified Interest Income** | | | 3.33 | % | |
** The above percentage is based on income dividends paid to shareholders during the Fund's fiscal year.
Additional Non-Resident Alien Shareholder Information
The percentages of qualifying assets not subject to the U.S. estate tax for the fiscal quarters ended June 30, 2006, September 30, 2006, December 31, 2006 and March 31, 2007 were 12.20%, 10.64%, 13.47%, and 13.18%, respectively.
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Trustees and Officers
The address of each trustee and officer of AIM Sector Funds (the "Trust"), is 11 Greenway Plaza, Suite 100, Houston, Texas 77046. Each trustee oversees 105 portfolios in the AIM Funds complex. The trustees serve for the life of the Trust, subject to their earlier death, incapacitation, resignation, retirement or removal as more specifically provided in the Trust's organizational documents. Column two below includes length of time served with predecessor entities, if any.
Name, Year of Birth and Position(s) Held with the Trust | | Trustee and/or Officer Since | | Principal Occupation(s) During Past 5 Years | | Other Trusteeship(s)/ Directorship(s) Held by Trustee/Director | |
Interested Persons | |
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Martin L. Flanagan1 — 1960 Trustee | | | 2007 | | | Director, Chief Executive Officer and President, AMVESCAP PLC (parent of AIM and a global investment management firm); Chairman, A I M Advisors, Inc. (registered investment advisor); and Director, Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President, AVZ Inc. (holding company); INVESCO North American Holdings, Inc. (holding company); Chairman and President, AMVESCAP Group Services, Inc. (service provider); Trustee, The AIM Family of Funds®; Chairman, Investment Company Institute; and Member of Executive Board, SMU Cox School of Business Formerly: President, Co-Chief Executive Officer, Co-President, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer, Franklin Resources, Inc. (global investment management organization) | | None | |
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Robert H. Graham2 — 1946 Trustee and Vice Chair | | | 2003 | | | Trustee and Vice Chair of The AIM Family of Funds®. Formerly: President and Chief Executive Officer, A I M Management Group Inc.; Director, Chairman and President, A I M Advisors, Inc. (registered investment advisor); Director and Chairman, A I M Capital Management, Inc. (registered investment advisor), A I M Distributors, Inc. (registered broker dealer), AIM Investment Services, Inc. (registered transfer agent), and Fund Management Company (registered broker dealer); and Chief Executive Officer, AMVESCAP PLC — Managed Products; and President and Principal Executive Officer of The AIM Family of Funds®; Director and Chairman, A I M Management Group Inc. (financial services holding company); Director and Vice Chairman, AMVESCAP PLC; and Chairman, AMVESCAP PLC — AIM Division. | | None | |
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Philip A. Taylor3 — 1954 Trustee, President and Principal Executive Officer | | | 2006 | | | Director, Chief Executive Officer and President, A I M Management Group Inc., AIM Mutual Fund Dealer Inc. (registered broker dealer), A I M Advisors, Inc., AIM Funds Management Inc. d/b/a AMVESCAP Enterprise Services (registered investment advisor and registered transfer agent) and 1371 Preferred Inc. (holding company); Director, Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President, A I M Capital Management, Inc.; Director and President, A I M Advisors, Inc., INVESCO Funds Group, Inc. (registered investment advisor and registered transfer agent) and AIM GP Canada Inc. (general partner for limited partnership); Director, A I M Distributors, Inc.; Director and Chairman, AIM Investment Services, Inc., Fund Management Company and INVESCO Distributors, Inc. (registered broker dealer); Director, President and Chairman, AVZ Callco Inc. (holding company), AMVESCAP Inc. (holding company) and AIM Canada Holdings Inc. (holding company); Director and Chief Exec utive Officer, AIM Trimark Corporate Class Inc. (formerly AIM Trimark Global Fund Inc.) (corporate mutual fund company) and AIM Trimark Canada Fund Inc. (corporate mutual fund company); Trustee, President and Principal Executive Officer, The AIM Family of Funds® (other than AIM Treasurer's Series Trust, Short-Term Investments Trust and Tax-Free Investments Trust); Trustee and Executive Vice President, The AIM Family of Funds® (AIM Treasurer's Series Trust, Short-Term Investments Trust and Tax-Free Investments Trust only); and Manager, Powershares Capital Management LLC Formerly: President and Principal Executive Officer, The AIM Family of Funds® (AIM Treasurer's Series Trust, Short-Term Investments Trust and Tax-Free Investments Trust only); Chairman, AIM Canada Holdings, Inc.; President, AIM Trimark Global Fund Inc. and AIM Trimark Canada Fund Inc.; and Director, Trimark Trust (federally regulated Canadian trust company) | | None | |
