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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM N-CSR
CERTIFIED SHAREHOLDER REPORT OF REGISTERED MANAGEMENT
INVESTMENT COMPANIES
Investment Company Act file number 811-06567
Invesco Van Kampen Municipal Opportunity Trust
 
(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)
1555 Peachtree Street, N.E., Atlanta, Georgia 30309
 
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)
Colin Meadows 1555 Peachtree Street, N.E., Atlanta, Georgia 30309
 
(Name and address of agent for service)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (713) 626-1919
Date of fiscal year end: 10/31
Date of reporting period: 4/30/10
 
 

 


 

Item 1. Report to Shareholders.
 
SEMIANNUAL REPORT
 
April 30, 2010
 
     
     
     
     
   
MUTUAL FUNDS

Van Kampen
Municipal Opportunity Trust (VMO)
     
    Privacy Notice information on the back.
     
     
     

  (VAN KAMPEN INVESTMENTS LOGO)
 
On June 1, 2010, Invesco completed its acquisition of Van Kampen Investments and Morgan Stanley’s retail asset management business. This Trust was included in that acquisition and as of that date, became Invesco Van Kampen Municipal Opportunity Trust. Please visit www.invesco.com/transition for more information or call Invesco’s Client Services team at 800-959-4246.




Invesco Distributors, Inc.
     


 

Welcome, Shareholder
 
In this report, you’ll learn about how your investment in Van Kampen Municipal Opportunity Trust performed during the semiannual period. The portfolio management team will provide an overview of the market conditions and discuss some of the factors that affected investment performance during the reporting period. In addition, this report includes the trust’s financial statements and a list of trust investments as of April 30, 2010.
 
 
Market forecasts provided in this report may not necessarily come to pass. There is no assurance that the trust will achieve its investment objective. Trusts are subject to market risk, which is the possibility that the market values of securities owned by the trust will decline and that the value of the trust shares may therefore be less than what you paid for them. Accordingly, you can lose money investing in this trust.
 
Income may subject certain individuals to the federal Alternative Minimum Tax (AMT).
 
             
NOT FDIC INSURED
    OFFER NO BANK GUARANTEE     MAY LOSE VALUE
NOT INSURED BY ANY FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AGENCY
    NOT A DEPOSIT
             


 

Performance Summary as of 4/30/10 (Unaudited)
 
 
                         
Municipal Opportunity Trust
Symbol: VMO
Average Annual
    Based on
    Based on
Total Returns     NAV     Market Price
                         
Since Inception (4/24/92)       6.45 %         6.59 %  
                         
10-year       5.91           7.93    
                         
5-year       2.16           5.68    
                         
1-year       25.22           25.61    
                         
6-month       6.87           8.32    
 
 
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, net asset value (NAV) and common share market price will fluctuate and trust shares, when sold, may be worth more or less than their original cost.
 
NAV per share is determined by dividing the value of the trust’s portfolio securities, cash and other assets, less all liabilities and preferred shares, by the total number of common shares outstanding. The common share market price is the price the market is willing to pay for shares of the trust at a given time. Common share market price is influenced by a range of factors, including supply and demand and market conditions. Total return assumes an investment at the beginning of the period, reinvestment of all distributions for the period in accordance with the trust’s dividend reinvestment plan, and sale of all shares at the end of the period. The trust’s advisor has waived or reimbursed fees and expenses from time to time. Absent such waivers/reimbursements the trust’s returns would have been lower. Periods of less than one year are not annualized.
 
The Barclays Capital Municipal Bond Index is generally representative of investment-grade, tax exempt bonds. The Index is unmanaged and its returns do not include any sales charges or fees. Such costs would lower performance. It is not possible to invest directly in an index.
 
 
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Trust Report
For the six-month period ended April 30, 2010
 
Market Conditions
 
Economic data released during the six-month reporting period indicated that the economy was expanding, although some investors continued to question whether the recession was really behind us. The housing market continued to lag and unemployment remained high, but hints of improvement began to appear late in the period when the April labor report showed that employment in the U.S. rose by its largest monthly increase in four years. The Federal Reserve maintained their accommodative monetary policy, leaving the federal funds target rate unchanged at near zero percent, but hiked the discount rate by 25 basis points to 0.75 percent in mid-February—perhaps an indication of monetary tightening ahead.
 
Municipal bond market performance slowed substantially during the reporting period from the historically large returns seen in previous months. The lower rated segment of the market continued to outperform as investor demand for lower quality, higher yielding bonds grew over the course of the period. For the six months ended April 30, 2010, the Barclays Capital High Yield Municipal Bond Index (the benchmark for the non-investment grade segment of the market) gained 6.70 percent while the Barclays Capital Municipal Bond Index (the benchmark for the investment grade segment) gained 3.68 percent. Overall, longer maturity issues outperformed those with shorter maturities. For the six months ended April 30, 2010, long bonds (those with maturities of 22 years or more) returned 5.09 percent while five-year bonds returned 3.22 percent, as measured by the respective Barclays Capital municipal bond indexes.
 
With regard to sectors, hospital bonds and tobacco bonds were among the top performers, outpacing the broad municipal market as rising demand for these lower quality issues helped boost returns. Revenue bonds outperformed general obligation bonds amid media reports of municipalities’ general financial weakness and ongoing weakness in tax collections.
 
Demand for municipal bonds overall remained steady, with approximately $24 billion flowing into municipal bond funds during the period. New issue supply remained relatively stable as well, totaling roughly $205 billion. However, 25 percent of that total issuance was in taxable Build America Bonds, thereby limiting the supply of traditional tax-exempt bonds. This has helped buoy tax-exempt bond prices and the relative value of municipal bonds overall versus other fixed income sectors.
 
 
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Performance Analysis
 
The Trust’s return can be calculated based upon either the market price or the net asset value (NAV) of its shares. NAV per share is determined by dividing the value of the Trust’s portfolio securities, cash and other assets, less all liabilities and preferred shares, by the total number of common shares outstanding, while market price reflects the supply and demand for the shares. As a result, the two returns can differ, as they did during the reporting period. On an NAV basis and a market price basis, the Trust outperformed the Barclays Capital Municipal Bond Index (the “Index”).
 
Total return for the six-month period ended April 30, 2010
 
                                       
    Based on
    Based on
    Barclays Capital
   
    NAV     Market Price     Municipal Bond Index    
                                       
      6.87 %         8.32 %         3.68 %      
 
 
 
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. Investment return, net asset value and common share market price will fluctuate and Trust shares, when sold, may be worth more or less than their original cost. See Performance Summary for additional performance information and index definition.
 
The primary contributors to the Trust’s performance for the reporting period included the following:
 
•  Exposure to BBB rated and non-rated bonds was additive to performance. Spreads on these issues tightened during the period, helping them to outperform higher quality issues.
 
•  Holdings in the health care, industrial development revenue/pollution control revenue (IDR/PCR), and tobacco sectors boosted returns as these sectors outperformed the broad municipal bond market for the period.
 
•  The portfolio’s exposure on the long end of the municipal yield curve was also advantageous as longer maturities issues outperformed shorter maturity issues.
 
Other positions, however, were less advantageous:
 
•  Exposure to pre-refunded bonds detracted from performance. Pre-refunded bonds are short-maturity securities and therefore underperformed for the period.
 
•  The portfolio’s holdings in lease-backed bonds also hindered performance as these issues underperformed essential service bonds.
 
The Trustees have approved a procedure whereby the Trust may, when appropriate, repurchase its shares in the open market or in privately negotiated transactions at a price not above market value or NAV, whichever is lower at the time of purchase. This may help support the market value of the Trust’s shares.
 
 
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Market Outlook
 
Looking ahead, we expect municipal bonds may outperform other sectors of the fixed income market due to the prospect of higher income tax rates in the future as well as the reduction in supply of tax-exempt paper as municipalities continue to issue taxable Build America Bonds. There is some pressure, however, for municipal yields to rise, particularly on the front end of the yield curve, as the Federal Reserve continues to maintain their inflation-fighting status. We expect lower quality bonds will continue to outperform higher grade bonds as the economic recovery continues.
 
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 Trust in the future.
 
 
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Ratings Allocation as of 4/30/2010 (Unaudited)
 
AAA/Aaa
    23.0 %
AA/Aa
    25.9  
A/A
    23.1  
BBB/Baa
    14.0  
BB/Ba
    1.4  
Non-Rated
    12.6  
         
         
Top Five Sectors as of 4/30/2010 (Unaudited)
 
Hospital
    19.4 %
Airports
    12.3  
General Purpose
    8.2  
Wholesale Electric
    7.2  
Bridge, Tunnel & Toll Road
    5.0  
         
         
Summary of Investments by State/Country Classification as of 4/30/2010 (Unaudited)
 
Texas
    14.1 %
Illinois
    10.0  
California
    8.8  
New Jersey
    7.3  
Florida
    7.2  
New York
    5.9  
Washington
    4.0  
Ohio
    3.9  
Georgia
    3.4  
North Carolina
    3.2  
Arizona
    3.1  
South Carolina
    2.9  
District of Columbia
    2.8  
Colorado
    1.7  
Missouri
    1.5  
Wisconsin
    1.5  
Massachusetts
    1.5  
Kentucky
    1.4  
Indiana
    1.3  
Pennsylvania
    1.3  
Nevada
    1.2  
Puerto Rico
    1.1  
Connecticut
    1.1  
Louisiana
    1.0  
Alabama
    1.0  
Tennessee
    1.0  
Kansas
    0.8  
West Virginia
    0.7  
Maryland
    0.7  
Michigan
    0.6  
Iowa
    0.6  
Minnesota
    0.5  
Oklahoma
    0.5  
New Hampshire
    0.4  
Utah
    0.4  
Idaho
    0.3  
(continued on next page)
 
 
 
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Summary of Investments by State/Country Classification as of 4/30/2010 (Unaudited)
(continued from previous page)
 
New Mexico
    0.3  
Virginia
    0.3  
Alaska
    0.3  
Hawaii
    0.2  
Wyoming
    0.2  
         
Total Investments
    100.0 %
 
 
Subject to change daily. Provided for informational purposes only and should not be deemed as a recommendation to buy or sell the securities mentioned or securities in the sectors shown above. Ratings allocation and summary of investments by state/country classification are as a percentage of total investments. Sectors are as a percentage of total long-term investments. Securities are classified by sectors that represent broad groupings of related industries. Van Kampen is a wholly owned subsidiary of a global securities firm which is engaged in a wide range of financial services including, for example, securities trading and brokerage activities, investment banking, research and analysis, financing and financial advisory services. Rating allocations based upon ratings as issued by Standard and Poor’s and Moody’s, respectively.
 
Portfolio Management
 
On June 1, 2010, Invesco completed its acquisition of Van Kampen Investments, and the Trust was part of that acquisition. Therefore, as of that date, the Trust’s investment adviser is Invesco Advisers, Inc. The following individuals associated with Invesco Advisers, Inc. are jointly and primarily responsible for the day-to-day management of the Trust’s portfolio:
 
•  Thomas Byron, Senior Portfolio Manager, has been responsible for the Trust since 2009. Prior to June 1, 2010, Mr. Byron was associated with Van Kampen Asset Management in an investment management capacity since 1981.
 
•  Robert J. Stryker, Senior Portfolio Manager, has been responsible for the Trust since 2009. Prior to June 1, 2010, Mr. Stryker was associated with Van Kampen Asset Management in an investment management capacity since 1994.
 
•  Robert W. Wimmel, Senior Portfolio Manager, has been responsible for the Trust since 2001. Prior to June 1, 2010, Mr. Wimmel was associated with Van Kampen Asset Management in an investment management capacity since 1996.
 
 
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For More Information About Portfolio Holdings
 
Each Van Kampen trust provides a complete schedule of portfolio holdings in its semiannual and annual reports within 60 days of the end of the trust’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 trust’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, D.C. 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 e-mail address (publicinfo@sec.gov) or by writing the Public Reference section of the SEC, Washington, DC 20549-1520.
 
You may obtain copies of a trust’s fiscal quarter filings by contacting Van Kampen Client Relations at (800) 341-2929.
 
Proxy Voting Policy and Procedures and Proxy Voting Record
 
You may obtain a copy of the Trust’s Proxy Voting Policy and Procedures without charge, upon request, by calling toll free (800) 341-2929 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 Trust 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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Investment Advisory Agreement Approval
 
On June 1, 2010, Invesco Ltd., an independent global investment management company, completed its purchase of substantially all of the retail asset management business of Morgan Stanley, including the investment adviser and certain other affiliated service providers to most of the Van Kampen funds (including the Fund) (the “Transaction”). As described in more detail below, in connection with the Transaction, the Fund’s Board of Trustees approved a new investment advisory agreement with Invesco Advisers, Inc. (“Invesco”), a subsidiary of Invesco Ltd., and a new master investment sub-advisory agreement with several of Invesco Ltd.’s wholly-owned affiliates (collectively, the “New Advisory Agreements”). Shareholders approved the New Advisory Agreements at a special meeting of shareholders held on April 16, 2010 to become effective upon closing of the Transaction. Thus, effective June 1, 2010, the Fund’s investment adviser, investment sub-advisers and certain other service providers are affiliates of Invesco Ltd. The Transaction did not result in any change to the Fund’s investment objective, principal investment strategies or the Fund’s portfolio management team.
 
Prior to the Transaction, the investment adviser for the Fund was Van Kampen Asset Management, a wholly owned subsidiary of Van Kampen Investments Inc. (“Van Kampen Investments”), which was an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Morgan Stanley. As a result of the Transaction, the asset management business of Van Kampen Investments was combined with that of Invesco.
 
