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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM N-CSR
CERTIFIED SHAREHOLDER REPORT OF REGISTERED MANAGEMENT
INVESTMENT COMPANIES
INVESTMENT COMPANIES
Investment Company Act file number 811-06537
Invesco Van Kampen Trust for Investment Grade New York Municipals
(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)
1555 Peachtree Street, N.E., Atlanta, Georgia 30309
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)
Colin Meadows 1555 Peachtree Street, N.E., Atlanta, Georgia 30309
(Name and address of agent for service)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (713) 626-1919
Date of fiscal year end: 2/28
Date of reporting period: 8/31/11
Item 1. Reports to Stockholders.
New York Municipals
Semiannual Report to Shareholders § August 31, 2011
NYSE: VTN
2 |
Trust Performance | |
3 |
Dividend Reinvestment Plan | |
4 |
Schedule of Investments | |
10 |
Financial Statements | |
13 |
Notes to Financial Statements | |
19 |
Financial Highlights | |
21 |
Approval of Investment Advisory and Sub-Advisory Agreements | |
23 |
Results of Proxy | |
Unless otherwise noted, all data provided by Invesco.
NOT FDIC INSURED |
MAY LOSE VALUE | NO BANK GUARANTEE | ||||||
Performance summary
Cumulative total returns, 2/28/11 to 8/31/11 |
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Trust at NAV |
11.25 | % | ||
Trust at Market Value |
10.23 | |||
Barclays Capital New York Municipal Index▼ |
6.09 | |||
Market Price Discount to NAV as of 8/31/11 |
-0.63 | |||
▼Barclays Capital via FactSet Research Systems Inc. |
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The performance data quoted represent past performance and cannot guarantee comparable future
results; current performance may be lower or higher. Investment return, net asset value and common
share market price will fluctuate so that you may have a gain or loss when you sell shares. Please
visit invesco.com/performance for the most recent month-end performance. Performance figures
reflect Trust expenses, the reinvestment of distributions (if any) and changes in net asset value
(NAV) for performance based on NAV and changes in market price for performance based on market
price.
Since the Trust is a closed-end management investment company, shares of the Trust may trade
at a discount or premium from the NAV. This characteristic is separate and distinct from the risk
that NAV could decrease as a result of investment activities and may be a greater risk to
investors expecting to sell their shares after a short time. The Trust cannot predict whether
shares will trade at, above or below NAV. The Trust should not be viewed as a vehicle for trading
purposes. It is designed primarily for risk-tolerant long-term investors.
The Barclays Capital New York Municipal Index is an index of New York investment grade municipal
bonds.
The Trust is not managed to track the performance of any particular index, including the
index(es) defined here, and consequently, the performance of the Trust may deviate significantly
from the performance of the index(es).
A direct investment cannot be made in an index. Unless otherwise indicated, index results
include reinvested dividends, and they do not reflect sales charges.
Portfolio Management Update
The following individuals are jointly and primarily responsible for the day-to-day management
of Invesco Van Kampen Trust for Investment Grade New York Municipals.
Effective June 28, 2011, Thomas Byron joined the Trust’s management team. He has been
associated with Invesco or its affiliates in an investment capacity since 2010. From 1981 to 2010,
Mr. Byron was associated with Van Kampen Asset Management or its affiliates in an investment
capacity.
Effective June 28, 2011, Stephen Turman joined the Trust’s management
team. He has been associated with Invesco or its affiliates in an investment capacity since 1985.
Effective June 28, 2011, Robert Wimmel joined the Trust’s management team. He has been
associated with Invesco or its affiliates in an investment capacity since 2010. From 1996 to 2010,
Mr. Wimmel was associated with Van Kampen Asset Management or its affiliates in an investment
capacity.
Robert Stryker began managing the Trust in 2007. He has been associated with Invesco or its
affiliates in an investment capacity since 2010. From 1994 to
2010, Mr. Stryker was associated with Van Kampen Asset Management or its affiliates in an
investment capacity.
Julius Williams began managing the Trust in 2009 and has been associated with Invesco or its
affiliates in an investment capacity since 2010. From 2000 to 2010, Mr. Williams was associated
with Van Kampen Asset Management or its affiliates in an investment capacity.
NYSE Symbol
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VTN | |
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Invesco Van Kampen Trust for Investment Grade New York Municipals
Dividend Reinvestment Plan
The dividend reinvestment plan (the Plan) offers you a prompt and simple way to reinvest your
dividends and capital gains distributions (Distributions) into additional shares of your Trust.
Under the Plan, the money you earn from Distributions will be reinvested automatically in more
shares of your Trust, allowing you to potentially increase your investment over time.
Plan benefits
| n | Add to your account: | |
| You may increase the amount of shares in your Trust easily and automatically with the Plan. | ||
| n | Low transaction costs: | |
| Shareholders who participate in the Plan are able to buy shares at below-market prices when the Trust is trading at a premium to its net asset value (NAV). In addition, transaction costs are low because when new shares are issued by a Trust, there is no fee, and when shares are bought in blocks on the open market, the per share fee is shared among all Participants. | ||
| n | Convenience: | |
| You will receive a detailed account statement from Computershare Trust Company, N.A. (the Agent) which administers the Plan. The statement shows your total Distributions, date of investment, shares acquired, and price per share, as well as the total number of shares in your reinvestment account. You can also access your account via the Internet. To do this, please go to invesco.com/us. | ||
| n | Safekeeping: | |
| The Agent will hold the shares it has acquired for you in safekeeping. |
How to participate in the Plan
If you own shares in your own name, you can participate directly in the Plan. If your shares
are held in “street name” – in the name of your brokerage firm, bank, or other financial
institution – you must instruct that entity to participate on your behalf. If they are unable to
participate on your behalf, you may request that they reregister your shares in your own name so
that you may enroll in the Plan.
How to enroll
To enroll in the Plan, please read the Terms and Conditions in the Plan Brochure. You can
enroll in the Plan by visiting invesco.com/us, calling toll-free 800 341 2929 or notifying us in
writing at Invesco Closed-End Funds, Computershare Trust Company, N.A., P.O. Box 43078, Providence,
RI 02940-3078. Please include your Trust name and account number and ensure that all shareholders
listed on the account sign these written instructions. Your participation in the Plan will begin
with the next Distribution payable after the Agent receives your authorization, as long as they
receive it before the “record date,” which is generally 10 business days before such Distributions
are paid. If your authorization arrives after such record date, your participation in the Plan will
begin with the following Distributions.
How the Plan works
If you choose to participate in the Plan, your Distributions will be promptly reinvested for
you, automatically increasing your reinvestment shares. If the Trust is trading at a share price
that is equal to its NAV, you’ll pay that amount for your reinvested shares. However, if the Trust
is trading above or below NAV, the price is determined by one of two ways:
| 1. | Premium: If the Trust is trading at a premium – a market price that is higher than its NAV – you’ll pay either the NAV or 95 percent of the market price, whichever is greater. When the Trust trades at a premium, you’ll pay less for your reinvested shares than an investor purchasing shares on the stock exchange. Keep in mind, a portion of your price reduction may be taxable because you are receiving shares at less than market price. | ||
| 2. | Discount: If the Trust is trading at a discount – a market price that is lower than NAV – you’ll pay the market price for your reinvested shares. |
Costs of the Plan
There is no direct charge to you for reinvesting Distributions because the Plan’s fees are paid
by your Trust. If your Trust is trading at or above its NAV, your new shares are issued directly by
the Trust and there are no brokerage charges or fees. However, if your Trust is trading at a
discount, the shares are purchased on the open market, and you will pay your portion of per share
fees. These per share fees are typically less than the standard brokerage charges for individual
transactions because shares are purchased for all Participants in blocks, resulting in lower fees
for each individual Participant. Any service or per share fees are added to the purchase price. Per
share fees include any applicable brokerage commissions the Agent is required to pay.
Tax implications
The automatic reinvestment of Distributions does not relieve you of any income tax that may be
due on Distributions. You will receive tax information annually to help you prepare your federal
income tax return.
Invesco does not offer tax advice. The tax information contained herein is general and is not
exhaustive by nature. It was not intended or written to be used, and it cannot be used, by any
taxpayer for avoiding penalties that may be imposed on the taxpayer under U.S. federal tax laws.
Federal and state tax laws are complex and constantly changing. Shareholders should always consult
a legal or tax adviser for information concerning their individual situation.
How to withdraw from the Plan
You may withdraw from the Plan at any time by calling 800 341 2929, visiting invesco.com/us or
by writing to Invesco Closed-End Funds, Computershare Trust Company, N.A., P.O. Box 43078,
Providence, RI 02940-3078. Simply indicate that you would like to withdraw from the Plan, and be
sure to include your Trust name and account number. Also, ensure that all shareholders listed on
the account have signed these written instructions. If you withdraw, you have three options with
regard to the shares held in the Plan:
| 1. | If you opt to continue to hold your non-certificated whole shares (Investment Plan Book Shares), they will be held by the Agent electronically as Direct Registration Book-Shares (Book-Entry Shares) and fractional shares will be sold at the then-current market price. Proceeds will be sent via check to your address of record after deducting applicable fees. | ||
| 2. | If you opt to sell your shares through the Agent, we will sell all full and fractional shares and send the proceeds via check to your address of record after deducting a $2.50 service fee and applicable per share fees. Per share fees include any applicable brokerage commissions the Agent is required to pay. | ||
| 3. | You may sell your shares through your financial adviser through the Direct Registration System (DRS). DRS is a service within the securities industry that allows Trust shares to be held in your name in electronic format. You retain full ownership of your shares, without having to hold a share certificate. You should contact your financial adviser to learn more about any restrictions or fees that may apply. |
To obtain a complete copy of the Dividend Reinvestment Plan, please call our Client Services
department at 800 341 2929 or visit invesco.com/us.
3
Invesco Van Kampen Trust for Investment Grade New York Municipals
Schedule
of Investments
August 31,
2011
(Unaudited)
|
Principal |
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|
Interest |
Maturity |
Amount |
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| Rate | Date | (000) | Value | |||||||||||||
|
Municipal Obligations–163.40% |
||||||||||||||||
|
New York–154.74% |
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|
Albany (City of) Industrial Development Agency (St. Peter’s
Hospital); Series 2008 D, Civic Facility RB
|
5.75 | % | 11/15/27 | $ | 1,000 | $ | 1,015,520 | |||||||||
|
Albany Capital Resource Corp. (St. Peter’s Hospital);
Series 2011, RB
|
6.25 | % | 11/15/38 | 1,860 | 1,917,511 | |||||||||||
|
Battery Park (City of) City Authority; Series 2009 B,
RB
|
5.00 | % | 11/01/34 | 3,200 | 3,440,512 | |||||||||||
|
Brooklyn Arena Local Development Corp. (Barclays Center);
|
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|
Series 2009, CAB
RB(a)
|
0.00 | % | 07/15/34 | 6,700 | 1,600,161 | |||||||||||
|
Series 2009, PILOT RB
|
6.25 | % | 07/15/40 | 825 | 839,817 | |||||||||||
|
Series 2009, PILOT RB
|
6.38 | % | 07/15/43 | 825 | 844,784 | |||||||||||
|
Chautauqua (County of) Industrial Development Agency
(NRG–Dunkirk Power); Series 2009, Exempt Facility RB
|
5.88 | % | 04/01/42 | 2,340 | 2,285,665 | |||||||||||
|
Dutchess (County of) Industrial Development Agency (Elant
Fishkill, Inc.); Series 2007 A, Civic Facility RB
|
5.25 | % | 01/01/37 | 920 | 670,744 | |||||||||||
|
East Rochester (City of) Housing Authority (Senior Living
Woodland Village); Series 2006, Ref. RB
|
5.50 | % | 08/01/33 | 2,400 | 1,987,752 | |||||||||||
|
Erie (County of) Industrial Development Agency (City of Buffalo
School District);
|
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|
Series 2011 A, School Facility RB
|
5.25 | % | 05/01/28 | 3,245 | 3,541,528 | |||||||||||
|
Series 2011 A, School Facility RB
|
5.25 | % | 05/01/30 | 2,305 | 2,513,718 | |||||||||||
|
Essex (County of) Industrial Development Agency (International
Paper); Series 2005 A, Solid Waste Disposal Ref.
