N-CSR 1 mimnmif3584701-ncsr.htm CERTIFIED SHAREHOLDER REPORT

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM N-CSR

CERTIFIED SHAREHOLDER REPORT OF REGISTERED MANAGEMENT
INVESTMENT COMPANIES

Investment Company Act file number: 811-07410
 
Exact name of registrant as specified in charter: Delaware Investments® National Municipal
  Income Fund
 
Address of principal executive offices: 2005 Market Street
Philadelphia, PA 19103
 
Name and address of agent for service: David F. Connor, Esq.
2005 Market Street
Philadelphia, PA 19103
 
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (800) 523-1918
 
Date of fiscal year end: March 31
 
Date of reporting period: March 31, 2019


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Closed-end funds

Delaware Funds® by Macquarie Closed-End Municipal Bond Funds

March 31, 2019

 

 

    

 

 


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Unless otherwise noted, views expressed herein are current as of March 31, 2019, and subject to change for events occurring after such date.

The Funds are not FDIC insured and are not guaranteed. It is possible to lose the principal amount invested.

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Other than Macquarie Bank Limited (MBL), none of the entities noted are authorized deposit-taking institutions for the purposes of the Banking Act 1959 (Commonwealth of Australia). The obligations of these entities do not represent deposits or other liabilities of MBL. MBL does not guarantee or otherwise provide assurance in respect of the obligations of these entities, unless noted otherwise. The Funds are governed by US laws and regulations.

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©2019 Macquarie Management Holdings, Inc.


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Portfolio management review

Delaware Funds® by Macquarie Closed-End Municipal Bond Funds

April 9, 2019 (Unaudited)

Economic conditions

For the fiscal year ended March 31, 2019, the US economy continued along its steady growth path. In the second calendar quarter of 2018, the nation’s gross domestic product (GDP) – a measure of national economic output – rose by an annualized 4.2%, the fastest such quarterly growth in nearly five years. Meanwhile, in the third and fourth quarters of 2018, US GDP expanded by 3.4% and an estimated 2.2%, respectively.

In this healthy economic environment, job growth remained strong. In February 2019, the US unemployment rate stood at 3.8%, down from 4.0% at the start of the fiscal year and close to the 3.7% rate achieved in September 2018 – a nearly 50-year low.

During this fiscal year, the US Federal Reserve shifted course, ending its cycle of short-term interest rate increases and indicating that investors should expect no new rate hikes in 2019. The Fed raised its benchmark short-term interest rate by a quarter-percentage point on three occasions during the 12-month reporting period, with its last rate increase coming in December 2018. As of March 31, 2019, the federal funds rate stood within a range of 2.25% to 2.50%, compared with 1.50% to 1.75% a year earlier.

Municipal bond market conditions

The municipal bond market, as measured by the Bloomberg Barclays Municipal Bond Index, returned +5.38% for the fiscal year. Municipal bonds gained in value for much of this period. The primary exception was during the third quarter and early in the fourth quarter of 2018, when concern about the effects of rising interest rates on US economic growth appeared to weigh on the market. In the final months of 2018, however, as it became clear the Fed would pause its cycle of interest rate hikes, the municipal bond market again turned to positive performance.

Overall, the municipal yield curve modestly flattened, with rates on longer-term issues tending to fall more than those on shorter-term bonds. The biggest decline in yields came in the “belly” of the municipal yield curve, as the curve’s 8- to 22-year segment saw the strongest performance. Meanwhile, credit spreads modestly narrowed, indicating that municipal bond investors, eager for yield, were willing to accept somewhat less income in exchange for assuming more credit risk.

The following tables show the returns experienced by municipal bonds of varying maturity lengths and credit ratings for the Funds’ fiscal year ended March 31, 2019:

 

Returns by maturity

        

1 year

     +2.18%          

3 years

     +3.00%          

10 years

     +6.32%          

22+ years

     +5.86%          

 

Returns by credit rating

        

AAA

     +5.00%          

AA

     +5.16%          

A

     +5.66%          

BBB

     +6.69%          

Source: Barclays.

A consistent management approach

Throughout the fiscal year, our management strategy remained consistent. We continued to pursue a bottom-up investment approach, meaning that we decide which bonds to purchase on an issuer-by-issuer basis, relying on individual credit research to find securities we believe provide a desirable risk-reward balance for the Funds’ investors.

In all three Funds, and to varying degrees depending on available supply in each market, we continued to prioritize bonds with lower-investment-grade credit ratings, often A and BBB. (Investment grade bonds carry ratings between AAA – the highest rating category – and BBB.) We favor lower-rated issues because of our confidence in the capabilities and resources of our municipal credit research team. We believe that our approach can provide opportunities to generate more favorable long-term results for shareholders.

In Delaware Investments® National Municipal Income Fund and Delaware Investments Colorado Municipal Income Fund, Inc., this strategy was relatively straightforward to execute, given a sufficiently large supply of lower-investment-grade bonds that met our credit criteria. In both Funds, we were able to maintain overweightings in lower-investment-grade and below-investment-grade credit tiers.

In Delaware Investments Minnesota Municipal Income Fund II, Inc., unique conditions left us with a greater allocation to higher-rated debt than we preferred, as well as a corresponding smaller-than-ideal allocation to lower-investment-grade bonds. Because many Minnesota issuers have aggressively refinanced debt in recent years, the Fund saw a number of bonds exit the portfolio, and we were not always able to purchase as many of the issuers’ replacement bonds. When we lacked lower-investment-grade purchase opportunities, we instead looked to various higher-quality revenue and local general obligation bonds. If attractive lower-rated

 

 

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bonds should present themselves in the future, these higher-quality issues in the Fund will be likely sale candidates to generate the needed proceeds.

As in recent years, we limited trading activity in all three Funds, with purchases confined to reinvesting proceeds of bond calls and maturities. We did not actively sell bonds. Because many of the Funds’ holdings were issued years ago when interest rates were higher than they are today, we generally preferred existing Fund holdings for their better income characteristics. When we did make new purchases, we favored bonds with 10-year call dates, which allowed us to take advantage of the steepness of the yield curve while improving the Funds’ call structures.

Individual performance effects

For the Funds’ fiscal year, bonds with longer durations (more interest rate sensitivity) outperformed their shorter-duration counterparts while lower-rated bonds fared better than higher-quality issues. Both themes can be seen in reviewing the Funds’ strongest- and weakest-performing individual securities.

For example, in Delaware Investments® National Municipal Income Fund, strong-performing individual bonds included below-investment-grade issues of Edkey Charter Schools of Pima, Ariz., and a nonrated sales-tax revenue bond issue of Wyandotte County-Kansas City Unified Government. Both bonds, which returned roughly +13% for the fiscal year, benefited from market conditions rewarding lower-rated, higher yielding securities.

In contrast, the Fund’s weakest individual performers included Denver Transit Partners bonds for the construction of a rail line between the city’s airport and downtown Denver; Louisiana corporate-backed industrial development bonds for Westlake Chemical; and State of California general obligation debt. In light of their shorter durations stemming from near-term call dates, all three issues returned between +1% and +2% for the fiscal year, lagging the Bloomberg Barclays Municipal Bond Index.

In Delaware Investments Colorado Municipal Income Fund, Inc., the strongest individual performer was a prepaid-gas bond issue of Public Authority for Colorado Energy, which returned more than 9% for the fiscal year. (With prepaid-gas bonds, municipal issuers enter into swap agreements with commodity providers, thus locking in a price for natural gas.) Besides benefiting from their lower-investment-grade credit ratings, these bonds were also helped by their relatively longer durations due to their lack of a call feature. Our holding in nonrated bonds for the Atlas Preparatory School in Colorado Springs also performed well for this Fund as these securities returned more than 8%.

Meanwhile, this Fund’s weakest performers included City and County of Denver bonds for the Denver Zoo (+2%), as well as the same Colorado airport transportation bonds mentioned earlier. In both cases, the bonds’ shorter durations limited their upside, while the high credit quality of the City and County of Denver bonds posed an additional performance challenge.

In Delaware Investments Minnesota Municipal Income Fund II, Inc., our position in bonds for the Academia Cesar Chavez charter school added value. In addition to benefiting from their lower credit rating, these securities returned +17%, as new management has helped improve the school’s prior struggles with governance and academic performance. The Fund’s stake in Northwest Multi-County Housing & Redevelopment Authority bonds also outperformed. These lower-rated, multifamily housing securities returned more than 11% for the Fund.

In contrast, the Fund’s weakest performers were bonds of issuers that have experienced deteriorating credit fundamentals and weaker operational performance. Bonds of the STRIDE Academy charter school and Amherst H. Wilder Foundation lagged the market, returning +0.2% and +0.7%, respectively, for the fiscal year. In both cases, we anticipated the issuers could turn around their credit challenges, so we continued to maintain the Fund’s positions as of fiscal year end.

 

 

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Fund basics

 

    

 

Delaware Investments®

Colorado Municipal Income Fund, Inc.

As of March 31, 2019 (Unaudited)

Fund objective

The Fund seeks to provide current income exempt from both regular federal income tax and Colorado state personal income tax, consistent with the preservation of capital.

Total Fund net assets

$72 million

Number of holdings

114

Fund start date

July 29, 1993

NYSE American symbol

VCF

CUSIP number

246101109

Delaware Investments

Minnesota Municipal Income Fund II, Inc.

As of March 31, 2019 (Unaudited)

Fund objective

The Fund seeks to provide current income exempt from both regular federal income tax and Minnesota state personal income tax, consistent with the preservation of capital.

Total Fund net assets

$167 million

Number of holdings

201

Fund start date

Feb. 26, 1993

NYSE American symbol

VMM

CUSIP number

24610V103

Delaware Investments

National Municipal Income Fund

As of March 31, 2019 (Unaudited)

Fund objective

The Fund seeks to provide current income exempt from regular federal income tax, consistent with the preservation of capital.

Total Fund net assets

$65 million

Number of holdings

193

Fund start date

Feb. 26, 1993

NYSE American symbol

VFL

CUSIP number

24610T108

 

 

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Security type / sector / state allocations

As of March 31, 2019 (Unaudited)

 

Sector designations may be different than the sector designations presented in other Fund materials.

 

Delaware Investments®

Colorado Municipal Income Fund, Inc.

 

Security type / sector    Percentage
of net
assets
 

Municipal Bonds*

     139.10

Corporate Revenue Bonds

     5.38

Education Revenue Bonds

     17.75

Electric Revenue Bonds

     2.83

Healthcare Revenue Bonds

     42.59

Lease Revenue Bonds

     4.91

Local General Obligation Bonds

     15.25

Pre-Refunded/Escrowed to Maturity Bonds

     13.96

Special Tax Revenue Bonds

     24.55

Transportation Revenue Bonds

     10.96

Water & Sewer Revenue Bonds

     0.92

 

Short-Term Investments

     0.97

 

Total Value of Securities

     140.07

 

Liquidation Value of Preferred Stock

     (41.64 )% 

 

Receivables and Other Assets Net of Liabilities

     1.57

 

Total Net Assets

     100.00

* As of the date of this report, Delaware Investments Colorado Municipal Income Fund, Inc. held bonds issued by or on behalf of territories and the states of the US as follows:

 

State / territory    Percentage  
of net  
assets  
 

Colorado

     136.69%    

Guam

     1.99%    

Puerto Rico

     0.66%    

US Virgin Islands

     0.73%    

Total Value of Securities

     140.07%    

Delaware Investments

Minnesota Municipal Income Fund II, Inc.

 

Security type / sector    Percentage
of net
assets
 

Municipal Bonds*

     143.61

Corporate Revenue Bonds

     1.62

Education Revenue Bonds

     20.78

Electric Revenue Bonds

     17.03

Healthcare Revenue Bonds

     37.56

Housing Revenue Bonds

     1.89

Lease Revenue Bonds

     9.93

Local General Obligation Bonds

     12.44

Pre-Refunded/Escrowed to Maturity Bonds

     18.52

Special Tax Revenue Bonds

     1.54

State General Obligation Bonds

     12.36

Transportation Revenue Bonds

     6.80

Water & Sewer Revenue Bonds

     3.14

 

Short-Term Investments

     0.30

 

Total Value of Securities

     143.91

 

Liquidation Value of Preferred Stock

     (45.03 )% 

 

Receivables and Other Assets Net of Liabilities

     1.12

 

Total Net Assets

     100.00

* As of the date of this report, Delaware Investments Minnesota Municipal Income Fund II, Inc. held bonds issued by or on behalf of territories and the states of the US as follows:

 

State / territory    Percentage  
of net  
assets  
 

Guam

     0.65%    

Minnesota

     142.57%    

Puerto Rico

     0.69%    

Total

     143.91%    
 

 

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Delaware Investments®

National Municipal Income Fund

 

Security type / sector    Percentage    
of net    
assets    
 

 

 

Municipal Bonds*

     147.14%     

Corporate Revenue Bonds

     12.90%     

Education Revenue Bonds

     25.47%     

Electric Revenue Bonds

     2.65%     

Healthcare Revenue Bonds

     29.82%     

Lease Revenue Bonds

     7.78%     

Local General Obligation Bonds

     5.27%     

Pre-Refunded/Escrowed to Maturity Bonds

     15.39%     

Special Tax Revenue Bonds

     10.75%     

State General Obligation Bonds

     8.62%     

Transportation Revenue Bonds

     25.57%     

Water & Sewer Revenue Bonds

     2.92%     

 

 

Short-Term Investment

     0.31%     

 

 

Total Value of Securities

     147.45%     

 

 

Liquidation Value of Preferred Stock

     (45.87)%    

 

 

Liabilities Net of Receivables and Other Assets

     (1.58)%    

 

 

Total Net Assets

     100.00%     

 

 

* As of the date of this report, Delaware Investments National Municipal Income Fund held bonds issued by or on behalf of territories and the states of the US as follows:

 

State / territory        Percentage  
    of net  
    assets  
 

 

 

Alabama

     0.84%    

Alaska

     0.47%    

Arizona

     7.00%    

California

     22.62%    

Colorado

     1.36%    

Delaware

     0.19%    

District of Columbia

     1.81%    

Florida

     5.55%    

Georgia

     2.44%    

Guam

     0.85%    

Hawaii

     0.48%    

Idaho

     2.46%    

Illinois

     11.67%    

Indiana

     0.95%    

Kansas

     0.36%    

Louisiana

     4.91%    

Maine

     0.50%    

Maryland

     2.71%    

Massachusetts

     0.87%    

Michigan

     1.70%    

Minnesota

     1.67%    

Mississippi

     0.31%    

Missouri

     4.19%    

Montana

     1.12%    

Nebraska

     0.42%    

New Hampshire

     0.46%    

New Jersey

     11.04%    

New York

     17.09%    

Ohio

     2.87%    

Oklahoma

     0.38%    

Oregon

     1.03%    

Pennsylvania

     20.08%    

Texas

     9.91%    

Utah

     1.11%    

Virginia

     1.24%    

Washington

     1.33%    

Wisconsin

     3.06%    

Wyoming

     0.40%    

 

 

Total Value of Securities

     147.45%    

 

 
 

 

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Schedules of investments

Delaware Investments® Colorado Municipal Income Fund, Inc.

March 31, 2019

 

      Principal
Amount°
    

Value

(US $)

 

Municipal Bonds – 139.10%

 

        

Corporate Revenue Bonds – 5.38%

 

  

Denver City & County (United Airlines Project) 5.00% 10/1/32 (AMT)

     215,000      $ 230,757  

Public Authority for Colorado Energy Natural Gas Revenue Series 2008 6.50% 11/15/38

     1,750,000        2,552,148  

Public Authority for Colorado Energy Revenue 6.25% 11/15/28

     865,000        1,097,538  
     

 

 

 
        3,880,443  
     

 

 

 

Education Revenue Bonds – 17.75%

 

  

Colorado Educational & Cultural Facilities Authority Revenue
144A 5.00% 7/1/36 #

     500,000        508,275  

5.125% 11/1/49

     765,000        771,801  

144A 5.25% 7/1/46 #

     500,000        507,130  

(Academy Charter School Project) 5.50% 5/1/36 (SGI)

     1,720,000            1,724,059  

(Alexander Dawson School-Nevada Project) 5.00% 5/15/29

     760,000        893,692  

(Charter School - Atlas Preparatory School) 144A 5.25% 4/1/45 #

     700,000        710,059  

(Charter School - Community Leadership Academy) 7.45% 8/1/48

     500,000        566,230  

(Charter School – Peak to Peak Charter)
5.00% 8/15/34

     1,000,000        1,093,120  

(Improvement - Charter School - University Lab School Building) 5.00% 12/15/45

     500,000        525,215  

(Johnson & Wales University) Series A 5.25% 4/1/37

     900,000        959,868  

(Liberty Charter School) Series A 5.00% 1/15/44

     1,000,000        1,068,050  

(Littleton Charter School Project) 4.375% 1/15/36 (AGC)

     1,200,000        1,200,540  

(Loveland Classical Schools) 144A
5.00% 7/1/36 #

     625,000        644,100  
      Principal
Amount°
    

Value

(US $)

 

Municipal Bonds (continued)

 

        

Education Revenue Bonds (continued)

 

Colorado Educational & Cultural Facilities Authority Revenue
(Skyview Charter School)
144A 5.50% 7/1/49 #

     750,000      $ 781,447  

(Vail Mountain School Project) 4.00% 5/1/46

     25,000        24,871  

(Windsor Charter Academy Project) 144A 5.00% 9/1/46 #

     500,000        500,880  

Colorado School of Mines Series B 5.00% 12/1/42

     270,000        296,665  

Colorado State Board of Governors
(University Enterprise System) Series A 5.00% 3/1/39

     10,000        10,023  
     

 

 

 
        12,786,025  
     

 

 

 

Electric Revenue Bonds – 2.83%

 

  

City of Fort Collins Electric Utility Enterprise Revenue
Series A 5.00% 12/1/42

     500,000        589,970  

Platte River Power Authority Revenue
Series JJ 5.00% 6/1/27

     1,200,000        1,451,472  
     

 

 

 
        2,041,442  
     

 

 

 

Healthcare Revenue Bonds – 42.59%

 

  

Aurora Hospital Revenue (Children’s Hospital Association Project)
Series A 5.00% 12/1/40

     2,000,000            2,069,300  

Colorado Health Facilities Authority Revenue (Adventist Health System/Sunbelt Obligated Group) Series A 5.00% 11/15/48

     1,000,000        1,149,780  

(Bethesda Project)
Series A1 5.00% 9/15/48

     750,000        809,213  

(Catholic Health Initiatives)
Series A 5.00% 7/1/39

     750,000        756,127  

Series A 5.00% 2/1/41

     2,400,000        2,485,728  

Series A 5.25% 2/1/33

     1,625,000        1,706,185  

Series A 5.25% 1/1/45

     1,000,000        1,074,150  

Series D 6.125% 10/1/28

     750,000        752,835  
 

 

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      Principal
Amount°
    

Value

(US $)

 

 

Municipal Bonds (continued)

 

        

Healthcare Revenue Bonds (continued)

 

  

Colorado Health Facilities Authority Revenue
(Christian Living Community Project)
6.375% 1/1/41

     615,000      $ 662,060  

(Covenant Retirement Communities Inc.)
5.00% 12/1/35

     1,000,000            1,101,020  

Series A 5.75% 12/1/36

     1,000,000        1,141,100  

(Evangelical Lutheran Good Samaritan Society)
5.00% 6/1/28

     1,250,000        1,364,387  

5.50% 6/1/33

     2,000,000        2,204,420  

5.625% 6/1/43

     1,000,000        1,099,850  

(Frasier Meadows Retirement Community Project)
Series A 5.25% 5/15/37

     265,000        294,749  

Series B 5.00% 5/15/48

     340,000        354,222  

(Healthcare Facilities - American Baptist)
8.00% 8/1/43

     500,000        564,530  

(Mental Health Center of Denver Project)
Series A 5.75% 2/1/44

     1,500,000        1,649,100  

(National Jewish Health Project) 5.00% 1/1/27

     500,000        524,865  

(NCMC Project)
4.00% 5/15/32

     1,000,000        1,078,400  

(Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth Health System) Series A
5.00% 1/1/40

     4,000,000        4,084,520  

(Sunny Vista Living Center)
Series A 144A
6.25% 12/1/50 #

     505,000        530,730  

(Vail Valley Medical Center Project)
5.00% 1/15/35

     1,250,000        1,428,737  

(Valley View Hospital Association Project)
Series A 4.00% 5/15/34

     330,000        351,595  

Denver Health & Hospital Authority Health Care Revenue
(Recovery Zone Facilities) 5.625% 12/1/40

     750,000        781,890  

University of Colorado Hospital Authority Revenue
Series A 6.00% 11/15/29

     650,000        667,381  
     

 

 

 
        30,686,874  
     

 

 

 
      Principal
Amount°
    

Value

(US $)

 

 

Municipal Bonds (continued)

 

        

Lease Revenue Bonds – 4.91%

 

  

Aurora Certificates of Participation
Series A 5.00% 12/1/30

     630,000      $ 643,696  

Denver Health & Hospital Authority
(550 ACOMA, Inc.) 4.00% 12/1/38

     500,000        519,190  

Pueblo County Certificates of Participation
(County Judicial Complex Project)
5.00% 9/15/42 (AGM)

     1,250,000        1,352,613  

State of Colorado Department of Transportation Certificates of Participation
5.00% 6/15/34

     340,000        394,822  

5.00% 6/15/36

     545,000        628,129  
     

 

 

 
            3,538,450  
     

 

 

 

Local General Obligation Bonds – 15.25%

 

Adams & Weld Counties School District No 27J Brighton
4.00% 12/1/30

     700,000        773,136  

Adams 12 Five Star Schools
5.00% 12/15/25

     250,000        301,825  

Arapahoe County School District No. 6 Littleton Series A 5.50% 12/1/38

     650,000        817,271  

Beacon Point Metropolitan District
5.00% 12/1/30 (AGM)

