Delaware Investments Colorado Insured Municipal Income Fund, Inc. Adjourns Annual Shareholder Meeting with Respect to a Proposal
September 13 2007 - 5:19PM
PR Newswire (US)
PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 13 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Delaware
Investments Colorado Insured Municipal Income Fund, Inc. (ASE:VCF)
(the "Fund") today announced the adjournment of its Annual Meeting
of Shareholders (the "Annual Meeting") until September 27, 2007 at
3:00 p.m., local time, at which time it will be reconvened at the
offices of Delaware Investments, One Commerce Square, 2005 Market
Street, 30th Floor Board Room, Philadelphia, PA. The Annual Meeting
was adjourned to give the Fund additional time to solicit proxies
for a proposal to change certain of its fundamental investment
policies. Shareholders of the Fund are being asked to vote on a
proposal to eliminate a fundamental investment policy requiring the
Fund to invest primarily in insured Colorado municipal securities
rated AAA, and permitting the Fund, as a non-fundamental investment
policy, to invest without limitation in uninsured, investment grade
Colorado municipal securities (including those rated below AAA). If
these changes to the fundamental investment policy are approved,
the Fund may invest up to 20% of its net assets in non-investment
grade Colorado municipal securities as a non-fundamental investment
policy. If the proposed changes are approved by shareholders, the
Fund will be renamed the Delaware Investments Colorado Municipal
Income Fund, Inc., consistent with its new, uninsured investment
strategy. If these changes are approved by the Fund's shareholders,
the investment objective of the Fund, which is non-fundamental,
will continue to be to provide current income exempt from regular
federal income tax and Colorado state income tax, consistent with
the preservation of capital. Under normal circumstances, the Fund
will invest at least 80% of its net assets in investment grade
quality Colorado municipal bonds. The Fund will be able to invest
up to 20% of its net assets in municipal obligations issued by or
on behalf of territories of the United States - such as Guam, the
U.S. Virgin Islands or Puerto Rico - that are exempt from Colorado
and federal income tax, subject to the Fund's fundamental
investment policy to invest 80% of its net assets in Colorado
municipal obligations. Additionally, the Fund will be able to
invest up to 20% of its net assets in municipal bonds with an
investment rating of Ba/BB or lower, or that are unrated but judged
to be of comparable quality by the Fund's investment adviser.
Investment in municipal bonds of below investment grade quality
involves special risks as compared with investment in higher grade
municipal bonds. These risks include greater sensitivity to
economic downturns in Colorado or in the United States generally.
Securities rated below investment grade are commonly known as "junk
bonds." These securities are regarded as predominantly speculative
with respect to the issuer's ability to pay interest and repay
principal owed. The management of the Fund believe that permitting
the Fund to invest without limitation in investment grade Colorado
municipal securities (those rated BBB or above) and up to 20% of
its net assets in non-investment grade municipal securities will
allow the portfolio managers and research analysts to take greater
advantage of investment opportunities that may generate higher
current yield for the Fund's shareholders. Management believes that
broadening the Fund's authority to invest in this area will improve
the portfolio managers' flexibility in meeting the Fund's
investment objective. 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, Corporate Communications, +1-215-255-1632, , or,
Laurel O'Brien, Corporate Communications, +1-215-255-1520, , both
of Delaware Investments Web site:
http://www.delawareinvestments.com/ http://www.lfg.com/
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