AIM Investments(R) Launches New Retirement Planning Tool with AIM PlanForward Module 5

  
    
  
  
    
      AIM Investments announced today the launch of AIM PlanForward Module 
      5 – Moving Upmarket, a marketing program 
      designed to help financial advisors acquire new clients, leverage 
      relationships and increase revenue.
    
    
      Moving Upmarket will help advisors:
    
    
      
        Understand practice characteristics and best practices for the micro-, 
        small-, midsize- and large-plan market segments
      
      
        Set goals and plan strategies for each market
      
      
        Create a Business Planning Worksheet to help document progress toward 
        practice goals
      
      
        Customize a Statement of Services for each client
      
    
    
      “This fifth tool in our PlanForward series 
      further enhances the resources we can make available to financial 
      advisors doing retirement plan business,” said 
      Terry Kelly, National Sales Manager, Retirement Division, A I M 
      Distributors, Inc. “This program is designed 
      to help educate financial advisors on each retirement market segment and 
      determine which market makes the most sense for them to target.”
    
    
      The PlanForward series was developed to help financial advisors 
      communicate and demonstrate their value to plan sponsors. The first four 
      modules touch on other critical topics within the retirement 
      marketplace: fiduciary liability, participant education, conducting a 
      plan review, educating newer financial advisors on the retirement market 
      and designing effective employee education programs. This new addition 
      to the series demonstrates AIM’s continued 
      commitment to helping financial advisors grow their businesses and 
      expand the services they provide to retirement plan sponsors.
    
    
      About AIM Investments
    
    
      AIM Investments is dedicated to building solutions for its clients with 
      exceptional products and services through multiple investment management 
      styles and a broad range of investment portfolios – 
      mutual funds, exchange-traded funds, retirement products, separately 
      managed accounts for high-net-worth and institutional investors, 
      annuities, cash management, college savings plans and offshore products. 
      For more information, visit www.aiminvestments.com. 
      AIM Investments had approximately $138 billion in assets under 
      management as of August 31, 2006. AIM Investments is a service mark of A 
      I M Management Group Inc. A I M Advisors, Inc., A I M Capital 
      Management, Inc., and AIM Private Asset Management, Inc. are the 
      investment advisors for the products and services represented by AIM 
      Investments. A I M Distributors, Inc. is the distributor for the retail 
      mutual funds and Fund Management Company is the distributor for the 
      institutional money market funds represented by AIM Investments.
    
    
      About AMVESCAP
    
    
      A I M Management Group Inc. is a subsidiary of AMVESCAP PLC, a leading 
      independent global investment manager, dedicated to helping people 
      worldwide build their financial security. Operating under the AIM, 
      INVESCO and Atlantic Trust brands, AMVESCAP strives to deliver 
      outstanding products and services through a comprehensive array of 
      retail and institutional products for clients around the world. The 
      Company, which had approximately $429 billion in assets under management 
      as of August 31, 2006, is listed on the London, New York and Toronto 
      stock exchanges with the symbol “AVZ.” 
      Additional information is available at www.amvescap.com.
    
    
      Note to editors -- We are required to include the following 
      information with our news release:
    
    
      Consider the investment objectives, risks, and charges and expenses 
      carefully before investing. For this and other important information 
      about any AIM fund, please obtain a prospectus from your financial 
      advisor and read it carefully before investing.
    
    
      A I M Distributors, Inc., Distributor
    
  
AIM Investments announced today the launch of AIM PlanForward
Module 5 - Moving Upmarket, a marketing program designed to help
financial advisors acquire new clients, leverage relationships and
increase revenue.

   Moving Upmarket will help advisors:

   --  Understand practice characteristics and best practices for the
        micro-, small-, midsize- and large-plan market segments

   --  Set goals and plan strategies for each market

   --  Create a Business Planning Worksheet to help document progress
        toward practice goals

   --  Customize a Statement of Services for each client

   "This fifth tool in our PlanForward series further enhances the
resources we can make available to financial advisors doing retirement
plan business," said Terry Kelly, National Sales Manager, Retirement
Division, A I M Distributors, Inc. "This program is designed to help
educate financial advisors on each retirement market segment and
determine which market makes the most sense for them to target."

   The PlanForward series was developed to help financial advisors
communicate and demonstrate their value to plan sponsors. The first
four modules touch on other critical topics within the retirement
marketplace: fiduciary liability, participant education, conducting a
plan review, educating newer financial advisors on the retirement
market and designing effective employee education programs. This new
addition to the series demonstrates AIM's continued commitment to
helping financial advisors grow their businesses and expand the
services they provide to retirement plan sponsors.

   About AIM Investments

   AIM Investments is dedicated to building solutions for its clients
with exceptional products and services through multiple investment
management styles and a broad range of investment portfolios - mutual
funds, exchange-traded funds, retirement products, separately managed
accounts for high-net-worth and institutional investors, annuities,
cash management, college savings plans and offshore products. For more
information, visit www.aiminvestments.com. AIM Investments had
approximately $138 billion in assets under management as of August 31,
2006. AIM Investments is a service mark of A I M Management Group Inc.
A I M Advisors, Inc., A I M Capital Management, Inc., and AIM Private
Asset Management, Inc. are the investment advisors for the products
and services represented by AIM Investments. A I M Distributors, Inc.
is the distributor for the retail mutual funds and Fund Management
Company is the distributor for the institutional money market funds
represented by AIM Investments.

   About AMVESCAP

   A I M Management Group Inc. is a subsidiary of AMVESCAP PLC, a
leading independent global investment manager, dedicated to helping
people worldwide build their financial security. Operating under the
AIM, INVESCO and Atlantic Trust brands, AMVESCAP strives to deliver
outstanding products and services through a comprehensive array of
retail and institutional products for clients around the world. The
Company, which had approximately $429 billion in assets under
management as of August 31, 2006, is listed on the London, New York
and Toronto stock exchanges with the symbol "AVZ." Additional
information is available at www.amvescap.com.

   Note to editors -- We are required to include the following
information with our news release:

   Consider the investment objectives, risks, and charges and
expenses carefully before investing. For this and other important
information about any AIM fund, please obtain a prospectus from your
financial advisor and read it carefully before investing.

   A I M Distributors, Inc., Distributor