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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM N-CSR
CERTIFIED SHAREHOLDER REPORT OF REGISTERED MANAGEMENT
INVESTMENT COMPANIES
Investment Company Act file number 811-06537
Invesco Van Kampen Trust for Investment Grade New York Municipals
 
(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)
1555 Peachtree Street, N.E., Atlanta, Georgia 30309
 
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)
Colin Meadows 1555 Peachtree Street, N.E., Atlanta, Georgia 30309
 
(Name and address of agent for service)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (713) 626-1919
Date of fiscal year end: 2/28
Date of reporting period: 8/31/12
 
 

 


 

Item 1. Reports to Stockholders.

 


 

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Invesco Van Kampen Trust for Investment Grade New York Municipals
Semiannual Report to Shareholders § August 31, 2012

NYSE: VTN
(IMAGE)
     
 
2
  Trust Performance
2
  Trust Updates
3
  Dividend Reinvestment Plan
4
  Schedule of Investments
11
  Financial Statements
14
  Notes to Financial Statements
20
  Financial Highlights
22
  Approval of Investment Advisory and Sub-Advisory Agreements
24
  Results of Proxy
 
   
 
   
 
   
Unless otherwise noted, all data provided by Invesco.
                 
             
NOT FDIC INSURED
    MAY LOSE VALUE         NO BANK GUARANTEE


 


 

 
Trust Performance

 
Performance summary
Cumulative total returns, 2/29/12 to 8/31/12
         
Trust at NAV
    5.69 %
 
Trust at Market Value
    4.53  
 
Barclays New York Municipal Index
    2.70  
 
Market Price Premium to NAV as of 8/31/12
    2.07  
 
Source(s): Barclays Capital via FactSet Research Systems Inc.
       
The performance data quoted represent past performance and cannot guarantee comparable future results; current performance may be lower or higher. Investment return, net asset value and common share market price will fluctuate so that you may have a gain or loss when you sell shares. Please visit invesco.com/us for the most recent month-end performance. Performance figures reflect Trust expenses, the reinvestment of distributions (if any) and changes in net asset value (NAV) for performance based on NAV and changes in market price for performance based on market price.
     Since the Trust is a closed-end management investment company, shares of the Trust may trade at a discount or premium from the NAV. This characteristic is separate and distinct from the risk that NAV could decrease as a result of investment activities and may be a greater risk to investors expecting to sell their shares after a short time. The Trust cannot predict whether shares will trade at, above or below NAV. The Trust should not be viewed as a vehicle for trading purposes. It is designed primarily for risk-tolerant long-term investors.
The Barclays New York Municipal Index is an unmanaged index considered representative of New York investment-grade municipal bonds.
     The Trust is not managed to track the performance of any particular index, including the index(es) defined here, and consequently, the performance of the Trust may deviate significantly from the performance of the index(es).
     A direct investment cannot be made in an index. Unless otherwise indicated, index results include reinvested dividends, and they do not reflect sales charges.
      


 
Trust Updates
Preferred Shares
On May 10, 2012, the Trust successfully priced and placed a private offering of Variable Rate Muni Term Preferred Shares (“VMTP”) in the amount of $76,800,000 pursuant to an offering exempt from registration under the Securities Act of 1933. VMTP is a variable rate form of preferred stock with a mandatory redemption date. The proceeds of the VMTP were used to redeem all of the Trust’s outstanding auction rate preferred shares (“ARPS”) at their liquidation preference (sometimes referred to as “at par”), together with accrued and unpaid dividends, if any, to the redemption date. As of June 1, 2012, all of the Trust’s ARPS were redeemed in full.
Merger, Redomestication and Upcoming Name Change
At a shareholder meeting held on August 14, 2012, shareholders of the Trust approved the merger of Invesco New York Quality Municipal Securities (the “Target Fund”) into the Trust. Shareholders also approved the redomestication of the Trust to a Delaware statutory trust. The redomestication and merger were completed on August 27, 2012, and common shares of the Target Fund were converted into newly issued common shares of the Trust. VMTP shares of the Target Fund were converted into newly issued VMTP shares of the Trust.
       In addition, the Trust will change its name to “Invesco Trust for Investment Grade New York Municipals” effective December 3, 2012.

     
 
NYSE Symbol
  VTN
 


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Dividend Reinvestment Plan
The dividend reinvestment plan (the Plan) offers you a prompt and simple way to reinvest your dividends and capital gains distributions (Distributions) into additional shares of your Trust. Under the Plan, the money you earn from Distributions will be reinvested automatically in more shares of your Trust, allowing you to potentially increase your investment over time.

 
Plan benefits
n   Add to your account:
 
    You may increase the amount of shares in your Trust easily and automatically with the Plan.
 
n   Low transaction costs:
 
    Shareholders who participate in the Plan are able to buy shares at below-market prices when the Trust is trading at a premium to its net asset value (NAV). In addition, transaction costs are low because when new shares are issued by a Trust, there is no fee, and when shares are bought in blocks on the open market, the per share fee is shared among all Participants.
 
n   Convenience:
 
    You will receive a detailed account statement from Computershare Trust Company, N.A. (the Agent) which administers the Plan. The statement shows your total Distributions, date of investment, shares acquired, and price per share, as well as the total number of shares in your reinvestment account. You can also access your account via the Internet. To do this, please go to invesco.com/us.
 
n   Safekeeping:
 
    The Agent will hold the shares it has acquired for you in safekeeping.
 
How to participate in the Plan
If you own shares in your own name, you can participate directly in the Plan. If your shares are held in “street name” – in the name of your brokerage firm, bank, or other financial institution – you must instruct that entity to participate on your behalf. If they are unable to participate on your behalf, you may request that they reregister your shares in your own name so that you may enroll in the Plan.
 
How to enroll
To enroll in the Plan, please read the Terms and Conditions in the Plan Brochure. You can enroll in the Plan by visiting invesco.com/us, calling toll-free 800 341 2929 or notifying us in writing at Invesco Closed-End Funds, Computershare Trust Company, N.A., P.O. Box 43078, Providence, RI 02940-3078. Please include your Trust name and account number and ensure that all shareholders listed on the account sign these written instructions. Your participation in the Plan will begin with the next Distribution payable after the Agent receives your authorization, as long as they receive it before the “record date,” which is generally 10 business days before such Distributions are paid. If your authorization arrives after such record date, your participation in the Plan will begin with the following Distributions.
 
How the Plan works
If you choose to participate in the Plan, your Distributions will be promptly reinvested for you, automatically increasing your reinvestment shares. If the Trust is trading at a share price that is equal to its NAV, you’ll pay that amount for your reinvested shares. However, if the Trust is trading above or below NAV, the price is determined by one of two ways:
  1.   Premium: If the Trust is trading at a premium – a market price that is higher than its NAV – you’ll pay either the NAV or 95 percent of the market price, whichever is greater. When the Trust trades at a premium, you’ll pay less for your reinvested shares than an investor purchasing shares on the stock exchange. Keep in mind, a portion of your price reduction may be taxable because you are receiving shares at less than market price.
  2.   Discount: If the Trust is trading at a discount – a market price that is lower than NAV – you’ll pay the market price for your reinvested shares.
 
Costs of the Plan
There is no direct charge to you for reinvesting Distributions because the Plan’s fees are paid by your Trust. If your Trust is trading at or above its NAV, your new shares are issued directly by the Trust and there are no brokerage charges or fees. However, if your Trust is trading at a discount, the shares are purchased on the open market, and you will pay your portion of per share fees. These per share fees are typically less than the standard brokerage charges for individual transactions because shares are purchased for all Participants in blocks, resulting in lower fees for each individual Participant. Any service or per share fees are added to the purchase price. Per share fees include any applicable brokerage commissions the Agent is required to pay.
 
Tax implications
The automatic reinvestment of Distributions does not relieve you of any income tax that may be due on Distributions. You will receive tax information annually to help you prepare your federal income tax return.
     Invesco does not offer tax advice. The tax information contained herein is general and is not exhaustive by nature. It was not intended or written to be used, and it cannot be used, by any taxpayer for avoiding penalties that may be imposed on the taxpayer under U.S. federal tax laws. Federal and state tax laws are complex and constantly changing. Shareholders should always consult a legal or tax adviser for information concerning their individual situation.
 
How to withdraw from the Plan
You may withdraw from the Plan at any time by calling 800 341 2929, visiting invesco.com/us or by writing to Invesco Closed-End Funds, Computershare Trust Company, N.A., P.O. Box 43078, Providence, RI 02940-3078. Simply indicate that you would like to withdraw from the Plan, and be sure to include your Trust name and account number. Also, ensure that all shareholders listed on the account have signed these written instructions. If you withdraw, you have three options with regard to the shares held in the Plan:
  1.   If you opt to continue to hold your non-certificated whole shares (Investment Plan Book Shares), they will be held by the Agent electronically as Direct Registration Book-Shares (Book-Entry Shares) and fractional shares will be sold at the then-current market price. Proceeds will be sent via check to your address of record after deducting applicable fees.
  2.   If you opt to sell your shares through the Agent, we will sell all full and fractional shares and send the proceeds via check to your address of record after deducting a $2.50 service fee and applicable per share fees. Per share fees include any applicable brokerage commissions the Agent is required to pay.
 
  3.   You may sell your shares through your financial adviser through the Direct Registration System (DRS). DRS is a service within the securities industry that allows Trust shares to be held in your name in electronic format. You retain full ownership of your shares, without having to hold a share certificate. You should contact your financial adviser to learn more about any restrictions or fees that may apply.
   To obtain a complete copy of the Dividend Reinvestment Plan, please call our Client Services department at 800 341 2929 or visit invesco.com/us.


3 Invesco Van Kampen Trust for Investment Grade New York Municipals

 


 

Schedule of Investments
 
August 31, 2012
(Unaudited)
 
 
                                 
            Principal
   
    Interest
  Maturity
  Amount
   
    Rate   Date   (000)   Value
 
 
Municipal Obligations–157.51%
 
 
New York–144.64%
 
                       
Albany (City of) Industrial Development Agency (St. Peter’s Hospital); Series 2008 D, Civic Facility RB
    5.75 %     11/15/27     $ 1,000     $ 1,115,540  
 
Albany (County of) Airport Authority; Series 2010 A, Ref. RB (INS–AGM)(a)
    5.00 %     12/15/25       500       573,730  
 
Albany Capital Resource Corp. (St. Peter’s Hospital); Series 2011, RB
    6.25 %     11/15/38       2,360       2,803,538  
 
Battery Park City Authority; Series 2009 B, Sr. RB
    5.00 %     11/01/34       3,700       4,544,858  
 
Brooklyn Arena Local Development Corp. (Barclays Center);
                               
Series 2009, PILOT CAB RB(b)
    0.00 %     07/15/34       8,315       2,746,029  
 
Series 2009, PILOT RB
    6.25 %     07/15/40       1,025       1,192,249  
 
Series 2009, PILOT RB
    6.38 %     07/15/43       1,025       1,198,287  
 
Build NYC Resource Corp. (YMCA of Greater New York);
                               
Series 2012, RB
    5.00 %     08/01/32       650       738,374  
 
Series 2012, RB
    5.00 %     08/01/42       750       834,578  
 
Chautauqua (County of) Industrial Development Agency (NRG Energy, Inc.–Dunkirk Power LLC); Series 2009, Exempt Facility RB
    5.88 %     04/01/42       2,990       3,366,830  
 
Dutchess (County of) Industrial Development Agency (Elant at Fishkill, Inc.); Series 2007 A, Civic Facility RB
    5.25 %     01/01/37       920       854,947  
 
East Rochester (Village of) Housing Authority (Woodland Village, Inc.); Series 2006, Ref. Senior Living RB
    5.50 %     08/01/33       2,400       2,391,024  
 
Erie (County of) Industrial Development Agency (City of Buffalo School District);
                               
Series 2011 A, School Facility RB(c)
    5.25 %     05/01/28       2,500       2,956,725  
 
Series 2011 A, School Facility RB(c)
    5.25 %     05/01/30       2,710       3,180,104  
 
Series 2011 A, School Facility RB(c)
    5.25 %     05/01/31       1,000       1,170,130  
 
Essex (County of) Industrial Development Agency (International Paper); Series 2005 A, Ref. Solid Waste Disposal RB(d)
    5.20 %     12/01/23       2,650       2,738,748  
 
Hempstead Town Local Development Corp. (Molloy College); Series 2009, RB
    5.75 %     07/01/39       3,115       3,546,646  
 
Hudson Yards Infrastructure Corp.; Series 2011 A, RB
    5.75 %     02/15/47       2,125       2,496,939  
 
Long Island Power Authority;
                               
Series 2006 E, Electric System General RB
    5.00 %     12/01/17       1,975       2,318,650  
 
Series 2009 A, Electric System General RB
    6.25 %     04/01/33       1,860       2,317,746  
 
Series 2009 A, Electric System General RB
    5.75 %     04/01/39       635       759,924  
 
Madison (County of) Industrial Development Agency (Colgate University); Series 2003 B, RB(e)(f)
    5.00 %     07/01/13       1,000       1,040,070  
 
Madison (County of) Industrial Development Agency (Morrisville State College Foundation); Series 2005 A, Civic Facility RB (INS–CIFG)(a)
    5.00 %     06/01/28       1,000       1,017,980  
 
Madison (County of) Industrial Development Agency (Oneida Health Systems, Inc.); Series 2007, Civic Facility RB
    5.50 %     02/01/32       1,000       1,025,320  
 
Metropolitan Transportation Authority;
                               
Series 2005 B, RB (INS–BHAC)(a)(c)
    5.00 %     11/15/31       10,000       11,162,800  
 
Series 2009 B, Dedicated Tax Fund RB
    5.25 %     11/15/27       1,535       1,806,618  
 
Series 2009 B, Dedicated Tax Fund RB
    5.00 %     11/15/34       500       565,555  
 
Series 2012 D, Ref. RB
    5.00 %     11/15/32       315       363,872  
 
Subseries 2011 B-2, Dedicated Tax Fund RB
    5.00 %     11/15/32       1,360       1,599,455  
 
Monroe County Industrial Development Corp. (Nazareth College of Rochester); Series 2011, RB
    5.50 %     10/01/41       880       977,909  
 
Monroe County Industrial Development Corp. (University of Rochester); Series 2011 A, RB
    5.00 %     07/01/36       2,030       2,286,673  
 
Montgomery (County of) Industrial Development Agency (Hamilton Fulton Montgomery Board of Cooperative Educational Services); Series 2005 A, Lease RB (INS–SGI)(a)
    5.00 %     07/01/34       1,000       1,013,300  
 
Nassau (County of) Industrial Development Agency (Amsterdam at Harborside); Series 2007 A, Continuing Care Retirement Community RB
    6.70 %     01/01/43       5,000       3,334,850  
 
Nassau County Tobacco Settlement Corp.; Series 2006 A-2, Sr. Asset-Backed RB
    5.25 %     06/01/26       1,000       917,620  
 
 
See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements which are an integral part of the financial statements.
 
4        Invesco Van Kampen Trust for Investment Grade New York Municipals


 

                                 
            Principal
   
    Interest
  Maturity
  Amount
   
    Rate   Date   (000)   Value
 
 
New York–(continued)
 
                       
                                 
New York & New Jersey (States of) Port Authority (JFK International Air Terminal LLC);
                               
Series 1997, Special Obligation RB (INS–NATL)(a)(d)
    5.75 %     12/01/22     $ 2,000     $ 2,000,700  
 
Series 1997 6, Special Obligation RB (INS–NATL)(a)(d)
    5.75 %     12/01/25       2,500       2,500,625  
 
Series 2010, Special Obligation RB
    6.00 %     12/01/42       1,930       2,243,007  
 
New York & New Jersey (States of) Port Authority;
                               
One Hundred Fifty-Second Series 2008, Consolidated RB(c)(d)
    5.00 %     11/01/25       10,000       11,087,000  
 
One Hundred Forty-Fourth Series 2006, Consolidated RB(c)
    5.00 %     10/01/35       10,000       11,414,000  
 
New York (City of) Industrial Development Agency (IAC/InterActive Corp.); Series 2005, Liberty RB
    5.00 %     09/01/35       3,985       4,063,624  
 
New York (City of) Industrial Development Agency (New York Stock Exchange); Series 2009 A, Ref. Special Facility RB
    5.00 %     05/01/21       2,445       2,882,557  
 
New York (City of) Industrial Development Agency (Polytechnic University); Series 2007, Ref. Civic Facility RB (INS–ACA)(a)
    5.25 %     11/01/37       3,700       3,976,094  
 
New York (City of) Industrial Development Agency (Terminal One Group Association, L.P.);
                               
Series 2005, Special Facility RB(d)(g)
    5.50 %     01/01/19       3,710       4,033,920  
 
Series 2005, Special Facility RB(d)(g)
    5.50 %     01/01/20       3,000       3,236,100  
 
Series 2005, Special Facility RB(d)(g)
    5.50 %     01/01/21       4,000       4,287,200  
 
Series 2005, Special Facility RB(d)(g)
    5.50 %     01/01/24       2,000       2,111,180  
 
New York (City of) Municipal Water Finance Authority;
                               
Series 2005 C, Water & Sewer System RB(c)
    5.00 %     06/15/31       10,000       11,095,800  
 
Series 2005 D, Water & Sewer System RB(c)
    5.00 %     06/15/37       12,000       13,245,000  
 
Series 2007, VRD Second General Water & Sewer System RB(h)
    0.15 %     06/15/33       2,000       2,000,000  
 
Series 2009 FF-2, Water & Sewer System RB
    5.50 %     06/15/40       3,000       3,528,930  
 
Series 2010 FF, Second General Resolution Water & Sewer System RB
    5.00 %     06/15/31       600       696,102  
 
New York (City of) Transitional Finance Authority;
                               
Series 2003 D, Future Tax Sec. RB(e)(f)
    5.25 %     02/01/13       885       903,815  
 
Series 2004, Future Tax Sec. RB(e)(f)
    5.00 %     02/01/14       235       250,900  
 
Series 2004, Future Tax Sec. RB(f)
    5.00 %     02/01/21       265       281,764  
 
Series 2008 S-1, Building Aid RB
    5.50 %     07/15/38       2,950       3,368,988  
 
Series 2008 S-2, Building Aid RB
    6.00 %     07/15/33       1,650       1,966,008  
 
Series 2009 A, Future Tax Sec. RB(c)
    5.00 %     05/01/28       625       742,538  
 
Series 2009 A, Future Tax Sec. RB(c)
    5.00 %     05/01/29       500       594,925  
 
Series 2009 A, Future Tax Sec. RB(c)
    5.00 %     05/01/30       500       582,480  
 
Series 2009 S-3, Building Aid RB(c)
    5.25 %     01/15/27       4,500       5,330,880  
 
Series 2009 S-3, Building Aid RB(c)
    5.25 %     01/15/39       2,500       2,818,550  
 
Subseries 2011 D-1, Future Tax Sec. RB(c)
    5.00 %     11/01/33       13,500       15,832,395  
 
Subseries 2011 E, Future Tax Sec. RB
    5.00 %     11/01/24       1,135       1,380,989  
 
New York (City of) Trust for Cultural Resources (American Museum of Natural History); Series 2004 A, Ref. RB (INS–NATL)(a)(c)
    5.00 %     07/01/44       10,890       11,617,452  
 
New York (City of) Trust for Cultural Resources (Carnegie Hall); Series 2009 A, RB
    5.00 %     12/01/39       1,880       2,078,754  
 
New York (City of) Trust for Cultural Resources (The Museum of Modern Art);
                               
Series 2008 1A, Ref. RB(c)
    5.00 %     04/01/28       2,250       2,638,440  
 
Series 2008 1A, Ref. RB
    5.00 %     04/01/31       1,550       1,791,242  
 
New York (City of) Trust for Cultural Resources (Wildlife Conservation Society); Series 2004, RB (INS–NATL)(a)
    5.00 %     02/01/34       1,000       1,051,930  
 
New York (City of);
                               
Subseries 1993 A-7, VRD Unlimited Tax GO Bonds (LOC–JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.)(h)(i)
    0.16 %     08/01/20       2,200       2,200,000  
 
Subseries 1993 E-2, VRD Unlimited Tax GO Bonds (LOC–JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.)(h)(i)
    0.16 %     08/01/20       9,200       9,200,000  
 
Subseries 1993 E-5, VRD Unlimited Tax GO Bonds (LOC–JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.)(h)(i)
    0.16 %     08/01/17       1,500       1,500,000  
 
Subseries 2008 A-1, Unlimited Tax GO Bonds(c)
    5.25 %     08/15/27       1,140       1,368,650  
 
 
See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements which are an integral part of the financial statements.
 
5        Invesco Van Kampen Trust for Investment Grade New York Municipals


 

                                 
            Principal
   
    Interest
  Maturity
  Amount
   
    Rate   Date   (000)   Value
 
 
New York–(continued)
 
                       
                                 
Subseries 2008 A-1, Unlimited Tax GO Bonds(c)
    5.25 %     08/15/28     $ 1,140     $ 1,350,968  
 
Subseries 2008 F-1, Unlimited Tax GO Bonds
    5.50 %     11/15/28       4,050       4,894,020  
 
Subseries 2008 G-1, Unlimited Tax GO Bonds
    6.25 %     12/15/35       400       501,456  
 
Subseries 2008 I-1, Unlimited Tax GO Bonds(c)
    5.00 %     02/01/26       10,000       11,624,700  
 
Subseries 2008 L-1, Unlimited Tax GO Bonds(c)
    5.00 %     04/01/27       10,000       11,517,900  
 
Subseries 2009 I-1, Unlimited Tax GO Bonds
    5.25 %     04/01/32       3,500       4,191,635  
 
New York (State of) Dormitory Authority (Brooklyn Law School);
                               
Series 2003 B, RB(e)(f)
    5.38 %     07/01/13       2,340       2,438,444  
 
Series 2009, RB
    5.75 %     07/01/33       540       621,567  
 
Series 2012 A, RB
    5.00 %     07/01/28       2,000       2,309,800  
 
Series 2012 A, RB
    5.00 %     07/01/29       1,000       1,153,980  
 
New York (State of) Dormitory Authority (Catholic Health Services of Long Island–St. Francis Hospital);
Series 2004, RB
    5.00 %     07/01/27       2,200       2,253,680  
 
New York (State of) Dormitory Authority (City of New York);
                               
Series 2005 A, Court Facilities Lease RB (INS–AMBAC)(a)
    5.50 %     05/15/27       700       909,251  
 
Series 2005 A, Court Facilities Lease RB (INS–AMBAC)(a)
    5.50 %     05/15/30       1,750       2,328,847  
 
Series 2005 A, Court Facilities Lease RB (INS–AMBAC)(a)
    5.50 %     05/15/31       445       595,334  
 
New York (State of) Dormitory Authority (Convent of The Sacred Heart); Series 2011, RB (INS–AGM)(a)
    5.75 %     11/01/40       1,255       1,489,735  
 
New York (State of) Dormitory Authority (Cornell University);
                               
Series 2006 A, RB(c)
    5.00 %     07/01/35       3,990       4,530,605  
 
Series 2010 A, RB
    5.00 %     07/01/40       1,000       1,137,540  
 
New York (State of) Dormitory Authority (Education); Series 2008 B, State Personal Income Tax RB
    5.75 %     03/15/36       2,150       2,619,474  
 
New York (State of) Dormitory Authority (Fashion Institute of Technology Student Housing Corp.); Series 2007, RB (INS–NATL)(a)
    5.25 %     07/01/28       2,065       2,436,287  
 
New York (State of) Dormitory Authority (Fordham University);
                               
Series 2008 B, RB (INS–AGC)(a)
    5.00 %     07/01/33       1,415       1,557,802  
 
Series 2011 A, RB
    5.13 %     07/01/29       500       581,680  
 
New York (State of) Dormitory Authority (General Purpose);
                               
Series 2010 E, State Personal Income Tax RB
    5.00 %     02/15/40       500       570,480  
 
Series 2011 A, State Personal Income Tax RB(c)
    5.00 %     03/15/30       3,000       3,529,290  
 
New York (State of) Dormitory Authority (Maimonides Medical Center); Series 2004, Mortgage Hospital RB (INS–NATL)(a)
    5.00 %     08/01/33       1,950       2,081,059  
 
New York (State of) Dormitory Authority (Manhattan College); Series 2007 A, RB (INS–Radian)(a)
    5.00 %     07/01/41       2,715       2,768,485  
 
New York (State of) Dormitory Authority (Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center);
                               
Series 1998, RB (INS–NATL)(a)
    5.50 %     07/01/23       3,750       4,803,525  
 
Series 2003 1, RB(e)(f)
    5.00 %     07/01/13       1,000       1,039,810  
 
New York (State of) Dormitory Authority (Montefiore Medical Center); Series 2004, Hospital RB (INS–NATL)(a)
    5.00 %     08/01/29       1,000       1,072,250  
 
New York (State of) Dormitory Authority (Mount Sinai Hospital Obligated Group); Series 2011 A, RB
    5.00 %     07/01/31       2,125       2,355,924  
 
New York (State of) Dormitory Authority (Mount Sinai School of Medicine of New York University); Series 2009, RB
    5.13 %     07/01/39       1,750       1,932,053  
 
New York (State of) Dormitory Authority (New York University Hospitals Center); Series 2011 A, RB
    6.00 %     07/01/40       500       588,150  
 
New York (State of) Dormitory Authority (New York University);
                               
Series 2001 1, RB (INS–AMBAC)(a)
    5.50 %     07/01/31       2,500       3,322,900  
 
Series 2001 1, RB (INS–BHAC)(a)
    5.50 %     07/01/31       1,115       1,468,121  
 
New York (State of) Dormitory Authority (North Shore–Long Island Jewish Obligated Group);
                               
Series 2009 A, RB
    5.50 %     05/01/37       1,250       1,423,325  
 
Series 2011 A, RB
    5.00 %     05/01/32       500       560,990  
 
Subseries 2005 A, RB
    5.00 %     11/01/26       2,125       2,282,887  
 
 
See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements which are an integral part of the financial statements.
 
6        Invesco Van Kampen Trust for Investment Grade New York Municipals


 

                                 
            Principal
   
    Interest
  Maturity
  Amount
   
    Rate   Date   (000)   Value
 
 
New York–(continued)
 
                       
                                 
New York (State of) Dormitory Authority (Orange Regional Medical Center);
                               
Series 2008, RB
    6.50 %     12/01/21     $ 3,000     $ 3,446,640  
 
Series 2008, RB
    6.13 %     12/01/29       1,375       1,511,139  
 
New York (State of) Dormitory Authority (Pratt Institution); Series 2009 C, RB (INS–AGC)(a)
    5.13 %     07/01/39       1,000       1,100,830  
 
New York (State of) Dormitory Authority (Rochester Institute of Technology); Series 2010, RB
    5.00 %     07/01/40       1,750       1,950,602  
 
New York (State of) Dormitory Authority (Rockefeller University); Series 2010 A, RB
    5.00 %     07/01/41       1,870       2,156,783  
 
New York (State of) Dormitory Authority (School Districts Financing Program);
                               
Series 2008 D, RB (INS–AGC)(a)
    5.75 %     10/01/24       2,500       3,008,225  
 
Series 2009 C, RB (INS–AGC)(a)
    5.00 %     10/01/24       500       580,500  
 
Series 2011 A, RB
    5.00 %     10/01/25       1,195       1,412,418  
 
New York (State of) Dormitory Authority (St. John’s University); Series 2012 B, RB
    5.00 %     07/01/30       2,780       3,241,313  
 
New York (State of) Dormitory Authority (St. Joseph’s College); Series 2010, RB
    5.25 %     07/01/35       1,500       1,668,105  
 
New York (State of) Dormitory Authority (State University Educational Facilities);
                               
Series 1993 A, RB (INS–NATL)(a)
    5.25 %     05/15/15       3,600       3,907,332  
 
Series 1993 B, RB
    5.25 %     05/15/19       5,010       5,751,179  
 
New York (State of) Dormitory Authority (The New School);
                               
Series 2010, RB
    5.50 %     07/01/40       2,755       3,154,888  
 
Series 2011, Ref. RB
    5.00 %     07/01/31       1,750       1,985,602  
 
New York (State of) Dormitory Authority (Vassar College); Series 2007, RB
    5.00 %     07/01/46       2,075       2,235,646  
 
New York (State of) Dormitory Authority (Winthrop South Nassau University Health System Obligated Group); Series 2003 B, RB
    5.50 %     07/01/23       750       762,300  
 
New York (State of) Dormitory Authority;
                               
Series 1993 A, Second General City University System Consolidated RB
    5.75 %     07/01/13       675       705,125  
 
Series 1995 A, City University System Consolidated RB
    5.63 %     07/01/16       2,980       3,378,396  
 
Series 2007 A, Mental Health Services Facilities Improvement RB (INS–AGM)(a)
    5.00 %     02/15/27       2,500       2,734,875  
 
Series 2008 C, Mental Health Services Facilities Improvement RB (INS–AGM)(a)(d)
    5.25 %     02/15/28       2,000       2,177,120  
 
New York (State of) Energy Research & Development Authority; Series 1993, Regular Residual Interest RB(j)
    12.11 %     04/01/20       1,500       1,509,300  
 
New York (State of) Mortgage Agency; Series 2007 145, Homeowner Mortgage RB(d)
    5.05 %     10/01/29       1,555       1,625,162  
 
New York (State of) Power Authority; Series 2011 A, RB
    5.00 %     11/15/38       1,770       2,050,510  
 
New York (State of) Thruway Authority (Transportation); Series 2009 A, Personal Income Tax RB
    5.00 %     03/15/25       410       492,549  
 
New York (State of) Thruway Authority;
                               
Series 2008 B, Second General Highway & Bridge Trust Fund RB
    5.00 %     04/01/27       1,000       1,146,630  
 
Series 2012 I, General RB
    5.00 %     01/01/42       1,390       1,563,569  
 
New York (State of) Urban Development Corp. (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute–Center for Industrial Innovation); Series 1995, Ref. RB
    5.50 %     01/01/13       440       447,696  
 
New York City Health & Hospital Corp.;
                               
Series 2003 A, Health System RB (INS–AMBAC)(a)
    5.25 %     02/15/21       2,000       2,035,920  
 
Series 2010 A, Health System RB
    5.00 %     02/15/30       2,780       3,142,012  
 
New York Liberty Development Corp. (4 World Trade Center); Series 2011, Ref. Liberty RB
    5.00 %     11/15/31       2,125       2,441,519  
 
New York Liberty Development Corp. (7 World Trade Center); Series 2012, Class 1, Ref. Liberty RB(c)
    5.00 %     09/15/40       14,445       16,459,355  
 
New York Liberty Development Corp. (Bank of America Tower at One Bryant Park); Series 2010, Ref. Second Priority Liberty RB
    6.38 %     07/15/49       2,785       3,200,661  
 
New York Local Government Assistance Corp.; Series 1993 C, Ref. RB
    5.50 %     04/01/17       2,000       2,348,860  
 
New York State Environmental Facilities Corp. (2010 Master Financing Program); Series 2010 C, RB
    5.00 %     10/15/39       1,905       2,166,290  
 
New York State Environmental Facilities Corp. (Municipal Water Finance Authority); Series 2011 B, State Clean Water & Drinking Water Revolving Funds RB
    5.00 %     06/15/31       1,570       1,874,502  
 
 
See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements which are an integral part of the financial statements.
 
7        Invesco Van Kampen Trust for Investment Grade New York Municipals


 

                                 
            Principal
   
    Interest
  Maturity
  Amount
   
    Rate   Date   (000)   Value
 
 
New York–(continued)
 
                       
                                 
New York State Urban Development Corp.;
                               
Series 1993 A, Ref. Correctional Facilities RB
    5.50 %     01/01/14     $ 1,895     $ 1,958,179  
 
Series 2008 B, Ref. Service Contract RB
    5.25 %     01/01/24       750       885,593  
 
Series 2008 B, Ref. Service Contract RB
    5.25 %     01/01/25       2,000       2,338,740  
 
Niagara Falls (City of) Public Water Authority; Series 2005, Water & Sewer System RB (INS–SGI)(a)
    5.00 %     07/15/26       1,000       1,051,060  
 
Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority (Buffalo Niagara International Airport); Series 1999 A, Airport RB (INS–NATL)(a)(d)
    5.63 %     04/01/29       3,570       3,611,055  
 
North Syracuse Central School District; Series 2007, Ref. Unlimited Tax GO Bonds (INS–NATL)(a)
    5.00 %     06/15/23       940       1,164,303  
 
Oneida (County of) Industrial Development Agency (St. Elizabeth Medical Center Facility);
                               
Series 1999 A, Civic Facility RB
    5.88 %     12/01/29       475       475,304  
 
Series 1999 B, Civic Facility RB
    6.00 %     12/01/19       1,180       1,181,711  
 
Onondaga Civic Development Corp. (Le Moyne College); Series 2010, RB
    5.38 %     07/01/40       2,435       2,662,405  
 
Rockland (County of) Solid Waste Management Authority; Series 2003 B, RB (INS–AMBAC)(a)(d)
    5.13 %     12/15/28       1,000       1,019,680  
 
Rockland (County of); Series 2012, Limited Tax TAN
    2.50 %     03/06/13       1,060       1,064,092  
 
Sales Tax Asset Receivable Corp.; Series 2004 A, RB (INS–AMBAC)(a)
    5.00 %     10/15/29       1,500       1,630,995  
 
Saratoga (County of) Industrial Development Agency (Saratoga Hospital); Series 2007 B, Civic Facility RB
    5.13 %     12/01/27       1,000       1,054,480  
 
Seneca (County of) Industrial Development Agency (Seneca Meadows, Inc.); Series 2005, RB(d)(e)(g)(k)
    6.63 %     10/01/13       1,880       1,905,399  
 
Suffolk (County of) Industrial Development Agency (Eastern Long Island Hospital Association); Series 2007, Civic Facility RB(k)
    5.38 %     01/01/27       1,950       1,908,875  
 
Suffolk (County of) Industrial Development Agency (Jefferson’s Ferry); Series 2006, Ref. First Mortgage Continuing Care Retirement Community RB
    5.00 %     11/01/28       1,000       1,022,630  
 
Suffolk County Economic Development Corp. (Peconic Landing at Southold, Inc.); Series 2010, Ref. RB
    6.00 %     12/01/40       1,035       1,148,829  
 
Syracuse (City of); Series 2011 A, Airport Terminal Security & Access Improvement Unlimited Tax GO Bonds(d)
    5.00 %     11/01/36       500       539,820  
 
Tobacco Settlement Financing Corp.; Series 2003 B-1C, Asset-Backed RB
    5.50 %     06/01/21       1,000       1,038,180  
 
Tompkins (County of) Industrial Development Agency (Cornell University); Series 2008 A, Civic Facility RB
    5.00 %     07/01/37       750       854,835  
 
Triborough Bridge & Tunnel Authority; Series 2003 A, Sub. RB (INS–AMBAC)(a)
    5.00 %     11/15/28       1,500       1,573,470  
 
Troy Capital Resource Corp. (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute);
                               
Series 2010 A, RB
    5.00 %     09/01/30       2,500       2,822,000  
 
Series 2010 A, RB
    5.13 %     09/01/40       985       1,090,415  
 
TSASC, Inc.;
                               
Series 2006 1, Tobacco Settlement Asset-Backed RB
    5.00 %     06/01/34       2,000       1,525,620  
 
Series 2006 1, Tobacco Settlement Asset-Backed RB
    5.13 %     06/01/42       1,660       1,223,022  
 
United Nations Development Corp.;
                               
Series 2009 A, Ref. RB
    5.00 %     07/01/25       1,000       1,142,270  
 
Series 2009 A, Ref. RB
    5.00 %     07/01/26       815       926,598  
 
Westchester (County of) Industrial Development Agency (Kendal on Hudson); Series 2003 A, Continuing Care Retirement Community Mortgage RB(e)(f)
    6.50 %     01/01/13       3,000       3,063,390  
 
Westchester Tobacco Asset Securitization Corp.; Series 2005, Tobacco Settlement Asset-Backed RB
    5.13 %     06/01/45       2,750       2,265,037  
 
Yonkers Economic Development Corp. (Charter School of Educational Excellence); Series 2010 A, Educational RB
    6.25 %     10/15/40       1,200       1,255,032  
 
                              448,480,683  
 
 
Puerto Rico–8.97%
 
                       
Puerto Rico (Commonwealth of) Aqueduct & Sewer Authority;
                               
Series 2008 A, Sr. Lien RB
    6.00 %     07/01/38       650       692,796  
 
Series 2012 A, Sr. Lien RB
    5.13 %     07/01/37       2,000       2,005,980  
 
 
See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements which are an integral part of the financial statements.
 
8        Invesco Van Kampen Trust for Investment Grade New York Municipals


 

                                 
            Principal
   
    Interest
  Maturity
  Amount
   
    Rate   Date   (000)   Value
 
 
Puerto Rico–(continued)
 
                       
                                 
Puerto Rico (Commonwealth of) Electric Power Authority;
                               
Series 2008 WW, RB
    5.50 %     07/01/21     $ 1,000     $ 1,108,550  
 
Series 2008 WW, RB
    5.00 %     07/01/28       1,000       1,047,010  
 
Series 2008 WW, RB
    5.25 %     07/01/33       2,100       2,210,145  
 
Series 2010 XX, RB
    5.75 %     07/01/36       1,000       1,096,550  
 
Puerto Rico (Commonwealth of) Industrial Tourist Educational, Medical and Environmental Control Facilities Financing Authority (Ana G. Mendez University System); Series 2012, Ref. RB
    5.00 %     04/01/27       1,000       1,022,120  
 
Puerto Rico (Commonwealth of) Infrastructure Financing Authority; Series 2005 C, Ref. Special Tax RB (INS–AMBAC)(a)
    5.50 %     07/01/27       1,525       1,717,805  
 
Puerto Rico (Commonwealth of) Public Buildings Authority; Series 2004 I, Government Facilities RB(e)(f)
    5.25 %     07/01/14       75       81,644  
 
Puerto Rico Sales Tax Financing Corp.;
                               
First Subseries 2009 A, RB
    5.75 %     08/01/37       870       971,468  
 
First Subseries 2009 A, RB
    6.38 %     08/01/39       1,500       1,772,430  
 
First Subseries 2010, Conv. CAB RB(b)
    0.00 %     08/01/33       415       356,672  
 
First Subseries 2010 A, CAB RB(b)
    0.00 %     08/01/34       1,000       301,570  
 
First Subseries 2010 A, CAB RB(b)
    0.00 %     08/01/35       2,500       702,900  
 
First Subseries 2010 A, RB
    5.38 %     08/01/39       1,180       1,263,261  
 
First Subseries 2010 C, RB
    5.25 %     08/01/41       1,325       1,409,111  
 
Series 2011 C, RB(c)
    5.00 %     08/01/40       3,420       3,707,622  
 
Series 2011 C, RB(c)
    5.25 %     08/01/40       5,700       6,349,629  
 
                              27,817,263  
 
 
Guam–2.56%
 
                       
Guam (Territory of) (Section 30);
                               
Series 2009 A, Limited Obligation RB
    5.63 %     12/01/29       860       966,993  
 
Series 2009 A, Limited Obligation RB
    5.75 %     12/01/34       500       562,090  
 
Guam (Territory of) Power Authority; Series 2010 A, RB
    5.50 %     10/01/40       1,020       1,067,675  
 
Guam (Territory of) Waterworks Authority; Series 2010, Water & Wastewater System RB
    5.63 %     07/01/40       3,500       3,596,005  
 
Guam (Territory of);
                               
Series 2011 A, Business Privilege Tax RB
    5.25 %     01/01/36       1,125       1,270,507  
 
Series 2011 A, Business Privilege Tax RB
    5.13 %     01/01/42       435       484,068  
 
                              7,947,338  
 
 
Virgin Islands–1.34%
 
                       
Virgin Islands (Government of) Public Finance Authority (Gross Receipts Taxes Loan Note); Series 1999 A, RB
    6.38 %     10/01/19       1,370       1,374,603  
 
Virgin Islands (Government of) Public Finance Authority (Matching Fund Loan Note–Diageo); Series 2009 A, Sub. RB
    6.63 %     10/01/29       1,880       2,214,696  
 
Virgin Islands (Government of) Public Finance Authority (Matching Fund Loan Note); Series 2010 A, Sr. Lien RB
    5.00 %     10/01/29       500       546,320  
 
                              4,135,619  
 
TOTAL INVESTMENTS(l)–157.51% (Cost $446,552,416)
                            488,380,903  
 
FLOATING RATE NOTE OBLIGATIONS–(29.11%)
                               
Notes with interest rates ranging from 0.16% to 0.24% at 08/31/12, and contractual maturities of collateral ranging from 11/01/25 to 07/01/44(m) (See Note 1I)
                            (90,260,000 )
 
VARIABLE RATE MUNI TERM PREFERRED SHARES–(29.10%)
                            (90,248,046 )
 
OTHER ASSETS LESS LIABILITIES–0.70%
                            2,183,646  
 
NET ASSETS APPLICABLE TO COMMON SHARES–100.00%
                          $ 310,056,503  
 
 
 
See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements which are an integral part of the financial statements.
 
9        Invesco Van Kampen Trust for Investment Grade New York Municipals


 

Investment Abbreviations:
 
     
ACA
  – ACA Financial Guaranty Corp.
AGC
  – Assured Guaranty Corp.
AGM
  – Assured Guaranty Municipal Corp.
AMBAC
  – American Municipal Bond Assurance Corp.
BHAC
  – Berkshire Hathaway Assurance Corp.
CAB
  – Capital Appreciation Bonds
CIFG
  – CIFG Assurance North America, Inc.
Conv.
  – Convertible
GO
  – General Obligation
INS
  – Insurer
LOC
  – Letter of Credit
NATL
  – National Public Finance Guarantee Corp.
PCR
  – Pollution Control Revenue Bonds
PILOT
  – Payment-in-Lieu-of-Tax
Radian
  – Radian Asset Assurance, Inc.
RB
  – Revenue Bonds
Ref.
  – Refunding
Sec.
  – Secured
SGI
  – Syncora Guarantee, Inc.
Sr.
  – Senior
Sub.
  – Subordinated
TAN
  – Tax Anticipation Notes
VRD
  – Variable Rate Demand
 
Notes to Schedule of Investments:
 
(a) Principal and/or interest payments are secured by the bond insurance company listed.
(b) Zero coupon bond issued at a discount.
(c) Underlying security related to Dealer Trusts entered into by the Trust. See Note 1I.
(d) Security subject to the alternative minimum tax.
(e) Security has an irrevocable call by the issuer or mandatory put by the holder. Maturity date reflects such call or put.
(f) Advance refunded; secured by an escrow fund of U.S. Government obligations or other highly rated collateral.
(g) Interest or dividend rate is redetermined periodically. Rate shown is the rate in effect on August 31, 2012.
(h) Demand security payable upon demand by the Trust at specified time intervals no greater than thirteen months. Interest rate is redetermined periodically. Rate shown is the rate in effect on August 31, 2012.
(i) Principal and interest payments are fully enhanced by a letter of credit from the bank listed or a predecessor bank, branch or subsidiary.
(j) Current coupon rate for an inverse floating rate municipal obligation. This rate resets periodically as the rate on the related security changes. Position in an inverse floating rate municipal obligation has a total value of $1,509,300 which represents 0.49% of the Trust’s Net Assets.
(k) Security purchased or received in a transaction exempt from registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. The security may be resold pursuant to an exemption from registration under the 1933 Act, typically to qualified institutional buyers. The aggregate value of these securities at August 31, 2012 was $3,814,274, which represented 1.23% of the Trust’s Net Assets.
(l) This table provides a listing of those entities that have either issued, guaranteed, backed or otherwise enhanced the credit quality of more than 5% of the securities held in the portfolio. In instances where the entity has guaranteed, backed or otherwise enhanced the credit quality of a security, it is not primarily responsible for the issuer’s obligations but may be called upon to satisfy the issuer’s obligations.
 
         
Entities   Percentage
 
National Public Finance Guarantee Corp. 
    7.4 %
 
(m) Floating rate note obligations related to securities held. The interest rates shown reflect the rates in effect at August 31, 2012. At August 31, 2012, the Trust’s investments with a value of $165,907,938 are held by Dealer Trusts and serve as collateral for the $90,260,000 in the floating rate note obligations outstanding at that date.
 
Portfolio Composition
 
By credit sector, based on Total Investments
as of August 31, 2012
 
 
         
Revenue Bonds
    86.9 %
 
General Obligation Bonds
    7.8  
 
Other
    3.4  
 
Pre-refunded Bonds
    1.9  
 
 
See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements which are an integral part of the financial statements.
 
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Statement of Assets and Liabilities
 
August 31, 2012
(Unaudited)
 
 
         
 
Assets:
 
Investments, at value (Cost $446,552,416)
  $ 488,380,903  
 
Receivable for:
       
Interest
    5,193,055  
 
Fund expenses absorbed
    11,250  
 
Investment for trustee deferred compensation and retirement plans
    7,102  
 
Deferred offering costs
    284,822  
 
Other assets
    48,721  
 
Total assets
    493,925,853  
 
 
Liabilities:
 
Floating rate note obligations
    90,260,000  
 
Variable rate muni term preferred shares, at liquidation value ($0.01 par value, 904 shares issued with liquidation preference of $100,000 per share)
    90,248,046  
 
Payable for:
       
Amount due custodian
    3,215,459  
 
Accrued interest expense
    15,462  
 
Accrued fees to affiliates
    26  
 
Accrued other operating expenses
    120,013  
 
Trustee deferred compensation and retirement plans
    10,344  
 
Total liabilities
    183,869,350  
 
Net assets applicable to common shares
  $ 310,056,503  
 
 
Net assets applicable to common shares consist of:
 
Shares of beneficial interest — common shares
  $ 291,723,714  
 
Undistributed net investment income
    4,448,285  
 
Undistributed net realized gain (loss)
    (27,943,983 )
 
Unrealized appreciation
    41,828,487  
 
    $ 310,056,503  
 
 
Shares outstanding, no par value, with an unlimited number of shares authorized:
 
Common shares outstanding
    19,421,043  
 
Net asset value per common share
  $ 15.96  
 
Market value per common share
  $ 16.30  
 
 
See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements which are an integral part of the financial statements.
 
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Statement of Operations
 
For the six months ended August 31, 2012
(Unaudited)
 
 
         
 
Investment income:
 
Interest
  $ 8,725,495  
 
 
Expenses:
 
Advisory fees
    1,077,265  
 
Administrative services fees
    35,909  
 
Custodian fees
    4,805  
 
Interest, facilities and maintenance fees
    681,877  
 
Transfer agent fees
    14,800  
 
Trustees’ and officers’ fees and benefits
    19,174  
 
Professional services fees
    121,918  
 
Other
    67,579  
 
Total expenses
    2,023,327  
 
Less: Fees waived
    (43,101 )
 
Net expenses
    1,980,226  
 
Net investment income
    6,745,269  
 
 
Realized and unrealized gain from:
 
Net realized gain from investment securities
    335,960  
 
Change in net unrealized appreciation of investment securities
    6,333,024  
 
Net realized and unrealized gain
    6,668,984  
 
Net increase in net assets resulting from operations
    13,414,253  
 
Distributions to preferred shareholders from net investment income
    (42,182 )
 
Net increase in net assets from operations applicable to common shares
  $ 13,372,071  
 
 
See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements which are an integral part of the financial statements.
 
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Statement of Changes in Net Assets
 
For the six months ended August 31, 2012 and the year ended February 29, 2012
(Unaudited)
 
 
                 
    August 31,
  February 29,
    2012   2012
 
 
Operations:
 
Net investment income
  $ 6,745,269     $ 14,813,207  
 
Net realized gain (loss)
    335,960       (1,177,421 )
 
Change in net unrealized appreciation
    6,333,024       35,115,947  
 
Net increase in net assets resulting from operations
    13,414,253       48,751,733  
 
Distributions to preferred shareholders from net investment income
    (42,182 )     (174,977 )
 
Net increase in net assets from operations applicable to common shares
    13,372,071       48,576,756  
 
Distributions to common shareholders from net investment income
    (7,686,924 )     (15,343,635 )
 
Net increase in net assets applicable to common shares
    5,685,147       33,233,121  
 
 
Share transactions–net:
 
Increase from transactions in common shares of beneficial interest
    66,556,409       555,362  
 
Net increase in net assets
    72,241,556       33,788,483  
 
 
Net assets applicable to common shares:
 
Beginning of period
    237,814,947       204,026,464  
 
End of period (includes undistributed net investment income of $4,448,285 and $5,432,122, respectively)
  $ 310,056,503     $ 237,814,947  
 
 
See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements which are an integral part of the financial statements.
 
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Statement of Cash Flows
 
For the six months ended August 31, 2012
(Unaudited)
 
 
         
 
Cash provided by operating activities:
 
Net increase in net assets resulting from operations applicable to common shares
  $ 13,372,071  
 
 
Adjustments to reconcile the change in net assets applicable to common shares from operations to net cash provided by operating activities:
 
Purchases of investments
    (13,904,204 )
 
Proceeds from sales of investments
    8,909,340  
 
Amortization of premium
    543,909  
 
Accretion of discount
    (317,502 )
 
Increase in receivables and other assets
    (1,539,888 )
 
Decrease in accrued expenses and other payables
    (77,865 )
 
Net realized gain from investment securities
    (335,960 )
 
Net change in unrealized appreciation on investment securities
    (6,333,024 )
 
Net cash provided by operating activities
    316,877  
 
 
Cash provided by (used in) financing activities:
 
Dividends paid to common shareholders from net investment income
    (7,348,937 )
 
Decrease in payable for amount due custodian
    (602,940 )
 
Increase in VMTP shares, at liquidation value
    76,800,000  
 
Net proceeds from the redemption of preferred shares
    (76,850,000 )
 
Net proceeds from floating rate note obligations
    7,685,000  
 
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities
    (316,877 )
 
Net increase in cash
     —  
 
Cash at beginning of period
     —  
 
Cash at end of period
  $  —  
 
 
Supplemental disclosure of cash flow information:
 
Cash paid during the period for interest, facilities and maintenance fees
  $ 844,071  
 
 
Notes to Financial Statements
 
August 31, 2012
(Unaudited)
 
 
NOTE 1—Significant Accounting Policies
 
Invesco Van Kampen Trust for Investment Grade New York Municipals (the “Trust”), a Delaware statutory trust, is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”), as a diversified, closed-end management investment company. Prior to August 27, 2012, the Trust was organized as a Massachusetts business trust.
  The Trust’s investment objective is to seek to provide a high level of current income exempt from federal as well as New York State and New York City income taxes, consistent with preservation of capital. The Trust will invest substantially all of its assets in New York municipal securities rated investment grade at the time of investment but may invest up to 20% of its assets in unrated securities which are believed to be of comparable quality to those rated investment grade.
  The following is a summary of the significant accounting policies followed by the Trust in the preparation of its financial statements.
A. Security Valuations — Securities, including restricted securities, are valued according to the following policy.
    Securities are fair valued using an evaluated quote provided by an independent pricing service approved by the Board of Trustees. Evaluated quotes provided by the pricing service may be determined without exclusive reliance on quoted prices and may reflect appropriate factors such as institution-size trading in similar groups of securities, yield, quality, coupon rate, maturity, type of issue, individual trading characteristics and other market data. Securities with a demand feature exercisable within one to seven days are valued at par. Debt securities are subject to interest rate and credit risks. In addition, all debt securities involve some risk of default with respect to interest and principal payments.
 
