VAN KAMPEN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES FUND
A Joint Special Meeting of the Shareholders of the Fund was held on December 15,
1999 where shareholders voted on the election of Trustees and the ratification
of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, as the independent public accountants. With
regard to the election of J. Miles Branagan, as elected trustee by the
shareholders of the Fund, 101,248,828 shares were voted in the affirmative and
2,132,811 shares were withheld. With regard to the election of Jerry D. Choate,
as elected trustee by the shareholders of the Fund, 101,177,545 voted in the
affirmative and 2,204,094 shares were withheld. With regard to the election of
Linda Hutton Heagy, as elected trustee by the shareholders of the Fund,
101,234,704 shares were voted in the affirmative and 2,146,936 shares were
withheld. With regard to the election of R. Craig Kennedy, as elected trustee by
the shareholders of the Fund, 101,266,757 shares were voted in the affirmative
and 2,114,883 shares were withheld. With regard to the election of Mitchell M.
Merin, as elected trustee by the shareholders of the Fund, 101,175,962 shares
were voted in the affirmative and 2,205,678 shares were withheld. With regard to
the election of Jack E. Nelson, as elected trustee by the shareholders of the
Fund, 101,197,425 shares were voted in the affirmative and 2,184,214 shares were
withheld. With regard to the election of Richard F. Powers, III, as elected
trustee by the shareholders of the Fund, 101,156,936 shares were voted in the
affirmative and 2,224,704 shares were withheld. With regard to the election of
Phillip B. Rooney, as elected trustee by the shareholders of the Fund,
101,180,357 shares were voted in the affirmative and 2,201,282 shares were
withheld. With regard to the election of Fernando Sisto, as elected trustee by
the shareholders of the Fund, 101,169,328 shares were voted in the affirmative
and 2,212,312 shares were withheld. With regard to the election of Wayne W.
Whalen, as elected trustee by the shareholders of the Fund, 101,271,504 shares
were voted in the affirmative and 2,110,136 shares were withheld. With regard to
the election of Suzanne H. Woolsey, as elected trustee by the shareholders of
the Fund, 101,223,608 shares were voted in the affirmative and 2,158,031 shares
were withheld. With regard to the election of Paul G. Yovovich, as elected
trustee by the shareholders of the Fund, 101,265,631 shares were voted in the
affirmative and 2,116,009 shares were withheld. With regard to the ratification
of KPMG LLP to act as independent public accountants for the Fund, 100,421,409
shares were voted in the affirmative and 633,649 shares were voted against the
proposal and 2,326,581 shares abstained from voting.
