ATLANTA, Oct. 15, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Invesco announced today the completion of the redomestication/merger of Invesco and Invesco Van Kampen closed-end funds recently approved by shareholders.

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Effective October 15, 2012, the redomestications into Delaware statutory trusts and the mergers of the funds listed below were completed. In the mergers, the shares of each Target Fund were converted into newly issued shares of the corresponding Acquiring Fund. The merger ratio for each merger (the ratio by which one multiplies the amount of the Target Fund common shares held to determine the number of Acquiring Fund common shares received in the merger) is set forth below.


    Final Merger Ratios
    Target Fund Name                                 Ticker  Acquiring Fund                                Ticker Merger Ratio
    ----------------                                 ------ --------------
    Invesco Value Municipal Bond Trust               IMC    Invesco Value Municipal Income Trust           IIM                 0.94667466
                                                                                                           ---                 ----------
    Invesco Value Municipal Securities               IMS    Invesco Value Municipal Income Trust           IIM                 0.91611744
    ----------------------------------               ---    ------------------------------------           ---                 ----------
    Invesco Value Municipal Trust                    IMT    Invesco Value Municipal Income Trust           IIM                 0.94727382
    -----------------------------                    ---    ------------------------------------           ---                 ----------
    Invesco Quality Municipal Investment Trust       IQT    Invesco Quality Municipal Income Trust         IQI                 1.04424157
    ------------------------------------------       ---    --------------------------------------         ---                 ----------
    Invesco Quality Municipal Securities             IQM    Invesco Quality Municipal Income Trust         IQI                 1.10744382
    ------------------------------------             ---    --------------------------------------         ---                 ----------
    Invesco Municipal Premium Income Trust           PIA    Invesco Van Kampen Municipal Opportunity Trust VMO                  0.6353022
    --------------------------------------           ---    ---------------------------------------------- ---                  ---------
    Invesco Van Kampen Select Sector Municipal Trust VKL    Invesco Van Kampen Municipal Opportunity Trust VMO                 0.87774725
    Invesco Van Kampen Trust for Value Municipals    VIM    Invesco Van Kampen Municipal Opportunity Trust VMO                 0.98557692
    Invesco Van Kampen Massachusetts Value Municipal VMV    Invesco Van Kampen Municipal Trust             VKQ                 0.94101509
     Income Trust
    Invesco Van Kampen Ohio Quality Municipal Trust  VOQ    Invesco Van Kampen Municipal Trust             VKQ                 1.10631001
    Invesco Van Kampen Trust for Investment Grade    VTJ    Invesco Van Kampen Municipal Trust             VKQ                  1.1776406
     New Jersey Municipals

Investing involves risk and it is possible to lose money on any investment in the funds.

About Invesco Ltd.
Invesco Ltd. is a leading independent global investment management firm, dedicated to helping investors worldwide achieve their financial objectives. By delivering the combined power of our distinctive investment management capabilities, Invesco provides a wide range of investment strategies and vehicles to our retail, institutional and high net worth clients around the world. Operating in more than 20 countries, the firm is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol IVZ. Additional information is available at www.invesco.com.

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 U.S. distributor for Invesco Ltd.'s retail mutual funds, exchange-traded funds and institutional money market funds and the subdistributor for its STIC Global Funds. Both Invesco Advisers, Inc. and Invesco Distributors, Inc. are wholly owned, indirect subsidiaries of Invesco Ltd.

Note: There is no assurance that a closed-end fund will achieve its investment objective. Shares are bought on the secondary market and may trade at a discount or premium to NAV. Regular brokerage commissions apply.

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