     600,000        698,754  

Boulder Valley School District No RE-2 Boulder
Series A 4.00% 12/1/48

     500,000        537,520  

Denver City & County
(Better Denver & Zoo)
Series A 5.00% 8/1/25

     650,000        657,410  

Denver International Business Center Metropolitan District No. 1 5.00% 12/1/30

     650,000        667,725  

Eaton Area Park & Recreation District
5.25% 12/1/34

     190,000        199,662  

5.50% 12/1/38

     245,000        259,107  

Grand River Hospital District
5.25% 12/1/37 (AGM)

     675,000        793,625  
 

 

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Principal

Amount°

    

Value

(US $)

 

Municipal Bonds (continued)

 

        

Local General Obligation Bonds (continued)

 

Jefferson County School District No. R-1
5.25% 12/15/24

     750,000      $ 895,725  

Pueblo County School District No. 70
5.00% 12/1/31

     250,000        277,418  

Rangely Hospital District
6.00% 11/1/26

     750,000        813,930  

Sierra Ridge Metropolitan District No. 2
Series A 5.50% 12/1/46

     500,000        514,150  

Weld County School District
No. RE-1
5.00% 12/15/30 (AGM)

     500,000        594,275  

Weld County School District
No. RE-3J
5.00% 12/15/34 (BAM)

     1,000,000        1,172,060  

Weld County School District
No. RE-8
5.00% 12/1/31

     510,000        607,624  

5.00% 12/1/32

     340,000        403,804  
     

 

 

 
        10,985,021  
     

 

 

 

Pre-Refunded/Escrowed to Maturity Bonds – 13.96%

 

Arapahoe County School District No. 1 Englewood
5.00% 12/1/31-21§

     500,000        545,795  

Colorado Building Excellent Schools Today Certificates of Participation
Series G 5.00% 3/15/32-21§

     2,000,000        2,133,400  

Colorado Health Facilities Authority Revenue
(Total Long-Term Care) Series A
6.00% 11/15/30-20§

     400,000        427,952  

Colorado School of Mines Series B
5.00% 12/1/42-22§

     2,230,000        2,497,020  

University of Colorado
5.00% 6/1/31-21§

     3,085,000        3,315,357  

Series A 5.00% 6/1/33-23§

     1,000,000        1,138,580  
     

 

 

 
        10,058,104  
     

 

 

 

 

      Principal
Amount°
    

Value

(US $)

 

Municipal Bonds (continued)

 

        

Special Tax Revenue Bonds – 24.55%

 

Canyons Metropolitan District
No 5
Series A 6.125% 12/1/47

     500,000      $ 510,210  

Central Platte Valley Metropolitan District
5.00% 12/1/43

     375,000        396,514  

Commerce City
5.00% 8/1/44 (AGM)

     1,000,000        1,114,500  

Fountain Urban Renewal Authority Tax Increment Revenue
(Academy Highlands Project) Series A
5.50% 11/1/44

     900,000        929,511  

Guam Government Business Privilege Tax Revenue Series A 5.125% 1/1/42

     435,000        449,864  

Series A 5.25% 1/1/36

     565,000        588,764  

Lincoln Park Metropolitan District 5.00% 12/1/46 (AGM)

     500,000        573,605  

Prairie Center Metropolitan District No. 3
Series A 144A
5.00% 12/15/41 #

     500,000        514,450  

Puerto Rico Sales Tax Financing Revenue (Restructured)
Series A1 4.75% 7/1/53

     230,000        218,654  

Series A1 5.00% 7/1/58

     260,000        257,543  

Regional Transportation District Revenue
Series A 5.375% 6/1/31

     460,000        478,239  

Series B 5.00% 11/1/33

     500,000        605,570  

(Denver Transit Partners) 6.00% 1/15/41

     2,175,000        2,235,465  

(FasTracks Project)

     

Series A 5.00% 11/1/30

     330,000        396,941  

Series A 5.00% 11/1/31

     755,000        901,832  

Series A 5.00% 11/1/38

     4,085,000        4,286,676  

Solaris Metropolitan District No. 3
(Limited Tax Convertible)

     

Series A 5.00% 12/1/46

     500,000        511,845  

Southlands Metropolitan District No. 1

     

Series A1 5.00% 12/1/37

     200,000        215,728  

Series A1 5.00% 12/1/47

     300,000        318,831  
 

 

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      Principal
Amount°
    

Value

(US $)

 

Municipal Bonds (continued)

 

        

Special Tax Revenue Bonds (continued)

 

Sterling Ranch Community Authority Board

     

Series A 5.75% 12/1/45

     525,000      $ 543,806  

Tallyns Reach Metropolitan District No. 3
(Limited Tax Convertible)
5.125% 11/1/38

     295,000        310,903  

Thornton Development Authority (East 144th Avenue & I-25 Project)

     

Series B 5.00% 12/1/35

     265,000        302,312  

Series B 5.00% 12/1/36

     440,000        501,156  

Virgin Islands Public Finance Authority (Matching Fund Senior Lien)

     

5.00% 10/1/29 (AGM)

     500,000        524,655  
     

 

 

 
        17,687,574  
     

 

 

 

Transportation Revenue Bonds – 10.96%

 

Colorado High Performance Transportation Enterprise Revenue (Senior U.S. 36 & I-25 Managed Lanes)
5.75% 1/1/44 (AMT)

     1,110,000        1,212,020  

C-470 Express Lanes

     

5.00% 12/31/56

     1,000,000        1,080,130  

Denver City & County Airport System Revenue Series A
5.00% 11/15/30 (AMT)

     750,000        897,397  

Series A 5.00% 12/1/48 (AMT)

     1,000,000        1,154,700  

Series A 5.25% 11/15/36

     750,000        766,230  

Series B 5.00% 11/15/28

     250,000        276,920  

Series B 5.00% 11/15/37

     2,000,000        2,186,000  

E-470 Public Highway Authority Series C
5.25% 9/1/25

     310,000        323,439  
     

 

 

 
        7,896,836  
     

 

 

 

Water & Sewer Revenue Bonds – 0.92%

 

Dominion Water & Sanitation District
6.00% 12/1/46

     250,000        265,930  

 

      Principal
Amount°
    

Value

(US $)

 

Municipal Bonds (continued)

 

        

Water & Sewer Revenue Bonds (continued)

 

Guam Government Waterworks Authority Revenue
5.00% 7/1/40

     360,000      $ 397,199  
     

 

 

 
        663,129  
     

 

 

 

Total Municipal Bonds
(cost $94,985,349)

        100,223,898  
     

 

 

 
            

Short-Term Investments – 0.97%

 

        

Variable Rate Demand Notes – 0.97%¤

 

Denver City & County Series A1 1.50% 12/1/29 (SPA-JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A.)

     450,000        450,000  

Series A3 1.50% 12/1/31 (SPA-JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A.)

     250,000        250,000  
     

 

 

 

Total Short-Term
Investments
(cost $700,000)

        700,000  
     

 

 

 

Total Value of
Securities – 140.07%
(cost $95,685,349)

      $ 100,923,898  
     

 

 

 

 

 

#

Security exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. At March 31, 2019, the aggregate value of Rule 144A securities was $4,697,071, which represents 6.52% of the Fund’s net assets. See Note 7 in “Notes to financial statements.”

¤

Tax-exempt obligations that contain a floating or variable interest rate adjustment formula and an unconditional right of demand to receive payment of the unpaid principal balance plus accrued interest upon a short notice period (generally up to 30 days) prior to specified dates either from the issuer or by drawing on a bank letter of credit, a guarantee, or insurance issued with respect to such instrument. Each rate shown is as of March 31, 2019.

§

Pre-refunded bonds. Municipal bonds that are generally backed or secured by US Treasury bonds. For pre-refunded bonds, the stated maturity is followed by the year in which the bond will be pre-refunded. See Note 7 in “Notes to financial statements.”

°

Principal amount shown is stated in USD unless noted that the security is denominated in another currency.

 

 

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Schedules of investments

Delaware Investments® Colorado Municipal Income Fund, Inc.

    

 

Summary of abbreviations:

AGC – Insured by Assured Guaranty Corporation

AGM – Insured by Assured Guaranty Municipal Corporation

AMT – Subject to Alternative Minimum Tax

BAM – Build America Mutual Assurance Company

N.A. – National Association

SGI – Insured by Syncora Guarantee Inc.

SPA – Stand-by Purchase Agreement

USD – US Dollar

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

 

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Delaware Investments® Minnesota Municipal Income Fund II, Inc.

March 31, 2019

 

     Principal
Amount°
    

Value

(US $)

 

 

 

Municipal Bonds – 143.61%

 

 

 

Corporate Revenue Bonds – 1.62%

 

Minneapolis Community Planning & Economic Development Department (Limited Tax Supported Common Bond Fund) 6.25% 12/1/30

     1,000,000      $       1,073,320  

St. Paul Port Authority Solid Waste Disposal Revenue (Gerdau St. Paul Steel Mill Project) Series 7 144A 4.50% 10/1/37 (AMT) #

     1,715,000        1,624,191  
     

 

 

 
        2,697,511  
     

 

 

 

Education Revenue Bonds – 20.78%

 

Bethel Charter School Lease Revenue (Spectrum High School Project) Series A
4.375% 7/1/52

     1,100,000        1,108,657  

Brooklyn Park Charter School Lease Revenue (Prairie Seeds Academy Project)
Series A 5.00% 3/1/34

     990,000        999,544  

Series A 5.00% 3/1/39

     170,000        168,932  

Cologne Charter School Lease Revenue (Cologne Academy Project)
Series A 5.00% 7/1/29

     270,000        285,428  

Series A 5.00% 7/1/45

     445,000        449,054  

Deephaven Charter School (Eagle Ridge Academy Project)
Series A 5.25% 7/1/37

     590,000        630,710  

Series A 5.25% 7/1/40

     500,000        531,660  

Duluth Housing & Redevelopment Authority (Duluth Public Schools Academy Project)
Series A 5.00% 11/1/48

     1,200,000        1,238,220  

Forest Lake Minnesota Charter School Revenue (Lake International Language Academy) Series A 5.375% 8/1/50

     915,000        951,344  

Series A 5.75% 8/1/44

     705,000        738,142  

Hugo Charter School Lease Revenue
(Noble Academy Project)
Series A 5.00% 7/1/44

     775,000        798,723  
     Principal
Amount°
    

Value

(US $)

 

 

 

Municipal Bonds (continued)

 

 

 

Education Revenue Bonds (continued)

 

Hugo Charter School Lease Revenue (Noble Academy Project)
Series A 5.00% 7/1/34

     255,000      $         266,087  

Minneapolis Charter School Lease Revenue (Hiawatha Academies Project) Series A
5.00% 7/1/36

     750,000        774,323  

(Hiawatha Academies Project) Series A
5.00% 7/1/47

     900,000        915,255  

Minneapolis Student Housing Revenue (Riverton Community Housing Project)
5.25% 8/1/39

     205,000        215,873  

5.50% 8/1/49

     990,000        1,049,865  

Minnesota Higher Education Facilities Authority Revenue (Bethel University) 5.00% 5/1/47

     1,250,000        1,348,075  

(Carleton College) 4.00% 3/1/36

     485,000        524,498  

5.00% 3/1/44

     905,000        1,052,759  

(College of St. Benedict) 4.00% 3/1/36

     410,000        422,296  

(Gustavus Adolphus College) 5.00% 10/1/47

     2,600,000        2,932,358  

(Macalester College) 4.00% 3/1/42

     900,000        955,449  

4.00% 3/1/48

     600,000        634,548  

(St. Catherine University) Series A 4.00% 10/1/38

     920,000        943,340  

Series A 5.00% 10/1/45

     785,000        877,693  

(St. Johns University)

     

Series 8-I 5.00% 10/1/31

     235,000        271,199  

Series 8-I 5.00% 10/1/34

     35,000        40,142  

(St. Olaf College) Series 8-N 4.00% 10/1/35

     590,000        641,595  

(St. Scholastic College) Series H 5.25% 12/1/35

     1,000,000        1,017,750  

(Trustees Of The Hamline University Of Minnesota) Series B 5.00% 10/1/47

     1,055,000        1,114,344  

(University of St. Thomas)
Series 7-U 5.00% 4/1/22

     750,000        822,630  

Series A 4.00% 10/1/37

     500,000        537,205  
 

 

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Delaware Investments® Minnesota Municipal Income Fund II, Inc.

    

 

     Principal
Amount°
    

Value

(US $)

 

 

 

Municipal Bonds (continued)

 

 

 

Education Revenue Bonds (continued)

 

Otsego Charter School (Kaleidoscope Charter School)
Series A 5.00% 9/1/34

     230,000      $ 233,915  

Series A 5.00% 9/1/44

     400,000        402,808  

Rice County Educational Facilities Revenue (Shattuck-St. Mary’s School) Series A 144A 5.00% 8/1/22 #

     1,250,000        1,312,450  

St. Cloud Charter School Lease Revenue
(Stride Academy Project)
Series A 5.00% 4/1/46

     375,000        209,970  

St. Paul Housing & Redevelopment Authority Charter School Lease Revenue
(Academia Cesar Chavez School Project) Series A 5.25% 7/1/50

     825,000        847,457  

(Great River School Project)

     

Series A 144A
4.75% 7/1/29 #

     100,000        103,653  

Series A 144A
5.50% 7/1/38 #

     240,000        253,318  

(Nova Classical Academy Project)

     

Series A 4.125% 9/1/47

     750,000        727,365  

Series A 6.375% 9/1/31

     750,000        809,947  

(Twin Cities Academy

     

Project) Series A
5.30% 7/1/45

     630,000        643,369  

University of Minnesota Series A 5.00% 9/1/40

     1,240,000        1,459,716  

Series A 5.00% 9/1/42

     2,000,000        2,349,480  
     

 

 

 
        34,611,146  
     

 

 

 

Electric Revenue Bonds – 17.03%

 

Central Minnesota Municipal Power Agency Revenue (Brookings Southeast Twin Cities Transportation) 5.00% 1/1/32

     1,130,000        1,221,745  

(Brookings Twin Cities Transmission Project) 5.00% 1/1/42

     1,000,000        1,071,970  

Chaska Electric Revenue
Series A 5.00% 10/1/28

     445,000        523,253  
     Principal
Amount°
    

Value

(US $)

 

 

 

Municipal Bonds (continued)

 

 

 

Electric Revenue Bonds (continued)

 

Minnesota Municipal Power Agency Electric Revenue
5.00% 10/1/25

     500,000      $ 582,155  

5.00% 10/1/26

     500,000        580,850  

5.00% 10/1/27

     320,000        370,461  

5.00% 10/1/47

     1,755,000        2,012,529  

Northern Municipal Power Agency
Series A 5.00% 1/1/26

     100,000        110,895  

Series A 5.00% 1/1/30

     340,000        372,813  

Rochester Electric Utility Revenue
Series A 5.00% 12/1/42

     605,000        697,861  

Series A 5.00% 12/1/47

     985,000        1,134,405  

Series B 5.00% 12/1/30

     1,300,000        1,472,744  

Series B 5.00% 12/1/43

     1,000,000        1,118,080  

Southern Minnesota Municipal Power Agency Supply Revenue
Series A 5.00% 1/1/41

     240,000        272,782  

Series A 5.00% 1/1/47

     1,650,000        1,925,071  

St. Paul Housing & Redevelopment Authority Charter School Lease Revenue
Series A 4.00% 10/1/33

     285,000        305,289  

Series B 4.00% 10/1/37

     800,000        842,944  

Western Minnesota Municipal Power Agency Supply Revenue
Series A 5.00% 1/1/25

     3,000,000        3,352,200  

Series A 5.00% 1/1/26

     1,000,000        1,115,080  

Series A 5.00% 1/1/33

     1,000,000        1,124,710  

Series A 5.00% 1/1/40

     750,000        834,203  

Series A 5.00% 1/1/46

     2,500,000        2,769,825  

Series A 5.00% 1/1/49

     3,860,000        4,549,859  
     

 

 

 
        28,361,724  
     

 

 

 

Healthcare Revenue Bonds – 37.56%

 

Anoka Health Care Facilities Revenue
5.375% 11/1/34

     610,000        650,614  

Apple Valley Senior Housing Revenue
(PHS Senior Housing, Inc. Orchard Path Project)
4.50% 9/1/53

     1,160,000        1,170,904  

5.00% 9/1/58

     1,605,000        1,696,822  
 

 

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     Principal
Amount°
    

Value

(US $)

 

 

 

Municipal Bonds (continued)

 

 

 

Healthcare Revenue Bonds (continued)

 

Apple Valley Senior Living Revenue

     

(Senior Living LLC Project)
Series B 5.00% 1/1/47

     750,000      $ 766,853  

Series D 7.00% 1/1/37

     720,000        721,591  

Series D 7.25% 1/1/52

     1,000,000        1,011,630  

Bethel Housing & Health Care Facilities Revenue (Benedictine Health System- St. Peter Communities Project) Series A
5.50% 12/1/48

     500,000        509,970  

Center City Health Care Facilities Revenue (Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation Project)
5.00% 11/1/27

     500,000        554,685  

(Hazelden Foundation

     

Project) 5.00% 11/1/41

     1,600,000        1,620,032  

City of Bethel
(The Lodge at Lakes at Stillwater Project)
5.25% 6/1/58

     900,000        937,404  

Cloquet Housing Facilities Revenue
(HADC Cloquet Project)
Series A 5.00% 8/1/48

     500,000        505,995  

Dakota County Community Development Agency Senior Housing Revenue
(Walker Highview Hills Project) Series A 144A 5.00% 8/1/46 #

     370,000        379,553  

Series A 144A 5.00% 8/1/51 #

     755,000        773,309  

Deephaven Housing & Healthcare Revenue
(St. Therese Senior Living Project)
Series A 5.00% 4/1/38

     280,000        282,117  

Series A 5.00% 4/1/40

     270,000        271,844  

Duluth Economic Development Authority (Essentia Health Obligated Group) Series A 5.00% 2/15/48

     810,000        915,057  
     Principal
Amount°
    

Value

(US $)

 

 

 

Municipal Bonds (continued)

 

 

 

Healthcare Revenue Bonds (continued)

 

Duluth Economic Development Authority
(St. Luke’s Hospital Authority Obligation Group)
5.75% 6/15/32

     1,400,000      $     1,526,406  

6.00% 6/15/39

     1,000,000        1,099,330  

Hayward
(American Baptist Homes Midwest)
5.75% 2/1/44

     500,000        512,150  

Hayward Health Care Facilities Revenue
(St. John’s Lutheran Home of Albert Lea) 5.375% 10/1/44

     260,000        268,034  

Maple Grove Health Care Facilities Revenue
(Maple Grove Hospital Corporation) 4.00% 5/1/37

     1,000,000        1,045,350  

(North Memorial Health

     

Care) 5.00% 9/1/30

     865,000        973,981  

Minneapolis Health Care System Revenue
(Fairview Health Services) Series A 4.00% 11/15/48

     2,855,000        2,982,219  

Series A 5.00% 11/15/33

     500,000        575,185  

Series A 5.00% 11/15/34

     500,000        573,870  

Series A 5.00% 11/15/49

     2,000,000        2,292,620  

Minneapolis Senior Housing & Healthcare Revenue
(Ecumen Mill City Quarter)
5.25% 11/1/45

     850,000        877,005  

5.375% 11/1/50

     200,000        206,902  

(Ecumen-Abiitan Mill City Project) 5.00% 11/1/35

     220,000        225,782  

Minneapolis – St. Paul Housing & Redevelopment Authority Health Care Revenue
(Allina Health System) Series A 5.00% 11/15/29

     585,000        705,001  

(Children’s Health Care Facilities) Series A1
5.00% 8/15/34 (AGM)

     500,000        519,640  

Rochester Health Care & Housing Revenue
(The Homestead at Rochester Project)
Series A 6.875% 12/1/48

     1,220,000        1,318,747  
 

 

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Delaware Investments® Minnesota Municipal Income Fund II, Inc.

