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Van Kampen Comstock

Ticker symbol

ACSTX

Fund family

Van Kampen Funds

Overall
activism
score

14.5

Percentile

13

What does this mean?

This fund has voted against the recommendation of management on 14.5% of the proposals it has faced. This makes it more activist than 13% of the funds in our database, as shown by the small blue and red plot above.

Activism Profile

Issue area	Activism Score	Activism Percentile	Activism Plot
Directors D	5.4	42
Executive compensation EC	16.4	12
Corporate governance CG	34.2	16
Corporate impact CI	2.0	31

Activism footprint: More activist funds have larger footprints. Each corner depicts the fund's activism percentile on one issue area. (More detailed explanation)

Detailed Vote Record

	Activism Score	Activism Plot	Votes
Directors			Against mgmt	With mgmt	Abstain
Director Election	5.4		136	3,280	51
Executive compensation
Management Proposals	4.4		8	218	2
Shareholder Proposals	28.5		59	147	1
Corporate governance
Board Independence and Performance	14.8		12	68	1
Voting Rules	44.7		42	50	2
Takeover Defenses	43.2		16	19	2
Corporate impact
Employment and Working Conditions	1.9		1	51	0
Environmental and Social	0.0		0	81	1
Political Influence and Charitable Contributions	4.0		3	71	1