INVESCO VARIABLE INVESTMENT FUNDS INC
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                   INVESCO VARIABLE INVESTMENT FUNDS, INC.
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               Supplement to Prospectus dated December 9, 1996

A.    The   Section  of  the   INVESCO   Variable   Investment   Funds,   Inc.
      Prospectus   entitled    "Management"   is   amended   to   delete   the
      first paragraph in its entirety.

B.    The   Section  of  the   INVESCO   Variable   Investment   Funds,   Inc.
      Prospectus   entitled   "Management"   is  amended  to  (1)  delete  the
      third   paragraph,   and  (2)   substitute   the   following   paragraph
      in its place:

            INVESCO is an  indirect  wholly  owned  subsidiary  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.  INVESCO,  INVESCO  Trust  Company and 
            INVESCO Capital  Management, Inc. will continue  to operate  under
            their existing names.  AMVESCO has approximately $165 billion in
            assets under management.  INVESCO was established in 1932 and, as of
            August 31, 1996, managed 14 mutual funds,  consisting of 39 separate
            portfolios,  with combined assets of approximately $12.8 billion on
            behalf of over 827,000 shareholders.

The date of this Supplement is March 31, 1997.
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                   INVESCO VARIABLE INVESTMENT FUNDS, INC.

              Supplement to Statement of Additional Information
                             dated December 9, 1996

The  Section  of the  INVESCO  Variable  Investment  Funds,  Inc.  Statement  of
Additional Information entitled "Management" is amended to (1) delete the fourth
and fifth  paragraphs  and (2)  substitute the following new paragraphs in their
place:

            INVESCO is an indirect  wholly  owned  subsidiary  of 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.  INVESCO was  established  in 1932 and as of August
      31, 1996, managed 14 mutual funds,  consisting of 39 separate  portfolios,
      on behalf of over 827,000 shareholders. AMVESCO PLC's other North American
      subsidiaries include the following:

            --INVESCO   Capital   Management,   Inc.  of   Atlanta,   Georgia,
      manages     institutional     investment     portfolios,      consisting
      primarily    of    discretionary     employee    benefit    plans    for
      corporations   and   state   and  local   governments,   and   endowment
      funds.    INVESCO    Capital    Management,    Inc.    is    the    sole
      shareholder   of  INVESCO   Services,   Inc.,   a   registered   broker-
      dealer   whose   primary   business  is  the   distribution   of  shares
      of two registered investment companies.

            --INVESCO    Management    &    Research,    Inc.    of    Boston,
      Massachusetts,     primarily     manages     pension    and    endowment
      accounts.

            --PRIMCO     Capital     Management,     Inc.    of    Louisville,
      Kentucky,   specializes   in   managing   stable   return   investments,
      principally on behalf of Section 401(k) retirement plans.


            --INVESCO     Realty    Advisors    of    Dallas,     Texas,    is
      responsible   for   providing   advisory   services  in  the  U.S.  real
      estate   markets   for  AMVESCO   PLC's   clients   worldwide.   Clients
      include   corporate   pension   plans  and  public   pension   funds  as
      well as endowment and foundation accounts.

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            --A  I  M  Advisors,  Inc. of Houston,  Texas provides investment
      advisory and administrative services for retail and institutional mutual
      funds.

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

This supplement is dated March 31, 1997.








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