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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM N-CSR
CERTIFIED SHAREHOLDER REPORT OF REGISTERED MANAGEMENT
INVESTMENT COMPANIES
Investment Company Act file number 811-02611
Invesco Van Kampen Exchange Fund
(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)
1555 Peachtree Street, N.E., Atlanta, Georgia 30309
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)
Colin D. Meadows 1555 Peachtree Street, N.E., Atlanta, Georgia 30309
(Name and address of agent for service)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (713) 626-1919
Date of fiscal year end: 12/31
Date of reporting period: 12/31/10
Item 1. Reports to Stockholders.
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Annual Report to Shareholders | | December 31, 2010 |
Invesco Van Kampen Exchange Fund
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2 | | Performance Summary |
3 | | Long-Term Fund Performance |
4 | | Schedule of Investments |
5 | | Financial Statements |
8 | | Financial Highlights |
8 | | Notes to Financial Statements |
12 | | Auditor’s Report |
13 | | Results of Proxy |
T-1 | | Managing General Partners and Officers |
Fund Performance
Performance summary
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Fund vs. Indexes Total returns, 12/31/09 to 12/31/10, at net asset value (NAV). | | | | |
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Invesco Van Kampen Exchange Fund | | | 15.77 | % |
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S&P 500 Index▼ | | | 15.08 | |
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▼Lipper Inc.
The S&P 500® Index is an unmanaged index considered representative of the U.S. stock market.
The Fund is not managed to track the performance of any particular index, including the index(es) defined here, and consequently, the performance of the Fund may deviate significantly from the performance of the index(es).
A direct investment cannot be made in an index. Unless otherwise indicated, index results include reinvested dividends, and they do not reflect sales charges. Performance of the peer group, if applicable, reflects fund expenses; performance of a market index does not.
As part of Invesco’s June 1, 2010 acquisition of Morgan Stanley’s retail asset management business, Van Kampen Exchange Fund was renamed Invesco Van Kampen Exchange Fund.
The performance data quoted represent past performance and cannot guarantee comparable future results; current performance may be
lower or higher. Performance figures reflect reinvested distributions and changes in net asset value. Investment return and principal value will fluctuate so that you may have a gain or loss when you sell units.
The total annual Fund operating expense ratio for the period ended December 31, 2010 is 0.52%.
Average Annual Total Returns
As of 12/31/10, including maximum applicable sales charges
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Invesco Van Kampen Exchange Fund | | | | |
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Inception (12/16/76) | | | 11.23 | % |
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10 Years | | | 3.20 | |
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5 Years | | | 6.52 | |
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1 Year | | | 15.77 | |
Portfolio Composition
By sector
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Energy | | | 32.1 | % |
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Materials | | | 22.7 | |
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Health Care | | | 17.9 | |
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Information Technology | | | 11.0 | |
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Consumer Staples | | | 7.3 | |
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Industrials | | | 5.5 | |
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Financials | | | 2.7 | |
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Money Market Funds | | | | |
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Plus Other Assets in Excess of Liabilities | | | 0.8 | |
Top 10 Holdings*
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1. Air Products & Chemicals, Inc. | | | 11.2 | % |
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2. Intel Corp. | | | 7.4 | |
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3. McCormick & Co., Inc. | | | 7.3 | |
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4. Lubrizol Corp. | | | 6.6 | |
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5. Hess Corp. | | | 6.5 | |
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6. Merck & Co., Inc. | | | 6.0 | |
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7. Exxon Mobil Corp. | | | 5.8 | |
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8. Johnson & Johnson | | | 5.4 | |
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9. Apache Corp. | | | 5.1 | |
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10. International Flavors & Fragrances, Inc. | | | 4.5 | |
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Total Net Assets | | | $61.0 million | |
Total Number of Holdings* | | | 29 | |
The Fund’s holdings are subject to change, and there is no assurance that the Fund will continue to hold any particular security.
*Excluding money market fund holdings.
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Your Fund’s Long-Term Performance
Results of a $10,000 Investment — since Inception
Fund data from 12/16/76, index data from 12/31/76
Past performance cannot guarantee comparable future results.
The data shown in the chart include reinvested distributions, applicable sales charges and Fund expenses including management fees. Index results include reinvested dividends, but they do not reflect sales charges. Performance of the peer group, if applicable, reflects fund expenses and management fees; performance of a market index does not.
Performance shown in the chart and table(s) does not reflect deduction of taxes a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or sale of Fund shares.
This chart, which is a logarithmic chart, presents the fluctuations in the value of the Fund and its indexes. We believe that a logarithmic chart is more effective than other types of charts in illustrating changes in value during the early years shown in the chart. The vertical axis, the
one that indicates the dollar value of an investment, is constructed with each segment representing a percent change in the value of the investment. In this chart, each segment represents a doubling, or 100% change, in the value of the investment. In other words, the space between $5,000 and $10,000 is the same size as the space between $10,000 and $20,000, and so on.
Unless otherwise noted, all data provided by Invesco.
This report must be accompanied or preceded by a currently effective Fund prospectus, which contains more complete information, including sales charges and expenses. Investors should read it carefully before investing.
NOT FDIC INSURED | MAY LOSE VALUE | NO BANK GUARANTEE
3 Invesco Van Kampen Exchange Fund
Schedule of Investments
December 31, 2010
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Common Stocks–99.2% | | | | |
Aerospace & Defense–1.1% | | | | |
Honeywell International, Inc. | | | 12,478 | | | $ | 663,331 | |
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Coal & Consumable Fuels–1.1% | | | | |
Massey Energy Corp. | | | 12,780 | | | | 685,647 | |
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Construction & Engineering–2.8% | | | | |
Fluor Corp. | | | 25,559 | | | | 1,693,539 | |
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Diversified Banks–1.0% | | | | |
HSBC Holdings PLC–ADR (United Kingdom) | | | 11,471 | | | | 585,480 | |
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Forest Products–0.4% | | | | |
Louisiana-Pacific Corp.(a) | | | 25,866 | | | | 244,692 | |
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Health Care Distributors–0.1% | | | | |
Cardinal Health, Inc. | | | 1,860 | | | | 71,257 | |
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Health Care Equipment–0.9% | | | | |
Baxter International, Inc. | | | 9,960 | | | | 504,175 | |
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CareFusion Corp.(a) | | | 930 | | | | 23,901 | |
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Health Care Services–1.2% | | | | |
Medco Health Solutions, Inc.(a) | | | 12,102 | | | | 741,490 | |
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Industrial Gases–11.2% | | | | |
Air Products & Chemicals, Inc. | | | 75,236 | | | | 6,842,714 | |
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Industrial Machinery–1.6% | | | | |
SPX Corp. | | | 13,594 | | | | 971,835 | |
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Integrated Oil & Gas–14.8% | | | | |
BP PLC–ADR (United Kingdom) | | | 33,740 | | | | 1,490,296 | |
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Exxon Mobil Corp. | | | 48,719 | | | | 3,562,333 | |
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Hess Corp. | | | 51,692 | | | | 3,956,506 | |
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IT Consulting & Other Services–3.6% | | | | |
IBM Corp. | | | 14,956 | | | | 2,194,943 | |
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Multi-Line Insurance–0.2% | | | | |
American International Group, Inc.(a) | | | 2,076 | | | | 119,619 | |
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Oil & Gas Drilling–0.2% | | | | |
Transocean Ltd. (Switzerland)(a) | | | 2,169 | | | | 150,767 | |
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Oil & Gas Equipment & Services–10.8% | | | | |
Baker Hughes, Inc. | | | 25,531 | | | | 1,459,607 | |
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Halliburton Co. | | | 60,397 | | | | 2,466,010 | |
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Schlumberger Ltd. (Netherlands Antilles) | | | 32,031 | | | | 2,674,588 | |
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Oil & Gas Exploration & Production–5.1% | | | | |
Apache Corp. | | | 26,241 | | | | 3,128,715 | |
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Packaged Foods & Meats–7.3% | | | | |
McCormick & Co., Inc. | | | 96,131 | | | | 4,472,975 | |
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Pharmaceuticals–15.7% | | | | |
Johnson & Johnson | | | 53,320 | | | | 3,297,842 | |
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Merck & Co., Inc. | | | 101,062 | | | | 3,642,274 | |
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Pfizer, Inc. | | | 149,619 | | | | 2,619,829 | |
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Semiconductors–7.4% | | | | |
Intel Corp. | | | 215,966 | | | | 4,541,765 | |
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Specialized REIT’s–1.6% | | | | |
Plum Creek Timber Co., Inc. | | | 25,500 | | | | 954,975 | |
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Specialty Chemicals–11.1% | | | | |
International Flavors & Fragrances, Inc. | | | 49,513 | | | | 2,752,427 | |
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Lubrizol Corp. | | | 37,469 | | | | 4,004,687 | |
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Total Long-Term Investments–99.2% (Cost $5,843,096) | | | | | | | 60,518,219 | |
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Money Market Funds–0.6% | | | | |
Liquid Assets Portfolio–Institutional Class(b) | | | 171,333 | | | | 171,333 | |
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Premier Portfolio–Institutional Class(b) | | | 171,333 | | | | 171,333 | |
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Total Money Market Funds–0.6% (Cost $342,666) | | | | | | | 342,666 | |
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TOTAL INVESTMENTS–99.8% (Cost $6,185,762) | | | | | | | 60,860,885 | |
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OTHER ASSETS IN EXCESS OF LIABILITIES–0.2% | | | | | | | 109,832 | |
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NET ASSETS–100.0% | | | | | | $ | 60,970,717 | |
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Investment Abbreviations:
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ADR | | – American Depositary Receipt |
REIT | | – Real Estate Investment Trust |
Notes to Schedule of Investments:
Percentages are calculated as a percentage of net assets.
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(a) | | Non-income producing security. |
(b) | | The money market fund and the Fund are affiliated by having the same investment adviser. |
See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements which are an integral part of the financial statements.
4 Invesco Van Kampen Exchange Fund
Statement of Assets and Liabilities
December 31, 2010
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Assets: |
Investments, at value (Cost $5,843,096) | | $ | 60,518,219 | |
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Investments in affiliated money market funds, at value and cost | | | 342,666 | |
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Cash | | | 19,576 | |
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Dividend receivable | | | 142,122 | |
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Total assets | | | 61,022,583 | |
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Liabilities: |
Payables: | | | | |
Distributor and affiliates | | | 9,217 | |
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Accrued expenses | | | 42,649 | |
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Total liabilities | | | 51,866 | |
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Net assets | | $ | 60,970,717 | |
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Net assets are comprised of: |
131,535 units of limited partnership interest | | $ | 60,006,309 | |
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1,891 units of non-managing general partnership interest | | | 862,675 | |
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223 units of managing general partnership interest | | | 101,733 | |
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Net assets | | $ | 60,970,717 | |
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Net asset value per unit ($60,970,717 divided by 133,649 units of partnership interest outstanding) | | $ | 456.20 | |
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Components of net assets: |
Net paid in capital on units of beneficial interest | | $ | 6,295,594 | |
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Net unrealized appreciation on investments | | | 54,675,123 | |
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Total net assets | | $ | 60,970,717 | |
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See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements which are an integral part of the financial statements.