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Independent Trustees | |
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Bruce L. Crockett — 1944 Trustee and Chair | | | 2003 | | | Chairman, Crockett Technology Associates (technology consulting company) | | ACE Limited (insurance company); and Captaris, Inc. (unified messaging provider) | |
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Bob R. Baker — 1936 Trustee | | | 1983 | | | Retired | | None | |
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Frank S. Bayley — 1939 Trustee | | | 2003 | | | Retired Formerly: Partner, law firm of Baker & McKenzie | | Badgley Funds, Inc. (registered investment company (2 portfolios)) | |
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James T. Bunch — 1942 Trustee | | | 2000 | | | Founder, Green, Manning & Bunch Ltd., (investment banking firm); and Director, Policy Studies, Inc. and Van Gilder Insurance Corporation | | None | |
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Albert R. Dowden — 1941 Trustee | | | 2003 | | | Director of a number of public and private business corporations, including the Boss Group Ltd. (private investment and management); Reich & Tang Funds (Chairman) (registered investment company (7 portfolios)); Annuity and Life Re (Holdings), Ltd. (insurance company); CompuDyne Corporation (provider of products and services to the public security market); and Homeowners of America Holding Corporation Formerly: Director, President and Chief Executive Officer, Volvo Group North America, Inc.; Senior Vice President, AB Volvo; and Director of various affiliated Volvo companies; and Director, Magellan Insurance Company | | None | |
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Jack M. Fields — 1952 Trustee | | | 2003 | | | Chief Executive Officer, Twenty First Century Group, Inc. (government affairs company); and Owner, Dos Angelos Ranch, L.P. Formerly: Chief Executive Officer, Texana Timber LP (sustainable forestry company) | | Administaff, and Discovery Global Education Fund (non-profit) | |
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Carl Frischling —1937 Trustee | | | 2003 | | | Partner, law firm of Kramer Levin Naftalis and Frankel LLP | | Director, Reich & Tang Funds (registered investment company (7 portfolios)) | |
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Prema Mathai-Davis —1950 Trustee | | | 2003 | | | Formerly: Chief Executive Officer, YWCA of the USA | | None | |
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Lewis F. Pennock — 1942 Trustee | | | 2003 | | | Partner, law firm of Pennock & Cooper | | None | |
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Ruth H. Quigley — 1935 Trustee | | | 2003 | | | Retired | | None | |
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Larry Soll — 1942 Trustee | | | 1997 | | | Retired | | None | |
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Raymond Stickel, Jr. —1944 Trustee | | | 2005 | | | Retired Formerly: Partner, Deloitte & Touche | | Director, Mainstay VP Series Funds, Inc. (21 portfolios) | |
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1 Mr. Flanagan was appointed as Trustee of the Trust on February 24, 2007. Mr. Flanagan is considered an interested person of the Trust because he is an officer of the advisor to the Trust, and an officer and a director of AMVESCAP PLC, parent of the advisor to the Trust.
2 Mr. Graham is considered an interested person of the Trust because of his previous positions with AMVESCAP PLC, parent of the advisor to the Trust.
3 Mr. Taylor is considered an interested person of the Trust because he is an officer and a director of the advisor to, and a director of the principal underwriter of, the Trust.
