Dividend Declarations: Delaware Investments(R) Municipal Income Funds Announce Dividends
02 Maio 2008 - 6:22PM
PR Newswire (US)
PHILADELPHIA, May 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Today, the following
four Delaware Investments municipal income funds, all closed-end
management investment companies, declare their monthly income
dividends: Delaware Investments Arizona Municipal Income Fund,
Inc., Delaware Investments Colorado Municipal Income Fund, Inc.
(formerly Delaware Investments Colorado Insured Municipal Income
Fund, Inc.), Delaware Investments National Municipal Income Fund
(formerly Delaware Investments Florida Insured Municipal Income
Fund), and Delaware Investments Minnesota Municipal Income Fund II,
Inc. (together, the "Funds"). The investment objective of each
Fund, other than Delaware Investments National Municipal Income
Fund, is to provide current income exempt from federal income tax
and from the personal income tax of its state, if any, consistent
with the preservation of capital. The investment objective of
Delaware Investments National Municipal Income Fund is to provide
current income exempt from regular federal income tax consistent
with the preservation of capital. In addition, each Fund utilizes
leveraging techniques in an attempt to obtain a higher return for
the Fund. The following dates apply to today's dividend
announcement: Declaration date: 5/2/2008 Ex-date: 5/14/2008 Record
date: 5/16/2008 Payable date: 5/30/2008 The dividend distributions
(1) are as follows: FUND Dividend per Share Delaware Investments
Arizona Municipal Income Fund, Inc. (ASE:VAZ)(2) $0.050000 Delaware
Investments Colorado Municipal Income Fund, Inc. (ASE:VCF)(3)
$0.060000 Delaware Investments National Municipal Income Fund
(ASE:VFL) $0.052500 Delaware Investments Minnesota Municipal Income
Fund II, Inc. (ASE:VMM)(4) $0.055000 (1) The dividends are exempt
from federal income tax. (2) The dividend is exempt from Arizona
state personal income tax. (3) The dividend is exempt from Colorado
state personal income tax. (4) The dividend is exempt from
Minnesota state personal income tax. About Delaware Investments:
Delaware Investments, an affiliate of Lincoln Financial Group, is a
Philadelphia-based diversified asset management firm with more than
$140 billion in assets under management as of March 31, 2008.
Through a broad range of managed accounts and portfolios, mutual
funds, retirement accounts, sub-advised funds, and other investment
products, Delaware Investments provides investment services to
individual investors and to institutional investors such as private
and public pension funds, foundations, and endowment funds.
Delaware Investments is the marketing name for Delaware Management
Holdings, Inc. and its subsidiaries. For more information on
Delaware Investments, visit the company at
http://www.delawareinvestments.com/. Lincoln Financial Group is the
marketing name for Lincoln National Corporation (NYSE:LNC) and its
affiliates. For more information on Lincoln Financial Group, visit
http://www.lincolnfinancial.com/. DATASOURCE: Delaware Investments
CONTACT: Ayele Ajavon, +1-215-255-1632, , or Laurel O'Brien,
+1-215-255-1520, , both Corporate Communications for Delaware
Investments Web site: http://www.delawareinvestments.com/
http://www.lincolnfinancial.com/
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