INVESCO INTERNATIONAL FUNDS INC
NSAR-B, EX-99, 2000-12-20
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                               SUB-ITEM 77Q1(a)ii

                              ARTICLES OF AMENDMENT
                                     TO THE
                      ARTICLES OF AMENDMENT AND RESTATEMENT
                                     OF THE
                            ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
                                       OF
                        INVESCO INTERNATIONAL FUNDS, INC.

      INVESCO  International  Funds, Inc., a corporation  organized and existing
under the  General  Corporation  Law of the State of Maryland  (the  "Company"),
hereby certifies to the State Department of Assessments and Taxation of Maryland
that:

      FIRST:  Prior to this amendment,  the aggregate number of shares which the
Company  had the  authority  to  issue  was one  billion  five  hundred  million
(1,500,000,000)  shares,  with a par value of one cent  ($0.01) per share of all
authorized  shares,  having an aggregate  par value of fifteen  million  dollars
($15,000,000). The board of directors designated four series of shares of common
stock of the  Company,  with two or more  classes of shares of common  stock for
each series, as follows:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

                  Fund Name & Class                                           Allocated Shares
                  -----------------                                           ----------------
        <S>                                                        <C>
        INVESCO European Fund-Investor Class                       Two hundred million shares(200,000,000)
        INVESCO European Fund-Class C                              One hundred million shares(100,000,000)
        INVESCO International Blue Chip Fund-Investor Class        One hundred million shares(100,000,000)
        INVESCO International Blue Chip Fund-Class C               One hundred million shares(100,000,000)
        INVESCO Latin American Growth Fund-Investor Class          One hundred million shares(100,000,000)
        INVESCO Latin American Growth Fund-Class C                 One hundred million shares(100,000,000)
        INVESCO Pacific Basin Fund-Investor Class                  One hundred million shares(100,000,000)
        INVESCO Pacific Basin Fund-Class C                         One hundred million shares(100,000,000)
</TABLE>


      Pursuant to the power  granted to the board of  directors  in Article III,
Section 1,  paragraph 2 of the  Articles of  Amendment  and  Restatement  of the
Articles of  Incorporation,  said Articles of the Company are hereby  amended as
follows:

                                  ARTICLE III

                                CAPITALIZATION

      Section 1. The aggregate  number of shares of stock of all series that the
Company  shall have the  authority to issue is one billion five hundred  million
(1,500,000,000)  shares of Common Stock,  having a par value of one cent ($0.01)
per share of all  authorized  shares,  having an aggregate  par value of fifteen
million dollars ($15,000,000.00).  Such stock may be issued as full shares or as
fractional shares.
<PAGE>
      In the exercise of the powers  granted to the board of directors  pursuant
to Section 3 of this Article III, the board of directors  designates  two series
of shares of common stock of the Company,  with two or more classes of shares of
common stock for each series, as follows:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

                  Fund Name & Class                                           Allocated Shares
                  -----------------                                           ----------------
        <S>                                                        <C>
        INVESCO European Fund-Investor Class                       Two hundred million shares(200,000,000)
        INVESCO European Fund-Class C                              One hundred million shares(100,000,000)
        INVESCO International Blue Chip Fund-Investor Class        One hundred million shares(100,000,000)
        INVESCO International Blue Chip Fund-Class C               One hundred million shares(100,000,000)
</TABLE>
      Unless  otherwise  prohibited by law, so long as the Company is registered
as an open-end  investment  company under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as
amended,  the total number of shares that the Company is  authorized to allocate
may be increased or decreased by the board of directors in  accordance  with the
applicable provisions of the Maryland General Corporation Law.

      SECOND:  Shares of each class have been duly  authorized and classified by
the board of directors pursuant to authority and power contained in the Articles
of Amendment and  Restatement of the Articles of  Incorporation  of the Company.
The  information  required  by  Section  2-607,  subsection  (b) of the  General
Corporation Law of Maryland was not changed by these Articles of Amendment.

      THIRD:  The  provisions  set forth in these  Articles  of  Amendment  were
approved by a majority  of the entire  board of  directors  of the  Company,  in
accordance with the requirements of Section 2-607 of the General Corporation Law
of Maryland.

      The  undersigned  President of the Company,  who is executing on behalf of
the Company  these  Articles of  Amendment,  of which this  paragraph is a part,
hereby  acknowledges,  in the name and on behalf of the Company,  the  foregoing
Articles  of  Amendment  to be the  corporate  act of the  Company  and  further
verifies under oath that, to the best of his knowledge,  information and belief,
the matters and facts set forth herein are true in all material respects,  under
the penalties of perjury.

      IN WITNESS WHEREOF,  INVESCO  International  Funds,  Inc. has caused these
Articles  of  Amendment  to be  signed  in its  name  and on its  behalf  by its
President and witnessed by its Secretary on this 1st day of December 2000.

      These  Articles of Amendment  shall be effective  upon  acceptance  by the
Maryland State Department of Assessments and Taxation.

                                       INVESCO INTERNATIONAL FUNDS, INC.



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

[SEAL]


WITNESSED:

By:/s/ Glen A. Payne
   -----------------
   Glen A. Payne, Secretary


<PAGE>

STATE OF COLORADO             )
                              ) ss.
CITY AND COUNTY OF DENVER     )



      I, Ruth A. Christensen,  a Notary Public in the City and County of Denver,
State of Colorado,  do hereby certify that Mark H. Williamson,  personally known
to me to be the person whose name is  subscribed  to the  foregoing  Articles of
Amendment,  appeared  before  me this date in person  and  acknowledged  that he
signed,  sealed and delivered said  instrument as his full and voluntary act and
deed for the uses and purposes therein set forth.

      Witness my hand and official seal this 1st day of December 2000.


                                               /s/ Ruth A. Christensen
                                               --------------------
                                               Notary Public

      My commission expires March 16, 2002



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