U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 24F-2
Annual Notice of Securities Sold
Pursuant to Rule 24f-2
Read instructions at end of Form before preparing Form.
Please print or type.
1. Name and address of issuer: Van Kampen American Capital High Income
Corporate Bond Fund
One Parkview Plaza
Oakbrook Terrace, IL 60181
2. Name of each series or class of funds for which this notice is filed:
Van Kampen American Capital High Income Corporate Bond Fund
3. Investment Company Act File Number: 811-2851
Securities Act File Number: 2-62115
4. Last day of fiscal year for which this notice is filed: August 31, 1996
5. Check box if this notice is being filed more than 180 days after the close
of the issuer's fiscal year for purposes of reporting securities sold after
the close of the fiscal year but before termination of the issuer's 24f-2
declaration: [ ]
6. Date of termination of issuer's declaration under rule 24f-2(a)(1), if
applicable (see Instruction A.6):
7. Number and amount of securities of the same class or series which had been
registered under the Securities Act of 1933 other than pursuant to rule 24f-2
in a prior fiscal year, but which remained unsold at the beginning of the
fiscal year:
- 0 -
8. Number and amount of securities registered during the year other than
pursuant to rule 24f-2:
12,105,888
9. Number and aggregate sale price of securities sold during the fiscal year:
27,710,608 $175,101,343
10. Number and aggregate sale price of securities sold during the fiscal year
in reliance upon registration pursuant to rule 24f-2:
15,604,720 $98,605,106
11. Number and aggregate sale price of securities issued during the fiscal
year in connection with dividend reinvestment plans, if applicable (see
Instruction B.7):
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(i) Aggregate sale price of securities sold during the fiscal year in reliance on rule 24f-2 (from Item 10): $ 98,605,106
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(ii) Aggregate price of shares issued in connection with dividend reinvestment plans (from Item 11, if
applicable): + --
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(iii) Aggregate price of shares redeemed or repurchased during the fiscal year (if applicable): - 150,954,434
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(iv) Aggregate price of shares redeemed or repurchased and previously applied as a reduction to filing fees
pursuant to rule 24e-2 (if applicable): + - 0 -
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(v) Net aggregate price of securities sold and issued during the fiscal year in reliance on rule 24f-2 [line
(i), plus line (ii), less line (iii), plus line (iv)] (if applicable): - 0 -
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(vi) Multiplier prescribed by Section 6(b) of the Securities Act of 1933 or other applicable law or regulation
(see Instruction C.6): * .3300
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(vii) Fee due [line (i) or line (v) multiplied by line (vi)]: $ - 0 -
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Instruction: Issuers should complete lines (ii), (iii), (iv) and (v) only if the form is being filed within 60 days after the
close of the issuer's fiscal year. See Instruction C.3.
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13. Check box if fees are being remitted to the Commission's lockbox
depository as described in section 3a of the Commission's Rules of Informal
and Other Procedures (17 CFR 202.3a). [ ]
Date of mailing or wire transfer of filing fees to the Commission's lockbox
depository:
SIGNATURES
This report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the
issuer and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
By (Signature and Title)* /s/ Nicholas Dalmaso
Nicholas Dalmaso
Assistant Secretary
Date: October 29, 1996
*Please print the name and title of the signing officer below the signature.
SKADDEN, ARPS, SLATE, MEAGHER & FLOM
(ILLINOIS)
333 WEST WACKER DRIVE
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS 60606-1285
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(312) 407-0700
FAX: (312) 407-0411
October 30, 1996
Van Kampen American Capital
High Income Corporate Bond Fund
One Parkview Plaza
Oakbrook Terrace, IL 60181
Re: Filing of Form 24f-2
Ladies and Gentlemen:
We have acted as special counsel to Van Kampen
American Capital High Income Corporate Bond Fund (the
"Trust"), a Delaware business trust, which was formerly
known as American Capital High Income Corporate Bond Fund
(the "Former Trust"), a Maryland corporation, in connection
with the filing of its Form 24f-2 (the "Form 24f-2") with
the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission").
As of July21, 1995, the Former Trust was reorganized from
a Maryland corporation into the Trust as a Delaware business
trust, and the Trust has adopted and succeeded, pursuant
to Rule 414 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended
(the "Securities Act"), to the registration statement and
prior Rule 24f-2 notices of the Former Trust.
The Form 24f-2 makes definite registration of
15,604,720 common shares of beneficial interest, $.01 par
value per share (the "Shares"), for the Trust's fiscal year
ended August31, 1996.
In connection with this opinion, we have examined
the originals or copies, certified or otherwise identified
to our satisfaction, of the following documents:
i) the First Amended and Restated Agreement
and Declaration of Trust of the Trust, dated June 21, 1995
(the "Declaration of Trust");
ii) Certificate of Amendment, dated
September 7, 1995 to the Declaration of Trust;
Van Kampen American Capital
High Income Corporate Bond Fund
October 30, 1996
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iii) the Certificate of Trust of the Trust,
dated May31, 1995;
iv) the Certificate of Amendment of the
Trust, dated July 28, 1995;
v) the Certificate of Designation of Series
of the Trust, dated June 21, 1995;
vi) the Amended and Restated By-laws of the
Trust, dated November 17, 1995;
vii) the Agreement and Plan of Reorganization,
dated as of July 21, 1995, providing for the reorganization
of the Former Trust into the Trust;
viii)each Post-Effective Amendment under the
Securities Act and the Investment Company Act of 1940, as
amended, to the Registration Statement of the Trust on Form
N-1A, Commission File Nos. 2-62115 and 811-02851, filed
with the Commission after October 30, 1995 and prior to the
date hereof and the exhibits contained therein;
ix) copies of certain resolutions adopted by
the Board of Trustees of the Trust relating to the
authorization, issuance and sale of the Shares and furnished
to us by the Trust; and
x) such other agreements, documents,
certificates and other records as we have deemed necessary
or appropriate as a basis for the opinions set forth herein.
In such examination, we have assumed the legal
capacity of natural persons, the genuineness of all
signatures, the authenticity of all documents submitted to
us as originals, the conformity to original documents of
all documents submitted to us as copies and the authenticity
of the originals of such latter documents. As to any facts
material to this opinion which were not independently
established by us, we have relied on statements or
representations of officers of the Trust or others.
Van Kampen American Capital
High Income Corporate Bond Fund
October 30, 1996
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Members of this Firm are admitted to the practice
of law in the State of Illinois, and we express no opinion
as to the law of any other jurisdiction other than matters
relating to the General Corporation Law of the State of
Delaware to the extent specifically set forth herein.
Based upon and subject to the foregoing, we are
of the opinion that the issuance and sale of Shares by the
Trust have been validly authorized and, assuming
certificates therefor have been duly executed and delivered
or the shareholders' accounts have been duly credited and
the Shares represented thereby have been fully paid for,
such Shares were validly issued, fully paid and
nonassessable.
We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion
with the Form 24f-2.
Very truly yours,
/s/ Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom
