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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM N-CSR
CERTIFIED SHAREHOLDER REPORT OF REGISTERED
MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES
Investment Company Act file number 811-6536
Van Kampen Trust For Investment Grade New Jersey Municipals
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(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)
1221 Avenue of the Americas, New York, New York 10020
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(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)
Ronald Robison
1221 Avenue of the Americas, New York, New York 10020
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(Name and address of agent for service)
Registrant's telephone number, including area code: 212-762-4000
Date of fiscal year end: 10/31
Date of reporting period: 4/30/04
Item 1. Report to Shareholders
The Trust's semi-annual report transmitted to shareholders pursuant to Rule
30e-1 under the Investment Company Acto of 1940 is as follows:
Welcome, Shareholder
In this report, you'll learn about how your investment in Van Kampen
Trust for Investment Grade New Jersey Municipals 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 trust's financial statements and a list of trust
investments as of April 30, 2004.
Market forecasts provided in this report may not necessarily come to
pass. There is no assurance that the trust will achieve its investment
objective. Trusts are subject to market risk, which is the possibility
that the market values of securities owned by the trust will decline and
that the value of the trust shares may therefore be less than what you
paid for them. Accordingly, you can lose money investing in this trust.
AMT Income may subject certain individuals to the federal Alternative
Minimum Tax (AMT).
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NOT FDIC INSURED OFFER NO BANK GUARANTEE MAY LOSE VALUE
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NOT INSURED BY ANY FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AGENCY NOT A DEPOSIT
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Performance Summary as of 4/30/04
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TRUST FOR INVESTMENT GRADE NEW JERSEY MUNICIPALS
SYMBOL: VTJ
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AVERAGE ANNUAL BASED ON BASED ON
TOTAL RETURNS NAV MARKET PRICE
Since Inception (03/27/92) 7.83% 6.89%
10-year 7.56 7.36
5-year 6.33 4.75
1-year 1.61 -0.77
6-month 0.85 -2.40
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Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Investment return, net asset
value (NAV) and common share market price will fluctuate and trust shares, when
sold, may be worth more or less than their original cost.
As a result of recent market activity, current performance may vary from the
figures shown. For more up-to-date information, please visit vankampen.com or
speak with your financial advisor. NAV per share is determined by dividing the
value of the trust's portfolio securities, cash and other assets, less all
liabilities, by the total number of common shares outstanding. The common share
market price is the price the market is willing to pay for shares of the trust
at a given time. Common share market price is influenced by a range of factors,
including supply and demand and market conditions. Total return assumes an
investment at the beginning of the period, reinvestment of all distributions for
the period in accordance with the trust's dividend reinvestment plan, and sale
of all shares at the end of the period.
The Lehman Brothers New Jersey Municipal Bond Index is a broad-based statistical
composite of New Jersey municipal bonds. The index is unmanaged and does 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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Trust Report
FOR THE SIX-MONTH PERIOD ENDED APRIL 30, 2004
Van Kampen Trust for Investment Grade New Jersey Municipals is managed by the
adviser's Municipal Fixed Income team.(1) Current members include Timothy D.
Haney, Vice President; Robert Wimmel, Vice President; and John Reynoldson,
Executive Director.
MARKET CONDITIONS
The state of the U.S. economy remained mixed over the six-month period under
review. On the positive side, economic growth continued to be robust, with Gross
Domestic Product growth topping 4 percent in both the last quarter of 2003 and,
preliminarily, the first quarter of this year. While this strength in output has
historically triggered fears of rising interest rates, yields remained
stubbornly low across the municipal curve. These low yields were partly the
result of the continued low levels of observed inflation in the U.S. economy.
Unfortunately, they also reflected continuing weakness in the job market, which
remained soft throughout the period. The soft job numbers, coupled with
persistently low inflation, led the Federal Open Market Committee (the Fed) to
maintain its accommodative stance throughout the period.
The surprisingly rapid job growth data released in April, coupled with rapidly
rising commodity and high oil prices, led many investors to fear that the Fed
would be forced to raise interest rates earlier than the market initially
expected. As a result, bond yields across all major sectors spiked in April.
Supply of new municipal bonds in calendar 2003 hit record levels as
municipalities moved to take advantage of historically low interest rates. Many
cities and states sought to reduce expenditures by refinancing existing debt and
replacing it with lower-yielding bonds. In other cases, municipalities attempted
to meet current and future funding needs by issuing new debt. This activity
slowed in the first months of 2004.
The low interest rates that prevailed over much of the period also had an impact
on the demand for municipal bonds. Retail and institutional investor activity
slowed as holders of municipal bonds saw little reason to sell bonds purchased
at higher yield levels and reinvest at lower yields. However, the period was
marked by rising activity among non-traditional investors, such as hedge funds
and insurance companies seeking to take advantage of the attractiveness of
municipal bonds relative to some taxable securities. Additionally, investors'
search for yield led to significant outperformance by lower-rated bonds with
greater credit risk. Sectors such as health care, with a preponderance of
lower-rated issues, performed particularly well.
(1)Team members may change without notice at any time.
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New Jersey economy showed signs of improvement over the past year as
unemployment declined and the housing sector remained strong. As a result, Fitch
removed the state from its "Watch Negative" list in November, though a large
budget gap and structural imbalances may lead to future ratings downgrades. The
2005 proposed budget relies on debt refinancing and a proposed tax increase on
residents making $500,000 or more.
PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS
Closed-end fund returns can be calculated based upon either the market price or
the net asset value (NAV) of its shares. NAV per share is determined by dividing
the value of the trust's portfolio securities, cash and other assets, less all
liabilities, by the total number of common shares outstanding, while market
price reflects the supply and demand for the shares. As a result, the two
returns can differ significantly. On both an NAV basis and a market-price basis,
the trust underperformed its benchmark, the Lehman Brothers New Jersey Municipal
Bond Index. (See table below.)
The trust uses leverage to enhance its dividend to common shareholders. The
trust borrows money at short-term rates through the issuance of preferred
shares. The proceeds are typically reinvested in longer-term securities, taking
advantage of the difference between short- and longer-term rates. As yields rose
toward the end of the period, the prices of bonds declined. The trust's use of
leverage magnified this negative price movement, leading to a lower total return
at NAV than that of its benchmark, which is not leveraged.