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Statement of Operations
For the year ended December 31, 2010
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Investment income: |
Dividends | | $ | 1,216,935 | |
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Dividends from affiliated money market funds | | | 308 | |
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Interest | | | 297 | |
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Total income | | | 1,217,540 | |
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Expenses: |
Investment advisory fee | | | 163,909 | |
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Administrative services fee | | | 36,794 | |
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Reports to partners | | | 25,934 | |
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Professional fees | | | 23,248 | |
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Transfer agent fees | | | 15,630 | |
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Custody | | | 9,281 | |
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Managing general partners’ fees and related expenses | | | 1,886 | |
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Other | | | 10,466 | |
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Total expenses | | | 287,148 | |
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Fee waiver | | | 12,425 | |
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Net expenses | | | 274,723 | |
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Net investment income | | | 942,817 | |
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Realized and unrealized gain: |
Net realized gain on investments as a result of partner in-kind redemptions | | $ | 4,260,097 | |
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Net realized gain on investments | | | 30,135 | |
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Net realized gain | | | 4,290,232 | |
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Unrealized appreciation: | | | | |
Beginning of the period | | | 51,510,562 | |
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End of the period | | | 54,675,123 | |
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Net unrealized appreciation during the period | | | 3,164,561 | |
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Net realized and unrealized gain | | | 7,454,793 | |
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Net increase in net assets from operations | | $ | 8,397,610 | |
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See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements which are an integral part of the financial statements.
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Statements of Changes in Net Assets
For the years ended December 31, 2010 and 2009
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From investment activities: | | | | |
Operations: | | | | |
Net investment income | | $ | 942,817 | | | $ | 1,098,890 | |
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Net realized gain | | | 4,290,232 | | | | 6,145,654 | |
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Net unrealized appreciation during the period | | | 3,164,561 | | | | 7,421,507 | |
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Change in net assets from operations | | | 8,397,610 | | | | 14,666,051 | |
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Distributions from net investment income | | | (984,146 | ) | | | (1,043,646 | ) |
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Distributions from net realized gain | | | (1,219,999 | ) | | | (457,007 | ) |
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Total distributions | | | (2,204,145 | ) | | | (1,500,653 | ) |
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Net change in net assets from investment activities | | | 6,193,465 | | | | 13,165,398 | |
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From partnership unit transactions: | | | | |
Proceeds from units issued through dividend reinvestment | | | 399,609 | | | | 250,317 | |
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Cost of units repurchased | | | (4,688,005 | ) | | | (8,153,506 | ) |
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Net change in net assets from partnership unit transactions | | | (4,288,396 | ) | | | (7,903,189 | ) |
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Total increase in net assets | | | 1,905,069 | | | | 5,262,209 | |
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Net assets: | | | | |
Beginning of the period | | | 59,065,648 | | | | 53,803,439 | |
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End of the period | | $ | 60,970,717 | | | $ | 59,065,648 | |
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Change in partnership units outstanding: | | | | |
Units issued through dividend reinvestment | | | 1,003 | | | | 749 | |
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Units repurchased | | | (11,393 | ) | | | (21,113 | ) |
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Increase (decrease) in partnership units outstanding | | | (10,390 | ) | | | (20,364 | ) |
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See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements which are an integral part of the financial statements.
7 Invesco Van Kampen Exchange Fund
Financial Highlights
The following schedule presents financial highlights for one share of the Fund outstanding throughout the periods indicated.
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| | 2010 | | 2009 | | 2008 | | 2007 | | 2006 |
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Net asset value, beginning of the period | | $ | 410.07 | | | $ | 327.27 | | | $ | 503.75 | | | $ | 420.23 | | | $ | 368 | .67 | |
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Net investment income(a) | | | 6.95 | | | | 6.84 | | | | 7.15 | | | | 7.27 | | | | 5 | .81 | |
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Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) | | | 55.24 | | | | 85.24 | | | | (176.20 | ) | | | 80.21 | | | | 49 | .57 | |
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Total from investment operations | | | 62.19 | | | | 92.08 | | | | (169.05 | ) | | | 87.48 | | | | 55 | .38 | |
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Less: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Distributions from net investment income | | | 7.25 | | | | 6.50 | | | | 5.00 | | | | 1.28 | | | | 1 | .28 | |
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Distributions from net realized gain | | | 8.81 | | | | 2.78 | | | | 2.43 | | | | 2.68 | | | | 2 | .54 | |
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Total distributions | | | 16.06 | | | | 9.28 | | | | 7.43 | | | | 3.96 | | | | 3 | .82 | |
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Net asset value, end of the period | | $ | 456.20 | | | $ | 410.07 | | | $ | 327.27 | | | $ | 503.75 | | | $ | 420 | .23 | |
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Total return*(b) | | | 15.77 | % | | | 28.74 | % | | | (33.92 | )% | | | 20.97 | % | | | 15 | .12 | % |
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Net assets at end of the period (in millions) | | $ | 61.0 | | | $ | 59.1 | | | $ | 53.8 | | | $ | 83.5 | | | $ | 73 | .3 | |
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Ratio of expenses to average net assets* | | | 0.50 | %(c) | | | 0.52 | % | | | 0.52 | % | | | 0.46 | % | | | 0 | .57 | % |
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Ratio of net investment income to average net assets* | | | 1.72 | %(c) | | | 1.93 | % | | | 1.65 | % | | | 1.58 | % | | | 1 | .49 | % |
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Portfolio turnover(d) | | | 0 | % | | | 2 | % | | | 0 | % | | | 0 | % | | | 0 | | % |
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* If certain expenses had not been assumed by the adviser, total returns would have been lower and the ratios would have been as follows: |
Ratio of expenses to average net assets | | | 0.52 | %(c) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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Ratio of net investment income to average net assets | | | 1.70 | %(c) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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(a) | | Based on average units outstanding. |
(b) | | Includes adjustments in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America and as such, the net asset value for financial reporting purposes and the returns based upon those net asset values may differ from the net asset value and returns for shareholder transactions. Does not include sales charges and is not annualized for periods less than one year, if applicable. |
(c) | | Ratios are annualized and based on average daily net assets (000’s omitted) of $54,704. |
(d) | | Portfolio turnover is calculated at the Fund level and is not annualized for periods less than one year, if applicable. |
Notes to Financial Statements
December 31, 2010
NOTE 1—Significant Accounting Policies
Invesco Van Kampen Exchange Fund, (the “Fund”), a California limited partnership, is a partnership registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”), as a diversified, open-end management investment company. Effective June 1, 2010, the Fund’s name changed from Van Kampen Exchange Fund to Invesco Van Kampen Exchange Fund.
The Fund seeks long-term growth of capital. The production of current income is a secondary objective.
The Fund has three different types of partners: Managing General Partners, Non-Managing General Partners and Limited Partners. Except as otherwise specifically provided in the Certificate and Agreement of Limited Partnership (the “Agreement”), Managing General Partners have complete and exclusive control over the management, conduct and operations of the Fund’s business. Generally, Non-Managing General Partners will take no part in the management, conduct and operations of the Fund. Limited Partners have no right to and will take no part in the control of the Fund’s business. Limited Partners may exercise voting rights as provided pursuant to the terms of the Agreement.
The following is a summary of the significant accounting policies followed by the Fund in the preparation of its financial statements.
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A. | | Security Valuations — Securities, including restricted securities, are valued according to the following policy. |
| | A security listed or traded on an exchange (except convertible bonds) is valued at its last sales price or official closing price as of the close of the customary trading session on the exchange where the security is principally traded, or lacking any sales or official closing price on a particular day, the security may be valued at the closing bid price on that day. Securities traded in the over-the-counter market are valued based on prices furnished by independent pricing services or market makers. When such securities are valued by an independent pricing service they may be considered fair valued. Futures contracts are valued at the final settlement price set by an exchange on which they are principally traded. Listed options are valued at the mean between the last bid and ask prices from the exchange on which they are principally traded. Options not listed on an exchange are valued by an independent source at the mean between the last bid and ask prices. For purposes of determining net asset value per share, futures and option contracts generally are valued 15 minutes after the close of the customary trading session of the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”). |
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| | Investments in open-end and closed-end registered investment companies that do not trade on an exchange are valued at the end of day net asset value per share. Investments in open-end and closed-end registered investment companies that trade on an exchange are valued at the last sales price or official closing price as of the close of the customary trading session on the exchange where the security is principally traded. |
| | Debt obligations (including convertible bonds) and unlisted equities are fair valued using an evaluated quote provided by an independent pricing service. Evaluated quotes provided by the pricing service may be determined without exclusive reliance on quoted prices, and may reflect appropriate factors such as institution-size trading in similar groups of securities, developments related to specific securities, dividend rate, yield, quality, type of issue, coupon rate, maturity, individual trading characteristics and other market data. Short-term obligations, including commercial paper, having 60 days or less to maturity are recorded at amortized cost which approximates value. Debt securities are subject to interest rate and credit risks. In addition, all debt securities involve some risk of default with respect to interest and/or principal payments. |
| | Foreign securities (including foreign exchange contracts) are converted into U.S. dollar amounts using the applicable exchange rates as of the close of the NYSE. If market quotations are available and reliable for foreign exchange traded equity securities, the securities will be valued at the market quotations. Because trading hours for certain foreign securities end before the close of the NYSE, closing market quotations may become unreliable. If between the time trading ends on a particular security and the close of the customary trading session on the NYSE, events occur that are significant and make the closing price unreliable, the Fund may fair value the security. If the event is likely to have affected the closing price of the security, the security will be valued at fair value in good faith using procedures approved by the Managing General Partners. Adjustments to closing prices to reflect fair value may also be based on a screening process of an independent pricing service to indicate the degree of certainty, based on historical data, that the closing price in the principal market where a foreign security trades is not the current value as of the close of the NYSE. Foreign securities meeting the approved degree of certainty that the price is not reflective of current value will be priced at the indication of fair value from the independent pricing service. Multiple factors may be considered by the independent pricing service in determining adjustments to reflect fair value and may include information relating to sector indices, American Depositary Receipts and domestic and foreign index futures. Foreign securities may have additional risks including exchange rate changes, potential for sharply devalued currencies and high inflation, political and economical upheaval, the relative lack of issuer information, relatively low market liquidity and the potential lack of strict financial and accounting controls and standards. |
| | Securities for which market prices are not provided by any of the above methods may be valued based upon quotes furnished by independent sources. The last bid price may be used to value equity securities. The mean between the last bid and asked prices is used to value debt obligations, including Corporate Loans. |
| | Securities for which market quotations are not readily available or are unreliable are valued at fair value as determined in good faith by or under the supervision of the Fund’s officers following procedures approved by the Managing General Partners. Issuer specific events, market trends, bid/ask quotes of brokers and information providers and other market data may be reviewed in the course of making a good faith determination of a security’s fair value. |
| | Valuations change in response to many factors including the historical and prospective earnings of the issuer, the value of the issuer’s assets, general economic conditions, interest rates, investor perceptions and market liquidity. Because of the inherent uncertainties of valuation, the values reflected in the financial statements may materially differ from the value received upon actual sale of those investments. |
B. | | Securities Transactions and Investment Income — Securities transactions are accounted for on a trade date basis. Realized gains or losses on sales are computed on the basis of specific identification of the securities sold. Interest income is recorded on the accrual basis from settlement date. Dividend income (net of withholding tax, if any) is recorded on the ex-dividend date. |
| | The Fund may periodically participate in litigation related to Fund investments. As such, the Fund may receive proceeds from litigation settlements. Any proceeds received are included in the Statement of Operations as realized gain (loss) for investments no longer held and as unrealized gain (loss) for investments still held. |
| | Brokerage commissions and mark ups are considered transaction costs and are recorded as an increase to the cost basis of securities purchased and/or a reduction of proceeds on a sale of securities. Such transaction costs are included in the determination of net realized and unrealized gain (loss) from investment securities reported in the Statement of Operations and the Statement of Changes in Net Assets and the net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on securities per share in the Financial Highlights. Transaction costs are included in the calculation of the Fund’s net asset value and, accordingly, they reduce the Fund’s total returns. These transaction costs are not considered operating expenses and are not reflected in net investment income reported in the Statement of Operations and Statement of Changes in Net Assets, or the net investment income per share and ratios of expenses and net investment income reported in the Financial Highlights, nor are they limited by any expense limitation arrangements between the Fund and the investment adviser. |
| | Net investment income is allocated daily to each partner, relative to the total number of units held. Capital gains or losses will be allocated equally among units outstanding on the day recognized. |
C. | | Country Determination — For the purposes of making investment selection decisions and presentation in the Schedule of Investments, the investment adviser may determine the country in which an issuer is located and/or credit risk exposure based on various factors. These factors include the laws of the country under which the issuer is organized, where the issuer maintains a principal office, the country in which the issuer derives 50% or more of its total revenues and the country that has the primary market for the issuer’s securities, as well as other criteria. Among the other criteria that may be evaluated for making this determination are the country in which the issuer maintains 50% or more of its assets, the type of security, financial guarantees and enhancements, the nature of the collateral and the sponsor organization. Country of issuer and/or credit risk exposure has been determined to be the United States of America, unless otherwise noted. |
D. | | Distributions — Quarterly distributions to partners are recorded on the record date. Distributions from the Fund are recorded on the ex-distribution date. |
E. | | Federal Income Taxes — The Fund has met the qualification to be classified as a partnership for federal income tax purposes and intends to maintain this qualification in the future. A partnership is not subject to federal income tax. As such, the Fund will not be subject to federal income taxes on otherwise taxable income (including net realized capital gain) that is distributed to shareholders. Therefore, no provision for federal income taxes is recorded in the financial statements. |
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| | The Fund files tax returns in the U.S. Federal jurisdiction and certain other jurisdictions. Generally the Fund is subject to examinations by such taxing authorities for up to three years after the filing of the return for the tax period. |
F. | | Accounting Estimates — The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”) requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period including estimates and assumptions related to taxation. Actual results could differ from those estimates by a significant amount. In addition, the Fund monitors for material events or transactions that may occur or become known after the period-end date and before the date the financial statements are released to print. |
G. | | Indemnifications — Under the Fund’s organizational documents, each General Partner of the Fund (including officers, and/or directors of a corporate General Partner) is indemnified against certain liabilities that may arise out of performance of their duties to the Fund. Additionally, in the normal course of business, the Fund enters into contracts, including the Fund’s servicing agreements, that contain a variety of indemnification clauses. The Fund’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown as this would involve future claims that may be made against the Fund that have not yet occurred. The risk of material loss as a result of such indemnification claims is considered remote. |
NOTE 2—Advisory Fees and Other Fees Paid to Affiliates
Effective June 1, 2010, the Fund has entered into a master investment advisory agreement with Invesco Advisers, Inc. (the “Adviser” or “Invesco”). Under the terms of the investment advisory agreement, the Fund pays an advisory fee to the Adviser based on the annual rate of 0.30% of the Funds’s average daily net assets.
