WINNIPEG, April 25, 2013 /CNW/ – Investors Group today announced
proposed changes to its fund offering involving nine fund mergers and
proposed changes to the investment objectives of ten Corporate Class
Funds.

Proposed Fund Mergers

The following proposed mergers are expected to take effect on or about
the close of business on June 14, 2013, subject to any necessary
securityholder and regulatory approvals:

Merging Fund				Continuing Fund
Investors Japanese Equity Fund	To merge into			Investors Pan Asian Growth Fund
Investors Japanese Equity Class±	To merge into			Investors Pan Asian Growth Class±
Investors European Dividend Growth Fund	To merge into			Investors European Equity Fund
Investors Summa Global SRI™ Fund	To merge into			Investors Global Fund
Investors Summa Global SRI™ Class±	To merge into			Investors Global Class±
Investors Mergers & Acquisitions Fund	To merge into			Investors North American Equity Fund
Investors Mergers & Acquisitions Class±	To merge into			Investors North American Equity Class±
IG Mackenzie Universal Global Growth Class±	To merge into			IG Mackenzie IVY Foreign Equity Class±
Investors Real Return Bond Fund	To merge into			Investors Canadian Bond Fund

±This mutual fund is a class of securities issued by Investors Group Corporate Class Inc.™

The mergers are expected to provide securityholders of the merging funds
with more effective portfolio management and generally broader
investment mandates with more diversification which, in turn, will
provide the potential for less volatility and improved long-term
performance.

All of the mergers have been reviewed by the IG Funds Independent Review
Committee (IRC) which has determined that the mergers achieve a fair
and reasonable result for the funds.

Proposed Investment Objective Changes

The following Corporate Class Funds will be provided with the
flexibility to invest primarily in the units of other Investors Group
funds that will facilitate achieving the Class’ investment objective
and /or investing directly in equity securities:

• Investors Canadian Equity Class
• Investors Canadian Growth Class
• Investors Canadian Large Cap Value Class
• Investors Canadian Small Cap Class
• Investors Canadian Small Cap Growth Class
• Investors North American Equity Class
• Investors Qu bec Enterprise Class
• Investors Summa SRI™ Class
• Investors U.S. Large Cap Value Class
• Investors U.S. Opportunities Class

This change is expected to provide these Classes with more effective
portfolio management, including better diversification and easier asset
allocation, and the potential to reduce overall trading costs.

The proposed changes are expected to take effect on or about June 12,
2013, pending required approvals.

Securityholder meetings
Securityholders of the Merging Funds, as well as for the Continuing
Classes, will be asked to approve the mergers involving their funds at
special meetings scheduled to be held June 10, 2013, in Winnipeg.
Securityholders will also be asked to approve the objective changes at
a separate vote. Registered owners of the affected funds as at the
record date (April 26, 2013) will receive a Notice of Meeting, Proxy
and a Management Information Circular detailing the mergers and changes
to the objectives.

The mergers are not considered to be material for any of the Continuing
Funds, but meetings for the four Continuing Corporate Class Funds are
required for corporate law purposes.

Persons who become registered securityholders of an affected fund after
the record date may request to receive the meeting materials and vote
at the meeting by contacting the manager at least 10 days in advance of
the meeting of their fund. The costs associated with the fund mergers
will be borne by Investors Group.

Commissions, trailing commissions, management fees and expenses all may
be associated with mutual fund investments. Please read the prospectus
before investing. Mutual funds are not guaranteed, their values change
frequently and past performance may not be repeated. The Funds are
distributed across Canada by Investors Group Financial Services Inc.,
(in Quebec, a financial services firm), and Investors Group Securities
Inc. (in Quebec, a firm in financial planning.)

Investors Group, founded in 1926, is a national leader in delivering
personalized financial solutions to Canadians through a network of
approximately 4,500 Consultants located throughout Canada. In addition
to an exclusive family of mutual funds and other investment vehicles,
Investors Group offers a wide range of insurance, securities, mortgage
and other financial services. Investors Group is a member of the IGM
Financial Inc. (TSX: IGM) group of companies. IGM Financial is one of
Canada’s premier financial services companies with approximately $126
billion in total assets under management as of March 31, 2013.

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™This trademark is owned by IGM financial Inc. and licensed to its
subsidiary corporations.

SOURCE Investors Group Inc.