Today, the following three Delaware Investments municipal income funds,
all closed-end management investment companies, declare their monthly
income dividends: Delaware Investments Colorado Municipal Income Fund,
Inc., Delaware Investments National Municipal Income Fund, and Delaware
Investments Minnesota Municipal Income Fund II, Inc. (together, the
“Funds”). The investment objective of Delaware Investments Colorado
Municipal Income Fund, Inc. and Delaware Investments Minnesota Municipal
Income Fund II, Inc. 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. The investment objective of
Delaware Investments National Municipal Income Fund is to provide
current income exempt from regular federal income tax consistent with
the preservation of capital. In addition, each Fund has the ability to
utilize leveraging techniques in an attempt to obtain a higher return
for the Fund. Currently, each Fund has outstanding a series of variable
rate preferred shares as leverage.
The following dates apply to the above dividend announcement:
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Declaration date:
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5/01/2012
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Ex-date:
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5/09/2012
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Record date:
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5/11/2012
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Payable date:
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5/25/2012
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The dividend distributions1 are as follows:
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FUND
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Dividend per share
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Delaware Investments Colorado Municipal Income Fund, Inc. (VCF)2 |
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$0.057500
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Delaware Investments National Municipal Income Fund (VFL)
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$0.045000
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Delaware Investments Minnesota Municipal Income Fund II, Inc. (VMM)3 |
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$0.057500
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(1)
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The dividends are exempt from federal income tax.
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(2)
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The dividend is exempt from Colorado state personal income tax.
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(3)
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The dividend is exempt from Minnesota state personal income tax.
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About Delaware Investments
Delaware Investments, a member of Macquarie Group, is a global asset
management firm that offers a wide variety of equity and fixed income
solutions for individual and institutional investors. Through teams of
disciplined and talented investment professionals, the firm is committed
to delivering long-term, consistent performance. In an ever-changing
global marketplace, Delaware Investments, with more than US $165 billion
in assets under management as of Dec. 31, 2011, has helped its clients
move steadily forward for more than 80 years. Delaware Investments is
supported by the resources of Macquarie Group (ASX: MQG; ADR: MQBKY), a
global provider of asset management, investment, banking, financial and
advisory services with approximately US $317 billion in assets under
management as of Sept. 30, 2011.
Delaware Investments is the marketing name for Delaware Management
Holdings, Inc. and its subsidiaries. Advisory services provided by
Delaware Management Business Trust, a registered investment advisor.
Macquarie Group refers to Macquarie Group Limited and its subsidiaries
and affiliates worldwide. For more information about Delaware
Investments, visit www.delawareinvestments.com
or call 800 523-1918.
Investments in the Funds are not and will not be deposits with or
liabilities of Macquarie Bank Limited ABN 46 008 583 542 and its holding
companies, including their subsidiaries or related companies (the
"Macquarie Group"), and are subject to investment risk, including
possible delays in repayment and loss of income and capital invested. No
Macquarie Group company guarantees or will guarantee the performance of
the Funds, the repayment of capital from the Funds, or any particular
rate of return.
© 2012 Delaware Management Holdings, Inc.
