INVESCO ADVISOR FUNDS INC
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                           INVESCO ADVISOR FUNDS, INC.

               Supplement to Prospectus dated December 31, 1996

The Section of the INVESCO Advisor Funds, Inc. Prospectus entitled  "Management"
is to (1) delete the last sentence of the fifth paragraph and (2) substitute the
following sentences in its place:

            ISI,  ICM, IRA and IMR are indirect  wholly  owned  subsidiaries  of
      AMVESCO  PLC.  AMVESCO  PLC is a  publicly-traded  holding  company  that,
      through its subsidiaries, engages in the business of investment management
      on an international  basis. INVESCO PLC changed its name to AMVESCO PLC on
      March 3, 1997, as part of a merger between a direct  subsidiary of INVESCO
      PLC and A I M  Management  Group Inc.,  thus  creating  one of the largest
      independent  investment  management  businesses  in the world.  Subject to
      obtaining  shareholder approval at its regular Annual Shareholder Meeting,
      the board of directors  of AMVESCO PLC has  concluded  that the  corporate
      name should be changed to AMVESCAP PLC  effective  May 8, 1997.  ISI, ICM,
      IRA and IMR will continue to operate under their existing  names.  AMVESCO
      has approximately $165 billion in assets under management.

This Supplement supersedes the supplement dated January 9, 1997.

The date of this Supplement is March 31, 1997.


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                           INVESCO ADVISOR FUNDS, INC.

              Supplement to Statement of Additional Information
                             dated December 31, 1996

A.    The  Section  of  the  INVESCO   Advisor   Funds,   Inc.   Statement  of
      Additional    Information    entitled    "The    Advisory    and    Sub-
      Advisory    Agreements    is   amended   to   (1)   delete   the   fifth
      paragraph   and  (2)   substitute   the   following   new  paragraph  in
      its place:

                  ICM,  IMR and IRA are  wholly  owned  subsidiaries  of INVESCO
            North American  Holdings,  Inc.  ("INAH"),  a Delaware  corporation,
            which is a wholly owned  subsidiary  of AMVESCO PLC.  AMVESCO PLC, a
            publicly-traded  holding  company  that,  through  its  subsidiaries
            engages in the business of investment management on an international
            basis.  INVESCO PLC changed its name to AMVESCO PLC on March 3, 1997
            as part of a merger between a direct subsidiary of INVESCO PLC and A
            I M  Management  Group  Inc.,  thus  creating  one  of  the  largest
            independent  investment  management  businesses  in the  world  with
            approximately  $165 billion in assets under  management.  Subject to
            obtaining  shareholder  approval at its regular  Annual  Shareholder
            Meeting,  the board of directors of AMVESCO PLC has  concluded  that
            the  corporate  name should be changed to AMVESCAP PLC effective May
            8, 1997.

B.    The  Section  of  the  INVESCO   Advisor   Funds,   Inc.   Statement  of
      Additional    Information    entitled    "The    Advisory    and    Sub-
      Advisory    Agreements    is   amended   to   (1)   delete   the   ninth
      paragraph  and  (2)  add  the  following  new  paragraphs   nine,   ten,
      eleven and twelve:

                  A I M  Advisors,  Inc.  of  Houston,  Texas is a  wholly-owned
            subsidiary  of AMVESCO  PLC and  provides  investment  advisory  and
            administrative services for retail and institutional mutual funds.

                  A  I  M  Capital   Management,   Inc.  of   Houston,   Texas
            is   a    wholly-owned    subsidiary    of    AMVESCO    PLC   and
            provides    investment    advisory    services   to   individuals,
            corporations,      pension     plans     and     other     private
            investment   advisory   accounts   and  also   serves  as  a  sub-



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            advisor  to certain  retail  and  institutional  mutual  funds,  one
            Canadian  mutual fund and one  portfolio  of an open-end  registered
            investment  company that is offered to separate accounts of variable
            insurance companies.

                  A   I   M    Distributors,    Inc.   and   Fund   Management
            Company     of     Houston,      Texas,      both     wholly-owned
            subsidiaries    of   AMVESCO   PLC,   are    registered    broker-
            dealers   that   act   as   the   principal    underwriters    for
            retail and institutional mutual funds.

                  The  corporate  headquarters  of AMVESCO PLC are located at 11
            Devonshire Square, London, EC2M 4YR, England.


C.    The Section of the INVESCO Advisor Funds, Inc.'s,  Statement of Additional
      Information  entitled  "Distribution  of  Shares" is amended to delete the
      fourth sentence of the first paragraph of this section, and substitute for
      the deleted sentence the following new sentence:

                  Continuation of the Plan is approved annually.


D.    The Section of the INVESCO Advisor Funds,  Inc.'s  Statement of Additional
      Information  entitled  "Distribution  of  Shares"  is  amended  to add the
      following new sentence at the end of the first paragraph of this section.

                  With  respect to the Fund,  the board of directors on February
            4, 1997,  approved amending the Plan,  effective January 1, 1997, to
            convert  the Plan to a  compensation  type  Rule  12b-1  plan.  This
            amendment  of the Plan will not result in  increasing  the amount of
            any Fund's payments thereunder.

The date of this Supplement is March 31, 1997.









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