Delaware Investments Dividend and Income Fund, Inc. Announces Bylaw Amendments

Delaware Investments Dividend and Income Fund, Inc. (the “Fund”), a New York Stock Exchange–listed closed-end fund trading under the symbol “DDF,” announced today that its Board has approved changes to the Fund’s Bylaws designed to allow for the more orderly conduct of shareholder meetings. The Fund’s Bylaws have been amended to provide as follows:

- For nominations or a proposal to be properly brought before an annual meeting by a proponent: (i) the proponent must have given a timely shareholder notice in writing to the Secretary of the Fund at the principal executive offices of the Fund; and (ii) the proponent or its representative must attend the annual meeting in person and present the nominations or the proposal to be considered. To be timely, a shareholder notice must be made in writing and received by the Secretary of the Fund by close of business not more than 150 days and not less than 120 days before the first anniversary of the date that the Fund’s proxy statement was released to Shareholders in connection with the previous year’s annual meeting.

- Special meetings of shareholders may be called by the Board, and also upon the written request of the holders of at least a majority of the shares entitled to vote at such meeting. A written request from shareholders entitled to call a special meeting must state the purpose of the meeting and the matters proposed to be acted on at the meeting. To be properly brought before a special meeting of shareholders, business must be specified in the notice of meeting.

- A proponent representative must be either (i) a duly authorized officer, manager or partner of the proponent, as evidenced by an incumbency certificate delivered to the acting Secretary at the meeting, or (ii) authorized by a writing executed by the proponent to act as proxy for the proponent at the meeting, and delivered to the acting Secretary at the meeting.

The Fund’s Bylaws contain other requirements for the conduct of shareholder meetings and are available in their entirety upon request to the Fund’s Secretary, c/o Delaware Management Company, 2005 Market Street, Philadelphia, PA 19103.

As a result of the amendments to the Fund’s Bylaws, the deadlines for shareholder proposals for the Fund’s 2019 Annual Meeting of Shareholders have changed from the deadlines included in the proxy statement related to the Fund’s 2018 Annual Meeting of Shareholders under the section entitled “Shareholder Proposals.” In accordance with the Fund’s Bylaws, as amended, the relevant deadlines for the Fund’s 2019 Annual Meeting of Shareholders are as follows: