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Van Kampen Strategic Growth

Ticker symbol

ACEGX

Fund family

Van Kampen Funds

Overall
activism
score

14.0

Percentile

11

What does this mean?

This fund has voted against the recommendation of management on 14.0% of the proposals it has faced. This makes it more activist than 11% 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	6.4	48
Executive compensation EC	18.8	22
Corporate governance CG	26.9	2
Corporate impact CI	3.8	47

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	6.4		148	2,539	26
Executive compensation
Management Proposals	6.7		20	294	1
Shareholder Proposals	31.0		31	67	2
Corporate governance
Board Independence and Performance	4.3		1	22	0
Voting Rules	34.9		15	27	1
Takeover Defenses	41.4		12	17	0
Corporate impact
Employment and Working Conditions	11.5		3	23	0
Environmental and Social	0.0		0	57	0
Political Influence and Charitable Contributions	0.0		0	25	0