POWER OF ATTORNEY

     The undersigned trustees of AIM EQUITY FUNDS, a Delaware statutory trust
(the "Registrant"), hereby appoint PHILIP A. TAYLOR and JOHN M. ZERR (with full
power to each of them to act alone) his/her attorney-in-fact and agent, in all
capacities, to execute, deliver and file in the names of the undersigned, any
and all instruments that said attorneys and agents may deem necessary or
advisable to enable the Registrant to comply with or register any security
issued by the Registrant under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and/or
the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and the rules, regulations and
interpretations thereunder, with respect to the Registrant's Registration
Statement on Form N-14 with respect to the proposed reorganization of Atlantic
Whitehall Growth Fund with and into AIM Large Cap Growth Fund, including any and
all pre- and post-effective amendments thereto, any other document to be filed
with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and any and all documents
required to be filed with respect thereto with any other regulatory authority.
Each of the undersigned grants to each of said attorneys, full authority to do
every act necessary to be done in order to effectuate the same as fully, to all
intents and purposes, as he/she could do if personally present, thereby
ratifying all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents may lawfully do or cause to
be done by virtue hereof.

     This Power of Attorney may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of
which shall be deemed to be an original and all of which shall be deemed to be a
single document.

     The undersigned officers and trustees hereby execute this Power of Attorney
as of the 17th day of June, 2009.


/s/ Bob R. Baker
------------------------------------
Bob R. Baker



                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

     The undersigned trustees of AIM EQUITY FUNDS, a Delaware statutory trust
(the "Registrant"), hereby appoint PHILIP A. TAYLOR and JOHN M. ZERR (with full
power to each of them to act alone) his/her attorney-in-fact and agent, in all
capacities, to execute, deliver and file in the names of the undersigned, any
and all instruments that said attorneys and agents may deem necessary or
advisable to enable the Registrant to comply with or register any security
issued by the Registrant under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and/or
the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and the rules, regulations and
interpretations thereunder, with respect to the Registrant's Registration
Statement on Form N-14 with respect to the proposed reorganization of Atlantic
Whitehall Growth Fund with and into AIM Large Cap Growth Fund, including any and
all pre- and post-effective amendments thereto, any other document to be filed
with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and any and all documents
required to be filed with respect thereto with any other regulatory authority.
Each of the undersigned grants to each of said attorneys, full authority to do
every act necessary to be done in order to effectuate the same as fully, to all
intents and purposes, as he/she could do if personally present, thereby
ratifying all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents may lawfully do or cause to
be done by virtue hereof.

     This Power of Attorney may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of
which shall be deemed to be an original and all of which shall be deemed to be a
single document.

     The undersigned officers and trustees hereby execute this Power of Attorney
as of the 17th day of June, 2009.


/s/ Frank S. Bayley
------------------------------------
Frank S. Bayley



                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

     The undersigned trustees of AIM EQUITY FUNDS, a Delaware statutory trust
(the "Registrant"), hereby appoint PHILIP A. TAYLOR and JOHN M. ZERR (with full
power to each of them to act alone) his/her attorney-in-fact and agent, in all
capacities, to execute, deliver and file in the names of the undersigned, any
and all instruments that said attorneys and agents may deem necessary or
advisable to enable the Registrant to comply with or register any security
issued by the Registrant under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and/or
the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and the rules, regulations and
interpretations thereunder, with respect to the Registrant's Registration
Statement on Form N-14 with respect to the proposed reorganization of Atlantic
Whitehall Growth Fund with and into AIM Large Cap Growth Fund, including any and
all pre- and post-effective amendments thereto, any other document to be filed
with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and any and all documents
required to be filed with respect thereto with any other regulatory authority.
Each of the undersigned grants to each of said attorneys, full authority to do
every act necessary to be done in order to effectuate the same as fully, to all
intents and purposes, as he/she could do if personally present, thereby
ratifying all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents may lawfully do or cause to
be done by virtue hereof.

     This Power of Attorney may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of
which shall be deemed to be an original and all of which shall be deemed to be a
single document.

     The undersigned officers and trustees hereby execute this Power of Attorney
as of the 17th day of June, 2009.


