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                                                                      EXHIBIT 17

      EVERY SHAREHOLDER'S VOTE IS IMPORTANT! PLEASE VOTE YOUR PROXY TODAY!



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     VOTING BY TELEPHONE                            VOTING BY INTERNET                               VOTING BY MAIL
                                                                                       
                                               Follow these six easy steps:                  Follow these three easy steps:
Follow these four easy steps:                  1.  Read the accompanying Proxy               1.  Read the accompanying Proxy
1.  Read the accompanying Proxy                    Statement and Proxy Card.                     Statement and Proxy Card.
    Statement and Proxy Card.                  2.  Go to the Web site                        2.  Please mark, sign and date
2.  Call the toll-free number                      www.aiminvestments.com.                       your Proxy Card.
    1-888-221-0697.                            3.  Click on the My Account tab.              3.  Return the Proxy Card in the
3.  Enter your Control Number listed           4.  Click on the 2003 Proxy Information           postage-paid envelope provided or
    on the Proxy Card.                             link.                                         return it to Proxy Tabulator, P.O.
4.  Follow the recorded instructions.          5.  Follow the instructions provided.             Box 9123, Hingham, MA 02043-9723.
                                               6.  Enter your Control Number listed on
                                                   the Proxy Card.
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    DO NOT RETURN YOUR PROXY CARD IF YOU ARE VOTING BY TELEPHONE OR INTERNET.

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                CONTROL NUMBER FOR TELEPHONE OR INTERNET VOTING.
                   EACH PROXY CARD HAS ITS OWN CONTROL NUMBER.

                   ****CONTROL NUMBER: 999 999 999 999 99****
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        -- Please fold and detach card at perforation before mailing. --

PROXY CARD                                                            PROXY CARD
             PROXY SOLICITED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS (THE "BOARD")

                                       OF

                              INVESCO EUROPEAN FUND

               (A PORTFOLIO OF INVESCO INTERNATIONAL FUNDS, INC.)

      PROXY FOR SPECIAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS TO BE HELD OCTOBER 21, 2003

The undersigned hereby appoints Bob R. Baker, Glen A. Payne and Mark H.
Williamson, 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 October 21, 2003, 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" THE APPROVAL OF EACH OTHER PROPOSAL AND "FOR" EACH NOMINEE.

                              --  PROXY MUST BE SIGNED AND DATED BELOW.

                              Dated                      2003
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                                        Signature(s) (if held jointly)


                              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 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, please sign in the
                              partnership name.



         o Please fold and detach card at perforation before mailing. o

  -- PLEASE FILL IN BOX AS SHOWN USING BLACK OR BLUE INK OR NUMBER 2 PENCIL. --
     PLEASE DO NOT USE FINE POINT PENS.

                                                                   PLEASE MARK
                                                             [X]   VOTE AS IN
                                                                   THIS EXAMPLE.

THIS PROXY IS SOLICITED ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD.  THE BOARD RECOMMENDS VOTING
"FOR" THE APPROVAL OF THE PROPOSAL.
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1.  To approve an Agreement and Plan of Reorganization under which all of the       FOR      AGAINST      ABSTAIN
    assets of INVESCO European Fund, an investment portfolio of INVESCO             [ ]        [ ]          [ ]
    International Funds, Inc. ("Company"), will be transferred to AIM European
    Growth Fund ("Buying Fund"), an investment portfolio of AIM International
    Funds, Inc. ("Buyer"), Buying Fund will assume the liabilities of INVESCO
    European Fund and Buyer will issue shares of each class of each class of
    Buying Fund to shareholders of the corresponding class of share of INVESCO
    European Fund.
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2.  To elect sixteen individuals to the Board of Company, each of whom will
    serve until his or her successor is elected and qualified:

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                                                                                                             WITHHOLD
                                                                                                    FOR      AUTHORITY      FOR ALL
                                                                                                    ALL  FOR ALL NOMINEES    EXCEPT
01  Bob R. Baker       05  Albert R. Dowden      09  Robert H. Graham     13  Ruth H. Quigley       [ ]         [ ]           [ ]
02  Frank S. Bayley    06  Edward K. Dunn, Jr.   10  Gerald J. Lewis      14  Louis S. Sklar
03  James T. Bunch     07  Jack M. Fields        11  Prema Mathai-Davis   15  Larry Soll, Ph.D
04  Bruce L. Crockett  08  Carl Frischling       12  Lewis F. Pennock     16  Mark H. Williamson

TO WITHHOLD YOUR VOTE FOR ANY INDIVIDUAL NOMINEE, MARK THE "FOR ALL EXCEPT" BOX
AND WRITE THE NOMINEE'S NUMBER(S) ON THE LINE PROVIDED.

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3.   To approve a new Investment Advisory Agreement with A I M Advisors, Inc.                       FOR      AGAINST        ABSTAIN
                                                                                                    [ ]        [ ]            [ ]

4.  To approve an Agreement and Plan of Reorganization which provides for the                       [ ]        [ ]            [ ]
    redomestication of Company as a Delaware statutory trust and, in connection
    therewith, the sale of all of Company's assets and the dissolution of
    Company as a Maryland corporation.
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    IN THE DISCRETION OF SUCH PROXIES, UPON SUCH OTHER BUSINESS AS MAY PROPERLY
    COME BEFORE THE MEETING OR ANY ADJOURNMENT THEREOF.