FORM N-CSRS
 
 
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM N-CSRS
CERTIFIED SHAREHOLDER REPORT OF REGISTERED
MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES
Investment Company Act file number 811-6362
Van Kampen Municipal Trust
 
(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)
522 Fifth Avenue, New York, New York 10036
 
(Address of principal executive offices)     (Zip code)
Edward C. Wood III
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: 10/31
Date of reporting period: 4/30/09
 
 

 


 

Item 1. Report to Shareholders.
 
The Trust’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 Municipal Trust 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 trust’s financial statements and a list of trust investments as of April 30, 2009.
 
 
Market forecasts provided in this report may not necessarily come to pass. There is no assurance that the trust will achieve its investment objective. Trusts are subject to market risk, which is the possibility that the market values of securities owned by the trust will decline and that the value of the trust shares may therefore be less than what you paid for them. Accordingly, you can lose money investing in this trust.
 
Income may subject certain individuals to the federal Alternative Minimum Tax (AMT).
 
             
NOT FDIC INSURED
    OFFER NO BANK GUARANTEE     MAY LOSE VALUE
NOT INSURED BY ANY FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AGENCY
    NOT A DEPOSIT
             


 

Performance Summary as of 4/30/09
 
                         
Municipal Trust
Symbol: VKQ
Average Annual
    Based on
    Based on
Total Returns     NAV     Market Price
                         
Since Inception (9/27/91)       5.17 %         5.21 %  
                         
10-year       2.66           3.06    
                         
5-year       –0.47           2.43    
                         
1-year       –14.28           –17.06    
                         
6-month       11.17           16.92    
 
 
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 trust shares, when sold, may be worth more or less than their original cost.
 
NAV per share is determined by dividing the value of the Trust’s portfolio securities, cash and other assets, less all liabilities and preferred shares, 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 Trust 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 Trust’s dividend reinvestment plan, and sale of all shares at the end of the period. The Trust’s adviser has waived or reimbursed fees and expenses from time to time, absent such waivers/ reimbursements the Trust’s returns would have been lower. Periods of less than one year are not annualized.
 
The Lehman Brothers Municipal Bond Index, which has been shown in the Trust’s previous shareholder reports, changed its name to Barclays Capital Municipal Bond Index as of November 3, 2008. The Barclays Capital Municipal Bond Index is generally representative of investment-grade, tax exempt bonds. The Index is unmanaged and its returns do not include any sales charges or fees. Such costs would lower performance. It is not possible to invest directly in an index.
 
 
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Trust Report
For the six-month period ended April 30, 2009
 
Market Conditions
 
The six months under review can be divided into two distinct periods in terms of municipal market performance. The first of these, spanning the last two months of 2008, marked one of the worst periods in the history of the financial markets as the sell off that began in September continued through year end. Investors fled risky assets in favor of the relative safety of Treasury securities and money market funds, massive deleveraging and forced selling ensued, and tax-exempt bond funds experienced significant outflows. These factors pushed municipal bond prices to their cheapest levels in history relative to Treasury bonds.
 
Not surprisingly in this risk-averse environment, the lower-rated segment of the market underperformed, with high-yield municipal bonds (those rated below triple-B or non-rated issues) returning -12.91 percent for the last two months of 2008 (as measured by the Barclays Capital High Yield Municipal Bond Index) while triple-B rated issues returned -7.33 percent and triple-A rated issues returned 3.46 percent (as measured within the Barclays Capital Municipal Bond Index).
 
The first four months of 2009 were markedly better for municipal bond investors. Credit concerns eased, deleveraging slowed considerably, and investors re-entered the market, driving municipal bond prices higher. Yields declined by as much as 95 basis points on the front end of the municipal yield curve during the period, while yields on long-maturity issues fell roughly 50 basis points. The rally was accompanied by a narrowing of credit spreads, which helped the high-yield segment of the market to outperform. As a result, high-yield municipals returned 10.00 percent, triple-B rated issues returned 11.11 percent and triple-A rated issues returned 4.83 percent for the first four months of 2009.
 
Although the high-yield segment rebounded nicely in 2009 to date, the gains were not enough to offset the losses in the last two months of 2008. As a result, higher-quality issues outperformed for the overall six-month reporting period. With regard to sectors, performance was largely dependent on credit quality, with the lower-quality industrial development revenue/pollution control revenue (i.e. corporate-backed) and tobacco sectors turning in the worst performance while water and sewer and housing bonds posted the highest returns.
 
For the first four months of 2009, municipal bond issuance was down 13 percent versus the same period in 2008 yet was easily placed due to robust retail demand. With the continued deterioration of credit quality of municipal bond issuers, insured bond volume represented a mere 12 percent of total issuance, a dramatic decline from the 55 percent average over the past few years. This large increase in uninsured bonds has disrupted many historical measures of value in the municipal bond market. In a significant reversal from the last months of 2008,
 
 
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municipal bond funds saw approximately $17 billion in net inflows as investors recognized the historical cheapness of the municipal sector.
 
Performance Analysis
 
The Trust’s return can be calculated based 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 Trust’s portfolio securities, cash and other assets, less all liabilities and preferred shares, by the total number of common shares outstanding, while market price reflects the supply and demand for the shares. As a result, the two returns can differ, as they did during the reporting period. On both an NAV basis and a market price basis, the Trust outperformed the Barclays Capital Municipal Bond Index (the “Index”).
 
Total return for the six-month period ended April 30, 2009
 
                                       
    Based on
    Based on
    Barclays Capital
   
    NAV     Market Price     Municipal Bond Index    
                                       
      11.17 %         16.92 %         8.20 %      
 
 
 
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. Investment return, net asset value and common share market price will fluctuate and Trust shares, when sold, may be worth more or less than their original cost. See Performance Summary for additional performance information and index definition.
 
The primary contributors to the Trust’s performance during the reporting period included strong security selection in the industrial development revenue/pollution control revenue (IDR/PCR) sector. The Trust’s holdings in the housing, airport transportation and public utilities sectors, held in the form of inverse floating-rate securities,* were additive to performance. Additionally, the portfolio’s greater relative exposure to the long end of the municipal yield curve was advantageous as longer maturity issues generally outperformed.
 
Other positions, however, detracted from relative performance. A significant underweight in tax-supported state and local general obligation bonds with coupons of 5.0 to 5.5 percent held back returns as these securities performed well. A modest underweight in the higher education sector, which performed well during the period, as well as unfavorable security selection in the sector hindered returns. Lastly, an overweight in the tobacco sector was disadvantageous. This was the only sector in the portfolio that experienced negative returns during the period.
 
The Trust’s Board of Trustees has approved a procedure whereby the Trust may, when appropriate, repurchase its shares in the open market or in privately negotiated transactions at a price not above market value or NAV, whichever is

*An inverse floating-rate security, or “inverse floater”, is a variable rate security whose coupon rate changes in the opposite direction from the change in the reference rate used to calculate the coupon rate.
 
 
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lower at the time of purchase. This may help support the market value of the Trust’s shares.
 
There is no guarantee that any sectors mentioned will continue to perform as discussed herein or that securities in such sectors will be held by the Trust in the future.
 
 
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Ratings Allocation as of 4/30/09 (Unaudited)
 
AAA/Aaa
    26.2 %
AA/Aa
    31.6  
A/A
    13.0  
BBB/Baa
    13.7  
BB/Ba
    1.4  
B/B
    1.2  
Non-Rated
    12.9  
         
         
Top Five Sectors as of 4/30/09 (Unaudited)
 
Hospital
    21.8 %
General Purpose
    9.8  
Airports
    6.6  
Water & Sewer
    5.8  
Single-Family
    5.4  
         
         
Summary of Investments by State/Country Classification as of 4/30/09 (Unaudited)
 
California
    13.7 %
Texas
    11.2  
Illinois
    9.8  
Florida
    7.8  
New York
    7.5  
New Jersey
    5.6  
Ohio
    4.8  
Massachusetts
    2.8  
Alabama
    2.4  
Arizona
    2.2  
Nevada
    2.1  
Missouri
    2.0  
Wisconsin
    1.8  
Louisiana
    1.7  
Colorado
    1.7  
Michigan
    1.7  
South Carolina
    1.6  
Connecticut
    1.6  
Tennessee
    1.5  
District of Columbia
    1.4  
Washington
    1.4  
Pennsylvania
    1.4  
North Carolina
    1.3  
Indiana
    1.2  
Kentucky
    1.0  
Georgia
    0.9  
Minnesota
    0.9  
Virginia
    0.8  
Maryland
    0.8  
New Hampshire
    0.8  
Kansas
    0.6  
West Virginia
    0.6  
Iowa
    0.5  
Oklahoma
    0.4  
Alaska
    0.4  
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Summary of Investments by State/Country Classification as of 4/30/09 (Unaudited)
 
(continued from previous page)
         
New Mexico
    0.4 %
Guam
    0.4  
Nebraska
    0.3  
Idaho
    0.3  
North Dakota
    0.3  
Rhode Island
    0.1  
Wyoming
    0.1  
Vermont
    0.1  
Utah
    0.1  
Puerto Rico
    0.0 *
         
Total Investments
    100.0 %
 
 
* Amount is less than 0.1%
 
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 sectors shown above. Ratings and summary of investments by state classification are as a percentage of total investments. Sectors are as a percentage of total long-term investments. Securities are classified by sectors that represent broad groupings of related industries. 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. Rating allocations based upon ratings as issued by Standard and Poor’s and Moody’s, respectively.
 
 
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Portfolio Management
 
Van Kampen Municipal Trust is managed by members of the Adviser’s Municipal Fixed Income team. The Municipal Fixed Income team consists of portfolio managers and analysts. The current members of the team jointly and primarily responsible for the day-to-day management of the Trust’s portfolio are Thomas Byron, a Vice President of the Adviser, Mark Paris, an Executive Director of the Adviser, and Robert W. Wimmel, an Executive Director of the Adviser.
 
Mr. Byron has been associated with the Adviser in an investment management capacity since 1981 and began managing the Trust in September 2000. Mr. Paris has been associated with the Adviser in an investment management capacity since 2002 and began managing the Trust in December 2007. Mr. Wimmel has been associated with the Adviser in an investment management capacity since 1996 and began managing the Trust in November 2001. All team members are responsible for the execution of the overall strategy of the Trust’s portfolio. The composition of the team may change from time to time.
 
For More Information About Portfolio Holdings
 
Each Van Kampen trust provides a complete schedule of portfolio holdings in its semiannual and annual reports within 60 days of the end of the trust’s second and fourth fiscal quarters. The semiannual reports and the annual reports are filed electronically with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Form N-CSRS and Form N-CSR, respectively. 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 trust’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, D.C. Information on the operation of the SEC’s Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling the SEC at (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.
 
You may obtain copies of a trust’s fiscal quarter filings by contacting Van Kampen Client Relations at (800) 341-2929.
 
 
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Proxy Voting Policy and Procedures and Proxy Voting Record
 
You may obtain a copy of the Trust’s Proxy Voting Policy and Procedures without charge, upon request, by calling toll free (800) 341-2929 or by visiting our Web site at www.vankampen.com. It is also available on the Securities and Exchange Commission’s Web site at http://www.sec.gov.
 
You may obtain information regarding how the Trust voted proxies relating to portfolio securities during the most recent twelve-month period ended June 30 without charge 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 Municipal Trust
Portfolio of Investments  n  April 30, 2009 (Unaudited)
 
                             
Par
               
Amount
               
(000)   Description   Coupon   Maturity   Value
 
 
        Municipal Bonds  178.0%
Alabama  4.2%
$ 2,150     Bessemer, AL Governmental Util Svc Corp Wtr Supply Rev Rfdg, Ser A (AGL Insd) (a)     5.000 %   06/01/39   $ 2,113,192  
  1,000     Birmingham Baptist Med Ctr AL Baptist Hlth Sys, Ser A     5.875     11/15/24     867,140  
  3,695     Gadsden, AL Wts, Ser B (AMBAC Insd)     5.250     08/01/21     3,965,252  
  1,300     Hlthcare Auth for Baptist Hlth AL, Ser A (b)     6.125     11/15/36     1,305,239  
  5,000     Hlthcare Auth for Baptist Hlth AL ARS, Ser B (AGL Insd) (b) (c)     4.000     11/15/37     5,000,000  
  1,725     Huntsville-Redstone Vlg, AL Spl Care Fac Fin Auth Redstone Vlg Proj     5.500     01/01/43     1,014,507  
  4,000     Jefferson Cnty, AL Swr Rev Cap Impt Wts (FGIC Insd) (Prerefunded @ 8/01/12)     5.125     02/01/42     4,334,400  
                             
                          18,599,730  
                             
        Alaska  0.7%
  1,000     Matanuska-Susitna Boro, AK Ctf Partn Pub Safety Bldg Lease (FSA Insd)     5.750     03/01/16     1,032,060  
  3,870     Northern Tob Sec Corp AK Tob Settlement Rev Asset Bkd, Ser A     5.000     06/01/46     2,026,564  
                             
                          3,058,624  
                             
        Arizona  4.0%
  1,425     Arizona Cap Fac Fin Corp Student Hsg Rev AZ St Univ Proj     6.250     09/01/32     1,134,784  
  1,700     Arizona St Trans Brd Hwy Rev, Ser B     5.000     07/01/25     1,825,953  
  2,545     Arizona St Trans Brd Hwy Rev, Ser B     5.000     07/01/26     2,712,436  
  1,650     Glendale, AZ Indl Dev Auth Rfdg     5.000     12/01/35     1,247,747  
  2,000     Goodyear, AZ McDowell Rd Coml Corridor Impt Dist Impt (AMBAC Insd)     5.250     01/01/32     1,779,040  
  2,300     Pima Cnty, AZ Indl Dev Auth Wtr & Waste Wtr Rev Global Wtr Resh LLC Proj (AMT)     6.550     12/01/37     1,601,835  
  2,050     Salt Riv Proj AZ Agric Impt & Pwr Dist Elec Sys Rev, Ser A     5.000     01/01/28     2,142,619  
  6,500     University of AZ Med Ctr Corp     5.000     07/01/35     4,942,730  
                             
                          17,387,144  
                             
        California  24.4%
  4,000     Anaheim, CA Pub Fin Auth Lease Rev Cap Apprec Sub Pub Impt Proj, Ser C (FSA Insd)     *       09/01/20     2,129,280  
  2,100     Bay Area Govt Assn CA Rev Tax Alloc CA Redev Pool, Ser A (Syncora Gtd)     5.250     09/01/35     1,679,622  
  6,000     Bay Area Toll Auth CA Toll Brdg Rev San Francisco Bay Area, Ser F1     5.000     04/01/39     5,917,260  
  800     Beverly Hills, CA Uni Sch Dist Cap Apprec 2008 Election     *       08/01/28     287,328  
 
 
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Van Kampen Municipal Trust
Portfolio of Investments  n  April 30, 2009 (Unaudited)  
continued
 