Our analysis of the macroeconomic environment, coupled with the levels of
interest rates near multi-decade lows, led us to believe that interest rates
were more likely to rise than to fall further. As a result, we kept the trust's
duration (a measure of interest-rate sensitivity) below that of its benchmark in
order to limit the potentially damaging impact of any increase in interest
rates. This approach hampered the trust's returns as interest rates fell for
much of the period. That said, the strategy helped buoy returns when interest
rates soared in the final weeks of the period.
We also adjusted the portfolio's term structure in anticipation of rising
interest rates. Our research showed that the intermediate portion of the curve
offered the most promising total-return potential. As a result, we focused our
purchases
TOTAL RETURN FOR THE SIX-MONTH PERIOD ENDED APRIL 30, 2004
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BASED ON BASED ON LEHMAN BROTHERS NEW JERSEY
NAV MARKET PRICE MUNICIPAL BOND INDEX
0.85% -2.40% 1.40%
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Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Investment return, net asset
value and common share market price will fluctuate and trust shares, when sold,
may be worth more or less than their original cost. See Performance Summary for
additional performance information and index definition.
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on the 15-year segment of the curve. These securities had the added appeal of
premium coupons and 10-year call dates, which offered attractive income coupled
with limited interest-rate exposure.
While we added several BBB/Baa-rated issues during the period, the trust's
performance was modestly hampered by its overall high-quality bias. Municipal-
bond investors during the period responded to the protracted low rate
environment by favoring high-yield bonds, which caused the yield spreads between
higher- and lower-rated bonds to narrow. (Yield spreads reflect the premium
demanded by investors to buy lower-rated bonds.) As a result, lower-quality
bonds outperformed. The portfolio had 86 percent exposure to bonds rated AA/Aa
or higher at the end of the period.
Our trading activity during the period was below traditional norms because we
wanted to avoid having to reinvest into securities with low yields. That said,
we were able to make selective relative-value trades among securities and
sectors as they moved into and out of fair value. Some of these acquisitions
were funded by the proceeds of bonds that were called away by their issuers
during the period. In other cases we sold bonds that met their performance
objectives. We reinvested this cash into securities with more promising
total-return characteristics.
The trust's portfolio remained well diversified during the period, with its
holdings spread across many major municipal-bond sectors. We believe this
long-standing strategy helps to minimize the risk of over-concentration in any
single sector, while also giving the portfolio exposure to as many potential
sources of return as possible. The three largest sector exposures at the end of
the period were general purpose, health care and waste disposal.
As mentioned above, the portfolio's below-market duration served it well in the
final weeks of the period, when interest rates rose sharply. While it is
impossible to predict how long this trend will hold, we believe that the trust
is well
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TOP 5 SECTORS AS OF 4/30/04 RATINGS ALLOCATION AS OF 4/30/04
General Purpose 23.5% AAA/Aaa 67.4%
Health Care 13.6 AA/Aa 18.4
Waste Disposal 10.9 A/A 4.1
Public Building 9.5 BBB/Baa 9.5
Transportation 9.3 Non-Rated 0.6
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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. All percentages are as a percentage of
long-term investments. Securities are classified by sectors that represent broad
groupings of related industries. Ratings allocations based upon ratings as
issued by Standard and Poor's and Moody's. 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.
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positioned to weather further increases in rates. We look forward to becoming
more active in seeking attractive structures and relative-value trading
opportunities now that rates have moved into a more normal range.
PROXY VOTING POLICIES AND PROCEDURES
A description of the trust's policies and procedures with respect to the
voting of proxies relating to the trust's portfolio securities is
available without charge, upon request, by calling 1-800-847-2424. This
information is also available on the Securities and Exchange Commission's
website at http://www.sec.gov.
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VAN KAMPEN TRUST FOR INVESTMENT GRADE NEW JERSEY MUNICIPALS
PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS -- APRIL 30, 2004 (UNAUDITED)
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PAR
AMOUNT
(000) DESCRIPTION COUPON MATURITY VALUE
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MUNICIPAL BONDS 159.5%
DELAWARE 2.0%
$ 2,000 Delaware Riv & Bay Auth Del Rev (MBIA Insd)..... 5.250% 01/01/21 $ 2,107,300
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NEW JERSEY 145.9%
1,360 Bernards Twp, NJ Sch Dist Rfdg (FGIC Insd)...... 5.000 01/01/19 1,417,637
1,000 Burlington Cnty, NJ Brdg Commn Cnty Gtd Govt
Leasing Pgm..................................... 5.250 08/15/18 1,059,520
1,000 Burlington Cnty, NJ Brdg Commn Cnty Gtd Govt
Leasing Pgm..................................... 5.250 08/15/19 1,053,830
1,080 Camden Cnty, NJ Impt Auth Rev Cherry Hill Twp
Lib Proj........................................ 5.500 05/01/15 1,183,432
2,000 Camden Cnty, NJ Muni Util Auth Swr Rev Cap
Apprec Ser B (FGIC Insd)........................ * 09/01/14 1,253,080
2,500 Camden Cnty, NJ Muni Util Auth Swr Rev Cap
Apprec Ser B (FGIC Insd)........................ * 09/01/15 1,480,575
