Document:

exv10w1

Exhibit 10.1

TRANSACTION AGREEMENT

dated as of

October 19, 2009

between

MORGAN STANLEY

and

INVESCO LTD.

 

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

	 	 	 	 	 
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	ARTICLE 1

	DEFINITIONS

	 
	 	 	 	 
	Section 1.01. Definitions
	 	 	1	 
	Section 1.02. Other Definitional and Interpretative Provisions
	 	 	27	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE 2

	Sale and Merger Transactions

	 
	 	 	 	 
	Section 2.01. Sale and Purchase of the Purchased Assets
	 	 	28	 
	Section 2.02. Merger of Van Kampen Parent
	 	 	28	 
	Section 2.03. Purchase Price
	 	 	29	 
	Section 2.04. Closing
	 	 	29	 
	Section 2.05. Closing Revenue Run-Rate Purchase Price Adjustment
	 	 	31	 
	Section 2.06. True-Up
	 	 	33	 
	Section 2.07. Allocation of Purchase Price
	 	 	35	 
	Section 2.08. Assignment of Contracts and Rights
	 	 	36	 
	Section 2.09. Certain Adjustments
	 	 	36	 
	Section 2.10. Post-Closing Cash Cap
	 	 	36	 
	ARTICLE 3

	Representations and Warranties of Seller

	 
	 	 	 	 
	Section 3.01. Organization and Qualification
	 	 	38	 
	Section 3.02. Ownership
	 	 	38	 
	Section 3.03. Corporate Authority
	 	 	39	 
	Section 3.04. Binding Effect
	 	 	39	 
	Section 3.05. Governmental Consents and Approvals
	 	 	39	 
	Section 3.06. Non-Contravention
	 	 	40	 
	Section 3.07. Investment Purpose
	 	 	41	 
	Section 3.08. Legal Proceedings
	 	 	42	 
	Section 3.09. Organization and Qualification
	 	 	42	 
	Section 3.10. Capitalization
	 	 	42	 
	Section 3.11. Financial Information
	 	 	43	 
	Section 3.12. Absence of Undisclosed Liabilities
	 	 	45	 
	Section 3.13. Taxes
	 	 	45	 
	Section 3.14. Employee Benefits
	 	 	47	 
	Section 3.15. Permits
	 	 	49	 
	Section 3.16. Intellectual Property
	 	 	50	 
	Section 3.17. Labor
	 	 	51	 
	Section 3.18. Contracts
	 	 	52	 
	Section 3.19. Absence of Changes
	 	 	55	 
	Section 3.20. Compliance with Laws
	 	 	55	 

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	Section 3.21. Assets Under Management; Investment Advisory Activities
	 	 	58	 
	Section 3.22. Funds
	 	 	60	 
	Section 3.23. Advisory Clients
	 	 	65	 
	Section 3.24. Product Performance Record
	 	 	66	 
	Section 3.25. ERISA Compliance
	 	 	67	 
	Section 3.26. Property
	 	 	67	 
	Section 3.27. Sufficiency of Assets
	 	 	67	 
	Section 3.28. Finders’ Fees
	 	 	68	 
	Section 3.29. Insurance
	 	 	68	 
	Section 3.30. Affiliate Arrangements
	 	 	68	 
	Section 3.31. Inspections; No Other Representations
	 	 	68	 
	Section 3.32. Filings
	 	 	69	 
	ARTICLE 4

	Representations and Warranties of Buyer

	 
	 	 	 	 
	Section 4.01. Organization and Qualification
	 	 	69	 
	Section 4.02. Capitalization
	 	 	70	 
	Section 4.03. Corporate Authorization
	 	 	70	 
	Section 4.04. Consents and Approvals
	 	 	71	 
	Section 4.05. Non-Contravention
	 	 	71	 
	Section 4.06. Binding Effect
	 	 	72	 
	Section 4.07. Aggregate Equity Consideration
	 	 	72	 
	Section 4.08. SEC Matters
	 	 	72	 
	Section 4.09. Absence of Undisclosed Liabilities
	 	 	73	 
	Section 4.10. Absence of Certain Changes
	 	 	74	 
	Section 4.11. Financial Capability
	 	 	74	 
	Section 4.12. Investment Purpose
	 	 	74	 
	Section 4.13. Investment Advisory Activities
	 	 	74	 
	Section 4.14. Information in Proxy and Consent Solicitation Materials
	 	 	75	 
	Section 4.15. Section 15(f) of the Investment Company Act
	 	 	76	 
	Section 4.16. Filings
	 	 	76	 
	Section 4.17. Compliance with Laws
	 	 	76	 
	Section 4.18. Finders’ Fees
	 	 	76	 
	Section 4.19. Legal Proceedings
	 	 	77	 
	Section 4.20. Material Contracts
	 	 	77	 
	Section 4.21. Antitakeover Statutes
	 	 	77	 
	Section 4.22. Certain Tax Matters
	 	 	77	 
	ARTICLE 5

	Covenants of Seller

	 
	 	 	 	 
	Section 5.01. Conduct of the Van Kampen Business
	 	 	78	 
	Section 5.02. Access to Information; Presentment of Audited and Unaudited Financial
Statements
	 	 	82	 
	Section 5.03. Transfer Restrictions
	 	 	85	 
	Section 5.04. Standstill
	 	 	87	 

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	Section 5.05. Non-Solicitation of Alternative Transactions
	 	 	88	 
	Section 5.06. Resignations
	 	 	89	 
	Section 5.07. Non-Solicit
	 	 	89	 
	Section 5.08. Regulatory Capital; Other Cash in the Business
	 	 	89	 
	Section 5.09. Trademarks; Tradenames
	 	 	93	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE 6

	Covenants of Buyer

	 
	 	 	 	 
	Section 6.01. Conduct of Business of Buyer
	 	 	94	 
	Section 6.02. Access to Information
	 	 	95	 
	Section 6.03. Trademarks; Tradenames
	 	 	96	 
	Section 6.04. Use of Confidential Information
	 	 	96	 
	Section 6.05. Stock Exchange Listing
	 	 	96	 
	Section 6.06. Shelf Registration
	 	 	96	 
	Section 6.07. Equivalent Buyer Preferred Stock
	 	 	98	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE 7

	Covenants of Buyer and Seller

	 
	 	 	 	 
	Section 7.01. Reasonable Best Efforts; Further Assurances
	 	 	98	 
	Section 7.02. Certain Filings
	 	 	100	 
	Section 7.03. Public Announcements
	 	 	100	 
	Section 7.04. Intercompany Accounts and Agreements
	 	 	100	 
	Section 7.05. Fund and Advisory Client Consents
	 	 	100	 
	Section 7.06. Section 15(f)
	 	 	108	 
	Section 7.07. Certain Post-Closing Filings
	 	 	109	 
	Section 7.08. Information for Fund Boards
	 	 	109	 
	Section 7.09. Van Kampen Seed Capital
	 	 	109	 
	Section 7.10. Notices of Certain Events
	 	 	110	 
	Section 7.11. Alternative Transaction Structure
	 	 	110	 
	Section 7.12. WARN Act
	 	 	111	 
	Section 7.13. Confidentiality
	 	 	111	 
	Section 7.14. Conversion
	 	 	113	 
	Section 7.15. Restricted Activities
	 	 	113	 
	Section 7.16. Jersey City Facility
	 	 	115	 
	Section 7.17. Distribution Agreement
	 	 	115	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE 8

	Tax Matters

	 
	 	 	 	 
	Section 8.01. Termination of Tax Sharing Agreements
	 	 	115	 
	Section 8.02. Seller Tax Covenants
	 	 	116	 
	Section 8.03. Buyer Tax Covenants
	 	 	116	 
	Section 8.04. Transfer Taxes
	 	 	118	 
	Section 8.05. Transferred Assets
	 	 	118	 

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	Section 8.06. Preparation and Filing of Tax Returns for Transferred Entities
	 	 	119	 
	Section 8.07. Cooperation
	 	 	120	 
	Section 8.08. 368 Reorganization
	 	 	120	 
	Section 8.09. Tax Indemnification with Respect to Transferred Entities, Purchased
Assets and Assumed Liabilities
	 	 	120	 
	Section 8.10. Coordination and Survival
	 	 	123	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE 9

	Employee Matters and Benefits

	 
	 	 	 	 
	Section 9.01. Van Kampen Business Employees
	 	 	123	 
	Section 9.02. Employee Matters
	 	 	126	 
	Section 9.03. Compliance with Applicable Law for Non-U.S. Employees
	 	 	132	 
	Section 9.04. Cooperation; Employee Communications
	 	 	132	 
	Section 9.05. Stock Options and Restricted Stock Units
	 	 	133	 
	Section 9.06. Cash Based Deferred Compensation
	 	 	135	 
	Section 9.07. Provision of Information; Reimbursement of Compensation Related Tax
Benefit; Payment of Paying Agent Costs
	 	 	137	 
	Section 9.08.
Additional Provisions Applicable to Seller Equity Awards and Cash Based Deferred Compensation
	 	 	139	 
	Section 9.09. No Amendment; No Third-Party Beneficiaries
	 	 	141	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE 10

	Conditions to Closing

	 
	 	 	 	 
	Section 10.01. Conditions to Obligations of Buyer and Seller
	 	 	141	 
	Section 10.02. Conditions to Obligation of Buyer
	 	 	141	 
	Section 10.03. Conditions to Obligation of Seller
	 	 	143	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE 11

	Survival; Indemnification

	 
	 	 	 	 
	Section 11.01. Survival
	 	 	144	 
	Section 11.02. Indemnification
	 	 	145	 
	Section 11.03. Third Party Claim Procedures
	 	 	147	 
	Section 11.04. Direct Claim Procedures
	 	 	148	 
	Section 11.05. Calculation of Damages
	 	 	148	 
	Section 11.06. Assignment of Claims
	 	 	149	 
	Section 11.07. Exclusivity
	 	 	149	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE 12

	Termination

	 
	 	 	 	 
	Section 12.01. Grounds for Termination
	 	 	149	 
	Section 12.02. Effect of Termination
	 	 	150	 

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	ARTICLE 13

	Miscellaneous

	 
	 	 	 	 
	Section 13.01. Notices
	 	 	150	 
	Section 13.02. Amendments and Waivers
	 	 	151	 
	Section 13.03. Expenses
	 	 	152	 
	Section 13.04. Successors and Assigns
	 	 	152	 
	Section 13.05. Governing Law
	 	 	152	 
	Section 13.06. Jurisdiction
	 	 	152	 
	Section 13.07. WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL
	 	 	153	 
	Section 13.08. Counterparts; Effectiveness; Third Party Beneficiaries
	 	 	153	 
	Section 13.09. Entire Agreement
	 	 	153	 
	Section 13.10. Severability
	 	 	154	 
	Section 13.11. Disclosure Schedules
	 	 	154	 
	Section 13.12. Specific Performance
	 	 	154	 

TABLE OF EXHIBITS

	 	 	 
	Exhibit A

	 	Form of Agreement and Plan of Merger
	Exhibit B

	 	Form of Assignment and Assumption Agreement, Bill of Sale
	Exhibit C

	 	Certain Funds with Portfolio Managers to Be Replaced
	Exhibit D

	 	Form of Distribution Agreement
	Exhibit E

	 	Form of IP Matters Agreement
	Exhibit F

	 	Certain Real Property Assets
	Exhibit G

	 	Form of Temporary Investment Services Agreement
	Exhibit H

	 	Form of Transition Services Agreement
	Exhibit I

	 	Allocation of Consideration
	Exhibit J

	 	Base Revenue Schedule
	Exhibit K

	 	Conversion Plan
	Exhibit L

	 	Certain Permitted Buyer Transactions
	Appendix A

	 	Japan Appendix
	Appendix B

	 	United Kingdom Appendix

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TRANSACTION AGREEMENT

     TRANSACTION AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) dated as of October 19, 2009 between Invesco Ltd., a
Bermuda corporation (“Buyer”), and Morgan Stanley, a Delaware corporation (“Seller”).

W I T N E S S E T H :

     WHEREAS, Seller owns, directly or indirectly, the Van Kampen Business and desires to sell the
Van Kampen Business to Buyer, and Buyer desires to purchase the Van Kampen Business from Seller,
pursuant to (i) a merger of Van Kampen Parent with and into Merger Subsidiary and (ii) a sale and
purchase of the Purchased Assets, in each case upon the terms and subject to the conditions
hereinafter set forth and pursuant to the Agreement and Plan of Merger; and

     WHEREAS, for U.S. federal income tax purposes, it is intended that the Merger shall qualify as
a “reorganization” within the meaning of Section 368(a) of the Code (a “368 Reorganization”), and
that this Agreement shall constitute a “plan of reorganization” within the meaning of Section
1.368-2(g) of the Treasury regulations promulgated under the Code, unless Seller exercises an
Alternative Transaction Structure Election pursuant to Section 7.11;

     ACCORDINGLY, in consideration of the promises and of the mutual covenants and agreements
contained herein and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of
which are hereby acknowledged, the parties, intending to be legally bound, hereby agree as follows:

ARTICLE 1
DEFINITIONS

     Section 1.01. Definitions. (A) As used herein, the following terms have the following meanings:

     “2010 Compensation Accrual” means the accrued amount (reflecting the period from January 1,
2010 through the day before the Closing Date) in respect of any Liabilities in respect of cash
based bonus awards to be granted by Buyer in the ordinary course of business pursuant to the 2010
Incentive Compensation Programs.

     “’40 Act Fund” means any Fund registered under the Investment Company Act.

     “’40 Act Management Fund” means any ’40 Act Fund other than a UIT Fund.

     “Adjusted Assets Under Management” as of any date means the sum, for any Client investment
management account (excluding, for purposes of this

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Agreement, UIT Fund accounts) in question as of such date, of the amount, expressed in U.S.
dollars, of assets under management of the Van Kampen Business for each such account as of such
date valued as follows:

     (a) for purposes of calculating the Base Revenue Run-Rate as of the Base Date, in the same
manner as provided for the calculation of base investment management fees payable in respect of
each such Client account pursuant to the terms of the Investment Advisory Arrangements applicable
to such account; and

     (b) for purposes of calculating the Closing Revenue Run-Rate as of the Closing Measurement
Date or as of the Closing Date, as applicable, as the amount calculated pursuant to subsection (a)
above, (i) increased by a positive amount equal to additions, contributions and reinvestments
actually funded to such account after the Base Date and on or prior to the Closing Measurement Date
or the Closing Date, as applicable, (ii) increased with respect to any new accounts opened after
the Base Date and on or prior to the Closing Measurement Date or the Closing Date, as applicable,
and any additions to such new accounts prior to the Closing Measurement Date or the Closing Date,
as applicable, by the amount of additions, contributions and reinvestments actually funded to such
account after the Base Date and on or prior to the Closing Measurement Date or the Closing Date, as
applicable, (iii) decreased by terminations, withdrawals, redemptions and repurchases actually
funded out of each such account after the Base Date and prior to the Closing Measurement Date or
the Closing Date, as applicable, and (iv) decreased by the amount of any Contingent Account to the
extent provided in the definition thereof;

provided, however, in the case of both clauses (a) and (b) hereof (other than clauses (D), (E) and
(F) below, which shall relate solely to clause (b)):

	 	(A)	 	additions, contributions and reinvestments shall be taken
into account only when actually funded and withdrawals, redemptions and
repurchases shall be taken into account when they are actually funded out of
such account;
	 
	 	(B)	 	any assets under management for any account for which the
Person in question acts as investment adviser and sub-adviser shall be
counted only once;
	 
	 	(C)	 	any assets under management for any set of accounts one
of which invests in the other shall be counted only once if the Person in
question or an Affiliate thereof acts as investment adviser to both, except
to the extent that an investment management fee is payable to one or more
Persons in respect of each such multiple account (unless, in this latter
case, the investment management fees on such assets that are so payable are
otherwise aggregated

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	 	 	 	for purposes of calculating the Revenue Run-Rate for one such account);
	 
	 	(D)	 	to the extent any addition, contribution, reinvestment,
withdrawal, redemption or repurchase after the Base Date is made in a
currency other than U.S. dollars, for purposes of clause (b) hereof, such
amount shall be converted to U.S. dollars at the currency exchange rate on
the date of any such contribution, reinvestment, withdrawal, redemption or
repurchase;
	 
	 	(E)	 	for the avoidance of doubt, the calculation of Adjusted
Assets Under Management shall be made in a manner that excludes any increase
or decrease in assets under management resulting from market appreciation or
depreciation or currency fluctuations (except to the extent covered by
clause (D) above) from and after the Base Date (or in the case of an account
established after the Base Date, after the date such account is
established);
	 
	 	(F)	 	in the event of a Fund Change Announcement in respect of
any Fund or Client, then Adjusted Assets Under Management for any such Fund
or Client shall be deemed to be fixed at the amount thereof immediately
prior to any such announcement rather than as of the Closing Measurement
Date or Closing Date;
	 
	 	(G)	 	the Adjusted Assets under Management of all of the
Japanese Business Clients shall be deemed to be fixed at the amount thereof
immediately prior to the date hereof; and
	 
	 	(H)	 	for the sake of clarity, the Adjusted Assets under
Management shall exclude the Client accounts listed on Section 1.01(a) of
the Seller Disclosure Schedule.

     “Adjustment Factor” means an amount equal to the Base Purchase Price divided by the Base
Revenue Run-Rate.

     “Advisory Client” means a Client of the Van Kampen Business, other than a Fund.

     “Affiliate” means, with respect to any Person, any other Person directly or indirectly
Controlling, Controlled by, or under common Control with such Person. Notwithstanding anything in
this Agreement to the contrary, in no event shall any Fund of, or managed by, any Person be
considered to be an Affiliate of such Person.

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     “Aggregate Cash Consideration” means $500,000,000.

     “Aggregate Equity Consideration” means 44,130,627 shares of Buyer Stock (as adjusted pursuant
to the terms and conditions hereof); provided that if the Aggregate Equity Consideration would
otherwise cause Seller’s beneficial ownership (as defined in Rule 13d of the Exchange Act) of Buyer
Stock (as determined by Seller based on its reporting and compliance policies and procedures in
respect thereof and discussed with Buyer) to exceed the Common Stock Cap, the Aggregate Equity
Consideration shall consist of (i) the maximum number of shares of Buyer Stock that Seller can own
without Seller’s beneficial ownership exceeding the Common Stock Cap plus (ii) a number of shares
of Equivalent Buyer Preferred Stock that are convertible into a number of shares of Buyer Stock
equal to (x) 44,130,627 shares of Buyer Stock less (y) the number of shares of Buyer Stock referred
to in clause (i).

     “Aggregate Purchase Price” means, collectively, the Aggregate Cash Consideration and the
Aggregate Equity Consideration.

     “Agreement and Plan of Merger” means the Agreement and Plan of Merger to be entered into by
the parties in connection with the Merger substantially in the form of Exhibit A.

     “Ancillary Agreement” means each of the Agreement and Plan of Merger, the Assignment and
Assumption Agreement, the Transition Services Agreement, the IP Matters Agreement, the Distribution
Agreement and the Temporary Investment Services Agreement.

     “Antitrust Laws” mean all Laws that are designed or intended to prohibit, restrict or regulate
actions having the purpose or effect of monopolization or restraint of trade.

     “Asset Consideration” means the portion of the Aggregate Cash Consideration allocated to the
Purchased Assets.

     “Assignment and Assumption Agreement” means the Assignment and Assumption Agreement, Bill of
Sale to be entered into by the parties related to the Purchased Assets and the Assumed Liabilities
substantially in the form of Exhibit B.

     “Assignment Requirements” means, with respect to any Existing Advisory Contract, the necessary
consents and approvals under applicable Law and under such Existing Advisory Contract (which
consents and approvals may be obtained by negative consent to the extent contemplated by Section
7.05) to effect (A) the assignment or continuation of such Existing Advisory Contract (or if
required by applicable Law, the replacement of such Existing Advisory Contract with a New Advisory
Contract) (and shall not include an “interim contract” pursuant to Rule 15a-4 under the Investment
Company Act), in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement (whether via

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assignment, merger or otherwise), (B) a change of control of the adviser, sub-adviser,
investment manager, trustee or similar such party in connection with the transactions contemplated
by this Agreement, (C) a Fund Merger or (D) a Closed-End Fund Assignment Arrangement or a Client
Assignment Arrangement, in each case as contemplated by Section 7.05.

     “Assumed Benefit and Compensation Arrangement” means any (i) Benefit and Compensation
Arrangement or portion thereof that is sponsored, entered into or maintained by any Transferred
Entity under which a Transferred Entity has any current or future obligation that is assumed by
Buyer or one of its Affiliates pursuant to Section 9.02(j), (ii) employment agreement, offer letter
or similar individual Contract that is assumed by Buyer or one of its Affiliates pursuant to
Section 9.01(f) and (iii) 2009 Long-Term Incentive Award assumed by Buyer pursuant to Section
9.02(b), in each case, as identified on Section 3.14(a)(ii) of the Seller Disclosure Schedule.

     “Assumed Liabilities” means all obligations and liabilities of any kind, character or
description (whether known or unknown, accrued, absolute, contingent or otherwise and whether
arising before, on or after the Closing Date), and all Contracts validly assigned, in each case
primarily relating to or arising from or under any of the Purchased Assets or the conduct of the
Van Kampen Business to the extent relating to the Morgan Stanley-Branded Transferred Clients,
except for (i) the Excluded Payables, (iii) those matters set forth on Section 11.02(a) of the
Buyer Disclosure Schedule and (iv) as otherwise set forth in Article 9.

     “Base Date” means September 30, 2009.

     “Base Purchase Price” means $1,500,000,000.

     “Base Revenue Run-Rate” means the Revenue Run-Rate for all Clients of the Van Kampen Business
calculated as of the Base Date, as set forth on the Base Revenue Schedule.

     “Benefit and Compensation Arrangement” means any employment (or form of employment), benefit
and compensation agreement (including compensation guarantees), plan, Contract, program,
arrangement or policy covering one or more (i) Van Kampen Business Employees or (ii) former
employees of the Van Kampen Business (to the extent there is a current or future obligation to such
former employee under such benefit and compensation arrangement for which a Transferred Entity is
responsible or has any liability, contingent or otherwise), including any trust instruments and
insurance Contracts forming a part thereof and any deferred compensation, stock purchase, equity or
equity-based or other incentive, bonus, consulting, post-retirement insurance, workers’
compensation, disability, fringe or other benefit, vacation or severance or change in control
agreement, plan, Contract, program, arrangement or policy, including any “employee benefit plan”
within the meaning of Section 3(3) of

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ERISA, and all amendments thereto and any statutory or government obligations, plans or
arrangements with respect to jurisdictions other than the United States, Japan and the United
Kingdom.

     “BHC Act” means the United States Bank Holding Company Act of 1956.

     “Broker-Dealer” means Van Kampen Funds Inc., a Delaware corporation.

     “Business Day” means a day, other than Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks
in New York, New York are authorized or required by applicable Law to close.

     “Buyer Deductible Compensatory Arrangements” means the Legacy Van Kampen Nonqualified Deferred
Compensation Plans, the Buyer Deductible Seller Equity Awards, the Buyer Deductible Dividend
Equivalent Amounts and the Buyer Deductible Cash Deferred Compensation Awards.

     “Buyer Disclosure Schedule” means the disclosure schedule dated the date hereof regarding this
Agreement that has been provided by Buyer to Seller prior to execution of this Agreement.

     “Buyer Fund” means, as of any date, any pooled investment vehicle, investment trust,
investment company, unit investment trust, collective fund, collective trust, commodity pool or
other collective or commingled investment vehicle, unit-linked life insurance fund, unit trust or,
where applicable, the corporation or trust of which it is a series, for which Buyer or one or more
of its Affiliates acts or will, after a date prior to the Closing, act (i) as investment adviser,
sub-adviser, trustee, manager, supervisor or sponsor or (ii) in a similar capacity under applicable
Law, in each case, as of such date. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary,
representations and warranties made by Buyer in this Agreement with respect to Buyer Funds (except,
for the avoidance of doubt, with respect to representations relating to Buyer’s and its Affiliates’
actions with regard to the Buyer Funds) shall always be deemed to be made only with respect to, and
only to the extent that, such Buyer Funds have been sponsored or created by, are 25% or more owned
by, or have a majority of officers designated by Buyer or its Affiliates.

     “Buyer Material Adverse Effect” means a Material Adverse Effect in respect of Buyer and its
Subsidiaries, taken as a whole.

     “Buyer Signing Price” means $22.66 per share.

     “Buyer Stock” means the common shares, $0.20 par value per share, of Buyer.

     “Client” of a Person or the Van Kampen Business means any other Person, including a Fund, to
which such first Person provides investment

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management services (including, with respect to Funds, as general partner, managing member, or
in a similar capacity), trustee services, supervisory services (in the case of UIT Funds), or
investment advisory services, including any sub-advisory services, relating to securities or other
financial instruments, commodities, real estate or any other type of asset, pursuant to an
Investment Advisory Arrangement.

     “Client Assignment Arrangement” means, with respect to any Client, (i) the assignment of such
Client’s Existing Advisory Contract to a Subsidiary of Buyer such that the Subsidiary may provide
advisory services to such Client in accordance with such Existing Advisory Contract or otherwise on
terms substantially comparable (but having the same advisory and same aggregate non-advisory fees
(it being understood that, in this case, and in every other case in this Agreement in which it is
contemplated that the same advisory and same aggregate non-advisory fees will be maintained (or
carried over to a New Advisory Contract), there is no obligation to eliminate any fee waivers in
connection with the transactions contemplated hereby)) to those of the applicable Existing Advisory
Contract in effect on the date hereof or (ii) if required by applicable Law, the replacement of
such Client’s Existing Advisory Contract with a New Advisory Contract between such Client and a
Subsidiary of Buyer, such New Advisory Contract to be on terms substantially comparable (but having
the same advisory and same aggregate non-advisory fees) to those of the applicable Existing
Advisory Contract in effect on the date hereof.

     “Closed-End Fund Assignment Arrangement” means with respect to each ’40 Act Management Fund
that is a closed-end Fund, (i) the replacement of the Existing Advisory Contract with a New
Advisory Contract between such Fund and a Subsidiary of Buyer, such New Advisory Contract to be on
terms substantially comparable (but having the same advisory and same aggregate non-advisory fees)
to those of the applicable Existing Advisory Contract in effect on the date hereof, (ii) the
election or appointment, in accordance with applicable Law, as additional trustees or directors (as
the case may be) of such Fund (to the extent not already directors or trustees (as the case may be)
of such Fund) the persons set forth on Section 1.01(a) of the Buyer Disclosure Schedule and (iii)
the resignation from the board of such Fund of all trustees or directors (as the case may be) not
contemplated by the foregoing clause (ii), except for those trustees or directors elected pursuant
to Section 18(a)(2)(C) of the Investment Company Act with respect to such Fund.

     “Closing Date” means the date of the Closing.

     “Closing Measurement Date” means such Business Day as close as practicable but in any event
not more than 10 Business Days nor less than 5 Business Days prior to the date of the Closing.

     “Closing Revenue Run-Rate” means the Revenue Run-Rate for all Clients of the Van Kampen
Business calculated in accordance with clause (b) of

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the definition of Adjusted Assets Under Management as of the Closing Measurement Date.

     “Closing Revenue Run-Rate Purchase Price Increase”, if any, means the product of (x) the
Adjustment Factor multiplied by (y) the excess, if any, of (i) the Closing Revenue Run-Rate over
(ii) 1.15 multiplied by the Base Revenue Run-Rate.

     “Closing Revenue Run-Rate Purchase Price Reduction”, if any, means the product of (x) the
Adjustment Factor multiplied by (y) the excess, if any, of (i) 0.85 multiplied by the Base Revenue
Run-Rate over (ii) the Closing Revenue Run-Rate.

     “COBRA Coverage” shall mean the continuation coverage requirements under Section 4980B of the
Code and Part 6 of Title I of ERISA.

     “Code” means the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986.

     “Commodity Exchange Act” means the United States Commodity Exchange Act of 1936.

     “Common Stock Cap” means 4.9% of the number of shares of outstanding Buyer Stock.

     “Confidentiality Agreement” means the Confidentiality Agreement between Buyer and Seller dated
as of June 9, 2009.

     “Contingent Account” means (other than any Japanese Business Client, none of which can ever be
a Contingent Account, and the Assignment Requirement for all such Clients shall be deemed to have
been satisfied):

     (a) in respect of any Client account of the Van Kampen Business as of the Closing Measurement
Date, (i) the portion (which may be 100%) of such account as to which the Client or any authorized
representative of the Client has indicated orally or in writing to Seller or any of its
Subsidiaries (if any Assignment Requirement applies to such Client account) or in writing (if no
Assignment Requirement is applicable to such Client account) through any statement, notice or other
communication (including an effective notice of termination that has been received (and not
revoked) prior to the Closing Measurement Date) on or prior to the Closing Measurement Date that it
intends to withdraw, and such indication has not been revoked, or that such portion is or will be
under review for possible withdrawal, redemption or termination and as to which the Client or such
representative has not withdrawn such indication, (ii) any Client account that has not satisfied
any Assignment Requirement applicable to such account or (iii) that would not be a Contingent
Account pursuant to the preceding clauses (i) or (ii), but with respect to which Client account
such Client has provided prior to the Closing a written or oral indication to the Van Kampen
Business that it plans to make additional investments in the relevant Client

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account, and such amounts are not actually funded on or prior to the Closing Measurement Date;
provided that, in the case of this clause (iii), such Client account shall be considered a
Contingent Account only to the extent of the unfunded additional investment amount previously
indicated and only to the extent that such account together with such unfunded additional
investment amount are set forth on a schedule provided by Seller to Buyer on or prior to the
Closing Date; or

     (b) any new Client account of the Van Kampen Business that has not actually been funded on or
prior to the Closing Measurement Date (even if such account has not been formally opened), but for
which such Client has provided an oral or written indication on or prior to the Closing Measurement
Date that it plans to fund; provided that such Client account shall be considered a Contingent
Account only to the extent of such unfunded investment amount previously indicated and only to the
extent that such account together with such unfunded investment amount are set forth on a schedule
provided by Seller to Buyer on or prior to the Closing Date;

provided that, in either case, in the event of a Fund Change Announcement in respect of any Fund or
Client (other than any Fund Change Announcement relating to a portfolio management team change for
the Funds set forth on Exhibit C), then the applicable Client shall be deemed not to be a
Contingent Account (and the Assignment Requirement for such Client shall be deemed to have been
satisfied) at and after any such announcement.

     “Contract” means, any agreement, undertaking, lease, sublease, license, sublicense, contract,
note, mortgage, indenture, power of attorney, guarantee, arrangement, commitment or other binding
obligation, whether oral or written, express or implied, in each case as amended, supplemented,
waived or otherwise modified.

     “Control” means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the
direction of the management or policies of a Person, whether through the ownership of voting
securities, by contract or otherwise (and “Controlled” and “Controlling” shall have a correlative
meaning). For purposes of this definition, a general partner or managing member of a Person shall
always be considered to Control such Person.

     “Controlled Group Liability” means any and all liabilities (i) under Title IV of ERISA, (ii)
under Section 302 of ERISA, (iii) under Sections 412 and 4971 of the Code, (iv) as a result of a
failure to comply with the continuation coverage requirements of Section 601 et seq. of ERISA and
Section 4980B of the Code, and (v) under corresponding or similar provisions of foreign Laws, in
each case, other than such liabilities that arise solely out of, or relate solely to, the Assumed
Benefit and Compensation Arrangements that are assumed by Buyer pursuant to Section 9.02(j).

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     “Covered Distribution Agreements” means each dealer, distribution, selling or other agreement
under which a broker-dealer or other distribution agent, on the one hand, and Seller or one of its
Subsidiaries, on the one hand, have agreed that such broker-dealer or agent will sell, market or
otherwise distribute interests in one or more Morgan Stanley-Branded Transferred Clients and other
Funds managed, advised or sub-advised by Seller or one of its Subsidiaries (other than the
Transferred Entities).

     “Deferred Assets” means the deferred assets relating to the Van Kampen Business that represent
distribution-related or shareholder servicing-related expenses with respect to a Fund that are of
the type reflected on the Balance Sheet as “deferred charges.”

     “Delegation Period” means, with respect to any Non-Consenting Morgan Stanley Client, the
period beginning on the Closing Date and ending on the earlier of (i) the satisfaction of the
Assignment Requirements with respect to such Client or (ii) a date following the end of the True-Up
Period that permits Seller a reasonable amount of time following the end of such period to wind up,
or make other reasonable arrangements for Seller or its nominee to provide investment management
services to, such Client (which date, in any event, shall not be less than three months following
the end of the True-Up Period).

     “Distribution Agreement” means the Distribution Agreement between Morgan Stanley Smith Barney
LLC and Invesco A ·I ·M Distributors, Inc., substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit D.

     “Economic Compensation” means the total amount of compensation that Seller expects to
communicate to an applicable employee at fiscal year-end, which amount does not reflect
amortization of prior year long-term incentive awards or mark-to-market adjustments of deferred
compensation or other long-term incentives.

     “Encumbrances” means any lien, pledge, debt, charge, claim, encumbrance, security interest,
option, mortgage, assessment, easement or any other similar restriction or limitation of any kind.

     “Equivalent Buyer Preferred Stock” means a series of preferred stock of Buyer which shall be
substantially equivalent to the Buyer Stock other than by reason of not having voting rights and
which shall automatically convert into Buyer Stock upon transfer by Seller or its Affiliates to any
third party which is not an Affiliate of Seller.

     “ERISA” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974.

     “ERISA Affiliate” shall mean, with respect to any entity, trade or business, any other entity,
trade or business that is, or was at the relevant time, a member of a group described in Section
414(b), (c), (m) or (o) of the Code or Section 4001(b)(1) of ERISA that includes or included the
first entity, trade or

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business, or that is, or was at the relevant time, a member of the same “controlled group” as
the first entity, trade or business pursuant to Section 4001(a)(14) of ERISA.

     “Exchange Act” means the United States Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

     “Excluded Assets” means all accounts receivable for all management and incentive fees and
distribution payments accrued before the Closing Date under each Covered Distribution Agreement and
each Existing Advisory Contract in respect of the Morgan Stanley-Branded Transferred Clients and
any other current assets (to be determined based on the accounting principles applied in
preparation of the Balance Sheet) accrued before the Closing Date in respect of the Morgan
Stanley-Branded Transferred Clients.

     “Excluded Fund Change Announcement” means any public announcement by Buyer (or, after Closing,
by any Fund) (or by Seller, any of its Subsidiaries or (before Closing) any Fund to the extent
described in clause (iv) of the definition of Fund Change Announcement) of any intention or
proposal relating to (i) any matter that represents a continuation of any strategy or plan
currently contemplated by Seller or its Affiliates and described on Section 3.22(h) of the Seller
Disclosure Schedule, (ii) any Fund Merger contemplated by Section 7.05 or (iii) any re-branding of
any Fund to reflect the change in ownership contemplated hereby as further described on Section
1.01(a) of the Buyer Disclosure Schedule.

     “Excluded Payables” means all accounts payable accrued before the Closing Date for sales
commissions under the Covered Distribution Agreements in respect of the Morgan Stanley-Branded
Transferred Clients and any other current liabilities (to be determined based on the accounting
principles applied in preparation of the Balance Sheet) accrued before the Closing Date in respect
of the Morgan Stanley-Branded Transferred Clients.

     “Existing Advisory Contract” means any existing investment advisory, sub-advisory, investment
management, supervisory (in the case of UIT Funds), trust or similar Contract that the Van Kampen
Business has with any Fund or Advisory Client as of the Closing or the date of this Agreement, as
applicable.

     “FDIA” means the Federal Deposit Insurance Act of 1950.

     “FINRA” means the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority created in July 2007 through the
consolidation of the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. and the member regulation,
enforcement and arbitration functions of the NYSE.

     “Foreign Benefit Plan” means any Benefit and Compensation Arrangement that is governed by the
Laws of a jurisdiction outside of the United

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States and maintained primarily for the benefit of one or more Foreign Employees.

     “Foreign Employee” means any (i) Van Kampen Business Employee who primarily resides or works
in the United Kingdom or Japan, (ii) any former employee of the Van Kampen Business, who, while
employed by the Van Kampen Business, primarily resided or worked in the United Kingdom or Japan or
(iii) other Van Kampen Business Employee who primarily resides or works outside of the United
States and who is added to Section 9.01(a) of the Seller Disclosure Schedule in accordance with the
definition of Van Kampen Business Employees.

     “Fund” means, as of any date, any pooled investment vehicle, investment trust, investment
company, unit investment trust, collective fund, collective trust, commodity pool or other
collective or commingled investment vehicle, unit-linked life insurance fund, unit trust or where
applicable, the corporation or trust of which it is a series, for which the Van Kampen Business
acts or will, after a date prior to the Closing, act (i) as investment advisor, sub-advisor,
trustee, manager, supervisor or sponsor or (ii) in a similar capacity under applicable Law, in each
case, as of such date. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, representations
and warranties made by Seller in this Agreement with respect to Funds (except, for the avoidance of
doubt, with respect to the calculation of Adjusted Assets Under Management and Revenue Run-Rate,
and with respect to representations regarding Seller’s and its Affiliates actions with regard to
the Funds) shall always be deemed to be made only with respect to, and only to the extent that,
such Funds have been sponsored or created by, are 25% or more owned by, or have a majority of
officers designated by Seller or its Affiliates.

     “Fund Change Announcement” means, other than an Excluded Fund Change Announcement, (i) any
public announcement (whether before or after Closing, but prior to the date after which any
applicable Assignment Requirement cannot be obtained in accordance with the terms of the applicable
Existing Advisory Agreement or applicable law) by Buyer (or, after Closing, by any Fund) of any
intention or proposal with respect to any particular Fund to effect any merger or closure of any
Fund, (ii) in respect of any Fund branded “Van Kampen” or any derivative thereof, any public
announcement (whether before or after Closing) by Buyer (or, after Closing, by any Fund) of any
re-branding of the name of that Fund, (iii) any public announcement on or before Closing by Buyer
of any intention or proposal with respect to any replacement of the portfolio management team
(other than the replacement of any portfolio management team due to terminations by any such team
members (unless such terminations result from such team members being informed by Buyer or its
Subsidiaries that they will be terminated following the Closing) for any Fund or Advisory Client’s
Investment Advisory Arrangement or (iv) any announcement by any Fund of any intention or proposal
of Buyer to effect any of the changes described in any of the immediately preceding clauses (i),
(ii) or (iii), which is announced during the

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respective time periods set forth in such immediately preceding clauses, but only to the
extent that such intentions or proposals may be reasonably concluded to be required by Law to be
disclosed in any filings required to be made by such Fund under the Investment Company Act, the
Exchange Act or the Securities Act and subject to confirmation by Buyer regarding the accuracy of
the description thereof.

     “Fund Merger” means (A) with respect to each ’40 Act Management Fund which is an open-end
Fund, the merger or reorganization of such Fund with and into a newly created “shell” fund which is
a series of one of the Delaware statutory trusts listed on Section 1.01(a) of the Buyer Disclosure
Schedule, it being understood and agreed that as a result of such merger or reorganization, (i) the
board of trustees of such surviving series fund shall consist of those persons set forth on Section
1.01(a) of the Buyer Disclosure Schedule and (ii) such surviving series fund shall become (or shall
already be) party to a New Advisory Contract with a Subsidiary of Buyer, such New Advisory Contract
to be on terms substantially comparable (but having the same advisory and same aggregate
non-advisory fees) to those of such Fund’s Existing Advisory Contract as in effect on the date
hereof and (B) with respect to each Fund that is Registered with any Government Entity as an
investment fund (or the equivalent) and is not a ’40 Act Management Fund, a Japan Fund or a UIT
Fund, the merger of such Fund (or a similar appropriate conversion or consolidation of such Fund or
its assets and liabilities) with and into a newly created “shell” fund, it being understood and
agreed that such surviving fund shall become (or shall already be) party to a New Advisory Contract
with a Subsidiary of Buyer, such New Advisory Contract to be on terms substantially comparable (but
having the same advisory and same aggregate non-advisory fees) to those of the applicable Existing
Advisory Contract in effect on the date hereof.

     “GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States as of the
applicable reference date.

     “Government Entity” means any foreign or domestic, federal, state, provincial, county, city or
local legislative, administrative or regulatory authority, agency, court, body or other
governmental or quasi-governmental entity with competent jurisdiction, including any
Self-Regulatory Organization and any such supranational body.

     “Home Owners’ Loan Act” means the Home Owners’ Loan Act of 1933.

     “HSR Act” means the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976.

     “IFRS” means the International Financial Reporting Standards adopted by the European Union.

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     “Indebtedness” means, with respect to any Person, without duplication, any of the following
liabilities, whether secured (with or without limited recourse) or unsecured, contingent or
otherwise: (i) all liabilities for borrowed money; (ii) all liabilities evidenced by bonds,
debentures, notes or other similar instruments or under financing or capital leases; (iii) all
liabilities for guarantees of another Person in respect of liabilities of the type set forth in
clauses (i) and (ii); and (iv) all liabilities for accrued but unpaid interest expense and unpaid
penalties, fees, charges and prepayment premiums that are payable, in each case, with respect to
any of the obligations of a type described in clauses (i) through (iii) above.

     “Intellectual Property Rights” means all: (i) trademarks, service marks, domain names, logos,
trade dress, and trade names, all applications and registrations for the foregoing, in any
jurisdiction, and all goodwill associated therewith (collectively “Trademarks”); (ii) patents and
patent applications registered or applied for in any jurisdiction (collectively “Patents”);
(iii) trade secrets, confidential proprietary information, inventions and know-how (collectively,
“Trade Secrets”); (iv) works of authorship and copyrights therein and thereto (including in
software), and all registrations and applications therefor (collectively, “Copyrights”); and
(v) any other similar type of proprietary intellectual property right to the extent entitled to
legal protection as such.

     “Internal Revenue Service” or “IRS” means the Internal Revenue Service of the United States of
America.

     “Investment Advisers Act” means the United States Investment Advisers Act of 1940.

     “Investment Advisory Arrangement” means a Contract under which a Person acts as (i) a trustee,
an investment adviser or a sub-adviser to, or manages any investment or trading account of, any
Client (including, with respect to Funds, as general partner, managing member or in a similar
capacity) or (ii) a supervisor with respect to a UIT Fund.

     “Investment Company Act” means the United States Investment Company Act of 1940.

     “IP Matters Agreement” means the IP Matters Agreement between Seller (or Affiliates of Seller)
and Buyer (or Affiliates of Buyer), substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit E.

     “Japanese Business Client” means any Client listed on Section 1.01(a) of the Seller Disclosure
Schedule.

     “Japan Fund” means any Fund organized as, or as part of, a Japanese ITM structure.

     “Knowledge” means (i) when used with respect to Seller, the actual knowledge of the
individuals listed on Section 1.01(a) of the Seller Disclosure

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Schedule following reasonable inquiry under the circumstances (but without any obligation to
notify any particular individuals of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement prior to the
date hereof) and (ii) when used with respect to Buyer, the actual knowledge of the individuals
listed on Section 1.01(a) of the Buyer Disclosure Schedule following reasonable inquiry under the
circumstances (but without any obligation to notify any particular individuals of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement prior to the date hereof).

     “Law” means, with respect to any Person, any foreign, federal, state or local law (statutory,
common or otherwise), constitution, treaty, convention, ordinance, code, rule, regulation, order,
injunction, judgment, decree, ruling or other similar requirement enacted, adopted, promulgated or
applied by a Government Entity that is binding upon or applicable to such Person or its properties
or business, as amended unless expressly specified otherwise.

     “Legal Proceeding” means any judicial, legal, administrative, arbitral or other action, suit
or other proceedings of any nature by or before any Government Entity.

     “Legacy Van Kampen Nonqualified Plans” means the Van Kampen Defined Contribution Equalization
Plan f/k/a Defined Contribution Equalization Plan for Certain Employees of ACMR Profit Sharing and
Savings Plan, the Van Kampen Investments Inc. Deferred Compensation Plan, the Retirement Benefit
Equalization Plan for Certain Employees Participating in the American Capital Management &
Research, Inc. Retirement Plan (VKBEP) and the Van Kampen Investments Inc. Long-Term Incentive
Plan.

     “Material Adverse Effect” means, with respect to any Person or the Van Kampen Business, as
applicable, a material adverse effect on (i) the condition (financial or otherwise), business,
assets or results of operations of such Person and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or the Van
Kampen Business, taken as a whole, as applicable, excluding any effect to the extent resulting from
(A) any change after the date hereof in Law or accounting standards, but only to the extent that
such Person and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or the Van Kampen Business, taken as a whole,
as applicable, are not disproportionately adversely affected compared to other asset managers and
providers of investment management products and services generally taking into account the relative
mix of businesses of such Person or the Van Kampen Business (as applicable), on the one hand, and
such other managers and providers, on the other hand; (B) any change arising after the date hereof
in economic or business conditions locally or globally generally, but only to the extent that such
Person and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or the Van Kampen Business, taken as a whole, as
applicable, are not disproportionately adversely affected compared to other asset managers and
providers of investment management products and services generally taking into account the relative
mix of businesses of such Person or the Van Kampen Business (as applicable), on the one hand, and
such other managers and providers, on the other hand; (C) any events, conditions or trends in
economic, business or

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financial conditions generally affecting the investment management industry and arising after
the date hereof, including changes occurring after the date hereof in prevailing interest rates,
currency exchange rates and price levels or trading volumes in the United States or foreign
securities markets, but only to the extent that such Person and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole,
or the Van Kampen Business, taken as a whole, as applicable, are not disproportionately adversely
affected compared to other asset managers and providers of investment management products and
services generally taking into account the relative mix of businesses of such Person or the Van
Kampen Business (as applicable), on the one hand, and such other managers and providers, on the
other hand; (D) any change in assets under management resulting from market changes in asset
valuation or market price fluctuations generally; (E) acts of war, sabotage or terrorism or natural
disasters occurring after the date hereof, and not specifically related to a Person or its
Subsidiaries or the Van Kampen Business, as applicable; (F) the effects of the actions that are (i)
expressly and specifically required by this Agreement, (ii) taken by such Person or its
Subsidiaries (or Seller or its Subsidiaries in respect of the Van Kampen Business (as applicable))
with the prior written consent of the other party hereto or (iii) not taken by such Person or its
Subsidiaries (or Seller or its Subsidiaries in respect of the Van Kampen Business (as applicable))
at the written request of the other party hereto or due to such other party’s refusal to provide
its consent therefor if such consent was required hereunder; (G) in and of themselves, any changes
in the trading price or trading volume of such Person’s common stock (to the extent such Person’s
common stock is publicly traded) or the failure of such Person to meet estimates, projections,
forecasts or earnings predictions (it being understood that this clause (G) shall not prevent a
party from asserting that any fact, change, event, occurrence or effect that may have contributed
to such change or failure independently constitutes or contributes to a Material Adverse Effect);
or (H) the announcement or, other than in the case of any matter relating to requirements under
Contracts or Law, consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement; or (ii) such
Person’s (or Seller’s or its Subsidiaries’ in respect of the Van Kampen Business (as applicable))
ability to perform its obligations under this Agreement or to consummate the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement.

     “Merger Consideration” means the Aggregate Equity Consideration.

     “Merger Subsidiary” means Mollusk Corporation, a Delaware corporation and wholly owned
Subsidiary of Buyer.

     “Morgan Stanley-Branded Transferred Client” means any Client of the Van Kampen Business whose
respective investment manager or investment advisor is not a Transferred Entity, which Clients, as
of the date hereof, are listed on Section 1.01(a) of the Seller Disclosure Schedule.

     “Multiemployer Plan” means any “multiemployer plan” within the meaning of Section 3(37) of
ERISA.

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     “Multiple Employer Plan” means a plan that has two or more contributing sponsors at least two
of whom are not under common control, within the meaning of Section 4063 of ERISA.

     “Net Assets” means, with respect to a Fund, the sum of the assets of such Fund minus its
liabilities.

     “New Advisory Contract” means, if required under applicable Law or the terms of the Investment
Advisory Arrangement applicable thereto, with respect to a Fund or an Advisory Client, a new
investment advisory, investment management, supervisory (in the case of a UIT Fund), trust or
similar agreement with the Fund or the Advisory Client to be entered into as a result of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement pursuant to the Assignment Requirements. For a ’40 Act
Management Fund, the term “New Advisory Contract” means a New Advisory Contract (either advisory or
sub-advisory) approved in accordance with the requirements of Section 15 of the Investment Company
Act (as such requirements may be modified by applicable Law, including any effective and applicable
exemptive order issued by the SEC) excluding any “interim” new advisory contract (either advisory
or sub-advisory) approved in reliance on Rule 15a-4 under the Investment Company Act.

     “NYSE” means the New York Stock Exchange.

     “Organizational Documents” means (i) with respect to any Person that is a corporation, its
articles or certificate of incorporation or memorandum and articles of association, as the case may
be, and bylaws, (ii) with respect to any Person that is a partnership, its certificate of
partnership and partnership agreement, (iii) with respect to any Person that is a limited liability
company, its certificate of formation and limited liability company or operating agreement,
(iv) with respect to any Person that is a trust or other entity, its declaration or agreement of
trust or other constituent document, and (v) with respect to any other Person, its comparable
organizational documents, in each case, as has been amended or restated.

     “Owned Seller Intellectual Property Rights” means all Intellectual Property Rights (i) owned
by Seller or any of its Affiliates and included in the Purchased Assets or (ii) owned by any of the
Transferred Entities.

     “Permit” means all licenses, franchises, permits, certificates, registrations, orders,
concessions, declarations, and other authorizations and approvals that are issued by or obtained
from any Government Entity.

     “Permitted Encumbrance” means: (i) Encumbrances specifically reflected or reserved against or
otherwise specifically disclosed in the Financial Statements; (ii) mechanics’, materialmen’s,
warehousemen’s, carriers’, workers’, or repairmen’s liens or other similar common law or statutory
Encumbrances arising or incurred in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice

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for sums not yet due and payable that are not, individually or in the aggregate with all other
Permitted Encumbrances, material in respect of the Van Kampen Business, taken as a whole;
(iii) statutory liens for Taxes, assessments and other governmental charges not yet due and payable
or being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and for which adequate reserves have
been established on the Financial Statements; and (iv) other Encumbrances incurred in the ordinary
course of business consistent with past practice since the date of the Financial Statements that
are not, individually or in the aggregate with all other Permitted Encumbrances, material in
respect of the Van Kampen Business, taken as a whole.

     “Person” means an individual, corporation, partnership, limited liability company,
association, trust or other entity or organization, including a Government Entity.

     “Post-Closing Tax Period” means any Tax period beginning after the Closing Date; and, with
respect to a Tax period that begins on or before the Closing Date and ends thereafter, the portion
of such Tax period beginning after the Closing Date.

     “Pre-Closing Tax Period” means any Tax period ending on or before the Closing Date; and, with
respect to a Tax period that begins on or before the Closing Date and ends thereafter, the portion
of such Tax period ending on the Closing Date.

     “Purchased Assets” means, other than the Excluded Assets, all right, title and interest of
Seller and its Affiliates in and to all of the assets primarily related to the Van Kampen Business
but only to the extent relating to the Morgan Stanley-Branded Transferred Clients, including, but
not limited to:

     (a) all rights under the Existing Advisory Contracts in respect of the Morgan Stanley-Branded
Transferred Clients (or, as applicable, the management, advisory, sub-advisory and/or related
economic rights and interests of Seller or the applicable Affiliate of Seller that are part of the
Van Kampen Business with respect to the Morgan Stanley-Branded Transferred Clients), in each case
the sale or transfer of which is to be effected in the manner provided in this Agreement (whether
by way of assignment, novation, merger or otherwise as further set forth herein);

     (b) all rights under the other Contracts primarily related to the Van Kampen Business but only
to the extent relating to the Morgan Stanley-Branded Transferred Clients (other than (i) any
Contract providing for the lease or sublease of real property not specifically identified as a
Purchased Asset on Exhibit F and (ii) all Contracts of Seller or any of its Affiliates (other than
any Transferred Entity) relating to the Van Kampen Business or any Fund or pursuant to which the
Van Kampen Business or any Fund receives any benefit that will terminate with respect to, or
otherwise be unavailable to, the Van Kampen Business or such

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Fund, in each case as of Closing (all, as further described in Section 3.06 of the Seller
Disclosure Schedule));

     (c) to the extent permitted by applicable Law, all information pertaining to, or necessary or
useful in the calculation or demonstration of, the investment performance of the Morgan
Stanley-Branded Transferred Clients (the “Track Record”), including, without limitation, to any
Person, by publication or otherwise, the right to the Track Record and any information relating
thereto;

     (d) all books and records relating to the Purchased Assets; provided that in the case of books
and records that relate to the Van Kampen Business and to matters unrelated to the Van Kampen
Business, Seller and its Subsidiaries may deliver or cause to be delivered copies of such books and
records to the extent relating to the Van Kampen Business, including such materials relating to the
portion of the Van Kampen Business conducted in connection with the Purchased Assets and Assumed
Liabilities; and

     (e) all goodwill of Seller or its Affiliates associated with the Morgan Stanley-Branded
Transferred Clients or the Purchased Assets, together with the right to represent to third parties
that Buyer is the successor to the Van Kampen Business with respect to the Morgan Stanley-Branded
Transferred Clients and the Purchased Assets.

     “Registered” means issued by, registered with, renewed by or the subject of a pending
application before any Government Entity or domain name registrar.

     “Registrable Securities” means the Aggregate Equity Consideration and any securities which may
be issued or distributed in respect thereof by way of stock dividend or stock split or other
distribution, recapitalization or reclassification. As to any particular Registrable Securities,
such Registrable Securities shall cease to be Registrable Securities when (i) a registration
statement with respect to the sale by Seller thereof shall be or have been declared effective under
the Securities Act and such securities shall have been disposed of in accordance with such
registration statement, (ii) such securities shall have been sold to the public in compliance with
Rule 144 under the Securities Act or (iii) such securities shall have ceased to be outstanding.

     “Registration Statement” means any registration statement of Buyer under the Securities Act
that permits the public offering of any of the Registrable Securities and the Shelf Prospectus,
amendments and supplements to such registration statement, including post-effective amendments, all
exhibits and all material incorporated by reference or deemed to be incorporated by reference in
such registration statement.

     “Revenue Run-Rate” means, as of any specified date, the aggregate amount, without duplication,
of all investment advisory, sub-advisory, administrative and other management fees for each
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account (excluding UIT Fund accounts) of each applicable Client of the Van Kampen Business
payable to the Van Kampen Business pursuant to the relevant Investment Advisory Arrangement,
determined by multiplying the Adjusted Assets Under Management for each such account at such date
by the applicable stated annual fee rate for all such fees for such account in effect on such date
or as provided for in Section 1.01(a) of the Buyer Disclosure Schedule. The calculation of the
Revenue Run-Rate shall:

     (a) exclude (i) from revenue any performance-based, incentive, contingent or similar fees,
securities lending fees and transaction revenues and (ii) the impact on fees of any increase or
decrease in assets under management resulting from market appreciation or depreciation or currency
fluctuation (except to the extent provided in clause (D) of Adjusted Assets under Management) from
and after the Base Date (or in the case of an account established after the Base Date, after the
date such account is established);

     (b) include only net revenues to the Van Kampen Business after giving effect to, and taking
into account, any fee or expense waiver, rebate or cap, reimbursement obligation or similar offset,
any amounts payable to a sub-adviser that is not a part of the Van Kampen Business (including any
such amount deducted directly by or on behalf of a Client from the fee otherwise payable by such
Client to the Van Kampen Business under the applicable Investment Advisory Arrangement);

     (c) with respect to any Fund Change Announcement, assume that the fee rate for the applicable
Fund or Client was fixed at the amount thereof prior to the Fund Change Announcement; and

     (d) assume that the fee rates for all Japanese Business Clients were fixed at the amount
thereof immediately prior to the date of this Agreement.

     “Scheduled Black-out Period” means the period from and including the fifteenth day of the
third month of a fiscal quarter of Buyer to and ending two Business Days after the day on which
Buyer publicly releases its earnings for such fiscal quarter.

     “SEC” means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.

     “Securities Act” means the United States Securities Act of 1933.

     “Self-Regulatory Organization” means (i) any “self-regulatory organization” as defined in
Section 3(a)(26) of the Exchange Act, (ii) any other United States or foreign securities exchange,
futures exchange, commodities exchange or contract market and (iii) any other exchange or
corporation or similar self-regulatory body or organization.

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     “Seller Disclosure Schedule” means the disclosure schedule dated the date hereof regarding
this Agreement that has been provided by Seller to Buyer prior to the execution of this Agreement.

     “Seller Equity Awards” means, collectively, the Seller Stock Options and the Seller RSUs.

     “Seller Equity Plan” means any Benefit and Compensation Arrangement under which Seller has
granted compensatory stock options, restricted stock units or any other compensatory awards based
on shares of Seller common stock.

     “Seller Group” means, with respect to federal income Taxes, the affiliated group of
corporations (as defined in Section 1504(a) of the Code) of which Seller is a member and, with
respect to state, local or foreign income or franchise Taxes, the consolidated, combined or unitary
group of which Seller or any of its Affiliates is a member.

     “Seller RSU” means a right representing a contractual entitlement to one share of Seller
common stock in accordance with the terms of the relevant Seller Equity Plan that is outstanding
immediately prior to Closing.

     “Seller Stock Option” means a right representing a contractual entitlement to purchase one
share of Seller common stock in accordance with the terms of the relevant Seller Equity Plan that
is outstanding immediately prior to Closing.

     “Shelf Prospectus” means the prospectus included in any Shelf Registration Statement, as
amended or supplemented by any prospectus supplement with respect to the terms of the offering of
any portion of the Registrable Securities covered by such Shelf Registration Statement and all
other amendments and supplements to such prospectus, including post-effective amendments, and all
materials incorporated by reference in such prospectus.

     “Shelf Registration Statement” means a Registration Statement of Buyer filed with the SEC on
either (a) Form S-3 (or any successor form or other appropriate form under the Securities Act) or
(b) if Buyer is not permitted to file a Registration Statement on Form S-3, an evergreen
Registration Statement on Form S-1 (or any successor form or other appropriate form under the
Securities Act), in each case for an offering to be made on a continuous or delayed basis pursuant
to Rule 415 under the Securities Act covering Registrable Securities. To the extent that Buyer is
a “well-known seasoned issuer” (as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act), a “Shelf
Registration Statement” shall be deemed to refer to an automatic shelf registration statement (as
defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act) on Form S-3.

     “Sub-Advised Fund” means any Fund for which the Van Kampen Business acts as sub-advisor and
not as the primary investment advisor and that is specifically identified in Section 3.21(a) of the
Seller Disclosure Schedule.

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     “Subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person, any entity (i) of which such Person or a
subsidiary of such Person is a general partner, managing member or the like or (ii) of which at
least a majority of the securities or other ownership interests having ordinary voting power to
elect a majority of the board of directors or other Persons performing similar functions with
respect to such entity are at the time directly or indirectly owned by such Person and/or one or
more of its Subsidiaries. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, in no event
shall any Fund of, or managed by, any Person be considered to be a Subsidiary of such Person.

     “Tax” means (i) any tax, governmental fee or other like assessment or charge of any kind
whatsoever (including, but not limited to, withholding on amounts paid to or by any Person),
together with any interest, penalty, addition to tax or additional amount imposed by any
governmental authority (domestic or foreign) responsible for the imposition of any such tax (a
“Taxing Authority”) and (ii) with respect to any Transferred Entity, any liability for the payment
of any amount of the type described in the immediately preceding clause (i) as a result of any
Transferred Entity being a member of an affiliated, consolidated, combined or unitary group with
any other corporation at any time on or prior to the Closing Date.

     “Tax Returns” means all reports, returns, information returns, elections, agreements,
declarations, or other documents of any nature or kind (including any attached schedules,
supplements and additional or supporting material) filed or required to be filed with respect to
Taxes, including any claim for refund, amended return or declaration of estimated Taxes (and
including any amendments with respect thereto).

     “Temporary Investment Services Agreement” means the Temporary Investment Services Agreement,
by and between Buyer (or Affiliates of Buyer) and Seller (or Affiliates of Seller), in the form
attached hereto as Exhibit G with respect to open-end U.S. registered investment companies (and in
respect of the arrangements contemplated by Section 7.05(a)(v)(A) of this Agreement) and, as
applicable, any substantially similar agreements, mutatis mutandis, with respect to all other
investment funds and/or separately managed accounts, of other types or in other jurisdictions,
including jurisdictions outside of the United States, pursuant to which Buyer (or Affiliates of
Buyer) and/or Seller (or Affiliates of Seller) may provide the temporary advisory, sub-advisory,
delegated advisory or other similar services contemplated by Section 7.05(a)(v) of this Agreement.
For the avoidance of doubt, the parties agree and acknowledge that the Temporary Investment
Services Agreement may be modified, changed and/or otherwise altered from the form attached hereto
as Exhibit G to the extent necessary (i) to comply with (A) applicable Law (including Rule 15a-4
under the Investment Company Act and any other rules and regulations of the applicable
jurisdiction) or (B) any necessary policies and procedures with respect to the respective open-end
U.S. registered investment company, other investment fund or separately

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managed account, or (ii) to implement the intent of Section 7.05(a)(v) of this Agreement.

     “Transferred Entities” means the Van Kampen Parent and its Subsidiaries, all of which are
listed on Section 1.01(a) of the Seller Disclosure Schedule.

     “Transition Services Agreement” means the Transition Services Agreement between Seller (or
Affiliates of Seller) and Buyer (or Affiliates of Buyer), substantially in the form attached hereto
as Exhibit H.

     “True-Up Period” means the period beginning on the Closing Date and concluding on the date
that is 180 days after the Closing Date.

     “UIT Fund” means a ’40 Act Fund that is classified under Section 4 of the Investment Company
Act as a “unit investment trust.”

     “U.S. Benefit Plan” means any Benefit and Compensation Arrangement that is governed by the
Laws of the United States and maintained in the United States primarily for the benefit of one or
more Van Kampen Business Employees residing or working in the United States.

     “U.S. Fund” means a Fund organized under the Laws of any state of the United States.

     “Van Kampen Business” means the business of managing investment assets, mutual funds and other
collective investment vehicles (including, for the sake of clarity, any UIT Fund) and providing
investment management products and services, and any promotional, marketing, distribution or
investor servicing services relating thereto and any administrative, custodial, transfer agency or
other ancillary services, relating to any such products and services, as conducted by the
Transferred Entities or by Seller or any of its Subsidiaries (other than the Transferred Entities)
but in this latter case only in respect of the Morgan Stanley-Branded Transferred Clients. For the
avoidance of doubt, a reference to the term “Van Kampen Business” (i) is not a reference to the
Funds themselves and (ii) includes all of the businesses conducted by the Transferred Entities,
other than the provision by the Transferred Entities of sub-advisory services to Funds outside the
Van Kampen fund family (such fund family including, for purposes of this definition, Funds that are
Morgan Stanley-Branded Transferred Clients) through portfolio managers that are not Van Kampen
Business Employees as described on Section 1.01(a) of the Seller Disclosure Schedule (the “Excluded
Transferred Entity Business”).

     “Van Kampen Business Employees” means those employees set forth on Section 9.01(a) of the
Seller Disclosure Schedule, as such Section 9.01(a) of the Seller Disclosure Schedule is required
to be updated pursuant to Section 9.01 and may otherwise be updated prior to the Closing Date to
reflect terminations and hires (if applicable, to the extent permitted by Section 5.01(b)(iv)(E))
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reassignments (if applicable, to the extent permitted by Section 5.01(b)(iv)(E)) or as may be
mutually agreed to by Buyer and Seller.

     “Van Kampen ’40 Act Funds” means the ’40 Act Management Funds that are neither Morgan
Stanley-Branded Transferred Clients nor Sub-Advised Funds.

     “Van Kampen Material Adverse Effect” means a Material Adverse Effect in respect of the Van
Kampen Business.

     “Van Kampen Parent” means Van Kampen Investments Inc., a Delaware corporation.

     “Van Kampen Seed Capital” means all of the equity interests held by Seller, any of its
Subsidiaries or any of the Transferred Entities in the Van Kampen Seeded Funds as more fully
described in Section 1.01(a) of the Seller Disclosure Schedule.

     “Van Kampen Seed Capital Closing NAV” means, as of the Business Day immediately preceding the
Closing Date, the net asset value of the Van Kampen Seed Capital for the applicable Van Kampen
Seeded Fund transferred to Buyer pursuant to Section 7.09 as calculated in accordance with the
terms of the applicable Van Kampen Seeded Fund.

     “Van Kampen Seeded Funds” means all of the Funds listed in Section 1.01(a) of the Seller
Disclosure Schedule under the heading “Van Kampen Seeded Funds”.

     (a) Each of the following terms is defined in the Section set forth opposite such term:

	 	 	 
	Term	 	Section
	’40 Act Fund Financial Report
	 	3.22(d)(i)
	368 Reorganization
	 	Recitals
	2009 Bonus Plan Participant
	 	9.02(b)(i)
	2009 Bonus Plan
	 	9.02(b)(i)
	2009 Deferred Compensation Account
	 	9.02(b)(ii)
	2009 Long-Term Incentive Award
	 	9.02(b)(i)
	2009 LTI Qualifying Terms
	 	9.02(b)(i)
	2009 LTI Value
	 	9.02(b)(ii)
	2010 Incentive Compensation Programs
	 	9.02(c)
	Accounting Referee
	 	5.08(e)
	Affiliate Arrangement
	 	3.30
	Aggregate Post-Closing Buyer Cash Payments
	 	2.10(b)(i)
	Agreement
	 	Preamble
	Allocation Statement
	 	2.07(b)
	Alternative Transaction Structure
	 	7.11

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	Term	 	Section
	Alternative Transaction Structure Election
	 	7.11
	Anti-trust Counsel Only Material
	 	7.01(c)
	Apportioned Obligations
	 	8.05
	Balance Sheet
	 	3.11(a)
	Balance Sheet Date
	 	3.11(a)
	Base Revenue Schedule
	 	3.21(a)
	Buyer
	 	Preamble
	Buyer Adviser
	 	4.13
	Buyer Balance Sheet
	 	4.09(a)
	Buyer COI Price
	 	2.10(b)(ii)
	Buyer Deductible Cash Deferred Compensation Awards
	 	9.02(c)
	Buyer Deductible Dividend Equivalent Amounts
	 	9.05(b)
	Buyer Deductible Seller Equity Awards
	 	9.05(b)
	Buyer Financial Statements
	 	4.08(d)
	Buyer Indemnified Parties
	 	11.02(a)
	Buyer Paying Agent Costs
	 	9.07(d)
	Buyer Proposed Straddle Period Position
	 	8.06(b)
	Buyer Required Approvals
	 	4.04
	Buyer SEC Reports
	 	4.08(a)
	Cap
	 	11.02(a)(i)(C)
	Cash Deferred Compensation Awards
	 	9.06(b)
	Cash Increase Amount
	 	2.05(b)(i)
	Cash Reduction Amount
	 	2.05(a)(i)
	Closing
	 	2.04(a)
	Closing Balance Sheet
	 	5.08(e)
	Closing Revenue Run-Rate Purchase Price Adjustment
	 	2.07(c)
	Compensation Related Tax Benefit
	 	9.07(c)
	Composites
	 	3.24(a)
	Copyrights
	 	1.01(a)
	Corresponding Seller Straddle Period Position
	 	8.06(b)
	CTA
	 	3.20(c)
	Damages
	 	11.02(a)
	De Minimis Amount
	 	11.02(a)(i)(A)
	Dedicated Location
	 	7.16
	Deductible
	 	11.02(a)(i)(B)
	Delegation Arrangement
	 	7.05(a)(v)(B)
	Demand Registration Statement
	 	6.06(b)
	DGCL
	 	2.02(a)
	Disclosing Party
	 	7.13(c)
	Effective Time
	 	2.02(b)
	Equity Increase Amount
	 	2.05(b)(ii)

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	Term	 	Section
	Equity Reduction Amount
	 	2.05(a)(ii)
	Equity Rights
	 	3.10(c)
	Estimated Closing Balance Sheet
	 	5.08(e)
	Excess Post-Closing Buyer Cash Payment
	 	2.10(a)
	Excess Section 2.05(d) Amount
	 	2.05(d)
	Excluded Transferred Entity Business
	 	1.01(a)
	Financial Statements
	 	3.11(a)
	Form ADV
	 	3.20(b)(i)
	Form BD
	 	3.20(e)
	Fund Change
	 	1.01(a)
	Fund Financial Statements
	 	3.22(d)(i)
	Fund Merger Proxy Statement Prospectus
	 	7.05(b)(ii)
	Fundamental Representations
	 	11.01
	GIPS
	 	3.24(a)
	GRA
	 	8.03(g)
	Income Statement
	 	3.11(a)
	Indemnified Party
	 	11.03(a)
	Indemnifying Party
	 	11.03(a)
	Jersey City Site
	 	7.16
	Leave Recipients
	 	9.01(d)
	Loss
	 	8.09(a)
	Material Contract
	 	4.20(a)
	Merger
	 	2.02(a)
	Merger Consideration Percentage
	 	2.10(b)(iii)
	Necessary Arrangements and Systems
	 	9.08(b)
	Negative Consent Notice
	 	7.05(d)
	Non-Consenting Morgan Stanley Client
	 	7.05(a)(v)(B)
	Notice
	 	7.05(c)
	Other Included Employees
	 	9.01(a)
	Patents
	 	1.01(a)
	PFIC
	 	4.22(b)(ii)
	Post-Closing Cash Cap
	 	2.10(b)(iv)
	Potential Contributor
	 	11.06
	Potential Van Kampen Business Employees
	 	9.01(a)
	Process Agent
	 	13.06(b)
	Prospectus
	 	3.22(e)
	PTE 84-14
	 	3.21(d)
	QPAM
	 	3.21(d)
	Receiving Party
	 	7.13(c)
	Removed Van Kampen Business Employee
	 	9.01(a)
	Reports
	 	3.22(e)
	Section 8.06(b) Schedule
	 	8.06(b)
	Seller
	 	Preamble
	Seller 401(k) Plans
	 	9.02(f)
	Seller Compensation Committee
	 	9.02(b)

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	Term	 	Section
	Seller Indemnified Parties
	 	11.02(b)
	Seller Required Approvals
	 	3.05(a)
	Seller Retiree Welfare Benefits Arrangements
	 	9.02(g)
	Seller’s Ownership Limit
	 	7.15(b)
	Shelf Period
	 	6.06(b)
	Significant Contracts
	 	3.18(b)
	Specified Contracts
	 	3.18(a)
	Standstill Period
	 	5.04(a)
	Straddle Period
	 	8.09(b)
	Surviving Corporation
	 	2.02(a)
	Tax Benefit
	 	8.09(c)
	Taxing Authority
	 	1.01(a)
	Third Party Claim
	 	11.03(a)
	Trademarks
	 	1.01(a)
	Track Record
	 	1.01(a)
	Trade Secrets
	 	1.01(a)
	Transfer
	 	5.03(b)
	Transfer Date
	 	9.01(c)
	Transferred Employee
	 	9.01(c)
	Transferred Entities Required Approvals
	 	3.05(b)
	Transferred Employee Agreement
	 	9.01(f)
	Transferred Entity Employees
	 	9.01(a)
	Transfer Taxes
	 	8.04
	Transferring Team
	 	7.05(c)
	Treasury Rate
	 	5.08(d)
	Van Kampen Business Employee Information List
	 	3.14(j)
	Warranty Breach
	 	11.02(a)(i)
	Welfare Benefits
	 	9.02(h)
	Work-around
	 	2.08

     Section 1.02. Other Definitional and Interpretative Provisions. The words “hereof,” “herein”
and “hereunder” and words of like import used in this Agreement shall refer to this Agreement as a
whole and not to any particular provision of this Agreement. The captions herein are included for
convenience of reference only and shall be ignored in the construction or interpretation hereof.
References to Articles, Sections, Exhibits and Schedules are to Articles, Sections, Exhibits and
Schedules of this Agreement unless otherwise specified. All Exhibits and Schedules annexed hereto
or referred to herein are hereby incorporated in and made a part of this Agreement as if set forth
in full herein. Any capitalized terms used in any Exhibit or Schedule but not otherwise defined
therein, shall have the meaning as defined in this Agreement. Any singular term in this Agreement
shall be deemed to include the plural, and any plural term the singular. Whenever the words
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this Agreement, they shall be deemed to be followed by the words “without limitation”, whether
or not they are in fact followed by those words or words of like import. “Writing”, “written” and
comparable terms refer to printing, typing and other means of reproducing words (including
electronic media) in a visible form. References to any agreement or contract are to that agreement
or contract as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time in accordance with the terms
hereof and thereof; provided that with respect to any agreement or contract listed on any Schedules
hereto, all such amendments, modifications or supplements must also exist prior to the date hereof
and be listed in the appropriate Schedule. References to any Person include the successors and
permitted assigns of that Person. References from or through any date mean, unless otherwise
specified, from and including or through and including, respectively. References to “law”, “laws”
or to a particular statute or law shall be deemed also to include any and all applicable Law
(including, for the sake of clarity, the rules and regulations thereunder), as amended.

ARTICLE 2
Sale and Merger Transactions

     Section 2.01. Sale and Purchase of the Purchased Assets. (a) Upon the terms and subject to
the conditions of this Agreement (including, for the sake of clarity, Section 7.05 hereof), at the
Closing:

     (i) Buyer agrees to purchase from Seller and Seller agrees to sell, convey, transfer,
assign and deliver, or cause to be sold, conveyed, transferred, assigned and delivered, to
Buyer at the Closing, free and clear of all Encumbrances, other than Permitted
Encumbrances, all of Seller’s right, title and interest in, to and under the Purchased
Assets; and

     (ii) Buyer agrees to assume all of the Assumed Liabilities.

     (b) In consideration for the sale of the Purchased Assets, Buyer shall pay Seller the Asset
Consideration at the Closing pursuant to Section 2.04.

     Section 2.02. Merger of Van Kampen Parent. (a) Subject to the terms and conditions of this
Agreement, at the Effective Time, Van Kampen Parent shall be merged (the “Merger”) with and into
Merger Subsidiary in accordance with the Delaware General Corporation Law (the “DGCL”), whereupon
the separate existence of Van Kampen Parent shall cease, and Merger Subsidiary shall be the
surviving corporation (the “Surviving Corporation”). The Merger shall be effectuated pursuant to
the Agreement and Plan of Merger.

     (b) On the Closing Date, Van Kampen Parent and Merger Subsidiary shall file a certificate of
merger with the Delaware Secretary of State and make all other filings or recordings required by
the DGCL in connection with the Merger. The Merger shall become effective at such date and time
(the “Effective Time”)

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as the certificate of merger is duly filed with the Delaware Secretary of State (or at such
later date and time as may be specified in the certificate of merger).

     (c) From and after the Effective Time, the Surviving Corporation shall possess all the rights,
powers, privileges and franchises and be subject to all of the obligations, liabilities,
restrictions and disabilities of Van Kampen Parent and Merger Subsidiary, all as set forth in the
DGCL.

     (d) The certificate of incorporation of Merger Subsidiary in effect at the Effective Time
shall be the certificate of incorporation of the Surviving Corporation until amended in accordance
with applicable Law, except that Item 1 thereof shall read as follows: “The name of the
corporation is Van Kampen Investments Inc.” The bylaws of Merger Subsidiary in effect at the
Effective Time shall be the bylaws of the Surviving Corporation until amended in accordance with
applicable Law.

     (e) From and after the Effective Time, until successors are duly elected or appointed and
qualified in accordance with applicable Law, (i) the directors of Merger Subsidiary at the
Effective Time shall be the directors of the Surviving Corporation and (ii) the officers of Merger
Subsidiary at the Effective Time shall be the officers of the Surviving Corporation.

     (f) At the Effective Time, by virtue of the Merger and without any action on the part of Van
Kampen Parent, Merger Subsidiary, Buyer or any holder of such securities, each share of Van Kampen
Parent common stock outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall no longer be
outstanding and shall automatically be converted into the right to receive the Merger Consideration
to be paid by Buyer in the manner set forth in Section 2.04.

     (g) At the Effective Time, by virtue of the Merger and without any action on the part of Van
Kampen Parent, Merger Subsidiary, Buyer or any holder of such securities, each share of common
stock of Merger Subsidiary outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be converted
into and become one share of common stock of the Surviving Corporation with the same rights, powers
and privileges as the shares so converted and shall constitute the only outstanding shares of
capital stock of the Surviving Corporation.

     Section 2.03. Purchase Price. (a) The aggregate amount payable by Buyer to Seller in
consideration of the transactions contemplated by Sections 2.01 and 2.02 shall be the Aggregate
Purchase Price.

     (b) The Aggregate Purchase Price shall be paid as provided in Section 2.04, and shall be
subject to adjustment as provided in Sections 2.05, 2.06, and 5.08 and shall be allocated pursuant
to Section 2.07.

     Section 2.04. Closing. (a) The closing (the “Closing”) of the transactions contemplated by
Sections 2.01, 2.02 and 2.03 shall take place at the offices of Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, 51
West 52nd Street, New York, New York, as

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soon as possible, but in no event later than the month-end following two Business Days after
the conditions set forth in Article 10 (other than conditions that by their nature are to be
satisfied at the Closing, but subject to the satisfaction or, to the extent permissible, waiver of
those conditions at the Closing) have been satisfied or, to the extent permissible, waived by the
party or parties entitled to the benefit of such conditions, or at such other time or place as
Buyer and Seller may agree. Notwithstanding the foregoing or anything else in this Agreement, (i)
in no event shall Buyer be obligated to consummate the Closing prior to April 30, 2010 and (ii)
Buyer shall be entitled to delay the Closing to a date not later than June 30, 2010 if, subject to
receipt of the certificate contemplated by Section 10.02(c) as of April 30, 2010, Buyer agrees in
writing that the conditions to Closing set forth in Sections 10.01(c), 10.02(a), 10.02(b) and
10.02(c) shall not be conditions to Closing under Article 10 hereof (other than Sections 10.02(a)
and 10.02(c), but only in respect of Seller’s continuing obligation thereafter to comply with its
covenants hereunder and the obligation to certify as such pursuant to Section 10.02(c)), in which
case (x) references to the “Closing” shall be deemed references to April 30, 2010 for all purposes
of determining the Closing Revenue Run-Rate Purchase Price Adjustment under Section 2.05 and the
true-up under Section 2.06 (including the definitions used therein) and (y) Closing shall occur on
or before the date specified by Buyer (in coordination with Seller) for the delayed Closing (and,
in any event, on or before June 30, 2010).

     (b) At the Closing:

     (i) Buyer shall deliver to Seller (or any Affiliates of Seller designated by Seller)
the Aggregate Cash Consideration (as adjusted in accordance with Section 2.05, if
applicable) in immediately available funds by wire transfer to an account of Seller with a
bank designated by Seller, by notice to Buyer, which notice shall be delivered not later
than two Business Days prior to the Closing Date.

     (ii) Buyer shall issue to Seller (or any Affiliates of Seller designated by Seller in
writing) the stock certificates representing the Aggregate Equity Consideration (as
adjusted in accordance with Section 2.05, if applicable) or, if uncertificated, other
appropriate evidence of ownership reasonably acceptable to Seller representing the
Aggregate Equity Consideration, registered in the name of Seller or its designee, free and
clear of any Encumbrances (other than restrictions on transfer which arise under
applicable securities Laws and this Agreement).

     (iii) Seller and Buyer and their respective Subsidiaries that are a party thereto, if
any, shall execute and deliver each of the Ancillary Agreements.

     (iv) Subject to the provisions hereof (including, for the sake of clarity, Section
7.05), Seller shall deliver to Buyer such deeds, bills of sale, endorsements, consents,
assignments and other good and sufficient

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instruments of conveyance and assignment as the parties and their respective counsel
shall deem reasonably necessary to vest in Buyer all right, title and interest in, to and
under the Purchased Assets.

     (v) Seller shall deliver, or cause to be delivered, to Buyer or its designee
certificates (to the extent such shares are held in certificated form), or other
documentation or evidence reasonably acceptable to Buyer, representing the Van Kampen Seed
Capital then owned by Seller or one of its Subsidiaries duly endorsed or accompanied by
stock powers duly endorsed in blank, with any required transfer stamps affixed thereto,
free and clear of any Encumbrances (other than restrictions on transfer which arise under
applicable securities Laws and this Agreement).

     (vi) Seller shall deliver to Buyer a receipt acknowledging payment of the Aggregate
Equity Consideration and the Aggregate Cash Consideration by Buyer in full satisfaction of
Buyer’s obligations under Section 2.04(b)(i), Section 2.04(b)(ii) and Section 7.09(b) (but
subject to any further obligations contained in this Agreement).

     (vii) Seller shall deliver to Buyer the certificates referenced in Section 10.02(c)
and Section 10.02(e).

     (viii) Buyer shall deliver to Seller the certificates referenced in Section 10.03(c).

     Section 2.05. Closing Revenue Run-Rate Purchase Price Adjustment.

     (a) If the Closing Revenue Run-Rate is less than 0.85 multiplied by the Base Revenue Run-Rate,
then the Aggregate Purchase Price shall be reduced as follows:

     (i) the Aggregate Cash Consideration shall be reduced by an amount (the “Cash
Reduction Amount”) equal to (x) the Closing Revenue Run-Rate Purchase Price Reduction
multiplied by (y) one-third; and

     (ii) the Aggregate Equity Consideration shall be reduced by a number of shares (the
“Equity Reduction Amount”) equal to the quotient (rounded to the nearest whole share) of
(A) the Closing Revenue Run-Rate Purchase Price Reduction minus the Cash Reduction Amount
over (B) the Buyer Signing Price;

     (b) If the Closing Revenue Run-Rate is greater than 1.15 multiplied by the Base Revenue
Run-Rate, then the Aggregate Purchase Price shall be increased as follows:

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     (i) the Aggregate Cash Consideration shall be increased by an amount (the “Cash
Increase Amount”) equal to (x) the Closing Revenue Run-Rate Purchase Price Increase
multiplied by (y) one-third; and

     (ii) the Aggregate Equity Consideration shall be increased by a number of shares (the
“Equity Increase Amount”) equal to the quotient (rounded to the nearest whole share) of
(A) the Closing Revenue Run-Rate Purchase Price Increase minus the Cash Increase Amount
over (B) the Buyer Signing Price.

     (c) Any adjustment resulting from the application of this Section 2.05 is referred to in this
Agreement as the “Closing Revenue Run-Rate Purchase Price Adjustment”.

     (d) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 2.05 or in Section 2.06, unless
Seller exercises an Alternative Transaction Structure Election pursuant to Section 7.11, Buyer and
Seller agree that (i) any Cash Increase Amount or Cash Reduction Amount, as the case may be, shall
be allocated to the Purchased Assets (as opposed to the Transferred Entities), to the extent that
any corresponding increase or reduction in the Aggregate Purchase Price pursuant to this Section
2.05 or to Section 2.06, as the case may be, is attributable to such Purchased Assets as determined
pursuant to Section 2.05(e), and (ii) the remainder of such Cash Increase Amount or Cash Reduction
Amount, if any, along with any Equity Increase Amount or Equity Reduction Amount, shall be
allocated to the Transferred Entities; provided that, if any increase or reduction in the Aggregate
Purchase Price pursuant to Section 2.05 or 2.06, as the case may be, that is attributable to such
Purchased Assets as determined pursuant to Section 2.05(e), exceeds the amount of the corresponding
Cash Increase Amount or Cash Reduction Amount, as the case may be (such excess, the “Excess Section
2.05(d) Amount”), then (x) the Cash Increase Amount or Cash Reduction Amount, as the case may be,
shall be increased by an amount equal to such Excess Section 2.05(d) Amount, and (y) the Equity
Increase Amount or Equity Reduction Amount shall be reduced by a number of shares equal to the
quotient (rounded to the nearest whole share) of (A) such Excess Section 2.05(d) Amount over (B)
the Buyer Signing Price.

     (e) The portion of any increase in the Aggregate Purchase Price pursuant to this Section 2.05
or to Section 2.06, as the case may be, that is attributable to the Purchased Assets shall be equal
to a fraction, the numerator of which is (i) the excess, if any, of the Closing Revenue Run-Rate
over the Base Revenue Run-Rate, determined in each case taking into account only the Purchased
Assets, and (ii) the denominator of which is the excess of the Closing Revenue Run-Rate over the
Base Revenue Run-Rate. The portion of any reduction in the Aggregate Purchase Price pursuant to
this Section 2.05 or to Section 2.06, as the case may be, that is attributable to the Purchased
Assets shall be equal to a fraction, the numerator of which is (i) the excess, if any, of the Base
Revenue Run-Rate over the Closing Revenue Run-Rate, determined in each case

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taking into account only the Purchased Assets, and (ii) the denominator of which is the excess
of the Base Revenue Run-Rate over the Closing Revenue Run-Rate. In the case that any fraction
calculated under this Section 2.05(e) is greater than 1, such fraction shall be deemed to equal 1.

     Section 2.06. True-Up. (a) Upon the expiration of the True-Up Period, the parties shall
recalculate the Closing Revenue-Run Rate Purchase Price Adjustment as of the Closing Date, except
that the Adjusted Assets Under Management with respect to the Contingent Accounts shall be included
in the calculation of such recalculated Closing Revenue Run-Rate Purchase Price Adjustment:

     (i) in the case of any Contingent Account pursuant to clause (a)(i) of the definition
thereof that (A) has satisfied any Assignment Requirements applicable to such account not
later than the final day of the True-Up Period or (B) (i) has not terminated the
Investment Advisory Arrangement (or has, on or before the final day of the True-Up Period
(and, in the case of a New Advisory Contract with the Van Kampen Business, after Closing),
entered into a New Advisory Contract with the Van Kampen Business, Buyer or any of its
Affiliates on terms substantially comparable (but having the same advisory and same
aggregate non-advisory fees) to those of the applicable Existing Advisory Contract) and
(ii) continues to be a Client of the Van Kampen Business, Buyer or any of its Affiliates
on the final day of the True-Up Period (unless, in the case of this clause (B), Buyer or
its applicable Affiliate will be required to terminate such Investment Advisory
Arrangement due to the failure to satisfy the Assignment Requirements by such final day),
to the extent of the amount by which (x) the reduction made to Adjusted Assets Under
Management in respect of any such Contingent Account for purposes of the original
calculation of the Closing Revenue Run-Rate (assuming that calculation had been done as of
the Closing Date) exceeds (y) the amount of the redemptions, withdrawals or terminations
that actually occur with respect to such account prior to the final day of the True-Up
Period;

     (ii) in the case of any Contingent Account solely pursuant to clause (a)(ii) of the
definition thereof that has satisfied any Assignment Requirements applicable to such
account not later than the final day of the True-Up Period, to the extent of the reduction
made to Adjusted Assets Under Management in respect of any such Contingent Account for
purposes of the original calculation of the Closing Revenue Run-Rate (assuming that
calculation had been done as of the Closing Date);

     (iii) in the case of any Contingent Account pursuant to clause (a)(iii) or (b) of the
definition thereof, to the extent of amounts actually funded in the account not later than
the final day of the True-Up Period; and

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     (iv) in the case of any Contingent Account relating to a Fund with respect to which a
Fund Change Announcement has occurred, and assuming, in the case of any Fund Change
Announcement relating to a portfolio management team change for the Funds set forth on
Exhibit C, that such Fund has satisfied any Assignment Requirements, to the extent of the
full amount of such Contingent Account.

     (b) If such recalculation yields:

     (i) a reduced Closing Revenue Run-Rate Purchase Price Reduction, an increased Closing
Revenue Run-Rate Purchase Price Increase or an amount that would give rise for the first
time to a Closing Revenue Run-Rate Purchase Price Increase, then Buyer shall pay to Seller
an amount that is equal to the amount of such reduction to the Closing Revenue Run-Rate
Purchase Price Reduction, the amount of such increase to the Closing Revenue Run-Rate
Purchase Price Increase or the amount of such Closing Revenue Run-Rate Purchase Price
Increase (as applicable) as soon as is reasonably practicable after, but in any event
within three Business Days of, the date upon which the recalculation described in this
Section 2.06(b)(i) is made, with such payment increasing the Aggregate Cash Consideration
and the Aggregate Equity Consideration in the manner described in Section 2.05(b); or

     (ii) an increased Closing Revenue Run-Rate Purchase Price Reduction, a reduced
Closing Revenue Run-Rate Purchase Price Increase or an amount that would give rise for the
first time to a Closing Revenue Run-Rate Purchase Price Reduction, then Seller shall pay
to Buyer an amount that is equal to the amount of such increase to the Closing Revenue
Run-Rate Purchase Price Reduction, the amount of such reduction to the Closing Revenue
Run-Rate Purchase Price Increase or the amount of the Closing Revenue Run-Rate Purchase
Price Reduction (as applicable) as soon as is reasonably practicable after, but in any
event within three Business Days of, the date upon which the recalculation described in
this Section 2.06(b)(ii) is made, with such payment reducing the Aggregate Cash
Consideration and the Aggregate Equity Consideration in the manner described in Section
2.05(b).

     (c) Any reduction or increase in the Aggregate Cash Consideration pursuant to this Section
2.06 shall be payable in immediately available funds by wire transfer to an account of Buyer or
Seller, as the case may be, with a bank designated by such receiving party. Any reduction or
increase in the Aggregate Equity Consideration shall be payable by delivering to Buyer or Seller,
as the case may be, stock certificates representing such adjustment to the Aggregate Equity
Consideration pursuant to this Section 2.06 (with the number of shares of Buyer Stock to be
delivered calculated based on the Buyer Signing Price) or, if the Aggregate Equity Consideration is
uncertificated, other appropriate evidence of ownership reasonably acceptable to such receiving
party.

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     (d) For purposes of this Section 2.06, all references to the Closing Measurement Date included
in the definitions of Adjusted Assets Under Management and Closing Revenue Run-Rate shall be deemed
references to the Closing Date.

     Section 2.07. Allocation of Purchase Price. (a) Buyer and Seller agree that (i) the Asset
Consideration shall consist solely of a portion of the Aggregate Cash Consideration, (ii) the
Merger Consideration shall consist solely of the Aggregate Equity Consideration and (iii)
notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Section 7.09(b), the consideration for the sale of the
Van Kampen Seed Capital of the Van Kampen Seeded Funds shall consist solely of an amount of cash
equal to the Van Kampen Seed Capital Closing NAV for the Van Kampen Seeded Funds, which amount
shall consist of a portion of the Aggregate Cash Consideration. Exhibit I attached hereto sets
forth the parties allocation of the Aggregate Cash Consideration and the Aggregate Equity
Consideration in accordance with the preceding sentence.

     (b) As soon as practicable, but in no event later than 60 days, after the Closing, Buyer shall
deliver to Seller a statement (the “Allocation Statement”) allocating the Asset Consideration (plus
Assumed Liabilities, to the extent properly taken into account under Section 1060 of the Code)
among the Purchased Assets in accordance with Section 1060 of the Code. If within 20 days after
the delivery of the Allocation Statement Seller notifies Buyer in writing that Seller objects to
the allocation set forth in the Allocation Statement, Buyer and Seller shall use reasonable best
efforts to resolve such dispute within 30 days. In the event that Buyer and Seller are unable to
resolve such dispute within 30 days, Buyer and Seller shall jointly cause the Accounting Referee to
resolve the disputed items. Upon resolution of the disputed items, the allocation reflected on the
Allocation Statement shall be adjusted to reflect such resolution. The costs, fees and expenses of
the Accounting Referee shall be borne equally by Buyer and Seller.

     (c) Seller and Buyer agree to (i) be bound by the final Allocation Statement and (ii) act in
accordance with the final allocation in the preparation, filing and audit of any Tax return
(including filing Form 8594 with its federal income Tax return for the taxable year that includes
the date of the Closing).

     (d) If an adjustment is made with respect to the Aggregate Purchase Price pursuant to any of
Sections 2.06, 2.07, 2.08 or 11.02, Exhibit I and the Allocation Statement shall be adjusted as
mutually agreed by Buyer and Seller (and, in the case of the Allocation Statement, in accordance
with Section 1060 of the Code), using the procedures set forth in Section 2.07(b), mutatis
mutandis.

     (e) Not later than 60 days prior to the filing of their respective Forms 8594 relating to this
transaction, each party shall deliver to the other party a copy of its Form 8594.

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     Section 2.08. Assignment of Contracts and Rights. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement
to the contrary, this Agreement shall not constitute an agreement to assign any Purchased Asset or
any right thereunder if an attempted or actual assignment, without the consent of a third party,
would constitute a breach or in any way adversely affect the rights of Buyer or Seller thereunder.
Seller will use reasonable best efforts to obtain, or cause to be obtained, on or prior to the
Closing Date, the consent of the other parties to any such Purchased Asset or any claim or right or
any benefit arising thereunder for the assignment thereof to Buyer as Buyer may request. Buyer
will cooperate with Seller, at no additional cost to Buyer, in such manner as may reasonably be
requested in connection therewith. If such consent is not obtained on or prior to the Closing
Date, Seller shall continue to use reasonable best efforts to obtain any such consent for a period
of 90 days after the Closing Date, and in the event that any such consent is not obtained by the
Closing Date, or if an attempted assignment thereof would be ineffective or would adversely affect
the rights of Seller thereunder so that Buyer would not in fact receive all such rights, Seller and
Buyer will cooperate in a mutually agreeable arrangement (a “Work-around”) under which Buyer would
obtain the benefits and assume the obligations thereunder in accordance with this Agreement,
including sub-contracting, sub-licensing, or sub-leasing to Buyer, or under which Seller would
enforce for the benefit of Buyer, with Buyer assuming Seller’s obligations to the extent Buyer
would have been responsible therefor if such consent had been obtained and to the extent Buyer or
its Affiliates receive the benefits thereof, any and all rights of Seller against a third party
thereto. Seller will promptly pay to Buyer when received all monies received by Seller under any
Purchased Asset or any claim or right or any benefit arising thereunder. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, the provisions of this Section 2.08 shall not apply to any Contracts that are subject to
Section 7.05.

     Section 2.09. Certain Adjustments. If, during the period between the date of this Agreement
and the Closing, the outstanding shares of capital stock of Buyer shall have been increased,
decreased, changed into or exchanged for a different number or kind of shares or securities as a
result of any reorganization, reclassification, recapitalization, stock split or reverse stock
split, combination, exchange or readjustment of shares, or any stock dividend thereon with a record
date during such period or other similar change in capitalization, the Aggregate Equity
Consideration shall be appropriately and proportionately adjusted.

     Section 2.10. Post-Closing Cash Cap. (a) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this
Agreement, unless Seller exercises an Alternative Transaction Structure Election pursuant to
Section 7.11, to the extent that any cash payment otherwise required to be made by Buyer to Seller
under this Agreement after the Closing would result in the Aggregate Post-Closing Buyer Cash
Payments being in excess of the Post-Closing Cash Cap (any such excess, an “Excess Post-Closing
Buyer Cash Payment”), then:

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     (i) Buyer shall not be required under this Agreement to make such Excess Post-Closing
Buyer Cash Payment to Seller, and

     (ii) in lieu thereof, Buyer shall (x) pay to Seller in cash an amount equal to 60% of
such Excess Post-Closing Buyer Cash Payment, and (y) deliver to Seller a number of shares
of Buyer Stock equal to the quotient (rounded down to the next whole share) of (A) 40% of
such Excess Post-Closing Buyer Cash Payment over (B) the Buyer COI Price; provided that to
the extent delivery of the Buyer Stock pursuant to this clause (ii) would cause Seller’s
beneficial ownership (as defined in Rule 13d of the Exchange Act) of Buyer Stock to exceed
the Common Stock Cap, Buyer shall deliver to Seller (x) the maximum number of shares of
Buyer Stock that can be owned by Seller without Sellers’ and its Affiliates’ collective
ownership exceeding the Common Stock Cap plus (y) a number of shares of Equivalent Buyer
Preferred Stock that is convertible into the number of shares of Buyer Stock that would
have been delivered absent this proviso less the number of shares of Buyer Stock referred
to in clause (x).

     (b) For purposes of this Agreement,

     (i) “Aggregate Post-Closing Buyer Cash Payments” means, at any time, the aggregate
amount of cash payments previously made or to be made at such time by Buyer to Seller
after the Closing.

     (ii) “Buyer COI Price” means $22.75.

     (iii) “Merger Consideration Percentage” means 66.755%.

     (iv) “Post-Closing Cash Cap” means the value determined for X, expressed in dollars,
where:

	 	 	 	 	 
	X

	 	=
	 	((A * B) / .40) – (A * B) – C
	 
	 	 	 	 
	and
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	A

	 	=
	 	the Buyer COI Price;
	 
	 	 	 	 
	B

	 	=
	 	the excess of (i) the product of the Aggregate Equity
Consideration, prior to any adjustment to such number
pursuant to this Agreement, and the Merger Consideration
Percentage, over (ii) the amount of any reduction (expressed
as a number of shares) in the Aggregate Equity Consideration
pursuant to Section 2.05 or 2.06(b); and

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	C
	 	=	 	the product of (i) the Aggregate Cash Consideration, prior to
any adjustment to such amount pursuant to this Agreement, and
(ii) the Merger Consideration Percentage.

ARTICLE 3

Representations and Warranties of Seller

     Subject to Section 13.11, except as set forth in the Seller Disclosure Schedule, Seller
represents and warrants to Buyer as of the date of this Agreement and as of the Closing Date as
follows:

     Section 3.01. Organization and Qualification. Seller and each of its Subsidiaries that owns
Purchased Assets is a legal entity duly organized or incorporated, validly existing and, to the
extent such concept is relevant in the applicable jurisdiction, in good standing under the Laws of
its jurisdiction of organization or incorporation. To the extent relating to the Van Kampen
Business or the ability of Seller to enter into or consummate the transactions contemplated hereby:
(i) Seller and each of its Subsidiaries that owns Purchased Assets has the requisite corporate or
other similar power and authority to own or lease all of its properties and assets and to carry on
its business as conducted as of the date of this Agreement and to own, lease and operate all of its
properties and assets, in all material respects as conducted, owned, leased or operated as of the
date of this Agreement; and (ii) Seller and each of its Subsidiaries that owns Purchased Assets is
duly qualified to do business in each jurisdiction in which the nature of its business or the
character or location of the properties and assets owned, leased or operated by it makes such
qualification necessary other than any failure to be so qualified that would not, individually or
in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Van Kampen Material Adverse Effect. Seller has
made available to Buyer prior to the date of this Agreement complete and correct copies of the
Organizational Documents of Seller and each of its Subsidiaries that owns Purchased Assets as in
effect as of the date of this Agreement.

     Section 3.02. Ownership. Seller or one of its Subsidiaries (including, in the case of a
portion of the Van Kampen Seed Capital, one or more of the Transferred Entities) is, and, subject
to Section 7.05, as of the Closing Date will be, the legal and beneficial owner of all of the
issued and outstanding equity interests in the Transferred Entities, the Van Kampen Seed Capital
and, subject to Section 7.05, the Purchased Assets and at the Closing will deliver to Buyer good
and valid title to the Transferred Entities, the Van Kampen Seed Capital and the Purchased Assets,
free and clear of any Encumbrances, other than (in the case of the Purchased Assets only) Permitted
Encumbrances. Van Kampen Parent owns, directly or indirectly, all of the outstanding ownership
interests in each of its

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Subsidiaries and all such ownership interests are owned free and clear of any Encumbrance. As
of the date hereof, the number of shares of Buyer Common Stock that Seller beneficially owns (as
defined in Rule 13d of the Exchange Act) is set forth in Section 3.02 of the Seller Disclosure
Schedule (as determined by Seller based on its reporting and compliance policies and procedures in
respect thereof) and discussed with Buyer.

     Section 3.03. Corporate Authority. (a) Seller has (or any of its Affiliates who may be a
party to any Ancillary Agreement has) full corporate power and authority to execute and deliver
this Agreement and each of the Ancillary Agreements to which it (or any such Affiliate) is or will
be a party and to perform its obligations hereunder and thereunder and to consummate the
transactions contemplated hereunder and thereunder. The execution, delivery and performance by
Seller (or any such Affiliate) of this Agreement and each of the Ancillary Agreements to which it
is or will be a party, and each of the transactions contemplated hereunder (including the Merger)
and thereunder, have been duly and validly authorized and no additional corporate or shareholder
authorization or consent is required in connection with the execution, delivery and performance by
Seller (or any such Affiliate) of this Agreement and each of the Ancillary Agreements to which it
(or any such Affiliate) is or will be a party or any of the transactions contemplated hereunder or
thereunder.

     (b) The board of directors of Van Kampen Parent has approved and declared advisable this
Agreement, the Agreement and Plan of Merger and the transactions contemplated hereby (including the
Merger) and resolved to recommend approval and adoption of this Agreement and the Agreement and
Plan of Merger and (including the Merger) by the sole stockholder of Van Kampen Parent. The sole
stockholder of Van Kampen Parent has approved and adopted this Agreement and the Agreement and Plan
of Merger (including the Merger). No other corporate proceedings on the part of Van Kampen Parent
or its sole stockholder are necessary to approve this Agreement, the Agreement and Plan of Merger
or to consummate the Merger or other transactions contemplated hereby.

     Section 3.04. Binding Effect. Assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery of this
Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements by Buyer (or, in the case of the Ancillary Agreements, Buyer
or an Affiliate of Buyer), this Agreement constitutes, and each Ancillary Agreement when executed
and delivered will constitute, a valid and legally binding obligation of Seller (or, in the case of
the Ancillary Agreements, of Seller or an Affiliate of Seller) enforceable against Seller or such
Affiliate in accordance with its terms, subject (in the case of enforceability) to bankruptcy,
insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium and similar Laws of general
applicability relating to or affecting creditors’ rights and to general equity principles.

     Section 3.05. Governmental Consents and Approvals. (a) Other than in connection with (i) the
HSR Act or any other Antitrust Laws, (ii) any applicable banking, securities or other financial
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any securities or other financial services regulator, (iii) the filing of a certificate of
merger with respect to the Merger with the Delaware Secretary of State or (iv) such other Law, in
each case of (i) through (iv) above, that is set forth on Section 3.05(a) of the Seller Disclosure
Schedule (the matters covered under clauses (i) through (iv) above, collectively, the “Seller
Required Approvals”), Seller and its Affiliates are not required to obtain any authorization,
waiver, consent or approval of, make any filing or registration with, or give any notice to, any
Government Entity or to obtain any Permit in connection with the execution, delivery and
performance by Seller of this Agreement or the execution, delivery and performance by Seller or its
Affiliates of each of the Ancillary Agreements to which Seller or any of its Affiliates is or will
be a party or the consummation by Seller or its Affiliates of any of the transactions contemplated
hereunder (including the Merger) or thereunder, other than any authorization, waiver, consent,
approval, filing, registration, notice or Permit, the failure of which to obtain, make or give
would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Van Kampen Material
Adverse Effect. As of the date hereof, Seller is not aware of any reason why any Seller Required
Approvals will not be received in order to permit the consummation of the transactions contemplated
hereby.

     (b) Other than the Seller Required Approvals or as set forth on Section 3.05(b) of the Seller
Disclosure Schedule (the “Transferred Entities Required Approvals”), no Transferred Entity is
required to obtain any authorization, waiver, consent or approval of, or make any filing or
registration with, or give any notice to, any Government Entity or to obtain any Permit in
connection with the execution, delivery and performance by Seller of this Agreement, the execution,
delivery and performance by Seller or its Affiliates of each of the Ancillary Agreements to which
Seller or any of its Affiliates is or will be a party or the consummation by Seller or its
Affiliates of any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement (including the Merger) or the
Ancillary Agreements, other than any authorization, waiver, consent, approval, filing,
registration, notice or Permit the failure of which to obtain, make or give would not, individually
or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Van Kampen Material Adverse Effect. As of
the date hereof, Seller is not aware of any reason why any Transferred Entities Required Approvals
will not be received in order to permit the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby.

     Section 3.06. Non-Contravention. The execution, delivery and performance by Seller of this
Agreement and by Seller and its Affiliates of each of the Ancillary Agreements to which Seller or
any of its Affiliates is or will be a party, and the consummation by Seller and its Affiliates of
the transactions contemplated hereunder and thereunder, do not and will not (i) conflict with or
violate any provision of the Organizational Documents of Seller, any Subsidiary of Seller that owns
Purchased Assets, any Affiliate that is a party to an Ancillary Agreement, any Transferred Entity,
or the Funds, (ii) assuming the receipt of all consents, approvals, waivers and authorizations and
the making of the notices and filings referred to in Section 3.05 or Section 7.05, conflict with,
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breach of, or constitute a default under, or result in the termination, Encumbrance,
cancellation, modification or acceleration of any right or obligation of Seller, any Subsidiary of
Seller that owns Purchased Assets, any Affiliate that is a party to an Ancillary Agreement, any
Transferred Entity, any Fund or the Van Kampen Business under, or give rise to any payment
conditioned, in whole or in part, on a change of control of a Transferred Entity or Fund or
approval or consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, or result in a loss of any
benefit to which Seller, any Subsidiary of Seller that owns Purchased Assets, any Affiliate that is
a party to an Ancillary Agreement, any Transferred Entity, any Fund or the Van Kampen Business is
entitled, with or without the giving of notice, the lapse of time or both, under any Contract or
other agreement or instrument binding upon Seller, any Subsidiary of Seller that owns Purchased
Assets, any Affiliate that is a party to an Ancillary Agreement, any Transferred Entity, the Funds,
the Van Kampen Business or to which the property of Seller, any Subsidiary of Seller that owns
Purchased Assets, any Affiliate that is a party to an Ancillary Agreement, any Transferred Entity,
the Funds or the Van Kampen Business is subject or (iii) assuming the receipt of all consents,
approvals, waivers and authorizations and the making of notices and filings (A) referred to in
Section 3.05 or Section 7.05 or (B) required to be received or made by Buyer or any of its
Affiliates, violate or result in a breach of or constitute a default under any Law to which Seller,
any Subsidiary of Seller that owns Purchased Assets, any Affiliate that is a party to an Ancillary
Agreement, any Transferred Entity, the Funds or the Van Kampen Business is subject or under any
Permit of Seller or its Subsidiaries that is related to the Van Kampen Business, other than, in the
case of clauses (ii) and (iii), any conflict, breach, default, termination, Encumbrance,
cancellation, modification, acceleration or loss that would not, individually or in the aggregate,
reasonably be expected to have a Van Kampen Material Adverse Effect (excluding, for this purpose
only, clause (H) of the definition of Material Adverse Effect).

     Section 3.07. Investment Purpose. Seller is acquiring the Aggregate Equity Consideration for
its own account, solely for the purpose of investment and not with a view to, or for sale in
connection with, any distribution thereof in violation of the Securities Act or state securities or
“blue sky” Law, or with any present intention of distributing or selling such Aggregate Equity
Consideration in violation of any such Law. Seller has requested, received, reviewed and
considered all information that Seller deems relevant in making an informed decision to invest in
the Buyer Stock or the Equivalent Buyer Preferred Stock, as the case may be, and has had an
opportunity to discuss Buyer’s business, management and financial affairs with its management and
also had an opportunity to ask questions of officers of Buyer that were answered to Seller’s
satisfaction; provided that such inquires do not impair the rights of Seller to rely on the
representations and warranties of Buyer as set forth in Article 4. Seller understands that Buyer
is relying on the statements contained herein to establish an exemption from registration under
U.S. federal and state securities Laws. Subject to provisions of Section 6.06, Seller acknowledges
that the shares constituting the Aggregate Equity Consideration are not registered under the

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Securities Act or any other applicable Law and that such shares may not be transferred, sold
or otherwise disposed of except pursuant to the registration provisions of the Securities Act or
pursuant to an applicable exemption therefrom and pursuant to Laws and regulations of other
jurisdictions as applicable.

     Section 3.08. Legal Proceedings. (a) As of the date of this Agreement, there is no Legal
Proceeding pending against, or to the Knowledge of Seller, threatened against or affecting Seller,
any Subsidiary of Seller (including the Transferred Entities) or any Fund that challenges the
validity or enforceability of this Agreement or seeks to enjoin or prohibit consummation of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

     (b) Section 3.08(b) of the Seller Disclosure Schedule contains a complete and correct list, as
of the date hereof, of all material pending and, to the Knowledge of Seller, material threatened
Legal Proceedings concerning the Van Kampen Business. There are no Legal Proceedings pending
against or, to the Knowledge of Seller, threatened against or affecting any Transferred Entity or
the Van Kampen Business, except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be
expected to have a Van Kampen Material Adverse Effect.

     (c) There is no material injunction, order, award, judgment, settlement, decree or regulatory
restriction imposed upon or entered into by the Transferred Entities or Seller or its Affiliates
relating to or impacting the Van Kampen Business (or that, upon consummation of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement, would apply to Buyer or any of its Subsidiaries).

     Section 3.09. Organization and Qualification. Each Transferred Entity is, as of the date of
this Agreement, and each Transferred Entity will be, as of the Closing, a legal entity duly
organized or incorporated, validly existing and, to the extent such concept is relevant in the
applicable jurisdiction, in good standing under the Laws of its jurisdiction of organization. Each
Transferred Entity has, as of the date of this Agreement, and each Transferred Entity will have, as
of the Closing, all requisite corporate or other similar power and authority to own, lease and
operate all of its properties and assets and to carry on its businesses in all material respects as
conducted, owned, leased or operated as of the date of this Agreement. Each Transferred Entity is,
as of the date of this Agreement, and each Transferred Entity will be, as of the Closing, duly
qualified to do business in each jurisdiction where the ownership or operation of its properties
and assets or the conduct of its businesses requires such Transferred Entity to be so qualified,
except for any failure to be so qualified that would not, individually or in the aggregate,
reasonably be expected to have a Van Kampen Material Adverse Effect. Seller has made available to
Buyer, prior to the date of this Agreement, complete and correct copies of the Organizational
Documents of each of the Transferred Entities, in each case, as in effect on the date of this
Agreement.

     Section 3.10. Capitalization. (a) Section 3.10(a) of the Seller Disclosure Schedule sets
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organization of such Transferred Entity, (B) the number of shares of authorized and
outstanding capital stock or other equity interests of such Transferred Entity and the names of the
holders thereof and (C) the number of shares of authorized and outstanding capital stock or other
equity interests of such Transferred Entity that are held in treasury by such Transferred Entity.

     (b) All of the outstanding shares of capital stock and other equity interests of the
Transferred Entities have been duly authorized and are validly issued, fully paid and
non-assessable.

     (c) There are no other outstanding securities, preemptive or other rights, rights of first
refusal, options, warrants, calls, conversion rights, stock appreciation rights, redemption rights,
repurchase rights, agreements, plans, “tag along” or “drag along” rights, agreements, arrangements,
undertakings or commitments (collectively, “Equity Rights”) (i) under which any Transferred Entity
is or may become obligated to issue, deliver, redeem, purchase or sell, or cause to be issued,
delivered, redeemed, purchased or sold, or in any way dispose of, any shares of the capital stock
or other equity interests, or any securities or obligations that are exercisable or exchangeable
for, or convertible into, any shares of the capital stock or other equity interests, of such
Transferred Entity, and no securities or obligations evidencing such rights are authorized, issued
or outstanding, (ii) giving any Person a right to subscribe for or acquire any equity interest in
any Transferred Entity or (iii) obligating any of the Transferred Entities to issue, grant, adopt
or enter into any such Equity Right in respect of any Transferred Entity. None of the Transferred
Entities has any (x) outstanding Indebtedness that could convey to any Person the right to vote, or
that is convertible into or exercisable for Transferred Equity Interests or equity of any
Transferred Entity or (y) rights that entitle or convey to any Person the right to vote with the
holders of the equity interests of the Transferred Entities on any matter. The outstanding capital
stock and other equity interests of the Transferred Entities are not subject to any Contract
restricting or otherwise relating to the voting, dividend rights or disposition of such capital
stock or other equity interests. There are no outstanding or authorized phantom stock, profit
participation or similar rights providing economic benefits based, directly or indirectly, on the
value or price of the capital stock or other equity interests of the Transferred Entities.

     Section 3.11. Financial Information. (a) The unaudited interim combined balance sheet (the
“Balance Sheet”) as of June 30, 2009 (the “Balance Sheet Date”) of the Van Kampen Business (for the
avoidance of doubt, including the Purchased Assets and Assumed Liabilities), (i) has been based on
financial records of the Seller and its Subsidiaries that are in accordance with GAAP and (ii)
fairly presents, on such basis, in all material respects the combined financial position of the
Transferred Entities, together with the Purchased Assets, as of the date thereof (subject to normal
year-end audit adjustments, none of which would be expected to be material). The unaudited interim
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Transferred Entities, together with the Purchased Assets, (i) has been based on financial
records of the Seller and its Subsidiaries that are in accordance with GAAP and (ii) fairly
presents, on such basis, in all material respects the combined results of operations of the
Transferred Entities, together with the Purchased Assets, for such period (subject to normal
year-end audit adjustments, none of which is expected to be material). It is understood that (i)
expenses on the income statement referred to in the preceding sentence fully comprise the direct
and indirect expenses incurred to support the Van Kampen Business, (ii) such direct expenses
include investment team and distribution compensation reported on the basis of Economic
Compensation, occupancy, equipment, information processing and marketing fees and (iii) such
expenses include support services costs (Operations, IT, HR, Finance, Internal Audit and
Legal/Compliance), and reflect both direct expenses and an allocation of the Van Kampen Business’
share of the costs of services and functions that support Seller’s global investment management
business (with any compensation costs also reported on the basis of Economic Compensation).
Complete and correct copies of the unaudited financial statements described in the first two
sentences of this Section 3.11(a) (the “Financial Statements”) are set forth on Section 3.11(a) of
the Seller Disclosure Schedule.

     (b) The Balance Sheet does not reflect any asset, other than deferred tax assets attributable
to differences between tax and book accounting treatment, that will not be transferred to Buyer
either as a Purchased Asset or pursuant to the Merger after giving effect to the transactions
contemplated hereunder (excluding routine dispositions of assets in the ordinary course of business
consistent with past practice and permitted by Section 5.01(b)) and the Income Statement reflects
the results of the operations of the Van Kampen Business as conducted as part of Seller. The
Financial Statements reflect all costs that historically have been incurred in connection with the
operation of the Van Kampen Business.

     (c) Seller and its Subsidiaries (including the Transferred Entities) maintain in all material
respects internal control over financial reporting to provide reasonable assurance regarding the
reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external
purposes in accordance with GAAP, including policies and procedures that (i) pertain to the
maintenance of records that in reasonable detail accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and
dispositions of the assets of the Transferred Entities, (ii) provide reasonable assurance that
transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance
with GAAP, and that receipts and expenditures of the Transferred Entities are being made only in
accordance with authorizations of management and directors of the Transferred Entities and (iii)
provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition,
use or disposition of the assets of the Transferred Entities that could have a material effect on
the financial statements.

     (d) Section 3.11(d) of the Seller Disclosure Schedule correctly sets forth all Indebtedness of
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avoidance of doubt, does not include Seller and its Affiliates) as of the date set forth on
such Schedule, and for each item of such Indebtedness set forth thereon, identifies the debtor, the
principal amount as of the date of this Agreement, the creditor, the maturity date and the
collateral, if any, securing the Indebtedness.

     Section 3.12. Absence of Undisclosed Liabilities. There are no liabilities or obligations of
the Van Kampen Business (whether known, absolute, accrued, contingent or otherwise and whether due
or to become due), except for (a) liabilities or obligations to the extent reflected or reserved
against on the Financial Statements, (b) liabilities or obligations that were incurred by the Van
Kampen Business as a result of this Agreement or any Ancillary Agreement, (c) liabilities or
obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice since the
Balance Sheet Date or (d) other undisclosed liabilities, which have not had, and would not
reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Van Kampen Material Adverse
Effect.

     Section 3.13. Taxes. (a) All material Tax Returns with respect to the Transferred Entities
required to be filed have been duly and timely filed with the appropriate Government Entity, and
all such Tax Returns are true, correct and complete in all material respects, and the Transferred
Entities have timely paid all material Taxes due with respect to the periods covered by such Tax
Returns. All other material Taxes of the Transferred Entities have been paid, or an adequate
provision has been made therefor on the appropriate financial statements in accordance with GAAP,
IFRS, or other relevant applicable accounting principles.

     (b) Each of the Transferred Entities has withheld from its employees, independent contractors
or Affiliates, and other third parties all material amounts required to be withheld with respect to
any amounts paid or benefits furnished to any such Person and timely paid such amounts withheld to
the appropriate Government Entity (or other authority) or set aside in an account for such purpose
such amounts for all periods, in each case, in material compliance with all Tax withholding
provisions under applicable Laws.

     (c) There are no material audits, examinations, investigations or other proceedings pending or
threatened in writing in respect of Taxes of or with respect to any of the Transferred Entities, no
material issues that have been raised by a Government Entity in connection with any examination of
the Tax Returns referred to in Section 3.13 are currently pending, and all material deficiencies
asserted or material assessments made, if any, as a result of such examinations have been paid in
full, or an adequate provision has been made therefor on the appropriate financial statements in
accordance with GAAP, IFRS, or other relevant applicable accounting principles.

     (d) None of the Transferred Entities has any material liability for the Taxes of any Person
under Treas. Reg. Section 1.1502-6 (or any similar provision of U.S. state or local or foreign Tax
Law), or as a transferee or successor, other than with respect to (i) the consolidated, combined or
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Kampen Parent was the common parent or (ii) the consolidated, combined or unitary group of
which Seller is the common parent.

     (e) None of the Transferred Entities has any material liability for the Taxes of any Person by
Contract.

     (f) There are no Encumbrances for Taxes, other than Permitted Encumbrances, upon any of the
assets of any Transferred Entity or any Purchased Assets. The Seller and each other entity
transferring an interest in United States real property hereunder is not a foreign person within
the meaning of Section 1445(b)(2) of the Code.

     (g) There is no (i) waiver of any statute of limitations in respect of material income Taxes,
(ii) agreement for any extension of time with respect to a material income Tax assessment or
deficiency or (iii) power of attorney has been granted with respect to material Taxes, in each
case, relating to any Transferred Entity or the assets thereof. None of the Transferred Entities
is a party to, is bound by, or has any obligation or liability under, any material income Tax
allocation or sharing agreement or arrangement.

     (h) None of the Transferred Entities will be required to include any item of income in, or
exclude any item of deduction from, taxable income for any period ending after the Closing as a
result of any (i) request for a ruling, advance pricing agreement or “closing agreement” as defined
in Section 7121 of the Code (or any corresponding or similar provision of U.S. state or local or
foreign Tax Law); (ii) material installment sale or open transaction disposition made on or before
the Closing Date; or (iii) adjustment pursuant to Section 481(a) of the Code or any similar
provision of U.S. state or local Tax Law.

     (i) None of the Transferred Entities has constituted either a “distributing corporation” or
“controlled corporation” (within the meaning of Section 355(e)(1)(A) of the Code) in a distribution
of stock qualifying for tax-free treatment under Section 355 of the Code (i) in the two (2) years
prior to the date of this Agreement or (ii) in a distribution which could otherwise constitute a
“plan” or “series of related transactions” (within the meaning of Section 355 of the Code) with the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

     (j) No Transferred Entity has participated in any “listed transaction” within the meaning of
Treas. Reg. Section 1.6011-4(c)(3)(i)(A).

     (k) Neither Seller nor any of its Affiliates has taken or agreed to take any action, or is
aware of any fact or circumstance, that could reasonably be expected to prevent the Merger from
qualifying as a 368 Reorganization. This Section 3.13(k) shall not be applicable if Seller has
made an Alternative Transaction Structure Election pursuant to Section 7.11.

     (l) With respect to the Purchased Assets, (i) all Taxes which will have been required to be
paid on or prior to the date hereof, the non-payment of which

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would result in a Lien on any Purchased Asset have been paid, and (ii) Seller has established
or caused to be established, in accordance with GAAP applied on a basis consistent with that of
preceding periods, adequate reserves for the payment of, and will timely pay, all Taxes which arise
from or with respect to the Purchased Assets or the operation of the Van Kampen Business and are
incurred in or attributable to the Pre-Closing Tax Period, the non-payment of which would result in
a Lien on any Purchased Asset.

     Section 3.14 . Employee Benefits.

     (a) Each material Benefit and Compensation Arrangement is listed on Section 3.14(a)(i) of the
Seller Disclosure Schedule. Each Assumed Benefit and Compensation Arrangement and each material
Foreign Benefit Plan is separately identified on Section 3.14(a)(ii) and Section 3.14(a)(iii),
respectively, of the Seller Disclosure Schedule. Each Assumed Benefit and Compensation Arrangement
is maintained exclusively for the benefit of Van Kampen Business Employees or former employees of a
Transferred Entity. Seller has made available to Buyer (i) a copy of each Assumed Benefit and
Compensation Arrangement and a copy or summary of each material Benefit and Compensation
Arrangement that is not an Assumed Benefit and Compensation Arrangement, and (ii) with respect to
each Assumed Benefit and Compensation Arrangement (where applicable), (A) the most recent summary
plan description, (B) the most recent determination letter received from the Internal Revenue
Service, (C) the most recent Form 5500 Annual Report, (D) the most recent audited financial
statement and actuarial valuation report and (E) the version effective as of the date of this
Agreement of all related agreements (including trust agreements) and insurance Contracts and other
Contracts which implement such Assumed Benefit and Compensation Arrangement.

     (b) Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a
Van Kampen Material Adverse Effect, (i) each Assumed Benefit and Compensation Arrangement is and
has been operated in compliance with all applicable Laws of the relevant jurisdiction (including
any local regulatory or Tax approval requirements) and, to the extent relevant, the governing
provisions of such Assumed Benefit and Compensation Arrangement and (ii) no Legal Proceeding is
pending or, to the Knowledge of Seller, threatened with respect to any Assumed Benefit and
Compensation Arrangement.

     (c) Each Assumed Benefit and Compensation Arrangement that is intended to be qualified under
Section 401(a) of the Code has received a favorable determination letter from the Internal Revenue
Service stating that the plan is so qualified and to the Knowledge of Seller no event exists that
is reasonably likely to result in the loss of such qualification.

     (d) As of the date of this Agreement, none of Seller nor any of the Transferred Entities nor
any of their respective ERISA Affiliates has (i) failed to make any contribution or payment to any
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“employee pension benefit plan,” within the meaning of Section 3(2) of ERISA, that is subject
to Title IV of ERISA or Section 412 of the Code, (B) a Multiemployer Plan or (C) a Multiple
Employer Plan, in each case, which failure has resulted or could reasonably be expected to result
in the imposition of any liability on the Transferred Entities or Purchaser or its Affiliates on or
after the Closing Date, (ii) incurred any liability under Title IV of ERISA (other than a liability
to the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation for premiums under Section 4007 of ERISA), which
liability is or could reasonably be expected to become a liability of the Transferred Entities or
Purchaser or its Affiliates on or after the Closing Date or (iii) failed to comply with the
continuation coverage requirements of Section 601 et seq. of ERISA and Section 4980B of the Code,
which liability is or could reasonably be expected to become a liability of the Transferred
Entities or Purchaser or its Affiliates on or after the Closing Date.

     (e) Each Assumed Benefit and Compensation Arrangement that is a “nonqualified deferred
compensation plan” (as defined for purposes of Section 409A(d)(1) of the Code) that is subject to
Section 409A of the Code has since (i) January 1, 2005, been maintained and operated in good faith
compliance with Section 409A of the Code and Notice 2005-1, (ii) October 3, 2004, not been
“materially modified” (within the meaning of Notice 2005-1) and (ii) January 1, 2009, been in
documentary and operational compliance with Section 409A of the Code.

     (f) With respect to each Assumed Benefit and Compensation Arrangement: (i) all material
contributions, reserves or premium payments required to be made with respect to any Van Kampen
Business Employee or former employee of the Van Kampen Business have been made or have been accrued
or otherwise adequately reserved for in the Financial Statements or will otherwise be timely made
prior to the Closing Date and reflected on the Closing Balance Sheet; and (ii) there are no
unfunded liabilities with respect to any such arrangements (including for termination indemnities)
that are not reflected in the Financial Statements, other than any unfunded liabilities that have
not had, and would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Van
Kampen Material Adverse Effect.

     (g) There has been no amendment to, or announcement by Seller or any of its Affiliates in
respect of the Van Kampen Business Employees relating to, or change in employee participation or
coverage under, any Assumed Benefit and Compensation Arrangement that would either (i) increase the
expense of maintaining such Assumed Benefit and Compensation Arrangement above the level of the
expense incurred therefor for the year ended December 31, 2008 or (ii) increase the compensation
and benefits that are or could become payable or provided to the Van Kampen Business Employees
above the levels of compensation and benefits provided to them for the year ended December 31,
2008. No condition exists that would prevent any Assumed Benefit and Compensation Arrangement from
being merged, amended or terminated in accordance with its terms and applicable Law.

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     (h) Neither the execution of this Agreement nor the consummation of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement (whether alone or in connection with other events) will (i) entitle
any Van Kampen Business Employees to severance pay or benefits or any increase in severance pay or
benefits or result in an increase in the applicable notice period upon any termination of
employment on or after the date of this Agreement or (ii) accelerate the time of any payment or
vesting or result in any payment or funding (through a grantor trust or otherwise) of compensation
or benefits under, increase the amount payable or result in any other obligation pursuant to any of
the Assumed Benefit and Compensation Arrangements.

     (i) No U.S. Benefit Plan that is an Assumed Benefit and Compensation Arrangement provides, or
reflects or represents any liability to provide, retiree health or life benefits (including,
without limitation, death or medical benefits), whether or not insured, with respect to any Van
Kampen Business Employee or former employee of the Van Kampen Business, or any spouse or dependent
of any such Van Kampen Business Employee or former employee of the Van Kampen Business, beyond such
employee’s retirement or other termination of employment with Seller and its Subsidiaries other
than (i) coverage mandated by Part 6 of Title I of ERISA or Section 4980B of the Code or any
similar state or local Law or any similar continuation coverage provided with respect to such
employee’s domestic partner, (ii) retirement or death benefits under any plan intended to be
qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code or (iii) disability benefits that have been fully
provided for by insurance under a Benefit and Compensation Arrangement that constitutes an
“employee welfare benefit plan” within the meaning of Section 3(1) of ERISA.

     (j) Seller has provided Buyer the following information with respect to each Van Kampen
Business Employee: his or her current rate of annual base salary or current wages; 2009 bonus
guarantee, if applicable; job title; employment status (full- or part-time, absent or on leave);
work location; credited service date; fiscal year 2008 bonus and the makeup of such bonus (i.e.,
the portion that was granted in cash and the portion that was granted in long-term incentive
compensation); the aggregate number of equity-based compensation awards that he or she holds as of
the most recent practicable date; and date of hire (the “Van Kampen Business Employee Information
List”).

     (k) Each Seller Equity Award held by a Transferred Employee that is outstanding under any
Seller Equity Plan on such Transferred Employee’s Transfer Date will, pursuant to the terms of any
such Seller Equity Plan, if unvested, become fully vested and, to the extent applicable,
exercisable, on such Transfer Date.

     Section 3.15. Permits. The Transferred Entities hold all Permits required to own or lease
their properties and assets and to conduct the Van Kampen Business conducted by them under and
pursuant to all applicable Laws, in each case, other than any failure to hold any Permit that would
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the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Van Kampen Material Adverse Effect. All such
Permits are valid and in full force and effect, except for those the failure of which to be valid
or to be in full force and effect would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be
expected to have a Van Kampen Material Adverse Effect. No violations with respect to such Permits
have occurred and no Legal Proceedings are pending or, to the Knowledge of Seller, threatened to
suspend, cancel, modify, revoke or materially limit any such Permits, except, in each case, as
would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Van Kampen Material
Adverse Effect. Each Van Kampen Business Employee who is required to be registered or licensed as
a registered representative, investment adviser representative, sales person or an equivalent
person with any Government Entity is duly registered as such and such registration is in full force
and effect, except for such failures to be so registered or for such registration to remain in full
force and effective that, individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to
have a Van Kampen Material Adverse Effect.

     Section 3.16. Intellectual Property. (a) Section 3.16(a) of the Seller Disclosure Schedule
lists all material Contracts (excluding licenses for commercial off the shelf computer software)
pursuant to which (i) with respect to the Van Kampen Business only, the Seller or any of its
Subsidiaries and/or (ii) any of the Transferred Entities, in each case obtains or grants the right
to use any Intellectual Property Right.

     (b) Section 3.16(b) of the Seller’s Disclosure Schedules includes a complete and accurate list
of all United States, foreign and multinational: (i) Patents and Patent applications; (ii)
registered Trademarks and Trademark applications; (iii) Internet domain names and (iv)Copyright
registrations and applications, in each case, that are material to the conduct of the Van Kampen
Business and are owned by one or more of the Transferred Entities or included in the Purchased
Assets.

     (c) The material Owned Seller Intellectual Property Rights are exclusively owned by the
Seller, its Subsidiaries, and/or the Transferred Entities free and clear of all Encumbrances, other
than Permitted Encumbrances and neither Seller nor any of its Subsidiaries (including the
Transferred Entities) has granted any exclusive license of or right to use any such Owned Seller
Intellectual Property Rights to any other party except for any such license of or right to use
which does not materially affect the operation of the Van Kampen Business.

     (d) Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a
Van Kampen Material Adverse Effect:

     (i) To the Knowledge of Seller, the conduct of the Van Kampen Business as currently
conducted does not infringe or misappropriate the Intellectual Property Rights of any
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Entities) has within the past two years received any written notice or written claim
asserting that the conduct of the Van Kampen Business or the Transferred Entities
infringes or misappropriates the Intellectual Property Rights of any other Person. To the
Knowledge of the Seller, none of the Owned Seller Intellectual Property Rights is being
infringed or misappropriated by any other Person. None of the Owned Seller Intellectual
Property Rights has been adjudged invalid or unenforceable in whole or part, and, to the
Knowledge of the Seller, all such Intellectual Property Rights are valid and enforceable.

     (e) Seller and its Subsidiaries, with respect to the Van Kampen Business, and the Transferred
Entities have taken commercially reasonable steps to protect their rights in the material Trade
Secrets owned by any of them, excluding any information that any such Person, in the exercise of
its business judgment, determined was of insufficient value to protect as a Trade Secret

     (f) Except as otherwise set forth in this Agreement and subject to the terms and conditions of
the IP Matters Agreement, immediately following the Closing, Buyer (including through the
Transferred Entities) will own or have the right to use pursuant to written Contracts all
Trademarks used in the conduct of the Van Kampen Business as of the date of this Agreement.

     Section 3.17. Labor. None of the Transferred Entities is a party to or bound by any labor
agreement, union contract or collective bargaining agreement, and there are no labor unions or
other organizations representing any Van Kampen Business Employee, works councils or employee
representative bodies within the Transferred Entities or affecting the Van Kampen Business
Employees. Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a
Van Kampen Material Adverse Effect, each Transferred Entity and Seller and any other Affiliate of
Seller (in respect of the employment of any of the Van Kampen Business Employees) which employs any
Van Kampen Business Employee is or has been in compliance with all applicable Laws in respect of
employment and employment practices including all Laws in respect of terms and conditions of
employment, health and safety, employee independent contractor classifications, wages and hours of
work, child labor, immigration, employment discrimination, disability rights or benefits, equal
opportunity, plant closures and layoffs, affirmative action, workers’ compensation, labor
relations, employee leave issues, unemployment insurance and the collection and payment of
withholding or social security Taxes and any similar Tax. Since January 1, 2008, there has not
been, and there is not now pending or, to the Knowledge of Seller, threatened (a) any material
strike, lockout, slowdown, picketing or work stoppage with respect to the Van Kampen Business
Employees or (b) any unfair labor practice charge against the Van Kampen Business, in the case of
(b), that have had or resulted in or would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be
expected to have a Van Kampen Material Adverse Effect. None of the Van Kampen Business Employees
are employed in jurisdictions other than the United States, United Kingdom or Japan.

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     Section 3.18. Contracts. (a) Section 3.18(a) of the Seller Disclosure Schedule contains a
complete and correct list of all of the following Contracts in effect as of the date of this
Agreement pursuant to which the Van Kampen Business is conducted or otherwise primarily related to
the Van Kampen Business (other than any such Contracts of Seller or any of its Affiliates (other
than any Transferred Entity) relating to the Van Kampen Business or any Fund or pursuant to which
the Van Kampen Business or any Fund receives any benefit where such Contract is not an Assumed
Liability) (the “Specified Contracts”):

     (i) any Contract for the placement, distribution or sale of shares, units or other
ownership interests of a Fund that is reasonably expected to provide for payments to, or
provide for payments from, the Van Kampen Business in excess of $300,000 in 2009 or 2010,
other than, in each case, Contracts in respect of the Purchased Assets where such Contract
is not an Assumed Liability;

     (ii) any administration agreement or any other Contract for the provision of
administrative services that is reasonably expected to provide for payments to, or provide
for payments from, the Van Kampen Business in 2009 or 2010 in excess of $300,000 and by
its terms is not terminable without penalty upon notice of 60 days or less, other than, in
each case, Contracts in respect of the Purchased Assets where such Contract is not an
Assumed Liability;

     (iii) any other Contract, other than a Benefit and Compensation Arrangement and other
than Contracts in respect of the Purchased Assets where such Contract is not an Assumed
Liability, that is reasonably expected to provide for payments to, or provide for payments
from, the Van Kampen Business in excess of $300,000 in 2009 or 2010;

     (iv) any Contract prohibiting or restricting in any material respect the ability of
any Transferred Entity or the Van Kampen Business (or, following the Closing, Buyer and
its Affiliates) to conduct its business, to engage in any business, to solicit any Person,
to operate in any geographical area or to compete with any Person, that limits in any
material respect the freedom of any Transferred Entity or the Van Kampen Business (or,
following the Closing, Buyer and its Affiliates) to solicit or hire employees, or that
requires any Transferred Entity or the Van Kampen Business (or, following the Closing,
Buyer and its Affiliates) to deal exclusively with any Person;

     (v) any Contract for any joint venture, strategic alliance, partnership or similar
arrangement involving a sharing of profits or expenses or payments based on revenues,
profits or assets under management of any Affiliate of Seller or any Fund that is
reasonably expected to account for revenue to the Van Kampen Business in 2009 or 2010 in
excess of $300,000 on an annual (or annualized) basis or that

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would reasonably be expected to be material to the Van Kampen Business, taken as a
whole;

     (vi) any Contract relating to any Indebtedness of the Van Kampen Business in an
amount in excess of $500,000, other than: (A) any Indebtedness solely between Transferred
Entities; or (B) any Indebtedness for which the Van Kampen Business will not be liable
following the Closing;

     (vii) any Contract (including any so-called take-or-pay or keep well agreements)
under which (A) any Person has directly or indirectly guaranteed or assumed Indebtedness,
liabilities or obligations of the Van Kampen Business, or (B) the Van Kampen Business has
directly or indirectly guaranteed or otherwise agreed to be responsible for Indebtedness
or liabilities of any Person (other than any Transferred Entity);

     (viii) any Affiliate Arrangement that will be in effect after the Closing;

     (ix) any Contract, other than a Benefit and Compensation Arrangement, that provides
for earn-outs or other similar contingent obligations;

     (x) any Contract relating to the acquisition or disposition of any assets or business
(whether by merger, sale of stock, sale of assets or otherwise) with any outstanding
obligations as of the date of this Agreement that are or could be material to the Van
Kampen Business or containing any right of first refusal, right of first offer or similar
right;

     (xi) any Contract which contains (A) a “clawback” or similar undertaking by the Van
Kampen Business requiring the reimbursement or refund of any fees or (B) a “most favored
nation” or similar provision; and

     (xii) any other Contract not made in the ordinary course of business consistent with
past practice that is material to the Van Kampen Business.

     (b) Each (i) Specified Contract, (ii) Investment Advisory Arrangement which accounts for more
than $150,000 of revenue to the Van Kampen Business on an annualized basis and (iii) Contract that
contains key person provisions pertaining to Van Kampen Business Employees ((i), (ii) and (iii)
being the “Significant Contracts”) is in full force and effect, and is valid and binding on the
Transferred Entity that is a party thereto, and, to the Knowledge of Seller, on each other party
thereto, except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a
Van Kampen Material Adverse Effect. Seller has made available to Buyer prior to the date of this
Agreement a complete and correct copy of each Significant Contract, including all material
amendments,

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modifications and supplements thereto as in effect on the date of this Agreement. There
exists no breach, violation or default of any Significant Contract on the part of any Transferred
Entity or the Van Kampen Business which (with or without notice or lapse of time or both) would,
individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Van Kampen Material Adverse
Effect. No Transferred Entity or any of its Affiliates has received any written notice that it has
breached, violated or defaulted under, or of an intention to terminate, not to renew or to
challenge the validity or enforceability of any Significant Contract, except for any such breach,
violation, default, termination, failure to renew or challenge of which would not, individually or
in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Van Kampen Material Adverse Effect.

     (c) As of the date hereof, the Van Kampen Business has not entered into and is not bound by or
subject to any of the following:

     (i) other than investment management and distribution Contracts entered into in the
ordinary course of business consistent with past practice and standard indemnities
contained in the Organizational Documents for the Transferred Entities in favor of current
or former directors, officers and employees of the Van Kampen Business for operating in
that capacity, any Contract providing for the indemnification of any Person with respect
to liabilities that would reasonably be expected to result in aggregate indemnification
payments by the Van Kampen Business in excess of $250,000;

     (ii) other than Contracts entered into in the ordinary course of business consistent
with past practice, any type of Contract to cap fees, share fees or other payments, share
expenses, waive fees or to reimburse or assume any or all fees or expenses thereunder that
in any such case would be material to the Van Kampen Business, taken as a whole; or

     (iii) other than Contracts entered into in the ordinary course of business consistent
with past practice, any Contract requiring the Van Kampen Business (A) to co-invest with
any other Person, (B) to provide seed capital or similar investment or (C) to invest in
any investment product.

     (d) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, in no event shall
Specified Contracts include any Investment Advisory Arrangement.

     (e) Section 3.18(e) of the Seller Disclosure Schedule sets forth a list of all Investment
Advisory Arrangements that contain any “most favored nation” provisions.

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     (f) Section 3.18(f) of the Seller Disclosure Schedule sets forth a description of any “key
person” provision pertaining to Van Kampen Business Employees in any Contract.

     Section 3.19. Absence of Changes. Since June 30, 2009, (a) no event or events have occurred
or circumstance or circumstances have arisen or condition or conditions exist which has had or
would reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Van Kampen Material
Adverse Effect and (b) prior to the date of this Agreement, except, in the case of clause (i), for
any actions taken in connection with any transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any
Ancillary Agreement or any efforts to sell the Van Kampen Business (i) the Van Kampen Business has
been conducted in the ordinary course consistent with past practices of the Van Kampen Business and
(ii) no Transferred Entity has, and neither Seller nor any of its Subsidiaries has in connection
with the Van Kampen Business, taken any action that would be prohibited by Sections 5.01(b)(A),
5.01(b)(B), 5.01(b)(D), 5.01(b)(F), 5.01(b)(G), 5.01(b)(I), 5.01(b)(J), 5.01(b)(K), 5.01(b)(Q) or
5.01(b)(S) (but only with respect to actions prohibited by the subsections of 5.01(b) listed in
this clause) had such terms been applicable during such period.

     Section 3.20. Compliance with Laws. (a) Except with respect to Taxes (which is specifically
provided for in Section 3.13 and Article 8), in the past three years, the Van Kampen Business and
the Funds have complied with, and are currently in compliance with, and currently operate and
maintain their businesses in compliance with, all applicable Laws, except for such failures to
comply as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Van Kampen
Material Adverse Effect. No unresolved investigation by any Government Entity with respect to the
Van Kampen Business or the Funds is pending or, to the Knowledge of Seller, threatened, and no
Government Entity has notified Seller or its Subsidiaries (including any Transferred Entity) in
writing or, to the Knowledge of Seller, orally of its intention to conduct the same, except in any
such case, such investigations as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be
expected to have a Van Kampen Material Adverse Effect. None of Seller or its Subsidiaries (with
respect to the Van Kampen Business), the Transferred Entities or the Funds has received any written
or, to the Knowledge of Seller, oral notice or communication (i)of any unresolved violation or
exception by any Government Entity relating to any examination of the Van Kampen Business, (ii)
threatening to revoke or condition the continuation of any Permit or (iii)restricting or
disqualifying their activities (except for restrictions generally imposed by rule, regulation or
administrative policy on similarly regulated Persons generally), except in any such case, as would
not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Van Kampen Material Adverse
Effect.

     (b) Seller has made available to Buyer prior to the date of this Agreement correct and
complete copies of (i) each current Uniform Application for Investment Adviser Registration on Form
ADV as on file with the SEC as of

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the date of this Agreement relating to any of the Transferred Entities and including Part II
thereof (or a brochure in lieu thereof), reflecting all amendments thereto to the date of this
Agreement (each, a “Form ADV”), and (ii) the currently effective version of any other similar
applications, forms and filings that are material to the Van Kampen Business and required to be
filed with a Government Entity by any Transferred Entity or by Seller or its Subsidiaries with
respect to the Van Kampen Business under any applicable Law in connection with its business as an
investment adviser. Such applications, forms and filings are in compliance in all material
respects with the applicable requirements of the Investment Advisers Act and such other applicable
Laws, and the Van Kampen Business is in compliance in all material respects with applicable
requirements of the Investment Advisers Act and such other Laws applicable to the Van Kampen
Business as an investment adviser.

     (c) The Van Kampen Business and the Transferred Entities are in compliance in all material
respects with applicable requirements of the Commodity Exchange Act and the rules of the National
Futures Association. Except as would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the
aggregate, a Van Kampen Material Adverse Effect, (i) each Fund (or the Transferred Entity that is
the operator thereof) that is exempt from registration as a commodity pool operator under the
Commodity Exchange Act has filed an appropriate claim of exclusion or exemption to the extent
required and (ii) each Fund (or such operator thereof) (x) has filed all required documentation
with the National Futures Association and (y) conducts its business in compliance in all material
respects with applicable requirements of the Commodity Exchange Act and the rules of the National
Futures Association. Except as would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the
aggregate, a Van Kampen Material Adverse Effect, each Transferred Entity that is a commodity
trading advisor (“CTA”) as defined in the Commodity Exchange Act (i) has either filed an
appropriate claim of exemption or has registered as a CTA with the National Futures Association and
(ii) has filed all required documentation and conducts its business in compliance in all material
respects with applicable requirements of the Commodity Exchange Act and the rules of the National
Futures Association.

     (d) The Broker-Dealer is the only Transferred Entity registered as a broker or dealer under
the Exchange Act. The Broker-Dealer is duly registered under the Exchange Act as a broker-dealer
with the SEC, and is in compliance in all material respects with the applicable provisions of the
Exchange Act, including the net capital requirements and customer protection requirements thereof.
The Broker-Dealer is a member in good standing with FINRA and in compliance in all material
respects with all applicable rules and regulations of FINRA. Except as would not reasonably be
expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Van Kampen Material Adverse Effect, (i) the
Broker-Dealer is duly registered as a broker-dealer under, and in compliance with, the Laws of all
jurisdictions in which it is required to be so registered and (ii) each non-U.S. broker dealer that
is a Transferred Entity has all Permits and memberships, and operates in compliance with all
applicable Laws.

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     (e) Seller has made available to Buyer prior to the date of this Agreement correct and
complete copies of the Broker-Dealer’s Uniform Application for Broker-Dealer Registration on Form
BD filed since January 1, 2007 and through the date of this Agreement, reflecting all amendments
thereto filed with the SEC prior to and as of the date of this Agreement (a “Form BD”). The Form
BD of the Broker-Dealer is in compliance in all material respects with the applicable requirements
of the Exchange Act.

     (f) None of the Broker-Dealer, any other Transferred Entity required to be registered as a
broker-dealer or, to the Knowledge of Seller, any “associated person” of any such Person is subject
to a “statutory disqualification” as such terms are defined in the Exchange Act, and there is no
investigation pending or to the Knowledge of Seller threatened against any Transferred Entity,
whether formal or informal, that is reasonably likely to result in such a statutory
disqualification, except in either case for a “statutory disqualification” (or its equivalent under
any applicable state or foreign Law), that would not reasonably be expected to be material to such
broker-dealer.

     (g) No Seller, Subsidiary of Seller (including any Transferred Entity) or any of their
respective “affiliated persons” (as that term is defined in the Investment Company Act as
interpreted by the SEC or its equivalent under any applicable state or foreign Law) has any express
or implied understanding or arrangement that would impose an unfair burden on any ’40 Act Fund as a
result of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or would in any way make unavailable to
Seller the benefits of Section 15(f) of the Investment Company Act, or any similar safe harbors
provided by any applicable state or foreign Law, with respect to such Fund.

     (h) The Broker-Dealer and any Transferred Entity that is an investment adviser or an entity
required to be registered as a broker-dealer or an investment adviser with any Government Entity,
has, where required by applicable Law, adopted written policies and procedures that, in each case,
are reasonably designed to prevent, detect and correct any material violations under applicable
securities Laws. In the past three years, there has been no non-compliance by such Persons with
respect to the foregoing requirements or their own internal procedures and policies related to the
foregoing, other than those that have been satisfactorily remedied or would not reasonably be
expected to have a Van Kampen Material Adverse Effect.

     (i) In the past three years, Seller and its Subsidiaries and each of the Transferred Entities
have filed all regulatory reports, schedules, forms, registrations and other documents that relate
to the Van Kampen Business and the Transferred Entities, as applicable, together with any
amendments required to be made with respect thereto, that they were required to file with (i) any
applicable domestic or foreign Self-Regulatory Organization and (ii) all other applicable
Government Entities, and have paid all fees and assessments due and payable in

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connection therewith, except in any such case, such matters that would not reasonably be
expected to have a Van Kampen Material Adverse Effect.

     (j) All interest rate swaps, caps, floors, option agreements, futures and forward Contracts
and other similar risk management arrangements and derivative financial instruments in effect as of
the date of this Agreement or the Closing Date, other than arrangements and instruments of a de
minimis value, entered into by the Van Kampen Business, or for the account of one or more of the
Clients of the Van Kampen Business or any Transferred Entity, were entered into (i) to the extent
entered into for the account of such a Client, in accordance with investment guidelines,
prospectuses or offering memoranda applicable to such Client, (ii) in accordance in all material
respects with all applicable Laws and (iii) with counterparties as directed by the applicable
Client (where the Client so directs), in all cases except where failure to do so would not,
individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Van Kampen Material Adverse
Effect. Neither any Transferred Entity, the Van Kampen Business, nor, to the Knowledge of Seller,
any other party thereto is in material breach of any of its obligations under any such Contract.

     (k) As of the date hereof, none of the Transferred Entities (or Seller or its Subsidiaries
with respect to the Van Kampen Business), which is required to maintain a certain amount of
regulatory capital in accordance with applicable Law has any agreement, arrangement or
understanding with any Government Entity to increase its regulatory capital above the amount
required to be maintained as of the date of this Agreement.

