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May 03, 2010

CHICAGO (May 3, 2010) - The Board of Trustees of each of the Van Kampen closed-end funds¹ listed below (the "Funds") today declared the following dividends.

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The amount of dividends paid by each fund may vary from time to time. Past amounts of dividends are no guarantee of future dividend payment amounts.

The final determination of the source and tax characteristics of all distributions in 2010 will be made after the end of the year.

Investing involves risk and it is possible to lose money on any investment in the funds.

In order to comply with the requirements of Section 19 of the Investment Company Act of 1940, each Fund will provide its shareholders of record on the record date with a Section 19 Notice disclosing the sources of its dividend payment when a distribution includes anything other than net investment income. The Section 19 Notice is not provided for tax reporting purposes but for informational purposes only.

Van Kampen Asset Management,¹ the Funds’ investment adviser, is a wholly owned subsidiary of Van Kampen Investments Inc. (“Van Kampen”). Van Kampen is one of the nation’s largest investment management companies, with more than $103 billion in assets under management or supervision as of March 31, 2009. With roots in money management dating back to 1927, Van Kampen has helped nearly four generations of investors achieve their financial goals.

¹ In October 2009, Invesco entered into an agreement to acquire Morgan Stanley's retail asset management business, operating under both the Van Kampen and Morgan Stanley brands, including the Van Kampen intermediary, separately managed account and unit trust businesses. For Van Kampen, this includes substantially all open and closed-end mutual funds, unit trusts, retail separately managed accounts and certain subadvisory and insurance trust products.

Therefore, on the close of the transaction on or about June 1, 2010, Van Kampen Funds Inc. will become a wholly owned, indirect subsidiary of Invesco Ltd. Van Kampen unit investment trusts will be distributed by the sponsor, Van Kampen Funds Inc., and broker dealers including Invesco Distributors, Inc., also a wholly owned, indirect subsidiary of Invesco Ltd.