AS FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION ON JUNE 3, 2005
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
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SCHEDULE TO
ISSUER TENDER OFFER STATEMENT
UNDER SECTION 13(e)(1) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
DELAWARE INVESTMENTS GLOBAL DIVIDEND AND INCOME FUND, INC.
(Name of Subject Company)
DELAWARE INVESTMENTS GLOBAL DIVIDEND AND INCOME FUND, INC.
(Name of Filing Person (Issuer))
SHARES OF COMMON STOCK, PAR VALUE $0.01 PER SHARE
(Title of Class of Securities)
245916101
(CUSIP Number of Class of Securities)
Richelle S. Maestro, Esq., Secretary
Delaware Investments Global Dividend and Income Fund, Inc.
2005 Market Street
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103
215-255-1371
(Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person Authorized to Receive
Notices and Communications on Behalf of Filing Person)
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CALCULATION OF FILING FEE
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TRANSACTION VALUATION $7,978,778 (a) AMOUNT OF FILING FEE: $1,596 (b)
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(a) Pursuant to Rule 0-11(b)(1) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended, the transaction value was calculated by multiplying 598,558 shares of
Common Stock of Delaware Investments Global Dividend and Income Fund, Inc. by
$13.33, the Net Asset Value per share as of 4:00 p.m. May 27, 2005.
(b) Calculated as 1/50 of 1% of the Transaction Valuation.
/ / Check box if any part of the fee is offset as provided by Rule 0-11(a)(2)
and identify the filing with which the offsetting fee was previously paid.
Identify the previous filing by registration statement number, or the Form or
Schedule and the date of its filing.
Amount Previously Paid: ____________________________________________________
Form or Registration No.: ___________________________________________________
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Filing Party: ______________________________________________________________
Date Filed: ________________________________________________________________
/ / Check the box if the filing relates solely to preliminary communications
made before the commencement of a tender offer.
Check the appropriate boxes below to designate any transactions to which the
statement relates:
/ / third-party tender offer subject to Rule 14d-1.
/X/ issuer tender offer subject to Rule 13e-4.
/ / going-private transaction subject to Rule 13e-3.
/ / amendment to Schedule 13D under Rule 13d-2.
Check the following box if the filing is a final amendment reporting the results
of the tender offer: / /
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EXPLANATORY NOTE
Copies of the Offer to Purchase, dated June 3, 2005, and the Letter of
Transmittal, among other documents, have been filed by Delaware Investments
Global Dividend and Income Fund, Inc., as Exhibits to this Schedule TO, Tender
Offer Statement (the "Schedule"), pursuant to Section 13(e)(1) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"). Unless otherwise
indicated, all material incorporated herein by reference in response to items or
sub-items of this Schedule is incorporated by reference from the corresponding
caption in the Offer to Purchase, including the information provided under those
captions.
ITEM 1. SUMMARY TERM SHEET.
Reference is hereby made to the Summary Term Sheet of the Offer to
Purchase, which is attached as Exhibit (a)(1)(i) and is incorporated herein by
reference.
ITEM 2. SUBJECT COMPANY INFORMATION.
(a) The name of the issuer is Delaware Investments Global Dividend and
Income Fund, Inc., a diversified, closed-end management investment company
organized as a Maryland corporation (the "Fund"). The principal executive
offices of the Fund are located at 2005 Market Street, Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania 19103. The telephone number is 1-800-523-1918.
(b) The title of the subject class of equity securities described in
the offer is shares of Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share (the "Shares").
As of May 27, 2005 there were 5,985,582 Shares issued and outstanding.
(c) The principal market in which the Shares are traded is the New York
Stock Exchange. For information on the quarterly high, low and closing (as of
4:00 p.m. on the last day of each of the Fund's fiscal quarters) net asset
values and market prices of the Shares in such principal market for each fiscal
quarter during the past two fiscal years (as well as the first fiscal quarter of
2005), see Section 8, "Price Range of Shares" of the Offer to Purchase, which is
incorporated herein by reference.
ITEM 3. IDENTITY AND BACKGROUND OF FILING PERSON.
