EXHIBIT h(5)
MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT
This Memorandum of Agreement is entered into as of this 11th day of
June, 2003, between AIM Tax-Exempt Funds (the "Trust"), on behalf of AIM
Tax-Exempt Cash Fund (the "Fund"), and A I M Advisors, Inc. ("AIM"), and shall
be effective as of the date that the Transaction (as defined below) is
consummated.
WHEREAS, the Board of Directors of INVESCO Money Market Funds, Inc.
("IMMFI") and the Board of Trustees of the Trust have approved the following
business transaction (the "Transaction"): the acquisition by the Fund, a series
portfolio of the Trust, of all of the assets of INVESCO Tax-Free Money Fund, a
series portfolio of IMMFI, and the assumption by the Fund of the liabilities of
INVESCO Tax-Free Money Fund, pursuant to an Agreement and Plan of Reorganization
among IMMFI, the Trust, AIM and INVESCO Funds Group, Inc.
Now, for and in consideration of the mutual terms and agreements set
forth herein and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and
sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the Trust and AIM agree as follows:
The Trust and AIM agree until the end of the period set forth on the
attached Exhibit "A" that AIM will waive its fees or reimburse expenses to the
extent that expenses (excluding interest, taxes, dividends on short sales, fund
merger and reorganization expenses, extraordinary items, including other items
designated as such by the Board of Trustees, and increases in expenses due to
expense offset arrangements, if any) of a class of the Fund exceed the rate, on
an annualized basis, set forth on Exhibit "A" of the average daily net assets
allocable to such class. The Board of Trustees and AIM may terminate or modify
this Memorandum of Agreement prior to the end of the period set forth on Exhibit
"A" only by mutual written consent. AIM will not have any right to reimbursement
of any amount so waived or reimbursed.
It is expressly agreed that the obligations of the Trust hereunder
shall not be binding upon any of the Trustees, shareholders, nominees, officers,
agents or employees of the Trust personally, but shall only bind the assets and
property of the Fund, as provided in the Trust's Agreement and Declaration of
Trust. The execution and delivery of this Memorandum of Agreement have been
authorized by the Trustees of the Trust, and this Memorandum of Agreement has
been executed and delivered by an authorized officer of the Trust acting as
such; neither such authorization by such Trustees nor such execution and
delivery by such officer shall be deemed to have been made by any of them
individually or to impose any liability on any of them personally, but shall
bind only the assets and property of the Fund, as provided in the Trust's
Agreement and Declaration of Trust.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Trust and AIM have entered into this Memorandum
of Agreement as of the date first above written.
AIM Tax-Exempt Funds,
on behalf of the Fund listed in Exhibit "A"
to this Memorandum of Agreement
By: /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
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Title: President
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A I M Advisors, Inc.
By: /s/ Xxxx X. Xxxxxxxxxx
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Title: President
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EXHIBIT "A"
AIM TAX-EXEMPT FUNDS
EXPENSE
FUND LIMITATION COMMITTED FOR
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AIM Tax-Exempt Cash Fund
Class A 0.77% a period of one year beginning on the
date that the Transaction is
consummated
Investor Class 0.67% a period of one year beginning on the
date that the Transaction is
consummated