characteristics similar to the Fund’s
direct investments that are counted toward the 80% investment requirement.
The Fund selects investments without regard to the federal alternative minimum tax (AMT).
Additionally, under normal market conditions, the Fund expects to invest at least 80% of its net assets (plus borrowings for investment purposes) in New York municipal securities, and in derivatives and other instruments that have
economic characteristics similar to such securities. These securities are generally issued by the state and its political subdivisions (such as cities, towns, counties, agencies and authorities) and primarily include municipal bonds
(long-term (generally more than one-year) obligations), municipal notes (short-term obligations), interests in municipal leases and tax-exempt commercial paper. Municipal securities generally are classified as general or revenue
obligations. General obligations are secured by the issuer’s pledge of its full faith, credit and taxing power for the payment of principal and interest. Revenue obligations are bonds whose interest is payable only from the
revenues derived from a particular facility or class of facilities, or a specific excise tax or other revenue source. The securities in which the Fund invests as part of its 80% policy related to New York municipal securities may
also include those issuers located outside of New York, such as U.S. territories, commonwealths and possessions or by their agencies, instrumentalities and authorities, if the interest on such securities is not subject to New
York and federal income tax. These securities are “New York municipal securities” for purposes of this prospectus.
The Fund
seeks to maintain a dollar-weighted average effective portfolio maturity of five years or less, however, it can buy securities with maturities of more than five years. Because of events affecting the bond markets and interest rate changes, the maturity
of the portfolio might not meet the target at all times.
The Fund can invest up to 20% of its total assets in below-investment-grade
securities, sometimes called “high-yield securities” or “junk bonds”. This restriction is applied at the time of purchase and the Fund may continue to hold a security whose credit rating has been downgraded or, in the case of an unrated
security, after the Fund’s adviser, Invesco Advisers, Inc. (Invesco or the Adviser), has changed its assessment of the security’s credit quality. As a result, credit rating downgrades or other market fluctuations may
cause the Fund’s holdings of below-investment-grade securities to exceed, at times significantly, this restriction for an extended period of time. If the Fund has more than 20% of its total assets invested in
below-investment-grade securities, the Adviser will not purchase additional below-investment-grade securities until the level of holdings in those securities no longer exceeds the restriction. 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. While securities rated BBB+, BBB or BBB- by S&P or Baa1,
Baa2 or Baa3 by Moody's are considered investment-grade, they have some speculative characteristics. If two or more nationally recognized statistical rating organizations have assigned different ratings to a
security, the Adviser uses the highest rating assigned. The Fund may also invest in unrated securities, in which case the Adviser internally assigns ratings to those securities, after assessing their credit quality and other
factors, in investment-grade or below-investment-grade categories similar to those of nationally recognized statistical rating organizations.
To the extent the Fund invests in pre-refunded municipal securities
collateralized by U.S. government securities, the Fund may treat those securities as
investment-grade (AAA) securities even if the issuer itself has a below-investment-grade rating.
The Fund can invest substantial amounts of its assets in private activity
municipal securities that pay interest that is tax-exempt but which may be a
“tax-preference item” for investors subject to alternative minimum taxation.
To the extent the Fund invests in
securities that may pay interest subject to alternative minimum taxation, those securities will be counted towards the Fund’s policy regarding minimum investments in New York municipal securities as described
above.
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 can expose up to 20% of its total assets to the effects of leverage from its investments in Inverse Floaters. The Fund's investments in Inverse Floaters are included for purposes of the 80% policies
described above.
The Fund can invest in derivative instruments, including futures
contracts and swap contracts.
The Fund can use futures contracts, including interest rate futures, to
reduce exposure to interest rate changes and to manage duration.
The Fund can use swap contracts, including interest rate swaps, to hedge
its exposure to interest rates. The Fund may not enter into interest rate swaps with respect to more than 25% of its total assets.
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. The Fund may also borrow to meet redemption obligations or for temporary and emergency purposes.
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 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 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 can invest up to 25% of its total assets in tobacco settlement
revenue bonds and up to 25% of its total assets in tobacco-related bonds without an appropriation
pledge that make payments only from a state’s interest in the Master Settlement Agreement (MSA).
The Fund may invest a substantial percentage of its assets in “callable” securities, which may be redeemed by the issuer before their maturity date.
The portfolio managers also focus on securities with coupon interest or
accretion rates, current market interest rates, callability and call prices that might change the
effective maturity of particular securities and the overall portfolio and securities with various maturities in an effort to reduce share price volatility and reinvestment risk.
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.
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