Prior to June 1, 2010, the Fund paid $69,765 in advisory fees to Van Kampen Asset Management based on the annual rate above of the Fund’s average daily net assets.
Effective June 1, 2010, under the terms of a master sub-advisory agreement between the Adviser and each of Invesco Asset Management Deutschland GmbH, Invesco Asset Management Limited, Invesco Asset Management (Japan) Limited, Invesco Australia Limited, Invesco Hong Kong Limited, Invesco Senior Secured Management, Inc. and Invesco Trimark Ltd. (collectively, the “Affiliated Sub-Advisers”), the Adviser, not the Fund, may pay 40% of the fees paid to the Adviser to any such Affiliated Sub-Adviser(s) that provide discretionary investment management services to the Fund based on the percentage of assets allocated to such Sub-Adviser(s)
Effective June 1, 2010, the Adviser has contractually agreed, through at least June 30, 2012, to waive advisory fees and/or reimburse expenses of all units to the extent necessary to limit the Fund’s expenses (excluding certain items discussed below) to 0.52% of average daily net assets. In determining the Adviser’s obligation to waive advisory fees and/or reimburse expenses, the following expenses are not taken into account, and could cause the Fund’s expenses to exceed the limit reflected above: (1) interest; (2) taxes; (3) dividend expense on short sales; (4) extraordinary or non-routine items; and (5) expenses that the Fund has incurred but did not actually pay because of an expense offset arrangement. Unless the Board of Managing General Partners and Invesco mutually agree to amend or continue the fee waiver agreement, it will terminate on June 30, 2012.
Further, the Adviser has contractually agreed, through at least June 30, 2011, to waive the advisory fee payable by the Fund in an amount equal to 100% of the net advisory fees the Adviser receives from the affiliated money market funds on investments by the Fund of uninvested cash in such affiliated money market funds.
For the year ended December 31, 2010, the Adviser waived advisory fees of $12,425.
The Fund has entered into a master administrative services agreement with Invesco pursuant to which the Fund has agreed to pay Invesco for certain administrative costs incurred in providing accounting services to the Fund. Prior to June 1, 2010, under separate accounting services and chief compliance officer (“CCO”) employment agreements, Van Kampen Investments Inc. (“VKII”) provided accounting services and the CCO provided compliance services to the Fund. Pursuant to such agreements, the Fund paid $4,305 to VKII. For the year ended December 31, 2010, expenses incurred under these agreements are shown in the Statement of Operations as administrative services fees. Also, Invesco has entered into service agreements whereby State Street Bank and Trust Company (“SSB”) serves as the custodian and fund accountant and provides certain administrative services to the Fund.
The Fund has entered into a transfer agency and service agreement with Invesco Investment Services, Inc. (“IIS”) pursuant to which the Fund has agreed to pay IIS a fee for providing transfer agency and shareholder services to the Fund and reimburse IIS for certain expenses incurred by IIS in the course of providing such services. Pursuant to such agreement, for the period ended December 31, 2010 IIS was paid $9,155 for providing such services. Prior to June 1, 2010, the Fund paid $6,475 to Van Kampen Investor Services Inc., which served as the Fund’s transfer agent. For the year ended December 31, 2010, expenses incurred under these agreements are shown in the Statement of Operations as transfer agent fees.
For the period ended December 31, 2010, the Fund paid legal fees of $6,429 for services rendered by Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, of which a Managing General Partner of the Fund was a partner of such firm and he and his law firm provided legal services as legal counsel to the Fund.
A partner of the Fund is an officer of Invesco and/or IIS.
At December 31, 2010, Van Kampen Funds Inc. and Van Kampen Exchange Corp. (both affiliates of the Adviser), as non-managing general partners of the Fund, owned 212 and 1,679 units of partnership interest, respectively.
NOTE 3—Additional Valuation Information
GAAP defines fair value as the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date, under current market conditions. GAAP establishes a hierarchy that prioritizes the inputs to valuation methods giving the highest priority to readily available unadjusted quoted prices in an active market for identical assets (Level 1) and the lowest priority to significant unobservable inputs (Level 3) generally when market prices are not readily available or are unreliable. Based on the valuation inputs, the securities or other investments are tiered into one of three levels. Changes in valuation methods may result in transfers in or out of an investment’s assigned level:
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| Level 1 — | Prices are determined using quoted prices in an active market for identical assets. |
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| Level 2 — | Prices are determined using other significant observable inputs. Observable inputs are inputs that other market participants may use in pricing a security. These may include quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, yield curves, loss severities, default rates, discount rates, volatilities and others. |
| Level 3 — | Prices are determined using significant unobservable inputs. In situations where quoted prices or observable inputs are unavailable (for example, when there is little or no market activity for an investment at the end of the period), unobservable inputs may be used. Unobservable inputs reflect the Fund’s own assumptions about the factors market participants would use in determining fair value of the securities or instruments and would be based on the best available information. |
The following is a summary of the tiered valuation input levels, as of December 31, 2010. The level assigned to the securities valuations may not be an indication of the risk or liquidity associated with investing in those securities. Because of the inherent uncertainties of valuation, the values reflected in the financial statements may materially differ from the value received upon actual sale of those investments.
During the year ended December 31, 2010, there were no significant transfers between investment levels.
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| | Level 1 | | Level 2 | | Level 3 | | Total |
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Equity Securities | | $ | 60,860,885 | | | $ | — | | | $ | — | | | $ | 60,860,885 | |
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NOTE 4—Partnership Unit Transactions
Partners of the Fund may redeem units any time. The net asset value of units redeemed, other than redemptions under a systematic withdrawal plan, may be paid in cash or securities, at the option of the Fund, and will ordinarily be paid in whole or in part in securities. The Fund’s valuation will determine the quantity of securities tendered. The Fund may select securities for tender in redemptions based on tax or investment considerations. During the year ended December 31, 2010, the Fund tendered securities of $4,474,042 for partner redemptions.
NOTE 5—Cash Balances
The Fund is permitted to temporarily carry a negative or overdrawn balance in its account with SSB, the custodian bank. To compensate the custodian bank for such overdrafts, the overdrawn Fund may either (1) leave funds as a compensating balance in the account so the custodian bank can be compensated by earning the additional interest; or (2) compensate by paying the custodian bank at a rate agreed upon by the custodian bank and Invesco, not to exceed the contractually agreed upon rate.
NOTE 6—Investment Securities
The aggregate amount of investment securities (other than short-term securities, U.S. Treasury obligations and money market funds, if any) purchased and sold by the Fund during the year ended December 31, 2010 was $0 and $4,474,885, respectively. Cost of investments on a tax basis includes the adjustments for financial reporting purposes as of the most recently completed Federal income tax reporting period-end.
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Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) of Investment Securities on a Tax Basis |
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Aggregate unrealized appreciation of investment securities | | $ | 57,502,518 | |
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Aggregate unrealized (depreciation) of investment securities | | | (63,492 | ) |
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Net unrealized appreciation of investment securities | | $ | 57,439,026 | |
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Cost of investments for tax purposes is $3,421,859. |
NOTE 7—Change in Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm (unaudited)
The Audit Committee of the Board of Managing General Partners of the Fund appointed, and the Board of Managing General Partners ratified thereafter and approved, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (“PWC”) as the independent registered public accounting firm of the Fund for the fiscal year following May 31, 2010. Prior to May 31, 2010, the Fund’s financial statements were audited by a different independent registered public accounting firm (the “Prior Auditor”). The Board of Managing General Partners selected a new independent auditor for the Fund’s current fiscal year in connection with the appointment of Invesco Advisers as investment adviser to the Fund (“New Advisory Agreement”).
Effective June 1, 2010, the Prior Auditor resigned as the independent registered public accounting firm of the Fund. The Prior Auditor’s report on the financial statements of the Fund for the past two years did not contain an adverse or disclaimer of opinion, and was not qualified or modified as to uncertainty, audit scope or accounting principles. During the period the Prior Auditor was engaged, there were no disagreements with the Prior Auditor on any matter of accounting principles or practices, financial statement disclosure, or auditing scope or procedure which, if not resolved to the Prior Auditor’s satisfaction, would have caused it to make reference to that matter in connection with its report.
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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
To the General and Limited Partners of
Invesco Van Kampen Exchange Fund:
In our opinion, the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities, including the schedule of investments, and the related statements of operations, of changes in net assets and the financial highlights present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of Invesco Van Kampen Exchange Fund (formerly known as Van Kampen Exchange Fund hereafter referred to as the “Fund”) at December 31, 2010, the results of its operations, the changes in its net assets and the financial highlights for the year then ended, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. These financial statements and financial highlights (hereafter referred to as “financial statements”) are the responsibility of the Fund’s management; our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audit. We conducted our audit of these financial statements in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, and evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audit, which included confirmation of securities at December 31, 2010 by correspondence with the custodian, provides a reasonable basis for our opinion. The statement of changes in net assets and the financial highlights of the Fund for the periods ended December 31, 2009 and prior were audited by other independent auditors whose report dated February 19, 2010 expressed an unqualified opinion on those financial statements.
PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLP
February 22, 2010
Houston, Texas
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Proxy Results
An Annual Meeting (“Meeting”) of Partners of Invesco Van Kampen Exchange Fund was held on Friday, July 16, 2010. The Meeting was held for the following purpose:
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(1) | Elect eleven Managing General Partners, each of whom will serve until the next annual meeting of Partners or until a successor is duly elected and qualified. |
The results of the voting on the above matters were as follows:
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(1) | | David C. Arch | | | 90,605 | | | | 2,424 | |
| | Jerry D. Choate | | | 90,605 | | | | 2,424 | |
| | Rodney Dammeyer | | | 89,969 | | | | 3,060 | |
| | Linda Hutton Heagy | | | 90,605 | | | | 2,424 | |
| | R. Craig Kennedy | | | 89,969 | | | | 3,060 | |
| | Howard J. Kerr | | | 90,605 | | | | 2,424 | |
| | Colin D. Meadows | | | 90,605 | | | | 2,424 | |
| | Jack E. Nelson | | | 90,605 | | | | 2,424 | |
| | Hugo F. Sonnenschein | | | 89,969 | | | | 3,060 | |
| | Wayne W. Whalen | | | 89,969 | | | | 3,060 | |
| | Suzanne H. Woolsey | | | 90,605 | | | | 2,424 | |
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Managing General Partners and Officers
The address of each managing general partner and officer is 1555 Peachtree, N.E., Atlanta, Georgia 30309. The managing general partners serve for the life of the Fund, subject to their earlier death, incapacitation, resignation, retirement or removal as more specifically provided in the Fund’s organizational documents. Each officer serves for a one year term or until their successors are elected and qualified. Column two below includes length of time served with predecessor entities, if any.
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| | | and/or | | | | Managing | | | |
| Name, Year of Birth and | | Officer | | Principal Occupation(s) | | General | | Other Directorship(s) | |
| Position(s) Held with the Fund | | Since | | During Past 5 Years | | Partner | | Held by Managing General Partner | |
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| Interested Persons | | | | | | | | | | | |
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| Colin Meadows — 1971 Trustee, President and Principal Executive Officer
| | 2010 | | Chief Administrative Officer, Invesco Advisers, Inc., since 2006; Prior to 2006, Senior Vice President of business development and mergers and acquisitions at GE Consumer Finance; Prior to 2005, Senior Vice President of strategic planning and technology at Wells Fargo Bank; From 1996 to 2003, associate principal with McKinsey & Company, focusing on the financial services and venture capital industries, with emphasis in banking and asset management sectors. | | | 18 | | | None | |
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| Independent Managing General Partners | | | | | | | | | | | |
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| Wayne M. Whalen1 — 1939 Trustee and Chair | | 1997 | | Of Counsel, and prior to 2010, partner in the law firm of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, legal counsel to funds in the Fund Complex | | | 225 | | | Director of the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library Foundation | |
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| David C. Arch — 1945 Trustee | | 1997 | | Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Blistex Inc., a consumer health care products manufacturer. | | | 225 | | | Member of the Heartland Alliance Advisory Board, a nonprofit organization serving human needs based in Chicago. Board member of the Illinois Manufacturers’ Association. Member of the Board of Visitors, Institute for the Humanities, University of Michigan | |
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| Jerry D. Choate — 1938 Trustee | | 2003 | | From 1995 to 1999, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Allstate Corporation (“Allstate”) and Allstate Insurance Company. From 1994 to 1995, President and Chief Executive Officer of Allstate. Prior to 1994, various management positions at Allstate. | | | 18 | | | Trustee/Director/Managing General Partner of funds in the Fund Complex. Director since 1998 and member of the governance and nominating committee, executive committee, compensation and management development committee and equity award committee, of Amgen Inc., a biotechnological company. Director since 1999 and member of the nominating and governance committee and compensation and executive committee, of Valero Energy Corporation, a crude oil refining and marketing company. Previously, from 2006 to 2007, Director and member of the compensation committee and audit committee, of H&R Block, a tax preparation services company. | |
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| Rodney Dammeyer — 1940 Trustee | | 1997 | | President of CAC, LLC, a private company offering capital investment and management advisory services. Prior to January 2004, Director of TeleTech Holdings Inc.; Prior to 2002, Director of Arris Group, Inc.; Prior to 2001, Managing Partner at Equity Group Corporate Investments. Prior to 1995, Chief Executive Officer of Itel Corporation. Prior to 1985, experience includes Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Household International, Inc, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Northwest Industries, Inc. and Partner of Arthur Andersen & Co. | | | 225 | | | Director of Quidel Corporation and Stericycle, Inc. Prior to May 2008, Trustee of The Scripps Research Institute. Prior to February 2008, Director of Ventana Medical Systems, Inc. Prior to April 2007, Director of GATX Corporation. Prior to April 2004, Director of TheraSense, Inc. | |
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1 | | Mr. Whalen is considered an “interested person” (within the meaning of Section 2(a)(19) of the 1940 Act) of certain Funds in the Fund Complex by reason of he and his firm currently providing legal services as legal counsel to such Funds in the Fund Complex. |
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Managing General Partners and Officers — (continued)
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| | | | | | | Number of | | | |
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| | | General | | | | Complex | | | |
| | | Partner | | | | Overseen by | | | |
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| Name, Year of Birth and | | Officer | | Principal Occupation(s) | | General | | Other Directorship(s) | |
| Position(s) Held with the Fund | | Since | | During Past 5 Years | | Partner | | Held by Managing General Partner | |
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| Independent Managing General Partners | | | | | | | | | | | |
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| Linda Hutton Heagy — 1948 Trustee | | 2003 | | Prior to June 2008, Managing Partner of Heidrick & Struggles, the second largest global executive search firm, and from 2001-2004, Regional Managing Director of U.S. operations at Heidrick & Struggles. Prior to 1997, Managing Partner of Ray & Berndtson, Inc., an executive recruiting firm. Prior to 1995, Executive Vice President of ABN AMRO, N.A., a bank holding company, with oversight for treasury management operations including all non-credit product pricing. Prior to 1990, experience includes Executive Vice President of The Exchange National Bank with oversight of treasury management including capital markets operations, Vice President of Northern Trust Company and an Associate at Price Waterhouse. | | | 18 | | | Trustee/Director/Managing General Partner of funds in the Fund Complex. Prior to 2010, Trustee on the University of Chicago Medical Center Board, Vice Chair of the Board of the YMCA of Metropolitan Chicago and a member of the Women’s Board of the University of Chicago. | |
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| R. Craig Kennedy — 1952 Trustee | | 2003 | | Director and President of the German Marshall Fund of the United States, an independent U.S. foundation created to deepen understanding, promote collaboration and stimulate exchanges of practical experience between Americans and Europeans. Formerly, advisor to the Dennis Trading Group Inc., a managed futures and option company that invests money for individuals and institutions. Prior to 1992, President and Chief Executive Officer, Director and member of the Investment Committee of the Joyce Foundation, a private foundation. | | | 18 | | | Trustee/Director/Managing General Partner of funds in the Fund Complex. Director of First Solar, Inc. | |
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| Howard J Kerr — 1935 Trustee | | 1997 | | Retired. Previous member of the City Council and Mayor of Lake Forest, Illinois from 1988 through 2002. Previous business experience from 1981 through 1996 includes President and Chief Executive Officer of Pocklington Corporation, Inc., an investment holding company, President and Chief Executive Officer of Grabill Aerospace, and President of Custom Technologies Corporation. United States Naval Officer from 1960 through 1981, with responsibilities including Commanding Officer of United States Navy destroyers and Commander of United States Navy Destroyer Squadron Thirty-Three, White House experience in 1973 through 1975 as military aide to Vice Presidents Agnew and Ford and Naval Aid to President Ford, and Military Fellow on the Council of Foreign Relations in 1978-through 1979. | | | 18 | | | Trustee/Director/Managing General Partner of funds in the Fund Complex. Director of the Lake Forest Bank & Trust. Director of the Marrow Foundation. | |
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| Jack E. Nelson — 1936 Trustee | | 2003 | | President of Nelson Investment Planning Services, Inc., a financial planning company and registered investment adviser in the State of Florida. President of Nelson Ivest Brokerage Services Inc., a member of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”), Securities Investors Protection Corp. and the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board. President of Nelson Sales and Services Corporation, a marketing and services company to support affiliated companies. | | | 18 | | | Trustee/Director/Managing General Partner of funds in the Fund Complex. | |
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| Hugo F. Sonnenschein — 1940 Trustee | | 1997 | | President Emeritus and Honorary Trustee of the University of Chicago and the Adam Smith Distinguished Service Professor in the Department of Economics at the University of Chicago. Prior to July 2000, President of the University of Chicago. | | | 225 | | | Trustee of the University of Rochester and a member of its investment committee. Member of the National Academy of Sciences, the American Philosophical Society and a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences | |
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| Suzanne H. Woolsey, Ph.D. — 1941 Trustee | | 2003 | | Chief Communications Officer of the National Academy of Sciences and Engineering and Institute of Medicine/National Research Council, an independent, federally chartered policy institution, from 2001 to November 2003 and Chief Operating Officer from 1993 to 2001. Executive Director of the Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education at the National Academy of Sciences/National Research Council from 1989 to 1993. Prior to 1980, experience includes Partner of Coopers & Lybrand (from 1980 to 1989), Associate Director of the US Office of Management and Budget (from 1977 to 1980) and Program Director of the Urban Institute (from 1975 to 1977). | | | 18 | | | Trustee/Director/Managing General Partner of funds in the Fund Complex. Independent Director and audit committee chairperson of Changing World Technologies, Inc., an energy manufacturing company, since July 2008. Independent Director and member of audit and governance committees of Fluor Corp., a global engineering, construction and management company, since January 2004. Director of Intelligent Medical Devices, Inc., a private company which develops symptom-based diagnostic tools for viral respiratory infections. Advisory Board member of ExactCost LLC, a private company providing activity-based costing for hospitals, laboratories, clinics, and physicians, since 2008. | |
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Managing General Partners and Officers – (continued)
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| | | | | | | | | Number of | | | |
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| | | General | | | | Complex | | | |
| | | Partner | | | | Overseen by | | | |
| | | and/or | | | | Managing | | Other Directorship(s) | |
| Name, Year of Birth and | | Officer | | Principal Occupation(s) | | General | | Held by Managing | |
| Position(s) Held with the Fund | | Since | | During Past 5 Years | | Partner | | General Partner | |
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| Independent Managing General Partners | | | | | | | | | | | |
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| | | | | | | | | | | Chairperson of the Board of Trustees of the Institute for Defense Analyses, afederally funded research and development center, since 2000. Trustee from 1992 to 2000 and 2002 to present, current chairperson of the finance committee, current member of the audit committee, strategic growth committee and executive committee, and former Chairperson of the Board of Trustees (from 1997 to 1999), of the German Marshall Fund of the United States, a public foundation. Lead Independent Trustee of the Rocky Mountain Institute, a non-profit energy and environmental institute; Trustee since 2004. Chairperson of the Board of Trustees of the Colorado College; Trustee since 1995. Trustee of California Institute of Technology. Previously, Independent Director and member of audit committee and governance committee of Neurogen Corporation from 1998 to 2006; and Independent Director of Arbros Communications from 2000 to 2002 | |
