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CLASS A AND CLASS B SHARES OF
AIM WORLDWIDE GROWTH FUND
AIM INTERNATIONAL GROWTH FUND
AIM NEW PACIFIC GROWTH FUND
AIM EUROPE GROWTH FUND
AIM MID CAP EQUITY FUND
AIM JAPAN GROWTH FUND
(SERIES PORTFOLIOS OF AIM GROWTH SERIES)
Supplement dated October 16, 1998 to the
Statement of Additional Information dated September 8, 1998
The first sentence in the second paragraph under the heading "NET ASSET VALUE
DETERMINATION" on page 32 of the Statement of Additional Information should be
deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:
"Each equity security held by a Fund is valued at its last sales price on the
exchange where the security is principally traded or, lacking any sales on a
particular day, the security is valued at the last available bid."
