UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 20549
FORM N-Q
QUARTERLY SCHEDULE OF PORTFOLIO
HOLDINGS OF REGISTERED
MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANY
Investment Company Act file number: | 811-07810 |
Exact name of registrant as specified in charter: | Delaware Investments Colorado |
Municipal Income Fund, Inc. | |
Address of principal executive offices: | 2005 Market Street |
Philadelphia, PA 19103 | |
Name and address of agent for service: | David F. Connor, Esq. |
2005 Market Street | |
Philadelphia, PA 19103 | |
Registrants telephone number, including area code: | (800) 523-1918 |
Date of fiscal year end: | March 31 |
Date of reporting period: | June 30, 2008 |
Item 1. Schedule of Investments.
Schedule of Investments (Unaudited)
Delaware Investments Colorado Municipal Income Fund, Inc.
June 30, 2008
Principal | |||
Amount | Value | ||
Municipal Bonds 156.12% | |||
Education Revenue Bonds 29.01% | |||
Boulder County Development Revenue (University Corporation for Atmospheric Research) | |||
5.00% 9/1/26 (MBIA) | $4,500,000 | $4,545,630 | |
Colorado Educational & Cultural Facilities Authority Revenue | |||
(Bromley Charter School Project) Refunding 5.25% 9/15/32 (XLCA) | 1,000,000 | 1,001,110 | |
(Johnson & Wales University Project) Series A 5.00% 4/1/28 (XLCA) | 3,000,000 | 2,848,110 | |
(Littleton Charter School Project) Refunding 4.375% 1/15/36 (CIFG) | 1,200,000 | 1,049,544 | |
(University of Northern Colorado) Series A 5.00% 7/1/31 (MBIA) | 2,500,000 | 2,483,100 | |
Colorado State Board of Governors (Colorado University) Series B 5.00% 3/1/35 (AMBAC) | 1,800,000 | 1,763,514 | |
University of Colorado Enterprise System Revenue Series A 5.00% 6/1/30 (AMBAC) | 2,000,000 | 2,022,080 | |
University of Northern Colorado Revenue Refunding 5.00% 6/1/35 (FSA) | 4,000,000 | 4,037,080 | |
19,750,168 | |||
Electric Revenue Bonds 2.35% | |||
Arkansas River Power Authority Revenue Improvement 5.25% 10/1/32 (XLCA) | 1,000,000 | 908,260 | |
Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority Series W 5.00% 7/1/28 | 710,000 | 695,062 | |
1,603,322 | |||
Health Care Revenue Bonds 5.10% | |||
Colorado Health Facilities Authority Revenue | |||
(North Colorado Medical Center) Refunding 5.95% 5/15/12 (MBIA) | 880,000 | 896,614 | |
(Porter Place) Series A 6.00% 1/20/36 (GNMA) | 2,515,000 | 2,574,631 | |
3,471,245 | |||
Lease Revenue Bonds 5.62% | |||
Glendale Certificates of Participation 5.00% 12/1/25 (XLCA) | 1,500,000 | 1,493,040 | |
Puerto Rico Public Buildings Authority Revenue Guaranteed (Guaranteed Government Facilities) | |||
Series M-2 5.50% 7/1/35 (AMBAC) | 700,000 | 715,701 | |
Westminster Building Authority Certificates of Participation 5.25% 12/1/22 (MBIA) | 1,555,000 | 1,615,489 | |
3,824,230 | |||
Local General Obligation Bonds 23.03% | |||
Adams & Arapahoe Counties Joint School District #28J (Aurora) 5.25% 12/1/25 (MBIA) | 2,000,000 | 2,092,660 | |
Adams County School District #14 5.125% 12/1/31 (FSA) | 500,000 | 512,935 | |
Arapahoe County Water & Wastewater Public Improvement District Refunding Series A 5.125% 12/1/32 (MBIA) | 1,000,000 | 1,010,380 | |
Bowles Metropolitan District Refunding 5.00% 12/1/33 (FSA) | 2,000,000 | 2,017,860 | |
Centennial Downs Metropolitan District Refunding 5.00% 12/1/28 (AMBAC) | 1,000,000 | 999,960 | |
Denver City & County Justice System 5.25% 8/1/17 | 4,000,000 | 4,410,000 | |
Douglas County School District #Re-1 (Douglas & Elbert Counties) 5.00% 12/15/21 (MBIA) | 1,000,000 | 1,019,190 | |
Garfield County School District #Re-2 5.00% 12/1/25 (FSA) | 1,000,000 | 1,038,950 | |
Green Valley Ranch Metropolitan District Refunding 5.75% 12/1/19 (AMBAC) | 1,000,000 | 1,031,490 | |
Sand Creek Metropolitan District Refunding & Improvement 5.00% 12/1/31 (XLCA) | 500,000 | 464,795 | |
Weld County School District #Re-4 5.00% 12/1/18 (FSA) | 1,000,000 | 1,078,790 | |
15,677,010 | |||
§Pre-Refunded Bonds 59.95% | |||
Auraria Higher Education Center Parking Facilities System 5.50% 4/1/26-10 (AMBAC) | 2,485,000 | 2,606,492 | |
Aurora Certificates of Participation 5.50% 12/1/30-10 (AMBAC) | 2,000,000 | 2,124,700 | |
Burlingame Multifamily Housing Revenue Series A 6.00% 11/1/29-09 (MBIA) | 2,290,000 | 2,424,171 | |
Colorado Educational & Cultural Facilities Authority (University of Colorado Foundation Project) | |||
5.00% 7/1/27-12 (AMBAC) | 4,000,000 | 4,252,240 | |
Colorado Educational & Cultural Facilities Authority (University of Denver Project) Refunding & Improvement | |||
5.50% 3/1/21-11 (AMBAC) | 3,200,000 | 3,406,912 | |
Series B 5.25% 3/1/35-16 (FGIC) | 1,500,000 | 1,650,570 | |
Colorado Water Resources & Power Development Authority Revenue Series A 5.80% 11/1/20-10 (FGIC) | 1,220,000 | 1,303,704 | |
Denver City & County Excise Tax Revenue (Colorado Convention Center Project) 5.00% 9/1/20-11 (FSA) | 3,500,000 | 3,681,720 | |
Denver Convention Center Hotel Authority Series A 5.00% 12/1/33-13 (XLCA) | 3,000,000 | 3,186,510 |
E-470 Public Highway Authority Series A | |||
5.75% 9/1/29-10 (MBIA) | 3,000,000 | 3,231,960 | |
5.75% 9/1/35-10 (MBIA) | 1,700,000 | 1,831,444 | |
Eagle County Certificates of Participation 5.40% 12/1/18-09 (MBIA) | 1,000,000 | 1,053,730 | |
Garfield Pitkin & Eagle County School District #Re-1 (Roaring Fork County) Series A 5.00% 12/15/27-14 (FSA) | 1,500,000 | 1,626,150 | |
Northwest Parkway Public Highway Authority Series A 5.25% 6/15/41-11 (FSA) | 4,150,000 | 4,432,117 | |
Pueblo County (Library District Project) 5.80% 11/1/19-09 (AMBAC) | 1,395,000 | 1,460,495 | |
Puerto Rico Commonwealth Highway & Transportation Authority Revenue Series K 5.00% 7/1/40-15 | 500,000 | 545,735 | |
Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority Revenue Series RR 5.00% 7/1/35-15 (FGIC) | 1,000,000 | 1,091,470 | |
Weld & Adams Counties School District #Re-3J 5.00% 12/15/24-14 (FSA) | 830,000 | 899,803 | |
40,809,923 | |||
Special Tax Revenue Bonds 13.83% | |||
Broomfield Sales & Use Tax Revenue Refunding & Improvement Series A 5.00% 12/1/31 (AMBAC) | 650,000 | 639,399 | |
Denver Convention Center Hotel Authority Revenue Refunding 5.00% 12/1/35 (XLCA) | 1,715,000 | 1,514,877 | |
Golden Sales & Use Tax Revenue Improvement Series B 5.10% 12/1/20 (AMBAC) | 1,000,000 | 1,018,620 | |
Gypsum Sales Tax & General Funding Revenue 5.25% 6/1/30 (Assured Gty) | 1,000,000 | 1,050,800 | |
Regional Transportation District Sales Tax Revenue (Fastracks Project) Series A | |||
4.375% 11/1/31 (AMBAC) | 1,250,000 | 1,151,763 | |
4.50% 11/1/36 (FSA) | 3,000,000 | 2,810,070 | |
Westminster Special Purpose Sales & Use Tax Revenue Post Project Series D 5.00% 12/1/22 (FSA) | 1,180,000 | 1,233,146 | |
9,418,675 | |||
State General Obligation Bond 3.41% | |||
Puerto Rico Commonwealth Refunding (Public Improvement) Series A 5.50% 7/1/19 (MBIA) | 2,250,000 | 2,320,290 | |
2,320,290 | |||
Transportation Revenue Bond 1.44% | |||
Denver City & County Airport Revenue Series A 5.00% 11/15/25 (FGIC) | 1,000,000 | 979,480 | |
979,480 | |||
Water & Sewer Revenue Bonds 12.38% | |||
Aurora Water Improvement Revenue First Lien Series A 5.00% 8/1/32 (AMBAC) | 750,000 | 755,415 | |
Colorado Water Resources & Power Development Authority Revenue Un-Refunded Balance | |||
Series A 5.80% 11/1/20 (FGIC) | 780,000 | 794,742 | |
Colorado Water Resources & Power Development Authority Water Resources Revenue | |||
(Parker Water & Sanitation District) Series D | |||
5.125% 9/1/34 (MBIA) | 1,500,000 | 1,494,105 | |
5.25% 9/1/43 (MBIA) | 2,000,000 | 2,003,080 | |
Lafayette Water Revenue 5.00% 12/1/27 (MBIA) | 1,100,000 | 1,119,272 | |
Ute Water Conservancy District Revenue 5.75% 6/15/20 (MBIA) | 2,155,000 | 2,260,035 | |
8,426,649 | |||
Total Municipal Bonds (cost $105,138,172) | 106,280,992 | ||
·Short-Term Investment 0.35% | |||
Variable Rate Demand Note 0.35% | |||
Colorado Health Facilities Authority Revenue (Sisters Charity Health Systems) Series B 1.57% 12/1/38 | |||
(SPA - JP Morgan Chase Bank) | 240,000 | 240,000 | |
Total Short-Term Investment (cost $240,000) | 240,000 | ||
Total Value of Securities 156.47% | |||
(cost $105,378,172) | 106,520,992 | ||
Receivables and Other Assets Net of Liabilities (See Notes) 2.29% | 1,556,046 | ||
Liquidation Value of Preferred Stock (58.76%) | (40,000,000) | ||
Net Assets Applicable to 4,837,100 Shares Outstanding 100.00% | $68,077,038 |
§Pre-Refunded bonds. Municipals that
are generally backed or secured by U.S. Treasury bonds. For Pre-Refunded Bonds,
the stated maturity is followed by the year in which the bond is pre-refunded.
See Note 3 in "Notes."
·Variable rate security. The rate shown is the rate as of June
30, 2008.
Summary of
Abbreviations:
AMBAC Insured by the
AMBAC Assurance Corporation
Assured Gty Insured by the Assured Guaranty
Corporation
CIFG CDC IXIS Financial Guaranty
FGIC Insured by the
Financial Guaranty Insurance Company
FSA Insured by Financial Security
Assurance
GNMA Insured by Government National Mortgage Association
MBIA
Insured by the Municipal Bond Insurance Association
SPA Stand by Purchase
Agreement
XLCA Insured by XL Capital Assurance
Notes
1. Significant Accounting
Policies
The following accounting policies
are in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles and are
consistently followed by Delaware Investments Colorado Municipal Income Fund,
Inc. (Fund).
