Definitive Materials Filed by Investment Companies. (497)
29 October 2013 - 5:00AM
Edgar (US Regulatory)
DELAWARE
GROUP
®
EQUITY FUNDS IV
Delaware Healthcare Fund (the
Fund)
Supplement to the Funds Class
A, Class C, Class R, and Institutional Class
Statutory Prospectus dated
January 28, 2013
The following replaces the
information in the section entitled, What are the Funds fees and expenses?.
What are the Funds fees and
expenses?
The following table describes the
fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold shares of the Fund. You
may qualify for sales-charge discounts if you and your family invest, or agree
to invest in the future, at least $50,000 in Delaware Investments
®
Funds. More information about these and other discounts is available from your
financial advisor, in the Fund's prospectus under the section entitled About
your account, and in the Fund's statement of additional information under the
section entitled Purchasing shares.
Shareholder fees (fees paid directly
from your investment)
Class
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A
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C
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R
|
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Inst.
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Maximum sales charge (load)
imposed on purchases
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as a percentage of offering
price
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5.75%
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none
|
|
none
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none
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Maximum
contingent deferred sales charge (load) as a
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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percentage of
original purchase price or redemption
|
|
|
|
|
|
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price, whichever
is lower
|
none
|
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1.00%
1
|
|
none
|
|
none
|
Annual fund operating expenses
(expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your
investment)
Class
|
A
|
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C
|
|
R
|
|
Inst.
|
Management fees
|
0.85%
|
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0.85%
|
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0.85%
|
|
0.85%
|
Distribution and
service (12b-1) fees
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0.25%
|
|
1.00%
|
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0.50%
|
|
none
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Other expenses
|
0.48%
|
|
0.48%
|
|
0.48%
|
|
0.48%
|
Total annual
fund operating expenses
|
1.58%
2
|
|
2.33%
2
|
|
1.83%
2
|
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1.33%
2
|
1
|
If you redeem
Class C shares during the first year after you buy them, you will pay a
contingent deferred sales charge (CDSC) of 1.00%.
|
|
2
|
The Fund's
investment manager, Delaware Management Company (Manager), has
contractually agreed to waive all or a portion of its investment advisory
fees and/or pay/reimburse expenses (excluding any 12b-1 plan, taxes,
interest, inverse floater program expenses, short sale and dividend
interest expenses, brokerage fees, certain insurance costs, acquired fees
and expenses, and nonroutine expenses or costs, including, but not limited
to, those relating to reorganizations, litigation, conducting shareholder
meetings, and liquidations) in order to prevent annual fund operating
expenses from exceeding 1.35% of the Fund's average daily net assets from
January 28, 2013 through January 28, 2014. These waivers and
reimbursements may only be terminated by agreement of the Manager and the
Fund's distributor, Delaware Distributors, L.P. (Distributor), as
applicable, and the Fund.
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Example
This example is intended to help you
compare the cost of investing in the Fund with the cost of investing in other
mutual funds. The example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the
time periods indicated and then redeem all of your shares at the end of those
periods. The example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year
and reflects the applicable waivers and reimbursements for the 1-year
contractual period and the total operating expenses without waivers for years 2
through 10. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these
assumptions your costs would be:
|
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(if
not
|
|
|
|
|
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|
|
|
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redeemed)
|
|
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Class
|
A
|
|
C
|
|
C
|
|
R
|
|
Inst.
|
1 year
|
$726
|
|
$236
|
|
$336
|
|
$186
|
|
$135
|
3
years
|
$1,045
|
|
$727
|
|
$727
|
|
$576
|
|
$421
|
5 years
|
$1,386
|
|
$1,245
|
|
$1,245
|
|
$990
|
|
$729
|
10
years
|
$2,345
|
|
$2,666
|
|
$2,666
|
|
$2,148
|
|
$1,601
|
The following replaces the fourth
bullet in the section entitled, About your account Choosing a share class
Class A.
Class A shares are also subject to an
annual 12b-1 fee no greater than 0.25% of average daily net assets. See Dealer
compensation below for further information.
The following replaces the second
bullet in the section entitled, About your account Choosing a share class
Class R.
Class R shares are subject to an
annual 12b-1 fee no greater than 0.50% of average daily net assets.
The following replaces the
information in the section entitled, About your account Dealer compensation.
Dealer compensation
The financial advisor that sells you
shares of the Fund may be eligible to receive the following amounts as
compensation for your investment in the Fund. These amounts are paid by the
Distributor to the securities dealer with whom your financial advisor is
associated. Institutional Class shares do not have a 12b-1 fee or sales charge
so they are not included in the chart below.
|
Class A
1
|
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Class C
2
|
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Class R
3
|
Commission
(%)
|
|
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1.00%
|
|
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Investment less than
$50,000
|
5.00%
|
|
|
|
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$50,000 but less
than $100,000
|
4.00%
|
|
|
|
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$100,000 but less than
$250,000
|
3.00%
|
|
|
|
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$250,000 but
less than $500,000
|
2.00%
|
|
|
|
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$500,000 but less than $1
million
|
1.60%
|
|
|
|
|
$1 million but
less than $5 million
|
1.00%
|
|
|
|
|
$5 million but less than $25
million
|
0.50%
|
|
|
|
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$25 million or
more
|
0.25%
|
|
|
|
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12b-1 fee to dealer
|
0.25%
|
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1.00%
|
|
0.50%
|
1
|
On sales of Class A shares, the
Distributor reallows to your securities dealer a portion of the front-end
sales charge depending upon the amount you invested. Your securities
dealer may be eligible to receive a 12b-1 fee of up to 0.25% from the date
of purchase.
|
|
2
|
On sales of Class C shares, the
Distributor may pay your securities dealer an up-front commission of 1.00%. The up-front commission includes an advance of the first year's 12b-1
service fee of up to 0.25%. During the first 12 months, the Distributor
retains the full 1.00% 12b-1 fee to partially offset the up-front
commission and the prepaid 0.25% service fee advanced at the time of
purchase. Starting in the 13th month, your securities dealer may be
eligible to receive the full 1.00% 12b-1 fee applicable to Class C.
Alternatively, certain intermediaries may not be eligible to receive the
up-front commission of 1.00%, but may receive the 12b-1 fee for Class C
shares from the date of purchase.
|
|
|
3
|
On sales of Class R shares, the
Distributor does not pay your securities dealer an up-front commission.
Your securities dealer may be eligible to receive a 12b-1 fee of up to
0.50% from the date of purchase.
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Investments in the Fund are not
and will not be deposits with or liabilities of Macquarie Bank Limited ABN 46
008 583 542 and its holding companies, including their subsidiaries or related
companies (the Macquarie Group), and are subject to investment risk, including
possible delays in repayment and loss of income and capital invested. No
Macquarie Group company guarantees or will guarantee the performance of the
Fund, the repayment of capital from the Fund, or any particular rate of return.
Please keep this Supplement
for future reference.
This Supplement is dated October
28, 2013.
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