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Trustees and Officers–(continued)
Name, Year of Birth and Position(s) Held with the Trust | | Trustee and/or Officer Since | | Principal Occupation(s) During Past 5 Years | | Other Trusteeship(s)/ Directorship(s) Held by Trustee/Director | |
Other Officers | |
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Russell C. Burk — 1958 Senior Vice President and Senior Officer | | | 2005 | | | Senior Vice President and Senior Officer of The AIM Family of Funds®. Formerly: Director of Compliance and Assistant General Counsel, ICON Advisers, Inc.; Financial Consultant, Merrill Lynch; General Counsel and Director of Compliance, ALPS Mutual Funds, Inc. | | N/A | |
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John M. Zerr — 1962 Senior Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Secretary | | | 2006 | | | Director, Senior Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel, A I M Management Group Inc., A I M Advisors, Inc. and A I M Capital Management, Inc.; Director, Vice President and Secretary, INVESCO Distributors, Inc.; Vice President and Secretary, AIM Investment Services, Inc., and Fund Management Company; Senior Vice President and Secretary, A I M Distributors, Inc.; Director, INVESCO Funds Group, Inc.; and Senior Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Secretary of The AIM Family of Funds® Formerly: Vice President, A I M Capital Management, Inc.; Chief Operating Officer, Senior Vice President, General Counsel, and Secretary, Liberty Ridge Capital, Inc. (an investment adviser); Vice President and Secretary, PBHG Funds (an investment company); Vice President and Secretary, PBHG Insurance Series Fund (an investment company); General Counsel and Secretary, P ilgrim Baxter Value Investors (an investment adviser); Chief Operating Officer, General Counsel and Secretary, Old Mutual Investment Partners (a broker dealer), General Counsel and Secretary, Old Mutual Fund Services (an adminstrator); General Counsel and Secretary, 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 | |
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Lisa O. Brinkley — 1959 Vice President | | | 2004 | | | Global Compliance Director, AMVESCAP PLC; and Vice President of The AIM Family of Funds®. Formerly: Senior Vice President, A I M Management Group Inc. (financial services holding company); Senior Vice President and Chief Compliance Officer, A I M Advisors, Inc. and The AIM Family of Funds®; Vice President and Chief Compliance Officer, A I M Capital Management, Inc. and A I M Distributors, Inc.; Vice President, AIM Investment Services, Inc. and Fund Management Company; Senior Vice President and Chief Compliance Officer of The AIM Family of Funds® and Senior Vice President and Compliance Director, Delaware Investments Family of Funds | | N/A | |
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Kevin M. Carome — 1956 Vice President | | | 2003 | | | Senior Vice President and General Counsel, AMVESCAP PLC; Director, INVESCO Funds Group, Inc.; and Vice President of The AIM Family of Funds® Formerly: Director, General Counsel, and Vice President Fund Management Company; Director, Senior Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel, A I M Management Group Inc. (financial services holding company) and A I M Advisors, Inc.; Director and Vice President, INVESCO Distributors, Inc.; Senior Vice President, A I M Distributors, Inc.; Vice President, A I M Capital Management, Inc. and AIM Investment Services, Inc.; Senior Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Secretary of The AIM Family of Funds®; Chief Executive Officer and President, INVESCO Funds Group, Inc.; and Senior Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and General Counsel, Liberty Financial Companies, Inc. and Liberty Funds Group, LLC | | N/A | |
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Sidney M. Dilgren — 1961 Vice President, Principal Financial Officer and Treasurer | | | 2004 | | | Vice President and Fund Treasurer, A I M Advisors, Inc.; and Vice President, Treasurer and Principal Officer of The AIM Family of Funds® Formerly: Senior Vice President, AIM Investment Services, Inc.; and Vice President, A I M Distributors, Inc. | | N/A | |
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Karen Dunn Kelley — 1960 Vice President | | | 2003 | | | Director of Cash Management and Senior Vice President, A I M Advisors, Inc. and A I M Capital Management, Inc.; Director and President, Fund Management Company; President and Principal Executive Officer, The AIM Family of Funds® (AIM Treasurer's Series Trust, Short-Term Investments Trust and Tax-Free Investments Trust only); and Vice President, The AIM Family of Funds® (other than AIM Treasurer's Series Trust, Short-Term Investments Trust and Tax-Free Investments Trust) Formerly: Chief Cash Management Officer and Managing Director, A I M Capital Management, Inc.; Vice President, A I M Advisors, Inc. and The AIM Family of Funds® (AIM Treasurer's Series Trust, Short-Term Investments Trust and Tax-Free Investments Trust only) | | N/A | |
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Patrick J.P. Farmer — 1962 Vice President | | | 2007 | | | Head of North American Retail Investments, Director, Chief Investment Officer and Executive Vice President, AIM Funds Management Inc. d/b/a AIM Trimark Investments; Senior Vice President and Head of Equity Investments, A I M Advisors, Inc. and A I M Capital Management, Inc.; and Vice President, The AIM Family of Funds® Formerly: Director, Trimark Trust | | N/A | |
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Stephen M. Johnson — 1961 Vice President | | | 2007 | | | Chief Investment Officer of INVESCO Fixed Income and Vice President, INVESCO Institutional (N.A.), Inc.; Senior Vice President and Fixed Income Chief Investment Officer, A I M Advisors, Inc. and A I M Capital Management, Inc.; and Vice President, The AIM Family of Funds® | | N/A | |
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Lance A. Rejsek — 1967 Anti-Money Laundering Compliance Officer | | | 2005 | | | Anti-Money Laundering Compliance Officer, A I M Advisors, Inc., A I M Capital Management, Inc., A I M Distributors, Inc., AIM Investment Services, Inc., AIM Private Asset Management, Inc., Fund Management Company and The AIM Family of Funds® Formerly: Manager of the Fraud Prevention Department, AIM Investment Services, Inc. | | N/A | |
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Todd L. Spillane — 1958 Chief Compliance Officer | | | 2006 | | | Senior Vice President, A I M Management Group Inc.; Senior Vice President and Chief Compliance Officer, A I M Advisors, Inc.; Chief Compliance Officer of The AIM Family of Funds®; Vice President and Chief Compliance Officer, A I M Capital Management, Inc.; and Vice President, A I M Distributors, Inc., AIM Investment Services, Inc. and Fund Management Company Formerly: Global Head of Product Development, AIG-Global Investment Group, Inc.; Chief Compliance Officer and Deputy General Counsel, AIG-SunAmerica Asset Management; and Chief Compliance Officer, Chief Operating Officer and Deputy General Counsel, American General Investment Management | | N/A | |
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The Statement of Additional Information of the Trust includes additional information about the Fund's Trustees and is available upon request, without charge, by calling 1.800.959.4246.
Office of the Fund
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Suite 100
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Counsel to the Fund
Ballard Spahr
Andrews & Ingersoll, LLP
1735 Market Street, 51st Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19103-7599
Investment Advisor
A I M Advisors, Inc.
11 Greenway Plaza
Suite 100
Houston, TX 77046-1173
Counsel to the
Independent Trustees
Kramer, Levin, Naftalis &
Frankel LLP
1177 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10036-2714
Distributor
A I M Distributors, Inc.
11 Greenway Plaza
Suite 100
Houston, TX 77046-1173
Transfer Agent
AIM Investment Services, Inc.
P.O. Box 4739
Houston, TX 77210-4739
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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ITEM 2. | CODE OF ETHICS. |
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| 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. |
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ITEM 3. | AUDIT COMMITTEE FINANCIAL EXPERT. |
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| The Board of Trustees has determined that the Registrant has at least one audit committee financial expert serving on its Audit Committee. The Audit Committee financial expert is Raymond Stickel, Jr. Mr. Stickel is “independent” within the meaning of that term as used in Form N-CSR. |
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ITEM 4. | PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTANT FEES AND SERVICES. |
Fees Billed by PWC Related to the Registrant
PWC billed the Registrant aggregate fees for services rendered to the Registrant for the last two fiscal years as follows:
| | | | Percentage of Fees | | | | Percentage of Fees | |
| | | | Billed Applicable to | | | | Billed Applicable to | |
| | | | Non-Audit Services | | | | Non-Audit Services | |
| | | | Provided for fiscal | | | | Provided for fiscal | |
| | Fees Billed for | | year end 2007 | | Fees Billed for | | year end 2006 | |
| | Services Rendered to | | Pursuant to Waiver of | | Services Rendered to | | Pursuant to Waiver of | |
| | the Registrant for | | Pre-Approval | | the Registrant for fiscal | | Pre-Approval | |
| | fiscal year end 2007 | | Requirement(1) | | year end 2006 | | Requirement(1) | |
Audit Fees | | $ | 214,099 | | N/A | | $ | 213,492 | | N/A | |
Audit-Related Fees | | $ | 0 | | 0 | % | $ | 0 | | 0 | % |
Tax Fees(2) | | $ | 47,061 | | 0 | % | $ | 47,507 | | 0 | % |
All Other Fees | | $ | 0 | | 0 | % | $ | 0 | | 0 | % |
Total Fees | | $ | 261,160 | | 0 | % | $ | 260,999 | | 0 | % |
PWC billed the Registrant aggregate non-audit fees of $47,061 for the fiscal year ended 2007, and $47,507 for the fiscal year ended 2006, 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 March 31, 2007 includes fees billed for reviewing tax returns. Tax fees for fiscal year end March 31, 2006 includes fees billed for reviewing tax returns.
