UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM N-CSR
CERTIFIED SHAREHOLDER REPORT OF REGISTERED
MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES
Investment Company Act file number 811-02090
Van Kampen Bond Fund
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(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)
1221 Avenue of the Americas, New York, New York 10020
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(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)
Ronald Robison
1221 Avenue of the Americas, New York, New York 10020
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(Name and address of agent for service)
Registrant's telephone number, including area code: 212-762-4000
Date of fiscal year end: 6/30
Date of reporting period: 12/31/04
Item 1. Report to Shareholders.
The Fund's semi-annual report transmitted to shareholders pursuant to Rule 30e-1
under the Investment Company Act of 1940 is as follows:
Welcome, Shareholder
In this report, you'll learn about how your investment in Van Kampen Bond
Fund performed during the semiannual period. The portfolio management
team will provide an overview of the market conditions and discuss some
of the factors that affected investment performance during the reporting
period. In addition, this report includes the fund's financial statements
and a list of fund investments as of December 31, 2004.
MARKET FORECASTS PROVIDED IN THIS REPORT MAY NOT NECESSARILY COME TO
PASS. THERE IS NO ASSURANCE THAT THE FUND WILL ACHIEVE ITS INVESTMENT
OBJECTIVE. FUNDS ARE SUBJECT TO MARKET RISK, WHICH IS THE POSSIBILITY
THAT THE MARKET VALUES OF SECURITIES OWNED BY THE FUND WILL DECLINE AND
THAT THE VALUE OF THE FUND SHARES MAY THEREFORE BE LESS THAN WHAT YOU
PAID FOR THEM. ACCORDINGLY, YOU CAN LOSE MONEY INVESTING IN THIS FUND.
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NOT FDIC INSURED OFFER NO BANK GUARANTEE MAY LOSE VALUE
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NOT INSURED BY ANY FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AGENCY NOT A DEPOSIT
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Performance Summary as of 12/31/04
BOND FUND
SYMBOL: VBF
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AVERAGE ANNUAL BASED ON BASED ON
TOTAL RETURNS NAV MARKET PRICE
10-year 8.15% 8.19%
5-year 7.79% 9.74%
1-year 5.90% 4.94%
6-month 5.82% 7.63%
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PERFORMANCE DATA QUOTED REPRESENTS PAST PERFORMANCE, WHICH IS NO GUARANTEE OF
FUTURE RESULTS, AND CURRENT PERFORMANCE MAY BE LOWER OR HIGHER THAN THE FIGURES
SHOWN. FOR THE MOST RECENT MONTH-END PERFORMANCE FIGURES, PLEASE VISIT
VANKAMPEN.COM OR SPEAK WITH YOUR FINANCIAL ADVISOR. INVESTMENT RETURNS, NET
ASSET VALUE (NAV) AND COMMON SHARE MARKET PRICE WILL FLUCTUATE AND FUND SHARES,
WHEN SOLD, MAY BE WORTH MORE OR LESS THAN THEIR ORIGINAL COST.
The NAV per share is determined by dividing the value of the fund's portfolio
securities, cash and other assets, less all liabilities, by the total number of
common shares outstanding. The common share market price is the price the market
is willing to pay for shares of the fund at a given time. Common share market
price is influenced by a range of factors, including supply and demand and
market conditions. Total return assumes an investment at the beginning of the
period, reinvestment of all distributions for the period in accordance with the
fund's dividend reinvestment plan, and sale of all shares at the end of the
period.
The Lehman Brothers BBB Corporate Bond Index is generally representative of
corporate bonds. The index does not include any expenses, fees or sales charges,
which would lower performance. The index is unmanaged and should not be
considered an investment. It is not possible to invest directly in an index.
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Fund Report
FOR THE SIX-MONTH PERIOD ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2004
Van Kampen Bond Fund is managed by the Adviser's Taxable Fixed-Income team.(1)
Current team members include Sheila Finnerty and David S. Horowitz, Managing
Directors of the Adviser; and Gordon W. Loery, Executive Director of the
Adviser.
MARKET CONDITIONS
The review period began with a "soft patch" in the economic recovery. The June
employment data released on July 2 reported that non-farm payrolls grew by much
less than the median forecast. This included downward revision of prior reports
and was followed by the June Consumer Price Index (CPI) report, which suggested
that inflation was contained and that the spike in CPI earlier in the year may
have been temporary. After the release of the July employment data, another
disappointing number, bond prices surged and yields dropped. Although the
lackluster data prompted speculation that the Federal Reserve Board ("the Fed")
might postpone the interest rate increases, the Fed continued to raise rates by
25 basis point increments at each of its remaining meetings.
Economic data released in September and October showed signs of strength, and
investors' attention soon turned toward increasing oil prices and the upcoming
U.S. presidential election. The bond market reversed course due largely to these
factors. Sentiment in the bond market was further undermined by a combination of
issues including high and rising oil prices, a string of weaker-than-expected
employment reports, uncertainty surrounding the outcome of the presidential
election and concern over both the U.S. trade deficit and budget deficit. The
conclusion of the presidential election and a respite in climbing oil prices led
to slight gains in the bond market in the last weeks of the period.
The Fed's actions, combined with its stated intention to increase rates well
into 2005, led to largely rising yields at the very short end of the market.
Yields on intermediate and longer-maturity securities trended lower, however,
and ended the period slightly lower.
Against this mixed backdrop, performance varied over the major segments of the
fixed-income market. Yield spreads on corporate securities narrowed and medium-
and lower-quality issues generated better relative performance than
higher-quality issues.
(1)Team members may change at any time without notice.
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PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS
Closed-end fund returns can be calculated upon either the market price or the
net asset value (NAV) of its shares. NAV per share is determined by dividing the
value of the fund's portfolio securities, cash and other assets, minus all
liabilities, by the total number of common shares outstanding, whereas market
price reflects the supply and demand for shares. As a result, the two returns
may differ significantly, as they did during the reporting period. The fund
showed a 5.82 percent gain on an NAV basis and a 7.63 percent gain on a
market-price basis. The fund's returns at NAV and market-price basis
outperformed its benchmark, the Lehman Brothers BBB Corporate Bond Index. (See
table below.)
One of our key strategies in managing the fund was to emphasize medium-quality
issues. These positions benefited from the market's general preference for the
attractive yields of medium- and lower-quality issues during the period, and
supported the fund's outperformance of its benchmark. The fund also benefited
from key exposures in the gaming & lodging, energy and utilities sectors, all of
which gained on improved earnings and reduced debt ratios. The fund's portfolio
was also overweight relative to the Lehman Brothers BBB Corporate Bond Index in
its exposure to the insurance industry, which outperformed.
The fund's interest rate exposure was somewhat disappointing during the period.
While our analysis was correct in indicating that interest rates were likely to
move upward in 2004, that upward movement was largely limited to
shorter-maturity securities. As a result, the fund's strategy of keeping its
duration (a measure of interest rate sensitivity) below that of its benchmark
served to limit its exposure to the ongoing gains of longer-maturity securities.
There is no guarantee that any securities will continue to perform well or be
held by the fund in the future.
