N-CSR 1 c35445nvcsr.htm FORM N-CSR nvcsr
 
 
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 811-4269
Van Kampen Trust
 
(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)
522 Fifth Avenue, New York, New York 10036
 
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)
Jerry W. Miller
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: 8/31
Date of reporting period: 8/31/08
 
 

 


 

Item 1. Report to Shareholders.
 
The Fund’s annual report transmitted to shareholders pursuant to Rule 30e-1 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 Core Plus Fixed Income Fund performed during the annual 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 August 31, 2008.
 
 
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, 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.
 
             
NOT FDIC INSURED
    OFFER NO BANK GUARANTEE     MAY LOSE VALUE
NOT INSURED BY ANY FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AGENCY
    NOT A DEPOSIT
             


 

Performance Summary as of 8/31/08
 
Performance of a $10,000 investment
 
This chart compares your fund’s performance to that of the Lehman Brothers U.S. Aggregate Index from 1/31/07 (first month-end after inception) through 8/31/08. Class A shares, adjusted for sales charges.
 
(LINE GRAPH)
 
                                                                               
      A Shares
    B Shares
    C Shares
    I Shares
      since 1/26/07     since 1/26/07     since 1/26/07     since 1/26/07
          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       –1.52 %       –4.49 %         –2.19 %       –4.50 %         –1.89 %       –1.89 %         –1.28 %  
                                                                               
1-year       –4.91         –9.45           –5.69         –9.30           –5.47         –6.37           –4.67    
 
                               
30-Day SEC Yield     5.32%     4.86%     4.87%       5.83%    
                                                                               
                                                                               
 
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.
 
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 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. 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. 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 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. Periods of less than one year are not annualized.
 
 
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The Lehman Brothers U.S. Aggregate Index is an unmanaged, broad-based market index that covers the U.S. dollar denominated, investment-grade, fixed-rate, taxable bond market of securities registered with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the ”SEC”), which includes U.S. Treasury, government-related, corporate, mortgage-backed, asset-backed and commercial mortgage-backed securities sectors. The index does not include any expenses, fees or sales charges, which would lower performance. The index is unmanaged and should not be considered an investment. It is not possible to invest directly in an index.
 
 
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Fund Report
For the 12-month period ended August 31, 2008
 
Market Conditions
 
The 12-month reporting period under review was marked by disrupted credit markets, recession fears, inflation concerns, and a depressed housing market, all of which weighed heavily on investor sentiment and led to heightened volatility in the financial markets.
 
The Federal Reserve (the “Fed”) intervened on several occasions in an effort to help buoy the markets and the economy, loosening its lending requirements, facilitating the bailout of Bear Stearns by JPMorgan Chase, and reducing the target federal funds rate to 2.0 percent by the end of April. While these measures served to calm the markets temporarily in April and May, news shortly thereafter of additional mortgage-related writedowns by various financial institutions, coupled with growing concerns about inflationary pressures from rising food and energy prices, drove performance back down again in June. The decline continued through the end of the reporting period.
 
The uncertain environment led investors to favor high-quality securities over riskier assets, which helped Treasuries outpace other U.S. investment-grade sectors. The mortgage market continued to struggle in the wake of the subprime market collapse and ongoing residential housing slump. The non-agency mortgage sector was particularly hard hit. Much of the growth in mortgage issuance in recent years was in these non-traditional mortgages with more lenient borrowing terms, and the availability of these types of loans, as well as liquidity in the sector, has dramatically declined. The corporate bond sector also suffered as credit spreads moved wider throughout most of the period under review. Spread widening was most pronounced within the financials sector, which was the worst performing segment of the corporate market for the overall period.
 
The financial crisis that has roiled capital markets since 2007 only intensified from September onward. Overnight lending rates rose to extreme levels and inter-bank lending effectively came to a halt as banks refused to lend, raising borrowing costs and hampering economic activity around the world. Banks and other large financial institutions worldwide faced collapse and, in some cases, outright nationalization as governments moved to attempt to shore up the financial system and to protect depositors. Indeed, recent weeks have seen announcements of an array of government actions around the world to support the orderly functioning of credit activity. Volatility in the capital markets has remained elevated, with the CBOE VIX index of equity volatility reaching record levels while a sustained flight to quality briefly sent short-term Treasury yields to negative rates. Such volatility could well remain a significant feature of the markets until the crisis abates.
 
 
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Performance Analysis
 
All share classes of Van Kampen Core Plus Fixed Income Fund underperformed the Lehman Brothers U.S. Aggregate Index for the 12 months ended August 31, 2008, assuming no deduction of applicable sales charges.
 
Total returns for the 12-month period ended August 31, 2008
 
                                                               
                            Lehman Brothers U.S.
   
    Class A     Class B     Class C     Class I     Aggregate Index    
                                                               
      –4.91 %         –5.69 %         –5.47 %         –4.67 %         5.86 %      
 
 
 
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 detractor from the Fund’s performance during the period was an overweight allocation relative to the Lehman Brothers U.S. Aggregate Index in non-agency mortgage securities. The Fund’s holdings here are in CMOs (collateralized mortgage obligations) backed by pools of option adjustable-rate mortgages (ARMs), also known as MTA (moving Treasury average) floaters, made primarily to Alt-A borrowers—those who have relatively strong credit but are not considered “prime” borrowers. Defaults in the subprime market have led to spread widening across the entire residential mortgage market and consequently, the Fund’s positioning had a negative impact on performance.
 
Other positions, however, were additive to performance. The Fund’s smaller relative allocation to corporate credit was beneficial as it helped reduce the detrimental effect of spread widening in the sector during the period. In the last months of the reporting year, as spreads narrowed, we increased the Fund’s corporate bond exposure to a more neutral stance.
 
The Fund’s yield-curve positioning was also beneficial. In the first half of 2008, we underweighted longer-maturity issues and overweighted intermediate-maturity issues through the use of interest rate swaps. This strategy helped enhance returns as the spread between these two segments of the yield curve widened and the curve steepened. As of the end of the period, the portfolio had a neutral interest-rate sensitivity and yield curve positioning as we believe further curve steepening is unlikely and current prices reflect more realistic expectations for interest rates, economic growth and inflation.
 
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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Asset Allocation as of 8/31/08
 
Mortgage Backed Securities
    41.1 %
CMOs
    25.2  
Corporate Bonds
    16.9  
Asset Backed Securities
    7.4  
Adjustable Rate Mortgage Backed Securities
    3.6  
United States Government Obligations
    3.3  
Foreign Government Obligations
    0.5  
         
Total Long Term Investments
    98.0  
Total Short-Term Investments
    26.5  
         
Total Investments
    124.5  
Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets
    (24.5 )
         
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 industries shown above. Asset Allocation is as a percentage of 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.
 
 
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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 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 3/1/08 - 8/31/08.
 
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*
     
    3/1/08   8/31/08   3/1/08-8/31/08
 
Class A
                       
Actual
  $ 1,000.00     $ 908.79     $ 3.60  
Hypothetical
    1,000.00       1,021.37       3.81  
(5% annual return before expenses)
                       
                         
Class B
                       
Actual
    1,000.00       904.80       7.18  
Hypothetical
    1,000.00       1,017.60       7.61  
(5% annual return before expenses)
                       
                         
Class C
                       
Actual
    1,000.00       904.71       7.18  
Hypothetical
    1,000.00       1,017.60       7.61  
(5% annual return before expenses)
                       
                         
Class I
                       
Actual
    1,000.00       909.94       2.40  
Hypothetical
    1,000.00       1,022.62       2.54  
(5% annual return before expenses)
                       
 
* Expenses are equal to the Fund’s annualized expense ratio of 0.75%, 1.50%, 1.50% and 0.50% for Class A, B, C and I Shares, respectively, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 184/366 (to reflect the one-half year period). These expense ratios reflect an expense waiver.
 
Assumes all dividends and distributions were reinvested.
 
 
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Investment Advisory Agreement Approval
 
Both the Investment Company Act of 1940 and the terms of the Fund’s investment advisory agreement require that the investment advisory agreement between the Fund and its investment adviser be approved annually both by a majority of the Board of Trustees and by a majority of the independent trustees voting separately.
 
At meetings held on April 15, 2008 and May 8, 2008, the Board of Trustees, and the independent trustees voting separately, considered and ultimately determined that the terms of the investment advisory agreement are fair and reasonable and approved the continuance of the investment advisory agreement as being in the best interests of the Fund and its shareholders. In making its determination, the Board of Trustees considered materials that were specifically prepared by the investment adviser at the request of the Board and Fund counsel, and by an independent provider of investment company data contracted to assist the Board, relating to the investment advisory agreement review process. The Board also considered information received periodically about the portfolio, performance, the investment strategy, portfolio management team and fees and expenses of the Fund. The Board of Trustees considered the investment advisory agreement over a period of several months and the trustees held sessions both with the investment adviser and separate from the investment adviser in reviewing and considering the investment advisory agreement.
 
In approving the investment advisory agreement, the Board of Trustees considered, among other things, the nature, extent and quality of the services provided by the investment adviser, the performance, fees and expenses of the Fund compared to other similar funds and other products, the investment adviser’s expenses in providing the services and the profitability of the investment adviser and its affiliated companies. The Board of Trustees considered the extent to which any economies of scale experienced by the investment adviser are shared with the Fund’s shareholders, and the propriety of existing and alternative breakpoints in the Fund’s investment advisory fee schedule. The Board of Trustees considered comparative advisory fees of the Fund and other investment companies and/or other products at different asset levels, and considered the trends in the industry versus historical and projected assets of the Fund. The Board of Trustees evaluated other benefits the investment adviser and its affiliates derive from their relationship with the Fund. The Board of Trustees reviewed information about the foregoing factors and considered changes, if any, in such information since its previous approval. The Board of Trustees discussed the financial strength of the investment adviser and its affiliated companies and the capability of the personnel of the investment adviser, and specifically the strength and background of its portfolio management personnel. The Board of Trustees reviewed the statutory and regulatory requirements for approval and disclosure of investment advisory agreements. The Board of Trustees, including the independent trustees, evaluated all of the foregoing and does not believe any single factor or group of factors control or dominate the review process, and,
 
 
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after considering all factors together, has determined, in the exercise of its business judgment, that approval of the investment advisory agreement is in the best interests of the Fund and its shareholders. The following summary provides more detail on certain matters considered but does not detail all matters considered.
 
Nature, Extent and Quality of the Services Provided. On a regular basis, the Board of Trustees considers the roles and responsibilities of the investment adviser as a whole and for those specific portfolio management, support and trading functions servicing the Fund. The trustees discuss with the investment adviser the resources available and used in managing the Fund and changes made in the Fund’s portfolio management strategy over time. The Fund discloses information about its portfolio management team members and their experience in its prospectus. The trustees also discuss certain other services which are provided on a cost-reimbursement basis by the investment adviser or its affiliates to the Van Kampen funds including certain accounting, administrative and legal services. The Board has determined that the nature, extent and quality of the services provided by the investment adviser support its decision to approve the investment advisory agreement.
 
Performance, Fees and Expenses of the Fund. On a regular basis, the Board of Trustees reviews the performance, fees and expenses of the Fund compared to its peers and to appropriate benchmarks. In addition, the Board spends more focused time on the performance of the Fund and other funds in the Van Kampen complex, paying specific attention to underperforming funds. The trustees discuss with the investment adviser the performance goals and the actual results achieved in managing the Fund. When considering a fund’s performance, the trustees and the investment adviser place emphasis on trends and longer-term returns (focusing on one-year, three-year and five-year performance with special attention to three-year performance) and, when a fund’s weighted performance is under the fund’s benchmark, they discuss the causes and where necessary seek to make specific changes to investment strategy or investment personnel. The Fund discloses more information about its performance elsewhere in this report and in the Fund’s prospectus. The trustees discuss with the investment adviser the level of advisory fees for this Fund relative to comparable funds and other products advised by the adviser and others in the marketplace. The trustees review not only the advisory fees but other fees and expenses (whether paid to the adviser, its affiliates or others) and the Fund’s overall expense ratio. The Fund discloses more information about its fees and expenses in its prospectus. The Board has determined that the performance, fees and expenses of the Fund support its decision to approve the investment advisory agreement.
 
Investment Adviser’s Expenses in Providing the Service and Profitability. At least annually, the trustees review the investment adviser’s expenses in providing services to the Fund and other funds advised by the investment adviser and the profitability of the investment adviser. These profitability reports are put together
 
 
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by the investment adviser with the oversight of the Board. The trustees discuss with the investment adviser its revenues and expenses, including among other things, revenues for advisory services, portfolio management-related expenses, revenue sharing arrangement costs and allocated expenses both on an aggregate basis and per fund. The Board has determined that the analysis of the investment adviser’s expenses and profitability support its decision to approve the investment advisory agreement.
 
Economies of Scale. On a regular basis, the Board of Trustees considers the size and growth prospects of the Fund and how that relates to the Fund’s expense ratio and particularly the Fund’s advisory fee rate. In conjunction with its review of the investment adviser’s profitability, the trustees discuss with the investment adviser how more (or less) assets can affect the efficiency or effectiveness of managing the Fund’s portfolio and whether the advisory fee level is appropriate relative to current and projected asset levels and/or whether the advisory fee structure reflects economies of scale as asset levels change. The Board has determined that its review of the actual and potential economies of scale of the Fund support its decision to approve the investment advisory agreement.
 
Other Benefits of the Relationship. On a regular basis, the Board of Trustees considers other benefits to the investment adviser and its affiliates derived from its relationship with the Fund and other funds advised by the investment adviser. These benefits include, among other things, fees for transfer agency services provided to the funds, in certain cases research received by the adviser generated from commission dollars spent on funds’ portfolio trading, and in certain cases distribution or service related fees related to funds’ sales. The trustees review with the investment adviser each of these arrangements and the reasonableness of its costs relative to the services performed. The Board has determined that the other benefits received by the investment adviser or its affiliates support its decision to approve the investment advisory agreement.
 
 
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Van Kampen Core Plus Fixed Income Fund
Portfolio of Investments  n  August 31, 2008
 
                             
Par
               
Amount
               
(000)   Description   Coupon   Maturity   Value
 
 
        Mortgage Backed Securities  41.1%
$ 2,350     Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.     5.000 %   06/01/38   $ 2,208,779  
  13,850     Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp., September (a)     5.000     TBA     13,306,817  
  800     Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.     5.500     06/01/38     787,218  
  19,982     Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.     5.500     04/01/37 to 11/01/37     19,723,084  
  5,900     Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp., September (a)     5.500     TBA     5,817,955  
  4,150     Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.     6.000     05/01/37 to 08/01/37     4,188,679  
  1,200     Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp., September (a)     6.000     TBA     1,209,937  
  554     Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.     7.000     08/01/31 to 06/01/32     582,764  
  3,412     Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.     7.500     12/01/21 to 10/01/32     3,684,501  
  374     Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.     8.000     05/01/30 to 07/01/31     404,249  
  349     Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.     8.500     06/01/30     386,323  
  21     Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.     9.000     01/01/30     22,948  
  25     Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.     9.500     12/01/22     27,127  
  27     Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.     10.000     12/01/19     30,730  
  41     Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.     10.500     12/01/19     47,328  
  5,000     Federal National Mortgage Association, September (a)     4.500     TBA     4,843,750  
  383     Federal National Mortgage Association     5.000     06/01/37     368,560  
  5,200     Federal National Mortgage Association, September (a)     5.000     TBA     5,140,311  
  1,200     Federal National Mortgage Association     5.500     04/01/38     1,181,906  
  1,000     Federal National Mortgage Association     5.500     05/01/38     981,172  
  9,200     Federal National Mortgage Association, September (a)     5.500     TBA     9,086,435  
  19,575     Federal National Mortgage Association, September (a)     6.000     TB     19,767,696  
  589     Federal National Mortgage Association     6.500     12/01/31 to 10/01/32     611,374  
  4,450     Federal National Mortgage Association, September (a)     6.500     TBA     4,577,243  
  2,739     Federal National Mortgage Association     7.000     01/01/24 to 06/01/35     2,887,912  
  1,100     Federal National Mortgage Association, September (a)     7.000     TBA     1,150,875  
  2,342     Federal National Mortgage Association     7.500     03/01/21 to 09/01/32     2,519,058  
  2,606     Federal National Mortgage Association     8.000     11/01/25 to 06/01/32     2,822,034  
  677     Federal National Mortgage Association     8.500     06/01/30 to 01/01/31     745,338  
 
 
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Van Kampen Core Plus Fixed Income Fund
Portfolio of Investments  n  August 31, 2008  
continued
 
                             
Par
               
Amount
               
(000)   Description   Coupon   Maturity   Value
 
 
        Mortgage Backed Securities (Continued)
$ 13     Federal National Mortgage Association     9.000 %   08/01/25   $ 14,255  
  263     Federal National Mortgage Association     9.500     07/01/16 to 04/01/30     292,127  
  138     Federal National Mortgage Association     10.000     11/01/18     156,751  
  108     Federal National Mortgage Association     10.500     03/01/18 to 03/01/21     123,233  
  283     Government National Mortgage Association     8.000     01/15/26 to 11/15/29     309,461  
  22     Government National Mortgage Association     8.500     08/15/26     23,923  
  119     Government National Mortgage Association     9.000     12/15/19 to 10/15/24     130,133  
  265     Government National Mortgage Association     9.500     11/15/17 to 09/15/22     290,897  
  106     Government National Mortgage Association     10.000     04/15/16 to 12/15/21     119,483  
  32     Government National Mortgage Association     10.500     12/15/20     36,517  
  137     Government National Mortgage Association     11.000     03/15/16 to 01/15/19     152,319  
                             
        Total Mortgage Backed Securities  41.1%     110,761,202  
                 
         
        Collateralized Mortgage Obligations  25.2%
  731     Alliance Bancorp Trust (b)     2.712     07/25/37     448,134  
  655     American Home Mortgage Assets (b) (c)     2.597     03/25/47     375,367  
  778     American Home Mortgage Assets (b) (c)     2.651     10/25/46     434,845  
  894     American Home Mortgage Assets (b) (c)     2.662     06/25/47     473,865  
  466     American Home Mortgage Assets (b) (c)     2.702     05/25/46     173,831  
  311     American Home Mortgage Assets (b)     2.721     10/25/46     98,170  
  126     American Home Mortgage Assets (b) (c)     2.721     10/25/46     47,511  
  206     American Home Mortgage Assets (b) (c)     2.772     06/25/47     35,076  
  78     American Home Mortgage Assets (b) (c)     2.782     10/25/46     13,223  
  167     American Home Mortgage Investment Trust (b) (c)     2.662     12/25/46     88,597  
  2,619     American Home Mortgage Investment Trust (b)     2.662     03/25/46 to 05/25/47     1,383,583  
 
 
13
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Van Kampen Core Plus Fixed Income Fund
Portfolio of Investments  n  August 31, 2008  
continued
 
                             
Par
               
Amount
               
(000)   Description   Coupon   Maturity   Value
 
 
        Collateralized Mortgage Obligations (Continued)
$ 734     American Home Mortgage Investment Trust (b) (c)     2.772 %   09/25/45 to 03/25/46   $ 179,197  
  900     Banc of America Commercial Mortgage, Inc.     5.492     02/10/51     802,094  
  1,200     Banc of America Commercial Mortgage, Inc. (d)     5.838     06/10/49     1,089,991  
  750     Bear Stearns Commercial Mortgage Securities (d)     5.694     06/11/50     678,512  
  187     Bear Stearns Mortgage Funding Trust (b) (c)     2.612     03/25/37     107,093  
  628     Bear Stearns Mortgage Funding Trust (b) (c)     2.642     03/25/37     332,746  
  338     Bear Stearns Mortgage Funding Trust (b) (c)     2.652     10/25/36     200,198  
  202     Bear Stearns Mortgage Funding Trust (b) (c)     2.672     03/25/37     68,612  
  410     Bear Stearns Mortgage Funding Trust (b)     2.682     07/25/36     256,913  
  147     Bear Stearns Mortgage Funding Trust (b) (c)     2.682     12/25/36     78,046  
  11,451     Bear Stearns Structured Products, Inc. (c) (e) (f)     *     06/26/36 to 04/25/37     961  
  315     Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Trust (d)     5.889     12/10/49     287,508  
  975     Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates (d)     6.010     12/10/49     896,018  
  24,071     Countrywide Alternative Loan Trust (f)     *     02/25/37 to 03/20/47     984,442  
  1,117     Countrywide Alternative Loan Trust (c) (e)     1.559     02/25/47     112  
  1,667     Countrywide Alternative Loan Trust (d) (f)     2.000     04/25/47     43,754  
  2,150     Countrywide Alternative Loan Trust (b) (c)     2.612     07/25/46 to 04/25/47     1,474,105  
  1,734     Countrywide Alternative Loan Trust (c) (e)     2.118     05/25/47     173  
  225     Countrywide Alternative Loan Trust (b) (c)     2.642     05/25/47     132,403  
  1,560     Countrywide Alternative Loan Trust (b) (c)     2.662     08/25/46 to 11/25/46     909,831  
  156     Countrywide Alternative Loan Trust (b)     2.681     03/20/46     97,692  
  1,361     Countrywide Alternative Loan Trust (b) (c)     2.722     10/25/46     540,075  
  339     Countrywide Alternative Loan Trust (b)     2.742     07/25/46     135,121  
 
 
14
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Van Kampen Core Plus Fixed Income Fund
Portfolio of Investments  n  August 31, 2008  
continued
 
                             
Par
               
Amount
               
(000)   Description   Coupon   Maturity   Value
 
 
        Collateralized Mortgage Obligations (Continued)
$ 811     Countrywide Alternative Loan Trust (b) (c)     2.742 %   12/25/46   $ 184,680  
  138     Countrywide Alternative Loan Trust (b) (c)     2.760     11/20/35     82,249  
  188     Countrywide Alternative Loan Trust (b) (c)     2.761     06/25/47     108,491  
  610     Countrywide Alternative Loan Trust (b)     2.771     03/20/46     247,731  
  194     Countrywide Alternative Loan Trust (b) (c)     2.771     12/20/46     37,467  
  2,068     Countrywide Alternative Loan Trust (b) (c)     2.772     12/25/35 to 05/25/47     1,043,736  
  549     Countrywide Alternative Loan Trust (b) (c)     2.811     05/20/46     117,758  
  568     Countrywide Alternative Loan Trust (b) (c)     2.831     03/20/46     132,629  
  20,806     Countrywide Alternative Loan Trust (f)     2.931     02/20/47     884,260  
  754     Countrywide Alternative Loan Trust (b) (c)     2.972     06/25/47     161,408  
  5,708     Countrywide Alternative Loan Trust (d) (e) (f)     3.163     12/20/35     199,788  
  4,505     Countrywide Alternative Loan Trust (f)     3.474     09/25/35     64,753  
  1,931     Countrywide Alternative Loan Trust (b) (c)     4.779     02/25/36     792,229  
  1,990     Countrywide Home Loans (f)     *     02/25/35     46,651  
  2,802     Countrywide Home Loans (d) (f)     1.879     10/25/34     33,270  
  101     Countrywide Home Loans (b)     2.742     04/25/35     66,784  
  350     Credit Suisse Mortgage Capital Certificates (d)     5.913     06/15/39     319,724  
  149     Deutsche Alternative-A Securities, Inc. Alternate Loan Trust (b) (c)     4.358     02/25/47     29,958  
  12     Deutsche Alternative-A Securities, Inc. NIM Trust (Cayman Islands) (e)     6.750     02/25/47     11,313  
  243     Downey Savings & Loan Association Mortgage Loan Trust (b) (c)     2.606     04/19/48     128,763  
  177     Downey Savings & Loan Association Mortgage Loan Trust (b) (c)     2.646     04/19/48     60,075  
  67     Downey Savings & Loan Association Mortgage Loan Trust (b) (c)     2.766     08/19/45     25,094  
  14,842     Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (REMIC) (b)     2.807     05/15/37     14,067,708  
  2,876     Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (REMIC) (b)     2.817     12/15/30     2,835,180  
 
 
15
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Van Kampen Core Plus Fixed Income Fund
Portfolio of Investments  n  August 31, 2008  
continued
 
                             
Par
               
Amount
               
(000)   Description   Coupon   Maturity   Value
 
 
        Collateralized Mortgage Obligations (Continued)
$ 2,705     Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (REMIC) (b)     2.967 %   07/15/28   $ 2,689,123  
  273     Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (REMIC) (b) (f)     3.500     03/15/24     17,824  
  21,998     Federal National Mortgage Association (REMIC) (d) (f)     2.753     08/25/34     517,287  
  2,493     Federal National Mortgage Association (REMIC) (d) (f)     2.689     03/25/36     60,768  
  14,204     Federal National Mortgage Association (REMIC) (b)     2.812     06/25/37     13,450,359  
  12,417     Federal National Mortgage Association (REMIC) (d) (f)     4.038     07/25/36     496,660  
  188     Federal National Mortgage Association (REMIC) (f)     6.000     07/25/33     40,541  
  150     Federal National Mortgage Association (STRIPS) (f)     6.500     06/01/31     41,481  
  153     Federal National Mortgage Association (REMIC) (f)     6.500     05/25/33     34,308  
  77     Federal National Mortgage Association (REMIC) (f)     7.000     05/25/33     20,441  
  279     Federal National Mortgage Association (STRIPS) (f)     8.000     12/01/31     71,389  
  2,450     Government National Mortgage Association (b)     3.071     08/20/30     2,428,412  
  96     Government National Mortgage Association (b) (f)     6.134     08/16/29     10,496  
  263     Greenpoint Mortgage Funding Trust (b) (c)     2.642     04/25/47     149,642  
  1,861     Greenpoint Mortgage Funding Trust (b) (c)     2.672     03/25/47     1,060,589  
  455     Greenpoint Mortgage Funding Trust (b)     2.762     02/25/36     285,301  
  104     Greenpoint Mortgage Funding Trust (b)     2.792     03/25/36     42,085  
  408     Greenpoint Mortgage Funding Trust (b)     5.079     03/25/36     259,102  
  4,104     Harborview Mortgage Loan Trust (f) (d)     2.315     11/19/34     39,119  
  2,322     Harborview Mortgage Loan Trust (b) (c)     2.646     11/19/36 to 04/19/38     1,215,759  
  1,518     Harborview Mortgage Loan Trust (b)     2.666     09/19/46     925,514  
  1,244     Harborview Mortgage Loan Trust (b) (c)     2.666     01/25/47     422,798  
  297     Harborview Mortgage Loan Trust (b) (c)     2.706     11/19/36     100,946  
 
 
16
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Van Kampen Core Plus Fixed Income Fund
Portfolio of Investments  n  August 31, 2008  
continued
 
                             
Par
               
Amount
               
(000)   Description   Coupon   Maturity   Value
 
 
        Collateralized Mortgage Obligations (Continued)
$ 206     Harborview Mortgage Loan Trust (b) (c)     2.716 %   09/19/36   $ 74,367  
  452     Harborview Mortgage Loan Trust (b) (c)     2.721     08/21/36     153,688  
  81     Harborview Mortgage Loan Trust (b) (c)     2.826     02/19/36     30,207  
  422     Harborview Mortgage Loan Trust (b) (c)     2.846     11/19/35     153,795  
  93     Harborview Mortgage Loan Trust (b) (c)     2.921     06/20/35     32,376  
  320     Harborview Mortgage Loan Trust (b) (c)     5.079     10/19/35     190,558  
  403     Indymac Index Mortgage Loan Trust (b)     2.572     02/25/37     337,355  
  294     Indymac Index Mortgage Loan Trust (b) (c)     2.682     11/25/36     155,637  
  81     Indymac Index Mortgage Loan Trust (b) (c)     2.752     03/25/35     49,006  
  950     JP Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Corp. (d)     5.937     02/12/49     867,968  
  625     LB-UBS Commercial Mortgage Trust (d)     5.866     09/15/45     571,946  
  164     Luminent Mortgage Trust (b) (c)     2.692     12/25/36     54,588  
  129     Luminent Mortgage Trust (b)     2.722     05/25/36     53,372  
  265     Luminent Mortgage Trust (b)     2.752     02/25/46     106,767  
  166     MASTR Adjustable Rate Mortgages Trust (b) (c)     2.722     04/25/46     64,292  
  763     MASTR Adjustable Rate Mortgages Trust (b) (c)     4.230     04/25/46     165,547  
  2,134     Residential Accredit Loans, Inc. (e) (c)     *     03/25/47 to 05/25/47     213  
  230     Residential Accredit Loans, Inc. (b) (c)     2.612     03/25/37     121,676  
  1,541     Residential Accredit Loans, Inc. (b)     2.632     01/25/37 to 03/25/47     934,717  
  134     Residential Accredit Loans, Inc. (b)     2.662     02/25/37     47,302  
  210     Residential Accredit Loans, Inc. (b)     2.672     03/25/47     80,060  
  1,521     Residential Accredit Loans, Inc. (b) (c)     2.672     05/25/47     889,343  
  121     Residential Accredit Loans, Inc. (b) (c)     2.702     05/25/46     40,485  
  1,682     Residential Accredit Loans, Inc. (b)     2.732     05/25/47     625,604  
  1,129     Residential Accredit Loans, Inc. (b) (c)     2.742     02/25/46     598,569  
  76     Residential Accredit Loans, Inc. (b) (c)     2.872     10/25/45     25,932  
 
 
17
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Van Kampen Core Plus Fixed Income Fund
Portfolio of Investments  n  August 31, 2008  
continued
 
                             
Par
               
Amount
               
(000)   Description   Coupon   Maturity   Value
 
 
        Collateralized Mortgage Obligations (Continued)
$ 161     Structured Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan Trust (b)     2.782 %   07/25/35   $ 84,421  
  901     Structured Asset Mortgage Investments, Inc. (b) (c)     2.652     09/25/47     493,034  
  475     Structured Asset Mortgage Investments, Inc. (b) (c)     2.662     02/25/36 to 02/25/37     191,817  
  165     Structured Asset Mortgage Investments, Inc. (b) (c)     2.672     01/25/37     55,938  
  750     Structured Asset Mortgage Investments, Inc. (b) (c)     2.682     01/25/37     254,944  
  54     Structured Asset Mortgage Investments, Inc. (b)     2.732     05/25/46     22,778  
  87     Structured Asset Mortgage Investments, Inc. (b)     2.742     04/25/36     35,503  
  78     Structured Asset Mortgage Investments, Inc. (b) (c)     2.752     07/25/46     17,440  
  130     Structured Asset Mortgage Investments, Inc. (b)     2.782     02/25/36     52,892  
  11,416     Washington Mutual Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates (f)     *     09/25/46 to 03/25/47     93,021  
  58     Washington Mutual Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates (b) (c)     2.662     07/25/46     33,373  
  488     Washington Mutual Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates (b) (c)     2.672     02/25/47     140,973  
  92     Washington Mutual Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates (b) (c)     2.752     07/25/46     19,808  
  679     Washington Mutual Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates (b) (c)     2.762     11/25/46     124,484  
  225     Washington Mutual Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates (b) (c)     2.822     06/25/46     27,000  
  82     Washington Mutual Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates (b)     2.832     07/25/45 to 10/25/45     33,725  
  2,743     Washington Mutual Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates (f) (d)     2.888     01/25/45     34,287  
  58     Washington Mutual Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates (b)     4.019     04/25/46     25,542  
  440     Washington Mutual Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates (b) (c)     4.019     05/25/46     257,302  
  1,225     Washington Mutual Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates (b) (c)     4.079     08/25/46     649,353  
  96     Washington Mutual Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates (b)     4.529     10/25/45     61,019  
                             
        Total Collateralized Mortgage Obligations  25.2%     68,063,466  
                 
 
 
18
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Van Kampen Core Plus Fixed Income Fund
Portfolio of Investments  n  August 31, 2008  
continued
 
                             
Par
               
Amount
               
(000)   Description   Coupon   Maturity   Value
 
 
         
        Corporate Bonds  16.9%
Aerospace & Defense  0.0%
$ 77     Systems 2001 Asset Trust LLC (Cayman Islands) (e)     6.664 %   09/15/13   $ 77,411  
                             
         
        Automotive  0.2%
  260     DaimlerChrysler NA Holding LLC     8.500     01/18/31     268,030  
  210     Harley-Davidson Funding Corp. (e)     6.800     06/15/18     205,480  
                             
                          473,510  
                             
        Banking  1.9%
  100     Bank of America Corp.     5.650     05/01/18     92,418  
  655     Bank of America Corp.     5.750     12/01/17     612,092  
  210     Bank of New York Mellon Corp.     4.500     04/01/13     205,442  
  205     Citigroup, Inc.     5.875     05/29/37     173,382  
  330     Citigroup, Inc.     6.125     05/15/18     309,084  
  470     Citigroup, Inc. (d)     8.400     04/29/49     399,627  
  360     HBOS PLC (United Kingdom) (e)     6.750     05/21/18     325,690  
  1,130     JPMorgan Chase & Co.     4.750     05/01/13     1,090,482  
  160     Nationwide Building Society (United Kingdom) (e)     4.250     02/01/10     157,731  
  600     Unicredito Luxembourg Finance (Luxembourg) (b) (e)     2.846     10/24/08     599,793  
  160     Wachovia Capital Trust III (d)     5.800     03/15/42     86,443  
  845     Wachovia Corp.     5.500     05/01/13     776,628  
  300     Wells Fargo & Co.     5.625     12/11/17     288,865  
                             
                          5,117,677  
                             
        Brokerage  1.6%
  320     Bear Stearns Co., Inc.     5.550     01/22/17     299,091  
  305     Bear Stearns Co., Inc.     7.250     02/01/18     316,558  
  765     Credit Suisse NY (Switzerland)     6.000     02/15/18     735,280  
  700     Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.     6.150     04/01/18     670,783  
  480     Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.     6.750     10/01/37     423,569  
  490     Lehman Brothers Holdings, Inc. (h)     5.750     01/03/17     416,900  
  425     Lehman Brothers Holdings, Inc. (h)     6.500     07/19/17     376,824  
  395     Lehman Brothers Holdings, Inc. (h)     6.875     07/17/37     324,327  
  215     Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc.     6.110     01/29/37     161,783  
  765     Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc.     6.875     04/25/18     705,774  
                             
                          4,430,889  
                             
        Chemicals  0.1%
  230     E.I. Du Pont de Nemours     6.000     07/15/18     234,881  
  105     Monsanto Co.     5.125     04/15/18     102,966  
                             
                          337,847  
                             
        Construction Machinery  0.0%
  115     Caterpillar Financial Services Corp.     4.900     08/15/13     115,524  
                             
 
 
19
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Van Kampen Core Plus Fixed Income Fund
Portfolio of Investments  n  August 31, 2008  
continued
 
                             
Par
               
Amount
               
(000)   Description   Coupon   Maturity   Value
 
 
         
        Consumer Products  0.1%
$ 385     Philips Electronics NV (Netherlands)     5.750 %   03/11/18   $ 381,137  
                             
         
        Diversified Manufacturing  0.7%
  70     Brookfield Asset Management, Inc. (Canada)     5.800     04/25/17     61,634  
  50     Brookfield Asset Management, Inc. (Canada)     8.125     12/15/08     50,465  
  85     Cooper Industries, Inc.     5.250     11/15/12     86,126  
  1,050     General Electric Co.     5.250     12/06/17     1,016,589  
  270     Honeywell International, Inc.     5.300     03/01/18     268,310  
  210     Parker Hannifin Corp.     5.500     05/15/18     211,880  
  75     Tyco Electronics Group SA (Luxembourg)     5.950     01/15/14     75,004  
                             
                          1,770,008  
                             
        Electric  1.2%
  10     Appalachian Power Co.     5.650     08/15/12     9,983  
  40     Arizona Public Service Co.     5.800     06/30/14     38,490  
  50     Consumers Energy Co.     4.400     08/15/09     50,166  
  35     Detroit Edison Co.     6.125     10/01/10     36,369  
  160     Entergy Gulf States, Inc. (b)     3.081     12/01/09     157,258  
  211     Entergy Gulf States, Inc. (b) (e)     3.426     12/08/08     210,949  
  555     E.ON International Finance BV (Netherlands) (e)     5.800     04/30/18     547,342  
  345     Israel Electric Corp. Ltd. (Israel) (e)     7.250     01/15/19     348,986  
  350     NiSource Finance Corp. (b)     3.381     11/23/09     341,022  
  180     Nisource Finance Corp.     6.800     01/15/19     175,386  
  75     NiSource Finance Corp.     7.875     11/15/10     77,975  
  25     Ohio Edison Co.     6.400     07/15/16     24,862  
  55     Ohio Power Co., Ser K     6.000     06/01/16     54,362  
  200     Peco Energy Co.     5.350     03/01/18     198,401  
  190     PPL Energy Supply LLC     6.300     07/15/13     192,380  
  195     Public Service Colorado     6.500     08/01/38     201,736  
  225     Southwestern Electric Power Co.     6.450     01/15/19     224,323  
  45     Union Electric Co.     6.400     06/15/17     44,729  
  245     Union Electric Co.     6.700     02/01/19     248,849  
                             
                          3,183,568  
                             
        Financial  0.1%
  40     Capmark Financial Group, Inc.     5.875     05/10/12     25,833  
  20     Capmark Financial Group, Inc.     6.300     05/10/17     11,817  
  300     NYSE Euronext     4.800     06/28/13     296,846  
  70     Prologis     6.625     05/15/18     64,596  
                             
                          399,092  
                             
        Food/Beverage  0.6%
  255     Archer-Daniels-Midland Co.     5.450     03/15/18     250,631  
  40     ConAgra Foods, Inc.     7.000     10/01/28     40,320  
  195     ConAgra Foods, Inc.     8.250     09/15/30     221,806  
 
 
20
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Van Kampen Core Plus Fixed Income Fund
Portfolio of Investments  n  August 31, 2008  
continued
 
                             
Par
               
Amount
               
(000)   Description   Coupon   Maturity   Value
 
 
        Food/Beverage (Continued)
$ 195     Dr. Pepper Snapple Group, Inc. (e)     6.820 %   05/01/18   $ 198,911  
  390     FBG Finance Ltd. (Australia) (e)     5.125     06/15/15     366,237  
  165     General Mills, Inc.     5.250     08/15/13     166,239  
  340     Kraft Foods, Inc.     6.125     08/23/18     334,128  
  30     Pilgrim’s Pride Corp.     7.625     05/01/15     26,700  
  50     Yum! Brands, Inc.     8.875     04/15/11     53,762  
                             
                          1,658,734  
                             
        Gaming  0.1%
  240     MGM Mirage, Inc.     6.000     10/01/09     236,400  
                             
         
        Health Care  0.5%
  280     Baxter International, Inc.     4.625     03/15/15     272,222  
  110     Baxter International, Inc.     5.375     06/01/18     109,906  
  290     Covidien International Finance SA (Luxembourg)     6.000     10/15/17     294,470  
  245     Medco Health Solutions, Inc.     7.125     03/15/18     253,023  
  305     UnitedHealth Group, Inc.     6.000     02/15/18     292,582  
                             
                          1,222,203  
                             
        Independent Energy  0.3%
  100     Gaz Capital SA (Luxembourg) (e)     6.510     03/07/22     84,990  
  380     Questar Market Resources, Inc.     6.800     04/01/18     384,404  
  320     XTO Energy, Inc.     5.500     06/15/18     297,398  
                             
                          766,792  
                             
        Integrated Energy  0.7%
  370     ConocoPhillips     5.200     05/15/18     367,604  
  220     Consumers Energy Co.     4.000     05/15/10     219,500  
  600     Consumers Energy Co.     4.800     02/17/09     602,011  
  155     Marathon Oil Corp.     5.900     03/15/18     149,690  
  245     Marathon Oil Corp.     6.000     10/01/17     242,710  
  300     Petro-Canada (Canada)     6.050     05/15/18     291,015  
                             
                          1,872,530  
                             
        Life Insurance  0.4%
  115     American International Group, Inc. (e)     8.250     08/15/18     113,559  
  275     MetLife, Inc.     6.817     08/15/18     276,206  
  25     Platinum Underwriters Finance, Inc.     7.500     06/01/17     23,791  
  140     Prudential Financial, Inc.     6.625     12/01/37     131,913  
  430     Xlliac Global Funding (e)     4.800     08/10/10     418,571  
                             
                          964,040  
                             
        Lodging  0.1%
  210     Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc.     6.750     05/15/18     190,661  
                             
 
 
21
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Van Kampen Core Plus Fixed Income Fund
Portfolio of Investments  n  August 31, 2008  
continued
 
                             
Par
               
Amount
               
(000)   Description   Coupon   Maturity   Value
 
 
         
        Media-Cable  0.6%
$ 30     Comcast Cable Communications, Inc.     7.125 %   06/15/13   $ 31,909  
  710     Comcast Corp.     5.700     05/15/18     675,950  
  20     Comcast Corp.     6.500     01/15/15     20,332  
  300     COX Communications, Inc. (e)     6.250     06/01/18     299,210  
  25     Echostar DBS Corp.     6.625     10/01/14     23,062  
  295     Time Warner Cable, Inc.     6.750     07/01/18     298,359  
  360     Time Warner, Inc.     5.875     11/15/16     341,696  
                             
                          1,690,518  
                             
        Media-Noncable  0.5%
  225     Grupo Televisa SA (Mexico)     6.000     05/15/18     221,193  
  175     Interpublic Group of Cos., Inc.     6.250     11/15/14     150,063  
  130     Pearson Dollar Finance Two PLC (United Kingdom) (e)     6.250     05/06/18     128,237  
  460     Viacom, Inc.     6.875     04/30/36     416,604  
  550     Vivendi (France) (e)     6.625     04/04/18     543,678  
                             
                          1,459,775  
                             
        Metals  0.3%
  270     ArcelorMittal (Luxembourg) (e)     6.125     06/01/18     260,126  
  150     GTL Trade Finance, Inc. (British Virgin Islands) (e)     7.250     10/20/17     151,284  
  420     Rio Tinto Finance USA Ltd. (Australia)     6.500     07/15/18     423,331  
                             
                          834,741  
                             
        Noncaptive-Consumer Finance  1.2%
  425     American Express Credit Corp.     7.300     08/20/13     432,178  
  35     American General Finance Corp.     4.625     05/15/09     34,242  
  1,725     General Electric Capital Corp.     5.625     05/01/18     1,680,159  
  15     Household Finance Corp.     6.375     10/15/11     15,145  
  115     Household Finance Corp.     8.000     07/15/10     119,432  
  1,040     HSBC Finance Corp.     5.500     01/19/16     1,010,592  
  40     SLM Corp.     4.000     01/15/10     36,009  
                             
                          3,327,757  
                             
        Oil Field Services  0.1%
  170     Weatherford International Ltd. (Bermuda)     6.000     03/15/18     166,205  
                             
         
        Paper  0.1%
  395     Nine Dragons Paper Holdings Ltd. (Bermuda) (e)     7.875     04/29/13     366,532  
                             
         
        Pharmaceuticals  0.8%
  350     Amgen, Inc.     5.850     06/01/17     352,462  
  235     AstraZeneca PLC (United Kingdom)     5.900     09/15/17     244,515  
  315     Biogen Idec, Inc.     6.875     03/01/18     322,484  
  390     Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.     5.450     05/01/18     389,534  
 
 
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Van Kampen Core Plus Fixed Income Fund
Portfolio of Investments  n  August 31, 2008  
continued
 
                             
Par
               
Amount
               
(000)   Description   Coupon   Maturity   Value
 
 
        Pharmaceuticals (Continued)
$ 345     GlaxoSmithKline Capital, Inc.     5.650 %   05/15/18   $ 346,628  
  150     Hospira, Inc. (b)     3.281     03/30/10     145,458  
  150     Wyeth     5.450     04/01/17     150,656  
  70     Wyeth     5.500     02/15/16     70,924  
                             
                          2,022,661  
                             
        Pipelines  0.6%
  105     CenterPoint Energy Resources Corp.     6.250     02/01/37     92,503  
  70     CenterPoint Energy Resources Corp.     7.875     04/01/13     74,469  
  239     Colorado Interstate Gas Co.     6.800     11/15/15     242,677  
  220     Equitable Resources, Inc.     6.500     04/01/18     223,287  
  300     Kinder Morgan Finance Co. (Canada)     5.700     01/05/16     279,375  
  440     Plains All American Pipeline     6.700     05/15/36     396,993  
  25     Texas Eastern Transmission Corp.     7.000     07/15/32     24,033  
  275     TransCanada Pipelines Ltd. (Canada)     6.500     08/15/18     278,217  
                             
                          1,611,554  
                             
        Property & Casualty Insurance  0.6%
  180     Ace INA Holdings, Inc.     5.600     05/15/15     169,560  
  730     AIG SunAmerica Global Financing VI (e)     6.300     05/10/11     725,464  
  480     Berkshire Hathaway Finance Corp. (e)     5.400     05/15/18     478,659  
  60     Chubb Corp.     5.750     05/15/18     57,674  
  100     Farmers Exchange Capital (e)     7.050     07/15/28     83,827  
  185     Travelers Cos, Inc.     5.800     05/15/18     177,798  
                             
                          1,692,982  
                             
        Railroads  0.2%
  440     Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp.     6.125     03/15/09     443,147  
  115     Canadian National Railway Co. (Canada)     5.550     05/15/18     115,254  
  60     Union Pacific Corp.     5.450     01/31/13     60,108  
                             
                          618,509  
                             
        Retailers  0.5%
  260     CVS Caremark Corp.     5.750     06/01/17     254,995  
  43     CVS Lease Pass-Through Trust (e)     6.036     12/10/28     40,073  
  70     Home Depot, Inc. (b)     2.901     12/16/09     68,069  
  115     Macy’s Retail Holdings, Inc.     5.950     11/01/08     114,986  
  190     Macy’s Retail Holdings, Inc.     6.625     09/01/08     190,000  
  230     Walgreen Co.     4.875     08/01/13     232,381  
  380     Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.     4.250     04/15/13     381,790  
                             
                          1,282,294  
                             
        Supermarkets  0.2%
  105     Delhaize America, Inc.     9.000     04/15/31     122,075  
  115     Kroger Co.     5.000     04/15/13     113,573  
  165     Kroger Co.     6.400     08/15/17     168,881  
                             
                          404,529  
                             
 
 
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Van Kampen Core Plus Fixed Income Fund
Portfolio of Investments  n  August 31, 2008  
continued
 
                             
Par
               
Amount
               
(000)   Description   Coupon   Maturity   Value
 
 
        Technology  0.6%
$ 295     Dell, Inc. (e)     5.650 %   04/15/18   $ 287,833  
  265     Fiserv, Inc.     6.800     11/20/17     269,768  
  120     Hewlett-Packard Co.     5.500     03/01/18     118,388  
  265     KLA Instruments Corp.     6.900     05/01/18     261,034  
  90     LG Electronics, Inc. (South Korea) (e)     5.000     06/17/10     88,851  
  370     Oracle Corp.     5.750     04/15/18     371,734  
  275     Xerox Corp.     6.350     05/15/18     266,490  
                             
                          1,664,098  
                             
        Tobacco  0.2%
  345     Philip Morris International, Inc.     5.650     05/16/18     340,038  
  300     Reynolds American, Inc.     6.500     07/15/10     309,062  
                             
                          649,100  
                             
        Wireless  0.2%
  270     Rogers Communications, Inc. (Canada)     6.800     08/15/18     274,292  
  145     Vodafone Group PLC (United Kingdom)     5.625     02/27/17     140,313  
                             
                          414,605  
                             
        Wireline  1.6%
  580     AT&T Corp.     8.000     11/15/31     664,813  
  120     AT&T, Inc.     5.600     05/15/18     117,801  
  365     AT&T, Inc.     6.300     01/15/38     345,292  
  205     Deutsche Telekom International Finance BV (Netherlands)     8.750     06/15/30     226,522  
  475     France Telecom, SA (France)     8.500     03/01/31     570,914  
  200     Sprint Capital Corp.     8.750     03/15/32     194,975  
  155     Sprint Nextel Corp.     6.000     12/01/16     141,661  
  65     Telecom Italia Capital (Luxembourg)     4.875     10/01/10     64,666  
  335     Telecom Italia Capital (Luxembourg)     4.950     09/30/14     303,962  
  460     Telecom Italia Capital (Luxembourg)     6.999     06/04/18     450,732  
  510     Telefonica Europe BV (Netherlands)     8.250     09/15/30     578,359  
  610     Verizon Communications, Inc.     5.500     02/15/18     584,451  
                             
                          4,244,148  
                             
        Total Corporate Bonds  16.9%     45,648,031  
                 
         
        Asset Backed Securities  7.4%
  274     ACE Securities Corp. (b)     2.792     05/25/34     195,365  
  125     American Express Credit Account Master Trust (b)     2.467     10/15/12     122,911  
  172     Argent Securities, Inc. (b)     2.922     04/25/34     149,822  
  37     Bayview Financial Acquisition Trust (b)     2.569     11/28/36     36,221  
  455     Bear Stearns Asset Backed Securities Trust (b)     2.572     01/25/37     417,918  
 
 
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Van Kampen Core Plus Fixed Income Fund
Portfolio of Investments  n  August 31, 2008  
continued
 
                             
Par
               
Amount
               
(000)   Description   Coupon   Maturity   Value
 
 
        Asset Backed Securities (Continued)
$ 400     Capital Auto Receivables Asset Trust (b)     2.477 %   04/15/11   $ 391,694  
  2,100     Capital Auto Receivables Asset Trust (b)     2.527     07/15/10     2,080,888  
  496     Capital Auto Receivables Asset Trust (b)     2.527     05/15/11     487,092  
  625     Capital One Multi-Asset Execution Trust     5.750     07/15/20     568,457  
  44     Carrington Mortgage Loan Trust (b)     2.542     10/25/36     43,951  
  331     Carrington Mortgage Loan Trust (b)     2.592     02/25/37     318,462  
  150     Citibank Credit Card Issuance Trust (b)     2.791     03/22/12     147,541  
  475     Citibank Credit Card Issuance Trust     5.650     09/20/19     439,542  
  677     Citigroup Mortgage Loan Trust, Inc. (b)     2.542     01/25/37     516,310  
  52     Countrywide Asset-Backed Certificates (b)     2.672     07/25/34     40,528  
  413     Countrywide Asset-Backed Certificates (b)     2.862     11/25/34     346,322  
  410     Countrywide Asset-Backed Certificates (b)     3.152     06/25/33     378,387  
  17     Credit-Based Asset Servicing and Securitization LLC (b)     2.512     07/25/36     16,474  
  184     Credit Based Asset Servicing and Securitization LLC (b)     2.532     06/25/36     183,065  
  119     Credit Based Asset Servicing and Securitization LLC (b)     2.542     01/25/37     111,849  
  700     Discover Card Master Trust     5.650     03/16/20     698,496  
  189     Fieldstone Mortgage Investment Corp. (b)     2.542     11/25/36     182,647  
  701     First Franklin Mortgage Loan Certificates (b)     2.522     03/25/37     666,049  
  997     Ford Credit Auto Owner Trust (b)     2.477     04/15/10     994,317  
  1,400     Ford Credit Auto Owner Trust (b)     3.067     07/15/10     1,400,896  
  310     GSAMP Trust (b)     2.542     12/25/36     286,011  
  260     GSAMP Trust (b)     2.542     01/25/37     245,219  
  385     GSAMP Trust (b)     2.581     03/25/47     361,200  
  64     Indymac Residential Asset Backed Trust (b)     2.602     04/25/37     61,850  
  26     Nationstar Home Equity Loan Trust (b)     3.171     09/25/36     25,696  
  61     New Century Home Equity Loan Trust (b)     2.842     08/25/34     49,166  
  642     Newcastle Mortgage Securities Trust (b)     2.602     04/25/37     582,715  
 
 
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Van Kampen Core Plus Fixed Income Fund
Portfolio of Investments  n  August 31, 2008  
continued
 
                             
Par
               
Amount
               
(000)   Description   Coupon   Maturity   Value
 
 
        Asset Backed Securities (Continued)
$ 1,100     Nissan Auto Receivables Owner Trust (b)     2.967 %   05/17/10   $ 1,098,323  
  15     Novastar Home Equity Loan (b)     2.542     11/25/36     15,008  
  668     Provident Bank Home Equity Loan Trust (b)     3.012     08/25/31     479,370  
  109     Renaissance Home Equity Loan Trust (b)     2.582     06/25/37     100,912  
  285     Residential Asset Mortgage Products, Inc. (b)     2.542     08/25/36     279,207  
  144     Residential Asset Mortgage Products, Inc. (b)     2.542     02/25/37     133,452  
  126     Residential Asset Mortgage Products, Inc. (b)     2.562     10/25/36     119,201  
  139     Residential Asset Securities Corp. (b)     2.552     10/25/36     136,957  
  281     Residential Asset Securities Corp. (b)     2.582     04/25/37     267,874  
  165     Securitized Asset Backed Receivables LLC (b)     2.552     11/25/36     160,678  
  438     Securitized Asset Backed Receivables LLC (b)     2.582     02/25/37     408,888  
  729     Securitized Asset Backed Receivables LLC (b)     2.602     05/25/37     640,258  
  254     SLM Student Loan Trust (b)     2.790     10/27/14     252,560  
  199     Soundview Home Equity Loan Trust (b)     2.552     01/25/37     194,463  
  642     Soundview Home Equity Loan Trust (b)     2.552     06/25/37     616,769  
  1,201     Soundview Home Equity Loan Trust (b)     2.582     02/25/37     1,112,399  
  389     Specialty Underwriting & Residential Finance (b)     2.592     03/25/37     358,246  
  42     Specialty Underwriting & Residential Finance (b)     2.742     05/25/35     31,825  
  72     Structured Asset Investment Loan Trust (b)     2.842     11/25/33     65,558  
  73     Structured Asset Securities Corp. (b)     2.562     02/25/37     71,897  
  489     Structured Asset Securities Corp. (b)     2.562     06/25/37     445,211  
  317     Structured Asset Securities Corp. (b) (e)     2.592     01/25/37     296,371  
  125     TXU Electric Delivery Transition Bond Company     4.810     11/17/14     124,610  
                             
        Total Asset Backed Securities  7.4%     19,957,098  
                 
 
 
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Van Kampen Core Plus Fixed Income Fund
Portfolio of Investments  n  August 31, 2008  
continued
 
                             
Par
               
Amount
               
(000)   Description   Coupon   Maturity   Value
 
 
         
        Adjustable Rate Mortgage Backed Securities  3.6%
$ 320     Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (b)     5.299 %   04/01/37   $ 322,038  
  105     Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (b)     5.559     04/01/37     106,266  
  555     Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (b)     5.685     01/01/37     566,656  
  281     Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (b)     5.721     01/01/37     283,767  
  273     Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (b)     5.819     04/01/37     275,515  
  221     Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (b)     5.852     04/01/37     225,526  
  557     Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (b)     5.860     10/01/36     569,894  
  66     Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (b)     5.966     01/01/37     67,766  
  711     Federal National Mortgage Association (b)     4.514     11/01/33     720,821  
  355     Federal National Mortgage Association (b)     4.735     06/01/36     356,681  
  390     Federal National Mortgage Association (b)     5.114     11/01/35     391,425  
  411     Federal National Mortgage Association (b)     5.247     03/01/37     416,444  
  308     Federal National Mortgage Association (b)     5.284     03/01/36     314,361  
  1,187     Federal National Mortgage Association (b)     5.322     12/01/35     1,219,007  
  1,565     Federal National Mortgage Association (b)     5.335     10/01/35     1,607,623  
  1,034     Federal National Mortgage Association (b)     5.339     11/01/35     1,062,035  
  472     Federal National Mortgage Association (b)     5.480     04/01/37     478,149  
  464     Federal National Mortgage Association (b)     5.811     05/01/37     472,505  
  99     Federal National Mortgage Association (b)     5.979     04/01/37     101,243  
  28     Government National Mortgage Association II (b)     5.125     10/20/27     28,314  
  207     Government National Mortgage Association II (b)     5.375     01/20/25 to 06/20/25     209,338  
                             
        Total Adjustable Rate Mortgage Backed Securities  3.6%     9,795,374  
                 
 
 
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Van Kampen Core Plus Fixed Income Fund
Portfolio of Investments  n  August 31, 2008  
continued
 
                             
Par
               
Amount
               
(000)   Description   Coupon   Maturity   Value
 
 
         
        United States Government Obligations  3.3%
$ 6,600     United States Treasury Bond     4.500 %   02/15/36   $ 6,668,066  
  1,200     United States Treasury Bond     5.375     02/15/31     1,353,938  
  700     United States Treasury Bond     6.125     08/15/29     856,790  
                             
        Total United States Government Obligations  3.3%     8,878,794  
                 
         
        Foreign Government Obligations  0.5%
  995     Brazilian Government International Bond (Brazil)     6.000     01/17/17     1,021,368  
  135     Korea Railroad Corp. (Republic of Korea (South Korea)) (e)     5.375     05/15/13     132,403  
  700     Mexico United Mexican States (Mexico)     9.500 %   12/18/14     71,649  
                             
        Total Foreign Government Obligations  0.5%     1,225,420  
                 
                 
       
Total Long-Term Investments  98.0%
(Cost $287,356,821)
  $ 264,329,385  
                 
Short-Term Investments  26.5%
Repurchase Agreements  10.1%
       
Banc of America Securities ($8,425,748 par collateralized by U.S. Government obligations in a pooled cash account, interest rate of 2.08%, dated 08/29/08, to be sold on 09/02/08 at $8,427,695)
    8,425,748  
Citigroup Global Markets, Inc. ($8,425,748 par collateralized by U.S. Government obligations in a pooled cash account, interest rate of 2.10%, dated 08/29/08, to be sold on 09/02/08 at $8,427,714)
    8,425,748  
JPMorgan Chase & Co. ($2,527,724 par collateralized by U.S. Government obligations in a pooled cash account, interest rate of 2.11%, dated 08/29/08, to be sold on 09/02/08 at $2,528,317)
    2,527,724  
State Street Bank & Trust Co. ($7,855,780 par collateralized by U.S. Government obligations in a pooled cash account, interest rate of 1.75%, dated 08/29/08, to be sold on 09/02/08 at $7,857,307)
    7,855,780  
         
         
Total Repurchase Agreements  10.1%
    27,235,000  
         
United States Government Agency Obligations  16.4%        
Federal Home Loan Bank Discount Notes ($8,200,000 par, yielding 2.210%, 09/12/08 maturity)
    8,195,498  
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. Discount Notes ($8,200,000 par, yielding 2.210%, 09/08/08 maturity)
    8,197,302  
Federal National Mortgage Association Discount Notes ($8,200,000 par, yielding 2.346%, 10/01/08 maturity)
    8,184,051  
United States Cash Management Bill ($13,000,000 par, yielding 1.945%, 09/15/08 maturity)
    12,990,319  
 
 
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Van Kampen Core Plus Fixed Income Fund
Portfolio of Investments  n  August 31, 2008  
continued
 
                             
Description   Value
 
 
United States Government Agency Obligations (Continued)
       
United States Treasury Bill ($1,575,000 par, yielding 1.816%, 10/09/08 maturity) (g)
  $ 1,572,043  
United States Treasury Bill ($5,000,000 par, yielding 1.751%, 09/18/08 maturity)
    4,995,927  
         
Total United States Government Agency Obligations  16.4%
    44,135,140  
         
         
Total Short-Term Investments  26.5%
(Cost $71,370,140)
    71,370,140  
         
Total Investments  124.5%
(Cost $358,726,961)
    335,699,525  
         
Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets  (24.5%)
    (65,966,952 )
         
         
Net Assets  100.0%
  $ 269,732,573  
         
 
 
Percentages are calculated as a percentage of net assets.
 
* Zero coupon bond
 
(a) Security purchased on a when-issued, delayed delivery or forward commitment basis.
 
(b) Floating Rate Coupon
 
(c) Market value is determined in accordance with procedures established in good faith by the Board of Trustees.
 
(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) IO—Interest Only
 
(g) All or a portion of this security has been physically segregated in connection with open futures contracts and swap contracts.
 
(h) On September 15, 2008, Lehman Brothers Holdings, Inc. filed for bankruptcy.
 
REMIC—Real Estate Mortgage Investment Conduits
STRIPS—Separate Trading of Registered Interest and Principal of Securities
TBA—To be announced, maturity date has not yet been established. Upon settlement and delivery of the mortgage pools, maturity dates will be assigned.
 
 
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Van Kampen Core Plus Fixed Income Fund
Portfolio of Investments  n  August 31, 2008  
continued
 
Futures contracts outstanding as of August 31, 2008:
 
                 
        Unrealized
        Appreciation/
    Contracts   Depreciation
 
Long Contracts:
               
Interest Rate Swap 5-Year Futures, September 2008
(Current Notional Value of $108,797 per contract)
    116     $ 151,637  
Interest Rate Swap 10-Year Futures, September 2008
(Current Notional Value of $111,969 per contract)
    35       66,864  
U.S. Treasury Bond Futures, December 2008
(Current Notional Value of $117,313 per contract)
    69       (23,848 )
U.S. Treasury Notes 2-Year Futures, December 2008
(Current Notional Value of $212,281 per contract)
    140       6,323  
U.S. Treasury Notes 5-Year Futures, December 2008
(Current Notional Value of $111,938 per contract)
    2       (122 )
U.S. Treasury Notes 5-Year Futures, September 2008
(Current Notional Value of $112,453 per contract)
    1       1,045  
                 
Total Long Contracts:
    363       201,899  
                 
Short Contracts:
               
EuroDollar Futures, December 2008
(Current Notional Value of $242,563 per contract)
    2       370  
EuroDollar Futures, December 2009
(Current Notional Value of $241,075 per contract)
    9       (4,968 )
EuroDollar Futures, December 2010
(Current Notional Value of $239,238 per contract)
    5       408  
EuroDollar Futures, June 2009
(Current Notional Value of $242,288 per contract)
    27       (9,534 )
EuroDollar Futures, June 2010
(Current Notional Value of $240,050 per contract)
    26       (14,126 )
EuroDollar Futures, March 2009
(Current Notional Value of $242,600 per contract)
    2       (205 )
EuroDollar Futures, March 2010
(Current Notional Value of $240,563 per contract)
    9       (2,974 )
EuroDollar Futures, March 2011
(Current Notional Value of $239,038 per contract)
    4       2,039  
EuroDollar Futures, September 2008
(Current Notional Value of $242,944 per contract)
    4       1,264  
EuroDollar Futures, September 2009
(Current Notional Value of $241,775 per contract)
    10       (11,577 )
EuroDollar Futures, September 2010
(Current Notional Value of $239,625 per contract)
    7       (1,319 )
U.S. Treasury Notes 10-Year Futures, December 2008
(Current Notional Value of $115,500 per contract)
    122       (46,804 )
                 
Total Short Contracts:
    227       (87,426 )
                 
      590     $ 114,473  
                 
 
 
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Van Kampen Core Plus Fixed Income Fund
Portfolio of Investments  n  August 31, 2008  
continued
 
Swap agreements outstanding as of August 31, 2008:
Credit Default Swaps
 
                                                 
            Pay/
               
            Receive
      Notional
       
        Buy/Sell
  Fixed
  Expiration
  Amount
  Upfront
   
Counterparty   Reference Entity   Protection   Rate   Date   (000)   Payments   Value
 
Bank of America, N.A.
  Carnival Corporation     Buy       1.570 %   03/20/18   $ 190     $ 0     $ (2,299 )
Bank of America, N.A.
  Goodrich Corporation     Buy       0.700     03/20/13     305       0       (2,038 )
Bank of America, N.A.
  Goodrich Corporation     Buy       0.820     03/20/18     160       0       (2,050 )
Bank of America, N.A.
  Textron Financial
Corporation
    Buy       0.800     03/20/18     175       0       8,687  
Citibank, N.A. Corporation
  Eaton     Buy       0.820     03/20/18     160       0       898  
Credit Suisse International Inc.
  Arrow Electronics,     Buy       1.000     03/20/15     300       0       (5,413 )
Goldman Sachs Capital Markets, L.P.
  Avalonbay Communities, Inc.     Buy       3.050     03/20/13     155       0       (6,637 )
Goldman Sachs Capital Markets, L.P.
  Coca-Cola Enterprises, Inc.     Buy       0.588     03/20/13     625       0       (4,399 )
Goldman Sachs Capital Markets, L.P.
  Dell, Inc.     Buy       0.220     03/20/12     65       0       879  
Goldman Sachs Capital Markets, L.P.
  Eaton Corporation     Buy       0.970     03/20/18     170       0       (1,014 )
Goldman Sachs Capital Markets, L.P.
  Eli Lilly and Company     Buy       0.330     03/20/13     105       0       (558 )
Goldman Sachs Capital Markets, L.P.
  Goodrich Corporation     Buy       0.470     03/20/18     150       0       2,187  
Goldman Sachs Capital Markets, L.P.
  Sealed Air Corporation     Buy       1.080     03/20/18     190       0       10,456  
Goldman Sachs Capital Markets, L.P.
  Sealed Air Corporation     Buy       1.240     03/20/18     90       0       3,916  
Goldman Sachs Capital Markets, L.P.
  The Chubb Corporation     Buy       0.110     03/20/12     125       0       1,979  
Goldman Sachs Capital Markets, L.P.
Group, Inc.
  The Hartford
Financial Services
    Buy       0.110     03/20/12     125       0       5,239  
Goldman Sachs Capital Markets, L.P.
  Trane Inc.     Buy       0.500     03/20/13     115       0       (285 )
Goldman Sachs Capital Markets, L.P.
  Tyco International. Ltd.     Buy       0.440     03/20/12     75       0       1,361  
Goldman Sachs Capital Markets, L.P.
  Union Pacific Corporation     Buy       0.260     03/20/12     65       0       566  
JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A.
  Nordstrom, Inc.     Buy       1.070     03/20/18     150       0       4,997  
JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A.
  The Pepsi Bottling Group, Inc.     Buy       0.580     03/20/13     180       0       (727 )
 
 
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Portfolio of Investments  n  August 31, 2008  
continued
 
                                                 
            Pay/
               
            Receive
      Notional
       
        Buy/Sell
  Fixed
  Expiration
  Amount
  Upfront
   
Counterparty   Reference Entity   Protection   Rate   Date   (000)   Payments   Value
 
JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A.
  The Pepsi Bottling Group, Inc.     Buy       0.630 %   03/20/13   $ 220     $ 0     $ (1,370 )
Lehman Brothers Special Financing Inc.*
  Goodrich Corporation     Buy       0.460     03/20/18     125       0       1,920  
Merrill Lynch International
  Carnival Corporation     Buy       1.600     03/20/18     105       0       (1,548 )
Merrill Lynch International
  Eaton Corporation     Buy       0.920     03/20/18     285       0       (600 )
UBS AG Company
  Eli Lilly and     Buy       0.300     03/20/13     470       0       (1,874 )
UBS AG
Materials, Inc.
  Martin Marietta     Buy       1.730     03/20/18     195       0       6,738  
UBS AG
Materials, Inc.
  Martin Marietta     Buy       1.780     03/20/13     290       0       4,148  
UBS AG Corporation
  Textron Financial     Buy       1.010     03/20/13     100       0       1,974  
UBS AG Corporation
  Textron Financial     Buy       1.060     03/20/13     310       0       5,249  
UBS AG
  Trane Inc.     Buy       0.500     03/20/13     335       0       (831 )
UBS AG
  Trane Inc.     Buy       0.600     03/20/18     350       0       (735 )
                                             
                                      0       28,816  
                                             
Goldman Sachs Capital Markets, L.P.
  Dow Jones
CDX NA IG 9
    Sell       0.600     12/20/12     275       (7,837 )     (9,287 )
Goldman Sachs Capital Markets, L.P.
  Dow Jones
CDX NA IG 9
    Sell       0.800     12/20/17     595       (19,933 )     (24,657 )
Goldman Sachs Capital Markets, L.P.
  Dow Jones
CDX NA IG 10
    Sell       1.550     06/20/13     1,420       8,103       8,333  
Goldman Sachs Capital Markets, L.P.
  Dow Jones
CDX NA IG HVOL 9
    Sell       1.400     12/20/12     570       (32,287 )     (49,395 )
Goldman Sachs Capital Markets, L.P.
  Dow Jones
CDX NA IG HVOL 9
    Sell       1.400     12/20/12     595       (32,989 )     (51,561 )
Goldman Sachs Capital Markets, L.P.
  Dow Jones
CDX NA IG HVOL 9
    Sell       1.400     12/20/12     595       (34,765 )     (51,589 )
Goldman Sachs Capital Markets, L.P.
  Dow Jones
CDX NA IG HVOL 9
    Sell       1.400     12/20/12     1,285       (75,878 )     (111,355 )
JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A.
  Dow Jones CDX NA IG 9     Sell       0.600     12/20/12     1,445       (49,782 )     (48,750 )
JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A.
  SLM Corporation     Sell       4.950     03/20/13     175       0       (1,349 )
Lehman Brothers Special Financing Inc.*
  Dow Jones
CDX NA IG 9
    Sell       0.600     12/20/12     505       (9,680 )     (17,054 )
Lehman Brothers Special Financing Inc.*
  Dow Jones
CDX NA IG 9
    Sell       0.600     12/20/12     265       (5,817 )     (8,949 )
Merrill Lynch International
  SLM Corporation     Sell       5.000     03/20/13     175       0       (1,032 )
                                             
                                      (260,865 )     (366,645 )
                                             
Total Credit Default Swaps
  $ (260,865 )   $ (337,829 )
                 
 
 
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Van Kampen Core Plus Fixed Income Fund
Portfolio of Investments  n  August 31, 2008  
continued
 
Interest Rate Swaps
 
                                         
        Pay/
               
        Receive
          Notional
   
        Floating
  Fixed
  Expiration
  Amount
   
Counterparty   Floating Rate Index   Rate   Rate   Date   (000)   Value
 
Bank of America, N.A.
  USD-LIBOR BBA     Pay       4.148 %   06/09/13   $ 20,975     $ 216,064  
Bank of America, N.A.
  USD-LIBOR BBA     Pay       4.195     06/03/13     3,500       44,880  
Bank of America, N.A.
  USD-LIBOR BBA     Pay       4.983     04/15/18     6,585       (14,224 )
Bank of America, N.A.
  USD-LIBOR BBA     Pay       5.070     04/14/18     5,620       5,789  
Bank of America, N.A.
  USD-LIBOR BBA     Pay       5.370     02/12/18     2,910       37,161  
Bank of America, N.A.
  USD-LIBOR BBA     Pay       5.558     07/24/23     27,411       231,623  
Citibank, N.A.
  USD-LIBOR BBA     Pay       3.772     04/24/13     3,200       6,396  
Citibank, N.A.
  USD-LIBOR BBA     Pay       4.470     01/10/18     2,000       7,530  
Citibank, N.A.
  USD-LIBOR BBA     Pay       5.333     05/22/17     750       61,270  
Citibank, N.A.
  USD-LIBOR BBA     Pay       5.368     05/23/17     750       63,202  
Citibank, N.A.
  USD-LIBOR BBA     Pay       5.414     05/25/17     1,725       151,179  
Citibank, N.A.
  USD-LIBOR BBA     Pay       5.440     05/29/17     1,175       105,047  
Citibank, N.A.
  USD-LIBOR BBA     Pay       5.020     09/11/17     450       27,965  
Deutsche Bank AG Frankfurt
  EUR-EURIBOR Reuters     Pay       4.958     07/24/18     14,908       221,332  
Deutsche Bank AG Frankfurt
  EUR-EURIBOR Reuters     Pay       5.239     07/09/23     4,650       48,094  
Deutsche Bank AG Frankfurt
  EUR-EURIBOR Reuters     Pay       5.240     07/10/23     4,225       43,946  
Deutsche Bank AG Frankfurt
  EUR-EURIBOR Reuters     Pay       5.268     07/02/23     28,495       329,412  
Goldman Sachs Capital Markets, L.P.
  USD-LIBOR BBA     Pay       5.340     05/24/17     900       73,958  
Goldman Sachs Capital Markets, L.P.
  USD-LIBOR BBA     Pay       5.630     02/28/18     18,575       411,065  
JP Morgan Chase
Bank, N.A.
  USD-LIBOR BBA     Pay       4.070     05/16/13     19,935       297,216  
JP Morgan Chase
Bank, N.A.
  USD-LIBOR BBA     Pay       4.274     06/02/13     3,790       62,451  
JP Morgan Chase
Bank, N.A.
  USD-LIBOR BBA     Pay       4.476     01/08/18     1,500       6,491  
JP Morgan Chase
Bank, N.A.
  USD-LIBOR BBA     Pay       4.968     11/06/17     40,000       2,166,384  
JP Morgan Chase
Bank, N.A.
  USD-LIBOR BBA     Pay       5.088     09/11/17     1,100       74,324  
JP Morgan Chase
Bank, N.A.
  USD-LIBOR BBA     Pay       5.164     09/20/17     500       36,300  
JP Morgan Chase
Bank, N.A.
  USD-LIBOR BBA     Pay       5.340     05/24/17     900       73,920  
JP Morgan Chase
Bank, N.A.
  USD-LIBOR BBA     Pay       5.370     05/23/17     750       63,373  
 
 
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Van Kampen Core Plus Fixed Income Fund
Portfolio of Investments  n  August 31, 2008  
continued
 
                                         
        Pay/
               
        Receive
          Notional
   
        Floating
  Fixed
  Expiration
  Amount
   
Counterparty   Floating Rate Index   Rate   Rate   Date   (000)   Value
 
JP Morgan Chase
Bank, N.A.
  USD-LIBOR BBA     Pay       5.448 %   05/29/17   $ 1,175     $ 105,753  
Merrill Lynch Capital Services, Inc.
  USD-LIBOR BBA     Pay       5.000     04/15/18     8,790       (13,361 )
                                     
                                      4,944,540  
                                     
Bank of America, N.A.
  USD-LIBOR BBA     Receive       4.169     08/04/13     23,950       (194,847 )
Bank of America, N.A.
  USD-LIBOR BBA     Receive       4.670     08/04/18     18,365       (301,214 )
Bank of America, N.A.
  USD-LIBOR BBA     Receive       5.380     07/24/18     21,298       (237,686 )
Bank of America, N.A.
  USD-LIBOR BBA     Receive       5.470     04/14/23     7,200       (43,992 )
Bank of America, N.A.
  USD-LIBOR BBA     Receive       5.815     02/12/23     3,736       (59,851 )
Bank of America, N.A.
  USD-LIBOR BBA     Receive       5.380     04/15/23     7,985       (28,506 )
Citibank, N.A.
  USD-LIBOR BBA     Receive       4.730     12/27/17     1,425       (35,669 )
Citibank, N.A.
  USD-LIBOR BBA     Receive       5.288     09/28/17     550       (45,141 )
Deutsche Bank AG Frankfurt
  EUR-EURIBOR Reuters     Receive       4.860     07/10/18     3,365       (33,618 )
Deutsche Bank AG Frankfurt
  EUR-EURIBOR Reuters     Receive       4.861     07/09/18     3,705       (37,287 )
Deutsche Bank AG Frankfurt
  EUR-EURIBOR Reuters     Receive       4.934     07/01/18     22,745       (316,329 )
Deutsche Bank AG Frankfurt
  EUR-EURIBOR Reuters     Receive       5.188     07/24/23     18,686       (153,514 )
Goldman Sachs Capital Markets, L.P.
  USD-LIBOR BBA     Receive       6.035     02/28/23     23,835       (529,614 )
JP Morgan Chase
Bank, N.A.
  USD-LIBOR BBA     Receive       5.253     10/11/17     600       46,917  
JP Morgan Chase
Bank, N.A.
  USD-LIBOR BBA     Receive       4.242     01/22/18     2,425       35,728  
JP Morgan Chase
Bank, N.A.
  USD-LIBOR BBA     Receive       4.408     05/01/18     21,825       (168,089 )
JP Morgan Chase
Bank, N.A.
  USD-LIBOR BBA     Receive       4.519     02/19/18     3,500       (19,012 )
JP Morgan Chase
Bank, N.A.
  USD-LIBOR BBA     Receive       4.621     02/22/18     3,500       (46,125 )
JP Morgan Chase
Bank, N.A.
  USD-LIBOR BBA     Receive       5.233     09/27/17     500       (36,752 )
 
 
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Van Kampen Core Plus Fixed Income Fund
Portfolio of Investments  n  August 31, 2008  
continued
 
                                         
        Pay/
               
        Receive
          Notional
   
        Floating
  Fixed
  Expiration
  Amount
   
Counterparty   Floating Rate Index   Rate   Rate   Date   (000)   Value
 
JP Morgan Chase
Bank, N.A.
  USD-LIBOR BBA     Receive       5.300 %   09/28/17   $ 550     $ (45,630 )
Merrill Lynch Capital Services, Inc.
  USD-LIBOR BBA     Receive       5.395     04/16/23     11,215       (44,748 )
                                     
                                      (2,294,979 )
                                     
Total Interest Rate Swaps
    2,649,561  
         
Swap Collateral Received From Counterparty
       
Citibank, N.A.
    (250,000 )
JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A.
    (2,530,000 )
         
Total Swap Collateral Received
    (2,780,000 )
         
Total Swap Agreements
  $ (468,268 )
         
 
* On September 15, 2008, Lehman Brothers Holdings, Inc. filed for bankruptcy. Subsequently, the Fund has effectively closed these transactions and has recorded a net payable to Lehman Brothers Holdings, Inc. regarding these contracts in the amount of $40,722.
 
 
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Van Kampen Core Plus Fixed Income Fund
Financial Statements
 
Statement of Assets and Liabilities
August 31, 2008
 
             
Assets:
           
Total Investments (including repurchase agreements of $27,235,000) (Cost $358,726,961)
  $ 335,699,525      
Cash
    42,451      
Receivables:
           
Investments Sold
    7,522,251      
Interest
    1,479,501      
Fund Shares Sold
    976,485      
Swap Contracts
    285,432      
Other
    33,146      
             
Total Assets
    346,038,791      
             
Liabilities:
           
Payables:
           
Investments Purchased
    74,502,242      
Fund Shares Repurchased
    699,865      
Investment Advisory Fee
    103,953      
Distributor and Affiliates
    60,326      
Income Distributions
    26,345      
Variation Margin on Futures
    2,450      
Swap Contracts
    753,700      
Trustees’ Deferred Compensation and Retirement Plans
    18,887      
Accrued Expenses
    138,450      
             
Total Liabilities
    76,306,218      
             
Net Assets
  $ 269,732,573      
             
Net Assets Consist of:
           
Capital (Par value of $0.01 per share with an unlimited number of shares authorized)
  $ 301,933,900      
Accumulated Undistributed Net Investment Income
    668,608      
Accumulated Net Realized Loss
    (12,529,557 )    
Net Unrealized Depreciation
    (20,340,378 )    
             
Net Assets
  $ 269,732,573      
             
Maximum Offering Price Per Share:
           
Class A Shares:
           
Net asset value and redemption price per share (Based on net assets of $91,796,393 and 10,138,091 shares of beneficial interest issued and outstanding)
  $ 9.05      
Maximum sales charge (4.75%* of offering price)
    0.45      
             
Maximum offering price to public
  $ 9.50      
             
Class B Shares:
           
Net asset value and offering price per share (Based on net assets of $8,644,594 and 959,559 shares of beneficial interest issued and outstanding)
  $ 9.01      
             
Class C Shares:
           
Net asset value and offering price per share (Based on net assets of $17,173,753 and 1,908,540 shares of beneficial interest issued and outstanding)
  $ 9.00      
             
Class I Shares:
           
Net asset value and offering price per share (Based on net assets of $152,117,833 and 16,791,427 shares of beneficial interest issued and outstanding)
  $ 9.06      
             
 
* On sales of $100,000 or more, the sales charge will be reduced.
 
 
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Van Kampen Core Plus Fixed Income Fund
Financial Statements  
continued
 
Statement of Operations
For the Year Ended August 31, 2008
 
             
Investment Income:
           
Interest
  $ 11,800,599      
             
Expenses:
           
Investment Advisory Fee
    826,626      
Distribution (12b-1) and Service Fees
           
Class A
    178,492      
Class B
    61,732      
Class C
    147,813      
Offering Cost
    120,491      
Accounting and Administrative Expenses
    114,512      
Transfer Agent Fees
    91,021      
Professional Fees
    81,412      
Custody
    73,175      
Registration Fees
    73,096      
Trustees’ Fees and Related Expenses
    20,241      
Reports to Shareholders
    9,892      
Other
    22,613      
             
Total Expenses
    1,821,116      
Expense Reduction
    324,998      
Less Credits Earned on Cash Balances
    5,910      
             
Net Expenses
    1,490,208      
             
Net Investment Income
  $ 10,310,391      
             
Realized and Unrealized Gain/Loss:
           
Realized Gain/Loss:
           
Futures
  $ 493,523      
Foreign Currency Transactions
    22,309      
Options
    (89,763 )    
Swap Contracts
    (150,695 )    
Investments
    (12,588,358 )    
             
Net Realized Loss
    (12,312,984 )    
             
Unrealized Appreciation/Depreciation:
           
Beginning of the Period
    (138,769 )    
             
End of the Period:
           
Swap Contracts
    2,572,597      
Futures
    114,473      
Foreign Currency Translation
    (12 )    
Investments
    (23,027,436 )    
             
      (20,340,378 )    
             
Net Unrealized Depreciation During the Period
    (20,201,609 )    
             
Net Realized and Unrealized Loss
  $ (32,514,593 )    
             
Net Decrease in Net Assets From Operations
  $ (22,204,202 )    
             
 
 
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Van Kampen Core Plus Fixed Income Fund
Financial Statements  
continued
 
Statements of Changes in Net Assets
 
                 
        For the Period
        January 26, 2007
    For The
  (Commencement of
    Year Ended
  Operations) to
    August 31, 2008   August 31, 2007
     
 
From Investment Activities:
               
Operations:
               
Net Investment Income
  $ 10,310,391     $ 1,024,139  
Net Realized Loss
    (12,312,984 )     (163,697 )
Net Unrealized Depreciation During the Period
    (20,201,609 )     (138,769 )
                 
Change in Net Assets from Operations
    (22,204,202 )     721,673  
                 
                 
Distributions from Net Investment Income:
               
Class A Shares
    (3,120,248 )     (364,139 )
Class B Shares
    (227,863 )     (130,325 )
Class C Shares
    (595,031 )     (132,799 )
Class I Shares
    (6,072,204 )     (176,006 )
                 
      (10,015,346 )     (803,269 )
                 
                 
Distributions from Net Realized Gain:
               
Class A Shares
    (11,452 )     -0-  
Class B Shares
    (688 )     -0-  
Class C Shares
    (1,965 )     -0-  
Class I Shares
    (40,962 )     -0-  
                 
      (55,067 )     -0-  
                 
Total Distributions
    (10,070,413 )     (803,269 )
                 
                 
Net Change in Net Assets from Investment Activities
    (32,274,615 )     (81,596 )
                 
                 
From Capital Transactions:
               
Proceeds from Shares Sold
    419,616,890       53,440,447  
Net Asset Value of Shares Issued Through Dividend Reinvestment
    9,678,183       218,314  
Cost of Shares Repurchased
    (165,039,998 )     (15,825,052 )
                 
Net Change in Net Assets from Capital Transactions
    264,255,075       37,833,709  
                 
Total Increase in Net Assets
    231,980,460       37,752,113  
Net Assets:
               
Beginning of the Period
    37,752,113       -0-  
                 
End of the Period (Including accumulated undistributed net investment income of $668,608 and $371,145, respectively)
  $ 269,732,573     $ 37,752,113  
                 
 
 
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Van Kampen Core Plus Fixed Income Fund
Financial Highlights
 
The following schedule presents financial highlights for one share of the Fund outstanding throughout the periods indicated.
 
                 
        January 26, 2007
    For The Year
  (Commencement of
    Ended
  Operations) to
Class A Shares
  August 31, 2008   August 31, 2007
     
 
Net Asset Value, Beginning of the Period
  $ 9.98     $ 10.00  
                 
Net Investment Income (a)
    0.45       0.36  
Net Realized and Unrealized Loss
    (0.92 )     (0.10 )
                 
Total from Investment Operations
    (0.47 )     0.26  
                 
Less:
               
Distributions from Net Investment Income
    0.46       0.28  
Distributions from Net Realized Gain
    0.00 (c)     0.00  
                 
Total Distributions
    0.46       0.28  
                 
Net Asset Value, End of the Period
  $ 9.05     $ 9.98  
                 
                 
Total Return* (b)
    –4.91%       2.62% **
Net Assets at End of the Period (In millions)
  $ 91.8     $ 28.7  
Ratio of Expenses to Average Net Assets*
    0.75%       0.75%  
Ratio of Net Investment Income to Average Net Assets*
    4.69%       6.10%  
Portfolio Turnover
    460%       91% **
*  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
    0.96%       2.08%  
Ratio of Net Investment Income to Average Net Assets
    4.48%       4.78%  
 
(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.
 
(c) Amount is less than $0.01 per share.
 
** Non-Annualized
 
 
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Van Kampen Core Plus Fixed Income Fund
Financial Highlights  
continued
 
The following schedule presents financial highlights for one share of the Fund outstanding throughout the periods indicated.
 
                 
        January 26, 2007
    For The Year
  (Commencement of
    Ended
  Operations) to
Class B Shares
  August 31, 2008   August 31, 2007
     
 
Net Asset Value, Beginning of the Period
  $ 9.99     $ 10.00  
                 
Net Investment Income (a)
    0.38       0.30  
Net Realized and Unrealized Loss
    (0.92 )     (0.07 )
                 
Total from Investment Operations
    (0.54 )     0.23  
                 
Less:
               
Distributions from Net Investment Income
    0.44       0.24  
Distributions from Net Realized Gain
    0.00 (c)     0.00  
                 
Total Distributions
    0.44       0.24  
                 
Net Asset Value, End of the Period
  $ 9.01     $ 9.99  
                 
                 
Total Return(b)
    –5.69%       2.35% **(d)
Net Assets at End of the Period (In millions)
  $ 8.6     $ 1.5  
Ratio of Expenses to Average Net Assets(e)
    1.50%       1.28% (d)
Ratio of Net Investment Income to Average Net Assets*
    3.95%       5.14% (d)
Portfolio Turnover
    460%       91% **
*  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 (e)
    1.68%       2.68% (d)
Ratio of Net Investment Income to Average Net Assets
    3.77%       3.74% (d)
 
(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) Amount is less than $0.01 per share.
 
(d) 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 8).
 
(e) The Ratio of Expenses to Average Net Assets does not reflect credits earned on cash balances. If these credits were reflected as a reduction of expenses, the ratio would decrease by .03% for the period ended August 31, 2007.
 
** Non-Annualized
 
 
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Van Kampen Core Plus Fixed Income Fund
Financial Highlights  
continued
 
The following schedule presents financial highlights for one share of the Fund outstanding throughout the periods indicated.
 
                 
        January 26, 2007
    For The Year
  (Commencement of
    Ended
  Operations) to
Class C Shares
  August 31, 2008   August 31, 2007
     
 
Net Asset Value, Beginning of the Period
  $ 10.01     $ 10.00  
                 
Net Investment Income (a)
    0.37       0.31  
Net Realized and Unrealized Loss
    (0.89 )     (0.05 )
                 
Total from Investment Operations
    (0.52 )     0.26  
                 
Less:
               
Distributions from Net Investment Income
    0.49       0.25  
Distributions from Net Realized Gain
    0.00 (c)     0.00  
                 
Total Distributions
    0.49       0.25  
                 
Net Asset Value, End of the Period
  $ 9.00     $ 10.01  
                 
                 
Total Return(b) (d)
    –5.47%       2.61% **
Net Assets at End of the Period (In millions)
  $ 17.2     $ 2.0  
Ratio of Expenses to Average Net Assets* (d) (e)
    1.45%       1.12%  
Ratio of Net Investment Income to Average Net Assets(d)
    3.81%       5.31%  
Portfolio Turnover
    460%       91% **
*  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 (d) (e)
    1.58%       2.52%  
Ratio of Net Investment Income to Average Net Assets (d)
    3.68%       3.92%  
 
(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) Amount is less than $0.01 per share.
 
(d) 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 8).
 
(e) The Ratio of Expenses to Average Net Assets does not reflect credits earned on cash balances. If these credits were reflected as a reduction of expenses, the ratio would decrease by .03% for the period ended August 31, 2007.
 
** Non-Annualized
 
 
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Van Kampen Core Plus Fixed Income Fund
Financial Highlights  
continued
 
The following schedule presents financial highlights for one share of the Fund outstanding throughout the periods indicated.
 
                 
        January 26, 2007
    For The Year
  (Commencement of
    Ended
  Operations) to
Class I Shares
  August 31, 2008   August 31, 2007
     
 
Net Asset Value, Beginning of the Period
  $ 9.98     $ 10.00  
                 
Net Investment Income (a)
    0.47       0.36  
Net Realized and Unrealized Loss
    (0.91 )     (0.09 )
                 
Total from Investment Operations
    (0.44 )     0.27  
                 
Less:
               
Distributions from Net Investment Income
    0.48       0.29  
Distributions from Net Realized Gain
    0.00 (c)     0.00  
                 
Total Distributions
    0.48       0.29  
                 
Net Asset Value, End of the Period
  $ 9.06     $ 9.98  
                 
                 
Total Return* (b)
    –4.67%       2.77% **
Net Assets at End of the Period (In millions)
  $ 152.1     $ 5.6  
Ratio of Expenses to Average Net Assets* (d)
    0.50%       0.52%  
Ratio of Net Investment Income to Average Net Assets*
    4.81%       6.07%  
Portfolio Turnover
    460%       91% **
*  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 (d)
    0.61%       1.91%  
Ratio of Net Investment Income to Average Net Assets
    4.70%       4.68%  
 
(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.
 
(c) Amount is less than $0.01 per share.
 
(d) The Ratio of Expenses to Average Net Assets does not reflect credits earned on cash balances. If these credits were reflected as a reduction of expenses, the ratio would decrease by .02% for the period ended August 31, 2007.
 
** Non-Annualized
 
 
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Van Kampen Core Plus Fixed Income Fund
Notes to Financial Statements  n  August 31, 2008
 
1. Significant Accounting Policies
The Van Kampen Core Plus Fixed Income Fund (the “Fund”) is organized as a diversified series of the Van Kampen 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 total return. The Fund invests primarily in a diversified mix of U.S. dollar denominated investment grade fixed income securities, particularly in U.S. government, corporate and mortgage securities. The Fund commenced operations on January 26, 2007. 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 Fixed income investments are stated at value using market quotations or indications of value obtained from an independent pricing service. Investments in securities listed on a securities exchange are valued at their last sale price as of the close of such securities exchange. Listed and unlisted securities for which the last sale price is not available are valued at the mean of the last reported bid and asked prices. For those securities where quotations or prices are not readily available as noted above, valuations are determined in accordance with procedures established in good faith by the Board of Trustees. Options are valued at the last sale price. Futures contracts are valued at the settlement price established each day on the exchange on which they are traded. Swaps are valued using market quotations obtained from brokers. Short-term securities with remaining maturities of 60 days or less are valued at amortized cost, which approximates market value.
 
B. Security Transaction Security transactions are recorded on a trade date basis. Realized gains and losses are determined on an identified cost basis. The Fund may invest in repurchase agreements, which are short-term investments in which the Fund acquires ownership of a debt security and the seller agrees to repurchase the security at a future time and specified price. The Fund may invest independently in repurchase agreements, or transfer uninvested cash balances into a pooled cash account along with other investment companies advised by Van Kampen Asset Management (the “Adviser”) or its affiliates, the daily aggregate of which is invested in repurchase agreements. Repurchase agreements are fully collateralized by the underlying debt security. The Fund will make payment for such securities only upon physical delivery or evidence of book entry transfer to the account of the custodian bank. The seller is required to maintain the value of the underlying security at not less than the repurchase proceeds due the Fund. The Fund may purchase and sell securities on a “when-issued”, “delayed delivery” or “forward commitment” 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
 
 
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Notes to Financial Statements  
n  August 31, 2008  continued
 
the amount of the when-issued, delayed delivery or forward purchase commitments until payment is made. At August 31, 2008, the Fund had $69,335,320 of when-issued, delayed delivery or forward purchase commitments.
 
C. Income and Expenses Interest income is recorded on an accrual basis. Discounts on debt securities purchased are accreted and premiums are amortized 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. The Fund adopted the provisions of the Financial Accounting Standards Board’s (“FASB”) Interpretation No. 48 (“Fin 48”) Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes, on August 31, 2007. FIN 48 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. The implementation of FIN 48 did not result in any unrecognized tax benefits in the accompanying 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 August 31, 2008, remains subject to examination by taxing authorities.
At August 31, 2008, the cost and related gross unrealized appreciation and depreciation were as follows:
 
             
Cost of investments for tax purposes
  $ 358,801,285      
             
Gross tax unrealized appreciation
    2,163,174      
Gross tax unrealized depreciation
    (25,264,934 )    
             
Net tax unrealized depreciation on investments
  $ (23,101,760 )    
             
 
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.
The tax character of distributions paid during the fiscal year ended August 31, 2008 and the period ended August 31, 2007 were as follows:
 
                 
    2008   2007
 
Distributions paid from:
               
Ordinary income
  $ 10,036,254     $ 756,016  
Long-term capital gain
    55,067       -0-  
                 
    $ 10,091,321     $ 756,016  
                 
 
 
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Van Kampen Core Plus Fixed Income Fund
Notes to Financial Statements  
n  August 31, 2008  continued
 
Permanent differences, primarily due to paydowns on mortgage backed securities and net realized gains/losses on swap contracts, resulted in the following reclassifications among the Fund’s components of net assets at August 31, 2008:
 
                     
Accumulated Undistributed
  Accumulated
   
Net Investment Income   Net Realized Loss   Capital
 
$ 2,418     $ (1,002 )   $ (1,416 )
 
As of August 31, 2008, the components of distributable earnings on a tax basis were as follows:
 
         
Undistributed ordinary income
  $ 781,252  
Undistributed long-term capital gain
    -0-  
 
Net realized gains or losses may differ for financial reporting and tax purposes primarily as a result of the deferral of losses relating to wash sale transactions, post October losses of $11,658,418 which are not recognized for tax purposes until the first day of the following fiscal year, and gains and losses recognized for tax purposes on open options transactions on August 31, 2008.
 
F. Offering Costs Offering costs are amortized, on a straight-line basis, over a twelve month period.
 
G. Credits Earned on Cash Balances During the year ended August 31, 2008, the Fund’s custody fee was reduced by $5,910 as a result of credits earned on cash balances.
 
H. Foreign Currency Translation Assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies are translated into U.S. dollars at the mean of the quoted bid and asked prices of such currencies against the U.S. dollar. Purchases and sales of portfolio securities are translated at the rate of exchange prevailing when such securities were acquired or sold. Realized gain and loss on foreign currency transactions on the Statement of Operations includes the net realized amount from the sale of foreign currency, the amount realized between trade date and settlement date on securities transactions and the foreign currency portion of gain and losses on the sale of securities and the foreign currency portion of gain and losses on the sale of securities. Income and expenses are translated at rates prevailing when accrued.
 
2. Investment Advisory Agreement and Other Transactions with Affiliates
Under the terms of the Fund’s Investment Advisory Agreement, 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 $1 billion
    .375%  
Over $1 billion
    .300%  
 
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 0.75%, 1.50%, 1.45% and 0.50% for Classes A, B, C and I Shares, respectively. The fee waivers or expense
 
 
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Notes to Financial Statements  
n  August 31, 2008  continued
 
reimbursements are voluntary and can be discontinued at any time. For the year ended August 31, 2008, the Adviser waived or reimbursed approximately $325,000 of advisory fees or other expenses.
For the year ended August 31, 2008, the Fund recognized expenses of approximately $3,200 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 year ended August 31, 2008, the Fund recognized expenses of approximately $71,000 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 year ended August 31, 2008, the Fund recognized expenses of approximately $28,000 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 trustees 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 $7,800 are included in “Other” assets on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities at August 31, 2008. 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 year ended August 31, 2008, Van Kampen, as Distributor for the Fund, received commissions on sales of the Fund’s Class A Shares of approximately $128,900 and contingent deferred sales charge (CDSC) on redeemed shares of approximately $37,200. Sales charges do not represent expenses of the Fund.
 
 
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Notes to Financial Statements  
n  August 31, 2008  continued
 
3. Capital Transactions
For the year ended August 31, 2008 and the period ended August 31, 2007, transactions were as follows:
 
                                     
        January 26, 2007
   
    For The
  (Commencement of
   
    Year Ended
  Operations) to
   
    August 31, 2008   August 31, 2007    
    Shares   Value   Shares   Value    
 
Sales:
                                   
Class A
    11,516,834     $ 115,627,553       3,061,981     $ 30,559,200      
Class B
    1,129,969       11,287,816       779,988       7,798,144      
Class C
    3,188,209       32,162,308       820,289       8,202,347      
Class I
    26,071,905       260,539,213       688,329       6,880,756      
                                     
Total Sales
    41,906,917     $ 419,616,890       5,350,587     $ 53,440,447      
                                     
Dividend Reinvestment:
                                   
Class A
    300,020     $ 2,930,943       18,914     $ 188,576      
Class B
    22,451       217,854       1,155       11,534      
Class C
    44,873       436,954       1,432       14,317      
Class I
    618,634       6,092,432       389       3,887      
                                     
Total Dividend Reinvestment
    985,978     $ 9,678,183       21,890     $ 218,314      
                                     
Repurchases:
                                   
Class A
    (4,551,149 )   $ (44,060,433 )     (208,509 )   $ (2,072,235 )    
Class B
    (344,188 )     (3,282,138 )     (629,816 )     (6,269,206 )    
Class C
    (1,520,393 )     (14,466,189 )     (625,870 )     (6,232,311 )    
Class I
    (10,461,564 )     (103,231,238 )     (126,266 )     (1,251,300 )    
                                     
Total Repurchases
    (16,877,294 )   $ (165,039,998 )     (1,590,461 )   $ (15,825,052 )    
                                     
 
4. Redemption Fee
Until November 3, 2008, the Fund will assess a 2% redemption fee on the proceeds of Fund shares that are redeemed (either by sale or exchange) within seven days of purchase. The redemption fee is paid directly to the Fund and allocated on a pro rata basis to each class of shares. For the year ended August 31, 2008, the Fund received redemption fees of approximately $2,300, 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. The redemption fee will no longer be applied after November 3, 2008.
 
5. Investment Transactions
During the period, the cost of purchases and proceeds from sales of investments, excluding short-term investments and U.S. Government securities, were $158,628,632 and $32,694,394, respectively. The cost of purchases and proceeds from sales of long-term U.S. Government securities, including paydowns on mortgage-backed securities, for the period were $1,004,496,115 and $852,423,679, respectively.
 
 
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Notes to Financial Statements  
n  August 31, 2008  continued
 
6. Mortgage Backed Securities
The Fund may invest in various types of Mortgage Backed Securities. A Mortgage Backed Security (MBS) is a pass-through security created by pooling mortgages and selling participations in the principal and interest payments received from borrowers. Some of these securities are guaranteed by federally sponsored agencies—Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA), Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA) or Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (FHLMC). GNMA is a wholly owned corporate instrumentality of the United States whose securities and guarantees are backed by the full faith and credit of the United States. FNMA, a federally chartered and privately owned corporation, and FHLMC, a federal corporation, are instrumentalities of the United States. The securities and guarantees of FNMA and FHLMC are not backed, directly or indirectly, by the full faith and credit of United States. A Collateralized Mortgage Obligation (CMO) is a bond, which is collateralized by a pool of MBS’s.
These securities derive their value from or represent interests in a pool of mortgages, or mortgage securities. Mortgage securities are subject to prepayment risk—the risk that, as mortgage interest rates fall, borrowers will refinance and “prepay” principal. A fund holding mortgage securities that are experiencing prepayments may have to reinvest these payments at lower prevailing interest rates. On the other hand, when interest rates rise, borrowers are less likely to refinance resulting in lower prepayments. This can effectively extend the maturity of a fund’s mortgage securities resulting in greater price volatility. It can be difficult to measure precisely the remaining life of a mortgage security or the average life of a portfolio of such securities.
To the extent a fund invests in mortgage securities offered by non-governmental issuers, such as commercial banks, savings and loan institutions, private mortgage insurance companies, mortgage bankers and other secondary market issuers, the Fund may be subject to additional risks. Timely payment of interest and principal of non-governmental issuers are supported by various forms of private insurance or guarantees, including individual loan, title, pool and hazard insurance purchased by the issuer. There can be no assurance that the private insurers can meet their obligations under the policies.
An unexpectedly high rate of defaults on the mortgages held by a mortgage pool may adversely affect the value of a mortgage backed security and could result in losses to a Fund. The risk of such defaults is generally higher in the case of mortgage pools that include subprime mortgages. Subprime mortgages refer to loans made to borrowers with weakened credit histories or with a lower capacity to make timely payment on their mortgages.
 
7. 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 or to 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 counterparties to meet the terms of their contracts. Summarized below are the specific types of derivative financial instruments used by the Fund.
 
 
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Notes to Financial Statements  
n  August 31, 2008  continued
 
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 Bonds or Notes. 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.
Transactions in futures contracts for the year ended August 31, 2008, were as follows:
 
         
    Contracts
 
Outstanding at August 31, 2007
    211  
Futures Opened
    6,901  
Futures Closed
    (6,522 )
         
Outstanding at August 31, 2008
    590  
         
 
B. Option Contracts An option contract gives the buyer the right, but not the obligation to buy (call) or sell (put) an underlying item at a fixed exercise (strike) price during a specified period. The Fund may purchase put and call options. Purchasing call options tends to increase the Fund’s exposure to the underlying (or similar) instrument. Purchasing put options tends to decrease the Fund’s exposure to the underlying (or similar) instrument. The risk associated with purchasing put and call options is limited to the premium paid. Purchased options are reported as part of “Total Investments” on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Premiums paid for purchasing options which expire are treated as realized losses.
The Fund may write covered call and put options. Writing put options tends to increase the Fund’s exposure to the underlying instrument. Writing call options tends to decrease the Fund’s exposure to the underlying instrument. When the Fund writes a call or put option, an amount equal to the premium received is recorded as a liability and subsequently marked to market to reflect the current value of the option written. These liabilities are reflected as written options outstanding on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Premiums received from writing options which expire are treated as realized gains. Premiums received from writing options which are exercised or closed are added to the proceeds or offset against amounts paid on the underlying securities to determine the realized gain or loss. The Fund as a writer of an option has no control over whether the underlying security may be sold (call) or purchased (put) and as a result bears the market risk of an unfavorable change in the price of the security underlying the written option. There is the risk the Fund may not be able to enter into a closing transaction because of an illiquid market.
 
 
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Van Kampen Core Plus Fixed Income Fund
Notes to Financial Statements  
n  August 31, 2008  continued
 
Transactions in written call options were as follows:
 
                     
    Number of
  Premium
   
    Contracts   Received    
 
Options Outstanding at August 31, 2007
    -0-       -0-      
Options Written
    578       287,468      
Options Terminated in Closing Purchase Transactions
    (578 )     (287,468 )    
Options Exercised
    -0-       -0-      
Options Expired
    -0-       -0-      
                     
Options Outstanding at August 31, 2008
    -0-       -0-      
                     
 
C. Swap Contracts The Fund may enter into credit default swap contracts for hedging purposes or to gain exposure to a credit in which the Fund may otherwise invest. A credit default swap is an agreement between two parties to exchange the credit risk of an issuer. A buyer of a credit default swap is said to buy protection by paying periodic fees in return for a contingent payment from the seller if the issuer has a credit event such as bankruptcy, a failure to pay outstanding obligations or deteriorating credit while the swap is outstanding. A seller of a credit default swap is said to sell protection and thus collects the periodic fees and profits if the credit of the issuer remains stable or improves while the swap is outstanding but the seller in a credit default swap contract would be required to pay an agreed-upon amount, which approximates the notional amount of the swap as disclosed in the table following the Portfolio of Investments, to the buyer in the event of an adverse credit event of the issuer. The Fund accrues for the periodic fees on credit default swaps on a daily basis with the net amount accrued recorded within unrealized appreciation/depreciation of swap contracts. Upon cash settlement of the periodic payments, the net amount is recorded as realized gain/loss on swap contracts on the Statement of Operations. Net unrealized gains are recorded as an asset or net unrealized losses are reported as a liability on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. The change in value of the swap contracts is reported as unrealized gains or losses on the Statement of Operations. Payments received or made upon entering into a credit default swap contract, if any, are recorded as realized gain or loss on the Statement of Operations upon termination or maturity of the swap. Credit default swaps may involve greater risks than if a Fund had invested in the issuer directly. Credit default swaps are subject to general market risk, counterparty risk and credit risk.
The Fund may also enter into interest rate swaps primarily to preserve a return or spread on a particular investment or portion of its portfolio, as a duration management technique or to protect against any increase in the price of securities the Fund anticipates purchasing at a later date. Interest rate swaps are contractual agreements to exchange periodic interest payment streams calculated on a predetermined notional principal amount. Interest rate swaps generally involve one party paying a fixed interest rate and the other party paying a variable rate. The Fund will usually enter into interest rate swaps on a net basis, i.e., the two payment streams are netted out in a cash settlement on the payment date or dates specified in the instrument, with the Fund receiving or paying, as the case may be, only the net amount of the two payments. The Fund accrues the net amount with respect to each interest rate swap on a daily basis. This net amount is recorded within unrealized appreciation/depreciation on swap contracts. Upon cash settlement of the periodic payments, the net amount is recorded as
 
 
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Van Kampen Core Plus Fixed Income Fund
Notes to Financial Statements  
n  August 31, 2008  continued
 
realized gain/loss on swap contracts on the Statement of Operations. Risks may arise as a result of the potential inability of the counterparties to meet the terms of their contracts.
If there is a default by the counterparty to a swap agreement, the Fund will have contractual remedies pursuant to the agreements related to the transaction. Counterparties are required to pledge collateral daily (based on the valuation of each swap) on behalf of the Fund with a value approximately equal to the amount of any unrealized gain. Reciprocally, when the Fund has an unrealized loss on a swap contract, the Fund has instructed the custodian to pledge cash or liquid securities as collateral with a value approximately equal to the amount of the unrealized loss. Collateral pledges are monitored and subsequently adjusted if and when the swap valuations fluctuate. Cash collateral is disclosed in the table following the Portfolio of Investments. Cash collateral has been offset against open swap contracts under the provisions of FASB Interpretation No. 39: Offsetting of Amounts Related to Certain Contracts an Interpretation of APB Opinion No. 10 and FASB Statement No. 105 and are included within “Swap Contracts” on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. For cash collateral received, the Fund pays a monthly fee to the counterparty based on the effective rate for Federal Funds. This fee, when paid, is included within realized loss on swap contracts on the Statement of Operations.
 