/s/ James T. Bunch
------------------------------------
James T. Bunch



                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

     The undersigned trustees of AIM EQUITY FUNDS, a Delaware statutory trust
(the "Registrant"), hereby appoint PHILIP A. TAYLOR and JOHN M. ZERR (with full
power to each of them to act alone) his/her attorney-in-fact and agent, in all
capacities, to execute, deliver and file in the names of the undersigned, any
and all instruments that said attorneys and agents may deem necessary or
advisable to enable the Registrant to comply with or register any security
issued by the Registrant under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and/or
the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and the rules, regulations and
interpretations thereunder, with respect to the Registrant's Registration
Statement on Form N-14 with respect to the proposed reorganization of Atlantic
Whitehall Growth Fund with and into AIM Large Cap Growth Fund, including any and
all pre- and post-effective amendments thereto, any other document to be filed
with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and any and all documents
required to be filed with respect thereto with any other regulatory authority.
Each of the undersigned grants to each of said attorneys, full authority to do
every act necessary to be done in order to effectuate the same as fully, to all
intents and purposes, as he/she could do if personally present, thereby
ratifying all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents may lawfully do or cause to
be done by virtue hereof.

     This Power of Attorney may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of
which shall be deemed to be an original and all of which shall be deemed to be a
single document.

     The undersigned officers and trustees hereby execute this Power of Attorney
as of the 17th day of June, 2009.


/s/ Bruce L. Crockett
------------------------------------
Bruce L. Crockett



                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

     The undersigned trustees of AIM EQUITY FUNDS, a Delaware statutory trust
(the "Registrant"), hereby appoint PHILIP A. TAYLOR and JOHN M. ZERR (with full
power to each of them to act alone) his/her attorney-in-fact and agent, in all
capacities, to execute, deliver and file in the names of the undersigned, any
and all instruments that said attorneys and agents may deem necessary or
advisable to enable the Registrant to comply with or register any security
issued by the Registrant under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and/or
the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and the rules, regulations and
interpretations thereunder, with respect to the Registrant's Registration
Statement on Form N-14 with respect to the proposed reorganization of Atlantic
Whitehall Growth Fund with and into AIM Large Cap Growth Fund, including any and
all pre- and post-effective amendments thereto, any other document to be filed
with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and any and all documents
required to be filed with respect thereto with any other regulatory authority.
Each of the undersigned grants to each of said attorneys, full authority to do
every act necessary to be done in order to effectuate the same as fully, to all
intents and purposes, as he/she could do if personally present, thereby
ratifying all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents may lawfully do or cause to
be done by virtue hereof.

     This Power of Attorney may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of
which shall be deemed to be an original and all of which shall be deemed to be a
single document.

17th day of June, 2009.


/s/ Albert R. Dowden
------------------------------------
Albert R. Dowden



                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

     The undersigned trustees of AIM EQUITY FUNDS, a Delaware statutory trust
(the "Registrant"), hereby appoint PHILIP A. TAYLOR and JOHN M. ZERR (with full
power to each of them to act alone) his/her attorney-in-fact and agent, in all
capacities, to execute, deliver and file in the names of the undersigned, any
and all instruments that said attorneys and agents may deem necessary or
advisable to enable the Registrant to comply with or register any security
issued by the Registrant under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and/or
the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and the rules, regulations and
interpretations thereunder, with respect to the Registrant's Registration
Statement on Form N-14 with respect to the proposed reorganization of Atlantic
Whitehall Growth Fund with and into AIM Large Cap Growth Fund, including any and
all pre- and post-effective amendments thereto, any other document to be filed
with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and any and all documents
required to be filed with respect thereto with any other regulatory authority.
Each of the undersigned grants to each of said attorneys, full authority to do
every act necessary to be done in order to effectuate the same as fully, to all
intents and purposes, as he/she could do if personally present, thereby
ratifying all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents may lawfully do or cause to
be done by virtue hereof.

     This Power of Attorney may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of
which shall be deemed to be an original and all of which shall be deemed to be a
single document.

     The undersigned officers and trustees hereby execute this Power of Attorney
as of the 17th day of June, 2009.


/s/ Jack M. Fields
------------------------------------
Jack M. Fields



                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

     The undersigned trustees of AIM EQUITY FUNDS, a Delaware statutory trust
(the "Registrant"), hereby appoint PHILIP A. TAYLOR and JOHN M. ZERR (with full
power to each of them to act alone) his/her attorney-in-fact and agent, in all
capacities, to execute, deliver and file in the names of the undersigned, any
and all instruments that said attorneys and agents may deem necessary or
advisable to enable the Registrant to comply with or register any security
issued by the Registrant under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and/or
the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and the rules, regulations and
interpretations thereunder, with respect to the Registrant's Registration
Statement on Form N-14 with respect to the proposed reorganization of Atlantic
Whitehall Growth Fund with and into AIM Large Cap Growth Fund, including any and
all pre- and post-effective amendments thereto, any other document to be filed
with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and any and all documents
required to be filed with respect thereto with any other regulatory authority.
Each of the undersigned grants to each of said attorneys, full authority to do
every act necessary to be done in order to effectuate the same as fully, to all
intents and purposes, as he/she could do if personally present, thereby
ratifying all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents may lawfully do or cause to
be done by virtue hereof.

     This Power of Attorney may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of
which shall be deemed to be an original and all of which shall be deemed to be a
single document.

     The undersigned officers and trustees hereby execute this Power of Attorney
as of the 17th day of June, 2009.


/s/ Martin L. Flanagan
------------------------------------
Martin L. Flanagan



                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

     The undersigned trustees of AIM EQUITY FUNDS, a Delaware statutory trust
(the "Registrant"), hereby appoint PHILIP A. TAYLOR and JOHN M. ZERR (with full
power to each of them to act alone) his/her attorney-in-fact and agent, in all
capacities, to execute, deliver and file in the names of the undersigned, any
and all instruments that said attorneys and agents may deem necessary or
advisable to enable the Registrant to comply with or register any security
issued by the Registrant under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and/or
the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and the rules, regulations and
interpretations thereunder, with respect to the Registrant's Registration
Statement on Form N-14 with respect to the proposed reorganization of Atlantic
Whitehall Growth Fund with and into AIM Large Cap Growth Fund, including any and
all pre- and post-effective amendments thereto, any other document to be filed
with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and any and all documents
required to be filed with respect thereto with any other regulatory authority.
Each of the undersigned grants to each of said attorneys, full authority to do
every act necessary to be done in order to effectuate the same as fully, to all
intents and purposes, as he/she could do if personally present, thereby
ratifying all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents may lawfully do or cause to
be done by virtue hereof.

     This Power of Attorney may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of
which shall be deemed to be an original and all of which shall be deemed to be a
single document.

     The undersigned officers and trustees hereby execute this Power of Attorney
as of the 17th day of June, 2009.


/s/ Carl Frischling
------------------------------------
Carl Frischling



                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

     The undersigned trustees of AIM EQUITY FUNDS, a Delaware statutory trust
(the "Registrant"), hereby appoint PHILIP A. TAYLOR and JOHN M. ZERR (with full
power to each of them to act alone) his/her attorney-in-fact and agent, in all
capacities, to execute, deliver and file in the names of the undersigned, any
and all instruments that said attorneys and agents may deem necessary or
advisable to enable the Registrant to comply with or register any security
issued by the Registrant under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and/or
the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and the rules, regulations and
interpretations thereunder, with respect to the Registrant's Registration
Statement on Form N-14 with respect to the proposed reorganization of Atlantic
Whitehall Growth Fund with and into AIM Large Cap Growth Fund, including any and
all pre- and post-effective amendments thereto, any other document to be filed
with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and any and all documents
required to be filed with respect thereto with any other regulatory authority.
Each of the undersigned grants to each of said attorneys, full authority to do
every act necessary to be done in order to effectuate the same as fully, to all
intents and purposes, as he/she could do if personally present, thereby
ratifying all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents may lawfully do or cause to
be done by virtue hereof.

     This Power of Attorney may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of
which shall be deemed to be an original and all of which shall be deemed to be a
single document.

     The undersigned officers and trustees hereby execute this Power of Attorney
as of the 17th day of June, 2009.


/s/ Prema Mathai-Davis
------------------------------------
Prema Mathai-Davis



                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

     The undersigned trustees of AIM EQUITY FUNDS, a Delaware statutory trust
(the "Registrant"), hereby appoint PHILIP A. TAYLOR and JOHN M. ZERR (with full
power to each of them to act alone) his/her attorney-in-fact and agent, in all
capacities, to execute, deliver and file in the names of the undersigned, any
and all instruments that said attorneys and agents may deem necessary or
advisable to enable the Registrant to comply with or register any security
issued by the Registrant under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and/or
the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and the rules, regulations and
interpretations thereunder, with respect to the Registrant's Registration
Statement on Form N-14 with respect to the proposed reorganization of Atlantic
Whitehall Growth Fund with and into AIM Large Cap Growth Fund, including any and
all pre- and post-effective amendments thereto, any other document to be filed
with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and any and all documents
required to be filed with respect thereto with any other regulatory authority.
Each of the undersigned grants to each of said attorneys, full authority to do
every act necessary to be done in order to effectuate the same as fully, to all
intents and purposes, as he/she could do if personally present, thereby
ratifying all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents may lawfully do or cause to
be done by virtue hereof.

     This Power of Attorney may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of
which shall be deemed to be an original and all of which shall be deemed to be a
single document.

     The undersigned officers and trustees hereby execute this Power of Attorney
as of the 17th day of June, 2009.


/s/ Lewis F. Pennock
------------------------------------
Lewis F. Pennock



                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

     The undersigned trustees of AIM EQUITY FUNDS, a Delaware statutory trust
(the "Registrant"), hereby appoint PHILIP A. TAYLOR and JOHN M. ZERR (with full
power to each of them to act alone) his/her attorney-in-fact and agent, in all
capacities, to execute, deliver and file in the names of the undersigned, any
and all instruments that said attorneys and agents may deem necessary or
advisable to enable the Registrant to comply with or register any security
issued by the Registrant under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and/or
the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and the rules, regulations and
interpretations thereunder, with respect to the Registrant's Registration
Statement on Form N-14 with respect to the proposed reorganization of Atlantic
Whitehall Growth Fund with and into AIM Large Cap Growth Fund, including any and
all pre- and post-effective amendments thereto, any other document to be filed
with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and any and all documents
required to be filed with respect thereto with any other regulatory authority.
Each of the undersigned grants to each of said attorneys, full authority to do
every act necessary to be done in order to effectuate the same as fully, to all
intents and purposes, as he/she could do if personally present, thereby
ratifying all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents may lawfully do or cause to
be done by virtue hereof.

     This Power of Attorney may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of
which shall be deemed to be an original and all of which shall be deemed to be a
single document.

     The undersigned officers and trustees hereby execute this Power of Attorney
as of the 17th day of June, 2009.


/s/ Larry Soll
------------------------------------
Larry Soll



                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

     The undersigned trustees of AIM EQUITY FUNDS, a Delaware statutory trust
(the "Registrant"), hereby appoint PHILIP A. TAYLOR and JOHN M. ZERR (with full
power to each of them to act alone) his/her attorney-in-fact and agent, in all
capacities, to execute, deliver and file in the names of the undersigned, any
and all instruments that said attorneys and agents may deem necessary or
advisable to enable the Registrant to comply with or register any security
issued by the Registrant under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and/or
the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and the rules, regulations and
interpretations thereunder, with respect to the Registrant's Registration
Statement on Form N-14 with respect to the proposed reorganization of Atlantic
Whitehall Growth Fund with and into AIM Large Cap Growth Fund, including any and
all pre- and post-effective amendments thereto, any other document to be filed
with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and any and all documents
required to be filed with respect thereto with any other regulatory authority.
Each of the undersigned grants to each of said attorneys, full authority to do
every act necessary to be done in order to effectuate the same as fully, to all
intents and purposes, as he/she could do if personally present, thereby
ratifying all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents may lawfully do or cause to
be done by virtue hereof.

     This Power of Attorney may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of
which shall be deemed to be an original and all of which shall be deemed to be a
single document.

     The undersigned officers and trustees hereby execute this Power of Attorney
as of the 17th day of June, 2009.


/s/ Raymond Stickel, Jr.
------------------------------------
Raymond Stickel, Jr.



                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

     The undersigned trustees of AIM EQUITY FUNDS, a Delaware statutory trust
(the "Registrant"), hereby appoint PHILIP A. TAYLOR and JOHN M. ZERR (with full
power to each of them to act alone) his/her attorney-in-fact and agent, in all
capacities, to execute, deliver and file in the names of the undersigned, any
and all instruments that said attorneys and agents may deem necessary or
advisable to enable the Registrant to comply with or register any security
issued by the Registrant under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and/or
the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and the rules, regulations and
interpretations thereunder, with respect to the Registrant's Registration
Statement on Form N-14 with respect to the proposed reorganization of Atlantic
Whitehall Growth Fund with and into AIM Large Cap Growth Fund, including any and
all pre- and post-effective amendments thereto, any other document to be filed
with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and any and all documents
required to be filed with respect thereto with any other regulatory authority.
Each of the undersigned grants to each of said attorneys, full authority to do
every act necessary to be done in order to effectuate the same as fully, to all
intents and purposes, as he/she could do if personally present, thereby
ratifying all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents may lawfully do or cause to
be done by virtue hereof.

     This Power of Attorney may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of
which shall be deemed to be an original and all of which shall be deemed to be a
single document.

     The undersigned officers and trustees hereby execute this Power of Attorney
as of the 17th day of June, 2009.


/s/ Philip A. Taylor
------------------------------------
Philip A. Taylor