DELAWARE GROUP DIVIDEND & INCOME FUND INC
SC TO-I/A, EX-99.A6, 2000-07-11
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  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
  Contact:  Tom Gariepy
  215-255-1495


        DELAWARE GROUP DIVIDEND AND INCOME FUND, INC.
  ANNOUNCES RESULTS OF SELF-TENDER OFFER FOR 10% OF ITS SHARES

     PHILADELPHIA, July 11, 2000 - Delaware Group Dividend
  and Income Fund, Inc. (NYSE:  DDF) announced today the final
  results of its previously announced tender offer to purchase
  for cash up to 1,430,700 shares of its common stock, par
  value $0.01 per share, representing 10% of its issued and
  outstanding shares of common stock.  The tender offer
  commenced on Thursday, June 1, 2000 and expired at 5:00 p.m.,
  New York City time, on Thursday, June 29, 2000.

     Based on a count by ChaseMellon Shareholders Services,
  L.L.C., the depositary for the tender offer, approximately
  2,143,949 shares of common stock were tendered and 1,430,700
  shares have been accepted for purchase at a price equal to
  $12.17, the Fund s net asset value per share as of 4:00 p.m.,
  New York City time, on June 30, 2000.  Since the tender offer
  was oversubscribed, all tenders of shares are subject to
  proration (at a ratio of approximately 0.667%) in accordance
  with the terms of the tender offer.

     Following the purchase of shares tendered, Delaware
  Group Dividend and Income Fund, Inc. will have approximately
  12,876,300 shares of common stock outstanding.

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     Delaware Group Dividend and Income Fund, Inc., which
  commenced operations in March 1993, is a closed-end fund with
  a portfolio that typically consists of two-thirds income-
  generating equities, including common stocks and convertible
  securities, and one-third high-yield, high risk corporate
  bonds.  The Fund is a total return vehicle whose primary
  objective is to seek high current income.  Capital
  appreciation is a secondary objective.  Designed to pay
  monthly dividends, the Fund will normally maintain at least
  65% of its assets in income-generating equities, with a
  maximum of 35% of assets invested in non-convertible
  corporate bonds.

     Delaware Group Dividend and Income Fund, Inc. is advised
  by Delaware Management Company, a series of Delaware
  Management Business Trust.  As of June 30, 2000, Delaware
  Management Business Trust managed approximately $28 billion
  in mutual funds and institutional accounts.

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