4,095 Camden, NJ (FSA Insd)........................... * 02/15/11 3,129,194
1,000 Colt's Neck Twp, NJ Brd Ed (FSA Insd)........... 5.000 02/01/21 1,052,860
1,845 East Orange, NJ Brd Ed Ctf Part Cap Apprec (FSA
Insd)........................................... * 08/01/19 859,032
1,845 East Orange, NJ Brd Ed Ctf Part Cap Apprec (FSA
Insd)........................................... * 02/01/25 611,212
2,850 East Orange, NJ Brd Ed Ctf Part Cap Apprec (FSA
Insd)........................................... * 02/01/28 797,031
2,330 Edgewater, NJ Muni Util Auth Rev Swr Rfdg (MBIA
Insd)........................................... * 11/01/12 1,617,766
7,000 Essex Cnty, NJ Impt Auth Lease Gtd Cnty
Correctional Fac Proj (FGIC Insd)............... 5.750 10/01/30 7,536,200
1,000 Essex Cnty, NJ Impt Auth Lease Rev Gtd City of
Newark (AMBAC Insd)............................. 5.125 04/01/29 1,015,080
1,000 Essex Cnty, NJ Impt Auth Pkg Fac Rev Rfdg (AMBAC
Insd)........................................... 5.000 10/01/22 1,016,800
1,000 Essex Cnty, NJ Util Auth Solid Waste Rev Ser A
(Prerefunded @ 04/01/06) (FSA Insd)............. 5.500 04/01/11 1,088,310
1,605 Hoboken, NJ Pkg Auth Pkg Rev Gtd Ser A
(Prerefunded @ 05/01/11) (AMBAC Insd)........... 5.300 05/01/27 1,810,263
2,500 Hoboken, NJ Pkg Util Ser A (FGIC Insd).......... 5.250 01/01/18 2,659,975
1,000 Hudson Cnty, NJ Impt Auth Rev Wtrfront Impt
Weehawken Proj Ser A (FSA Insd)................. 4.750 07/01/12 1,064,690
1,250 Hudson Cnty, NJ Impt Auth Solid Waste Sys Rev
Ser A (Prerefunded @ 07/01/04).................. 6.100 07/01/20 1,285,375
1,020 Mantua Twp, NJ Sch Dist Rfdg (MBIA Insd)........ 5.000 03/01/15 1,078,487
1,250 Mercer Cnty, NJ Impt Auth Rev Cap Apprec Gtd Jr
Solid Waste Rfdg................................ * 04/01/11 947,475
2,300 Mercer Cnty, NJ Impt Auth Rev Cap Apprec Gtd
Solid Waste Rfdg................................ * 04/01/08 2,042,308
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6 See Notes to Financial Statements
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PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS -- APRIL 30, 2004 (UNAUDITED) continued
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PAR
AMOUNT
(000) DESCRIPTION COUPON MATURITY VALUE
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NEW JERSEY (CONTINUED)
$ 6,500 Mercer Cnty, NJ Impt Auth Rev Cap Apprec Gtd
Solid Waste Rfdg................................ * 04/01/10 $ 5,213,715
7,055 Mercer Cnty, NJ Impt Auth Rev Cap Apprec Gtd
Solid Waste Rfdg................................ * 04/01/12 5,036,212
1,000 Middlesex Cnty, NJ Impt Auth Rev Admin Bldg
Residential Proj (AMT) (FNMA Collateralized).... 5.350% 07/01/34 1,008,330
1,500 Middlesex Cnty, NJ Impt Auth Rev Str Student Hsg
Proj Ser A...................................... 5.000 08/15/35 1,439,235
1,005 Monmouth Cnty, NJ Impt Auth Rev Govt Ln (AMBAC
Insd)........................................... 4.875 12/01/10 1,093,460
2,000 New Jersey Econ Dev Auth Econ Dev Rev Kapkowski
Rd Landfill Proj Rfdg........................... 5.750 10/01/21 1,999,900
2,215 New Jersey Econ Dev Auth Econ Dev Rev Manahawkin
Convalescent Ser A Rfdg (FHA Gtd)............... 6.650 02/01/23 2,271,527
370 New Jersey Econ Dev Auth Econ Dev Rev Ser F
(AMT) (LOC: Banque Nationale Paris)............. 6.600 06/01/12 370,662
305 New Jersey Econ Dev Auth Econ Dev Rev Ser Y
(AMT) (LOC: Banque Nationale Paris)............. 6.600 06/01/12 306,196
1,500 New Jersey Econ Dev Auth Middlesex Wtr Co Proj
Rfdg (AMT) (AMBAC Insd)......................... 5.100 01/01/32 1,492,185
3,000 New Jersey Econ Dev Auth Mkt Trans Fac Rev Sr
Lien Ser A (Prerefunded @ 07/01/04) (MBIA
Insd)........................................... 5.800 07/01/08 3,083,340
1,000 New Jersey Econ Dev Auth Mkt Trans Fac Rev Sr
Lien Ser A (Prerefunded @ 07/01/04) (MBIA
Insd)........................................... 5.800 07/01/09 1,027,780
1,000 New Jersey Econ Dev Auth Rev First Mtg Cadbury
Corp Proj Ser A (ACA Insd)...................... 5.500 07/01/18 1,026,450
1,000 New Jersey Econ Dev Auth Rev First Mtg
Winchester Ser A................................ 5.800 11/01/31 975,980
2,750 New Jersey Econ Dev Auth Rev Trans Proj Sublease
Ser A (Prerefunded @ 05/01/09) (FSA Insd)....... 5.000 05/01/18 3,007,620
10,000 New Jersey Econ Dev Auth St Contract Econ
Recovery (MBIA Insd)............................ 5.900 03/15/21 11,479,200
1,000 New Jersey Hlthcare Fac FHA Jersey City Med Ctr
(AMBAC Insd).................................... 4.800 08/01/21 1,021,800
1,075 New Jersey Hlthcare Fac Fin Auth Rev (AMBAC
Insd)........................................... 6.125 07/01/11 1,104,240
1,425 New Jersey Hlthcare Fac Fin Auth Rev
(Prerefunded @ 07/01/04) (AMBAC Insd)........... 6.125 07/01/11 1,465,313
1,000 New Jersey Hlthcare Fac Fin Auth Rev Cap Hlth
Sys Oblig Grp Ser A............................. 5.375 07/01/33 976,890
3,945 New Jersey Hlthcare Fac Fin Auth Rev Gen Hosp
Ctr at Passaic (Escrowed to Maturity) (FSA
Insd)........................................... 6.500 07/01/11 4,541,997
4,250 New Jersey Hlthcare Fac Fin Auth Rev Gen Hosp
Ctr at Passaic (Escrowed to Maturity) (FSA
Insd)........................................... 6.750 07/01/19 5,254,955
1,000 New Jersey Hlthcare Fac Fin Auth Rev Palisades
Med Ctr Oblig Grp (ACA Insd).................... 5.250 07/01/28 991,140
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See Notes to Financial Statements 7
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PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS -- APRIL 30, 2004 (UNAUDITED) continued
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PAR
AMOUNT
(000) DESCRIPTION COUPON MATURITY VALUE
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NEW JERSEY (CONTINUED)
$ 780 New Jersey Hlthcare Fac Fin Auth Rev Saint Mary
Hosp (Escrowed to Maturity)..................... 5.875% 07/01/12 $ 865,465
2,000 New Jersey Hlthcare Fac Fin Auth Rev South
Jersey Hosp..................................... 6.000 07/01/32 2,060,940
