Invesco Announces Completion of Redomestications and Mergers of Closed-End Funds

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  Income Trust	VMV	Invesco Van Kampen Municipal Trust	VKQ	0.94101509
Invesco Van Kampen Ohio Quality Municipal Trust	VOQ	Invesco Van Kampen Municipal Trust	VKQ	1.10631001
Invesco Van Kampen Trust for Investment Grade  New Jersey Municipals	VTJ	Invesco Van Kampen Municipal Trust	VKQ	1.1776406

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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