(a) The name of the filing person is Delaware Investments Global
Dividend and Income Fund, Inc. (previously defined as the "Fund"), a
diversified, closed-end management investment company registered under the
Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the "1940 Act") and organized as a
Maryland corporation. The principal executive offices of the Fund are located at
2005 Market Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103. The telephone number is
1-800-523-1918. The filing person is the subject company. The members of the
Board of Directors of the Fund are as follows: Jude T. Driscoll (Chairman),
Thomas L. Bennett, John A. Fry, Anthony D. Knerr, Lucinda S. Landreth, Ann R.
Leven, Thomas F. Madison, Janet L. Yeomans and J. Richard Zechler. Mr. Driscoll
is considered an "interested person" of the Fund, as that term is defined in the
1940 Act, because of his affiliation with the investment adviser of the Fund.
The executive officers of the Fund are as follows: Jude T. Driscoll,
President and Chief Executive Officer; Richelle S. Maestro, Executive Vice
President, Chief Legal Officer and Secretary; Michael P. Bishof, Senior Vice
President and Chief Financial Officer; and John J. O'Connor, Senior Vice
President and Treasurer.
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Correspondence to the Directors and executive officers of the Fund
should be mailed to c/o Delaware Investments Global Dividend and Income Fund,
Inc., 2005 Market Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103.
ITEM 4. TERMS OF THE TRANSACTION.
(a) The Fund's Board of Directors has determined to commence an offer
to purchase up to 10%, or 598,558 Shares, of the Fund's issued and outstanding
Common Stock. The offer is for cash at a price equal to the Fund's net asset
value ("NAV") as of 4:00 p.m., New York City time, on July 1, 2005, or such
later date after which the offer is extended, upon the terms and subject to the
conditions set forth in the enclosed Offer to Purchase and the related Letter of
Transmittal (which together constitute the "Offer").
A copy of the Offer to Purchase and the Letter of Transmittal is
attached hereto as Exhibit (a)(1)(i) and Exhibit (a)(1)(ii), respectively, each
of which is incorporated herein by reference. For more information on the type
and amount of consideration offered to shareholders, the scheduled expiration
date, extending the Offer and the Fund's intentions in the event of
oversubscription, see Section 1, "Price; Number of Shares; Service Fee" and
Section 15, "Extension of Tender Period; Termination; Amendments" of the Offer
to Purchase. For information on the dates relating to the withdrawal of tendered
Shares, the procedures for tendering Shares and withdrawing Shares tendered, and
the manner in which Shares will be accepted for payment, see Section 2,
"Procedures for Tendering Shares," Section 3, "Withdrawal Rights" and Section 4,
"Payment for Shares" in the Offer to Purchase. For information on the federal
income tax consequences of the Offer, see Section 2, "Procedures for Tendering
Shares," Section 10, "Certain Effects of the Offer" and Section 14, "Certain
Federal Income Tax Consequences" in the Offer to Purchase.
The information requested by Item 1004(a)(1)(ix) of Regulation M-A with
respect to accepting securities on a pro rata basis is not applicable, as is the
information requested in (x) and (xi).
(b) The Fund has been informed that no Directors, officers or
affiliates (as the term "affiliate" is defined in Rule 12b-2 under the Exchange
Act) of the Fund intend to tender Shares pursuant to the Offer to Purchase and,
therefore, the Fund does not intend to purchase Shares from any officer,
Director or affiliate of the Fund pursuant to the Offer to Purchase.
ITEM 5. PAST CONTACTS, TRANSACTIONS, NEGOTIATIONS AND AGREEMENTS.
(e) Reference is hereby made to Section 7, "Plans or Proposals of the
Fund," Section 9, "Interest of Directors and Executive Officers; Transactions
and Arrangements Concerning the Shares" and Section 16, "Fees and Expenses" of
the Offer to Purchase, which is incorporated herein by reference. Except as set
forth therein, the Fund does not know of any agreement, arrangement or
understanding, whether or not legally enforceable, between the Fund (including
any of the Fund's executive officers or Directors, any person controlling the
Fund or any officer or director of any corporation or other person ultimately in
control of the Fund) and any other person with respect to any securities of the
Fund. The foregoing includes, but is not limited to: the transfer or the voting
of securities, joint ventures, loan or option arrangements, puts or calls,
guarantees of loans, guarantees against loss, or the giving or withholding of
proxies, consents or authorizations.
