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Delaware Investments(R) Municipal Income Funds Announce Dividends
PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 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: 9/2/2008
Ex-date: 9/10/2008
Record date: 9/12/2008
Payable date: 9/26/2008
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) $0.053500
Delaware Investments National Municipal
Income Fund (ASE: VFL) $0.047500
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 $135
billion in assets under management as of June 30, 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.
SOURCE Delaware Investments
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