     (l) To the Knowledge of Seller, except as not prohibited under applicable Law, in the past
three years, the Van Kampen Business has not offered or given anything of value to any official of
a Government Entity, any political party or official thereof, or any candidate for political office
(i) with the intent of inducing such Person to use such Person’s influence with any Government
Entity to affect or influence any act or decision of such Government Entity or to assist the
obtaining or retaining of business for, or with, or the directing of business to the Van Kampen
Business, or (ii) constituting a bribe, kickback or illegal or improper payment to assist the Van
Kampen Business in obtaining or retaining business for or with any Government Entity.

     Section 3.21. Assets Under Management; Investment Advisory Activities.

     (a) Prior to the execution of this Agreement, Seller has delivered to Buyer a list attached as
Exhibit J hereto, as of the Base Date (the “Base Revenue Schedule”), with respect to each Client of
the Van Kampen Business of:

     (i) the name of such Client (except as set forth in Section 3.21(a) of the Seller
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     (ii) the Adjusted Assets Under Management (calculated in accordance with clause (a)
of the definition of such term) of such Client as of the Base Date;

     (iii) the stated annualized fee rate payable to the Van Kampen Business by such
Client under the applicable Existing Advisory Agreement and the amount of any related fee
paid by such Client to any Person other than a Transferred Entity and, if such Client is a
Fund, the terms of any fee waivers, expense reimbursement (or assumption) arrangements and
unreimbursable payments being made by Seller or its Subsidiaries to brokers, dealers or
other Persons with respect to the distribution of shares of a Fund or to services provided
to its Fund holders;

     (iv) if such Client is a Fund, the rate and method of computation of any subadvisory,
administration or other fees payable to any Person (other than another Transferred Entity)
by a Seller Subsidiary with respect to such Fund;

     (v) the terms and methods of computation of any referral or servicing fees, if any,
payable by Seller or its Subsidiaries to any Person (other than a Transferred Entity) in
respect of such Client; and

     (vi) the Revenue Run-Rate in respect of such Client as of the Base Date.

     For purposes of this Section 3.21(a) and the Base Revenue Schedule, all natural persons and
investment vehicles of natural persons that invest through separately managed accounts opened
through the same broker-dealer or other financial institution shall be considered a single Client.

     (b) Each Existing Advisory Contract and any amendment, continuance or renewal thereof, in each
case, in effect as of the date of this Agreement, (i) has been duly authorized, executed and
delivered by a Transferred Entity and (ii) is a valid and legally binding agreement, enforceable
against the applicable Transferred Entity and, to the Knowledge of Seller, each other party
thereto, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium and
similar Laws of general applicability relating to or affecting creditors’ rights and to general
equity principles, except, in any such case, for such matters that would not reasonably be expected
to have a Van Kampen Material Adverse Effect. Other than reimbursement obligations pursuant to
Existing Advisory Agreements as in effect on the date hereof and included on the list referenced in
Section 3.21(a), none of Seller or its Affiliates has any arrangements or agreements with any of
the Funds pursuant to which Seller or any such Affiliate has agreed to pay, reimburse or otherwise
be responsible for any material expense of or material claims against any of the Funds.

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     (c) None of the Transferred Entities that is an investment adviser or any other Transferred
Entity Controlling or Controlled by such Transferred Entity or, with respect to the Van Kampen
Business, Seller or its Subsidiaries or, to the Knowledge of Seller, any other person “associated”
(as defined under the Investment Advisers Act) with any such Transferred Entity that is an
investment adviser, Seller or its Subsidiaries has been in the past three years or is subject to
disqualification pursuant to Section 203(e)-(f) of the Investment Advisers Act to serve as an
investment adviser or as an associated person of a registered investment adviser, except for any
such disqualification that would not reasonably be expected to be material to such Transferred
Entity or the Van Kampen Business, unless, in each case, such Transferred Entity, Person or
associated person has received exemptive relief from the SEC or any other applicable Government
Entity with respect to any such disqualification. Seller has made available to Buyer, prior to the
date of this Agreement, a copy of any exemptive order in respect of any such disqualification. As
of the date of this Agreement, there is no Legal Proceeding pending and served or, to the Knowledge
of Seller, threatened by any Government Entity against any of the Transferred Entities that would
result in any such disqualification, except for any such disqualification that would not reasonably
be expected to be material to such Transferred Entity. None of the Transferred Entities or, to the
Knowledge of Seller, any “affiliated person” (as defined under the Investment Company Act) thereof
has been in the past three years or is subject to disqualification as an investment adviser or
subject to disqualification to serve in any other capacity described in Sections 9(a) and 9(b) of
the Investment Company Act for an investment company registered under the Investment Company Act,
except for any such disqualification that would not reasonably be expected to be material to such
Transferred Entity, unless, in each case, such Person, as applicable, has received, to the
Knowledge of Seller, exemptive relief from the SEC or any other applicable Government Entity with
respect to any such disqualification. Seller has made available to Buyer, prior to the date of
this Agreement, a copy of any exemptive order or other relief issued by the SEC in respect of any
such disqualification. There is no Legal Proceeding pending and served or, to the Knowledge of
Seller, threatened by a Government Entity against any of the Transferred Entities that would result
in any such disqualification, except for any such disqualification that would not reasonably be
expected to be material to such Transferred Entity.

     (d) No Transferred Entity acting as a qualified professional asset manager (a “QPAM”) as
defined in Department of Labor Class Exemption 84-14 (“PTE 84-14”) prior to the Closing, any
affiliate thereof (as defined for purposes of PTE 84-14) or any direct or indirect owner of a 5% or
more interest in such Transferred Entity (as determined for purposes of PTE 84-14) has been
convicted of or released from imprisonment with respect to any felony or other crime that would
prevent such Transferred Entity from qualifying as a QPAM after the Closing.

     Section 3.22. Funds. (a) Organization. Each Fund has been duly organized and is validly
existing and in good standing under the Laws of the

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jurisdiction of its organization and has, and at all times in the past three years (or, if
later, since its launch date), had the requisite power, right and authority to carry on its
business as it is now (or was then) being conducted in each jurisdiction where it is organized or
listed on an exchange, except where such lack of such power, right or authority would not,
individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Van Kampen Material Adverse
Effect, and, with respect to a U.S. Fund either (i) is not required to register with the SEC as an
investment company under the Investment Company Act or (ii) is duly registered with the SEC as an
investment company under the Investment Company Act. Each Fund that is required to be registered
as a regulated fund or investment company under the Laws of any jurisdiction other than the United
States is so registered, other than any failure to be so registered that would not reasonably be
expected to have a Van Kampen Material Adverse Effect.

     (b) Fund Boards. Each of the ’40 Act Funds is governed by a board of trustees or board of
directors (if any) at least 75% of whom are not “interested persons” (as defined in the Investment
Company Act) of the investment adviser to such ’40 Act Fund (or, in the case of a ’40 Act Fund that
is a Sub-Advised Fund, of the Van Kampen Business sub-adviser to such Fund).

     (c) Compliance. (i) Each Fund has complied in the past three years (or, if later, since its
launch date) and is in compliance in all material respects with its investment policies and
restrictions, if any, as such policies and restrictions may be set forth in its offering or plan
documents (as they may be amended from time to time) and in applicable Laws, if any, and (ii) the
value of the Net Assets of each Fund has been determined in the past three years (or, if later,
since its launch date) and is being determined using portfolio valuation methods that comply in all
material respects with the methods described in its offering or plan documents, if any, and the
requirements of any applicable Laws, other than, in each case of (i) and (ii), any non-compliance
that would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Van Kampen
Material Adverse Effect. There is no Legal Proceeding pending and served on any Fund or, to the
Knowledge of Seller, threatened against any Fund except as would not reasonably be expected,
individually or in the aggregate, to have a Van Kampen Material Adverse Effect. There is no
material injunction, order, award, judgment, settlement, decree or regulatory restriction not
generally imposed on similarly situated investment funds imposed upon or entered into by any Fund.

     (d) Fund Financial Statements.

     (i) Seller has made available to Buyer, or directed Buyer to, prior to the date of
this Agreement copies of the financial statements for the most recently completed fiscal
year, to the extent that they exist, of each of the top 50 Funds of the Van Kampen
Business based on Net Assets as of June 30, 2009 (the “Fund Financial Statements”). Each
of the Fund Financial Statements for such top 50 Funds and all other Funds for such period
fairly presents in all material respects the results of

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operations and changes in Net Assets of the respective Fund as of the date thereof

     (ii) (A) The annual report to shareholders of each of the ’40 Act Funds with respect
to such ’40 Act Fund’s most recently completed fiscal year and all other documents filed
subsequent to such fiscal year end under Section 30(a) or 30(b) of the Investment Company
Act, in each case in the form filed with the SEC or delivered to shareholders (each, a
“’40 Act Fund Financial Report”), did not, as of their respective dates (without giving
effect to any amendment thereto filed after the date hereof) contain any untrue statement
of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or
necessary to make the statements made therein, in light of the circumstances under which
they were or are made, not misleading, and (B) each of the financial statements contained
in or incorporated by reference into the ’40 Act Fund Financial Reports (including the
related notes and schedules thereto) fairly presents in all material respects the
financial position of the entity or entities to which it relates as of its date, in
accordance with generally accepted accounting principles consistently applied, except in
each case as may be noted therein, subject to normal year-end audit adjustments in the
case of unaudited statements, except in the cases of clauses (A) and (B) for instances of
noncompliance that would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Van Kampen Material
Adverse Effect.

     (e) Principal Offering Documents for Funds. To the extent a prospectus, statement of
additional information or offering memorandum (“Prospectus”) is used as of the date of this
Agreement to offer shares or other interests in a Fund that is one of the top 50 Funds of the Van
Kampen Business based on Net Assets as of June 30, 2009, a copy of such Prospectus has been made
available to Buyer prior to the date of this Agreement. Each Prospectus used as of the date of
this Agreement to offer shares or other interests in a Fund has been prepared in compliance with
the requirements of applicable Laws, except for any failure to comply that would not, individually
or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Van Kampen Material Adverse Effect. In the
past three years, each Fund has timely filed all material Prospectuses, financial statements, other
forms, reports, sales literature and advertising, and any other documents required to be filed with
any applicable Government Entity (the “Reports”), except where the failure to timely file a Report
would not reasonably be expected to have a Van Kampen Material Adverse Effect. In the past three
years, the Reports have been prepared in compliance with the requirements of applicable Laws,
except for any failure to comply that would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be
expected to have a Van Kampen Material Adverse Effect.

     (f) Fund Shares and Other Interests. All issued and outstanding Fund shares and other
interests have been duly and validly issued, are fully paid and, unless otherwise required by
applicable Law, nonassessable, and were not issued

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in violation of preemptive or similar rights or applicable Law, except for such matters that
would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Van Kampen Material
Adverse Effect. In the past three years, all outstanding Fund shares and other Fund interests that
were required to be registered under the Securities Act have been sold in all material respects
pursuant to an effective registration statement filed thereunder (and, where applicable, under the
Investment Company Act) and are qualified in all material respects for sale, or an exemption from
any requirement to so qualify is in full force and effect, in each state and territory of the
United States and the District of Columbia and in any foreign jurisdiction to the extent required
under applicable Law and no such registration statement contained, as of its effective date, any
untrue statement of material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein
or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading or is subject to any stop order or
similar order restricting its use, other than, in each case, any failure to be registered or
qualified or exempt, any inclusion of an untrue statement of a material fact or any failure to
state a material fact that is required to be stated or any order restricting its use that would
not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Van Kampen Material Adverse
Effect.

     (g) Contracts. No Fund is party to or subject to any Contract which is in violation, breach
or event of default, or event or condition that, after notice or lapse of time or both, would
constitute a violation, breach or event of default thereunder, on the part of the Fund, or to the
Knowledge of Seller, any other Person, except for such matters that would not, individually or in
the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Van Kampen Material Adverse Effect. All investment
advisory services rendered to the Funds by the Transferred Entities have been rendered by them
pursuant to Contracts that were approved by the boards of the Funds and annually continued in
effect by such boards where such approval and annual continuances are required under applicable Law
and, to the extent required by applicable Law, the holders of shares of beneficial interest or of
common stock in each Fund, except for such matters that would not, individually or in the
aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Van Kampen Material Adverse Effect.

     (h) Policies and Procedures. Each ’40 Act Fund has written policies and procedures adopted
pursuant to Rule 38a-1 of the Investment Company Act that are reasonably designed to prevent,
detect and correct material violations of the Federal Securities Laws, as such term is defined in
Rule 38a-1(e)(1) under the Investment Company Act. In the past three years, there have been no
Material Compliance Matters, as such term is defined in Rule 38a-1(e)(2) under the Investment
Company Act, for any ’40 Act Fund, other than those which (i) have been reported to the applicable
Fund board (or in the case of a UIT Fund, the applicable depositor or principal underwriter) and
satisfactorily remedied or are in the process of being remedied or (ii) would not reasonably be
expected to have a Van Kampen Material Adverse Effect. Each Fund that is required to be registered
under any other applicable Law has, to the extent required by such other applicable Law, written
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prevent, detect and correct material violations of such applicable Law, and, in the past three
years, no such violations have been detected other than those that have been satisfactorily
remedied or are in the process of being remedied or would not reasonably be expected to have a Van
Kampen Material Adverse Effect. Section 3.22(h) of the Seller Disclosure Schedule sets forth a
true, correct and complete list of all strategies or plans currently contemplated by Seller or its
Affiliates with respect to the Funds to effect any merger or closure (or, in respect of the Funds
branded “Van Kampen” or any derivative thereof, re-branding of the Fund name) of, or any
replacement of the portfolio management team for, any Fund or other Client Investment Advisory
Arrangement, other than as contemplated by Section 7.05.

     (i) Proxy Solicitation Materials. Except to the extent it relates to Buyer, its Affiliates or
the Buyer Funds or includes information provided by Buyer, its Affiliates or the Buyer Funds
specifically for inclusion or incorporation by reference therein (to which extent no representation
by Seller is made) and except in the case of a Fund Merger Proxy Statement/Prospectus, the proxy
solicitation, or other consent solicitation, materials prepared by Seller or its Subsidiaries and
distributed to the investors in a Fund or to Advisory Clients in connection with the Assignment
Requirements will not, at the time of the mailing of such proxy, or other consent, materials or any
amendments or supplements thereto, or at the time of the shareholders or investors meeting held in
relation thereto, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit any material fact
required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading and will contain all information necessary
in order to make the disclosure of information therein satisfy the requirements of applicable Laws
in all material respects. None of the information supplied or to be supplied by or on behalf of
Seller, its Affiliates or the Seller Funds specifically for inclusion or incorporation by reference
in a Fund Merger Proxy Statement/Prospectus will, at the time of the mailing of such document or
any amendments or supplements thereto, or at the time of the shareholders or investors meeting held
in relation thereto, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material
fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.

     (j) Existing Advisory Contracts. Each Existing Advisory Contract subject to Section 15 of the
Investment Company Act has been duly approved, continued and at all times in the past three years
has been in compliance with the Investment Company Act, except for such matters that would not,
individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Van Kampen Material Adverse
Effect. Each such Existing Advisory Contract has been performed by the Van Kampen Business in the
past three years in accordance with its terms, except for such matters that would not, individually
or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Van Kampen Material Adverse Effect.

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     (k) Taxes. Section 3.22(k) of the Seller Disclosure Schedule sets forth with respect to each
Fund the intended classification of such Fund as:

     (i) a regulated investment company taxable under Subchapter M of Chapter 1 of the
Code and under any similar provisions of state or local Law in any jurisdiction in which
such Fund filed, or is required to file, a Tax Return;

     (ii) a partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes and any similar provisions of
state or local law in any jurisdiction in which such Fund filed or was required to file, a
Tax Return;

     (iii) a grantor trust taxable under Subchapter J of Chapter 1 of the Code and under
any similar provisions of state or local Law in any jurisdiction in which such Fund filed,
or is required to file, a Tax Return; or

     (iv) an entity organized under the laws of a foreign country that qualifies for the
special Tax treatment under the laws of such foreign country specified on Section 3.22(k)
of the Seller Disclosure Schedule with respect to such Fund;

and, to the Knowledge of Seller, each such Fund has qualified, for all taxable years since
its inception, to be so classified. Except as would not reasonably be expected to have a
Van Kampen Material Adverse Effect, each Fund (i) has duly and timely filed with the
appropriate Government Entity all material Tax Returns required to be filed and all such
Tax Returns are true, correct and complete in all material respects, (ii) has timely paid,
or withheld and paid over, all Taxes due or claimed to be due by any Government Entity or
with respect to Taxes not yet due and payable, made an adequate provision on its financial
statements in accordance with GAAP, IFRS or other relevant applicable accounting
principles, (iii) is in compliance with all applicable Laws regarding the filing,
solicitation, collection and maintenance of any forms, certifications and other
information required in connection with federal, state, local or foreign Tax reporting
requirements, (iv) that is intended to be a tax-exempt municipal bond fund has satisfied
the requirements of Section 852(b)(5) of the Code, and is qualified to pay exempt interest
dividends as defined therein, and (v) with variable insurance trust portfolios has
complied with the diversification requirements of Section 817 of the Code.

     Section 3.23. Advisory Clients. (a) In the past three years, each account of an Advisory
Client has been operated in compliance with the terms of the relevant Contract under which the Van
Kampen Business acts as an investment adviser or sub-adviser to, or manages any investment or
trading account of, such Advisory Client, except for such matters as would not reasonably be
expected to have a Van Kampen Material Adverse Effect.

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     (b) In the past three years, for each account of any Advisory Client maintained by the Van
Kampen Business or any Fund, and in both cases only where the Van Kampen Business is responsible
for pricing, there has existed no unremedied “out of balance” condition, pricing error or similar
condition, except for such matters as would not reasonably be expected to have a Van Kampen
Material Adverse Effect.

     (c) The Transferred Entities that are investment advisers registered under the Investment
Advisers Act have adopted and implemented procedures or practices for the allocation of securities
purchased for its Advisory Clients that comply with the Investment Advisers Act and other
applicable Law in all material respects.

     Section 3.24. Product Performance Record. (a) The Van Kampen Business currently maintains
the investment management performance composites listed in Section 3.24 of the Seller Disclosure
Schedule (the “Composites”), which schedule also lists the legal entity that maintains each such
Composite. The performance history of the Composites is accurate and complete and has been
prepared in accordance with the Global Investment Performance Standards (“GIPS”) in all material
respects. All of the investment decision makers responsible for the investment performance
reflected in the Composites who are currently employed by Seller or its Affiliates are Van Kampen
Business Employees, and the Van Kampen Business will own, and Seller will not object to the Van
Kampen Business’s use of, all Composites following the Closing. Seller and its Affiliates have
taken commercially reasonable actions necessary for the continued use of the Composites by the Van
Kampen Business following the Closing in compliance with GIPS. The Van Kampen Business claims
firm-wide compliance with GIPS.

     (b) All performance information provided by the Van Kampen Business to potential Clients in
the past three years has been presented in a GIPS compliant manner and constitutes a GIPS compliant
performance presentation or in a presentation that complies in all material respects with the GIPS
advertising guidelines, as appropriate.

     (c) In the past three years, the GIPS compliance of the Van Kampen Business has undergone
verification completed by Ernst & Young for the annual period ending December 31, 2006, and such
verification has been provided or made available to Buyer.

     (d) The Van Kampen Business maintains all documentation necessary to form the basis for,
demonstrate or recreate the calculation of the performance or rate of return of all accounts that
the Van Kampen Business includes in a Composite as required by GIPS to support the claim of GIPS
compliance by the Van Kampen Business in all material respects.

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     (e) In the past three years, there has been no investment performance presented by the Van
Kampen Business that was earned outside the Van Kampen Business.

     Section 3.25. ERISA Compliance. To the extent any Transferred Entity or the Seller and its
Subsidiaries, on behalf of the Van Kampen Business, has acted as a fiduciary (within the meaning of
ERISA) with respect to the assets of any Client that is (i) an “employee benefit plan” (as defined
in Section 3(3) of ERISA) that is subject to Title I of ERISA, (ii) a Person acting on behalf of
such a plan or (iii) any Person whose assets are “plan assets” within the meaning of Department of
Labor Regulation Section 2510.3-101, such Person has acted in compliance with the applicable
requirements of ERISA, except for any failure to act in compliance as would not, individually or in
the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Van Kampen Material Adverse Effect. To the extent
any such Person has relied upon any statutory or administrative exemption from the prohibited
transaction rules of Section 406 of ERISA and Section 4975 of the Code with respect to the Van
Kampen Business, such Person is eligible to rely on such exemption and has satisfied the
requirements of such exemption, except for any failure to be so eligible or to so satisfy as would
not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Van Kampen Material Adverse
Effect.

     Section 3.26. Property. (a) The Van Kampen Business does not own any real property or
interests therein.

     (b) The Transferred Entities have valid leasehold interests in all leased real property and
assets reflected on the Balance Sheet or acquired after the Balance Sheet Date. None of such
property is subject to any Encumbrance, except for Permitted Encumbrances or Encumbrances which do
not materially detract from the value or materially interfere with any present or intended use of
such property or assets.

     (c) All leases of such real property are in good standing and are valid, binding and
enforceable in accordance with their respective terms and there is not under any such lease any
existing default by one of the Transferred Entities or, to the Knowledge of Seller, any other party
thereto, or any event which with notice or lapse of time or both would constitute such a default
and the Transferred Entities have not received any notice of default under any lease which has not
been cured or waived, except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected
to have a Van Kampen Material Adverse Effect. Section 3.26(c) of the Seller Disclosure Schedule
sets forth a list of all leased, subleased or licensed real properties of the Van Kampen Business
or to which a Transferred Entity is a party as of the date hereof.

     Section 3.27. Sufficiency of Assets. Assuming replacement by Buyer (or, as applicable,
continued effectiveness) of all Contracts described in Section 3.06 of the Seller Disclosure
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provided pursuant to the terms of the Ancillary Agreements (other than the Agreement and Plan
of Merger), and those services and operations that are being assumed upon Closing by Buyer pursuant
to the Conversion Plan, (a) the Purchased Assets and the assets, properties and rights owned by the
Transferred Entities, taken together, are in all material respects sufficient (i) for the conduct
of the Van Kampen Business immediately following the Closing in substantially the same manner as
currently conducted and (ii) to provide the services as currently provided by the Seller and its
Affiliates in connection with the Van Kampen Business in all material respects, and (b) there are
no material assets, properties or rights used in the conduct of the Van Kampen Business as
presently conducted which are not owned, leased or licensed by the Transferred Entities other than
the Purchased Assets.

     Section 3.28. Finders’ Fees. There is no investment banker, broker, finder or other
intermediary that has been retained by or is authorized to act on behalf of Seller or any of its
Affiliates who would be entitled to any fee or commission from any Person (other than Seller or one
of its Affiliates other than a Transferred Entity) in connection with this Agreement, any of the
Ancillary Agreements or the transactions contemplated hereunder and thereunder.

     Section 3.29. Insurance. Section 3.29 of the Seller Disclosure Schedule sets forth a true,
correct and complete list and a brief description of all material insurance policies in force on
the date hereof with respect to the business and assets of the Van Kampen Business (other than the
Purchased Assets). The Transferred Entities maintain, or Seller or one of its Subsidiaries
maintains on behalf of the portion of the Van Kampen Business owned by them, such worker’s
compensation, comprehensive property and casualty, liability, errors and omissions, directors’ and
officers’, fidelity and other insurance as they may be required to maintain under applicable Laws.
Seller and its Subsidiaries (with respect to the Van Kampen Business) and the Transferred Entities
have complied in all material respects with the terms and provisions of such policies and bonds.
The Van Kampen Business is insured against such losses and risks and in such amounts as are
customary in the businesses in which they are engaged.

     Section 3.30. Affiliate Arrangements. Other than ordinary course Contracts, liabilities or
obligations that will not survive the Closing by virtue of Section 7.04, there is no material
Contract, liability or obligation (whether or not evidenced by a writing) between a Transferred
Entity, on the one hand, and Seller or any of its Affiliates (other than the Transferred Entities),
on the other hand (any such Contract, liability or obligation, an “Affiliate Arrangement”).

     Section 3.31. Inspections; No Other Representations. Seller is an informed and sophisticated
purchaser, and has engaged expert advisors, experienced in the evaluation and investment in
companies such as Buyer as contemplated hereunder. Seller has undertaken such investigation and
has been provided with and has evaluated such documents and information as it has deemed necessary
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respect to the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement. Seller agrees to accept
the Aggregate Equity Consideration based upon its own inspection, examination and determination
with respect thereto as to all matters, and without reliance upon any express or implied
representations or warranties of any nature made by or on behalf of or imputed to Buyer, except as
expressly set forth in this Agreement. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, Seller
acknowledges that Buyer makes no representation or warranty with respect to (i) any projections,
estimates or budgets delivered to or made available to Seller of future revenues, future results of
operations (or any component thereof), future cash flows or future financial condition (or any
component thereof) of Buyer and its Subsidiaries or the future business and operations of Buyer and
its Subsidiaries or (ii) any other information or documents made available to Seller or its
counsel, accountants or advisors with respect to Buyer or its Subsidiaries or their respective
businesses or operations, except as expressly set forth in this Agreement.

     Section 3.32. Filings. None of the information regarding Seller, any of its Affiliates or
any Fund supplied or to be supplied by Seller, any of its Affiliates or any Fund in writing
specifically for inclusion in any application, filing or other document to be filed by Buyer, its
Subsidiaries or a Buyer Fund with any Government Entity in connection with the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement will, at the respective times such documents are filed with any such
Government Entity, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact
required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.

ARTICLE 4

Representations and Warranties of Buyer

     Subject to Section 13.11, except as set forth in the Buyer Disclosure Schedule, Buyer
represents and warrants to Seller as of the date of this Agreement and as of the Closing Date as
follows:

     Section 4.01. Organization and Qualification. Buyer is a company duly incorporated, validly
existing and in good standing under the Laws of Bermuda. Buyer has the requisite corporate power
and authority to carry on its business as conducted as of the date of this Agreement and to own,
lease and operate all of its properties and assets, in all material respects as conducted, owned,
leased or operated as of the date of this Agreement. Buyer is duly qualified to do business in
each jurisdiction in which the nature of its business or the character or location of the
properties and assets owned, leased or operated by it makes such qualification necessary other than
any failure to be so qualified that would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be
expected to have a Buyer Material Adverse Effect. Buyer has made available to Seller, prior to the
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Agreement, complete and correct copies of the Organizational Documents of Buyer as in effect
on the date of this Agreement.

     Section 4.02. Capitalization. (a) The authorized capital stock of Buyer as of the date of
this Agreement consists of 1,070,000,000 shares divided into (i) 1,050,000,000 shares of Buyer
Stock and (ii) 20,000,000 undesignated shares. As of October 15, 2009, there were (i) 427,916,244
shares of Buyer Stock issued and outstanding, (ii) no undesignated shares, (iii) employee stock
options to purchase an aggregate of 18,952,728 shares of Buyer Stock, all of which were fully
vested and exercisable, (iv) 19,431,039 shares of unvested Buyer Stock issuable pursuant to Buyer’s
equity compensation plans, (v) 2,214,492 unvested performance based share awards, and (vi) other
rights to purchase an aggregate of 188,170 shares of Buyer Stock outstanding pursuant to Buyer’s
equity compensation plans and arrangements.

     (b) All outstanding shares of capital stock of Buyer have been, and all shares that may be
issued pursuant to any employee stock option or other equity compensation award or equity
compensation plan or arrangement will be, when issued in accordance with the respective terms
thereof, duly authorized and validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable and free of preemptive
rights. As of October 15, 2009, except as set forth in Section 4.02(a), there are no outstanding
(i) shares of capital stock or other voting securities or equity ownership interests in Buyer or
(ii) Equity Rights under which Buyer is or may become obligated to issue, deliver, redeem, purchase
or sell, or cause to be issued, delivered, redeemed, purchased or sold, or in any way dispose of,
any shares of its capital stock or other equity interests, or any securities or obligations that
are exercisable or exchangeable for, or convertible into, any shares of its capital stock or other
equity interests, and no securities or obligations evidencing such rights are authorized, issued or
outstanding. As of October 15, 2009, Buyer did not have any (x) outstanding Indebtedness that
could convey to any Person the right to vote, or that is convertible into or exercisable for
capital stock or other equity interests of Buyer or (y) rights that entitle or convey to any Person
the right to vote with the holders of capital stock of Buyer on any matter. As of October 15,
2009, the outstanding capital stock and other equity interests of Buyer were not subject to any
Contract restricting or otherwise relating to the voting, dividend rights or disposition of such
capital stock or other equity interests. As of October 15, 2009, there were no outstanding or
authorized phantom stock, profit participation or similar rights providing economic benefits based,
directly or indirectly, on the value or price of the capital stock or other equity interests of
Buyer.

     Section 4.03. Corporate Authorization. (a) Buyer has full corporate power and authority to
execute and deliver this Agreement and each of the Ancillary Agreements to which it is or will be a
party and to perform its obligations hereunder and thereunder and to consummate the transactions
contemplated hereunder and thereunder. The execution, delivery and performance by Buyer of this
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it is or will be a party, and each of the transactions contemplated hereunder (including the
Merger) and thereunder, have been duly and validly authorized, and no additional corporate or
shareholder authorization or consent is required in connection with the execution, delivery and
performance by Buyer of this Agreement and each Ancillary Agreement or any of the transactions
contemplated hereunder or thereunder.

     (b) The board of directors of Merger Subsidiary has approved and declared advisable this
Agreement, the Agreement and Plan of Merger and the transactions contemplated hereby (including the
Merger) and has resolved to recommend approval and adoption of this Agreement and the Agreement and
Plan of Merger (including the Merger) by the sole stockholder of Merger Subsidiary. The sole
stockholder of Merger Subsidiary has approved and adopted this Agreement and the Agreement and Plan
of Merger (including the Merger). No other corporate proceedings on the part of Merger Subsidiary
or its sole stockholder are necessary to approve this Agreement, the Agreement and Plan of Merger
or to consummate the Merger or other transactions contemplated hereby.

     Section 4.04. Consents and Approvals. Other than in connection with (i) the HSR Act or any
other Antitrust Laws, (ii) any applicable banking, securities or other financial services Laws of
any banking commission or any securities or other financial services regulator, (iii) the filing of
a certificate of merger with respect to the Merger with the Delaware Secretary of State,
(iv) filings with the NYSE and compliance with any applicable requirements of the Securities Act,
the Exchange Act and any other applicable state or federal securities laws or (v) such other Laws,
in each case of (i) through (v), that are set forth on Section 4.04 of the Buyer Disclosure
Schedule (the matters covered under clauses (i) through (v) above, collectively, the “Buyer
Required Approvals”), Buyer and its Affiliates are not required to obtain any authorization,
waiver, consent or approval of, make any filing or registration with, or give any notice to, any
Government Entity or to obtain any Permit in connection with the execution, delivery and
performance by Buyer of this Agreement or the execution, delivery and performance by Buyer and its
Affiliates of each of the Ancillary Agreements to which Buyer or any of its Affiliates is or will
be a party or the consummation by Buyer or its Affiliates of any of the transactions contemplated
hereunder (including the Merger) or thereunder, other than any authorization, waiver, consent,
approval, filing, registration notice or Permit, the failure of which to obtain, make or give would
not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Buyer Material Adverse
Effect. As of the date hereof, Buyer is not aware of any reason why any Buyer Required Approvals
will not be received in order to permit the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby.

     Section 4.05. Non-Contravention. The execution, delivery and performance by Buyer of this
Agreement and by Buyer and its Affiliates of each of the Ancillary Agreements to which Buyer or any
of its Affiliates is or will be a party, and the consummation by Buyer and its Affiliates of the
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contemplated hereunder and thereunder, do not and will not (i) conflict with or violate any
provision of the Organizational Documents of Buyer or any of its Affiliates, (ii) assuming the
receipt of all consents, approvals, waivers and authorizations and the making of the notices and
filings referred to in Section 4.04, conflict with, or result in the breach of, or constitute a
default under, or result in the termination, Encumbrance, cancellation, modification or
acceleration of any right or obligation of Buyer or any of its Affiliates under, or give rise to
any payment conditioned, in whole or in part, on approval or consummation of the transactions
contemplated hereby, or result in a loss of any benefit to which Buyer or any of its Affiliates is
entitled, with or without the giving of notice, the lapse of time or both, under any Contract or
other agreement or instrument binding upon Buyer or any of its Affiliates or to which the property
of Buyer or any of its Affiliates is subject or (iii) assuming the receipt of all consents,
approvals, waivers and authorizations and the making of notices and filings (A) referred to in
Section 4.04 or (B) required to be received or made by any of the Transferred Entities or by Seller
of any of its Affiliates, violate or result in a breach of or constitute a default under any Law to
which Buyer or any of its Affiliates is subject or under any Permit of Buyer or any of its
Affiliates, other than, in the case of clauses (ii) and (iii), any conflict, breach, default,
termination, Encumbrance, cancellation, modification, acceleration or loss that would not,
individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Buyer Material Adverse Effect
(excluding, for this purpose only, clause (H) of the definition of Material Adverse Effect).

     Section 4.06. Binding Effect. Assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery of this
Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements by Seller (or, in the case of the Ancillary Agreements,
Seller or an Affiliate of Seller), this Agreement constitutes, and each Ancillary Agreement when
executed and delivered will constitute, a valid and legally binding obligation of Buyer (or, in the
case of the Ancillary Agreements, of Buyer or an Affiliate of Buyer) enforceable against Buyer or
such Affiliate in accordance with its terms, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent
transfer, reorganization, moratorium and similar Laws of general applicability relating to or
affecting creditors’ rights and to general equity principles.

     Section 4.07. Aggregate Equity Consideration. The Aggregate Equity Consideration, when
issued to Seller pursuant to this Agreement, shall be validly issued, fully paid, non-assessable
and free and clear of any Encumbrance (other than restrictions on transfer which arise under
applicable securities Laws or under this Agreement) and shall not have been issued in violation of
any preemptive rights.

     Section 4.08. SEC Matters. (a) Buyer has filed or furnished, as applicable, on a timely
basis all forms, statements, certifications, reports and documents required to be filed, furnished
or submitted by it with the SEC under the Exchange Act or the Securities Act in the last three
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years and those filed or furnished subsequent to the date hereof including any amendments
thereto, the “Buyer SEC Reports”). Each of the Buyer SEC Reports, at the time of its filing or
being furnished or submitted, complied in all material respects with the applicable requirements of
the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, and any rules and regulations promulgated thereunder
applicable to the Buyer SEC Reports, except for such noncompliance that would not, individually or
in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Buyer Material Adverse Effect. As of their
respective dates (or, if amended prior to the date of this Agreement, as of the date of such
amendment) the Buyer SEC Reports did not, and, with respect to Buyer SEC Reports filed or furnished
after the date hereof will not, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a
material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements made therein, in
light of the circumstances in which they were made (or will be made), not misleading.

     (b) Buyer is in compliance in all material respects with the applicable listing and corporate
governance rules and regulations of the NYSE.

     (c) Buyer has established and maintained disclosure controls and procedures required by
Exchange Act Rules 13a-14 and 15d-14, except as disclosed in the Buyer SEC Reports. Such
disclosure controls and procedures are adequate and effective to ensure that information required
to be disclosed by Buyer, including information relating to its consolidated Affiliates, is
recorded and reported on a timely basis to its chief executive officer and chief financial officer
by others within those entities.

     (d) Each of the consolidated financial statements of Buyer and its Subsidiaries contained in
the Buyer SEC Reports filed in respect of periods from and after December 31, 2007 (the “Buyer
Financial Statements”), together with related schedules and notes, presents fairly, in conformity
with GAAP applied on a consistent basis (except as may be indicated in the notes thereto), the
consolidated financial position of Buyer and its consolidated Subsidiaries at the dates indicated
and their consolidated results of operations and cash flows for the periods specified (subject to
normal year-end adjustments in the case of any unaudited interim financial statements).

     Section 4.09. Absence of Undisclosed Liabilities. There are no liabilities or obligations of
Buyer or its Subsidiaries (whether known, absolute, accrued, contingent or otherwise and whether
due or to become due), except for (a) liabilities or obligations to the extent reflected or
reserved against on the last balance sheet included in the Buyer Financial Statements (the “Buyer
Balance Sheet”), (b) liabilities or obligations that were incurred by Buyer or its Subsidiaries as
a result of this Agreement or any Ancillary Agreement, (c) liabilities or obligations incurred in
the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice since the date of the Buyer Balance
Sheet or (d) other undisclosed liabilities which have not had, and would not reasonably be expected
to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Buyer Material Adverse Effect.

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     Section 4.10. Absence of Certain Changes. Since June 30, 2009, except as set forth in
Buyer’s SEC reports, (i) no event has occurred or circumstance arisen or condition existed which
has had or would reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Buyer Material
Adverse Effect and (ii) prior to the date of this Agreement, except, in the case of clause (a), for
any actions taken in connection with any transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any
Ancillary Agreement, (a) each of Buyer and its Affiliates has conducted its business in the
ordinary course of business consistent with past practice and (b) neither Buyer nor any of its
Affiliates has taken any action that would be prohibited by the terms of Section 6.01(b) had such
terms been applicable during such period.

     Section 4.11. Financial Capability. Buyer has, or will have at the Closing, funds sufficient
to pay the amounts (including the Aggregate Cash Consideration) required to be paid under Article 2
and to pay all related fees and expenses.

     Section 4.12. Investment Purpose. Buyer is acquiring the interests in the Transferred
Entities for its own account solely for the purpose of investment and not with a view to, or for
sale in connection with, any distribution thereof in violation of the Securities Act or state
securities or “blue sky” Law, or with any present intention of distributing or selling such
interests in violation of any such Law. Buyer has requested, received, reviewed and considered all
information that Buyer deems relevant in making an informed decision to acquire the Transferred
Entities, and has had an opportunity to discuss the business, management and financial affairs of
the Transferred Entities with management of the Van Kampen Business and also had an opportunity to
ask questions of officers of Seller or its Affiliates (including the Transferred Entities) that
were answered to Buyer’s satisfaction; provided that such inquires do not impair the rights of
Buyer to rely on the representations and warranties of Seller as set forth in Article 3. Buyer
understands that Seller is relying on the statements contained herein to establish an exemption
from registration under U.S. federal and state securities Laws. Buyer acknowledges that the
interests in the Transferred Entities are not registered under the Securities Act and that the
interests in the Transferred Entities may not be transferred, sold or otherwise disposed of except
pursuant to the registration provisions of the Securities Act or pursuant to an applicable
exemption therefrom and pursuant to Laws and regulations of other jurisdictions as applicable.

     Section 4.13. Investment Advisory Activities. None of Buyer or any of its Affiliates that is
an investment adviser subject to the Investment Advisers Act (a “Buyer Adviser”) or, to the
Knowledge of Buyer, any other person “associated” (as defined under the Investment Advisers Act)
with Buyer or any such Affiliate has been in the past three years or is subject to disqualification
pursuant to Sections 203(e)-(f) of the Investment Advisers Act to serve as an investment adviser or
as an associated person of a registered investment adviser, except for any such disqualification
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Buyer or such Buyer Adviser, unless, in each case, Buyer, such Affiliate or associated person
has received exemptive relief from the SEC or any other applicable Government Entity with respect
to any such disqualification. As of the date of this Agreement, there is no Legal Proceeding
pending and served or, to the Knowledge of Buyer, threatened by any Government Entity against any
of Buyer or the Buyer Advisers that would result in any such disqualification, except for any such
disqualification that would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a
Buyer Material Adverse Effect. None of Buyer or the Buyer Advisers or, to the Knowledge of Buyer,
any “affiliated person” (as defined under the Investment Company Act) thereof has been in the past
three years or is subject to disqualification as an investment adviser or subject to
disqualification to serve in any other capacity described in Sections 9(a) and 9(b) of the
Investment Company Act for an investment company registered under the Investment Company Act,
except for any such disqualification that would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably
be expected to have a Buyer Material Adverse Effect, unless, in each case, such Person, as
applicable, has received, to the Knowledge of Buyer, exemptive relief from the SEC or any other
applicable Government Entity with respect to any such disqualification. There is no Legal
Proceeding pending and served or, to the Knowledge of Buyer, threatened by a Government Entity
against any of Buyer or the Buyer Advisers that would result in any such disqualification, except
for any such disqualification that would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be
expected to have a Buyer Material Adverse Effect.

     Section 4.14. Information in Proxy and Consent Solicitation Materials. None of the
information supplied or to be supplied by or on behalf of Buyer, its Affiliates or the Buyer Funds
specifically for inclusion or incorporation by reference in the proxy solicitation, or other
consent solicitation, materials distributed to the investors in a Fund or to Advisory Clients in
connection with the Assignment Requirements will, at the time of the mailing of such proxy, or
other consent, materials or any amendments or supplements thereto, or at the time of the
shareholders or investors meeting held in relation thereto, contain any untrue statement of a
material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make
the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.
Except to the extent it relates to Seller, its Affiliates or the Seller Funds or with respect to
information provided by Seller, its Affiliates or the Seller Funds specifically for inclusion or
incorporation by reference therein (to which extent no representation by Buyer is made), each Fund
Merger Proxy Statement/Prospectus will not, at the time of the mailing of such document or any
amendments or supplements thereto, or at the time of the shareholders or investors meeting held in
relation thereto, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit any material fact
required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading and will contain all information necessary
in order to make the disclosure of information therein satisfy the requirements of applicable Laws
in all material respects.

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     Section 4.15. Section 15(f) of the Investment Company Act. None of Buyer or any of its
respective “interested persons” (as that term is defined under applicable provisions of the
Investment Company Act and interpreted by the SEC) has any express or implied understanding or
arrangement which would impose an “unfair burden” (as such term is used in Section 15(f) of the
Investment Company Act) on any of the ‘40 Act Funds for purposes of Section 15(f) of the Investment
Company Act as a result of the transactions contemplated hereby or which would in any way cause
Section 15(f) of the Investment Company Act to be unavailable to Seller.

     Section 4.16. Filings. None of the information regarding Buyer, any of its Affiliates or any
Buyer Fund supplied or to be supplied by Buyer, any of its Affiliates or any Buyer Fund in writing
for inclusion in any application, filing or other document to be filed with any Government Entity
in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement will, at the respective times
such documents are filed with any such Government Entity, contain any untrue statement of a
material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order
to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not
misleading.

     Section 4.17. Compliance with Laws. In the past three years, Buyer, its Subsidiaries and the
Buyer Funds have complied with, are currently in compliance with, and currently operate and
maintain their businesses in compliance with, all applicable Laws, except for such failures to
comply as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Buyer
Material Adverse Effect. No unresolved investigation by any Government Entity with respect to any
of Buyer, its Subsidiaries or the Buyer Funds is pending or, to the Knowledge of Buyer, threatened,
and no Government Entity has notified Buyer or any of its Subsidiaries in writing or, to the
Knowledge of Buyer, orally of its intention to conduct the same, except, in any such case, such
investigations as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a
Buyer Material Adverse Effect. None of Buyer or its Affiliates or the Buyer Funds has received any
written or, to the Knowledge of Buyer, oral notice or communication (i) of any unresolved
violation or exception by any Government Entity, (ii) threatening to revoke or condition the
continuation of any Permit or (iii) restricting or disqualifying their activities (except for
restrictions generally imposed by rule, regulation or administrative policy on similarly regulated
Persons generally), except in any such case, as would not, individually or in the aggregate,
reasonably be expected to have a Buyer Material Adverse Effect.

     Section 4.18. Finders’ Fees. Except for fees that will be paid by Buyer, there is no
investment banker, broker, finder or other intermediary that has been retained by or is authorized
to act on behalf of Buyer or any of its Affiliates who might be entitled to any fee or commission
from Buyer or any of its Affiliates in connection with the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement or any Ancillary Agreement.

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     Section 4.19. Legal Proceedings. As of the date of this Agreement, there is no Legal
Proceeding pending against, or to the Knowledge of Buyer, threatened against, or affecting Buyer or
any of its Affiliates that challenges the validity or enforceability of this Agreement or seeks to
enjoin or prohibit consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. There is no
Legal Proceeding pending against, or to the Knowledge of Buyer, threatened against, or affecting
Buyer or any of its Affiliates, except for any such Legal Proceeding that would not, individually
or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Buyer Material Adverse Effect.

     Section 4.20. Material Contracts. (a) Neither Buyer nor any of its Subsidiaries is party to
or bound by any Contract that is a “material contract” (as such term is defined in Item 601(b)(10)
of Regulation S-K of the SEC) that has not been filed with the SEC in accordance with applicable
Law (each of the foregoing, a “Material Contract”).

     (b) Each Material Contract is valid and binding and in full force and effect and, to Buyer’s
knowledge, enforceable against the other party or parties thereto in accordance with its terms
(except as enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization,
moratorium, fraudulent transfer and similar laws of general applicability relating to or affecting
creditors’ rights or by general equity principles). Except for breaches, violations or defaults
which would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Buyer Material
Adverse Effect, neither Buyer nor any of its Subsidiaries, nor to Buyer’s knowledge any other party
to a Material Contract, has violated any provision of, or taken or failed to take any act which,
with or without notice, lapse of time, or both, would constitute a default under the provisions of
such Material Contract, and neither Buyer nor any of its Subsidiaries has received written notice
that it has breached, violated or defaulted under any Material Contract.

     Section 4.21. Antitakeover Statutes. No antitakeover or similar statute or regulation or
provision of the Organizational Documents of Buyer applies or purports to apply to this Agreement,
any Ancillary Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby. No “control share
acquisition,” “fair price,” “moratorium” or other antitakeover laws or any comparable provision of
the Organizational Documents of Buyer apply to this Agreements, the Ancillary Agreement or the
transactions contemplated hereby or thereby.

     Section 4.22. Certain Tax Matters. (a) Neither Buyer nor any of its Affiliates has taken or
agreed to take any action, or is aware of any fact or circumstance relating to Buyer or a
Transferred Entity after Closing, that could reasonably be expected to prevent the Merger from
qualifying as a 368 Reorganization. This Section 4.22 shall not be applicable if Seller has made
an Alternative Transaction Structure Election pursuant to Section 7.11.

     (b) Buyer (i) if the acquisition were to occur on the date hereof, would satisfy the “active
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Kampen set forth in Treas. Reg. Section 1.367(a)-3(c)(1)(iv), and does not have any plan or
intention to take any action that would be reasonably expected to result in such test failing to be
satisfied at the Closing Date, (ii) to its knowledge, was not a “passive foreign investment
company” under Section 1297 of the Code (a “PFIC”) for the year ending December 31, 2008, and, to
its knowledge, does not reasonably expect to be a PFIC for the years ending December 31, 2009 or
December 31, 2010, and (iii) to its knowledge, is not currently a “controlled foreign corporation”
under Section 957 of the Code, and is not aware of any facts or circumstances that would be
reasonably expected to result in Buyer becoming such a corporation. Clause (i) of this Section
4.22(b) shall not be applicable if Seller has made an Alternative Transaction Structure Election
pursuant to Section 7.12.

ARTICLE 5

Covenants of Seller

     Section 5.01. Conduct of the Van Kampen Business.

     Seller agrees that:

     (a) From the date of this Agreement to and through the earlier of the Closing and the
termination of this Agreement in accordance with its terms, except (i) as set forth in Section
5.01(a) of the Seller Disclosure Schedule, (ii) as otherwise expressly contemplated by this
Agreement, (iii) as required by any applicable Law or (iv) with Buyer’s prior consent in writing
(which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed), Seller shall and shall
cause its Subsidiaries (including the Transferred Entities) to conduct the Van Kampen Business in
the ordinary course consistent with past practice in all material respects and use reasonable best
efforts to (x) preserve intact its material business and operations and preserve intact its
material rights, franchises, goodwill and relationships with the Funds (including the boards of
directors and shareholders thereof), any applicable Government Entity and its Advisory Clients and
other material clients, customers, lessors, suppliers and others with whom it does business and (y)
keep available the services of the Van Kampen Business Employees.

     (b) Without limiting the generality of Section 5.01(a), from the date of this Agreement to and
through the earlier of the Closing and the termination of this Agreement in accordance with its
terms, except (i) as set forth in the corresponding subsection of Section 5.01(b) of the Seller
Disclosure Schedule, (ii) as otherwise expressly contemplated by this Agreement, (iii) as required
by any applicable Law, (iv) with Buyer’s prior consent in writing (which consent shall not be
unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed), Seller shall not, and shall cause its Subsidiaries
(including the Transferred Entities) and the Van Kampen Business not to, do any of the following
with respect to the Van Kampen Business:

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     (A) sell, lease, license (other than ordinary course intellectual property
licenses), transfer, pledge, convey, assign, mortgage or otherwise dispose of
any material rights, properties or assets, tangible or intangible, of the Van
Kampen Business, other than (1) obsolete or non-used assets or rights or
properties or assets with a net book value not in excess of $1,000,000 in the
aggregate or (2) any dividend or distribution (or declaration thereof) to or by
any Transferred Entity (other than dividends or distributions of Deferred Assets
or any non-current assets);

     (B) other than transactions between or among Transferred Entities, issue,
sell, deliver, pledge, transfer, dispose of or encumber (1) any equity interests
or capital stock of or other equity or voting interest in any Transferred Entity
or (2) any Equity Rights in respect of, securities convertible into,
exchangeable for or evidencing the right to subscribe for or acquire either any
securities convertible into or exchangeable for, or evidencing the right to
subscribe for or acquire, any shares of the capital stock of, or other equity or
voting interest in, any Transferred Entity or make any other changes in the
capital structure of any Transferred Entity;

     (C) other than in the ordinary course of business consistent with past
practice, amend, cancel, waive, modify, transfer or otherwise dispose of or
permit to lapse any material Intellectual Property Rights used in connection
with the Van Kampen Business or grant any material license or other material
rights thereunder to any Person;

     (D) except as required by Law, the terms of any Benefit and Compensation
Arrangement in effect as of the date of this Agreement or as set forth in
Section 5.01(b)(iv)(D)(1)(y) of the Seller Disclosure Schedule, (1) increase or
agree to increase the compensation of any Van Kampen Business Employee, other
than (x) with respect to 2009, payment of incentive compensation in the ordinary
course of business consistent with past practice and (y) with respect to 2010,
salary increases in the ordinary course of business consistent with past
practice for Van Kampen Business Employees with the title below Vice President,
(2) materially increase or agree to materially increase any pension, welfare,
retirement allowance, severance or other employee benefits under any Benefit and
Compensation Arrangement, (3) convert a Benefit and Compensation Arrangement
into an Assumed Benefit and Compensation Arrangement (other than with respect to
an employment agreement, offer letter or similar individual Contract of an
individual who becomes a Van Kampen Business Employee that is set forth on
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Seller Disclosure Schedule), (4) amend or terminate any Benefit and
Compensation Arrangement, to the extent that such amendment or termination would
primarily result in a material benefit or material detriment to the Van Kampen
Business Employees, or amend or terminate any Assumed Benefit and Compensation
Arrangement, (5) (I) establish or adopt any Benefit and Compensation Arrangement
or (II) enter into or adopt any new change in control or severance agreement,
arrangement, plan or policy, in the case of any item in clause (I) or (II), for
the primary benefit of, or with, any Van Kampen Business Employees or (6) grant
or agree to grant any award to any Van Kampen Business Employee (other than any
new hire whose annual compensation does not exceed $300,000), or accelerate the
time of vesting or payment of any award held by any Van Kampen Business
Employee, under any Assumed Benefit and Compensation Arrangement;

     (E) (1) hire any person who would be a Van Kampen Business Employee or
individual independent contractor of a Transferred Entity, other than any
individual hired to replace a terminated employee (and then only if such
replacement employee would not have annual compensation in excess of $300,000
and is hired to work at the same location as the terminated employee) or
(2) terminate any Van Kampen Business Employee with annual compensation in
excess of $300,000 except under circumstances that constitute cause or due to
misconduct reasonably deemed by Seller to be detrimental to Seller or any of its
Affiliates or (3) except as set forth in Section 5.01(b)(iv)(E)(3) of the Seller
Disclosure Schedule, promote, transfer or reassign any Van Kampen Business
Employee;

     (F) (1) commence or pay, discharge, settle or satisfy any Legal Proceedings
except settlements involving only monetary remedies with a value not in excess
of $2,000,000 for any individual Legal Proceeding or $10,000,000 in the
aggregate, other than the commencement of any such Legal Proceeding in the
ordinary course of business consistent with past practice or (2) waive or
release any material rights or claims, or agree or consent to the issuance of
any injunction, decree, order or judgment restricting or otherwise affecting its
business or operations;

     (G) make or incur any capital expenditures requiring payments in excess of
$1,000,000 individually or $5,000,000 in the aggregate;

     (H) (1) enter into any Contract between Seller or any of its Affiliates, on
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the other hand, (2) enter into a Contract containing a “most favored
nation” provision which could be applicable to Buyer and its Affiliates
(excluding ordinary course “most favored nation” provisions only applicable to
the Transferred Entities) following the Closing, (3) amend any existing Contract
in a manner to provide that a “most favored nation” provision contained therein
would have a similar effect, (4) except in the ordinary course of business
consistent with past practice, materially amend, modify, terminate, renew or
cancel any Significant Contract or enter into any new Contract that would be a
Significant Contract if in existence as of the date hereof, or (5) enter into
any Contract prohibiting or restricting the ability of the Van Kampen Business
(or, following the Closing, Buyer and its Affiliates) to conduct its business,
to engage in any business, to solicit any Person, to operate in any geographical
area or to compete with any Person, that limits the freedom of the Van Kampen
Business (or, following the Closing, Buyer and its Affiliates) to solicit or
hire employees, or that requires the Van Kampen Business (or, following the
Closing, Buyer and its Affiliates) to deal exclusively with any Person;

     (I) amend in any material respect any provision of any Organizational
Document of any Transferred Entity or of any term of any outstanding security
issued by any Transferred Entity;

     (J) other than acquisitions of assets or securities in the ordinary course
of business consistent with past practice, merge or consolidate with any other
Person or acquire (by merger, consolidation, purchase of assets or equity
interests or otherwise) any businesses, assets, properties, or interests in any
other Person;

     (K) adopt a plan of complete or partial liquidation, dissolution,
restructuring, recapitalization or other reorganization, in each case with
respect to any Transferred Entity;

     (L) (1) other than pursuant to short-term borrowings under facilities in
existence as of the date hereof and set forth on Section 3.18(a)(vi) of the
Seller Disclosure Schedule in the ordinary course of the UIT Fund business
consistent with past practice, incur, assume or guarantee any Indebtedness that
will remain outstanding following the Closing (2), cancel or waive any claims
under any material Indebtedness or amend or modify in any material respect the
terms relating to any such Indebtedness, (3) other than in the ordinary course
of business consistent with past practice, assume, guarantee, endorse or
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Person, or (4) other than in the ordinary course of business consistent
with past practice make any material loans or advances;

     (M) other than in the ordinary course of business consistent with past
practice, reduce the amount of insurance coverage or fail to renew any material
existing insurance policies of the Transferred Entities;

     (N) materially amend, terminate or allow to lapse any material Permit;

     (O) form, organize or sponsor any Fund except (1) as contemplated by or
consistent with the current business plans of the Van Kampen Business as
previously delivered to Buyer or (2) in the ordinary course of business
consistent with past practice;

     (P) take any action that would prevent any Fund which is required to be
registered with the SEC or comparable regulatory or self-regulatory authority of
any jurisdiction as a pooled investment vehicle from qualifying as a “regulated
investment company” under Section 851 of the Code or comparable pass-through
regime in any other applicable jurisdiction to the extent such status is
intended in such Fund’s constituent documents or marketing materials;

     (Q) make any material changes in its methods, practices, principles or
policies of financial accounting, except as may be required under GAAP and
approved in writing by Seller’s independent public accountants;

     (R) take any action that, if taken after the Closing without Buyer’s
consent, would constitute a breach of Section 7.15 (it being understood that,
for purposes of this Section 5.01(b)(iv)(R), Buyer may withhold, condition or
delay its consent in its sole discretion); or

     (S) authorize or enter into any Contract or commitment with respect to any
of the foregoing.

     Section 5.02. Access to Information; Presentment of Audited and Unaudited Financial
Statements. (a) From the date hereof until the Closing Date, Seller will (i) give Buyer, its
counsel, financial advisors, auditors and other authorized representatives reasonable access to the
offices, properties, personnel, books and records of Seller and its Subsidiaries relating to the
Van Kampen Business, (ii) furnish to Buyer, its counsel, financial advisors, auditors and other
authorized representatives such financial and operating data and other information relating to the
Van Kampen Business as such Persons may reasonably request and (iii) instruct the employees,
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Subsidiaries to cooperate with Buyer in its investigation of the Van Kampen Business. Any
investigation pursuant to this Section 5.02(a) shall be conducted in such manner as not to
interfere unreasonably with the conduct of the business of Seller and its Subsidiaries. No
information or knowledge obtained in any investigation pursuant to this Section 5.02(a) shall
affect or be deemed to modify any representation or warranty made by any party hereunder. In
addition to the foregoing, Seller will deliver or cause to be delivered to Buyer at, or promptly
after, Closing all books, records and other documents (or copies thereof) relating to the Van
Kampen Business (or, in the case of books, records or other documents that relate to the Van Kampen
Business and to matters unrelated to the Van Kampen Business, shall deliver or cause to be
delivered copies of all books, records or other documents to the extent relating to the Van Kampen
Business) that are not in the possession of the Transferred Entities as of the Closing and that are
reasonably necessary to the continuing operation of the Van Kampen Business, including such
materials relating to the portion of the Van Kampen Business conducted in connection with the
Purchased Assets and Assumed Liabilities.

     (b) From and after the Closing Date, upon reasonable notice and subject to applicable Laws
relating to the exchange of information, Seller will promptly provide Buyer and its agents
reasonable access to its books of account, financial and other records (including accountant’s work
papers), information, employees and auditors to the extent reasonably necessary for Buyer in
connection with Buyer’s preparation of its annual and periodic public financial reporting
obligations (including Annual Reports on Form 10-K, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and Current
Reports on Form 8-K), any audit, investigation relating to the Van Kampen Business, dispute or
litigation relating to the Van Kampen Business or any other reasonable business purpose relating to
the Van Kampen Business including to the extent reasonably necessary to permit Buyer to determine
any matter relating to its rights and obligations hereunder or to any period ending on or before
the Closing Date; provided that any such access by Buyer shall not unreasonably interfere with the
conduct of the business of Seller. No information or knowledge obtained in any investigation
pursuant to this Section 5.02(b) shall affect or be deemed to modify any representation or warranty
made by any party hereunder.

     (c) In furtherance of the obligations of Seller set forth in Section 5.02(b), Seller shall, at
Seller’s expense, in respect of the Van Kampen Business (for the avoidance of doubt, including the
Purchased Assets and Assumed Liabilities):

     (i) No later than 15 Business Days prior to the Closing Date, provide Buyer with:

     (A) an audited combined balance sheet as of December 31, 2008 and
accompanying notes for the foregoing, prepared in accordance with GAAP, together
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(except for qualifications relating to any Accounting Policies) audit
report of Seller’s independent accountants, with respect to such financial
statements;

     (B) quarterly unaudited combined balance sheet as of June 30, 2009, and
income statements for the periods ending March 31, June 30 and September 30,
2009, prepared in accordance with GAAP; and

     (C) annual unaudited combined balance sheet as of December 31, 2009 and
related unaudited combined statements of income and cash flows for the year
ended December 31, 2009 and accompanying notes for the foregoing, prepared in
accordance with GAAP.

     (ii) No later than May 15, 2010, provide Buyer with annual audited combined balance
sheet as of December 31, 2009 and related audited combined statements of income and cash
flows for the year ended December 31, 2009 and accompany notes for the foregoing, prepared
in accordance with GAAP, together with an unqualified audit report of Seller’s independent
accountants, with respect to such financial statements.

     (iii) No later than the earlier of (i) 45 days after the Closing Date or (ii) ten
days before the SEC filing deadline for the first Annual Report on Form 10-K or Quarterly
Report on Form 10-Q, as the case may be, that Buyer is required to file with the SEC
following the Closing Date, provide Buyer with:

     (A) one or more quarterly unaudited combined balance sheets as of the end
of each calendar quarter ending after December 31, 2009, and one or more income
statements for each such quarter, prepared in accordance with GAAP; and

     (B) an unaudited combined income statement for the period commencing since
the last calendar quarter covered by the income statements to be provided
pursuant to clause (A) and ending as of the Closing Date, prepared in accordance
with GAAP.

     (d) Notwithstanding the foregoing, Buyer shall not have access to (i) materials entitled to
legal privilege (or which could jeopardize the attorney-client privilege of Seller or its
Affiliates), (ii) personnel records of Seller or its Subsidiaries (including the Transferred
Entities) relating to individual performance or evaluation records, medical histories or other
information which in Seller’s good faith opinion is sensitive or the disclosure of which could
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(iii) other information which in Seller’s good faith opinion could reasonably be expected to
subject Seller or its Subsidiaries to liability. The parties shall endeavor in good faith to make
appropriate substitute disclosure arrangements, if practicable, in a manner that does not give rise
to any of the circumstances referred to in the preceding sentence.

     (e) Notwithstanding the foregoing, access to information with respect to Tax matters shall be
provided as designated in Section 8.07.

     Section 5.03. Transfer Restrictions. (a) Subject to the restrictions on Transfer imposed by
applicable Law and this Section 5.03, Seller and its Affiliates are permitted to Transfer any and
all shares of the Aggregate Equity Consideration at any time.

     (b) Seller shall not, and shall cause its Affiliates not to, Transfer any shares of the
Aggregate Equity Consideration:

     (i) (A) in one or more transactions in which any Person or “group” (within the
meaning of Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act) purchases 2.5% or more of the outstanding
shares of Buyer Stock (for the avoidance of doubt, after giving effect to the conversion
of the Equivalent Buyer Preferred Stock into Buyer Stock upon Transfer) or (B) to any
Person or “group” (within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act) who, after
giving effect to such Transfer, would, to the knowledge of Seller after reviewing the most
recent filings with respect to ownership of Buyer Stock by third parties on any of
Schedules 13D or 13G or Form 13F under the Exchange Act, beneficially own 10% or more of
the outstanding shares of Buyer Stock; provided that the foregoing restrictions in clauses
(A) and (B) shall not apply to any Transfer of such shares in connection with open market
sales at prevailing market prices obtainable at the time of such transfer through brokers
in transactions on the NYSE (including such sales under Rule 144); or

     (ii) on any given day in an amount greater than 20% of the average daily trading
volume of Buyer Stock for the 20-day period immediately preceding the date of such
Transfer; provided that the foregoing restriction shall not apply to underwritten
offerings of Buyer Stock.

     As used herein, “Transfer” means any direct or indirect offer, sale, lease, assignment,
encumbrance, pledge, hypothecation, disposition or other transfer (by operation of Law or
otherwise), either voluntary or involuntary, or entry into any contract, option or other
arrangement or understanding with respect to any offer, sale, lease, assignment, encumbrance,
pledge, hypothecation, disposition or other transfer (by operation of Law or otherwise), of any
capital stock or interest in any capital stock; provided, that a merger, amalgamation, plan of
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constituent corporation (or otherwise a party including, for the avoidance of doubt, a
transaction pursuant to which a Person acquires all or a portion of Seller’s outstanding capital
stock, whether by tender or exchange offer, by share exchange, or otherwise) shall not be deemed to
be the Transfer of any Buyer Stock or Equivalent Buyer Preferred Stock, as the case may be,
provided that the primary purpose of any such transaction is not to avoid the provisions of this
Agreement and that the successor or surviving Person to such a merger, amalgamation, plan of
arrangement or consolidation or similar business combination transaction, if not Seller, expressly
assumes all obligations of Seller under this Agreement. For purposes of this Agreement, the term
Transfer shall include the sale of an Affiliate of Seller or Seller’s interest in an Affiliate
which owns any Buyer Stock or Equivalent Buyer Preferred Stock, as the case may be, unless such
Transfer is in connection with a merger, amalgamation, plan of arrangement or consolidation or
similar business combination transaction referred to in the first proviso of the previous sentence.

     (c) Any certificates for shares of the Aggregate Equity Consideration issued pursuant to this
Agreement or issued subsequent to the Closing Date as a result of any transfer of such shares or
any stock dividend, stock split or other recapitalization shall bear a legend or legends (and
appropriate comparable notations or other arrangements will be made with respect to any
uncertificated shares) referencing restrictions on transfer of such shares under the Securities Act
and under this Agreement which legend shall state in substance:

“The securities evidenced by this certificate have been issued
and sold without registration under the United States
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), or
the securities laws of any state of the United States (a
“State Act”) in reliance upon certain exemptions from
registration under said acts. The securities evidenced by
this certificate cannot be sold, assigned or otherwise
transferred within the United States unless such sale,
assignment or other transfer is (1) made pursuant to an
effective registration statement under the Securities Act and
in accordance with each applicable State Act or (2) exempt
from, or not subject to, the Securities Act and each
applicable State Act. If the proposed sale, assignment or
other transfer within the United States will be made pursuant
to clause (2) above, the holder must, prior to such sale,
assignment or other transfer, furnish to the issuer such
certifications, legal opinions and other information as the
issuer may reasonably require to determine that such sale,
assignment or other transfer is being made in accordance with
such clause.

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The securities evidenced by this certificate are subject to
restrictions on transfer set forth in a Transaction Agreement
dated October 19, 2009 between Morgan Stanley and Invesco
Ltd.”

Notwithstanding the foregoing, the holder of any certificate(s) for shares of the Aggregate Equity
Consideration shall be entitled to receive from Buyer new certificates for a like number of shares
not bearing such legend (or the elimination or termination of such notations or arrangements) upon
the request of such holder at (x) such time as such restrictions are no longer applicable, and (y)
with respect to the restriction on transfer of such shares under the Securities Act, delivery of an
opinion of counsel to such holder, which opinion is reasonably satisfactory in form and substance
to the Buyer and its counsel, that the restriction referenced in such legend (or such notations or
arrangements) is no longer required for purposes of applicable securities Law.

     Section 5.04. Standstill. (a) Subject to Section 5.04(b), from the Closing Date until the
second anniversary of the Closing Date (the “Standstill Period”), Seller shall not, and shall not
permit any of its Subsidiaries (or any successor to Seller, whether by merger, consolidation, share
exchange or other business combination transaction), directly or indirectly, to, without Buyer’s
prior written consent, (i) acquire, agree to acquire, propose or offer to acquire, or facilitate
the acquisition or ownership of, any Buyer Stock, other than as provided for in this Agreement, or
any other securities or assets of Buyer or any of its Subsidiaries, (ii) deposit any shares of
Buyer Stock in a voting trust or similar arrangement or subject any shares of Buyer Stock to any
voting agreement, pooling arrangement or similar arrangement, or grant any proxy with respect to
any shares of Buyer Stock to any Person or “group” (within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) of the
Exchange Act) (other than Buyer or a Person specified by Buyer in a proxy card provided to Seller
by or on behalf of Buyer), (iii) enter, agree to enter, propose or offer to enter into or
facilitate any merger, business combination, recapitalization, restructuring, change in control
transaction or other extraordinary transaction involving the Buyer or any of its Subsidiaries,
(iv) make, or in any way participate or engage in, any “solicitation” of “proxies” (as such terms
are used in the proxy rules of the SEC) to vote, or seek to advise or influence any person with
respect to the voting of, any voting securities of Buyer or its Subsidiaries, (v) call, or seek to
call, a meeting of the shareholders of Buyer or initiate any shareholder proposal for action by
shareholders of Buyer, (vi) form, join or in any way participate in a “group” (within the meaning
of Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act) with respect to any voting securities of Buyer, (vii)
otherwise act, alone or in concert with others, to seek to Control or influence the management or
the policies of Buyer, (viii) disclose any intention, plan or arrangement prohibited by, or
inconsistent with, the foregoing or (ix) advise, assist or encourage or enter into any discussions,
negotiations, agreements or arrangements with any other persons in connection with the foregoing.
Seller further agrees that, during the Standstill Period, neither Seller nor any of its Affiliates
(nor any Person acting on behalf of or in concert with Seller or any of its Affiliates) shall,
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of Buyer, (x) request Buyer, directly or indirectly, to amend or waive any provision of this
Section 5.04(a) (including this sentence) or (y) take any action that might require Buyer to make a
public announcement regarding the possibility of a business combination, merger or other type of
transaction described in this Section 5.04(a) with Seller or any of its Affiliates

     (b) The restrictions contained in Section 5.04(a) shall not apply to any brokerage, investment
advisory, financial advisory, anti-raid advisory, merger advisory, financing, proprietary and third
party asset management, derivatives transactions, investment activities, insurance service and
activities, trading, market making, underwriting, arbitrage or other similar activities conducted
by Seller or any of its Affiliates in the ordinary course of their respective businesses; provided
that the purpose of any such action by such parties is not to avoid the provisions of Section
5.04(a).

     Section 5.05. Non-Solicitation of Alternative Transactions. (a) Unless and until this
Agreement will have been terminated in accordance with its terms, Seller shall not, and Seller
shall cause its Affiliates not to, and shall cause its and its Affiliates’ officers, directors,
employees, investment bankers, attorneys, accountants, consultants or other agents or advisors not
to, directly or indirectly, (i) solicit, initiate or take any action to facilitate or encourage the
submission of any proposal to acquire or purchase any capital stock of, or merger consolidation,
combination, sale of assets, reorganization or similar transaction involving the Transferred
Entities or the Van Kampen Business, (ii) enter into or participate in any discussions or
negotiations with or authorize any financial advisor or other Person to solicit or participate in
discussions or negotiations with, furnish any non-public information relating to the Van Kampen
Business (other than as to the existence of these provisions) or afford access to the business,
employees, properties, assets, books or records of the Van Kampen Business to, otherwise knowingly
cooperate in any way with, or knowingly assist, participate in, facilitate or encourage any effort
by any Person other than Buyer and its Affiliates to make such a proposal, (iii) enter into any
agreement with any party other than the Buyer and its Affiliates with respect to such a proposal,
or (iv) authorize any of the foregoing actions.

     (b) Seller shall, and shall cause its Affiliates, to immediately terminate and cause to be
terminated any and all existing discussions or negotiations with any Persons (other than Buyer and
its Affiliates) conducted heretofore with respect to any of the foregoing actions described in
Section 5.04(a). Seller shall, and shall cause its Affiliates to, enforce their respective rights
under, and shall not, release any third party from, the confidentiality and standstill provisions
of any agreement to which Seller or its Affiliates is a party with respect to a potential sale of
capital stock of, or merger, consolidation, combination, sale of assets, reorganization or similar
transaction involving the Transferred Entities or the Van Kampen Business and shall promptly take
all steps necessary to terminate any approval that may have been heretofore given under any such
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     Section 5.06. Resignations. On or prior to the Closing Date, Seller will deliver to Buyer
the resignations (with effect as of Closing) from their positions with any Transferred Entity of
all officers of any Transferred Entity who will be employed by Seller or any of its Affiliates
after the Closing Date.

     Section 5.07. Non-Solicit. (a) In order to induce Buyer to enter into the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement, Seller hereby covenants and agrees that from the date hereof until
the second anniversary of the Closing Date, it will not, and it shall cause its Subsidiaries not
to, directly or indirectly, solicit (including through internal job postings) or hire, or assist in
the hiring of, or otherwise engage or assist in engaging any employee of the Van Kampen Business as
of the Closing Date; provided that, solely with respect to the two-year period after the Closing
Date (and not the period prior thereto) general, non-targeted advertising (other than through
internal job postings) or the use of an independent search firm that contacts employees of the Van
Kampen Business without direction or advice by Seller or its Subsidiaries shall not be deemed to be
direct or indirect solicitations, and any person not solicited in violation hereof may be hired by
Seller; provided further that, during such two-year period, notwithstanding the foregoing proviso,
in no event shall Seller or its Subsidiaries hire (i) any Executive Director of any Transferred
Entity or the Van Kampen Business who provides distribution services or (ii) any managing director
of any Transferred Entity or the Van Kampen Business. The foregoing prohibition shall not apply to
any employee whose employment has been terminated by a Transferred Entity, Buyer or any of their
respective Affiliates after the Closing.

     (b) It is the intent of the parties to this Agreement that the provisions of this Section 5.07
shall be enforced to the fullest extent permissible under the Laws and public policies applied in
each jurisdiction in which enforcement is sought. If any particular provision or portion of this
Section 5.07 shall be adjudicated to be invalid or unenforceable, such provision or portion thereof
shall be deemed amended to the minimum extent necessary to render such provision or portion valid
and enforceable, such amendment to apply only with respect to the operation of such provision or
portion in the particular jurisdiction in which such adjudication is made.

     (c) The parties acknowledge that damages and remedies at Law for any breach of this Section
5.07 would be inadequate and that Buyer shall be entitled to specific performance and other
equitable remedies (including an injunction) and such other relief as a court or tribunal may deem
appropriate in addition to any other remedies Buyer may have in the event of a breach of this
Section 5.07.

     Section 5.08. Regulatory Capital; Other Cash in the Business. (a) Seller shall take such
actions as may be required to ensure that, as of the Closing, and after taking into consideration
any dividends or distributions by the Transferred Entities and any settlement of intercompany
arrangements, the Broker-Dealer has stockholder’s equity equal to at least $46 million (and such
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equivalents as may be required under Section 5.08(c) and referred to in the last sentence
thereof).

     (b) In furtherance and not in limitation of the foregoing, Seller shall identify those
current assets and current liabilities of the Transferred Entities that can be validly assigned and
assumed at the Closing by it or one of its Subsidiaries, and, subject to Buyer’s agreement as to
the current assets being assigned and current liabilities being assumed, Seller and the Transferred
Entities shall effect such transaction at the Closing pursuant to an assignment and assumption
agreement that is in form and substance acceptable to both Seller and Buyer; provided that the
parties understand and agree that the asset described on Section 5.08(b) of the Seller Disclosure
Schedule shall be transferred to Seller or an Affiliate of Seller pursuant to this Section,
including the long-term portion thereof (and these items will be excluded for purposes of the
calculations required by clauses (iv) and (v) of Section 5.08(c)). Seller and Buyer shall
cooperate and use their respective reasonable best efforts to reach agreement on mechanisms to
effect an assignment and assumption of all current assets and current liabilities of the
Transferred Entities as of the Closing Date (subject to any regulatory restrictions in relation to
the Broker-Dealer).

     (c) Seller shall take such actions as may be required to ensure that, as of the Closing, and
after taking into account any dividends or distributions by the Transferred Entities, any
settlement of intercompany arrangements, accounts and balances pursuant to Section 7.04 and any
assignment of current assets and assumption of current liabilities of the Transferred Entities by
Seller or a Subsidiary of Seller that may be effected pursuant to Section 5.08(b), the Transferred
Entities hold cash and cash equivalents (except to the extent this calculation results in a
negative number) in an amount that is at least equal to (i) $28,000,000 plus (ii) the 2009 Deferred
Compensation Amount plus (iii) the 2010 Compensation Accrual plus (iv) an amount equal to the
excess (if any) of the current liabilities of the Van Kampen Business reflected on the Closing
Balance Sheet over the current assets of the Van Kampen Business reflected on the Closing Balance
Sheet (excluding, in the case of this calculation, the entire current portion (if any) of the 2009
Deferred Compensation Amount and the 2010 Compensation Accrual) minus (v) an amount equal to the
excess (if any) of the current assets of the Van Kampen Business reflected on the Closing Balance
Sheet over the current liabilities of the Van Kampen Business reflected on the Closing Balance
Sheet (excluding, in the case of this calculation, the entire current portion (if any) of the 2009
Deferred Compensation Amount and the 2010 Compensation Accrual) plus (vi) an amount equal to the
excess (if any) of the long term liabilities of the Van Kampen Business reflected on the Closing
Balance Sheet constituting compensation, retirement and/or benefits expenses for the Transferred
Employees over the long term liabilities of the Van Kampen Business reflected on the Balance Sheet
constituting compensation, retirement and/or benefits expenses for the Transferred Employees
(excluding, in the case of this calculation, the entire long-term portion of the 2009 Deferred
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results from such long term liabilities of which Seller was aware as of the date hereof and
which would have been required to be reflected on a balance sheet prepared as of the date hereof in
accordance with GAAP; provided that, when calculating the amount of cash and cash equivalents that
are required to be held by the Transferred Entities under this Section 5.08(c) (or paid to Seller
pursuant to the next sentence), all calculations with respect to the Closing Balance Sheet shall
exclude (1) all cash or cash equivalents required to be retained by the Van Kampen Business
pursuant to Section 5.08(a) or this Section 5.08(c), (2) all Tax assets and liabilities (including
deferred Tax assets and liabilities) and (3) the Van Kampen Seed Capital and the Deferred Assets.
Further, if the calculation required by the prior sentence results in a negative number, then Buyer
shall make a payment in that amount to Seller at Closing. For all purposes of this Section
5.08(c), the term “Transferred Entities” shall not include the Broker Dealer, except that, in
partial satisfaction of its obligations under this Section 5.08(c), Seller shall be entitled to
leave cash and cash equivalents with the Broker-Dealer in an aggregate amount that is equal to the
portions of the 2009 Deferred Compensation Amount and the 2010 Compensation Accrual (as determined
in accordance with this Section 5.08 and the definitions thereof) that have accrued on the balance
sheet of the Broker-Dealer in respect thereof as the date of the Closing Balance Sheet.

     (d) For purposes of the Closing, references above to Closing Balance Sheet shall be deemed
references to the Estimated Closing Balance Sheet. Promptly following the finalization of the
Closing Balance Sheet pursuant to Section 5.08(e), the cash amount required to be held by the
Transferred Entities (or paid to Seller) under Section 5.08(c) shall be re-calculated based on the
Closing Balance Sheet. If the cash amount as so re-calculated would result in a greater cash
amount being required hereunder to be held by the Transferred Entities, Seller shall promptly pay
such difference to Buyer. If the cash amount as so re-calculated would result in a lesser cash
amount being required hereunder to be held by the Transferred Entities, Buyer shall promptly pay
such difference to Seller. If a payment was made to Seller pursuant to the terms of Section
5.08(c), then payments will be similarly made to Buyer or Seller, as appropriate, based on any such
re-calculation. Any payment pursuant to this Section 5.08(d) shall be made at a mutually
convenient time and place within 10 days after the finalization of the Closing Balance Sheet, by
delivery by Buyer or Seller, as the case may be, in immediately available funds by wire transfer to
an account of such receiving party with a bank designated by such receiving party. The amount of
any payment to be made pursuant to this Section shall bear interest from and including the Closing
Date to but excluding the date of payment at a rate per annum equal to the Treasury Rate. As used
herein, “Treasury Rate” shall mean the applicable interest rate payable on United States Treasury
obligations with a maturity date most closely corresponding to the applicable payment period, as of
the end of such period. Such interest shall be payable at the same time and in the same manner as
the payment to which it relates and shall be calculated daily on the basis of a year of 365 days
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     (e) In connection with the foregoing:

     (i) Not later than five Business Days prior to the Closing Date, Seller shall cause
to be prepared and delivered to Buyer an estimated combined balance sheet of the Van
Kampen Business prepared on a basis that the Closing was effective as of the month end
prior to the Closing Date (or, in the event the Closing Date is expected to occur in the
first five days of a month, the preceding month end) (the “Estimated Closing
Balance Sheet”). The Estimated Closing Balance Sheet shall be prepared in the same manner
as the Closing Balance Sheet, except for the date of such balance sheet and except that
the resolution provisions of this Section 5.08(e) shall not apply thereto.

     (ii) As promptly as practicable, but no later than 45 days, after the Closing Date,
Seller will cause to be prepared and delivered to Buyer the combined balance sheet of the
Van Kampen Business prepared on a basis that the Closing was effective as of 11:59 p.m.,
New York City time on the day immediately prior to the Closing Date (the “Closing
Balance Sheet”). The Closing Balance Sheet shall present the combined financial position
of the Van Kampen Business (for the avoidance of doubt, including the Purchased Assets and
Assumed Liabilities) and be prepared on a basis consistent with the Balance Sheet (except
excluding the Broker-Dealer) as of 11:59 p.m. on the date immediately preceding the
Closing Date which shall, for the avoidance of doubt, include an accrual for the 2009
Deferred Compensation Amount and the 2010 Compensation Accrual. Attached as Section
5.08(e) of the Seller Disclosure Schedule for illustrative purposes only is a draft
Closing Balance Sheet created as if the Closing had occurred as of 11:59 p.m. on June 30,
2009, and calculating the cash amount required to be held by the Transferred Entities
under Section 5.08(c) (or paid to Seller) had the Closing occurred on that date.

     (iii) If Buyer disagrees with the Closing Balance Sheet delivered pursuant to Section
5.08(e)(ii), Buyer may, within 30 days after delivery of such Closing Balance Sheet and
any related documents that Seller reasonably requests in connection with its review of the
Closing Balance Sheet, deliver a notice to Seller disagreeing therewith. Any such notice
of disagreement shall specify those items or amounts as to which Buyer disagrees, and
Buyer shall be deemed to have agreed with all other items and amounts contained in the
Closing Balance Sheet.

     (iv) If a notice of disagreement shall be delivered pursuant to Section 5.08(e)(iii),
Buyer and Seller shall, during the 30 days following such delivery, use their reasonable
best efforts to reach agreement on the disputed items or amounts in order to finalize the
Closing Balance Sheet. If, during such period, Buyer and Seller are unable to reach such
agreement, they shall promptly thereafter cause independent accountants of nationally
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Seller (who shall not have any material relationship with Buyer, Seller or any of
their respective Affiliates) (the “Accounting Referee”), promptly to review this Agreement
and the remaining disputed items or amounts for the purpose of finalizing the Closing
Balance Sheet. In making such calculation, the Accounting Referee shall consider only
those items or amounts in the Closing Balance Sheet as to which Buyer has disagreed. The
Accounting Referee shall deliver to Buyer and Seller, as promptly as practicable (but in
all events no later than 45 days after the matter is referred to the Accounting Referee),
a report setting forth the final Closing Balance Sheet. Such report shall be final and
binding upon Buyer, Seller and their respective Affiliates and such final Closing Balance
Sheet shall be used to calculate the cash amount required to be held by the Transferred
Entities under Section 5.08(b) (or paid to Seller). The cost of such review and report
shall be borne by Seller and by Buyer in proportion to the relative differences between
the resulting calculations of the cash amount required to be held by the Transferred
Entities (or paid to Seller) under Section 5.08(b) by virtue of the Closing Balance Sheet
as first proposed by Seller pursuant to Section 5.08(e)(ii) and as proposed to be revised
by Buyer pursuant to Section 5.08(e)(iii).

     (v) Buyer and Seller agree that they will, and agree to cause their respective
Affiliates and independent accountants to cooperate and assist in the preparation of the
Closing Balance Sheet and in the conduct of the reviews referred to in this Section
5.08(e), including the making available to the extent necessary of books, records, work
papers and personnel.

     (f) For the avoidance of doubt, the calculations to be made pursuant to this Section 5.08, and
the net purchase price adjustment to be made pursuant to Section 5.08, are not intended to provide
an alternate remedy to Article 11 for any breach or alleged breach of the Seller’s representations
and warranties made pursuant to Article 3.

     Section 5.09. Trademarks; Tradenames. Except as otherwise set forth in the IP Matters Agreement,
after the Closing, Seller and its Affiliates (other than the Transferred Entities) shall not use
(i) any of the Trademarks or Internet domain names owned by one or more of the Transferred Entities
or included in the Purchased Assets, including those set forth on Section 3.16(b) or (ii) the “Van
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ARTICLE 6

Covenants of Buyer

     Buyer agrees that:

     Section 6.01. Conduct of Business of Buyer. (a) From the date of this Agreement to and
through the earlier of the Closing Date and the termination of this Agreement in accordance with
its terms, except (i) as set forth in Section 6.01 of the Buyer Disclosure Schedule, (ii) as
otherwise expressly contemplated by this Agreement, (iii) as required by any applicable Law or (iv)
as Seller shall otherwise consent in writing (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld,
conditioned or delayed), Buyer shall, and shall cause its Subsidiaries to, conduct its business in
the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice in all material respects.

     (b) Without limiting the generality of Section 6.01(a), from the date of this Agreement to and
through the earlier of the Closing and the termination of this Agreement in accordance with its
terms, except (i) as set forth in Section 6.01 of the Buyer Disclosure Schedule, (ii) as otherwise
expressly contemplated by this Agreement, (iii) as required by any applicable Law or (iv) as Seller
shall otherwise consent in writing (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned
or delayed), Buyer shall not, and shall cause its Subsidiaries not to, do any of the following:

     (A) other than common stock dividends not in excess of $0.15 per share per
quarter, and other than as required by the terms of any preferred security, make any
distribution (whether in cash, stock, Equity Rights or property, but not including any
distribution that results in an adjustment under Section 2.09) or declare, pay or set
aside any dividend with respect to, or purchase or otherwise acquire directly, or
indirectly, any equity interest or shares of capital stock of Buyer;

     (B) amend in any material respect any provision of Buyer’s Organizational
Documents in a manner that would adversely affect the benefits, economic or otherwise,
of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement to Seller;

     (C) merge or consolidate with any Person or adopt a plan of complete or partial
liquidation, dissolution, restructuring, recapitalization or other reorganization, but
(other than with respect to a liquidation or dissolution) only to the extent any such
action or actions would be reasonably expected to prevent, materially delay or impair
the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereunder;

     (D) enter into any acquisition agreement, or make any acquisition, that would be
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delay or impair the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereunder;

     (E) take any action that, if taken after the Closing without Seller’s consent,
would constitute a breach of Section 7.15(a) (it being understood that, for purposes
of this Section 6.01(b)(iv)(E), Seller may withhold, condition or delay its consent in
its sole discretion); or

     (F) authorize or enter into any Contract or commitment with respect to any of the
foregoing.

     Section 6.02. Access to Information. (a) From the date hereof until the Closing Date, Buyer
will (1) give Seller, its counsel, financial advisors, auditors and other authorized
representatives reasonable access to the offices, properties, personnel, books and records of Buyer
and its Subsidiaries, (2) furnish to Seller, its counsel, financial advisors, auditors and other
authorized representatives such financial and operating data and other information relating to
Buyer and its Subsidiaries as such Persons may reasonably request and (3) instruct the employees,
counsel and financial advisors of Buyer and its Subsidiaries to cooperate with Seller in its
investigation of Buyer and its Subsidiaries. Any investigation pursuant to this Section 6.02(a)
shall be conducted in such manner as not to interfere unreasonably with the conduct of the business
of Buyer and its Subsidiaries. No information or knowledge obtained in any investigation pursuant
to this Section 6.02(a) shall affect or be deemed to modify any representation or warranty made by
any party hereunder.

     (b) From and after the Closing Date, upon reasonable notice and subject to applicable Laws
relating to the exchange of information, Buyer will promptly provide Seller and its agents
reasonable access to its books of account, financial and other records (including accountant’s work
papers), information, employees and auditors to the extent reasonably necessary to permit Seller to
determine any matter relating to its rights and obligations hereunder or to any period ending on or
before the Closing Date; provided that any such access by Seller shall not unreasonably interfere
with the conduct of the business of Buyer. No information or knowledge obtained in any
investigation pursuant to this Section 6.02 shall affect or be deemed to modify any representation
or warranty made by any party hereunder. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Seller shall not have
access to (i) materials entitled to legal privilege (or which could jeopardize the attorney-client
privilege of Buyer or its Affiliates), (ii) personnel records of Buyer or its Subsidiaries relating
to individual performance or evaluation records, medical histories or other information which in
Buyer’s good faith opinion is sensitive or the disclosure of which could subject Buyer or its
Subsidiaries to risk of liability or (iii) other information which in Buyer’s good faith opinion
could reasonably be expected to subject Buyer or its Subsidiaries to liability. The parties shall
endeavor in good faith to make appropriate substitute disclosure arrangements, if practicable, in a
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     Section 6.03. Trademarks; Tradenames. Except as otherwise set forth in the IP Matters
Agreement, after the Closing, Buyer and its Affiliates shall not, and shall not permit any
Transferred Entity or the Van Kampen Business to, use any of Seller’s or its Affiliates’ marks or
names, including the marks and names set forth on Section 6.03 of the Seller Disclosure Schedule.

     Section 6.04. Use of Confidential Information. For the avoidance of doubt, after the
Closing, Buyer and its Affiliates shall have no right to use or disclose any confidential
information, data or other materials of Seller or its Affiliates (including any such information
disclosed to Buyer prior to the date of this Agreement for the purposes of evaluating the
transactions contemplated hereby), other than any such information, data or materials included in
the Purchased Assets or owned by the Transferred Entities (which the parties agree shall include
all information relating to the historical, current and prospective Van Kampen Business) except as
set forth in Section 7.13(c), and Buyer shall use reasonable efforts to, and to cause its
Affiliates to use reasonable efforts to, return to Seller or destroy all such information, data and
materials in its possession promptly after the Closing.

     Section 6.05. Stock Exchange Listing. Buyer shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause
the shares of Buyer Stock representing the Aggregate Equity Consideration to be listed on the NYSE
on or prior to the Closing Date, subject to official notice of issuance.

     Section 6.06. Shelf Registration. (a) Not later than the first Business Day following the
Closing Date, but subject to delay for any Scheduled Black-Out Period (in which case within one
Business Day after the lapse thereof) or as set forth in Section 6.06(c) (in which case as soon as
possible after the lapse of such postponement or suspension in accordance with the terms thereof),
Buyer shall file with the SEC either (i) a Shelf Registration Statement or (ii) pursuant to Rule
424(b) under the Securities Act, a prospectus supplement that shall be deemed to be part of an
existing Shelf Registration Statement in accordance with Rule 430B under the Securities Act, in
each case relating to the offer and sale of all of the Registrable Securities by Seller from time
to time in accordance with the methods of distribution elected by Seller and set forth in the Shelf
Registration Statement and shall, if such Shelf Registration Statement is not automatically
effective, use its reasonable best efforts to cause such Shelf Registration Statement to be
declared effective under the Securities Act as soon as possible after filing.

     (b) Buyer shall use its reasonable best efforts to keep such Shelf Registration Statement
continuously effective under the Securities Act in order to permit the Shelf Prospectus forming a
part thereof to be usable by Seller until the earlier of (i) the date as of which all Registrable
Securities have been sold pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement or another Registration
Statement filed under the Securities Act (but in no event prior to any applicable period referred
to in Section 4(3) of the Securities Act and Rule 174 thereunder), (ii) the date as of which all
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anniversary of the Closing (such period of effectiveness, the “Shelf Period”). After the
termination of the Shelf Period, if Seller otherwise has the right to require an underwritten
offering of Registrable Shares pursuant to clause (e) below, Seller shall be entitled to require
Buyer to file with the SEC either a new registration statement or a prospectus supplement that
forms part of an existing Shelf Registration Statement (each, a “Demand Registration Statement”)
that provides for such underwritten offer and sale of Registrable Securities (and, if such Demand
Registration Statement is not automatically effective, to use its reasonable best efforts to cause
such Demand Registration Statement to be declared effective under the Securities Act as soon as
possible after filing) on a basis otherwise consistent with the terms of this Section 6.06 relating
to the Shelf Registration Statement for the offer and sale of Registrable Securities. Seller shall
notify Buyer in writing of the date that all of its Registrable Securities have been sold. Buyer
shall not be deemed to have used its reasonable best efforts to keep the Shelf Registration
Statement effective during the Shelf Period if Buyer voluntarily takes any action or omits to take
any action that would result in Seller thereby not being able to offer and sell any Registrable
Securities pursuant to such Shelf Registration Statement during the Shelf Period, unless such
action or omission is required by applicable Law and except as set forth in Section 6.06(c). Buyer
shall use its reasonable best efforts to remain a “well-known seasoned issuer” (as defined in Rule
405 under the Securities Act) and to not become an “ineligible issuer” (as defined in Rule 405
under the Securities Act) during the Shelf Period.

     (c) Buyer shall be entitled to postpone (but not more than 2 times in any calendar year) the
filing or initial effectiveness of, or suspend the use of, a Shelf Registration Statement or any
Demand Registration Statement if Buyer delivers to Seller a certificate signed by both the Chief
Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer of Buyer certifying that, in the good faith judgment
of Buyer, such registration, offering or use would reasonably be expected to materially adversely
affect or materially interfere with any bona fide material financing of Buyer or any material
transaction under consideration by Buyer or would require the disclosure of information that has
not been, and is not otherwise required to be, disclosed to the public, the premature disclosure of
which would materially and adversely affect Buyer. No such postponement or suspension shall exceed
60 consecutive days, no subsequent such postponement or suspension shall commence fewer than 15
days following the expiration of any preceding period, and the aggregate of all such postponements
or suspensions shall not exceed 90 days in any 360-day period.

     (d) Buyer shall use its reasonable best efforts to file the reports required to be filed by it
under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations adopted by the SEC
thereunder, and it will take such further action as Seller may reasonably request, all to the
extent required from time to time to enable Seller to sell Registrable Securities without
registration under the Securities Act within the limitation of the exemptions provided by (i) Rule
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from time to time, or (ii) any similar rule or regulation hereafter adopted by the SEC. Upon
the request of Seller, Buyer will deliver to Seller a written statement as to whether it has
complied with such requirements and, if not, the specifics thereof.

     (e) In connection with any underwritten offering effected under the Shelf Registration
Statement or any Demand Registration Statement (it being understood that no more than three
underwritten offerings may be effected, no such offering shall be conducted for securities
aggregating less than $100 million in value and no such underwritten offering shall take place
during a Scheduled Black-Out Period), (i) Buyer shall be obligated (A) to pay all registration and
other offering-related expenses of Buyer (including fees and expenses of its counsel (who shall
deliver customary opinions, such as a 10b-5 opinion to Buyer and Seller), SEC filing fees and fees
and expenses of Buyer’s auditors (who shall prepare a customary comfort letter), but not including
any fees or expenses of Seller (including its counsel and underwriting discounts)) and (B) Buyer
(and Seller, to the extent applicable) shall be obligated to enter into customary underwriting and
indemnification agreements in connection with the offering, including standard indemnification and
contribution rights in favor of the underwriters and Seller as the registering holder with respect
to the Shelf Registration Statement or any Demand Registration Statement, Shelf Prospectus and
disclosure package; (ii) at Seller’s reasonable request, Buyer shall cause its senior executives to
participate, at Seller’s expense, in customary investor presentations and “road shows” for a
maximum of 3 days of marketing per offering (to be scheduled in a collaborative manner so as not to
unreasonably interfere with the conduct of the business of Buyer; and (iii) at Seller’s request,
Seller (or an Affiliate designated by Seller) shall act as sole book-runner in any such
underwritten offering, and any other underwriters shall be selected by Seller subject to Buyer’s
consent (which shall not be unreasonably withheld).

     Section 6.07. Equivalent Buyer Preferred Stock. As promptly as practicable after the date
hereof, Buyer shall take all actions necessary to authorize the issuance of the Equivalent Buyer
Preferred Stock, including obtaining any necessary approval of the board of directors of Buyer and
the filing of appropriate documentation as required by the Laws of Bermuda. Seller will be
afforded a reasonable opportunity to review and comment on such documentation.

ARTICLE 7

Covenants of Buyer and Seller

     Buyer and Seller agree that:

     Section 7.01. Reasonable Best Efforts; Further Assurances. (a) Subject to the terms and
conditions of this Agreement, Buyer and Seller will use their respective reasonable best efforts to
take, or cause to be taken, all actions and to do, or cause to be done, all things necessary or
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consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. Seller and Buyer agree to execute
and deliver such other documents, certificates, agreements and other writings and to take such
other actions as may be necessary or desirable in order to consummate or implement expeditiously
the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. Such actions shall include (i) preparing and
filing as promptly as reasonably practicable all documentation to effect all necessary notices,
reports, and other filings and to obtain as promptly as reasonably practicable all consents,
registrations, approvals, waivers, orders, exemptions, Permits and authorizations necessary or
advisable to be obtained from any third party or Government Entity in order to consummate the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement and (ii) taking all actions reasonably necessary in
order to comply with or satisfy the requirements of any applicable Law or other requirements of any
Government Entity that would prevent the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement.

     (b) In furtherance and not in limitation of the foregoing, each of Buyer and Seller shall make
an appropriate filing of a Notification and Report Form pursuant to the HSR Act with respect to the
transactions contemplated hereby as promptly as practicable and to supply as promptly as
practicable any additional information and documentary material that may be requested pursuant to
the HSR Act and to take all other actions necessary to cause the expiration or termination of the
applicable waiting periods under the HSR Act as soon as practicable.

     (c) Seller and Buyer shall cooperate with each other in connection with the making of all such
filings. Seller and Buyer shall use their respective reasonable best efforts to furnish to each
other all information required for any application or other filing to be made pursuant to the rules
and regulations of any applicable Law in connection with the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement. Neither Seller nor Buyer may participate or agree to participate in any substantive
meeting, telephone call or discussion with any Government Entity in connection with the filings
required under the HSR Act in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement
unless it consults with the other party in advance (to the extent not prohibited by such Government
Entity) and, to the extent not prohibited by such Government Entity, gives the other party the
opportunity to attend such meeting, telephone call or discussion. The parties hereto will consult
and cooperate with one another, and consider in good faith the views of one another, in connection
with, and provide to the other parties in advance, any analyses, appearances, presentations,
memoranda, briefs, arguments, opinions and proposals made or submitted by or on behalf of any party
hereto in connection with proceedings under or relating to any Antitrust Law. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, Seller and Buyer may, as each deems advisable and necessary, reasonably designate any
competitively sensitive material provided to the other under this Section 7.01(c) as “Antitrust
Counsel Only Material.” Such materials and the information contained therein shall be given only
to the outside antitrust counsel of the recipient and will not be disclosed by such outside counsel
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permission is obtained in advance from the source of the materials (Buyer or Seller, as the
case may be) or its legal counsel.

     Section 7.02. Certain Filings. Seller and Buyer shall cooperate with one another (i) in
determining whether any action by or in respect of, or filing with, any Government Entity is
required, or any actions, consents, approvals or waivers are required to be obtained from parties
to any material Contracts, in connection with the consummation of the transactions contemplated by
this Agreement and (ii) in taking such actions or making any such filings, furnishing information
required in connection therewith and seeking timely to obtain any such actions, consents, approvals
or waivers.

     Section 7.03. Public Announcements. The parties agree to consult with each other before
issuing any press release or making any public statement with respect to this Agreement or the
transactions contemplated hereby and, except for any press releases and public announcements the
making of which may be required by applicable Law or any listing agreement with any national
securities exchange, will not issue any such press release or make any such public statement prior
to such consultation.

     Section 7.04. Intercompany Accounts and Agreements. All intercompany accounts between the
Seller or its Affiliates, on the one hand, and the Van Kampen Business, on the other hand, as of
the Closing shall be settled (irrespective of the terms of payment of such intercompany accounts)
in the manner provided in this Section 7.04. At least two Business Days prior to the Closing,
Seller shall prepare and deliver to Buyer a statement setting out in reasonable detail the
calculation of all such intercompany account balances based upon the latest available financial
information as of such date and, to the extent requested by Buyer, provide Buyer with supporting
documentation to verify the underlying intercompany charges and transactions. All such
intercompany account balances, and any balances arising after such calculation but on or before the
Closing, shall be paid in full on or prior to the Closing. Except (i) to the extent necessary for
the provision of any services as contemplated in any Ancillary Agreement, (ii) as set forth on
Section 7.04 of the Seller Disclosure Schedule or (iii) as otherwise mutually agreed in writing by
Seller and Buyer, all Contracts between Seller or its Affiliates, on the one hand, and the Van
Kampen Business, on the other hand, are hereby terminated effective as of the Closing and without
further liability or obligation (contingent or otherwise) thereunder.

     Section 7.05. Fund and Advisory Client Consents.

     (a) Generally.

     (i) Subject to the specific requirements of Section 7.05(b) through Section 7.05(e),
Seller agrees to use, and to cause each of its Affiliates to use, its reasonable best
efforts to obtain the consents and approvals necessary to satisfy prior to the Closing
Date the Assignment

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Requirements with respect to each Existing Advisory Contract. Buyer agrees to use
and to cause each of its Subsidiaries to use its reasonable best efforts to cooperate with
Seller and its Affiliates in their efforts so to satisfy the Assignment Requirements with
respect to each Existing Advisory Contract (and to obtain the “interim” new advisory
contracts described in Section 7.05(b)(i)(B)). In the event that any such Assignment
Requirements are not satisfied on or prior to the Closing Date, following the Closing
Date, Buyer and Seller shall use (and shall cause their respective Affiliates to use)
their respective reasonable best efforts to satisfy such Assignment Requirements as soon
as practicable and in any event within 180 days after the Closing Date. For any
Contingent Account (as determined under clause (a)(ii) or (iii) of such definition) that
exists at the Closing Measurement Date, Buyer shall use its reasonable best efforts to
cause such Contingent Account not to terminate the applicable Existing Advisory Contract
prior to the end of the True-Up Period. In the case of (i) Funds (in or outside the
United States) whose Assignment Requirements are to be satisfied by Fund Mergers and (ii)
Clients (in or outside the United States) whose Assignment Requirements are to be
satisfied through the assignment of their Existing Advisory Contracts to an affiliate of
Buyer, or the replacement of their Existing Advisory Contracts with a New Advisory
Contract with an affiliate of Buyer (including through Closed-End Fund Assignment
Arrangements or Client Assignment Arrangements), Buyer shall, on a timely basis, use its
commercially reasonable best efforts to ensure that (a) with respect to the Funds
described in clause (i), the respective Buyer Funds and the requisite investment advisers
and other service providers thereto are in each case properly organized and have the
requisite regulatory approvals and registrations to enable the Fund Mergers to occur by
Closing and (b) with respect to the Clients described in clause (ii), the affiliates of
Buyer proposed to be assignees of such Existing Advisory Contracts, or to be parties to
such New Advisory Contracts, have in each case the requisite regulatory approvals and
registrations to permit such assignments or contract replacements to occur by Closing.

     (ii) Each of Buyer and Seller agrees to provide promptly in writing all information
concerning itself and its Affiliates required to be included in the proxy solicitation, or
other consent solicitation, materials or government filings contemplated by this Section
7.05 (including the information required for the ‘40 Act Management Funds’ proxy
statements or the Fund Merger Proxy Statement/Prospectuses under the Exchange Act or the
Investment Company Act or under other applicable Laws). Each of Buyer and Seller agrees
promptly to correct such information if and to the extent that such information becomes
false or misleading in any material respect.

     (iii) From and after the date hereof and until the end of the True-Up Period, Seller
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stay apprised of such efforts to satisfy the Assignment Requirements and, upon
Buyer’s reasonable request, Seller shall make available to Buyer copies of all executed
client consents and other documents evidencing satisfaction of applicable Assignment
Requirements.

     (iv) Subject to Section 13.03, notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, none
of Seller, Buyer or any of their respective Affiliates shall have any obligation under
this Agreement to pay any money or other consideration beyond a de minimis review charge
to any Person that is a party to an Existing Advisory Contract or to initiate any claim or
proceeding against any such Person in order to obtain any consent, approval or New
Advisory Contract necessary to satisfy any Assignment Requirement.

     (v) With respect to each Client, and subject to the specific requirements of Section
7.05(a)(v)(A) and Section 7.05(a)(v)(B), the parties shall cooperate to make reasonable
and appropriate arrangements for the continued provision of investment management services
to such Client by the respective Van Kampen Business portfolio management team (provided
such team is intended to transfer to Buyer pursuant to the transactions contemplated
hereby (any such team, a “Transferring Team”)) from the Closing Date until the end of the
True-Up Period (or such other date as the parties may agree), including pursuant to a
Temporary Investment Services Agreement. To the fullest extent permitted by Law, in
respect of any services provided under a Temporary Investment Services Agreement
(including pursuant to Section 7.05(b)(i)(B)) by a party hereto (or an Affiliate), the
other party hereto shall, in a timely manner, reimburse (or cause to be reimbursed) such
party (or such Affiliate) for its “Service Costs” (as defined in the Transition Services
Agreement; except that for this purpose, (x) “Provider” as used therein will be deemed to
mean such party or such Affiliate providing the services under such Temporary Investment
Services Agreement and (y) “Services” as used therein will mean the services provided
under such Temporary Investment Services Agreement) in providing such services; provided,
however, that this sentence shall not apply to any fees or “Service Costs” payable in
respect of an “interim” new advisory contract entered into pursuant to Rule 15a-4 under
the Investment Company Act if such application would result in a violation of Law.

     (A) With respect to each Client (other than a Non-Consenting Morgan Stanley
Client) whose Transferring Team has not converted to Buyer’s front-office and
middle-office platform (i.e., the Charles River system and similar portfolio
management or trading systems) and become employees of Buyer (or a Subsidiary of
Buyer) by the Closing (or, if later in the case of such a Morgan Stanley-Branded
Transferred Client, the date such Client satisfies the respective Assignment
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Transferring Team shall (to the extent permitted by Law) provide investment
management services to such Client through a Subsidiary of Seller pursuant to a
Temporary Investment Services Agreement from Closing until the earlier of (i)
the date of such conversion and employment of such Transferring Team and (ii)
the end of the True-Up Period (or such earlier time as may be required by law,
including Rule 15a-4 under the Investment Company Act). Nothing in this Section
7.05(a)(v)(A) shall be construed to mean that either Buyer or Seller (or any
Fund) is required to seek any approval from the interest holders of a Fund other
than in connection with the consent solicitation process otherwise provided for
in this Section 7.05.

     (B) With respect to each Morgan Stanley-Branded Transferred Client that has
not satisfied the respective Assignment Requirements as of the Closing Date (a
“Non-Consenting Morgan Stanley Client”), the parties shall cooperate to make
reasonable and appropriate arrangements for the continued provision of
investment management services to such Client by the respective Transferring
Team (notwithstanding that, at the Closing Date, such team may transfer to
Buyer) until the end of the Delegation Period. Without limiting the generality
of the foregoing, except in the case of ‘40 Act Management Funds (for which
provision in this regard is made by Section 7.05(b)(i)(B)), the parties shall,
in a timely manner, take the actions reasonably necessary, and in accordance
with the requirements of Law, to permit Buyer (or its Affiliates) and Seller (or
its Affiliates) each to act, pursuant to a Temporary Investment Services
Agreement, as delegated investment manager, or as sub-advisor or in a similar
capacity (any such arrangement, a “Delegation Arrangement”) with respect to a
Non-Consenting Morgan Stanley Client during the Delegation Period to the extent
reasonably necessary or convenient to permit the respective Transferring Team to
continue to provide investment management services with respect to such Client,
including to the extent required (i) by notifying such Client (and, in the case
of a Fund, the interest holders thereof) of such Delegation Arrangements as part
of the consent solicitation process provided for in this Section 7.05 and (ii)
prior to Closing, making any necessary regulatory filings and obtaining
necessary regulatory approvals to reflect and implement such Delegation
Arrangements. Nothing in this Section 7.05(a)(v)(B) shall be construed to mean
that either Buyer or Seller (or any Fund) is required to seek any approval from
the interest holders of a Fund other than in connection with the consent
solicitation process otherwise provided for in this Section 7.05.

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     (b) ‘40 Act Management Funds. With respect to each ‘40 Act Management Fund:

     (i) Seller agrees to use, and to cause each of its Affiliates to use, reasonable best
efforts to obtain (A) the consents and approvals (including such approvals by the board of
directors or trustees and shareholders of such ‘40 Act Management Fund) for (1) in the
case of an open-end ‘40 Act Management Fund that is not a Sub-Advised Fund, a Fund Merger,
(2)in the case of a closed-end ‘40 Act Management Fund that is not a Sub-Advised Fund, a
Closed-End Fund Assignment Arrangement and (3) in the case of a ‘40 Act Management Fund
that is a Sub-Advised Fund, a New Advisory Contract on terms substantially comparable (but
having the same advisory and same aggregate non-advisory fees) to those of the applicable
Existing Advisory Contract in effect as of the date hereof, in each case in accordance
with the requirements of applicable Law, including Section 15 of the Investment Company
Act, to the extent necessary to satisfy the Assignment Requirements with respect to the
Existing Advisory Contract for such ‘40 Act Management Fund and (B) all required approvals
by the board of directors or trustees of such ‘40 Act Management Fund of an “interim” new
advisory contract pursuant to Rule 15a-4 thereunder (but only to the extent (1) all
required consents and approvals for such Fund Merger or Closed-End Fund Assignment
Arrangement or New Advisory Contract (in the case of a Sub-Advised Fund), as the case may
be, are not obtained prior to Closing and/or (2) necessary to implement the intent of
Section 7.05(a)(v)), it being understood that with respect to such “interim” new advisory
contract for each ‘40 Act Management Fund that is a Morgan Stanley-Branded Transferred
Client, a Subsidiary of Seller shall be named as primary investment adviser and a
Subsidiary of Buyer shall be named as sub-adviser pursuant to a Temporary Investment
Services Agreement.

     (ii) Seller shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause such ‘40 Act Management
Fund (to the extent shareholder consent shall be required for such Fund Merger, Closed-End
Fund Assignment Arrangement or New Advisory Contract, as the case may be) to call a
special meeting of the shareholders of such ‘40 Act Management Fund to be held as soon as
reasonably practicable after the date of this Agreement for purposes of obtaining the
requisite approval of such shareholders for such Fund Merger, Closed-End Fund Assignment
Arrangement or New Advisory Contract (in the case of a Sub-Advised Fund), as the case may
be. In connection therewith, (A) with respect to (1) each ‘40 Act Management Fund that is
a Sub-Advised Fund (but, in the case of Sub-Advised Funds, only to the extent such
shareholder approval is required by Law) or is not an open-end fund, Seller will use (or
will cause an Affiliate to use) its reasonable best efforts to cause each such ‘40 Act
Management Fund to prepare and to file with the SEC (to the extent such filing is
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with the applicable provisions of Section 14 of the Exchange Act and Section 20 of
the Investment Company Act and (2) each open-end ‘40 Act Management Fund that is not a
Sub-Advised Fund, Buyer will use (or will cause an Affiliate to use) its reasonable best
efforts to cause the Buyer Fund that is the party to such ‘40 Act Management Fund’s
proposed Fund Merger to prepare and to file with the SEC (to the extent such filing is
required) all securities registrations statements and prospectuses and proxy solicitation
materials necessary to comply in all material respects with the applicable provisions of
the Securities Act, Section 14 of the Exchange Act and Section 20 of the Investment
Company Act, including a securities registration statement on SEC Form N-14 (or successor
form thereto) containing a joint proxy statement and prospectus (a “Fund Merger Proxy
Statement/Prospectus”), (B) Seller will use (or will cause an Affiliate to use) its
reasonable best efforts to cause each such ‘40 Act Management Fund (1) to mail such proxy
solicitation materials (including, as applicable, a Fund Merger Proxy
Statement/Prospectus) to the shareholders of such ‘40 Act Management Fund as promptly as
practicable after review by the SEC and (2) as soon as practicable following the mailing
of such proxy solicitation materials, submit, or cause to be submitted, to the
shareholders of such ‘40 Act Management Fund, for a vote at such shareholders meeting, the
proposals described in the first sentence of this Section 7.05(b)(ii). For the avoidance
of doubt, the Existing Advisory Contract of each Morgan Stanley-Branded Transferred Client
that is a ‘40 Act Management Fund shall be assigned to Buyer or one of its subsidiaries in
the event that the Assignment Requirements with respect to such Fund have not been
satisfied as of Closing, which purported assignment will have the effect of terminating
such Existing Advisory Contracts and thereby permit the Seller Fund board to appoint
interim adviser(s) pursuant to Rule 15a-4(b)(2) of the Investment Company Act; provided
that such assignment shall be effected (A) with respect to each such Morgan
Stanley-Branded Transferred Client whose portfolio management team is a Transferring Team,
upon Closing, with no consideration being given to the date by which such team has
converted to Buyer’s front-office and middle-office platform and become employees of Buyer
(or a Subsidiary of Buyer); (B) with respect to each other such Morgan Stanley-Branded
Transferred Client, at Closing; and (C) at such other time as the parties may agree.

     (iii) Buyer and Seller agree that consent for any Existing Advisory Contract with a
‘40 Act Management Fund shall be deemed given for all purposes under this Agreement only
if a Fund Merger, Closed-End Fund Assignment Arrangement or New Advisory Contract (in the
case of a Sub-Advised Fund), as the case may be, has been approved by the board of such
‘40 Act Management Fund under Section 7.05(b)(i)(A) and by the shareholders of the
applicable Fund in accordance with Section 7.05(b)(ii) and applicable Law (but, in the
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Advised Funds, only to the extent such shareholder approvals are required by Law).

     (c) Other Registered Funds. With respect to any Fund that is Registered with any Government
Entity as an investment fund (or the equivalent) and is not a ‘40 Act Management Fund, as promptly
as practicable following the date of this Agreement, to the extent required by applicable Law or
the terms of any Existing Advisory Contract with such Fund, Seller shall (or shall cause an
Affiliate to) (i) provide notice (the “Notice”) of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement
to such Fund and, where required by applicable Law, to the investors in such Fund, and (ii) use
reasonable best efforts to obtain any approval, consent or other action, if any, that is required
from or by the board of directors or other comparable governing body of such Fund, the investors in
such Fund or any regulating or self-regulating authority for such Fund, (A) in the case of any such
Fund that is not a Japan Fund or a UIT Fund, to effect a Fund Merger, (B) in the case of a Japan
Fund, to effect a Client Assignment Arrangement or (C) in the case of any such Fund that is a UIT
Fund, so that, after the Closing, the Van Kampen Business may continue to provide services to such
UIT Fund in accordance with such Fund’s Existing Advisory Contract or otherwise on terms
substantially comparable (but having the same advisory and same aggregate non-advisory fees) to
those of the applicable Existing Advisory Contract in effect on the date hereof. To the extent
consistent with applicable Law and SEC and FINRA pronouncements, unless affirmative approval,
consent or action is required under the applicable Existing Advisory Contract, such approval,
consent or other action may take the form of a so-called implied or negative consent (including
such consent obtained pursuant to the process described in clause (y)(2) of the second sentence of
Section 7.05(d)). For the avoidance of doubt, the parties agree that, with respect to the Existing
Advisory Contract for a UIT Fund, the consent or approval of the trustee of such Fund shall be
sufficient for all purposes under this Agreement.

     (d) Non-Registered Funds and Advisory Clients. With respect to any Fund that is not
Registered as an investment fund (or the equivalent) with any Government Entity and with respect to
any Advisory Client, as promptly as practicable following the date of this Agreement and to the
extent required by applicable Law or the terms of any Existing Advisory Contract with such Fund or
such Advisory Client, Seller shall (or shall cause an Affiliate to) (i) provide the Notice to such
Fund or Advisory Client and (ii) use reasonable best efforts to obtain any approval, consent or
other action that is required from or by such Fund (and, if applicable, its interest holders) or
such Advisory Client (A) in the case of any such Client that is not a Morgan Stanley-Branded
Transferred Client, so that, as applicable after the Closing, the Van Kampen Business may continue
to provide services to such Fund or Advisory Client in accordance with such Fund’s or such Advisory
Client’s Existing Advisory Contract or otherwise on terms substantially comparable (but having the
same advisory and same aggregate non-advisory fees) to those of the applicable Existing Advisory
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Client, to effect a Client Assignment Arrangement. Buyer and Seller agree that any consent
required for any Existing Advisory Contract with a Client (other than a Fund that is Registered as
an investment fund (or the equivalent) with a Government Entity) to continue after the Closing or
to effect a Client Assignment Arrangement shall be deemed given for all purposes under this
Agreement, (x) if written consent is required under applicable Law or the respective Existing
Advisory Contract, upon receipt of the written consent requested in the Notice prior to the Closing
Date, or (y) if consent other than written consent is permitted under applicable Law and the
respective Existing Advisory Contract, (1) upon receipt of a written consent requested in the
Notice prior to the Closing Date or (2) if no such written consent is received, if 45 days (such
period expiring at least five (5) Business Days prior to the Closing Date) shall have passed since
the sending of written notice (the “Negative Consent Notice”) to such Client (which Negative
Consent Notice may be included in the Notice) requesting written consent as aforesaid and informing
such Client, to the extent appropriate: (A) of the intention to complete the transactions
contemplated hereby, which will result in an assignment or a deemed assignment, as the case may be,
of such Client’s Existing Advisory Contract (or other consequences triggering a consent requirement
under applicable Law in the case of such Client); (B) of the Transferred Entities’ or one of their
respective Affiliates’ (or a Subsidiary of Buyer’s, as the case may be) intention to continue to
provide the advisory services pursuant to the Existing Advisory Contract (or other applicable
Client Assignment Arrangement) with such Client after the Closing if such Client does not terminate
such agreement prior to the Closing; and (C) that the consent of such Client will be deemed to have
been granted if such Client continues to accept such advisory services for a period of at least 45
days after the sending of the Negative Consent Notice without termination; provided that in any
case under clause (x) or (y), no consent shall be deemed to have been given for any purpose under
this Agreement if at any time prior to the Closing such Client terminates or notifies the Van
Kampen Business in writing that such Client has not consented or is terminating its Existing
Advisory Contract.

     (e) In connection with the consent solicitation provided for in this Section 7.05, (i) Buyer
shall be provided a reasonable opportunity to review and comment on all consent materials be used
by Seller or its Affiliates prior to distribution and (ii) Seller shall be provided a reasonable
opportunity to review and comment on each Fund Merger Proxy Statement/Prospectus. Seller and its
Affiliates shall promptly upon their receipt make available to Buyer copies of any and all
substantive correspondence between it and Clients or representatives or counsel of such Clients
relating to the consent solicitation provided for in this Section 7.05.

     (f) Notwithstanding anything else contained in this Agreement, with respect to any Fund for
which it is contemplated under this Agreement that the Assignment Requirement is to be satisfied by
a Fund Merger involving such Fund, in the event that such Fund’s board of trustees provides the
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board of trustees fails to provide the approvals required of it to proceed with the Fund
Merger in a timely manner, then the parties agree that, with respect to such Fund, the transactions
contemplated hereby will be executed (and the Assignment Requirement will be satisfied) without a
Fund Merger by obtaining Fund board and shareholder approval under Applicable Law as necessary to
permit such Fund’s Existing Advisory Contract to be replaced with a New Advisory Contract with a
Subsidiary of Buyer (provided that in the case of a Morgan Stanley-Branded Transferred Client such
New Advisory Contract shall provide for a Subsidiary of Seller to be named as primary investment
adviser and a Subsidiary of Buyer to be named as sub-adviser).

     Section 7.06. Section 15(f). (a) Buyer acknowledges and agrees that the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement are intended to qualify for the treatment described in Section 15(f)
of the Investment Company Act. In this regard, Buyer shall, and from and after the Closing Date
shall, to the extent within its control, cause the Van Kampen Business to comply with the
conditions of Section 15(f) of the Investment Company Act in respect of each ‘40 Act Fund,
including (i) by ensuring that for a period of three years after the Closing Date, at least 75% of
the board of trustees or board of directors (if any), as the case may be, of such ‘40 Act Fund or
any successor thereto (including by reorganization or otherwise) are not “interested persons” (as
that term is defined under applicable provisions of the Investment Company Act and interpreted by
the SEC) of (A) any investment adviser of such ‘40 Act Fund after the Closing or (B) the investment
adviser of such ‘40 Act Fund prior to the Closing; and (ii) by not imposing or seeking to impose
for a period of two years after the Closing Date, any “unfair burden” (as that term is defined in
Section 15(f) of the Investment Company Act and interpreted by the SEC) on such ‘40 Act Fund.

     (b) In complying with Section 7.06(a)(i), Buyer shall, and from and after the Closing Date
shall, to the extent within its control, cause the Van Kampen Business to (i) cause any employee,
officer, director or agent of Buyer, any Subsidiary of Buyer or any of their respective “affiliated
persons” (as that term is defined under applicable provisions of the Investment Company Act and
interpreted by the SEC) who shall be a trustee or director of any ‘40 Act Fund or any successor
thereto (including by reorganization or otherwise) to resign when required to maintain the
percentage referred to in Section 7.06(a)(i) and (ii) ensure that vacancies on the board of
trustees or board of directors, as the case may be, of any such ‘40 Act Fund or any successor
thereto (including by reorganization or otherwise) will be filled by a Person who is not an
“interested person” (as that term is defined under applicable provisions of the Investment Company
Act and interpreted by the SEC) of such an investment adviser referred to in Section 7.06(a)(i)(A)
or (B), who has been selected and proposed for election by a majority of the trustees or directors
who are not such interested persons, and who has been elected by shareholders in accordance with
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     (c) For a period of three years after the Closing Date, Buyer shall not engage, and shall use
reasonable best efforts to cause its Affiliates not to engage, in any transaction that would
constitute an “assignment” (as that term is defined under applicable provisions of the Investment
Company Act and interpreted by the SEC) to a third party of any Investment Advisory Arrangement
between Buyer or any of its Affiliates and any ‘40 Act Fund, without first obtaining from the
counterparty to such transaction a covenant in all material respects comparable to that contained
in this Section 7.06.

     (d) None of Buyer or any of its affiliated persons (as that term is defined under applicable
provisions of the Investment Company Act and interpreted by the SEC) has, and Buyer shall ensure
that no such persons have, any express or implied understanding or arrangement which would
reasonably be expected to impose an “unfair burden” (as that term is defined in Section 15(f) of
the Investment Company Act and interpreted by the SEC) on any ‘40 Act Fund as a result of the
transactions contemplated hereby or which would in any way violate, or otherwise make unavailable
to Seller, Section 15(f) of the Investment Company Act.

     Section 7.07. Certain Post-Closing Filings. Following the Closing Date, Buyer agrees to
cause each Transferred Entity registered with the SEC as an investment adviser promptly to amend
its Form ADV and promptly to file such amendment with the SEC and any applicable state authorities,
for the purpose of disclosing information about the change in control of such Transferred Entity,
and to cause any Transferred Entity that is an investment adviser or commodity trading adviser to
make such similar appropriate updates to their respective registration statements or other filings
with a Government Entity as may be required by the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
Following the Closing Date, Buyer agrees to, or to cause its applicable Subsidiaries to, make all
necessary filings relating to the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement
that may be required to be made with any applicable Government Entity.

     Section 7.08. Information for Fund Boards. With respect to each Fund, Buyer and Seller
promptly shall provide to the board of directors or board of trustees of such Fund (or similar
body) all information relating to such party and its Affiliates that is necessary and/or reasonably
requested by such board to enable it to evaluate the terms of each applicable New Advisory
Contract, agreement, or arrangement proposed, or consent requested, in connection with the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement and relating to any such Fund. Buyer and Seller shall
promptly provide to the other party copies of all information provided to a Fund board in
accordance with this Section 7.08.

     Section 7.09. Van Kampen Seed Capital. (a) Seller shall take such actions as may be required
to ensure that, as of the Closing, each Van Kampen Seeded Fund has a Van Kampen Seed Capital
Closing NAV equal to at least the minimum amount of Van Kampen Seed Capital set forth opposite the
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each such Van Kampen Seeded Fund on Section 1.01(a) of the Seller Disclosure Schedule.

     (b) Upon the terms and subject to the conditions of this Agreement, at the Closing, Seller
shall, or shall cause its applicable Subsidiaries to, transfer the Van Kampen Seed Capital then
owned by Seller or one of its Subsidiaries (except such Van Kampen Seed Capital as is held by the
Transferred Entities) to Buyer, and Buyer shall receive the Van Kampen Seed Capital from Seller or
such Subsidiaries, free and clear of any Encumbrances, for no additional consideration.

     (c) Seller shall be entitled to withdraw, or otherwise cause to be redeemed, (i) all amounts
invested in any Fund or Client account (other than the Van Kampen Seeded Funds) on or before the
Closing Date and (ii) all Van Kampen Seed Capital from all Van Kampen Seeded Funds on the Closing
Date in excess of the amounts required to be held in each such Van Kampen Seeded Funds and
transferred to Buyer pursuant to this Section 7.09.

     Section 7.10. Notices of Certain Events. Each party shall promptly notify the other party
of:

     (a) any notice or other communication received by such party from any Person alleging that the
consent of such Person is or may be required in connection with the transactions contemplated by
this Agreement;

     (b) any notice or other communication from any Government Entity received by such party in
connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement;

     (c) any Legal Proceedings commenced relating to such party or its Affiliates that, if pending
on the date of this Agreement, would have been required to have been disclosed pursuant to Section
3.08 or Section 4.19 as applicable;

     (d) any inaccuracy of any representation or warranty contained in this Agreement at any time
during the term hereof that could reasonably be expected to cause the conditions set forth in
Section 10.02(b) or Section 10.03(b) not to be satisfied or that is otherwise material to Buyer or
the Van Kampen Business, as the case may be; and

     (e) any failure of that party to comply with or satisfy any covenant, condition or agreement
to be complied with or satisfied by it hereunder;

provided that the delivery of any notice pursuant to this Section 7.10 shall not limit or otherwise
affect the remedies available hereunder to the party receiving such notice.

     Section 7.11. Alternative Transaction Structure. The parties hereto agree that if Seller
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either (i) within 90 days after the signing of this Agreement or (ii) at any time prior to
Closing if the condition set forth in either Section 10.02(d) or Section 10.03(e) cannot be
satisfied (in either case, an “Alternative Transaction Structure Election”), the acquisition of the
Transferred Entities by Buyer from Seller shall not occur by way of the Merger, but rather shall
occur through the purchase by Buyer and sale by Seller of the Van Kampen Parent common stock for
the same consideration that would otherwise have constituted the Merger Consideration (the
"Alternative Transaction Structure”). In the event of an Alternative Transaction Structure
Election by Seller, the parties agree to enter into an amendment to this Agreement to implement
such Alternative Transaction Structure; provided that such amendment shall not otherwise alter or
affect the rights and obligations of the parties hereto. For avoidance of doubt, the parties
hereto acknowledge and agree that (i) the purchase and sale of the Van Kampen Parent common stock
pursuant to the Alternative Transaction Structure is intended to constitute a taxable sale of such
stock by Seller for U.S. federal income tax purposes and (ii) no election under Section 338 of the
Code (including Section 338(h)(10) of the Code) shall be made with respect to such sale.

     Section 7.12. WARN Act. Buyer and Seller shall cooperate in good faith to determine whether
any notification may be required under the U.S. Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act
or any other worker notification Laws applicable to any Van Kampen Business Employee arising as a
result of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. Other than as provided for in Article 9
with respect to Foreign Employees who primarily work or reside in a country other than Japan or the
United Kingdom, Buyer shall assume all obligations and liabilities for the provision of notice or
payment in lieu of notice or any applicable penalties with respect to the Transferred Employees
under such worker notification laws arising as a result of actions taken by Buyer on or after the
Closing Date. Seller shall retain or assume all obligations and liabilities for the provision of
notice or payment in lieu of notice or any applicable penalties with respect to the Van Kampen
Business Employees under such worker notification laws arising as a result of actions taken by
Seller or its Affiliates on or prior to the Closing Date. Seller (or its applicable Affiliate)
shall promptly provide Buyer with such information as is reasonably requested by Buyer in order to
determine whether any actions taken by Seller or its Affiliates prior to the Closing Date will, if
aggregated with actions that may be taken by Buyer or its Affiliates after the Closing Date,
require the provision of notice or payment in lieu of notice to the Transferred Employees.

     Section 7.13. Confidentiality. (a) Prior to the Closing Date and after any termination of
this Agreement, (i) Buyer and its Affiliates will hold in confidence, pursuant and subject to the
terms of the Confidentiality Agreement, all documents and information concerning the Van Kampen
Business (including documents and information relating to clients, prospective clients,
distributors and strategic business partners) furnished to, or prepared by, Buyer, its Affiliates
or any of their respective officers, directors, employees, accountants, counsel, consultants,
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contemplated by this Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements and (ii) Seller and its Affiliates
will hold in confidence, pursuant and subject to the terms of the Confidentiality Agreement, all
documents and information concerning Buyer and its Affiliates (including documents and information
relating to clients, prospective clients, distributors and strategic business partners) furnished
to, or prepared by, Seller, its Affiliates or any of their respective officers, directors,
employees, accountants, counsel, consultants, advisors and agents and other representatives in
connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements.

     (b) From and after the Closing, Seller shall, and shall cause its Affiliates and its and their
officers, directors, employees, consultants, agents and advisors to keep confidential, and not use
for its benefit (other than as may be necessary to enforce its rights hereunder, and, in the case
of clause (ii) only, as used in the businesses of Seller and its Affiliates, other than the Van
Kampen Business) or for the benefit of any other Person, any and all non-public information
(including information obtained pursuant to Section 6.02) (i) relating to Buyer and its Affiliates
that becomes known to Seller or its Affiliates or its or their officers, directors, employees,
consultants, agents or advisors in connection with or as a result of the transactions contemplated
by this Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements or (ii) relating to the Van Kampen Business,
including its business and financial condition, that is not generally known or made available to
the general public.

     (c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the party that receives such confidential information
described under Section 7.13(b) (including information obtained pursuant to Section 6.02) or
Section 6.04 (such party the “Receiving Party”) from the disclosing party (the “Disclosing Party”)
is requested or required (by oral questions, interrogatories, requests for information or
documents, subpoena, civil investigative demand or similar process) to disclose any such
information, (i) the Receiving Party will provide the Disclosing Party with prompt notice of such
request so that the Disclosing Party may seek a protective order or other appropriate remedy and/or
waive compliance with the provisions of Section 7.13(b) or Section 6.04, as applicable, and, if
such protective order or other remedy is not obtained, or the Disclosing Party waives compliance
with the terms of Section 7.13(b) or Section 6.04, as applicable, the Receiving Party may furnish
without violation of Section 7.13(b) or Section 6.04, as applicable, that portion (and only that
portion) of such non-public information that the Receiving Party, in the opinion of the Receiving
Party’s counsel, is legally compelled to disclose; provided that the Receiving Party exercises its
reasonable best efforts, at the request and expense of the Disclosing Party, to obtain an order or
other reliable assurance that confidential treatment will be accorded to the disclosed information.
Non-public information for purposes of Section 7.13(b) and Section 6.04 shall not include
information which (i) becomes generally available to the public other than as a result of a
disclosure by the Receiving Party in breach thereof, (ii) becomes available to the Receiving Party
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Disclosing Party or its Affiliates, provided that such source is not known by the Receiving
Party to be bound by any obligation of confidentiality to a Disclosing Party, its Affiliates or
any other Person or (iii) is independently developed by the Receiving Party or others on its behalf
without reference to or reliance upon any non-public information of the Disclosing Party.

     Section 7.14. Conversion. The parties will cooperate in respect of the actions contemplated
by Exhibit K (the “Conversion Plan”) as promptly as practicable. The Parties acknowledge that
certain aspects of the integration plan for the integration of the Van Kampen Business into Buyer’s
business as of and after Closing are still being developed (including, human resources, compliance
(e.g., regulatory filings, board reporting, compliance monitoring and temporary advisory
agreements), finance and accounting and the Japan business), and Seller agrees to cooperate in good
faith to assist Buyer in further developing its integration plan and thereby by mutual agreement
amending the Conversion Plan in respect thereof. To the extent any matters contemplated in the
preceding sentence may be requested by Buyer after the date hereof to constitute Services (as
defined in the Transition Services Agreement) (for avoidance of doubt, which shall not include IT,
legal and compliance (other than in respect of compliance and legal services to support services to
be provided under any Temporary Investment Services Agreement (whether or not pursuant to Rule
15a-4 under the Investment Company Act)), operations, portfolio management, or trading), then such
matters shall be mutually agreed upon within 30 days of execution of this Agreement, it being
understood that Seller and its Affiliates are under no obligation to provide such Services unless
so agreed upon but Seller and its Affiliates will cooperate with Buyer in good faith to determine
if such Services can be performed.

     Section 7.15. Restricted Activities.

     (a) From and after the Closing until such time as Seller ceases to own, directly or
indirectly, 5.0% or more (including in Seller’s ownership for purposes of this calculation only the
shares of Buyer Stock and Equivalent Buyer Preferred Stock (which shall be counted on an
as-converted basis) acquired hereunder) of the outstanding Buyer Stock:

     (i) [Reserved]

     (ii) neither party hereto nor its respective Affiliates shall enter into any
settlement or consent with respect to a regulatory enforcement matter that would be
reasonably likely to cause the other party hereto or any of its Affiliates to suffer
regulatory disqualification, suspension of registration or other materially adverse
regulatory consequences; and

     (iii) neither party hereto nor its respective Affiliates shall enter into any
contract, arrangement, commitment or understanding (i) that limits or otherwise restricts
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respect the other party hereto or its respective Affiliates from engaging or
competing in any material line of business in any location or with any Person or (ii) that
includes any material exclusive dealing arrangement or any other material arrangement that
grants any material right of first refusal or material right of first offer or similar
material right or that limits or purports to limit in any material respect the ability of
such other party hereto or its Affiliates to own, operate, sell, transfer, pledge or
otherwise dispose of any material assets or business.

     (b) From and after the Closing, if Buyer undertakes any action or transaction, including any
repurchase of Buyer Stock, at Seller’s request, Buyer shall swap (x) a number of shares of Buyer
Stock owned by Seller and its Affiliates for (y) a number of shares of Equivalent Buyer Preferred
Stock that is convertible into a like number of swapped shares of Buyer Stock, to the minimum
extent necessary to reduce Seller’s beneficial ownership (as defined in Rule 13d of the Exchange
Act) of Buyer Stock such that it does not exceed the Common Stock Cap.

     (c) From and after the Closing until such time as the Distribution Agreement is terminated
pursuant to its terms, (i) neither Seller nor its Affiliates shall undertake any action or
transaction that would cause Seller’s beneficial ownership in Buyer (as determined by Seller based
on its reporting and compliance policies and procedures in respect thereof and discussed with Buyer
and assuming that beneficial ownership does not distinguish between voting and non-voting stock) to
exceed 9.9% in vote or value (the “Seller’s Ownership Limit”) and (ii) prior to Buyer undertaking
any action or transaction, including any repurchase of Buyer Stock, that would be reasonably likely
to cause the Seller’s Ownership Limit to be exceeded, (x) Buyer shall provide prior written notice
to Seller and (y) promptly following receipt of any such notice, Seller shall sell to Buyer, and
Buyer shall purchase, at a price per share equal to the then current market price, the minimum
number of shares of Buyer Stock necessary to reduce Seller’s and its Affiliate’s collective equity
ownership, directly or indirectly, in Buyer to not exceed Sellers’s Ownership Limit after giving
effect to such Buyer proposed action or transaction. For purposes of the foregoing “vote” shall
mean the power under the equity to vote in the election of directors of Buyer (whether or not that
power is retained by the equity holder, transferred to another party or surrendered) and “value”
shall mean the pro rata fair market value of the equity.

     (d) Subject to the restrictions of Section 6.01, from the date hereof until the Closing, Buyer
shall not undertake any action or transaction, including any repurchase of Buyer Stock, that would
be reasonably likely to cause the Seller’s Ownership Limit to be exceeded as of Closing unless (i)
Buyer provides prior written notice to Seller of any such action or transaction and (ii) to the
extent such action or transaction would cause Seller’s Ownership Limit to be exceeded as of
Closing, (A) the Aggregate Equity Consideration shall be reduced by the minimum number of shares of
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Ownership Limit will not be exceeded as of Closing and (B) the Aggregate Cash Consideration
shall be increased by an amount equal to the number of shares determined pursuant to the preceding
clause (A) multiplied by the Buyer Signing Price.

     Section 7.16. Jersey City Facility. In connection with the services to be provided pursuant
to the Transition Services Agreement by employees located at Seller’s facility at the Harborside
Financial Center, Jersey City, New Jersey (the “Jersey City Site”) pursuant to Schedule A-1 of the
Transition Services Agreement, Seller shall, on or before a date mutually agreed to by Seller and
Buyer (but no later than prior to the Closing Date), physically relocate all designated employees
who are employed at the Jersey City Site (and who are to provide such services) to a separate floor
selected by Seller at the Jersey City Site in its existing configuration (the “Dedicated
Location”), and as soon as reasonably practicable after the date hereof, Seller and Buyer shall
agree on a written plan for the Dedicated Location to facilitate the provision of such services.
As soon as reasonably practicable after the date hereof (and in any event no later than 90 days
prior to the Closing Date), Seller shall grant Buyer access, at reasonable hours, on reasonable
notice and in a manner designed to minimize disruption, to the Dedicated Location to permit Buyer
to accomplish the infrastructure and IT build described therein. Buyer shall be responsible for
implementing, and shall pay all out-of-pocket costs and expenses for, such infrastructure and IT
build. Buyer shall, at its sole cost, restore the Dedicated Location to its condition existing
before the work done as contemplated in the prior sentence, as soon as reasonably practicable after
the earlier of the termination of this Agreement or the termination of such services at the
Dedicated Location.

     Section 7.17. Distribution Agreement. Seller and Buyer agree that the provisions of Section
6 of the form of Distribution Agreement attached hereto shall be effective as of the date hereof,
and each party shall cause its applicable Subsidiary that will be a party to the Distribution
Agreement to be subject to the provisions of such Section 6; provided that, for the sake of
clarity, upon any termination of this Agreement, Seller, Buyer and their respective Subsidiaries
shall have no further obligations under such Section 6 after any such termination.

ARTICLE 8

Tax Matters

     Section 8.01. Termination of Tax Sharing Agreements. Any and all existing Tax sharing
agreements between the Transferred Entities and any member of the Seller Group shall be terminated
as of the Closing Date. After such date neither the Transferred Entities, on the one hand, or
Seller and its Affiliates, on the other hand, shall have any further rights or liabilities
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sharing agreement relating to the Transferred Entities for all Pre-Closing Tax Periods.

     Section 8.02. Seller Tax Covenants. Except as set forth on Section 8.02 of the Seller
Disclosure Schedule:

     (a) From the date hereof until the Effective Time, without the consent of Buyer (such consent
not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed), none of the Transferred Entities shall make or change
any material Tax election, change any annual Tax accounting period, adopt or change any method of
Tax accounting, file any material amended Tax Returns or claims for material Tax refunds, enter
into any material closing agreement, surrender any material Tax claim, audit or assessment,
surrender any right to claim a material Tax refund, offset or other reduction in Tax liability,
consent to any extension or waiver of the limitations period applicable to any Tax claim or
assessment or take or omit to take any other action, if such action or omission would have the
effect of increasing the Tax liability or reducing any Tax asset of the Transferred Entities.

     (b) The Transferred Entities shall establish or cause to be established in accordance with
GAAP on or before the Effective Time an adequate accrual for all Taxes due with respect to any
period or portion thereof ending prior to or as of the Effective Time.

     (c) Seller shall promptly pay or cause to be paid to Buyer all refunds of Taxes and interest
thereon received by Seller or any Affiliate of Seller attributable to Taxes paid by Buyer or the
Transferred Entities with respect to any Post-Closing Tax Period. If, in lieu of receiving any
such refund, Seller or any Affiliate of Seller elects to reduce a Tax liability with respect to a
Pre-Closing Tax Period or increase a Tax asset that can be carried forward to a Post-Closing Tax
Period of Seller or any Affiliate of Seller, Seller shall promptly pay or cause to be paid to Buyer
the amount of such refund as would otherwise have been obtained in the absence of such election.

     Section 8.03. Buyer Tax Covenants. (a) Buyer covenants that it will not cause or permit the
Transferred Entities, any Subsidiary or any Affiliate of Buyer to take any action on the Closing
Date other than in the ordinary course of business, including but not limited to the distribution
of any dividend or the effectuation of any redemption that could give rise to any Tax liability or
reduce any Tax asset of the Seller Group or give rise to any loss of the Seller or the Seller Group
under this Agreement.

     (b) Buyer shall promptly pay or cause to be paid to Seller all refunds of Taxes and interest
thereon received by Buyer, any Affiliate of Buyer or the Transferred Entities attributable to Taxes
paid by Seller or the Transferred Entities (or any predecessor or Affiliate of Seller) with respect
to any Pre-Closing Tax Period. If, in lieu of receiving any such refund, any Transferred Entity
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Tax asset that can be carried forward to a Post-Closing Tax Period, Buyer shall promptly pay
or cause to be paid to Seller the amount of such refund as would otherwise have been obtained in
the absence of such election.

     (c) If Seller owns at least 10% of the voting stock of Buyer during any taxable year, Buyer
shall provide Seller such information as Seller may reasonably request to allow Seller to determine
its eligibility for, and compute the amount of, any “deemed-paid” credit to which it may be
entitled under Section 902 of the Code with respect to any distribution made by Buyer during such
taxable year. Seller shall be obligated to reimburse 50% of all out-of-pocket third-party expenses
incurred by Buyer in providing such information, provided that Buyer shall not be obligated to, and
shall not, incur any such costs unless previously requested or approved by Seller.

     (d) Until such time as Seller has ceased to file under Section 13 of the Exchange Act, Buyer
shall (i) promptly notify Seller in writing if Buyer at any time determines that there is a
reasonable possibility that it is or may become a PFIC for any taxable year, and (ii) provide
Seller such information as Seller may reasonably request to permit Seller to determine whether
Buyer is or is reasonably likely to be a PFIC in such taxable year. Seller shall be obligated to
reimburse 50% of all out-of-pocket third party expenses incurred by Buyer in providing such
information, provided that Buyer shall not be obligated to, and shall not, incur any such costs
unless previously requested or approved by Seller.

     (e) Until such time as Seller’s filings under Section 13 of the Exchange Act show that it has
ceased to own 10% or more of Iridium’s outstanding common stock, Buyer shall promptly notify Seller
in writing if Buyer becomes aware of any information that could reasonably lead to the conclusion
that Buyer is or will become a “controlled foreign corporation” under Section 957 of the Code.

     (f) Buyer agrees not to take any action between the date of this Agreement and Closing that
would reasonably be expected to result in Buyer failing to satisfy the “active trade or business
test” with respect to the acquisition of Van Kampen set forth in Treas. Reg. Section
1.367(a)-3(c)(1)(iv). This Section 8.03(f) shall not be applicable if Seller has made an
Alternative Transaction Structure Election pursuant to Section 7.11.

     (g) Buyer acknowledges that Seller will enter into a “gain recognition agreement” under Treas.
Reg. Section 1.367(a)-8 (a “GRA”) with respect to the Merger. Buyer (i) shall not, and shall not
permit any of its Subsidiaries to, take any actions that would result in the recognition of gain by
Seller under the GRA without the prior written consent of Seller, not to be unreasonably withheld
or delayed provided, however, that Buyer shall be permitted to undertake the transactions
contemplated by Exhibit L, and provided further, that this clause (i) shall cease to apply upon the
earlier of the end of the Seller’s fifth full taxable year following close of the taxable year in
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time as Seller owns less than 4% of the Aggregate Equity Consideration, and (ii) upon request
by Seller, shall provide Seller at Seller’s expense with such information as Seller may reasonably
require to enable Seller (x) to comply with its reporting obligations in respect of such GRA under
Treas. Reg. Section 1.367(a)-8, and (y) to prepare, on behalf of Van Kampen, the statement required
under Treas. Reg. Section 1.367(a)-3(c)(6), provided, that this clause (ii) shall cease to apply
upon the earlier of the filing by Seller of its federal income tax return for the fifth full
taxable year following the close of the taxable year in which the Closing occurs and the filing by
Seller of its federal income tax return for the first taxable year in which Seller no longer owns
any of the Aggregate Equity Consideration. This Section 8.03(g) shall not be applicable if Seller
has made an Alternative Transaction Structure Election pursuant to Section 7.11.

     Section 8.04. Transfer Taxes. All transfer, documentary, sales, use, stamp, registration and
other similar Taxes (collectively, “Transfer Taxes”) incurred in connection with transactions
contemplated by this Agreement shall be borne equally by Seller on the one hand, and Buyer on the
other hand. Any Tax Returns that must be filed in connection with Transfer Taxes shall be prepared
by the party primarily or customarily responsible under applicable Law for filing such Tax Returns,
and such party shall provide such Tax Returns to the other party at least 10 Business Days prior to
the date such Tax Returns are due to be filed. Buyer and Seller shall cooperate in the timely
completion and filing of all such Tax Returns.

     Section 8.05. Transferred Assets. All real property taxes, personal property taxes and
similar ad valorem obligations levied with respect to the Purchased Assets for a taxable period
which includes (but does not end on) the Closing Date (collectively, the “Apportioned Obligations”)
shall be apportioned between Seller and Buyer based on the number of days of such taxable period
included in the Pre-Closing Tax Period and the Post-Closing Tax Period. Seller shall be liable for
the proportionate amount of such taxes that is attributable to the Pre-Closing Tax Period, and
Buyer shall be liable for the proportionate amount of such taxes that is attributable to the
Post-Closing Tax Period. Apportioned Obligations shall be timely paid, and all applicable filings,
reports and returns shall be filed, by Buyer or Seller as provided by applicable Law, provided that
the paying party shall be entitled to reimbursement from the non-paying party in accordance with
this Section 8.05. Upon payment of any such Apportioned Obligation, the paying party shall present
a statement to the non-paying party setting forth the amount of reimbursement to which the paying
party is entitled under this Section 8.05, together with such supporting evidence as is reasonably
necessary to calculate the amount to be reimbursed. The non-paying party shall make such
reimbursement promptly but in no event later than 10 Business Days after the presentation of such
statement. Any payment not made within such time shall bear interest at the rate set forth in
Section 1.01(a) for each day until paid, retroactive from the date of the presentation of such
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     Section 8.06. Preparation and Filing of Tax Returns for Transferred Entities. (a) Seller
shall prepare or cause to be prepared, in accordance with past practice, and timely file or cause
to be timely filed, and shall pay all Taxes shown as due thereon, (i) all Tax Returns with respect
to the Transferred Entities due on or prior to the Closing Date and (ii) all Tax Returns with
respect to the Transferred Entities for periods ending on or before the Closing Date.

