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EXHIBIT 17
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VOTE BY TELEPHONE
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Have your proxy card available
when you call the TOLL-FREE
NUMBER 1-800-XXX-XXXX using a
touch-tone telephone. You will
be prompted to enter your
Control Number. Please follow
the simple prompts that will
be presented to you to record
your vote.
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VOTE BY INTERNET
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Have your proxy card available
when you access the website
http://www.aimfunds.com. You
will be prompted to enter your
Control Number. Please follow
the simple prompts that will
be presented to you to record
your vote.
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VOTE BY MAIL
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Please mark, sign and date
your proxy card and return it
in the POSTAGE-PAID ENVELOPE
provided or return it to:
Proxy Tabulator, P.O. Box
xxxx, Hingham, MA 02043-xxxx.
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VOTE BY TELEPHONE VOTE BY INTERNET VOTE BY MAIL
Call TOLL-FREE using a Access the WEBSITE and Return your proxy
Touch-Tone phone: Cast your vote: in the POSTAGE-PAID
1-800-XXX-XXXX http://www.aimfunds.com envelope provided
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VOTE 24 HOURS A DAY, 7 DAYS A WEEK!
IF YOU VOTE BY TELEPHONE OR INTERNET, PLEASE DO NOT SEND YOUR PROXY BY MAIL.
YOUR CONTROL NUMBER IS:
PROXY MUST BE SIGNED AND DATED BELOW.
o PLEASE FOLD AND DETACH CARD AT PERFORATION BEFORE MAILING. o
EVERY SHAREHOLDER'S VOTE IS IMPORTANT! PLEASE SIGN, DATE AND RETURN YOUR PROXY TODAY!
PROXY CARD PROXY CARD
PROXY SOLICITED BY THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF
AIM LATIN AMERICAN GROWTH FUND
(A PORTFOLIO OF AIM INVESTMENT FUNDS)
PROXY FOR SPECIAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS TO BE HELD AUGUST 17, 2001
The undersigned hereby appoints Robert H. Graham and Gary T. Crum, and each of them separately, proxies with the
power of substitution to each, and hereby authorizes them to represent and to vote, as designated below, at the
Special Meeting of Shareholders on August 17, 2001, at 3:00 p.m., Central time, and at any adjournment thereof,
all of the shares of the fund which the undersigned would be entitled to vote if personally present. IF THIS
PROXY IS SIGNED AND RETURNED WITH NO CHOICES INDICATED, THE SHARES WILL BE VOTED "FOR" EACH TRUSTEE AND "FOR"
THE APPROVAL OF THE PROPOSAL.
NOTE: PLEASE SIGN EXACTLY AS
YOUR NAME APPEARS ON THIS
PROXY CARD. All joint owners
should sign. When signing as
executor, administrator,
attorney, trustee or guardian
or as custodian for a minor,
please give full title as
such. If a corporation, please
sign in full corporate name
and indicate the signer's
office. If a partner, sign in
the partnership name.
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Signature
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Signature (if held jointly)
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Dated
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o PLEASE FOLD AND DETACH CARD AT PERFORATION BEFORE MAILING. o
THIS PROXY IS SOLICITED ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES. THE TRUSTEES RECOMMEND VOTING "FOR" EACH TRUSTEE AND "FOR" THE APPROVAL
OF THE PROPOSAL. TO VOTE, FILL IN BOX COMPLETELY. EXAMPLE: [X]
WITHHOLD
1. To elect twelve individuals to the Board of Trustees of AIM Investment Funds, each of FOR AUTHORITY FOR ALL
whom will serve until his or her successor is elected and qualified: ALL FOR ALL NOMINEES EXCEPT
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01 Frank S. Bayley 04 Albert R. Dowden 07 Carl Frichling 10 Lewis F. Pennock
02 Bruce L. Crockett 05 Edward K. Dunn, Jr. 08 Robert H. Graham 11 Ruth H. Quigley
03 Owen Daly II 06 Jack M. Fields 09 Prema Mathai-Davis 12 Louis S. Sklar
TO WITHHOLD YOUR VOTE FOR ANY INDIVIDUAL NOMINEE, MARK THE "FOR ALL EXCEPT" BOX AND WRITE
THE NOMINEE'S NUMBER ON THE LINE PROVIDED.
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FOR AGAINST ABSTAIN
2. To approve an Agreement and Plan of Reorganization that provides for the combination of [ ] [ ] [ ]
AIM Latin American Growth Fund, a portfolio of AIM Investment Funds, with AIM Developing
Markets Fund, a portfolio of AIM Investment Funds.
3. IN THE DISCRETION OF SUCH PROXIES, UPON SUCH OTHER BUSINESS AS MAY PROPERLY COME BEFORE
THE MEETING OR ANY ADJOURNMENT THEREOF.