ITEM 6. PURPOSE OF THE TRANSACTION AND PLANS OR PROPOSALS.
(a)-(c) Reference is hereby made to Section 6, "Purpose of the Offer,"
Section 7, "Plans or Proposals of the Fund," Section 10, "Certain Effects of the
Offer" and Section 11, "Source and Amount of Funds" of the Offer to Purchase,
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which is incorporated herein by reference. Except as noted herein and therein,
the events listed in Item 1006(c) of Regulation M-A are not applicable to the
Fund (including any of the Fund's executive officers or Directors, any person
controlling the Fund or any officer or director of any corporation or other
person ultimately in control of the Fund).
ITEM 7. SOURCE AND AMOUNT OF FUNDS OR OTHER CONSIDERATION.
(a)-(b) Reference is hereby made to Section 11, "Source and Amount of
Funds" of the Offer to Purchase, which is incorporated herein by reference.
(d) Not applicable.
The information requested by Item 1007(a), (b) and (d) of Regulation
M-A is not applicable to the Fund's executive officers and directors, any person
controlling the Fund or any executive officer or director of a corporation or
other person ultimately in control of the Fund.
ITEM 8. INTEREST IN SECURITIES OF THE SUBJECT COMPANY.
(a)-(b) Reference is hereby made to Section 9, "Interest of Directors
and Executive Officers; Transactions and Arrangements Concerning the Shares" of
the Offer to Purchase, which is incorporated herein by reference. There have not
been any transactions in the Shares of the Fund that were effected during the
past 60 days by the Fund. In addition, based upon the Fund's records and upon
information provided to the Fund by its Directors, executive officers and
affiliates (as such term is used in Rule 12b-2 under the Exchange Act), to the
best of the Fund's knowledge, there have not been any transactions involving the
Shares of the Fund that were effected during the past 60 days by any executive
officer or Director of the Fund, any person controlling the Fund, any executive
officer or director of any corporation or other person ultimately in control of
the Fund or by any associate or subsidiary of any of the foregoing, including
any executive officer or director of any such subsidiary.
ITEM 9. PERSONS/ASSETS RETAINED, EMPLOYED, COMPENSATED OR USED.
(a) No persons have been employed, retained or are to be compensated by
or on behalf of the Fund to make solicitations or recommendations in connection
with the Offer.
ITEM 10. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.
Not applicable.
ITEM 11. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.
(a)(1) Reference is hereby made to Section 9, "Interest of Directors
and Executive Officers; Transactions and Arrangements Concerning the Shares" of
the Offer to Purchase, which is incorporated herein by reference.
(a)(2)-(5) Not applicable.
(b) Reference is hereby made to the Offer to Purchase, which is
incorporated herein by reference.
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ITEM 12. EXHIBITS.
(a)(1)(i) Letter to Shareholders from the President of the Fund and Offer to
Purchase.
(a)(1)(ii) Letter of Transmittal.
(a)(1)(iii) Letter to Brokers, Dealers, Commercial Banks, Trust Companies and
Other Nominees.
(a)(1)(iv) Letter to Clients and Client Instruction Form.
(a)(1)(v) Notice of Guaranteed Delivery.
(a)(1)(vi) Guidelines for Certification of Taxpayer Identification Number on
Substitute Form W-9.
(a)(2) Not applicable.
(a)(3) Not applicable.
(a)(4) Not applicable.
(a)(5) Press Release dated May 20, 2005.*
(b) Not applicable.
(d)(1) Form of Depositary and Information Agent Agreement between the Fund
and Mellon Investor Services LLC.
(d)(2) Investment Management Agreement with Delaware Management Company
dated January 1, 1999.
(d)(3) Transfer Agent Agreement with Mellon Investor Services LLC dated
December 8, 2000.
(d)(4) Fund Administration and Accounting Agreement with Delaware Service
Company, Inc. dated July 1, 1998.**
(d)(4)(i) Amendment dated May 19, 2005 to the Fund Administration and
Accounting Agreement with Delaware Service Company, Inc. dated July
1, 1998.
