Dividend Declarations: Delaware Investments(R) Municipal Income Funds Announce Dividends
April 01 2008 - 5:01PM
PR Newswire (US)
PHILADELPHIA, April 1, 2008 /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 Municipal Income Fund,
Inc. (formerly 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: 4/1/2008 Ex-date: 4/9/2008 Record
date: 4/11/2008 Payable date: 4/25/2008 The dividend
distributions(1) are as follows: FUND Dividend per Share Delaware
Investments Arizona Municipal Income Fund, Inc. (ASE:VAZ)(2)
$0.050000 Delaware Investments Colorado 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 $150 billion in assets under
management as of December 31, 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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