485BPOS 1 degrptaxfreefund_485bpos.htm POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT FILED PURSUANT TO SECURITIES ACT RULE 485(B) degrptaxfreefund_485bpos.pdf -- Converted by SECPublisher 4.0, created by BCL Technologies Inc., for SEC Filing
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549
 
FORM N-1A
 
File No. 002-86606
File No. 811-03850
 
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 /X/      
           
  Pre-Effective Amendment No. _________ /   /  
       
  Post-Effective Amendment No.        45       /X/  
       
     and/or  
     
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940 /X/  
       
  Amendment No.        45          
 
(Check appropriate box or boxes.)
 
DELAWARE GROUP TAX-FREE FUND
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
 
2005 Market Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania                     19103-7094
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)   (Zip Code)
 
Registrant’s Telephone Number, including Area Code: (800) 523-1918
 
David F. Connor, Esq., 2005 Market Street, Philadelphia, PA 19103-7094
(Name and Address of Agent for Service)

It is proposed that this filing will become effective (check appropriate box):
 
/X/   immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b)
/   /   on (date) pursuant to paragraph (b)
/   /   60 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(1)
/   /   on (date) pursuant to paragraph (a)(1)
/   /   75 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(2)
/   /   on (date) pursuant to paragraph (a)(2) of Rule 485.
   
If appropriate, check the following box:
 
/   /   this post-effective amendment designates a new effective date for a previously filed post-effective amendment.
 


SIGNATURES

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the Registrant certifies that it meets all of the requirements for effectiveness of this Registration Statement under Rule 485(b) under the Securities Act of 1933 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Philadelphia and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania on this 22nd day of January, 2013.

DELAWARE GROUP TAX-FREE FUND
 
By:  /s/ Patrick P. Coyne
Patrick P. Coyne
Chairman/President/Chief Executive Officer

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated:

Signature Title Date
/s/ Patrick P. Coyne Chairman/President/Chief Executive Officer January 22, 2013
Patrick P. Coyne       (Principal Executive Officer) and Trustee      
 
Thomas L. Bennett *   Trustee   January 22, 2013
Thomas L. Bennett
           
      Trustee    
Joseph W. Chow          
 
John A. Fry * Trustee January 22, 2013
John A. Fry
 
Anthony D. Knerr * Trustee January 22, 2013
Anthony D. Knerr
 
Lucinda S. Landreth * Trustee January 22, 2013
Lucinda S. Landreth
 
Frances A. Sevilla-Sacasa * Trustee January 22, 2013
Frances A. Sevilla-Sacasa
           
      Trustee    
Thomas K. Whitford          
 
Janet L. Yeomans * Trustee January 22, 2013
Janet L. Yeomans
 
J. Richard Zecher * Trustee January 22, 2013
J. Richard Zecher
 
Richard Salus * Senior Vice President/Chief Financial Officer January 22, 2013
Richard Salus (Principal Financial Officer)

*By:   /s/ Patrick P. Coyne
Patrick P. Coyne
as Attorney-in-Fact for each of the persons indicated
(Pursuant to Powers of Attorney previously filed)



INDEX TO EXHIBITS
(Delaware Group® Tax-Free Fund N-1A)

Exhibit No.       Exhibit
EX-1-101.INS   XBRL Instance Document
 
EX-1-101.SCH   XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document
 
EX-1-101.DEF   XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase
 
EX-1-101.LAB   XBRL Taxonomy Extension Labels Linkbase
 
EX-1-101.PRE   XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase