CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Van Kampen Municipal Closed-End Funds (“Funds”) listed below hereby announce the dates for the partial redemptions of their respective preferred shares. The announced partial redemptions total approximately $99 million of the total outstanding preferred shares issued by the Funds.

This is the third redemption announcement since the August 18, 2008 press release in which Van Kampen provided information regarding additional refinancing of a portion of the Funds’ preferred shares with the use of tender option bonds (TOBs). In light of the continued failed auctions, each Fund’s Board of Trustees approved the use of TOBs as a replacement source of leverage. In the previous announcements dated May 1, 2009 and June 9, 2009, Van Kampen announced the redemption of approximately $120 million and $24 million, respectively, of the total outstanding preferred shares issued by the Funds.

The amount of preferred shares being redeemed at this time equates to approximately 5 percent of the original shares issued for each Fund. This partial redemption affects seven of the Firms’ closed-end municipal funds.

With respect to this partial redemption, The Depository Trust Company (DTC), the securities’ holder of record, will determine how the partial series redemptions will be allocated among each participant broker-dealer account. Each participant broker-dealer, as nominee for underlying beneficial owners (street name shareholders), in turn will determine how redeemed shares are to be allocated among its underlying beneficial owners. The procedures used by various broker-dealers to allocate redeemed shares among beneficial owners may differ from each other as well as from the procedures used by DTC.

Redemption Schedule

Van Kampen Advantage Municipal Income Trust II (NYSE: VKI)
Series		CUSIP Number		# of Shares Redeemed		Amount Redeemed			Redemption Date
A		921-12K-206		80		$ 2,000,000			October 23, 2009
B		921-12K-305		80		$ 2,000,000			October 19, 2009
C		921-12K-404		80		$ 2,000,000			October 23, 2009
D		921-12K-503		80		$ 2,000,000			October 22, 2009
E		921-12K-602		70		$ 1,750,000			October 19, 2009
F		921-12K-701		100		$ 2,500,000			October 21, 2009
G		921-12K-800		100		$ 2,500,000			November 16, 2009
H		921-12K-883		100		$ 2,500,000			November 9, 2009
I		921-12K-875		100		$ 2,500,000			November 23, 2009
J		921-12K-867		50		$ 1,250,000			October 20, 2009

Van Kampen Municipal Opportunity Trust (NYSE: VMO)
Series		CUSIP Number		# of Shares Redeemed		Amount Redeemed			Redemption Date
A		920-935-202		150		$ 3,750,000			November 6, 2009
B		920-935-301		150		$ 3,750,000			November 4, 2009
C		920-935-400		100		$ 2,500,000			November 18, 2009
D		920-935-509		100		$ 2,500,000			November 4, 2009
E		920-935-608		100		$ 2,500,000			November 13, 2009
F		920-935-707		80		$ 2,000,000			November 18, 2009

Van Kampen Municipal Trust (NYSE: VKQ)
Series		CUSIP Number		# of Shares Redeemed		Amount Redeemed			Redemption Date
A		920-919-206		150		$ 3,750,000			October 23, 2009
B		920-919-305		150		$ 3,750,000			November 23, 2009
C		920-919-404		150		$ 3,750,000			October 20, 2009
D		920-919-503		150		$ 3,750,000			November 18, 2009
E		920-919-602		50		$ 1,250,000			November 16, 2009

Van Kampen Select Sector Municipal Trust (NYSE: VKL)
Series		CUSIP Number		# of Shares Redeemed		Amount Redeemed		Redemption Date
A		921-12M-202		34		$ 850,000		October 16, 2009
B		921-12M-301		34		$ 850,000		November 27, 2009
C		921-12M-400		100		$ 2,500,000		November 10, 2009
D		921-12M-509		90		$ 2,250,000		November 12, 2009

Van Kampen Trust for Insured Municipals (NYSE: VIM)
Series		CUSIP Number		# of Shares Redeemed		Amount Redeemed		Redemption Date
A		920-928-207		90		$ 2,250,000		November 24, 2009
B		920-928-306		90		$ 2,250,000		November 23, 2009

Van Kampen Trust for Investment Grade Municipals (NYSE: VGM)
Series		CUSIP Number		# of Shares Redeemed		Amount Redeemed		Redemption Date
A		920-929-205		150		$ 3,750,000		November 19, 2009
B		920-929-304		150		$ 3,750,000		November 25, 2009
C		920-929-403		150		$ 3,750,000		November 3, 2009
D		920-929-502		80		$ 2,000,000		November 6, 2009
E		920-929-601		110		$ 2,750,000		November 19, 2009
F		920-929-700		110		$ 2,750,000		November 25, 2009
G		920-929-809		110		$ 2,750,000		November 5, 2009
H		920-929-882		112		$ 2,800,000		November 3, 2009
I		920-929-874		100		$ 2,500,000		November 23, 2009

Van Kampen Trust for Investment Grade New York Municipals (NYSE: VTN)
Series		CUSIP Number		# of Shares Redeemed		Amount Redeemed		Redemption Date
A		920-931-201		120		$ 3,000,000		November 17, 2009
B		920-931-300		90		$ 2,250,000		November 20, 2009
C		920-931-409		80		$ 2,000,000		October 20, 2009

Van Kampen Asset Management, the Funds' investment adviser, is a wholly owned subsidiary of Van Kampen Investments Inc. (“Van Kampen”). Van Kampen is one of the nation’s largest investment management companies, with approximately $86 billion in assets under management or supervision, as of June 30, 2009. With roots in money management dating back to 1927, Van Kampen has helped nearly four generations of investors achieve their financial goals. For more information, visit Van Kampen’s website at www.vankampen.com.

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