TOTAL RETURN FOR THE SIX-MONTH PERIOD ENDING DECEMBER 31, 2004
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LEHMAN BROTHERS
BASED ON BASED ON BBB CORPORATE
NAV MARKET PRICE BOND INDEX
5.82% 7.63% -0.27%
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PERFORMANCE DATA QUOTED REPRESENTS PAST PERFORMANCE, WHICH IS NO GUARANTEE OF
FUTURE RESULTS, AND CURRENT PERFORMANCE MAY BE LOWER OR HIGHER THAN THE FIGURES
SHOWN. FOR THE MOST RECENT MONTH-END PERFORMANCE FIGURES, PLEASE VISIT
VANKAMPEN.COM OR SPEAK WITH YOUR FINANCIAL ADVISOR. INVESTMENT RETURN, NET ASSET
VALUE AND COMMON SHARE MARKET PRICE WILL FLUCTUATE AND FUND SHARES, WHEN SOLD,
MAY BE WORTH MORE OR LESS THAN THEIR ORIGINAL COST. SEE PERFORMANCE SUMMARY FOR
ADDITIONAL PERFORMANCE INFORMATION AND INDEX DEFINITION.
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RATINGS ALLOCATION AS OF 12/31/04
AAA/Aaa 12.5%
AA/Aa 5.1
A/A 23.6
BBB/Baa 49.5
BB/Ba 8.1
B/B 1.2
SUMMARY OF INVESTMENTS BY INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION AS OF 12/31/04
Electric 9.5%
Banking 6.5
Automotive 6.2
Healthcare 5.2
Wireline Communications 4.4
Railroads 4.4
Noncaptive--Consumer Finance 4.0
Integrated Energy 3.9
Media--Noncable 3.3
Property & Casualty 3.3
Retail 3.0
Government Agency Obligations 2.9
Lodging 2.7
Brokerage 2.6
Gaming 2.3
Paper 2.2
Media--Cable 2.1
Noncaptive--Diversified Finance 2.0
Food/Beverage 2.0
Life Insurance 1.7
Natural Gas Pipelines 1.7
Construction Machinery 1.6
Environmental Services 1.4
Diversified Manufacturing 1.4
Entertainment 1.3
Aerospace & Defense 1.3
Consumer Products 1.2
Supermarkets 1.1
Independent Energy 1.1
Chemicals 0.9
Tobacco 0.9
Real Estate Investment Trusts 0.8
Airlines 0.8
Technology 0.6
Transportation Services 0.4
Textile 0.4
Wireless Communications 0.4
Services 0.4
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SUMMARY OF INVESTMENTS BY INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION AS OF 12/31/04
(continued from previous page)
Refining 0.3
Oil Field Services 0.2
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Total Long-Term Investments 92.4%
Total Short-Term Investments 7.6
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Total Investments 100.0%
Subject to change daily. Provided for informational purposes only and should not
be deemed as a recommendation to buy or sell the securities mentioned or
securities in the industries shown above. All percentages are as a percentage of
total investments. Van Kampen is a wholly owned subsidiary of a global
securities firm which is engaged in a wide range of financial services
including, for example, securities trading and brokerage activities, investment
banking, research and analysis, financing and financial advisory services.
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FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS
Each Van Kampen fund provides a complete schedule of portfolio holdings
in its semiannual and annual reports within 60 days of the end of the
fund's second and fourth fiscal quarters by filing the schedule
electronically with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The
semiannual reports are filed on Form N-CSRS and the annual reports are
filed on Form N-CSR. Van Kampen also delivers the semiannual and annual
reports to fund shareholders, and makes these reports available on its
public web site, www.vankampen.com. In addition to the semiannual and
annual reports that Van Kampen delivers to shareholders and makes
available through the Van Kampen public web site, each fund files a
complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the SEC for the fund's first
and third fiscal quarters on Form N-Q. Van Kampen does not deliver the
reports for the first and third fiscal quarters to shareholders, nor are
the reports posted to the Van Kampen public web site. You may, however,
obtain the Form N-Q filings (as well as the Form N-CSR and N-CSRS
filings) by accessing the SEC's web site, http://www.sec.gov. You may
also review and copy them at the SEC's Public Reference Room in
Washington, DC. Information on the operation of the SEC's Public
Reference Room may be obtained by calling the SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330. You
can also request copies of these materials, upon payment of a duplicating
fee, by electronic request at the SEC's e-mail address
(publicinfo@sec.gov) or by writing the Public Reference section of the
SEC, Washington, DC 20549-0102.
In addition to filing a complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the
SEC each fiscal quarter, each Van Kampen fund makes portfolio holdings
information available by periodically providing the information on its
public web site, www.vankampen.com. Each Van Kampen fund provides a
complete schedule of portfolio holdings on the public web site on a
calendar-quarter basis approximately 30 days after the close of the
calendar quarter. Van Kampen closed-end funds do not presently provide
partial lists of their portfolio holdings on a monthly basis, but may do
so in the future.
You may obtain copies of a fund's fiscal quarter filings, or its monthly
or calendar-quarter web site postings, by contacting Van Kampen Client
Relations at 1-800-847-2424.
PROXY VOTING POLICIES AND PROCEDURES AND PROXY VOTING RECORD
The fund's policies and procedures with respect to the voting of proxies
relating to the fund's portfolio securities and information on how the
fund voted proxies relating to portfolio securities during the most
recent twelve-month period ended June 30 is available without charge,
upon request, by calling 1-800-847-2424 or by visiting our web site at
www.vankampen.com. This information is also available on the Securities
and Exchange Commission's web site at http://www.sec.gov.
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VAN KAMPEN BOND FUND
PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS -- DECEMBER 31, 2004 (UNAUDITED)
PAR
AMOUNT
(000) DESCRIPTION COUPON MATURITY VALUE
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CORPORATE BONDS 88.5%
AEROSPACE & DEFENSE 1.3%
$1,130 Northrop Grumman Corp. ......................... 7.125% 02/15/11 $ 1,298,434
407 Raytheon Co. ................................... 4.500 11/15/07 416,691
875 Raytheon Co. ................................... 8.300 03/01/10 1,037,981
65 Raytheon Co. ................................... 4.850 01/15/11 66,686
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2,819,792
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AIRLINES 0.8%
224 Continental Airlines, Inc. ..................... 6.648 09/15/17 217,851
995 Continental Airlines, Inc. ..................... 6.900 01/02/18 998,474
527 Continental Airlines, Inc. ..................... 6.545 02/02/19 523,886
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1,740,211
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AUTOMOTIVE 6.1%
430 AutoNation, Inc. ............................... 9.000 08/01/08 493,425
265 DaimlerChrysler North America Holding Corp. .... 7.300 01/15/12 301,262
1,280 DaimlerChrysler North America Holding Corp. .... 8.500 01/18/31 1,604,060
2,490 Ford Motor Credit Co. .......................... 7.250 10/25/11 2,673,939
640 General Motors Acceptance Corp. ................ 4.500 07/15/06 640,625
4,125 General Motors Acceptance Corp. ................ 6.875 09/15/11 4,232,902
2,865 General Motors Acceptance Corp. ................ 8.000 11/01/31 2,953,133
780 General Motors Corp. ........................... 8.375 07/15/33 810,383
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13,709,729
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BANKING 6.4%
2,230 Bank of America Corp. .......................... 3.375 02/17/09 2,187,168
545 Citigroup, Inc. ................................ 6.000 02/21/12 597,088
2,110 Citigroup, Inc. ................................ 5.625 08/27/12 2,250,522
3,340 JPMorgan Chase & Co. ........................... 6.750 02/01/11 3,756,905
400 MBNA America Bank NA............................ 7.125 11/15/12 455,698
1,625 MBNA Corp. ..................................... 6.125 03/01/13 1,744,364
1,350 Wachovia Corp. ................................. 3.625 02/17/09 1,335,720
925 Washington Mutual Bank FA....................... 5.500 01/15/13 956,796
900 Washington Mutual, Inc. ........................ 8.250 04/01/10 1,054,085
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14,338,346
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BROKERAGE 2.6%
1,670 Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. ...................... 6.875 01/15/11 1,886,410
185 Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. ...................... 5.250 10/15/13 189,605
2,000 Lehman Brothers Holdings, Inc. ................. 8.500 05/01/07 2,223,258
943 World Financial Prop., 144A-- Private Placement
(a)............................................. 6.910 09/01/13 1,044,076
429 World Financial Prop., 144A-- Private Placement
(a)............................................. 6.950 09/01/13 475,733
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5,819,082
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See Notes to Financial Statements 7
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AMOUNT
(000) DESCRIPTION COUPON MATURITY VALUE
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CHEMICALS 0.9%
$ 60 FMC Corp. ...................................... 10.250% 11/01/09 $ 69,150
