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Invesco Van Kampen Advantage Municipal Income Trust II
Invesco Van Kampen Bond Fund
Invesco Van Kampen Dynamic Credit Opportunities Fund
Invesco Van Kampen Pennsylvania Value Municipal Income Trust
Invesco Van Kampen Senior Income Trust
Invesco Van Kampen Trust for Investment Grade Municipals
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Invesco Van Kampen Advantage Municipal Income Trust II (VKI)
Invesco Van Kampen Bond Fund (VBF)
Invesco Van Kampen Dynamic Credit Opportunities Fund (VTA)
Invesco Van Kampen Pennsylvania Value Municipal Income Trust (VPV)
Invesco Van Kampen Senior Income Trust (VVR)
Invesco Van Kampen Trust for Investment Grade Municipals (VGM)
1555 Peachtree Street, N.E.
Atlanta, GA 30309
(800) 341-2929
NOTICE OF JOINT ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS
To Be Held on July 17, 2012
Notice is hereby given to holders of common shares of beneficial interest (Common Shares)
and, where applicable, holders of preferred shares of beneficial interest (Preferred Shares) of
each of the above-listed investment companies (each, a Fund) that a joint annual meeting of
shareholders of the Funds (the Meeting) will be held on July 17, 2012, at 1555 Peachtree Street,
N.E., Atlanta, Georgia 30309. The Meeting will begin at 2:00 p.m. Eastern time. At the Meeting,
shareholders will be asked to vote on the following proposals:
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For VKI, VPV, VVR, and VGM, approval of an Agreement and Plan of
Redomestication that provides for the reorganization of such Fund as a Delaware
statutory trust. |
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For VBF and VTA, approval of an Amended and Restated Agreement and Declaration
of Trust. |
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For each Fund, to elect trustees in the following manner: |
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With respect to each of VKI and VPV, to elect three Class I
trustees, each by the holders of Common Shares and Preferred Shares of such
Fund, voting together as a single class. The elected Class I trustees will
each serve for a three-year term or until a successor shall have been duly
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With respect to VGM, to elect two Class II trustees, one by the
holders of Common Shares and Preferred Shares, voting together as a single
class, and one by holders of the Preferred Shares, voting as a separate class.
The elected Class II trustees will each serve for a three-year term or until a
successor shall have been duly elected and qualified. |
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With respect to VVR, to elect two Class II trustees, one by the
holders of Common Shares, voting as a separate class, and one by holders of
Preferred Shares, voting as a separate class. The elected Class II trustees
will each serve for a three-year term or until a successor shall have been duly
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With respect to each of VTA and VBF, to elect two Class II
trustees, each by the holders of Common Shares of such Fund. The elected Class
II trustees will each serve for a three-year term or until a successor shall
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Each Fund may also transact such other business as may properly come before the Meeting or any
adjournment or postponement thereof.
Shareholders of record of each Fund as of the close of business on May 25, 2012, are entitled
to notice of, and to vote at, the Meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof.
The Board of Trustees of each Fund requests that you vote your shares by either (i)
completing the enclosed proxy card and returning it in the enclosed postage paid return envelope,
or (ii) voting by telephone or via the internet using the instructions on the proxy card. Please
vote your shares promptly regardless of the number of shares you own.
Each Funds Board of Trustees recommends that you cast your vote FOR the above
proposals and FOR ALL the Trustee nominees as described in the Joint Proxy Statement.
By order of the Board of Trustees:
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John M. Zerr
Senior Vice President, Secretary and Chief Legal Officer
June [__], 2012
IMPORTANT NOTICE REGARDING THE AVAILABILITY OF PROXY MATERIALS FOR THE JOINT
ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS TO BE HELD JULY 17, 2012:
The proxy statement and annual report to shareholders are available at www.invesco.com/us.
Invesco Van Kampen Advantage Municipal Income Trust II (VKI)
Invesco Van Kampen Bond Fund (VBF)
Invesco Van Kampen Dynamic Credit Opportunities Fund (VTA)
Invesco Van Kampen Pennsylvania Value Municipal Income Trust (VPV)
Invesco Van Kampen Senior Income Trust (VVR)
Invesco Van Kampen Trust for Investment Grade Municipals (VGM)
1555 Peachtree Street, N.E.
Atlanta, GA 30309
(800) 341-2929
JOINT PROXY STATEMENT
June [__], 2012
Introduction
This Joint Proxy Statement (the Proxy Statement) contains information that holders of common
shares of beneficial interest (Common Shares) and, where applicable, holders of preferred shares
of beneficial interest (Preferred Shares) of each of the above-listed investment companies (each,
a Fund) that a joint annual meeting of shareholders of the Funds (the Meeting) will be held on
July 17, 2012, at 1555 Peachtree Street, N.E., Atlanta, Georgia 30309. The Meeting will begin at
2:00 p.m. Eastern time. The following describes the proposals to be voted on by shareholders at
the Meeting:
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For VKI, VPV, VVR, and VGM (each, a Redomesticating Fund), approval of an
Agreement and Plan of Redomestication that provides for the reorganization of such Fund
as a Delaware statutory trust (each, a Redomestication). |
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For VBF and VTA (each, a Delaware Fund), approval of an Amended and Restated
Agreement and Declaration of Trust. |
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To elect trustees in the following manner: |
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With respect to each of VKI and VPV, to elect three Class I
trustees, each by the holders of Common Shares and Preferred Shares of such
Fund, voting together as a single class. The elected Class I trustees will
each serve for a three-year term or until a successor shall have been duly
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With respect to VGM, to elect two Class II trustees, one by the
holders of Common Shares and Preferred Shares, voting together as a single
class, and one by holders of the Preferred Shares, voting as a separate class.
The elected Class II trustees will each serve for a three-year term or until a
successor shall have been duly elected and qualified. |
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With respect to VVR, to elect two Class II trustees, one by the
holders of Common Shares, voting as a separate class, and one by holders of
Preferred Shares, voting as a separate class. The elected Class II trustees
will each serve for a three-year term or until a successor shall have been duly
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With respect to each of VTA and VBF, to elect two Class II
trustees, each by the holders of Common Shares of such Fund. The elected Class
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Each Fund may also transact such other business as may properly come before the Meeting or any
adjournment or postponement thereof.
The Board of Trustees of each Fund (the Trustees or the Board) has fixed the close of
business on May 25, 2012, as the record date (Record Date) for the determination of shareholders
entitled to notice of and to vote at the Meeting and at any adjournment or postponement thereof.
Shareholders will be entitled to one vote for each share held (and a proportionate fractional vote
for each fractional share held).
This Proxy Statement, the enclosed Notice of Joint Annual Meeting of Shareholders, and the
enclosed proxy card will be mailed on or about June 8, 2012, to all shareholders eligible to vote
at the Meeting. Each Fund is a closed-end management investment company registered under the
Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the 1940 Act). The Common Shares of each Fund are
listed on the New York Stock Exchange or, in the case of VKI, the NYSE MKT (formerly, NYSE Amex)
and the Chicago Stock Exchange (collectively, the Exchanges).
The Meeting is scheduled as a joint meeting of the shareholders of the Funds and certain
affiliated funds, whose votes on proposals applicable to such affiliated funds are being solicited
separately, because the shareholders of the affiliated funds are expected to consider and vote on
similar matters.
A joint Proxy Statement is being used in order to reduce the preparation, printing, handling
and postage expenses that would result from the use of separate proxy materials for each Fund. You
should retain this Proxy Statement for future reference, as it sets forth concisely information
about the Funds that you should know before voting on the proposals. Additional information about
each Fund is available in the annual and semi-annual reports to shareholders of such Fund. Each
Funds most recent annual report to shareholders, which contains audited financial statements for
the Funds most recently completed fiscal year, and each Funds most recent semi-annual report to
shareholders, have been previously mailed to shareholders and are available on the Funds website
at www.invesco.com/us. These documents are on file with the U.S. Securities and Exchange
Commission (the SEC). Copies of all of these documents are also available upon request without
charge by writing to the Funds at 11 Greenway Plaza, Suite 2500, Houston, Texas 77046, or by
calling (800) 341-2929.
You also may view or obtain these documents from the SECs Public Reference Room, which is
located at 100 F Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20549, or from the SECs website at www.sec.gov.
Information on the operation of the SECs Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling the SEC
at (202) 551-8090. You can also request copies of these materials, upon payment at the prescribed
rates of the duplicating fee, by electronic request to the SECs e-mail address
(publicinfo@sec.gov) or by writing to the Public Reference Branch, Office of Consumer Affairs and
Information Services, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C. 20549-1520. You
may also inspect reports, proxy material and other information concerning each of the Funds at the
Exchanges.
These securities have not been approved or disapproved by the SEC nor has the SEC passed upon
the accuracy or adequacy of this Proxy Statement. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal
offense. An investment in the Funds is not a deposit with a bank and is not insured or guaranteed
by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) or any other government agency. You may lose
money by investing in the Funds.
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PROPOSAL 1: APPROVAL OF PLAN OF REDOMESTICATION |
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On what am I being asked to vote? |
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Has my Redomesticating Funds Board of Trustees approved the Redomestication? |
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What are the reasons for the proposed Redomestications? |
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What effect will a Redomestication have on me as a shareholder? |
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How do the
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How do the new governing documents of the Redomesticating Funds compare to the current governing documents? |
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Will there be any tax consequences resulting from a Redomestication? |
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What will happen if shareholders of a Redomesticating Fund do not approve Proposal 1? |
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PROPOSAL 2: APPROVAL OF AMENDED AND RESTATED AGREEMENT AND DECLARATION OF TRUST |
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Why is the Board recommending approval of the New Declaration? |
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How will the New Declaration benefit the Delaware Funds and their shareholders? |
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How do the new governing documents of the Delaware Funds compare to the current
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PROPOSAL 3: ELECTION OF TRUSTEES |
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VOTING INFORMATION |
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How to Vote Your Shares |
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About the Proxy Statement and the Meeting |
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Quorum Requirement and Adjournment |
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Votes Necessary to Approve the Proposals |
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Expenses and Proxy Solicitation |
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OTHER MATTERS |
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Share Ownership by Large Shareholders, Management and Trustees |
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Shareholder Proposals |
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Shareholder Communications |
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Section 16(a) Beneficial Ownership Reporting Compliance |
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Other Meeting Matters |
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WHERE TO FIND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION |
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EXHIBIT A: Form of Plan of Redomestication |
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EXHIBIT B: Comparison of Laws Massachusetts |
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EXHIBIT C: Comparison of Laws Pennsylvania |
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EXHIBIT D: Comparison of Governing Documents |
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EXHIBIT E: Form of Amended and Restated Agreement and Declaration Of Trust |
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EXHIBIT F: Information Regarding the Trustees |
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EXHIBIT G: Board Leadership Structure, Role in Risk Oversight, and Committees and Meetings |
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EXHIBIT H: Remuneration of Trustees |
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EXHIBIT I: Executive Officers of the Fund |
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No dealer, salesperson or any other person has been authorized to give any information or to
make any representations other than those contained in this Proxy Statement or related solicitation
materials on file with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and you should not rely on such
other information or representations.
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PROPOSAL 1: APPROVAL OF PLAN OF REDOMESTICATION
On what am I being asked to vote?
Each Redomesticating Funds shareholders are being asked to approve an Agreement and Plan of
Redomestication (a Plan of Redomestication) providing for the reorganization of the
Redomesticating Fund into a Delaware statutory trust. Each of VKI, VVR and VGM is currently a
Massachusetts business trust. VPV is currently a Pennsylvania business trust. Each
Redomestication will be completed pursuant to a Plan of Redomestication that provides for the
applicable Redomesticating Fund to transfer all of its assets and liabilities to a newly formed
Delaware statutory trust (each, a DE-Fund) whose capital structure will be substantially the same
as its current structure, after which Redomesticating Fund shareholders will own shares of the
DE-Fund, and the Massachusetts business trust or Pennsylvania business trust, as applicable, will
be liquidated and terminated. The Redomestication is only a change to your Redomesticating Funds
legal form of organization and there will be no change to the Redomesticating Funds investments,
management, fee levels, or federal income tax status as a result of the Redomestication.
Each Redomesticating Funds Redomestication may proceed even if other Funds Redomestications
are not approved by shareholders or are for any other reason not completed. A form of the Plan of
Redomestication is available in Exhibit A.
By voting for this Proposal 1, you will be voting to become a shareholder of an investment
company organized as a Delaware statutory trust with portfolio characteristics, investment
objectives, strategies, risks, trustees, advisory agreements, subadvisory arrangements and other
arrangements that are substantially the same as those currently in place for your Redomesticating
Fund.
Has my Redomesticating Funds Board of Trustees approved the Redomestication?
Yes. Each Redomesticating Funds Board has reviewed and unanimously approved the Plan of
Redomestication and this Proposal 1. The Board of each Redomesticating Fund recommends that
shareholders of such Fund vote FOR Proposal 1.
What are the reasons for the proposed Redomestications?
The Redomestications will serve to standardize the governing documents and certain agreements
of the Redomesticating Funds with each other and with other funds managed by Invesco Advisers, Inc.
(the Adviser). This standardization is expected to streamline the administration of the
Redomesticating Funds, which may result in cost savings and more effective administration by
eliminating differences in governing documents or controlling law. In addition, the legal
requirements governing business trusts under Massachusetts law and Pennsylvania law are less
certain and less developed than those governing statutory trusts under Delaware law, which
sometimes necessitates the Redomesticating Funds bearing the cost to engage counsel to advise on
the interpretation of such law.
What effect will a Redomestication have on me as a shareholder?
A Redomestication will have no direct effect on Redomesticating Fund shareholders
investments. Each Redomesticating Fund will have investment advisory agreements, subadvisory
arrangements, administration agreements, custodian agreements, transfer agency agreements, and
other service provider arrangements that are identical in all material respects to those in place
immediately before the Redomestication, with certain non-substantive revisions to standardize such
agreements across the Funds. For example, after the Redomestication, the investment advisory
agreements of the Funds will contain standardized language describing how investment advisory fees
are calculated, but there will be no change to the actual calculation methodology. Each
Redomesticating Fund will continue to be served by the same individuals as trustees and officers,
and each Redomesticating Fund will continue to retain the same independent registered public
accounting firm. The portfolio characteristics, investment objectives, strategies and risks of
each Redomesticating Fund will not change as a result of the Redomestications. In addition, each
Funds capital structure will be substantially the same as its current structure. The Common
Shares of each Redomesticating Fund will continue to have equal rights to the payment of dividends
and the distribution of assets upon liquidation, and each Redomesticating Fund may not declare
distributions on Common Shares unless all accrued dividends on the Redomesticating Funds Preferred
Shares have been paid, and unless asset coverage with respect to the Redomesticating Funds Preferred Shares
would be at least 200% after giving effect to the distributions.
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How do the laws governing the Redomesticating Funds compare?
After the Redomestications, each Redomesticating Fund will be a Delaware statutory trust
governed by the Delaware Statutory Trust Act (DE Statute). The DE Statute is similar in many
respects to the laws governing each Redomesticating Funds current structureeither a
Massachusetts business trust or a Pennsylvania business trustbut they differ in certain respects.
Massachusetts business trust law (MA Statute), Pennsylvania business trust law (PA Statute),
and the DE Statute each offer a significant amount of organizational and operational flexibility.
However, the MA Statute and PA Statute are each silent on many of the salient features of a
business trust, whereas the DE Statute provides more guidance for Delaware statutory trust
governance issues. For example, the DE Statute provides explicitly that the shareholders and
trustees of a Delaware statutory trust are not liable for obligations of the trust to the same
extent as under corporate law, while under the MA Statute, shareholders and trustees could
potentially be liable for trust obligations under certain circumstances. Moreover, the DE Statute
authorizes the trustees to take various actions without requiring shareholder approval if permitted
by the Delaware statutory trusts governing instruments. For example, trustees of a Delaware
statutory trust may have the power to amend the trusts governing instrument, merge or consolidate
a Delaware statutory trust with another entity, and to change the Delaware statutory trusts
domicile, in each case without a shareholder vote. The Redomesticating Funds believe that the
guidance and flexibility afforded by the DE Statute and the explicit limitation on liability
contained in the DE Statute will benefit the Redomesticating Funds and their shareholders. A more
detailed comparison of the MA Statute and DE Statute is available in Exhibit B. A more detailed
comparison of the PA Statute and DE Statute is available in Exhibit C.
How do the new governing documents of the Redomesticating Funds compare to the current
governing documents?
The governing documents of a Redomesticating Fund before and after its Redomestication will be
similar, but will contain certain material differences. In general, under each Redomesticating
Funds new governing documents, shareholders will generally have fewer rights to vote on matters
affecting the DE-Fund and, therefore, less control over the operations of the DE-Fund. For
example, the new governing documents permit termination of a DE-Fund without shareholder approval,
provided that at least 75% of the Trustees have approved such termination, thereby avoiding the
expense of a shareholder meeting in connection with a termination of a Fund, which expense would
reduce the amount of assets available for distribution to shareholders. The current governing
documents require shareholder approval to terminate a Redomesticating Fund regardless of whether
the Trustees have approved such termination. Also, each Redomesticating Funds new by-laws may be
altered, amended, or repealed by the Trustees, without the vote or approval of shareholders. The
Redomesticating Funds current by-laws may be altered, amended, or repealed by the Trustees,
provided that by-laws adopted by the shareholders may only be altered, amended, or repealed by the
shareholders.
Under the new governing documents, Trustees will be elected by a majority vote (i.e., nominees
must receive the vote of a majority of the outstanding shares entitled to vote), while under the
current governing documents, Trustees are generally elected by a plurality vote (i.e., the nominees
receiving the greatest number of votes are elected). The new governing documents will not provide
shareholders the ability to remove Trustees or to call special meetings of shareholders, which
powers are provided under the current governing documents. Also, additional procedures must be
undertaken by shareholders under the new governing documents than under the current governing
documents with respect to shareholder proposals, including nominations of Trustees, brought before
a meeting of shareholders. These additional procedures include, among others, shareholders
appearing before the annual or special meeting of shareholders to present about the nomination or
proposed business. The additional procedures are intended to provide the Board the opportunity to
better evaluate proposals submitted by shareholders and provide additional information to
shareholders for their consideration in connection with the proposal.
The new governing documents contain a different shareholder voting standard with respect to a
DE-Funds merger, consolidation, or conversion to an open-end company that, in certain
circumstances, may be a lower voting standard than under the current governing documents. The new
governing documents also impose certain obligations on shareholders seeking to initiate a
derivative action on behalf of a DE-Fund that are not imposed under the current governing
documents, which may make it more difficult for shareholders to initiate derivative actions and are
intended to save the Redomesticating Fund money by requiring reimbursement of the Fund for
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lawsuits brought by shareholders. To further protect the Redomesticating Fund and its shareholders
from frivolous lawsuits, the new governing documents also provide that shareholders will indemnify
the DE-Fund for all costs, expenses, penalties, fines or other amounts arising from any action
against the DE-Fund to the extent that the shareholder is not the prevailing party and that the
DE-Fund is permitted to redeem shares of and set off against any distributions due to the
shareholder for such amounts. The Trustees believe that these provisions will benefit shareholders
by deterring frivolous lawsuits and actions by short-term, speculative investors that are contrary
to the best long-term interests of the Redomesticating Fund and long-term shareholders and limiting
the extent to which Fund assets will be expended defending against such lawsuits.
A comparison of the current and proposed governing documents of the Redomesticating Funds is
available in Exhibit D and a Form of Agreement and Declaration of Trust is available in Exhibit E.
Shareholder approval of a Redomestication will be deemed to constitute approval by
shareholders of the advisory and subadvisory agreements, as well as a vote for the election of the
trustees, of the DE-Fund. Accordingly, each Plan of Redomestication provides that the sole initial
shareholder of each DE-Fund will vote to approve the advisory and subadvisory agreements (which, as
noted above, will be identical in all material respects to the Redomesticating Funds current
agreements) and to elect the trustees of the DE-Fund (which, as noted above, will be the same as
the Redomesticating Funds current Trustees) after shareholder approval of the Redomestication but
prior to the closing of each Redomestication.
Will there be any tax consequences resulting from a Redomestication?
The following is a general summary of the material U.S. federal income tax considerations of
the Redomestications and is based upon the current provisions of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986,
as amended (the Code), the existing U.S. Treasury Regulations thereunder, current administrative
rulings of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and published judicial decisions, all of which are
subject to change. These considerations are general in nature and individual shareholders should
consult their own tax advisors as to the federal, state, local, and foreign tax considerations
applicable to them and their individual circumstances. These same considerations generally do not
apply to shareholders who hold their shares in a tax-deferred account.
Each Redomestication is intended to be a tax-free reorganization pursuant to Section 368(a) of
the Code. The principal federal income tax considerations that are expected to result from the
Redomestication of an applicable Redomesticating Fund are as follows:
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no gain or loss will be recognized by the Redomesticating Fund or the shareholders of
the Redomesticating Fund as a result of the Redomestication; |
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no gain or loss will be recognized by the DE-Fund as a result of the Redomestication; |
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the aggregate tax basis of the shares of the DE-Fund to be received by a shareholder of
the Redomesticating Fund will be the same as the shareholders aggregate tax basis of the
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the holding period of the shares of the DE-Fund received by a shareholder of the
Redomesticating Fund will include the period that a shareholder held the shares of the
Redomesticating Fund (provided that such shares of the Redomesticating Fund are capital
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Neither the Redomesticating Funds nor the DE-Funds have requested or will request an advance
ruling from the IRS as to the federal tax consequences of the Redomestications. As a condition to
closing of each Redomestication, Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young, LLP will render a favorable
opinion to each Redomesticating Fund and DE-Fund as to the foregoing federal income tax
consequences of each Redomestication, which opinion will be conditioned upon, among other things,
the accuracy, as of the date of the closing of the redomestication, of certain representations of
each Redomesticating Fund and DE-Fund upon which Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young, LLP will rely in
rendering its opinion. A copy of the opinion will be filed with the SEC and will be available for
public inspection. See Where to Find Additional Information. Opinions of counsel are not
binding upon the IRS or the courts. If a Redomestication is consummated but the IRS or the courts
determine that the Redomestication does not qualify as a tax-free reorganization under the Code,
and thus is taxable, each Redomesticating Fund would recognize gain or loss on the transfer of its
assets to its corresponding DE-Fund and each shareholder of the Redomesticating Fund would
recognize a taxable gain or loss equal to the difference between its tax basis in its
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Redomesticating Fund shares and the fair market value of the shares of the DE-Fund it receives. The
failure of one Redomestication to qualify as a tax-free reorganization would not adversely affect
any other Redomestication.
When are the Redomestications expected to occur?
If shareholders of a Redomesticating Fund approve Proposal 1, it is anticipated that such
Redomestication will occur in the third quarter of 2012.
What will happen if shareholders of a Redomesticating Fund do not approve Proposal 1?
If Proposal 1 is not approved by a Redomesticating Funds shareholders or if a Redomestication
is for other reasons not able to be completed, that Redomesticating Fund would not be
redomesticated. If Proposal 1 is not approved by shareholders, the applicable Redomesticating
Funds Board will consider other possible courses of action for that Redomesticating Fund.
THE BOARD OF EACH REDOMESTICATING FUND RECOMMENDS
THAT YOU VOTE FOR THE APPROVAL OF PROPOSAL 1.
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PROPOSAL 2: APPROVAL OF AMENDED AND RESTATED AGREEMENT AND
DECLARATION OF TRUST
Shareholders of each Delaware Fund are being asked to approve an Amended and Restated
Agreement and Declaration of Trust (a New Declaration) for such Delaware Fund, substantially in
the form attached to this proxy statement as Exhibit C. The New Declaration is one of the legal
documents that contains the guidelines for how each Delaware Fund will be operated, such as the
rights of trustees and officers, shareholder rights, the right to issue shares, and other
governance matters. The New Declaration does not describe a Delaware Funds investment objective
or investment strategies, which are described in the Delaware Funds prospectus. Each Delaware
Fund was formed as a Delaware statutory trust pursuant to an agreement and declaration of trust
(each, a Current Declaration) prior to the Delaware Fund becoming part of the Invesco Fund
complex in June 2010. Other funds in the Invesco Fund complex have adopted (or are expected to
adopt) trust instruments that are substantially the same as the New Declaration.
Why is the Board recommending approval of the New Declaration?
The Board of each Delaware Fund believes that adopting an agreement and declaration of trust
that is substantially the same for all Invesco funds that are Delaware statutory trusts would
promote uniformity of fund administration and may make fund compliance, legal interpretation and
corporate governance less burdensome and costly for the Delaware Funds and that the terms of the
proposed New Declaration will benefit each Delaware Fund and its shareholders. Adoption of the New
Declaration will not alter in any way the Trustees existing fiduciary obligations to act in the
shareholders interests.
How will the New Declaration benefit the Delaware Funds and their shareholders?
The New Declaration is also intended to give the Board of each Delaware Fund more flexibility
and, subject to applicable requirements of the 1940 Act and Delaware law, broader authority to act.
This increased flexibility is expected to allow the Board to react more quickly to changes in
competitive and regulatory conditions and, as a consequence, is expected to allow the Delaware
Funds to operate in a more efficient and economical manner. To the extent that the boards and
management of all Invesco funds, including the Boards and management of the Delaware Funds, analyze
and interpret substantially the same governing documents, rather than multiple and varied governing
documents, efficiencies are expected to be achieved, both in terms of reduced costs in determining
the requirements of law in unique circumstances and the certainty of operating routinely under a
familiar governance structure.
How do the new governing documents of the Delaware Funds compare to the current governing
documents?
The declaration of trust, by-laws, and other governing documents of a Delaware Fund before and
after approval of Proposal 2 will be similar, but will contain certain material differences. In
general, under each Delaware Funds new governing documents, shareholders will generally have fewer
rights to vote on matters affecting the Delaware Fund and, therefore, less control over the
operations of the Delaware Fund. For example, the new governing documents permit termination of a
Delaware Fund without shareholder approval, provided that at least 75% of the Trustees have
approved such termination. The current governing documents require shareholder approval to
terminate a Delaware Fund regardless of whether the Trustees have approved such termination. Also,
the Delaware Funds new by-laws may be altered, amended, or repealed by the Trustees, without the
vote or approval of shareholders. The current by-laws may be altered, amended, or repealed by the
Trustees, provided that by-laws adopted by the shareholders may only be altered, amended, or
repealed by the shareholders.
The new governing documents provide that a Trustee who is standing for reelection, but fails
to receive quorum or sufficient affirmative votes, may continue to serve for the full term of
office (generally three years) for which the Trustee was seeking election. In addition, the new
governing documents will not provide shareholders the ability to remove Trustees or to call special
meetings of shareholders, which powers are provided under the current governing documents. Also,
additional procedures must be undertaken by shareholders under the new governing documents than
under the current governing documents with respect to shareholder proposals, including nominations,
brought before a meeting of shareholders. These additional procedures include, among others,
shareholders appearing before a meeting of shareholders to present about the nomination or proposed
business. The additional procedures are intended to provide the Board the opportunity to better
evaluate proposals submitted by shareholders and provide additional information to shareholders for their consideration in
connection with the proposal.
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The new governing documents contain a different shareholder voting standard with respect to a
Delaware Funds merger, consolidation, or conversion to an open-end company that, in certain
circumstances, may be a lower voting standard than under the current governing documents. The new
governing documents also impose certain obligations on shareholders seeking to initiate a
derivative action on behalf of a Delaware Fund that are not imposed under the current governing
documents, which may make it more difficult for shareholders to initiate derivative actions and are
intended to save the Delaware Fund money by requiring reimbursement of the Delaware Fund for
frivolous lawsuits brought by shareholders. The new governing documents also provide that
shareholders will indemnify the Delaware Fund for all costs, expenses, penalties, fines or other
amounts arising from any action against the Delaware Fund to the extent that the shareholder is not
the prevailing party and that the Delaware Fund is permitted to redeem shares of and set off
against any distributions due to the shareholder for such amounts. The Trustees believe that these
provisions will benefit shareholders by deterring frivolous lawsuits and actions by short-term,
speculative investors that are contrary to the best long-term interests of the Delaware Fund and
long-term shareholders and limiting the extent to which Fund assets will be expended defending
against such lawsuits
In addition to the changes described above, there are other substantive and stylistic
differences between the New Declaration and the Current Declarations, which are described in
Exhibit B. The discussion above and in Exhibit B is qualified in its entirety by reference to the
New Declaration itself, a form of which is attached as Exhibit C to this proxy statement.
Adoption of the New Declaration will not result in any changes in: (1) any of the Delaware
Funds officers or Trustees; (2) the investment goals, policies, strategies or restrictions that
currently apply to the Delaware Funds; (3) the Delaware Funds service providers; or (4) the fees
or expenses incurred by the Delaware Funds. If this Proposal is not approved for a Delaware Fund,
then that Delaware Funds Current Declaration will remain unchanged and in effect.
THE BOARD OF EACH DELAWARE FUND RECOMMENDS
THAT YOU VOTE FOR THE APPROVAL OF PROPOSAL 2.
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PROPOSAL 3: ELECTION OF TRUSTEES
Trustees are to be elected by the shareholders of each Fund at the Meeting in the following
manner:
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With respect to VKI and VPV, three Class I Trustees are to be elected at the
Meeting, to serve until the later of each such Funds Annual Meeting of Shareholders in
2015 or until their successors have been duly elected and qualified. Holders of Common
Shares and Preferred Shares, voting as a single class, will vote with respect to three
Class I Trustees (David C. Arch, Jerry D. Choate and Suzanne H. Woolsey, Ph.D. are the
nominees) designated to be elected by such class of shares. An affirmative vote of a
plurality of the Common Shares and Preferred Shares of each such Fund is required to
elect the respective nominees. It is the intention of the persons named in the
enclosed proxy to vote the shares represented by them for the election of the
respective nominees listed unless the proxy is marked otherwise. |
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With respect to VGM, two Class II Trustees are to be elected at the Meeting, to
serve until the later of the Funds Annual Meeting of Shareholders in 2015 or until
their successors have been duly elected and qualified. Holders of Common Shares and
Preferred Shares, voting as a single class, will vote with respect to one Class II
Trustee (Wayne W. Whalen is the nominee). Holders of Preferred Shares, voting as a
separate class, will vote with respect to one Class II Trustee (Linda Hutton Heagy is
the nominee) designated to be elected by such class of shares. An affirmative vote of
a plurality of the Common Shares and Preferred Shares for the Fund or a plurality of
the Preferred Shares of the Fund, as applicable, is required to elect the respective
nominees. It is the intention of the persons named in the enclosed proxy to vote the
shares represented by them for the election of the respective nominees listed unless
the proxy is marked otherwise. |
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With respect to VVR, two Class II Trustees are to be elected at the Meeting, to
serve until the later of the Funds Annual Meeting of Shareholders in 2015 or until
their successors have been duly elected and qualified. Holders of Common Shares,
voting as a separate class, will vote with respect to one Class II Trustee (Wayne W.
Whalen is the nominee) designated to be elected by such class of shares. Holders of
Preferred Shares, voting as a separate class, will vote with respect to one Class II
Trustee (Linda Hutton Heagy is the nominee) designated to be elected by such class of
shares. An affirmative vote of a plurality of the Common Shares of the Fund or
plurality of the Preferred Shares of the Fund, as applicable, is required to elect the
respective nominees. It is the intention of the persons named in the enclosed proxy to
vote the shares represented by them for the election of the respective nominees listed
unless the proxy is marked otherwise. |
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With respect to VTA and VBF, two Class II Trustees are to be elected at the
Meeting, to serve until the later of each such Funds Annual Meeting of Shareholders in
2015 or until their successors have been duly elected and qualified. Holders of Common
Shares will vote with respect to two Class II Trustees (Linda Hutton Heagy and Wayne W.
Whalen are the nominees). An affirmative vote of a plurality of the Common Shares of
each such Fund is required to elect the respective nominees. It is the intention of
the persons named in the enclosed proxy to vote the shares represented by them for the
election of the nominees listed unless the proxy is marked otherwise. |
The Trustees that make up the various classes of the Board of each Fund are shown in the
chart below:
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Class III |
David C. Arch
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Rodney Dammeyer(1)
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R. Craig Kennedy |
Jerry D. Choate
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Linda Hutton Heagy(2)
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Colin D. Meadows |
Howard J Kerr(1)
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Wayne W. Whalen
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Jack E. Nelson(1) |
Suzanne H. Woolsey, Ph.D.
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Hugo F. Sonnenschein(2) |
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(1) |
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Pursuant to the Boards Trustee retirement policy, Howard J. Kerr and Jack
E. Nelson are retiring from the Board effective as of the Meeting. Rodney
Dammeyer is not standing for reelection with respect to VGM, VVR, VTA and VBF,
and his term of office will expire at the Meeting. Mr. Dammeyer is also |
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stepping down from the Board of VKI and VPV effective as of the Meeting. The
Trustees have reduced the size of each Board to eight Trustees effective as of
the Meeting. |
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With respect to VKI, VPV, VGM and VVR, Mr. Sonnenschsein and
Ms. Heagy are elected by the holders of Preferred Shares, voting as a separate
class. |
As with respect to past annual meetings, only one class of Trustees is being submitted to
shareholders of each Fund for election at the Meeting. The Declaration of Trust of each Fund
provides that the Board shall consist of Trustees divided into three classes, the classes to be as
nearly equal in number as possible. For each Fund, the Trustees of only one class are elected at
each annual meeting so that the regular term of only one class of Trustees will expire annually and
any particular Trustee stands for election only once in each three-year period. This type of
classification may prevent replacement of a majority of Trustees of a Fund for up to a two-year
period. The foregoing is subject to the provisions of the 1940 Act, applicable state law based on
the state of organization of each Fund, each Funds Declaration of Trust and each Funds Bylaws.
The
business and affairs of the Funds are managed under the direction of their Boards. The Board overseeing the Funds seeks to provide shareholders with a highly qualified, highly capable and
diverse group of Board members reflecting the diversity of investor interests underlying the Funds
and with a diversity of backgrounds, experience and skills that the Board considers desirable and
necessary to its primary goalprotecting and promoting shareholders interests. While the Board
does not require that its members meet specific qualifications, the Board has historically sought
to recruit and continues to value individual Board members that add to the overall diversity of the
Boardthe objective is to bring varied backgrounds, experience and skills reflective of the wide
range of the shareholder base and provide both contrasting and complementary skills relative to the
other Board members to best protect and promote shareholders interests. Board diversity means
bringing together different viewpoints, professional experience, investment experience, education,
and other skills. As can be seen in the individual biographies below, the Board brings together a
wide variety of business experience (including chairman/chief executive officer-level and
director-level experience, including board committee experience, of several different types of
organizations); varied public and private investment-related experience; not-for-profit experience;
customer service and other back office operations experience; a wide variety of accounting,
finance, legal, and marketing experience; academic experience; consulting experience; and
government, political and military service experience. All of this experience together results in
important leadership and management knowledge, skills and perspective that provide the Board
understanding and insight into the operations of the Funds and add range and depth to the Board.
As part of its governance oversight, the Board conducts an annual self-effectiveness survey
which includes, among other things, evaluating the Boards (and each committees) agendas, meetings
and materials, conduct of the meetings, committee structures, interaction with management,
strategic planning, etc., and also includes evaluating the Boards (and each committees) size,
composition, qualifications (including diversity of characteristics, experience and subject matter
expertise) and overall performance. The Board evaluates all of the foregoing and does not believe
any single factor or group of factors controls or dominates the qualifications of any individual
trustee or the qualifications of the trustees as a group. After considering all factors together,
the Board believes that each Trustee is qualified to serve as a Trustee of the Funds.