    

 

      Principal
Amount°
    

Value

(US $)

 

Municipal Bonds (continued)

 

        

Healthcare Revenue Bonds (continued)

 

Rochester Health Care Facilities Revenue
(Mayo Clinic) 4.00% 11/15/41

     4,860,000      $ 5,002,398  

Sartell Health Care Facilities Revenue (Country Manor Campus Project)
5.25% 9/1/30

     1,000,000        1,071,120  

Series A 5.30% 9/1/37

     600,000        649,410  

Shakopee Health Care Facilities Revenue (St. Francis Regional Medical Center)
4.00% 9/1/31

     205,000        215,576  

5.00% 9/1/34

     165,000        181,678  

St. Cloud Health Care Revenue
(Centracare Health System Project) 4.00% 5/1/49

     1,585,000        1,668,577  

5.00% 5/1/48

     2,250,000        2,631,713  

Series A 4.00% 5/1/37

     1,295,000        1,379,214  

Series A 5.00% 5/1/46

     4,800,000        5,426,352  

Series B 5.00% 5/1/24

     1,400,000        1,609,286  

(Unrefunded - Centracare Health System Project) 5.125% 5/1/30

     95,000        98,373  

St. Paul Housing & Redevelopment Authority Health Care Facilities Revenue
(Allina Health System) Series A1 5.25% 11/15/29

     640,000        654,931  

(Fairview Health Services) Series A 4.00% 11/15/43

     905,000        953,988  

Series A 5.00% 11/15/47

     680,000        775,560  

(Health Partners Obligation Group Project) 5.00% 7/1/29

     2,000,000        2,314,800  

Series A 5.00% 7/1/32

     1,100,000        1,247,092  

St. Paul Housing & Redevelopment Authority Housing & Health Care Facilities Revenue (Senior Episcopal Homes Project)
5.125% 5/1/48

     1,200,000        1,208,064  

Series A 4.75% 11/1/31

     740,000        741,532  
      Principal
Amount°
    

Value

(US $)

 

Municipal Bonds (continued)

 

        

Healthcare Revenue Bonds (continued)

 

Wayzata Senior Housing Revenue (Folkestone Senior Living Community)

     

Series A 5.50% 11/1/32

     420,000      $ 429,089  

Series A 5.75% 11/1/39

     945,000        965,525  

Series A 6.00% 5/1/47

     1,475,000        1,507,214  

Winona Health Care Facilities Revenue (Winona Health Obligation)
4.65% 7/1/26

     465,000        481,298  

4.75% 7/1/27

     785,000        814,155  

5.00% 7/1/34

     750,000        775,913  

Woodbury Housing & Redevelopment Authority Revenue
(St. Therese of Woodbury) 5.125% 12/1/44

     1,250,000        1,286,713  
     

 

 

 
        62,560,173  
     

 

 

 

Housing Revenue Bonds – 1.89%

 

Minneapolis Multifamily Housing Revenue (Olson Townhomes Project) 6.00% 12/1/19 (AMT)

     190,000        190,367  

Minnesota Housing Finance Agency
(Non Ace - State Appropriated Housing) 5.00% 8/1/33

     1,390,000        1,587,352  

Minnesota State Housing Finance Agency Homeownership (Mortgage-Backed Securities Program) 4.40% 7/1/32 (GNMA) (FNMA)

     755,000        769,413  

Northwest Multi-County Housing & Redevelopment Authority
(Pooled Housing Program) 5.50% 7/1/45

     560,000        592,542  
     

 

 

 
        3,139,674  
     

 

 

 

Lease Revenue Bonds – 9.93%

 

  

Minnesota State General Fund Revenue Appropriations
Series A 5.00% 6/1/32

     780,000        876,338  

Series A 5.00% 6/1/38

     5,500,000        6,133,050  

Series A 5.00% 6/1/43

     1,750,000        1,946,700  
 

 

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      Principal
Amount°
    

Value

(US $)

 

 

Municipal Bonds (continued)

 

        

Lease Revenue Bonds (continued)

 

Minnesota State General Fund Revenue Appropriations
Series B 5.00% 3/1/29

     1,000,000      $ 1,091,270  

Minnesota State Housing Finance Agency (Non Ace - State Appropriated Housing) Series C 5.00% 8/1/36

     1,000,000        1,137,100  

University of Minnesota Special Purpose Revenue (State Supported Biomed Science Research)
5.00% 8/1/35

     1,040,000        1,083,628  

5.00% 8/1/36

     4,000,000        4,276,680  
     

 

 

 
        16,544,766  
     

 

 

 

Local General Obligation Bonds – 12.44%

 

Brainerd Independent School District No 181 (General Obligation School Building Bonds) Series A
4.00% 2/1/38

     1,500,000        1,614,255  

Brainerd Independent School District No. 181 (General Obligation School Building Bonds) Series A 4.00% 2/1/43

     1,500,000        1,596,675  

Burnsville-Eagan-Savage Independent School District No 191
(Alternative Facilities) Series A 4.00% 2/1/28

     1,185,000        1,305,953  

Duluth Independent School District No 709 Series A Series A 4.00% 2/1/27

     600,000        651,804  

Duluth, Minnesota (Improvement DECC) Series A 5.00% 2/1/34

     545,000        635,666  

Edina Independent School District No. 273 Series A 5.00% 2/1/27

     1,500,000        1,770,795  

Hennepin County
Series A 5.00% 12/1/36

     1,190,000        1,416,100  

Series A 5.00% 12/1/37

     1,240,000        1,486,710  

Series A 5.00% 12/1/41

     1,060,000        1,248,680  

Hopkins Independent School District No. 270 Series A 5.00% 2/1/28

     1,000,000        1,059,030  
     

Principal

Amount°

    

Value

(US $)

 

 

Municipal Bonds (continued)

 

        

Local General Obligation Bonds (continued)

 

Mahtomedi Independent School District No. 832 (School Building) Series A 5.00% 2/1/28

     515,000      $ 606,721  

Mounds View Independent School District No. 621
(School Building) Series A 4.00% 2/1/43

     2,000,000        2,126,040  

St. Michael-Albertville Independent School District No. 885
(School Building) Series A 5.00% 2/1/27

     1,300,000        1,563,328  

St. Paul Independent School District No. 625
(School Building) Series B 5.00% 2/1/26

     1,000,000        1,118,670  

Willmar
(Rice Memorial Hospital Project) Series A 4.00% 2/1/32

     2,440,000        2,508,832  
     

 

 

 
        20,709,259  
     

 

 

 

Pre-Refunded/Escrowed to Maturity Bonds – 18.52%

 

Anoka Health Care Facilities Revenue
(Homestead Anoka Project) Series A 7.00% 11/1/46-19 §

     1,200,000        1,248,804  

Dakota-Washington Counties Housing & Redevelopment Authority Single Family Residential Mortgage Revenue
(City of Bloomington) Series B 8.375% 9/1/21 (GNMA) (AMT)

     7,055,000        8,086,088  

Deephaven Charter School (Eagle Ridge Academy Project) Series A
5.50% 7/1/43-23 §

     500,000        578,410  

Minnesota Higher Education Facilities Authority Revenue (College of St. Benedict) Series 7-M
5.00% 3/1/31-20 §

     300,000        309,324  

Series 7-M
5.125% 3/1/36-20 §

     275,000        283,858  
 

 

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Schedules of investments

Delaware Investments® Minnesota Municipal Income Fund, Inc.

    

 

     

Principal

Amount°

    

Value

(US $)

 

Municipal Bonds (continued)

 

        

Pre-Refunded/Escrowed to Maturity Bonds (continued)

 

Minnesota Higher Education Facilities Authority Revenue (St. Catherine University) Series 7-Q 5.00% 10/1/32-22 §

     700,000      $ 777,602  

(University of St. Thomas) Series 7-A 5.00% 10/1/39-19 §

     1,000,000        1,017,020  

Minnesota State (Various Purposes) Series D
5.00% 8/1/24-20 §

     65,000        67,931  

Rochester Health Care & Housing Revenue
(Samaritan Bethany) Series A 7.375% 12/1/41-19 §

     1,220,000        1,265,884  

St. Cloud Health Care Revenue
(Centracare Health System Project) 5.50% 5/1/39-19 (AGC) §

     500,000        501,580  

Series A 5.125% 5/1/30-20 §

     3,830,000        3,975,693  

St. Paul Housing & Redevelopment Authority Health Care Facilities Revenue (Allina Health System) Series A1 5.25% 11/15/29-19 §

     755,000        772,139  

St. Paul Housing & Redevelopment Authority Hospital Facility (Healtheast Care System Project) Series A 5.00% 11/15/29-25 §

     395,000        472,993  

Series A 5.00% 11/15/30-25 §

     290,000        347,261  

University of Minnesota Series A 5.50% 7/1/21

     4,000,000        4,191,320  

Series D 5.00% 12/1/27-21 §

     1,110,000        1,210,144  

Series D 5.00% 12/1/29-21 §

     1,265,000        1,379,128  

Series D 5.00% 12/1/31-21 §

     1,000,000        1,090,220  

Series D 5.00% 12/1/36-21 §

     3,000,000        3,270,660  
     

 

 

 
        30,846,059  
     

 

 

 
     

Principal

Amount°

    

Value

(US $)

 

Municipal Bonds (continued)

 

        

Special Tax Revenue Bonds – 1.54%

 

Guam Government Business Privilege Tax Revenue Series A 5.25% 1/1/36

     150,000      $ 156,309  

Minneapolis Revenue (YMCA Greater Twin Cities Project)
4.00% 6/1/29

     165,000        181,817  

Puerto Rico Sales Tax Financing Revenue (Restructured)
Series A-1 4.75% 7/1/53

     550,000        522,869  

Series A-1 5.00% 7/1/58

     630,000        624,047  

St. Paul Sales Tax Revenue
Series G 5.00% 11/1/30

     935,000        1,075,362  
     

 

 

 
        2,560,404  
     

 

 

 

State General Obligation Bonds – 12.36%

 

  

Minnesota State
Series A 5.00% 8/1/24

     1,000,000        1,172,310  

Series A 5.00% 8/1/29

     700,000        830,382  

Series E 5.00% 10/1/26

     1,480,000        1,819,009  

(State Trunk Highway) Series B 5.00% 10/1/22

     5,500,000        5,966,895  

Series B 5.00% 10/1/29

     3,315,000        3,576,089  

(Various Purposes) Series D 5.00% 8/1/24

     2,635,000        2,752,995  

Series F 5.00% 10/1/22

     4,000,000        4,470,360  
     

 

 

 
        20,588,040  
     

 

 

 

Transportation Revenue Bonds – 6.80%

 

  

Minneapolis – St. Paul Metropolitan Airports Commission Revenue 5.00% 1/1/22

     670,000        709,697  

Subordinate
Series A 5.00% 1/1/31

     410,000        491,770  

Series A 5.00% 1/1/32

     1,255,000        1,496,198  

Series B 5.00% 1/1/26

     540,000        587,493  

Series B 5.00% 1/1/26 (AMT)

     500,000        564,830  

Series B 5.00% 1/1/27

     1,190,000        1,292,661  

Series B 5.00% 1/1/30

     500,000        540,890  

Series B 5.00% 1/1/31

     250,000        270,167  

Series C 5.00% 1/1/33

     2,000,000        2,375,340  

Series C 5.00% 1/1/36

     1,000,000        1,175,410  

Series C 5.00% 1/1/46

     1,245,000        1,434,551  
 

 

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      Principal
Amount°
    

Value

(US $)

 

 

Municipal Bonds (continued)

 

        

 

Transportation Revenue Bonds (continued)

 

St. Paul Port Authority Revenue (Amherst H. Wilder Foundation) Series 3 5.00% 12/1/36

     380,000      $ 383,762  
     

 

 

 
        11,322,769  
     

 

 

 

Water & Sewer Revenue Bonds – 3.14%

 

Guam Government Waterworks Authority 5.00% 7/1/40

     840,000        926,797  

Metropolitan Council Waste Water Revenue Series B 4.00% 9/1/27

     1,145,000        1,229,387  

Series C 4.00% 3/1/31

     1,355,000        1,513,318  

Series C 4.00% 3/1/32

     1,405,000        1,556,712  
     

 

 

 
        5,226,214  
     

 

 

 

Total Municipal Bonds
(cost $231,227,713)

        239,167,739  
     

 

 

 
     

 

Short-Term Investments – 0.30%

 

        

 

Variable Rate Demand Notes – 0.30%¤

 

  

Minneapolis Variable Rate Demand Health Care System Revenue Series C (Fairview Health Services) 1.48% 11/15/48 (LOC- Wells Fargo Bank N.A.)

     100,000        100,000  

Minneapolis – St. Paul Housing & Redevelopment Authority Health Care Revenue Series B-2 (Allina Health System) 1.50% 11/15/35 (LOC- JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A.)

     400,000        400,000  
     

 

 

 

Total Short-Term Investments
(cost $500,000)

        500,000  
     

 

 

 

Total Value of
Securities – 143.91%
(cost $231,727,713)

      $ 239,667,739  
     

 

 

 

 

#

Security exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. At March 31, 2019, the aggregate value of Rule 144A securities was $4,446,474, which represents 2.67% of the Fund’s net assets. See Note 7 in “Notes to financial statements.”

¤

Tax-exempt obligations that contain a floating or variable interest rate adjustment formula and an unconditional right of demand to receive payment of the unpaid principal balance plus accrued interest upon a short notice period (generally up to 30 days) prior to specified dates either from the issuer or by drawing on a bank letter of credit, a guarantee, or insurance issued with respect to such instrument. Each rate shown is as of March 31, 2019.

§

Pre-refunded bonds. Municipal bonds that are generally backed or secured by USTreasury bonds. For pre-refunded bonds, the stated maturity is followed by the year in which the bond will be pre-refunded. See Note 7 in “Notes to financial statements.”

°

Principal amount shown is stated in USD unless noted that the security is denominated in another currency.

Summary of abbreviations:

AGC – Insured by Assured Guaranty Corporation

AGM – Insured by Assured Guaranty Municipal Corporation

AMT – Subject to Alternative Minimum Tax

FNMA – Federal National Mortgage Association Collateral

GNMA – Government National Mortgage Association Collateral

LOC – Letter of Credit

N.A. – National Association

USD – United States Dollar

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

 

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Schedules of investments

Delaware Investments® National Municipal Income Fund

March 31, 2019

 

     Principal
Amount°
     Value
(US $)
 

 

 

Municipal Bonds – 147.14%

 

 

 

Corporate Revenue Bonds – 12.90%

 

Buckeye, Ohio Tobacco Settlement Financing Authority Asset-Backed Senior Turbo Series A-2 5.875% 6/1/47

     500,000      $ 488,850  

Central Plains Energy Project Revenue, Nebraska (Project No. 3)
Series A 5.00% 9/1/36

     225,000        273,019  

Commonwealth Financing Authority Revenue, Pennsylvania (Tobacco Master Settlement Payment) 4.00% 6/1/39 (AGM)

     1,015,000        1,066,948  

Florida Development Finance Corporation Surface Transportation Facility Revenue (Brightline Passenger Rail Project) 144A 5.625% 1/1/47 (AMT)#

     300,000        311,847  

Golden State Tobacco Securitization, California Series A-1
5.00% 6/1/47

     250,000        249,495  

Louisiana Local Government Environmental Facilities & Community Development Authority (Westlake Chemical) Series A 6.50% 8/1/29

     645,000        681,094  

Series A-1
6.50% 11/1/35

     255,000        271,904  

M-S-R Energy Authority, California Gas
Series B 6.50% 11/1/39

     250,000        363,017  

Series C 7.00% 11/1/34

     1,000,000        1,477,120  

New York Transportation Development (Delta Air Lines, Inc. - LaGuardia Airport Terminals C&D Redevelopment Project) 4.00% 1/1/36 (AMT)

     750,000        777,705  

Shoals, Indiana
(National Gypsum Project)
7.25% 11/1/43 (AMT)

     310,000        343,700  

Suffolk County, New York Tobacco Asset Securitization
Series B 5.00% 6/1/32

     750,000        792,135  
     Principal
Amount°
     Value
(US $)
 

 

 

Municipal Bonds (continued)

 

  

 

 

Corporate Revenue Bonds (continued)

 

Tobacco Settlement Financing Corporation, Louisiana Asset-Backed Note
Series A
5.25% 5/15/35

     460,000      $ 502,421  

Tobacco Settlement Financing Corporation, New Jersey
Series A 5.00% 6/1/46

     130,000        141,551  

Series B 5.00% 6/1/46

     335,000        353,887  

TSASC Revenue, New York (Settlement)
Series A 5.00% 6/1/41

     60,000        64,817  

Valparaiso, Indiana (Pratt Paper Project)
7.00% 1/1/44 (AMT)

     240,000        279,118  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

8,438,628

 

 

     

 

 

 

Education Revenue Bonds – 25.47%

 

Arizona Industrial Development Authority Revenue
(American Charter Schools Foundation Project) 144A
6.00% 7/1/47 #

     330,000        360,436  

California Educational Facilities Authority Revenue (Loma Linda University)
Series A 5.00% 4/1/47

     500,000        570,715  

(Stanford University) Series V-1 5.00% 5/1/49

     1,000,000        1,394,830  

East Hempfield Township, Pennsylvania Industrial Development Authority (Student Services Income - Student Housing Project)
5.00% 7/1/35

     1,000,000        1,052,610  

Health & Educational Facilities Authority of the State of Missouri
(St. Louis College of Pharmacy Project) 5.25% 5/1/33

     500,000        537,070  

(Washington University) Series B 5.00% 11/15/30

     600,000        649,776  

Illinois Finance Authority Revenue
(CHF - Chicago, L.L.C. - University Of Illinois at Chicago Project) Series A 5.00% 2/15/50

     460,000        501,303  
 

 

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     Principal
Amount°
     Value
(US $)
 

 

 

Municipal Bonds (continued)

 

 

 

Education Revenue Bonds (continued)

 

Illinois Finance Authority Revenue
(Chicago International Charter School Project)
5.00% 12/1/47

     535,000      $ 570,283  

Kent County, Delaware Student Housing and Dining Facilities Revenue
(CHF-Dover, L.L.C. - Delaware State University Project) Series A 5.00% 7/1/53

     115,000        123,929  

Louisiana Public Facilities Authority Revenue (Provident Group-Flagship Properties) Series A 5.00% 7/1/56

     500,000        541,895  

Maryland Health & Higher Educational Facilities Authority
(Loyola University) Series A 5.00% 10/1/39

     650,000        707,193  

Massachusetts Development Finance Agency
(Umass Boston Student Housing Project) 5.00% 10/1/48

     285,000        308,282  

Montgomery County, Pennsylvania Higher Education & Health Authority Revenue (Arcadia University) 5.25% 4/1/30

     550,000        564,036  

New Hope, Texas Cultural Education Facilities (Chief-Collegiate Housing-Tarleton St.) Series A 5.00% 4/1/34

     1,000,000        1,063,980  

New York City, New York Trust For Cultural Resources
(Whitney Museum of American Art) 5.00% 7/1/31

     500,000        528,200  

New York State Dormitory Authority
(Columbia University) Series A 1.38% 9/1/39

     150,000        150,000  

5.00% 10/1/41

     600,000        637,362  

Pennsylvania State University Series A 5.00% 9/1/47

     1,000,000        1,172,550  
     Principal
Amount°
    

Value

(US $)

 

 

 

Municipal Bonds (continued)

 

 

 

Education Revenue Bonds (continued)

 

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Authority for Industrial Development
(1st Philadelphia Preparatory College) Series A 7.25% 6/15/43

     370,000      $ 416,698  

Phoenix, Arizona Industrial Development Authority Revenue (Rowan University Project) 5.00% 6/1/42

     1,000,000        1,068,730  

Pima County, Arizona Industrial Development Authority Education Revenue
(Edkey Charter School Project) 6.00% 7/1/48

     500,000        475,485  

Private Colleges & Universities Authority Revenue, Georgia (Mercer University) Series A
5.00% 10/1/32

     135,000        141,498  

Swarthmore Borough Authority, Pennsylvania (Swarthmore College Project) 5.00% 9/15/32

     490,000        557,645  

Troy, New York Capital Resource Revenue (Rensselaer Polytechnic) Series A 5.125% 9/1/40

     600,000        624,822  

University of California Series AI
5.00% 5/15/32

     1,000,000        1,122,720  

Series AZ 5.25% 5/15/58

     465,000        550,760  

Wyoming Community Development Authority Student Housing Revenue (CHF-Wyoming LLC) 6.50% 7/1/43

     250,000        262,943  
     

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

16,655,751

 

 

     

 

 

 

Electric Revenue Bonds – 2.65%

 

JEA Electric System Revenue,
Florida Series A 5.00% 10/1/33

     355,000        395,360  

Long Island Power Authority, New York Electric System Revenue
5.00% 9/1/47

     305,000        351,674  

Series A 5.00% 9/1/44

     250,000        276,770  

Series B 5.00% 9/1/46

     130,000        148,191  
 

 

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Schedules of investments

Delaware Investments® National Municipal Income Fund

    

 

     Principal
Amount°
     Value
(US $)
 

 

 

Municipal Bonds (continued)

 

 

 

Electric Revenue Bonds (continued)

 

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Gas Works Revenue (1998 General Ordinance Fifteenth Series)
5.00% 8/1/47

     500,000      $ 564,450  
     

 

 

 
         1,736,445  
     

 

 

 

Healthcare Revenue Bonds – 29.82%

 

Alabama Special Care Facilities Financing Authority-Birmingham Alabama
(Methodist Home for the Aging) 6.00% 6/1/50

     500,000        549,310  

Allegheny County Hospital, Pennsylvania Development Authority (Allegheny Health Network Obligated Group Issue) Series A
4.00% 4/1/44

     300,000        307,869  

Arizona Health Facilities Authority Revenue (Catholic Healthcare West) Series D
5.00% 7/1/28

     500,000        503,460  

Arizona Industrial Development Authority Revenue
(Great Lakes Senior Living Communities LLC Project)
Series A 5.00% 1/1/54

     190,000        202,358  

Series B 5.00% 1/1/49

     70,000        73,412  

Series B 5.125% 1/1/54

     85,000        89,094  

Berks County, Pennsylvania Industrial Development Authority Revenue
(Tower Health Project) 5.00% 11/1/50

     1,000,000        1,122,310  

California Health Facilities Financing Authority Revenue
(Kaiser Permanente) Series A-2 5.00% 11/1/47

     400,000        555,056  

California Statewide Communities Development Authority (Loma Linda University Medical Center) Series A 144A 5.25% 12/1/56 #

     760,000        831,486  
     Principal
Amount°
    

Value

(US $)

 

 

 

Municipal Bonds (continued)

 

 

 

Healthcare Revenue Bonds (continued)

 

  

Capital Trust Agency, Florida (Tuscan Gardens Senior Living Center) Series A 7.00% 4/1/49

     375,000      $ 361,823  

Colorado Health Facilities Authority Revenue (Healthcare Facilities - American Baptist)
8.00% 8/1/43

     330,000        372,590  

Cuyahoga County, Ohio Hospital Revenue (The Metrohealth System)
5.50% 2/15/57

     1,000,000        1,115,040  

Idaho Health Facilities Authority Revenue
(St. Luke’s Health System Project) Series A 5.00% 3/1/33

     1,250,000        1,464,325  

Kalispell, Montana (Immanuel Lutheran Corporation Project) Series A 5.25% 5/15/37

     700,000        735,343  

Lycoming County, Pennsylvania Authority Health System Revenue
(Susquehanna Health System Project)
Series A 5.50% 7/1/28

     500,000        504,345  

Maine Health & Higher Educational Facilities Authority Revenue
(Maine General Medical Center) 6.75% 7/1/41

     300,000        324,672  

Maricopa County, Arizona Industrial Development Authority Health Facilities Revenue
(Catholic Healthcare West)
Series A 6.00% 7/1/39

     500,000        505,020  

Maryland Health & Higher Educational Facilities Authority
(University Of Maryland Medical System Issue) Series D 4.00% 7/1/48

     255,000        266,562  

Miami-Dade County, Florida Health Facilities Authority Revenue
(Nicklaus Children’s Hospital Project)
5.00% 8/1/47

     200,000        226,874  
 

 

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     Principal
Amount°
     Value
(US $)
 

 

 

Municipal Bonds (continued)

 

 

 

Healthcare Revenue Bonds (continued)

 

Michigan Finance Authority Revenue
(Beaumont Health Credit Group) 5.00% 11/1/44

     1,000,000      $   1,114,370  

Montgomery County Higher Education & Health Authority Revenue (Thomas Jefferson University) 4.00% 9/1/49

     750,000        775,283  

Moon, Pennsylvania Industrial Development Authority (Baptist Homes Society Obligation)
6.125% 7/1/50

     750,000        801,360  

New Hope, Texas Cultural Education Facilities (Cardinal Bay Inc.)
Series A1 4.00% 7/1/36

     55,000        57,351  

Series A1 5.00% 7/1/46

     135,000        149,433  

Series A1 5.00% 7/1/51

     135,000        148,844  

Series B 4.25% 7/1/36

     80,000        83,025  

Series B 4.75% 7/1/51

     160,000        168,286  

New Jersey Health Care Facilities Financing Authority Revenue
(St. Peters University Hospital) 6.25% 7/1/35

     300,000        320,469  

New York State Dormitory Authority
(Orange Regional Medical Center) 144A 5.00% 12/1/35 #

     500,000        568,370  

Oklahoma Development Finance Authority Revenue (OU Medicine Project) Series B 5.50% 8/15/57

     215,000        246,409  

Orange County, Florida Health Facilities Authority Revenue
(Mayflower Retirement Center)
5.00% 6/1/32

     400,000        416,452  

5.00% 6/1/36

     250,000        259,240  

5.125% 6/1/42

     750,000        777,030  

Oregon State Facilities Authority Revenue (Peacehealth Project) Series A 5.00% 11/15/29

     500,000        568,425  
     Principal
Amount°
     Value
(US $)
 

 

 

Municipal Bonds (continued)

 

  

 

 

Healthcare Revenue Bonds (continued)

 

  

Palm Beach County Health Facilities Authority, Florida (Sinai Residences Boca Raton Project) Series A 7.25% 6/1/34

     20,000      $ 22,463  

Series A 7.50% 6/1/49

     105,000        118,571  

Palomar Health, California 5.00% 11/1/39

     130,000        142,957  

Tarrant County, Texas Cultural Education Facilities Finance (Buckner Senior Living - Ventana Project)
6.75% 11/15/47

     250,000        281,373  

Westminster, Maryland (Lutheran Village Millers Grant Inc.) 6.00% 7/1/34

     500,000        532,985  

Wisconsin Health & Educational Facilities Authority
(Covenant Communities, Inc. Project) Series A1 4.00% 7/1/48

     20,000        20,154  

Series B 5.00% 7/1/53

     1,000,000        1,023,650  

Yavapai County, Arizona Industrial Development Authority Revenue
(Yavapai Regional Medical Center) Series A 5.00% 8/1/28

     720,000        795,694  
     

 

 

 
        19,503,143  
     

 

 

 

Lease Revenue Bonds – 7.78%

 

California State Public Works Board Lease Revenue (Various Capital Projects)
Series A 5.00% 4/1/37

     1,000,000        1,081,970  

Idaho State Building Authority Revenue
(Health & Welfare Project)
Series A 5.00% 9/1/24

     135,000        147,743  

Minnesota State General Revenue Appropriations Series B 5.00% 3/1/29

     1,000,000        1,091,270  

New Jersey Economic Development Authority Series WW 5.25% 6/15/30

     1,000,000        1,110,370  
 

 

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Schedules of investments

Delaware Investments® National Municipal Income Fund

    

 

      Principal
Amount°
     Value
(US $)
 

Municipal Bonds (continued)

 

        

Lease Revenue Bonds (continued)

 

New Jersey Transportation Trust Fund Authority (Federal Highway Reimbursement Revenue Refunding Notes) Series A 5.00% 6/15/29

     1,000,000      $ 1,142,960  

Public Finance Authority, Wisconsin Airport Facilities Revenue (AFCO Investors II Portfolio) 144A 5.75% 10/1/31 (AMT)#

     500,000        514,870  
     

 

 

 
        5,089,183  
     

 

 

 

Local General Obligation Bonds – 5.27%

 

Chicago Board of Education, Illinois
5.00% 4/1/42

     205,000        222,417  

5.00% 4/1/46

     210,000        227,239  

Chicago, Illinois Series A 5.00% 1/1/44

     490,000        520,405  

Series A 5.50% 1/1/34

     225,000        246,746  

Series A 5.50% 1/1/49

     455,000        502,798  

Series C 5.00% 1/1/38

     500,000        530,605  

District of Columbia
Series A 5.00% 6/1/37

     1,000,000        1,183,730  

New York, New York
Series I-1 5.375% 4/1/36

     10,000        10,017  
     

 

 

 
            3,443,957  
     

 

 

 

Pre-Refunded/Escrowed to Maturity Bonds – 15.39%

 

Atlanta, Georgia Water & Wastewater Revenue Series A
6.25% 11/1/39-19§

     300,000        308,289  

Bowling Green, Ohio Student Housing Revenue
(CFP I State University Project)
6.00% 6/1/45-20§

     260,000        273,411  

Brooklyn Arena Local Development, New York Pilot Revenue (Barclays Center Project)
6.25% 7/15/40-20§

     940,000        975,570  

6.50% 7/15/30-20§

     300,000        311,913  

California Municipal Finance Authority Mobile Home Park Revenue
(Caritas Project) Series A
6.40% 8/15/45-20§

     400,000        425,244  
      Principal
Amount°
     Value
(US $)
 

Municipal Bonds (continued)

 

        

Pre-Refunded/Escrowed to Maturity Bonds (continued)

 

California State
6.00% 4/1/38-19§

     35,000      $ 35,000  

Central Texas Regional Mobility Authority Revenue
Senior Lien
6.00% 1/1/41-21§

     520,000        558,693  

Hawaii Pacific Health Special Purpose Revenue
Series A
5.50% 7/1/40-20§

     300,000        314,727  

Illinois Finance Authority Revenue
(Silver Cross & Medical Centers)
7.00% 8/15/44-19§

     950,000        968,791  

JEA Electric System Revenue, Florida Series A
5.00% 10/1/33-23§

     645,000        737,680  

Koyukuk, Alaska Revenue
(Tanana Chiefs Conference Health Care Facility Project)
7.75% 10/1/41-19§

     300,000        309,102  

Louisiana Public Facilities Authority Revenue
(Ochsner Clinic Foundation Project)
6.50% 5/15/37-21§

     105,000        115,700  

Maryland State Economic Development Revenue (Transportation Facilities Project) Series A 5.75% 6/1/35-20§

     255,000        267,421  

Metropolitan Transportation Authority Revenue, New York Series A
5.00% 11/15/41-21§

     190,000        207,529  

(Unrefunded) Series A
5.00% 11/15/41-21§

     310,000            338,601  

Monroe County, New York Industrial Development Revenue (Nazareth College Rochester Project)
5.50% 10/1/41-21§

     495,000        543,352  

Monroe County, Pennsylvania Hospital Authority Revenue (Pocono Medical Center) Series A
5.00% 1/1/41-22§

     500,000        545,075  
 

 

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     Principal
Amount°
     Value
(US $)
 
 

Municipal Bonds (continued)

 

Pre-Refunded/Escrowed to Maturity Bonds (continued)

 

New Hampshire Health and Education Facilities Authority Revenue
(Dartmouth - Hitchcock Medical Center)
6.00% 8/1/38-19§

     300,000      $ 304,374  

New Jersey Economic Development Authority Revenue (MSU Student Housing Project)
5.875% 6/1/42-20§

     450,000        472,833  

New Jersey Turnpike Authority
Series A 5.00% 1/1/27-22§

     475,000        527,169  

Series A 5.00% 1/1/27-22§

     25,000        27,746  

New York City, New York Water & Sewer System Revenue
5.00% 6/15/47-23§

     160,000        182,653  

Oregon State Facilities Authority Revenue (Concordia University Project) Series A 144A
6.125% 9/1/30-20#§

     100,000        105,500  

Pennsylvania State Higher Educational Facilities Authority Revenue (Edinboro University Foundation)
5.80% 7/1/30-20§

     400,000        420,600  

Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission Subordinate (Motor License Fund)
Series B 5.00% 12/1/41-21§

     260,000        283,457  

University Medical Center, Tucson, Arizona Hospital Revenue
6.50% 7/1/39-19§

     500,000        506,115  
     

 

 

 
        10,066,545  
     

 

 

 

Special Tax Revenue Bonds – 10.75%

 

  

Allentown, Pennsylvania Neighborhood Improvement Zone Development Authority Revenue (City Center Project) 144A
5.375% 5/1/42 #

     175,000        184,702  
     Principal
Amount°
     Value
(US $)
 
 

Municipal Bonds (continued)

 

Special Tax Revenue Bonds (continued)

 

Central Puget Sound, Washington Regional Transit Authority
(Green Bond - Improvement) Series S-1
5.00% 11/1/35

     750,000      $ 867,667  

Guam Government Business Privilege Tax Revenue
Series B-1
5.00% 1/1/42

     540,000        555,287  

Kansas City, Missouri Redevelopment Authority Revenue (Convention Centre Hotel Project - TIF Financing)
Series B 144A
5.00% 2/1/40 #

     135,000        141,022  

Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority Senior
Series A 5.25% 7/1/29

     200,000        260,416  

Mosaic District, Virginia Community Development Authority Revenue
Series A 6.875% 3/1/36

     520,000        553,488  

New Jersey Economic Development Authority Revenue
(Cigarette Tax)
5.00% 6/15/28

     200,000        214,676  

5.00% 6/15/29

     800,000        856,712  

(School Facilities Construction)
Series AA
5.50% 12/15/29

     295,000        297,150  

New York State Dormitory Authority
Series A 5.00% 3/15/33

     1,000,000        1,114,810  

Northampton County, Pennsylvania Industrial Development Authority Revenue
(Route 33 Project) 7.00% 7/1/32

     205,000        230,576  

Public Finance Authority, Wisconsin Airport Facilities Revenue (American Dream @ Meadowlands Project)
144A 7.00% 12/1/50 #

     380,000        443,943  
 

 

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Schedules of investments

Delaware Investments® National Municipal Income Fund

    

 

     Principal
Amount°
     Value
(US $)
 
 

Municipal Bonds (continued)

 

Special Tax Revenue Bonds (continued)

 

Regional Transportation District, Colorado Tax Revenue
(Denver Transit Partners)
6.00% 1/15/41

     500,000      $ 513,900  

Sales Tax Securitization, Illinois
Series A 5.00% 1/1/40

     500,000        556,465  

Wyandotte County, Kansas City, Kansas Unified Government Special Obligation Revenue (Sales Tax - Vacation Village Project A)
Series A 5.75% 9/1/32

     220,000        237,963  
     

 

 

 
        7,028,777  
     

 

 

 

State General Obligation Bonds – 8.62%

 

California State
5.25% 11/1/40

     320,000        335,830  

(Various Purposes)

5.00% 4/1/32

     270,000        349,645  

5.00% 10/1/41

     440,000        472,498  

5.00% 11/1/47

     1,000,000        1,171,210  

Series A 5.00% 10/1/28

     1,000,000        1,265,110  

(Unrefunded-Various Purpose) 6.00% 4/1/38

     70,000        70,054  

Illinois State 5.00% 5/1/36

     90,000        93,796  

5.00% 11/1/36

     1,170,000        1,240,434  

5.00% 2/1/39

     160,000        165,650  

Series A 5.00% 4/1/38

     170,000        175,261  

New York State

     

Series A 5.00% 2/15/39

     300,000        300,771  
     

 

 

 
            5,640,259  
     

 

 

 

Transportation Revenue Bonds – 25.57%

 

Alameda Corridor, California Transportation Authority (2nd Sub Lien) Series B
5.00% 10/1/37

     430,000        483,324  

Atlanta, Georgia Department of Aviation
Series B 5.00% 1/1/29

     1,000,000        1,143,270  

California Municipal Finance Authority Mobile Home Park Revenue
(LINXS APM Project) Series A 5.00% 12/31/47 (AMT)

     615,000        697,225  
     Principal
Amount°
     Value
(US $)
 
 

Municipal Bonds (continued)

 

Transportation Revenue Bonds (continued)

 

Chicago, Illinois O’Hare International Airport Revenue
(General-Senior Lien) Series D 5.25% 1/1/34

     1,000,000      $ 1,107,240  

Harris County, Texas Toll Road Authority Revenue (Senior Lien) Series A 4.00% 8/15/48

     500,000        529,165  

New Jersey Turnpike Authority Series A
4.00% 1/1/48

     1,000,000            1,062,290  

Series B 5.00% 1/1/40

     250,000        292,233  

New Orleans, Louisiana Aviation Board
Series B 5.00% 1/1/45 (AMT)

     1,000,000        1,097,820  

New York Liberty Development Revenue
(1 World Trade Center Port Authority Construction)
5.00% 12/15/41

     500,000        538,575  

New York Transportation Development
(La Guardia Airport)
Series A 5.25% 1/1/50 (AMT)

     700,000        763,784  

Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission Subordinate Series A-1 5.00% 12/1/43

     500,000        541,845  

Series A-1 5.00% 12/1/47

     210,000        241,523  

(Motor License Fund) Series B 5.00% 12/1/41

     240,000        253,524  

Port Authority of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
5.75% 3/1/29

     900,000        967,446  

Port Authority of New York & New Jersey Special Project (JFK International Air Terminal)
6.00% 12/1/42

     230,000        243,871  

6.50% 12/1/28

     500,000        521,825  

Salt Lake City, Utah Airport Revenue
Series B 5.00% 7/1/42

     625,000        725,444  

South Jersey Port, New Jersey (Subordinated Marine Terminal Revenue)
Series A 5.00% 1/1/49

     85,000        94,173  
 

 

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     Principal
Amount°
     Value
(US $)
 
 

Municipal Bonds (continued)

 

Transportation Revenue Bonds (continued)

 

South Jersey Port, New Jersey
Series B 5.00% 1/1/42 (AMT)

     85,000      $ 93,783  

Series B 5.00% 1/1/48 (AMT)

     195,000        214,110  

St. Louis, Missouri Airport Revenue (Lambert St. Louis International)
5.00% 7/1/32 (AMT)

     1,000,000        1,085,000  

Series A-1 6.625% 7/1/34

     325,000        328,851  

Texas Private Activity Bond Surface Transportation Corporate Senior Lien Revenue (Blueridge Transportation Group) 5.00% 12/31/40 (AMT)

     110,000        120,344  

5.00% 12/31/45 (AMT)

     110,000        119,768  

5.00% 12/31/50 (AMT)

     160,000        173,691  

(LBJ Infrastructure) 7.00% 6/30/40

     285,000        302,342  

7.50% 6/30/33

     665,000        710,898  

(Mobility Partners) 7.50% 12/31/31

     500,000        521,345  

(NTE Mobility Partners)
6.75% 6/30/43 (AMT)

     225,000        261,045  

6.875% 12/31/39

     1,000,000        1,035,860  

7.00% 12/31/38 (AMT)

     165,000        193,880  

Virginia Small Business Financing Authority (Transform 66 P3 Project) 5.00% 12/31/56 (AMT)

     235,000        256,350  
     

 

 

 
        16,721,844  
     

 

 

 

Water & Sewer Revenue Bonds – 2.92%

 

New York City, New York Water & Sewer System Revenue (Unrefunded Balance)
5.00% 6/15/47

     185,000        204,262  

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Water & Wastewater Revenue
Series A
5.00% 7/1/45

     500,000        554,275  
     Principal
Amount°
     Value
(US $)
 
 

Municipal Bonds (continued)

 

Water & Sewer Revenue Bonds (continued)

 

Southern California Water Replenishment District
5.00% 8/1/41

     1,000,000      $ 1,147,980  
     

 

 

 
        1,906,517  
     

 

 

 

Total Municipal Bonds
(cost $91,350,444)

        96,231,049  
     

 

 

 

    

                       
 

Short-Term Investment – 0.31%

 

Variable Rate Demand Note – 0.31%¤

 

  

Mississippi Business Finance Corporation Revenue
Series C (Chevron USA Project)
1.48% 12/1/30

     200,000        200,000  
     

 

 

 

Total Short-Term Investment
(cost $200,000)

 

     200,000  
     

 

 

 

Total Value of Securities – 147.45%
(cost $91,550,444)

 

   $ 96,431,049  
     

 

 

 

 

#

Security exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. At March 31, 2019, the aggregate value of Rule 144A securities was $3,462,176, which represents 5.29% of the Fund’s net assets. See Note 7 in “Notes to financial statements.”

¤

Tax-exempt obligations that contain a floating or variable interest rate adjustment formula and an unconditional right of demand to receive payment of the unpaid principal balance plus accrued interest upon a short notice period (generally up to 30 days) prior to specified dates either from the issuer or by drawing on a bank letter of credit, a guarantee, or insurance issued with respect to such instrument. Each rate shown is as of March 31, 2019.

§

Pre-refunded bonds. Municipal bonds that are generally backed or secured by US Treasury bonds. For pre-refunded bonds, the stated maturity is followed by the year in which the bond will be pre-refunded. See Note 7 in “Notes to financial statements.”

°

Principal amount shown is stated in USD unless noted that the security is denominated in another currency.

Variable rate investment. Rates reset periodically. Rate shown reflects the rate in effect at March 31, 2019. For securities based on a published reference rate and spread, the reference rate and spread are indicated in their description above. The reference rate descriptions (i.e. LIBOR03M, LIBOR06M, etc.) used in this report are identical for different securities, but the underlying reference rates may differ due to the timing of the reset period. Certain variable rate securities are not based on a published reference rate and spread but are determined by the issuer or agent and are based on current market

 

 

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conditions, or for mortgage-backed securities, are impacted by the individual mortgages which are paying off over time. These securities do not indicate a reference rate and spread in their description above.

Summary of abbreviations:

AGM – Insured by Assured Guaranty Municipal Corporation

AMT – Subject to Alternative Minimum Tax

ICE – Intercontinental Exchange

LIBOR – London Interbank Offered Rate

LIBOR03M – ICE LIBOR USD 3 Month

LIBOR06M – ICE LIBOR USD 6 Month

USD – US Dollar

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

 

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Statements of assets and liabilities

Delaware Funds® by Macquarie Closed-End Municipal Bond Funds

March 31, 2019

 

     Delaware
Investments®
Colorado
Municipal
Income
Fund, Inc.
   Delaware
Investments
Minnesota
Municipal
Income
Fund II, Inc.
   Delaware
Investments
National
Municipal
Income

Fund

Assets:

              

Investments, at value1

     $ 100,923,898      $ 239,667,739      $ 96,431,049

Cash

              435,975       

Interest income receivable

       1,425,012        3,147,334        1,305,040

Offering cost for preferred shareholders

       60,512        74,901        65,717

Receivable for securities sold

                     531,511

Prepaid rating agency fee

       28,250        21,250        11,250
    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Total assets

       102,437,672        243,347,199        98,344,567
    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Liabilities:

              

Cash due to custodian

       314,541               118,768

Liquidation value of preferred stock

       30,000,000        75,000,000        30,000,000

Investment management fees payable

       34,493        81,519        32,168

Other accrued expenses

       23,854        37,353        25,398

Legal fees payable to affiliates

       5,312        6,972        5,190

Audit and tax fees payable

       4,723        4,723        4,723

Interest expense payable for leverage

       2,211        5,527        2,211

Accounting and administration expenses payable to affiliates

       666        1,110        644

Directors’/Trustees’ fees and expenses payable

       562        1,294        507

Reports and statements to shareholders expenses payable to affiliates

       57        131        52

Payable for securities purchased

              1,668,648        2,756,076
    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Total liabilities

       30,386,419        76,807,277        32,945,737
    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Total Net Assets Applicable to Common Shareholders

     $ 72,051,253      $ 166,539,922      $ 65,398,830
    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Net Assets Applicable to Common Shareholders Consist of:

              

Paid-in capital ($0.001 par value)2,3

     $ 66,918,121      $ 157,931,075      $ 60,209,588

Total distributable earnings (loss)

       5,133,132        8,608,847        5,189,242
    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Total Net Assets Applicable to Common Shareholders

     $ 72,051,253      $ 166,539,922      $ 65,398,830
    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Net Asset Value per Common Share

     $ 14.90      $ 14.48      $ 14.44
    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

1Investments, at cost

       95,685,349        231,727,713        91,550,444

2Common shares outstanding

       4,837,100        11,504,975        4,528,443

3Common shares authorized

       200 million        200 million        unlimited

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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Statements of operations

Delaware Funds® by Macquarie Closed-End Municipal Bond Funds

Year ended March 31, 2019

 

     Delaware
Investments®
Colorado
Municipal
Income
Fund, Inc.
  Delaware
Investments
Minnesota
Municipal
Income
Fund II, Inc.
  Delaware
Investments
National
Municipal
Income
Fund

Investment Income:

            

Interest

       $4,346,638       $8,956,366       $4,173,281

Expenses:

            

Management fees

       404,050       951,275       376,735

Interest expense

       812,588       2,031,473       812,588

Rating agency fees

       64,716       55,048       53,967

Legal fees

       54,847       85,488       45,180

Accounting and administration expenses

       54,551       78,999       53,331

Audit and tax fees

       43,153       43,153       43,296

Dividend disbursing and transfer agent fees and expenses

       31,448       69,859       32,194

Offering costs

       17,986       24,172       20,853

Reports and statements to shareholders

       15,140       34,387       18,070

Stock exchange fees

       4,781       10,904       4,307

Directors’/Trustees’ fees and expenses

       3,699       8,473       3,341

Custodian fees

       2,327       4,261       2,187

Registration fees

       758       758       848

Other

              14,311              25,310              19,594
       1,524,355       3,423,560       1,486,491

Less expense paid indirectly

               (1,388               (2,231               (1,002

Total operating expenses

         1,522,967         3,421,329         1,485,489

Net Investment Income

         2,823,671         5,535,037         2,687,792

Net Realized and Unrealized Gain:

            

Net realized gain on investments

       50,415       61,162       274,447

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of investments

            150,252         1,928,102            230,113

Net Realized and Unrealized Gain

            200,667         1,989,264            504,560

Net Increase in Net Assets Resulting from Operations

       $3,024,338       $7,524,301       $3,192,352

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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Statements of changes in net assets

Delaware Funds® by Macquarie Closed-End Municipal Bond Funds

 

     Delaware Investments®
Colorado Municipal
Income Fund, Inc.
 
