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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
 
Washington, D.C. 20549
 
FORM N-CSR
 
CERTIFIED SHAREHOLDER REPORT OF REGISTERED MANAGEMENT
INVESTMENT COMPANIES
 
Investment Company Act file number: 811-22050
 
Exact name of registrant as specified in charter:
Delaware Enhanced Global Dividend and Income Fund
 
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
 
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (800) 523-1918
 
Date of fiscal year end: November 30
 
Date of reporting period: November 30, 2010
 

 

Item 1. Reports to Stockholders
 
   
   
   
   
Annual Report
Delaware
Enhanced Global
Dividend and Income
Fund
 
 
  November 30, 2010 
   
 
   
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
The figures in the annual report for Delaware Enhanced Global Dividend and Income Fund represent past results, which are not a guarantee of future results. A rise or fall in interest rates can have a significant impact on bond prices. Funds that invest in bonds can lose their value as interest rates rise.
 
 
 
 
  Closed-end fund
   
 
 
 

 

Table of contents
 
      Portfolio management review 1
     
  Performance summary 4
     
  Security type and country allocations 6
     
  Statement of net assets 8
     
  Statement of operations 23
     
  Statements of changes in net assets 24
     
  Statement of cash flows 25
     
  Financial highlights 26
     
  Notes to financial statements 27
     
  Report of independent registered public accounting firm 34
     
  Other Fund information 35
     
  Board of trustees/directors and officers addendum 39
     
  About the organization 42





Unless otherwise noted, views expressed herein are current as of Nov. 30, 2010, and are subject to change.
 
Funds are not FDIC insured and are not guaranteed. It is possible to lose the principal amount invested.
 
Mutual fund advisory services are provided by Delaware Management Company, a series of Delaware Management Business Trust, which is a registered investment advisor. Delaware Investments, a member of Macquarie Group, refers to Delaware Management Holdings, Inc. and its subsidiaries. Macquarie Group refers to Macquarie Group Limited and its subsidiaries and affiliates worldwide.
 
Investments in Delaware Enhanced Global Dividend and Income 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 (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.
 
© 2011 Delaware Management Holdings, Inc.
 
All third-party trademarks cited are the property of their respective owners.
 

 

Portfolio management review
 
Delaware Enhanced Global Dividend and Income Fund
December 7, 2010
 
Performance preview (for the year ended Nov. 30, 2010)
Delaware Enhanced Global Dividend and Income Fund @ market price       1-year return       +10.92%
Delaware Enhanced Global Dividend and Income Fund @ NAV   1-year return   +13.13%
Lipper Closed-end Global Funds Average @ market price   1-year return   +13.97%
Lipper Closed-end Global Funds Average @ NAV   1-year return   +9.96%
Past performance does not guarantee future results.
 
For complete, annualized performance for Delaware Enhanced Global Dividend and Income Fund, please see the table on page 4.
 
Index performance returns do not reflect any management fees, transaction costs, or expenses. Indices are unmanaged and one cannot invest directly in an index.
 
Delaware Enhanced Global Dividend and Income Fund returned +13.13% at net asset value and +10.92% at market price (both figures reflect all distributions reinvested) for the fiscal year ended Nov. 30, 2010. Complete annualized performance information for the Fund is shown in the table on page 4.
 
Relatively favorable market results, despite sovereign debt concerns
 
The MSCI ACWI (All Country World Index), a broad measure of equity markets around the world, experienced uneven performance during the fiscal year. Despite its fluctuations, the MSCI ACWI (net) gained 7% for the 12 months ended Nov. 30, 2010, trailing the S&P 500 Index, a measure of the broad stock market in the United States, which rose nearly 10% during the same time frame.
 
Equity-market volatility was precipitated by mounting fears about debt levels in European countries with the biggest financial challenges. The first concerns began in Greece in January 2010, as many investors became worried about the ability of the heavily indebted country to repay its financial obligations. Although the markets resumed their upward momentum in early February, an even steeper decline in global stock prices began in late April. The drop accelerated throughout the rest of the spring, as fears about Greece’s financial situation increased and many investors began to question whether the problems could spread to other economically troubled European nations with outsized debt levels, such as Portugal, Italy, Ireland, and Spain. The European Union and International Monetary Fund eventually came to the Greek government’s rescue, with a 110 billion euro (approximately $140 billion) loan package designed to keep the government afloat while it implements a series of austerity programs.
 
Other factors also dampened global financial markets during this time, including new economic data from the U.S. that seemed to indicate an increased potential for a stalled recovery, and the Chinese government’s efforts to slow the pace of that country’s fast-growing economy.
 
Beginning in early summer 2010, equities bounced back, enjoying very strong gains between early July and early November, as fears about a return to recession in the U.S. eased and confidence in the strength of European banks grew. In the final month of the Fund’s fiscal year, however, financial markets encountered renewed difficulties, with Ireland’s government appearing to be on the brink of bankruptcy. European monetary policy makers implemented emergency rescue measures in an effort to stave off the spread of this “contagion” to other challenged economies in the region.
 
Fixed income assets saw a generally positive backdrop during the fiscal year. Bonds were a key beneficiary of the U.S. Federal Reserve’s efforts to stimulate economic growth by keeping interest rates down. The Fed sought to accomplish this goal through several rounds of quantitative easing, in which the U.S. central bank bought back debt securities in an attempt to generally drive down yields, providing more economic stimulus through lowered cost of credit.
 
Global real estate investment trusts (REITs) also experienced a highly supportive environment during the fiscal year as credit was widely available and grew less expensive as the year went on. REITs often finance new investment and development projects through debt, and when credit is affordable it can provide issuing companies such as REITs with increased financial flexibility. Global
 
Unless otherwise noted, views expressed herein are current as of Nov. 30, 2010, and are subject to change.
 
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Portfolio management review
 
Delaware Enhanced Global Dividend and Income Fund
 
 
 
REITs rose 17% during the 12-month period ended Nov. 30, 2010, as measured by the FTSE EPRA/NAREIT Developed Index, formerly known as the FTSE EPRA/NAREIT Global Real Estate Index, which tracks the performance of listed real estate companies and REITs worldwide.
 
Meanwhile, low interest rates led to healthy results from high yield bonds, as many investors seemed willing to take on additional credit risk in exchange for higher levels of income. As such, credit spreads narrowed throughout most of the period, extending a trend of the past several years. Credit spreads are the difference between yields of Treasury bonds and riskier securities of varying credit qualities, and they provide a measure of the market’s outlook for riskier assets. The narrowing of credit spreads can generally be taken to signal a more normalized market environment. (Source: Barclays Capital.)
 
Fund positioning: An emphasis on credit
 
The Fund’s primary investment objective is to seek current income, with a secondary objective of capital appreciation. In managing the Fund, we pursue these goals by investing broadly in a range of income-generating securities from around the globe. These include “core” fixed income holdings (such as Treasury and agency securities), as well as investment grade and high yield corporate bonds, convertible bonds, REITs, large-cap value stocks, convertible preferred stocks, international value stocks, emerging market equities, emerging market debt securities, and international currencies.
 
With several notable exceptions, the Fund’s positioning remained relatively stable throughout the past fiscal year. As the Fund’s fiscal year began, the Fund had a modest overweighting in credit-oriented investments. Credit exposure is most obvious in the fixed income asset class, but it also runs through a variety of other asset classes, including REITs and convertible bonds.
 
For much of the Fund’s fiscal year, we felt that credit-oriented investments had good total-return characteristics, and we emphasized high yield bonds in particular. At the end of the Fund’s fiscal year, high yield bonds were the Fund’s largest asset-class weighting at roughly 30% of the portfolio, up from 19% a year earlier. The increased allocation resulted partially from market movements, but also reflected our additional investments in the asset class. We favored these securities for their attractive yields and because we felt that high yield bonds could be supported by increasingly favorable economic conditions. We also maintained a healthy overweighting in higher yielding convertible bonds, which we believed offered solid return potential. To a lesser extent, we looked to REITs for their credit-sensitive nature. Over time, however, as REITs gained in value and as we anticipated less-favorable credit costs going forward, we were more cautious about adding to our holdings in this asset class.
 
At the same time, we generally maintained sizable positions in investments nearer the top of issuers’ capital structures. In light of macroeconomic risks such as European sovereign debt troubles and the potential for higher interest rates down the road, we believed it would be prudent to own defensive income-oriented investments that would be among the first to be paid back if the issuers encountered financial problems. This approach enabled us to capture relatively attractive yields while maintaining what we believed to be greater downside protection by avoiding lower-credit-rated securities.
 
Our emphasis on credit was helpful for the Fund’s performance until late in the fiscal year. When the Fed announced its second round of quantitative easing in October 2010, equity investors generally became more optimistic, and equities began outperforming (source: Bloomberg). The Fund had less exposure to stocks than to high yield and other more credit-sensitive investments. In hindsight, our decision to maintain an overweight position in high yield was too defensive and did not allow the Fund to take full advantage of the equity market rally.
 
In addition, we lowered the Fund’s allocation to emerging-market fixed income securities during the period. After a long upswing in this asset class that benefited Fund performance, our team felt that it offered limited future performance potential and that the risk-reward trade-off had become less favorable.
 
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A recent shift toward equities
 
As the Fund’s fiscal year closed, we were gradually seeing more investment opportunities in stocks, so we began to shift the Fund’s portfolio holdings in this direction. The U.S. economy appears to be slowly expanding and credit-oriented securities, following a long run upward, have started to give back some of their gains.
 
In this environment, we began favoring shares of large-cap companies with good cash flow and lower debt levels, because they are less credit sensitive and we believe they could benefit from an improving economy.
 
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Performance summary
 
Delaware Enhanced Global Dividend and Income Fund
 
The performance quoted represents past performance and does not guarantee future results. Investment return and principal value of an investment will fluctuate so that shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance quoted. Please obtain the performance data for the most recent month end by calling 800 523-1918.
 
Fund performance                        
Average annual total returns                        
through Nov. 30, 2010       1 year       3 years       Lifetime
At market price (inception date June 29, 2007)     +10.92%       +6.12%       -0.32%  
At net asset value (inception date June 29, 2007)     +13.13%       +1.37%       -0.29%  

Diversification may not protect against market risk.
 
Fixed income securities and bond funds can lose value, and investors can lose principal, as interest rates rise. They also may be affected by economic conditions that hinder an issuer’s ability to make interest and principal payments on its debt.
 
The Fund may also be subject to prepayment risk, the risk that the principal of a fixed income security that is held by Fund may be prepaid prior to maturity, potentially forcing the Fund to reinvest that money at a lower interest rate.
 
High yielding, noninvestment grade bonds (junk bonds) involve higher risk than investment grade bonds.
 
The Fund may invest in derivatives, which may involve additional expenses and are subject to risk, including the risk that an underlying security or securities index moves in the opposite direction from what the portfolio manager anticipated. A derivative transaction depends upon the counterparties’ ability to fulfill their contractual obligations.
 
International investments entail risks not ordinarily associated with U.S. investments including fluctuation in currency values, differences in accounting principles, or economic or political instability in other nations. Investing in emerging markets can be riskier than investing in established foreign markets due to increased volatility and lower trading volume.
 
If and when the Fund invests in forward foreign currency contracts or uses other investments to hedge against currency risks, the Fund will be subject to special risks, including counterparty risk.
 
The Fund borrows through a line of credit for purposes of leveraging. Leveraging may result in higher degrees of volatility because the Fund’s net asset value could be subject to fluctuations in short-term interest rates and changes in market value of portfolio securities attributable to leverage.
 
Narrowly focused investments may exhibit higher volatility than investments in multiple industry sectors.
 
REIT investments are subject to many of the risks associated with direct real estate ownership, including changes in economic conditions, credit risk, and interest rate fluctuations.
 
The “Fund performance” table and the “Performance of a $10,000 investment” graph do not reflect the deduction of taxes the shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or redemptions of Fund shares.
 
Returns reflect the reinvestment of all distributions. Dividends and distributions, if any, are assumed, for the purpose of this calculation to be reinvested at prices obtained under the Fund’s dividend reinvestment policy. Shares of the Fund were initially offered with a sales charge of 4.50%. Performance since inception does not include the sales charge or any other brokerage commission for purchases made since inception. Past performance is not a guarantee of future results.
 
Fund basics
As of Nov. 30, 2010
 
Fund objective
The Fund’s primary investment objective is to seek current income. Capital appreciation is a secondary objective.
 
Total Fund net assets
$160 million
 
Number of holdings
689

Fund start date
June 29, 2007
 
NYSE symbol
DEX

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Market price versus net asset value (see notes below)
Nov. 30, 2009, through Nov. 30, 2010
 
 
        Starting value (Nov. 30, 2009)       Ending value (Nov. 30, 2010)

  Delaware Enhanced Global Dividend and Income Fund @ NAV $12.06   $12.32

  Delaware Enhanced Global Dividend and Income Fund @ Market Price $12.29   $12.31

Past performance is not a guarantee of future results.
 
Performance of a $10,000 Investment
Average annual total returns from June 29, 2007 (Fund’s inception) through Nov. 30, 2010
 
 
        Starting value (June 29, 2007)       Ending value (Nov. 30, 2010)

  Delaware Enhanced Global Dividend and Income Fund @ NAV $10,000   $9,900

  Delaware Enhanced Global Dividend and Income Fund @ Market Price $10,000   $9,892


  Lipper Closed-end Global Funds Average @ Market Price $10,000   $9,015


  Lipper Closed-end Global Funds Average @ NAV $10,000   $8,734

The chart assumes $10,000 invested in the Fund on June 29, 2007, and includes the reinvestment of all distributions at market value. The chart assumes $10,000 in the Lipper Closed-end Global Funds Average at market price and at NAV. Performance of the Fund and the Lipper class at market value is based on market performance during the period. Performance of the Fund and Lipper class at NAV is based on the fluctuations in NAV during the period. Delaware Enhanced Global Dividend and Income Fund was initially offered with a sales charge of 4.50%. Performance shown in both charts above does not include fees, the initial sales charge, or any brokerage commissions for purchases. Investments in the Fund are not available at NAV.
 
The Lipper Closed-end Global Funds Average represents the average return of closed-end global mutual funds tracked by Lipper (source: Lipper).
 
Market price is the price an investor would pay for shares of the Fund on the secondary market. NAV is the total value of one fund share, generally equal to a fund’s net assets divided by the number of shares outstanding.
 
Past performance is not a guarantee of future results.
 
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Security type and country allocations
 
Delaware Enhanced Global Dividend and Income Fund
As of November 30, 2010
 
Sector designations may be different than the sector designations presented in other Fund materials. The sector designations may represent the investment manager’s internal sector classifications, which may result in the sector designations for one fund being different than another fund’s sector designations.
 
  Percentage
Security Type of Net Assets
Common Stock 48.70 %
Consumer Discretionary 6.97 %
Consumer Staples 4.46 %
Diversified REITs 1.01 %
Energy 4.44 %
Financials 6.25 %
Healthcare 3.93 %
Healthcare REITs 0.12 %
Hotel REIT 0.09 %
Industrial REITs 0.44 %
Industrials 6.55 %
Information Technology 4.20 %
Malls REITs 0.63 %
Manufactured Housing REIT 0.08 %
Materials 2.64 %
Mortgage REITs 0.10 %
Multifamily REIT 0.12 %
Office REITs 0.45 %
Real Estate Management & Development 0.36 %
Shopping Center REITs 0.85 %
Single Tenant REIT 0.15 %
Telecommunications 2.50 %
Utilities 2.36 %
Convertible Preferred Stock 1.28 %
Agency Collateralized Mortgage Obligations 0.28 %
Agency Mortgage-Backed Securities 1.93 %
Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities 1.85 %
Convertible Bonds 12.16 %
Aerospace & Defense 0.26 %
Automobiles & Automotive Parts 0.24 %
Banking, Finance & Insurance 0.62 %
Basic Materials 1.22 %
Cable, Media & Publishing 0.48 %
Computers & Technology 2.17 %
Energy 0.80 %
Healthcare & Pharmaceuticals 1.98 %
Leisure, Lodging & Entertainment 1.11 %
Real Estate 0.61 %
Telecommunications 2.12 %
Transportation 0.55 %
Corporate Bonds 40.08 %
Banking 1.48 %
Basic Industry 3.54 %
Brokerage 0.47 %
Capital Goods 2.16 %
Consumer Cyclical 3.35 %
Consumer Non-Cyclical 3.23 %
Energy 7.89 %
Finance & Investments 1.87 %
Media 2.95 %
Real Estate 0.84 %
Services Cyclical 2.91 %
Services Non-Cyclical 1.76 %
Technology 0.98 %
Telecommunications 5.20 %
Utilities 1.45 %
Non-Agency Asset-Backed Securities 0.32 %
Non-Agency Collateralized Mortgage Obligations 0.30 %
Senior Secured Loans 0.69 %
Sovereign Debt 4.11 %
Supranational Banks 2.00 %
U.S. Treasury Obligations 0.27 %
Leveraged Non-Recourse Security 0.00 %
Residual Interest Trust Certificate 0.00 %
Exchange-Traded Funds 2.78 %
Preferred Stock 0.43 %
Warrant 0.00 %
Discount Note 5.27 %
Securities Lending Collateral 13.14 %
Total Value of Securities 135.59 %
Obligation to Return Securities Lending Collateral (13.34 %)
Borrowing Under Line of Credit (24.93 %)
Receivables and Other Assets Net of Liabilities 2.68 %
Total Net Assets 100.00 %

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  Percentage
Country of Net Assets
Australia 1.22 %
Austria 0.09 %
Barbados 0.19 %
Belgium 0.01 %
Bermuda 2.07 %
Brazil 1.27 %
Canada 2.83 %
Cayman Islands 0.81 %
China/Hong Kong 3.08 %
Colombia 0.67 %
Finland 0.38 %
France 4.90 %
Germany 1.59 %
Indonesia 3.07 %
Ireland 0.15 %
Italy 1.50 %
Japan 2.94 %
Liberia 0.08 %
Luxembourg 3.30 %
Marshall Island 0.49 %
Mexico 0.13 %
Netherlands 1.30 %
Philippines 0.68 %
Qatar 0.51 %
Republic of Korea 0.52 %
Singapore 0.72 %
Supranational 2.00 %
Spain 1.13 %
Sweden 1.27 %
Switzerland 1.33 %
Taiwan 1.13 %
United Kingdom 2.37 %
United States 73.45 %
Total 117.18 %

The percentage of net assets exceeds 100% because the Fund utilizes a line of credit with the Bank of New York Mellon, as described in note 7 in “Note to financial statements.” The Fund utilizes leveraging techniques in an attempt to obtain a higher return for the Fund. There is no assurance that the Fund will achieve its investment objective through the use of such techniques.
 
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Statement of net assets
 
Delaware Enhanced Global Dividend and Income Fund
November 30, 2010
 
      Number of   Value
                 Shares      (U.S. $)
Common Stock – 48.70%          
Consumer Discretionary – 6.97%          
* Autoliv   6,100   $ 447,862
  Bayerische Motoren Werke   12,442     935,683
  Comcast Class A   26,000     520,000
DIRECTV Class A   1,900     78,907
  Disney (Walt)   14,400     525,744
* Don Quijote   29,600     852,978
  Esprit Holdings   67,832     326,497
  Home Depot   16,400     495,444
* KB HOME   17,000     192,100
  Lowe's   23,600     535,720
  Mattel   21,800     563,312
  McGraw-Hill   14,000     482,860
* PPR   2,979     473,239
* Publicis Groupe   9,292     415,163
  Target   9,300     529,542
* Techtronic Industries   872,500     946,956
  Toyota Motor   28,784     1,115,818
  Vivendi   35,802     871,807
* Yue Yuen Industrial Holdings   243,000     878,157
            11,187,789
Consumer Staples – 4.46%          
  Archer-Daniels-Midland   15,900     460,941
  Aryzta   20,193     855,335
* Chaoda Modern          
            Agriculture Holdings   1,004,000     805,963
  Coca-Cola Amatil   62,675     668,423
  CVS Caremark   16,100     499,100
@ Greggs   86,683     591,927
  Kimberly-Clark   7,900     488,931
  Kraft Foods Class A   16,800     508,200
  Metro   11,888     851,671
  Parmalat   348,409     866,632
* Safeway   24,500     563,255
            7,160,378
Diversified REITs – 1.01%          
* Digital Realty Trust   8,100     425,411
  Duke Realty   8,600     95,718
  Entertainment Properties Trust   8,236     381,327
  Goodman Group   247,237     151,491
  Investors Real Estate Trust   10,260     90,801
  Lexington Reality Trust   28,070     220,350
  Stockland   70,059     246,121
            1,611,219
Energy – 4.44%          
  Anadarko Petroleum   7,900     506,864
  Chevron   6,500     526,305
  CNOOC   392,000     843,652
  ConocoPhillips   8,700     523,479
  Devon Energy   7,700     543,389
  Exxon Mobil   8,300     577,348
  Marathon Oil   14,300     478,621
  National Oilwell Varco   9,500     582,255
  Occidental Petroleum   6,000     529,020
  Petroleo Brasileiro ADR   21,600     632,448
* Total   16,528     802,339
  Williams   25,600     583,936
            7,129,656
Financials – 6.25%          
  Allstate   17,000     494,870
* AXA   29,912     428,386
  Banco Santander   76,993     734,020
  Bank of New York Mellon   18,500     499,315
  BB&T   17,700     410,640
  Comerica   12,600     459,774
* Fifth Street Finance   26,754     308,474
  JPMorgan Chase   12,200     456,036
  Marsh & McLennan   21,400     536,712
* Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group   165,389     784,244
  Nordea Bank   78,385     782,174
  Solar Capital   43,539     1,022,295
  Standard Chartered   33,719     908,204
  State Street   12,300     531,360
  SunTrust Banks   19,400     453,184
  Travelers   9,600     518,304
  UniCredit   364,400     704,413
            10,032,405
Healthcare – 3.93%          
  Abbott Laboratories   10,300     479,053
*† Alliance HealthCare Services   6,522     24,458
  Baxter International   9,900     480,645
  Bristol-Myers Squibb   19,700     497,228
  Cardinal Health   13,800     491,004
  Johnson & Johnson   8,100     498,555
  Meda Class A   108,017     808,449
  Merck   13,600     468,792
Mylan   1     20
  Novartis   15,998     851,957
  Pfizer   30,244     492,675
  Quest Diagnostics   9,500     468,540
  Sanofi-Aventis   12,322     747,004
            6,308,380
Healthcare REITs – 0.12%          
  Cogdell Spencer   15,000     85,800
  Nationwide Health Properties   2,800     100,940
            186,740
Hotel REIT – 0.09%          
DiamondRock Hospitality   14,282     150,389
            150,389
Industrial REITs – 0.44%          
  Cambridge Industrial Trust   1,170,000     473,951
  DCT Industrial Trust   16,877     83,372
* ING Industrial Fund   307,371     151,605
            708,928

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      Number of   Value
                 Shares      (U.S. $)
Common Stock (continued)          
Industrials – 6.55%          
* Alstom   16,360   $ 673,064
  Asahi Glass   69,000     767,267
  Compagnie de Saint-Gobain   13,190     589,886
  Deutsche Post   46,933     758,224
  Finmeccanica   73,715     832,149
Flextronics International   6,400     46,400
  Fluor   9,900     572,517
  General Electric   29,700     470,151
  Honeywell International   11,800     586,578
  ITOCHU   100,398     929,835
  Koninklijke Philips Electronics   12,895     348,685
*† Mobile Mini   2,394     43,260
  Northrop Grumman   8,200     505,776
* Pitney Bowes   19,600     430,024
  Singapore Airlines   55,000     641,803
  Teleperformance   34,196     1,018,636
  Vallourec   8,199     776,627
* Waste Management   14,900     510,325
            10,501,207
Information Technology – 4.20%          
CGI Group Class A   112,398     1,762,891
  HTC   50,450     1,395,574
  Intel   23,100     487,872
  International Business Machines   3,500     495,110
Motorola   60,500     463,430
  Nokia   66,270     612,887
*† Sohu.com   14,300     992,849
  Xerox   45,600     522,576
            6,733,189
Malls REITs – 0.63%          
  General Growth Properties   12,496     202,310
  Simon Property Group   8,264     814,004
            1,016,314
Manufactured Housing REIT – 0.08%          
  Equity Lifestyle Properties   2,300     123,924
            123,924
Materials – 2.64%          
* ArcelorMittal   13,998     441,262
  Dow Chemical   16,200     505,116
  duPont (E.I.) deNemours   11,800     554,482
* Lafarge   11,707     637,236
* Nucor   12,500     471,750
  Rexam   167,200     784,523
* Vale ADR   26,400     836,352
            4,230,721
Mortgage REITs – 0.10%          
  Chimera Investment   12,100     48,400
  Cypress Sharpridge Investments   8,200     111,930
            160,330
Multifamily REITs – 0.12%          
  *Camden Property Trust   3,900     199,173
            199,173
Office REITs – 0.45%          
  Government Properties          
            Income Trust   3,852     98,804
  Mack-Cali Realty   8,300     263,525
  Orix JREIT   17     94,564
* Parkway Properties   3,500     55,615
  SL Green Realty   3,300     215,820
            728,328
Real Estate Management & Development – 0.36%      
  Mitsubishi Estate   10,549     177,814
  Renhe Commercial Holdings   264,000     47,794
* Starwood Property Trust   17,700     353,292
            578,900
Shopping Center REITs – 0.85%          
  Charter Hall Retail REIT   71,117     194,365
  Corio   2,648     152,480
* Kimco Realty   8,157     135,896
* Link REIT   33,000     103,296
  Ramco-Gershenson          
            Properties Trust   13,783     158,505
* Regency Centers   3,900     158,808
* Unibail-Rodamco   1,399     242,947
  Westfield Group   16,989     197,501
= Westfield Retail          
            Trust - Placement Shares   4,123     10,866
            1,354,664
Single Tennant REIT – 0.15%          
* National Retail Properties   9,337     242,855
            242,855
Telecommunications – 2.50%          
  AT&T   18,500     514,115
  Chunghwa Telecom ADR   17,301     417,127
  Frontier Communications   65,000     591,500
GeoEye   500     19,930
  Telefonica   38,494     817,584
* TELUS   14,317     649,949
  Verizon Communications   16,500     528,165
  Vodafone Group   191,777     478,404
            4,016,774
Utilities – 2.36%          
  American Electric Power   13,300     473,480
  Duke Energy   29,100     510,705
  Edison International   14,400     531,936
  National Grid   80,917     714,574
  NorthWestern   3,800     109,478
  Progress Energy   11,400     498,066
  Public Service          
            Enterprise Group   14,700     453,201
  Sempra Energy   10,000     500,900
            3,792,340
Total Common Stock (cost $81,610,437)         78,154,603

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Statement of net assets
 
Delaware Enhanced Global Dividend and Income Fund
 
      Number of   Value
              Shares      (U.S. $)
Convertible Preferred Stock – 1.28%               
Automobiles & Automotive Parts – 0.01%      
* General Motors 4.75%            
            exercise price $39.60,            
            expiration date 12/1/13     186   $ 9,430
              9,430
Banking, Finance & Insurance – 0.20%            
  Aspen Insurance Holdings            
            5.625% exercise price            
            $29.28, expiration            
            date 12/31/49     2,400     132,450
  Citigroup 7.50%            
            exercise price $3.94,            
            expiration date 12/15/12     1,400     175,000
@ Fannie Mae 8.75%            
            exercise price $32.45,            
            expiration date 5/13/11     20,000     9,000
              316,450
Energy – 0.36%            
* Apache 6.00%            
            exercise price $109.12,            
            expiration date 8/1/13     2,200     133,430
  SandRidge Energy 8.50%            
            exercise price $8.01,            
            expiration date 12/31/49     4,440     439,294
              572,724
Healthcare Providers & Pharmaceuticals – 0.17%      
  HealthSouth 6.50%            
            exercise price $30.50,            
            expiration date 12/31/49     310     281,015
              281,015
Telecommunications – 0.54%            
  Lucent Technologies            
            Capital Trust I 7.75%            
            exercise price $24.80,            
            expiration date 3/15/17     1,000     875,000
              875,000
Total Convertible Preferred Stock            
  (cost $3,064,550)           2,054,619
               
      Principal      
      Amount°      
Agency Collateralized Mortgage Obligations – 0.28%      
  Fannie Mae REMICs            
            Series 2001-50 BA            
            7.00% 10/25/41 USD   144,532     162,500
            Series 2003-122            
            4.50% 2/25/28     78,368     81,286
  Freddie Mac REMICs            
            Series 2557 WE            
            5.00% 1/15/18     60,000     65,708
            Series 3131 MC            
            5.50% 4/15/33     40,000     44,153
  Freddie Mac REMICs            
            Series 3173 PE            
            6.00% 4/15/35     65,000     73,045
            Series 3337 PB            
            5.50% 7/15/30     25,000     25,889
Total Agency Collateralized            
  Mortgage Obligations (cost $413,702)     452,581
       
Agency Mortgage-Backed Securities – 1.93%      
Fannie Mae ARM            
            5.066% 3/1/38     33,942     35,923
            5.131% 11/1/35     21,281     22,569
            5.318% 4/1/36     74,391     79,797
            6.002% 10/1/36     18,921     19,994
            6.022% 10/1/36     10,414     11,022
            6.272% 4/1/36     19,315     20,322
  Fannie Mae S.F. 15 yr            
            5.50% 1/1/23     48,248     52,453
  Fannie Mae S.F. 15 yr            
            TBA 4.00% 12/1/25     500,000     520,000
  Fannie Mae S.F. 30 yr            
            5.00% 12/1/36     170,360     181,207
            5.00% 12/1/37     21,171     22,473
            5.00% 2/1/38     16,480     17,489
            6.50% 6/1/36     33,259     37,212
            6.50% 10/1/36     26,436     29,555
            6.50% 12/1/37     39,334     44,403
  Freddie Mac 6.00% 1/1/17     50,814     54,625
Freddie Mac ARM            
            5.681% 7/1/36     16,478     17,316
            5.789% 10/1/36     41,723     44,594
  Freddie Mac S.F. 15 yr            
            5.00% 6/1/18     18,956     20,264
            5.00% 12/1/22     109,300     116,613
  Freddie Mac S.F. 30 yr            
            5.00% 1/1/34     875,089     930,127
            7.00% 11/1/33     50,476     58,223
            9.00% 9/1/30     54,344     65,005
  GNMA I S.F. 30 yr            
            7.50% 12/15/23     104,082     121,041
            7.50% 1/15/32     79,033     91,573
            9.50% 9/15/17     74,207     85,408
            12.00% 5/15/15     43,315     49,582
  GNMA II S.F. 30 yr            
            6.00% 11/20/28     90,526     99,987
            6.50% 2/20/30     218,528     250,038
Total Agency Mortgage-Backed            
  Securities (cost $2,867,864)           3,098,815

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      Principal   Value
              Amount°      (U.S. $)
Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities – 1.85%      
# American Tower Trust 144A               
            Series 2007-1A AFX            
            5.42% 4/15/37 USD   75,000   $ 81,998
  Bank of America Commercial            
            Mortgage Securities            
          Series 2004-3 A5            
            5.595% 6/10/39     50,000     53,923
            Series 2004-5 A3            
            4.561% 11/10/41     475,000     483,520
            Series 2005-1 A3            
            4.877% 11/10/42     47,803     47,984
          Series 2005-6 A4            
            5.369% 9/10/47     180,000     197,102
  Bear Stearns Commercial            
            Mortgage Securities            
          Series 2005-PW10 A4            
            5.405% 12/11/40     100,000     108,541
          Series 2005-T20 A4A            
            5.298% 10/12/42     230,000     250,874
          Series 2006-PW12 A4            
            5.906% 9/11/38     25,000     27,526
          Series 2006-PW14 A4            
            5.405% 12/11/38     60,000     63,535
            Series 2007-PW15 A4            
            5.331% 2/11/44     75,000     78,189
w Commercial Mortgage Pass            
            Through Certificates            
            Series 2005-C6 A5A            
            5.116% 6/10/44     95,000     102,461
  Goldman Sachs Mortgage            
            Securities II            
          Series 2004-GG2 A6            
            5.396% 8/10/38     60,000     64,839
            Series 2005-GG4 A4A            
            4.751% 7/10/39     420,000     448,160
          Series 2006-GG6 A4            
            5.553% 4/10/38     60,000     64,137
Greenwich Capital            
            Commercial Funding            
            Series 2004-GG1 A7            
            5.317% 6/10/36     25,000     27,165
JPMorgan Chase Commercial            
            Mortgage Securities            
            Series 2005-LDP3 A4A            
            4.936% 8/15/42     35,000     37,580
LB-UBS Commercial            
            Mortgage Trust Series            
            2004-C4 A4            
            5.433% 6/15/29     475,000     506,279
Merrill Lynch/Countrywide            
            Commercial Mortgage            
            Trust Series 2007-7 A4            
            5.81% 6/12/50     150,000     154,149
Morgan Stanley Capital I            
            Series 2007-T27 A4            
            5.802% 6/11/42     160,000     174,775
Total Commercial Mortgage-Backed            
  Securities (cost $2,663,201)           2,972,737
               
Convertible Bonds – 12.16%            
Aerospace & Defense – 0.26%            
  AAR 1.75%            
            exercise price $29.43,            
            expiration date 2/1/26     392,000     412,580
              412,580
Automobiles & Automotive Parts – 0.24%      
  ArvinMeritor 4.00%            
            exercise price $26.73,            
            expiration date 2/15/27     380,000     383,325
              383,325
Banking, Finance & Insurance – 0.62%            
  Jefferies Group 3.875%            
            exercise price $38.72            
            expiration date 11/1/29     615,000     631,912
# SVB Financial            
            Group 144A 3.875%            
            exercise price $53.04            
            expiration date 4/15/11     351,000     361,969
              993,881
Basic Materials – 1.22%            
# Owens-Brockway Glass            
            Container 144A 3.00%            
            exercise price $47.47,            
            expiration date 5/28/15     525,000     515,813
  Rayonier TRS Holdings 3.75%            
            exercise price $54.81,            
            expiration date 10/15/12     910,000     996,450
# Sino-Forest 144A 5.00%            
            exercise price $20.29,            
            expiration date 8/1/13     360,000     450,450
              1,962,713
Cable, Media & Publishing – 0.48%            
ϕ General Cable 4.50%            
            exercise price $36.75,            
            expiration date 11/15/29     196,000     224,665
  VeriSign 3.25%            
            exercise price $34.37,            
            expiration date 8/15/37     480,000     547,800
              772,465
Computers & Technology – 2.17%            
* Advanced Micro Devices 6.00%            
            exercise price $28.08,            
            expiration date 5/1/15     321,000     323,006
  Euronet Worldwide 3.50%            
            exercise price $40.48,            
            expiration date 10/15/25     900,000     888,750
* Intel 3.25% exercise price $22.68,            
            expiration date 8/1/39     338,000     412,783
  Linear Technology 3.00%            
            exercise price $45.36            
            expiration date 5/1/27     670,000     696,800
# Rovi 144A 2.625% exercise            
            price $47.36, expiration            
            date 2/15/40     385,000     512,531
  SanDisk 1.00% exercise price            
            $82.35, expiration date 5/15/13     695,000     654,169
              3,488,039

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Statement of net assets
 
Delaware Enhanced Global Dividend and Income Fund
 
              Principal   Value
              Amount°      (U.S. $)
Convertible Bonds (continued)               
Energy – 0.80%            
  Chesapeake Energy 2.25%            
            exercise price $85.89,            
            expiration date 12/15/38 USD   750,000   $ 568,124
* Peabody Energy exercise 4.75%            
            price $58.40, expiration            
            date 12/15/41     245,000     307,169
  Transocean            
          *1.50% exercise price $168.61,            
            expiration date 12/15/37     414,000     400,168
            1.625% exercise price            
            $168.61, expiration            
            date 12/15/37     10,000     9,925
              1,285,386
Healthcare & Pharmaceuticals – 1.98%            
  Alere 3.00%            
            exercise price $43.98,            
            expiration date 5/15/16     613,000     607,636
  Amgen 0.375%            
            exercise price $79.48,            
            expiration date 2/1/13     510,000     510,638
ϕ Hologic 2.00%            
            exercise price $38.59,            
            expiration date 12/15/37     910,000     848,575
  LifePoint Hospitals 3.50%            
            exercise price $51.79,            
            expiration date 5/15/14     675,000     682,594
  Medtronic 1.625%            
            exercise price $54.79            
            expiration date 4/15/13     525,000     528,281
              3,177,724
Leisure, Lodging & Entertainment – 1.11%      
# Gaylord Entertainment            
            144A 3.75%            
            exercise price $27.25,            
            expiration date 10/1/14     310,000     440,588
  International Game            
            Technology 3.25%            
            exercise price $19.97,            
            expiration date 5/1/14     540,000     591,975
  Live Nation            
            Entertainment 2.875%            
            exercise price $27.14,            
            expiration date 7/15/27     837,000     747,022
              1,779,585
Real Estate – 0.61%            
# Digital Realty Trust 144A 5.50%            
            exercise price $42.49,            
            expiration date 4/15/29     380,000     518,462
  Health Care REIT 3.00%            
            exercise price $51.27,            
            expiration date 12/1/29     190,000     205,438
# Lexington Realty            
            Trust 144A 6.00%            
            exercise price $7.09,            
            expiration date 1/15/30     206,000     250,548
              974,448
Telecommunications – 2.12%            
  Alaska Communications            
            Systems Group 5.75%            
            exercise price $12.90,            
            expiration date 3/1/13 USD   795,000     826,800
# Ciena 144A 3.75%            
            exercise price $20.17,            
            expiration date 10/15/18     229,000     233,294
* Leap Wireless            
            International 4.50%            
            exercise price $93.21,            
            expiration date 7/15/14     970,000     880,274
  Level 3 Communications            
            5.25% exercise price            
            $3.98, expiration            
            date 12/15/11     135,000     135,675
          *6.50% exercise price            
            $1.23, expiration            
            date 10/1/16     200,000     219,250
  NII Holdings 3.125% exercise            
            price $118.32, expiration            
            date 6/15/12     700,000     683,375
  SBA Communications 4.00%            
            exercise price $30.38,            
            expiration date 10/1/14     285,000     413,606
              3,392,274
Transportation – 0.55%            
  Bristow Group 3.00%            
            exercise price $77.34,            
            expiration date 6/15/38     317,000     313,434
  DryShips 5.00% exercise            
            price $7.19 expiration            
            date 12/1/14     570,000     569,287
              882,721
Total Convertible Bonds            
  (cost $16,964,466)           19,505,141
               
Corporate Bonds – 40.08%            
Banking – 1.48%            
* Ally Financial            
            8.00% 12/31/18     231,000     235,620
  Bank of America            
          *3.70% 9/1/15     20,000     19,767
            5.625% 7/1/20     5,000     5,036
  City National            
            5.25% 9/15/20     15,000     15,207
Fifth Third Capital Trust IV            
            6.50% 4/15/37     185,000     173,437
  *Goldman Sachs Group            
          *3.70% 8/1/15     5,000     5,113
            5.375% 3/15/20     40,000     41,127
# HBOS Capital Funding 144A            
            6.071% 6/29/49     225,000     198,562
  JPMorgan Chase            
            4.40% 7/22/20     45,000     44,506
  JPMorgan Chase Capital XXV            
            6.80% 10/1/37     55,000     55,135

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      Principal   Value
              Amount°      (U.S. $)
Corporate Bonds (continued)               
Banking (continued)            
# Morgan Stanley 144A            
            10.09% 5/3/17 BRL   2,000,000   $ 1,148,105
  PNC Funding            
            5.125% 2/8/20 USD   30,000     32,101
            5.25% 11/15/15     60,000     65,748
            5.625% 2/1/17     35,000     38,029
  Rabobank Nederland            
            2.125% 10/13/15     5,000     4,936
         #144A 11.00% 12/29/49     90,000     117,572
  SVB Financial Group            
            5.375% 9/15/20     25,000     25,017
USB Capital IX            
            6.189% 10/29/49     80,000     63,200
  Wachovia 5.625% 10/15/16     55,000     61,736
Wells Fargo Capital XIII            
            7.70% 12/29/49     5,000     5,188
  Zions Bancorp            
            5.65% 5/15/14     18,000     17,609
              2,372,751
Basic Industry – 3.54%            
  AK Steel 7.625% 5/15/20     246,000     246,615
  Alcoa 6.15% 8/15/20     13,000     13,464
# Algoma Acquisition 144A            
            9.875% 6/15/15     248,000     221,650
*# Appleton Papers 144A            
            10.50% 6/15/15     188,000     185,180
  ArcelorMittal            
            9.85% 6/1/19     20,000     25,357
  Century Aluminum            
            8.00% 5/15/14     177,100     184,848
  Cliffs Natural Resources            
            4.80% 10/1/20     5,000     5,002
            6.25% 10/1/40     15,000     14,364
  Dow Chemical            
            4.25% 11/15/20     5,000     4,897
            8.55% 5/15/19     30,000     37,941
# Drummond 144A            
            9.00% 10/15/14     206,000     218,360
  duPont (E.I.) deNemours            
            3.625% 1/15/21     15,000     15,025
# FMG Resources            
            August 2006 144A            
            7.00% 11/1/15     290,000     295,075
# Georgia-Pacific 144A            
            5.40% 11/1/20     10,000     9,913
# Hexion US/Nova Scotia            
            Finance 144A            
            9.00% 11/15/20     222,000     220,890
*# Huntsman International 144A            
            8.625% 3/15/21     84,000     89,460
* International Coal Group            
            9.125% 4/1/18     189,000     205,065
  International Paper            
            9.375% 5/15/19     50,000     65,389
  Lyondell Chemical            
            11.00% 5/1/18     325,000     363,187
# MacDermid 144A            
            9.50% 4/15/17     288,000     303,120
  Millar Western            
            Forest Products            
            7.75% 11/15/13     198,000     187,110
  Momentive Performance Materials            
            11.50% 12/1/16     291,000     307,004
           #144A 9.00% 1/15/21     171,000     170,573
Noranda Aluminium            
            Acquisition PIK            
            5.193% 5/15/15     242,280     215,629
  Novelis            
            7.25% 2/15/15     60,000     62,025
            11.50% 2/15/15     88,000     108,240
*# PE Paper Escrow GmbH 144A            
            12.00% 8/1/14     120,000     138,208
  Reliance Steel & Aluminum            
            6.85% 11/15/36     24,000     22,951
  Ryerson            
           7.662% 11/1/14     141,000     132,188
            12.00% 11/1/15     166,000     171,188
*# Steel Dynamics 144A            
            7.625% 3/15/20     168,000     180,600
  Teck Resources            
            9.75% 5/15/14     13,000     16,063
@ Vale Overseas            
            6.875% 11/21/36     979,000     1,088,720
* Verso Paper Holdings            
            11.375% 8/1/16     155,000     152,094
              5,677,395
Brokerage – 0.47%            
  E Trade Financial PIK            
            12.50% 11/30/17     566,000     655,145
  Jefferies Group            
            6.25% 1/15/36     5,000     4,545
            6.45% 6/8/27     60,000     58,021
  Lazard Group            
            6.85% 6/15/17     30,000     31,901
            7.125% 5/15/15     4,000     4,404
              754,016
Capital Goods – 2.16%            
  Alion Science &            
            Technology PIK            
            12.00% 11/1/14     146,702     149,636
# Associated Materials 144A            
            9.125% 11/1/17     150,000     153,375
# Berry Plastics 144A            
            9.75% 1/15/21     267,000     256,988
*# Cemex Espana            
            Luxembourg 144A            
            9.25% 5/12/20     279,000     266,445

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Statement of net assets
 
Delaware Enhanced Global Dividend and Income Fund
 
      Principal   Value
              Amount°      (U.S. $)
Corporate Bonds (continued)               
Capital Goods (continued)            
# DAE Aviation Holdings 144A            
            11.25% 8/1/15 USD   184,000   $ 191,360
# Graham Packaging 144A            
            8.25% 10/1/18     185,000     188,700
  Intertape Polymer            
            8.50% 8/1/14     134,000     112,560
  L-3 Communications            
            4.75% 7/15/20     15,000     15,538
* Manitowoc            
            9.50% 2/15/18     215,000     231,125
*# Nortek 144A            
            10.00% 12/1/18     150,000     150,750
* NXP BV/NXP Funding            
            9.50% 10/15/15     265,000     272,288
# Plastipak Holdings 144A            
            10.625% 8/15/19     136,000     151,640
  Ply Gem Industries            
            13.125% 7/15/14     230,000     242,650
# Polypore International 144A            
            7.50% 11/15/17     245,000     249,288
  Pregis 12.375% 10/15/13     254,000     254,000
* RBS Global/Rexnord            
            11.75% 8/1/16     302,000     320,119
# TriMas 144A            
            9.75% 12/15/17     180,000     193,500
# USG 144A 9.75% 8/1/14     63,000     66,465
              3,466,427
Consumer Cyclical – 3.35%            
* #Allison Transmission 144A            
            11.00% 11/1/15     246,000     267,525
* American Axle &            
            Manufacturing            
            7.875% 3/1/17     395,000     393,025
  ArvinMeritor            
            8.125% 9/15/15     246,000     252,765
            10.625% 3/15/18     119,000     134,173
  Beazer Homes USA            
            8.125% 6/15/16     176,000     170,720
          *9.125% 6/15/18     65,000     62,725
          #144A 9.125% 5/15/19     190,000     179,550
  Burlington Coat Factory            
            Investment Holdings            
            14.50% 10/15/14     336,000     351,120
*# CKE Restaurants 144A            
            11.375% 7/15/18     171,000     182,970
w# CVS Pass Through Trust 144A            
            8.353% 7/10/31     78,191     96,694
  Dave & Buster’s            
            11.00% 6/1/18     145,000     157,325
*# Dunkin Finance 144A            
            9.625% 12/1/18     262,000     264,948
  Express Finance            
            8.75% 3/1/18     93,000     99,045
* Ford Motor            
            7.45% 7/16/31     385,000     415,800
  Ford Motor Credit            
            12.00% 5/15/15     195,000     241,776
* Goodyear Tire & Rubber            
            8.25% 8/15/20     90,000     90,900
  Interface            
            9.50% 2/1/14     20,000     20,650
            11.375% 11/1/13     52,000     64,090
          #144A 7.625% 12/1/18     175,000     179,375
  K Hovnanian Enterprises            
            6.25% 1/15/15     148,000     109,150
            7.50% 5/15/16     97,000     65,960
  Landry’s Restaurants            
            11.625% 12/1/15     94,000     100,110
# M/I Homes 144A            
            8.625% 11/15/18     421,000     421,525
  Norcraft Finance            
            10.50% 12/15/15     151,000     160,815
  Norcraft Holdings            
            9.75% 9/1/12     140,000     139,650
* OSI Restaurant Partners            
            10.00% 6/15/15     189,000     195,615
  Quiksilver            
            6.875% 4/15/15     250,000     238,750
* Standard Pacific            
            10.75% 9/15/16     119,000     136,255
  Susser Holdings & Finance            
            8.50% 5/15/16     174,000     185,310
              5,378,316
Consumer Non-Cyclical – 3.23%            
  Alere 9.00% 5/15/16     201,000     206,025
  Alliance One International            
            10.00% 7/15/16     265,000     278,250
  Anheuser-Busch            
            InBev Worldwide            
          *5.00% 4/15/20     5,000     5,475
          #144A 5.375% 11/15/14     45,000     50,366
  Baxter International            
            4.50% 8/15/19     35,000     38,111
# Brambles USA 144A            
            3.95% 4/1/15     10,000     10,368
            5.35% 4/1/20     20,000     21,103
  Celgene 3.95% 10/15/20     15,000     14,920
  Cott Beverages            
            8.375% 11/15/17     132,000     140,910
  Covidien International Finance            
            4.20% 6/15/20     20,000     20,846
* Dean Foods 7.00% 6/1/16     364,000     335,790
# Delhaize Group 144A            
            5.70% 10/1/40     17,000     16,818
  Diversey Holdings            
            10.50% 5/15/20     337,643     389,556
  Dole Food 13.875% 3/15/14     91,000     110,793
  Iron Mountain 8.375% 8/15/21     140,000     154,000
  Kraft Foods 5.375% 2/10/20     10,000     11,158

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      Principal   Value
              Amount°      (U.S. $)
Corporate Bonds (continued)               
Consumer Non-Cyclical (continued)            
# Lantheus Medical Imaging 144A            
            9.75% 5/15/17 USD   201,000   $ 209,040
  LVB Acquisition            
            11.625% 10/15/17     194,000     214,855
  Medco Health Solutions            
            4.125% 9/15/20     20,000     20,079
            7.125% 3/15/18     10,000     12,186
# Mylan 144A            
            6.00% 11/15/18     250,000     244,375
# NBTY 144A 9.00% 10/1/18     263,000     277,465
# Novasep Holding 144A            
            9.75% 12/15/16     170,000     116,450
  Pfizer 6.20% 3/15/19     15,000     18,257
# PHH 144A 9.25% 3/1/16     186,000     191,580
  Pinnacle Foods Finance            
            10.625% 4/1/17     180,000     192,375
# Quintiles Transnational            
            PIK 144A            
            9.50% 12/30/14     106,000     107,855
# Reynolds Group Issuer 144A            
            9.00% 4/15/19     180,000     184,050
# ServiceMaster PIK 144A            
            10.75% 7/15/15     189,000     203,648
* Smithfield Foods            
            7.75% 7/1/17     154,000     156,310
* Supervalu 8.00% 5/1/16     255,000     251,813
  Tops Holdings/Markets            
            10.125% 10/15/15     131,000     140,170
# Viking Acquisition 144A            
            9.25% 11/1/18     290,000     290,725
# Viskase 144A 9.875%            
            1/15/18     228,000     237,120
# Woolworths 144A            
            4.00% 9/22/20     10,000     10,064
  Yale University            
            2.90% 10/15/14     45,000     47,361
* Yankee Acquisition            
            9.75% 2/15/17     210,000     218,400
  Zimmer Holdings            
            4.625% 11/30/19     30,000     31,905
              5,180,572
Energy – 7.89%            
# American Petroleum            
            Tankers 144A            
            10.25% 5/1/15     296,000     305,620
  Anadarko Petroleum            
            5.95% 9/15/16     20,000     21,367
  Antero Resources Finance            
            9.375% 12/1/17     156,000     161,460
  Aquilex Holdings            
            11.125% 12/15/16     178,000     179,780
* Chaparral Energy            
            8.50% 12/1/15     99,000     98,258
* Chesapeake Energy            
            6.50% 8/15/17     135,000     136,688
            9.50% 2/15/15     146,000     164,250
  Complete Production Services            
            8.00% 12/15/16     174,000     179,220
  Copano Energy            
            7.75% 6/1/18     169,000     169,845
* Crosstex Energy/Finance            
            8.875% 2/15/18     175,000     183,313
  Ecopetrol            
            7.625% 7/23/19     900,000     1,077,749
  El Paso            
            6.875% 6/15/14     44,000     47,578
            7.00% 6/15/17     205,000     217,022
  El Paso Pipeline            
            Partners Operating            
            4.10% 11/15/15     10,000     10,089
Enbridge Energy Partners            
            8.05% 10/1/37     20,000     21,011
  Energy Transfer Partners            
            9.70% 3/15/19     25,000     32,668
  Enterprise Products Operating            
          7.034% 1/15/68     35,000     36,319
            9.75% 1/31/14     45,000     54,866
  EOG Resources            
            4.10% 2/1/21     25,000     25,061
# Gazprom 144A            
            8.625% 4/28/34     1,000,000     1,180,299
  Global Geophysical Services            
            10.50% 5/1/17     95,000     94,525
  Headwaters            
            11.375% 11/1/14     194,000     209,763
# Helix Energy Solutions            
            Group 144A            
            9.50% 1/15/16     246,000     257,070
*# Hercules Offshore 144A            
            10.50% 10/15/17     187,000     149,600
# Hilcorp Energy I            
            144A 8.00% 2/15/20     226,000     237,865
  Holly 9.875% 6/15/17     171,000     186,818
* Key Energy Services            
            8.375% 12/1/14     321,000     341,063
  Kinder Morgan            
            Energy Partners            
            5.30% 9/15/20     10,000     10,655
            6.55% 9/15/40     5,000     5,232
            9.00% 2/1/19     20,000     25,854
# Linn Energy Finance 144A            
            8.625% 4/15/20     201,000     214,065
  Lukoil International Finance            
            6.356% 6/7/17     1,000,000     1,057,499
# Midcontinent Express            
            Pipeline 144A            
            5.45% 9/15/14     25,000     27,048

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Statement of net assets
 
Delaware Enhanced Global Dividend and Income Fund
 
             Principal       Value
    Amount°   (U.S. $)
Corporate Bonds (continued)            
Energy (continued)            
# Murray Energy 144A            
            10.25% 10/15/15 USD       230,000   $ 235,750
  Nexen 7.50% 7/30/39     20,000     24,051
*# NFR Energy/Finance 144A            
            9.75% 2/15/17     224,000     222,320
  Noble Energy            
            8.25% 3/1/19     20,000     25,861
  OPTI Canada            
            7.875% 12/15/14     334,000     231,295
            8.25% 12/15/14     121,000     84,700
          #144A 9.00% 12/15/12     200,000     200,000
* Pemex Project Funding            
            Master Trust            
            6.625% 6/15/35     1,000,000     1,049,908
  Petrohawk Energy            
            7.875% 6/1/15     198,000     204,930
  Petroleum Development            
            12.00% 2/15/18     217,000     244,125
  Pioneer Drilling            
            9.875% 3/15/18     106,000     112,360
* Plains All American            
            Pipeline 8.75% 5/1/19     15,000     19,162
  Pride International            
            6.875% 8/15/20     30,000     31,950
  Quicksilver Resources            
            7.125% 4/1/16     190,000     184,300
# SandRidge Energy 144A            
            9.875% 5/15/16     249,000     258,960
# Semco Energy 144A            
            5.15% 4/21/20     30,000     32,142
  TNK-BP Finance            
            7.875% 3/13/18     2,000,000     2,229,999
  Total Capital            
            2.30% 3/15/16     35,000     34,847
TransCanada Pipelines            
            6.35% 5/15/67     35,000     34,613
  Transocean            
            6.50% 11/15/20     10,000     10,910
  Weatherford            
            International Bermuda            
            5.125% 9/15/20     10,000     10,184
            6.75% 9/15/40     15,000     15,703
            9.625% 3/1/19     10,000     12,908
# Woodside Finance 144A            
            4.50% 11/10/14     20,000     21,391
            8.125% 3/1/14     15,000     17,522
              12,669,411
Finance & Investments – 1.87%            
American International Group I            
            8.175% 5/15/58     270,000     277,425
  Cardtronics 8.25% 9/1/18     84,000     88,200
Chubb 6.375% 3/29/67     15,000     15,750
  General Electric Capital            
            6.00% 8/7/19     105,000     116,235
Genworth Financial            
            6.15% 11/15/66     336,000     258,720
# Icahn Enterprises Finance            
            144A 8.00% 1/15/18     100,000     99,250
# ILFC E-Capital Trust II            
            144A 6.25% 12/21/65     355,000     279,119
# Liberty Mutual Group            
            144A 7.00% 3/15/37     355,000     322,142
  MetLife 6.40% 12/15/36     100,000     95,500
  Nuveen Investments            
            10.50% 11/15/15     773,000     773,966
# Pinafore 144A            
            9.00% 10/1/18     376,000     398,560
  Prudential Financial            
            3.875% 1/14/15     35,000     36,796
XL Capital            
            6.50% 12/31/49     280,000     241,500
              3,003,163
Media – 2.95%            
# Affinion Group 144A            
            7.875% 12/15/18     352,000     326,480
  Cablevision Systems            
            8.00% 4/15/20     19,000     20,473
            8.625% 9/15/17     91,000     99,418
# CCO Holdings Capital 144A            
            7.875% 4/30/18     48,000     49,920
          *8.125% 4/30/20     60,000     63,300
# Charter Communications            
            Operating 144A            
            10.875% 9/15/14     98,000     109,760
# Columbus International            
            144A 11.50% 11/20/14     270,000     299,700
  Comcast 5.875% 2/15/18     15,000     17,096
# COX Communications            
            144A 6.25% 6/1/18     15,000     17,260
  DIRECTV Holdings/Financing            
            4.60% 2/15/21     20,000     20,112
            7.625% 5/15/16     65,000     72,557
# Entravision Communications            
            144A 8.75% 8/1/17     350,000     367,499
  GXS Worldwide            
            9.75% 6/15/15     237,000     235,223
# inVentiv Health 144A            
            10.00% 8/15/18     210,000     206,850
  MDC Partners            
            11.00% 11/1/16     112,000     125,440
# NBC Universal 144A            
            2.875% 4/1/16     10,000     9,967
            4.375% 4/1/21     60,000     60,344
# Nexstar Broadcasting            
            144A 8.875% 4/15/17     200,000     209,500
  Nielsen Finance            
            11.50% 5/1/16     50,000     57,250
            11.625% 2/1/14     97,000     111,065
          #144A 7.75% 10/15/18     186,000     190,185