Independent Trustees
David C. Arch. Mr. Arch has been a member of the Board of one or more funds in the Fund
Complex since 1988. The Board believes that Mr. Archs experience as the chairman and chief
executive officer of a public company and as a member of the board of several organizations, his
service as a Trustee of the Funds and his experience as a director of other investment companies
benefits the Funds.
Jerry D. Choate. Mr. Choate has been a member of the Board of one or more funds in the Fund
Complex since 2003. The Board believes that Mr. Choates experience as the chairman and chief
executive officer of a public company and a director of several public companies, his service as a
Trustee of the Funds and his experience as a director of other investment companies benefits the
Funds.
Rodney F. Dammeyer. Mr. Dammeyer has been a member of the Board of one or more funds in the Fund
Complex since 1988. The Board believes that Mr. Dammeyers experience in executive positions at a
number of
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public companies and as a director of several public companies, his accounting experience, his
service as a Trustee of the Funds and his experience serving as a director of other investment
companies benefits the Funds. Mr. Dammeyer is not standing for reelection with respect to VGM, VVR,
VTA and VBF, and his term of office will expire at the Meeting. Mr. Dammeyer is also stepping down
from the Board of VKI and VPV effective as of the Meeting. The Board has reduced the size of the
Board to eight Trustees effective as of the Meeting.
Linda Hutton Heagy. Ms. Heagy has been a member of the Board of one or more funds in the Fund
Complex since 2003. The Board believes that Ms. Heagys experience in executive positions at a
number of bank and trust companies and as a member of the board of several organizations, her
service as a Trustee of the Funds and her experience serving as a director of other investment
companies benefits the Funds.
R. Craig Kennedy. Mr. Kennedy has been a member of the Board of one or more funds in the Fund
Complex since 2003. The Board believes that Mr. Kennedys experience in executive positions at a
number of foundations, his investment experience, his service as a Trustee of the Funds and his
experience serving as a director of other investment companies benefits the Funds.
Howard J Kerr. Mr. Kerr has been a member of the Board of one or more funds in the Fund
Complex since 1992. The Board believes that Mr. Kerrs experience in executive positions at a
number of companies, his experience in public service, his service as a Trustee of the Funds and
his experience serving as a director of other investment companies benefits the Funds. Pursuant to
the Boards Trustee retirement policy, Mr. Kerr is retiring from the Board effective as of the
Meeting.
Jack E. Nelson. Mr. Nelson has been a member of the Board of one or more funds in the Fund
Complex since 2003. The Board believes that Mr. Nelsons experience in executive positions at a
number of companies and as a member of several financial and investment industry organizations, his
service as a Trustee of the Funds and his experience serving as a director of other investment
companies benefits the Funds. Pursuant to the Boards Trustee retirement policy, Mr. Nelson is
retiring from the Board effective as of the Meeting.
Hugo F. Sonnenschein. Mr. Sonnenschein has been a member of the Board of one or more funds in
the Fund Complex since 1994. The Board believes that Mr. Sonnenscheins academic experience, his
economic expertise, his experience as a member of the board of several organizations, his service
as a Trustee of the Funds and his experience as a director of other investment companies benefits
the Funds.
Suzanne H. Woolsey. Ms. Woolsey has been a member of the Board of one or more funds in the
Fund Complex since 2003. The Board believes that Ms. Woolseys experience as a director of numerous
organizations, her service as a Trustee of the Funds and her experience as a director of other
investment companies benefits the Funds.
Interested Trustees
Colin D. Meadows. Mr. Meadows has been a member of the Board of one or more funds in the Fund
Complex since 2010. The Board believes that Mr. Meadows financial services and asset management
experience benefits the Funds.
Wayne W. Whalen. Mr. Whalen has been a member of the Board of one or more funds in the Fund
Complex since 1988. The Board believes that Mr. Whalens legal experience, his service as a Trustee
of the Funds and his experience as a director of other investment companies benefits the Funds.
For more information about the backgrounds, experience, and skills of each Trustee, see the
information set forth in Exhibit F. Information on the Boards leadership structure, role in risk oversight,
and committees and meetings can be found in Exhibit G. Information on the remuneration of Trustees
can be found in Exhibit H. Information on the executive officers of the Funds is available in
Exhibit I. Information on the Funds independent registered public accounting firm is available in
Exhibit J.
THE BOARD OF EACH FUND RECOMMENDS A VOTE
FOR ALL OF THE NOMINEES FOR SUCH FUND.
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VOTING INFORMATION
How to Vote Your Shares
There are several ways you can vote your shares, including in person at the Meeting, by mail,
by telephone, or via the Internet. The proxy card that accompanies this Proxy Statement provides
detailed instructions on how you may vote your shares.
If you properly fill in and sign your proxy card and send it to us in time to vote at the
Meeting or otherwise complete your vote by mail or telephone or via the Internet, your proxy (the
individuals named on your proxy card) will vote your shares as you have directed. If you sign your
proxy card or otherwise designate your proxy by mail or telephone or via the Internet but do not
make specific choices, your proxy will vote your shares FOR each Proposal and FOR
ALL of the Trustee nominees, in accordance with the recommendations of the Board of your Fund,
and in the proxys best judgment on other matters.
About the Proxy Statement and the Meeting
You are receiving this Proxy Statement because you own shares of a Fund as of the Record Date
and have the right to vote on the very important proposals described herein concerning your Fund.
This Proxy Statement contains information that shareholders of the Funds should know before voting
on the proposals.
We are sending you this Proxy Statement and the enclosed proxy card because the Board is
soliciting your proxy to vote at the Meeting and at any postponements or adjournments thereof.
This Proxy Statement gives you information about the business to be conducted at the Meeting.
Fund shareholders may vote by appearing in person at the Meeting and following the
instructions below; however, you do not need to attend the Meeting to vote. Instead, you may
simply complete, sign, and return the enclosed proxy card or vote by following the instructions on
the enclosed proxy card to vote via telephone or through a website established for that purpose.
Shareholders of record of each Fund as of the close of business on the Record Date are
entitled to vote at the Meeting. The number of outstanding shares of each class of each Fund on
the Record Date can be found in Exhibit K. Each shareholder is entitled to one vote for each full
share held and a proportionate fractional vote for each fractional share held.
Attendance at the Meeting is generally limited to shareholders and their authorized
representatives. All shareholders must bring an acceptable form of identification, such as a
drivers license, in order to attend the Meeting in person. If your shares are held through a
broker-dealer or other financial intermediary, you will need to obtain a legal proxy from them in
order to attend or vote your shares at the Meeting.
Proxies will have the authority to vote and act on behalf of shareholders at any adjournment
or postponement of the Meeting. It is the intention of the persons named in the enclosed proxy
card to vote the shares represented by them for each proposal and for all of the Trustee nominees,
unless the proxy card is marked otherwise. If a shareholder gives a proxy, the shareholder may
revoke the authorization at any time before it is exercised by sending in another proxy card with a
later date or by notifying the Secretary of the Fund in writing at the address of the Fund set
forth on the cover page of this Proxy Statement before the Meeting that the shareholder has revoked
its proxy. In addition, although merely attending the Meeting will not revoke your proxy, if a
shareholder is present at the Meeting, the shareholder may withdraw the proxy and vote in person.
Quorum Requirement and Adjournment
A quorum of shareholders is necessary to hold a valid shareholder meeting of each Fund. Under
the governing documents of VKI, VPV, VVR and VGM, the holders of a majority of outstanding shares
of each class or series or combined class entitled to vote thereat of the Fund present in person or
by proxy shall constitute a quorum at the Meeting. Under the governing documents of VBF and VTA,
the holders of a majority of the Funds shares entitled to vote shall constitute a quorum for the
transaction of business at the Meeting.
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If a quorum is not present at the Meeting, it may be adjourned, with the vote of the majority
of the votes present or represented by proxy, to allow additional solicitations of proxies in order
to attain a quorum. The shareholders present in person or represented by proxy and entitled to
vote at the Meeting will also have the power to adjourn the Meeting from time to time if a quorum
is present but the vote required to approve or reject any proposal described herein is not
obtained. Proxies, including abstentions and broker non-votes, will be voted for adjournment,
provided the persons named as proxies determine that such an adjournment and additional
solicitation is reasonable and in the interest of shareholders based on a consideration of all
relevant factors, including the nature of the relevant proposal, the percentage of votes then cast,
the percentage of negative votes then cast, the nature of the proposed solicitation activities and
the nature of the reasons for such further solicitation. The affirmative vote of the holders of a
majority of a Funds shares then present in person or represented by proxy shall be required to so
adjourn the Meeting.
In the event that a shareholder of a Fund present at the Meeting objects to the holding of a
joint meeting and moves for an adjournment of the meeting of such Fund to a time immediately after
the Meeting so that such Funds meeting may be held separately, the persons named as proxies will
vote in favor of such adjournment.
Abstentions and broker non-votes (described below) are counted as present and will be included
for purposes of determining whether a quorum is present for a Fund at the Meeting, but are not
considered votes cast at the Meeting. Abstentions and broker non-votes will have the same effect
as a vote against Proposal 1 and 2 because their approval requires the affirmative vote of a
percentage of the outstanding shares of the applicable Fund, as opposed to a percentage of votes
cast. For Proposal 3, abstentions and broker non-votes will have no effect because only a
plurality of votes is required to elect a Trustee nominee. A proxy card marked withhold with
respect to the election of Trustees would have the same effect as an abstention.
Broker non-votes occur when a proposal that is routine (such as the election of trustees) is
voted on at a meeting alongside a proposal that is non-routine (such as the Redomestication
proposal or proposal to approve the New Declaration). Under New York Stock Exchange rules, brokers
may generally vote in their discretion on routine proposals, but are generally not able to vote on
a non-routine proposal in the absence of express voting instructions from beneficial owners. As a
result, where both routine and non-routine proposals are voted on at the same meeting, proxies
voted by brokers on the routine proposals are considered votes present but are not votes on any
non-routine proposals. Because both routine and non-routine proposals will be voted on at the
Meeting, the Funds anticipate receiving broker non-votes with respect to Proposals 1 and 2. No
broker non-votes are anticipated with respect to Proposal 3 because it is considered a routine
proposal on which brokers typically may vote in their discretion.
Broker-dealers who are not members of the New York Stock Exchange may be subject to other
rules, which may or may not permit them to vote your shares without instruction. Therefore, you
are encouraged to contact your broker and record your voting instructions.
Votes Necessary to Approve the Proposals
Common Shares and Preferred Shares (if any) of each Fund are entitled to vote at the Meeting.
VKI, VPV, VGM and VVR currently have Preferred Shares outstanding. Each of VKI, VPV, VGM and VVR
expects that the vote of its Preferred Shares will be obtained by a separate proxy. With respect
to VKI, VPV and VGM, each such Funds Preferred Shares are subject to a voting trust requiring that
certain voting rights of the Preferred Shares must be exercised as directed by an unaffiliated
third party. Votes by Preferred Shares of VKI, VPV and VGM to elect Trustees are subject to the
voting trusts, but votes regarding the Plan of Redomestication are not subject to the voting trust.
Each Redomesticating Funds Board has unanimously approved the Plan of Redomestication
discussed in Proposal 1. Shareholder approval of the Plan of Redomestication for each
Redomesticating Fund requires the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the Common
Shares outstanding and entitled to vote and a majority of the Preferred Shares outstanding and
entitled to vote, voting as separate classes, of such Redomesticating Fund.
Each Delaware Funds Board has unanimously approved the New Declaration discussed in Proposal
2. Shareholder approval of the New Declaration for each Delaware Fund requires the affirmative
vote of the holders of a majority of such Funds Common Shares outstanding and entitled to vote.
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With respect to Proposal 3, the Board of each applicable Fund unanimously recommends that such
Funds shareholders vote for all of the Trustee nominees. For each Fund, an affirmative vote of a
plurality of the shares eligible to vote for such nominee (either Common Shares, Preferred Shares,
or Common Shares and Preferred Shares together as a single class) voting at the Meeting is required
to elect the respective Trustee nominees, as applicable.
Expenses and Proxy Solicitation
The
estimated total cost of the proposals described in this proxy for
each Fund, as well as the estimated proxy solicitation costs for the Fund (which are part of the total cost),
are set forth in the table below.
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Estimated Solicitation
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VKI |
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$40,000 |
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$220,000 |
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$40,000 |
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VBF |
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$20,000 |
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$[ ] |
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$[ ] |
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VTA |
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$45,000 |
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$[ ] |
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$[ ] |
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VPV |
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$20,000 |
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$165,000 |
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$165,000 |
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VVR |
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$130,000 |
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$465,000 |
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$465,000 |
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VGM |
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$45,000 |
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$235,000 |
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$50,000 |
The
Adviser will bear all of the costs not borne by the Funds. The total
costs of the proposals include legal counsel fees, independent
accountant fees, expenses related to the printing and mailing of this
Proxy Statement, listing fees for additional shares on the Exchanges, and fees associated with the proxy solicitation.
The
Funds has engaged the services of Computershare Fund Services (the Solicitor)
to assist in the solicitation of proxies for the Meeting. Proxies are
expected to be solicited principally by mail, but the Funds
or the Solicitor may also solicit proxies by telephone, facsimile or
personal interview. The Funds officers may also solicit proxies but
will not receive any additional or special compensation for any such solicitation. Under the agreement with the Solicitor, the Solicitor
will be paid a project management fee as well as telephone solicitation expenses incurred for reminder calls, outbound telephone voting,
confirmation of telephone votes, inbound telephone contact, obtaining shareholders' telephone numbers, and providing additional materials
upon shareholder request. The agreement also provides that the Solicitor shall be indemnified against certain liabilities and expenses,
including liabilities under the federal securities laws.
OTHER MATTERS
Share Ownership by Large Shareholders, Management and Trustees
Information on each person who as of the Record Date, to the knowledge of each Fund, owned 5%
or more of the outstanding shares of a class of such Fund can be found at Exhibit L. Information
regarding Trustee ownership of shares of the Funds and of shares of all registered investment
companies in the Fund Complex overseen by such Trustee can be found at Exhibit F. To the best
knowledge of each Fund, the ownership of shares of such Fund by executive officers and Trustees of
such Fund as a group constituted less than 1% of each outstanding class of shares of such Fund as
of the Record Date.
Shareholder Proposals
Shareholder proposals intended to be presented at the year 2013 annual meeting of shareholders
for a Fund pursuant to Rule 14a-8 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the
Exchange Act), must be received by the Funds Secretary at the Funds principal executive offices
by [February 8], 2013 in order to be considered for inclusion in the Funds proxy statement and
proxy card relating to that meeting. Timely submission of a proposal does not necessarily mean
that such proposal will be included in the Funds proxy statement. Pursuant to each Funds
governing documents as anticipated to be in effect before the 2013 annual meeting, if a shareholder
wishes to make a proposal at the year 2013 annual meeting of shareholders without having the
proposal included in a Funds proxy statement, then such proposal must be received by the Funds
Secretary at the Funds principal executive offices not earlier than March 19, 2013 and not later
than April 18, 2013. If a shareholder fails to provide timely notice, then the persons named as
proxies in the proxies solicited by the Board for the 2013 annual meeting of shareholders may
exercise discretionary voting power with respect to any such proposal. Any shareholder who wishes
to submit a proposal for consideration at a meeting of such shareholders Fund should send such
proposal to the Funds Secretary at 1555 Peachtree Street, N.E., Atlanta, Georgia 30309, Attn:
Secretary.
Shareholder Communications
Shareholders may send communications to each Funds Board. Shareholders should send
communications intended for a Board or for a Trustee by addressing the communication directly to
the Board or individual Trustee and/or otherwise clearly indicating that the communication is for
the Board or individual Trustee and by sending the communication to either the office of the
Secretary of the applicable Fund or directly to such Trustee at the address specified for such
Trustee in Exhibit F. Other shareholder communications received by any Fund not directly addressed
and sent to the Board will be reviewed and generally responded to by management, and will be
forwarded to the Board only at managements discretion based on the matters contained therein.
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Section 16(a) Beneficial Ownership Reporting Compliance
Section 30(h) of the 1940 Act and Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act require each of the Funds
Trustees, officers, and investment advisers, affiliated persons of the investment advisers, and
persons who own more than 10% of a registered class of a Funds equity securities to file forms
with the SEC and the Exchanges reporting their affiliation with the Fund and reports of ownership
and changes in ownership of such securities. These persons and entities are required by SEC
regulations to furnish such Fund with copies of all such forms they file. Based on a review of
these forms furnished to each Fund, each Fund believes that during its last fiscal year, its
Trustees, its officers, the Adviser and affiliated persons of the Adviser complied with the
applicable filing requirements.
Other Meeting Matters
Management of each Fund does not intend to present, and does not have reason to believe that
others will present, any other items of business at the Meeting. The Funds know of no business
other than the proposals described in this Proxy Statement that will, or are proposed to, be
presented for consideration at the Meeting. If any other matters are properly presented, the
persons named on the enclosed proxy cards shall vote proxies in accordance with their best
judgment.
WHERE TO FIND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
This Proxy Statement does not contain all the information set forth in the annual and
semi-annual reports filed by the Funds as such documents have been filed with the SEC. The SEC
file number of each Fund, which contains the Funds shareholder reports and other filings with the
SEC, is as follows: VKI811-07868; VBF811-02090; VTA811-22043; VPV811-07398; VVR811-08743;
and VGM811-06471.
Each Fund is subject to the informational requirements of the Exchange Act and the 1940 Act
and in accordance therewith, each Fund files reports and other information with the SEC. Reports,
proxy materials, registration statements and other information filed may be inspected without
charge and copied at the public reference facilities maintained by the SEC at Room 1580, 100 F
Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20549. Copies of such material may also be obtained from the Public
Reference Section of the SEC at 100 F Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20549, at the prescribed
rates. The SEC maintains a website at www.sec.gov that contains information regarding the Funds
and other registrants that file electronically with the SEC. Reports, proxy materials and other
information concerning the Funds can also be inspected at the Exchanges.
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EXHIBIT A
Form of Plan of Redomestication
THIS AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF REDOMESTICATION (Agreement) is made as of the ___ day of
________, 2012 by and among (i) each of the Invesco closed-end registered investment companies
identified as a Predecessor Fund on Exhibit A hereto (each a Predecessor Fund); (ii) each of the
Invesco closed-end investment companies identified as a Successor Fund on Exhibit A hereto (each a
Successor Fund); and (iii) Invesco Advisers, Inc. (IAI).
This Agreement contemplates a redomestication of each Predecessor Fund from a Massachusetts
Business Trust, Maryland corporation or Pennsylvania business trust to a Delaware Statutory Trust,
as applicable. For certain Predecessor Funds, such redomestication is the only corporate action
contemplated (referred to herein and identified on Exhibit A as a Redomesticating Fund and,
together, as the Redomesticating Funds). For other Predecessor Funds, the redomestication is the
first step in a two-step transaction that will, subject to approval by shareholders, also involve
the merger of the Successor Fund with another closed-end registered investment company in the
Invesco Fund complex (each such Predecessor Fund whose Successor Fund will participate in such a
merger being referred to herein and identified on Exhibit A as a Merging Fund and, together, as
the Merging Funds) pursuant to a separate Agreement and Plan of Merger (the Merger Agreement).
This Agreement is intended to be and is adopted as a plan of reorganization with respect to
each Reorganization (as defined below) within the meaning of Section 368(a) of the United States
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the Code), and Treasury Regulations Sections
1.368-2(g) and 1.368-3(a), and is intended to effect the reorganization of each Predecessor Fund as
a Successor Fund (each such transaction, a Reorganization and collectively, the
Reorganizations). Each Reorganization will include the transfer of all of the assets of a
Predecessor Fund to the Successor Fund solely in exchange for (1) the assumption by the Successor
Fund of all liabilities of the Predecessor Fund, (2) the issuance by the Successor Fund to the
Predecessor Fund of shares of beneficial interest of the Successor Fund, (3) the distribution of
the shares of beneficial interest of the Successor Fund to the holders of shares of beneficial
interest of the Predecessor Fund according to their respective interests in complete liquidation of
the Predecessor Fund; and (4) the dissolution of the Predecessor Fund as soon as practicable after
the Closing provided for in Section 3.1, all upon and subject to the terms and conditions of this
Agreement hereinafter set forth.
In consideration of the promises and of the covenants and agreements hereinafter set forth,
the parties hereto covenant and agree as follows.
1. TRANSFER OF ASSETS OF THE PREDECESSOR FUNDS IN EXCHANGE FOR ASSUMPTION OF LIABILITIES AND
ISSUANCE OF SUCCESSOR FUND SHARES
1.1. It is the intention of the parties hereto that each Reorganization described herein
shall be conducted separately from the others, and a party that is not a party to a Reorganization
shall incur no obligations, duties or liabilities, and makes no representations, warranties, or
covenants with respect to such Reorganization by reason of being a party to this Agreement. If any
one or more Reorganizations should fail to be consummated, such failure shall not affect the other
Reorganizations in any way.
1.2. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein and on the basis of the
representations and warranties contained herein, each Predecessor Fund agrees to transfer all of
its Assets (as defined in paragraph 1.3) and to assign and transfer all of its liabilities, debts,
obligations, restrictions and duties (whether known or unknown, absolute or contingent, accrued or
unaccrued and including, without limitation, any liabilities of the Predecessor Fund to indemnify
the trustees or officers of the Predecessor Fund or any other persons under the Predecessor Funds
Declaration of Trust or otherwise, and including, without limitation, any liabilities of the
Predecessor Fund under the Merger Agreement) to the corresponding Successor Fund, organized solely
for the purpose of acquiring all of the assets and assuming all of the liabilities of that
Predecessor Fund. Each Successor Fund agrees that in exchange for all of the assets of the
corresponding Predecessor Fund: (1) the Successor Fund shall assume all of the liabilities of such
Predecessor Fund, whether contingent or otherwise and (2) the Successor Fund shall issue common
shares of beneficial interest (together, the Successor Fund Common Shares) and preferred shares
of beneficial interest (together, the Successor Fund Preferred Shares and, together with the
Successor Fund Preferred
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Shares, the Successor Fund Shares) to the Predecessor Fund. The number of Successor Fund
Common Shares issued by the Successor Fund to holders of common shares of the Predecessor Fund will
be identical to the number of shares of common stock of the Predecessor Fund (together, the
Predecessor Fund Common Shares) outstanding on the Valuation Date provided for in paragraph 3.1.
The Successor Fund shall issue Successor Fund Preferred Shares to holders of preferred shares of
the Predecessor Fund (together, Predecessor Fund Preferred Shares and, together with the
Predecessor Fund Common Shares, the Predecessor Fund Shares), if any, having an aggregate
liquidation preference equal to the aggregate liquidation preference of the outstanding Predecessor
Fund Preferred Shares. The terms of the Predecessor Fund Preferred Shares shall be substantially
the same as the terms of the Successor Fund Preferred Shares. Such transactions shall take place
at the Closing provided for in paragraph 3.1.
1.3. The assets of each Predecessor Fund to be acquired by the corresponding Successor Fund
(Assets) shall include all assets, property and goodwill, including, without limitation, all
cash, securities, commodities and futures interests, claims (whether absolute or contingent, known
or unknown, accrued or unaccrued and including, without limitation, any interest in pending or
future legal claims in connection with past or present portfolio holdings, whether in the form of
class action claims, opt-out or other direct litigation claims, or regulator or
government-established investor recovery fund claims, and any and all resulting recoveries),
dividends or interest receivable, and any deferred or prepaid expense shown as an asset on the
books of the Predecessor Fund on the Closing Date.
1.4 On the Closing Date each Predecessor Fund will distribute, in complete liquidation, the
Successor Fund Shares to each Predecessor Fund shareholder, determined as of the close of business
on the Valuation Date, of the corresponding class of the Predecessor Fund pro rata in proportion to
such shareholders beneficial interest in that class and in exchange for that shareholders
Predecessor Fund shares. Such distribution will be accomplished by recording on the books of the
Successor Fund, in the name of each Predecessor Fund shareholder, the number of Successor Fund
Shares representing the pro rata number of Successor Fund Shares received from the Successor Fund
which is due to such Predecessor Fund shareholder. Fractional Successor Fund Shares shall be
rounded to the third place after the decimal point.
1.5. At the Closing, any outstanding certificates representing Predecessor Fund Shares will
be cancelled. The Successor Fund shall not issue certificates representing Successor Fund Common
Shares in connection with such exchange, irrespective of whether Predecessor Fund shareholders hold
their Predecessor Fund Common Shares in certificated form. Ownership of the Successor Fund Common
Shares by each Successor Fund shareholder shall be recorded separately on the books of the
Successor Funds transfer agent.
1.6. The legal existence of each Predecessor Fund shall be terminated as promptly as
reasonably practicable after the Closing Date. After the Closing Date, each Predecessor Fund shall
not conduct any business except in connection with its termination and dissolution and except as
provided in paragraph 1.7 of this Agreement.
1.7. Subject to approval of this Agreement by the requisite vote of the applicable
Predecessor Funds shareholders but before the Closing Date, a duly authorized officer of such
Predecessor Fund shall cause such Predecessor Fund, as the sole shareholder of the corresponding
Successor Fund, to (i) elect the Trustees of the Successor Fund; (ii) ratify the selection of the
Successor Funds independent auditors; (iii) approve the investment advisory and sub-advisory
agreements for the Successor Fund in substantially the same form as the investment advisory and
sub-advisory agreements in effect with respect to the Predecessor Fund immediately prior to the
Closing; and (iv) implement any actions approved by the shareholders of the Predecessor Fund at a
meeting of shareholders scheduled for _______, 2012 (the Shareholder Meeting) including, without
limitation, if applicable, a merger with another closed-end fund in the Invesco Fund complex.
2. VALUATION
2.1. The value of each Predecessor Funds Assets shall be the value of such Assets computed
as of immediately after the close of regular trading on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on the
business day immediately preceding the Closing Date (the Valuation Date), using the Predecessor
Funds valuation procedures established by the Predecessor Funds Board of Directors/Trustees.
2.2. The net asset value per share of Successor Fund Common Shares, and the liquidation
preference of Successor Fund Preferred Shares, together issued in exchange for the Assets of the
corresponding Predecessor Fund,
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shall be equal to the net asset value per share of the Successor Fund Common Shares and the
liquidation preference per share of the Successor Fund Preferred Shares, respectively, on the
Closing Date, and the number of such Successor Fund Shares of each class shall equal the number of
full and fractional Predecessor Fund Shares outstanding on the Closing Date.
3. CLOSING AND CLOSING DATE
3.1. Each Reorganization shall close on ____________, 2012 or such other date as the parties
may agree with respect to any or all Reorganizations (the Closing Date). All acts taking place
at the closing of a Reorganization (the Closing) shall be deemed to take place simultaneously as
of 9:00 a.m., Eastern Time on the Closing Date of that Reorganization unless otherwise agreed to by
the parties (the Closing Time).
3.2. At the Closing each party shall deliver to the other such bills of sale, checks,
assignments, stock certificates, receipts or other documents as such other party or its counsel may
reasonably request.
3.3. Immediately prior to the Closing the Predecessor Fund shall pay all accumulated but
unpaid dividends on the Predecessor Fund Preferred Shares through the date thereof.
4. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
4.1. Each Predecessor Fund represents and warrants to the corresponding Successor Fund as
follows:
4.1.1. At the Closing Date, each Predecessor Fund will have good and marketable title to the
Assets to be transferred to the Successor Fund pursuant to paragraph 1.2, and will have full right,
power and authority to sell, assign, transfer and deliver such Assets hereunder. Upon delivery and
in payment for such Assets, the Successor Fund will acquire good and marketable title thereto
subject to no restrictions on the full transfer thereof, including, without limitation, such
restrictions as might arise under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the 1933 Act), provided
that the Successor Fund will acquire Assets that are segregated as collateral for the Predecessor
Funds derivative positions, including, without limitation, as collateral for swap positions and as
margin for futures positions, subject to such segregation and liens that apply to such Assets;
4.1.2. The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement will have been duly
authorized prior to the Closing Date by all necessary action on the part of the Predecessor Fund
and, subject to the approval of the Predecessor Funds shareholders and the due authorization,
execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Successor Fund and IAI, this Agreement will
constitute a valid and binding obligation of the Predecessor Fund enforceable in accordance with
its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy laws and any other
similar laws affecting the rights and remedies of creditors generally and by equitable principles;
4.1.3. No consent, approval, authorization, or order of any court, governmental authority,
the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) or any stock exchange on which shares of the
Predecessor Fund are listed is required for the consummation by the Predecessor Fund of the
transactions contemplated herein, except such as have been or will be obtained (at or prior to the
Closing Date); and
4.1.4. The Predecessor Fund will have filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
(SEC) proxy materials, which, for the Merging Funds, may be in the form of a proxy
statement/prospectus on Form N-14 (the Proxy Statement), complying in all material respects with
the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Investment Company Act of
1940, as amended (the 1940 Act), the 1933 Act (if applicable) and applicable rules and
regulations thereunder, relating to a meeting of its shareholders to be called to consider and act
upon the Reorganization contemplated herein.
4.2. Each Successor Fund represents and warrants to the corresponding Predecessor Fund as
follows:
4.2.1. At the Closing Time, the Successor Fund will be duly formed as a statutory trust,
validly existing, and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware;
4.2.2 The Successor Fund Shares to be issued and delivered to the Predecessor Fund pursuant
to the terms of this Agreement will, at the Closing Time, have been duly authorized and, when so
issued and delivered, will be duly and validly issued and outstanding and fully paid and
non-assessable by the Successor Fund;
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4.2.3 At the Closing Time, the Successor Fund shall succeed to the Predecessor Funds
registration statement filed under the 1940 Act with the SEC and thus will become duly registered
under the 1940 Act as a closed-end management investment company;
4.2.4 Prior to the Closing Time, the Successor Fund shall not have commenced operations and
there will be no issued and outstanding shares in the Successor Fund, except shares issued by the
Successor Fund to an initial sole shareholder for the purpose of enabling the sole shareholder to
take such actions as are required to be taken by shareholders under the 1940 Act in connection with
establishing a new fund;
4.2.5. The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement will have been duly
authorized prior to the Closing Date by all necessary action on the part of the Successor Fund,
and, subject to the approval of the Predecessor Funds shareholders and the due authorization,
execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Predecessor Fund and IAI, this Agreement will
constitute a valid and binding obligation of the Successor Fund enforceable in accordance with its
terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy laws and any other
similar laws affecting the rights and remedies of creditors generally and by equitable principles;
4.2.6. No consent, approval, authorization, or order of any court, governmental authority,
FINRA or stock exchange on which shares of the Successor Fund are listed is required for the
consummation by the Successor Fund of the transactions contemplated herein, except such as have
been or will be obtained (at or prior to the Closing Date);
4.2.7. The Successor Fund shall use all reasonable efforts to obtain the approvals and
authorizations required by the 1933 Act, the 1940 Act and such state or District of Columbia
securities laws as it may deem appropriate in order to operate after the Closing Date; and
4.2.8 The Successor Fund is, and will be at the Closing Time, a newly created Delaware
statutory trust, without assets (other than seed capital) or liabilities, formed for the purpose of
receiving the Assets of the Predecessor Fund in connection with the Reorganization.
5. CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO OBLIGATIONS OF THE PREDECESSOR FUNDS AND THE SUCCESSOR FUNDS
With respect to each Reorganization, the obligations of the Predecessor Fund and the
corresponding Successor Fund are each subject to the conditions that on or before the Closing Date:
5.1. This Agreement and the transactions contemplated herein shall have been approved by the
Board of Directors/Trustees of each of the Predecessor Fund and the Successor Fund and by the
requisite vote of the Predecessor Funds shareholders;
5.2. All consents of other parties and all other consents, orders and permits of federal,
state and local regulatory authorities (including those of the SEC and of state or District of
Columbia securities authorities) and stock exchanges on which shares of the Funds are, or will be,
listed in accordance with this Agreement deemed necessary by the Predecessor Fund or the Successor
Fund to permit consummation, in all material respects, of the transactions contemplated hereby
shall have been obtained, except where failure to obtain any such consent, order or permit would
not involve a risk of a material adverse effect on the assets or properties of the Predecessor Fund
or the Successor Fund, provided that either party hereto may waive any of such conditions for
itself;
5.3. Prior to or at the Closing, the Successor Fund shall enter into or adopt such agreements
as are necessary for the Successor Funds operation as a closed-end investment company and such
agreements shall be substantially similar to any corresponding agreement of the Predecessor Fund;
and
5.4. The Predecessor Fund and the Successor Fund shall have received on or before the Closing
Date an opinion of Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young, LLP (Stradley Ronon), in form and substance
reasonably acceptable to the Predecessor Fund and the Successor Fund, as to the matters set forth
on Schedule 5.4. In rendering such opinion, Stradley Ronon may request and rely upon
representations contained in certificates of officers of the Predecessor Fund and the Successor
Fund and others, and the officers of the Predecessor Fund and the Successor Fund shall use their
best efforts to make available such truthful certificates.
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6. FEES AND EXPENSES
Each Fund will bear its expenses relating to its Reorganization to the extent that the Funds
total annual fund operating expenses did not exceed the expense limit under the expense limitation
arrangement in place with IAI at the time such expenses were discussed with the Board (the Expense
Cap). The Fund will bear these expenses regardless of whether its Reorganization is consummated.
IAI will bear the Reorganization costs of any Fund that had total annual fund operating expenses
which exceeded the Expense Cap at the time such expenses were discussed with the Board.
Each Successor Fund and corresponding Predecessor Fund represents and warrants to the other
that there are no brokers or finders fees payable in connection with the transactions
contemplated hereby.
7. TERMINATION
With respect to each Reorganization, this Agreement may be terminated by the mutual agreement
of the Predecessor Fund and the corresponding Successor Fund, notwithstanding approval thereof by
the shareholders of the Predecessor Fund, at any time prior to Closing, if circumstances should
develop that, in such parties judgment, make proceeding with this Agreement inadvisable.
8. AMENDMENT
This Agreement may be amended, modified or supplemented in such manner as may be mutually
agreed upon in writing by the parties; provided, however, that following the approval of this
Agreement by any Predecessor Funds shareholders, no such amendment may have the effect of changing
the provisions for determining the number of Successor Fund Shares to be distributed to that
Predecessor Funds shareholders under this Agreement to the detriment of such Predecessor Fund
shareholders without their further approval.
9. HEADINGS; COUNTERPARTS; GOVERNING LAW; ASSIGNMENT; SURVIVAL; WAIVER
9.1. The article and paragraph headings contained in this Agreement are for reference
purposes only and shall not affect in any way the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement.
9.2. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be
deemed an original.
9.3. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the
State of Delaware, without regard to its principles of conflicts of laws.
9.4. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto with
respect to each Predecessor Fund and its corresponding Successor Fund, as applicable, and their
respective successors and assigns. Nothing herein expressed or implied is intended or shall be
construed to confer upon or give any person, firm or corporation other than the applicable
Predecessor Fund and its corresponding Successor Fund and their respective successors and assigns
any rights or remedies under or by reason of this Agreement.
9.5. It is expressly agreed that the obligations of the parties hereunder shall not be
binding upon any of their respective directors, trustees, shareholders, nominees, officers, agents,
or employees personally, but shall bind only the property of the applicable Predecessor Fund or the
applicable Successor Fund as provided in the governing documents of such Funds. The execution and
delivery by such officers shall not be deemed to have been made by any of them individually or to
impose any liability on any of them personally, but shall bind only the property of such party.
9.6. The representations, warranties, covenants and agreements of the parties contained
herein shall not survive the Closing Date.
9.7. Each of the Predecessor Funds and the Successor Funds, after consultation with their
respective counsel and by consent of their respective Board of Directors/Trustees or any officer,
may waive any condition to its obligations hereunder if, in its or such officers judgment, such
waiver will not have a material adverse effect on the interests of the shareholders of the
applicable Predecessor Fund.
