UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM N-CSRS
CERTIFIED SHAREHOLDER REPORT OF REGISTERED
MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES
MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES
Investment Company Act file number 811-4386
Van Kampen Tax Free Trust
(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)
522 Fifth Avenue, New York, New York 10036
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)
Edward C. Wood III
522 Fifth Avenue, New York, New York 10036
522 Fifth Avenue, New York, New York 10036
(Name and address of agent for service)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: 212-762-4000
Date of fiscal year end: 9/30
Date of reporting period: 3/31/09
Item 1. Report to Shareholders.
The Fund’s semi-annual report transmitted to shareholders pursuant to Rule 30e-1
under the Investment Company Act of 1940 is as follows:
under the Investment Company Act of 1940 is as follows:
Welcome, Shareholder
In this report, you’ll learn about how your investment in Van Kampen Insured Tax Free Income Fund performed during the semiannual period. The portfolio management team will provide an overview of the market conditions and discuss some of the factors that affected investment performance during the reporting period. In addition, this report includes the fund’s financial statements and a list of fund investments as of March 31, 2009.
This material must be preceded or accompanied by a Class A, B, and C share or Class I share prospectus for the fund being offered. The prospectuses contain information about the fund, including the investment objectives, risks, charges and expenses. To obtain an additional prospectus, contact your financial advisor or download one at vankampen.com. Please read the prospectus carefully before investing.
Market forecasts provided in this report may not necessarily come to pass. There is no assurance that a mutual fund will achieve its investment objective. The fund is subject to market risk, which is the possibility that the market values of securities owned by the fund will decline and, therefore, the value of the fund shares may be less than what you paid for them. Accordingly, you can lose money investing in this fund.
Income may subject certain individuals to the federal Alternative Minimum Tax (AMT).
NOT FDIC INSURED | OFFER NO BANK GUARANTEE | MAY LOSE VALUE | ||||
NOT INSURED BY ANY FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AGENCY | NOT A DEPOSIT | |||||
Performance Summary as of 3/31/09
A Shares | B Shares | C Shares | I Shares | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
since 12/14/84 | since 5/3/93 | since 8/13/93 | since 8/12/05 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
w/max | w/max | w/max | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
4.75% | 4.00% | 1.00% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Average Annual | w/o sales | sales | w/o sales | sales | w/o sales | sales | w/o sales | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total Returns | charges | charge | charges | charge | charges | charge | charges | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Since Inception | 6.38 | % | 6.16 | % | 3.45 | % | 3.45 | % | 2.92 | % | 2.92 | % | –0.78 | % | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
10-year | 2.73 | 2.23 | 2.10 | 2.10 | 1.94 | 1.94 | — | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
5-year | 0.28 | –0.70 | –0.47 | –0.72 | –0.48 | –0.48 | — | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1-year | –2.88 | –7.47 | –3.55 | –7.25 | –3.56 | –4.48 | –2.63 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
6-month | 2.41 | –2.44 | 2.09 | –1.90 | 2.09 | 1.09 | 2.53 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
SEC 30-Day Yield | 4.21% | 3.68% | 3.68% | 4.67% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Gross Expense Ratio | 1.47% | 2.22% | 2.23% | 1.22% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Performance data quoted represents past performance, which is no guarantee of future results, and current performance may be lower or higher than the figures shown. For the most recent month-end performance figures, please visit vankampen.com or speak with your financial advisor. Investment returns and principal value will fluctuate and fund shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Expenses are as of the Fund’s fiscal year end.
The returns shown in this report do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares. Performance of share classes will vary due to differences in sales charges and expenses. Average annual total return with sales charges includes payment of the maximum sales charge of 4.75 percent for Class A shares, a contingent deferred sales charge of 4.00 percent for Class B shares (in year one and declining to zero after year six), a contingent deferred sales charge of 1.00 percent for Class C shares in year one and combined Rule 12b-1 fees and service fees of up to 0.25 percent for Class A shares and up to 1.00 percent for Class B and C shares. The since inception and 10-year returns for Class B shares reflect their conversion into Class A shares eight years after purchase. Class I shares are available for purchase exclusively by investors through (i) tax-exempt retirement plans with assets of at least $1 million (including 401(k) plans, 457 plans, employer-sponsored 403(b) plans, profit sharing and money purchase plans, defined benefit plans and non-qualified deferred compensation plans), (ii) fee-based investment programs with assets of at least $1 million, (iii) qualified state tuition plan (529 plan) accounts, (iv) institutional clients with assets of at least $1 million and (v) certain Van Kampen investment companies. Class I shares are offered without any sales charges on purchases or sales and do not include combined Rule 12b-1 fees and service fees. Figures shown above assume reinvestment of all dividends and capital gains. Periods less than one year are not annualized.
SEC yield is a calculation for determining the amount of portfolio income, excluding non-income items as prescribed by the SEC. Yields are subject to change.
The Lehman Brother’s Municipal Bond Index, which has been shown in the Fund’s previous shareholder reports and prospectuses, changed its name to Barclays Capital Municipal Bond Index as of November 3, 2008. The Barclays Capital Municipal Bond Index is generally representative of investment-grade, tax exempt bonds. The Index is unmanaged and its returns do not include any sales charges or fees. Such costs would lower performance. It is not possible to invest directly in an index.
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Fund Report
For the six-month period ended March 31, 2009
Market Conditions
The six months under review can be divided into two distinct periods in terms of municipal market performance. The first of these, the last quarter of 2008, marked one of the worst periods in the history of the municipal bond market as well as the broad financial markets. Extreme risk aversion emerged as investors became skittish following the government takeovers, forced mergers or failures of several venerable financial institutions that began in September. Massive deleveraging and forced selling ensued and tax-exempt bond funds experienced significant outflows as investors fled to the relative safety of Treasury securities and money market funds. These factors pushed municipal bond prices to their cheapest levels in history relative to Treasury bonds.
Not surprisingly in this risk-averse environment, the lower-rated segment of the market underperformed, with high-yield municipal bonds (those rated below triple-B or non-rated issues) returning −21.25 percent for the fourth quarter (as measured by the Barclays Capital High Yield Municipal Bond Index) while triple-B rated issues returned −14.68 percent and triple-A rated issues returned 3.44 percent (as measured by the Barclays Capital Municipal Bond Index).
The first quarter of 2009 was markedly better for municipal bond investors. Credit concerns eased, deleveraging slowed considerably, and investors began to re-enter the market, driving municipal bond prices higher. Yields declined by as much as 80 basis points on the front end of the municipal yield curve during the quarter, while yields on long-maturity issues fell roughly 25 basis points. The rally was accompanied by a narrowing of credit spreads, which helped the high-yield segment of the market to outperform. For the quarter, high-yield municipals returned 7.65 percent, triple-B rated issues returned 7.22 percent and triple-A rated issues returned 3.52 percent.
Although the high-yield segment rebounded nicely in the first three months of 2009, the gains were not enough to offset the losses in the last quarter of 2008. As a result, higher-quality issues outperformed for the overall six-month reporting period. With regard to sectors, performance was largely dependent on credit quality, with the lower-quality industrial development revenue/pollution control revenue (i.e. corporate-backed) and tobacco sectors turning in the worst performance while water and sewer and housing bonds posted the highest returns.
The credit crunch squeezed municipal bond issuance, which declined by nine percent in 2008. As the credit quality of municipal bond issuers crumbled during the year, insured bond volume fell to 18 percent of total issuance, a dramatic decline from the 55 percent average over the past few years. This large increase in uninsured bonds has disrupted many historical measures of value in the municipal bond market. In the first quarter of 2009, issuance rose and was easily placed due to robust retail demand. In a significant reversal from the last quarter
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of 2008, municipal bond funds saw approximately $11 billion in net inflows as investors recognized the historical cheapness of the municipal sector.
Performance Analysis
All share classes of Van Kampen Insured Tax Free Income Fund underperformed the Barclays Capital Municipal Bond Index (the “Index”) for the six months ended March 31, 2009, assuming no deduction of applicable sales charges.
Total returns for the six-month period ended March 31, 2009
Barclays Capital | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Municipal | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Class A | Class B | Class C | Class I | Bond Index | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2.41 | % | 2.09 | % | 2.09 | % | 2.53 | % | 5.00 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||||
The performance for the four share classes varies because each has different expenses. The Fund’s total return figures assume the reinvestment of all distributions, but do not reflect the deduction of any applicable sales charges. Such costs would lower performance. Past performance is no guarantee of future results. See Performance Summary for standardized performance information and index definition.
The primary detractors from performance during the reporting period were the portfolio’s holdings in triple-B rated securities and its yield-curve positioning. The Fund held an overweight relative to the Index in triple-B rated securities. Many of these securities were in the tobacco sector, where spreads widened considerably during the period. As a result, the Fund’s holdings there held back performance. With regard to yield-curve positioning, the portfolio held a modest overweight to the long end of the curve, specifically maturities of 25 years or more, which was disadvantageous as shorter-maturity issues outperformed.
The Fund’s positioning in other areas, however, was additive to relative performance. In particular, an overweight to housing bonds was beneficial as the sector enjoyed strong performance, especially in the first quarter of 2009. An overweight in health care also helped enhance relative performance. Most of the Fund’s holdings in the sector were insured, which helped performance as these issues fared better than uninsured issues during the period. Lastly, holdings in municipal auction rate securities with zero durations (a measure of interest-rate sensitivity) helped enhance the portfolio’s income as the yields on these securities remained well above those of comparable money market instruments.
It should be noted that over the course of the reporting period, we reduced the Fund’s exposure to the long end of the curve and trimmed holdings in the tobacco sector.
Additionally, we reduced exposure to lower-quality insured issues while also enhancing diversification of insured holdings by investing in more sectors and taking smaller positions.
There is no guarantee that any sectors mentioned will continue to perform as discussed herein or that securities in such sectors will be held by the Fund in the future.
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Summary of Investments by State/Country Classification as of 3/31/09 (Unaudited) | ||||
California | 17.1 | % | ||
Illinois | 13.9 | |||
Florida | 9.1 | |||
Texas | 9.1 | |||
Washington | 8.5 | |||
Georgia | 5.5 | |||
Nebraska | 2.8 | |||
Colorado | 2.8 | |||
New York | 2.5 | |||
South Carolina | 2.5 | |||
Pennsylvania | 2.5 | |||
Louisiana | 2.5 | |||
Arizona | 2.4 | |||
Alaska | 2.1 | |||
Oklahoma | 1.9 | |||
South Dakota | 1.6 | |||
Kentucky | 1.5 | |||
Massachusetts | 1.4 | |||
New Jersey | 1.4 | |||
North Dakota | 1.3 | |||
Nevada | 1.2 | |||
District of Columbia | 1.1 | |||
Ohio | 0.9 | |||
North Carolina | 0.8 | |||
Minnesota | 0.8 | |||
Idaho | 0.7 | |||
Wyoming | 0.5 | |||
Arkansas | 0.5 | |||
Alabama | 0.5 | |||
Puerto Rico | 0.4 | |||
Wisconsin | 0.4 | |||
Missouri | 0.3 | |||
Indiana | 0.3 | |||
Iowa | 0.3 | |||
New Mexico | 0.2 | |||
Kansas | 0.2 | |||
Michigan | 0.2 | |||
West Virginia | 0.2 | |||
Utah | 0.2 | |||
Tennessee | 0.2 | |||
Mississippi | 0.2 | |||
Total Investments | 102.5 | |||
Liability for Floating Rate Note Obligations Related to Securities Held | (3.6 | ) | ||
Total Net Investments | 98.9 | |||
Other Assets in Excess of Liabilities | 1.1 | |||
Net Assets | 100.0 | % | ||
Ratings Allocations as of 3/31/09 (Unaudited) | ||||
AAA/Aaa | 47.1 | % | ||
AA/Aa | 24.1 |
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Ratings Allocations as of 3/31/09 (Unaudited) | ||||
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A/A | 18.7 | |||
BBB/Baa | 7.1 | |||
BB/Ba | 0.5 | |||
NR | 2.5 | |||
Top Five Sectors as of 3/31/09 (Unaudited) | ||||
Hospital | 15.6 | % | ||
Wholesale Electric | 13.7 | |||
Airports | 10.7 | |||
Public Education | 8.0 | |||
Higher Education | 7.3 |
Subject to change daily. Provided for informational purposes only and should not be deemed as a recommendation to buy or sell the securities mentioned or securities in the sectors shown above. Ratings allocations and sectors are as a percentage of total long-term investments. Summary of investments by state classification are as a percentage of total net assets. Securities are classified by sectors that represent broad groupings of related industries. Van Kampen is a wholly owned subsidiary of a global securities firm which is engaged in a wide range of financial services including, for example, securities trading and brokerage activities, investment banking, research and analysis, financing and financial advisory services. Rating allocations based upon ratings as issued by Standard and Poor’s and Moody’s, respectively.
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For More Information About Portfolio Holdings
Each Van Kampen fund provides a complete schedule of portfolio holdings in its semiannual and annual reports within 60 days of the end of the fund’s second and fourth fiscal quarters. The semiannual reports and the annual reports are filed electronically with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Form N-CSRS and Form N-CSR, respectively. Van Kampen also delivers the semiannual and annual reports to fund shareholders, and makes these reports available on its public Web site, www.vankampen.com. In addition to the semiannual and annual reports that Van Kampen delivers to shareholders and makes available through the Van Kampen public Web site, each fund files a complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the SEC for the fund’s first and third fiscal quarters on Form N-Q. Van Kampen does not deliver the reports for the first and third fiscal quarters to shareholders, nor are the reports posted to the Van Kampen public Web site. You may, however, obtain the Form N-Q filings (as well as the Form N-CSR and N-CSRS filings) by accessing the SEC’s Web site, http://www.sec.gov. You may also review and copy them at the SEC’s Public Reference Room in Washington, DC. Information on the operation of the SEC’s Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling the SEC at (800) SEC-0330. You can also request copies of these materials, upon payment of a duplicating fee, by electronic request at the SEC’s email address (publicinfo@sec.gov) or by writing the Public Reference section of the SEC, Washington, DC 20549-0102.
You may obtain copies of a fund’s fiscal quarter filings by contacting Van Kampen Client Relations at (800) 847-2424.
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Householding Notice
To reduce Fund expenses, the Fund attempts to eliminate duplicate mailings to the same address. The Fund delivers a single copy of certain shareholder documents to investors who share an address, even if the accounts are registered under different names. The Fund’s prospectuses and shareholder reports (including annual privacy notices) will be delivered to you in this manner indefinitely unless you instruct us otherwise. You can request multiple copies of these documents by either calling (800) 341-2911 or writing to Van Kampen Investor Services at P.O. Box 219286, Kansas City, MO 64121-9286. Once Investor Services has received your instructions, we will begin sending individual copies for each account within 30 days.
Proxy Voting Policy and Procedures and Proxy Voting Record
You may obtain a copy of the Fund’s Proxy Voting Policy and Procedures without charge, upon request, by calling toll free (800) 847-2424 or by visiting our Web site at www.vankampen.com. It is also available on the Securities and Exchange Commission’s Web site at http://www.sec.gov.
You may obtain information regarding how the Fund voted proxies relating to portfolio securities during the most recent twelve-month period ended June 30 without charge by visiting our Web site at www.vankampen.com. This information is also available on the Securities and Exchange Commission’s Web site at http://www.sec.gov.
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Expense Example
As a shareholder of the Fund, you incur two types of costs: (1) transaction costs, including sales charges (loads) on purchase payments of Class A Shares and contingent deferred sales charges on redemptions of Class B and C Shares; and (2) ongoing costs, including management fees; distribution and service (12b-1) fees; and other Fund expenses. This example is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds.
The example is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period 10/1/08 - 3/31/09.
Actual Expense
The first line of the table below provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in this line, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the first line under the heading entitled “Expenses Paid During Period” to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during this period.
Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes
The second line of the table below provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the Fund’s actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the Fund’s actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You may use this information to compare the ongoing cost of investing in the Fund and other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of the other funds.
Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only and do not reflect any transactional costs, such as sales charges (loads) or contingent deferred sales charges. Therefore, the second line of the table is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. In addition, if these transactional costs were included, your cost would have been higher.
Beginning | Ending | Expenses Paid | ||||||||||
Account Value | Account Value | During Period* | ||||||||||
10/1/08 | 3/31/09 | 10/1/08-3/31/09 | ||||||||||
Class A | ||||||||||||
Actual | $ | 1,000.00 | $ | 1,024.06 | $ | 5.25 | ||||||
Hypothetical | 1,000.00 | 1,019.75 | 5.24 | |||||||||
(5% annual return before expenses) | ||||||||||||
Class B | ||||||||||||
Actual | 1,000.00 | 1,020.90 | 9.07 | |||||||||
Hypothetical | 1,000.00 | 1,015.96 | 9.05 | |||||||||
(5% annual return before expenses) | ||||||||||||
Class C | ||||||||||||
Actual | 1,000.00 | 1,020.93 | 9.07 | |||||||||
Hypothetical | 1,000.00 | 1,015.96 | 9.05 | |||||||||
(5% annual return before expenses) | ||||||||||||
Class I | ||||||||||||
Actual | 1,000.00 | 1,025.34 | 4.04 | |||||||||
Hypothetical | 1,000.00 | 1,020.94 | 4.03 | |||||||||
(5% annual return before expenses) | ||||||||||||
* | Expenses are equal to the Fund’s annualized expense ratio of 1.04%, 1.80%, 1.80% and 0.80% for Class A, B, C and I Shares, respectively, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 182/365 (to reflect the one-half year period). |
Assumes all dividends and distributions were reinvested.
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The following table shows what expenses would have paid, excluding interest and residual trust expenses.
Beginning | Ending | Expenses Paid | ||||||||||
Account Value | Account Value | During Period* | ||||||||||
10/1/08 | 3/31/09 | 10/1/08-3/31/09 | ||||||||||
Class A | ||||||||||||
Actual | $ | 1,000.00 | $ | 1,024.06 | $ | 4.54 | ||||||
Hypothetical | 1,000.00 | 1,020.44 | 4.53 | |||||||||
(5% annual return before expenses) | ||||||||||||
Class B | ||||||||||||
Actual | 1,000.00 | 1,020.90 | 8.36 | |||||||||
Hypothetical | 1,000.00 | 1,016.65 | 8.35 | |||||||||
(5% annual return before expenses) | ||||||||||||
Class C | ||||||||||||
Actual | 1,000.00 | 1,020.93 | 8.36 | |||||||||
Hypothetical | 1,000.00 | 1,016.65 | 8.35 | |||||||||
(5% annual return before expenses) | ||||||||||||
Class I | ||||||||||||
Actual | 1,000.00 | 1,025.34 | 3.33 | |||||||||
Hypothetical | 1,000.00 | 1,021.64 | 3.33 | |||||||||
(5% annual return before expenses) | ||||||||||||
* | Expenses are equal to the Fund’s annualized ratio of 0.90%, 1.66%, 1.66% and 0.66% for Class A, B, C and I Shares, respectively, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 182/365 (to reflect the one-half year period). |
Assumes all dividends and distributions were reinvested.
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Van Kampen Insured Tax Free Income Fund
Portfolio of Investments n March 31, 2009 (Unaudited)
Par | ||||||||||||||
Amount | ||||||||||||||
(000) | Description | Coupon | Maturity | Value | ||||||||||
Municipal Bonds 102.1% Alabama 0.5% | ||||||||||||||
$ | 1,095 | Birmingham, AL Wtrwks & Swr Brd Rev, Ser A (NATL Insd) | 5.000 | % | 01/01/21 | $ | 1,127,543 | |||||||
3,670 | Houston Cnty, AL Hlthcare Auth, Ser A (AMBAC Insd) | 5.250 | 10/01/30 | 2,850,122 | ||||||||||
3,977,665 | ||||||||||||||
Alaska 2.1% | ||||||||||||||
6,525 | Alaska St Intl Arpt Rev Rfdg, Ser B (NATL Insd) | 5.000 | 10/01/24 | 6,448,788 | ||||||||||
9,570 | Alaska St Intl Arpt Rev Rfdg, Ser D (NATL Insd) | 5.000 | 10/01/24 | 9,458,222 | ||||||||||
1,215 | Anchorage, AK Wtr Rev Rfdg (AMBAC Insd) | 6.000 | 09/01/19 | 1,247,684 | ||||||||||
210 | Anchorage, AK Wtr Rev Rfdg (AMBAC Insd) (Prerefunded @ 9/01/09) | 6.000 | 09/01/19 | 217,018 | ||||||||||
17,371,712 | ||||||||||||||
Arizona 2.4% | ||||||||||||||
5,000 | Arizona Hlth Fac Auth Rev Banner Hlth, Ser D (BHAC Insd) | 5.500 | 01/01/38 | 5,072,350 | ||||||||||
885 | Arizona St Univ Ctf Partn Resh Infrastructure Proj (AMBAC Insd) | 5.250 | 09/01/24 | 892,009 | ||||||||||
2,800 | Goodyear, AZ McDowell Rd Coml Corridor Impt Dist (AMBAC Insd) | 5.250 | 01/01/32 | 2,378,096 | ||||||||||
4,500 | Maricopa Cnty, AZ Pollutn Ctl Corp Pollutn Ctl Rev El Paso Elec Co Rfdg, Ser A (FGIC Insd) | 4.800 | 08/01/40 | 3,620,925 | ||||||||||
1,900 | Pima Cnty, AZ Indl Dev Auth AZ Charter Sch Proj, Ser O | 5.000 | 07/01/26 | 1,223,904 | ||||||||||
1,750 | Pima Cnty, AZ Indl Dev Auth AZ Charter Sch Proj, Ser O | 5.250 | 07/01/31 | 1,069,985 | ||||||||||
180 | Pima Cnty, AZ Indl Dev Auth Indl Rev Lease Oblig Irvington Proj Tucson Elec Pwr Co Rfdg, Ser A (FSA Insd) | 7.250 | 07/15/10 | 180,915 | ||||||||||
3,000 | Salt River Proj AZ Agric Impt & Pwr Dist Elec Sys Rev, Ser A | 5.000 | 01/01/25 | 3,107,550 | ||||||||||
2,000 | Salt River Proj AZ Agric Impt & Pwr Dist Elec Sys Rev, Ser A | 5.000 | 01/01/28 | 2,022,940 | ||||||||||
19,568,674 | ||||||||||||||
Arkansas 0.5% | ||||||||||||||
4,290 | Little Rock, AR Sch Dist Rfdg, Ser B (FSA Insd) | 5.500 | 02/01/25 | 4,333,887 | ||||||||||
California 17.1% | ||||||||||||||
3,780 | Bay Area Govt Assn CA Rev Tax Alloc CA Redev Pool, Ser A (Syncora Gtd) | 5.250 | 09/01/35 | 2,892,305 | ||||||||||
2,205 | Bell, CA Cmnty Hsg Auth Lease Rev Rfdg (AMBAC Insd) | 5.000 | 10/01/30 | 1,840,403 | ||||||||||
2,000 | California Hsg Fin Agy Rev Home Mtg, Ser E (FGIC Insd) (AMT) | 5.000 | 02/01/24 | 1,746,680 | ||||||||||
10,935 | California Hsg Fin Agy Rev Home Mtg, Ser G (AMT) (a) | 5.050 | 02/01/29 | 8,700,815 |
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See Notes to Financial Statements
Van Kampen Insured Tax Free Income Fund
Portfolio of Investments n March 31, 2009 (Unaudited) continued
Portfolio of Investments n March 31, 2009 (Unaudited) continued
Par | ||||||||||||||
Amount | ||||||||||||||
(000) | Description | Coupon | Maturity | Value | ||||||||||
California (Continued) | ||||||||||||||
$ | 3,500 | California Hsg Fin Agy Rev Home Mtg, Ser K (AMT) | 5.300 | % | 08/01/23 | $ | 3,126,865 | |||||||
4,000 | California Hsg Fin Agy Rev Home Mtg, Ser K (AMT) | 5.450 | 08/01/28 | 3,400,600 | ||||||||||
9,585 | California St Dept Vet Affairs Home Pur Rev, Ser A (AMT) (a) | 4.950 | 12/01/37 | 7,473,281 | ||||||||||
4,250 | California St Dept Vet Affairs Home Pur Rev, Ser B (AMT) | 5.150 | 12/01/27 | 3,626,185 | ||||||||||
3,320 | California Stwide Cmnty Dev Auth Rev Mtg Ridgecrest Rgl, Ser A (NATL Insd) | 5.000 | 02/01/37 | 2,488,174 | ||||||||||
2,980 | California Stwide Cmnty Dev Auth Wtr & Wastewtr Rev Pooled Fin Pgm, Ser C (FSA Insd) | 5.000 | 10/01/29 | 2,867,237 | ||||||||||
4,000 | California Stwide Cmnty Dev Auth Wtr & Wastewtr Rev Pooled Fin Pgm, Ser C (FSA Insd) | 5.250 | 10/01/34 | 3,892,080 | ||||||||||
1,095 | California Stwide Cmnty Dev Auth Wtr & Wastewtr Rev Pooled Fin, Ser 2004A (FSA Insd) | 5.000 | 10/01/29 | 1,053,565 | ||||||||||
3,920 | California Stwide Cmnty Dev Auth Wtr & Wastewtr Rev Pooled Fin, Ser 2004A (FSA Insd) | 5.250 | 10/01/24 | 4,025,330 | ||||||||||
4,615 | California Stwide Cmnty Dev Auth Wtr & Wastewtr Rev, Ser D (FSA Insd) | 5.000 | 10/01/26 | 4,588,418 | ||||||||||
7,430 | Capistrano, CA Uni Sch Dist (NATL Insd) | 5.000 | 09/01/25 | 6,561,284 | ||||||||||
2,000 | Desert Hot Springs, CA Redev Agy Tax Alloc Merged Redev Proj, Ser A-2 | 5.250 | 09/01/28 | 1,596,260 | ||||||||||
425 | Earlimart, CA Elem Sch Dist, Ser 1 (AMBAC Insd) | 6.700 | 08/01/21 | 516,337 | ||||||||||
5,500 | Golden St Tob Sec Corp CA Tob Settlement Rev, Ser A-1 | 5.750 | 06/01/47 | 3,088,250 | ||||||||||
265 | Golden West Sch Fin Auth CA Rev Rfdg, Ser A (NATL Insd) | 5.750 | 08/01/19 | 284,496 | ||||||||||
7,000 | Hawthorne, CA Cmnty Redev Agy Tax Alloc Proj Area No 2 (Syncora Gtd) | 5.250 | 09/01/36 | 5,809,160 | ||||||||||
3,360 | Loma Linda, CA Redev Agy Tax Alloc, Ser A (Syncora Gtd) | 5.250 | 07/01/30 | 2,903,712 | ||||||||||
10,000 | Merced, CA Irr Dist Rev Ctf Partn Elec Sys Proj (Syncora Gtd) | 5.250 | 09/01/36 | 7,949,600 | ||||||||||
2,000 | Palomar Pomerado Hlthcare Dist CA Ctf Partn, Ser C (FSA Insd) (b) (c) | 6.000 | 11/01/36 | 2,000,000 | ||||||||||
1,000 | Paramount, CA Uni Sch Dist Election 2006 (FSA Insd) | 5.250 | 08/01/30 | 988,550 | ||||||||||
4,000 | Port Oakland, CA Rfdg Inter Lien, Ser A (NATL Insd) (AMT) | 5.000 | 11/01/29 | 3,126,920 | ||||||||||
10,000 | Poway, CA Uni Sch Dist Spl Tax Cmnty Fac Dist No 6-4S Ranch (AMBAC Insd) | 5.000 | 09/01/35 | 8,032,400 | ||||||||||
2,390 | San Francisco, CA City & Cnty Arpts Commn Intl Arpt, Ser 23-A (FSA Insd) (AMT) | 5.000 | 05/01/30 | 2,106,092 | ||||||||||
5,140 | San Marcos, CA Pub Fac Auth Rev Tax Increment Pass-Thru, Ser A (AMBAC Insd) | 5.000 | 10/01/31 | 4,240,346 |
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Van Kampen Insured Tax Free Income Fund
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Portfolio of Investments n March 31, 2009 (Unaudited) continued
Par | ||||||||||||||
Amount | ||||||||||||||
(000) | Description | Coupon | Maturity | Value | ||||||||||
California (Continued) | ||||||||||||||
$ | 2,785 | Santa Monica, CA Cmnty College Rfdg, Ser A (AMBAC Insd) | 5.000 | % | 02/01/27 | $ | 2,424,454 | |||||||
5,380 | South Orange Cnty, CA Pub Fin Auth Spl Tax Rev Ladera Ranch, Ser A (AMBAC Insd) | 5.000 | 08/15/27 | 4,672,153 | ||||||||||
2,000 | South Tahoe, CA Jt Pwr Fin Redev Proj Area No 1 Rfdg, Ser A (AMBAC Insd) | 5.000 | 10/01/35 | 1,546,500 | ||||||||||
10,000 | Tobacco Sec Auth Southn CA Tob Settlement, Ser A1 | 5.125 | 06/01/46 | 5,038,500 | ||||||||||
4,010 | University CA Regt, Ser A (BHAC Insd) | 4.500 | 05/15/47 | 3,382,275 | ||||||||||
3,275 | University CA Rev, Ser O (a) | 5.750 | 05/15/23 | 3,612,865 | ||||||||||
4,815 | University CA Rev, Ser O (a) | 5.750 | 05/15/25 | 5,206,170 | ||||||||||
700 | Vallejo City, CA Uni Sch Rfdg, Ser A (NATL Insd) | 5.900 | 08/01/25 | 682,052 | ||||||||||
11,000 | Vernon, CA Nat Gas Fin Auth Rev Vernon Gas Proj, Ser C (NATL Insd) (b) (c) | 7.500 | 08/01/21 | 11,000,000 | ||||||||||
4,440 | Washington, CA Uni Sch Dist Yolo Cnty Partn New High Sch Proj (AMBAC Insd) | 5.000 | 08/01/30 | 3,708,110 | ||||||||||
142,198,424 | ||||||||||||||
Colorado 2.8% | ||||||||||||||
2,965 | Arkansas River Pwr Auth CO Pwr Rev Impt (Syncora Gtd) | 5.000 | 10/01/43 | 2,112,918 | ||||||||||
3,745 | Colorado Ed & Cultural Fac Auth Rev Charter Sch Aurora Academy Sch Proj Rfdg, Ser A (Syncora Gtd) | 5.250 | 02/15/34 | 3,079,851 | ||||||||||
2,500 | Colorado Ed & Cultural Fac Auth Rev Charter Sch Bromley Sch Proj Rfdg (Syncora Gtd) | 5.250 | 09/15/32 | 2,081,900 | ||||||||||
1,000 | Colorado Ed & Cultural Fac Auth Rev Charter Sch Woodrow Wilson Sch Proj Rfdg, Ser A (Syncora Gtd) | 5.250 | 12/01/34 | 820,210 | ||||||||||
1,070 | Colorado Ed & Cultural Fac Auth Rev Rfdg Charter Sch Challenge Proj Rfdg (CIFG Insd) | 5.000 | 06/01/37 | 949,111 | ||||||||||
1,000 | Colorado Hlth Fac Auth Rev Hosp Vly View Assn Proj | 5.125 | 05/15/37 | 705,010 | ||||||||||
1,600 | Colorado Hlth Fac Auth Rev Poudre Vly CO Hlth Fac Auth Hosp, Ser A (FSA Insd) | 5.200 | 03/01/31 | 1,409,536 | ||||||||||
3,375 | Colorado Springs, CO Hosp Rev Conv (FSA Insd) | 5.250 | 12/15/20 | 3,492,281 | ||||||||||
3,530 | Colorado Springs, CO Hosp Rev Conv (FSA Insd) | 5.250 | 12/15/21 | 3,619,309 | ||||||||||
2,000 | Compark Business Campus Met Dist Co Rfdg & Impt, Ser A (Radian Insd) | 5.600 | 12/01/34 | 1,528,240 | ||||||||||
5,680 | Denver, CO Convention Ctr Hotel Auth Rev Rfdg (Syncora Gtd) | 5.000 | 12/01/35 | 3,694,386 | ||||||||||
23,492,752 | ||||||||||||||
District of Columbia 1.1% | ||||||||||||||
6,430 | District Columbia Income Tax Rev, Ser A (a) | 5.000 | 12/01/23 | 6,695,238 | ||||||||||
2,570 | District Columbia Income Tax Rev, Ser B (a) | 5.000 | 12/01/24 | 2,649,618 | ||||||||||
9,344,856 | ||||||||||||||
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Van Kampen Insured Tax Free Income Fund
Portfolio of Investments n March 31, 2009 (Unaudited) continued
Portfolio of Investments n March 31, 2009 (Unaudited) continued
Par | ||||||||||||||
Amount | ||||||||||||||
(000) | Description | Coupon | Maturity | Value | ||||||||||
Florida 9.1% | ||||||||||||||
$ | 120 | Escambia Cnty, FL Hlth Fac Auth Rev (AMBAC Insd) | 5.950 | % | 07/01/20 | $ | 122,524 | |||||||
2,410 | Florida Hsg Fin Corp Rev Homeowner Mtg, Ser 1 (GNMA Collateralized) (AMT) | 5.800 | 07/01/28 | 2,439,667 | ||||||||||
1,445 | Florida Hsg Fin Corp Rev Homeowner Mtg, Ser 1 (GNMA Collateralized) (AMT) | 6.000 | 07/01/39 | 1,461,690 | ||||||||||
1,000 | Florida Intergovnmtl Fin, Ser C1 (AMBAC Insd) | 5.125 | 02/01/31 | 978,710 | ||||||||||
575 | Florida Muni Ln Council Rev, Ser B (NATL Insd) | 5.750 | 11/01/14 | 612,956 | ||||||||||
1,185 | Florida St Brd Ed Cap Outlay Pub Ed, Ser C (NATL Insd) | 5.000 | 06/01/23 | 1,200,938 | ||||||||||
2,750 | Florida St Brd Ed Lottery Rev, Ser B (NATL Insd) | 5.250 | 07/01/13 | 2,763,667 | ||||||||||
750 | Florida St Brd of Regt Hsg Rev (NATL Insd) | 5.750 | 07/01/14 | 787,957 | ||||||||||
1,340 | Gulf Breeze, FL Rev Loc Govt (FGIC Insd) | 5.150 | 12/01/20 | 1,355,638 | ||||||||||
500 | Gulf Breeze, FL Rev Loc Govt (FGIC Insd) | 5.650 | 12/01/20 | 501,770 | ||||||||||
2,500 | Hillsborough Cnty, FL Aviation Auth Rev, Ser A (AGL Insd) (AMT) | 5.375 | 10/01/33 | 2,259,300 | ||||||||||
800 | Hillsborough Cnty, FL Indl Dev Auth Pollutn Ctl Rev Hillsborough Cnty Rfdg (AMBAC Insd) | 5.000 | 12/01/34 | 804,888 | ||||||||||
1,000 | Indian River Cnty, FL Hosp Rev Rfdg (FSA Insd) | 6.100 | 10/01/18 | 1,000,790 | ||||||||||
1,000 | Key West, FL Util Brd Elec Rev Cap Apprec, Ser D (AMBAC Insd) (d) | * | 10/01/13 | 889,820 | ||||||||||
16,100 | Miami-Dade Cnty, FL Aviation Rev Miami Intl Arpt (AGL Insd) (AMT) | 5.000 | 10/01/38 | 13,593,552 | ||||||||||
4,000 | Miami-Dade Cnty, FL Ed Fac Auth Rev Univ Miami, Ser A (BHAC Insd) | 5.500 | 04/01/38 | 4,062,640 | ||||||||||
5,000 | Miami-Dade Cnty, FL Sch Brd Ctf Partn, Ser B (AGL Insd) | 5.250 | 05/01/26 | 4,916,750 | ||||||||||
4,000 | Orange Cnty, FL Hlth Fac Auth Rev Hosp Adventist Hlth Sys (FSA Insd) | 6.000 | 11/15/22 | 4,004,040 | ||||||||||
1,000 | Orlando, FL Cmnty Redev Agy Tax Rep Drive Unvl Blvd Rfdg (AMBAC Insd) | 5.125 | 04/01/20 | 1,007,870 | ||||||||||
2,200 | Palm Beach Cnty, FL Hlth Fac Auth Rev Waterford Proj | 5.250 | 11/15/17 | 2,182,730 | ||||||||||
750 | Polk Cnty, FL Sch Brd Ctf Partn Master Lease, Ser A (FSA Insd) | 5.500 | 01/01/16 | 796,508 | ||||||||||
985 | Port Saint Lucie, FL Spl Assmt Rev Util Svc Area No 3 & 4A (NATL Insd) | 5.000 | 10/01/18 | 996,800 | ||||||||||
3,000 | Putnam Cnty, FL Dev Auth Pollutn Ctl Rev Rfdg Seminole Proj, Ser A (AMBAC Insd) | 5.350 | 03/15/42 | 2,972,460 | ||||||||||
5,000 | Saint Johns Cnty, FL Indl Dev Auth First Mtg Rev Presbyterian Retirement, Ser A | 5.625 | 08/01/34 | 3,535,100 | ||||||||||
535 | Saint Johns Cnty, FL Indl Dev Auth Professional Golf Proj Rfdg (NATL Insd) | 5.250 | 09/01/12 | 574,397 | ||||||||||
1,000 | Saint Lucie Cnty, FL Sch Brd Ctf, Ser A (FSA Insd) | 5.000 | 07/01/21 | 1,026,660 |
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Van Kampen Insured Tax Free Income Fund
Portfolio of Investments n March 31, 2009 (Unaudited) continued
Portfolio of Investments n March 31, 2009 (Unaudited) continued
Par | ||||||||||||||
Amount | ||||||||||||||
(000) | Description | Coupon | Maturity | Value | ||||||||||
Florida (Continued) | ||||||||||||||
$ | 2,125 | Santa Rosa Bay Brdg Auth FL Rev Cap Apprec (NATL Insd) | * | 07/01/18 | $ | 1,140,700 | ||||||||
500 | Seminole Tribe FL Spl Oblig Rev, Ser A (e) | 5.250 | % | 10/01/27 | 339,470 | |||||||||
500 | Seminole Tribe FL Spl Oblig Rev, Ser A (e) | 5.750 | 10/01/22 | 384,985 | ||||||||||
4,000 | Sunrise, FL Util Sys Rev Rfdg (AMBAC Insd) | 5.200 | 10/01/22 | 4,039,440 | ||||||||||
7,580 | Tallahassee, FL Hlth Fac Rev Tallahassee Mem Regl Med Rfdg, Ser A (NATL Insd) | 6.625 | 12/01/13 | 7,589,475 | ||||||||||
1,000 | Village Ctr Cmnty Dev Dist FL, Ser A (NATL Insd) | 5.200 | 11/01/25 | 803,150 | ||||||||||
3,735 | Volusia Cnty, FL Ed Fac Auth Rev Ed Fac Embry Riddle Rfdg, Ser B (AMBAC Insd) | 5.250 | 10/15/19 | 3,770,744 | ||||||||||
1,000 | Volusia Cnty, FL Ed Fac Auth Rev Ed Fac Embry Riddle Rfdg, Ser B (AMBAC Insd) | 5.250 | 10/15/22 | 1,008,050 | ||||||||||
75,925,836 | ||||||||||||||
Georgia 5.5% | ||||||||||||||
1,370 | Atlanta, GA Tax Allocation Rfdg Atlantic Sta Proj (AGL Insd) | 5.250 | 12/01/21 | 1,387,701 | ||||||||||
1,000 | Atlanta, GA Tax Allocation Rfdg Atlantic Sta Proj (AGL Insd) | 5.250 | 12/01/22 | 1,006,990 | ||||||||||
4,390 | Bleckley-Cochran, GA Dev Auth Student Hsg Fac Rev MGC Real Estate Fndtn, Ser A (CIFG Insd) | 5.000 | 07/01/25 | 4,403,697 | ||||||||||
11,355 | Bleckley-Cochran, GA Dev Auth Student Hsg Fac Rev MGC Real Estate Fndtn, Ser A (CIFG Insd) | 5.000 | 07/01/36 | 10,633,049 | ||||||||||
14,530 | Georgia Muni Elec Auth Pwr Rev 2005, Ser Y (AMBAC Insd) | 6.400 | 01/01/13 | 15,792,802 | ||||||||||
160 | Georgia Muni Elec Auth Pwr Rev 2005, Ser Y (AMBAC Insd) (Prerefunded @ 1/01/11) | 6.400 | 01/01/13 | 175,170 | ||||||||||
9,445 | Georgia Muni Elec Auth Pwr Rev 2005, Ser Y (NATL Insd) | 6.500 | 01/01/17 | 10,771,361 | ||||||||||
145 | Georgia Muni Elec Auth Pwr Rev 2005, Ser Y (NATL Insd) (Prerefunded @ 1/01/14) | 6.500 | 01/01/17 | 174,603 | ||||||||||
860 | Georgia Muni Elec Auth Pwr Rev, Ser Y (AMBAC Insd) (d) | 6.400 | 01/01/13 | 957,369 | ||||||||||
410 | Georgia Muni Elec Auth Pwr Rev, Ser Y (NATL Insd) | 6.500 | 01/01/17 | 486,875 | ||||||||||
45,789,617 | ||||||||||||||
Idaho 0.7% | ||||||||||||||
1,000 | Idaho Hsg & Fin Assn Single Family Mtg Rev, Class I, Ser A (AMT) | 5.625 | 07/01/28 | 1,016,530 | ||||||||||
1,290 | Idaho Hsg & Fin Assn Single Family Mtg Rev, Class I, Ser B (AMT) | 5.375 | 07/01/28 | 1,291,097 | ||||||||||
3,800 | Idaho Hsg & Fin Assn Single Family Mtg Rev, Class III, Ser A (AMT) | 5.700 | 07/01/28 | 3,795,212 | ||||||||||
6,102,839 | ||||||||||||||
Illinois 13.9% | ||||||||||||||
3,755 | Bourbonnais, IL Indl Proj Rev Olivet Nazarene Univ Proj (Radian Insd) | 5.125 | 11/01/37 | 2,821,319 |
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Portfolio of Investments n March 31, 2009 (Unaudited) continued
Portfolio of Investments n March 31, 2009 (Unaudited) continued
Par | ||||||||||||||
Amount | ||||||||||||||
(000) | Description | Coupon | Maturity | Value | ||||||||||
Illinois (Continued) | ||||||||||||||
$ | 1,500 | Chicago, IL Brd Ed Cap Apprec Sch Reform, Ser A (NATL Insd) | * | 12/01/19 | $ | 905,145 | ||||||||
1,020 | Chicago, IL Brd Ed Cap Apprec Sch Reform, Ser A (NATL Insd) | * | 12/01/25 | 403,002 | ||||||||||
2,845 | Chicago, IL Brd Ed Cap Apprec Sch Reform, Ser B-1 (NATL Insd) | * | 12/01/19 | 1,716,758 | ||||||||||
5,925 | Chicago, IL Midway Arpt Rev Second Lien Rfdg, Ser B (AMBAC Insd) | 5.000 | % | 01/01/21 | 6,094,396 | |||||||||
6,220 | Chicago, IL Midway Arpt Rev Second Lien Rfdg, Ser B (AMBAC Insd) | 5.000 | 01/01/22 | 6,350,309 | ||||||||||
6,000 | Chicago, IL O’Hare Intl Arpt Rev Gen Arpt Third Lien, Ser A (AGL Insd) | 5.250 | 01/01/24 | 6,122,460 | ||||||||||
3,855 | Chicago, IL O’Hare Intl Arpt Rev Gen Arpt Third Lien, Ser A (AGL Insd) | 5.250 | 01/01/26 | 3,911,553 | ||||||||||
1,000 | Chicago, IL O’Hare Intl Arpt Rev Rfdg Gen Arpt Third Lien Rfdg, Ser A (AGL Insd) | 5.000 | 01/01/29 | 979,040 | ||||||||||
9,170 | Chicago, IL O’Hare Intl Arpt Rev Rfdg Gen Arpt Third Lein Rfdg, Ser A-2 (FSA Insd) (a) | 5.750 | 01/01/20 | 9,233,365 | ||||||||||
5,000 | Chicago, IL O’Hare Intl Arpt Rev Rfdg Gen Arpt Third Lien Rfdg, Ser E (AGL Insd) | 5.000 | 01/01/34 | 4,787,450 | ||||||||||
2,840 | Chicago, IL O’Hare Intl Arpt Rev Rfdg Gen Arpt Third Lien Rfdg, Ser E (AGL Insd) | 5.250 | 01/01/21 | 2,917,759 | ||||||||||
3,120 | Chicago, IL O’Hare Intl Arpt Rev Rfdg Gen Arpt Third Lien Rfdg, Ser E (AGL Insd) | 5.250 | 01/01/23 | 3,177,439 | ||||||||||
1,430 | Chicago, IL O’Hare Intl Arpt Rev Rfdg Gen Arpt Third Lien Rfdg, Ser E (AGL Insd) | 5.250 | 01/01/24 | 1,451,479 | ||||||||||
615 | Chicago, IL Pk Dist, Ser C (NATL Insd) | 5.500 | 01/01/19 | 647,496 | ||||||||||
145 | Chicago, IL Proj Rfdg, Ser A (AMBAC Insd) | 5.625 | 01/01/39 | 146,119 | ||||||||||
3,230 | Chicago, IL Proj Rfdg, Ser A (NATL Insd) | 5.375 | 01/01/34 | 3,230,065 | ||||||||||
50 | Chicago, IL Proj Rfdg, Ser A (NATL Insd) (Prerefunded @ 1/01/11) | 5.500 | 01/01/38 | 54,508 | ||||||||||
4,200 | Chicago, IL, Ser A (AGL Insd) | 5.250 | 01/01/24 | 4,345,572 | ||||||||||
4,400 | Chicago, IL, Ser A (AGL Insd) | 5.250 | 01/01/25 | 4,523,948 | ||||||||||
345 | Cook Cnty, IL Sch Dist No 100 Berwyn South Cap Apprec (FSA Insd) | 8.100 | 12/01/16 | 452,730 | ||||||||||
290 | Cook Cnty, IL Sch Dist No 100 Berwyn South Cap Apprec (FSA Insd) | 8.200 | 12/01/14 | 370,046 | ||||||||||
2,605 | Cook Cnty, IL Sch Dist No 122 Oak Lawn Cap Apprec (NATL Insd) | * | 12/01/17 | 1,790,859 | ||||||||||
2,995 | Cook Cnty, IL Sch Dist No 122 Oak Lawn Cap Apprec (NATL Insd) | * | 12/01/18 | 1,936,537 | ||||||||||
4,210 | Cook Cnty, IL Sch Dist No 122 Oak Lawn Cap Apprec (NATL Insd) | * | 12/01/19 | 2,540,440 | ||||||||||
4,050 | Cook Cnty, IL Sch Dist No 122 Oak Lawn Cap Apprec (NATL Insd) | * | 12/01/20 | 2,283,309 | ||||||||||
3,000 | Du Page Cnty, IL Cmnty High Sch (FSA Insd) | 5.600 | 01/01/22 | 3,186,450 |
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Van Kampen Insured Tax Free Income Fund
Portfolio of Investments n March 31, 2009 (Unaudited) continued
Portfolio of Investments n March 31, 2009 (Unaudited) continued
Par | ||||||||||||||
Amount | ||||||||||||||
(000) | Description | Coupon | Maturity | Value | ||||||||||
Illinois (Continued) | ||||||||||||||
$ | 540 | Grundy, Kendall & Will Cntys, IL (AMBAC Insd) | 5.500 | % | 05/01/20 | $ | 566,050 | |||||||
340 | Grundy, Kendall & Will Cntys, IL (AMBAC Insd) | 5.500 | 05/01/21 | 352,427 | ||||||||||
3,000 | Huntley, IL Spl Svc Area No 10 Spl Tax Rfdg (AGL Insd) | 5.100 | 03/01/29 | 2,926,590 | ||||||||||
2,000 | Illinois Dev Fin Auth Rev Sch Dist Pgm Rockford Sch 205 (FSA Insd) | 6.650 | 02/01/11 | 2,181,700 | ||||||||||
1,000 | Illinois Fin Auth Rev IL Fin Auth Roosevelt Univ | 5.400 | 04/01/27 | 839,920 | ||||||||||
12,000 | Illinois Fin Auth Rev Resurrection Hlthcare, Ser A (FSA Insd) | 5.500 | 05/15/24 | 11,999,160 | ||||||||||
1,500 | Illinois Fin Auth Rev Sherman Hlth Sys, Ser 2007-A | 5.500 | 08/01/37 | 982,470 | ||||||||||
2,000 | Illinois Med Dist (NATL Insd) | 5.250 | 06/01/32 | 1,875,120 | ||||||||||
1,200 | Lake Cnty, IL Cmnty Cons Sch Dist No 50 Woodland Cap Apprec, Ser B (NATL Insd) | * | 12/01/14 | 979,080 | ||||||||||
6,790 | Lake Cnty, IL Cmnty Unit Sch Dist No 60 Waukegan Cap Apprec, Ser A (FSA Insd) | * | 12/01/17 | 4,796,456 | ||||||||||
3,000 | McHenry & Kane Cnty, IL Cmnty Cons Sch Dist No 158 Cap Apprec (NATL Insd) | * | 01/01/17 | 2,055,270 | ||||||||||
4,000 | McHenry & Kane Cnty, IL Cmnty Cons Sch Dist No 158 Cap Apprec (NATL Insd) | * | 01/01/18 | 2,561,320 | ||||||||||
1,330 | McHenry Cnty, IL Cmnty High Sch Dist No 154 Cap Apprec (NATL Insd) | * | 01/01/16 | 1,018,009 | ||||||||||
6,000 | Metropolitan Pier & Expo Auth IL Dedicated St Tax Rev McCormick Pl Expn, Ser A (NATL Insd) | 5.250 | 06/15/42 | 5,934,360 | ||||||||||
115,447,485 | ||||||||||||||
Indiana 0.3% | ||||||||||||||
175 | Indiana Bd Bk Spl Pgm, Ser A (AMBAC Insd) (d) | 9.750 | 08/01/09 | 179,870 | ||||||||||
2,000 | Indiana Hlth & Ed Fac Fin Auth Rev Rfdg Saint Francis, Ser E (FSA Insd) | 5.250 | 05/15/41 | 1,837,720 | ||||||||||
500 | Plainfield, IN Cmnty High Sch Bldg Corp First Mtg (NATL Insd) | 5.000 | 01/15/30 | 479,980 | ||||||||||
2,497,570 | ||||||||||||||
Iowa 0.3% | ||||||||||||||
2,375 | Iowa Fin Auth Hosp Fac Rev Trinity Regl Hosp Proj (FSA Insd) | 5.750 | 07/01/17 | 2,392,813 | ||||||||||
Kansas 0.2% | ||||||||||||||
2,000 | Wyandotte Cnty, Kansas City, KA Univ Govt Util Sys Rev, Ser A (BHAC Insd) | 5.000 | 09/01/29 | 2,028,040 | ||||||||||
Kentucky 1.3% | ||||||||||||||
4,000 | Kentucky Econ Dev Fin Auth Louisville Arena Proj Rev, Subser A-1 (AGL Insd) | 6.000 | 12/01/38 | 4,058,720 |
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Portfolio of Investments n March 31, 2009 (Unaudited) continued
Portfolio of Investments n March 31, 2009 (Unaudited) continued
Par | ||||||||||||||
Amount | ||||||||||||||
(000) | Description | Coupon | Maturity | Value | ||||||||||
Kentucky (Continued) | ||||||||||||||
$ | 3,000 | Kentucky St Ppty & Bldgs Commn Rev Rfdg Proj No 93 (AGL Insd) | 5.250 | % | 02/01/28 | $ | 3,057,480 | |||||||
4,000 | Paducah, KY Elec Plt Brd Rev, Ser A (AGL Insd) | 5.250 | 10/01/35 | 3,977,320 | ||||||||||
11,093,520 | ||||||||||||||
Louisiana 2.5% | ||||||||||||||
2,530 | Calcasieu Parish, LA Mem Hosp Svc Dist Hosp Rev Lake Charles Mem Hosp Proj, Ser A (Connie Lee Insd) | 6.375 | 12/01/12 | 2,732,881 | ||||||||||
5,530 | Calcasieu Parish, LA Mem Hosp Svc Dist Hosp Rev Lake Charles Mem Hosp Proj, Ser A (Connie Lee Insd) | 6.500 | 12/01/18 | 6,448,312 | ||||||||||
7,500 | Lafayette, LA Util Rev (NATL Insd) | 5.250 | 11/01/24 | 7,666,950 | ||||||||||
2,500 | Louisiana St Gas & Fuels Tax Rev, Ser A (AGL Insd) | 5.000 | 05/01/28 | 2,516,200 | ||||||||||
1,000 | New Orleans, LA Aviation Brd Rev Rfdg Restructuring Garbs, Ser A-1 (AGL Insd) | 6.000 | 01/01/23 | 1,013,140 | ||||||||||
20,377,483 | ||||||||||||||
Massachusetts 1.4% | ||||||||||||||
2,350 | Massachusetts Muni Whsl Elec Co Nuclear Mix, Ser 1-A (NATL Insd) | 5.250 | 07/01/13 | 2,465,832 | ||||||||||
175 | Massachusetts Muni Whsl Elec Co Proj No. 6-A, Ser A (NATL Insd) | 5.250 | 07/01/16 | 179,076 | ||||||||||
2,000 | Massachusetts St Hlth & Ed Fac Auth Rev Caregroup, Ser B-2 (NATL Insd) | 5.375 | 02/01/27 | 1,668,960 | ||||||||||
1,040 | Massachusetts St Hsg Fin Agy Hsg Rev Single Family Hsg, Ser 126 (AMT) (a) | 4.550 | 06/01/27 | 877,521 | ||||||||||
295 | Massachusetts St Hsg Fin Agy Hsg Rev Single Family Hsg, Ser 126 (AMT) (a) | 4.700 | 06/01/38 | 243,862 | ||||||||||
1,745 | Massachusetts St Hsg Fin Agy Hsg, Ser C (AMT) | 5.100 | 12/01/27 | 1,614,177 | ||||||||||
5,000 | Massachusetts St Wtr Pollutn Abatement Tr Pool Pgm, Ser 12 (a) | 4.375 | 08/01/31 | 4,562,100 | ||||||||||
11,611,528 | ||||||||||||||
Michigan 0.2% | ||||||||||||||
75 | Chippewa Valley, MI Sch Bldg & Site (FSA Insd) | 5.000 | 05/01/20 | 77,794 | ||||||||||
3,000 | Michigan Tob Settlement Fin Auth Tob Settlement Asset Sr, Ser A | 6.000 | 06/01/48 | 1,694,220 | ||||||||||
1,772,014 | ||||||||||||||
Minnesota 0.8% | ||||||||||||||
4,000 | Minneapolis, MN Hlthcare Sys Rev Fairview Hlth Svc, Ser B (AGL Insd) | 6.500 | 11/15/38 | 4,270,800 | ||||||||||
3,000 | Saint Paul, MN Hsg & Redev Auth Hlthcare Fac Rev Hlth Partners Oblig Group Proj | 5.250 | 05/15/36 | 2,270,670 | ||||||||||
6,541,470 | ||||||||||||||
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(000) | Description | Coupon | Maturity | Value | ||||||||||
Mississippi 0.2% | ||||||||||||||
$ | 1,000 | Harrison Cnty, MS Wastewtr Mgmt & Solid Wastewtr Treatment Fac Rfdg, Ser A (FGIC Insd) (d) | 8.500 | % | 02/01/13 | $ | 1,250,860 | |||||||
Missouri 0.3% | ||||||||||||||
220 | Mehlville, MO Sch Dist No R-9 Ctf Partn, Ser A (FSA Insd) | 5.500 | 03/01/16 | 232,564 | ||||||||||
230 | Mehlville, MO Sch Dist No R-9 Ctf Partn, Ser A (FSA Insd) | 5.500 | 03/01/17 | 243,136 | ||||||||||
2,915 | Springfield, MO Pub Bldg Corp Leasehold Rev Springfield Branson Arpt, Ser B (AMBAC Insd) (AMT) | 4.600 | 07/01/36 | 2,209,949 | ||||||||||
2,685,649 | ||||||||||||||
Nebraska 2.8% | ||||||||||||||
3,000 | Municipal Energy Agy of NE Pwr Supply Sys Rev Rfdg, Ser A (BHAC Insd) | 5.375 | 04/01/39 | 3,080,550 | ||||||||||
15,570 | Nebraska Pub Pwr Dist Rev Gen, Ser B (BHAC Insd) | 5.000 | 01/01/37 | 15,499,312 | ||||||||||
3,620 | Saunders Cnty, NE (FSA Insd) | 5.000 | 11/01/35 | 3,551,980 | ||||||||||
2,000 | Washington Cnty, NE Wastewtr & Solid Waste Disp Fac Rev Cargill Inc Proj (AMT) | 4.850 | 04/01/35 | 1,559,500 | ||||||||||
23,691,342 | ||||||||||||||
Nevada 1.2% | ||||||||||||||
3,045 | Clark Cnty, NV Arpt Rev Sub Lien, Ser A-1 (NATL Insd) (AMT) | 5.500 | 07/01/20 | 2,928,650 | ||||||||||
3,000 | Clark Cnty, NV Arpt Rev Sub Lien, Ser A-1 (NATL Insd) (AMT) | 5.500 | 07/01/21 | 2,864,610 | ||||||||||
3,500 | Nevada St Muni Bd Bk Proj (FSA Insd) | 5.000 | 12/01/23 | 3,559,535 | ||||||||||
935 | Reno, NV Cap Impt Rev (NATL Insd) | 5.125 | 06/01/26 | 810,935 | ||||||||||
10,163,730 | ||||||||||||||
New Jersey 1.4% | ||||||||||||||
1,000 | New Jersey Econ Dev Auth Rev Sch Fac Constr, Ser Z (AGL Insd) | 5.500 | 12/15/34 | 1,028,000 | ||||||||||
1,000 | New Jersey St Hsg & Mtg Fin Agy Rev, Ser AA | 6.375 | 10/01/28 | 1,064,460 | ||||||||||
9,430 | Tobacco Settlement Fin Corp NJ, Ser A-1 | 4.750 | 06/01/34 | 4,923,309 | ||||||||||
8,250 | Tobacco Settlement Fin Corp NJ, Ser A-1 | 5.000 | 06/01/41 | 4,231,755 | ||||||||||
11,247,524 | ||||||||||||||
New Mexico 0.2% | ||||||||||||||
2,000 | New Mexico St Hosp Equip Ln Council Hosp Rev Presbyterian Hlthcare Svc, Ser A | 6.375 | 08/01/32 | 2,067,960 | ||||||||||
New York 2.5% | ||||||||||||||
5,000 | Long Island Pwr Auth NY Elec Sys Rev Gen, Ser A (BHAC Insd) | 5.500 | 05/01/33 | 5,252,500 | ||||||||||
5,470 | New York City Hlth & Hosp Hlth Sys, Ser A (FSA Insd) | 5.000 | 02/15/21 | 5,572,289 |
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(000) | Description | Coupon | Maturity | Value | ||||||||||
New York (Continued) | ||||||||||||||
$ | 2,360 | New York City Hsg Dev Corp, Ser B-1 (AMT) | 5.125 | % | 11/01/32 | $ | 2,134,101 | |||||||
5,000 | New York City Indl Dev Agy Civic Fac Rev Polytechnic Univ Proj (ACA Insd) | 5.250 | 11/01/27 | 4,024,550 | ||||||||||
1,000 | New York City Indl Dev Agy Rev Queens Baseball Stadium Pilot (AGL Insd) | 6.375 | 01/01/39 | 1,077,060 | ||||||||||
3,105 | New York St Dorm Auth Rev Insd Brooklyn Law Sch, Ser B (Syncora Gtd) | 5.375 | 07/01/21 | 3,132,293 | ||||||||||
21,192,793 | ||||||||||||||
North Carolina 0.8% | ||||||||||||||
6,000 | Johnston, NC Mem Hosp Auth (FSA Insd) | 5.250 | 10/01/24 | 5,821,800 | ||||||||||
1,100 | North Carolina Med Care Commn Hlthcare Fac Rev Wake Med, Ser A (AGL Insd) | 5.625 | 10/01/38 | 1,104,895 | ||||||||||
6,926,695 | ||||||||||||||
North Dakota 1.3% | ||||||||||||||
5,000 | Mercer Cnty, ND Pollutn Ctl Rev Antelope Vly Station Rfdg (AMBAC Insd) | 7.200 | 06/30/13 | 5,563,050 | ||||||||||
5,000 | Oliver Cnty, ND Pollutn Ctl Rev Square Butte Elec Coop Rfdg, Ser A (AMBAC Insd) | 5.300 | 01/01/27 | 5,014,150 | ||||||||||
675 | Ward Cnty, ND Hlthcare Fac Rev Trinity Obligated Group | 5.125 | 07/01/25 | 489,166 | ||||||||||
11,066,366 | ||||||||||||||
Ohio 0.9% | ||||||||||||||
1,750 | Lorain Cnty, OH Hosp Rev Catholic Rfdg, Ser C-1 (FSA Insd) | 5.000 | 04/01/24 | 1,763,667 | ||||||||||
2,825 | Montgomery Cnty, OH Rev Miami Vly Hosp, Ser A | 6.000 | 11/15/28 | 2,833,447 | ||||||||||
2,845 | Ohio Hsg Fin Agy Multifamily Hsg Mtg Covenant, Ser C (GNMA Collateralized) (AMT) | 6.100 | 09/20/49 | 2,895,015 | ||||||||||
7,492,129 | ||||||||||||||
Oklahoma 1.9% | ||||||||||||||
1,000 | Chickasaw Nation, OK Hlth Sys (e) | 6.250 | 12/01/32 | 784,220 | ||||||||||
2,395 | Grand River Dam Auth OK Rev, Ser A (BHAC Insd) | 5.000 | 06/01/21 | 2,622,381 | ||||||||||
2,395 | Grand River Dam Auth OK Rev, Ser A (BHAC Insd) | 5.000 | 06/01/22 | 2,586,504 | ||||||||||
4,075 | Grand River Dam Auth OK Rev, Ser A (BHAC Insd) | 5.000 | 06/01/23 | 4,358,457 | ||||||||||
4,320 | McAlester, OK Pub Wks Auth Util Cap Apprec, Ser A (FSA Insd) | * | 02/01/30 | 1,223,511 | ||||||||||
2,000 | Oklahoma Colleges Brd Regt Stad Univ Cent OK, Ser B (AMBAC Insd) | 5.500 | 06/01/24 | 2,023,120 | ||||||||||
2,000 | Tulsa, OK Cmnty College Rev (AMBAC Insd) | 5.500 | 07/01/22 | 2,116,900 | ||||||||||
15,715,093 | ||||||||||||||
Pennsylvania 2.5% | ||||||||||||||
5,000 | Allegheny Cnty, PA Hosp Dev Auth Rev Insd Hlth Sys, Ser A (NATL Insd) (Prerefunded @ 11/15/10) | 6.500 | 11/15/30 | 5,536,300 |
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Par | ||||||||||||||
Amount | ||||||||||||||
(000) | Description | Coupon | Maturity | Value | ||||||||||
Pennsylvania (Continued) | ||||||||||||||
$ | 4,875 | Allegheny Cnty, PA Hosp Dev Auth Rev Pittsburgh Mercy Hlth Sys Inc (AMBAC Insd) (d) | 5.625 | % | 08/15/26 | $ | 4,983,664 | |||||||
250 | Harrisburg, PA Auth Res Gtd Sub, Ser D-2 (FSA Insd) | 5.000 | 12/01/33 | 268,712 | ||||||||||
3,000 | Lycoming Cnty, PA Auth College Rev PA College of Technology (AMBAC Insd) | 5.350 | 07/01/26 | 2,850,630 | ||||||||||
3,000 | Pennsylvania Hsg Fin Agy Single Family Mtg Rev, Ser 102-A (AMT) | 5.250 | 10/01/23 | 2,970,000 | ||||||||||
4,000 | Pennsylvania St Tpk Commn Tpk Rev, Ser A (AGL Insd) | 5.000 | 06/01/24 | 4,099,760 | ||||||||||
20,709,066 | ||||||||||||||
South Carolina 2.5% | ||||||||||||||
5,170 | Easley, SC Util Rev Impt & Rfdg (FSA Insd) (Prerefunded @ 12/01/15) | 5.000 | 12/01/34 | 5,881,754 | ||||||||||
3,800 | Scago Ed & Fac Corp for Cherokee Cnty SC Proj, Ser B (FSA Insd) | 5.000 | 12/01/30 | 3,740,454 | ||||||||||
6,500 | South Carolina Jobs Econ Dev Auth Indl Rev Elec & Gas Co Proj, Ser A (AMBAC Insd) | 5.200 | 11/01/27 | 6,524,960 | ||||||||||
4,465 | Spartanburg Cnty, SC Regl Hlth Svc Dist Rfdg, Ser D (AGL Insd) | 5.250 | 04/15/22 | 4,563,542 | ||||||||||
20,710,710 | ||||||||||||||
South Dakota 1.6% | ||||||||||||||
3,000 | South Dakota St Hlth & Ed Fac Auth Vocational Ed Prog (AGL Insd) | 5.500 | 08/01/38 | 3,012,780 | ||||||||||
5,205 | South Dakota St Lease Rev Tr Ctf, Ser A (FSA Insd) | 6.625 | 09/01/12 | 5,617,600 | ||||||||||
4,000 | South Dakota St Lease Rev Tr Ctf, Ser A (FSA Insd) | 6.700 | 09/01/17 | 4,782,560 | ||||||||||
13,412,940 | ||||||||||||||
Tennessee 0.2% | ||||||||||||||
1,335 | Shelby Cnty, TN Hlth Ed & Hsg Fac Brd Rev Methodist, Ser B (FSA Insd) | 5.250 | 09/01/27 | 1,310,222 | ||||||||||
Texas 8.9% | ||||||||||||||
620 | Alamo, TX Cmnty College Dist Combined Fee Rfdg (FSA Insd) | 5.000 | 11/01/22 | 630,224 | ||||||||||
5,000 | Brazos Riv Auth TX Rev Houston Ind Inc Proj, Ser C (AMBAC Insd) | 5.125 | 05/01/19 | 4,128,100 | ||||||||||
4,000 | Dallas Fort Worth, TX Intl Arpt Rev Impt, Ser B (FSA Insd) (AMT) | 5.375 | 11/01/21 | 3,915,760 | ||||||||||
6,110 | Dallas Fort Worth, TX Intl Arpt Rev Impt, Ser B (FSA Insd) (AMT) | 5.500 | 11/01/19 | 6,080,672 | ||||||||||
4,000 | Dallas, TX Civic Ctr Rfdg & Impt (AGL Insd) | 5.250 | 08/15/34 | 3,955,520 | ||||||||||
4,000 | Harris Cnty, TX Hlth Fac Dev Corp Rev Christus Hlth, Ser A-3 (FSA Insd) (b) (c) | 3.000 | 07/01/31 | 4,000,000 |
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(000) | Description | Coupon | Maturity | Value | ||||||||||
Texas (Continued) | ||||||||||||||
$ | 22,500 | Houston, TX Util Sys Rev Rfdg First Lien, Ser A (BHAC Insd) | 5.250 | % | 05/15/23 | $ | 23,534,325 | |||||||
750 | Laredo, TX Cmnty College Dist Unrefunded Balance Bldg & Rfdg (AMBAC Insd) | 5.300 | 08/01/26 | 753,007 | ||||||||||
3,000 | Mission, TX Econ Dev Corp Solid Waste Disp Rev Waste Mgmt Inc Proj (AMT) | 6.000 | 08/01/20 | 2,868,180 | ||||||||||
2,500 | North TX Twy Auth Rev Rfdg Sys First Tier, Ser A | 5.625 | 01/01/33 | 2,348,800 | ||||||||||
2,750 | Nueces Riv Auth TX Wtr Supply Rev Fac Corpus Christi Proj Rfdg (FSA Insd) | 5.000 | 07/15/25 | 2,780,085 | ||||||||||
2,000 | Nueces Riv Auth TX Wtr Supply Rev Fac Corpus Christi Proj Rfdg (FSA Insd) | 5.000 | 03/01/27 | 2,004,120 | ||||||||||
4,250 | Tarrant Cnty, TX Cultural Ed Fac Fin Corp Rev Christus Hlth Rfdg, Ser A (AGL Insd) | 6.500 | 07/01/37 | 4,481,667 | ||||||||||
1,750 | Tarrant Cnty, TX Hlth Fac Dev Corp Hlth Sys Rev, Ser B (FGIC Insd) (d) | 5.000 | 09/01/15 | 1,980,143 | ||||||||||
10,000 | Texas St Tpk Auth Cent TX Tpk First Tier, Ser A (AMBAC Insd) | 5.500 | 08/15/39 | 9,021,800 | ||||||||||
2,000 | Texas Trans Commn Cent TX Tpk Sys Rev Rfdg First Tier Put | 5.000 | 08/15/42 | 2,006,800 | ||||||||||
74,489,203 | ||||||||||||||
Utah 0.2% | ||||||||||||||
475 | Provo, UT Elec Rev 1984 Rfdg, Ser A (AMBAC Insd) (d) | 10.375 | 09/15/15 | 607,991 | ||||||||||
995 | Utah Hsg Corp Single Family Mtg Rev, Class III, Ser C-1 (AMT) | 5.700 | 07/01/28 | 993,746 | ||||||||||
1,601,737 | ||||||||||||||
Washington 8.5% | ||||||||||||||
4,115 | Chelan Cnty, WA Sch Dist No 246 (FSA Insd) | 5.000 | 12/01/21 | 4,279,147 | ||||||||||
11,340 | Energy Northwest WA Elec Rev Columbia Generating Rfdg, Ser A (FSA Insd) | 5.500 | 07/01/17 | 12,313,085 | ||||||||||
4,500 | Energy Northwest WA Elec Rev Proj No 3 Rfdg, Ser A (FSA Insd) | 5.500 | 07/01/17 | 4,814,910 | ||||||||||
14,500 | Energy Northwest WA Elec Rev Proj No 3 Rfdg, Ser A (FSA Insd) | 5.500 | 07/01/18 | 15,491,655 | ||||||||||
5,000 | Energy Northwest WA Elec Rev Proj No 3 Rfdg, Ser B (FSA Insd) | 6.000 | 07/01/16 | 5,547,750 | ||||||||||
1,365 | Energy Northwest WA Wind Proj (AMBAC Insd) | 5.000 | 07/01/23 | 1,376,698 | ||||||||||
1,305 | Fife, WA Wtr & Swr Rev (NATL Insd) | 5.125 | 04/01/24 | 1,307,780 | ||||||||||
1,025 | King Cnty, WA Hsg Auth Cap Fd Pgm Rev Egis Hsg Pgm (FSA Insd) (AMT) | 5.300 | 06/01/23 | 1,024,918 | ||||||||||
3,575 | King Cnty, WA Pub Hosp Dist No 001, Ser A (AGL Insd) | 5.250 | 12/01/28 | 3,603,207 | ||||||||||
4,140 | Lynnwood, WA Pub Fac Dist Rev Convention Ctr (AMBAC Insd) | 5.000 | 12/01/34 | 3,591,243 | ||||||||||
145 | Snohomish Cnty, WA Pub Util 1 (FSA Insd) | 5.000 | 12/01/24 | 147,623 | ||||||||||
2,565 | Snohomish Cnty, WA Pub Util 1 (FSA Insd) | 5.500 | 12/01/23 | 2,705,152 |
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Amount | ||||||||||||||
(000) | Description | Coupon | Maturity | Value | ||||||||||
Washington (Continued) | ||||||||||||||
$ | 3,000 | Spokane, WA Pub Fac Dist Hotel (NATL Insd) | 5.250 | % | 09/01/33 | $ | 2,935,230 | |||||||
2,000 | Spokane, WA Pub Fac Dist Hotel (NATL Insd) | 5.750 | 12/01/25 | 2,098,900 | ||||||||||
2,420 | Spokane, WA Pub Fac Dist Hotel (NATL Insd) | 5.750 | 12/01/26 | 2,518,518 | ||||||||||
2,000 | Washington St Hlthcare Fac Auth Rev Multicare Hlth Sys, Ser B (AGL Insd) | 6.000 | 08/15/39 | 1,976,140 | ||||||||||
5,000 | Washington St Hlthcare Fac Auth Rev Providence Hlth, Ser D (FSA Insd) | 5.250 | 10/01/33 | 4,878,850 | ||||||||||
70,610,806 | ||||||||||||||
West Virginia 0.2% | ||||||||||||||
1,530 | West Virginia Econ Dev Auth Lease Rev Correctional Juvenile & Pub, Ser A (NATL Insd) | 5.500 | 06/01/19 | 1,642,134 | ||||||||||
Wisconsin 0.4% | ||||||||||||||
1,000 | Wisconsin St Hlth & Ed Fac Auth Rev Ministry Hlth (FSA Insd) | 5.000 | 08/01/31 | 889,010 | ||||||||||
2,300 | Wisconsin St Hlth & Ed Fac Auth Rev Ministry Hlth (FSA Insd) | 5.000 | 08/01/34 | 2,015,743 | ||||||||||
2,904,753 | ||||||||||||||
Wyoming 0.5% | ||||||||||||||
4,500 | Wyoming Cmnty Dev Auth Hsg Rev, Ser 1 (AMT) | 5.300 | 12/01/23 | 4,499,640 | ||||||||||
Puerto Rico 0.4% | ||||||||||||||
3,000 | Puerto Rico Indl Tourist Ed Med & Environmental Ctl Fac Hosp Aux (NATL Insd) | 6.250 | 07/01/16 | 3,001,320 | ||||||||||
Total Long-Term Investments 102.1% (Cost $894,018,856) | 850,260,857 | |||||||||||||
Total Short-Term Investments 0.4% (Cost $3,500,000) | 3,500,000 | |||||||||||||
Total Investments 102.5% (Cost $897,518,856) | 853,760,857 | |||||||||||||
Liability for Floating Rate Note Obligations Related to Securities Held (3.6%) (Cost ($30,015,000)) | ||||||||||||||
(30,015 | ) | Notes with interest rates ranging from 0.36% to 1.71% at March 31, 2009 and contractual maturities of collateral ranging from 2020 to 2038 (See Note 1) (f) | (30,015,000 | ) | ||||||||||
Total Net Investments 98.9% (Cost $867,503,856) | 823,745,857 | |||||||||||||
Other Assets In Excess of Liabilities 1.1% | 9,367,165 | |||||||||||||
Net Assets 100.0% | $ | 833,113,022 | ||||||||||||
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Percentages are calculated as a percentage of net assets.
* | Zero coupon bond | |
(a) | Underlying security related to Inverse Floaters entered into by the Fund. See Note 1. | |
(b) | Security includes a feature allowing the Fund an option on any interest rate payment date to offer the security for sale at par. The sale is contingent upon market conditions. | |
(c) | Variable Rate Coupon | |
(d) | Escrowed to Maturity | |
(e) | 144A-Private Placement security which is exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. This security may only be resold in transactions exempt from registration which are normally those transactions with qualified institutional buyers. | |
(f) | Floating rate notes. The interest rates shown reflect the rates in effect at March 31, 2009. |
ACA—American Capital Access
AGL—Assured Guaranty Ltd.
AMBAC—AMBAC Indemnity Corp.
AMT—Alternative Minimum Tax
BHAC—Berkshire Hathaway Assurance Corp.
CIFG—CDC IXIS Financial Guaranty
Connie Lee—Connie Lee Insurance Co.
FGIC—Financial Guaranty Insurance Co.
FSA—Financial Security Assurance Inc.
GNMA—Government National Mortgage Association
NATL—National Public Finance Guarantee Corp.
Radian—Radian Asset Assurance
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Financial Statements
Statement of Assets and Liabilities
March 31, 2009 (Unaudited)
Assets: | ||||||
Total Investments (Cost $897,518,856) | $ | 853,760,857 | ||||
Cash | 34,451 | |||||
Receivables: | ||||||
Interest | 13,203,613 | |||||
Investments Sold | 9,222,929 | |||||
Fund Shares Sold | 1,256,045 | |||||
Other | 192,933 | |||||
Total Assets | 877,670,828 | |||||
Liabilities: | ||||||
Payables: | ||||||
Floating Rate Note Obligations | 30,015,000 | |||||
Investments Purchased | 12,017,433 | |||||
Fund Shares Repurchased | 792,743 | |||||
Income Distributions | 585,085 | |||||
Investment Advisory Fee | 362,880 | |||||
Distributor and Affiliates | 286,980 | |||||
Trustees’ Deferred Compensation and Retirement Plans | 291,776 | |||||
Accrued Expenses | 205,909 | |||||
Total Liabilities | 44,557,806 | |||||
Net Assets | $ | 833,113,022 | ||||
Net Assets Consist of: | ||||||
Capital (Par value of $.01 per share with an unlimited number of shares authorized) | $ | 958,915,313 | ||||
Accumulated Undistributed Net Investment Income | 2,070,790 | |||||
Net Unrealized Depreciation | (43,757,999 | ) | ||||
Accumulated Net Realized Loss | (84,115,082 | ) | ||||
Net Assets | $ | 833,113,022 | ||||
Maximum Offering Price Per Share: | ||||||
Class A Shares: | ||||||
Net asset value and redemption price per share (Based on net assets of $788,115,385 and 51,564,724 shares of beneficial interest issued and outstanding) | $ | 15.28 | ||||
Maximum sales charge (4.75%* of offering price) | 0.76 | |||||
Maximum offering price to public | $ | 16.04 | ||||
Class B Shares: | ||||||
Net asset value and offering price per share (Based on net assets of $18,856,050 and 1,235,200 shares of beneficial interest issued and outstanding) | $ | 15.27 | ||||
Class C Shares: | ||||||
Net asset value and offering price per share (Based on net assets of $24,789,914 and 1,625,700 shares of beneficial interest issued and outstanding) | $ | 15.25 | ||||
Class I Shares: | ||||||
Net asset value and offering price per share (Based on net assets of $1,351,673 and 88,437 shares of beneficial interest issued and outstanding) | $ | 15.28 | ||||
* | On sales of $100,000 or more, the sales charge will be reduced. |
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Statement of Operations
For the Six Months Ended March 31, 2009 (Unaudited)
Investment Income: | ||||||
Interest | $ | 23,950,489 | ||||
Expenses: | ||||||
Investment Advisory Fee | 2,084,485 | |||||
Distribution (12b-1) and Service Fees | ||||||
Class A | 946,787 | |||||
Class B | 96,375 | |||||
Class C | 108,846 | |||||
Interest and Residual Trust Expenses | 548,860 | |||||
Transfer Agent Fees | 255,518 | |||||
Accounting and Administrative Expenses | 99,396 | |||||
Professional Fees | 72,699 | |||||
Reports to Shareholders | 44,753 | |||||
Registration Fees | 31,982 | |||||
Custody | 23,886 | |||||
Trustees’ Fees and Related Expenses | 21,346 | |||||
Other | 21,957 | |||||
Total Expenses | 4,356,890 | |||||
Less Credits Earned on Cash Balances | 666 | |||||
Net Expenses | 4,356,224 | |||||
Net Investment Income | $ | 19,594,265 | ||||
Realized and Unrealized Gain/Loss: | ||||||
Net Realized Loss | $ | (25,347,995 | ) | |||
Unrealized Depreciation: | ||||||
Beginning of the Period | (69,175,773 | ) | ||||
End of the Period | (43,757,999 | ) | ||||
Net Unrealized Appreciation During the Period | 25,417,774 | |||||
Net Realized and Unrealized Gain | $ | 69,779 | ||||
Net Increase in Net Assets From Operations | $ | 19,664,044 | ||||
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Statements of Changes in Net Assets (Unaudited)
For The | For The | |||||||
Six Months Ended | Year Ended | |||||||
March 31, 2009 | September 30, 2008 | |||||||
From Investment Activities: | ||||||||
Operations: | ||||||||
Net Investment Income | $ | 19,594,265 | $ | 43,231,721 | ||||
Net Realized Loss | (25,347,995 | ) | (54,968,822 | ) | ||||
Net Unrealized Appreciation/Depreciation During the Period | 25,417,774 | (80,383,705 | ) | |||||
Change in Net Assets from Operations | 19,664,044 | (92,120,806 | ) | |||||
Distributions from Net Investment Income: | ||||||||
Class A Shares | (19,869,118 | ) | (40,787,122 | ) | ||||
Class B Shares | (427,172 | ) | (960,926 | ) | ||||
Class C Shares | (483,844 | ) | (704,919 | ) | ||||
Class I Shares | (31,559 | ) | (51,364 | ) | ||||
Total Distributions | (20,811,693 | ) | (42,504,331 | ) | ||||
Net Change in Net Assets from Investment Activities | (1,147,649 | ) | (134,625,137 | ) | ||||
From Capital Transactions: | ||||||||
Proceeds from Shares Sold | 55,280,200 | 59,362,955 | ||||||
Net Asset Value of Shares Issued Through Dividend Reinvestment | 17,211,768 | 34,710,512 | ||||||
Cost of Shares Repurchased | (72,585,244 | ) | (158,433,865 | ) | ||||
Net Change in Net Assets from Capital Transactions | (93,276 | ) | (64,360,398 | ) | ||||
Total Decrease in Net Assets | (1,240,925 | ) | (198,985,535 | ) | ||||
Net Assets: | ||||||||
Beginning of the Period | 834,353,947 | 1,033,339,482 | ||||||
End of the Period (Including accumulated undistributed net investment income of $2,070,790 and $3,288,218, respectively) | $ | 833,113,022 | $ | 834,353,947 | ||||
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Financial Highlights (Unaudited)
The following schedule presents financial highlights for one share of the Fund outstanding throughout the periods indicated.
Six Months | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ended | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
March 31, | Year Ended September 30, | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Class A Shares | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | ||||||||||||||||||
Net Asset Value, Beginning of the Period | $ | 15.30 | $ | 17.72 | $ | 18.59 | $ | 18.87 | $ | 19.07 | $ | 19.27 | ||||||||||||
Net Investment Income | 0.36 | (a) | 0.77 | (a) | 0.74 | (a) | 0.72 | (a) | 0.72 | 0.76 | ||||||||||||||
Net Realized and Unrealized Gain/Loss | 0.01 | (2.43 | ) | (0.84 | ) | 0.09 | (0.01 | ) | 0.02 | |||||||||||||||
Total from Investment Operations | 0.37 | (1.66 | ) | (0.10 | ) | 0.81 | 0.71 | 0.78 | ||||||||||||||||
Less: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Distributions from Net Investment Income | 0.39 | 0.76 | 0.71 | 0.71 | 0.74 | 0.75 | ||||||||||||||||||
Distributions from Net Realized Gain | -0- | -0- | 0.06 | 0.38 | 0.17 | 0.23 | ||||||||||||||||||
Total Distributions | 0.39 | 0.76 | 0.77 | 1.09 | 0.91 | 0.98 | ||||||||||||||||||
Net Asset Value, End of the Period | $ | 15.28 | $ | 15.30 | $ | 17.72 | $ | 18.59 | $ | 18.87 | $ | 19.07 | ||||||||||||
Total Return (b) | 2.41% | * | –9.57% | –0.63% | 4.49% | 3.77% | 4.22% | |||||||||||||||||
Net Assets at End of the Period (In millions) | $ | 788.1 | $ | 794.4 | $ | 983.3 | $ | 1,075.9 | $ | 1,114.2 | $ | 1,137.2 | ||||||||||||
Ratio of Expenses to Average Net Assets | 1.04% | 1.47% | 1.54% | 1.00% | 0.94% | 0.89% | ||||||||||||||||||
Ratio of Net Investment Income to Average Net Assets | 4.88% | 4.58% | 4.02% | 3.87% | 3.81% | 3.99% | ||||||||||||||||||
Portfolio Turnover | 14% | * | 59% | 51% | 45% | 65% | 39% | |||||||||||||||||
Supplemental Ratio: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ratio of Expenses to Average Net Assets (Excluding Interest and Residual Trust Expenses) | 0.90% | 0.89% | 0.88% | 0.88% | 0.88% | 0.87% |
* | Non-Annualized | |
(a) | Based on average shares outstanding. | |
(b) | Assumes reinvestment of all distributions for the period and does not include payment of the maximum sales charge of 4.75% or contingent deferred sales charge (CDSC). On purchases of $1 million or more, a CDSC of 1% may be imposed on certain redemptions made within eighteen months of purchase. If the sales charges were included, total returns would be lower. These returns include combined Rule 12b-1 fees and service fees of up to .25% and do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares. |
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The following schedule presents financial highlights for one share of the Fund outstanding throughout the periods indicated.
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March 31, | Year Ended September 30, | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Class B Shares | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | ||||||||||||||||||
Net Asset Value, Beginning of the Period | $ | 15.28 | $ | 17.70 | $ | 18.57 | $ | 18.85 | $ | 19.05 | $ | 19.24 | ||||||||||||
Net Investment Income | 0.31 | (a) | 0.64 | (a) | 0.60 | (a) | 0.58 | (a) | 0.59 | 0.62 | ||||||||||||||
Net Realized and Unrealized Gain/Loss | 0.01 | (2.43 | ) | (0.84 | ) | 0.09 | (0.02 | ) | 0.02 | |||||||||||||||
Total from Investment Operations | 0.32 | (1.79 | ) | (0.24 | ) | 0.67 | 0.57 | 0.64 | ||||||||||||||||
Less: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Distributions from Net Investment Income | 0.33 | 0.63 | 0.57 | 0.57 | 0.60 | 0.60 | ||||||||||||||||||
Distributions from Net Realized Gain | -0- | -0- | 0.06 | 0.38 | 0.17 | 0.23 | ||||||||||||||||||
Total Distributions | 0.33 | 0.63 | 0.63 | 0.95 | 0.77 | 0.83 | ||||||||||||||||||
Net Asset Value, End of the Period | $ | 15.27 | $ | 15.28 | $ | 17.70 | $ | 18.57 | $ | 18.85 | $ | 19.05 | ||||||||||||
Total Return (b) | 2.09% | * | –10.27% | –1.38% | 3.71% | 3.04% | 3.43% | |||||||||||||||||
Net Assets at End of the Period (In millions) | $ | 18.9 | $ | 20.7 | $ | 30.0 | $ | 43.0 | $ | 56.2 | $ | 66.4 | ||||||||||||
Ratio of Expenses to Average Net Assets | 1.80% | 2.22% | 2.29% | 1.75% | 1.70% | 1.65% | ||||||||||||||||||
Ratio of Net Investment Income to Average Net Assets | 4.13% | 3.79% | 3.25% | 3.11% | 3.05% | 3.23% | ||||||||||||||||||
Portfolio Turnover | 14% | * | 59% | 51% | 45% | 65% | 39% | |||||||||||||||||
Supplemental Ratio: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ratio of Expenses to Average Net Assets (Excluding Interest and Residual Trust Expenses) | 1.66% | 1.64% | 1.63% | 1.63% | 1.64% | 1.63% |
* | Non-Annualized | |
(a) | Based on average shares outstanding. | |
(b) | Assumes reinvestment of all distributions for the period and does not include payment of the maximum CDSC of 4%, charged on certain redemptions made within one year of purchase and declining to 0% after the sixth year. If the sales charge was included, total returns would be lower. These returns include combined Rule 12b-1 fees and service fees of up to 1% and do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares. |
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The following schedule presents financial highlights for one share of the Fund outstanding throughout the periods indicated.
Six Months | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ended | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
March 31, | Year Ended September 30, | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Class C Shares | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | ||||||||||||||||||
Net Asset Value, Beginning of the Period | $ | 15.27 | $ | 17.68 | $ | 18.55 | $ | 18.84 | $ | 19.04 | $ | 19.23 | ||||||||||||
Net Investment Income | 0.31 | (a) | 0.65 | (a) | 0.60 | (a) | 0.58 | (a) | 0.58 | 0.62 | ||||||||||||||
Net Realized and Unrealized Gain/Loss | -0- | (2.43 | ) | (0.84 | ) | 0.08 | (0.01 | ) | 0.02 | |||||||||||||||
Total from Investment Operations | 0.31 | (1.78 | ) | (0.24 | ) | 0.66 | 0.57 | 0.64 | ||||||||||||||||
Less: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Distributions from Net Investment Income | 0.33 | 0.63 | 0.57 | 0.57 | 0.60 | 0.60 | ||||||||||||||||||
Distributions from Net Realized Gain | -0- | -0- | 0.06 | 0.38 | 0.17 | 0.23 | ||||||||||||||||||
Total Distributions | 0.33 | 0.63 | 0.63 | 0.95 | 0.77 | 0.83 | ||||||||||||||||||
Net Asset Value, End of the Period | $ | 15.25 | $ | 15.27 | $ | 17.68 | $ | 18.55 | $ | 18.84 | $ | 19.04 | ||||||||||||
Total Return (b) | 2.09% | * | –10.28% | –1.38% | 3.66% | 3.04% | 3.43% | |||||||||||||||||
Net Assets at End of the Period (In millions) | $ | 24.8 | $ | 18.4 | $ | 19.0 | $ | 21.3 | $ | 21.7 | $ | 19.9 | ||||||||||||
Ratio of Expenses to Average Net Assets | 1.80% | 2.23% | 2.29% | 1.75% | 1.70% | 1.65% | ||||||||||||||||||
Ratio of Net Investment Income to Average Net Assets | 4.13% | 3.83% | 3.26% | 3.11% | 3.05% | 3.23% | ||||||||||||||||||
Portfolio Turnover | 14% | * | 59% | 51% | 45% | 65% | 39% | |||||||||||||||||
Supplemental Ratio: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ratio of Expenses to Average Net Assets (Excluding Interest and Residual Trust Expenses) | 1.66% | 1.64% | 1.63% | 1.63% | 1.64% | 1.63% |
* | Non-Annualized | |
(a) | Based on average shares outstanding. | |
(b) | Assumes reinvestment of all distributions for the period and does not include payment of the maximum CDSC of 1%, charged on certain redemptions made within one year of purchase. If the sales charge was included, total returns would be lower. These returns include combined Rule 12b-1 fees and service fees of up to 1% and do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares. |
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The following schedule presents financial highlights for one share of the Fund outstanding throughout the periods indicated.
Six Months | August 12, 2005 | |||||||||||||||||||
Ended | (Commencement of | |||||||||||||||||||
March 31, | Year Ended September 30, | Operations) to | ||||||||||||||||||
Class I Shares | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | September 30, 2005 | |||||||||||||||
Net Asset Value, Beginning of the Period | $ | 15.30 | $ | 17.72 | $ | 18.59 | $ | 18.87 | $ | 18.93 | ||||||||||
Net Investment Income | 0.38 | (a) | 0.82 | (a) | 0.78 | (a) | 0.75 | (a) | 0.10 | |||||||||||
Net Realized and Unrealized Gain/Loss | 0.01 | (2.44 | ) | (0.84 | ) | 0.10 | (0.06 | ) | ||||||||||||
Total from Investment Operations | 0.39 | (1.62 | ) | (0.06 | ) | 0.85 | 0.04 | |||||||||||||
Less: | ||||||||||||||||||||
Distributions from Net Investment Income | 0.41 | 0.80 | 0.75 | 0.75 | 0.10 | |||||||||||||||
Distributions from Net Realized Gain | -0- | -0- | 0.06 | 0.38 | -0- | |||||||||||||||
Total Distributions | 0.41 | 0.80 | 0.81 | 1.13 | 0.10 | |||||||||||||||
Net Asset Value, End of the Period | $ | 15.28 | $ | 15.30 | $ | 17.72 | $ | 18.59 | $ | 18.87 | ||||||||||
Total Return (b) | 2.53% | * | –9.34% | –0.38% | 4.75% | 0.20% | * | |||||||||||||
Net Assets at End of the Period (In millions) | $ | 1.4 | $ | 0.8 | $ | 1.1 | $ | 2.4 | $ | 1.9 | ||||||||||
Ratio of Expenses to Average Net Assets | 0.80% | 1.22% | 1.29% | 0.75% | 0.70% | |||||||||||||||
Ratio of Net Investment Income to Average Net Assets | 5.17% | 4.83% | 4.23% | 4.11% | 4.06% | |||||||||||||||
Portfolio Turnover | 14% | * | 59% | 51% | 45% | 65% | ||||||||||||||
Supplemental Ratio: | ||||||||||||||||||||
Ratio of Expenses to Average Net Assets (Excluding Interest and Residual Trust Expenses) | 0.66% | 0.64% | 0.63% | 0.63% | 0.64% |
* | Non-Annualized | |
(a) | Based on average shares outstanding. | |
(b) | Assumes reinvestment of all distributions for the period. These returns do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares. |
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Notes to Financial Statements n March 31, 2009 (Unaudited)
1. Significant Accounting Policies
Van Kampen Insured Tax Free Income Fund (the “Fund”) is organized as a series of the Van Kampen Tax Free Trust, a Delaware statutory trust, and is registered as a diversified, open-end management investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”). The Fund’s investment objective is to provide investors with a high level of current income exempt from federal income tax, with liquidity and safety of principal, primarily through investment in a diversified portfolio of insured municipal securities. The Fund commenced investment operations on December 14, 1984. The Fund offers Class A Shares, Class B Shares, Class C Shares and Class I Shares. Each class of shares differs by its initial sales load, contingent deferred sales charges, the allocation of class-specific expenses and voting rights on matters affecting a single class.
The following is a summary of significant accounting policies consistently followed by the Fund in the preparation of its financial statements. The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
A. Security Valuation Municipal bonds are valued by independent pricing services or dealers using the mean of the last reported bid and asked prices or, in the absence of market quotations, at fair value based upon yield data relating to municipal bonds with similar characteristics and general market conditions. Securities which are not valued by independent pricing services or dealers are valued at fair value using procedures established in good faith by the Board of Trustees. Factors considered in making this determination may include, but are not limited to, information obtained by contacting the issuer, analysts, or the appropriate stock exchange (for exchange-traded securities), analysis of the issuer’s financial statements or other available documents and, if necessary, available information concerning other securities in similar circumstances. Futures contracts are valued at the settlement price established each day on the exchange on which they are traded. Short-term securities with remaining maturities of 60 days or less are valued at amortized cost, which approximates market value.
The Fund adopted Financial Accounting Standards Board Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 157, Fair Value Measurements (“FAS 157”), effective October 1, 2008. In accordance with FAS 157, fair value is defined as the price that the Fund would receive to sell an investment or pay to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction with an independent buyer in the principal market, or in the absence of a principal market the most advantageous market for the investment or liability. FAS 157 establishes a three-tier hierarchy to distinguish between (1) inputs that reflect the assumptions market participants would use in pricing an asset or liability developed based on market data obtained from sources independent of the reporting entity (observable inputs) and (2) inputs that reflect the reporting entity’s own assumptions about the assumptions market participants would use in pricing an asset or liability developed based on the best information available in the circumstances (unobservable inputs) and to establish classification of fair value measurements
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for disclosure purposes. Various inputs are used in determining the value of the Fund’s investments. The inputs are summarized in the three broad levels listed below.
Level 1— | quoted prices in active markets for identical investments |
Level 2— | other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar investments, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, etc.) |
Level 3— | significant unobservable inputs (including the Fund’s own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments) |
The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities.
The following is a summary of the inputs used as of March 31, 2009 in valuing the Fund’s investments carried at value:
Investments in | ||||
Valuation Inputs | Securities | |||
Level 1—Quoted Prices | $ | -0- | ||
Level 2—Other Significant Observable Inputs | 853,760,857 | |||
Level 3—Significant Unobservable Inputs | -0- | |||
Total | $ | 853,760,857 | ||
B. Security Transactions Security transactions are recorded on a trade date basis. Realized gains and losses are determined on an identified cost basis. The Fund may purchase and sell securities on a “when-issued” or “delayed delivery” basis, with settlement to occur at a later date. The value of the security so purchased is subject to market fluctuations during this period. The Fund will segregate assets with the custodian having an aggregate value at least equal to the amount of the when-issued or delayed delivery purchase commitments until payment is made. At March 31, 2009, the Fund had $8,705,243 of when-issued and delayed delivery purchase commitments.
C. Income and Expenses Interest income is recorded on an accrual basis. Bond premium is amortized and discount is accreted over the expected life of each applicable security. Income and expenses of the Fund are allocated on a pro rata basis to each class of shares, except for distribution and service fees and incremental transfer agency costs which are unique to each class of shares.
D. Federal Income Taxes It is the Fund’s policy to comply with the requirements of Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code applicable to regulated investment companies and to distribute substantially all of its taxable income to its shareholders. Therefore, no provision for federal income taxes is required. Financial Accounting Standards Board Interpretation No. 48, Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes, sets forth a minimum threshold for financial statement recognition of the benefit of a tax position taken or expected to be taken in a tax return. Management has concluded there are no significant uncertain tax positions that would require recognition in the financial statements. If applicable, the Fund recognizes interest accrued related to unrecognized tax benefits in “Interest Expense” and penalties in “Other” expenses on the Statement of Operations. The Fund files tax returns with the
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U.S. Internal Revenue Service, New York and various states. Generally, each of the tax years in the four year period ended September 30, 2008, remains subject to examination by taxing authorities.
The Fund intends to utilize provisions of the federal income tax laws which allow it to carry a realized capital loss forward for eight years following the year of the loss and offset these losses against any future realized capital gains. At September 30, 2008, the Fund had an accumulated capital loss carryforward for tax purposes of $8,200,776 which will expire according to the following schedule:
Amount | Expiration | |||||||
$ | 210,390 | September 30, 2015 | ||||||
7,990,386 | September 30, 2016 |
At March 31, 2009, the cost and related gross unrealized appreciation and depreciation are as follows:
Cost of investments for tax purposes | $ | 848,602,771 | ||||
Gross tax unrealized appreciation | $ | 22,600,431 | ||||
Gross tax unrealized depreciation | (47,463,637 | ) | ||||
Net tax unrealized depreciation on investments | $ | (24,863,206 | ) | |||
E. Distribution of Income and Gains The Fund declares daily and pays monthly dividends from net investment income. Net realized gains, if any, are distributed at least annually. Distributions from net realized gains for book purposes may include short-term capital gains and a portion of futures gains, which are included in ordinary income for tax purposes.
The tax character of distributions paid during the year ended September 30, 2008 was as follows:
Distributions paid from: | ||||
Ordinary income | $ | 90,745 | ||
Tax-exempt income | 42,474,190 | |||
Long-term capital gain | -0- | |||
$ | 42,564,935 | |||
As of September 30, 2008, the components of distributable earnings on a tax basis were as follows:
Undistributed ordinary income | $ | 27,581 | ||
Undistributed tax-exempt income | 3,985,891 |
Net realized gains or losses may differ for financial reporting and tax purposes primarily as a result of gains or losses recognized on securities for tax purposes but not for book.
F. Insurance Expense The Fund typically invests in insured bonds. Any portfolio securities not specifically covered by a primary insurance policy are insured secondarily through the
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Fund’s portfolio insurance policy. Insurance premiums are based on the daily balances of uninsured bonds in the portfolio of investments and are charged to expense on an accrual basis. The insurance policy guarantees the timely payment of principal and interest on the securities in the Fund’s portfolio.
G. Credits Earned on Cash Balances During the six months ended March 31, 2009, the Fund’s custody fee was reduced by $666 as a result of credits earned on cash balances.
H. Floating Rate Note Obligations Related to Securities Held The Fund enters into transactions in which it transfers to dealer trusts fixed rate bonds in exchange for cash and residual interest in the dealer trusts’ assets and cash flows, which are in the form of inverse floating rate investments. The dealer trusts fund the purchases of the fixed rate bonds by issuing floating rate notes to third parties and allowing the Fund to retain residual interests in the bonds. The Fund enters into shortfall agreements with the dealer trusts, which commit the Fund to pay the dealer trusts, in certain circumstances, the difference between the liquidation value of the fixed rate bonds held by the dealer trusts and the liquidation value of the floating rate notes held by third parties, as well as any shortfalls in interest cash flows. The residual interests held by the Fund (inverse floating rate investments) include the right of the Fund (1) to cause the holders of the floating rate notes to tender their notes at par at the next interest rate reset date, and (2) to transfer the municipal bond from the dealer trusts to the Fund, thereby collapsing the dealer trusts. The Fund accounts for the transfer of bonds to the dealer trusts as secured borrowings, with the securities transferred remaining in the Fund’s investments assets, and the related floating rate notes reflected as Fund liabilities under the caption “Floating Rate Note Obligations” on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. The Fund records the interest income from the fixed rate bonds under the caption “Interest” and records the expenses related to floating rate note obligations and any administrative expenses of the dealer trusts under the caption “Interest and Residual Trust Expenses” on the Fund’s Statement of Operations. The notes issued by the dealer trusts have interest rates that reset weekly and the floating rate note holders have the option to tender their notes to the dealer trusts for redemption at par at each reset date. At March 31, 2009, Fund investments with a value of $49,254,835 are held by the dealer trusts and serve as collateral for the $30,015,000 in floating rate notes outstanding at that date. Contractual maturities of the floating rate notes and interest rates in effect at March 31, 2009 are presented on the Portfolio of Investments. The average floating rate notes outstanding and average interest and fee rate related to residual interests during the six months ended March 31, 2009 were $36,377,857 and 3.03%, respectively.
2. Investment Advisory Agreement and Other Transactions with Affiliates
Under the terms of the Fund’s Investment Advisory Agreement, Van Kampen Asset Management (the “Adviser”) will provide investment advice and facilities to the Fund for an annual fee payable monthly as follows:
Average Daily Net Assets | % Per Annum | |||
First $500 million | 0.525% | |||
Next $500 million | 0.500% | |||
Next $500 million | 0.475% | |||
Over $1.5 billion | 0.450% |
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For the six months ended March 31, 2009, the Fund recognized expenses of approximately $19,500 representing legal services provided by Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, of which a trustee of the Fund is a partner of such firm and he and his law firm provide legal services as legal counsel to the Fund.
Under separate Legal Services, Accounting Services and Chief Compliance Officer (CCO) Employment agreements, the Adviser provides accounting and legal services and the CCO provides compliance services to the Fund. The costs of these services are allocated to each fund. For the six months ended March 31, 2009, the Fund recognized expenses of approximately $55,600 representing Van Kampen Investments Inc.’s or its affiliates’ (collectively “Van Kampen”) cost of providing accounting and legal services to the Fund, as well as the salary, benefits and related costs of the CCO and related support staff paid by Van Kampen. Services provided pursuant to the Legal Services agreement are reported as part of “Professional Fees” on the Statement of Operations. Services provided pursuant to the Accounting Services and CCO Employment agreement are reported as part of “Accounting and Administrative Expenses” on the Statement of Operations.
Van Kampen Investor Services Inc. (VKIS), an affiliate of the Adviser, serves as the shareholder servicing agent for the Fund. For the six months ended March 31, 2009, the Fund recognized expenses of approximately $135,600 representing transfer agency fees paid to VKIS and its affiliates. The transfer agency fees are determined through negotiations with the Fund’s Board of Trustees.
Certain officers and trustees of the Fund are also officers and directors of Van Kampen. The Fund does not compensate its officers or trustees who are also officers of Van Kampen.
The Fund provides deferred compensation and retirement plans for its trustees who are not officers of Van Kampen. Under the deferred compensation plan, trustees may elect to defer all or a portion of their compensation. Amounts deferred are retained by the Fund and to the extent permitted by the 1940 Act, may be invested in the common shares of those funds selected by the trustees. Investments in such funds of approximately $166,300 are included in “Other” assets on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities at March 31, 2009. Appreciation/depreciation and distributions received from these investments are recorded with an offsetting increase/decrease in the deferred compensation obligations and do not affect the net asset value of the Fund. Benefits under the retirement plan are payable upon retirement for a ten-year period and are based upon each trustee’s years of service to the Fund. The maximum annual benefit per trustee under the plan is $2,500.
For the six months ended March 31, 2009, Van Kampen, as Distributor for the Fund, received commissions on sales of the Fund’s Class A Shares of approximately $74,600 and contingent deferred sales charge (CDSC) on redeemed shares of approximately $23,300. Sales charges do not represent expenses of the Fund.
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3. Capital Transactions
For the six months ended March 31, 2009 and the year ended September 30, 2008, transactions were as follows:
For The | For The | |||||||||||||||||
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March 31, 2009 | September 30, 2008 | |||||||||||||||||
Shares | Value | Shares | Value | |||||||||||||||
Sales: | ||||||||||||||||||
Class A | 2,812,808 | $ | 42,043,314 | 3,018,441 | $ | 51,020,898 | ||||||||||||
Class B | 152,110 | 2,258,191 | 117,124 | 1,962,206 | ||||||||||||||
Class C | 661,564 | 9,757,633 | 361,871 | 6,101,624 | ||||||||||||||
Class I | 84,345 | 1,221,062 | 16,700 | 278,227 | ||||||||||||||
Total Sales | 3,710,827 | $ | 55,280,200 | 3,514,136 | $ | 59,362,955 | ||||||||||||
Dividend Reinvestment: | ||||||||||||||||||
Class A | 1,096,605 | $ | 16,456,309 | 2,007,553 | $ | 33,440,836 | ||||||||||||
Class B | 23,207 | 347,961 | 43,319 | 720,678 | ||||||||||||||
Class C | 25,079 | 376,174 | 30,057 | 498,051 | ||||||||||||||
Class I | 2,084 | 31,324 | 3,059 | 50,947 | ||||||||||||||
Total Dividend Reinvestment | 1,146,975 | $ | 17,211,768 | 2,083,988 | $ | 34,710,512 | ||||||||||||
Repurchases: | ||||||||||||||||||
Class A | (4,267,485 | ) | $ | (63,478,670 | ) | (8,586,406 | ) | $ | (145,175,116 | ) | ||||||||
Class B | (294,318 | ) | (4,383,154 | ) | (501,734 | ) | (8,448,262 | ) | ||||||||||
Class C | (265,497 | ) | (3,938,046 | ) | (260,696 | ) | (4,392,221 | ) | ||||||||||
Class I | (52,793 | ) | (785,374 | ) | (25,477 | ) | (418,266 | ) | ||||||||||
Total Repurchases | (4,880,093 | ) | $ | (72,585,244 | ) | (9,374,313 | ) | $ | (158,433,865 | ) | ||||||||
4. Redemption Fee
Until November 3, 2008, the Fund assessed a 2% redemption fee on the proceeds of Fund shares that were redeemed (either by sale or exchange) within seven days of purchase. The redemption fee was paid directly to the Fund and allocated on a pro rata basis to each class of shares. For the six months ended March 31, 2009, the Fund received redemption fees of approximately $1,300, which are reported as part of “Cost of Shares Repurchased” on the Statement of Changes in Net Assets. The per share impact from redemption fees paid to the Fund was less than $0.01. Effective November 3, 2008, the redemption fee is no longer applied.
5. Investment Transactions
During the period, the cost of purchases and proceeds from sales of investments, excluding short-term investments, were $117,124,883 and $168,950,780, respectively.
6. Derivative Financial Instruments
A derivative financial instrument in very general terms refers to a security whose value is “derived” from the value of an underlying asset, reference rate or index.
The Fund may use derivative instruments for a variety of reasons, such as to attempt to protect the Fund against possible changes in the market value of its portfolio and to manage
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the portfolio’s effective yield, maturity and duration. All of the Fund’s portfolio holdings, including derivative instruments, are marked to market each day with the change in value reflected in unrealized appreciation/depreciation. Upon disposition, a realized gain or loss is generally recognized. Risks may arise as a result of the potential inability of the counterparties to meet the terms of their contracts.
Summarized below are the specific types of derivative financial instruments used by the Fund.
A. Futures Contracts A futures contract is an agreement involving the delivery of a particular asset on a specified future date at an agreed upon price. The Fund generally invests in exchange traded futures contracts on U.S. Treasury Bonds or Notes for duration and risk management purposes and typically closes the contract prior to the delivery date. Upon entering into futures contracts, the Fund maintains an amount of cash or liquid securities with a value equal to a percentage of the contract amount with either a futures commission merchant pursuant to rules and regulations promulgated under the 1940 Act, or with its custodian in an account in the broker’s name. This amount is known as initial margin. During the period the futures contract is open, payments are received from or made to the broker based upon changes in the value of the contract (the variation margin). The risk of loss associated with a futures contract is in excess of the variation margin reflected on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities.
There were no transactions in futures contracts for the six months ended March 31, 2009.
B. Inverse Floating Rate Investments The Fund may invest a portion of its assets in inverse floating rate instruments, either through outright purchases of inverse floating rate securities or through the transfer of bonds to a dealer trust in exchange for cash and residual interests in the dealer trust. These investments are typically used by the Fund in seeking to enhance the yield of the portfolio. These instruments typically involve greater risks than a fixed rate municipal bond. In particular, these instruments are acquired through leverage or may have leverage embedded in them and therefore involve many of the risks associated with leverage. Leverage is a speculative technique that may expose the Fund to greater risk and increased costs. Leverage may cause the Fund’s net asset value to be more volatile than if it had not been leveraged because leverage tends to magnify the effect of any increases or decreases in the value of the Fund’s portfolio securities. The use of leverage may also cause the Fund to liquidate portfolio positions when it may not be advantageous to do so in order to satisfy its obligations with respect to inverse floating rate instruments.
7. Distribution and Service Plans
Shares of the Fund are distributed by Van Kampen Funds Inc. (the “Distributor”), an affiliate of the Adviser. The Fund has adopted a distribution plan pursuant to Rule 12b-1 under the 1940 Act, and a service plan (collectively, the “Plans”) for Class A Shares, Class B Shares and Class C Shares to compensate the Distributor for the sale, distribution, shareholder servicing and maintenance of shareholder accounts for these shares. Under the Plans, the Fund will incur annual fees of up to .25% of Class A average daily net assets and up to 1.00% each of Class B and Class C average daily net assets. These fees are accrued daily and paid to the Distributor monthly.
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The amount of distribution expenses incurred by the Distributor and not yet reimbursed (“unreimbursed receivable”) was approximately $589,200 and $71,900 for Class B and Class C Shares, respectively. These amounts may be recovered from future payments under the distribution plan or CDSC. To the extent the unreimbursed receivable has been fully recovered, the distribution fee is reduced.
8. Indemnifications
The Fund enters into contracts that contain a variety of indemnifications. The Fund’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown. However, the Fund has not had prior claims or losses pursuant to these contracts and expects the risk of loss to be remote.
9. Accounting Pronouncements
On March 19, 2008, Financial Accounting Standards Board released Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 161, Disclosures about Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities (FAS 161). FAS 161 requires qualitative disclosures about objectives and strategies for using derivatives, quantitative disclosures about fair value amounts of and gains and losses on derivative instruments, and disclosures about credit-risk-related contingent features in derivative agreements. The application of FAS 161 is required for fiscal years and interim periods beginning after November 15, 2008. At this time, management does not believe the adoption of FAS 161 will impact the financial statement amounts; however, additional footnote disclosures may be required about the use of derivative instruments and hedging items.
On April 9, 2009, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued Staff Position No. 157-4, Determining Fair Value When the Volume and Level of Activity for the Asset or Liability Have Significantly Decreased and Identifying Transactions That Are Not Orderly (FSP 157-4). FSP 157-4 provides additional guidance for estimating fair value in accordance with FAS 157 when the volume and level of activity for the assets or liability have significantly decreased. FSP 157-4 also requires additional disaggregation of the current FAS 157 required disclosures. FSP 157-4 is effective for interim and annual reporting periods ending after June 15, 2009, and shall be applied prospectively. At this time, management is evaluating the implications of FSP 157-4 and the impact it will have on the financial statement disclosures.
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Board of Trustees, Officers and Important Addresses
Board of Trustees David C. Arch Jerry D. Choate Rod Dammeyer Linda Hutton Heagy R. Craig Kennedy Howard J Kerr Jack E. Nelson Hugo F. Sonnenschein Wayne W. Whalen* – Chairman Suzanne H. Woolsey Officers Edward C. Wood III President and Principal Executive Officer Kevin Klingert Vice President Stefanie V. Chang Yu Vice President and Secretary John L. Sullivan Chief Compliance Officer Stuart N. Schuldt Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer | Investment Adviser Van Kampen Asset Management 522 Fifth Avenue New York, New York 10036 Distributor Van Kampen Funds Inc. 522 Fifth Avenue New York, New York 10036 Shareholder Servicing Agent Van Kampen Investor Services Inc. P.O. Box 219286 Kansas City, Missouri 64121-9286 Custodian State Street Bank and Trust Company One Lincoln Street Boston, Massachusetts 02111 Legal Counsel Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP 333 West Wacker Drive Chicago, Illinois 60606 Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm Ernst & Young LLP 233 South Wacker Drive Chicago, Illinois 60606 |
* | “Interested persons” of the Fund, as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended. |
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Van Kampen Insured Tax Free Income Fund
An Important Notice Concerning Our
U.S. Privacy Policy
We are required by federal law to provide you with a copy of our Privacy Policy annually.
This Policy applies to current and former individual clients of Van Kampen Investments Inc., Van Kampen Asset Management, Van Kampen Advisors Inc., Van Kampen Funds Inc., Van Kampen Investor Services Inc. and Van Kampen Exchange Corp., as well as current and former individual investors in Van Kampen mutual funds, unit investment trusts, and related companies.
This Policy is not applicable to partnerships, corporations, trusts or other non-individual clients or account holders, nor is this Policy applicable to individuals who are either beneficiaries of a trust for which we serve as trustee or participants in an employee benefit plan administered or advised by us. This Policy is, however, applicable to individuals who select us to be a custodian of securities or assets in individual retirement accounts, 401(k) accounts, 529 Educational Savings Accounts, accounts subject to the Uniform Gifts to Minors Act, or similar accounts. Please note that we may amend this Policy at any time, and will inform you of any changes to this Policy as required by law.
We Respect Your Privacy
We appreciate that you have provided us with your personal financial information and understand your concerns about safeguarding such information. We strive to maintain the privacy of such information while we help you achieve your financial objectives. This Policy describes what nonpublic personal information we collect about you, how we collect it, when we may share it with others, and how others may use it. It discusses the steps you may take to limit our sharing of information about you with affiliated Van Kampen companies (“affiliated companies”). It also discloses how you may limit our affiliates’ use of shared information for marketing purposes. Throughout this Policy, we refer to the nonpublic information that personally identifies you or your accounts as “personal information.”
1. What Personal Information Do We Collect About You?
To better serve you and manage our business, it is important that we collect and maintain accurate information about you. We obtain this information from applications and other forms you submit to us, from your dealings with us, from consumer reporting agencies and from third parties and other sources. For example:
• | We collect information such as your name, address, e-mail address, phone number and account title. |
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• | We may obtain information about account balances, your use of account(s) and the types of products and services you prefer to receive from us through your dealings and transactions with us and other sources. | ||
• | We may obtain information about your creditworthiness and credit history from consumer reporting agencies. | ||
• | We may collect background information from and through third-party vendors to verify representations you have made and to comply with various regulatory requirements. | ||
• | If you interact with us through our public and private Web sites, we may collect information that you provide directly through online communications (such as an e-mail address). We may also collect information about your Internet service provider, your domain name, your computer’s operating system and Web browser, your use of our Web sites and your product and service preferences, through the use of ”cookies.” ”Cookies” recognize your computer each time you return to one of our sites, and help to improve our sites’ content and personalize your experience on our sites by, for example, suggesting offerings that may interest you. Please consult the Terms of Use of these sites for more details on our use of cookies. |
2. When Do We Disclose Personal Information We Collect About You?
To provide you with the products and services you request, to better serve you, to manage our business and as otherwise required or permitted by law, we may disclose personal information we collect about you to other affiliated companies and to nonaffiliated third parties.
A. Information We Disclose to Our Affiliated Companies. In order to manage your account(s) effectively, including servicing and processing your transactions, to let you know about products and services offered by us and affiliated companies, to manage our business, and as otherwise required or permitted by law, we may disclose personal information to other affiliated companies. Offers for products and services from affiliated companies are developed under conditions designed to safeguard your personal information.
B. Information We Disclose to Third Parties. We do not disclose personal information that we collect about you to nonaffiliated third parties except to enable them to provide marketing services on our behalf, to perform joint marketing agreements with other financial institutions, and as otherwise required or permitted by law. For example, some instances where we may disclose information about you to third
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parties include: for servicing and processing transactions, to offer our own products and services, to protect against fraud, for institutional risk control, to respond to judicial process or to perform services on our behalf. When we share personal information with a nonaffiliated third party, they are required to limit their use of personal information to the particular purpose for which it was shared and they are not allowed to share personal information with others except to fulfill that limited purpose.
3. How Do We Protect the Security and Confidentiality of Personal Information We Collect About You?
We maintain physical, electronic and procedural security measures to help safeguard the personal information we collect about you. We have internal policies governing the proper handling of client information. Third parties that provide support or marketing services on our behalf may also receive personal information, and we require them to adhere to confidentiality standards with respect to such information.
4. How Can You Limit the Sharing of Certain Types of Personal Information With Affiliated Companies?
We respect your privacy and offer you choices as to whether we share with affiliated companies personal information that was collected to determine your eligibility for products and services you request (“eligibility information”). Please note that, even if you direct us not to share eligibility information with affiliated companies (“opt-out”), we may still share personal information, including eligibility information, with those companies in circumstances excluded from the opt-out under applicable law, such as to process transactions or to service your account. We may also share certain other types of personal information with affiliated companies—such as your name, address, telephone number, e-mail address and account number(s), and information about your transactions and experiences with us.
5. How Can You Limit the Use of Certain Types of Personal Information by Affiliated Companies for Marketing?
You may limit affiliated companies from marketing their products or services to you based on your personal information that they receive from affiliated companies. This information includes your income, assets and account history. Your choice to limit marketing offers from affiliated companies will apply until you tell us to change your choice.
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If you wish to opt-out of sharing and to limit marketing offers, you may do so by:
• | Calling us at (800) 847-2424 Monday-Friday between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m. (ET) | ||
• | Writing to us at the following address: Van Kampen Privacy Department Harborside Financial Center, Plaza Two, 3rd Floor Jersey City, NJ 07311 |
If you choose to write to us, your written request should include your name, address, telephone number and account number(s) to which the opt-out applies and should not be sent with any other correspondence. In order to process your request, we require that the request be provided by you directly and not through a third party.
If you have previously notified us about your privacy preferences, it is not necessary to do so again unless you decide to change your preferences. Your opt-out preference will remain in effect with respect to this Policy (as it may be amended) until you notify us otherwise in writing. If you have a joint account, your direction for us not to share this information with other affiliated companies and for those affiliated companies not to use your personal information for marketing will be applied to all account holders on that account.
Please understand that if you opt-out, you and any joint account holders may not receive information about affiliated company products and services that could help you manage your financial resources and achieve your investment objectives.
If you hold more than one account with Van Kampen, you may receive multiple privacy policies from us, and would need to follow the directions stated in each particular policy for each account you have with us.
SPECIAL NOTICE TO RESIDENTS OF VERMONT
This section supplements our Policy with respect to our individual clients who have a Vermont address and supersedes anything to the contrary in the above Policy with respect to those clients only.
The State of Vermont requires financial institutions to obtain your consent prior to sharing personal information that they collect about you with affiliated companies and nonaffiliated third parties other than in certain limited circumstances. Except as permitted by law, we will not share personal information we collect about you with nonaffiliated third parties or other affiliated companies unless you provide us with your written consent to share such information (“opt-in”).
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If you wish to receive offers for investment products and services offered by or through other affiliated companies, please notify us in writing at the following address:
Van Kampen Privacy Department Harborside Financial Center, Plaza Two, 3rd Floor Jersey City, NJ 07311 |
Your authorization should include your name, address, telephone number and account number(s) to which the opt-in applies and should not be sent with any other correspondence. In order to process your authorization, we require that the authorization be provided by you directly and not through a third-party.
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Welcome, Shareholder
In this report, you’ll learn about how your investment in Van Kampen Strategic Municipal Income Fund performed during the semiannual period. The portfolio management team will provide an overview of the market conditions and discuss some of the factors that affected investment performance during the reporting period. In addition, this report includes the fund’s financial statements and a list of fund investments as of March 31, 2009.
This material must be preceded or accompanied by a Class A, B, and C share or Class I share prospectus for the fund being offered. The prospectus contains information about the fund, including the investment objectives, risks, charges and expenses. To obtain an additional prospectus, contact your financial advisor or download one at vankampen.com. Please read the prospectus carefully before investing.
Market forecasts provided in this report may not necessarily come to pass. There is no assurance that a mutual fund will achieve its investment objective. The fund is subject to market risk, which is the possibility that the market values of securities owned by the fund will decline and that the value of the fund shares may therefore be less than what you paid for them. Accordingly, you can lose money investing in this fund.
Income may subject certain individuals to the federal Alternative Minimum Tax (AMT).
NOT FDIC INSURED | OFFER NO BANK GUARANTEE | MAY LOSE VALUE | ||||
NOT INSURED BY ANY FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AGENCY | NOT A DEPOSIT | |||||
Performance Summary as of 3/31/09
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since 6/28/85 | since 4/30/93 | since 8/13/93 | since 12/19/07 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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4.75% | 4.00% | 1.00% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Average Annual | w/o sales | sales | w/o sales | sales | w/o sales | sales | w/o sales | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total Returns | charges | charges | charges | charges | charges | charges | charges | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Since Inception | 4.72 | % | 4.51 | % | 2.45 | % | 2.45 | % | 1.87 | % | 1.87 | % | –17.84 | % | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
10-year | 0.61 | 0.12 | 0.00 | 0.00 | –0.08 | –0.08 | — | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
5-year | –2.02 | –2.96 | –2.74 | –2.97 | –2.76 | –2.76 | — | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1-year | –20.26 | –24.02 | –20.88 | –23.86 | –20.87 | –21.62 | –19.88 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
6-month | –15.99 | –19.99 | –16.24 | –19.48 | –16.28 | –17.09 | –15.77 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
30 day SEC Yield | 7.38% | 7.00% | 7.00% | 8.00% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Gross Expense Ratio | 1.19% | 1.95% | 1.95% | 0.94% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Past performance is no guarantee of future results, and current performance may be lower or higher than the figures shown. For the most recent month-end performance figures, please visit vankampen.com or speak with your financial advisor. Investment returns and principal value will fluctuate and fund shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Expenses are as of the Fund’s fiscal year end.
Average annual total return with sales charges includes payment of the maximum sales charge of 4.75 percent for Class A shares, a contingent deferred sales charge of 4.00 percent for Class B shares (in year one and declining to zero after year six), a contingent deferred sales charge of 1.00 percent for Class C shares in year one and combined Rule 12b-1 fees and service fees of up to 0.25 percent for Class A shares and up to 1.00 percent for Class B and C shares. The since inception and 10-year returns for Class B shares reflect the conversion of Class B shares into Class A shares eight years after purchase. Class I shares are available for purchase exclusively by investors through (i) tax-exempt retirement plans with assets of at least $1 million (including 401(k) plans, 457 plans, employer sponsored 403(b) plans, profit sharing and money purchase plans, defined benefit plans and non-qualified deferred compensation plans), (ii) fee-based investment programs with assets of at least $1 million, (iii) qualified state tuition plan (529 plan) accounts, (iv) institutional clients with assets of at least $1 million and (v) certain Van Kampen investment companies. Class I shares are offered without any sales charges on purchases or sales and do not include combined rule 12b-1 fees and service fees. Figures shown above assume reinvestment of all dividends and capital gains. Periods less than one year are not annualized. SEC yield is a calculation for determining the amount of portfolio income, excluding non-income items as prescribed by the SEC. Yields are subject to change.
The Lehman Brother’s Municipal Bond Index, which has been shown in the Fund’s previous shareholder reports and prospectuses, changed its name to Barclays Capital Municipal Bond Index as of November 3, 2008. The Barclays Capital High Yield Municipal Bond Index consists of bonds that are noninvestment grade, unrated, or rated below Ba1 by Moody’s with a remaining maturity of at least one year. The Barclays Capital Municipal Bond Index is generally representative of investment-grade, tax exempt bonds. Based on the Fund’s asset composition, the Fund’s investment adviser believes that Barclays Capital High Yield Municipal Bond Index is a more appropriate broad-based benchmark for the fund than Barclay’s Capital Municipal Bond Index. Accordingly, the Barclays Capital Municipal Bond Index will not be shown on its own in future shareholder reports for the Fund. The indices are unmanaged and their returns do not include any sales charges or fees. Such costs would lower performance. It is not possible to invest directly in an index.
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Fund Report
For the six-month period ended March 31, 2009
Market Conditions
The six months under review can be divided into two distinct periods in terms of municipal market performance. The first of these, the last quarter of 2008, marked one of the worst periods in the history of the municipal bond market as well as the broad financial markets. Extreme risk aversion emerged as investors became skittish following the government takeovers, forced mergers or failures of several venerable financial institutions that began in September. Massive deleveraging and forced selling ensued and tax-exempt bond funds experienced significant outflows as investors fled to the relative safety of Treasury securities and money market funds. These factors pushed municipal bond prices to their cheapest levels in history relative to Treasury bonds.
Not surprisingly in this risk-averse environment, the lower-rated segment of the market underperformed, with high-yield municipal bonds (those rated below triple-B or non-rated issues) returning –21.25 percent for the fourth quarter (as measured by the Barclays Capital High Yield Municipal Bond Index) while triple-B rated issues returned –14.68 percent and triple-A rated issues returned 3.44 percent (as measured by the Barclays Capital Municipal Bond Index).
The first quarter of 2009 was markedly better for municipal bond investors. Credit concerns eased, deleveraging slowed considerably, and investors began to re-enter the market, driving municipal bond prices higher. Yields declined by as much as 80 basis points on the front end of the municipal yield curve during the quarter, while yields on long-maturity issues fell roughly 25 basis points. The rally was accompanied by a narrowing of credit spreads, which helped the high-yield segment of the market to outperform. For the quarter, high-yield municipals returned 7.65 percent, triple-B rated issues returned 7.22 percent and triple-A rated issues returned 3.52 percent.
Although the high-yield segment rebounded nicely in the first three months of 2009, the gains were not enough to offset the losses in the last quarter of 2008. As a result, higher-quality issues outperformed for the overall six-month reporting period. With regard to sectors, performance was largely dependent on credit quality, with the lower-quality industrial development revenue/pollution control revenue (i.e. corporate-backed) and tobacco sectors turning in the worst performance while water and sewer and housing bonds posted the highest returns.
The credit crunch squeezed municipal bond issuance, which declined by nine percent in 2008. As the credit quality of municipal bond issuers crumbled during the year, insured bond volume fell to 18 percent of total issuance, a dramatic decline from the 55 percent average over the past few years. This large increase in uninsured bonds has disrupted many historical measures of value in the municipal bond market. In the first quarter of 2009, issuance rose and was easily
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placed due to robust retail demand. In a significant reversal from the last quarter of 2008, municipal bond funds saw approximately $11 billion in net inflows as investors recognized the historical cheapness of the municipal sector.
Performance Analysis
All share classes of Van Kampen Strategic Municipal Income Fund underperformed the Barclays Capital High Yield Municipal Bond Index (the “Index”), the Barclays Capital Municipal Bond Index and the Blended Index (60% Barclays Capital High Yield Municipal Bond Index/40% Barclays Capital Municipal Bond Index) for the six months ended March 31, 2009, assuming no deduction of applicable sales charges.
Total returns for the six-month period ended March 31, 2009
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–15.99 | % | –16.24 | % | –16.28 | % | –15.77 | % | –15.23 | % | 5.00 | % | –7.40 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The performance for the four share classes varies because each has different expenses. The Fund’s total return figures assume the reinvestment of all distributions, but do not reflect the deduction of any applicable sales charges. Such costs would lower performance. Past performance is no guarantee of future results. See Performance Summary for standardized performance information and index definition.
The Fund maintained an approximate 70 percent allocation to lower- and non-rated municipal bonds during the six-month reporting period. Although this segment of the market rebounded in the first quarter of 2009, the gains were not enough to offset the losses high-yield bonds suffered in the fourth quarter of 2008 when risk-aversion drove spreads dramatically wider. Therefore, on an absolute basis, the Fund’s high-yield holdings hindered performance.
As the market stabilized and conditions became more favorable in early 2009, we began adding to positions in industrial development revenue and airline bonds, yet the Fund remained underweight relative to the Index in these sectors. These underweight positions were disadvantageous to performance as both sectors performed well during the period. The Fund’s relative overweight to land district bonds also detracted slightly from relative performance.
*Based on the Fund’s asset composition, the Fund’s investment adviser believes that Barclays Capital High Yield Municipal Bond Index is a more appropriate broad-based benchmark for the Fund than the Barclays Capital Municipal Bond Index. Accordingly, the Barclays Capital Municipal Bond Index will not be shown on its own in future shareholder reports for the Fund.
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Other investments, however, were additive to relative returns. Fund held an overweight allocation to hospital bonds, which was particularly beneficial as the sector enjoyed considerable gains in the first quarter of 2009. The Fund’s holdings in pre-refunded bonds* also enhanced performance. These highly-rated, short-maturity securities benefited from the outperformance of the high-quality segment of the market and the front end of the municipal yield curve for the period.
There is no guarantee that any sectors mentioned will continue to perform as discussed herein or that securities in such sectors will be held by the Fund in the future.
*Pre-refunding, or advance refunding, is a financing structure under which new bonds are issued to repay an outstanding bond issue, generally on its first call date. The proceeds from the new issuance are held in an escrow of high-quality U.S. government securities dedicated solely to pay interest and principal on the outstanding bond issue. Pre-refunded bonds are the outstanding bonds that will be refunded from this escrow and therefore, are typically rated ‘AAA’.
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Ratings Allocation as of 3/31/09 (Unaudited) | ||||
AAA/Aaa | 1.8 | % | ||
AA/Aa | 1.4 | |||
A/A | 3.0 | |||
BBB/Baa | 11.5 | |||
BB/Ba | 4.5 | |||
B/B | 0.9 | |||
CCC/Caa | 0.6 | |||
Non-Rated | 76.3 | |||
Top 5 Sectors as of 3/31/09 (Unaudited) | ||||
Special Tax Districts | 21.5 | % | ||
Life Care | 16.9 | |||
Hospital | 15.7 | |||
Master Tobacco Settlement | 4.7 | |||
Tax Allocation/Increment | 4.3 | |||
Summary of Investments by State Classification as of 3/31/09 (Unaudited) | ||||
Florida | 14.4 | % | ||
California | 9.4 | |||
Illinois | 9.4 | |||
Minnesota | 5.4 | |||
Pennsylvania | 5.4 | |||
New York | 5.0 | |||
Texas | 4.8 | |||
Ohio | 4.7 | |||
Arizona | 3.6 | |||
Missouri | 3.2 | |||
Colorado | 3.1 | |||
Washington | 2.5 | |||
Michigan | 2.4 | |||
New Jersey | 2.2 | |||
Maryland | 2.1 | |||
Virginia | 1.7 | |||
Massachusetts | 1.7 | |||
Tennessee | 1.7 | |||
Iowa | 1.6 | |||
Georgia | 1.6 | |||
Indiana | 1.4 | |||
Louisiana | 1.4 | |||
Alabama | 1.1 | |||
Nevada | 1.1 | |||
Wisconsin | 1.0 | |||
South Carolina | 1.0 | |||
Oregon | 0.9 | |||
West Virginia | 0.7 | |||
Oklahoma | 0.6 | |||
Connecticut | 0.6 | |||
District of Columbia | 0.6 | |||
Rhode Island | 0.4 | |||
Alaska | 0.4 | |||
Hawaii | 0.4 |
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Summary of Investments by State Classification as of 3/31/09 (Unaudited) | ||||
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New Mexico | 0.4 | % | ||
Wyoming | 0.4 | |||
Kansas | 0.3 | |||
Mississippi | 0.3 | |||
North Carolina | 0.3 | |||
New Hampshire | 0.3 | |||
Vermont | 0.3 | |||
Utah | 0.2 | |||
Montana | 0.2 | |||
Delaware | 0.2 | |||
South Dakota | 0.2 | |||
Idaho | 0.2 | |||
North Dakota | 0.1 | |||
U.S. Virgin Islands | 0.1 | |||
Puerto Rico | 0.0 | * | ||
Total Long-Term Investments | 101.0 | |||
Short-Term Investments | .1 | |||
Total Investments | 101.1 | |||
Liability for Floating Rate Note Obligations Related to Securities Held | (3.7 | ) | ||
Net Investments | 97.4 | |||
Other Assets in Excess of Liabilities | 2.6 | |||
Net Assets | 100.0 | % |
* | Amount is less than 0.1% |
Subject to change daily. Provided for informational purposes only and should not be deemed as a recommendation to buy or sell the securities mentioned or securities in the sectors shown above. Ratings allocations are as a percentage of long-term investments. Sectors are as a percentage of total investments. Summary of investments by state classification is as a percentage of total net assets. Securities are classified by sectors that represent broad groupings of related industries. Van Kampen is a wholly owned subsidiary of a global securities firm which is engaged in a wide range of financial services including, for example, securities trading and brokerage activities, investment banking, research and analysis, financing and financial advisory services. Rating allocations are based upon ratings as issued by Standard and Poor’s and Moody’s, respectively.
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For More Information About Portfolio Holdings
Each Van Kampen fund provides a complete schedule of portfolio holdings in its semiannual and annual reports within 60 days of the end of the fund’s second and fourth fiscal quarters. The semiannual reports and the annual reports are filed electronically with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Form N-CSRS and Form N-CSR, respectively. Van Kampen also delivers the semiannual and annual reports to fund shareholders, and makes these reports available on its public Web site, www.vankampen.com. In addition to the semiannual and annual reports that Van Kampen delivers to shareholders and makes available through the Van Kampen public Web site, each fund files a complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the SEC for the fund’s first and third fiscal quarters on Form N-Q. Van Kampen does not deliver the reports for the first and third fiscal quarters to shareholders, nor are the reports posted to the Van Kampen public Web site. You may, however, obtain the Form N-Q filings (as well as the Form N-CSR and N-CSRS filings) by accessing the SEC’s Web site, http://www.sec.gov. You may also review and copy them at the SEC’s Public Reference Room in Washington, DC. Information on the operation of the SEC’s Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling the SEC at (800) SEC-0330. You can also request copies of these materials, upon payment of a duplicating fee, by electronic request at the SEC’s email address (publicinfo@sec.gov) or by writing the Public Reference section of the SEC, Washington, DC 20549-0102.
You may obtain copies of a fund’s fiscal quarter filings by contacting Van Kampen Client Relations at (800) 847-2424.
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Householding Notice
To reduce Fund expenses, the Fund attempts to eliminate duplicate mailings to the same address. The Fund delivers a single copy of certain shareholder documents to investors who share an address, even if the accounts are registered under different names. The Fund’s prospectuses and shareholder reports (including annual privacy notices) will be delivered to you in this manner indefinitely unless you instruct us otherwise. You can request multiple copies of these documents by either calling (800) 341-2911 or writing to Van Kampen Investor Services at P.O. Box 219286, Kansas City, MO 64121-9286. Once Investor Services has received your instructions, we will begin sending individual copies for each account within 30 days.
Proxy Voting Policy and Procedures and Proxy Voting Record
You may obtain a copy of the Fund’s Proxy Voting Policy and Procedures without charge, upon request, by calling toll free (800) 847-2424 or by visiting our Web site at www.vankampen.com. It is also available on the Securities and Exchange Commission’s Web site at http://www.sec.gov.
You may obtain information regarding how the Fund voted proxies relating to portfolio securities during the most recent twelve-month period ended June 30 without charge by visiting our Web site at www.vankampen.com. This information is also available on the Securities and Exchange Commission’s Web site at http://www.sec.gov.
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Expense Example
As a shareholder of the Fund, you incur two types of costs: (1) transaction costs, including sales charges (loads) on purchase payments of Class A Shares and contingent deferred sales charges on redemptions of Class B and Class C Shares; and redemption fees; and (2) ongoing costs, including management fees; distribution and service (12b-1) fees; and other Fund expenses. This example is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds.
The example is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period 10/1/08 - 3/31/09.
Actual Expense
The first line of the table below provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in this line, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the first line under the heading entitled “Expenses Paid During Period” to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during this period.
Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes
The second line of the table below provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the Fund’s actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the Fund’s actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You may use this information to compare the ongoing cost of investing in the Fund and other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of the other funds.
Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only and do not reflect any transactional costs, such as sales charges (loads) or contingent deferred sales charges or redemption fees. Therefore, the second line of the table is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. In addition, if these transactional costs were included, your cost would have been higher.
Beginning | Ending | Expenses Paid | ||||||||||
Account Value | Account Value | During Period* | ||||||||||
10/1/08 | 3/31/09 | 10/1/08-3/31/09 | ||||||||||
Class A | ||||||||||||
Actual | $ | 1,000.00 | $ | 840.13 | $ | 4.63 | ||||||
Hypothetical | 1,000.00 | 1,019.90 | 5.09 | |||||||||
(5% annual return before expenses) | ||||||||||||
Class B | ||||||||||||
Actual | 1,000.00 | 837.55 | 8.06 | |||||||||
Hypothetical | 1,000.00 | 1,016.16 | 8.85 | |||||||||
(5% annual return before expenses) | ||||||||||||
Class C | ||||||||||||
Actual | 1,000.00 | 837.19 | 8.06 | |||||||||
Hypothetical | 1,000.00 | 1,016.16 | 8.85 | |||||||||
(5% annual return before expenses) | ||||||||||||
Class I | ||||||||||||
Actual | 1,000.00 | 842.25 | 3.40 | |||||||||
Hypothetical | 1,000.00 | 1,021.24 | 3.73 | |||||||||
(5% annual return before expenses) |
* | Expenses are equal to the Fund’s annualized expense ratio of 1.01%, 1.76%, 1.76% and 0.74% for Class A, B, C and I Shares, respectively, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 182/365 (to reflect the one-half year period). |
Assumes all dividends and distributions were reinvested.
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The following table shows what expenses a shareholder would have paid, excluding interest and residual trust expenses.
Beginning | Ending | Expenses Paid | ||||||||||
Account Value | Account Value | During Period* | ||||||||||
10/1/08 | 3/31/09 | 10/1/08-3/31/09 | ||||||||||
Class A | ||||||||||||
Actual | $ | 1,000.00 | $ | 840.13 | $ | 4.04 | ||||||
Hypothetical | 1,000.00 | 1,020.54 | 4.43 | |||||||||
(5% annual return before expenses) | ||||||||||||
Class B | ||||||||||||
Actual | 1,000.00 | 837.55 | 7.47 | |||||||||
Hypothetical | 1,000.00 | 1,016.80 | 8.20 | |||||||||
(5% annual return before expenses) | ||||||||||||
Class C | ||||||||||||
Actual | 1,000.00 | 837.19 | 7.47 | |||||||||
Hypothetical | 1,000.00 | 1,016.80 | 8.20 | |||||||||
(5% annual return before expenses) | ||||||||||||
Class I | ||||||||||||
Actual | 1,000.00 | 842.25 | 2.80 | |||||||||
Hypothetical | 1,000.00 | 1,021.89 | 3.07 | |||||||||
(5% annual return before expenses) |
* | Expenses are equal to the Fund’s annualized expense ratio of 0.88%, 1.63%, 1.63% and 0.61% for Class A, B, C and I Shares, respectively, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 182/365 (to reflect the one-half year period). |
Assumes all dividends and distributions were reinvested.
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Van Kampen Strategic Municipal Income Fund
Portfolio of Investments n March 31, 2009 (Unaudited)
Par | ||||||||||||||
Amount | ||||||||||||||
(000) | Description | Coupon | Maturity | Value | ||||||||||
Municipal Bonds 101.0% Alabama 1.1% | ||||||||||||||
$ | 500 | Alexander City, AL Spl Care Fac Fin Auth Med Fac Rev Russell Hosp Corp, Ser A | 5.750 | % | 12/01/36 | $ | 310,970 | |||||||
1,500 | Colbert Cnty Northwest Auth Hlthcare Fac | 5.750 | 06/01/27 | 1,184,820 | ||||||||||
3,240 | Cullman, AL Cullman Med Pk South Med Clinic Brd Rev Cullman Regl Med Ctr, Ser A | 6.500 | 02/15/23 | 2,890,210 | ||||||||||
1,000 | Huntsville Redstone Vlg, AL Spl Care Fac Fin Auth Redstone Vlg Proj | 5.500 | 01/01/28 | 654,260 | ||||||||||
3,785 | Huntsville Redstone Vlg, AL Spl Care Fac Fin Auth Redstone Vlg Proj | 5.500 | 01/01/43 | 2,183,642 | ||||||||||
1,470 | Huntsville Redstone Vlg, AL Spl Care Fac Fin Auth Redstone Vlg Proj, Ser A | 6.875 | 01/01/43 | 1,036,703 | ||||||||||
250 | Huntsville Redstone Vlg, AL Spl Care Fac Fin Auth, Ser A (Prerefunded @ 12/01/12) | 8.250 | 12/01/32 | 312,967 | ||||||||||
3 | Mobile, AL Indl Dev Brd Solid Waste Disp Rev Mobile Energy Svc Co Proj Rfdg (a) | 6.950 | 01/01/20 | 277 | ||||||||||
1,395 | Valley, AL Spl Care Fac Fin Auth Rev Lanier Mem Hosp, Ser A | 5.600 | 11/01/16 | 1,195,236 | ||||||||||
1,750 | Valley, AL Spl Care Fac Fin Auth Rev Lanier Mem Hosp, Ser A | 5.650 | 11/01/22 | 1,304,380 | ||||||||||
11,073,465 | ||||||||||||||
Alaska 0.4% | ||||||||||||||
1,000 | Alaska Indl Dev & Expt Auth Williams Lynxs AK Cargoport (AMT) (Acquired 05/17/01, Cost $1,000,000) (b) | 7.800 | 05/01/14 | 933,900 | ||||||||||
3,565 | Juneau, AK City & Borough Rev Saint Ann’s Care Ctr Proj | 6.875 | 12/01/25 | 2,817,669 | ||||||||||
3,751,569 | ||||||||||||||
Arizona 3.6% | ||||||||||||||
1,000 | Arizona Hlth Fac Auth Rev Terraces Proj, Ser A (Prerefunded @ 11/15/13) | 7.500 | 11/15/23 | 1,204,810 | ||||||||||
1,250 | Arizona Hlth Fac Auth Rev Terraces Proj, Ser A (Prerefunded @ 11/15/13) | 7.750 | 11/15/33 | 1,539,400 | ||||||||||
2,500 | Casa Grande, AZ Indl Dev Auth Hosp Rev Casa Grande Regl Med Ctr Rfdg, Ser A | 7.625 | 12/01/29 | 1,962,000 | ||||||||||
5,390 | Cochise Cnty, AZ Indl Dev Sierra Vista Cmnty Hosp Rfdg, Ser A | 6.750 | 12/01/26 | 4,324,074 | ||||||||||
960 | Flagstaff, AZ Indl Dev Auth Rev Sr Living Cmnty Northn AZ Proj (Prerefunded @ 3/01/13) | 7.500 | 03/01/35 | 1,182,067 | ||||||||||
5,050 | Flagstaff, AZ Indl Dev Auth Rev Sr Living Cmnty Northn AZ Rfdg | 5.700 | 07/01/42 | 3,129,788 | ||||||||||
1,500 | Peoria, AZ Indl Dev Auth Rev Sierra Winds Life Rfdg, Ser A | 6.375 | 08/15/29 | 1,098,300 |
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Portfolio of Investments n March 31, 2009 (Unaudited) continued
Par | ||||||||||||||
Amount | ||||||||||||||
(000) | Description | Coupon | Maturity | Value | ||||||||||
Arizona (Continued) | ||||||||||||||
$ | 2,525 | Pima Cnty, AZ Indl Dev Auth Ed Rev Fac Choice Ed & Dev Corp Proj | 6.250 | % | 06/01/26 | $ | 1,866,126 | |||||||
1,590 | Pima Cnty, AZ Indl Dev Auth Ed Rev Fac PLC Charter Schs Proj | 6.500 | 04/01/26 | 1,236,352 | ||||||||||
2,805 | Pima Cnty, AZ Indl Dev Auth Ed Rev Fac PLC Charter Schs Proj | 6.750 | 04/01/36 | 2,067,706 | ||||||||||
4,225 | Pima Cnty, AZ Indl Dev Auth Ed Rev Fac Premier & Air Co (a) (d) | 7.000 | 09/01/35 | 2,663,229 | ||||||||||
1,865 | Pima Cnty, AZ Indl Dev Auth Ed Rev Milestones Charter Sch Proj | 6.750 | 11/01/33 | 1,275,809 | ||||||||||
800 | Pima Cnty, AZ Indl Dev Auth Fac Skyline Tech High Sch Proj (a) | 7.500 | 02/01/34 | 611,432 | ||||||||||
6,000 | Pima Cnty, AZ Indl Dev Auth Lease Rev Constellation Schs Proj | 7.000 | 01/01/38 | 4,454,040 | ||||||||||
1,000 | Pima Cnty, AZ Indl Dev Auth Rev La Posada at Pk Ctr, Ser A | 7.000 | 05/15/27 | 816,980 | ||||||||||
2,000 | Pima Cnty, AZ Indl Dev Auth Wtr & Waste Rev Global Wtr Res LLC Proj (AMT) (Acquired 12/15/06, Cost $2,000,000) (b) | 5.600 | 12/01/22 | 1,411,380 | ||||||||||
3,000 | Pima Cnty, AZ Indl Dev Auth Wtr & Waste Wtr Rev Global Wtr Res LLC Proj (AMT) | 7.500 | 12/01/38 | 2,312,370 | ||||||||||
775 | Red Hawk Canyon Cmnty Fac Dist No 2 AZ Dist Assmt Rev, Ser A | 6.500 | 12/01/12 | 697,105 | ||||||||||
1,960 | Tucson, AZ Multi-Family Rev Hsg Catalina Asstd Living, Ser A (AMT) (a) | 6.500 | 07/01/31 | 1,171,394 | ||||||||||
35,024,362 | ||||||||||||||
California 9.4% | ||||||||||||||
1,000 | ABAG Fin Auth Nonprofit Corp CA Amern Baptist Homes Rfdg, Ser A | 5.850 | 10/01/27 | 734,000 | ||||||||||
1,000 | Beaumont, CA Fin Auth Loc Agy, Ser A | 5.600 | 09/01/25 | 770,070 | ||||||||||
2,000 | Beaumont, CA Fin Auth Loc Agy, Ser A | 5.650 | 09/01/30 | 1,447,700 | ||||||||||
2,000 | Beaumont, CA Fin Auth Loc Agy, Ser A | 5.700 | 09/01/35 | 1,403,200 | ||||||||||
1,000 | Beaumont, CA Fin Auth Loc Agy, Ser D | 5.800 | 09/01/35 | 713,110 | ||||||||||
1,000 | Blythe, CA Redev Agy Proj | 5.750 | 05/01/34 | 719,270 | ||||||||||
2,000 | California Statewide Cmntys Dev Auth Chf Irvine LLC UCI East Campus | 6.000 | 05/15/40 | 1,610,120 | ||||||||||
2,500 | California Statewide Cmnty Dev Auth Rev CA Baptist Univ, Ser A | 5.500 | 11/01/38 | 1,466,775 | ||||||||||
1,720 | California Statewide Cmntys Dev Auth Rev Lancer Ed Student Hsg Proj | 5.625 | 06/01/33 | 1,006,492 | ||||||||||
3,250 | California Statewide Cmntys Dev Auth Rev Thomas Jefferson Sch Law, Ser A (a) | 7.250 | 10/01/38 | 2,483,065 | ||||||||||
1,000 | California Statewide Cmntys Dev Auth San Francisco Art Institute (Acquired 07/05/02, Cost $1,000,000) (a) (b) | 7.375 | 04/01/32 | 695,140 |
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Portfolio of Investments n March 31, 2009 (Unaudited) continued
Par | ||||||||||||||
Amount | ||||||||||||||
(000) | Description | Coupon | Maturity | Value | ||||||||||
California (Continued) | ||||||||||||||
$ | 2,735 | California Statewide Cmntys Dev Auth Spl Tax Cmnty Fac Dist 2007-1 Orinda | 6.000 | % | 09/01/29 | $ | 2,135,379 | |||||||
2,700 | California Statewide Cmntys Dev Auth Statewide Cmnty, Ser A | 6.625 | 09/02/38 | 2,111,832 | ||||||||||
1,000 | Chino, CA Cmnty Fac Dist No 03 Impt Area 1 | 5.700 | 09/01/29 | 778,780 | ||||||||||
1,500 | Corona-Norco, CA Univ Sch Dist Pub Fin Auth Spl Tax Rev, Ser A | 5.800 | 09/01/35 | 1,079,265 | ||||||||||
1,435 | Fairfield, CA Cmnty Fac Dist Spl Tax No 2007-1 Fairfield Commons | 6.500 | 09/01/23 | 1,175,753 | ||||||||||
1,530 | Fairfield, CA Cmnty Fac Dist Spl Tax No 2007-1 Fairfield Commons | 6.875 | 09/01/38 | 1,168,767 | ||||||||||
2,000 | Fontana, CA Spl Tax Cmnty Fac Dist No 22 Sierra Hills | 6.000 | 09/01/34 | 1,488,240 | ||||||||||
2,300 | Foothill/Eastern Tran Corridor Agy CA Toll Rd Rev (NATL Insd) | * | 01/15/18 | 1,095,007 | ||||||||||
12,650 | Golden St Tob Sec Corp CA Tob Settlement Rev Asset Bkd Sr, Ser A-1 | 5.750 | 06/01/47 | 7,102,975 | ||||||||||
22,500 | Golden St Tob Sec Corp CA Tob Settlement Rev Enhanced Asset Bk (BHAC Insd) (c) | 5.000 | 06/01/45 | 21,108,825 | ||||||||||
2,000 | Indio, CA Redev Agy Tax Alloc Sub Merged Proj Area, Ser B (Prerefunded @ 8/15/14) | 6.375 | 08/15/33 | 2,408,240 | ||||||||||
490 | Indio, CA Redev Agy Tax Alloc Sub Merged Proj Area, Ser B (Prerefunded @ 8/15/14) | 6.500 | 08/15/34 | 569,209 | ||||||||||
1,000 | Jurupa, CA Cmnty Svc Dist Spl Cmnty Fac Dist No 4, Ser A | 5.700 | 09/01/34 | 655,430 | ||||||||||
2,500 | Lake Elsinore, CA Spl Tax Cmnty Fac Dist 2 Area AA | 5.450 | 09/01/36 | 1,682,950 | ||||||||||
1,000 | Lee Lake Wtr Dist CA Cmnty Fac Dist No 1 Spl Tax Sycamore Creek | 6.000 | 09/01/33 | 738,280 | ||||||||||
1,325 | Millbrae, CA Residential Fac Rev Magnolia of Millbrae Proj, Ser A (AMT) | 7.375 | 09/01/27 | 1,089,508 | ||||||||||
1,000 | Murrieta, CA Cmnty Fac Dist No 2 the Oaks Impt Area A | 5.900 | 09/01/27 | 789,240 | ||||||||||
1,000 | Murrieta, CA Cmnty Fac Dist No 2 the Oaks Impt Area A | 6.000 | 09/01/34 | 748,250 | ||||||||||
1,000 | Murrieta, CA Cmnty Fac Dist No 2 the Oaks Impt Area B | 6.000 | 09/01/27 | 798,710 | ||||||||||
3,000 | Northstar Cmnty Svc Dist CA Spl Tax Cmnty Fac Dist No 1 | 5.450 | 09/01/28 | 2,179,980 | ||||||||||
1,000 | Palmdale, CA Spl Tax Cmnty Fac 03-1 Anaverde A | 5.350 | 09/01/30 | 659,570 | ||||||||||
1,100 | Palmdale, CA Spl Tax Cmnty Fac 03-1 Anaverde A | 5.400 | 09/01/35 | 698,082 | ||||||||||
1,000 | Perris, CA Cmnty Fac Dist Spl Tax No 01-2, Ser A | 6.375 | 09/01/32 | 787,600 |
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Par | ||||||||||||||
Amount | ||||||||||||||
(000) | Description | Coupon | Maturity | Value | ||||||||||
California (Continued) | ||||||||||||||
$ | 2,500 | Quechan Indian Tribe Ft Yuma Indian Reservation CA & Govt Proj | 7.000 | % | 12/01/27 | $ | 1,724,625 | |||||||
2,000 | Rancho Cordova Cmnty Fac Dist CA Spl Tax No 2003 1 Sunridge Anatolia | 5.500 | 09/01/37 | 1,350,160 | ||||||||||
2,000 | Riverside, CA Univ Sch Dist Tax Cmnty Fac Dist 15 Impt Area 1 | 5.550 | 09/01/30 | 1,423,820 | ||||||||||
2,535 | Sacramento Cnty, CA Spl Tax Cmnty Fac Dist No 05-2, Ser A | 6.000 | 09/01/37 | 1,632,489 | ||||||||||
6,000 | San Jose, CA Multi-Family Hsg Rev Helzer Courts Apt Proj, Ser A (AMT) (a) | 6.400 | 12/01/41 | 4,136,820 | ||||||||||
2,000 | San Marcos, CA Pub Fac Auth Spl Tax Rev, Ser A | 5.650 | 09/01/36 | 1,395,620 | ||||||||||
5,700 | Silicon Vly Tob Securitization Auth CA Tob Settlement Rev Cap Apprec Turbo Santa Clara, Ser A | * | 06/01/36 | 364,686 | ||||||||||
4,645 | Silicon Vly Tob Securitization Auth CA Tob Settlement Rev Cap Apprec Turbo Santa Clara, Ser A | * | 06/01/41 | 173,769 | ||||||||||
9,000 | Silicon Vly Tob Securitization Auth CA Tob Settlement Rev Cap Apprec Turbo Santa Clara, Ser A | * | 06/01/47 | 182,430 | ||||||||||
22,500 | Silicon Vly Tob Securitization Auth CA Tob Settlement Rev Cap Apprec Turbo Santa Clara, Ser C | * | 06/01/56 | 119,475 | ||||||||||
7,500 | Silicon Vly Tob Securitization Auth CA Tob Settlement Rev Cap Apprec Turbo Santa Clara, Ser D | * | 06/01/56 | 38,925 | ||||||||||
4,550 | Sweetwater, CA Un High Sch Dist Election 2000, Ser C (FSA Insd) (c) | 5.000 | 08/01/29 | 4,401,966 | ||||||||||
3,000 | Temecula, CA Pub Fin Auth Spl Tax Roripaugh Cmnty Fac Dist 03-2 | 5.500 | 09/01/36 | 1,434,390 | ||||||||||
35,000 | Tobacco Securitization Auth Southn CA Tob Settlement Cabs First Sub, Ser B | * | 06/01/46 | 772,100 | ||||||||||
27,200 | Tobacco Securitization Auth Southn CA Tob Settlement Cabs Second Sub, Ser C | * | 06/01/46 | 504,832 | ||||||||||
47,000 | Tobacco Securitization Auth Southn CA Tob Settlement Cabs Third Sub | * | 06/01/46 | 757,640 | ||||||||||
1,000 | Upland, CA Cmnty Fac Dist 2003 San Antonio Impt, Ser 1A | 5.900 | 09/01/24 | 795,870 | ||||||||||
1,500 | Upland, CA Cmnty Fac Dist 2003 San Antonio Impt, Ser 1A | 6.000 | 09/01/34 | 1,088,385 | ||||||||||
880 | Vallejo, CA Pub Fin Auth Loc Hiddenbrooke Impt Dist, Ser A | 5.800 | 09/01/31 | 641,238 |
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Portfolio of Investments n March 31, 2009 (Unaudited) continued
Par | ||||||||||||||
Amount | ||||||||||||||
(000) | Description | Coupon | Maturity | Value | ||||||||||
California (Continued) | ||||||||||||||
$ | 995 | Woodland, CA Spl Tax Cmnty Fac Dist 1 Spring Lake | 6.250 | % | 09/01/34 | $ | 766,210 | |||||||
1,800 | Yuba City, CA Redev Agy Tax Proj, Ser A | 6.000 | 09/01/31 | 1,286,550 | ||||||||||
91,090,814 | ||||||||||||||
Colorado 3.1% | ||||||||||||||
1,060 | Beacon Pt Metro Dist CO, Ser A | 6.125 | 12/01/25 | 761,006 | ||||||||||
1,005 | Beacon Pt Metro Dist CO, Ser A | 6.250 | 12/01/35 | 667,481 | ||||||||||
1,000 | Bromley Pk Metro Dist CO No 2, Ser B (Prerefunded @ 12/01/12) | 8.050 | 12/01/32 | 1,250,740 | ||||||||||
1,000 | Castle Oaks Metro Dist CO Ltd Tax | 6.000 | 12/01/25 | 676,380 | ||||||||||
1,500 | Castle Oaks Metro Dist CO Ltd Tax | 6.125 | 12/01/35 | 931,215 | ||||||||||
1,700 | Colorado Ed & Cultural Fac Auth Rev Charter Sch Brighton Sch Proj | 6.000 | 11/01/36 | 1,071,833 | ||||||||||
570 | Colorado Ed & Cultural Fac Auth Rev Charter Sch Frontier Academy (Prerefunded @ 6/01/11) | 7.250 | 06/01/20 | 628,995 | ||||||||||
1,630 | Colorado Hlth Fac Auth Hlth & Residential Care Fac Volunteers of Amer Care, Ser A | 5.300 | 07/01/37 | 901,585 | ||||||||||
3,000 | Colorado Hlth Fac Auth Rev Amern Baptist Home, Ser A | 5.900 | 08/01/37 | 1,870,620 | ||||||||||
1,410 | Confluence Metro Dist, CO Tax Supported Rev | 5.400 | 12/01/27 | 975,678 | ||||||||||
1,800 | Confluence Metro Dist, CO Tax Supported Rev | 5.450 | 12/01/34 | 1,123,866 | ||||||||||
2,000 | Copperleaf Metro Dist No 2 CO | 5.950 | 12/01/36 | 1,095,460 | ||||||||||
2,000 | Elbert & Hwy 86 Coml Metro Dist Pub Impt Fee Rev, Ser A | 7.500 | 12/01/32 | 1,435,920 | ||||||||||
2,500 | Elk Vly, CO Pub Impt Fee, Ser A | 7.300 | 09/01/22 | 2,183,500 | ||||||||||
1,150 | High Plains Metro Dist CO, Ser A | 6.125 | 12/01/25 | 772,087 | ||||||||||
2,250 | High Plains Metro Dist CO, Ser A | 6.250 | 12/01/35 | 1,355,850 | ||||||||||
510 | Lafayette, CO Indl Dev Rev Rocky Mtn Instr Proj, Ser A (a) (d) | 6.750 | 10/01/14 | 257,723 | ||||||||||
1,855 | Lafayette, CO Indl Dev Rev Rocky Mtn Instr Proj, Ser A (AMT) (a) (d) | 7.000 | 10/01/18 | 931,247 | ||||||||||
1,500 | Lincoln Pk, CO Metro Dist Rfdg & Impt | 6.125 | 12/01/30 | 1,178,580 | ||||||||||
1,665 | Lincoln Pk, CO Metro Dist Rfdg & Impt | 6.200 | 12/01/37 | 1,272,077 | ||||||||||
1,975 | Montezuma Cnty, CO Hosp Dist Hlth Fac Enterprise Hosp Rfdg (a) | 5.900 | 10/01/37 | 1,263,091 | ||||||||||
500 | Neu Towne, CO Metro Dist (a) (e) | 7.250/1.800 | 12/01/34 | 174,425 | ||||||||||
3,500 | Northwest CO Metro Dist No 3 Ltd Tax | 6.125 | 12/01/25 | 1,992,935 | ||||||||||
