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VAN KAMPEN EMERGING GROWTH FUND
SUPPLEMENT DATED APRIL 28, 2000,
SUPERCEDING THE SUPPLEMENT DATED FEBRUARY 9, 2000 TO THE
PROSPECTUS DATED DECEMBER 29, 1999,
AS SUPPLEMENTED JANUARY 10, 2000
The Prospectus is hereby supplemented as follows:
(1) The section of the Prospectus entitled "INVESTMENT ADVISORY SERVICES--
PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT" is hereby deleted and replaced in its entirety with the
following:
PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT. The Fund is managed by a team of portfolio
managers headed by Gary M. Lewis, Senior Portfolio Manager. Mr. Lewis has
been Senior Vice President of the Adviser and Asset Management since
September 1995. Mr. Lewis became a Vice President and Portfolio Manager of
Asset Management in June 1991. Mr. Lewis has been employed by Asset
Management since September 1986. He has been affiliated with the Fund since
its inception.
Portfolio Managers Dudley Brickhouse, Matthew Hart, Janet Luby and David
Walker are responsible as co-managers for the day-to-day management of the
Fund's investment portfolio.
Mr. Brickhouse has been a Portfolio Manager and Vice President of the
Adviser and Asset Management since December 1998. Mr. Brickhouse became an
Associate Portfolio Manager of the Adviser and Asset Management in September
1997. Prior to September 1997, Mr. Brickhouse was a Vice President and
Portfolio Manager with NationsBank Investment Management, where he had
worked since 1995. He has been affiliated with the Fund since September
1997.
Mr. Hart has been a Vice President of the Adviser and Asset Management
since December 1998. Mr. Hart, a Portfolio Manager since January 1998,
became an Associate Portfolio Manager of the Adviser and Asset Management in
August 1997. Prior to August 1997, Mr. Hart worked in various positions
within the portfolio area of AIM Capital Management, Inc. since June 1992.
His last position in the AIM portfolio area was a convertible bonds analyst.
He has been affiliated with the Fund since February 2000.
Ms. Luby has been a Portfolio Manager and Vice President of the Adviser
and Asset Management since December 1998. Ms. Luby became an Assistant Vice
President of the Adviser and Asset Management in December of 1997. Ms. Luby
was an Associate Portfolio Manager of Asset Management since July 1995.
Prior to July 1995, she spent eight years at AIM Capital Manage-
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ment, Inc. where she worked five years in the accounting department and
three years in the investment area. Her last position in the AIM investment
area was as Senior Securities Analyst. Ms. Luby is also the portfolio
manager for various unit investment trusts managed by the Adviser or its
affiliates since August 1999. She has been affiliated with the Fund since
its inception.
Mr. Walker has been a Portfolio Manager and Vice President of the
Adviser and Asset Management since December 1998. Mr. Walker became an
Assistant Vice President of the Adviser and Asset Management in June 1995.
Prior to April 1996, Mr. Walker was a Quantitative Analyst of Asset
Management and has worked for Asset Management since October 1990. Mr.
Walker is also a portfolio manager for various unit investment trusts
managed by the Adviser since September 1997. He has been affiliated with the
Fund since May 1996.
(2) The information on the inside back cover of the Prospectus under the
heading "BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND OFFICERS--BOARD OF TRUSTEES" is hereby amended by
deleting Paul G. Yovovich, effective April 14, 2000.
(3) The information on the inside back cover of the Prospectus under the
heading "BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND OFFICERS--OFFICERS" is hereby amended by deleting
all information pertaining to Curtis W. Morell* and Tanya M. Loden*, effective
January 31, 2000, Dennis J. McDonnell*, effective March 31, 2000, and by
deleting and replacing Stephen L. Boyd's title of Vice President with Executive
Vice President and Chief Investment Officer and Edward C. Wood, III*, Vice
President, with John H. Zimmermann, III*, Vice President, effective April 17,
2000.
RETAIN THIS SUPPLEMENT FOR FUTURE REFERENCE
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VAN KAMPEN EMERGING GROWTH FUND
SUPPLEMENT DATED APRIL 28, 2000 TO THE
STATEMENT OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION DATED DECEMBER 29, 1999,
SUPERCEDING THE SUPPLEMENT DATED JANUARY 18, 2000
The Statement of Additional Information is hereby supplemented as follows:
(1) The second sentence on the front cover of the Statement of Additional
Information is hereby deleted and replaced with the following:
The Fund's investment adviser seeks to achieve the Fund's investment
objective by investing primarily in a portfolio of common stocks of
companies considered by the Fund's investment adviser to be emerging growth
companies.
(2) The section entitled "TRUSTEES AND OFFICERS" is hereby amended by
deleting all information pertaining to Paul G. Yovovich, effective April 14,
2000.
(3) The section entitled "TRUSTEES AND OFFICERS--OFFICERS" is hereby
amended by deleting all information pertaining to Curtis W. Morell and Tanya M.
Loden, effective January 31, 2000, Dennis J. McDonnell, effective March 31,
2000, and Edward C. Wood, III and Stephen L. Boyd, effective April 17, 2000, and
by adding the following:
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Stephen L. Boyd........................... Executive Vice President and Chief Investment Officer of
Date of Birth: 11/16/40 Van Kampen Investments, and President and Chief Operating
Executive Vice President and Officer of the Advisers. Executive Vice President and
Chief Investment Officer Chief Investment Officer of each of the funds in the Fund
Complex and certain other investment companies advised by
the Advisers or their affiliates. Prior to April 2000,
Vice President and Chief Investment Officer of the
Advisers. Prior to October 1998, Vice President and
Senior Portfolio Manager with AIM Capital Management,
Inc. Prior to February 1998, Senior Vice President and
Portfolio Manager of Van Kampen American Capital Asset
Management, Inc., Van Kampen American Capital Investment
Advisory Corp. and Van Kampen American Capital
Management, Inc.
John H. Zimmermann, III................... Senior Vice President and Director of Van Kampen
Date of Birth: 11/25/57 Investments, President and Director of the Distributor
Vice President and President of Van Kampen Insurance Agency of Illinois
Inc. Vice President of each of the funds in the Fund
Complex. From November 1992 to December 1997, Senior Vice
President of the Distributor.
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(4) The footnote to the "CLASS A SHARES SALES CHARGE TABLE" at the end of
the second paragraph in the section entitled "DISTRIBUTION AND SERVICE" is
hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:
* No sales charge is payable at the time of purchase on investments of
$1 million or more, although the Fund may impose a contingent deferred
sales charge of 1.00% on certain redemptions made within one year of
purchase. A commission or transaction fee will be paid by the Distributor
at the time of purchase directly out of the Distributor's assets (and not
out of the Fund's assets) to authorized dealers who initiate and are
responsible for purchases of $1 million or more computed on a percentage of
the dollar value of such shares sold as follows: 1.00% on sales to $2
million, plus 0.80% on the next $1 million and 0.50% on the excess over $3
million. For single purchases of $20 million or more by an individual
retail investor the Distributor will pay, at the time of purchase and
directly out of the Distributor's assets (and not out of the Fund's
assets), a commission or transaction fee of 1.00% to authorized dealers who
initiate and are responsible for such purchases. The commission or
transaction fee of 1.00% will be computed on a percentage of the dollar
value of such shares sold.
