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. 811-4304
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 Delaware Group Government
Fund, 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: Delaware Group Government Fund
(a Delaware business trust, as successor registrant to
Delaware Group Government Fund, 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: Delaware Group Government Fund
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 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
John H. Durham, 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
Paul Grillo, 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 Government Fund, proposes to
begin a public offering of its shares of beneficial
interest commencing after the closing of the reorganization
of Delaware Group Government Fund, 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 September 29, 1999, before 9:00 a.m.
In this reorganization, the Registrant will receive all of
the assets and liabilities of Delaware Group Government
Fund, 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 28th day of
September, 1999.
DELAWARE GROUP GOVERNMENT FUND
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 July 29, 1999, Delaware Group Government Fund filed Post-Effective
Amendment No. 21 to the registration statement on Form N-lA of Delaware
Group Government Fund, Inc. in connection with the reorganization of
Delaware Group Government Fund, Inc. into Delaware Group Government Fund.
By and in Post-Effective Amendment No. 21, which was filed pursuant to
Rule 485(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "1933
Act"), Delaware Group Government Fund, as successor, adopted the
registration statement on Form N-1A of Delaware Group Government Fund,
Inc. as its own registration statement pursuant to Rule 414 under the
1933 Act.