                             
Par
               
Amount
               
(000)   Description   Coupon   Maturity   Value
 
 
        California (Continued)
$ 1,875     California Cnty, CA Tob Sec Agy Tob Asset Bkd Merced Cnty Rfdg, Ser A     5.250 %   06/01/45   $ 994,050  
  3,000     California Hsg Fin Agy Rev Home Mtg, Ser G (AMT) (a)     4.950     08/01/23     2,617,320  
  2,000     California Hsg Fin Agy Rev Home Mtg, Ser G (AMT) (a)     5.050     02/01/29     1,631,840  
  6,000     California Hsg Fin Agy Rev Home Mtg, Ser I (AMT) (a)     4.800     08/01/36     4,554,840  
  3,150     California Hsg Fin Agy Rev Home Mtg, Ser K (AMT) (a)     5.300     08/01/23     2,867,288  
  3,700     California Hsg Fin Agy Rev Home Mtg, Ser K (AMT) (a)     5.450     08/01/28     3,199,094  
  1,000     California Pollutn Ctl Fin Auth Solid Waste Disp Rev Waste Mgmt Inc Proj, Ser B (AMT)     5.000     07/01/27     843,680  
  510     California St (AMBAC Insd)     5.125     10/01/27     510,066  
  775     California St Dept Wtr Res Wtr Rev Cent Vly Proj, Ser AE (a)     5.000     12/01/24     831,211  
  975     California St Dept Wtr Res Wtr Rev Cent Vly Proj, Ser AE (a)     5.000     12/01/25     1,037,244  
  975     California St Dept Wtr Res Wtr Rev Cent Vly Proj, Ser AE (a)     5.000     12/01/26     1,029,610  
  575     California St Dept Wtr Res Wtr Rev Cent Vly Proj, Ser AE (a)     5.000     12/01/27     602,347  
  975     California St Dept Wtr Res Wtr Rev Cent Vly Proj, Ser AE (a)     5.000     12/01/28     1,014,683  
  1,995     California St Pub Wks Brd UCLA Replacement Hosp, Ser A (FSA Insd)     5.375     10/01/20     2,062,770  
  5,000     California St Univ Rev Sys Wide, Ser A (AMBAC Insd)     5.000     11/01/23     5,098,050  
  1,750     California St Var Purp     5.750     04/01/31     1,785,700  
  7,565     California St Vet, Ser CD (AMT) (a)     4.600     12/01/32     5,923,168  
  2,650     California Statewide Cmnty Dev Auth Ctf Partn (Prerefunded @ 11/01/09) (Acquired 11/23/99, Cost $2,650,000) (d)     7.250     11/01/29     2,716,780  
  1,000     California Statewide Cmnty Dev Auth Rev Front Porch Cmnty & Svc, Ser A (e)     5.125     04/01/37     654,200  
  1,800     California Statewide Cmnty Dev Auth Rev Hlth Fac Adventist Hlth, Ser A     5.000     03/01/30     1,530,414  
  2,500     California Statewide Cmnty Dev Auth Rev Hlth Fac Adventist Hlth, Ser A     5.000     03/01/35     2,046,775  
  3,805     California Statewide Cmnty Dev Auth Rev Sutter Hlth, Ser A     5.000     11/15/43     3,308,866  
  750     Chawanakee, CA Uni Sch Dist Ctf Partn, Ser A (i)     6.250/9.000     05/01/39     749,460  
 
 
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Van Kampen Municipal Trust
Portfolio of Investments  n  April 30, 2009 (Unaudited)  
continued
 
                             
Par
               
Amount
               
(000)   Description   Coupon   Maturity   Value
 
 
        California (Continued)
$ 445     Daly City, CA Hsg Dev Fin Agy Mobile Home Pk Rev Third Tier Franciscan Rfdg, Ser C     6.500 %   12/15/47   $ 317,183  
  27,810     Foothill/Eastern Corridor Agy CA Toll Rd Rev Cap Apprec Rfdg     *       01/15/33     2,900,861  
  18,000     Foothill/Eastern Corridor Agy CA Toll Rd Rev Cap Apprec Rfdg (NATL Insd)     *       01/15/25     4,274,640  
  225     Foothill/Eastern Corridor Agy CA Toll Rd Rev Cap Apprec Sr Lien, Ser A (Prerefunded @ 1/01/10)     7.150     01/01/13     239,539  
  9,200     Golden St Tob Sec Corp CA Tob Settlement Rev Asset Bkd Sr, Ser A-1     5.750     06/01/47     5,297,360  
  4,000     Golden St Tob Sec Corp CA Tob Settlement Rev Enhanced, Ser A     5.000     06/01/45     3,141,160  
  5,000     Golden St Tob Sec Corp CA Tob Settlement Rev Enhanced, Ser A (FGIC Insd)     5.000     06/01/35     4,139,350  
  1,000     Hesperia, CA Pub Fin Auth Rev Redev & Hsg Proj, Ser A (Syncora Gtd)     5.000     09/01/37     713,330  
  2,635     Imperial Irr Dist CA Ctf Partn Elec Sys Proj (FSA Insd)     5.250     11/01/23     2,730,492  
  1,200     Los Angeles, CA Uni Sch Dist, Ser D     5.000     07/01/22     1,262,976  
  2,500     Metropolitan Wtr Dist Southn CA Wtrwks Rev Auth, Ser A     5.000     01/01/34     2,553,675  
  375     Morongo Band of Mission Indians CA Enterprise Rev Indians Enterprise Casino, Ser B (e)     5.500     03/01/18     311,869  
  1,000     Palomar Pomerado Hlthcare Dist CA Ctf Partn, Ser B (FSA Insd) (b) (c)     2.700     11/01/36     1,000,000  
  1,350     Palomar Pomerado Hlthcare Dist CA Ctf Partn, Ser C (FSA Insd) (b) (c)     4.000     11/01/36     1,350,000  
  2,350     Quechan Indian Tribe Ft Yuma Indian Reservation CA & Govt Proj     7.000     12/01/27     1,633,532  
  1,600     Rancho Mirage, CA Jt Pwr Fin Auth Rev Eisenhower Med Ctr, Ser A     5.000     07/01/47     1,291,952  
  1,375     San Bernadino, CA Jt Pwr Fin Auth Alloc Rev Cent City Merged Proj Rfdg, Ser A (AMBAC Insd)     5.750     07/01/20     1,392,408  
  1,200     San Francisco, CA City & Cnty Arpt Commn Intl Arpt Rfdg 2nd, Ser A-4 (AMT) (b)     6.500     05/01/19     1,245,888  
  1,000     San Joaquin Hills, CA Trans Corridor Agy Toll Rd Rev Cap Apprec Rfdg, Ser A (NATL Insd)     *       01/15/27     254,460  
  1,000     San Joaquin Hills, CA Trans Corridor Agy Toll Rd Rev Cap Apprec Rfdg, Ser A (NATL Insd)     *       01/15/28     234,260  
  4,290     Tobacco Sec Auth Northn CA Tob Settlement Rev Asset Bkd, Ser A-1     5.375     06/01/38     2,590,817  
 
 
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Van Kampen Municipal Trust
Portfolio of Investments  n  April 30, 2009 (Unaudited)  
continued
 
                             
Par
               
Amount
               
(000)   Description   Coupon   Maturity   Value
 
 
        California (Continued)
$ 3,050     Tobacco Sec Auth Northn CA Tob Settlement Rev Asset Bkd, Ser A-1     5.500 %   06/01/45   $ 1,689,914  
  3,200     Tobacco Sec Auth Southn CA Tob Settlement Sr, Ser A-1     5.000     06/01/37     1,823,328  
  8,350     Tobacco Sec Auth Southn CA Tob Settlement Sr, Ser A-1     5.125     06/01/46     4,316,115  
  3,000     Vernon, CA Nat Gas Fin Auth Rev Vernon Gas Proj, Ser C (NATL Insd) (b) (c)     6.750     08/01/21     3,000,000  
                             
                          107,328,055  
                             
        Colorado  3.1%
  425     Colorado Hlth Fac Auth Hlth & Residential Care Fac Volunteers of Amer Care, Ser A     5.300     07/01/37     239,577  
  4,875     Colorado Hlth Fac Auth Rev Catholic Hlth, Ser C-5 (FSA Insd) (a)     5.000     09/01/36     4,705,789  
  1,000     Colorado Hlth Fac Auth Rev Evangelical Lutheran, Ser A     5.250     06/01/34     778,850  
  3,700     Colorado Hlth Fac Auth Rev Hlth Fac Evangelical Lutheran     5.000     06/01/35     2,747,842  
  1,125     Colorado Hlth Fac Auth Rev Hosp Portercare Adventist Hlth (Prerefunded @ 11/15/11)     6.500     11/15/31     1,274,220  
  1,000     Colorado Hlth Fac Auth Rev Poudre Vly CO Hlth Fac Auth Hosp, Ser A (FSA Insd)     5.200     03/01/31     958,380  
  100     Jefferson Cnty, CO Residential Mtg Rev (f)     9.000     09/01/12     124,109  
  300     Jefferson Cnty, CO Residential Mtg Rev (f)     11.500     09/01/09     310,851  
  340     Jefferson Cnty, CO Residential Mtg Rev (f)     11.500     09/01/10     387,450  
  220     Jefferson Cnty, CO Residential Mtg Rev (f)     11.500     09/01/11     270,827  
  985     Montezuma Cnty, CO Hosp Dist Hlth Fac Enterprise Hosp Rfdg (g)     5.900     10/01/37     642,052  
  1,000     Platte Riv Pwr Auth CO Pwr Rev, Ser HH     5.000     06/01/26     1,054,250  
                             
                          13,494,197  
                             
        Connecticut  2.9%
  4,225     Connecticut St Hsg Fin Auth Hsg Mtg Fin Pg Sub, Ser B-2 (AMT)     5.100     05/15/38     3,872,677  
  2,840     Connecticut St Spl Oblig Pkg Rev Bradley Intl Arpt, Ser A (ACA Insd) (AMT)     6.600     07/01/24     2,169,164  
  600     Mashantucket Western Pequot Tribe CT 2006 Sub Spl Rev Bd, Ser A (e)     5.500     09/01/36     287,496  
 
 
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Van Kampen Municipal Trust
Portfolio of Investments  n  April 30, 2009 (Unaudited)  
continued
 
                             
Par
               
Amount
               
(000)   Description   Coupon   Maturity   Value
 
 
        Connecticut (Continued)
$ 6,500     Mashantucket Western Pequot Tribe CT Spl Rev, Ser B (e)     5.750 %   09/01/18   $ 4,328,870  
  3,500     Mashantucket Western Pequot Tribe CT Spl Rev, Ser B (e)     5.750     09/01/27     1,907,605  
                             
                          12,565,812  
                             
        District of Columbia  2.6%
  775     District Columbia Wtr & Swr Auth Pub Util Rev Sub Lien Rfdg, Ser A (AGL Insd) (a)     5.000     10/01/29     784,850  
  1,575     District Columbia Wtr & Swr Auth Pub Util Rev Sub Lien Rfdg, Ser A (AGL Insd) (a)     5.000     10/01/34     1,579,631  
  4,000     District Columbia Wtr & Swr Auth Pub Util Rev Sub Lien, Ser A (FSA Insd)     5.500     10/01/41     4,135,880  
  5,000     Metropolitan Washington DC Arpt Auth Sys, Ser A (NATL Insd) (AMT)     5.125     10/01/26     4,769,800  
                             
                          11,270,161  
                             
        Florida  14.0%
  1,000     Alachua Cnty, FL Indl Dev Rev North FL Retirement Vlg     5.250     11/15/17     829,930  
  1,000     Alachua Cnty, FL Indl Dev Rev North FL Retirement Vlg     5.875     11/15/36     667,460  
  340     Beacon Lakes, FL Cmnty Dev FL Spl Assmt, Ser A     6.000     05/01/38     212,990  
  250     Beacon Lakes, FL Cmnty Dev FL Spl Assmt Sub, Ser B     6.200     05/01/38     153,547  
  2,970     Brevard Cnty, FL Hlth Fac Auth Hlthcare Fac Rev Hlth First Inc Proj     5.000     04/01/34     2,323,342  
  1,335     Brevard Cnty, FL Hlth Fac Auth Residential Care Fac Rev Buena Vida Estates Inc     6.750     01/01/37     957,809  
  3,380     Brevard Cnty, FL Hlth Fac Hlth First Inc Proj (NATL Insd)     5.125     04/01/31     2,746,081  
  400     Capital Tr Agy FL Rev Ft Lauderdale Proj (AMT)     5.750     01/01/32     268,076  
  395     Escambia Cnty, FL Hlth Fac Auth Rev (AMBAC Insd)     5.950     07/01/20     407,190  
  5,000     Florida St Dept Trans Tpk Rev, Ser A (a)     5.000     07/01/29     5,007,550  
  1,895     Gulf Breeze, FL Rev Loc Govt (FGIC Insd) (b)     5.625     12/01/20     1,922,989  
  855     Highlands, FL Cmnty Dev Dist Spl Assmt     5.550     05/01/36     463,427  
  975     Hillsborough Cnty, FL Aviation Auth Rev, Ser A (AGL Insd) (AMT) (a)     5.375     10/01/33     915,174  
  2,175     Hillsborough Cnty, FL Aviation Auth Rev, Ser A (AGL Insd) (AMT) (a)     5.500     10/01/38     2,051,264  
  2,310     Hillsborough Cnty, FL Indl Dev Auth Indl Dev Rev Hlth Fac Proj Univ Cmnty Hosp, Ser A (Prerefunded @ 8/15/09)     5.500     08/15/14     2,366,780  
 
 
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Van Kampen Municipal Trust
Portfolio of Investments  n  April 30, 2009 (Unaudited)  
continued
 
                             
Par
               
Amount
               
(000)   Description   Coupon   Maturity   Value
 
 
        Florida (Continued)
$ 800     Hillsborough Cnty, FL Indl Dev Auth Pollutn Ctl Rev Hillsborough Cnty IDA Rfdg (AMBAC Insd) (b)     5.000 %   12/01/34   $ 805,592  
  800     Hillsborough Cnty, FL Indl Dev Auth Pollutn Ctl Rev Tampa Elec, Ser B (b)     5.150     09/01/25     799,728  
  3,000     Hillsborough Cnty, FL Solid Waste & Res Recovery Rev, Ser A (BHAC Insd) (AMT)     4.500     09/01/34     2,360,970  
  5,000     Lakeland, FL Hosp Sys Rev Lakeland Regl Hlth Sys Rfdg     5.000     11/15/26     4,166,650  
  5,000     Lakeland, FL Hosp Sys Rev Lakeland Regl Hlth Sys Rfdg     5.000     11/15/26     3,911,500  
  665     Main Str Cmnty Dev Dist FL Cap Impt Rev, Ser A (Acquired 2/19/08, Cost $665,000) (d)     6.800     05/01/38     423,046  
  425     Main Str Cmnty Dev Dist FL Cap Impt Rev, Ser B (Acquired 2/19/08, Cost $425,000) (d)     6.900     05/01/17     339,702  
  1,515     Miami Beach, FL Stormwtr Rev (NATL Insd)     5.250     09/01/25     1,525,469  
  2,700     Miami-Dade Cnty, FL Aviation Rev Miami Intl Arpt (AGC Insd) (AMT)     5.375     10/01/32     2,550,582  
  2,000     Miami-Dade Cnty, FL Aviation Rev Miami Intl Arpt (NATL Insd) (AMT)     5.375     10/01/25     1,914,740  
  5,000     Miami-Dade Cnty, FL Aviation, Ser A (FSA Insd) (AMT)     5.125     10/01/35     4,502,800  
  620     Midtown Miami, FL Cmnty Dev FL Spl Assmt Rev, Ser A     6.000     05/01/24     445,024  
  700     Orange Cnty, FL Hlth Fac Auth Rev First Mtg Orlando Lutheran Tower     5.500     07/01/32     433,433  
  930     Orange Cnty, FL Hlth Fac Auth Rev Hlthcare Orlando Lutheran Rfdg     5.375     07/01/20     696,812  
  570     Overoaks, FL Cmnty Dev Dist Cap Impt Rev, Ser A     6.125     05/01/35     316,909  
  1,100     Palm Beach Cnty, FL Hlth Fac Auth Rev Wtrford Proj     5.875     11/15/37     825,264  
  2,600     Palm Beach Cnty, FL Solid Waste Auth Rev Impt (BHAC Insd)     5.500     10/01/23     2,800,798  
  1,400     Port Saint Lucie, FL Spl Assmt Rev Southwest Annexation Dist, Ser 1-B (NATL Insd)     5.000     07/01/33     1,139,810  
  3,250     Putnam Cnty, FL Dev Auth Pollutn Ctl Rev Rfdg Seminole Proj, Ser A (AMBAC Insd) (b)     5.350     03/15/42     3,287,732  
  590     Reunion East Cmnty Dev Dist FL Spl Assmt     5.800     05/01/36     302,363  
 
