Stradley, Ronon, Stevens & Young,
LLP
2005 Market Street, Suite 2600
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
19103
(215) 564-8000
December 20, 2012
VIA EDGAR TRANSMISSION
Filing Desk
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
100 F Street, N.E.
Washington, DC 20549
Attention: James
O'Connor
RE: | Delaware Group Government Fund (the Registrant) | |||
File Nos. 811-04304; 002-97889 |
Dear Sir or Madam:
Pursuant to Rule 497(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, submitted electronically via the EDGAR system, please find enclosed certain risk/return summary information in an interactive data format using the eXtensible Business Reporting Language (the XBRL exhibits). The XBRL exhibits reflect the Item 2, 3 and 4 risk/return summary disclosure required by Form N-1A, which disclosure was included in the definitive prospectus dated November 28, 2012, for Delaware Core Plus Bond Fund, a series of the Registrant, that was filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission via the EDGAR system on November 30, 2012 (Accession No. 0001206774-12-004723) pursuant to Rule 497(c) under the Securities Act of 1933.
If you have any questions or comments regarding this filing, please call me at (215) 564-8099.
Very truly yours, | |
/s/ Jonathan M. Kopcsik | |
Jonathan M. Kopcsik |
cc: | Michael E. Dresnin Bruce G. Leto |
Annual Total Returns (dei_DocumentInformationDocumentAxis, (Delaware Core Plus Bond Fund), Class A)
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Nov. 28, 2012
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(Delaware Core Plus Bond Fund) | Class A
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Bar Chart Table: | |
Annual Return 2002 | 9.88% |
Annual Return 2003 | 2.09% |
Annual Return 2004 | 3.82% |
Annual Return 2005 | 1.94% |
Annual Return 2006 | 3.01% |
Annual Return 2007 | 5.06% |
Annual Return 2008 | (1.65%) |
Annual Return 2009 | 19.75% |
Annual Return 2010 | 7.88% |
Annual Return 2011 | 7.49% |