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. 811-4977
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 Insured 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 Insured Funds
(a Delaware business trust, as successor registrant
to Voyageur Insured 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 Insured 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
Mitchell L. Conery, Vice President, Senior Portfolio
Manager
Patrick P. Coyne, Vice President, Senior Portfolio Manager
Elizabeth H. Howell, Vice President, Senior Portfolio
Manager
Andrew M. McCullagh, Jr., 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 Insured Funds, proposes to
begin a public offering of its shares of beneficial
interest commencing after the closing of the reorganization
of Voyageur Insured 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 Insured 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 INSURED 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 Insured Funds filed Post-Effective Amendment
No. 29 to the registration statement on Form N-lA of Voyageur Insured Funds,
Inc. in connection with the reorganization of Voyageur Insured Funds, Inc.
into Voyageur Insured Funds. By and in Post-Effective Amendment No. 29,
which was filed pursuant to Rule 485(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended (the "1933 Act"), Voyageur Insured Funds, as successor, adopted the
registration statement on Form N-1A of Voyageur Insured Funds, Inc. as its
own registration statement pursuant to Rule 414 under the 1933 Act.