RB(b)
|
5.20 | % | 12/01/23 | 2,150 | 2,124,522 | |||||||||||
|
Hempstead (Town of) Industrial Development Agency (Adelphi
University); Series 2002, Civic Facility
RB(c)(d)
|
5.50 | % | 06/01/12 | 2,000 | 2,079,200 | |||||||||||
|
Hempstead Local Development Corp. (Molloy College);
Series 2009, Corporate RB
|
5.75 | % | 07/01/39 | 2,655 | 2,740,863 | |||||||||||
|
Long Island (City of) Power Authority;
|
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|
Series 2003 C, Electric System RB
(INS–CIFG)(e)
|
5.25 | % | 09/01/29 | 400 | 443,820 | |||||||||||
|
Series 2006 E, Electric System RB
|
5.00 | % | 12/01/17 | 1,975 | 2,296,016 | |||||||||||
|
Series 2009 A, Electric System RB
|
6.25 | % | 04/01/33 | 1,860 | 2,116,364 | |||||||||||
|
Madison (County of) Industrial Development Agency (Colgate
University); Series 2005 A, Civic Facility RB
(INS–AMBAC)(e)
|
5.00 | % | 07/01/35 | 1,620 | 1,659,301 | |||||||||||
|
Madison (County of) Industrial Development Agency (Morrisville
State College Foundation); Series 2005 A, Civic
Facility RB
(INS–CIFG)(e)
|
5.00 | % | 06/01/28 | 1,000 | 950,900 | |||||||||||
|
Madison (County of) Industrial Development Agency (Oneida Health
Systems, Inc.); Series 2007, Civic Facility RB
|
5.50 | % | 02/01/32 | 750 | 710,370 | |||||||||||
|
Metropolitan Transportation Authority;
|
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|
Series 2005 B, RB
(INS–BHAC)(e)(f)
|
5.00 | % | 11/15/31 | 10,000 | 10,318,500 | |||||||||||
|
Series 2009 B, Dedicated Tax Federal RB
|
5.25 | % | 11/15/27 | 1,535 | 1,686,581 | |||||||||||
|
Subseries 2011 B-2, Dedicated Tax Federal RB
|
5.00 | % | 11/15/32 | 1,000 | 1,063,650 | |||||||||||
|
Monroe County Industrial Development Corp. (Nazareth College of
Rochester); Series 2011, RB
|
5.50 | % | 10/01/41 | 700 | 709,156 | |||||||||||
|
Monroe County Industrial Development Corp.;
Series 2011 A, RB
|
5.00 | % | 07/01/36 | 1,605 | 1,654,578 | |||||||||||
|
Montgomery (County of) Industrial Development Agency (Hamilton
Fulton Montgomery Board of Cooperative Educational Services);
Series 2005 A, Lease RB
(INS–SGI)(e)
|
5.00 | % | 07/01/34 | 1,500 | 1,401,180 | |||||||||||
|
Nassau (County of) Industrial Development Agency (Amsterdam at
Harborside); Series 2007 A, Continuing Care Retirement
Community RB
|
6.70 | % | 01/01/43 | 5,000 | 4,702,900 | |||||||||||
|
New York (City of) Industrial Development Agency (7 World Trade
Center, LLC); Series 2005 B, Liberty RB
|
6.75 | % | 03/01/15 | 2,000 | 2,009,280 | |||||||||||
|
New York (City of) Industrial Development Agency
(IAC/Interactive Corp.); Series 2005, Liberty RB
|
5.00 | % | 09/01/35 | 3,440 | 3,045,226 | |||||||||||
|
New York (City of) Industrial Development Agency (New York Stock
Exchange);
|
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|
Series 2009 A, Special Facility Ref. RB
|
5.00 | % | 05/01/25 | 500 | 535,945 | |||||||||||
|
Series 2009 A, Special Facility Ref. RB
|
5.00 | % | 05/01/21 | 2,445 | 2,738,302 | |||||||||||
|
Series 2009 A, Special Facility Ref. RB
|
5.00 | % | 05/01/29 | 1,500 | 1,566,375 | |||||||||||
|
New York (City of) Industrial Development Agency (Polytechnic
University); Series 2007, Ref. Civic Facility RB
(INS–ACA)(e)
|
5.25 | % | 11/01/37 | 3,500 | 3,407,495 | |||||||||||
See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements which are an
integral part of the financial statements.
4 Invesco
Van Kampen Trust for Investment Grade New York
Municipals
|
Principal |
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|
Interest |
Maturity |
Amount |
||||||||||||||
| Rate | Date | (000) | Value | |||||||||||||
|
New York–(continued) |
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|
New York (City of) Industrial Development Agency (Queens
Baseball Stadium); Series 2006, PILOT RB
(INS–AMBAC)(e)
|
5.00 | % | 01/01/36 | $ | 2,000 | $ | 1,725,020 | |||||||||
|
New York (City of) Industrial Development Agency (Staten Island
University Hospital); Series 2001 B, Civic Facility RB
|
6.38 | % | 07/01/31 | 1,670 | 1,676,730 | |||||||||||
|
New York (City of) Industrial Development Agency (Terminal One
Group Association, L.P.);
|
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|
Series 2005, Special Facility
RB(b)(c)(g)
|
5.50 | % | 01/01/16 | 3,710 | 3,961,130 | |||||||||||
|
Series 2005, Special Facility
RB(b)(c)(g)
|
5.50 | % | 01/01/16 | 4,000 | 4,216,760 | |||||||||||
|
Series 2005, Special Facility
RB(b)(c)(g)
|
5.50 | % | 01/01/16 | 3,000 | 3,179,670 | |||||||||||
|
New York (City of) Industrial Development Agency (YMCA of
Greater New York); Series 1997, Civic Facility RB
|
5.80 | % | 08/01/16 | 920 | 922,539 | |||||||||||
|
New York (City of) Liberty Development Corp. (Bank of America
Tower at One Bryant Park); Series 2010, Ref. Second
Priority Liberty RB
|
6.38 | % | 07/15/49 | 2,230 | 2,307,938 | |||||||||||
|
New York (City of) Municipal Water Finance Authority;
|
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|
Series 2005 C, Water & Sewer System
RB(f)
|
5.00 | % | 06/15/31 | 10,000 | 10,413,800 | |||||||||||
|
Series 2005 D, Water & Sewer System
RB(f)
|
5.00 | % | 06/15/37 | 12,000 | 12,347,160 | |||||||||||
|
Series 2009 FF-2, Water & Sewer System RB
|
5.50 | % | 06/15/40 | 1,500 | 1,643,430 | |||||||||||
|
New York (City of) Transitional Finance Authority;
|
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|
Series 2008
S-2,
Building Aid RB
|
6.00 | % | 07/15/33 | 1,350 | 1,528,524 | |||||||||||
|
Series 2009
S-1,
Building Aid RB
|
5.50 | % | 07/15/38 | 2,950 | 3,181,280 | |||||||||||
|
Series 2009
S-3,
Building Aid RB
|
5.25 | % | 01/15/27 | 4,500 | 4,929,525 | |||||||||||
|
Series 2009
S-3,
Building Aid RB
|
5.25 | % | 01/15/39 | 2,000 | 2,119,500 | |||||||||||
|
Series 2011 E, Sec. Future Tax RB
|
5.00 | % | 11/01/24 | 1,135 | 1,301,425 | |||||||||||
|
New York (City of) Trust for Cultural Resources (American Museum
of Natural History); Series 2004 A, Ref. RB
(INS–NATL)(e)(f)
|
5.00 | % | 07/01/44 | 10,890 | 11,063,042 | |||||||||||
|
New York (City of) Trust for Cultural Resources (Carnegie Hall);
Series 2009 A, RB
|
5.00 | % | 12/01/39 | 1,500 | 1,523,700 | |||||||||||
|
New York (City of) Trust for Cultural Resources (Museum of
Modern Art); Series 2008 1A, Ref. RB
|
5.00 | % | 04/01/31 | 1,550 | 1,647,201 | |||||||||||
|
New York (City of);
|
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|
Series 2008 F-1, Unlimited Tax GO Bonds
|
5.50 | % | 11/15/28 | 3,300 | 3,729,957 | |||||||||||
|
Subseries 1993
E-4, VRD
Unlimited Tax GO Bonds (LOC–BNP
Paribas)(h)(i)
|
0.19 | % | 08/01/22 | 3,700 | 3,700,000 | |||||||||||
|
Subseries 1993
E-5, VRD
Unlimited Tax GO Bonds (LOC–JPMorgan Chase Bank,
N.A.)(h)(i)
|
0.10 | % | 08/01/17 | 400 | 400,000 | |||||||||||
|
Subseries 2008 I-1, Unlimited Tax GO
Bonds(f)
|
5.00 | % | 02/01/26 | 10,000 | 10,815,100 | |||||||||||
|
Subseries 2008 L-1, Unlimited Tax GO
Bonds(f)
|
5.00 | % | 04/01/27 | 10,000 | 10,777,300 | |||||||||||
|
Subseries 2009 I-1, Unlimited Tax GO Bonds
|
5.25 | % | 04/01/32 | 4,700 | 5,063,357 | |||||||||||
|
New York (State of) Dormitory Authority (Brooklyn Law School);
Series 2003 B, RB
(INS–SGI)(e)
|
5.38 | % | 07/01/23 | 2,340 | 2,424,310 | |||||||||||
|
New York (State of) Dormitory Authority (Catholic Health
Services of Long Island–St. Francis Hospital);
Series 2004, Obligated Group RB
|
5.00 | % | 07/01/27 | 2,200 | 2,218,348 | |||||||||||
|
New York (State of) Dormitory Authority (City of New York
Issue); Series 2005 A, Court Facilities Lease Non
State Supported Debt RB
(INS–AMBAC)(e)
|
5.50 | % | 05/15/30 | 1,750 | 2,014,215 | |||||||||||
|
New York (State of) Dormitory Authority (City University System
Consolidated);
|
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|
Series 1993 A, Second General RB
|
5.75 | % | 07/01/13 | 1,320 | 1,391,636 | |||||||||||
|
Series 1995 A, RB
|
5.63 | % | 07/01/16 | 3,000 | 3,348,870 | |||||||||||
|
New York (State of) Dormitory Authority (Convent of The Sacred
Heart); Series 2011, Non State Supported Debt RB
(INS–AGM)(e)
|
5.75 | % | 11/01/40 | 1,255 | 1,347,255 | |||||||||||
|
New York (State of) Dormitory Authority (Cornell University);
Series 2010 A, Non State Supported Debt RB
|
5.00 | % | 07/01/40 | 1,000 | 1,070,290 | |||||||||||
|
New York (State of) Dormitory Authority (Department of Health);
Series 2005 A, Supported Debt Ref. RB
(INS–CIFG)(e)
|
5.00 | % | 07/01/25 | 1,500 | 1,575,315 | |||||||||||
|
New York (State of) Dormitory Authority (Education);
Series 2008 B, State Personal Income Tax RB
|
5.75 | % | 03/15/36 | 2,150 | 2,411,332 | |||||||||||
|
New York (State of) Dormitory Authority (FIT Student Housing
Corp.); Series 2007, Non State Supported Debt RB
(INS–NATL)(e)
|
5.25 | % | 07/01/28 | 1,655 | 1,754,002 | |||||||||||
|
New York (State of) Dormitory Authority (Fordham University);
|
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|
Series 2008 B, Non State Supported Debt RB
(INS–AGL)(e)
|
5.00 | % | 07/01/33 | 915 | 950,603 | |||||||||||
See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements which are an
integral part of the financial statements.
5 Invesco
Van Kampen Trust for Investment Grade New York
Municipals
|
Principal |
||||||||||||||||
|
Interest |
Maturity |
Amount |
||||||||||||||
| Rate | Date | (000) | Value | |||||||||||||
|
New York–(continued) |
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|
Series 2011 A, Non State Supported Debt RB
|
5.13 | % | 07/01/29 | $ | 500 | $ | 531,735 | |||||||||
|
New York (State of) Dormitory Authority (General Purpose);
Series 2011 A, State Personal Income Tax RB
|
5.00 | % | 03/15/30 | 2,400 | 2,643,744 | |||||||||||
|
New York (State of) Dormitory Authority (Maimonides Medical
Center); Series 2004, Mortgage Hospital RB
(INS–NATL)(e)
|
5.00 | % | 08/01/33 | 1,950 | 1,973,907 | |||||||||||
|
New York (State of) Dormitory Authority (Manhattan College);
Series 2007 A, Non State Supported Debt RB
(INS–RADIAN)(e)
|
5.00 | % | 07/01/41 | 2,315 | 2,086,741 | |||||||||||
|
New York (State of) Dormitory Authority (Memorial Sloan
Kettering Cancer Center); Series 1998 C, RB
(INS–NATL)(e)
|
5.50 | % | 07/01/23 | 3,750 | 4,421,512 | |||||||||||
|
New York (State of) Dormitory Authority (Mental Health Services
Facilities Improvement);
|
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|
Series 2007 A, State Supported Debt RB
(INS–AGM)(e)
|
5.00 | % | 02/15/27 | 2,000 | 2,113,680 | |||||||||||
|
Series 2008 C, State Supported Debt RB
(INS–AGM)(b)(e)
|
5.25 | % | 02/15/28 | 2,000 | 2,057,400 | |||||||||||
|
New York (State of) Dormitory Authority (Mount Sinai School of
Medicine); Series 2009, Non State Supported Debt RB
|
5.13 | % | 07/01/39 | 1,750 | 1,780,940 | |||||||||||
|
New York (State of) Dormitory Authority (New York University);
|
||||||||||||||||
|
Series 2001 1, RB
(INS–AMBAC)(e)
|
5.50 | % | 07/01/31 | 2,000 | 2,329,700 | |||||||||||
|
Series 2001-1,
RB
(INS–BHAC)(e)
|
5.50 | % | 07/01/31 | 830 | 983,011 | |||||||||||
|
New York (State of) Dormitory Authority (North Shore–Long
Island Jewish Obligated Group);
|
||||||||||||||||
|
Series 2006 A, Non State Supported Debt RB
|
5.00 | % | 11/01/26 | 4,000 | 4,052,400 | |||||||||||
|
Series 2009 A, Non State Supported Debt RB
|
5.50 | % | 05/01/37 | 1,250 | 1,274,950 | |||||||||||
|
New York (State of) Dormitory Authority (NYU Hospitals Center);
Series 2007 A, Non State Supported Debt RB
|
5.00 | % | 07/01/36 | 1,500 | 1,434,165 | |||||||||||
|
New York (State of) Dormitory Authority (Orange Regional Medical
Center);
|
||||||||||||||||
|
Series 2008, Non State Supported Debt RB
|
6.13 | % | 12/01/29 | 1,000 | 993,590 | |||||||||||
|
Series 2008, Non State Supported Debt RB
|
6.50 | % | 12/01/21 | 3,000 | 3,151,470 | |||||||||||
|
New York (State of) Dormitory Authority (Pratt Institution);
Series 2009 C, Non State Supported Debt RB
(INS–AGL)(e)
|
5.13 | % | 07/01/39 | 600 | 621,882 | |||||||||||
|
New York (State of) Dormitory Authority (Providence Rest);
|
||||||||||||||||
|
Series 2005, Non State Supported Debt RB
(INS–ACA)(e)
|
5.13 | % | 07/01/30 | 2,525 | 1,902,184 | |||||||||||
|
Series 2005, Non State Supported Debt RB
(INS–ACA)(e)
|
5.00 | % | 07/01/35 | 2,000 | 1,389,560 | |||||||||||
|
New York (State of) Dormitory Authority (Rochester Institute of
Technology); Series 2010, Non State Supported Debt RB
|
5.00 | % | 07/01/40 | 1,350 | 1,390,230 | |||||||||||
|
New York (State of) Dormitory Authority (Rockefeller
University); Series 2010 A, RB
|
5.00 | % | 07/01/41 | 1,500 | 1,600,830 | |||||||||||
|
New York (State of) Dormitory Authority (School District
Financing Program); Series 2011 A, Non State Supported
Debt RB
|
5.00 | % | 10/01/25 | 950 | 1,043,471 | |||||||||||
|
New York (State of) Dormitory Authority (School Districts
Revenue Bond Financing Program); Series 2008 D, RB
(INS–AGL)(e)
|
5.75 | % | 10/01/24 | 2,000 | 2,278,740 | |||||||||||
|
New York (State of) Dormitory Authority (St. Francis College);
Series 2010, Non State Supported Debt RB
|
5.00 | % | 10/01/40 | 750 | 745,980 | |||||||||||
|
New York (State of) Dormitory Authority (St. Joseph’s
College); Series 2010, Non State Supported Debt RB
|
5.25 | % | 07/01/35 | 1,000 | 1,026,230 | |||||||||||
|
New York (State of) Dormitory Authority (State University
Dormitory Facilities Issue); Series 2010 A, Lease RB
|
5.00 | % | 07/01/35 | 735 | 767,766 | |||||||||||
|
New York (State of) Dormitory Authority (State University
Dormitory Facilities); Series 2008 A, State Supported
Debt Lease RB
|
5.00 | % | 07/01/25 | 2,205 | 2,377,255 | |||||||||||
|
New York (State of) Dormitory Authority (State University
Educational Facilities);
|
||||||||||||||||
|
Series 1993 A, RB
(INS–NATL/IBC)(e)
|
5.25 | % | 05/15/15 | 3,600 | 3,992,076 | |||||||||||
|
Series 1993 B, RB
|
5.25 | % | 05/15/19 | 5,010 | 5,724,977 | |||||||||||
|
New York (State of) Dormitory Authority (The New School);
Series 2010, Non State Supported Debt RB
|
5.50 | % | 07/01/40 | 2,200 | 2,306,436 | |||||||||||
|
New York (State of) Dormitory Authority (Vassar College);
Series 2007, Non State Supported Debt RB
|
5.00 | % | 07/01/46 | 1,670 | 1,713,620 | |||||||||||
|
New York (State of) Environmental Facilities Corp. (New York
City Municipal Water Finance Authority);
|
||||||||||||||||
|
Series 1994 A, State Water PCR
|
5.75 | % | 06/15/12 | 95 | 99,130 | |||||||||||
|
Series 1994 A, State Water
PCR(d)
|
5.75 | % | 06/15/12 | 500 | 521,995 | |||||||||||
|
Series 1994 A, State Water
PCR(d)
|
5.75 | % | 06/15/12 | 300 | 313,221 | |||||||||||
|
New York (State of) Mortgage Agency;
|
||||||||||||||||
|
Series 1998 71, Homeowner Mortgage
RB(b)
|
5.40 | % | 04/01/29 | 770 | 770,231 | |||||||||||
|
Series 2007 145, Homeowner Mortgage
RB(b)
|
5.05 | % | 10/01/29 | 1,555 | 1,559,805 | |||||||||||
See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements which are an
integral part of the financial statements.
6 Invesco
Van Kampen Trust for Investment Grade New York
Municipals
|
Principal |
||||||||||||||||
|
Interest |
Maturity |
Amount |
||||||||||||||
| Rate | Date | (000) | Value | |||||||||||||
|
New York–(continued) |
||||||||||||||||
|
New York (State of) Thruway Authority;
|
||||||||||||||||
|
Series 2007 H, RB
(INS–NATL)(e)
|
5.00 | % | 01/01/29 | $ | 2,500 | $ | 2,637,800 | |||||||||
|
Series 2008 B, Second General Highway &
Bridge Trust Fund RB
|
5.00 | % | 04/01/27 | 1,000 | 1,087,140 | |||||||||||
|
New York (State of) Urban Development Corp. (Correctional
Facility); Series 1994 A, Ref. RB
|
5.50 | % | 01/01/14 | 3,315 | 3,485,126 | |||||||||||
|
New York (State of) Urban Development Corp. (Rensselaer
Polytechnic Institute–Center for Industrial Innovation);
Series 1995, Ref. RB
|
5.50 | % | 01/01/13 | 855 | 878,872 | |||||||||||
|
New York (State of) Urban Development Corp.;
Series 2008 B, Service Contract Ref. RB
|
5.25 | % | 01/01/25 | 2,000 | 2,191,260 | |||||||||||
|
New York Environmental Facilities Corp. (New York City Municipal
Water); Series 2011, Revolving Funds State Cleaning
Water & Drinking RB
|
5.00 | % | 06/15/31 | 1,270 | 1,386,484 | |||||||||||
|
New York Environmental Facilities Corp.;
Series 2010 C, RB
|
5.00 | % | 10/15/39 | 1,505 | 1,599,665 | |||||||||||
|
New York Health & Hospital Corp.;
Series 2010 A, Health System RB
|
5.00 | % | 02/15/30 | 2,230 | 2,288,716 | |||||||||||
|
Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority (Buffalo Niagara
International Airport); Series 1999 A, Airport RB
(INS–NATL)(b)(e)
|
5.63 | % | 04/01/29 | 3,570 | 3,461,365 | |||||||||||
|
Oneida (County of) Industrial Development Agency (St. Elizabeth
Medical Center Facility); Series 1999 B, Civic
Facility IDR
|
6.00 | % | 12/01/19 | 1,355 | 1,355,136 | |||||||||||
|
Onondaga Civic Development Corp. (Le Moyne College);
Series 2010, RB
|
5.38 | % | 07/01/40 | 1,950 | 1,944,170 | |||||||||||
|
Port Authority of New York & New Jersey (JFK
International Air Terminal LLC); Series 2010, Special
Obligation RB
|
6.00 | % | 12/01/42 | 1,540 | 1,565,841 | |||||||||||
|
Port Authority of New York & New Jersey (JFK
International Air Terminal, LLC);
|
||||||||||||||||
|
Series 1997, Special Obligation RB
(INS–NATL)(b)(e)
|
5.75 | % | 12/01/22 | 2,000 | 1,985,760 | |||||||||||
|
Series 1997, Special Obligation RB
(INS–NATL)(b)(e)
|
5.75 | % | 12/01/25 | 2,500 | 2,426,475 | |||||||||||
|
Port Authority of New York & New Jersey;
|
||||||||||||||||
|
Series 2006 144th, Consolidated
RB(f)
|
5.00 | % | 10/01/35 | 17,500 | 18,170,775 | |||||||||||
|
Series 2008 152nd, Consolidated
RB(b)(f)
|
5.00 | % | 11/01/25 | 10,000 | 10,475,200 | |||||||||||
|
Rockland (County of) Solid Waste Management Authority;
Series 2003 B, RB
(INS–AMBAC)(b)(e)
|
5.13 | % | 12/15/28 | 1,000 | 1,005,170 | |||||||||||
|
Saratoga (County of) Industrial Development Agency (Saratoga
Hospital); Series 2007 B, Civic Facility RB
|
5.13 | % | 12/01/27 | 1,000 | 1,004,960 | |||||||||||
|
Seneca (County of) Industrial Development Agency (Seneca
Meadows, Inc.); Series 2005, Solid Waste Disposal
RB(b)(c)(g)(j)
|
6.63 | % | 10/01/13 | 1,500 | 1,503,900 | |||||||||||
|
Sodus Central School District; Series 2002, Ref. Unlimited
Tax GO Bonds
(INS–NATL/FGIC)(e)
|
5.13 | % | 06/15/17 | 1,250 | 1,294,150 | |||||||||||
|
Suffolk (County of) Industrial Development Agency (Eastern Long
Island Hospital Association); Series 2007, Civic Facility
RB(j)
|
5.38 | % | 01/01/27 | 1,995 | 1,651,960 | |||||||||||
|
Suffolk Economic Development Corp. (Peconic Landing at Southold,
Inc.); Series 2010, Ref. RB
|
6.00 | % | 12/01/40 | 825 | 827,813 | |||||||||||
|
Tompkins (County of) Industrial Development Agency (Cornell
University); Series 2008 A, Civic Facility RB
|
5.00 | % | 07/01/37 | 750 | 793,005 | |||||||||||
|
Triborough Bridge & Tunnel Authority;
Series 2001 A, General Purpose RB
|
5.00 | % | 01/01/32 | 15 | 15,048 | |||||||||||
|
Troy Capital Resource Corp. (Rensselaer Polytechnic);
Series 2010 A, RB
|
5.00 | % | 09/01/30 | 2,000 | 2,044,360 | |||||||||||
|
TSASC, Inc.;
|
||||||||||||||||
|
Series 2006 1, Tobacco Settlement RB
|
5.00 | % | 06/01/34 | 2,000 | 1,491,180 | |||||||||||
|
Series 2006 1, Tobacco Settlement RB
|
5.13 | % | 06/01/42 | 3,135 | 2,169,828 | |||||||||||
|
United Nations Development Corp.; Series 2009 A, Ref.
RB
|
5.00 | % | 07/01/25 | 1,000 | 1,092,280 | |||||||||||
|
Westchester (County of) Industrial Development Agency (Kendal on
Hudson); Series 2003 A, Continuing Care Retirement
Mortgage
RB(c)(d)
|
6.50 | % | 01/01/13 | 3,000 | 3,247,950 | |||||||||||
|
Westchester (County of) Tobacco Asset Securitization Corp.;
Series 2005, RB
|
5.13 | % | 06/01/45 | 5,500 | 3,708,705 | |||||||||||
|
Yonkers (City of) Economic Development Corp. (Charter School of
Educational Excellence) Series 2010 A,
Educational RB
|
6.25 | % | 10/15/40 | 1,200 | 1,139,928 | |||||||||||
| 339,203,086 | ||||||||||||||||
See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements which are an
integral part of the financial statements.
