Delaware Investments(R) Municipal Income Funds Announce Dividends
November 02 2007 - 5:06PM
PR Newswire (US)
PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 2 /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 National Municipal Income Fund (formerly
Delaware Investments Florida Insured Municipal Income Fund) and
Delaware Investments Minnesota Municipal Income Fund II, Inc.
(each, a "Fund"). 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: 11/2/2007 Ex-Date: 11/14/2007 Record Date:
11/16/2007 Payable Date: 11/30/2007 The dividend distributions 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)(5)
(Capital Gains - Long Term) $0.004000 Delaware Investments Colorado
Insured Municipal Income Fund, Inc. (ASE:VCF)(3) $0.060000 Delaware
Investments Colorado Insured Municipal Income Fund, Inc.
(ASE:VCF)(5) (Capital Gains - Long Term) $0.074000 Delaware
Investments National Municipal Income Fund (formerly 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. (5) 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
$167 billion in assets under management as of September 30, 2007.
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 of Delaware
Investments Web site: http://www.delawareinvestments.com/
http://www.lincolnfinancial.com/
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