640 ICI Wilmington, Inc. ........................... 4.375 12/01/08 644,185
1,285 Sealed Air Corp., 144A--Private Placement (a)... 5.625 07/15/13 1,331,601
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2,044,936
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CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY 1.6%
2,045 Caterpillar Financial Services Corp., Ser F..... 3.625 11/15/07 2,048,626
1,320 Kennametal, Inc. ............................... 7.200 06/15/12 1,468,970
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3,517,596
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CONSUMER PRODUCTS 1.2%
855 Clorox Co., 144A--Private Placement (Variable
Rate Coupon) (a)................................ 2.544 12/14/07 855,257
1,305 Xerox Corp. .................................... 7.125 06/15/10 1,415,925
325 Xerox Corp. .................................... 6.875 08/15/11 347,750
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2,618,932
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DIVERSIFIED MANUFACTURING 1.3%
1,275 Cooper Industries, Inc. ........................ 5.250 07/01/07 1,321,692
705 Hutchison Whampoa International Ltd., 144A--
Private Placement (Cayman Islands) (a).......... 5.450 11/24/10 731,253
890 Hutchison Whampoa International Ltd., 144A--
Private Placement (Cayman Islands) (a).......... 6.500 02/13/13 960,973
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3,013,918
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ELECTRIC 9.4%
725 Appalachian Power Co., Ser H.................... 5.950 05/15/33 735,017
1,250 Arizona Public Service Co. ..................... 5.800 06/30/14 1,337,270
370 CenterPoint Energy.............................. 7.750 02/15/11 431,837
625 Cincinnati Gas & Electric Co. .................. 5.700 09/15/12 663,177
425 Cincinnati Gas & Electric Co., Ser A............ 5.400 06/15/33 407,195
375 Cincinnati Gas & Electric Co., Ser B............ 5.375 06/15/33 357,978
780 Columbus Southern Power Co., Ser B.............. 6.600 03/01/33 875,518
865 Detroit Edison Co. ............................. 6.125 10/01/10 944,737
960 Duquesne Light Co. ............................. 6.700 04/15/12 1,074,464
655 Entergy Gulf States, Inc. ...................... 3.600 06/01/08 644,903
900 Entergy Gulf States, Inc. (Variable Rate
Coupon)......................................... 2.800 12/01/09 899,896
1,660 Exelon Corp. ................................... 6.750 05/01/11 1,859,333
255 Indianapolis Power & Light Co., 144A-- Private
Placement (a)................................... 6.300 07/01/13 274,197
545 Monongahela Power Co. .......................... 5.000 10/01/06 557,567
390 Nevada Power Co. ............................... 9.000 08/15/13 458,250
1,323 Niagara Mohawk Power Corp., Ser F............... 7.625 10/01/05 1,366,836
685 NiSource Finance Corp. ......................... 7.625 11/15/05 710,101
900 NiSource Finance Corp. (Variable Rate Coupon)... 2.915 11/23/09 899,968
1,660 Ohio Edison Co. ................................ 5.450 05/01/15 1,687,123
180 Ohio Power Co., Ser E........................... 6.600 02/15/33 202,032
1,215 Pacific Gas & Electric Co. ..................... 6.050 03/01/34 1,266,316
180 PSEG Energy Holdings, Inc. ..................... 7.750 04/16/07 191,250
8 See Notes to Financial Statements
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AMOUNT
(000) DESCRIPTION COUPON MATURITY VALUE
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ELECTRIC (CONTINUED)
$ 650 PSEG Energy Holdings, Inc. ..................... 8.625% 02/15/08 $ 716,625
140 Reliant Energy, Inc. ........................... 6.750 12/15/14 139,825
195 Southern CA Edison Co. ......................... 5.000 01/15/14 198,514
365 Texas-New Mexico Power Co. ..................... 6.250 01/15/09 385,728
255 TXU Corp., Ser J................................ 6.375 06/15/06 264,834
805 TXU Energy Co. ................................. 7.000 03/15/13 900,487
560 Wisconsin Electric Power........................ 3.500 12/01/07 558,134
65 Wisconsin Electric Power........................ 5.625 05/15/33 66,353
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21,075,465
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ENTERTAINMENT 1.3%
590 AOL Time Warner, Inc. .......................... 7.700 05/01/32 723,942
180 Park Place Entertainment Corp. ................. 7.500 09/01/09 201,150
930 Time Warner, Inc. .............................. 6.875 05/01/12 1,060,685
135 Time Warner, Inc. .............................. 6.625 05/15/29 145,918
660 Time Warner, Inc. .............................. 7.625 04/15/31 800,952
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2,932,647
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ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES 1.4%
830 Republic Services, Inc. ........................ 6.750 08/15/11 933,572
1,500 Waste Management, Inc. ......................... 7.000 10/15/06 1,589,332
550 Waste Management, Inc. ......................... 7.375 08/01/10 631,171
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3,154,075
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FOOD/BEVERAGE 1.9%
1,155 Kraft Foods, Inc. .............................. 5.625 11/01/11 1,224,811
500 Kraft Foods, Inc. .............................. 6.250 06/01/12 549,702
1,420 Smithfield Foods, Inc. ......................... 8.000 10/15/09 1,579,750
105 Smithfield Foods, Inc. ......................... 7.750 05/15/13 117,337
710 YUM! Brands, Inc. .............................. 8.875 04/15/11 878,313
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4,349,913
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GAMING 2.3%
875 Harrahs Operating Co., Inc. .................... 5.500 07/01/10 906,802
1,495 Harrahs Operating Co., Inc. .................... 8.000 02/01/11 1,738,510
1,175 MGM Mirage, Inc. ............................... 8.500 09/15/10 1,342,437
455 MGM Mirage, Inc. ............................... 6.750 09/01/12 481,162
645 Station Casinos, Inc. .......................... 6.000 04/01/12 660,319
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5,129,230
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HEALTHCARE 5.1%
3,205 Aetna, Inc. .................................... 7.375 03/01/06 3,337,395
260 AmerisourceBergen Corp. ........................ 8.125 09/01/08 290,550
435 Fisher Scientific International, Inc., 144A--
Private Placement (a)........................... 6.750 08/15/14 468,712
205 HCA, Inc. ...................................... 7.875 02/01/11 226,082
800 HCA, Inc. ...................................... 6.300 10/01/12 812,597
285 HCA, Inc. ...................................... 7.190 11/15/15 299,096
1,835 Health Net, Inc. ............................... 9.875 04/15/11 2,216,363
620 Tenet Healthcare Corp. ......................... 7.375 02/01/13 604,500
See Notes to Financial Statements 9
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PAR
AMOUNT
(000) DESCRIPTION COUPON MATURITY VALUE
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HEALTHCARE (CONTINUED)
$ 915 Tenet Healthcare Corp. ......................... 6.875% 11/15/31 $ 784,612
1,130 UnitedHealth Group, Inc. ....................... 5.200 01/17/07 1,171,074
650 WellPoint, Inc., 144A--Private Placement (a).... 3.750 12/14/07 650,107
590 WellPoint, Inc., 144A--Private Placement (a).... 4.250 12/15/09 590,370
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11,451,458
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INDEPENDENT ENERGY 1.1%
285 Kerr-McGee Corp. ............................... 5.875 09/15/06 295,805
470 Kerr-McGee Corp. ............................... 6.625 10/15/07 503,769
1,265 Kerr-McGee Corp. ............................... 7.875 09/15/31 1,554,030
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2,353,604
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INTEGRATED ENERGY 3.9%
1,625 Amerada Hess Corp. ............................. 7.875 10/01/29 1,928,426
720 Conoco Funding Co. (Canada)..................... 6.350 10/15/11 804,766
1,500 Conoco, Inc. ................................... 6.950 04/15/29 1,776,894
230 Consumers Energy Co., Ser D..................... 5.375 04/15/13 238,261
790 Consumers Energy Co., Ser F..................... 4.000 05/15/10 776,870
190 Consumers Energy Co., Ser H..................... 4.800 02/17/09 195,113
670 Marathon Oil Corp. ............................. 5.375 06/01/07 697,105
1,370 Occidental Petroleum Corp. ..................... 8.450 02/15/29 1,861,448
270 Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Corp. ........... 8.875 07/15/12 329,737
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8,608,620
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LIFE INSURANCE 1.7%
475 John Hancock Financial Services, Inc. .......... 5.625 12/01/08 504,935
2,285 Marsh & McLennan Cos., Inc. .................... 5.875 08/01/33 2,124,195
105 Metlife, Inc. .................................. 6.125 12/01/11 114,273
585 Nationwide Financial Services, Inc. ............ 6.250 11/15/11 638,708
300 Prudential Holdings, LLC, 144A--Private
Placement (a)................................... 7.245 12/18/23 357,104
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3,739,215
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LODGING 2.7%
1,490 Hilton Hotels Corp. ............................ 7.625 12/01/12 1,745,094
1,325 Hyatt Equities, LLC, 144A--Private Placement