1,300 New Jersey Hlthcare Fac Fin Auth Rev Southn
Ocean Cnty Hosp Ser A........................... 6.125 07/01/13 1,320,592
2,500 New Jersey Hlthcare Fac Fin Auth Rev Southn
Ocean Cnty Hosp Ser A........................... 6.250 07/01/23 2,534,425
1,000 New Jersey Hlthcare Fac Kennedy Hlth Sys........ 5.625 07/01/31 1,023,580
1,150 New Jersey St (AMT) (Prerefunded @ 07/15/05).... 6.800 07/15/06 1,223,255
1,175 New Jersey St Ed Fac Auth Rev Beth Medrash
Govoha America Ser G............................ 5.875 07/01/12 1,250,118
1,000 New Jersey St Ed Fac Auth Rev Beth Medrash
Govoha America Ser G............................ 6.375 07/01/30 1,042,760
2,000 New Jersey St Ed Fac Auth Rev College of NJ Ser
C (FGIC Insd)................................... 5.375 07/01/15 2,177,560
500 New Jersey St Ed Fac Auth Rev Monmouth Univ Ser
D............................................... 5.125 07/01/24 490,110
1,245 New Jersey St Ed Fac Auth Rev Montclair St Univ
Ser L (MBIA Insd)............................... 5.125 07/01/19 1,316,724
2,000 New Jersey St Ed Fac Auth Rev Rowan Univ Ser I
(FGIC Insd)..................................... 5.125 07/01/21 2,086,060
500 New Jersey St Ed Fac Auth Rev Stevens Inst of
Technology Ser C................................ 4.000 07/01/05 512,870
915 New Jersey St Ed Fac Auth Seton Hall Univ Proj
Rfdg (AMBAC Insd)............................... 5.000 07/01/18 946,979
2,000 New Jersey St Hsg & Mtg Fin Agy Multi-Family Hsg
Rev Ser A (AMT) (AMBAC Insd).................... 5.550 05/01/27 2,033,800
2,800 New Jersey St Hsg & Mtg Fin Agy Multi-Family Hsg
Rev Ser F (FSA Insd)............................ 5.050 05/01/13 2,959,040
520 New Jersey St Tpk Auth Tpk Rev Ser C (MBIA
Insd)........................................... 6.500 01/01/16 618,062
1,880 New Jersey St Tpk Auth Tpk Rev Ser C (Escrowed
to Maturity) (MBIA Insd)........................ 6.500 01/01/16 2,244,776
2,450 Newark, NJ Brd Ed (Prerefunded @ 12/15/04) (MBIA
Insd)........................................... 5.875 12/15/09 2,569,682
2,000 North Bergen Twp, NJ (FSA Insd)................. * 08/15/09 1,668,080
1,000 North Hudson Swr Auth NJ Swr Rev Ser A Rfdg
(FGIC Insd)..................................... 5.250 08/01/16 1,072,890
1,000 North Hudson Swr Auth NJ Swr Rev Ser A Rfdg
(FGIC Insd)..................................... 5.250 08/01/17 1,069,290
1,805 Ocean Twp, NJ Swr Auth Ser B Rfdg (FGIC Insd)... 5.250 12/01/10 2,003,550
2,675 Passaic Vly, NJ Wtr Comm Wtr Supply Rev Cap
Apprec Ser A (FGIC Insd)........................ * 12/15/09 2,199,973
2,000 Passaic Vly, NJ Wtr Comm Wtr Supply Rev Cap
Apprec Ser A (FGIC Insd)........................ * 12/15/10 1,558,660
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8 See Notes to Financial Statements
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PAR
AMOUNT
(000) DESCRIPTION COUPON MATURITY VALUE
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NEW JERSEY (CONTINUED)
$ 1,000 Port Auth NY & NJ Cons 106th Ser (AMT).......... 5.625% 07/01/08 $ 1,064,280
2,000 Port Auth NY & NJ Cons 85th Ser (MBIA Insd)..... 5.375 03/01/28 2,143,740
2,000 Rockaway Vly, NJ Regl Swr Auth Swr Rev Rfdg
(MBIA Insd)..................................... * 12/15/09 1,644,840
1,000 Rutgers St Univ of NJ Ser A Rfdg................ 6.400 05/01/13 1,164,490
3,000 Salem Cnty, NJ Indl Pollutn Ctl Fin Auth Rev Pub
Svc Elec & Gas Ser D Rfdg (MBIA Insd)........... 6.550 10/01/29 3,115,740
750 Secaucus, NJ Muni Util Auth Swr Rev Ser A
Rfdg............................................ 6.000 12/01/08 783,990
2,325 South Jersey Port Corp NJ Rev Rfdg (AMT)........ 4.500 01/01/05 2,369,431
7,375 Union Cnty, NJ.................................. 5.000 03/01/16 7,777,675
1,870 Union Cnty, NJ Util Auth Mercer Cnty (AMT)
(AMBAC Insd).................................... 5.350 06/01/23 1,893,038
1,000 University Medicine & Dentistry Ser A (MBIA
Insd)........................................... 5.000 09/01/17 1,041,970
1,180 Washington Twp, NJ Muni Util Auth Mercer Cnty
(AMT) (MBIA Insd)............................... 5.800 09/01/13 1,183,646
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156,280,340
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GUAM 2.4%
1,230 Guam Intl Arpt Auth Rev Gen Ser B (MBIA Insd)... 5.250 10/01/20 1,299,667
1,250 Guam Pwr Auth Rev Ser A (AMBAC Insd)............ 5.125 10/01/29 1,269,963
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2,569,630
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PUERTO RICO 6.2%
2,000 Puerto Rico Comwlth Hwy & Tran Auth Hwy Rev Ser
Y Rfdg (FSA Insd)............................... 6.250 07/01/21 2,411,320
2,000 Puerto Rico Comwlth Rfdg (FGIC Insd)............ 5.250 07/01/09 2,222,520
3,000 Puerto Rico Pub Bldg Auth Rev Gtd Conv Cap
Apprec Ser D (AMBAC Insd) (a)................... 0/5.450 07/01/30 2,021,970
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6,655,810
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U. S. VIRGIN ISLANDS 3.0%
2,000 Virgin Islands Pub Fin Auth Rev Gross Rcpt Taxes
Ln Nt Ser A..................................... 6.375 10/01/19 2,227,340
1,000 Virgin Islands Pub Fin Auth Rev Sr Lien Fd Ln
Ser A Rfdg (ACA Insd)........................... 5.625 10/01/25 1,029,900
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3,257,240
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TOTAL INVESTMENTS 159.5%
(Cost $157,890,509)......................................................... 170,870,320
OTHER ASSETS IN EXCESS OF LIABILITIES 1.2%................................... 1,297,131
PREFERRED SHARES (INCLUDING ACCRUED DISTRIBUTIONS) (60.7%)................... (65,021,372)
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NET ASSETS APPLICABLE TO COMMON SHARES 100.0%................................ $107,146,079
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See Notes to Financial Statements 9
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* Zero coupon bond
(a) Security is a "step-up" bond where the coupon increases or steps up at a
predetermined date.