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             Principal   Value
    Amount°   (U.S. $)
Corporate Bonds (continued)            
Media (continued)            
# Sinclair Television Group            
            144A 9.25% 11/1/17 USD       147,000       $ 159,863
# Sitel Finance 144A            
            11.50% 4/1/18     207,000     176,985
  Symantec 4.20% 9/15/20     5,000     4,781
  Terremark Worldwide            
            12.00% 6/15/17     185,000     209,975
  Time Warner Cable            
            4.125% 2/15/21     15,000     14,639
            8.25% 4/1/19     20,000     25,495
# Univision Communications            
            144A 7.875% 11/1/20     177,000     181,868
# UPC Holding 144A            
            9.875% 4/15/18     120,000     129,600
 *# Visant 144A            
            10.00% 10/1/17     120,000     124,200
# Vivendi 144A            
            6.625% 4/4/18     25,000     28,758
# XM Satellite Radio 144A            
            7.625% 11/1/18     360,000     359,999
            13.00% 8/1/13     553,000     649,774
              4,735,336
Real Estate – 0.84%            
  Developers Diversified Realty            
            7.50% 4/1/17     5,000     5,619
          *7.875% 9/1/20     20,000     22,959
  Digital Realty Trust            
            5.875% 2/1/20     10,000     10,524
* Felcor Lodging            
            10.00% 10/1/14     195,000     216,694
  Host Marriott            
            6.375% 3/15/15     245,000     250,513
  Liberty Property            
            4.75% 10/1/20     5,000     5,124
# Qatari Diar Finance 144A            
            5.00% 7/21/20     800,000     817,444
* Regency Centers            
            5.875% 6/15/17     20,000     21,992
              1,350,869
Services Cyclical – 2.91%            
  ARAMARK 8.50% 2/1/15     150,000     156,000
# Ashtead Capital 144A            
            9.00% 8/15/16     130,000     136,175
  Burlington Northern Santa Fe            
            3.60% 9/1/20     5,000     4,994
            4.70% 10/1/19     30,000     32,487
            5.65% 5/1/17     5,000     5,717
  Canadian Pacific            
            4.45% 3/15/23     20,000     20,169
# Delta Air Lines 144A            
            12.25% 3/15/15     193,000     219,055
# Equinox Holdings 144A            
            9.50% 2/1/16     221,000     231,498
# ERAC USA Finance 144A            
            5.25% 10/1/20     40,000     42,335
* General Maritime            
            12.00% 11/15/17     214,000     215,070
* Harrah’s Operating            
            10.00% 12/15/18     457,000     388,450
# Icon Health & Fitness 144A            
            11.875% 10/15/16     108,000     107,730
  Kansas City            
            Southern de Mexico            
            8.00% 2/1/18     187,000     201,960
  Kansas City            
            Southern Railway            
            13.00% 12/15/13     2,000     2,410
*# Marina District Finance            
            144A 9.875% 8/15/18     268,000     257,950
*# MCE Finance 144A            
            10.25% 5/15/18     170,000     192,950
  MGM MIRAGE            
          *7.50% 6/1/16     29,000     25,593
            11.125% 11/15/17     2,000     2,270
          *11.375% 3/1/18     543,000     562,005
            13.00% 11/15/13     105,000     123,900
* Mohegan Tribal            
            Gaming Authority            
            6.875% 2/15/15     61,000     41,175
            7.125% 8/15/14     145,000     101,500
  NCL            
            11.75% 11/15/16     200,000     227,500
          #144A 9.50% 11/15/18     183,000     187,346
* Peninsula Gaming            
            10.75% 8/15/17     228,000     246,810
* Pinnacle Entertainment            
            8.75% 5/15/20     198,000     198,743
# Pokagon Gaming            
            Authority 144A            
            10.375% 6/15/14     10,000     10,425
  Royal Caribbean Cruises            
            6.875% 12/1/13     125,000     133,750
* RSC Equipment Rental            
            10.25% 11/15/19     5,000     5,556
# Shingle Springs Tribal            
            Gaming Authority            
            144A 9.375% 6/15/15     242,000     148,830
*# Swift Transportation 144A            
            12.50% 5/15/17     96,000     104,160
# United Air Lines 144A            
            12.00% 11/1/13     292,000     325,580
  Wyndham Worldwide            
            5.75% 2/1/18     5,000     5,160
              4,665,253
Services Non-Cyclical – 1.76%            
# Accellent 144A            
            10.00% 11/1/17     115,000     107,813
  Allied Waste North America            
            6.875% 6/1/17     40,000     44,409
            7.125% 5/15/16     10,000     10,624

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Statement of net assets
 
Delaware Enhanced Global Dividend and Income Fund
 
             Principal   Value
    Amount°   (U.S. $)
Corporate Bonds (continued)            
Services Non-Cyclical (continued)            
  Amgen 3.45% 10/1/20 USD       25,000       $ 24,660
  BioScrip 10.25% 10/1/15     196,000     201,635
  CareFusion            
            6.375% 8/1/19     65,000     76,124
  Casella Waste Systems            
            9.75% 2/1/13     387,000     392,804
  Community Health Systems            
            8.875% 7/15/15     135,000     141,581
# DJO Finance 144A            
            9.75% 10/15/17     239,000     240,793
  Genzyme            
            3.625% 6/15/15     100,000     105,078
            5.00% 6/15/20     20,000     21,879
  HCA 9.25% 11/15/16     185,000     198,413
  Hospira 6.40% 5/15/15     95,000     110,141
  Life Technologies            
            6.00% 3/1/20     35,000     38,890
# Multiplan 144A            
            9.875% 9/1/18     198,000     210,870
# Radiation Therapy Services            
            144A 9.875% 4/15/17     216,000     212,220
# Radnet Management            
            144A 10.375% 4/1/18     174,000     160,950
# Roche Holdings 144A            
            6.00% 3/1/19     20,000     23,925
* Select Medical            
            7.625% 2/1/15     272,000     272,000
US Oncology Holdings PIK            
            6.737% 3/15/12     237,000     238,185
              2,832,994
Technology – 0.98%            
# Allen Systems Group 144A            
            10.50% 11/15/16     285,000     285,000
# Aspect Software 144A            
            10.625% 5/15/17     194,000     196,910
  First Data 9.875% 9/24/15     186,000     159,030
  Hewlett-Packard            
            3.75% 12/1/20     20,000     20,108
# International Wire Group            
            144A 9.75% 4/15/15     155,000     161,394
  Magnachip Semiconductor            
            Finance 10.50% 4/15/18     156,000     166,920
# MedAssets 144A            
            8.00% 11/15/18     137,000     138,713
  National Semiconductor            
            6.60% 6/15/17     20,000     22,797
  Sanmina-SCI            
            8.125% 3/1/16     79,000     79,593
# Seagate Technology            
            International 144A            
            10.00% 5/1/14     10,000     11,800
* SunGard Data Systems            
            10.25% 8/15/15     314,000     326,559
              1,568,824
Telecommunications – 5.20%            
  American Tower            
            5.05% 9/1/20     25,000     25,804
# Clearwire Communications            
            144A 12.00% 12/1/15     1,006,000     1,071,765
  Cricket Communications            
            7.75% 5/15/16     130,000     133,575
# Crown Castle Towers            
            144A 4.883% 8/15/20     30,000     29,799
# Digicel Group 144A            
            8.875% 1/15/15     1,000,000     1,014,999
            9.125% 1/15/15     1,120,000     1,136,799
            10.50% 4/15/18     230,000     254,150
  Frontier Communications            
            7.125% 3/15/19     120,000     124,800
  Global Crossing            
            12.00% 9/15/15     297,000     335,610
  Intelsat 6.50% 11/1/13     155,000     155,000
  Intelsat Bermuda            
            11.25% 2/4/17     640,000     673,600
            PIK 11.50% 2/4/17     49,938     53,184
  Level 3 Financing            
            10.00% 2/1/18     217,000     200,725
  MetroPCS Wireless            
            6.625% 11/15/20     165,000     157,575
          *7.875% 9/1/18     90,000     93,713
  NII Capital            
            10.00% 8/15/16     271,000     302,165
* PAETEC Holding            
            9.50% 7/15/15     165,000     167,888
  Qwest 8.375% 5/1/16     40,000     48,200
  Qwest Communications            
            International            
            7.50% 2/15/14     85,000     86,275
  Sprint Capital            
            8.75% 3/15/32     453,000     450,735
# Telcordia Technologies            
            144A 11.00% 5/1/18     415,000     406,700
  Telecom Italia Capital            
            5.25% 10/1/15     35,000     37,157
            6.175% 6/18/14     55,000     59,597
  Telesat Canada            
            11.00% 11/1/15     158,000     176,565
            12.50% 11/1/17     164,000     191,060
  ViaSat 8.875% 9/15/16     113,000     120,628
  Virgin Media Finance            
            8.375% 10/15/19     120,000     132,300
* West 11.00% 10/15/16     219,000     235,973
# Wind Acquisition            
            Finance 144A            
            11.75% 7/15/17     370,000     412,550
  Windstream            
            7.875% 11/1/17     45,000     47,475
              8,336,366

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             Principal   Value
    Amount°   (U.S. $)
Corporate Bonds (continued)            
Utilities – 1.45%            
  AES            
            7.75% 3/1/14 USD       129,000       $ 137,385
            8.00% 6/1/20     44,000     46,200
            9.75% 4/15/16     10,000     11,150
* Ameren Illinois            
            9.75% 11/15/18     80,000     105,477
# American Transmission            
            Systems 144A            
            5.25% 1/15/22     25,000     27,034
  Centerpoint Energy            
            5.95% 2/1/17     13,000     14,431
  CMS Energy            
            4.25% 9/30/15     5,000     5,087
            6.55% 7/17/17     10,000     10,885
            8.75% 6/15/19     15,000     18,026
  Commonwealth Edison            
            4.00% 8/1/20     30,000     30,798
            5.80% 3/15/18     5,000     5,796
  Dominion Resources            
            5.60% 11/15/16     5,000     5,781
            6.00% 11/30/17     10,000     11,694
  Duke Energy 5.05% 9/15/19     10,000     11,012
  Duke Energy Carolinas            
            5.30% 2/15/40     5,000     5,245
  Duke Energy Ohio            
            5.45% 4/1/19     15,000     17,366
  Dynegy Holdings            
            7.75% 6/1/19     157,000     103,228
  Elwood Energy            
            8.159% 7/5/26     166,028     161,048
  Energy Future Intermediate            
            10.00% 12/1/20     192,000     197,886
  Exelon Generation            
            4.00% 10/1/20     10,000     9,785
            5.75% 10/1/41     25,000     24,367
  Florida Power            
            5.65% 6/15/18     5,000     5,843
# GenOn Escrow 144A            
            9.50% 10/15/18     127,000     121,285
  Korea Southern Power            
            5.375% 4/18/13     630,000     670,306
# LG&E & KU Energy 144A            
            3.75% 11/15/20     20,000     19,609
* Mirant Americas Generation            
            8.50% 10/1/21     245,000     238,262
  Oncor Electric Delivery            
            7.00% 9/1/22     10,000     12,291
          #144A 5.00% 9/30/17     15,000     16,379
          #144A 5.25% 9/30/40     5,000     4,883
  Pennsylvania Electric            
            5.20% 4/1/20     45,000     48,369
  Public Service Oklahoma            
            5.15% 12/1/19     30,000     32,656
Puget Sound Energy            
            6.974% 6/1/67     165,000     161,973
  Sempra Energy            
            6.15% 6/15/18     10,000     11,763
  Southern California            
            Edison 5.50% 8/15/18     20,000     23,309
              2,326,609
Total Corporate Bonds (cost $61,821,838)     64,318,302
         
Non-Agency Asset-Backed Securities – 0.32%      
  Ally Auto Receivables            
            Trust Series 2010-2 A3            
            1.38% 7/15/14     10,000     10,050
Citibank Credit Card            
            Issuance Trust Series            
            2004-C1 C1            
            0.903% 7/15/13     10,000     9,933
Citicorp Residential            
            Mortgage Securities            
            Series 2006-3 A5            
            5.948% 11/25/36     100,000     86,536
  CNH Equipment Trust            
            Series 2008-A A4            
            4.93% 8/15/14     25,550     26,177
            Series 2008-B A3A            
            4.78% 7/16/12     2,709     2,716
            Series 2009-C A3            
            1.85% 12/16/13     15,000     15,124
  Discover Card Master            
            Trust Series 2007-A1            
            A1 5.65% 3/16/20     100,000     116,450
@# Dunkin Securitization            
            144A Series 2006-1 A2            
            5.779% 6/20/31     150,000     152,063
  Harley-Davidson            
            Motorcycle Trust            
            Series 2006-2            
            A2 5.35% 3/15/13     29,875     30,254
  John Deere Owner Trust            
            Series 2009-A A4            
            3.96% 5/16/16     25,000     26,128
            Series 2010-A 4A            
            2.13% 10/17/16     15,000     15,374
Merrill Auto Trust            
            Securitization            
            Series 2007-1 A4            
            0.313% 12/15/13     14,801     14,761
Total Non-Agency Asset-Backed            
  Securities (cost $486,298)           505,566

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Statement of net assets
 
Delaware Enhanced Global Dividend and Income Fund
 
             Principal   Value
    Amount°   (U.S. $)
Non-Agency Collateralized Mortgage Obligations – 0.30%
@ Bear Stearns ARM Trust            
            Series 2007-1 3A2            
            5.551% 2/25/47 USD   213,786       $ 23,642
  Citicorp Mortgage Securities          
            Series 2006-4 3A1            
            5.50% 8/25/21     16,426     16,481
            Series 2007-1 2A1            
            5.50% 1/25/22     107,654     104,474
          Series 2007-AR8 1A3A            
            5.729% 8/25/37     74,857     58,918
First Horizon            
            Asset Securities            
            Series 2007-AR2 1A1            
            5.786% 8/25/37     100,153     76,714
GSR Mortgage Loan Trust            
            Series 2006-AR1 3A1            
            5.143% 1/25/36     154,977     135,850
MASTR ARM Trust            
            Series 2006-2 4A1            
            4.969% 2/25/36     66,142     62,783
Total Non-Agency Collateralized          
  Mortgage Obligations            
  (cost $726,190)           478,862
               
«Senior Secured Loans – 0.69%            
  Clear Channel            
            Communication            
            Tranche B            
            3.65% 1/29/16     300,000     238,806
  CommScope Bridge            
            9.25% 10/26/11     265,000     264,999
  Energy Futures            
            Holdings Tranche B2            
            3.941% 10/10/14     340,612     263,594
  Harrahs Chester            
            Downs & Marina            
            12.375% 12/31/16     92,125     93,661
  PQ Tranche B            
            6.82% 7/30/15     165,000     156,682
  Syniverse Holdings Bridge            
            Loan 8.00% 10/28/11     88,000     88,028
Total Senior Secured Loans            
  (cost $1,083,622)           1,105,770
               
Sovereign Debt – 4.11%Δ            
Brazil – 0.35%            
  Banco Nacional de            
            Desenvolvimento            
            Economico e Social            
            6.369% 6/16/18     500,000     566,250
              566,250
Indonesia – 3.07%            
  Indonesia Treasury Bond            
            11.00% 11/15/20 IDR   35,825,000,000     4,930,823
              4,930,823
Philippines – 0.69%            
  Philippine Government            
            International Bond            
            6.375% 10/23/34 USD   1,000,000     1,100,000
              1,100,000
Total Sovereign Debt            
  (cost $6,220,923)           6,597,073
               
Supranational Banks – 2.00%            
  European Bank for            
            Reconstruction &            
            Development            
            7.00% 7/30/12 INR   41,000,000     935,033
  European Investment Bank            
            8.00% 10/21/13 ZAR   6,880,000     1,005,411
            9.625% 4/1/15 TRY   1,800,000     1,264,447
Total Supranational Banks            
  (cost $3,153,626)           3,204,891
               
U.S. Treasury Obligations – 0.27%            
  U.S. Treasury Bond            
            3.875% 8/15/40 USD   25,000     24,023
  U.S. Treasury Notes            
            1.375% 11/30/15     360,000     358,538
            2.25% 11/30/17     15,000     15,100
          *2.625% 11/15/20     40,000     39,419
Total U.S. Treasury Obligations            
  (cost $434,486)           437,080
         
Leveraged Non-Recourse Security – 0.00%      
@w# JPMorgan Pass Through            
            Trust Series 2007-B 144A            
            0.00% 1/15/87     500,000     0
Total Leveraged Non-Recourse            
  Security (cost $425,000)           0
         
Residual Interest Trust Certificate – 0.00%      
=@w# Freddie Mac Auction Pass            
            Through Trust Series            
            2007-6B 144A 0.00%     175,000     0
Total Residual Interest Trust            
  Certificate (cost $190,466)           0
               
    Number of      
    Shares      
Exchange-Traded Funds – 2.78%            
  iShares iBOXX $ High            
            Yield Corporate            
            Bond Fund     50,000     4,449,500
* ProShares UltraShort            
            Real Estate     520     10,410
Total Exchange-Traded Funds            
  (cost $4,553,867)           4,459,910

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             Number of   Value  
    Shares   (U.S. $)  
Preferred Stock – 0.43%              
@# Ally Financial 144A 7.00%     400       $ 357,149  
  Developers Diversified              
            Realty Series I 7.50%     1,925     46,585  
  Freddie Mac 6.02%     33,000     16,500  
PNC Financial Services              
            Group 8.25%     10,000     10,660  
  ProLogis Series G 6.75%     7,050     167,861  
  Vornado Realty              
            Trust 6.625%     3,700     88,911  
Total Preferred Stock              
  (cost $1,411,077)           687,666  
                  
Warrant – 0.00%              
  Alion Science & Technology     115     1  
Total Warrant (cost $0)           1  
                  
    Principal        
    Amount°        
Discount Note – 5.27%              
  Federal Home Loan Bank              
            0.07% 12/1/10 USD       8,459,022     8,459,022  
Total Discount Note              
  (cost $8,459,022)           8,459,022  
Total Value of Securities Before              
  Securities Lending Collateral – 122.45%        
  (cost $196,550,635)           196,492,639  
                 
    Number of        
    Shares        
Securities Lending Collateral** – 13.14%        
Investment Companies              
  BNY Mellon SL DBT II              
            Liquidating Fund     356,158     346,114  
  Delaware Investments Collateral              
            Fund No.1     20,732,191     20,732,191  
@† Mellon GSL Reinvestment              
            Trust II     311,516     0  
Total Securities Lending Collateral              
  (cost $21,399,865)           21,078,305  
                  
Total Value of Securities – 135.59%              
  (cost $217,950,500)           217,570,944 ©
Obligation to Return Securities              
  Lending Collateral** – (13.34%)           (21,399,865 )
Borrowing Under Line of Credit – (24.93%)           (40,000,000 )
Receivables and Other Assets              
  Net of Liabilities – 2.68%           4,293,535  
Net Assets Applicable to 13,024,844              
  Shares Outstanding; Equivalent to        
  $12.32 – 100.00%         $ 160,464,614  
                  
Components of Net Assets at November 30, 2010:              
Shares of beneficial interest              
  (unlimited authorization – no par)         $ 215,626,126  
Distributions in excess of net investment income           (787,504 )
Accumulated net realized loss on investments           (54,193,123 )
Net unrealized depreciation of investments              
  and foreign currencies           (180,885 )
Total net assets         $ 160,464,614  

° Principal amount shown is stated in the currency in which each security is denominated.
 
BRL — Brazilian Real
IDR — Indonesian Rupiah
INR — Indian Rupee
TRY — Turkish Lira
USD — United States Dollar
ZAR — South African Rand
 
* Fully or partially on loan.
Non income producing security.
= Security is being fair valued in accordance with the Fund’s fair valuation policy. At November 30, 2010, the aggregate amount of fair valued securities was $10,866, which represented 0.01% of the Fund’s net assets. See Note 1 in “Notes to financial statements.”
@ Illiquid security. At November 30, 2010, the aggregate amount of illiquid securities was $2,222,501 which represented 1.39% of the Fund’s net assets. See Note 10 in “Notes to financial statements.”
Variable rate security. The rate shown is the rate as of November 30, 2010. Interest rates reset periodically.
# Security exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. At November 30, 2010, the aggregate amount of Rule 144A securities was $30,232,611 which represented 18.84% of the Fund’s net assets. See Note 10 in “Notes to financial statements.”
w Pass Through Agreement. Security represents the contractual right to receive a proportionate amount of underlying payments due to the counterparty pursuant to various agreements related to the rescheduling of obligations and the exchange of certain notes.
Φ Step coupon bond. Coupon increases or decreases periodically based on a predetermined schedule. Stated rate in effect at November 30, 2010.
Restricted Security. These investments are in securities not registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended and have certain restrictions on resale which may limit their liquidity. At November 30, 2010, the aggregate amount of the restricted security was $241,500, which represented 0.15% of the Fund’s net assets. See Note 10 in “Notes to financial statements."
« Senior Secured Loans generally pay interest at rates which are periodically redefined by reference to a base lending rate plus a premium. These base lending rates are generally: (i) the prime rate offered by one or more United States banks, (ii) the lending rate offered by one or more European banks such as the London Inter-Bank Offered Rate (LIBOR), and (iii) the certificate of deposit rate. Senior Secured Loans may be subject to restrictions on resale. Stated rate in effect at November 30, 2010.
Δ Securities have been classified by country of origin.
** See Note 9 in “Notes to financial statements.”
© Includes $20,430,441 of securities loaned.
The rate shown is the effective yield at the time of purchase.
 
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Statement of net assets
 
Delaware Enhanced Global Dividend and Income Fund
 
 
Summary of Abbreviations:
ADR — American Depositary Receipts
ARM — Adjustable Rate Mortgage
BCLY — Barclays Bank
CDS — Credit Default Swap
CGM — Citigroup Global Markets
CMB — Chase Manhattan Bank
GNMA — Government National Mortgage Association
JPMS — JPMorgan Securities
MASTR — Mortgage Asset Securitization Transactions, Inc.
PIK — Pay-in-kind
REIT — Real Estate Investment Trust
REMIC — Real Estate Mortgage Investment Conduits
S.F. — Single Family
TBA — To be announced
yr — Year
 
1The following foreign currency exchange contract and swap contracts were outstanding at November 30, 2010:
 
Foreign Currency Exchange Contract
 
  Contract to               Settlement       Unrealized
Counterparty   Receive       In Exchange For   Date   Appreciation
CMB BRL     651,727   USD     373,268   1/7/11   $3,447

Swap Contracts
CDS Contracts
 
    Swap       Annual       Unrealized
    Referenced   Notional   Protection   Termination   Appreciation
Counterparty       Obligation   Value   Payments       Date   (Depreciation)
    Protection                                    
           Purchased:                                
    ITRAXX Europe                                
           Subordinate                                
           Financials                                
BCLY          5 yr CDS       $ 105,000         1.00 %       12/20/15     $ 7,773  
JPMS          5 yr CDS     10,000     1.00 %       12/20/15       237  
JPMS          5 yr CDS     70,000     1.00 %       12/20/15       5,226  
JPMS   Penney (J.C)                                
           5 yr CDS     45,000     1.00 %       3/20/15       1,350  
JPMS   Viacom                                
           5 yr CDS     25,000     1.00 %       9/20/15       (268 )
        $ 255,000                     $ 14,318  
    Protection Sold /                                
           Moody’s Rating:                          
CGM   MetLife 5 yr                                
           CDS / A   $ 25,000     5.00 %       9/20/14     $ 1,095  
JPMS   Comcast 5 yr                                
           CDS / Baa     25,000     1.00 %       9/20/15       363  
        $ 50,000                     $ 1,458  
    Total                           $ 15,776  

The use of foreign currency exchange contract and swap contracts involves elements of market risk and risks in excess of the amount recognized in the financial statements. The notional values presented above represent the Fund’s total exposure in such contracts, whereas only the net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) is reflected in the Fund’s net assets.
 
1See Note 8 in “Notes to financial statements.”
 
See accompanying Notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.
 
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Statement of operations
 
Delaware Enhanced Global Dividend and Income Fund
Year Ended November 30, 2010
 
Investment Income:                
       Interest       $ 7,726,008          
       Dividends     2,765,866          
       Securities lending income     79,195          
       Foreign tax withheld     (129,853 )       $ 10,441,216  
                 
Expenses:                
       Management fees     1,975,891          
       Reports to shareholders     118,708          
       Accounting and administration expenses     78,356          
       Dividend disbursing and transfer agent fees and expenses     50,106          
       Custodian fees     46,685          
       Pricing fees     29,070          
       Leverage expenses     27,264          
       NYSE fees     23,825          
       Audit and tax     19,536          
       Legal fees     18,194          
       Trustees’ fees     8,777          
       Dues and services     7,176          
       Insurance fees     6,605          
       Consulting fees     2,199          
       Directors’ expenses     630          
       Registration fees     553          
       Operating expenses (before interest expense)             2,413,575  
       Interest expense             653,953  
       Total operating expenses (after interest expense)             3,067,528  
Net Investment Income             7,373,688  
                 
Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) on Investments and Foreign Currencies:                
       Net realized gain (loss) on:                
              Investments             4,207,007  
              Options written             155,104  
              Foreign currency exchange contracts             406  
              Swap contracts             (3,596 )
              Foreign currencies             (680,340 )
       Net realized gain             3,678,581  
       Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation of investments and foreign currencies             8,310,279  
Net Realized and Unrealized Gain on Investments and Foreign Currencies             11,988,860  
                 
Net Increase in Net Assets Resulting from Operations           $ 19,362,548  

See accompanying Notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.
 
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Statements of changes in net assets
 
Delaware Enhanced Global Dividend and Income Fund
 
    Year Ended
    11/30/10   11/30/09
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets from Operations:                
       Net investment income       $ 7,373,688         $ 8,855,334  
       Net realized gain (loss) on investments and foreign currencies     3,678,581       (22,022,484 )
       Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation of investments and foreign currencies     8,310,279       72,084,301  
       Net increase in net assets resulting from operations     19,362,548       58,917,151  
                 
Dividends and Distributions to Shareholders from:1                
       Net investment income     (11,913,695 )     (8,632,951 )
       Return of capital     (4,052,200 )     (7,780,966 )
      (15,965,895 )     (16,413,917 )
                 
Capital Share Transactions:2                
       Cost of shares reinvested     1,020,065       144,672  
       Increase in net assets derived from capital stock transactions     1,020,065       144,672  
                 
Net Increase in Net Assets     4,416,718       42,647,906  
                 
Net Assets:                
       Beginning of year     156,047,896       113,399,990  
       End of year (including distributions in excess of net investment income of $787,504                
              and $309,863, respectively)   $ 160,464,614     $ 156,047,896  

1See Note 4 in ”Notes to financial statements.”
2See Note 6 in “Notes to financial statements.”
 
See accompanying Notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.
 
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Statement of cash flows
 
Delaware Enhanced Global Dividend and Income Fund
Year Ended November 30, 2010
 
Net Cash (Including Foreign Currency) Provided by Operating Activities:      
Net increase in net assets resulting from operations $ 19,362,548  
 
       Adjustments to reconcile net increase in net assets from      
              operations to cash provided by operating activities:      
              Amortization of premium and discount on investments purchased   (520,977 )
              Purchase of investment securities   (148,678,175 )
              Proceeds from disposition of short-term investment securities, net   1,603,448  
              Proceeds from disposition of investment securities   153,858,865  
              Net realized gain on investment transactions   (3,505,391 )
              Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation of investments and foreign currencies   (8,310,279 )
              Decrease in receivable for investments sold   104,317  
              Decrease in interest and dividends receivable   269,648  
              Decrease in payable for fund shares reinvested   144,672  
              Increase in payable for investments purchased   486,471  
              Increase in interest payable   103,425  
              Increase in accrued expenses and other liabilities   21,749  
       Total adjustments   (4,422,227 )
Net cash provided by operating activities   14,940,321  
 
Cash Flows Used for Financing Activities:      
       Cash dividends and distributions paid   (15,965,895 )
       Cost of fund shares reinvested   1,020,065  
Net cash used for financing activities   (14,945,830 )
Effect of exchange rates on cash   114,403  
Net increase in cash   108,894  
Cash at beginning of year   3,970,963  
Cash at end of year $ 4,079,857  
 
Interest paid for borrowings during the year $ 550,528  

See accompanying Notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.
 
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Financial highlights
 
Delaware Enhanced Global Dividend and Income Fund
 
 
 
Selected data for each share of the Fund outstanding throughout each period were as follows:
 
                        6/29/071  
  Year Ended       to      
        11/30/10       11/30/09       11/30/08         11/30/07  
Net asset value, beginning of period   $12.060     $8.770     $17.640       $19.100    
   
Income (loss) from investment operations:                            
Net investment income2   0.568     0.685     0.769       0.288    
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments and foreign currencies   0.922     3.875     (7.935 )     (1.285 )  
Total from investment operations   1.490     4.560     (7.166 )     (0.997 )  
   
Less dividends and distributions from:                            
Net investment income   (0.918 )   (0.668 )   (0.644 )     (0.284 )  
Return of capital   (0.312 )   (0.602 )   (1.060 )     (0.142 )  
Total dividends and distributions   (1.230 )   (1.270 )   (1.704 )     (0.426 )  
   
Capital share transactions                            
Common share offering costs charged to paid in capital                 (0.037 )  
Total capital share transactions                 (0.037 )  
   
Net asset value, end of period   $12.320     $12.060     $8.770       $17.640    
   
Market value, end of period   $12.310     $12.290     $6.080       $15.370    
   
Total return based on:3                            
Market value   10.92%     134.96%     (54.14% )     (17.24% )  
Net asset value   13.13%     59.12%     (42.25% )     (4.97% )  
   
Ratios and supplemental data:                            
Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)   $160,465     $156,048     $113,400       $228,204    
Ratio of expenses to average net assets   1.95%     2.14%     1.66%       1.17%    
Ratio of expenses to adjusted average net assets (before interest expense)4   1.22%     1.26%     1.24%       1.17%    
Ratio of interest expense to adjusted average net assets4   0.33%     0.35%     0.29%          
Ratio of net investment income to average net assets   4.68%     6.73%     5.33%       3.68%    
Ratio of net investment income to adjusted average net assets4   3.73%     5.06%     4.91%       3.68%    
Portfolio turnover   83%     88%     97%       175%    
   
Leverage Analysis:                            
Debt outstanding at end of period at par (000 omitted)   $40,000     $40,000     $40,000          
Asset coverage per $1,000 of debt outstanding at end of period   $5,012     $4,901     $3,835          

1 Date of commencement of operations, ratios have been annualized and total return and portfolio turnover have not been annualized.
2 The average shares outstanding method has been applied for per share information.
3 Total investment return is calculated assuming a purchase of common stock on the opening of the first day and a sale on the closing of the last day of each period reported. Dividends and distributions, if any, are assumed for the purpose of this calculation, to be reinvested at prices obtained under the Fund’s dividend reinvestment plan. Generally, total investment return based on net asset value will be higher than total investment return based on market value in periods where there is an increase in the discount or decrease in the premium of the market value to the net asset value from the beginning to the end of such periods. Conversely, total investment return based on net asset value will be lower than total investment return based on market value in periods where there is a decrease in the discount or an increase in the premium of the market value to the net asset value from the beginning to the end of such periods.
4 Adjusted average net assets excludes debt outstanding.
 
See accompanying Notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.
 
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Notes to financial statements
 
Delaware Enhanced Global Dividend and Income Fund
November 30, 2010
 
Delaware Enhanced Global Dividend and Income Fund (Fund) is organized as a Delaware statutory trust and is a diversified closed-end management investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended. The Fund’s shares trade on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the symbol DEX.
 
The primary investment objective of the Fund is to seek current income, with a secondary objective of capital appreciation.
 
1. Significant Accounting Policies
 
The following accounting policies are in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (U.S. GAAP) and are consistently followed by the Fund.
 
Security Valuation — Equity securities, except those traded on the Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc. (Nasdaq), are valued at the last quoted sales price as of the time of the regular close of the NYSE on the valuation date. Securities traded on the Nasdaq are valued in accordance with the Nasdaq Official Closing Price, which may not be the last sales price. If on a particular day an equity security does not trade, then the mean between the bid and ask prices will be used. Securities listed on a foreign exchange are valued at the last quoted sales price on the valuation date. Short-term debt securities are valued at market value. U.S. Government and agency securities are valued at the mean between the bid and ask prices. Other debt securities, credit default swap (CDS) contracts and interest rate swap contracts are valued by an independent pricing service or broker. To the extent current market prices are not available, the pricing service may take into account developments related to the specific security, as well as transactions in comparable securities. Investment company securities are valued at net asset value per share. Foreign currency exchange contracts are valued at the mean between the bid and ask prices. Interpolated values are derived when the settlement date of the contract is an interim date for which quotations are not available. Futures contracts and options on futures are valued at the daily quoted settlement prices. Exchange-traded options are valued at the last reported sale price or, if no sales are reported, at the mean between the bid and ask price. 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 Fund’s Board of Trustees (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 or suspension of trading in a security. The Fund may use fair value pricing more frequently for securities traded primarily in non-U.S. markets because, among other things, most foreign markets close well before the Fund values its securities generally as of 4:00 p.m. Eastern time. The earlier close of these foreign markets gives rise to the possibility that significant events, including broad market moves, government actions or pronouncements, aftermarket trading, or news events may have occurred in the interim. To account for this, the Fund may frequently value foreign securities using fair value prices based on third-party vendor modeling tools (international fair value pricing).
 
Federal Income Taxes — No provision for federal income taxes has been made as 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. 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. Management has analyzed the Fund’s tax positions taken on federal income tax returns for all open tax years (November 30, 2007 – November 30, 2010), and has concluded that no provision for federal income tax is required in the Fund’s financial statements.
 
Distributions — The Fund has implemented a managed distribution policy. Under the policy, the Fund is managed with a goal of generating as much of the distribution as possible from net investment income and short-term capital gains. The balance of the distribution will then come from long-term capital gains to the extent permitted, and if necessary, a return of capital. Even though the Fund may realize current year capital gains, such gains may be offset, in whole or in part, by the Fund’s capital loss carryovers from prior years. For federal income tax purposes, the effect of such capital loss carryovers may be to convert (to the extent of such current year gains) what would otherwise be returns of capital into distributions taxable as ordinary income. This tax effect can occur during times of extended market volatility. The actual determination of the source of the Fund’s distributions can be made only at year-end. Shareholders should receive written notification regarding the actual components and tax treatments of all Fund distributions for the calendar year 2010 in early 2011.
 
To Be Announced Trades — The Fund may contract to purchase securities for a fixed price at a transaction date beyond the customary settlement period (e.g., “when issued,” “delayed delivery,” “forward commitment,” or “TBA transactions”) consistent with the Fund’s ability to manage its investment portfolio and meet redemption requests. These transactions involve a commitment by the Fund to purchase securities for a predetermined price or yield with payment and delivery taking place more than three days in the future, or after a period longer than the customary settlement period for that type of security. No interest will be earned by the Fund on such purchases until the securities are delivered; however the market value may change prior to delivery.
 