(a)............................................. 6.875 06/15/07 1,394,865
610 Marriott International, Inc., Ser D............. 8.125 04/01/05 617,142
375 Marriott International, Inc., Ser E............. 7.000 01/15/08 409,047
185 Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. ...... 7.375 05/01/07 198,181
1,375 Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. ...... 7.875 05/01/12 1,577,813
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5,942,142
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MEDIA--CABLE 2.1%
490 Comcast Cable Communications, Inc. ............. 8.375 05/01/07 542,205
1,785 Comcast Cable Communications, Inc. ............. 6.750 01/30/11 2,007,050
90 Comcast Cable Communications, Inc. ............. 7.125 06/15/13 104,438
1,095 Cox Communications, Inc., 144A-- Private
Placement (a)................................... 4.625 01/15/10 1,093,688
845 Echostar DBS Corp. ............................. 6.375 10/01/11 868,238
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4,615,619
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10 See Notes to Financial Statements
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PAR
AMOUNT
(000) DESCRIPTION COUPON MATURITY VALUE
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MEDIA--NONCABLE 3.3%
$2,500 Clear Channel Communications, Inc. ............. 7.250% 10/15/27 $ 2,768,990
950 Interpublic Group Co., Inc. .................... 5.400 11/15/09 966,535
2,800 News America Holdings, Inc. .................... 8.875 04/26/23 3,649,604
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7,385,129
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NATURAL GAS PIPELINES 1.6%
285 Consolidated Natural Gas Co. ................... 5.000 03/01/14 286,187
210 Consolidated Natural Gas Co., Ser A............. 5.000 12/01/14 210,609
960 Consolidated Natural Gas Co., Ser C............. 6.250 11/01/11 1,055,195
210 Northwest Pipeline Corp. ....................... 8.125 03/01/10 233,363
945 Ras Laffan Liquefied Natural Gas Co., Ltd.,
144A--Private Placement (Qatar) (a)............. 8.294 03/15/14 1,121,325
675 Texas Eastern Transmission Corp. ............... 7.000 07/15/32 777,981
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3,684,660
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NONCAPTIVE-CONSUMER FINANCE 3.9%
230 American General Finance Corp. ................. 4.625 05/15/09 234,278
2,000 American General Finance Corp. ................. 4.625 09/01/10 2,002,842
2,245 Countrywide Home Loans, Inc. ................... 3.250 05/21/08 2,196,957
1,000 HSBC Finance Corp. ............................. 7.875 03/01/07 1,088,719
150 HSBC Finance Corp. ............................. 8.000 07/15/10 176,742
1,555 HSBC Finance Corp. ............................. 6.750 05/15/11 1,747,338
1,330 SLM Corp. ...................................... 5.000 10/01/13 1,349,176
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8,796,052
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NONCAPTIVE-DIVERSIFIED FINANCE 2.0%
415 CIT Group, Inc. ................................ 7.375 04/02/07 448,329
415 CIT Group, Inc. ................................ 3.650 11/23/07 413,676
90 General Electric Capital Corp., Ser A........... 5.875 02/15/12 97,524
2,100 General Electric Capital Corp., Ser A........... 4.750 09/15/14 2,097,255
415 General Electric Capital Corp., Ser A........... 6.750 03/15/32 487,374
935 Newcourt Credit Group, Inc., Ser B (Canada)..... 6.875 02/16/05 939,560
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4,483,718
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OIL FIELD SERVICES 0.2%
280 Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line Co., Ser B.......... 2.750 03/15/07 274,313
145 Plains Exploration & Production Co. ............ 7.125 06/15/14 158,775
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433,088
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PAPER 2.2%
1,905 International Paper Co. ........................ 5.850 10/30/12 2,033,012
455 Weyerhaeuser Co. ............................... 6.000 08/01/06 473,003
2,115 Weyerhaeuser Co. ............................... 6.750 03/15/12 2,386,695
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4,892,710
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PROPERTY & CASUALTY 3.2%
1,195 AIG Sunamerica Global Financial, 144A-- Private
Placement (a)................................... 6.300 05/10/11 1,305,062
1,545 Farmers Exchange Capital, 144A-- Private
Placement (a)................................... 7.050 07/15/28 1,587,098
See Notes to Financial Statements 11
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PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS -- DECEMBER 31, 2004 (UNAUDITED) continued
PAR
AMOUNT
(000) DESCRIPTION COUPON MATURITY VALUE
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
PROPERTY & CASUALTY (CONTINUED)
$1,565 Farmers Insurance Exchange Surplus, 144A--
Private Placement (a)........................... 8.625% 05/01/24 $ 1,850,688
125 Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. ........ 2.375 06/01/06 122,757
1,800 Mantis Reef Ltd., 144A-- Private Placement
(Australia) (a)................................. 4.692 11/14/08 1,806,833
440 Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co., 144A-- Private
Placement (a)................................... 8.250 12/01/31 545,447
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7,217,885
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RAILROADS 4.3%
745 Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway Co. ....... 4.575 01/15/21 754,386
330 CSX Corp. ...................................... 9.000 08/15/06 357,536
1,000 CSX Corp. ...................................... 6.750 03/15/11 1,120,720
7,000 Union Pacific Corp. ............................ 8.350 05/01/25 7,407,120
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9,639,762
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REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUSTS 0.8%
250 EOP Operating LP................................ 4.750 03/15/14 242,286
850 Reckson Operating Partnership LP................ 5.150 01/15/11 858,446
570 Rouse Co. ...................................... 3.625 03/15/09 537,878
245 Rouse Co. ...................................... 5.375 11/26/13 235,448
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1,874,058
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REFINING 0.3%
430 Ashland, Inc. .................................. 7.830 08/15/05 441,924
250 Vintage Petroleum, Inc. ........................ 7.875 05/15/11 267,500
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709,424
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RETAIL 3.0%
250 CVS Corp. ...................................... 5.625 03/15/06 256,422
270 CVS Corp. ...................................... 3.875 11/01/07 271,399
1,500 Federated Department Stores, Inc. .............. 6.625 09/01/08 1,634,286
500 Federated Department Stores, Inc. .............. 6.300 04/01/09 541,631
490 Lowe's Cos., Inc. .............................. 6.875 02/15/28 579,747
700 Lowe's Cos., Inc. .............................. 6.500 03/15/29 795,500
1,275 May Department Stores Co. ...................... 5.950 11/01/08 1,349,218
700 May Department Stores Co. ...................... 6.700 09/15/28 735,727
430 May Department Stores Co. ...................... 7.875 03/01/30 511,984
75 May Department Stores Co. ...................... 6.900 01/15/32 81,368
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6,757,282
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SERVICES 0.4%
562 Iron Mountain, Inc. ............................ 7.750 01/15/15 573,240
295 Iron Mountain, Inc. ............................ 6.625 01/01/16 276,563
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849,803
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SUPERMARKETS 1.1%
770 Albertson's, Inc. .............................. 7.500 02/15/11 892,909
1,285 Kroger Co. ..................................... 7.500 04/01/31 1,540,865
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2,433,774
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12 See Notes to Financial Statements
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PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS -- DECEMBER 31, 2004 (UNAUDITED) continued
PAR
AMOUNT
(000) DESCRIPTION COUPON MATURITY VALUE
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TECHNOLOGY 0.6%
$ 465 Electronic Data Systems Corp. .................. 7.125% 10/15/09 $ 512,667
780 Electronic Data Systems Corp., Ser B............ 6.500 08/01/13 824,951
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1,337,618
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TEXTILE 0.4%
810 Mohawk Industries, Inc. ........................ 7.200 04/15/12 933,317
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TOBACCO 0.9%
850 Altria Group, Inc. ............................. 7.000 11/04/13 922,546
890 Altria Group, Inc. ............................. 7.750 01/15/27 1,001,694
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1,924,240
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TRANSPORTATION SERVICES 0.4%
1,000 FedEx Corp. .................................... 2.650 04/01/07 979,953
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WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS 0.4%
745 AT&T Wireless Services, Inc. ................... 7.875 03/01/11 879,166
