Delaware Investments Global Dividend and Income Fund, Inc. Announces Results of Special Shareholders' Meeting
04 Diciembre 2009 - 3:54PM
PR Newswire (US)
PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Delaware Investments
Global Dividend and Income Fund, Inc. (the "Fund") announced the
final results of voting at the Special Meeting of Shareholders held
on December 4, 2009, which was originally adjourned on November 12,
2009. The Fund's shareholders approved a new investment advisory
agreement between the Fund and Delaware Management Company ("DMC"),
a series of Delaware Management Business Trust, the current
investment adviser to the Fund (the "New Investment Advisory
Agreement"). In a press release on August 19, 2009, Lincoln
National Corporation announced that one of its subsidiaries signed
a stock purchase agreement to sell ownership of Delaware Management
Holdings, Inc. and its subsidiaries (also known by the marketing
name of Delaware Investments), including DMC, to Macquarie Group, a
global provider of banking, financial, advisory, investment and
funds management services. The transaction is expected to close on
or around December 31, 2009. The New Investment Advisory Agreement
will take effect if and when the sale of Delaware Investments is
completed. Delaware Investments Global Dividend and Income Fund,
Inc. Delaware Investments Global Dividend and Income Fund, Inc. is
a diversified, closed-end fund that trades under the symbol "DGF"
on the New York Stock Exchange. The Fund's primary investment
objective is to seek to provide high current income. Capital
appreciation is a secondary objective of the Fund. There is no
assurance that the Fund will achieve its investment objectives.
About Delaware Investments: Delaware Investments, an affiliate of
Lincoln Financial Group, is a Philadelphia-based diversified asset
management firm with more than $135 billion in assets under
management as of September 30, 2009. Through a broad range of
managed accounts and portfolios, mutual funds, retirement accounts,
sub-advised funds and other investment products, Delaware
Investments provides investment services to individual investors
and to institutional investors such as private and public pension
funds, foundations, and endowment funds. Delaware Investments is
the marketing name for Delaware Management Holdings, Inc. and its
subsidiaries. For more information on Delaware Investments, visit
the company at http://www.delawareinvestments.com/ or for
shareholder related questions, call 800 523-1918. Lincoln Financial
Group is the marketing name for Lincoln National Corporation
(NYSE:LNC) and its affiliates. For more information on Lincoln
Financial Group, visit http://www.lincolnfinancial.com/.
DATASOURCE: Delaware Investments CONTACT: Media Relations, Ayele
Ajavon, +1-215-255-1632, , or Laurel O'Brien, +1-484-583-1735, ,
both of Delaware Investments Web Site:
http://www.delawareinvestments.com/
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