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AIM Investments Releases New College Savings Plan Software for Financial Advisors.


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 -- AIM Investments(R) today released The AIM College Savings Plan(R) Seminar in a Box, an interactive software program designed to assist financial advisors with the preparation, execution and realization of a successful college savings plan seminar.

The software is one of the first interactive College Savings Plan seminar programs in the industry. It was designed and developed by AIM Investments and includes customizable materials such as invitations, promotional flyers and posters, presentations, postcards Postcards may mean:
  • The plural of postcard
  • Postcards (TV series), an Australian magazine television series
  • Postcards (novel), a novel by E. Annie Proulx
 and evaluation forms.

"The AIM College Savings Plan Seminar in a Box provides financial advisors with tools they need to educate and inform their clients about the benefits of 529 plans," said Gene Needles, President and Chief Executive Officer of A I M Distributors, Inc. "Saving money for college is an increasingly important financial goal for many Americans. This software shows AIM Investments' ongoing commitment to build quality, timely solutions for our customers."

In addition to the promotional materials, The AIM College Savings Plan Seminar in a Box also provides financial advisors with a week-by-week template (1) A pre-designed document or data file formatted for common purposes such as a fax, invoice or business letter. If the document contains an automated process, such as a word processing macro or spreadsheet formula, then the programming is already written and embedded in the  for planning and executing a productive seminar.

"The software provides financial advisors with important information, from how to identify your target audience and determine your budget, to when to make thank-you calls and schedule follow-up follow-up,
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 appointments with attendees," said Bill Raynor, AIM's Director of Education Savings and Sales. "We feel like we've created a product that will be useful to both our advisors and our shareholders."

The software is available for free to all registered financial advisors. For more information, or to order a copy, please contact AIM Investments at 800-370-1519.

About AIM Investments

Houston-based AIM Investments represents one of the nation's leading investment management companies. It 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 under the AIM and INVESCO brand names -- mutual funds, retirement products, separately managed accounts for high-net-worth and institutional investors Institutional Investor

A non-bank person or organization that trades securities in large enough share quantities or dollar amounts that they qualify for preferential treatment and lower commissions.
, annuities, cash management, college savings plans, alternative investments and offshore products. Founded in 1976, AIM Investments had $132 billion in assets under management Assets Under Management (AUM) is a term used by financial services companies in the mutual fund and money management or investment management business to gauge how much money they are managing.  as of September 30, 2004. For more information, visit www.aiminvestments.com. AIM Investments is a service mark of A I M Management Group Inc. and is the subject of a pending application for trademark registration. A I M Advisors, Inc., A I M Capital Management, Inc., AIM Private Asset Management, Inc., and AIM Alternative Asset Management Company, Inc. are the investment advisors Investment Advisor

1. A person making investment recommendations in return for a flat fee or percentage of assets managed, known as a commission.

2. For mutual fund companies, it is the individual who has the day-to-day responsibility of investing and monitoring the cash and
 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 $363 billion in assets under management as of September 30, 2004, is listed on the London, New York New York, state, United States
New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of
 and Toronto stock exchanges Toronto Stock Exchange (TSE)

Canada's largest stock exchange, trading approximately 1,200 company stocks and 33 options.
 with the symbol "AVZ." Additional information is available at www.amvescap.com.

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The plan is sponsored by the State of Nebraska and administered by the Nebraska State Treasurer Noun 1. state treasurer - the treasurer for a state government
financial officer, treasurer - an officer charged with receiving and disbursing funds
. The plan offers a series of investment portfolios within the Nebraska Educational Savings Plan Trust, which offers other investment portfolios not affiliated with the plan. The Nebraska State Treasurer serves as trustee of the plan; A I M Capital Management, Inc. serves as the investment manager, with the oversight
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 of the Nebraska Investment Council; A I M Distributors, Inc. serves as distributor, and AIM Investment Services, Inc. serves as the servicing agent. Union Bank and Trust serves as program manager.

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