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WIRELINE COMMUNICATIONS 4.4%
840 AT&T Corp. ..................................... 9.750 11/15/31 1,006,950
1,410 Deutsche Telekom International Finance BV
(Netherlands)................................... 8.750 06/15/30 1,867,405
1,105 Sprint Capital Corp. ........................... 8.750 03/15/32 1,476,733
2,935 Verizon Communications, Inc. ................... 6.940 04/15/28 3,278,712
1,215 Verizon Global Funding Corp. ................... 7.750 12/01/30 1,515,381
590 Verizon New England, Inc. ...................... 6.500 09/15/11 649,915
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9,795,096
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TOTAL CORPORATE BONDS 88.5%...................................... 197,981,265
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UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT AGENCY OBLIGATIONS 2.9%
8,750 United States Treasury Bonds (STRIP
PRINCIPAL)...................................... * 02/15/25 3,158,452
9,000 United States Treasury Notes (STRIPS)........... * 05/15/25 3,188,763
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TOTAL UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT AGENCY OBLIGATIONS................. 6,347,215
------------
TOTAL LONG-TERM INVESTMENTS 91.4%
(Cost $192,739,651)....................................................... 204,328,480
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See Notes to Financial Statements 13
VAN KAMPEN BOND FUND
PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS -- DECEMBER 31, 2004 (UNAUDITED) continued
DESCRIPTION VALUE
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS 7.5%
REPURCHASE AGREEMENT 7.1%
Bank of America Securities LLC ($16,011,000 par collateralized by
U.S. Government obligations in a pooled cash account, interest
rate of 2.00%, dated 12/31/04, to be sold on 01/03/05 at
$16,013,669)...................................................... $ 16,011,000
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UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT AGENCY OBLIGATIONS 0.4%
United States Treasury Bills ($250,000 par, yielding 1.465%,
01/13/05 maturity) (b)............................................ 249,878
United States Treasury Bills ($600,000 par, yielding 2.107%,
03/24/05 maturity) (b)............................................ 597,133
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TOTAL UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT AGENCY OBLIGATIONS................... 847,011
------------
TOTAL SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS
(Cost $16,858,273)................................................ 16,858,011
------------
TOTAL INVESTMENTS 98.9%
(Cost $209,597,924)............................................... 221,186,491
OTHER ASSETS IN EXCESS OF LIABILITIES 1.1%......................... 2,497,519
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NET ASSETS 100.0%.................................................. $223,684,010
============
Percentages are calculated as a percentage of net assets.
* Zero coupon bond
(a) 144A securities are those which are exempt from registration under Rule 144A
of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. These securities may only be
resold in transactions exempt from registration which are normally those
transactions with qualified institutional buyers.
(b) Assets segregated as collateral for open futures transactions.
STRIPS -- Separate Trading of Registered Interest and Principal of Securities
14 See Notes to Financial Statements
VAN KAMPEN BOND FUND
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Statement of Assets and Liabilities
December 31, 2004 (Unaudited)
ASSETS:
Total Investments (Cost $209,597,924)....................... $221,186,491
Cash........................................................ 758
Interest Receivable......................................... 3,035,882
Other....................................................... 33,638
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Total Assets............................................ 224,256,769
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LIABILITIES:
Payables:
Income Distributions...................................... 155,089
Investment Advisory Fee................................... 79,892
Variation Margin on Futures............................... 59,906
Other Affiliates.......................................... 8,240
Trustees' Deferred Compensation and Retirement Plans........ 181,641
Accrued Expenses............................................ 87,991
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Total Liabilities....................................... 572,759
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NET ASSETS.................................................. $223,684,010
============
NET ASSET VALUE PER COMMON SHARE
($223,684,010 divided by 11,362,465 shares outstanding)..... $ 19.69
============
NET ASSETS CONSIST OF:
Common Shares ($1.00 par value with 15,000,000 shares
authorized, 11,362,465 shares issued and outstanding)..... $ 11,362,465
Paid in Surplus............................................. 207,602,030
Net Unrealized Appreciation................................. 11,603,298
Accumulated Undistributed Net Investment Income............. (1,381,171)
Accumulated Net Realized Loss............................... (5,502,612)
------------
NET ASSETS.................................................. $223,684,010
============
See Notes to Financial Statements 15
VAN KAMPEN BOND FUND
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS continued
Statement of Operations
For the Six Months Ended December 31, 2004 (Unaudited)
INVESTMENT INCOME:
Interest.................................................... $ 6,290,408
Other....................................................... 34,765
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Total Income............................................ 6,325,173
-----------
EXPENSES:
Investment Advisory Fee..................................... 519,446
Shareholder Services........................................ 37,148
Trustees' Fees and Related Expenses......................... 32,333
Custody..................................................... 13,384
Legal....................................................... 7,008
Other....................................................... 91,767
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Total Expenses........................................ 701,086
Less Credits Earned on Cash Balances.................. 775
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Net Expenses.......................................... 700,311
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NET INVESTMENT INCOME....................................... $ 5,624,862
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REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN/LOSS:
Realized Gain/Loss:
Investments............................................... $ 2,115,785
Futures................................................... (1,650,498)
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Net Realized Gain........................................... 465,287
-----------
Unrealized Appreciation/Depreciation:
Beginning of the Period................................... 5,653,917
-----------
End of the Period:
Investments............................................. 11,588,567
Futures................................................. 14,731
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11,603,298
-----------
Net Unrealized Appreciation During the Period............... 5,949,381
-----------
NET REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN............................ $ 6,414,668
===========
NET INCREASE IN NET ASSETS FROM OPERATIONS.................. $12,039,530
===========
16 See Notes to Financial Statements
VAN KAMPEN BOND FUND
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS continued
Statements of Changes in Net Assets (Unaudited)
FOR THE FOR THE
SIX MONTHS ENDED YEAR ENDED
DECEMBER 31, 2004 JUNE 30, 2004
----------------------------------
FROM INVESTMENT ACTIVITIES:
Operations:
Net Investment Income................................... $ 5,624,862 $ 11,670,919
Net Realized Gain....................................... 465,287 7,713,003
Net Unrealized Appreciation/Depreciation During the
Period................................................ 5,949,381 (13,804,682)
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Change in Net Assets from Operations.................... 12,039,530 5,579,240
Distributions from Net Investment Income................ (5,908,482) (12,726,925)
------------ ------------
NET CHANGE IN NET ASSETS FROM INVESTMENT ACTIVITIES..... 6,131,048 (7,147,685)
NET ASSETS:
Beginning of the Period................................. 217,552,962 224,700,647
------------ ------------
End of the Period (Including accumulated undistributed
net investment income of $(1,381,171) and
$(1,097,551), respectively)........................... $223,684,010 $217,552,962
============ ============
See Notes to Financial Statements 17
VAN KAMPEN BOND FUND
FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS (UNAUDITED)
THE FOLLOWING SCHEDULE PRESENTS FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS FOR ONE SHARE OF THE FUND
OUTSTANDING THROUGHOUT THE PERIODS INDICATED.