1,000 | Serenity Ridge, CO Metro Dist No 2 (a) (e) | 7.500/3.750 | 12/01/34 | 478,850 | ||||||||||
1,491 | Skyland Metro Dist CO Gunnison Cnty Rfdg (a) | 6.750 | 12/01/22 | 1,339,276 | ||||||||||
1,000 | Southlands Metro Dist No 1 CO (Prerefunded @ 12/01/14) | 7.000 | 12/01/24 | 1,248,930 |
15
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Portfolio of Investments n March 31, 2009 (Unaudited) continued
Par | ||||||||||||||
Amount | ||||||||||||||
(000) | Description | Coupon | Maturity | Value | ||||||||||
Colorado (Continued) | ||||||||||||||
$ | 3,500 | Tallgrass Metro Dist CO Rfdg & Impt | 5.250 | % | 12/01/37 | $ | 1,973,965 | |||||||
1,000 | Vista Ridge Metro Dist CO Rfdg Ltd Tax Sub, Ser B | 6.625 | 12/01/40 | 726,440 | ||||||||||
30,539,755 | ||||||||||||||
Connecticut 0.6% | ||||||||||||||
1,500 | Connecticut St Dev Auth Indl Afco Cargo Bdlg LLC Proj (AMT) | 8.000 | 04/01/30 | 1,274,250 | ||||||||||
2,500 | Mashantucket Westn Pequot Tribe Conn Spl Rev Sub, Ser A (f) | 5.750 | 09/01/34 | 1,239,275 | ||||||||||
2,190 | Mashantucket Westn Pequot Tribe Conn Spl Rev Sub, Ser A (f) | 6.500 | 09/01/31 | 1,241,073 | ||||||||||
3,500 | Mohegan Tribe Indians CT Pub Impt Priority Dist (f) | 5.250 | 01/01/33 | 1,302,140 | ||||||||||
2,000 | Mohegan Tribe Indians CT Pub Impt Priority Dist (Acquired 09/27/01, Cost $1,955,120) (b) | 6.250 | 01/01/31 | 911,120 | ||||||||||
5,967,858 | ||||||||||||||
Delaware 0.2% | ||||||||||||||
850 | Sussex Cnty, DE Rev Adj First Mtg Cadbury Lewes, Ser A | 5.900 | 01/01/26 | 610,563 | ||||||||||
1,000 | Sussex Cnty, DE Rev Adj First Mtg Cadbury Lewes, Ser A | 6.000 | 01/01/35 | 638,920 | ||||||||||
1,015 | Wilmington, DE Multi-Family Rent Rev Hsg Electra Arms Sr Assoc Proj (AMT) (a) | 6.250 | 06/01/28 | 732,140 | ||||||||||
1,981,623 | ||||||||||||||
District of Columbia 0.6% | ||||||||||||||
3,600 | District of Columbia Income Tax Rev Rfdg, Ser B (c) | 5.000 | 12/01/25 | 3,671,694 | ||||||||||
85 | District of Columbia Prerefunded Rfdg, Ser A1 (NATL Insd) (g) | 6.500 | 06/01/10 | 90,423 | ||||||||||
1,000 | District of Columbia Rev Methodist Home Issue | 6.000 | 01/01/29 | 694,020 | ||||||||||
13,940 | District of Columbia Tob Settlement Fin Corp, Ser A | * | 06/15/46 | 266,812 | ||||||||||
17,500 | District of Columbia Tob Settlement Fin Corp, Ser B | * | 06/15/46 | 280,875 | ||||||||||
67,660 | District of Columbia Tob Settlement Fin Corp, Ser C | * | 06/15/55 | 314,619 | ||||||||||
5,318,443 | ||||||||||||||
Florida 14.4% | ||||||||||||||
2,750 | Alachua Cnty, FL Indl Dev Rev North FL Retirement Vlg | 5.875 | 11/15/36 | 1,821,050 | ||||||||||
4,500 | Alachua Cnty, FL Indl Dev Rev North FL Retirement Vlg | 5.875 | 11/15/42 | 2,873,385 |
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Portfolio of Investments n March 31, 2009 (Unaudited) continued
Portfolio of Investments n March 31, 2009 (Unaudited) continued
Par | ||||||||||||||
Amount | ||||||||||||||
(000) | Description | Coupon | Maturity | Value | ||||||||||
Florida (Continued) | ||||||||||||||
$ | 2,605 | Anthem Pk Cmnty Dev Dist FL Cap Impt Rev | 5.800 | % | 05/01/36 | $ | 1,521,268 | |||||||
1,975 | Bainebridge Cmnty Dev Dist FL Spl Assmt | 5.500 | 05/01/38 | 1,062,846 | ||||||||||
2,430 | Bartram Pk Cmnty Dev Dist FL Assmt | 5.400 | 05/01/37 | 1,347,338 | ||||||||||
1,325 | Bay Laurel Ctr Cmnty Dev Dist FL Spl Assmt Candler | 5.450 | 05/01/37 | 778,000 | ||||||||||
1,360 | Beacon Lakes, FL Cmnty Dev FL Spl Assmt, Ser A | 6.000 | 05/01/38 | 840,480 | ||||||||||
1,500 | Beacon Lakes, FL Cmnty Dev FL Spl Assmt Sub, Ser B | 6.200 | 05/01/38 | 909,375 | ||||||||||
1,320 | Beeline Cmnty Dev Dist FL Spl Assmt, Ser A | 7.000 | 05/01/37 | 955,495 | ||||||||||
1,000 | Bellalago Ed Fac Benefits, Ser A | 6.000 | 05/01/33 | 767,380 | ||||||||||
940 | Bellalago Ed Fac Benefits, Ser B | 5.800 | 05/01/34 | 698,693 | ||||||||||
4,145 | Bloomingdale, FL Cmnty Dev Dist Spl Assmt Rev | 5.875 | 05/01/36 | 2,752,653 | ||||||||||
955 | Bluewaters Cmnty Dev Dist of FL | 6.000 | 05/01/35 | 727,309 | ||||||||||
1,725 | Boca Raton, FL Hsg Auth Mtg Hsg First Lien Banyan Pl Sr Apts Rfdg (Acquired 03/23/06, Cost $1,684,601) (b) | 5.800 | 10/01/26 | 1,175,070 | ||||||||||
2,350 | Boca Raton, FL Hsg Auth Mtg Hsg First Lien Banyan Pl Sr Apts Rfdg (Acquired 03/23/06, Cost $2,317,265) (b) | 5.900 | 10/01/36 | 1,441,419 | ||||||||||
2,500 | Bonnet Creek Resort Cmnty Dev | 7.500 | 05/01/34 | 1,976,700 | ||||||||||
1,980 | Brevard Cnty, FL Hlth Fac Auth Residential Care Fac Rev Buena Vida Estates Inc | 6.750 | 01/01/37 | 1,394,811 | ||||||||||
765 | Caribe Palm Cmnty Dev Dist FL Spl Assmt, Ser A | 5.850 | 05/01/35 | 570,376 | ||||||||||
2,975 | City Ctr Cmnty Dev Dist FL Spl Assmt Rev, Ser A | 6.000 | 05/01/38 | 1,820,254 | ||||||||||
800 | City Ctr Cmnty Dev Dist FL Spl Assmt Rev, Ser A | 6.125 | 05/01/36 | 502,648 | ||||||||||
2,325 | Double Brn Cmnty Dev Dist FL Spl Assmt, Ser A | 6.700 | 05/01/34 | 2,262,969 | ||||||||||
715 | Escambia Cnty, FL Rev ICF/MR Pensacola Care Dev Ctr (a) | 10.250 | 07/01/11 | 716,809 | ||||||||||
1,670 | Escambia Cnty, FL Rev ICF/MR Pensacola Care Dev Ctr, Ser A (a) | 10.250 | 07/01/11 | 1,674,225 | ||||||||||
4,900 | Fiddlers Creek Cmnty Dev Dist (a). | 6.000 | 05/01/38 | 3,028,200 | ||||||||||
2,465 | Florida Hsg Fin Corp Multi-Family Hsg Whistlers Cove Apt Proj (AMT) (a) | 6.500 | 01/01/39 | 1,534,191 | ||||||||||
3,545 | Florida Hsg Fin Corp Rev Hsg Beacon Hill Apt, Ser C (AMT) (a) | 6.610 | 07/01/38 | 2,544,424 | ||||||||||
6,880 | Florida Hsg Fin Corp Rev Hsg Cypress Trace Apt, Ser G (AMT) (a) | 6.600 | 07/01/38 | 4,981,326 |
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Portfolio of Investments n March 31, 2009 (Unaudited) continued
Portfolio of Investments n March 31, 2009 (Unaudited) continued
Par | ||||||||||||||
Amount | ||||||||||||||
(000) | Description | Coupon | Maturity | Value | ||||||||||
Florida (Continued) | ||||||||||||||
$ | 4,635 | Florida Hsg Fin Corp Rev Hsg Westchase Apt, Ser B (AMT) (a) | 6.610 | % | 07/01/38 | $ | 3,263,828 | |||||||
2,450 | Gramercy Farms Cmnty Dev Dist FL Spl Assmt, Ser A1 (a) | 5.250 | 05/01/39 | 1,158,433 | ||||||||||
2,100 | Gramercy Farms Cmnty Dev Dist FL Spl Assmt, Ser B (a) | 5.100 | 05/01/14 | 1,011,696 | ||||||||||
4,000 | Grand Bay at Doral Cmnty Dev Dist FL, Ser B | 6.000 | 05/01/17 | 2,770,360 | ||||||||||
2,430 | Hammock Bay Cmnty Dev Dist FL Spl Assmt Rev, Ser A | 6.125 | 05/01/35 | 1,883,031 | ||||||||||
1,410 | Harbour Isles Cmnty Dev Dist of FL | 6.125 | 05/01/35 | 847,932 | ||||||||||
1,450 | Hawks Pt Cmnty Dev Dist FL Spl Assmt Hawk’s Point Cmnty Dev A | 5.300 | 05/01/39 | 789,438 | ||||||||||
260 | Heritage Harbor Cmnty Dev Dist FL Rev Rec | 7.750 | 05/01/23 | 202,839 | ||||||||||
1,925 | Highlands, FL Cmnty Dev Dist Spl Assmt | 5.550 | 05/01/36 | 1,029,856 | ||||||||||
3,500 | Hillsborough Cnty, FL Hsg Fin Hsg Clipper Cove Apt Proj, Ser A (AMT) (a) | 7.375 | 07/01/40 | 2,870,140 | ||||||||||
4,500 | Hillsborough Cnty, FL Indl Dev Auth Indl Dev Rev Hlth Fac Univ Cmnty Hosp, Ser A | 5.625 | 08/15/29 | 3,366,675 | ||||||||||
945 | Islands at Doral III Cmnty 2004, Ser A | 5.900 | 05/01/35 | 586,495 | ||||||||||
1,000 | Islands at Doral NE Cmnty Dev | 6.250 | 05/01/34 | 790,710 | ||||||||||
3,200 | Jacksonville, FL Econ Dev Commn Hlthcare Fac Rev Rfdg FL Proton Therapy Inst A (Acquired 08/09/07 and 09/10/08, Cost $3,211,920) (b) | 6.250 | 09/01/27 | 2,381,856 | ||||||||||
1,460 | Kendall Breeze West Cmnty Dev Dist FL Spl Assmt | 5.875 | 05/01/34 | 1,096,737 | ||||||||||
1,890 | Keys Cove Cmnty Dev Dist FL Assmt Rev | 5.875 | 05/01/35 | 1,414,211 | ||||||||||
980 | Lakeside Landings Cmnty Dev Dist FL Spl Assmt, Ser A | 5.500 | 05/01/38 | 485,933 | ||||||||||
1,970 | Lakeside Landings Cmnty Dev Dist FL Spl Assmt, Ser B | 5.250 | 05/01/13 | 998,416 | ||||||||||
3,940 | Landmark at Doral Cmnty Dev Dist FL Spl Assmt, Ser A | 5.500 | 05/01/38 | 1,789,706 | ||||||||||
2,475 | Landmark at Doral Cmnty Dev Dist FL Spl Assmt, Ser B | 5.200 | 05/01/15 | 1,141,594 | ||||||||||
2,000 | Lee Cnty, FL Indl Dev Auth Hlthcare Fac Rev Cypress Cove Hlthpk, Ser A | 6.750 | 10/01/32 | 1,381,620 | ||||||||||
1,500 | Lee Cnty, FL Indl Dev Auth Indl Dev Rev Lee Charter Fndtn, Ser A | 5.250 | 06/15/27 | 925,800 | ||||||||||
1,500 | Lee Cnty, FL Indl Dev Auth Indl Dev Rev Lee Charter Fndtn, Ser A | 5.375 | 06/15/37 | 842,025 | ||||||||||
3,290 | Leon Cnty, FL Ed Fac Auth Rev Southgate Residence Hall Rfdg, Ser A (a) | 6.750 | 09/01/28 | 2,404,266 | ||||||||||
2,320 | Meadow Woods Cmnty Dev Dist FL, Ser A | 6.050 | 05/01/35 | 1,218,603 |
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Van Kampen Strategic Municipal Income Fund
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Portfolio of Investments n March 31, 2009 (Unaudited) continued
Par | ||||||||||||||
Amount | ||||||||||||||
(000) | Description | Coupon | Maturity | Value | ||||||||||
Florida (Continued) | ||||||||||||||
$ | 1,500 | Miami Beach, FL Hlth Fac Auth Hosp Rev Rfdg Mt Sinai Med Ctr FL (Acquired 09/09/08, Cost $1,497,000) (b) | 6.750 | % | 11/15/21 | $ | 1,115,910 | |||||||
2,500 | Miami Beach, FL Hlth Fac Auth Hosp Rev Rfdg Mt Sinai Med Ctr FL (Acquired 04/26/04, Cost $2,411,600) (b) | 6.750 | 11/15/29 | 1,619,025 | ||||||||||
1,000 | Miami-Dade Cnty, FL Aviation Rev Miami Intl Arpt, Ser A (AGL Insd) (AMT) (c) | 5.250 | 10/01/33 | 888,020 | ||||||||||
2,500 | Miami-Dade Cnty, FL Aviation Rev Miami Intl Arpt, Ser A (AGL Insd) (AMT) (c) | 5.500 | 10/01/24 | 2,444,000 | ||||||||||
3,000 | Miami-Dade Cnty, FL Aviation Rev Miami Intl Arpt, Ser A (AGL Insd) (AMT) (c) | 5.500 | 10/01/25 | 2,896,035 | ||||||||||
4,565 | Miami-Dade Cnty, FL Bldg Better Cmntys Prog, Ser A (AGL Insd) (c) | 5.000 | 07/01/30 | 4,471,075 | ||||||||||
4,530 | Midtown Miami, FL Cmnty Dev FL Spl Assmt Rev, Ser A | 6.000 | 05/01/24 | 3,214,261 | ||||||||||
1,465 | Midtown Miami, FL Cmnty Dev FL Spl Assmt Rev, Ser A | 6.250 | 05/01/37 | 930,846 | ||||||||||
855 | Miromar Lakes Cmnty Dev Dist Rfdg, Ser B | 7.250 | 05/01/12 | 805,478 | ||||||||||
835 | Northern Palm Beach Cnty Impt Dist FL Impt Wtr Ctl & Impt Unit Dev No 16 Rfdg | 7.500 | 08/01/24 | 753,813 | ||||||||||
1,675 | Oak Creek Cmnty Dev Dist FL Spl Assmt | 5.800 | 05/01/35 | 1,009,723 | ||||||||||
500 | Orange Cnty, FL Hlth Fac Auth Rev First Mtg Orlando Lutheran Tower | 5.500 | 07/01/38 | 288,915 | ||||||||||
1,000 | Orange Cnty, FL Hlth Fac Auth Rev Hosp Adventist Hlth Sys (Prerefunded @ 11/15/10) | 6.375 | 11/15/20 | 1,095,760 | ||||||||||
2,000 | Orange Cnty, FL Hlth Fac Auth Rev Westminster Cmnty Care | 6.600 | 04/01/24 | 1,643,000 | ||||||||||
960 | Overoaks, FL Cmnty Dev Dist Cap Impt Rev, Ser A | 6.125 | 05/01/35 | 532,838 | ||||||||||
4,865 | Palm Coast Pk Cmnty Dev Dist FL Spl Assmt Rev | 5.700 | 05/01/37 | 2,607,981 | ||||||||||
940 | Parklands Lee Cmnty Dev Dist FL Spl Assmt, Ser A | 5.800 | 05/01/35 | 455,214 | ||||||||||
950 | Pine Island Cmnty Dev Dist FL Spl Assmt | 5.750 | 05/01/35 | 558,875 | ||||||||||
3,000 | Pinellas Cnty, FL Hlth Fac Auth Oaks of Clearwtr Proj | 6.250 | 06/01/34 | 2,471,970 | ||||||||||
1,610 | Poinciana Cmnty Dev Dist FL Spl Assmt, Ser A | 7.125 | 05/01/31 | 1,403,002 | ||||||||||
1,855 | Reunion East Cmnty Dev Dist FL Spl Assmt | 5.800 | 05/01/36 | 939,224 | ||||||||||
1,950 | Reunion West Cmnty Dev Dist FL Spl Assmt | 6.250 | 05/01/36 | 953,024 | ||||||||||
920 | Saddlebrook, FL Cmnty, Ser A | 6.900 | 05/01/33 | 792,120 |
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Portfolio of Investments n March 31, 2009 (Unaudited) continued
Portfolio of Investments n March 31, 2009 (Unaudited) continued
Par | ||||||||||||||
Amount | ||||||||||||||
(000) | Description | Coupon | Maturity | Value | ||||||||||
Florida (Continued) | ||||||||||||||
$ | 1,600 | Saint John’s Cnty, FL Indl Dev Auth Hlthcare Glenmoor Proj, Ser A | 5.375 | % | 01/01/40 | $ | 893,520 | |||||||
440 | Saint John’s Cnty, FL Indl Dev Auth Hlthcare Glenmoor Saint John’s Proj, Ser A (Prerefunded @ 1/01/10) | 8.000 | 01/01/17 | 470,686 | ||||||||||
2,550 | Sarasota Natl Cmnty Dev Dist FL Spl Assmt | 5.300 | 05/01/39 | 1,320,722 | ||||||||||
1,860 | Silver Palms Cmnty Dev Dist | 5.900 | 05/01/34 | 1,402,124 | ||||||||||
1,500 | Six Mile Creek Cmnty Dev Dist FL Cap Impt Rev | 5.875 | 05/01/38 | 649,440 | ||||||||||
1,300 | South Dade Venture Cmnty Dev | 6.125 | 05/01/34 | 1,010,802 | ||||||||||
1,435 | South Vlg Cmnty Dev Dist FL Cap Impt Rev, Ser A | 5.700 | 05/01/35 | 815,166 | ||||||||||
1,000 | Split Pine Cmnty Dev Dist FL Spl Assmt, Ser A | 5.250 | 05/01/39 | 541,430 | ||||||||||
2,000 | Sweetwater Creek Cmnty Dev Dist FL Cap Impt Rev, Ser A | 5.500 | 05/01/38 | 948,480 | ||||||||||
3,300 | Tisons Landing Cmnty Dev Dist FL Spl Assmt, Ser A (d) | 5.625 | 05/01/37 | 1,151,898 | ||||||||||
4,160 | Tolomato Cmnty Dev Dist FL Spl Assmt | 6.650 | 05/01/40 | 2,789,738 | ||||||||||
1,465 | Town Ctr at Palm Coast Cmnty Dev Dist FL Cap Impt Rev | 6.000 | 05/01/36 | 850,227 | ||||||||||
2,475 | Treeline Presv Cmnty Dev Dist FL Spl Assmt, Ser A | 6.800 | 05/01/39 | 1,558,062 | ||||||||||
3,735 | Turnbull Creek Cmnty Dev Dist FL Spl Assmt | 5.250 | 05/01/37 | 1,936,934 | ||||||||||
1,410 | Turnbull Creek Cmnty Dev Dist FL Spl Assmt | 5.800 | 05/01/35 | 861,087 | ||||||||||
1,412 | University Square Cmnty Dev Dist FL Cap Impt Rev (Acquired 10/07/99 and 09/07/00, Cost $1,998,270) (b) | 6.750 | 05/01/20 | 1,338,689 | ||||||||||
3,135 | Village Cmnty Dev Dist No 8, FL Spl Assmt Rev | 6.375 | 05/01/38 | 2,494,363 | ||||||||||
1,940 | West Vlgs Impt Dist FL Rev Spl Assmt Unit of Dev No 3 | 5.500 | 05/01/37 | 1,086,866 | ||||||||||
2,940 | West Vlgs Impt Dist FL Rev West Vlg Imp Dist | 5.500 | 05/01/38 | 1,637,698 | ||||||||||
1,945 | Winter Garden Vlg at Fowler Groves Cmnty Dev Dist FL Spl | 5.650 | 05/01/37 | 1,397,619 | ||||||||||
875 | World Comm Cmnty Dev Dist, Ser A1 | 6.250 | 05/01/22 | 453,154 | ||||||||||
1,630 | World Comm Cmnty Dev Dist, Ser A2 | 6.125 | 05/01/35 | 717,722 | ||||||||||
139,547,430 | ||||||||||||||
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Van Kampen Strategic Municipal Income Fund
Portfolio of Investments n March 31, 2009 (Unaudited) continued
Portfolio of Investments n March 31, 2009 (Unaudited) continued
Par | ||||||||||||||
Amount | ||||||||||||||
(000) | Description | Coupon | Maturity | Value | ||||||||||
Georgia 1.6% | ||||||||||||||
$ | 1,515 | Atlanta, GA Tax Alloc Atlantic Sta Proj (Prerefunded @ 12/01/11) | 7.750 | % | 12/01/14 | $ | 1,720,297 | |||||||
3,140 | Atlanta, GA Tax Alloc Princeton Lakes Proj (Acquired 03/10/06, 04/10/07, 04/11/07 and 04/12/07, Cost $3,182,509) (b) | 5.500 | 01/01/31 | 2,073,405 | ||||||||||
2,225 | Atlanta, GA Urban Residential Fin Auth Multi-Family Rev John Eagan Proj, Ser A (AMT) | 6.750 | 07/01/30 | 1,607,429 | ||||||||||
1,000 | Effingham Cnty, GA Dev Auth Solfort James Proj (AMT) | 5.625 | 07/01/18 | 675,100 | ||||||||||
3,500 | Fulton Cnty, GA Residential Care Sr Lien RHA Asstd Living, Ser A | 7.000 | 07/01/29 | 2,348,360 | ||||||||||
1,000 | Private Colleges & Univ Auth GA Mercer Hsg Corp Proj, Ser A | 6.000 | 06/01/21 | 854,810 | ||||||||||
2,930 | Renaissance on Peachtree Unit Invt Tr Ctf GA Custody Ctfs (a) | 6.000 | 10/01/25 | 1,885,543 | ||||||||||
2,500 | Rockdale Cnty, GA Dev Auth Proj Rev Visy Paper Proj, Ser A (AMT) | 6.125 | 01/01/34 | 1,631,850 | ||||||||||
1,245 | Savannah, GA Econ Dev Auth Rev First Mtg Marshes of Skidaway A | 6.250 | 01/01/12 | 1,161,112 | ||||||||||
2,245 | Savannah, GA Econ Dev Auth Rev First Mtg Marshes of Skidaway A | 6.850 | 01/01/19 | 1,898,305 | ||||||||||
15,856,211 | ||||||||||||||
Hawaii 0.4% | ||||||||||||||
2,500 | Hawaii St Dept Budget & Fin Spl Purp Rev Kahala Nui Proj, Ser A | 8.000 | 11/15/33 | 2,272,975 | ||||||||||
1,725 | Kuakini, HI Hlth Sys Spl Purp Rev, Ser A | 6.375 | 07/01/32 | 1,405,392 | ||||||||||
3,678,367 | ||||||||||||||
Idaho 0.2% | ||||||||||||||
2,290 | Gooding Cnty, ID Indl Dev Corp Solid Waste Disp Rev Intrepid Technology & Res Proj (AMT) (Acquired 11/03/06, Cost $2,290,000) (a) (b) (d) | 7.500 | 11/01/24 | 125,950 | ||||||||||
2,505 | Idaho Hlth Fac Auth Rev Rfdg Vly Vista Care Corp (a) | 6.125 | 11/15/37 | 1,603,876 | ||||||||||
1,729,826 | ||||||||||||||
Illinois 9.4% | ||||||||||||||
4,000 | Bolingbrook, IL Sales Tax Rev Bolingbrook | 6.250 | 01/01/24 | 2,320,400 | ||||||||||
2,000 | Bolingbrook, IL Spl Svc Area No 1 Spl Tax Forest City Tax Proj | 5.900 | 03/01/27 | 1,354,280 | ||||||||||
1,874 | Bolingbrook, IL Spl Svc Area No 3 Spl Tax Lakewood Ridge Proj (Prerefunded @ 3/01/11) | 7.050 | 03/01/31 | 2,085,575 | ||||||||||
910 | Bolingbrook, IL Unrefunded Balance Cap Apprec, Ser B (NATL Insd) | * | 01/01/29 | 272,682 | ||||||||||
735 | Cary, IL Spl Tax Svc Area No 1 Cambridge, Ser A (Prerefunded @ 3/01/10) | 7.625 | 03/01/30 | 794,439 |
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Portfolio of Investments n March 31, 2009 (Unaudited) continued
Par | ||||||||||||||
Amount | ||||||||||||||
(000) | Description | Coupon | Maturity | Value | ||||||||||
Illinois (Continued) | ||||||||||||||
$ | 1,730 | Chicago, IL Increment Alloc Rev Diversey Narragansett Proj | 7.460 | % | 02/15/26 | $ | 1,384,346 | |||||||
50 | Chicago, IL Proj Rfdg, Ser A (NATL Insd) (Prerefunded @ 1/01/11) | 5.500 | 01/01/38 | 54,508 | ||||||||||
520 | Chicago, IL Tax Increment Alloc Read Dunning, Ser B (ACA Insd) | 7.250 | 01/01/14 | 519,979 | ||||||||||
3,439 | Cortland, IL Spl Tax Rev Sheaffer Sys Proj (Acquired 05/02/06, Cost $3,439,000) (b) | 5.500 | 03/01/17 | 2,089,089 | ||||||||||
1,000 | Deerfield, IL Ed Fac Chicagoland Jewish High Sch Proj (a) | 5.850 | 05/01/26 | 742,020 | ||||||||||
2,000 | Deerfield, IL Ed Fac Chicagoland Jewish High Sch Proj (a) | 6.000 | 05/01/41 | 1,345,180 | ||||||||||
589 | Gilberts, IL Spl Svc Area No 9 Spl Tax Big Timber Proj (g) | 7.375 | 03/01/11 | 636,591 | ||||||||||
1,245 | Gilberts, IL Spl Svc Area No 9 Spl Tax Big Timber Proj (Prerefunded @ 3/01/11) | 7.750 | 03/01/27 | 1,424,230 | ||||||||||
1,500 | Godfrey, IL Rev Utd Methodist Vlg, Ser A (a) | 5.875 | 11/15/29 | 852,210 | ||||||||||
1,270 | Hampshire, IL Spl Svc Area No 16 Spl Tax Crown Dev Proj Prairie Ridge Proj, Ser A | 6.000 | 03/01/46 | 638,950 | ||||||||||
2,085 | Hampshire, IL Spl Svc Area No 17 Spl Tax Crown Dev Proj Oakstead, Ser A | 6.000 | 03/01/45 | 1,049,005 | ||||||||||
2,730 | Hampshire, IL Spl Svc Area No 19 Spl Tax Crown Dev Prairie Ridge East, Ser A | 6.000 | 03/01/46 | 1,373,490 | ||||||||||
2,700 | Hoopeston, IL Hosp Cap Impt Rev Hoopeston Cmnty Mem Hosp Impt & Rfdg (a) | 6.550 | 11/15/29 | 1,875,150 | ||||||||||
1,360 | Huntley, IL Increment Alloc Rev Huntley Redev Proj, Ser A | 8.500 | 12/01/15 | 1,359,592 | ||||||||||
1,500 | Illinois Dev Fin Auth Pollutn Ctl Rev Rfdg Cent IL, Ser C-1 (h) | 5.950 | 08/15/26 | 1,263,945 | ||||||||||
2,000 | Illinois Fin Auth Rev Christian Homes Inc Rfdg, Ser A | 5.750 | 05/15/26 | 1,384,920 | ||||||||||
8,000 | Illinois Fin Auth Rev Clare at Wtr Tower Proj, Ser A | 6.125 | 05/15/38 | 3,944,400 | ||||||||||
4,500 | Illinois Fin Auth Rev Clare Oaks Proj, Ser A | 6.000 | 11/15/39 | 2,661,255 | ||||||||||
1,205 | Illinois Fin Auth Rev Cmnty Fac Clinic Altgeld Proj | 8.000 | 11/15/16 | 1,101,322 | ||||||||||
11,790 | Illinois Fin Auth Rev Elmhurst Mem, Ser A | 5.625 | 01/01/37 | 8,469,229 | ||||||||||
1,000 | Illinois Fin Auth Rev Friendship Vlg Schaumburg A | 5.375 | 02/15/25 | 645,780 | ||||||||||
3,000 | Illinois Fin Auth Rev Landing at Plymouth Pl Proj, Ser A | 6.000 | 05/15/37 | 1,885,290 | ||||||||||
3,000 | Illinois Fin Auth Rev Luther Oaks Proj, Ser A | 6.000 | 08/15/26 | 2,090,430 | ||||||||||
2,000 | Illinois Fin Auth Rev Luther Oaks Proj, Ser A | 6.000 | 08/15/39 | 1,245,440 |
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Portfolio of Investments n March 31, 2009 (Unaudited) continued
Par | ||||||||||||||
Amount | ||||||||||||||
(000) | Description | Coupon | Maturity | Value | ||||||||||
Illinois (Continued) | ||||||||||||||
$ | 1,000 | Illinois Fin Auth Rev Montgomery Place Proj | 5.500 | % | 05/15/26 | $ | 663,200 | |||||||
2,580 | Illinois Fin Auth Rev Montgomery Place Proj, Ser A | 5.750 | 05/15/38 | 1,552,644 | ||||||||||
600 | Illinois Fin Auth Rev Norwegian Amern Hosp Inc (a) | 7.625 | 09/15/28 | 485,076 | ||||||||||
900 | Illinois Fin Auth Rev Norwegian Amern Hosp Inc (a) | 7.750 | 09/15/38 | 692,631 | ||||||||||
2,500 | Illinois Fin Auth Rev Rfdg Fairview Oblig Group, Ser A | 6.250 | 08/15/35 | 1,640,975 | ||||||||||
650 | Illinois Hlth Fac Auth Rev Loyola Univ Hlth Sys, Ser A (Prerefunded @ 7/01/11) | 6.000 | 07/01/21 | 709,683 | ||||||||||
250 | Illinois Hlth Fac Auth Rev Rfdg, Ser A | 6.200 | 08/15/23 | 185,167 | ||||||||||
1,125 | Illinois Hlth Fac Auth Rev Rfdg, Ser A | 6.400 | 08/15/33 | 760,275 | ||||||||||
400 | Illinois Hlth Fac Auth Rev Silver Cross | 5.500 | 08/15/19 | 391,172 | ||||||||||
8,700 | Illinois St Toll Hwy Auth Rev, Ser B (c) | 5.500 | 01/01/33 | 8,899,317 | ||||||||||
80 | Lake, Cook, Kane & McHenry Cntys, IL Cmnty Unit Sch Dist No 22 (NATL Insd) | 5.750 | 12/01/19 | 84,401 | ||||||||||
2,161 | Manhattan, IL No 04-1 Brookstone Springs Proj | 6.100 | 03/01/35 | 1,320,954 | ||||||||||
974 | Minooka, IL Spl Assmt Impt Lakewood Trails Unit 2 Proj | 6.375 | 03/01/34 | 652,823 | ||||||||||
1,170 | Montgomery, IL Spl Assmt Impt Lakewood Creek Proj (Prerefunded @ 3/01/11) | 7.750 | 03/01/30 | 1,297,507 | ||||||||||
2,966 | Pingree Grove, IL Spl Svc Area No 2 Spl Tax Cambridge Lakes Proj, Ser 05-2 | 6.000 | 03/01/35 | 1,674,159 | ||||||||||
2,231 | Pingree Grove, IL Spl Svc Area No 7 Spl Tax Cambridge Lakes Proj, Ser 06-1 | 6.000 | 03/01/36 | 1,252,930 | ||||||||||
1,600 | Pingree Grove Vlg, IL Rev Cambridge Lakes Learning Ctr | 6.000 | 06/01/36 | 1,055,984 | ||||||||||
1,945 | Plano, IL Spl Svc Area No 1 Lakewood Springs Proj, Ser A | 6.200 | 03/01/34 | 1,312,564 | ||||||||||
1,815 | Plano, IL Spl Svc Area No 6 Spl Tax Lakewood Springs Club Proj | 5.800 | 03/01/37 | 950,806 | ||||||||||
1,370 | Quad Cities Reg Econ Dev Auth IL Multi-Family Hsg Heritage Woods Moline Slf Proj (AMT) | 6.000 | 12/01/41 | 876,827 | ||||||||||
2,095 | Regional Tran Auth IL, Ser B (AMBAC Insd) | 8.000 | 06/01/17 | 2,725,658 | ||||||||||
905 | Sterling, IL Rev Hoosier Care Proj, Ser A (a) | 7.125 | 06/01/34 | 666,768 | ||||||||||
4,000 | Upper IL Riv Vy Dev Auth Multi-Family Hsg Rev Living Springs Mchenry Slf Proj (AMT) | 6.100 | 12/01/41 | 2,599,640 | ||||||||||
1,921 | Volo Vlg, IL Spl Svc Area No 3 Symphony Meadows Proj, Ser 1 | 6.000 | 03/01/36 | 1,098,044 | ||||||||||
3,135 | Wheeling, IL Tax Increment Rev N Milwaukee/Lake Cook TIF Proj | 6.000 | 01/01/25 | 2,373,258 |
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Portfolio of Investments n March 31, 2009 (Unaudited) continued
Par | ||||||||||||||
Amount | ||||||||||||||
(000) | Description | Coupon | Maturity | Value | ||||||||||
Illinois (Continued) | ||||||||||||||
$ | 2,500 | Will-Kankakee Regl Dev Auth IL Multi-Family Hsg Rev Sr Estates Supportive Living (AMT) | 7.000 | % | 12/01/42 | $ | 1,833,275 | |||||||
1,405 | Yorkville, IL Utd City Business Dist Rev Storm Wtr Impt Proj (a) | 6.000 | 01/01/26 | 606,637 | ||||||||||
385 | Yorkville, IL Utd City Business Dist Rev Storm Wtr Impt Proj (a) | 6.000 | 01/01/27 | 163,575 | ||||||||||
5,597 | Yorkville, IL Utd City Spl Svc Area Spl Tax No 2004-107 Raintree Vlg IL Proj | 6.250 | 03/01/35 | 3,670,345 | ||||||||||
1,550 | Yorkville, IL Utd City Spl Svc Area Spl Tax No 2006-113 Cannonball/Beecher | 5.750 | 03/01/28 | 834,070 | ||||||||||
1,891 | Yorkville, IL Utd City Spl Svc Area Spl Tax No 4 104 MPI Grade Res Proj | 6.375 | 03/01/34 | 1,152,451 | ||||||||||
91,046,543 | ||||||||||||||
Indiana 1.4% | ||||||||||||||
1,820 | Indiana Hlth Fac Fin Auth Rev Hoosier Care Proj, Ser A (a) | 7.125 | 06/01/34 | 1,340,903 | ||||||||||
5,500 | Indiana Hlth Fac Hosp Rev Cmnty Fndtn Northwest IN, Ser A | 6.000 | 03/01/34 | 4,577,925 | ||||||||||
3,300 | Indianapolis, IN Arpt Auth Rev Rfdg Spl Fac Fed Ex Corp Proj (AMT) | 5.100 | 01/15/17 | 2,914,428 | ||||||||||
1,759 | Portage, IN Spl Impt Dist Rev Marina Shores Proj (a) | 6.375 | 03/01/35 | 971,549 | ||||||||||
4,000 | Vigo Cnty, IN Hosp Auth Rev Union Hosp Inc (f) | 5.700 | 09/01/37 | 2,600,240 | ||||||||||
2,000 | Vigo Cnty, IN Hosp Auth Rev Union Hosp Inc (f) | 5.750 | 09/01/42 | 1,258,600 | ||||||||||
500 | Vigo Cnty, IN Hosp Auth Rev Union Hosp Inc (f) | 5.800 | 09/01/47 | 312,900 | ||||||||||
13,976,545 | ||||||||||||||
Iowa 1.6% | ||||||||||||||
600 | Altoona, IA Urban Renewal Tax Increment Rev Annual Appropriation | 6.000 | 06/01/28 | 543,882 | ||||||||||
1,500 | Altoona, IA Urban Renewal Tax Increment Rev Annual Appropriation | 6.000 | 06/01/39 | 1,294,935 | ||||||||||
1,650 | Altoona, IA Urban Renewal Tax Increment Rev Annual Appropriation | 6.000 | 06/01/43 | 1,414,957 | ||||||||||
3,635 | Des Moines Iowa Multi-family Hsg Rev Rfdg Luther Pk Apts Inc, Ser A (Acquired 04/05/07, Cost $3,635,000) (b) | 5.300 | 12/01/36 | 2,175,075 | ||||||||||
2,000 | Estherville, IA Hosp Rev Avera Holy Family Proj | 6.250 | 07/01/26 | 2,017,260 | ||||||||||
355 | Evansdale, IA Hlthcare Westn Home Proj | 6.000 | 11/01/26 | 246,867 | ||||||||||
3,205 | Evansdale, IA Hlthcare Westn Home Proj, Ser A | 6.000 | 11/01/26 | 2,228,757 |
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Portfolio of Investments n March 31, 2009 (Unaudited) continued
Par | ||||||||||||||
Amount | ||||||||||||||
(000) | Description | Coupon | Maturity | Value | ||||||||||
Iowa (Continued) | ||||||||||||||
$ | 500 | Iowa Fin Auth Retirement Cmnty Friendship Haven Proj, Ser A | 5.750 | % | 11/15/19 | $ | 398,720 | |||||||
500 | Iowa Fin Auth Retirement Cmnty Friendship Haven Proj, Ser A | 6.000 | 11/15/24 | 371,185 | ||||||||||
350 | Iowa Fin Auth Sr Hsg Rev Rfdg Bethany Life Cmnty Proj A | 5.450 | 11/01/26 | 226,622 | ||||||||||
1,000 | Iowa Fin Auth Sr Hsg Rev Rfdg Bethany Life Cmnty Proj A | 5.550 | 11/01/41 | 563,840 | ||||||||||
1,900 | Iowa Fin Auth Sr Living Fac Rev Deerfield Ret Cmnty Inc, Ser A | 5.500 | 11/15/37 | 1,095,445 | ||||||||||
2,300 | Jefferson Cnty, IA Hosp Rev Jefferson Cnty Hosp Proj, Ser C | 5.950 | 08/01/37 | 1,439,156 | ||||||||||
1,000 | Polk Cnty, IA Hlthcare Fac Rev Luther Pk Hlth Ctr Inc Proj | 6.150 | 10/01/36 | 645,760 | ||||||||||
2,000 | Pottawattamie Cnty Iowa Rev Rfdg Christian Homes Inc, Ser E | 5.750 | 05/15/31 | 1,293,880 | ||||||||||
15,956,341 | ||||||||||||||
Kansas 0.3% | ||||||||||||||
1,000 | Olathe, KS Sr Living Fac Rev Catholic Care Campus Inc, Ser A | 6.000 | 11/15/38 | 650,570 | ||||||||||
1,500 | Overland Pk, KS Dev Corp Rev First Tier Overland Pk, Ser A (Prerefunded @ 1/01/11) | 7.375 | 01/01/32 | 1,651,740 | ||||||||||
1,570 | Overland Pk, KS Trans Dev Dist Spl Assmt Grass Creek Proj | 5.125 | 09/01/28 | 1,019,385 | ||||||||||
3,321,695 | ||||||||||||||
Louisiana 1.4% | ||||||||||||||
3,548 | Lakeshore Vlg Master Cmnty Dev Dist LA Spl Assmt | 5.250 | 07/01/17 | 2,709,253 | ||||||||||
5,850 | Louisiana Pub Fac Auth Hosp Rev Rfdg Lake Charles Mem Hosp (f) | 6.375 | 12/01/34 | 3,930,673 | ||||||||||
1,500 | Louisiana Pub Fac Auth Rev Progressive Hlthcare (a) | 6.375 | 10/01/20 | 1,149,705 | ||||||||||
1,000 | Louisiana Pub Fac Auth Rev Progressive Hlthcare (a) | 6.375 | 10/01/28 | 699,740 | ||||||||||
2,534 | Louisiana St Univ & Agric & Mechanical College Univ Rev Master Agreement (Acquired 11/30/98, Cost $2,534,303) (a) (b) | 5.750 | 10/30/18 | 2,156,692 | ||||||||||
3,525 | Saint John Baptist Parish LA Rev Marathon Oil Corp, Ser A | 5.125 | 06/01/37 | 2,469,404 | ||||||||||
13,115,467 | ||||||||||||||
Maryland 2.1% | ||||||||||||||
3,000 | Baltimore, MD Spl Oblig Spc Oblig, Ser A | 7.000 | 09/01/38 | 2,223,930 | ||||||||||
4,700 | Brunswick, MD Spl Oblg Brunswick Crossing Spl Taxing | 5.500 | 07/01/36 | 2,678,812 |
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Portfolio of Investments n March 31, 2009 (Unaudited) continued
Par | ||||||||||||||
Amount | ||||||||||||||
(000) | Description | Coupon | Maturity | Value | ||||||||||
Maryland (Continued) | ||||||||||||||
$ | 4,000 | Frederick Cnty, MD Spl Oblig Urbana Cmnty Dev Auth, Ser A | 5.950 | % | 07/01/30 | $ | 2,549,640 | |||||||
967 | Frederick Cnty, MD Spl Oblig Urbana Cmnty Dev Auth, Ser B | 6.250 | 07/01/30 | 629,507 | ||||||||||
1,140 | Maryland St Econ Dev Corp MD Golf Course Sys (Prerefunded @ 6/01/11) | 8.250 | 06/01/28 | 1,309,814 | ||||||||||
1,500 | Maryland St Econ Dev Corp Sr Lien Proj Chesapeake Bay, Ser B | 5.250 | 12/01/31 | 789,750 | ||||||||||
1,155 | Maryland St Hlth & Higher Ed Fac Auth Rev King Farm Presbyterian Cmnty A | 5.250 | 01/01/27 | 676,495 | ||||||||||
1,750 | Maryland St Hlth & Higher Ed Fac Auth Rev King Farm Presbyterian Cmnty A | 5.300 | 01/01/37 | 918,628 | ||||||||||
5,255 | Maryland St Hlth & Higher Ed Fac Auth Rev Washington Cnty Hosp | 6.000 | 01/01/43 | 4,035,998 | ||||||||||
1,500 | Maryland St Hlth & Higher Edl Fac Auth Rev Washington Christian Academy | 5.500 | 07/01/38 | 769,635 | ||||||||||
3,000 | Montgomery Cnty, MD Econ Dev Editorial Proj In Ed, Ser A (Acquired 09/28/98, Cost $3,000,000) (a) (b) | 6.400 | 09/01/28 | 1,829,580 | ||||||||||
1,000 | Westminster, MD Econ Dev Carroll Lutheran Vlg, Ser A | 6.000 | 05/01/24 | 733,520 | ||||||||||
1,500 | Westminster, MD Econ Dev Carroll Lutheran Vlg, Ser A | 6.250 | 05/01/34 | 1,001,265 | ||||||||||
20,146,574 | ||||||||||||||
Massachusetts 1.7% | ||||||||||||||
1,000 | Massachusetts St Dev Fin Agy Briarwood, Ser B (Prerefunded @ 12/01/10) | 8.000 | 12/01/22 | 1,123,940 | ||||||||||
250 | Massachusetts St Dev Fin Agy Rev Evergreen Ctr Inc | 5.000 | 01/01/24 | 174,647 | ||||||||||
500 | Massachusetts St Dev Fin Agy Rev Evergreen Ctr Inc | 5.500 | 01/01/35 | 332,290 | ||||||||||
1,820 | Massachusetts St Dev Fin Agy Rev Hillcrest Ed Ctr Inc (a) | 6.375 | 07/01/29 | 1,314,277 | ||||||||||
2,815 | Massachusetts St Dev Fin Agy Rev Hlthcare Fac Alliance, Ser A | 7.100 | 07/01/32 | 2,150,575 | ||||||||||
1,000 | Massachusetts St Dev Fin Agy Rev MCHSP Human Svc Providers, Ser A (Prerefunded @ 7/01/10) | 8.000 | 07/01/20 | 1,097,720 | ||||||||||
3,440 | Massachusetts St Dev Fin Agy Rev New England Ctr for Children | 6.000 | 11/01/19 | 2,757,745 | ||||||||||
4,875 | Massachusetts St Dev Fin Agy Rev Rfdg First Mtg Reeds Accd Invt (a) | 5.750 | 10/01/31 | 2,536,950 | ||||||||||
780 | Massachusetts St Hlth & Ed Fac Auth Rev Nichols College Issue, Ser C | 6.000 | 10/01/17 | 684,450 | ||||||||||
1,000 | Massachusetts St Hlth & Ed Fac Auth Rev Northn Berkshire Hlth, Ser B | 6.250 | 07/01/24 | 745,000 |
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Portfolio of Investments n March 31, 2009 (Unaudited) continued
Par | ||||||||||||||
Amount | ||||||||||||||
(000) | Description | Coupon | Maturity | Value | ||||||||||
Massachusetts (Continued) | ||||||||||||||
$ | 415 | Massachusetts St Indl Fin Agy Rev First Mtg GF/Pilgrim Inc Proj | 6.500 | % | 10/01/15 | $ | 377,758 | |||||||
2,000 | Massachusetts St Indl Fin Agy Rev First Mtg GF/Pilgrim Inc Proj | 6.750 | 10/01/28 | 1,458,300 | ||||||||||
1,500 | Massachusetts St Indl Fin Agy Rev Swr Fac Res Ctl Composting (AMT) (Acquired 08/10/89, Cost $1,500,000) (a) (b) | 9.250 | 06/01/10 | 1,507,320 | ||||||||||
16,260,972 | ||||||||||||||
Michigan 2.4% | ||||||||||||||
2,500 | Chelsea, MI Econ Dev Corp Rev Utd Methodist Retirement Rfdg | 5.400 | 11/15/27 | 1,907,300 | ||||||||||
1,700 | Dearborn, MI Econ Dev Corp Rev Rfdg Ltd Oblig Henry Ford Vlg | 7.000 | 11/15/28 | 1,348,049 | ||||||||||
1,800 | Dearborn, MI Econ Dev Corp Rev Rfdg Ltd Oblig Henry Ford Vlg | 7.125 | 11/15/43 | 1,371,384 | ||||||||||
2,035 | East Lansing MI Econ Dev Corp Ltd Oblig Rev First Mtg Burcham Hills B1 | 5.250 | 07/01/37 | 1,169,087 | ||||||||||
1,000 | Gaylord, MI Hosp Fin Auth Ltd Oblig Rev Otsego Mem Hosp Rfdg | 6.500 | 01/01/31 | 729,900 | ||||||||||
1,040 | Kent Hosp Fin Auth MI Rev Metro Hosp Proj, Ser A | 6.250 | 07/01/40 | 731,515 | ||||||||||
5,610 | Michigan St Hosp Fin Auth Rev Henry Ford Hlth Sys Rfdg, Ser A | 5.250 | 11/15/46 | 4,154,710 | ||||||||||
2,000 | Michigan St Hosp Fin Auth Rev Presbyterian Vlg Rfdg | 5.500 | 11/15/35 | 1,173,320 | ||||||||||
1,500 | Michigan St Hosp Fin Auth Rev Rfdg Presbyterian Vlg | 5.250 | 11/15/25 | 977,295 | ||||||||||
3,060 | Michigan St Strategic Fd Ltd Oblig Rev Detroit Edison Co Proj Rfdg, Ser A (Syncora Gtd) (AMT) | 5.500 | 06/01/30 | 2,553,846 | ||||||||||
8,500 | Michigan Tob Settlement Fin Auth Tob Settlement Asset Sr, Ser A | 6.000 | 06/01/48 | 4,800,290 | ||||||||||
5,120 | Wenonah Pk Ppty Inc Bay City Hotel Rev Bd (a) | 7.500 | 04/01/33 | 2,469,888 | ||||||||||
23,386,584 | ||||||||||||||
Minnesota 5.4% | ||||||||||||||
2,000 | Aitkin, MN Hlth Fac Rev Riverwood Hlthcare Ctr Proj (Prerefunded @ 2/01/11) | 7.750 | 02/01/31 | 2,249,220 | ||||||||||
1,200 | Aitkin, MN Hlthcare Fac Rev Rfdg Riverwood Hlthcare Ctr | 5.600 | 02/01/32 | 795,036 | ||||||||||
2,175 | Brooklyn Park, MN Lease Rev Prairie Seeds Academy Proj, Ser A | 9.250 | 03/01/39 | 2,182,373 | ||||||||||
1,000 | Cambridge, MN Hsg & Hlthcare Fac Rev Grandview West Proj, Ser B | 6.000 | 10/01/33 | 685,200 | ||||||||||
1,895 | Carlton, MN Hlth & Hsg Fac Inter Faith Social Svc Inc Proj | 7.500 | 04/01/19 | 2,037,504 |
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Portfolio of Investments n March 31, 2009 (Unaudited) continued
Par | ||||||||||||||
Amount | ||||||||||||||
(000) | Description | Coupon | Maturity | Value | ||||||||||
Minnesota (Continued) | ||||||||||||||
$ | 2,000 | Carlton, MN Hlth & Hsg Fac Inter Faith Social Svc Inc Proj (Prerefunded @ 4/01/10) | 7.750 | % | 04/01/29 | $ | 2,174,560 | |||||||
2,700 | Carlton, MN Hlthcare & Hsg Fac Rev Rfdg Inter Faith Care Ctr Proj | 5.700 | 04/01/36 | 1,668,573 | ||||||||||
1,500 | Columbia Heights, MN Multi-Family & Hlthcare Fac Rev Rfdg Crest View Corp Proj A | 5.700 | 07/01/42 | 953,070 | ||||||||||
1,000 | Cuyuna, MN Sr Hsg Rev Crosby Sr Svcs Proj, Ser B | 6.100 | 10/01/47 | 664,940 | ||||||||||
4,800 | Dakota Cnty, MN Cmnty Dev Agy Multi-Family Hsg Rev Highview Hills Sr Hsg Proj, Ser A | 7.000 | 08/01/45 | 3,607,632 | ||||||||||
560 | Duluth, MN Econ Dev Auth Hlthcare Fac Rev Saint Luke’s Hosp | 6.000 | 06/15/12 | 552,026 | ||||||||||
1,500 | Duluth, MN Econ Dev Auth Hlthcare Fac Rev Saint Luke’s Hosp | 7.250 | 06/15/32 | 1,207,965 | ||||||||||
2,000 | Glencoe, MN Hlthcare Fac Rev (Prerefunded @ 4/01/11) | 7.500 | 04/01/31 | 2,267,580 | ||||||||||
3,000 | Minneapolis, MN Hsg & Hlthcare Fac Rev Rfdg Providence Proj, Ser A | 5.750 | 10/01/37 | 1,937,580 | ||||||||||
1,400 | Minneapolis, MN Student Hsg Rev Riverton Cmnty Hsg Proj, Ser A | 5.600 | 08/01/26 | 1,032,472 | ||||||||||
3,100 | Minneapolis, MN Student Hsg Rev Riverton Cmnty Hsg Proj, Ser A | 5.700 | 08/01/40 | 2,054,339 | ||||||||||
1,000 | Minneapolis, MN Tax Increment Rev Ivy Tower Proj | 5.700 | 02/01/29 | 622,650 | ||||||||||
3,770 | Moorhead, MN Sr Hsg Rev Sheyenne Crossing Proj | 5.650 | 04/01/41 | 2,382,715 | ||||||||||
2,150 | New Ulm, MN Econ Dev Auth Hsg Fac Rev Rfdg HADC Ridgeway Proj, Ser A (GTY AGMT) | 6.000 | 06/01/41 | 1,461,506 | ||||||||||
850 | Northwest, MN Multi-Cnty Hsg & Redev Auth Govt Hsg Rev Pooled Hsg Prog Rfdg | 5.250 | 07/01/26 | 577,490 | ||||||||||
2,340 | Northwest, MN Multi-Cnty Hsg & Redev Auth Govt Hsg Rev Pooled Hsg Prog Rfdg | 5.450 | 07/01/41 | 1,428,032 | ||||||||||
2,500 | Northwest, MN Multi-Cnty Hsg & Redev Auth Govt Hsg Rev Pooled Hsg Prog Rfdg, Ser A | 6.250 | 07/01/40 | 1,734,000 | ||||||||||
1,500 | Oakdale, MN Rev Sr Hsg Oak Meadows Proj Rfdg | 6.250 | 04/01/34 | 1,058,205 | ||||||||||
1,100 | Pine City, MN Lease Rev Lakes Intl Language Academy, Ser A | 6.250 | 05/01/35 | 781,352 | ||||||||||
1,425 | Ramsey, MN Lease Rev Pact Charter Sch Proj, Ser A | 6.750 | 12/01/33 | 1,092,120 | ||||||||||
1,500 | Saint Cloud, MN Hsg & Redev Auth Sterling Heights Apt Proj (AMT) (a) | 7.550 | 04/01/39 | 1,200,120 | ||||||||||
975 | Saint Paul, MN Hsg & Redev Auth Higher Ground Academy Rfdg, Ser A | 6.625 | 12/01/23 | 815,139 |
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Par | ||||||||||||||
Amount | ||||||||||||||
(000) | Description | Coupon | Maturity | Value | ||||||||||
Minnesota (Continued) | ||||||||||||||
$ | 400 | Saint Paul, MN Hsg & Redev Auth Hmong Academy Proj, Ser A | 5.750 | % | 09/01/26 | $ | 290,160 | |||||||
3,000 | Saint Paul, MN Hsg & Redev Auth Hosp Rev Hlth East Proj | 6.000 | 11/15/30 | 2,212,830 | ||||||||||
2,185 | Saint Paul, MN Hsg & Redev Auth Lease Rev Hope Cmnty Academy Proj | 6.250 | 12/01/33 | 1,562,646 | ||||||||||
2,000 | Saint Paul, MN Hsg & Redev Auth Lse Rev Hmong Academy Proj, Ser A | 6.000 | 09/01/36 | 1,363,960 | ||||||||||
1,000 | Saint Paul, MN Hsg & Redev Auth Rfdg Marian Ctr Proj A | 5.300 | 11/01/30 | 614,490 | ||||||||||
3,990 | Saint Paul, MN Hsg & Redev Auth Rfdg Marian Ctr Proj A | 5.375 | 05/01/43 | 2,282,799 | ||||||||||
1,000 | Saint Paul, MN Hsg & Redev Cmnty of Peace Academy Proj, Ser A (Prerefunded @ 12/01/10) | 7.875 | 12/01/30 | 1,131,430 | ||||||||||
1,250 | Saint Paul, MN Port Auth Lease Rev Hltheast Midway Campus 03, Ser A | 5.875 | 05/01/30 | 909,975 | ||||||||||
700 | Saint Paul, MN Port Auth Lease Rev Hltheast Midway Campus 03, Ser B | 6.000 | 05/01/30 | 517,965 | ||||||||||
1,000 | Vadnais Heights, MN Lease Rev Agric & Food Sciences, Ser A | 6.375 | 12/01/24 | 765,090 | ||||||||||
1,000 | Vadnais Heights, MN Lease Rev Agric & Food Sciences, Ser A | 6.600 | 12/01/34 | 711,680 | ||||||||||
1,450 | Winona, MN Hlthcare Winona Hlth, Ser A | 6.000 | 07/01/34 | 1,234,559 | ||||||||||
52,820,983 | ||||||||||||||
Mississippi 0.3% | ||||||||||||||
615 | Mississippi Biss Fin Corp Rev Bldg, Ser 2004 (AMT) | 7.250 | 07/01/34 | 460,574 | ||||||||||
1,790 | Mississippi Home Corp Rev Grove Apts Proj, Ser 1 (AMT) (a) | 6.250 | 04/01/37 | 1,186,698 | ||||||||||
2,000 | Mississippi Home Corp Rev Kirkwood Apts Proj (AMT) (a) | 6.800 | 11/01/37 | 1,399,120 | ||||||||||
3,046,392 | ||||||||||||||
Missouri 3.2% | ||||||||||||||
1,455 | Branson Hills Infrastructure Fac Cmnty Impt Dist MO Spl, Ser A | 5.500 | 04/01/22 | 1,112,173 | ||||||||||
1,500 | Branson Hills Infrastructure Fac Cmnty Impt Dist MO Spl, Ser A | 5.500 | 04/01/27 | 1,036,770 | ||||||||||
4,750 | Branson, MO Regl Arpt Transn Dev Dist Arpt Rev, Ser B (AMT) | 6.000 | 07/01/37 | 2,700,612 | ||||||||||
1,500 | Carthage, MO Hosp Rev | 5.875 | 04/01/30 | 981,705 | ||||||||||
8,500 | Carthage, MO Hosp Rev | 6.000 | 04/01/38 | 5,266,090 | ||||||||||
250 | Cole Cnty, MO Indl Dev Auth Sr Living Fac Rev Lutheran Sr Svc Heisinger Proj | 5.500 | 02/01/35 | 181,402 | ||||||||||
960 | Fenton, MO Tax Increment Rev & Impt Gravois Bluffs Proj Rfdg (Prerefunded @ 10/01/11) | 7.000 | 10/01/21 | 1,099,997 |
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Par | ||||||||||||||
Amount | ||||||||||||||
(000) | Description | Coupon | Maturity | Value | ||||||||||
Missouri (Continued) | ||||||||||||||
$ | 910 | Fenton, MO Tax Increment Rev & Impt Gravois Bluffs Proj Rfdg (Prerefunded @ 10/01/12) | 6.125 | % | 10/01/21 | $ | 1,047,101 | |||||||
1,000 | Ferguson, MO Tax Increment Rev Crossings at Halls Ferry Proj (a) | 5.000 | 04/01/17 | 838,560 | ||||||||||
1,750 | Kansas City, MO Indl Dev Auth First Mtg Bishop Spencer, Ser A | 6.250 | 01/01/24 | 1,288,297 | ||||||||||
1,500 | Kansas City, MO Indl Dev Auth First Mtg Bishop Spencer, Ser A | 6.500 | 01/01/35 | 1,030,920 | ||||||||||
952 | Kansas City, MO Indl Dev Auth Multi-Family Hsg Rev Brentwood Manor Apt Proj, Ser B (AMT) (a) | 7.250 | 10/15/38 | 741,008 | ||||||||||
3,000 | Kansas City, MO Indl Dev Plaza Lib Proj | 5.900 | 03/01/24 | 2,325,060 | ||||||||||
1,665 | Kansas City, MO Multi-Family Hsg Rev Northwoods Apts Proj, Ser A (AMT) (a) | 6.450 | 05/01/40 | 1,173,475 | ||||||||||
2,220 | Nevada, MO Hosp Rev Nevada Regl Med Ctr (Prerefunded @ 10/01/11) | 6.750 | 10/01/22 | 2,550,958 | ||||||||||
2,750 | Saint Joseph, MO Indl Dev Auth Hlthcare Rev Living Cmnty Saint Joseph Proj | 7.000 | 08/15/32 | 2,141,123 | ||||||||||
1,270 | Saint Louis Cnty, MO Indl Dev Auth Sr Living Fac Rev Saint Andrews Res for Srs, Ser A | 6.375 | 12/01/30 | 921,042 | ||||||||||
1,630 | Saint Louis Cnty, MO Indl Dev Auth Sr Living Fac Rev Saint Andrews Res for Srs, Ser A | 6.375 | 12/01/41 | 1,111,807 | ||||||||||
4,615 | Saline Cnty, MO Indl Dev Auth Hlth Fac Rev (Acquired 01/12/99, Cost $4,526,310) (b) | 6.500 | 12/01/28 | 3,468,957 | ||||||||||
31,017,057 | ||||||||||||||
Montana 0.2% | ||||||||||||||
1,000 | Montana Fac Fin Auth Rev Sr Living Saint Johns Lutheran, Ser A | 6.000 | 05/15/25 | 723,370 | ||||||||||
2,000 | Montana Fac Fin Auth Rev Sr Living Saint Johns Lutheran, Ser A | 6.125 | 05/15/36 | 1,288,040 | ||||||||||
2,011,410 | ||||||||||||||
Nevada 1.1% | ||||||||||||||
2,400 | Director St NV Dept Business & Industry Las Vegas Monorail Proj Second Tier (a) (d) | 7.375 | 01/01/40 | 191,520 | ||||||||||
3,600 | Henderson, NV Loc Impt Dist No T 18 (a) | 5.300 | 09/01/35 | 1,294,740 | ||||||||||
970 | Las Vegas, NV Loc Impt Bds Spl Impt Dist No 607 | 6.000 | 06/01/19 | 709,031 | ||||||||||
2,700 | Las Vegas, NV Redev Agy Tax Increment Rev, Ser A | 8.000 | 06/15/30 | 2,715,363 | ||||||||||
5,425 | Reno, NV Redev Agy Tax Alloc Sub Lien, Ser C | 5.400 | 06/01/27 | 3,451,277 |
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Par | ||||||||||||||
Amount | ||||||||||||||
(000) | Description | Coupon | Maturity | Value | ||||||||||
Nevada (Continued) | ||||||||||||||
$ | 1,000 | Sparks Nev Loc Impt Dists Ltd Oblig Dist No 3 | 6.500 | % | 09/01/20 | $ | 821,010 | |||||||
2,000 | Sparks Nev Loc Impt Dists Ltd Oblig Dist No 3 | 6.750 | 09/01/27 | 1,517,200 | ||||||||||
10,700,141 | ||||||||||||||
New Hampshire 0.3% | ||||||||||||||
1,690 | New Hampshire Hlth & Ed Fac Auth Rev Huntington at Nashua, Ser A | 6.875 | 05/01/33 | 1,436,770 | ||||||||||
1,500 | New Hampshire Hlth & Ed Fac Speare Mem Hosp | 5.875 | 07/01/34 | 1,108,425 | ||||||||||
2,545,195 | ||||||||||||||
New Jersey 2.2% | ||||||||||||||
1,200 | New Jersey Econ Dev Auth Econ Dev Rev Kullman Assoc Proj, Ser A (AMT) (a) | 6.125 | 06/01/18 | 917,724 | ||||||||||
2,000 | New Jersey Econ Dev Auth First Mtg Franciscan Oaks Proj | 5.700 | 10/01/17 | 1,676,240 | ||||||||||
750 | New Jersey Econ Dev Auth First Mtg Seashore Gardens Proj | 5.300 | 11/01/26 | 488,475 | ||||||||||
900 | New Jersey Econ Dev Auth First Mtg Seashore Gardens Proj | 5.375 | 11/01/36 | 516,483 | ||||||||||
1,000 | New Jersey Econ Dev Auth Retirement Cmnty Rev, Ser A (Prerefunded @ 11/15/10) | 8.000 | 11/15/15 | 1,118,190 | ||||||||||
1,440 | New Jersey Econ Dev Auth Retirement Cmnty Rev, Ser A (Prerefunded @ 11/15/10) | 8.125 | 11/15/23 | 1,612,944 | ||||||||||
710 | New Jersey Econ Dev Auth Rev First Mtg Lions Gate Proj A | 5.750 | 01/01/25 | 542,355 | ||||||||||
1,230 | New Jersey Econ Dev Auth Rev First Mtg Lions Gate Proj A | 5.875 | 01/01/37 | 848,122 | ||||||||||
2,000 | New Jersey Econ Dev Auth Rev Sr Living Fac Esplanade Bear (AMT) (a) | 7.000 | 06/01/39 | 1,415,000 | ||||||||||
1,500 | New Jersey Econ Dev Auth Rev Unrefunded Bal Sr Mtg Arbor, Ser A | 6.000 | 05/15/28 | 1,036,380 | ||||||||||
900 | New Jersey Econ Dev Auth Spl Fac Rev Contl Airl Inc Proj (AMT) | 6.250 | 09/15/19 | 603,675 | ||||||||||
4,200 | New Jersey Econ Dev Auth Spl Fac Rev Contl Airl Inc Proj (AMT) | 6.250 | 09/15/29 | 2,389,968 | ||||||||||
3,000 | New Jersey Econ Dev Auth Utd Methodist Homes NJ Oblig | 5.750 | 07/01/29 | 2,026,980 | ||||||||||
900 | New Jersey Hlthcare Fac Fin Auth Rev Avalon at Hillsborough, Ser A (AMT) | 6.375 | 07/01/25 | 655,425 | ||||||||||
575 | New Jersey Hlthcare Fac Fin Auth Rev Avalon at Hillsborough, Ser A (AMT) | 6.625 | 07/01/35 | 388,712 | ||||||||||
555 | New Jersey Hlthcare Fac Fin Auth Rev Raritan Bay Med Ctr Issue Rfdg (a) | 7.250 | 07/01/14 | 513,752 |
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Par | ||||||||||||||
Amount | ||||||||||||||
(000) | Description | Coupon | Maturity | Value | ||||||||||
New Jersey (Continued) | ||||||||||||||
$ | 3,390 | New Jersey Hlthcare Fac Fin Auth Rev Saint Joseph’s Hlthcare Sys | 6.625 | % | 07/01/38 | $ | 2,458,021 | |||||||
3,000 | New Jersey Hlthcare Fac Fin Inst Inc Cherry Hill Proj | 8.000 | 07/01/27 | 2,326,740 | ||||||||||
21,535,186 | ||||||||||||||
New Mexico 0.4% | ||||||||||||||
1,505 | Cabezon Pub Impt Dist NM Spl Leverage Rev | 6.000 | 09/01/24 | 1,058,948 | ||||||||||
960 | New Mexico Hsg Auth Region lll Sr Brentwood Gardens Apt, Ser A (AMT) (a) | 6.850 | 12/01/31 | 751,939 | ||||||||||
2,000 | New Mexico St Hosp Equip Ln Council Hosp Rev Rehoboth Proj Rfdg, Ser A | 5.250 | 08/15/26 | 1,233,940 | ||||||||||
750 | Ventana West Pub Impt Dist NM | 6.875 | 08/01/33 | 524,693 | ||||||||||
3,569,520 | ||||||||||||||
New York 5.0% | ||||||||||||||
1,400 | Brookhaven, NY Indl Dev Agy Sr Residential Hsg Rev Woodcrest Estates Fac, Ser A (AMT) | 6.375 | 12/01/37 | 1,015,420 | ||||||||||
3,180 | Dutchess Cnty, NY Indl Dev Agy Saint Francis Hosp Rfdg, Ser A | 7.500 | 03/01/29 | 2,822,822 | ||||||||||
1,530 | Monroe Cnty, NY Indl Dev Agy Woodland Vlg Proj (Prerefunded @ 11/15/10) | 8.000 | 11/15/15 | 1,681,287 | ||||||||||
3,900 | Nassau Cnty, NY Indl Dev Agy Continuing Care Retirement Amsterdam at Harborside, Ser A | 6.700 | 01/01/43 | 2,971,527 | ||||||||||
15,780 | New York City Indl Dev Agy Rev Liberty 7 World Trade Ctr, Ser A | 6.250 | 03/01/15 | 13,241,945 | ||||||||||
5,000 | New York City Indl Dev Agy Rev Liberty 7 World Trade Ctr, Ser A | 6.500 | 03/01/35 | 3,420,950 | ||||||||||
3,000 | New York City, NY Indl Dev Agy Civic Fac Rev Polytechnic Univ Proj (ACA Insd) | 5.250 | 11/01/37 | 2,227,590 | ||||||||||
2,500 | New York St Energy Resh & Dev Reg Ribs (k) | 11.564 | 04/01/20 | 2,538,575 | ||||||||||
6,000 | New York St Environmental Fac Corp St Clean Wtr & Drinking, Ser A (c) (i) | 5.000 | 06/15/34 | 5,856,810 | ||||||||||
4,095 | Port Auth NY & NJ Cons 144th (c) | 5.000 | 10/01/35 | 4,047,641 | ||||||||||
1,000 | Suffolk Cnty, NY Indl Dev Agy Civic Fac Rev Gurwin Jewish Phase II | 6.700 | 05/01/39 | 693,410 | ||||||||||
1,380 | Suffolk Cnty, NY Indl Dev Agy Cont Care Retirement Peconic Landing, Ser A | 8.000 | 10/01/20 | 1,318,838 | ||||||||||
4,000 | Suffolk Cnty, NY Indl Dev Agy Medford Hamlet Asstd Living Proj (AMT) | 6.375 | 01/01/39 | 2,543,000 | ||||||||||
1,000 | Syracuse, NY Indl Dev Agy Rev First Mtg Jewish Home, Ser A | 7.375 | 03/01/31 | 796,660 | ||||||||||
2,315 | Utica, NY Indl Dev Agy Civic Utica College Civic Fac | 6.750 | 12/01/21 | 2,071,624 |
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Par | ||||||||||||||
Amount | ||||||||||||||
(000) | Description | Coupon | Maturity | Value | ||||||||||
New York (Continued) | ||||||||||||||
$ | 1,000 | Westchester Cnty, NY Indl Dev Hebrew Hosp Sr Hsg Inc, Ser A (Prerefunded @ 7/01/10) | 7.375 | % | 07/01/30 | $ | 1,099,460 | |||||||
48,347,559 | ||||||||||||||
North Carolina 0.3% | ||||||||||||||
2,145 | North Carolina Med Care Commn Hlthcare Fac Rev Pennybyrn at Maryfield, Ser A | 6.125 | 10/01/35 | 1,367,545 | ||||||||||
2,895 | North Carolina Med Care Commn Retirement Fac Rev First Mtg Vlg at Brookwood Rfdg | 5.250 | 01/01/32 | 1,665,406 | ||||||||||
3,032,951 | ||||||||||||||
North Dakota 0.1% | ||||||||||||||
1,820 | Traill Cnty, ND Hlthcare Rev Hillsboro Med Ctr | 5.500 | 05/01/42 | 1,030,630 | ||||||||||
Ohio 4.7% | ||||||||||||||
7,200 | Adams Cnty Hosp Fac Impt Rev Adams Cnty Hosp Proj (a) | 6.500 | 09/01/36 | 4,580,064 | ||||||||||
5,000 | Athens Cnty, OH Hosp Fac Rev Impt O’Bleness Mem Rfdg, Ser A | 7.125 | 11/15/33 | 3,694,250 | ||||||||||
6,260 | Buckeye, OH Tob Settlement Fin Auth Asset Bkd Sr Turbo, Ser A-2 | 5.125 | 06/01/24 | 4,485,353 | ||||||||||
1,000 | Buckeye, OH Tob Settlement Fin Auth Asset Bkd Sr Turbo, Ser A-2 | 5.750 | 06/01/34 | 572,980 | ||||||||||
14,000 | Buckeye, OH Tob Settlement Fin Auth Asset Bkd Sr Turbo, Ser A-2 | 5.875 | 06/01/30 | 8,529,780 | ||||||||||
15,000 | Buckeye, OH Tob Settlement Fin Auth Asset Bkd Sr Turbo, Ser A-2 | 5.875 | 06/01/47 | 8,006,400 | ||||||||||
2,810 | Cleveland-Cuyahoga Cnty, OH Spl Assmt/Tax Increment | 7.000 | 12/01/18 | 2,683,634 | ||||||||||
2,000 | Cuyahoga Cnty, OH Hlthcare & Indpt Living Fac Rev Eliza Jennings Sr Care, Ser A | 6.000 | 05/15/37 | 1,238,060 | ||||||||||
1,000 | Cuyahoga Cnty, OH Hlthcare Fac Franciscan Cnty OH Inc Proj, Ser C | 6.250 | 05/15/32 | 678,940 | ||||||||||
1,760 | Dayton, OH Spl Fac Rev Air Fght Cargo Day LLC Proj (AMT) | 6.300 | 04/01/22 | 1,337,547 | ||||||||||
5,955 | Franklin Cnty, OH Hlthcare Fac Rev Impt Lutheran Sr City Proj Rfdg | 6.125 | 12/15/28 | 3,974,367 | ||||||||||
1,500 | Lucas Cnty, OH Hlthcare & Impt Sunset Retirement Rfdg | 6.500 | 08/15/20 | 1,485,030 | ||||||||||
4,340 | Norwood, OH Tax Increment Rev Fin Cornerstone at Norwood (a) | 6.200 | 12/01/31 | 2,803,683 | ||||||||||
2,000 | Ohio St Higher Edl Fac Commn Rev Univ Hosp Hlth Sys-2009A | 6.750 | 01/15/39 | 1,988,280 | ||||||||||
46,058,368 | ||||||||||||||
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Portfolio of Investments n March 31, 2009 (Unaudited) continued
Par | ||||||||||||||
Amount | ||||||||||||||
(000) | Description | Coupon | Maturity | Value | ||||||||||
Oklahoma 0.6% | ||||||||||||||
$ | 1,000 | Citizen Potawatomi Nation, OK, Ser A | 6.500 | % | 09/01/16 | $ | 940,840 | |||||||
225 | Langston, OK Econ Dev Langston Cmnty Dev Corp Proj, Ser A (g) | 7.000 | 08/01/10 | 234,927 | ||||||||||
4,500 | Oklahoma Cnty, OK Fin Auth Rev Retirement Fac Concordia, Ser A | 6.000 | 11/15/38 | 2,823,615 | ||||||||||
1,065 | Oklahoma Dev Fin Auth Rev Hillcrest Hlthcare Sys Rfdg, Ser A (Prerefunded @ 8/15/09) | 5.750 | 08/15/12 | 1,094,767 | ||||||||||
1,000 | Oklahoma Dev Fin Auth Rev Hillcrest Hlthcare Sys Rfdg, Ser A (Prerefunded @ 8/15/09) | 5.750 | 08/15/15 | 1,027,950 | ||||||||||
6,122,099 | ||||||||||||||
Oregon 0.9% | ||||||||||||||
2,145 | Clatsop Care Ctr Hlth Dist OR Rev Sr Hsg (a) | 6.875 | 08/01/28 | 1,616,236 | ||||||||||
1,500 | Gilliam Cnty, OR Solid Waste Disp Rev Waste Mgmt Proj Conv (AMT) | 5.250 | 07/01/29 | 1,145,385 | ||||||||||
2,400 | Multnomah Cnty, OR Hosp Fac Auth Rev Terwilliger Plaza Proj Rfdg (Acquired 12/27/05, Cost $2,344,512) (b) | 6.500 | 12/01/29 | 1,725,408 | ||||||||||
4,788 | Oregon St Hlth Hsg Ed & Cultural Fac Auth Saint Anthony Vlg Hsg, Ser A (AMT) (a) | 7.250 | 06/01/28 | 3,878,066 | ||||||||||
890 | Oregon St Hlth Hsg Ed Auth OR Baptist Retirement Homes, Ser A | 8.000 | 11/15/26 | 790,863 | ||||||||||
9,155,958 | ||||||||||||||
Pennsylvania 5.4% | ||||||||||||||
14,000 | Allegheny Cnty, PA Hosp Dev Auth Rev Hlth Sys West PA, Ser A | 5.375 | 11/15/40 | 7,598,920 | ||||||||||
1,500 | Allegheny Cnty, PA Redev Auth Pittsburgh Mills Proj | 5.600 | 07/01/23 | 1,100,040 | ||||||||||
1,500 | Berks Cnty, PA Indl Dev Auth First Mtg Rev Rfdg One Douglassville Proj A (AMT) | 6.125 | 11/01/34 | 1,028,685 | ||||||||||
1,250 | Bucks Cnty, PA Indl Dev Auth Retirement Cmnty Fac Rev Ann’s Choice Inc, Ser A | 6.250 | 01/01/35 | 835,087 | ||||||||||
1,500 | Bucks Cnty, PA Indl Dev Auth Retirement Cmnty Rev Ann’s Choice Inc Fac, Ser A | 6.125 | 01/01/25 | 1,082,190 | ||||||||||
1,000 | Bucks Cnty, PA Indl Dev Auth Rev First Mtg Hlthcare Fac Chandler | 6.200 | 05/01/19 | 819,550 | ||||||||||
1,800 | Bucks Cnty, PA Indl Dev Auth Rev First Mtg Hlthcare Fac Chandler | 6.300 | 05/01/29 | 1,263,402 | ||||||||||
3,000 | Dauphin Cnty, PA Gen Auth Rev Office & Pkg Riverfront Office | 6.000 | 01/01/25 | 2,032,890 | ||||||||||
1,000 | Fulton Cnty, PA Indl Dev Auth Hosp Rev Fulton Cnty Med Ctr Proj | 5.875 | 07/01/31 | 647,610 | ||||||||||
1,900 | Fulton Cnty, PA Indl Dev Auth Hosp Rev Fulton Cnty Med Ctr Proj | 5.900 | 07/01/40 | 1,164,092 | ||||||||||
230 | Harrisburg, PA Auth Univ Rev Harrisburg Univ of Science, Ser A | 5.400 | 09/01/16 | 217,154 |
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Par | ||||||||||||||
Amount | ||||||||||||||
(000) | Description | Coupon | Maturity | Value | ||||||||||
Pennsylvania (Continued) | ||||||||||||||
$ | 2,050 | Harrisburg, PA Auth Univ Rev Harrisburg Univ of Science, Ser B | 6.000 | % | 09/01/36 | $ | 1,509,251 | |||||||
2,200 | Indiana Cnty, PA Indl Dev Auth PSEG Pwr LLC Proj Rfdg (AMT) | 5.850 | 06/01/27 | 1,859,110 | ||||||||||
1,000 | Lancaster Cnty, PA Hosp Auth Rev Hlth Ctr Saint Anne’s Home | 6.625 | 04/01/28 | 757,400 | ||||||||||
1,200 | Lehigh Cnty, PA Gen Purp Auth First Mtg Bible Fellowship Church (a) | 7.625 | 11/01/21 | 1,080,408 | ||||||||||
2,755 | Lehigh Cnty, PA Gen Purp Auth Rev Good Shepherd Grp, Ser A | 5.500 | 11/01/24 | 2,612,649 | ||||||||||
3,585 | Lehigh Cnty, PA Gen Purp Auth Rev Kidspeace Oblig Grp (a) | 6.200 | 11/01/14 | 3,284,613 | ||||||||||
5,500 | Lehigh Cnty, PA Gen Purp Auth Rev Kidspeace Oblig Grp Rfdg (a) | 6.000 | 11/01/23 | 3,008,445 | ||||||||||
1,000 | Lehigh Cnty, PA Indl Dev Auth Hlth Fac Rev Lifepath Inc Proj | 6.100 | 06/01/18 | 796,620 | ||||||||||
4,180 | Montgomery Cnty, PA Higher Ed & Hlth Auth Rev Rfdg & Impt Montgomery | 6.875 | 04/01/36 | 3,052,403 | ||||||||||
1,085 | Montgomery Cnty, PA Indl Dev Auth Rev Mtg Whitemarsh Cont Care Proj | 6.000 | 02/01/21 | 792,723 | ||||||||||
4,500 | Montgomery Cnty, PA Indl Dev Auth Rev Mtg Whitemarsh Cont Care Proj | 6.250 | 02/01/35 | 2,724,750 | ||||||||||
1,315 | Northeastern, PA Hosp & Ed Auth Hlthcare Rev (a) | 7.125 | 10/01/29 | 1,026,831 | ||||||||||
1,635 | Northeastern, PA Hosp & Ed Auth Hlthcare Rev Oakwood Ter Proj (a) (f) | 6.500 | 10/01/32 | 1,138,647 | ||||||||||
3,750 | Pennsylvania Econ Dev Fin Auth Exempt Fac Rev Reliant Energy, Ser B (AMT) | 6.750 | 12/01/36 | 3,188,138 | ||||||||||
3,000 | Pennsylvania Econ Dev Fin Auth Reliant Energy Seward, Ser A (AMT) | 6.750 | 12/01/36 | 2,550,510 | ||||||||||
980 | Pennsylvania St Higher Ed Student Assn Inc Proj, Ser A | 6.750 | 09/01/32 | 802,640 | ||||||||||
2,150 | Philadelphia, PA Auth for Indl Dev Rev Coml Dev Rfdg (AMT) | 7.750 | 12/01/17 | 1,829,779 | ||||||||||
1,195 | Philadelphia, PA Hosp & Higher Ed Fac Auth Rev Centralized Comp Human Svc, Ser A (a) | 6.125 | 01/01/13 | 1,089,374 | ||||||||||
1,500 | Westmoreland Cnty, PA Indl Dev Hlthcare Fac Redstone, Ser B (Prerefunded @ 11/15/10) | 8.000 | 11/15/23 | 1,663,320 | ||||||||||
52,557,231 | ||||||||||||||
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Par | ||||||||||||||
Amount | ||||||||||||||
(000) | Description | Coupon | Maturity | Value | ||||||||||
Rhode Island 0.4% | ||||||||||||||
$ | 1,825 | Rhode Island St Econ Dev Corp Rev Oblig Providence Pl | 7.250 | % | 07/01/20 | $ | 1,547,764 | |||||||
2,915 | Tobacco Settlement Fin Corp RI Asset Bkd, Ser A | 6.000 | 06/01/23 | 2,613,852 | ||||||||||
4,161,616 | ||||||||||||||
South Carolina 1.0% | ||||||||||||||
2,465 | Lancaster Cnty, SC Assmt Rev Edenmoor Impt Dist, Ser B (Acquired 05/19/06, Cost $2,465,000) (b) | 5.750 | 12/01/37 | 1,247,389 | ||||||||||
1,675 | Lancaster Cnty, SC Assmt Rev Sun City Carolina Lakes Impt | 5.450 | 12/01/37 | 940,228 | ||||||||||
1,000 | Myrtle Beach, SC Tax Increment Myrtle Beach Air Force Base, Ser A | 5.250 | 11/01/26 | 621,270 | ||||||||||
1,250 | Myrtle Beach, SC Tax Increment Myrtle Beach Air Force Base, Ser A | 5.300 | 11/01/35 | 692,875 | ||||||||||
3,000 | South Carolina Jobs Econ Dev Auth Econ Dev Rev Westminster Impt & Rfdg | 5.375 | 11/15/30 | 1,904,400 | ||||||||||
2,250 | South Carolina Jobs Econ Dev Auth Hlth Fac Rev First Mtg Wesley Commons Rfdg | 5.300 | 10/01/36 | 1,265,152 | ||||||||||
800 | South Carolina Jobs Econ Dev Auth Rev Woodlands at Furman Proj, Ser A | 6.000 | 11/15/27 | 550,920 | ||||||||||
2,000 | South Carolina Jobs Econ Dev Auth Rev Woodlands at Furman Proj, Ser A | 6.000 | 11/15/37 | 1,235,600 | ||||||||||
1,000 | South Carolina Jobs Econ Dev Episcopal Home Still Proj, Ser A | 6.000 | 05/15/17 | 837,990 | ||||||||||
9,295,824 | ||||||||||||||
South Dakota 0.2% | ||||||||||||||
1,010 | Keystone, SD Econ Dev Rev Wtr Quality Mgmt Corp A (Mun Govt Gtd.) (AMT) | 6.000 | 12/15/18 | 782,457 | ||||||||||
1,750 | Sioux Falls, SD Hlth Fac Rev Rfdg Dow Rummel Vlg Proj | 5.000 | 11/15/33 | 958,405 | ||||||||||
1,740,862 | ||||||||||||||
Tennessee 1.7% | ||||||||||||||
1,000 | Johnson City, TN Hlth & Ed Fac Brd Hosp Rev First Mtg Mtn St Hlth Rfdg, Ser A (Prerefunded @ 7/01/12) | 7.500 | 07/01/33 | 1,143,240 | ||||||||||
2,230 | Memphis, TN Hlth Ed & Hsg Fac Brd Multi-Family Hsg Rev Hilldale Apts Proj (AMT) | 6.700 | 11/01/37 | 1,589,120 | ||||||||||
1,750 | Shelby Cnty, TN Hlth & Ed Germantown Vlg, Ser A | 7.000 | 12/01/23 | 1,419,617 | ||||||||||
2,500 | Shelby Cnty, TN Hlth & Ed Germantown Vlg, Ser A | 7.250 | 12/01/34 | 1,843,250 | ||||||||||
1,000 | Shelby Cnty, TN Hlth Ed & Hsg Fac Brd Rev Trezevant Manor Proj, Ser A | 5.625 | 09/01/26 | 685,100 |
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Tennessee (Continued) | ||||||||||||||
$ | 2,000 | Shelby Cnty, TN Hlth Ed & Hsg Fac Brd Rev Trezevant Manor Proj, Ser A | 5.750 | % | 09/01/37 | $ | 1,246,400 | |||||||
800 | Shelby Cnty, TN Hlth Ed Hsg Vlg at Germantown | 6.250 | 12/01/34 | 516,936 | ||||||||||
2,100 | Sullivan Cnty, TN Hlth Ed & Hsg Fac Brd Hosp Rev Wellmont Hlth Sys Proj, Ser C | 5.250 | 09/01/36 | 1,237,404 | ||||||||||
4,460 | Sullivan Cnty, TN Hlth Ed & Hsg First Mtg Fac Brd Rev Inc Proj (a) | 8.410 | 11/01/19 | 4,365,136 | ||||||||||
2,390 | Trenton, TN Hlth & Ed Fac Brd Rev Inc Proj, Ser A (Acquired 06/08/89, Cost $2,390,000) (a) (b) | 10.000 | 11/01/19 | 1,948,926 | ||||||||||
1,160 | Trenton, TN Hlth & Ed Fac Brd Rev Inc Proj, Ser B (Acquired 06/08/89, Cost $1,160,000) (a) (b) (d) | 10.000 | 11/01/20 | 12 | ||||||||||
15,995,141 | ||||||||||||||
Texas 4.8% | ||||||||||||||
2,700 | Abia Dev Corp TX Arpt Fac Rev Austin Belly Port Dev LLC Proj, Ser A (AMT) | 6.500 | 10/01/23 | 2,068,470 | ||||||||||
2,000 | Angelina & Neches Riv Auth TX Indl Dev Corp Environmental Aspen Pwr LLC Proj, Ser A (AMT) | 6.500 | 11/01/29 | 1,224,120 | ||||||||||
1,000 | Atlanta, TX Hosp Auth Fac Rev | 6.700 | 08/01/19 | 892,880 | ||||||||||
2,035 | Atlanta, TX Hosp Auth Fac Rev | 6.750 | 08/01/29 | 1,536,282 | ||||||||||
985 | Austin-Bergstorm Landhost Enterprises Inc TX Arpt Hotel Sr, Ser A | 6.750 | 04/01/27 | 620,964 | ||||||||||
940 | Bexar Cnty, TX Hsg Fin Corp Multi-Family Hsg Rev Woodland Ridge Apt Proj, Ser A (AMT) (a) | 7.000 | 01/01/39 | 709,174 | ||||||||||
1,825 | Dallas Cnty, TX Flood Ctl Dist No 1 Cap Apprec Rfdg (Acquired 08/28/89, Cost $660,829) (b) | * | 08/01/11 | 1,580,340 | ||||||||||
3,445 | Dallas Cnty, TX Flood Ctl Dist No 1 Rfdg | 7.250 | 04/01/32 | 2,910,095 | ||||||||||
2,500 | Decatur, TX Hosp Auth Hosp Wise Regl Hlth Sys, Ser A | 7.000 | 09/01/25 | 1,993,050 | ||||||||||
3,500 | Decatur, TX Hosp Auth Hosp Wise Regl Hlth Sys, Ser A | 7.125 | 09/01/34 | 2,640,330 | ||||||||||
1,500 | Grand Prairie, TX Hsg Fin Corp Indpt Sr Living Ctr Rev (a) (e) | 7.500/3.750 | 07/01/17 | 1,235,160 | ||||||||||
3,000 | Grand Prairie, TX Hsg Fin Corp Indpt Sr Living Ctr Rev (a) (e) | 7.750/3.100 | 01/01/34 | 2,091,390 | ||||||||||
3,605 | HFDC Cent TX Inc Retirement Fac Rev Vlg at Gleannloch Farms, Ser A | 5.500 | 02/15/37 | 2,172,012 | ||||||||||
420 | Houston, TX Arpt Sys Rev Spl Fac Contl, Ser E (AMT) | 6.750 | 07/01/21 | 284,999 | ||||||||||
4,185 | Houston, TX Arpt Sys Rev Spl Fac Contl, Ser E (AMT) | 6.750 | 07/01/29 | 2,565,405 |
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Amount | ||||||||||||||
(000) | Description | Coupon | Maturity | Value | ||||||||||
Texas (Continued) | ||||||||||||||
$ | 40 | Lower Colorado Riv Auth TX Rev Rfdg, Ser A (FSA Insd) (Prerefunded @ 5/15/09) | 5.875 | % | 05/14/14 | $ | 40,669 | |||||||
20 | Lower Colorado Riv Auth TX Rev Rfdg, Ser A (FSA Insd) (Prerefunded @ 5/15/09) | 5.875 | 05/15/15 | 20,335 | ||||||||||
1,000 | Lubbock, TX Hlth Fac Dev Corp Rev Dev Rfdg First Mtg Carillon Proj A | 6.500 | 07/01/26 | 734,620 | ||||||||||
5,000 | Lubbock, TX Hlth Fac Dev Corp Rev Dev Rfdg First Mtg Carillon Proj A | 6.625 | 07/01/36 | 3,453,500 | ||||||||||
2,500 | Lufkin, TX Hlth Fac Dev Corp Hlth Sys Rev Mem Hlth Sys East TX | 5.500 | 02/15/37 | 1,626,275 | ||||||||||
2,195 | Meadow Parc Dev Inc TX Multi-Family Rev Hsg Meadow Parc Apt Proj | 6.500 | 12/01/30 | 1,607,618 | ||||||||||
2,500 | Metropolitan Hlth Fac Dev Corp TX Wilson N Jones Mem Hosp Proj | 7.250 | 01/01/31 | 1,945,725 | ||||||||||
1,500 | Midlothian, TX Dev Auth Tax Increment Contract Rev (Acquired 12/02/04, Cost $1,150,000) (b) | 6.200 | 11/15/29 | 1,147,305 | ||||||||||
2,000 | Midlothian, TX Dev Auth Tax Increment Contract Rev (Prerefunded @ 5/15/11) | 7.875 | 11/15/26 | 2,311,180 | ||||||||||
1,000 | Richardson, TX Hosp Auth Rev Baylor & Richardson Impt Rfdg | 5.625 | 12/01/28 | 722,570 | ||||||||||
750 | Texas St Dept Hsg & Cmnty Affairs Home Mtg Rev (GNMA Collateralized) (AMT) | 6.900 | 07/02/24 | 772,560 | ||||||||||
1,675 | Texas St Pub Fin Auth Sch Excellence Ed Proj, Ser A (Acquired 12/02/04, Cost $1,654,197) (b) | 7.000 | 12/01/34 | 1,280,387 | ||||||||||
1,500 | Texas St Student Hsg Corp MSU Proj Midwestern St Univ (Prerefunded @ 9/01/12) | 6.500 | 09/01/34 | 1,729,545 | ||||||||||
2,950 | Tomball, TX Hosp Auth Rev Hosp Tomball Regl Hosp | 6.000 | 07/01/29 | 2,220,907 | ||||||||||
880 | Wichita Cnty, TX Hlth Fac Rolling Meadows Fac Rfdg, Ser A | 6.250 | 01/01/28 | 631,321 | ||||||||||
2,500 | Woodhill Pub Fac Corp TX Hsg-Woodhill Apt Proj (a) | 7.500 | 12/01/29 | 2,100,550 | ||||||||||
46,869,738 | ||||||||||||||
Utah 0.2% | ||||||||||||||
1,000 | Hildale, UT Elec Rev Gas Turbine Elec Fac Proj (a) (d) | 7.800 | 09/01/15 | 237,500 | ||||||||||
585 | Hildale, UT Elec Rev Gas Turbine Elec Fac Proj (a) (d) | 7.800 | 09/01/25 | 138,937 |
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(000) | Description | Coupon | Maturity | Value | ||||||||||
Utah (Continued) | ||||||||||||||
$ | 1,165 | Hildale, UT Elec Rev Gas Turbine Elec Fac Proj (a) (d) | 8.000 | % | 09/01/20 | $ | 276,687 | |||||||
2,275 | Utah St Hsg Fin Agy Rev RHA Cmnty Svc Proj, Ser A (a) | 6.875 | 07/01/27 | 1,690,189 | ||||||||||
2,343,313 | ||||||||||||||
Vermont 0.3% | ||||||||||||||
2,750 | Vermont Econ Dev Auth Mtg Rev Wake Robin Corp Proj, Ser A | 5.375 | 05/01/36 | 1,566,290 | ||||||||||
1,000 | Vermont Ed & Hlth Bldg Fin Agy Rev Bennington College Proj | 6.625 | 10/01/29 | 755,300 | ||||||||||
215 | Vermont Ed & Hlth Bldg Fin Agy Rev VT Council Dev Mental Hlth, Ser A | 6.000 | 12/15/09 | 216,092 | ||||||||||
2,537,682 | ||||||||||||||
Virginia 1.7% | ||||||||||||||
4,000 | Albemarle Cnty, VA Indl Dev Auth Ed Fac Rev Covenant Sch Inc, Ser A | 7.750 | 07/15/32 | 3,501,200 | ||||||||||
5,000 | Celebrate, VA South Cmnty Dev Celebrate VA South Proj | 6.250 | 03/01/37 | 3,154,100 | ||||||||||
2,500 | Farms New Kent, VA Cmnty Dev, Ser B | 5.450 | 03/01/36 | 1,388,225 | ||||||||||
2,500 | Farms New Kent, VA Cmnty Dev, Ser C | 5.800 | 03/01/36 | 1,438,575 | ||||||||||
1,000 | New Port Cmnty Dev Auth VA Spl Assmt | 5.500 | 09/01/26 | 566,000 | ||||||||||
2,500 | New Port Cmnty Dev Auth VA Spl Assmt | 5.600 | 09/01/36 | 1,264,800 | ||||||||||
4,000 | Peninsula Ports Auth VA Rfdg Residential Care Fac Rev VA Baptist Homes, Ser C | 5.400 | 12/01/33 | 2,406,360 | ||||||||||
1,500 | Peninsula Town Ctr Cmnty Dev Auth VA Spl Oblig | 6.350 | 09/01/28 | 987,990 | ||||||||||
1,250 | Peninsula Town Ctr Cmnty Dev Auth VA Spl Oblig | 6.450 | 09/01/37 | 781,175 | ||||||||||
4,000 | Roanoke Cnty, VA Indl Dev Auth Glebe Inc, Ser A (a) (d) | 6.300 | 07/01/35 | 840,800 | ||||||||||
16,329,225 | ||||||||||||||
Washington 2.5% | ||||||||||||||
2,000 | Kalispel Tribe Indians Priority Dist WA Rev | 6.750 | 01/01/38 | 1,419,340 | ||||||||||
1,000 | King Cnty, WA Pub Hosp Dist No 004 Snoqualmie Vly Hosp (a) | 7.250 | 12/01/15 | 952,030 | ||||||||||
4,050 | Port Seattle, WA Spl Fac Rev Northwest Airlines Proj (AMT) | 7.250 | 04/01/30 | 2,643,273 | ||||||||||
8,830 | Tobacco Settlement Auth WA Tob Settlement Rev | 6.625 | 06/01/32 | 6,255,084 | ||||||||||
4,500 | Washington St Hlth Care Fac Auth Rev Seattle Cancer Care Alliance | 7.375 | 03/01/38 | 4,630,140 | ||||||||||
7,225 | Washington St Hsg Fin Commn Nonprofit Rev Custodial Rcpts Wesley Homes, Ser A (Acquired 05/07/08, Cost $7,225,000) (a) (b) | 6.200 | 01/01/36 | 5,066,820 | ||||||||||
1,000 | Washington St Hsg Fin Commn Nonprofit Rev Skyline at First Hill Proj, Ser A | 5.625 | 01/01/27 | 660,280 |
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Amount | ||||||||||||||
(000) | Description | Coupon | Maturity | Value | ||||||||||
Washington (Continued) | ||||||||||||||
$ | 4,000 | Washington St Hsg Fin Commn Nonprofit Rev Skyline at First Hill Proj, Ser A | 5.625 | % | 01/01/38 | $ | 2,357,560 | |||||||
23,984,527 | ||||||||||||||
West Virginia 0.7% | ||||||||||||||
1,000 | Harrison Cnty, WV Cnty Commn Solid Waste Disp Rev Allegheny Energy Rfdg, Ser D (AMT) | 5.500 | 10/15/37 | 735,180 | ||||||||||
6,500 | West Virginia St Hosp Fin Auth Hosp Rev Thomas Health Sys | 6.500 | 10/01/38 | 4,981,340 | ||||||||||
1,500 | West Virginia St Hosp Fin Auth Hosp Rev Thomas Hlth Sys | 6.000 | 10/01/20 | 1,305,150 | ||||||||||
7,021,670 | ||||||||||||||
Wisconsin 1.0% | ||||||||||||||
800 | Baldwin, WI Hosp Rev Mtg, Ser A | 6.125 | 12/01/18 | 662,704 | ||||||||||
1,000 | Baldwin, WI Hosp Rev Mtg, Ser A | 6.375 | 12/01/28 | 714,650 | ||||||||||
1,685 | Milwaukee, WI Rev Sr Air Cargo (AMT) | 6.500 | 01/01/25 | 1,305,471 | ||||||||||
1,000 | Waukesha, WI Redev Auth Hsg Rfdg Sr Kirkland Crossings Proj | 5.500 | 07/01/31 | 715,790 | ||||||||||
1,500 | Waukesha, WI Redev Auth Hsg Sr Kirkland Crossings Proj Rfdg | 5.600 | 07/01/41 | 1,014,075 | ||||||||||
750 | Wisconsin Hlth & Ed Fac Eastcastle Pl Inc Proj | 6.000 | 12/01/24 | 544,155 | ||||||||||
1,000 | Wisconsin St Hlth & Ed Fac Auth Rev Oakwood Vlg Proj, Ser A | 7.625 | 08/15/30 | 955,370 | ||||||||||
1,000 | Wisconsin St Hlth & Ed Fac Divine Savior Hlthcare, Ser C (Prerefunded @ 5/01/12) | 7.500 | 05/01/32 | 1,173,980 | ||||||||||
2,000 | Wisconsin St Hlth & Ed Fac Fort Hlthcare Inc Proj | 6.100 | 05/01/34 | 1,615,840 | ||||||||||
1,500 | Wisconsin St Hlth & Ed Fac Southwest Hlth Ctr, Ser A | 6.125 | 04/01/24 | 1,196,820 | ||||||||||
9,898,855 | ||||||||||||||
Wyoming 0.4% | ||||||||||||||
3,000 | Sweetwater Cnty, WY Solid Waste Disp Rev FMC Corp Proj Rfdg (AMT) | 5.600 | 12/01/35 | 2,212,050 | ||||||||||
1,500 | Teton Cnty, WY Hosp Dist Hosp Saint Johns Med Ctr | 6.750 | 12/01/27 | 1,143,900 | ||||||||||
3,355,950 | ||||||||||||||
Puerto Rico 0.0% | ||||||||||||||
75 | Puerto Rico Pub Bldgs Auth Rev Govt Fac, Ser I (Comwth Gtd) (Prerefunded @ 7/01/14) | 5.250 | 07/01/33 | 84,633 | ||||||||||
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Amount | ||||||||||||||
(000) | Description | Coupon | Maturity | Value | ||||||||||
U.S. Virgin Islands 0.1% | ||||||||||||||
$ | 1,000 | Virgin Islands Pub Fin Auth Refinery Fac Rev Sr Sec Hovensa Refinery (AMT) | 5.875 | % | 07/01/22 | $ | 696,850 | |||||||
Total Long-Term Investments 101.0% (Cost $1,356,759,785) | 980,637,010 | |||||||||||||
Total Short-Term Investments 0.1% (Cost $800,000) | 800,000 | |||||||||||||
Total Investments 101.1% (Cost $1,357,559,785) | 981,437,010 | |||||||||||||
Liability for Floating Rate Note Obligations Related to Securities Held (3.7%) (Cost ($35,705,000)) (35,705) Notes with interest rates ranging from 0.39% to 0.96% at March 31, 2009 and contractual maturities of collateral ranging from 2024 to 2045 (j) (See Note 1) | $ | (35,705,000 | ) | |||||||||||
Total Net Investments 97.4% (Cost $1,321,854,785) | 945,732,010 | |||||||||||||
Other Assets in Excess of Liabilities 2.6% | 25,330,410 | |||||||||||||
Net Assets 100.0% | $ | 971,062,420 | ||||||||||||
Percentages are calculated as a percentage of net assets.
* | Zero coupon bond | |
(a) | Security has been deemed illiquid. | |
(b) | Security is restricted and may be resold only in transactions exempt from registration which are normally those transactions with qualified institutional buyers. Restricted securities comprise 4.4% of net assets. | |
(c) | Underlying security related to Inverse Floaters entered into by the Fund. See Note 1. | |
(d) | Non-income producing security. | |
(e) | Interest is accruing at less than the stated coupon. Coupon is shown as stated coupon/actual coupon. | |
(f) | 144A-Private Placement security which is exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. This security may only be resold in transactions exempt from registration which are normally those transactions with qualified institutional buyers. | |
(g) | Escrowed to Maturity | |
(h) | Variable Rate Coupon |
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(i) | Security purchased on a when-issued delayed delivery or forward commitment basis. | |
(j) | Floating rate notes. The interest rates shown reflect the rates in the effect at March 31, 2009. | |
(k) | Inverse floating rate |
ACA—American Capital Access
AGL—Assured Guaranty Ltd.
AMBAC—AMBAC Indemnity Corp.
AMT—Alternative Minimum Tax
BHAC—Berkshire Hathaway Assurance Corp.
Comwth—Commonwealth of Puerto Rico
FSA—Financial Security Assurance Inc.
GNMA—Government National Mortgage Association
GTY AGMT—Guarantee Agreement
Mun Govt Gtd—Municipal Government Guaranteed
NATL—National Public Finance Guarantee Corp.
Syncora Gtd—Syncora Guarantee Inc.
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Financial Statements
Statement of Assets and Liabilities
March 31, 2009 (Unaudited)
Assets: | ||||||
Total Investments (Cost $1,357,559,785) | $ | 981,437,010 | ||||
Cash | 3,034,868 | |||||
Receivables: | ||||||
Interest | 24,716,985 | |||||
Investments Sold | 10,678,417 | |||||
Fund Shares Sold | 976,872 | |||||
Other | 174,239 | |||||
Total Assets | 1,021,018,391 | |||||
Liabilities: | ||||||
Payables: | ||||||
Floating Rate Note Obligations | 35,705,000 | |||||
Investments Purchased | 7,567,680 | |||||
Fund Shares Repurchased | 4,170,520 | |||||
Income Distributions | 1,198,814 | |||||
Distributor and Affiliates | 394,518 | |||||
Investment Advisory Fee | 393,842 | |||||
Trustees’ Deferred Compensation and Retirement Plans | 246,014 | |||||
Accrued Expenses | 279,583 | |||||
Total Liabilities | 49,955,971 | |||||
Net Assets | $ | 971,062,420 | ||||
Net Assets Consist of: | ||||||
Capital (Par value of $0.01 per share with an unlimited number of shares authorized) | $ | 1,547,839,018 | ||||
Accumulated Undistributed Net Investment Income | 3,000,784 | |||||
Accumulated Net Realized Loss | (203,654,607 | ) | ||||
Net Unrealized Depreciation | (376,122,775 | ) | ||||
Net Assets | $ | 971,062,420 | ||||
Maximum Offering Price Per Share: | ||||||
Class A Shares: | ||||||
Net asset value and redemption price per share (Based on net assets of $799,730,346 and 90,139,090 shares of beneficial interest issued and outstanding) | $ | 8.87 | ||||
Maximum sales charge (4.75%* of offering price) | 0.44 | |||||
Maximum offering price to public | $ | 9.31 | ||||
Class B Shares: | ||||||
Net asset value and offering price per share (Based on net assets of $52,421,682 and 5,911,156 shares of beneficial interest issued and outstanding) | $ | 8.87 | ||||
Class C Shares: | ||||||
Net asset value and offering price per share (Based on net assets of $118,859,127 and 13,278,209 shares of beneficial interest issued and outstanding) | $ | 8.95 | ||||
Class I Shares: | ||||||
Net asset value and offering price per share (Based on net assets of $51,265 and 5,776 shares of beneficial interest issued and outstanding) | $ | 8.88 | ||||
* | On sales of $100,000 or more, the sales charge will be reduced. |
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Statement of Operations
For the Six Months Ended March 31, 2009 (Unaudited)
Investment Income: | ||||||
Interest | $ | 43,946,970 | ||||
Expenses: | ||||||
Investment Advisory Fee | 2,418,833 | |||||
Distribution (12b-1) and Service Fees | ||||||
Class A | 1,043,326 | |||||
Class B | 279,064 | |||||
Class C | 632,505 | |||||
Interest and Residual Trust Expenses | 667,717 | |||||
Transfer Agent Fees | 308,634 | |||||
Accounting and Administrative Expenses | 145,740 | |||||
Professional Fees | 85,578 | |||||
Custody | 72,591 | |||||
Reports to Shareholders | 60,374 | |||||
Registration Fees | 54,155 | |||||
Trustees’ Fees and Related Expenses | 25,755 | |||||
Other | 26,864 | |||||
Total Expenses | 5,821,136 | |||||
Less Credits Earned on Cash Balances | 4,376 | |||||
Net Expenses | 5,816,760 | |||||
Net Investment Income | $ | 38,130,210 | ||||
Realized and Unrealized Gain/Loss: | ||||||
Net Realized Loss | $ | (66,235,565 | ) | |||
Unrealized Appreciation/Depreciation: | ||||||
Beginning of the Period | (205,904,709 | ) | ||||
End of the Period | (376,122,775 | ) | ||||
Net Unrealized Depreciation During the Period | (170,218,066 | ) | ||||
Net Realized and Unrealized Loss | $ | (236,453,631 | ) | |||
Net Decrease in Net Assets From Operations | $ | (198,323,421 | ) | |||
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Statements of Changes in Net Assets (Unaudited)
For The | For The | |||||||
Six Months Ended | Year Ended | |||||||
March 31, 2009 | September 30, 2008 | |||||||
From Investment Activities: | ||||||||
Operations: | ||||||||
Net Investment Income | $ | 38,130,210 | $ | 81,004,260 | ||||
Net Realized Loss | (66,235,565 | ) | (20,721,067 | ) | ||||
Net Unrealized Depreciation During the Period | (170,218,066 | ) | (212,733,258 | ) | ||||
Change in Net Assets from Operations | (198,323,421 | ) | (152,450,065 | ) | ||||
Distributions from Net Investment Income: | ||||||||
Class A Shares | (32,321,631 | ) | (66,087,307 | ) | ||||
Class B Shares | (1,931,799 | ) | (3,978,745 | ) | ||||
Class C Shares | (4,342,841 | ) | (8,143,974 | ) | ||||
Class I Shares | (3,366 | ) | (18,573 | ) | ||||
Total Distributions | (38,599,637 | ) | (78,228,599 | ) | ||||
Net Change in Net Assets from Investment Activities | (236,923,058 | ) | �� | (230,678,664 | ) | |||
From Capital Transactions: | ||||||||
Proceeds from Shares Sold | 134,062,379 | 365,253,833 | ||||||
Net Asset Value of Shares Issued Through Dividend Reinvestment | 31,115,393 | 57,959,746 | ||||||
Cost of Shares Repurchased | (230,142,702 | ) | (426,646,705 | ) | ||||
Net Change in Net Assets from Capital Transactions | (64,964,930 | ) | (3,433,126 | ) | ||||
Total Decrease in Net Assets | (301,887,988 | ) | (234,111,790 | ) | ||||
Net Assets: | ||||||||
Beginning of the Period | 1,272,950,408 | 1,507,062,198 | ||||||
End of the Period (Including accumulated undistributed net investment income of $3,000,784 and $3,470,211, respectively) | $ | 971,062,420 | $ | 1,272,950,408 | ||||
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The following schedule presents financial highlights for one share of the Fund outstanding throughout the periods indicated.