ACA--American Capital Access
AMBAC--AMBAC Indemnity Corp.
AMT--Alternative Minimum Tax
FGIC--Financial Guaranty Insurance Co.
FHA--Federal Housing Administration
FNMA--Federal National Mortgage Association
FSA--Financial Security Assurance Inc.
LOC--Letter of Credit
MBIA--Municipal Bond Investors Assurance Corp.
10 See Notes to Financial Statements
VAN KAMPEN TRUST FOR INVESTMENT GRADE NEW JERSEY MUNICIPALS
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Statement of Assets and Liabilities
April 30, 2004 (Unaudited)
<Table>
ASSETS:
Total Investments (Cost $157,890,509)....................... $170,870,320
Interest Receivable......................................... 1,974,651
Other....................................................... 748
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Total Assets............................................ 172,845,719
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LIABILITIES:
Payables:
Custodian Bank............................................ 169,826
Investment Advisory Fee................................... 85,803
Income Distributions--Common Shares....................... 47,354
Other Affiliates.......................................... 9,434
Administrative Fee........................................ 7,150
Trustees' Deferred Compensation and Retirement Plans........ 305,717
Accrued Expenses............................................ 52,984
------------
Total Liabilities....................................... 678,268
Preferred Shares (including accrued distributions).......... 65,021,372
------------
NET ASSETS APPLICABLE TO COMMON SHARES...................... $107,146,079
============
NET ASSET VALUE PER COMMON SHARE ($107,146,079 divided by
6,103,771 shares outstanding)............................. $ 17.55
============
NET ASSETS CONSIST OF:
Common Shares ($.01 par value with an unlimited number of
shares authorized, 6,103,771 shares issued and
outstanding).............................................. $ 61,038
Paid in Surplus............................................. 94,067,457
Net Unrealized Appreciation................................. 12,979,811
Accumulated Undistributed Net Investment Income............. 716,862
Accumulated Net Realized Loss............................... (679,089)
------------
NET ASSETS APPLICABLE TO COMMON SHARES...................... $107,146,079
============
PREFERRED SHARES ($.01 par value, authorized 100,000,000
shares, 2,600 issued with liquidation preference of
$25,000 per share)........................................ $ 65,000,000
============
NET ASSETS INCLUDING PREFERRED SHARES....................... $172,146,079
============
</Table>
See Notes to Financial Statements 11
VAN KAMPEN TRUST FOR INVESTMENT GRADE NEW JERSEY MUNICIPALS
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS continued
Statement of Operations
For the Six Months Ended April 30, 2004 (Unaudited)
<Table>
INVESTMENT INCOME:
Interest.................................................... $ 4,416,595
-----------
EXPENSES:
Investment Advisory Fee..................................... 528,254
Preferred Share Maintenance................................. 88,414
Trustees' Fees and Related Expenses......................... 56,655
Administrative Fee.......................................... 44,022
Legal....................................................... 12,519
Custody..................................................... 5,480
Other....................................................... 74,016
-----------
Total Expenses.......................................... 809,360
-----------
NET INVESTMENT INCOME....................................... $ 3,607,235
===========
REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN/LOSS:
Net Realized Gain........................................... $ 270,645
-----------
Unrealized Appreciation/Depreciation:
Beginning of the Period................................... 15,661,344
End of the Period......................................... 12,979,811
-----------
Net Unrealized Depreciation During the Period............... (2,681,533)
-----------
NET REALIZED AND UNREALIZED LOSS............................ $(2,410,888)
===========
DISTRIBUTIONS TO PREFERRED SHAREHOLDERS..................... $ (313,586)
===========
NET INCREASE IN NET ASSETS APPLICABLE TO COMMON SHARES FROM
OPERATIONS................................................ $ 882,761
===========
</Table>
12 See Notes to Financial Statements
VAN KAMPEN TRUST FOR INVESTMENT GRADE NEW JERSEY MUNICIPALS
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS continued
Statements of Changes in Net Assets (Unaudited)
<Table>
<Caption>
FOR THE FOR THE
SIX MONTHS ENDED YEAR ENDED
APRIL 30, 2004 OCTOBER 31, 2003
------------------------------------
FROM INVESTMENT ACTIVITIES:
Operations:
Net Investment Income................................... $ 3,607,235 $ 7,245,844
Net Realized Gain....................................... 270,645 161,946
Net Unrealized Appreciation/Depreciation During the
Period................................................ (2,681,533) 294,378
Distributions to Preferred Shareholders:
Net Investment Income................................. (313,586) (590,112)
Net Realized Gain..................................... -0- (88,573)
------------ ------------
Change in Net Assets Applicable to Common Shares from
Operations............................................ 882,761 7,023,483
Distributions to Common Shareholders:
Net Investment Income................................. (3,295,824) (6,735,277)
Net Realized Gain..................................... -0- (684,521)
------------ ------------
NET CHANGE IN NET ASSETS APPLICABLE TO COMMON SHARES
FROM INVESTMENT ACTIVITIES............................ (2,413,063) (396,315)
NET ASSETS APPLICABLE TO COMMON SHARES:
Beginning of the Period................................. 109,559,142 109,955,457
------------ ------------
End of the Period (Including accumulated undistributed
net investment income of $716,862 and $719,037,
respectively)......................................... $107,146,079 $109,559,142
============ ============
</Table>
See Notes to Financial Statements 13
VAN KAMPEN TRUST FOR INVESTMENT GRADE NEW JERSEY MUNICIPALS
FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS (UNAUDITED)
THE FOLLOWING SCHEDULE PRESENTS FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS FOR ONE COMMON SHARE OF THE
TRUST OUTSTANDING THROUGHOUT THE PERIODS INDICATED.