     (b) Buyer shall prepare or cause to be prepared, and shall timely file or cause to be timely
filed, all other Tax Returns with respect to the Transferred Entities, and, subject to Section
8.09, shall pay all Taxes shown as due thereon; provided that as to any Tax Return for which Seller
may be liable to indemnify Buyer under Section 8.09, (i) such Tax Return shall be prepared in
accordance with the past practice of the Transferred Entities unless otherwise required by Law,
(ii) Buyer shall deliver any such Tax Return to Seller at least 60 days before it is due, including
extensions, (iii) Seller shall have the right to examine and comment on any such Tax Return prior
to the filing thereof, and such Tax Return shall not be filed without the prior written consent of
Seller, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed, and (iv) Seller shall either
provide such written consent or deliver a notice of objection no later than 50 days before the Tax
Return is due. In the event that Buyer and Seller are unable to resolve any dispute within 25 days
of the receipt by Buyer of a notice of objection from Seller, Buyer and Seller shall jointly cause
the Accounting Referee to resolve the dispute. In addition to the foregoing, after the delivery by
Buyer to Seller of any such Tax Return, Buyer and Seller shall work in good faith to agree on a
schedule (each such schedule, a “Section 8.06(b) Schedule”) of the positions either (i) which
Buyer, acting in good faith, would have taken on such Tax Return but for its obligation to prepare
such Tax Return in accordance with the past practices of the Transferred Entities or (ii) taken by
Buyer on such Tax Return that Seller believes are not consistent with the past practices of the
Transferred Entities and are not required by Law or (each such position in clauses (i) and (ii) a
"Buyer Proposed Straddle Period Position”), and the corresponding position that is consistent with
the past practices of the Transferred Entities and permitted by Law (each such position, a
"Corresponding Seller Straddle Period Position”). In the event that Buyer and Seller are unable to
agree as to inclusion or exclusion of any position with respect to such schedule within 25 days of
the due date for filing (including extensions) of such Tax Return, Buyer and Seller shall jointly
cause the Accounting Referee to resolve the dispute, provided that, for avoidance of doubt, so long
as such Corresponding Seller Straddle Period Position is permitted by Law, such Tax Return shall
reflect the Corresponding Seller Proposed Straddle Position. The costs, fees and expenses of the
Accounting Referee shall be borne equally by Buyer and Seller.

     (c) Buyer and Seller agree that, to the extent permitted by law and except as they may
otherwise agree in writing, the Transferred Entities will treat the Closing Date as the end of the
applicable Tax Period for purposes of filing any Tax Return.

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     (d) Buyer shall not amend any Tax Return of a Transferred Entity relating to a Pre-Closing Tax
Period without the consent of Seller.

     Section 8.07. Cooperation. Buyer and Seller agree to furnish or cause to be furnished to
each other, upon request, as promptly as practicable, such information (including access to books
and records) and assistance relating to the Transferred Entities and the Purchased Assets as is
reasonably necessary (i) for the filing of any Tax Return, for the preparation for any audit, and
for the prosecution or defense of any claim, suit or proceeding relating to any proposed
adjustment, or (ii) for any financial accounting purpose. Buyer and Seller agree to retain or
cause to be retained all books and records pertinent to the Transferred Entities and the Purchased
Assets until the applicable period for assessment under applicable Law (giving effect to any and
all extensions or waivers) has expired, and to abide by or cause the abidance with all record
retention agreements entered into with any Taxing Authority. Each of Buyer and Seller agree to
give the other reasonable notice prior to transferring, discarding or destroying any such books and
records relating to Tax matters and, if so requested, shall allow the other party to take
possession of such books and records. Buyer and Seller shall cooperate with each other in the
conduct of any audit or other proceedings involving the Transferred Entities or the Purchased
Assets for any Tax purposes and each shall execute and deliver such powers of attorney and other
documents as are necessary to carry out the intent of this Section 8.07. In no case will Seller be
required to provide tax information except with respect to the Transferred Entities, the Purchased
Assets and the Assumed Liabilities.

     Section 8.08. 368 Reorganization. (a) Prior to the Effective Time, each of Buyer and the
Seller shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Merger to qualify as a 368
Reorganization, and shall not take any action that could reasonably be expected to cause the Merger
not so to qualify.

     (b) Buyer shall not take, or cause the Surviving Corporation to take, any action after the
Effective Time that would reasonably be expected to cause the Merger not to qualify as a 368
Reorganization.

     (c) Each of Buyer and the Seller shall use its reasonable best efforts to obtain the opinions
referred to in Section 10.02(d) and 10.03(e).

     (d) This Section 8.08 shall not be applicable if Seller has made an Alternative Transaction
Structure Election pursuant to Section 7.11.

     Section 8.09. Tax Indemnification with Respect to Transferred Entities, Purchased Assets and
Assumed Liabilities. (a) Seller hereby indemnifies Buyer against and agrees to hold it harmless
from and to pay any (i) Tax of the Transferred Entities relating to a Pre-Closing Tax Period, (ii)
Taxes of any other Person for which the Transferred Entities may be liable as a result of Treas.
Reg. Section 1.1502-6 (or any similar provision of applicable Law) or as a transferee or successor,
(iii) Tax or Damages incurred or suffered by Buyer or any of its

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Affiliates (including, effective upon the Closing, a Transferred Entity), arising out of a
breach of any covenant or agreement of Seller or its Affiliates contained in this Article 8, (iv)
Taxes arising out of or relating to the Purchased Assets and Assumed Liabilities for or applicable
to any Pre-Closing Period, (v) Tax of Buyer or any Affiliate thereof (including, after the Closing,
any Transferred Entity) arising out of or resulting from the receipt by Buyer of any reimbursement,
payment or contribution (or deemed contribution) from Seller pursuant to Sections 9.05, 9.06 or
9.07, (vi) penalties, interest or additions to Tax (but not the underlying Taxes) of the
Transferred Entities attributable to the post-Closing portion of any Straddle Period incurred as a
result of the inclusion of a Corresponding Seller Straddle Period Position shown on any Section
8.06(b) Schedule in any Tax Return of a Transferred Entity for a Straddle Period, and (vii)
liabilities, costs, expenses (including, without limitation, reasonable expenses of investigation
and attorneys’ fees and expenses), arising out of or incident to the imposition, assessment or
assertion of any such Tax, including those incurred in the contest in good faith in appropriate
proceedings relating to the imposition, assessment or assertion of any such Tax, in each case
incurred or suffered by Buyer, any of its Affiliates or, effective upon the Closing, the
Transferred Entities (the sum of (i) through (v) being referred to as a “Loss”); provided, however,
that Seller shall have no liability for the payment of any Loss attributable to or resulting from
any action described in Section 8.03(a) or Section 8.08(b) hereof and provided, further, that
Seller shall have no obligation to make any payment pursuant to this Section 8.09 if at the time
the Loss is incurred or suffered by any Transferred Entity, as the case may be, Buyer no longer
owns such Transferred Entity.

     (b) For purposes of this Section 8.09, in the case of any Taxes that are imposed on a periodic
basis and are payable for a Tax period that includes (but does not end on) the Closing Date (a
"Straddle Period”), the portion of such Tax related to the portion of such Tax period ending on and
including the Closing Date shall (x) in the case of any Taxes other than gross receipts, sales or
use Taxes and Taxes based upon or related to income, be deemed to be the amount of such Tax for the
entire Tax period multiplied by a fraction the numerator of which is the number of days in the Tax
period ending on and including the Closing Date and the denominator of which is the number of days
in the entire Tax period and (y) in the case of any Tax based upon or related to income and any
gross receipts, sales or use Tax, be deemed equal to the amount which would be payable if the
relevant Tax period ended on and included the Closing Date. All determinations necessary to give
effect to the allocation set forth in the foregoing clause (y) shall be made in a manner consistent
with prior practice of the Transferred Entities.

     (c) If Seller’s indemnification obligation under this Section 8.09 arises in respect of an
adjustment which makes allowable to Buyer, any of its Affiliates or, effective upon the Closing, a
Transferred Entity any deduction, amortization, exclusion from income or other allowance (a “Tax
Benefit”) which would not, but for such adjustment, be allowable, then Buyer shall pay to Seller an
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cash or a reduction in Taxes otherwise due. For purposes of this Section 8.09(c), the second
through eighth sentences of Section 9.07(b) shall apply mutatis mutandis.

     (d) Any payment by Seller pursuant to this Section 8.09 shall be made in immediately available
funds at least two Business Days before the date payment of the Taxes to which such payment relates
is due, or, if no Tax is payable, not later than 10 days after receipt by Seller of written notice
from Buyer stating that any Loss has been paid by Buyer, any of its Affiliates or, effective upon
the Closing, a Transferred Entity and the amount thereof and of the indemnity payment requested.

     (e) If any claim or demand for Taxes in respect of which indemnity may be sought pursuant to
this Section 8.09 is asserted in writing against Buyer, any of its Affiliates or, effective upon
the Closing, a Transferred Entity, Buyer shall notify Seller of such claim or demand within 10 days
of receipt thereof, or such earlier time that would allow Seller to timely respond to such claim or
demand, and shall give Seller such information with respect thereto as Seller may reasonably
request; provided, however, that the failure to give such prompt notice shall not relieve Seller of
any of its obligations under this Section 8.09, except to the extent that Seller is actually
prejudiced thereby. Seller may discharge, at any time, its indemnification obligation under this
Section 8.09 by paying to Buyer the amount payable pursuant to this Section 8.09, calculated on the
date of such payment. Seller may, at its own expense, participate in and, upon notice to Buyer,
assume the defense of any such claim, suit, action, litigation or proceeding (including any Tax
audit). If Seller assumes such defense, Seller shall have the sole discretion as to the conduct of
such defense and Buyer shall have the right (but not the duty) to participate in the defense
thereof and to employ counsel, at its own expense, separate from the counsel employed by Seller.
Whether or not Seller chooses to defend or prosecute any claim, all of the parties hereto shall
cooperate in the defense or prosecution thereof.

     (f) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 8.09, Buyer agrees that Seller is
to have no liability for any Tax resulting from any action referred to in Section 8.03(a) of Buyer,
any Affiliate of Buyer, or, after the Closing, any Transferred Entity, and agrees to indemnify and
hold harmless Seller and its Affiliates against (i) any such Tax (together with any interest,
penalty, addition to Tax or additional amount), (ii) any Tax or Damages incurred or suffered by
Seller or any of its Affiliates, arising out of a breach of any other covenant or agreement of
Buyer or its Affiliates contained in this Article 8, (iii) any Tax imposed on any Transferred
Entity that is not subject to Seller’s indemnification obligation under this Section 8.09 and (iv)
any liabilities, costs, expenses (including, without limitation, reasonable expenses of
investigation and attorney’s fees and expenses), losses, damages, assessments, settlements or
judgments arising out of or incident to the imposition, assessment or assertion of any Tax
described in clause (i), (ii) or (iii) above. For purposes of this Section 8.09(f), Sections
8.09(b), (d) and (e) shall apply mutatis mutandis.

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     Section 8.10. Coordination and Survival. Claims for indemnification with respect to Taxes
(other than in respect of any claim for misrepresentation or breach of warranty made by Seller
under Section 3.13(e) or Section 3.22(k), which shall be governed exclusively by Article 11) shall
be governed by this Article 8 and not Article 11. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to
the contrary, the covenants and agreements contained in this Article 8 and the representation
contained in Section 3.13(e) shall survive for ninety (90) days following the full period of all
statutes of limitations (giving effect to any waiver, mitigation or extension thereof).

ARTICLE 9

Employee Matters and Benefits

     Section 9.01. Van Kampen Business Employees.

     (a) List of Van Kampen Business Employees; Categories of Van Kampen Business Employees.
Seller and Buyer acknowledge and agree that the list of Van Kampen Business Employees set forth on
Section 9.01(a) of the Seller Disclosure Schedule is comprised of both (i) Van Kampen Business
Employees employed by the Transferred Entities (the “Transferred Entity Employees”) and (ii) Van
Kampen Business Employees not employed by the Transferred Entities who otherwise primarily provide
services to the Van Kampen Business (the “Other Included Employees”). Prior to the Closing Date,
Seller or its appropriate Affiliate shall transfer the employment of any employee of the
Transferred Entities who is not a Van Kampen Business Employee or who is a Leave Recipient to one
of its Affiliates other than a Transferred Entity. Buyer shall, upon written notice to Seller,
have the unilateral right prior to November 30, 2009, in its sole discretion, except as would be
unlawful, to remove any of the Transferred Entity Employees and Other Included Employees that the
parties shall have designated as of the date hereof with an asterisk (*) on Section 9.01(a) of the
Seller Disclosure Schedule (such employees, the “Potential Van Kampen Business Employees”) from the
list of Van Kampen Business Employees set forth on Section 9.01(a) of the Seller Disclosure
Schedule and, upon Buyer’s exercise of such right, Seller or its appropriate Affiliate shall, with
respect to any Potential Van Kampen Business Employee who is so removed (any such Potential Van
Kampen Business Employee, a “Removed Van Kampen Business Employee”), if such Removed Van Kampen
Business Employee is employed by a Transferred Entity, transfer the employment of such Removed Van
Kampen Business Employee to one of its Affiliates other than a Transferred Entity. For the
avoidance of doubt, any Removed Van Kampen Business Employees shall not be treated as Transferred
Employees for purposes of this Agreement. Prior to the Closing Date, Seller shall update Section
9.01(a) of the Seller Disclosure Schedule to (i) denote which Van Kampen Business Employees are
Transferred Entity Employees, which are Other Included Employees and which are Leave Recipients
(taking into account the pre-Closing transfers required by the foregoing provisions of this Section
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should no longer be a Van Kampen Business Employee because (w) his or her employment has been
or will be prior to the Closing Date terminated (if applicable, to the extent permitted by Section
5.01(b)(iv)(E)), (x) he or she has been or will be prior to the Closing Date reassigned (if
applicable, to the extent permitted by Section 5.01(b)(iv)(E)) and, as a result of such
reassignment, he or she is no longer a Transferred Entity Employee or an Other Included Employee,
(y) he or she is a Removed Van Kampen Business Employee or (z) Seller and Buyer mutually agree to
such deletion, and (iii) add such employees who become Transferred Entity Employees or Other
Included Employees, as the case may be, due to (x) their hire by Seller or its Affiliates (if
applicable, to the extent permitted by Section 5.01(b)(iv)(E)) or (y) the mutual agreement of
Seller and Buyer.

     (b) Updating of Van Kampen Business Employee Information List. Seller shall provide Buyer,
not later than the tenth day of each month prior to the Closing Date, with an updated Van Kampen
Business Employee Information List that (i) contains the information required under Section 3.14(j)
with respect to each individual whose information was not previously set forth on the Van Kampen
Business Employee Information List and who became a Van Kampen Business Employee during the
preceding month, either due to his or her hire by Seller or its Affiliates (if applicable, to the
extent permitted by Section 5.01(b)(iv)(E)) or due to the mutual agreement of Seller and Buyer and
(ii) indicates each individual who was previously set forth on the Van Kampen Business Employee
Information List and who is no longer a Van Kampen Business Employee because, during the preceding
month, (w) his or her employment was terminated (if applicable, to the extent permitted by Section
5.01(b)(iv)(E)), (x) he or she was reassigned (if applicable, to the extent permitted by Section
5.01(b)(iv)(E)) and, as a result of such reassignment, he or she is no longer a Transferred Entity
Employee or an Other Included Employee, (y) he or she is a Removed Van Kampen Business Employee or
(z) Seller and Buyer mutually agree that such individual should no longer be set forth on the Van
Kampen Business Employee Information List.

     (c) Continued Employment; Offers of Employment. Buyer shall, or shall cause one of its
Affiliates to, (i) continue to, as of the Closing Date, employ each of the Transferred Entity
Employees who are employed immediately prior to the Closing and (ii) prior to the Closing Date
(subject to Section 9.01(d) with respect to Leave Recipients) make a written offer, or cause one of
its Affiliates (including the Transferred Entities) to make a written offer, of employment,
commencing as of the Closing Date, to each Other Included Employee. Seller shall cooperate with
Buyer in good faith to assist Buyer in its efforts to secure reasonably satisfactory employment
arrangements with the Van Kampen Business Employees; provided that such arrangements are consistent
with the provisions of this Article 9, including Appendix A to this Agreement with respect to
Foreign Employees who primarily work or reside in the United Kingdom and Appendix B to this
Agreement with respect to Foreign Employees who primarily work or reside in Japan, and in
accordance with applicable Law. Each Van Kampen Business Employee whose employment continues
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Law, and each Other Included Employee who accepts Buyer’s offer of employment and who
continues or commences, as applicable, active employment with Buyer or one of its Affiliates
(including, after the Closing, a Transferred Entity) as of his or her Transfer Date (as defined
below), shall be referred to as a “Transferred Employee.”

     (d) Special Provisions for Leave Recipients. Buyer also shall, or shall cause its Affiliates
to, make a written offer of employment to each Van Kampen Business Employee who is not actively
employed immediately prior to the Closing Date and who has a right of reinstatement (collectively,
"Leave Recipients”) on return from any approved leave or absence to the extent (i) Seller or its
Affiliates would have been required to reinstate such Leave Recipient pursuant to applicable Law or
any applicable Seller policy (pursuant to the terms of such policy as in effect as of the date
hereof) and (ii) such Leave Recipient returns to active employment within the 180-day period
following the Closing Date or any such longer period required pursuant to applicable Law. A list
of Leave Recipients as of not later than five Business Days prior to the date hereof has been
provided to Buyer. Such list shall be updated by Seller as of the Closing Date and delivered to
Buyer within five Business Days following the Closing Date. Any Leave Recipient who meets the
foregoing requirements shall be treated as a Transferred Employee as of 12:01 a.m., New York City
time, of the date on which he or she returns to active employment with Buyer or its Affiliates.
For the avoidance of doubt, any Leave Recipient to whom Buyer is not required to offer employment
pursuant to this Section 9.01(d) shall not be a Transferred Employee for purposes of this
Agreement.

     (e) Transfer Dates. The employment of Transferred Employees with Buyer or one of its
Affiliates (including the Transferred Entities), as applicable, shall be effective as of 12:01
a.m., New York City time, on the Closing Date; provided, that, notwithstanding the foregoing, the
employment of Leave Recipients will become effective as provided in Section 9.01(d) above. The
date on which a Transferred Employee’s employment with Buyer or one of its Affiliates, as
applicable, becomes effective is hereafter referred to as that Transferred Employee’s “Transfer
Date.”

     (f) Individual Contracts. Buyer or one of its Affiliates shall assume each employment
agreement, offer letter or similar individual Contract of each Transferred Employee that is set
forth on Section 9.01(f) of the Seller Disclosure Schedule (each, a “Transferred Employee
Agreement”) as of the applicable Transfer Date. For the avoidance of doubt, each such assumed
Transferred Employee Agreement shall be an Assumed Benefit and Compensation Arrangement for all
purposes under this Agreement including Buyer’s obligation to, and to cause its Affiliates to,
honor such Transferred Employee Agreement in accordance with its terms pursuant to Section 9.02(j).
For the avoidance of doubt, neither Buyer nor any of its Affiliates (including, after the Closing
Date, the Transferred Entities) shall assume any Liability or obligation of Seller or any of its
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Assumed Benefit and Compensation Arrangement pursuant to Buyer’s assumption of the Transferred
Employee Agreements.

     (g) Severance. Seller and its Affiliates (excluding, after the Closing Date, the Transferred
Entities) shall be responsible for any Liabilities related to any severance, termination,
indemnity, redundancy or any other similar payment (including amounts incurred by Buyer or any of
its Affiliates (including, after the Closing Date, the Transferred Entities)) with respect to any
(i) employee of Seller or its Affiliates who is not a Van Kampen Business Employee, (ii) former
employee of the Van Kampen Business or (iii) Removed Van Kampen Business Employee. Except as
provided in the following sentence, in no event shall Seller, Buyer or their respective Affiliates
(including the Transferred Entities) be obligated to pay severance to any Other Included Employee
who rejects an offer of employment with Buyer or one of its Affiliate or accepts an offer of
employment with Buyer or one of its Affiliates but subsequently refuses to become an employee of
Buyer or any of its Affiliates. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if (i) any (A) Other Included
Employee or (B) Leave Recipient who is able to return to active employment does not accept an offer
of employment from Buyer or any of its Affiliates on the basis that such offer is conditioned on
such employee’s relocating his or her principal place of employment in excess of 35 miles from its
location as of immediately prior to the Closing and (ii) Seller or any of its Affiliates terminates
the employment of such employee within 60 days following (A) the Closing Date, in the case of an
Other Included Employee, or (B) the date on which such employee is able to return to active
employment, in the case of a Leave Recipient, then Buyer shall promptly reimburse Seller for any
severance or similar payment or benefit that is provided to such employee in connection with such
termination.

     Section 9.02. Employee Matters.

     (a) Continuation of Compensation and Benefits. For a period of one year following each
Transferred Employee’s Transfer Date, Buyer shall provide to (i) such Transferred Employee a base
salary or wage rate that is not less than such Transferred Employee’s base salary or wage rate as
in effect immediately prior to the Closing Date, (ii) such Transferred Employee whose employment is
terminated without cause by Buyer or any of its Affiliates during such year, payments and benefits
in accordance with Buyer’s Severance Plan, Amended and Restated as of May 1, 2009 (taking into
account the provisions of Section 9.02(d)), which payments and benefits shall be conditioned on
such Transferred Employee’s execution and non-revocation of a release of claims against Buyer,
Seller and their respective Affiliates, and (iii) the Transferred Employees, collectively, benefits
(other than severance payments and benefits) that are substantially comparable in the aggregate to
the benefits (other than severance payments and benefits) provided by Seller and its Affiliates to
the Transferred Employees as in effect immediately prior to the Closing Date; provided, however,
that Buyer’s provision of benefits to the Transferred Employees that are substantially comparable
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to similarly situated employees of Buyer or its Subsidiaries (other than the Transferred
Entities) shall be deemed to satisfy the foregoing provisions of this Section 9.02(a)(iii) (it
being understood that participation in such plans may commence at different times with respect to
each such plan and whether or not such Transferred Employee elects to participate in any such plan
and that in no event shall any closed or frozen plan of Buyer or its Subsidiaries be taken into
account for purposes of determining whether Buyer has satisfied its obligation pursuant to this
Section 9.02(a)(iii)). For the avoidance of doubt, the foregoing shall not apply to any incentive
or variable incentive compensation arrangements, the provision of which shall be governed by
Section 9.02(b) and Section 9.02(c).

     (b) Fiscal Year 2009 Incentive Compensation.

     (i) Prior to the Closing, Seller or one of its Affiliates shall, subject to approval
by the Compensation, Management Development and Succession Committee of Seller’s Board of
Directors (the “Seller Compensation Committee”), grant to each Van Kampen Business
Employee who was designated as a Van Kampen Business Employee not later than November 30,
2009 and who is eligible to participate in any of the 2009 fiscal year incentive and
variable incentive compensation plans or arrangements maintained by Seller or any of its
Affiliates (each, a “2009 Bonus Plan” and each such Van Kampen Business Employee, a “2009
Bonus Plan Participant”) a cash-based long-term incentive compensation award (each, a
“2009 Long-Term Incentive Award”), if such 2009 Bonus Plan Participant is eligible to
receive a long-term incentive compensation award under any such 2009 Bonus Plan, and a
bonus that is paid in cash pursuant to the terms of such 2009 Bonus Plan, if such 2009
Bonus Plan Participant is eligible to receive a cash bonus under any such 2009 Bonus Plan.
Such 2009 Long-Term Incentive Awards shall contain the terms set forth in Section
9.02(b)(i) of the Seller Disclosure Schedule (the “2009 LTI Qualifying Terms”).

     (ii) The aggregate grant date value of the 2009 Long-Term Incentive Awards (such
aggregate value, the “2009 LTI Value”) shall be the amount determined in accordance with
Section 9.02(b)(ii) of the Seller Disclosure Schedule. The “2009 Deferred Compensation
Amount” shall be an amount equal to (A) the 2009 LTI Value, plus (B) the aggregate
appreciation, if any, in the value of the 2009 Long-Term Incentive Awards from their
respective dates of grant through the Transferred Employees’ respective Transfer Dates,
minus (C) the aggregate value of the 2009 Long-Term Incentive Awards held by the 2009
Bonus Plan Participants, if any, who do not become Transferred Employees.

     (iii) As soon as practicable following the Seller Compensation Committee’s approval
of the 2009 Long-Term Incentive Awards, Seller shall provide Buyer with written notice
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awards, as so approved. If Buyer reasonably and in good faith determines that such
terms are not substantially comparable to the 2009 LTI Qualifying Terms, then not later
than ten Business Days following Seller’s notice, Buyer shall provide Seller with written
notice indicating the specific reason(s) for Buyer’s determination.

     (iv) If Buyer does not provide Seller with written notice pursuant to Section
9.02(b)(iii), then Seller shall grant the 2009 Long-Term Incentive Awards, as approved
pursuant to the first sentence of Section 9.02(b)(iii), and effective upon the Transfer
Date applicable to a Transferred Employee, Buyer or one of its Affiliates shall assume
such Transferred Employee’s 2009 Long-Term Incentive Award, which shall be subject to the
same vesting and payment terms and have the same cash value (including for the avoidance
of doubt any appreciation in such value from the date of grant of such award through such
Transferred Employee’s Transfer Date) as applied to such award immediately prior to such
assumption.

     (v) If Buyer provides Seller with written notice pursuant to Section 9.02(b)(iii),
then Seller may elect to modify the terms of the 2009 Long-Term Incentive Awards, in which
case Seller shall provide Buyer with written notice that sets forth the terms of such
awards, as Seller proposes to modify them. If Buyer reasonably and in good faith
determines that such terms are not substantially comparable to the 2009 LTI Qualifying
Terms, then not later than five Business Days following Seller’s notice, Buyer shall
provide Seller with written notice indicating the specific reason(s) for Buyer’s
determination.

     (vi) If Buyer does not provide Seller with written notice pursuant to Section
9.02(b)(v), then Seller shall grant the 2009 Long-Term Incentive Awards, as modified
pursuant to the first sentence of Section 9.02(b)(v), and effective upon the Transfer Date
applicable to a Transferred Employee, Buyer or one of its Affiliates shall assume such
Transferred Employee’s 2009 Long-Term Incentive Award, which shall be subject to the same
vesting and payment terms and have the same cash value (including for the avoidance of
doubt any appreciation in such value from the date of grant of such award through such
Transferred Employee’s Transfer Date) as applied to such award immediately prior to such
assumption.

     (vii) If Buyer determines reasonably and in good faith in accordance with this
Section 9.02(b) that the terms of the 2009 Long-Term Incentive Awards (either as approved
by the Seller Compensation Committee or as proposed to be modified by Seller following
such approval) are not substantially comparable to the 2009 LTI Qualifying Terms or if
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Incentive Awards after Buyer provides Seller with written notice pursuant to Section
9.02(b)(iii), then:

     (A) Buyer shall not assume the 2009 Long-Term Incentive Awards, Seller
shall retain all liability in respect of such awards and such awards shall not
be deemed Assumed Benefit and Compensation Arrangements for purposes of this
Agreement; and

     (B) effective upon the Transfer Date applicable to a Transferred Employee,
Buyer or one of its Affiliates shall grant to such Transferred Employee a
long-term incentive award, which shall be subject to the same vesting and
payment terms and such other terms as are set forth on Section 9.02(b)(i) of the
Seller Disclosure Schedule and have the same cash value (including for the
avoidance of doubt any appreciation in such value from the date of grant of such
Transferred Employee’s 2009 Long-Term Incentive Award through such Transferred
Employee’s Transfer Date) in each case as would have applied to such 2009
Long-Term Incentive Award had Buyer or such Affiliate assumed such award
pursuant to this Section 9.02(b).

     (viii) Seller and Buyer shall cooperate in good faith to effectuate this Section
9.02(b) and Section 9.02(b) of the Seller Disclosure Schedule.

     (c) Fiscal Year 2010 Incentive Compensation. Seller and Buyer shall cooperate in good faith
to establish fiscal year 2010 incentive and variable incentive compensation programs for the Van
Kampen Business Employees who are 2009 Bonus Plan Participants (and any other Van Kampen Business
Employees mutually selected by Seller and Buyer) which programs are to be generally consistent with
the fiscal year 2010 incentive and variable incentive compensation programs established by Buyer in
the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice with respect to its and its
Subsidiaries’ (other than the Transferred Entities) similarly situated employees. Transferred
Employees who are not covered by the immediately preceding sentence shall, with respect to Buyer’s
2010 fiscal year, be eligible to participate in such fiscal year 2010 incentive and variable
incentive compensation programs that are offered to similarly situated employees of Buyer and its
Subsidiaries (other than the Transferred Entities) in the ordinary course of business consistent
with past practice (such programs, together with the programs established pursuant to the
immediately preceding sentence, the “2010 Incentive Compensation Programs”). Without limiting the
generality of the foregoing, with respect to each Van Kampen Business Employee who as of the date
hereof has a “legally binding right” (as defined for purposes of Section 409A of the Code) to
compensation payable with respect to fiscal year 2010, Seller and Buyer shall cooperate in good
faith to ensure that the terms and conditions applicable to such compensation are intended to
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extent applicable. For the avoidance of doubt, Buyer and its Subsidiaries shall be
responsible for granting all awards under the 2010 Incentive Compensation Programs to the
Transferred Employees and, except as otherwise expressly provided herein, paying all costs
associated with such awards granted to the Transferred Employees.

     (d) Credit for Service. With respect to any employee benefit or compensation plan, program,
policy, arrangement (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any vacation program or policy) or
agreement of Buyer or any of its Subsidiaries in which any Transferred Employee becomes a
participant, such Transferred Employee shall receive full credit for all purposes for such
Transferred Employee’s service with Seller or any of its Subsidiaries (or predecessor employers) to
the same extent that such service was recognized as of the Closing Date under an analogous plan of
Seller and its Subsidiaries in which the Transferred Employee participated; provided that the
foregoing shall not apply (i) with respect to benefit accrual under any defined benefit pension
plan or (ii) to the extent that its application would result in a duplication of benefits. Subject
to applicable Law and the provisions of this Agreement, after the Closing Date, Buyer expressly
reserves the right to amend, modify or terminate any benefit plan or program established or
maintained by Buyer or any of its Affiliates for the benefit of Transferred Employees in accordance
with the terms of such plan or program and applicable Law.

     (e) Preexisting Conditions; Coordination. With respect to any welfare plan maintained by
Buyer or any of its Subsidiaries in which any Transferred Employee is eligible to participate after
the Closing Date, Buyer shall, or shall cause its Subsidiaries to, waive all limitations as to
preexisting conditions and exclusions with respect to participation and coverage requirements
applicable to such Transferred Employees and provide each Transferred Employee with credit for any
co-payments and deductibles paid and for amounts paid toward any out-of-pocket maximums prior to
the Closing Date in satisfying any analogous plan’s deductible or out-of-pocket requirements to the
extent applicable under any such plan (other than a high deductible health plan with health savings
accounts).

     (f) Vesting Under Seller’s 401(k) Plans. Seller shall fully vest the accounts of the
Transferred Employees in the 401(k) savings plans of Seller and its Affiliates (the “Seller 401(k)
Plans”) (or, in the case of Foreign Employees who become Transferred Employees, the accounts under
a comparable Foreign Plan of Seller and its Affiliates). From and after the Closing Date, Seller
will assume or retain, as the case may be, and be solely responsible for and will fully perform,
pay and discharge, in accordance with their terms, all Liabilities in respect of Van Kampen
Business Employees and former employees of the Transferred Entities (and claims by or relating to
such Persons) under the Seller 401(k) Plans (or comparable Foreign Plan of Seller and its
Affiliates).

     (g) Retiree Medical. Seller and its Affiliates shall permit each Transferred Employee who (i)
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with Seller and its Affiliates in connection with the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement, has or would have, as of his or her Transfer Date, satisfied the eligibility
requirements for benefits under the Benefit and Compensation Arrangements that provide for retiree
medical or retiree life insurance benefits (“Seller Retiree Welfare Benefits Arrangements”) and
(ii) within the time period permitted by the Seller Retiree Welfare Benefits Arrangements has
elected to commence coverage under the Seller Retiree Welfare Benefits Arrangements, to commence
coverage under the Seller Retiree Welfare Benefits Arrangements after his or her Transfer Date.
From and after the Closing Date, Seller and its Affiliates (excluding the Transferred Entities)
will assume or retain, as the case may be, and be solely responsible for and will fully perform,
pay and discharge, in accordance with their terms, all Liabilities in respect of Van Kampen
Business Employees and former employees of the Transferred Entities (and claims by or relating to
such Persons) with respect to Seller Retiree Welfare Benefits Arrangements, whether under the
Benefit and Compensation Arrangements or otherwise.

     (h) Welfare Benefits Generally. (i) Subject to Section 9.01(g), Seller and its Affiliates
shall be solely responsible for (A) claims for the type of benefits described in Section 3(1) of
ERISA (whether or not covered by ERISA) (“Welfare Benefits”) and for workers’ compensation, in each
case that are incurred by or with respect to any Transferred Employee before his or her Transfer
Date; (B) claims relating to COBRA Coverage attributable to “qualifying events” with respect to any
Transferred Employee and his or her beneficiaries and dependents that occur before such Transferred
Employee’s Transfer Date; (C) claims for Welfare Benefits and for workers’ compensation, in each
case that are incurred by or with respect to any current or former employee of the Van Kampen
Business who does not become a Transferred Employee, whether incurred before, on or after the
Closing Date; and (D) claims relating to COBRA Coverage attributable to “qualifying events” with
respect to any Van Kampen Business Employee who does not become a Transferred Employee and his or
her beneficiaries and dependents, whether occurring before, on or after the Closing Date; and (ii)
Buyer and its Affiliates shall be solely responsible for (A) claims for Welfare Benefits and for
workers compensation, in each case that are incurred by or with respect to any Transferred Employee
on or after his or her Transfer Date, and (B) claims relating to COBRA Coverage attributable to
“qualifying events” with respect to any Transferred Employee and his or her beneficiaries and
dependents that occur on or after such Transferred Employee’s Transfer Date. For purposes of the
foregoing, a medical/dental claim shall be considered incurred when the services are rendered, the
supplies are provided or the medication is prescribed, and not when the condition arose; provided
that claims relating to a hospital confinement that begins before the Transfer Date but continues
thereafter shall be treated as incurred before the Transfer Date. A disability or workers’
compensation claim shall be considered incurred before the relevant Transferred Employee’s Transfer
Date if the injury or condition giving rise to the claim occurs before such Transfer Date, but only
if such claim is actually filed on or before the six-month anniversary of such Transfer Date.

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     (i) Paid Time-Off. Seller shall, or shall cause one of its Affiliates to, pay each
Transferred Employee (except with respect to any Foreign Employee who primarily works or resides in
the United Kingdom, which shall be treated in accordance with the terms specified on Appendix A)
for any vacation time earned but unused by such Transferred Employee as of his or her Transfer
Date, which payment shall be made on or as soon as is reasonably practicable following such
Transfer Date. For the avoidance of doubt, but subject to the exception set forth above with
respect to any Foreign Employee who primarily works or resides in the United Kingdom, Seller and
its Affiliates (other than the Transferred Entities) shall retain and be responsible for
liabilities in respect of the earned and unused vacation time of the Transferred Employees.

     (j) Honoring Assumed Benefit and Compensation Arrangements. Buyer shall, and shall cause its
Affiliates to, assume and honor the terms of each Assumed Benefit and Compensation Arrangement and
all obligations thereunder. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing contained herein shall prohibit
Buyer, the Transferred Entities or any of their respective Affiliates from terminating or amending
any particular Assumed Benefit and Compensation Arrangement after the Closing Date in accordance
with the terms of such arrangement and applicable Law. Prior to the Closing Date, Seller shall, or
shall cause the applicable Transferred Entity to transfer the Legacy Van Kampen Nonqualified Plans
(and the assets and liabilities related thereto) to Seller or one of its Affiliates (other than the
Transferred Entities), and Seller shall retain and be responsible for the liabilities under such
Legacy Van Kampen Nonqualified Plans.

     Section 9.03. Compliance with Applicable Law for Non-U.S. Employees. With respect to any
Foreign Employees who do not primarily work or reside in the United Kingdom or Japan, Buyer’s and
Seller’s respective obligations under this Article 9 shall be consistent with those set forth in
this Article 9 with respect to Van Kampen Business Employees primarily residing or working in the
United States, with such modifications (other than the assumption of liability) as are necessary to
comply with applicable Laws of the foreign countries and political subdivisions thereof in which
such Foreign Employees primarily reside or work. Buyer’s and Seller’s respective obligations with
respect to Foreign Employees who primarily work or reside in the United Kingdom and Japan shall be
governed by the provisions of Appendix A and B to this Agreement, respectively.

     Section 9.04. Cooperation; Employee Communications. Seller has taken prior to the date
hereof commercially reasonable actions as are necessary to enable the parties to carry out the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement with respect to trade unions, works councils, employee
representatives and employees, or, where such actions are required to be taken after the date
hereof, whether by Law or otherwise, will take such actions as soon as reasonably practicable
following the date hereof (and in any event prior to the Closing Date or as otherwise required
under this Agreement or any exhibit hereto). Buyer and Seller will reasonably cooperate in making
all appropriate filings required by Law, implementing all appropriate communications with
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and sharing appropriate records and taking such other action as may be necessary or
appropriate to implement the provisions of this Article 9. Any communications by Seller or its
Affiliates (including, prior to the Closing Date, the Transferred Entities) in respect of the
matters pertaining to this Agreement with the Van Kampen Business Employees prior to the Closing
Date shall be subject to and in compliance with the terms of this Agreement. Written
communications from Seller or its Affiliates (including, prior to the Closing Date, the Transferred
Entities) in respect of the matters pertaining to this Agreement to the Van Kampen Business
Employees (except with respect to any Foreign Employees who primarily work or reside in the United
Kingdom and Japan to the extent specified on Appendix A and B to this Agreement, respectively)
shall be subject to review and comment by Buyer, and Seller shall consider in good faith revising
such written communications to reflect any comments that Buyer timely provides to Seller. Seller
shall not make any legally binding promises or commitments to the Van Kampen Business Employees
with respect to employment by Buyer or its Affiliates (including, after the Closing Date, the
Transferred Entities) or the terms and conditions thereof.

     Section 9.05. Stock Options and Restricted Stock Units. (a) From and after the Closing
Date, Seller and its Affiliates (excluding the Transferred Entities) will assume or retain, as the
case may be, and be solely responsible for and will fully perform, pay and discharge, in accordance
with their terms, all Liabilities in respect of Van Kampen Business Employees (including the
Transferred Employees) and former employees of the Van Kampen Business (and claims by or relating
to such Persons) with respect to such Seller Equity Awards.

     (b) Responsibility for Tax Deduction, Tax Withholding and Reporting Obligations and Tax and
Dividend Equivalent Payments.

     (i) Party Eligible to Record Tax Deduction. With respect to each Seller Equity
Award, including all dividend equivalent amounts paid in respect of such award, held by a
Van Kampen Business Employee or a former employee of the Van Kampen Business, the party
that will be entitled to the tax deduction with respect to such award will be the employer
entity at the time of grant. For the avoidance of doubt, Buyer or an Affiliate
(including, after the Closing, a Transferred Entity) will deduct for tax purposes the
compensation expense with respect to each Seller Equity Award held by any such employee
who was employed by any Transferred Entity at the time of grant (such Seller Equity
Awards, the “Buyer Deductible Seller Equity Awards”), including all dividend equivalent
amounts paid to such employee in respect of such Buyer Deductible Seller Equity Awards
(such dividend equivalent amounts, the “Buyer Deductible Dividend Equivalent Amounts”),
and Seller or an Affiliate (other than, after the Closing, a Transferred Entity) will
deduct for tax purposes the compensation expense with respect to each Seller Equity Award
held by any such employee who was employed by Seller or any of its Affiliates (other than
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including all dividend equivalent amounts paid to such employee in respect of such
award.

     (ii) Responsibility for Tax Withholding and Reporting Obligations.

     (A) Party Responsible for Tax Withholding and Reporting Obligations. With
respect to each Seller Equity Award held by a Van Kampen Business Employee or a
former employee of the Van Kampen Business, the party that will be responsible
for all tax withholding and reporting obligations that arise in connection with
the exercise, conversion or other settlement of such award or the payment of
dividend equivalent amounts with respect to such award will be the employer
entity at the time of grant. For the avoidance of doubt, Buyer or an Affiliate
(including, after the Closing, a Transferred Entity) will be responsible for all
tax withholding and reporting obligations with respect to the Buyer Deductible
Seller Equity Awards and Buyer Deductible Dividend Equivalent Amounts, and
Seller or an Affiliate (other than a Transferred Entity) will be responsible for
all tax withholding and reporting obligations with respect to each Seller Equity
Award and any related dividend equivalent amounts held by any such employee who
was employed by Seller or any of its Affiliates (other than a Transferred
Entity) at the time of grant. Notwithstanding the foregoing or anything to the
contrary contained herein, Seller or an Affiliate (other than a Transferred
Entity) shall take the action necessary to satisfy all withholding requirements
with respect to taxes that become payable due to vesting that occurs on the
Transferred Employee’s respective Transfer Dates (without regard to whether such
vesting results in the inclusion of an amount in gross income), which shall
include for employees subject to taxation in the U.S. the withholding required
under Sections 3121(v) and 3306(r) of the Code, and any such withheld amounts
shall be reported by Seller.

     (B) Cash Transfer from Seller to Buyer for Net Share Settlement. With
respect to each Buyer Deductible Seller Equity Award held by a Van Kampen
Business Employee or a former employee of the Van Kampen Business, in each case
who was employed by any Transferred Entity at the time of grant, in the event
that, at or prior to the time of the exercise, conversion or other settlement of
such award, such employee elects net share settlement to satisfy tax
withholding, Seller and Buyer agree that Seller shall transfer to Buyer (i)
cash, as soon as practicable following such exercise, conversion or other
settlement but in no event later than the next applicable regular or special
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delivery upon such exercise, conversion or other settlement (which amount
shall in no event be less than the statutorily required amounts) and (ii)
deliver to Buyer on a timely basis (i.e., giving Buyer a reasonable amount of
time to fulfill any reporting obligations) any information regarding such
exercise, conversion or other settlement that Buyer is obligated to report to
the IRS in connection therewith.

     (C) Gross Share Settlement. If a Van Kampen Business Employee or former
employee of the Van Kampen Business, in each case who was employed by any
Transferred Entity at the time of grant of a Buyer Deductible Seller Equity
Award has not elected net share settlement to satisfy tax withholding as set
forth in (B) above (or otherwise incurs a tax liability, such as FICA taxation,
imposed upon vesting of a Seller Equity Award that is deferred compensation
without regard to whether such vesting results in the inclusion of an amount in
gross income), Seller will (i) collect such withholding amount from such
employee in a manner approved by Seller and will remit cash, as soon as
practicable following exercise, conversion or other settlement of such award but
in no event later than the next applicable regular or special payroll date, to
Buyer in the amount of any tax withholding obligations that arise in connection
with such exercise, conversion or other settlement (which amount shall in no
event be less than the statutorily required amounts) and (ii) deliver to Buyer
on a timely basis (i.e., giving Buyer a reasonable amount of time to fulfill any
reporting obligations) any information regarding such event that Buyer is
obligated to report to the IRS in connection therewith.

     (iii) Dividend Equivalent Payments. With respect to each Seller Equity Award held by
a Van Kampen Business Employee or a former employee of the Van Kampen Business, in each
case who was employed by a Transferred Entity at the time of grant, Seller will retain
liability for all Buyer Deductible Dividend Equivalent Amounts owing to such employee in
respect of such award and will have the obligation to transfer to Buyer an amount of cash
equal to 100% of all Buyer Deductible Dividend Equivalent Amounts owing to such employee
in respect of such award, payable to Buyer no later than the date on which dividend
payments are payable to shareholders. Buyer or an Affiliate (including, after the
Closing, a Transferred Entity) will have the obligation to pay such employee 100% of all
such Buyer Deductible Dividend Equivalent Amounts net of any applicable tax withholding.

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     (a) Vesting. To the extent provided under the terms of each unvested Cash Deferred
Compensation Award, other than any 2009 Long-Term Incentive Award, held by a Van Kampen Business
Employee who is a Transferred Employee that is outstanding under any Benefit and Compensation
Arrangement on such Transferred Employee’s Transfer Date, such award will become fully vested on
such Transferred Employee’s Transfer Date.

     (b) Allocation of Liabilities. Seller shall retain liabilities that relate to awards or
account balances of deferred cash compensation outstanding under Benefit and Compensation
Arrangements immediately prior to the Closing and held by Van Kampen Business Employees and former
employees of the Van Kampen Business (such awards and account balances, collectively, the “Cash
Deferred Compensation Awards”).

     (c) Party Eligible to Record Tax Deduction. With respect to each Cash Deferred Compensation
Award, the party that will record the tax deduction with respect to such award will be the employer
entity at the time of grant. For the avoidance of doubt, Buyer or an Affiliate (including, after
the Closing, a Transferred Entity) will record the tax deduction with respect to each Cash Deferred
Compensation Award held by any employee who was employed by any Transferred Entity at the time of
grant (such Cash Deferred Compensation Awards, the “Buyer Deductible Cash Deferred Compensation
Awards”), and Seller or an Affiliate (other than a Transferred Entity) will record the tax
deduction with respect to each Cash Deferred Compensation Award held by any employee who was
employed by Seller or any of its Affiliates (other than a Transferred Entity) at the time of grant.

     (d) Payment of Cash Deferred Compensation Awards; Responsibility for Tax Withholding and
Reporting Obligations. In advance to the extent practicable and in no event later than the date on
which a payment of a Buyer Deductible Cash Deferred Compensation Award for which Seller retains
liability under this Section 9.06 first becomes due to an employee, Seller shall transfer to Buyer
an amount of cash equal to the full value of the Buyer Deductible Cash Deferred Compensation Award
or portion thereof actually paid. Buyer shall be responsible for all tax withholding and reporting
obligations that arise in connection with any payments under any Buyer Deductible Cash Deferred
Compensation Award. Notwithstanding the foregoing or anything to the contrary contained herein,
Seller or an Affiliate (other than a Transferred Entity) shall take the action necessary to satisfy
all withholding requirements with respect to taxes that become payable due to vesting that occurs
on the Transferred Employee’s respective Transfer Dates (without regard to whether such vesting
results in the inclusion of an amount in gross income), which shall include for employees subject
to taxation in the U.S. the withholding required under Sections 3121(v) and 3306(r) of the Code,
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     Section 9.07. Provision of Information; Reimbursement of Compensation Related Tax Benefit;
Payment of Paying Agent Costs.

     (a) Provision of Withholding and Reporting Information and Information Necessary to Satisfy
Accounting Obligations. Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, Buyer’s
performance of its withholding and reporting obligations under Sections 9.05 and 9.06 shall be
subject to Seller’s timely and accurate provision of the information necessary for Buyer to satisfy
such obligations, including information to satisfy all reporting obligations with respect to
compensation that is considered a “deferred compensation arrangement” within the meaning of Section
409A of the Code. Without limiting the foregoing sentence, in the case of Buyer’s withholding
obligations, Seller shall provide Buyer, in advance to the extent possible and in any event no
later than the date on which an amount in respect of a Buyer Deductible Seller Equity Award, Buyer
Deductible Dividend Equivalent Amount or Buyer Deductible Cash Deferred Compensation Award first
becomes includible in the gross income of an applicable employee for income tax purposes, with the
following information in respect of a Buyer Deductible Seller Equity Award, Buyer Deductible
Dividend Equivalent Amount or Buyer Deductible Cash Deferred Compensation Award: (i) the amount of
taxable income in respect of such award exercise, settlement or payment, (ii) the cash value of any
shares withheld in the case of awards for which net share settlement was elected; and (iii) the
amount of any taxes previously withheld to satisfy tax withholding under Sections 3121(v) and
3306(r) of the Code or corresponding or similar provisions of state Laws. In addition, without
limiting the obligation under the first sentence of this Section 9.07(a), Seller shall provide
Buyer with the amount of “wages” in respect of a Buyer Deductible Seller Equity Award, Buyer
Deductible Dividend Equivalent Amount or Buyer Deductible Cash Deferred Compensation Award, in
advance to the extent possible and in any event no later than the date on which an amount in
respect of a Buyer Deductible Seller Equity Award, Buyer Deductible Dividend Equivalent Amount or
Buyer Deductible Cash Deferred Compensation Award becomes subject to tax withholding under Sections
3121(v) and 3306(r) of the Code or corresponding or similar provisions of state Laws, without
regard to whether such amount is includible in gross income. In the case of Buyer’s reporting
obligations, promptly after the end of the taxable period to which the reporting obligation relates
(but in no event later than the date that is five Business Days prior to the reporting deadline
without extension), Seller shall provide Buyer with all necessary information for Buyer or its
applicable Affiliate to satisfy its reporting obligations. No later than the Closing, Seller shall
provide Buyer with detailed information regarding all Buyer Deductible Seller Equity Awards, Buyer
Deductible Dividend Equivalent Amounts or Buyer Deductible Cash Deferred Compensation Awards,
including without limitation, payment and settlement dates and whether any such arrangement is
considered a “deferred compensation arrangement” within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code,
Buyer shall timely provide Seller and its Affiliates with all information necessary to enable
Seller to determine whether any Transferred Employee has experienced a “separation from service”
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under any Benefit and Compensation Arrangement (other than an Assumed Benefit and Compensation
Arrangement) in which such Transferred Employee participates after his or her Transfer Date.