Six Months | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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March 31, | Year Ended September 30, | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Class A Shares | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | ||||||||||||||||||
Net Asset Value, Beginning of the Period | $ | 10.97 | $ | 12.94 | $ | 13.59 | $ | 13.23 | $ | 13.00 | $ | 13.03 | ||||||||||||
Net Investment Income (a) | 0.35 | 0.71 | 0.69 | 0.71 | 0.72 | 0.74 | ||||||||||||||||||
Net Realized and Unrealized Gain/Loss | (2.10 | ) | (2.00 | ) | (0.64 | ) | 0.37 | 0.27 | -0- | |||||||||||||||
Total from Investment Operations | (1.75 | ) | (1.29 | ) | 0.05 | 1.08 | 0.99 | 0.74 | ||||||||||||||||
Less: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Distributions from Net Investment Income | 0.35 | 0.68 | 0.70 | 0.72 | 0.76 | 0.77 | ||||||||||||||||||
Net Asset Value, End of the Period | $ | 8.87 | $ | 10.97 | $ | 12.94 | $ | 13.59 | $ | 13.23 | $ | 13.00 | ||||||||||||
Total Return (b) | –15.99% | * | –10.19% | 0.26% | 8.41% | 7.75% | 5.87% | |||||||||||||||||
Net Assets at End of the Period (In millions) | $ | 799.7 | $ | 1,044.7 | $ | 1,245.4 | $ | 1,338.7 | $ | 1,267.3 | $ | 766.1 | ||||||||||||
Ratio of Expenses to Average Net Assets | 1.01% | 1.19% | 1.73% | 1.39% | 1.04% | 0.99% | ||||||||||||||||||
Ratio of Net Investment Income to Average Net Assets | 7.61% | 5.81% | 5.11% | 5.34% | 5.41% | 5.74% | ||||||||||||||||||
Portfolio Turnover | 7% | * | 30% | 28% | 48% | 34% | 10% | |||||||||||||||||
Supplemental Ratio: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ratio of Expenses to Average Net Assets (Excluding Interest and Residual Trust Expenses) | 0.88% | 0.83% | 0.82% | 0.84% | 0.86% | 0.91% |
(a) | Based on average shares outstanding. | |
(b) | Assumes reinvestment of all distributions for the period and does not include payment of the maximum sales charge of 4.75% or contingent deferred sales charge (CDSC). On purchases of $1 million or more, a CDSC of 1% may be imposed on certain redemptions made within eighteen months of purchase. If the sales charges were included, total returns would be lower. These returns include combined Rule 12b-1 fees and service fees of up to .25% and do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares. | |
* | Non-Annualized |
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Class B Shares | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | ||||||||||||||||||
Net Asset Value, Beginning of the Period | $ | 10.97 | $ | 12.93 | $ | 13.58 | $ | 13.22 | $ | 12.99 | $ | 13.02 | ||||||||||||
Net Investment Income (a) | 0.31 | 0.62 | 0.59 | 0.61 | 0.62 | 0.65 | ||||||||||||||||||
Net Realized and Unrealized Gain/Loss | (2.09 | ) | (1.99 | ) | (0.65 | ) | 0.37 | 0.27 | (0.01 | ) | ||||||||||||||
Total from Investment Operations | (1.78 | ) | (1.37 | ) | (0.06 | ) | 0.98 | 0.89 | 0.64 | |||||||||||||||
Less: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Distributions from Net Investment Income | 0.32 | 0.59 | 0.59 | 0.62 | 0.66 | 0.67 | ||||||||||||||||||
Net Asset Value, End of the Period | $ | 8.87 | $ | 10.97 | $ | 12.93 | $ | 13.58 | $ | 13.22 | $ | 12.99 | ||||||||||||
Total Return (b) | –16.24% | * | –10.88% | –0.49% | 7.54% | 7.04% | 5.07% | |||||||||||||||||
Net Assets at End of the Period (In millions) | $ | 52.4 | $ | 70.2 | $ | 91.4 | $ | 120.0 | $ | 144.9 | $ | 123.8 | ||||||||||||
Ratio of Expenses to Average Net Assets | 1.76% | 1.95% | 2.48% | 2.14% | 1.79% | 1.75% | ||||||||||||||||||
Ratio of Net Investment Income to Average Net Assets | 6.85% | 5.05% | 4.35% | 4.58% | 4.67% | 5.00% | ||||||||||||||||||
Portfolio Turnover | 7% | * | 30% | 28% | 48% | 34% | 10% | |||||||||||||||||
Supplemental Ratio: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ratio of Expenses to Average Net Assets (Excluding Interest and Residual Trust Expenses) | 1.63% | 1.58% | 1.57% | 1.59% | 1.61% | 1.67% |
(a) | Based on average shares outstanding. | |
(b) | Assumes reinvestment of all distributions for the period and does not include payment of the maximum CDSC of 4%, charged on certain redemptions made within one year of purchase and declining to 0% after the sixth year. If the sales charge was included, total returns would be lower. These returns include combined Rule 12b-1 fees and service fees of up to 1% and do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares. | |
* | Non-Annualized |
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Class C Shares | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Net Asset Value, Beginning of the Period | $ | 11.07 | $ | 13.04 | $ | 13.69 | $ | 13.32 | $ | 13.09 | $ | 13.11 | ||||||||||||||
Net Investment Income (a) | 0.32 | 0.62 | 0.59 | 0.61 | 0.62 | 0.64 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Net Realized and Unrealized Gain/Loss | (2.12 | ) | (2.00 | ) | (0.65 | ) | 0.38 | 0.27 | 0.01 | |||||||||||||||||
Total from Investment Operations | (1.80 | ) | (1.38 | ) | (0.06 | ) | 0.99 | 0.89 | 0.65 | |||||||||||||||||
Less: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Distributions from Net Investment Income | 0.32 | 0.59 | 0.59 | 0.62 | 0.66 | 0.67 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Net Asset Value, End of the Period | $ | 8.95 | $ | 11.07 | $ | 13.04 | $ | 13.69 | $ | 13.32 | $ | 13.09 | ||||||||||||||
Total Return (b) | –16.28% | * | –10.87% | –0.49% | 7.55% | 6.98% | 5.10% | (c) | ||||||||||||||||||
Net Assets at End of the Period (In millions) | $ | 118.9 | $ | 157.8 | $ | 170.3 | $ | 198.0 | $ | 200.0 | $ | 84.0 | ||||||||||||||
Ratio of Expenses to Average Net Assets | 1.76% | 1.95% | 2.48% | 2.14% | 1.80% | 1.73% | ||||||||||||||||||||
Ratio of Net Investment Income to Average Net Assets | 6.88% | 5.06% | 4.35% | 4.59% | 4.62% | 4.94% | (c) | |||||||||||||||||||
Portfolio Turnover | 7% | * | 30% | 28% | 48% | 34% | 10% | |||||||||||||||||||
Supplemental Ratio: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ratio of Expenses to Average Net Assets (Excluding Interest and Residual Trust Expenses) | 1.63% | 1.58% | 1.57% | 1.59% | 1.62% | 1.65% |
(a) | Based on average shares outstanding. | |
(b) | Assumes reinvestment of all distributions for the period and does not include payment of the maximum CDSC of 1%, charged on certain redemptions made within one year of purchase. If the sales charge was included, total returns would be lower. These returns include combined Rule 12b-1 fees and service fees of up to 1% and do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares. | |
(c) | The Total Return, Ratio of expenses to Average Net Assets and Ratio of Net Investment Income to Average Net Assets reflect actual 12b-1 fees of less than 1%. (See footnote 7) | |
* | Non-Annualized |
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The following schedule presents financial highlights for one share of the Fund outstanding throughout the periods indicated.
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Ended | (Commencement of | |||||||
March 31, | Operations) to | |||||||
Class I Shares | 2009 | September 30, 2008 | ||||||
Net Asset Value, Beginning of the Period | $ | 10.97 | $ | 12.46 | ||||
Net Investment Income (a) | 0.36 | 0.56 | ||||||
Net Realized and Unrealized Gain/Loss | (2.08 | ) | (1.50 | ) | ||||
Total from Investment Operations | (1.72 | ) | (0.94 | ) | ||||
Less: | ||||||||
Distributions from Net Investment Income | 0.37 | 0.55 | ||||||
Net Asset Value, End of the Period | $ | 8.88 | $ | 10.97 | ||||
Total Return (b) | –15.77% | * | –7.71% | * | ||||
Net Assets at End of the Period (In millions) | $ | 0.1 | $ | 0.2 | ||||
Ratio of Expenses to Average Net Assets | 0.74% | 0.94% | ||||||
Ratio of Net Investment Income to Average Net Assets | 7.52% | 6.08% | ||||||
Portfolio Turnover | 7% | * | 30% | |||||
Supplemental Ratio: | ||||||||
Ratio of Expenses to Average Net Assets (Excluding Interest and Residual Trust Expenses) | 0.61% | 0.58% |
(a) | Based on average shares outstanding. | |
(b) | Assumes reinvestment of all distributions for the period. These returns do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption on Fund shares. | |
* | Non-Annualized |
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Notes to Financial Statements n March 31, 2009 (Unaudited)
1. Significant Accounting Policies
Van Kampen Strategic Municipal Income Fund (the “Fund”) is organized as a series of the Van Kampen Tax Free Trust, a Delaware statutory trust, and is registered as a diversified, open-end management investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”). The Fund’s investment objective is to seek to provide investors a high level of current income exempt from federal income tax primarily through investment in a diversified portfolio of medium- and lower-grade municipal securities. The Fund commenced investment operations on June 28, 1985. The Fund offers Class A Shares, Class B Shares, Class C Shares and Class I Shares. Each class of shares differs by its initial sales load, contingent deferred sales charges, the allocation of class-specific expenses and voting rights on matters affecting a single class.
The following is a summary of significant accounting policies consistently followed by the Fund in the preparation of its financial statements. The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
A. Security Valuation Municipal bonds are valued by independent pricing services or dealers using the mean of the bid and asked prices or, in the absence of market quotations, at fair value based upon yield data relating to municipal bonds with similar characteristics and general market conditions. Securities which are not valued by independent pricing services or dealers are valued at fair value using procedures established in good faith by the Board of Trustees. Factors considered in making this determination may include, but are not limited to, information obtained by contacting the issuer, analysts, or the appropriate stock exchange (for exchange-traded securities), analysis of the issuer’s financial statements or other available documents and, if necessary, available information concerning other securities in similar circumstances. Futures contracts are valued at the settlement price established each day on the exchange on which they are traded. Short-term securities with remaining maturities of 60 days or less are valued at amortized cost, which approximates market value.
The Fund adopted Financial Accounting Standards Board Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 157, Fair Value Measurements (FAS 157), effective October 1, 2008. In accordance with FAS 157, fair value is defined as the price that the Fund would receive to sell an investment or pay to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction with an independent buyer in the principal market, or in the absence of a principal market the most advantageous market for the investment or liability. FAS 157 establishes a three-tier hierarchy to distinguish between (1) inputs that reflect the assumptions market participants would use in pricing an asset or liability developed based on market data obtained from sources independent of the reporting entity (observable inputs) and (2) inputs that reflect the reporting entity’s own assumptions about the assumptions market participants would use in pricing an asset or liability developed based on the best information available in the circumstances (unobservable inputs) and to establish classification of fair value measurements for disclosure purposes. Various inputs are used in determining the value of the Fund’s investments. The inputs are summarized in the three broad levels listed below.
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Level 1— | quoted prices in active markets for identical investments |
Level 2— | other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar investments, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, etc.) |
Level 3— | significant unobservable inputs (including the Fund’s own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments) |
The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities.
The following is a summary of the inputs used as of March 31, 2009 in valuing the Fund’s investments carried at value:
Investments in | ||||
Valuation Inputs | Securities | |||
Level 1—Quoted Prices | $ | -0- | ||
Level 2—Other Significant Observable Inputs | 981,437,010 | |||
Level 3—Significant Unobservable Inputs | -0- | |||
Total | $ | 981,437,010 | ||
B. Security Transactions Security transactions are recorded on a trade date basis. Realized gains and losses are determined on an identified cost basis. Legal expenditures that are expected to result in the restructuring of or a plan of reorganization for an investment are recorded as realized losses. The Fund may purchase and sell securities on a “when-issued” or “delayed delivery” basis, with settlement to occur at a later date. The value of the security so purchased is subject to market fluctuations during this period. The Fund will segregate assets with the custodian having an aggregate value at least equal to the amount of the when-issued or delayed delivery purchase commitments until payment is made. At March 31, 2009, the Fund had $5,783,040 of when-issued or delayed delivery purchase commitments.
C. Income and Expenses Interest income is recorded on an accrual basis. Bond premium is amortized and discount is accreted over the expected life of each applicable security. Income and expenses of the Fund are allocated on a pro rata basis to each class of shares, except for distribution and service fees and incremental transfer agency costs which are unique to each class of shares.
D. Federal Income Taxes It is the Fund’s policy to comply with the requirements of Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code applicable to regulated investment companies and to distribute substantially all of its taxable income to its shareholders. Therefore, no provision for federal income taxes is required. Financial Accounting Standards Board Interpretation No. 48, Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes, sets forth a minimum threshold for financial statement recognition of the benefit of a tax position taken or expected to be taken in a tax return. Management has concluded there are no significant uncertain tax positions that would require recognition in the financial statements. If applicable, the Fund recognizes interest accrued related to unrecognized tax benefits in “Interest Expense” and penalties in “Other” expenses on the Statement of Operations. The Fund files tax returns with the U.S. Internal Revenue Service. Generally, each of the tax years in the four year period ended September 30, 2008, remains subject to examination by taxing authorities.
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The Fund intends to utilize provisions of the federal income tax laws which allow it to carry a realized capital loss forward for eight years following the year of the loss and offset these losses against any future realized capital gains. At September 30, 2008, the Fund had an accumulated capital loss carryforward for tax purposes of $121,582,967, which will expire according to the following schedule:
Amount | Expiration | |||||||
$ | 10,147,307 | September 30, 2009 | ||||||
16,221,240 | September 30, 2010 | |||||||
22,472,916 | September 30, 2011 | |||||||
3,607,121 | September 30, 2012 | |||||||
28,957,443 | September 30, 2013 | |||||||
24,197,373 | September 30, 2014 | |||||||
6,419,495 | September 30, 2015 | |||||||
9,560,072 | September 30, 2016 |
At March 31, 2009, the cost and related gross unrealized appreciation and depreciation are as follows:
Cost of investments for tax purposes | $ | 1,309,806,398 | ||||
Gross tax unrealized appreciation | $ | 13,552,938 | ||||
Gross tax unrealized depreciation | (377,625,931 | ) | ||||
Net tax unrealized depreciation on investments | $ | (364,072,993 | ) | |||
E. Distribution of Income and Gains The Fund declares daily and pays monthly dividends from net investment income. Net realized gains, if any, are distributed at least annually. Distributions from net realized gains for book purposes may include short-term capital gains, which are included in ordinary income for tax purposes.
The tax character of distributions paid during the year ended September 30, 2008 was as follows:
Distributions paid from: | ||||
Ordinary income | $ | 48,797 | ||
Tax-exempt income | 78,737,727 | |||
$ | 78,786,524 | |||
As of September 30, 2008, the components of distributable earnings on a tax basis were as follows:
Undistributed ordinary income | $ | 204,490 | ||
Undistributed tax-exempt income | 6,214,160 |
Net realized gains or losses may differ for financial reporting and tax purposes primarily as a result of gains or losses recognized on securities for tax purposes but not for book purposes and the deferral of losses relating to wash sale transactions.
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F. Credits Earned on Cash Balances During the six months ended March 31, 2009, the Fund’s custody fee was reduced by $4,376 as a result of credits earned on cash balances.
G. Floating Rate Note Obligations Related to Securities Held The Fund enters into transactions in which it transfers to dealer trusts fixed rate bonds in exchange for cash and residual interest in the dealer trusts’ assets and cash flows, which are in the form of inverse floating rate investments. The dealer trusts fund the purchases of the fixed rate bonds by issuing floating rate notes to third parties and allowing the Fund to retain residual interests in the bonds. The Fund enters into shortfall agreements with the dealer trusts, which commit the Fund to pay the dealer trusts, in certain circumstances, the difference between the liquidation value of the fixed rate bonds held by the dealer trusts and the liquidation value of the floating rate notes held by third parties, as well as any shortfalls in interest cash flows. The residual interests held by the Fund (inverse floating rate investments) include the right of the Fund (1) to cause the holders of the floating rate notes to tender their notes at par at the next interest rate reset date, and (2) to transfer the municipal bond from the dealer trusts to the Fund, thereby collapsing the dealer trusts. The Fund accounts for the transfer of bonds to the dealer trusts as secured borrowings, with the securities transferred remaining in the Fund’s investments assets, and the related floating rate notes reflected as Fund liabilities under the caption “Floating Rate Note Obligations” on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. The Fund records the interest income from the fixed rate bonds under the caption “Interest” and records the expenses related to floating rate note obligations and any administrative expenses of the dealer trusts under the caption “Interest and Residual Trust Expenses” on the Fund’s Statement of Operations. The notes issued by the dealer trust have interest rates that reset weekly and the floating rate note holders have the option to tender their notes to the dealer trusts for redemption at par at each reset date. At March 31, 2009, Fund investments with a value of $58,685,383 are held by the dealer trusts and serve as collateral for the $35,705,000 in floating rate notes outstanding at that date. Contractual maturities of the floating rate notes and interest rates in effect at March 31, 2009 are presented on the Portfolio of Investments. The average floating rate notes outstanding and average annual interest and fee rate related to residual interests during the six months ended March 31, 2009 were $51,118,243 and 2.62%, respectively.
2. Investment Advisory Agreement and Other Transactions with Affiliates
Under the terms of the Fund’s Investment Advisory Agreement, Van Kampen Asset management (“the Adviser”) will provide investment advice and facilities to the Fund for an annual fee payable monthly as follows:
Average Daily Net Assets | % Per Annum | |||
First $500 million | .50% | |||
Over $500 million | .45% |
For the six months ended March 31, 2009, the Fund recognized expenses of approximately $28,100 representing legal services provided by Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, of which a trustee of the Fund is a partner of such firm and he and his law firm provide legal services as legal counsel to the Fund.
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Under separate Legal Services, Accounting Services, and Chief Compliance Officer (CCO) Employment agreements, the Adviser provides accounting and legal services and the CCO provides compliance services to the Fund. The costs of these services are allocated to each fund. For the six months ended March 31, 2009, the Fund recognized expenses of approximately $70,000 representing Van Kampen Investments Inc.’s or its affiliates’ (collectively “Van Kampen”) cost of providing accounting and legal services to the Fund, as well as the salary, benefits and related costs of the CCO and related support staff paid by Van Kampen. Services provided pursuant to the Legal Services agreement are reported as part of “Professional Fees” on the Statement of Operations. Services provided pursuant to the Accounting Services and CCO Employment agreement are reported as part of “Accounting and Administrative Expenses” on the Statement of Operations.
Van Kampen Investor Services Inc. (VKIS), an affiliate of the Adviser, serves as the shareholder servicing agent for the Fund. For the six months ended March 31, 2009, the Fund recognized expenses of approximately $99,600 representing transfer agency fees paid to VKIS and its affiliates. Transfer agency fees are determined through negotiations with the Fund’s Board of Trustees.
Certain officers and trustees of the Fund are also officers and directors of Van Kampen. The Fund does not compensate its officers or trustees who are also officers of Van Kampen.
The Fund provides deferred compensation and retirement plans for its trustees who are not officers of Van Kampen. Under the deferred compensation plan, trustees may elect to defer all or a portion of their compensation. Amounts deferred are retained by the Fund, and to the extent permitted by the 1940 Act, may be invested in the common shares of those funds selected by the trustees. Investments in such funds of approximately $123,300 are included in “Other” assets on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities at March 31, 2009. Appreciation/depreciation and distributions received from these investments are recorded with an offsetting increase/decrease in the deferred compensation obligation and do not affect the net asset value of the Fund. Benefits under the retirement plan are payable upon retirement for a ten-year period and are based upon each trustee’s years of service to the Fund. The maximum annual benefit per trustee under the plan is $2,500.
For the six months ended March 31, 2009, Van Kampen, as Distributor for the Fund, received commissions on sales of the Fund’s Class A Shares of approximately $85,000 and contingent deferred sales charge (CDSC) on redeemed shares of approximately $135,700. Sales charges do not represent expenses of the Fund.
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3. Capital Transactions
For the six months ended March 31, 2009 and year ended September 30, 2008, transactions were as follows:
For The | For The | |||||||||||||||||
Six Months Ended | Year Ended | |||||||||||||||||
March 31, 2009 | September 30, 2008 | |||||||||||||||||
Shares | Value | Shares | Value | |||||||||||||||
Sales: | ||||||||||||||||||
Class A | 11,561,553 | $ | 105,206,125 | 23,278,380 | $ | 286,468,234 | ||||||||||||
Class B | 431,455 | 3,883,163 | 703,508 | 8,570,363 | ||||||||||||||
Class C | 2,735,195 | 24,973,091 | 5,608,467 | 69,427,740 | ||||||||||||||
Class I | -0- | -0- | 64,111 | 787,496 | ||||||||||||||
Total Sales | 14,728,203 | $ | 134,062,379 | 29,654,466 | $ | 365,253,833 | ||||||||||||
Dividend Reinvestment: | ||||||||||||||||||
Class A | 2,949,552 | $ | 26,550,652 | 4,155,890 | $ | 49,845,865 | ||||||||||||
Class B | 181,460 | 1,632,625 | 261,522 | 3,134,913 | ||||||||||||||
Class C | 322,727 | 2,928,752 | 411,425 | 4,962,066 | ||||||||||||||
Class I | 366 | 3,364 | 1,417 | 16,902 | ||||||||||||||
Total Dividend Reinvestment | 3,454,105 | $ | 31,115,393 | 4,830,254 | $ | 57,959,746 | ||||||||||||
Repurchases: | ||||||||||||||||||
Class A | (19,570,305 | ) | $ | (182,433,145 | ) | (28,462,846 | ) | $ | (347,202,239 | ) | ||||||||
Class B | (1,098,830 | ) | (10,129,050 | ) | (1,633,806 | ) | (19,796,928 | ) | ||||||||||
Class C | (4,043,998 | ) | (37,453,110 | ) | (4,809,263 | ) | (59,089,651 | ) | ||||||||||
Class I | (13,187 | ) | (127,397 | ) | (46,931 | ) | (557,887 | ) | ||||||||||
Total Repurchases | (24,726,320 | ) | $ | (230,142,702 | ) | (34,952,846 | ) | $ | (426,646,705 | ) | ||||||||
4. Redemption Fee
The Fund will assess a 2% redemption fee on the proceeds of Fund shares that are redeemed (either by sale or exchange) within 30 days of purchase. The redemption fee is paid directly to the Fund and allocated on pro rata basis to each class of shares. For the six months ended March 31, 2009, the Fund received redemption fees of approximately $11,700, which are reported as part of “Cost of Shares Repurchased” on the Statements of Changes in Net Assets. The per share impact from redemption fees paid to the Fund was less than $0.01.
5. Investment Transactions
During the period, the cost of purchases and proceeds from sales of investments, excluding short-term investments, were $217,748,781 and $229,318,964, respectively.
6. Derivative Financial Instruments
A derivative financial instrument in very general terms refers to a security whose value is “derived” from the value of an underlying asset, reference rate or index. The Fund may use derivative instruments for a variety of reasons, such as to attempt to protect the Fund against possible changes in the market value of its portfolio, to manage the portfolio’s effective yield, maturity and duration, or generate potential gain. All of the Fund’s portfolio holdings,
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including derivative instruments, are marked to market each day with the change in value reflected in unrealized appreciation/depreciation. Upon disposition, a realized gain or loss is generally recognized. Risks may arise as a result of the potential inability of the counterparties to meet the terms of their contracts.
Summarized below are the specific types of derivative financial instruments used by the Fund.
A. Futures Contracts A futures contract is an agreement involving the delivery of a particular asset on a specified future date at an agreed upon price. The Fund generally invests in exchange traded futures contracts on U.S. Treasury Securities and typically closes the contract prior to the delivery date. These contracts are generally used to manage the Fund’s effective maturity and duration. Upon entering into futures contracts, the Fund maintains an amount of cash or liquid securities with a value equal to a percentage of the contract amount with either a futures commission merchant pursuant to rules and regulations promulgated under the 1940 Act, or with its custodian in an account in the broker’s name. This amount is known as initial margin. During the period the futures contract is open, payments are received from or made to the broker based upon changes in the value of the contract (the variation margin).
For the six months ended March 31, 2009, there were no transactions in future contracts.
B. Inverse Floating Rate Investments The Fund may invest a portion of its assets in inverse floating rate instruments, either through outright purchases of inverse floating rate securities or through the transfer of bonds to a dealer trust in exchange for cash and residual interests in the dealer trust. These investments are typically used by the Fund in seeking to enhance the yield of the portfolio. These instruments typically involve greater risks than a fixed rate municipal bond. In particular, these instruments are acquired through leverage or may have leverage embedded in them and therefore involve many of the risks associated with leverage. Leverage is a speculative technique that may expose the Fund to greater risk and increased costs. Leverage may cause the Fund’s net asset value to be more volatile than if it had not been leveraged because leverage tends to magnify the effect of any increases or decreases in the value of the Fund’s portfolio securities. The use of leverage may also cause the Fund to liquidate portfolio positions when it may not be advantageous to do so in order to satisfy its obligations with respect to inverse floating rate instruments.
7. Distribution and Service Plans
Shares of the Fund are distributed by Van Kampen Funds Inc. (the “Distributor”), an affiliate of the Adviser. The Fund has adopted a distribution plan pursuant to Rule 12b-1 under the 1940 Act, and a service plan (collectively, the “Plans”) for Class A Shares, Class B Shares and Class C Shares to compensate the Distributor for the sale, distribution, shareholder servicing and maintenance of shareholder accounts for these shares. Under the Plans, the Fund will incur annual fees of up to .25% of Class A average daily net assets and up to 1.00% each of Class B and Class C average daily net assets. These fees are accrued daily and paid to the Distributor monthly.
The amount of distribution expenses incurred by the Distributor and not yet reimbursed (“unreimbursed receivable”) was approximately $1,150,000 and $86,300 for Class B and Class C Shares, respectively. These amounts may be recovered from future payments under the
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distribution plan or CDSC. To the extent the unreimbursed receivable has been fully recovered, the distribution fee is reduced.
8. Indemnifications
The Fund enters into contracts that contain a variety of indemnifications. The Fund’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown. However, the Fund has not had prior claims or losses pursuant to these contracts and expects the risk of loss to be remote.
9. Accounting Pronouncements
On March 19, 2008, Financial Accounting Standards Board released Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 161, Disclosures about Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities (FAS 161). FAS 161 requires qualitative disclosures about objectives and strategies for using derivatives, quantitative disclosures about fair value amounts of and gains and losses on derivative instruments, and disclosures about credit-risk-related contingent features in derivative agreements. The application of FAS 161 is required for fiscal years and interim periods beginning after November 15, 2008. At this time, management does not believe the adoption of FAS 161 will impact the financial statement amounts; however, additional footnote disclosures may be required about the use of derivative instruments and hedging items.
On April 9, 2009, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued Staff Position No. 157-4, Determining Fair Value When the Volume and Level of Activity for the Asset or Liability Have Significantly Decreased and Identifying Transactions That Are Not Orderly (FSP 157-4). FSP 157-4 provides additional guidance for estimating fair value in accordance with FAS 157 when the volume and level of activity for the assets or liability have significantly decreased. FSP 157-4 also requires additional disaggregation of the current FAS 157 required disclosures. FSP 157-4 is effective for interim and annual reporting periods ending after June 15, 2009, and shall be applied prospectively. At this time, management is evaluating the implications of FSP 157-4 and the impact it will have on the financial statement disclosures.
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Board of Trustees, Officers and Important Addresses
Board of Trustees David C. Arch Jerry D. Choate Rod Dammeyer Linda Hutton Heagy R. Craig Kennedy Howard J Kerr Jack E. Nelson Hugo F. Sonnenschein Wayne W. Whalen* – Chairman Suzanne H. Woolsey Officers Edward C. Wood III President and Principal Executive Officer Kevin Klingert Vice President Stefanie V. Chang Yu Vice President and Secretary John L. Sullivan Chief Compliance Officer Stuart N. Schuldt Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer | Investment Adviser Van Kampen Asset Management 522 Fifth Avenue New York, New York 10036 Distributor Van Kampen Funds Inc. 522 Fifth Avenue New York, New York 10036 Shareholder Servicing Agent Van Kampen Investor Services Inc. P.O. Box 219286 Kansas City, Missouri 64121-9286 Custodian State Street Bank and Trust Company One Lincoln Street Boston, Massachusetts 02111 Legal Counsel Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP 333 West Wacker Drive Chicago, Illinois 60606 Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm Ernst & Young LLP 233 South Wacker Drive Chicago, Illinois 60606 |
* | “Interested persons” of the Fund, as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended. |
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Van Kampen Strategic Municipal Income Fund
An Important Notice Concerning Our
U.S. Privacy Policy
We are required by federal law to provide you with a copy of our Privacy Policy annually.
This Policy applies to current and former individual clients of Van Kampen Investments Inc., Van Kampen Asset Management, Van Kampen Advisors Inc., Van Kampen Funds Inc., Van Kampen Investor Services Inc. and Van Kampen Exchange Corp., as well as current and former individual investors in Van Kampen mutual funds, unit investment trusts, and related companies.
This Policy is not applicable to partnerships, corporations, trusts or other non-individual clients or account holders, nor is this Policy applicable to individuals who are either beneficiaries of a trust for which we serve as trustee or participants in an employee benefit plan administered or advised by us. This Policy is, however, applicable to individuals who select us to be a custodian of securities or assets in individual retirement accounts, 401(k) accounts, 529 Educational Savings Accounts, accounts subject to the Uniform Gifts to Minors Act, or similar accounts. Please note that we may amend this Policy at any time, and will inform you of any changes to this Policy as required by law.
We Respect Your Privacy
We appreciate that you have provided us with your personal financial information and understand your concerns about safeguarding such information. We strive to maintain the privacy of such information while we help you achieve your financial objectives. This Policy describes what nonpublic personal information we collect about you, how we collect it, when we may share it with others, and how others may use it. It discusses the steps you may take to limit our sharing of information about you with affiliated Van Kampen companies (“affiliated companies”). It also discloses how you may limit our affiliates’ use of shared information for marketing purposes. Throughout this Policy, we refer to the nonpublic information that personally identifies you or your accounts as “personal information.”
1. What Personal Information Do We Collect About You?
To better serve you and manage our business, it is important that we collect and maintain accurate information about you. We obtain this information from applications and other forms you submit to us, from your dealings with us, from consumer reporting agencies and from third parties and other sources. For example:
• | We collect information such as your name, address, e-mail address, phone number and account title. |
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• | We may obtain information about account balances, your use of account(s) and the types of products and services you prefer to receive from us through your dealings and transactions with us and other sources. | ||
• | We may obtain information about your creditworthiness and credit history from consumer reporting agencies. | ||
• | We may collect background information from and through third-party vendors to verify representations you have made and to comply with various regulatory requirements. | ||
• | If you interact with us through our public and private Web sites, we may collect information that you provide directly through online communications (such as an e-mail address). We may also collect information about your Internet service provider, your domain name, your computer’s operating system and Web browser, your use of our Web sites and your product and service preferences, through the use of ”cookies.” ”Cookies” recognize your computer each time you return to one of our sites, and help to improve our sites’ content and personalize your experience on our sites by, for example, suggesting offerings that may interest you. Please consult the Terms of Use of these sites for more details on our use of cookies. |
2. When Do We Disclose Personal Information We Collect About You?
To provide you with the products and services you request, to better serve you, to manage our business and as otherwise required or permitted by law, we may disclose personal information we collect about you to other affiliated companies and to nonaffiliated third parties.
A. Information We Disclose to Our Affiliated Companies. In order to manage your account(s) effectively, including servicing and processing your transactions, to let you know about products and services offered by us and affiliated companies, to manage our business, and as otherwise required or permitted by law, we may disclose personal information to other affiliated companies. Offers for products and services from affiliated companies are developed under conditions designed to safeguard your personal information.
B. Information We Disclose to Third Parties. We do not disclose personal information that we collect about you to nonaffiliated third parties except to enable them to provide marketing services on our behalf, to perform joint marketing agreements with other financial institutions, and as otherwise required or permitted by law. For example, some instances where we may disclose information about you to third
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parties include: for servicing and processing transactions, to offer our own products and services, to protect against fraud, for institutional risk control, to respond to judicial process or to perform services on our behalf. When we share personal information with a nonaffiliated third party, they are required to limit their use of personal information to the particular purpose for which it was shared and they are not allowed to share personal information with others except to fulfill that limited purpose.
3. How Do We Protect the Security and Confidentiality of Personal Information We Collect About You?
We maintain physical, electronic and procedural security measures to help safeguard the personal information we collect about you. We have internal policies governing the proper handling of client information. Third parties that provide support or marketing services on our behalf may also receive personal information, and we require them to adhere to confidentiality standards with respect to such information.
4. How Can You Limit the Sharing of Certain Types of Personal Information With Affiliated Companies?
We respect your privacy and offer you choices as to whether we share with affiliated companies personal information that was collected to determine your eligibility for products and services you request (“eligibility information”). Please note that, even if you direct us not to share eligibility information with affiliated companies (“opt-out”), we may still share personal information, including eligibility information, with those companies in circumstances excluded from the opt-out under applicable law, such as to process transactions or to service your account. We may also share certain other types of personal information with affiliated companies—such as your name, address, telephone number, e-mail address and account number(s), and information about your transactions and experiences with us.
5. How Can You Limit the Use of Certain Types of Personal Information by Affiliated Companies for Marketing?
You may limit affiliated companies from marketing their products or services to you based on your personal information that they receive from affiliated companies. This information includes your income, assets and account history. Your choice to limit marketing offers from affiliated companies will apply until you tell us to change your choice.
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If you wish to opt-out of sharing and to limit marketing offers, you may do so by:
• | Calling us at (800) 847-2424 Monday-Friday between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m. (ET) | ||
• | Writing to us at the following address: Van Kampen Privacy Department Harborside Financial Center, Plaza Two, 3rd Floor Jersey City, NJ 07311 |
If you choose to write to us, your written request should include your name, address, telephone number and account number(s) to which the opt-out applies and should not be sent with any other correspondence. In order to process your request, we require that the request be provided by you directly and not through a third party.
If you have previously notified us about your privacy preferences, it is not necessary to do so again unless you decide to change your preferences. Your opt-out preference will remain in effect with respect to this Policy (as it may be amended) until you notify us otherwise in writing. If you have a joint account, your direction for us not to share this information with other affiliated companies and for those affiliated companies not to use your personal information for marketing will be applied to all account holders on that account.
Please understand that if you opt-out, you and any joint account holders may not receive information about affiliated company products and services that could help you manage your financial resources and achieve your investment objectives.
If you hold more than one account with Van Kampen, you may receive multiple privacy policies from us, and would need to follow the directions stated in each particular policy for each account you have with us.
SPECIAL NOTICE TO RESIDENTS OF VERMONT
This section supplements our Policy with respect to our individual clients who have a Vermont address and supersedes anything to the contrary in the above Policy with respect to those clients only.
The State of Vermont requires financial institutions to obtain your consent prior to sharing personal information that they collect about you with affiliated companies and nonaffiliated third parties other than in certain limited circumstances. Except as permitted by law, we will not share personal information we collect about you with nonaffiliated third parties or other affiliated companies unless you provide us with your written consent to share such information (“opt-in”).
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If you wish to receive offers for investment products and services offered by or through other affiliated companies, please notify us in writing at the following address:
Van Kampen Privacy Department Harborside Financial Center, Plaza Two, 3rd Floor Jersey City, NJ 07311 |
Your authorization should include your name, address, telephone number and account number(s) to which the opt-in applies and should not be sent with any other correspondence. In order to process your authorization, we require that the authorization be provided by you directly and not through a third-party.
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STMISAN 5/09
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Welcome, Shareholder
In this report, you’ll learn about how your investment in Van Kampen California Insured Tax Free Fund performed during the semiannual period. The portfolio management team will provide an overview of the market conditions and discuss some of the factors that affected investment performance during the reporting period. In addition, this report includes the fund’s financial statements and a list of fund investments as of March 31, 2009.
This material must be preceded or accompanied by a Class A, B, and C share or Class I share prospectus for the fund being offered. The prospectuses contain information about the fund, including the investment objectives, risks, charges and expenses. To obtain an additional prospectus, contact your financial advisor or download one at vankampen.com. Please read the prospectus carefully before investing.
Market forecasts provided in this report may not necessarily come to pass. There is no assurance that the fund will achieve its investment objective. The fund is subject to market risk, which is the possibility that the market values of securities owned by the fund will decline and, therefore, the value of the fund shares may be less than what you paid for them. Accordingly, you can lose money investing in this fund.
Income may subject certain individuals to the federal Alternative Minimum Tax (AMT).
NOT FDIC INSURED | OFFER NO BANK GUARANTEE | MAY LOSE VALUE | ||||
NOT INSURED BY ANY FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AGENCY | NOT A DEPOSIT | |||||
Performance Summary as of 3/31/09
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Average Annual | w/o sales | sales | w/o sales | sales | w/o sales | sales | w/o sales | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total Returns | charges | charge | charges | charge | charges | charge | charges | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Since Inception | 5.74 | % | 5.52 | % | 3.59 | % | 3.59 | % | 3.03 | % | 3.03 | % | –0.69 | % | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
10-year | 2.77 | 2.27 | 2.46 | 2.46 | 2.05 | 2.05 | — | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
5-year | 0.33 | –0.64 | 0.40 | 0.15 | –0.36 | –0.36 | — | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1-year | –5.26 | –9.76 | –5.35 | –8.97 | –5.89 | –6.79 | –5.02 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
6-month | –0.66 | –5.36 | –0.71 | –4.59 | –1.07 | –2.04 | –0.54 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
30-Day SEC Yield | 4.46% | 4.68% | 3.92% | 4.93 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Gross Expense Ratio | 1.29% | 2.05% | 2.04% | 1.04 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Performance data quoted represents past performance, which is no guarantee of future results, and current performance may be lower or higher than the figures shown. For the most recent month end performance figures, please visit vankampen.com or speak with your financial advisor. Investment returns and principal value will fluctuate and fund shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Expenses are as of the Fund’s fiscal year end.
The returns shown in this report do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares. Performance of share classes will vary due to differences in sales charges and expenses. Average annual total return with sales charges includes payment of the maximum sales charge of 4.75 percent for Class A shares, a contingent deferred sales charge of 4.00 percent for Class B shares (in years one and two and declining to zero after year five), a contingent deferred sales charge of 1.00 percent for Class C shares in year one and combined Rule 12b-1 fees and service fees of up to 0.25 percent for Class A shares and up to 1.00 percent for Class B and C shares. The since inception and 10-year returns for Class B shares reflect the conversion of Class B shares into Class A shares eight years after purchase. Class I shares are available for purchase exclusively by investors through (i) tax-exempt retirement plans with assets of at least $1 million (including 401(k) plans, 457 plans, employer-sponsored 403(b) plans, profit sharing and money purchase plans, defined benefit plans and non-qualified deferred compensation plans), (ii) fee-based investment programs with assets of at least $1 million, (iii) qualified state tuition plan (529 plan) accounts, (iv) institutional clients with assets of at least $1 million and (v) certain Van Kampen investment companies. Class I shares are offered without any sales charges on purchases or sales and do not include combined Rule 12b-1 fees and service fees. Figures shown above assume reinvestment of all dividends and capital gains. SEC yield is a calculation for determining the amount of portfolio income, excluding non-income items as prescribed by the SEC. Yields are subject to change. Periods of less than one year are not annualized.
The Lehman Brother’s Municipal Bond Index, which has been shown in the Fund’s previous shareholder reports and prospectuses, changed its name to Barclays Capital Municipal Bond Index as of November 3, 2008. The Barclays Capital Municipal Bond Index is generally representative of investment-grade, tax-exempt bonds. The Barclays Capital California Insured Municipal Bond Index is comprised of insured California municipal bond issues. Indices are unmanaged and do not include any sales charges or fees. Such costs would lower performance. It is not possible to invest directly in an index.
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Fund Report
For the six-month period ended March 31, 2009
Market Conditions
The six months under review can be divided into two distinct periods in terms of municipal market performance. The first of these, the last quarter of 2008, marked one of the worst periods in the history of the municipal bond market as well as the broad financial markets. Extreme risk aversion emerged as investors became skittish following the government takeovers, forced mergers or failures of several venerable financial institutions that began in September. Massive deleveraging and forced selling ensued and tax-exempt bond funds experienced significant outflows as investors fled to the relative safety of Treasury securities and money market funds. These factors pushed municipal bond prices to their cheapest levels in history relative to Treasury bonds.
Not surprisingly in this risk-averse environment, the lower-rated segment of the market underperformed, with high-yield municipal bonds (those rated below triple-B or non-rated issues) returning –21.25 percent for the fourth quarter (as measured by the Barclays Capital High Yield Municipal Bond Index) while triple-B rated issues returned –14.68 percent and triple-A rates issues returned 3.44 percent (as measured by the Barclays Capital Municipal Bond Index).
The first quarter of 2009 was markedly better for municipal bond investors. Credit concerns eased, deleveraging slowed considerably, and investors began to re-enter the market, driving municipal bond prices higher. Yields declined by as much as 80 basis points on the front end of the municipal yield curve during the quarter, while yields on long-maturity issues fell roughly 25 basis points. The rally was accompanied by a narrowing of credit spreads, which helped the high-yield segment of the market to outperform. For the quarter, high-yield municipals returned 7.65 percent, triple-B rated issues returned 7.22 percent and triple-A rated issues returned 3.52 percent.
Although the high-yield segment rebounded nicely in the first three months of 2009, the gains were not enough to offset the losses in the last quarter of 2008. As a result, higher-quality issues outperformed for the overall six-month reporting period. With regard to sectors, performance was largely dependent on credit quality, with the lower-quality industrial development revenue/pollution control revenue (i.e. corporate-backed) and tobacco sectors turning in the worst performance while water and sewer and housing bonds posted the highest returns.
The credit crunch squeezed municipal bond issuance, which declined by nine percent in 2008. As the credit quality of municipal bond issuers crumbled during the year, insured bond volume fell to 18 percent of total issuance, a dramatic decline from the 55 percent average over the past few years. This large increase in uninsured bonds has disrupted many historical measures of value in the municipal bond market. In the first quarter of 2009, issuance rose and was easily
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placed due to robust retail demand. In a significant reversal from the last quarter of 2008, municipal bond funds saw approximately $11 billion in net inflows as investors recognized the historical cheapness of the municipal sector.
The state of California still benefits from its large and diverse economic base and above average wealth levels. However, the state faces many challenges from its large exposure to the housing crisis, falling tax revenues, and recent budgetary shortfalls. Although the Governor recently signed the state’s 2009 Budget Act, which closed the state’s budget gap through a series of tax increases, expenditure cuts and borrowing, the rating agencies subsequently downgraded the state’s credit rating to mid-single A with a stable outlook. The state typically leads the national economy and we will continue to closely monitor its financial performance.
Performance Analysis
All share classes of Van Kampen California Insured Tax Free Fund underperformed the Barclays Capital California Insured Municipal Bond Index (the “Index”) and the Barclays Capital Municipal Bond Index for the six months ended March 31, 2009, assuming no deduction of applicable sales charges.
Total returns for the six-month period ended March 31, 2009
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–0.66 | % | –0.71 | % | –1.07 | % | –0.54 | % | 6.03 | % | 5.00 | % | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The performance for the four share classes varies because each has different expenses. The Fund’s total return figures assume the reinvestment of all distributions, but do not reflect the deduction of any applicable sales charges. Such costs would lower performance. Past performance is no guarantee of future results. See Performance Summary for standardized performance information and index definitions.
The primary detractors from performance during the reporting period were the portfolio’s holdings in triple-B rated securities and its yield-curve positioning. The Fund held an overweight relative to the index in triple-B rated securities, which hindered performance as the higher-rated segment of the market outperformed during the period. With regard to yield-curve positioning, the portfolio held a modest overweight to the long end of the curve, specifically maturities of 25 years or more, which was disadvantageous as shorter-maturity issues outperformed. Holdings in tobacco and special tax district bonds also detracted from returns due to ongoing spread widening in the sectors. It should be noted that over the course of the period, we reduced the Fund’s exposure to the long end of the municipal curve, reduced holdings in lower quality insured issues, and trimmed exposure to the tobacco sector.
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Positive contributors to relative performance for the period included strong security selection in the health care sector. The Fund’s holdings there were primarily high-quality securities in that they were insured or double-A rated, which was beneficial as spreads on these higher-quality issues widened less than spreads on lower-rated uninsured health care issues during the reporting period. The Fund’s exposure to pre-refunded bonds* was additive to returns as these shorter-maturity securities benefited from the outperformance of the front end of the municipal yield curve. Lastly, holdings in municipal auction rate securities with zero durations (a measure of interest-rate sensitivity) helped enhance the portfolio’s income as the yields on these securities remained well above those of comparable money market instruments.
There is no guarantee that any sectors mentioned will continue to perform as discussed herein or that securities in such sectors will be held by the Fund in the future.
*Pre-refunding, or advance refunding, is a financing structure under which new bonds are issued to repay an outstanding bond issue, generally on its first call date. The proceeds from the new issuance are held in an escrow of high-quality U.S. government securities dedicated solely to pay interest and principal on the outstanding bond issue. Pre-refunded bonds are the outstanding bonds that will be refunded from this escrow and therefore, are typically rated ‘AAA’.
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Top Five Sectors as of 3/31/09 (Unaudited) | ||||
Tax Allocation | 30.2 | % | ||
Public Education | 15.2 | |||
Public Buildings | 10.0 | |||
Hospital | 7.7 | |||
Higher Education | 7.6 | |||
Ratings Allocation as of 3/31/09 (Unaudited) | ||||
AAA/Aaa | 20.9 | % | ||
AA/Aa | 47.0 | |||
A/A | 21.1 | |||
BBB/Baa | 10.1 | |||
Non-Rated | 0.9 |
Subject to change daily. Provided for informational purposes only and should not be deemed as a recommendation to buy or sell the securities mentioned or securities in the industries shown above. Ratings allocations are a percentage of total investments. Top 5 sectors percentages are as a percentage of long-term investments. Van Kampen is a wholly owned subsidiary of a global securities firm which is engaged in a wide range of financial services including, for example, securities trading and brokerage activities, investment banking, research and analysis, financing and financial advisory services. Ratings allocations based upon ratings as issued by Standard & Poor’s and Moody’s, respectively.
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For More Information About Portfolio Holdings
Each Van Kampen fund provides a complete schedule of portfolio holdings in its semiannual and annual reports within 60 days of the end of the fund’s second and fourth fiscal quarters. The semiannual reports and the annual reports are filed electronically with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Form N-CSRS and Form N-CSR, respectively. Van Kampen also delivers the semiannual and annual reports to fund shareholders, and makes these reports available on its public Web site, www.vankampen.com. In addition to the semiannual and annual reports that Van Kampen delivers to shareholders and makes available through the Van Kampen public Web site, each fund files a complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the SEC for the fund’s first and third fiscal quarters on Form N-Q. Van Kampen does not deliver the reports for the first and third fiscal quarters to shareholders, nor are the reports posted to the Van Kampen public Web site. You may, however, obtain the Form N-Q filings (as well as the Form N-CSR and N-CSRS filings) by accessing the SEC’s Web site, http://www.sec.gov. You may also review and copy them at the SEC’s Public Reference Room in Washington, DC. Information on the operation of the SEC’s Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling the SEC at (800) SEC-0330. You can also request copies of these materials, upon payment of a duplicating fee, by electronic request at the SEC’s email address (publicinfo@sec.gov) or by writing the Public Reference section of the SEC, Washington, DC 20549-0102.
You may obtain copies of a fund’s fiscal quarter filings by contacting Van Kampen Client Relations at (800) 847-2424.
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Householding Notice
To reduce Fund expenses, the Fund attempts to eliminate duplicate mailings to the same address. The Fund delivers a single copy of certain shareholder documents to investors who share an address, even if the accounts are registered under different names. The Fund’s prospectuses and shareholder reports (including annual privacy notices) will be delivered to you in this manner indefinitely unless you instruct us otherwise. You can request multiple copies of these documents by either calling (800) 341-2911 or writing to Van Kampen Investor Services at P.O. Box 219286, Kansas City, MO 64121-9286. Once Investor Services has received your instructions, we will begin sending individual copies for each account within 30 days.
Proxy Voting Policy and Procedures and Proxy Voting Record
You may obtain a copy of the Fund’s Proxy Voting Policy and Procedures without charge, upon request, by calling toll free (800) 847-2424 or by visiting our Web site at www.vankampen.com. It is also available on the Securities and Exchange Commission’s Web site at http://www.sec.gov.
You may obtain information regarding how the Fund voted proxies relating to portfolio securities during the most recent twelve-month period ended June 30 without charge by visiting our Web site at www.vankampen.com. This information is also available on the Securities and Exchange Commission’s Web site at http://www.sec.gov.
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Expense Example
As a shareholder of the Fund, you incur two types of costs : (1) transaction costs, including sales charges (loads) on purchase payments of Class A Shares and contingent deferred sales charges on redemptions of Class B and C Shares; and (2) ongoing costs, including management fees; distribution and service (12b-1) fees; and other Fund expenses. This example is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds.
The example is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period 10/1/08 - 3/31/09.
Actual Expense
The first line of the table below provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in this line, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the first line under the heading entitled “Expenses Paid During Period” to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during this period.
Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes
The second line of the table below provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the Fund’s actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the Fund’s actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You may use this information to compare the ongoing cost of investing in the Fund and other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of the other funds.
Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only and do not reflect any transactional costs, such as sales charges (loads) or contingent deferred sales charges. Therefore, the second line of the table is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. In addition, if these transactional costs were included, your costs would have been higher.
Beginning | Ending | Expenses Paid | ||||||||||
Account Value | Account Value | During Period* | ||||||||||
10/1/08 | 3/31/09 | 10/1/08-3/31/09 | ||||||||||
Class A | ||||||||||||
Actual | $ | 1,000.00 | $ | 993.38 | $ | 4.77 | ||||||
Hypothetical | 1,000.00 | 1,020.14 | 4.84 | |||||||||
(5% annual return before expenses) | ||||||||||||
Class B | ||||||||||||
Actual | 1,000.00 | 992.86 | 4.82 | |||||||||
Hypothetical | 1,000.00 | 1,020.09 | 4.89 | |||||||||
(5% annual return before expenses) | ||||||||||||
Class C | ||||||||||||
Actual | 1,000.00 | 989.26 | 8.73 | |||||||||
Hypothetical | 1,000.00 | 1,016.16 | 8.85 | |||||||||
(5% annual return before expenses) | ||||||||||||
Class I | ||||||||||||
Actual | 1,000.00 | 994.64 | 3.43 | |||||||||
Hypothetical | 1,000.00 | 1,021.49 | 3.48 | |||||||||
(5% annual return before expenses) |
* | Expenses are equal to the Fund’s annualized expense ratio of 0.96%, 0.97%, 1.76% and 0.69%, for Class A, B, C and I Shares, respectively, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 182/365 (to reflect the one-half year period). The expense ratios for Class B Share reflect actual 12b-1 fees of less than 1%. |
Assumes all dividends and distributions were reinvested.
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The following table shows what expenses a shareholder would have paid, excluding interest and residual trust expenses.
Beginning | Ending | Expenses Paid | ||||||||||
Account Value | Account Value | During Period* | ||||||||||
10/1/08 | 3/31/09 | 10/1/08-3/31/09 | ||||||||||
Class A | ||||||||||||
Actual | $ | 1,000.00 | $ | 993.38 | $ | 4.72 | ||||||
Hypothetical | 1,000.00 | 1,020.19 | 4.78 | |||||||||
(5% annual return before expenses) | ||||||||||||
Class B | ||||||||||||
Actual | 1,000.00 | 992.86 | 4.72 | |||||||||
Hypothetical | 1,000.00 | 1,020.19 | 4.78 | |||||||||
(5% annual return before expenses) | ||||||||||||
Class C | ||||||||||||
Actual | 1,000.00 | 989.26 | 8.63 | |||||||||
Hypothetical | 1,000.00 | 1,016.26 | 8.75 | |||||||||
(5% annual return before expenses) | ||||||||||||
Class I | ||||||||||||
Actual | 1,000.00 | 994.64 | 3.38 | |||||||||
Hypothetical | 1,000.00 | 1,021.54 | 3.43 | |||||||||
(5% annual return before expenses) |
* | Expenses are equal to the Fund’s annualized expense ratio of 0.95%, 0.95%, 1.74% and 0.68%, for Class A, B, C and I Shares, respectively, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 182/365 (to reflect the one-half year period). The expense ratios for Class B Share reflect actual 12b-1 fees of less than 1%. |
Assumes all dividends and distributions were reinvested.
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Portfolio of Investments n March 31, 2009 (Unaudited)
Par | ||||||||||||||
Amount | ||||||||||||||
(000) | Description | Coupon | Maturity | Value | ||||||||||
Municipal Bonds 101.3% California 101.3% | ||||||||||||||
$ | 1,925 | Alhambra, CA City Elem Sch Dist Cap Apprec, Ser A (FSA Insd) | * | 09/01/20 | $ | 1,065,334 | ||||||||
2,365 | Apple Valley, CA Pub Fin Auth Lease Rev Town Hall Annex Proj, Ser A (AMBAC Insd) | 5.000 | % | 09/01/27 | 2,192,875 | |||||||||
1,500 | Arcadia, CA Uni Sch Dist Election 2006, Ser A (FSA Insd) | 5.000 | 08/01/37 | 1,413,330 | ||||||||||
1,430 | Bay Area Govt Assn CA Lease Rev Cap Proj, Ser A (AMBAC Insd) | 5.250 | 07/01/17 | 1,544,443 | ||||||||||
2,735 | Bay Area Govt Assn CA Lease Rev West Sacramento, Ser A (Syncora Gtd) | 5.000 | 09/01/29 | 2,636,567 | ||||||||||
1,250 | Bay Area Toll Auth CA Toll Brdg Rev San Francisco Bay Area, Ser F1 | 5.000 | 04/01/39 | 1,177,900 | ||||||||||
1,000 | Bonita, CA Uni Sch Dist Election 2004, Ser A (NATL Insd) | 5.000 | 08/01/28 | 952,290 | ||||||||||
1,070 | Bonita, CA Uni Sch Dist Election 2004, Ser A (NATL Insd) | 5.250 | 08/01/24 | 1,111,719 | ||||||||||
1,850 | Brea & Olinda, CA Uni Sch Dist Ctf Partn Rfdg, Ser A (FSA Insd) | 5.500 | 08/01/18 | 1,959,872 | ||||||||||
1,745 | Byron Bethany JT Pwrs Auth CA Lease Rev Admin Bldg Proj, Ser A (CIFG Insd) | 4.625 | 10/01/32 | 1,383,279 | ||||||||||
2,165 | California Ed Fac Auth Rev Univ Pacific (NATL Insd) | 5.875 | 11/01/20 | 2,199,185 | ||||||||||
1,000 | California Hlth Fac Fin Auth Rev Providence Hlth & Svc, Ser C | 6.500 | 10/01/38 | 1,047,230 | ||||||||||
10,000 | California Hlth Fac Fin Auth Rev Sutter Hlth, Ser A (b) | 5.000 | 11/15/42 | 8,593,750 | ||||||||||
1,050 | California Spl Dist Assn Fin Corp Ctf Partn Spl Dist Fin Pgm, Ser DD (FSA Insd) | 5.625 | 01/01/27 | 1,011,686 | ||||||||||
945 | California St (FGIC Insd) | 6.250 | 09/01/12 | 1,005,253 | ||||||||||
1,000 | California St Univ Rev Systemwide, Ser A (AGL Insd) | 5.250 | 11/01/38 | 969,300 | ||||||||||
2,000 | California Statewide Cmnty Dev Auth Rev ARS Insd Hlth Fac Catholic, Ser D (FSA Insd) (c) (d) | 1.500 | 07/01/41 | 2,000,000 | ||||||||||
1,000 | California Statewide Cmnty Dev Auth Rev CA Statewide Inland Regl Ctr Proj | 5.375 | 12/01/37 | 716,240 | ||||||||||
500 | California Statewide Cmnty Dev Auth Rev FHA Insd Mtg Methodist Hosp Proj (FHA Gtd) | 6.750 | 02/01/38 | 506,800 | ||||||||||
1,900 | California Statewide Cmnty Dev Auth Wtr Rev, Ser A (FSA Insd) | 5.000 | 10/01/26 | 1,889,056 | ||||||||||
2,000 | Castaic Lake Wtr Agy CA Ctf Partn Wtr Sys Impt Proj Rfdg, Ser A (NATL Insd) | 7.000 | 08/01/12 | 2,291,560 | ||||||||||
3,000 | Castaic Lake Wtr Agy CA Rev Ctf Partn, Ser A (NATL Insd) | 5.250 | 08/01/23 | 3,072,090 | ||||||||||
100 | Cerritos, CA Cmnty College Dist Election 2004, Ser A (NATL Insd) | 5.000 | 08/01/26 | 99,878 |
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Portfolio of Investments n March 31, 2009 (Unaudited) continued
Portfolio of Investments n March 31, 2009 (Unaudited) continued
Par | ||||||||||||||
Amount | ||||||||||||||
(000) | Description | Coupon | Maturity | Value | ||||||||||
California (Continued) | ||||||||||||||
$ | 125 | Cerritos, CA Cmnty College Dist Election 2004, Ser A (NATL Insd) | 5.000 | % | 08/01/28 | $ | 121,876 | |||||||
1,160 | Coachella, CA Fin Auth Tax Alloc Rev Redev Proj 1 & 2 Rfdg, Ser A (Syncora Gtd) | 5.250 | 12/01/30 | 954,170 | ||||||||||
3,400 | Contra Costa, CA Cmnty College Dist Election 2002 (NATL Insd) | 5.000 | 08/01/29 | 3,289,330 | ||||||||||
950 | Corona, CA Redev Agy Tax Alloc Temescal Canyon Proj Area, Ser A (AGL Insd) | 4.375 | 11/01/26 | 771,609 | ||||||||||
2,500 | Desert, CA Cmnty College Dist, Ser C (FSA Insd) | 5.000 | 08/01/37 | 2,355,550 | ||||||||||
2,000 | Desert Hot Springs, CA Redev Agy Tax Alloc Merged Redev Proj, Ser A-2 | 5.750 | 09/01/38 | 1,609,520 | ||||||||||
2,400 | Dinuba, CA Redev Agy Tax Alloc Merged City Redev Proj No 2 Rfdg (AMBAC Insd) | 5.000 | 09/01/34 | 2,203,776 | ||||||||||
1,000 | El Dorado, CA Irr Dist Ctfs Partn, Ser A (AGL Insd) | 5.750 | 08/01/39 | 1,000,950 | ||||||||||
1,200 | Fairfield, CA Cmnty Fac Dist Spl Tax No 3 North Cordelia Gen Impt | 6.000 | 09/01/32 | 1,124,160 | ||||||||||
2,330 | Fairfield, CA Ctf Partn Fairfield Wtr, Ser A (NATL Insd) | 5.000 | 04/01/42 | 1,942,824 | ||||||||||
1,480 | Fontana, CA Redev Agy Tax Alloc Dwntwn Redev Proj Rfdg (NATL Insd) | 5.000 | 09/01/21 | 1,392,014 | ||||||||||
1,735 | Fortuna, CA Pub Fin Auth Rev Escrow (AGL Insd) | 5.000 | 11/01/38 | 1,548,661 | ||||||||||
650 | Fresno, CA Jt Pwrs Fin Auth Lease Rev, Ser A (FSA Insd) | 5.000 | 06/01/17 | 686,881 | ||||||||||
590 | Fresno, CA Uni Sch Dist Rfdg, Ser C (NATL Insd) | 5.900 | 08/01/17 | 649,932 | ||||||||||
630 | Fresno, CA Uni Sch Dist Rfdg, Ser C (NATL Insd) | 5.900 | 08/01/18 | 689,932 | ||||||||||
675 | Fresno, CA Uni Sch Dist Rfdg, Ser C (NATL Insd) | 5.900 | 08/01/19 | 732,362 | ||||||||||
720 | Fresno, CA Uni Sch Dist Rfdg, Ser C (NATL Insd) | 5.900 | 08/01/20 | 773,042 | ||||||||||
1,000 | Gilroy, CA Uni Sch Dist Ctf Partn Sch Fac Proj (AGL Insd) | 5.000 | 04/01/39 | 893,770 | ||||||||||
2,000 | Glendale, CA Redev Agy Tax Alloc Rev Ctr Glendale Redev Proj (NATL Insd) | 5.250 | 12/01/20 | 1,829,220 | ||||||||||
2,425 | Glendora, CA Pub Fin Auth Rev Tax Alloc Proj No 1, Ser A (NATL Insd) | 5.000 | 09/01/24 | 2,189,945 | ||||||||||
5,000 | Golden St Tob Sec Corp CA Tob Settlement Rev Asset Bkd Sr, Ser A-1 | 5.750 | 06/01/47 | 2,807,500 | ||||||||||
2,000 | Golden Vly Uni Sch Dist CA Election 2006, Ser A (FSA Insd) | 5.000 | 08/01/41 | 1,863,740 | ||||||||||
2,230 | Hanford, CA Jt Un High Sch Dist Election 1998, Ser C (NATL Insd) | 5.700 | 08/01/28 | 2,355,482 | ||||||||||
2,275 | Hawaiian Gardens, CA Redev Agy Proj No 1 Tax Alloc, Ser A (AMBAC Insd) | 5.000 | 12/01/25 | 2,017,447 | ||||||||||
2,900 | Hesperia, CA Pub Fin Auth Rev Redev & Hsg Proj, Ser A (Syncora Gtd) | 5.000 | 09/01/31 | 2,079,503 | ||||||||||
2,000 | Imperial Irr Dist CA Ctf Partn Elec Sys Proj (FSA Insd) | 5.250 | 11/01/23 | 2,049,360 |
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Portfolio of Investments n March 31, 2009 (Unaudited) continued
Portfolio of Investments n March 31, 2009 (Unaudited) continued
Par | ||||||||||||||
Amount | ||||||||||||||
(000) | Description | Coupon | Maturity | Value | ||||||||||
California (Continued) | ||||||||||||||
$ | 1,950 | Imperial Irr Dist CA Ctf Partn Wtr Sys Proj (AMBAC Insd) | 5.000 | % | 07/01/19 | $ | 1,988,493 | |||||||
2,000 | Indio, CA Redev Agy Tax Alloc Sub-merged Redev Proj Area, Ser A | 5.625 | 08/15/35 | 1,762,200 | ||||||||||
2,000 | Inglewood, CA Redev Agy Tax Alloc Merged Redev Proj Rfdg, Ser A (AMBAC Insd) | 5.250 | 05/01/23 | 1,939,520 | ||||||||||
1,715 | Irvine, CA Pub Fac & Infrastructure Auth Assmt Rev, Ser B (AMBAC Insd) | 5.000 | 09/02/23 | 1,500,248 | ||||||||||
2,000 | La Canada, CA Uni Sch Dist Election 2004, Ser A (NATL Insd) | 5.500 | 08/01/28 | 2,026,000 | ||||||||||
2,000 | La Quinta, CA Fin Auth Loc Agy Rev, Ser A (AMBAC Insd) | 5.250 | 09/01/24 | 1,856,080 | ||||||||||
2,000 | La Quinta, CA Redev Agy Tax Alloc Redev Proj Area No 1 (AMBAC Insd) | 5.000 | 09/01/22 | 1,860,960 | ||||||||||
1,000 | Lodi, CA Wastewater Sys Rev Ctf Partn, Ser A (FSA Insd) | 5.000 | 10/01/37 | 935,270 | ||||||||||
1,545 | Long Beach, CA Bd Fin Auth Lease Rev Pub Safety Fac Proj (AMBAC Insd) | 5.250 | 11/01/20 | 1,556,603 | ||||||||||
1,975 | Los Angeles, CA Ctf Partn Real Ppty Pgm, Ser T (NATL Insd) | 5.000 | 02/01/19 | 2,031,564 | ||||||||||
2,000 | Los Angeles, CA Dept Wtr & Pwr Wtrwks Rev, Ser C (NATL Insd) | 5.000 | 07/01/26 | 2,011,300 | ||||||||||
1,115 | Los Angeles, CA Mtg Rev FHA Sec 8 Asstd Proj Rfdg, Ser A (NATL Insd) | 6.100 | 07/01/25 | 1,115,513 | ||||||||||
1,375 | Los Angeles, CA Spl Assmt Landscaping & Ltg Dist No 96, Ser 1 (AMBAC Insd) | 5.000 | 03/01/21 | 1,403,710 | ||||||||||
1,000 | Los Angeles, CA Uni Sch Dist, Ser D | 5.000 | 01/01/34 | 944,350 | ||||||||||
1,000 | Los Angeles Cnty, CA Ctf Partn Disney Pkg Proj Rfdg (AMBAC Insd) | 4.750 | 03/01/23 | 894,270 | ||||||||||
1,000 | Los Angeles Cnty, CA Metro Tran Auth Sales Tax Rev Prop A First Tier Sr Rfdg, Ser C (AMBAC Insd) | 5.000 | 07/01/23 | 1,014,590 | ||||||||||
1,265 | Los Angeles Cnty, CA Sch Regionalized Business Svcs Ctf Cap Apprec Pooled Fin, Ser A (AMBAC Insd) | * | 08/01/24 | 509,782 | ||||||||||
1,000 | Lynwood, CA Uni Sch Dist 2002 Election, Ser A (FSA Insd) | 5.000 | 08/01/27 | 986,940 | ||||||||||
1,105 | Monrovia, CA Fin Auth Lease Rev Hillside Wilderness Preserve (AMBAC Insd) | 5.000 | 12/01/20 | 1,107,464 | ||||||||||
2,000 | Montclair, CA Redev Agy Tax Allocation Redev Proj No V Rfdg (NATL Insd) | 5.000 | 10/01/20 | 1,902,520 | ||||||||||
1,000 | Morongo Band Of Mission Indians CA Enterprise Rev Indians Enterprise Casino, Ser B (e) | 6.500 | 03/01/28 | 756,700 | ||||||||||
1,570 | Mountain View, CA Shoreline Regl Pk Cmnty Tax Alloc, Ser A (NATL Insd) | 5.250 | 08/01/16 | 1,655,706 | ||||||||||
1,000 | Norco, CA Fing Auth Enterprise Rev Rfdg (FSA Insd) | 5.625 | 10/01/34 | 991,040 |
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Portfolio of Investments n March 31, 2009 (Unaudited) continued
Par | ||||||||||||||
Amount | ||||||||||||||
(000) | Description | Coupon | Maturity | Value | ||||||||||
California (Continued) | ||||||||||||||
$ | 1,300 | Oceanside, CA Ctf Partn Rfdg, Ser A (AMBAC Insd) | 5.200 | % | 04/01/23 | $ | 1,181,999 | |||||||
1,145 | Pacifica, CA Wastewtr Rev Rfdg (AMBAC Insd) | 5.000 | 10/01/25 | 1,064,644 | ||||||||||
1,200 | Palm Desert, CA Fin Auth Tax Alloc Rev Proj Area No 4 Rfdg, Ser A (NATL Insd) | 5.000 | 10/01/29 | 1,015,704 | ||||||||||
1,340 | Palm Springs, CA Fin Auth Lease Rev Convention Ctr Proj Rfdg, Ser A (NATL Insd) | 5.250 | 11/01/19 | 1,388,093 | ||||||||||
1,000 | Palomar Pomerado Hlthcare Dist CA Ctfs Partn, Ser A (FSA Insd) (c) (d) | 4.900 | 11/01/36 | 1,000,000 | ||||||||||
1,045 | Panama-Buena Vista Uni Sch Dist CA Ctf Partn Sch Constr Proj (NATL Insd) | 5.000 | 09/01/30 | 923,320 | ||||||||||
2,000 | Paramount, CA Uni Sch Dist Election 2006 (FSA Insd) | 5.250 | 08/01/30 | 1,977,100 | ||||||||||
2,020 | Pomona, CA Pub Fin Auth Rev Merged Redev Proj, Ser AD (NATL Insd) | 5.000 | 02/01/15 | 2,102,638 | ||||||||||
1,110 | Pomona, CA Pub Fin Auth Rev Merged Redev Proj, Ser AD (NATL Insd) | 5.000 | 02/01/16 | 1,155,410 | ||||||||||
1,000 | Pomona, CA Pub Fin Auth Rev Sub Merged Redev Proj | 5.125 | 02/01/33 | 674,340 | ||||||||||
1,430 | Pomona, CA Pub Fin Auth Rev Swr Proj, Ser BA (AMBAC Insd) | 4.500 | 12/01/46 | 1,084,240 | ||||||||||
1,360 | Port Hueneme, CA Ctf Partn Cap Impt Pgm Rfdg (NATL Insd) | 6.000 | 04/01/19 | 1,415,488 | ||||||||||
1,055 | Poway, CA Redev Agy Tax Alloc Paguay Redev Proj (AMBAC Insd) | 5.375 | 06/15/20 | 1,010,289 | ||||||||||
2,000 | Poway, CA Uni Sch Dist Election 2008-Impt Dist 07-1, Ser A | * | 08/01/26 | 707,020 | ||||||||||
1,000 | Rancho Cucamonga, CA Redev Agy Tax Alloc Rancho Redev Hsg Set Aside, Ser A (NATL Insd) | 5.000 | 09/01/34 | 806,150 | ||||||||||
3,000 | Rancho Cucamonga, CA Redev Agy Tax Alloc Rancho Redev Proj (NATL Insd) | 5.375 | 09/01/25 | 2,817,660 | ||||||||||
1,000 | Rancho Mirage, CA Jt Pwr Fin Auth Ctf Partn Eisenhower Med Rmkt, Ser B (NATL Insd) | 4.875 | 07/01/22 | 877,650 | ||||||||||
775 | Redding, CA Elec Sys Rev Ctf Partn Reg Ribs (NATL Insd) (f) (g) | 9.648 | 07/01/22 | 985,157 | ||||||||||
1,400 | Redding, CA Redev Agy Tax Alloc Canby Hilltop Cypress Redev, Ser A (NATL Insd) | 5.000 | 09/01/23 | 1,281,658 | ||||||||||
500 | Riverside, CA Elec Rev Issue, Ser D (FSA Insd) | 5.000 | 10/01/38 | 478,465 | ||||||||||
6,375 | Rohnert Pk, CA Cmnty Dev Commn Tax Alloc Rev Hsg Redev Proj, Ser H (NATL Insd) | 4.375 | 08/01/30 | 4,713,293 | ||||||||||
70 | Sacramento, CA City Fin Auth Rev Cap Impt (AMBAC Insd) | 5.000 | 12/01/33 | 66,477 | ||||||||||
2,000 | Sacramento Cnty, CA Pub Fin Auth Tax Alloc Rev Mather/McClellan Merged Proj, Ser A (AGL Insd) | 5.000 | 12/01/38 | 1,871,000 | ||||||||||
2,000 | Sacramento Cnty, CA San Dist Fin Auth Rev Sacramento Regl Cnty San (NATL Insd) | 5.000 | 12/01/29 | 1,937,500 |
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Portfolio of Investments n March 31, 2009 (Unaudited) continued
Par | ||||||||||||||
Amount | ||||||||||||||
(000) | Description | Coupon | Maturity | Value | ||||||||||
California (Continued) | ||||||||||||||
$ | 2,535 | San Diego, CA Pub Fac Fin Auth Rev Pooled Fin Southcrest, Ser B (Radian Insd) | 5.250 | % | 10/01/27 | $ | 2,084,404 | |||||||
2,000 | San Francisco, CA City & Cnty Second, Ser Issue 26B (NATL Insd) | 5.000 | 05/01/22 | 1,964,140 | ||||||||||
1,000 | San Leandro, CA Ctf Partn Jt Proj Area Fin (NATL Insd) | 5.100 | 12/01/26 | 1,002,250 | ||||||||||
1,340 | Sanger, CA Uni Sch Dist Ctf Cap Impt Prog (FSA Insd) | 5.000 | 03/01/25 | 1,214,991 | ||||||||||
775 | Santa Fe Springs, CA Cmnty Dev Commn Tax Alloc (NATL Insd) | 5.375 | 09/01/20 | 759,562 | ||||||||||
800 | Santa Fe Springs, CA Cmnty Dev Commn Tax Alloc (NATL Insd) | 5.375 | 09/01/21 | 776,840 | ||||||||||
2,450 | Santa Monica, CA Cmnty College Dist Ctf Partn Rfdg, Ser A (AMBAC Insd) | 5.250 | 02/01/23 | 2,302,608 | ||||||||||
1,460 | Shafter, CA Cmnty Dev Agy Tax Alloc Rev Cmnty Dev Proj Area No 1 Rfdg, Ser A (FSA Insd) (h) | 5.000 | 11/01/36 | 1,335,681 | ||||||||||
1,000 | South Gate, CA Pub Fin Auth Tax Alloc Rev South Gate Redev Proj No 1 (Syncora Gtd) | 5.750 | 09/01/22 | 955,500 | ||||||||||
1,475 | Southern CA Logistics Arpt Auth, Ser A | 6.000 | 12/01/33 | 1,254,738 | ||||||||||
2,365 | Southern CA Logistics Arpt Auth Southn CA Logistics Arpt | 5.375 | 12/01/22 | 2,032,930 | ||||||||||
1,250 | Southern CA Logistics Arpt Auth Southn CA Logistics Arpt | 6.100 | 12/01/37 | 1,060,850 | ||||||||||
2,000 | Southern CA Logistics Arpt Auth Southn CA Logistics Arpt | 6.150 | 12/01/43 | 1,688,040 | ||||||||||
2,150 | Temecula, CA Redev Agy Tax Alloc Rev Temecula Redev Proj No 1 (NATL Insd) | 5.125 | 08/01/27 | 1,896,580 | ||||||||||
5,000 | Tobacco Sec Auth Southn CA Tob Settlement Sr, Ser A-1 | 5.125 | 06/01/46 | 2,519,250 | ||||||||||
2,500 | Turlock, CA Pub Fin Auth Tax Alloc Rev (FSA Insd) | 5.000 | 09/01/36 | 2,069,725 | ||||||||||
3,555 | University CA Regt Med Ctr Pooled Rev, Ser A (BHAC Insd) | 4.500 | 05/15/47 | 2,998,500 | ||||||||||
705 | University CA Rev, Ser O (b) | 5.750 | 05/15/23 | 777,731 | ||||||||||
1,050 | University CA Rev, Ser O (b) | 5.750 | 05/15/25 | 1,135,302 | ||||||||||
1,340 | Vallejo City, CA Uni Sch Dist Rfdg, Ser A (NATL Insd) | 5.900 | 02/01/20 | 1,397,875 | ||||||||||
2,000 | Vernon, CA Nat Gas Fin Auth Rev Vernon Gas Proj, Ser C (NATL Insd) (c) (d) | 7.500 | 08/01/21 | 2,000,000 | ||||||||||
3,170 | Washington, CA Uni Sch Dist Yolo Cnty Ctf Partn New High Sch Proj (AMBAC Insd) | 5.125 | 08/01/37 | 2,570,363 | ||||||||||
655 | Woodland, CA Fin Auth Wastewater Rev Second Sr Lien (NATL Insd) | 5.000 | 03/01/30 | 628,707 | ||||||||||
Total Long-Term Investments 101.3% (Cost $201,106,902) | 182,484,878 |
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Description | Value | |||||||||||||
Total Short-Term Investments 2.1% (Cost $3,700,000) | $ | 3,700,000 | ||||||||||||
Total Investments 103.4% (Cost $204,806,902) | 186,184,878 | |||||||||||||
Liability for Floating Rate Note Obligations Related to Securities Held (3.4%) (Cost ($6,170,000)) (6,170) Notes with interest rates ranging from 0.36% to 0.55% at March 31, 2009 and a contractual maturities of collateral ranging from 2023 to 2042 (a) | (6,170,000 | ) | ||||||||||||
Total Net Investments 100.0% (Cost $198,636,902) | 180,014,878 | |||||||||||||
Other Assets in Excess of Liabilities 0.0% | 85,952 | |||||||||||||
Net Assets 100.0% | $ | 180,100,830 | ||||||||||||
Percentages are calculated as a percentage of net assets.
* | Zero coupon bond | |
(a) | Floating rate notes. The interest rates shown reflect the rates in effect at March 31, 2009. | |
(b) | Underlying security related to Inverse Floaters entered into by the Fund. See Note 1. | |
(c) | Security includes a feature allowing the Fund an option on any interest rate payment date to offer the security for sale at par. The sale is contingent upon market conditions. | |
(d) | Variable Rate Coupon | |
(e) | 144A-Private Placement security which is exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. This security may only be resold in transactions exempt from registration which are normally those transactions with qualified institutional buyers. | |
(f) | Inverse Floating Rate | |
(g) | Escrowed to Maturity | |
(h) | Security has been deemed illiquid. |
AGL—Assured Guaranty Ltd.
AMBAC—AMBAC Indemnity Corp.
BHAC—Berkshire Hathaway Assurance Corp.
CIFG—CDC IXIS Financial Guaranty
FGIC—Financial Guaranty Insurance Co.
FSA—Financial Security Assurance Inc.
NATL—National Public Finance Guarantee Corp.
Radian—Radian Asset Assurance
Syncora Gtd.—Syncora Guaranteed Limited
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Financial Statements
Statement of Assets and Liabilities
March 31, 2009 (Unaudited)
Assets: | ||||||
Total Investments (Cost $204,806,902) | $ | 186,184,878 | ||||
Receivables: | ||||||
Interest | 2,464,510 | |||||
Investments Sold | 1,888,375 | |||||
Fund Shares Sold | 97,252 | |||||
Other | 104,699 | |||||
Total Assets | 190,739,714 | |||||
Liabilities: | ||||||
Floating Rate Note Obligations | 6,170,000 | |||||
Payables: | ||||||
Investments Purchased | 2,607,200 | |||||
Custodian Bank | 1,017,635 | |||||
Fund Shares Repurchased | 280,589 | |||||
Income Distributions | 148,539 | |||||
Investment Advisory Fee | 73,415 | |||||
Distributor and Affiliates | 42,432 | |||||
Trustees’ Deferred Compensation and Retirement Plans | 194,059 | |||||
Accrued Expenses | 105,015 | |||||
Total Liabilities | 10,638,884 | |||||
Net Assets | $ | 180,100,830 | ||||
Net Assets Consist of: | ||||||
Capital (Par value of $0.01 per share with an unlimited number of shares authorized) | $ | 205,789,774 | ||||
Accumulated Undistributed Net Investment Income | 708,340 | |||||
Accumulated Net Realized Loss | (7,775,260 | ) | ||||
Net Unrealized Depreciation | (18,622,024 | ) | ||||
Net Assets | $ | 180,100,830 | ||||
Maximum Offering Price Per Share: | ||||||
Class A Shares: | ||||||
Net asset value and redemption price per share (Based on net assets of $160,657,139 and 10,408,571 shares of beneficial interest issued and outstanding) | $ | 15.44 | ||||
Maximum sales charge (4.75%* of offering price) | 0.77 | |||||
Maximum offering price to public | $ | 16.21 | ||||
Class B Shares: | ||||||
Net asset value and offering price per share (Based on net assets of $9,047,383 and 576,115 shares of beneficial interest issued and outstanding) | $ | 15.70 | ||||
Class C Shares: | ||||||
Net asset value and offering price per share (Based on net assets of $10,346,170 and 669,801 shares of beneficial interest issued and outstanding) | $ | 15.45 | ||||
Class I Shares: | ||||||
Net asset value and offering price per share (Based on net assets of $50,138 and 3,250 shares of beneficial interest issued and outstanding) | $ | 15.43 | ||||
* | On sales of $100,000 or more, the sales charge will be reduced. |
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Financial Statements continued
Statement of Operations
For the Six Months Ended March 31, 2009 (Unaudited)
Investment Income: | ||||||
Interest | $ | 5,195,204 | ||||
Expenses: | ||||||
Investment Advisory Fee | 433,825 | |||||
Distribution (12b-1) and Service Fees | ||||||
Class A | 200,344 | |||||
Class B | 12,273 | |||||
Class C | 50,736 | |||||
Transfer Agent Fees | 55,910 | |||||
Professional Fees | 44,760 | |||||
Accounting and Administrative Expenses | 42,668 | |||||
Reports to Shareholders | 24,074 | |||||
Interest and Residual Trust Expenses | 15,589 | |||||
Trustees’ Fees and Related Expenses | 13,975 | |||||
Custody | 6,414 | |||||
Registration Fees | 1,242 | |||||
Other | 12,660 | |||||
Total Expenses | 914,470 | |||||
Less Credits Earned on Cash Balances | 1,350 | |||||
Net Expenses | 913,120 | |||||
Net Investment Income | $ | 4,282,084 | ||||
Realized and Unrealized Gain/Loss: | ||||||
Net Realized Loss | $ | (3,794,581 | ) | |||
Unrealized Appreciation/Depreciation: | ||||||
Beginning of the Period | (16,242,660 | ) | ||||
End of the Period | (18,622,024 | ) | ||||
Net Unrealized Depreciation During the Period | (2,379,364 | ) | ||||
Net Realized and Unrealized Loss | $ | (6,173,945 | ) | |||
Net Decrease in Net Assets From Operations | $ | (1,891,861 | ) | |||
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Financial Statements continued
Statements of Changes in Net Assets (Unaudited)
For The | For The | |||||||
Six Months Ended | Year Ended | |||||||
March 31, 2009 | September 30, 2008 | |||||||
From Investment Activities: | ||||||||
Operations: | ||||||||
Net Investment Income | $ | 4,282,084 | $ | 9,731,442 | ||||
Net Realized Loss | (3,794,581 | ) | (3,956,090 | ) | ||||
Net Unrealized Depreciation During the Period | (2,379,364 | ) | (20,412,421 | ) | ||||
Change in Net Assets from Operations | (1,891,861 | ) | (14,637,069 | ) | ||||
Distributions from Net Investment Income: | ||||||||
Class A Shares | (3,867,724 | ) | (8,144,888 | ) | ||||
Class B Shares | (232,274 | ) | (611,219 | ) | ||||
Class C Shares | (207,897 | ) | (404,734 | ) | ||||
Class I Shares | (25,712 | ) | (168,886 | ) | ||||
Total Distributions | (4,333,607 | ) | (9,329,727 | ) | ||||
Net Change in Net Assets from Investment Activities | (6,225,468 | ) | (23,966,796 | ) | ||||
From Capital Transactions: | ||||||||
Proceeds from Shares Sold | 11,574,395 | 43,010,367 | ||||||
Net Asset Value of Shares Issued Through Dividend Reinvestment | 3,410,100 | 6,834,863 | ||||||
Cost of Shares Repurchased | (25,893,533 | ) | (54,594,002 | ) | ||||
Net Change in Net Assets from Capital Transactions | (10,909,038 | ) | (4,748,772 | ) | ||||
Total Decrease in Net Assets | (17,134,506 | ) | (28,715,568 | ) | ||||
Net Assets: | ||||||||
Beginning of the Period | 197,235,336 | 225,950,904 | ||||||
End of the Period (Including accumulated undistributed net investment income of $708,340 and $759,863, respectively) | $ | 180,100,830 | $ | 197,235,336 | ||||
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Financial Highlights (Unaudited)
The following schedule presents financial highlights for one share of the Fund outstanding throughout the periods indicated.
Six Months | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ended | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
March 31, | Year Ended September 30, | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Class A Shares | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | ||||||||||||||||||
Net Asset Value, Beginning of the Period | $ | 15.92 | $ | 17.83 | $ | 18.57 | $ | 18.80 | $ | 18.93 | $ | 18.84 | ||||||||||||
Net Investment Income | 0.37 | (a) | 0.77 | (a) | 0.72 | (a) | 0.71 | (a) | 0.72 | 0.75 | ||||||||||||||
Net Realized and Unrealized Gain/Loss | (0.48 | ) | (1.94 | ) | (0.68 | ) | 0.03 | 0.01 | 0.06 | |||||||||||||||
Total from Investment Operations | (0.11 | ) | (1.17 | ) | 0.04 | 0.74 | 0.73 | 0.81 | ||||||||||||||||
Less: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Distributions from Net Investment Income | 0.37 | 0.74 | 0.71 | 0.73 | 0.74 | 0.72 | ||||||||||||||||||
Distributions from Net Realized Gain | -0- | -0- | 0.07 | 0.24 | 0.12 | -0- | ||||||||||||||||||
Total Distributions | 0.37 | 0.74 | 0.78 | 0.97 | 0.86 | 0.72 | ||||||||||||||||||
Net Asset Value, End of the Period | $ | 15.44 | $ | 15.92 | $ | 17.83 | $ | 18.57 | $ | 18.80 | $ | 18.93 | ||||||||||||
Total Return (b) | –0.66% | * | –6.81% | 0.15% | 4.14% | 3.96% | 4.42% | |||||||||||||||||
Net Assets at End of the Period (In millions) | $ | 160.7 | $ | 172.1 | $ | 194.2 | $ | 190.0 | $ | 188.0 | $ | 183.0 | ||||||||||||
Ratio of Expenses to Average Net Assets | 0.96% | 1.29% | 1.16% | 0.91% | 0.92% | 0.89% | ||||||||||||||||||
Ratio of Net Investment Income to Average Net Assets | 4.76% | 4.41% | 3.91% | 3.86% | 3.83% | 4.00% | ||||||||||||||||||
Portfolio Turnover | 13% | * | 34% | 37% | 31% | 25% | 16% | |||||||||||||||||
Supplemental Ratio: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ratio of Expenses to Average Net Assets (Excluding Interest and Residual Trust Expenses) | 0.95% | 0.90% | 0.93% | 0.91% | 0.92% | 0.89% |
* | Non-annualized | |
(a) | Based on average shares outstanding. | |
(b) | Assumes reinvestment of all distributions for the period and does not include payment of the maximum sales charge of 4.75% or contingent deferred sales charge (CDSC). On purchases of $1 million or more, a CDSC of 1% may be imposed on certain redemptions made within eighteen months of purchase. If the sales charges were included, total returns would be lower. These returns include combined Rule 12b-1 fees and service fees of up to .25% and do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares. |
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The following schedule presents financial highlights for one share of the Fund outstanding throughout the periods indicated.
Six Months | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ended | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
March 31, | Year Ended September 30, | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Class B Shares | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Net Asset Value, Beginning of the Period | $ | 16.19 | $ | 18.12 | $ | 18.86 | $ | 19.07 | $ | 19.03 | $ | 18.82 | ||||||||||||||
Net Investment Income | 0.37 | (a) | 0.78 | (a) | 0.73 | (a) | 0.77 | (a) | 0.79 | 0.72 | ||||||||||||||||
Net Realized and Unrealized Gain/Loss | (0.49 | ) | (1.97 | ) | (0.69 | ) | 0.02 | (0.03 | ) | 0.07 | ||||||||||||||||
Total from Investment Operations | (0.12 | ) | (1.19 | ) | 0.04 | 0.79 | 0.76 | 0.79 | ||||||||||||||||||
Less: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Distributions from Net Investment Income | 0.37 | 0.74 | 0.71 | 0.76 | 0.60 | 0.58 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Distributions from Net Realized Gain | -0- | -0- | 0.07 | 0.24 | 0.12 | -0- | ||||||||||||||||||||
Total Distributions | 0.37 | 0.74 | 0.78 | 1.00 | 0.72 | 0.58 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Net Asset Value, End of the Period | $ | 15.70 | $ | 16.19 | $ | 18.12 | $ | 18.86 | $ | 19.07 | $ | 19.03 | ||||||||||||||
Total Return (b) | –0.71% | (c)* | –6.81% | (c) | 0.10% | (c) | 4.40% | (c) | 4.10% | (c) | 4.29% | (c) | ||||||||||||||
Net Assets at End of the Period (In millions) | $ | 9.0 | $ | 11.2 | $ | 17.2 | $ | 25.3 | $ | 33.7 | $ | 41.1 | ||||||||||||||
Ratio of Expenses to Average Net Assets | 0.97% | (c) | 1.30% | (c) | 1.17% | (c) | 0.69% | (c) | 0.81% | (c) | 1.09% | (c) | ||||||||||||||
Ratio of Net Investment Income to Average Net Assets | 4.75% | (c) | 4.38% | (c) | 3.90% | (c) | 4.08% | (c) | 3.96% | (c) | 3.80% | (c) | ||||||||||||||
Portfolio Turnover | 13% | * | 34% | 37% | 31% | 25% | 16% | |||||||||||||||||||
Supplemental Ratio: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ratio of Expenses to Average Net Assets (Excluding Interest and Residual Trust Expenses) | 0.95% | (c) | 0.90% | (c) | 0.93% | (c) | 0.69% | (c) | 0.81% | (c) | 1.09% | (c) |
* | Non-Annualized | |
(a) | Based on average shares outstanding. | |
(b) | Assumes reinvestment of all distributions for the period and does not include payment of the maximum CDSC of 4%, charged on certain redemptions made within one year of purchase and declining to 0% after the fifth year. If the sales charge was included, total returns would be lower. These returns include combined Rule 12b-1 fees and service fees of up to 1% and do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares. | |
(c) | The Total Return, Ratio of Expenses to Average Net Assets and Ratio of Net Investment Income to Average Net Assets reflect actual 12b-1 fees of less than 1% (See footnote 7). |
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Financial Highlights (Unaudited) continued
The following schedule presents financial highlights for one share of the Fund outstanding throughout the periods indicated.