<Table>
<Caption>
SIX MONTHS
ENDED
APRIL 30, -------------------
2004 2003 2002 (a)
--------------------------------
NET ASSET VALUE, BEGINNING OF THE PERIOD.................... $ 17.95 $ 18.01 $ 17.88
------- ------- -------
Net Investment Income..................................... .59 1.18 1.26
Net Realized and Unrealized Gain/Loss..................... (.40) .08 .12
Common Share Equivalent of Distributions Paid to Preferred
Shareholders:
Net Investment Income................................... (.05) (.10) (.14)
Net Realized Gain....................................... -0- (.01) (.01)
------- ------- -------
Total from Investment Operations............................ .14 1.15 1.23
Distributions Paid to Common Shareholders:
Net Investment Income................................... (.54) (1.10) (1.07)
Net Realized Gain....................................... -0- (.11) (.03)
------- ------- -------
NET ASSET VALUE, END OF THE PERIOD.......................... $ 17.55 $ 17.95 $ 18.01
======= ======= =======
Common Share Market Price at End of the Period.............. $ 16.00 $ 16.91 $ 16.50
Total Return (b)............................................ -2.40%* 9.95% 10.36%
Net Assets Applicable to Common Shares at End of the Period
(In millions)............................................. $ 107.1 $ 109.6 $ 110.0
Ratio of Expenses to Average Net Assets Applicable to Common
Shares (c)................................................ 1.45% 1.42% 1.49%
Ratio of Net Investment Income to Average Net Assets
Applicable to Common Shares (c)........................... 6.47% 6.55% 7.12%
Portfolio Turnover.......................................... 5%* 10% 29%
SUPPLEMENTAL RATIOS:
Ratio of Expenses to Average Net Assets Including Preferred
Shares (c)................................................ .92% .89% .93%
Ratio of Net Investment Income to Average Net Assets
Applicable to Common Shares (d)........................... 5.91% 6.02% 6.31%
SENIOR SECURITIES:
Total Preferred Shares Outstanding.......................... 2,600 2,600 2,600
Asset Coverage Per Preferred Share (e)...................... $66,218 $67,151 $67,313
Involuntary Liquidating Preference Per Preferred Share...... $25,000 $25,000 $25,000
Average Market Value Per Preferred Share.................... $25,000 $25,000 $25,000
</Table>
* Non-Annualized
(a)As required, effective November 1, 2001, the Trust has adopted the provisions
of the AICPA Audit and Accounting Guide for Investment Companies and began
accreting market discount on fixed income securities. The effect of this
change for the year ended October 31, 2002 was to increase net investment
income per share by less than $.01, decrease net realized and unrealized
gains and losses per share by less than $.01 and increase the ratio of net
investment income to average net assets applicable to common shares by less
than .01%. Per share, ratios, and supplemental data for periods prior to
October 31, 2002 have not been restated to reflect this change in
presentation.
(b)Total return assumes an investment at the common share market price at the
beginning of the period indicated, reinvestment of all distributions for the
period in accordance with the Trust's dividend reinvestment plan, and sale of
all shares at the closing common share market price at the end of the period
indicated.
(c)Ratios do not reflect the effect of dividend payments to preferred
shareholders.
(d)Ratios reflect the effect of dividend payments to preferred shareholders.
(e)Calculated by subtracting the Trust's total liabilities (not including the
preferred shares) from the Trust's total assets and dividing this by the
number of preferred shares outstanding.
14
<Table>
<Caption>
YEAR ENDED OCTOBER 31,
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
$ 16.59 $ 16.12 $ 18.17 $ 17.57 $ 16.95 $ 16.91 $ 14.80 $ 18.18
------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- --------
1.21 1.25 1.25 1.26 1.29 1.29 1.29 1.29
1.29 .55 (1.96) .64 .65 .08 2.13 (3.37)
(.30) (.38) (.30) (.35) (.36) (.36) (.39) (.29)
(.01) -0- (.02) -0- -0- (.01) -0- (.02)
------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- --------
2.19 1.42 (1.03) 1.55 1.58 1.00 3.03 (2.39)
(.88) (.95) (.95) (.95) (.95) (.94) (.92) (.93)
(.02) -0- (.07) -0- (.01) (.02) -0- (.06)
------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- --------
$ 17.88 $ 16.59 $ 16.12 $ 18.17 $ 17.57 $ 16.95 $ 16.91 $ 14.80
======= ======== ======== ======== ======== ======== ======== ========
$ 15.96 $13.8125 $16.1875 $ 17.625 $16.5625 $ 15.375 $ 14.75 $ 13.125
22.52% -8.98% -2.61% 12.37% 14.32% 10.91% 19.79% -16.32%
$ 109.2 $ 65.3 $ 63.4 $ 71.3 $ 69.0 $ 66.5 $ 66.4 $ 58.1
2.12% 1.85% 1.75% 1.73% 1.74% 1.80% 1.89% 1.85%
8.53% 7.75% 7.20% 7.05% 7.53% 7.64% 8.08% 7.75%
4% 19% 6% 10% 6% 11% 14% 12%
1.11% 1.13% 1.10% 1.10% 1.09% 1.12% 1.15% 1.15%
6.45% 5.36% 5.45% 5.08% 5.44% 5.50% 5.63% 5.99%
2,600 1,600 1,600 800 800 800 800 800
$66,984 $ 65,813 $ 64,627 $139,166 $136,223 $133,165 $132,983 $122,619
$25,000 $ 25,000 $ 25,000 $ 50,000 $ 50,000 $ 50,000 $ 50,000 $ 50,000
$25,000 $ 25,000 $ 25,000 $ 50,000 $ 50,000 $ 50,000 $ 50,000 $ 50,000
</Table>
See Notes to Financial Statements 15
VAN KAMPEN TRUST FOR INVESTMENT GRADE NEW JERSEY MUNICIPALS
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS -- APRIL 30, 2004 (UNAUDITED)
1. SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
Van Kampen Trust for Investment Grade New Jersey Municipals (the "Trust") is
registered as a diversified, closed-end management investment company under the
Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended. The Trust's investment objective is
to provide a high level of current income exempt from federal income taxes and
New Jersey gross income taxes, consistent with preservation of capital. The
Trust will invest substantially all of its assets in New Jersey municipal
securities rated investment grade at the time of investment. The Trust commenced
investment operations on March 27, 1992. Effective November 30, 2003, the Fund's
investment adviser, Van Kampen Investment Advisory Corp. merged into its
affiliate, Van Kampen Asset Management.
The following is a summary of significant accounting policies consistently
followed by the Trust in the preparation of its financial statements. The
preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles
generally accepted in the United States of America 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.
Short-term securities with remaining maturities of 60 days or less are valued at
amortized cost, which approximates market value.
B. SECURITY TRANSACTIONS Security transactions are recorded on a trade date
basis. Realized gains and losses are determined on an identified cost basis. The
Trust 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 Trust 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 April 30, 2004, the Trust had no when-issued and delayed
delivery purchase commitments.