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| Other Officers | | | | | | | | | | | |
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| John M. Zerr — 1962 Senior Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Secretary | | 2010 | | | | Director, Senior Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel, Invesco Management Group, Inc. (formerly known as Invesco Aim Management Group, Inc.), Van Kampen Investments Inc. and Van Kampen Exchange Corp., Senior Vice President, Invesco Advisers, Inc. (formerly known as Invesco Institutional (N.A.), Inc.) (registered investment adviser); Senior Vice President and Secretary, Invesco Distributors, Inc. (formerly known as Invesco Aim Distributors, Inc.); Director, Vice President and Secretary, Invesco Investment Services, Inc. (formerly known as Invesco Aim Investment Services, Inc.) and IVZ Distributors, Inc. (formerly known as INVESCO Distributors, Inc.); Director and Vice President, INVESCO Funds Group, Inc.; Senior Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Secretary, The Invesco Funds; Manager, Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC; Director, Secretary and General Counsel, Van Kampen Asset Management; Director and Secretary, Van Kampen Advisors Inc.; Secretary and General Counsel, Van Kampen Funds Inc.; Director, Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel, Van Kampen Investor Services Inc.; and General Counsel, PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust II, PowerShares India Exchange-Traded Fund Trust and PowerShares Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Fund Trust | | N/A | | N/A | |
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| | | | | | | Formerly: Director, Invesco Distributors, Inc. (formerly known as Invesco Aim Distributors, Inc.); Director, Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary, Invesco Advisers, Inc.; Director, Vice President and Secretary, Fund Management Company; Director, Senior Vice President, Secretary, General Counsel and Vice President, Invesco Aim Capital Management, Inc.; Chief Operating Officer and General Counsel, Liberty Ridge Capital, Inc. (an investment adviser); Vice President and Secretary, PBHG Funds (an investment company) and PBHG Insurance Series Fund (an investment company); Chief Operating Officer, General Counsel and Secretary, Old Mutual Investment Partners (a broker-dealer); General Counsel and Secretary, Old Mutual Fund Services (an administrator) and Old Mutual Shareholder Services (a shareholder servicing center); Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary, Old Mutual Capital, Inc. (an investment adviser); and Vice President and Secretary, Old Mutual Advisors Funds (an investment company) | | | | | |
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| Lisa O. Brinkley — 1959 Vice President | | 2010 | | | | Global Compliance Director, Invesco Ltd.; Chief Compliance Officer, Invesco Distributors, Inc. (formerly known as Invesco Aim Distributors, Inc.), Invesco Investment Services, Inc.(formerly known as Invesco Aim Investment Services, Inc.) and Van Kampen Investor Services Inc.; and Vice President, The Invesco Funds | | N/A | | N/A | |
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| | | | | | | Formerly: Senior Vice President, Invesco Management Group, Inc.; Senior Vice President and Chief Compliance Officer, Invesco Advisers, Inc. and The Invesco Funds; Vice President and Chief Compliance Officer, Invesco Aim Capital Management, Inc. and Invesco Distributors, Inc.; Vice President, Invesco Investment Services, Inc. and Fund Management Company | | | | | |
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Managing General Partners and Officers – (continued)
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| | | Partner | | | | Overseen by | | | |
| | | and/or | | | | Managing | | Other Directorship(s) | |
| Name, Year of Birth and | | Officer | | Principal Occupation(s) | | General | | Held by Managing | |
| Position(s) Held with the Fund | | Since | | During Past 5 Years | | Partner | | General Partner | |
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| Other Officers | | | | | | | | | | | |
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| Karen Dunn Kelley — 1960 Vice President | | 2010 | | | | Head of Invesco’s World Wide Fixed Income and Cash Management Group; Senior Vice President, Invesco Management Group, Inc. (formerly known as Invesco Aim Management Group, Inc.), Invesco Advisers, Inc. (formerly known as Invesco Institutional (N.A.), Inc.) (registered investment adviser) and Van Kampen Investments Inc.; Executive Vice President, Invesco Distributors, Inc. (formerly known as Invesco Aim Distributors, Inc.); Director, Invesco Mortgage Capital Inc.; Vice President, The Invesco Funds (other than AIM Treasurer’s Series Trust (Invesco Treasurer’s Series Trust) and Short-Term Investments Trust); and President and Principal Executive Officer, The Invesco Funds (AIM Treasurer’s Series Trust (Invesco Treasurer’s Series Trust) and Short-Term Investments Trust only). | | N/A | | N/A | |
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| | | | | | | Formerly: Vice President, Invesco Advisers, Inc. (formerly known as Invesco Institutional (N.A.), Inc.); Director of Cash Management and Senior Vice President, Invesco Advisers, Inc. and Invesco Aim Capital Management, Inc.; President and Principal Executive Officer, Tax-Free Investments Trust; Director and President, Fund Management Company; Chief Cash Management Officer, Director of Cash Management, Senior Vice President, and Managing Director, Invesco Aim Capital Management, Inc.; Director of Cash Management, Senior Vice President, and Vice President, Invesco Advisers, Inc. and The Invesco Funds (AIM Treasurer’s Series Trust (Invesco Treasurer’s Series Trust), Short-Term Investments Trust and Tax-Free Investments Trust only) | | | | | |
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| Sheri Morris — 1964 Vice President, Principal Financial Officer and Treasurer | | 2010 | | | | Vice President, Treasurer and Principal Financial Officer, The Invesco Funds; and Vice President, Invesco Advisers, Inc. (formerly known as Invesco Institutional (N.A.), Inc.) (registered investment adviser)
Formerly: Vice President, Invesco Advisers, Inc., Invesco Aim Capital Management, Inc. and Invesco Aim Private Asset Management, Inc.; Assistant Vice President and Assistant Treasurer, The Invesco Funds and Assistant Vice President, Invesco Advisers, Inc., Invesco Aim Capital Management, Inc. and Invesco Aim Private Asset Management, Inc. | | N/A | | N/A | |
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| Lance A. Rejsek — 1967 Anti-Money Laundering Compliance Officer | | 2010 | | | | Anti-Money Laundering Compliance Officer, Invesco Advisers, Inc. (formerly known as Invesco Institutional (N.A.), Inc.) (registered investment adviser); Invesco Distributors, Inc. (formerly known as Invesco Aim Distributors, Inc.), Invesco Investment Services, Inc. (formerly known as Invesco Aim Investment Services, Inc.), The Invesco Funds, PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, PowerShares Exchange-Traded Trust II, PowerShares India Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, PowerShares Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, Van Kampen Asset Management, Van Kampen Investor Services Inc., and Van Kampen Funds Inc. | | N/A | | N/A | |
| | | | | | | Formerly: Anti-Money Laundering Compliance Officer, Fund Management Company, Invesco Advisers, Inc., Invesco Aim Capital Management, Inc. and Invesco Aim Private Asset Management, Inc. | | | | | |
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| Todd L. Spillane — 1958 Chief Compliance Officer | | 2010 | | | | Senior Vice President, Invesco Management Group, Inc. (formerly known as Invesco Aim Management Group, Inc.), Van Kampen Investments Inc. and Van Kampen Exchange Corp.; Senior Vice President and Chief Compliance Officer, Invesco Advisers, Inc. (registered investment adviser) (formerly known as Invesco Institutional (N.A.), Inc.); Chief Compliance Officer, The Invesco Funds, PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, PowerShares Exchange-Traded Trust II, PowerShares India Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, PowerShares Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, INVESCO Private Capital Investments, Inc. (holding company) and Invesco Private Capital, Inc. (registered investment adviser); Vice President, Invesco Distributors, Inc. (formerly known as Invesco Aim Distributors, Inc.), Invesco Investment Services, Inc. (formerly known as Invesco Aim Investment Services, Inc.) and Van Kampen Investor Services Inc. | | N/A | | N/A | |
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| | | | | | | Formerly: Senior Vice President and Chief Compliance Officer, Invesco Advisers, Inc. and Invesco Aim Capital Management, Inc.; Chief Compliance Officer, Invesco Global Asset Management (N.A.), Inc. and Invesco Senior Secured Management, Inc. (registered investment adviser); Vice President, Invesco Aim Capital Management, Inc. and Fund Management Company | | | | | |
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Office of the Fund | | Investment Adviser | | Auditors | | Custodian |
1555 Peachtree Street, N.E. | | Invesco Advisers, Inc. | | PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP | | State Street Bank and Trust Company |
Atlanta, GA 30309 | | 1555 Peachtree Street, N.E. | | 1201 Louisiana Street, Suite 2900 | | 225 Franklin |
| | Atlanta, GA 30309 | | Houston, TX 77002-5678 | | Boston, MA 02110-2801 |
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Counsel to the Fund | | Transfer Agent | | | | |
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom , LLP | | Invesco Investment Services, Inc. P.O. Box 4739 | | | | |
155 West Wacker Drive | | Houston, TX 77210-4739 | | | | |
Chicago, IL 60606 | | | | | | |
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Invesco mailing information
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Invesco privacy policy
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Invesco collects nonpublic personal information about you from account applications or other forms you complete and from your transactions with us or our affiliates. We do not disclose information about you or our former customers to service providers or other third parties except to the extent necessary to service your account and in other limited circumstances as permitted by law. For example, we use this information to facilitate the delivery of transaction confirmations, financial reports, prospectuses and tax forms.
Even within Invesco, only people involved in the servicing of your accounts and compliance monitoring have access to your information. To ensure the highest level of confidentiality and security, Invesco maintains physical, electronic and procedural safeguards that meet or exceed federal standards. Special measures, such as data encryption and authentication, apply to your communications with us on our website. More detail is available to you at invesco.com/privacy.
Important notice regarding delivery of security holder documents
To reduce Fund expenses, only one copy of most shareholder documents may be mailed to shareholders with multiple accounts at the same address (Householding). Mailing of your shareholder documents may be householded indefinitely unless you instruct us otherwise. If you do not want the mailing of these documents to be combined with those for other members of your household, please contact Invesco Investment Services, Inc. at 800 959 4246 or contact your financial institution. We will begin sending you individual copies for each account within 30 days after receiving your request.
Fund holdings and proxy voting information
The Fund provides a complete list of its holdings four times in each fiscal year, at the quarter-ends. For the second and fourth quarters, the lists appear in the Fund's semiannual and annual reports to shareholders. For the first and third quarters, the Fund files the lists with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Form N-Q. Shareholders can also look up the Fund’s Forms N-Q on the SEC website at sec.gov. Copies of the Fund’s Forms N-Q may be reviewed and copied at the SEC Public Reference Room in Washington, D.C. You can obtain information on the operation of the Public Reference Room, including information about duplicating fee charges, by calling 202 551 8090 or 800 732 0330, or by electronic request at the following email address: publicinfo@sec.gov. The SEC file number for the Fund is 811-02611.
A description of the policies and procedures that the Fund uses to determine how to vote proxies relating to portfolio securities is available without charge, upon request, from our Client Services department at 800 959 4246 or at invesco.com/proxyguidelines. The information is also available on the SEC website, sec.gov.
Information regarding how the Fund voted proxies related to its portfolio securities during the period between June 1, 2010, and June 30, 2010, is available at invesco.com/proxysearch. In addition, this information is available on the SEC website, sec.gov.
Proxy voting information for the predecessor fund prior to its reorganization with the Fund on June 1, 2010, is not available on the Invesco website but is or will be available on the SEC website under the predecessor fund.
Invesco Advisers, Inc. is an investment adviser; it provides investment advisory services to individual and institutional clients and does not sell securities. Invesco Distributors, Inc. is the U.S. distributor for Invesco Ltd.’s retail mutual funds, exchange-traded funds and institutional money market funds. Both are wholly owned, indirect subsidiaries of Invesco Ltd.