     Year ended  
     3/31/19     3/31/18  

Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets from Operations:

    

Net investment income

   $ 2,823,671     $ 3,029,327  

Net realized gain

     50,415       226,210  

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

     150,252       (131,684
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

  

 

 

 

3,024,338

 

 

    3,123,853  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Dividends and Distributions to Common Shareholders from:

    

Distributable earnings*

     (3,023,188     (3,313,414
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
  

 

 

 

(3,023,188

 

    (3,313,414
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Applicable to Common Shareholders

     1,150       (189,561

Net Assets Applicable to Common Shareholders:

    

Beginning of year

     72,050,103       72,239,664  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

End of year1

  

 

$

 

72,051,253

 

 

  $ 72,050,103  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
     Delaware Investments
Minnesota Municipal
Income Fund II, Inc.
 
     Year ended  
     3/31/19     3/31/18  

Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets from Operations:

    

Net investment income

   $ 5,535,037     $ 5,833,082  

Net realized gain

     61,162       671,697  

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

     1,928,102       (1,968,736
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

     7,524,301       4,536,043  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Dividends and Distributions to Common Shareholders from:

    

Distributable earnings*

     (5,177,239     (6,097,637
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
     (5,177,239     (6,097,637
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Applicable to Common Shareholders

     2,347,062       (1,561,594

Net Assets Applicable to Common Shareholders:

    

Beginning of year

     164,192,860       165,754,454  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

End of year1

   $ 166,539,922     $ 164,192,860  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

1 

Net Assets – End of year includes undistributed net investment income of $349,855 and $381,142 in 2018 for Delaware Investments Colorado Municipal Income Fund, Inc., and Delaware Investments Minnesota Municipal Income Fund II, Inc., respectively. The Securities and Exchange Commission eliminated the requirement to disclose undistributed (distributions in excess of) net investment income in 2018.

* 

For the year ended March 31, 2019, the Funds have adopted amendments to Regulation S-X (see Note 9 in “Notes to financial statements”). For the year ended March 31, 2018, the dividends and distributions to shareholders were from net investment income and totaled $(3,313,414) and $(6,097,637) for Delaware Investments Colorado Municipal Income Fund, Inc. and Delaware Investments Minnesota Municipal Income Fund II, Inc., respectively.

 

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Statements of changes in net assets

Delaware Funds® by Macquarie Closed-End Municipal Bond Funds

 

     Delaware Investments®
National Municipal
Income Fund
 
     Year ended  
     3/31/19     3/31/18  

Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets from Operations:

    

Net investment income

   $ 2,687,792     $ 2,877,111  

Net realized gain

     274,447       601,740  

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

     230,113       (630,594
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

     3,192,352       2,848,257  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Dividends and Distributions to Common Shareholders from:

    

Distributable earnings*

     (2,717,066     (2,717,066
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
     (2,717,066     (2,717,066
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net Increase in Net Assets Applicable to Common Shareholders

     475,286       131,191  

Net Assets Applicable to Common Shareholders:

    

Beginning of year

     64,923,544       64,792,353  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

End of year1

   $ 65,398,830     $ 64,923,544  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

1 

Net Assets – End of year includes undistributed net investment income of $300,532 in 2018. The Securities and Exchange Commission eliminated the requirement to disclose undistributed (distributions in excess of) net investment income in 2018.

*

For the year ended March 31, 2019, the Fund has adopted amendments to Regulation S-X (see Note 9 in “Notes to financial statements”). For the year ended March 31, 2018, the dividends and distributions to shareholders were from net investment income and totaled $(2,717,066).

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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Statements of cash flows

Delaware Funds® by Macquarie Closed-End Municipal Bond Funds

Year ended March 31, 2019

 

     Delaware
Investments®
Colorado
Municipal
Income
Fund, Inc.
    Delaware
Investments
Minnesota
Municipal
Income
Fund II, Inc.
    Delaware
Investments
National
Municipal
Income
Fund
 

Net Cash Provided by (Used for) Operating Activities:

      

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

   $ 3,024,338     $ 7,524,301     $ 3,192,352  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Adjustments to reconcile net increase in net assets from operations to cash provided by (used for) operating activities:

      

Amortization of premium and accretion of discount on investments

     468,160       2,143,353       471,060  

Purchase of investment securities

     (7,006,865     (37,502,433     (16,976,699

Proceeds from disposition of investment securities

     6,843,765       30,284,769       14,612,845  

Proceeds from disposition of short-term investment securities, net

     (200,000     2,500,000       100,000  

Net realized gain on investments

     (50,415     (61,162     (274,447

Net change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

     (150,252     (1,928,102     (230,113

Increase (decrease) in receivable for securities sold

           1,464,263       (531,511

Decrease in interest receivable

     22,727       58,199       19,253  

Increase (decrease) in other accrued expenses receivable

     (2,167     (1,583     14,083  

Decrease in offering costs for preferred shareholders

     32,869       40,803       35,737  

Increase in payable for securities purchased

           1,668,648       2,388,579  

Increase (decrease) in investment management fees payable

     (151     342       (50

Increase in Trustees’ fees and expenses payable

     137       326       124  

Increase in audit fees payable

                 143  

Increase in other affiliates payable

     3,632       3,638       3,636  

Decrease in other accrued expenses

     (6,441     (16,640     (8,409
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Adjustments

     (45,001     (1,345,579     (375,769
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net cash provided by operating activities

     2,979,337       6,178,722       2,816,583  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cash Flows Used for Financing Activities:

      

Cash dividends and distributions paid to common shareholders

     (3,020,977     (5,171,712     (2,714,855

Increase (decrease) in bank overdraft

     41,640       (571,035     (101,728
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net cash used for financing activities

     (2,979,337     (5,742,747     (2,816,583
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase in cash

           435,975        

Cash at beginning of year

                  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cash at end of year

   $     $ 435,975     $  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cash paid for interest expense for leverage

   $ 812,588     $ 2,031,473     $ 812,588  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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Financial highlights

Delaware Investments® Colorado Municipal Income Fund, Inc.

 

Selected data for each share of the Fund outstanding throughout each period were as follows:

 

     Year ended  
      3/31/19     3/31/18     3/31/17     3/31/16     3/31/15  

Net asset value, beginning of period

   $ 14.90     $ 14.93     $ 15.66     $ 15.55     $ 14.43  

Income (loss) from investment operations:

          

Net investment income1

     0.58       0.63       0.67       0.71       0.71  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

     0.04       0.03       (0.68     0.12       1.10  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

     0.62       0.66       (0.01     0.83       1.81  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Less dividends and distributions to common shareholders from:

          

Net investment income

     (0.62     (0.69     (0.72     (0.72     (0.69
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total dividends and distributions

     (0.62     (0.69     (0.72     (0.72     (0.69
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

   $ 14.90     $ 14.90     $ 14.93     $ 15.66     $ 15.55  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Market value, end of period

   $ 14.17     $ 14.39     $ 14.70     $ 15.07     $ 14.35  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total investment return based on:2

          

Market value

     2.90%       2.44%       2.24%       10.38%       13.01%  

Net asset value

     4.50%       4.44%       (0.07%     5.85%       13.12%  

Ratios and supplemental data:

          

Net assets applicable to common shares, end of period (000 omitted)

   $ 72,051     $ 72,050     $ 72,240     $ 75,771     $ 75,226  

Ratio of expenses to average net assets applicable to common shareholders3

     2.14%       1.82%       1.60%       1.52%       1.43%  

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets applicable to common shareholders4

     3.98%       4.14%       4.32%       4.59%       4.65%  

Portfolio turnover

     7%       11%       12%       13%       14%  

Leverage analysis:

          

Value of preferred shares outstanding (000 omitted)5

   $ 30,000     $ 30,000     $ 30,000     $ 30,000     $ 30,000  

Net asset coverage per share of preferred shares, end of period5

   $ 340,171     $ 340,167     $ 340,799     $ 352,571     $ 350,753  

Liquidation value per share of preferred shares5

   $ 100,000     $ 100,000     $ 100,000     $ 100,000     $ 100,000  

 

 

 

1 

Net investment income is reduced by dividends paid to preferred shareholders from net investment income of $0.168, $0.135, $0.110, $0.079, and $0.077 per share for the years ended March 31, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, and 2015, respectively.

2 

Total investment return is calculated assuming a purchase of common stock on the opening of the first day and a sale on the closing of the last day of each period reported. Dividends and distributions, if any, are assumed for the purposes of this calculation to be reinvested at prices obtained under the Fund’s dividend reinvestment plan. Generally, total investment return based on net asset value will be higher than total investment return based on market value in periods where there is an increase in the discount or a decrease in the premium of the market value to the net asset value from the beginning to the end of such periods. Conversely, total investment return based on net asset value will be lower than total investment return based on market value in periods where there is a decrease in the discount or an increase in the premium of the market value to the net asset value from the beginning to the end of such periods.

3 

The ratio of expenses to average net assets applicable to common shareholders excluding interest expense for the years ended March 31, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, and 2015 were 1.00%, 0.93%, 0.90%, 1.01%, and 0.92%, respectively.

4 

The ratio of net investment income excluding interest expense to average net assets for the years ended March 31,2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, and 2015 were 5.12%, 5.03%, 5.03%, 5.11%, and 5.16% respectively.

5 

In November 2011, the Fund issued a series of 300 variable rate preferred shares, with a liquidation preference of $100,000 per share (Series 2016 Shares).The Series 2016 Shares were redeemed on Feb. 2, 2016 and replaced with Series 2021 Shares, which are the same amount and value as the Fund’s Series 2016 Shares.

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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Financial highlights

Delaware Investments® Minnesota Municipal Income Fund II, Inc.

 

Selected data for each share of the Fund outstanding throughout each period were as follows:

 

     Year ended  
      3/31/19     3/31/18     3/31/17     3/31/16     3/31/15  

Net asset value, beginning of period

   $ 14.27     $ 14.41     $ 15.05     $ 14.97     $ 14.31  

Income (loss) from investment operations:

          

Net investment income1

     0.48       0.51       0.55       0.63       0.64  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

     0.18       (0.12     (0.59     0.08       0.69  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

     0.66       0.39       (0.04     0.71       1.33  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Less dividends and distributions to common shareholders from:

          

Net investment income

     (0.45     (0.53     (0.60     (0.63     (0.67
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total dividends and distributions

     (0.45     (0.53     (0.60     (0.63     (0.67
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

   $ 14.48     $ 14.27     $ 14.41     $ 15.05     $ 14.97  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Market value, end of period

   $ 12.63     $ 12.63     $ 14.56     $ 14.70     $ 13.85  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total investment return based on:2

          

Market value

     3.73%       (9.94%     3.16%       11.17%       8.97%  

Net asset value

     5.26%       2.82%       (0.27%     5.30%       9.80%  

Ratios and supplemental data:

          

Net assets applicable to common shares, end of period (000 omitted)

   $ 166,540     $ 164,193     $ 165,754     $ 173,119     $ 172,280  

Ratio of expenses to average net assets applicable to common shareholders3

     2.10%       1.78%       1.59%       1.46%       1.40%  

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets applicable to common shareholders4

     3.40%       3.48%       3.69%       4.24%       4.33%  

Portfolio turnover

     13%       22%       9%       16%       10%  

Leverage analysis:

          

Value of preferred shares outstanding (000 omitted)5

   $ 75,000     $ 75,000     $ 75,000     $ 75,000     $ 75,000  

Net asset coverage per share of preferred shares, end of period5

   $ 322,053     $ 318,924     $ 321,006     $ 330,825     $ 329,707  

Liquidation value per share of preferred shares5

 

   $ 100,000     $ 100,000     $ 100,000     $ 100,000     $ 100,000  

 

 

 

1 

Net investment income is reduced by dividends paid to preferred shareholders from net investment income of $0.176, $0.142, $0.115, $0.083, and $0.081 per share for the years ended March 31, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, and 2015, respectively.

2 

Total investment return is calculated assuming a purchase of common stock on the opening of the first day and a sale on the closing of the last day of each period reported. Dividends and distributions, if any, are assumed for the purposes of this calculation to be reinvested at prices obtained under the Fund’s dividend reinvestment plan. Generally, total investment return based on net asset value will be higher than total investment return based on market value in periods where there is an increase in the discount or a decrease in the premium of the market value to the net asset value from the beginning to the end of such periods. Conversely, total investment return based on net asset value will be lower than total investment return based on market value in periods where there is a decrease in the discount or an increase in the premium of the market value to the net asset value from the beginning to the end of such periods.

3 

The ratio of expenses to average net assets applicable to common shareholders excluding interest expense for the years ended March 31, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, and 2015 were 0.85%, 0.81%, 0.82%, 0.90% and 0.85%, respectively.

4 

The ratio of net investment income excluding interest expense to average net assets for the years ended March 31, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, and 2015 were 4.65%, 4.45%, 4.46%, 4.80%, and 4.88%, respectively.

5 

In November 2011, the Fund issued a series of 750 variable rate preferred shares, with a liquidation preference of $100,000 per share (Series 2016 Shares).The Series 2016 Shares were redeemed on Feb. 2, 2016 and replaced with Series 2021 Shares, which are the same amount and value as the Fund’s Series 2016 Shares.

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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Financial highlights

Delaware Investments® National Municipal Income Fund

 

Selected data for each share of the Fund outstanding throughout each period were as follows:

 

     Year ended  
      3/31/19     3/31/18     3/31/17     3/31/16     3/31/15  

Net asset value, beginning of period

   $ 14.34     $ 14.31     $ 15.02     $ 14.97     $ 13.81  

Income (loss) from investment operations:

          

Net investment income1

     0.59       0.64       0.66       0.70       0.71  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

     0.11       (0.01     (0.69     0.11       1.22  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

     0.70       0.63       (0.03     0.81       1.93  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Less dividends and distributions to common shareholders from:

          

Net investment income

     (0.60     (0.60     (0.68     (0.76     (0.77
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total dividends and distributions

     (0.60     (0.60     (0.68     (0.76     (0.77
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

   $ 14.44     $ 14.34     $ 14.31     $ 15.02     $ 14.97  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Market value, end of period

   $ 12.69     $ 12.62     $ 12.94     $ 13.80     $ 13.14  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total investment return based on:2

          

Market value

     5.56%       2.04%       (1.50%     11.32%       12.87%  

Net asset value

     5.71%       4.84%       0.01%       6.35%       14.99%  

Ratios and supplemental data:

          

Net assets applicable to common shares, end of period (000 omitted)

   $ 65,399     $ 64,924     $ 64,792     $ 68,008     $ 67,804  

Ratio of expenses to average net assets applicable to common shareholders3

     2.31%       1.97%       1.73%       1.70%       1.60%  

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets applicable to common shareholders4

     4.19%       4.36%       4.45%       4.72%       4.86%  

Portfolio turnover

     16%       50%       13%       25%       38%  

Leverage analysis:

          

Value of preferred shares outstanding (000 omitted)5

   $ 30,000     $ 30,000     $ 30,000     $ 30,000     $ 30,000  

Net asset coverage per share of preferred shares, end of period5

   $ 317,996     $ 316,412     $ 315,898     $ 326,693     $ 326,013  

Liquidation value per share of preferred shares5

   $ 100,000     $ 100,000     $ 100,000     $ 100,000     $ 100,000  

 

 

 

1 

Net investment income is reduced by dividends paid to preferred shareholders from net investment income of $0.179, $0.144, $0.117, $0.084, and $0.083 per share for the years ended March 31, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, and 2015, respectively.

2 

Total investment return is calculated assuming a purchase of common stock on the opening of the first day and a sale on the closing of the last day of each period reported. Dividends and distributions, if any, are assumed for the purposes of this calculation to be reinvested at prices obtained under the Fund’s dividend reinvestment plan. Generally, total investment return based on net asset value will be higher than total investment return based on market value in periods where there is an increase in the discount or a decrease in the premium of the market value to the net asset value from the beginning to the end of such periods. Conversely, total investment return based on net asset value will be lower than total investment return based on market value in periods where there is a decrease in the discount or an increase in the premium of the market value to the net asset value from the beginning to the end of such periods.

3 

The ratio of expenses to average net assets applicable to common shareholders excluding interest expense for the years ended March 31, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, and 2015 were 1.05%, 0.98%, 0.94%, 1.13%, and 1.03%, respectively.

4 

The ratio of net investment income excluding interest expense to average net assets for the years ended March 31, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, and 2015 were 5.45% 5.35%, 5.24%, 5.29%, and 5.44%, respectively.

5 

In March 2012, the Fund issued a series of 300 variable rate preferred shares, with a liquidation preference of $100,000 per share (Series 2017 Shares). The Series 2017 Shares were redeemed on Feb. 2, 2016 and replaced with Series 2021 Shares, which are the same amount and value as the Fund’s Series 2017 Shares.

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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Notes to financial statements

Delaware Funds® by Macquarie Closed-End Municipal Bond Funds

 

March 31, 2019

Delaware Investments® Colorado Municipal Income Fund, Inc. (Colorado Municipal Fund) and Delaware Investments Minnesota Municipal Income Fund II, Inc. (Minnesota Municipal Fund II) are organized as Minnesota corporations and Delaware Investments National Municipal Income Fund (National Municipal Fund) is organized as a Massachusetts business trust (each referred to as a Fund and collectively as the Funds). Colorado Municipal Fund, Minnesota Municipal Fund II, and National Municipal Fund are considered diversified closed-end management investment companies under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended. The Funds’ shares trade on the NYSE American, the successor to the American Stock Exchange, formerly known as NYSE Market.

The investment objective of each of Colorado Municipal Fund and Minnesota Municipal Fund II is to provide current income exempt from federal income tax and from state personal income tax, if any, consistent with the preservation of capital. The investment objective of National Municipal Fund is to provide current income exempt from federal income tax, consistent with the preservation of capital. Each of Colorado Municipal Fund and Minnesota Municipal Fund II seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing substantially all of its net assets in investment grade, tax-exempt municipal obligations of its respective state at the time of investment. National Municipal Fund seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing at least 80% of its net assets in securities the income from which is exempt from federal income tax.

1. Significant Accounting Policies

Each Fund follows accounting and reporting guidance under Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) Accounting Standards Codification Topic 946, Financial Services - Investment Companies. The following accounting policies are in accordance with US generally accepted accounting principles (US GAAP) and are consistently followed by the Funds.

Security Valuation — Debt securities are valued based upon valuations provided by an independent pricing service or broker and reviewed by management. To the extent current market prices are not available, the pricing service may take into account developments related to the specific security, as well as transactions in comparable securities. Valuations for fixed income securities utilize matrix systems, which reflect such factors as security prices, yields, maturities, and ratings, and are supplemented by dealer and exchange quotations. Generally, other securities and assets for which market quotations are not readily available are valued at fair value as determined in good faith under the direction of each Fund’s Board of Directors/Trustees (each a Board, or collectively, the Boards). In determining whether market quotations are readily available or fair valuation will be used, various factors will be taken into consideration, such as market closures or suspension of trading in a security. Restricted securities are valued at fair value using methods approved by the Boards.

Federal Income Taxes — No provision for federal income taxes has been made as each Fund intends to continue to qualify for federal income tax purposes as a regulated investment company under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and make the requisite distributions to shareholders. The Funds evaluate tax positions taken or expected to be taken in the course of preparing each Fund’s tax returns to determine whether the tax positions are “more-likely-than-not” of being sustained by the applicable tax authority. Tax positions not deemed to meet the “more-likely-than-not” threshold are recorded as a tax benefit or expense in the current year. Management has analyzed each Fund’s tax positions taken or expected to be taken on each Fund’s federal income tax returns through the year ended March 31, 2019 and for all open tax years (years ended March 31, 2016–March 31, 2019), and has concluded that no provision for federal income tax is required in each Fund’s financial statements. If applicable, each Fund recognizes interest accrued on unrecognized tax benefits in interest expense and penalties in other expenses on the “Statements of operations.” During the year ended March 31, 2019, the Funds did not incur any interest or tax penalties.

Cash and Cash Equivalents — Cash and cash equivalents include deposits held at financial institutions, which are available for each Fund’s use with no restrictions, with original maturities of 90 days or less.

Use of Estimates — The preparation of financial statements in conformity with US GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the fair value of investments, the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements, and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates and the differences could be material.

Other — Expenses directly attributable to each Fund are charged directly to the Fund. Other expenses common to various funds within the Delaware Funds® by Macquarie (Delaware Funds) are generally allocated among such funds on the basis of average net assets. Management fees and certain other expenses are paid monthly. Security transactions are recorded on the date the securities are purchased or sold (trade date) for financial reporting purposes. Costs used in calculating realized gains and losses on the sale of investment securities are those of the specific securities sold. Interest income is recorded on the accrual basis. Discounts and premiums on debt securities are accreted or amortized to interest income, respectively, over the lives of the respective securities using the effective interest method. Each Fund declares and pays

 

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dividends from net investment income monthly and distributions from net realized gain on investments, if any, annually. Each Fund may distribute more frequently, if necessary for tax purposes. Dividends and distributions, if any, are recorded on the ex-dividend date.

Each Fund receives earnings credits from its custodian when positive cash balances are maintained, which may be used to offset custody fees. The expenses paid under this arrangement are included on the “Statements of operations” under “Custodian fees” with the corresponding expenses offset included under “Less expenses paid indirectly.” For the year ended March 31, 2019, each Fund earned the following amounts under this arrangement:

 

     Colorado
    Municipal    
Fund
          Minnesota
    Municipal    
Fund II
          National
    Municipal    
Fund
     $ 1,388        $ 2,231        $ 1,002

2. Investment Management, Administration Agreements and Other Transactions with Affiliates

In accordance with the terms of its respective investment management agreement, each Fund pays Delaware Management Company (DMC), a series of Macquarie Investment Management Business Trust and the investment manager, an annual fee of 0.40% which is calculated based on each Fund’s adjusted average daily net assets.

Delaware Investments Fund Services Company (DIFSC), an affiliate of DMC, provides fund accounting and financial administration oversight services to each Fund. For these services, DIFSC’s fees are calculated daily and paid monthly based on the aggregate daily net assets of all funds within the Delaware Funds at the following annual rates: 0.00475% of the first $35 billion; 0.0040% of the next $10 billion; and 0.0025% of aggregate average daily net assets in excess of $45 billion (Total Fee). Each fund in the Delaware Funds pays a minimum of $4,000, which, in aggregate, is subtracted from the Total Fee. Each fund then pays its portion of the remainder of the Total Fee on a relative net asset value (NAV) basis. These amounts are included on the “Statements of operations” under “Accounting and administration expenses.” For the year ended March 31, 2019, the Funds were charged for these services as follows:

 

     Colorado
    Municipal    
Fund
          Minnesota
    Municipal    
Fund II
          National
    Municipal    
Fund
     $ 7,824        $ 13,003        $ 7,565

As provided in the investment management agreement, each Fund bears a portion of the cost of certain resources shared with DMC, including the cost of internal personnel of DMC and/or its affiliates that provide legal, tax, and regulatory reporting services to each Fund. These amounts are included on the “Statements of operations” under “Legal fees.” For the year ended March 31, 2019, each Fund was charged for internal legal, tax, and regulatory reporting services provided by DMC and/or its affiliates’ employees as follows:

 

     Colorado
    Municipal    
Fund
          Minnesota
    Municipal    
Fund II
          National
    Municipal    
Fund
     $ 35,348        $ 57,350        $ 35,988

Directors’/Trustees’ fees include expenses accrued by each Fund for each Director’s/Trustee’s retainer and meeting fees. Certain officers of DMC and DIFSC are officers and/or Directors/Trustees of the Funds. These officers and Directors/Trustees are paid no compensation by the Funds.

Cross trades for the year ended March 31, 2019, were executed by the Funds pursuant to procedures adopted by the Boards designed to ensure compliance with Rule 17a-7 under the 1940 Act. Cross trading is the buying or selling of portfolio securities between funds of investment companies, or between a fund of an investment company and another entity, that are or could be considered affiliates by virtue of having a common investment advisor (or affiliated investment advisors), common directors/trustees and/or common officers. At their regularly scheduled meetings, the Boards review such transactions for compliance with the procedures adopted by the Boards.

 

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Pursuant to these procedures, for the year ended March 31, 2019, the Funds engaged in Rule 17a-7 securities purchases and securities sales, which resulted in net realized gains or losses as follows:

 

     Colorado
      Municipal      
Fund
   Minnesota
      Municipal      
Fund II
 

National

Municipal

     Fund      

Purchases

     $ 1,250,731      $ 12,603,807     $ 1,050,597

Sales

       2,155,927        9,797,092       4,501,722

Net realized loss

              (46,360 )      

3. Investments

For the year ended March 31, 2019, each Fund made purchases and sales of investment securities other than short-term investments as follows:

 

     Colorado
      Municipal      
Fund
   Minnesota
      Municipal      
Fund II
  

National
Municipal
     Fund      

Purchases

     $ 7,006,866      $ 37,502,433      $ 16,976,699

Sales

       6,843,765        30,284,770        14,612,845

The tax cost of investments includes adjustments to net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) which may not necessarily be final tax cost basis adjustments, but approximate the tax basis unrealized gains and losses that may be realized and distributed to shareholders. At March 31, 2019, the cost and unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of investments for federal income tax purposes for each Fund were as follows:

 

     Colorado
    Municipal    
Fund
  Minnesota
    Municipal    
Fund II
 

National
Municipal
     Fund      

Cost of investments

     $ 95,675,502     $ 231,710,574     $ 91,568,260
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Aggregate unrealized appreciation of investments

     $ 5,263,323     $ 8,336,179     $ 4,926,649

Aggregate unrealized depreciation of investments

       (14,927 )       (379,014 )       (63,860 )
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net unrealized appreciation of investments

     $ 5,248,396     $ 7,957,165     $ 4,862,789
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

US GAAP defines fair value as the price that each Fund would receive to sell an asset or pay to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date under current market conditions. A three-level hierarchy for fair value measurements has been established based upon the transparency of inputs to the valuation of an asset or liability. Inputs may be observable or unobservable and refer broadly to the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability. Observable inputs reflect the assumptions market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability based on market data obtained from sources independent of the reporting entity. Unobservable inputs reflect the reporting entity’s own assumptions about the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability based on the best information available under the circumstances. Each Fund’s investment in its entirety is assigned a level based upon the observability of the inputs which are significant to the overall valuation. The three-level hierarchy of inputs is summarized below.

 

Level 1

 

  Inputs are quoted prices in active markets for identical investments. (Examples: equity securities, open-end investment companies, futures contracts, exchange-traded options contracts)

Level 2

 

  Other observable inputs, including, but not limited to: quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in markets that are active, quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active, inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the assets or liabilities (such as interest rates, yield curves, volatilities, prepayment speeds, loss severities, credit risks, and default rates) or other market-corroborated inputs. (Examples: debt securities, government securities, swap contracts, foreign currency exchange contracts, foreign securities utilizing international fair value pricing, broker-quoted securities, fair valued securities)

Level 3

 

  Significant unobservable inputs, including each Fund’s own assumptions used to determine the fair value of investments. (Examples: broker-quoted securities, fair valued securities)

 

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3. Investments (continued)

Level 3 investments are valued using significant unobservable inputs. Each Fund may also use an income-based valuation approach in which the anticipated future cash flows of the investment are discounted to calculate fair value. Discounts may also be applied due to the nature or duration of any restrictions on the disposition of the investments. Valuations may also be based upon current market prices of securities that are comparable in coupon, rating, maturity, and industry. The derived value of a Level 3 investment may not represent the value which is received upon disposition and this could impact the results of operations.

The following tables summarize the valuation of each Fund’s investments by fair value hierarchy levels as of March 31, 2019:

 

    

Colorado

Municipal Fund

Securities

  

Level 2

Assets:

    

Municipal Bonds

     $ 100,223,898

Short-Term Investments

       700,000
    

 

 

 

Total Value of Securities

     $ 100,923,898
    

 

 

 
    

Minnesota
Municipal Fund II

Securities

  

Level 2

Assets:

    

Municipal Bonds

     $ 239,167,739

Short-Term Investments

       500,000
    

 

 

 

Total Value of Securities

     $ 239,667,739
    

 

 

 
    

National
Municipal Fund

Securities

  

Level 2

Assets:

    

Municipal Bonds

     $ 96,231,049

Short-Term Investments

       200,000
    

 

 

 

Total Value of Securities

     $ 96,431,049
    

 

 

 

During the year ended March 31, 2019, there were no transfers between Level 1 investments, Level 2 investments, or Level 3 investments. The Funds’ policy is to recognize transfers between levels based on fair value at the beginning of the reporting period.

4. Dividend and Distribution Information

Income and long-term capital gain distributions are determined in accordance with federal income tax regulations, which may differ from US GAAP. Additionally, distributions from net short-term gains on sales of investment securities are treated as ordinary income for federal income tax purposes. The tax character of dividends and distributions paid during the years ended March 31, 2019 and 2018 was as follows:

Year ended March 31, 2019

 

     Colorado
Municipal
Fund
     Minnesota
Municipal
Fund II
     National
Municipal
Fund
 

Ordinary income

   $      $ 713      $ 12,101  

Tax-exempt income

     3,835,350        7,206,931        3,517,127  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total*

   $ 3,835,350      $ 7,207,644      $ 3,529,228  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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Year ended March 31, 2018

     Colorado
Municipal
Fund
     Minnesota
Municipal
Fund II
     National
Municipal
Fund
 

 

Ordinary income

   $     

 

$

 

672

 

 

   $ 3,219  

Tax-exempt income

     3,964,837        7,725,522        3,365,270  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total*

   $ 3,964,837      $ 7,726,194      $ 3,368,489  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

*Distributions to preferred shareholders in this table are part of interest expense and therefore not shown as distributions on the statements of changes in net assets.

5. Components of Net Assets on a Tax Basis

As of March 31, 2019, the components of net assets on a tax basis were as follows:

 

     Colorado
Municipal
Fund
     Minnesota
Municipal
Fund II
     National
Municipal
Fund
 

 

Shares of beneficial interest

  

 

$

 

66,918,121

 

 

   $ 157,931,075      $ 60,209,588  

Undistributed tax-exempt income

     148,579        693,920        283,937  

Undistributed long-term capital gains

                   42,516  

Capital loss carryforwards

     (263,843      (42,238       

Unrealized appreciation on investments

     5,248,396        7,957,165        4,862,789  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net assets

   $ 72,051,253      $ 166,539,922      $ 65,398,830  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

The differences between book basis and tax basis components of net assets are primarily attributable to tax treatment of market discount on debt instruments and tax deferral of wash sales.

For federal income tax purposes, capital loss carryforwards may be carried forward and applied against future capital gains. In 2019, the Funds utilized capital loss carryforwards as follows:

 

Colorado
Municipal
Fund
       Minnesota
Municipal
Fund II
       National
Municipal
Fund
 

 

 

 

$50,415

 

 

       $63,156          $233,278  

At March 31, 2019, capital loss carryforwards available to offset future realized capital gains were as follows:

 

     Loss carryforward character              
     Short-term      Long-term      Total       

Colorado Municipal Fund

     $220,671            $43,172            $263,843     

Minnesota Municipal Fund II

     42,238                     —            42,238     

National Municipal Fund

     —                     —                     —     

6. Capital Stock

Pursuant to their articles of incorporation, Colorado Municipal Fund and Minnesota Municipal Fund II each have 200 million shares of $0.01 par value common shares authorized. National Municipal Fund has been authorized to issue an unlimited amount of $0.01 par value common shares. Shares issuable under each Fund’s dividend reinvestment plan are purchased by each Fund’s transfer agent, Computershare, Inc., in the open market. During the year ended March 31, 2019 and 2018, the Funds did not issue any shares under their dividend reinvestment plan.

On Jan. 22, 2016, Colorado Municipal Fund, Minnesota Municipal Fund II, and National Municipal Fund successfully issued $30,000,000, $75,000,000 and $30,000,000, respectively, of Variable Rate MuniFund Term Preferred (“VMTP”) Shares with a $100,000 liquidation value per share in a privately negotiated offering. The net proceeds from each offering were used to redeem the Series 2016 (in the case of Colorado Municipal Fund and Minnesota Municipal Fund II) and Series 2017 (in the case of National Municipal Fund) VMTP Shares previously

 

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outstanding. The VMTP Shares were offered to qualified institutional buyers pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933. Each Fund’s Series 2016 and Series 2017 VMTP Shares were the same amount and value as the respective Fund’s Series 2021 VMTP Shares.

Each of the Funds is obligated to redeem its VMTP Shares on Feb. 1, 2021, unless earlier redeemed or repurchased by a Fund. VMTP Shares are subject to optional and mandatory redemption in certain circumstances. VMTP Shares are redeemable at par. A Fund may be obligated to redeem certain of the VMTP Shares if the Fund fails to maintain certain asset coverage and leverage ratio requirements and such failures are not cured by the applicable cure date. The redemption price per share is equal to the sum of the liquidation value per share plus any accumulated but unpaid dividends. Dividends on VMTP shares are set weekly, and are based on a short-term index rate plus an additional spread that is subject to adjustment in certain circumstances, including a change in the credit rating assigned to the VMTP Shares by Fitch Ratings (“Fitch”) and Moody’s Investors Service (“Moody’s”).

The weighted average dividend rates for the year ended March 31, 2019 were as follows:

 

Colorado
Municipal
Fund
  Minnesota
Municipal
Fund II
  National
Municipal
Fund
2.71%   2.71%   2.71%

The Funds use leverage because their managers believe that, over time, leveraging may provide opportunities for additional income and total return for common shareholders. However, the use of leverage also can expose common shareholders to additional volatility. For example, as the prices of securities held by a Fund decline, the negative impact of these valuation changes on common share net asset value and common shareholder total return is magnified by the use of leverage; accordingly, the use of structural leverage may hurt a Fund’s overall performance.

Leverage may also cause the Funds to incur certain costs. In the event that a Fund is unable to meet certain criteria (including, but not limited to, maintaining certain ratings with Fitch and Moody’s, funding dividend payments, or funding redemptions), that Fund will pay additional fees with respect to the leverage.

For financial reporting purposes, the VMTP Shares are considered debt of the issuer; therefore, the liquidation value which approximates fair value of the VMTP Shares is recorded as a liability in the statements of assets and liabilities. Dividends accrued and paid on the VMTP Shares are included as a component of interest expense in the statements of operations. The VMTP Shares are treated as equity for legal and tax purposes. Dividends paid to holders of the VMTP Shares are generally classified as tax-exempt income for tax-reporting purposes.

Offering costs for VMTP Shares are recorded as a deferred charge and amortized over the 5-year life of the VMTP Shares. These are presented as “Offering cost for preferred shareholders” on the “Statements of assets and liabilities” and “Offering costs” on the “Statements of operations.”

7. Geographic, Credit, and Market Risk

The Funds concentrate their investments in securities issued by municipalities. Because each of Colorado Municipal Fund and Minnesota Municipal Fund II invests substantially all of its net assets in municipal obligations of its respective state at the time of investment, events in that state may have a significant impact on the performance and investments of Colorado Municipal Fund and Minnesota Municipal Fund II. These events may include economic or political policy changes, tax base erosion, state constitutional limits on tax increases, budget deficits and other financial difficulties, changes in the credit ratings assigned to the state’s municipal issuers, the effects of natural or human-made disasters, or other economic, legislative, or political or social issues. Any downgrade to the credit rating of the securities issued by the US government may result in a downgrade of securities issued by the states or US territories. National Municipal Fund will be subject to these risks as well but to a lesser extent because it invests at least 80% of its net assets in securities, the income from which is exempt from federal income tax and is not limited to investing substantially all of its assets in municipal obligations of a single state. From time to time and consistent with its investment policies, National Municipal Fund may invest a considerable portion of its assets in certain municipalities. As of March 31, 2019, National Municipal Fund has invested 22.62%, 20.08%, 17.09%, 11.67%, and 11.04% (each as a percentage of net assets) in securities issued by the State of California, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the State of New York, the State of Illinois, and the State of New Jersey, respectively. These investments could make National Municipal Fund more sensitive to economic conditions in those states than other more geographically diversified national municipal income funds.

 

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Each Fund may invest a percentage of assets in obligations of governments of US territories, commonwealths, and possessions such as Puerto Rico, the US Virgin Islands, or Guam. To the extent a Fund invests in such obligations, that Fund may be adversely affected by local political and economic conditions and developments within these US territories, commonwealths, and possessions.

From time to time, a fund may invest in industrial development bonds (IDBs) or pollution control revenue (PCR) bonds that are issued by a conduit authority on behalf of a corporation that is either foreign owned or has international affiliates or operations. While the bonds may be issued to finance a facility located in the United States, the bonds may be secured by a payment obligation or guaranty of the corporation. To the extent the Fund invests in such securities, that Fund may be exposed to risks associated with international investments. The risk of international investments not ordinarily associated with US investments includes fluctuation in currency values, differences in accounting principles, and/or economic or political instability in other nations.

Many municipalities insure repayment for their obligations. Although bond insurance may reduce the risk of loss due to default by an issuer, such bonds remain subject to the risk that market value may fluctuate for other reasons, and there is no assurance that the insurance company will meet its obligations. A real or perceived decline in creditworthiness of a bond insurer can have an adverse impact on the value of insured bonds held in each Fund. At March 31, 2019, the percentages of each Fund’s net assets insured by insurers are listed below and these securities have been identified on the “Schedules of investments.”

 

    Colorado
Municipal
Fund
  Minnesota
Municipal
Fund II
  National
Municipal
Fund

Assured Guaranty Corporation

      1.67 %       0.30 %      

Assured Guaranty Municipal Corporation

      7.84 %       0.31 %       1.63 %

Build America Mutual Assurance Company

      1.63 %            

Syncora Guarantee

      2.39 %            
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total

      13.53 %       0.61 %       1.63 %
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Each Fund invests a portion of its assets in high yield fixed income securities, which are securities rated BB or lower by Standard & Poor’s (S&P) and/or Ba or lower by Moody’s, or similarly rated by another nationally recognized statistical rating organization. Investments in these higher yielding securities are generally accompanied by a greater degree of credit risk than higher rated securities. Additionally, lower rated securities may be more susceptible to adverse economic and competitive industry conditions than investment grade securities.

The Funds may invest in advanced refunded bonds, escrow secured bonds, or defeased bonds. Under current federal tax laws and regulations, state and local government borrowers are permitted to refinance outstanding bonds by issuing new bonds. The issuer refinances the outstanding debt to either reduce interest costs or to remove or alter restrictive covenants imposed by the bonds being refinanced. A refunding transaction where the municipal securities are being refunded within 90 days from the issuance of the refunding issue is known as a “current refunding.” “Advance refunded bonds” are bonds in which the refunded bond issue remains outstanding for more than 90 days following the issuance of the refunding issue. In an advance refunding, the issuer will use the proceeds of a new bond issue to purchase high-grade interest-bearing debt securities which are then deposited in an irrevocable escrow account held by an escrow agent to secure all future payments of principal and interest and bond premium of the advance refunded bond. Bonds are “escrowed to maturity” when the proceeds of the refunding issue are deposited in an escrow account for investment sufficient to pay all of the principal and interest on the original interest payment and maturity dates.

Bonds are considered “pre-refunded” when the refunding issue’s proceeds are escrowed only until a permitted call date or dates on the refunded issue with the refunded issue being redeemed at the time, including any required premium. Bonds become “defeased” when the rights and interests of the bondholders and of their lien on the pledged revenues or other security under the terms of the bond contract are substituted with an alternative source of revenues (the escrow securities) sufficient to meet payments of principal and interest to maturity or to the first call dates. Escrowed secured bonds will often receive a rating of AAA from Moody’s, S&P, and/or Fitch Ratings due to the strong credit quality of the escrow securities and the irrevocable nature of the escrow deposit agreement.

To the extent that the Funds invest in securities with longer duration, they may be more sensitive to fluctuation of interest rates.

Each Fund invests in certain obligations that may have liquidity protection designed to ensure that the receipt of payments due on the underlying security is timely. Such protection may be provided through guarantees, insurance policies, or letters of credit obtained by the issuer or sponsor from third parties, through various means of structuring the transaction, or through a combination of such approaches. The Funds will not pay any additional fees for such credit support, although the existence of credit support may increase the price of a security.

 

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Each Fund may invest up to 15% of its net assets in illiquid securities, which may include securities with contractual restrictions on resale, securities exempt from registration under Rule 144A promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and other securities which may not be readily marketable. The relative illiquidity of these securities may impair each Fund from disposing of them in a timely manner and at a fair price when it is necessary or desirable to do so. While maintaining oversight, the Boards have delegated to DMC the day-to-day functions of determining whether individual securities are liquid for purposes of each Fund’s limitation on investments in illiquid securities. Securities eligible for resale pursuant to Rule 144A, which are determined to be liquid, are not subject to each Fund’s 15% limit on investments in illiquid securities. Rule 144A securities held by each Fund have been identified on the “Schedules of investments.” Restricted securities are valued pursuant to the security valuation procedures described in Note 1.

8. Contractual Obligations

Each Fund enters into contracts in the normal course of business that contain a variety of indemnifications. Each Fund’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown. However, the Funds have not had prior claims or losses pursuant to these contracts. Management has reviewed each Fund’s existing contracts and expects the risk of loss to be remote.

9. Recent Accounting Pronouncements

In March 2017, the FASB issued an Accounting Standards Update (ASU), ASU 2017-08, Receivables — Nonrefundable Fees and Other Costs (Subtopic 310-20), Premium Amortization on Purchased Callable Debt Securities which amends the amortization period for certain purchased callable debt securities purchased at a premium, shortening such period to the earliest call date. The ASU 2017-08 does not require any accounting change for debt securities held at a discount; the discount continues to be amortized to maturity. The ASU 2017-08 is effective for fiscal years, and interim periods within those fiscal years, beginning after Dec. 15, 2018. At this time, management is evaluating the implications of these changes on the financial statements.

In August 2018, the FASB issued an ASU 2018-13, which changes certain fair value measurement disclosure requirements. The ASU 2018-13, in addition to other modifications and additions, removes the requirement to disclose the amount and reasons for transfers between Level 1 and Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy, the policy for the timing of transfers between levels and the valuation process for Level 3 fair value measurements. The ASU 2018-13 is effective for fiscal years, and interim periods within those fiscal years, beginning after Dec. 15, 2019. At this time, management is evaluating the implications of these changes on the financial statements.

In August 2018, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted amendments to Regulation S-X to update and simplify the disclosure requirements for registered investment companies by eliminating requirements that are redundant or duplicative of US GAAP requirements or other SEC disclosure requirements. The new amendments require the presentation of the total, rather than the components, of distributable earnings on the “Statements of assets and liabilities” and the total, rather than the components, of dividends from net investment income and distributions from net realized gains on the “Statements of changes in net assets.” The amendments also removed the requirement for the parenthetical disclosure of undistributed net investment income on the “Statements of changes in net assets” and certain tax adjustments that were reflected in the “Notes to financial statements.” All of these have been reflected in the Funds’ financial statements.

10. Subsequent Events

On April 25, 2019, Delaware Investments® Colorado Municipal Income Fund, Inc. (VCF), Delaware Investments Minnesota Municipal Income Fund II, Inc. (VMM) and Delaware Investments National Municipal Income Fund (VFL) (each, a “Fund” and collectively, the “Funds”) announced that they have successfully priced private offerings to a qualified institutional buyer, as defined pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, of approximately $135 million of Muni-MultiMode Preferred Shares, Series 2049 (MMP). The net proceeds from each offering was used to redeem the outstanding Variable Rate MuniFund Term Preferred Shares, Series 2021 (VMTP). The MMP shares are the same amount and value as each Fund’s VMTP shares, as applicable.

Each Fund has issued MMP shares as follows:

Fund and corresponding common share ticker symbol    Name of issuance and amount
Delaware Investments Colorado Municipal Income Fund, Inc. (VCF)    Series 2049 $30million
Delaware Investments Minnesota Municipal Income Fund II, Inc. (VMM)    Series 2049 $75million
Delaware Investments National Municipal Income Fund (VFL)    Series 2049 $30million

 

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The MMP shares are a floating rate form of preferred stock with a mandatory term redemption. The mandatory term redemption date for these three offerings is April 1, 2049. MMP shares have the option at either the request of the purchaser or issuer to be converted to a variable rate demand preferred (“VRDP”) structure. The converted VRDP shares could then be offered for sale to certain institutional investors. The VRDP could continue to remain outstanding for the remainder of the MMP shares’ 30-year term. MMP dividends will be set weekly at a spread to the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association Municipal Swap Index. MMP shares represent the preferred stock of each Fund and are senior, with priority in all respects, to each Fund’s common shares as to payments of dividends. The Funds’ manager believes this type of leverage will increase flexibility for the Funds going forward and that its longer term has the potential to be beneficial. The Funds’ manager also believes that the lower spread the Funds will pay on the MMP may help to increase the amount of income the Funds have available to distribute to shareholders.

Management has determined that no additional material events or transactions occurred subsequent to March 31, 2019, that would require recognition or disclosure in the Funds’ financial statements.

 

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Report of independent

registered public accounting firm

 

To the Board of Trustees/Directors and Shareholders of Delaware Investments® Colorado Municipal Income Fund, Inc., Delaware Investments Minnesota Municipal Income Fund II, Inc. and Delaware Investments National Municipal Income Fund

Opinions on the Financial Statements

We have audited the accompanying statements of assets and liabilities, including the schedules of investments, of Delaware Investments Colorado Municipal Income Fund, Inc., Delaware Investments Minnesota Municipal Income Fund II, Inc. and Delaware Investments National Municipal Income Fund (hereafter collectively referred to as the “Funds”) as of March 31, 2019, the related statements of operations and cash flows for the year ended March 31, 2019, the statements of changes in net assets for each of the two years in the period ended March 31, 2019, including the related notes, and the financial highlights for each of the five years in the period ended March 31, 2019 (collectively referred to as the “financial statements”). In our opinion, the financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of each of the Funds as of March 31, 2019, the results of each of their operations and each of their cash flows for the year then ended, the changes in each of their net assets for each of the two years in the period ended March 31, 2019 and each of the financial highlights for each of the five years in the period ended March 31, 2019 in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

Basis for Opinions

These financial statements are the responsibility of the Funds’ management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Funds’ financial statements based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB) and are required to be independent with respect to the Funds in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.

We conducted our audits of these financial statements in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud.

Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements. Our procedures included confirmation of securities owned as of March 31, 2019 by correspondence with the custodian and brokers; when replies were not received from brokers, we performed other auditing procedures. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinions.

/s/PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

May 21, 2019

We have served as the auditor of one or more investment companies in Delaware Funds® by Macquarie since 2010.

 

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Other Fund information

(Unaudited)

 

Delaware Funds® by Macquarie Closed-End Municipal Bond Funds

Tax Information (Unaudited)

The information set forth below is for each Fund’s fiscal year as required by federal income tax laws. Shareholders, however, must report distributions on a calendar year basis for income tax purposes, which may include distributions for portions of two fiscal years of a fund. Accordingly, the information needed by shareholders for income tax purposes will be sent to them in January of each year. Please consult your tax advisor for proper treatment of this information.

All disclosures are based on financial information available as of the date of this annual report and, accordingly are subject to change. For any and all items requiring reporting, it is the intention of each Fund to report the maximum amount permitted under the Internal Revenue Code and the regulations thereunder.

For the year ended March 31, 2019, each Fund reports distributions paid during the year as follows:

 

     (A)
Ordinary
Income
Distributions
(Tax Basis)
  (B)
Tax-Exempt
Income
Distributions
(Tax Basis)
  Total
Distributions
(Tax Basis)

Colorado Municipal Fund

             100.00 %       100.00 %

Minnesota Municipal Fund II

       0.01 %       99.99 %       100.00 %

National Municipal Fund

       0.34 %       99.66 %       100.00 %

(A) and (B) are based on a percentage of each Fund’s total distributions.

Fund management

Gregory A. Gizzi

Senior Vice President, Head of Municipal Bonds, Senior Portfolio Manager

Gregory A. Gizzi is head of municipal bonds in the Americas, a role he assumed in February 2019. In this role, he is responsible for the overall operation of the strategy and is team lead on several of the tax-exempt strategies. Additionally, Gizzi continues to be responsible for the taxable municipal business and the marketing efforts for the municipal product. Previously, Gizzi was co-portfolio manager of the firm’s municipal bond funds and several client accounts, a role he held since November 2011. Before joining Macquarie Investment Management (MIM) in January 2008 as head of municipal bond trading, he spent six years as a vice president at Lehman Brothers for the firm’s tax-exempt institutional sales effort. Prior to that, he spent two years trading corporate bonds for UBS before joining Lehman Brothers in a sales capacity. Gizzi has more than 20 years of trading experience in the municipal securities industry, beginning at Kidder Peabody in 1984, where he started as a municipal bond trader and became institutional block trading desk manager. He later worked in the same capacity at Dillon Read. Gizzi earned his bachelor’s degree in economics from Harvard University.

Stephen J. Czepiel

Senior Vice President, Head of Municipal Bonds Portfolio Management, Senior Portfolio Manager

Stephen J. Czepiel leads the portfolio management of the firm’s municipal bonds strategies, a role he assumed in February 2019. He is a co-portfolio manager of the firm’s municipal bond funds and client accounts, a role he has held since August 2007. He joined Macquarie Investment Management (MIM) in July 2004 as a senior bond trader. Previously, he was vice president at both Mesirow Financial and Loop Capital Markets. He began his career in the securities industry in 1982 as a municipal bond trader at Kidder Peabody and now has more than 20 years of experience in the municipal securities industry. Czepiel earned his bachelor’s degree in finance and economics from Duquesne University.

 

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Other Fund information

(Unaudited)

 

Delaware Funds® by Macquarie Closed-End Municipal Bond Funds

Jake van Roden

Senior Vice President, Head of Municipal Trading, Portfolio Manager

Jake van Roden is head of the firm’s municipal trading. He is also a portfolio manager for the firm’s nine open-end state-specific municipal bond funds, as well as for several municipal bond client accounts, a role he assumed in December 2017. In February 2019, his portfolio management role expanded to include the closed-end municipal bond funds and the three national municipal open-end funds. He joined the municipal department in July 2004 as a generalist and became head of municipal trading in December 2012. Before that, van Roden interned at Macquarie Investment Management (MIM) in the client services department. He received a bachelor’s degree in American studies with a minor in government from Franklin & Marshall College.

Denise A. Franchetti, CFA

Senior Vice President, Co-Head of Municipal Credit Research, Portfolio Manager

Denise A. Franchetti is co-head of the company’s municipal research operations, a role she assumed in January 2018. Previously, she was a senior municipal analyst for the municipal bond department, responsible for following the airport, education, hotel, cogeneration, and cargo sectors. In 2003, she was also named as portfolio manager on the tax-exempt closed-end funds in addition to her research duties. Prior to joining Macquarie Investment Management (MIM) in 1997 as a municipal bond analyst, she was a fixed income trader at Provident Mutual Life Insurance and an investment analyst at General Accident Insurance. Franchetti received her bachelor’s degree and an MBA from La Salle University. She is a member of the CFA Institute, the Financial Analysts of Philadelphia, and the National Federation of Municipal Analysts.

 

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Board of trustees / directors and officers addendum

Delaware Funds® by Macquarie

 

 

A mutual fund is governed by a Board of Trustees / Directors (“Trustees”), which has oversight responsibility for the management of a fund’s business affairs. Trustees establish procedures and oversee and review the performance of the investment manager and others who perform services for the fund. The independent fund trustees, in particular, are advocates for shareholder interests. Each trustee has served in that capacity since he or she was elected to or appointed to the Board of Trustees, and will continue to serve until his or her retirement or the election of a new trustee in his or her place. The following is a list of the Trustees and Officers with certain background and related information.

 

Name,
Address,
and Birth Date
  

Position(s)

Held with

Fund(s)

   Length of Time
Served
        

Principal

Occupation(s)

During the

Past Five Years

   Number of
Portfolios in Fund
Complex Overseen
by Trustee
or Officer
  

Other

Directorships

Held by

Trustee

or Officer

Interested Trustee

                             

Shawn K. Lytle1

2005 Market Street Philadelphia, PA 19103 February 1970

   President, Chief Executive Officer, and Trustee   

President and Chief Executive Officer since August 2015

 

Trustee since

September 2015

     

President — Macquarie Investment Management2

(June 2015-Present) Regional Head of Americas — UBS Global Asset Management

(April 2010-May 2015)

   59   

Trustee — UBS Relationship Funds, SMA Relationship Trust, and UBS Funds

(May 2010–April 2015)

Independent Trustees

Thomas L. Bennett
2005 Market Street
Philadelphia, PA 19103 October 1947

   Chair and Trustee    Trustee since
March 2005
     

Private Investor

(March 2004–Present)

   59    None
         

Chair since
March 2015

 

                   

Jerome D. Abernathy 2005 Market Street Philadelphia, PA 19103 July 1959

   Trustee    Since January 2019        

Managing Member, Stonebrook Capital Management, LLC (financial technology: macro factors and databases) (January 1993-Present)

 

   59    None

Ann D. Borowiec

2005 Market Street Philadelphia, PA 19103 November 1958

   Trustee    Since March 2015        

Chief Executive Officer,

Private Wealth Management
(2011–2013) and Market Manager,

New Jersey Private Bank (2005–2011)
— J.P. Morgan Chase & Co.

   59   

Director —

Banco Santander International
(October 2016–Present)

 

Director —

Santander Bank, N.A. (December 2016–Present)

 

Joseph W. Chow

2005 Market Street Philadelphia, PA 19103 January 1953

   Trustee    Since January 2013       Private Investor
(April 2011–Present)
   59   

Director and Audit Committee Member — Hercules Technology Growth Capital, Inc.

(July 2004–July 2014)

 

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Board of trustees /directors and officers addendum

 

Delaware Funds® by Macquarie

 

Name,

Address,

and Birth Date

   Position(s)
Held with
Fund(s)
   Length of Time
Served
        

Principal

Occupation(s)

During the

Past Five Years

  

Number of
Portfolios in Fund
Complex Overseen
by Trustee

or Officer

  

Other

Directorships

Held by

Trustee

or Officer

Independent Trustees (continued)

John A. Fry 2005 Market Street Philadelphia, PA 19103 May 1960

   Trustee    Since January 2001        

President —

Drexel University

(August 2010–Present)

 

President —

Franklin & Marshall College

(July 2002–June 2010)

   59   

Director; Compensation Committee

and Governance Committee Member — Community Health Systems

(May 2004–Present)

 

Director —

Drexel Morgan & Co. (2015–Present)

 

Director; Audit Committee Member — vTv Therapeutics LLC (2017–Present)

 

Director; Audit Committee

Member —

FS Credit Real Estate Income Trust, Inc. (2018–Present)

Lucinda S. Landreth

2005 Market Street Philadelphia, PA 19103

June 1947

 

   Trustee    Since March 2005        

Private Investor

(2004–Present)

   59    None

Frances A. Sevilla-Sacasa 2005 Market Street Philadelphia, PA 19103

January 1956

   Trustee    Since September 2011        

Private Investor

(January 2017–Present)

 

Chief Executive Officer —

Banco Itaú

International

(April 2012–December 2016)

 

Executive Advisor to Dean (August 2011–March 2012)

and Interim Dean

(January 2011–July 2011) —

University of Miami School of Business Administration

 

President — U.S. Trust,

Bank of America Private
Wealth Management

(Private Banking)
(July 2007-December 2008)

   59   

Trust Manager and Audit Committee

Chair — Camden Property Trust

(August 2011–Present)

 

Director — Carrizo Oil & Gas, Inc.

(March 2018–Present)

 

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Name,

Address,
and Birth Date

   Position(s)
Held with
Fund(s)
   Length of Time
Served
        

Principal

Occupation(s)

During the

Past Five Years

  

Number of
Portfolios in Fund
Complex Overseen

by Trustee

or Officer

  

Other

Directorships

Held by

Trustee or

Officer

Thomas K. Whitford 2005 Market Street Philadelphia, PA 19103 March 1956

   Trustee    Since January 2013        

Vice Chairman

(2010–April 2013) —

PNC Financial

Services Group

   59   

Director — HSBC North America Holdings Inc. (December 2013–Present)

 

Director —

HSBC USA Inc.

(July 2014–Present)

 

Director —

HSBC Bank USA, National Association

(July 2014–March 2017)

 

Director — HSBC Finance Corporation (December 2013–April 2018)

Christianna Wood

2005 Market Street Philadelphia, PA 19103

August 1959

   Trustee    Since January 2019        

Chief Executive Officer

and President —

Gore Creek Capital, Ltd.

(August 2009–Present)

   59   

Director and Audit Committee Member — H&R Block Corporation (July 2008–Present)

 

Director and Audit Committee Member — Grange Insurance

(2013–Present)

 

Trustee and Audit Committee Member — The Merger Fund

(2013–Present),

The Merger Fund VL (2013–Present);

WCM Alternatives:

Event-Driven Fund

(2013–Present),

and WCM Alternatives: Credit Event Fund (December 2017–Present)

 

Director — International Securities Exchange (2010–2016)

Janet L. Yeomans

2005 Market Street Philadelphia, PA 19103 July 1948

   Trustee    Since April 1999        

Vice President and Treasurer
(January 2006–July 2012),
Vice President — Mergers &  Acquisitions
(January 2003–January 2006), and

Vice President and Treasurer

(July 1995–January 2003) —

3M Company

   59    Director; Personnel and Compensation Committee Chair; Member of Nominating, Investments, and Audit Committees for various periods throughout directorship — Okabena Company (2009–2017)

 

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Delaware Funds® by Macquarie

 

Name,

Address,

and Birth Date

  

Position(s)

Held with

Fund(s)

  

Length of Time

Served

  

Principal

Occupation(s)

During the

Past Five Years

  

Number of
Portfolios in Fund
Complex Overseen
by Trustee

or Officer

   Other
Directorships
Held by
Trustee or
Officer

Officers

                        

David F. Connor

2005 Market Street Philadelphia, PA 19103 December 1963

   Senior Vice President, General Counsel, and Secretary   

Senior Vice President, since May 2013;

General Counsel

since May 2015; Secretary since

October 2005

 

  

David F. Connor has served in

various capacities at different times

at Macquarie Investment Management.

   59    None3

Daniel V. Geatens

2005 Market Street Philadelphia, PA 19103 October 1972

 

   Vice President
and Treasurer
  

Vice President

and Treasurer since

October 2007

   Daniel V. Geatens has served in various capacities at different times at Macquarie Investment Management.    59    None3

Richard Salus

2005 Market Street Philadelphia, PA 19103 October 1963

 

   Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer    Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer since November 2006    Richard Salus has served in various capacities at different times at Macquarie Investment Management.    59    None3

 

1 

Shawn K. Lytle is considered to be an “Interested Trustee” because he is an executive officer of the Fund’s(s’) investment advisor.

2 

Macquarie Investment Management is the marketing name for Macquarie Management Holdings, Inc. and its subsidiaries, including the Fund’s(s’) investment advisor, principal underwriter and its transfer agent.

3 

David F. Connor, Daniel V. Geatens, and Richard Salus serve in similar capacities for the six portfolios of the Optimum Fund Trust, which have the same investment advisor as the registrant. Mr. Geatens also serves as the Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer for Macquarie Global Infrastructure Total Return Fund Inc., which shares an affiliated investment manager.

 

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About the organization

 

    

 

This annual report is for the information of Delaware Funds® by Macquarie Closed-End Municipal Bond Funds shareholders.

 

Board of directors/trustees

Shawn K. Lytle

President and

Chief Executive Officer

Delaware Funds by Macquarie

Philadelphia, PA

Thomas L. Bennett

Chairman of the Board

Delaware Funds by Macquarie

Private Investor

Rosemont, PA

Jerome D. Abernathy

Managing Member

Stonebrook Capital Management, LLC

New York, NY

Ann D. Borowiec

Former Chief Executive Officer

Private Wealth Management

J.P. Morgan Chase & Co.

New York, NY

Joseph W. Chow

Former Executive Vice President

State Street Corporation

Boston, MA

John A. Fry

President

Drexel University

Philadelphia, PA

Lucinda S. Landreth

Former Chief Investment Officer

Assurant, Inc.

New York, NY

Frances A. Sevilla-Sacasa

Former Chief Executive Officer

Banco Itaú International

Miami, FL

Thomas K. Whitford

Former Vice Chairman

PNC Financial Services Group

Pittsburgh, PA

Christianna Wood

Chief Executive Officer and President

Gore Creek Capital, Ltd.

Golden, CO

Janet L. Yeomans

Former Vice President and Treasurer

3M Company

St. Paul, MN

Affiliated officers

David F. Connor

Senior Vice President, General

Counsel, and Secretary

Delaware Funds by Macquarie

Philadelphia, PA

Daniel V. Geatens

Vice President and Treasurer

Delaware Funds by Macquarie

Philadelphia, PA

Richard Salus

Senior Vice President and

Chief Financial Officer

Delaware Funds by Macquarie

Philadelphia, PA

Investment manager

Delaware Management Company, a series

of Macquarie Investment Management

Business Trust (MIMBT)

Philadelphia, PA

Principal office of the Funds

2005 Market Street

Philadelphia, PA 19103-7057

Independent registered public

accounting firm

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

2001 Market Street

Philadelphia, PA 19103

Registrar and stock transfer agent

Computershare, Inc.

480 Washington Blvd.

Jersey City, NJ 07310

866 437-0252

For securities dealers and financial

institutions representatives

800 362-7500

Website

delawarefunds.com/closed-end

Number of recordholders as of

March 31, 2019

Colorado Municipal Fund

     52  

Minnesota Municipal Fund II

     292  

National Municipal Fund

     59  

Your reinvestment options

Each of the Funds offers an automatic dividend reinvestment program. If you would like to reinvest dividends, and shares are registered in your name, contact Computershare, Inc. at 866 437-0252. You will be asked to put your request in writing. If you have shares registered in “street” name, contact the broker/dealer holding the shares or your financial advisor. If you choose to receive your dividends in cash, you may now elect to receive them by ACH transfer. Contact Computershare at the number above for more information.

Each Fund files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-Q or Form N-PORT (available for filings after March 31, 2019). Each Fund’s Forms N-Q or Forms N-PORT, as well as a description of the policies and procedures that the Funds use to determine how to vote proxies (if any) relating to portfolio securities, are available without charge (i) upon request, by calling 866 437-0252; and (ii) on the SEC’s website at sec.gov. In addition, a description of the policies and procedures that the Funds use to determine how to vote proxies (if any) relating to portfolio securities and the Schedules of Investments included in the Funds’ most recent Forms N-Q or Forms N-PORT are available without charge on the Funds’ website at delawarefunds.com/closed-end. Each Fund’s Forms N-Q and Forms N-PORT may be reviewed and copied at the SEC’s Public Reference Room in Washington, D.C.; information on the operation of the Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling 800 SEC-0330.

Information (if any) regarding how each Fund voted proxies relating to portfolio securities during the most recently disclosed 12-month period ended June 30 is available without charge (i) through the Funds’ website at delawarefunds.com/proxy; and (ii) on the SEC’s website at sec.gov.