Foreign Currency Transactions — Transactions denominated in foreign currencies are recorded at the prevailing exchange rates on the valuation date in accordance with the Fund’s prospectus. The value of all assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies is translated into U.S. dollars at the exchange rate of such currencies against the U.S. dollar daily. Transaction gains or losses resulting from changes in exchange rates during the reporting period or upon settlement of the foreign currency transaction are reported in operations for the current period. The Fund isolates that portion of realized gains and losses on investments in debt securities, which is due to changes in foreign exchange rates from that which are due to changes in market prices of debt securities. For foreign equity securities, these changes are included in realized gains (losses) on investments. The Fund reports certain foreign currency related transactions as components of realized gains (losses) for financial reporting purposes, whereas such components are treated as ordinary income (loss) for federal income tax purposes.
 
Use of Estimates — The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent 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 and the differences could be material.
 
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Notes to financial statements
 
Delaware Enhanced Global Dividend and Income Fund
 
 
 
1. Significant Accounting Policies (continued)
 
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 generally 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. Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date and interest income is recorded on the accrual basis. Taxable non-cash dividends are recorded as dividend income. Discounts and premiums on non-convertible bonds are amortized to interest income over the lives of the respective securities. Realized gains (losses) on paydowns of mortgage- and asset- backed securities are classified as interest income. Distributions received from investments in Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) are recorded as dividend income on the ex-dividend date, subject to reclassification upon notice of the character of such distributions by the issuer. Foreign dividends are also recorded on the ex-dividend date or as soon after the ex-dividend date that the Fund is aware of such dividends, net of all non-rebatable tax withholdings. Withholding taxes on foreign dividends and interest have been recorded in accordance with the Fund’s understanding of the applicable country’s tax rules and rates.
 
The Fund may receive earnings credits from its custodian when positive cash balances are maintained, which are used to offset custody fees. There were no earnings credits for the year ended November 30, 2010.
 
2. Investment Management, Administration Agreements and Other Transactions with Affiliates
 
In accordance with the terms of its Investment Management Agreement, the Fund pays Delaware Management Company (DMC), a series of Delaware Management Business Trust and the investment manager, an annual fee of 1.00% (calculated daily) of the adjusted average weekly net assets of the Fund. For purposes of the calculation of investment management fees, adjusted average weekly net assets excludes the line of credit liability.
 
Delaware Service Company, Inc. (DSC), an affiliate of DMC, provides fund accounting and financial administration oversight services to the Fund. For these services, the Fund pays DSC fees based on the aggregate daily net assets of the Delaware Investments® Family of Funds at the following annual rate: 0.0050% of the first $30 billion; 0.0045% of the next $10 billion; 0.0040% of the next $10 billion; and 0.0025% of adjusted average daily net assets in excess of $50 billion. For purposes of the calculation of DSC, adjusted average daily net assets excludes the line of credit liability. The fees payable to DSC under the service agreement described above are allocated among all Funds in the Delaware Investments Family of Funds on a relative net asset value basis. For the year ended November 30, 2010, the Fund was charged $9,865 for these services.
 
At November 30, 2010, the Fund had liabilities payable to affiliates as follows:
 
Investment management fee payable to DMC $ 168,260
Fees and other expenses payable to DSC   835
Other expenses payable to DMC and affiliates*   2,904

*DMC, as part of its administrative services, pays operating expenses on behalf of the Fund and is reimbursed on a periodic basis. Expenses include items such as printing of shareholder reports, fees for audit, legal and tax services, stock exchange fees, custodian fees and Trustees’ fees.
 
As provided in the investment management agreement, the Fund bears the cost of certain legal and tax services, including internal legal and tax services provided to the Fund by DMC and/or its affiliates’ employees. For the year ended November 30, 2010, the Fund was charged $4,454 for internal legal and tax services provided by DMC and/or its affiliates’ employees.
 
Trustees’ fees include expenses accrued by the Fund for each Trustee’s retainer and meeting fees. Certain officers of DMC and DSC are officers and/or Trustees of the Fund. These officers and Trustees are paid no compensation by the Fund.
 
3. Investments
 
For the year ended November 30, 2010, the Fund made purchases of $143,164,521 and sales of $144,881,394 of investment securities other than U.S. government securities and short-term investments. For the year ended November 30, 2010, the Fund made purchases of $5,513,654, and sales of $8,977,471 of long-term U.S. government securities.
 
At November 30, 2010, the cost of investments for federal income tax purposes was $218,708,897. At November 30, 2010, net unrealized depreciation was $1,137,953, of which $16,212,621 related to unrealized appreciation of investments and $17,350,574 related to unrealized depreciation of investments.
 
U.S. GAAP 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 under current market conditions. A three level hierarchy for fair value measurements has been established 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 entity’s 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 level hierarchy of inputs is summarized below.
 
Level 1    
inputs are quoted prices in active markets for identical investments (e.g., equity securities, open-end investment companies, futures contracts, options contracts)
         
Level 2    
other observable inputs (including, but not limited to: quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in markets that are active, quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active, inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the assets or liabilities (such as interest rates, yield curves, volatilities, prepayment speeds, loss severities, credit risks and default rates) or other market-corroborated inputs) (e.g., debt securities, government securities, swap contracts, foreign currency exchange contracts, foreign securities utilizing international fair value pricing)
         
Level 3    
inputs are significant unobservable inputs (including the Fund’s own assumptions used to determine the fair value of investments) (e.g., broker-quoted securities, fair valued securities)
 
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The following table summarizes the valuation of the Fund’s investments by fair value hierarchy levels as of November 30, 2010:
 
  Level 1       Level 2       Level 3       Total
Agency, Asset-Backed                      
       & Mortgage-Backed                      
       Securities $   $ 7,453,936   $ 54,625   $ 7,508,561
Common Stock   42,840,496     35,303,241     10,866     78,154,603
Corporate Debt       86,630,805     353,027     86,983,832
Foreign Debt       9,801,964         9,801,964
Investment Companies   4,459,910             4,459,910
U.S. Treasury Obligations       437,080         437,080
Discount Note       8,459,022         8,459,022
Securities Lending                      
       Collateral       21,078,305         21,078,305
Other   303,356     384,310     1     687,667
Total $ 47,603,762   $ 169,548,663   $ 418,519   $ 217,570,944
Foreign Currency                      
       Exchange Contracts $   $ 3,447   $   $ 3,447
Swap Contracts $   $ 15,776   $   $ 15,776

The following is a reconciliation of investments in which significant unobservable inputs (Level 3) were used in determining fair value:
 
  Agency,                      
  Asset-Backed              
  & Mortgage-   Foreign   Corporate
  Backed Securities   Debt   Debt
Balance as of 11/30/09   $ 131,070     $ 3,479,000     $
Purchases                 352,999
Sales     (266,200 )     (3,407,687 )    
Net realized gain     22       45,288      
Net change in unrealized                      
       appreciation/depreciation     189,733       (116,601 )     28
Balance as of 11/30/10   $ 54,625     $     $ 353,027
 
Net change in unrealized appreciation/                      
       depreciation from investments still                      
       held as of 11/30/10   $ (581 )   $     $ 28

          Securities              
  Common   Lending              
  Stock       Collateral       Other       Total
Balance as of 11/30/09 $  —     $ 13,945     $   $ 3,624,015  
Purchases   11,491                 364,490  
Sales         (16,604 )         (3,690,491 )
Net realized gain                   45,310  
Net change in unrealized                            
       appreciation/depreciation   (625 )     2,659       1     75,195  
Balance as of 11/30/10 $ 10,866     $     $ 1   $ 418,519  
 
Net change in unrealized appreciation/                            
       depreciation from investments still                            
       held as of 11/30/10 $ (625 )   $ (13,239 )   $ 1   $ (14,416 )

In January 2010, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued an Accounting Standards Update, Improving Disclosures about Fair Value Measurements, which introduced new disclosure requirements and clarified certain existing disclosure requirements around fair value measurements currently presented above. The new disclosures and clarifications of existing disclosures are generally effective for the Fund’s year ending November 30, 2011 and interim periods therein. Utilizing international fair value pricing for a security could cause transfers from Level 1 investments to Level 2 investments in the hierarchy. During the year ended November 30, 2010, there were no transfers between Level 1 investments, Level 2 investments or Level 3 investments that had a material impact to the Fund.
 
4. Dividend and Distribution Information
 
Income and long-term capital gain distributions are determined in accordance with federal income tax regulations, which may differ from U.S. GAAP. Additionally, distributions from net gains on foreign currency transactions and net short-term gains on sales of investment securities are treated as ordinary income for federal income tax purposes. The tax character of dividends and distributions paid during the years ended November 30, 2010 and 2009 was as follows:
 
  Year Ended
  11/30/10       11/30/09
Ordinary income $ 11,913,695   $ 8,632,951
Return of capital   4,052,200     7,780,966
Total $ 15,965,895   $ 16,413,917

5. Components of Net Assets on a Tax Basis
 
As of November 30, 2010, the components of net assets on a tax basis were as follows:
 
Shares of beneficial interest $ 215,626,126  
Capital loss carryforwards   (53,576,805 )
Other temporary differences   (626,364 )
Unrealized depreciation of investments      
       and foreign currencies   (958,343 )
Net assets $ 160,464,614  

The differences between book basis and tax basis components of net assets are primarily attributable to tax deferral of losses on wash sales, tax deferral of losses on straddles, contingent payment debt instruments, mark-to-market of foreign currency exchange contracts, partnership income, tax treatment of CDS contracts, market discount and premium on debt instruments and passive foreign investment companies.
 
For financial reporting purposes, capital accounts are adjusted to reflect the tax character of permanent book/tax differences. Reclassifications are primarily due to tax treatment of gain (loss) on foreign currency transactions, dividends and distributions, contingent payment debt instruments, CDS contracts, foreign capital gains tax, market discount and premium on certain debt instruments and paydowns of mortgage- and asset-backed securities. Results of operations and net assets were not affected by these reclassifications. For the year ended November 30, 2010, the Fund recorded the following reclassifications:
 
Distributions in excess of net investment income $ 4,062,366  
Accumulated net realized loss   784,609  
Paid-in capital   (4,846,975 )

For federal income tax purposes, capital loss carryforwards may be carried forward and applied against future capital gains. $4,827,522 was utilized in 2010. Capital loss carryforwards remaining at November 30, 2010 will expire as follows: $31,328,583 expires in 2016, and $22,248,222 expires in 2017.
 
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Notes to financial statements
 
Delaware Enhanced Global Dividend and Income Fund
 
 
 
6. Capital Stock
 
Shares obtained under the Fund’s dividend reinvestment plan are purchased by the Fund’s transfer agent, The Bank of New York Mellon (BNY Mellon) Shareowner Services, in the open market if the shares of the Fund are trading at a discount to the Fund’s net asset value on the dividend payment date. However, the dividend reinvestment plan provides that if the shares of the Fund are trading at a premium to the Fund’s net asset value on the dividend payment date, the Fund will issue shares to shareholders of record at net asset value. During the year ended November 30, 2010, the Fund issued 83,412 shares for $1,020,065 under the Fund’s dividend reinvestment plan because the Fund was trading at a premium to net asset value on the respective dividend payment dates. During the year ended November 30, 2009 the Fund issued 11,996 shares for $144,672 under the Fund’s dividend reinvestment plan because the Fund was trading at a premium to net asset value on the respective dividend payment dates.
 
7. Line of Credit
 
Effective June 30, 2010, the Fund borrowed money pursuant to a $50,000,000 Credit Agreement with BNY Mellon that expires on June 29, 2011. Prior to June 30, 2010, the Fund was a party to a Credit Agreement with BNY Mellon which had substantially similar terms. Depending on market conditions, the amount borrowed by the Fund pursuant to the Credit Agreement may be reduced or possibly increased in the future.
 
At November 30, 2010, the par value of loans outstanding was $40,000,000 at a variable interest rate of 1.5625%. During the year ended November 30, 2010, the average daily balance of loans outstanding was $40,000,000 at a weighted average interest rate of approximately 1.6344%. Interest on borrowings is based on a variable short-term rate plus an applicable margin. The commitment fee is computed at a rate of 0.25% per annum on the unused balance. The loan is collateralized by the Fund’s portfolio.
 
8. Derivatives
 
U.S. GAAP requires enhanced disclosures that enable investors to understand: 1) how and why an entity uses derivatives, 2) how they are accounted for, and 3) how they affect an entity’s results of operations and financial position.
 
Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts — The Fund may enter into foreign currency exchange contracts as a way of managing foreign exchange rate risk. The Fund may enter into these contracts to fix the U.S. dollar value of a security that it has agreed to buy or sell for the period between the date the trade was entered into and the date the security is delivered and paid for. The Fund may also use these contracts to hedge the U.S. dollar value of securities it already owns that are denominated in foreign currencies. The change in value is recorded as an unrealized gain or loss. When the contract is closed, a realized gain or loss is recorded equal to the difference between the value of the contract at the time it was opened and the value at the time it was closed.
 
The use of foreign currency exchange contracts does not eliminate fluctuations in the underlying prices of the securities, but does establish a rate of exchange that can be achieved in the future. Although foreign currency exchange contracts limit the risk of loss due to an unfavorable change in the value of the hedged currency, they also limit any potential gain that might result should the value of the currency change favorable. In addition, the Fund could be exposed to risks if the counterparties to the contracts are unable to meet the terms of their contracts. The Fund’s maximum risk of loss from counterparty credit risk is the value of its currency exchanged with the counterparty. The risk is generally mitigated by having a netting arrangement between the Fund and the counterparty and by the posting of collateral by the counterparty to the Fund to cover the Fund’s exposure to the counterparty.
 
Options Contracts — During the year ended November 30, 2010, the Fund entered into options contracts in the normal course of pursuing its investment objective. The Fund may buy or write options contracts for any number of reasons, including: to manage the Fund’s exposure to changes in securities prices and foreign currencies; as an efficient means of adjusting the Fund’s overall exposure to certain markets; to protect the value of portfolio securities; and as a cash management tool. The Fund may buy or write call or put options on securities, financial indices, and foreign currencies. When the Fund buys an option, a premium is paid and an asset is recorded and adjusted on a daily basis to reflect the current market value of the options purchased. When the Fund writes an option, a premium is received and a liability is recorded and adjusted on a daily basis to reflect the current market value of the options written. Premiums received from writing options that expire unexercised are treated by the Fund on the expiration date as realized gains. The difference between the premium received and the amount paid on effecting a closing purchase transaction, including brokerage commissions, is treated as realized gain or loss. If a call option is exercised, the premium is added to the proceeds from the sale of the underlying security in determining whether the Fund has a realized gain or loss. If a put option is exercised, the premium reduces the cost basis of the securities purchased by the Fund. The Fund, as writer of an option, bears the market risk of an unfavorable change in the price of the security underlying the written option. When writing options, the Fund is subject to minimal counterparty risk because the counterparty is only obligated to pay premiums and does not bear the market risk of an unfavorable market change. Transactions in written options during the year ended November 30, 2010 for the Fund were as follows:
 
  Number of        
  contracts       Premiums
Options outstanding at 11/30/09     $  
Options written 2,702       612,883  
Options terminated in            
       closing purchase transactions (2,702 )     (612,883 )
Options outstanding at 11/30/10     $  

Swap Contracts — The Fund may enter into interest rate swap contracts, index swap contracts and CDS contracts in the normal course of pursuing its investment objective. The Fund may use interest rate swaps to adjust the Fund’s sensitivity to interest rates or to hedge against changes in interest rates. Index swaps may be used to gain exposure to markets that the Fund invests in, such as the corporate bond market. The Fund may also use index swaps as a substitute for futures or options contracts if such contracts are not directly available to the Fund on favorable terms. The Fund may enter into CDS contracts in order to hedge against a credit event, to enhance total return or to gain exposure to certain securities or markets.
 
Interest Rate Swaps. An interest rate swap contract is an exchange of interest rates between counterparties. In one instance, an interest rate swap involves payments received by the Fund from another party based on a variable or floating interest rate, in return for making payments based on a fixed interest rate. An interest rate swap can also work in reverse with the Fund receiving payments based on a fixed interest rate and making payments based on a variable or floating interest rate. Interest rate swaps may be used to adjust the Fund’s sensitivity to interest
 
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rates or to hedge against changes in interest rates. Periodic payments on such contracts are accrued daily and recorded as unrealized appreciation/ depreciation on swap contracts. Upon periodic payment/receipt or termination of the contract, such amounts are recorded as realized gains or losses on swap contracts. A Fund’s maximum risk of loss from counterparty credit risk is the discounted net value of the cash flows to be received from/paid to the counterparty over the interest rate swap contract’s remaining life, to the extent that the amount is positive. This risk is mitigated by having a netting arrangement between the Fund and the counterparty and by the posting of collateral by the counterparty to the Fund to cover the Fund’s exposure to the counterparty. No interest rate swap contracts were outstanding at November 30, 2010.
 
Index Swaps. Index swaps involve commitments to pay interest in exchange for a market linked return based on a notional amount. To the extent the total return of the security, instrument or basket of instruments underlying the transaction exceeds the offsetting interest obligation, the Fund will receive a payment from the counterparty. To the extent the total return of the security, instrument or basket of instruments underlying the transaction falls short of the offsetting interest obligation, the Fund will make a payment to the counterparty. The change in value of swap contracts outstanding, if any, is recorded as unrealized appreciation or depreciation daily. A realized gain or loss is recorded on maturity or termination of the swap contract. The Fund’s maximum risk of loss from counterparty credit risk is the discounted net value of the cash flows to be received from/paid to the counterparty over the index swap contract’s remaining life, to the extent that the amount is positive. This risk is mitigated by having a netting arrangement between the Fund and the counterparty and by the posting of collateral by the counterparty to the Fund to cover the Fund’s exposure to the counterparty. No index swap contracts were outstanding at November 30, 2010.
 
Credit Default Swaps. A CDS contract is a risk-transfer instrument through which one party (purchaser of protection) transfers to another party (seller of protection) the financial risk of a credit event (as defined in the CDS agreement), as it relates to a particular referenced security or basket of securities (such as an index). In exchange for the protection offered by the seller of protection, the purchaser of protection agrees to pay the seller of protection a periodic amount at a stated rate that is applied to the notional amount of the CDS contract. In addition, an upfront payment may be made or received by the Fund in connection with an unwinding or assignment of a CDS contract. Upon the occurrence of a credit event, the seller of protection would pay the par (or other agreed-upon) value of the reference security (or basket of securities) to the counterparty. Credit events generally include, among others, bankruptcy, failure to pay, and obligation default.
 