 
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Van Kampen Municipal Trust
Portfolio of Investments  n  April 30, 2009 (Unaudited)  
continued
 
                             
Par
               
Amount
               
(000)   Description   Coupon   Maturity   Value
 
 
        Florida (Continued)
$ 400     Seminole Tribe FL Spl Oblig Rev, Ser A (e)     5.250 %   10/01/27   $ 277,056  
  500     Seminole Tribe FL Spl Oblig Rev, Ser A (e)     5.750     10/01/22     401,210  
  920     Seven Oaks, FL Cmnty Dev Dist II Spl Assmt Rev, Ser A     5.875     05/01/35     471,325  
  1,870     South Vlg Cmnty Dev Dist FL Cap Impt Rev, Ser A     5.700     05/01/35     1,076,447  
  800     Sterling Hill Cmnty Dev Dist FL Cap Impt Rev, Ser A     6.200     05/01/35     636,512  
  1,060     Tallahassee, FL Lease Rev FL St Univ Proj, Ser A (NATL Insd)     5.500     08/01/18     1,105,071  
  200     Tolomato Cmnty, FL Dev Dist Spl Assmt     6.550     05/01/27     143,490  
  2,075     Tolomato Cmnty, FL Dev Dist Spl Assmt     6.650     05/01/40     1,405,875  
  1,000     Volusia Cnty, FL Ed Fac Auth Rev Ed Fac Embry Riddle Aero, Ser A     5.750     10/15/29     869,980  
  495     World Comm Cmnty Dev Dist FL Spl Assmt     5.500     05/01/38     196,292  
                             
                          61,425,791  
                             
        Georgia  1.6%
  3,500     Atlanta, GA Arpt Passenger Fac Charge Rev Gen Sub Lien, Ser C (FSA Insd) (a)     5.000     01/01/33     3,483,760  
  1,000     Augusta, GA Gen Arpt Rev Passenger, Ser B (AMT)     5.350     01/01/28     660,290  
  1,500     Putnam Cnty, GA Dev Auth Pollutn Ctl Rev GA Pwr Co, Ser 1     5.100     06/01/23     1,514,280  
  2,000     Royston, GA Hosp Auth Hosp Rev Ctf Hlthcare Sys Inc Rfdg     6.500     07/01/27     1,519,360  
                             
                          7,177,690  
                             
        Idaho  0.6%
  750     Idaho Hlth Fac Auth Rev Saint Lukes Hlth Sys Proj, Ser A     6.500     11/01/23     804,360  
  1,000     Idaho Hlth Fac Auth Rev Saint Lukes Hlth Sys Proj, Ser A     6.750     11/01/37     1,039,780  
  870     Idaho Hlth Fac Auth Rev Vly Vista Care Corp Rfdg (g)     6.125     11/15/27     615,299  
                             
                          2,459,439  
                             
        Illinois  17.5%
  1,000     Bartlett, IL Tax Increment Rev Sr Lien Quarry Redev Proj Rfdg     5.600     01/01/23     759,720  
  2,000     Bolingbrook, IL Sales Tax Rev Bolingbrook     6.250     01/01/24     1,160,400  
  7,775     Chicago, IL Brd of Ed Rfdg, Ser C (FSA Insd) (a)     5.000     12/01/27     7,893,025  
  745     Chicago, IL Increment Alloc Rev Diversey Narragansett Proj     7.460     02/15/26     607,585  
 
 
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Van Kampen Municipal Trust
Portfolio of Investments  n  April 30, 2009 (Unaudited)  
continued
 
                             
Par
               
Amount
               
(000)   Description   Coupon   Maturity   Value
 
 
        Illinois (Continued)
$ 4,000     Chicago, IL Neighborhoods Alive 21 Pgm, Ser A (FGIC Insd)
(Prerefunded @ 7/01/10)
    5.750 %   01/01/40   $ 4,281,120  
  5,000     Chicago, IL O’Hare Intl Arpt Rev Gen Arpt Third Lien Rfdg, Ser A (NATL Insd) (AMT)     5.375     01/01/32     4,467,450  
  3,500     Chicago, IL O’Hare Intl Arpt Rev Gen Arpt Third Lien, Ser A (AGC Insd) (a)     5.250     01/01/24     3,570,735  
  11,500     Chicago, IL O’Hare Intl Arpt Rev Gen Arpt Third Lien, Ser A (AGC Insd) (a)     5.250     01/01/25     11,693,200  
  4,000     Chicago, IL O’Hare Intl Arpt Rev, Ser A (FSA Insd) (a)     5.000     01/01/33     3,881,040  
  485     Chicago, IL Pk Dist, Ser C (NATL Insd)     5.500     01/01/19     508,071  
  465     Chicago, IL Proj Rfdg, Ser C (NATL Insd)     5.500     01/01/40     468,171  
  3,100     Chicago, IL, Ser A (AGL Insd)     5.250     01/01/25     3,240,275  
  80     Cook Cnty, IL Sch Dist No 107 (f)     7.000     12/01/10     87,933  
  545     Cook Cnty, IL Sch Dist No 107     7.000     12/01/10     593,478  
  120     Cook Cnty, IL Sch Dist No 107 (f)     7.200     12/01/09     124,763  
  455     Cook Cnty, IL Sch Dist No 107     7.200     12/01/09     471,548  
  982     Cortland, IL Spl Tax Rev Sheaffer Sys Proj (Acquired 5/02/06, Cost $972,180) (d)     5.500     03/01/17     599,118  
  1,000     Deerfield, IL Ed Fac Chicagoland Jewish High Sch Proj (g)     6.000     05/01/41     499,980  
  1,000     Gilberts, IL Spl Svc Area No 19 Spl Tax The Conservancy Proj, Ser 1 (g)     5.375     03/01/16     548,960  
  2,725     Illinois Dev Fin Auth Rev Cmnty Rehab Providers Fac, Ser A     7.375     07/01/25     2,813,971  
  1,565     Illinois Ed Fac Auth Rev DePaul Univ (AMBAC Insd) (Prerefunded @ 10/01/10)     5.625     10/01/15     1,685,317  
  1,125     Illinois Fin Auth Hosp Rev Rfdg Kish Hlth Sys Oblig Group     5.500     10/01/22     1,119,667  
  350     Illinois Fin Auth Rev Christian Homes Inc Rfdg, Ser A     5.750     05/15/31     230,734  
  1,000     Illinois Fin Auth Rev IL Fin Auth Roosevelt Univ     5.500     04/01/37     839,400  
  1,500     Illinois Fin Auth Rev IL Inst of Technology, Ser A     5.000     04/01/31     1,142,865  
  2,915     Illinois Fin Auth Rev Kewanee Hosp Proj     5.100     08/15/31     1,704,983  
  1,000     Illinois Fin Auth Rev Landing at Plymouth Pl Proj, Ser A     6.000     05/15/25     743,380  
  1,350     Illinois Fin Auth Rev Landing at Plymouth Pl Proj, Ser A     6.000     05/15/37     864,459  
  2,200     Illinois Fin Auth Rev Northwestn Mem Hosp, Ser A     5.375     08/15/24     2,221,472  
  1,400     Illinois Fin Auth Rev Northwestn Mem Hosp, Ser A     5.750     08/15/30     1,421,602  
 
 
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Van Kampen Municipal Trust
Portfolio of Investments  n  April 30, 2009 (Unaudited)  
continued
 
                             
Par
               
Amount
               
(000)   Description   Coupon   Maturity   Value
 
 
        Illinois (Continued)
$ 3,500     Illinois Fin Auth Rev Osf Hlthcare Sys, Ser A     5.750 %   11/15/37   $ 3,020,045  
  1,905     Illinois Fin Auth Rev Rush Univ Med Ctr Oblig Group, Ser A     7.250     11/01/38     1,992,744  
  3,500     Illinois Fin Auth Rev Sherman Hlth Sys 2007, Ser A     5.500     08/01/37     2,385,880  
  1,055     Illinois Hlth Fac Auth Rev Evangelical Hosp Rfdg, Ser C (FSA Insd)     6.750     04/15/12     1,153,716  
  250     Lake Cnty, IL Cmnty Unit Sch Dist No 116 Round Lake (Radian Insd) (f)     7.600     02/01/14     314,313  
  2,675     Metropolitan Pier & Expo Auth IL Dedicated St Tax Rev McCormick Pl Expn, Ser A (NATL Insd)     5.250     06/15/42     2,684,657  
  157     Pingree Grove Vlg, IL Spl Svc Area No 1 Spl Tax Cambridge Lakes Proj, Ser 05     5.250     03/01/15     121,476  
  650     University IL Univ Rev Auxiliary Fac Sys (NATL Insd)     4.500     04/01/36     592,241  
  848     Volo Vlg, IL Spl Svc Area No 3 Spl Tax Symphony Meadows Proj, Ser 1     6.000     03/01/36     495,478  
  675     Will Cnty, IL Cmnty Sch Dist No 161 Summit Hill Cap Apprec (FGIC Insd) (f)     *       01/01/16     553,419  
  425     Will Cnty, IL Cmnty Sch Dist No 161 Summit Hill Cap Apprec (FGIC Insd) (f)     *       01/01/19     299,566  
  1,335     Will Cnty, IL Cmnty Sch Dist No 161 Summit Hill Cap Apprec (NATL Insd)     *       01/01/16     994,108  
  990     Will Cnty, IL Cmnty Sch Dist No 161 Summit Hill Cap Apprec (NATL Insd)     *       01/01/19     607,197  
  525     Will-Kankakee Regl Dev Auth IL Multi-Family Hsg Rev Sr Estates Supportive Living (AMT)     7.000     12/01/42     391,067  
  991     Yorkville, IL Utd City Spl Svc Area Spl Tax No 2004-107 Raintree Vlg IL Proj     6.250     03/01/35     665,833  
  968     Yorkville, IL Utd City Spl Svc Area Tax No 2005-108 Autumn Creek IL Proj     6.000     03/01/36     565,593  
                             
                          77,081,755  
                             
        Indiana  2.1%
  1,000     Allen Cnty, IN Juvenile Just Ctr First Mtg (AMBAC Insd)     5.500     01/01/18     1,060,660  
  1,440     Indiana Fin Auth Hosp Rev Deaconess Hosp Oblig, Ser A     6.750     03/01/39     1,443,917  
  5,600     Indiana Hlth & Ed Fac Fin Auth Rev Ascension Hlth Sr Cr B–6 (a)     5.000     11/15/36     5,319,384  
 
 
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Van Kampen Municipal Trust
Portfolio of Investments  n  April 30, 2009 (Unaudited)  
continued
 
                             
Par
               
Amount
               
(000)   Description   Coupon   Maturity   Value
 
 
        Indiana (Continued)
$ 1,500     Petersburg, IN Pollutn Ctl Rev IN Pwr & Lt (AMT)     5.950 %   12/01/29   $ 1,154,190  
  500     Vigo Cnty, IN Hosp Auth Rev Un Hosp Inc (e)     5.750     09/01/42     326,965  
                             
                          9,305,116  
                             
        Iowa  0.9%
  600     Jefferson Cnty, IA Hosp Rev Jefferson Cnty Hosp Proj, Ser C     5.950     08/01/37     382,518  
  1,300     Pottawattamie Cnty, IA Rev Christian Homes Inc Rfdg, Ser E     5.750     05/15/26     916,396  
  325     Sibley, IA Hlthcare Fac Rev Osceola Cmnty Hosp Proj     6.000     12/01/37     207,655  
  1,375     Tobacco Settlement Auth IA Tob Settlement Rev Asset Bkd, Ser C     5.375     06/01/38     771,389  
  1,500     Tobacco Settlement Auth IA Tob Settlement Rev Asset Bkd, Ser C     5.500     06/01/42     842,055  
  1,850     Tobacco Settlement Auth IA Tob Settlement Rev Asset Bkd, Ser C     5.625     06/01/46     1,044,973  
                             
                          4,164,986  
                             
        Kansas  1.1%
  1,400     Burlington, KS Environmental Impt Rev KC Rfdg Pwr LT, Ser B (Syncora Gtd) (b)     5.000     12/01/23     1,416,926  
  70     Cowley Cnty, KS Uni Sch Dist No 465 Winfield Impt & Rfdg (NATL Insd)     5.250     10/01/22     73,771  
  2,000     Manhattan, KS Hlthcare Fac Rev Meadowlark Hills Retirement, Ser A     5.000     05/15/24     1,495,380  
  1,200     Manhattan, KS Hlthcare Fac Rev Meadowlark Hills Retirement, Ser A     5.000     05/15/36     785,424  
  700     Olathe, KS Sr Living Fac Rev Catholic Care Campus Inc, Ser A     6.000     11/15/38     464,296  
  400     Overland Pk, KS Dev Corp Rev First Tier Overland Pk, Ser A (Prerefunded @ 1/01/11)     7.375     01/01/32     444,508  
                             
                          4,680,305  
                             
        Kentucky  1.8%
  1,500     Kentucky Econ Dev Fin Auth Louisville Arena Proj Rev Louisville Arena Sub, Ser A-1 (AGL Insd)     5.750     12/01/28     1,553,565  
  1,610     Kentucky St Ppty & Bldg Commn Rev Rfdg Proj No 93 (AGL Insd)     5.250     02/01/24     1,714,569  
  1,815     Kentucky St Ppty & Bldg Commn Rev Rfdg Proj No 93 (AGL Insd)     5.250     02/01/25     1,918,292  
  3,545     Louisville & Jefferson Cnty, KY Metro Govt Hlth Sys Rev Norton Hlthcare Inc     5.250     10/01/36     2,873,364  
                             
                          8,059,790  
                             
 
 
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Van Kampen Municipal Trust
Portfolio of Investments  n  April 30, 2009 (Unaudited)  
continued
 
                             
Par
               
Amount
               
(000)   Description   Coupon   Maturity   Value
 
 
        Louisiana  3.1%
$ 550     Colonial Pinnacle Cmnty Dev Dist Dev     6.750 %   05/01/23   $ 390,263  
  991     Lakeshore Vlg Master Cmnty Dev Dist LA Spl Assmt     5.250     07/01/17     763,952  
  1,350     Louisiana Hsg Fin Agy Rev Azalea Estates Rfdg, Ser A (GNMA Collateralized) (AMT)     5.375     10/20/39     1,351,336  
  1,675     Louisiana Loc Govt Environmental Fac Pkg Fac Corp Garage Proj, Ser A (AMBAC Insd)     5.200     10/01/19     1,713,827  
  2,000     Louisiana St Ctzn Ppty Ins Corp Assmt Rev, Ser C-2 (AGL Insd)     6.750     06/01/26     2,150,860  
  6,202     Louisiana St Univ & Agric & Mechanical College Univ Rev Master Agreement (Acquired 11/30/98, Cost $6,202,000) (d) (g)     5.750     10/30/18     5,332,042  
  2,000     Rapides Fin Auth LA Rev Cleco Pwr Proj (AMT) (b)     5.250     11/01/37     1,930,560  
                             
                          13,632,840  
                             
        Maryland  1.4%
  750     Gaithersburg, MD Econ Dev Rev Asbury MD Oblig Group A     5.125     01/01/36     516,420  
  1,300     Maryland St Cmnty Dev Admin Dept Hsg & Cmnty Dev, Ser H (AMT)     5.100     09/01/37     1,256,437  
  1,000     Maryland St Econ Dev Corp Rev Sr Lien Chesapeake Bay Rfdg, Ser A     5.000     12/01/31     513,680  
  500     Maryland St Hlth & Higher Ed Fac Auth Rev King Farm Presbyterian Cmnty, Ser A     5.250     01/01/27     298,420  
  2,000     Maryland St Hlth & Higher Ed Fac Auth Rev Mercy Med Ctr, Ser A     5.500     07/01/42     1,627,980  
  1,700     Maryland St Trans Auth Arpt Baltimore/WA Intl Arpt, Ser B (AMBAC Insd) (AMT)     5.125     03/01/24     1,588,327  
  950     Prince Georges Cnty, MD Spl Oblig Natl Harbor Proj     5.200     07/01/34     531,078  
                             