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ITEM 2. CODE OF ETHICS.
| | As of the end of the period covered by this report, the Registrant had adopted a code of ethics (the “Code”) that applies to the Registrant’s principal executive officer (“PEO”) and principal financial officer (“PFO”). The Code was amended in June, 2010, to (i) add an individual to Exhibit A and (ii) update the names of certain legal entities. The Registrant did not grant any waivers, including implicit waivers, from any provisions of the Code to the PEO or PFO during the period covered by this report. |
ITEM 3. AUDIT COMMITTEE FINANCIAL EXPERT.
| | The Board of Trustees has determined that the Registrant has at least one audit committee financial expert serving on its Audit Committee. The Audit Committee financial experts are Jerry D. Choate, Linda Hutton Heagy and R. Craig Kennedy. Jerry D. Choate, Linda Hutton Heagy and R. Craig Kennedy are “independent” within the meaning of that term as used in Form N-CSR. |
ITEM 4. PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTANT FEES AND SERVICES.
Fees Billed by Principal Accountant Related to the Registrant
The information set forth below for the 2010 fiscal year relates to fees billed by the Fund’s Prior and Current Auditors:
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| | Fees Billed for | | | Provided for fiscal | | | Fees Billed for | | | Provided for fiscal | |
| | Services Rendered to | | | year end 12/31/2010 | | | Services Rendered to | | | year end 12/31/2009 | |
| | the Registrant for | | | Pursuant to Waiver of | | | the Registrant for | | | Pursuant to Waiver of | |
| | fiscal year end | | | Pre-Approval | | | fiscal year end | | | Pre-Approval | |
| | 12/31/2010 | | | Requirement(1) | | | 12/31/2009 | | | Requirement(1) | |
Audit Fees | | $ | 28,200 | | | | N/A | | | $ | 28,080 | | | | N/A | |
Audit-Related Fees | | $ | 0 | | | | 0 | % | | $ | 0 | | | | 0 | % |
Tax Fees(2) | | $ | 0 | | | | 0 | % | | $ | 2,750 | | | | 0 | % |
All Other Fees(3) | | $ | 1,667 | | | | 0 | % | | $ | 0 | | | | 0 | % |
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Total Fees | | $ | 29,867 | | | | 0 | % | | $ | 30,830 | | | | 0 | % |
PWC billed the Registrant aggregate non-audit fees of $1,667 for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2010. D&T billed the Registrant aggregate non-audit fees of $2,750 for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2009.
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(1) | | With respect to the provision of non-audit services, the pre-approval requirement is waived pursuant to a de minimis exception if (i) such services were not recognized as non-audit services by the Registrant at the time of engagement, (ii) the aggregate amount of all such services provided is no more than 5% of the aggregate audit and non-audit fees paid by the Registrant to PWC during a fiscal year; and (iii) such services are promptly brought to the attention of the Registrant’s Audit Committee and approved by the Registrant’s Audit Committee prior to the completion of the audit. |
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(2) | | Tax fees for the fiscal year end December 31, 2009 includes fees billed for reviewing tax returns. |
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(3) | | All Other fees for the fiscal year end December 31, 2010 includes fees billed for completing professional services related to benchmark analysis. |
Fees Billed by PWC Related to Invesco and Invesco Affiliates
PWC billed Invesco Advisers, Inc. (“Invesco”), the Registrant’s adviser, and any entity controlling, controlled by or under common control with Invesco that provides ongoing services to the Registrant (“Invesco Affiliates”) aggregate fees for pre-approved non-audit services rendered to Invesco and Invesco Affiliates for the last two fiscal years as follows:
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| | Rendered to Invesco | | | Percentage of Fees | | | Rendered to Invesco | | | Percentage of Fees | |
| | and Invesco Affiliates | | | Billed Applicable to | | | and Invesco Affiliates | | | Billed Applicable to | |
| | for fiscal year end | | | Non-Audit Services | | | for fiscal year end | | | Non-Audit Services | |
| | 12/31/2010 That Were | | | Provided for fiscal year | | | 12/31/2009 That Were | | | Provided for fiscal year | |
| | Required | | | end 12/31/2010 | | | Required | | | end 12/31/2009 | |
| | to be Pre-Approved | | | Pursuant to Waiver of | | | to be Pre-Approved | | | Pursuant to Waiver of | |
| | by the Registrant’s | | | Pre-Approval | | | by the Registrant’s | | | Pre-Approval | |
| | Audit Committee | | | Requirement(1) | | | Audit Committee | | | Requirement(1) | |
Audit-Related Fees | | $ | 0 | | | | 0 | % | | $ | 0 | | | | 0 | % |
Tax Fees | | $ | 0 | | | | 0 | % | | $ | 0 | | | | 0 | % |
All Other Fees | | $ | 0 | | | | 0 | % | | $ | 0 | | | | 0 | % |
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Total Fees(2) | | $ | 0 | | | | 0 | % | | $ | 0 | | | | 0 | % |
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(1) | | With respect to the provision of non-audit services, the pre-approval requirement is waived pursuant to a de minimis exception if (i) such services were not recognized as non-audit services by the Registrant at the time of engagement, (ii) the aggregate amount of all such services provided is no more than 5% of the aggregate audit and non-audit fees paid by the Registrant, Invesco and Invesco Affiliates to PWC during a fiscal year; and (iii) such services are promptly brought to the attention of the Registrant’s Audit Committee and approved by the Registrant’s Audit Committee prior to the completion of the audit. |
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(2) | | Including the fees for services not required to be pre-approved by the registrant’s audit committee, PWC billed Invesco and Invesco Affiliates aggregate non-audit fees of $0 for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2010, and $0 for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2009, for non-audit services rendered to Invesco and Invesco Affiliates. |
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| | The Audit Committee also has considered whether the provision of non-audit services that were rendered to Invesco and Invesco Affiliates that were not required to be pre-approved pursuant to SEC regulations, if any, is compatible with maintaining PWC’s independence. To the extent that such services were provided, the Audit Committee determined that the provision of such services is compatible with PWC maintaining independence with respect to the Registrant. |
PRE-APPROVAL OF AUDIT AND NON-AUDIT SERVICES
POLICIES AND PROCEDURES
As adopted by the Audit Committees of
the Invesco Funds (the “Funds”)
Last Amended May 4, 2010
Statement of Principles
Under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and rules adopted by the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) (“Rules”), the Audit Committees of the Funds’ (the “Audit Committees”) Board of Trustees (the “Board”) are responsible for the appointment, compensation and oversight of the work of independent accountants (an “Auditor”). As part of this responsibility and to assure that the Auditor’s independence is not impaired, the Audit Committees pre-approve the audit and non-audit services provided to the Funds by each Auditor, as well as all non-audit services provided by the Auditor to the Funds’ investment adviser and to affiliates of the adviser that provide ongoing services to the Funds (“Service Affiliates”) if the services directly impact the Funds’ operations or financial reporting. The SEC Rules also specify the types of services that an Auditor may not provide to its audit client. The following policies and procedures comply with the requirements for pre-approval and provide a mechanism by which management of the Funds may request and secure pre-approval of audit and non-audit services in an orderly manner with minimal disruption to normal business operations.
Proposed services either may be pre-approved without consideration of specific case-by-case services by the Audit Committees (“general pre-approval”) or require the specific pre-approval of the Audit Committees (“specific pre-approval”). As set forth in these policies and procedures, unless a type of service has received general pre-approval, it will require specific pre-approval by the Audit Committees. Additionally, any fees exceeding 110% of estimated pre-approved fee levels provided at the time the service was pre-approved will also require specific approval by the Audit Committees before payment is made. The Audit Committees will also consider the impact of additional fees on the Auditor’s independence when determining whether to approve any additional fees for previously pre-approved services.
The Audit Committees will annually review and generally pre-approve the services that may be provided by each Auditor without obtaining specific pre-approval from the Audit Committee generally on an annual basis. The term of any general pre-approval runs from the date of such pre-approval through September 30th of the following year, unless the Audit Committees consider a different period and state otherwise. The Audit Committees will add to or subtract from the list of general pre-approved services from time to time, based on subsequent determinations.
The purpose of these policies and procedures is to set forth the guidelines to assist the Audit Committees in fulfilling their responsibilities.
Delegation
The Audit Committees may from time to time delegate pre-approval authority to one or more of its members who are Independent Trustees. All decisions to pre-approve a service by a delegated member shall be reported to the Audit Committees at the next quarterly meeting.
Audit Services
The annual audit services engagement terms will be subject to specific pre-approval of the Audit Committees. Audit services include the annual financial statement audit and other procedures such as tax provision work that is required to be performed by the independent auditor to be able to form an opinion on the Funds’ financial statements. The Audit Committees will obtain, review and consider sufficient information concerning the proposed Auditor to make a reasonable evaluation of the Auditor’s qualifications and independence.
In addition to the annual Audit services engagement, the Audit Committees may grant either general or specific pre-approval of other audit services, which are those services that only the independent auditor reasonably can provide. Other Audit services may include services such as issuing consents for the
inclusion of audited financial statements with SEC registration statements, periodic reports and other documents filed with the SEC or other documents issued in connection with securities offerings.
Non-Audit Services
The Audit Committees may provide either general or specific pre-approval of any non-audit services to the Funds and its Service Affiliates if the Audit Committees believe that the provision of the service will not impair the independence of the Auditor, is consistent with the SEC’s Rules on auditor independence, and otherwise conforms to the Audit Committees’ general principles and policies as set forth herein.
Audit-Related Services
“Audit-related services” are assurance and related services that are reasonably related to the performance of the audit or review of the Fund’s financial statements or that are traditionally performed by the independent auditor. Audit-related services include, among others, accounting consultations related to accounting, financial reporting or disclosure matters not classified as “Audit services”; assistance with understanding and implementing new accounting and financial reporting guidance from rulemaking authorities; and agreed-upon procedures related to mergers, compliance with ratings agency requirements and interfund lending activities.
Tax Services
“Tax services” include, but are not limited to, the review and signing of the Funds’ federal tax returns, the review of required distributions by the Funds and consultations regarding tax matters such as the tax treatment of new investments or the impact of new regulations. The Audit Committees will scrutinize carefully the retention of the Auditor in connection with a transaction initially recommended by the Auditor, the major business purpose of which may be tax avoidance or the tax treatment of which may not be supported in the Internal Revenue Code and related regulations. The Audit Committees will consult with the Funds’ Treasurer (or his or her designee) and may consult with outside counsel or advisors as necessary to ensure the consistency of Tax services rendered by the Auditor with the foregoing policy.
No Auditor shall represent any Fund or any Service Affiliate before a tax court, district court or federal court of claims.
Under rules adopted by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board and approved by the SEC, in connection with seeking Audit Committees’ pre-approval of permissible Tax services, the Auditor shall:
| 1. | | Describe in writing to the Audit Committees, which writing may be in the form of the proposed engagement letter: |
| a. | | The scope of the service, the fee structure for the engagement, and any side letter or amendment to the engagement letter, or any other agreement between the Auditor and the Fund, relating to the service; and |
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| b. | | Any compensation arrangement or other agreement, such as a referral agreement, a referral fee or fee-sharing arrangement, between the Auditor and any person (other than the Fund) with respect to the promoting, marketing, or recommending of a transaction covered by the service; |
| 2. | | Discuss with the Audit Committees the potential effects of the services on the independence of the Auditor; and |
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| 3. | | Document the substance of its discussion with the Audit Committees. |
All Other Auditor Services
The Audit Committees may pre-approve non-audit services classified as “All other services” that are not categorically prohibited by the SEC, as listed in Exhibit 1 to this policy.
Pre-Approval Fee Levels or Established Amounts
Pre-approval of estimated fees or established amounts for services to be provided by the Auditor under general or specific pre-approval policies will be set periodically by the Audit Committees. Any proposed fees exceeding 110% of the maximum estimated pre-approved fees or established amounts for pre-approved audit and non-audit services will be reported to the Audit Committees at the quarterly Audit Committees meeting and will require specific approval by the Audit Committees before payment is made. The Audit Committees will always factor in the overall relationship of fees for audit and non-audit services in determining whether to pre-approve any such services and in determining whether to approve any additional fees exceeding 110% of the maximum pre-approved fees or established amounts for previously pre-approved services.
Procedures
Generally on an annual basis, Invesco Advisers, Inc. (“Invesco”) will submit to the Audit Committees for general pre-approval, a list of non-audit services that the Funds or Service Affiliates of the Funds may request from the Auditor. The list will describe the non-audit services in reasonable detail and will include an estimated range of fees and such other information as the Audit Committee may request.
Each request for services to be provided by the Auditor under the general pre-approval of the Audit Committees will be submitted to the Funds’ Treasurer (or his or her designee) and must include a detailed description of the services to be rendered. The Treasurer or his or her designee will ensure that such services are included within the list of services that have received the general pre-approval of the Audit Committees. The Audit Committees will be informed at the next quarterly scheduled Audit Committees meeting of any such services for which the Auditor rendered an invoice and whether such services and fees had been pre-approved and if so, by what means.
Each request to provide services that require specific approval by the Audit Committees shall be submitted to the Audit Committees jointly by the Fund’s Treasurer or his or her designee and the Auditor, and must include a joint statement that, in their view, such request is consistent with the policies and procedures and the SEC Rules.
Each request to provide tax services under either the general or specific pre-approval of the Audit Committees will describe in writing: (i) the scope of the service, the fee structure for the engagement, and any side letter or amendment to the engagement letter, or any other agreement between the Auditor and the audit client, relating to the service; and (ii) any compensation arrangement or other agreement between the Auditor and any person (other than the audit client) with respect to the promoting, marketing, or recommending of a transaction covered by the service. The Auditor will discuss with the Audit Committees the potential effects of the services on the Auditor’s independence and will document the substance of the discussion.
Non-audit services pursuant to the de minimis exception provided by the SEC Rules will be promptly brought to the attention of the Audit Committees for approval, including documentation that each of the conditions for this exception, as set forth in the SEC Rules, has been satisfied.
On at least an annual basis, the Auditor will prepare a summary of all the services provided to any entity in the investment company complex as defined in section 2-01(f)(14) of Regulation S-X in sufficient detail as to the nature of the engagement and the fees associated with those services.
The Audit Committees have designated the Funds’ Treasurer to monitor the performance of all services provided by the Auditor and to ensure such services are in compliance with these policies and procedures. The Funds’ Treasurer will report to the Audit Committees on a periodic basis as to the results of such monitoring. Both the Funds’ Treasurer and management of Invesco will immediately report to the chairman of the Audit Committees any breach of these policies and procedures that comes to the attention of the Funds’ Treasurer or senior management of Invesco.
Exhibit 1 to Pre-Approval of Audit and Non-Audit Services Policies and Procedures
Conditionally Prohibited Non-Audit Services (not prohibited if the Fund can reasonably conclude that the results of the service would not be subject to audit procedures in connection with the audit of the Fund’s financial statements)
| • | | Bookkeeping or other services related to the accounting records or financial statements of the audit client |
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| • | | Financial information systems design and implementation |
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| • | | Appraisal or valuation services, fairness opinions, or contribution-in-kind reports |
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| • | | Actuarial services |
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| • | | Internal audit outsourcing services |
Categorically Prohibited Non-Audit Services
| • | | Management functions |
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| • | | Human resources |
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| • | | Broker-dealer, investment adviser, or investment banking services |
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| • | | Legal services |
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| • | | Expert services unrelated to the audit |
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| • | | Any service or product provided for a contingent fee or a commission |
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| • | | Services related to marketing, planning, or opining in favor of the tax treatment of confidential transactions or aggressive tax position transactions, a significant purpose of which is tax avoidance |
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| • | | Tax services for persons in financial reporting oversight roles at the Fund |
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| • | | Any other service that the Public Company Oversight Board determines by regulation is impermissible. |
ITEM 5. AUDIT COMMITTEE OF LISTED REGISTRANTS.
| (a) | | The registrant has a separately-designed standing audit committee established in accordance with Section 3(a)(58)(A) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Members of the audit committee are: Jerry D. Choate, Linda Hutton Heagy and R. Craig Kennedy. |
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ITEM 6. SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS.
| | | Investments in securities of unaffiliated issuers is included as part of the reports to stockholders filed under Item 1 of this Form. |
ITEM 7. DISCLOSURE OF PROXY VOTING POLICIES AND PROCEDURES FOR CLOSED-END MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES.
I.2. PROXY POLICIES AND PROCEDURES — RETAIL
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Applicable to | | Retail Accounts |
Risk Addressed by Policy | | breach of fiduciary duty to client under Investment Advisers Act of 1940 by placing Invesco personal interests ahead of client best economic interests in voting proxies |
Relevant Law and Other Sources | | Investment Advisers Act of 1940 |
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Policy/Procedure Owner | | Advisory Compliance |
Policy Approver | | Fund Board |
Approved/Adopted Date | | January 1, 2010 |
The following policies and procedures apply to certain funds and other accounts managed by Invesco Advisers, Inc. (“Invesco”).
A. POLICY STATEMENT
Introduction
Our Belief
The Invesco Funds Boards of Trustees and Invesco’s investment professionals expect a high standard of corporate governance from the companies in our portfolios so that Invesco may fulfill its fiduciary obligation to our fund shareholders and other account holders. Well governed companies are characterized by a primary focus on the interests of shareholders, accountable boards of directors, ample transparency in financial disclosure, performance-driven cultures and appropriate consideration of all stakeholders. Invesco believes well governed companies create greater shareholder wealth over the long term than poorly governed companies, so we endeavor to vote in a manner that increases the value of our investments and fosters good governance within our portfolio companies.
In determining how to vote proxy issues, Invesco considers the probable business consequences of each issue and votes in a manner designed to protect and enhance fund shareholders’ and other account holders’ interests. Our voting decisions are intended to enhance each company’s total shareholder value over Invesco’s typical investment horizon.
Proxy voting is an integral part of Invesco’s investment process. We believe that the right to vote proxies should be managed with the same care as all other elements of the investment process. The objective of Invesco’s proxy-voting activity is to promote good governance and advance the economic interests of our clients. At no time will Invesco exercise its voting power to advance its own
commercial interests, to pursue a social or political cause that is unrelated to our clients’ economic interests, or to favor a particular client or business relationship to the detriment of others.
B. OPERATING PROCEDURES AND RESPONSIBLE PARTIES
Proxy administration
The Invesco Retail Proxy Committee (the “Proxy Committee”) consists of members representing Invesco’s Investments, Legal and Compliance departments. Invesco’s Proxy Voting Guidelines (the “Guidelines”) are revised annually by the Proxy Committee, and are approved by the Invesco Funds Boards of Trustees. The Proxy Committee implements the Guidelines and oversees proxy voting.
The Proxy Committee has retained outside experts to assist with the analysis and voting of proxy issues. In addition to the advice offered by these experts, Invesco uses information gathered from our own research, company managements, Invesco’s portfolio managers and outside shareholder groups to reach our voting decisions.
Generally speaking, Invesco’s investment-research process leads us to invest in companies led by management teams we believe have the ability to conceive and execute strategies to outperform their competitors. We select companies for investment based in large part on our assessment of their management teams’ ability to create shareholder wealth. Therefore, in formulating our proxy-voting decisions, Invesco gives proper consideration to the recommendations of a company’s Board of Directors.
Important principles underlying the Invesco Proxy Voting Guidelines
I. Accountability
Management teams of companies are accountable to their boards of directors, and directors of publicly held companies are accountable to their shareholders. Invesco endeavors to vote the proxies of its portfolio companies in a manner that will reinforce the notion of a board’s accountability to its shareholders. Consequently, Invesco votes against any actions that would impair the rights of shareholders or would reduce shareholders’ influence over the board or over management.
The following are specific voting issues that illustrate how Invesco applies this principle of accountability.
| • | | Elections of directors. In uncontested director elections for companies that do not have a controlling shareholder, Invesco votes in favor of slates if they are comprised of at least a majority of independent directors and if the boards’ key committees are fully independent. Key committees include the Audit, Compensation and Governance or Nominating Committees. Invesco’s standard of independence excludes directors who, in addition to the directorship, have any material business or family relationships with the companies they serve. |
| | | Contested director elections are evaluated on a case-by-case basis and are decided within the context of Invesco’s investment thesis on a company. |
| • | | Director performance. Invesco withholds votes from directors who exhibit a lack of accountability to shareholders, either through their level of attendance at meetings or by enacting egregious corporate-governance or other policies. In cases of material financial restatements, accounting fraud, habitually late filings, adopting shareholder rights plan (“poison pills”) without shareholder approval, or other areas of poor performance, Invesco may withhold votes from some or all of a company’s directors. In situations where directors’ performance is a concern, Invesco may also support shareholder proposals to take corrective actions such as so-called “clawback” provisions. |
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| • | | Auditors and Audit Committee members. Invesco believes a company’s Audit Committee has a high degree of responsibility to shareholders in matters of financial disclosure, integrity of the financial statements and effectiveness of a company’s internal controls. Independence, experience and financial expertise are critical elements of a well-functioning Audit Committee. When electing directors who are members of a company’s Audit Committee, or when ratifying a company’s auditors, Invesco considers the past performance of the Committee and holds its members accountable for the quality of the company’s financial statements and reports. |
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| • | | Majority standard in director elections. The right to elect directors is the single most important mechanism shareholders have to promote accountability. Invesco supports the nascent effort to reform the U.S. convention of electing directors, and votes in favor of proposals to elect directors by a majority vote. |
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| • | | Classified boards. Invesco supports proposals to elect directors annually instead of electing them to staggered multi-year terms because annual elections increase a board’s level of accountability to its shareholders. |
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| • | | Supermajority voting requirements. Unless proscribed by law in the state of incorporation, Invesco votes against actions that would impose any supermajority voting requirement, and supports actions to dismantle existing supermajority requirements. |
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| • | | Responsiveness. Invesco withholds votes from directors who do not adequately respond to shareholder proposals that were approved by a majority of votes cast the prior year. |
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| • | | Cumulative voting. The practice of cumulative voting can enable minority shareholders to have representation on a company’s board. Invesco supports proposals to institute the practice of cumulative voting at companies whose overall corporate-governance standards indicate a particular need to protect the interests of minority shareholders. |
| • | | Shareholder access. On business matters with potential financial consequences, Invesco votes in favor of proposals that would increase shareholders’ opportunities to express their views to boards of directors, proposals that would lower barriers to shareholder action and proposals to promote the adoption of generally accepted best practices in corporate governance. |
II. Incentives
Invesco believes properly constructed compensation plans that include equity ownership are effective in creating incentives that induce managements and employees of our portfolio companies to create greater shareholder wealth. Invesco supports equity compensation plans that promote the proper alignment of incentives, and votes against plans that are overly dilutive to existing shareholders, plans that contain objectionable structural features, and plans that appear likely to reduce the value of an account’s investment.