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10. NOTICES
Any notice, report, statement or demand required or permitted by any provisions of this
Agreement shall be in writing and shall be given by fax or certified mail addressed to the
Predecessor Fund and the Successor Fund, each at 1555 Peachtree Street, N.E. Atlanta, GA 30309,
Attention: Secretary, fax number _____________.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the parties hereto has caused this Agreement to
be executed by its duly authorized officer.
By:
[______________], a [Massachusetts
business trust][Maryland corporation]
[Pennsylvania business trust]
By:
[_______________], a Delaware statutory trust
Invesco Advisers, Inc.
By: _______________________
Name:
Title:
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EXHIBIT A
CHART OF REDOMESTICATIONS
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Schedule 5.4
Tax Opinion
(i) The acquisition by the Successor Fund of all of the Assets of the Predecessor Fund, as
provided for in the Agreement, in exchange solely for Successor Fund Shares and the assumption by
the Successor Fund of all of the liabilities of the Predecessor Fund, followed by the distribution
by the Predecessor Fund to its shareholders of the Successor Fund Shares in complete liquidation of
the Predecessor Fund, will qualify as a reorganization within the meaning of Section 368(a)(1)(F)
of the Code, and the Predecessor Fund and the Successor Fund each will be a party to the
reorganization within the meaning of Section 368(b) of the Code.
(ii) No gain or loss will be recognized by the Predecessor Fund upon the transfer of all of
its Assets to, and assumption of its liabilities by, the Successor Fund in exchange solely for
Successor Fund Shares pursuant to Section 361(a) and Section 357(a) of the Code.
(iii) No gain or loss will be recognized by the Successor Fund upon the receipt by it of all
of the Assets of the Predecessor Fund in exchange solely for the assumption of the liabilities of
the Predecessor Fund and issuance of the Successor Fund Shares pursuant to Section 1032(a) of the
Code.
(iv) No gain or loss will be recognized by the Predecessor Fund upon the distribution of the
Successor Fund Shares by the Predecessor Fund to its shareholders in complete liquidation (in
pursuance of the Agreement) pursuant to Section 361(c)(1) of the Code.
(v) The tax basis of the Assets of the Predecessor Fund received by the Successor Fund will be
the same as the tax basis of such Assets in the hands of the Predecessor Fund immediately prior to
the transfer pursuant to Section 362(b) of the Code.
(vi) The holding periods of the Assets of the Predecessor Fund in the hands of the Successor
Fund will include the periods during which such Assets were held by the Predecessor Fund pursuant
to Section 1223(2) of the Code.
(vii) No gain or loss will be recognized by the shareholders of the Predecessor Fund upon the
exchange of all of their Predecessor Fund shares solely for the Successor Fund Shares pursuant to
Section 354(a) of the Code.
(viii) The aggregate tax basis of the Successor Fund Shares to be received by each shareholder
of the Predecessor Fund will be the same as the aggregate tax basis of Predecessor Fund shares
exchanged therefor pursuant to Section 358(a)(1) of the Code.
(ix) The holding period of Successor Fund Shares received by a shareholder of the Predecessor
Fund will include the holding period of the Predecessor Fund shares exchanged therefor, provided
that the shareholder held Predecessor Fund shares as a capital asset on the Closing Date pursuant
to Section 1223(1) of the Code.
(x) For purposes of Section 381 of the Code, the Successor Fund will succeed to and take into
account, as of the date of the transfer as defined in Section 1.381(b)-1(b) of the income tax
regulations issued by the United States Department of the Treasury (the Income Tax Regulations),
the items of the Predecessor Fund described in Section 381(c) of the Code as if there had been no
Reorganization.
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EXHIBIT B
Comparison of Laws Massachusetts
The laws governing Massachusetts business trusts and Delaware statutory trusts have similar
effect, but they differ in certain respects. Both the Massachusetts business trust law (MA
Statute) and the Delaware statutory trust act (DE Statute) permit a trusts governing instrument
to contain provisions relating to shareholder rights and removal of trustees, and provide trusts
with the ability to amend or restate the trusts governing instruments. However, the MA Statute is
silent on many of the salient features of a Massachusetts business trust (a MA Trust) whereas the
DE Statute provides guidance and offers a significant amount of operational flexibility to Delaware
statutory trusts (a DE Trust). The DE Statute provides explicitly that the shareholders and
trustees of a Delaware Trust are not liable for obligations of the trust to the same extent as
under corporate law, while under the MA Statute, shareholders and trustees could potentially be
liable for trust obligations. The DE Statute authorizes the trustees to take various actions
without requiring shareholder approval if permitted by a Funds governing instruments. For
example, trustees may have the power to amend the DE Trusts trust instrument, merge or consolidate
a Fund with another entity, and to change the DE Trusts domicile, in each case without a
shareholder vote.
The following is a discussion of only certain material differences between the DE Statute and
MA Statute, as applicable, and is not a complete description of them. Further information about
each Funds current trust structure is contained in such Funds organizational documents and in
relevant state law.
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A DE Trust is formed by the filing of a
certificate of trust with the Delaware
Secretary of State. A DE Trust is an
unincorporated association organized
under the DE Statute whose operations are
governed by its governing document (which
may consist of one or more documents).
Its business and affairs are managed by
or under the direction of one or more
trustees. As described in this chart, DE
Trusts are granted a significant amount
of organizational and operational
flexibility. Delaware law makes it easy
to obtain needed shareholder approvals,
and also permits the management of a DE
Trust to take various actions without
being required to make state filings or
obtain shareholder approval.
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A MA Trust is created by the trustees
execution of a written declaration of
trust. A MA Trust is required to file
the declaration of trust with the
Secretary of the Commonwealth of
Massachusetts and with the clerk of every
city or town in Massachusetts where the
trust has a usual place of business. A
MA Trust is a voluntary association with
transferable shares of beneficial
interests, organized under the MA
Statute. A MA Trust is considered to be
a hybrid, having characteristics of both
corporations and common law trusts. A MA
Trusts operations are governed by a
trust document and bylaws. The business
and affairs of a MA Trust are managed by
or under the direction of a board of
trustees.
MA Trusts are also granted a significant
amount of organizational and operational
flexibility. The MA Statute is silent on
most of the salient features of MA
Trusts, thereby allowing trustees to
freely structure the MA Trust. The MA
Statute does not specify what information
must be contained in the declaration of
trust, nor does it require a registered
officer or agent for service of process. |
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Ownership Shares of
Interest |
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Under both the DE Statute and the MA Statute, the ownership interests in a DE Trust and
MA Trust are denominated as beneficial interests and are held by beneficial owners. |
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Series and Classes
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Under the DE Statute, the governing
document may provide for classes, groups
or series of shares, having such relative
rights, powers and duties as shareholders
set forth in the governing document.
Such classes, groups or series may be
described in a DE Trusts governing
document or in resolutions adopted by its
trustees.
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The MA Statute is silent as to any
requirements for the creation of such
series or classes. |
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Delaware Statutory Trust |
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Massachusetts Business Trust |
Shareholder Voting
Rights
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Under the DE Statute, the governing
document may set forth any provision
relating to trustee and shareholder
voting rights, including the withholding
of such rights from certain trustees or
shareholders. If voting rights are
granted, the governing document may
contain any provision relating to the
exercise of voting rights.
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There is no provision in the MA Statute
addressing voting by the shareholders of
a MA Trust. |
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Quorum
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Under the DE Statute, the governing
document may set forth any provision
relating to quorum requirements at
meetings of shareholders.
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There is no provision in the MA Statute
addressing quorum requirements at
meetings of shareholders of a MA Trust. |
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Shareholder Meetings |
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Neither the DE Statute nor the MA Statute mandates an annual shareholders meeting. |
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Organization of
Meetings |
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Neither the DE Statute nor the MA Statute contain provisions relating to the organization
of shareholder meetings. |
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Record Date
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Under the DE Statute, the governing
document may provide for record dates.
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There is no record date provision in the
MA Statute. |
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Qualification and
Election of
Trustees
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Under the DE Statute, the governing
documents may set forth the manner in
which trustees are elected and qualified.
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The MA Statute does not contain
provisions relating to the election and
qualification of trustees of a MA Trust. |
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Removal of Trustees
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Under the DE Statute, the governing
documents of a DE Trust or MA Trust may
contain any provision relating to the
removal of trustees; provided, however,
that there shall at all times be at least
one trustee of a DE Trust.
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The MA Statute does not contain
provisions relating to the removal of
trustees. |
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Restrictions on
Transfer |
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Neither the DE Statute nor the MA Statute contain provisions relating to the ability of a
DE Trust or MA Trust, as applicable, to restrict transfers of beneficial interests. |
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Preemptive Rights
and Redemption of
Shares |
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Under each of the DE Statute and the MA Statute, a governing document may contain any
provision relating to the rights, duties and obligations of the shareholders. |
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Liquidation Upon
Dissolution or
Termination Events
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Under the DE Statute, a DE Trust that has
dissolved shall first pay or make
reasonable provision to pay all known
claims and obligations, including those
that are contingent, conditional and
unmatured, and all known claims and
obligations for which the claimant is
unknown. Any remaining assets shall be
distributed to the shareholders or as
otherwise provided in the governing
document.
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The MA Statute has no provisions
pertaining to the liquidation of a MA
Trust. |
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Shareholder
Liability
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Under the DE Statute, except to the
extent otherwise provided in the
governing document of a DE Trust,
shareholders of a DE Trust are entitled
to the same limitation of personal
liability extended to shareholders of a
private corporation organized for profit
under the General Corporation Law of the
State of Delaware.
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The MA Statute does not include an
express provision relating to the
limitation of liability of the
shareholders of a MA Trust. The
shareholders of a MA Trust could
potentially be held personally liable for
the obligations of the trust. |
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Trustee/Director
Liability
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Subject to the provisions in the
governing document, the DE Statute
provides that a trustee or any other
person managing the DE Trust, when acting
in such capacity, will not be personally
liable to any person other than the DE
Trust or a shareholder of the DE Trust
for any act, omission or obligation of
the DE Trust or any trustee. To the
extent that at law or in equity a trustee
has duties (including fiduciary duties)
and liabilities to the DE Trust and its
shareholders, such duties and liabilities
may be expanded or restricted by the
governing document.
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The MA Statute does not include an
express provision limiting the liability
of the trustee of a MA Trust. The
trustees of a MA Trust could potentially
be held personally liable for the
obligations of the trust. |
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Delaware Statutory Trust |
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Massachusetts Business Trust |
Indemnification
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Subject to such standards and
restrictions as may be contained in the
governing document of a DE Trust, the DE
Statute authorizes a DE Trust to
indemnify and hold harmless any trustee,
shareholder or other person from and
against any and all claims and demands.
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The MA Statute is silent as to the
indemnification of trustees, officers and
shareholders. |
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Insurance |
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Neither the DE Statute nor the MA Statute contain provisions regarding insurance. |
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Shareholder Right
of Inspection
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Under the DE Statute, except to the
extent otherwise provided in the
governing document of a DE Trust and
subject to reasonable standards
established by the trustees, each
shareholder has the right, upon
reasonable demand for any purpose
reasonably related to the shareholders
interest as a shareholder, to obtain from
the DE Trust certain information
regarding the governance and affairs of
the DE Trust, including a current list of
the name and last known address of each
beneficial owner and trustee. In
addition, the DE Statute permits the
trustees of a DE Trust to keep
confidential from shareholders for such
period of time as deemed reasonable any
information that the trustees in good
faith believe would not be in the best
interest of the DE Trust to disclose or
that could damage the DE Trust or that
the DE Trust is required by law or by
agreement with a third party to keep
confidential.
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There is no provision in the MA Statute
relating to shareholder inspection
rights. |
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Derivative Actions
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Under the DE Statute, a shareholder may
bring a derivative action if trustees
with authority to do so have refused to
bring the action or if a demand upon the
trustees to bring the action is not
likely to succeed. A shareholder may
bring a derivative action only if the
shareholder is a shareholder at the time
the action is brought and: (a) was a
shareholder at the time of the
transaction complained about or (b)
acquired the status of shareholder by
operation of law or pursuant to the
governing document from a person who was
a shareholder at the time of the
transaction. A shareholders right to
bring a derivative action may be subject
to such additional standards and
restrictions, if any, as are set forth in
the governing document.
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There is no provision under the MA
Statute regarding derivative actions. |
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Arbitration of
Claims
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The DE Statute provides flexibility as to
providing for arbitration pursuant to the
governing documents of a DE Trust.
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There is no provision under the MA
Statute regarding arbitration. |
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Amendments to
Governing Documents
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The DE Statute provides broad flexibility
as to the manner of amending and/or
restating the governing document of a DE
Trust. Amendments to the declaration
that do not change the information in the
DE Trusts certificate of trust are not
required to be filed with the Delaware
Secretary of State.
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The MA Statute provides broad flexibility
as to the manner of amending and/or
restating the governing document of a MA
Trust. The MA Statute provides that the
trustees shall, within thirty days after
the adoption of any amendment to the
declaration of trust, file a copy with
the Secretary of the Commonwealth of
Massachusetts and with the clerk of every
city or town in Massachusetts where the
trust has a usual place of business. |
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EXHIBIT C
Comparison of Laws Pennsylvania
The Pennsylvania Business Trust Law (PA Statute) is silent on many of the salient features
of a Pennsylvania business trust (PA Trust), whereas the Delaware statutory trust act (DE
Statute) provides more guidance for Delaware statutory trust (DE Trust) governance issues.
Generally, both statutes provide a significant amount of operational flexibility. The PA Statute
provides that the governing document of the PA Trust may contain provisions relating to any matters
relating to the governance of the Trust. The DE Statute authorizes the trustees to take various
actions without requiring shareholder approval if permitted by a DE Trusts governing document.
For example, trustees may have the power to amend the governing document, merge or consolidate a DE
Trust with another entity and to change the DE Trusts domicile, in each case without a shareholder
vote.
The following is a discussion of only certain material differences between the DE Statute and
the PA Statute as applicable, and is not a complete description of the law. Further information
about each Funds current trust structure is contained in such Funds organizational documents and
in relevant state law.
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Delaware Statutory Trust |
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Pennsylvania Business Law Trust |
Governing Documents/Governing
Body
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A DE Trust is formed by the filing of a certificate
of trust with the Delaware Secretary of State. A DE
Trust is an unincorporated association organized
under the DE Statute whose operations are governed
by its governing document (which may consist of one
or more documents). Its business and affairs are
managed by or under the direction of one or more
trustees. As described in this chart, DE Trusts are
granted a significant amount of organizational and
operational flexibility. Delaware law makes it easy
to obtain needed shareholder approvals, and also
permits the management of a DE Trust to take various
actions without being required to make state filings
or obtain shareholder approval.
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A Pennsylvania business law trust (PA Trust) is
formed by filing a deed of trust and other governing
documents with the Pennsylvania Department of State.
A PA Trust is granted a significant amount of
organizational and operational flexibility. The PA
Statue provides that the governing document of the
PA Trust may contain any provision relating to the
regulation of internal affairs of the PA Trust. |
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Ownership Shares of
Interest
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Under the DE Statute, the ownership interests in a
DE Trust is denominated as beneficial interests
and are held by beneficial owners.
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Under the PA Statute, Shareholders own shares of
beneficial interest. |
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Series and Classes
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Under the DE Statute, the governing document may
provide for classes, groups or series of shares,
having such relative rights, powers and duties as
shareholders set forth in the governing document.
Such classes, groups or series may be described in a
DE Trusts governing document or in resolutions
adopted by its trustees.
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There is no provision in the PA Statute addressing
any requirements for the creation of such series or
classes. |
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Shareholder Voting
Rights
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Under the DE Statute, the governing document may set
forth any provision relating to trustee and
shareholder voting rights, including the withholding
of such rights from certain trustees or
shareholders. If voting rights are granted, the
governing document may contain any provision
relating to the exercise of voting rights.
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There is no provision in the PA Statute addressing
voting by the beneficial owners of a PA Trust. |
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Quorum
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Under the DE Statute, the governing document may set
forth any provision relating to quorum requirements
at meetings of shareholders.
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There is no provision in the PA Statute addressing
quorum requirements. |
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Delaware Statutory Trust |
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Pennsylvania Business Law Trust |
Shareholder Meetings |
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Neither the DE Statute nor the PA Statute mandates an annual shareholders meeting. |
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Organization at
Meetings |
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Neither the DE Statute nor the PA Statute contains provisions relating to the organization of shareholder
meetings. |
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Record Date
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Under the DE Statute, the governing document may
provide for record dates.
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There is no provision in the PA Statute addressing
record date requirements. |
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Qualification and
Election of
Trustees
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Under the DE Statute, the governing document may set
forth the manner in which trustees are elected and
qualified.
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There is no provision in the PA Statute addressing
the qualification and election of Trustees. |
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Removal of Trustees
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Under the DE Statute, the governing documents of a
DE Trust may contain any provision relating to the
removal of trustees; provided, however, that there
shall at all times be at least one trustee of a DE
Trust.
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There is no provision in the PA Statute addressing
the removal of Trustees. |
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Restrictions on
Transfer |
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Neither the DE Statute nor the PA Statute contains provisions relating to restrictions on transfers of
beneficial interests. |
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Preemptive Rights
and Redemption of
Shares
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Under the DE Statute, a governing document may
contain any provision relating to the rights, duties
and obligations of the shareholders.
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There is no provision in the PA Statute addressing
preemptive rights and redemption of shares. |
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Liquidation Upon
Dissolution or
Termination Events
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Under the DE Statute, a DE Trust that has dissolved
shall first pay or make reasonable provision to pay
all known claims and obligations, including those
that are contingent, conditional and unmatured, and
all known claims and obligations for which the
claimant is unknown. Any remaining assets shall be
distributed to the shareholders or as otherwise
provided in the governing document. Under the DE
Statute, a series established in accordance with the
DE Statute that has dissolved shall first pay or
make reasonable provision to pay all known claims
and obligations of the series, including those that
are contingent, conditional and unmatured, and all
known claims and obligations of the series for which
the claimant is unknown. Any remaining assets of
the series shall be distributed to the shareholders
of such series or as otherwise provided in the
governing document. A series is dissolved and its
affairs wound up at the time or upon the happening
events specified in the governing document or as
specified by the DE Statute.
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Under the PA Statute, the governing document may
provide the termination events. Otherwise, a PA
Trust may not be terminated, dissolved or revoked by
a beneficial owner or other person. |
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Delaware Statutory Trust |
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Pennsylvania Business Law Trust |
Shareholder
Liability
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Under the DE Statute, except to the extent otherwise
provided in the governing document of a DE Trust,
shareholders of a DE Trust are entitled to the same
limitation of personal liability extended to
shareholders of a private corporation organized for
profit under the General Corporation Law of the
State of Delaware.
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Under the PA Statute, except as otherwise provided
in the governing document, the beneficiaries of a PA
Trust will be entitled to the same limitation of
personal liability as is extended to shareholders in
a PA business corporation. |
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Trustee/Director
Liability
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Subject to the provisions in the governing document,
the DE Statute provides that a trustee or any other
person managing the DE Trust, when acting in such
capacity, will not be personally liable to any
person other than the DE Trust or a shareholder of
the DE Trust for any act, omission or obligation of
the DE Trust or any trustee. To the extent that at
law or in equity a trustee has duties (including
fiduciary duties) and liabilities to the DE Trust
and its shareholders, such duties and liabilities
may be expanded or restricted by the governing
document.
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Under the PA Statute, except as otherwise provided
in the governing document, the trustees of a PA
Trust are not personally liable to any person for
any act or obligation of the trust or any other
trustee. |
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Indemnification
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Subject to such standards and restrictions as may be
contained in the governing document of a DE Trust,
the DE Statute authorizes a DE Trust to indemnify
and hold harmless any trustee, shareholder or other
person from and against any and all claims and
demands.
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Under the PA Statute, except as otherwise provided
in the governing document, a PA Trust may indemnify
any person who was or is a party or is threatened to
be made a party to any civil, criminal,
administrative or investigative, by reason of the
fact that he/she is or was a representative of the
corporation if he/she acted in good faith and in a
manner he/she reasonably believed to be in, or not
opposed to, the best interests of the corporation. |
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Insurance |
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Neither the DE Statute nor the PA Statute contains provisions relating to the ability of a DE Trust or PA Trust
to purchase insurance on behalf of its trustees or other persons. |
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Shareholder Right
of Inspection
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Under the DE Statute, except to the extent otherwise
provided in the governing document of a DE Trust and
subject to reasonable standards established by the
trustees, each shareholder has the right, upon
reasonable demand for any purpose reasonably related
to the shareholders interest as a shareholder, to
obtain from the DE Trust certain information
regarding the governance and affairs of the DE
Trust, including a current list of the name and last
known address of each beneficial owner and trustee.
In addition, the DE Statute permits the trustees of
a DE Trust to keep confidential from shareholders
for such period of time as deemed reasonable any
information that the trustees in good faith believe
would not be in the best interest of the DE Trust to
disclose or that could damage the DE Trust or that
the DE Trust is required by law or by agreement with
a third party to keep confidential.
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There is no provision in the PA Statute addressing
Shareholder rights of inspection. |
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Delaware Statutory Trust |
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Pennsylvania Business Law Trust |
Derivative Actions
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Under the DE Statute, a shareholder may bring a
derivative action if trustees with authority to do
so have refused to bring the action or if a demand
upon the trustees to bring the action is not likely
to succeed. A shareholder may bring a derivative
action only if the shareholder is a shareholder at
the time the action is brought and: (a) was a
shareholder at the time of the transaction
complained about or (b) acquired the status of
shareholder by operation of law or pursuant to the
governing document from a person who was a
shareholder at the time of the transaction. A
shareholders right to bring a derivative action may
be subject to such additional standards and
restrictions, if any, as are set forth in the
governing
document.
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There is no provision in the PA Statute addressing
derivative actions. |
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Arbitration of
Claims
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The DE Statute provides flexibility as to providing
for arbitration pursuant to the governing documents
of a DE Trust.
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There is no provision in the PA Statute addressing
the arbitration of claims. |
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Amendments to
Governing Documents
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The DE Statute provides broad flexibility as to the
manner of amending and/or restating the governing
document of a DE Trust. Amendments to the
declaration that do not change the information in
the DE Trusts certificate of trust are not required
to be filed with the Delaware Secretary of State.
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Under the PA Statute, the governing document may
provide procedures for amendment of the governing
document. |
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EXHIBIT D
Comparison of Governing Documents
VKI, VVR, and VGM
VKI, VVR, and VGM are each a Massachusetts business trust (each an MA Trust and together,
the MA Trusts). Under Proposal 1, if approved, each MA Trust will reorganize into a newly
formed Delaware statutory trust (a DE Trust). The following is a discussion of certain
provisions of the governing instruments and governing laws of each MA Trust and its corresponding
DE Trust, but is not a complete description thereof. Further information about each Funds
governance structure is contained in the Funds shareholder reports and its governing documents.
Shares. The Trustees of the MA Trusts have the power to issue shares, including preferred
shares, without shareholder approval. The governing documents of the MA Trusts indicate that the
amount of common shares that an MA Trust may issue is unlimited. Preferred shares are limited to
the amount set forth in the Declarations (defined below). Shares of the MA Trusts have no
preemptive rights.
The Trustees of the DE Trusts have the power to issue shares, including preferred shares,
without shareholder approval. The governing documents of the DE Trusts indicate that the amount of
common and preferred shares that a DE Trust may issue is unlimited. Shares of the DE Trusts have
no preemptive rights.
Organization. The MA Trusts are organized as Massachusetts business trusts, under the laws of
the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Each MA Trust is governed by its Declaration of Trust (a
Declaration) and its By-Laws, each as may be amended, and its business and affairs are managed
under the supervision of its Board of Trustees.
Each DE Trust is organized as a Delaware statutory trust pursuant to the Delaware Statutory
Trust Act (Delaware Act). Each DE Trust is governed by its Amended and Restated Agreement and
Declaration of Trust (also, a Declaration and, together with the Declaration of each MA Trust,
the Declarations) and its By-Laws, and its business and affairs are managed under the supervision
of its Board of Trustees.
Composition of the Board of Trustees. The Boards of Trustees of both the MA Trusts and the DE
Trusts are divided into three classes, with the election of each class staggered so that each class
is only up for election once every three years.
Shareholder Meetings and Rights of Shareholders to Call a Meeting. The stock exchanges on
which an MA Trust and DE Trusts shares are currently listed requires annual meetings to elect
trustees.
The governing instruments for each MA Trust provide that special meetings of
shareholders may be called by a majority of the Trustees. In addition, special meetings of
shareholders may also be called by any Trustee upon written request from shareholders holding in
the aggregate not less than 51% of the outstanding common and/or preferred shares, if any
(depending on whether they are voting as a single class or separately).
The By-Laws of the DE Trusts authorize the Trustees to call a meeting of the shareholders for
the election of Trustees. The By-Laws of the DE Trusts also authorize a meeting of shareholders
for any purpose determined by the Trustees. The By-Laws of the DE Trusts state that shareholders
have no power to call a special meeting of shareholders.
Submission of Shareholder Proposals. The MA Trusts do not have provisions in their governing
instruments that require shareholders to provide advance notice to the MA Trusts in order to
present a proposal at a shareholder meeting. Nonetheless, the federal securities laws, which apply
to all of the MA Trusts and the DE Trusts, require that certain conditions be met to present any
proposal at a shareholder meeting.
The matters to be considered and brought before an annual or special meeting of shareholders
of the DE Trusts are limited to only those matters, including the nomination and election of
Trustees, that are properly brought
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before the meeting. For proposals submitted by shareholders, the By-Laws of the DE Trusts contain
provisions which require that notice be given to a DE Trust by an otherwise eligible shareholder in
advance of the annual or special shareholder meeting in order for the shareholder to present a
proposal at any such meeting and requires shareholders to provide certain information in connection
with the proposal. These requirements are intended to provide the Board the opportunity to better
evaluate the proposal and provide additional information to shareholders for their consideration in
connection with the proposal. Failure to satisfy the requirements of these advance notice
provisions means that a shareholder may not be able to present a proposal at the annual or special
shareholder meeting.
In general, for nominations and any other proposals to be properly brought before an annual
meeting of shareholders by a shareholder of a DE Trust, written notice must be delivered to the
Secretary of the DE Trust not less than 90 days, nor more than 120 days, prior to the first
anniversary of the preceding years annual meeting. If the annual meeting is not scheduled to be
held within a period that commences 30 days before such anniversary and ends 30 days after such
anniversary (an Other Annual Meeting Date), the written notice must be delivered by the later of
the 90th day prior to the meeting or the 10th day following the public
announcement or disclosure of the meeting date provided, however, that if the Other Annual Meeting
Date was disclosed in the proxy statement for the prior years annual meeting, the dates for
receipt of the written notice shall be calculated based on the Other Annual Meeting Date and
disclosed in the proxy statement for the prior years annual meeting. If the number of Trustees to
be elected to the Board is increased and either all of the nominees for Trustee or the size of the
increased Board are not publicly announced or disclosed at least 70 days prior to the first
anniversary of the preceding years annual meeting, written notice will be considered timely if
delivered to the Secretary of the DE Trust no later than the 10th date after such public
announcement or disclosure. With respect to the nomination of individuals for election to the
Board of Trustees at a special shareholder meeting, written notice must be delivered by a
shareholder of the DE Trust to the Secretary of the DE Trust no later than the 10th date
after such meeting is publicly announced or disclosed. Specific information, as set forth in the
By-Laws, about the nominee, the shareholder making the nomination, and the proposal must also be
delivered, and updated as necessary if proposed at an annual meeting, by the shareholder of the DE
Trust. The shareholder or a qualified representative must also appear at the annual or special
meeting of shareholders to present about the nomination or proposed business.
Quorum. The governing instruments of the MA Trusts provide that a quorum will exist if
shareholders representing a majority of the outstanding shares of each class or series or combined
class entitled to vote are present at the meeting in person or by proxy.
The By-Laws of each DE Trust provide that a quorum will exist if shareholders representing a
majority of the outstanding shares entitled to vote are present or represented by proxy, except
when a larger quorum is required by applicable law or the requirements of any securities exchange
on which shares are listed for trading, in which case the quorum must comply with such
requirements.
Number of Votes; Aggregate Voting. The governing instruments of the MA Trusts and the
Declaration and By-Laws of the DE Trusts provide that each shareholder is entitled to one vote for
each whole share held as to any matter on which the shareholder is entitled to vote, and a
proportionate fractional vote for each fractional share held. The MA Trusts and the DE Trusts do
not provide for cumulative voting for the election or removal of Trustees.
The governing instruments of the MA Trusts generally provide that all share classes vote by
class or series of the MA Trust, except as otherwise provided by applicable law, the governing
instruments or resolution of the Trustees.
The Declarations for the DE Trusts generally provide that all shares are voted as a single
class, except when required by applicable law, the governing instruments, or when the Trustees have
determined that the matter affects the interests of one or more classes, in which case only the
shareholders of all such affected classes are entitled to vote on the matter.
Derivative Actions. Shareholders of each MA Trust have the power to vote as to whether or not
a court action, proceeding or claim should or should not be brought or maintained derivatively or
as a class action on behalf of the MA Trust or its shareholders. Such shareholders have the power
to vote to the same extent as the stockholders of a Massachusetts corporation.
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The Declarations for the DE Trusts state that a shareholder may bring a derivative action on
behalf of a DE Trust only if several conditions are met. These conditions include, among other
things, a pre-suit demand upon the Board of Trustees and, unless a demand is not required,
shareholders who hold at least a majority of the outstanding shares must join in the demand for the
Board of Trustees to commence an action, and the Board of Trustees must be afforded a reasonable
amount of time to consider such shareholder request and to investigate the basis of the claim.
Right to Vote. The 1940 Act provides that shareholders of a fund have the power to vote with
respect to certain matters: specifically, for the election of trustees, the selection of auditors
(under certain circumstances), approval of investment advisory agreements and plans of
distribution, and amendments to policies, goals or restrictions deemed to be fundamental.
Shareholders also have the right to vote on certain matters affecting a fund or a particular share
class thereof under their respective governing instruments and applicable state law. The following
summarizes the matters on which shareholders have the right to vote as well as the minimum
shareholder vote required to approve the matter. For matters on which shareholders of an MA Trust
or DE Trust do not have the right to vote, the Trustees may nonetheless determine to submit the
matter to shareholders for approval. Where referenced below, the phrase Majority Shareholder
Vote means the vote required by the 1940 Act, which is the lesser of (a) 67% or more of the shares
present at the meeting, if the holders of more than 50% of a funds outstanding shares are present
or represented by proxy; or (b) more than 50% of a funds outstanding shares.
Election and Removal of Trustees. The shareholders of the MA Trusts are entitled to
vote, under certain circumstances, for the election and the removal of Trustees. Subject to the
rights of the preferred shareholders, if any, the Trustees of the MA Trusts are elected by a
plurality vote (i.e., the nominees receiving the greatest number of votes are elected). Any
Trustee of the MA Trusts may be removed at any meeting of shareholders by a vote of two-thirds of
the outstanding shares of the class or classes of shares of beneficial interest that elected such
Trustee.
With regard to the DE Trusts, Trustees are elected by the affirmative vote of a majority of
the outstanding shares of the DE Trust present in person or by proxy and entitled to vote at a
meeting of the shareholders at which a quorum is present. Preferred shareholders, voting as a
separate class, elect at least two Trustees by the affirmative vote of a majority of the
outstanding preferred shares. Under certain circumstances, as set forth by the Trustees in
accordance with the Declaration, holders of preferred shares may elect at least a majority of the
Boards Trustees. The Declaration and By-Laws of the DE Trusts do not provide shareholders with
the ability to remove Trustees.
Amendment of Governing Instruments. Except as described below, the Trustees of the MA
Trusts and DE Trusts have the right to amend, from time to time, the governing instruments. For
the MA Trusts, the Trustees have the power to alter, amend or repeal the By-Laws or adopt new
By-Laws, provided that By-Laws adopted by shareholders may only be altered, amended or repealed by
the shareholders. For the DE Trusts, the By-Laws may be altered, amended, or repealed by the
Trustees, without the vote or approval of shareholders.
For the MA Trusts, the shareholders must vote with respect to any amendment of the Declaration
to the extent provided by the Declaration. The vote required is a majority of the shares of any
class or series present or represented by proxy and entitled to vote at the meeting, except as
otherwise provided by applicable law, the Declaration or resolution of the Trustees specifying a
greater or lesser vote requirement for the transaction of any item of business at any meeting of
shareholders.
For the DE Trusts, the Board generally may amend the Declaration without shareholder approval,
except: (i) any amendment to the Declaration approved by the Board that would reduce the
shareholders rights or declassify the Board to indemnification requires the vote of shareholders
owning at least 75% of the outstanding shares; and (ii) any amendments to the Declaration that
would change shareholder voting rights require the affirmative vote or consent by the Board of
Trustees followed by the affirmative vote or consent of shareholders owning at least 75% of the
outstanding shares, unless such amendments have been previously approved, adopted or authorized by
the affirmative vote of at least 66 2/3% of the Board of Trustees, in which case an affirmative
Majority Shareholder Vote is required (the DE Trusts Voting Standard).
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Mergers, Reorganizations, and Conversions. The governing instruments of the MA Trusts
provide that a merger, consolidation, sale, lease or exchange requires the affirmative vote of not
less than 66 2/3% of the common shares and the preferred shares, if any, outstanding and entitled
to vote, voting as separate classes. If the merger, consolidation, sale, lease or exchange is
recommended by the Trustees, the vote or written consent of the holders of a majority of the common
shares and preferred shares, if any, outstanding and entitled to vote, voting as separate classes,
is sufficient authorization. Conversion to an open-end company is required to be approved by at
least a majority of the Trustees, including those who are not interested persons as defined in the
1940 Act, and a Majority Shareholder Vote of each of the common shares and preferred shareholders,
if any, voting as separate classes. An incorporation or reorganization requires the approval of a
majority of the common shares and preferred shares, if any, outstanding and entitled to vote,
voting as separate classes.
For the DE Trusts, any such merger, consolidation, conversion, reorganization, or
reclassification requires approval pursuant to the DE Trusts Voting Standard. The vote required
is in addition to the vote or consent of shareholders otherwise required by law or by the terms of
any class of preferred shares or any agreement between the Trust and any national securities
exchange.
Principal Shareholder Transactions. The MA Trusts require a vote or consent of 75% of
the common shares or preferred shares, if any, outstanding and entitled to vote, voting as separate
classes, where a principal shareholder of a fund (i.e., any corporation, person or other entity
which is the beneficial owner, directly or indirectly, of more than 5% of the funds outstanding
shares) is the party to certain transactions.
The DE Trusts require a vote pursuant to the DE Trusts Voting Standard for certain principal
shareholder transactions. The vote required is in addition to the vote or consent of shareholders
otherwise required by law or by the terms of any class of preferred shares or any agreement between
the Trust and any national securities exchange.
Termination of a Trust. With respect to the MA Trusts, the affirmative vote of not
less than 75% (66 2/3% for VGM) of the common shares and preferred shares, if any, outstanding and
entitled to vote, voting as separate classes, at any meeting of shareholders, or by an instrument
in writing, without a meeting, signed by a majority of the Trustees and consented to by the holders
of not less than 75% of each of such common shares and preferred shares, is required for
termination of an MA Trust.
To spare shareholders the expense of a shareholder meeting in connection with the dissolution
of a Fund, the DE Trusts may be dissolved upon a vote pursuant to the DE Trusts Voting Standard.
