DDF Delaware Investments Dividend and Income Fund

PHILADELPHIA, July 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Delaware Investments Dividend and Income Fund, Inc. (NYSE:DDF) (the "Fund"), a closed-end management investment company, today announced the final results of its tender offer for up to 522,939 shares of its common stock representing up to 5 percent of its issued and outstanding shares of common stock. The offer expired at 11:59 p.m., New York City time, on Friday, June 27, 2008. Based on a count by Mellon Investor Services, LLC, the depositary for the tender offer, approximately 704,186.4785 shares of common stock, or approximately 6.7330 percent of the Fund's common stock outstanding, were tendered, and 522,939 have been accepted for cash payment at a price equal to $9.57, the Fund's net asset value ("NAV") as of the close of regular trading on the New York Stock Exchange on June 30, 2008. Since the tender offer was oversubscribed, all tenders of shares are subject to proration (at a ratio of approximately 0.744305528) in accordance with terms of the tender offer. Following the purchase of the tendered shares, the Fund will have approximately 9,935,835.0000 shares of common stock outstanding. The Fund is a diversified closed-end fund. The Fund's primary investment objective is to seek high current income; capital appreciation is a secondary objective. The Fund seeks to achieve its objectives by investing, under normal circumstances, at least 65 percent of its total assets in income-generating equity securities, including dividend-paying common stocks, convertible securities, preferred stocks and other equity-related securities. Up to 35 percent of the Fund's total assets may be invested in non-convertible debt securities consisting primarily of high-yield, high-risk corporate bonds. In addition, the Fund utilizes leveraging techniques in an attempt to obtain a higher return for the Fund. There is no assurance that the Fund will achieve its investment objectives. In 1995, the Fund implemented a managed distribution policy. Under the policy, the Fund is managed with a goal of generating as much of the distribution as possible from net investment income and short-term capital gains. The balance of the distribution will then come from long-term capital gains and, if necessary, a return of capital. About Delaware Investments: Delaware Investments, an affiliate of Lincoln Financial Group, is a Philadelphia-based diversified asset management firm with more than $140 billion in assets under management as of March 31, 2008. 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 of Corporate Communications, Delaware Investments Web site: http://www.delawareinvestments.com/ http://www.lincolnfinancial.com/

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