C. INVESTMENT INCOME Interest income is recorded on an accrual basis. Bond
premium is amortized and discount is accreted over the expected life of each
applicable security.
D. FEDERAL INCOME TAXES It is the Trust's policy to comply with the requirements
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.
The Trust 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 October 31, 2003, the Trust had an
16
VAN KAMPEN TRUST FOR INVESTMENT GRADE NEW JERSEY MUNICIPALS
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS -- APRIL 30, 2004 (UNAUDITED) continued
accumulated capital loss carryforward for tax purposes of $170,646, which
expires on October 31, 2011.
At April 30, 2004, the cost and related gross unrealized appreciation and
depreciation are as follows:
<Table>
Cost of investments for tax purposes........................ $158,485,134
============
Gross tax unrealized appreciation........................... $ 12,515,233
Gross tax unrealized depreciation........................... (130,047)
------------
Net tax unrealized appreciation on investments.............. $ 12,385,186
============
</Table>
E. DISTRIBUTION OF INCOME AND GAINS The Trust declares and pays monthly
dividends from net investment income to common shareholders. Net realized gains,
if any, are distributed annually on a pro rata basis to common and preferred
shareholders. Distributions from net realized gains for book purposes may
include short-term capital gains, which are included as ordinary income for tax
purposes.
The tax character of distributions paid during the year ended October 31,
2003 was as follows:
<Table>
<Caption>
2003
Distributions paid from:
Ordinary income........................................... $ 26,333
Long-term capital gain.................................... 773,094
--------
$799,427
========
</Table>
Net realized gains or losses may differ for financial reporting and tax
purposes primarily as a result of gains recognized on securities for tax
purposes but not for book purposes.
2. INVESTMENT ADVISORY AGREEMENT AND OTHER TRANSACTIONS WITH AFFILIATES
Under the terms of the Trust's Investment Advisory Agreement, Van Kampen Asset
Management (the "Adviser") provides investment advice and facilities to the
Trust for an annual fee payable monthly of .60% of the average daily net assets
of the Trust. In addition, the Trust pays a monthly administrative fee to Van
Kampen Investments Inc. or its affiliates (collectively "Van Kampen"), the
Trust's Administrator, at an annual rate of .05% of the average daily net assets
of the Trust. Effective June 1, 2004, the administrative fee was reduced from
..05% to .00%
For the six months ended April 30, 2004, the Trust recognized expenses of
approximately $5,600 representing legal services provided by Skadden, Arps,
Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, counsel to the Trust, of which a trustee of the Trust
is an affiliated person.
Under separate Accounting Services and Legal Services agreements, the
Adviser provides accounting and legal services to the Trust. The Adviser
allocates the cost of such services to each trust. For the six months ended
April 30, 2004, the Trust recognized expenses of approximately $14,900
representing Van Kampen's cost of providing accounting and legal services to the
Trust, which are reported as part of "Other" and "Legal" expenses, respectively,
on the Statement of Operations.
17
VAN KAMPEN TRUST FOR INVESTMENT GRADE NEW JERSEY MUNICIPALS
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS -- APRIL 30, 2004 (UNAUDITED) continued
Certain officers and trustees of the Trust are also officers and directors
of Van Kampen. The Trust does not compensate its officers or trustees who are
officers of Van Kampen.
The Trust 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 to a
later date. 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 Trust.
The maximum annual benefit per trustee under the plan is $2,500.
3. INVESTMENT TRANSACTIONS
During the period, the cost of purchases and proceeds from sales of investments,
excluding short-term investments, were $7,984,963 and $8,996,179, respectively.
4. PREFERRED SHARES
The Trust has outstanding 2,600 Auction Preferred Shares ("APS"). Dividends are
cumulative and the dividend rate is reset through an auction process every 28
days. The rate in effect on April 30, 2004 was 1.000%. During the six months
ended April 30, 2004, the rates ranged from 0.880% to 1.099%.
The Trust pays annual fees equivalent to .25% of the preferred share
liquidation value for the remarketing efforts associated with the preferred
auctions. These fees are included as a component of "Preferred Share
Maintenance" expense on the Statement of Operations.
The APS are redeemable at the option of the Trust in whole or in part at the
liquidation value of $25,000 per share plus accumulated and unpaid dividends.
The Trust is subject to certain asset coverage tests and the APS are subject to
mandatory redemption if the tests are not met.
18
VAN KAMPEN TRUST FOR INVESTMENT GRADE NEW JERSEY MUNICIPALS
DIVIDEND REINVESTMENT PLAN
The Trust offers a dividend reinvestment plan (the "Plan") pursuant to which
Common Shareholders may elect to have dividends and capital gains distributions
reinvested in Common Shares of the Trust. The Trust declares dividends out of
net investment income, and will distribute annually net realized capital gains,
if any. Common Shareholders may join or withdraw from the Plan at any time.
If you decide to participate in the Plan, State Street Bank and Trust
Company, as your Plan Agent, will automatically invest your dividends and
capital gains distributions in Common Shares of the Trust for your account.
HOW TO PARTICIPATE
If you wish to participate and your shares are held in your own name, call
1-800-341-2929 for more information and a Plan brochure. If your shares are held
in the name of a brokerage firm, bank, or other nominee, you should contact your
nominee to see if it would participate in the Plan on your behalf. If you wish
to participate in the Plan, but your brokerage firm, bank or nominee is unable
to participate on your behalf, you should request that your shares be
re-registered in your own name which will enable your participation in the Plan.
HOW THE PLAN WORKS
Participants in the Plan will receive the equivalent in Common Shares valued
on the valuation date, generally at the lower of market price or net asset
value, except as specified below. The valuation date will be the dividend or
distribution payment date or, if that date is not a trading day on the national
securities exchange or market system on which the Common Shares are listed for
trading, the next preceding trading day. If the market price per Common Share on
the valuation date equals or exceeds net asset value per Common Share on that
date, the Trust will issue new Common Shares to participants valued at the
higher of net asset value or 95% of the market price on the valuation date. In
the foregoing situation, the Trust will not issue Common Shares under the Plan
below net asset value. If net asset value per Common Share on the valuation date
exceeds the market price per Common Share on that date, or if the Board of
Trustees should declare a dividend or capital gains distribution payable to the
Common Shareholders only in cash, participants in the Plan will be deemed to
have elected to receive Common Shares from the Trust valued at the market price
on that date. Accordingly, in this circumstance, the Plan Agent will, as agent
for the participants, buy the Trust's Common Shares in the open market for the
participants' accounts on or shortly after the payment date. If, before the Plan
Agent has completed its purchases, the market price exceeds the net asset value
per share of the Common Shares, the average per share purchase price paid by the
Plan Agent may exceed the net asset value
19
VAN KAMPEN TRUST FOR INVESTMENT GRADE NEW JERSEY MUNICIPALS
DIVIDEND REINVESTMENT PLAN continued
of the Trust's Common Shares, resulting in the acquisition of fewer Common
Shares than if the dividend or distribution had been paid in Common Shares
issued by the Trust. All reinvestments are in full and fractional Common shares
and are carried to three decimal places.
