VOYAGEUR FUNDS INC
N-8A/A, 1999-11-23
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                       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. 811-5267

           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  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 Funds
                          (a Delaware business trust, as successor registrant
                          to Voyageur 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 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 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
                     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
                     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 Funds, proposes to
                     begin a public offering of its shares of
                     beneficial interest commencing after the closing of the
                     reorganization of Voyageur 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
                     23, 1999, before 9:00 a.m.  In this reorganization, the
                     Registrant will receive all of the assets and
                     liabilities of Voyageur 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 on the 22nd day of November,
1999.


                          VOYAGEUR 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 November 22, 1999, Voyageur Funds filed  Post-Effective  Amendment No. 26
    to the  registration  statement  on Form N-lA of  Voyageur  Funds,  Inc.  in
    connection with the  reorganization  of Voyageur  Funds,  Inc. into Voyageur
    Funds. By and in  Post-Effective  Amendment No. 26, which was filed pursuant
    to Rule 485(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "1933 Act")
    to become  effective on November 23, 1999,  Voyageur  Funds,  as  successor,
    adopted the registration  statement on Form N-1A of Voyageur Funds,  Inc. as
    its own registration statement pursuant to Rule 414 under the 1933 Act.



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