MASTER DISTRIBUTION PLAN AND AGREEMENT
(CLASS B SHARES)
(Securitization Feature)
THIS MASTER DISTRIBUTION PLAN AND AGREEMENT made as of the 23rd day of
August, 2000, by and between each registered investment company referenced in
Schedule A, each a Maryland Corporation (each individually referred to as
"Company"), with respect to the series of shares of the common stock of the
Funds set forth on Schedule A to this Agreement as amended from time to time
(the "Funds") (the shares of each of the Funds hereinafter referred to as the
"Class B Shares") and INVESCO DISTRIBUTORS, INC., a Delaware corporation
("IDI").
WHEREAS, the Company engages in business as one or more open-end management
investment companies, and is registered as such under the Investment Company Act
of 1940, as amended (the "Act"); and
WHEREAS, the Company desires to finance the distribution of the Class B
Shares of common stock of each Fund, together with the Class B Shares of any
additional Fund that may hereafter be offered to the public, in accordance with
this Master Distribution Plan and Agreement of Distribution pursuant to Rule
12b-1 under the Act (the "Plan and Agreement"); and
WHEREAS, IDI desires to be retained to perform services in accordance with
this Plan and Agreement and on the terms and conditions contained herein; and
WHEREAS, this Plan and Agreement has been approved by a vote of the board
of directors of the Company, including a majority of the directors who are not
interested persons of the Company, as defined in the Act, and who have no direct
or indirect financial interest in the operation of this Plan and Agreement (the
"Independent Directors"), cast in person at a meeting called for the purpose of
voting on this Plan and Agreement;
NOW, THEREFORE, the Company hereby adopts the Plan set forth herein and the
Company and IDI hereby enter into this Agreement pursuant to the Plan in
accordance with the requirements of Rule 12b-1 under the Act, and provide and
agree as follows:
FIRST: The Plan is defined as those provisions of this document by which
the Company adopts a Plan pursuant to Rule 12b-1 under the Act and authorizes
payments as described herein. The Agreement is defined as those provisions of
this document by which the Company retains IDI to provide distribution services
beyond those required by the Underwriting Agreement between the parties, as are
described herein. The Company may retain the Plan notwithstanding termination of
the Agreement. Termination of the Plan will automatically terminate the
Agreement. Each Fund is hereby authorized to utilize the assets of the Company
belonging to such Fund to finance certain activities in connection with
distribution of such Fund's Class B Shares.
SECOND: The Company on behalf of the Class B Shares hereby appoints IDI as
its exclusive agent for the sale of the Class B Shares to the public directly
and through investment dealers and financial institutions in the United States
and throughout the world in accordance with the terms of the current
prospectuses applicable to the Funds. If subsequent to the termination of IDI's
services to the Company pursuant to this Agreement, the Company retains the
services of another Distributor (as defined below), the Company shall enter into
a separate distribution agreement with such Distributor which shall contain
provisions comparable to paragraphs THIRD, SIXTH and EIGHTH hereof and Exhibit A
hereto, and without limiting the generality of the foregoing, will require such
Distributor to maintain and make available to IDI records regarding sales,
redemptions and reinvestments of Class B shares necessary to implement the terms
of paragraphs THIRD, SIXTH and EIGHTH hereof.
THIRD:
(A) The Class B shares of each Fund may incur expenses per annum of the
average daily net assets of the Company attributable to the Class B
Shares of such Fund at the rates set forth in Schedule B subject to
any limitations imposed from time to time after the date hereof by
applicable rules of the National Association of Securities Dealers
Regulation, Inc. ("NASDR"). The Company may pay any institution
selected to act as the Company's agent for distribution of the Class B
Shares of any Fund form time to time together with IDI (each a
"Distributor") at the rates set forth on Schedule B. All such payments
are the legal obligations of the Company and not of the Distributor or
its designee. The asset based sales charges payable pursuant to
Schedule B (the "Distribution Fees") with regard to Class B Shares of
each Fund shall be paid by the Company to the Distributor or, if more
than one institution is acting or has acted as Distributor with regard
to such Class B Shares, the Distribution Fees shall be paid to each
such Distributor in proportion to the number of Class B Shares sold by
or attributable to such Distributor's distribution efforts with regard
to such Class B Shares in accordance with the Allocation Schedule
attached hereto as Exhibit A (the "Allocation Schedule")
notwithstanding that such Distributor's distribution agreement with
the Company or the Agreement may have been terminated ("Distributor's
12b-1 Share"). Distributor will be deemed to have performed all
services required to be performed in order to be entitled to receive
its Distributor's 12b-1 Share of the Distribution Fees with respect to
Class B Shares upon the settlement of each sale of Class B Shares (or
share of another fund from which the Class B Share derives) taken into
account in determining such Distributor's 12b-1 Share (including other
shares that derive from such Class B Shares). Distributor's 12b-1
Share of the Distribution Fees shall be a percentage, which shall be
recomputed periodically (but not less than monthly) in accordance with
the Allocation Schedule. The Distributor's 12b-1 Share of the
Distribution Fees shall accrue daily and be paid to such Distributor
as soon as practicable after the end of each calendar month within
which it accrues but in any event within 10 business days after the
end of each such calendar month provided, however, that any notices
and calculation required by paragraph EIGHTH (B) and (C) have been
received by the Company
(B) IDI shall maintain adequate books and records to permit calculations
periodically (but not less than monthly) of, and shall calculate on a
monthly basis, the Distributor's 12b-1 Share of the Distribution Fees
to be paid to IDI. The Company shall be entitled to rely on IDI's
books, records and calculations relating to Distributor's 12b-1 Share.
FOURTH: The Company shall not sell any Class B Shares except through the
Distributor and under the terms and conditions set forth in the FIFTH paragraph
below. Notwithstanding the provisions of the foregoing sentence, however:
(A) the Company may issue Class B Shares to any other investment company or
personal holding company, or to the shareholders thereof, in exchange for all or
a majority of the shares or assets of any such company; and
(B) the Company may issue Class B Shares at their net asset value in
connection with certain classes of transactions or to certain categories of
persons, in accordance with Rule 22d-1 under the Act, provided that any such
category is specified in the then current prospectus of the applicable Class B
Shares.
FIFTH: IDI hereby accepts appointment as exclusive agent for the sale of
the Class B Shares and agrees that it will use its best efforts to sell such
shares; provided, however, that:
(A) IDI may, and when requested by the Company on behalf of the Class B
Shares shall, suspend its efforts to effectuate such sales at any time when, in
the opinion of IDI or of the Company, no sales should be made because of market
or other economic considerations or abnormal circumstances of any kind; and
(B) the Company may withdraw the offering of the Class B Shares at any time
without the consent of IDI. It is mutually understood and agreed that IDI does
not undertake to sell any specific amount of the Class B Shares. The Company
shall have the right to specify minimum amounts for initial and subsequent
orders for the purchase of Class B Shares.
(C) IDI shall provide to the Company's Board of Directors and the Board of
Directors shall review, at least quarterly, a written report of the amounts
expended pursuant to the Plan and Agreement and the purposes for which such
expenditures were made.
SIXTH:
(A) The public offering price of the Class B shares shall be the net asset
value per share of the applicable Class B shares. Net asset value per share
shall be determined in accordance with the provisions of the then current
prospectus and statement of additional information of the applicable Fund. The
Distributor may establish a schedule of contingent deferred sales charges to be
imposed at the time of redemption of the Class B Shares, and such schedule shall
be disclosed in the current prospectus or statement of additional information of
each Fund. Such schedule of contingent deferred sales charges may reflect
scheduled variations in or waivers of such charges on redemptions of Class B
shares, either generally to the public or to any specified class of shareholders
and/or in connection with any specified class of transactions, in accordance
with applicable rules and regulations and exemptive relief granted by the
Securities and Exchange Commission, and as set forth in the Funds' current
prospectus(es) or statement(s) of additional information. The Distributor and
the Company shall apply any then applicable scheduled variation in or waiver of
contingent deferred sales charges uniformly to all shareholders and/or all
transactions belonging to a specified class.
(B) The Distributor may pay to investment dealers and other financial
institutions through whom Class B Shares are sold, such sales commission as the
Distributor may specify from time to time. Payment of such sales commissions
shall be the sole obligation of the Distributor.
(C) Amounts set forth in Schedule B may be used to finance any activity
which is primarily intended to result in the sale of the Class B Shares,
including, but not limited to, expenses of organizing and conducting sales
seminars, running advertising programs, payment of finders fees, printing of
prospectuses and statements of additional information (and supplements thereto)
and reports for other than existing shareholders, preparation and distribution
of advertising material and sales literature, payment of overhead, supplemental
payments to dealers and other institutions as asset-based sales charges and
providing such other services and activities as may from time to time be agreed
upon by the Company. Such reports, prospectuses and statements of additional
information (and supplements thereto), sales literature, advertising and other
services and activities may be prepared and/or conducted either by Distributor's
own staff, the staff of affiliated companies of the Distributor, or third
parties.
(D) Amounts set forth in Schedule B may also be used to finance payments of
service fees under a shareholder service arrangement to be established by
Distributor in accordance with Section E below, and the costs of administering
the Plan and Agreement. To the extent that amounts paid hereunder are not used
specifically to compensate Distributor for any such expense, such amounts may be
treated as compensation for Distributor's shareholder-related services. All
amounts expended pursuant to the Plan and Agreement shall be paid to Distributor
and are the legal obligation of the Company and not of Distributor. No provision
of this Plan and Agreement shall be interpreted to prohibit any payments by the
Company during periods when the Company has suspended or otherwise limited
sales.
(E) Amounts expended by the Company under the Plan shall be used in part
for the implementation by Distributor of shareholder service arrangements. The
maximum service fee paid to any service provider shall be twenty-five
one-hundredths of one percent (0.25%) per annum of the average daily net assets
of the Company attributable to the Class B Shares owned by the customers of such
service provider, or such lower rate as is specified on Schedule B.
(1) Pursuant to this program, Distributor may enter into agreements
("Service Agreements") with such broker-dealers ("Dealers") as may be
selected from time to time by Distributor, including IDI acting as
principal, for the provision of distribution-related personal shareholder
services in connection with the sale of Class B Shares to the Dealers'
clients and customers ("Customers") to Customers who may from time to time
directly or beneficially own Shares. The distribution-related personal
continuing shareholder services to be rendered by Dealers under the Service
Agreements may include, but shall not be limited to, the following : (i)
distributing sales literature; (ii) answering routine Customer inquiries
concerning the Company and the Class B Shares; (iii) assisting Customers in
changing dividend options, account designations and addresses, and in
enrolling into any of several retirement plans offered in connection with
the purchase of Class B Shares; (iv) assisting in the establishment and
maintenance of customer accounts and records, and in the processing of
purchase and redemption transactions; (v) investing dividends and capital
gains distributions automatically in Class B Shares; and (vi) providing
such other information and services as the Company or the Customer may
reasonably request.
(2) Distributor may also enter into agreements ("Third Party Agreements")
with selected banks, financial planners, retirement plan service providers
and other appropriate third parties acting in an agency capacity for their
customers ("Third Parties"). Third Parties acting in such capacity will
provide some or all of the shareholder services to their customers as set
forth in the Third Party Agreements from time to time.
(3) Distributor may also enter into variable group annuity contractholder
service agreements ("Variable Contract Agreements") with selected insurance
companies ("Insurance Companies") offering variable annuity contracts to
employers as funding vehicles for retirement plans qualified under Section
401(a) of the Internal Revenue Code, where amounts contributed under such
plans are invested pursuant to such variable annuity contracts in Class B
Shares of the Company. The Insurance Companies receiving payments under
such Variable Contract Agreements will provide specialized services to
contractholders and plan participants, as set forth in the Variable
Contract Agreements from time to time.
(4) Distributor may also enter into shareholder service agreements ("Bank
Trust Department Agreements and Brokers for Bank Trust Department
Agreements") with selected bank trust departments and brokers for bank
trust departments. Such bank trust departments and brokers for bank trust
departments will provide some or all of the shareholder services to their
customers as set forth in the Bank Trust Department Agreements and Brokers
for Bank Trust Department Agreements.
(F) No provision of this Plan and Agreement shall be deemed to prohibit any
payments by a Fund to the Distributor or by a Fund or the Distributor to
investment dealers, financial institutions and 401(k) plan service providers
where such payments are made under the Plan and Agreement.
(G) The Company shall redeem Class B Shares from shareholders in accordance
with the terms set forth from time to time in the current prospectus and
statement of additional information of each Fund. The price to be paid to a
shareholder to redeem Class B Shares shall be equal to the net asset value of
the Class B Shares being redeemed ("gross redemption proceeds"), less any
applicable contingent deferred sales charge, calculated pursuant to the then
applicable schedule of contingent deferred sales charges ("net redemption
proceeds"). The Distributor shall be entitled to receive the amount of any
applicable contingent deferred sales charge that has been subtracted from gross
redemption proceeds (the "CDSC"), provided that the Class B Shares being
redeemed were ( i) issued by a Fund during the term of this Plan and Agreement
and any predecessor Plan and Agreement between the Company and the Distributor,
or (ii) issued by a Fund during or after the term of this Plan and Agreement or
any predecessor Plan and Agreement between the Company and the Distributor in
one or a series of free exchanges of Class B Shares for class B shares of
another fund, which can be traced to Class B Shares or class B shares of another
fund initially issued by a Fund or such other fund during the term of this Plan
and Agreement, any predecessor Plan and Agreemen (the "Distributor's Earned
CDSC"). The Company shall pay or cause the Company's transfer agent to pay the
Distributor's Earned CDSC to the Distributor on the date net redemption proceeds
are payable to the redeeming shareholder.
(H) The Distributor shall maintain adequate books and records to identify
Class B Shares ( i) issued by a Fund during the term of this Plan and Agreement
and any predecessor Plan and Agreement between the Company and the Distributor
or (ii) issued by a Fund during or after the term of this Plan and Agreement or
any predecessor Plan and Agreement between the Company and the Distributor in
one or a series of free exchanges of Class B Shares for class B shares of
another fund, which can be traced to Class B Shares or class b shares of another
fund initially issued by a Fund or such other fund during the term of this Plan
and Agreement, andy predecessor Plan and Agreement or any other distribution
agreement with the Distributor with respect to such other fund and shall
calculate the Distributor's Earned CDSC, if any, with respect to such Class B
Shares, upon their redemption. The Company shall be entitled to rely on
Distributor's books, records and calculations with respect to Distributor's
Earned CDSC.
SEVENTH: The Distributor shall act as agent of the Company on behalf of
each Fund in connection with the sale and redemption of Class B Shares. Except
with respect to such sales and repurchases, the Distributor shall act as
principal in all matters relating to the promotion or the sale of Class B Shares
and shall enter into all of its own engagements, agreements and contracts as
principal on its own account. The Distributor shall enter into agreements with
investment dealers and financial institutions selected by the Distributor,
authorizing such investment dealers and financial institutions to offer and sell
Class B Shares to the public upon the terms and conditions set forth therein,
which shall not be inconsistent with the provisions of this Agreement. Each
agreement shall provide that the investment dealer and financial institution
shall act as a principal, and not as an agent, of the Company on behalf of the
Funds. The Distributor or such other investment dealers or financial
institutions will be deemed to have performed all services required to be
performed in order to be entitled to receive the asset based sales charge
portion of any amounts payable with respect to Class B Shares to the Distributor
pursuant to the Plan and Agreement adopted by the Company on behalf of each Fund
upon the settlement of each sale of a Class B Share (or a share of another fund
from which the Class B Share derives).
EIGHTH:
(A) The Distributor may, from time to time, assign, transfer or pledge
("Transfer") to one or more designees (each an "Assignee"), its rights to all or
a designated portion of ( i) the Distributor's 12b-1 Share of the Distribution
Fees (but not the Distributor's duties and obligations pursuant hereto), and
(ii) the Distributor's Earned CDSC, free and clear of any offsets, claims or
defenses the Company may have against the Distributor including without
limitation, any of the foregoing based upon the insolvency or bankruptcy of the
Distributor. Each such Assignee's ownership interest in a Transfer of a
designated portion of a Distributor's 12b-1 Share of the Distribution Fees and
Distributor's Earned CDSC is hereinafter referred to as an "Assignee's 12b-1
Portion" and an "Assignee's CDSC Portion," respectively. A Transfer pursuant to
this Section EIGHTH: (A) shall not reduce or extinguish any claim of the Company
against the Distributor.
(B) The Distributor shall promptly notify the Company in writing of each
Transfer pursuant to Section EIGHTH: (A) by providing the Company with the name
and address of each such Assignee.
(C) The Distributor may direct the Company to pay directly to an Assignee
such Assignee's 12b-1 Portion and Assignee's CDSC Portion. In such event, the
Distributor shall provide the Company with a monthly calculation of (i) the
Distributor's Earned CDSC and Distributor's 12b-1 Share, and (ii) each
Assignee's 12b-1 Portion and Assignee's CDSC portion, if any, for such month
(the "Monthly Calculation"). The Monthly Calculation shall be provided to the
Company by the Distributor promptly after the close of each month or such other
time as agreed to by the Company and the Distributor which allows timely payment
of the Distributor's 12b-1 Share of the Distribution Fees and Distributor's
Earned CDSC and/or the Assignee's 12b-1 Portion and Assignee's CDSC Portion. The
Company shall not be liable for any interest on such payments occasioned by
delayed delivery of the Monthly Calculation by the Distributor. In such event
following receipt from the Distributor of ( i) notice of Transfer referred to in
Section(B) and (ii) each Monthly Calculation, the Company shall make all
payments directly to the Assignee or Assignees in accordance with the
information provided in such notice and Monthly Calculation, on the same terms
and conditions as if such payments were to be paid directly to the Distributor.
The Company shall be entitled to rely on Distributor's notices and Monthly
Calculations in respect of amounts to be paid pursuant to this Section EIGHTH:
(C).
(D) Alternatively, in connection with a Transfer, the Distributor may
direct the Company to pay all of its Distributor's 12b-1 Share of the
Distribution Fees and Distributor's Earned CDSC from time to time to a
depository or collection agent designated by any Assignee, which depository or
collection agent may be delegated the duty of dividing such Distributor's 12b-1
Share and Distributor's Earned CDSC between the Assignee's 12b-1 Portion and
Assignee's CDSC Portion and the balance of the Distributor's 12b-1 Share (such
balance, when distributed to the Distributor by the depository or collection
agent, the "Distributor's 12b-1 Portion") and of the Distributor's Earned CDSC
(such balance, when distributed to the Distributor by the depository or
collection agent, the "Distributor's Earned CDSC Portion"), in which case only
the Distributor's 12b-1 Portion and the Distributor's Earned CDSC Portion may be
subject to offsets or claims the Company may have against the Distributor.
(E) The Company shall not amend the Plan and Agreement to reduce the amount
payable to the Distributor or any Assignee with respect to the Class B Shares
for any Class B Shares which have been issued prior to the date of such
amendment.
(F) The Company shall not take any action to waive or change any contingent
deferred sales charge with respect to Class B Shares issued prior to the date of
the change in the contingent deferred sales charge, except under the
circumstances set forth in the prospectus in effect on the date such Class B
Shares were issued or as required by law or regulation, without the prior
written consent of the Distributor and its Assignee.
NINTH: The Distributor will accept orders for the purchase of Class B
Shares only to the extent of purchase orders actually received and not in excess
of such orders, and it will not avail itself of any opportunity of making a
profit by expediting or withholding orders. It is mutually understood and agreed
that the Company may reject purchase orders where, in the judgment of the
Company, such rejection is in the best interest of the Company.
TENTH: The Company, on behalf of the Funds, and the Distributor shall each
comply with all applicable provisions of the Act, the Securities Act of 1933,
rules and regulations of the National Association of Securities Dealers
Regulation, Inc. and its affiliates, and of all other federal and state laws,
rules and regulations governing the issuance and sale of Class B Shares.
ELEVENTH:
(A) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the Distributor
shall not be liable for any errors of the Funds' transfer agent, or
for any failure of any such transfer agent to perform its duties.
TWELVETH: Nothing herein contained shall require the Company to take any
action contrary to any provision of its Articles of Incorporation, or to any
applicable statute or regulation.
THIRTEENTH: This Plan and Agreement shall become effective as of the date
hereof, shall continue in force and effect until August 23, 2001, and shall
continue in force and effect from year to year thereafter, provided that such
continuance is specifically approved at least annually (a)(i) by the Board of
Directors of the Company or (ii) by the vote of a majority of the Funds'
outstanding voting securities of Class B Shares (as defined in Section 2(a)(42)
of the 1940 Act), and (b) by vote of a majority of the Company's directors who
are not parties to this Plan and Agreement or "interested persons" (as defined
in Section 2(a)(19) of the 0000 Xxx) of any party to this Plan and Agreement
("Independent Directors") cast in person at a meeting called for such purpose.
Any amendment to this Plan and Agreement that requires the approval of the
shareholders of Class B Shares pursuant to Rule 12b-1 under the 1940 Act shall
become effective as to such Class B Shares upon the approval of such amendment
by a "majority of the outstanding voting securities" (as defined in the 0000
Xxx) of such Class B Shares, provided that the Board of Directors of the Company
has approved such amendment.
FOURTEENTH: This Plan and Agreement, and any amendment to this Plan and
Agreement and any agreements related to this Plan and Agreement shall become
effective immediately upon the receipt by the Company of both (a) the
affirmative vote of a majority of the Board of Directors of the Company, and (b)
the affirmative vote of a majority of those directors of the Company who are not
"interested persons" of the Company (as defined in the 0000 Xxx) and have no
direct or indirect financial interest in the operation of this Plan and
Agreement or any agreements related to it (the "Independent Directors"), cast in
person at a meeting called for the purpose of voting on this Plan and Agreement
or such agreements. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no such amendment that
requires the approval of the shareholders of Class B Shares of a Company shall
become effective as to such Class B Shares until such amendment has been
approved by the shareholders of such Class B Shares in accordance with the
provisions of the THIRTEENTH paragraph of this Plan and Agreement.
This Plan and Agreement may not be amended to increase materially the
amount of distribution expenses provided for in Schedule B hereof unless such
amendment is approved in the manner provided in the second paragraph of the
THIRTEENTH paragraph, and no material amendment to the Plan and Agreement shall
be made unless approved in the manner provided for in the first paragraph of the
THIRTEENTH paragraph hereof.
So long as the Plan and Agreement remains in effect, the selection and
nomination of persons to serve as directors of the Company who are not
"interested persons" of the Company shall be committed to the discretion of the
directors then in office who are not "interested persons" of the Company.
However, nothing contained herein shall prevent the participation of other
persons in the selection and nomination process, provided that a final decision
on any such selection or nomination is within the discretion of, and approved
by, a majority of the directors of the Company then in office who are not
"interested persons" of the Company.
FITHTEENTH:
(A) This Plan and Agreement may be terminated with respect to the Class B
Shares of any Fund at any time, without the payment of any penalty, by vote of
the Board of Directors of the Company or by vote of a majority of the
outstanding voting securities of Class B Shares of such Fund, or by the
Distributor, on sixty (60) days' written notice to the other party.
(B) To the extent that this Plan and Agreement constitutes a Plan of
Distribution adopted pursuant to Rule 12b-1 under the Act, it may be terminated
at any time by vote of a majority of the Independent Directors or by vote of a
majority of the Funds' outstanding voting securities of Class B shares (as
defined in Section 2(a)(42) of the Act).
(C) To the extent that this Plan and Agreement constitutes a Plan of
Distribution adopted pursuant to Rule 12b-1 under the Act it shall remain in
effect as such, so as to authorize the use by each Fund of its assets
attributable to Class B Shares in the amounts and for the purposes set forth
herein, notwithstanding the occurrence of an "assignment," as defined by the Act
and the rules thereunder and notwithstanding the termination of the Agreement.
To the extent it constitutes an agreement with IDI pursuant to a plan, it shall
terminate automatically in the event of such "assignment." Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary in this Plan and Agreement, the Company's obligation to
pay the Distributor its Distributor's 12b-1 Share of the Distribution Fees shall
not be terminated or modified (including without limitation, by a change in the
terms applicable to the conversion of the Class B Shares into shares of another
class) for any reason (including the termination of the Plan or the Agreement
incorporated herein) except in connection with a Complete Termination (as
defined below). A termination of this Plan and Agreement with respect to any or
all Class B Shares of any or all Funds (including any Complete Termination)
shall not affect the obligation of the Company to withhold and pay to
Distributor contingent deferred sales charges to which the Distributor is
entitled. As used herein the term a "Complete Termination" of this Plan and
Agreement with regard to any Fund shall mean a termination of both this Plan and
the Agreement (and any successor plan) with regard to such Fund, provided that:
(i) the Independent Directors of the Company shall have acted in good faith and
shall have determined that such termination is in the best interest of the
Company and the shareholders of such Fund; (ii) the Company does not alter the
terms of the contingent deferred sales charge applicable to Class B Shares
outstanding at the time of such termination; and (iii) unless the Distributor at
the time of such termination was in material breach under the distribution
agreement with regard to such Fund, the Company shall not, with regard to such
Fund, pay to any person or entity, other than the Distributor or its designee,
either the asset based sales charge or the service fee (or any similar fee) with
regard to the Class B Shares sold by or attributable to the Distributor prior to
such termination.
(D) The Transfer of the Distributor's rights to the fees set forth on
Schedule B or the contingent deferred sales charge shall not cause termination
of this Agreement or be deemed to be an "assignment," as defined by the Act and
the rules thereunder.
(E) If this Plan and Agreement is terminated with respect to any Fund for
any reason, the obligations of the Company and the Distributor pursuant to
paragraphs THIRD (A), THIRD (B), SIXTH (G), SIXTH (H), and EIGHTH (A) through
(E) of this Plan and Agreement will continue and survive and any such
termination. Notwithstanding the foregoing, upon Complete Termination of the
Plan and Agreement with respect to any Fund the obligations of the Company
pursuant to the terms of paragraphs THIRD (A), (EIGHTH (A), EIGHTH (C), (D) and
EIGHTH (F) (with respect to payments of Distributor's 12b-1 Share and Assignee's
12b-1 Portion) of this Plan and Agreement shall terminate. A termination of the
Plan and Agreement with respect to any or all Class B Shares of any or all Funds
shall not affect the obligations of the Company pursuant to paragraphs SIXTH
(G), EIGHTH (A), EIGHTH (C), EIGHTH (D), EIGHTH (F) (with respect to
Distributor's Earned CDSC or Assignee's CDSC Portion) hereof or of the
obligations of the Distributor pursuant to paragraph SIXTH (H) or EIGHTH (B)
hereof.
SEVENTEENTH: Any notice under this Plan and Agreement shall be in writing,
addressed and delivered, or mailed postage prepaid, to the other party at such
address as the other party may designate for the receipt of notices. Until
further notice to the other party, it is agreed that the addresses of both the
Company and the Distributor shall be 0000 Xxxx Xxxxx Xxxxxx, Mail Stop 201, and
Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000.
EIGHTEENTH: This Plan and Agreement shall be governed by and construed in
accordance with the laws (without reference to conflicts of law provisions) of
the State of Maryland.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Plan and Agreement to be
executed in duplicate on the day and year first above written.
COMPANY (Listed in Schedule A)
Attest:
By: /s/ Xxxx X. Xxxxxxxxxx
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/s/ Xxxx X. Xxxxx Name: Xxxx X. Xxxxxxxxxx
----------------- Title: President
Name: Xxxx X. Xxxxx
Title: Secretary
IDI
Attest:
By: /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
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/s/ Xxxx X. Xxxxx Name: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
----------------- Title: Treasurer
Name: Xxxx X. Xxxxx
Title: Secretary
SCHEDULE A
TO
MASTER DISTRIBUTION PLAN AND AGREEMENT
(CLASS B SHARES)
REGISTERED
INVESTMENT
COMPANY FUNDS EFFECTIVE DATE
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INVESCO Counselor Series Funds, Inc.(1) August 23, 2000
Advantage Fund
Global Growth Fund(2) November 29, 2000
Advantage Global Health
Sciences Fund(3) May 15, 2001
Mid-Cap Growth Fund(4) September 28, 2001
INVESCO Bond Funds, Inc.(5) March 29, 2002
High Yield Fund
Select Income Fund
Tax-Free Bond Fund
U.S. Government Securities Fund
INVESCO Combination Stock & Bond Funds, Inc.(5) March 29, 2002
Balanced Fund
Core Equity Fund(6)
Total Return Fund
INVESCO International Funds, Inc.(5) March 29, 2002
European Fund
International Blue Chip
Value Fund
INVESCO Manager Series Funds, Inc.(8) August 30, 2002
Multi-Sector Fund
INVESCO Money Market Funds, Inc. August 23, 2000
Cash Reserves Fund
SCHEDULE A
(Continued)
REGISTERED
INVESTMENT
COMPANY FUNDS EFFECTIVE DATE
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INVESCO Sector Funds, Inc.(5) March 29, 2002
Energy Fund
Financial Services Fund
Gold & Precious Metals Fund(7)
Health Sciences Fund
Leisure Fund
Real Estate Opportunity Fund
Technology Fund
Telecommunications Fund
Utilities Fund
INVESCO Stock Funds, Inc.(5)
Basic Value Fund(7) July 30, 2002
Dynamics Fund March 29, 2002
Endeavor Fund March 29, 2002
Growth Fund March 29, 2002
Growth & Income Fund March 29, 2002
Small Company Growth Fund March 29, 2002
Value Equity Fund March 29, 2002
(1) Amended on November 8, 2000 - On November 8, 2000, the name of the INVESCO
Advantage Series Funds, Inc. was changed to INVESCO Counselor Series Funds,
Inc.
(2) Amended on November 29, 2000.
(3) Amended on May 15, 2001.
(4) Amended on September 28, 2001.
(5) Amended on March 29, 2002.
(6) Also, on March 29, 2002, the name of the Equity Income Fund was changed to
Core Equity Fund.
(7) Amended on July 31, 2002. Also, on July 31, 2002, the name of the Gold
Fund was changed to Gold & Precious Metals Fund.
(8) Amended on August 30, 2002.
SCHEDULE B
TO
MASTER DISTRIBUTION PLAN and AGREEMENT
(CLASS B SHARES)
DISTRIBUTION FEE
The Company shall pay the Distributor as full compensation for all services
rendered and all facilities furnished under the Distribution Plan and Agreement
for each Fund (or Class thereof) designated below, a Distribution Fee(1)
determined by applying the annual rate set forth below as to each Fund (or Class
thereof) to the average daily net assets of the Fund (or Class thereof) for the
plan year, computed in a manner used for the determination of the offering price
of shares of the Fund.
MAXIMUM
ASSET
BASED MAXIMUM MAXIMUM
SALES SERVICE AGGREGATE EFFECTIVE
FUND CLASS B SHARES CHARGE FEE FEE DATE
INVESCO Advantage Fund 0.75% 0.25% 1.00% August 23, 2000
INVESCO Advantage Global
Health Sciences Fund(3) 0.75% 0.25% 1.00% May 15, 2001
INVESCO Balanced Fund(5) 0.75% 0.25% 1.00% March 29, 2002
INVESCO Basic Value Fund(7) 0.75% 0.25% 1.00% July 30, 2002
INVESCO Cash Reserves Fund 0.75% 0.25% 1.00% August 23, 2000
INVESCO Dynamics Fund(5) 0.75% 0.25% 1.00% March 29, 2002
INVESCO Endeavor Fund(5) 0.75% 0.25% 1.00% March 29, 2002
INVESCO Energy Fund(5) 0.75% 0.25% 1.00% March 29, 2002
INVESCO Core Equity Fund(6) 0.75% 0.25% 1.00% March 29, 2002
INVESCO European Fund5 0.75% 0.25% 1.00% March 29, 2002
INVESCO Financial Services Fund(5) 0.75% 0.25% 1.00% March 29, 2002
INVESCO Global Growth Fund(2) 0.75% 0.25% 1.00% November 29, 2000
INVESCO Gold & Precious Metals
Fund(5)(7) 0.75% 0.25% 1.00% March 29, 2002
INVESCO Growth Fund(5) 0.75% 0.25% 1.00% March 29, 2002
INVESCO Growth & Income Fund(5) 0.75% 0.25% 1.00% March 29, 2002
INVESCO Health Sciences Fund(5) 0.75% 0.25% 1.00% March 29, 2002
INVESCO High Yield Fund(5) 0.75% 0.25% 1.00% March 29, 2002
INVESCO International Blue
Chip Value Fund(5) 0.75% 0.25% 1.00% March 29, 2002
INVESCO Leisure Fund(5) 0.75% 0.25% 1.00% March 29, 2002
INVESCO Mid-Cap Growth Fund(4) 0.75% 0.25% 1.00% September 28, 2001
INVESCO Multi-Sector Fund(8) 0.75% 0.25% 1.00% August 30, 2002
INVESCO Real Estate
Opportunity Fund(5) 0.75% 0.25% 1.00% March 29, 2002
INVESCO Select Income Fund(5) 0.75% 0.25% 1.00% March 29, 2002
SCHEDULE B
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INVESCO Small Company
Growth Fund(5) 0.75% 0.25% 1.00% March 29, 2002
INVESCO Tax-Free Bond Fund(5) 0.75% 0.25% 1.00% March 29, 2002
INVESCO Technology Fund(5) 0.75% 0.25% 1.00% March 29, 2002
INVESCO Telecommunications Fund(5) 0.75% 0.25% 1.00% March 29, 2002
INVESCO Total Return Fund(5) 0.75% 0.25% 1.00% March 29, 0000
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Securities Fund(5) 0.75% 0.25% 1.00% March 29, 2002
INVESCO Utilities Fund(5) 0.75% 0.25% 1.00% March 29, 2002
INVESCO Value Equity Fund(5) 0.75% 0.25% 1.00% March 29, 2002
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(1) The Distribution Fee is payable apart from the contingent deferred sales
charge, if any, as stated in the current prospectus for the applicable Fund
(or Class thereof).