SIX
MONTHS
ENDED
DECEMBER 31, ----------------
2004 2004 2003
--------------------------------
NET ASSET VALUE, BEGINNING OF THE PERIOD................... $19.15 $19.78 $18.78
------ ------ ------
Net Investment Income.................................... .50 1.03 1.10
Net Realized and Unrealized Gain/Loss.................... .56 (.54) 1.11
------ ------ ------
Total from Investment Operations........................... 1.06 .49 2.21
Less Distributions from Net Investment Income.............. .52 1.12 1.21
------ ------ ------
NET ASSET VALUE, END OF THE PERIOD......................... $19.69 $19.15 $19.78
====== ====== ======
Common Share Market Price at End of the Period............. $17.80 $17.02 $19.57
Total Return (b)........................................... 7.63%* -7.44% 12.67%
Net Assets at End of the Period (In millions).............. $223.7 $217.6 $224.7
Ratio of Operating Expenses to Average Net Assets.......... .62% .65% .65%
Ratio of Convertible Note Expenses to Average Net Assets
(c)...................................................... -- -- --
Ratio of Net Investment Income to Average Net Assets....... 5.01% 5.24% 5.79%
Portfolio Turnover......................................... 17%* 41% 57%
* Non-Annualized
(a) As required, effective July 1, 2001, the Fund has adopted the provisions of
the AICPA Audit and Accounting Guide for Investment Companies and began
amortizing premium on fixed income securities. The effect of this change for
the year ended June 30, 2002 was to decrease net investment income per share
by $.04, increase net realized and unrealized gains and losses per share by
$.04 and decrease the ratio of net investment income to average net assets
by .24%. Per share, ratios and supplemental data for periods prior to June
30, 2002 have not been restated to reflect this change in presentation.
(b) Total return based on common share market price 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
Fund's dividend reinvestment plan, and sale of all shares at the closing
common share market price at the end of the period indicated.
(c) On January 3, 1995, the Fund paid off its outstanding convertible extendible
note.
18
YEAR ENDED JUNE 30,
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2002 (a) 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995
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$19.41 $18.70 $19.59 $ 21.16 $ 20.26 $19.97 $ 20.41 $ 19.07
------ ------ ------ ------- -------- ------ ------- -------
1.26 1.40 1.43 1.41 1.48 1.56 1.54 1.52
(.56) .68 (.93) (1.56) .93 .27 (.44) 1.36
------ ------ ------ ------- -------- ------ ------- -------
.70 2.08 .50 (.15) 2.41 1.83 1.10 2.88
1.33 1.37 1.39 1.42 1.51 1.54 1.54 1.54
------ ------ ------ ------- -------- ------ ------- -------
$18.78 $19.41 $18.70 $ 19.59 $ 21.16 $20.26 $ 19.97 $ 20.41
====== ====== ====== ======= ======== ====== ======= =======
$18.50 $19.15 $16.75 $17.875 $19.6875 $19.25 $18.125 $19.125
3.50% 23.10% 1.88% -2.45% 10.08% 15.06% 2.61% 14.89%
$213.4 $220.5 $212.4 $ 222.6 $ 240.4 $230.2 $ 226.9 $ 231.9
.65% .68% .64% .66% .65% .68% .67% .68%
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- .39%
6.39% 7.25% 7.48% 6.79% 7.04% 7.70% 7.47% 7.92%
107% 88% 71% 10% 27% 8% 11% 8%
See Notes to Financial Statements 19
VAN KAMPEN BOND FUND
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS -- DECEMBER 31, 2004 (UNAUDITED)
1. SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
Van Kampen Bond Fund (the "Fund") is registered as a diversified, closed-end
management investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the
"1940 Act"), as amended. The Fund's investment objective is to seek interest
income while conserving capital through investing in a diversified portfolio
consisting primarily of high-quality debt securities.
The following is a summary of significant accounting policies consistently
followed by the Fund in the preparation of its financial statements. The
preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles
generally accepted in the United States of America requires management to make
estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and
liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of
the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses
during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
A. SECURITY VALUATION Fixed income investments are stated at value using market
quotations or indications of value obtained from an independent pricing service.
Investments in securities listed on a securities exchange are valued at their
sales price as of the close of such securities exchange. Listed securities and
unlisted securities for which the last sales price is not available are valued
at the mean of the bid and asked prices. For those securities where quotations
or prices are not available as noted above, valuations are determined in
accordance with procedures established in good faith by the Board of Trustees.
Futures contracts are valued at the settlement price established each day on the
exchange on which they are traded. Short-term securities with remaining
maturities of 60 days or less are valued at amortized cost, which approximates
market value.
B. SECURITY TRANSACTIONS Security transactions are recorded on a trade date
basis. Realized gains and losses are determined on an identified cost basis. The
Fund may purchase and sell securities on a "when-issued" or "delayed delivery"
basis, with settlement to occur at a later date. The value of the security so
purchased is subject to market fluctuations during this period. The Fund will
segregate assets with its custodian having an aggregate value at least equal to
the amount of the when-issued or delayed delivery purchase commitments until
payment is made. At December 31, 2004, there were no when-issued or delayed
delivery purchase commitments.
The Fund may invest in repurchase agreements, which are short-term
investments in which the Fund acquires ownership of a debt security and the
seller agrees to repurchase the security at a future time and specified price.
The Fund may invest independently in repurchase agreements, or transfer
uninvested cash balances into a pooled cash account along with other investment
companies advised by Van Kampen Asset Management (the "Adviser") or its
affiliates, the daily aggregate of which is invested in repurchase agreements.
Repurchase agreements are fully collateralized by the underlying debt security.
The Fund will make payment for such securities only upon physical delivery or
evidence of book entry transfer to the account of the custodian bank. The seller
is required to maintain the value of the underlying security at not less than
the repurchase proceeds due the Fund.
C. INVESTMENT INCOME Interest income is recorded on an accrual basis and
dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date. Premiums are amortized and
discounts are accreted over the expected life of each applicable security.
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VAN KAMPEN BOND FUND
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS -- DECEMBER 31, 2004 (UNAUDITED) continued
D. FEDERAL INCOME TAXES It is the Fund's policy to comply with the requirements
of Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code applicable to regulated investment
companies and to distribute substantially all of its taxable income to its
shareholders. Therefore, no provision for federal income taxes is required.
The Fund intends to utilize provisions of the federal income tax laws which
allow it to carry a realized capital loss forward for eight years following the
year of the loss and offset these losses against any future realized capital
gains. At June 30, 2004, the Fund had an accumulated capital loss carryforward
for tax purposes of $6,354,808, which will expire on June 30, 2011.
At December 31, 2004, the cost and related gross unrealized appreciation and
depreciation are as follows:
Cost of investments for tax purposes........................ $210,502,079
============
Gross tax unrealized appreciation........................... $ 11,252,878
Gross tax unrealized depreciation........................... (568,466)
------------
Net tax unrealized appreciation on investments.............. $ 10,684,412
============
E. DISTRIBUTION OF INCOME AND GAINS The Fund declares and pays quarterly
dividends from net investment income. Net realized gains, if any, are
distributed annually. Distributions from net realized gains for book purposes
may include short-term capital gains and gains on futures transactions. All
short-term capital gains and a portion of futures gains are included in ordinary
income for tax purposes.
The tax character of distributions paid during the year ended June 30, 2004
was as follows:
2004
Distributions paid from:
Ordinary income........................................... $12,568,477
Long-term capital gain.................................... -0-
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$12,568,477
===========
As of June 30, 2004, the component of distributable earnings on a tax basis
were as follows:
Undistributed ordinary income............................... $104,707
Net realized gains or losses may differ for financial reporting and tax
purposes primarily as a result of the deferral of losses relating to wash sale
transactions.
F. EXPENSE REDUCTIONS During the six months ended December 31, 2004, the Fund's
custody fee was reduced by $775 as a result of credits earned on cash balances.
21
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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS -- DECEMBER 31, 2004 (UNAUDITED) continued
2. INVESTMENT ADVISORY AGREEMENT AND OTHER TRANSACTIONS WITH AFFILIATES
Under the terms of the Fund's Investment Advisory Agreement, the Adviser will
provide investment advice and facilities to the Fund for an annual fee payable
monthly as follows:
AVERAGE DAILY NET ASSETS % PER ANNUM
First $500 million.......................................... .42%
Over $500 million........................................... .35%
Effective November 1, 2004, the management fee was reduced from .50% for the
first $150 million, .45% for the next $100 million, .40% for the next $100
million, and .35% for any average daily net assets greater than $350 million.
For the six months ended December 31, 2004, the Fund recognized expenses of
approximately $5,000 representing legal services provided by Skadden, Arps,
Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, of which a trustee of the Fund is a partner of such
firm and he and his law firm provide legal services as legal counsel to the
Fund.
Under an Accounting Services agreement, the Adviser provides accounting
services to the Fund. The Adviser allocates cost of such services to each fund.
For the six months ended December 31, 2004, the Fund recognized expenses of
approximately $7,400 representing Van Kampen Investments Inc.'s or its
affiliates' (collectively "Van Kampen") cost of providing accounting services to
the Fund, which are reported as part of "Other" expenses on the Statement of
Operations.
Certain officers and trustees of the Fund are also officers and directors of
Van Kampen. The Fund does not compensate its officers or trustees who are also
officers of Van Kampen.
The Fund provides deferred compensation and retirement plans for its
trustees who are not officers of Van Kampen. Under the deferred compensation
plan, trustees may elect to defer all or a portion of their compensation to a
later date. Benefits under the retirement plan are payable upon retirement for a
ten-year period and are based upon each trustee's years of service to the Fund.
The maximum annual benefit per trustee under the plan is $2,500.
3. INVESTMENT TRANSACTIONS
During the period, the cost of purchases and proceeds from sales of investments,
excluding short-term investments, were $35,352,354 and $43,528,749,
respectively.
4. DERIVATIVE FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS
A derivative financial instrument in very general terms refers to a security
whose value is "derived" from the value of an underlying asset, reference rate
or index.
The Fund has a variety of reasons to use derivative instruments, such as to
attempt to protect the Fund against possible changes in the market value of its
portfolio or to generate potential gain. All of the Fund's portfolio holdings,
including derivative instruments, are marked to market each day with the change
in value reflected in the unrealized appreciation/depreciation. Upon
disposition, a realized gain or loss is recognized accordingly, except when
taking delivery of a security underlying a futures contract. In this instance,
the recognition of gain or loss is postponed until the disposal of the security
underlying the futures contract. Risks may arise as a result of the potential
inability of the counterparties to meet the terms of their contracts.
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VAN KAMPEN BOND FUND
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS -- DECEMBER 31, 2004 (UNAUDITED) continued
During the period, the Fund invested in futures contracts, a type of
derivative. A futures contract is an agreement involving the delivery of a
particular asset on a specified future date at an agreed upon price. The Fund
generally invests in exchange traded futures on U.S. Treasury Bonds and Notes
and typically closes the contract prior to delivery date. Upon entering into
futures contracts, the Fund maintains an amount of cash or liquid securities
with a value equal to a percentage of the contract amount with either a futures
commission merchant pursuant to rules and regulations promulgated under the 1940
Act, as amended, or with its custodian in an account in the broker's name. This
amount is known as initial margin. During the period the futures contract is
open, payments are received from or made to the broker based upon changes in the
value of the contract (the variation margin). The risk of loss associated with a
futures contract is in excess of the variation margin reflected on the Statement
of Assets and Liabilities.
Transactions in futures contracts for the six months ended December 31,
2004, were as follows:
CONTRACTS
Outstanding at June 30, 2004................................ 325
Futures Opened.............................................. 807
Futures Closed.............................................. (822)
----
Outstanding at December 31, 2004............................ 310
====
The futures contracts outstanding as of December 31, 2004 and the
descriptions and unrealized appreciation/depreciation are as follows:
UNREALIZED
APPRECIATION/
CONTRACTS DEPRECIATION
LONG CONTRACTS:
2-Year U.S. Treasury Note Future, March 2005
(Current Notional Value of $209,594 per contract)......... 13 $ 5,042
SHORT CONTRACTS:
U.S. Treasury Bond Future, March 2005
(Current Notional Value of $112,500 per contract)......... 18 (8,413)
5-Year U.S. Treasury Note Future, March 2005
(Current Notional Value of $109,531 per contract)......... 207 34,056
10-Year U.S. Treasury Note Future, March 2005
(Current Notional Value of $111,938 per contract)......... 72 (15,954)
--- --------
310 $ 14,731
=== ========
5. INDEMNIFICATIONS
The Fund enters into contracts that contain a variety of indemnifications. The
Fund's maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown. However, the Fund
has not had prior claims or losses pursuant to these contracts and expects the
risk of loss to be remote.
23
VAN KAMPEN BOND FUND
BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND IMPORTANT ADDRESSES
BOARD OF TRUSTEES
DAVID C. ARCH
JERRY D. CHOATE
ROD DAMMEYER
LINDA HUTTON HEAGY
R. CRAIG KENNEDY
HOWARD J KERR
MITCHELL M. MERIN*
JACK E. NELSON
RICHARD F. POWERS, III*
HUGO F. SONNENSCHEIN
WAYNE W. WHALEN* - Chairman
SUZANNE H. WOOLSEY
INVESTMENT ADVISER
VAN KAMPEN ASSET MANAGEMENT
1221 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10020
CUSTODIAN AND SHAREHOLDER
SERVICING AGENT
STATE STREET BANK AND TRUST COMPANY
c/o EquiServe LLP
P.O. Box 43011
Providence, Rhode Island 02940-3011
LEGAL COUNSEL
SKADDEN, ARPS, SLATE,
MEAGHER & FLOM LLP
333 West Wacker Drive
Chicago, Illinois 60606
INDEPENDENT REGISTERED
PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP
180 North Stetson Avenue
Chicago, Illinois 60601
* "Interested persons" of the Fund, as defined in the Investment Company Act
of 1940, as amended.
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VAN KAMPEN
AN IMPORTANT NOTICE CONCERNING OUR U.S. PRIVACY POLICY
We are required by federal law to provide you with a copy of our Privacy
Policy annually.
The following Policy applies to current and former individual clients of Van
Kampen Investments Inc., Van Kampen Asset Management, Van Kampen Advisors Inc.,
Van Kampen Funds Inc., Van Kampen Investor Services Inc. and Van Kampen Exchange
Corp., as well as current and former individual investors in Van Kampen mutual
funds, unit investment trusts, and related companies.
This Policy is not applicable to partnerships, corporations, trusts or other
non-individual clients or account holders, nor is this Policy applicable to
individuals who are either beneficiaries of a trust for which we serve as
trustee or participants in an employee benefit plan administered or advised by
us. This Policy is, however, applicable to individuals who select us to be a
custodian of securities or assets in individual retirement accounts, 401(k)
accounts, 529 Educational Savings Accounts, accounts subject to the Uniform
Gifts to Minors Act, or similar accounts.
Please note that we may amend this Policy at any time, and will inform you
of any changes to this Policy as required by law.
WE RESPECT YOUR PRIVACY
We appreciate that you have provided us with your personal financial
information. We strive to maintain the privacy of such information while we help
you achieve your financial objectives. This Policy describes what non-public
personal information we collect about you, why we collect it, and when we may
share it with others.
We hope this Policy will help you understand how we collect and share
non-public personal information that we gather about you. Throughout this
Policy, we refer to the non-public information that personally identifies you or
your accounts as "personal information."
1. WHAT PERSONAL INFORMATION DO WE COLLECT ABOUT YOU?
To serve you better and manage our business, it is important that we collect and
maintain accurate information about you. We may obtain this information from
applications and other forms you submit to us, from your dealings with us, from
consumer reporting agencies, from our Web sites and from third parties and other
sources.
For example:
-- We may collect information such as your name, address, e-mail address,
telephone/fax numbers, assets, income and investment objectives through
applications and other forms you submit to us.
-- We may obtain information about account balances, your use of
account(s) and the types of products and services you prefer to receive
from us through your dealings and transactions with us and other
sources.
-- We may obtain information about your creditworthiness and credit
history from consumer reporting agencies.
-- We may collect background information from and through third-party
vendors to verify representations you have made and to comply with
various regulatory requirements.
-- If you interact with us through our public and private Web sites, we
may collect information that you provide directly through online
communications (such as an e-mail address). We may also collect
information about your Internet service provider, your domain name,
your computer's operating system and Web browser,
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VAN KAMPEN
AN IMPORTANT NOTICE CONCERNING OUR U.S. PRIVACY POLICY continued
your use of our Web sites and your product and service preferences,
through the use of "cookies." "Cookies" recognize your computer each
time you return to one of our sites, and help to improve our sites'
content and personalize your experience on our sites by, for example,
suggesting offerings that may interest you. Please consult the Terms of
Use of these sites for more details on our use of cookies.
2. WHEN DO WE DISCLOSE PERSONAL INFORMATION WE COLLECT ABOUT YOU?
To provide you with the products and services you request, to serve you better
and to manage our business, we may disclose personal information we collect
about you to our affiliated companies and to non-affiliated third parties as
required or permitted by law.
A. INFORMATION WE DISCLOSE TO OUR AFFILIATED COMPANIES. We do not disclose
personal information that we collect about you to our affiliated companies
except to enable them to provide services on our behalf or as otherwise required
or permitted by law.
B. INFORMATION WE DISCLOSE TO THIRD PARTIES. We do not disclose personal
information that we collect about you to non-affiliated third parties except to
enable them to provide services on our behalf, to perform joint marketing
agreements with other financial institutions, or as otherwise required or
permitted by law. For example, some instances where we may disclose information
about you to non-affiliated third parties include: for servicing and processing
transactions, to offer our own products and services, to protect against fraud,
for institutional risk control, to respond to judicial process or to perform
services on our behalf. When we share personal information with these companies,
they are required to limit their use of personal information to the particular
purpose for which it was shared and they are not allowed to share personal
information with others except to fulfill that limited purpose.
3. HOW DO WE PROTECT THE SECURITY AND CONFIDENTIALITY OF PERSONAL INFORMATION WE
COLLECT ABOUT YOU?
We maintain physical, electronic and procedural security measures to help
safeguard the personal information we collect about you. We have internal
policies governing the proper handling of client information. Third parties that
provide support or marketing services on our behalf may also receive personal
information, and we require them to adhere to confidentiality standards with
respect to such information.
Van Kampen Funds Inc.
1 Parkview Plaza, P.O. Box 5555
Oakbrook Terrace, IL 60181-5555
www.vankampen.com
Copyright (C)2004 Van Kampen Funds Inc. All rights reserved.
Member NASD/SIPC.
INF VBF SAR 3/05 RN05-000256P-Y12/04
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Item 2. Code of Ethics.
Not applicable for semi-annual reports.
Item 3. Audit Committee Financial Expert.
Not applicable for semi-annual reports.
Item 4. Principal Accountant Fees and Services.
Not applicable for semi-annual reports.
Item 5. Audit Committee of Listed Registrants.
Not applicable for semi-annual reports.
Item 6. Schedule of Investments.
Please refer to Item #1.
Item 7. Disclosure of Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures for Closed-End
Management Investment Companies.
Not applicable.
Item 8. Purchases of Equity Securities by Closed-End Management Investment
Company and Affiliated Purchasers.
Not applicable.
Item 9. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
Not applicable.
Item 10. Controls and Procedures
(a) The Fund's principal executive officer and principal financial officer have
concluded that the Fund's disclosure controls and procedures are sufficient to
ensure that information required to be disclosed by the Fund in this Form N-CSR
was recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods
specified in the Securities and Exchange Commission's rules and forms, based
upon such officers' evaluation of these controls and procedures as of a date
within 90 days of the filing date of the report.
(b) There were no changes in the registrant's internal control over financial
reporting that occurred during the registrant's most recent fiscal half-year
(the registrant's second fiscal half-year in the case of an annual report) that
has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the
registrant's internal control over financial reporting.
Item 11. Exhibits.
(a) Code of Ethics - Not applicable for semi-annual reports.
(b)(1) A certification for the Principal Executive Officer of the registrant is
attached hereto as part of EX-99.CERT.
(b)(2) A certification for the Principal Financial Officer of the registrant is
attached hereto as part of EX-99.CERT.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the
Investment Company Act of 1940, the registrant has duly caused this report to be
signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
(Registrant) Van Kampen Bond Fund
By: /s/ Ronald E. Robison
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Name: Ronald E. Robison
Title: Principal Executive Officer
Date: February 17, 2005
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the
Investment Company Act of 1940, this report has been signed by the following
persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates
indicated.
By: /s/ Ronald E. Robison
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Name: Ronald E. Robison
Title: Principal Executive Officer
Date: February 17, 2005
By: /s/ James W. Garrett
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Name: James W. Garrett
Title: Principal Financial Officer
Date: February 17, 2005