Six Months | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ended | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
March 31, | Year Ended September 30, | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Class C Shares | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Net Asset Value, Beginning of the Period | $ | 15.94 | $ | 17.84 | $ | 18.58 | $ | 18.81 | $ | 18.93 | $ | 18.82 | ||||||||||||||
Net Investment Income | 0.30 | (a) | 0.66 | (a) | 0.58 | (a) | 0.57 | (a) | 0.59 | 0.61 | ||||||||||||||||
Net Realized and Unrealized Gain/Loss | (0.48 | ) | (1.95 | ) | (0.68 | ) | 0.03 | 0.01 | 0.08 | |||||||||||||||||
Total from Investment Operations | (0.18 | ) | (1.29 | ) | (0.10 | ) | 0.60 | 0.60 | 0.69 | |||||||||||||||||
Less: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Distributions from Net Investment Income | 0.31 | 0.61 | 0.57 | 0.59 | 0.60 | 0.58 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Distributions from Net Realized Gain | -0- | -0- | 0.07 | 0.24 | 0.12 | -0- | ||||||||||||||||||||
Total Distributions | 0.31 | 0.61 | 0.64 | 0.83 | 0.72 | 0.58 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Net Asset Value, End of the Period | $ | 15.45 | $ | 15.94 | $ | 17.84 | $ | 18.58 | $ | 18.81 | $ | 18.93 | ||||||||||||||
Total Return (b) | –1.07% | * | –7.40% | (c) | –0.57% | (c) | 3.36% | 3.26% | (c) | 3.75% | (c) | |||||||||||||||
Net Assets at End of the Period (In millions) | $ | 10.3 | $ | 10.6 | $ | 10.7 | $ | 9.9 | $ | 12.0 | $ | 12.6 | ||||||||||||||
Ratio of Expenses to Average Net Assets | 1.76% | 1.90% | (c) | 1.88% | (c) | 1.66% | 1.61% | (c) | 1.59% | (c) | ||||||||||||||||
Ratio of Net Investment Income to Average Net Assets | 3.96% | 3.82% | (c) | 3.19% | (c) | 3.11% | 3.15% | (c) | 3.30% | (c) | ||||||||||||||||
Portfolio Turnover | 13% | * | 34% | 37% | 31% | 25% | 16% | |||||||||||||||||||
Supplemental Ratio: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ratio of Expenses to Average Net Assets (Excluding Interest and Residual Trust Expenses) | 1.74% | 1.51% | (c) | 1.65% | (c) | 1.66% | 1.61% | (c) | 1.59% | (c) |
* | Non-Annualized | |
(a) | Based on average shares outstanding. | |
(b) | Assumes reinvestment of all distributions for the period and does not include payment of the maximum CDSC of 1%, charged on certain redemptions made within one year of purchase. If the sales charge was included, total returns would be lower. These returns include combined Rule 12b-1 fees and service fees of up to 1% and do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares. | |
(c) | The Total Return, Ratio of Expenses to Average Net Assets and Ratio of Net Investment Income to Average Net Assets reflect actual 12b-1 fees of less than 1% (See footnote 7). |
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Financial Highlights (Unaudited) continued
The following schedule presents financial highlights for one share of the Fund outstanding throughout the periods indicated.
Six Months | August 12, 2005 | |||||||||||||||||||
Ended | (Commencement of | |||||||||||||||||||
March 31, | Year Ended September 30, | Operations) to | ||||||||||||||||||
Class I Shares | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | September 30, 2005 | |||||||||||||||
Net Asset Value, Beginning of the Period | $ | 15.91 | $ | 17.82 | $ | 18.57 | $ | 18.80 | $ | 18.87 | ||||||||||
Net Investment Income | 0.38 | (a) | 0.81 | (a) | 0.76 | (a) | 0.74 | (a) | 0.09 | |||||||||||
Net Realized and Unrealized Gain/Loss | (0.47 | ) | (1.94 | ) | (0.69 | ) | 0.05 | (0.06 | ) | |||||||||||
Total from Investment Operations | (0.09 | ) | (1.13 | ) | 0.07 | 0.79 | 0.03 | |||||||||||||
Less: | ||||||||||||||||||||
Distributions from Net Investment Income | 0.39 | 0.78 | 0.75 | 0.78 | 0.10 | |||||||||||||||
Distributions from Net Realized Gain | -0- | -0- | 0.07 | 0.24 | -0- | |||||||||||||||
Total Distributions | 0.39 | 0.78 | 0.82 | 1.02 | 0.10 | |||||||||||||||
Net Asset Value, End of the Period | $ | 15.43 | $ | 15.91 | $ | 17.82 | $ | 18.57 | $ | 18.80 | ||||||||||
Total Return (b) | –0.54% | * | –6.57% | 0.35% | 4.40% | 0.17% | * | |||||||||||||
Net Assets at End of the Period (In millions) | $ | 0.1 | $ | 3.4 | $ | 3.9 | $ | 3.9 | $ | 2.6 | ||||||||||
Ratio of Expenses to Average Net Assets | 0.69% | 1.04% | 0.91% | 0.66% | 0.73% | |||||||||||||||
Ratio of Net Investment Income to Average Net Assets | 4.83% | 4.65% | 4.16% | 4.11% | 4.03% | |||||||||||||||
Portfolio Turnover | 13% | * | 34% | 37% | 31% | 25% | ||||||||||||||
Supplemental Ratio: | ||||||||||||||||||||
Ratio of Expenses to Average Net Assets (Excluding Interest and Residual Trust Expenses) | 0.68% | 0.65% | 0.68% | 0.66% | 0.73% |
* | Non-Annualized | |
(a) | Based on average shares outstanding. | |
(b) | Assumes reinvestment of all distributions for the period. These returns do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares. |
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Notes to Financial Statements n March 31, 2009 (Unaudited)
1. Significant Accounting Policies
Van Kampen California Insured Tax Free Fund (the “Fund”) is organized as a series of the Van Kampen Tax Free Trust, a Delaware statutory trust, and is registered as a diversified, open-end management investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”). The Fund’s investment objective is to provide only California investors with a high level of current income exempt from federal and California income taxes, with liquidity and safety of principal, primarily through investment in a diversified portfolio of insured California municipal securities. The Fund commenced investment operations on December 13, 1985. The Fund offers Class A Shares, Class B Shares, Class C Shares and Class I Shares. Each class of shares differs by its initial sales load, contingent deferred sales charges, the allocation of class specific expenses and voting rights on matters affecting a single class.
The following is a summary of significant accounting policies consistently followed by the Fund in the preparation of its financial statements. The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
A. Security Valuation Municipal bonds are valued by independent pricing services or dealers using the mean of the last reported bid and asked prices or, in the absence of market quotations, at fair value based upon yield data relating to municipal bonds with similar characteristics and general market conditions. Securities which are not valued by independent pricing services or dealers are valued at fair value using procedures established in good faith by the Board of Trustees. Factors considered in making this determination may include, but are not limited to, information obtained by contacting the issuer, analysts, or the appropriate stock exchange (for exchange-traded securities), analysis of the issuer’s financial statements or other available documents and, if necessary, available information concerning other securities in similar circumstances. Futures contracts are valued at the settlement price established each day on the exchange on which they are traded. Short-term securities with remaining maturities of 60 days or less are valued at amortized cost, which approximates market value.
The Fund adopted Financial Accounting Standards Board Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 157, Fair Value Measurements (FAS 157), effective October 1, 2008. In accordance with FAS 157, fair value is defined as the price that the Fund would receive to sell an investment or pay to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction with an independent buyer in the principal market, or in the absence of a principal market the most advantageous market for the investment or liability. FAS 157 establishes a three-tier hierarchy to distinguish between (1) inputs that reflect the assumptions market participants would use in pricing an asset or liability developed based on market data obtained from sources independent of the reporting entity (observable inputs) and (2) inputs that reflect the reporting entity’s own assumptions about the assumptions market participants would use in pricing an asset or liability developed based on the best information available in the circumstances (unobservable inputs) and to establish classification of fair value measurements for disclosure purposes. Various inputs are used in determining the value of the Fund’s investments. The inputs are summarized in the three broad levels listed below.
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Level 1— | quoted prices in active markets for identical investments |
Level 2— | other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar investments, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, etc.) |
Level 3— | significant unobservable inputs (including the Fund’s own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments) |
The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities.
The following is a summary of the inputs used as of March 31, 2009 in valuing the Fund’s investments carried at value:
Investments in | ||||
Valuation Inputs | Securities | |||
Level 1—Quoted Prices | $ | -0- | ||
Level 2—Other Significant Observable Inputs | 186,184,878 | |||
Level 3—Significant Unobservable Inputs | -0- | |||
Total | $ | 186,184,878 | ||
B. Security Transactions Security transactions are recorded on a trade date basis. Realized gains and losses are determined on an identified cost basis. The Fund may purchase and sell securities on a “when-issued” or “delayed delivery” basis, with settlement to occur at a later date. The value of the security so purchased is subject to market fluctuations during this period. The Fund will segregate assets with the custodian having an aggregate value at least equal to the amount of the when-issued or delayed delivery purchase commitments until payment is made. At March 31, 2009, the Fund had no when-issued and delayed delivery purchase commitments.
C. Income and Expenses Interest income is recorded on an accrual basis. Bond premium is amortized and discount is accreted over the expected life of each applicable security. Income and expenses of the Fund are allocated on a pro rata basis to each class of shares, except for distribution and service fees and incremental transfer agency costs which are unique to each class of shares.
D. Federal Income Taxes It is the Fund’s policy to comply with the requirements of Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code applicable to regulated investment companies and to distribute substantially all of its taxable income to its shareholders. Therefore, no provision for federal income taxes is required. Financial Accounting Standards Board Interpretation No. 48, Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes sets forth a minimum threshold for financial statement recognition of the benefit of a tax position taken or expected to be taken in a tax return. Management has concluded there are no significant uncertain tax positions that would require recognition in the financial statements. If applicable, the Fund recognizes interest accrued related to unrecognized tax benefits in “Interest Expense” and penalties in “Other” expenses on the Statement of Operations. The Fund files tax returns with the U.S. Internal Revenue Service and various states. Generally, each of the tax years in the four-year period ended September 30, 2008, remains subject to examination by taxing authorities.
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Notes to Financial Statements n March 31, 2009 (Unaudited) continued
The Fund intends to utilize provisions of the federal income tax laws which allow it to carry a realized capital loss forward for eight years following the year of the loss and offset such losses against any future realized capital gains. At September 30, 2008, the Fund had an accumulated capital loss carryforward for tax purposes of $848,657, which will expire on September 30, 2016.
At March 31, 2009, the cost and related gross unrealized appreciation and depreciation are as follows:
Cost of investments for tax purposes | $ | 194,385,399 | ||||
Gross tax unrealized appreciation | $ | 1,947,661 | ||||
Gross tax unrealized depreciation | (16,318,180 | ) | ||||
Net tax unrealized depreciation on investments | $ | (14,370,519 | ) | |||
E. Distribution of Income and Gains The Fund declares daily and pays monthly dividends from net investment income. Net realized gains, if any, are distributed at least annually. Distributions from net realized gains for book purposes may include short-term capital gains and a portion of futures gains, which are included in ordinary income for tax purposes.
The tax character of distributions paid during the year ended September 30, 2008 was as follows:
Distributions paid from: | ||||
Ordinary income | $ | 2,137 | ||
Tax exempt income | 9,385,056 | |||
Long-term capital gain | -0- | |||
$ | 9,387,193 | |||
As of September 30, 2008, the components of distributable earnings on a tax basis were as follows:
Undistributed ordinary income | $ | 598 | ||
Undistributed tax-exempt income | 1,075,410 |
Net realized gains or losses may differ for financial reporting and tax purposes as a result of the deferral of losses relating to wash sales transactions and gains or losses recognized on securities for tax purposes but not for book.
F. Floating Rate Note Obligations Related to Securities Held The Fund enters into transactions in which it transfers to dealer trusts fixed rate bonds in exchange for cash and residual interest in the dealer trusts’ assets and cash flows, which are in the form of inverse floating rate investments. The dealer trusts fund the purchases of the fixed rate bonds by issuing floating rate notes to third parties and allowing the Fund to retain residual interests in the bonds. The Fund enters into shortfall agreements with the dealer trusts, which commit the Fund to pay the dealer trusts, in certain circumstances, the difference between the liquidation value of the fixed rate bonds held by the dealer trusts and the liquidation value of the floating rate notes held by third parties, as well as any shortfalls in interest cash flows. The residual interests held by the Fund (inverse floating rate investments) include the right of the Fund
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(1) to cause the holders of the floating rate notes to tender their notes at par at the next interest rate reset date, and (2) to transfer the municipal bond from the dealer trusts to the Fund, thereby collapsing the dealer trusts. The Fund accounts for the transfer of bonds to the dealer trusts as secured borrowings, with the securities transferred remaining in the Fund’s investments assets, and the related floating rate notes reflected as Fund liabilities under the caption “Floating Rate Note Obligations” on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. The Fund records the interest income from the fixed rate bonds under the caption “Interest” and records the expenses related to floating rate note obligations and any administrative expenses of the dealer trusts under the caption “Interest and Residual Trust Expenses” in the Fund’s
Statement of Operations. The notes issued by the dealer trust have interest rates that reset weekly and the floating rate note holders have the option to tender their notes to the dealer trusts for redemption at par at each reset date. At March 31, 2009, Fund investments with a value of $10,506,783 are held by the dealer trusts and serve as collateral for the $6,170,000 in floating rate notes outstanding at that date. Contractual maturities of the floating rate notes and interest rates in effect at March 31, 2009 are presented on the Portfolio of Investments. The average floating rate notes outstanding and average annual interest and fee rate related to residual interests during the six months ended March 31, 2009 were $6,476,527 and 0.48%, respectively.
G. Insurance Expense The Fund typically invests in insured bonds. Any portfolio securities not specifically covered by a primary insurance policy are insured secondarily through the Fund’s portfolio insurance policy. Insurance premiums are based on the daily balances of uninsured bonds in the portfolio of investments and are charged to expense on an accrual basis. The insurance policy guarantees the timely payment of principal and interest on the securities in the Fund’s portfolio.
H. Credits Earned on Cash Balances During the six months ended March 31, 2009, the Fund’s custody fee was reduced by $1,350 as a result of credits earned on cash balances.
2. Investment Advisory Agreement and Other Transactions with Affiliates
Under the terms of the Fund’s Investment Advisory Agreement, Van Kampen Asset Management (the “Adviser”) will provide investment advice and facilities to the Fund for an annual fee payable monthly as follows:
Average Daily Net Assets | % Per Annum | |||
First $100 million | 0.500% | |||
Next $150 million | 0.450% | |||
Next $250 million | 0.425% | |||
Over $500 million | 0.400% |
For the six months ended March 31, 2009, the Fund recognized expenses of approximately $9,600 representing legal services provided by Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, of which a trustee of the Fund is a partner of such firm and he and his law firm provide legal services as legal counsel to the Fund.
Under separate Legal services, Accounting Services and Chief Compliance Officer (CCO) Employment agreements, the Adviser provides accounting and legal services and the CCO provides compliance services to the Fund. The costs of these services are allocated to each
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fund. For the six months ended March 31, 2009, the Fund recognized expenses of approximately $28,200 representing Van Kampen Investments Inc.’s or its affiliates’ (collectively “Van Kampen”) cost of providing accounting and legal services to the Fund, as well as the salary, benefits and related costs of the CCO and related support staff paid by Van Kampen. Services provided pursuant to the Legal Services agreement are reported as part of “Professional Fees” on the Statement of Operations. Services provided pursuant to the Accounting Services and CCO Employment agreement are reported as part of “Accounting and Administrative Expenses” on the Statement of Operations.
Van Kampen Investor Services Inc. (VKIS), an affiliate of the Adviser, serves as the shareholder servicing agent for the Fund. For the six months ended March 31, 2009, the Fund recognized expenses of approximately $18,600 representing transfer agency fees paid to VKIS and its affiliates. The transfer agency fees are determined through negotiations with the Fund’s Board of Trustees.
Certain officers and trustees of the Fund are also officers and directors of Van Kampen. The Fund does not compensate its officers or trustees who are also officers of Van Kampen.
The Fund provides deferred compensation and retirement plans for its trustees who are not officers of Van Kampen. Under the deferred compensation plan, trustees may elect to defer all or a portion of their compensation. Amounts deferred are retained by the Fund, and to the extent permitted by the 1940 Act, may be invested in the common shares of those funds selected by the trustees. Investments in such funds of approximately $86,100 are included in “Other” assets on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities at March 31, 2009. Appreciation/depreciation and distributions received from these investments are recorded with an offsetting increase/decrease in the deferred compensation obligation and do not affect the net asset value of the Fund. Benefits under the retirement plan are payable upon retirement for a ten-year period and are based upon each trustee’s years of service to the Fund. The maximum annual benefit per trustee under the plan is $2,500.
For the six months ended March 31, 2009, Van Kampen, as Distributor for the Fund, received commissions on sales of the Fund’s Class A Shares of approximately $17,900 and contingent deferred sales charge (CDSC) on redeemed shares of approximately $9,000. Sales charges do not represent expenses of the Fund.
At March 31, 2009, Morgan Stanley Investment Management Inc., an affiliate of the Adviser, owned 569 shares of Class I.
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3. Capital Transactions
For the six months ended March 31, 2009 and the year ended September 30, 2008, transactions were as follows:
For The | For The | |||||||||||||||||
Six Months Ended | Year Ended | |||||||||||||||||
March 31, 2009 | September 30, 2008 | |||||||||||||||||
Shares | Value | Shares | Value | |||||||||||||||
Sales: | ||||||||||||||||||
Class A | 624,232 | $ | 9,603,214 | 2,119,191 | $ | 36,796,398 | ||||||||||||
Class B | 32,779 | 515,285 | 43,984 | 777,087 | ||||||||||||||
Class C | 85,925 | 1,302,608 | 277,876 | 4,876,385 | ||||||||||||||
Class I | 10,531 | 153,288 | 32,077 | 560,497 | ||||||||||||||
Total Sales | 753,467 | $ | 11,574,395 | 2,473,128 | $ | 43,010,367 | ||||||||||||
Dividend Reinvestment: | ||||||||||||||||||
Class A | 199,655 | $ | 3,066,549 | 346,261 | $ | 5,937,353 | ||||||||||||
Class B | 11,719 | 183,102 | 25,756 | 450,475 | ||||||||||||||
Class C | 8,781 | 134,958 | 16,241 | 278,547 | ||||||||||||||
Class I | 1,670 | 25,491 | 9,819 | 168,488 | ||||||||||||||
Total Dividend Reinvestment | 221,825 | $ | 3,410,100 | 398,077 | $ | 6,834,863 | ||||||||||||
Repurchases: | ||||||||||||||||||
Class A | (1,228,796 | ) | $ | (18,689,585 | ) | (2,546,725 | ) | $ | (44,026,124 | ) | ||||||||
Class B | (158,683 | ) | (2,485,616 | ) | (328,640 | ) | (5,783,087 | ) | ||||||||||
Class C | (88,338 | ) | (1,321,079 | ) | (228,227 | ) | (3,972,696 | ) | ||||||||||
Class I | (220,851 | ) | (3,397,253 | ) | (46,673 | ) | (812,095 | ) | ||||||||||
Total Repurchases | (1,696,668 | ) | $ | (25,893,533 | ) | (3,150,265 | ) | $ | (54,594,002 | ) | ||||||||
4. Redemption Fee
Until November 3, 2008, the Fund assessed a 2% redemption fee on the proceeds of Fund shares that were redeemed (either by sale or exchange) within seven days of purchase. The redemption fee was paid directly to the Fund and allocated on a pro rata basis to each class of shares. For the six months ended March 31, 2009, the Fund received redemption fees of approximately $1,200 which are reported as part of “Cost of Shares Repurchased” on the Statement of Changes of Net Assets. The per share impact from redemption fees paid to the Fund was less than $0.01. Effective November 3, 2008, the redemption fee is no longer applied.
5. Investment Transactions
During the period, the cost of purchases and proceeds from sales of investments, excluding short-term investments, were $23,302,365 and $36,394,150, respectively.
6. Derivative Financial Instruments
A derivative financial instrument in very general terms refers to a security whose value is “derived” from the value of an underlying asset, reference rate or index.
The Fund may use derivative instruments for a variety of reasons, such as to attempt to protect the Fund against possible changes in the market value of its portfolio and to manage
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the portfolio’s effective yield, maturity and duration. All of the Fund’s portfolio holdings, including derivative instruments, are marked to market each day with the change in value reflected in unrealized appreciation/depreciation. Upon disposition, a realized gain or loss is generally recognized. Risks may arise as a result of the potential inability of the counterparties to meet the terms of their contracts. Summarized below are the specific types of derivative financial instruments used by the Fund.
A. Futures Contracts A futures contract is an agreement involving the delivery of a particular asset on a specified future date at an agreed upon price. The Fund generally invests in futures on U.S. Treasury Notes and typically closes the contract prior to the delivery date. Upon entering into futures contracts, the Fund maintains an amount of cash or liquid securities with a value equal to a percentage of the contract amount with either a futures commission merchant pursuant to rules and regulations promulgated under the 1940 Act, or with its custodian in an account in the broker’s name. This amount is known as initial margin. During the period the futures contract is open, payments are received from or made to the broker based upon changes in the value of the contract (the variation margin). The risk of loss associated with a futures contract is in excess of the variation margin reflected on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities.
There were no transactions in futures contracts for the six months ended March 31, 2009.
B. Inverse Floating Rate Investments The Fund may invest a portion of its assets in inverse floating rate instruments, either through outright purchases of inverse floating rate securities or through the transfer of bonds to a dealer trust in exchange for cash and residual interests in the dealer trust. These investments are typically used by the Fund in seeking to enhance the yield of the portfolio. These instruments typically involve greater risks than a fixed rate municipal bond. In particular, these instruments are acquired through leverage or may have leverage embedded in them and therefore involve many of the risks associated with leverage. Leverage is a speculative technique that may expose the Fund to greater risk and increased costs. Leverage may cause the Fund’s net asset value to be more volatile than if it had not been leveraged because leverage tends to magnify the effect of any increases or decreases in the value of the Fund’s portfolio securities. The use of leverage may also cause the Fund to liquidate portfolio positions when it may not be advantageous to do so in order to satisfy its obligations with respect to inverse floating rate instruments.
7. Distribution and Service Plans
Shares of the Fund are distributed by Van Kampen Funds Inc. (the “Distributor”), an affiliate of the Adviser. The Fund has adopted a distribution plan pursuant to Rule 12b-1 under the 1940 Act, and a service plan (collectively, the “Plans”) for Class A Shares, Class B Shares and Class C Shares to compensate the Distributor for the sale, distribution, shareholder servicing and maintenance of shareholder accounts for these shares. Under the Plans, the Fund will incur annual fees of up to .25% of Class A average daily net assets and up to 1.00% each of Class B and Class C average daily net assets. These fees are accrued daily and paid to the Distributor monthly.
The amount of distribution expenses incurred by the Distributor and not yet reimbursed (“unreimbursed receivable”) was approximately $0 for Class B and $1,300 for Class C Shares. These amounts may be recovered from future payments under the distribution plan or CDSC.
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To the extent the unreimbursed receivable has been fully recovered, the distribution fee is reduced.
8. Indemnifications
The Fund enters into contracts that contain a variety of indemnifications. The Fund’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown. However, the Fund has not had prior claims or losses pursuant to these contracts and expects the risk of loss to be remote.
9. Accounting Pronouncements
On March 19, 2008, Financial Accounting Standards Board released Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 161, Disclosures about Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities (FAS 161). FAS 161 requires qualitative disclosures about objectives and strategies for using derivatives, quantitative disclosures about fair value amounts of and gains and losses on derivative instruments, and disclosures about credit-risk-related contingent features in derivative agreements. The application of FAS 161 is required for fiscal years and interim periods beginning after November 15, 2008. At this time, management does not believe the adoption of FAS 161 will impact the financial statement amounts; however, additional footnote disclosures may be required about the use of derivative instruments and hedging items.
On April 9, 2009, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued Staff Position No. 157-4, Determining Fair Value When the Volume and Level of Activity for the Asset or Liability Have Significantly Decreased and Identifying Transactions That Are Not Orderly (FSP 157-4). FSP 157-4 provides additional guidance for estimating fair value in accordance with FAS 157 when the volume and level of activity for the assets or liability have significantly decreased. FSP 157-4 also requires additional disaggregation of the current FAS 157 required disclosures. FSP 157-4 is effective for interim and annual reporting periods ending after June 15, 2009, and shall be applied prospectively. At this time, management is evaluating the implications of FSP 157-4 and the impact it will have on the financial statement disclosures.
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Board of Trustees, Officers and Important Addresses
Board of Trustees David C. Arch Jerry D. Choate Rod Dammeyer Linda Hutton Heagy R. Craig Kennedy Howard J Kerr Jack E. Nelson Hugo F. Sonnenschein Wayne W. Whalen* – Chairman Suzanne H. Woolsey Officers Edward C. Wood III President and Principal Executive Officer Kevin Klingert Vice President Stefanie V. Chang Yu Vice President and Secretary John L. Sullivan Chief Compliance Officer Stuart N. Schuldt Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer | Investment Adviser Van Kampen Asset Management 522 Fifth Avenue New York, New York 10036 Distributor Van Kampen Funds Inc. 522 Fifth Avenue New York, New York 10036 Shareholder Servicing Agent Van Kampen Investor Services Inc. P.O. Box 219286 Kansas City, Missouri 64121-9286 Custodian State Street Bank and Trust Company One Lincoln Street Boston, Massachusetts 02111 Legal Counsel Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP 333 West Wacker Drive Chicago, Illinois 60606 Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm Ernst & Young LLP 233 South Wacker Drive Chicago, Illinois 60606 |
* | “Interested persons” of the Fund, as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended. |
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An Important Notice Concerning Our
U.S. Privacy Policy
We are required by federal law to provide you with a copy of our Privacy Policy annually.
This Policy applies to current and former individual clients of Van Kampen Investments Inc., Van Kampen Asset Management, Van Kampen Advisors Inc., Van Kampen Funds Inc., Van Kampen Investor Services Inc. and Van Kampen Exchange Corp., as well as current and former individual investors in Van Kampen mutual funds, unit investment trusts, and related companies.
This Policy is not applicable to partnerships, corporations, trusts or other non-individual clients or account holders, nor is this Policy applicable to individuals who are either beneficiaries of a trust for which we serve as trustee or participants in an employee benefit plan administered or advised by us. This Policy is, however, applicable to individuals who select us to be a custodian of securities or assets in individual retirement accounts, 401(k) accounts, 529 Educational Savings Accounts, accounts subject to the Uniform Gifts to Minors Act, or similar accounts. Please note that we may amend this Policy at any time, and will inform you of any changes to this Policy as required by law.
We Respect Your Privacy
We appreciate that you have provided us with your personal financial information and understand your concerns about safeguarding such information. We strive to maintain the privacy of such information while we help you achieve your financial objectives. This Policy describes what nonpublic personal information we collect about you, how we collect it, when we may share it with others, and how others may use it. It discusses the steps you may take to limit our sharing of information about you with affiliated Van Kampen companies (“affiliated companies”). It also discloses how you may limit our affiliates’ use of shared information for marketing purposes. Throughout this Policy, we refer to the nonpublic information that personally identifies you or your accounts as “personal information.”
1. What Personal Information Do We Collect About You?
To better serve you and manage our business, it is important that we collect and maintain accurate information about you. We obtain this information from applications and other forms you submit to us, from your dealings with us, from consumer reporting agencies and from third parties and other sources. For example:
• | We collect information such as your name, address, e-mail address, phone number and account title. |
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• | We may obtain information about account balances, your use of account(s) and the types of products and services you prefer to receive from us through your dealings and transactions with us and other sources. | ||
• | We may obtain information about your creditworthiness and credit history from consumer reporting agencies. | ||
• | We may collect background information from and through third-party vendors to verify representations you have made and to comply with various regulatory requirements. | ||
• | If you interact with us through our public and private Web sites, we may collect information that you provide directly through online communications (such as an e-mail address). We may also collect information about your Internet service provider, your domain name, your computer’s operating system and Web browser, your use of our Web sites and your product and service preferences, through the use of ”cookies.” ”Cookies” recognize your computer each time you return to one of our sites, and help to improve our sites’ content and personalize your experience on our sites by, for example, suggesting offerings that may interest you. Please consult the Terms of Use of these sites for more details on our use of cookies. |
2. When Do We Disclose Personal Information We Collect About You?
To provide you with the products and services you request, to better serve you, to manage our business and as otherwise required or permitted by law, we may disclose personal information we collect about you to other affiliated companies and to nonaffiliated third parties.
A. Information We Disclose to Our Affiliated Companies. In order to manage your account(s) effectively, including servicing and processing your transactions, to let you know about products and services offered by us and affiliated companies, to manage our business, and as otherwise required or permitted by law, we may disclose personal information to other affiliated companies. Offers for products and services from affiliated companies are developed under conditions designed to safeguard your personal information.
B. Information We Disclose to Third Parties. We do not disclose personal information that we collect about you to nonaffiliated third parties except to enable them to provide marketing services on our behalf, to perform joint marketing agreements with other financial institutions, and as otherwise required or permitted by law. For example, some instances where we may disclose information about you to third
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parties include: for servicing and processing transactions, to offer our own products and services, to protect against fraud, for institutional risk control, to respond to judicial process or to perform services on our behalf. When we share personal information with a nonaffiliated third party, they are required to limit their use of personal information to the particular purpose for which it was shared and they are not allowed to share personal information with others except to fulfill that limited purpose.
3. How Do We Protect the Security and Confidentiality of Personal Information We Collect About You?
We maintain physical, electronic and procedural security measures to help safeguard the personal information we collect about you. We have internal policies governing the proper handling of client information. Third parties that provide support or marketing services on our behalf may also receive personal information, and we require them to adhere to confidentiality standards with respect to such information.
4. How Can You Limit the Sharing of Certain Types of Personal Information With Affiliated Companies?
We respect your privacy and offer you choices as to whether we share with affiliated companies personal information that was collected to determine your eligibility for products and services you request (“eligibility information”). Please note that, even if you direct us not to share eligibility information with affiliated companies (“opt-out”), we may still share personal information, including eligibility information, with those companies in circumstances excluded from the opt-out under applicable law, such as to process transactions or to service your account. We may also share certain other types of personal information with affiliated companies—such as your name, address, telephone number, e-mail address and account number(s), and information about your transactions and experiences with us.
5. How Can You Limit the Use of Certain Types of Personal Information by Affiliated Companies for Marketing?
You may limit affiliated companies from marketing their products or services to you based on your personal information that they receive from affiliated companies. This information includes your income, assets and account history. Your choice to limit marketing offers from affiliated companies will apply until you tell us to change your choice.
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If you wish to opt-out of sharing and to limit marketing offers, you may do so by:
• | Calling us at (800) 847-2424 Monday-Friday between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m. (ET) | ||
• | Writing to us at the following address: Van Kampen Privacy Department Harborside Financial Center, Plaza Two, 3rd Floor Jersey City, NJ 07311 |
If you choose to write to us, your written request should include your name, address, telephone number and account number(s) to which the opt-out applies and should not be sent with any other correspondence. In order to process your request, we require that the request be provided by you directly and not through a third party.
If you have previously notified us about your privacy preferences, it is not necessary to do so again unless you decide to change your preferences. Your opt-out preference will remain in effect with respect to this Policy (as it may be amended) until you notify us otherwise in writing. If you have a joint account, your direction for us not to share this information with other affiliated companies and for those affiliated companies not to use your personal information for marketing will be applied to all account holders on that account.
Please understand that if you opt-out, you and any joint account holders may not receive information about affiliated company products and services that could help you manage your financial resources and achieve your investment objectives.
If you hold more than one account with Van Kampen, you may receive multiple privacy policies from us, and would need to follow the directions stated in each particular policy for each account you have with us.
SPECIAL NOTICE TO RESIDENTS OF VERMONT
This section supplements our Policy with respect to our individual clients who have a Vermont address and supersedes anything to the contrary in the above Policy with respect to those clients only.
The State of Vermont requires financial institutions to obtain your consent prior to sharing personal information that they collect about you with affiliated companies and nonaffiliated third parties other than in certain limited circumstances. Except as permitted by law, we will not share personal information we collect about you with nonaffiliated third parties or other affiliated companies unless you provide us with your written consent to share such information (“opt-in”).
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If you wish to receive offers for investment products and services offered by or through other affiliated companies, please notify us in writing at the following address:
Van Kampen Privacy Department Harborside Financial Center, Plaza Two, 3rd Floor Jersey City, NJ 07311 |
Your authorization should include your name, address, telephone number and account number(s) to which the opt-in applies and should not be sent with any other correspondence. In order to process your authorization, we require that the authorization be provided by you directly and not through a third-party.
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Welcome, Shareholder
In this report, you’ll learn about how your investment in Van Kampen Municipal Income Fund performed during the semiannual period. The portfolio management team will provide an overview of the market conditions and discuss some of the factors that affected investment performance during the reporting period. In addition, this report includes the fund’s financial statements and a list of fund investments as of March 31, 2009.
This material must be preceded or accompanied by a Class A, B, and C share or Class I share prospectus for the fund being offered. The prospectuses contain information about the fund, including the investment objectives, risks, charges and expenses. To obtain an additional prospectus, contact your financial advisor or download one at vankampen.com. Please read the prospectus carefully before investing.
Market forecasts provided in this report may not necessarily come to pass. There is no assurance that the fund will achieve its investment objective. The fund is subject to market risk, which is the possibility that the market values of securities owned by the fund will decline and that the value of the fund shares may therefore be less than what you paid for them. Accordingly, you can lose money investing in this fund.
Income may subject certain individuals to the federal Alternative Minimum Tax (AMT).
NOT FDIC INSURED | OFFER NO BANK GUARANTEE | MAY LOSE VALUE | ||||
NOT INSURED BY ANY FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AGENCY | NOT A DEPOSIT | |||||
Performance Summary as of 3/31/09
A Shares | B Shares | C Shares | I Shares | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
since 8/1/90 | since 8/24/92 | since 8/13/93 | since 8/12/05 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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4.75% | 4.00% | 1.00% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Average Annual | w/o sales | sales | w/o sales | sales | w/o sales | sales | w/o sales | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total Returns | charges | charge | charges | charge | charges | charge | charges | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Since Inception | 4.51 | % | 4.24 | % | 3.28 | % | 3.28 | % | 2.42 | % | 2.42 | % | –1.28 | % | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
10-year | 2.02 | 1.53 | 1.40 | 1.40 | 1.26 | 1.26 | — | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
5-year | –0.23 | –1.20 | –0.96 | –1.21 | –0.96 | –0.96 | — | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1-year | –8.21 | –12.57 | –8.85 | –12.31 | –8.86 | –9.73 | –7.97 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
6-month | –3.42 | –8.00 | –3.72 | –7.46 | –3.72 | –4.66 | –3.29 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
30-Day SEC Yield | 5.33 | 4.85% | 4.84% | 5.85% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Gross Expense Ratio | 1.41% | 2.17% | 2.17% | 1.16% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Performance data quoted represents past performance, which is no guarantee of future results, and current performance may be lower or higher than the figures shown. For the most recent month-end performance figures, please visit vankampen.com or speak with your financial advisor. Investment returns and principal value will fluctuate and fund shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Expenses are as of the Fund’s fiscal year end.
The returns shown in this report do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares. Performance of share classes will vary due to differences in sales charges and expenses. Average annual total return with sales charges includes payment of the maximum sales charge of 4.75 percent for Class A shares, a contingent deferred sales charge of 4.00 percent for Class B shares (in year one and declining to zero after year six), a contingent deferred sales charge of 1.00 percent for Class C shares in year one and combined Rule 12b-1 fees and service fees of up to 0.25 percent for Class A shares and up to 1.00 percent for Class B and C shares. The since inception and 10-year returns for Class B shares reflect the conversion of Class B shares into Class A shares eight years after purchase. Class I shares are available for purchase exclusively by investors through (i) tax-exempt retirement plans with assets of at least $1 million (including 401(k) plans, 457 plans, employer sponsored 403(b) plans, profit sharing and money purchase plans, defined benefit plans and nonqualified deferred compensation plans), (ii) fee-based investment programs with assets of at least $1 million, (iii) qualified state tuition plan (529 plan) accounts, (iv) institutional clients with assets of at least $1 million and (v) certain Van Kampen investment companies. Class I shares are offered without any sales charges on purchases or sales and do not include combined rule 12b-1 fees and service fees. Figures shown above assume reinvestment of all dividends and capital gains. Periods of less than a year are not annualized.
SEC yield is a calculation for determining the amount of portfolio income, excluding non-income items as prescribed by the SEC. Yields are subject to change.
The Lehman Brother’s Municipal Bond Index, which has been shown in the Fund’s previous shareholder reports and prospectuses, changed its name to Barclays Capital Municipal Bond Index as of November 3, 2008. The Barclays Capital Municipal Bond Index is generally representative of investment-grade, tax exempt bonds. The Index is unmanaged and its returns do not include any sales charges or fees. Such costs would lower performance. It is not possible to invest directly in an index.
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Fund Report
For the six-month period ended March 31, 2009
Market Conditions
The six months under review can be divided into two distinct periods in terms of municipal market performance. The first of these, the last quarter of 2008, marked one of the worst periods in the history of the municipal bond market as well as the broad financial markets. Extreme risk aversion emerged as investors became skittish following the government takeovers, forced mergers or failures of several venerable financial institutions that began in September. Massive deleveraging and forced selling ensued and tax-exempt bond funds experienced significant outflows as investors fled to the relative safety of Treasury securities and money market funds. These factors pushed municipal bond prices to their cheapest levels in history relative to Treasury bonds.
Not surprisingly in this risk-averse environment, the lower-rated segment of the market underperformed, with high-yield municipal bonds (those rated below triple-B or non-rated issues) returning -21.25 percent for the fourth quarter (as measured by the Barclays Capital High Yield Municipal Bond Index) while triple-B rated issues returned -14.68 percent and triple-A rated issues returned 3.44 percent (as measured by the Barclays Capital Municipal Bond Index).
The first quarter of 2009 was markedly better for municipal bond investors. Credit concerns eased, deleveraging slowed considerably, and investors began to re-enter the market, driving municipal bond prices higher. Yields declined by as much as 80 basis points on the front end of the municipal yield curve during the quarter, while yields on long-maturity issues fell roughly 25 basis points. The rally was accompanied by a narrowing of credit spreads, which helped the high-yield segment of the market to outperform. For the quarter, high-yield municipals returned 7.65 percent, triple-B rated issues returned 7.22 percent and triple-A rated issues returned 3.52 percent.
Although the high-yield segment rebounded nicely in the first three months of 2009, the gains were not enough to offset the losses in the last quarter of 2008. As a result, higher-quality issues outperformed for the overall six-month reporting period. With regard to sectors, performance was largely dependent on credit quality, with the lower-quality industrial development revenue/pollution control revenue (i.e. corporate-backed) and tobacco sectors turning in the worst performance while water and sewer and housing bonds posted the highest returns.
The credit crunch squeezed municipal bond issuance, which declined by nine percent in 2008. As the credit quality of municipal bond issuers crumbled during the year, insured bond volume fell to 18 percent of total issuance, a dramatic decline from the 55 percent average over the past few years. This large increase in uninsured bonds has disrupted many historical measures of value in the municipal bond market. In the first quarter of 2009, issuance rose and was easily
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placed due to robust retail demand. In a significant reversal from the last quarter of 2008, municipal bond funds saw approximately $11 billion in net inflows as investors recognized the historical cheapness of the municipal sector.
Performance Analysis
All share classes of Van Kampen Municipal Income Fund underperformed the Barclays Capital Municipal Bond Index (the “Index”) for the six months ended March 31, 2009, assuming no deduction of applicable sales charges.
Total returns for the six-month period ended March 31, 2009
Barclays Capital | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Municipal Bond | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Class A | Class B | Class C | Class I | Index | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
–3.42 | % | –3.72 | % | –3.72 | % | –3.29 | % | 5.00 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||||
The performance for the four share classes varies because each has different expenses. The Fund’s total return figures assume the reinvestment of all distributions, but do not reflect the deduction of any applicable sales charges. Such costs would lower performance. Past performance is no guarantee of future results. See Performance Summary for standardized performance information and index definition.
The primary detractors from the Fund’s performance included holdings in triple-B and non-rated municipal bonds. The Fund maintained an overweight allocation in these issues relative to the Index (which does not include non-rated securities), which hindered performance as the lower-quality segment of the market underperformed the higher-quality segment for the overall reporting period. The Fund also held an overweight relative to the Index in the health care sector. This positioning was disadvantageous given the sector’s strong performance, particularly in the first quarter of 2009. The Fund’s greater relative emphasis on the long end of the municipal yield curve, specifically securities with maturities of 22 years or more, was detrimental as well given the underperformance of this segment of the curve.
Other positions, however, were additive to relative performance. The Fund held an overweight relative to the Index in housing bonds. This positioning helped enhance returns as the sector enjoyed strong gains in the first quarter of this year. The Fund’s significant position in municipal auction rate securities with zero durations (a measure of interest-rate sensitivity) was beneficial as the yield on these securities remained well above those of comparable money market instruments.
Over the course of the reporting period, we reduced the portfolio’s exposure to the tobacco sector due to a declining fundamental outlook, shortened the portfolio’s duration, and in 2009, focused on selling weaker credits into strong retail demand. We continue to be invested in municipal auction rate securities. This book of weekly auctioned paper had an average yield of approximately five percent in the first quarter of 2009. We anticipate having a variety of
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opportunities in the coming months to invest these short-term holdings at yields higher than what we have seen in the past several years.
There is no guarantee that any sectors mentioned will continue to perform as discussed herein or that securities in such sectors will be held by the Fund in the future.
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Ratings Allocation as of 3/31/09 (Unaudited) | ||||
AAA/Aaa | 22.9 | % | ||
AA/Aa | 29.8 | |||
A/A | 11.0 | |||
BBB/Baa | 17.2 | |||
BB/Ba | 1.0 | |||
Non-Rated | 18.1 | |||
Top 5 Sectors as of 3/31/09 (Unaudited) | ||||
Hospital | 22.0 | % | ||
Single-Family | 7.5 | |||
Life Care | 7.3 | |||
Bridge, Tunnel & Toll Road | 6.5 | |||
General Purpose | 6.5 | |||
Summary of Investments by State Classification as of 3/31/09 (Unaudited) | ||||
California | 11.6 | % | ||
Illinois | 11.5 | |||
Texas | 8.3 | |||
Florida | 6.3 | |||
New York | 5.7 | |||
Ohio | 5.6 | |||
New Jersey | 5.5 | |||
Colorado | 5.1 | |||
Wisconsin | 4.2 | |||
Missouri | 4.0 | |||
Arizona | 3.9 | |||
District of Columbia | 3.1 | |||
Michigan | 2.8 | |||
Utah | 2.6 | |||
Maryland | 1.8 | |||
Kentucky | 1.7 | |||
Alabama | 1.7 | |||
Iowa | 1.6 | |||
Minnesota | 1.5 | |||
South Carolina | 1.4 | |||
Washington | 1.2 | |||
Indiana | 1.1 | |||
Alaska | 1.1 | |||
Tennessee | 1.1 | |||
Oklahoma | 1.1 | |||
Louisiana | 1.0 | |||
Idaho | 0.9 | |||
Kansas | 0.9 | |||
Hawaii | 0.9 | |||
Virginia | 0.9 | |||
Pennsylvania | 0.9 | |||
New Hampshire | 0.8 | |||
Massachusetts | 0.7 | |||
Georgia | 0.6 | |||
Rhode Island | 0.5 | |||
Nevada | 0.5 |
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Summary of Investments by State Classification as of 3/31/09 (Unaudited) | ||||
(continued from previous page) | ||||
North Carolina | 0.4 | % | ||
Wyoming | 0.4 | |||
North Dakota | 0.3 | |||
Nebraska | 0.3 | |||
Mississippi | 0.3 | |||
West Virginia | 0.3 | |||
Vermont | 0.2 | |||
South Dakota | 0.2 | |||
New Mexico | 0.2 | |||
Oregon | 0.2 | |||
Connecticut | 0.1 | |||
Delaware | 0.1 | |||
Total Long-Term Investments | 107.1 | |||
Total Short-Term Investments | 0.8 | |||
Total Investments | 107.9 | |||
Liability for Floating Rate Note Obligations Related to Securities Held | (7.3 | ) | ||
Total Net Investments | 100.6 | |||
Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets | (0.6 | ) | ||
Net Assets | 100.0 | % |
Subject to change daily. Provided for informational purposes only and should not be deemed as a recommendation to buy or sell the securities mentioned or securities in the sectors shown above. Ratings allocations and sectors are as a percentage of total investments. Summary of investments by state classification is as a percentage of net assets. Securities are classified by sectors that represent broad groupings of related industries. Van Kampen is a wholly owned subsidiary of a global securities firm which is engaged in a wide range of financial services including, for example, securities trading and brokerage activities, investment banking, research and analysis, financing and financial advisory services. Ratings allocation based upon ratings as issued by Standard and Poor’s and Moody’s, respectively.
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For More Information About Portfolio Holdings
Each Van Kampen fund provides a complete schedule of portfolio holdings in its semiannual and annual reports within 60 days of the end of the fund’s second and fourth fiscal quarters. The semiannual reports and the annual reports are filed electronically with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Form N-CSRS and Form N-CSR, respectively. Van Kampen also delivers the semiannual and annual reports to fund shareholders, and makes these reports available on its public Web site, www.vankampen.com. In addition to the semiannual and annual reports that Van Kampen delivers to shareholders and makes available through the Van Kampen public Web site, each fund files a complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the SEC for the fund’s first and third fiscal quarters on Form N-Q. Van Kampen does not deliver the reports for the first and third fiscal quarters to shareholders, nor are the reports posted to the Van Kampen public Web site. You may, however, obtain the Form N-Q filings (as well as the Form N-CSR and N-CSRS filings) by accessing the SEC’s Web site, http://www.sec.gov. You may also review and copy them at the SEC’s Public Reference Room in Washington, DC. Information on the operation of the SEC’s Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling the SEC at (800) SEC-0330. You can also request copies of these materials, upon payment of a duplicating fee, by electronic request at the SEC’s email address (publicinfo@sec.gov) or by writing the Public Reference section of the SEC, Washington, DC 20549-0102.
You may obtain copies of a fund’s fiscal quarter filings by contacting Van Kampen Client Relations at (800) 847-2424.
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Householding Notice
To reduce Fund expenses, the Fund attempts to eliminate duplicate mailings to the same address. The Fund delivers a single copy of certain shareholder documents to investors who share an address, even if the accounts are registered under different names. The Fund’s prospectuses and shareholder reports (including annual privacy notices) will be delivered to you in this manner indefinitely unless you instruct us otherwise. You can request multiple copies of these documents by either calling (800) 341-2911 or writing to Van Kampen Investor Services at P.O. Box 219286, Kansas City, MO 64121-9286. Once Investor Services has received your instructions, we will begin sending individual copies for each account within 30 days.
Proxy Voting Policy and Procedures and Proxy Voting Record
You may obtain a copy of the Fund’s Proxy Voting Policy and Procedures without charge, upon request, by calling toll free (800) 847-2424 or by visiting our Web site at www.vankampen.com. It is also available on the Securities and Exchange Commission’s Web site at http://www.sec.gov.
You may obtain information regarding how the Fund voted proxies relating to portfolio securities during the most recent twelve-month period ended June 30 without charge by visiting our Web site at www.vankampen.com. This information is also available on the Securities and Exchange Commission’s Web site at http://www.sec.gov.
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Expense Example
As a shareholder of the Fund, you incur two types of costs: (1) transaction costs, including sales charges (loads) on purchase payments of Class A Shares and contingent deferred sales charges on redemptions of Class B and Class C Shares; and (2) ongoing costs, including management fees; distribution and service (12b-1) fees; and other Fund expenses. This example is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds.
The example is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period 10/1/08 - 3/31/09.
Actual Expense
The first line of the table below provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in this line, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the first line under the heading entitled “Expenses Paid During Period” to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during this period.
Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes
The second line of the table below provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the Fund’s actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the Fund’s actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You may use this information to compare the ongoing cost of investing in the Fund and other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of the other funds.
Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only and do not reflect any transactional costs, such as sales charges (loads) or contingent deferred sales charges. Therefore, the second line of the table is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. In addition, if these transactional costs were included, your cost would have been higher.
Beginning | Ending | Expenses Paid | ||||||||||
Account Value | Account Value | During Period* | ||||||||||
10/1/08 | 3/31/09 | 10/1/08-3/31/09 | ||||||||||
Class A | ||||||||||||
Actual | $ | 1,000.00 | $ | 965.80 | $ | 5.00 | ||||||
Hypothetical | 1,000.00 | 1,019.85 | 5.14 | |||||||||
(5% annual return before expenses) | ||||||||||||
Class B | ||||||||||||
Actual | 1,000.00 | 962.84 | 8.71 | |||||||||
Hypothetical | 1,000.00 | 1,016.06 | 8.95 | |||||||||
(5% annual return before expenses) | ||||||||||||
Class C | ||||||||||||
Actual | 1,000.00 | 962.79 | 8.66 | |||||||||
Hypothetical | 1,000.00 | 1,016.11 | 8.90 | |||||||||
(5% annual return before expenses) | ||||||||||||
Class I | ||||||||||||
Actual | 1,000.00 | 967.07 | 3.87 | |||||||||
Hypothetical | 1,000.00 | 1,020.99 | 3.98 | |||||||||
(5% annual return before expenses) |
* | Expenses are equal to the Fund’s annualized expense ratio of 1.02%, 1.78%, 1.77% and 0.79% for Class A, B, C and I Shares, respectively, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 182/365 (to reflect the one-half year period). |
Assumes all dividends and distributions were reinvested.
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The following table shows what expenses a shareholder would have paid, excluding interest and residual trust expenses.
Beginning | Ending | Expenses Paid | ||||||||||
Account Value | Account Value | During Period* | ||||||||||
10/1/08 | 3/31/09 | 10/1/08-3/31/09 | ||||||||||
Class A | ||||||||||||
Actual | $ | 1,000.00 | $ | 965.80 | $ | 4.41 | ||||||
Hypothetical | 1,000.00 | 1,020.44 | 4.53 | |||||||||
(5% annual return before expenses) | ||||||||||||
Class B | ||||||||||||
Actual | 1,000.00 | 962.84 | 8.07 | |||||||||
Hypothetical | 1,000.00 | 1,016.70 | 8.30 | |||||||||
(5% annual return before expenses) | ||||||||||||
Class C | ||||||||||||
Actual | 1,000.00 | 962.79 | 8.07 | |||||||||
Hypothetical | 1,000.00 | 1,016.70 | 8.30 | |||||||||
(5% annual return before expenses) | ||||||||||||
Class I | ||||||||||||
Actual | 1,000.00 | 967.07 | 3.24 | |||||||||
Hypothetical | 1,000.00 | 1,021.64 | 3.33 | |||||||||
(5% annual return before expenses) |
* | Expenses are equal to the Fund’s annualized expense ratio of 0.90%, 1.65%, 1.65% and 0.66% for Class A, B, C and I Shares, respectively, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 182/365 (to reflect the one-half year period). |
Assumes all dividends and distributions were reinvested.
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Van Kampen Municipal Income Fund
Portfolio of Investments n March 31, 2009 (Unaudited)
Par | ||||||||||||||
Amount | ||||||||||||||
(000) | Description | Coupon | Maturity | Value | ||||||||||
Municipal Bonds 107.1% Alabama 1.7% | ||||||||||||||
$ | 3,265 | Cullman, AL Cullman Med Pk South Med Clinic Brd Rev Cullman Regl Med Ctr, Ser A | 6.500 | % | 02/15/13 | $ | 3,256,413 | |||||||
3,000 | Hlthcare Auth for Baptist Hlth AL, Ser B (AGL Insd) (a) (b) | 4.000 | 11/15/37 | 3,000,000 | ||||||||||
900 | Huntsville Redstone Vlg, AL Spl Care Fac Fin Auth Redstone Vlg Proj | 5.500 | 01/01/43 | 519,228 | ||||||||||
3 | Mobile, AL Indl Dev Brd Solid Waste Disp Rev Mobile Energy Svc Co Proj Rfdg (c) | 6.950 | 01/01/20 | 277 | ||||||||||
3,000 | University AL at Birmingham Hosp Rev, Ser A (b) | 5.750 | 09/01/22 | 3,011,730 | ||||||||||
9,787,648 | ||||||||||||||
Alaska 1.1% | ||||||||||||||
200 | Alaska Muni Bd Bk, Ser 1 | 5.750 | 09/01/33 | 202,454 | ||||||||||
5,000 | Matanuska Susitna Boro, AK Goose Creek Correctional Ctr (AGL Insd) | 6.000 | 09/01/28 | 5,339,100 | ||||||||||
2,000 | Northern Tob Sec Corp Rev Bkd, Ser A | 5.000 | 06/01/46 | 1,004,360 | ||||||||||
6,545,914 | ||||||||||||||
Arizona 3.9% | ||||||||||||||
1,000 | Flagstaff, AZ Indl Dev Auth Rev Sr Living Cmnty Northn AZ Rfdg | 5.700 | 07/01/42 | 619,760 | ||||||||||
7,000 | Glendale, AZ Indl Dev Auth Rfdg | 5.000 | 12/01/35 | 4,880,960 | ||||||||||
1,000 | Phoenix, AZ Civic Impt Corp Arpt Rev Sr Lien, Ser B (AMT) | 5.250 | 07/01/19 | 960,460 | ||||||||||
5,000 | Phoenix, AZ Civic Impt Corp Arpt Rev Sr Lien, Ser B (FGIC Insd) (AMT) | 5.250 | 07/01/32 | 4,276,500 | ||||||||||
815 | Pima Cnty, AZ Indl Dev Auth Wtr & Waste Wtr Rev Global Wtr Resh LLC Proj (AMT) | 6.375 | 12/01/18 | 689,148 | ||||||||||
1,600 | Pima Cnty, AZ Indl Dev Auth Wtr & Waste Wtr Rev Global Wtr Resh LLC Proj (AMT) | 6.550 | 12/01/37 | 1,091,680 | ||||||||||
550 | Pinal Cnty, AZ Elec Dist 4 Elec Sys Rev | 6.000 | 12/01/23 | 476,195 | ||||||||||
740 | Pinal Cnty, AZ Elec Dist 4 Elec Sys Rev | 6.000 | 12/01/28 | 616,435 | ||||||||||
6,000 | Salt River Proj AZ Agric Imp, Ser A | 5.000 | 01/01/39 | 5,953,620 | ||||||||||
1,600 | Scottsdale, AZ Indl Dev Auth Hosp Rev Hlthcare Rfdg | 5.250 | 09/01/30 | 1,335,680 | ||||||||||
2,750 | University of AZ Med Ctr Corp | 5.000 | 07/01/35 | 2,024,055 | ||||||||||
22,924,493 | ||||||||||||||
California 11.6% | ||||||||||||||
4,870 | Anaheim, CA Pub Fin Auth Lease Rev Cap Apprec Sub Pub Impt Proj, Ser C (FSA Insd) | * | 09/01/20 | 2,618,355 | ||||||||||
3,620 | Bay Area Toll Auth CA Toll Brdg Rev SF Bay Area, Ser F1 | 5.000 | 04/01/39 | 3,411,198 | ||||||||||
2,000 | Beverly Hills, CA Uni Sch Dist Cap Apprec 2008 Election | * | 08/01/27 | 734,400 | ||||||||||
2,000 | Beverly Hills, CA Uni Sch Dist Cap Apprec 2008 Election | * | 08/01/28 | 686,240 |
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See Notes to Financial Statements
Van Kampen Municipal Income Fund
Portfolio of Investments n March 31, 2009 (Unaudited) continued
Portfolio of Investments n March 31, 2009 (Unaudited) continued
Par | ||||||||||||||
Amount | ||||||||||||||
(000) | Description | Coupon | Maturity | Value | ||||||||||
California (Continued) | ||||||||||||||
$ | 1,875 | California Cnty, CA Tob Agy Tob Sec Sonoma Cnty Corp Rfdg | 5.250 | % | 06/01/45 | $ | 969,000 | |||||||
2,000 | California Cnty, CA Tob Sec Agy Tob LA Cnty Sec (d) | 0/5.250 | 06/01/21 | 1,284,860 | ||||||||||
6,690 | California Hsg Fin Agy Rev Home Mtg, Ser I (AMT) (e) | 4.800 | 08/01/36 | 5,031,516 | ||||||||||
2,000 | California Pollutn Ctl Fin Auth Solid Waste Disp Rev Waste Svc Inc Rfdg, Ser A (AMT) (b) | 4.500 | 06/01/18 | 1,951,640 | ||||||||||
2,000 | California St Var Purp (f) | 5.750 | 04/01/31 | 1,973,000 | ||||||||||
1,250 | California Statewide Cmnty Dev Auth Rev CA Baptist Univ, Ser A | 5.500 | 11/01/38 | 733,388 | ||||||||||
1,000 | California Statewide Cmnty Dev Auth Rev Front Porch Cmnty & Svc, Ser A (g) | 5.125 | 04/01/37 | 628,020 | ||||||||||
2,000 | California Statewide Cmnty Dev Auth Rev Mtg Methodist Hosp Proj (FHA Gtd) | 6.250 | 08/01/24 | 2,068,240 | ||||||||||
2,250 | California Statewide Cmnty Dev Auth Rev Windrush Sch (c) | 5.500 | 07/01/37 | 1,329,233 | ||||||||||
1,610 | Desert Hot Springs, CA Redev Agy Tax Alloc Merged Redev Proj, Ser A2 | 5.000 | 09/01/23 | 1,318,606 | ||||||||||
3,000 | Foothill/Eastern Corridor Agy CA Toll Rd Rev Cap Apprec Rfdg (NATL Insd) | * | 01/15/17 | 1,565,760 | ||||||||||
21,000 | Foothill/Eastern Corridor Agy CA Toll Rd Rev Cap Apprec Rfdg | * | 01/15/24 | 5,455,590 | ||||||||||
15,000 | Foothill/Eastern Corridor Agy CA Toll Rd Rev Cap Apprec Rfdg | * | 01/15/30 | 2,083,350 | ||||||||||
6,000 | Golden St Tob Securitization, Ser A–1 | 5.750 | 06/01/47 | 3,369,000 | ||||||||||
2,000 | Hesperia, CA Pub Fin Auth Rev Redev & Hsg Proj, Ser A (Syncora Gtd) | 5.000 | 09/01/37 | 1,365,220 | ||||||||||
3,000 | Los Angeles, CA Uni Sch Dist, Ser I | 5.000 | 07/01/29 | 2,867,310 | ||||||||||
2,000 | Los Angeles, CA Wtr & Pwr Rev Pwr Sys Sub, Ser A–1 | 5.250 | 07/01/38 | 1,996,860 | ||||||||||
2,600 | Palomar Pomerado Hlthcare Dist CA Ctf Partn, Ser C (FSA Insd) (a) (b) | 6.000 | 11/01/36 | 2,600,000 | ||||||||||
2,750 | Poway, CA Uni Sch Dist Election 2008 Impt Dist 2007, Ser 1-A | * | 08/01/23 | 1,212,282 | ||||||||||
1,000 | Poway, CA Uni Sch Dist Election 2008 Impt Dist 2007, Ser 1-A | * | 08/01/26 | 353,510 | ||||||||||
1,650 | Quechan Indian Tribe Ft Yuma Indian Reservation CA & Govt Proj | 7.000 | 12/01/27 | 1,138,252 | ||||||||||
5,000 | Tobacco Sec Auth Southn CA Tob Settlement Sr, Ser A–1 | 5.000 | 06/01/37 | 2,589,000 | ||||||||||
1,600 | Turlock, CA Hlth Fac Rev Emanuel Med Ctr Inc | 5.375 | 10/15/34 | 1,002,144 | ||||||||||
2,295 | University CA Rev, Ser 0 (e) | 5.750 | 05/15/23 | 2,531,763 | ||||||||||
3,390 | University CA Rev, Ser 0 (e) | 5.750 | 05/15/25 | 3,665,404 |
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See Notes to Financial Statements
Van Kampen Municipal Income Fund
Portfolio of Investments n March 31, 2009 (Unaudited) continued
Portfolio of Investments n March 31, 2009 (Unaudited) continued
Par | ||||||||||||||
Amount | ||||||||||||||
(000) | Description | Coupon | Maturity | Value | ||||||||||
California (Continued) | ||||||||||||||
$ | 5,000 | Vernon, CA Nat Gas Fin Auth Rev Vernon Gas Proj, Ser C (NATL Insd) (a) (b) | 7.500 | % | 08/01/21 | $ | 5,000,000 | |||||||
5,000 | West Contra Costa CA Uni Election of 2002, Ser B (FSA Insd) | 5.000 | 08/01/26 | 5,040,850 | ||||||||||
68,573,991 | ||||||||||||||
Colorado 5.1% | ||||||||||||||
2,840 | Adams Cnty, CO Single Family Mtg Rev, Ser A (h) | 8.875 | 08/01/10 | 3,142,034 | ||||||||||
5,000 | Arapahoe Cnty, CO Wtr & Waste Proj, Ser A (NATL Insd) | 5.125 | 12/01/32 | 4,696,500 | ||||||||||
5,000 | Colorado Ed & Cultural Fac Auth Rev Impt Charter Sch Peak to Peak Rfdg (Syncora Gtd) | 5.250 | 08/15/34 | 4,105,050 | ||||||||||
3,000 | Colorado Hlth Fac Auth Rev Amern Baptist Home, Ser A | 5.900 | 08/01/37 | 1,870,620 | ||||||||||
1,000 | Colorado Hlth Fac Auth Rev Evangelical Lutheran, Ser A | 5.250 | 06/01/34 | 754,640 | ||||||||||
5,000 | Colorado Hlth Fac Auth Rev Poudre Vly CO Hlth Fac Auth Hosp, Ser A (FSA Insd) | 5.200 | 03/01/31 | 4,404,800 | ||||||||||
6,000 | Denver, CO City & Cnty Justice Sys (e) | 5.000 | 08/01/24 | 6,404,430 | ||||||||||
1,500 | Denver, CO City & Cnty Justice Sys (e) | 5.000 | 08/01/25 | 1,586,325 | ||||||||||
2,000 | Lincoln Pk, CO Metro Dist Rfdg & Impt | 6.200 | 12/01/37 | 1,528,020 | ||||||||||
500 | Montezuma Cnty, CO Hosp Dist Hlth Fac Enterprise Hosp Rfdg (c) | 5.900 | 10/01/37 | 319,770 | ||||||||||
1,830 | North Range Metro Dist No 2 CO Ltd Tax | 5.500 | 12/15/27 | 1,034,847 | ||||||||||
29,847,036 | ||||||||||||||
Connecticut 0.1% | ||||||||||||||
1,000 | Connecticut St Dev Auth Hlth Fac Rev Alzheimers Res Ctr Conn Inc Proj | 5.500 | 08/15/27 | 638,280 | ||||||||||
Delaware 0.1% | ||||||||||||||
630 | New Castle Cnty, DE Rev Newark Charter Sch Inc Proj | 5.000 | 09/01/22 | 463,806 | ||||||||||
District of Columbia 3.1% | ||||||||||||||
1,715 | District Columbia Income Tax Rev Rfdg Second, Ser B (e) | 5.000 | 12/01/24 | 1,768,131 | ||||||||||
4,285 | District Columbia Income Tax Rev, Ser A (e) | 5.000 | 12/01/23 | 4,461,755 | ||||||||||
5,150 | District Columbia Tax Incrmnt Gallery Place Proj (FSA Insd) | 5.250 | 07/01/27 | 5,186,256 | ||||||||||
4,000 | District Columbia Wtr & Swr Auth Pub Util Rev Sub Lien, Ser A (FSA Insd) | 5.500 | 10/01/41 | 4,043,280 | ||||||||||
3,000 | Metropolitan Washington DC Arpt Auth Sys, Ser A (NATL Insd) (AMT) | 5.250 | 10/01/32 | 2,694,150 | ||||||||||
18,153,572 | ||||||||||||||
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Par | ||||||||||||||
Amount | ||||||||||||||
(000) | Description | Coupon | Maturity | Value | ||||||||||
Florida 6.3% | ||||||||||||||
$ | 1,000 | Alachua Cnty, FL Indl Dev Rev North FL Retirement Vlg | 5.250 | % | 11/15/17 | $ | 818,450 | |||||||
1,000 | Alachua Cnty, FL Indl Dev Rev North FL Retirement Vlg | 5.875 | 11/15/36 | 662,200 | ||||||||||
5,000 | Broward Cnty, FL Arpt Sys Rev, Ser J-I (AMBAC Insd) (AMT) | 5.250 | 10/01/26 | 4,487,200 | ||||||||||
1,100 | Capital Tr Agy FL Rev Ft Lauderdale Proj (AMT) | 5.750 | 01/01/32 | 718,905 | ||||||||||
480 | Escambia Cnty, FL Hlth Fac Auth Rev (AMBAC Insd) | 5.950 | 07/01/20 | 490,094 | ||||||||||
2,410 | Fiddlers Creek Cmnty Dev Dist No 1 FL Spl Assmt Rev (c) | 6.000 | 05/01/38 | 1,489,380 | ||||||||||
3,715 | Florida St Brd Ed Pub Ed Rfdg Cap Outlay 2007, Ser A | 5.000 | 06/01/19 | 4,011,568 | ||||||||||
1,305 | Florida St Tpk Auth Tpk Rev Rfdg Dept Trans, Ser A (e) | 5.000 | 07/01/26 | 1,300,426 | ||||||||||
1,325 | Florida St Tpk Auth Tpk Rev Rfdg Dept Trans, Ser A (e) | 5.000 | 07/01/27 | 1,309,286 | ||||||||||
1,440 | Florida St Tpk Auth Tpk Rev Rfdg Dept Trans, Ser A (e) | 5.000 | 07/01/28 | 1,411,992 | ||||||||||
2,500 | Florida St Tpk Auth Tpk Rev Rfdg Dept Trans, Ser A (e) | 5.000 | 07/01/32 | 2,381,000 | ||||||||||
5,000 | Grand Bay at Doral Cmnty Dev Dist FL, Ser B | 6.000 | 05/01/17 | 3,462,950 | ||||||||||
470 | Halifax Hosp Med Ctr FL Hosp Rev Impt Rfdg, Ser A | 5.250 | 06/01/26 | 387,092 | ||||||||||
1,000 | Main Str Cmnty Dev Dist FL Cap Impt Rev, Ser B (Acquired 2/19/08, Cost $1,000,000) (j) | 6.900 | 05/01/17 | 792,380 | ||||||||||
2,000 | Miami-Dade Cnty, FL Ed Fac Auth Rev Univ Miami, Ser A (BHAC Insd) | 5.500 | 04/01/38 | 2,031,320 | ||||||||||
1,750 | Orange Cnty, FL Hlth Fac Auth Rev First Mtg Orlando Lutheran Tower | 5.500 | 07/01/38 | 1,011,203 | ||||||||||
3,000 | Orange Cnty, FL Hlth Fac Auth Rev Hosp Adventist Hlth Sys (FSA Insd) | 6.000 | 11/15/22 | 3,003,030 | ||||||||||
800 | Palm Beach Cnty, FL Hlth Fac Auth Rev Wtrford Proj | 5.875 | 11/15/37 | 581,256 | ||||||||||
2,200 | Putnam Cnty, FL Dev Auth Pollutn Ctl Rev Rfdg Seminole Proj, Ser A (AMBAC Insd) (b) | 5.350 | 03/15/42 | 2,179,804 | ||||||||||
495 | Reunion East Cmnty Dev Dist FL Spl Assmt | 5.800 | 05/01/36 | 250,628 | ||||||||||
3,000 | Seminole Tribe, FL Spl Oblig Rev, Ser A (g) | 5.250 | 10/01/27 | 2,036,820 | ||||||||||
1,415 | Seven Oaks, FL Cmnty Dev Dist II Spl Assmt Rev, Ser A | 6.400 | 05/01/34 | 1,141,226 | ||||||||||
400 | Tolomato Cmnty, FL Dev Dist Spl Assmt | 6.550 | 05/01/27 | 285,204 | ||||||||||
1,225 | Tolomato Cmnty, FL Dev Dist Spl Assmt | 6.650 | 05/01/40 | 821,497 | ||||||||||
985 | World Comm Cmnty Dev Dist FL Spl Assmt | 5.500 | 05/01/38 | 386,613 | ||||||||||
37,451,524 | ||||||||||||||
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Par | ||||||||||||||
Amount | ||||||||||||||
(000) | Description | Coupon | Maturity | Value | ||||||||||
Georgia 0.6% | ||||||||||||||
$ | 2,500 | Atlanta, GA Tax Allocation Eastside Proj, Ser B | 5.600 | % | 01/01/30 | $ | 1,692,375 | |||||||
2,000 | Putnam Cnty, GA Dev Auth Pollutn Ctl Rev GA Pwr Co, Ser 1 | 5.100 | 06/01/23 | 1,978,000 | ||||||||||
3,670,375 | ||||||||||||||
Hawaii 0.9% | ||||||||||||||
5,125 | Hawaii St, Ser DK (e) | 5.000 | 05/01/23 | 5,415,946 | ||||||||||
Idaho 0.9% | ||||||||||||||
1,000 | Idaho Hlth Fac Auth Rev Saint Lukes Hlth Sys Proj, Ser A | 6.500 | 11/01/23 | 1,054,980 | ||||||||||
655 | Idaho Hlth Fac Auth Rev Vly Vista Care Corp Rfdg (c) | 6.125 | 11/15/27 | 454,662 | ||||||||||
2,000 | Idaho Hsg & Fin Assn Single Family Mtg Rev, Ser A (AMT) | 5.750 | 07/01/39 | 2,022,220 | ||||||||||
2,000 | Idaho Hsg & Fin Assn Single Family Mtg Rev, Ser A (AMT) | 5.850 | 07/01/36 | 2,035,920 | ||||||||||
5,567,782 | ||||||||||||||
Illinois 11.5% | ||||||||||||||
2,250 | Bartlett, IL Tax Increment Rev Rfdg Sr Lien Quarry Redev Proj | 5.600 | 01/01/23 | 1,686,960 | ||||||||||
1,500 | Bolingbrook, IL Sales Tax Rev Bolingbrook | 6.250 | 01/01/24 | 870,150 | ||||||||||
495 | Chicago, IL Increment Alloc Rev Diversey Narragansett Proj (Acquired 8/01/06, Cost $528,323) (j) | 7.460 | 02/15/26 | 396,099 | ||||||||||
3,000 | Chicago, IL Lakefront Millennium Pkg Fac (NATL Insd) (Prerefunded @ 1/01/12) | 5.650 | 01/01/19 | 3,414,990 | ||||||||||
690 | Chicago, IL Metro Wtr Reclamation Capital Impt Bonds (h) | 7.000 | 01/01/11 | 737,941 | ||||||||||
3,000 | Chicago, IL O’Hare Intl Arpt Rev, Ser A (FSA Insd) (e) | 5.000 | 01/01/33 | 2,879,025 | ||||||||||
1,200 | Chicago, IL Proj Rfdg, Ser C (NATL Insd) | 5.750 | 01/01/16 | 1,273,044 | ||||||||||
715 | Chicago, IL Tax Increment Alloc Santn Drain & Ship Canal, Ser A | 7.750 | 01/01/14 | 715,265 | ||||||||||
1,000 | Gilberts, IL Spl Svc Area No 19 Spl Tax, Ser 1 (c) | 5.375 | 03/01/16 | 548,860 | ||||||||||
3,000 | Hampshire, IL Spl Svc Area No 17 Spl Tax Crown Dev Proj Oakstead, Ser A | 6.000 | 03/01/45 | 1,509,360 | ||||||||||
1,025 | Huntley, IL Increment Alloc Rev Huntley Redev Proj, Ser A | 8.500 | 12/01/15 | 1,024,692 | ||||||||||
5,050 | Illinois Dev Fin Auth Pollutn Ctl Rev Amerencips Rfdg, Ser A (b) | 5.500 | 03/01/14 | 4,643,576 | ||||||||||
1,000 | Illinois Fin Auth Rev Advocate Hlthcare Network, Ser D | 6.500 | 11/01/38 | 1,027,540 | ||||||||||
2,500 | Illinois Fin Auth Rev Art Institute Chicago, Ser A | 6.000 | 03/01/38 | 2,469,425 |
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Amount | ||||||||||||||
(000) | Description | Coupon | Maturity | Value | ||||||||||
Illinois (Continued) | ||||||||||||||
$ | 1,500 | Illinois Fin Auth Rev Christian Homes Inc Rfdg, Ser A | 5.750 | % | 05/15/31 | $ | 970,410 | |||||||
970 | Illinois Fin Auth Rev Kewanee Hosp Proj | 5.100 | 08/15/31 | 556,605 | ||||||||||
1,000 | Illinois Fin Auth Rev Northwestern Mem Hosp, Ser A (f) | 5.375 | 08/15/24 | 983,510 | ||||||||||
2,000 | Illinois Fin Auth Rev Northwestern Mem Hosp, Ser A (f) | 5.750 | 08/15/30 | 1,969,640 | ||||||||||
4,700 | Illinois Fin Auth Rev Resurrection Hlthcare (FSA Insd) | 5.000 | 05/15/15 | 4,924,425 | ||||||||||
5,100 | Illinois Fin Auth Rev Resurrection Hlthcare (FSA Insd) | 5.000 | 05/15/17 | 5,268,453 | ||||||||||
5,050 | Illinois Fin Auth Rev Resurrection Hlthcare (FSA Insd) | 5.000 | 05/15/18 | 5,156,555 | ||||||||||
1,000 | Illinois Fin Auth Rev Rfdg Fairview Oblig Grp, Ser A | 5.500 | 08/15/18 | 795,190 | ||||||||||
250 | Illinois Fin Auth Rev Rfdg Fairview Oblig Grp, Ser A | 6.000 | 08/15/22 | 185,940 | ||||||||||
1,500 | Illinois Fin Auth Rev Rfdg Fairview Oblig Grp, Ser A | 6.125 | 08/15/28 | 1,042,620 | ||||||||||
2,500 | Illinois Fin Auth Rev Rush Univ Med Ctr Oblig Grp, Ser A | 7.250 | 11/01/38 | 2,533,325 | ||||||||||
2,000 | Illinois Fin Auth Rev Sherman Hlth Sys, Ser 2007-A | 5.500 | 08/01/37 | 1,309,960 | ||||||||||
5,000 | Illinois St, Ser 1 (FSA Insd) | 5.250 | 12/01/21 | 5,191,200 | ||||||||||
1,500 | Metropolitan Pier & Expo Auth IL Dedicated St Tax McCormick Pl Expn Proj A Rfdg | 5.500 | 06/15/27 | 1,499,940 | ||||||||||
9,250 | Metropolitan Pier & Expo Auth IL Dedicated St Tax Rev Cap Apprec McCormick Rfdg (NATL Insd) (d) | 0/5.400 | 06/15/19 | 8,773,718 | ||||||||||
1,655 | Pingree Grove Vlg, IL Spl Svc Area No 1 Spl Tax Cambridge Lakes Proj, Ser 05 | 5.250 | 03/01/15 | 1,263,510 | ||||||||||
1,500 | Plano, IL Spl Svc Area No 6 Spl Tax Lakewood Springs Club Proj | 5.800 | 03/01/37 | 785,790 | ||||||||||
549 | Volo Vlg, IL Spl Svc Area No 3 Symphony Meadows Proj, Ser 1 | 6.000 | 03/01/36 | 313,808 | ||||||||||
425 | Will-Kankakee Regl Dev Auth IL Multi-Family Hsg Rev Sr Estates Supportive Living (AMT) | 7.000 | 12/01/42 | 311,657 | ||||||||||
991 | Yorkville, IL Utd City Spl Svc Area Spl Tax No 2004-107 Raintree Vlg IL Proj | 6.250 | 03/01/35 | 649,868 | ||||||||||
67,683,051 | ||||||||||||||
Indiana 1.1% | ||||||||||||||
1,650 | Indiana Hlth & Ed Fac Fin Auth Hosp Rev Cmnty Fndtn Northwest IN | 5.500 | 03/01/37 | 1,251,558 | ||||||||||
500 | Indiana Hlth & Ed Fac Fin Auth Hosp Rev Cmnty Fndtn Northwest IN | 5.500 | 03/01/22 | 446,460 |
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Amount | ||||||||||||||
(000) | Description | Coupon | Maturity | Value | ||||||||||
Indiana (Continued) | ||||||||||||||
$ | 1,815 | Indiana Hlth Fac Fin Auth Rev Hoosier Care Proj, Ser A (c) | 7.125 | % | 06/01/34 | $ | 1,337,219 | |||||||
1,500 | Indianapolis, IN Arpt Auth Rev Rfdg Spl Fac Fed Ex Corp Proj (AMT) | 5.100 | 01/15/17 | 1,324,740 | ||||||||||
550 | Indianapolis, IN Loc Pub Impt Ser D | 6.750 | 02/01/14 | 613,124 | ||||||||||
140 | Saint Joseph Cnty, IN Redev Dist Tax Increment Rev, Ser B (c) | * | 06/30/11 | 118,026 | ||||||||||
140 | Saint Joseph Cnty, IN Redev Dist Tax Increment Rev, Ser B (c) | * | 06/30/12 | 109,309 | ||||||||||
135 | Saint Joseph Cnty, IN Redev Dist Tax Increment Rev, Ser B (c) | * | 06/30/13 | 97,605 | ||||||||||
130 | Saint Joseph Cnty, IN Redev Dist Tax Increment Rev, Ser B (c) | * | 06/30/14 | 87,058 | ||||||||||
130 | Saint Joseph Cnty, IN Redev Dist Tax Increment Rev, Ser B (c) | * | 06/30/15 | 80,627 | ||||||||||
135 | Saint Joseph Cnty, IN Redev Dist Tax Increment Rev, Ser B (c) | * | 06/30/16 | 77,548 | ||||||||||
225 | Saint Joseph Cnty, IN Redev Dist Tax Increment Rev, Ser B (c) | * | 06/30/17 | 119,696 | ||||||||||
1,500 | Vigo Cnty, IN Hosp Auth Rev Union Hosp Inc (g) | 5.500 | 09/01/27 | 1,042,635 | ||||||||||
6,705,605 | ||||||||||||||
Iowa 1.6% | ||||||||||||||
1,000 | Altoona, IA Urban Renewal Tax Increment Rev Annual Appropriation | 5.750 | 06/01/25 | 896,510 | ||||||||||
1,860 | Altoona, IA Urban Renewal Tax Increment Rev Annual Appropriation | 6.000 | 06/01/34 | 1,632,187 | ||||||||||
1,125 | Coralville, IA Ctf Partn, Ser D | 5.250 | 06/01/26 | 1,049,512 | ||||||||||
1,100 | Iowa Fin Auth Hlthcare Fac Rev Madrid Home Proj | 5.750 | 11/15/24 | 774,444 | ||||||||||
2,400 | Iowa Fin Auth Hosp Fac Rev Trinity Regl Hosp Proj (FSA Insd) | 5.750 | 07/01/17 | 2,418,000 | ||||||||||
1,000 | Jefferson Cnty, IA Hosp Rev Jefferson Cnty Hosp Proj, Ser C | 5.950 | 08/01/37 | 625,720 | ||||||||||
225 | Sibley, IA Hlthcare Fac Rev Osceola Cmnty Hosp Proj | 6.000 | 12/01/37 | 141,091 | ||||||||||
1,000 | Tobacco Settlement Auth IA Tob Settlement Rev, Ser C | 5.375 | 06/01/38 | 550,010 | ||||||||||
2,500 | Tobacco Settlement Auth IA Tob Settlement Rev, Ser C | 5.625 | 06/01/46 | 1,370,125 | ||||||||||
9,457,599 | ||||||||||||||
Kansas 0.9% | ||||||||||||||
1,000 | Burlington, KS Environmental Impt Rev KC Rfdg Pwr LT, Ser B (Syncora Gtd) (b) | 5.000 | 12/01/23 | 1,010,890 | ||||||||||
850 | Labette Cnty, KS Hosp Rev Rfdg & Impt, Ser A | 5.750 | 09/01/37 | 735,947 | ||||||||||
3,000 | Lenexa, KS Hlthcare Fac Rev Rfdg & Impt | 5.500 | 05/15/39 | 1,650,360 |
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Par | ||||||||||||||
Amount | ||||||||||||||
(000) | Description | Coupon | Maturity | Value | ||||||||||
Kansas (Continued) | ||||||||||||||
$ | 1,600 | Manhattan, KS Hlthcare Fac Rev Meadowlark Hills Retirement, Ser A | 5.000 | % | 05/15/24 | $ | 1,174,608 | |||||||
1,000 | Manhattan, KS Hlthcare Fac Rev Meadowlark Hills Retirement, Ser A | 5.000 | 05/15/36 | 640,460 | ||||||||||
400 | Manhattan, KS Hlthcare Fac Rev Meadowlark Hills Retirement, Ser B | 5.125 | 05/15/42 | 251,964 | ||||||||||
5,464,229 | ||||||||||||||
Kentucky 1.7% | ||||||||||||||
3,000 | Kentucky Econ Dev Fin Auth Hosp Fac Rev Baptist Hlthcare Sys, Ser A | 5.375 | 08/15/24 | 3,028,320 | ||||||||||
1,000 | Kentucky Econ Dev Fin Auth Hosp Fac Rev Baptist Hlthcare Sys, Ser A | 5.625 | 08/15/27 | 1,012,470 | ||||||||||
4,000 | Kentucky Econ Dev Fin Auth Louisville Arena Proj Rev Sub, Ser A–1 (AGL Insd) | 6.000 | 12/01/33 | 4,067,240 | ||||||||||
2,000 | Paducah, KY Elec Plant Brd Rev, Ser A (AGL Insd) | 5.250 | 10/01/35 | 1,988,660 | ||||||||||
10,096,690 | ||||||||||||||
Louisiana 1.0% | ||||||||||||||
500 | Colonial Pinnacle Cmnty Dev Dist Dev | 6.750 | 05/01/23 | 351,025 | ||||||||||
1,367 | Lakeshore Vlg Master Cmnty Dev Dist LA Spl Assmt | 5.250 | 07/01/17 | 1,043,841 | ||||||||||
1,000 | New Orleans, LA Aviation Brd Rev Rfdg Restructuring Garbs, Ser A–1 (AGL Insd) | 6.000 | 01/01/23 | 1,013,140 | ||||||||||
1,550 | Rapides Fin Auth LA Rev Cleco Pwr Proj (AMT) (b) | 5.250 | 11/01/37 | 1,476,918 | ||||||||||
2,000 | Rapides Fin Auth LA Rev Cleco Pwr Proj (AMT) (b) | 6.000 | 10/01/38 | 2,007,120 | ||||||||||
5,892,044 | ||||||||||||||
Maryland 1.8% | ||||||||||||||
1,000 | Baltimore, MD Spl Oblig Spc Oblig, Ser A | 7.000 | 09/01/38 | 741,310 | ||||||||||
4,500 | Gaithersburg, MD Econ Dev Rev Asbury MD Oblig Group A | 5.125 | 01/01/36 | 2,975,265 | ||||||||||
2,000 | Howard Cnty, MD Retirement Cmnty Vantage House Fac Rfdg, Ser B | 5.250 | 04/01/37 | 1,081,600 | ||||||||||
3,105 | Maryland St Cmnty Dev Admin Dept Hsg & Cmnty Dev, Ser H (AMT) | 5.050 | 09/01/32 | 2,797,574 | ||||||||||
2,000 | Maryland St Trans Auth Grant & Rev Antic | 5.250 | 03/01/20 | 2,297,760 | ||||||||||
1,250 | Prince Georges Cnty, MD Spl Oblig Natl Harbor Proj | 5.200 | 07/01/34 | 687,787 | ||||||||||
10,581,296 | ||||||||||||||
Massachusetts 0.7% | ||||||||||||||
1,000 | Massachusetts St College Bldg, Ser A | 5.500 | 05/01/39 | 1,000,710 | ||||||||||
2,400 | Massachusetts St Dev Fin Agy Rev Linden Ponds Inc Fac, Ser A | 5.750 | 11/15/35 | 1,363,200 |
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Amount | ||||||||||||||
(000) | Description | Coupon | Maturity | Value | ||||||||||
Massachusetts (Continued) | ||||||||||||||
$ | 400 | Massachusetts St Hlth & Ed Fac Auth Rev Bal Structured Ylg, Ser G (MBIA Insd) (b) | 5.000 | % | 07/01/13 | $ | 400,692 | |||||||
2,000 | Massachusetts St Hlth & Ed Fac Auth Rev Univ MA Mem Issue, Ser D | 5.000 | 07/01/33 | 1,365,660 | ||||||||||
4,130,262 | ||||||||||||||
Michigan 2.8% | ||||||||||||||
2,000 | Detroit, MI Wtr Supply Sys Rfdg Second Lien, Ser C (FSA Insd) | 5.000 | 07/01/26 | 1,827,860 | ||||||||||
2,495 | Iron River, MI Hosp Fin Auth Rfdg Iron Cnty Cmnty Hosp | 6.000 | 05/15/20 | 2,036,868 | ||||||||||
650 | Kent Hosp Fin Auth MI Rev Spectrum Hlth, Ser A (b) | 5.250 | 01/15/47 | 659,418 | ||||||||||
375 | Kent Hosp Fin Auth MI Rev Spectrum Hlth, Ser A (b) | 5.500 | 01/15/47 | 382,688 | ||||||||||
5,000 | Michigan St Strategic Fd Detroit Edison Co Proj Rfdg, Ser C (Syncora Gtd) (AMT) | 5.450 | 12/15/32 | 4,050,000 | ||||||||||
1,710 | Michigan St Strategic Fd Solid Genesee Pwr Stad Proj Rfdg (AMT) | 7.500 | 01/01/21 | 1,369,385 | ||||||||||
2,000 | Michigan Tob Settlement Fin Auth Tob Settlement Asset Sr, Ser A | 6.000 | 06/01/48 | 1,129,480 | ||||||||||
5,000 | Western Townships MI Util Rfdg, Ser A (MBIA Insd) | 5.250 | 01/01/16 | 5,123,250 | ||||||||||
16,578,949 | ||||||||||||||
Minnesota 1.5% | ||||||||||||||
450 | Chisago, MN Hlthcare Fac Rev CDL Homes LLC Proj | 6.000 | 08/01/42 | 300,073 | ||||||||||
1,000 | Columbia Heights, MN Multi-Family & Hlthcare Fac Rev Rfdg Crest View Corp Proj A | 5.700 | 07/01/42 | 635,380 | ||||||||||
380 | Duluth, MN Hsg & Redev Auth Hlthcare & Hsg Rev Benedictine Hlth Ctr Proj | 5.700 | 11/01/22 | 284,350 | ||||||||||
750 | Duluth, MN Hsg & Redev Auth Hlthcare & Hsg Rev Benedictine Hlth Ctr Proj | 5.875 | 11/01/33 | 503,280 | ||||||||||
550 | Inver Grove Heights, MN Presbyterian Homes Care Rfdg | 5.500 | 10/01/33 | 361,829 | ||||||||||
1,000 | Meeker Cnty, MN Gross Rev Hosp Fac Mem Hosp Proj | 5.750 | 11/01/37 | 729,060 | ||||||||||
3,000 | Minneapolis, MN Hlthcare Sys Rev Fairview Hlth Svc, Ser A | 6.750 | 11/15/32 | 3,079,710 | ||||||||||
2,000 | Minneapolis, MN Hsg & Hlthcare Fac Rev Providence Proj Rfdg, Ser A | 5.625 | 10/01/27 | 1,348,580 |
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Par | ||||||||||||||
Amount | ||||||||||||||
(000) | Description | Coupon | Maturity | Value | ||||||||||
Minnesota (Continued) | ||||||||||||||
$ | 150 | North Oaks, MN Sr Hsg Rev Presbyterian Homes North Oaks | 6.000 | % | 10/01/27 | $ | 117,255 | |||||||
2,000 | Saint Paul, MN Hsg & Redev Auth Hlthcare Fac Rev Hlth Partners Oblig Grp Proj | 5.250 | 05/15/36 | 1,513,780 | ||||||||||
8,873,297 | ||||||||||||||
Mississippi 0.3% | ||||||||||||||
2,000 | Mississippi Business Fin Corp MS Pollutn Ctl Rev Sys Energy Res Inc Proj | 5.875 | 04/01/22 | 1,705,820 | ||||||||||
Missouri 4.0% | ||||||||||||||
1,000 | Carthage, MO Hosp Rev | 5.750 | 04/01/22 | 727,550 | ||||||||||
1,000 | Carthage, MO Hosp Rev | 5.875 | 04/01/30 | 654,470 | ||||||||||
3,000 | Kansas City, MO Indl Dev Auth Plaza Lib Proj | 6.000 | 03/01/16 | 2,777,850 | ||||||||||
500 | Kansas City, MO Tax Increment Fin Comm Kansas City MO Maincor Proj, Ser A | 5.250 | 03/01/18 | 414,750 | ||||||||||
670 | Maryland Heights, MO Tax Increment Rev South Heights Redev Proj Rfdg, Ser A | 5.500 | 09/01/18 | 566,317 | ||||||||||
2,275 | Missouri Jt Muni Elec Util Comnty Pwr Proj Rev Plum Point Proj (NATL Insd) | 5.000 | 01/01/26 | 1,884,928 | ||||||||||
2,700 | Missouri St Environmental Impt & Energy Res Auth Pwr & LT Co Proj (AMT) (b) | 4.900 | 05/01/38 | 2,647,836 | ||||||||||
1,200 | Missouri St Hlth & Ed Fac Auth Rev Sr Living Fac Lutheran Rfdg, Ser B | 5.125 | 02/01/27 | 885,588 | ||||||||||
3,325 | Raytown, MO Annual Raytown Live Redev Plan Proj 1 | 5.125 | 12/01/31 | 3,022,226 | ||||||||||
1,300 | Saint Louis Cnty, MO Indl Dev Auth Hlth Fac Rev Ranken Jordan Proj Rfdg | 5.000 | 11/15/35 | 696,436 | ||||||||||
1,000 | Saint Louis Cnty, MO Indl Dev Auth Sr Living Fac Rev Friendship Vlg West Cnty, Ser A | 5.375 | 09/01/21 | 858,770 | ||||||||||
3,000 | Saint Louis Cnty, MO Indl Dev Auth Sr Living Fac Rev Friendship Vlg West Cnty, Ser A | 5.500 | 09/01/28 | 2,311,680 | ||||||||||
500 | Saint Louis Cnty, MO Indl Dev Auth Sr Living Fac Rev Saint Andrews Res for Srs, Ser A | 6.375 | 12/01/30 | 362,615 | ||||||||||
1,250 | Saint Louis Cnty, MO Indl Dev Auth Sr Living Fac Rev Saint Andrews Res for Srs, Ser A | 6.375 | 12/01/41 | 852,613 | ||||||||||
450 | Saint Louis, MO Indl Dev Auth Tax Increment & Cmnty Impt Dist Loughborough Com Redev Rfdg | 5.750 | 11/01/27 | 305,595 | ||||||||||
210 | Saint Louis, MO Tax Increment Rev Scullin Redev Area, Ser A | 10.000 | 08/01/10 | 219,057 | ||||||||||
2,600 | Springfield, MO Pub Bldg Corp Leasehold Rev, Ser B (AMBAC Insd) (AMT) | 4.550 | 07/01/29 | 2,087,280 | ||||||||||
2,920 | Springfield, MO Pub Bldg Corp Leasehold Rev, Ser B (AMBAC Insd) (AMT) | 4.600 | 07/01/36 | 2,213,740 | ||||||||||
23,489,301 | ||||||||||||||
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Portfolio of Investments n March 31, 2009 (Unaudited) continued
Par | ||||||||||||||
Amount | ||||||||||||||
(000) | Description | Coupon | Maturity | Value | ||||||||||
Nebraska 0.3% | ||||||||||||||