7 Invesco
Van Kampen Trust for Investment Grade New York
Municipals
|
Principal |
||||||||||||||||
|
Interest |
Maturity |
Amount |
||||||||||||||
| Rate | Date | (000) | Value | |||||||||||||
|
Puerto Rico–5.00% |
||||||||||||||||
|
Puerto Rico (Commonwealth of) Electric Power Authority;
|
||||||||||||||||
|
Series 2007 TT, RB
|
5.00 | % | 07/01/37 | $ | 1,000 | $ | 941,240 | |||||||||
|
Series 2008 WW, Power RB
|
5.50 | % | 07/01/21 | 1,000 | 1,084,500 | |||||||||||
|
Series 2008 WW, Power RB
|
5.00 | % | 07/01/28 | 1,000 | 998,240 | |||||||||||
|
Series 2008 WW, Power RB
|
5.25 | % | 07/01/33 | 1,500 | 1,477,845 | |||||||||||
|
Series 2010 XX, Power RB
|
5.75 | % | 07/01/36 | 600 | 614,760 | |||||||||||
|
Puerto Rico (Commonwealth of) Infrastructure Financing
Authority; Series 2005 C, Ref. Special Tax RB
(INS–AMBAC)(e)
|
5.50 | % | 07/01/27 | 1,225 | 1,281,093 | |||||||||||
|
Puerto Rico (Commonwealth of) Public Buildings Authority
(Government Facilities); Series 2004 I,
RB(c)(d)
|
5.25 | % | 07/01/14 | 75 | 84,839 | |||||||||||
|
Puerto Rico (Commonwealth of) Sales Tax Financing Corp.;
|
||||||||||||||||
|
First Subseries 2010 C, First Sub. RB
|
5.25 | % | 08/01/41 | 1,000 | 994,720 | |||||||||||
|
Series 2009 A, First Sub. RB
|
5.75 | % | 08/01/37 | 870 | 901,546 | |||||||||||
|
Series 2009 A, First Sub. RB
|
6.38 | % | 08/01/39 | 1,500 | 1,626,270 | |||||||||||
|
Series 2010 A, First Sub. RB
|
5.38 | % | 08/01/39 | 945 | 953,231 | |||||||||||
| 10,958,284 | ||||||||||||||||
|
Guam–2.20% |
||||||||||||||||
|
Guam (Territory of) (Section 30);
|
||||||||||||||||
|
Series 2009 A, Limited Obligation RB
|
5.63 | % | 12/01/29 | 750 | 762,292 | |||||||||||
|
Series 2009 A, Limited Obligation RB
|
5.75 | % | 12/01/34 | 500 | 504,030 | |||||||||||
|
Guam (Territory of) Government Waterworks Authority;
Series 2010, Water & Wastewater System RB
|
5.63 | % | 07/01/40 | 3,000 | 2,767,440 | |||||||||||
|
Guam (Territory of) Power Authority; Series 2010 A, RB
|
5.50 | % | 10/01/40 | 820 | 781,493 | |||||||||||
| 4,815,255 | ||||||||||||||||
|
Virgin Islands–1.46% |
||||||||||||||||
|
Virgin Islands (Government of) Public Finance Authority (Gross
Receipts Taxes Loan Note); Series 1999 A, RB
|
6.38 | % | 10/01/19 | 1,500 | 1,503,015 | |||||||||||
|
Virgin Islands (Government of) Public Finance Authority
(Matching Fund Loan Note–Diageo);
Series 2009 A, Sub. RB
|
6.63 | % | 10/01/29 | 1,600 | 1,689,088 | |||||||||||
| 3,192,103 | ||||||||||||||||
|
TOTAL
INVESTMENTS(k)–163.40%
(Cost $351,209,577)
|
358,168,728 | |||||||||||||||
|
FLOATING RATE NOTE OBLIGATIONS–(24.26%)
|
||||||||||||||||
|
Notes with interest rates ranging from 0.21% to 0.28% at
08/31/11,
and contractual maturities of collateral ranging from
11/01/25 to
07/01/44
(See
Note 1J)(l)
|
(53,175,000 | ) | ||||||||||||||
|
OTHER ASSETS LESS LIABILITIES–0.55%
|
1,215,526 | |||||||||||||||
|
PREFERRED SHARES–(39.69)%
|
(87,000,000 | ) | ||||||||||||||
|
NET ASSETS APPLICABLE TO COMMON SHARES–100.00%
|
$ | 219,209,254 | ||||||||||||||
Investment Abbreviations:
|
ACA
|
– ACA Financial Guaranty Corp. | |
|
AGL
|
– Assured Guaranty Ltd. | |
|
AGM
|
– Assured Guaranty Municipal Corp. | |
|
AMBAC
|
– American Municipal Bond Assurance Corp. | |
|
BHAC
|
– Berkshire Hathaway Assurance Corp. | |
|
CAB
|
– Capital Appreciation Bonds | |
|
CIFG
|
– CIFG Assurance North America, Inc. | |
|
FGIC
|
– Financial Guaranty Insurance Co. | |
|
GO
|
– General Obligation | |
|
IBC
|
– International Bancshares Corp. | |
|
IDR
|
– Industrial Development Revenue Bonds | |
|
INS
|
– Insurer | |
|
LOC
|
– Letter of Credit | |
|
NATL
|
– National Public Finance Guarantee Corp. | |
|
PCR
|
– Pollution Control Revenue Bonds | |
|
PILOT
|
– Payment-in-Lieu-of-Tax | |
|
RB
|
– Revenue Bonds | |
|
Ref
|
– Refunding | |
|
Sec.
|
– Secured | |
|
SGI
|
– Syncora Guarantee, Inc. | |
|
Sub.
|
– Subordinated | |
|
VRD
|
– Variable Rate Demand |
Notes to Schedule of Investments:
| (a) | Zero coupon bond issued at a discount. | |
| (b) | Security subject to the alternative minimum tax. |
See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements which are an
integral part of the financial statements.
8 Invesco
Van Kampen Trust for Investment Grade New York
Municipals
| (c) | Security has an irrevocable call by the issuer or mandatory put by the holder. Maturity date reflects such call or put. | |
| (d) | Advance refunded; secured by an escrow fund of U.S. Government obligations or other highly rated collateral. | |
| (e) | Principal and/or interest payments are secured by the bond insurance company listed. | |
| (f) | Underlying security related to Dealer Trusts entered into by the Trust. See Note 1J. | |
| (g) | Interest or dividend rate is redetermined periodically. Rate shown is the rate in effect on August 31, 2011. | |
| (h) | Principal and interest payments are fully enhanced by a letter of credit from the bank listed or a predecessor bank, branch or subsidiary. | |
| (i) | Demand security payable upon demand by the Trust at specified time intervals no greater than thirteen months. Interest rate is redetermined periodically. Rate shown is the rate in effect on August 31, 2011. | |
| (j) | Security purchased or received in a transaction exempt from registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. The security may be resold pursuant to an exemption from registration under the 1933 Act, typically to qualified institutional buyers. The aggregate value of these securities at August 31, 2011 was $3,155,860, which represented 1.44% of the Trust’s Net Assets Applicable to Common Shares. | |
| (k) | This table provides a listing of those entities that have either issued, guaranteed, backed or otherwise enhanced the credit quality of more than 5% of the securities held in the portfolio. In instances where the entity has guaranteed, backed or otherwise enhanced the credit quality of a security, it is not primarily responsible for the issuer’s obligations but may be called upon to satisfy the issuer’s obligations. |
| Entities | Percentage | |||
|
National Public Finance Guarantee Corp.
|
9.77 | % | ||
| (l) | Floating rate note obligations related to securities held. The interest rates shown reflect the rates in effect at August 31, 2011. At August 31, 2011, the Trust’s investments with a value of $94,380,877 are held by Dealer Trusts and serve as collateral for the $53,175,000 in the floating rate note obligations outstanding at that date. |
By
credit sector, based on Total Investments
|
Revenue Bonds
|
88.5 | % | ||
|
General Obligations Bonds
|
10.0 | |||
|
Pre-refunded Bonds
|
1.5 | |||
See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements which are an
integral part of the financial statements.
9 Invesco
Van Kampen Trust for Investment Grade New York
Municipals
Statement
of Assets and Liabilities
August 31,
2011
(Unaudited)
|
Assets: |
||||
|
Investments, at value (Cost $351,209,577)
|
$ | 358,168,728 | ||
|
Receivable for:
|
||||
|
Interest
|
4,261,104 | |||
|
Other assets
|
13,060 | |||
|
Total assets
|
362,442,892 | |||
|
Liabilities: |
||||
|
Floating rate note obligations
|
53,175,000 | |||
|
Payable for:
|
||||
|
Investments purchased
|
1,662,924 | |||
|
Amount due custodian
|
1,106,432 | |||
|
Income distributions — preferred and common shares
|
60,765 | |||
|
Accrued fees to affiliates
|
8 | |||
|
Accrued other operating expenses
|
228,509 | |||
|
Total liabilities
|
56,233,638 | |||
|
Preferred shares ($0.01 par value, authorized
100,000,000 shares, 3,480 issued with liquidation
preference of $25,000 per share)
|
87,000,000 | |||
|
Net assets applicable to common shares
|
$ | 219,209,254 | ||
|
Net assets applicable to common shares consist of: |
||||
|
Shares of beneficial interest — common shares
|
$ | 233,222,690 | ||
|
Undistributed net investment income
|
5,938,730 | |||
|
Undistributed net realized gain (loss)
|
(26,911,317 | ) | ||
|
Unrealized appreciation
|
6,959,151 | |||
| $ | 219,209,254 | |||
|
Shares outstanding, $0.01 par value per common share, with an unlimited number of shares authorized: |
||||
|
Common shares outstanding
|
15,220,024 | |||
|
Net asset value per common share
|
$ | 14.40 | ||
|
Market value per common share
|
$ | 14.31 | ||
See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements which are an
integral part of the financial statements.
10 Invesco
Van Kampen Trust for Investment Grade New York
Municipals
Statement
of Operations
For
the six months ended August 31, 2011
(Unaudited)
|
Investment income: |
||||
|
Interest
|
$ | 8,927,130 | ||
|
Expenses: |
||||
|
Advisory fees
|
976,338 | |||
|
Administrative services fees
|
25,137 | |||
|
Custodian fees
|
7,396 | |||
|
Interest, facilities and maintenance fees
|
335,373 | |||
|
Transfer agent fees
|
29,972 | |||
|
Trustees’ and officers’ fees and benefits
|
19,607 | |||
|
Professional services fees
|
170,268 | |||
|
Other
|
27,638 | |||
|
Total expenses
|
1,591,729 | |||
|
Less: Fees waived
|
(87,370 | ) | ||
|
Net expenses
|
1,504,359 | |||
|
Net investment income
|
7,422,771 | |||
|
Realized and unrealized gain from: |
||||
|
Net realized gain from investment securities
|
200,006 | |||
|
Change in net unrealized appreciation of investment securities
|
15,114,664 | |||
|
Net realized and unrealized gain
|
15,314,670 | |||
|
Distributions to preferred shareholders from net investment
income
|
(102,742 | ) | ||
|
Net increase in net assets applicable to common shares resulting
from operations
|
$ | 22,634,699 | ||
See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements which are an
integral part of the financial statements.
11 Invesco
Van Kampen Trust for Investment Grade New York
Municipals
Statement
of Changes in Net Assets
For
the six months ended August 31, 2011, the period
November 1, 2010 to February 28, 2011 and the year
ended October 31, 2010
(Unaudited)
|
For the six |
For the four |
For the year |
||||||||||
|
months ended |
months ended |
ended |
||||||||||
|
August 31, |
February 28, |
October 31, |
||||||||||
| 2011 | 2011 | 2010 | ||||||||||
|
Operations: |
||||||||||||
|
Net investment income
|
$ | 7,422,771 | $ | 5,293,681 | $ | 15,573,859 | ||||||
|
Net realized gain (loss)
|
200,006 | 442,171 | (551,101 | ) | ||||||||
|
Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)
|
15,114,664 | (24,688,721 | ) | 15,789,211 | ||||||||
|
Distributions to preferred shareholders from net investment
income
|
(102,742 | ) | (105,695 | ) | (235,168 | ) | ||||||
|
Net increase (decrease) in net assets applicable to common
shares resulting from operations
|
22,634,699 | (19,058,564 | ) | 30,576,801 | ||||||||
|
Distributions to common shareholders from net investment income
|
(7,667,746 | ) | (5,105,451 | ) | (15,200,294 | ) | ||||||
|
Net increase (decrease) in net assets applicable to common
shares resulting from investment activities
|
14,966,953 | (24,164,015 | ) | 15,376,507 | ||||||||
|
Share transactions–net: |
||||||||||||
|
Increase from transactions in common shares of beneficial
interest
|
215,837 | 203,084 | 559,268 | |||||||||
|
Net increase (decrease) in net assets
|
15,182,790 | (23,960,931 | ) | 15,935,775 | ||||||||
|
Net assets applicable to common shares: |
||||||||||||
|
Beginning of period
|
204,026,464 | 227,987,395 | 212,051,620 | |||||||||
|
End of period (includes undistributed net investment income of
$5,938,730, $6,286,447 and $6,328,895, respectively)
|
$ | 219,209,254 | $ | 204,026,464 | $ | 227,987,395 | ||||||
See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements which are an
integral part of the financial statements.
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Statement
of Cash Flows
For
the six months ended August 31, 2011
(Unaudited)
|
Net increase in net assets applicable to common shares resulting
from operations
|
$ | 22,634,699 | ||
|
Adjustments to reconcile the change in net assets applicable to common shares resulting from operations to net cash provided by operating activities: |
||||
|
Cost of purchases of investments
|
(26,334,945 | ) | ||
|
Proceeds from sales of investments
|
38,047,256 | |||
|
Net purchases of short-term investments
|
(2,098,562 | ) | ||
|
Amortization of premium
|
478,515 | |||
|
Accretion of discount
|
(191,003 | ) | ||
|
Net realized gain on investments
|
(200,006 | ) | ||
|
Net change in unrealized appreciation on investments
|
(15,114,664 | ) | ||
|
Decrease in interest receivable and other assets
|
188,925 | |||
|
Increase in accrued expenses and other payables
|
52,823 | |||
|
Net cash provided by operating activities
|
17,463,038 | |||
|
Cash flows provided by (used in) financing activities: |
||||
|
Dividends paid to common shareholders from net investment income
|
(7,406,500 | ) | ||
|
Increase in amount due to custodian
|
1,106,432 | |||
|
Net proceeds from and repayments of floating rate note
obligations
|
(11,660,000 | ) | ||
|
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities
|
(17,960,068 | ) | ||
|
Net decrease in cash
|
(497,030 | ) | ||
|
Cash at the beginning of the period
|
497,030 | |||
|
Cash at the end of the period
|
$ | — | ||
|
Supplemental disclosures of cash flow information: |
||||
|
Cash paid during the period for interest, facilities and
maintenance fees
|
$ | 335,373 | ||
Notes
to Financial Statements
August 31,
2011
(Unaudited)
NOTE 1 —
Significant Accounting Policies
Invesco Van Kampen Trust for Investment Grade New York
Municipals (the “Trust”) is registered under the
Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940
Act”), as a diversified, closed-end management investment
company.
The Trust’s investment objective is to seek to
provide a high level of current income exempt from federal as
well as New York State and New York City income taxes,
consistent with preservation of capital. The Trust will invest
substantially all of its assets in New York municipal securities
rated investment grade at the time of investment but may invest
up to 20% of its assets in unrated securities which are believed
to be of comparable quality to those rated investment grade.
The following is a summary of the significant
accounting policies followed by the Trust in the preparation of
its financial statements.
| A. | Security Valuations — Securities, including restricted securities, are valued according to the following policy. | |
| Securities are fair valued using an evaluated quote provided by an independent pricing service approved by the Board of Trustees. Evaluated quotes provided by the pricing service may be determined without exclusive reliance on quoted prices and may reflect appropriate factors such as institution-size trading in similar groups of securities, yield, quality, coupon rate, maturity, type of issue, individual trading characteristics and other market data. Short-term obligations, including commercial paper, having 60 days or less to maturity are recorded at amortized cost which approximates value. Securities with a demand feature exercisable within one to seven days are valued at par. Debt securities are subject to interest rate and credit risks. In addition, all debt securities involve some risk of default with respect to interest and principal payments. | ||
| Securities for which market quotations either are not readily available or are unreliable are valued at fair value as determined in good faith by or under the supervision of the Trust’s officers following procedures approved by the Board of Trustees. Some of the factors which may be considered in determining fair value are fundamental analytical data relating to the investment; the nature and duration of any restrictions on transferability or disposition; trading |
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| in similar securities by the same issuer or comparable companies; relevant political, economic or issuer specific news; and other relevant factors under the circumstances. | ||
| Valuations change in response to many factors including the historical and prospective earnings of the issuer, the value of the issuer’s assets, general economic conditions, interest rates, investor perceptions and market liquidity. Because of the inherent uncertainties of valuation, the values reflected in the financial statements may materially differ from the value received upon actual sale of those investments. | ||
| B. | Securities Transactions and Investment Income — Securities transactions are accounted for on a trade date basis. Realized gains or losses on sales are computed on the basis of specific identification of the securities sold. Interest income is recorded on the accrual basis from settlement date. Dividend income (net of withholding tax, if any) is recorded on the ex-dividend date. Bond premiums and discounts are amortized and/or accreted for financial reporting purposes. | |
| The Trust may periodically participate in litigation related to Trust investments. As such, the Trust may receive proceeds from litigation settlements. Any proceeds received are included in the Statement of Operations as realized gain (loss) for investments no longer held and as unrealized gain (loss) for investments still held. | ||
| Brokerage commissions and mark ups are considered transaction costs and are recorded as an increase to the cost basis of securities purchased and/or a reduction of proceeds on a sale of securities. Such transaction costs are included in the determination of net realized and unrealized gain (loss) from investment securities reported in the Statement of Operations and the Statement of Changes in Net Assets and the net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on securities per share in the Financial Highlights. Transaction costs are included in the calculation of the Trust’s net asset value and, accordingly, they reduce the Trust’s total returns. These transaction costs are not considered operating expenses and are not reflected in net investment income reported in the Statement of Operations and Statement of Changes in Net Assets, or the net investment income per share and ratios of expenses and net investment income reported in the Financial Highlights, nor are they limited by any expense limitation arrangements between the Trust and the investment adviser. | ||
| C. | Country Determination — For the purposes of making investment selection decisions and presentation in the Schedule of Investments, the investment adviser may determine the country in which an issuer is located and/or credit risk exposure based on various factors. These factors include the laws of the country under which the issuer is organized, where the issuer maintains a principal office, the country in which the issuer derives 50% or more of its total revenues and the country that has the primary market for the issuer’s securities, as well as other criteria. Among the other criteria that may be evaluated for making this determination are the country in which the issuer maintains 50% or more of its assets, the type of security, financial guarantees and enhancements, the nature of the collateral and the sponsor organization. Country of issuer and/or credit risk exposure has been determined to be the United States of America, unless otherwise noted. | |
| D. | Distributions — The Trust declares and pays monthly dividends from net investment income to common shareholders. Distributions from net realized capital gain, if any, are generally paid annually and are distributed on a pro rata basis to common and preferred shareholders. The Trust may elect to treat a portion of the proceeds from redemptions as distributions for federal income tax purposes. | |
| E. | Federal Income Taxes — The Trust intends to comply with the requirements of Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code necessary to qualify as a regulated investment company and to distribute substantially all of the Trust’s taxable earnings to shareholders. As such, the Trust will not be subject to federal income taxes on otherwise taxable income (including net realized capital gain) that is distributed to shareholders. Therefore, no provision for federal income taxes is recorded in the financial statements. | |
| In addition, the Trust intends to invest in such municipal securities to allow it to qualify to pay shareholders “exempt dividends”, as defined in the Internal Revenue Code. | ||
| The Trust files tax returns in the U.S. Federal jurisdiction and certain other jurisdictions. Generally, the Trust is subject to examinations by such taxing authorities for up to three years after the filing of the return for the tax period. | ||
| F. | Accounting Estimates — The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”) requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period including estimates and assumptions related to taxation. Actual results could differ from those estimates by a significant amount. In addition, the Trust monitors for material events or transactions that may occur or become known after the period-end date and before the date the financial statements are released to print. | |
| G. | Indemnifications — Under the Trust’s organizational documents, each Trustee, officer, employee or other agent of the Trust is indemnified against certain liabilities that may arise out of performance of their duties to the Trust. Additionally, in the normal course of business, the Trust enters into contracts, including the Trust’s servicing agreements that contain a variety of indemnification clauses. The Trust’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown as this would involve future claims that may be made against the Trust that have not yet occurred. The risk of material loss as a result of such indemnification claims is considered remote. | |
| H. | Cash and Cash Equivalents — For the purposes of the Statement of Cash Flows the Trust defines Cash and Cash Equivalents as cash (including foreign currency), money market funds and other investments held in lieu of cash and excludes investments made with cash collateral received. | |
| I. | Securities Purchased on a When-Issued and Delayed Delivery Basis — The Trust may purchase and sell interests in portfolio securities on a when-issued and delayed delivery basis, with payment and delivery scheduled for a future date. No income accrues to the Trust on such interests or securities in connection with such transactions prior to the date the Trust actually takes delivery of such interests or securities. These transactions are subject to market fluctuations and are subject to the risk that the value at delivery may be more or less than the trade date purchase price. Although the Trust will generally purchase these securities with the intention of acquiring such securities, they may sell such securities prior to the settlement date. | |
| J. | Floating Rate Note Obligations — The Trust invests in inverse floating rate securities, such as Residual Interest Bonds (“RIBs”) or Tender Option Bonds (“TOBs”) for investment purposes and to enhance the yield of the Trust. Inverse floating rate investments tend to underperform the market for fixed rate bonds in a rising interest rate environment, but tend to outperform the market for fixed rate bonds when interest rates decline or remain |
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| relatively stable. Such transactions may be purchased in the secondary market without first owning the underlying bond or by the sale of fixed rate bonds by the Trust to special purpose trusts established by a broker dealer (“Dealer Trusts”) in exchange for cash and residual interests in the Dealer Trusts’ assets and cash flows, which are in the form of inverse floating rate securities. The Dealer Trusts finance the purchases of the fixed rate bonds by issuing floating rate notes to third parties and allowing the Trust to retain residual interest in the bonds. The floating rate notes issued by the Dealer Trusts have interest rates that reset weekly and the floating rate note holders have the option to tender their notes to the Dealer Trusts for redemption at par at each reset date. The residual interests held by the Trust (inverse floating rate investments) include the right of the Trust (1) to cause the holders of the floating rate notes to tender their notes at par at the next interest rate reset date, and (2) to transfer the municipal bond from the Dealer Trusts to the Trust, thereby collapsing the Dealer Trusts. | ||
| TOBs are presently classified as private placement securities. Private placement securities are subject to restrictions on resale because they have not been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended or are otherwise not readily marketable. As a result of the absence of a public trading market for these securities, they may be less liquid than publicly traded securities. Although these securities may be resold in privately negotiated transactions, the prices realized from these sales could be less than those originally paid by the Trust or less than what may be considered the fair value of such securities. | ||
| The Trust accounts for the transfer of bonds to the Dealer Trusts as secured borrowings, with the securities transferred remaining in the Trust’s investment assets, and the related floating rate notes reflected as Trust liabilities under the caption Floating rate note obligations on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. The Trust records the interest income from the fixed rate bonds under the caption Interest and records the expenses related to floating rate obligations and any administrative expenses of the Dealer Trusts as a component of Interest, facilities and maintenance fees on the Statement of Operations. | ||
| The Trust generally invests in inverse floating rate securities that include embedded leverage, thus exposing the Trust to greater risks and increased costs. The primary risks associated with inverse floating rate securities are varying degrees of liquidity and the changes in the value of such securities in response to changes in market rates of interest to a greater extent than the value of an equal principal amount of a fixed rate security having similar credit quality, redemption provisions and maturity which may cause the Trust’s net asset value to be more volatile than if it had not invested in inverse floating rate securities. In certain instances, the short-term floating rate interests created by the special purpose trust may not be able to be sold to third parties or, in the case of holders tendering (or putting) such interests for repayment of principal, may not be able to be remarketed to third parties. In such cases, the special purpose trust holding the long-term fixed rate bonds may be collapsed. In the case of RIBs or TOBs created by the contribution of long-term fixed income bonds by the Trust, the Trust will then be required to repay the principal amount of the tendered securities. During times of market volatility, illiquidity or uncertainty, the Trust could be required to sell other portfolio holdings at a disadvantageous time to raise cash to meet that obligation. | ||
| K. | Other Risks — The value of, payment of interest on, repayment of principal for and the ability to sell a municipal security may be affected by constitutional amendments, legislative enactments, executive orders, administrative regulations, voter initiatives and the economics of the regions in which the issuers are located. | |
| Since many municipal securities are issued to finance similar projects, especially those relating to education, health care, transportation and utilities, conditions in those sectors can affect the overall municipal securities market and a Trust’s investments in municipal securities. | ||
| There is some risk that a portion or all of the interest received from certain tax-free municipal securities could become taxable as a result of determinations by the Internal Revenue Service. | ||
| L. | Interest, Facilities and Maintenance Fees — Interest, Facilities and Maintenance Fees include interest and related borrowing costs such as commitment fees and other expenses associated with lines of credit and interest and administrative expenses related to establishing and maintaining Auction Rate Preferred Shares and floating rate note obligations, if any. |
NOTE 2—Advisory
Fees and Other Fees Paid to Affiliates
The Trust has entered into a master investment advisory
agreement with Invesco Advisers, Inc. (the “Adviser”
or “Invesco”). Under the terms of the investment
advisory agreement, the Trust pays an advisory fee to the
Adviser based on the annual rate 0.55% of the Trust’s
average daily net assets including current preferred shares and
leverage entered into to retire preferred shares of the Trust.
Under the terms of a master
sub-advisory
agreement between the Adviser and each of Invesco Asset
Management Deutschland GmbH, Invesco Asset Management Limited,
Invesco Asset Management (Japan) Limited, Invesco Australia
Limited, Invesco Hong Kong Limited, Invesco Senior Secured
Management, Inc. and Invesco Canada Ltd. (collectively, the
“Affiliated
Sub-Advisers”)
the Adviser, not the Trust, may pay 40% of the fees paid to the
Adviser to any such Affiliated
Sub-Adviser(s)
that provide(s) discretionary investment management services to
the Trust based on the percentage of assets allocated to such
Sub-Adviser(s).
The Adviser has contractually agreed, through at
least June 30, 2012, to waive advisory fees
and/or
reimburse expenses to the extent necessary to limit the
Trust’s expenses (excluding certain items discussed below)
to 1.02%. In determining the Adviser’s obligation to waive
advisory fees
and/or
reimburse expenses, the following expenses are not taken into
account, and could cause the Trust’s expenses to exceed the
limit reflected above: (1) interest, facilities and
maintenance feest; (2) taxes; (3) dividend expense on
short sales; (4) extraordinary or non-routine items; and
(5) expenses that the Trust has incurred but did not
actually pay because of an expense offset arrangement. Unless
the Board of Trustees and Invesco mutually agree to amend or
continue the fee waiver agreement, it will terminate on
June 30, 2012.
For the six months ended August 31, 2011, the
Adviser waived advisory fees of $87,370.
The Trust has entered into a master administrative
services agreement with Invesco pursuant to which the Trust has
agreed to pay Invesco for certain administrative costs incurred
in providing accounting services to the Trust. For the six
months ended August 31, 2011, expenses incurred under this
agreement are shown in the Statement of Operations as
administrative services fees.
Certain officers and trustees of the Trust are
officers and directors of Invesco.
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NOTE 3—Additional
Valuation Information
GAAP defines fair value as the price that would be received to
sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly
transaction between market participants at the measurement date,
under current market conditions. GAAP establishes a hierarchy
that prioritizes the inputs to valuation methods giving the
highest priority to readily available unadjusted quoted prices
in an active market for identical assets (Level 1) and
the lowest priority to significant unobservable inputs
(Level 3) generally when market prices are not readily
available or are unreliable. Based on the valuation inputs, the
securities or other investments are tiered into one of three
levels. Changes in valuation methods may result in transfers in
or out of an investment’s assigned level:
| Level 1 — | Prices are determined using quoted prices in an active market for identical assets. | |
| Level 2 — | Prices are determined using other significant observable inputs. Observable inputs are inputs that other market participants may use in pricing a security. These may include quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, yield curves, loss severities, default rates, discount rates, volatilities and others. | |
| Level 3 — | Prices are determined using significant unobservable inputs. In situations where quoted prices or observable inputs are unavailable (for example, when there is little or no market activity for an investment at the end of the period), unobservable inputs may be used. Unobservable inputs reflect the Trust’s own assumptions about the factors market participants would use in determining fair value of the securities or instruments and would be based on the best available information. |
The following is a summary of the tiered valuation
input levels, as of August 31, 2011. The level assigned to
the securities valuations may not be an indication of the risk
or liquidity associated with investing in those securities.
Because of the inherent uncertainties of valuation, the values
reflected in the financial statements may materially differ from
the value received upon actual sale of those investments.
During the six months ended August 31, 2011,
there were no significant transfers between investment levels.
| Level 1 | Level 2 | Level 3 | Total | |||||||||||||
|
Municipal Obligations
|
$ | -0- | $ | 358,168,728 | $ | -0- | $ | 358,168,728 | ||||||||
NOTE 4—Trustees’
and Officers’ Fees and Benefits
“Trustees’ and Officers’ Fees and Benefits”
include amounts accrued by the Trust to pay remuneration to
certain Trustees and Officers of the Trust.
For the six months ended August 31, 2011, the
Trust paid legal fees of $19,512 for services rendered by
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP as counsel to
the Independent Trustees. A member of that firm is a Trustee of
the Trust.
NOTE 5—Cash
Balances and Borrowings
The Trust is permitted to temporarily carry a negative or
overdrawn balance in its account with The State Street Bank and
Trust Company, the custodian bank. To compensate the custodian
bank for such overdrafts, the overdrawn Trust may either
(1) leave funds as a compensating balance in the account so
the custodian bank can be compensated by earning the additional
interest; or (2) compensate by paying the custodian bank at
a rate agreed upon by the custodian bank and Invesco, not to
exceed the contractually agreed upon rate.
Inverse floating rate obligations resulting from the
transfer of bonds to Dealer Trusts are accounted for as secured
borrowings. The average floating rate notes outstanding and
average annual interest and fees related to inverse floating
rate note obligations during the six months ended
August 31, 2011 were $58,792,143 and 0.90%, respectively.
NOTE 6—Tax
Information
The amount and character of income and gains to be distributed
are determined in accordance with income tax regulations, which
may differ from generally accepted accounting principles.
Reclassifications are made to the Trust’s capital accounts
to reflect income and gains available for distribution (or
available capital loss carryforward) under income tax
regulations. The tax character of distributions paid during the
year and the tax components of net assets will be reported at
the Trust’s fiscal year-end.
Capital loss carryforward is calculated and reported
as of a specific date. Results of transactions and other
activity after that date may affect the amount of capital loss
carryforward actually available for the Trust to utilize. The
ability to utilize capital loss carryforward in the future may
be limited under the Internal Revenue Code and related
regulations based on the results of future transactions.
The Trust had a capital loss carryforward as of
February 28, 2011 which expires as follows:
|
Capital Loss |
||||
| Expiration | Carryforward* | |||
|
February 28, 2015
|
$ | 2,546,669 | ||
|
February 29, 2016
|
10,017,739 | |||
|
February 28, 2017
|
15,077,563 | |||
|
February 28, 2018
|
409,878 | |||
|
Total capital loss carryforward
|
$ | 28,051,849 | ||
| * | Capital loss carryforward as of the date listed above is reduced for limitations, if any, to the extent required by the Internal Revenue Code. |
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NOTE 7—Investment
Securities
The aggregate amount of investment securities (other than
short-term securities, U.S. Treasury obligations and money
market funds, if any) purchased and sold by the Trust during the
six months ended August 31, 2011 was $27,997,869 and
$37,956,593, respectively. Cost of investments on a tax basis
includes the adjustments for financial reporting purposes as of
the most recently completed Federal income tax reporting
period-end.
| Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) of Investment Securities on a Tax Basis | ||||
|
Aggregate unrealized appreciation of investment securities
|
$ | 19,777,664 | ||
|
Aggregate unrealized (depreciation) of investment securities
|
(11,222,056 | ) | ||
|
Net unrealized appreciation of investment securities
|
$ | 8,555,608 | ||
|
Cost of investments for tax purposes is $349,613,120.
|
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NOTE 8—Common
Shares of Beneficial Interest
Transactions in common shares of beneficial interest were as
follows:
|
Six Months
Ended |
Four Months
Ended |
Year Ended |
||||||||||
|
August 31, |
February 28, |
October 31, |
||||||||||
| 2011 | 2011 | 2010 | ||||||||||
|
Beginning shares
|
15,204,293 | 15,189,326 | 15,150,969 | |||||||||
|
Shares issued through dividend reinvestment
|
15,731 | 14,967 | 38,357 | |||||||||
|
Ending shares
|
15,220,024 | 15,204,293 | 15,189,326 | |||||||||
The Trustees have approved share repurchases whereby
the Trust may, when appropriate, purchase shares in the open
market or in privately negotiated transactions at a price not
above market value or net asset value, whichever is lower at the
time of purchase.
NOTE 9—Preferred
Shares of Beneficial Interest
The Trust has issued Auction Rate Preferred Shares
(“preferred shares”) which have a liquidation of
$25,000 per share plus the redemption premium, if any, plus
accumulated but unpaid dividends, whether or not declared,
thereon to the date of distribution. The Trust may redeem such
shares, in whole or in part, at the original purchase price of
$25,000 per share plus accumulated but unpaid dividends, whether
or not declared, thereon to the date of redemption.
Historically, the Trust paid annual fees equivalent
to 0.25% of the preferred share liquidation value for the
remarketing efforts associated with the preferred auction.
Effective March 16, 2009, the Trust decreased this amount
to 0.15% due to auction failures. In the future, if auctions no
longer fail, the Trust may return to an annual fee payment of
0.25% of the preferred share liquidation value. These fees are
included as a component of interest, facilities and maintenance
fees on the Statement of Operations.
Dividends, which are cumulative, are reset through
auction procedures.
|
Amount |
Range of
Dividend |
|||||||||||||||||||
| Series | Shares† | (000’s omitted)† | Rate† | Reset Date | Rates†† | |||||||||||||||
|
A
|
1,440 | 36,000 | 0.305 | % | 09/21/2011 | 0.122-0.411 | % | |||||||||||||
|
B
|
1,080 | 27,000 | 0.122 | 09/26/2011 | 0.110-0.243 | |||||||||||||||
|
C
|
960 | 24,000 | 0.274 | 09/07/2011 | 0.110-0.411 | |||||||||||||||
| † | As of August 31, 2011. | |
| †† | For the six months ended August 31, 2011. |
Subsequent to August 31, 2011 and up through
September 29, 2011, the Trust paid dividends to preferred
shareholders at a rate ranging from 0.122% to 0.305% in the
aggregate amount of $12,142.
The Trust is subject to certain restrictions
relating to the preferred shares. Failure to comply with these
restrictions could preclude the Trust from declaring any
distributions to common shareholders or purchasing common shares
and/or could
trigger the mandatory redemption of preferred shares at
liquidation value.
Beginning on February 13, 2008 and continuing
through August 31, 2011, all series of preferred shares of
the Trust were not successfully remarketed. As a result, the
dividend rates of these preferred shares were reset to the
maximum applicable rate.
The preferred shares, which are entitled to one vote
per share, generally vote with the common shares but vote
separately as a class to elect two Trustees and on any matters
affecting the rights of the preferred shares.
The preferred shares are not listed on an exchange.
Investors in preferred shares may participate in auctions
through authorized broker-dealers; however, such broker-dealers
are not required to maintain a secondary market in preferred
shares, and there can be no assurance that a secondary market
will develop, or if it does develop, a secondary market may not
provide you with liquidity. When a preferred share auction
fails, investors may not be able to sell any or all of their
preferred shares and because of the nature of the market for
preferred shares, investors may receive less than the price paid
for their preferred shares if sold outside of the auction.
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The Trust entered into additional floating rate note
obligations as an alternative form of leverage in order to
redeem and to retire a portion of its preferred shares.