Security Valuation Long-term debt securities are valued by an independent pricing service or broker and such prices are believed to reflect the fair value of such securities. Short-term debt securities having less than 60 days to maturity are valued at amortized cost, which approximates market value. Generally, other securities and assets for which market quotations are not readily available are valued at fair value as determined in good faith under the direction of the Funds Board of Directors (Board). In determining whether market quotations are readily available or fair valuation will be used, various factors will be taken into consideration, such as market closures, aftermarket trading or significant events after local market trading (e.g., government actions or pronouncements, trading volume or volatility on markets, exchanges among dealers, or news events).
Federal Income Taxes The Fund intends to continue to qualify for federal income tax purposes as a regulated investment company under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and make the requisite distributions to shareholders. Accordingly, no provision for federal income taxes has been made in the financial statements.
The Fund evaluates tax positions taken or expected to be taken in the course of preparing the Fund's tax returns to determine whether the tax positions are "more-likely-than-not" of being sustained by the applicable tax authority. Tax positions not deemed to meet the more-likely-than-not threshold are recorded as a tax benefit or expense in the current year. The Fund did not record any tax benefit or expense in the current period.
Use of Estimates - The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
Other Expenses directly attributable to the Fund are charged directly to the Fund. Other expenses common to various funds within the Delaware Investments® Family of Funds are allocated amongst such funds on the basis of average net assets. Management fees and some other expenses are paid monthly. Security transactions are recorded on the date the securities are purchased or sold (trade date) for financial reporting purposes. Costs used in calculating realized gains and losses on the sale of investment securities are those of the specific securities sold. Interest income is recorded on the accrual basis. Discounts and premiums are amortized to interest income over the lives of the respective securities The Fund declares and pays dividends from net investment income monthly and distributions from net realized gain on investments, if any, annually.
2. Investments
At June 30, 2008, the cost of investments for federal income
tax purposes has been estimated since the final tax characteristics cannot be
determined until fiscal year end. At June 30, 2008, the cost of investments and
unrealized appreciation (depreciation) for the Fund were as follows:
Cost of investments | $ | 105,379,267 | |
Aggregate unrealized appreciation | 3,273,088 | ||
Aggregate unrealized depreciation | (2,131,363 | ) | |
Net unrealized appreciation | $ | 1,141,725 |
Effective April 1, 2008, the Fund adopted Financial Accounting Standards No. 157, Fair Value Measurements (FAS 157). FAS 157 defines fair value as the price that the Fund would receive to sell an asset or pay to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. FAS 157 also establishes a framework for measuring fair value, and a three level hierarchy for fair value measurements based upon the transparency of inputs to the valuation of an asset or liability. Inputs may be observable or unobservable and refer broadly to the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability. Observable inputs reflect the assumptions market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability based on market data obtained from sources independent of the reporting entity. Unobservable inputs reflect the reporting entities own assumptions about the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability developed based on the best information available under the circumstances. The Fund's investment in its entirety is assigned a level based upon the observability of the inputs which are significant to the overall valuation. The three-tier hierarchy of inputs is summarized below.
Level 1 - inputs are quoted prices in
active markets
Level 2 - inputs that are observable, directly or
indirectly
Level 3 - inputs are unobservable
and reflect assumptions on the part of the reporting entity
The following table summarizes the valuation of the Fund's investments by the above FAS 157 fair value hierarchy levels as of June 30, 2008:
Securities | ||
Level 1 | $ | - |
Level 2 | 106,520,992 | |
Level 3 | - | |
Total | $ | 106,520,992 |
3. Credit and Market
Risk
The Fund uses leverage in the form of
preferred shares. Leveraging may result in a higher degree of volatility because
the Funds net asset value could be more sensitive to fluctuations in short-term
interest rates and changes in market value of portfolio securities attributable
to the leverage.
The Fund concentrates its investments in securities issued by Colorados municipalities. The value of these investments may be adversely affected by new legislation within the state, regional or local economic conditions, and differing levels of supply and demand for municipal bonds. Many municipalities insure repayment for their obligations. A real or perceived decline in creditworthiness of a bond insurer can have an adverse impact on the value of insured bonds held in the Fund. At June 30, 2008, 53% of the Funds net assets, including liquidation value of preferred stock, were insured by bond insurers. Although bond insurance reduces the risk of loss due to default by an issuer, such bonds remain subject to the risk that value may fluctuate for other reasons and there is no assurance that the insurance company will meet its obligations. These securities have been identified in the schedule of investments.