$ | 1,000 | Municipal Energy Agy of NE Pwr Supply Sys Rev Rfdg, Ser A (BHAC Insd) | 5.375 | % | 04/01/39 | $ | 1,026,850 | |||||||
1,000 | University, NB Univ Rev Lincoln Student Fees & Fac, Ser A | 5.250 | 07/01/39 | 1,002,940 | ||||||||||
2,029,790 | ||||||||||||||
Nevada 0.5% | ||||||||||||||
70 | Clark Cnty, NV Indl Dev Rev Southwest Gas Corp Proj, Ser A (BHAC Insd) (AMT) | 4.750 | 09/01/36 | 53,253 | ||||||||||
655 | Mesquite, NV Spl Impt Dist No 07-01 Loc Impt-Anthem at Mesquite | 5.850 | 08/01/18 | 508,902 | ||||||||||
560 | Mesquite, NV Spl Impt Dist No 07-01 Loc Impt-Anthem at Mesquite | 6.000 | 08/01/27 | 356,826 | ||||||||||
2,490 | Reno, NV Hosp Rev Renown Regl Med Ctr Proj, Ser A | 5.250 | 06/01/37 | 1,863,242 | ||||||||||
2,782,223 | ||||||||||||||
New Hampshire 0.8% | ||||||||||||||
170 | New Hampshire Higher Ed & Hlth Fac Auth Rev Daniel Webster College Issue Rfdg (c) | 6.100 | 07/01/09 | 169,303 | ||||||||||
525 | New Hampshire St Business Fin Auth Elec Fac Rev Plymouth Cogeneration (AMT) (Acquired 6/29/93, Cost $513,855) (c) (j) | 7.750 | 06/01/14 | 499,910 | ||||||||||
3,250 | New Hampshire St Business Fin Auth Pollutn Ctl Rev Utd Illum Co Proj (AMT) (b) | 7.125 | 07/01/27 | 3,261,473 | ||||||||||
1,000 | New Hampshire St Business Fin Auth Rev Alice Peck Day Hlth Sys, Ser A (Prerefunded @ 10/01/09) | 6.875 | 10/01/19 | 1,050,910 | ||||||||||
4,981,596 | ||||||||||||||
New Jersey 5.5% | ||||||||||||||
375 | Burlington Cnty, NJ Brdg Cmnty Econ Dev Rev The Evergreens Proj | 5.625 | 01/01/38 | 222,154 | ||||||||||
3,000 | Landis, NJ Sew Auth Swr Rev (NATL Insd) (k) | 8.380 | 09/19/19 | 3,774,630 | ||||||||||
2,045 | Middlesex Cnty, NJ Util Auth Swr Rev Rfdg, Ser A (NATL Insd) | 6.250 | 08/15/10 | 2,113,712 | ||||||||||
2,000 | New Jersey Econ Dev Auth Cig Tax | 5.750 | 06/15/34 | 1,461,080 | ||||||||||
750 | New Jersey Econ Dev Auth Ret Cmnty Rev Seabrook Vlg Inc Fac Rfdg | 5.250 | 11/15/26 | 519,083 | ||||||||||
2,830 | New Jersey Hlthcare Fac Fin Auth Rev Saint Josephs Hlthcare Sys | 5.750 | 07/01/15 | 2,467,505 | ||||||||||
1,000 | New Jersey Hlthcare Fac Fin Auth Rev Saint Peters Univ Hosp Oblig | 5.750 | 07/01/37 | 761,370 | ||||||||||
3,000 | New Jersey St Hsg & Mtg Fin Agy Rev, Ser AA | 6.375 | 10/01/28 | 3,193,380 |
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Par | ||||||||||||||
Amount | ||||||||||||||
(000) | Description | Coupon | Maturity | Value | ||||||||||
New Jersey (Continued) | ||||||||||||||
$ | 4,025 | New Jersey St Hsg & Mtg Fin Agy Rev Single Family Hsg, Ser X (AMT) | 5.100 | % | 10/01/23 | $ | 3,933,109 | |||||||
565 | New Jersey St Tpk Auth Tpk Rev, Ser C (MBIA Insd) | 6.500 | 01/01/16 | 675,836 | ||||||||||
2,725 | New Jersey St Tpk Auth Tpk Rev, Ser C (MBIA Insd) (h) | 6.500 | 01/01/16 | 3,169,638 | ||||||||||
5,710 | New Jersey St Trans Corp Ctf Fed Trans Admin Gnt, Ser A (AMBAC Insd) | 5.750 | 09/15/10 | 5,798,962 | ||||||||||
2,000 | Tobacco Settlement Fin Corp NJ, Ser A1 | 4.750 | 06/01/34 | 1,044,180 | ||||||||||
6,000 | Tobacco Settlement Fin Corp NJ, Ser A1 | 5.000 | 06/01/41 | 3,077,640 | ||||||||||
32,212,279 | ||||||||||||||
New Mexico 0.2% | ||||||||||||||
1,000 | New Mexico St Hosp Equip Ln Council Hosp Rev Presbyterian Hlthcare Svc, Ser A | 6.375 | 08/01/32 | 1,033,980 | ||||||||||
New York 5.7% | ||||||||||||||
5,000 | Long Island Pwr Auth NY Elec Sys Rev Gen, Ser A | 6.000 | 05/01/33 | 5,183,400 | ||||||||||
5,000 | Metropolitan Trans Auth NY Rev, Ser B (NATL Insd) | 5.250 | 11/15/18 | 5,140,150 | ||||||||||
2,500 | New York City Indl Dev Agy Civic Fac Rev Polytechnic Univ Proj (ACA Insd) | 5.250 | 11/01/37 | 1,856,325 | ||||||||||
3,000 | New York City Indl Dev Agy Rev Liberty 7 World Trade Ctr, Ser A | 6.250 | 03/01/15 | 2,517,480 | ||||||||||
2,845 | New York City, Ser B (NATL Insd) | 5.875 | 08/01/15 | 3,018,545 | ||||||||||
2,000 | New York City Transitional Fin Auth Bldg Aid Rev Fiscal 2009, Ser S-3 | 5.250 | 01/15/39 | 1,882,420 | ||||||||||
750 | New York Liberty Dev Corp Rev Natl Sports Museum Proj, Ser A (Acquired 8/07/06, Cost $750,000) (c) (j) (l) | 6.125 | 02/15/19 | 750 | ||||||||||
2,500 | New York St Energy Resh & Dev Auth Gas Fac Reg (k) | 11.564 | 04/01/20 | 2,538,575 | ||||||||||
3,000 | New York St Energy Resh & Dev Auth Gas Fac Rev Brooklyn Union Gas, Ser B (AMT) (k) | 11.275 | 07/01/26 | 3,003,930 | ||||||||||
1,545 | New York St Environmental Fac Corp St Clean Wtr & Drinking Revolving Fd Muni Wtr Fin, Ser C | 5.000 | 06/15/21 | 1,634,996 | ||||||||||
6,000 | Port Auth NY & NJ Cons One Hundred Fourty Forth (e) | 5.000 | 10/01/35 | 5,930,610 | ||||||||||
1,300 | Seneca Nation Indians Cap Impt Auth NY Spl Oblig, Ser A (g) | 5.000 | 12/01/23 | 828,490 | ||||||||||
33,535,671 | ||||||||||||||
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Portfolio of Investments n March 31, 2009 (Unaudited) continued
Par | ||||||||||||||
Amount | ||||||||||||||
(000) | Description | Coupon | Maturity | Value | ||||||||||
North Carolina 0.4% | ||||||||||||||
$ | 1,100 | North Carolina Med Care Commn Hlthcare Fac Rev First Mtg Salemtowne Proj Rfdg | 5.100 | % | 10/01/30 | $ | 680,735 | |||||||
1,100 | North Carolina Med Care Commn Hlthcare Fac Rev Wake Med, Ser A (AGL Insd) | 5.625 | 10/01/38 | 1,104,895 | ||||||||||
1,000 | North Carolina Med Care Commn Retirement Fac Rev First Mtg Southminster Proj, Ser A | 5.625 | 10/01/27 | 778,770 | ||||||||||
2,564,400 | ||||||||||||||
North Dakota 0.3% | ||||||||||||||
1,000 | Grand Forks, ND Sr Hsg Rev 4000 Vly Square Proj Rfdg | 5.200 | 12/01/26 | 638,570 | ||||||||||
1,025 | Ward Cnty, ND Hlthcare Fac Rev Trinity Obligated Group Rfdg | 5.125 | 07/01/25 | 742,807 | ||||||||||
1,000 | Ward Cnty, ND Hlthcare Fac Rev Trinity Obligated Group Rfdg | 5.125 | 07/01/29 | 688,440 | ||||||||||
2,069,817 | ||||||||||||||
Ohio 5.6% | ||||||||||||||
3,340 | Adams Cnty Hosp Fac Impt Rev Adams Cnty Hosp Proj (c) | 6.250 | 09/01/20 | 2,442,509 | ||||||||||
6,000 | Buckeye, OH Tob Settlement Fin Auth Asset Bkd Sr Turbo, Ser A–2 | 5.875 | 06/01/30 | 3,655,620 | ||||||||||
2,000 | Buckeye, OH Tob Settlement Fin Auth Asset Bkd Sr Turbo, Ser A–2 | 5.875 | 06/01/47 | 1,067,520 | ||||||||||
500 | Cuyahoga Cnty, OH Hlthcare & Indpt Living Fac Rev Eliza Jennings Sr Care, Ser A | 5.750 | 05/15/27 | 334,490 | ||||||||||
6,000 | Hamilton Cnty, OH Hlthcare Rev Life Enriching Cmnty Proj Rfdg, Ser A | 5.000 | 01/01/37 | 3,767,280 | ||||||||||
4,810 | Lorain Cnty, OH Hosp Rev Fac Catholic, Ser H (AGL Insd) | 5.000 | 02/01/24 | 4,847,951 | ||||||||||
3,000 | Ohio St Higher Ed Fac Commn Rev Hosp Univ Hosp Hlth Sys Inc, Ser A (BHAC Insd) | 5.250 | 01/15/46 | 2,951,700 | ||||||||||
4,000 | Ohio St Higher Ed Fac Commn Univ Hosp Hlth Sys 2009, Ser A | 6.750 | 01/15/39 | 3,976,560 | ||||||||||
2,865 | Ohio St Hsg Fin Agy Residential Mtg Rev Mtg Bkd Sec Prog, Ser D (GNMA Collateralized) (AMT) (e) | 5.300 | 09/01/28 | 2,760,642 | ||||||||||
5,045 | Ohio St Hsg Fin Agy Residential Mtg Rev Mtg Bkd Sec Prog, Ser D (GNMA Collateralized) (AMT) (e) | 5.400 | 03/01/33 | 4,785,485 | ||||||||||
1,750 | Ohio St Wtr Dev Auth Solid Waste Rev Allied Waste Inc Proj, Ser A (AMT) | 5.150 | 07/15/15 | 1,562,330 | ||||||||||
1,000 | Tuscarawas Cnty, OH Hosp Fac Rev Twin City Hosp Proj | 6.100 | 11/01/22 | 759,770 | ||||||||||
32,911,857 | ||||||||||||||
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Portfolio of Investments n March 31, 2009 (Unaudited) continued
Par | ||||||||||||||
Amount | ||||||||||||||
(000) | Description | Coupon | Maturity | Value | ||||||||||
Oklahoma 1.1% | ||||||||||||||
$ | 1,050 | Chickasaw Nation, OK Hlth Sys (g) | 6.250 | % | 12/01/32 | $ | 823,431 | |||||||
1,340 | Grand River Dam Auth OK Rev, Ser A (BHAC Insd) | 5.000 | 06/01/21 | 1,467,220 | ||||||||||
1,340 | Grand River Dam Auth OK Rev, Ser A (BHAC Insd) | 5.000 | 06/01/22 | 1,447,146 | ||||||||||
2,275 | Grand River Dam Auth OK Rev, Ser A (BHAC Insd) | 5.000 | 06/01/23 | 2,433,249 | ||||||||||
165 | Oklahoma Hsg Fin Agy Single Family Rev Mtg, Class B (GNMA Collateralized) (AMT) | 7.997 | 08/01/18 | 178,787 | ||||||||||
6,349,833 | ||||||||||||||
Oregon 0.2% | ||||||||||||||
1,000 | Port Morrow, OR Pollutn Ctl Portland Rfdg, Ser A (b) | 5.200 | 05/01/33 | 1,001,090 | ||||||||||
Pennsylvania 0.9% | ||||||||||||||
2,000 | Allegheny Cnty, PA Hosp Dev Auth Rev Hlth Sys West PA, Ser A | 5.000 | 11/15/28 | 1,135,520 | ||||||||||
1,885 | Montgomery Cnty, PA Indl Dev Auth Rev Mtg Whitemarsh Continuing Care Proj | 6.250 | 02/01/35 | 1,141,368 | ||||||||||
1,000 | Pennsylvania Hsg Fin Agy Single Family Mtg Rev, Ser 103 (AMT) | 5.700 | 04/01/22 | 1,037,480 | ||||||||||
2,000 | Pennsylvania St Tpk Com Tpk Rev Sub, Ser A (AGL Insd) | 5.000 | 06/01/39 | 1,984,460 | ||||||||||
5,298,828 | ||||||||||||||
Rhode Island 0.5% | ||||||||||||||
1,075 | Rhode Island Hsg & Mtg Fin Corp Homeownership Oppty, Ser 57-B (AMT) | 5.350 | 10/01/37 | 991,118 | ||||||||||
1,810 | Rhode Island St Econ Dev Corp Arpt Rev, Ser A (AGL Insd) (AMT) | 5.250 | 07/01/28 | 1,675,535 | ||||||||||
490 | Rhode Island St Econ Dev Corp Rev | 7.250 | 07/01/10 | 484,100 | ||||||||||
3,150,753 | ||||||||||||||
South Carolina 1.4% | ||||||||||||||
700 | Piedmont Muni Pwr Agy SC Elec Rev Rfdg | 5.000 | 01/01/25 | 623,028 | ||||||||||
2,000 | Piedmont Muni Pwr Agy SC Elec Rev, Ser A–2 | 5.000 | 01/01/24 | 1,856,700 | ||||||||||
500 | South Carolina Jobs Econ Dev Auth Hlth Fac Rev First Mtg Wesley Commons Rfdg | 5.125 | 10/01/26 | 317,405 | ||||||||||
500 | South Carolina Jobs Econ Dev Auth Hlthcare Fac Rev First Mtg Lutheran Homes Rfdg | 5.000 | 05/01/12 | 478,315 | ||||||||||
200 | South Carolina Jobs Econ Dev Auth Hlthcare Fac Rev First Mtg Lutheran Homes Rfdg | 5.000 | 05/01/15 | 171,430 | ||||||||||
500 | South Carolina Jobs Econ Dev Auth Hlthcare Fac Rev First Mtg Lutheran Homes Rfdg | 5.125 | 05/01/13 | 460,715 |
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Portfolio of Investments n March 31, 2009 (Unaudited) continued
Par | ||||||||||||||
Amount | ||||||||||||||
(000) | Description | Coupon | Maturity | Value | ||||||||||
South Carolina (Continued) | ||||||||||||||
$ | 1,000 | South Carolina Jobs Econ Dev Auth Hlthcare Fac Rev First Mtg Lutheran Homes Rfdg | 5.625 | % | 05/01/42 | $ | 582,730 | |||||||
1,000 | South Carolina Jobs Econ Dev Auth Rev Woodlands at Furman Proj, Ser A | 6.000 | 11/15/27 | 688,650 | ||||||||||
2,000 | South Carolina St Pub Svc Auth Santee Cooper, Ser A | 5.500 | 01/01/38 | 2,062,240 | ||||||||||
765 | Tobacco Settlement Rev Mgmt Auth SC Tob Settlement Rev Rfdg | 5.000 | 06/01/18 | 732,748 | ||||||||||
7,973,961 | ||||||||||||||
South Dakota 0.2% | ||||||||||||||
1,250 | South Dakota St Hlth & Ed Fac Auth Rev Sioux Vly Hosp & Hlth Sys A | 5.250 | 11/01/34 | 1,079,250 | ||||||||||
Tennessee 1.1% | ||||||||||||||
1,000 | Chattanooga, TN Hlth Ed & Hsg Fac Brd Rev CDFI Phase I LLC Proj Rfdg, Ser A | 5.000 | 10/01/25 | 704,580 | ||||||||||
4,000 | Elizabethton, TN Hlth & Ed Fac Brd Rev Rfdg, Ser B (NATL Insd) (Prerefunded @ 7/01/12) | 7.750 | 07/01/29 | 4,640,520 | ||||||||||
1,000 | Johnson City, TN Hlth & Ed Fac Brd Hosp Rev First Mtg Mtn St Hlth, Ser A | 5.500 | 07/01/36 | 738,550 | ||||||||||
500 | Sullivan Cnty, TN Hlth Ed & Hsg Fac Brd Hosp Rev Wellmont Hlth Sys Proj, Ser C | 5.000 | 09/01/22 | 337,785 | ||||||||||
6,421,435 | ||||||||||||||
Texas 8.3% | ||||||||||||||
3,615 | Alliance Arpt Auth Inc TX Spl Fac Rev FedEx Corp Proj Rfdg (AMT) | 4.850 | 04/01/21 | 2,866,840 | ||||||||||
450 | Angelina & Neches Riv Auth TX Indl Dev Corp Environmental Aspen Pwr LLC Proj, Ser A (AMT) | 6.500 | 11/01/29 | 275,427 | ||||||||||
500 | Bexar Cnty, TX Hlth Fac Dev Corp Hosp Rev Saint Luke’s Lutheran Hosp (h) | 7.000 | 05/01/21 | 652,835 | ||||||||||
5,000 | Dallas-Fort Worth, TX Intl Arpt Rev Impt & Rfdg, Ser A (BHAC Insd) (AMT) | 5.500 | 11/01/31 | 4,571,700 | ||||||||||
500 | Dallas-Fort Worth, TX Intl Arpt Rev Jt, Ser C (NATL Insd) (AMT) | 5.750 | 11/01/18 | 498,405 | ||||||||||
1,000 | Dallas-Fort Worth, TX Intl Arpt Rev Jt, Ser C (NATL Insd) (AMT) | 6.000 | 11/01/23 | 1,000,220 | ||||||||||
1,000 | Harris Cnty, TX Hlth Fac Dev Corp Hosp Rev Rfdg Mem Hermann Hlthcare Sys, Ser B | 7.250 | 12/01/35 | 1,046,140 | ||||||||||
1,805 | Hopkins Cnty, TX Hosp Dist Hosp Rev | 5.500 | 02/15/23 | 1,403,532 | ||||||||||
40 | Lower CO Riv Auth TX Rev Rfdg, Ser A (FSA Insd) (Prerefunded @ 5/15/09) | 5.875 | 05/15/14 | 40,669 |
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Portfolio of Investments n March 31, 2009 (Unaudited) continued
Par | ||||||||||||||
Amount | ||||||||||||||
(000) | Description | Coupon | Maturity | Value | ||||||||||
Texas (Continued) | ||||||||||||||
$ | 30 | Lower CO Riv Auth TX Rev Rfdg, Ser A (FSA Insd) (Prerefunded @ 5/15/09) | 5.875 | % | 05/15/15 | $ | 30,502 | |||||||
15 | Lower CO Riv Auth TX Rev Rfdg, Ser A (FSA Insd) (Prerefunded @ 5/15/09) | 5.875 | 05/15/16 | 15,251 | ||||||||||
1,250 | Lufkin, TX Hlth Fac Dev Corp Hlth Sys Rev Mem Hlth Sys East TX | 5.500 | 02/15/37 | 813,137 | ||||||||||
3,000 | MC Lennan Cnty, TX Pub Fac Corp Proj Rev | 6.625 | 06/01/35 | 3,177,450 | ||||||||||
2,000 | Metropolitan Hlth Fac Dev Corp TX Wilson N Jones Mem Hosp Proj | 7.200 | 01/01/21 | 1,752,940 | ||||||||||
2,000 | Mission, TX Econ Dev Corp Solid Waste Disp Rev Waste Mgmt Inc Proj (AMT) (b) | 6.000 | 08/01/20 | 1,912,120 | ||||||||||
1,000 | North TX Twy Auth Rev Rfdg Sys First Tier, Ser A | 5.625 | 01/01/33 | 939,520 | ||||||||||
2,000 | North TX Twy Auth Rev Rfdg Sys First Tier, Ser A | 6.000 | 01/01/23 | 2,099,680 | ||||||||||
2,000 | North TX Twy Auth Rev Rfdg Sys First Tier, Ser L-2(b) | 6.000 | 01/01/38 | 2,114,320 | ||||||||||
4,000 | North TX Twy Auth Rev Toll 2nd Tier Rfdg, Ser F | 6.125 | 01/01/31 | 3,866,760 | ||||||||||
500 | Tarrant Cnty, TX Cultural Ed Fac Fin Corp Buckner Retirement Svc Inc Proj | 5.000 | 11/15/17 | 476,875 | ||||||||||
1,500 | Tarrant Cnty, TX Cultural Ed Fac Fin Corp Retirement CC Young Mem Hom Proj | 5.750 | 02/15/29 | 972,975 | ||||||||||
1,750 | Tarrant Cnty, TX Cultural Ed Fac Fin Corp Retirement Fac Buckingham Sr Living Cmnty Inc | 5.750 | 11/15/37 | 1,129,485 | ||||||||||
5,000 | Tarrant Cnty, TX Cultural Ed Fac Fin Corp Retirement Fac Buckner Retirement Svc Inc Proj | 5.250 | 11/15/37 | 3,778,200 | ||||||||||
2,200 | Tarrant Cnty, TX Cultural Ed Fac Fin Corp Retirement Fac CC Young Mem Home Proj | 5.750 | 02/15/25 | 1,533,114 | ||||||||||
3,250 | Tarrant Cnty, TX Cultural Ed Fac Fin Corp Rev Christus Hlth Rfdg, Ser A (AGL Insd) | 5.750 | 07/01/18 | 3,558,230 | ||||||||||
725 | Texas St Dept Hsg & Cmnty Affairs Home Mtg Rev Coll Rfdg, Ser C–2 (GNMA Collateralized) (AMT) (k) | 12.380 | 07/02/24 | 768,659 | ||||||||||
4,000 | Texas St Trans Commn Mobility Fd (e) | 5.000 | 04/01/28 | 4,084,320 | ||||||||||
2,000 | Texas St Trans Commn Rev First Tier, Ser A | 5.000 | 04/01/20 | 2,169,320 | ||||||||||
1,500 | Texas Transn Commn Cent TX Tpk Sys Rev Rfdg First Tier (b) | 5.000 | 08/15/42 | 1,505,100 | ||||||||||
49,053,726 | ||||||||||||||
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Portfolio of Investments n March 31, 2009 (Unaudited) continued
Par | ||||||||||||||
Amount | ||||||||||||||
(000) | Description | Coupon | Maturity | Value | ||||||||||
Utah 2.6% | ||||||||||||||
$ | 1,340 | Hildale, UT Elec Rev Gas Turbine Elec Fac Proj (c) (l) | 7.800 | % | 09/01/15 | $ | 318,250 | |||||||
1,000 | Hildale, UT Elec Rev Gas Turbine Elec Fac Proj (c) (l) | 7.800 | 09/01/25 | 237,500 | ||||||||||
1,000 | Hildale, UT Elec Rev Gas Turbine Elec Fac Proj (c) (l) | 8.000 | 09/01/20 | 237,500 | ||||||||||
11,000 | Salt Lake City, UT Hosp Rev IHC Hosp Inc Rfdg | 6.150 | 02/15/12 | 11,875,600 | ||||||||||
1,995 | Utah Hsg Corp Single Family Mtg Rev, Ser C–1 (AMT) | 5.700 | 07/01/28 | 1,992,486 | ||||||||||
600 | Utah St Charter Sch Fin Auth Charter Sch Rev Summit Academy, Ser A | 5.800 | 06/15/38 | 409,386 | ||||||||||
15,070,722 | ||||||||||||||
Vermont 0.2% | ||||||||||||||
1,000 | Vermont Econ Dev Auth Mtg Rev Wake Robin Corp Proj, Ser A | 5.375 | 05/01/36 | 569,560 | ||||||||||
1,000 | Vermont Ed & Hlth Bldg Fin Agy Rev Bennington College Proj | 6.625 | 10/01/29 | 755,300 | ||||||||||
1,324,860 | ||||||||||||||
Virginia 0.9% | ||||||||||||||
896 | Farms New Kent VA Cmnty Dev Auth Spl Assmt, Ser A | 5.125 | 03/01/36 | 476,134 | ||||||||||
1,300 | Lexington, VA Indl Dev Auth Residential Care Fac Rev Mtg Kendal at Lexington, Ser A | 5.500 | 01/01/37 | 793,663 | ||||||||||
1,000 | Peninsula Town Ctr Cmnty Dev Auth VA Spl Oblig | 6.450 | 09/01/37 | 624,940 | ||||||||||
2,000 | Washington Cnty, VA Indl Dev Auth Mtn Sts Hlth Alliance, Ser C | 7.500 | 07/01/29 | 1,982,200 | ||||||||||
1,750 | White Oak Vlg Shops VA Cmnty Dev Auth Spl Assmt Rev | 5.300 | 03/01/17 | 1,442,035 | ||||||||||
5,318,972 | ||||||||||||||
Washington 1.2% | ||||||||||||||
950 | Kalispel Tribe Indians Priority Dist WA Rev | 6.625 | 01/01/28 | 701,072 | ||||||||||
2,000 | Seattle, WA Muni Lt & Pwr Rev Rfdg & Impt | 5.750 | 04/01/23 | 2,198,360 | ||||||||||
1,000 | Washington St Hlthcare Fac Auth Rev Multicare Hlth Sys, Ser A (FSA Insd) | 5.250 | 08/15/28 | 962,300 | ||||||||||
1,100 | Washington St Hsg Fin Commn Nonprofit Rev Custodial Rcpt Wesley Homes, Ser 2007-A (Acquired 5/07/08, Cost $1,100,000) (c) (j) | 6.000 | 01/01/27 | 807,301 | ||||||||||
2,000 | Washington St, Ser A (FSA Insd) | 5.000 | 07/01/20 | 2,129,800 | ||||||||||
6,798,833 | ||||||||||||||
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Portfolio of Investments n March 31, 2009 (Unaudited) continued
Par | ||||||||||||||
Amount | ||||||||||||||
(000) | Description | Coupon | Maturity | Value | ||||||||||
West Virginia 0.3% | ||||||||||||||
$ | 1,000 | Harrison Cnty, WV Cnty Cmnty Solid Waste Disp Rev Allegheny Energy Rfdg, Ser D (AMT) | 5.500 | % | 10/15/37 | $ | 735,180 | |||||||
250 | Ohio Cnty, WV Cnty Commn Tax Increment Rev Fort Henry Centre Fin Dist, Ser A | 5.850 | 06/01/34 | 169,020 | ||||||||||
855 | Pleasants Cnty, WV Pollutn Ctl Rev Cnty Comm Allegheny Rfdg, Ser F | 5.250 | 10/15/37 | 639,797 | ||||||||||
1,543,997 | ||||||||||||||
Wisconsin 4.2% | ||||||||||||||
2,000 | Superior, WI Collateralized Util Rev Rfdg Superior Wtr Lt & Pwr Proj, Ser A (AMT) | 5.375 | 11/01/21 | 1,724,160 | ||||||||||
6,000 | Wisconsin Hsg & Econ Dev Auth Home Ownership Rev, Ser C (AMT) (e) | 5.125 | 09/01/28 | 5,544,720 | ||||||||||
8,000 | Wisconsin Hsg & Econ Dev Auth Home Ownership Rev, Ser C (AMT) (e) | 5.200 | 03/01/38 | 7,206,760 | ||||||||||
8,125 | Wisconsin Hsg & Econ Dev Auth Home Ownership Rev, Ser A (AMT) | 5.300 | 09/01/23 | 8,124,594 | ||||||||||
2,355 | Wisconsin St Gen Rev, Ser A (f) | 5.375 | 05/01/25 | 2,363,077 | ||||||||||
24,963,311 | ||||||||||||||
Wyoming 0.4% | ||||||||||||||
2,360 | Wyoming Muni Pwr Agy Pwr Supply, Ser A | 5.500 | 01/01/33 | 2,255,924 | ||||||||||
Total Long-Term Investments 107.1% (Cost $722,085,709) | 631,425,618 | |||||||||||||
Total Short-Term Investments 0.8% (Cost $4,800,000) | 4,800,000 | |||||||||||||
Total Investments 107.9% (Cost $726,885,709) | 636,225,618 | |||||||||||||
Liability for Floating Rate Note Obligations Related to Securities Held (7.3%) (Cost $(43,090,000)) | ||||||||||||||
(43,090 | ) | Notes with interest rates ranging from 0.36% to 1.63% at March 31, 2009 and contractual maturities of collateral ranging from 2023 to 2038 (i) | (43,090,000 | ) | ||||||||||
Total Net Investments 100.6% (Cost $683,795,709) | 593,135,618 | |||||||||||||
Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets (0.6%) | (3,477,216 | ) | ||||||||||||
Net Assets 100.0% | $ | 589,658,402 | ||||||||||||
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Percentages are calculated as a percentage of net assets.
* | Zero coupon bond | |
(a) | Security includes a feature allowing the Fund an option on any interest rate payment date to offer the security for sale at par. The sale is contingent upon market conditions. | |
(b) | Variable Rate Coupon | |
(c) | Security has been deemed illiquid. | |
(d) | Security is a “step-up” bond where the coupon increases or steps up at a predetermined date. | |
(e) | Underlying security related to Inverse Floaters entered into by the Fund. See Note 1. | |
(f) | Security purchased on a when-issued, delayed delivery or forward commitment basis. | |
(g) | 144A-Private Placement security which is exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. This security may only be resold in transactions exempt from registration which are normally those transactions with qualified institutional buyers. | |
(h) | Escrowed to Maturity | |
(i) | Floating rate notes. The interest rates shown reflect the rates in the effect at March 31, 2009. | |
(j) | Security is restricted and may be resold only in transactions exempt from registration which are normally those transactions with qualified institutional buyers. Restricted securities comprise 0.4% of net assets. | |
(k) | Inverse Floating Rate | |
(l) | Non-income producing security. |
ACA—American Capital Access
AGL—Assured Guaranty Ltd.
AMBAC—AMBAC Indemnity Corp.
AMT—Alternative Minimum Tax
BHAC—Berkshire Hathaway Assurance Corp.
FGIC—Financial Guaranty Insurance Co.
FHA—Federal Housing Administration
FSA—Financial Security Assurance Inc.
GNMA—Government National Mortgage Association
LOC—Letter of Credit
MBIA—Municipal Bond Investors Assurance Corp.
NATL—National Public Finance Guarantee Corp.
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Financial Statements
Statement of Assets and Liabilities
March 31, 2009 (Unaudited)
Assets: | ||||||
Total Investments (Cost $726,885,709) | $ | 636,225,618 | ||||
Receivables: | ||||||
Interest | 9,909,120 | |||||
Investments Sold | 6,258,427 | |||||
Fund Shares Sold | 910,528 | |||||
Other | 145,016 | |||||
Total Assets | 653,448,709 | |||||
Liabilities: | ||||||
Payables: | ||||||
Floating Rate Note Obligations | 43,090,000 | |||||
Investments Purchased | 15,631,148 | |||||
Custodian Bank | 2,452,196 | |||||
Fund Shares Repurchased | 1,247,890 | |||||
Income Distributions | 507,146 | |||||
Investment Advisory Fee | 244,487 | |||||
Distributor and Affiliates | 199,920 | |||||
Trustees’ Deferred Compensation and Retirement Plans | 231,117 | |||||
Accrued Expenses | 186,403 | |||||
Total Liabilities | 63,790,307 | |||||
Net Assets | $ | 589,658,402 | ||||
Net Assets Consist of: | ||||||
Capital (Par value of $0.01 per share with an unlimited number of shares authorized) | $ | 725,804,045 | ||||
Accumulated Undistributed Net Investment Income | 1,228,677 | |||||
Accumulated Net Realized Loss | (46,714,229 | ) | ||||
Net Unrealized Depreciation | (90,660,091 | ) | ||||
Net Assets | $ | 589,658,402 | ||||
Maximum Offering Price Per Share: | ||||||
Class A Shares: | ||||||
Net asset value and redemption price per share (Based on net assets of $543,644,805 and 46,693,642 shares of beneficial interest issued and outstanding) | $ | 11.64 | ||||
Maximum sales charge (4.75%* of offering price) | 0.58 | |||||
Maximum offering price to public | $ | 12.22 | ||||
Class B Shares: | ||||||
Net asset value and offering price per share (Based on net assets of $16,480,659 and 1,417,327 shares of beneficial interest issued and outstanding) | $ | 11.63 | ||||
Class C Shares: | ||||||
Net asset value and offering price per share (Based on net assets of $28,851,221 and 2,485,711 shares of beneficial interest issued and outstanding) | $ | 11.61 | ||||
Class I Shares: | ||||||
Net asset value and offering price per share (Based on net assets of $681,717 and 58,567 shares of beneficial interest issued and outstanding) | $ | 11.64 | ||||
* | On sales of $100,000 or more, the sales charge will be reduced. |
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Statement of Operations
For the Six Months Ended March 31, 2009 (Unaudited)
Investment Income: | ||||||
Interest | $ | 18,575,764 | ||||
Expenses: | ||||||
Investment Advisory Fee | 1,358,411 | |||||
Distribution (12b-1) and Service Fees | ||||||
Class A | 636,016 | |||||
Class B | 75,513 | |||||
Class C | 109,730 | |||||
Interest and Residual Trust Expenses | 336,326 | |||||
Transfer Agent Fees | 162,920 | |||||
Accounting and Administrative Expenses | 79,032 | |||||
Professional Fees | 57,036 | |||||
Reports to Shareholders | 33,458 | |||||
Registration Fees | 32,322 | |||||
Custody | 28,688 | |||||
Trustees’ Fees and Related Expenses | 17,403 | |||||
Other | 16,889 | |||||
Total Expenses | 2,943,744 | |||||
Less Credits Earned on Cash Balances | 3,544 | |||||
Net Expenses | 2,940,200 | |||||
Net Investment Income | $ | 15,635,564 | ||||
Realized and Unrealized Gain/Loss: | ||||||
Net Realized Loss | $ | (8,571,638 | ) | |||
Unrealized Appreciation/Depreciation: | ||||||
Beginning of the Period | (66,562,967 | ) | ||||
End of the Period | (90,660,091 | ) | ||||
Net Unrealized Depreciation During the Period | (24,097,124 | ) | ||||
Net Realized and Unrealized Loss | $ | (32,668,762 | ) | |||
Net Decrease in Net Assets From Operations | $ | (17,033,198 | ) | |||
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Statements of Changes in Net Assets (Unaudited)
For The | For The | |||||||
Six Months Ended | Year Ended | |||||||
March 31, 2009 | September 30, 2008 | |||||||
From Investment Activities: | ||||||||
Operations: | ||||||||
Net Investment Income | $ | 15,635,564 | $ | 31,313,700 | ||||
Net Realized Loss | (8,571,638 | ) | (5,660,535 | ) | ||||
Net Unrealized Depreciation During the Period | (24,097,124 | ) | (77,397,765 | ) | ||||
Change in Net Assets from Operations | (17,033,198 | ) | (51,744,600 | ) | ||||
Distributions from Net Investment Income: | ||||||||
Class A Shares | (16,623,948 | ) | (29,764,166 | ) | ||||
Class B Shares | (433,876 | ) | (797,185 | ) | ||||
Class C Shares | (631,019 | ) | (851,637 | ) | ||||
Class I Shares | (14,800 | ) | (18,149 | ) | ||||
Total Distributions | (17,703,643 | ) | (31,431,137 | ) | ||||
Net Change in Net Assets from Investment Activities | (34,736,841 | ) | (83,175,737 | ) | ||||
From Capital Transactions: | ||||||||
Proceeds from Shares Sold | 129,318,629 | 87,886,640 | ||||||
Net Asset Value of Shares Issued Through Dividend Reinvestment | 14,550,972 | 24,675,563 | ||||||
Cost of Shares Repurchased | (80,411,976 | ) | (133,106,128 | ) | ||||
Net Change in Net Assets from Capital Transactions | 63,457,625 | (20,543,925 | ) | |||||
Net Change in Net Assets | 28,720,784 | (103,719,662 | ) | |||||
Net Assets: | ||||||||
Beginning of the Period | 560,937,618 | 664,657,280 | ||||||
End of the Period (Including accumulated undistributed net investment income of $1,228,677 and $3,296,756, respectively) | $ | 589,658,402 | $ | 560,937,618 | ||||
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Financial Highlights (Unaudited)
The following schedule presents financial highlights for one share of the Fund outstanding throughout the periods indicated.
Six Months | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ended | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
March 31, | Year Ended September 30, | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Class A Shares | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | ||||||||||||||||||
Net Asset Value, Beginning of the Period | $ | 12.45 | $ | 14.29 | $ | 14.84 | $ | 14.71 | $ | 14.81 | $ | 14.84 | ||||||||||||
Net Investment Income (a) | .33 | .69 | .62 | .64 | .64 | .66 | ||||||||||||||||||
Net Realized and Unrealized Gain/Loss | (.77 | ) | (1.84 | ) | (.52 | ) | .14 | (.09 | ) | (.05 | ) | |||||||||||||
Total from Investment Operations | (.44 | ) | (1.15 | ) | .10 | .78 | .55 | .61 | ||||||||||||||||
Less Distributions from Net Investment Income | .37 | .69 | .65 | .65 | .65 | .64 | ||||||||||||||||||
Net Asset Value, End of the Period | $ | 11.64 | $ | 12.45 | $ | 14.29 | $ | 14.84 | $ | 14.71 | $ | 14.81 | ||||||||||||
Total Return (b) | –3.42% | * | –8.31% | .66% | 5.46% | 3.78% | 4.20% | |||||||||||||||||
Net Assets at End of the Period (In millions) | $ | 543.6 | $ | 526.7 | $ | 625.9 | $ | 613.6 | $ | 587.6 | $ | 609.4 | ||||||||||||
Ratio of Expenses to Average Net Assets | 1.02% | 1.41% | 1.28% | 1.11% | 1.04% | 0.98% | ||||||||||||||||||
Ratio of Net Investment Income to Average Net Assets | 5.75% | 5.03% | 4.21% | 4.40% | 4.35% | 4.46% | ||||||||||||||||||
Portfolio Turnover | 22% | * | 62% | 28% | 16% | 30% | 11% | |||||||||||||||||
Supplemental Ratio: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ratio of Expenses to Average Net Assets (Excluding Interest and Residual Trust Expenses) | .90% | .88% | .87% | .89% | .88% | .89% |
(a) | Based on average shares outstanding. | |
(b) | Assumes reinvestment of all distributions for the period and does not include payment of the maximum sales charge of 4.75% or contingent deferred sales charge (CDSC). On purchases of $1 million or more, a CDSC of 1% may be imposed on certain redemptions made within eighteen months of purchase. If the sales charges were included, total returns would be lower. These returns include combined Rule 12b-1 fees and service fees of up to .25% and do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares. | |
* | Non-Annualized |
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Six Months | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ended | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
March 31, | Year Ended September 30, | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Class B Shares | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | ||||||||||||||||||
Net Asset Value, Beginning of the Period | $ | 12.43 | $ | 14.27 | $ | 14.82 | $ | 14.69 | $ | 14.79 | $ | 14.82 | ||||||||||||
Net Investment Income (a) | .29 | .59 | .51 | .53 | .53 | .55 | ||||||||||||||||||
Net Realized and Unrealized Gain/Loss | (.76 | ) | (1.84 | ) | (.52 | ) | .14 | (.09 | ) | (.05 | ) | |||||||||||||
Total from Investment Operations | (.47 | ) | (1.25 | ) | (.01 | ) | .67 | .44 | .50 | |||||||||||||||
Less Distributions from Net Investment Income | .33 | .59 | .54 | .54 | .54 | .53 | ||||||||||||||||||
Net Asset Value, End of the Period | $ | 11.63 | $ | 12.43 | $ | 14.27 | $ | 14.82 | $ | 14.69 | $ | 14.79 | ||||||||||||
Total Return (b) | –3.72% | * | –9.02% | –.09% | 4.69% | 3.03% | 3.41% | |||||||||||||||||
Net Assets at End of the Period (In millions) | $ | 16.5 | $ | 15.7 | $ | 20.9 | $ | 29.6 | $ | 38.1 | $ | 48.8 | ||||||||||||
Ratio of Expenses to Average Net Assets | 1.78% | 2.17% | 2.03% | 1.86% | 1.79% | 1.73% | ||||||||||||||||||
Ratio of Net Investment Income to Average Net Assets | 5.00% | 4.26% | 3.45% | 3.64% | 3.60% | 3.71% | ||||||||||||||||||
Portfolio Turnover | 22% | * | 62% | 28% | 16% | 30% | 11% | |||||||||||||||||
Supplemental Ratio: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ratio of Expenses to Average Net Assets (Excluding Interest and Residual Trust Expenses) | 1.65% | 1.63% | 1.62% | 1.64% | 1.63% | 1.64% |
(a) | Based on average shares outstanding. | |
(b) | Assumes reinvestment of all distributions for the period and does not include payment of the maximum CDSC of 4%, charged on certain redemptions made within one year of purchase and declining to 0% after the sixth year. If the sales charge was included, total returns would be lower. These returns include combined Rule 12b-1 fees and service fees of up to 1% and do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares. | |
* | Non-Annualized |
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Six Months | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ended | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
March 31, | Year Ended September 30, | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Class C Shares | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | ||||||||||||||||||
Net Asset Value, Beginning of the Period | $ | 12.41 | $ | 14.24 | $ | 14.79 | $ | 14.67 | $ | 14.77 | $ | 14.80 | ||||||||||||
Net Investment Income (a) | .29 | .59 | .50 | .53 | .53 | .55 | ||||||||||||||||||
Net Realized and Unrealized Gain/Loss | (.76 | ) | (1.83 | ) | (.51 | ) | .13 | (.09 | ) | (.05 | ) | |||||||||||||
Total from Investment Operations | (.47 | ) | (1.24 | ) | (.01 | ) | .66 | .44 | .50 | |||||||||||||||
Less Distributions from Net Investment Income | .33 | .59 | .54 | .54 | .54 | .53 | ||||||||||||||||||
Net Asset Value, End of the Period | $ | 11.61 | $ | 12.41 | $ | 14.24 | $ | 14.79 | $ | 14.67 | $ | 14.77 | ||||||||||||
Total Return (b) | –3.72% | * | –8.97% | –.10% | 4.62% | 3.03% | 3.43% | |||||||||||||||||
Net Assets at End of the Period (In millions) | $ | 28.9 | $ | 18.3 | $ | 17.4 | $ | 14.3 | $ | 12.5 | $ | 13.7 | ||||||||||||
Ratio of Expenses to Average Net Assets | 1.77% | 2.17% | 2.04% | 1.86% | 1.79% | 1.73% | ||||||||||||||||||
Ratio of Net Investment Income to Average Net Assets | 4.99% | 4.31% | 3.46% | 3.65% | 3.60% | 3.71% | ||||||||||||||||||
Portfolio Turnover | 22% | * | 62% | 28% | 16% | 30% | 11% | |||||||||||||||||
Supplemental Ratio: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ratio of Expenses to Average Net Assets (Excluding Interest and Residual Trust Expenses) | 1.65% | 1.63% | 1.62% | 1.64% | 1.63% | 1.64% |
(a) | Based on average shares outstanding. | |
(b) | Assumes reinvestment of all distributions for the period and does not include payment of the maximum CDSC of 1%, charged on certain redemptions made within one year of purchase. If the sales charge was included, total returns would be lower. These returns include combined Rule 12b-1 fees and service fees of up to 1% and do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares. | |
* | Non-Annualized |
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Six Months | August 12, 2005 | |||||||||||||||||||
Ended | (Commencement of | |||||||||||||||||||
March 31, | Year Ended September 30, | Operations) to | ||||||||||||||||||
Class I Shares | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | September 30, 2005 | |||||||||||||||
Net Asset Value, Beginning of the Period | $ | 12.45 | $ | 14.29 | $ | 14.83 | $ | 14.71 | $ | 14.71 | ||||||||||
Net Investment Income (a) | .35 | .72 | .65 | .68 | .09 | |||||||||||||||
Net Realized and Unrealized Gain/Loss | (.77 | ) | (1.83 | ) | (.50 | ) | .13 | -0- | ** | |||||||||||
Total from Investment Operations | (.42 | ) | (1.11 | ) | .15 | .81 | .09 | |||||||||||||
Less Distributions from Net Investment Income | .39 | .73 | .69 | .69 | .09 | |||||||||||||||
Net Asset Value, End of the Period | $ | 11.64 | $ | 12.45 | $ | 14.29 | $ | 14.83 | $ | 14.71 | ||||||||||
Total Return (b) | –3.29% | * | –8.07% | .98% | 5.65% | .60% | * | |||||||||||||
Net Assets at End of the Period (In millions) | $ | 0.7 | $ | 0.3 | $ | 0.4 | $ | 1.4 | $ | 1.3 | ||||||||||
Ratio of Expenses to Average Net Assets | .79% | 1.16% | 1.03% | .86% | .82% | |||||||||||||||
Ratio of Net Investment Income to Average Net Assets | 6.14% | 5.25% | 4.42% | 4.67% | 4.56% | |||||||||||||||
Portfolio Turnover | 22% | * | 62% | 28% | 16% | 30% | ||||||||||||||
Supplemental Ratio: | ||||||||||||||||||||
Ratio of Expenses to Average Net Assets (Excluding Interest and Residual Trust Expenses) | .66% | .63% | .62% | .64% | .66% |
(a) | Based on average shares outstanding. | |
(b) | Assumes reinvestment of all distributions for the period. These returns do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares. | |
* | Non-Annualized | |
** | Amount is less than $.01. |
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1. Significant Accounting Policies
Van Kampen Municipal Income Fund (the “Fund”) is organized as a series of the Van Kampen Tax Free Trust, a Delaware statutory trust, and is registered as a diversified open-end management investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”). The Fund’s investment objective is to provide a high level of current income exempt from federal income tax, consistent with preservation of capital. The Fund commenced investment operations on August 1, 1990. The Fund offers Class A Shares, Class B Shares, Class C Shares and Class I Shares. Each class of shares differs by its initial sales load, contingent deferred sales charges, the allocation of class-specific expenses and voting rights on the matters affecting a single class.
The following is a summary of significant accounting policies consistently followed by the Fund in the preparation of its financial statements. The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
A. Security Valuation Municipal bonds are valued by independent pricing services or dealers using the mean of the bid and asked prices or, in the absence of market quotations, at fair value based upon yield data relating to municipal bonds with similar characteristics and general market conditions. Securities which are not valued by independent pricing services or dealers are valued at fair value using procedures established in good faith by the Board of Trustees. Factors considered in making this determination may include, but are not limited to, information obtained by contacting the issuer, analysts, or the appropriate stock exchange (for exchange-traded securities), analysis of the issuer’s financial statements or other available documents and, if necessary, available information concerning other securities in similar circumstances. Futures contracts are valued at the settlement price established each day on the exchange on which they are traded. Short-term securities with remaining maturities of 60 days or less are valued at amortized cost, which approximates market value.
The Fund adopted Financial Accounting Standards Board Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 157, Fair Value Measurements (FAS 157), effective October 1, 2008. In accordance with FAS 157, fair value is defined as the price that the Fund would receive to sell an investment or pay to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction with an independent buyer in the principal market, or in the absence of a principal market the most advantageous market for the investment or liability. FAS 157 establishes a three-tier hierarchy to distinguish between (1) inputs that reflect the assumptions market participants would use in pricing an asset or liability developed based on market data obtained from sources independent of the reporting entity (observable inputs) and (2) inputs that reflect the reporting entity’s own assumptions about the assumptions market participants would use in pricing an asset or liability developed based on the best information available in the circumstances (unobservable inputs) and to establish classification of fair value measurements for disclosure purposes.
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Various inputs are used in determining the value of the Fund’s investments. The inputs are summarized in the three broad levels listed below.
Level 1— | quoted prices in active markets for identical investments |
Level 2— | other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar investments, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, etc.) |
Level 3— | significant unobservable inputs (including the Fund’s own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments) |
The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities.
The following is a summary of the inputs used as of March 31, 2009 in valuing the Fund’s investments carried at value:
Investments in | ||||
Valuation Inputs | Securities | |||
Level 1—Quoted Prices | $ | -0- | ||
Level 2—Other Significant Observable Inputs | 636,225,618 | |||
Level 3—Significant Unobservable Inputs | -0- | |||
Total | $ | 636,225,618 | ||
B. Security Transactions Security transactions are recorded on a trade date basis. Realized gains and losses are determined on an identified cost basis. Legal expenditures that are expected to result in the restructuring of or a plan of reorganization for an investment are recorded as realized losses. The Fund may purchase and sell securities on a “when-issued” or “delayed delivery” basis, with settlement to occur at a later date. The value of the security so purchased is subject to market fluctuations during this period. The Fund will segregate assets with the custodian having an aggregate value at least equal to the amount of the when-issued or delayed delivery purchase commitments until payment is made. At March 31, 2009, the Fund had $7,185,075 of when-issued and delayed delivery purchase commitments.
C. Income and Expenses Interest income is recorded on an accrual basis. Bond premium is amortized and discount is accreted over the expected life of each applicable security. Income and expenses of the Fund are allocated on a pro rata basis to each class of shares, except for distribution and service fees and incremental transfer agency costs which are unique to each class of shares.
D. Federal Income Taxes It is the Fund’s policy to comply with the requirements of Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code applicable to regulated investment companies and to distribute substantially all of its taxable income to its shareholders. Therefore, no provision for federal income taxes is required. Financial Accounting Standards Board Interpretation No. 48 Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes sets forth a minimum threshold for financial statement recognition of the benefit of a tax position taken or expected to be taken in a tax return. Management has concluded there are no significant uncertain tax positions that would require recognition in the financial statements. If applicable, the Fund recognizes interest accrued related to unrecognized tax benefits in “Interest Expense” and penalties in
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“Other” expenses on the Statement of Operations. The Fund files tax returns with the U.S. Internal Revenue Service and various states. Generally, each of the tax years in the four year period ended September 30, 2008, remains subject to examination by taxing authorities.
The Fund intends to utilize provisions of the federal income tax laws which allow it to carry a realized capital loss forward for eight years following the year of the loss and offset these losses against any future realized capital gains. At September 30, 2008, the Fund had an accumulated capital loss carryforward for tax purposes of $32,199,885, which will expire according to the following schedule:
Amount | Expiration | |||||||
$ | 9,728,055 | September 30, 2009 | ||||||
7,248,633 | September 30, 2010 | |||||||
10,905,393 | September 30, 2015 | |||||||
4,317,804 | September 30, 2016 |
At March 31, 2009, the cost and related gross unrealized appreciation and depreciation are as follows:
Cost of investments for tax purposes | $ | 677,455,295 | ||
Gross tax unrealized appreciation | 11,438,994 | |||
Gross tax unrealized depreciation | (95,756,766 | ) | ||
Net tax unrealized depreciation on investments | $ | (84,317,772 | ) | |
E. Distribution of Income and Gains The Fund declares daily and pays monthly dividends from net investment income. Net realized gains, if any, are distributed at least annually. Distributions from net realized gains for book purposes may include short-term capital gains and gains on futures transactions. All short-term capital gains and a portion of futures gains are included in ordinary income for tax purposes.
The tax character of distributions paid during the year ended September 30, 2008 were as follows:
Distributions paid from: | ||||
Ordinary income | $ | 9,579 | ||
Tax-exempt income | 31,551,361 | |||
$ | 31,560,940 | |||
As of September 30, 2008, the components of distributable earnings on a tax basis were as follows:
Undistributed ordinary income | $ | 11,184 | ||
Undistributed tax-exempt income | 5,640,321 |
F. Credit Earned on Cash Balances During the six months ended March 31, 2009, the Fund’s custody fee was reduced by $3,544 as a result of credits earned on cash balances.
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G. Floating Rate Note Obligations Related to Securities Held The Fund enters into transactions in which it transfers to dealer trusts fixed rate bonds in exchange for cash and residual interest in the dealer trusts’ assets and cash flows, which are in the form of inverse floating rate investments. The dealer trusts fund the purchases of the fixed rate bonds by issuing floating rate notes to third parties and allowing the Fund to retain residual interests in the bonds. The Fund enters into shortfall agreements with the dealer trusts, which commit the Fund to pay the dealer trusts, in certain circumstances, the difference between the liquidation value of the fixed rate bonds held by the dealer trusts and the liquidation value of the floating rate notes held by third parties, as well as any shortfalls in interest cash flows. The residual interests held by the Fund (inverse floating rate investments) include the right of the Fund (1) to cause the holders of the floating rate notes to tender their notes at par at the next interest rate reset date, and (2) to transfer the municipal bond from the dealer trusts to the Fund, thereby collapsing the dealer trusts. The Fund accounts for the transfer of bonds to the dealer trusts as secured borrowings, with the securities transferred remaining in the Fund’s investments assets, and the related floating rate notes reflected as Fund liabilities under the caption “Floating Rate Note Obligations” on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. The Fund records the interest income from the fixed rate bonds under the caption “Interest” and records the expenses related to floating rate note obligations and any administrative expenses of the dealer trusts under the caption “Interest and Residual Trust Expenses” in the Fund’s Statement of Operations. The notes issued by the dealer trust have interest rates that reset weekly and the floating rate note holders have the option to tender their notes to the dealer trusts for redemption at par at each reset date. At March 31, 2009, Fund investments with a value of $70,459,537 are held by the dealer trusts and serve as collateral for the $43,090,000 in floating rate notes outstanding at that date. Contractual maturities of the floating rate notes and interest rates in effect at March 31, 2009 are presented on the Portfolio of Investments. The average floating rate notes outstanding and average annual interest and fee rate related to residual interests during the six months ended March 31, 2009 were $44,656,989 and 0.38%, respectively.
2. Investment Advisory Agreement and Other Transactions with Affiliates
Under the terms of the Fund’s Investment Advisory Agreement, Van Kampen Asset Management (the “Adviser”) will provide investment advice and facilities to the Fund for an annual fee payable monthly as follows:
Average Daily Net Assets | % Per Annum | |||
First $500 million | .50% | |||
Over $500 million | .45% |
For the six months ended March 31, 2009, the Fund recognized expenses of approximately $11,300 representing legal services provided by Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, of which a trustee of the Fund is a partner of such firm and he and his law firm provide legal services as legal counsel to the Fund.
Under separate Legal Services, Accounting Services and Chief Compliance Officer (CCO) Employment Agreements, the Adviser provides accounting and legal services and the CCO provides compliance services to the Fund. The costs of these services are allocated to each fund. For the six months ended March 31, 2009, the Fund recognized expenses of
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approximately $43,800 representing Van Kampen Investments Inc.’s or its affiliates’ (collectively “Van Kampen”) cost of providing accounting and legal services to the Fund, as well as the salary, benefits and related costs of the CCO and related support staff paid by Van Kampen. Services provided pursuant to the Legal Services agreement are reported as part of “Professional Fees” on the Statement of Operations. Services provided pursuant to the Accounting Services and CCO Employment agreement are reported as part of “Accounting and Administrative Expenses” on the Statement of Operations.
Van Kampen Investor Services Inc. (VKIS), an affiliate of the Adviser, serves as the shareholder servicing agent for the Fund. For the six months ended March 31, 2009, the Fund recognized expenses of approximately $66,600 representing transfer agency fees paid to VKIS and its affiliates. The transfer agency fees are determined through negotiations with the Fund’s Board of Trustees.
Certain officers and trustees of the Fund are also officers and directors of Van Kampen. The Fund does not compensate its officers or trustees who are also officers of Van Kampen.
The Fund provides deferred compensation and retirement plans for its trustees who are not officers of Van Kampen. Under the deferred compensation plan, trustees may elect to defer all or a portion of their compensation. Amounts deferred are retained by the Fund, and to the extent permitted by the 1940 Act, may be invested in the common shares of those funds selected by the trustees. Investments in such funds of approximately $120,800 are included in “Other” assets on the Statements of Assets and Liabilities at March 31, 2009. Appreciation/depreciation and distributions received from these investments are recorded with an offsetting increase/decrease in the deferred compensation obligation and do not affect the net asset value of the Fund. Benefits under the retirement plan are payable upon retirement for a ten-year period and are based upon each trustee’s years of service to the Fund. The maximum annual benefit per trustee under the plan is $2,500.
For the six months ended March 31, 2009, Van Kampen as Distributor for the Fund, received commissions on sales of the Fund’s Class A Shares of approximately $120,800 and contingent deferred sales charge (CDSC) on redeemed shares of approximately $52,200. Sales charges do not represent expenses of the Fund.
At March 31, 2009, Morgan Stanley Investment Management, Inc., an affiliate of the Adviser, owned 710 shares of Class I Shares.
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3. Capital Transactions
For the six months ended March 31, 2009 and year ended September 30, 2008, transactions were as follows:
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Sales: | ||||||||||||||||||
Class A | 9,519,470 | $ | 108,878,470 | 5,406,899 | $ | 74,290,756 | ||||||||||||
Class B | 410,366 | 4,715,699 | 216,388 | 2,957,972 | ||||||||||||||
Class C | 1,308,541 | 15,013,932 | 769,281 | 10,621,116 | ||||||||||||||
Class I | 63,006 | 710,528 | 1,209 | 16,796 | ||||||||||||||
Total Sales | 11,301,383 | $ | 129,318,629 | 6,393,777 | $ | 87,886,640 | ||||||||||||
Dividend Reinvestment: | ||||||||||||||||||
Class A | 1,188,859 | $ | 13,678,644 | 1,733,312 | $ | 23,438,460 | ||||||||||||
Class B | 30,611 | 351,882 | 44,260 | 597,790 | ||||||||||||||
Class C | 44,117 | 506,473 | 46,229 | 621,630 | ||||||||||||||
Class I | 1,208 | 13,973 | 1,303 | 17,683 | ||||||||||||||
Total Dividend Reinvestment | 1,264,795 | $ | 14,550,972 | 1,825,104 | $ | 24,675,563 | ||||||||||||
Repurchases: | ||||||||||||||||||
Class A | (6,314,200 | ) | $ | (72,918,707 | ) | (8,655,800 | ) | $ | (118,944,913 | ) | ||||||||
Class B | (285,366 | ) | (3,288,062 | ) | (466,983 | ) | (6,396,345 | ) | ||||||||||
Class C | (340,627 | ) | (3,894,218 | ) | (562,831 | ) | (7,646,423 | ) | ||||||||||
Class I | (26,862 | ) | (310,989 | ) | (8,741 | ) | (118,447 | ) | ||||||||||
Total Repurchases | (6,967,055 | ) | $ | (80,411,976 | ) | (9,694,355 | ) | $ | (133,106,128 | ) | ||||||||
4. Redemption Fee
Until November 3, 2008, the Fund assessed a 2% redemption fee on the proceeds of Fund shares that were redeemed (either by sale or exchange) within seven days of purchase. The redemption fee was paid directly to the Fund and allocated on a pro rata basis to each class of shares. For the six months ended March 31, 2009, the Fund received redemption fees of approximately $2,500, which are reported as part of “Cost of Shares Repurchased” on the Statement of Changes in Net Assets. The per share impact from redemption fees paid to the Fund was less than $0.01. Effective November 3, 2008, the redemption fee is no longer applied.
5. Investment Transactions
During the period, the cost of purchases and proceeds from sales of investments, excluding short-term investments, were $187,096,941 and $131,735,182, respectively.
6. Derivative Financial Instruments
A derivative financial instrument in very general terms refers to a security whose value is “derived” from the value of an underlying asset, reference rate or index.
The Fund may use derivative instruments for a variety of reasons, such as to attempt to protect the Fund against possible changes in the market value of its portfolio, to manage the
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portfolio’s effective yield, maturity and duration, or generate potential gain. All of the Fund’s portfolio holdings, including derivative instruments, are marked to market each day with the change in value reflected in unrealized appreciation/depreciation. Upon disposition, a realized gain or loss is generally recognized. Risks may arise as a result of the potential inability of the counter parties to meet the terms of their contracts.
Summarized below are the different types of derivative financial instruments used by the Fund.
A. Futures Contracts A futures contract is an agreement involving the delivery of a particular asset on a specified future date at an agreed upon price. The Fund generally invests in exchange traded futures on U.S. Treasury Notes and typically closes the contract prior to delivery date. Upon entering into futures contracts, the Fund maintains an amount of cash or liquid securities with a value equal to a percentage of the contract amount with either a futures commission merchant pursuant to rules and regulations promulgated under the 1940 Act, or with its custodian in an account in the broker’s name. This amount is known as initial margin. During the period the futures contract is open, payments are received from or made to the broker based upon changes in the value of the contract (the variation margin). The risk of loss associated with a futures contract is in excess of the variation margin reflected on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities.
There were no transactions in futures contracts for the six months ended March 31, 2009.
B. Inverse Floating Rate Investments The Fund may invest a portion of its assets in inverse floating rate instruments, either through outright purchases of inverse floating rate securities or through the transfer of bonds to a dealer trust in exchange for cash and residual interests in the dealer trust. These investments are typically used by the Fund in seeking to enhance the yield of the portfolio. These instruments typically involve greater risks than a fixed rate municipal bond. In particular, these instruments are acquired through leverage or may have leverage embedded in them and therefore involve many of the risks associated with leverage. Leverage is a speculative technique that my expose the Fund to greater risk and increased costs. Leverage may cause the Fund’s net asset value to be more volatile than if it had not been leveraged because leverage tends to magnify the effect of any increases or decreases in the value of the Fund’s portfolio securities. The use of leverage may also cause the Fund to liquidate portfolio positions when it may not be advantageous to do so in order to satisfy its obligations with respect to inverse floating rate instruments.
7. Distribution and Service Plans
Shares of the Fund are distributed by Van Kampen Funds Inc. (the “Distributor”), an affiliate of the Adviser. The Fund has adopted a distribution plan pursuant to Rule 12b-1 under the 1940 Act, and a service plan (collectively, the “Plans”) for Class A Shares, Class B Shares and Class C Shares to compensate the Distributor for the sale, distribution, shareholder servicing and maintenance of shareholder accounts for these shares. Under the Plans, the Fund will incur annual fees of up to .25% of Class A average daily net assets and up to 1.00% each of Class B and Class C average daily net assets. These fees are accrued daily and paid to the Distributor monthly.
The amount of distribution expenses incurred by the Distributor and not yet reimbursed (“unreimbursed receivable”) was approximately $2,537,600 and $254,200 for Class B and
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Class C Shares, respectively. These amounts may be recovered from future payments under the distribution plan or CDSC. To the extent the unreimbursed receivable has been fully recovered, the distribution fee is reduced.
8. Indemnifications
The Fund enters into contracts that contain a variety of indemnifications. The Fund’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown. However, the Fund has not had prior claims or losses pursuant to these contracts and expects the risk of loss to be remote.
9. Accounting Pronouncements
On March 19, 2008, Financial Accounting Standards Board released Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 161, Disclosures about Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities (FAS 161). FAS 161 requires qualitative disclosures about objectives and strategies for using derivatives, quantitative disclosures about fair value amounts of and gains and losses on derivative instruments, and disclosures about credit-risk-related contingent features in derivative agreements. The application of FAS 161 is required for fiscal years and interim periods beginning after November 15, 2008. At this time, management does not believe the adoption of FAS 161 will impact the financial statement amounts; however, additional footnote disclosures may be required about the use of derivative instruments and hedging items.
On April 9, 2009, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued Staff Position No. 157-4, Determining Fair Value When the Volume and Level of Activity for the Asset or Liability Have Significantly Decreased and Identifying Transactions That Are Not Orderly (FSP 157-4). FSP 157-4 provides additional guidance for estimating fair value in accordance with FAS 157 when the volume and level of activity for the assets or liability have significantly decreased. FSP 157-4 also requires additional disaggregation of the current FAS 157 required disclosures. FSP 157-4 is effective for interim and annual reporting periods ending after June 15, 2009, and shall be applied prospectively. At this time, management is evaluating the implications of FSP 157-4 and the impact it will have on the financial statement disclosures.
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Board of Trustees, Officers and Important Addresses
Board of Trustees David C. Arch Jerry D. Choate Rod Dammeyer Linda Hutton Heagy R. Craig Kennedy Howard J Kerr Jack E. Nelson Hugo F. Sonnenschein Wayne W. Whalen* – Chairman Suzanne H. Woolsey Officers Edward C. Wood III President and Principal Executive Officer Keving Klingert Vice President Stefanie V. Chang Yu Vice President and Secretary John L. Sullivan Chief Compliance Officer Stuart N. Schuldt Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer | Investment Adviser Van Kampen Asset Management 522 Fifth Avenue New York, New York 10036 Distributor Van Kampen Funds Inc. 522 Fifth Avenue New York, New York 10036 Shareholder Servicing Agent Van Kampen Investor Services Inc. P.O. Box 219286 Kansas City, Missouri 64121-9286 Custodian State Street Bank and Trust Company One Lincoln Street Boston, Massachusetts 02111 Legal Counsel Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP 333 West Wacker Drive Chicago, Illinois 60606 Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm Ernst & Young LLP 233 South Wacker Drive Chicago, Illinois 60606 |
* | “Interested persons” of the Fund, as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended. |
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An Important Notice Concerning Our
U.S. Privacy Policy
We are required by federal law to provide you with a copy of our Privacy Policy annually.
This Policy applies to current and former individual clients of Van Kampen Investments Inc., Van Kampen Asset Management, Van Kampen Advisors Inc., Van Kampen Funds Inc., Van Kampen Investor Services Inc. and Van Kampen Exchange Corp., as well as current and former individual investors in Van Kampen mutual funds, unit investment trusts, and related companies.
This Policy is not applicable to partnerships, corporations, trusts or other non-individual clients or account holders, nor is this Policy applicable to individuals who are either beneficiaries of a trust for which we serve as trustee or participants in an employee benefit plan administered or advised by us. This Policy is, however, applicable to individuals who select us to be a custodian of securities or assets in individual retirement accounts, 401(k) accounts, 529 Educational Savings Accounts, accounts subject to the Uniform Gifts to Minors Act, or similar accounts. Please note that we may amend this Policy at any time, and will inform you of any changes to this Policy as required by law.
We Respect Your Privacy
We appreciate that you have provided us with your personal financial information and understand your concerns about safeguarding such information. We strive to maintain the privacy of such information while we help you achieve your financial objectives. This Policy describes what nonpublic personal information we collect about you, how we collect it, when we may share it with others, and how others may use it. It discusses the steps you may take to limit our sharing of information about you with affiliated Van Kampen companies (“affiliated companies”). It also discloses how you may limit our affiliates’ use of shared information for marketing purposes. Throughout this Policy, we refer to the nonpublic information that personally identifies you or your accounts as “personal information.”
1. What Personal Information Do We Collect About You?
To better serve you and manage our business, it is important that we collect and maintain accurate information about you. We obtain this information from applications and other forms you submit to us, from your dealings with us, from consumer reporting agencies and from third parties and other sources. For example:
• | We collect information such as your name, address, e-mail address, phone number and account title. |
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• | We may obtain information about account balances, your use of account(s) and the types of products and services you prefer to receive from us through your dealings and transactions with us and other sources. | ||
• | We may obtain information about your creditworthiness and credit history from consumer reporting agencies. | ||
• | We may collect background information from and through third-party vendors to verify representations you have made and to comply with various regulatory requirements. | ||
• | If you interact with us through our public and private Web sites, we may collect information that you provide directly through online communications (such as an e-mail address). We may also collect information about your Internet service provider, your domain name, your computer’s operating system and Web browser, your use of our Web sites and your product and service preferences, through the use of ”cookies.” ”Cookies” recognize your computer each time you return to one of our sites, and help to improve our sites’ content and personalize your experience on our sites by, for example, suggesting offerings that may interest you. Please consult the Terms of Use of these sites for more details on our use of cookies. |
2. When Do We Disclose Personal Information We Collect About You?
To provide you with the products and services you request, to better serve you, to manage our business and as otherwise required or permitted by law, we may disclose personal information we collect about you to other affiliated companies and to nonaffiliated third parties.
A. Information We Disclose to Our Affiliated Companies. In order to manage your account(s) effectively, including servicing and processing your transactions, to let you know about products and services offered by us and affiliated companies, to manage our business, and as otherwise required or permitted by law, we may disclose personal information to other affiliated companies. Offers for products and services from affiliated companies are developed under conditions designed to safeguard your personal information.
B. Information We Disclose to Third Parties. We do not disclose personal information that we collect about you to nonaffiliated third parties except to enable them to provide marketing services on our behalf, to perform joint marketing agreements with other financial institutions, and as otherwise required or permitted by law. For example, some instances where we may disclose information about you to third
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parties include: for servicing and processing transactions, to offer our own products and services, to protect against fraud, for institutional risk control, to respond to judicial process or to perform services on our behalf. When we share personal information with a nonaffiliated third party, they are required to limit their use of personal information to the particular purpose for which it was shared and they are not allowed to share personal information with others except to fulfill that limited purpose.
3. How Do We Protect the Security and Confidentiality of Personal Information We Collect About You?
We maintain physical, electronic and procedural security measures to help safeguard the personal information we collect about you. We have internal policies governing the proper handling of client information. Third parties that provide support or marketing services on our behalf may also receive personal information, and we require them to adhere to confidentiality standards with respect to such information.
4. How Can You Limit the Sharing of Certain Types of Personal Information With Affiliated Companies?
We respect your privacy and offer you choices as to whether we share with affiliated companies personal information that was collected to determine your eligibility for products and services you request (“eligibility information”). Please note that, even if you direct us not to share eligibility information with affiliated companies (“opt-out”), we may still share personal information, including eligibility information, with those companies in circumstances excluded from the opt-out under applicable law, such as to process transactions or to service your account. We may also share certain other types of personal information with affiliated companies—such as your name, address, telephone number, e-mail address and account number(s), and information about your transactions and experiences with us.
5. How Can You Limit the Use of Certain Types of Personal Information by Affiliated Companies for Marketing?
You may limit affiliated companies from marketing their products or services to you based on your personal information that they receive from affiliated companies. This information includes your income, assets and account history. Your choice to limit marketing offers from affiliated companies will apply until you tell us to change your choice.
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If you wish to opt-out of sharing and to limit marketing offers, you may do so by:
• | Calling us at (800) 847-2424 Monday-Friday between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m. (ET) | ||
• | Writing to us at the following address: Van Kampen Privacy Department Harborside Financial Center, Plaza Two, 3rd Floor Jersey City, NJ 07311 |
If you choose to write to us, your written request should include your name, address, telephone number and account number(s) to which the opt-out applies and should not be sent with any other correspondence. In order to process your request, we require that the request be provided by you directly and not through a third party.
If you have previously notified us about your privacy preferences, it is not necessary to do so again unless you decide to change your preferences. Your opt-out preference will remain in effect with respect to this Policy (as it may be amended) until you notify us otherwise in writing. If you have a joint account, your direction for us not to share this information with other affiliated companies and for those affiliated companies not to use your personal information for marketing will be applied to all account holders on that account.
Please understand that if you opt-out, you and any joint account holders may not receive information about affiliated company products and services that could help you manage your financial resources and achieve your investment objectives.
If you hold more than one account with Van Kampen, you may receive multiple privacy policies from us, and would need to follow the directions stated in each particular policy for each account you have with us.
SPECIAL NOTICE TO RESIDENTS OF VERMONT
This section supplements our Policy with respect to our individual clients who have a Vermont address and supersedes anything to the contrary in the above Policy with respect to those clients only.
The State of Vermont requires financial institutions to obtain your consent prior to sharing personal information that they collect about you with affiliated companies and nonaffiliated third parties other than in certain limited circumstances. Except as permitted by law, we will not share personal information we collect about you with nonaffiliated third parties or other affiliated companies unless you provide us with your written consent to share such information (“opt-in”).
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If you wish to receive offers for investment products and services offered by or through other affiliated companies, please notify us in writing at the following address:
Van Kampen Privacy Department Harborside Financial Center, Plaza Two, 3rd Floor Jersey City, NJ 07311 |
Your authorization should include your name, address, telephone number and account number(s) to which the opt-in applies and should not be sent with any other correspondence. In order to process your authorization, we require that the authorization be provided by you directly and not through a third-party.
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Welcome, Shareholder
In this report, you’ll learn about how your investment in Van Kampen Intermediate Term Municipal Income Fund performed during the semiannual period. The portfolio management team will provide an overview of the market conditions and discuss some of the factors that affected investment performance during the reporting period. In addition, this report includes the fund’s financial statements and a list of fund investments as of March 31, 2009.
This material must be preceded or accompanied by a Class A, B, and C share or Class I share prospectus for the fund being offered. The prospectus contains information about the fund, including the investment objectives, risks, charges and expenses. To obtain an additional prospectus, contact your financial advisor or download one at vankampen.com. Please read the prospectus carefully before investing.
Market forecasts provided in this report may not necessarily come to pass. There is no assurance that the fund will achieve its investment objective. The fund is subject to market risk, which is the possibility that the market values of securities owned by the fund will decline and that the value of the fund shares may therefore be less than what you paid for them. Accordingly, you can lose money investing in this fund.
Income may subject certain individuals to the Federal Alternative Minimum Tax (AMT).
NOT FDIC INSURED | OFFER NO BANK GUARANTEE | MAY LOSE VALUE | ||||
NOT INSURED BY ANY FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AGENCY | NOT A DEPOSIT | |||||
Performance Summary as of 3/31/09
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since 5/28/93 | since 5/28/93 | since 10/19/93 | since 8/12/05 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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4.75% | 4.00% | 1.00% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Average Annual | w/o sales | sales | w/o sales | sales | w/o sales | sales | w/o sales | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total Returns | charges | charges | charges | charges | charges | charges | charges | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Since Inception | 4.61 | % | 4.29 | % | 4.23 | % | 4.23 | % | 3.48 | % | 3.48 | % | 2.17 | % | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
10-year | 3.50 | 3.00 | 3.17 | 3.17 | 2.75 | 2.75 | — | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
5-year | 2.27 | 1.27 | 2.23 | 1.97 | 1.53 | 1.53 | — | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1-year | –0.39 | –5.11 | –0.64 | –4.46 | –1.15 | –2.10 | –0.14 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
6-month | 1.54 | –3.27 | 1.40 | –2.57 | 1.26 | 0.27 | 1.78 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
SEC 30-day Yield | 3.85% | 3.29% | 3.29% | 4.29% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Unsubsidized SEC 30-day Yield | 3.75% | 3.19% | 3.19% | 4.19% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Gross Expense Ratio | 1.10% | 1.86% | 1.85% | 0.83% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Performance data quoted represents past performance, which is no guarantee of future results, and current performance may be lower or higher than the figures shown. For the most recent month-end performance figures, please visit vankampen.com or speak with your financial advisor. Investment returns and principal value will fluctuate and fund shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Expenses are as of the Fund’s fiscal year end.
The returns shown in this report do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares. Performance of share classes will vary due to differences in sales charges and expenses. Average annual total return with sales charges includes payment of the maximum sales charge of 4.75 percent for Class A shares, a contingent deferred sales charge of 4.00 percent for Class B shares (in years one and two and declining to zero after year five), a contingent deferred sales charge of 1.00 percent for Class C shares in year one and combined Rule 12b-1 fees and service fees of up to 0.25 percent for Class A shares and up to 1.00 percent for Class B and C shares. The since inception and 10-year returns for Class B shares reflect the conversion of Class B shares into Class A shares eight years after purchase. Class I shares are available for purchase exclusively by investors through (i) tax-exempt retirement plans with assets of at least $1 million (including 401(k) plans, 457 plans, employer-sponsored 403(b) plans, profit sharing and money purchase plans, defined benefit plans and non-qualified deferred compensation plans), (ii) fee-based investment programs with assets of at least $1 million, (iii) qualified state tuition plan (529 plan) accounts, (iv) institutional clients with assets of at least $1 million and (v) certain Van Kampen investment companies. Class I shares are offered without any sales charges on purchases or sales and do not include combined Rule 12b-1 fees and service fees. Figures shown above assume reinvestment of all dividends and capital gains. The fund’s adviser has waived or reimbursed fees and expenses from time to time; absent such waivers/reimbursements the fund’s returns would have been lower. SEC 30-day yield is a calculation for determining the amount of portfolio income, excluding non-income items as prescribed by the SEC. Yields are subject to change. Periods of less than one year are not annualized.
The Lehman Brother’s Municipal Bond Index, which has been shown in the Fund’s previous shareholder reports and prospectuses, changed its name to Barclays Capital Municipal Bond Index as of November 3, 2008. The Barclays Capital Municipal Bond Index is generally representative of investment-grade, tax-exempt bonds. The index is unmanaged and its returns do not include any sales charges or fees. Such costs would lower performance. It is not possible to invest directly in an index.
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For the six-month period ended March 31, 2009
Market Conditions
The six months under review can be divided into two distinct periods in terms of municipal market performance. The first of these, the last quarter of 2008, marked one of the worst periods in the history of the municipal bond market as well as the broad financial markets. Extreme risk aversion emerged as investors became skittish following the government takeovers, forced mergers or failures of several venerable financial institutions that began in September. Massive deleveraging and forced selling ensued and tax-exempt bond funds experienced significant outflows as investors fled to the relative safety of Treasury securities and money market funds. These factors pushed municipal bond prices to their cheapest levels in history relative to Treasury bonds.
Not surprisingly in this risk-averse environment, the lower-rated segment of the market underperformed, with high-yield municipal bonds (those rated below triple-B or non-rated issues) returning -21.25 percent for the fourth quarter (as measured by the Barclays Capital High Yield Municipal Bond Index) while triple-B rated issues returned -14.68 percent and triple-A rated issues returned 3.44 percent (as measured by the Barclays Capital Municipal Bond Index).
The first quarter of 2009 was markedly better for municipal bond investors. Credit concerns eased, deleveraging slowed considerably, and investors began to re-enter the market, driving municipal bond prices higher. Yields declined by as much as 80 basis points on the front end of the municipal yield curve during the quarter, while yields on long-maturity issues fell roughly 25 basis points. The rally was accompanied by a narrowing of credit spreads, which helped the high-yield segment of the market to outperform. For the quarter, high-yield municipals returned 7.65 percent, triple-B rated issues returned 7.22 percent and triple-A rated issues returned 3.52 percent.
Although the high-yield segment rebounded nicely in the first three months of 2009, the gains were not enough to offset the losses in the last quarter of 2008. As a result, higher-quality issues outperformed for the overall six-month reporting period. With regard to sectors, performance was largely dependent on credit quality, with the lower-quality industrial development revenue/pollution control revenue (i.e. corporate-backed) and tobacco sectors turning in the worst performance while water and sewer and housing bonds posted the highest returns.
The credit crunch squeezed municipal bond issuance, which declined by nine percent in 2008. As the credit quality of municipal bond issuers crumbled during the year, insured bond volume fell to 18 percent of total issuance, a dramatic decline from the 55 percent average over the past few years. This large increase in uninsured bonds has disrupted many historical measures of value in the municipal bond market. In the first quarter of 2009, issuance rose and was easily
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placed due to robust retail demand. In a significant reversal from the last quarter of 2008, municipal bond funds saw approximately $11 billion in net inflows as investors recognized the historical cheapness of the municipal sector.
Performance Analysis
All share classes of Van Kampen Intermediate Term Municipal Income Fund underperformed the Barclays Capital Municipal Bond Index (the “Index”) for the six months ended March 31, 2009, assuming no deduction of applicable sales charges.
Total returns for the six-month period ended March 31, 2009
Barclays Capital | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Municipal Bond | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Class A | Class B | Class C | Class I | Index | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1.54 | % | 1.40 | % | 1.26 | % | 1.78 | % | 5.00 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||||
The performance for the four share classes varies because each has different expenses. The Fund’s total return figures assume the reinvestment of all distributions, but do not reflect the deduction of any applicable sales charges. Such costs would lower performance. Past performance is no guarantee of future results. See Performance Summary for standardized performance information and index definition.
The primary detractors from the Fund’s performance included holdings in triple-B and non-rated municipal bonds. The Fund maintained an overweight allocation in these issues relative to the Index (which does not include non-rated securities), which hindered performance as the lower-quality segment of the market underperformed the higher-quality segment for the overall reporting period. The Fund also held an overweight relative to the Index in the health care sector. This positioning was disadvantageous given the sector’s strong performance, particularly in the first quarter of 2009.
Other investments, however, were additive to relative performance. The Fund’s significant position in municipal auction rate securities with zero durations (a measure of interest-rate sensitivity) was beneficial as the yield on these securities remained well above those of comparable money market instruments. The Fund’s yield-curve positioning also helped to modestly enhance performance. We maintained an underweight to the five-year portion of the yield curve and an overweight to the 10- to 15-year portion of the curve. This positioning was advantageous as 10- to 15-year maturity range outperformed. The Fund’s holdings in pre-refunded* bonds also helped enhance returns.
*Pre-refunding, or advance refunding, is a financing structure under which new bonds are issued to repay an outstanding bond issue, generally on its first call date. The proceeds from the new issuance are held in an escrow of high-quality U.S. government securities dedicated solely to pay interest and principal on the outstanding bond issue. Pre-refunded bonds are the outstanding bonds that will be refunded from this escrow and therefore, are typically rated ‘AAA’.
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In the latter half of the reporting period, we focused on selling weaker credits into strong retail demand, using the proceeds to invest in mid-quality securities at attractive values. We continue to be invested in municipal auction rate securities. This book of weekly auctioned paper had an average yield of approximately five percent in the first quarter of 2009. We anticipate having a variety of opportunities in the coming months to invest these short-term holdings at yields higher than what we have seen in the past several years.
There is no guarantee that any sectors mentioned will continue to perform as discussed herein or that securities in such sectors will be held by the Fund in the future.
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Ratings Allocation as of 3/31/09 (Unaudited) | ||||
AAA/Aaa | 25.6 | % | ||
AA/Aa | 29.0 | |||
A/A | 16.9 | |||
BBB/Baa | 15.9 | |||
Non-Rated | 12.6 | |||
Top Five Sectors as of 3/31/09 (Unaudited) | ||||
Hospital | 20.4 | % | ||
Public Education | 9.3 | |||
General Purpose | 7.1 | |||
Wholesale Electric | 6.9 | |||
Utilities | 5.8 | |||
Summary of Investments by State Classification as of 3/31/09 (Unaudited) | ||||
California | 12.8 | % | ||
Texas | 10.4 | |||
Florida | 6.5 | |||
New York | 5.1 | |||
Ohio | 4.6 | |||
Illinois | 4.0 | |||
Missouri | 3.9 | |||
Pennsylvania | 3.7 | |||
Colorado | 3.3 | |||
Maryland | 3.2 | |||
Washington | 3.0 | |||
Indiana | 2.9 | |||
New Jersey | 2.4 | |||
North Carolina | 2.2 | |||
South Carolina | 2.1 | |||
Kentucky | 2.1 | |||
Alabama | 1.9 | |||
Michigan | 1.9 | |||
Tennessee | 1.9 | |||
New Mexico | 1.7 | |||
Wisconsin | 1.7 | |||
Minnesota | 1.6 | |||
Louisiana | 1.6 | |||
Arizona | 1.5 | |||
Alaska | 1.3 | |||
Kansas | 1.3 | |||
Nebraska | 1.1 | |||
Virginia | 1.1 | |||
Hawaii | 1.1 | |||
New Hampshire | 1.0 | |||
North Dakota | 0.9 | |||
Massachusetts | 0.8 | |||
Idaho | 0.7 | |||
Iowa | 0.7 | |||
Arkansas | 0.5 | |||
Wyoming | 0.5 | |||
Oregon | 0.5 |
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Summary of Investments by State Classification as of 3/31/09 (Unaudited) | ||||
(continued from previous page) | ||||
Nevada | 0.5 | % | ||
Mississippi | 0.4 | |||
West Virginia | 0.3 | |||
Georgia | 0.3 | |||
Oklahoma | 0.2 | |||
Delaware | 0.2 | |||
Connecticut | 0.0 | * | ||
Total Long-Term Investments | 99.4 | |||
Total Short-Term Investments | 2.8 | |||
Total Investments | 102.2 | |||
Liability for Floating Rate Note Obligations | (2.1 | ) | ||
Total Net Investments | 100.1 | |||
Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets | (0.1 | ) | ||
Net Assets | 100.0 | % |
* | Amount is less than 0.1% |
Provided for informational purposes only and should not be deemed as a recommendation to buy or sell the securities mentioned or securities in the sectors shown above. Subject to change daily. Ratings allocations and sector percentages are as a percentage of long-term investments. Securities are classified by sectors that represent broad groupings of related industries. Summary of investments by state classification are as a percentage of total net assets. Van Kampen is a wholly owned subsidiary of a global securities firm which is engaged in a wide range of financial services including, for example, securities trading and brokerage activities, investment banking, research and analysis, financing and financial advisory services. Rating allocations based upon ratings as issued by Standard and Poor’s and Moody’s, respectively.
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For More Information About Portfolio Holdings
Each Van Kampen fund provides a complete schedule of portfolio holdings in its semiannual and annual reports within 60 days of the end of the fund’s second and fourth fiscal quarters. The semiannual reports and the annual reports are filed electronically with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Form N-CSRS and Form N-CSR, respectively. Van Kampen also delivers the semiannual and annual reports to fund shareholders, and makes these reports available on its public Web site, www.vankampen.com. In addition to the semiannual and annual reports that Van Kampen delivers to shareholders and makes available through the Van Kampen public Web site, each fund files a complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the SEC for the fund’s first and third fiscal quarters on Form N-Q. Van Kampen does not deliver the reports for the first and third fiscal quarters to shareholders, nor are the reports posted to the Van Kampen public Web site. You may, however, obtain the Form N-Q filings (as well as the Form N-CSR and N-CSRS filings) by accessing the SEC’s Web site, http://www.sec.gov. You may also review and copy them at the SEC’s Public Reference Room in Washington, DC. Information on the operation of the SEC’s Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling the SEC at (800) SEC-0330. You can also request copies of these materials, upon payment of a duplicating fee, by electronic request at the SEC’s email address (publicinfo@sec.gov) or by writing the Public Reference section of the SEC, Washington, DC 20549-0102.
You may obtain copies of a fund’s fiscal quarter filings by contacting Van Kampen Client Relations at (800) 847-2424.
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Householding Notice
To reduce Fund expenses, the Fund attempts to eliminate duplicate mailings to the same address. The Fund delivers a single copy of certain shareholder documents to investors who share an address, even if the accounts are registered under different names. The Fund’s prospectuses and shareholder reports (including annual privacy notices) will be delivered to you in this manner indefinitely unless you instruct us otherwise. You can request multiple copies of these documents by either calling (800) 341-2911 or writing to Van Kampen Investor Services at P.O. Box 219286, Kansas City, MO 64121-9286. Once Investor Services has received your instructions, we will begin sending individual copies for each account within 30 days.
Proxy Voting Policy and Procedures and Proxy Voting Record
You may obtain a copy of the Fund’s Proxy Voting Policy and Procedures without charge, upon request, by calling toll free (800) 847-2424 or by visiting our Web site at www.vankampen.com. It is also available on the Securities and Exchange Commission’s Web site at http://www.sec.gov.
You may obtain information regarding how the Fund voted proxies relating to portfolio securities during the most recent twelve-month period ended June 30 without charge by visiting our Web site at www.vankampen.com. This information is also available on the Securities and Exchange Commission’s Web site at http://www.sec.gov.
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Expense Example
As a shareholder of the Fund, you incur two types of costs: (1) transaction costs, including sales charges (loads) on purchase payments of Class A Shares and contingent deferred sales charges on redemptions of Class B and Class C Shares; and (2) ongoing costs, including management fees; distribution and service (12b-1) fees; and other Fund expenses. This example is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds.
The example is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period 10/1/08 - 3/31/09.
Actual Expense
The first line of the table below provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in this line, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the first line under the heading entitled “Expenses Paid During Period” to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during this period.
Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes
The second line of the table below provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the Fund’s actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the Fund’s actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You may use this information to compare the ongoing cost of investing in the Fund and other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of the other funds.
Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only and do not reflect any transactional costs, such as sales charges (loads) or contingent deferred sales charges. Therefore, the second line of the table is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. In addition, if these transactional costs were included, your costs would have been higher.
Beginning | Ending | Expenses Paid | ||||||||||
Account Value | Account Value | During Period* | ||||||||||
10/1/08 | 3/31/09 | 10/1/08-3/31/09 | ||||||||||
Class A | ||||||||||||
Actual | $ | 1,000.00 | $ | 1,015.43 | $ | 4.77 | ||||||
Hypothetical | 1,000.00 | 1,020.19 | 4.78 | |||||||||
(5% annual return before expenses) | ||||||||||||
Class B | ||||||||||||
Actual | 1,000.00 | 1,014.02 | 6.68 | |||||||||
Hypothetical | 1,000.00 | 1,018.30 | 6.69 | |||||||||
(5% annual return before expenses) | ||||||||||||
Class C | ||||||||||||
Actual | 1,000.00 | 1,017.76 | 8.55 | |||||||||
Hypothetical | 1,000.00 | 1,016.45 | 8.55 | |||||||||
(5% annual return before expenses) | ||||||||||||
Class I | ||||||||||||
Actual | 1,000.00 | 1,012.61 | 3.51 | |||||||||
Hypothetical | 1,000.00 | 1,021.44 | 3.53 | |||||||||
(5% annual return before expenses) |
* | Expenses are equal to the Fund’s annualized expense ratio of 0.95%, 1.33%, 1.70% and 0.70% for Class A, B, C and I Shares, respectively, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 182/365 (to reflect the one-half year period). These expense ratios reflect an expense waiver. The expense ratio for Class B Shares reflects actual 12b-1 fees of less than 1%. |
Assumes all dividends and distributions were reinvested.
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The following table shows what expenses a shareholder would have paid, excluding interest and residual trust expenses.
Beginning | Ending | Expenses Paid | ||||||||||
Account Value | Account Value | During Period* | ||||||||||
10/1/08 | 3/31/09 | 10/1/08-3/31/09 | ||||||||||
Class A | ||||||||||||
Actual | $ | 1,000.00 | $ | 1,015.43 | $ | 4.62 | ||||||
Hypothetical | 1,000.00 | 1,020.34 | 4.63 | |||||||||
(5% annual return before expenses) | ||||||||||||
Class B | ||||||||||||
Actual | 1,000.00 | 1,014.02 | 6.53 | |||||||||
Hypothetical | 1,000.00 | 1,018.45 | 6.54 | |||||||||
(5% annual return before expenses) | ||||||||||||
Class C | ||||||||||||
Actual | 1,000.00 | 1,017.76 | 8.40 | |||||||||
Hypothetical | 1,000.00 | 1,016.60 | 8.40 | |||||||||
(5% annual return before expenses) | ||||||||||||
Class I | ||||||||||||
Actual | 1,000.00 | 1,012.61 | 3.36 | |||||||||
Hypothetical | 1,000.00 | 1,021.59 | 3.38 | |||||||||
(5% annual return before expenses) |
* | Expenses are equal to the Fund’s annualized expense ratio of 0.92%, 1.30%, 1.67% and 0.67% for Class A, B, C and I Shares, respectively, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 182/365 (to reflect the one-half year period). These expense ratios reflect an expense waiver. The expense ratio for Class B Shares reflects actual 12b-1 fees of less than 1%. |
Assumes all dividends and distributions were reinvested.
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Van Kampen Intermediate Term Municipal Income Fund
Portfolio of Investments n March 31, 2009 (Unaudited)
Par | ||||||||||||||
Amount | ||||||||||||||
(000) | Description | Coupon | Maturity | Value | ||||||||||
Municipal Bonds 99.4% Alabama 1.9% | ||||||||||||||
$ | 825 | Cullman, AL Cullman Med Pk South Med Clinic Brd Rev Cullman Regl Med Ctr, Ser A | 6.500 | % | 02/15/13 | $ | 822,830 | |||||||
1,260 | Dothan Houston Cnty, AL Arpt Auth (NATL Insd) (AMT) | 5.400 | 12/01/15 | 1,245,687 | ||||||||||
2,000 | Healthcare Auth For Baptist Hlth AL, Ser B (AGL Insd) (a) (b) | 4.000 | 11/15/37 | 2,000,000 | ||||||||||
4,068,517 | ||||||||||||||
Alaska 1.3% | ||||||||||||||
250 | Alaska Muni Bond BK, Ser 1 | 5.000 | 09/01/22 | 253,365 | ||||||||||
400 | Alaska Muni Bond BK, Ser 1 | 5.250 | 09/01/24 | 407,420 | ||||||||||
1,000 | Matanuska-Susitna Boro, AK Lease Rev Goose Creek Correctional Ctr (AGL Insd) | 5.000 | 09/01/19 | 1,068,380 | ||||||||||
1,000 | Matanuska-Susitna Boro, AK Lease Rev Goose Greek Correctional Ctr (AGL Insd) | 5.500 | 09/01/23 | 1,072,070 | ||||||||||
2,801,235 | ||||||||||||||
Arizona 1.5% | ||||||||||||||
1,000 | Phoenix, AZ Civic Impt Corp Arpt Rev Sr Lien, Ser B (AMT) | 5.000 | 07/01/13 | 1,014,060 | ||||||||||
135 | Pima Cnty, AZ Indl Dev Auth Indl Rev Lease Oblig Irvington Proj Tucson Rfdg, Ser A (FSA Insd) | 7.250 | 07/15/10 | 135,686 | ||||||||||
500 | Pima Cnty, AZ Indl Dev Auth Wtr & Wastewtr Rev Global Wtr Res LLC Proj (AMT) | 6.375 | 12/01/18 | 422,790 | ||||||||||
500 | Pinal Cnty, AZ Elec Dist No. 4 Sys Rev | 5.250 | 12/01/18 | 433,035 | ||||||||||
1,000 | Salt River Proj AZ Agric Impt & Pwr Dist Elec Sys Rev, Ser A | 5.000 | 01/01/22 | 1,068,350 | ||||||||||
3,073,921 | ||||||||||||||
Arkansas 0.5% | ||||||||||||||
950 | University of AR Rev UALR Cap Impt, Ser B (FSA Insd) | 4.500 | 12/01/19 | 1,010,316 | ||||||||||
California 12.8% | ||||||||||||||
2,000 | Beverly Hills, CA Uni Sch Dist Cap Apprec 2008 Election | * | 08/01/21 | 1,110,860 | ||||||||||
875 | California Muni Fin Auth Ed Fac Rev High Tech High Chula Vista, Ser B (c) | 5.500 | 07/01/18 | 720,545 | ||||||||||
1,000 | California Pollutn Ctl Fin Auth Solid Waste Disp USA Waste Svc Inc Rfdg, Ser A (AMT) (b) | 4.500 | 06/01/18 | 975,820 | ||||||||||
1,500 | California St Dept Wtr Res Pwr, Ser A (AMBAC Insd) (Prerefunded @ 5/01/12) | 5.375 | 05/01/18 | 1,704,675 | ||||||||||
2,000 | California St Dept Wtr Res Pwr Supply Rev, Ser F-5 | 5.000 | 05/01/22 | 2,044,460 | ||||||||||
2,000 | California Statewide Cmnty Dev Auth Rev ARS Insd Hlth Fac Catholic, Ser D (FSA Insd) (a) (b) | 1.500 | 07/01/41 | 2,000,000 | ||||||||||
2,000 | California Statewide Cmnty Dev Auth Rev Mtg Methodist Hosp Proj (FHA Insd) | 6.250 | 08/01/24 | 2,068,240 |
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See Notes to Financial Statements
Van Kampen Intermediate Term Municipal Income Fund
Portfolio of Investments n March 31, 2009 (Unaudited) continued
Portfolio of Investments n March 31, 2009 (Unaudited) continued
Par | ||||||||||||||
Amount | ||||||||||||||
(000) | Description | Coupon | Maturity | Value | ||||||||||
California (Continued) | ||||||||||||||
$ | 1,000 | Carlsbad, CA Spl Tax Non Escrow Cmnty Fac 3 Impt 2 | 5.700 | % | 09/01/22 | $ | 826,480 | |||||||
1,000 | Desert Hot Springs, CA Redev Agy Tax Alloc Merged Redev Proj, Ser A2 | 5.000 | 09/01/23 | 819,010 | ||||||||||
1,500 | Los Angeles, CA Uni Sch Dist, Ser F | 5.000 | 07/01/19 | 1,608,720 | ||||||||||
470 | Morongo Band of Mission Indians CA Enterprise Rev Indians Enterprise Casino, Ser B (c) | 5.500 | 03/01/18 | 388,319 | ||||||||||
495 | Palm Springs, CA Arpt Rfdg Sub Palm Springs Intl Arpt (AMT) | 5.300 | 07/01/13 | 457,875 | ||||||||||
2,000 | Palomar Pomerado Hlthcare Dist CA Ctf Partn, Ser B (FSA Insd) (a) (b) | 5.000 | 11/01/36 | 2,000,000 | ||||||||||
975 | Palomar Pomerado Hlthcare Dist CA Ctf Partn, Ser C (FSA Insd) (a) (b) | 6.000 | 11/01/36 | 975,000 | ||||||||||
565 | Perris, CA Pub Fin Auth Rev Tax Alloc | 4.750 | 10/01/13 | 528,625 | ||||||||||
1,500 | Port Oakland, CA, Ser L (NATL Insd) (AMT) | 5.000 | 11/01/21 | 1,304,220 | ||||||||||
3,000 | Poway, CA Uni Sch Dist Election 2008 Impt Dist 07-1-A | * | 08/01/21 | 1,546,560 | ||||||||||
500 | Quechan Indian Tribe Ft Yuma Indian Res CA Govt Proj | 6.625 | 12/01/17 | 386,760 | ||||||||||
795 | University CA Rev, Ser O (d) (e) | 5.750 | 05/15/23 | 877,016 | ||||||||||
1,185 | University CA Rev, Ser O (d) (e) | 5.750 | 05/15/25 | 1,281,269 | ||||||||||
2,000 | Vernon, CA Nat Gas Fin Auth Rev Vernon Gas Proj, Ser C (NATL Insd) (a) (b) | 7.500 | 08/01/21 | 2,000,000 | ||||||||||
1,000 | West Contra Costa, CA Uni Sch Dist Election of 2005, Ser B | 6.000 | 08/01/23 | 1,094,920 | ||||||||||
26,719,374 | ||||||||||||||
Colorado 3.3% | ||||||||||||||
500 | Colorado Hlth Fac Auth Rev Christian Living Cmnty Proj, Ser A | 5.250 | 01/01/15 | 477,850 | ||||||||||
1,560 | Colorado Springs, CO Util Rev Sys Sub Lien Impt, Ser A | 5.000 | 11/15/19 | 1,642,056 | ||||||||||
1,000 | Denver, CO City & Cnty Arpt Rev Rfdg, Ser D (FSA Insd) (AMT) | 5.500 | 11/15/12 | 1,032,760 | ||||||||||
2,000 | Denver, CO City & Cnty Just Sys (d) | 5.000 | 08/01/24 | 2,134,810 | ||||||||||
500 | Denver, CO City & Cnty Just Sys (d) | 5.000 | 08/01/25 | 528,775 | ||||||||||
1,000 | University of CO Enterprise Sys Rev, Ser A | 5.500 | 06/01/25 | 1,060,350 | ||||||||||
6,876,601 | ||||||||||||||
Connecticut 0.0% | ||||||||||||||
60 | New Haven, CT Indl Fac Rev Adj Govt Ctr Thermal Energies (AMT) | 7.250 | 07/01/09 | 59,863 | ||||||||||
Delaware 0.2% | ||||||||||||||
500 | New Castle Cnty, DE Rev Newark Charter Sch Inc Proj | 5.000 | 09/01/22 | 368,100 | ||||||||||
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See Notes to Financial Statements
Van Kampen Intermediate Term Municipal Income Fund
Portfolio of Investments n March 31, 2009 (Unaudited) continued
Portfolio of Investments n March 31, 2009 (Unaudited) continued
Par | ||||||||||||||
Amount | ||||||||||||||
(000) | Description | Coupon | Maturity | Value | ||||||||||
Florida 6.5% | ||||||||||||||
$ | 1,000 | Brevard Cnty, FL Sch Brd Ctf Rfdg, Ser B (NATL Insd) | 5.000 | % | 07/01/20 | $ | 983,050 | |||||||
1,000 | Broward Cnty, FL Arpt Sys Rev Rfdg, Ser E (NATL Insd) (AMT) | 5.375 | 10/01/13 | 1,010,170 | ||||||||||
2,000 | Florida St Brd Ed Pub Ed Rfdg Cap Outlay 2007, Ser A | 5.000 | 06/01/19 | 2,159,660 | ||||||||||
500 | Halifax, FL Hosp Med Ctr Hosp Rfdg & Impt, Ser A | 5.250 | 06/01/19 | 458,690 | ||||||||||
3,000 | Highlands Cnty, FL Hlth Fac Auth Rev Adventist Hlth, Ser A (b) | 6.500 | 11/15/38 | 3,054,030 | ||||||||||
500 | Hillsborough Cnty, FL Indl Dev Auth Pollutn Ctl Rev Ida Rfdg (AMBAC Insd) (b) | 5.000 | 12/01/34 | 503,055 | ||||||||||
250 | Landmark at Doral Cmnty Dev Dist FL Spl Assmt, Ser B | 5.200 | 05/01/15 | 115,312 | ||||||||||
250 | Main Str Cmnty Dev Dist FL Cap Impt Rev, Ser B | 6.900 | 05/01/17 | 198,095 | ||||||||||
500 | Orange Cnty, FL Hlth Fac Auth Rev Hlthcare Orlando Lutheran Rfdg | 5.375 | 07/01/20 | 368,635 | ||||||||||
1,000 | Orange Cnty, FL Hlth Fac Auth Rev Hosp Adventist Hlth Sys (FSA Insd) | 6.000 | 11/15/22 | 1,001,010 | ||||||||||
1,500 | Orange Cnty, FL Sch Brd Ctf, Ser A (AMBAC Insd) | 5.250 | 08/01/14 | 1,579,965 | ||||||||||
1,000 | Putnam Cnty, FL Dev Auth Pollutn Ctl Rev Rfdg Seminole Proj, Ser A (AMBAC Insd) (b) | 5.350 | 03/15/42 | 990,820 | ||||||||||
750 | Seminole Tribe, FL Spl Oblig Rev, Ser A (c) | 5.750 | 10/01/22 | 577,478 | ||||||||||
670 | Tolomato Cmnty Dev Dist FL Spl Assmt | 6.450 | 05/01/23 | 497,750 | ||||||||||
13,497,720 | ||||||||||||||
Georgia 0.3% | ||||||||||||||
600 | Putnam Cnty, GA Dev Auth Pollutn Ctl Rev GA Pwr Co, Ser 1 | 5.100 | 06/01/23 | 593,400 | ||||||||||
Hawaii 1.1% | ||||||||||||||
1,875 | Hawaii St, Ser DK (d) | 5.000 | 05/01/23 | 1,981,444 | ||||||||||
250 | Hawaii St Dept Budget & Fin Spl Purp Rev Kahala Nui Proj, Ser A | 7.875 | 11/15/23 | 239,230 | ||||||||||
2,220,674 | ||||||||||||||
Idaho 0.7% | ||||||||||||||
500 | Idaho Hlth Fac Auth Rev Saint Lukes Hlth Sys Proj, Ser A | 6.500 | 11/01/23 | 527,490 | ||||||||||
955 | Idaho Hsg & Fin Assn Single Family Mtg Rev, Class I, Ser A (AMT) | 5.000 | 07/01/17 | 977,719 | ||||||||||
1,505,209 | ||||||||||||||
Illinois 4.0% | ||||||||||||||
1,000 | Bartlett, IL Tax Increment Rev Rfdg Sr Lien Quarry Redev Proj | 5.600 | 01/01/23 | 749,760 | ||||||||||
500 | Hodgkins, IL Tax Increment Rev Sr Lien Rfdg | 5.000 | 01/01/14 | 477,465 | ||||||||||
1,140 | Huntley, IL Spl Svc Area No 7 Spl Tax Rfdg (AGL Insd) | 4.600 | 03/01/17 | 1,197,433 |
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Par | ||||||||||||||
Amount | ||||||||||||||
(000) | Description | Coupon | Maturity | Value | ||||||||||
Illinois (Continued) | ||||||||||||||
$ | 1,000 | Illinois Dev Fin Auth Pollutn Ctl Rev Amerencips Rfdg, Ser A (b) | 5.500 | % | 03/01/14 | $ | 919,520 | |||||||
1,000 | Illinois Fin Auth Rev Advocate Hlthcare Network, Ser D | 6.125 | 11/01/23 | 1,042,610 | ||||||||||
1,000 | Illinois Fin Auth Rev Art Inst Chicago, Ser A | 5.250 | 03/01/19 | 1,032,900 | ||||||||||
750 | Illinois Fin Auth Rev Fairview Oblig Group Rfdg, Ser A | 6.000 | 08/15/22 | 557,820 | ||||||||||
500 | Illinois Fin Auth Rev Landing at Plymouth Pl Proj, Ser A | 5.250 | 05/15/14 | 449,290 | ||||||||||
300 | Lincolnshire, IL Spl Svc Area Sedgebrook Proj | 5.000 | 03/01/11 | 283,140 | ||||||||||
846 | Pingree Grove Vlg, IL Spl Svc Area No 1 Spl Tax Cambridge Lakes Proj, Ser 05 | 5.250 | 03/01/15 | 645,879 | ||||||||||
1,000 | Round Lake Beach, IL Tax Increment Rev | 4.650 | 12/15/13 | 1,000,940 | ||||||||||
8,356,757 | ||||||||||||||
Indiana 2.9% | ||||||||||||||
1,000 | Allen Cnty, IN Juvenile Just Ctr First Mtg (AMBAC Insd) | 5.500 | 01/01/18 | 1,068,100 | ||||||||||
1,000 | Carmel Cnty, IN Redev Auth Opt Income Tax Lease Rent Rev (NATL Insd) | 5.000 | 07/01/22 | 1,044,410 | ||||||||||
830 | Hobart, IN Bldg Corp First Mtg (NATL Insd) | 5.500 | 07/15/13 | 936,190 | ||||||||||
500 | Indiana Hlth & Edl Fac Fin Auth Hosp Rev Cmnty Fndtn Northwest IN | 5.500 | 03/01/22 | 446,460 | ||||||||||
365 | Indiana Hlth & Edl Fac Fin Auth Rev Rfdg Saint Francis (FSA Insd) | 5.250 | 11/01/24 | 367,657 | ||||||||||
200 | Indiana Hlth & Edl Fac Fin Auth Rev Rfdg Saint Francis (FSA Insd) | 5.250 | 11/01/25 | 200,020 | ||||||||||
175 | Indiana Hlth & Edl Fac Fin Auth Rev Rfdg Saint Francis (FSA Insd) | 5.250 | 11/01/26 | 173,210 | ||||||||||
500 | Indianapolis, IN Arpt Auth Rev Rfdg Spl Fac Fed Ex Corp Proj (GTY AGMT: Federal Express Co) (AMT) | 5.100 | 01/15/17 | 441,580 | ||||||||||
400 | Saint Joseph Cnty, IN Econ Dev Rev Holy Cross Vlg Notre Dame Proj, Ser A | 5.750 | 05/15/13 | 375,796 | ||||||||||
1,000 | University of Southn IN Rev Student Fee, Ser J (AGL Insd) | 5.000 | 10/01/19 | 1,040,800 | ||||||||||
6,094,223 | ||||||||||||||
Iowa 0.7% | ||||||||||||||
1,000 | Altoona, IA Urban Renewal Tax Increment Rev Annual Appropriation | 5.625 | 06/01/23 | 898,720 | ||||||||||
500 | Coralville, IA Ctf Partn, Ser D | 5.250 | 06/01/22 | 479,540 | ||||||||||
1,378,260 | ||||||||||||||
Kansas 1.3% | ||||||||||||||
1,000 | Burlington, KS Environmental Impt Rev KC Pwr LT Rfdg, Ser B (Syncora Gtd) (b) | 5.000 | 12/01/23 | 1,010,890 | ||||||||||
500 | Kansas St Dev Fin Auth Hlth Fac Rev Hays Med Ctr Inc, Ser L | 5.250 | 11/15/16 | 510,900 |
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Par | ||||||||||||||
Amount | ||||||||||||||
(000) | Description | Coupon | Maturity | Value | ||||||||||
Kansas (Continued) | ||||||||||||||
$ | 1,000 | Shawnee Cnty, KS Sch Dist 501 Topeka (Prerefunded @ 2/01/12) | 5.000 | % | 02/01/20 | $ | 1,104,410 | |||||||
120 | Wyandotte Cnty, KS City KS Univ Brd of Public Util Office Bldg Complex Proj (NATL Insd) | 5.000 | 05/01/11 | 126,520 | ||||||||||
2,752,720 | ||||||||||||||
Kentucky 2.1% | ||||||||||||||
1,000 | Kentucky Econ Dev Fin Auth Hosp Fac Rev Baptist Hlthcare Sys, Ser A | 5.000 | 08/15/18 | 1,008,510 | ||||||||||
1,000 | Kentucky Econ Dev Fin Auth Hosp Fac Rev Baptist Hlthcare Sys, Ser A | 5.375 | 08/15/24 | 1,009,440 | ||||||||||
310 | Kentucky Hsg Corp Hsg Rev, Ser A (AMT) | 5.000 | 01/01/23 | 299,506 | ||||||||||
1,000 | Louisville & Jefferson Cnty, KY, Ser C (FSA Insd) (AMT) | 5.500 | 07/01/17 | 1,001,780 | ||||||||||
1,000 | Paducah, KY Elec Plant Brd Rev, Ser A (AGL Insd) | 5.000 | 10/01/25 | 1,015,980 | ||||||||||
4,335,216 | ||||||||||||||
Louisiana 1.6% | ||||||||||||||
250 | Colonial Pinnacle Cmnty Dev Dist Dev | 6.750 | 05/01/23 | 175,513 | ||||||||||
594 | Lakeshore Vlg Master Cmnty Dev Dist LA Spl Assmt | 5.250 | 07/01/17 | 453,578 | ||||||||||
1,235 | New Orleans, LA Aviation Brd Rev Restructuring Garbs Rfdg, Ser A-1 (AGL Insd) | 5.000 | 01/01/18 | 1,220,279 | ||||||||||
500 | New Orleans, LA Aviation Brd Rev Restructuring Garbs Rfdg, Ser A-1 (AGL Insd) | 5.000 | 01/01/19 | 487,910 | ||||||||||
1,000 | Rapides Fin Auth LA Rev Cleco Pwr Proj (AMT) (b) | 5.250 | 11/01/37 | 952,850 | ||||||||||
3,290,130 | ||||||||||||||
Maryland 3.2% | ||||||||||||||
1,000 | Maryland St Econ Dev Corp Student Hsg Rev Univ MD College Pk Proj Rfdg (CIFG Insd) | 5.000 | 06/01/13 | 946,090 | ||||||||||
625 | Maryland St Econ Dev Corp Univ MD College Pk Proj (g) | 5.750 | 06/01/13 | 728,912 | ||||||||||
500 | Maryland St Hlth & Higher Edl Fac Auth Rev Johns Hopkins Hlth Sys, Ser B (b) | 5.000 | 05/15/48 | 532,365 | ||||||||||
250 | Maryland St Hlth & Higher Edl Fac Auth Rev Washington Cnty Hosp | 5.250 | 01/01/23 | 209,888 | ||||||||||
500 | Maryland St Hlth & Higher King Farm Presbyterian Cmnty, Ser B | 5.000 | 01/01/17 | 382,920 | ||||||||||
3,000 | Maryland St Trans Auth Grant & Rev Antic | 5.250 | 03/01/20 | 3,446,640 | ||||||||||
500 | Prince Georges Cnty, MD Spl Oblig Natl Harbor Proj | 4.700 | 07/01/15 | 413,635 | ||||||||||
6,660,450 | ||||||||||||||
Massachusetts 0.8% | ||||||||||||||
1,500 | Massachusetts St Hlth & Edl Fac Auth Rev Caregroup, Ser D (NATL Insd) | 5.250 | 07/01/23 | 1,305,240 |
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Par | ||||||||||||||
Amount | ||||||||||||||
(000) | Description | Coupon | Maturity | Value | ||||||||||
Massachusetts (Continued) | ||||||||||||||
$ | 500 | Massachusetts St Hlth & Edl Fac Auth Rev Quincy Med Ctr, Ser A | 5.850 | % | 01/15/18 | $ | 415,670 | |||||||
1,720,910 | ||||||||||||||
Michigan 1.9% | ||||||||||||||
1,000 | Brighton, MI Area Sch Dist Rfdg | 5.250 | 05/01/18 | 1,068,060 | ||||||||||
1,000 | Brighton, MI Area Sch Dist Rfdg | 5.250 | 05/01/20 | 1,050,860 | ||||||||||
250 | Dearborn, MI Econ Dev Corp Rev Rfdg Ltd Oblig-Henry Ford Vlg | 6.000 | 11/15/18 | 203,387 | ||||||||||
500 | Iron River, MI Hosp Fin Auth Rfdg Iron Cnty Cmnty Hosp | 6.000 | 05/15/20 | 408,190 | ||||||||||
1,000 | Kent Hosp Fin Auth MI Rev Spectrum Hlth, Ser A (b) | 5.500 | 01/15/47 | 1,020,500 | ||||||||||
250 | Michigan St Strategic Fd Ltd Oblig United Waste Sys Proj (AMT) | 5.200 | 04/01/10 | 247,315 | ||||||||||
3,998,312 | ||||||||||||||
Minnesota 1.6% | ||||||||||||||
250 | Dakota Cnty, MN Cmnty Dev Agy Multi Family Hsg Rev Rfdg Com on Marice Proj, Ser A | 5.000 | 11/01/22 | 175,617 | ||||||||||
250 | Duluth, MN Hsg & Redev Auth Hlthcare & Hsg Rev Benedictine Hlth Ctr Proj | 5.500 | 11/01/17 | 208,080 | ||||||||||
430 | Inver Grove Heights, MN Presbyterian Homes Care Rfdg | 5.000 | 10/01/16 | 387,568 | ||||||||||
500 | Minneapolis, MN Hlthcare Sys Rev Fairview Hlth Svc, Ser A | 6.375 | 11/15/23 | 523,750 | ||||||||||
2,000 | Northern Muni Pwr Agy MN Elec Sys Rev Rfdg, Ser A (AGL Insd) | 5.000 | 01/01/15 | 2,139,860 | ||||||||||
3,434,875 | ||||||||||||||
Mississippi 0.4% | ||||||||||||||
1,000 | Mississippi Business Fin Corp MS Pollutn Ctl Rev Sys Energy Res Inc Proj | 5.875 | 04/01/22 | 852,910 | ||||||||||
Missouri 3.9% | ||||||||||||||
500 | Fenton, MO Tax Increment Rev Gravois Bluffs Redev Proj Rfdg | 5.000 | 04/01/13 | 504,740 | ||||||||||
610 | Ferguson, MO Tax Increment Rev Crossing at Halls Ferry Rfdg | 5.500 | 04/01/14 | 572,076 | ||||||||||
1,350 | Kansas City, MO Indl Dev Auth Plaza Lib Proj | 6.000 | 03/01/16 | 1,250,032 | ||||||||||
1,000 | Macon, MO Ctf Partn (NATL Insd) | 5.250 | 08/01/17 | 1,009,370 | ||||||||||
240 | Maryland Heights, MO Tax Increment Rev South Heights Redev Proj Rfdg, Ser A | 5.500 | 09/01/18 | 202,860 | ||||||||||
1,500 | Missouri St Environmental Impt & Energy Res Auth KC Pwr & LT Co Proj (AMT) (b) | 4.900 | 05/01/38 | 1,471,020 | ||||||||||
500 | Raytown, MO Annual Raytown Live Redev Plan Proj 1 | 5.000 | 12/01/16 | 519,710 | ||||||||||
2,000 | Saint Charles, MO Ctf Partn, Ser B | 5.500 | 05/01/18 | 2,053,880 |
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Par | ||||||||||||||
Amount | ||||||||||||||
(000) | Description | Coupon | Maturity | Value | ||||||||||
Missouri (Continued) | ||||||||||||||
$ | 540 | Saint Louis Cnty, MO Indl Dev Auth Hlth Fac Rev Rfdg Ranken Jordan Proj | 5.000 | % | 11/15/22 | $ | 343,597 | |||||||
250 | Saint Louis Cnty, MO Indl Dev Auth Sr Living Fac Rev Friendship Vlg West Cnty, Ser A | 5.250 | 09/01/17 | 230,048 | ||||||||||
8,157,333 | ||||||||||||||
Nebraska 1.1% | ||||||||||||||
560 | Municipal Energy Agy of NE Pwr Supply Sys Rev Rfdg, Ser A (BHAC Insd) | 5.125 | 04/01/23 | 600,197 | ||||||||||
1,500 | University of NE Fac Corp Defd Maint (AMBAC Insd) | 5.000 | 07/15/17 | 1,655,340 | ||||||||||
2,255,537 | ||||||||||||||
Nevada 0.5% | ||||||||||||||
1,000 | Las Vegas, NV Redev Agy Tax Increment Rev, Ser A | 7.000 | 06/15/20 | 981,640 | ||||||||||
New Hampshire 1.0% | ||||||||||||||
2,000 | New Hampshire St Business Fin Auth Pollutn Ctl Rev Utd Illum Co Proj (AMT) (b) | 7.125 | 07/01/27 | 2,007,060 | ||||||||||
New Jersey 2.4% | ||||||||||||||
1,500 | New Jersey Econ Dev Auth Rev Cig Tax | 5.500 | 06/15/16 | 1,367,055 | ||||||||||
500 | New Jersey Econ Dev Auth Rev First Mtg Presbyterian, Ser A | 6.250 | 11/01/20 | 404,910 | ||||||||||
1,000 | New Jersey Hlthcare Fac Fin Auth Rev Saint Clare’s Hosp Inc Rfdg, Ser A (Radian Insd) (g) | 5.250 | 07/01/20 | 1,136,590 | ||||||||||
500 | New Jersey Hlthcare Fac Fin Auth Rev Saint Josephs Hlthcare Sys | 5.750 | 07/01/15 | 435,955 | ||||||||||
455 | Rahway, NJ Ctf Partn (MBIA Insd) | 5.500 | 02/15/16 | 472,955 | ||||||||||
565 | Rahway, NJ Ctf Partn (MBIA Insd) | 5.600 | 02/15/17 | 587,741 | ||||||||||
855 | Tobacco Settlement Fin Corp NJ, Ser 1A | 4.500 | 06/01/23 | 626,672 | ||||||||||
5,031,878 | ||||||||||||||
New Mexico 1.7% | ||||||||||||||
1,000 | Jicarilla, NM Apache Nation Rev, Ser A (Acquired 10/23/03, Cost $1,020,380) (f) | 5.500 | 09/01/23 | 1,013,960 | ||||||||||
1,310 | New Mexico Fin Auth Rev Sr Lien Pub Proj Revolving Fd, Ser B (NATL Insd) | 5.000 | 06/01/17 | 1,450,956 | ||||||||||
1,000 | New Mexico St Hosp Equip Ln Council Hosp Rev Presbyterian Hlthcare Svc, Ser A | 6.000 | 08/01/23 | 1,069,540 | ||||||||||
3,534,456 | ||||||||||||||
New York 5.1% | ||||||||||||||
500 | Albany, NY Indl Dev Agy Civic Fac Rev Saint Peters Hosp Proj, Ser A | 5.750 | 11/15/22 | 458,115 | ||||||||||
55 | Brookhaven, NY Indl Dev Agy Sr Residential Hsg Rev Woodcrest Estates Fac, Ser A (AMT) | 5.875 | 12/01/09 | 54,896 |
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Par | ||||||||||||||
Amount | ||||||||||||||
(000) | Description | Coupon | Maturity | Value | ||||||||||
New York (Continued) | ||||||||||||||
$ | 1,000 | Long Island Pwr Auth NY Elec Gen, Ser C (Prerefunded @ 9/01/13) | 5.500 | % | 09/01/17 | $ | 1,163,700 | |||||||
210 | Madison Cnty, NY Indl Dev Agy Civic Fac Rev Oneida Hlth Sys Inc Proj, Ser A | 4.500 | 02/01/17 | 183,987 | ||||||||||
1,000 | New York City Fiscal 2008, Subser A-4 (FSA Insd) (a) (b) | 2.970 | 08/01/26 | 1,000,000 | ||||||||||
500 | New York City Indl Dev Agy Rev Liberty 7 World Trade Ctr, Ser A | 6.250 | 03/01/15 | 419,580 | ||||||||||
200 | New York City Indl Dev Agy Rev Queens Baseball Stad Pilot (AGL Insd) | 5.000 | 01/01/18 | 209,958 | ||||||||||
200 | New York City Indl Dev Agy Rev Queens Baseball Stad Pilot (AGL Insd) | 5.000 | 01/01/19 | 208,130 | ||||||||||
2,000 | New York City Indl Dev Agy Spl Fac Rev NY Stk Exchange Proj, Ser A | 5.400 | 05/01/19 | 2,006,020 | ||||||||||
780 | New York City Indl Dev Agy Spl Fac Rev Term One Group Assn Proj (AMT) | 5.000 | 01/01/10 | 781,794 | ||||||||||
1,000 | New York City Transitional Fin Auth Bldg Aid Rev Fiscal 2009, Ser S-3 | 5.000 | 01/15/20 | 1,034,120 | ||||||||||
1,000 | New York City Transitional Fin Auth Bldg Aid Rev Fiscal 2009, Ser S-3 | 5.000 | 01/15/21 | 1,023,800 | ||||||||||
2,000 | New York St Environmental Fac Corp St Clean Wtr & Drinking Revolving Fd Muni Wtr Fin, Ser C | 5.000 | 06/15/21 | 2,116,500 | ||||||||||
5 | Niagara Falls, NY Pub Impt (NATL Insd) | 6.900 | 03/01/20 | 5,002 | ||||||||||
10,665,602 | ||||||||||||||
North Carolina 2.2% | ||||||||||||||
1,250 | North Carolina Eastn Muni Pwr Agy Pwr Sys Rev, Ser C (AGL Insd) | 6.000 | 01/01/19 | 1,309,237 | ||||||||||
1,000 | North Carolina Eastn Muni Pwr Agy Pwr Sys Rev, Ser C | 6.750 | 01/01/24 | 1,046,740 | ||||||||||
630 | North Carolina Eastn Muni Pwr Agy Pwr Sys Rev, Ser D | 6.450 | 01/01/14 | 645,492 | ||||||||||
500 | North Carolina Med Care Commn Hlthcare Fac Rev Rfdg First Mtg Salemtowne | 5.000 | 10/01/15 | 450,545 | ||||||||||
250 | North Carolina Med Care Commn Retirement Fac Rev First Mtg Southminster Proj, Ser A | 5.300 | 10/01/19 | 215,170 | ||||||||||
1,000 | North Carolina Muni Pwr Agy, Ser A (NATL Insd) | 5.250 | 01/01/19 | 1,014,860 | ||||||||||
4,682,044 | ||||||||||||||
North Dakota 0.9% | ||||||||||||||
500 | Grand Forks, ND Sr Hsg Rev 4000 Vly Square Proj Rfdg | 5.000 | 12/01/16 | 405,870 | ||||||||||
1,195 | North Dakota Pub Fin Auth St Revolving Fd Pgm, Ser A | 5.500 | 10/01/19 | 1,382,878 | ||||||||||
1,788,748 | ||||||||||||||
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Par | ||||||||||||||
Amount | ||||||||||||||
(000) | Description | Coupon | Maturity | Value | ||||||||||
Ohio 4.6% | ||||||||||||||
$ | 500 | Adams Cnty Hosp Fac Impt Rev Adams Cnty Hosp Proj | 6.250 | % | 09/01/20 | $ | 365,645 | |||||||
500 | Athens Cnty, OH Hosp Fac Rev & Impt O’ Bleness Mem Rfdg, Ser A | 6.250 | 11/15/13 | 471,175 | ||||||||||
2,215 | Buckeye, OH Tob Settlement Fin Auth Asset Bkd Sr Turbo, Ser A2 | 5.125 | 06/01/24 | 1,587,070 | ||||||||||
1,370 | Cleveland, OH Non Tax Rev Cleveland Stad Proj Rfdg (AMBAC Insd) | 5.125 | 12/01/20 | 1,419,114 | ||||||||||
185 | Dayton, OH Spl Fac Rev Afco Cargo Day LLC Proj (AMT) | 6.000 | 04/01/09 | 185,000 | ||||||||||
1,500 | Lorain Cnty, OH Hosp Rev Fac Catholic, Ser H (AGL Insd) | 5.000 | 02/01/24 | 1,511,835 | ||||||||||
1,000 | Montgomery Cnty, OH Rev Miami Vly Hosp, Ser B (b) | 5.250 | 11/15/39 | 1,001,140 | ||||||||||
750 | Ohio Muni Elec Generation Agy Jt Venture 5 Ctf Ben Int Rfdg (AMBAC Insd) | 5.000 | 02/15/21 | 694,118 | ||||||||||
1,500 | Ohio St Air Quality Dev Auth Rev OH Pwr, Ser A (AMT) (b) | 7.125 | 06/01/41 | 1,507,755 | ||||||||||
1,000 | Ohio St Wtr Dev Auth Solid Waste Rev Allied Waste Inc Proj, Ser A (AMT) | 5.150 | 07/15/15 | 892,760 | ||||||||||
9,635,612 | ||||||||||||||
Oklahoma 0.2% | ||||||||||||||
455 | Chickasaw Nation, OK Hlth Sys (c) | 5.375 | 12/01/17 | 394,007 | ||||||||||
Oregon 0.5% | ||||||||||||||
1,000 | Port Morrow, OR Pollutn Ctl Portland Gen Rfdg, Ser A (b) | 5.200 | 05/01/33 | 1,001,090 | ||||||||||
Pennsylvania 3.7% | ||||||||||||||
500 | Allegheny Cnty, PA Indl Dev Auth Lease Rev Residential Res Inc Proj | 5.000 | 09/01/21 | 401,320 | ||||||||||
225 | Allegheny Cnty, PA Redev Auth Rev Pittsburgh Mills Proj | 5.100 | 07/01/14 | 199,642 | ||||||||||
1,120 | Canon McMillan Sch Dist PA Rfdg, Ser A (NATL Insd) | 5.000 | 12/15/15 | 1,223,846 | ||||||||||
250 | Lancaster Cnty, PA Hosp Auth Re Brethren Vlg Proj, Ser A | 5.200 | 07/01/12 | 237,890 | ||||||||||
500 | Monroe Cnty, PA Hosp Auth Rev Hosp Pocono Med Ctr | 5.000 | 01/01/17 | 484,815 | ||||||||||
500 | Montgomery Cnty, PA Indl Dev Auth Rev Mtg Whitemarsch Cont Care Proj | 6.000 | 02/01/21 | 365,310 | ||||||||||
1,000 | Pennsylvania Hsg Fin Agy Single Family Mtg Rev, Ser 103 (AMT) | 5.700 | 04/01/22 | 1,037,480 | ||||||||||
900 | Philadelphia, PA Gas Wks Rev, Ser 3 (FSA Insd) | 5.000 | 08/01/10 | 941,076 | ||||||||||
750 | Philadelphia, PA Gas Wks Rev, Ser 18 (AGL Insd) | 5.250 | 08/01/18 | 793,403 |
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Par | ||||||||||||||
Amount | ||||||||||||||
(000) | Description | Coupon | Maturity | Value | ||||||||||
Pennsylvania (Continued) | ||||||||||||||
$ | 2,000 | Philadelphia, PA Redev Auth Rev Neighborhood Trans, Ser A (NATL Insd) | 5.500 | % | 04/15/16 | $ | 2,063,860 | |||||||
7,748,642 | ||||||||||||||
South Carolina 2.1% | ||||||||||||||
1,000 | Kershaw Cnty, SC Pub Sch Fndtn Installment Pwr Rev Kershaw Cnty Sch Dist Proj (CIFG Insd) | 5.000 | 12/01/22 | 1,007,210 | ||||||||||
1,065 | Lexington, SC Wtr & Swr Rev & Impt Comb Rfdg, Ser A (NATL Insd) | 5.000 | 04/01/14 | 1,107,110 | ||||||||||
1,000 | Piedmont Muni Pwr Agy SC Elec Rev, Ser A-2 | 5.000 | 01/01/24 | 928,350 | ||||||||||
500 | South Carolina Jobs Econ Dev Auth Hlthcare Fac Rev First Mtg Lutheran Homes Rfdg | 5.000 | 05/01/12 | 478,315 | ||||||||||
135 | South Carolina Jobs Econ Dev Auth Hlthcare Fac Rev First Mtg Lutheran Homes Rfdg | 5.125 | 05/01/13 | 124,393 | ||||||||||
770 | Tobacco Settlement Rev Mgmt Auth SC Tob Settlement Rev Rfdg | 5.000 | 06/01/18 | 737,537 | ||||||||||
4,382,915 | ||||||||||||||
Tennessee 1.9% | ||||||||||||||
370 | Chattanooga, TN Hlth Ed Hsg Fac CDFI Phase I LLC Proj Rfdg, Ser A | 5.000 | 10/01/15 | 330,366 | ||||||||||
700 | Franklin, TN Spl Sch Dist Cap Apprec (FSA Insd) | * | 06/01/15 | 577,640 | ||||||||||
1,000 | Gatlinburg, TN Pub Bldg Auth Rfdg (AMBAC Insd) | 5.750 | 12/01/11 | 1,097,620 | ||||||||||
500 | Shelby Cnty, TN Hlth Ed & Hsg Fac Brd Rev Trezevant Manor Proj, Ser A | 5.250 | 09/01/16 | 416,260 | ||||||||||
1,000 | Shelby Cnty, TN Hlth Edl & Hsg Fac Brd Rev, Ser C | 5.250 | 06/01/18 | 976,840 | ||||||||||
700 | Sullivan Cnty, TN Hlth Edl & Hsg Fac Brd Hosp Rev Wellmont Hlth Sys Proj, Ser C | 5.000 | 09/01/22 | 472,899 | ||||||||||
3,871,625 | ||||||||||||||
Texas 10.4% | ||||||||||||||
1,000 | Alliance Arpt Auth Inc TX Spl Fac Rev FedEx Corp Proj Rfdg (AMT) | 4.850 | 04/01/21 | 793,040 | ||||||||||
1,500 | Austin, TX Wtr & Wastewater Sys Rev Austin Wtr & Swr, Ser A | 5.000 | 11/15/24 | 1,560,510 | ||||||||||
225 | Dallas Cnty, TX Flood Ctl Dist Rfdg | 6.750 | 04/01/16 | 221,139 | ||||||||||
1,500 | Dallas, TX Civic Ctr Rfdg & Impt (AGL Insd) | 5.000 | 08/15/18 | 1,595,460 | ||||||||||
500 | Dallas-Fort Worth, TX Intl Arpt Rev Jt, Ser C (NATL Insd) (AMT) | 5.750 | 11/01/18 | 498,405 | ||||||||||
500 | Dallas-Fort Worth, TX Intl Arpt Rev Jt, Ser C (NATL Insd) (AMT) | 6.000 | 11/01/23 | 500,110 | ||||||||||
500 | Harris Cnty, TX Hlth Fac Dev Corp Hosp Rev Rfdg Mem Hermann Hlthcare Sys, Ser B | 7.000 | 12/01/27 | 527,770 | ||||||||||
1,000 | Harris Cnty, TX Hlth Fac Dev Corp Rev Christus Hlth, Ser A-4 (FSA Insd) (a) (b) | 3.500 | 07/01/31 | 1,000,000 | ||||||||||
1,000 | Harris Cnty, TX Hlth Fac Dev Corp Rev Christus Hlth, Ser A-5 (FSA Insd) (a) (b) | 2.039 | 07/01/36 | 1,000,000 | ||||||||||
500 | Hidalgo Cnty, TX Hlth Svc Mission Hosp Inc Proj | 5.000 | 08/15/13 | 470,420 |
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Par | ||||||||||||||
Amount | ||||||||||||||
(000) | Description | Coupon | Maturity | Value | ||||||||||
Texas (Continued) | ||||||||||||||
$ | 350 | Hidalgo Cnty, TX Hlth Svc Mission Hosp Inc Proj | 5.000 | % | 08/15/19 | $ | 291,781 | |||||||
500 | Hopkins Cnty, TX Hosp Dist Hosp Rev | 5.500 | 02/15/23 | 388,790 | ||||||||||
250 | Lufkin, TX Hlth Fac Dev Corp Hlth Sys Rev Mem East Texas | 5.125 | 02/15/22 | 181,802 | ||||||||||
500 | Mesquite, TX Hlth Fac Dev Retirement Christian Care | 5.000 | 02/15/15 | 421,885 | ||||||||||
400 | Mission, TX Econ Dev Corp Solid Waste Disp Rev Allied Waste Inc Proj A (AMT) | 5.200 | 04/01/18 | 347,556 | ||||||||||
500 | Mission, TX Econ Dev Corp Solid Waste Disp Rev Waste Mgmt Inc Proj (AMT) (b) | 6.000 | 08/01/20 | 478,030 | ||||||||||
500 | North TX Twy Auth Rev Sys First Tier Put Rfdg, Ser L-2 (b) | 6.000 | 01/01/38 | 528,580 | ||||||||||
1,000 | North TX Twy Auth Rev Sys First Tier Rfdg, Ser A | 6.000 | 01/01/23 | 1,049,840 | ||||||||||
1,000 | Spring, TX Indpt Sch Dist Sch House (PSF Gtd) | 5.000 | 08/15/24 | 1,062,040 | ||||||||||
500 | Tarrant Cnty, TX Cultural Ed Fac Fin Corp Buckner Retirement Svc Inc Proj | 5.000 | 11/15/17 | 476,875 | ||||||||||
1,000 | Tarrant Cnty, TX Cultural Ed Fac Fin Corp Hosp Rev Rfdg Baylor Hlthcare Sys Proj | 5.750 | 11/15/24 | 1,015,060 | ||||||||||
2,000 | Tarrant Cnty, TX Cultural Ed Fac Fin Corp Rev Christus Hlth Rfdg, Ser A (AGL Insd) | 5.750 | 07/01/18 | 2,189,680 | ||||||||||
2,000 | Texas St Transn Commn Rev First Tier, Ser A | 5.000 | 04/01/20 | 2,169,320 | ||||||||||
3,000 | Texas Transn Commn Cent TX Tpk Sys Rev Rfdg First Tier Put (b) | 5.000 | 08/15/42 | 3,010,200 | ||||||||||
21,778,293 | ||||||||||||||
Virginia 1.1% | ||||||||||||||
1,000 | Tobacco Settlement Fin Corp VA Asset Bkd | 5.250 | 06/01/19 | 1,052,710 | ||||||||||
1,000 | Washington Cnty, VA Indl Dev Auth Hosp Fac Rev Mtn St Hlth Alliance, Ser C | 7.250 | 07/01/19 | 986,730 | ||||||||||
250 | White Oak Vlg Shops VA Cmnty Dev Auth Spl Assmt Rev | 5.300 | 03/01/17 | 206,005 | ||||||||||
2,245,445 | ||||||||||||||
Washington 3.0% | ||||||||||||||
175 | Kalispel Tribe Indians Priority Dist WA Rev | 6.200 | 01/01/16 | 151,585 | ||||||||||
1,725 | Seattle, WA Muni Lt & Pwr Rev Rfdg & Impt | 5.750 | 04/01/23 | 1,896,085 | ||||||||||
1,000 | Tes Pptys Washington | 5.000 | 12/01/24 | 990,290 | ||||||||||
3,000 | Washington St, Ser A (FSA Insd) | 5.000 | 07/01/20 | 3,194,700 | ||||||||||
6,232,660 | ||||||||||||||
West Virginia 0.3% | ||||||||||||||
250 | Ohio Cnty, WV Cnty Commn Tax Increment Rev Fort Henry Ctr Fin Dist, Ser A | 5.625 | 06/01/22 | 194,745 | ||||||||||
500 | West Virginia St Hosp Fin Auth Hosp Rev Thomas Hlth Sys | 6.000 | 10/01/20 | 435,050 | ||||||||||
629,795 | ||||||||||||||
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(000) | Description | Coupon | Maturity | Value | ||||||||||
Wisconsin 1.7% | ||||||||||||||
$ | 1,370 | Superior, WI Collateralized Util Rev Superior Wtr Lt & Pwr Proj Rfdg, Ser A (AMT) | 5.375 | % | 11/01/21 | $ | 1,181,050 | |||||||
1,875 | Wisconsin Hsg & Econ Dev Auth Home Ownership Rev, Ser A (AMT) | 5.300 | 09/01/23 | 1,874,905 | ||||||||||
500 | Wisconsin St Hlth & Ed Fac Beaver Dam Cmnty Hosp Inc, Ser A | 5.500 | 08/15/14 | 451,575 | ||||||||||
3,507,530 | ||||||||||||||
Wyoming 0.5% | ||||||||||||||
1,000 | Wyoming Muni Pwr Agy Pwr Supply, Ser A | 5.375 | 01/01/25 | 1,004,760 | ||||||||||
Total Long-Term Investments 99.4% (Cost $210,643,240) | 207,206,365 | |||||||||||||
Total Short-Term Investments 2.8% (Cost $5,750,000) | 5,750,000 | |||||||||||||
Total Investments 102.2% (Cost $216,393,240) | 212,956,365 | |||||||||||||
Liability for Floating Rate Note Obligations Related to Securities Held (2.1%) (Cost ($4,275,000)) | ||||||||||||||
(4,275 | ) | Notes with interest rates ranging from 0.36% to 0.49% at March 31, 2009 and contractual maturities of collateral ranging from 2023 to 2025 (see Note 1) (h) | (4,275,000 | ) | ||||||||||
Total Net Investments 100.1% (Cost $212,118,240) | 208,681,365 | |||||||||||||
Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets (0.1%) | (158,228 | ) | ||||||||||||
Net Assets 100.0% | $ | 208,523,137 | ||||||||||||
Percentages are calculated as a percentage of net assets.
* | Zero coupon bond | |
(a) | Security includes a feature allowing the Fund an option on any interest rate payment date to offer the security for sale at par. The sale is contingent upon market conditions. | |
(b) | Variable Rate Coupon | |
(c) | 144A-Private Placement security which is exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. This security may only be resold in transactions exempt from registration which are normally those transactions with qualified institutional buyers. | |
(d) | Underlying security related to Inverse Floaters entered into by the Fund. See Note 1. |
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(e) | Security purchased on a when-issued or delayed delivery basis. | |
(f) | Security is restricted and may be resold only in transactions exempt from registration which are normally those transactions with qualified institutional buyers. Restricted securities comprise 0.5% of net assets. | |
(g) | Escrowed to Maturity | |
(h) | Floating rate notes. The interest rates shown reflect the rates in effect at March 31, 2009. |
AGL—Assured Guaranty Ltd.
AMBAC—AMBAC Indemnity Corp.
AMT—Alternative Minimum Tax
BHAC—Berkshire Hathaway Assurance Corp.
CIFG—CDC IXIS Financial Guaranty
FHA—Federal Housing Administration
FSA—Financial Security Assurance Inc.
GTY AGMT—Guarantee Agreement
NATL—National Public Finance Guarantee Corp.
MBIA—Municipal Bond Investors Assurance Corp.
PSF—Public School Fund
Radian—Radian Asset Assurance
Syncora—Syncora Guarantee, Inc.
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Financial Statements
Statement of Assets and Liabilities
March 31, 2009 (Unaudited)
Assets: | ||||||
Total Investments (Cost $216,393,240) | $ | 212,956,365 | ||||
Receivables: | ||||||
Interest | 2,744,183 | |||||
Investments Sold | 2,145,466 | |||||
Fund Shares Sold | 878,223 | |||||
Other | 99,742 | |||||
Total Assets | 218,823,979 | |||||
Liabilities: | ||||||
Payables: | ||||||
Floating Rate Note Obligations | 4,275,000 | |||||
Investments Purchased | 2,941,439 | |||||
Custodian Bank | 2,009,177 | |||||
Fund Shares Repurchased | 487,020 | |||||
Income Distributions | 172,460 | |||||
Distributor and Affiliates | 71,761 | |||||
Investment Advisory Fee | 69,198 | |||||
Trustees’ Deferred Compensation and Retirement Plans | 185,674 | |||||
Accrued Expenses | 89,113 | |||||
Total Liabilities | 10,300,842 | |||||
Net Assets | $ | 208,523,137 | ||||
Net Assets Consist of: | ||||||
Capital (Par value of $0.01 per share with an unlimited number of shares authorized) | $ | 212,644,078 | ||||
Accumulated Undistributed Net Investment Income | 200,187 | |||||
Accumulated Net Realized Loss | (884,253 | ) | ||||
Net Unrealized Depreciation | (3,436,875 | ) | ||||
Net Assets | $ | 208,523,137 | ||||
Maximum Offering Price Per Share: | ||||||
Class A Shares: | ||||||
Net asset value and redemption price per share (Based on net assets of $167,631,806 and 16,789,329 shares of beneficial interest issued and outstanding) | $ | 9.98 | ||||
Maximum sales charge (4.75%* of offering price) | 0.50 | |||||
Maximum offering price to public | $ | 10.48 | ||||
Class B Shares: | ||||||
Net asset value and offering price per share (Based on net assets of $11,940,397 and 1,178,680 shares of beneficial interest issued and outstanding) | $ | 10.13 | ||||
Class C Shares: | ||||||
Net asset value and offering price per share (Based on net assets of $27,375,327 and 2,745,226 shares of beneficial interest issued and outstanding) | $ | 9.97 | ||||
Class I Shares: | ||||||
Net asset value and offering price per share (Based on net assets of $1,575,607 and 157,892 shares of beneficial interest issued and outstanding) | $ | 9.98 | ||||
* | On sales of $100,000 or more, the sales charge will be reduced. |
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Statement of Operations
For the Six Months Ended March 31, 2009 (Unaudited)
Investment Income: | ||||||
Interest | $ | 4,331,630 | ||||
Expenses: | ||||||
Investment Advisory Fee | 422,876 | |||||
Distribution (12b-1) and Service Fees | ||||||
Class A | 169,148 | |||||
Class B | 33,325 | |||||
Class C | 109,728 | |||||
Accounting and Administrative Expenses | 51,800 | |||||
Registration Fees | 50,231 | |||||
Transfer Agent Fees | 38,261 | |||||
Professional Fees | 36,782 | |||||
Interest and Residual Trust Expenses | 25,616 | |||||
Reports to Shareholders | 21,439 | |||||
Trustees’ Fees and Related Expenses | 15,089 | |||||
Custody | 9,717 | |||||
Other | 7,943 | |||||
Total Expenses | 991,955 | |||||
Expense Reduction | 84,575 | |||||
Less Credits Earned on Cash Balances | 17 | |||||
Net Expenses | 907,363 | |||||
Net Investment Income | $ | 3,424,267 | ||||
Realized and Unrealized Gain/Loss: | ||||||
Net Realized Loss | $ | (878,790 | ) | |||
Unrealized Appreciation/Depreciation: | ||||||
Beginning of the Period | (5,024,429 | ) | ||||
End of the Period | (3,436,875 | ) | ||||
Net Unrealized Appreciation During the Period | 1,587,554 | |||||
Net Realized and Unrealized Gain | $ | 708,764 | ||||
Net Increase in Net Assets From Operations | $ | 4,133,031 | ||||
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Statements of Changes in Net Assets (Unaudited)
For The | For The | |||||||
Six Months Ended | Year Ended | |||||||
March 31, 2009 | September 30, 2008 | |||||||
From Investment Activities: | ||||||||
Operations: | ||||||||
Net Investment Income | $ | 3,424,267 | $ | 4,534,710 | ||||
Net Realized Gain/Loss | (878,790 | ) | 77,603 | |||||
Net Unrealized Appreciation/Depreciation During the Period | 1,587,554 | (6,916,918 | ) | |||||
Change in Net Assets from Operations | 4,133,031 | (2,304,605 | ) | |||||
Distributions from Net Investment Income: | ||||||||
Class A Shares | (3,039,513 | ) | (3,525,581 | ) | ||||
Class B Shares | (211,744 | ) | (378,779 | ) | ||||
Class C Shares | (408,953 | ) | (437,480 | ) | ||||
Class I Shares | (27,829 | ) | (22,448 | ) | ||||
Total Distributions | (3,688,039 | ) | (4,364,288 | ) | ||||
Net Change in Net Assets from Investment Activities | 444,992 | (6,668,893 | ) | |||||
From Capital Transactions: | ||||||||
Proceeds from Shares Sold | 113,342,119 | 74,551,458 | ||||||
Net Asset Value of Shares Issued Through Dividend Reinvestment | 2,748,772 | 3,384,884 | ||||||
Cost of Shares Repurchased | (41,497,231 | ) | (43,527,174 | ) | ||||
Net Change in Net Assets from Capital Transactions | 74,593,660 | 34,409,168 | ||||||
Total Increase in Net Assets | 75,038,652 | 27,740,275 | ||||||
Net Assets: | ||||||||
Beginning of the Period | 133,484,485 | 105,744,210 | ||||||
End of the Period (Including accumulated undistributed net investment income of $200,187 and $463,959, respectively) | $ | 208,523,137 | $ | 133,484,485 | ||||
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The following schedule presents financial highlights for one share of the Fund outstanding throughout the periods indicated.
Six Months | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ended | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
March 31, | Year Ended September 30, | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Class A Shares | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | ||||||||||||||||||
Net Asset Value, Beginning of the Period | $ | 10.05 | $ | 10.59 | $ | 10.68 | $ | 10.69 | $ | 10.72 | $ | 10.76 | ||||||||||||
Net Investment Income | 0.20 | (a) | 0.41 | (a) | 0.38 | (a) | 0.37 | (a) | 0.36 | 0.37 | ||||||||||||||
Net Realized and Unrealized Gain/Loss | (0.05 | ) | (0.55 | ) | (0.10 | ) | 0.04 | (0.01 | ) | 0.04 | ||||||||||||||
Total from Investment Operations | 0.15 | (0.14 | ) | 0.28 | 0.41 | 0.35 | 0.41 | |||||||||||||||||
Less: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Distributions from Net Investment Income | 0.22 | 0.40 | 0.37 | 0.37 | 0.37 | 0.37 | ||||||||||||||||||
Distributions from Net Realized Gain | -0- | -0- | -0- | 0.05 | 0.01 | 0.08 | ||||||||||||||||||
Total Distributions | 0.22 | 0.40 | 0.37 | 0.42 | 0.38 | 0.45 | ||||||||||||||||||
Net Asset Value, End of the Period | $ | 9.98 | $ | 10.05 | $ | 10.59 | $ | 10.68 | $ | 10.69 | $ | 10.72 | ||||||||||||
Total Return* (b) | 1.54% | ** | –1.42% | 2.63% | 3.91% | 3.31% | 3.84% | |||||||||||||||||
Net Assets at End of the Period (In millions) | $ | 167.6 | $ | 103.7 | $ | 81.4 | $ | 79.4 | $ | 88.2 | $ | 76.5 | ||||||||||||
Ratio of Expenses to Average Net Assets* | 0.95% | 1.00% | 0.98% | 0.99% | 0.99% | 0.93% | ||||||||||||||||||
Ratio of Net Investment Income to Average Net Assets* | 4.17% | 3.95% | 3.54% | 3.46% | 3.32% | 3.50% | ||||||||||||||||||
Portfolio Turnover | 14% | ** | 61% | 11% | 21% | 34% | 60% | |||||||||||||||||
Supplemental Ratio: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ratio of Expenses to Average Net Assets (Excluding Interest and Residual Trust Expenses)* | 0.92% | 0.95% | 0.98% | 0.99% | 0.99% | 0.93% | ||||||||||||||||||
* If certain expenses had not been voluntarily assumed by Van Kampen, total return would have been lower and the ratios would have been as follows: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ratio of Expenses to Average Net Assets | 1.05% | 1.10% | 1.08% | 1.09% | 1.09% | 1.03% | ||||||||||||||||||
Ratio of Net Investment Income to Average Net Assets | 4.07% | 3.85% | 3.44% | 3.36% | 3.22% | 3.40% | ||||||||||||||||||
Supplemental Ratio: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ratio of Expenses to Average Net Assets (Excluding Interest and Residual Trust Expenses) | 1.02% | 1.06% | 1.08% | 1.09% | 1.09% | 1.03% |
(a) | Based on average shares outstanding. | |
(b) | Assumes reinvestment of all distributions for the period and does not include payment of the maximum sales charge of 4.75% or contingent deferred sales charge (CDSC). On purchases of $1 million or more, a CDSC of 1% may be imposed on certain redemptions made within eighteen months of purchase. If the sales charges were included, total returns would be lower. These returns include combined Rule 12b-1 fees and service fees of up to .25% and do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares. | |
** | Non-Annualized |
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Six Months | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ended | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
March 31, | Year Ended September 30, | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Class B Shares | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | ||||||||||||||||||
Net Asset Value, Beginning of the Period | $ | 10.19 | $ | 10.73 | $ | 10.82 | $ | 10.82 | $ | 10.75 | $ | 10.78 | ||||||||||||
Net Investment Income | 0.19 | (a) | 0.41 | (a) | 0.38 | (a) | 0.39 | (a) | 0.40 | 0.30 | ||||||||||||||
Net Realized and Unrealized Gain/Loss | (0.05 | ) | (0.56 | ) | (0.10 | ) | 0.04 | (0.03 | ) | 0.04 | ||||||||||||||
Total from Investment Operations | 0.14 | (0.15 | ) | 0.28 | 0.43 | 0.37 | 0.34 | |||||||||||||||||
Less: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Distributions from Net Investment Income | 0.20 | 0.39 | 0.37 | 0.38 | 0.29 | 0.29 | ||||||||||||||||||
Distributions from Net Realized Gain | -0- | -0- | -0- | 0.05 | 0.01 | 0.08 | ||||||||||||||||||
Total Distributions | 0.20 | 0.39 | 0.37 | 0.43 | 0.30 | 0.37 | ||||||||||||||||||
Net Asset Value, End of the Period | $ | 10.13 | $ | 10.19 | $ | 10.73 | $ | 10.82 | $ | 10.82 | $ | 10.75 | ||||||||||||
Total Return* (b) | 1.40% | (c)** | –1.45% | (c) | 2.59% | (c) | 4.13% | (c) | 3.47% | (c) | 3.15% | (c) | ||||||||||||
Net Assets at End of the Period (In millions) | $ | 11.9 | $ | 10.5 | $ | 11.1 | $ | 14.6 | $ | 16.9 | $ | 20.3 | ||||||||||||
Ratio of Expenses to Average Net Assets* | 1.33% | (c) | 1.05% | (c) | 0.98% | (c) | 0.78% | (c) | 0.82% | (c) | 1.67% | (c) | ||||||||||||
Ratio of Net Investment Income to Average Net Assets* | 3.83% | (c) | 3.87% | (c) | 3.55% | (c) | 3.67% | (c) | 3.51% | (c) | 2.76% | (c) | ||||||||||||
Portfolio Turnover | 14% | ** | 61% | 11% | 21% | 34% | 60% | |||||||||||||||||
Supplemental Ratio: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ratio of Expenses to Average Net Assets (Excluding Interest and Residual Trust Expenses)* | 1.30% | (c) | 1.00% | (c) | 0.98% | (c) | 0.78% | (c) | 0.82% | (c) | 1.67% | (c) | ||||||||||||
* If certain expenses had not been voluntarily assumed by Van Kampen, total return would have been lower and the ratios would have been as follows: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ratio of Expenses to Average Net Assets | 1.43% | (c) | 1.15% | (c) | 1.08% | (c) | 0.88% | (c) | 0.92% | (c) | 1.77% | (c) | ||||||||||||
Ratio of Net Investment Income to Average Net Assets | 3.73% | (c) | 3.77% | (c) | 3.45% | (c) | 3.57% | (c) | 3.41% | (c) | 2.66% | (c) | ||||||||||||
Supplemental Ratio: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ratio of Expenses to Average Net Assets (Excluding Interest and Residual Trust Expenses) | 1.40% | (c) | 1.11% | (c) | 1.08% | (c) | 0.88% | (c) | 0.92% | (c) | 1.77% | (c) |
(a) | Based on average shares outstanding. | |
(b) | Assumes reinvestment of all distributions for the period and does not include payment of the maximum CDSC of 4%, charged on certain redemptions made within the first and second year of purchase and declining to 0% after the fifth year. If the sales charge was included, total returns would be lower. These returns include combined Rule 12b-1 fees and service fees of up to 1% and do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares. | |
(c) | The Total Return, Ratio of Expenses to Average Net Assets and Ratio of Net Investment Income to Average Net Assets reflect actual 12b-1 fees of less than 1% (See footnote 7). | |
** | Non-Annualized |
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Six Months | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ended | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
March 31, | Year Ended September 30, | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Class C Shares | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | ||||||||||||||||||
Net Asset Value, Beginning of the Period | $ | 10.03 | $ | 10.57 | $ | 10.66 | $ | 10.68 | $ | 10.70 | $ | 10.73 | ||||||||||||
Net Investment Income | 0.17 | (a) | 0.33 | (a) | 0.30 | (a) | 0.29 | (a) | 0.29 | 0.30 | ||||||||||||||
Net Realized and Unrealized Gain/Loss | (0.05 | ) | (0.55 | ) | (0.10 | ) | 0.03 | (0.01 | ) | 0.04 | ||||||||||||||
Total from Investment Operations | 0.12 | (0.22 | ) | 0.20 | 0.32 | 0.28 | 0.34 | |||||||||||||||||
Less: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Distributions from Net Investment Income | 0.18 | 0.32 | 0.29 | 0.29 | 0.29 | 0.29 | ||||||||||||||||||
Distributions from Net Realized Gain | -0- | -0- | -0- | 0.05 | 0.01 | 0.08 | ||||||||||||||||||
Total Distributions | 0.18 | 0.32 | 0.29 | 0.34 | 0.30 | 0.37 | ||||||||||||||||||
Net Asset Value, End of the Period | $ | 9.97 | $ | 10.03 | $ | 10.57 | $ | 10.66 | $ | 10.68 | $ | 10.70 | ||||||||||||
Total Return* (b) | 1.26% | ** | –2.17% | 1.88% | (c) | 3.04% | 2.64% | (c) | 3.17% | (c) | ||||||||||||||
Net Assets at End of the Period (In millions) | $ | 27.4 | $ | 18.4 | $ | 13.0 | $ | 14.7 | $ | 16.5 | $ | 18.1 | ||||||||||||
Ratio of Expenses to Average Net Assets* | 1.70% | 1.75% | 1.72% | (c) | 1.74% | 1.64% | (c) | 1.66% | (c) | |||||||||||||||
Ratio of Net Investment Income to Average Net Assets* | 3.42% | 3.20% | 2.81% | (c) | 2.71% | 2.69% | (c) | 2.77% | (c) | |||||||||||||||
Portfolio Turnover | 14% | ** | 61% | 11% | 21% | 34% | 60% | |||||||||||||||||
Supplemental Ratio: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ratio of Expenses to Average Net Assets (Excluding Interest and Residual Trust Expenses)* | 1.67% | 1.70% | 1.72% | (c) | 1.74% | 1.64% | (c) | 1.66% | (c) | |||||||||||||||
* If certain expenses had not been voluntarily assumed by Van Kampen, total return would have been lower and the ratios would have been as follows: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ratio of Expenses to Average Net Assets | 1.80% | 1.85% | 1.82% | (c) | 1.84% | 1.74% | (c) | 1.76% | (c) | |||||||||||||||
Ratio of Net Investment Income to Average Net Assets | 3.32% | 3.10% | 2.71% | (c) | 2.61% | 2.59% | (c) | 2.67% | (c) | |||||||||||||||
Supplemental Ratio: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ratio of Expenses to Average Net Assets (Excluding Interest and Residual Trust Expenses) | 1.77% | 1.81% | 1.82% | (c) | 1.84% | 1.74% | (c) | 1.76% | (c) |
(a) | Based on average shares outstanding. | |
(b) | Assumes reinvestment of all distributions for the period and does not include payment of the maximum CDSC of 1%, charged on certain redemptions made within one year of purchase. If the sales charge was included, total returns would be lower. These returns include combined Rule 12b-1 fees and service fees of up to 1% and do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares. | |
(c) | The Total Return, Ratio of Expenses to Average Net Assets and Ratio of Net Investment Income to Average Net Assets reflect actual 12b-1 fees of less than 1% (See footnote 7). | |
** | Non-Annualized |
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The following schedule presents financial highlights for one share of the Fund outstanding throughout the periods indicated.
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Net Asset Value, Beginning of the Period | $ | 10.04 | $ | 10.59 | $ | 10.67 | $ | 10.69 | $ | 10.70 | ||||||||||
Net Investment Income | 0.22 | (a) | 0.45 | (a) | 0.40 | (a) | 0.39 | (a) | 0.05 | |||||||||||
Net Realized and Unrealized Gain/Loss | (0.05 | ) | (0.58 | ) | (0.09 | ) | 0.03 | (0.01 | ) | |||||||||||
Total from Investment Operations | 0.17 | (0.13 | ) | 0.31 | 0.42 | 0.04 | ||||||||||||||
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Distributions from Net Investment Income | 0.23 | 0.42 | 0.39 | 0.39 | 0.05 | |||||||||||||||
Distributions from Net Realized Gain | -0- | -0- | -0- | 0.05 | -0- | |||||||||||||||
Total Distributions | 0.23 | 0.42 | 0.39 | 0.44 | 0.05 | |||||||||||||||
Net Asset Value, End of the Period | $ | 9.98 | $ | 10.04 | $ | 10.59 | $ | 10.67 | $ | 10.69 | ||||||||||
Total Return* (b) | 1.78% | ** | –1.27% | 2.98% | 4.08% | 0.38% | ** | |||||||||||||
Net Assets at End of the Period (In millions) | $ | 1.6 | $ | 0.9 | $ | 0.2 | $ | 0.9 | $ | 0.6 | ||||||||||
Ratio of Expenses to Average Net Assets* | 0.70% | 0.73% | 0.72% | 0.72% | 0.77% | |||||||||||||||
Ratio of Net Investment Income to Average Net Assets* | 4.48% | 4.33% | 3.79% | 3.73% | 3.59% | |||||||||||||||
Portfolio Turnover | 14% | ** | 61% | 11% | 21% | 34% | ||||||||||||||
Supplemental Ratio: | ||||||||||||||||||||
Ratio of Expenses to Average Net Assets (Excluding Interest and Residual Trust Expenses)* | 0.67% | 0.69% | 0.72% | 0.72% | 0.77% | |||||||||||||||
* If certain expenses had not been voluntarily assumed by Van Kampen, total return would have been lower and the ratios would have been as follows: | ||||||||||||||||||||
Ratio of Expenses to Average Net Assets | 0.80% | 0.83% | 0.82% | 0.82% | 0.87% | |||||||||||||||
Ratio of Net Investment Income to Average Net Assets | 4.38% | 4.23% | 3.69% | 3.63% | 3.49% | |||||||||||||||
Supplemental Ratio: | ||||||||||||||||||||
Ratio of Expenses to Average Net Assets (Excluding Interest and Residual Trust Expenses) | 0.77% | 0.79% | 0.82% | 0.82% | 0.87% |
(a) | Based on average shares outstanding. | |
(b) | Assumes reinvestment of all distributions for the period. These returns do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption on Fund shares. | |
** | Non-Annualized |
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Notes to Financial Statements n March 31, 2009 (Unaudited)
1. Significant Accounting Policies
Van Kampen Intermediate Term Municipal Income Fund (the “Fund”) is organized as a series of the Van Kampen Tax Free Trust, a Delaware statutory trust, and is registered as a diversified, open-end management investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”). The Fund’s investment objective is to provide investors with a high level of current income exempt from federal income tax, consistent with preservation of capital. The Fund commenced investment operations on May 28, 1993. The Fund offers Class A Shares, Class B Shares, Class C Shares and Class I Shares. Each class of shares differs by its initial sales load, contingent deferred sales charges, the allocation of class specific expenses and voting rights on matters affecting a single class.
The following is a summary of significant accounting policies consistently followed by the Fund in the preparation of its financial statements. The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
A. Security Valuation Municipal bonds are valued by independent pricing services or dealers using the mean of the bid and asked prices or, in the absence of market quotations, at fair value based upon yield data relating to municipal bonds with similar characteristics and general market conditions. Securities which are not valued by independent pricing services or dealers are valued at fair value using procedures established in good faith by the Board of Trustees. Factors considered in making this determination may include, but are not limited to, information obtained by contacting the issuer, analysts, or the appropriate stock exchange (for exchange-traded securities), analysis of the issuer’s financial statements or other available documents and, if necessary, available information concerning other securities in similar circumstances. Futures contracts are valued at the settlement price established each day on the exchange on which they are traded. Short-term securities with remaining maturities of 60 days or less are valued at amortized cost, which approximates market value.
The Fund adopted Financial Accounting Standards Board Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 157, Fair Value Measurements (FAS 157), effective October 1, 2008. In accordance with FAS 157, fair value is defined as the price that the Fund would receive to sell an investment or pay to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction with an independent buyer in the principal market, or in the absence of a principal market the most advantageous market for the investment or liability. FAS 157 establishes a three-tier hierarchy to distinguish between (1) inputs that reflect the assumptions market participants would use in pricing an asset or liability developed based on market data obtained from sources independent of the reporting entity (observable inputs) and (2) inputs that reflect the reporting entity’s own assumptions about the assumptions market participants would use in pricing an asset or liability developed based on the best information available in the circumstances (unobservable inputs) and to establish classification of fair value measurements for disclosure purposes. Various inputs are used in determining the value of the Fund’s investments. The inputs are summarized in the three broad levels listed below.
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Level 1— | quoted prices in active markets for identical investments |
Level 2— | other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar investments, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, etc.) |
Level 3— | significant unobservable inputs (including the Fund’s own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments) |
The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities.
The following is a summary of the inputs used as of March 31, 2009 in valuing the Fund’s investments carried at value:
Investments in | ||||
Valuation Inputs | Securities | |||
Level 1—Quoted Prices | $ | -0- | ||
Level 2—Other Significant Observable Inputs | 212,956,365 | |||
Level 3—Significant Unobservable Inputs | -0- | |||
Total | $ | 212,956,365 | ||
B. Security Transactions Security transactions are recorded on a trade date basis. Realized gains and losses are determined on an identified cost basis. Legal expenditures that are expected to result in the restructuring of or a plan of reorganization for an investment are recorded as realized losses. The Fund may purchase and sell securities on a “when-issued” or “delayed delivery” basis, with settlement to occur at a later date. The value of the security so purchased is subject to market fluctuations during this period. The Fund will segregate assets with the custodian having an aggregate value at least equal to the amount of the when-issued or delayed delivery purchase commitments until payment is made. At March 31, 2009, the Fund had $2,130,426 of when-issued or delayed delivery purchase commitments.
C. Income and Expenses Interest income is recorded on an accrual basis. Bond premium is amortized and discount is accreted over the expected life of each applicable security. Income and expenses of the Fund are allocated on a pro rata basis to each class of shares, except for distribution and service fees and incremental transfer agency costs which are unique to each class of shares.
D. Federal Income Taxes It is the Fund’s policy to comply with the requirements of Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code applicable to regulated investment companies and to distribute substantially all of its taxable income to its shareholders. Therefore, no provision for federal income taxes is required. Financial Accounting Standards Board Interpretation No. 48, Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes, sets forth a minimum threshold for financial statement recognition of the benefit of a tax position taken or expected to be taken in a tax return. Management has concluded there are no significant uncertain tax positions that would require recognition in the financial statements. If applicable, the Fund recognizes interest accrued related to unrecognized tax benefits in “Interest Expense” and penalties in “Other” expenses on the Statement of Operations. The Fund files tax returns with the U.S. Internal Revenue Service and various states. Generally, each of the tax years in the four year period ended September 30, 2008, remains subject to examination by taxing authorities.
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The Fund intends to utilize provisions of the federal income tax laws which allow it to carry a realized capital loss forward for eight years following the year of the loss and offset these losses against any future realized capital gains. During the current year, the Fund utilized capital losses carried forward of $54,717.
At March 31, 2009, the cost and related gross unrealized appreciation and depreciation were as follows:
Cost of investments for tax purposes | $ | 211,846,425 | ||||
Gross tax unrealized appreciation | $ | 4,511,031 | ||||
Gross tax unrealized depreciation | (7,675,860 | ) | ||||
Net tax unrealized depreciation on investments | $ | (3,164,829 | ) | |||
E. Distribution of Income and Gains The Fund declares daily and pays monthly dividends from net investment income. Net realized gains, if any, are distributed at least annually. Distributions from net realized gains for book purposes may include short-term capital gains and gains on futures transactions. All short-term capital gains and a portion of futures gains are included in ordinary income for tax purposes.
The tax character of distributions paid during the year ended September 30, 2008 was as follows:
Distributions paid from: | ||||
Ordinary income | $ | 978 | ||
Tax-exempt income | 4,342,162 | |||
$ | 4,343,140 | |||
As of September 30, 2008, the components of distributable earnings on a tax basis were as follows:
Undistributed ordinary income | $ | 1,482 | ||
Undistributed tax-exempt income | 757,533 | |||
Undistributed long-term capital gain | 77 |
Net realized gains or losses may differ for financial reporting and tax purposes primarily as a result of gains or losses recognized on securities for tax purposes but not for book.
F. Credits Earned on Cash Balances During the six months ended March 31, 2009, the Fund’s custody fee was reduced by $17 as a result of credits earned on cash balances.
G. Floating Rate Note Obligations Related to Securities Held The Fund enters into transactions in which it transfers to dealer trusts fixed rate bonds in exchange for cash and residual interest in the dealer trusts’ assets and cash flows, which are in the form of inverse floating rate investments. The dealer trusts fund the purchases of the fixed rate bonds by issuing floating rate notes to third parties and allowing the Fund to retain residual interests in the bonds. The Fund enters into shortfall agreements with the dealer trusts, which commit the Fund to pay the dealer trusts, in certain circumstances, the difference between the liquidation value of the fixed rate bonds held by the dealer trusts and the liquidation value of the floating
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rate notes held by third parties, as well as any shortfalls in interest cash flows. The residual interests held by the Fund (inverse floating rate investments) include the right of the Fund (1) to cause the holders of the floating rate notes to tender their notes at par at the next interest rate reset date, and (2) to transfer the municipal bond from the dealer trusts to the Fund, thereby collapsing the dealer trusts. The Fund accounts for the transfer of bonds to the dealer trusts as secured borrowings, with the securities transferred remaining in the Fund’s investments assets, and the related floating rate notes reflected as Fund liabilities under the caption “Floating Rate Note Obligations” on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. The Fund records the interest income from the fixed rate bonds under the caption “Interest” and records the expenses related to floating rate note obligations and any administrative expenses of the dealer trusts under the caption “Interest and Residual Trust Expenses” on the Fund’s Statement of Operations. The notes issued by the dealer trust have interest rates that reset weekly and the floating rate note holders have the option to tender their notes to the dealer trusts for redemption at par at each reset date. At March 31, 2009, Fund investments with a value of $6,803,314 are held by the dealer trusts and serve as collateral for the $4,275,000 in floating rate notes outstanding at that date. Contractual maturities of the floating rate notes and interest rates in effect at March 31, 2009 are presented on the Portfolio of Investments. The average floating rate notes outstanding and average annual interest and fee rate related to residual interests during the six months ended March 31, 2009 were $3,375,727 and 1.52%, respectively.
2. Investment Advisory Agreement and Other Transactions with Affiliates
Under the terms of the Fund’s Investment Advisory Agreement, Van Kampen Asset Management (the “Adviser”) will provide investment advice and facilities to the Fund for an annual fee payable monthly as follows:
Average Daily Net Assets | % Per Annum | |||
First $500 million | .50% | |||
Over $500 million | .45% |
The Fund’s Adviser is currently waiving or reimbursing all or a portion of the Fund’s advisory fees or other expenses. This resulted in net expense ratios of 0.95%, 1.33%, 1.70%, and 0.70% for Classes A, B, C and I Shares, respectively. The fee waivers or expense reimbursements are voluntary and can be discontinued at any time. For the six months ended March 31, 2009, the Adviser waived or reimbursed approximately $84,600 of advisory fees or other expenses.
For the six months ended March 31, 2009, the Fund recognized expenses of approximately $3,500 representing legal services provided by Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, of which a trustee of the Fund is a partner of such firm and he and his law firm provide legal services as legal counsel to the Fund.
Under separate Legal Services, Accounting Services and Chief Compliance Officer (CCO) Employment Agreements, the Adviser provides accounting and legal services and the CCO provides compliance services to the Fund. The costs of these services are allocated to each fund. For the six months ended March 31, 2009, the Fund recognized expenses of approximately $30,400 representing Van Kampen Investments Inc.’s or its affiliates’ (collectively “Van Kampen”) cost of providing accounting and legal services to the Fund, as well as the
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salary, benefits and related costs of the CCO and related support staff paid by Van Kampen. Services provided pursuant to the Legal Services agreement are reported as part of “Professional Fees” on the Statement of Operations. Services provided pursuant to the Accounting Services and CCO Employment agreement are reported as part of “Accounting and Administrative Expenses” on the Statement of Operations.
Van Kampen Investor Services Inc. (VKIS), an affiliate of the Adviser, serves as the shareholder servicing agent for the Fund. For the six months ended March 31, 2009, the Fund recognized expenses of approximately $16,000 representing transfer agency fees paid to VKIS and its affiliates. The transfer agency fees are determined through negotiations with the Fund’s Board of Trustees.
Certain officers and trustees of the Fund are also officers and directors of Van Kampen. The Fund does not compensate its officers or trustees who are also officers of Van Kampen.
The Fund provides deferred compensation and retirement plans for its trustees who are not officers of Van Kampen. Under the deferred compensation plan, trustees may elect to defer all or a portion of their compensation. Amounts deferred are retained by the Fund, and to the extent permitted by the 1940 Act, may be invested in the common shares of those funds selected by the trustees. Investments in such funds of approximately $80,800 are included in “Other” assets on the Statements of Assets and Liabilities at March 31, 2009. Appreciation/depreciation and distributions received from these investments are recorded with an offsetting increase/decrease in the deferred compensation obligation and do not affect the net asset value of the Fund. Benefits under the retirement plan are payable upon retirement for a ten-year period and are based upon each trustee’s years of service to the Fund. The maximum annual benefit per trustee under the plan is $2,500.
For the six months ended March 31, 2009, Van Kampen, as Distributor for the Fund, received commissions on sales of the Fund’s Class A Shares of approximately $61,800 and contingent deferred sales charge (CDSC) on redeemed shares of approximately $10,300. Sales charges do not represent expenses of the Fund.
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3. Capital Transactions
For the six months ended March 31, 2009 and the year ended September 30, 2008, transactions were as follows:
For The | For The | |||||||||||||||||
Six Months Ended | Year Ended | |||||||||||||||||
March 31, 2009 | September 30, 2008 | |||||||||||||||||
Shares | Value | Shares | Value | |||||||||||||||
Sales: | ||||||||||||||||||
Class A | 9,727,624 | $ | 95,474,273 | 5,695,354 | $ | 59,629,064 | ||||||||||||
Class B | 409,935 | 4,102,933 | 365,499 | 3,859,784 | ||||||||||||||
Class C | 1,297,163 | 12,739,015 | 977,211 | 10,211,605 | ||||||||||||||
Class I | 103,756 | 1,025,898 | 81,184 | 851,005 | ||||||||||||||
Total Sales | 11,538,478 | $ | 113,342,119 | 7,119,248 | $ | 74,551,458 | ||||||||||||
Dividend Reinvestment: | ||||||||||||||||||
Class A | 232,173 | $ | 2,296,155 | 274,356 | $ | 2,861,672 | ||||||||||||
Class B | 14,907 | 149,221 | 24,004 | 253,956 | ||||||||||||||
Class C | 28,527 | 281,996 | 23,933 | 248,986 | ||||||||||||||
Class I | 2,163 | 21,400 | 1,950 | 20,270 | ||||||||||||||
Total Dividend Reinvestment | 277,770 | $ | 2,748,772 | 324,243 | $ | 3,384,884 | ||||||||||||
Repurchases: | ||||||||||||||||||
Class A | (3,487,191 | ) | $ | (34,269,947 | ) | (3,341,761 | ) | $ | (35,025,984 | ) | ||||||||
Class B | (278,792 | ) | (2,786,438 | ) | (391,926 | ) | (4,167,529 | ) | ||||||||||
Class C | (416,581 | ) | (4,092,223 | ) | (395,541 | ) | (4,155,245 | ) | ||||||||||
Class I | (35,987 | ) | (348,623 | ) | (17,032 | ) | (178,416 | ) | ||||||||||
Total Repurchases | (4,218,551 | ) | $ | (41,497,231 | (4,146,260 | ) | $ | (43,527,174 | ) | |||||||||
4. Redemption Fee
Until November 3, 2008, the Fund assessed a 2% redemption fee on the proceeds of Fund shares that were redeemed (either by sale or exchange) within seven days of purchase. The redemption fee was paid directly to the Fund and allocated on a pro rata basis to each class of shares. For the six months ended March 31, 2009, the Fund received redemption fees of approximately $4,100 which are reported as part of “Cost of Shares Repurchased” on the Statements of Changes in Net Assets. The per share impact from redemption fees paid to the Fund was less than $0.01. Effective November 3, 2008, the redemption fee is no longer applied.
5. Investment Transactions
During the period, the cost of purchases and proceeds from sales of investments, excluding short-term investments, were $101,859,842 and $22,873,978, respectively.
6. Derivative Financial Instruments
A derivative financial instrument in very general terms refers to a security whose value is “derived” from the value of an underlying asset, reference rate or index.
The Fund may use derivative instruments for a variety of reasons, such as to attempt to protect the Fund against possible changes in the market value of its portfolio, to manage the
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portfolio’s effective yield, maturity and duration, or generate potential gain. All of the Fund’s portfolio holdings, including derivative instruments, are marked to market each day with the change in value reflected in unrealized appreciation/depreciation. Upon disposition, a realized gain or loss is generally recognized.
Summarized below are the different types of derivative financial instruments used by the Fund.
A. Futures Contracts A futures contract is an agreement involving the delivery of a particular asset on a specified future date at an agreed upon price. The Fund generally invests in exchange traded futures contracts on U.S. Treasury Securities and typically closes the contract prior to delivery date. Upon entering into futures contracts, the Fund maintains an amount of cash or liquid securities with a value equal to a percentage of the contract amount with either a futures commission merchant pursuant to rules and regulations promulgated under the 1940 Act, or with its custodian in an account in the broker’s name. This amount is known as initial margin. During the period the futures contract is open, payments are received from or made to the broker based upon changes in the value of the contract (the variation margin). The risk of loss associated with a futures contract is in excess of the variation margin reflected on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. There were no futures transactions entered into during the six months ended March 31, 2009.
B. Inverse Floating Rate Investments The Fund may invest a portion of its assets in inverse floating rate instruments, either through outright purchases of inverse floating rate securities or through the transfer of bonds to a dealer trust in exchange for cash and residual interests in the dealer trust. These investments are typically used by the Fund in seeking to enhance the yield of the portfolio. These instruments typically involve greater risks than a fixed rate municipal bond. In particular, these instruments are acquired through leverage or may have leverage embedded in them and therefore involve many of the risks associated with leverage. Leverage is a speculative technique that may expose the Fund to greater risk and increased costs. Leverage may cause the Fund’s net asset value to be more volatile than if it had not been leveraged because leverage tends to magnify the effect of any increases or decreases in the value of the Fund’s portfolio securities. The use of leverage may also cause the Fund to liquidate portfolio positions when it may not be advantageous to do so in order to satisfy its obligations with respect to inverse floating rate instruments.
7. Distributions and Service Plans
Shares of the Fund are distributed by Van Kampen Funds Inc. (the “Distributor”), an affiliate of the Adviser. The Fund has adopted a distribution plan pursuant to Rule 12b-1 under the 1940 Act, and a service plan (collectively, the “Plans”) for Class A Shares, Class B Shares and Class C Shares to compensate the Distributor for the sale, distribution, shareholder servicing and maintenance of shareholder accounts for these shares. Under the Plans, the Fund will incur annual fees of up to .25% of Class A average daily net assets and up to 1.00% each of Class B and Class C average daily net assets. These fees are accrued daily and paid to the Distributor monthly.
The amount of distribution expenses incurred by the Distributor and not yet reimbursed (“unreimbursed receivable”) was approximately $0 and $31,900 for Class B and Class C Shares, respectively. These amounts may be recovered from future payments under the distribution
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plan or CDSC. To the extent the unreimbursed receivable has been fully recovered, the distribution fee is reduced.
8. Indemnifications
The Fund enters into contracts that contain a variety of indemnifications. The Fund’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown. However, the Fund has not had prior claims or losses pursuant to these contracts and expects the risk of loss to be remote.
9. Accounting Pronouncements
On March 19, 2008, Financial Accounting Standards Board released Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 161, Disclosures about Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities (FAS 161). FAS 161 requires qualitative disclosures about objectives and strategies for using derivatives, quantitative disclosures about fair value amounts of and gains and losses on derivative instruments, and disclosures about credit-risk-related contingent features in derivative agreements. The application of FAS 161 is required for fiscal years and interim periods beginning after November 15, 2008. At this time, management does not believe the adoption of FAS 161 will impact the financial statement amounts; however, additional footnote disclosures may be required about the use of derivative instruments and hedging items.