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    Securities for which market quotations either are not readily available or are unreliable are valued at fair value as determined in good faith by or under the supervision of the Trust’s officers following procedures approved by the Board of Trustees. Some of the factors which may be considered in determining fair value are fundamental analytical data relating to the investment; the nature and duration of any restrictions on transferability or disposition; trading in similar securities by the same issuer or comparable companies; relevant political, economic or issuer specific news; and other relevant factors under the circumstances.
    Valuations change in response to many factors including the historical and prospective earnings of the issuer, the value of the issuer’s assets, general economic conditions, interest rates, investor perceptions and market liquidity. Because of the inherent uncertainties of valuation, the values reflected in the financial statements may materially differ from the value received upon actual sale of those investments.
B. Securities Transactions and Investment Income — Securities transactions are accounted for on a trade date basis. Realized gains or losses on sales are computed on the basis of specific identification of the securities sold. Interest income is recorded on the accrual basis from settlement date. Dividend income (net of withholding tax, if any) is recorded on the ex-dividend date. Bond premiums and discounts are amortized and/or accreted for financial reporting purposes.
    The Trust may periodically participate in litigation related to Trust investments. As such, the Trust may receive proceeds from litigation settlements. Any proceeds received are included in the Statement of Operations as realized gain (loss) for investments no longer held and as unrealized gain (loss) for investments still held.
    Brokerage commissions and mark ups are considered transaction costs and are recorded as an increase to the cost basis of securities purchased and/or a reduction of proceeds on a sale of securities. Such transaction costs are included in the determination of net realized and unrealized gain (loss) from investment securities reported in the Statement of Operations and the Statement of Changes in Net Assets and the net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on securities per share in the Financial Highlights. Transaction costs are included in the calculation of the Trust’s net asset value and, accordingly, they reduce the Trust’s total returns. These transaction costs are not considered operating expenses and are not reflected in net investment income reported in the Statement of Operations and Statement of Changes in Net Assets, or the net investment income per share and ratios of expenses and net investment income reported in the Financial Highlights, nor are they limited by any expense limitation arrangements between the Trust and the investment adviser.
C. Country Determination — For the purposes of making investment selection decisions and presentation in the Schedule of Investments, the investment adviser may determine the country in which an issuer is located and/or credit risk exposure based on various factors. These factors include the laws of the country under which the issuer is organized, where the issuer maintains a principal office, the country in which the issuer derives 50% or more of its total revenues and the country that has the primary market for the issuer’s securities, as well as other criteria. Among the other criteria that may be evaluated for making this determination are the country in which the issuer maintains 50% or more of its assets, the type of security, financial guarantees and enhancements, the nature of the collateral and the sponsor organization. Country of issuer and/or credit risk exposure has been determined to be the United States of America, unless otherwise noted.
D. Distributions — The Trust declares and pays monthly dividends from net investment income to common shareholders. Distributions from net realized capital gain, if any, are generally paid annually and are distributed on a pro rata basis to common and preferred shareholders. The Trust may elect to treat a portion of the proceeds from redemptions as distributions for federal income tax purposes.
E. Federal Income Taxes — The Trust intends to comply with the requirements of Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code necessary to qualify as a regulated investment company and to distribute substantially all of the Trust’s taxable earnings to shareholders. As such, the Trust will not be subject to federal income taxes on otherwise taxable income (including net realized capital gain) that is distributed to shareholders. Therefore, no provision for federal income taxes is recorded in the financial statements.
    In addition, the Trust intends to invest in such municipal securities to allow it to qualify to pay shareholders “exempt dividends”, as defined in the Internal Revenue Code.
    The Trust files tax returns in the U.S. Federal jurisdiction and certain other jurisdictions. Generally, the Trust is subject to examinations by such taxing authorities for up to three years after the filing of the return for the tax period.
F. Accounting Estimates — The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”) requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period including estimates and assumptions related to taxation. Actual results could differ from those estimates by a significant amount. In addition, the Trust monitors for material events or transactions that may occur or become known after the period-end date and before the date the financial statements are released to print.
G. Indemnifications — Under the Trust’s organizational documents, each Trustee, officer, employee or other agent of the Trust is indemnified against certain liabilities that may arise out of the performance of their duties to the Trust. Additionally, in the normal course of business, the Trust enters into contracts, including the Trust’s servicing agreements, that contain a variety of indemnification clauses. The Trust’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown as this would involve future claims that may be made against the Trust that have not yet occurred. The risk of material loss as a result of such indemnification claims is considered remote.
H. Cash and Cash Equivalents — For the purposes of the Statement of Cash Flows the Trust defines Cash and Cash Equivalents as cash (including foreign currency), money market funds and other investments held in lieu of cash and excludes investments made with cash collateral received.
I. Floating Rate Note Obligations — The Trust invests in inverse floating rate securities, such as Residual Interest Bonds (“RIBs”) or Tender Option Bonds (“TOBs”) for investment purposes and to enhance the yield of the Trust. Inverse floating rate investments tend to underperform the market for fixed rate bonds in a rising interest rate environment, but tend to outperform the market for fixed rate bonds when interest rates decline or remain relatively stable. Such transactions may be purchased in the secondary market without first owning the underlying bond or by the sale of fixed rate bonds by the Trust to special purpose trusts established by a broker dealer (“Dealer Trusts”) in exchange for cash and residual interests in the Dealer Trusts’ assets and cash flows, which are in the form of inverse floating rate securities. The Dealer Trusts finance the purchases of the fixed rate bonds by issuing floating rate notes to third parties and allowing the Trust to retain residual interests in the bonds. The floating rate notes issued by the Dealer Trusts have
 
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interest rates that reset weekly and the floating rate note holders have the option to tender their notes to the Dealer Trusts for redemption at par at each reset date. The residual interests held by the Trust (inverse floating rate investments) include the right of the Trust (1) to cause the holders of the floating rate notes to tender their notes at par at the next interest rate reset date, and (2) to transfer the municipal bond from the Dealer Trusts to the Trust, thereby collapsing the Dealer Trusts.
    TOBs are presently classified as private placement securities. Private placement securities are subject to restrictions on resale because they have not been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended or are otherwise not readily marketable. As a result of the absence of a public trading market for these securities, they may be less liquid than publicly traded securities. Although these securities may be resold in privately negotiated transactions, the prices realized from these sales could be less than those originally paid by the Trust or less than what may be considered the fair value of such securities.
    The Trust accounts for the transfer of bonds to the Dealer Trusts as secured borrowings, with the securities transferred remaining in the Trust’s investment assets, and the related floating rate notes reflected as Trust liabilities under the caption Floating rate note obligations on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. The Trust records the interest income from the fixed rate bonds under the caption Interest and records the expenses related to floating rate obligations and any administrative expenses of the Dealer Trusts as a component of Interest, facilities and maintenance fees on the Statement of Operations.
    The Trust generally invests in inverse floating rate securities that include embedded leverage, thus exposing the Trust to greater risks and increased costs. The primary risks associated with inverse floating rate securities are varying degrees of liquidity and the changes in the value of such securities in response to changes in market rates of interest to a greater extent than the value of an equal principal amount of a fixed rate security having similar credit quality, redemption provisions and maturity which may cause the Trust’s net asset value to be more volatile than if it had not invested in inverse floating rate securities. In certain instances, the short-term floating rate interests created by the special purpose trust may not be able to be sold to third parties or, in the case of holders tendering (or putting) such interests for repayment of principal, may not be able to be remarketed to third parties. In such cases, the special purpose trust holding the long-term fixed rate bonds may be collapsed. In the case of RIBs or TOBs created by the contribution of long-term fixed income bonds by the Trust, the Trust will then be required to repay the principal amount of the tendered securities. During times of market volatility, illiquidity or uncertainty, the Trust could be required to sell other portfolio holdings at a disadvantageous time to raise cash to meet that obligation.
J. Interest, Facilities and Maintenance Fees — Interest, Facilities and Maintenance Fees include interest and related borrowing costs such as commitment fees, rating and bank agent fees and other expenses associated with lines of credit and Variable Rate Muni Term Preferred Shares (“VMTP Shares”), and interest and administrative expenses related to establishing and maintaining Auction Rate Preferred Shares and floating rate note obligations, if any.
K. Other Risks — The value of, payment of interest on, repayment of principal for and the ability to sell a municipal security may be affected by constitutional amendments, legislative enactments, executive orders, administrative regulations, voter initiatives and the economics of the regions in which the issuers are located.
    Since many municipal securities are issued to finance similar projects, especially those relating to education, health care, transportation and utilities, conditions in those sectors can affect the overall municipal securities market and a Trust’s investments in municipal securities.
    There is some risk that a portion or all of the interest received from certain tax-free municipal securities could become taxable as a result of determinations by the Internal Revenue Service.
 
NOTE 2—Advisory Fees and Other Fees Paid to Affiliates
 
The Trust has entered into a master investment advisory agreement with Invesco Advisers, Inc. (the “Adviser” or “Invesco”). Under the terms of the investment advisory agreement, the Trust pays an advisory fee to the Adviser based on the annual rate of 0.55% of the Trust’s average daily managed assets. Managed assets for this purpose means the Trust’s net assets, plus assets attributable to outstanding preferred shares and the amount of any borrowings incurred for the purpose of leverage (whether or not such amounts are reflected in the Trust’s financial statements for purposes of GAAP).
  Under the terms of a master sub-advisory agreement between the Adviser and each of Invesco Asset Management Deutschland GmbH, Invesco Asset Management Limited, Invesco Asset Management (Japan) Limited, Invesco Australia Limited, Invesco Hong Kong Limited, Invesco Senior Secured Management, Inc. and Invesco Canada Ltd. (collectively, the “Affiliated Sub-Advisers”) the Adviser, not the Trust, may pay 40% of the fees paid to the Adviser to any such Affiliated Sub-Adviser(s) that provide(s) discretionary investment management services to the Trust based on the percentage of assets allocated to such Sub-Adviser(s).
  Effective August 27, 2012, the Adviser has contractually agreed, through at least August 27, 2014, to waive advisory fees and/or reimburse expenses to the extent necessary to limit the Trust’s expenses (excluding certain items discussed below) to 0.69%. Through June 30, 2012, the Adviser had contractually agreed to waive advisory fees and/or reimburse expenses to the extent necessary to limit the Trust’s expenses (excluding certain items discussed below) to 1.02%. In determining the Adviser’s obligation to waive advisory fees and/or reimburse expenses, the following expenses are not taken into account, and could cause the Trust’s expenses to exceed the limit reflected above: (1) interest, facilities and maintenance fees; (2) taxes; (3) dividend expense on short sales; (4) extraordinary or non-routine items, including litigation expenses; and (5) expenses that the Trust has incurred but did not actually pay because of an expense offset arrangement. Unless the Board of Trustees and Invesco mutually agree to amend or continue the fee waiver agreement, it will terminate on August 27, 2014.
  For the six months ended August 31, 2012, the Adviser waived advisory fees of $43,101.
  The Trust has entered into a master administrative services agreement with Invesco pursuant to which the Trust has agreed to pay Invesco for certain administrative costs incurred in providing accounting services to the Trust. For the six months ended August 31, 2012, expenses incurred under this agreement are shown in the Statement of Operations as Administrative services fees.
  Certain officers and trustees of the Trust are officers and directors of Invesco.
 