 

 

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Item 2. Code of Ethics

The registrant has adopted a code of ethics that applies to the registrant’s principal executive officer, principal financial officer, principal accounting officer or controller, or persons performing similar functions, regardless of whether these individuals are employed by the registrant or a third party. A copy of the registrant’s Code of Business Ethics has been posted on the Delaware Funds® by Macquarie Internet Web site at www.delawarefunds.com. Any amendments to the Code of Business Ethics, and information on any waiver from its provisions granted by the registrant, will also be posted on this Web site within five business days of such amendment or waiver and will remain on the Web site for at least 12 months.

Item 3. Audit Committee Financial Expert

The registrant’s Board of Trustees has determined that certain members of the registrant’s Audit Committee are audit committee financial experts, as defined below. For purposes of this item, an “audit committee financial expert” is a person who has the following attributes:

a. An understanding of generally accepted accounting principles and financial statements;

b. The ability to assess the general application of such principles in connection with the accounting for estimates, accruals, and reserves;

c. Experience preparing, auditing, analyzing, or evaluating financial statements that present a breadth and level of complexity of accounting issues that are generally comparable to the breadth and complexity of issues that can reasonably be expected to be raised by the registrant’s financial statements, or experience actively supervising one or more persons engaged in such activities;

d. An understanding of internal controls and procedures for financial reporting; and

e. An understanding of audit committee functions.

An “audit committee financial expert” shall have acquired such attributes through:

a. Education and experience as a principal financial officer, principal accounting officer, controller, public accountant, or auditor or experience in one or more positions that involve the performance of similar functions;

b. Experience actively supervising a principal financial officer, principal accounting officer, controller, public accountant, auditor, or person performing similar functions;

c. Experience overseeing or assessing the performance of companies or public accountants with respect to the preparation, auditing, or evaluation of financial statements; or

d. Other relevant experience.

The registrant’s Board of Trustees has also determined that each member of the registrant’s Audit Committee is independent. In order to be “independent” for purposes of this item, the Audit Committee member may not: (i) other than in his or her capacity as a member of the Board of Trustees or any committee thereof, accept directly or indirectly any consulting, advisory or other compensatory fee from the issuer; or (ii) be an “interested person” of the registrant as defined in Section 2(a)(19) of the Investment Company Act of 1940.


The names of the audit committee financial experts on the registrant’s Audit Committee are set forth below:

John A. Fry
Lucinda S. Landreth
Thomas K. Whitford
Christianna Wood
Janet L. Yeomans

Item 4. Principal Accountant Fees and Services

(a) Audit fees.

The aggregate fees billed for services provided to the registrant by its independent auditors for the audit of the registrant’s annual financial statements and for services normally provided by the independent auditors in connection with statutory and regulatory filings or engagements were $38,430 for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2019.

The aggregate fees billed for services provided to the registrant by its independent auditors for the audit of the registrant’s annual financial statements and for services normally provided by the independent auditors in connection with statutory and regulatory filings or engagements were $37,360 for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2018.

(b) Audit-related fees.

The aggregate fees billed by the registrant’s independent auditors for services relating to the performance of the audit of the registrant’s financial statements and not reported under paragraph (a) of this Item were $0 for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2019.

The aggregate fees billed by the registrant’s independent auditors for services relating to the performance of the audit of the financial statements of the registrant’s investment adviser and other service providers under common control with the adviser and that relate directly to the operations or financial reporting of the registrant were $640,000 for the registrant’s fiscal year ended March 31, 2019. The percentage of these fees relating to services approved by the registrant’s Audit Committee pursuant to the de minimis exception from the pre-approval requirement in Rule 2-01(c)(7)(i)(C) of Regulation S-X was 0%. These audit-related services were as follows: year-end audit procedures; group reporting and subsidiary statutory audits.

The aggregate fees billed by the registrant’s independent auditors for services relating to the performance of the audit of the registrant’s financial statements and not reported under paragraph (a) of this Item were $0 for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2018.

The aggregate fees billed by the registrant’s independent auditors for services relating to the performance of the audit of the financial statements of the registrant’s investment adviser and other service providers under common control with the adviser and that relate directly to the operations or financial reporting of the registrant were $640,000 for the registrant’s fiscal year ended March 31, 2018. The percentage of these fees relating to services approved by the registrant’s Audit Committee pursuant to the de minimis exception from the pre-approval requirement in Rule 2-01(c)(7)(i)(C) of Regulation S-X was 0%. These audit-related services were as follows: year-end audit procedures; group reporting and subsidiary statutory audits.


(c) Tax fees.

The aggregate fees billed by the registrant’s independent auditors for tax-related services provided to the registrant were $4,728 for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2019. The percentage of these fees relating to services approved by the registrant’s Audit Committee pursuant to the de minimis exception from the pre-approval requirement in Rule 2-01(c)(7)(i)(C) of Regulation S-X was 0%. These tax-related services were as follows: review of income tax returns and review of annual excise distribution calculations.

The aggregate fees billed by the registrant’s independent auditors for tax-related services provided to the registrant’s investment adviser and other service providers under common control with the adviser and that relate directly to the operations or financial reporting of the registrant were $0 for the registrant’s fiscal year ended March 31, 2019. The percentage of these fees relating to services approved by the registrant’s Audit Committee pursuant to the de minimis exception from the pre-approval requirement in Rule 2-01(c)(7)(i)(C) of Regulation S-X was 0%.

The aggregate fees billed by the registrant’s independent auditors for tax-related services provided to the registrant were $4,723 for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2018. The percentage of these fees relating to services approved by the registrant’s Audit Committee pursuant to the de minimis exception from the pre-approval requirement in Rule 2-01(c)(7)(i)(C) of Regulation S-X was 0%. These tax-related services were as follows: review of income tax returns and review of annual excise distribution calculations.

The aggregate fees billed by the registrant’s independent auditors for tax-related services provided to the registrant’s investment adviser and other service providers under common control with the adviser and that relate directly to the operations or financial reporting of the registrant were $0 for the registrant’s fiscal year ended March 31, 2018. The percentage of these fees relating to services approved by the registrant’s Audit Committee pursuant to the de minimis exception from the pre-approval requirement in Rule 2-01(c)(7)(i)(C) of Regulation S-X was 0%.

(d) All other fees.

The aggregate fees billed for all services provided by the independent auditors to the registrant other than those set forth in paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) of this Item were $0 for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2019.

The aggregate fees billed for all services other than those set forth in paragraphs (b) and (c) of this Item provided by the registrant’s independent auditors to the registrant’s adviser and other service providers under common control with the adviser and that relate directly to the operations or financial reporting of the registrant were $0 for the registrant’s fiscal year ended March 31, 2019. The percentage of these fees relating to services approved by the registrant’s Audit Committee pursuant to the de minimis exception from the pre-approval requirement in Rule 2-01(c)(7)(i)(C) of Regulation S-X was 0%.

The aggregate fees billed for all services provided by the independent auditors to the registrant other than those set forth in paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) of this Item were $0 for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2018.


The aggregate fees billed for all services other than those set forth in paragraphs (b) and (c) of this Item provided by the registrant’s independent auditors to the registrant’s adviser and other service providers under common control with the adviser and that relate directly to the operations or financial reporting of the registrant were $0 for the registrant’s fiscal year ended March 31, 2018. The percentage of these fees relating to services approved by the registrant’s Audit Committee pursuant to the de minimis exception from the pre-approval requirement in Rule 2-01(c)(7)(i)(C) of Regulation S-X was 0%.

(e) The registrant’s Audit Committee has established pre-approval policies and procedures as permitted by Rule 2-01(c)(7)(i)(B) of Regulation S-X (the “Pre-Approval Policy”) with respect to services provided by the registrant’s independent auditors. Pursuant to the Pre-Approval Policy, the Audit Committee has pre-approved the services set forth in the table below with respect to the registrant up to the specified fee limits. Certain fee limits are based on aggregate fees to the registrant and other registrants within the Delaware Funds® by Macquarie.

Service Range of Fees
Audit Services

Statutory audits or financial audits for new Funds

up to $40,000 per Fund

Services associated with SEC registration statements (e.g., Form N-1A, Form N-14, etc.), periodic reports and other documents filed with the SEC or other documents issued in connection with securities offerings (e.g., comfort letters for closed-end Fund offerings, consents), and assistance in responding to SEC comment letters

up to $10,000 per Fund

Consultations by Fund management as to the accounting or disclosure treatment of transactions or events and/or the actual or potential impact of final or proposed rules, standards or interpretations by the SEC, FASB, or other regulatory or standard-setting bodies (Note: Under SEC rules, some consultations may be considered “audit-related services” rather than “audit services”)

up to $25,000 in the aggregate

Audit-Related Services

Consultations by Fund management as to the accounting or disclosure treatment of transactions or events and /or the actual or potential impact of final or proposed rules, standards or interpretations by the SEC, FASB, or other regulatory or standard-setting bodies (Note: Under SEC rules, some consultations may be considered “audit services” rather than “audit-related services”)

up to $25,000 in the aggregate

Tax Services

U.S. federal, state and local and international tax planning and advice (e.g., consulting on statutory, regulatory or administrative developments, evaluation of Funds’ tax compliance function, etc.)

up to $25,000 in the aggregate

U.S. federal, state and local tax compliance (e.g., excise distribution reviews, etc.)

up to $5,000 per Fund

Review of federal, state, local and international income, franchise and other tax returns

up to $5,000 per Fund

Under the Pre-Approval Policy, the Audit Committee has also pre-approved the services set forth in the table below with respect to the registrant’s investment adviser and other entities controlling, controlled by or under common control with the investment adviser that provide ongoing services to the registrant (the “Control Affiliates”) up to the specified fee limit. This fee limit is based on aggregate fees to the investment adviser and its Control Affiliates.



Service Range of Fees
Non-Audit Services
Services associated with periodic reports and other documents filed with the SEC and assistance in responding to SEC comment letters up to $10,000 in the aggregate

The Pre-Approval Policy requires the registrant’s independent auditors to report to the Audit Committee at each of its regular meetings regarding all services initiated since the last such report was rendered, including those services authorized by the Pre-Approval Policy.

(f) Not applicable.

(g) The aggregate non-audit fees billed by the registrant’s independent auditors for services rendered to the registrant and to its investment adviser and other service providers under common control with the adviser were $11,748,000 and $11,748,000 for the registrant’s fiscal years ended March 31, 2019 and March 31, 2018, respectively.

(h) In connection with its selection of the independent auditors, the registrant’s Audit Committee has considered the independent auditors’ provision of non-audit services to the registrant’s investment adviser and other service providers under common control with the adviser that were not required to be pre-approved pursuant to Rule 2-01(c)(7)(ii) of Regulation S-X. The Audit Committee has determined that the independent auditors’ provision of these services is compatible with maintaining the auditors’ independence.

Item 5. Audit Committee of Listed Registrants

The registrant has a separately-designated standing Audit Committee established in accordance with Section 3(a)(58)(A) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. The members of the registrant’s Audit Committee are John A. Fry, Lucinda S. Landreth, Thomas K. Whitford, Christianna Wood and Janet L. Yeomans.

Item 6. Investments

(a) Included as part of report to shareholders filed under Item 1 of this Form N-CSR.

(b) Divestment of securities in accordance with Section 13(c) of the Investment Company Act of 1940.

Not applicable.

Item 7. Disclosure of Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures for Closed-End Management Investment Companies

The registrant has formally delegated to its investment adviser (the “Adviser”) the responsibility for making all proxy voting decisions in relation to portfolio securities held by the registrant. If and when proxies need to be voted on behalf of the registrant, the Adviser will vote such proxies pursuant to its Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures (the “Procedures”). The Adviser has established a Proxy Voting Committee (the “Committee”), which is responsible for overseeing the Adviser’s proxy voting process for the registrant. One of the main responsibilities of the Committee is to review and approve the Procedures to ensure that the Procedures are designed to allow the Adviser to vote proxies in a manner consistent with the goal of voting in the best interests of the registrant.


In order to facilitate the actual process of voting proxies, the Adviser has contracted with Institutional Shareholder Services Inc. (“ISS”) to analyze proxy statements on behalf of the registrant and other Adviser clients and vote proxies generally in accordance with the Procedures. The Committee is responsible for overseeing ISS’s proxy voting activities. If a proxy has been voted for the registrant, ISS will create a record of the vote. By no later than August 31 of each year, information (if any) regarding how the registrant voted proxies relating to portfolio securities during the most recently disclosed 12-month period ended June 30 is available without charge (i) through the registrant’s website at delawarefunds.com/proxy; and (ii) on the Securities and Exchange Commission’s website at sec.gov.

The Procedures contain a general guideline stating that recommendations of company management on an issue (particularly routine issues) should be given a fair amount of weight in determining how proxy issues should be voted. However, the Adviser will normally vote against management’s position when it runs counter to its specific Proxy Voting Guidelines (the “Guidelines”), and the Adviser will also vote against management’s recommendation when it believes that such position is not in the best interests of the registrant.

As stated above, the Procedures also list specific Guidelines on how to vote proxies on behalf of the registrant. Some examples of the Guidelines are as follows: (i) generally vote for shareholder proposals asking that a majority or more of directors be independent; (ii) generally vote against proposals to require a supermajority shareholder vote; (iii) votes on mergers and acquisitions should be considered on a case-by-case basis; (iv) generally vote against proposals at companies with more than one class of common stock to increase the number of authorized shares of the class that has superior voting rights; (v) generally vote re-incorporation proposals on a case-by-case basis; (vi) votes with respect to equity-based compensation plans are generally determined on a case-by-case basis; and (vii) generally vote for requests for reports on the feasibility of developing renewable energy resources unless the report is duplicative of existing disclosure or irrelevant to the company’s line of business.

Because the registrant has delegated proxy voting to the Adviser, the registrant is not expected to encounter any conflict of interest issues regarding proxy voting and therefore does not have procedures regarding this matter. However, the Adviser does have a section in its Procedures that addresses the possibility of conflicts of interest. Most proxies that the Adviser receives on behalf of the registrant are voted by ISS in accordance with the Procedures. Because almost all of the registrant proxies are voted by ISS pursuant to the predetermined Procedures, it normally will not be necessary for the Adviser to make an actual determination of how to vote a particular proxy, thereby largely eliminating conflicts of interest for the Adviser during the proxy voting process. In the very limited instances where the Adviser is considering voting a proxy contrary to ISS’s recommendation, the Committee will first assess the issue to see if there is any possible conflict of interest involving the Adviser or affiliated persons of the Adviser. If a member of the Committee has actual knowledge of a conflict of interest, the Committee will normally use another independent third party to do additional research on the particular proxy issue in order to make a recommendation to the Committee on how to vote the proxy in the best interests of the registrant. The Committee will then review the proxy voting materials and recommendation provided by ISS and the independent third party to determine how to vote the issue in a manner that the Committee believes is consistent with the Procedures and in the best interests of the registrant.


Item 8. Portfolio Managers of Closed-End Management Investment Companies

The information in the annual report under “Other Fund information – Fund management” is incorporated by reference into this Item 8.

Other Accounts Managed

The following chart lists certain information about types of other accounts for which each portfolio manager is primarily responsible as of March 31, 2019, unless otherwise noted. Any accounts managed in a personal capacity appear under “Other Accounts” along with the other accounts managed on a professional basis.

No. of Accounts with Total Assets in Accounts
No. of Total Assets Performance- with Performance-
Accounts Managed Based Fees Based Fees
Gregory A. Gizzi
Registered Investment 17 $5.4 billion 0 $0
Companies
Other Pooled 0 $0 million 0 $0
Investment Vehicles
Other Accounts 34 $3.3 billion 0 $0
Stephen J. Czepiel
Registered Investment 17 $5.4 billion 0 $0
Companies
Other Pooled 0 $0 0 $0
Investment Vehicles
Other Accounts 28 $3.3 billion 0 $0
Denise A. Franchetti
Registered Investment 3 $438.9 million 0 $0
Companies
Other Pooled 0 $0 0 $0
Investment Vehicles
Other Accounts 0 $0 0 $0
Jake van Roden
Registered Investment 15 $4.6 billion 0 $0
Companies
Other Pooled 0 $0 million 0 $0
Investment Vehicles
Other Accounts 8 $394.8 million 0 $0

DESCRIPTION OF MATERIAL CONFLICTS OF INTEREST

Individual portfolio managers may perform investment management services for other funds or accounts similar to those provided to the Funds and the investment action for such other fund or account and the Funds may differ. For example, an account or fund may be selling a security, while another account or fund may be purchasing or holding the same security. As a result, transactions executed for one fund or account may adversely affect the value of securities held by another fund, account or the Funds. Additionally, the management of multiple other funds or accounts and the Funds may give rise to potential conflicts of interest, as a portfolio manager must allocate time and effort to multiple other funds or accounts and the Funds. A portfolio manager may discover an investment opportunity that may be suitable for more than one account or fund. The investment opportunity may be limited, however, so that all funds or accounts for which the investment would be suitable may not be able to participate. The Adviser has adopted procedures designed to allocate investments fairly across multiple funds or accounts.


Some of the accounts managed by the portfolio managers have a performance-based fee. This compensation structure presents a potential conflict of interest. The portfolio manager has an incentive to manage this account so as to enhance its performance, to the possible detriment of other accounts for which the investment manager does not receive a performance-based fee.

A portfolio manager’s management of personal accounts also may present certain conflicts of interest. While Delaware’s code of ethics is designed to address these potential conflicts, there is no guarantee that it will do so.

Compensation Structure
Each portfolio’s manager’s compensation consists of the following:

Base Salary – Each named portfolio manager receives a fixed base salary. Salaries are determined by a comparison to industry data prepared by third parties to ensure that portfolio manager salaries are in line with salaries paid at peer investment advisory firms.

Bonus - An objective component is added to the bonus for each manager that is reflective of account performance relative to an appropriate peer group or database. The following paragraph describes the structure of the non-guaranteed bonus.

Each portfolio manager is eligible to receive an annual cash bonus, which is based on quantitative and qualitative factors. There is one pool for bonus payments for the fixed income department. The pool is allotted based on subjective factors and objective factors. The amount of the pool for bonus payments is determined by assets managed (including investment companies, insurance product-related accounts and other separate accounts), management fees and related expenses (including fund waiver expenses) for registered investment companies, pooled vehicles, and managed separate accounts. For investment companies, each manager is compensated according to the Fund’s Broadridge or Morningstar peer group percentile ranking on a 1-, 3-, and 5-year basis, with longer term performance more heavily weighted. For managed separate accounts the portfolio managers are compensated according to the composite percentile ranking against the eVestment Alliance database (or similar sources of relative performance data) on a one-, three-, and five-year basis, with longer term performance more heavily weighted; composite performance relative to the benchmark is also evaluated for the same time periods. Incentives reach maximum potential at the top 25th-30th percentile. The remaining portion of the bonus is discretionary as determined by Macquarie Investment Management and takes into account subjective factors.

For new and recently transitioned portfolio managers, the compensation may be weighted more heavily towards a portfolio manager’s actual contribution and ability to influence performance, rather than longer-term performance. Management intends to move the compensation structure towards longer-term performance for these portfolio managers over time.

Portfolio managers participate in retention programs, including the Macquarie Investment Management Notional Investment Plan and the Macquarie Group Employee Retained Equity Plan, for alignment of interest purposes.

Macquarie Investment Management Notional Investment Plan - A portion of a portfolio manager’s retained profit share may be notionally exposed to the return of certain funds within the MIM Funds pursuant to the terms of the Macquarie Investment Management Notional Investment Plan. The retained amount will vest in equal tranches over a period ranging from four to five years after the date of investment (depending on the level of the employee).


Macquarie Group Employee Retained Equity Plan - A portion of a portfolio manager’s retained profit share may be invested in the Macquarie Group Employee Retained Equity Plan (“MEREP”), which is used to deliver remuneration in the form of Macquarie equity. The main type of award currently being offered under the MEREP is units comprising a beneficial interest in a Macquarie share held in a trust for the employee, subject to the vesting and forfeiture provisions of the MEREP. Subject to vesting conditions, vesting and release of the shares occurs in a period ranging from four to five years after the date of investment (depending on the level of the employee).

Other Compensation - Portfolio managers may also participate in benefit plans and programs available generally to all employees.

Ownership of Securities

As of April 30, 2019, the portfolio managers did not own any shares of the Fund.

 

Item 9. Purchases of Equity Securities by Closed-End Management Investment Companies and Affiliated Purchasers

Not applicable.

Item 10. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

Not applicable.

Item 11. Controls and Procedures

The registrant’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer have evaluated the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures within 180 days of the filing of this report and have concluded that they are effective in providing reasonable assurance that the information required to be disclosed by the registrant in its reports or statements filed under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the rules and forms of the Securities and Exchange Commission.

There were no significant changes in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the semiannual period covered by the report to stockholders included herein that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

Item 12. Disclosure of Securities Lending Activities for Closed-End Management Investment Companies

Not applicable.


Item 13. Exhibits

(a) (1) Code of Ethics

Not applicable.

(2) Certifications of Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer pursuant to Rule 30a-2 under the Investment Company Act of 1940 are attached hereto as Exhibit 99.CERT.

(3) Written solicitations to purchase securities pursuant to Rule 23c-1 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

Not applicable.

(b) Certifications pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 are furnished herewith as Exhibit 99.906CERT.


SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf, by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

DELAWARE INVESTMENTS® NATIONAL MUNICIPAL INCOME FUND

SHAWN K. LYTLE
By: Shawn K. Lytle
Title: President and Chief Executive Officer
Date:  June 5, 2019

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

SHAWN K. LYTLE
By: Shawn K. Lytle
Title: President and Chief Executive Officer
Date:  June 5, 2019
 
RICHARD SALUS
By: Richard Salus
Title: Chief Financial Officer
Date: June 5, 2019