On April 9, 2009, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued Staff Position No. 157-4, Determining Fair Value When the Volume and Level of Activity for the Asset or Liability Have Significantly Decreased and Identifying Transactions That Are Not Orderly (FSP 157-4). FSP 157-4 provides additional guidance for estimating fair value in accordance with FAS 157 when the volume and level of activity for the assets or liability have significantly decreased. FSP 157-4 also requires additional disaggregation of the current FAS 157 required disclosures. FSP 157-4 is effective for interim and annual reporting periods ending after June 15, 2009, and shall be applied prospectively. At this time, management is evaluating the implications of FSP 157-4 and the impact it will have on the financial statement disclosures.
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Board of Trustees, Officers and Important Addresses
Board of Trustees David C. Arch Jerry D. Choate Rod Dammeyer Linda Hutton Heagy R. Craig Kennedy Howard J Kerr Jack E. Nelson Hugo F. Sonnenschein Wayne W. Whalen* – Chairman Suzanne H. Woolsey Officers Edward C. Wood III President and Principal Executive Officer Kevin Klingert Vice President Stefanie V. Chang Yu Vice President and Secretary John L. Sullivan Chief Compliance Officer Stuart N. Schuldt Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer | Investment Adviser Van Kampen Asset Management 522 Fifth Avenue New York, New York 10036 Distributor Van Kampen Funds Inc. 522 Fifth Avenue New York, New York 10036 Shareholder Servicing Agent Van Kampen Investor Services Inc. P.O. Box 219286 Kansas City, Missouri 64121-9286 Custodian State Street Bank and Trust Company One Lincoln Street Boston, Massachusetts 02111 Legal Counsel Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP 333 West Wacker Drive Chicago, Illinois 60606 Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm Ernst & Young LLP 233 South Wacker Drive Chicago, Illinois 60606 |
* | “Interested persons” of the Fund, as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended. |
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Van Kampen Intermediate Term Municipal Income Fund
An Important Notice Concerning Our
U.S. Privacy Policy
We are required by federal law to provide you with a copy of our Privacy Policy annually.
This Policy applies to current and former individual clients of Van Kampen Investments Inc., Van Kampen Asset Management, Van Kampen Advisors Inc., Van Kampen Funds Inc., Van Kampen Investor Services Inc. and Van Kampen Exchange Corp., as well as current and former individual investors in Van Kampen mutual funds, unit investment trusts, and related companies.
This Policy is not applicable to partnerships, corporations, trusts or other non-individual clients or account holders, nor is this Policy applicable to individuals who are either beneficiaries of a trust for which we serve as trustee or participants in an employee benefit plan administered or advised by us. This Policy is, however, applicable to individuals who select us to be a custodian of securities or assets in individual retirement accounts, 401(k) accounts, 529 Educational Savings Accounts, accounts subject to the Uniform Gifts to Minors Act, or similar accounts. Please note that we may amend this Policy at any time, and will inform you of any changes to this Policy as required by law.
We Respect Your Privacy
We appreciate that you have provided us with your personal financial information and understand your concerns about safeguarding such information. We strive to maintain the privacy of such information while we help you achieve your financial objectives. This Policy describes what nonpublic personal information we collect about you, how we collect it, when we may share it with others, and how others may use it. It discusses the steps you may take to limit our sharing of information about you with affiliated Van Kampen companies (“affiliated companies”). It also discloses how you may limit our affiliates’ use of shared information for marketing purposes. Throughout this Policy, we refer to the nonpublic information that personally identifies you or your accounts as “personal information.”
1. What Personal Information Do We Collect About You?
To better serve you and manage our business, it is important that we collect and maintain accurate information about you. We obtain this information from applications and other forms you submit to us, from your dealings with us, from consumer reporting agencies and from third parties and other sources. For example:
• | We collect information such as your name, address, e-mail address, phone number and account title. |
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• | We may obtain information about account balances, your use of account(s) and the types of products and services you prefer to receive from us through your dealings and transactions with us and other sources. | ||
• | We may obtain information about your creditworthiness and credit history from consumer reporting agencies. | ||
• | We may collect background information from and through third-party vendors to verify representations you have made and to comply with various regulatory requirements. | ||
• | If you interact with us through our public and private Web sites, we may collect information that you provide directly through online communications (such as an e-mail address). We may also collect information about your Internet service provider, your domain name, your computer’s operating system and Web browser, your use of our Web sites and your product and service preferences, through the use of ”cookies.” ”Cookies” recognize your computer each time you return to one of our sites, and help to improve our sites’ content and personalize your experience on our sites by, for example, suggesting offerings that may interest you. Please consult the Terms of Use of these sites for more details on our use of cookies. |
2. When Do We Disclose Personal Information We Collect About You?
To provide you with the products and services you request, to better serve you, to manage our business and as otherwise required or permitted by law, we may disclose personal information we collect about you to other affiliated companies and to nonaffiliated third parties.
A. Information We Disclose to Our Affiliated Companies. In order to manage your account(s) effectively, including servicing and processing your transactions, to let you know about products and services offered by us and affiliated companies, to manage our business, and as otherwise required or permitted by law, we may disclose personal information to other affiliated companies. Offers for products and services from affiliated companies are developed under conditions designed to safeguard your personal information.
B. Information We Disclose to Third Parties. We do not disclose personal information that we collect about you to nonaffiliated third parties except to enable them to provide marketing services on our behalf, to perform joint marketing agreements with other financial institutions, and as otherwise required or permitted by law. For example, some instances where we may disclose information about you to third
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parties include: for servicing and processing transactions, to offer our own products and services, to protect against fraud, for institutional risk control, to respond to judicial process or to perform services on our behalf. When we share personal information with a nonaffiliated third party, they are required to limit their use of personal information to the particular purpose for which it was shared and they are not allowed to share personal information with others except to fulfill that limited purpose.
3. How Do We Protect the Security and Confidentiality of Personal Information We Collect About You?
We maintain physical, electronic and procedural security measures to help safeguard the personal information we collect about you. We have internal policies governing the proper handling of client information. Third parties that provide support or marketing services on our behalf may also receive personal information, and we require them to adhere to confidentiality standards with respect to such information.
4. How Can You Limit the Sharing of Certain Types of Personal Information With Affiliated Companies?
We respect your privacy and offer you choices as to whether we share with affiliated companies personal information that was collected to determine your eligibility for products and services you request (“eligibility information”). Please note that, even if you direct us not to share eligibility information with affiliated companies (“opt-out”), we may still share personal information, including eligibility information, with those companies in circumstances excluded from the opt-out under applicable law, such as to process transactions or to service your account. We may also share certain other types of personal information with affiliated companies—such as your name, address, telephone number, e-mail address and account number(s), and information about your transactions and experiences with us.
5. How Can You Limit the Use of Certain Types of Personal Information by Affiliated Companies for Marketing?
You may limit affiliated companies from marketing their products or services to you based on your personal information that they receive from affiliated companies. This information includes your income, assets and account history. Your choice to limit marketing offers from affiliated companies will apply until you tell us to change your choice.
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If you wish to opt-out of sharing and to limit marketing offers, you may do so by:
• | Calling us at (800) 847-2424 Monday-Friday between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m. (ET) | ||
• | Writing to us at the following address: Van Kampen Privacy Department Harborside Financial Center, Plaza Two, 3rd Floor Jersey City, NJ 07311 |
If you choose to write to us, your written request should include your name, address, telephone number and account number(s) to which the opt-out applies and should not be sent with any other correspondence. In order to process your request, we require that the request be provided by you directly and not through a third party.
If you have previously notified us about your privacy preferences, it is not necessary to do so again unless you decide to change your preferences. Your opt-out preference will remain in effect with respect to this Policy (as it may be amended) until you notify us otherwise in writing. If you have a joint account, your direction for us not to share this information with other affiliated companies and for those affiliated companies not to use your personal information for marketing will be applied to all account holders on that account.
Please understand that if you opt-out, you and any joint account holders may not receive information about affiliated company products and services that could help you manage your financial resources and achieve your investment objectives.
If you hold more than one account with Van Kampen, you may receive multiple privacy policies from us, and would need to follow the directions stated in each particular policy for each account you have with us.
SPECIAL NOTICE TO RESIDENTS OF VERMONT
This section supplements our Policy with respect to our individual clients who have a Vermont address and supersedes anything to the contrary in the above Policy with respect to those clients only.
The State of Vermont requires financial institutions to obtain your consent prior to sharing personal information that they collect about you with affiliated companies and nonaffiliated third parties other than in certain limited circumstances. Except as permitted by law, we will not share personal information we collect about you with nonaffiliated third parties or other affiliated companies unless you provide us with your written consent to share such information (“opt-in”).
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If you wish to receive offers for investment products and services offered by or through other affiliated companies, please notify us in writing at the following address:
Van Kampen Privacy Department Harborside Financial Center, Plaza Two, 3rd Floor Jersey City, NJ 07311 |
Your authorization should include your name, address, telephone number and account number(s) to which the opt-in applies and should not be sent with any other correspondence. In order to process your authorization, we require that the authorization be provided by you directly and not through a third-party.
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Welcome, Shareholder
In this report, you’ll learn about how your investment in Van Kampen New York Tax Free Income Fund performed during the semiannual period. The portfolio management team will provide an overview of the market conditions and discuss some of the factors that affected investment performance during the reporting period. In addition, this report includes the fund’s financial statements and a list of fund investments as of March 31, 2009.
This material must be preceded or accompanied by a Class A, B, and C share prospectus for the fund being offered. The prospectus contains information about the fund, including the investment objectives, risks, charges and expenses. To obtain an additional prospectus, contact your financial advisor or download one at vankampen.com. Please read the prospectus carefully before investing.
Market forecasts provided in this report may not necessarily come to pass. There is no assurance that the fund will achieve its investment objective. The fund is subject to market risk, which is the possibility that the market values of securities owned by the fund will decline and that the value of the fund shares may therefore be less than what you paid for them. Accordingly, you can lose money investing in this fund.
Income may subject certain individuals to the federal Alternative Minimum Tax (AMT).
NOT FDIC INSURED | OFFER NO BANK GUARANTEE | MAY LOSE VALUE | ||||
NOT INSURED BY ANY FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AGENCY | NOT A DEPOSIT | |||||
Performance Summary as of 3/31/09
A Shares | B Shares | C Shares | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
since 7/29/94 | since 7/29/94 | since 7/29/94 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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4.75% | 4.00% | 1.00% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Average Annual | w/o sales | sales | w/o sales | sales | w/o sales | sales | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total Returns | charges | charge | charges | charge | charges | charge | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Since Inception | 4.71 | % | 4.36 | % | 4.29 | % | 4.29 | % | 3.94 | % | 3.94 | % | |||||||||||||||||||||
10-year | 3.15 | 2.66 | 2.53 | 2.53 | 2.40 | 2.40 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
5-year | 0.78 | –0.20 | 0.33 | 0.09 | 0.02 | 0.02 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1-year | –6.54 | –11.00 | –6.50 | –10.06 | –7.25 | –8.14 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
6-month | –1.99 | –6.62 | –1.94 | –5.76 | –2.37 | –3.32 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
30-Day SEC Subsidized Yield | 4.91% | 5.18% | 4.66% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
30-Day SEC Yield | 4.68% | 4.93% | 4.41% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Gross Expense Ratio | 1.14% | 1.90% | 1.89% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Past performance is no guarantee of future results, and current performance may be lower or higher than the figures shown. For the most recent month-end performance figures, please visit vankampen.com or speak with your financial advisor. Investment returns and principal value will fluctuate and fund shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Expenses are as of the Fund’s fiscal year end.
Because Class B shares incurred lower expenses under the 12b-1 Plan than did Class A shares for the fiscal period ended March 31, 2009, the total operating expense ratio for Class B shares was lower and, as a result, the performance of Class B shares was higher than that of Class A shares. There can be no assurance that this will continue to occur in the future as the maximum fees payable by Class B shares under the 12b-1 Plan are higher than those payable by Class A shares.
The returns shown in this report do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares. Performance of share classes will vary due to differences in sales charges and expenses. Average annual total return with sales charges includes payment of the maximum sales charge of 4.75 percent for Class A shares, a contingent deferred sales charge of 4.00 percent for Class B shares (in year one and declining to zero after year six), a contingent deferred sales charge of 1.00 percent for Class C shares in year one and combined Rule 12b-1 fees and service fees of up to 0.25 percent for Class A shares and up to 1.00 percent for Class B and C shares. The since inception and 10-year returns for Class B shares reflect its conversion into Class A shares eight years after purchase. Figures shown above assume reinvestment of all dividends and capital gains. The fund’s adviser has waived or reimbursed fees and expenses from time to time; absent such waivers/reimbursements the fund’s returns would have been lower. SEC yield is a calculation for determining the amount of portfolio income, excluding non-income items as prescribed by the SEC. The unsubsidized SEC yields reflect some or all of the expenses that the adviser had voluntarily waived. Yields are subject to change. Periods of less than one year are not annualized.
The Lehman Brother’s Municipal Bond Index, which has been shown in the Fund’s previous shareholder reports and prospectuses, changed its name to Barclays Capital Municipal Bond Index as of November 3, 2008. The Barclays Capital Municipal Bond Index is generally representative of investment-grade, tax-exempt bonds. The Barclays Capital New York Municipal Bond Index tracks the performance of New York issued municipal bonds rated at least Baa or BBB by Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. or Standard & Poor’s Corporation, respectively, and with maturities of 2 years or greater. Indices are unmanaged and do not include any sales charges or fees. Such costs would lower performance. It is not possible to invest directly in an index.
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Fund Report
For the six-month period ended March 31, 2009
Market Conditions
The six months under review can be divided into two distinct periods in terms of municipal market performance. The first of these, the last quarter of 2008, marked one of the worst periods in the history of the municipal bond market as well as the broad financial markets. Extreme risk aversion emerged as investors became skittish following the government takeovers, forced mergers or failures of several venerable financial institutions that began in September. Massive deleveraging and forced selling ensued and tax-exempt bond funds experienced significant outflows as investors fled to the relative safety of Treasury securities and money market funds. These factors pushed municipal bond prices to their cheapest levels in history relative to Treasury bonds.
Not surprisingly in this risk-averse environment, the lower-rated segment of the market underperformed, with high-yield municipal bonds (those rated below triple-B or non-rated issues) returning -21.25 percent for the fourth quarter (as measured by the Barclays Capital High Yield Municipal Bond Index) while triple-B rated issues returned -14.68 percent and triple-A rates issues returned 3.44 percent (as measured by the Barclays Capital Municipal Bond Index).
The first quarter of 2009 was markedly better for municipal bond investors. Credit concerns eased, deleveraging slowed considerably, and investors began to re-enter the market, driving municipal bond prices higher. Yields declined by as much as 80 basis points on the front end of the municipal yield curve during the quarter, while yields on long-maturity issues fell roughly 25 basis points. The rally was accompanied by a narrowing of credit spreads, which helped the high-yield segment of the market to outperform. For the quarter, high-yield municipals returned 7.65 percent, triple-B rated issues returned 7.22 percent and triple-A rated issues returned 3.52 percent.
Although the high-yield segment rebounded nicely in the first three months of 2009, the gains were not enough to offset the losses in the last quarter of 2008. As a result, higher-quality issues outperformed for the overall six-month reporting period. With regard to sectors, performance was largely dependent on credit quality, with the lower-quality industrial development revenue/pollution control revenue (i.e. corporate-backed) and tobacco sectors turning in the worst performance while water and sewer and housing bonds posted the highest returns.
The credit crunch squeezed municipal bond issuance, which declined by nine percent in 2008. As the credit quality of municipal bond issuers crumbled during the year, insured bond volume fell to 18 percent of total issuance, a dramatic decline from the 55 percent average over the past few years. This large increase in uninsured bonds has disrupted many historical measures of value in the municipal bond market. In the first quarter of 2009, issuance rose and was easily
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placed due to robust retail demand. In a significant reversal from the last quarter of 2008, municipal bond funds saw approximately $11 billion in net inflows as investors recognized the historical cheapness of the municipal sector.
The state of New York benefits from its broad-based and wealthy economy and has seen an improvement in its finances and budgetary reserves over the past few years. However, the economic slowdown and concerns on Wall Street, as well as the volatility in the financial markets, will pose challenges for the state over the next year. We continue to monitor the state’s fiscal position during the financial crisis and will look for opportunities to invest in more stable sectors.
Performance Analysis
All share classes of Van Kampen New York Tax Free Income Fund underperformed the Barclays Capital New York Municipal Bond Index (the “Index”) and the Barclays Capital Municipal Bond Index for the six months ended March 31, 2009, assuming no deduction of applicable sales charges.
Total returns for the six-month period ended March 31, 2009
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Class A | Class B | Class C | Bond Index | Index | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
–1.99 | % | –1.94 | % | –2.37 | % | 5.07 | % | 5.00 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||||
The performance for the three share classes varies because each has different expenses. The Fund’s total return figures assume the reinvestment of all distributions, but do not reflect the deduction of any applicable sales charges. Such costs would lower performance. Past performance is no guarantee of future results. See Performance Summary for standardized performance information and index definitions.
Because Class B shares incurred lower expenses under the 12b-1 Plan than did Class A shares for the six months ended March 31, 2009, the total operating expense ratio for Class B shares was lower and, as a result, the performance of Class B shares was higher than that of Class A shares. There can be no assurance that this will continue to occur in the future as the maximum fees payable by Class B shares under the 12b-1 Plan are higher than those payable by Class A shares.
The primary detractors from the Fund’s performance included holdings in triple-B and non-rated municipal bonds. The Fund maintained an overweight allocation in these issues relative to the Index (which does not include non-rated securities), which hindered performance as the lower-quality segment of the market underperformed the higher-quality segment for the overall reporting period. With regard to sectors, the Fund’s overweights relative to the Index in the health care and life care sectors also detracted from returns. Additionally, a hospital holding within the health care sector, held in the form of an inverse floating-rate security*, also detracted from relative performance. An overweight in low-coupon, long-maturity tobacco bonds hindered returns as spreads in the sector widened over the course of the period.
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Other positions, however, were additive to relative performance for the period. In particular, an overweight in single-and multi-family housing bonds helped enhance returns as these issues rallied in the first months of 2009. The Fund held an overweight in high-quality state-appropriated bonds that also performed well, significantly outpacing lower-quality issues during the period. A large overweight in high-quality higher education bonds also served the portfolio well during the period.
There is no guarantee that any sectors mentioned will continue to perform as discussed herein or that securities in such sectors will be held by the Fund in the future.
*An inverse floating-rate security, or “inverse floater”, is a variable rate security whose coupon rate changes in the opposite direction from the change in the reference rate used to calculate the coupon rate.
Ratings Allocation as of 3/31/09 (Unaudited) | ||||
AAA/Aaa | 17.4 | % | ||
AA/Aa | 37.4 | |||
A/A | 17.7 | |||
BBB/Baa | 14.4 | |||
BB/Ba | 4.6 | |||
Non-Rated | 8.5 | |||
Top 5 Sectors as of 3/31/09 (Unaudited) | ||||
Hospital | 17.7 | % | ||
Higher Education | 11.5 | |||
Student Housing | 8.4 | |||
Water & Sewer | 8.1 | |||
General Purpose | 8.0 |
Subject to change daily. Provided for informational purposes only and should not be deemed as a recommendation to buy or sell the securities mentioned or securities in the industries shown above. Ratings allocations and Top Five sectors percentages are as a percentage of total investments. Van Kampen is a wholly owned subsidiary of a global securities firm which is engaged in a wide range of financial services including, for example, securities trading and brokerage activities, investment banking, research and analysis, financing and financial advisory services. Ratings allocations based upon ratings as issued by Standard & Poor’s and Moody’s, respectively.
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For More Information About Portfolio Holdings
Each Van Kampen fund provides a complete schedule of portfolio holdings in its semiannual and annual reports within 60 days of the end of the fund’s second and fourth fiscal quarters. The semiannual reports and the annual reports are filed electronically with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Form N-CSRS and Form N-CSR, respectively. Van Kampen also delivers the semiannual and annual reports to fund shareholders, and makes these reports available on its public Web site, www.vankampen.com. In addition to the semiannual and annual reports that Van Kampen delivers to shareholders and makes available through the Van Kampen public Web site, each fund files a complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the SEC for the fund’s first and third fiscal quarters on Form N-Q. Van Kampen does not deliver the reports for the first and third fiscal quarters to shareholders, nor are the reports posted to the Van Kampen public Web site. You may, however, obtain the Form N-Q filings (as well as the Form N-CSR and N-CSRS filings) by accessing the SEC’s Web site, http://www.sec.gov. You may also review and copy them at the SEC’s Public Reference Room in Washington, DC. Information on the operation of the SEC’s Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling the SEC at (800) SEC-0330. You can also request copies of these materials, upon payment of a duplicating fee, by electronic request at the SEC’s email address (publicinfo@sec.gov) or by writing the Public Reference section of the SEC, Washington, DC 20549-0102.
You may obtain copies of a fund’s fiscal quarter filings by contacting Van Kampen Client Relations at (800) 847-2424.
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Householding Notice
To reduce Fund expenses, the Fund attempts to eliminate duplicate mailings to the same address. The Fund delivers a single copy of certain shareholder documents to investors who share an address, even if the accounts are registered under different names. The Fund’s prospectuses and shareholder reports (including annual privacy notices) will be delivered to you in this manner indefinitely unless you instruct us otherwise. You can request multiple copies of these documents by either calling (800) 341-2911 or writing to Van Kampen Investor Services at P.O. Box 219286, Kansas City, MO 64121-9286. Once Investor Services has received your instructions, we will begin sending individual copies for each account within 30 days.
Proxy Voting Policy and Procedures and Proxy Voting Record
You may obtain a copy of the Fund’s Proxy Voting Policy and Procedures without charge, upon request, by calling toll free (800) 847-2424 or by visiting our Web site at www.vankampen.com. It is also available on the Securities and Exchange Commission’s Web site at http://www.sec.gov.
You may obtain information regarding how the Fund voted proxies relating to portfolio securities during the most recent twelve-month period ended June 30 without charge by visiting our Web site at www.vankampen.com. This information is also available on the Securities and Exchange Commission’s Web site at http://www.sec.gov.
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Expense Example
As a shareholder of the Fund, you incur two types of costs: (1) transaction costs, including sales charges (loads) on purchase payments of Class A Shares and contingent deferred sales charges on redemptions of Class B and Class C Shares; and (2) ongoing costs, including management fees; distribution and service (12b-1) fees; and other Fund expenses. This example is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds.
The example is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period 10/1/08 - 3/31/09.
Actual Expense
The first line of the table below provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in this line, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the first line under the heading entitled “Expenses Paid During Period” to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during this period.
Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes
The second line of the table below provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the Fund’s actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the Fund’s actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You may use this information to compare the ongoing cost of investing in the Fund and other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of the other funds.
Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only and do not reflect any transactional costs, such as sales charges (loads) or contingent deferred sales charges. Therefore, the second line of the table is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. In addition, if these transactional costs were included, your costs would have been higher.
Beginning | Ending | Expenses Paid | ||||||||||
Account Value | Account Value | During Period* | ||||||||||
10/1/08 | 3/31/09 | 10/1/08-3/31/09 | ||||||||||
Class A | ||||||||||||
Actual | $ | 1,000.00 | $ | 980.08 | $ | 4.20 | ||||||
Hypothetical | 1,000.00 | 1,020.69 | 4.28 | |||||||||
(5% annual return before expenses) | ||||||||||||
Class B | ||||||||||||
Actual | 1,000.00 | 980.61 | 3.46 | |||||||||
Hypothetical | 1,000.00 | 1,021.44 | 3.53 | |||||||||
(5% annual return before expenses) | ||||||||||||
Class C | ||||||||||||
Actual | 1,000.00 | 976.35 | 7.88 | |||||||||
Hypothetical | 1,000.00 | 1,016.95 | 8.05 | |||||||||
(5% annual return before expenses) |
* | Expenses are equal to the Fund’s annualized expense ratio of 0.85%, 0.70%, and 1.60% for Class A, B, and C Shares, respectively, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 182/365 (to reflect the one-half year period). These expense ratios reflect an expense waiver. The expense ratios for Class B Shares and Class C Shares reflect actual 12b-1 fees of less than 1%. |
Assumes all dividends and distributions were reinvested.
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The following table shows what expenses a shareholder would have paid, excluding interest and residual trust expenses.
Beginning | Ending | Expenses Paid | ||||||||||
Account Value | Account Value | During Period* | ||||||||||
10/1/08 | 3/31/09 | 10/1/08-3/31/09 | ||||||||||
Class A | ||||||||||||
Actual | $ | 1,000.00 | $ | 980.08 | $ | 3.80 | ||||||
Hypothetical | 1,000.00 | 1,021.09 | 3.88 | |||||||||
(5% annual return before expenses) | ||||||||||||
Class B | ||||||||||||
Actual | 1,000.00 | 980.61 | 3.06 | |||||||||
Hypothetical | 1,000.00 | 1,021.84 | 3.13 | |||||||||
(5% annual return before expenses) | ||||||||||||
Class C | ||||||||||||
Actual | 1,000.00 | 976.35 | 7.49 | |||||||||
Hypothetical | 1,000.00 | 1,017.35 | 7.64 | |||||||||
(5% annual return before expenses) |
* | Expenses are equal to the Fund’s annualized expense ratio of 0.77%, 0.62%, and 1.52% for Class A, B, and C Shares, respectively, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 182/365 (to reflect the one-half year period). These expense ratios reflect an expense waiver. The expense ratios for Class B Shares and Class C Shares reflect actual 12b-1 fees of less than 1%. |
Assumes all dividends and distributions were reinvested.
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Van Kampen New York Tax Free Income Fund
Portfolio of Investments n March 31, 2009 (Unaudited)
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Amount | ||||||||||||||
(000) | Description | Coupon | Maturity | Value | ||||||||||
Municipal Bonds 100.1% New York 98.1% | ||||||||||||||
$ | 2,000 | Albany, NY Indl Dev Agy Civic Fac Rev Albany Law Sch Univ, Ser A | 5.000 | % | 07/01/31 | $ | 1,505,460 | |||||||
600 | Albany, NY Indl Dev Agy Civic Fac Rev Saint Peters Hosp Proj, Ser A | 5.250 | 11/15/32 | 448,116 | ||||||||||
400 | Albany, NY Indl Dev Agy Civic Fac Rev Saint Peters Hosp Proj, Ser D | 5.750 | 11/15/27 | 341,532 | ||||||||||
1,290 | Albany, NY Indl Dev Agy Indl Dev Rev Albany College of Pharmacy, Ser A | 5.625 | 12/01/34 | 906,535 | ||||||||||
1,200 | Broome Cnty, NY Indl Dev Agy Good Shepard Vlg, Ser A | 6.875 | 07/01/40 | 850,128 | ||||||||||
395 | Dutchess Cnty, NY Indl Dev Agy Civic Fac Rev Elant Fishkill Inc, Ser A | 5.250 | 01/01/37 | 216,025 | ||||||||||
1,000 | East Rochester, NY Hsg Auth Rev Sr Living Woodland Vlg Proj Rfdg | 5.500 | 08/01/33 | 614,800 | ||||||||||
1,250 | Erie Cnty, NY Indl Dev Agy Sch Fac Rev City of Buffalo Proj (FSA Insd) | 5.750 | 05/01/21 | 1,287,350 | ||||||||||
1,000 | Erie Cnty, NY Tob Asset Sec Corp, Ser A | 5.000 | 06/01/45 | 596,940 | ||||||||||
1,530 | Hempstead Town, NY Indl Dev Adelphi Univ Civic Fac | 5.000 | 10/01/35 | 1,390,296 | ||||||||||
1,250 | Hempstead Town, NY Indl Dev Adelphi Univ Civic Fac | 5.750 | 06/01/22 | 1,280,687 | ||||||||||
1,290 | Islip, NY Res Recovery Agy Res 1985 Fac, Ser E (FSA Insd) (AMT) | 5.750 | 07/01/22 | 1,297,933 | ||||||||||
1,000 | Livingston Cnty, NY Indl Dev Agy Civic Fac Rev Nicholas H Noyes Mem Hosp | 6.000 | 07/01/30 | 659,300 | ||||||||||
700 | Long Island Pwr Auth NY Elec Sys Rev, Ser A | 5.000 | 04/01/23 | 699,300 | ||||||||||
750 | Long Island Pwr Auth NY Elec Sys Rev, Ser A (AMBAC Insd) | 5.000 | 09/01/34 | 697,980 | ||||||||||
1,000 | Madison Cnty, NY Indl Dev Agy Civic Fac Rev Colgate Univ Proj, Ser A (AMBAC Insd) | 5.000 | 07/01/35 | 953,570 | ||||||||||
750 | Metropolitan Trans Auth NY Rev Rfdg, Ser A (AMBAC Insd) | 5.500 | 11/15/19 | 767,572 | ||||||||||
1,000 | Metropolitan Trans Auth NY Svc Contract Rfdg, Ser A | 5.125 | 01/01/29 | 958,570 | ||||||||||
1,000 | Monroe Cnty, NY Indl Dev Agy Nazareth College Rochester Proj (NATL Insd) | 5.250 | 10/01/21 | 1,006,340 | ||||||||||
1,320 | Montgomery Cnty, NY Indl Dev Agy Lease Rev HFM Boces, Ser A (Syncora Gtd) | 5.000 | 07/01/34 | 1,029,098 | ||||||||||
2,000 | Nassau Cnty, NY Indl Dev Agy Continuing Care Retirement Amsterdam at Harbor side, Ser A | 6.700 | 01/01/43 | 1,523,860 | ||||||||||
1,500 | New York City Hlth & Hosp Corp Rev Hlth Sys, Ser A (FSA Insd) | 5.500 | 02/15/18 | 1,569,735 | ||||||||||
1,000 | New York City Hlth & Hosp Corp Rev Hlth Sys, Ser A (FSA Insd) | 5.500 | 02/15/19 | 1,040,710 | ||||||||||
2,000 | New York City Hsg Dev Corp Multi-Family Hsg Rev, Ser B1 (AMT) | 5.150 | 11/01/37 | 1,814,320 |
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(000) | Description | Coupon | Maturity | Value | ||||||||||
New York (Continued) | ||||||||||||||
$ | 750 | New York City Hsg Dev Corp Multi-Family Hsg Rev, Ser E1 (AMT) | 5.350 | % | 11/01/37 | $ | 691,373 | |||||||
1,000 | New York City Hsg Dev Corp Multi-Family Hsg Rev, Ser K (AMT) | 5.000 | 11/01/37 | 882,610 | ||||||||||
1,000 | New York City Hsg Dev Corp, Ser A (AMT) | 5.500 | 11/01/34 | 922,730 | ||||||||||
1,000 | New York City Indl Dev Agy Civic Fac Rev Polytechnic Univ Proj (ACA Insd) | 5.250 | 11/01/37 | 742,530 | ||||||||||
1,405 | New York City Indl Dev Agy Fac Rev Royal Charter-NY Presbyterian (FSA Insd) | 5.375 | 12/15/16 | 1,536,368 | ||||||||||
500 | New York City Indl Dev Agy Rev Liberty 7 World Trade Ctr, Ser A | 6.250 | 03/01/15 | 419,580 | ||||||||||
500 | New York City Indl Dev Agy Rev Liberty 7 World Trade Ctr, Ser A | 6.500 | 03/01/35 | 342,095 | ||||||||||
1,125 | New York City Indl Dev Agy Rev Liberty Iac/Interactive Corp | 5.000 | 09/01/35 | 682,493 | ||||||||||
1,000 | New York City Indl Dev Agy Rev Queens Baseball Stadium-Pilot (AGL Insd) | 6.500 | 01/01/46 | 1,078,890 | ||||||||||
2,000 | New York City Indl Dev Agy Spl Fac Rev Term One Group Assn Proj (AMT) (a) | 5.500 | 01/01/20 | 1,790,380 | ||||||||||
1,000 | New York City Muni Fin Auth Wrt & Swr Sys Rev, Ser FF-2 | 5.500 | 06/15/40 | 1,029,430 | ||||||||||
4,000 | New York City Muni Fin Auth Wtr & Swr Sys Rev Ser D (b) | 5.000 | 06/15/37 | 3,893,600 | ||||||||||
500 | New York City Muni Wtr Fin, Ser B | 6.000 | 06/15/33 | 532,550 | ||||||||||
1,500 | New York City, Ser A | 5.500 | 08/01/20 | 1,556,745 | ||||||||||
1,000 | New York City, Ser F1 | 5.500 | 11/15/28 | 1,021,660 | ||||||||||
500 | New York City Transitional Cultural Res Rev Amern Museum Nat History Rfdg, Ser A (NATL Insd) | 5.000 | 07/01/44 | 470,830 | ||||||||||
500 | New York City Transitional Fin Auth Bldg Aid Rev Fiscal 2009, Ser S-3 | 5.250 | 01/15/39 | 470,605 | ||||||||||
1,025 | New York City Transitional Future Tax Secd, Ser B | 5.500 | 02/01/15 | 1,097,457 | ||||||||||
750 | New York Liberty Dev Corp Rev Natl Sports Museum Proj, Ser A (Acquired 08/07/06, Cost $750,000) (d) (e) (f) | 6.125 | 02/15/19 | 750 | ||||||||||
2,000 | New York St Dorm Auth Rev Catholic Hlth L.I. Oblig Group | 5.000 | 07/01/27 | 1,524,160 | ||||||||||
1,000 | New York St Dorm Auth Rev City Univ Cons Third, Ser 1 (FGIC Insd) | 5.250 | 07/01/25 | 1,004,600 | ||||||||||
1,230 | New York St Dorm Auth Rev City Univ Rfdg, Ser D (FSA Insd) | 5.750 | 07/01/12 | 1,293,566 | ||||||||||
650 | New York St Dorm Auth Rev City Univ Sys Cons, Ser A | 5.625 | 07/01/16 | 708,097 | ||||||||||
1,000 | New York St Dorm Auth Rev City Univ Sys Cons, Ser B | 6.000 | 07/01/14 | 1,068,020 | ||||||||||
1,890 | New York St Dorm Auth Rev Dept Ed | 5.250 | 07/01/21 | 1,981,136 | ||||||||||
1,000 | New York St Dorm Auth Rev Insd Brooklyn Law Sch, Ser B (Syncora Gtd) | 5.375 | 07/01/23 | 1,000,290 |
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(000) | Description | Coupon | Maturity | Value | ||||||||||
New York (Continued) | ||||||||||||||
$ | 1,040 | New York St Dorm Auth Rev Insd NY St Rehab Assn, Ser A (AMBAC Insd) | 5.500 | % | 07/01/15 | $ | 1,128,795 | |||||||
1,250 | New York St Dorm Auth Rev Mem Sloan Kettering Cancer (NATL Insd) | 5.500 | 07/01/23 | 1,348,863 | ||||||||||
1,200 | New York St Dorm Auth Rev Miriam Osborn Mem Home, Ser B (ACA Insd) | 6.375 | 07/01/29 | 975,612 | ||||||||||
1,000 | New York St Dorm Auth Rev Non New York Univ, Ser C | 5.000 | 07/01/38 | 967,110 | ||||||||||
1,500 | New York St Dorm Auth Rev Non Sch Dist Fin Prog, Ser B (FSA Insd) | 5.000 | 04/01/36 | 1,454,625 | ||||||||||
2,000 | New York St Dorm Auth Rev Non St Supported Debt Cornell Univ, Ser C | 7.500 | 04/01/39 | 2,310,880 | ||||||||||
1,000 | New York St Dorm Auth Rev Non St Supported Debt L.I. Jewish, Ser A | 5.000 | 11/01/34 | 844,170 | ||||||||||
1,000 | New York St Dorm Auth Rev Non St Supported Debt L.I. Jewish, Ser A | 5.000 | 11/01/26 | 915,070 | ||||||||||
365 | New York St Dorm Auth Rev Non St Supported Debt Mental Hlth Svc, Ser B (MBIA Insd) | 5.250 | 08/15/31 | 351,495 | ||||||||||
2,000 | New York St Dorm Auth Rev Non St Supported Debt Mt Sinai NYU Hlth, Ser C | 5.500 | 07/01/26 | 1,843,800 | ||||||||||
1,500 | New York St Dorm Auth Rev Non St Supported Debt NYU Hosp Ctr, Ser A | 5.000 | 07/01/36 | 904,275 | ||||||||||
1,000 | New York St Dorm Auth Rev Non St Supported Debt Orange Reg Med Ctr | 6.500 | 12/01/21 | 857,950 | ||||||||||
2,000 | New York St Dorm Auth Rev Non St Supported Debt Providence Rest (ACA Insd) | 5.250 | 07/01/25 | 1,324,320 | ||||||||||
1,000 | New York St Dorm Auth Rev Sec Hosp North Gen Hosp Rfdg | 5.750 | 02/15/18 | 1,046,290 | ||||||||||
1,000 | New York St Dorm Auth Rev St Lease Univ Dorm Fac, Ser A | 5.000 | 07/01/25 | 1,006,180 | ||||||||||
1,000 | New York St Dorm Auth Rev St Lease Univ Dorm Fac, Ser A | 5.000 | 07/01/26 | 1,000,660 | ||||||||||
2,000 | New York St Dorm Auth Rev St Mental Hlth Svc Fac, Ser C (FSA Insd) (AMT) | 5.250 | 02/15/28 | 1,853,060 | ||||||||||
500 | New York St Dorm Auth Rev St Mental Hlth Svc Fac Impt, Ser A (FSA Insd) | 5.000 | 02/15/27 | 495,310 | ||||||||||
500 | New York St Energy Resh & Dev Auth Gas Fac Rev Brooklyn Union Gas, Ser B (AMT) (c) | 11.275 | 07/01/26 | 500,655 | ||||||||||
1,000 | New York St Environmental Fac Corp St Clean Wtr & Drinking Revolving Fd Pooled Fin Pgm, Ser I | 5.250 | 09/15/19 | 1,052,220 | ||||||||||
1,000 | New York St Environmental Fac Corp St Clean Wtr & Drinking, Ser A | 5.000 | 06/15/34 | 976,120 | ||||||||||
620 | New York St Mtg Agy Rev, Ser 82 (AMT) | 5.650 | 04/01/30 | 585,044 | ||||||||||
1,000 | New York St Twy Auth Second, Gen Hwy & Brdg Tr Fd, Ser B | 5.000 | 04/01/25 | 1,002,100 | ||||||||||
500 | New York St Urban Dev Corp Rev Correctional Fac Rfdg, Ser A | 5.500 | 01/01/14 | 529,655 |
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Amount | ||||||||||||||
(000) | Description | Coupon | Maturity | Value | ||||||||||
New York (Continued) | ||||||||||||||
$ | 220 | Oneida Cnty, NY Indl Dev Agy Civic Fac Saint Elizabeth Med, Ser A | 5.875 | % | 12/01/29 | $ | 148,790 | |||||||
2,000 | Port Auth NY & NJ Spl Oblig Rev Spl Proj JFK Intl Arpt Term 6 (NATL Insd) (AMT) | 5.750 | 12/01/22 | 1,602,140 | ||||||||||
1,000 | Rensselaer Cnty, NY Indl Dev Agy Indl Dev Rev Franciscan Heights LP Proj, Ser A (AMT) (LOC: JPMorgan Chase Bank) (SONYMA Insd) | 5.375 | 12/01/36 | 866,740 | ||||||||||
1,000 | Rockland Cnty, NY Solid Waste, Ser B (AMBAC Insd) (AMT) | 5.000 | 12/15/23 | 899,500 | ||||||||||
1,250 | Saratoga Cnty, NY Wtr Auth Water Sys | 5.000 | 09/01/38 | 1,208,838 | ||||||||||
1,000 | Seneca Nation Indians Cap Impt Auth NY Spl Oblig, Ser A (g) | 5.000 | 12/01/23 | 637,300 | ||||||||||
1,445 | Suffolk Cnty, NY Indl Dev Agy Civic Fac Rev Eastrn Long Island Hosp Assn (g) | 5.375 | 01/01/27 | 935,811 | ||||||||||
825 | Suffolk Cnty, NY Indl Dev Agy Civic Fac Rev Family Svc League Suffolk Cnty (LOC: | |||||||||||||
Fleet National Bank) | 5.000 | 11/01/34 | 756,302 | |||||||||||
250 | Syracuse, NY Indl Dev Agy Rev First Mtg Jewish Home, Ser A | 7.375 | 03/01/21 | 223,743 | ||||||||||
1,090 | Tsasc, Inc NY, Ser 1 | 5.000 | 06/01/34 | 684,139 | ||||||||||
3,000 | Tsasc, Inc NY, Ser 1 | 5.125 | 06/01/42 | 1,847,760 | ||||||||||
1,000 | Ulster Cnty, NY Res Recovery Agy Solid Waste Sys Rev Rfdg (AMBAC Insd) | 5.250 | 03/01/18 | 1,042,470 | ||||||||||
160 | Upper Mohawk Vly Regl Wtr Fin Auth NY Wtr Sys Rev (AMBAC Insd) | 5.750 | 04/01/20 | 166,933 | ||||||||||
310 | Utica, NY Indl Dev Agy Civic Fac Rev Utica College Proj, Ser A | 5.750 | 08/01/28 | 218,094 | ||||||||||
1,000 | Warren & Washington Cnty, NY Indl Dev Agy Civic Fac Rev Glens Falls Hosp Proj, Ser A (FSA Insd) | 5.000 | 12/01/35 | 851,260 | ||||||||||
500 | Westchester Cnty, NY Indl Dev Agy Mtg Kendal on Hudson Proj, Ser A | 6.375 | 01/01/24 | 388,290 | ||||||||||
1,000 | Westchester Cnty, NY Indl Dev Guiding Eyes For The Blind | 5.375 | 08/01/24 | 844,010 | ||||||||||
2,000 | Westchester Tob Asset Sec Corp NY | 5.125 | 06/01/45 | 1,221,400 | ||||||||||
91,016,481 | ||||||||||||||
Puerto Rico 1.0% | ||||||||||||||
1,000 | Puerto Rico Elec Pwr Auth Rev, Ser WW | 5.500 | 07/01/21 | 933,110 | ||||||||||
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Par | ||||||||||||||
Amount | ||||||||||||||
(000) | Description | Coupon | Maturity | Value | ||||||||||
U.S. Virgin Islands 1.0% | ||||||||||||||
$ | 1,000 | Virgin Islands Pub Fin Auth Rev Gross Rcpt Taxes Ln Nt, Ser A | 6.375 | % | 10/01/19 | $ | 959,080 | |||||||
Total Long-Term Investments 100.1% (Cost $104,968,557) | 92,908,671 | |||||||||||||
Total Short-Term Investments 3.9% (Cost $3,600,000) | 3,600,000 | |||||||||||||
Total Investments 104.0% (Cost $108,568,557) | 96,508,671 | |||||||||||||
Liability for Floating Rate Note Obligations Related to Securities Held (2.9%) (Cost ($2,665,000)) | ||||||||||||||
(2,665 | ) | Note with interest rate of 0.45% at March 31, 2009, and contractual maturity of collateral in 2037 [See Note 1] (h) | (2,665,000 | ) | ||||||||||
Total Net Investments 101.1% (Cost $105,903,557) | 93,843,671 | |||||||||||||
Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets (1.1%) | (1,064,843 | ) | ||||||||||||
Net Assets 100.0% | $ | 92,778,828 | ||||||||||||
Percentages are calculated as a percentage of net assets.
(a) | Variable Rate Coupon | |
(b) | Underlying security related to Inverse Floaters entered into by the Trust. See Note 1. | |
(c) | Inverse Floating Rate. The Interest rate shown reflect the rate in effect at March 31, 2009. | |
(d) | Non-income producing security. | |
(e) | Security is restricted and may be resold only in transactions exempt from registration which are normally those transactions with qualified institutional buyers. Restricted securities comprise less than 0.1% of net assets. | |
(f) | Security has been deemed illiquid. | |
(g) | 144A-Private Placement security which is exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. This security may only be resold in transactions exempt from registration which are normally those transactions with qualified institutional buyers. | |
(h) | Floating Rate Notes. The Interest rate shown reflect the rate in effect at March 31, 2009. |
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ACA—American Capital Access
AGL—Assured Guaranty Ltd.
AMBAC—AMBAC Indemnity Corp.
AMT—Alternative Minimum Tax
FGIC—Financial Guaranty Insurance Co.
FSA—Financial Security Assurance Inc.
LOC—Letter of Credit
MBIA—Municipal Bond Investors Assurance Corp.
NATL—National Public Finance Guarantee Corp.
SONYMA—State of New York Mortgage Agency
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Financial Statements
Statement of Assets and Liabilities
March 31, 2009 (Unaudited)
Assets: | ||||||
Total Investments (Cost $108,568,557) | $ | 96,508,671 | ||||
Receivables: | ||||||
Investments Sold | 2,034,147 | |||||
Interest | 1,567,848 | |||||
Fund Shares Sold | 71,612 | |||||
Other | 71,000 | |||||
Total Assets | 100,253,278 | |||||
Liabilities: | ||||||
Payables: | ||||||
Floating Rate Note Obligations | 2,665,000 | |||||
Custodian Bank | 2,587,652 | |||||
Investments Purchased | 1,661,925 | |||||
Fund Shares Repurchased | 197,178 | |||||
Income Distributions | 97,904 | |||||
Investment Advisory Fee | 17,475 | |||||
Distributor and Affiliates | 994 | |||||
Trustees’ Deferred Compensation and Retirement Plans | 152,325 | |||||
Accrued Expenses | 93,997 | |||||
Total Liabilities | 7,474,450 | |||||
Net Assets | $ | 92,778,828 | ||||
Net Assets Consist of: | ||||||
Capital (Par value of $0.01 per share with an unlimited number of shares authorized) | $ | 108,746,307 | ||||
Accumulated Undistributed Net Investment Income | 227,979 | |||||
Accumulated Net Realized Loss | (4,135,572 | ) | ||||
Net Unrealized Depreciation | (12,059,886 | ) | ||||
Net Assets | $ | 92,778,828 | ||||
Maximum Offering Price Per Share: | ||||||
Class A Shares: | ||||||
Net asset value and redemption price per share (Based on net assets of $64,800,656 and 4,743,759 shares of beneficial interest issued and outstanding) | $ | 13.66 | ||||
Maximum sales charge (4.75%* of offering price) | 0.68 | |||||
Maximum offering price to public | $ | 14.34 | ||||
Class B Shares: | ||||||
Net asset value and offering price per share (Based on net assets of $11,183,706 and 820,338 shares of beneficial interest issued and outstanding) | $ | 13.63 | ||||
Class C Shares: | ||||||
Net asset value and offering price per share (Based on net assets of $16,794,466 and 1,231,001 shares of beneficial interest issued and outstanding) | $ | 13.64 | ||||
* | On Sales of $100,000 or more, the sales charge will be reduced. |
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Statement of Operations
For the Six Months Ended March 31, 2009 (Unaudited)
Investment Income: | ||||||
Interest | $ | 2,901,688 | ||||
Expenses: | ||||||
Investment Advisory Fee | 223,417 | |||||
Distribution (12b-1) and Service Fees | ||||||
Class A | 82,110 | |||||
Class B | 5,880 | |||||
Class C | 82,893 | |||||
Interest and Residual Trust Expenses | 39,292 | |||||
Professional Fees | 32,175 | |||||
Accounting and Administrative Expenses | 30,828 | |||||
Transfer Agent Fees | 28,155 | |||||
Reports to Shareholders | 18,883 | |||||
Trustees’ Fees and Related Expenses | 13,445 | |||||
Custody | 7,950 | |||||
Registration Fees | 5,708 | |||||
Other | 7,087 | |||||
Total Expenses | 577,823 | |||||
Expense Reduction | 118,839 | |||||
Less Credits Earned on Cash Balances | 288 | |||||
Net Expenses | 458,696 | |||||
Net Investment Income | $ | 2,442,992 | ||||
Realized and Unrealized Gain/Loss: | ||||||
Net Realized Loss | $ | (2,523,048 | ) | |||
Unrealized Appreciation/Depreciation: | ||||||
Beginning of the Period | (9,613,994 | ) | ||||
End of the Period | (12,059,886 | ) | ||||
Net Unrealized Depreciation During the Period | (2,445,892 | ) | ||||
Net Realized and Unrealized Loss | $ | (4,968,940 | ) | |||
Net Decrease in Net Assets From Operations | $ | (2,525,948 | ) | |||
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Statements of Changes in Net Assets (Unaudited)
For The | For The | |||||||
Six Months Ended | Year Ended | |||||||
March 31, 2009 | September 30, 2008 | |||||||
From Investment Activities: | ||||||||
Operations: | ||||||||
Net Investment Income | $ | 2,442,992 | $ | 5,120,372 | ||||
Net Realized Loss | (2,523,048 | ) | (1,670,717 | ) | ||||
Net Unrealized Depreciation During the Period | (2,445,892 | ) | (11,103,637 | ) | ||||
Change in Net Assets from Operations | (2,525,948 | ) | (7,653,982 | ) | ||||
Distributions from Net Investment Income: | ||||||||
Class A Shares | (1,736,301 | ) | (3,627,282 | ) | ||||
Class B Shares | (333,308 | ) | (869,093 | ) | ||||
Class C Shares | (379,436 | ) | (745,022 | ) | ||||
(2,449,045 | ) | (5,241,397 | ) | |||||
Distributions from Net Realized Gain: | ||||||||
Class A Shares | -0- | (94,394 | ) | |||||
Class B Shares | -0- | (22,820 | ) | |||||
Class C Shares | -0- | (24,133 | ) | |||||
-0- | (141,347 | ) | ||||||
Total Distributions | (2,449,045 | ) | (5,382,744 | ) | ||||
Net Change in Net Assets from Investment Activities | (4,974,993 | ) | (13,036,726 | ) | ||||
From Capital Transactions: | ||||||||
Proceeds from Shares Sold | 7,527,244 | 28,822,686 | ||||||
Net Asset Value of Shares Issued Through Dividend Reinvestment | 1,816,269 | 3,929,806 | ||||||
Cost of Shares Repurchased | (19,625,503 | ) | (33,364,748 | ) | ||||
Net Change in Net Assets from Capital Transactions | (10,281,990 | ) | (612,256 | ) | ||||
Total Decrease in Net Assets | (15,256,983 | ) | (13,648,982 | ) | ||||
Net Assets: | ||||||||
Beginning of the Period | 108,035,811 | 121,684,793 | ||||||
End of the Period (Including accumulated undistributed net investment income of $227,979 and $234,032, respectively) | $ | 92,778,828 | $ | 108,035,811 | ||||
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Financial Highlights (Unaudited)
The following schedule presents financial highlights for one share of the Fund outstanding throughout the periods indicated.
Six Months | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ended | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
March 31, | Year Ended September 30, | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Class A Shares | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | ||||||||||||||||||
Net Asset Value, Beginning of the Period | $ | 14.31 | $ | 16.01 | $ | 16.47 | $ | 16.67 | $ | 16.60 | $ | 16.40 | ||||||||||||
Net Investment Income | 0.35 | (a) | 0.69 | (a) | 0.67 | (a) | 0.66 | (a) | 0.64 | 0.65 | ||||||||||||||
Net Realized and Unrealized Gain/Loss | (0.64 | ) | (1.66 | ) | (0.43 | ) | 0.11 | 0.06 | 0.17 | |||||||||||||||
Total from Investment Operations | (0.29 | ) | (0.97 | ) | 0.24 | 0.77 | 0.70 | 0.82 | ||||||||||||||||
Less: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Distributions from Net Investment Income | 0.36 | 0.71 | 0.68 | 0.65 | 0.63 | 0.62 | ||||||||||||||||||
Distributions from Net Realized Gain | -0- | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.32 | -0- | -0- | ||||||||||||||||||
Total Distributions | 0.36 | 0.73 | 0.70 | 0.97 | 0.63 | 0.62 | ||||||||||||||||||
Net Asset Value, End of the Period | $ | 13.66 | $ | 14.31 | $ | 16.01 | $ | 16.47 | $ | 16.67 | $ | 16.60 | ||||||||||||
Total Return* (b) | –1.99% | ** | –6.32% | 1.34% | 4.96% | 4.29% | 5.13% | |||||||||||||||||
Net Assets at End of the Period (In millions) | $ | 64.8 | $ | 74.4 | $ | 82.3 | $ | 73.8 | $ | 67.8 | $ | 62.2 | ||||||||||||
Ratio of Expenses to Average Net Assets* | 0.85% | 0.89% | 0.81% | 0.73% | 0.76% | 0.76% | ||||||||||||||||||
Ratio of Net Investment Income to Average Net Assets* | 5.25% | 4.44% | 4.12% | 4.05% | 3.87% | 3.94% | ||||||||||||||||||
Portfolio Turnover | 16% | ** | 34% | 13% | 30% | 41% | 15% | |||||||||||||||||
Supplemental Ratio: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ratio of Expenses to Average Net Assets (Excluding Interest and Residual Trust Expenses)* | 0.77% | 0.73% | 0.72% | 0.73% | 0.76% | 0.76% | ||||||||||||||||||
* If certain expenses had not been voluntarily assumed by Van Kampen, total return would have been lower and the ratios would have been as follows: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ratio of Expenses to Average Net Assets | 1.10% | 1.14% | 1.06% | 0.98% | 1.01% | 1.09% | ||||||||||||||||||
Ratio of Net Investment Income to Average Net Assets | 5.00% | 4.19% | 3.87% | 3.80% | 3.62% | 3.60% | ||||||||||||||||||
Supplemental Ratio: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ratio of Expenses to Average Net Assets (Excluding Interest and Residual Trust Expenses) | 1.02% | 0.98% | 0.97% | 0.98% | 1.01% | 1.09% |
** | Non-Annualized | |
(a) | Based on average shares outstanding. | |
(b) | Assumes reinvestment of all distributions for the period and does not include payment of the maximum sales charge of 4.75% or contingent deferred sales charge (CDSC). On purchases of $1 million or more, a CDSC of 1% may be imposed on certain redemptions made within eighteen months of purchase. If the sales charges were included, total returns would be lower. These returns include combined Rule 12b-1 fees of up to .25% and do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares. |
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March 31, | Year Ended September 30, | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Class B Shares | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | ||||||||||||||||||
Net Asset Value, Beginning of the Period | $ | 14.27 | $ | 15.97 | $ | 16.43 | $ | 16.63 | $ | 16.58 | $ | 16.38 | ||||||||||||
Net Investment Income | 0.36 | (a) | 0.70 | (a) | 0.60 | (a) | 0.54 | (a) | 0.52 | 0.52 | ||||||||||||||
Net Realized and Unrealized Gain/Loss | (0.65 | ) | (1.65 | ) | (0.43 | ) | 0.11 | 0.04 | 0.18 | |||||||||||||||
Total from Investment Operations | (0.29 | ) | (0.95 | ) | 0.17 | 0.65 | 0.56 | 0.70 | ||||||||||||||||
Less: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Distributions from Net Investment Income | 0.35 | 0.73 | 0.61 | 0.53 | 0.51 | 0.50 | ||||||||||||||||||
Distributions from Net Realized Gain | -0- | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.32 | -0- | -0- | ||||||||||||||||||
Total Distributions | 0.35 | 0.75 | 0.63 | 0.85 | 0.51 | 0.50 | ||||||||||||||||||
Net Asset Value, End of the Period | $ | 13.63 | $ | 14.27 | $ | 15.97 | $ | 16.43 | $ | 16.63 | $ | 16.58 | ||||||||||||
Total Return* (b) | –1.94% | (c)** | –6.22% | (c) | 0.95% | (c) | 4.18% | 3.40% | 4.36% | |||||||||||||||
Net Assets at End of the Period (In millions) | $ | 11.2 | $ | 15.0 | $ | 20.5 | $ | 28.6 | $ | 33.9 | $ | 38.6 | ||||||||||||
Ratio of Expenses to Average Net Assets* | 0.70% | (c) | 0.81% | (c) | 1.23% | (c) | 1.48% | 1.51% | 1.51% | |||||||||||||||
Ratio of Net Investment Income to Average Net Assets* | 5.40% | 4.52% | (c) | 3.69% | (c) | 3.30% | 3.12% | 3.19% | ||||||||||||||||
Portfolio Turnover | 16% | ** | 34% | 13% | 30% | 41% | 15% | |||||||||||||||||
Supplemental Ratio: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ratio of Expenses to Average Net Assets (Excluding Interest and Residual Trust Expenses)* | 0.62% | (c) | 0.65% | (c) | 1.14% | (c) | 1.48% | 1.51% | 1.51% | |||||||||||||||
* If certain expenses had not been voluntarily assumed by Van Kampen, total return would have been lower and the ratios would have been as follows: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ratio of Expenses to Average Net Assets | 0.95% | (c) | 1.06% | (c) | 1.48% | (c) | 1.73% | 1.76% | 1.84% | |||||||||||||||
Ratio of Net Investment Income to Average Net Assets | 5.15% | (c) | 4.27% | (c) | 3.44% | (c) | 3.05% | 2.87% | 2.85% | |||||||||||||||
Supplemental Ratio: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ratio of Expenses to Average Net Assets (Excluding Interest and Residual Trust Expenses) | 0.87% | (c) | 0.90% | (c) | 1.39% | (c) | 1.73% | 1.76% | 1.84% |
** | Non-Annualized | |
(a) | Based on average shares outstanding. | |
(b) | Assumes reinvestment of all distributions for the period and does not include payment of the maximum CDSC of 4%, charged on certain redemptions made within one year of purchase and declining to 0% after the sixth year. If the sales charge was included, total returns would be lower. These returns include combined Rule 12b-1 fees of up to 1% and do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares. | |
(c) | The Total Return, Ratio of Expenses to Average Net Assets and Ratio of Net Investment Income to Average Net Assets reflect actual 12b-1 fees of less than 1% (See Footnote 7). |
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The following schedule presents financial highlights for one share of the Fund outstanding throughout the periods indicated.
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Class C Shares | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | ||||||||||||||||||
Net Asset Value, Beginning of the Period | $ | 14.29 | $ | 15.99 | $ | 16.45 | $ | 16.65 | $ | 16.59 | $ | 16.39 | ||||||||||||
Net Investment Income | 0.30 | (a) | 0.58 | (a) | 0.55 | (a) | 0.54 | (a) | 0.52 | 0.52 | ||||||||||||||
Net Realized and Unrealized Gain/Loss | (0.65 | ) | (1.67 | ) | (0.43 | ) | 0.11 | 0.05 | 0.18 | |||||||||||||||
Total from Investment Operations | (0.35 | ) | (1.09 | ) | 0.12 | 0.65 | 0.57 | 0.70 | ||||||||||||||||
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Distributions from Net Investment Income | 0.30 | 0.59 | 0.56 | 0.53 | 0.51 | 0.50 | ||||||||||||||||||
Distributions from Net Realized Gain | -0- | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.32 | -0- | -0- | ||||||||||||||||||
Total Distributions | 0.30 | 0.61 | 0.58 | 0.85 | 0.51 | 0.50 | ||||||||||||||||||
Net Asset Value, End of the Period | $ | 13.64 | $ | 14.29 | $ | 15.99 | $ | 16.45 | $ | 16.65 | $ | 16.59 | ||||||||||||
Total Return* (b) | –2.37% | (c)** | –7.04% | 0.66% | (c) | 4.14% | (c) | 3.46% | (c) | 4.36% | ||||||||||||||
Net Assets at End of the Period (In millions) | $ | 16.8 | $ | 18.6 | $ | 18.9 | $ | 17.4 | $ | 18.1 | $ | 17.5 | ||||||||||||
Ratio of Expenses to Average Net Assets* | 1.60% | (c) | 1.64% | 1.55% | (c) | 1.46% | (c) | 1.47% | (c) | 1.51% | ||||||||||||||
Ratio of Net Investment Income to Average Net Assets* | 4.51% | (c) | 3.70% | 3.37% | (c) | 3.32% | (c) | 3.14% | (c) | 3.19% | ||||||||||||||
Portfolio Turnover | 16% | ** | 34% | 13% | 30% | 41% | 15% | |||||||||||||||||
Supplemental Ratio: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ratio of Expenses to Average Net Assets (Excluding Interest and Residual Trust Expenses)* | 1.52% | (c) | 1.48% | 1.46% | (c) | 1.46% | (c) | 1.47% | (c) | 1.51% | ||||||||||||||
* If certain expenses had not been voluntarily assumed by Van Kampen, total return would have been lower and the ratios would have been as follows: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ratio of Expenses to Average Net Assets | 1.85% | (c) | 1.89% | 1.80% | (c) | 1.71% | (c) | 1.72% | (c) | 1.84% | ||||||||||||||
Ratio of Net Investment Income to Average Net Assets | 4.26% | (c) | 3.45% | 3.12% | (c) | 3.10% | (c) | 2.89% | (c) | 2.85% | ||||||||||||||
Supplemental Ratio: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ratio of Expenses to Average Net Assets (Excluding Interest and Residual Trust Expenses) | 1.77% | (c) | 1.73% | 1.71% | (c) | 1.71% | (c) | 1.72% | (c) | 1.84% |
** | Non-Annualized | |
(a) | Based on average shares outstanding. | |
(b) | Assumes reinvestment of all distributions for the period and does not include payment of the maximum CDSC of 1% charged on certain redemptions made within one year of purchase. If the sales charge was included, total returns would be lower. These returns include combined Rule 12b-1 fees and service fees of up to 1% and do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares. | |
(c) | The Total Return, Ratio of Expenses to Average Net Assets and Ratio of Net Investment Income to Average Net Assets reflect actual 12b-1 fees of less than 1% (See Footnote 7). |
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Notes to Financial Statements n March 31, 2009 (Unaudited)
1. Significant Accounting Policies
Van Kampen New York Tax Free Income Fund (the “Fund”) is organized as a series of the Van Kampen Tax Free Trust, a Delaware statutory trust, and is registered as a non-diversified, open-end management investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”). The Fund’s investment objective is to provide investors with a high level of current income exempt from federal, New York State and New York City income taxes, consistent with the preservation of capital. The Fund seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing primarily in a portfolio of New York municipal securities that are rated investment grade at the time of purchase. The Fund commenced investment operations on July 29, 1994. The Fund offers Class A Shares, Class B Shares, Class C Shares and Class I Shares. Each class of shares differs by its initial sales load, contingent deferred sales charges, the allocation of class specific expenses and voting rights on matters affecting a single class. As of March 31, 2009, there have been no sales of Class I Shares.
The following is a summary of significant accounting policies consistently followed by the Fund in the preparation of its financial statements. The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
A. Security Valuation Municipal bonds are valued by independent pricing services or dealers using the mean of the bid and asked prices or, in the absence of market quotations, at fair value based upon yield data relating to municipal bonds with similar characteristics and general market conditions. Securities which are not valued by independent pricing services or dealers are valued at fair value using procedures established in good faith by the Board of Trustees. Factors considered in making this determination may include, but are not limited to, information obtained by contacting the issuer, analysts, or the appropriate stock exchange (for exchange-traded securities), analysis of the issuer’s financial statements or other available documents and, if necessary, available information concerning other securities in similar circumstances. Short-term securities with remaining maturities of 60 days or less are valued at amortized cost, which approximates market value.
The Fund adopted Financial Accounting Standards Board Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 157, Fair Value Measurements (FAS 157), effective October 1, 2008. In accordance with FAS 157, fair value is defined as the price that the Fund would receive to sell an investment or pay to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction with an independent buyer in the principal market, or in the absence of a principal market the most advantageous market for the investment or liability. FAS 157 establishes a three-tier hierarchy to distinguish between (1) inputs that reflect the assumptions market participants would use in pricing an asset or liability developed based on market data obtained from sources independent of the reporting entity (observable inputs) and (2) inputs that reflect the reporting entity’s own assumptions about the assumptions market participants would use in pricing an asset or liability developed based on the best information available in the circumstances (unobservable inputs) and to establish classification of fair value measurements for disclosure purposes. Various inputs are used in determining the value of the Fund’s investments. The inputs are summarized in the three broad levels listed below.
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Level 1— | quoted prices in active markets for identical investments |
Level 2—other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar investments, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, etc.)
Level 3— | significant unobservable inputs (including the Fund’s own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments) |
The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities.
The following is a summary of the inputs used as of March 31, 2009 in valuing the Fund’s investments carried at value:
Investments in | ||||
Valuation Inputs | Securities | |||
Level 1—Quoted Prices | $ | -0- | ||
Level 2—Other Significant Observable Inputs | 96,508,671 | |||
Level 3—Significant Unobservable Inputs | -0- | |||
Total | $ | 96,508,671 | ||
B. Security Transactions Security transactions are recorded on a trade date basis. Realized gains and losses are determined on an identified cost basis. The Fund may purchase and sell securities on a “when-issued” or “delayed delivery” basis, with settlement to occur at a later date. The value of the security so purchased is subject to market fluctuations during this period. The Fund will segregate assets with the custodian having an aggregate value at least equal to the amount of the when-issued or delayed delivery purchase commitments until payment is made. At March 31, 2009, there were no when-issued or delayed delivery purchase commitments.
C. Income and Expenses Interest income is recorded on an accrual basis. Bond premium is amortized and discount is accreted over the expected life of each applicable security. Income and expenses of the Fund are allocated on a pro rata basis to each class of shares, except for distribution and service fees and incremental transfer agency costs which are unique to each class of shares.
D. Federal Income Taxes It is the Fund’s policy to comply with the requirements of Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code applicable to regulated investment companies and to distribute substantially all of its taxable income to its shareholders. Therefore, no provision for federal income taxes is required. Financial Accounting Standards Board Interpretation No. 48, Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes, sets forth a minimum threshold for financial statement recognition of the benefit of a tax position taken or expected to be taken in a tax return. Management has concluded there are no significant uncertain tax positions that would require recognition in the financial statements. If applicable, the Fund recognizes interest accrued related to unrecognized tax benefits in “Interest Expense” and penalties in “Other” expenses on the Statement of Operations. The Fund files tax returns with the U.S. Internal Revenue Service and various states. Generally, each of the tax years in the four year period ended September 30, 2008, remains subject to examination by taxing authorities.
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At March 31, 2009, the cost and related gross unrealized appreciation and depreciation are as follows:
Cost of investments for tax purposes | $ | 105,036,860 | ||
Gross tax unrealized appreciation | $ | 1,609,828 | ||
Gross tax unrealized depreciation | (12,803,150 | ) | ||
Net tax unrealized depreciation on investments | $ | (11,193,322 | ) | |
E. Distribution of Income and Gains The Fund declares and pays monthly dividends from net investment income. Net realized gains, if any, are distributed at least annually. Distributions from net realized gains for book purposes may include short-term capital gains and gains on futures transactions. All short-term capital gains and a portion of futures gains are included as ordinary income for tax purposes. The tax character of distributions paid during the year ended September 30, 2008:
Distributions paid from: | ||||
Ordinary income | $ | 1,340 | ||
Tax-exempt income | 5,255,748 | |||
Long-term capital gain | 141,267 | |||
$ | 5,398,355 | |||
As of September 30, 2008, the components of distributable earnings on a tax basis were as follows:
Undistributed ordinary income | $ | 318 | ||
Undistributed tax-exempt income | 498,075 |
Net realized gains or losses may differ for financial reporting and tax purposes primarily as a result of gains or losses recognized on securities for tax purposes but not for book purposes.
F. Credits Earned on Cash Balances During the six months ended March 31, 2009, the Fund’s custody fee was reduced by $288 as a result of credits earned on cash balances.
G. Floating Rate Note Obligations Related to Securities Held The Fund enters into transactions in which it transfers to dealer trusts fixed rate bonds in exchange for cash and residual interests in the dealer trusts’ assets and cash flows, which are in the form of inverse floating rate investments. The dealer trusts fund the purchases of the fixed rate bonds by issuing floating rate notes to third parties and allowing the Fund to retain residual interests in the bonds. The Fund enters into shortfall agreements with the dealer trusts, which commit the Fund to pay the dealer trusts, in certain circumstances, the difference between the liquidation value of the fixed rate bonds held by the dealer trusts and the liquidation value of the floating rate notes held by third parties, as well as any shortfalls in interest cash flows. The residual interests held by the Fund (inverse floating rate investments) include the right of the Fund (1) to cause the holders of the floating rate notes to tender their notes at par at the next interest rate reset date, and (2) to transfer the municipal bond from the dealer trusts to the
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Fund, thereby collapsing the dealer trusts. The Fund accounts for the transfer of bonds to the dealer trusts as secured borrowings, with the securities transferred remaining in the Fund’s investment assets, and the related floating rate notes reflected as Fund liabilities under the caption “Floating Rate Note Obligations” on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. The Fund records the interest income from the fixed rate bonds under the caption “Interest” and records the expenses related to floating rate note obligations and any administrative expenses of the dealer trusts under the caption “Interest and Residual Trust Expenses” on the Fund’s Statement of Operations. The notes issued by the dealer trusts have interest rates that reset weekly and the floating rate note holders have the option to tender their notes to the dealer trusts for redemption at par at each reset date. At March 31, 2009, Fund investments with a value of $3,893,600 are held by the dealer trusts and serve as collateral for the $2,665,000 in floating rate notes outstanding at that date. Contractual maturities of the floating rate notes and interest rates in effect at March 31, 2009 are presented on the Portfolio of Investments. The average floating rate notes outstanding and average annual interest and fee rate related to residual interests during the six months ended March 31, 2009 were $4,216,496 and 1.87%, respectively.
2. Investment Advisory Agreement and Other Transactions with Affiliates
Under the terms of the Fund’s Investment Advisory Agreement, Van Kampen Asset Management (“the Adviser”) will provide investment advice and facilities to the Fund for an annual fee payable monthly as follows:
Average Daily Net Assets | % Per Annum | |||
First $500 million | .470% | |||
Over $500 million | .445% |
The Fund’s Adviser is currently waiving or reimbursing all or a portion of the Fund’s advisory fees or other expenses. This resulted in net expense ratios of 0.85%, 0.70%, and 1.60% for Classes A, B, and C Shares, respectively. The fee waivers or expense reimbursements are voluntary and can be discontinued at any time. For the six months ended March 31, 2009, the Adviser waived or reimbursed approximately $118,800 of advisory fees or other expenses.
For the six months ended March 31, 2009, the Fund recognized expenses of approximately $6,800 representing legal services provided by Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, of which a trustee of the Fund is a partner of such firm and he and his law firm provide legal services as legal counsel to the Fund.
Under separate Legal Services, Accounting Services and Chief Compliance Officer (CCO) Employment agreements, the Adviser provides accounting and legal services and the CCO provides compliance services to the Fund. The costs of these services are allocated to each fund. For the six months ended March 31, 2009, the Fund recognized expenses of approximately $21,800, representing Van Kampen Investments Inc.’s or its affiliates’ (collectively “Van Kampen”) cost of providing accounting and legal services to the Fund, as well as the salary, benefits and related costs of the CCO and related support staff paid by Van Kampen. Services provided pursuant to the Legal Services agreement are reported as part of “Professional Fees” on the Statement of Operations. Services provided pursuant to the Accounting Services and CCO Employment agreement are reported as part of “Accounting and Administrative Expenses” on the Statement of Operations.
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Van Kampen Investor Services Inc. (VKIS), an affiliate of the Adviser, serves as the shareholder servicing agent for the Fund. For the six months ended March 31, 2009, the Fund recognized expenses of approximately $10,900 representing transfer agency fees paid to VKIS and its affiliates. Transfer agency fees are determined through negotiations with the Fund’s Board of Trustees.
Certain officers and trustees of the Fund are also officers and directors of Van Kampen. The Fund does not compensate its officers or trustees who are also officers of Van Kampen.
The Fund provides deferred compensation and retirement plans for its trustees who are not officers of Van Kampen. Under the deferred compensation plan, trustees may elect to defer all or a portion of their compensation. Amounts deferred are retained by the Fund and to the extent permitted by the 1940 Act, may be invested in the common shares of those funds selected by the trustees. Investments in such funds of approximately $50,900 are included in “Other” assets on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities at March 31, 2009. Appreciation/ depreciation and distributions received from these investments are recorded with an offsetting increase/decrease in the deferred compensation obligation and do not affect the net asset value of the Fund. Benefits under the retirement plan are payable upon retirement for a ten-year period and are based upon each trustee’s years of service to the Fund. The maximum annual benefit per trustee under the plan is $2,500.
For the six months ended March 31, 2009, Van Kampen, as Distributor for the Fund, received commissions on sales of the Fund’s Class A Shares of approximately $8,300 and contingent deferred sales charge (CDSC) on redeemed shares of approximately $28,500. Sales charges do not represent expenses of the Fund.
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3. Capital Transactions
For the six months ended March 31, 2009 and the year ended September 30, 2008, transactions were as follows:
For The | For The | |||||||||||||||||
Six Months Ended | Year Ended | |||||||||||||||||
March 31, 2009 | September 30, 2008 | |||||||||||||||||
Shares | Value | Shares | Value | |||||||||||||||
Sales: | ||||||||||||||||||
Class A | 405,416 | $ | 5,450,353 | 1,351,842 | $ | 21,089,271 | ||||||||||||
Class B | 57,199 | 769,898 | 82,949 | 1,295,726 | ||||||||||||||
Class C | 97,838 | 1,306,993 | 411,493 | 6,437,689 | ||||||||||||||
Total Sales | 560,453 | $ | 7,527,244 | 1,846,284 | $ | 28,822,686 | ||||||||||||
Dividend Reinvestment: | ||||||||||||||||||
Class A | 97,184 | $ | 1,306,103 | 177,292 | $ | 2,734,663 | ||||||||||||
Class B | 18,822 | 252,242 | 43,957 | 677,878 | ||||||||||||||
Class C | 19,210 | 257,924 | 33,588 | 517,265 | ||||||||||||||
Total Dividend Reinvestment | 135,216 | $ | 1,816,269 | 254,837 | $ | 3,929,806 | ||||||||||||
Repurchases: | ||||||||||||||||||
Class A | (956,563 | ) | $ | (12,928,171 | ) | (1,468,237 | ) | $ | (22,797,808 | ) | ||||||||
Class B | (308,216 | ) | (4,123,103 | ) | (358,404 | ) | (5,537,790 | ) | ||||||||||
Class C | (190,891 | ) | (2,574,229 | ) | (322,913 | ) | (5,029,150 | ) | ||||||||||
Total Repurchases | (1,455,670 | ) | $ | (19,625,503 | ) | (2,149,554 | ) | $ | (33,364,748 | ) | ||||||||
4. Redemption Fee
Until November 3, 2008, the Fund assessed a 2% redemption fee on the proceeds of Fund shares that were redeemed (either by sale or exchange) within seven days of purchase. The redemption fee was paid directly to the Fund and allocated on a pro rata basis to each class of shares. For the six month ended March 31, 2009, the Fund did not receive any redemption fees. Effective November 3, 2008, the redemption fee is no longer applied.
5. Investment Transactions
During the period, the cost of purchases and proceeds from sales of investments, excluding short-term investments, were $16,038,098 and $32,817,900, respectively.
6. Derivative Financial Instruments
A derivative financial instrument in very general terms refers to a security whose value is “derived” from the value of an underlying asset, reference rate or index.
The Fund may use derivative instruments for a variety of reasons such as to attempt to protect the Fund against possible changes in the market value of its portfolio and to manage the portfolio’s effective maturity and duration. All of the Fund’s portfolio holdings, including derivative instruments, are marked to market each day with the change in value reflected in the unrealized appreciation/depreciation. Upon disposition, a realized gain or loss is generally recognized. Risks may arise as a result of the potential inability of counterparties to meet the terms of their contracts.
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Summarized below are the different types of derivative financial instruments used by the Fund.
A. Futures Contracts The Fund may invest in futures contracts, a type of derivative investment. A futures contract is an agreement involving the delivery of a particular asset on a specified future date at an agreed upon price. The Fund generally invests in exchange traded futures contracts on U.S. Treasury Bonds or Notes and typically closes the contract prior to the delivery date. Upon entering into futures contracts, the Fund maintains an amount of cash or liquid securities with a value equal to a percentage of the contract amount with either a futures commission merchant pursuant to rules and regulations promulgated under the 1940 Act, or with its custodian in an account in the broker’s name. This amount is known as initial margin. During the period the futures contract is open, payments are received from or made to the broker based upon changes in the value of the contract (the variation margin). The risk of loss associated with a futures contract is in excess of the variation margin reflected on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities.
There were no futures transactions entered into during the six month ended March 31, 2009.
B. Inverse Floating Rate Investments The Fund may invest a portion of its assets in inverse floating rate instruments, either through outright purchases of inverse floating rate securities or through the transfer of bonds to a dealer trust in exchange for cash and residual interests in the dealer trust. These investments are typically used by the Fund in seeking to enhance the yield of the portfolio. These instruments typically involve greater risks than a fixed rate municipal bond. In particular, these instruments are acquired through leverage or may have leverage embedded in them and therefore involve many of the risks associated with leverage. Leverage is a speculative technique that may expose the Fund to greater risk and increased costs. Leverage may cause the Fund’s net asset value to be more volatile than if it had not been leveraged because leverage tends to magnify the effect of any increases or decreases in the value of the Fund’s portfolio securities. The use of leverage may also cause the Fund to liquidate portfolio positions when it may not be advantageous to do so in order to satisfy its obligations with respect to inverse floating rate instruments.
7. Distribution and Service Plans
Shares of the Fund are distributed by Van Kampen Funds Inc. (the “Distributor”), an affiliate of the Adviser. The Fund has adopted a distribution plan pursuant to Rule 12b-1 under the 1940 Act and a service plan (collectively, the “Plans”) for Class A Shares, Class B Shares and Class C Shares to compensate the Distributor for the sale, distribution, shareholder servicing and maintenance of shareholder accounts for these shares. Under the Plans, the Fund will incur annual fees of up to .25% of Class A average daily net assets and up to 1.00% each of Class B and Class C average daily net assets. These fees are accrued daily and paid to the Distributor monthly.
All distribution expenses incurred by the Distributor have been reimbursed by the Fund which has resulted in a reduced distribution fee for Class B Shares and Class C Shares. To the extent distribution expenses are incurred by the Distributor in the future, these amounts may be recovered from subsequent payments under the distribution plan or CDSC.
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8. Indemnifications
The Fund enters into contracts that contain a variety of indemnifications. The Fund’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown. However, the Fund has not had prior claims or losses pursuant to these contracts and expects the risk of loss to be remote.
9. Accounting Pronouncements
On March 19, 2008, Financial Accounting Standards Board released Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 161, Disclosures about Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities (FAS 161). FAS 161 requires qualitative disclosures about objectives and strategies for using derivatives, quantitative disclosures about fair value amounts of and gains and losses on derivative instruments, and disclosures about credit-risk-related contingent features in derivative agreements. The application of FAS 161 is required for fiscal years and interim periods beginning after November 15, 2008. At this time, management does not believe the adoption of FAS 161 will impact the financial statement amounts; however, additional footnote disclosures may be required about the use of derivative instruments and hedging items.
On April 9, 2009, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued Staff Position No. 157-4, Determining Fair Value When the Volume and Level of Activity for the Asset or Liability Have Significantly Decreased and Identifying Transactions That Are Not Orderly (FSP 157-4). FSP 157-4 provides additional guidance for estimating fair value in accordance with FAS 157 when the volume and level of activity for the assets or liability have significantly decreased. FSP 157-4 also requires additional disaggregation of the current FAS 157 required disclosures. FSP 157-4 is effective for interim and annual reporting periods ending after June 15, 2009, and shall be applied prospectively. At this time, management is evaluating the implications of FSP 157-4 and the impact it will have on the financial statement disclosures.
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Van Kampen New York Tax Free Income Fund
Board of Trustees, Officers and Important Addresses
Board of Trustees David C. Arch Jerry D. Choate Rod Dammeyer Linda Hutton Heagy R. Craig Kennedy Howard J Kerr Jack E. Nelson Hugo F. Sonnenschein Wayne W. Whalen* – Chairman Suzanne H. Woolsey Officers Edward C. Wood III President and Principal Executive Officer Kevin Klingert Vice President Stefanie V. Chang Yu Vice President and Secretary John L. Sullivan Chief Compliance Officer Stuart N. Schuldt Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer | Investment Adviser Van Kampen Asset Management 522 Fifth Avenue New York, New York 10036 Distributor Van Kampen Funds Inc. 522 Fifth Avenue New York, New York 10036 Shareholder Servicing Agent Van Kampen Investor Services, Inc. P.O. Box 219286 Kansas City, Missouri 64121-9286 Custodian State Street Bank and Trust Company One Lincoln Street Boston, Massachusetts 02111 Legal Counsel Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP 333 West Wacker Drive Chicago, Illinois 60606 Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm Ernst & Young LLP 233 South Wacker Drive Chicago, Illinois 60606 |
* | “Interested persons” of the Fund, as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended. |
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Van Kampen New York Tax Free Income Fund
An Important Notice Concerning Our
U.S. Privacy Policy
We are required by federal law to provide you with a copy of our Privacy Policy annually.
This Policy applies to current and former individual clients of Van Kampen Investments Inc., Van Kampen Asset Management, Van Kampen Advisors Inc., Van Kampen Funds Inc., Van Kampen Investor Services Inc. and Van Kampen Exchange Corp., as well as current and former individual investors in Van Kampen mutual funds, unit investment trusts, and related companies.
This Policy is not applicable to partnerships, corporations, trusts or other non-individual clients or account holders, nor is this Policy applicable to individuals who are either beneficiaries of a trust for which we serve as trustee or participants in an employee benefit plan administered or advised by us. This Policy is, however, applicable to individuals who select us to be a custodian of securities or assets in individual retirement accounts, 401(k) accounts, 529 Educational Savings Accounts, accounts subject to the Uniform Gifts to Minors Act, or similar accounts. Please note that we may amend this Policy at any time, and will inform you of any changes to this Policy as required by law.
We Respect Your Privacy
We appreciate that you have provided us with your personal financial information and understand your concerns about safeguarding such information. We strive to maintain the privacy of such information while we help you achieve your financial objectives. This Policy describes what nonpublic personal information we collect about you, how we collect it, when we may share it with others, and how others may use it. It discusses the steps you may take to limit our sharing of information about you with affiliated Van Kampen companies (“affiliated companies”). It also discloses how you may limit our affiliates’ use of shared information for marketing purposes. Throughout this Policy, we refer to the nonpublic information that personally identifies you or your accounts as “personal information.”
1. What Personal Information Do We Collect About You?
To better serve you and manage our business, it is important that we collect and maintain accurate information about you. We obtain this information from applications and other forms you submit to us, from your dealings with us, from consumer reporting agencies and from third parties and other sources. For example:
• | We collect information such as your name, address, e-mail address, phone number and account title. |
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• | We may obtain information about account balances, your use of account(s) and the types of products and services you prefer to receive from us through your dealings and transactions with us and other sources. | ||
• | We may obtain information about your creditworthiness and credit history from consumer reporting agencies. | ||
• | We may collect background information from and through third-party vendors to verify representations you have made and to comply with various regulatory requirements. | ||
• | If you interact with us through our public and private Web sites, we may collect information that you provide directly through online communications (such as an e-mail address). We may also collect information about your Internet service provider, your domain name, your computer’s operating system and Web browser, your use of our Web sites and your product and service preferences, through the use of ”cookies.” ”Cookies” recognize your computer each time you return to one of our sites, and help to improve our sites’ content and personalize your experience on our sites by, for example, suggesting offerings that may interest you. Please consult the Terms of Use of these sites for more details on our use of cookies. |
2. When Do We Disclose Personal Information We Collect About You?
To provide you with the products and services you request, to better serve you, to manage our business and as otherwise required or permitted by law, we may disclose personal information we collect about you to other affiliated companies and to nonaffiliated third parties.
A. Information We Disclose to Our Affiliated Companies. In order to manage your account(s) effectively, including servicing and processing your transactions, to let you know about products and services offered by us and affiliated companies, to manage our business, and as otherwise required or permitted by law, we may disclose personal information to other affiliated companies. Offers for products and services from affiliated companies are developed under conditions designed to safeguard your personal information.
B. Information We Disclose to Third Parties. We do not disclose personal information that we collect about you to nonaffiliated third parties except to enable them to provide marketing services on our behalf, to perform joint marketing agreements with other financial institutions, and as otherwise required or permitted by law. For example, some instances where we may disclose information about you to third
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parties include: for servicing and processing transactions, to offer our own products and services, to protect against fraud, for institutional risk control, to respond to judicial process or to perform services on our behalf. When we share personal information with a nonaffiliated third party, they are required to limit their use of personal information to the particular purpose for which it was shared and they are not allowed to share personal information with others except to fulfill that limited purpose.
3. How Do We Protect the Security and Confidentiality of Personal Information We Collect About You?
We maintain physical, electronic and procedural security measures to help safeguard the personal information we collect about you. We have internal policies governing the proper handling of client information. Third parties that provide support or marketing services on our behalf may also receive personal information, and we require them to adhere to confidentiality standards with respect to such information.
4. How Can You Limit the Sharing of Certain Types of Personal Information With Affiliated Companies?
We respect your privacy and offer you choices as to whether we share with affiliated companies personal information that was collected to determine your eligibility for products and services you request (“eligibility information”). Please note that, even if you direct us not to share eligibility information with affiliated companies (“opt-out”), we may still share personal information, including eligibility information, with those companies in circumstances excluded from the opt-out under applicable law, such as to process transactions or to service your account. We may also share certain other types of personal information with affiliated companies—such as your name, address, telephone number, e-mail address and account number(s), and information about your transactions and experiences with us.
5. How Can You Limit the Use of Certain Types of Personal Information by Affiliated Companies for Marketing?
You may limit affiliated companies from marketing their products or services to you based on your personal information that they receive from affiliated companies. This information includes your income, assets and account history. Your choice to limit marketing offers from affiliated companies will apply until you tell us to change your choice.
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If you wish to opt-out of sharing and to limit marketing offers, you may do so by:
• | Calling us at (800) 847-2424 Monday-Friday between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m. (ET) | ||
• | Writing to us at the following address: Van Kampen Privacy Department Harborside Financial Center, Plaza Two, 3rd Floor Jersey City, NJ 07311 |
If you choose to write to us, your written request should include your name, address, telephone number and account number(s) to which the opt-out applies and should not be sent with any other correspondence. In order to process your request, we require that the request be provided by you directly and not through a third party.
If you have previously notified us about your privacy preferences, it is not necessary to do so again unless you decide to change your preferences. Your opt-out preference will remain in effect with respect to this Policy (as it may be amended) until you notify us otherwise in writing. If you have a joint account, your direction for us not to share this information with other affiliated companies and for those affiliated companies not to use your personal information for marketing will be applied to all account holders on that account.
Please understand that if you opt-out, you and any joint account holders may not receive information about affiliated company products and services that could help you manage your financial resources and achieve your investment objectives.
If you hold more than one account with Van Kampen, you may receive multiple privacy policies from us, and would need to follow the directions stated in each particular policy for each account you have with us.
SPECIAL NOTICE TO RESIDENTS OF VERMONT
This section supplements our Policy with respect to our individual clients who have a Vermont address and supersedes anything to the contrary in the above Policy with respect to those clients only.
The State of Vermont requires financial institutions to obtain your consent prior to sharing personal information that they collect about you with affiliated companies and nonaffiliated third parties other than in certain limited circumstances. Except as permitted by law, we will not share personal information we collect about you with nonaffiliated third parties or other affiliated companies unless you provide us with your written consent to share such information (“opt-in”).
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If you wish to receive offers for investment products and services offered by or through other affiliated companies, please notify us in writing at the following address:
Van Kampen Privacy Department Harborside Financial Center, Plaza Two, 3rd Floor Jersey City, NJ 07311 |
Your authorization should include your name, address, telephone number and account number(s) to which the opt-in applies and should not be sent with any other correspondence. In order to process your authorization, we require that the authorization be provided by you directly and not through a third-party.
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Item 2. Code of Ethics.
Not applicable for semi-annual reports.
Item 3. Audit Committee Financial Expert.
Not applicable for semi-annual reports.
Item 4. Principal Accountant Fees and Services.
Not applicable for semi-annual reports.
Item 5. Audit Committee of Listed Registrants.
Not applicable for semi-annual reports.
Item 6. Schedule of Investments.
(a) Please refer to Item #1.
(b) Not applicable.
Item 7. Disclosure of Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures for Closed-End Management Investment Companies.
Not applicable.
Item 8. Portfolio Managers of Closed-End Management Investment Companies.
Not applicable.
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.
Not applicable.
Item 11. Controls and Procedures
(a) The Trust’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer have concluded that the Trust’s disclosure controls and procedures are sufficient to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the Trust in this Form N-CSRS was recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the Securities and Exchange Commission’s rules and forms, based upon such officers’ evaluation of these controls and procedures as of a date within 90 days of the filing date of the report.
(b) There were no changes in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the second fiscal quarter of the period covered by this report that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.
Item 12. Exhibits.
(1) Code of Ethics — Not applicable for semi-annual reports.
(2)(a) A certification for the Principal Executive Officer of the registrant is attached hereto as part of EX-99.CERT.
(2)(b) A certification for the Principal Financial Officer of the registrant is attached hereto as part of EX-99.CERT.
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) Van Kampen Tax Free Trust
By: /s/ Edward C. Wood III
Name: Edward C. Wood III
Title: Principal Executive Officer
Date: May 19, 2009
Name: Edward C. Wood III
Title: Principal Executive Officer
Date: May 19, 2009
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, this report has been signed by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
By: /s/ Edward C. Wood III
Name: Edward C. Wood III
Title: Principal Executive Officer
Date: May 19, 2009
Name: Edward C. Wood III
Title: Principal Executive Officer
Date: May 19, 2009
By: /s/ Stuart N. Schuldt
Name: Stuart N. Schuldt
Title: Principal Financial Officer
Date: May 19, 2009
Name: Stuart N. Schuldt
Title: Principal Financial Officer
Date: May 19, 2009