                          6,332,342  
                             
        Massachusetts  5.0%
  2,765     Massachusetts St Dev Fin Agy Proj, Ser R-2 (NATL Insd)     5.125     02/01/34     2,366,260  
  625     Massachusetts St Dev Fin Agy Rev Boston Architectural Ctr (ACA Insd)     6.100     09/01/18     554,431  
  1,000     Massachusetts St Dev Fin Agy Rev Boston Architectural Ctr (ACA Insd)     6.250     09/01/28     764,510  
  500     Massachusetts St Dev Fin Agy Rev Linden Ponds Inc Fac, Ser A     5.750     11/15/35     289,160  
  500     Massachusetts St Dev Fin Agy Rev Linden Ponds Inc Fac, Ser A     5.750     11/15/42     279,855  
  500     Massachusetts St Hlth & Ed Fac Auth Rev Bal Structured Ylg, Ser G (NATL Insd)     5.000     07/01/13     500,885  
 
 
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Van Kampen Municipal Trust
Portfolio of Investments  n  April 30, 2009 (Unaudited)  
continued
 
                             
Par
               
Amount
               
(000)   Description   Coupon   Maturity   Value
 
 
        Massachusetts (Continued)
$ 4,500     Massachusetts St Hlth & Ed Fac Auth Rev Harvard Univ, Ser B (a)     5.000 %   10/01/38   $ 4,649,715  
  35     Massachusetts St Hlth & Ed Fac Auth Rev Partn Hlthcare Sys, Ser C     5.750     07/01/32     35,329  
  465     Massachusetts St Hlth & Ed Fac Auth Rev Partn Hlthcare Sys, Ser C (Prerefunded @ 7/01/11)     5.750     07/01/32     515,708  
  3,350     Massachusetts St Hlth & Ed Fac Auth Rev Univ MA Mem Issue, Ser D     5.000     07/01/33     2,450,793  
  1,000     Massachusetts St Hsg Fin Agy Hsg, Ser A (AMT)     5.100     12/01/27     949,290  
  4,670     Massachusetts St Sch Bldg Auth Dedicated Sales Tax Rev, Ser A (AMBAC Insd) (a)     4.500     08/15/35     4,461,718  
  2,650     Massachusetts St Sch Bldg Auth Dedicated Sales Tax Rev, Ser A (FSA Insd) (a)     5.000     08/15/30     2,704,272  
  1,200     Massachusetts St Wtr Res Auth, Ser B     5.000     08/01/22     1,330,416  
                             
                          21,852,342  
                             
        Michigan  3.0%
  3,860     Detroit, MI, Ser A (Syncora Gtd)     5.250     04/01/21     2,927,424  
  1,430     Detroit, MI Wtr Supply Sys Rfdg Second Lien, Ser C (FSA Insd)     5.000     07/01/26     1,340,525  
  950     Kent Hosp Fin Auth MI Rev Metro Hosp Proj, Ser A     5.250     07/01/30     636,947  
  865     Kent Hosp Fin Auth MI Rev Metro Hosp Proj, Ser A     6.000     07/01/35     623,630  
  875     Kent Hosp Fin Auth MI Rev Spectrum Hlth, Ser A (b)     5.250     01/15/47     895,790  
  400     Kent Hosp Fin Auth MI Rev Spectrum Hlth, Ser A (b)     5.500     01/15/47     413,200  
  155     Michigan St Hsg Dev Rental Hsg Rev, Ser A (NATL Insd) (AMT)     5.300     10/01/37     145,695  
  1,500     Michigan St Strategic Fd Detroit Edison Co Proj Rfdg, Ser C (Syncora Gtd) (AMT)     5.450     12/15/32     1,280,580  
  8,230     Michigan Tob Settlement Fin Auth Tob Settlement Asset Sr, Ser A     6.000     06/01/48     4,832,327  
                             
                          13,096,118  
                             
        Minnesota  1.6%
  475     Chisago, MN Hlthcare Fac Rev CDL Homes LLC Proj     6.000     08/01/42     323,095  
  1,260     Glencoe, MN Hlthcare Fac Rev Glencoe Regl Hlth Svc Proj     5.000     04/01/31     934,378  
  1,000     Inver Grove Heights, MN Presbyterian Homes Care Rfdg     5.500     10/01/41     668,780  
  1,850     Minneapolis, MN Hlthcare Sys Rev Fairview Hlth Svc, Ser A     6.375     11/15/23     1,970,287  
 
 
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Van Kampen Municipal Trust
Portfolio of Investments  n  April 30, 2009 (Unaudited)  
continued
 
                             
Par
               
Amount
               
(000)   Description   Coupon   Maturity   Value
 
 
        Minnesota (Continued)
$ 1,200     Minneapolis, MN Hlthcare Sys Rev Fairview Hlth Svc, Ser A     6.625 %   11/15/28   $ 1,262,748  
  200     North Oaks, MN Sr Hsg Rev Presbyterian Homes North Oaks     6.000     10/01/27     160,712  
  500     North Oaks, MN Sr Hsg Rev Presbyterian Homes North Oaks     6.000     10/01/33     387,890  
  1,850     Saint Paul, MN Hsg & Redev Auth Hlthcare Fac Rev Hlth Partners Oblig Group Proj     5.250     05/15/36     1,444,610  
                             
                          7,152,500  
                             
        Missouri  3.6%
  160     Cape Girardeau Cnty, MO Indl Dev Auth Hlthcare Fac Rev Southeast MO Hosp Assoc     5.625     06/01/27     139,989  
  1,000     Carthage, MO Hosp Rev     5.875     04/01/30     667,110  
  2,250     Carthage, MO Hosp Rev     6.000     04/01/38     1,419,795  
  1,300     Cass Cnty, MO Hosp Rev     5.625     05/01/38     965,198  
  1,400     Ellisville, MO Indl Dev Auth Rev Gambrill Gardens Proj Impt & Rfdg (g)     6.100     06/01/20     1,123,024  
  1,000     Ellisville, MO Indl Dev Auth Rev Gambrill Gardens Proj Impt & Rfdg (g)     6.200     06/01/29     718,640  
  385     Fenton, MO Tax Increment Rev & Impt Gravois Bluffs Proj Rfdg
(Prerefunded @ 10/01/11)
    7.000     10/01/21     438,388  
  1,000     Joplin, MO Indl Dev Auth Indl Rev Christian Homes Inc Rfdg, Ser F     5.750     05/15/31     659,240  
  1,000     Kearney, MO (AMBAC Insd)     5.500     03/01/16     1,066,000  
  860     Maryland Heights, MO Tax Increment Rev South Heights Redev Proj Rfdg, Ser A     5.500     09/01/18     734,268  
  1,200     Missouri St Hlth & Ed Fac Auth Rev Sr Living Fac Lutheran Rfdg, Ser B     5.125     02/01/27     894,108  
  1,000     Saint Charles, MO Ctf Partn, Ser B     5.500     05/01/18     1,037,000  
  675     Saint Louis Cnty, MO Indl Dev Auth Sr Living Fac Rev Saint Andrews Res for Srs, Ser A     6.375     12/01/30     498,643  
  1,500     Saint Louis Cnty, MO Indl Dev Auth Sr Living Fac Rev Saint Andrews Res for Srs, Ser A     6.375     12/01/41     1,042,980  
  625     Saint Louis, MO Indl Dev Auth Tax Increment & Cmnty Impt Dist Loughborough Com Redev Rfdg     5.750     11/01/27     466,362  
  2,350     Springfield, MO Pub Bldg Corp Leasehold Rev Springfield Branson Arpt, Ser B (AMBAC Insd) (AMT)     4.550     07/01/29     1,955,717  
 
 
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Van Kampen Municipal Trust
Portfolio of Investments  n  April 30, 2009 (Unaudited)  
continued
 
                             
Par
               
Amount
               
(000)   Description   Coupon   Maturity   Value
 
 
        Missouri (Continued)
$ 2,625     Springfield, MO Pub Bldg Corp Leasehold Rev Springfield Branson Arpt, Ser B (AMBAC Insd) (AMT)     4.600 %   07/01/36   $ 2,074,590  
                             
                          15,901,052  
                             
        Nebraska  0.6%
  2,620     Omaha Pub Pwr Dist NE Elec Rev Sys, Ser A (a)     5.000     02/01/34     2,630,794  
                             
         
        Nevada  3.7%
  4,000     Clark Cnty, NV Indl Dev Rev Southwest Gas Corp Proj, Ser A (AMBAC Insd) (AMT)     5.250     07/01/34     2,943,120  
  75     Clark Cnty, NV Indl Dev Rev Southwest Gas Corp Proj, Ser A (BHAC Insd) (AMT)     4.750     09/01/36     59,437  
  25     Nevada Hsg Div Single Family Mtg Mezz, Ser D2 (AMT)     6.300     04/01/21     25,312  
  2,595     Nevada Hsg Div Single Family Mtg Rev, Ser A (GNMA Collateralized) (AMT)     5.875     04/01/38     2,642,592  
  2,860     Nevada St Cap Impt & Cultural Affairs, Ser C     5.000     06/01/22     3,065,863  
  2,220     Nevada St Cap Impt & Cultural Affairs, Ser C     5.000     06/01/23     2,361,214  
  1,570     Reno, NV Cap Impt Rev (FGIC Insd) (Prerefunded @ 6/01/12)     5.125     06/01/26     1,748,792  
  930     Reno, NV Cap Impt Rev (NATL Insd)     5.125     06/01/26     830,918  
  3,100     Reno, NV Hosp Rev Renown Regl Med Ctr Proj, Ser A     5.250     06/01/37     2,433,872  
                             
                          16,111,120  
                             
        New Hampshire  1.4%
  4,800     New Hampshire Higher Ed & Hlth Fac Auth Rev Daniel Webster College Issue (g)     6.300     07/01/29     3,130,032  
  1,525     New Hampshire Hlth & Ed Fac Auth Rev Derryfield Sch (Prerefunded @ 7/01/10)     6.750     07/01/20     1,653,130  
  250     New Hampshire Hlth & Ed Fac Hlthcare Sys Covenant Hlth     5.500     07/01/34     215,618  
  500     New Hampshire St Business Fin Auth Pollutn Ctl Rev The Utd Illum Co Proj, Ser A (AMT) (b)     6.875     12/01/29     527,220  
  700     New Hampshire St Business Fin Auth Pollutn Ctl Rev Utd Illum Co Proj (AMT) (b)     7.125     07/01/27     704,305  
                             
                          6,230,305  
                             
        New Jersey  9.9%
  375     Burlington Cnty, NJ Brdg Cmnty Econ Dev Rev The Evergreens Proj     5.625     01/01/38     226,410  
  1,000     New Jersey Econ Dev Auth Econ Dev Rev Kapkowski Rd Landfill Proj Rfdg     5.750     04/01/31     668,530  
 
 
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Van Kampen Municipal Trust
Portfolio of Investments  n  April 30, 2009 (Unaudited)  
continued
 
                             
Par
               
Amount
               
(000)   Description   Coupon   Maturity   Value
 
 
        New Jersey (Continued)
$ 1,500     New Jersey Econ Dev Auth Rev Cig Tax     5.750 %   06/15/29   $ 1,112,325  
  1,600     New Jersey Econ Dev Auth Rev Cig Tax     5.750     06/15/34     1,143,568  
  25,000     New Jersey Econ Dev Auth St Contract Econ Recovery (NATL Insd) (g)     5.900     03/15/21     30,048,000  
  2,600     New Jersey Hlthcare Fac Fin Auth Rev Holy Name Hosp     5.000     07/01/36     1,805,076  
  1,450     New Jersey Hlthcare Fac Fin Auth Rev Saint Peter’s Univ Hosp Oblig     5.750     07/01/37     1,138,656  
  580     New Jersey St Tpk Auth Tpk Rev, Ser C (FSA Insd)     6.500     01/01/16     707,728  
  1,000     New Jersey St Trans Tr Fd Auth Trans Sys, Ser A     5.750     06/15/18     1,133,870  
  10,750     Tobacco Settlement Fin Corp NJ, Ser 1A     5.000     06/01/41     5,691,910  
                             
                          43,676,073  
                             
        New Mexico  0.7%
  1,500     Jicarilla, NM Apache Nation Rev Adj, Ser A (Acquired 1/23/03, Cost $1,514,910) (d)     5.000     09/01/18     1,548,060  
  1,350     New Mexico St Hosp Equip Ln Council Hosp Rev Presbyterian Hlthcare Svc, Ser A     6.375     08/01/32     1,429,609  
                             
                          2,977,669  
                             
        New York  13.3%
  3,000     Metropolitan Trans Auth NY Rev Rfdg, Ser A (NATL Insd)     5.250     11/15/31     3,003,750  
  1,000     Metropolitan Transn Auth NY Dedicated Tax Fd, Ser B     5.250     11/15/28     1,019,450  
  1,500     Metropolitan Transn Auth NY Dedicated Tax Fd, Ser B     5.250     11/15/30     1,518,135  
  1,600     New York City Hsg Dev Corp Multi-Family Hsg Rev, Ser E1 (AMT)     5.350     11/01/37     1,519,392  
  400     New York City Indl Dev Agy Rev Liberty 7 World Trade Ctr Proj, Ser A     6.250     03/01/15     338,492  
  2,165     New York City Indl Dev Agy Rev Liberty 7 World Trade Ctr Proj, Ser B     6.750     03/01/15     1,879,350  
  1,000     New York City Liberty Dev Corp Rev National Sports Museum Proj, Ser A (Acquired 8/07/06, Cost $1,000,000) (d) (g) (h)     6.125     02/15/19     1,000  
  2,500     New York City Muni Wtr Fin Auth Wtr & Swr Rev, Ser AA     5.000     06/15/22     2,655,450  
  8,800     New York City Muni Wtr Fin Auth Wtr & Swr Sys Rev, Ser D (a)     5.000     06/15/38     8,827,104  
  2,500     New York City Muni Wtr Fin Auth Wtr & Swr Sys Rev, Ser D (a)     5.000     06/15/39     2,507,700  
  85     New York City, Ser A-1     5.750     08/01/12     85,292  
  3,000     New York City, Ser G     5.000     12/01/27     3,010,020  
  4,775     New York City, Ser I-1 (a)     5.000     02/01/26     4,818,453  
 
 
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Van Kampen Municipal Trust
Portfolio of Investments  n  April 30, 2009 (Unaudited)  
continued
 
                             
Par
               
Amount
               
(000)   Description   Coupon   Maturity   Value
 
 
        New York (Continued)
$ 1,900     New York City Transitional Fin Auth Bldg Aid Rev Fiscal 2009, Ser S-3     5.250 %   01/15/39   $ 1,868,954  
  6,800     New York St Dorm Auth Rev City Univ Sys Cons, Ser A     5.625     07/01/16     7,475,308  
  350     New York St Dorm Auth Rev Mt Sinai NYU Hlth     5.500     07/01/26     335,713  
  1,000     New York St Mtg Agy Homeowner Mtg Rev 145 (AMT)     5.125     10/01/37     924,780  
  2,409     Plainedge, NY Uni Free Sch Dist No. 2063 (Acquired 12/01/00, Cost $2,490,000) (d)     6.000     06/01/12     2,429,766  
  9,900     Port Auth NY & NJ Cons 144th (a)     5.000     10/01/35     9,960,588  
  600     Seneca Nation Indians Cap Impt Auth NY Spl Oblig, Ser A (e)     5.000     12/01/23     385,710  
  3,000     Triborough Brdg & Tunl Auth Gen Purp, Ser A     5.000     01/01/27     3,025,140  
  1,000     Westchester Tob Asset Sec Corp NY     5.000     06/01/26     715,770  
                             
