DELAWARE GROUP LIMITED-TERM GOVERNMENT FUNDS
Delaware Limited-Term Government Fund
Institutional Class
Supplement to the Prospectus dated April 30, 2001
The following replaces the information under the section entitled "What are the Fund's fees and expenses?" on page 3 of the Prospectus:
What are the Fund's fees and expenses?
You do not pay sales charges directly from your investments when you buy or sell shares of the Institutional Class.
Maximum sales charge (load) imposed on purchases as a percentage of offering price |
none |
Maximum contingent deferred sales charge (load) as a percentage of original purchase price or redemption price, whichever is lower |
none |
Maximum sales charge (load) imposed on reinvested dividends |
none |
Redemption fees |
none |
Exchange fees1 |
none |
Annual fund operating expenses are deducted from the Fund's assets.
Management fees |
0.50% |
Distribution and service (12b-1) fees |
none |
Other expenses |
0.48% |
Total operating expenses |
0.98% |
Fee waivers and payments2 |
(0.38%) |
Net expenses |
0.60% |
This example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Fund to the cost of investing in other mutual funds with similar investment objectives. We show the cumulative amount of Fund expenses on a hypothetical investment of $10,000 with an annual 5% return over the time shown.3 This is an example only, and does not represent future expenses, which may be greater or less than those shown here.
1 year |
$61 |
3 years |
$274 |
5 years |
$505 |
10 years |
$1,167 |
1 Exchanges are subject to the requirements of each fund in the Delaware Investments family. A front-end sales charge may apply if you exchange your shares into a fund that has a front-end sales charge.
2 Effective July 1, 2001, the investment manager has contracted to waive fees and pay expenses through December 31, 2002 in order to prevent total operating expenses (excluding taxes, interest, brokerage fees and extraordinary expenses) from exceeding 0.60% of average daily net assets.
3 The Fund's actual rate of return may be greater or less than the hypothetical 5% return we use here. This example reflects the net operating expenses with expense waivers for the one-year contractual period and the total operating expenses without expense waivers for years two through ten.
The date of this Supplement is October 26, 2001.