Fees Billed by PWC Related to AIM and AIM Affiliates
PWC billed A I M Advisors, Inc. (“AIM”), the Registrant’s adviser, and any entity controlling, controlled by or under common control with AIM that provides ongoing services to the Registrant (“AIM Affiliates”) aggregate fees for pre-approved non-audit services rendered to AIM and AIM Affiliates for the last two fiscal years as follows:
| | Fees Billed for Non- | | | | Fees Billed for Non- | | | |
| | Audit Services | | Percentage of Fees | | Audit Services | | Percentage of Fees | |
| | Rendered to AIM and | | Billed Applicable to | | Rendered to AIM and | | Billed Applicable to | |
| | AIM Affiliates for | | Non-Audit Services | | AIM Affiliates for | | Non-Audit Services | |
| | fiscal year end 2007 | | Provided for fiscal year | | fiscal year end 2006 | | Provided for fiscal year | |
| | That Were Required | | end 2007 Pursuant to | | That Were Required | | end 2006 Pursuant to | |
| | to be Pre-Approved | | Waiver of Pre- | | to be Pre-Approved | | Waiver of Pre- | |
| | by the Registrant’s | | Approval | | by the Registrant’s | | Approval | |
| | Audit Committee | | Requirement(1) | | Audit Committee | | Requirement(1) | |
Audit-Related Fees | | $ | 0 | | 0 | % | $ | 0 | | 0 | % |
Tax Fees | | $ | 0 | | 0 | % | $ | 0 | | 0 | % |
All Other Fees | | $ | 0 | | 0 | % | $ | 0 | | 0 | % |
Total Fees(2) | | $ | 0 | | 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, AIM and AIM 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) Including the fees for services not required to be pre-approved by the registrant’s audit committee, PWC billed AIM and AIM Affiliates aggregate non-audit fees of $0 for the fiscal year ended 2007, and $0 for the fiscal year ended 2006, for non-audit services rendered to AIM and AIM Affiliates.
The Audit Committee also has considered whether the provision of non-audit services that were rendered to AIM and AIM 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.
PRE-APPROVAL OF AUDIT AND NON-AUDIT SERVICES
POLICIES AND PROCEDURES
As adopted by the Audit Committees of
the AIM Funds (the “Funds”)
Last Amended September 18, 2006
I. 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 Committee”) 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. 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.
II. 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 Committee at its next quarterly meeting.
III. 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 Committee 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.
IV. 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 Committee’s 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 Committee 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 Committee 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 Committee 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.
V. 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 Committee 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.
VI. Procedures
On an annual basis, A I M Advisors, Inc. (“AIM”) 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 Committee on a periodic basis as to the results of such monitoring. Both the Funds’ Treasurer and management of AIM will immediately report to the chairman of the Audit Committee any breach of these policies and procedures that comes to the attention of the Funds’ Treasurer or senior management of AIM.
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
· Actuarial services
· Internal audit outsourcing services
Categorically Prohibited Non-Audit Services
· Management functions
· Human resources
· Broker-dealer, investment adviser, or investment banking services
· Legal services
· Expert services unrelated to the audit
· Any other service that the Public Company Oversight Board determines by regulation is impermissible
ITEM 5. | AUDIT COMMITTEE OF LISTED REGISTRANTS. |
Not applicable.
ITEM 6. | SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS. |
Investments in securities of unaffiliated issuers is included as part of the reports to stockholders filed under Item 1 of this Form.
ITEM 7. | DISCLOSURE OF PROXY VOTING POLICIES AND PROCEDURES FOR CLOSED-END MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES. |
Not applicable.
ITEM 8. | PORTFOLIO MANAGERS OF CLOSED-END MANAGEMENT COMPANIES. |
Not applicable.
ITEM 9. | PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES BY CLOSED-END MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANY AND AFFILIATED PURCHASERS. |
Not applicable.
ITEM 10. | SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS. |
None
ITEM 11. | CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES. |
(a) | As of March 15, 2007, 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 March 15, 2007, 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. | |
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(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. | |
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ITEM 12. | EXHIBITS |
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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. |
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
Registrant: AIM Sector Funds
By: | /s/ PHILIP A. TAYLOR | |
| Philip A. Taylor |
| Principal Executive Officer |
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Date: | June 7, 2007 |
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the Registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
By: | /s/ PHILIP A. TAYLOR | |
| Philip A. Taylor |
| Principal Executive Officer |
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Date: | June 7, 2007 |
By: | /s/ SIDNEY M. DILGREN | |
| Sidney M. Dilgren |
| Principal Financial Officer |
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Date: | June 7, 2007 |
EXHIBIT INDEX
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. |