                          58,305,317  
                             
        North Carolina  2.2%
  1,000     North Carolina Med Care Commn Retirement Fac Rev First Mtg Southminster Proj, Ser A     5.750     10/01/37     740,610  
  8,300     North Carolina Muni Pwr Agy No 1 Catawba Elec Rev Rfdg (NATL Insd)     6.000     01/01/12     9,011,725  
                             
                          9,752,335  
                             
        North Dakota  0.5%
  1,500     Grand Forks, ND Sr Hsg Rev 4000 Vly Square Proj Rfdg     5.300     12/01/34     866,430  
  2,000     Ward Cnty, ND Hlthcare Fac Rev Trinity Obligated Group Rfdg     5.125     07/01/29     1,452,420  
                             
                          2,318,850  
                             
        Ohio  8.5%
  300     Adams Cnty Hosp Fac Impt Rev Adams Cnty Hosp Proj (g)     6.250     09/01/20     222,591  
  4,990     Buckeye, OH Tob Settlement Fin Auth Asset Bkd Sr Turbo, Ser A-2     5.750     06/01/34     3,159,219  
  1,830     Buckeye, OH Tob Settlement Fin Auth Asset Bkd Sr Turbo, Ser A-2     5.875     06/01/30     1,241,252  
  1,825     Cleveland, OH Rfdg (FSA Insd)     5.500     10/01/19     2,109,043  
  2,005     Cleveland-Cuyahoga Cnty, OH Dev Port Auth Rev Cleveland Bond Fd, Ser B     5.375     05/15/18     1,758,144  
  400     Cuyahoga Cnty, OH Hlthcare & Indpt Living Fac Rev Eliza Jennings Sr Care, Ser A     5.750     05/15/27     272,708  
  1,000     Cuyahoga Cnty, OH Hosp Fac Rev Canton Inc Proj     7.500     01/01/30     991,560  
  1,000     Lorain Cnty, OH Hosp Rev Catholic Hlthcare, Ser S     5.375     10/01/30     956,470  
 
 
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Van Kampen Municipal Trust
Portfolio of Investments  n  April 30, 2009 (Unaudited)  
continued
 
                             
Par
               
Amount
               
(000)   Description   Coupon   Maturity   Value
 
 
        Ohio (Continued)
$ 1,475     Lorain Cnty, OH Hosp Rev Catholic Rfdg, Ser C-1 (FSA Insd)     5.000 %   04/01/24   $ 1,518,144  
  2,270     Montgomery Cnty, OH Hosp Rev Kettering Med Ctr Impt & Rfdg (NATL Insd)     6.250     04/01/20     2,665,207  
  1,625     Montgomery Cnty, OH Rev Catholic Hlth, Ser C-1 (FSA Insd) (a)     5.000     10/01/41     1,493,505  
  1,550     Montgomery Cnty, OH Rev Miami Vly Hosp, Ser A     6.000     11/15/28     1,575,451  
  1,000     Montgomery Cnty, OH Rev Miami Vly Hosp, Ser A     6.250     11/15/39     1,016,310  
  8,000     Ohio St Air Quality Dev Auth Rev Dayton Pwr (FGIC Insd) (AMT) (a)     4.800     09/01/36     6,996,160  
  1,250     Ohio St Bldg Auth St Fac Admin Bldg Fd Proj, Ser A (FSA Insd)     5.000     04/01/22     1,292,438  
  1,000     Ohio St Higher Ed Fac Commn Rev Hosp Univ Hosp Hlth Sys Inc, Ser A (BHAC Insd)     5.250     01/15/46     1,008,750  
  2,000     Ohio St Higher Ed Fac Commn Rev Univ Hosp Hlth Sys, Ser 2009A     6.750     01/15/39     2,028,020  
  4,590     Ohio St Hsg Fin Agy Residential Mtg Rev Mtg Bkd Sec Pgm, Ser D
(GNMA Collateralized) (AMT) (a)
    5.400     03/01/33     4,475,617  
  2,520     Ohio St Hsg Fin Agy Residential Mtg Rev Mtg Bkd Sec Pgm, Ser F (GNMA Collateralized) (a)     5.500     09/01/39     2,537,338  
                             
                          37,317,927  
                             
        Oklahoma  0.7%
  1,470     Chickasaw Nation, OK Hlth Sys (e)     6.250     12/01/32     1,203,518  
  1,240     Kay Cnty, OK Home Fin Auth Rev Single Family Mtg Rfdg, Ser A (AMBAC Insd) (f)     7.000     11/01/11     1,412,670  
  545     Oklahoma Hsg Fin Agy Single Family Rev Mtg, Ser B (GNMA Collateralized) (AMT)     7.997     08/01/18     590,611  
                             
                          3,206,799  
                             
        Pennsylvania  2.5%
  1,750     Allegheny Cnty, PA Hosp Dev Auth Rev Hlth Sys West PA, Ser A     5.000     11/15/28     963,305  
  385     Allegheny Cnty, PA San Auth Swr Rev (NATL Insd)     5.500     12/01/30     390,598  
  315     Crawford Cnty, PA Hosp Auth Sr Living Fac Rev Wesbury Utd Methodist Cmnty     5.875     08/15/10     310,193  
  320     Lehigh Cnty, PA Gen Purp Auth Rev First Mtg Bible Fellowship Proj Rfdg, Ser A (g)     5.300     12/15/09     318,407  
  240     Lehigh Cnty, PA Gen Purp Auth Rev First Mtg Bible Fellowship Proj Rfdg, Ser A (g)     5.400     12/15/10     232,992  
  400     Montgomery Cnty, PA Indl Dev Auth Rev Mtg Whitemarsh Continuing Care Proj     6.125     02/01/28     264,008  
 
 
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Van Kampen Municipal Trust
Portfolio of Investments  n  April 30, 2009 (Unaudited)  
continued
 
                             
Par
               
Amount
               
(000)   Description   Coupon   Maturity   Value
 
 
        Pennsylvania (Continued)
$ 875     Montgomery Cnty, PA Indl Dev Auth Rev Mtg Whitemarsh Continuing Care Proj     6.250 %   02/01/35   $ 539,070  
  1,000     Pennsylvania Econ Dev Fin Auth Exempt Fac Rev Reliant Energy, Ser B (AMT)     6.750     12/01/36     928,210  
  1,550     Pennsylvania Hsg Fin Agy, Ser 94-A (AMT)     5.100     10/01/31     1,453,528  
  2,000     Pennsylvania St Tpk Com Tpk Rev Sub, Ser A (AGL Insd)     5.000     06/01/39     2,026,800  
  1,000     Philadelphia, PA Auth Indl Dev PA Arpt Sys Proj, Ser A (NATL Insd) (AMT)     5.125     07/01/19     974,800  
  2,675     Pittsburgh, PA, Ser A (AMBAC Insd)     5.500     09/01/17     2,677,755  
                             
                          11,079,666  
                             
        Rhode Island  0.2%
  1,375     Tobacco Settlement Fin Corp, Ser A     6.250     06/01/42     1,015,369  
                             
         
        South Carolina  2.9%
  1,000     Charleston Ed Excellence Fin Corp SC Rev Charleston Cnty Sch Dist (a)     5.250     12/01/25     1,020,700  
  3,000     Charleston Ed Excellence Fin Corp SC Rev Charleston Cnty Sch Dist (a)     5.250     12/01/26     3,046,560  
  475     Rock Hill, SC Util Sys Rev Comb Rfdg, Ser C (FSA Insd)     5.125     01/01/13     490,110  
  1,235     Rock Hill, SC Util Sys Rev Comb Rfdg, Ser C (FSA Insd)     5.250     01/01/15     1,275,483  
  900     South Carolina Jobs Econ Dev Auth Hlth Fac Rev First Mtg Wesley Commons Rfdg     5.125     10/01/26     582,498  
  1,000     South Carolina Jobs Econ Dev Auth Hlth Fac Rev First Mtg Wesley Commons Rfdg     5.300     10/01/36     573,030  
  460     South Carolina Jobs Econ Dev Auth Hlthcare Fac Rev First Mtg Lutheran Homes Rfdg     5.500     05/01/28     305,900  
  400     South Carolina Jobs Econ Dev Auth Hlthcare Fac Rev First Mtg Lutheran Homes Rfdg     5.625     05/01/42     237,580  
  1,960     South Carolina Jobs Econ Dev Auth Hosp Fac Rev Palmetto Hlth Alliance Rfdg, Ser A     6.250     08/01/31     1,725,251  
  2,500     South Carolina Jobs Econ Dev Auth Indl Rev Elec & Gas Co Proj, Ser A (AMBAC Insd)     5.200     11/01/27     2,515,075  
  725     South Carolina Jobs Econ Dev Auth Rev Woodlands at Furman Proj, Ser A     6.000     11/15/27     506,362  
  470     Tobacco Settlement Rev Mgmt Auth SC Tob Settlement Rev Rfdg     5.000     06/01/18     464,778  
                             
                          12,743,327  
                             
        Tennessee  2.6%
  400     Elizabethton, TN Hlth & Ed Fac Brd Rev Hosp First Mtg Impt & Rfdg, Ser B (Prerefunded @ 7/01/12)     8.000     07/01/33     466,088  
 
 
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Van Kampen Municipal Trust
Portfolio of Investments  n  April 30, 2009 (Unaudited)  
continued
 
                             
Par
               
Amount
               
(000)   Description   Coupon   Maturity   Value
 
 
        Tennessee (Continued)
$ 4,000     Johnson City, TN Hlth & Ed Fac Brd Hosp Rev First Mtg Mtn St Hlth Rfdg, Ser A (NATL Insd) (Prerefunded @ 7/01/12)     7.500 %   07/01/25   $ 4,555,240  
  3,000     Johnson City, TN Hlth & Ed Fac Brd Hosp Rev First Mtg Mtn St Hlth, Ser A     5.500     07/01/36     2,353,710  
  2,650     Shelby Cnty, TN Hlth Ed & Hsg Fac Brd Rev Methodist, Ser B (FSA Insd) (a)     5.250     09/01/27     2,672,181  
  1,500     Shelby Cnty, TN Hlth Ed & Hsg Fac Brd Rev Trezevant Manor Proj, Ser A     5.625     09/01/26     1,047,240  
  365     Tennessee Hsg Dev Agy Home Ownership Pgm 2-A (AMT)     5.700     07/01/31     365,252  
                             
                          11,459,711  
                             
        Texas  19.8%
  1,575     Alliance Arpt Auth Inc TX Spl Fac Rev FedEx Corp Proj Rfdg (AMT)     4.850     04/01/21     1,280,443  
  1,250     Austin, TX Convention Enterprises Inc Convention Ctr Second Tier Rfdg, Ser B (e)     5.750     01/01/24     911,562  
  1,000     Brazos Cnty, TX Hlth Fac Dev Oblig Grp     5.375     01/01/32     821,440  
  740     Dallas Cnty, TX Flood Ctl Dist Rfdg     6.750     04/01/16     750,330  
  1,225     Dallas, TX Civic Ctr Rfdg & Impt (AGL Insd)     5.000     08/15/18     1,349,386  
  1,440     Dallas, TX Civic Ctr Rfdg & Impt (AGL Insd)     5.000     08/15/19     1,572,365  
  1,000     Dallas-Fort Worth, TX Intl Arpt Rev Impt & Rfdg, Ser A (BHAC Insd) (AMT)     5.500     11/01/31     943,400  
  700     Dallas-Fort Worth, TX Intl Arpt Rev Jt, Ser C (NATL Insd) (AMT)     5.750     11/01/18     701,757  
  1,325     Dallas-Fort Worth, TX Intl Arpt Rev Jt, Ser C (NATL Insd) (AMT)     6.000     11/01/23     1,327,650  
  5,250     El Paso Cnty, TX Hosp Dist, Ser A (AGL Insd) (a)     5.000     08/15/37     5,140,748  
  730     Fort Worth, TX Wtr & Swr Rev Impt & Rfdg     5.750     02/15/16     768,143  
  770     Fort Worth, TX Wtr & Swr Rev Impt & Rfdg (Prerefunded @ 8/15/10)     5.750     02/15/16     820,843  
  1,000     Gulf Coast Waste Disp Auth TX Waste Mgmt, Ser D (AMT)     4.550     04/01/12     954,380  
  825     Harris Cnty, TX Hlth Fac Dev Corp Hosp Rev Rfdg Mem Hermann Hlthcare Sys, Ser B     7.250     12/01/35     878,254  
  7,000     Harris Cnty, TX Hlth Fac Dev Corp Rev ARS Christus Hlth, Ser A-3 (FSA Insd) (b) (c)     2.500     07/01/31     7,000,000  
  3,450     Harris Cnty, TX Hlth Fac Dev Corp Rev ARS Christus Hlth, Ser A-4 (FSA Insd) (b) (c)     2.250     07/01/31     3,450,000  
  1,000     Houston, TX Arpt Sys Rev Sub Lien, Ser A (FSA Insd) (AMT)     5.625     07/01/30     964,570  
 
 
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Van Kampen Municipal Trust
Portfolio of Investments  n  April 30, 2009 (Unaudited)  
continued
 
                             
Par
               
Amount
               
(000)   Description   Coupon   Maturity   Value
 
 
        Texas (Continued)
$ 130     Houston, TX Pub Impt & Rfdg (FSA Insd)     5.750 %   03/01/15   $ 137,249  
  8,475     Houston, TX Util Sys Rev Comb First Lien Rfdg, Ser A (FSA Insd)     5.000     11/15/36     8,509,917  
  3,320     Judson, TX Indpt Sch Dist Sch Bldg (AGL Insd) (a)     5.000     02/01/37     3,330,358  
  1,100     Lufkin, TX Hlth Fac Dev Corp Hlth Sys Rev Mem Hlth Sys East TX     5.500     02/15/32     767,745  
  1,250     Lufkin, TX Hlth Fac Dev Corp Hlth Sys Rev Mem Hlth Sys East TX     5.500     02/15/37     846,000  
  1,250     Matagorda Cnty, TX Navig Dist No 1 Rev Coll Centerpoint Energy Proj Rfdg (b)     5.600     03/01/27     1,138,863  
  1,200     MC Lennan Cnty, TX Pub Fac Corp Proj Rev     6.625     06/01/35     1,284,240  
  1,000     Mesquite, TX Hlth Fac Dev Corp Retirement Fac Christian Care Ctr, Ser A (Prerefunded @ 2/15/10)     7.625     02/15/28     1,064,300  
  1,800     Metropolitan Hlth Fac Dev Corp TX Wilson N Jones Mem Hosp Proj     7.250     01/01/31     1,425,618  
  1,500     Mission, TX Econ Dev Corp Solid Waste Disp Rev Waste Mgmt Inc Proj (AMT) (b)     6.000     08/01/20     1,468,260  
  1,000     North Central, TX Hlth Fac Dev Corp Rev Hosp Baylor Hlthcare Sys Proj, Ser A     5.125     05/15/29     951,280  
  4,000     North Central, TX Hlth Fac Dev Hosp Childrens Med Ctr Dallas (AMBAC Insd)     5.250     08/15/32     3,749,560  
  1,000     North TX Twy Auth Rev Rfdg Sys First Tier, Ser B     5.625     01/01/28     1,010,500  
  1,000     North TX Twy Auth Rev Rfdg Sys First Tier, Ser B     6.000     01/01/26     1,046,650  
  1,250     North TX Twy Auth Rev Rfdg Sys First Tier, Ser B     6.000     01/01/27     1,302,150  
  1,550     North TX Twy Auth Rev Rfdg Sys First Tier, Ser L-2 (b)     6.000     01/01/38     1,607,552  
  2,850     North TX Twy Auth Rev Toll Second Tier Rfdg, Ser F     5.750     01/01/33     2,722,206  
  3,027     Region One Ed Svc Ctr Sub Tech Fac Proj (Acquired 12/30/97, Cost $3,157,260) (d)     6.590     12/15/17     3,357,914  
  1,000     Tarrant Cnty, TX Cultural Ed Fac Fin Corp Retirement Fac Buckingham Sr Living Cmnty Inc     5.625     11/15/27     709,970  
  2,700     Tarrant Cnty, TX Cultural Ed Fac Fin Corp Retirement Fac Buckingham Sr Living Cmnty Inc     5.750     11/15/37     1,777,545  
  5,500     Tarrant Cnty, TX Cultural Ed Fac Fin Corp Retirement Fac Buckner Retirement Svc Inc Proj     5.250     11/15/37     4,295,445  
 
 
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Van Kampen Municipal Trust
Portfolio of Investments  n  April 30, 2009 (Unaudited)  
continued
 
                             
Par
               
Amount
               
(000)   Description   Coupon   Maturity   Value
 
 
        Texas (Continued)
$ 450     Tarrant Cnty, TX Cultural Ed Fac Fin Corp Retirement Fac CC Young Mem Home Proj     5.750 %   02/15/25   $ 319,325  
  3,300     Tarrant Cnty, TX Cultural Ed Fac Fin Corp Rev Christus Hlth Rfdg, Ser A (AGL Insd)     6.250     07/01/28     3,552,615  
  2,500     Texas A & M Univ Rev Fin Sys, Ser A     5.000     05/15/27     2,637,275  
  80     Texas Muni Pwr Agy Rev (NATL Insd) (f)     *       09/01/15     67,358  
  165     Texas St Pub Ppty Fin Corp Rev Mental Hlth & Retardation Rfdg (FSA Insd)     5.500     09/01/13     166,521  
  5,750     Texas St Trans Commn Mobility Fd (a)     5.000     04/01/28     5,997,768  
  3,500     Tyler, TX Hlth Fac Dev Corp Hosp Rev & Impt East TX Med Ctr Rfdg, Ser A     5.375     11/01/37     2,427,670  
                             
                          87,307,125  
                             
        Utah  0.1%
  800     Utah St Charter Sch Fin Auth Charter Sch Rev Summit Academy, Ser A     5.800     06/15/38     555,256  
                             
         
        Vermont  0.1%
  1,000     Vermont Econ Dev Auth Mtg Rev Wake Robin Corp Proj, Ser A     5.375     05/01/36     628,850  
                             
         
        Virginia  1.5%
  750     Peninsula Town Ctr Cmnty Dev Auth VA Spl Oblig     6.350     09/01/28     501,525  
  1,340     Richmond, VA (FSA Insd)     5.500     01/15/10     1,388,159  
  2,590     Tobacco Settlement Fin Corp VA     5.500     06/01/26     2,904,504  
  2,000     White Oak Vlg Shops VA Cmnty Dev Auth Spl Assmt Rev     5.300     03/01/17     1,663,660  
                             
                          6,457,848  
                             
        Washington  2.5%
  5,000     Bellevue, WA Convention Ctr Auth Spl Oblig Rev Rfdg (NATL Insd)     *       02/01/24     2,337,500  
  3,000     Energy Northwest WA Elec Rev Proj No 3 Rfdg, Ser A (FSA Insd)     5.500     07/01/18     3,215,220  
  1,350     Kalispel Tribe Indians Priority Dist WA Rev     6.625     01/01/28     1,004,252  
  2,000     Port Seattle, WA Rev, Ser B (NATL Insd) (AMT)     5.625     02/01/24     2,002,320  
  1,345     Tacoma, WA Elec Sys Rev Rfdg, Ser A (FSA Insd)     5.750     01/01/15     1,441,302  
  1,545     Washington St Hsg Fin Commn Nonprofit Rev Custodial Rcpt Wesley Homes, Ser 2007A-2027 (Acquired 5/7/08, Cost $1,545,000) (d) (g)     6.000     01/01/27     1,167,819  
                             
                          11,168,413  
                             
 
 
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Van Kampen Municipal Trust
Portfolio of Investments  n  April 30, 2009 (Unaudited)  
continued
 
                             
Par
               
Amount
               
(000)   Description   Coupon   Maturity   Value
 
 
        West Virginia  1.1%
$ 3,500     Harrison Cnty, WV Cnty Cmnty Solid Waste Disp Rev Allegheny Energy Rfdg, Ser D (AMT)     5.500 %   10/15/37   $ 2,826,635  
  1,000     West Virginia St Hosp Fin Auth Hosp Rev Thomas Hlth Sys     6.000     10/01/20     883,050  
  1,100     West Virginia St Hosp Fin Auth Hosp Rev Thomas Hlth Sys     6.250     10/01/23     941,545  
                             
                          4,651,230  
                             
        Wisconsin  3.2%
  450     Superior, WI Collateralized Util Rev Superior Wtr Lt & Pwr Proj Rfdg, Ser A (AMT)     5.375     11/01/21     403,565  
  410     Superior, WI Collateralized Util Rev Superior Wtr Lt & Pwr Proj Rfdg, Ser B (AMT)     5.750     11/01/37     343,580  
  2,545     Wisconsin Hsg & Econ Dev Auth Home Ownership Rev, Ser A (AMT) (a)     5.300     09/01/23     2,577,322  
  3,200     Wisconsin Hsg & Econ Dev Auth Home Ownership Rev, Ser A (AMT) (a)     5.500     09/01/28     3,180,928  
  1,010     Wisconsin St Gen Rev Appropriation Rev, Ser A     5.375     05/01/25     1,041,128  
  5,000     Wisconsin St Hlth & Ed Fac Auth Mercy Hlth Sys Corp (AMBAC Insd)     5.500     08/15/25     4,432,650  
  400     Wisconsin St Hlth & Ed Fac Auth Rev Beaver Dam Cmnty Hosp Inc, Ser A     6.000     08/15/19     314,924  
  465     Wisconsin St Hlth & Ed Fac Auth Rev Ministry Hlth (FSA Insd)     5.000     08/01/34     427,488  
  1,305     Wisconsin St Hlth & Ed Fac Auth Rev Prohealth Care Inc Oblig Group     6.625     02/15/39     1,312,765  
                             
                          14,034,350  
                             
        Wyoming  0.2%
  1,000     Sweetwater Cnty, WY Solid Waste Disp Rev FMC Corp Proj Rfdg (AMT)     5.600     12/01/35     746,510  
                             
         
        Guam  0.6%
  3,465     Guam Pwr Auth Rev, Ser A (AMBAC Insd)     5.250     10/01/34     2,739,983  
                             
         
        Puerto Rico  0.0%
  65     Puerto Rico Pub Bldgs Auth Rev Govt Fac, Ser I (Comwth Gtd) (Prerefunded @ 7/01/14)     5.250     07/01/33     73,801  
                             
         
Total Investments  178.0%
(Cost $878,987,101)
    783,214,417  
 
 
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Van Kampen Municipal Trust
Portfolio of Investments  n  April 30, 2009 (Unaudited)  
continued
 
                             
Description   Value
 
 
         
Liability for Floating Rate Note Obligations Related to Securities Held  (21.7%)
(Cost ($95,420,000))
       
  (95,420 )   Notes with interest rates ranging from 0.51% to 1.74% at April 30, 2009 and contractual maturities of collateral ranging from 2023 to 2041 (j)   $ (95,420,000 )
                 
         
Total Net Investments  156.3%
(Cost $783,567,101)
    687,794,417  
         
Other Assets in Excess of Liabilities  2.8%
    12,236,604  
         
Preferred Shares (including accrued distributions)  (59.1%)
    (260,032,521 )
         
         
Net Assets Applicable to Common Shares  100.0%
  $ 439,998,500  
         
 
 
Percentages are calculated as a percentage of net assets applicable to common shares.
 
* Zero coupon bond
 
(a) Underlying security related to Inverse Floaters entered into by the Trust. See Note 1.
 
(b) Variable Rate Coupon
 
(c) Security includes a feature allowing the Trust an option on any interest rate payment date to offer the security for sale at par. The sale is contingent upon market conditions.
 
(d) Security is restricted and may be resold only in transactions exempt from registration which are normally those transactions with qualified institutional buyers. Restricted securities comprise 4.1% of net assets applicable to common shares.
 
(e) 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.
 
(f) Escrowed to Maturity
 
(g) Security has been deemed illiquid.
 
(h) Non-income producing security.
 
(i) Security is a “step up” bond where the coupon increases or steps up at a predetermined date.
 
(j) Floating rate notes. The interest rates shown reflect the rate in effect at April 30, 2009.
 
 
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Van Kampen Municipal Trust
Portfolio of Investments  n  April 30, 2009 (Unaudited)  
continued
 
ACA—American Capital Access
AGC—AGC Insured Custody Certificates
AGL—Assured Guaranty Ltd.
AMBAC—AMBAC Indemnity Corp.
AMT—Alternative Minimum Tax
BHAC—Berkshire Hathaway Assurance Corp.
Comwth—Commonwealth of Puerto Rico
FGIC—Financial Guaranty Insurance Co.
FSA—Financial Security Assurance Inc.
GNMA—Government National Mortgage Association
NATL—National Public Finance Guarantee Corp.
Radian—Radian Asset Assurance
Syncora—Syncora Guarantee Inc.
 
 
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Van Kampen Municipal Trust
Financial Statements
 
Statement of Assets and Liabilities
April 30, 2009 (Unaudited)
 
             
Assets:
           
Total Investments (Cost $878,987,101)
  $ 783,214,417      
Receivables:
           
Interest
    13,308,630      
Investments Sold
    804,986      
Other
    1,655      
             
Total Assets
    797,329,688      
             
Liabilities:
           
Payables:
           
Floating Rate Note Obligations
    95,420,000      
Custodian Bank
    723,469      
Investment Advisory Fee
    279,214      
Other Affiliates
    26,691      
Trustees’ Deferred Compensation and Retirement Plans
    580,648      
Accrued Expenses
    268,645      
             
Total Liabilities
    97,298,667      
Preferred Shares (including accrued distributions)
    260,032,521      
             
Net Assets Applicable to Common Shares
  $ 439,998,500      
             
Net Asset Value Per Common Share ($439,998,500 divided by 38,876,005
shares outstanding)
  $ 11.32      
             
Net Assets Consist of:
           
Common Shares ($0.01 par value with an unlimited number of shares authorized, 38,876,005 shares issued and outstanding)
  $ 388,760      
Paid in Surplus
    581,613,414      
Accumulated Undistributed Net Investment Income
    9,300,893      
Accumulated Net Realized Loss
    (55,531,883 )    
Net Unrealized Depreciation
    (95,772,684 )    
             
Net Assets Applicable to Common Shares
  $ 439,998,500      
             
Preferred Shares ($0.01 par value, authorized 100,000,000 shares, 10,400 issued with liquidation preference of $25,000 per share)
  $ 260,000,000      
             
Net Assets Including Preferred Shares
  $ 699,998,500      
             
 
 
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Van Kampen Municipal Trust
Financial Statements  continued
 
Statement of Operations
For the Six Months Ended April 30, 2009 (Unaudited)
 
             
Investment Income:
           
Interest
  $ 23,987,324      
             
Expenses:
           
Investment Advisory Fee
    2,012,905      
Interest and Residual Trust Expenses 
    765,237      
Preferred Share Maintenance
    328,655      
Professional Fees
    108,269      
Accounting and Administrative Expenses
    90,870      
Transfer Agent Fees
    51,104      
Reports to Shareholders 
    37,393      
Custody
    29,761      
Registration Fees
    14,480      
Trustees’ Fees and Related Expenses
    9,927      
Depreciation in Trustees’ Deferred Compensation Accounts
    (135,559 )    
Other
    12,862      
             
Total Expenses
    3,325,904      
Investment Advisory Fee Reduction
    365,983      
             
Net Expenses
    2,959,921      
             
Net Investment Income
  $ 21,027,403      
             
Realized and Unrealized Gain/Loss:
           
Net Realized Loss:
  $ (11,671,785 )    
             
Unrealized Appreciation/Depreciation:
           
Beginning of the Period
    (131,431,647 )    
End of the Period
    (95,772,684 )    
             
Net Unrealized Appreciation During the Period
    35,658,963      
             
Net Realized and Unrealized Gain 
  $ 23,987,178      
             
Distributions to Preferred Shareholders
  $ (1,050,773 )    
             
Net Increase in Net Assets Applicable to Common Shares from Operations
  $ 43,963,808      
             
 
 
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Van Kampen Municipal Trust
Financial Statements  continued
 
Statements of Changes in Net Assets (Unaudited)
 
                 
    For The
  For The
    Six Months Ended
  Year Ended
    April 30, 2009   October 31, 2008
     
 
From Investment Activities:
               
Operations:
               
Net Investment Income
  $ 21,027,403     $ 45,313,019  
Net Realized Loss
    (11,671,785 )     (34,003,750 )
Net Unrealized Appreciation/Depreciation During the Period
    35,658,963       (154,932,547 )
Distributions to Preferred Shareholders:
               
Net Investment Income
    (1,050,773 )     (9,628,094 )
                 
                 
Change in Net Assets Applicable to Common Shares from Operations
    43,963,808       (153,251,372 )
Distributions to Common Shareholders:
               
Net Investment Income
    (16,319,534 )     (31,701,941 )
                 
                 
Net Change in Net Assets Applicable to Common Shares from Investment Activities
    27,644,274       (184,953,313 )
                 
From Capital Transactions:
               
Value of Common Shares Issued Through
Dividend Reinvestment
    313,454       1,035,490  
Repurchase of Shares
    (80,721 )     (3,679,518 )
                 
                 
Net Change in Net Assets Applicable to Common Shares from Capital Transactions
    232,733       (2,644,028 )
                 
Total Increase in Net Assets Applicable to Common Shares
    27,877,007       (187,597,341 )
Net Assets Applicable to Common Shares:
               
Beginning of the Period
    412,121,493       599,718,834  
                 
End of the Period (Including accumulated undistributed net investment income of $9,300,893 and
$5,643,797, respectively)
  $ 439,998,500     $ 412,121,493  
                 
 
 
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Van Kampen Municipal Trust
Financial Statements  continued
 
Statement of Cash Flows
For the Six Months Ended April 30, 2009 (Unaudited)
 
             
Change in Net Assets from Operations (including Preferred Share Distributions)
  $ 43,963,808      
             
Adjustments to Reconcile the Change in Net Assets from Operations to Net Cash Provided by Operating Activities:
           
Purchases of Investments
    (82,620,111 )    
Proceeds from Sales of Investments
    105,156,185      
Net Sales of Short-Term Investments
    2,600,000      
Amortization of Premium
    415,854      
Accretion of Discount
    (751,925 )    
Net Realized Loss on Investments
    11,671,785      
Net Change in Unrealized Depreciation on Investments
    (35,658,963 )    
Increase in Interest Receivables
    (360,117 )    
Decrease in Other Assets
    8,310      
Decrease in Receivable for Investments Sold
    52,991      
Decrease in Investment Advisory Fee Payable
    (6,762 )    
Decrease in Accrued Expenses
    (67,694 )    
Decrease in Other Affiliates Payable
    (8,987 )    
Decrease in Trustees’ Deferred Compensation and Retirement Plans
    (133,249 )    
Decrease in Investments Purchased Payable
    (3,672,387 )    
Increase in Custodian Bank Payable
    723,469      
             
Total Adjustments
    (2,651,601 )    
             
Net Cash Provided by Operating Activities
    41,312,207      
             
Cash Flows From Financing Activities
           
Repurchased Shares
    (80,721 )    
Dividends Paid (net of reinvested dividends $313,454)
    (16,197,440 )    
Proceeds from and Repayments of Floating Rate Note Obligations
    (25,505,000 )    
             
Net Cash Used for Financing Activities
    (41,783,161 )    
             
Net Decrease in Cash
    (470,954 )    
Cash at the Beginning of the Period
    470,954      
             
Cash at the End of the Period
  $ -0-      
             
Supplemental Disclosures of Cash Flow Information
           
Cash Paid During the Period for Interest
  $ 765,237      
             
 
 
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Van Kampen Municipal Trust
Financial Highlights (Unaudited)
 
The following schedule presents financial highlights for one common share of the Trust outstanding throughout the periods indicated.
 