The vote required is in addition to the vote or consent of shareholders otherwise required by law
or by the terms of any class of preferred shares or any agreement between a DE Trust and any
national securities exchange. In addition, if the affirmative vote of at least 75% of the Board
approves the dissolution, shareholder approval is not required.
Liability of Shareholders. The Massachusetts statute governing business trusts does not
include an express provision relating to the limitation of liability of the shareholders of a
Massachusetts business trust. However, the Declarations for the MA Trusts provide that no
shareholder will be personally liable in connection with the acts, obligations or affairs of the MA
Trusts. Consistent with Section 3803 of the Delaware Act, the Declarations of the DE Trusts
generally provide that shareholders will not be subject to personal liability for the acts or
obligations of the DE Trust.
Liability of Trustees and Officers. Consistent with the 1940 Act, the governing instruments
for both the DE Trusts and the MA Trusts generally provide that no Trustee or officer of a DE Trust
and no Trustee, officer, employee or agent of an MA Trust is subject to any personal liability in
connection with the assets or affairs of the DE Trust and the MA Trust and the, respectively,
except for liability arising from his or her own willful misfeasance, bad faith, gross negligence
or reckless disregard of the duties involved in the conduct of the office (Disabling Conduct).
Indemnification. The MA Trusts generally indemnify every person who is or has been a Trustee
or officer of the Trust to the fullest extent permitted by law against all liability and against
all expenses reasonably incurred or paid by them in connection with any claim, action, suit or
proceeding in which they becomes involved as a party or otherwise by virtue of their being or
having been a Trustee or officer and against amounts paid or incurred by them in the settlement
thereof, except otherwise for Disabling Conduct.
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The Trustees, officers, employees or agents of a DE Trust (Covered Persons) are indemnified
by the DE Trust to the fullest extent permitted by the Delaware Act, the By-Laws and other
applicable law. The By-Laws provide that every Covered Person is indemnified by the DE Trust for
expenses, judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred in any
proceeding to which such Covered Person is made a party or is threatened to be made a party, or is
involved as a witness, by reason of the fact that such person is a Covered Person. For proceedings
not by or in the right of the DE Trust (i.e., derivative lawsuits), every Covered Person is
indemnified by the DE Trust for expenses actually and reasonably incurred in the investigation,
defense or settlement in any proceeding to which such Covered Person is made a party or is
threatened to be made a party, or is involved as a witness, by reason of the fact that such person
is a Covered Person. No Covered Person is indemnified for any expenses, judgments, fines, amounts
paid in settlement, or other liability or loss arising by reason of disabling conduct or for any
proceedings by such Covered Person against the Trust. The termination of any proceeding by
conviction, or a plea of nolo contendere or its equivalent, or an entry of an order of probation
prior to judgment, creates a rebuttable presumption that the person engaged in Disabling Conduct.
A DE Trust is indemnified by a common shareholder who brings an action against the Trust for
all costs, expenses, penalties, fines or other amounts arising from such action to the extent that
the shareholder is not the prevailing party. The DE Trust is permitted to redeem shares of and set
off against any distributions to the shareholder for such amounts liable by the shareholder to the
DE Trust.
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VPV
VPV is a Pennsylvania business trust (the PA Trust). Under Proposal 1, if approved, the PA
Trust will reorganize into a newly formed Delaware statutory trust (the DE Trust). The following
is a discussion of certain provisions of the governing instruments and governing laws of the PA
Trust and its DE Trust, but is not a complete description thereof. Further information about each
Funds governance structure is contained in the Funds shareholder reports and its governing
documents.
Shares. The Trustees of the PA Trust have the power to issue shares, including preferred
shares, without shareholder approval. The governing documents of the PA Trust indicates that the
amount of common shares that the PA Trust may issue is unlimited. Preferred shares are limited to
the amount set forth in the Declaration (defined below). Shares of the PA Trust have no preemptive
rights.
The Trustees of the DE Trust have the power to issue shares, including preferred shares,
without shareholder approval. The governing documents of the DE Trust indicates that the amount of
common and preferred shares that the DE Trust may issue is unlimited. Shares of the DE Trust have
no preemptive rights.
Organization. The PA Trust is organized as Pennsylvania business trust, under the laws of the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. The PA Trust is governed by its Declaration of Trust (a
Declaration) and its By-Laws, each as may be amended, and its business and affairs are managed
under the supervision of its Board of Trustees.
The DE Trust is organized as a Delaware statutory trust pursuant to the Delaware Statutory
Trust Act (Delaware Act). The DE Trust is governed by its Amended and Restated Agreement and
Declaration of Trust (also, a Declaration and, together with the Declaration of the PA Trust, the
Declarations) and its By-Laws, and its business and affairs are managed under the supervision of
its Board of Trustees.
Composition of the Board of Trustees. The Boards of Trustees of both the PA Trust and the DE
Trust are divided into three classes, with the election of each class staggered so that each class
is only up for election once every three years.
Shareholder Meetings and Rights of Shareholders to Call a Meeting. The stock exchanges on
which the PA Trust and DE Trusts shares are currently listed requires annual meetings to elect
trustees.
The governing instruments for the PA Trust provide that special meetings of
shareholders may be called by a majority of the Trustees. In addition, special meetings of
shareholders may also be called by any Trustee upon written request from shareholders holding in
the aggregate not less than 51% of the outstanding common and/or preferred shares (depending on
whether they are voting as a single class or separately).
The By-Laws of the DE Trust authorize the Trustees to call a meeting of the shareholders for
the election of Trustees. The By-Laws of the DE Trust also authorize a meeting of shareholders for
any purpose determined by the Trustees. The By-Laws of the DE Trust states that shareholders have
no power to call a special meeting of shareholders.
Submission of Shareholder Proposals. The PA Trust do not have provisions in its governing
instruments that require shareholders to provide advance notice to the PA Trust in order to present
a proposal at a shareholder meeting. Nonetheless, the federal securities laws, which apply to the
PA Trust and the DE Trust, require that certain conditions be met to present any proposal at a
shareholder meeting.
The matters to be considered and brought before an annual or special meeting of shareholders
of the DE Trust are limited to only those matters, including the nomination and election of
Trustees, that are properly brought before the meeting. For proposals submitted by shareholders,
the By-Laws of the DE Trusts contain provisions which require that notice be given to a DE Trust by
an otherwise eligible shareholder in advance of the annual or special shareholder meeting in order
for the shareholder to present a proposal at any such meeting and requires shareholders to provide
certain information in connection with the proposal. These requirements are intended to provide the
Board the opportunity to better evaluate the proposal and provide additional information to
shareholders
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for their consideration in connection with the proposal. Failure to satisfy the requirements of
these advance notice provisions means that a shareholder may not be able to present a proposal at
the annual or special shareholder meeting.
In general, for nominations and any other proposals to be properly brought before an annual
meeting of shareholders by a shareholder of the DE Trust, written notice must be delivered to the
Secretary of the DE Trust not less than 90 days, nor more than 120 days, prior to the first
anniversary of the preceding years annual meeting. If the annual meeting is not scheduled to be
held within a period that commences 30 days before such anniversary and ends 30 days after such
anniversary (an Other Annual Meeting Date), the written notice must be delivered by the later of
the 90th day prior to the meeting or the 10th day following the public
announcement or disclosure of the meeting date provided, however, that if the Other Annual Meeting
Date was disclosed in the proxy statement for the prior years annual meeting, the dates for
receipt of the written notice shall be calculated based on the Other Annual Meeting Date and
disclosed in the proxy statement for the prior years annual meeting. If the number of Trustees to
be elected to the Board is increased and either all of the nominees for Trustee or the size of the
increased Board are not publicly announced or disclosed at least 70 days prior to the first
anniversary of the preceding years annual meeting, written notice will be considered timely if
delivered to the Secretary of the DE Trust no later than the 10th date after such public
announcement or disclosure. With respect to the nomination of individuals for election to the
Board of Trustees at a special shareholder meeting, written notice must be delivered by a
shareholder of the DE Trust to the Secretary of the DE Trust no later than the 10th date
after such meeting is publicly announced or disclosed. Specific information, as set forth in the
By-Laws, about the nominee, the shareholder making the nomination, and the proposal must also be
delivered, and updated as necessary if proposed at an annual meeting, by the shareholder of the DE
Trust. The shareholder or a qualified representative must also appear at the annual or special
meeting of shareholders to present about the nomination or proposed business.
Quorum. The governing instruments of the PA Trust provide that a quorum will exist if
shareholders representing a majority of the outstanding shares of each class or series or combined
class entitled to vote are present at the meeting in person or by proxy.
The By-Laws of the DE Trust provide that a quorum will exist if shareholders representing a
majority of the outstanding shares entitled to vote are present or represented by proxy, except
when a larger quorum is required by applicable law or the requirements of any securities exchange
on which shares are listed for trading, in which case the quorum must comply with such
requirements.
Number of Votes; Aggregate Voting. The governing instruments of the PA Trust and the
Declaration and By-Laws of the DE Trust provide that each shareholder is entitled to one vote for
each whole share held as to any matter on which the shareholder is entitled to vote, and a
proportionate fractional vote for each fractional share held. The PA Trust and the DE Trust do not
provide for cumulative voting for the election or removal of Trustees.
The governing instruments of the PA Trust generally provide that all share classes vote by
class or series of the PA Trust, except as otherwise provided by applicable law, the governing
instruments or resolution of the Trustees.
The Declaration for the DE Trust generally provide that all shares are voted as a single
class, except when required by applicable law, the governing instruments, or when the Trustees have
determined that the matter affects the interests of one or more classes, in which case only the
shareholders of all such affected classes are entitled to vote on the matter.
Derivative Actions. Shareholders of the PA Trust have the power to vote as to whether or not
a court action, proceeding or claim should or should not be brought or maintained derivatively or
as a class action on behalf of the PA Trust or its shareholders. Such shareholders have the power
to vote to the same extent as the stockholders of a Pennsylvania business corporation.
The Declaration for the DE Trust state that a shareholder may bring a derivative action on
behalf of the DE Trust only if several conditions are met. These conditions include, among other
things, a pre-suit demand upon the Board of Trustees and, unless a demand is not required,
shareholders who hold at least a majority of the outstanding
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shares must join in the demand for the Board of Trustees to commence an action, and the Board of
Trustees must be afforded a reasonable amount of time to consider such shareholder request and to
investigate the basis of the claim.
Right to Vote. The 1940 Act provides that shareholders of a fund have the power to vote with
respect to certain matters: specifically, for the election of trustees, the selection of auditors
(under certain circumstances), approval of investment advisory agreements and plans of
distribution, and amendments to policies, goals or restrictions deemed to be fundamental.
Shareholders also have the right to vote on certain matters affecting a fund or a particular share
class thereof under their respective governing instruments and applicable state law. The following
summarizes the matters on which shareholders have the right to vote as well as the minimum
shareholder vote required to approve the matter. For matters on which shareholders of the PA Trust
or the DE Trust do not have the right to vote, the Trustees may nonetheless determine to submit the
matter to shareholders for approval. Where referenced below, the phrase Majority Shareholder
Vote means the vote required by the 1940 Act, which is the lesser of (a) 67% or more of the shares
present at the meeting, if the holders of more than 50% of a funds outstanding shares are present
or represented by proxy; or (b) more than 50% of a funds outstanding shares.
Election and Removal of Trustees. The shareholders of the PA Trust are entitled to
vote, under certain circumstances, for the election and the removal of Trustees. Subject to the
rights of the preferred shareholders, the Trustees of the PA Trust are elected by a plurality vote
(i.e., the nominees receiving the greatest number of votes are elected). Any Trustee of the PA
Trust may be removed at any meeting of shareholders by a vote of two-thirds of the outstanding
shares of the class or classes of shares of beneficial interest that elected such Trustee.
With regard to the DE Trust, Trustees are elected by the affirmative vote of a majority of the
outstanding shares of the DE Trust present in person or by proxy and entitled to vote at a meeting
of the shareholders at which a quorum is present. Preferred shareholders, voting as a separate
class, elect at least two Trustees by the affirmative vote of a majority of the outstanding
preferred shares. Under certain circumstances, as set forth by the Trustees in accordance with
Declaration, holders of preferred shares may elect at least a majority of the Boards Trustees.
The Declaration and By-Laws of the DE Trust do not provide shareholders with the ability to remove
Trustees.
Amendment of Governing Instruments. Except as described below, the Trustees of the PA
Trust and DE Trust have the right to amend, from time to time, the governing instruments. For the
PA Trust, the Trustees have the power to alter, amend or repeal the By-Laws or adopt new By-Laws,
provided that By-Laws adopted by shareholders may only be altered, amended or repealed by the
shareholders. For the DE Trust, the By-Laws may be altered, amended, or repealed by the Trustees,
without the vote or approval of shareholders.
For the PA Trust, the shareholders must vote with respect to any amendment of the Declaration
to the extent provided by the Declaration. The vote required is a majority of the shares of any
class or series present or represented by proxy and entitled to vote at the meeting, except as
otherwise provided by applicable law, the Declaration or resolution of the Trustees specifying a
greater or lesser vote requirement for the transaction of any item of business at any meeting of
shareholders.
For the DE Trust, the Board generally may amend the Declaration without shareholder approval,
except: (i) any amendment to the Declaration approved by the Board that would reduce the
shareholders rights or declassify the Board to indemnification requires the vote of shareholders
owning at least 75% of the outstanding shares; and (ii) any amendments to the Declaration that
would change shareholder voting rights require the affirmative vote or consent by the Board of
Trustees followed by the affirmative vote or consent of shareholders owning at least 75% of the
outstanding shares, unless such amendments have been previously approved, adopted or authorized by
the affirmative vote of at least 66 2/3% of the Board of Trustees, in which case an affirmative
Majority Shareholder Vote is required (the DE Trusts Voting Standard).
Mergers, Reorganizations, and Conversions. The governing instruments of the PA Trust
provide that a merger, consolidation, sale, lease or exchange requires the affirmative vote of not
less than 66 2/3% of the common shares and the preferred shares outstanding and entitled to vote,
voting as separate classes. If the merger, consolidation, sale, lease or exchange is recommended
by the Trustees, the vote or written consent of the holders of a majority of the common and
preferred shares outstanding and entitled to vote, voting as separate classes, is
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sufficient authorization. Conversion to an open-end company is required to be approved by at
least a majority of the Trustees, including those who are not interested persons as defined in the
1940 Act, and a Majority Shareholder Vote of each of the common and preferred shareholders, voting
as separate classes. An incorporation or reorganization requires the approval of a majority of the
common and preferred shares outstanding and entitled to vote, voting as separate classes.
For the DE Trust, any such merger, consolidation, conversion, reorganization, or
reclassification requires approval pursuant to the DE Trusts Voting Standard. The vote required
is in addition to the vote or consent of shareholders otherwise required by law or by the terms of
any class of preferred shares or any agreement between the Trust and any national securities
exchange.
Principal Shareholder Transactions. The PA Trust requires a vote or consent of 75% of
the common or preferred shares outstanding and entitled to vote, voting as separate classes, where
a principal shareholder of a fund (i.e., any corporation, person or other entity which is the
beneficial owner, directly or indirectly, of more than 5% of the funds outstanding shares) is the
party to certain transactions.
The DE Trust require a vote pursuant to the DE Trusts Voting Standard for certain principal
shareholder transactions. The vote required is in addition to the vote or consent of shareholders
otherwise required by law or by the terms of any class of preferred shares or any agreement between
the Trust and any national securities exchange.
Termination of the Trust. With respect to the PA Trust, the affirmative vote of not
less than 75% of the common and preferred shares outstanding and entitled to vote, voting as
separate classes, at any meeting of shareholders, or by an instrument in writing, without a
meeting, signed by a majority of the Trustees and consented to by the holders of not less than 75%
of each of such common shares and preferred shares, is required for the termination of the PA
Trust.
To spare shareholders the expense of a shareholder meeting in connection with the dissolution
of a fund, the DE Trust may be dissolved upon a vote pursuant to the DE Trusts Voting Standard.
The vote required is in addition to the vote or consent of shareholders otherwise required by law
or by the terms of any class of preferred shares or any agreement between the DE Trust and any
national securities exchange. In addition, if the affirmative vote of at least 75% of the Board
approves the dissolution, shareholder approval is not required.
Liability of Shareholders. Consistent with Section 3803 of the Delaware Act and Section 9506
of the Pennsylvania statute governing business trusts, the Declaration of the PA Trust and the DE
Trust generally provides that shareholders will not be subject to personal liability for the acts
or obligations of the DE Trust.
Liability of Trustees and Officers. Consistent with the 1940 Act, the governing instruments
for both the DE Trust and the PA Trust generally provide that no Trustee or officer of the DE Trust
and no Trustee, officer, employee or agent of the PA Trust is subject to any personal liability in
connection with the assets or affairs of the DE Trust and the PA Trust, respectively, except for
liability arising from his or her own willful misfeasance, bad faith, gross negligence or reckless
disregard of the duties involved in the conduct of the office (Disabling Conduct).
Indemnification. The PA Trust generally indemnifies every person who is or has been a Trustee
or officer of the Trust to the fullest extent permitted by law against all liability and against
all expenses reasonably incurred or paid by them in connection with any claim, action, suit or
proceeding in which they becomes involved as a party or otherwise by virtue of their being or
having been a Trustee or officer and against amounts paid or incurred by them in the settlement
thereof, except otherwise for Disabling Conduct.
The Trustees, officers, employees or agents of the DE Trust (Covered Persons) are
indemnified by the DE Trust to the fullest extent permitted by the Delaware Act, the By-Laws and
other applicable law. The By-Laws provide that every Covered Person is indemnified by the DE Trust
for expenses, judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred in
any proceeding to which such Covered Person is made a party or is threatened to be made a party, or
is involved as a witness, by reason of the fact that such person is a Covered Person. For
proceedings not by or in the right of the DE Trust (i.e., derivative lawsuits), every Covered
Person is indemnified by the DE Trust for expenses actually and reasonably incurred in the
investigation, defense or
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settlement in any proceeding to which such Covered Person is made a party or is threatened to be
made a party, or is involved as a witness, by reason of the fact that such person is a Covered
Person. No Covered Person is indemnified for any expenses, judgments, fines, amounts paid in
settlement, or other liability or loss arising by reason of disabling conduct or for any
proceedings by such Covered Person against the Trust. The termination of any proceeding by
conviction, or a plea of nolo contendere or its equivalent, or an entry of an order of probation
prior to judgment, creates a rebuttable presumption that the person engaged in Disabling Conduct.
A DE Trust is indemnified by any common shareholder who brings an action against the Trust for
all costs, expenses, penalties, fines or other amounts arising from such action to the extent that
the shareholder is not the prevailing party. The DE Trust is permitted to redeem shares of and set
off against any distributions to the shareholder for such amounts liable by the shareholder to the
DE Trust.
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VBF and VTA
VBF and VTA are each a Delaware statutory trust (each a DE Trust and together, the DE
Trusts). Under Proposal 2, if approved, each DE Trust will adopt a new Amended and Restated
Agreement and Declaration of Trust (the New Declaration). The following is a discussion of
certain provisions of the existing Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust (the Current
Declaration) compared with the New Declaration, as well as a discussion and comparison, if
applicable, of the other governing documents and governing laws of the DE Trusts, but is not a
complete description thereof. Further information about each Funds governance structure is
contained in the Funds shareholder reports and its governing documents.
Shares. Under the Current Declarations, the Trustees of the DE Trusts have the power to issue
shares, including shares that have rights and powers senior or subordinate to other shares with
regard to VBF and preferred shares with regard to VTA, without shareholder approval. The current
governing documents of the DE Trusts indicate that the amount of shares that the DE Trust may issue
is unlimited. Shares of the DE Trusts have no preemptive rights.
Under the New Declarations, the Trustees of the DE Trusts have the power to issue shares,
including preferred shares, without shareholder approval. The new governing documents of the DE
Trusts indicate that the amount of common and preferred shares that a DE Trust may issue is
unlimited. Shares of the DE Trusts will continue to have no preemptive rights.
Organization. The DE Trusts are organized as Delaware statutory trusts pursuant to the
Delaware Statutory Trust Act (Delaware Act). Each DE Trust is governed by its Declaration and
its By-Laws, each as may be amended, and its business and affairs are managed under the supervision
of its Board of Trustees.
Composition of the Board of Trustees. Under the Current Declarations and the New
Declarations, the Boards of Trustees of the DE Trusts are divided into three classes, with the
election of each class staggered so that each class is only up for election once every three years.
Under the New Declarations, any Trustee of a DE Trust who is standing for reelection, but who
fails to receive a quorum or sufficient votes, may continue to serve for the full term of office
for the class to which the Trustee was seeking to be elected.
Shareholder Meetings and Rights of Shareholders to Call a Meeting. The DE Trusts are required
to hold annual shareholder meetings under their current governing documents. Similarly, under the
new governing documents, the DE Trusts are required to hold annual shareholder meetings to elect
trustees. Under the current governing documents and the new governing documents, the stock
exchanges on which the DE Trusts shares are currently listed requires annual meetings to elect
trustees.
The current governing documents for each DE Trust provide that meetings of
shareholders may be called by the Chairman, the President or a majority of the Trustees and
whenever election of a Trustee or Trustees is required by the provisions of the 1940 Act. In
addition, meeting of shareholders shall also be called by the Trustees when requested in writing by
shareholders holding at least 10% of the shares then outstanding for the purpose of voting upon
removal of any Trustee, or if the Trustees shall fail to call or give notice of any such meeting of
Shareholders for a period of 30 days after such application, then shareholders holding at least ten
percent 10% of the Shares then outstanding may call and give notice of such meeting.
The new By-Laws of the DE Trusts authorize the Trustees to call a meeting of the shareholders
for the election of Trustees. The new By-Laws of the DE Trusts also authorize a meeting of
shareholders for any purpose determined by the Trustees. The new By-Laws of the DE Trusts state
that shareholders have no power to call a special meeting of shareholders.
Submission of Shareholder Proposals. The DE Trusts do not have provisions in their current
governing documents that require shareholders to provide advance notice to the DE Trust in order to
present a proposal at a shareholder meeting. Nonetheless, the federal securities laws, which apply
to the DE Trust, require that certain conditions be met to present any proposal at a shareholder
meeting.
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Under the new governing documents, the matters to be considered and brought before an annual
or special meeting of shareholders of the DE Trusts are limited to only those matters, including
the nomination and election of Trustees, that are properly brought before the meeting. For
proposals submitted by shareholders, the new By-Laws of the DE Trusts contain provisions which
require that notice be given to a DE Trust by an otherwise eligible shareholder in advance of the
annual or special shareholder meeting in order for the shareholder to present a proposal at any
such meeting and requires shareholders to provide certain information in connection with the
proposal. These requirements are intended to provide the Board the opportunity to better evaluate
the proposal and provide additional information to shareholders for their consideration in
connection with the proposal. Failure to satisfy the requirements of these advance notice
provisions means that a shareholder may not be able to present a proposal at the annual or special
shareholder meeting.
In general, under the new governing documents, for nominations and any other proposals to be
properly brought before an annual meeting of shareholders by a shareholder of a DE Trust, written
notice must be delivered to the Secretary of the DE Trust not less than 90 days, nor more than 120
days, prior to the first anniversary of the preceding years annual meeting. If the annual meeting
is not scheduled to be held within a period that commences 30 days before such anniversary and ends
30 days after such anniversary (an Other Annual Meeting Date), the written notice must be
delivered by the later of the 90th day prior to the meeting or the 10th day
following the public announcement or disclosure of the meeting date provided, however, that if the
Other Annual Meeting Date was disclosed in the proxy statement for the prior years annual meeting,
the dates for receipt of the written notice shall be calculated based on the Other Annual Meeting
Date and disclosed in the proxy statement for the prior years annual meeting. If the number of
Trustees to be elected to the Board is increased and either all of the nominees for Trustee or the
size of the increased Board are not publicly announced or disclosed at least 70 days prior to the
first anniversary of the preceding years annual meeting, written notice will be considered timely
if delivered to the Secretary of the DE Trust no later than the 10th date after such
public announcement or disclosure. With respect to the nomination of individuals for election to
the Board of Trustees at a special shareholder meeting, written notice must be delivered by a
shareholder of the DE Trust to the Secretary of the DE Trust no later than the 10th date
after such meeting is publicly announced or disclosed. Specific information, as set forth in the
new By-Laws, about the nominee, the shareholder making the nomination, and the proposal must also
be delivered, and updated as necessary if proposed at an annual meeting, by the shareholder of the
DE Trust. The shareholder or a qualified representative must also appear at the annual or special
meeting of shareholders to present about the nomination or proposed business.
Quorum. The current governing documents of the DE Trusts provide that a quorum is a majority
of the shares entitled to vote.
The new By-Laws of each DE Trust provide that a quorum will exist if shareholders representing
a majority of the outstanding shares entitled to vote are present or represented by proxy, except
when a larger quorum is required by applicable law or the requirements of any securities exchange
on which shares are listed for trading, in which case the quorum must comply with such
requirements.
Number of Votes; Aggregate Voting. The current governing documents and the new governing
documents of the DE Trusts provide that each shareholder is entitled to one vote for each whole
share held as to any matter on which the shareholder is entitled to vote, and a proportionate
fractional vote for each fractional share held. The current governing documents and the new
governing documents do not provide for cumulative voting for the election or removal of Trustees.
The Current Declarations for the DE Trusts generally provide that all shares are voted as a
single class, except when required by applicable law, the 1940 Act, or when the Trustees determine
that the vote affects only the rights and interests of a specific class.
The New Declarations for the DE Trusts generally provide that all shares are voted as a single
class, except when required by applicable law, the new governing documents, or when the Trustees
have determined that the matter affects the interests of one or more classes, in which case only
the shareholders of all such affected classes are entitled to vote on the matter.
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Derivative Actions. Under the current governing documents, shareholders of each DE Trust have
the power to vote to the same extent as the stockholders of a Delaware business corporation as to
whether or not a court action, proceeding or claim should or should not be brought or maintained
derivatively or as a class action on behalf of the DE Trust or any class, or the shareholders of
any of them (provided, however, that a shareholder of a particular class shall not in any event be
entitled to maintain a derivative or class action on behalf of any other class or the shareholders
thereof).
The New Declarations for the DE Trusts state that a shareholder may bring a derivative action
on behalf of a DE Trust only if several conditions are met. These conditions include, among other
things, a pre-suit demand upon the Board of Trustees and, unless a demand is not required,
shareholders who hold at least a majority of the outstanding shares must join in the demand for the
Board of Trustees to commence an action, and the Board of Trustees must be afforded a reasonable
amount of time to consider such shareholder request and to investigate the basis of the claim.
Right to Vote. The 1940 Act provides that shareholders of a fund have the power to vote with
respect to certain matters: specifically, for the election of trustees, the selection of auditors
(under certain circumstances), approval of investment advisory agreements and plans of
distribution, and amendments to policies, goals or restrictions deemed to be fundamental.
Shareholders also have the right to vote on certain matters affecting a fund or a particular share
class thereof under their respective governing instruments and applicable state law. The following
summarizes the matters on which shareholders have the right to vote as well as the minimum
shareholder vote required to approve the matter. For matters on which shareholders of a DE Trust
do not have the right to vote, the Trustees may nonetheless determine to submit the matter to
shareholders for approval. Where referenced below, the phrase Majority Shareholder Vote means
the vote required by the 1940 Act, which is the lesser of (a) 67% or more of the shares present at
the meeting, if the holders of more than 50% of a funds outstanding shares are present or
represented by proxy; or (b) more than 50% of a funds outstanding shares.
Election and Removal of Trustees. Under the current governing documents, the
shareholders of the DE Trusts are entitled to vote, under certain circumstances, for the election
and the removal of Trustees. A vote for the election of Trustees shall be decided by a Majority
Shareholder Vote. Any Trustee of the DE Trusts may be removed by a vote of shareholders holding a
majority of the shares cast at any meeting called for that purpose, or by a written declaration
signed by the shareholders holding not less than a majority of the shares of the DE Trust.
Preferred shareholders of VTA owning of record a plurality of the preferred shares voting as a
class at an annual meeting of the shareholders or special meeting called for such purpose, shall
elect at least two Trustees at all times. Preferred shareholders may also elect a majority of
Trustees if dividends on the preferred shares have been unpaid for an amount equal to two full
years of dividends.
With regard to the new governing documents, Trustees are elected by the affirmative vote of a
majority of the outstanding shares of the DE Trust present in person or by proxy and entitled to
vote at a meeting of the shareholders at which a quorum is present. Preferred shareholders, voting
as a separate class, elect at least two Trustees by the affirmative vote of a majority of
the outstanding preferred shares. Under certain circumstances, as set forth by the Trustees in
accordance with the New Declarations, holders of preferred shares may elect at least a majority of
the Boards Trustees. The New Declarations and new By-Laws of the DE Trusts do not provide
shareholders with the ability to remove Trustees.
Amendment of Governing Instruments. Except as described below, under the current
governing documents and the new governing documents, the Trustees of the DE Trusts have the right
to amend, from time to time, the governing instruments. The current By-Laws of the DE Trusts may
be altered, amended or repealed, in whole or in part, at any time by vote of the holders of a
majority of shareholders, outstanding and entitled to vote, or by the Board. The new By-Laws of
the DE Trusts may be altered, amended, or repealed by the Trustees, without the vote or approval of
shareholders.
With respect to any amendment of the Current Declarations that adversely affects the rights of
shareholders, Board approval and a separate vote of shareholders of the majority of the shares of
the Trust or classes entitled to vote at the meeting is required. Other amendments to the
provisions of the Current Declarations must be approved by the Board except as otherwise set forth
in the Current Declarations.
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The Board generally may amend the Declaration without shareholder approval, except: (i) any
amendment to the New Declarations approved by the Board that would reduce the shareholders rights
or declassify the Board to indemnification requires the vote of shareholders owning at least 75%
of the outstanding shares; and (ii) any amendments to the New Declarations that would change
shareholder voting rights require the affirmative vote or consent by the Board of Trustees followed
by the affirmative vote or consent of shareholders owning at least 75% of the outstanding shares,
unless such amendments have been previously approved, adopted or authorized by the affirmative vote
of at least 66 2/3% of the Board of Trustees, in which case an affirmative Majority Shareholder
Vote is required (the New Declarations Voting Standard).
Mergers, Reorganizations, and Conversions. The current governing instruments of the
DE Trusts provide that a consolidation, merger, or sale of the DE Trust requires the affirmative
vote of not less than three-fourths of the outstanding shares of each class entitled to be cast.
If the consolidation, merger, or sale is recommended by two-thirds of the Trustees, a majority of
the aggregate number of votes entitled to be cast is sufficient authorization. A reorganization or
incorporation requires a Majority Shareholder Vote.
The new governing instruments of the DE Trusts provide that any such merger, consolidation,
conversion, reorganization, or reclassification requires approval pursuant to the New Declarations
Voting Standard. The vote required is in addition to the vote or consent of shareholders otherwise
required by law or by the terms of any class of preferred shares or any agreement between the Trust
and any national securities exchange.
Principal Shareholder Transactions. A principal shareholder of a fund is any
corporation, person or other entity which is the beneficial owner, directly or indirectly, of more
than 5% of the funds outstanding shares. The current governing documents of the DE Trusts do not
require a separate vote for a transaction where a principal shareholder is the party to the
transaction.
The new governing documents of the DE Trusts require a vote pursuant to the New Declarations
Voting Standard for certain principal shareholder transactions. The vote required is in addition
to the vote or consent of shareholders otherwise required by law or by the terms of any class of
preferred shares or any agreement between the Trust and any national securities exchange.
Termination of a Trust. With respect to the current governing documents of the DE
Trusts, Board approval, subject to the affirmative vote of not less than a majority of the shares
outstanding and entitled to vote at any meeting of shareholders, or by an instrument in writing
without a meeting, consented to by the holders of not less than a majority of such shares, is
required for termination of the DE Trust.
To spare shareholders the expense of a shareholder meeting in connection with the dissolution
of a fund, the new governing documents of the DE Trusts may be dissolved upon a vote pursuant to
the New Declarations Voting Standard. The vote required is in addition to the vote or consent of
shareholders otherwise required by law or by the terms of any class of preferred shares or any
agreement between a DE Trust and any national securities exchange. In addition, if the affirmative
vote of at least 75% of the Board approves the dissolution, shareholder approval is not required.
Liability of Shareholders. Consistent with Section 3803 of the Delaware Act, the Current
Declarations and New Declarations generally provide that shareholders will not be subject to
personal liability for the acts or obligations of the DE Trusts.
Liability of Trustees and Officers. Consistent with the 1940 Act, the current governing
instruments and the new governing instruments for the DE Trusts generally provide that no Trustee
or officer of a DE Trust is subject to any personal liability in connection with the assets or
affairs of the DE Trust, except for liability arising from his or her own willful misfeasance, bad
faith, gross negligence or reckless disregard of the duties involved in the conduct of the office
(Disabling Conduct).
Indemnification. Under the current governing documents, the DE Trusts generally indemnify
every person who is a Trustee, officer, employee and agent (Covered Persons) against all
liability and against all expenses reasonably incurred or paid by them in connection with the
defense or disposition of any action, suit or proceeding in which they become involved as a party
or otherwise by virtue of their being or having been a Trustee or
officer, director or trustee and against amounts paid or incurred by them in the settlement thereof, except
otherwise for Disabling Conduct.
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The Covered Persons under the new governing documents of the DE Trusts are indemnified by the
DE Trust to the fullest extent permitted by the Delaware Act, the new By-Laws and other applicable
law. The new By-Laws provide that every Covered Person is indemnified by the DE Trust for
expenses, judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred in any
proceeding to which such Covered Person is made a party or is threatened to be made a party, or is
involved as a witness, by reason of the fact that such person is a Covered Person. For proceedings
not by or in the right of the DE Trust (i.e., derivative lawsuits), every Covered Person is
indemnified by the DE Trust for expenses actually and reasonably incurred in the investigation,
defense or settlement in any proceeding to which such Covered Person is made a party or is
threatened to be made a party, or is involved as a witness, by reason of the fact that such person
is a Covered Person. No Covered Person is indemnified for any expenses, judgments, fines, amounts
paid in settlement, or other liability or loss arising by reason of disabling conduct or for any
proceedings by such Covered Person against the Trust. The termination of any proceeding by
conviction, or a plea of nolo contendere or its equivalent, or an entry of an order of probation
prior to judgment, creates a rebuttable presumption that the person engaged in Disabling Conduct.
A DE Trust is indemnified by a common shareholder who brings an action against the Trust for
all costs, expenses, penalties, fines or other amounts arising from such action to the extent that
the shareholder is not the prevailing party. The DE Trust is permitted to redeem shares of and set
off against any distributions to the shareholder for such amounts liable by the shareholder to the
DE Trust.
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EXHIBIT E
Form of Amended and Restated Agreement and Declaration of Trust
AMENDED AND RESTATED AGREEMENT AND DECLARATION OF TRUST of Invesco [Van Kampen]___________ is
made the ____ day of ________, 2012 by the parties signatory hereto, as Trustees, and by each
person who becomes a Shareholder in accordance with the terms hereinafter set forth;
WHEREAS the Trust was formed on _______________ by the filing of a Certificate of Trust with the
office of the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware pursuant to a Declaration of Trust, dated
as of _________ (the Original Declaration);
WHEREAS the Trust has been formed to carry on the business of a closed-end management investment
company as defined in the 1940 Act;
WHEREAS the Trustees have agreed to manage all property coming into their hands as trustees of a
Delaware statutory trust in accordance with the provisions of the Delaware Statutory Trust Act, as
amended from time to time, and the provisions hereinafter set forth; and
WHEREAS pursuant to the provisions of the Original Declaration, the Board of Trustees desires to
amend and restate the Original Declaration in the manner hereinafter set forth.
NOW, THEREFORE, the Trustees hereby declare that:
(i) the Original Declaration is amended and restated in its entirety in the manner hereinafter set
forth;
(ii) they will hold all cash, securities and other assets that they may from time to time acquire
in any manner as Trustees hereunder IN TRUST to manage and dispose of the same upon the following
terms and conditions for the benefit of the holders from time to time of Shares as hereinafter set
forth; and
(iii) this Amended and Restated Agreement and Declaration of Trust and the Bylaws shall be binding
in accordance with their terms on every Trustee, by virtue of having become a Trustee of the Trust,
and on every Shareholder, by virtue of having become a Shareholder of the Trust, pursuant to the
terms of this Agreement and the Bylaws.
ARTICLE I
NAME, DEFINITIONS, PURPOSE AND CERTIFICATE OF TRUST
Section 1.1 Name. The name of the statutory trust is Invesco [Van Kampen] ____________, and the
Trustees may transact the Trusts affairs in that name or any other name as the Board of Trustees
may from time to time designate. The Trust shall constitute a Delaware statutory trust in
accordance with the Delaware Act.
Section 1.2 Offices of the Trust. The Board may at any time establish offices of the Trust at any
place or places where the Trust intends to do business.
Section 1.3 Registered Agent and Registered Office. The name of the registered agent of the Trust
and the address of the registered office of the Trust are as set forth in the Certificate of Trust.
Section 1.4 Definitions. Whenever used herein, unless otherwise required by the context or
specifically provided in the Governing Instrument:
(a) Affiliated Person, Commission, Company, Person, and Principal Underwriter shall have
the meanings given them in the 1940 Act, as modified by or interpreted by any applicable order or
orders of the Commission or any rules or regulations adopted or interpretive releases of the
Commission thereunder;
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(b) Agreement means this Amended and Restated Agreement and Declaration of Trust, as it may be
amended or amended, restated or supplemented, including without limitation, supplements relating to
Preferred Shares, if any, from time to time;
(c) Board of Trustees or Board shall mean the governing body of the Trust, that is comprised of
the number of Trustees of the Trust fixed from time to time pursuant to Article III hereof, having
the powers and duties set forth herein;
(d) Bylaws means the Bylaws of the Trust as amended from time to time by the Trustees;
(e) Certificate of Trust shall mean the certificate of trust of the Trust filed on April 2, 2012
with the office of the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware as required under the Delaware
Act, as such certificate may be amended or restated from time to time;
(f) class or class of Shares refers to the division of Shares into two or more classes as
provided in Section 2.1;
(g) Code means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time, and the
regulations promulgated thereunder.
(h) Covered Person means a person who is or was a Trustee, officer, employee or agent of the
Trust, or is or was serving at the request of the Trustees as a director, trustee, partner,
officer, employee or agent of another foreign or domestic corporation, trust, partnership, joint
venture or other enterprise;
(i) Delaware Act refers to the Delaware Statutory Trust Act, 12 Del. C. § 3801 et seq., as such
Act may be amended from time to time;
(j) Governing Instrument means collectively, this Agreement, the Bylaws, and any instrument or
resolution establishing preferred shares, all amendments to this Agreement and the Bylaws, all
written committee and sub-committee charters adopted by the Trustees, and every resolution of the
Trustees or any committee or sub-committee of the Trustees that by its terms is incorporated by
reference into this Agreement or stated to constitute part of the Trusts Governing Instrument, in
each case as of the date of the adoption of each such resolution or amendment or modification
thereto;
(k) Majority Shareholder Vote means the vote of a majority of the outstanding voting securities
(as defined in the 1940 Act) of the Trust with each class of Shares voting together as a single
class, except to the extent the 1940 Act or the Governing Instrument requires the separate vote of
one or more classes of Shares, in which case the applicable proportion of such classes of Shares
voting as a separate class, as the case may be, will be required;
(l) Majority Trustee Vote means the vote of a majority of the Trustees then in office;
(m) 1933 Act means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended from time to time, and the rules
promulgated thereunder;
(n) 1940 Act means the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended from time to time, and the
rules promulgated thereunder;
(o) Record Owner means, as of any particular time, a record owner of Shares of the Trust shown on
the books of the Trust or the Trusts transfer agent as then issued and outstanding at such time;
(p) Registration Statement means a registration statement of the Trust relating to Shares filed
with the Commission under the 1933 Act and/or the 1940 Act, and all amendments to such registration
statement, as in effect from time to time. The effective date of a Registration Statement shall
be the date on which such Registration Statement (and any amendments thereto) is declared effective
by the Commission, or becomes effective pursuant to the 1933 Act and/or the 1940 Act;
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(q) series or series of Shares refers to the designation of Shares into one or more series as
provided in Section 2.1;
(r) Shareholder means, as of any particular time, an owner of Shares, whether beneficially or of
record, of the Trust;
(s) Shares means the transferable units of beneficial interest into which the beneficial interest
in the Trust shall be divided from time to time and includes fractions of Shares as well as whole
Shares. All references to Shares shall be deemed to be Shares of any or all series or classes as
the context may require;
(t) Trust means Invesco [Van Kampen]_______________, the Delaware statutory trust formed under
the Original Declaration, as amended and restated by this Agreement, and by filing of the
Certificate of Trust with the office of the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware and
governed by this Agreement, as such instruments may be further amended, restated or supplemented
from time to time;
(u) Trust Property means any and all property, real or personal, tangible or intangible, which is
owned or held by or for the account of the Trust, or by the Trustees on behalf of the Trust; and
(v) Trustees means the natural persons who have signed this Agreement as trustees so long as they
shall continue to serve as trustees of the Trust in accordance with the terms hereof, and all other
natural persons who may from time to time be duly appointed as Trustee in accordance with the
provisions of Section 3.4, or elected as Trustee by the Shareholders, and reference herein to a
Trustee or to the Trustees shall refer to such natural persons in their capacity as Trustees
hereunder.
In this Agreement or in any amended, restated or supplemented Agreement, references to this
Agreement, and all expressions like herein, hereof, and hereunder, shall be deemed to refer
to this Agreement as amended, restated or supplemented. All expressions like his, he, and
him, shall be deemed to include the feminine and neuter, as well as masculine, genders.
Section 1.5 Purpose. The purpose of the Trust is to conduct, operate and carry on the business of
a closed-end management investment company registered under the 1940 Act investing primarily in
securities and other financial instruments or property, and to carry on such other business as the
Trustees may from time to time determine pursuant to their authority under this Agreement.
ARTICLE II
SHARES OF BENEFICIAL INTEREST
Section 2.1 Shares of Beneficial Interest.
(a) The Trustees may, without Shareholder approval, authorize one or more classes of Shares (which
classes may be designated as one or more series), with Shares of each such class or series having
such par value and such preferences, voting powers, terms of redemption, if any, and special or
relative rights or privileges (including conversion rights, if any) as the Trustees may determine.
Subject to applicable law, the Trustees may, without Shareholder approval, authorize the Trust to
issue subscription or other rights representing interests in Shares to existing Shareholders or
other persons subject to such terms and conditions as the Trustees may determine. The number of
Shares of each class or series authorized shall be unlimited, and, unless otherwise provided in the
Governing Instrument, the Shares so authorized may be represented in part by fractional shares.
The Trustees may without Shareholder approval from time to time divide or combine the Shares of any
class or series into a greater or lesser number without thereby changing the proportionate
beneficial interest in the class or series. All Shares issued hereunder, including without
limitation, Shares issued in connection with a dividend or other distribution in Shares or a split
or reverse split of shares, when issued on the terms determined by the Trustees, shall be fully
paid and nonassessable.
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(b) The Shares shall initially be designated as one class, a class of an unlimited number of common
Shares, no par value (the Common Shares), having the powers, preferences, rights, qualifications,
limitations and restrictions described below. The Trust may also, from time to time, issue a class
of an unlimited number of preferred Shares, (the Preferred Shares), having such par value,
powers, preferences, rights, qualifications, limitations and restrictions as shall be set forth in
a written instrument or resolution or resolutions adopted by the Trustees. Following the issuance
of Preferred Shares, when no Preferred Shares or series of Preferred Shares remain outstanding, the
Trustees shall adopt a resolution eliminating such Preferred Shares or Preferred Shares of the
applicable series, subject to the right of the Trustees to issue Preferred Shares or Preferred
Shares of a series pursuant to a future resolution or resolutions. To the extent that the Trustees
authorize and issue Preferred Shares, they are hereby authorized and empowered to amend, restate or
supplement this Agreement as they deem necessary or appropriate, including to comply with the
requirements of the 1940 Act or requirements imposed by the rating agencies or other Persons, all
without the approval of Shareholders. Any such supplement, restatement or amendment shall be
filed as is necessary.
(c) Shareholders shall have no power to vote on any matter except matters on which a vote of
Shareholders is required by the 1940 Act or the Governing Instrument.
(d) Subject to any Board resolution establishing and designating a class of Shares, Shareholders
shall have no preemptive or other right to subscribe for new or additional authorized, but unissued
Shares or other securities issued by the Trust.
(e) Subject to the rights of the holders of Preferred Shares, if any, dividends or other
distributions, when, as and if declared by the Board, shall be shared equally by the holders of
Common Shares on a share for share basis. Subject to the rights of the holders of Preferred
Shares, if any, in the event of the termination of the Trust, the holders of the Common Shares
shall be entitled to receive pro rata the net distributable assets of the Trust.
(f) Any Trustee, officer or other agent of the Trust, and any organization in which any such Person
has an economic or other interest, may acquire, own, hold and dispose of Shares in the Trust,
whether such Shares are authorized but unissued, or already outstanding, to the same extent as if
such Person were not a Trustee, officer or other agent of the Trust; and the Trust may issue and
sell and may purchase such Shares from any such Person or any such organization, subject to the
limitations, restrictions or other provisions applicable to the sale or purchase of such shares
herein, the 1940 Act and other applicable law.
Section 2.2 Other Securities. The Trustees may, subject to the requirements of the 1940 Act and
the Governing Instrument, authorize and issue such other securities of the Trust as they determine
to be necessary, desirable or appropriate, having such terms, rights, preferences, privileges,
limitations and restrictions as the Trustees see fit, including debt securities or other senior
securities. The Trustees are also authorized to take such actions and retain such Persons as they
see fit to offer and sell such securities.
Section 2.3 Personal Liability of Shareholders. No Shareholder of the Trust shall be personally
liable for the debts, liabilities, obligations and expenses incurred by, contracted for, or
otherwise existing with respect to, the Trust. Neither the Trust nor the Trustees, nor any
officer, employee, or agent of the Trust shall have any power to bind personally any Shareholder or
to call upon any Shareholder for the payment of any sum of money or assessment whatsoever other
than (i) such as the Shareholder may at any time personally agree to pay by way of subscription for
any Shares or otherwise, or (ii) any indemnification payment owed to the Trust by the Shareholder
pursuant to Section 8.5. The Shareholders shall be entitled, to the fullest extent permitted by
applicable law, to the same limitation of personal liability as is extended under the Delaware
General Corporation Law to stockholders of private corporations for profit.
Section 2.4 Derivative Actions. In addition to the requirements set forth in Section 3816 of the
Delaware Act, a Shareholder or Shareholders may bring a derivative action on behalf of the Trust
only if the following conditions are met:
(a) The Shareholder or Shareholders must make a pre-suit demand upon the Board of Trustees to
bring the subject action unless an effort to cause the Board of Trustees to bring such an action is
not likely to succeed. For purposes of this Section 2.4, a demand on the Board of Trustees shall
be deemed not likely to
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succeed and therefore excused only if a majority of the Board of Trustees, or a majority of any
committee established to consider the merits of such action, is composed of Trustees who are not
independent trustees (as such term is defined in the Delaware Act).
(b) Unless a demand is not required under Section 2.4(a), Shareholders eligible to bring such
derivative action under the Delaware Act who hold at least a majority of the outstanding Shares of
the Trust shall join in the demand for the Board of Trustees to commence such action; and
(c) Unless a demand is not required under Section 2.4(a), the Board of Trustees must be
afforded a reasonable amount of time to consider such Shareholder request and to investigate the
basis of such claim. The Board of Trustees shall be entitled to retain counsel or other advisors
in considering the merits of the demand and shall require an undertaking by the Shareholders making
such demand to reimburse the Trust for the fees and expense of any such counsel or other advisors
and other out of pocket expenses of the Trust, in the event that the Board of Trustees determines
not to bring such action. The Trust is hereby permitted to redeem or repurchase Shares of any
Shareholder liable to the Trust under this Section 2.4(c) at a value determined by the Board of
Trustees in accordance with the 1940 Act and other applicable law, and to set off against and
retain any distributions otherwise payable to any Shareholder liable to the Trust under this
Section 2.4(c), in payment of amounts due hereunder.
For purposes of this Section 2.4, the Board of Trustees may designate a committee of one
Trustee to consider a Shareholder demand if necessary to create a committee with a majority of
Trustees who are independent trustees (as such term in defined in the Delaware Act).
Section 2.5 Assent to Agreement. Every Shareholder, by virtue of having purchased a Share, shall
be held to have expressly assented to, and agreed to be bound by, the terms hereof. The death,
incapacity, dissolution, termination, or bankruptcy of a Shareholder during the continuance of the
Trust shall not operate to terminate the Trust nor entitle the representative of any deceased
Shareholder to an accounting or to take any action in court or elsewhere against the Trust or the
Trustees, but only to rights of said deceased, incapacitated, dissolved, terminated or bankrupt
Shareholder under the Governing Instrument. Ownership of Shares shall not entitle the Shareholder
to any title in or to the whole or any part of the Trust Property or right to call for a partition
or division of the same or for an accounting, nor shall the ownership of Shares constitute the
Shareholders as partners.
Section 2.6 Disclosure of Holding. The Shareholders or holders of other securities of the Trust
shall upon demand disclose to the Trustees in writing such information with respect to direct or
indirect ownership of Shares or other securities of the Trust as the Trustees deem to be (i) in the
best interests of the Trust or (ii) necessary to comply with the provisions of the Code, the 1940
Act or other applicable laws or regulations, or to comply with the requirements of any other taxing
or regulatory authority or stock exchange on which the Shares are listed for trading.
ARTICLE III
THE TRUSTEES
Section 3.1 Management of the Trust.
(a) The Trustees shall have exclusive and absolute control over the Trust Property and over the
business of the Trust to the same extent as if the Trustees were the sole owners of the Trust
Property and business in their own right, but with such powers of delegation as may be permitted by
this Agreement.
(b) The Trustees shall have power to conduct the business of the Trust and carry on its operations
in any and all of its branches and maintain offices both within and without the State of Delaware,
in any and all states of the United States of America, in the District of Columbia, in any and all
commonwealths, territories, dependencies, colonies, or possessions of the United States of America,
and in any and all foreign jurisdictions and to do all such other things and execute all such
instruments as they deem necessary, proper or desirable in order to promote the interests of the
Trust although such things are not herein specifically mentioned.
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(c) The enumeration of any specific power in this Agreement shall not be construed as limiting the
aforesaid power. The powers of the Trustees may be exercised without order of or resort to any
court or other authority.
Section 3.2 Number of Trustees. The Board shall consist of such number of trustees as shall be
fixed from time to time by a majority of the Trustees; provided, however, that the number of
trustees shall in no event be less than two (2) nor more than eleven (11) ; and provided further
that the number of trustees shall be increased automatically to such number as is required to
effectuate Section 3.4(b). The natural persons who have executed this Agreement shall be the
Trustees as of the date hereof.
Section 3.3 Classes of Trustees; Terms of Office of Trustees.
(a) The Board of Trustees shall be divided into three classes. The number of Trustees in each
class, and the individual Trustees assigned to each class, shall be determined by resolution of the
Board of Trustees.
(b) The terms of office for each class of Trustees shall be determined as follows:
(1) The term of office of the first class shall expire on the date of the first annual meeting of
Shareholders, or special meeting in lieu thereof at which Trustees are elected;
(2) The term of office of the second class shall expire on the date of the second annual meeting of
Shareholders or special meeting in lieu thereof at which Trustees are elected, following the date
hereof;
(3) The term of office of the third class shall expire on the date of the third annual meeting of
Shareholders or special meeting in lieu thereof at which Trustees are elected, following the date
hereof; and
(4) Upon expiration of the term of office of each class as set forth above, the number of Trustees
in such class, as determined by the Board of Trustees, shall be elected to succeed the Trustees
whose terms of office expire for a term expiring on the date of the third annual meeting of
Shareholders, or special meeting in lieu thereof at which Trustees are elected, following such
expiration. The term of any Trustee standing for re-election who fails to receive sufficient votes
to be elected to office due to a lack of quorum or a failure to receive the required Shareholder
vote set forth in Section 3.4 shall continue for successive one year terms until such Trustee is
duly elected, at which time such Trustee shall serve the remainder of the term of office for the
class to which such Trustee was originally elected.
(c) Each Trustee elected shall hold office until his or her successor shall have been elected at a
meeting of Shareholders called for the purpose of electing Trustees and shall have qualified,
except that:
(1) Any Trustee may resign as trustee or may retire by written instrument signed by such Trustee
and delivered to the other Trustees, which shall take effect upon such delivery or upon such later
date as is specified therein;
(2) Any Trustee may be removed at any time, with or without cause, by written instrument signed by
at least 75% of the number of Trustees prior to such removal, specifying the date when such removal
shall become effective; provided that from the date hereof through June 30, 2013, such instrument
shall be signed by at least eighty percent (80%) of the number of Trustees prior to such removal;
(3) Any Trustee who has died, become physically or mentally incapacitated by reason of disease or
otherwise, or is otherwise unable to serve, may be retired by written instrument signed by a
majority of the other Trustees, specifying the date of his retirement; and
(4) A Trustee shall be retired in accordance with the terms of any retirement policy adopted by at
least 75% of the Trustees and in effect from time to time.
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Section 3.4 Election, Vacancies and Appointment of Trustees.
(a) Except as set forth in Section 3.4(b), Trustees shall be elected by the affirmative vote of a
majority of the outstanding Shares of the Trust present in person or by proxy and entitled to vote
at an annual meeting of Shareholders (or special meeting in lieu thereof at which Trustees are
elected) at which a quorum is present.
(b) At any time that Preferred Shares are issued and outstanding:
(1) Two (2) Trustees shall at all times have been elected by the holders of Preferred Shares,
voting as a separate class, or in the event of a vacancy of a Trustee so elected, appointed by the
Board for such purpose in accordance with the terms of the Governing Instrument; and
(2) The two Trustees to be elected solely by the holders of Preferred Shares shall be elected by
the affirmative vote of a majority of the outstanding Preferred Shares present in person or by
proxy and entitled to vote at an annual meeting of Shareholders (or special meeting in lieu thereof
at which Trustees are elected) at which a quorum is present, voting as a separate class, and the
remaining Trustees shall be elected by the Common Shares and Preferred Shares voting together as
provided in Section 3.4(a) above.
(3) The Preferred Shareholders voting as a separate class shall elect at least a majority of the
Trustees, and the number of Trustees shall be fixed automatically to such increased number that is
the smallest number that, when added to the two Trustees elected exclusively by the holders of
Preferred Shares, would constitute a majority of the Board of Trustees as so increased, during any
period that holders of Preferred Shares are entitled to elect a majority of the Trustees of the
Fund pursuant to the designations and powers, preferences and rights, and the qualifications,
limitations and restrictions of the Preferred Shares as set forth by the Trustees in accordance
with this Agreement (a voting period). Upon termination of a Voting Period, the voting rights
described in this subparagraph 3.4(b)(3) shall cease and the terms of the additional Trustees
elected pursuant to this Section 3.4(b)(3) shall immediately terminate; subject always, however, to
the revesting of such voting rights upon the further occurrence of any of the events described in
this subparagraph 3.4(b)(3).
(c) In case of the declination to serve, death, resignation, retirement or removal of a Trustee, or
a Trustee is otherwise unable to serve, or an increase in the size of the Board, a vacancy shall
occur. Whenever a vacancy in the Board of Trustees shall occur, until such vacancy is filled, the
other Trustees shall have all the powers hereunder and the determination of the other Trustees of
such vacancy shall be conclusive. In the case of any vacancy, the remaining Trustees may fill such
vacancy by appointing such other person as they in their discretion shall see fit, or may leave
such vacancy unfilled or may reduce the size of the Board to not less than two (2) Trustees. A
Trustee appointed to fill any such vacancy shall serve for the remainder of the term commensurate
with the class to which the person is appointed. Such appointment shall be evidenced by a written
instrument signed by a majority of the Trustees in office or by resolution of the Board of
Trustees, duly adopted, which shall be recorded in the minutes of a meeting of the Trustees,
whereupon the appointment shall take effect.
(d) An appointment of a Trustee may be made by the Trustees then in office in anticipation of a
vacancy to occur by reason of retirement, resignation, or removal of a Trustee, or an increase in
the size of the Board effective at a later date, provided that said appointment shall become
effective only at the time or after the expected vacancy occurs.
(e) As soon as any Trustee appointed pursuant to this Section 3.4 or elected by the Shareholders
shall have accepted the Trust and agreed in writing to be bound by the terms of the Agreement, the
Trust estate shall vest in the new Trustee or Trustees, together with the continuing Trustees,
without any further act or conveyance, and he shall be deemed a Trustee hereunder.
Section 3.5 Temporary Absence of Trustee. Any Trustee may, by power of attorney, delegate his
power for a period not exceeding six months at any one time to any other Trustee or Trustees,
provided that in no case shall less than two Trustees personally exercise the other powers
hereunder except as herein otherwise expressly provided.
Section 3.6 Effect of Death, Resignation, etc. of a Trustee. The declination to serve, death,
resignation, retirement, removal, incapacity, or inability of the Trustees, or any one of them,
shall not operate to terminate the Trust or to revoke any existing agency created pursuant to the
terms of this Agreement.
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Section 3.7 Ownership of Assets of the Trust. The assets of the Trust shall be held separate and
apart from any assets now or hereafter held in any capacity other than as Trustee hereunder by the
Trustees or any successor Trustees. Legal title in all of the assets of the Trust and the right to
conduct any business shall at all times be considered as vested in the Trust, except that the
Trustees may cause legal title to any Trust Property to be held by or in the name of one or more of
the Trustees, or in the name of any Person as nominee.
Section 3.8 Legal Standard. The Trustees shall be subject to the same fiduciary duties to which
the directors of a Delaware corporation would be subject if the Trust were a Delaware corporation,
the Shareholders were shareholders of such Delaware corporation and the Trustees were directors of
such Delaware corporation, and such modified duties shall replace any fiduciary duties to which the
Trustees would otherwise be subject. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, all actions
and omissions of the Trustees shall be evaluated under the doctrine commonly referred to as the
business judgment rule, as defined and developed under Delaware law, to the same extent that the
same actions or omissions of directors of a Delaware corporation in a substantially similar
circumstance would be evaluated under such doctrine. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the provisions
of the Governing Instrument, to the extent that they modify, restrict or eliminate the duties
(including fiduciary duties), and liabilities relating thereto, of a Trustee otherwise applicable
under the foregoing standard or otherwise existing at law (statutory or common) or in equity, are
agreed by each Shareholder and the Trust to replace such duties and liabilities of such Trustee
under the foregoing standard or otherwise existing at law (statutory or common) or in equity.
Section 3.9 Other Business Interests. The Trustees shall devote to the affairs of the Trust such
time as may be necessary for the proper performance of their duties hereunder, but neither the
Trustees nor the officers, directors, shareholders, partners or employees of the Trustees, if any,
shall be expected to devote their full time to the performance of such duties. The Trustees, or
any Affiliated Person, shareholder, officer, director, partner or employee thereof, or any Person
owning a legal or beneficial interest therein, may engage in, or possess an interest in, any
business or venture other than the Trust, of any nature and description, independently or with or
for the account of others. None of the Trust or any Shareholder shall have the right to
participate or share in such other business or venture or any profit or compensation derived
therefrom.
ARTICLE IV
POWERS OF THE TRUSTEES
Section 4.1 Powers. The Trustees in all instances shall act as principals, and are and shall be
free from the control of the Shareholders. The Trustees shall have full power and authority to do
any and all acts and to make and execute any and all contracts and instruments that they may
consider necessary or appropriate in connection with the management of the Trust.
(a) Without limiting the foregoing and subject to any applicable limitation in the Governing
Instrument or applicable law, the Trustees shall have power and authority:
(1) To invest and reinvest cash and other property, and to hold cash or other property uninvested,
without in any event being bound or limited by any present or future law or custom in regard to
investments by Trustees, and to sell, exchange, lend, pledge, mortgage, hypothecate, write options
on, distribute and otherwise deal with and lease any or all of the assets of the Trust;
(2) To operate as, and to carry on the business of, an investment company, and to exercise all the
powers necessary and appropriate to the conduct of such operations;
(3) To borrow money and in this connection issue notes or other evidence of indebtedness; to secure
borrowings by mortgaging, pledging or otherwise subjecting as security the Trust Property; to
endorse, guarantee, or undertake the performance of an obligation or engagement of any other Person
and to lend Trust Property;
(4) To provide for the distribution of Shares either through a principal underwriter in the manner
hereafter provided for or by the Trust itself, or both, or otherwise pursuant to an underwriting
agreement of any kind;
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(5) To adopt Bylaws not inconsistent with this Agreement providing for the conduct of the business
of the Trust and to amend and repeal them all without a vote of the Shareholders; such Bylaws shall
be deemed incorporated and included in the Governing Instrument;
(6) To elect and remove such officers and appoint and terminate such agents as they consider
appropriate;
(7) To employ one or more banks, trust companies or companies that are members of a national
securities exchange or such other domestic or foreign entities as custodians of any assets of the
Trust subject to any conditions set forth in this Agreement or in the Bylaws;
(8) To retain one or more transfer agents and shareholder servicing agents;
(9) To set record dates in the manner provided herein or in the Bylaws;
(10) To delegate such authority as they consider desirable to any officers of the Trust and to any
investment adviser, manager, administrator, custodian, underwriter or other agent or independent
contractor;
(11) To sell or exchange any or all of the assets of the Trust, subject to the right of
Shareholders, if any, to vote on such transaction pursuant to Section 6.1;
(12) To vote or give assent, or exercise any rights of ownership, with respect to stock or other
securities or property; and to execute and deliver proxies and powers of attorney to such person or
persons as the Trustees shall deem proper, granting to such person or persons such power and
discretion with relation to securities or property as the Trustee shall deem proper;
(13) To exercise powers and rights of subscription or otherwise that in any manner arise out of
ownership of securities;
(14) To hold any security or property in a form not indicating any trust, whether in bearer, book
entry, unregistered or other negotiable form; or either in the name of the Trust or a custodian or
a nominee or nominees, subject in either case to proper safeguards according to the usual practice
of Delaware statutory trusts or investment companies;
(15) To consent to or participate in any plan for the reorganization, consolidation or merger of
any corporation or concern, with respect to any security which is held in the Trust; to consent to
any contract, lease, mortgage, purchase, or sale of property by such corporation or concern, and to
pay calls or subscriptions with respect to any security held in the Trust;
(16) To compromise, arbitrate, or otherwise adjust claims in favor of or against the Trust or any
matter in controversy including, but not limited to, claims for taxes;
(17) To declare and pay dividends and make distributions of income and of capital gains and capital
to Shareholders in the manner hereinafter provided;
(18) To repurchase Shares from time to time as permitted by applicable law, upon such terms and
conditions as the Trustees shall establish;
(19) To establish one or more committees or sub-committees, to delegate any of the powers of the
Trustees to said committees or sub-committees and to adopt a written charter for one or more of
such committees or sub-committees governing its membership, duties and operations and any other
characteristics as the Trustees may deem proper, each of which committees and sub-committees may
consist of less than the whole number of Trustees then in office, and may be empowered to act for
and bind the Trustees and the Trust as if the acts of such committee or sub-committee were the acts
of all the Trustees then in office;
(20) To interpret the investment policies, practices or limitations of the Trust;
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(21) To establish a registered office and have a registered agent in the State of Delaware;
(22) To enter into joint ventures, general or limited partnerships, limited liability companies,
and any other combinations and associations; and
(23) In general, to carry on any other business in connection with or incidental to any of the
foregoing powers, to do everything necessary, suitable or proper for the accomplishment of any
purpose or the attainment of any object or the furtherance of any power hereinbefore set forth,
either alone or in association with others, and to do every other act or thing incidental or
appurtenant to or growing out of or connected with the aforesaid business or purposes, objects or
powers.
(b) The foregoing clauses of Section 4.1(a) shall be construed both as objects and powers, and the
foregoing enumeration of specific powers shall not be held to limit or restrict in any manner the
general powers of the Trustees.
(c) Any action by one or more of the Trustees in their capacity as such hereunder shall be deemed
an action on behalf of the Trust, and not an action in an individual capacity.
(d) The Trustees shall not be limited to investing in obligations maturing before the possible
termination of the Trust.
(e) No one dealing with the Trustees shall be under any obligation to make any inquiry concerning
the authority of the Trustees, or to see to the application of any payments made or property
transferred to the Trustees or upon their order.
Section 4.2 Issuance and Repurchase of Shares. The Trustees shall have the power to issue, sell,
repurchase, redeem, retire, cancel, acquire, hold, resell, reissue, dispose of, and otherwise deal
in Shares and, subject to the provisions set forth in Articles II and VII hereof, to apply to any
such repurchase, redemption, retirement, cancellation or acquisition of Shares any funds or
property of the Trust with respect to which such Shares are issued.
Section 4.3 Action by the Trustees. Except as otherwise set forth herein, the Board of Trustees or
any committee or sub-committee thereof shall act by majority vote of those present at a meeting
duly called as set forth in the Bylaws at which a quorum required by the Bylaws is present. Any
action that may be taken by the Board of Trustees or any committee or sub-committee thereof by
majority vote at a meeting duly called and at which a quorum required by the Bylaws is present, may
also be taken by written consent of at least seventy-five percent (75%) of the Trustees or members
of the committee or sub-committee, as the case may be, without a meeting, provided that the writing
or writings are filed with the minutes of proceedings of the Board or committee or sub-committee.
Written consents or waivers of the Trustees may be executed in one or more counterparts. Any
written consent or waiver may be provided and delivered to the Trust by any means by which notice
may be given to a Trustee. Subject to the requirements of the Governing Instrument and the 1940
Act, the Trustees by Majority Trustee Vote may delegate to any Trustee or Trustees or committee or
sub-committee of Trustees, officer or officers of the Trust or any agent of the Trust authority to
approve particular matters or take particular actions on behalf of the Trust; provided that if an
action of the Trustees requires a vote greater than a Majority Trustee Vote, such greater vote
shall be required to delegate such action to any Trustee or Trustees or committee or sub-committee
of Trustees.
Section 4.4 Principal Transactions. Subject to Article IX, the Trustees may, on behalf of the
Trust, buy any securities from or sell any securities to, or lend any assets of the Trust to, any
Trustee or officer of the Trust or any firm of which any such Trustee or officer is a member acting
as principal, or have any such dealings with any investment adviser, underwriter, or transfer agent
for the Trust or with any Affiliated Person of such Person; and the Trust may employ any such
Person, or firm or Company in which such Person is an Affiliated Person, as broker, legal counsel,
registrar, investment adviser, underwriter, administrator, transfer agent, dividend disbursing
agent, custodian, or in any capacity upon customary terms, subject in all cases to applicable laws,
rules, and regulations and orders of regulatory authorities.
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Section 4.5 Payment of Expenses by the Trust. The Trustees are authorized to pay or cause to be
paid out of the principal or income of the Trust, or partly out of the principal and partly out of
income, all expenses, fees, charges, taxes and liabilities incurred or arising in connection with
the Trust, or in connection with the management thereof, including, but not limited to, the
Trustees compensation and such expenses and charges for the services of the Trusts officers,
employees, investment adviser and manager, administrator, principal underwriter, auditors, counsel,
custodian, transfer agent, shareholder servicing agent, and such other agents or independent
contractors and such other expenses and charges as the Trustees may deem necessary or proper to
incur.
Section 4.6 Trustee Compensation. The Trustees as such shall be entitled to reasonable
compensation from the Trust. They may fix the amount of their compensation. Nothing herein shall
in any way prevent the employment of any Trustee for advisory, management, administrative, legal,
accounting, investment banking, underwriting, brokerage, or investment dealer or other services and
the payment for the same by the Trust.
Section 4.7 Independent Trustee. A Trustee who is an independent trustee, as that term is
defined in the Delaware Act, shall be deemed to be independent and disinterested for all purposes
when making any determinations or taking any action as a Trustee.
ARTICLE V
INVESTMENT ADVISER, PRINCIPAL UNDERWRITER AND TRANSFER AGENT
Section 5.1 Investment Adviser.
(a) The Trustees may in their discretion, from time to time, enter into an investment advisory or
management contract or contracts with respect to the Trust whereby the other party or parties to
such contract or contracts shall undertake to furnish the Trustees with such management, investment
advisory, statistical and research facilities and services and such other facilities and services,
if any, and all upon such terms and conditions, as the Trustees may in their discretion determine.
(b) The Trustees may authorize the investment adviser to employ, from time to time, one or more
sub-advisers to perform such of the acts and services of the investment adviser, and upon such
terms and conditions, as may be agreed upon among the Trustees, the investment adviser and
sub-adviser. Any references in this Agreement to the investment adviser shall be deemed to include
such sub-advisers, unless the context otherwise requires.
Section 5.2 Other Service Contracts. The Trustees may authorize the engagement of a principal
underwriter, transfer agent, administrator, custodian, and any other service providers they deem to
be in the best interest of the Trust.
Section 5.3 Parties to Contract. Any contract of the character described in Sections 5.1 and 5.2
may be entered into with any corporation, firm, partnership, trust, association or other legal
entity, although one or more of the Trustees or officers of the Trust may be an officer, director,
trustee, shareholder, member, employee or agent or hold any other similar officer with respect to
such other party to the contract.
Section 5.4 Miscellaneous. The fact that (i) any of the Shareholders, Trustees or officers of the
Trust is a shareholder, director, officer, partner, trustee, employee, manager, adviser, principal
underwriter or distributor or agent of or for any company or of or for any parent or affiliate of
any company, with which an advisory or administration contract, or principal underwriters or
distributors contract, or transfer, shareholder servicing, custodian or other agency contract may
have been or may hereafter be made, or that any such company, or any parent or affiliate thereof,
is a Shareholder or has an interest in the Trust, or that (ii) any company with which an advisory
or administration contract or principal underwriters or distributors contract, or transfer,
shareholder servicing, custodian, or other agency contract may have been or may hereafter be made
also has an advisory or administration contract, or principal underwriters or distributors
contract, or transfer, shareholder servicing, custodian or other agency contract with one or more
other companies, or has other business or interests shall not affect the validity of any such
contract or disqualify any Shareholder, Trustee or officer of the Trust from voting upon or
executing the same or create any liability or accountability to the Trust or its Shareholders.
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ARTICLE VI
SHAREHOLDERS VOTING POWERS AND MEETING
Section 6.1 Voting Powers.
(a) The Shareholders shall have power to vote only to:
(1) Elect Trustees, provided that a meeting of Shareholders has been called for that purpose;
(2) Approve transactions described in Section 6.2 and Article IX of this Agreement;
(3) Approve any amendment to Section 3.3 to declassify the Board, to this Article VI or Article IX
or, to the extent required by Section 6.2, to Section 8.4; and
(4) Approve such additional matters as may be required by the 1940 Act, the Governing Instrument or
any stock exchange on which the Shares are listed for trading, or as the Trustees, in their sole
discretion, shall determine.