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NOTE 3—Additional Valuation Information
 
GAAP defines fair value as the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date, under current market conditions. GAAP establishes a hierarchy that prioritizes the inputs to valuation methods giving the highest priority to readily available unadjusted quoted prices in an active market for identical assets (Level 1) and the lowest priority to significant unobservable inputs (Level 3) generally when market prices are not readily available or are unreliable. Based on the valuation inputs, the securities or other investments are tiered into one of three levels. Changes in valuation methods may result in transfers in or out of an investment’s assigned level:
    Level 1 — Prices are determined using quoted prices in an active market for identical assets.
    Level 2 — Prices are determined using other significant observable inputs. Observable inputs are inputs that other market participants may use in pricing a security. These may include quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, yield curves, loss severities, default rates, discount rates, volatilities and others.
    Level 3 — Prices are determined using significant unobservable inputs. In situations where quoted prices or observable inputs are unavailable (for example, when there is little or no market activity for an investment at the end of the period), unobservable inputs may be used. Unobservable inputs reflect the Trust’s own assumptions about the factors market participants would use in determining fair value of the securities or instruments and would be based on the best available information.
  The following is a summary of the tiered valuation input levels, as of August 31, 2012. The level assigned to the securities valuations may not be an indication of the risk or liquidity associated with investing in those securities. Because of the inherent uncertainties of valuation, the values reflected in the financial statements may materially differ from the value received upon actual sale of those investments.
 
                                 
    Level 1   Level 2   Level 3   Total
 
Municipal Obligations
  $     $ 488,380,903     $     $ 488,380,903  
 
 
NOTE 4—Trustees’ and Officers’ Fees and Benefits
 
“Trustees’ and Officers’ Fees and Benefits” include amounts accrued by the Trust to pay remuneration to certain Trustees and Officers of the Trust.
  During the six months ended August 31, 2012, the Trust paid legal fees of $136,763 for services rendered by Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP as counsel to the Trust. A trustee of the Trust is of counsel with the firm.
 
NOTE 5—Cash Balances and Borrowings
 
The Trust is permitted to temporarily carry a negative or overdrawn balance in its account with State Street Bank and Trust Company, the custodian bank. Such balances, if any at period end, are shown in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities under the payable caption Amount due custodian. To compensate the custodian bank for such overdrafts, the overdrawn Trust may either (1) leave funds as a compensating balance in the account so the custodian bank can be compensated by earning the additional interest; or (2) compensate by paying the custodian bank at a rate agreed upon by the custodian bank and Invesco, not to exceed the contractually agreed upon rate.
  Inverse floating rate obligations resulting from the transfer of bonds to Dealer Trusts are accounted for as secured borrowings. The average floating rate notes outstanding and average annual interest and fees related to inverse floating rate note obligations during the six months ended August 31, 2012 were $74,889,286 and 0.80%, respectively.
 
NOTE 6—Tax Information
 
The amount and character of income and gains to be distributed are determined in accordance with income tax regulations, which may differ from generally accepted accounting principles. Reclassifications are made to the Trust’s capital accounts to reflect income and gains available for distribution (or available capital loss carryforward) under income tax regulations. The tax character of distributions paid during the year and the tax components of net assets will be reported at the Trust’s fiscal year-end.
  Capital loss carryforward is calculated and reported as of a specific date. Results of transactions and other activity after that date may affect the amount of capital loss carryforward actually available for the Trust to utilize. The Regulated Investment Company Modernization Act of 2010 (the “Act”) eliminated the eight-year carryover period for capital losses that arise in taxable years beginning after its enactment date of December 22, 2010. Consequently, these capital losses can be carried forward for an unlimited period. However, capital losses with an expiration period may not be used to offset capital gains until all net capital losses without an expiration date have been utilized. Additionally, post-enactment capital loss carryovers will retain their character as either short-term or long-term capital losses instead of as short-term capital losses as under prior law. The ability to utilize capital loss carryforward in the future may be limited under the Internal Revenue Code and related regulations based on the results of future transactions.
 
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  The Trust had a capital loss carryforward as of February 29, 2012 which expires as follows:
 
                         
Capital Loss Carryforward*
Expiration   Short-Term   Long-Term   Total
 
February 28, 2015
  $ 1,658,127     $     $ 1,658,127  
 
February 28, 2016
    10,017,739             10,017,739  
 
February 28, 2017
    15,077,563             15,077,563  
 
February 28, 2018
    409,878             409,878  
 
    $ 27,163,307     $     $ 27,163,307  
 
Capital loss carryforward as of the date listed above is reduced for limitations, if any, to the extent required by the Internal Revenue Code.
 
NOTE 7—Investment Securities
 
The aggregate amount of investment securities (other than short-term securities, U.S. Treasury obligations and money market funds, if any) purchased and sold by the Trust during the six months ended August 31, 2012 was $22,715,615 and $12,189,873, respectively. Cost of investments on a tax basis includes the adjustments for financial reporting purposes as of the most recently completed federal income tax reporting period-end.
 
         
Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) of Investment Securities on a Tax Basis
 
Aggregate unrealized appreciation of investment securities
  $ 48,295,668  
 
Aggregate unrealized (depreciation) of investment securities
    (5,597,814 )
 
Net unrealized appreciation of investment securities
  $ 42,697,854  
 
Cost of investments for tax purposes is $445,683,049.        
 
NOTE 8—Auction Rate Preferred Shares
 
The Trust is authorized to issue Auction Rate Preferred Shares (“ARPS”). From May 22, 2012 through June 1, 2012, the Trust redeemed all of its outstanding ARPS at their respective liquidation preference, including accrued and unpaid dividends, if any, through the redemption date. The redemptions were funded with cash and proceeds received from the issuance of VMTP Shares.
  Historically, the Trust paid annual fees equivalent to 0.25% of the ARPS liquidation value for the remarketing efforts associated with the auction. Effective March 16, 2009, the Trust decreased this amount to 0.15% due to auction failures. These fees are included as a component of Interest, facilities and maintenance fees expense on the Statement of Operations. Dividends, which are cumulative, are reset through auction procedures.
 
         
    Range of
Series   Dividend Rates†
 
A
    0.107-0.381 %
 
B
    0.033-0.232  
 
C
    0.198-0.396  
 
†  For the period March 1, 2012 through June 1, 2012.
 
  The Trust was subject to certain restrictions relating to the ARPS. Failure to comply with these restrictions could have precluded the Trust from declaring any distributions to common shareholders or purchasing common shares and/or could trigger the mandatory redemption of ARPS at liquidation value.
  Beginning February 13, 2008 and continuing through June 1, 2012, all series of ARPS of the Trust were not successfully remarketed. As a result, the dividend rates of these ARPS were reset to the maximum applicable rate.
  Transactions in ARPS were as follows:
 
                                                 
    Series A   Series B   Series C
    Shares   Value   Shares   Value   Shares   Value
 
Outstanding at February 29, 2012
    1,272     $ 31,800,000       954     $ 23,850,000       848     $ 21,200,000  
 
Shares redeemed
    (1,272 )     (31,800,000 )     (954 )     (23,850,000 )     (848 )     (21,200,000 )
 
Outstanding at August 31, 2012
        $           $           $  
 
 
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NOTE 9—Variable Rate Muni Term Preferred Shares
 
On May 9, 2012, the Trust issued 768 Series 2015/6-VTN VMTP Shares, with liquidation preference of $100,000 per share pursuant to an offering exempt from registration under the Securities Act of 1933. In addition, the Trust issued 136 Series 2015/6-VTN VMTP Shares in connection with the reorganization of Invesco New York Quality Municipal Securities into the Trust with a liquidation preference of $100,000 per share. Proceeds from the issuance of VMTP Shares were used to redeem all of the Trust’s outstanding ARPS. VMTP Shares are a floating-rate form of preferred shares with a mandatory redemption date. The Trust is required to redeem all outstanding VMTP Shares on June 1, 2015, unless earlier redeemed, repurchased or extended. VMTP Shares are subject to optional and mandatory redemption in certain circumstances. The redemption price per share is equal to the sum of the liquidation value per share plus any accumulated but unpaid dividends and a redemption premium, if any.
  The Trust incurred costs in connection with the issuance of VMTP Shares. These costs were recorded as a deferred charge and will be amortized over the 3 year life of the VMTP Shares. Amortization of these costs is included in Interest, facilities and maintenance fees on the Statement of Operations and the unamortized balance is included in Deferred offering costs on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities.
  Dividends paid on the VMTP Shares (which are treated as interest expense for financial reporting purposes) are declared daily and paid monthly. The initial rate for dividends is equal to the sum of 1.10% per annum plus the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association Municipal Swap Index. Subsequent rates take into account a ratings spread which is based on the long term preferred share ratings assigned to the VMTP Shares by Moody’s and Fitch. The average liquidation value outstanding and the average annualized dividend rate of the VMTP Shares during the six months ended August 31, 2012 were $78,095,238 and 1.27%, respectively.
  The Trust is subject to certain restrictions, such as maintaining certain asset coverage and leverage ratio requirements relating to the VMTP Shares. Failure to comply with these restrictions could preclude the Trust from declaring any distributions to common shareholders or purchasing common shares and/or could trigger the mandatory redemption of VMTP Shares at liquidation value.
  For financial reporting purposes, the liquidation value of VMTP Shares, which is considered debt of the issuer, is recorded as a liability under the caption Variable rate muni term preferred shares on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Unpaid dividends on VMTP Shares are recognized as Accrued interest expense on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Dividends paid on VMTP Shares are recognized as a component of Interest, facilities and maintenance fees on the Statement of Operations.
 
NOTE 10—Common Shares of Beneficial Interest
 
Transactions in common shares of beneficial interest were as follows:
 
                 
    August 31,
  February 29,
    2012   2012
 
Beginning shares
    15,242,695       15,204,293  
 
Shares issued through dividend reinvestment
    21,489       38,402  
 
Shares issued in connection with acquisitions(a)
    4,156,859        
 
Ending shares
    19,421,043       15,242,695  
 
(a) As of the opening of business on August 27, 2012, the Trust acquired all the net assets of Invesco New York Quality Municipal Securities (the “Target Trust”) pursuant to a plan of reorganization approved by the Trustees of the Trust on November 28, 2011 and by the shareholders of the Target Trust on August 14, 2012. The acquisition was accomplished by a tax-free exchange of 4,156,859 common shares of the Trust for 4,030,280 common shares outstanding of the Target Trust as of the close of business on August 24, 2012. Shares of the Target Trust were exchanged for the like class of shares of the Trust, based on the relative net asset value of the Target Trust to the net asset value of the Trust at the close of business on August 24, 2012. The Target Trust’s net assets applicable to common shares as of the close of business on August 24, 2012 of $79,763,491, including $8,309,164 of unrealized appreciation, were combined with those of the Trust. The net assets applicable to common shares of the Trust immediately before the acquisition were $319,784,899 and $399,548,390 immediately after the acquisition.
  The pro forma results of operations for the six months ended August 31, 2012 assuming the reorganization had been completed on March 1, 2012, the beginning of the annual reporting period are as follows:
 
         
Net investment income
  $ 8,386,778  
 
Net realized/unrealized gains
    8,011,838  
 
Change in net assets resulting from operations
  $ 16,398,616  
 
  The combined investment portfolios have been managed as a single integrated portfolio since the acquisition was completed, it is not practicable to separate the amounts of revenue and earnings of the Target Trust that have been included in the Trust’s Statement of Operations since August 27, 2012.
 
  The Board of Trustees have approved share repurchases whereby the Trust may, when appropriate, purchase shares in the open market or in privately negotiated transactions at a price not above market value or net asset value, whichever is lower at the time of purchase.
 
NOTE 11—Dividends
 
The Fund declared the following dividends from net investment income subsequent to August 31, 2012:
 
                         
Declaration Date   Amount Per Share   Record Date   Payable Date
 
September 4, 2012
  $ 0.084       September 18, 2012       September 28, 2012  
 
October 1, 2012
  $ 0.084       October 12, 2012       October 31, 2012  
 
 
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NOTE 12—Financial Highlights
 
The following schedule presents financial highlights for a share of the Trust outstanding throughout the periods indicated.
 
                                                         
    Six months
      Four months
               
    ended
  Year ended
  ended
               
    August 31,
  February 29,
  February 28,
  Years ended October 31
    2012   2012   2011   2010   2009   2008   2007
 
Net asset value per common share, beginning of period
  $ 15.60     $ 13.42     $ 15.01     $ 14.00     $ 11.34     $ 15.80     $ 16.96  
 
Net investment income(a)
    0.44       0.97       0.35       1.03       1.15       1.21       1.10  
 
Net gains (losses) on securities (both realized and unrealized)
    0.42       2.23       (1.59 )     1.00       2.41       (4.59 )     (1.01 )
 
Distributions paid to preferred shareholders:
                                                       
Dividends from net investment income
    (0.00 )     (0.01 )     (0.01 )     (0.02 )     (0.04 )     (0.29 )     (0.32 )
 
Distributions from net realized gain (losses)
                                        (0.04 )
 
Total from investment operations
    0.86       3.19       (1.25 )     2.01       3.52       (3.67 )     (0.27 )
 
Less distributions paid to common shareholders:
                                                       
Dividends from net investment income
    (0.50 )     (1.01 )     (0.34 )     (1.00 )     (0.86 )     (0.79 )     (0.78 )
 
Distributions from net realized gains
                                        (0.11 )
 
Total distributions to common shareholders
    (0.50 )     (1.01 )     (0.34 )     (1.00 )     (0.86 )     (0.79 )     (0.89 )
 
Net asset value per common share, end of period
  $ 15.96     $ 15.60     $ 13.42     $ 15.01     $ 14.00     $ 11.34     $ 15.80  
 
Market value per common share, end of period
  $ 16.30     $ 16.10     $ 13.46     $ 15.46     $ 14.38     $ 10.80     $ 14.91  
 
Total return at net asset value(b)
    5.65 %     24.64 %     (8.36 )%     14.83 %                        
 
Total return at market value(c)
    4.53 %     28.25 %     (10.76 )%     15.14 %     43.22 %     (23.21 )%     4.38 %
 
Net assets applicable to common shares, end of period (000s omitted)
  $ 310,057     $ 237,815     $ 204,026     $ 227,987     $ 212,052     $ 171,762     $ 243,701  
 
Portfolio turnover rate(d)
    3 %     17 %     5 %     14 %     28 %     43 %     19 %
 
 
Ratios/supplemental data based on average net assets applicable to common shares:
 
Ratio of expenses:
                                                       
With fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements(e)
    1.63 %(g)     1.36 %     1.34 %(h)(i)     1.35 %     1.50 %     2.24 %     2.06 %
 
With fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements excluding interest, facilities and maintenance fees(e)(f)
    1.07 %(g)     1.08 %     1.02 %(h)(i)     1.08 %     1.14 %     0.97 %     1.04 %
 
Without fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements(e)
    1.67 %(g)     1.40 %     1.34 %(h)(i)     1.45 %     1.68 %     2.41 %     2.21 %
 
Ratio of net investment income before preferred share dividends
    5.56 %(g)     6.77 %     7.79 %(i)     7.07 %     9.12 %     8.19 %     6.71 %
 
Preferred share dividends
    0.03 %(g)     0.08 %     0.15 %(i)                                
 
Ratio of net investment income after preferred share dividends(f)
    5.53 %(g)     6.69 %     7.64 %(i)     6.96 %     8.79 %     6.25 %     4.78 %
 
 
Senior securities:
 
Total amount of preferred shares outstanding (000’s omitted)(j)
  $ 90,248     $ 76,850     $ 87,000     $ 87,000     $ 99,500     $ 116,000     $ 145,000  
 
Asset coverage per preferred shares(j)(k)
  $ 442,815     $ 102,363     $ 83,628     $ 90,514     $ 78,280     $ 62,029     $ 67,031  
 
Liquidating preference per preferred share(j)
  $ 100,000     $ 25,000     $ 25,000     $ 25,000     $ 25,000     $ 25,000     $ 25,000  
 
(a) Calculated using average shares outstanding.
(b) Includes adjustments in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America and as such, the net asset value for financial reporting purposes and the returns based upon those net asset values may differ from the net asset value and returns for shareholder transactions. Not annualized for periods less than one year, if applicable.
(c) Total return assumes an investment at the common share market price at the beginning of the period indicated, reinvestment of all distributions for the period in accordance with the Trust’s dividend reinvestment plan, and sale of all shares at the closing common share market price at the end of the period indicated. Not annualized for periods less than one year, if applicable.
(d) Portfolio turnover is not annualized for periods less than one year, if applicable. For the period ended August 31, 2012, the portfolio turnover calculation excludes the value of securities purchased of $69,348,946 and sold of $0 in the effort to realign the Trust’s portfolio holdings after the reorganization of Invesco New York Quality Municipal Securities into the Trust.
(e) Ratios do not reflect the effect of dividend payments to preferred shareholders.
(f) For the years ended October 31, 2010, and prior, ratios do not exclude facilities and maintenance fees.
(g) Ratios are annualized and based on average net assets applicable to common shares (000’s omitted) of $240,472.
(h) Ratios include an adjustment for a change in accounting estimate for professional services fees during the period. Ratios excluding this adjustment would have been higher by 0.06%.
(i) Annualized.
(j) For the years ended February 29, 2012 and prior, amounts are based on ARPS outstanding.
(k) Calculated by subtracting the Trust’s total liabilities (not including preferred shares) from the Trust’s total assets and dividing this by the number of preferred shares outstanding. For periods prior to February 28, 2011, calculated by subtracting the Trust’s total liabilities (not including preferred shares) from the Trust’s total assets and dividing this by preferred shares at liquidation value.
 
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NOTE 13—Subsequent Event
 
Effective December 3, 2012, the Trust will change its name to Invesco Trust for Investment Grade New York Municipals.
 
NOTE 14—Legal Proceedings
 
Terms used in the Legal Proceedings Note are defined terms solely for the purpose of this note.
 
Pending Litigation and Regulatory Inquiries
 
The Trust received a shareholder demand letter dated March 25, 2011 alleging that the Adviser and certain individuals breached their fiduciary duties and wasted Trust assets by causing the Trust to redeem Auction Rate Preferred Securities (ARPS) at their par value at the expense of the Trust and common shareholders. The shareholder claimed that the Trust was not obliged to provide liquidity to preferred shareholders, the redemptions were improperly motivated to benefit the Adviser, and the market value and fair value of the ARPS were less than par at the time they were redeemed. The shareholder demands that: 1) the Board take action against the Adviser and individuals to recover damages and 2) the Board refrain from authorizing further redemptions or repurchases of ARPS by the Trust at prices in excess of fair value or market value at the time of the transaction. The Board formed a Special Litigation Committee (“SLC”) to investigate these claims and to make a recommendation to the Board regarding whether pursuit of these claims is in the best interests of the Trusts. Upon completion of its evaluation, the SLC recommended that the Board reject the demands specified in the shareholder demand letters, after which the Board publicly announced on June 24, 2011, that it had adopted the SLC’s recommendation and voted to reject the demands.
  Management of Invesco and the Trust believe that the outcome of the demand letter described above will have no material adverse effect on the Trust or on the ability of Invesco to provide ongoing services to the Trust.
 
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Approval of Investment Advisory and Sub-Advisory Contracts
 
 
The Board of Trustees (the Board) of Invesco Van Kampen Trust for Investment Grade New York Municipals (the Fund) is required under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, to approve annually the renewal of the investment advisory agreement with Invesco Advisers, Inc. (Invesco Advisers) and the Master Intergroup Sub-Advisory Contract (the sub-advisory contracts) with Invesco Asset Management Deutschland GmbH, Invesco Asset Management Ltd., Invesco Asset Management (Japan) Limited, Invesco Australia Limited, Invesco Hong Kong Limited, Invesco Senior Secured Management, Inc. and Invesco Canada Ltd. (collectively, the Affiliated Sub-Advisers). During contract renewal meetings held on May 15, 2012, the Board as a whole, and the disinterested or “independent” Trustees, who comprise more than 75% of the Board, voting separately, approved the continuance of the Fund’s investment advisory agreement and the sub-advisory contracts for another year. In doing so, the Board considered the process that it follows in reviewing and approving the Fund’s investment advisory agreement and sub-advisory contracts and the information that it is provided. The Board determined that the Fund’s investment advisory agreement and the sub-advisory contracts are in the best interests of the Fund and its shareholders and the compensation to Invesco Advisers and the Affiliated Sub-Advisers under the agreements is fair and reasonable.
 
The Board’s Fund Evaluation Process
The Board, acting directly and through its committees, meets throughout the year to review the performance of the Invesco Van Kampen funds. Over the course of each year, the Board, acting directly and through its committees, meets with portfolio managers for the funds and other members of management to review the performance, investment objective(s), policies, strategies and limitations and investment risks of the funds. The Board meets regularly and at designated contract renewal meetings each year to conduct a review of the performance, fees, expenses and other matters related to the funds. The Board also considered materials it had received in approving the proposed reorganization of a closed-end fund advised by Invesco Advisers into the Fund.
  During the contract renewal process, the Trustees receive comparative performance and fee data regarding the funds prepared by Invesco Advisers and an independent company, Lipper, Inc. (Lipper). The independent Trustees are assisted in their annual evaluation of the funds’ investment advisory agreements by fund counsel.
  In evaluating the fairness and reasonableness of the Fund’s investment advisory agreement and sub-advisory contracts, the Board considered, among other things, the factors discussed below. The Trustees recognized that the advisory fees for the Invesco Van Kampen funds, including the Fund, reflect the results of years of review and negotiation between the Trustees and Invesco Advisers and previously Van Kampen Asset Management, the funds’ predecessor investment adviser. The Trustees’ deliberations and conclusions in a particular year may be based in part on their deliberations and conclusions regarding these same arrangements throughout the year and in prior years. The Board noted the willingness of Invesco Advisers personnel to engage in open and candid discussions with the Board. One Trustee may have weighed a particular piece of information differently than another Trustee.
  The discussion below is a summary of the Board’s evaluation with respect to the Fund’s investment advisory agreement as well as a discussion of the material factors and related conclusions that formed the basis for the Board’s approval of the Fund’s investment advisory agreement and sub-advisory contracts. Unless otherwise stated, this information is current as of May 15, 2012, and may not reflect consideration of factors that became known to the Board after that date, including, for example, changes to the Fund’s performance, advisory fees, expense limitations and/or fee waivers.
 
Factors and Conclusions
A.  Nature, Extent and Quality of Services Provided by Invesco Advisers and the Affiliated Sub-Advisers
The Board reviewed the advisory services provided to the Fund by Invesco Advisers under the Fund’s investment advisory agreement, the performance of Invesco Advisers in providing these services, and the credentials and experience of the officers and employees of Invesco Advisers who provide these services. Based on their meetings throughout the year with the Fund’s portfolio managers, the Board concluded that these individuals are competent and able to continue to carry out their responsibilities under the Fund’s investment advisory agreement or sub-advisory contracts, as applicable. The Board’s review of the qualifications of Invesco Advisers to provide advisory services included the Board’s consideration of Invesco Advisers’ performance and investment process oversight, independent credit analysis and investment risk management.
  In determining whether to continue the Fund’s investment advisory agreement, the Board considered the prior relationship between Invesco Advisers (and previously Van Kampen Asset Management) and the Fund, as well as the Board’s knowledge of Invesco Advisers’ operations, and concluded that it is beneficial to maintain the current relationship, in part, because of such knowledge. The Board also considered services that Invesco Advisers and its affiliates provide to the Invesco Van Kampen funds, including the Fund, such as various back office support functions, equity and fixed income trading operations, internal audit and legal and compliance. The Board concluded that the nature, extent and quality of the services provided to the Fund by Invesco Advisers are appropriate and satisfactory and the advisory services are provided in accordance with the terms of the Fund’s investment advisory agreement.
  The Board reviewed the services capable of being provided by the Affiliated Sub-Advisers under the sub-advisory contracts and the credentials and experience of the officers and employees of the Affiliated Sub-Advisers who would provide such services. The Board concluded that the sub-advisory contracts benefit the Fund and its shareholders by permitting Invesco Advisers to use the resources and talents of the Affiliated Sub-Advisers, from time to time as necessary and appropriate, in managing the Fund. The Board concluded that the nature, extent and quality of the services capable of being provided by the Affiliated Sub-Advisers are appropriate and satisfactory and in accordance with the terms of the Fund’s sub-advisory contracts.
 
B.  Fund Performance
The Board considered Fund performance as a relevant factor in considering whether to approve the investment advisory agreement. The Board did not view Fund performance as a relevant factor in considering whether to approve the sub-advisory contracts for the Fund, as no Affiliated Sub-Adviser currently manages assets of the Fund.
  The Board compared the Fund’s performance during the past one, two, three, five and ten calendar years to the performance of funds in the Fund’s Lipper performance universe and against the applicable Lipper index. The Board noted that the Fund’s performance was in the first quintile of its performance universe for the one, two and three year periods and the fourth quintile for the five and ten year periods (the first quintile being the best performing funds and the fifth quintile being the worst performing funds). When considering a fund’s performance, the Board places emphasis on trends and longer term returns.
 
C.  Advisory and Sub-Advisory Fees and Fee Waivers
The Board compared the Fund’s contractual advisory fee rate to the contractual advisory fee rates of funds in the Fund’s Lipper expense group at a common asset level. The Board noted that the Fund’s contractual advisory fee rate was below the median contractual advisory fee rate of funds in its expense group. The Board also reviewed the methodology used by Lipper in providing expense group information, which includes using audited financial data from the most recent annual report of each fund in the expense group that was publicly available as of the end of the past calendar year and including only one fund per investment adviser. The Board noted that comparative data is
 
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as of varying dates, which may affect the comparability of data during times of market volatility.
  The Board also considered the Fund’s effective fee rate (the advisory fee after advisory fee waivers and before expense limitations/waivers), including comparisons, as applicable, to advisory fee rates of other funds advised by Invesco Advisers and its affiliates with investment strategies similar to those of the Fund. The Board reviewed not only the advisory fees but other fees and expenses (whether paid to Invesco Advisers, its affiliates or others) and the Fund’s overall expense ratio.
  The Board compared the strategy of the Fund to that of other client accounts of Invesco Advisers and the Affiliated Sub-Advisers and considered, as applicable, the fees charged to other client accounts with investment strategies similar to those of the Fund. The Board noted that Invesco Advisers or the Affiliated Sub-Advisers may charge lower fees to large institutional clients solely for investment management services than to registered fund clients, such as the Fund. Invesco Advisers reviewed with the Board the significantly greater scope of services it provides to registered fund clients, including the Fund, relative to other client accounts. These additional services include provision of administrative services, officers and office space, oversight of service providers, preparation of shareholder reports, efforts to support secondary market trading of the Fund’s shares, preparation of financial information and regulatory compliance under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and stock exchange listing standards, including preparation for, coordinating the solicitation of proxies for, and conducting annual shareholder meetings. The Board noted that sub-advisory fees charged by the Affiliated Sub-Advisers to manage registered fund clients and to manage other client accounts were often more comparable. The Board concluded that the aggregate services provided to the Fund were sufficiently different from those provided to institutional clients, and the Board did not place significant weight on these fee comparisons.
  The Board noted that Invesco Advisers has contractually agreed to waive fees and/or limit expenses of the Fund through June 30, 2012 in an amount necessary to limit total annual operating expenses to a specified percentage of average daily net assets for each class of the Fund. The Board also considered the effect this fee waiver, and the discontinuation of this fee waiver on June 30, 2012, would have on the Fund’s total estimated expenses. The Board also considered that in the event the proposed reorganization is consummated, Invesco Advisers has contractually agreed, for at least two years from the closing date of the reorganization, to waive advisory fees and/or reimburse expenses in an amount necessary to limit total annual operating expenses to a specified percentage of average daily net assets of the Fund.
  The Board also considered the services capable of being provided by the Affiliated Sub-Advisers pursuant to the sub-advisory contracts, as well as the allocation of fees between Invesco Advisers and the Affiliated Sub-Advisers pursuant to the sub-advisory contracts. The Board noted that to the extent the Fund were to utilize the Affiliated Sub-Advisers, Invesco Advisers would provide services related to oversight of the Affiliated Sub-Advisers as well as the additional services described above other than day-to-day portfolio management. The Board also noted that the sub-advisory fees have no direct effect on the Fund or its shareholders, as they are paid by Invesco Advisers to the Affiliated Sub-Advisers.
  Based upon the information and considerations described above, the Board concluded that the Fund’s advisory and sub-advisory fees are fair and reasonable.
 
D.  Economies of Scale and Breakpoints
The Board considered the extent to which there are economies of scale in the provision of advisory services to the Fund. The Board noted that most closed-end funds do not have fund level breakpoints because closed-end funds generally do not experience substantial asset growth after the initial public offering. The Board noted that although the Fund does not benefit from economies of scale through contractual breakpoints, the Fund does share directly in economies of scale through lower fees charged by third party service providers based on the combined size of the registered fund clients advised by Invesco Advisers.
 
E.  Profitability and Financial Resources
The Board reviewed information from Invesco Advisers concerning the costs of the advisory and other services that Invesco Advisers and its affiliates provide to the Fund and the profitability of Invesco Advisers and its affiliates in providing these services. The Board reviewed with Invesco Advisers the methodology used to prepare the profitability information. The Board considered the profitability of Invesco Advisers in connection with managing the Fund and the Invesco Van Kampen funds. The Board noted that Invesco Advisers continues to operate at a net profit from services Invesco Advisers and its subsidiaries provide to the Fund and the Invesco Van Kampen funds. The Board concluded that the level of profits realized by Invesco Advisers and its affiliates from providing services to the Fund is not excessive given the nature, quality and extent of the services provided to the Fund. The Board considered whether Invesco Advisers and each Affiliated Sub-Adviser are financially sound and have the resources necessary to perform their obligations under the investment advisory agreement and sub-advisory contracts. The Board concluded that Invesco Advisers and each Affiliated Sub-Adviser have the financial resources necessary to fulfill these obligations.
 
F.  Collateral Benefits to Invesco Advisers and its Affiliates
The Board considered various other benefits received by Invesco Advisers and its affiliates from the relationship with the Fund, including the fees received for their provision of administrative services to the Fund. The Board considered the performance of Invesco Advisers and its affiliates in providing these services and the organizational structure employed to provide these services. The Board also considered that the services are required for the operation of the Fund; that Invesco Advisers and its affiliates can provide services, the nature and quality of which are at least equal to those provided by others offering the same or similar services; and that the fees for such services are fair and reasonable in light of the usual and customary charges by others for services of the same nature and quality.
  The Board considered that the Fund’s uninvested cash and cash collateral from any securities lending arrangements may be invested in money market funds advised by Invesco Advisers pursuant to procedures approved by the Board. The Board noted that Invesco Advisers receives advisory fees from these affiliated money market funds attributable to such investments, although Invesco Advisers has contractually agreed to waive through varying periods the advisory fees payable by the Fund. The waiver is in an amount equal to 100% of the net advisory fee Invesco Advisers receives from the affiliated money market funds with respect to the Fund’s investment in the affiliated money market funds of uninvested cash, but not cash collateral. The Board concluded that the Fund’s investment of uninvested cash and cash collateral from any securities lending arrangements in the affiliated money market funds is in the best interests of the Fund and its shareholders.
 
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Proxy Results
 
 
An Annual Meeting (“Meeting”) of Shareholders of Invesco Van Kampen Trust for Investment Grade New York Municipals (the “Fund”) was held on July 17, 2012. The Meeting was held for the following purpose:
 
(1)  Elect two Class II Trustees, one by the holders of Common Shares and Preferred Shares voting together as a single class, and one Class II Trustee by the holders of Preferred Shares voting separately, each of whom will serve for a three-year term or until his or her successor has been duly elected and qualified.
 
The results of the voting on the above matter were as follows:
 
                                     
                    Votes
    Matter           Votes For   Against
 
(1)
  Wayne W. Whalen     12,837,932       1,032,344  
    Linda Hutton Heagy(P)     768       0  
 
The Meeting was adjourned until August 14, 2012, with respect to the following proposals:
 
(1)  Approval of an Agreement and Plan of Redomestication that provides for the reorganization of the Fund as a Delaware statutory trust by the holders of Common Shares and Preferred Shares voting separately.
 
(2)  Approval of an Agreement and Plan of Merger that provides for Invesco New York Quality Municipal Securities to merge with and into the Fund by holders of Common Shares and Preferred Shares voting separately.
 
The results of the voting on the above matters were as follows:
 
                                     
            Votes
  Votes
  Broker
    Matters   Votes For   Against   Abstain   Non-Votes
 
(1)
  Common Shares     7,717,211       531,798       385,195       5,475,875  
    Preferred Shares     768       0       0       0  
(2)
  Common Shares     7,695,309       551,897       386,998       5,475,875  
    Preferred Shares     768       0       0       0  
 
(P)  Election of Trustee by preferred shareholders only.
 
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     Invesco collects nonpublic personal information about you from account applications or other forms you complete and from your transactions with us or our affiliates. We do not disclose information about you or our former customers to service providers or other third parties except to the extent necessary to service your account and in other limited circumstances as permitted by law. For example, we use this information to facilitate the delivery of transaction confirmations, financial reports, prospectuses and tax forms.
     Even within Invesco, only people involved in the servicing of your accounts and compliance monitoring have access to your information. To ensure the highest level of confidentiality and security, Invesco maintains physical, electronic and procedural safeguards that meet or exceed federal standards. Special measures, such as data encryption and authentication, apply to your communications with us on our website. More detail is available to you at invesco.com/privacy.
 
Trust holdings and proxy voting information
The Trust provides a complete list of its holdings four times in each fiscal year, at the quarter-ends. For the second and fourth quarters, the lists appear in the Trust’s semiannual and annual reports to shareholders. For the first and third quarters, the Trust files the lists with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Form N-Q. Shareholders can also look up the Trust’s Forms N-Q on the SEC website at sec.gov. Copies of the Trust’s Forms N-Q may be reviewed and copied at the SEC Public Reference Room in Washington, D.C. You can obtain information on the operation of the Public Reference Room, including information about duplicating fee charges, by calling 202 551 8090 or 800 732 0330, or by electronic request at the following email address: publicinfo@sec.gov. The SEC file number for the Trust is shown below.
     A description of the policies and procedures that the Trust uses to determine how to vote proxies relating to portfolio securities is available without charge, upon request, from our Client Services department at 800 341 2929 or at invesco.com/proxyguidelines. The information is also available on the SEC website, sec.gov.
     Information regarding how the Trust voted proxies related to its portfolio securities during the 12 months ended June 30, 2012, is available at invesco.com/proxysearch. In addition, this information is available on the SEC website at sec.gov.
     Invesco Advisers, Inc. is an investment adviser; it provides investment advisory services to individual and institutional clients and does not sell securities. Invesco Distributors, Inc. is the US distributor for Invesco Ltd.’s retail mutual funds, exchange-traded funds and institutional money market funds. Both are wholly owned, indirect subsidiaries of Invesco Ltd.
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SEC file number: 811-06537
  VK-CE-IGNYM-SAR-1   Invesco Distributors, Inc.

 


 

ITEM 2.  CODE OF ETHICS.
There were no amendments to the Code of Ethics (the “Code”) that applies to the Registrant’s Principal Executive Officer (“PEO”) and Principal Financial Officer (“PFO”) during the period covered by the report. The Registrant did not grant any waivers, including implicit waivers, from any provisions of the Code to the PEO or PFO during the period covered by this report.
ITEM 3.  AUDIT COMMITTEE FINANCIAL EXPERT.
Not applicable.
ITEM 4.  PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTANT FEES AND SERVICES.
Not applicable.
ITEM 5.  AUDIT COMMITTEE OF LISTED REGISTRANTS.
Not applicable.
ITEM 6.  SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS.
Investments in securities of unaffiliated issuers is included as part of the reports to stockholders filed under Item 1 of this Form.
ITEM 7.  DISCLOSURE OF PROXY VOTING POLICIES AND PROCEDURES FOR CLOSED-END MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES.
Not applicable.
ITEM 8.   PORTFOLIO MANAGERS OF CLOSED-END MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES.
Not applicable.
ITEM 9.  PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES BY CLOSED-END MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANY AND AFFILIATED PURCHASERS.
Not applicable.
ITEM 10.  SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS.
None.
ITEM 11.  CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES.
(a)   As of August 13, 2012, an evaluation was performed under the supervision and with the participation of the officers of the Registrant, including the Principal Executive Officer (“PEO”) and Principal Financial Officer (“PFO”), to assess the effectiveness of the Registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures, as that term is defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “Act”), as amended. Based on that evaluation, the Registrant’s officers, including the PEO and PFO, concluded that, as of August 13, 2012, the Registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures were reasonably designed to ensure: (1) that information required to be disclosed by the Registrant on Form N-CSR is

 


 

    recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified by the rules and forms of the Securities and Exchange Commission; and (2) that material information relating to the Registrant is made known to the PEO and PFO as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.
(b)   There have been no changes in the Registrant’s internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the Act) that occurred during the second fiscal quarter of the period covered by the report that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.
ITEM 12.  EXHIBITS.
     
12(a)(1)
  Not applicable.
 
   
12(a)(2)
  Certifications of principal executive officer and principal financial officer as required by Rule 30a-2(a) under the Investment Company Act of 1940.
 
   
12(a)(3)
  Not applicable.
 
   
12(b)
  Certifications of principal executive officer and principal financial officer as required by Rule 30a-2(b) under the Investment Company Act of 1940.

 


 

SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
Registrant: Invesco Van Kampen Trust for Investment Grade New York Municipals
         
By:
  /s/ Colin Meadows    
 
       
 
       Colin Meadows    
 
       Principal Executive Officer    
 
       
Date:
  November 8, 2012    
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the Registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
         
By:
  /s/ Colin Meadows    
 
       
 
       Colin Meadows    
 
       Principal Executive Officer    
 
       
Date:
  November 8, 2012    
         
By:
  /s/ Sheri Morris    
 
       
 
       Sheri Morris    
 
       Principal Financial Officer    
 
       
Date:
  November 8, 2012    

 


 

EXHIBIT INDEX
     
12(a) (1)
  Not applicable.
 
   
12(a) (2)
  Certifications of principal executive officer and Principal financial officer as required by Rule 30a-2(a) under the Investment Company Act of 1940.
 
   
12(a) (3)
  Not applicable.
 
   
12(b)
  Certifications of principal executive officer and Principal financial officer as required by Rule 30a-2(b) under the Investment Company Act of 1940.