VAN KAMPEN U.S. GOVERNMENT TRUST FOR INCOME
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, 9,377,842 shares were voted in the affirmative and
63,811 shares were withheld. With regard to the election of Jerry D. Choate, as
elected trustee by the shareholders of the Fund, 9,377,842 voted in the
affirmative and 63,811 shares were withheld. With regard to the election of
Linda Hutton Heagy, as elected trustee by the shareholders of the Fund,
9,381,990 shares were voted in the affirmative and 59,663 shares were withheld.
With regard to the election of R. Craig Kennedy, as elected trustee by the
shareholders of the Fund, 9,382,816 shares were voted in the affirmative and
58,836 shares were withheld. With regard to the election of Mitchell M. Merin,
as elected trustee by the shareholders of the Fund, 9,377,533 shares were voted
in the affirmative and 64,119 shares were withheld. With regard to the election
of Jack E. Nelson, as elected trustee by the shareholders of the Fund, 9,378,934
shares were voted in the affirmative and 62,719 shares were withheld. With
regard to the election of Richard F. Powers, III, as elected trustee by the
shareholders of the Fund, 9,382,782 shares were voted in the affirmative and
58,871 shares were withheld. With regard to the election of Phillip B. Rooney,
as elected trustee by the shareholders of the 9,382,816, shares were voted in
the affirmative and 58,836 shares were withheld. With regard to the election of
Fernando Sisto, as elected trustee by the shareholders of the Fund, 9,378,934
shares were voted in the affirmative and 62,719 shares were withheld. With
regard to the election of Wayne W. Whalen, as elected trustee by the
shareholders of the Fund, 9,378,934 shares were voted in the affirmative and
62,719 shares were withheld. With regard to the election of Suzanne H. Woolsey,
as elected trustee by the shareholders of the Fund, 9,381,724 shares were voted
in the affirmative and 59,928 shares were withheld. With regard to the election
of Paul G. Yovovich, as elected trustee by the shareholders of the Fund
9,382,816 shares were voted in the affirmative and 58,836 shares were withheld.
With regard to the ratification of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP to act as
independent public accountants for the Fund, 9,344,353 shares were voted in the
affirmative and 10,070 shares were voted against the proposal and 87,229 shares
abstained from voting.
