Delaware Investments Colorado Insured Municipal Income Fund, Inc. Shareholders Approve Proposal to Change Certain Fundamental In
November 16 2007 - 4:43PM
PR Newswire (US)
PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Delaware
Investments Colorado Insured Municipal Income Fund, Inc. (ASE:VCF)
(the "Fund") today announced that Fund shareholders had approved
the proposal to change certain fundamental investment policies of
the Fund at the Fund's reconvened annual shareholders meeting. The
Fund currently anticipates that these changes will go into effect
on Wednesday, January 2, 2008. Shareholders of the Fund approved a
proposal to eliminate a fundamental investment policy requiring the
Fund to invest 80% of its net assets in insured, AAA-rated
municipal bonds issued by the State of Colorado. When this change
goes into effect, the Fund may, as a non-fundamental policy, (1)
invest without limitation in un-insured, investment grade municipal
securities issued by the state of Colorado (including those rated
below AAA) and (2) invest up to 20% of its net assets in
non-investment grade municipal securities. The Fund also will be
renamed the Delaware Investments Colorado Municipal Income Fund,
Inc., consistent with its new investment strategy. In addition,
when this change goes into effect, the Fund's non-fundamental
investment policy will be changed to permit the Fund to invest
without limitation in uninsured, investment grade Colorado
municipal securities (those rated BBB and above or unrated but
judged to be of comparable quality by the Fund's investment
adviser). 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 general economic downturns.
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. 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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