INVESCO SECTOR FUNDS INC
485BPOS, EX-99.A(2)ARTOFTRANS, 2000-07-24
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                              ARTICLES OF TRANSFER

                                       OF

                          INVESCO SPECIALTY FUNDS, INC.
                                       AND

                           INVESCO SECTOR FUNDS, INC.


      These  Articles of Transfer are entered into and  effective as of February
11, 2000 pursuant to the  provisions of Section  3-109 of the  Corporations  and
Associations  Article of the  Annotated  Code of  Maryland,  by and  between the
undersigned corporation, INVESCO Sector Funds, Inc., a Maryland corporation, and
the  undersigned   corporation,   INVESCO  Specialty  Funds,  Inc.,  a  Maryland
corporation   on  behalf  of  its  series,   INVESCO  Realty  Fund  and  INVESCO
Telecommunications  Fund  ("Funds"),  with  respect to the  transfer  of all the
assets and  liabilities  of the Funds in exchange  for shares of common stock in
INVESCO Realty Fund and INVESCO  Telecommunications  Fund, two series of INVESCO
Sector Funds,  Inc. in accordance  with an Agreement and Plan of Conversion  and
Termination made as of March 21, 1999 ("Plan").

     FIRST: INVESCO Specialty Funds, Inc. agrees to transfer all of its property
and assets to INVESCO Sector Funds, Inc. in accordance with the Plan.

     SECOND: INVESCO Sector Funds, Inc. is a corporation  incorporated under the
laws of the State of Maryland.

     THIRD: INVESCO Realty Fund and INVESCO Telecommunications Fund are the only
series of INVESCO Specialty Funds, Inc., a corporation  organized under the laws
of the State of Maryland.

     FOURTH:  The address and principal  place of business of INVESCO  Specialty
Funds, Inc. is:

                             7800 East Union Avenue
                             Denver, Colorado 80237

     FIFTH: The principal  office of INVESCO Sector Funds,  Inc. in the State of
Maryland is:

            c/o The Corporation Trust Incorporated
            300 East Lombard Street
            Baltimore, Maryland 21202

     SIXTH: The principal office of INVESCO  Specialty Funds,  Inc. in the State
of Maryland is:

            c/o The Corporation Trust Incorporated
            300 East Lombard Street
            Baltimore, Maryland 21202

     SEVENTH:  Neither INVESCO Sector Funds,  Inc. nor INVESCO  Specialty Funds,
Inc. owns an interest in land located in the State of Maryland.

     EIGHTH:  The terms and  conditions of the transfer as set forth in the Plan
and incorporated by reference into these Articles were advised,  authorized, and
approved in the manner and by any vote required by INVESCO Sector Funds,  Inc.'s
Articles of Incorporation, as amended, and the Maryland General Corporation Law,
and INVESCO Specialty Funds, Inc.'s Articles of Incorporation,  as amended,  and
the Maryland General Corporation Law. The Plan was approved by INVESCO Specialty
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Funds, Inc.'s Board of Directors at a meeting on August 5, 1998, and the holders
of a majority  of the  outstanding  shares of INVESCO  Specialty  Funds,  Inc.'s
common stock entitled to vote at a meeting of  shareholders on May 20, 1999. The
Plan was  approved by INVESCO  Sector  Funds,  Inc.'s  Board of  Directors  at a
meeting on August 5, 1998; no approval by  shareholders of INVESCO Sector Funds,
Inc. was required.

     NINTH:  The nature and amount of the  consideration  paid by INVESCO Sector
Funds,  Inc.  for the  transfer  of assets of INVESCO  Realty  Fund and  INVESCO
Telecommunications  Fund to INVESCO  Sector Funds,  Inc. has been  determined in
accordance with the terms and conditions of the Plan.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, INVESCO Sector Funds, Inc. and INVESCO Specialty Funds,
Inc., on behalf of INVESCO Realty Fund and INVESCO  Telecommunications Fund, has
each caused these  present to be signed in their name and on their behalf by the
undersigned officers.

                                          INVESCO SECTOR FUNDS, INC.,
                                          on behalf of INVESCO Realty Fund
                                          and INVESCO Telecommunications Fund

Attest:


By: /s/ Glen A. Payne                     By:  /s/ Mark H. Williamson
    -----------------                          ----------------------
    Glen A. Payne,                             Mark H. Williamson,
    Secretary                                  President

                                          INVESCO SPECIALTY FUNDS, INC.,
                                          on behalf of INVESCO Realty Fund
                                          and INVESCO Telecommunications Fund

Attest:


By: /s/ Glen A. Payne                     By:  /s/ Mark H. Williamson
    -----------------                          ----------------------
    Glen A.  Payne,                            Mark H. Williamson,
    Secretary                                  President


     THE UNDERSIGNED, the President of INVESCO Sector Funds, Inc., a corporation
organized  under  the laws of the State of  Maryland  on August  10,  1983,  who
executed on behalf of said  Corporation  the  foregoing  Articles of Transfer of
which this certificate is made a part, hereby  acknowledges,  in the name and on
behalf  of said  Corporation,  the  foregoing  Articles  of  Transfer  to be the
corporate act of said Corporation and further  certifies that to the best of his
knowledge,  information and belief, the matters and facts set forth therein with
respect to the  approval  thereof are true in all material  respects,  under the
penalties of perjury.

                                          INVESCO SECTOR FUNDS, INC.


                                          /s/ Mark H. Williamson
                                          ----------------------
                                          Mark H. Williamson,
                                          President

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     THE  UNDERSIGNED,  the  President  of  INVESCO  Specialty  Funds,  Inc.,  a
corporation organized under the laws of the State of Maryland on April 12, 1994,
who executed on behalf of said Corporation the foregoing Articles of Transfer of
which this certificate is made a part, hereby  acknowledges,  in the name and on
behalf  of said  Corporation,  the  foregoing  Articles  of  Transfer  to be the
corporate act of said Corporation and further  certifies that to the best of his
knowledge,  information and belief, the matters and facts set forth therein with
respect to the  approval  thereof are true in all material  respects,  under the
penalties of perjury.

                                          INVESCO SPECIALTY FUNDS, INC.


                                          /s/ Mark H. Williamson
                                          ----------------------
                                          Mark H. Williamson,
                                          President



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