During the year ended November 30, 2010, the Fund entered into CDS contracts as a purchaser and seller of protection. Periodic payments (receipts) on such contracts are accrued daily and recorded as unrealized losses (gains) on swap contracts. Upon payment (receipt), such amounts are recorded as realized losses (gains) on swap contracts. Upfront payments made or received in connection with CDS contracts are amortized over the expected life of the CDS contracts as unrealized losses (gains) on swap contracts. The change in value of CDS contracts is recorded as unrealized appreciation or depreciation daily. A realized gain or loss is recorded upon a credit event (as defined in the CDS agreement) or the maturity or termination of the agreement. At November 30, 2010, the net unrealized appreciation of credit default swaps was $15,776. If a credit event had occurred for all swap transactions where collateral posting was required as of November 30, 2010, the swaps’ credit-risk-related contingent features would have been triggered and the Fund would have received $205,000 less the value of the contracts’ related reference obligations.
 
As disclosed in the footnotes to the Statement of net assets, at November 30, 2010, the notional value of the protection sold was $50,000, which reflects the maximum potential amount the Fund would have been required to make as a seller of credit protection if a credit event had occurred. The quoted market prices and resulting market values for credit default swap agreements on securities and credit indices serve as an indicator of the current status of the payment/performance risk and represent the likelihood of an expected liability (or profit) for the credit derivative if the swap agreement has been closed/sold as of the period end. Increasing market values, in absolute terms when compared to the notional amount of the swap, represent a deterioration of the reference entity’s credit soundness and a greater likelihood of risk of default or other credit event occurring as defined under the terms of the agreement. At November 30, 2010, the net unrealized appreciation of the protection sold was $1,458.
 
Credit default swaps may involve greater risks than if the Fund had invested in the reference obligation directly. Credit default swaps are subject to general market risk, liquidity risk, counterparty risk and credit risk. The Fund’s maximum risk of loss from counterparty credit risk, either as the seller of protection or the buyer of protection, is the fair value of the contract. This risk is mitigated by having a netting arrangement between the Fund and the counterparty and by the posting of collateral by the counterparty to the Fund to cover the Fund’s exposure to the counterparty.
 
Swaps Generally. Because there is no organized market for swap contracts, the value of open swaps may differ from that which would be realized in the event the Fund terminated its position in the agreement. Risks of entering into these contracts include the potential inability of the counterparty to meet the terms of the contracts. This type of risk is generally limited to the amount of favorable movement in the value of the underlying security, instrument or basket of instruments, if any, at the day of default. Risks also arise from potential losses from adverse market movements and such losses could exceed the unrealized amounts shown on the statement of net assets.
 
    Asset Derivatives   Liability Derivatives
    Statement of         Statement of        
    Net Assets         Net Assets        
        Location       Fair Value       Location       Fair Value
Foreign currency
       exchange contracts
  Receivables and other assets net of liabilities   $ 3,447   Liabilities net of receivables and other assets     $—  
                       
Credit contracts
       (Swaps contracts)
  Receivables and other assets net of liabilities     15,776   Liabilities net of receivables and other assets      
   
Total       $ 19,223         $—  

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Notes to financial statements
 
Delaware Enhanced Global Dividend and Income Fund
 
 
 
8. Derivatives (continued)
 
The effect of derivative Instruments on the statement of operations for the year ended November 30, 2010 was as follows:
 
                Change in
                Unrealized
    Location of Gain   Realized Gain   Appreciation
    or Loss on   or Loss on   or Depreciation
    Derivatives   Derivatives   on Derivatives
    Recognized in   Recognized in   Recognized in
        Income       Income       Income
Foreign   Net realized gain                  
       currency          on forward                  
       exchange          currency                  
       contracts          contracts and                  
           net change                  
           in unrealized                  
           appreciation/                  
           depreciation                  
           of investments                  
           and foreign                  
           currency                  
           contracts   $ 406       $ 3,447  
   
Credit contracts   Net realized                  
       (Swap          loss on swap                  
       contracts)          contracts and                  
           net change                  
           in unrealized                  
           appreciation/                  
           depreciation                  
           of investments                  
           and swap                  
           contracts     (3,596 )       14,816  
   
Total       $ (3,190 )     $ 18,263  

9. Securities Lending
 
The Fund, along with other funds in the Delaware Investments® Family of Funds, may lend its securities pursuant to a security lending agreement (Lending Agreement) with BNY Mellon. With respect to each loan, if on any business day the aggregate market value of securities collateral plus cash collateral held is less than the aggregate market value of the securities which are the subject of such loan, the borrower will be notified to provide additional collateral by the end of the following business day which, together with the collateral already held, will be not less than the applicable collateral requirements for such security loan. If the aggregate market value of securities collateral and cash collateral held with respect to a security loan exceeds the applicable collateral requirement, upon the request of the borrower BNY Mellon must return enough collateral to the borrower by the end of the following business day to reduce the value of the remaining collateral to the applicable collateral requirement for such security loan. As a result of the foregoing, the value of the collateral held with respect to a loaned security may be temporarily more or less than the value of the security on loan. Cash collateral received is generally invested in the Delaware Investments Collateral Fund No. 1 (Collective Trust) established by BNY Mellon for the purpose of investment on behalf of funds managed by DMC that participate in BNY Mellon’s securities lending program. The Collective Trust may invest in U.S. government securities and high quality corporate debt, asset-backed and other money market securities and in repurchase agreements collateralized by such securities, provided that the Collective Trust will generally have a dollar-weighted average portfolio maturity of 60 days or less. The Collective Trust seeks to maintain a net asset value per unit of $1.00, but there can be no assurance that it will always be able to do so. The Fund may incur investment losses as a result of investing securities lending collateral in the Collective Trust or another collateral investment pool. This could occur if an investment in a collateral investment pool defaulted or if it were necessary to liquidate assets in the collateral investment pool to meet returns on outstanding security loans at a time when the collateral investment pool’s net asset value per unit was less than $1.00. Under those circumstances, the Fund may not receive an amount from the collateral investment pool that is equal in amount to the collateral the Fund would be required to return to the borrower of the securities and the Fund would be required to make up this shortfall. Effective April 20, 2009, BNY Mellon transferred the assets of the Fund’s previous collateral investment pool other than cash and assets with a maturity of one business day or less to the BNY Mellon SL DBT II Liquidating Fund (Liquidating Fund), effectively bifurcating the previous collateral investment pool. The Fund’s exposure to the Liquidating Fund is expected to decrease as the Liquidating Fund’s assets mature or are sold. In October 2008, BNY Mellon transferred certain distressed securities from the previous collateral investment pool into the Mellon GSL Reinvestment Trust II. The Fund can also accept U.S. government securities and letters of credit (non-cash collateral) in connection with securities loans. In the event of default or bankruptcy by the lending agent, realization and/or retention of the collateral may be subject to legal proceedings. In the event the borrower fails to return loaned securities and the collateral received is insufficient to cover the value of the loaned securities and provided such collateral shortfall is not the result of investment losses, the lending agent has agreed to pay the amount of the shortfall to the Fund, or at the discretion of the lending agent, replace the loaned securities. The Fund continues to record dividends or interest, as applicable, on the securities loaned and is subject to change in value of the securities loaned that may occur during the term of the loan. The Fund has the right under the Lending Agreement to recover the securities from the borrower on demand. With respect to security loans collateralized by non-cash collateral, the Fund receives loan premiums paid by the borrower. With respect to security loans collateralized by cash collateral, the earnings from the collateral investments are shared among the Fund, the security lending agent and the borrower. The Fund records security lending income net of allocations to the security lending agent and the borrower.
 
At November 30, 2010, the value of securities on loan was $20,430,441 for which the Fund received collateral, comprised of non-cash collateral valued at $33,963 and cash collateral of $21,399,865. At November 30, 2010, the value of invested collateral was $21,078,305. Investments purchased with cash collateral are presented on the statement of net asset under the caption “Securities Lending Collateral”
 
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10. Credit and Market Risk
 
The Fund borrows through its line of credit for purposes of leveraging. Leveraging may result in higher degrees of volatility because the Fund’s net asset value could be subject to fluctuations in short-term interest rates and changes in market value of portfolio securities attributable to the leverage.
 
Some countries in which the Fund may invest require governmental approval for the repatriation of investment income, capital or the proceeds of sales of securities by foreign investors. In addition, if there is deterioration in a country’s balance of payments or for other reasons, a country may impose temporary restrictions on foreign capital remittances abroad.
 
The securities exchanges of certain foreign markets are substantially smaller, less liquid and more volatile than the major securities markets in the United States. Consequently, acquisition and disposition of securities by the Fund may be inhibited. In addition, a significant portion of the aggregate market value of equity securities listed on the major securities exchanges in emerging markets is held by a smaller number of investors. This may limit the number of shares available for acquisition or disposition by the Fund.
 
The Fund invests a portion of its assets in high yield fixed income securities, which are rated lower than BBB- by Standard & Poor’s and Baa3 or lower by Moody’s Investors Service, or similarly rated by another nationally recognized statistical rating organization. Investments in these higher yielding securities are generally accompanied by a greater degree of credit risk than higher rated securities. Additionally, lower rated securities may be more susceptible to adverse economic and competitive industry conditions than investment grade securities.
 
The Fund invests in fixed income securities whose value is derived from an underlying pool of mortgages or consumer loans. The value of these securities is sensitive to changes in economic conditions, including delinquencies and/or defaults, and may be adversely affected by shifts in the market’s perception of the issuers and changes in interest rates. Investors receive principal and interest payments as the underlying mortgages and consumer loans are paid back. Some of these securities are collateralized mortgage obligations (CMOs). CMOs are debt securities issued by U.S. government agencies or by financial institutions and other mortgage lenders, which are collateralized by a pool of mortgages held under an indenture. Prepayment of mortgages may shorten the stated maturity of the obligations and can result in a loss of premium, if any has been paid. Certain of these securities may be stripped (securities which provide only the principal or interest feature of the underlying security). The yield to maturity on an interest-only CMO is extremely sensitive not only to changes in prevailing interest rates, but also to the rate of principal payments (including prepayments) on the related underlying mortgage assets. A rapid rate of principal payments may have a material adverse effect on the Fund’s yield to maturity. If the underlying mortgage assets experience greater than anticipated prepayments of principal, the Fund may fail to fully recoup its initial investment in these securities even if the securities are rated in the highest rating categories.
 
The Fund invests in REITs and is subject to the risks associated with that industry. If the Fund holds real estate directly as a result of defaults or receives rental income directly from real estate holdings, its tax status as a regulated investment company may be jeopardized. There were no direct real estate holdings during the year ended November 30, 2010.
 
The Fund’s REIT holdings are also affected by interest rate changes, particularly if the REITs it holds use floating rate debt to finance their ongoing operations.
 
The Fund may invest up to 10% 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 Fund’s Board has delegated to DMC, the day-to-day functions of determining whether individual securities are liquid for purposes of the Fund’s 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 10% limit on investments in illiquid securities. Rule 144A and illiquid securities have been identified on the statement of net assets.
 
11. Contractual Obligations
 
The Fund enters into contracts in the normal course of business that contain a variety of indemnifications. The Fund’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown. However, the Fund has not had prior claims or losses pursuant to these contracts. Management has reviewed the Fund’s existing contracts and expects the risk of loss to be remote.
 
12. Subsequent Events
 
Management has determined no material events or transactions occurred subsequent to November 30, 2010 that would require recognition or disclosure in the Fund’ financial statements.
 
13. Tax Information (Unaudited)
 
The information set forth below is for the Fund’s fiscal year as required by federal income tax laws. Shareholders, however, must report distributions on a calendar year basis for income tax purposes, which may include distributions for portions of two fiscal years of the fund. Accordingly, the information needed by shareholders for income tax purposes will be sent to them in January of each year. Please consult your tax advisor for proper treatment of this information.
 
For the fiscal year ended November 30, 2010, the Fund designates distributions paid during the year as follows:
 
  (A)              
  Ordinary   (B)          
  Income   Return   Total   (C)  
  Distributions*             of Capital             Distributions             Qualifying  
  (Tax Basis)   (Tax Basis)   (Tax Basis)   Dividends1  
  75%   25%   100.00%   13%  

(A) and (B) are based on a percentage of the Fund’s total distributions.
(C) is based on a percentage of the Fund’s ordinary income distributions.
1 Qualifying dividends represent dividends which qualify for the corporate dividends received deduction.
*For the fiscal year ended November 30, 2010, certain dividends paid by the Fund may be subject to a maximum tax rate of 15%, as provided for by the Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2003. The Fund intends to designate the $559,566 to be taxed at a maximum rate of 15%. Complete information will be computed and reported in conjunction with your 2009 or 2010 Form 1099-DIV.
 
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Report of independent
registered public accounting firm
 
To the Board of Trustees and the Shareholders of
Delaware Enhanced Global Dividend and Income Fund:
 
In our opinion, the accompanying statement of net assets and the related statements of operations, of changes in net assets and of cash flows and the financial highlights present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of Delaware Enhanced Global Dividend and Income Fund (the “Fund”) at November 30, 2010, and the results of its operations, the changes in its net assets, its cash flows and the financial highlights for the year then ended, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. These financial statements and financial highlights (hereafter referred to as “financial statements”) are the responsibility of the Fund’s management; our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audit. We conducted our audit of these financial statements in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, and evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audit, which included confirmation of securities at November 30, 2010 by correspondence with the custodian and brokers, provides a reasonable basis for our opinion. The statement of changes in net assets for the year ended November 30, 2009 and the financial highlights for the year ended November 30, 2009 and each of the periods prior were audited by other independent accountants whose report dated January 21, 2010 expressed an unqualified opinion on those statements.
 
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
January 19, 2011
 
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Other Fund information
(Unaudited)
 
Delaware Enhanced Global Dividend and Income Fund
 
Proxy results
 
Annual meeting
 
The Fund held its Annual Meeting of Shareholders on August 18, 2010. At the Annual Meeting, the Fund’s shareholders elected nine Directors. The results of the voting at the meeting were as follows:
 
            No Ballot
Nominee     Shares Voted For                      Shares Withheld                      Received
Patrick P. Coyne   11,948,914.848   448,993,265   585,500.489
Thomas L. Bennett   11,964,517.652   433,390.461   585,500.489
John A. Fry   11,946,179.025   451,729.088   585,500.489
Anthony D. Knerr   11,980,727.004   417,181.109   585,500.489
Lucinda S. Landreth   11,955,411.942   442,496.171   585,500.489
Ann R. Leven   11,983,822.216   414,085.897   585,500.489
Thomas F. Madison   11,962,671.852   435,236.261   585,500.489
Janet L. Yeomans   11,984,087.673   413,820.440   585,500.489
J. Richard Zecher   11,979,333.571   418,574.542   585,500.489

Changes to portfolio management team
 
Wayne A. Anglace was appointed co-portfolio manager of the Fund on March 30, 2010. Mr. Anglace joined Babak Zenouzi, Damon J. Andres, D. Tysen Nutt, Jr., Liu-Er Chen, Edward A. Gray, Kevin P. Loome, Roger A. Early, and Thomas H. Chow in making day-to-day decisions for the Fund.
 
Fund management
 
Babak “Bob” Zenouzi
Senior Vice President, Chief Investment Officer – REIT Equity
 
Bob Zenouzi is the lead manager for the domestic and global REIT effort at Delaware Investments, which includes the team, its process, and its institutional and retail products, which he created during his prior time with the firm. He also focuses on opportunities in Japan, Singapore, and Malaysia for the firm’s global REIT product. Additionally, he serves as lead portfolio manager for the firm’s Dividend Income products, which he helped to create in the 1990s. He is also a member of the firm’s asset allocation committee, which is responsible for building and managing multi-asset class portfolios. He rejoined Delaware Investments in May 2006 as senior portfolio manager and head of real estate securities. In his first term with the firm, he spent seven years as an analyst and portfolio manager, leaving in 1999 to work at Chartwell Investment Partners, where from 1999 to 2006 he was a partner and senior portfolio manager on Chartwell’s Small-Cap Value portfolio. He began his career with The Boston Company, where he held several positions in accounting and financial analysis. Zenouzi earned a master’s degree in finance from Boston College and a bachelor’s degree from Babson College. He is a member of the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts and the Urban Land Institute.
 
Damon J. Andres, CFA
Vice President, Senior Portfolio Manager
 
Damon J. Andres, who joined Delaware Investments in 1994 as an analyst, currently serves as a portfolio manager for REIT investments and convertibles. He also serves as a portfolio manager for the firm’s Dividend Income products. From 1991 to 1994, he performed investment-consulting services as a consulting associate with Cambridge Associates. Andres earned a bachelor’s degree in business administration with an emphasis in finance and accounting from the University of Richmond.
 
Wayne A. Anglace, CFA
Vice President, Portfolio Manager, Research Analyst, Convertible Bond Trader
 
Wayne A. Anglace currently serves as a portfolio manager and trader for the firm’s convertible bond strategies. He also serves as a research analyst on the firm’s taxable fixed income team with specific responsibilities for the healthcare and deathcare sectors. Prior to joining the firm in March 2007 as a research analyst and trader, he spent more than two years as a research analyst at Gartmore Global Investments for its convertible bond strategy. From 2000 to 2004, Anglace worked in private client research at Deutsche Bank Alex. Brown in Baltimore where he focused on equity research, and he started his financial services career with Ashbridge Investment Management in 1999. Prior to moving to the financial industry, Anglace worked as a professional civil engineer. He earned his bachelor’s degree in civil engineering from Villanova University and an MBA with a concentration in finance from Saint Joseph’s University, and he is a member of the CFA Society of Philadelphia.
 
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Other Fund information
(Unaudited)
 
Delaware Enhanced Global Dividend and Income Fund
 
Fund management (continued)
 
Liu-Er Chen, CFA
Senior Vice President, Chief Investment Officer – Emerging Markets and Healthcare
 
Liu-Er Chen heads the firm’s global Emerging Markets team, and he is also the portfolio manager for the Delaware Healthcare Fund, which launched in October 2007. Prior to joining Delaware Investments in September 2006 in his current position, he spent nearly 11 years at Evergreen Investment Management Company, where he most recently served as managing director and senior portfolio manager. He co-managed the Evergreen Emerging Markets Growth Fund from 1999 to 2001, and became the Fund’s sole manager in 2001. He also served as the sole manager of the Evergreen Health Care Fund since its inception in 1999. Chen began his career at Evergreen in 1995 as an analyst covering Asian and global healthcare stocks, before being promoted to portfolio manager in 1998. Prior to his career in asset management, Chen worked for three years in sales, marketing, and business development for major American and European pharmaceutical and medical device companies. He is licensed to practice medicine in China and has experience in medical research at both the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Cornell Medical School. He holds an MBA with a concentration in management from Columbia Business School.
 
