-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, FO9fGoTKkImHXxdXJh6XwvR4HOtEo/a3YvHTdQiifUKnfhxTSK0Uwz65Niam73Cr EHr0+oOk2Z/s4T7+vyi2xA== 0001308012-05-000029.txt : 20050611 0001308012-05-000029.hdr.sgml : 20050611 20050602162847 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001308012-05-000029 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 425 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 20050602 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20050602 SUBJECT COMPANY: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: LINCOLN NATIONAL CONVERTIBLE SECURITIES FUND INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000793158 IRS NUMBER: 363446957 STATE OF INCORPORATION: MD FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 425 SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 811-04659 FILM NUMBER: 05874432 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1300 S CLINTON ST CITY: FORT WAYNE STATE: IN ZIP: 46802 BUSINESS PHONE: 2194552210 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 200 E BERRY STREET CITY: FORT WAYNE STATE: IN ZIP: 46802 FILED BY: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: DELAWARE GROUP EQUITY FUNDS V INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000809821 IRS NUMBER: 000000000 FISCAL YEAR END: 1130 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 425 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: ONE COMMERCE SQ STREET 2: 2005 MARKET ST CITY: PHILADELPHIA STATE: PA ZIP: 19103 BUSINESS PHONE: 2152552127 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: ONE COMMERCE SQ STREET 2: 2005 MARKET ST CITY: PHILADELPHIA STATE: PA ZIP: 19103 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: DELAWARE GROUP VALUE FUND INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19920703 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: DELAWARE GROUP INSIGHT FUND INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19870621 425 1 dgefv425060205.htm LNCSF- 425 filed 6/2/05 


                                         Filing by Delaware Group Equity Funds V
                                                  Pursuant to Rule 425 under the
                                                          Securities Act of 1933

                                               Subject Company: Lincoln National
                                               Convertible Securities Fund, Inc.
                                                   Commission File No. 811-04659


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                  Lincoln National Convertible Securities Fund
                          Adjourns Shareholder Meeting


PHILADELPHIA,  June 2, 2005--Lincoln  National Convertible Securities Fund, Inc.
(NYSE:LNV)  today  announced  that  it has  adjourned  its  Special  Meeting  of
Shareholders  (the "Meeting")  until  Thursday,  June 16, 2005 at 11:00 a.m. The
reconvened  Meeting  will be held at the  offices of Delaware  Investments,  Two
Commerce Square, 2001 Market Street, 2nd Floor Auditorium, Philadelphia, PA. The
Meeting was adjourned to give the Fund  additional time to solicit  proxies.  At
the Meeting,  the Fund's  shareholders will vote on a proposal to reorganize the
Fund into Delaware  Dividend Income Fund ("Dividend  Income Fund"),  an open-end
series of Delaware Group Equity Funds V, which would entail (i) the  acquisition
of all of the assets of the Fund by Dividend Income Fund in exchange for Class A
shares of Dividend Income Fund; (ii) the pro rata distribution of such shares to
the Fund's  shareholders in exchange for their shares of the Fund; and (iii) the
subsequent  liquidation and dissolution of the Fund. If approved by shareholders
of the Fund at the  reconvened  Meeting on June 16,  2005,  the  transaction  is
expected to close on Friday, June 24, 2005.

The Fund is a closed-end,  diversified  investment management company managed by
Delaware Management Company. Delaware Management Company is a series of Delaware
Management  Business  Trust,  a wholly  owned  subsidiary  of  Lincoln  National
Corporation.  The Fund's  primary  objective is to provide a high level of total
return through a combination of capital  appreciation and current income.  As of
June 1, 2005, the Fund had total assets of approximately $84.1 million.
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