CHAPMAN and Cutler
111 West Monroe Street
Chicago, IL 60603
October 27, 1994
Securities and Exchange Commission
450 fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20549-1004
Attn: Filing Desk, Stop 1-4
Re: Van Kampen Merritt Equity Opportunity Trust, Series 9
File No. 33-56099; CIK No. 896968
Gentlemen:
In accordance with the requirements of Rule 497(d) of the General
Rules and Regulations under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, we
are submitting one copy of a supplement, in the form of a sticker, to the
prospectus being used with respect to the above-captioned series.
Very truly yours,
CHAPMAN AND CUTLER
MJK/cw
Supplement to the Prospectus
Dated October 27, 1994
Van Kampen Merritt Equity Opportunity Trust Series 9
Strategic Ten Trust
The second paragraph of "Public Offering-General" is hereby deleted
and replaced with the following:
The sales charge reduction will primarily be
the responsibility of the selling broker,
dealer or agent. This reduced sales charge structure
will apply on all purchases by the same person from
any one broker or dealer of units of Van Kampen
Merritt-sponsored unit investment trusts which are
being offered in the initial offering period (a) on
any one day (the "Initial Purchase Date") or (b) on
any day subsequent to the Initial Purchase Date if
(1) the units purchased are of a unit investment
trust purchased on the Initial Purchase Date, and
(2) the person purchasing the units purchased a
sufficient amount of units on the Initial Purchase
Date to qualify for a reduced sales charge on such
date. In the event units of more than one trust are
purchased on the Initial Purchase Date, the aggregate
dollar amount of such purchases will be used to
determine whether purchasers are eligible for a
reduced sales charge. Such aggregate dollar amount
will be divided by the public offering price per unit
(on the day preceding the date of purchase) of each
respective trust purchased to determine the total
number of units which such amount could have
purchased of each individual trust. Purchasers must
then consult the applicable trust's prospectus to
determine whether the total number of units which
could have been purchased of a specific trust would
have qualified for a reduced sales charge and, if so
qualified, the amount of such reduction. Assuming a
purchaser qualified for a sales charge reduction or
reductions, to determine the applicable sales charge
reduction or reductions it is necessary to accumulate
all purchases made on the Initial Purchase Date and
all purchases made in accordance with (b) above.
Units purchased in the name of the spouse of a
purchaser or in the name of a child of such purchaser
under 21 years of age will be deemed for the purposes
of calculating the applicable sales charge to be
additional purchases by the purchaser. The reduced
sales charges will also be applicable to a trustee or
other fiduciary purchasing securities for one or more
trust estate or fiduciary accounts.
