UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM N-Q
QUARTERLY SCHEDULE OF PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS OF REGISTERED
MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES
Investment Company Act file number 811-02851
Van Kampen High Yield Fund
(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)
1221 Avenue of the Americas, New York, New York 10020
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)
Ronald Robison
1221 Avenue of the Americas, New York, New York 10020
(Name and address of agent for service)
Registrant's telephone number, including area code: 212-762-4000
Date of fiscal year end: 8/31
Date of reporting period: 11/30/06
Item 1. Schedule of Investments.
The Fund's schedule of investments as of the close of the reporting period
prepared pursuant to Rule 12-12 of Regulation S-X is as follows:
Van Kampen High Yield Fund
Portfolio of Investments - November 30, 2006 (Unaudited)
PAR AMOUNT
(000) DESCRIPTION COUPON MATURITY VALUE
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CORPORATE BONDS 94.1%
AEROSPACE 1.8%
$ 4,645 Hexcel Corp. ......................... 6.750% 02/01/15 $ 4,552,100
6,440 K & F Acquisition, Inc. .............. 7.750 11/15/14 6,617,100
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11,169,200
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BROADCASTING 0.6%
3,740 Lin Television Corp. ................. 6.500 05/15/13 3,571,700
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CABLE 5.1%
4,815 Cablecom Luxembourg SCA,
(EUR) (Luxembourg) (a) ............ 9.375 04/15/14 7,102,104
6,005 Cablevision Systems Corp. (b) ........ 9.870 04/01/09 6,320,262
1,839 CCH I, LLC ........................... 11.000 10/01/15 1,811,415
5,320 Echostar DBS Corp. ................... 6.375 10/01/11 5,306,700
1,290 Echostar DBS Corp. ................... 6.625 10/01/14 1,254,525
460 Intelsat Subsidiary Holding Co.,
Ltd. (Bermuda) .................... 8.250 01/15/13 470,925
4,315 Intelsat Subsidiary Holding Co.,
Ltd. (Bermuda) .................... 8.625 01/15/15 4,503,781
3,255 Intelsat Subsidiary Holding Co.,
Ltd. (Bermuda) (b) ................ 10.484 01/15/12 3,311,963
655 NTL Cable, Plc (United Kingdom) ...... 8.750 04/15/14 687,750
360 NTL Cable, Plc (United Kingdom) ...... 9.125 08/15/16 382,500
898 PanAmSat Corp. ....................... 9.000 08/15/14 947,390
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32,099,315
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CHEMICALS 6.5%
2,855 Cognis Deutschland GmbH & Co. ........
(EUR) (Germany) (a)(b) ............ 8.477 11/15/13 3,903,904
4,950 Equistar Chemicals, LP ............... 10.125 09/01/08 5,284,125
620 Equistar Chemicals, LP ............... 10.625 05/01/11 664,950
952 Huntsman International, LLC .......... 10.125 07/01/09 971,040
4,000 Huntsman International, LLC
(EUR) ............................. 10.125 07/01/09 5,413,946
2,700 Innophos, Inc. ....................... 8.875 08/15/14 2,720,250
1,412 Innophos Investments Holdings,
Inc. (b)(c) ....................... 13.380 02/15/15 1,482,099
2,585 Koppers Holdings, Inc. (d) ........... 0/9.875 11/15/14 2,042,150
1,730 Koppers, Inc. ........................ 9.875 10/15/13 1,885,700
1,930 Millennium America, Inc. ............. 9.250 06/15/08 2,007,200
2,775 Nalco Co. ............................ 7.750 11/15/11 2,844,375
3,960 Nalco Co. ............................ 8.875 11/15/13 4,207,500
2,268 Rockwood Specialties Group,
Inc. .............................. 10.625 05/15/11 2,426,760
1,390 Rockwood Specialties Group,
Inc. (EUR) (United
Kingdom) .......................... 7.625 11/15/14 1,965,105
2,940 Westlake Chemical Corp. .............. 6.625 01/15/16 2,881,200
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40,700,304
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CONSUMER PRODUCTS 2.2%
8,210 Levi Strauss & Co. (b) ............... 10.122 04/01/12 8,497,350
2,295 Oxford Industrials, Inc. ............. 8.875 06/01/11 2,363,850
2,632 Tempur Pedic, Inc. ................... 10.250 08/15/10 2,855,720
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13,716,920
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DIVERSIFIED MEDIA 5.8%
1,155 Advanstar Communications, Inc. ....... 10.750 08/15/10 1,247,400
2,840 AMC Entertainment, Inc. (b) .......... 9.624 08/15/10 2,946,500
6,187 CanWest Media, Inc. (Canada) ......... 8.000 09/15/12 6,418,855
2,282 Dex Media East/Finance Corp.,
LLC ............................... 12.125 11/15/12 2,533,020
3,587 Dex Media West/Finance Corp.,
LLC Ser B ......................... 9.875 08/15/13 3,927,765
3,290 Houghton Mifflin Co. ................. 8.250 02/01/11 3,442,162
2,070 Houghton Mifflin Co. ................. 9.875 02/01/13 2,271,825
4,700 Idearc, Inc. (a) ..................... 8.000 11/15/16 4,799,875
870 Interpublic Group of Cos., Inc. ...... 5.400 11/15/09 850,425
2,250 Interpublic Group of Cos., Inc. ...... 6.250 11/15/14 2,064,375
1,525 Nebraska Book Co., Inc. .............. 8.625 03/15/12 1,464,000
4,290 Quebecor World Capital Corp.
(Canada) (a) ..................... 8.750 03/15/16 4,182,750
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36,148,952
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ENERGY 10.0%
4,700 Chaparral Energy, Inc. .............. 8.500 12/01/15 4,723,500
6,870 CHC Helicopter Corp. (Canada) ....... 7.375 05/01/14 6,681,075
2,325 Chesapeake Energy Corp. ............. 6.375 06/15/15 2,272,687
3,200 Chesapeake Energy Corp. ............. 6.625 01/15/16 3,176,000
4,360 Chesapeake Energy Corp. ............. 7.500 09/15/13 4,523,500
960 Chesapeake Energy Corp. ............. 7.625 07/15/13 1,005,600
1,645 Compagnie Generale de
Geophysique SA (France) .......... 7.500 05/15/15 1,657,338
5,120 El Paso Production Holding Co. ...... 7.750 06/01/13 5,331,200
1,800 Hanover Compressor Co. .............. 8.625 12/15/10 1,881,000
890 Hanover Compressor Co. .............. 9.000 06/01/14 958,975
109 Hanover Equipment Trust Ser A ....... 8.500 09/01/08 110,908
3,042 Hanover Equipment Trust Ser B ....... 8.750 09/01/11 3,186,495
5,460 Hilcorp Energy/Finance Corp. (a) .... 7.750 11/01/15 5,405,400
2,731 Hilcorp Energy/Finance Corp. (a) .... 10.500 09/01/10 2,946,066
3,460 Husky Oil Ltd. (Canada) ............. 8.900 08/15/28 3,655,064
1,863 Magnum Hunter Resources, Inc. ....... 9.600 03/15/12 1,967,794
6,170 Massey Energy Co. ................... 6.875 12/15/13 5,768,950
3,450 Pacific Energy Partners ............. 7.125 06/15/14 3,588,000
4,020 Pogo Producing Co. .................. 6.875 10/01/17 3,869,250
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62,708,802
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FINANCIAL 2.1%
3,395 Residential Capital Corp. ........... 6.375 06/30/10 3,478,694
5,992 UCAR Finance Inc. ................... 10.250 02/15/12 6,351,520
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9,830,214
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FOOD & DRUG 1.1%
2,625 Delhaize America, Inc. .............. 8.125 04/15/11 2,865,103
3,577 Kroger Co. (a) ...................... 8.500 07/15/17 3,879,494
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6,744,597
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FOOD & TOBACCO 4.4%
3,000 Michael Foods, Inc. ................. 8.000 11/15/13 3,120,000
4,720 Pilgrim's Pride Corp. ............... 9.250 11/15/13 4,932,400
7,600 Pilgrim's Pride Corp. ............... 9.625 09/15/11 8,018,000
4,595 Reynolds American, Inc. (a) ......... 6.500 07/15/10 4,712,526
4,950 Smithfield Foods, Inc. .............. 7.000 08/01/11 5,110,875
450 Smithfield Foods, Inc. Ser B ........ 7.750 05/15/13 471,375
1,080 Smithfield Foods, Inc. Ser B ........ 8.000 10/15/09 1,142,100
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27,507,276
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FOREST PRODUCTS 5.7%
3,620 Berry Plastics Holding Corp. (a) ..... 8.875 09/15/14 3,669,775
3,815 Covalence Specialty Materials
Corp. (a) ......................... 10.250 03/01/16 3,681,475
1,490 Crown Americas ....................... 7.625 11/15/13 1,534,700
1,975 Crown European Holdings SA
(EUR) (France) .................... 6.250 09/01/11 2,743,103
3,840 Graham Packaging Co., Inc. ........... 8.500 10/15/12 3,820,800
