EXHIBIT h(3)(a)
MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT
This Memorandum of Agreement is entered into as of this 1st day of
July, 2002, between AIM Series Trust (the "Trust"), on behalf of the fund listed
on Exhibit "A" to this Memorandum of Agreement (the "Fund"), and A I M Advisors,
Inc. ("AIM").
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 date set forth on the attached
Exhibit "A" that AIM will waive its fees or reimburse expenses to the extent
that the expenses (excluding interest, taxes, dividend expense on short sales,
extraordinary items and increases in expenses due to expense offset
arrangements, if any) of a class of the Fund exceed the rate set forth on
Exhibit "A" of the average daily net assets allocable to such class. Neither the
Trust nor AIM may remove or amend the expense limitations to the Trust's
detriment prior to the date set forth on Exhibit "A." AIM will not have any
right to reimbursement of any amount so waived or reimbursed.
The Trust and AIM agree to review the then-current expense limitations
for each class of the Fund listed on Exhibit "A" on a date prior to the date
listed on that Exhibit to determine whether such limitations should be amended,
continued or terminated. Unless the Trust, by vote of its Board of Trustees, or
AIM terminates the limitations, or the Trust and AIM are unable to reach an
agreement on the amount of the limitations to which the Trust and AIM desire to
be bound, the limitations will continue for additional one-year terms at the
rate to which the Trust and AIM mutually agree. Exhibit "A" will be amended to
reflect that rate and the new date through which the Trust and AIM agree to be
bound.
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 Series Trust,
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/ XXXXXX X. XXXXXX
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Title: President
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EXHIBIT "A"
AIM SERIES TRUST
FUND EXPENSE LIMITATION COMMITTED UNTIL
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AIM Global Trends Fund
Class A 2.00% June 30, 2003
Class B 2.50% June 30, 2003
Class C 2.50% June 30, 2003