(2) Amended on November 29, 2000.
(3) Amended on May 15, 2001.
(4) Amended on September 28, 2001.
(5) Amended on March 29, 2002.
(6) On March 29, 2002, the name of Equity Income Fund was changed to Core
Equity Fund.
(7) Amended on July 31, 2002. Also, on July 31, 2002, the name of INVESCO Gold
Fund was changed to INVESCO Gold & Precious Metals Fund.
(8) Amended on August 30, 2002
EXHIBIT A
IDI's Distributor's 12b-1 Share in respect of each Fund shall be 100
percent until such time as IDI shall cease to serve as exclusive distributor of
the Class B Shares of such Fund and thereafter shall be a percentage, recomputed
first on the date of any termination of the IDI's services as exclusive
distributor of Class B Shares of any Fund and thereafter periodically (but not
less than monthly), representing the percentage of Class B Shares of such Fund
outstanding on each such computation date allocated to IDI in accordance with
the following rules:
1. DEFINITIONS. For purposes of this Exhibit A defined terms used herein
shall have the meaning assigned to such terms in the Plan and Agreement and the
following terms shall have the following meanings:
"Commission Shares" shall mean Class B Shares of the Fund or another fund
the redemption of which would, in the absence of the application of some
standard waiver provision, give rise to the payment of a CDSC and shall include
Commission Shares which due to the expiration of the CDSC period no longer bear
a CDSC.
"Other Distributor" shall mean each person appointed as the exclusive
distributor for the Class B Shares of the Fund after IDI ceases to serve in that
capacity.
2. ALLOCATION RULES. In determining the Distributor's 12b-1 Share in
respect of a particular Fund:
a.) There shall be allocated to IDI and each Other Distributor all
Commission Shares of such Fund which were sold while IDI or such Other
Distributor, as the case may be, was the exclusive distributor for the Class B
Shares of the Fund, determined in accordance with the transfer records
maintained for such Fund.
b.) Reinvested Shares: On the date that any Class B Shares are issued by a
Fund as a result of the reinvestment of dividends or other distributions,
whether ordinary income, capital gains or exempt-interest dividends or
distributions ("Reinvested Shares"), Reinvested Class B Shares shall be
allocated to IDI and each Other Distributor in a number obtained by multiplying
the total number of Reinvested Class B Shares issued on such date by a fraction,
the numerator of which is the total number of all Class B Shares outstanding in
such Fund as of the opening of business on such date and allocated to IDI or
such Other Distributor as of such date of determination pursuant to these
allocation procedures and the denominator is the total number of Class B Shares
outstanding as of the opening of business on such date.
c.) Exchange Shares: There shall be allocated to IDI and each Other
Distributor, as the case may be, all Commission Shares of such Fund which were
issued during or after the period referred to in (a) as a consequence of one or
more free exchanges of Commission Shares of the Fund or of another fund (other
than Free Appreciation Shares) (the "Exchange Shares"), which in accordance with
the transfer records maintained for such Fund can be traced to Commission Shares
of the Fund or another fund initially issued by the Company or such other fund
during the time IDI or such Other Distributor, as the case may be, was the
exclusive distributor for the Class B Shares of the Fund or such other fund.
d.) Redeemed Shares: Class B Shares (other than Reinvested Shares) that are
redeemed will be allocated to IDI and each Other Distributor to the extent such
Class B Shares were previously allocated to IDI or such Other Distributor in
accordance with the rules set forth in 2(a) or (c) above.
e.) The Company shall use its best efforts to assure that the transfer
agents and sub-transfer agents for each Fund maintain the data necessary to
implement the foregoing rules. If, notwithstanding the foregoing, the transfer
agents or sub-transfer agents for such Fund are unable to maintain the data
necessary to implement the foregoing rules as written, or if IDI shall cease to
serve as exclusive distributor of the Class B Shares of the Fund, IDI and the
Company agree to negotiate in good faith with each other, with the transfer
agents and sub-transfer agents for such Fund and with any third party that has
obtained an interest in IDI's Distributor's 12b-1 Share in respect of such Fund
with a view to arriving at mutually satisfactory modifications to the foregoing
rules designed to accomplish substantially identical results on the basis of
data which can be made available.