3,965 Graham Packaging Co., Inc. ........... 9.875 10/15/14 3,945,175
4,870 Graphic Packaging International,
Inc ............................... 9.500 08/15/13 5,040,450
1,535 JSG Funding Plc (EUR) (Ireland) ...... 10.125 10/01/12 2,231,084
114 Owens-Brockway Glass
Containers, Inc. .................. 8.875 02/15/09 117,420
2,100 Owens-Illinois, Inc. ................. 7.350 05/15/08 2,110,500
5,540 Owens-Illinois, Inc. ................. 7.500 05/15/10 5,623,100
1,085 P.H. Glatfelter (a) .................. 7.125 05/01/16 1,090,425
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35,608,007
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GAMING & LEISURE 6.9%
475 Ceasars Entertainment ................ 7.000 04/15/13 491,340
993 Ceasars Entertainment ................ 8.875 09/15/08 1,043,891
3,265 Harrahs Operating Co., Inc. .......... 6.500 06/01/16 2,920,634
5,365 Host Marriott LP ..................... 6.375 03/15/15 5,304,644
4,240 Host Marriott LP Ser J ............... 7.125 11/01/13 4,351,300
6,935 Isle of Capri Casinos, Inc. .......... 7.000 03/01/14 6,822,306
5,440 Las Vegas Sands Corp. ................ 6.375 02/15/15 5,270,000
9,470 MGM Mirage, Inc. ..................... 6.000 10/01/09 9,493,675
3,005 Station Casinos, Inc. ................ 6.000 04/01/12 2,899,825
3,795 Station Casinos, Inc. ................ 6.875 03/01/16 3,557,813
1,085 Station Casinos, Inc. ................ 7.750 08/15/16 1,121,619
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43,277,047
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HEALTH CARE 8.8%
3,180 AmerisourceBergen Corp. .............. 5.625 09/15/12 3,184,605
5,310 Community Health Systems, Inc. ....... 6.500 12/15/12 5,137,425
3,275 DaVita, Inc. ......................... 6.625 03/15/13 3,266,812
4,895 Fisher Scientific International,
Inc. .............................. 6.125 07/01/15 4,897,996
7,480 Fresenius Medical Care Capital
Trust IV .......................... 7.875 06/15/11 7,854,000
2,545 HCA, Inc. ............................ 5.750 03/15/14 2,086,900
1,205 HCA, Inc. ............................ 6.300 10/01/12 1,098,056
6,585 HCA, Inc. ............................ 6.500 02/15/16 5,482,013
940 HCA, Inc. ............................ 8.750 09/01/10 975,250
2,610 HCA, Inc. (a) ........................ 9.125 11/15/14 2,733,975
2,655 National Mentor Holdings, Inc. (a) ... 11.250 07/01/14 2,814,300
3,680 Omnicare, Inc. ....................... 6.750 12/15/13 3,624,800
1,480 Tenet Healthcare Corp. ............... 7.375 02/01/13 1,357,900
3,400 Tenet Healthcare Corp. ............... 9.875 07/01/14 3,425,500
4,900 VWR International, Inc. .............. 6.875 04/15/12 4,924,500
2,584 Warner Chilcott Corp. ................ 8.750 02/01/15 2,661,520
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55,525,552
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HOUSING 1.9%
968 Goodman Global Holdings, Inc.
Ser B (b) ......................... 8.329 06/15/12 989,780
1,180 Interface, Inc. ...................... 7.300 04/01/08 1,202,125
1,435 Interface, Inc. ...................... 10.375 02/01/10 1,574,913
3,365 Interface, Inc. ...................... 9.500 02/01/14 3,516,425
5,130 Nortek, Inc. ......................... 8.500 09/01/14 4,976,100
