AMENDMENT NO. 4
TO
MASTER INVESTMENT ADVISORY AGREEMENT
This Amendment dated as of July 1, 2004, amends the Master Investment
Advisory Agreement (the "Agreement"), dated June 21, 2000, between AIM Equity
Funds, a Delaware statutory trust, and A I M Advisors, Inc., a Delaware
corporation.
WITNESSETH:
WHEREAS, the parties desire to amend the Agreement to reduce the
advisory fee for the AIM Dent Demographic Trends Fund;
NOW, THEREFORE, the parties agree as follows;
1. Appendix B to the Agreement are hereby deleted in their
entirety and replaced with the following:
"APPENDIX B
COMPENSATION TO THE ADVISOR
The Trust shall pay the Advisor, out of the assets of a Fund, as full
compensation for all services rendered, an advisory fee for such Fund set forth
below. Such fee shall be calculated by applying the following annual rates to
the average daily net assets of such Fund for the calendar year computed in the
manner used for the determination of the net asset value of shares of such Fund.
AIM AGGRESSIVE GROWTH FUND
NET ASSETS ANNUAL RATE
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First $150 million................................................................................... 0.80%
Over $150 million.................................................................................... 0.625%
AIM BLUE CHIP FUND
AIM CAPITAL DEVELOPMENT FUND
NET ASSETS ANNUAL RATE
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First $350 million.................................................................................. 0.75%
Over $350 million.................................................................................... 0.625%
AIM CHARTER FUND
AIM CONSTELLATION FUND
NET ASSETS ANNUAL RATE
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First $30 million.................................................................................... 1.00%
Over $30 million to and including $150 million....................................................... 0.75%
Over $150 million.................................................................................... 0.625%
AIM DENT DEMOGRAPHIC TRENDS FUND
NET ASSETS ANNUAL RATE
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First $2 billion..................................................................................... 0.77%
Over $2 billion...................................................................................... 0.72%
AIM EMERGING GROWTH FUND
NET ASSETS ANNUAL RATE
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First $1 billion..................................................................................... 0.85%
Over $1 billion...................................................................................... 0.80%
AIM LARGE CAP BASIC VALUE FUND
NET ASSETS ANNUAL RATE
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First $1 billion..................................................................................... 0.60%
Over $1 billion to and including $ 2 billion......................................................... 0.575%
Over $2 billion...................................................................................... 0.55%
AIM CORE STRATEGIES FUND
AIM DIVERSIFIED DIVIDEND FUND
AIM LARGE CAP GROWTH FUND
NET ASSETS ANNUAL RATE
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First $1 billion..................................................................................... 0.75%
Over $1 billion to and including $ 2 billion......................................................... 0.70%
Over $2 billion...................................................................................... 0.625%
AIM MID CAP GROWTH FUND
NET ASSETS ANNUAL RATE
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First $1 billion..................................................................................... 0.80%
Over $1 billion...................................................................................... 0.75%
AIM U.S. GROWTH FUND
AIM BASIC VALUE II FUND
NET ASSETS ANNUAL RATE
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First $1 billion..................................................................................... 0.75%
Over $1 billion to and including $2 billion.......................................................... 0.70%
Over $2 billion...................................................................................... 0.65%
AIM XXXXXXXXXX FUND
NET ASSETS ANNUAL RATE
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First $30 million.................................................................................... 1.00%
Over $30 million to and including $350 million....................................................... 0.75%
Over $350 million.................................................................................... 0.625%"
2. In all other respects, the Agreement is hereby confirmed and
remains in full force and effect.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Agreement to be
executed by their respective officers on the date first written above.
AIM EQUITY FUNDS
Attest: /s/ Xxxx X. Xxxx By: /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
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Assistant Secretary Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
President
(SEAL)
A I M ADVISORS INC.
Attest: /s/ Xxxx X. Xxxx By: /s/ Xxxx X. Xxxxxxxxxx
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Assistant Secretary Xxxx X. Xxxxxxxxxx
President
(SEAL)