(b) Until Shares are issued, the Trustees may exercise all rights of Shareholders and may take any
action required or permitted by law, or by the Governing Instrument that may be taken by
Shareholders.
(c) Each whole Share shall be entitled to one vote as to any matter on which it is entitled to
vote, and each fractional Share shall be entitled to a proportionate fractional vote.
(d) Except as otherwise provided in the Governing Instrument, on any matter submitted to a vote of
the Shareholders, all Shares shall be voted together as a single class, except when required by
applicable law, Section 3.4(b) or when the Trustees have determined that the matter affects the
interests of one or more classes or affects each class differently, then the Shareholders of each
such affected class shall be entitled to vote separately thereon.
(e) Shareholders shall not be entitled to cumulative voting in the election of Trustees or on any
other matter.
(f) Except as otherwise provided in the Governing Instrument, an affirmative Majority Shareholder
Vote shall be required to approve any matter requiring a vote of the Shareholders.
(g) Only Record Owners shall have the power to cast a vote at a meeting of shareholders subject to
the voting provisions set forth in the Governing Instrument. Beneficial owners of Shares who are
not Record Owners shall not be entitled to cast a vote at a meeting of Shareholders but shall be
entitled to provide voting instructions to corresponding Record Owners, subject to any limitations
imposed by applicable law and stock exchanges on which the Shares are listed for trading.
Section 6.2 Additional Voting Powers and Voting Requirements for Certain Actions.
(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the Shareholders shall have power to
vote to approve any amendment to Section 8.4 of this Agreement approved by the Board of Trustees
that would have the effect of reducing the indemnification provided thereby to Shareholders or
former Shareholders, and any such action shall require the affirmative vote or consent of
Shareholders owning at least seventy-five percent (75%) of the outstanding Shares.
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, any amendment to Section 3.3 to
declassify the Board or to this Article VI or Article IX of this Agreement shall require the
affirmative vote or consent of the Board of Trustees followed by the affirmative vote or consent of
Shareholders owning at least seventy-five percent (75%) of the outstanding Shares, unless such
amendment has been previously approved, adopted or authorized by the affirmative vote of at least
two thirds (66 2/3%) of the Board of Trustees, in which case an affirmative Majority Shareholder
Vote shall be required.
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(c) The voting requirements set forth in this Section 6.2 shall be in addition to, and not in lieu
of, any vote or consent of the Shareholders otherwise required by applicable law (including,
without limitation, any separate vote by class that may be required by the 1940 Act) or by the
Governing Instrument.
(d) Any additional matter not expressly requiring a vote of Shareholders on which the Trustees
determine the Shareholders shall have power to vote shall require the affirmative vote or consent
of Shareholders owning at least seventy-five percent (75%) of the outstanding Shares, unless such
matter has been previously approved, adopted or authorized by the affirmative vote of at least
two-thirds (66 2/3%) of the Board of Trustees, in which case an affirmative Majority Shareholder
Vote shall be required.
ARTICLE VII
DISTRIBUTIONS AND REPURCHASES
Section 7.1 Distributions. The Trustees may from time to time declare and pay dividends and make
other distributions with respect to any Shares or class thereof, which may be from surplus, income,
capital gains or capital or distributions in kind of the assets of the Trust. Subject to the
rights of the holders of Preferred Shares, if any, the amount of such dividends or distributions
and the payment of them and whether they are in cash or any other Trust Property shall be wholly in
the discretion of the Trustees, although the Trustees pursuant to Section 4.1(a)(10) may delegate
the authority to set record, declaration, payment and ex-dividend dates, determine the amount of
dividends and distributions and pay such dividends and distributions. Dividends and other
distributions may be paid pursuant to a standing resolution adopted once or more often as the
Trustees determine. The Trustees shall have the power and authority to amend, correct or change
the amount of any declared dividend or distribution from time to time until such dividend or
distribution has been paid to shareholders. All dividends and other distributions on Shares or a
class thereof shall be distributed pro rata to the Record Owners of such class, as the case may be,
in proportion to the number of Shares or Shares of such class they held on the record date
established for such payment. The Trustees may adopt and offer to Shareholders such dividend
reinvestment plans, cash distribution payment plans, or similar plans as the Trustees deem
appropriate.
Section 7.2 Repurchase of Shares With Shareholder Consent.
(a) Subject to the Governing Instrument, the Trust may repurchase Shares on the open market or such
Shares as are tendered by any Record Owner for repurchase pursuant to a repurchase offer or tender
offer, if any, made by the Trust periodically or from time to time, upon the presentation by the
Record Owner of a proper instrument of transfer together with a request directed to the Trust, its
transfer agent or other duly authorized agent, that the Trust repurchase such Shares, or in
accordance with such other procedures for repurchase as the Board of Trustees may from time to time
authorize; and the Trust will pay therefor a price that meets the requirements of Section 23 of the
1940 Act, and the rules and regulations adopted thereunder, and that is in accordance with the
terms of such repurchase offer, tender offer, the Governing Instrument and other applicable law.
(b) The repurchase price may in any case or cases be paid wholly or partly in kind if the Board of
Trustees determines that such payment is advisable in the interest of the Trust. Subject to the
foregoing, the fair value, selection and quantity of securities or other property of the Trust so
paid or delivered as all or part of the repurchase price shall be determined by or under authority
of the Board of Trustees. Subject to applicable law, the Trust shall not be liable for any delay
of any corporation or other Person in transferring securities or other property selected for
delivery as all or part of any payment in kind.
Section 7.3 Repurchase of Shares Without Shareholder Consent. Subject to the Governing Instrument,
the Trust shall have the right at its option and at any time, subject to the 1940 Act and other
applicable law, to repurchase Shares of any Shareholder at a price that meets the requirements of
Section 23 of the 1940 Act, and the rules and regulations adopted thereunder, and that is in
accordance with the terms of the Governing Instrument and other applicable law: (a) if at such
time, such Shareholder owns Shares having an aggregate net asset value of less than an amount
determined from time to time by the Trustees; or (b) to the extent that such Shareholder owns
Shares in an amount less than, equal to or in excess of a percentage or certain number of the
Shares determined from time to time by the Trustees.
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Section 7.4 Transfer of Shares. Shares shall be transferable in accordance with the provisions of
the Bylaws.
Section 7.5 Redemptions. Unless otherwise provided in the rights of any series of Preferred
Shares, the Shares of the Trust are not redeemable at the option of the holders thereof.
ARTICLE VIII
LIMITATION OF LIABILITY AND INDEMNIFICATION
Section 8.1 Limitation of Liability. A Trustee or officer of the Trust, when acting in such
capacity, shall not be personally liable to any person for any act, omission or obligation of the
Trust or any Trustee or officer of the Trust; provided, however, that nothing contained herein
shall protect any Trustee or officer against any liability to the Trust or to Shareholders to which
the Trustee would otherwise be subject by reason of willful misfeasance, bad faith, gross
negligence or reckless disregard of the duties involved in the conduct of his or her office with
the Trust.
Section 8.2 Indemnification of Covered Persons. Every Covered Person shall be indemnified by the
Trust to the fullest extent permitted by the Delaware Act, the Bylaws and other applicable law.
Section 8.3 Insurance. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the Board of Trustees
shall have the authority to purchase with Trust Property insurance for liability and for all
expenses reasonably incurred or paid or expected to be paid by a Covered Person in connection with
any proceeding in which such Covered Person becomes involved by virtue of such Covered Persons
actions, or omissions to act, in its capacity or former capacity with the Trust, whether or not the
Trust would have the power to indemnify such Covered Person against such liability.
Section 8.4 Indemnification of Shareholders. In case any Shareholder or former Shareholder of the
Trust shall be held to be personally liable solely by reason of his being or having been a
Shareholder of the Trust and not because of his acts or omissions or for some other reason, the
Shareholder or former Shareholder (or his heirs, executors, administrators or other legal
representatives, or, in the case of a corporation or other entity, its corporate or general
successor) shall be entitled, out of the Trusts assets, to be held harmless from and indemnified
against all loss and expense arising from such liability in accordance with the Bylaws and
applicable law. The Trust, on its own behalf, shall upon request by the Shareholder, assume the
defense of any such claim made against the Shareholder for any act or obligation of the Trust.
Section 8.5 Indemnification of the Trust. Except to the extent expressly set forth in the
Governing Instrument, each Shareholder will be liable to the Trust for, and indemnify and hold
harmless the Trust (and any subsidiaries or affiliates thereof) from and against, all costs,
expenses, penalties, fines or other amounts, including without limitation, reasonable attorneys
and other professional fees, whether third party or internal, arising from any action against the
Trust in which such Shareholder is not the prevailing party, and shall pay such amounts on demand,
together with interest on such amounts, which interest will accrue at the lesser of the Trusts
highest marginal borrowing rate, per annum compounded, and the maximum amount permitted by law,
from the date such costs or the like are incurred until the receipt of payment. The Trust is
hereby permitted to redeem or repurchase Shares of any Shareholder liable to the Trust under this
Section 8.5 at a value determined by the Board of Trustees in accordance with the 1940 Act and
other applicable law, and to set off against and retain any distributions otherwise payable to any
Shareholder liable to the Trust under this Section 8.5, in payment of amounts due hereunder.
ARTICLE IX
CERTAIN TRANSACTIONS
Section 9.1 Vote Required. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement to the contrary
and subject to the exceptions provided in this Article IX, each of the transactions described in
this Article IX shall require the approval of the Board of Trustees followed by the affirmative
vote of the holders of not less than 75% of the outstanding Shares unless such transaction has been
previously approved by the affirmative vote of at least two thirds (66 2/3%) of the Board of
Trustees, in which case an affirmative Majority Shareholder Vote shall be required.
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Such affirmative vote shall be in addition to the vote or consent of Shareholders otherwise
required by law or by the terms of any class of Preferred Shares, whether now or hereafter
authorized, or any agreement between the Trust and any national securities exchange.
Section 9.2 Dissolution of the Trust or Termination of a Class.
(a) The Trust shall have perpetual existence, except that the Trust shall be dissolved upon
approval by vote of the Board followed by a vote of Shareholders as set forth in Section 9.1;
provided that if the affirmative vote of at least seventy-five percent (75%) of the Board approves
the dissolution, no vote of Shareholders shall be required to dissolve the Trust.
(b) Upon dissolution of the Trust, the Trust shall carry on no business except for the purpose of
winding up its affairs, and all powers of the Trustees under this Agreement shall continue until
such affairs have been wound up. Without limiting the foregoing, the Trustees shall (in accordance
with Section 3808 of the Delaware Act) have the power to:
(1) Fulfill or discharge the contracts of the Trust;
(2) Collect its assets;
(3) Sell, convey, assign, exchange, merge where the Trust is not the survivor, transfer or
otherwise dispose of all or any part of the remaining Trust Property to one or more Persons at
public or private sale for consideration which may consist in whole or in part in cash, securities
or other property of any kind;
(4) Pay or make reasonable provision (including through the use of a liquidating trust) to pay all
claims and obligations of the Trust, including all contingent, conditional or unmatured claims and
obligations known to the Trust, and all claims and obligations which are known to the Trust, but
for which the identity of the claimant is unknown, and claims and obligations that have not been
made known to the Trust or that have not arisen but that, based on the facts known to the Trust,
are likely to arise or to become known to the Trust within 10 years after the date of dissolution;
and
(5) Do all other acts appropriate to liquidate its business.
(c) If there are sufficient assets held with respect to the Trust, such claims and obligations
shall be paid in full and any such provisions for payment shall be made in full. If there are
insufficient assets held with respect to the Trust, such claims and obligations shall be paid or
provided for according to their priority and, among claims and obligations of equal priority,
ratably to the extent of assets available therefor. Any remaining assets (including, without
limitation, cash, securities or any combination thereof) held with respect to the Trust shall be
distributed to the Record Owners of the Trust ratably according to the number of Shares of the
Trust held of record by the several Record Owners on the date for such dissolution distribution,
subject to any then existing preferential rights of Shares.
(d) On completion of distribution of the remaining assets and upon the winding up of the Trust in
accordance with Section 3808 of the Delaware Act and its termination, any one (1) Trustee shall
execute, and cause to be filed, a certificate of cancellation, with the office of the Secretary of
State of the State of Delaware in accordance with the provisions of Section 3810 of the Delaware
Act, whereupon the Trust shall terminate and the Trustees and the Trust shall be discharged from
all further liabilities and duties hereunder with respect thereto. The Trustees shall not be
personally liable to the claimants of the dissolved Trust by reason of the Trustees actions in
winding up the Trusts affairs if the Trustees complied with Section 3808(e) of the Delaware Act.
(e) Each class hereafter created shall have perpetual existence unless terminated upon:
(1) The vote of the Board of Trustees; or
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(2) The occurrence of a termination event pursuant to any Board resolution establishing and
designating such class.
Section 9.3 Merger or Consolidation; Conversion; Reorganization.
(a) Merger or Consolidation.
(1) Pursuant to an agreement of merger or consolidation, the Board of Trustees may cause the Trust
or any of its subsidiaries to merge or consolidate with or into one or more statutory trusts or
other business entities (as defined in Section 3801 of the Delaware Act) formed or organized or
existing under the laws of the State of Delaware or any other state of the United States or any
foreign country or other foreign jurisdiction. Any such merger or consolidation shall require
approval by vote of the Board of Trustees followed by approval of the Shareholders as set forth in
Section 9.1.
(2) By reference to Section 3815(f) of the Delaware Act, any agreement of merger or consolidation
approved in accordance with this Section 9.3(a) may, without a separate Shareholder vote, unless
required by the 1940 Act or the requirements of any stock exchange on which Shares are listed for
trading, effect any amendment to the Governing Instrument or effect the adoption of a new governing
instrument if the Trust is the surviving or resulting statutory trust in the merger or
consolidation, which amendment or new governing instrument shall be effective at the effective time
or date of the merger or consolidation.
(3) If the Trust is to be the surviving or resulting statutory trust, any one (1) Trustee shall
execute, and cause to be filed, a certificate of merger or consolidation in accordance with Section
3815 of the Delaware Act.
(b) Conversion.
(1) The Board of Trustees may cause:
(A) The Trust to convert to an other business entity (as defined in Section 3801 of the Delaware
Act) formed or organized under the laws of the State of Delaware as permitted pursuant to Section
3821 of the Delaware Act;
(B) The Shares of the Trust to be converted into beneficial interests in another statutory trust;
or
(C) The Shares to be exchanged under or pursuant to any state or federal statute to the extent
permitted by law.
(2) Any such statutory conversion, Share conversion or Share exchange shall require approval by
vote of the Board of Trustees followed by the approval of the Shareholders of the Trust as set
forth in Section 9.1.
(c) Reorganization.
(1) The Board of Trustees may cause the Trust to sell, convey and transfer all or substantially all
of the assets of the Trust (sale of Trust assets) to another trust, statutory trust, partnership,
limited partnership, limited liability company, corporation or other association organized under
the laws of any state, or to one or more separate series thereof, in exchange for cash, shares or
other securities, with such sale, conveyance and transfer either (a) being made subject to, or with
the assumption by the transferee of, the liabilities associated with the Trust, or (b) not being
made subject to, or not with the assumption of, such liabilities.
(2) Any such sale, conveyance and transfer shall require approval by vote of the Board of Trustees
followed by the approval of the Shareholders of the Trust as set forth in Section 9.1.
(3) Following such sale of Trust assets, the Board of Trustees shall distribute such cash, shares
or other securities ratably among the Record Owners of the Trust (giving due effect to the
differences among the various classes).
(4) If all of the assets of the Trust have been so sold, conveyed and transferred, the Trust shall
be dissolved.
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Section 9.4 Reclassification of the Trust. The Board of Trustees may cause the Trust to be
converted from a closed-end company to an open-end company (as those terms are defined,
respectively, in Sections 5(a)(2) and 5(a)(1) of the 1940 Act). Such reclassification of the Trust
shall require approval by vote of the Board of Trustees followed by the approval of Shareholders as
set forth in Section 9.1.
Section 9.5 Principal Shareholder Transactions.
(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement and subject to the exceptions provided in
Section 9.5(c), the types of transactions described in sub-paragraphs (1) through (3) below shall
require approval by vote of the Board of Trustees and the Shareholders of the Trust as set forth in
Section 9.1 when a Principal Shareholder (as defined in Section 9.5(b)) is a party to the
transaction.
(1) The issuance of any securities of the Trust or any of its subsidiaries to any Principal
Shareholder for cash (other than pursuant to any dividend reinvestment plan).
(2) The sale, lease or exchange of all or any substantial part of the assets of the Trust or any of
its subsidiaries to any Principal Shareholder (except assets having an aggregate fair market value
of less than two percent (2%) of the total assets of the Trust or any of its subsidiaries,
aggregating for the purpose of such computation all assets sold, leased or exchanged in any series
of similar transactions within a twelve-month period).
(3) The sale, lease, or exchange to the Trust or any subsidiary thereof, in exchange for securities
of the Trust or any of its subsidiaries , of any assets of any Principal Shareholder (except assets
having an aggregate fair market value of less than two percent (2%) of the total assets of the
Trust or any of its subsidiaries, aggregating for the purpose of such computation, all assets sold,
leased or exchanged in any series of similar transactions within a twelve-month period).
(b) For purposes of this Section 9.5, the term Principal Shareholder shall mean any Person or
group (within the meaning of Rule 13d-5 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the
1934 Act)), that is the beneficial owner, directly or indirectly, of five percent (5%) or more of
the Shares of the Trust and shall include any affiliate or associate, as such terms are defined in
clause (2) below, of a Principal Shareholder, but shall not include the investment adviser of the
Trust or any affiliated person of the investment adviser of the Trust. For the purposes of this
Section 9.5, in addition to the Shares that a Principal Shareholder beneficially owns directly, a
Principal Shareholder shall be deemed to be the beneficial owner of any Shares (1) which the
Principal Shareholder has the right to acquire pursuant to any agreement or upon exercise of
conversion rights or warrants, or otherwise or (2) which are beneficially owned, directly or
indirectly (including Shares deemed owned through application of clause (1) above), by any other
Person or group with which the Principal Shareholder or its affiliate or associate, as those
terms are defined in Rule 12b-2, or any successor rule, under the 1934 Act, has any agreement,
arrangement, or understanding for the purpose of acquiring, holding, voting, or disposing of
Shares, or which is its affiliate or associate as so defined. For purposes of this Section
9.5, calculation of the total Shares of the Trust shall not include Shares deemed owned through
application of clause (1) above.
(c) The provisions of this Section 9.5 shall not be applicable to any such transaction between the
Trust and any entity of which a majority of the outstanding shares of all classes and series of a
stock normally entitled to vote in elections of directors is owned of record and beneficially by
the Trust and its subsidiaries.
(d) The Board of Trustees shall have the power and duty to determine for the purposes of this
Section 9.5, on the basis of information known to the Trust, whether:
(1) A Person or group beneficially owns five percent (5%) or more of the Shares;
(2) A corporation, person or entity is an affiliate or associate (as defined above) of another;
and
(3) The assets being sold, leased or exchanged by or to the Trust have an aggregate fair market
value of less than 2% of the total assets of the Trust (as defined above).
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Any such determination shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes of this Section 9.5 in the
absence of manifest error.
Section 9.6 Absence of Appraisal or Dissenters Rights. No Shareholder shall be entitled, as a
matter of right, to an appraisal by the Delaware Court of Chancery or otherwise of the fair value
of the Shareholders Shares or to any other relief as a dissenting Shareholder in respect of any
proposal or action involving the Trust or any class of Shares.
ARTICLE X
MISCELLANEOUS
Section 10.1 Trust Not a Partnership; Taxation.
(a) It is hereby expressly declared that a trust and not a partnership is created hereby. All
persons extending credit to, contracting with or having any claim against the Trust or the Trustees
in their capacity as such shall look only to the assets of the Trust for payment under such credit,
contract or claim; and neither the Shareholders, the Trustees, nor the Trusts officers nor any of
the agents of the Trustees whether past, present or future, shall be personally liable therefor.
(b) It is intended that the Trust be classified for income tax purposes as an association taxable
as a corporation, and the Trustees shall do all things that they, in their sole discretion,
determine are necessary to achieve that objective, including (if they so determine), electing such
classifications on Internal Revenue Form 8832. The Trustees, in their sole discretion and without
the vote or consent of the Shareholders, may amend this Agreement to ensure that this objective is
achieved.
Section 10.2 Trustees Good Faith Action, Expert Advice, No Bond or Surety. The exercise by the
Trustees of their powers and discretion hereunder in good faith and with reasonable care under the
circumstances then prevailing shall be binding upon everyone interested. Subject to the provisions
of Article VIII and to this Section 10.2, the Trustees shall not be liable for errors of judgment
or mistakes of fact or law. The Trustees may take advice of counsel or other experts with respect
to the meaning and operation of this Agreement, and subject to the provisions of Article VIII and
this Section 10.2, shall be under no liability for any act or omission in accordance with such
advice or for failing to follow such advice. The Trustees shall not be required to give any bond
as such, nor any surety if a bond is obtained.
Section 10.3 Filing of Copies, References, Headings. The original or a copy of this Agreement or
any amendment hereto or any supplemental agreement shall be kept at the office of the Trust.
Headings are placed herein for convenience of reference only and in case of any conflict, the text
of this Agreement, rather than the headings, shall control. This Agreement may be executed in any
number of counterparts each of which shall be deemed an original.
Section 10.4 Governing Law.
(a) The Trust and the Governing Instrument (including this Agreement) and the rights, obligations
and remedies of the Trustees and Shareholders hereunder, are to be governed by and construed and
administered according to the Delaware Act, including the provision that gives maximum freedom to
contract, the other laws of the State of Delaware and the applicable provisions of the 1940 Act.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the following provisions shall not be applicable to the Trust, the
Trustees, the Shareholders or the Governing Instrument:
(1) The provisions of Section 3533, 3540, 3561 and 3583(a) of Title 12 of the Delaware Code; or
(2) Any provisions of the laws (statutory or common) of the State of Delaware (other than the
Delaware Act) pertaining to trusts which relate to or regulate:
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(A) The filing with any court or governmental body or agency of trustee accounts or schedules of
trustee fees and charges;
(B) Affirmative requirements to post bonds for trustees, officers, agents or employees of a trust;
(C) The necessity for obtaining court or other governmental approval concerning the acquisition,
holding or disposition of real or personal property;
(D) Fees or other sums payable to trustees, officers, agents or employees of a trust;
(E) The allocation of receipts and expenditures to income or principal;
(F) Restrictions or limitations on the permissible nature, amount or concentration of trust
investments or requirements relating to the titling, storage or other manner of holding of trust
assets; or
(G) The establishment of fiduciary or other standards or responsibilities or limitations on the
indemnification, acts or powers of trustees or other Persons, which are inconsistent with the
limitations of liabilities or authorities and powers of the Trustees or officers of the Trust set
forth or referenced in the Governing Instrument.
(b) The Trust shall be of the type commonly called a statutory trust, and without limiting the
provisions hereof, the Trust may exercise all powers which are ordinarily exercised by such a trust
under Delaware law. The Trust specifically reserves the right to exercise any of the powers or
privileges afforded to trusts or actions that may be engaged in by trusts under the Delaware Act,
and the absence of a specific reference herein to any such power, privilege or action shall not
imply that the Trust may not exercise such power or privilege or take such actions; provided,
however, that the exercise of any such power, privilege or action shall not otherwise violate
applicable law.
Section 10.5 Amendments. Except as specifically provided in Article VI hereof or otherwise
expressly limited by the Governing Instrument, the Trustees may, without any Shareholder vote,
amend this Agreement by making an amendment to this Agreement, an agreement supplemental hereto, or
an amended and restated trust instrument. Any such amendment to any Article of this Agreement
except to Section 3.2 to change the minimum or maximum number of trustees, to Section 3.3 to
declassify the Board, or to Article VI or Article IX or, to the extent required by Section 6.2,
Section 8.4 or to this Section 10.5, having been approved by a Majority Trustee Vote, shall become
effective, unless otherwise provided by such Trustees (notwithstanding that the section being
amended may require a higher Trustee vote), upon being executed by a duly authorized officer of the
Trust. Any amendment to Section 3.2 to change the minimum or maximum number of trustees or to this
Section 10.5, having been approved by the affirmative vote of 75% of the Board of Trustees shall
become effective upon being executed by a duly authorized officer of the Trust. For the avoidance
of doubt, any determination of the number of trustees within the minimum and maximum range may be
determined by a majority of the Trustees and the provisions of Section 3.4(b) to increase the size
of the Board are not subject to a Majority Trustee Vote. Any amendment to Section 3.3 to
declassify the Board or to Article VI or Article IX, or, to the extent required by Section 6.2,
Section 8.4, having been approved by the requisite vote of the Board of Trustees followed by the
requisite vote of the Shareholders as provided in Section 9.1, shall become effective upon being
executed by a duly authorized officer of the Trust. A certification signed by a duly authorized
officer of the Trust setting forth an amendment to this Agreement and reciting that it was duly
adopted by the Shareholders or by the Trustees as aforesaid, or a copy of this Agreement, as
amended, executed by a majority of the Trustees, or a duly authorized officer of the Trust, shall
be conclusive evidence of such amendment when lodged among the records of the Trust.
Section 10.6 Provisions in Conflict with Law. The provisions of this Agreement are severable, and
if the Trustees shall determine, with the advice of counsel, that any of such provisions is in
conflict with applicable law, the conflicting provision shall be deemed never to have constituted a
part of this Agreement; provided, however, that such determination shall not affect any of the
remaining provisions of this Agreement or render invalid or improper any action taken or omitted
prior to such determination. If any provision of this Agreement shall be held invalid or
unenforceable in any jurisdiction, such invalidity or unenforceability shall attach only to such
provision in such
jurisdiction and shall not in any manner affect such provisions in any other jurisdiction or any
other provision of this Agreement in any jurisdiction.
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Section 10.7 Record Owners Right to Shareholder List and Other Records. Except as may be required
by Regulation 14A promulgated under the 1934 Act, as amended from time to time, no Shareholder
shall have the right to obtain from the Trust a list of the Trusts Shareholders. Except as
required by the Act or as expressly provided in the Governing Instrument, Shareholders shall have
no right to inspect the records, documents, accounts and books of the Trust. Any request to
inspect the records of the Trust shall be submitted by the Shareholder to the Trust in writing.
Upon receipt of any such request, the Trustees shall determine whether delivery of records
pertaining to such request is required by the Act or is otherwise necessary or appropriate, as
determined by the Trustees in their sole discretion, and whether such request complies with the
requirements of the Act and, if so, establish procedures for such inspection. To preserve the
integrity of the records, the Trust may provide certified copies of Trust records rather than
originals. The Trust shall not be required to create records or obtain records from third parties
to satisfy a Shareholder request. The Trust may require a requesting Shareholder to pay in advance
or otherwise indemnify the Trust for the costs and expenses of such Shareholders inspection of
records. The rights provided for in this Section 10.7 shall not extend to any Person who is a
Shareholder but not also a Record Owner.
Section 10.8 Reports. The Trustees shall cause to be prepared at least annually and more
frequently to the extent and in the form required by law, regulation or any stock exchange on which
Shares are listed a report of operations containing a balance sheet and statement of income and
undistributed income of the Trust prepared in conformity with generally accepted accounting
principles and an opinion of an independent public accountant on such financial statements. Copies
of such reports shall be mailed to all Shareholders within the time required by the 1940 Act, and
in any event within a reasonable period preceding the meeting of Shareholders. The Trustees shall,
in addition, furnish to the Shareholders at least semi-annually to the extent required by law,
interim reports containing an unaudited balance sheet of the Trust as of the end of such period and
an unaudited statement of income and surplus for the period from the beginning of the current
fiscal year to the end of such period.
Section 10.9 Use of the Name Invesco. The Board of Trustees expressly agrees and acknowledges
that the name Invesco is the sole property of Invesco Ltd. (Invesco). Invesco has granted to
the Trust a non-exclusive license to use such name as part of the name of the Trust now and in the
future. The Board of Trustees further expressly agrees and acknowledges that the non-exclusive
license granted herein may be terminated by Invesco if the Trust ceases to use Invesco or one of
its Affiliated Persons as investment adviser or to use other Affiliated Persons or successors of
Invesco for such purposes. In such event, the nonexclusive license may be revoked by Invesco and
the Trust shall cease using the name Invesco or any name misleadingly implying a continuing
relationship between the Trust and Invesco or any of its Affiliated Persons, as part of its name
unless otherwise consented to by Invesco or any successor to its interests in such name.
The Board of Trustees further understands and agrees that so long as Invesco and/or any future
advisory Affiliated Person of Invesco shall continue to serve as the Trusts investment adviser,
other registered open- or closed-end investment companies (funds) and other types of investment
vehicles as may be sponsored or advised by Invesco or its Affiliated Persons shall have the right
permanently to adopt and to use the name Invesco in their names and in the names of any series or
class of shares of such funds.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned, being all of the Trustees of the Trust, have executed this
instrument this ____ day of ________, 201_.
Insert names and signature blocks for Trustees
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EXHIBIT F
Information Regarding the Trustees
The tables below list the incumbent Trustees, their principal occupations, other directorships held
by them during the past five years, and any affiliations with the Adviser or its affiliates. The
term Fund Complex includes each of the investment companies advised by the Adviser as of the
Record Date. The address of each Trustee is 1555 Peachtree, N.E., Atlanta, Georgia 30309. Trustees
of the Funds generally serve three-year terms or until their successors are duly elected and
qualified. Column two below includes length of time served with predecessor entities, if any.
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David C. Arch1 1945
Trustee
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Chairman and Chief Executive
Officer of Blistex Inc., a
consumer health care products
manufacturer.
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Trustee/Managing General Partner
of funds in the Fund Complex.
Member of the Heartland Alliance
Advisory Board, a nonprofit
organization serving human needs
based in Chicago. Board member of
the Illinois Manufacturers
Association. Member of the Board
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Jerry D. Choate1 1938
Trustee
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From 1995 to 1999, Chairman and
Chief Executive Officer of the
Allstate Corporation (Allstate)
and Allstate Insurance Company.
From 1994 to 1995, President and
Chief Executive Officer of
Allstate. Prior to 1994, various
management positions at Allstate.
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Trustee/Managing General Partner
of funds in the Fund Complex.
Director since 1998 and member of
the governance and nominating
committee, executive committee,
compensation and management
development committee and equity
award committee, of Amgen Inc., a
biotechnological company.
Director since 1999 and member of
the nominating and governance
committee and compensation and
executive committee, of Valero
Energy Corporation, a crude oil
refining and marketing company.
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Director and member of the
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1940
Trustee
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Chairman of CAC, LLC, a private
company offering capital
investment and management
advisory services. Prior to
January 2004, Director of
TeleTech Holdings, Inc. Prior to
2002, Director of Arris Group,
Inc. Prior to 2001, Managing
Partner at Equity Group Corporate
Investments. Prior to 1995, Vice
Chairman of Anixter
International. Prior to 1985,
experience includes Senior Vice
President and Chief Financial
Officer of Household
International, Inc., Executive
Vice President and Chief
Financial Officer of Northwest
Industries, Inc. and Partner of
Arthur Andersen & Co.
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of funds in the Fund Complex.
Director of Quidel Corporation
and Stericycle, Inc. Prior to May
2008, Trustee of The Scripps
Research Institute. Prior to
February 2008, Director of
Ventana Medical Systems, Inc.
Prior to April 2007, Director of
GATX Corporation. Prior to April
2004, Director of TheraSense,
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Linda
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1948
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Prior to June 2008, Managing
Partner of Heidrick & Struggles,
the second largest global
executive search firm, and from
2001-2004, Regional Managing
Director of U.S. operations at
Heidrick & Struggles. Prior to
1997, Managing Partner of Ray &
Berndtson, Inc., an executive
recruiting firm. Prior to 1995,
Executive Vice President of ABN
AMRO, N.A., a bank holding
company, with oversight for
treasury management operations
including all non-credit product
pricing. Prior to 1990,
experience includes Executive
Vice President of The Exchange
National Bank with oversight of
treasury management including
capital markets operations, Vice
President of Northern Trust
Company and an Associate at Price
Waterhouse.
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of funds in the Fund Complex.
Prior to 2010, Trustee on the
University of Chicago Medical
Center Board, Vice Chair of the
Board of the YMCA of Metropolitan
Chicago and a member of the
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R. Craig Kennedy3 1952
Trustee
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Director and President of the
German Marshall Fund of the
United States, an independent
U.S. foundation created to deepen
understanding, promote
collaboration and stimulate
exchanges of practical experience
between Americans and Europeans.
Formerly, advisor to the Dennis
Trading Group Inc., a managed
futures and option company that
invests money for individuals and
institutions. Prior to 1992,
President and Chief Executive
Officer, Director and member of
the Investment Committee of the
Joyce Foundation, a private
foundation.
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Howard J. Kerr1,5 1935
Trustee
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Retired. Previous member of the
City Council and Mayor of Lake
Forest, Illinois from 1988
through 2002. Previous business
experience from 1981 through 1996
includes President and Chief
Executive Officer of Pocklington
Corporation, Inc., an investment
holding company, President and
Chief Executive Officer of
Grabill Aerospace, and President
of Custom Technologies
Corporation. United States Naval
Officer from 1960 through 1981,
with responsibilities including
Commanding Officer of United
States Navy destroyers and
Commander of United States Navy
Destroyer Squadron Thirty-Three,
White House experience in 1973
through 1975 as military aide to
Vice Presidents Agnew and Ford
and Naval Aid to President Ford,
and Military Fellow on the
Council of Foreign Relations in
1978 through 1979.
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Trustee/Managing General Partner
of funds in the Fund Complex.
Director of the Lake Forest Bank
& Trust. Director of the Marrow
Foundation. |
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Jack E. Nelson3,5 1936
Trustee
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President of Nelson Investment
Planning Services, Inc., a
financial planning company and
registered investment adviser in
the State of Florida. President
of Nelson Ivest Brokerage
Services Inc., a member of the
Financial Industry Regulatory
Authority (FINRA), Securities
Investors Protection Corp. and
the Municipal Securities
Rulemaking Board. President of
Nelson Sales and Services
Corporation, a marketing and
services company to support
affiliated companies.
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Trustee/Managing General Partner
of funds in the Fund Complex. |
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Trustee During the Past Five Years |
Hugo F. Sonnenschein3,4
1940
Trustee
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Distinguished Service Professor
and President Emeritus of the
University of Chicago and the
Adam Smith Distinguished Service
Professor in the Department of
Economics at the University of
Chicago. Prior to July 2000,
President of the University of
Chicago.
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Trustee/Managing General Partner
of funds in the Fund Complex.
Trustee of the University of
Rochester and a member of its
investment committee. Member of
the National Academy of Sciences,
the American Philosophical
Society and a fellow of the
American Academy of Arts and
Sciences. |
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Suzanne H. Woolsey, Ph.D.
1 1941
Trustee
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Chief Communications Officer of
the National Academy of Sciences
and Engineering and Institute of
Medicine/National Research
Council, an independent,
federally chartered policy
institution, from 2001 to
November 2003 and Chief Operating
Officer from 1993 to 2001.
Executive Director of the
Commission on Behavioral and
Social Sciences and Education at
the National Academy of
Sciences/National Research
Council from 1989 to 1993. Prior
to 1980, experience includes
Partner of Coopers & Lybrand
(from 1980 to 1989), Associate
Director of the US Office of
Management and Budget (from 1977
to 1980) and Program Director of
the Urban Institute (from 1975 to
1977).
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Trustee/Managing General Partner
of funds in the Fund Complex.