                                                     
    Six Months
                       
    Ended
                       
    April 30,
  Year Ended October 31,
    2009   2008   2007   2006   2005   2004    
     
 
Net Asset Value, Beginning of the Period
  $ 10.61     $ 15.35     $ 16.33     $ 16.15     $ 16.60     $ 16.25      
                                                     
Net Investment Income
    0.54 (a)     1.17 (a)     1.09 (a)     1.02 (a)     1.02       1.03      
Net Realized and Unrealized Gain/Loss
    0.62       (4.84 )     (0.97 )     0.48       (0.41 )     0.37      
Common Share Equivalent of Distributions Paid to Preferred Shareholders:
                                                   
Net Investment Income
    (0.03 )     (0.25 )     (0.31 )     (0.24 )     (0.18 )     (0.09 )    
Net Realized Gain
    -0-       -0-       -0-       (0.05 )     -0-       -0- (f)    
                                                     
Total from Investment Operations
    1.13       (3.92 )     (0.19 )     1.21       0.43       1.31      
Distributions Paid to Common Shareholders:
                                                   
Net Investment Income
    (0.42 )     (0.82 )     (0.79 )     (0.79 )     (0.88 )     (0.94 )    
Net Realized Gain
    -0-       -0-       -0-       (0.24 )     -0-       (0.02 )    
                                                     
Net Asset Value, End of the Period
  $ 11.32     $ 10.61     $ 15.35     $ 16.33     $ 16.15     $ 16.60      
                                                     
                                                     
Common Share Market Price at End of the Period
  $ 11.40     $ 10.15     $ 13.85     $ 14.86     $ 14.02     $ 14.90      
Total Return* (b)
    16.92% **     –22.15%       –1.88%       13.84%       0.01%       9.15%      
Net Assets Applicable to
Common Shares at End of the Period (In millions)
  $ 440.0     $ 412.1     $ 599.7     $ 643.1     $ 635.9     $ 603.6      
Ratio of Expenses to Average Net Assets Applicable to Common Shares* (c)
    1.45%       2.05%       2.14%       1.23%       1.06%       1.19%      
Ratio of Net Investment Income to Average Net Assets Applicable to Common Shares* (c)
    10.27%       8.31%       6.84%       6.40%       6.21%       6.24%      
Portfolio Turnover
    11% **     67%       25%       28%       33%       19%      
*  If certain expenses had not been voluntarily assumed by Van Kampen, total return would have been lower and the ratios would have been as follows:
Ratio of Expenses to Average Net Assets Applicable to Common Shares (c)
    1.62%       2.21%       2.28%       N/A       N/A       N/A      
Ratio of Net Investment Income to Average Net Assets Applicable to Common Shares (c)
    10.09%       8.15%       6.70%       N/A       N/A       N/A      
                                                     
Supplemental Ratios:                                                    
Ratio of Expenses (Excluding Interest and Residual Trust Expenses) to Average Net Assets Applicable to Common Shares (c)
    1.07%       0.96%       0.95%       1.11%       1.06%       1.19%      
Ratio of Expenses (Excluding Interest and Residual Trust Expense) to Average Net Assets Including Preferred Shares (c)
    0.66%       0.61%       0.63%       0.73%       0.71%       0.79%      
Ratio of Net Investment Income to Average Net Assets Applicable to Common Shares (d)
    9.75%       6.55%       4.92%       4.91%       5.12%       5.70%      
                                                     
Senior Securities:                                                    
Total Preferred Shares Outstanding
    10,400       10,400       13,000       13,000       13,000       12,000      
Asset Coverage Per Preferred Share (e)
  $ 67,311     $ 64,637     $ 71,143     $ 74,490     $ 73,933     $ 75,312      
Involuntary Liquidating Preference Per Preferred Share
  $ 25,000     $ 25,000     $ 25,000     $ 25,000     $ 25,000     $ 25,000      
Average Market Value Per Preferred Share
  $ 25,000     $ 25,000     $ 25,000     $ 25,000     $ 25,000     $ 25,000      
 
** Non-Annualized
(a) Based on average shares outstanding.
(b) Total return assumes an investment at the common share market price at the beginning of the period indicated, reinvestment of all distributions for the period in accordance with the Trust’s dividend reinvestment plan, and sale of all shares at the closing common share market price at the end of the period indicated.
(c) Ratios do not reflect the effect of dividend payments to preferred shareholders.
(d) Ratios reflect the effect of dividend payments to preferred shareholders.
(e) Calculated by subtracting the Trust’s total liabilities (not including the preferred shares) from the Trust’s total assets and dividing this by the number of preferred shares outstanding.
(f) Amount is less than $0.01 per share.
N/A=Not applicable
 
 
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Van Kampen Municipal Trust
Notes to Financial Statements  n  April 30, 2009 (Unaudited)
 
1. Significant Accounting Policies
Van Kampen Municipal Trust (the “Trust”) is registered as a diversified, closed-end management investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”). The Trust’s investment objective is to seek to provide a high level of current income exempt from federal income tax, consistent with preservation of capital. The Trust will invest in a portfolio consisting substantially of municipal obligations rated investment grade at the time of investment, but may invest up to 20% of its assets in unrated securities which are believed to be of comparable quality to those rated investment grade. The Trust commenced investment operations on September 27, 1991.
The following is a summary of significant accounting policies consistently followed by the Trust 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 Municipal bonds are valued by independent pricing services or dealers using the mean of the last reported bid and asked prices or, in the absence of market quotations, at fair value based upon yield data relating to municipal bonds with similar characteristics and general market conditions. Securities which are not valued by independent pricing services or dealers are valued at fair value using 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. Factors considered in making this determination may include, but are not limited to, information obtained by contacting the issuer, analysts, or the appropriate stock exchange (for exchange-traded securities), analysis of the issuer’s financial statements or other available documents and, if necessary, available information concerning other securities in similar circumstances. Short-term securities with remaining maturities of 60 days or less are valued at amortized cost, which approximates market value.
The Trust adopted Financial Accounting Standards Board Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 157, Fair Value Measurements (FAS 157), effective November 1, 2008. In accordance with FAS 157, fair value is defined as the price that the Trust would receive to sell an investment or pay to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction with an independent buyer in the principal market, or in the absence of a principal market the most advantageous market for the investment or liability. FAS 157 establishes a three-tier hierarchy to distinguish between (1) inputs that reflect the assumptions market participants would use in pricing an asset or liability developed based on market data obtained from sources independent of the reporting entity (observable inputs) and (2) inputs that reflect the reporting entity’s own assumptions about the assumptions market participants would use in pricing an asset or liability developed based on the best information available in the circumstances (unobservable inputs) and to establish classification of fair value measurements
 
 
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Van Kampen Municipal Trust
Notes to Financial Statements  
n  April 30, 2009 (Unaudited)  continued
 
for disclosure purposes. Various inputs are used in determining the value of the Trust’s investments. The inputs are summarized in the three broad levels listed below.
 
Level 1— quoted prices in active markets for identical investments
Level 2— other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar investments, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, etc.)
Level 3— significant unobservable inputs (including the Trust’s own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments)
 
The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities.
The following is a summary of the inputs used as of April 30, 2009 in valuing the Trust’s investments carried at value:
 
         
    Investments in
Valuation Inputs   Securities
 
Level 1—Quoted Prices
  $ -0-  
Level 2—Other Significant Observable Inputs
    783,214,417  
Level 3—Significant Unobservable Inputs
    -0-  
         
Total
  $ 783,214,417  
         
 
B. Security Transactions Security transactions are recorded on a trade date basis. Realized gains and losses are determined on an identified cost basis. The Trust 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 Trust will segregate assets with the 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 April 30, 2009, the Trust had no when-issued or delayed delivery purchase commitments.
 
C. Investment Income Interest income is recorded on an accrual basis. Bond premium is amortized and discount is accreted over the expected life of each applicable security.
 
D. Federal Income Taxes It is the Trust’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. Financial Accounting Standards Board Interpretation No. 48, Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes sets forth a minimum threshold for financial statement recognition of the benefit of a tax position taken or expected to be taken in a tax return. Management has concluded there are no significant uncertain tax positions that would require recognition in the financial statements. If applicable, the Trust recognizes interest accrued related to unrecognized tax benefits in “Interest Expense” and penalties in “Other” expenses on the Statement of Operations. The Trust files tax returns with the U.S. Internal Revenue Service, New York and various states. Generally, each of the tax years in the four year period ended October 31, 2008, remains subject to examination by taxing authorities.
 
 
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Van Kampen Municipal Trust
Notes to Financial Statements  
n  April 30, 2009 (Unaudited)  continued
 
The Trust 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 October 31, 2008, the Trust had an accumulated capital loss carry forward for tax purposes of $45,488,575, which will expire according to the following schedule:
 
                 
Amount       Expiration
 
$ 468,317           October 31, 2009  
  929,222           October 31, 2010  
  2,903,782           October 31, 2012  
  593,665           October 31, 2014  
  6,620,583           October 31, 2015  
  33,973,006           October 31, 2016  
 
A portion of the capital loss carry forward above was acquired due to a merger with another regulated investment company and is subject to annual limitations.
At April 30, 2009, the cost and related gross unrealized appreciation and depreciation were as follows:
 
         
Cost of investments for tax purposes
  $ 770,224,510  
         
Gross tax unrealized appreciation
    19,488,468  
Gross tax unrealized depreciation
    (101,905,923 )
         
Net tax unrealized depreciation on investments
  $ (82,417,455 )
         
 
E. Distribution of Income and Gains The Trust declares and pays monthly dividends from net investment income to common shareholders. Net realized gains, if any, are distributed at least annually on a pro rata basis to common and preferred shareholders. Distributions from net realized gains for book purposes may include short-term capital gains and a portion of futures gains, which are included as ordinary income for tax purposes.
The tax character of distributions paid during the year ended October 31, 2008 was as follows:
 
         
Distributions paid from:
       
Ordinary income
  $ 15,123  
Tax exempt income
    41,341,380  
Long-term capital gain
    -0-  
         
    $ 41,356,503  
         
 
As of October 31, 2008, the components of distributable earnings on a tax basis were as follows:
 
         
Undistributed ordinary income
  $ 53,907  
Undistributed tax-exempt income
    5,986,777  
Undistributed long-term capital gain
    -0-  
 
 
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Van Kampen Municipal Trust
Notes to Financial Statements  
n  April 30, 2009 (Unaudited)  continued
 
Net realized gains or losses may differ for financial reporting and tax purposes primarily as a result of gains or losses recognized on securities for tax purposes but not for book purposes and the deferral of losses relating to wash sale transactions.
 
F. Floating Rate Note Obligations Related to Securities Held The Trust enters into transactions in which it transfers to dealer trusts fixed rate bonds in exchange for cash and residual interests in the dealer trusts’ assets and cash flows, which are in the form of inverse floating rate investments. The dealer trusts fund the purchases of the fixed rate bonds by issuing floating rate notes to third parties and allowing the Trust to retain residual interests in the bonds. The Trust enters into shortfall agreements with the dealer trusts, which commit the Trust to pay the dealer trusts, in certain circumstances, the difference between the liquidation value of the fixed rate bonds held by the dealer trusts and the liquidation value of the floating rate notes held by third parties, as well as any shortfalls in interest cash flows. The residual interests held by the Trust (inverse floating rate investments) include the right of the Trust (1) to cause the holders of the floating rate notes to tender their notes at par at the next interest rate reset date, and (2) to transfer the municipal bond from the dealer trusts to the Trust, thereby collapsing the dealer trusts. The Trust accounts for the transfer of bonds to the dealer trusts as secured borrowings, with the securities transferred remaining in the Trust’s investment assets, and the related floating rate notes reflected as Trust liabilities under the caption “Floating Rate Note Obligations” on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. The Trust records the interest income from the fixed rate bonds under the caption “Interest” and records the expenses related to floating rate note obligations and any administrative expenses of the dealer trusts under the caption “Interest and Residual Trust Expenses” on the Trust’s Statement of Operations. The notes issued by the dealer trusts have interest rates that reset weekly and the floating rate note holders have the option to tender their notes to the dealer trusts for redemption at par at each reset date. At April 30, 2009, Trust investments with a value of $161,336,768 are held by the dealer trusts and serve as collateral for the $95,420,000 in floating rate notes outstanding at that date. Contractual maturities of the floating rate notes and interest rates in effect at April 30, 2009 are presented on the Portfolio of Investments. The average floating rate notes outstanding and average annual interest and fee rate related to residual interests during the six months ended April 30, 2009 were $106,028,138 and 1.46%, respectively.
 
2. Investment Advisory Agreement and Other Transactions with Affiliates
Under the terms of the Trust’s Investment Advisory Agreement, Van Kampen Asset Management (the “Adviser”) provides investment advice and facilities to the Trust for an annual fee payable monthly of .55% of the average daily net assets including current preferred shares and leverage of $65,000,000 entered into to retire previously issued preferred shares of the Trust. The Adviser has agreed to waive investment advisory fees equal to .10% of the average daily net assets including preferred shares and leverage of $65,000,000 entered into to retire previously issued preferred shares of the Trust. During the six months ended April 30, 2009, the Adviser waived approximately $366,000 of its advisory fees. The waiver is voluntary and can be discontinued at any time.
For the six months ended April 30, 2009, the Trust recognized expenses of approximately $49,900 representing legal services provided by Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, of
 
 
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Van Kampen Municipal Trust
Notes to Financial Statements  
n  April 30, 2009 (Unaudited)  continued
 
which a trustee of the Trust is a partner of such firm and he and his law firm provide legal services as legal counsel to the Trust.
Under separate Legal Services, Accounting Services and Chief Compliance Officer (CCO) Employment agreements, the Adviser provides accounting and legal services and the CCO provides compliance services to the Trust. The costs of these services are allocated to each trust. For the six months ended April 30, 2009, the Trust recognized expenses of approximately $64,400 representing Van Kampen Investments Inc.’s or its affiliates’ (collectively “Van Kampen”) cost of providing accounting and legal services to the Trust, as well as the salary, benefits and related costs of the CCO and related support staff paid by Van Kampen. Services provided pursuant to the Legal Services agreement are reported as part of “Professional Fees” on the Statement of Operations. Services provided pursuant to the Accounting Services and CCO Employment agreement are reported as part of “Accounting and Administrative Expenses” on the Statement of Operations.
Certain officers and trustees of the Trust are also officers and directors of Van Kampen. The Trust does not compensate its officers or trustees who are also officers of Van Kampen.
The Trust 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 Trust. The maximum annual benefit per trustee under the plan is $2,500.
 