Transactions in preferred shares were as follows:
| Shares | Value | |||||||
|
Outstanding at February 28, 2011
|
3,480 | $ | 87,000,000 | |||||
|
Shares retired
|
— | — | ||||||
|
Outstanding at August 31, 2011
|
3,480 | $ | 87,000,000 | |||||
NOTE 10—Dividends
The Trust declared the following dividends to common
shareholders from net investment income subsequent to
August 31, 2011:
| Declaration Date | Amount Per Share | Record Date | Payable Date | |||||||||
|
September 1, 2011
|
$ | 0.084 | September 15, 2011 | September 30, 2011 | ||||||||
|
September 30, 2011
|
$ | 0.084 | October 14, 2011 | October 31, 2011 | ||||||||
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NOTE 11—Financial
Highlights
The following schedule presents financial highlights for a share
of the Trust outstanding throughout the periods indicated.
|
Six months |
Four months |
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|
ended |
ended |
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|
August 31, |
February 28, |
Year ended October 31, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2011 | 2011 | 2010 | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Net asset value per common share, beginning of period
|
$ | 13.42 | $ | 15.01 | $ | 14.00 | $ | 11.34 | $ | 15.80 | $ | 16.96 | $ | 16.81 | ||||||||||||||
|
Net investment
income(a)
|
0.49 | 0.35 | 1.03 | 1.15 | 1.21 | 1.10 | 1.05 | |||||||||||||||||||||
|
Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on securities
|
1.00 | (1.59 | ) | 1.00 | 2.41 | (4.59 | ) | (1.01 | ) | 0.47 | ||||||||||||||||||
|
Distributions paid to preferred shareholders:
|
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Net investment income
|
(0.01 | )(b) | (0.01 | ) | (0.02 | ) | (0.04 | ) | (0.29 | ) | (0.32 | ) | (0.26 | ) | ||||||||||||||
|
Net realized gain
|
— | — | — | — | — | (0.04 | ) | (0.06 | ) | |||||||||||||||||||
|
Total income (loss) from investment operations
|
1.48 | (1.25 | ) | 2.01 | 3.52 | (3.67 | ) | (0.27 | ) | 1.20 | ||||||||||||||||||
|
Distributions paid to common shareholders from:
|
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Net investment income
|
(0.50 | ) | (0.34 | ) | (1.00 | ) | (0.86 | ) | (0.79 | ) | (0.78 | ) | (0.80 | ) | ||||||||||||||
|
Net realized gain
|
— | — | — | — | — | (0.11 | ) | (0.25 | ) | |||||||||||||||||||
|
Net asset value per common share, end of period
|
$ | 14.40 | $ | 13.42 | $ | 15.01 | $ | 14.00 | $ | 11.34 | $ | 15.80 | $ | 16.96 | ||||||||||||||
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Market value, end of period
|
$ | 14.31 | $ | 13.46 | $ | 15.46 | $ | 14.38 | $ | 10.80 | $ | 14.91 | $ | 15.12 | ||||||||||||||
|
Total return at net asset
value(c)
|
11.25 | % | (8.36 | )% | 14.83 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Total return at market
value(d)
|
10.23 | % | (10.76 | )% | 15.14 | % | 43.22 | % | (23.21 | )% | 4.38 | % | 4.13 | % | ||||||||||||||
|
Net assets applicable to common shares, end of period
(000’s omitted)
|
$ | 219,209 | $ | 204,026 | $ | 227,987 | $ | 212,052 | $ | 171,762 | $ | 243,701 | $ | 262,622 | ||||||||||||||
|
Portfolio turnover
rate(e)
|
8 | % | 5 | % | 14 | % | 28 | % | 43 | % | 19 | % | 39 | |||||||||||||||
|
Ratios/supplemental data based on average net assets applicable to common shares: |
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Ratio of expenses:
|
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|
With fee waivers
and/or
expense
reimbursements(f)
|
1.42 | %(h) | 1.34 | %(i)(k) | 1.35 | % | 1.50 | % | 2.24 | % | 2.06 | % | 1.33 | % | ||||||||||||||
|
With fee waivers
and/or
expense reimbursements excluding interest, facilities and
maintenance
fee(f)(g)
|
1.10 | %(h) | 1.02 | %(i)(k) | 1.08 | % | 1.14 | % | 0.97 | % | 1.04 | % | 1.25 | % | ||||||||||||||
|
Without fee waivers
and/or
expense
reimbursements(f)
|
1.50 | %(h) | 1.34 | %(i)(k) | 1.45 | % | 1.68 | % | 2.41 | % | 2.21 | % | N/A | |||||||||||||||
|
Ratio of net investment income before preferred share dividends
|
6.99 | %(h) | 7.79 | %(k) | 7.07 | % | 9.12 | % | 8.19 | % | 6.71 | % | 6.29 | % | ||||||||||||||
|
Preferred share dividends
|
0.09 | %(h) | 0.15 | %(k) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Ratio of net investment income after preferred share dividends
|
6.90 | %(h) | 7.64 | %(k) | 6.96 | % | 8.79 | % | 6.25 | % | 4.78 | % | 4.72 | % | ||||||||||||||
|
Senior securities: |
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|
Total preferred shares outstanding
|
3,480 | 3,480 | 3,480 | 3,980 | 4,640 | 5,800 | 5,800 | |||||||||||||||||||||
|
Total amount of preferred shares outstanding (000’s omitted)
|
$ | 87,000 | $ | 87,000 | $ | 87,000 | $ | 99,500 | $ | 116,000 | $ | 145,000 | $ | 145,000 | ||||||||||||||
|
Asset coverage per preferred
share(j)
|
$ | 87,991 | $ | 83,628 | $ | 90,514 | $ | 78,280 | $ | 62,029 | $ | 67,031 | $ | 70,290 | ||||||||||||||
|
Liquidating preference per preferred share
|
$ | 25,000 | $ | 25,000 | $ | 25,000 | $ | 25,000 | $ | 25,000 | $ | 25,000 | $ | 25,000 | ||||||||||||||
| (a) | Calculated using average shares outstanding. | |
| (b) | Amount is less than $0.01. | |
| (c) | Includes adjustments in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America and as such, the net asset value for financial reporting purposes and the returns based upon those net asset values may differ from the net asset value and returns for shareholder transactions. Not annualized for periods less than one year, if applicable. | |
| (d) | Total return assumes an investment at the common share market price at the beginning of the period indicated, reinvestment of all distributions for the period in accordance with the Trust’s dividend reinvestment plan, and sale of all shares at the closing common share market price at the end of the period indicated. Not annualized for periods less than one year, if applicable. | |
| (e) | Portfolio turnover is not annualized for periods less than one year, if applicable. | |
| (f) | Ratios do not reflect the effect of dividend payments to preferred shareholders. | |
| (g) | For the years ended October 31, 2010, and prior, ratios do not exclude facilities and maintenance fees. | |
| (h) | Ratios are annualized and based on average net assets applicable to common shares (000’s omitted) of $211,089. | |
| (i) | Ratios include an adjustment for a change in accounting estimate for professional services fees during the period. Ratios excluding this adjustment would have been higher by 0.06%. | |
| (j) | Calculated by subtracting the Trust’s total liabilities (not including the preferred shares) from the Trust’s total assets and dividing this by the number of preferred shares outstanding. | |
| (k) | Ratios are annualized. | |
| N/A=Not applicable |
19 Invesco
Van Kampen Trust for Investment Grade New York
Municipals
NOTE 12—Legal
Proceedings
The Trust received a shareholder demand letter dated
March 25, 2011, from one of the Trust’s shareholders,
alleging that the Board and the officers of the Trust breached
their fiduciary duty and duty of loyalty and wasted Trust assets
by causing the Trust to redeem Auction Rate Preferred Securities
(ARPS) at their liquidation value. Specifically, the shareholder
claims that the Board and officers had no obligation to provide
liquidity to the ARPS shareholders, the redemptions were
improperly motivated to benefit the prior adviser by preserving
business relationships with the ARPS holders, i.e.,
institutional investors, and the market value and fair value of
the ARPS were less than par at the time they were redeemed. The
letter alleges that the redemption of the ARPS occurred at the
expense of the Trust and its common shareholders. The letter
demands that: 1) the Board take action against the prior
adviser and trustees/officers to recover damages; 2) the
Board refrain from authorizing further redemptions or
repurchases of ARPS by the Trust at prices in excess of fair
value or market value at the time of the transaction; and
3) if the Trust does not commence appropriate action, the
shareholder will commence a shareholder derivative action on
behalf of the Trust. The Board formed a Special Litigation
Committee (“SLC”) to investigate these claims and to
make a recommendation to the Board regarding whether pursuit of
these claims is in the best interests of the Trusts. Upon
completion of its evaluation, the SLC recommended that the Board
reject the demands specified in the shareholder demand letters,
after which the Board announced on June 24, 2011, that it
had adopted the SLC’s recommendation and voted to reject
the demands. The Trust has incurred $99,000 in expenses relating
to these matters during the period ended August 31, 2011.
Management of Invesco and the Trust believe that the
outcome of the demand letter described above will have no
material adverse effect on the Trust or on the ability of
Invesco to provide ongoing services to the Trust.
20 Invesco
Van Kampen Trust for Investment Grade New York
Municipals
Approval
of Investment Advisory and
Sub-Advisory
Contracts
The Board of Trustees (the Board) of Invesco Van Kampen Trust
for Investment Grade New York Municipals (the Fund) is required
under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, to approve
annually the renewal of the investment advisory agreement with
Invesco Advisers, Inc. (Invesco Advisers) and the Master
Intergroup
Sub-Advisory
Contract (the
sub-advisory
contracts) with Invesco Asset Management Deutschland GmbH,
Invesco Asset Management Limited, Invesco Asset Management
(Japan) Limited, Invesco Australia Limited, Invesco Hong Kong
Limited, Invesco Senior Secured Management, Inc. and Invesco
Canada Ltd. (collectively, the Affiliated
Sub-Advisers).
During contract renewal meetings held on May 8, 2011, the
Board as a whole, and the disinterested or
“independent” Trustees, who comprise more than 75% of
the Board, voting separately, approved the continuance of the
Fund’s investment advisory agreement and the
sub-advisory
contracts for another year, effective July 1, 2011. In
doing so, the Board considered the process that it follows in
reviewing and approving the Fund’s investment advisory
agreement and
sub-advisory
contracts and the information that it is provided. The Board
determined that the Fund’s investment advisory agreement
and the
sub-advisory
contracts are in the best interests of the Fund and its
shareholders and the compensation to Invesco Advisers and the
Affiliated
Sub-Advisers
under the agreements is fair and reasonable.
The Board’s
Fund Evaluation Process
The Board, acting directly and through its committees, meets
throughout the year to review the performance of the Invesco Van
Kampen funds. Over the course of each year, the Board, acting
directly and through its committees, meets with portfolio
managers for the funds and other members of management to review
the performance, investment objective(s), policies, strategies
and limitations and investment risks of the funds. The Board
meets regularly and at designated contract renewal meetings each
year to conduct a review of the performance, fees, expenses and
other matters related to the funds.
During the contract renewal process, the Trustees
receive comparative performance and fee data regarding the funds
prepared by Invesco Advisers and an independent company, Lipper,
Inc. (Lipper). The independent Trustees are assisted in their
annual evaluation of the funds’ investment advisory
agreements by fund counsel.
In evaluating the fairness and reasonableness of the
Fund’s investment advisory agreement and
sub-advisory
contracts, the Board considered, among other things, the factors
discussed below. The Trustees recognized that the advisory fees
for the Invesco Van Kampen funds reflect the results of years of
review and negotiation between the Trustees and Van Kampen Asset
Management, the funds’ predecessor investment adviser. The
Trustees’ deliberations and conclusions in a particular
year may be based in part on their deliberations and conclusions
regarding these same arrangements throughout the year and in
prior years. The Board noted the willingness of Invesco Advisers
personnel to engage in open and candid discussions with the
Board. One Trustee may have weighed a particular piece of
information differently than another Trustee.
The discussion below is a summary of the
Board’s evaluation with respect to the Fund’s
investment advisory agreement as well as a discussion of the
material factors and related conclusions that formed the basis
for the Board’s approval of the Fund’s investment
advisory agreement and
sub-advisory
contracts. Unless otherwise stated, this information is current
as of May 8, 2011, and may not reflect consideration of
factors that became known to the Board after that date,
including, for example, changes to the Fund’s performance,
advisory fees, expense limitations
and/or fee
waivers.
Factors and
Conclusions
| A. | Nature, Extent and Quality of Services Provided by Invesco Advisers and the Affiliated Sub-Advisers |
The Board reviewed the advisory services provided to the Fund by
Invesco Advisers under the Fund’s investment advisory
agreement, the performance of Invesco Advisers in providing
these services, and the credentials and experience of the
officers and employees of Invesco Advisers who provide these
services. Based on their meetings throughout the year with the
Fund’s portfolio manager, the Board concluded that these
individuals are competent and able to continue to carry out
their responsibilities under the Fund’s investment advisory
agreement or
sub-advisory
contracts, as applicable. The Board’s review of the
qualifications of Invesco Advisers to provide advisory services
included the Board’s consideration of Invesco
Advisers’ performance and investment process oversight,
independent credit analysis and investment risk management.
In determining whether to continue the Fund’s
investment advisory agreement, the Board considered the prior
relationship between Invesco Advisers (and previously Van Kampen
Asset Management) and the Fund, as well as the Board’s
knowledge of Invesco Advisers’ operations, and concluded
that it is beneficial to maintain the current relationship, in
part, because of such knowledge. The Board also considered
services that Invesco Advisers and its affiliates provide to the
Invesco Van Kampen funds such as various back office support
functions, equity and fixed income trading operations, internal
audit and legal and compliance. The Board concluded that the
nature, extent and quality of the services provided to the Fund
by Invesco Advisers are appropriate and satisfactory and the
advisory services are provided in accordance with the terms of
the Fund’s investment advisory agreement.
The Board reviewed the services provided by the
Affiliated
Sub-Advisers
under the
sub-advisory
contracts and the credentials and experience of the officers and
employees of the Affiliated
Sub-Advisers
who provide these services. The Board concluded that the
sub-advisory
contracts benefit the Fund and its shareholders by permitting
Invesco Advisers to use the resources and talents of the
Affiliated
Sub-Advisers
in managing the Fund. The Board concluded that the nature,
extent and quality of the services provided by the Affiliated
Sub-Advisers
are appropriate and satisfactory and in accordance with the
terms of the Fund’s
sub-advisory
contracts.
| B. | Fund Performance |
The Board considered Fund performance as a relevant factor in
considering whether to approve the investment advisory
agreement. The Board did not view Fund performance as a relevant
factor in considering whether to approve the
sub-advisory
contracts for the Fund, as no Affiliated
Sub-Adviser
currently manages assets of the Fund.