The Fund may invest in advanced refunded bonds, escrow secured bonds or defeased bonds. Under current federal tax laws and regulations, state and local government borrowers are permitted to refinance outstanding bonds by issuing new bonds. The issuer refinances the outstanding debt to either reduce interest costs or to remove or alter restrictive covenants imposed by the bonds being refinanced. A refunding transaction where the municipal securities are being refunded within 90 days from the issuance of the refunding issue is known as a "current refunding." Advance refunded bonds are bonds in which the refunded bond issue remains outstanding for more than 90 days following the issuance of the refunding issue. In an advance refunding, the issuer will use the proceeds of a new bond issue to purchase high grade interest bearing debt securities which are then deposited in an irrevocable escrow account held by an escrow agent to secure all future payments of principal and interest and bond premium of the advance refunded bond. Bonds are "escrowed to maturity" when the proceeds of the refunding issue are deposited in an escrow account for investment sufficient to pay all of the principal and interest on the original interest payment and maturity dates.
Bonds are considered "pre-refunded" when the refunding issue's proceeds are escrowed only until a permitted call date or dates on the refunded issue with the refunded issue being redeemed at the time, including any required premium. Bonds become "defeased" when the rights and interests of the bondholders and their lien on the pledged revenues or other security under the terms of the bond contract are substituted with an alternative source of revenues (the escrow securities) sufficient to meet payments of principal and interest to maturity or to the first call dates. Escrowed secured bonds will often receive a rating of AAA from Moody's Investors Service, Inc., Standard & Poors Ratings Group, and/or Fitch Ratings due to the strong credit quality of the escrow securities and the irrevocable nature of the escrow deposit agreement.
The Fund may invest up to 15% of its net assets in illiquid securities, which may include securities with contractual restrictions on resale, securities exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and other securities which may not be readily marketable. The relative illiquidity of these securities may impair the Fund from disposing of them in a timely manner and at a fair price when it is necessary or desirable to do so. While maintaining oversight, the Funds Board has delegated to Delaware Management Company the day-to-day functions of determining whether individual securities are liquid for purposes of the Funds limitation on investments in illiquid assets. Securities eligible for resale pursuant to Rule 144A, which are determined to be liquid, are not subject to the Funds 15% limit on investments in illiquid securities. As of June 30, 2008, there were no Rule 144A securities and no securities have been determined to be illiquid under the Funds Liquidity Procedures.
4. Preferred
Shares
Beginning in February 2008,
remarketing of the Funds shares failed. A remarketing fails when the
remarketing agent is unable to set a dividend rate that will clear the market of
all of the shares that current holders wish to sell in a remarketing. A failed
remarketing means that the current holders retain their preferred shares until
the next periodic remarketing (for the Fund, periodic remarketings are typically
28 days but are generally 7 days when a remarketing fails), and the dividend
rate for the next dividend period is automatically set to the maximum dividend
rate established by the Funds governing instruments. The Funds preferred
shares maximum rate is calculated as 110% of the higher applicable AA composite
commercial paper rate and the taxable equivalent of the short-term municipal
bond rate.
These developments generally do not affect the management or investment policies of the Fund. However, one implication of these failed remarketings for common shareholders is that the Funds cost of leverage may be higher than it otherwise would have been had the remarketing continued to be successful. If this is the case, the Funds future common share earnings may be lower than they otherwise would have been.
Item 2. Controls and Procedures.
The registrants principal executive officer and principal financial officer have evaluated the registrants disclosure controls and procedures within 90 days of the filing of this report and have concluded that they are effective in providing reasonable assurance that the information required to be disclosed by the registrant in its reports or statements filed under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the rules and forms of the Securities and Exchange Commission.
There were no significant changes in the registrants internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrants last fiscal quarter that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrants internal control over financial reporting.
Item 3. Exhibits.
File as exhibits as part of this Form a separate certification for each principal executive officer and principal financial officer of the registrant as required by Rule 30a-2(a) under the Act (17 CFR 270.30a-2(a)), exactly as set forth below: