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                                                                   EXHIBIT 17(c)


      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 VALUE EQUITY FUND

                   (A PORTFOLIO OF INVESCO STOCK 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
                                          --------------------------------

                                    -------------------------------------------
                                            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 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, 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" EACH PROPOSAL.

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                                                                                                FOR         AGAINST         ABSTAIN
1.  To approve an Agreement and Plan of Reorganization under which all of the                   [ ]           [ ]             [ ]
    assets of INVESCO Value Equity Fund, an investment portfolio of INVESCO
    Stock Funds, Inc. ("Company"), will be transferred to AIM Large Cap Basic
    Value Fund, ("Buying Fund"), an investment portfolio of AIM Equity Funds
    ("Buyer"), Buying Fund will assume the liabilities of INVESCO Value Equity
    Fund and Buyer will issue shares of each class of Buying Fund to
    shareholders of the corresponding class of shares of INVESCO Value Equity
    Fund.

2.  To elect sixteen individuals to the Board of Company, each of whom will
    serve until his or her successor is elected and qualified:
                                                                                                             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 NUMBER(S) ON THE LINE PROVIDED.

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

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.