The Board compared the Fund’s performance
during the past one, three and five calendar years to the
performance of funds in the Fund’s Lipper performance
universe and against the Barclays Capital New York Municipal
Bond Index. The Board noted that the Fund’s performance was
in the fourth quintile of its performance universe for the one,
three and five year periods (the first quintile being the best
performing funds and the fifth quintile being the worst
performing funds). When considering a fund’s performance,
the Board places emphasis on trends and longer term returns.
| C. | Advisory and Sub-Advisory Fees and Fee Waivers |
The Board compared the Fund’s contractual advisory fee rate
to the contractual advisory fee rates of funds in the
Fund’s Lipper expense group at a common asset level. The
Board noted that the Fund’s contractual advisory fee rate
was below the median contractual advisory fee rate of funds in
its expense group. The Board also reviewed the methodology used
by Lipper in providing expense group
21 Invesco
Van Kampen Trust for Investment Grade New York
Municipals
information, which includes using audited financial data from
the most recent annual report of each fund in the expense group
that was publicly available as of the end of the past calendar
year and including only one fund per investment adviser. The
Board noted that comparative data is as of varying dates, which
may affect the comparability of data during times of market
volatility.
The Board also compared the Fund’s effective
fee rate (the advisory fee after advisory fee waivers and before
expense limitations/waivers) to the advisory fee rates of other
funds advised by Invesco Advisers and its affiliates with
investment strategies comparable to those of the Fund. The Board
reviewed not only the advisory fees but other fees and expenses
(whether paid to Invesco Advisers, its affiliates or others) and
the Fund’s overall expense ratio.
The Board also considered the fees charged by
Invesco Advisers and the Affiliated
Sub-Advisers
to other client accounts with investment strategies comparable
to those of the Fund. The Board noted that Invesco Advisers or
the Affiliated
Sub-Advisers
may charge lower fees to large institutional clients solely for
investment management services. Invesco Advisers reviewed with
the Board the significantly greater scope of services it
provides to the Invesco Van Kampen funds relative to other
client accounts. These additional services include provision of
administrative services, officers and office space, oversight of
service providers, preparation of shareholder reports, efforts
to support secondary market trading of the Fund’s shares,
preparation of financial information and regulatory compliance
under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and stock
exchange listing standards, including preparation for,
coordinating the solicitation of proxies for, and conducting
annual shareholder meetings. The Board noted that
sub-advisory
fees charged by the Affiliated
Sub-Advisers
to manage the Invesco Funds and to manage other client accounts
were often more comparable. The Board concluded that the
aggregate services provided to the Fund were sufficiently
different from those provided to institutional clients, and the
Board not place significant weight on these fee comparisons.
The Board noted that Invesco Advisers has
contractually agreed to waive fees
and/or limit
expenses of the Fund through at least June 30, 2012 in an
amount necessary to limit total annual operating expenses to a
specified percentage of average daily net assets for each class
of the Fund. The Board also considered the effect this fee
waiver would have on the Fund’s total estimated expenses.
The Board also considered the services provided by
the Affiliated
Sub-Advisers
pursuant to the
sub-advisory
contracts, as well as the allocation of fees between Invesco
Advisers and the Affiliated
Sub-Advisers
pursuant to the
sub-advisory
contracts. The Board noted that Invesco Advisers provides
services to
sub-advised
Invesco Van Kampen funds, including oversight of the Affiliated
Sub-Advisers
as well as the additional services described above other than
day-to-day
portfolio management. The Board also noted that the
sub-advisory
fees have no direct effect on the Fund or its shareholders, as
they are paid by Invesco Advisers to the Affiliated
Sub-Advisers.
Based upon the information and considerations
described above, the Board concluded that the Fund’s
advisory and
sub-advisory
fees are fair and reasonable.
| D. | Economies of Scale and Breakpoints |
The Board considered the extent to which there are economies of
scale in the provision of advisory services to the Fund. The
Board noted that most closed-end funds do not have fund level
breakpoints because closed-end funds generally do not experience
substantial asset growth after the initial public offering. The
Board noted that although the Fund does not benefit from
economies of scale through contractual breakpoints, the Fund
does share directly in economies of scale through lower fees
charged by third party service providers based on the combined
size of the Invesco Van Kampen funds and other clients advised
by Invesco Advisers.
| E. | Profitability and Financial Resources |
The Board reviewed information from Invesco Advisers concerning
the costs of the advisory and other services that Invesco
Advisers and its affiliates provide to the Fund and the
profitability of Invesco Advisers and its affiliates in
providing these services. The Board reviewed with Invesco
Advisers the methodology used to prepare the profitability
information. The Board considered the profitability of Invesco
Advisers in connection with managing the Fund and the Invesco
Van Kampen funds. The Board noted that Invesco Advisers
continues to operate at a net profit from services Invesco
Advisers and its subsidiaries provide to the Fund and the
Invesco Van Kampen funds. The Board concluded that the level of
profits realized by Invesco Advisers and its affiliates from
providing services to the Fund is not excessive given the
nature, quality and extent of the services provided to the
Invesco Funds. The Board considered whether Invesco Advisers and
each Affiliated
Sub-Adviser
are financially sound and have the resources necessary to
perform their obligations under the investment advisory
agreement and
sub-advisory
contracts. The Board concluded that Invesco Advisers and each
Affiliated
Sub-Adviser
have the financial resources necessary to fulfill these
obligations.
| F. | Collateral Benefits to Invesco Advisers and its Affiliates |
The Board considered various other benefits received by Invesco
Advisers and its affiliates from the relationship with the Fund,
including the fees received for their provision of
administrative services to the Fund. The Board considered the
performance of Invesco Advisers and its affiliates in providing
these services and the organizational structure employed to
provide these services. The Board also considered that the
services are required for the operation of the Fund; that
Invesco Advisers and its affiliates can provide services, the
nature and quality of which are at least equal to those provided
by others offering the same or similar services; and that the
fees for such services are fair and reasonable in light of the
usual and customary charges by others for services of the same
nature and quality.
The Board considered that the Fund’s uninvested
cash and cash collateral from any securities lending
arrangements may be invested in money market funds advised by
Invesco Advisers pursuant to procedures approved by the Board.
The Board noted that Invesco Advisers receives advisory fees
from these affiliated money market funds attributable to such
investments, although Invesco Advisers has contractually agreed
to waive through varying periods the advisory fees payable by
the Invesco Van Kampen Funds. The waiver is in an amount equal
to 100% of the net advisory fee Invesco Advisers receives from
the affiliated money market funds with respect to the
Fund’s investment in the affiliated money market funds of
uninvested cash, but not cash collateral. The Board concluded
that the Fund’s investment of uninvested cash and cash
collateral from any securities lending arrangements in the
affiliated money market funds is in the best interests of the
Fund and its shareholders.
22 Invesco
Van Kampen Trust for Investment Grade New York
Municipals
Proxy
Results
An Annual Meeting (“Meeting”) of Shareholders of
Invesco Van Kampen Trust for Investment Grade New York
Municipals was held on June 17, 2011. The Meeting was held
for the following purpose:
| (1) | Elect four Class I Trustees, each by the holders of Common Shares of the Fund, each of whom will serve for a three year term or until a successor has been duly elected and qualified. |
The results of the voting on the above matter were as follows:
|
Votes |
||||||||||||||||||
| Matter | Votes For | Withheld | ||||||||||||||||
|
(1)
|
David C. Arch | 12,804,861 | 827,263 | |||||||||||||||
| Howard J Kerr | 12,788,687 | 843,437 | ||||||||||||||||
| Jerry Choate | 12,818,194 | 813,930 | ||||||||||||||||
| Suzanne Woolsey | 12,840,275 | 791,849 | ||||||||||||||||
23 Invesco
Van Kampen Trust for Investment Grade New York
Municipals
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quarter-ends. For the second and fourth quarters, the lists appear in the Trust’s semiannual and
annual reports to shareholders. For the first and third quarters, the Trust files the lists with
the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Form N-Q. Shareholders can also look up the Trust’s
Forms N-Q on the SEC website at sec.gov. Copies of the Trust’s Forms N-Q may be reviewed and copied
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The SEC file number for the Trust is 811-06537.
A description of the policies and procedures that the Trust uses to determine how to vote
proxies relating to portfolio securities is available without charge, upon request, from our
Client Services department at 800 341 2929 or at invesco.com/proxyguidelines. The information is
also available on the SEC website, sec.gov.
Information regarding how the Trust voted proxies related to its portfolio securities during
the 12 months ended June 30, 2011, is available at invesco.com/proxysearch. In addition, this
information is available on the SEC website at sec.gov.
Invesco Advisers, Inc. is an investment adviser; it provides investment advisory services to
individual and institutional clients and does not sell securities. Invesco Distributors, Inc. is
the U.S. distributor for Invesco Ltd.’s retail mutual funds, exchange-traded funds and
institutional money market funds. Both are wholly owned, indirect subsidiaries of Invesco Ltd.
| VK-CE-IGNYM-SAR-1 | Invesco Distributors, Inc. |
ITEM 2. CODE OF ETHICS.
There were no amendments to the Code of Ethics (the “Code”) that applies to the
Registrant’s Principal Executive Officer (“PEO”) and Principal Financial Officer
(“PFO”) during the period covered by the report. The Registrant did not grant any
waivers, including implicit waivers, from any provisions of the Code to the PEO or
PFO during the period covered by this report.
ITEM 3. AUDIT COMMITTEE FINANCIAL EXPERT.
Not applicable.
ITEM 4. PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTANT FEES AND SERVICES.
Not applicable.
ITEM 5. AUDIT COMMITTEE OF LISTED REGISTRANTS.
Not applicable.
ITEM 6. SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS.
Investments in securities of unaffiliated issuers is included as part of the
reports to stockholders filed under Item 1 of this Form.
| ITEM 7. | DISCLOSURE OF PROXY VOTING POLICIES AND PROCEDURES FOR CLOSED-END MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES. | ||
Not applicable.
ITEM 8. PORTFOLIO MANAGERS OF CLOSED-END MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES.
Not applicable.
| ITEM 9. | PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES BY CLOSED-END MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANY AND AFFILIATED PURCHASERS. | ||
Not applicable.
ITEM 10. SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS.
None.
ITEM 11. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES.
| (a) | As of September 16, 2011, an evaluation was performed under the supervision and with the participation of the officers of the Registrant, including the Principal Executive Officer (“PEO”) and Principal Financial Officer (“PFO”), to assess the effectiveness of the Registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures, as that term is defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “Act”), as amended. Based on that evaluation, the Registrant’s officers, including the PEO and PFO, concluded that, as of September 16, 2011, the Registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures were reasonably designed to ensure: (1) that information required to be disclosed by the Registrant on Form N-CSR is |
| recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified by the rules and forms of the Securities and Exchange Commission; and (2) that material information relating to the Registrant is made known to the PEO and PFO as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. | |||
| (b) | There have been no changes in the Registrant’s internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the Act) that occurred during the second fiscal quarter of the period covered by the report that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Registrant’s internal control over financial reporting. |
ITEM 12. EXHIBITS.
12(a) (1)
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Not applicable. | |
12(a) (2)
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Certifications of principal executive officer and principal financial officer as required by Rule 30a-2(a) under the Investment Company Act of 1940. | |
12(a) (3)
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Not applicable. | |
12(b)
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Certifications of principal executive officer and principal financial officer as required by Rule 30a-2(b) under the Investment Company Act of 1940. |
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act
of 1940, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized.
Registrant: Invesco Van Kampen Trust for Investment Grade New York Municipals
| By: | /s/ Colin Meadows | |||
| Colin Meadows | ||||
| Principal Executive Officer | ||||
Date: November 7, 2011
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the Registrant
and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
| By: | /s/ Colin Meadows | |||
| Colin Meadows | ||||
| Principal Executive Officer | ||||
Date: November 7, 2011
| By: | /s/ Sheri Morris | |||
| Sheri Morris | ||||
| Principal Financial Officer | ||||
Date: November 7, 2011
EXHIBIT INDEX
12(a) (1)
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Not applicable. | |
12(a) (2)
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Certifications of principal executive officer and Principal financial officer as required by Rule 30a-2(a) under the Investment Company Act of 1940. | |
12(a) (3)
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Not applicable. | |
12(b)
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Certifications of principal executive officer and Principal financial officer as required by Rule 30a-2(b) under the Investment Company Act of 1940. |