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12,259,343
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INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY 2.6%
4,700 Freescale Semiconductor,
Inc. (a)(e) ....................... 8.875 12/15/14 4,735,250
525 Iron Mountain, Inc. .................. 6.625 01/01/16 502,688
2,050 Iron Mountain, Inc. .................. 7.750 01/15/15 2,101,250
5,045 Iron Mountain, Inc. .................. 8.625 04/01/13 5,234,187
3,540 Sungard Data Systems, Inc. ........... 9.125 08/15/13 3,730,275
320 Sungard Data Systems, Inc. (b) ...... 9.973 08/15/13 334,000
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16,637,650
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MANUFACTURING 3.0%
2,185 General Cable Corp. .................. 9.500 11/15/10 2,337,950
1,959 JohnsonDiversey, Inc. (EUR)
(Luxembourg) ...................... 9.625 05/15/12 2,750,067
3,463 JohnsonDiversey, Inc. Ser B .......... 9.625 05/15/12 3,601,520
2,574 Manitowoc Co., Inc. .................. 10.500 08/01/12 2,783,138
3,235 Propex Fabrics, Inc. ................. 10.000 12/01/12 2,879,150
4,250 RBS Global & Rexnord
Corp. (a) ......................... 9.500 08/01/14 4,451,875
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18,803,700
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METALS 1.3%
1,340 Foundation PA Coal Co. ............... 7.250 08/01/14 1,350,050
7,050 Novelis, Inc. (Canada) (a) ........... 8.250 02/15/15 6,803,250
2,445 SGL Carbon Luxembourg SA
(EUR) (Luxembourg) (a) ............ 8.500 02/01/12 3,513,271
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11,666,571
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RETAIL 1.7%
3,110 Brown Shoe Co., Inc. ................. 8.750 05/01/12 3,288,825
4,015 Linens 'n Things, Inc. (b) ........... 10.999 01/15/14 3,944,737
2,020 Phillips Van-Heusen Corp. ............ 7.250 02/15/11 2,073,025
1,195 Sally Holdings LLC (a) ............... 9.250 11/15/14 1,227,863
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10,534,450
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SERVICES 2.4%
5,715 Allied Waste North America, Inc. ..... 6.375 04/15/11 5,686,425
1,850 Allied Waste North America, Inc. ..... 7.875 04/15/13 1,924,000
1,437 Allied Waste North America, Inc.
Ser B ............................. 9.250 09/01/12 1,541,182
715 Buhrmann US, Inc. .................... 7.875 03/01/15 693,550
705 Buhrmann US, Inc. .................... 8.250 07/01/14 702,356
985 MSW Energy Holdings/Finance .......... 8.500 09/01/10 1,029,325
3,625 MSW Energy Holdings LLC Ser B ........ 7.375 09/01/10 3,715,625
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15,292,463
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TELECOMMUNICATIONS 2.9%
3,986 Axtel SA (Mexico) .................... 11.000 12/15/13 4,444,390
6,030 Exodus Communications,
Inc. (f)(g)(i) .................... 11.250 07/01/08 0
770 Exodus Communications,
Inc. (f)(g)(i) .................... 11.625 07/15/10 0
4,000 Exodus Communications, Inc.
(EUR)(f)(g)(i) .................... 11.375 07/15/08 0
8,250 GST Network Funding, Inc. (f)(g)(i) .. 10.500 05/01/08 825
1,320 Nordic Telephone Co. .................