     (b) Compensation Related Tax Benefit. In the event that Buyer, any of its Affiliates or,
effective upon the Closing, a Transferred Entity actually realizes any tax benefit (determined on a
with and without basis), either in cash or as a reduction of Taxes otherwise due as a result of any
tax deduction in respect of amounts paid pursuant to the Buyer Deductible Compensatory
Arrangements, which, for avoidance of doubt, shall include the tax benefit associated with the use
in any future tax year of a net operating loss carryforward, foreign tax credit carryforward or
similar item that, but for the existence of such tax deduction in a prior year, would have been
used in such prior year (any such tax benefit a “Compensation Related Tax Benefit”), Buyer shall
pay to Seller an amount equal to such Compensation Related Tax Benefit (based on the actual
Compensation Related Tax Benefit realized in respect of the applicable Buyer Deductible
Compensatory Arrangement to which the Compensation Related Tax Benefit relates), as, if, and when
such Compensation Related Tax Benefit is actually realized. Within 10 days after the filing of the
federal income tax return for or that includes a Transferred Entity for each taxable year ending
after the Closing Date (until Buyer and Seller agree in writing that no further payments in respect
of Compensation Related Tax Benefits are required to be made by Buyer), Buyer shall provide Seller
with a statement setting forth Buyer’s computation of the Compensation Related Tax Benefit realized
by Buyer in such taxable year in reasonable detail. Buyer shall promptly provide to Seller such
information as Seller may reasonably request regarding such computation. Within 10 days after
receiving such statement, Seller shall either (i) deliver a written notice to Buyer stating that it
agrees with such computation, or (ii) deliver a written notice to Buyer stating that it objects to
Seller’s computation and setting forth in reasonable detail the basis for such objection(s). In
the event that Seller delivers such written notice of objection, Buyer and Seller shall cooperate
in good faith to try to resolve such dispute. In the event that Buyer and Seller are unable to
resolve any dispute within 20 days after receipt of such notice from Seller, Buyer and Seller shall
jointly cause the Accounting Referee to resolve the dispute within 20 days. The costs, fees and
expenses of the Accounting Referee shall be borne equally by Buyer and Seller. Within three days
after the resolution of such dispute by the parties or the Accounting Referee, or, if Seller
delivers a written notice of agreement to Buyer, within three days after the receipt of such notice
by Buyer, Buyer shall pay to Seller the Compensation Related Tax Benefit as so determined. Any
payment not made within such time shall bear interest at the rate set forth in Section 5.08(d) for
each day thereafter until paid. Buyer shall in no event be required to reimburse Seller for any
tax benefit that Buyer or any of its Affiliates (including, after the Closing Date, the Transferred
Entities) realize in respect of (i) the 2009 Long-Term Incentive Awards, (ii) any cash bonus that
is awarded pursuant to the terms of a 2009 Bonus Plan that is not paid by Seller prior to the
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     (c) Payment of Paying Agent Costs. Seller shall reimburse Buyer on a monthly basis in arrears
for the following costs associated with being the paying agent for Seller Equity Awards, Cash
Deferred Compensation Awards and Buyer Deductible Dividend Equivalent Amounts: (i) the amount of
any employer portions of any social security or tax remittance obligations that are paid by Buyer
or one of its Affiliates in satisfaction of the withholding obligations and that are not otherwise
reimbursed to Buyer under Sections 9.05 and 9.06 (provided, that, in the case of the employer
portion of social security tax or any similar tax remittance obligation paid by Buyer or one of its
Affiliates that is subject to an annual or other periodic cap, Seller shall reimburse Buyer in
arrears after the end of the relevant period and only to the extent that the aggregate amount paid
by Buyer and its Affiliates taking into account the Seller Equity Awards, Cash Deferred
Compensation Awards or Buyer Deductible Dividend Equivalent Amounts attributable to such period for
such purposes exceeds the amount that would have been paid by Buyer without taking into account
such items in such period) and (ii) the amount equal to the actual costs and expenses incurred by
Buyer and its Affiliates in connection with the performance of the payment of, and withholding and
reporting obligations in respect of, such Seller Equity Awards, dividend equivalent amounts and
Cash Deferred Compensation Awards (the sum of the amounts set forth in clauses (i) and (ii), the
“Buyer Paying Agent Costs”).

     (d) Timing of Reimbursements to Buyer. Seller shall reimburse Buyer for any applicable Buyer
Paying Agent Costs promptly but in no event later than 10 days after Buyer’s presentation to Seller
of a statement setting forth in reasonable detail the applicable Buyer Paying Agent Costs. Any
payment not made within such time shall bear interest at the rate set forth in Section 5.08(d) for
each day until paid, retroactive from the date of the presentation of such statement.

     (e) Agreed Tax Treatment of Payments. Buyer and Seller agree that (i) any payment made (or
deemed for federal income tax purposes to have been made) by Seller to Buyer pursuant to Sections
9.05, 9.06 or 9.07(c)(i) shall be treated by both Buyer and Seller for all Tax purposes as a
capital contribution by Seller to Van Kampen Parent that, for avoidance of doubt, does not
constitute gross income to Buyer, Van Kampen Parent or any of their respective Affiliates, (ii) any
payment made by Buyer to Seller pursuant to Section 9.07(b) shall be treated for all Tax purposes
as an adjustment to the Merger Consideration and (iii) any payment made by Seller to Buyer pursuant
to Section 9.07(c)(ii) shall be treated as a payment for services performed by Buyer for Seller.

     Section 9.08. Additional Provisions Applicable to Seller Equity Awards and Cash Based
Deferred Compensation..

     (a) Indemnity; Offset. Buyer shall indemnify and hold harmless Seller for any breach of its
obligations under Sections 9.05 and 9.06, and Seller shall indemnify and hold harmless Buyer for
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Sections 9.05 and 9.06. Any cash transfers to be made by Seller to Buyer under Sections 9.05
or 9.06 may be offset or otherwise reduced by any payments (other than any disputed payments) owed
by Buyer to Seller, and any cash transfers to be made by Buyer to Seller under Section 9.05 or 9.06
may be offset or otherwise reduced by any payments (other than disputed payments) owed by Seller to
Buyer, and such transfers shall be made as soon as reasonably practicable following the end of the
fiscal quarter of Seller. If a Transferred Entity ceases to be affiliated with the affiliated
group of corporations (as defined in Section 1504(a) of the Code) controlled by Buyer, Buyer shall
cause such Transferred Entity to assume all obligations of Buyer under Sections 9.05 and 9.06 in
respect of each Seller Equity Award and Cash Deferred Compensation Award held by a Van Kampen
Business Employee or former employee of the Van Kampen Business, in each case who was employed by
such Transferred Entity at the time of grant of such award, and corresponding responsibilities of
Seller under such sections in respect of Buyer shall apply in respect of such Transferred Entity.

     (b) Necessary Agreements; Establishment of Systems. Seller and Buyer agree to, in each case,
as soon as practicable after the date hereof, but in any event, prior to the Closing Date, (i)
enter into any necessary agreements regarding the subject matter of Sections 9.05 and 9.06 and (ii)
establish any necessary systems and frameworks, in each case, to enable them to fulfill their
respective obligations hereunder, including but not limited to compliance with all applicable Laws
and regulations regarding the reporting, withholding or remitting of income and social insurance
taxes, the transmittal of information, processing and integration of payroll systems and
reimbursement of applicable amounts, and further including but not limited to any special
arrangements generally consistent with the practices set forth in this Article 9 that may be
necessary or mutually desirable in connection with any employee or former employee who was employed
by any Transferred Entity at the time of grant of such employee’s Buyer Deductible Seller Equity
Awards or Buyer Deductible Cash Deferred Compensation Awards or at the time of such employee’s
participation in the applicable Legacy Van Kampen Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Plan
(collectively, the “Necessary Arrangements and Systems”). Seller and Buyer shall each, no later
than 10 Business Days after the date hereof, designate an individual who will be primarily
responsible for establishing or entering into, as the case may be, any such Necessary Arrangements
and Systems, overseeing the respective party’s obligations under Sections 9.05, 9.06 and 9.07 and
having general supervisory authority over the respective party’s service providers performing such
obligations.

     (c) Application to Foreign Employees or Non-U.S. Employees Who were Employed by a Transferred
Entity at the Time of Grant. Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, as soon as
reasonably practicable following the date hereof, the parties shall work in good faith to agree as
to whether and, if so, the extent to which, the withholding and reporting provisions of Sections
9.05(b)(ii)(A), 9.05(b)(iii) and 9.06(d) shall apply to Buyer Deductible Seller Equity Awards and
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Awards held by Foreign Employees or non-U.S. employees who were employed by a Transferred
Entity as of the time of grant, but in each case only to the extent, if any, that an entity
domiciled in a non-U.S. jurisdiction is responsible for any withholding or reporting obligations
that arise in connection with the exercise, conversion or other settlement of such awards, taking
into account the administrative practicality for Buyer; it being understood that if Buyer does not
have a business unit or entity in a particular non-U.S. jurisdiction it will not be required to
fulfill the withholding and reporting obligations under Sections 9.05(b)(ii)(A), 9.05(b)(iii) and
9.06(d) with respect to such awards.

     Section 9.09. No Amendment; No Third-Party Beneficiaries. Nothing in this Article 9 shall
(a) be treated as an amendment of, or undertaking to amend, any benefit plan, (b) obligate Buyer,
Seller or any of their respective Affiliates to retain the employment of any particular employee or
(c) confer any rights or benefits on any person, including but not limited to any Van Kampen
Business Employee, other than the parties to this Agreement.

ARTICLE 10

Conditions to Closing

     Section 10.01. Conditions to Obligations of Buyer and Seller. The obligations of Buyer and
Seller to consummate the Closing are subject to the satisfaction of the following conditions:

     (a) Any applicable waiting period under the HSR Act relating to the transactions contemplated
by this Agreement shall have expired or been terminated.

     (b) No order, injunction or decree issued by any Government Entity of competent jurisdiction,
and no provision of any applicable Law, shall prohibit or make illegal the consummation of the
Closing.

     (c) The Closing Revenue Run-Rate shall be equal to or greater than 0.70 multiplied by the Base
Revenue Run-Rate.

     (d) All Seller Required Approvals, Transferred Entities Required Approvals and Buyer Required
Approvals set forth on Section 10.01(d) of the Seller Disclosure Schedule and Section 10.01(d) of
the Buyer Disclosure Schedule shall have been obtained and shall remain in full force and effect as
of the Closing Date.

     Section 10.02. Conditions to Obligation of Buyer. Subject to the last sentence of Section
2.04, the obligation of Buyer to consummate the Closing is subject to the satisfaction of the
following further conditions:

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     (a) Seller shall have performed in all material respects all of its obligations hereunder
required to be performed by it on or prior to the Closing Date.

     (b) The representations and warranties of Seller contained in (i) Sections 3.01, 3.02, 3.03,
3.04, 3.07, 3.09, 3.10 and 3.28 (disregarding all materiality and Van Kampen Material Adverse
Effect or similar qualifications contained therein) shall be true and correct in all material
respects at and as of the Closing Date as if made at and as of such date (except for
representations and warranties that are made as of a specific date, which representations and
warranties shall be true in all material respects at and as of such specific date); and (ii) any
other Section of this Agreement (disregarding all materiality and Van Kampen Material Adverse
Effect or similar qualifications contained therein) shall be true at and as of the Closing Date, as
if made at and as of such date (except for representations and warranties that are made as of a
specific date, which representations and warranties shall be true at and as of such specific date),
with only such exceptions as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to
have a Van Kampen Material Adverse Effect.

     (c) Buyer shall have received a certificate signed by any executive officer of Seller to the
effect that the conditions specified in Sections 10.02(a) and 10.02(b) have been fulfilled.

     (d) So long as Seller has not exercised its rights under Section 7.11, Buyer shall have
received an opinion of Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz in form and substance reasonably satisfactory
to Buyer, on the basis of certain facts, representations and assumptions set forth in such opinion,
dated the Closing Date, to the effect that the Merger will be treated for federal income tax
purposes as a reorganization qualifying under the provisions of Section 368(a) of the Code. In
rendering such opinion, Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz shall be entitled to require and rely upon
customary representations of officers of Seller and Buyer.

     (e) Buyer shall have received a duly executed certificate of Seller and each Subsidiary of
Seller that is not a foreign Person and that transfers Purchased Assets, dated as of the Closing
Date, certifying under penalties of perjury that Seller and each such Subsidiary is not a foreign
Person within the meaning of Section 1445(f)(3) of the Code, substantially in the form of the
sample certification set forth in Treasury Regulation Section 1.1445-2(b)(2)(iv)(B).

     (f) Seller and its applicable Affiliates shall have executed and delivered the Ancillary
Agreements.

     (g) Seller shall have delivered to Buyer the audited December 31, 2008, unaudited June 30,
2009 and (if the Closing occurs after May 15, 2010) audited December 31, 2009 financial statements
and audit reports contemplated by Section 5.02(c)(i)(A) and (B) and, other than as described on
Section 10.02(g) of the Seller Disclosure Schedule, such financial statements shall not differ from
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Financial Statements in any manner that would reasonably be expected to have a material
adverse effect on the Van Kampen Business, taken as a whole.

     Section 10.03. Conditions to Obligation of Seller. The obligation of Seller to consummate
the Closing is subject to the satisfaction of the following further conditions:

     (a) Buyer shall have performed in all material respects all of its obligations hereunder
required to be performed by it on or prior to the Closing Date.

     (b) The representations and warranties of Buyer contained in (i) Sections 4.01, 4.02, 4.03,
4.06, 4.07, 4.18 and 4.21 (disregarding all materiality and Buyer Material Adverse Effect or
similar qualifications contained therein) shall be true and correct in all material respects at and
as of the Closing Date as if made at and as of such date (except for representations and warranties
that are made as of a specific date, which representations and warranties shall be true in all
material respects at and as of such specific date); and (ii) any other Section of this Agreement
(disregarding all materiality and Buyer Material Adverse Effect or similar qualifications contained
therein) shall be true at and as of the Closing Date, as if made at and as of such date (except for
representations and warranties that are made as of a specific date, which representations and
warranties shall be true at and as of such specific date), with only such exceptions as would not,
individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Buyer Material Adverse Effect.

     (c) Seller shall have received a certificate signed by any executive officer of Buyer to the
effect that the conditions specified in Sections 10.03(a) and 10.03(b) have been fulfilled.

     (d) The shares of Buyer Stock representing the Aggregate Equity Consideration shall have been
approved for listing on the NYSE, subject to official notice of issuance.

     (e) Seller shall have received a certificate signed by the general counsel of Buyer to the
effect that Seller is unaware of any facts or circumstances that would reasonably be expected to
prevent Buyer from performing its obligations under Section 6.06(a).

     (f) Buyer shall have fulfilled its obligations in accordance with Section 9.01(c)(ii).

     (g) So long as Seller has not exercised its rights under Section 7.11, Seller shall have
received an opinion of Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to
Seller, on the basis of certain facts, representations and assumptions set forth in such opinion,
dated the Closing Date, to the effect that the Merger will be treated for federal income tax
purposes as a reorganization qualifying under the provision of Section 368(a) of the Code. In

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rendering such opinion, Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP shall be entitled to require and
rely upon customary representations of officers of Seller and Buyer.

     (h) Buyer and its applicable Affiliates shall have executed and delivered the Ancillary
Agreements.

     (i) At least 75% of the board of trustees or board of directors (if any), as applicable, of
(i) each ‘40 Act Fund (that is not a Sub-Advised Fund) shall not be “interested persons” (as that
term is defined in the Investment Company Act and interpreted by the SEC) of (A) the investment
adviser to such ‘40 Act Fund or (B) the Person that will be the investment adviser to such ‘40 Act
Fund immediately following the Closing and (ii) each ‘40 Act Fund that is a Sub-Advised Fund shall
not be “interested persons” (as that term is defined in the Investment Company Act and interpreted
by the SEC) of (A) the Van Kampen Business sub-adviser to such ‘40 Act Fund or (B) the Van Kampen
Business sub-adviser (or such other sub-adviser substituted for such Van Kampen Business
sub-adviser in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement) to such ‘40 Act
Fund immediately following the Closing.

ARTICLE 11

Survival; Indemnification

     Section 11.01. Survival. The representations and warranties of the parties hereto contained
in this Agreement or in any certificate or other writing delivered pursuant hereto or in connection
herewith shall survive the Closing until March 31, 2011; provided that (i) the representations and
warranties contained in Sections 3.01, 3.02, 3.03, 3.04, 3.07, 3.09, 3.10, 3.28, 4.01, 4.02, 4.03,
4.06, 4.07, 4.18 and 4.21 (the “Fundamental Representations”) shall survive indefinitely or until
the latest date permitted by applicable Law, and (ii) except as otherwise set forth in Section
8.10, with respect to Section 3.13(e), the representations and warranties contained in Section 3.13
shall not survive the Closing. The covenants and agreements of the parties hereto contained in
this Agreement or in any certificate or other writing delivered pursuant hereto or in connection
herewith shall survive the Closing indefinitely or for the shorter period explicitly specified
therein, except that for such covenants and agreements that survive for such shorter period,
breaches thereof shall survive indefinitely or until the latest date permitted by applicable Law.
Notwithstanding the preceding sentences, any breach of representation, warranty, covenant or
agreement in respect of which indemnity may be sought under this Agreement shall survive the time
at which it would otherwise terminate pursuant to the preceding sentences, if written notice of the
inaccuracy or breach thereof giving rise to such right of indemnity (setting forth the basis
therefor in reasonable detail) shall have been given to the party against whom such indemnity may
be sought prior to such time, and such claim is pursued hereunder within a reasonable time period
thereafter.

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     Section 11.02. Indemnification.

     (a) Effective at and after the Closing, Seller hereby indemnifies Buyer and its Affiliates and
their respective directors, officers, employees, stockholders, agents, representatives, successors
and assigns (collectively, the “Buyer Indemnified Parties”) against and agrees to hold each of them
harmless from any and all damage, loss and expense (including reasonable expenses of investigation
and reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses in connection with any action, suit or proceeding
whether involving a third party claim or a claim solely between the parties hereto (“Damages”)
actually suffered or incurred by a Buyer Indemnified Party arising out of or relating to:

     (i) any misrepresentation or breach of a representation or warranty, read for
purposes of this Article 11 without reference to Van Kampen Material Adverse Effect, Buyer
Material Adverse Effect, materiality or similar qualifications, except where Van Kampen
Material Adverse Effect, Buyer Material Adverse Effect or materiality is referred to in
Sections 3.08(b) (first sentence only), 3.11, 3.12, 3.14(a), 3.16(a), 3.16(e), 3.18 (other
than the references to “Van Kampen Material Adverse Effect”), 3.19, 3.20(b) (first
sentence only), 3.20(h) (other than the references to “Van Kampen Material Adverse
Effect”), 3.22(d) (other than the references to “Van Kampen Material Adverse Effect”),
3.22(f) (other than the references to “Van Kampen Material Adverse Effect”), 3.22(h)
(other than the references to “Van Kampen Material Adverse Effect), 3.22(i) (other than
the references to “in all material respects”), 3.27, 3.29 (other than the references to
“in all material respects”), 3.30, 3.32, 4.08 (last sentence only), 4.10, 4.14, 4.16 and
4.20 (other than the references to “Buyer Material Adverse Effect”) (each such
misrepresentation or breach of a representation or warranty, a “Warranty Breach”) made by
Seller pursuant to this Agreement (excluding any representation or warranty contained in
Section 3.13, other than Section 3.13(e)); provided that, with respect to indemnification
by Seller for Warranty Breaches pursuant to this Section 11.02(a)(i), the following shall
apply (other than Warranty Breaches of any of the Fundamental Representations, for which
none of the ensuing clauses (A) through (C) shall apply):

     (A) Seller shall not be liable for any claim (or series of related claims)
for indemnification where the amount of Damages with respect to such claim (or
related claims) does not exceed $100,000 (the “De Minimis Amount”) (and the
amount of such Damages with respect to unrelated claims shall not be aggregated
for purposes of clause (B));

     (B) Seller shall not be liable unless the aggregate amount of Damages with
respect to such Warranty Breaches exceeds $50,000,000 (the “Deductible”) and
then only to the extent of such excess; and

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     (C) Seller’s maximum liability for all such Warranty Breaches shall not
exceed $250,000,000 (the “Cap”);

     (ii) any breach of covenant or agreement to be performed by Seller pursuant to this
Agreement (other than a covenant or agreement made or to be performed pursuant to Article
8);

     (iii) (A) any liabilities expressly assumed or retained by Seller under Article 9,
(B) all liabilities under any employee benefit or compensation plan, arrangement or
agreement of Seller and its Affiliates (other than liabilities under the Assumed Benefit
and Compensation Arrangements required to be assumed by Buyer pursuant to Section 9.02(j))
and (C) any Controlled Group Liability;

     (iv) any liabilities and obligations of any kind, character or description (whether
known or unknown, accrued, absolute, contingent or otherwise and whether arising before,
on or after the Closing Date) (A) of Seller or its Affiliates (other than the Transferred
Entities) that are not Assumed Liabilities or (B) primarily relating to or arising from or
under the Excluded Transferred Entity Business or the Excluded Payables; or

     (v) those matters listed on Section 11.02(a) of the Buyer Disclosure Schedule.

     (b) Effective at and after the Closing, Buyer hereby indemnifies Seller and its Affiliates and
their respective directors, officers, employees, stockholders, agents, representatives, successors
and assigns (collectively, the “Seller Indemnified Parties”) against and agrees to hold each of
them harmless from any and all Damages actually suffered or incurred by a Seller Indemnified Party
arising out of or relating to:

     (i) any Warranty Breach made by Buyer pursuant to this Agreement; provided that with
respect to indemnification by Buyer for Warranty Breaches pursuant to this Section
11.02(b)(i), the following shall apply (other than Warranty Breaches of any of the
Fundamental Representations, for which none of the ensuing clauses (A) through (C) shall
apply):

     (A) Buyer shall not be liable for any claim (or series of related claims)
for indemnification where the amount of Damages with respect to such claim (or
related claims) does not exceed the De Minimis Amount (and the amount of such
Damages with respect to unrelated claims shall not be aggregated for purposes of
clause (B));

     (B) Buyer shall not be liable unless the aggregate amount of Damages with
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exceeds the Deductible and then only to the extent of such excess; and

     (C) Buyer’s maximum liability for all such Warranty Breaches shall not
exceed the Cap;

     (ii) any breach of covenant or agreement to be performed by Buyer pursuant to this
Agreement (other than covenant or agreement made or to be performed pursuant to Article
8); or

     (iii) any and all Assumed Liabilities.

     (c) For tax purposes, any indemnification payments made pursuant to this Section 11.02 or
Section 8.09 shall be treated as an adjustment to the Aggregate Purchase Price.

     Section 11.03. Third Party Claim Procedures. (a) The party seeking indemnification under
Section 11.02 (the “Indemnified Party”) agrees to give prompt notice in writing to the party
against whom indemnity is sought (the “Indemnifying Party”) of the assertion of any claim or the
commencement of any suit, action or proceeding by any third party (“Third Party Claim”) in respect
of which indemnity may be sought under such Section. Such notice shall set forth in reasonable
detail such Third Party Claim and the basis for indemnification (taking into account the
information then available to the Indemnified Party). The failure to so notify the Indemnifying
Party shall not relieve the Indemnifying Party of its obligations hereunder, except to the extent
such failure shall have prejudiced the Indemnifying Party.

     (b) Except as provided below, the Indemnifying Party shall be entitled to control and select
counsel (subject to the Indemnified Party’s right to reasonably object) for such defense at its
expense.

     (c) If the Indemnifying Party shall assume the control of the defense of any Third Party
Claim, (i) the Indemnifying Party shall obtain the prior written consent of the Indemnified Party
(which shall not be unreasonably withheld) before entering into any settlement of such Third Party
Claim, if the settlement does not release the Indemnified Party from all liabilities and
obligations with respect to such Third Party Claim, the settlement is in excess of the maximum
liability set forth in Section 11.02, or the settlement imposes injunctive or other equitable
relief against the Indemnified Party and (ii) the Indemnified Party shall be entitled to
participate in the defense of any Third Party Claim and to employ separate counsel of its choice
for such purpose. The fees and expenses of such separate counsel shall be paid by the Indemnified
Party. Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) the Indemnifying Party shall not be entitled to assume
such control, and shall be responsible for the fees and expenses of the Indemnified Party’s
counsel, if the Indemnifying Party shall have failed, within twenty (20) Business Days after
receipt of a Notice in respect of the applicable Third Party Claim, to

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assume the defense of such claim or to notify the Indemnified Party in writing that it will
assume the defense of such claim and (ii) the Indemnifying Party shall be responsible for the fees
and expenses of the Indemnified Party’s counsel if (A) the named parties to any such action
(including any impleaded parties) include both such Indemnified Party and the Indemnifying Party
and such Indemnified Party shall have been advised in writing by counsel that there may be one or
more legal defenses available to the Indemnified Party which are not available to, or the assertion
of which would be adverse to the interests of, the Indemnifying Party or (B) the Indemnified Party
shall have been advised in writing by counsel that the assumption of such defense by the
Indemnifying Party would be inappropriate due to an actual or potential conflict of interest absent
representation by the Indemnified Party by its own counsel (provided that the Indemnifying Party
shall not be liable for the fees and expenses of more than one firm of counsel for all Indemnified
Parties, other than local counsel).

     (d) Each party shall cooperate, and cause their respective Affiliates to cooperate, in the
defense or prosecution of any Third Party Claim and shall furnish or cause to be furnished such
records, information and testimony, and attend such conferences, discovery proceedings, hearings,
trials or appeals, as may be reasonably requested in connection therewith.

     Section 11.04. Direct Claim Procedures. In the event an Indemnified Party has a claim for
indemnity under Section 11.02 against an Indemnifying Party that does not involve a Third Party
Claim, the Indemnified Party agrees to give prompt notice in writing of such claim to the
Indemnifying Party. Such notice shall set forth in reasonable detail such claim and the basis for
indemnification (taking into account the information then available to the Indemnified Party). The
failure to so notify the Indemnifying Party shall not relieve the Indemnifying Party of its
obligations hereunder, except to the extent such failure shall have prejudiced the Indemnifying
Party.

     Section 11.05. Calculation of Damages. (a) The amount of any Damages payable under Section
11.02 by the Indemnifying Party shall be net of (i) any amounts actually recovered by the
Indemnified Party under applicable insurance policies or from any other Person alleged to be
responsible therefor (net of any deductible or any expenses incurred in securing such recovery),
and (ii) any Tax benefit arising from the incurrence or payment of any such Damages, but shall be
netted against any Damages payable under Section 11.02 by the Indemnifying Party, or repaid by the
Indemnified Party, only if, as and when such Tax benefit is actually realized in cash or a
reduction in Taxes otherwise due. For purposes of clause (ii) of the preceding sentence, the
second through eighth sentences of Section 9.07(b) shall apply mutatis mutandis. If the
Indemnified Party receives any amounts under applicable insurance policies, or from any other
Person alleged to be responsible for any Damages, subsequent to an indemnification payment by the
Indemnifying Party, then such Indemnified Party shall promptly reimburse the Indemnifying Party for
any payment made or expense incurred by such Indemnifying Party in connection with providing such
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received by the Indemnified Party, net of any deductible or expenses incurred by such
Indemnified Party in collecting such amount.

     (b) The Indemnifying Party shall not be liable under Section 11.02 for any (i) punitive
Damages (except to the extent included in any Third Party Claim) or (ii) consequential Damages,
including for lost profits, that, in the case of this clause (ii), are remote or not reasonably
foreseeable (except to the extent included in any Third Party Claim).

     (c) Each Indemnified Party shall use reasonable efforts to collect any amounts available under
insurance coverage for any Damages payable under Section 11.02, provided that the expenses of such
efforts shall be borne by the Indemnifying Party and such efforts will not limit the timing or
amount of Damages payable under Section 11.02 during pendency of such insurance claims.

     Section 11.06. Assignment of Claims. If the Indemnified Party receives any payment from an
Indemnifying Party in respect of any Damages pursuant to Section 11.02 and the Indemnified Party
could have recovered all or a part of such Damages from a third party that is not a current or
former client, customer, employee, officer or director of Buyer and its Affiliates (a “Potential
Contributor”) based on the underlying Claim asserted against the Indemnifying Party, the
Indemnified Party shall, to the extent permitted by applicable Law or contract, assign such of its
rights to proceed against the Potential Contributor as are necessary to permit the Indemnifying
Party to recover from the Potential Contributor the amount of such payment.

     Section 11.07. Exclusivity. After the Closing, Section 11.02 and Section 13.12 will provide
the exclusive remedy for any misrepresentation, breach of warranty, covenant or other agreement
(other than those contained in Sections 2.05, 2.06, 5.08 and 8.09) or other claim arising out of
this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby, except in the case of common law fraud
relating to claims made in respect of the representations or warranties contained herein.

ARTICLE 12

Termination

     Section 12.01. Grounds for Termination. This Agreement may be terminated at any time prior
to the Closing:

     (a) by mutual written agreement of Seller and Buyer;

     (b) by either Seller or Buyer if the Closing shall not have been consummated on or before
August 31, 2010; provided that the right to terminate this Agreement pursuant to this Section
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party whose breach of any provision of this Agreement results in the failure of the Closing to
be consummated by such date

     (c) by either Seller or Buyer if consummation of the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement would violate any nonappealable final order, decree or judgment of any Government Entity
having competent jurisdiction.

The party desiring to terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 12.01(b) or Section 12.01(c)
shall give notice of such termination to the other party.

     Section 12.02. Effect of Termination. If this Agreement is terminated as permitted by
Section 12.01, such termination shall be without liability of either party (or any stockholder,
director, officer, employee, agent, consultant or representative of such party) to the other party
to this Agreement; provided that, if such termination shall result from the intentional (i) failure
of either party to fulfill a condition to the performance of the obligations of the other party or
(ii) failure to perform a covenant or agreement contained in this Agreement, such party shall be
fully liable for any and all Damages incurred or suffered by the other party as a result of any
intentional failure or breach. The provisions of this Section 12.02 and Sections 7.13, 13.03,
13.05, 13.06, 13.07, and 13.09 and the Confidentiality Agreement shall survive any termination
hereof pursuant to Section 12.01.

ARTICLE 13

Miscellaneous

     Section 13.01. Notices. All notices, requests and other communications to any party
hereunder shall be in writing (including by facsimile transmission or e-mail) and shall be given,

     if to Buyer, to:

Invesco Ltd.

1555 Peachtree Street NE

Atlanta, Georgia 30309

Attention: Kevin M. Carome

Fax: (404) 962-8357

E-mail: kevin.carome@invesco.com

     with a copy (which copy shall not constitute notice) to:

Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz

51 West 52nd Street
New York, New York 10019
Attention: Nicholas G. Demmo

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Fax: (212) 403-2000

E-mail: NGDemmo@wlrk.com

     if to Seller, to:

Morgan Stanley

1585 Broadway

New York, New York 10036

Attention: Arthur J. Lev

Fax: (212) 507-6976

E-mail: arthur.lev@morganstanley.com

Morgan Stanley

1221 Avenue of the Americas

New York, New York 10020

Attention: Martin Cohen

Fax: (212) 507-3334

Email: martin.cohen@morganstanley.com

     with a copy (which copy shall not constitute notice) to:

Davis Polk & Wardwell llp

450 Lexington Avenue

New York, New York 10017

Attention: Louis L. Goldberg

                John D. Amorosi

Fax: (212) 450-3800

E-mail:louis.goldberg@davispolk.com

               john.amorosi@davispolk.com

or such other address as such party may hereafter specify for the purpose by notice to the other
parties hereto. All such notices, requests and other communications shall be deemed received on
the date of receipt by the recipient thereof if received prior to 5 p.m. in the place of receipt
and such day is a Business Day in the place of receipt. Otherwise, any such notice, request or
communication shall be deemed not to have been received until the next succeeding Business Day in
the place of receipt.

     Section 13.02. Amendments and Waivers. (a) Any provision of this Agreement may be amended or
waived if, but only if, such amendment or waiver is in writing and is signed, in the case of an
amendment, by each party to this Agreement, or in the case of a waiver, by the party against whom
the waiver is to be effective.

     (b) No failure or delay by any party in exercising any right, power or privilege hereunder
shall operate as a waiver thereof nor shall any single or partial exercise thereof preclude any
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any other right, power or privilege. The rights and remedies herein provided shall be
cumulative and not exclusive of any rights or remedies provided by Law.

     Section 13.03. Expenses. Except as otherwise provided herein, all costs and expenses
incurred in connection with this Agreement shall be paid by the party incurring such cost or
expense; provided that Buyer and Seller shall each bear and pay 50% of the costs and expenses
incurred in connection with seeking and obtaining the consents of Clients pursuant to Section 7.05,
including in connection with the filing, printing and mailing of notices, proxy solicitation
materials and other communications in connection therewith.

     Section 13.04. Successors and Assigns. The provisions of this Agreement shall be binding
upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns
subject to the following sentence. No party may assign, delegate or otherwise transfer any of its
rights or obligations under this Agreement without the consent of each other party hereto provided
that Buyer may assign any of its rights and obligations under this Agreement to a wholly-owned
Subsidiary of Buyer; provided further that no such assignment by Buyer shall relieve Buyer of any
of its obligations hereunder.

     Section 13.05. Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in
accordance with the Laws of the State of Delaware, without regard to the conflicts of law rules of
such state.

     Section 13.06. Jurisdiction. (a) The parties hereto agree that any suit, action or
proceeding seeking to enforce any provision of, or based on any matter arising out of or in
connection with, this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby (whether brought by any
party or any of its Affiliates or against any party or any of its Affiliates) shall be brought
exclusively in the Delaware Chancery Court or, if such court shall not have jurisdiction, any
federal court located in the State of Delaware or other Delaware state court, and each of the
parties hereby irrevocably consents to the jurisdiction of such courts (and of the appropriate
appellate courts therefrom) in any such suit, action or proceeding and irrevocably waives, to the
fullest extent permitted by Law, any objection that it may now or hereafter have to the laying of
the venue of any such suit, action or proceeding in any such court or that any such suit, action or
proceeding brought in any such court has been brought in an inconvenient forum. Process in any
such suit, action or proceeding may be served on any party anywhere in the world, whether within or
without the jurisdiction of any such court. Without limiting the foregoing, each party agrees that
service of process on such party as provided in Section 13.01 shall be deemed effective service of
process on such party.

     (b) EACH OF BUYER AND SELLER HEREBY IRREVOCABLY DESIGNATES CORPORATION TRUST COMPANY (IN SUCH
CAPACITY, THE “PROCESS AGENT”), WITH AN OFFICE AT 1209 ORANGE STREET, CITY OF WILMINGTON, COUNTY OF
NEW CASTLE, DELAWARE 19801 AS ITS DESIGNEE, APPOINTEE AND AGENT TO RECEIVE, FOR AND ON

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ITS BEHALF SERVICE OF PROCESS IN SUCH JURISDICTION IN ANY LEGAL ACTION OR PROCEEDINGS WITH
RESPECT TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER AGREEMENT EXECUTED IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT, AND
SUCH SERVICE SHALL BE DEEMED COMPLETE UPON DELIVERY THEREOF TO THE PROCESS AGENT; PROVIDED THAT IN
THE CASE OF ANY SUCH SERVICE UPON THE PROCESS AGENT, THE PARTY EFFECTING SUCH SERVICE SHALL ALSO
DELIVER A COPY THEREOF TO EACH OTHER SUCH PARTY IN THE MANNER PROVIDED IN SECTION 13.01 OF THIS
AGREEMENT. EACH PARTY SHALL TAKE ALL SUCH ACTION AS MAY BE NECESSARY TO CONTINUE SAID APPOINTMENT
IN FULL FORCE AND EFFECT OR TO APPOINT ANOTHER AGENT SO THAT SUCH PARTY WILL AT ALL TIMES HAVE AN
AGENT FOR SERVICE OF PROCESS FOR THE ABOVE PURPOSES IN WILMINGTON, DELAWARE. NOTHING HEREIN SHALL
AFFECT THE RIGHT OF ANY PARTY TO SERVE PROCESS IN ANY MANNER PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW. EACH
PARTY EXPRESSLY ACKNOWLEDGES THAT THE FOREGOING WAIVER IS INTENDED TO BE IRREVOCABLE UNDER THE LAWS
OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE AND OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

     Section 13.07. WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES
ANY AND ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO THIS
AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.

     Section 13.08. Counterparts; Effectiveness; Third Party Beneficiaries. This Agreement may be
signed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be an original, with the same effect as
if the signatures thereto and hereto were upon the same instrument. This Agreement shall become
effective when each party hereto shall have received a counterpart hereof signed by the other party
hereto. Until and unless each party has received a counterpart hereof signed by the other party
hereto, this Agreement shall have no effect and no party shall have any right or obligation
hereunder (whether by virtue of any other oral or written agreement or other communication). No
provision of this Agreement is intended to confer any rights, benefits, remedies, obligations, or
liabilities hereunder upon any Person other than the parties hereto and their respective successors
and assigns.

     Section 13.09. Entire Agreement. This Agreement, the Ancillary Agreements and the
Confidentiality Agreement constitute the entire agreement between the parties with respect to the
subject matter hereof and thereof and supersede all prior agreements and understandings, both oral
and written, between the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof.

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     Section 13.10. Severability. If any term, provision, covenant or restriction of this
Agreement is held by a court of competent jurisdiction or other Government Entity to be invalid,
void or unenforceable, the remainder of the terms, provisions, covenants and restrictions of this
Agreement shall remain in full force and effect and shall in no way be affected, impaired or
invalidated so long as the economic or legal substance of the transactions contemplated hereby is
not affected in any manner materially adverse to any party. Upon such a determination, the parties
shall negotiate in good faith to modify this Agreement so as to effect the original intent of the
parties as closely as possible in an acceptable manner in order that the transactions contemplated
hereby be consummated as originally contemplated to the fullest extent possible.

     Section 13.11. Disclosure Schedules. The parties hereto agree that any reference in a
particular Section of either the Seller Disclosure Schedule or the Buyer Disclosure Schedule shall
only be deemed to be an exception to (or, as applicable, a disclosure for purposes of) (a) the
representations and warranties (or covenants, as applicable) of the relevant party that are
contained in the corresponding Section of this Agreement and (b) any other representations and
warranties of such party that is contained in this Agreement, but only if the relevance of that
reference as an exception to (or a disclosure for purposes of) such representations and warranties
would be readily apparent to a reasonable person who has read that reference and such
representations and warranties, without any independent knowledge on the part of the reader
regarding the matter(s) so disclosed. The parties acknowledge and agree that (i) the Schedules to
this Agreement may include certain items and information solely for informational purposes for the
convenience of Buyer or Seller, as applicable and (ii) the disclosure by Seller or Buyer, as
applicable of any matter in the Schedules shall not be deemed to constitute an acknowledgment by
Seller or Buyer, as applicable that the matter is required to be disclosed by the terms of this
Agreement or that the matter is material.

     Section 13.12. Specific Performance. The parties hereto agree that irreparable damage would
occur if any provision of this Agreement were not performed in accordance with the terms hereof and
that the parties shall be entitled to an injunction or injunctions or other equitable relief to
prevent breaches of this Agreement or to enforce specifically the performance of the terms and
provisions hereof in any court set forth in Section 13.06, in addition to any other remedy to which
they are entitled at Law or in equity.

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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly executed by their
respective authorized officers as of the day and year first above written.

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	INVESCO LTD.

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	MORGAN STANLEY

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 
	 

[Signature Page to Transaction Agreement]

155exv10wxby

Exhibit 10(b)

Execution Copy

AMENDMENT NO. 17

TO

RECEIVABLES PURCHASE AGREEMENT

     THIS AMENDMENT NO. 17 TO RECEIVABLES PURCHASE AGREEMENT (this “Amendment”) dated as of
September 3, 2009, is entered into among CONSUMERS RECEIVABLES FUNDING II, LLC (“Seller”),
CONSUMERS ENERGY COMPANY, in its capacity as Servicer (in such capacity, the “Servicer”), FALCON
ASSET SECURITIZATION COMPANY LLC (“Falcon”), and JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. (as successor by merger
to Bank One, NA (Main Office Chicago)) (“JPMorgan”), as a Financial Institution and as
Administrative Agent (in such capacity, the “Administrative Agent”). Capitalized terms used herein
without definition shall have the meanings ascribed thereto in the “Purchase Agreement” referred to
below.

PRELIMINARY STATEMENTS

          A. Reference is made to that certain Receivables Purchase Agreement dated as of May 22, 2003
among Seller, Servicer, Falcon, JPMorgan and the Administrative Agent (as amended prior to the date
hereof and as the same may be further amended, restated, supplemented or modified from time to
time, the “Purchase Agreement”).

          B. The parties hereto have agreed to amend certain provisions of the Purchase Agreement upon
the terms and conditions set forth herein.

     SECTION 1. Amendment. Subject to the satisfaction of the conditions precedent set forth in
Section 3 hereof, the parties hereto hereby agree to amend the Purchase Agreement as follows:

          (a) Section 7.1(u) of the Purchase Agreement is deleted and replaced with the following:

          (u) Certification of Receivables Classification. In connection with the delivery of each
Monthly Report, the Servicer shall certify to the Administrative Agent that it has made diligent
inquiry and that the accounts receivable included in the such report as Receivables are identified
on the books and records of the Originator and the Seller with the account code “Account 1460000
Customer Receivables”.

          (b) Section 9.1(f) of the Purchase Agreement is amended to delete clause (iii) and replace it
with the following:

          (iii) the average of the Past Due Ratios as of the end of such Accrual Period and the two
preceding Accrual Periods shall exceed (A) 13.0% for any Accrual Period occurring in May through
October of any calendar year, (B) 11.0% for any Accrual Period occurring in November of any
calendar year or (C) 10.0% for any Accrual Period occurring in December through April of any
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          (c) Exhibit I to the Purchase Agreement is hereby amended to delete the definitions
“Concentration Limit”, “Dilution Ratio”, “Net Receivables Balance” and “Receivable” and replace
them with the following:

               “Concentration Limit” means, at any time, for any Obligor, 2% of the Outstanding Balance of
all Eligible Receivables, or such other amount (a “Special Concentration Limit”) for such Obligor
designated by the Administrative Agent; provided, that in the case of an Obligor and any Affiliate
of such Obligor, the Concentration Limit shall be calculated as if such Obligor and such Affiliate
are one Obligor; and provided, further, that Conduit or the Required Financial Institutions may,
upon not less than three Business Days’ notice to Seller, cancel any Special Concentration Limit.

          “Dilution Ratio” means, for any Accrual Period, a percentage equal to (i) the aggregate amount
of Dilutions which occurred during such Accrual Period divided by (ii) the aggregate Original
Balance of all Receivables generated by the Originator during such Accrual Period.

          “Net Receivables Balance ” means, at any time, the aggregate Outstanding Balance of all
Eligible Receivables at such time, minus the sum (without duplication) of (i) the greater of (a)
$8,000,000 and (b) the aggregate amount by which the Outstanding Balance of all Eligible
Receivables of each Obligor and its Affiliates exceeds the Concentration Limit for such Obligor,
(ii) the Excess Unbilled Receivables Amount at such time, (iii) the aggregate Outstanding Balance
of Unapplied Cash and Credits at such time, (iv) the Customer Deposits as such time, (v) the
Unbilled Receivables Offset Amount at such time, (vi) the Excess Government Receivables Amount at
such time and (vii) the Excess Non-Energy Receivables Amount at such time.

          “Receivable” means all indebtedness and other obligations owed to Seller, CRFI or Originator
(at the time it arises, and before giving effect to any transfer or conveyance under the applicable
Sale Agreement or hereunder) or in which Seller, CRF I or Originator has a security interest or
other interest, including, without limitation, any indebtedness, obligation or interest
constituting an account, chattel paper, instrument or general intangible, arising in connection
with the sale of goods, electricity or gas or the rendering of services by Originator, and which is
identified on the books and records of the Originator or the Seller (including its accounting
system) with the account code “Account 1460000 Customer Receivables”, and further includes, without
limitation, the obligation to pay any Finance Charges with respect thereto. Indebtedness and other
rights and obligations arising from any one transaction, including, without limitation,
indebtedness and other rights and obligations represented by an individual invoice, shall
constitute a Receivable separate from a Receivable consisting of the indebtedness and other rights
and obligations arising from any other transaction; provided, that any indebtedness, rights or
obligations referred to in the immediately preceding sentence shall be a Receivable regardless of
whether the account debtor, Seller, CRF I or Originator treats such indebtedness, rights or
obligations as a separate payment obligation. Notwithstanding the foregoing, “Receivable” does not
include (i) Transferred Securitization Property or (ii) the books and records relating solely to
the Transferred. Securitization Property; provided that the

 

 

determination of what constitutes collections of the Securitization Charges in respect of
Transferred Securitization Property shall be made in accordance with the allocation methodology
specified in Annex 2 to the Servicing Agreement.

     SECTION 2. Representations and Warranties. Each of the Seller and the Servicer hereby
represents and warrants to each of the other parties hereto, as to itself that:

          (a) it has all necessary corporate or company power and authority to execute and deliver this
Amendment and to perform its obligations under the Purchase Agreement as amended hereby, the
execution and delivery of this Amendment and the performance of its obligations under the Purchase
Agreement as amended hereby has been duly authorized by all necessary corporate or company action
on its part and this Amendment constitutes its legal, valid and binding obligation, enforceable
against it in accordance with its terms; and

          (b) on the date hereof, before and after giving effect to this Amendment, (i) other than as
waived pursuant to this Amendment, no Amortization Event or Potential Amortization Event has
occurred and is continuing and (ii) the aggregate Purchaser Interests do not exceed the Applicable
Maximum Purchaser Interest.

     SECTION 3. Conditions Precedent. This Amendment shall become effective on the first Business
Day (the “Effective Date”) on which the Administrative Agent or its counsel has received four (4)
counterpart signature pages to this Amendment executed by each of the parties hereto.

     SECTION 4. Reference to and Effect on the Transaction Documents.

          (a) Upon the effectiveness of this Amendment, (i) each reference in the Purchase Agreement to
“this Receivables Purchase Agreement”, “this Agreement”, “hereunder”, “hereof, “herein” or words of
like import shall mean and be a reference to the Purchase Agreement as amended or otherwise
modified hereby, and (ii) each reference to the Purchase Agreement in any other Transaction
Document or any other document, instrument or agreement executed and/or delivered in connection
therewith, shall mean and be a reference to the Purchase Agreement as amended or otherwise modified
hereby.

          (b) Except as specifically amended, terminated or otherwise modified above, the terms and
conditions of the Purchase Agreement, of all other Transaction Documents and any other documents,
instruments and agreements executed and/or delivered in connection therewith, shall remain in full
force and effect and are hereby ratified and confirmed.

          (c) The execution, delivery and effectiveness of this Amendment shall not operate as a waiver
of any right, power or remedy of the Administrative Agent or any Purchaser under the Purchase
Agreement or any other Transaction Document or any other document, instrument or agreement executed
in connection therewith, nor constitute a waiver of any provision contained therein.

 

 

     SECTION 5. Execution in Counterparts. This Amendment may be executed in any number of
counterparts and by different parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so
executed and delivered shall be deemed to be an original and all of which taken together shall
constitute but one and the same instrument. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page
to this Amendment by facsimile or other electronic format shall be effective as delivery of a
manually executed counterpart of this Amendment.

     SECTION 6. Governing Law. THIS AMENDMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH
THE INTERNAL LAWS (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, SECTION 5-1401 OF THE GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW OF
NEW YORK, BUT OTHERWISE WITHOUT REGARD TO THE LAW OF CONFLICTS) OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, BUT
GIVING EFFECT TO FEDERAL LAWS APPLICABLE TO NATIONAL BANKS.

     SECTION 7. Headings. Section headings in this Amendment are included herein for convenience of
reference only and shall not constitute a part of this Amendment for any other purpose.

     SECTION 8. Fees and Expenses. Seller hereby confirms its agreement to pay on demand all
reasonable costs and expenses of the Administrative Agent or Purchasers in connection with the
preparation, execution and delivery of this Amendment and any of the other instruments, documents
and agreements to be executed and/or delivered in connection herewith, including, without
limitation, the reasonable fees and out-of-pocket expenses of counsel to the Administrative Agent
or Purchasers with respect thereto.

[Remainder of Page Deliberately Left Blank]

          IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be duly executed by their
respective officers as of the date first above written.

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	CONSUMERS RECEIVABLES FUNDING II, LLC

 	 
	 	By:  	/s/ Laura L. Mountcastle
 	 
	 	 	Name:  	Laura L. Mountcastle 	 
	 	 	Title:  	President, Chief Executive Officer, Chief
Financial Officer and Treasurer 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	CONSUMERS ENERGY COMPANY, as Servicer

 	 
	 	By:  	/s/ Laura L. Mountcastle
 	 
	 	 	Name:  	Laura L. Mountcastle 	 
	 	 	Title:  	Vice President and Treasurer 	 

 

 

	 	 	 	 	 

Signature Page to Amendment No. 17

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	FALCON ASSET SECURITIZATION COMPANY LLC

JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., its attorney-in-fact

 	 
	 	By:  	/ / Patrick Menichillo
 	 
	 	 	Name:  	Patrick Menichillo 	 
	 	 	Title:  	Vice President 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as a Financial

Institution and Administrative

 	 
	 	By:  	/s/ Patrick Menichillo
 	 
	 	 	Name:  	Patrick Menichillo 	 
	 	 	Title:  	Vice President 	 
	 

Signature Page to Amendment No. 17

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