Delaware Investments(R) Municipal Income Funds Announce Dividends
December 04 2007 - 5:03PM
PR Newswire (US)
PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 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 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 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: 12/4/2007 Ex-Date: 12/12/2007 Record Date:
12/14/2007 Payable Date: 12/28/2007 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 Colorado Insured Municipal Income Fund, Inc.
(ASE:VCF)(3) $0.060000 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. 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, 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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