8. 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 $56,181 and $0 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.
 
9. 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.
 
10. Accounting Pronouncements
In September 2006, Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 157, Fair Value Measurements (FAS 157), was issued and is effective for fiscal years beginning after November 15, 2007. FAS 157 defines fair value, establishes a framework for measuring fair value and expands disclosures about fair value measurements. As of August 31, 2008, the Adviser does not believe the adoption of FAS 157 will impact the amounts reported in the financial statements, however, additional disclosures will be required about the inputs used to
 
 
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Notes to Financial Statements  
n  August 31, 2008  continued
 
develop the measurements of fair value and the effect of certain measurements reported on the Statement of Operations for a fiscal period.
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 is evaluating the implications of FAS 161 and its impact on the financial statements has not yet been determined.
 
 
 
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Van Kampen Core Plus Fixed Income Fund
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
 
To the Shareholders and Board of Trustees of Van Kampen Core Plus Fixed Income Fund
 
We have audited the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities of Van Kampen Core Plus Fixed Income Fund (the Fund), including the portfolio of investments, as of August 31, 2008, and the related statement of operations for the year then ended, the statements of changes in net assets, and the financial highlights for the year then ended and for the period from January 26, 2007 (commencement of operations) through August 31, 2007. These financial statements and financial highlights are the responsibility of the Fund’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements and financial highlights based on our audits.
We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements and financial highlights are free of material misstatement. We were not engaged to perform an audit of the Fund’s internal control over financial reporting. Our audits included consideration of internal control over financial reporting as a basis for designing audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Fund’s internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion. An audit also includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements and financial highlights, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, and evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. Our procedures included confirmation of securities owned as of August 31, 2008, by correspondence with the custodian and brokers or by other appropriate auditing procedures where replies from brokers were not received. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
In our opinion, the financial statements and financial highlights referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of Van Kampen Core Plus Fixed Income Fund at August 31, 2008, the results of its operations for the year then ended, and the changes in its net assets and its financial highlights for the year then ended and for the period from January 26, 2007 (commencement of operations) through August 31, 2007, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.
 
-s- Ernst & Young LLP
Chicago, Illinois
October 21, 2008
 
 
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Van Kampen Core Plus Fixed 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
Jerry W. Miller
President and Principal Executive Officer
Dennis Shea
Vice President
Kevin Klingert
Vice President
Amy R. Doberman
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 60606-4301
 
 
For federal income tax purposes, the following information is furnished with respect to the distributions paid by the Fund during its taxable year ended August 31, 2008. The fund designated and paid $55,067 as a long-term capital gain distribution. In January, the Fund provides tax information to shareholders for the preceding calendar year.
 
 
* “Interested persons” of the Fund, as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
 
 
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Van Kampen Core Plus Fixed Income Fund
Trustee and Officer Information
 
 
The business and affairs of each Fund are managed under the direction of the Fund’s Board of Trustees and the Fund’s officers appointed by the Board of Trustees. The tables below list the trustees and executive officers of each Fund and their principal occupations during the last five years, other directorships held by trustees and their affiliations, if any, with Van Kampen Investments, the Adviser, the Distributor, Van Kampen Advisors Inc., Van Kampen Exchange Corp. and Investor Services. The term “Fund Complex” includes each of the investment companies advised by the Adviser as of the date of this Annual Report. Trustees serve until reaching their retirement age or until their successors are duly elected and qualified. Officers are annually elected by the trustees.
 
                         
Independent Trustees:
                Number of
   
        Term of
      Funds in
   
        Office and
      Fund
   
    Position(s)
  Length of
      Complex
   
Name, Age and Address
  Held with
  Time
  Principal Occupation(s)
  Overseen
  Other Directorships
of Independent Trustee   each Fund   Served   During Past 5 Years   By Trustee   Held by Trustee
 
David C. Arch (63)
Blistex Inc.
1800 Swift Drive
Oak Brook, IL 60523
  Trustee   Trustee
since 2005
  Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Blistex Inc., a consumer health care products manufacturer.     71     Trustee/Director/Managing General Partner of funds in the Fund Complex. Director of the Heartland Alliance, a nonprofit organization serving human needs based in Chicago. Board member of the Illinois Manufacturers’ Association. Member of the Board of Visitors, Institute for the Humanities, University of Michigan.
                         
                         
                         
 
 
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Trustee and Officer Information  continued
                Number of
   
        Term of
      Funds in
   
        Office and
      Fund
   
    Position(s)
  Length of
      Complex
   
Name, Age and Address
  Held with
  Time
  Principal Occupation(s)
  Overseen
  Other Directorships
of Independent Trustee   each Fund   Served   During Past 5 Years   By Trustee   Held by Trustee
 
Jerry D. Choate (70)
33971 Selva Road
Suite 130
Dana Point, CA 92629
  Trustee   Trustee
since 2005
  Prior to January 1999, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Allstate Corporation (“Allstate”) and Allstate Insurance Company. Prior to January 1995, President and Chief Executive Officer of Allstate. Prior to August 1994, various management positions at Allstate.     71     Trustee/Director/Managing General Partner of funds in the Fund Complex. Director of Amgen Inc., a biotechnological company, and Valero Energy Corporation, an independent refining company.
                         
                         
                         
                         
Rod Dammeyer (67)
CAC, L.L.C.
4350 La Jolla Village Drive
Suite 980
San Diego, CA 92122-6223
  Trustee   Trustee
since 2005
  President of CAC, L.L.C., a private company offering capital investment and management advisory services.     71     Trustee/Director/Managing General Partner of funds in the Fund Complex. Director of Quidel Corporation, Stericycle, Inc. and Trustee of The Scripps Research Institute. Prior to February 2008, Director of Ventana Medical Systems, Inc. Prior to April 2007, Director of GATX Corporation. Prior to April 2004, Director of TheraSense, Inc. Prior to January 2004, Director of TeleTech Holdings Inc. and Arris Group, Inc.
                         
 
 
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Trustee and Officer Information  continued
                Number of
   
        Term of
      Funds in
   
        Office and
      Fund
   
    Position(s)
  Length of
      Complex
   
Name, Age and Address
  Held with
  Time
  Principal Occupation(s)
  Overseen
  Other Directorships
of Independent Trustee   each Fund   Served   During Past 5 Years   By Trustee   Held by Trustee
 
Linda Hutton Heagy†† (60)
4939 South Greenwood
Chicago, IL 60615
  Trustee   Trustee
since 2005
  Prior to February 2008, Managing Partner of Heidrick & Struggles, an international executive search firm. Prior to 1997, Partner of Ray & Berndtson, Inc., an executive recruiting firm. Prior to 1995, Executive Vice President of ABN AMRO, N.A., a bank holding company. Prior to 1990, Executive Vice President of The Exchange National Bank.     71     Trustee/Director/Managing General Partner of funds in the Fund Complex. Trustee on the University of Chicago Medical Center Board, Vice Chair of the Board of the YMCA of Metropolitan Chicago and a member of the Women’s Board of the University of Chicago.
                         
                         
R. Craig Kennedy (56)
1744 R Street, NW
Washington, DC 20009
  Trustee   Trustee
since 2005
  Director and President of the German Marshall Fund of the United States, an independent U.S. foundation created to deepen understanding, promote collaboration and stimulate exchanges of practical experience between Americans and Europeans. Formerly, advisor to the Dennis Trading Group Inc., a managed futures and option company that invests money for individuals and institutions. Prior to 1992, President and Chief Executive Officer, Director and member of the Investment Committee of the Joyce Foundation, a private foundation.     71     Trustee/Director/Managing General Partner of funds in the Fund Complex. Director of First Solar, Inc.
                         
                         
Howard J Kerr (72)
14 Huron Trace
Galena, IL 61036
  Trustee   Trustee
since 2005
  Prior to 1998, President and Chief Executive Officer of Pocklington Corporation, Inc., an investment holding company.     71     Trustee/Director/Managing General Partner of funds in the Fund Complex. Director of the Lake Forest Bank & Trust. Director of the Marrow Foundation.
                         
 
 
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Trustee and Officer Information  continued
                Number of
   
        Term of
      Funds in
   
        Office and
      Fund
   
    Position(s)
  Length of
      Complex
   
Name, Age and Address
  Held with
  Time
  Principal Occupation(s)
  Overseen
  Other Directorships
of Independent Trustee   each Fund   Served   During Past 5 Years   By Trustee   Held by Trustee
 
Jack E. Nelson (72)
423 Country Club Drive
Winter Park, FL 32789
  Trustee   Trustee
since 2005
  President of Nelson Investment Planning Services, Inc., a financial planning company and registered investment adviser in the State of Florida. President of Nelson Ivest Brokerage Services Inc., a member of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”), Securities Investors Protection Corp. and the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board. President of Nelson Sales and Services Corporation, a marketing and services company to support affiliated companies.     71     Trustee/Director/Managing General Partner of funds in the Fund Complex.
                         
                         
                         
                         
Hugo F. Sonnenschein (67)
1126 E. 59th Street
Chicago, IL 60637
  Trustee   Trustee
since 2005
  President Emeritus and Honorary Trustee of the University of Chicago and the Adam Smith Distinguished Service Professor in the Department of Economics at the University of Chicago. Prior to July 2000, President of the University of Chicago.     71     Trustee/Director/Managing General Partner of funds in the Fund Complex. Trustee of the University of Rochester and a member of its investment committee. Member of the National Academy of Sciences, the American Philosophical Society and a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
                         
 
 
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Trustee and Officer Information  continued
                Number of
   
        Term of
      Funds in
   
        Office and
      Fund
   
    Position(s)
  Length of
      Complex
   
Name, Age and Address
  Held with
  Time
  Principal Occupation(s)
  Overseen
  Other Directorships
of Independent Trustee   each Fund   Served   During Past 5 Years   By Trustee   Held by Trustee
 
Suzanne H. Woolsey, Ph.D. (66)
815 Cumberstone Road
Harwood, MD 20776
  Trustee   Trustee
since 2005
  Chief Communications Officer of the National Academy of Sciences/National Research Council, an independent, federally chartered policy institution, from 2001 to November 2003 and Chief Operating Officer from 1993 to 2001. Prior to 1993, Executive Director of the Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education at the National Academy of Sciences/National Research Council. From 1980 through 1989, Partner of Coopers & Lybrand.     71     Trustee/Director/Managing General Partner of funds in the Fund Complex. Trustee of Changing World Technologies, Inc., an energy manufacturing company, since July 2008. Director of Fluor Corp., an engineering, procurement and construction organization, since January 2004. Director of Intelligent Medical Devices, Inc., a symptom based diagnostic tool for physicians and clinical labs. Director of the Institute for Defense Analyses, a federally funded research and development center, Director of the German Marshall Fund of the United States, Director of the Rocky Mountain Institute and Trustee of California Institute of Technology and the Colorado College.
                         
 
 
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Van Kampen Core Plus Fixed Income Fund
Trustee and Officer Information  continued
Interested Trustees:*
                Number of
   
        Term of
      Funds in
   
        Office and
      Fund
   
    Position(s)
  Length of
      Complex
   
Name, Age and Address
  Held with
  Time
  Principal Occupation(s)
  Overseen
  Other Directorships
of Interested Trustee   each Fund   Served   During Past 5 Years   By Trustee   Held by Trustee
 
Wayne W. Whalen* (69)
333 West Wacker Drive
Chicago, IL 60606
  Trustee   Trustee
since 2005
  Partner in the law firm of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, legal counsel to funds in the Fund Complex.     71     Trustee/Director/Managing General Partner of funds in the Fund Complex. Director of the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library Foundation.
 
†† As indicated above, prior to February 2008, Ms. Heagy was an employee of Heidrick and Struggles, an international executive search firm (“Heidrick”). Heidrick has been (and may continue to be) engaged by Morgan Stanley from time to time to perform executive searches. Such searches have been done by professionals at Heidrick without any involvement by Ms. Heagy. Ethical wall procedures exist to ensure that Ms. Heagy will not have any involvement with any searches performed by Heidrick for Morgan Stanley. Ms. Heagy does not receive any compensation, directly or indirectly, for searches performed by Heidrick for Morgan Stanley.
 
* Mr. Whalen is an “interested person” (within the meaning of Section 2(a)(19) of the 1940 Act) of certain funds in the Fund Complex by reason of he and his firm currently providing legal services as legal counsel to such funds in the Fund Complex.
 
 
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Van Kampen Core Plus Fixed Income Fund
Trustee and Officer Information  continued
 
             
Officers:
        Term of
   
        Office and
   
    Position(s)
  Length of
   
Name, Age and
  Held with
  Time
  Principal Occupation(s)
Address of Officer   each Fund   Served   During Past 5 Years
 
Jerry W. Miller (47)
522 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY 10036
  President and
Principal Executive
Officer
  Officer
since 2008
  President and Principal Executive Officer of funds in the Fund Complex and Director of Van Kampen Investments since June 2008. President and Chief Executive Officer of Van Kampen Investments and Director, Managing Director, Chief Executive Officer and President of Van Kampen Funds, Inc. since March 2008. Central Division Director for Morgan Stanley’s Global Wealth Management Group from March 2006 to June 2008. Previously, Chief Operating Officer of the global proprietary business of Merrill Lynch Investment Management from 2002 to 2006.
             
             
Dennis Shea (55)
522 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY 10036
  Vice President   Officer
since 2006
  Managing Director of Morgan Stanley Investment Advisors Inc., Morgan Stanley Investment Management Inc., the Adviser and Van Kampen Advisors Inc. Chief Investment Officer-Global Equity of the same entities since February 2006. Vice President of Morgan Stanley Institutional and Retail Funds since February 2006. Vice President of funds in the Fund Complex since March 2006. Previously, Managing Director and Director of Global Equity Research at Morgan Stanley from April 2000 to February 2006.
             
             
Kevin Klingert (46)
522 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY 10036
  Vice President   Officer
since 2008
  Vice President of funds in the Fund Complex since May 2008. Chief Operating Officer of the Fixed Income portion of Morgan Stanley Investment Management Inc. since May 2008. Head of Global Liquidity Portfolio Management and co-Head of Liquidity Credit Research of Morgan Stanley Investment Management since December 2007. Managing Director of Morgan Stanley Investment Management Inc. from December 2007 to March 2008. Previously, Managing Director on the Management Committee and head of Municipal Portfolio Management and Liquidity at BlackRock from October 1991 to January 2007. Assistant Vice President municipal portfolio manager at Merrill Lynch from March 1985 to October 1991.
             
             
Amy R. Doberman (46)
522 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY 10036
  Vice President   Officer
since 2005
  Managing Director and General Counsel - U.S. Investment Management; Managing Director of Morgan Stanley Investment Management Inc., Morgan Stanley Investment Advisors Inc. and the Adviser. Vice President of the Morgan Stanley Institutional and Retail Funds since July 2004 and Vice President of funds in the Fund Complex since August 2004. Previously, Managing Director and General Counsel of Americas, UBS Global Asset Management from July 2000 to July 2004 and General Counsel of Aeltus Investment Management, Inc. from January 1997 to July 2000.
             
 
 
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Van Kampen Core Plus Fixed Income Fund
Trustee and Officer Information  continued
        Term of
   
        Office and
   
    Position(s)
  Length of
   
Name, Age and
  Held with
  Time
  Principal Occupation(s)
Address of Officer   each Fund   Served   During Past 5 Years
 
Stefanie V. Chang Yu (41)
522 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY 10036
  Vice President
and Secretary
  Officer
since 2005
  Managing Director of Morgan Stanley Investment Management Inc. Vice President and Secretary of funds in the Fund Complex.
             
             
John L. Sullivan (53)
1 Parkview Plaza — Suite 100
Oakbrook Terrace, IL 60181
  Chief Compliance
Officer
  Officer
since 2005
  Chief Compliance Officer of funds in the Fund Complex since August 2004. Prior to August 2004, Director and Managing Director of Van Kampen Investments, the Adviser, Van Kampen Advisors Inc. and certain other subsidiaries of Van Kampen Investments, Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of funds in the Fund Complex and head of Fund Accounting for Morgan Stanley Investment Management Inc. Prior to December 2002, Executive Director of Van Kampen Investments, the Adviser and Van Kampen Advisors Inc.
             
             
Stuart N. Schuldt (46)
1 Parkview Plaza — Suite 100
Oakbrook Terrace, IL 60181
  Chief Financial Officer
and Treasurer
  Officer
since 2007
  Executive Director of Morgan Stanley Investment Management Inc. since June 2007. Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of funds in the Fund Complex since June 2007. Prior to June 2007, Senior Vice President of Northern Trust Company, Treasurer and Principal Financial Officer for Northern Trust U.S. mutual fund complex.
 
 
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Van Kampen Core Plus Fixed 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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Van Kampen Core Plus Fixed Income Fund
An Important Notice Concerning Our
U.S. Privacy Policy  continued
 
  •   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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An Important Notice Concerning Our
U.S. Privacy Policy  continued
 
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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An Important Notice Concerning Our
U.S. Privacy Policy  continued
 
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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An Important Notice Concerning Our
U.S. Privacy Policy  continued
 
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.
 
 
The Statement of Additional Information includes additional information about Fund trustees and is available, without charge, upon request by calling 1-800-847-2424.
 
 
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Item 2. Code of Ethics.
(a)   The Fund has adopted a code of ethics (the “Code of Ethics”) that applies to its principal executive officer, principal financial officer, principal accounting officer or controller, or persons performing similar functions, regardless of whether these individuals are employed by the Fund or a third party.
 
(b)   No information need be disclosed pursuant to this paragraph.
 
(c)   Due to personnel changes at the Adviser, the list of covered officers set forth in Exhibit B was amended in June 2008 and the general counsel’s designee set forth in Exhibit C was amended in January 2008. Both editions of Exhibit B and both editions of Exhibit C are attached.
 
(d)   Not applicable.
 
(e)   Not applicable.
 
(f)   
  (1)   The Fund’s Code of Ethics is attached hereto as Exhibit 12(1).
 
  (2)   Not applicable.
 
  (3)   Not applicable.
Item 3. Audit Committee Financial Expert.
The Fund’s Board of Trustees has determined that it has three “audit committee financial experts” serving on its audit committee, each of whom are “independent” Trustees : Rod Dammeyer, Jerry D. Choate and R. Craig Kennedy. Under applicable securities laws, a person who is determined to be an audit committee financial expert will not be deemed an “expert” for any purpose, including without limitation for the purposes of Section 11 of the Securities Act of 1933, as a result of being designated or identified as an audit committee financial expert. The designation or identification of a person as an audit committee financial expert does not impose on such person any duties, obligations, or liabilities that are greater than the duties, obligations, and liabilities imposed on such person as a member of the audit committee and Board of Trustees in the absence of such designation or identification.

 


 

Item 4. Principal Accountant Fees and Services.
(a)(b)(c)(d) and (g). Based on fees billed for the periods shown:
2008
                 
    Registrant   Covered Entities(1)
Audit Fees
  $ 34,400       N/A  
 
               
Non-Audit Fees
               
Audit-Related Fees
  $ 0     $ 300,200 (2)
Tax Fees
  $ 3,400 (3)   $ 144,357 (4)
All Other Fees
  $ 0     $ 694,038 (5)
Total Non-Audit Fees
  $ 3,400     $ 1,138,595  
 
               
Total
  $ 37,800     $ 1,138,595  
2007
                 
    Registrant   Covered Entities(1)
Audit Fees
  $ 31,000       N/A  
 
               
Non-Audit Fees
               
Audit-Related Fees
  $ 0     $ 781,800 (2)
Tax Fees
  $ 3,100 (3)   $ 63,070 (4)
All Other Fees
  $ 0     $ 157,910 (5)
Total Non-Audit Fees
  $ 3,100     $ 1,002,780  
 
               
Total
  $ 34,100     $ 1,002,780  
 
N/A- Not applicable, as not required by Item 4.
(1)   Covered Entities include the Adviser (excluding sub-advisors) and any entity controlling, controlled by or under common control with the Adviser that provides ongoing services to the Registrant.
 
(2)   Audit-Related Fees represent assurance and related services provided that are reasonably related to the performance of the audit of the financial statements of the Covered Entities’ and funds advised by the Adviser or its affiliates, specifically attestation services provided in connection with a SAS 70 Report.
 
(3)   Tax Fees represent tax advice and compliance services provided in connection with the review of the Registrant’s tax.
 
(4)   Tax Fees represent tax advice services provided to Covered Entities, including research and identification of PFIC entities.
 
(5)   All Other Fees represent attestation services provided in connection with performance presentation standards and assistance with compliance policies and procedures.

 


 

(e)(1) The audit committee’s pre-approval policies and procedures are as follows:
JOINT AUDIT COMMITTEE
AUDIT AND NON-AUDIT SERVICES
PRE-APPROVAL POLICY AND PROCEDURES
OF THE
VAN KAMPEN FUNDS
AS ADOPTED JULY 23, 2003 AND AMENDED MAY 26, 20041
1. STATEMENT OF PRINCIPLES
     The Audit Committee of the Board is required to review and, in its sole discretion, pre-approve all Covered Services to be provided by the Independent Auditors to the Fund and Covered Entities in order to assure that services performed by the Independent Auditors do not impair the auditor’s independence from the Fund.2
     The SEC has issued rules specifying the types of services that an independent auditor may not provide to its audit client, as well as the audit committee’s administration of the engagement of the independent auditor. The SEC’s rules establish two different approaches to pre-approving services, which the SEC considers to be equally valid. Proposed services either: may be pre-approved without consideration of specific case-by-case services by the Audit Committee (“general pre-approval”); or require the specific pre-approval of the Audit Committee (“specific pre-approval”). The Audit Committee believes that the combination of these two approaches in this Policy will result in an effective and efficient procedure to pre-approve services performed by the Independent Auditors. As set forth in this Policy, unless a type of service has received general pre-approval, it will require specific pre-approval by the Audit Committee (or by any member of the Audit Committee to which pre-approval authority has been delegated) if it is to be provided by the Independent Auditors. Any proposed services exceeding pre-approved cost levels or budgeted amounts will also require specific pre-approval by the Audit Committee.
     For both types of pre-approval, the Audit Committee will consider whether such services are consistent with the SEC’s rules on auditor independence. The Audit Committee will also consider whether the Independent Auditors are best positioned to provide the most effective and efficient services, for reasons such as its familiarity with the Fund’s business, people, culture, accounting systems, risk profile and other factors, and whether the service might enhance the Fund’s ability to manage or control risk or improve audit quality. All such factors will be considered as a whole, and no one factor should necessarily be determinative.
     The Audit Committee is also mindful of the relationship between fees for audit and non-audit services in deciding whether to pre-approve any such services and may determine for each fiscal year, the appropriate ratio between the total amount of fees for Audit, Audit-related and Tax services for the Fund (including any Audit-related or Tax service fees for Covered Entities that were subject to pre-approval), and the total amount of fees for certain permissible non-audit services classified as All Other services for the Fund (including any such services for Covered Entities subject to pre-approval).
     The appendices to this Policy describe the Audit, Audit-related, Tax and All Other services that have the general pre-approval of the Audit Committee. The term of any general pre-approval is 12 months from the date of pre-approval, unless the Audit Committee considers and provides a different period and states otherwise. The Audit Committee will annually review and pre-approve the services that may be provided by the Independent Auditors without obtaining specific pre-approval from the Audit Committee. The Audit Committee will add to or subtract from the list of general pre-approved services from time to time, based on subsequent determinations.
     The purpose of this Policy is to set forth the policy and procedures by which the Audit Committee intends to fulfill its responsibilities. It does not delegate the Audit Committee’s responsibilities to pre-approve services performed by the Independent Auditors to management.
 
1   This Joint Audit Committee Audit and Non-Audit Services Pre-Approval Policy and Procedures (the “Policy”), amended as of the date above, supercedes and replaces all prior versions that may have been amended from time to time.
 
2   Terms used in this Policy and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings as defined in the Joint Audit Committee Charter.

 


 

     The Fund’s Independent Auditors have reviewed this Policy and believes that implementation of the Policy will not adversely affect the Independent Auditors’ independence.
2. Delegation
     As provided in the Act and the SEC’s rules, the Audit Committee may delegate either type of pre-approval authority to one or more of its members. The member to whom such authority is delegated must report, for informational purposes only, any pre-approval decisions to the Audit Committee at its next scheduled meeting.
3. Audit Services
     The annual Audit services engagement terms and fees are subject to the specific pre-approval of the Audit Committee. Audit services include the annual financial statement audit and other procedures required to be performed by the Independent Auditors to be able to form an opinion on the Fund’s financial statements. These other procedures include information systems and procedural reviews and testing performed in order to understand and place reliance on the systems of internal control, and consultations relating to the audit. The Audit Committee will monitor the Audit services engagement as necessary, but no less than on a quarterly basis, and will also approve, if necessary, any changes in terms, conditions and fees resulting from changes in audit scope, Fund structure or other items.
     In addition to the annual Audit services engagement approved by the Audit Committee, the Audit Committee may grant general pre-approval to other Audit services, which are those services that only the Independent Auditors reasonably can provide. Other Audit services may include statutory audits and services associated with SEC registration statements (on Forms N-1A, N-2, N-3, N-4, etc.), periodic reports and other documents filed with the SEC or other documents issued in connection with securities offerings.
     The Audit Committee has pre-approved the Audit services in Appendix B.1. All other Audit services not listed in Appendix B.1 must be specifically pre-approved by the Audit Committee (or by any member of the Audit Committee to which pre-approval has been delegated).
4. Audit-related Services
     Audit-related services are assurance and related services that are reasonably related to the performance of the audit or review of the Fund’s financial statements or, to the extent they are Covered Services, the Covered Entities’ financial statements, or that are traditionally performed by the Independent Auditors. Because the Audit Committee believes that the provision of Audit-related services does not impair the independence of the auditor and is consistent with the SEC’s rules on auditor independence, the Audit Committee may grant general pre-approval to Audit-related services. Audit-related services include, among others, accounting consultations related to accounting, financial reporting or disclosure matters not classified as “Audit services”; assistance with understanding and implementing new accounting and financial reporting guidance from rulemaking authorities; agreed-upon or expanded audit procedures related to accounting and/or billing records required to respond to or comply with financial, accounting or regulatory reporting matters; and assistance with internal control reporting requirements under Forms N-SAR and/or N-CSR.
     The Audit Committee has pre-approved the Audit-related services in Appendix B.2. All other Audit-related services not listed in Appendix B.2 must be specifically pre-approved by the Audit Committee (or by any member of the Audit Committee to which pre-approval has been delegated).
5. Tax Services
     The Audit Committee believes that the Independent Auditors can provide Tax services to the Fund and, to the extent they are Covered Services, the Covered Entities, such as tax compliance, tax planning and tax advice without impairing the auditor’s independence, and the SEC has stated that the Independent Auditors may provide such services. Hence, the Audit Committee believes it may grant general pre-approval to those Tax services that have historically been provided by the Independent Auditors, that the Audit Committee has reviewed and believes would not impair the independence of the Independent Auditors, and that are consistent with the SEC’s rules on auditor independence. The Audit Committee will not permit the retention of the

 


 

Independent Auditors in connection with a transaction initially recommended by the Independent Auditors, the sole business purpose of which may be tax avoidance and the tax treatment of which may not be supported in the Internal Revenue Code and related regulations. The Audit Committee will consult with Director of Tax or outside counsel to determine that the tax planning and reporting positions are consistent with this policy.
     Pursuant to the preceding paragraph, the Audit Committee has pre-approved the Tax Services in Appendix B.3. All Tax services involving large and complex transactions not listed in Appendix B.3 must be specifically pre-approved by the Audit Committee (or by any member of the Audit Committee to which pre-approval has been delegated), including tax services proposed to be provided by the Independent Auditors to any executive officer or trustee/director/managing general partner of the Fund, in his or her individual capacity, where such services are paid for by the Fund (generally applicable only to internally managed investment companies).
6. All Other Services
     The Audit Committee believes, based on the SEC’s rules prohibiting the Independent Auditors from providing specific non-audit services, that other types of non-audit services are permitted. Accordingly, the Audit Committee believes it may grant general pre-approval to those permissible non-audit services classified as All Other services that it believes are routine and recurring services, would not impair the independence of the auditor and are consistent with the SEC’s rules on auditor independence.
     The Audit Committee has pre-approved the All Other services in Appendix B.4. Permissible All Other services not listed in Appendix B.4 must be specifically pre-approved by the Audit Committee (or by any member of the Audit Committee to which pre-approval has been delegated).
     A list of the SEC’s prohibited non-audit services is attached to this policy as Appendix B.5. The SEC’s rules and relevant guidance should be consulted to determine the precise definitions of these services and the applicability of exceptions to certain of the prohibitions.
7. Pre-Approval Fee Levels or Budgeted Amounts
     Pre-approval fee levels or budgeted amounts for all services to be provided by the Independent Auditors will be established annually by the Audit Committee. Any proposed services exceeding these levels or amounts will require specific pre-approval by the Audit Committee. The Audit Committee is mindful of the overall relationship of fees for audit and non-audit services in determining whether to pre-approve any such services. For each fiscal year, the Audit Committee may determine the appropriate ratio between the total amount of fees for Audit, Audit-related, and Tax services for the Fund (including any Audit-related or Tax services fees for Covered Entities subject to pre-approval), and the total amount of fees for certain permissible non-audit services classified as All Other services for the Fund (including any such services for Covered Entities subject to pre-approval).
8. Procedures
     All requests or applications for services to be provided by the Independent Auditors that do not require specific approval by the Audit Committee will be submitted to the Fund’s Chief Financial Officer and must include a detailed description of the services to be rendered. The Fund’s Chief Financial Officer will determine whether such services are included within the list of services that have received the general pre-approval of the Audit Committee. The Audit Committee will be informed on a timely basis of any such services rendered by the Independent Auditors. Requests or applications to provide services that require specific approval by the Audit Committee will be submitted to the Audit Committee by both the Independent Auditors and the Fund’s Chief Financial Officer, and must include a joint statement as to whether, in their view, the request or application is consistent with the SEC’s rules on auditor independence.
     The Audit Committee has designated the Fund’s Chief Financial Officer to monitor the performance of all services provided by the Independent Auditors and to determine whether such services are in compliance with this Policy. The Fund’s Chief Financial Officer will report to the Audit Committee on a periodic basis on the results of its monitoring. A sample report is included as Appendix B.7. Both the Fund’s Chief Financial Officer and management will immediately report to the chairman of the Audit Committee any breach of this Policy that comes to the attention of the Fund’s Chief Financial Officer or any member of management.

 


 

9. Additional Requirements
     The Audit Committee has determined to take additional measures on an annual basis to meet its responsibility to oversee the work of the Independent Auditors and to assure the auditor’s independence from the Fund, such as reviewing a formal written statement from the Independent Auditors delineating all relationships between the Independent Auditors and the Fund, consistent with Independence Standards Board No. 1, and discussing with the Independent Auditors its methods and procedures for ensuring independence.
10. Covered Entities
     Covered Entities include the Fund’s investment adviser(s) and any entity controlling, controlled by or under common control with the Fund’s investment adviser(s) that provides ongoing services to the Fund(s). Beginning with non-audit service contracts entered into on or after May 6, 2003, the Fund’s audit committee must pre-approve non-audit services provided not only to the Fund but also to the Covered Entities if the engagements relate directly to the operations and financial reporting of the Fund. This list of Covered Entities would include:
    Van Kampen Investments Inc.
 
    Van Kampen Asset Management
 
    Van Kampen Advisors Inc.
 
    Van Kampen Funds Inc.
 
    Van Kampen Investor Services Inc.
 
    Morgan Stanley Investment Management Inc.
 
    Morgan Stanley Trust Company
 
    Morgan Stanley Investment Management Ltd.
 
    Morgan Stanley Investment Management Company
 
    Morgan Stanley Asset & Investment Trust Management Company Ltd.
(e)(2) Beginning with non-audit service contracts entered into on or after May 6, 2003, the audit committee also is required to pre-approve services to Covered Entities to the extent that the services are determined to have a direct impact on the operations or financial reporting of the Registrant. 100% of such services were pre-approved by the audit committee pursuant to the Audit Committee’s pre-approval policies and procedures (included herein).
(f) Not applicable.
(g) See table above.
(h) The audit committee of the Board of Trustees has considered whether the provision of services other than audit services performed by the auditors to the Registrant and Covered Entities is compatible with maintaining the auditors’ independence in performing audit services.
Item 5. Audit Committee of Listed Registrants.
(a) The Fund has a separately-designated standing audit committee established in accordance with Section 3(a)(58)(A) of the Exchange Act whose members are: R. Craig Kennedy, Jerry D. Choate, Rod Dammeyer.
(b) Not applicable.
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 Fund’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer have concluded that the Fund’s disclosure controls and procedures are sufficient to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the Fund 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 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) The Code of Ethics for Principal Executive and Senior Financial Officers is attached hereto.
(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 Trust
         
     
By:   /s/ Jerry W. Miller      
  Name:   Jerry W. Miller     
  Title:   Principal Executive Officer     
Date: October 23, 2008
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/ Jerry W. Miller      
  Name:   Jerry W. Miller     
  Title:   Principal Executive Officer     
Date: October 23, 2008
         
     
By:   /s/ Stuart N. Schuldt      
  Name:   Stuart N. Schuldt     
  Title:   Principal Financial Officer     
Date: October 23, 2008