UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 FORM N-Q QUARTERLY SCHEDULE OF PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS OF REGISTERED MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES Investment Company Act file number 811-02090 Van Kampen Bond Fund -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Exact name of registrant as specified in charter) 522 Fifth Avenue, New York, New York 10036 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code) Ronald Robison 522 Fifth Avenue, New York, New York 10036 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (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: 9/30/07 Item 1. Schedule of Investments. The Fund's schedule of investments as of the close of the reporting period prepared pursuant to Rule 12-12 of Regulation S-X is as follows: VAN KAMPEN BOND FUND PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS | SEPTEMBER 30, 2007 (UNAUDITED) PAR AMOUNT (000) DESCRIPTION COUPON MATURITY VALUE ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CORPORATE BONDS 69.2% AEROSPACE & DEFENSE 0.6% $ 1,307 Raytheon Co. ........................... 4.500% 11/15/07 $ 1,305,720 ------------ AIRLINES 0.2% 488 America West Airlines, Inc., Class G ................................... 7.100 04/02/21 507,298 ------------ AUTOMOTIVE 2.0% 605 ArvinMeritor, Inc. ..................... 8.750 03/01/12 620,125 1,280 DaimlerChrysler NA Holding Corp ................................ 8.500 01/18/31 1,591,163 1,655 Ford Motor Credit Co. .................. 7.250 10/25/11 1,552,247 610 General Motors Acceptance Corp ................................ 6.875 09/15/11 581,005 ------------ 4,344,540 ------------ BANKING 14.3% 800 Bank of America Corp. .................. 3.375 02/17/09 782,532 880 Bank of America Corp. .................. 4.875 09/15/12 862,145 1,075 Citigroup, Inc. ........................ 5.250 02/27/12 1,075,817 2,250 HBOS Treasury Services PLC (United Kingdom) (a) ................ 3.500 11/30/07 2,246,884 2,860 JPMorgan Chase & Co. ................... 6.750 02/01/11 3,006,998 2,255 Marshall & Ilsley Bank ................. 3.800 02/08/08 2,241,817 1,635 MBNA Corp. (b) ......................... 5.790 05/05/08 1,639,943 2,315 National City Bank ..................... 3.375 10/15/07 2,313,363 2,240 Nationwide Building Society (United Kingdom) (a) ................ 4.250 02/01/10 2,195,298 1,430 Popular North America, Inc. ............ 4.250 04/01/08 1,420,736 805 Popular North America, Inc. ............ 5.650 04/15/09 811,677 2,620 Sovereign Bancorp, Inc. (b) ............ 5.440 03/23/10 2,621,444 2,700 Unicredito Luxembourg Finance (Luxembourg) (a)(b) ................. 5.410 10/24/08 2,701,855 780 USB Capital IX ......................... 6.189 04/15/42 781,129 2,865 Wachovia Capital Trust III ............. 5.800 08/29/49 2,847,973 1,350 Wachovia Corp. ......................... 3.625 02/17/09 1,325,827 925 Washington Mutual Bank FA .............. 5.500 01/15/13 892,482 900 Washington Mutual, Inc. ................ 8.250 04/01/10 949,985 ------------ 30,717,905 ------------ BROKERAGE 2.4% 710 Bear Stearns Co., Inc. ................. 6.400 10/02/17 708,135 1,505 Goldman Sachs Capital II ............... 5.793 12/29/49 1,425,527 1,130 Lehman Brothers Holdings, Inc. ......... 6.875 07/17/37 1,124,454 905 Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. .............. 5.700 05/02/17 881,470 705 World Financial Properties (a) ......... 6.910 09/01/13 728,072 321 World Financial Properties (a) ......... 6.950 09/01/13 331,550 ------------ 5,199,208 ------------ CHEMICALS 0.3% 640 ICI Wilmington, Inc. ................... 