EXHIBIT 17
EVERY SHAREHOLDER'S VOTE IS IMPORTANT! PLEASE VOTE YOUR PROXY TODAY!
PROXY CARD PROXY SOLICITED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS (THE "BOARD") PROXY CARD
OF
INVESCO VIF-HIGH YIELD FUND
(A PORTFOLIO OF INVESCO VARIABLE INVESTMENT FUNDS, INC.)
PROXY FOR SPECIAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS TO BE HELD MARCH 26, 2004
The undersigned hereby appoints Robert H. Graham 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 March 26, 2004, 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 THE 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 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.
1. To approve an Agreement and Plan of Reorganization under which all of the
assets of INVESCO VIF - High Yield Fund, an investment portfolio of
INVESCO Variable Investment Funds, Inc. ("Company"), will be transferred
to AIM V.I. Growth Fund ("Buying Fund"), an investment portfolio of AIM
Variable Insurance Funds ("Buyer"), Buying Fund will assume the
liabilities of INVESCO VIF - High Yield Fund and Buyer will issue shares
of each class of Buying Fund to shareholders of the corresponding class of
shares of INVESCO VIF - High Yield Fund.
FOR AGAINST ABSTAIN
[ ] [ ] [ ]
2. To elect sixteen individuals to the Board of Company, each of whom will
serve until his or her successor is elected and qualified:
<Table>
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
</Table>
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.
WITHHOLD
FOR AUTHORITY FOR ALL
ALL FOR ALL NOMINEES EXCEPT
[ ] [ ] [ ]
3. To approve a new Investment Advisory Agreement with A I M Advisors, Inc.
FOR AGAINST ABSTAIN
[ ] [ ] [ ]
4. To approve a new Sub-Advisory Agreement between A I M Advisors, Inc. and
INVESCO Institutional (N.A.), Inc.
FOR AGAINST ABSTAIN
[ ] [ ] [ ]
5. To approve an Agreement and Plan of Reorganization which provides for the
redomestication of each series portfolio of Company as a new series
portfolio of AIM Variable Insurance Funds, an existing Delaware statutory
trust and, in connection therewith, the sale of all of the Company's
assets and the dissolution of the Company as a Maryland corporation.
FOR AGAINST ABSTAIN
[ ] [ ] [ ]
IN THE DISCRETION OF SUCH PROXIES, UPON SUCH OTHER BUSINESS AS MAY
PROPERLY COME BEFORE THE MEETING OR ANY ADJOURNMENT THEREOF.
EVERY SHAREHOLDER'S VOTE IS IMPORTANT! PLEASE VOTE YOUR PROXY TODAY!
PROXY CARD PROXY SOLICITED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS (THE "BOARD") PROXY CARD
OF
INVESCO VIF-GROWTH FUND
(A PORTFOLIO OF INVESCO VARIABLE INVESTMENT FUNDS, INC.)
PROXY FOR SPECIAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS TO BE HELD MARCH 26, 2004
The undersigned hereby appoints Robert H. Graham 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 March 26, 2004, 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 THE 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 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 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.
1. To approve an Agreement and Plan of Reorganization under which all of the
assets of INVESCO VIF - Growth Fund, an investment portfolio of INVESCO
Variable Investment Funds, Inc. ("Company"), will be transferred to AIM
V.I. Growth Fund ("Buying Fund"), an investment portfolio of AIM Variable
Insurance Funds ("Buyer"), Buying Fund will assume the liabilities of
INVESCO VIF - Growth Fund and Buyer will issue shares of each class of
Buying Fund to shareholders of the corresponding class of shares of
INVESCO VIF - Growth Fund.
FOR AGAINST ABSTAIN
[ ] [ ] [ ]
2. To elect sixteen individuals to the Board of Company, each of whom will
serve until his or her successor is elected and qualified:
<Table>
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
</Table>
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.
WITHHOLD
FOR AUTHORITY FOR ALL
ALL FOR ALL NOMINEES EXCEPT
[ ] [ ] [ ]
3. To approve a new Investment Advisory Agreement with A I M Advisors, Inc.
FOR AGAINST ABSTAIN
[ ] [ ] [ ]
4. To approve a new Sub-Advisory Agreement between A I M Advisors, Inc. and
INVESCO Institutional (N.A.), Inc.
FOR AGAINST ABSTAIN
[ ] [ ] [ ]
5. To approve an Agreement and Plan of Reorganization which provides for the
redomestication of each series portfolio of Company as a new series
portfolio of AIM Variable Insurance Funds, an existing Delaware statutory
trust and, in connection therewith, the sale of all of the Company's
assets and the dissolution of the Company as a Maryland corporation.
FOR AGAINST ABSTAIN
[ ] [ ] [ ]
IN THE DISCRETION OF SUCH PROXIES, UPON SUCH OTHER BUSINESS AS MAY
PROPERLY COME BEFORE THE MEETING OR ANY ADJOURNMENT THEREOF.