Delaware Investments Municipal Income Funds Announce Dividends
January 31 2006 - 5:25PM
PR Newswire (US)
PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 31 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Today, the
following six 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 Florida Insured Municipal Income
Fund, Delaware Investments Minnesota Municipal Income Fund, Inc.,
Delaware Investments Minnesota Municipal Income Fund II, Inc. and
Delaware Investments Minnesota Municipal Income Fund III, Inc. 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
the today's dividend announcement: Declaration Date: 1/31/2006
Ex-Date: 2/8/2006 Record Date: 2/10/2006 Payable Date: 2/24/2006
The dividend distributions and are as follows: FUND Dividend per
Share Delaware Investments Arizona Municipal $0.070000 Income Fund,
Inc. (ASE:VAZ)(2) Delaware Investments Colorado Insured $0.080000
Municipal Income Fund, Inc. (ASE:VCF)(3) Delaware Investments
Florida Insured $0.080000 Municipal Income Fund (ASE:VFL)(4)
Delaware Investments Minnesota Municipal $0.065000 Income Fund,
Inc. (ASE:VMN)(5) Delaware Investments Minnesota Municipal
$0.072500 Income Fund II, Inc. (ASE:VMM)(5) Delaware Investments
Minnesota Municipal $0.065000 Income Fund III, Inc. (ASE:VYM)(5)
(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 the Florida intangible personal property
tax. (5) 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 $110 billion in
assets under management as of September 30, 2005. Through a broad
range of managed accounts and portfolios, mutual funds, retirement
plan services, subadvised funds, college 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/. First Call Analyst: FCMN Contact: DATASOURCE:
Delaware Investments CONTACT: Ayele Ajavon, +1-215-255-1632, or and
Laurel O'Brien, +1-215-255-1520, or , both of Corporate
Communications, Delaware Investments Web site:
http://www.delawareinvestments.com/ http://www.lfg.com/
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