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. 811-3910
The undersigned, 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 Voyageur Tax Free Funds, Inc.,
a Maryland corporation, 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: Voyageur Tax Free Funds
(a Delaware business trust, as successor registrant to
Voyageur Tax Free Funds, Inc., a Maryland corporation)
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: Voyageur Tax Free Funds
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 A. Downes, President, Chief Executive Officer, Chief
Operating Officer, Chief Financial Officer and Trustee
Walter P. Babich, Trustee
Anthony D. Knerr, Trustee
Ann R. Leven, Trustee
Thomas F. Madison, Trustee
Charles E. Peck, Trustee
Jan L. Yoemans, Trustee
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
Elizabeth H. Howell, Vice President, Senior Portfolio Manager
Andrew M. McCullagh, 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, Voyageur Tax Free Funds, proposes to
begin a public offering of its shares of beneficial interest
commencing after the closing of the reorganization of
Voyageur Tax Free Funds, Inc. (which is currently a
registered investment company engaged in a public offering
of its shares) into the Registrant, which is scheduled to
occur on November 1, 1999, before 9:00 a.m. In this
reorganization, the Registrant will receive all of the
assets and liabilities of Voyageur Tax Free Funds, Inc. 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 as of the 29th day of
October, 1999.
VOYAGEUR TAX FREE FUNDS
By /s/ Eric E. Miller
Eric E. Miller, Senior Vice President and
Secretary
Attest: /s/ Michael D. Mabry
Michael D. Mabry, Vice President
and Assistant Secretary
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1 On August 16, 1999, Voyageur Tax Free Funds filed Post-Effective
Amendment No. 33 to the registration statement on Form N-lA of Voyageur
Tax Free Funds, Inc. in connection with the reorganization of Voyageur
Tax Free Funds, Inc. into Voyageur Tax Free Funds. By and in
Post-Effective Amendment No. 33, which was filed pursuant to Rule 485(a)
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "1933 Act"), Voyageur
Tax Free Funds, as successor, adopted the registration statement on Form
N-1A of Voyageur Tax Free Funds, Inc. as its own registration statement
pursuant to Rule 414 under the 1933 Act.