Following are specific voting issues that illustrate how Invesco evaluates incentive plans.
| • | | Executive compensation. Invesco evaluates compensation plans for executives within the context of the company’s performance under the executives’ tenure. Invesco believes independent compensation committees are best positioned to craft executive-compensation plans that are suitable for their company-specific circumstances. We view the election of those independent compensation committee members as the appropriate mechanism for shareholders to express their approval or disapproval of a company’s compensation practices. Therefore, Invesco generally does not support shareholder proposals to limit or eliminate certain forms of executive compensation. In the interest of reinforcing the notion of a compensation committee’s accountability to shareholders, Invesco supports proposals requesting that companies subject each year’s compensation record to an advisory shareholder vote, or so-called “say on pay” proposals. |
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| • | | Equity-based compensation plans. When voting to approve or reject equity-based compensation plans, Invesco compares the total estimated cost of the plans, including stock options and restricted stock, against a carefully selected peer group and uses multiple performance metrics that help us determine whether the incentive structures in place are creating genuine shareholder wealth. Regardless of a plan’s estimated cost relative to its peer group, Invesco votes against plans that contain structural features that would impair the alignment of incentives between shareholders and management. Such features include the ability to reprice or reload options without shareholder approval, the ability to issue options below the stock’s current market price, or the ability to automatically replenish shares without shareholder approval. |
| • | | Employee stock-purchase plans. Invesco supports employee stock-purchase plans that are reasonably designed to provide proper incentives to a broad base of employees, provided that the price at which employees may acquire stock is at most a 15 percent discount from the market price. |
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| • | | Severance agreements. Invesco generally votes in favor of proposals requiring advisory shareholder ratification of executives’ severance agreements. However, we oppose proposals requiring such agreements to be ratified by shareholders in advance of their adoption. |
III. Capitalization
Examples of management proposals related to a company’s capital structure include authorizing or issuing additional equity capital, repurchasing outstanding stock, or enacting a stock split or reverse stock split. On requests for additional capital stock, Invesco analyzes the company’s stated reasons for the request. Except where the request could adversely affect the fund’s ownership stake or voting rights, Invesco generally supports a board’s decisions on its needs for additional capital stock. Some capitalization proposals require a case-by-case analysis within the context of Invesco’s investment thesis on a company. Examples of such proposals include authorizing common or preferred stock with special voting rights, or issuing additional stock in connection with an acquisition.
IV. Mergers, Acquisitions and Other Corporate Actions
Issuers occasionally require shareholder approval to engage in certain corporate actions such as mergers, acquisitions, name changes, dissolutions, reorganizations, divestitures and reincorporations. Invesco analyzes these proposals within the context of our investment thesis on the company, and determines its vote on a case-by-case basis.
V. Anti-Takeover Measures
Practices designed to protect a company from unsolicited bids can adversely affect shareholder value and voting rights, and they create conflicts of interests among directors, management and shareholders. Except under special issuer-specific circumstances, Invesco votes to reduce or eliminate such measures. These measures include adopting or renewing “poison pills”, requiring supermajority voting on certain corporate actions, classifying the election of directors instead of electing each director to an annual term, or creating separate classes of common or preferred stock with special voting rights. Invesco generally votes against management proposals to impose these types of measures, and generally votes for shareholder proposals designed to reduce such measures. Invesco supports shareholder proposals directing companies to subject their anti-takeover provisions to a shareholder vote.
VI. Shareholder Proposals on Corporate Governance
Invesco generally votes for shareholder proposals that are designed to protect shareholder rights if a company’s corporate-governance standards indicate that such additional protections are warranted.
VII. Shareholder Proposals on Social Responsibility
The potential costs and economic benefits of shareholder proposals seeking to amend a company’s practices for social reasons are difficult to assess. Analyzing the costs and economic benefits of these proposals is highly subjective and does not fit readily within our framework of voting to create greater shareholder wealth over Invesco’s typical investment horizon. Therefore, Invesco abstains from voting on shareholder proposals deemed to be of a purely social, political or moral nature.
VIII. Routine Business Matters
Routine business matters rarely have a potentially material effect on the economic prospects of fund holdings, so we generally support the board’s discretion on these items. However, Invesco votes against proposals where there is insufficient information to make a decision about the nature of the proposal. Similarly, Invesco votes against proposals to conduct other unidentified business at shareholder meetings.
Summary
These Guidelines provide an important framework for making proxy-voting decisions, and should give fund shareholders and other account holders insight into the factors driving Invesco’s decisions. The Guidelines cannot address all potential proxy issues, however. Decisions on specific issues must be made within the context of these Guidelines and within the context of the investment thesis of the funds and other accounts that own the company’s stock. Where a different investment thesis is held by portfolio managers who may hold stocks in common, Invesco may vote the shares held on a fund-by-fund or account-by-account basis.
Exceptions
In certain circumstances, Invesco may refrain from voting where the economic cost of voting a company’s proxy exceeds any anticipated benefits of that proxy proposal.
Share-lending programs
One reason that some portion of Invesco’s position in a particular security might not be voted is the securities lending program. When securities are out on loan and earning fees for the lending fund, they are transferred into the borrower’s name. Any proxies during the period of the loan are voted by the borrower. The lending fund would have to terminate the loan to vote the company’s proxy, an action that is not generally in the best economic interest of fund shareholders. However, whenever Invesco determines that the benefit to shareholders or other account holders of voting a particular proxy outweighs the revenue lost by terminating the loan, we recall the securities for the purpose of voting the fund’s full position.
“Share-blocking”
Another example of a situation where Invesco may be unable to vote is in countries where the exercise of voting rights requires the fund to submit to short-term trading restrictions, a practice known as “share-blocking.” Invesco generally
refrains from voting proxies in share-blocking countries unless the portfolio manager determines that the benefit to fund shareholders and other account holders of voting a specific proxy outweighs the fund’s or other account’s temporary inability to sell the security.
International constraints
An additional concern that sometimes precludes our voting non-U.S. proxies is our inability to receive proxy materials with enough time and enough information to make a voting decision. In the great majority of instances, however, we are able to vote non-U.S. proxies successfully. It is important to note that Invesco makes voting decisions for non-U.S. issuers using these Guidelines as our framework, but also takes into account the corporate-governance standards, regulatory environment and generally accepted best practices of the local market.
Exceptions to these Guidelines
Invesco retains the flexibility to accommodate company-specific situations where strictly adhering to the Guidelines would lead to a vote that the Proxy Committee deems not to be in the best interest of the funds’ shareholders and other account holders. In these situations, the Proxy Committee will vote the proxy in the manner deemed to be in the best interest of the funds’ shareholders and other account holders, and will promptly inform the funds’ Boards of Trustees of such vote and the circumstances surrounding it.
Resolving potential conflicts of interest
A potential conflict of interest arises when Invesco votes a proxy for an issuer with which it also maintains a material business relationship. Examples could include issuers that are distributors of Invesco’s products, or issuers that employ Invesco to manage portions of their retirement plans or treasury accounts. Invesco reviews each proxy proposal to assess the extent, if any, to which there may be a material conflict between the interests of the fund shareholders or other account holders and Invesco.
Invesco takes reasonable measures to determine whether a potential conflict may exist. A potential conflict is deemed to exist only if one or more of the Proxy Committee members actually knew or should have known of the potential conflict.
If a material potential conflict is deemed to exist, Invesco may resolve the potential conflict in one of the following ways: (1) if the proposal that gives rise to the potential conflict is specifically addressed by the Guidelines, Invesco may vote the proxy in accordance with the predetermined Guidelines; (2) Invesco may engage an independent third party to determine how the proxy should be voted; or (3) Invesco may establish an ethical wall or other informational barrier between the persons involved in the potential conflict and the persons making the proxy-voting decision in order to insulate the potential conflict from the decision makers.
Because the Guidelines are pre-determined and crafted to be in the best economic interest of shareholders and other account holders, applying the Guidelines to vote client proxies should, in most instances, adequately resolve any potential conflict of
interest. As an additional safeguard against potential conflicts, persons from Invesco’s marketing, distribution and other customer-facing functions are precluded from becoming members of the Proxy Committee.
On a quarterly basis, the Invesco Funds Boards of Trustees review a report from Invesco’s Internal Compliance Controls Committee. The report contains a list of all known material business relationships that Invesco maintains with publicly traded issuers. That list is cross-referenced with the list of proxies voted over the period. If there are any instances where Invesco’s voting pattern on the proxies of its material business partners is inconsistent with its voting pattern on all other issuers, they are brought before the Trustees and explained by the Chairman of the Proxy Committee.
Personal conflicts of interest. If any member of the Proxy Committee has a personal conflict of interest with respect to a company or an issue presented for voting, that Proxy Committee member will inform the Proxy Committee of such conflict and will abstain from voting on that company or issue.
Funds of funds. Some Invesco Funds offering diversified asset allocation within one investment vehicle own shares in other Invesco Funds. A potential conflict of interest could arise if an underlying Invesco Fund has a shareholder meeting with any proxy issues to be voted on, because Invesco’s asset-allocation funds or target-maturity funds may be large shareholders of the underlying fund. In order to avoid any potential for a conflict, the asset-allocation funds and target maturity funds vote their shares in the same proportion as the votes of the external shareholders of the underlying fund.
C. RECORDKEEPING
Records are maintained in accordance with Invesco’s Recordkeeping Policy.
Policies and Vote Disclosure
A copy of these Guidelines and the voting record of each Invesco Fund are available on our web site, www.invesco.com. In accordance with Securities and Exchange Commission regulations, all funds file a record of all proxy-voting activity for the prior 12 months ending June 30th. That filing is made on or before August 31st of each year.
ITEM 8. PORTFOLIO MANAGERS OF CLOSED-END MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES.
ITEM 9. PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES BY CLOSED-END MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANY AND AFFILIATED PURCHASERS.
Not applicable.
ITEM 10. SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS.
None
ITEM 11. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES.
(a) | | As of December 14, 2010, an evaluation was performed under the supervision and with the participation of the officers of the Registrant, including the PEO and PFO, to assess the effectiveness of the Registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures, as that term is defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “Act”), as amended. Based on that evaluation, the Registrant’s officers, including the PEO and PFO, concluded that, as of December 14, 2010, the Registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures were reasonably designed to ensure: (1) that information required to be disclosed by the Registrant on Form N-CSR is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified by the rules and forms of the Securities and Exchange Commission; and (2) that material information relating to the Registrant is made known to the PEO and PFO as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. |
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(b) | | There have been no changes in the Registrant’s internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the Act) that occurred during the second fiscal quarter of the period covered by this report that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the Registrant’s internal control over financial reporting. |
ITEM 12. EXHIBITS.
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12(a)(1) | | Code of Ethics. |
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12(a)(2) | | Certifications of principal executive officer and principal financial officer as required by Rule 30a-2(a) under the Investment Company Act of 1940. |
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12(a)(3) | | Not applicable. |
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12(b) | | Certifications of principal executive officer and principal financial officer as required by Rule 30a-2(b) under the Investment Company Act of 1940. |
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
Registrant: Invesco Van Kampen Exchange Fund
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By: | /s/ Colin Meadows | | |
| Colin Meadows | |
| Principal Executive Officer | |
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Date: March 11, 2011
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the Registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
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By: | /s/ Colin Meadows | |
| Colin Meadows | |
| Principal Executive Officer | |
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Date: March 11, 2011
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By: | /s/ Sheri Morris | |
| Sheri Morris | |
| Principal Financial Officer | |
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Date: March 11, 2011
EXHIBIT INDEX
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12(a)(1) | | Code of Ethics. |
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12(a)(2) | | Certifications of principal executive officer and principal Financial officer as required by Rule 30a-2(a) under the Investment Company Act of 1940. |
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12(a)(3) | | Not applicable. |
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12(b) | | Certifications of principal executive officer and principal financial officer as required by Rule 30a-2(b) under the Investment Company Act of 1940. |