SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM N-8A
ADOPTION OF AND AMENDMENT TO
NOTIFICATION OF REGISTRATION
FILED PURSUANT TO SECTION 8(a) OF THE
INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940
Investment Company Act File No. 811-2715
The undersigned investment company, a Delaware business trust, hereby
notifies the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") that the
Trust hereby adopts the Notification of Registration of Delaware Group State
Tax-Free Income Trust, a Pennsylvania common law trust, under and pursuant to
the provisions of Section 8(a) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as
amended, and in connection with such notification of registration submits the
following information:
Name of Registrant: Delaware Group State Tax-Free Income
Trust
(a Delaware business trust, as successor registrant to
Delaware Group State Tax-Free Income Trust, a Pennsylvania
common law trust)
Address of Principal Business Office (No. & Street, City, State,
Zip Code):
1818 Market Street
Philadelphia, PA 19103
Telephone Number (including area code): (215) 255-1255
Name and address of agent for service of process:
Eric E. Miller, Esq.
1818 Market Street
Philadelphia, PA 19103
Check Appropriate Box:
Registrant is filing an Amendment to its Registration
Statement pursuant to Section 8(b) of the Investment
Company Act of 1940, as amended, concurrently with the
filing of
Form N-8A:
YES [ ] NO [X] 1
Item 1. Exact name of Registrant: Delaware Group
State Tax-Free Income Trust
Item 2. State and Date of Organization: Delaware;
December 17, 1998
Item 3. Form of Organization: business trust
Item 4. Classification of Registrant: management
company
Item 5(a). Registrant is an open-end company.
Item 5(b). Registrant is a non-diversified investment
company.
Item 6. Name and address of Investment Adviser of
Registrant:
Delaware Management Company
a series of Delaware Management Business Trust
2005 Market Street
One Commerce Square
Philadelphia, PA 19103
Item 7. Trustees and Officers of the Registrant:
Wayne A. Stork, Chairman and Trustee
David K. Downes, President, Chief Executive
Officer, Chief Financial Officer and
Trustee
Walter P. Babich, Trustee
John H. Durham, Trustee
Anthony D. Knerr, Trustee
Ann R. Leven, Trustee
Thomas F. Madison, Trustee
Charles E. Peck, Trustee
Janet L. Yeomans, Trustee
Richard G. Unruh, Jr., Executive Vice
President and
Chief Investment Officer, Equities
H. Thomas McMeekin, Executive Vice President
and Chief Investment Officer, Fixed Income
Richard J. Flannery, Esq., Executive Vice
President and General Counsel
Eric E. Miller, Esq., Senior Vice President,
Deputy General Counsel, Secretary
Joseph H. Hastings, Senior Vice President,
Corporate Controller
Michael P. Bishof, Senior Vice President,
Treasurer
Patrick P. Coyne, Vice President, Senior
Portfolio Manager
Mitchell L. Conery, Vice President, Senior
Portfolio Manager
The address for each of the trustees and officers of the
Registrant:
1818 Market Street
Philadelphia, PA 19103
Item 8. Not Applicable.
Item 9(a). No.
Item 9(b). Not Applicable.
Item 9(c). Yes. The Registrant, Delaware Group State
Tax-Free Income Trust, proposes to begin a
public offering of its shares of beneficial
interest commencing after the closing of the
reorganization of Delaware Group State
Tax-Free Income Trust (which is currently a
registered investment company engaged in a
public offering of its shares) into the
Registrant, which is scheduled to occur on
May 1, 2000, before 9:00 a.m. In this
reorganization, the Registrant will receive
all of the assets and liabilities of Delaware
Group State Tax-Free Income Trust in exchange
for shares of the Registrant.
Item 9(d). No.
Item 9(e). Not Applicable.
Item 10. Current value of Registrant's total assets:
None
Item 11. No.
Item 12. None.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Investment Company Act of 1940,
as amended, the Registrant has caused this Adoption of and Amendment to
Notification of Registration to be duly signed on its behalf in the City of
Philadelphia, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania on the 28th day of April,
2000.
DELAWARE GROUP STATE TAX-FREE INCOME
TRUST
By /S/ MICHAEL D. MABRY
Michael D. Mabry, Vice President and
Assistant Secretary
Attest: /S/ MICHAEL T. PELLEGRINO
Michael T. Pellegrino, Assistant Vice
President, Assistant Secretary, Senior Counsel
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1 On February 29, 2000, the Registrant filed Post-Effective Amendment No. 44
to the registration statement on Form N-lA of Delaware Group State Tax-Free
Income Trust in connection with the reorganization of Delaware Group State
Tax-Free Income Trust into Delaware Group State Tax-Free Income Trust, a
Delaware business trust. By and in Post-Effective Amendment No. 44, which
was filed pursuant to Rule 485(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended (the "1933 Act") to become effective on April 29, 2000, the
Registrant, as successor, adopted the registration statement on Form N-1A of
Delaware Group State Tax-Free Income Trust as its own registration statement
pursuant to Rule 414 under the 1933 Act.