Independent Director and audit
committee chairperson of Changing
World Technologies, Inc., an
energy manufacturing company,
since July 2008. Independent
Director and member of audit and
governance committees of Fluor
Corp., a global engineering,
construction and management
company, since January 2004.
Director of Intelligent Medical
Devices, Inc., a private company
which develops symptom-based
diagnostic tools for viral
respiratory infections. Advisory
Board member of ExactCost LLC, a
private company providing
activity-based costing for
hospitals, laboratories, clinics,
and physicians, since 2008.
Chairperson of the Board of
Trustees of the Institute for
Defense Analyses, a federally
funded research and development
center, since 2000. Trustee from
1992 to 2000 and 2002 to present,
current chairperson of the
finance committee, current member
of the audit committee, strategic
growth committee and executive
committee, and former Chairperson
of the Board of Trustees (from
1997 to 1999), of the German
Marshall Fund of the United
States, a public foundation. Lead
Independent Trustee of the Rocky
Mountain Institute, a non-profit
energy and environmental
institute; Trustee since 2004.
Chairperson of the Board of
Trustees of the Colorado College;
Trustee since 1995. Trustee of
California Institute of
Technology. Previously,
Independent Director and member
of audit committee and governance
committee of Neurogen Corporation
from 1998 to 2006; and
Independent Director of Arbros
Communications from 2000 to 2002. |
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with the Funds |
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Served |
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Trustee During the Past Five Years |
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Interested Trustees: |
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Colin D. Meadows*3 1971
Trustee; President and Principal
Executive Officer
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Senior Managing Director and
Chief Administrative Officer of
Invesco, Ltd. since 2006. Chief
Administrative Officer of Invesco
Advisers, Inc. since 2006. Prior
to 2006, Senior Vice President of
business development and mergers
and acquisitions at GE Consumer
Finance. Prior to 2005, Senior
Vice President of strategic
planning and technology at Wells
Fargo Bank. From 1996 to 2003,
associate principal with McKinsey
& Company, focusing on the
financial services and venture
capital industries, with emphasis
in the banking and asset
management sectors.
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None. |
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Wayne
W. Whalen**2 1939
Trustee
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Of Counsel, and prior to 2010,
partner in the law firm of
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher &
Flom LLP, legal counsel to
certain funds in the Fund
Complex.
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Director of the Abraham Lincoln
Presidential Library Foundation. |
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Designated as a Class I trustee. |
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2 |
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Designated as a Class II trustee. |
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3 |
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Designated as a Class III trustee. |
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4 |
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With respect to Funds with Preferred Shares outstanding, Mr. Sonnenschein and Ms. Heagy are
elected by the holders of Preferred Shares, voting as a separate class. |
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Pursuant to the Boards Trustee retirement policy, Howard J. Kerr and Jack E. Nelson are
retiring from the Board effective as of the Meeting. Rodney Dammeyer is not standing for
reelection with respect to VGM, VVR, VTA and VBF, and his term of office will expire at the
Meeting. Mr. Dammeyer is also stepping down from the Board of VKI and VPV effective as of the
Meeting. The Board has reduced the size of the Board to eight Trustees effective as of the
Meeting. |
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Mr. Meadows is an interested person (within the meaning of Section 2(a)(19) of the Investment
Company Act of 1940 (the 1940 Act)) of the Funds because he is an officer of the Adviser.
The Board of Trustees appointed Mr. Meadows as Trustee of the Funds effective June 1, 2010. |
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Mr. Whalen is an interested person (within the meaning of Section 2(a)(19) of the 1940 Act)
of the Funds because he and his firm currently provide legal services as legal counsel to the
Funds. |
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Each Trustee generally serves a three-year term from the date of election. Each Trustee has
served as a Trustee of each respective Fund since the year shown in the following table. |
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Independent Trustees |
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Interested Trustees |
Fund |
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Arch |
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Choate |
|
Dammeyer |
|
Heagy |
|
Kennedy |
|
Kerr |
|
Nelson |
|
Sonnenschein |
|
Woolsey |
|
Meadows |
|
Whalen |
Trust for Investment Grade Municipals (VGM) |
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1991 |
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2003 |
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1991 |
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2003 |
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2003 |
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1992 |
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2003 |
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1994 |
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2003 |
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2010 |
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1991 |
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Advantage Municipal Income Trust II (VKI) |
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1993 |
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2003 |
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1993 |
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2003 |
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2003 |
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1993 |
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2003 |
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1994 |
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2003 |
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2010 |
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1993 |
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Pennsylvania Value Municipal Income Trust (VPV) |
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1993 |
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2003 |
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1993 |
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2003 |
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2003 |
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1993 |
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2003 |
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1994 |
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2003 |
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2010 |
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1993 |
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Senior Income Trust (VVR) |
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1998 |
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2006 |
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1998 |
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2006 |
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2006 |
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1998 |
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2006 |
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1998 |
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2006 |
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2010 |
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1998 |
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Bond Fund (VBF) |
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1997 |
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2003 |
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1997 |
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2003 |
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2003 |
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1997 |
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2003 |
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1997 |
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2003 |
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2010 |
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1997 |
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Dynamic Credit Opportunities Fund (VTA) |
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2007 |
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2007 |
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2007 |
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2007 |
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2007 |
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2007 |
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2007 |
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2007 |
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2007 |
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2010 |
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2007 |
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F-4
Trustee Ownership of Fund Shares
The following table shows each Board members ownership of shares of the Funds and of shares
of all registered investment companies overseen by such Board member in the Fund Complex as of
[February 29, 2012].
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Aggregate Dollar |
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Range of Equity |
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Securities in All |
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Registered Investment |
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Companies Overseen |
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by Board Member in |
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Dollar Range of Equity Securities in the Funds |
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Family of Investment |
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VKI |
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VBF |
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VTA |
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VPV |
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VVR |
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VGM |
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Companies |
Independent Trustees |
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David C. Arch
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$1 $10,000
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None
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None
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None
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None
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$1 $10,000
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$50,001 $100,000 |
Jerry D. Choate
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$10,001 $50,000
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None
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None
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None
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None
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$10,001 $50,000
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Over $100,000 |
Rodney F. Dammeyer
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Over $100,000
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None
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None
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None
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Over $100,000
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Over $100,000
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Over $100,000 |
Linda Hutton Heagy
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None
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None
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None
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None
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None
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$1 $10,000
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$10,001 $50,000 |
R. Craig Kennedy
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None
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$10,001 $50,000
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None
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None
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$10,001 $50,000
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$1 $10,000
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$50,001 $100,000 |
Howard J Kerr
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None
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None
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None
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None
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None
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None
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None |
Jack E. Nelson
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None
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None
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None
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None
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None
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None
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$1 $10,000 |
Hugo F. Sonnenschein
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$10,001 $50,000
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None
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None
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None
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$1 $10,000
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$1 $10,000
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$50,001 $100,000 |
Suzanne H. Woolsey
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None
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None
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None
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None
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None
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$1 $10,000
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$10,001 $50,000 |
Interested Trustees |
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Colin D. Meadows
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None
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None
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None
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None
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None
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None
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$1 $10,000 |
Wayne W. Whalen
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$10,001 $50,000
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$10,001 $50,000
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$1 $10,000
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None
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$1 $10,000
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$10,001 $50,000
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Over $100,000 |
F-5
EXHIBIT G
Board Leadership Structure, Role in Risk Oversight, and Committees and Meetings
Board Leadership Structure
The Boards leadership structure consists of a Chairman of the Board and two standing
committees, each described below (and ad hoc committees when necessary), with each committee
staffed by Independent Trustees and an Independent Trustee as Committee Chairman. The Chairman of
the Board is not the principal executive officer of the Funds. The Chairman of the Board is not an
interested person (as that term is defined by the 1940 Act) of the Adviser. However, the Chairman
of the Board is an interested person (as that term is defined by the 1940 Act) of the Funds for
the reasons described above in the Trustee biographies. The Board, including the independent
trustees, periodically reviews the Boards leadership structure for the Funds, including the
interested person status of the Chairman, and has concluded the leadership structure is appropriate
for the Funds. In considering the chairman position, the Board has considered and/or reviewed (i)
the Funds organizational documents, (ii) the role of a chairman (including, among other things,
setting the agenda and managing information flow, running the meeting and setting the proper tone),
(iii) the background, experience and skills of the Chairman (including his independence from the
Adviser), (iv) alternative structures (including combined principal executive officer/chairman,
selecting one of the Independent Trustees as chairman and/or appointing an independent lead
trustee), (v) rule proposals in recent years that would have required all fund complexes to have an
independent chairman, (vi) the Chairmans past and current performance, and (vii) the potential
conflicts of interest of the Chairman (and noted their periodic review as part of their annual
self-effectiveness survey and as part of an independent annual review by the Funds Audit Committee
of fund legal fees related to such potential conflict). In conclusion, the Board and the
Independent Trustees have expressed their continuing support of Mr. Whalen as Chairman.
Board Role in Risk Oversight
The management of the fund complex seeks to provide investors with disciplined investment
teams, a research-driven culture, careful long-term perspective and a legacy of experience. Thus,
the goal for each Fund is attractive long-term performance consistent with the objectives and
investment policies and risks for such Fund, which in turn means, among other things, good security
selection, reasonable costs and quality shareholder services. An important sub-component of
delivering this goal is risk management understanding, monitoring and controlling the various
risks in making investment decisions at the individual security level as well as portfolio
management decisions at the overall fund level. The key participants in the risk management process
of the Funds are each Funds portfolio managers, the Advisers senior management, the Advisers
risk management group, the Advisers compliance group, the Funds chief compliance officer, and the
various support functions (i.e. the custodian, the Funds accountants (internal and external), and
legal counsel). While Funds are subject to other risks such as valuation, custodial, accounting,
shareholder servicing, etc., a Funds primary risk is understanding, monitoring and controlling
the various risks in making portfolio management decisions consistent with the Funds objective and
policies. The Boards role is oversight of managements risk management process. At regular
quarterly meetings, the Board reviews Fund performance and factors, including risks, affecting such
performance by the Fund with the Advisers senior management, and the Board typically meets at
least once a year with the portfolio managers of each Fund. At regular quarterly meetings, the
Board reviews reports showing monitoring done by the Advisers risk management group, by the
Advisers compliance group, the Funds chief compliance officer and reports from the Funds support
functions.
Board Committees and Meetings
Each Funds Board of Trustees has two standing committees (an Audit Committee and a Governance Committee).
Each committee is comprised solely of Independent Trustees, which is defined for purposes herein
as trustees who: (1) are not interested persons of the Fund as defined by the 1940 Act and (2)
are independent of the respective Fund as defined by the New York Stock Exchange and Chicago
Stock Exchange listing standards.
Each Boards Audit Committee consists of Jerry D. Choate, Linda Hutton Heagy and R.
Craig Kennedy. The Audit Committee makes recommendations to the Board of Trustees concerning the
selection of each Funds independent registered public accounting firm, reviews with such
independent registered public accounting
G-1
firm the scope and results of each Funds annual audit and considers any comments which the
independent registered public accounting firm may have regarding each Funds financial statements,
accounting records or internal controls. Each Board has adopted a formal written charter for the
Audit Committee which sets forth the Audit Committees responsibilities. The audit committees
charter is available at www.invesco.com/us.
Each Boards Governance Committee consists of David C. Arch, Rodney Dammeyer, Howard J Kerr,
Jack E. Nelson, Hugo F. Sonnenschein and Suzanne H. Woolsey. The Governance Committee identifies
individuals qualified to serve as Independent Trustees on the Board and on committees of the Board,
advises the Board with respect to Board composition, procedures and committees, develops and
recommends to the Board a set of corporate governance principles applicable to the respective Fund,
monitors corporate governance matters and makes recommendations to the Board, and acts as the
administrative committee with respect to Board policies and procedures, committee policies and
procedures and codes of ethics. The Governance Committee charter for each of the Funds, which includes each Funds
nominating policies, is available at www.invesco.com/us. The Independent Trustees of the respective
Fund select and nominate any other nominee Independent Trustees for the respective Fund. While the
Independent Trustees of the respective Fund expect to be able to continue to identify from their
own resources an ample number of qualified candidates for the Board as they deem appropriate, they
will consider nominations from shareholders to the Board. Nominations from shareholders should be
in writing and sent to the Independent Trustees as described herein.
During the Funds last fiscal year, the Board held seven meetings, the Boards Audit Committee
held seven meetings, and the Boards Governance Committee met five times. The Board previously had
a brokerage and services committee, which met two times during the Funds last fiscal year. During
the Funds last completed fiscal year, each of the Trustees of such Funds during the period such
Trustee served as a Trustee attended at least 75% of the meetings of the respective Board of
Trustees and all committee meetings thereof of which such Trustee was a member.
G-2
EXHIBIT H
Remuneration of Trustees
The table below shows compensation for Trustees. The compensation of Trustees that are affiliated persons (as defined in 1940 Act) of the
Adviser is paid by the respective affiliated entity. The Funds pay the non-affiliated Trustees an
annual retainer and meeting fees for services to such Funds.
Compensation Table
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Number of |
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|
|
Compensation |
|
Portfolios in Fund |
|
|
Aggregate Compensation from Each Fund* |
|
from Fund |
|
Complex Overseen |
Name |
|
VKI |
|
VBF |
|
VTA |
|
VPV |
|
VVR |
|
VGM |
|
Complex ** |
|
by Trustee |
Independent Trustees |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
David C. Arch |
|
$ |
7,307 |
|
|
$ |
2,890 |
|
|
$ |
10,257 |
|
|
$ |
5,033 |
|
|
$ |
10,725 |
|
|
$ |
9,781 |
|
|
$ |
412,250 |
|
|
|
158 |
|
Jerry D. Choate |
|
$ |
6,383 |
|
|
$ |
2,542 |
|
|
$ |
8,973 |
|
|
$ |
4,400 |
|
|
$ |
9,369 |
|
|
$ |
8,547 |
|
|
$ |
83,000 |
|
|
|
18 |
|
Rod Dammeyer |
|
$ |
7,307 |
|
|
$ |
2,890 |
|
|
$ |
10,257 |
|
|
$ |
5,033 |
|
|
$ |
10,725 |
|
|
$ |
9,781 |
|
|
$ |
412,250 |
|
|
|
158 |
|
Linda Hutton Heagy |
|
$ |
7,307 |
|
|
$ |
2,890 |
|
|
$ |
10,257 |
|
|
$ |
5,033 |
|
|
$ |
10,725 |
|
|
$ |
9,184 |
|
|
$ |
95,000 |
|
|
|
18 |
|
R. Craig Kennedy |
|
$ |
6,862 |
|
|
$ |
2,688 |
|
|
$ |
9,588 |
|
|
$ |
4,721 |
|
|
$ |
10,056 |
|
|
$ |
9,781 |
|
|
$ |
89,000 |
|
|
|
18 |
|
Howard J Kerr |
|
$ |
7,307 |
|
|
$ |
2,890 |
|
|
$ |
10,257 |
|
|
$ |
5,033 |
|
|
$ |
10,725 |
|
|
$ |
9,781 |
|
|
$ |
95,000 |
|
|
|
18 |
|
Jack E. Nelson |
|
$ |
7,307 |
|
|
$ |
2,890 |
|
|
$ |
10,257 |
|
|
$ |
5,033 |
|
|
$ |
10,725 |
|
|
$ |
9,781 |
|
|
$ |
95,000 |
|
|
|
18 |
|
Hugo F. Sonnenschein |
|
$ |
7,307 |
|
|
$ |
2,890 |
|
|
$ |
10,257 |
|
|
$ |
5,033 |
|
|
$ |
10,725 |
|
|
$ |
9,781 |
|
|
$ |
412,200 |
|
|
|
158 |
|
Suzanne H. Woolsey |
|
$ |
7,307 |
|
|
$ |
2,890 |
|
|
$ |
10,257 |
|
|
$ |
5,033 |
|
|
$ |
10,725 |
|
|
$ |
9,781 |
|
|
$ |
95,000 |
|
|
|
18 |
|
Interested Trustees |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Colin D. Meadows |
|
$ |
0 |
|
|
$ |
0 |
|
|
$ |
0 |
|
|
$ |
0 |
|
|
$ |
0 |
|
|
$ |
0 |
|
|
$ |
0 |
|
|
|
18 |
|
Wayne W. Whalen |
|
$ |
7,307 |
|
|
$ |
2,890 |
|
|
$ |
10,257 |
|
|
$ |
5,033 |
|
|
$ |
10,725 |
|
|
$ |
9,781 |
|
|
$ |
399,000 |
|
|
|
158 |
|
|
|
|
* |
|
Amounts shown are based on the fiscal year ended February 29, 2012. The Funds do not
accrue or pay retirement or pension benefits to Trustees as of the date of this Proxy
Statement. |
|
** |
|
For the 12-month period ended December 31, 2011. |
H-1
EXHIBIT I
Executive Officers of the Funds
The following information relates to the executive officers of the Funds. Each officer also
serves in the same capacity for all or a number of the other investment companies advised by the
Adviser or affiliates of the Adviser. The officers of the Funds are appointed annually by the
Trustees and serve for one year or until their respective successors are chosen and qualified. The
Funds officers receive no compensation from the Funds but may also be officers or employees of the
Adviser or of affiliates of the Adviser and may receive compensation in such capacities. The
address of each officer is 1555 Peachtree Street, N.E., Atlanta, Georgia 30309.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Name, Year of Birth |
|
|
|
|
and Position(s) Held with the Fund |
|
Officer Since |
|
Principal Occupation(s) During Past 5 Years |
John M. Zerr 1962
Senior Vice President,
Chief Legal Officer and
Secretary
|
|
|
2010 |
|
|
Director, Senior Vice President, Secretary and
General Counsel, Invesco Management Group, Inc.
(formerly known as Invesco Aim Management Group,
Inc.) and Van Kampen Exchange Corp.; Senior Vice
President, Invesco Advisers, Inc. (formerly known
as Invesco Institutional (N.A.), Inc.)
(registered investment adviser); Senior Vice
President and Secretary, Invesco Distributors,
Inc. (formerly known as Invesco Aim Distributors,
Inc.); Director, Vice President and Secretary,
Invesco Investment Services, Inc. (formerly known
as Invesco Aim Investment Services, Inc.) and IVZ
Distributors, Inc. (formerly known as INVESCO
Distributors, Inc.); Director and Vice President,
INVESCO Funds Group, Inc.; Senior Vice President,
Chief Legal Officer and Secretary, The Invesco
Funds; Manager, Invesco PowerShares Capital
Management LLC; Director, Secretary and General
Counsel, Invesco Investment Advisers LLC
(formerly known as Van Kampen Asset Management);
Secretary and General Counsel, Van Kampen Funds
Inc. and Chief Legal Officer, PowerShares
Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, PowerShares
Exchange-Traded Fund Trust II, PowerShares India
Exchange-Traded Fund Trust and PowerShares
Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Fund Trust.
Formerly: Director and Secretary, Van Kampen
Advisors Inc.; Director Vice President, Secretary
and General Counsel Van Kampen Investor Services
Inc.; Director, Invesco Distributors, Inc.
(formerly known as Invesco Aim Distributors,
Inc.); Director, Senior Vice President, General
Counsel and Secretary, Invesco Advisers, Inc.;
and Van Kampen Investments Inc.; Director, Vice
President and Secretary, Fund Management Company;
Director, Senior Vice President, Secretary,
General Counsel and Vice President, Invesco Aim
Capital Management, Inc.; Chief Operating Officer
and General Counsel, Liberty Ridge Capital, Inc.
(an investment adviser); Vice President and
Secretary, PBHG Funds (an investment company) and
PBHG Insurance Series Fund (an investment
company); Chief Operating Officer, General
Counsel and Secretary, Old Mutual Investment
Partners (a broker-dealer); General Counsel and
Secretary, Old Mutual Fund Services (an
administrator) and Old Mutual Shareholder
Services (a shareholder servicing center);
Executive Vice President, General Counsel and
Secretary, Old Mutual Capital, Inc. (an
investment adviser); and Vice President and
Secretary, Old Mutual Advisors Funds (an
investment company). |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Sheri Morris 1964
Vice President, Treasurer
and Principal Financial
Officer
|
|
|
2010 |
|
|
Vice President, Treasurer and Principal Financial
Officer, The Invesco Funds; Vice President,
Invesco Advisers, Inc. (formerly known as Invesco
Institutional (N.A.), Inc.) (registered
investment adviser); Treasurer, PowerShares
Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, PowerShares
Exchange-Traded Fund Trust II, PowerShares India
Exchange-Traded Fund Trust and PowerShares
Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Fund Trust.
Formerly: Vice President, Invesco Advisers, Inc.,
Invesco Aim Capital Management, Inc. and Invesco
Aim Private Asset Management, Inc.; Assistant
Vice President and Assistant Treasurer, The
Invesco Funds and Assistant Vice President,
Invesco Advisers, Inc., Invesco Aim Capital
Management, Inc. and Invesco Aim Private Asset
Management, Inc. |
I-1
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Name, Year of Birth |
|
|
|
|
and Position(s) Held with the Fund |
|
Officer Since |
|
Principal Occupation(s) During Past 5 Years |
Karen Dunn Kelley 1960
Vice President
|
|
|
2010 |
|
|
Head of Invescos
World Wide Fixed
Income and Cash
Management Group;
Senior Vice
President, Invesco
Management Group,
Inc. (formerly known
as Invesco Aim
Management Group,
Inc.) and Invesco
Advisers, Inc.
(formerly known as
Invesco Institutional
(N.A.), Inc.)
(registered
investment adviser);
Executive Vice
President, Invesco
Distributors, Inc.
(formerly known as
Invesco Aim
Distributors, Inc.);
Director, Invesco
Mortgage Capital
Inc.; Vice President,
The Invesco Funds
(other than AIM
Treasurers Series
Trust (Invesco
Treasurers Series
Trust) and Short-Term
Investments Trust);
and President and
Principal Executive
Officer, The Invesco
Funds (AIM
Treasurers Series
Trust (Invesco
Treasurers Series
Trust) and Short-Term
Investments Trust
only).
Formerly: Senior
Vice President, Van
Kampen Investments
Inc.; Vice President,
Invesco Advisers,
Inc. (formerly known
as Invesco
Institutional (N.A.),
Inc.); Director of
Cash Management and
Senior Vice
President, Invesco
Advisers, Inc. and
Invesco Aim Capital
Management, Inc.;
President and
Principal Executive
Officer, Tax-Free
Investments Trust;
Director and
President, Fund
Management Company;
Chief Cash Management
Officer, Director of
Cash Management,
Senior Vice
President, and
Managing Director,
Invesco Aim Capital
Management, Inc.;
Director of Cash
Management, Senior
Vice President, and
Vice President,
Invesco Advisers,
Inc. and The Invesco
Funds (AIM
Treasurers Series
Trust (Invesco
Treasurers Series
Trust), Short-Term
Investments Trust and
Tax-Free Investments
Trust only). |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Yinka Akinsola 1977
Anti-Money Laundering
Compliance Officer
|
|
|
2011 |
|
|
Anti-Money Laundering Compliance Officer, Invesco
Advisers, Inc. (formerly known as Invesco
Institutional (N.A.), Inc.) (registered
investment adviser); Invesco Distributors, Inc.
(formerly known as Invesco Aim Distributors,
Inc.), Invesco Investment Services, Inc.
(formerly known as Invesco Aim Investment
Services, Inc.), Invesco Management Group, Inc.,
The Invesco Funds, Invesco Van Kampen Closed-End
Funds, Van Kampen Exchange Corp. and Van Kampen
Funds Inc.
Formerly: Regulatory Analyst III, Financial
Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA). |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Todd L. Spillane 1958
Chief Compliance Officer
|
|
|
2010 |
|
|
Senior Vice President, Invesco Management Group,
Inc. (formerly known as Invesco Aim Management
Group, Inc.) and Van Kampen Exchange Corp.;
Senior Vice President and Chief Compliance
Officer, Invesco Advisers, Inc. (registered
investment adviser) (formerly known as Invesco
Institutional (N.A.), Inc.); Chief Compliance
Officer, The Invesco Funds, INVESCO Private
Capital Investments, Inc. (holding company) and
Invesco Private Capital, Inc. (registered
investment adviser); Vice President, Invesco
Distributors, Inc. (formerly known as Invesco Aim
Distributors, Inc.) and Invesco Investment
Services, Inc. (formerly known as Invesco Aim
Investment Services, Inc.).
Formerly: Chief Compliance Officer, Invesco Van
Kampen Closed-End Funds, PowerShares
Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, PowerShares
Exchange-Traded Fund Trust II, PowerShares India
Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, and PowerShares
Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Fund Trust;
Senior Vice President, Van Kampen Investments
Inc.; Senior Vice President and Chief Compliance
Officer, Invesco Advisers, Inc. and Invesco Aim
Capital Management, Inc.; Chief Compliance
Officer, Invesco Global Asset Management (N.A.),
Inc., Invesco Senior Secured Management, Inc.
(registered investment adviser) and Van Kampen
Investor Services Inc.; Vice President, Invesco
Aim Capital Management, Inc. and Fund Management
Company. |
I-2
EXHIBIT J
Auditor Information
Information on the Funds Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
The Audit Committee of the Board of Trustees of each Fund appointed, and the Board of Trustees
ratified and approved, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (PwC) as the independent registered public
accounting firm of the Fund for fiscal years ending after May 31, 2010. Prior to May 31, 2010, each
Fund was audited by a different independent registered public accounting firm (the Prior
Auditor). The Board of Trustees selected a new independent auditor in connection with the
appointment of Invesco Advisers as investment adviser to the Fund. Effective June 1, 2010, the
Prior Auditor resigned as the independent registered public accounting firm of the Fund.
The Prior Auditors report on the financial statements of each Fund for the prior two years did not
contain an adverse opinion or a disclaimer of opinion, and was not qualified or modified as to
uncertainty, audit scope or accounting principles. During the period the Prior Auditor was engaged,
there were no disagreements with the Prior Auditor on any matter of accounting principles or
practices, financial statement disclosure, or auditing scope or procedures which, if not resolved
to the Prior Auditors satisfaction, would have caused it to make reference to that matter in
connection with its report.
Audit and Other Fees
The Funds and Covered Entities (the Adviser, excluding sub-advisers unaffiliated with the
Adviser, and any entity controlling, controlled by or under common control with the Adviser that
provides ongoing services to the Funds) were billed the amounts listed below by PwC during each
Funds last two fiscal years. Effective February 28, 2011, the fiscal year end of each Fund was
changed to the last day in February.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Non-Audit Fees |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Audit Related |
|
Tax |
|
All Other |
|
Total Non- |
|
|
Fund |
|
Fiscal Year |
|
Audit Fees |
|
Fees(1) |
|
Fees(2) |
|
Fees(3) |
|
Audit Fees |
|
Total |
VKI |
|
03/01/11 to 02/29/12 |
|
$ |
36,300 |
|
|
$ |
5,000 |
|
|
$ |
5,700 |
|
|
$ |
0 |
|
|
$ |
10,700 |
|
|
$ |
47,000 |
|
|
|
11/01/10 to 02/28/11 |
|
$ |
19,250 |
|
|
$ |
4,000 |
|
|
$ |
2,300 |
|
|
$ |
1,667 |
|
|
$ |
7,967 |
|
|
$ |
27,217 |
|
VBF |
|
03/01/11 to 02/29/12 |
|
$ |
36,300 |
|
|
$ |
0 |
|
|
$ |
13,600 |
|
|
$ |
0 |
|
|
$ |
13,600 |
|
|
$ |
39,900 |
|
|
|
07/01/10 to 02/28/11 |
|
$ |
26,250 |
|
|
$ |
0 |
|
|
$ |
2,800 |
|
|
$ |
1,667 |
|
|
$ |
4,467 |
|
|
$ |
30,717 |
|
VTA |
|
03/01/11 to 02/29/12 |
|
$ |
65,300 |
|
|
$ |
0 |
|
|
$ |
6,900 |
|
|
$ |
0 |
|
|
$ |
6,900 |
|
|
$ |
72,200 |
|
|
|
08/01/10 to 02/28/11 |
|
$ |
46,950 |
|
|
$ |
0 |
|
|
$ |
2,800 |
|
|
$ |
1,667 |
|
|
$ |
4,467 |
|
|
$ |
51,417 |
|
VPV |
|
03/01/11 to 02/29/12 |
|
$ |
36,300 |
|
|
$ |
5,000 |
|
|
$ |
5,700 |
|
|
$ |
0 |
|
|
$ |
10,700 |
|
|
$ |
47,000 |
|
|
|
11/01/10 to 02/28/11 |
|
$ |
19,250 |
|
|
$ |
4,000 |
|
|
$ |
2,300 |
|
|
$ |
1,667 |
|
|
$ |
7,967 |
|
|
$ |
27,217 |
|
VVR |
|
03/01/11 to 02/29/12 |
|
$ |
65,300 |
|
|
$ |
0 |
|
|
$ |
8,700 |
|
|
$ |
0 |
|
|
$ |
8,700 |
|
|
$ |
74,000 |
|
|
|
08/01/10 to 02/28/11 |
|
$ |
46,950 |
|
|
$ |
6,500 |
|
|
$ |
2,800 |
|
|
$ |
1,667 |
|
|
$ |
10,967 |
|
|
$ |
57,917 |
|
VGM |
|
03/01/11 to 02/29/12 |
|
$ |
36,300 |
|
|
$ |
5,000 |
|
|
$ |
5,700 |
|
|
$ |
0 |
|
|
$ |
10,700 |
|
|
$ |
47,000 |
|
|
|
11/01/10 to 02/28/11 |
|
$ |
19,250 |
|
|
$ |
4,000 |
|
|
$ |
2,300 |
|
|
$ |
1,667 |
|
|
$ |
7,967 |
|
|
$ |
27,217 |
|
Covered Entities |
|
03/01/11 to 02/29/12 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
07/01/10 to 02/28/11 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1) |
|
Audit-Related Fees for each fiscal year end includes fees billed for agreed upon procedures
related to auction rate preferred securities. |
|
(2) |
|
Tax Fees for each fiscal year end includes fees billed for reviewing tax returns. |
|
(3) |
|
All Other Fees for the fiscal year end February 28, 2011 includes fees billed for
completing professional services related to benchmark analysis. |
The Audit Committee of each Board has considered whether the provision of non-audit services
performed by PwC to such Funds and Covered Entities is compatible with maintaining PwCs
independence in performing audit services. Each Funds Audit Committee also is required to
pre-approve services to Covered Entities to the extent that the services are determined to have a
direct impact on the operations or financial reporting of such Fund and 100% of such services were
pre-approved by the Audit Committee pursuant to the Audit Committees pre-approval policies
J-1
and procedures. Each Boards pre-approval policies and procedures are included as part of the
Boards Audit Committee charter, which is available at www.invesco.com/us. The members of the
Audit Committee are Jerry D. Choate, Linda Hutton Heagy and R. Craig Kennedy.
The Audit Committee of each Fund reviewed and discussed the last audited financial statements of
each Fund with management and with PwC. In the course of its discussions, each Funds Audit
Committee has discussed with PwC its judgments as to the quality, not just the acceptability, of
such Funds accounting principles and such other matters as are required to be discussed with the
Audit Committee by Statement on Auditing Standards No. 114 (The Auditors Communication With Those
Charged With Governance). Each Funds Audit Committee received the written disclosures and the
letter from PwC required under Public Company Accounting Oversight Boards Ethics & Independence
Rule 3526 and has discussed with PwC its independence with respect to such Fund. Each Fund knows
of no direct financial or material indirect financial interest of PwC in such Fund. Based on this
review, the Audit Committee recommended to the Board of each Fund that such Funds audited
financial statements be included in such Funds Annual Report to Shareholders for the most recent
fiscal year for filing with the SEC.
It is not expected that representatives of PwC will attend the Meeting. In the event
representatives of PwC do attend the Meeting, they will have the opportunity to make a statement if
they desire to do so and will be available to answer appropriate questions.
J-2
EXHIBIT K
Outstanding Shares of the Funds
As of the Record Date, there were the following number of shares outstanding of each Fund:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Fund |
|
Share Class |
|
Number of Shares Outstanding |
|
VKI |
|
Common |
|
|
[44,332,350] |
|
|
|
Preferred |
|
|
[2,310] |
|
VBF |
|
Common |
|
|
[11,350,334] |
|
VTA |
|
Common |
|
|
[74,052,532] |
|
VPV |
|
Common |
|
|
[23,797,266] |
|
|
|
Preferred |
|
|
[1,301] |
|
VVR |
|
Common |
|
|
[179,999,900] |
|
|
|
Preferred |
|
|
[8,000] |
|
VGM |
|
Common |
|
|
[54,127,861] |
|
|
|
Preferred |
|
|
[2,733] |
|
K-1
EXHIBIT L
Ownership of the Funds
Significant Holders
Listed below are the name, address and percentage of shares owned by of each person who, as of
the Record Date, to the best knowledge of the Funds owned 5% or more of the outstanding shares of a
class of a Fund. A shareholder who owns beneficially 25% or more of the outstanding securities of
a Fund is presumed to control the Fund as defined in the 1940 Act. Such control may affect the
voting rights of other shareholders.
To the knowledge of the Funds, the following table shows the holders of 5% or more of a Funds
Common Shares as of the Record Date.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Approximate |
|
|
|
|
Percentage of |
|
|
|
|
Common Shares |
|
|
|
|
Owned on |
Fund |
|
Name and Address of Holder |
|
[the Record Date] |
VKI |
|
First Trust Portfolios L.P.
120 East Liberty Drive, Suite 400
Wheaton, Illinois 60187 |
|
|
[10.4%] |
|
VBF |
|
First Trust Portfolios L.P.
120 East Liberty Drive, Suite 400
Wheaton, Illinois 60187 |
|
|
[11.3%] |
|
VTA |
|
First Trust Portfolios L.P.
120 East Liberty Drive, Suite 400
Wheaton, Illinois 60187 |
|
|
[18.5% ] |
|
VPV |
|
First Trust Portfolios L.P.
120 East Liberty Drive, Suite 400
Wheaton, Illinois 60187 |
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[7.3%] |
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VVR |
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First Trust Portfolios L.P.
120 East Liberty Drive, Suite 400
Wheaton, Illinois 60187 |
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[17.1%] |
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VGM |
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First Trust Portfolios L.P.
120 East Liberty Drive, Suite 400
Wheaton, Illinois 60187 |
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[7.7%] |
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of a Funds Preferred Shares as of [the Record Date].
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[Record Date] |
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Bank of America Corporation
100 North Tryon Street
Charlotte, North Carolina 28255 |
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[14.9] |
% |
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JMB Capital Partners Master Fund L.P.
c/o Smithwood Advisers, L.P.
1999 Avenue of the Stars, Suite 2040
Los Angeles, CA 90067 |
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UBS AG
Bahnhofstrasse 45
PO Box CH-8021
Zurich, Switzerland |
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% |
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[Record Date] |
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Bank of America Corporation
100 North Tryon Street
Charlotte, North Carolina 28255 |
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[33.1] |
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Brigade Capital Management, LLC
399 Park Avenue, 16th Floor
New York, New York 10022 |
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[14.0] |
% |
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UBS AG
Bahnhofstrasse 45
PO Box CH-8021
Zurich, Switzerland |
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[11.7] |
% |
VVR |
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Citigroup, Inc.
399 Park Avenue
New York, NY 10043 |
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[52.5] |
% |
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Bank of America Corporation
100 North Tryon Street
Charlotte, North Carolina 28255 |
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[8.8] |
% |
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Brigade Capital Management, LLC and
Donald E. Morgan, III
399 Park Avenue, 16th Floor
New York, New York 10022 |
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% |
VGM |
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Bank of America Corporation
100 North Tryon Street
Charlotte, North Carolina 28255 |
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[22.7] |
% |
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UBS AG
Bahnhofstrasse 45
PO Box CH-8021
Zurich, Switzerland |
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[6.7] |
% |
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The Fund has no knowledge of whether all or any portion of the shares owned of record are
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PROXY SOLICITED ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES (the Board)
PROXY FOR THE JOINT ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS TO BE HELD JULY 17, 2012 |
The
undersigned holder of Common Shares of the Fund hereby appoints Colin
D. Meadows, John M. Zerr,
Sheri S. Morris, Peter A. Davidson, and Stephen R. Rimes, and any one of them separately, proxies
with full power of substitution in each, and hereby authorizes them to represent and to vote, as
designated on the reverse of this proxy card, at the Joint Annual Meeting of Shareholders on July
17, 2012, at 2:00 p.m., Eastern Time, and at any adjournment or postponement thereof, all of the
Common Shares of the Fund which the undersigned would be entitled to vote if personally present. IF
THIS PROXY IS SIGNED AND RETURNED WITH NO CHOICE INDICATED, THE SHARES WILL BE VOTED FOR THE
APPROVAL OF PROPOSAL 1, FOR ALL OF THE NOMINEES, AND IN THE DISCRETION OF THE PROXIES UPON SUCH
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The Proxy Statement for this meeting is available at: [________]
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This proxy is solicited on behalf of the Board. The Board recommends voting FOR Proposal 1 and
FOR ALL of the nominees.
TO VOTE, MARK A BOX BELOW IN BLUE OR BLACK INK. Example: █
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Proposal 1: Approval of an Agreement and Plan of Redomestication that provides for the
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BEFORE THE MEETING AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE VOTING STANDARDS SET FORTH IN THE PROXY STATEMENT
WITH RESPECT TO ANY ADJOURNMENT OR POSTPONEMENT OF THE MEETING.
PLEASE SIGN AND DATE ON THE REVERSE SIDE
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PROXY SOLICITED ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES (the Board)
PROXY FOR THE JOINT ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS TO BE HELD JULY 17, 2012 |
The
undersigned holder of Preferred Shares of the Fund hereby appoints
Colin D. Meadows, John M. Zerr,
Sheri S. Morris, Peter A. Davidson, and Stephen R. Rimes, and any one of them separately, proxies
with full power of substitution in each, and hereby authorizes them to represent and to vote, as
designated on the reverse of this proxy card, at the Joint Annual Meeting of Shareholders on July
17, 2012, at 2:00 p.m., Eastern Time, and at any adjournment or postponement thereof, all of the
Preferred Shares of the Fund which the undersigned would be entitled to vote if personally present. IF
THIS PROXY IS SIGNED AND RETURNED WITH NO CHOICE INDICATED, THE SHARES WILL BE VOTED FOR THE
APPROVAL OF PROPOSAL 1, FOR ALL OF THE NOMINEES, AND IN THE DISCRETION OF THE PROXIES UPON SUCH
OTHER BUSINESS AS MAY PROPERLY COME BEFORE THE MEETING.
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VOTE VIA THE INTERNET: www.proxy-direct.com |
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VOTE VIA THE TELEPHONE: 1-800-337-3503 |
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NOTE: PLEASE SIGN EXACTLY AS YOUR NAME APPEARS ON THIS PROXY CARD. When signing as executor,
administrator, attorney, trustee or guardian or as custodian for a minor, please give full title
as such. If a corporation, limited liability company, or partnership, please sign in full entity
name and indicate the signers position with the entity. |
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PLEASE VOTE VIA INTERNET OR TELEPHONE OR MARK, SIGN, DATE AND RETURN THIS PROXY PROMPTLY USING
THE ENCLOSED ENVELOPE.
EVERY SHAREHOLDERS VOTE IS IMPORTANT
VOTE THIS PROXY CARD TODAY!
Important Notice Regarding the Availability of Proxy Materials for the Joint Annual
Meeting of Shareholders to Be Held on July 17, 2012.
The Proxy Statement for this meeting is available at: [________]
Please detach at perforation before mailing.
This proxy is solicited on behalf of the Board. The Board recommends voting FOR Proposal 1 and
FOR ALL of the nominees.
TO VOTE, MARK A BOX BELOW IN BLUE OR BLACK INK. Example: █
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Proposal 1: Approval of an Agreement and Plan of Redomestication that provides for the
reorganization of the Fund as a Delaware statutory trust. |
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FOR ALL
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WITHHOLD ALL
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FOR ALL EXCEPT |
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Proposal 3(a): Election of Trustees The Board recommends
a vote FOR ALL of the nominees listed:
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01. David C. Arch 03. Suzanne H. Woolsey, Ph.D. |
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02. Jerry D. Choate
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INSTRUCTIONS: To withhold authority to vote for any individual nominee(s),
mark the box FOR ALL EXCEPT and write each nominees number on the line provided below.
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PROXIES ARE AUTHORIZED TO VOTE, IN THEIR DISCRETION, UPON SUCH OTHER BUSINESS AS MAY PROPERLY COME
BEFORE THE MEETING AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE VOTING STANDARDS SET FORTH IN THE PROXY STATEMENT
WITH RESPECT TO ANY ADJOURNMENT OR POSTPONEMENT OF THE MEETING.
PLEASE SIGN AND DATE ON THE REVERSE SIDE
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OPTIONS: VOTE ON THE INTERNET Log on to: www.proxy-direct.com Follow the on-screen instructions
available 24 hours VOTE BY TELEPHONE Call 1-800-337-3503 Follow the recorded instructions available
24 hours VOTE BY MAIL Vote, sign and date your Proxy Card and return it in the postage-paid
envelope Please detach at perforation before mailing. INVESCO VAN KAMPEN BOND FUND (the
Fund) PROXY SOLICITED ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES (the Board) PROXY FOR THE JOINT ANNUAL
MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS TO BE HELD JULY 17, 2012 COMMON SHARES The undersigned holder of Common
Shares of the Fund hereby appoints Colin D. Meadows, John M. Zerr, Sheri S. Morris, Peter A.
Davidson, and Stephen R. Rimes, and any one of them separately, proxies with full power of
substitution in each, and hereby authorizes them to represent and to vote, as designated on the
reverse of this proxy card, at the Joint Annual Meeting of Shareholders on July 17, 2012, at 2:00
p.m., Eastern Time, and at any adjournment or postponement thereof, all of the Common Shares of the
Fund which the undersigned would be entitled to vote if personally present. IF THIS PROXY IS SIGNED
AND RETURNED WITH NO CHOICE INDICATED, THE SHARES WILL BE VOTED FOR THE APPROVAL OF PROPOSAL 2,
FOR ALL OF THE NOMINEES, AND IN THE DISCRETION OF THE PROXIES UPON SUCH OTHER BUSINESS AS MAY
PROPERLY COME BEFORE THE MEETING. VOTE VIA THE INTERNET: www.proxy-direct.com VOTE VIA THE
TELEPHONE: 1-800-337-3503 NOTE: PLEASE SIGN EXACTLY AS YOUR NAME APPEARS ON THIS PROXY CARD.
When signing as executor, administrator, attorney, trustee or guardian or as custodian for a minor,
please give full title as such. If a corporation, limited liability company, or partnership, please
sign in full entity name and indicate the signers position with the entity. Signature 2012 Date
PLEASE VOTE VIA INTERNET OR TELEPHONE THE OR ENCLOSED MARK, SIGN, ENVELOPE DATE AND . RETURN
THIS PROXY PROMPTLY USING |
EVERY SHAREHOLDERS VOTE IS IMPORTANT VOTE THIS PROXY CARD TODAY!
Important Notice Regarding the Availability of Proxy Materials for the Joint Annual Meeting
of Shareholders to Be Held on July 17, 2012. The Proxy Statement for this meeting is available at:
[________] Please detach at perforation before mailing. This proxy is solicited on behalf of
the Board. The Board recommends voting FOR Proposal 2 and FOR ALL of the nominees. TO VOTE,
MARK A BOX BELOW IN BLUE OR BLACK INK. Example: FOR AGAINST ABSTAIN Proposal 2: Approval of an
Amended and Restated Agreement and Declaration of Trust. FOR WITHHOLD FOR ALL ALL ALL EXCEPT
Proposal 3(d): Election of Trustees The Board recommends a vote FOR ALL of the nominees listed:
02 01. . Wayne Linda Hutton W. Whalen Heagy INSTRUCTIONS: To withhold authority to vote for any
individual nominee(s), mark the box FOR ALL EXCEPT and write each nominees number on the line
provided below. PROXIES ARE AUTHORIZED TO VOTE, IN THEIR DISCRETION, UPON SUCH OTHER BUSINESS AS
MAY PROPERLY COME BEFORE THE MEETING AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE VOTING STANDARDS SET FORTH IN THE
PROXY STATEMENT WITH RESPECT TO ANY ADJOURNMENT OR POSTPONEMENT OF THE MEETING. PLEASE SIGN AND
DATE ON THE REVERSE SIDE |
EVERY SHAREHOLDERS VOTE IS IMPORTANT! VOTE THIS PROXY CARD TODAY! EASY
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on-screen instructions available 24 hours VOTE BY TELEPHONE Call 1-800-337-3503 Follow the recorded
instructions available 24 hours VOTE BY MAIL Vote, sign and date your Proxy Card and return it in
the postage-paid envelope Please detach at perforation before mailing. INVESCO VAN KAMPEN
DYNAMIC CREDIT OPPORTUNITIES FUND (the Fund) PROXY SOLICITED ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES
(the Board) PROXY FOR THE JOINT ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS TO BE HELD JULY 17, 2012
COMMON SHARES The undersigned holder of Common Shares of the Fund
hereby appoints Colin D. Meadows, John M. Zerr, Sheri S. Morris, Peter A. Davidson, and Stephen R. Rimes, and any one of them
separately, proxies with full power of substitution in each, and hereby authorizes them to
represent and to vote, as designated on the reverse of this proxy card, at the Joint Annual Meeting
of Shareholders on July 17, 2012, at 2:00 p.m., Eastern Time, and at any adjournment or
postponement thereof, all of the Common Shares of the Fund which the undersigned would be entitled
to vote if personally present. IF THIS PROXY IS SIGNED AND RETURNED WITH NO CHOICE INDICATED, THE
SHARES WILL BE VOTED FOR THE APPROVAL OF PROPOSAL 2, FOR ALL OF THE NOMINEES, AND IN THE
DISCRETION OF THE PROXIES UPON SUCH OTHER BUSINESS AS MAY PROPERLY COME BEFORE THE MEETING. VOTE
VIA THE INTERNET: www.proxy-direct.com VOTE VIA THE TELEPHONE: 1-800-337-3503 NOTE: PLEASE SIGN
EXACTLY AS YOUR NAME APPEARS ON THIS PROXY CARD. When signing as executor, administrator, attorney,
trustee or guardian or as custodian for a minor, please give full title as such. If a corporation,
limited liability company, or partnership, please sign in full entity name and indicate the
signers position with the entity. Signature 2012 Date PLEASE VOTE VIA INTERNET OR
TELEPHONE THE OR ENCLOSED MARK, SIGN, ENVELOPE. DATE AND RETURN THIS PROXY PROMPTLY USING |
EVERY SHAREHOLDERS VOTE IS IMPORTANT VOTE THIS PROXY CARD TODAY!
Important Notice Regarding the Availability of Proxy Materials for the Joint Annual Meeting
of Shareholders to Be Held on July 17, 2012. The Proxy Statement for this meeting is available at:
[________] Please detach at perforation before mailing. This proxy is solicited on behalf of
the Board. The Board recommends voting FOR Proposal 2 and FOR ALL of the nominees. TO VOTE,
MARK A BOX BELOW IN BLUE OR BLACK INK. Example: FOR AGAINST ABSTAIN Proposal 2: Approval of an
Amended and Restated Agreement and Declaration of Trust. FOR WITHHOLD FOR ALL ALL ALL EXCEPT
Proposal 3(d): Election of Trustees The Board recommends a vote FOR ALL of the nominees listed:
02. 01. Wayne Linda Hutton W. Whalen Heagy INSTRUCTIONS: To withhold authority to vote for any
individual nominee(s), mark the box FOR ALL EXCEPT and write each nominees number on the line
provided below. PROXIES ARE AUTHORIZED TO VOTE, IN THEIR DISCRETION, UPON SUCH OTHER BUSINESS AS
MAY PROPERLY COME BEFORE THE MEETING AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE VOTING STANDARDS SET FORTH IN THE
PROXY STATEMENT WITH RESPECT TO ANY ADJOURNMENT OR POSTPONEMENT OF THE MEETING. PLEASE SIGN AND
DATE ON THE REVERSE SIDE |
EVERY SHAREHOLDERS VOTE IS IMPORTANT!
VOTE THIS PROXY CARD TODAY!
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EASY VOTING OPTIONS: |
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VOTE ON THE INTERNET
Log on to:
www.proxy-direct.com
Follow the on-screen instructions
available 24 hours |
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VOTE BY TELEPHONE
Call 1-800-337-3503
Follow the recorded instructions
available 24 hours |
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VOTE BY MAIL
Vote, sign and date your
Proxy Card and return it in the
postage-paid envelope |
Please detach at perforation before mailing.
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COMMON SHARES
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INVESCO VAN KAMPEN
PENNSYLVANIA VALUE MUNICIPAL INCOME TRUST (the Fund)
PROXY SOLICITED ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES (the Board)
PROXY FOR THE JOINT ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS TO BE HELD JULY 17, 2012 |
The
undersigned holder of Common Shares of the Fund hereby appoints Colin
D. Meadows, John M. Zerr,
Sheri S. Morris, Peter A. Davidson, and Stephen R. Rimes, and any one of them separately, proxies
with full power of substitution in each, and hereby authorizes them to represent and to vote, as
designated on the reverse of this proxy card, at the Joint Annual Meeting of Shareholders on July
17, 2012, at 2:00 p.m., Eastern Time, and at any adjournment or postponement thereof, all of the
Common Shares of the Fund which the undersigned would be entitled to vote if personally present. IF
THIS PROXY IS SIGNED AND RETURNED WITH NO CHOICE INDICATED, THE SHARES WILL BE VOTED FOR THE
APPROVAL OF PROPOSAL 1, FOR ALL OF THE NOMINEES, AND IN THE DISCRETION OF THE PROXIES UPON SUCH
OTHER BUSINESS AS MAY PROPERLY COME BEFORE THE MEETING.
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VOTE VIA THE INTERNET: www.proxy-direct.com |
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VOTE VIA THE TELEPHONE: 1-800-337-3503 |
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NOTE: PLEASE SIGN EXACTLY AS YOUR NAME APPEARS ON THIS PROXY CARD. When signing as executor,
administrator, attorney, trustee or guardian or as custodian for a minor, please give full title
as such. If a corporation, limited liability company, or partnership, please sign in full entity
name and indicate the signers position with the entity. |
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2012 |
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Date |
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PLEASE VOTE VIA INTERNET OR TELEPHONE OR MARK, SIGN, DATE AND RETURN THIS PROXY PROMPTLY USING
THE ENCLOSED ENVELOPE.
EVERY SHAREHOLDERS VOTE IS IMPORTANT
VOTE THIS PROXY CARD TODAY!
Important Notice Regarding the Availability of Proxy Materials for the Joint Annual
Meeting of Shareholders to Be Held on July 17, 2012.
The Proxy Statement for this meeting is available at: [________]
Please detach at perforation before mailing.
This proxy is solicited on behalf of the Board. The Board recommends voting FOR Proposal 1 and
FOR ALL of the nominees.
TO VOTE, MARK A BOX BELOW IN BLUE OR BLACK INK. Example: █
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FOR
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AGAINST
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ABSTAIN |
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Proposal 1: Approval of an Agreement and Plan of Redomestication that provides for the
reorganization of the Fund as a Delaware statutory trust. |
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FOR ALL
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WITHHOLD ALL
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FOR ALL EXCEPT |
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Proposal 3(a): Election of Trustees The Board recommends
a vote FOR ALL of the nominees listed:
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01.
David C. Arch 03. Suzanne H. Woolsey, Ph.D |
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02. Jerry D. Choate
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INSTRUCTIONS: To withhold authority to vote for any individual nominee(s),
mark the box FOR ALL EXCEPT and write each nominees number on the line provided below.
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PROXIES ARE AUTHORIZED TO VOTE, IN THEIR DISCRETION, UPON SUCH OTHER BUSINESS AS MAY PROPERLY COME
BEFORE THE MEETING AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE VOTING STANDARDS SET FORTH IN THE PROXY STATEMENT
WITH RESPECT TO ANY ADJOURNMENT OR POSTPONEMENT OF THE MEETING.
PLEASE SIGN AND DATE ON THE REVERSE SIDE
EVERY SHAREHOLDERS VOTE IS IMPORTANT!
VOTE THIS PROXY CARD TODAY!
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EASY VOTING OPTIONS: |
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VOTE ON THE INTERNET
Log on to:
www.proxy-direct.com
Follow the on-screen instructions
available 24 hours |
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VOTE BY TELEPHONE
Call 1-800-337-3503
Follow the recorded instructions
available 24 hours |
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VOTE BY MAIL
Vote, sign and date your
Proxy Card and return it in the
postage-paid envelope |
Please detach at perforation before mailing.
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PREFERRED SHARES
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INVESCO VAN KAMPEN PENNSYLVANIA
VALUE MUNICIPAL INCOME TRUST (the Fund)
PROXY SOLICITED ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES (the Board)
PROXY FOR THE JOINT ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS TO BE HELD JULY 17, 2012 |
The
undersigned holder of Preferred Shares of the Fund hereby appoints
Colin D. Meadows, John M. Zerr,
Sheri S. Morris, Peter A. Davidson, and Stephen R. Rimes, and any one of them separately, proxies
with full power of substitution in each, and hereby authorizes them to represent and to vote, as
designated on the reverse of this proxy card, at the Joint Annual Meeting of Shareholders on July
17, 2012, at 2:00 p.m., Eastern Time, and at any adjournment or postponement thereof, all of the
Preferred Shares of the Fund which the undersigned would be entitled to vote if personally present. IF
THIS PROXY IS SIGNED AND RETURNED WITH NO CHOICE INDICATED, THE SHARES WILL BE VOTED FOR THE
APPROVAL OF PROPOSAL 1, FOR ALL OF THE NOMINEES, AND IN THE DISCRETION OF THE PROXIES UPON SUCH
OTHER BUSINESS AS MAY PROPERLY COME BEFORE THE MEETING.
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VOTE VIA THE INTERNET: www.proxy-direct.com |
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VOTE VIA THE TELEPHONE: 1-800-337-3503 |
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NOTE: PLEASE SIGN EXACTLY AS YOUR NAME APPEARS ON THIS PROXY CARD. When signing as executor,
administrator, attorney, trustee or guardian or as custodian for a minor, please give full title
as such. If a corporation, limited liability company, or partnership, please sign in full entity
name and indicate the signers position with the entity. |
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PLEASE VOTE VIA INTERNET OR TELEPHONE OR MARK, SIGN, DATE AND RETURN THIS PROXY PROMPTLY USING
THE ENCLOSED ENVELOPE.
EVERY SHAREHOLDERS VOTE IS IMPORTANT
VOTE THIS PROXY CARD TODAY!
Important Notice Regarding the Availability of Proxy Materials for the Joint Annual
Meeting of Shareholders to Be Held on July 17, 2012.
The Proxy Statement for this meeting is available at: [________]
Please detach at perforation before mailing.
This
proxy is solicited on behalf of the Board. The Board recommends voting FOR Proposal 1 and
FOR ALL of the nominees.
TO VOTE, MARK A BOX BELOW IN BLUE OR BLACK INK. Example: █
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Proposal 1: Approval of an Agreement and Plan of Redomestication that provides for the
reorganization of the Fund as a Delaware statutory trust. |
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FOR ALL EXCEPT |
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Proposal 3(a): Election of Trustees The Board recommends
a vote FOR ALL of the nominees listed:
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David C. Arch 03. Suzanne H. Woolsey, Ph.D |
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02. Jerry D. Choate
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INSTRUCTIONS: To withhold authority to vote for any individual nominee(s),
mark the box FOR ALL EXCEPT and write each nominees number on the line provided below.
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PROXIES ARE AUTHORIZED TO VOTE, IN THEIR DISCRETION, UPON SUCH OTHER BUSINESS AS MAY PROPERLY COME
BEFORE THE MEETING AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE VOTING STANDARDS SET FORTH IN THE PROXY STATEMENT
WITH RESPECT TO ANY ADJOURNMENT OR POSTPONEMENT OF THE MEETING.
PLEASE SIGN AND DATE ON THE REVERSE SIDE
EVERY SHAREHOLDERS VOTE IS IMPORTANT!
VOTE THIS PROXY CARD TODAY!
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EASY VOTING OPTIONS: |
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VOTE ON THE INTERNET
Log on to:
www.proxy-direct.com
Follow the on-screen instructions
available 24 hours |
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VOTE BY TELEPHONE
Call 1-800-337-3503
Follow the recorded instructions
available 24 hours |
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VOTE BY MAIL
Vote, sign and date your
Proxy Card and return it in the
postage-paid envelope |
Please detach at perforation before mailing.
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COMMON SHARES
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INVESCO VAN KAMPEN SENIOR INCOME TRUST (the Fund)
PROXY SOLICITED ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES (the Board)
PROXY FOR THE JOINT ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS TO BE HELD JULY 17, 2012 |
The
undersigned holder of Common Shares of the Fund hereby appoints Colin
D. Meadows, John M. Zerr,
Sheri S. Morris, Peter A. Davidson, and Stephen R. Rimes, and any one of them separately, proxies
with full power of substitution in each, and hereby authorizes them to represent and to vote, as
designated on the reverse of this proxy card, at the Joint Annual Meeting of Shareholders on July
17, 2012, at 2:00 p.m., Eastern Time, and at any adjournment or postponement thereof, all of the
Common Shares of the Fund which the undersigned would be entitled to vote if personally present. IF
THIS PROXY IS SIGNED AND RETURNED WITH NO CHOICE INDICATED, THE SHARES WILL BE VOTED FOR THE
APPROVAL OF PROPOSAL 1, FOR THE NOMINEE, AND IN THE DISCRETION OF THE PROXIES UPON SUCH
OTHER BUSINESS AS MAY PROPERLY COME BEFORE THE MEETING.
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VOTE VIA THE INTERNET: www.proxy-direct.com |
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VOTE VIA THE TELEPHONE: 1-800-337-3503 |
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NOTE: PLEASE SIGN EXACTLY AS YOUR NAME APPEARS ON THIS PROXY CARD. When signing as executor,
administrator, attorney, trustee or guardian or as custodian for a minor, please give full title
as such. If a corporation, limited liability company, or partnership, please sign in full entity
name and indicate the signers position with the entity. |
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PLEASE VOTE VIA INTERNET OR TELEPHONE OR MARK, SIGN, DATE AND RETURN THIS PROXY PROMPTLY USING
THE ENCLOSED ENVELOPE.
EVERY SHAREHOLDERS VOTE IS IMPORTANT
VOTE THIS PROXY CARD TODAY!
Important Notice Regarding the Availability of Proxy Materials for the Joint Annual
Meeting of Shareholders to Be Held on July 17, 2012.
The Proxy Statement for this meeting is available at: [________]
Please detach at perforation before mailing.
This proxy is solicited on behalf of the Board. The Board recommends voting FOR Proposal 1 and
FOR the nominee.
TO VOTE, MARK A BOX BELOW IN BLUE OR BLACK INK. Example: █
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Proposal 1: Approval of an Agreement and Plan of Redomestication that provides for the
reorganization of the Fund as a Delaware statutory trust. |
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WITHHOLD
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Proposal 3(c): Election of Trustee The Board recommends
a vote FOR the following nominee:
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01.
Wayne W. Whalen
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PROXIES ARE AUTHORIZED TO VOTE, IN THEIR DISCRETION, UPON SUCH OTHER BUSINESS AS MAY PROPERLY COME
BEFORE THE MEETING AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE VOTING STANDARDS SET FORTH IN THE PROXY STATEMENT
WITH RESPECT TO ANY ADJOURNMENT OR POSTPONEMENT OF THE MEETING.
PLEASE SIGN AND DATE ON THE REVERSE SIDE
EVERY SHAREHOLDERS VOTE IS IMPORTANT!
VOTE THIS PROXY CARD TODAY!
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EASY VOTING OPTIONS: |
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VOTE ON THE INTERNET
Log on to:
www.proxy-direct.com
Follow the on-screen instructions
available 24 hours |
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VOTE BY TELEPHONE
Call 1-800-337-3503
Follow the recorded instructions
available 24 hours |
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VOTE BY MAIL
Vote, sign and date your
Proxy Card and return it in the
postage-paid envelope |
Please detach at perforation before mailing.
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PREFERRED SHARES
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INVESCO VAN KAMPEN SENIOR INCOME TRUST (the Fund)
PROXY SOLICITED ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES (the Board)
PROXY FOR THE JOINT ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS TO BE HELD JULY 17, 2012 |
The
undersigned holder of Preferred Shares of the Fund hereby appoints
Colin D. Meadows, John M. Zerr,
Sheri S. Morris, Peter A. Davidson, and Stephen R. Rimes, and any one of them separately, proxies
with full power of substitution in each, and hereby authorizes them to represent and to vote, as
designated on the reverse of this proxy card, at the Joint Annual Meeting of Shareholders on July
17, 2012, at 2:00 p.m., Eastern Time, and at any adjournment or postponement thereof, all of the
Preferred Shares of the Fund which the undersigned would be entitled to vote if personally present. IF
THIS PROXY IS SIGNED AND RETURNED WITH NO CHOICE INDICATED, THE SHARES WILL BE VOTED FOR THE
APPROVAL OF PROPOSAL 1, FOR THE NOMINEE, AND IN THE DISCRETION OF THE PROXIES UPON SUCH
OTHER BUSINESS AS MAY PROPERLY COME BEFORE THE MEETING.
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VOTE VIA THE INTERNET: www.proxy-direct.com |
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VOTE VIA THE TELEPHONE: 1-800-337-3503 |
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NOTE: PLEASE SIGN EXACTLY AS YOUR NAME APPEARS ON THIS PROXY CARD. When signing as executor,
administrator, attorney, trustee or guardian or as custodian for a minor, please give full title
as such. If a corporation, limited liability company, or partnership, please sign in full entity
name and indicate the signers position with the entity. |
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Signature |
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2012 |
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Date |
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PLEASE VOTE VIA INTERNET OR TELEPHONE OR MARK, SIGN, DATE AND RETURN THIS PROXY PROMPTLY USING
THE ENCLOSED ENVELOPE.
EVERY SHAREHOLDERS VOTE IS IMPORTANT
VOTE THIS PROXY CARD TODAY!
Important Notice Regarding the Availability of Proxy Materials for the Joint Annual
Meeting of Shareholders to Be Held on July 17, 2012.
The Proxy Statement for this meeting is available at: [________]
Please detach at perforation before mailing.
This proxy is solicited on behalf of the Board. The Board recommends voting FOR Proposal 1 and
FOR the nominee.
TO VOTE, MARK A BOX BELOW IN BLUE OR BLACK INK. Example: █
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FOR
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AGAINST
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ABSTAIN |
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Proposal 1: Approval of an Agreement and Plan of Redomestication that provides for the
reorganization of the Fund as a Delaware statutory trust. |
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FOR
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WITHHOLD
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Proposal 3(c): Election of Trustee The Board recommends
a vote FOR the following nominee:
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01. Linda Hutton Heagy
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PROXIES ARE AUTHORIZED TO VOTE, IN THEIR DISCRETION, UPON SUCH OTHER BUSINESS AS MAY PROPERLY COME
BEFORE THE MEETING AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE VOTING STANDARDS SET FORTH IN THE PROXY STATEMENT
WITH RESPECT TO ANY ADJOURNMENT OR POSTPONEMENT OF THE MEETING.
PLEASE SIGN AND DATE ON THE REVERSE SIDE
EVERY SHAREHOLDERS VOTE IS IMPORTANT!
VOTE THIS PROXY CARD TODAY!
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EASY VOTING OPTIONS: |
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VOTE ON THE INTERNET
Log on to:
www.proxy-direct.com
Follow the on-screen instructions
available 24 hours |
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VOTE BY TELEPHONE
Call 1-800-337-3503
Follow the recorded instructions
available 24 hours |
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VOTE BY MAIL
Vote, sign and date your
Proxy Card and return it in the
postage-paid envelope |
Please detach at perforation before mailing.
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COMMON SHARES
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INVESCO VAN KAMPEN TRUST FOR INVESTMENT GRADE MUNICIPALS (the Fund)
PROXY SOLICITED ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES (the Board)
PROXY FOR THE JOINT ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS TO BE HELD JULY 17, 2012 |
The
undersigned holder of Common Shares of the Fund hereby appoints Colin
D. Meadows, John M. Zerr,
Sheri S. Morris, Peter A. Davidson, and Stephen R. Rimes, and any one of them separately, proxies
with full power of substitution in each, and hereby authorizes them to represent and to vote, as
designated on the reverse of this proxy card, at the Joint Annual Meeting of Shareholders on July
17, 2012, at 2:00 p.m., Eastern Time, and at any adjournment or postponement thereof, all of the
Common Shares of the Fund which the undersigned would be entitled to vote if personally present. IF
THIS PROXY IS SIGNED AND RETURNED WITH NO CHOICE INDICATED, THE SHARES WILL BE VOTED FOR THE
APPROVAL OF PROPOSAL 1, FOR THE NOMINEE, AND IN THE DISCRETION OF THE PROXIES UPON SUCH
OTHER BUSINESS AS MAY PROPERLY COME BEFORE THE MEETING.
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VOTE VIA THE INTERNET: www.proxy-direct.com |
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VOTE VIA THE TELEPHONE: 1-800-337-3503 |
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NOTE: PLEASE SIGN EXACTLY AS YOUR NAME APPEARS ON THIS PROXY CARD. When signing as executor,
administrator, attorney, trustee or guardian or as custodian for a minor, please give full title
as such. If a corporation, limited liability company, or partnership, please sign in full entity
name and indicate the signers position with the entity. |
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Signature |
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2012 |
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Date |
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PLEASE VOTE VIA INTERNET OR TELEPHONE OR MARK, SIGN, DATE AND RETURN THIS PROXY PROMPTLY USING
THE ENCLOSED ENVELOPE.
EVERY SHAREHOLDERS VOTE IS IMPORTANT
VOTE THIS PROXY CARD TODAY!
Important Notice Regarding the Availability of Proxy Materials for the Joint Annual
Meeting of Shareholders to Be Held on July 17, 2012.
The Proxy Statement for this meeting is available at: [________]
Please detach at perforation before mailing.
This proxy is solicited on behalf of the Board. The Board recommends voting FOR Proposal 1 and
FOR the nominee.
TO VOTE, MARK A BOX BELOW IN BLUE OR BLACK INK. Example: █
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FOR
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AGAINST
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ABSTAIN |
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Proposal 1: Approval of an Agreement and Plan of Redomestication that provides for the
reorganization of the Fund as a Delaware statutory trust. |
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FOR
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WITHHOLD
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Proposal 3(b): Election of Trustee The Board recommends
a vote FOR the following nominee:
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01.
Wayne W. Whalen
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PROXIES ARE AUTHORIZED TO VOTE, IN THEIR DISCRETION, UPON SUCH OTHER BUSINESS AS MAY PROPERLY COME
BEFORE THE MEETING AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE VOTING STANDARDS SET FORTH IN THE PROXY STATEMENT
WITH RESPECT TO ANY ADJOURNMENT OR POSTPONEMENT OF THE MEETING.
PLEASE SIGN AND DATE ON THE REVERSE SIDE
EVERY SHAREHOLDERS VOTE IS IMPORTANT!
VOTE THIS PROXY CARD TODAY!
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EASY VOTING OPTIONS: |
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VOTE ON THE INTERNET
Log on to:
www.proxy-direct.com
Follow the on-screen instructions
available 24 hours |
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VOTE BY TELEPHONE
Call 1-800-337-3503
Follow the recorded instructions
available 24 hours |
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VOTE BY MAIL
Vote, sign and date your
Proxy Card and return it in the
postage-paid envelope |
Please detach at perforation before mailing.
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PREFERRED SHARES
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INVESCO VAN KAMPEN TRUST FOR INVESTMENT GRADE MUNICIPALS (the Fund)
PROXY SOLICITED ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES (the Board)
PROXY FOR THE JOINT ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS TO BE HELD JULY 17, 2012 |
The
undersigned holder of Preferred Shares of the Fund hereby appoints
Colin D. Meadows, John M. Zerr,
Sheri S. Morris, Peter A. Davidson, and Stephen R. Rimes, and any one of them separately, proxies
with full power of substitution in each, and hereby authorizes them to represent and to vote, as
designated on the reverse of this proxy card, at the Joint Annual Meeting of Shareholders on July
17, 2012, at 2:00 p.m., Eastern Time, and at any adjournment or postponement thereof, all of the
Preferred Shares of the Fund which the undersigned would be entitled to vote if personally present. IF
THIS PROXY IS SIGNED AND RETURNED WITH NO CHOICE INDICATED, THE SHARES WILL BE VOTED FOR THE
APPROVAL OF PROPOSAL 1, FOR ALL OF THE NOMINEES, AND IN THE DISCRETION OF THE PROXIES UPON SUCH
OTHER BUSINESS AS MAY PROPERLY COME BEFORE THE MEETING.
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VOTE VIA THE INTERNET: www.proxy-direct.com |
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VOTE VIA THE TELEPHONE: 1-800-337-3503 |
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NOTE: PLEASE SIGN EXACTLY AS YOUR NAME APPEARS ON THIS PROXY CARD. When signing as executor,
administrator, attorney, trustee or guardian or as custodian for a minor, please give full title
as such. If a corporation, limited liability company, or partnership, please sign in full entity
name and indicate the signers position with the entity. |
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Signature |
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2012 |
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Date |
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PLEASE VOTE VIA INTERNET OR TELEPHONE OR MARK, SIGN, DATE AND RETURN THIS PROXY PROMPTLY USING
THE ENCLOSED ENVELOPE.
EVERY SHAREHOLDERS VOTE IS IMPORTANT
VOTE THIS PROXY CARD TODAY!
Important Notice Regarding the Availability of Proxy Materials for the Joint Annual
Meeting of Shareholders to Be Held on July 17, 2012.
The Proxy Statement for this meeting is available at: [________]
Please detach at perforation before mailing.
This proxy is solicited on behalf of the Board. The Board recommends voting FOR Proposal 1 and
FOR ALL of the nominees.
TO VOTE, MARK A BOX BELOW IN BLUE OR BLACK INK. Example: █
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FOR
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AGAINST
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ABSTAIN |
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Proposal 1: Approval of an Agreement and Plan of Redomestication that provides for the
reorganization of the Fund as a Delaware statutory trust. |
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FOR ALL
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WITHHOLD ALL
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FOR ALL EXCEPT |
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Proposal 3(b): Election of Trustees The Board recommends
a vote FOR ALL of the nominees listed:
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01. Wayne W. Whalen
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02.
Linda Hutton Heagy
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INSTRUCTIONS: To withhold authority to vote for any individual nominee(s),
mark the box FOR ALL EXCEPT and write each nominees number on the line provided below.
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PROXIES ARE AUTHORIZED TO VOTE, IN THEIR DISCRETION, UPON SUCH OTHER BUSINESS AS MAY PROPERLY COME
BEFORE THE MEETING AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE VOTING STANDARDS SET FORTH IN THE PROXY STATEMENT
WITH RESPECT TO ANY ADJOURNMENT OR POSTPONEMENT OF THE MEETING.
PLEASE SIGN AND DATE ON THE REVERSE SIDE