characteristics similar to the Fund’s
direct investments that are counted toward the 80% investment requirement.
Municipal securities include debt obligations of states, territories or possessions of the
United States and the District of Columbia and their political subdivisions, agencies and instrumentalities, the interest on which is exempt from federal income tax, at the time of issuance, in the opinion of bond counsel of the issuer or
other counsel to the issuers of such securities.
The principal types of municipal
debt securities purchased by the Fund are revenue obligations and general obligations. To meet its investment objective, the Fund invests in different types of general obligation and revenue obligation securities,
including fixed and variable rate securities, municipal notes, variable rate demand notes, municipal leases, custodial receipts, and participation certificates. The Fund may invest in these and other types of municipal
securities. Under normal market conditions, the Fund invests primarily in municipal securities classified as revenue bonds.
The Fund is non-diversified, which means it can invest a greater percentage of its assets in a small group of issuers or any one issuer than a diversified fund
can.
Invesco Advisers, Inc. (Invesco or the Adviser) generally seeks to achieve
the Fund’s investment objective by investing at least 60% of its net assets in higher
yielding municipal securities, specifically medium- and lower-grade municipal securities. Investment grade securities are: (i) securities rated BBB- or higher by S&P Global Ratings (S&P) or Baa3 or higher by Moody’s Investors Service, Inc.
(Moody’s) or an equivalent rating by another nationally recognized statistical rating organization (NRSRO), (ii) securities with comparable short-term NRSRO ratings, or (iii) unrated securities determined by the Adviser to be of comparable
quality, each at the time of purchase. Medium- and lower-grade municipal securities are securities rated by S&P or Fitch, Inc. (Fitch) as BBB+ through D (inclusive) for bonds or SP-2 or lower for notes; by Moody’s as
Baa1 through D (inclusive) for bonds or MIG3 or VMIG3 or lower for notes; or unrated municipal securities determined by the Adviser to be of comparable quality, each at the time of purchase. Medium- and lower-grade securities are,
therefore, inclusive of some securities rated investment grade. Securities rated below investment grade are commonly referred to as junk bonds. The Fund may invest up to 20% of the value of its net assets in
unrated municipal securities and up to 10% of the value of its net assets in defaulted bonds (i.e., bonds on which the issuer has not paid principal or interest on time).
At times, the market conditions in the municipal securities markets may be
such that the Adviser may invest in higher-grade issues, particularly when the difference in returns between quality classifications is very narrow or when the Adviser expects interest rates to increase. Higher-grade securities are securities that are rated
higher than medium- or lower-grade securities by Moody’s, S&P, or Fitch, or considered by the Adviser to be of comparable quality, including municipal securities rated A-, SP-1 or higher by S&P or rated A3, MIG2,
VMIG2 or higher by Moody’s and in tax-exempt commercial paper rated A-3 or higher by S&P or rated P-3 or higher by Moody’s or in unrated securities determined by the Adviser to be of comparable quality.
The Fund may invest more than 25% of its net assets in a segment of the municipal securities market with similar characteristics if the Adviser determines that the yields
available from obligations in a particular segment justify the additional risks of a larger investment in such segment. The Fund may not, however, invest more than 25% of its net assets in industrial development revenue bonds issued for
companies in the same industry.
The Fund may not invest more than 25% of the value
of its net assets in issuers located in the same state. Additionally, the Fund may not invest
more than a total of 10% of the value of its net assets in issuers located in U.S. territories,
commonwealths and possessions such as Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands.
The Fund can invest up to 20% of its net assets (plus borrowings for investment purposes) in investments that generate income subject to income taxes. Taxable investments include,
for example, hedging instruments, repurchase agreements, and many of the types of securities
the Fund would buy for temporary defensive
purposes. The Fund does not anticipate investing substantial amounts of its assets in taxable investments under normal market conditions or as part of its normal trading strategies and policies.
The Fund can invest up to 30% of its net assets in securities subject to the federal alternative minimum tax (AMT).
The Fund may invest in illiquid or thinly traded securities. The Fund may
also invest in securities that are subject to resale restrictions such as those contained in Rule
144A promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. The Fund’s investments may include securities that do not produce immediate cash income, such as zero-coupon securities and pay-in-kind securities. The Fund may
purchase and sell securities on a when-issued and delayed delivery basis, which means that a Fund buys or sells a security with payment and delivery taking place in the future.
The Fund can invest in inverse floating rate interests (Inverse Floaters)
issued in connection with municipal tender option bond (TOB) financing transactions to generate
leverage for the Fund. The Fund’s investments in Inverse Floaters are included for purposes of the 80% policies described above.
The Fund can
use futures contracts, including treasury futures, to seek to gain or reduce exposure to certain asset classes and to manage duration.
The Fund can use swap contracts, including interest rate swaps, to seek to hedge its exposure to interest rates.
The Adviser buys and sells securities for the Fund’s portfolio with a view towards seeking a high level of interest income exempt from federal income tax and selects securities that the
Adviser believes entail reasonable credit risk considered in relation to the investment policies of the Fund. As a result, the Fund will not necessarily invest in the highest yielding municipal securities permitted by its investment
policies if the Adviser determines that market risks or credit risks associated with such investments would subject the Fund’s portfolio to undue risk.
The Fund will attempt to maintain a dollar-weighted average portfolio
duration equal to or less than five years. Because of events affecting the bond markets and
interest rate changes, the duration of the portfolio might not meet that target for at all times. The foregoing duration target is not guaranteed and the portfolio managers may deviate from such target in their discretion.
Decisions to purchase or sell securities are determined by the relative value considerations of the portfolio managers that factor in economic and credit related fundamentals, market
supply and demand, market dislocations and situation-specific opportunities. The purchase or sale of securities may be related to a decision to alter the Fund’s macro risk exposure (such as duration, yield
curve positioning and sector exposure), a need to limit or reduce the Fund’s exposure to a particular security or issuer, degradation of an issuer’s credit quality, or general liquidity needs of the Fund. The potential for
realization of capital gains or losses resulting from possible changes in interest rates will not be a major consideration and frequency of portfolio turnover generally will not be a limiting factor if the Adviser considers it
advantageous to purchase or sell securities.
The Fund can borrow money to purchase
additional securities, another form of leverage. Although the amount of borrowing will vary from time to time, the amount of leveraging from borrowings will not exceed one-third of the Fund’s total
assets.
Principal Risks of Investing in the Fund
As with any
mutual fund investment, loss of money is a risk of investing. An investment in the Fund is not a
deposit in a bank and is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other governmental agency. The risks associated with an investment in the Fund can increase during times of significant market volatility. The principal risks of investing in the Fund
are:
Market Risk. The market values of the Fund’s investments, and therefore the value of the Fund’s shares, will go up and down, sometimes rapidly or unpredictably.
Market risk may affect a single issuer, industry or