Holdings (Denmark) (a) ............ 8.875 05/01/16 1,402,500
4,000 Park N View, Inc. Ser B (f)(g)(i) .... 13.000 05/15/08 0
4,405 Qwest Communications
International, Inc. (b) ........... 8.874 02/15/09 4,476,581
990 Qwest Corp. .......................... 5.625 11/15/08 994,950
1,100 TDC A S (EUR) (Denmark) .............. 6.500 04/19/12 1,540,366
4,480 Wind Acquisition Finance SA
(Luxembourg) (a) .................. 10.750 12/01/15 5,073,600
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17,933,212
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TRANSPORTATION 8.9%
6,725 Amsted Industries, Inc. (a) .......... 10.250 10/15/11 7,195,750
5,290 Arvinmeritor, Inc. ................... 8.750 03/01/12 5,369,350
3,675 Ford Motor Credit Co. ................ 5.800 01/12/09 3,591,949
4,195 Ford Motor Credit Co. ................ 7.250 10/25/11 4,102,026
4,450 General Motors Acceptance
Corp. ............................. 4.375 12/10/07 4,376,735
6,220 General Motors Acceptance
Corp. ............................. 6.875 09/15/11 6,410,388
1,690 General Motors Corp. ................. 7.125 07/15/13 1,571,700
2,195 General Motors Corp. ................. 8.375 07/15/33 2,011,169
5,720 Petro Stopping Centers, LP ........... 9.000 02/15/12 5,891,600
8,425 Sonic Automotive, Inc. Ser B ......... 8.625 08/15/13 8,635,625
5,471 TRW Automotive, Inc. ................. 9.375 02/15/13 5,895,002
955 United Auto Group, Inc. (a)(e) ...... 7.750 12/15/16 955,000
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56,006,294
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UTILITY 6.7%
925 AES Corp. ............................ 7.750 03/01/14 985,125
528 AES Corp. ............................ 8.875 02/15/11 572,220
3,035 AES Corp. (a) ........................ 9.000 05/15/15 3,274,006
740 AES Corp. ............................ 9.375 09/15/10 808,450
5,930 CMS Energy Corp. ..................... 7.500 01/15/09 6,152,375
2,825 Colorado Interstate Gas Co. .......... 6.800 11/15/15 2,942,260
2,585 IPALCO Enterprises, Inc. ............. 8.375 11/14/08 2,701,325
1,355 IPALCO Enterprises, Inc. ............. 8.625 11/14/11 1,476,950
2,945 Nevada Power Co. Ser A ............... 8.250 06/01/11 3,264,963
2,515 Nevada Power Co. Ser G ............... 9.000 08/15/13 2,742,220
995 Northwest Pipeline Corp. ............. 8.125 03/01/10 1,033,556
5,549 Ormat Funding Corp. .................. 8.250 12/30/20 5,729,183
1,646 PSEG Energy Holdings ................. 8.625 02/15/08 1,707,725
1,955 Southern Natural Gas Co. ............. 8.875 03/15/10 2,064,721
6,210 Williams Cos., Inc. .................. 7.875 09/01/21 6,660,225
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42,115,304
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WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS 1.7%
3,090 American Tower Corp. ................. 7.125 10/15/12 3,174,975
3,085 American Tower Corp. ................. 7.500 05/01/12 3,192,975
4,040 UbiquiTel Operating Co. .............. 9.875 03/01/11 4,383,400
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10,751,350
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TOTAL CORPORATE BONDS 94.1% .......... 590,608,223
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FOREIGN CONVERTIBLE CORPORATE OBLIGATION 0.6%
3,980 Nortel Networks Corp. (Canada) ....... 4.250 09/01/08 3,845,675
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FOREIGN GOVERNMENT OBLIGATION 0.4%
22,250 Mexico (United Mexican States)
(MXN) (Mexico) .................... 10.000 12/05/24 2,442,646
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DESCRIPTION VALUE
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EQUITIES 0.2%
DecisionOne Corp. (19,895 Common Shares) (f)(h) ......................... 0
Doe Run Resources Corp. (29 Common Stock Warrants) (f)(h) ............... 146,515
HCI Direct, Inc. (106,250 Common Shares Class A) (f)(h) ................. 1,275,000
HF Holdings, Inc. (36,820 Common Stock Warrants) (f)(h) ................. 0
Hosiery Corp. of America, Inc. (1,000 Common Shares Class A) (a)(f)(h)... 0
Jazztel, Plc (5,000 Common Stock Warrants) (EUR) (United Kingdom)
(a)(f)(h) ............................................................ 0
OpTel, Inc. (3,275 Common Shares) (a)(f)(h) ............................. 0
Park N View, Inc. (4,000 Common Stock Warrants) (a)(f)(g)(h) ............ 0
Reunion Industries, Inc. (107,947 Common Stock Warrants) (f)(h) ......... 0
Ventelo, Inc. (73,021 Common Shares) (EUR) (United Kingdom) (a)(f)(h).... 0
Viatel Holding Bermuda Ltd. (7,852 Common Shares) (Bermuda) (h) ......... 275
VS Holdings, Inc. (946,962 Common Shares) (f)(h) ........................ 0
XO Holdings, Inc. (3,469 Common Shares) (h) ............................. 14,292
XO Holdings, Inc. Ser A (6,941 Common Stock Warrants) (h) ............... 4,651
XO Holdings, Inc. Ser B (5,205 Common Stock Warrants) (h) ............... 2,290
XO Holdings, Inc. Ser C (5,205 Common Stock Warrants) (h) ............... 1,275
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TOTAL EQUITIES .......................................................... 1,444,298
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TOTAL LONG-TERM INVESTMENTS 95.3%
(Cost $624,740,397) .................................................. 598,340,842
REPURCHASE AGREEMENTS 4.0%
Citigroup, Inc. ($5,002,961 par collateralized by U.S. Government
obligations in a pooled cash account, interest rate of 5.27%, dated
11/30/06, to be sold on 12/01/06 at $5,003,694) ...................... 5,002,961
State Street Bank & Trust Co. ($19,907,039 par collateralized by U.S.
Government obligations in a pooled cash account, interest rate of
5.11%, dated 11/30/06, to be sold on 12/01/06 at $19,909,864) ........ 19,907,039
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TOTAL REPURCHASE AGREEMENTS
(Cost $24,910,000) ................................................... 24,910,000
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TOTAL INVESTMENTS 99.3%
(Cost $649,650,397) .................................................. 623,250,842
FOREIGN CURRENCY 0.0%
(Cost $1,095) ........................................................ 1,131
OTHER ASSETS IN EXCESS OF LIABILITIES 0.7% ............................. 4,233,975
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NET ASSETS 100.0% ....................................................... $627,485,948
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Percentages are calculated as a percentage of net assets.
(a) 144A-Private Placement security which is exempt from registration under
Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. This security may only
be resold in transactions exempt from registration which are normally those
transactions with qualified institutional buyers.
(b) Floating Rate Coupon
(c) Payment-in-kind security.
(d) Security is a "step-up" bond where the coupon increases or steps up at a
predetermined date.
(e) Security purchased on a when-issued or delayed delivery basis.
(f) Market value is determined in accordance with procedures established in
good faith by the Board of Trustees.
(g) This borrower has filed for protection in federal bankruptcy court.
(h) Non-income producing security as this stock currently does not declare
dividends.
(i) Non-income producing as security is in default.
Currency Abbreviations:
MXN -Mexican peso
EUR -Euro
FORWARD FOREIGN CURRENCY CONTRACTS OUTSTANDING AS OF NOVEMBER 30, 2006:
UNREALIZED
APPRECIATION/
FORWARD CONTRACTS IN EXCHANGE FOR CURRENT VALUE DEPRECIATION
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SHORT CONTRACTS:
Euro Currency
12,546,000 expiring 1/29/07 US $ $16,663,381 $ (781,400)
11,073,000 expiring 1/29/07 US $ 14,706,968 (693,976)
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$(1,475,376)
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Item 2. Controls and Procedures.
(a) The Fund's principal executive officer and principal financial officer have
concluded that the Fund's disclosure controls and procedures are sufficient to
ensure that information required to be disclosed by the Fund in this Form N-Q
was recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods
specified in the Securities and Exchange Commission's rules and forms, based
upon such officers' evaluation of these controls and procedures as of a date
within 90 days of the filing date of the report.
(b) There were no changes in the Fund's internal control over financial
reporting that occurred during the registrant's fiscal quarter that has
materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Fund's
internal control over financial reporting.
Item 3. Exhibits.
(a) A certification for the Principal Executive Officer of the registrant is
attached hereto as part of EX-99.cert.
(b) A certification for the Principal Financial Officer of the registrant is
attached hereto as part of EX-99.cert.
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) Van Kampen High Yield
Fund
By: /s/ Ronald E. Robison
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Name: Ronald E. Robison
Title: Principal Executive Officer
Date: January 18, 2007
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the
Investment Company Act of 1940, this report has been signed by the following
persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates
indicated.
By: /s/ Ronald E. Robison
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Name: Ronald E. Robison
Title: Principal Executive Officer
Date: January 18, 2007
By: /s/ James W. Garrett
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Name: James W. Garrett
Title: Principal Financial Officer
Date: January 18, 2007