(d)(5) Global Custodian Agreement between the Fund and The Chase Manhattan
Bank, N.A., dated May 1, 1996.***
(d)(5)(i) Amendment dated November 20, 1997 to the Global Custodian Agreement
between the Fund and The Chase Manhattan Bank, N.A., dated May 1,
1996.***
(d)(5)(ii) Amendment dated August 24, 1998 to the Global Custodian Agreement
between the Fund and The Chase Manhattan Bank, N.A., dated May 1,
1996.***
(d)(5)(iii) Amendment dated July 1, 2001 to the Global Custodian Agreement
between the Fund and The Chase Manhattan Bank, N.A., dated May 1,
1996.
(d)(5)(iv) Amendment dated July 17, 2003 to the Global Custodian Agreement
between the Fund and The Chase Manhattan Bank, N.A., dated May 1,
1996.
(g) Not applicable.
(h) Not applicable.
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* Previously filed on Schedule TO via EDGAR on May 20, 2005.
** Incorporated by reference to Exhibit (d)(6) of the Fund's (file
number 811-8246) Issuer Tender Offer Statement on Schedule TO, filed
with the SEC on June 1, 2000.
*** Incorporated by reference to Exhibit (d)(7) of the Fund's (file
number 811-8246) Issuer Tender Offer Statement on Schedule TO, filed
with the SEC on June 1, 2000.
SIGNATURE
After due inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I certify
that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct.
DELAWARE INVESTMENTS GLOBAL DIVIDEND AND
INCOME FUND, INC.
/s/ Jude T. Driscoll
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Jude T. Driscoll
Chairman, Director, President and Chief
Executive Officer
June 3, 2005
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EXHIBIT INDEX
EXHIBIT DESCRIPTION PAGE
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(a)(1)(i) Letter to Shareholders from the President of the Fund and Offer
to Purchase.
(a)(1)(ii) Letter of Transmittal.
(a)(1)(iii) Letter to Brokers, Dealers, Commercial Banks, Trust Companies
and Other Nominees.
(a)(1)(iv) Letter to Clients and Client Instruction Form.
(a)(1)(v) Notice of Guaranteed Delivery.
(a)(1)(vi) Guidelines for Certification of Taxpayer Identification Number
on Substitute Form W-9.
(a)(2) Not applicable.
(a)(3) Not applicable.
(a)(4) Not applicable.
(a)(5) Press Release dated May 20, 2005.*
(b) Not applicable.
(d)(1) Form of Depositary and Information Agent Agreement between the
Fund and Mellon Investor Services LLC.
(d)(2) Investment Management Agreement with Delaware Management
Company dated January 1, 1999.
(d)(3) Transfer Agent Agreement with Mellon Investor Services LLC
dated December 8, 2000.
(d)(4) Fund Administration and Accounting Agreement with Delaware
Service Company, Inc. dated July 1, 1998.**
(d)(4)(i) Amendment dated May 19, 2005 to the Fund Administration and
Accounting Agreement with Delaware Service Company, Inc. dated
July 1, 1998.
(d)(5) Global Custodian Agreement between the Fund and The Chase
Manhattan Bank, N.A., dated May 1, 1996.***
(d)(5)(i) Amendment dated November 20, 1997 to the Global Custodian
Agreement between the Fund and The Chase Manhattan Bank, N.A.,
dated May 1, 1996.***
(d)(5)(ii) Amendment dated August 24, 1998 to the Global Custodian
Agreement between the Fund and The Chase Manhattan Bank, N.A.,
dated May 1, 1996.***
(d)(5)(iii) Amendment dated July 1, 2001 to the Global Custodian Agreement
between the Fund and The Chase Manhattan Bank, N.A., dated May
1, 1996.
(d)(5)(iv) Amendment dated July 17, 2003 to the Global Custodian Agreement
between the Fund and The Chase Manhattan Bank, N.A., dated May
1, 1996.
(g) Not applicable.
(h) Not applicable.
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* Previously filed on Schedule TO via EDGAR on May 20, 2005.
** Incorporated by reference to Exhibit (d)(6) of the Fund's (file
number 811-8246) Issuer Tender Offer Statement on Schedule TO, filed
with the SEC on June 1, 2000.
*** Incorporated by reference to Exhibit (d)(7) of the Fund's (file
number 811-8246) Issuer Tender Offer Statement on Schedule TO, filed
with the SEC on June 1, 2000.
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