Experience under the Plan may indicate that changes are desirable.
Accordingly, the Trust reserves the right to amend or terminate the Plan as
applied to any dividend or distribution paid subsequent to written notice of the
change sent to all Common Shareholders of the Trust at least 90 days before the
record date for the dividend or distribution. The Plan also may be amended or
terminated by the Plan Agent by at least 90 days written notice to all Common
Shareholders of the Trust.
COSTS OF THE PLAN
The Plan Agent's fees for the handling of the reinvestment of dividends and
distributions will be paid by the Trust. However, each participant will pay a
pro rata share of brokerage commissions incurred with respect to the Plan
Agent's open market purchases in connection with the reinvestment of dividends
and distributions. No other charges will be made to participants for reinvesting
dividends or capital gains distributions, except for certain brokerage
commissions, as described above.
TAX IMPLICATIONS
You will receive tax information annually for your personal records and to
help you prepare your federal income tax return. The automatic reinvestment of
dividends and capital gains distributions does not relieve you of any income tax
which may be payable on dividends or distributions.
RIGHT TO WITHDRAW
Plan participants may withdraw at any time by calling 1-800-341-2929 or by
writing State Street Bank and Trust Company, P.O. Box 8200, Boston, MA
02266-8200. If you withdraw, you will receive, without charge, a share
certificate issued in your name for all full Common Shares credited to your
account under the Plan and a cash payment will be made for any fractional Common
Share credited to your account under the Plan. You may again elect to
participate in the Plan at any time by calling 1-800-341-2929 or writing to the
Trust at:
Van Kampen Funds Inc.
Attn: Closed-End Funds
2800 Post Oak Blvd.
Houston, TX 77056
20
VAN KAMPEN TRUST FOR INVESTMENT GRADE NEW JERSEY MUNICIPALS
BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND IMPORTANT ADDRESSES
BOARD OF TRUSTEES
DAVID C. ARCH
J. MILES BRANAGAN
JERRY D. CHOATE
ROD DAMMEYER
LINDA HUTTON HEAGY
R. CRAIG KENNEDY
HOWARD J KERR
MITCHELL M. MERIN*
JACK E. NELSON
RICHARD F. POWERS, III*
HUGO F. SONNENSCHEIN
WAYNE W. WHALEN* - Chairman
SUZANNE H. WOOLSEY
INVESTMENT ADVISER
VAN KAMPEN ASSET MANAGEMENT
1221 Avenue of the Americas
New York, New York 10020
CUSTODIAN AND TRANSFER AGENT
STATE STREET BANK
AND TRUST COMPANY
c/o EquiServe
P.O. Box 43011
Providence, Rhode Island 02940-3011
LEGAL COUNSEL
SKADDEN, ARPS, SLATE,
MEAGHER & FLOM LLP
333 West Wacker Drive
Chicago, Illinois 60606
INDEPENDENT AUDITORS
DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP
180 North Stetson Avenue
Chicago, Illinois 60601
* "Interested persons" of the Trust, as defined in the Investment Company Act
of 1940, as amended.
21
Van Kampen
Privacy Notice
The Van Kampen companies and investment products* respect your right to privacy.
We also know that you expect us to conduct and process your business in an
accurate and efficient manner. To do so, we must collect and maintain certain
nonpublic personal information about you. This is information we collect from
you on applications or other forms, and from the transactions you conduct with
us, our affiliates, or third parties. We may also collect information you
provide when using our Web site, and text files (also known as "cookies") may be
placed on your computer to help us to recognize you and to facilitate
transactions you initiate. We do not disclose any nonpublic personal information
about you or any of our former customers to anyone, except as permitted by law.
For instance, so that we may continue to offer you Van Kampen investment
products and services that meet your investing needs, and to effect transactions
that you request or authorize, we may disclose the information we collect to
companies that perform services on our behalf, such as printers and mailers that
assist us in the distribution of investor materials. These companies will use
this information only for the services for which we hired them, and are not
permitted to use or share this information for any other purpose. To protect
your nonpublic personal information internally, we permit access to it only by
authorized employees, and maintain physical, electronic and procedural
safeguards to guard your nonpublic personal information.
* Includes Van Kampen Investments Inc., Van Kampen Asset Management, Van
Kampen Advisors Inc., Van Kampen Funds Inc., Van Kampen Investor Services
Inc., Van Kampen System Inc. and Van Kampen Exchange Corp., as well as the
many Van Kampen mutual funds and Van Kampen unit investment trusts.
Van Kampen Funds Inc.
1 Parkview Plaza, P.O. Box 5555
Oakbrook Terrace, IL 60181-5555
www.vankampen.com
(VAN KAMPEN INVESTMENTS LOGO)
Copyright (C)2004 Van Kampen
Funds Inc. All rights reserved.
Member NASD/SIPC.
VTJ SAR 6/04 RN04-00747P-Y04/04
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. [Reserved.]
Item 7. Disclosure of Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures for Closed-End
Management Investment Companies.
Not applicable.
Item 8. [Reserved.]
Item 9. 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-CSR
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 registrant's most recent fiscal half-year
(the registrant's second fiscal half-year in the case of an annual report) that
has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the
registrant's internal control over financial reporting.
Item 10. Exhibits.
(a) Code of Ethics - Not applicable for semi-annual reports.
(b)(1) A certification for the Principal Executive Officer of the registrant is
attached hereto as part of EX-99.CERT.
(b)(2) 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 Trust For Investment Grade New Jersey Municipals
By: /s/ Ronald E. Robison
-------------------------
Name: Ronald E. Robison
Title: Principal Executive Officer
Date: June 22, 2004
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/ Ronald E. Robison
-------------------------
Name: Ronald E. Robison
Title: Principal Executive Officer
Date: June 22, 2004
By: /s/ John L. Sullivan
-------------------------
Name: John L. Sullivan
Title: Principal Financial Officer
Date: June 22, 2004