At several in-person and telephonic meetings held in August, September, October, November and December 2009, the Board discussed and ultimately approved the New Advisory Agreements. At these meetings, the Board considered information provided by Morgan Stanley, Van Kampen Investments and Invesco regarding, among other things: Invesco’s organization and personnel; business strategy; ownership structure; financial strength; affiliations (including other asset management affiliations); asset management practices and capabilities; legal and regulatory matters; and compliance matters. Emphasis during these meetings focused on Invesco being a global investment management leader with momentum in the U.S. retail market, and that the combination of Invesco and Morgan Stanley’s retail asset management business, including Van Kampen Investments, can bring additional value to the Fund’s shareholders. The parties discussed Invesco’s independence as a publicly traded entity, its strategic focus solely on the investment management business (including Invesco’s investment reputation, broad product line, service quality, industry relationships and objective of putting investors’ interests first) and its significant depth in resources, diversification, performance and experience. The parties discussed how the current Invesco and Van Kampen Investments businesses compare and complement each other and the synergies of the combined organization which management believes will benefit the Fund’s shareholders. The parties discussed aligning the Fund and other funds then advised by Van Kampen Asset Management together with other funds and products currently advised by Invesco and its affiliates towards using a single, common operating platform (which includes, among other things, common investment operating platforms, common global
 
 
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performance measurement and risk analysis, and common compliance policies and procedures). At these meetings the Board also discussed, in addition to the New Advisory Agreements, the expectation that Invesco and its affiliates would provide the Fund with administrative and client servicing services that were currently provided by Van Kampen Investments and its affiliates. The parties discussed these other services, and efforts to capitalize on synergy opportunities from combined scale for the benefit of shareholders, leveraging operating best practices across the organization and commitment to quality services. The members of the Board who are not “interested persons” of the Fund, as that term is defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, conferred separately with their counsel and a consultant (each engaged specifically in connection with their review of the Transaction) about the Transaction on several occasions during the meetings conducted from August through December 2009.
 
In connection with the Board’s consideration of the New Advisory Agreements, the Trustees considered, among other things, the factors discussed above as well as the following:
 
Nature, Extent and Quality of the Services to be Provided. The Board considered the roles and responsibilities of the investment adviser (and its affiliates) as a whole and those specific to portfolio management, support and trading functions anticipated to be servicing the Fund. The Board noted that the current portfolio management team for the Fund is expected to remain the same under the New Advisory Agreements. The Trustees discussed with Invesco the resources available in managing the Fund. The Trustees also discussed certain other services that are to be provided by Invesco or its affiliates to the Fund including subadvisory services, certain global performance measurement and risk analysis, compliance, accounting, and administrative services. The Board has determined that the nature, extent and quality of the services to be provided by Invesco (and its affiliates) support its decision to approve the New Advisory Agreements.
 
Projected Fees and Expenses of the Fund. The Board considered that the advisory fee rate for the Fund would remain the same under the New Advisory Agreements as they are under the current advisory agreement. The Board had previously determined that such fees were acceptable under the current advisory agreement. The Board has determined that the projected fees and expenses of the Fund support its decision to approve the New Advisory Agreements.
 
Investment Adviser’s Expenses in Providing the Service and Profitability. At least annually, the Trustees expect to review Invesco’s expenses in providing services to the Fund and other funds advised by Invesco and the profitability of Invesco. In connection with the Fund, the Trustees discussed with Invesco its projected revenues and expenses, including among other things, revenues for advisory services, portfolio management-related expenses, and other costs. The Board has determined that the analysis of Invesco’s projected expenses and profitability support its decision to approve the New Advisory Agreements.
 
Economies of Scale. The Board noted that economies of scale were already reflected in the advisory fees. In future determinations of whether to approve the continuation
 
 
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of the advisory agreement, the Board will consider whether economies of scale exist and should be passed along to shareholders.
 
Other Benefits of the Relationship. The Board considered other benefits to Invesco and its affiliates derived from its relationship with the Fund and other funds advised by Invesco. These benefits include, among other things, fees for administrative services (which is reimbursement of Invesco’s cost or such reasonable compensation as may be approved by the Board), transfer agency services provided to other funds in the fund family, in certain cases research to be received by Invesco or its affiliates generated from commission dollars spent on funds’ portfolio trading, and in certain cases distribution or service related fees related to sales of other funds in the fund family. The Trustees reviewed with Invesco 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 Invesco or its affiliates support its decision to approve the New Advisory Agreements.
 
 
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Van Kampen Municipal Opportunity Trust
Portfolio of Investments  n  April 30, 2010 (Unaudited)
 
                             
Par
               
Amount
               
(000)   Description   Coupon   Maturity   Value
 
 
        Municipal Bonds  169.7%
Alabama  1.6%
$ 1,000     Alabama Bldg Renovation Fin Auth Rev Rfdg (AMBAC Insd)     5.625 %   09/01/24   $ 1,023,070  
  1,975     Bessemer, AL Governmental Util Svc Corp Wtr Supply Rev Rfdg, Ser A (AGL Insd) (a)     5.000     06/01/39     2,021,037  
  1,250     Healthcare Auth for Baptist Hlth AL, Ser A (b)     6.125     11/15/36     1,317,225  
  1,600     Huntsville Redstone Vlg, AL Spl Care Fac Fin Auth Redstone Vlg Proj     5.500     01/01/43     1,214,752  
  5     Mobile, AL Indl Dev Brd Solid Waste Disp Rev Mobile Energy Svc Co Proj Rfdg (c)     6.950     01/01/20     0  
  1,825     Selma, AL Indl Dev Brd Rev Gulf Opportunity Zone Intl Paper Co Proj, Ser A     6.250     11/01/33     1,882,999  
                             
                          7,459,083  
                             
        Alaska  0.4%
  3,000     Northern Tob Sec Corp AK Tob Settlement Rev Asset Bkd, Ser A     5.000     06/01/46     2,016,690  
                             
         
        Arizona  5.2%
  1,425     Arizona Cap Fac Fin Corp Student Hsg Rev AZ St Univ Proj     6.250     09/01/32     1,362,200  
  1,575     Arizona St Trans Brd Hwy Rev, Ser B (a)     5.000     07/01/25     1,738,579  
  2,365     Arizona St Trans Brd Hwy Rev, Ser B (a)     5.000     07/01/26     2,593,057  
  3,000     Goodyear, AZ McDowell Rd Coml Corridor Impt Dist Impt (AMBAC Insd)     5.250     01/01/32     3,003,120  
  2,050     Maricopa Cnty, AZ Indl Dev Auth Hlth Fac Rev Catholic Hlthcare West, Ser C (b)     5.000     07/01/38     2,228,760  
  1,125     Maricopa Cnty, AZ Pollutn Ctl Corp Pollutn Ctl Rev Rfdg AZ Pub Svc Co, Ser B (b)     5.500     05/01/29     1,171,193  
  1,500     Maricopa Cnty, AZ Stad Dist Rfdg (AMBAC Insd)     5.375     06/01/19     1,587,975  
  575     Navajo Cnty, AZ Pollutn Ctl Corp Rev, Ser C (b)     5.500     06/01/34     619,252  
  675     Navajo Cnty, AZ Pollutn Ctl Corp Rev, Ser E (b)     5.750     06/01/34     721,973  
  595     Phoenix, AZ Indl Dev Auth Ed Rev Career Success Sch Proj     7.000     01/01/39     604,942  
  570     Phoenix, AZ Indl Dev Auth Ed Rev Career Success Sch Proj     7.125     01/01/45     581,805  
  2,100     Pima Cnty, AZ Indl Dev Auth Global Wtr Resh LLC Proj (AMT)     6.550     12/01/37     2,065,371  
  1,930     Salt Riv Proj AZ Agric Impt & Pwr Dist Elec Sys Rev,
Ser A (a)
    5.000     01/01/28     2,089,978  
  3,440     University of AZ Med Ctr Corp     5.000     07/01/35     3,220,150  
                             
                          23,588,355  
                             
        California  15.1%
  2,630     Anaheim, CA Pub Fin Auth Lease Rev Cap Apprec Sub Pub Impt Proj, Ser C (AGM Insd)     *       09/01/20     1,574,923  
  2,400     Bay Area Govt Assn CA Rev Tax Alloc CA Redev Pool, Ser A (Syncora Gtd)     5.250     09/01/29     2,255,520  
 
 
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Van Kampen Municipal Opportunity Trust
Portfolio of Investments  
n  April 30, 2010 (Unaudited)  continued
 
                             
Par
               
Amount
               
(000)   Description   Coupon   Maturity   Value
 
 
        California (Continued)
$ 4,000     Bay Area Toll Auth CA Toll Brdg Rev San Francisco Bay Area, Ser F-1 (a)     5.000 %   04/01/39   $ 4,115,760  
  750     Beverly Hills, CA Uni Sch Dist Cap Apprec 2008 Election     *       08/01/28     299,122  
  1,000     California Hlth Fac Fin Auth Rev Catholic Hlthcare West, Ser A     6.000     07/01/34     1,079,620  
  4,200     California Hsg Fin Agy Rev Home Mtg, Ser G (AMT) (a)     4.950     08/01/23     3,913,098  
  2,800     California Hsg Fin Agy Rev Home Mtg, Ser G (AMT) (a)     5.050     02/01/29     2,591,764  
  2,900     California Hsg Fin Agy Rev Home Mtg, Ser K (AMT) (a)     5.300     08/01/23     2,869,840  
  3,400     California Hsg Fin Agy Rev Home Mtg, Ser K (AMT) (a)     5.450     08/01/28     3,300,278  
  2,000     California Pollutn Ctl Fin Auth Solid Waste Disp Rev Waste Mgmt Inc Proj, Ser B (AMT)     5.000     07/01/27     1,981,680  
  420     California St (AMBAC Insd)     5.125     10/01/27     420,092  
  725     California St Dept Wtr Res Wtr Rev Cent Vly Proj,
Ser AE (a)
    5.000     12/01/24     799,225  
  900     California St Dept Wtr Res Wtr Rev Cent Vly Proj,
Ser AE (a)
    5.000     12/01/25     989,343  
  900     California St Dept Wtr Res Wtr Rev Cent Vly Proj,
Ser AE (a)
    5.000     12/01/26     982,089  
  525     California St Dept Wtr Res Wtr Rev Cent Vly Proj,
Ser AE (a)
    5.000     12/01/27     569,441  
  900     California St Dept Wtr Res Wtr Rev Cent Vly Proj,
Ser AE (a)
    5.000     12/01/28     970,983  
  1,800     California St Econ Recovery Rfdg, Ser A     5.250     07/01/21     2,018,898  
  2,000     California St Pub Wk Brd Lease Rev Dept Mental Hlth Coalinga, Ser A     5.000     06/01/25     1,974,900  
  1,150     California St Var Purp     5.750     04/01/31     1,237,975  
  5,000     California Statewide Cmnty Dev Auth Rev Hlth Fac Adventist Hlth, Ser A     5.000     03/01/30     4,901,050  
  1,250     California Statewide Cmnty Dev Auth Rev Kaiser Permanente, Ser A     5.000     04/01/19     1,352,512  
  410     Daly City, CA Hsg Dev Fin Agy Mobile Home Pk Rev Rfdg Third Tier Franciscan, Ser C     6.500     12/15/47     355,540  
  5,000     Foothill/Eastern Corridor Agy CA Toll Rd Rev Cap Apprec Rfdg     *       01/15/25     1,812,350  
  775     Golden St Tob Sec Corp CA Tob Settlement Rev Asset Bkd Sr, Ser A-1     4.500     06/01/27     712,388  
  4,160     Golden St Tob Sec Corp CA Tob Settlement, Ser A-1     5.750     06/01/47     3,206,653  
  145     Morongo Band of Mission Indians CA Enterprise Rev Indians Enterprise Casino, Ser B (d)     5.500     03/01/18     137,298  
  1,050     Palomar Pomerado Hlthcare Dist CA Ctf Partn     6.750     11/01/39     1,100,368  
 
 
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Van Kampen Municipal Opportunity Trust
Portfolio of Investments  
n  April 30, 2010 (Unaudited)  continued
 
                             
Par
               
Amount
               
(000)   Description   Coupon   Maturity   Value
 
 
        California (Continued)
$ 1,460     Quechan Indian Tribe Ft Yuma Indian Reservation CA & Govt Proj     7.000 %   12/01/27   $ 1,197,536  
  1,150     San Francisco, CA City & Cnty Arpt Commn Intl Arpt Rfdg, Ser A-4 (AMT) (b)     6.500     05/01/19     1,230,845  
  2,400     Tobacco Sec Auth Northn CA Tob Settlement Rev Asset Bkd, Ser A-1     5.375     06/01/38     1,986,720  
  1,600     Tobacco Sec Auth Northn CA Tob Settlement Rev Asset Bkd, Ser A-1     5.500     06/01/45     1,188,544  
  6,000     Tobacco Sec Auth Southn CA Tob Settlement, Ser A-1     5.000     06/01/37     4,701,720  
  10,000     Tobacco Sec Auth Southn CA Tob Settlement, Ser A-1     5.125     06/01/46     6,954,400  
  1,600     Turlock, CA Hlth Fac Rev Ctf Partn Emanuel Med Ctr Inc     5.375     10/15/34     1,396,816  
  2,000     Vernon, CA Elec Sys Rev, Ser A     5.125     08/01/21     2,117,360  
                             
                          68,296,651  
                             
        Colorado  3.0%
  500     Colorado Hlth Fac Auth Hlth & Residential Care Fac Volunteers of Amer Care, Ser A     5.250     07/01/27     447,280  
  375     Colorado Hlth Fac Auth Hlth & Residential Care Fac Volunteers of Amer Care, Ser A     5.300     07/01/37     295,669  
  4,475     Colorado Hlth Fac Auth Rev Catholic Hlth, Ser C-5 (AGM Insd) (a)     5.000     09/01/36     4,510,263  
  3,700     Colorado Hlth Fac Auth Rev Evangelical Lutheran     5.000     06/01/35     3,388,608  
  1,000     Colorado Hlth Fac Auth Rev Hosp Portercare Adventist Hlth (Prerefunded @ 11/15/11)     6.500     11/15/31     1,098,100  
  645     Colorado Hsg Fin Auth Multi-Family Hsg Ins Mtg, Ser B-2 (FHA Gtd) (AMT)     5.800     10/01/28     645,413  
  5     Colorado Hsg Fin Auth Single Family Pgm Sr, Ser A-2 (AMT)     7.250     05/01/27     5,093  
  530     Highlands Ranch Metro Dist No 2 CO (AGM Insd) (e)     6.500     06/15/11     566,082  
  470     Highlands Ranch Metro Dist No 2 CO (AGM Insd)     6.500     06/15/11     501,448  
  925     Montezuma Cnty, CO Hosp Dist Hlth Fac Enterprise Hosp Rfdg (c)     5.900     10/01/37     788,738  
  1,500     Salida, CO Hosp Dist Rev     5.250     10/01/36     1,187,310  
                             
                          13,434,004  
                             
        Connecticut  1.9%
  6,500     Connecticut St Spl Oblig Pkg Rev Bradley Intl Arpt, Ser A (ACA Insd) (AMT)     6.600     07/01/24     6,184,490  
  1,350     Hamden, CT Fac Rev EFPRBS Whitney Ctr Proj, Ser B     6.125     01/01/14     1,339,619  
  1,000     Hartford, CT Pkg Sys Rev, Ser A (Prerefunded @ 7/01/10)     6.400     07/01/20     1,010,360  
                             
                          8,534,469  
                             
        District of Columbia  4.8%
  2,215     District Columbia Hosp Rev Sibley Mem Hosp     6.375     10/01/34     2,374,391  
  700     District Columbia Hosp Rev Sibley Mem Hosp     6.500     10/01/29     766,514  
  2,500     District Columbia Rev Gonzaga College (AGM Insd)     5.250     07/01/32     2,477,175  
 
 
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Van Kampen Municipal Opportunity Trust
Portfolio of Investments  
n  April 30, 2010 (Unaudited)  continued
 
                             
Par
               
Amount
               
(000)   Description   Coupon   Maturity   Value
 
 
        District of Columbia (Continued)
$ 700     District Columbia Wtr & Swr Auth Pub Util Rev Rfdg Sub Lien, Ser A (AGL Insd) (a)     5.000 %   10/01/29   $ 725,774  
  1,425     District Columbia Wtr & Swr Auth Pub Util Rev Rfdg Sub Lien, Ser A (AGL Insd) (a)     5.000     10/01/34     1,456,378  
  8,000     District Columbia Wtr & Swr Auth Pub Util Rev Sub Lien, Ser A (AGM Insd)     5.500     10/01/41     8,396,640  
  5,350     Metropolitan Washington DC Arpt Auth Sys, Ser A (NATL Insd) (AMT)     5.250     10/01/32     5,377,499  
                             
                          21,574,371  
                             
        Florida  12.3%
  1,000     Alachua Cnty, FL Indl Dev Rev North FL Retirement Vlg     5.875     11/15/36     840,490  
  500     Alachua Cnty, FL Indl Dev Rev North FL Retirement Vlg     5.875     11/15/42     408,960  
  335     Beacon Lakes, FL Cmnty Dev FL Spl Assmt, Ser A     6.000     05/01/38     294,482  
  250     Beacon Lakes, FL Cmnty Dev FL Spl Assmt Sub Ser B     6.200     05/01/38     211,670  
  1,230     Brevard Cnty, FL Hlth Fac Auth Residential Care Fac Rev Buena Vida Estates Inc     6.750     01/01/37     1,105,303  
  2,090     Citizens Ppty Ins Corp FL High Risk Sr Sec, Ser A-1     5.250     06/01/17     2,195,629  
  365     Escambia Cnty, FL Hlth Auth Rev FL Hlthcare Fac Ln VHA Pgm (AMBAC Insd)     5.950     07/01/20     372,501  
  2,540     Florida St Tpk Auth Tpk Rev Dept Trans Rfdg, Ser A (a)     5.000     07/01/26     2,708,097  
  2,580     Florida St Tpk Auth Tpk Rev Dept Trans Rfdg, Ser A (a)     5.000     07/01/27     2,736,013  
  2,805     Florida St Tpk Auth Tpk Rev Dept Trans Rfdg, Ser A (a)     5.000     07/01/28     2,960,649  
  2,500     Florida St Tpk Auth Tpk Rev Dept Trans Rfdg, Ser A (a)     5.000     07/01/32     2,597,525  
  780     Highlands, FL Cmnty Dev Dist Spl Assmt     5.550     05/01/36     399,196  
  900     Hillsborough Cnty, FL Aviation Auth Rev, Ser A (AGL Insd) (AMT) (a)     5.375     10/01/33     908,757  
  2,000     Hillsborough Cnty, FL Aviation Auth Rev, Ser A (AGL Insd) (AMT) (a)     5.500     10/01/38     2,030,880  
  700     Hillsborough Cnty, FL Indl Dev Auth Pollutn Ctl Rev Hillsborough Cnty Ida Rfdg (AMBAC Insd) (b)     5.000     12/01/34     735,077  
  775     Hillsborough Cnty, FL Indl Dev Auth Pollutn Ctl Rev Tampa Elec, Ser B (b)     5.150     09/01/25     839,023  
  665     Main Str Cmnty Dev Dist FL Cap Impt Rev, Ser A (Acquired 2/19/08, Cost $650,642) (f)     6.800     05/01/38     566,606  
  400     Main Str Cmnty Dev Dist FL Cap Impt Rev, Ser B (Acquired 2/19/08, Cost $400,383) (f)     6.900     05/01/17     376,548  
  2,100     Miami-Dade Cnty, FL Aviation Rev Miami Intl Arpt (AGL Insd) (AMT)     5.375     10/01/27     2,108,148  
  2,500     Miami-Dade Cnty, FL Aviation Rev Miami Intl Arpt (AGL Insd) (AMT)     5.375     10/01/32     2,508,025  
  545     Midtown Miami, FL Cmnty Dev FL Spl Assmt Rev,
Ser A
    6.000     05/01/24     525,522  
  2,375     North Broward, FL Hosp Dist Rev Impt (Prerefunded @ 1/15/11)     6.000     01/15/31     2,492,372  
 
 
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Van Kampen Municipal Opportunity Trust
Portfolio of Investments  
n  April 30, 2010 (Unaudited)  continued
 
                             
Par
               
Amount
               
(000)   Description   Coupon   Maturity   Value
 
 
        Florida (Continued)
$ 1,525     Orange Cnty, FL Hlth Fac Auth Rev First Mtg Orlando Lutheran Tower     5.500 %   07/01/32   $ 1,254,358  
  545     Overoaks, FL Cmnty Dev Dist Cap Impt Rev, Ser A (g)     6.125     05/01/35     257,714  
  1,000     Palm Beach Cnty, FL Hlth Fac Auth Rev Wtrford Proj     5.875     11/15/37     888,890  
  2,400     Palm Beach Cnty, FL Solid Waste Auth Rev Impt (BHAC Insd) (a)     5.500     10/01/23     2,725,968  
  5,500     Port St Lucie, FL Spl Assmt Rev Southwest Annexation Dist 1-B (NATL Insd)     5.000     07/01/40     4,911,885  
  2,900     Putnam Cnty, FL Dev Auth Pollutn Ctl Rev Rfdg Seminole Proj, Ser A (AMBAC Insd) (b)     5.350     03/15/42     3,115,296  
  485     Reunion East Cmnty Dev Dist FL Spl Assmt     5.800     05/01/36     275,291  
  750     Seminole Tribe FL Spl Oblig Rev, Ser A (d)     5.750     10/01/22     731,782  
  855     Seven Oaks, FL Cmnty Dev Dist II Spl Assmt Rev, Ser A     5.875     05/01/35     531,998  
  7,510     South Miami, FL Hlth Fac Auth Hosp Rev Baptist Hlth South FL Group (a)     5.000     08/15/32     7,559,641  
  1,690     South Vlg Cmnty Dev Dist FL Cap Impt Rev, Ser A     5.700     05/01/35     1,168,855  
  750     Sterling Hill Cmnty Dev Dist FL Cap Impt Rev, Ser A     6.200     05/01/35     695,407  
  2,100     Tolomato Cmnty, FL Dev Dist Spl Assmt     6.650     05/01/40     1,682,436  
  475     World Commerce Cmnty Dev Dist FL Spl Assmt (g)     5.500     05/01/38     184,794  
                             
                          55,905,788  
                             
        Georgia  5.7%
  5,000     Atlanta, GA Arpt Passenger Fac Charge Rev Gen Sub Lien, Ser C (AGM Insd) (a)     5.000     01/01/33     5,055,900  
  1,000     Atlanta, GA Arpt Rev, Ser B (NATL Insd) (AMT)     5.625     01/01/30     1,008,050  
  965     Atlanta, GA Tax Alloc Beltline Proj, Ser B     6.750     01/01/20     983,885  
  190     Atlanta, GA Tax Alloc Beltline Proj, Ser B     7.375     01/01/31     192,333  
  1,150     Atlanta, GA Wtr & Waste Wtr Rev, Ser A     6.000     11/01/27     1,246,094  
  1,250     Atlanta, GA Wtr & Waste Wtr Rev, Ser A     6.000     11/01/28     1,348,537  
  1,150     Atlanta, GA Wtr & Waste Wtr Rev, Ser A     6.000     11/01/29     1,235,250  
  271     Fulton Cnty, GA Lease Rev (Acquired 12/23/94, Cost $271,405) (f)     7.250     06/15/10     273,537  
  7,000     Georgia Muni Elec Auth Pwr Rev, Ser A (NATL Insd)     6.500     01/01/20     8,299,970  
  3,770     Monroe Cnty, GA Dev Auth Pollutn Ctl Rev Oglethorpe Pwr Corp Scherer, Ser A     6.800     01/01/12     4,058,254  
  1,000     Oconee Cnty, GA Indl Dev Auth Rev Oiit Proj (Syncora Gtd)     5.250     07/01/25     1,037,980  
  1,200     Putnam Cnty, GA Dev Auth Pollutn Ctl Rev GA Pwr Co, Ser 1     5.100     06/01/23     1,228,308  
                             
                          25,968,098  
                             
        Hawaii  0.4%
  1,875     Hawaii St Arpt Sys Rev, Ser A     5.000     07/01/39     1,875,619  
                             
 
 
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Van Kampen Municipal Opportunity Trust
Portfolio of Investments  
n  April 30, 2010 (Unaudited)  continued
 
                             
Par
               
Amount
               
(000)   Description   Coupon   Maturity   Value
 
 
         
        Idaho  0.6%
$ 750     Idaho Hlth Fac Auth Rev Saint Lukes Hlth Sys Proj,
Ser A
    6.500 %   11/01/23   $ 845,970  
  1,000     Idaho Hlth Fac Auth Rev Saint Lukes Hlth Sys Proj,
Ser A
    6.750     11/01/37     1,105,430  
  800     Idaho Hlth Fac Auth Rev Vly Vista Care Corp Rfdg (c)     6.125     11/15/27     700,800  
                             
                          2,652,200  
                             
        Illinois  16.6%
  1,250     Bartlett, IL Tax Increment Rev Rfdg Sr Lien Quarry Redev Proj     5.600     01/01/23     1,055,962  
  1,365     Bolingbrook, IL Cap Apprec, Ser B (NATL Insd)     *       01/01/30     462,762  
  2,600     Chicago, IL Brd Ed Rfdg, Ser C (AGM Insd) (a)     5.000     12/01/27     2,704,806  
  4,000     Chicago, IL Brd Ed Rfdg, Ser C (AGM Insd)     5.000     12/01/27     4,161,200  
  3,150     Chicago, IL O’Hare Intl Arpt Rev Gen Arpt Third Lien Rfdg, Ser A (NATL Insd) (AMT)     5.375     01/01/32     3,119,918  
  10,900     Chicago, IL O’Hare Intl Arpt Rev Gen Arpt Third Lien, Ser A (AGL Insd) (a)     5.250     01/01/24     11,505,277  
  10,000     Chicago, IL O’Hare Intl Arpt Rev Gen Arpt Third Lien, Ser A (AGL Insd) (a)     5.250     01/01/25     10,508,800  
  3,855     Chicago, IL O’Hare Intl Arpt Rev Gen Arpt Third Lien, Ser A (AGL Insd) (a)     5.250     01/01/26     4,035,298  
  1,450     Chicago, IL, Ser A (AGL Insd) (a)     5.250     01/01/25     1,578,615  
  2,360     Cook Cnty, IL Cap Impt, Ser A (NATL Insd)     5.000     11/15/23     2,375,033  
  800     Granite City, Madison Cnty IL Disp Rev Waste Mgmt Inc Proj (AMT) (b)     3.500     05/01/27     800,304  
  1,100     Illinois Fin Auth Hosp Rev Rfdg Kish Hlth Sys Oblig Group     5.500     10/01/22     1,122,968  
  2,300     Illinois Fin Auth Rev Christian Homes Inc Rfdg, Ser A     5.750     05/15/26     1,838,574  
  1,000     Illinois Fin Auth Rev IL Fin Auth Roosevelt Univ     5.500     04/01/37     952,790  
  2,200     Illinois Fin Auth Rev Northwestn Mem Hosp, Ser A (a)     5.375     08/15/24     2,365,484  
  1,400     Illinois Fin Auth Rev Northwestn Mem Hosp, Ser A (a)     5.750     08/15/30     1,518,314  
  2,500     Illinois Fin Auth Rev Osf Hlthcare Sys, Ser A     5.750     11/15/37     2,509,025  
  1,150     Illinois Fin Auth Rev Riverside Hlth Sys     6.250     11/15/35     1,209,846  
  1,800     Illinois Fin Auth Rev Rush Univ Med Ctr Oblig Grp,
Ser A
    7.250     11/01/38     2,029,896  
  5,500     Illinois Fin Auth Rev Sherman Hlth Sys, Ser 2007-A     5.500     08/01/37     4,996,035  
  1,250     Metropolitan Pier & Expo Auth IL Dedicated St Tax Rev McCormick Pl Expn Proj, Ser A (NATL Insd)     5.375     12/15/18     1,266,500  
  6,000     Metropolitan Pier & Expo Auth IL Dedicated St Tax Rev McCormick Pl Expn, Ser A (NATL Insd)     5.250     06/15/42     6,082,380  
  5,000     Regional Tran Auth IL, Ser B (AMBAC Insd)     8.000     06/01/17     6,457,000  
  475     Will-Kankakee Regl Dev Auth IL Multi-Family Hsg Rev Sr Estates Supportive Living (AMT)     7.000     12/01/42     422,171  
                             
                          75,078,958  
                             
 
 
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Van Kampen Municipal Opportunity Trust
Portfolio of Investments  
n  April 30, 2010 (Unaudited)  continued
 
                             
Par
               
Amount
               
(000)   Description   Coupon   Maturity   Value
 
 
        Indiana  2.2%
$ 1,000     Allen Cnty, IN Juvenile Just Ctr First Mtg (AMBAC Insd)     5.500 %   01/01/18   $ 1,071,460  
  650     Crown Point, IN Econ Dev Rev Temp Wittenberg Vlg Proj, Ser C-1     7.250     11/15/14     651,384  
  1,360     Indiana Fin Auth Hosp Rev Deaconess Hosp Oblig,
Ser A
    6.750     03/01/39     1,469,684  
  1,770     Indiana Hlth Fac Fin Auth Hosp Rev Columbus Regl Hosp Rfdg (AGM Insd)     7.000     08/15/15     2,008,932  
  2,500     Indiana St Dev Fin Auth Rev Exempt Fac Conv Rfdg (AMT)     5.950     08/01/30     2,518,800  
  1,525     Indiana St Fin Auth Environmental Fac Rev IN Pwr & LT Co Proj Rfdg, Ser A     4.900     01/01/16     1,638,735  
  500     Vigo Cnty, IN Hosp Auth Rev Un Hosp Inc (d)     5.750     09/01/42     431,625  
                             
                          9,790,620  
                             
        Iowa  1.0%
  1,890     Des Moines, IA Pub Pkg Sys Rev, Ser A (NATL Insd)     5.750     06/01/17     1,897,050  
  500     Jefferson Cnty, IA Hosp Rev Jefferson Cnty Hosp Proj, Ser C     5.950     08/01/37     414,475  
  1,500     Tobacco Settlement Auth IA Rev Asset Bkd, Ser C     5.500     06/01/42     1,107,885  
  1,350     Tobacco Settlement Auth IA Rev Asset Bkd, Ser C     5.625     06/01/46     1,009,908  
                             
                          4,429,318  
                             
        Kansas  1.3%
  2,400     Kansas St Dev Fin Auth Hosp Rev Adventist Hlth     5.750     11/15/38     2,574,744  
  1,600     Manhattan, KS Hlthcare Fac Rev Meadowlark Hills Retirement, Ser A     5.000     05/15/24     1,431,344  
  1,600     Manhattan, KS Hlthcare Fac Rev Meadowlark Hills Retirement, Ser A     5.000     05/15/36     1,245,824  
  675     Olathe, KS Sr Living Fac Rev Catholic Care Campus Inc, Ser A     6.000     11/15/38     599,630  
                             
                          5,851,542  
                             
        Kentucky  2.3%
  1,500     Kentucky Econ Dev Fin Auth Hosp Fac Rev Owensboro Med Hlth Sys, Ser A     6.500     03/01/45     1,554,885  
  1,400     Kentucky Econ Dev Fin Auth Louisville Arena Proj Rev Louisville Arena Sub, Ser A-1 (AGL Insd)     5.750     12/01/28     1,521,422  
  55     Kentucky Hsg Corp Hsg Rev, Ser F (FNMA Collateralized) (AMT)     5.450     01/01/32     55,249  
  1,510     Kentucky St Ppty & Bldg Commn Rev Rfdg Proj No 93 (AGL Insd)     5.250     02/01/24     1,663,144  
  1,710     Kentucky St Ppty & Bldg Commn Rev Rfdg Proj No 93 (AGL Insd)     5.250     02/01/25     1,879,683  
  4,000     Louisville & Jefferson Cnty, KY Metro Govt Hlth Sys Rev Norton Hlthcare Inc     5.250     10/01/36     3,954,720  
                             
                          10,629,103  
                             
 
 
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Van Kampen Municipal Opportunity Trust
Portfolio of Investments  
n  April 30, 2010 (Unaudited)  continued
 
                             
Par
               
Amount
               
(000)   Description   Coupon   Maturity   Value
 
 
        Louisiana  1.8%
$ 989     Lakeshore Vlgs Master Cmnty Dev Dist LA Spl Assmt     5.250 %   07/01/17   $ 597,623  
  1,900     Louisiana St Ctzn Ppty Ins Corp Assmt Rev, Ser C-2 (AGL Insd)     6.750     06/01/26     2,182,549  
  3,000     Louisiana St Energy & Pwr Auth Pwr Proj Rev Rfdg (AGM Insd)     5.750     01/01/12     3,237,390  
  1,850     Rapides Fin Auth LA Rev Cleco Pwr Proj (AMT) (b)     5.250     11/01/37     1,956,079  
                             
                          7,973,641  
                             
        Maryland  1.1%
  775     Gaithersburg, MD Econ Dev Rev Asbury MD Oblig Group A     5.125     01/01/36     666,818  
  940     Maryland St Econ Dev Corp Econ Dev Rev Term Proj,
Ser B
    5.750     06/01/35     963,810  
  665     Maryland St Econ Dev Corp Econ Dev Rev Trans Fac Proj, Ser A     5.375     06/01/25     676,099  
  2,250     Maryland St Hlth & Higher Ed Fac Auth Rev Mercy Med Ctr, Ser A     5.500     07/01/42     2,170,957  
  750     Prince Georges Cnty, MD Spl Oblig Natl Harbor Proj     5.200     07/01/34     647,228  
                             
                          5,124,912  
                             
        Massachusetts  2.5%
  1,895     Massachusetts Bay Trans Auth Gen Trans Sys Rfdg,
Ser A
    5.500     03/01/12     1,974,855  
  2,125     Massachusetts Dev Fin Agy Sr Living Fac Rev, Ser B-2     6.250     06/01/14     2,127,699  
  400     Massachusetts St Dev Fin Agy Linden Ponds Inc Fac,
Ser A
    5.750     11/15/35     295,480  
  475     Massachusetts St Dev Fin Agy Linden Ponds Inc Fac,
Ser A
    5.750     11/15/42     341,003  
  3,000     Massachusetts St Dev Fin Agy Semass Sys, Ser A (NATL Insd)     5.625     01/01/16     3,082,320  
  1,650     Massachusetts St Hlth & Ed Fac Auth Rev Berklee College Music, Ser A     5.000     10/01/32     1,674,453  
  965     Massachusetts St Hlth & Ed Fac Auth Rev Partn Hlthcare Sys, Ser C (Prerefunded @ 7/01/11)     5.750     07/01/32     1,033,525  
  890     Massachusetts St Hlth & Ed Fac Auth Rev Saint Mem Med Ctr, Ser A     6.000     10/01/23     775,955  
                             
                          11,305,290  
                             
        Michigan  1.1%
  2,100     Detroit, MI Sew Disp Rev Sr Lien Rfdg, Ser C-1 (AGM Insd)     7.000     07/01/27     2,454,564  
  1,000     Detroit, MI Wtr Supply Sys Rfdg Second Lien, Ser C (AGM Insd)     5.000     07/01/26     1,012,640  
  800     Kent Hosp Fin Auth MI Rev Spectrum Hlth, Ser A (b)     5.250     01/15/47     877,480  
  400     Kent Hosp Fin Auth MI Rev Spectrum Hlth, Ser A (b)     5.500     01/15/47     446,080  
                             
                          4,790,764  
                             
        Minnesota  0.8%
  10     Chaska, MN Elec Rev, Ser A     6.100     10/01/30     10,061  
  425     Chisago, MN Hlthcare Fac Rev CDL Homes LLC Proj     6.000     08/01/42     412,003  
 
 
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Van Kampen Municipal Opportunity Trust
Portfolio of Investments  
n  April 30, 2010 (Unaudited)  continued
 
                             
Par
               
Amount
               
(000)   Description   Coupon   Maturity   Value
 
 
        Minnesota (Continued)
$ 1,700     Minneapolis, MN Hlthcare Sys Rev Fairview Hlth Svc,
Ser A
    6.375 %   11/15/23   $ 1,931,693  
  1,150     Minneapolis, MN Hlthcare Sys Rev Fairview Hlth Svc,
Ser A
    6.625     11/15/28     1,289,633  
  175     North Oaks, MN Sr Hsg Rev Presbyterian Homes North Oaks     6.000     10/01/27     175,093  
                             
                          3,818,483  
                             
        Missouri  2.6%
  1,800     Cape Girardeau Cnty, MO Indl Dev Auth Hlthcare Fac Rev Southeast MO Hosp Assoc (Prerefunded @ 6/01/12)     5.500     06/01/22     1,966,320  
  350     Cape Girardeau Cnty, MO Indl Southeast MO Hosp Dev Auth Hlthcare Fac Rev Assoc     5.500     06/01/22     350,595  
  1,500     Kirkwood, MO Indl Dev Auth Retirement Cmnty Rev Temp Aberdeen Hts, Ser C-1     7.500     11/15/16     1,505,745  
  770     Maryland Heights, MO Tax Increment Rev South Heights Redev Proj Rfdg, Ser A     5.500     09/01/18     732,370  
  1,375     Missouri St Hlth & Ed Fac Auth Rev Sr Living Fac Lutheran, Ser A     5.375     02/01/35     1,279,836  
  615     Saint Louis Cnty, MO Indl Dev Auth Sr Living Fac Rev Saint Andrews Res for Srs, Ser A     6.375     12/01/30     537,166  
  1,450     Saint Louis Cnty, MO Indl Dev Auth Sr Living Fac Rev Saint Andrews Res for Srs, Ser A     6.375     12/01/41     1,239,373  
  575     Saint Louis, MO Indl Dev Auth Tax Increment & Cmnty Impt Dist Loughborough Com Redev Rfdg     5.750     11/01/27     531,720  
  3,855     Springfield, MO Pub Bldg Corp Leasehold Rev Springfield Branson Arpt, Ser B (AMBAC Insd) (AMT)     4.550     07/01/29     3,703,113  
                             
                          11,846,238  
                             
        Nevada  2.1%
  6,000     Clark Cnty, NV Indl Dev Rev Southwest Gas Corp Proj, Ser A (AMBAC Insd) (AMT)     5.250     07/01/34     5,500,620  
  40     Clark Cnty, NV Indl Dev Rev Southwest Gas Corp Proj, Ser A (BHAC Insd) (AMT)     4.750     09/01/36     35,646  
  4,250     Reno, NV Hosp Rev Renown Regl Med Ctr Proj, Ser A     5.250     06/01/37     3,965,292  
                             
                          9,501,558  
                             
        New Hampshire  0.7%
  1,155     New Hampshire Hlth & Ed Fac Auth Rev Derryfield Sch (Prerefunded @ 7/01/10)     7.000     07/01/30     1,189,950  
  480     New Hampshire St Business Fin Auth Pollutn Ctl Rev Rfdg Utd Illum, Ser A (AMT) (b)     6.875     12/01/29     512,069  
  675     New Hampshire St Business Fin Auth Pollutn Ctl Rev Utd Illum Co Proj (AMT) (b)     7.125     07/01/27     714,150  
  850     New Hampshire St Business Fin Auth Wtr Fac Rev Pennichuck Wtrwks Inc (AMBAC Insd) (AMT)     6.300     05/01/22     850,986  
                             
                          3,267,155  
                             
 
 
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Van Kampen Municipal Opportunity Trust
Portfolio of Investments  
n  April 30, 2010 (Unaudited)  continued
 
                             
Par
               
Amount
               
(000)   Description   Coupon   Maturity   Value
 
 
        New Jersey  12.5%
$ 375     Burlington Cnty, NJ Brdg Commn Econ Dev Rev Evergreens Proj     5.625 %   01/01/38   $ 324,506  
  30,000     New Jersey Econ Dev Auth St Contract Econ Recovery (NATL Insd)     5.900     03/15/21     35,167,500  
  8,000     New Jersey Econ Dev Auth Wtr Fac Rev NJ Amer Wtr Co Inc Proj, Ser A (FGIC Insd) (AMT)     6.875     11/01/34     8,005,760  
  2,400     New Jersey Hlthcare Fac Fin Auth Rev Holy Name Hosp     5.000     07/01/36     2,090,640  
  1,350     New Jersey Hlthcare Fac Fin Auth Rev Saint Peter’s Univ Hosp Oblig     5.750     07/01/37     1,346,193  
  13,800     Tobacco Settlement Fin Corp NJ, Ser 1-A     5.000     06/01/41     9,591,414  
                             
                          56,526,013  
                             
        New Mexico  0.6%
  1,250     New Mexico St Hosp Equip Ln Council Hosp Rev Presbyterian Hlthcare Svc, Ser A (a)     6.375     08/01/32     1,391,750  
  1,125     University NM Univ Rev Sub Lien Rfdg, Ser A     5.250     06/01/21     1,210,680  
                             
                          2,602,430  
                             
        New York  10.0%
  1,270     Brooklyn Arena Loc Dev Corp NY Barclays Ctr Proj     6.250     07/15/40     1,308,036  
  530     Brooklyn Arena Loc Dev Corp NY Barclays Ctr Proj     6.375     07/15/43     545,190  
  2,000     New York City Indl Dev Agy Rev Liberty 7 World Trade Ctr Proj, Ser B     6.750     03/01/15     2,036,080  
  1,140     New York City Indl Dev Civic YMCA Gtr NY Proj     5.800     08/01/16     1,142,029  
  5,500     New York City, Ser I-1 (a)     5.000     02/01/26     5,870,755  
  1,800     New York City Transitional Fin Auth Bldg Aid Rev Fiscal 2009, Ser S-3     5.250     01/15/39     1,914,930  
  2,525     New York St Dorm Auth Lease Rev Muni Hlth Fac Impt Pgm, Ser A (AGM Insd)     5.500     05/15/25     2,528,434  
  3,100     New York St Dorm Auth Rev City Univ Sys Cons, Ser A     5.625     07/01/16     3,490,166  
  2,600     New York St Dorm Auth Rev Cons City Univ Sys Second Gen, Ser A     5.750     07/01/13     2,769,494  
  590     New York St Dorm Auth Rev, Ser B     7.500     05/15/11     630,580  
  360     New York St Dorm Auth Rev, Ser B (Prerefunded @ 5/15/10)     7.500     05/15/11     361,109  
  1,500     New York St Dorm Auth Rev Upstate Cmnty Colleges,
Ser B
    5.250     07/01/20     1,608,765  
  1,700     New York St Twy Auth St Pers Income Tax Rev Trans,
Ser A (a)
    5.000     03/15/26     1,869,881  
  1,900     New York St Twy Auth St Pers Income Tax Rev Trans,
Ser A (a)
    5.000     03/15/27     2,077,821  
  1,000     New York St Twy Auth St Pers Income Tax Rev Trans,
Ser A (a)
    5.000     03/15/28     1,087,290  
 
 
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Van Kampen Municipal Opportunity Trust
Portfolio of Investments  
n  April 30, 2010 (Unaudited)  continued
 
                             
Par
               
Amount
               
(000)   Description   Coupon   Maturity   Value
 
 
        New York (Continued)
$ 15,000     Port Auth NY & NJ Cons 144th (a)     5.000 %   10/01/35   $ 15,625,800  
  575     Seneca Nation Indians Cap Impt Auth NY Spl Oblig,
Ser A (d)
    5.000     12/01/23     479,493  
                             
                          45,345,853  
                             
        North Carolina  5.4%
  905     North Carolina Med Care Commn Retirement Fac Rev First Mtg Southminster Proj, Ser A     5.750     10/01/37     800,771  
  22,000     North Carolina Muni Pwr Agy No 1 Catawba Elec Rev Rfdg (NATL Insd)     6.000     01/01/12     23,720,620  
                             
                          24,521,391  
                             
        Ohio  6.7%
  2,540     Buckeye, OH Tob Settlement Fin Auth Asset Bkd Sr Turbo, Ser A-2     5.750     06/01/34     1,998,497  
  1,400     Buckeye, OH Tob Settlement Fin Auth Asset Bkd Sr Turbo, Ser A-2     5.875     06/01/30     1,185,506  
  400     Cuyahoga Cnty, OH Hlthcare & Indpt Living Fac Rev Eliza Jennings Sr Care, Ser A     5.750     05/15/27     342,336  
  2,450     Lorain Cnty, OH Hosp Rev Catholic Hlthcare Impt & Rfdg, Ser A     5.250     10/01/33     2,480,429  
  500     Lorain Cnty, OH Hosp Rev Catholic Hlthcare, Ser S     5.375     10/01/30     507,385  
  3,000     Lorain Cnty, OH Hosp Rev Fac Catholic Rfdg, Ser C-1 (AGM Insd) (a)     5.000     04/01/24     3,124,650  
  2,750     Lorain Cnty, OH Hosp Rev Fac Catholic, Ser A (AGM Insd) (a)     5.000     02/01/24     2,864,235  
  2,775     Lorain Cnty, OH Hosp Rev Fac Catholic, Ser B (AGM Insd) (a)     5.000     02/01/24     2,890,301  
  1,625     Montgomery Cnty, OH Rev Catholic Hlth, Ser C-1 (AGM Insd) (a)     5.000     10/01/41     1,629,225  
  1,475     Montgomery Cnty, OH Rev Miami Vly Hosp, Ser A     6.000     11/15/28     1,559,355  
  925     Montgomery Cnty, OH Rev Miami Vly Hosp, Ser A     6.250     11/15/39     974,506  
  2,600     Ohio St Air Quality Dev Auth Rev Pollutn Ctl First Energy Rfdg, Ser C (AGL Insd)     5.625     06/01/18     2,767,310  
  1,100     Ohio St Higher Ed Fac Commn Rev Summa Hlth Sys 2010 Proj (h)     5.750     11/15/35     1,089,000  
  1,900     Ohio St Higher Ed Fac Commn Rev Univ Hosp Hlth Sys 2009, Ser A     6.750     01/15/39     2,031,214  
  1,030     Ohio St Hsg Fin Agy Residential Mtg Rev Mtg Bkd Sec Pgm, Ser D (GNMA Collateralized) (AMT) (a)     5.300     09/01/28     1,062,558  
  791     Ohio St Hsg Fin Agy Residential Mtg Rev Mtg Bkd Sec Pgm, Ser D (GNMA Collateralized) (AMT) (a)     5.400     03/01/33     813,211  
  1,954     Ohio St Hsg Fin Agy Residential Mtg Rev Mtg Bkd Sec Pgm, Ser F (GNMA Collateralized) (a)     5.500     09/01/39     2,038,432  
  950     Ohio St Wtr Dev Auth Pollutn Ctl Fac Rev First Energy Rfdg, Ser A (b)     5.875     06/01/33     1,038,531  
                             
                          30,396,681  
                             
 
 
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Van Kampen Municipal Opportunity Trust
Portfolio of Investments  
n  April 30, 2010 (Unaudited)  continued
 
                             
Par
               
Amount
               
(000)   Description   Coupon   Maturity   Value
 
 
        Oklahoma  0.8%
$ 1,375     Chickasaw Nation, OK Hlth Sys (d)     6.250 %   12/01/32   $ 1,384,886  
  3,970     McAlester, OK Pub Wk Auth Util Cap Apprec (AGM Insd)     *       02/01/34     1,260,158  
  1,000     Tulsa Cnty, OK Indl Auth Sr Living Cmnty Rev Montereau Inc Proj, Ser A     7.125     11/01/30     1,001,980  
                             
                          3,647,024  
                             
        Pennsylvania  2.0%
  875     Montgomery Cnty, PA Indl Dev Auth Rev Mtg Whitemarsh Cont Care     6.250     02/01/35     652,776  
  3,000     Susquehanna Area Regl Arpt Auth PA Arpt Sys Rev, Ser A (AMBAC Insd) (AMT)     5.375     01/01/21     3,006,030  
  5,415     Susquehanna Area Regl Arpt Auth PA, Ser A (AMBAC Insd) (AMT)     5.375     01/01/22     5,398,322  
                             
                          9,057,128  
                             
        South Carolina  5.0%
  2,500     Charleston Ed Excellence Fin Corp SC Rev Charleston Cnty Sch Dist (a)     5.250     12/01/25     2,626,850  
  7,500     Charleston Ed Excellence Fin Corp SC Rev Charleston Cnty Sch Dist (a)     5.250     12/01/26     7,850,175  
  1,840     South Carolina Jobs Econ Dev Auth Hosp Fac Rev Palmetto Hlth Alliance Rfdg, Ser A     6.250     08/01/31     1,885,890  
  5,000     South Carolina Jobs Econ Dev Auth Indl Rev Elec & Gas Co Proj, Ser A (AMBAC Insd)     5.200     11/01/27     5,209,650  
  3,750     South Carolina Jobs Econ Dev Auth Indl Rev Elec & Gas Co Proj, Ser B (AMBAC Insd) (AMT)     5.450     11/01/32     3,750,000  
  725     South Carolina Jobs Econ Dev Auth Rev Woodlands at Furman Proj, Ser A     6.000     11/15/27     577,390  
  835     Tobacco Settlement Rev Mgmt Auth SC Tob Settlement Rev Rfdg     5.000     06/01/18     835,860  
                             
                          22,735,815  
                             
        Tennessee  1.6%
  1,750     Chattanooga, TN Hlth Ed & Hsg Fac Brd Rev CDFI Phase I LLC Proj Rfdg, Ser A     5.125     10/01/35     1,561,927  
  2,000     Elizabethton, TN Hlth & Ed Fac Brd Rev Impt Hosp First Mtg Rfdg, Ser B (Prerefunded @ 7/01/12)     8.000     07/01/33     2,259,840  
  1,000     Johnson City, TN Hlth & Ed Fac Brd Hosp Rev First Mtg Mtn St Hlth Rfdg, Ser A (NATL Insd) (Prerefunded @ 7/01/12)     7.500     07/01/25     1,119,970  
  2,400     Shelby Cnty, TN Hlth Ed & Hsg Fac Brd Rev Methodist, Ser B (AGM Insd) (a)     5.250     09/01/27     2,508,432  
                             
                          7,450,169  
                             
        Texas  23.9%
  1,450     Alliance Arpt Auth Inc TX Spl Fac Rev FedEx Corp Proj Rfdg (AMT)     4.850     04/01/21     1,439,023  
  615     Dallas Cnty, TX Flood Ctl Dist Rfdg     6.750     04/01/16     654,680  
  1,150     Dallas, TX Civic Ctr Rfdg & Impt (AGL Insd)     5.000     08/15/18     1,261,274  
 
 
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Van Kampen Municipal Opportunity Trust
Portfolio of Investments  
n  April 30, 2010 (Unaudited)  continued
 
                             
Par
               
Amount
               
(000)   Description   Coupon   Maturity   Value
 
 
        Texas (Continued)
$ 1,350     Dallas, TX Civic Ctr Rfdg & Impt (AGL Insd)     5.000 %   08/15/19   $ 1,476,076  
  5,500     Dallas-Fort Worth, TX Intl Arpt Rev Jt Impt & Rfdg, Ser A (BHAC Insd) (AMT)     5.500     11/01/31     5,531,405  
  8,000     Dallas-Fort Worth, TX Intl Arpt Rev Jt, Ser A (AGM Insd) (AMT)     5.500     11/01/21     8,294,640  
  650     Dallas-Fort Worth, TX Intl Arpt Rev Jt, Ser C (NATL Insd) (AMT)     5.750     11/01/18     652,015  
  1,225     Dallas-Fort Worth, TX Intl Arpt Rev Jt, Ser C (NATL Insd) (AMT)     6.000     11/01/23     1,229,202  
  4,000     Dallas-Fort Worth, TX Intl Arpt Rev, Ser A (NATL Insd) (AMT)     5.750     11/01/30     4,003,400  
  4,850     El Paso Cnty, TX Hosp Dist, Ser A (AGL Insd) (a)     5.000     08/15/37     5,005,782  
  1,000     Gulf Coast Waste Disp Auth TX Waste Mgmt, Ser D (AMT)     4.550     04/01/12     1,030,000  
  2,000     Harris Cnty, TX Hlth Fac Dev Corp Hosp Rev Mem Hermann Hlthcare, Ser A (Prerefunded @ 6/01/11)     6.375     06/01/29     2,146,940  
  750     Harris Cnty, TX Hlth Fac Dev Corp Hosp Rev Rfdg Mem Hermann Hlthcare Sys, Ser B     7.250     12/01/35     848,137  
  950     Harris Cnty, TX Indl Dev Corp Solid Waste Disp Rev Deer Pk Refng Proj     5.000     02/01/23     965,732  
  1,930     Harris Cnty, TX Sr Lien Toll Rd, Ser A (a)     5.000     08/15/32     2,017,410  
  2,000     Houston, TX Arpt Sys Rev Sub Lien (AGM Insd)     5.500     07/01/20     2,162,720  
  10,000     Houston, TX Arpt Sys Rev Sub Lien, Ser A (AGM Insd) (AMT)     5.125     07/01/32     9,966,400  
  3,000     Houston, TX Arpt Sys Rev Sub Lien, Ser A (AGM Insd) (AMT)     5.625     07/01/30     3,001,500  
  7,825     Houston, TX Util Sys Rev Comb First Lien Rfdg, Ser A (AGM Insd) (a)     5.000     11/15/36     8,151,459  
  3,030     Judson, TX Indpt Sch Dist Sch Bldg (AGL Insd) (a)     5.000     02/01/37     3,108,295  
  1,250     Lufkin, TX Hlth Fac Dev Corp Hlth Sys Rev Mem Hlth Sys East TX     5.500     02/15/37     1,160,812  
  1,000     Matagorda Cnty, TX Nav Dist No 1 Rev Coll Centerpoint Energy Proj Rfdg (b)     5.600     03/01/27     994,530  
  1,125     McLennan Cnty, TX Pub Fac Corp Proj Rev     6.625     06/01/35     1,230,998  
  3,000     Metropolitan Hlth Fac Dev Corp TX Wilson N Jones Mem Hosp Proj (Prerefunded @ 1/01/2011)     7.250     01/01/31     3,124,410  
  5,900     North Centre, TX Hlth Fac Dev Hosp Childrens Med Ctr Dallas (AMBAC Insd)     5.250     08/15/32     6,017,292  
  1,000     North TX Twy Auth Rev Rfdg Sys First Tier, Ser B     5.625     01/01/28     1,060,240  
  1,000     North TX Twy Auth Rev Rfdg Sys First Tier, Ser B     6.000     01/01/26     1,084,170  
  1,000     North TX Twy Auth Rev Rfdg Sys First Tier, Ser B     6.000     01/01/27     1,084,170  
  1,350     North TX Twy Auth Rev Sys First Tier Rfdg, Ser L-2 (b)     6.000     01/01/38     1,488,902  
  2,650     North TX Twy Auth Rev Toll Second Tier Rfdg, Ser F     5.750     01/01/33     2,801,050  
  1,000     Tarrant Cnty, TX Cultural Ed Fac Fin Corp Retirement Fac Buckingham Sr Living Cmnty Inc     5.625     11/15/27     920,950  
 
 
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Van Kampen Municipal Opportunity Trust
Portfolio of Investments  
n  April 30, 2010 (Unaudited)  continued
 
                             
Par
               
Amount
               
(000)   Description   Coupon   Maturity   Value
 
 
        Texas (Continued)
$ 2,600     Tarrant Cnty, TX Cultural Ed Fac Fin Corp Retirement Fac Buckingham Sr Living Cmnty Inc     5.750 %   11/15/37   $ 2,320,760  
  4,000     Tarrant Cnty, TX Cultural Ed Fac Fin Corp Retirement Fac Buckner Retirement Svc Inc Proj     5.250     11/15/37     3,826,120  
  400     Tarrant Cnty, TX Cultural Ed Fac Fin Corp Retirement Fac CC Young Mem Home Proj     5.750     02/15/25     334,884  
  1,150     Tarrant Cnty, TX Cultural Ed Fac Fin Corp Retirement Fac CC Young Mem Home, Ser B-2     6.500     02/15/14     1,153,289  
  3,000     Tarrant Cnty, TX Cultural Ed Fac Fin Corp Rev Christus Hlth Rfdg, Ser A (AGL Insd)     6.250     07/01/28     3,323,250  
  3,000     Texas A&M Univ Rev Fin Sys, Ser A     5.000     05/15/29     3,243,420  
  1,430     Texas Private Activity Surface Trans Corp Sr Lien Nt Mobility     6.875     12/31/39     1,500,299  
  5,400     Texas St Trans Commn Mobility Fd (a)     5.000     04/01/28     5,822,172  
  2,750     Tyler, TX Hlth Fac Dev Corp Hosp Rev & Impt East TX Med Ctr Rfdg, Ser A     5.375     11/01/37     2,537,233  
                             
                          107,975,041  
                             
        Utah  0.7%
  2,380     Mountain Regl Wtr Spl Svc Dist Rfdg (NATL Insd)     5.000     12/15/33     2,328,211  
  730     Utah St Charter Sch Fin Auth Charter Sch Rev Summit Academy, Ser A     5.800     06/15/38     660,855  
                             
                          2,989,066  
                             
        Virginia  0.5%
  750     Peninsula Town Ctr Cmnty Dev Auth VA Spl Oblig     6.350     09/01/28     741,128  
  1,401     White Oak Vlg Shops VA Cmnty Dev Auth Spl Assmt Rev     5.300     03/01/17     1,398,506  
                             
                          2,139,634  
                             
        Washington  6.8%
  9,850     Bellevue, WA Convention Ctr Auth Spl Oblig Rev Comp Int Rfdg (NATL Insd)     *       02/01/25     5,072,060  
  7,500     Chelan Cnty, WA Pub Util Dist No 001 Cons Rev Chelan Hydro, Ser A (BHAC Insd) (AMT) (b)     5.600     01/01/36     7,566,375  
  5,000     Energy Northwest WA Elec Rev Columbia Generating Rfdg, Ser A (AGM Insd)     5.500     07/01/16     5,307,250  
  1,250     Kalispel Tribe Indians Priority Dist WA Rev     6.625     01/01/28     1,079,200  
  2,000     Port Seattle, WA Rev, Ser B (NATL Insd) (AMT)     5.625     02/01/24     2,018,200  
  3,000     Spokane, WA Pub Fac Dist Hotel Motel & Sales Use Tax (NATL Insd)     5.250     09/01/33     3,044,850  
  1,440     Washington St Hsg Fin Commn Nonprofit Rev Custodial Rcpt Wesley Homes, Ser 2007-A–2027 (Acquired 5/7/08, Cost $1,440,000) (f)     6.000     01/01/27     1,312,632  
  1,000     Washington St Hsg Fin Commn Nonprofit Rev Skyline at First Hill Proj, Ser A     5.625     01/01/27     757,130  
 
 
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Van Kampen Municipal Opportunity Trust
Portfolio of Investments  
n  April 30, 2010 (Unaudited)  continued
 
                             
Par
               
Amount
               
(000)   Description   Coupon   Maturity   Value
 
 
        Washington (Continued)
$ 5,125     Washington St Pub Pwr Supply Sys Nuclear Proj No 3 Rev Rfdg, Ser C (NATL Insd)     *       07/01/14   $ 4,718,844  
                             
                          30,876,541  
                             
        West Virginia  1.2%
  500     Ohio Cnty, WV Cnty Commn Tax Increment Rev Fort Henry Centre Fin Dist, Ser A     5.850 %   06/01/34     452,815  
  855     Pleasants Cnty, WV Pollutn Ctl Cnty Comm Allegheny Rfdg, Ser F     5.250     10/15/37     833,146  
  1,000     West Virginia St Hosp Fin Auth Hosp Rev Rfdg & Impt Utd Hlth Sys, Ser C     5.500     06/01/34     1,002,070  
  955     West Virginia St Hosp Fin Auth Hosp Rev Rfdg & Impt Utd Hlth Sys, Ser C     5.500     06/01/39     961,733  
  1,000     West Virginia St Hosp Fin Auth Hosp Rev Thomas Hlth Sys     6.000     10/01/20     993,680  
  1,025     West Virginia St Hosp Fin Auth Hosp Rev Thomas Hlth Sys     6.250     10/01/23     1,022,171  
                             
                          5,265,615  
                             
        Wisconsin  2.6%
  1,500     Southeast WI Professional Baseball Pk Dist Sales Tax Rev Rfdg, Ser A (NATL Insd)     5.500     12/15/20     1,756,815  
  425     Superior, WI Util Rev Superior Wtr Lt & Pwr Proj Rfdg, Ser A (AMT)     5.375     11/01/21     432,476  
  385     Superior, WI Util Rev Superior Wtr Lt & Pwr Proj, Ser B (AMT)     5.750     11/01/37     387,325  
  2,400     Wisconsin Hsg & Econ Dev Auth Home Ownership Rev, Ser A (AMT) (a)     5.300     09/01/23     2,501,928  
  3,000     Wisconsin Hsg & Econ Dev Auth Home Ownership Rev, Ser A (AMT) (a)     5.500     09/01/28     3,107,730  
  950     Wisconsin St Gen Rev Appropriation Rev, Ser A     5.375     05/01/25     1,047,185  
  1,000     Wisconsin St Hlth & Ed Fac Auth Rev Aurora Hlth Care Inc, Ser B (b)     4.750     08/15/25     1,060,210  
  1,270     Wisconsin St Hlth & Ed Fac Auth Rev Prohlth Care Inc Oblig Grp     6.625     02/15/39     1,379,474  
                             
                          11,673,143  
                             
        Wyoming  0.3%
  1,100     Sweetwater Cnty, WY Pollutn Ctl Rev Rfdg ID Pwr Co Proj     5.250     07/15/26     1,167,254  
                             
         
        Puerto Rico  2.0%
  1,900     Puerto Rico Elec Pwr Auth Pwr Rev, Ser XX     5.250     07/01/40     1,928,291  
  2,675     Puerto Rico Sales Tax Fin Corp Sales Tax Rev First Sub,
Ser A (b)
    5.000     08/01/39     2,793,449  
  1,900     Puerto Rico Sales Tax Fin Corp Sales Tax Rev First Sub,
Ser A
    5.375     08/01/39     1,966,177  
 
 
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Van Kampen Municipal Opportunity Trust
Portfolio of Investments  
n  April 30, 2010 (Unaudited)  continued
 
                             
Par
               
Amount
               
(000)   Description   Coupon   Maturity   Value
 
 
        Puerto Rico (Continued)
$ 2,100     Puerto Rico Sales Tax Fin Corp Sales Tax Rev First Sub, Ser A     5.500 %   08/01/42   $ 2,193,282  
                             
                          8,881,199  
                             
         
Total Long-Term Investments  169.7%
(Cost $758,500,284)
    767,962,907  
         
Total Short-Term Investments  1.1%
(Cost $4,700,000)
    4,700,000  
         
         
Total Investments  170.8%
(Cost $763,200,284)
    772,662,907  
         
Liability for Floating Rate Note Obligations Related to Securities Held  (24.1%)
(Cost ($108,965,000))
       
  (108,965 )   Notes with interest rates ranging from 0.30% to 0.75% at April 30, 2010 and contractual maturities of collateral ranging from 2023 to 2041 (See Note 1(G) in the Notes to Financial Statements) (i)     (108,965,000 )
                 
         
Total Net Investments  146.7%
(Cost $654,235,284)
    663,697,907  
         
Other Assets In Excess of Liabilities  2.2%
    9,760,351  
         
Preferred Shares (including accrued distributions)  (48.9%)
    (221,016,684 )
         
         
Net Assets Applicable to Common Shares  100.0%
  $ 452,441,574  
         
 
Percentages are calculated as a percentage of net assets.
 
* Zero coupon bond
 
(a) Underlying security related to Inverse Floaters entered into by the Trust. See Note 1(G) in the Notes to Financial Statements for further information.
 
(b) Variable Rate Coupon
 
(c) Security has been deemed illiquid.
 
(d) 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.
 
(e) Escrowed to Maturity
 
(f) Security is restricted and may be resold only in transactions exempt from registration which are normally those transactions with qualified institutional buyers. Restricted securities comprise 0.6% of net assets.
 
(g) Non-income producing security.
 
 
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Van Kampen Municipal Opportunity Trust
Portfolio of Investments  
n  April 30, 2010 (Unaudited)  continued
 
 
(h) Security purchased on a when-issued or delayed delivery basis.
 
(i) Floating rate notes. The interest rates shown reflect the rates in effect at April 30, 2010.
 
ACA—American Capital Access
AGL—Assured Guaranty Ltd.
AGM—Assured Guaranty Municipal Corp.
AMBAC—AMBAC Indemnity Corp.
AMT—Alternative Minimum Tax
BHAC—Berkshire Hathaway Assurance Corp.
FGIC—Financial Guaranty Insurance Co.
FHA—Federal Housing Administration
FNMA—Federal National Mortgage Association
GNMA—Government National Mortgage Association
NATL—National Public Finance Guarantee Corp.
Syncora Gtd—Syncora Guaranteed Limited
 
Fair Value Measurements
 
Various inputs are used in determining the value of the Trust’s investments. These inputs are summarized in the three broad levels listed below. (See Note 1(B) in the Notes to Financial Statements for further information regarding fair value measurements.)
 
The following is a summary of the inputs used as of April 30, 2010 in valuing the Trust’s investments carried at value.
 
                                 
    Level 1   Level 2   Level 3    
            Significant
   
        Other Significant
  Unobservable
   
Investments   Quoted Prices   Observable Inputs   Inputs   Total
 
 
Investments in an Asset Position
                               
Municipal Bonds
Issued by States of the United States and Political Subdivisions of the United States
  $ -0-     $ 772,662,907     $ -0-     $ 772,662,907  
                                 
 
 
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Van Kampen Municipal Opportunity Trust
Financial Statements
 
Statement of Assets and Liabilities
April 30, 2010 (Unaudited)
 
             
Assets:
           
Total Investments (Cost $763,200,284)
  $ 772,662,907      
Cash
    77,396      
Receivables:
           
Interest
    12,746,646      
Investments Sold
    140,000      
Other
    2,255      
             
Total Assets
    785,629,204      
             
Liabilities:
           
Payables:
           
Floating Rate Note Obligations
    108,965,000      
Investments Purchased
    1,889,000      
Investment Advisory Fee
    287,222      
Other Affiliates
    79,981      
Fund Shares Repurchased
    4,000      
Trustees’ Deferred Compensation and Retirement Plans
    843,934      
Accrued Expenses
    101,809      
             
Total Liabilities
    112,170,946      
Preferred Shares (including accrued distributions)
    221,016,684      
             
Net Assets Applicable to Common Shares
  $ 452,441,574      
             
Net Asset Value Per Common Share ($452,441,574 divided by 33,731,240 shares outstanding)
  $ 13.41      
             
Net Assets Consist of:
           
Common Shares ($0.01 par value with an unlimited number of shares authorized, 33,731,240 shares issued and outstanding)
  $ 337,312      
Paid in Surplus
    501,990,306      
Accumulated Undistributed Net Investment Income
    14,065,579      
Net Unrealized Appreciation
    9,462,623      
Accumulated Net Realized Loss
    (73,414,246 )    
             
Net Assets Applicable to Common Shares
  $ 452,441,574      
             
Preferred Shares ($0.01 par value, authorized 100,000,000 shares, 8,840 issued with liquidation preference of $25,000 per share)
  $ 221,000,000      
             
Net Assets Including Preferred Shares
  $ 673,441,574      
             
 
 
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Van Kampen Municipal Opportunity Trust
Financial Statements  
continued
 
Statement of Operations
For the Six Months Ended April 30, 2010 (Unaudited)
 
             
Investment Income:
           
Interest
  $ 20,915,902      
             
Expenses:
           
Investment Advisory Fee
    2,132,023      
Interest and Residual Trust Expense
    438,127      
Preferred Share Maintenance
    200,101      
Trustees’ Fees and Related Expenses
    105,652      
Professional Fees
    87,800      
Accounting and Administrative Expenses
    85,140      
Transfer Agent Fees
    34,002      
Reports to Shareholders
    32,031      
Custody
    20,506      
Registration Fees
    14,128      
Credit Line
    7,698      
Other
    16,450      
             
Total Expenses
    3,173,658      
Investment Advisory Fee Reduction
    387,641      
             
Net Expenses
    2,786,017      
             
Net Investment Income
  $ 18,129,885      
             
Realized and Unrealized Gain/Loss:
           
Net Realized Gain
  $ 12,848      
             
Unrealized Appreciation/Depreciation:
           
Beginning of the Period
    (2,266,980 )    
End of the Period
    9,462,623      
             
Net Unrealized Appreciation During the Period
    11,729,603      
             
Net Realized and Unrealized Gain
  $ 11,742,451      
             
Distributions to Preferred Shareholders
  $ (202,723 )    
             
Net Increase in Net Assets Applicable to Common Shares from Operations
  $ 29,669,613      
             
 
 
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Van Kampen Municipal Opportunity Trust
Financial Statements  
continued
 
Statements of Changes in Net Assets  (Unaudited)
 
                 
    For The
  For The
    Six Months Ended
  Year Ended
    April 30, 2010   October 31, 2009
     
 
From Investment Activities:
               
Operations:
               
Net Investment Income
  $ 18,129,885     $ 38,545,491  
Net Realized Gain/Loss
    12,848       (28,879,319 )
Net Unrealized Appreciation During the Period
    11,729,603       106,472,582  
Distributions to Preferred Shareholders:
               
Net Investment Income
    (202,723 )     (1,540,687 )
                 
                 
Change in Net Assets Applicable to Common Shares from Operations
    29,669,613       114,598,067  
Distributions to Common Shareholders:
               
Net Investment Income
    (17,224,314 )     (29,673,283 )
                 
                 
Net Change in Net Assets Applicable to Common Shares from Investment Activities
    12,445,299       84,924,784  
                 
From Capital Transactions:
               
Value of Common Shares Issued Through Dividend Reinvestment
    626,242       771,627  
                 
Total Increase in Net Assets Applicable to Common Shares
    13,071,541       85,696,411  
                 
Net Assets Applicable to Common Shares:
               
Beginning of the Period
    439,370,033       353,673,622  
                 
End of the Period (Including accumulated undistributed net investment income of $14,065,579 and $13,362,731, respectively)
  $ 452,441,574     $ 439,370,033  
                 
 
 
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Van Kampen Municipal Opportunity Trust
Financial Statements  
continued
 
Statement of Cash Flows
For the Six Months Ended April 30, 2010 (Unaudited)
 
             
Change in Net Assets from Operations (including Preferred Share Distributions)
  $ 29,669,613      
             
Adjustments to Reconcile the Change in Net Assets from Operations to
           
Net Cash Provided by Operating Activities:
           
Purchases of Investments
    (36,422,503 )    
Proceeds from Sales of Investments
    66,966,195      
Net Sales of Short-Term Investments
    2,000,000      
Amortization of Premium
    653,070      
Accretion of Discount
    (571,975 )    
Net Realized Gain on Investments
    (12,848 )    
Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation on Investments
    (11,729,603 )    
Decrease in Interest Receivable
    451,336      
Decrease in Other Assets
    11,331      
Decrease in Investment Advisory Fee Payable
    (15,761 )    
Decrease in Accrued Expenses
    (67,196 )    
Increase in Other Affiliates Payable
    1,334      
Increase in Trustees’ Deferred Compensation and Retirement Plans
    103,400      
             
Total Adjustments
    21,366,780      
             
Net Cash Provided by Operating Activities
    51,036,393      
             
Cash Flows from Financing Activities:
           
Dividends Paid (net of reinvested dividends $626,242)
    (16,602,662 )    
Proceeds from and Repayments of Floating Rate Note Obligations
    (475,000 )    
Retirement of Preferred Shares
    (34,000,000 )    
             
Net Cash Used for Financing Activities
    (51,077,662 )    
             
Net Decrease in Cash
    (41,269 )    
Cash at the Beginning of the Period
    118,665      
             
Cash at the End of the Period
  $ 77,396      
             
Supplemental Disclosures of Cash Flow Information
           
Cash Paid During the Period for Interest
  $ 438,127      
             
 
 
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Van Kampen Municipal Opportunity Trust
Financial Highlights  (Unaudited)
 
The following schedule presents financial highlights for one common share of the Trust outstanding throughout the periods indicated.
 
                                                 
    Six Months
                   
    Ended
                   
    April 30,
  Year Ended October 31,
    2010   2009   2008   2007   2006   2005
     
 
Net Asset Value, Beginning of the Period
  $ 13.04     $ 10.52     $ 15.46     $ 16.61     $ 16.52     $ 16.89  
                                                 
Net Investment Income
    0.54 (a)     1.15 (a)     1.26 (a)     1.17 (a)     1.11 (a)     1.12  
Net Realized and Unrealized Gain/Loss
    0.35       2.30       (5.07 )     (1.17 )     0.49       (0.33 )
Common Share Equivalent of Distributions Paid to Preferred Shareholders:
                                               
Net Investment Income
    (0.01 )     (0.05 )     (0.30 )     (0.37 )     (0.31 )     (0.22 )
Net Realized Gain
    -0-       -0-       -0-       -0-       (0.04 )     -0-  
                                                 
Total from Investment Operations
    0.88       3.40       (4.11 )     (0.37 )     1.25       0.57  
Distributions Paid to Common Shareholders:
                                               
Net Investment Income
    (0.51 )     (0.88 )     (0.83 )     (0.78 )     (0.81 )     (0.94 )
Net Realized Gain
    -0-       -0-       -0-       -0-       (0.35 )     -0-  
                                                 
Net Asset Value, End of the Period
  $ 13.41     $ 13.04     $ 10.52     $ 15.46     $ 16.61     $ 16.52  
                                                 
Common Share Market Price at End of the Period
  $ 13.79     $ 13.23     $ 10.10     $ 14.30     $ 14.70     $ 14.35  
                                                 
Total Return* (b)
    8.32% **     41.33%       –24.86%       2.40%       10.76%       0.55%  
Net Assets Applicable to Common Shares at End of the Period (In millions)
  $ 452.4     $ 439.4     $ 353.7     $ 524.9     $ 567.5     $ 253.7  
Ratio of Expenses to Average Net Assets Applicable to Common Shares* (c)
    1.26%       1.54%       2.11%       2.03%       1.36%       1.18%  
Ratio of Net Investment Income to Average Net Assets Applicable to Common Shares* (c)
    8.22%       9.92%       8.92%       7.30%       6.86%       6.67%  
Portfolio Turnover
    5% **     14%       57%       23%       20%       32%  
*  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 Applicable to Common Shares (c)
    1.44%       1.73%       2.28%       2.18%       N/A       N/A  
Ratio of Net Investment Income to Average Net Assets Applicable to
Common Shares (c)
    8.04%       9.73%       8.75%       7.15%       N/A       N/A  
Supplemental Ratios:
                                               
Ratio of Expenses (Excluding Interest and Residual Trust Expenses) to Average Net Assets Applicable to Common Shares (c)
    1.06%       1.17%       1.03%       1.03%       1.25%       1.18%  
Ratio of Net Investment Income to Average Net Assets Applicable to Common Shares (d)
    8.13%       9.53%       6.78%       4.99%       4.92%       5.37%  
Senior Securities:
                                               
Total Preferred Shares Outstanding
    8,840       10,200       10,880       13,600       13,600       6,000  
Asset Coverage Per Preferred Share (e)
  $ 76,183     $ 68,078     $ 57,538     $ 63,629     $ 66,761     $ 67,307  
Involuntary Liquidating Preference Per Preferred Share
  $ 25,000     $ 25,000     $ 25,000     $ 25,000     $ 25,000     $ 25,000  
Average Market Value Per Preferred Share
  $ 25,000     $ 25,000     $ 25,000     $ 25,000     $ 25,000     $ 25,000  
 
** Non-Annualized
(a) Based on average shares outstanding.
(b) Total return assumes an investment at the common share market price at the beginning of the period indicated, reinvestment of all distributions for the period in accordance with the Trust’s dividend reinvestment plan, and sale of all shares at the closing common share market price at the end of the period indicated.
(c) Ratios do not reflect the effect of dividend payments to preferred shareholders.
(d) Ratios reflect the effect of dividend payments to preferred shareholders.
(e) Calculated by subtracting the Trust’s total liabilities (not including the preferred shares) from the Trust’s total assets and dividing this by the number of preferred shares outstanding.
N/A=Not Applicable
 
 
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Van Kampen Municipal Opportunity Trust
Notes to Financial Statements  n  April 30, 2010 (Unaudited)
 
1. Significant Accounting Policies
Van Kampen Municipal Opportunity Trust (the “Trust”) is registered as a diversified, closed-end management investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”). The Trust’s investment objective is to provide a high level of current income exempt from federal income tax, consistent with preservation of capital. The Trust commenced investment operations on April 24, 1992.
The following is a summary of significant accounting policies consistently followed by the Trust in the preparation of its financial statements. The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) 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.
In June 2009, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) established the FASB Accounting Standards Codificationtm (ASC) as the single source of authoritative accounting principles recognized by the FASB in the preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP. The ASC supersedes existing non-grandfathered, non-SEC accounting and reporting standards. The ASC did not change GAAP but rather organized it into a hierarchy where all guidance within the ASC carries an equal level of authority. The ASC became effective for financial statements issued for interim and annual periods ending after September 15, 2009. The Trust appropriately updated relevant GAAP references to reflect the new ASC.
 
A. Security Valuation Municipal bonds are valued by independent pricing services or dealers using the mean of the last reported bid and asked prices or, in the absence of market quotations, at fair value based upon yield data relating to municipal bonds with similar characteristics and general market conditions. Securities which are not valued by independent pricing services or dealers are valued at fair value using procedures established in good faith by the Board of Trustees. Factors considered in making this determination may include, but are not limited to, information obtained by contacting the issuer, analysts, or the appropriate stock exchange (for exchange-traded securities), analysis of the issuer’s financial statements or other available documents and, if necessary, available information concerning other securities in similar circumstances. Short-term securities with remaining maturities of 60 days or less are valued at amortized cost, which approximates fair value.
 
B. Fair Value Measurements FASB 820, Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures (ASC 820) (formerly known as FAS 157), defines fair value as the price that the Trust would receive to sell an investment or pay to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction with an independent buyer in the principal market, or in the absence of a principal market the most advantageous market for the investment or liability. ACS 820 establishes a three-tier hierarchy to distinguish between (1) inputs that reflect the assumptions market participants would use in pricing an asset or liability developed based on market data obtained from sources independent of the reporting entity (observable inputs) and (2) inputs that reflect the reporting entity’s own assumptions about the assumptions market participants would use in pricing an asset or liability developed based on the best information available in the circumstances (unobservable inputs) and to establish classification of fair value measurements for disclosure purposes.
 
 
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Van Kampen Municipal Opportunity Trust
Notes to Financial Statements  
n  April 30, 2010 (Unaudited)  continued
 
Various inputs are used in determining the value of the Trust’s investments. The inputs are summarized in the three broad levels listed below.
 
Level 1— quoted prices in active markets for identical investments
Level 2— other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar investments, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, etc.)
Level 3— significant unobservable inputs (including the Trust’s own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments)
 
The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities.
 
C. Security Transactions Security transactions are recorded on a trade date basis. Realized gains and losses are determined on an identified cost basis. The Trust may purchase and sell securities on a “when-issued” or “delayed delivery” basis, with settlement to occur at a later date. The value of the security so purchased is subject to market fluctuations during this period. The Trust will segregate assets with the custodian having an aggregate value at least equal to the amount of the when-issued or delayed delivery purchase commitments until payment is made. At April 30, 2010, the Trust had $1,089,000 of when-issued or delayed delivery purchase commitments.
 
D. Investment Income Interest income is recorded on an accrual basis. Bond premium is amortized and discount is accreted over the expected life of each applicable security.
 
E. Federal Income Taxes It is the Trust’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. Management has concluded that there are no significant uncertain tax positions that would require recognition in the financial statements. If applicable, the Trust recognizes interest accrued related to unrecognized tax benefits in “Interest Expense” and penalties in “Other” expenses on the Statement of Operations. The Trust 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 October 31, 2009, remains subject to examination by taxing authorities.
The Trust intends to utilize provisions of the federal income tax laws which allow it to carry a realized capital loss forward for eight years following the year of the loss and offset these losses against any future realized capital gains. At October 31, 2009, the Trust had an accumulated capital loss carryforward for tax purposes of $73,954,469 which will expire according to the following schedule:
 
                 
Amount       Expiration
 
$ 577,984           October 31, 2013  
  1,179,918           October 31, 2014  
  3,206,957           October 31, 2015  
  41,319,327           October 31, 2016  
  27,670,283           October 31, 2017  
 
 
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Van Kampen Municipal Opportunity Trust
Notes to Financial Statements  
n  April 30, 2010 (Unaudited)  continued
 
Part of the capital loss carryforward above was acquired due to a merger with another regulated investment company and is subject to annual limitations.
At April 30, 2010, the cost and related gross unrealized appreciation and depreciation are as follows:
 
             
Cost of investments for tax purposes
  $ 643,669,671      
             
Gross tax unrealized appreciation
  $ 39,193,454      
Gross tax unrealized depreciation
    (19,147,854 )    
             
Net tax unrealized appreciation on investments
  $ 20,045,600      
             
 
F. Distribution of Income and Gains The Trust declares and pays monthly dividends from net investment income to common shareholders. Net realized gains, if any, are distributed annually on a pro rata basis to common and preferred shareholders. Distributions from net realized gains for book purposes may include short-term capital gains which are included as ordinary income for tax purposes.
The tax character of distributions paid during the year ended October 31, 2009 was as follows:
 
         
Distributions paid from:
       
Ordinary income
  $ 370,030  
Tax-exempt income
    31,267,312  
         
    $ 31,637,342  
         
 
As of October 31, 2009, the components of distributable earnings on a tax basis were as follows:
 
         
Undistributed ordinary income
  $ 26,698  
Undistributed tax-exempt income
    13,157,921  
 
Net realized gains or losses may differ for financial reporting and tax purposes primarily as a result of gains or losses recognized on securities for tax purposes but not for book purposes and the deferral of losses relating to wash sale transactions.
 
G. Floating Rate Note Obligations Related to Securities Held The Trust enters into transactions in which it transfers to dealer trusts fixed rate bonds in exchange for cash and residual interest in the dealer trusts’ assets and cash flows, which are in the form of inverse floating rate investments. The dealer trusts fund the purchases of the fixed rate bonds by issuing floating rate notes to third parties and allowing the Trust to retain residual interests in the bonds. The Trust enters into shortfall agreements with the dealer trusts, which commit the Trust to pay the dealer trusts, in certain circumstances, the difference between the liquidation value of the fixed rate bonds held by the dealer trusts and the liquidation value of the floating rate notes held by third parties, as well as any shortfalls in interest cash flows. The residual interests held by the Trust (inverse floating rate investments) include the right of the Trust (1) to cause the holders of the floating rate notes to tender their notes at par at the next interest rate reset date, and (2) to transfer the municipal bond from the dealer trusts to the Trust, thereby collapsing the dealer trusts. The Trust accounts for the transfer of bonds to the
 
 
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Van Kampen Municipal Opportunity Trust
Notes to Financial Statements  
n  April 30, 2010 (Unaudited)  continued
 
dealer trusts as secured borrowings, with the securities transferred remaining in the Trust’s investments assets, and the related floating rate notes reflected as Trust liabilities under the caption “Floating Rate Note Obligations” on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. The Trust records the interest income from the fixed rate bonds under the caption “Interest” and records the expenses related to floating rate note obligations and any administrative expenses of the dealer trusts under the caption “Interest and Residual Trust Expenses” on the Trust’s Statement of Operations. The notes issued by the dealer trust have interest rates that reset weekly and the floating rate note holders have the option to tender their notes to the dealer trusts for redemption at par at each reset date. At April 30, 2010, Trust investments with a value of $192,349,431 are held by the dealer trusts and serve as collateral for the $108,965,000 in floating rate notes outstanding at that date. Contractual maturities of the floating rate notes and interest rates in effect at April 30, 2010 are presented on the Portfolio of Investments. The average floating rate notes outstanding and average annual interest and fee rate related to residual interests during the six months ended April 30, 2010 were $109,274,198 and 0.81%, respectively.
 
H. Reporting Subsequent Events Management has evaluated the impact of any subsequent events through the date the financial statements were effectively issued. Management has determined that other than events described in Note 9, there are no material events or transactions that would affect the Trust’s financial statements or require disclosure in the Trust’s financial statements through this date.
 
2. Investment Advisory Agreement and Other Transactions with Affiliates
Under the terms of the Trust’s Investment Advisory Agreement, Van Kampen Asset Management (the “Adviser”) will provide investment advice and facilities to the Trust for an annual fee payable monthly of 0.55% of the average daily net assets including current preferred shares and leverage of $108,981,918 entered into to retire previously issued preferred shares of the Trust. The Adviser has agreed to waive investment advisory fees equal to 0.10% of the average daily net assets including current preferred shares and leverage of $108,981,918 entered into to retire previously issued preferred shares of the Trust. For the six months ended April 30, 2010, the Adviser waived approximately $387,600 of its advisory fees. This waiver is voluntary and can be discounted at any time.
For the six months ended April 30, 2010, the Trust recognized expenses of approximately $22,300 representing legal services provided by Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, of which a trustee of the Trust is a partner of such firm and he and his law firm provide legal services as legal counsel to the Trust.
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 Trust. The costs of these services are allocated to each trust. For the six months ended April 30, 2010, the Trust recognized expenses of approximately $74,900 representing Van Kampen Investments Inc.’s or its affiliates’ (collectively “Van Kampen”) cost of providing accounting and legal services to the Trust, as well as the salary, benefits and related costs of the CCO and related support staff paid by Van Kampen. Services provided pursuant to the Legal Services agreement are reported as part of “Professional Fees” on the Statement of Operations. Services provided pursuant to the Accounting Services and CCO Employment agreement are reported as part of “Accounting and Administrative Expenses” on the Statement of Operations.
 
 
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Van Kampen Municipal Opportunity Trust
Notes to Financial Statements  
n  April 30, 2010 (Unaudited)  continued
 
Certain officers and trustees of the Trust are also officers and directors of Van Kampen. The Trust does not compensate its officers or trustees who are also officers of Van Kampen.
The Trust provides deferred compensation and retirement plans for its trustees who are not officers of Van Kampen. Under the deferred compensation plan, trustees may elect to defer all or a portion of their compensation to a later date. Benefits under the retirement plan are payable upon retirement for a ten-year period and are based upon each trustee’s years of service to the Trust. The maximum annual benefit per trustee under the plan is $2,500. Pursuant to the closing of the transaction as described in Note 9, the deferred compensation and retirement plans were terminated and amounts owed to the trustees were distributed on May 27, 2010.
 
3. Capital Transactions
For the six months ended April 30, 2010 and the year ended October 31, 2009, transactions in common shares were as follows:
 
                 
    Six Months Ended
  Year Ended
    April 30, 2010   October 31, 2009
 
Beginning Shares
    33,684,098       33,620,065  
Shares Issued Through Dividend Reinvestment
    47,142       64,033  
                 
Ending Shares
    33,731,240       33,684,098  
                 
 
4. Investment Transactions
During the period, the cost of purchases and proceeds from sales of investments, excluding short-term investments, were $36,434,067 and $66,870,663, respectively.
 
5. Inverse Floating Rate Securities
The Trust may invest a portion of its assets in inverse floating rate municipal securities, which are variable debt instruments that pay interest at rates that move in the opposite direction of prevailing interest rates. These investments are typically used by the Trust in seeking to enhance the yield of the portfolio or used as an alternative form of leverage in order to redeem a portion of the Trusts’ preferred shares. Inverse floating rate investments tend to underperform the market for fixed rate bonds in a rising interest rate environment, but tend to outperform the market for fixed rate bonds when interest rates decline or remain relatively stable. Inverse floating rate investments have varying degrees of liquidity. Inverse floating rate securities in which the Trust may invest include derivative instruments such as residual interest bonds (“RIBs”) or tender option bonds (“TOBs”). Such instruments are typically created by a special purpose trust that holds long-term fixed rate bonds (which may be tendered by the Trust in certain instances) and sells two classes of beneficial interests: short-term floating rate interests, which are sold to third party investors, and inverse floating residual interests, which are purchased by the Trust. The short-term floating rate interests have first priority on the cash flow from the bonds held by the special purpose trust and the Trust is paid the residual cash flow from the bonds held by the special purpose trust.
The Trust generally invests in inverse floating rate investments that include embedded leverage, thus exposing the Trust to greater risks and increased costs. The market value of a “leveraged” inverse floating rate investment generally will fluctuate in response to changes in market rates of interest to a greater extent than the value of an unleveraged investment. The extent of increases and decreases in the value of inverse floating rate investments generally will
 
 
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Van Kampen Municipal Opportunity Trust
Notes to Financial Statements  
n  April 30, 2010 (Unaudited)  continued
 
be larger than changes in an equal principal amount of a fixed rate security having similar credit quality, redemption provisions and maturity, which may cause the Trust’s net asset value to be more volatile than if it had not invested in inverse floating rate investments.
In certain instances, the short-term floating rate interests created by the special purpose trust may not be able to be sold to third parties or, in the case of holders tendering (or putting) such interests for repayment of principal, may not be able to be remarketed to third parties. In such cases, the special purpose trust holding the long-term fixed rate bonds may be collapsed. In the case of RIBs or TOBs created by the contribution of long-term fixed income bonds by the Trust, the Trust will then be required to repay the principal amount of the tendered securities. During times of market volatility, illiquidity or uncertainty, the Trust could be required to sell other portfolio holdings at a disadvantageous time to raise cash to meet that obligation.
 
6. Preferred Shares
The Trust has outstanding 8,840 Auction Preferred Securities (APS). Series A and B contain 1,950 shares, Series C, D and E contain 1,300 shares, and Series F contains 1,040 shares. Dividends are cumulative and the dividend rate on each series is generally reset every 28 days through an auction process. Beginning on February 14, 2008 and continuing through April 30, 2010, all series of preferred shares of the Trust were not successfully remarketed. As a result, the dividend rates of these preferred shares were reset to the maximum applicable rate on APS. The average rate in effect on April 30, 2010 was 0.232%. During the six months ended April 30, 2010, the rates ranged from 0.110% to 0.287%.
Historically, the Trust paid annual fees equivalent to 0.25% of the preferred share liquidation value for the remarketing efforts associated with the preferred auction. Effective March 16, 2009, the Trust decreased this amount to 0.15% due to auction failures. In the future, if auctions no longer fail, the Trust may return to an annual fee payment of 0.25% of the preferred share liquidation value. These fees are included as a component of “Preferred Share Maintenance” expense on the Statement of Operations.
The APS are redeemable at the option of the Trust in whole or in part at the liquidation value of $25,000 per share plus accumulated and unpaid dividends. The Trust is subject to certain asset coverage tests and the APS are subject to mandatory redemption if the tests are not met.
The Trust entered into additional floating rate note obligations as an alternative form of leverage in order to redeem and retire a portion of its preferred shares. For the six months ended April 30, 2010, transactions in preferred shares were as follows:
 
                                                     
    Series A   Series B   Series C    
    Shares   Value   Shares   Value   Shares   Value    
 
Outstanding at 10/31/09
    2,250     $ 56,250,000       2,250     $ 56,250,000       1,500     $ 37,500,000      
Shares Retired
    (300 )     (7,500,000 )     (300 )     (7,500,000 )     (200 )     (5,000,000 )    
                                                     
Outstanding at 4/30/10
    1,950     $ 48,750,000       1,950     $ 48,750,000       1,300     $ 32,500,000      
                                                     
 
                                                     
    Series D   Series E   Series F    
    Shares   Value   Shares   Value   Shares   Value    
 
Outstanding at 10/31/09
    1,500     $ 37,500,000       1,500     $ 37,500,000       1,200     $ 30,000,000      
Shares Retired
    (200 )     (5,000,000 )     (200 )     (5,000,000 )     (160 )     (4,000,000 )    
                                                     
Outstanding at 4/30/10
    1,300     $ 32,500,000       1,300     $ 32,500,000       1,040     $ 26,000,000      
                                                     
 
 
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Van Kampen Municipal Opportunity Trust
Notes to Financial Statements  
n  April 30, 2010 (Unaudited)  continued
 
7. Line of Credit
Several Van Kampen municipal funds, including the Trust, entered into a $150,000,000 joint revolving bank credit facility. The purpose of the facility is to provide availability of funds for short-term liquidity purposes. The Trust had no borrowings under the facility during the six months ended April 30, 2010.
 
8. Indemnifications
The Trust enters into contracts that contain a variety of indemnifications. The Trust’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown. However, the Trust has not had prior claims or losses pursuant to these contracts and expects the risk of loss to be remote.
 
9. Subsequent Event
On June 1, 2010, Invesco Ltd., a leading independent global investment management company, completed its purchase of substantially all of the retail asset management business of Morgan Stanley, including the investment adviser and certain other affiliated service providers to most of the Van Kampen funds (including the Trust) (the “Transaction”). In contemplation of the Transaction, at a special meeting of shareholders held on April 16, 2010, shareholders of the Trust approved a new investment advisory agreement with Invesco Advisers, Inc., a subsidiary of Invesco Ltd., and a new master investment sub-advisory agreement with several of Invesco Ltd.’s wholly-owned affiliates. Thus, effective June 1, 2010, the Trust’s investment adviser, investment sub-advisers and certain other service providers are affiliates of Invesco Ltd. As of the same date, the Audit Committee of the Board of Trustees appointed, and the Board of Trustees ratified thereafter and approved, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm of the Trust. In addition, effective June 1, 2010, the Trust has changed its name to “Invesco Van Kampen Municipal Opportunity Trust”. The Transaction does not result in any change to the Trust’s investment objective, principal investment strategies or the Trust’s portfolio management team.
 
10. Accounting Pronouncements
During June 2009, FASB issued ASC 860, Transfers and Servicing (ASC 860). The objective of ASC 860 is to improve the relevance, representational faithfulness, and comparability of the information that a reporting entity provides in its financial statements about a transfer of financial assets; the effects of a transfer on its financial position, financial performance, and cash flows; and a transferor’s continuing involvement, if any, in transferred financial assets.
ASC 860 is effective as of the beginning of each reporting entity’s first annual reporting period that begins after November 15, 2009, for interim periods within that first annual reporting period and for interim and annual reporting periods thereafter. Earlier application is prohibited. The recognition and measurement provisions of ASC 860 must be applied to transfers occurring on or after the effective date. Additionally, the disclosure provisions of ASC 860 should be applied to transfers that occurred both before and after the effective date of ASC 860. At this time, management is evaluating the implications of ASC 860 and the impact it will have on the financial statement amounts and disclosures, if any.
On January 21, 2010, the FASB issued an Accounting Standards Update, Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures (Topic 820): Improving Disclosures about Fair Value Measurements, which provides guidance on how investment assets and liabilities are to be valued and disclosed. Specifically, the amendment requires reporting entities to disclose i) the input and valuation techniques used to measure fair value for both recurring and nonrecurring fair value
 
 
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Van Kampen Municipal Opportunity Trust
Notes to Financial Statements  
n  April 30, 2010 (Unaudited)  continued
 
measurements, for Level 2 or Level 3 positions ii) transfers between all levels (including Level 1 and Level 2) will be required to be disclosed on a gross basis (i.e. transfers out must be disclosed separately from transfers in) as well as the reason(s) for the transfer and iii) purchases, sales, issuances and settlements must be shown on a gross basis in the Level 3 rollforward rather than as one net number. The effective date of the amendment is for interim and annual periods beginning after December 15, 2009. However, the requirement to provide the Level 3 activity for purchases, sales, issuances and settlements on a gross basis will be effective for interim and annual periods beginning after December 15, 2010. At this time, management is evaluating the implications of the amendment to ASC 820 and the impact it will have on financial statement disclosures.
 
 
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Van Kampen Municipal Opportunity Trust
Board of Trustees, Officers and Important Addresses
Information below is as of June 15, 2010
 
     
Trustees
David C. Arch
Jerry D. Choate
Rod Dammeyer
Linda Hutton Heagy
R. Craig Kennedy
Howard J Kerr
Colin Meadows
Jack E. Nelson
Hugo F. Sonnenschein
Wayne W. Whalen, Chairman
Suzanne H. Woolsey
 
Officers
Colin Meadows
President and Principal Executive Officer
John M. Zerr
Senior Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Secretary
Lisa O. Brinkley
Vice President
Kevin M. Carome
Vice President
Karen Dunn Kelly
Vice President
Sheri Morris
Vice President, Principal Financial Officer and Treasurer
Lance A. Rejsek
Anti-Money Laundering Compliance Officer
Todd L. Spillane
Chief Compliance Officer
  Transfer Agent
Computershare Trust Company, N.A.
c/o Computershare Investor Services
P.O. Box 43078
Providence, RI 02940-3078

Independent Registered
Public Accounting Firm
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
1201 Louisiana Street, Suite 2900
Houston, TX 77002-5678

Legal Counsel
Skadden, Arps, Slate,
Meagher & Flom LLP
155 West Wacker Drive
Chicago, Illinois 60606

Investment Adviser
Invesco Advisers, Inc.
1555 Peachtree Street, N.E.
Atlanta, GA 30309
 
 
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Van Kampen Municipal Opportunity Trust
Results of Shareholder Votes
 
A Special Meeting of Shareholders of the Trust was held on April 16, 2010 and the results of the voting were as follows:
 
                         
        Votes
  Withheld/
Matter   Votes For   Against   Abstentions
 
 
(1)  Approve a new advisory agreement between the Trust and Invesco Advisors, Inc. 
    16,594,618       724,832       1,003,429  
(2)  Approve a new sub-advisory agreement between Invesco Advisors, Inc. and each of Invesco TriMark Ltd.; Invesco Asset Management Deutschland, GmbH; Invesco Asset Management Limited; Invesco Asset Management (Japan) Limited; Invesco Australia Limited; Invesco Hong Kong Limited; Invesco Institutional (N.A.), Inc.; and Invesco Senior Secured Management, Inc. 
    16,481,764       824,182       1,016,935  
 
 
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ITEM 2. CODE OF ETHICS.
There were no amendments to the Code of Ethics (the “Code”) that applies to the Registrant’s Principal Executive Officer (“PEO”) and Principal Financial Officer (“PFO”) during the period covered by the report. The Registrant did not grant any waivers, including implicit waivers, from any provisions of the Code to the PEO or PFO during the period covered by this report.
ITEM 3. AUDIT COMMITTEE FINANCIAL EXPERT.
     Not applicable.
ITEM 4. PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTANT FEES AND SERVICES.
     Not applicable.
ITEM 5. AUDIT COMMITTEE OF LISTED REGISTRANTS.
     Not applicable.
ITEM 6. SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS.
Investments in securities of unaffiliated issuers is included as part of the reports to stockholders filed under Item 1 of this Form.
ITEM 7. DISCLOSURE OF PROXY VOTING POLICIES AND PROCEDURES FOR CLOSED-END MANAGEMENT
               INVESTMENT COMPANIES.
     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.
     None.
ITEM 11. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES.
(a)   As of June 25, 2010, an evaluation was performed under the supervision and with the participation of the officers of the Registrant, including the Principal Executive Officer (“PEO”) and Principal Financial Officer (“PFO”), to assess the effectiveness of the Registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures, as that term is defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “Act”), as amended. Based on that evaluation, the Registrant’s officers, including the PEO and PFO, concluded that, as of June 25, 2010, the Registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures were reasonably designed to ensure: (1) that information required to be disclosed by the Registrant on Form N-CSR is recorded,

 


 

    processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified by the rules and forms of the Securities and Exchange Commission; and (2) that material information relating to the Registrant is made known to the PEO and PFO as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.
 
(b)   There have been no changes in the Registrant’s internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the Act) that occurred during the second fiscal quarter of the period covered by the report that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.
ITEM 12. EXHIBITS.
     
12(a) (1)
  Not applicable.
 
   
12(a) (2)
  Certifications of principal executive officer and principal financial officer as required by Rule 30a-2(a) under the Investment Company Act of 1940.
 
   
12(a) (3)
  Not applicable
 
   
12(b)
  Certifications of principal executive officer and principal financial officer as required by Rule 30a-2(b) under the Investment Company Act of 1940.

 


 

SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
Registrant: Invesco Van Kampen Municipal Opportunity Trust
         
By:
  /s/ Colin Meadows
 
     Colin Meadows
   
 
       Principal Executive Officer    
Date: July 8, 2010
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the Registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
         
By:
  /s/ Colin Meadows
 
     Colin Meadows
   
 
       Principal Executive Officer    
 
       
Date: July 8, 2010    
 
       
By:
  /s/ Sheri Morris
 
     Sheri Morris
   
 
       Principal Financial Officer    
Date: July 8, 2010

 


 

EXHIBIT INDEX
     
12(a) (1)
  Not applicable.
 
   
12(a) (2)
  Certifications of principal executive officer and principal financial officer as required by Rule 30a-2(a) under the Investment Company Act of 1940.
 
   
12(a) (3)
  Not applicable
 
   
12(b)
  Certifications of principal executive officer and principal financial officer as required by Rule 30a-2(b) under the Investment Company Act of 1940.