Delaware Investments(R) Municipal Income Funds Announce Dividends
September 04 2007 - 5:07PM
PR Newswire (US)
PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Today, the
following four Delaware Investments municipal income funds, all
closed-end management investment companies, declare their monthly
income dividends(1): Delaware Investments Arizona Municipal Income
Fund, Inc., Delaware Investments Colorado Insured Municipal Income
Fund, Inc., Delaware Investments Florida Insured Municipal Income
Fund and Delaware Investments Minnesota Municipal Income Fund II,
Inc. (together, the "Funds"). The Funds, with the exception of
Delaware Investments Minnesota Municipal Income Fund II, Inc.,
declare capital gains distributions. The investment objective of
each 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. 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: 9/4/2007 Ex-Date: 9/12/2007 Record
Date: 9/14/2007 Payable Date: 9/28/2007 The dividend distributions
and are as follows: FUND Dividend per Share Delaware Investments
Arizona Municipal Income Fund, Inc. (ASE:VAZ)(2) $0.050000 Delaware
Investments Arizona Municipal Income Fund, Inc. (ASE:VAZ)(6)
(Capital Gains -- Long Term) $0.054000 Delaware Investments
Colorado Insured Municipal Income Fund, Inc. (ASE:VCF)(3) $0.060000
Delaware Investments Colorado Insured Municipal Income Fund, Inc.
(ASE:VCF) (6) (Capital Gains -- Long Term) $0.065000 Delaware
Investments Florida Insured Municipal Income Fund (ASE:VFL)(4)
$0.052500 Delaware Investments Florida Insured Municipal Income
Fund (ASE:VFL)(6) (Capital Gains -- Long Term) $0.044000 Delaware
Investments Minnesota Municipal Income Fund II, Inc. (ASE:VMM)(5)
$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 the Florida intangible personal
property tax. (5) The dividend is exempt from Minnesota state
personal income tax. (6) The capital gain is subject to Federal tax
and may be subject to state income tax. About Delaware Investments:
Delaware Investments, an affiliate of Lincoln Financial Group, is a
Philadelphia-based diversified asset management firm with more than
$164 billion in assets under management as of June 30, 2007.
Through a broad range of managed accounts and portfolios, mutual
funds, retirement accounts, sub- advised funds, education savings
plans 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.lfg.com/ . DATASOURCE: Delaware Investments
CONTACT: Ayele Ajavon, +1-215-255-1632, , or Laurel O'Brien,
+1-215-255-1520, , both Corporate Communications of Delaware
Investments Web site: http://www.delawareinvestments.com/
http://www.lfg.com/
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