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SIGNATURE   SARA L. BADLER
TITLE       ATTORNEY




VAN KAMPEN EMERGING GROWTH FUND


An Adjourned Special Meeting of the Shareholders of the Fund was held on
November 12, 1999 where shareholders voted on the proposal to approve replacing
the Fund's fundamental investment policy regarding investment in small-and
medium-sized companies with a non-fundamental investment policy. With regard to
this proposal, 43,838,076.813 shares were voted in the affirmative and
7,242,259.909 shares were voted against, 3,722,179.125 shares abstained from
voting and 28,442,613 shares represented broker non-votes.





                                  NSAR ITEM 77O

                             VK Emerging Growth Fund
                               10f-3 Transactions
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

UNDERWRITING #            UNDERWRITING                 PURCHASED FROM      AMOUNT OF SHARES   % OF UNDERWRITING    DATE OF PURCHASE
                                                                              PURCHASED
<S>                 <C>                             <C>                       <C>                    <C>              <C>
       1               Devon Energy Corp.            Schroeder Wertheim         153,500              1.551%            09/21/99
       2         Flextronics International Ltd.    Montgomery Securities        197,100              3.285%            10/25/99
       3        Spanish Broadcasting System, Inc.       Lehman Bros.            168,800              0.775%            10/28/99
       4          Charter Communications, Inc.         Goldman Sachs            792,600              0.466%            11/08/99
                          Sapient Corp.                Goldman Sachs            100,000              2.857%            11/15/99
       6              UnitedGlobalCom,Inc.                  DLJ                 107,300              1.073%            12/02/99
       7             Infonet Services Corp.            Merrill Lynch              2,200              0.004%            12/15/99
       8                  Homestore.com                Merrill Lynch            131,000              1.250%            01/25/00
       9      John Hancock Financial Services, Inc.    Merrill Lynch          1,750.000              1.500%            01/14/99
      10                Network Solutions               J.P. Morgan             180,000              2.337%            02/04/00

</TABLE>


Other Firms Participating in the Underwriting:

Underwriting for #1.

Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated
J.P. Morgan Securities Inc.
PaineWebber Incorporated
Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc.
Schroder & Co. Inc.
Credit Suisse First Boston Corporation
Dain Rauscher Incorporated
Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.
Goldman,Sachs & Co.
Johnson Rice & Co. L.L.C.

<PAGE>

(Con'd of #1).

Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated
Petrie Parkman & Co.
Salomon Smith Barney Inc.


Underwriting for #2.

Banc of America Securities LLC
Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated
Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette Securities Corporation
SG Cowen Securities Corporation
Thomas Weisel Partners LLC
Lehman Brothers Inc.


Underwriting for #3.

Lehman Brothers Inc.
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith
Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc.
BancBoston Robertson Stephens Inc.
Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.
Lazard Freres & Co. LLC
Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated
Prudential Securities Incorporated
Salomon Smith Barney Inc.
Wasserstein Perella Securities, Inc.
(Cont'd of #3)
Gabelli & Company, Inc.
First Union Securities, Inc.


Underwriting for #4.

Goldman, Sachs & Co.
Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc.
Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated
Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette Securities Corporation
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated
Salomon Smith Barney Inc.
A.G. Edwards & Sons, Inc. M.R. Beal & Company



Underwriting for #5.

Goldman, Sachs & Co.
Credit Suisse First Boston Corporation
Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporation
First Union Securities, Inc.
Friedman, Billings, Ramsey & Co., Inc.


Underwriting for #6.

Salomon Smith Barney
Merrill Lynch & Co.
Goldman, Sachs & Co.
Chase Securities Inc.
Morgan Stanley Dean Witter
CIBC World Markets
Donaldson,Lifkin & Jenrette
Credit Suisse First Boston


Underwriting for #7.

Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated
Warburg Dillon Read LLC.


Underwriting for #8

Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Inc.
Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette Securities Corp.
FleetBoston Robertson Stephens Inc.
Hambrecht & Quist LLC
Wit Capital Corporation


Underwriting for #9

Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith
Salomon Smith Barney Inc.
Credit Suisse First Boston Corporation
Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette Securities
Goldman Sachs & Co.
Fox-Pitt, Kelton Inc.


Underwriting for #10.

J.P. Morgan Securities Inc.
Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated
Chase Securities Inc.
PaineWebber Incorporated
FleetBoston Robertson Stephens Inc.
Prudential Securities Incorporated


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