3. Capital Transactions
For the six months ended April 30, 2009 and the year ended October 31, 2008, transactions in common shares were as follows:
 
                 
    Six Months Ended
  Year Ended
    April 30, 2009   October 31, 2008
 
Beginning Shares
    38,856,411       39,063,367  
Shares Issued Through Dividend Reinvestment
    28,229       73,379  
Shares Repurchased*
    (8,635 )     (280,335 )
                 
Ending Shares
    38,876,005       38,856,411  
                 
 
* The Trust has a share repurchase program for purposes of enhancing stockholder value and reducing the discount at which the Trust’s shares trade from their net asset value. For the six months ended April 30, 2009 and the year ended October 31, 2008, the Trust repurchased 8,600 and 280,335, respectively of its shares at an average discount of 11.28% and 8.12% respectively from net asset value per share. The Trust expects to continue to repurchase its outstanding shares at such time and in such amounts as it believes such activity will further the accomplishment of the foregoing objectives, subject to review of the Trustees.
 
4. Investment Transactions
During the period, the cost of purchases and proceeds from sales of investments, excluding short-term investments, were $82,620,111 and $105,156,185, respectively.
 
5. 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.
 
 
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Van Kampen Municipal Trust
Notes to Financial Statements  
n  April 30, 2009 (Unaudited)  continued
 
In order to seek to manage the interest rate exposure of the Trust’s portfolio in a changing interest rate environment, the Trust may purchase or sell financial futures contracts or engage in transactions involving caps, floors or collars. The Trust expects to enter into these transactions primarily as a hedge against anticipated interest rate or fixed-income market changes, for duration management or for risk management purposes, but may also enter into these transactions to generate additional income. All of the Trust’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 generally recognized.
Summarized below are the specific types of derivative financial instruments used by the Trust.
 
A. Futures Contracts A futures contract is an agreement involving the delivery of a particular asset on a specified future date at an agreed upon price. The Trust generally invests in exchange traded futures contracts on U.S. Treasury securities and typically closes the contract prior to the delivery date. These contracts are generally used to manage the Trust’s effective maturity and duration. Upon entering into futures contracts, the Trust 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 the rules and regulations promulgated under the 1940 Act, 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. There were no futures transactions for the six months ended April 30, 2009.
 
B. Inverse Floating Rate Investments The Trust may invest a portion of its assets in inverse floating rate municipal securities, which are variable debt instruments that pay interest at rates that move in the opposite direction of prevailing interest rates. These investments are typically used by the Trust in seeking to enhance the yield of the portfolio or used as an alternative form of leverage in order to redeem a portion of the Trust’s preferred shares. Inverse floating rate investments tend to underperform the market for fixed rate bonds in a rising interest rate environment, but tend to outperform the market for fixed rate bonds when interest rates decline or remain relatively stable. Inverse floating rate investments have varying degrees of liquidity. Inverse floating rate securities in which the Trust may invest include derivative instruments such as residual interest bonds (“RIBs”) or tender option bonds (“TOBs”). Such instruments are typically created by a special purpose trust that holds long-term fixed rate bonds (which may be tendered by the Trust in certain instances) and sells two classes of beneficial interests: short-term floating rate interests, which are sold to third party investors, and inverse floating residual interests, which are purchased by the Trust. The short-term floating rate interests have first priority on the cash flow from the bonds held by the special purpose trust and the Trust is paid the residual cash flow from the bonds held by the special purpose trust.
The Trust generally invests in inverse floating rate investments that include embedded leverage, thus exposing the Trust to greater risks and increased costs. The market value of a “leveraged” inverse floating rate investment generally will fluctuate in response to changes in
 
 
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Van Kampen Municipal Trust
Notes to Financial Statements  
n  April 30, 2009 (Unaudited)  continued
 
market rates of interest to a greater extent than the value of an unleveraged investment. The extent of increases and decreases in the value of inverse floating rate investments generally will be larger than changes in an equal principal amount of a fixed rate security having similar credit quality, redemption provisions and maturity, which may cause the Trust’s net asset value to be more volatile than if it had not invested in inverse floating rate investments.
In certain instances, the short-term floating rate interests created by the special purpose trust may not be able to be sold to third parties or, in the case of holders tendering (or putting) such interests for repayment of principal, may not be able to be remarketed to third parties. In such cases, the special purpose trust holding the long-term fixed rate bonds may be collapsed. In the case of RIBs or TOBs created by the contribution of long-term fixed income bonds by the Trust, the Trust will then be required to repay the principal amount of the tendered securities. During times of market volatility, illiquidity or uncertainty, the Trust could be required to sell other portfolio holdings at a disadvantageous time to raise cash to meet that obligation.
 
6. Preferred Shares
The Trust has outstanding 10,400 Auction Preferred Shares (APS). Series A, Series B, Series C and Series D each contain 2,400 shares and Series E contains 800 shares. Dividends are cumulative and the dividend rates are generally reset every 7 days for Series A and Series C, while Series B, Series D and Series E are generally reset every 28 days through an auction process. Beginning on February 12, 2008 and continuing through April 30, 2009, all series of preferred shares of the Trust were not successfully remarketed. As a result, the dividend rates of these preferred shares were reset to the maximum applicable rate on APS. The average rate in effect on April 30, 2009 was 0.378%. During the six months ended April 30, 2009, the rates ranged from 0.265% to 3.475%.
Historically, the Trust paid annual fees equivalent to .25% of the preferred share liquidation value for the remarketing efforts associated with the preferred auction. Effective March 16, 2009, the Trust decreased this amount to .15% due to auction failures. In the future, if auctions no longer fail, the Trust may return to an annual fee payment of .25% of the preferred share liquidation value. These fees are included as a component of “Preferred Share Maintenance” expense on the Statement of Operations.
The APS are redeemable at the option of the Trust in whole or in part at the liquidation value of $25,000 per share plus accumulated and unpaid dividends. The Trust is subject to certain asset coverage tests and the APS are subject to mandatory redemption if the tests are not met.
The Trust has the option to enter into additional inverse floating rate securities as an alternative form of leverage in order to redeem and retire a portion of its preferred shares. For the six months ended April 30, 2009, the Trust did not exercise this option.
 
7. Indemnifications
The Trust enters into contracts that contain a variety of indemnifications. The Trust’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown. However, the Trust has not had prior claims or losses pursuant to these contracts and expects the risk of loss to be remote.
 
 
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Van Kampen Municipal Trust
Notes to Financial Statements  
n  April 30, 2009 (Unaudited)  continued
 
8. Accounting Pronouncements
On March 19, 2008, Financial Accounting Standards Board released Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 161, Disclosures about Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities (FAS 161). FAS 161 requires qualitative disclosures about objectives and strategies for using derivatives, quantitative disclosures about fair value amounts of and gains and losses on derivative instruments, and disclosures about credit-risk-related contingent features in derivative agreements. The application of FAS 161 is required for fiscal years beginning after November 15, 2008. At this time, management does not believe the adoption of FAS 161 will impact the financial statement amounts; however, additional footnote disclosures may be required about the use of derivative instruments and hedging items.
On April 9, 2009, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued Staff Position No. 157-4, Determining Fair Value When the Volume and Level of Activity for the Asset or Liability Have Significantly Decreased and Identifying Transactions That Are Not Orderly (FSP 157-4). FSP 157-4 provides additional guidance for estimating fair value in accordance with FAS 157 when the volume and level of activity for the assets or liability have significantly decreased. FSP 157-4 also requires additional disaggregation of the current FAS 157 required disclosures. FSP 157-4 is effective for interim and annual reporting periods ending after June 15, 2009, and shall be applied prospectively. At this time, management is evaluating the implications of FSP 157-4 and the impact it will have on the Financial Statement disclosures.
 
 
 
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Van Kampen Municipal Trust
Board of Trustees, Officers and Important Addresses
 
     
Board of Trustees
David C. Arch
Jerry D. Choate
Rod Dammeyer
Linda Hutton Heagy
R. Craig Kennedy
Howard J Kerr
Jack E. Nelson
Hugo F. Sonnenschein
Wayne W. Whalen* – 
Chairman
Suzanne H. Woolsey
 
Officers
Edward C. Wood III
President and Principal Executive Officer
Kevin Klingert
Vice President
Stefanie V. Chang Yu
Vice President and Secretary
John L. Sullivan
Chief Compliance Officer
Stuart N. Schuldt
Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
  Investment Adviser
Van Kampen Asset Management
522 Fifth Avenue
New York, New York 10036

Custodian
State Street Bank
and Trust Company
One Lincoln Street
Boston, Massachusetts 02111

Transfer Agent
Computershare Trust Company, N.A.
c/o Computershare Investor Services
P.O. Box 43078
Providence, Rhode Island 02940-3078

Legal Counsel
Skadden, Arps, Slate,
Meagher & Flom LLP
155 North Wacker Drive
Chicago, IL 60606

Independent Registered
Public Accounting Firm
Deloitte & Touche LLP
111 South Wacker Drive
Chicago, Illinois 60606-4301
 
 
 
* “Interested persons” of the Trust, as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
 
 
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Van Kampen Municipal Trust
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.
 
This 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 and understand your concerns about safeguarding such information. We strive to maintain the privacy of such information while we help you achieve your financial objectives. This Policy describes what nonpublic personal information we collect about you, how we collect it, when we may share it with others, and how others may use it. It discusses the steps you may take to limit our sharing of information about you with affiliated Van Kampen companies (“affiliated companies”). It also discloses how you may limit our affiliates’ use of shared information for marketing purposes. Throughout this Policy, we refer to the nonpublic information that personally identifies you or your accounts as “personal information.”
 
1. What Personal Information Do We Collect About You?
 
To better serve you and manage our business, it is important that we collect and maintain accurate information about you. We obtain this information from applications and other forms you submit to us, from your dealings with us, from consumer reporting agencies and from third parties and other sources. For example:
 
  •   We collect information such as your name, address, e-mail address, phone number and account title.  
 
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An Important Notice Concerning Our
U.S. Privacy Policy  continued
 
  •   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, 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 better serve you, to manage our business and as otherwise required or permitted by law, we may disclose personal information we collect about you to other affiliated companies and to nonaffiliated third parties.
 
A. Information We Disclose to Our Affiliated Companies. In order to manage your account(s) effectively, including servicing and processing your transactions, to let you know about products and services offered by us and affiliated companies, to manage our business, and as otherwise required or permitted by law, we may disclose personal information to other affiliated companies. Offers for products and services from affiliated companies are developed under conditions designed to safeguard your personal information.
 
B. Information We Disclose to Third Parties. We do not disclose personal information that we collect about you to nonaffiliated third parties except to enable them to provide marketing services on our behalf, to perform joint marketing agreements with other financial institutions, and as otherwise required or permitted by law. For example, some instances where we may disclose information about you to third
 
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Van Kampen Municipal Trust
An Important Notice Concerning Our
U.S. Privacy Policy  continued
 
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 a nonaffiliated third party, 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.
 
4. How Can You Limit the Sharing of Certain Types of Personal Information With Affiliated Companies?
 
We respect your privacy and offer you choices as to whether we share with affiliated companies personal information that was collected to determine your eligibility for products and services you request (“eligibility information”). Please note that, even if you direct us not to share eligibility information with affiliated companies (“opt-out”), we may still share personal information, including eligibility information, with those companies in circumstances excluded from the opt-out under applicable law, such as to process transactions or to service your account. We may also share certain other types of personal information with affiliated companies—such as your name, address, telephone number, e-mail address and account number(s), and information about your transactions and experiences with us.
 
5. How Can You Limit the Use of Certain Types of Personal Information by Affiliated Companies for Marketing?
 
You may limit affiliated companies from marketing their products or services to you based on your personal information that they receive from affiliated companies. This information includes your income, assets and account history. Your choice to limit marketing offers from affiliated companies will apply until you tell us to change your choice.
 
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Van Kampen Municipal Trust
An Important Notice Concerning Our
U.S. Privacy Policy  continued
 
If you wish to opt-out of sharing and to limit marketing offers, you may do so by:
 
  •   Calling us at (800) 847-2424
Monday-Friday between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m. (ET)
 
 
  •   Writing to us at the following address:
Van Kampen Privacy Department
Harborside Financial Center, Plaza Two, 3rd Floor
Jersey City, NJ 07311
 
 
If you choose to write to us, your written request should include your name, address, telephone number and account number(s) to which the opt-out applies and should not be sent with any other correspondence. In order to process your request, we require that the request be provided by you directly and not through a third party.
 
If you have previously notified us about your privacy preferences, it is not necessary to do so again unless you decide to change your preferences. Your opt-out preference will remain in effect with respect to this Policy (as it may be amended) until you notify us otherwise in writing. If you have a joint account, your direction for us not to share this information with other affiliated companies and for those affiliated companies not to use your personal information for marketing will be applied to all account holders on that account.
 
Please understand that if you opt-out, you and any joint account holders may not receive information about affiliated company products and services that could help you manage your financial resources and achieve your investment objectives.
 
If you hold more than one account with Van Kampen, you may receive multiple privacy policies from us, and would need to follow the directions stated in each particular policy for each account you have with us.
 
SPECIAL NOTICE TO RESIDENTS OF VERMONT
 
This section supplements our Policy with respect to our individual clients who have a Vermont address and supersedes anything to the contrary in the above Policy with respect to those clients only.
 
The State of Vermont requires financial institutions to obtain your consent prior to sharing personal information that they collect about you with affiliated companies and nonaffiliated third parties other than in certain limited circumstances. Except as permitted by law, we will not share personal information we collect about you with nonaffiliated third parties or other affiliated companies unless you provide us with your written consent to share such information (“opt-in”).
 
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An Important Notice Concerning Our
U.S. Privacy Policy  continued
 
If you wish to receive offers for investment products and services offered by or through other affiliated companies, please notify us in writing at the following address:
 
      Van Kampen Privacy Department
Harborside Financial Center, Plaza Two, 3rd Floor
Jersey City, NJ 07311
 
 
Your authorization should include your name, address, telephone number and account number(s) to which the opt-in applies and should not be sent with any other correspondence. In order to process your authorization, we require that the authorization be provided by you directly and not through a third-party.
 
 
Van Kampen Funds Inc.
522 Fifth Avenue
New York, New York 10036
www.vankampen.com
 
Copyright ©2009 Van Kampen Funds Inc.
All rights reserved. Member FINRA/SIPC
 
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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.
(a) Please refer to Item #1.
(b) Not applicable.
Item 7. Disclosure of Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures for Closed-End Management Investment Companies.
Not applicable for semi-annual reports.
Item 8. Portfolio Managers of Closed-End Management Investment Companies.
Not applicable for semi-annual reports.
Item 9. Purchases of Equity Securities by Closed-End Management Investment Company and Affiliated Purchasers.

                                 
                    Total Number of      
                    Shares Purchased     Maximum Number  
                    as     of Shares that may  
                    Part of Publicly     yet be Purchased  
    Total Number of     Average Price     Announced Plans     Under the Plans or  
Period   Shares Purchased     Paid per Share     or Programs     Programs  
 
November
    8,600       9.36       8,600       3,325,528  
December
                            3,325,528  
January
                            3,325,528  
February
                            3,325,528  
March
                            3,325,528  
April
                            3,325,528  
The Trust expects to continue to repurchase its outstanding shares at such time and in such amounts as it believes will further the accomplishment of the foregoing objectives, subject to review by the Board of Trustees.

 


 

Item 10. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
Not applicable.
Item 11. Controls and Procedures
(a) The Trust’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer have concluded that the Trust’s disclosure controls and procedures are sufficient to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the Trust in this Form N-CSRS 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 second fiscal quarter of the period covered by this report that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.
Item 12. Exhibits.
(1) Code of Ethics — Not applicable for semi-annual reports.
(2)(a) A certification for the Principal Executive Officer of the registrant is attached hereto as part of EX-99.CERT.
(2)(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 Municipal Trust
By: /s/ Edward C. Wood III
Name: Edward C. Wood III
Title: Principal Executive Officer
Date: June 23, 2009
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/ Edward C. Wood III
Name: Edward C. Wood III
Title: Principal Executive Officer
Date: June 23, 2009
By: /s/ Stuart N. Schuldt
Name: Stuart N. Schuldt
Title: Principal Financial Officer
Date: June 23, 2009