4.375 12/01/08 637,032 ------------ CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY 1.0% 2,045 Caterpillar Financial Services Corp., Ser F ........................ 3.625 11/15/07 2,040,892 ------------ CONSUMER PRODUCTS 0.8% 1,725 Clorox Co. (b) ......................... 5.828 12/14/07 1,726,968 ------------ DISTRIBUTORS 0.3% 585 KeySpan Corp. .......................... 4.900 05/16/08 582,388 ------------ DIVERSIFIED MANUFACTURING 1.6% 1,345 Brascan Corp. (Canada) ................. 7.125 06/15/12 1,443,372 685 Brookfield Asset Management, Inc. (Canada) ....................... 5.800 04/25/17 687,262 1,325 Cooper Industries, Inc. ................ 5.250 11/15/12 1,321,885 ------------ 3,452,519 ------------ ELECTRIC 7.7% 1,740 Arizona Public Service Co. ............. 5.800 06/30/14 1,725,113 65 Detroit Edison Co. ..................... 5.200 10/15/12 64,737 865 Detroit Edison Co. ..................... 6.125 10/01/10 893,862 960 Duquesne Light Co., Ser O .............. 6.700 04/15/12 1,011,853 540 Enel Finance International SA (Luxembourg) (a) .................... 5.700 01/15/13 544,800 655 Entergy Gulf States, Inc. .............. 3.600 06/01/08 644,893 1,600 Entergy Gulf States, Inc. (b) .......... 5.980 12/01/09 1,587,558 425 Entergy Gulf States, Inc. (a)(b) ....... 6.474 12/08/08 426,635 1,030 Exelon Corp. ........................... 6.750 05/01/11 1,071,512 215 Florida Power Corp. .................... 5.800 09/15/17 216,057 255 Indianapolis Power & Light Co. ......... (a) ................................. 6.300 07/01/13 262,579 900 NiSource Finance Corp. (b) ............. 6.064 11/23/09 893,260 1,150 NiSource Finance Corp. ................. 7.875 11/15/10 1,231,790 1,080 Ohio Edison Co. ........................ 6.400 07/15/16 1,108,741 1,270 Ohio Power Co., Ser K .................. 6.000 06/01/16 1,278,053 270 Pacificorp ............................. 6.250 10/15/37 269,663 265 PSE&G Energy Holdings, LLC ............. 8.625 02/15/08 267,706 570 Public Service Electric & Gas, Ser B ................................... 5.125 09/01/12 564,691 855 TXU Energy Co. ......................... 7.000 03/15/13 939,987 570 Union Electric Co. ..................... 6.400 06/15/17 588,465 300 Virginia Electric and Power Co., Ser B ............................... 5.950 09/15/17 300,122 560 Wisconsin Electric Power Co. ........... 3.500 12/01/07 558,392 ------------ 16,450,469 ------------ ENVIRONMENTAL & FACILITIES SERVICES 0.4% 315 Waste Management, Inc. ................. 6.875 05/15/09 325,711 550 Waste Management, Inc. ................. 7.375 08/01/10 582,496 ------------ 908,207 ------------ FOOD/BEVERAGE 1.3% 660 ConAgra Foods, Inc. .................... 7.000 10/01/28 694,785 520 ConAgra Foods, Inc. .................... 8.250 09/15/30 616,166 865 Kraft Foods, Inc. ...................... 6.000 02/11/13 891,479 180 Pilgrim's Pride Corp. .................. 7.625 05/01/15 183,600 465 Smithfield Foods, Inc., Ser B .......... 8.000 10/15/09 482,437 ------------ 2,868,467 ------------ HEALTH CARE 0.6% 650 Wellpoint, Inc. ........................ 3.750 12/14/07 647,667 590 Wellpoint, Inc. ........................ 4.250 12/15/09 581,479 ------------ 1,229,146 ------------ INDEPENDENT ENERGY 0.7% 1,025 Devon Financing Corp. ULC .............. 6.875 09/30/11 1,084,466 470 Kerr-McGee Corp. ....................... 6.625 10/15/07 470,189 ------------ 1,554,655 ------------ INTEGRATED ENERGY 1.8% 830 Amerada Hess Corp. ..................... 6.650 08/15/11 868,454 515 Chesapeake Energy Corp. ................ 7.625 07/15/13 540,750 790 Consumers Energy Co., Ser F ............ 4.000 05/15/10 767,742 455 Consumers Energy Co., Ser H ............ 4.800 02/17/09 452,979 1,300 Kinder Morgan, Inc. .................... 6.500 09/01/12 1,293,695 ------------ 3,923,620 ------------ LIFE INSURANCE 2.2% 635 AXA Financial, Inc. .................... 6.500 04/01/08 638,599 475 John Hancock Financial Services, Inc ................................. 5.625 12/01/08 478,916 105 MetLife, Inc. .......................... 6.125 12/01/11 108,887 1,030 Monumental Global Funding II (a) ....... 3.850 03/03/08 1,023,080 585 Nationwide Financial Services, Inc ................................. 6.250 11/15/11 599,536 1,895 Xlliac Global Funding (a) .............. 4.800 08/10/10 1,885,834 ------------ 4,734,852 ------------ MEDIA-CABLE 2.9% 1,835 Comcast Cable Communications, Inc ................................. 6.750 01/30/11 1,904,666 90 Comcast Cable Communications, Inc ................................. 7.125 06/15/13 95,914 655 Comcast Corp. .......................... 6.500 01/15/15 677,764 935 Echostar DBS Corp. ..................... 6.375 10/01/11 942,012 1,505 Time Warner, Inc. (b) .................. 5.730 11/13/09 1,488,048 1,095 Time Warner, Inc. ...................... 5.875 11/15/16 1,073,091 ------------ 6,181,495 ------------ MEDIA-NONCABLE 0.7% 225 Interpublic Group of Cos., Inc. ........ 6.250 11/15/14 202,500 1,310 Viacom, Inc. ........................... 6.875 04/30/36 1,308,600 ------------ 1,511,100 ------------ NONCAPTIVE-CONSUMER FINANCE 4.3% 1,000 American Express Co. ................... 4.750 06/17/09 997,372 230 American General Finance Corp. ......... 4.625 05/15/09 228,096 2,000 American General Finance Corp. ......... 4.625 09/01/10 1,961,830 1,325 Countrywide Home Loans, Inc. ........... 3.250 05/21/08 1,277,164 150 Household Finance Corp. ................ 8.000 07/15/10 161,079 2,560 HSBC Finance Corp. ..................... 6.750 05/15/11 2,672,125 1,600 SLM Corp. (b) .......................... 5.520 07/26/10 1,507,083 400 Washington Mutual Preferred Funding II (a) ...................... 6.665 12/31/49 345,292 ------------ 9,150,041 ------------ NONCAPTIVE-DIVERSIFIED FINANCE 2.4% 415 CIT Group, Inc. ........................ 3.650 11/23/07 413,135 665 CIT Group, Inc. ........................ 5.650 02/13/17 618,935 525 Capital One Financial Corp. ............ 6.750 09/15/17 538,537 1,195 Capmark Financial Group, Inc. (a) ...... 5.875 05/10/12 1,089,380 495 Capmark Financial Group, Inc. (a) ...... 6.300 05/10/17 431,540 2,100 General Electric Capital Corp. ......... 4.750 09/15/14 2,020,477 90 General Electric Capital Corp., Ser A ............................... 5.875 02/15/12 92,456 ------------ 5,204,460 ------------ OIL FIELD SERVICES 0.3% 560 Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, LP .................................. 5.850 09/15/12 565,320 ------------ OTHER UTILITIES 0.9% 375 CenterPoint Energy Resources Corp ................................ 6.250 02/01/37 369,359 225 CenterPoint Energy Resources Corp ................................ 7.875 04/01/13 246,103 1,295 Plains All American Pipeline ........... 6.700 05/15/36 1,300,631 ------------ 1,916,093 ------------ PHARMACEUTICALS 0.8% 1,765 Hospira, Inc. (b) ...................... 5.840 03/30/10 1,751,000 ------------ PIPELINES 1.3% 835 Colorado Interstate Gas Co. ............ 6.800 11/15/15 868,578 590 Consolidated Natural Gas Co., Ser C ............................... 6.250 11/01/11 607,193 390 DCP Midstream, LLC (a) ................. 6.750 09/15/37 388,340 755 Texas Eastern Transmission Corp ................................ 7.000 07/15/32 799,626 ------------ 2,663,737 ------------ PROPERTY & CASUALTY INSURANCE 2.9% 1,445 AIG SunAmerica Global Financing VI (a) .............................. 6.300 05/10/11 1,491,392 680 Farmers Exchange Capital (a) ........... 7.050 07/15/28 679,015 1,230 Farmers Insurance Exchange Surplus (a) ......................... 8.625 05/01/24 1,413,196 1,800 Mantis Reef, Ltd. (Cayman Islands) (a) ........................ 4.692 11/14/08 1,791,378 1,035 Two-Rock Pass Through Trust (Bermuda) (a)(b) .................... 6.440 02/11/49 874,720 ------------ 6,249,701 ------------ RAILROADS 2.7% 1,060 Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp ................................ 6.125 03/15/09 1,072,963 1,000 CSX Corp. .............................. 6.750 03/15/11 1,039,534 1,035 Union Pacific Corp. .................... 5.450 01/31/13 1,028,260 2,600 Union Pacific Corp. .................... 6.625 02/01/08 2,609,141 ------------ 5,749,898 ------------ REFINING 0.6% 720 Enterprise Products Operating, LP, Ser B ........................... 5.600 10/15/14 706,279 675 Valero Energy Corp. .................... 3.500 04/01/09 661,763 ------------ 1,368,042 ------------ REITS 0.9% 1,970 iStar Financial, Inc. (b) .............. 6.074 03/09/10 1,837,854 ------------ RESTAURANTS 0.5% 1,010 YUM! Brands, Inc. ...................... 8.875 04/15/11 1,127,698 ------------ RETAILERS 3.9% 270 CVS Caremark Corp. ..................... 3.875 11/01/07 269,584 650 CVS Caremark Corp. ..................... 5.750 08/15/11 659,006 730 CVS Caremark Corp. ..................... 5.750 06/01/17 713,818 1,274 CVS Lease Pass Through Trust (a) ........................... 6.036 12/10/28 1,240,948 500 Federated Department Stores, Inc ................................. 6.300 04/01/09 505,414 1,500 Federated Department Stores, Inc ................................. 6.625 09/01/08 1,511,924 1,940 Home Depot, Inc. (b) ................... 5.819 12/16/09 1,915,762 345 JC Penney Corp., Inc. .................. 5.750 02/15/18 331,825 1,275 May Department Stores Co. .............. 5.950 11/01/08 1,276,661 ------------ 8,424,942 ------------ SERVICES 0.5% 1,105 FedEx Corp. ............................ 5.500 08/15/09 1,117,849 ------------ SUPERMARKETS 1.1% 794 Delhaize America, Inc. ................. 9.000 04/15/31 949,844 1,270 Fred Meyer, Inc. ....................... 7.450 03/01/08 1,280,272 ------------ 2,230,116 ------------ TECHNOLOGY 0.4% 270 IBM Corp. .............................. 5.700 09/14/17 271,926 540 Xerox Corp. ............................ 5.500 05/15/12 535,374 ------------ 807,300 ------------ TOBACCO 0.2% 465 Reynolds American, Inc. ................ 6.500 07/15/10 479,523 ------------ WIRELINE 3.7% 2,675 AT&T Corp. ............................. 8.000 11/15/31 3,264,316 1,375 France Telecom SA (France) ............. 8.500 03/01/31 1,772,420 1,125 SBC Communications, Inc. ............... 6.150 09/15/34 1,115,738 1,010 Sprint Capital Corp. ................... 8.750 03/15/32 1,161,362 590 Verizon New England, Inc. .............. 6.500 09/15/11 611,897 ------------ 7,925,733 ------------ TOTAL CORPORATE BONDS ................. 148,445,788 ------------ UNITED STATES TREASURY OBLIGATIONS 21.7% 10,300 United States Treasury Bonds ........... 4.500 02/15/36 9,768,108 2,100 United States Treasury Bonds ........... 5.375 02/15/31 2,248,642 3,210 United States Treasury Bonds ........... 6.375 08/15/27 3,810,122 12,800 United States Treasury Notes ........... 4.250 08/15/13 12,791,002 3,900 United States Treasury Notes (c) ....... 4.250 11/15/14 3,863,746 1,000 United States Treasury Notes ........... 4.500 02/28/11 1,014,297 8,400 United States Treasury Notes ........... 4.625 10/31/11 8,552,258 2,500 United States Treasury Notes ........... 4.750 01/31/12 2,558,010 1,900 United States Treasury Notes ........... 4.875 04/30/11 1,949,727 ------------ TOTAL UNITED STATES TREASURY OBLIGATIONS............................. 46,555,912 ------------ COLLATERALIZED MORTGAGE OBLIGATIONS 5.0% 664 American Home Mortgage Assets (b) ......................... 5.431 06/25/47 638,870 1,600 Bear Stearns Commercial Mortgage Securities (d) ............. 5.902 06/11/40 1,621,847 1,600 Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates (d) ....... 6.010 12/10/49 1,633,750 1,600 Credit Suisse Mortgage Capital Certificates (d) .................... 5.913 06/15/39 1,620,799 1,400 Greenwich Capital Commercial Funding Corp. ....................... 5.444 03/10/39 1,386,168 788 Harborview Mortgage Loan Trust (b) ........................... 6.203 01/19/36 691,114 1,600 JP Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Corp. ........... 5.440 06/12/47 1,581,068 875 JP Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Corp. (d) ....... 5.937 02/12/49 886,578 299 Luminent Mortgage Trust (b) ............ 5.491 07/25/36 236,038 575 Mastr Adjustable Rate Mortgages Trust (b) ........................... 5.981 05/25/47 414,000 ------------ TOTAL COLLATERALIZED MORTGAGE OBLIGATIONS ........................ 10,710,232 ------------ TOTAL LONG-TERM INVESTMENTS 95.9% (Cost $204,676,197)......................................................... 205,711,932 ------------ SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS 4.5% REPURCHASE AGREEMENTS 3.6% Banc of America Securities ($2,551,168 par collateralized by U.S. Government obligations in a pooled cash account, interest rate of 5.10%, dated 09/28/07, to be sold on 10/01/07 at $2,552,252)...................... 2,551,168 Citigroup Global Markets, Inc. ($2,267,705 par collateralized by U.S. Government obligations in a pooled cash account, interest rate of 4.90%, dated 09/28/07, to be sold on 10/01/07 at $2,268,631)...................... 2,267,705 State Street Bank & Trust Co. ($2,942,127 par collateralized by U.S. Government obligations in a pooled cash account, interest rate of 4.55%, dated 09/28/07, to be sold on 10/01/07 at $2,943,243) 2,942,127 ------------ TOTAL REPURCHASE AGREEMENTS .................................................. 7,761,000 ------------ UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT AGENCY OBLIGATIONS 0.9% United States Treasury Bill ($1,855,000 par, yielding 5.027%, 01/10/08 maturity) (e) .............................................................. 1,829,884 ------------ TOTAL SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS (Cost $9,590,884)........................................................... 9,590,884 TOTAL INVESTMENTS 100.4% (Cost $214,267,081)......................................................... 215,302,816 LIABILITIES IN EXCESS OF OTHER ASSETS (0.4%)................................. (914,186) ------------ NET ASSETS 100.0%............................................................. $214,388,630 ============ Percentages are calculated as a percentage of net assets. (a) 144A-Private Placement security which is exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. This security may only be resold in transactions exempt from registration which are normally those transactions with qualified institutional buyers. (b) Floating Rate Coupon (c) Security purchased on a when-issued or delayed delivery basis. (d) Variable Rate Coupon (e) All or a portion of this security has been physically segregated in connection with open futures or swap contracts. SWAP AGREEMENTS OUTSTANDING AS OF SEPTEMBER 30, 2007: CREDIT DEFAULT SWAPS PAY/ RECEIVE NOTIONAL REFERENCE BUY/SELL FIXED EXPIRATION AMOUNT UPFRONT COUNTERPARTY ENTITY PROTECTION RATE DATE (000) PAYMENTS VALUE Bank of America, Centurytel, N.A Inc. Buy 0.880% 09/20/17 $ 530 $ 0 $ (1,903) Bank of America, N.A The Gap, Inc. Buy 1.190 03/20/12 1,300 0 (20,435) Goldman Sachs Capital Markets, L.P. Dell, Inc. Buy 0.220 03/20/12 1,095 0 (1,400) Goldman Sachs Capital Markets, L.P. Motorola, Inc. Buy 0.150 12/20/11 720 0 3,950 Goldman Sachs Capital Markets, L.P. Motorola, Inc. Buy 0.157 12/20/11 1,500 0 7,824 Goldman Sachs Capital The Chubb Markets, L.P. Corp. Buy 0.100 03/20/12 2,200 0 12,347 The Hartford Goldman Sachs Financial Capital Services Markets, L.P . Group, Inc. Buy 0.120 12/20/11 2,200 0 10,902 JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A Belo Corp. Buy 1.180 06/20/14 380 0 3,863 JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A Belo Corp. Buy 1.300 06/20/14 1,100 0 3,875 JP Morgan Chase Bank, Union Pacific N.A Corp. Buy 0.190 12/20/11 1,100 0 1,203 ------- ---------- TOTAL CREDIT DEFAULT SWAPS ....................................................... $ 0 $ 20,226 ======= ========== INTEREST RATE SWAPS PAY/ RECEIVE NOTIONAL FLOATING RATE FLOATING FIXED EXPIRATION AMOUNT UPFRONT COUNTERPARTY INDEX RATE RATE DATE (000) PAYMENTS VALUE Citibank, N.A., New York USD-LIBOR BBA Pay 5.414% 05/25/17 $ 32,400 $ 0 $ 998,816 Citibank, N.A., New York USD-LIBOR BBA Pay 5.440 05/29/17 6,475 0 210,062 Citibank, N.A., New York USD-LIBOR BBA Pay 5.448 08/09/17 30,000 0 572,387 JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A. USD-LIBOR BBA Pay 5.448 05/29/17 6,475 0 214,192 ------- ---------- TOTAL INTEREST RATE SWAPS ........................................................ $ 0 $1,995,457 ------- ---------- TOTAL SWAP AGREEMENTS $ 0 $2,015,683 ======= ========== FUTURES CONTRACTS OUTSTANDING AS OF SEPTEMBER 30, 2007: UNREALIZED APPRECIATION/ CONTRACTS DEPRECIATION LONG CONTRACTS: U.S. Treasury Notes 2-Year Futures, December 2007 (Current Notional Value of $207,047 per contract) ............................ 90 $ 89,942 SHORT CONTRACTS: U.S. Treasury Bond Futures, December 2007 (Current Notional Value of $111,344 per contract) ..................................... 155 (5,904) U.S. Treasury Notes 10-Year Futures, December 2007 (Current Notional Value of $109,281 per contract) 251 (50,629) ------- ---------- TOTAL FUTURES CONTRACTS ...................................................... 496 $ 33,409 ======= ========== Item 2. 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-Q 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 Fund's internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant's fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Fund's internal control over financial reporting. Item 3. Exhibits. (a) A certification for the Principal Executive Officer of the registrant is attached hereto as part of EX-99.cert. (b) 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 --------------------- Name: Ronald E. Robison Title: Principal Executive Officer Date: November 20, 2007 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 --------------------- Name: Ronald E. Robison Title: Principal Executive Officer Date: November 20, 2007 By: /s/ Stuart N. Schuldt --------------------- Name: Stuart N. Schuldt Title: Principal Financial Officer Date: November 20, 2007