Thomas H. Chow, CFA
Senior Vice President, Senior Portfolio Manager
 
Thomas H. Chow is a member of the firm’s taxable fixed income portfolio management team, with primary responsibility for portfolio construction and strategic asset allocation in investment grade credit exposures. He is the lead portfolio manager for Delaware Corporate Bond Fund and Delaware Extended Duration Bond Fund, as well as several institutional mandates. His experience includes significant exposure to asset liability management strategies and credit risk opportunities. Prior to joining Delaware Investments in 2001 as a portfolio manager working on the Lincoln General Account, he was a trader of high grade and high yield securities, and was involved in the portfolio management of collateralized bond obligations (CBOs) and insurance portfolios at SunAmerica/AIG from 1997 to 2001. Before that, he was an analyst, trader, and portfolio manager at Conseco Capital Management from 1989 to 1997. Chow received a bachelor’s degree in business analysis from Indiana University, and he is a Fellow of Life Management Institute.
 
Roger A. Early, CPA, CFA, CFP
Senior Vice President, Co-Chief Investment Officer – Total Return Fixed Income Strategy
 
Roger A. Early rejoined Delaware Investments in March 2007 as a member of the firm’s taxable fixed income portfolio management team, with primary responsibility for portfolio construction and strategic asset allocation. During his previous time at the firm, from 1994 to 2001, he was a senior portfolio manager in the same area, and he left Delaware Investments as head of its U.S. investment grade fixed income group. In recent years, Early was a senior portfolio manager at Chartwell Investment Partners and Rittenhouse Financial and served as the chief investment officer for fixed income at Turner Investments. Prior to joining Delaware Investments in 1994, he worked for more than 10 years at Federated Investors where he managed more than $25 billion in mutual fund and institutional portfolios in the short-term and investment grade markets. He left the firm as head of institutional fixed income management. Earlier in his career, he held management positions with the Federal Reserve Bank, PNC Financial, Touche Ross, and Rockwell International. Early earned his bachelor’s degree in economics from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and an MBA with concentrations in finance and accounting from the University of Pittsburgh. He is a member of the CFA Society of Philadelphia.
 
Edward A. “Ned” Gray, CFA
Senior Vice President, Chief Investment Officer – International Value Equity
 
Ned Gray joined Delaware Investments in June 2005 in his current position, developing the firm’s International Value Equity team, from Arborway Capital, which he co-founded in January 2005. He previously worked in the investment management business at Thomas Weisel Asset Management, and ValueQuest, which was acquired by TWAM in 2002. At ValueQuest, which he joined in 1987, Gray served as a senior investment professional with responsibilities for portfolio management, security analysis, quantitative research, performance analysis, global research, back office/investment information systems integration, trading, and client and consultant relations. Prior to ValueQuest, he was a research analyst at the Center for Competitive Analysis. Gray received his bachelor’s degree in history from Reed College and a master of arts in law and diplomacy, in international economics, business and law from Tufts University’s Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy.
 
Kevin P. Loome, CFA
Senior Vice President, Senior Portfolio Manager, Head of High Yield Investments
 
Kevin P. Loome is head of the High Yield fixed income team, responsible for portfolio construction and strategic asset allocation of all high yield fixed income assets. Prior to joining Delaware Investments in August 2007 in his current position, Loome spent 11 years at T. Rowe Price, starting as an analyst and leaving the firm as a portfolio manager. He began his career with Morgan Stanley as a corporate finance analyst in the New York and London offices. Loome received his bachelor’s degree in commerce from the University of Virginia and earned an MBA from the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth.
 
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D. Tysen Nutt Jr.
Senior Vice President, Senior Portfolio Manager, Team Leader
 
D. Tysen Nutt Jr. is senior portfolio manager and team leader for the firm’s Large-Cap Value team. Before joining Delaware Investments in 2004 as senior vice president and senior portfolio manager, Nutt led the U.S. Active Large-Cap Value team within Merrill Lynch Investment Managers, where he managed mutual funds and separate accounts for institutions and private clients. He departed Merrill Lynch Investment Managers as a managing director. Prior to joining Merrill Lynch Investment Managers in 1994, Nutt was with Van Deventer & Hoch where he managed large-cap value portfolios for institutions and private clients. He began his investment career at Dean Witter Reynolds, where he eventually became vice president, investments. Nutt earned his bachelor’s degree from Dartmouth College, and he is a member of the New York Society of Security Analysts and the CFA Institute.
 
Distribution information
 
Shareholders were sent monthly notices from the Fund that set forth estimates, on a book basis, of the source or sources from which monthly distributions were paid. Subsequently, certain of these estimates have been corrected in part. Listed below is a written statement of the sources of these monthly distributions on a book basis.
 
                  Long Term   Total
  Investment   Return of   Capital   Distribution
  Income   Capital   Gain/(Loss)   Amount
Month   per Share                per Share                per Share                per Share
December 2009    $0.0536         $0.0489         $  —         $0.1025   
January 2010   $0.0420       $0.0605               $0.1025  
February 2010   $0.0444       $0.0581               $0.1025  
March 2010   $0.0552       $0.0473               $0.1025  
April 2010   $0.0408       $0.0617               $0.1025  
May 2010   $0.0652       $0.0373               $0.1025  
June 2010   $0.0499       $0.0526               $0.1025  
July 2010   $0.0378       $0.0647               $0.1025  
August 2010   $0.0482       $0.0543               $0.1025  
September 2010   $0.0511       $0.0514               $0.1025  
October 2010   $0.0369       $0.0656               $0.1025  
November 2010   $0.0444       $0.0581               $0.1025  
Total   $0.5695       $0.6605       $ 0.000       $1.2300  

Please note that the information in the preceding chart is for book purposes only. Shareholders should be aware that the tax treatment of distributions may differ from their book treatment. The tax treatment of distributions will be set forth in a Form 1099-DIV.
 
Dividend reinvestment plan
 
The Fund offers an automatic dividend reinvestment plan. The following is a restatement of the plan description in the Fund’s prospectus:
 
Unless the registered owner of the Fund’s common shares elects to receive cash by contacting the Plan Agent (as defined below), all dividends declared for your common shares of the Fund will be automatically reinvested by BNY Mellon Shareowner Services (the “Plan Agent”), agent for shareholders in administering the Fund’s Dividend Reinvestment Plan (the “Plan”), in additional common shares of the Fund. If a registered owner of common shares elects not to participate in the Plan, you will receive all dividends in cash paid by check mailed directly to you (or, if the shares are held in street or other nominee name, then to such nominee) by the Plan Agent, as dividend disbursing agent. You may elect not to participate in the Plan and to receive all dividends in cash by sending written instructions or by contacting the Plan Agent, as dividend disbursing agent, at the address set forth below. Participation in the Plan is completely voluntary and may be terminated or resumed at any time without penalty by contacting the Plan Agent before the dividend record date; otherwise such termination or resumption will be effective with respect to any subsequently declared dividend or other distribution. Some brokers may automatically elect to receive cash on your behalf and may re-invest that cash in additional common shares of the Fund for you. If you wish for all dividends declared on your common shares of the Fund to be automatically reinvested pursuant to the Plan, please contact your broker.
 
The Plan Agent will open an account for each common shareholder under the Plan in the same name in which such shareholder’s common shares are registered. Whenever the Fund declares a dividend or other distribution (together, a “dividend”) payable in cash, non-participants in the Plan will receive cash and participants in the Plan will receive the equivalent in common shares. The common shares will be acquired by the Plan Agent for the participants’ accounts, depending upon the circumstances described below, either (i) through receipt of additional unissued but authorized common shares from the Fund (“newly issued common shares”) or (ii) by purchase of outstanding common shares on the open market (“open-market purchases”) on the New York Stock Exchange or elsewhere.
 
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Other Fund information
(Unaudited)
 
Delaware Enhanced Global Dividend and Income Fund
 
Dividend reinvestment plan (continued)
 
If, on the payment date for any dividend, the market price per common share plus estimated brokerage commissions is greater than the net asset value per common share (such condition being referred to herein as “market premium”), the Plan Agent will invest the dividend amount in newly issued common shares, including fractions, on behalf of the participants. The number of newly issued common shares to be credited to each participant’s account will be determined by dividing the dollar amount of the dividend by the net asset value per common share on the payment date; provided that, if the net asset value per common share is less than 95% of the market price per common share on the payment date, the dollar amount of the dividend will be divided by 95% of the market price per common share on the payment date.
 
If, on the payment date for any dividend, the net asset value per common share is greater than the market value per common share plus estimated brokerage commissions (such condition being referred to herein as “market discount”), the Plan Agent will invest the dividend amount in common shares acquired on behalf of the participants in open-market purchases.
 
In the event of a market discount on the payment date for any dividend, the Plan Agent will have until the last business day before the next date on which the common shares trade on an “ex-dividend” basis or 30 days after the payment date for such dividend, whichever is sooner (the “last purchase date”), to invest the dividend amount in common shares acquired in open-market purchases. It is contemplated that the Fund will pay monthly dividends. Therefore, the period during which open-market purchases can be made will exist only from the payment date of each dividend through the date before the next “ex-dividend” date. If, before the Plan Agent has completed its open-market purchases, the market price of a common share exceeds the net asset value per common share, the average per common share purchase price paid by the Plan Agent may exceed the net asset value of the common shares, resulting in the acquisition of fewer common shares than if the dividend had been paid in newly issued common shares on the dividend payment date. Because of the foregoing difficulty with respect to open market purchases, if the Plan Agent is unable to invest the full dividend amount in open market purchases during the purchase period or if the market discount shifts to a market premium during the purchase period, the Plan Agent may cease making open-market purchases and may invest the uninvested portion of the dividend amount in newly issued common shares at the net asset value per common share at the close of business on the last purchase date; provided that, if the net asset value per common share is less than 95% of the market price per common share on the payment date, the dollar amount of the dividend will be divided by 95% of the market price per common share on the payment date.
 
The Plan Agent maintains all shareholders’ accounts in the Plan and furnishes written confirmation of all transactions in the accounts, including information needed by shareholders for tax records. Common shares in the account of each Plan participant will be held by the Plan Agent on behalf of the Plan participant, and each shareholder proxy will include those shares purchased or received pursuant to the Plan. The Plan Agent will forward all proxy solicitation materials to participants and vote proxies for shares held under the Plan in accordance with the instructions of the participants.
 
In the case of shareholders such as banks, brokers or nominees which hold shares for others who are the beneficial owners, the Plan Agent will administer the Plan on the basis of the number of common shares certified from time to time by the record shareholder’s name and held for the account of beneficial owners who participate in the Plan.
 
There will be no brokerage charges with respect to common shares issued directly by the Fund. However, each participant will pay a pro rata share of brokerage commissions incurred in connection with open-market purchases. The automatic reinvestment of dividends will not relieve participants of any U.S. federal, state or local income tax that may be payable (or required to be withheld) on such dividends. Participants that request a sale of shares through the Plan Agent are subject to a $15.00 sales fee and a brokerage commission of $.12 per share sold.
 
The Fund reserves the right to amend or terminate the Plan. There is no direct service charge to participants in the Plan; however, the Fund reserves the right to amend the Plan to include a service charge payable by the participants.
 
All correspondence concerning the Plan should be directed to the Plan Agent at BNY Mellon Shareowner Services, P.O. Box 358035, Pittsburgh, PA 15252-8035; telephone: 800-851-9677.
 
Change in independent registered public accounting firm
 
Due to independence matters under the Securities and Exchange Commission’s auditor independence rules relating to the January 4, 2010 acquisition of Delaware Investments (including DMC and DSC) by Macquarie Group, Ernst & Young LLP (“E&Y”) has resigned as the independent registered public accounting firm for Delaware Enhanced Global Dividend and Income Fund (the “Fund”) effective May 20, 2010. At a meeting held on May 20, 2010, the Board of Trustees of the Fund, upon recommendation of the Audit Committee, selected PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (“PwC”) to serve as the independent registered public accounting firm for the Fund for the fiscal year ending November 30, 2010. During the fiscal years ended November 30, 2009 and 2008, E&Y’s audit reports on the financial statements of the Fund did not contain any adverse opinion or disclaimer of opinion, nor were they qualified or modified as to uncertainty, audit scope, or accounting principles. In addition, there were no disagreements between the Fund and E&Y on accounting principles, financial statements disclosures or audit scope, which, if not resolved to the satisfaction of E&Y, would have caused them to make reference to the disagreement in their reports. Neither the Fund nor anyone on its behalf has consulted with PwC at any time prior to their selection with respect to the application of accounting principles to a specified transaction, either completed or proposed or the type of audit opinion that might be rendered on the Fund’s financial statements.
 
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Board of trustees/directors
and officers addendum
 
Delaware Investments® Family of Funds
 
A fund is governed by a Board of Trustees/Directors (“Trustees”), which has oversight responsibility for the management of a fund’s business affairs. Trustees establish procedures and oversee and review the performance of the investment manager and others who perform services for the fund. The independent fund trustees, in particular, are advocates for shareholder interests. Each trustee has served in that capacity since he or she was elected to or appointed to the Board of Trustees, and will continue to serve until his or her retirement or the election of a new trustee in his or her place. The following is a list of the Trustees and Officers with certain background and related information.
 
 
        Number of  
        Portfolios in Fund Other
Name,       Complex Overseen Directorships
Address, Position(s) Length of Principal Occupation(s) by Trustee Held by
and Birth Date Held with Fund(s) Time Served During Past 5 Years or Officer Trustee or Officer
     Interested Trustees
Patrick P. Coyne1 Chairman, Chairman and Trustee Patrick P. Coyne has served in 78 Director —
2005 Market Street President, since August 16, 2006 various executive capacities   Kaydon Corp.
Philadelphia, PA Chief Executive   at different times at    
19103 Officer, and President and Delaware Investments.2   Board of Governors
  Trustee Chief Executive Officer     Member — Investment
April 1963   since August 1, 2006     Company Institute (ICI)
           
          Finance Committee
          Member — St. John
          Vianney Roman
          Catholic Church
           
          Board of Trustees —
          Agnes Irwin School
           
          Member of
          Investment Committee —
          Cradle of Liberty Council,
          BSA (2007–2010)
     Independent Trustees
Thomas L. Bennett Trustee Since Private Investor — 78 Director —
2005 Market Street   March 2005 (March 2004–Present)   Bryn Mawr
Philadelphia, PA         Bank Corp. (BMTC)
19103     Investment Manager —    
      Morgan Stanley & Co.   Chairman of
October 1947     (January 1984–March 2004)   Investment Committee
          — Pennsylvania
          Academy of Fine Arts
           
          Investment Committee
          and Governance
          Committee Member —
          Pennsylvania
          Horticultural Society
John A. Fry Trustee Since President 78 Board of Governors
2005 Market Street   January 2001 Drexel University   Member — NASDAQ
Philadelphia, PA     (August 2010–Present)   OMX PHLX LLC
19103          
      President —   Director —
May 1960     Franklin & Marshall College   Community Health
      (June 2002–July 2010)   Systems
           
      Executive Vice President —   Director — Ecore
      University of Pennsylvania   International
      (April 1995–June 2002)   (2009–2010)
            
          Director — Allied
          Barton Securities
          Holdings (2005–2008)

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        Number of  
        Portfolios in Fund Other
Name,       Complex Overseen Directorships
Address, Position(s) Length of Principal Occupation(s) by Trustee Held by
and Birth Date Held with Fund(s) Time Served During Past 5 Years or Officer Trustee or Officer
     Independent Trustees (continued)        
Anthony D. Knerr Trustee Since Founder and Managing Director — 78 None
2005 Market Street   April 1990 Anthony Knerr & Associates    
Philadelphia, PA     (Strategic Consulting)    
19103     (1990–Present)    
 
December 1938    
Lucinda S. Landreth Trustee Since Chief Investment Officer — 78 None
2005 Market Street   March 2005 Assurant, Inc.    
Philadelphia, PA     (Insurance)    
19103     (2002–2004)    
 
June 1947  
Ann R. Leven Trustee Since Consultant — 78 Director and Audit
2005 Market Street   October 1989 ARL Associates   Committee Chair —
Philadelphia, PA     (Financial Planning)   Systemax Inc.
19103     (1983–Present)   (2001–2009)
 
November 1940         Director and Audit
          Committee Chairperson
          — Andy Warhol
  Foundation (1999–2007)
Thomas F. Madison Trustee Since President and Chief 78 Director and Chair of
2005 Market Street   May 19973 Executive Officer —   Compensation
Philadelphia, PA     MLM Partners, Inc.   Committee,
19103     (Small Business Investing   Governance Committee
      and Consulting)   Member
February 1936     (January 1993–Present)   — CenterPoint Energy
 
          Lead Director and Chair
          of Audit
          and Governance
          Committees,
          Member of
          Compensation
          Committee — Digital
          River, Inc.
 
          Director and Chair of
          Governance
          Committee, Audit
          Committee Member —
          Rimage Corporation
 
          Director and Chair of
          Compensation
          Committee — Spanlink
          Communications
 
          Lead Director and
          Member of
          Compensation and
          Governance
          Committees —
          Valmont Industries, Inc.
          (19872010)
 
          Director — Banner
  Health (1996–2007)
Janet L. Yeomans Trustee Since Vice President and Treasurer 78 Director —
2005 Market Street   April 1999 (January 2006–Present)   Okabena Company
Philadelphia, PA     Vice President — Mergers & Acquisitions    
19103     (January 2003–January 2006), and    
      Vice President    
July 1948     (July 1995–January 2003)    
  3M Corporation  

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        Number of  
        Portfolios in Fund Other
Name,       Complex Overseen Directorships
Address, Position(s) Length of Principal Occupation(s) by Trustee Held by
and Birth Date Held with Fund(s) Time Served During Past 5 Years or Officer Trustee or Officer
     Independent Trustees (continued)        
J. Richard Zecher Trustee Since Founder — 78 Director and Audit
2005 Market Street   March 2005 Investor Analytics   Committee Member —
Philadelphia, PA     (Risk Management)   Investor Analytics
19103     (May 1999–Present)    
          Director —
July 1940     Founder —   Oxigene, Inc.
      Sutton Asset Management   (2003–2008)
      (Hedge Fund)    
      (September 1996–Present)    
     Officers          
David F. Connor Vice President, Vice President since David F. Connor has served as 78 None4
2005 Market Street Deputy General September 2000 Vice President and Deputy    
Philadelphia, PA Counsel, and Secretary and Secretary General Counsel of    
19103   since Delaware Investments    
    October 2005 since 2000.    
December 1963  
Daniel V. Geatens Vice President Treasurer Daniel V. Geatens has served 78 None4
2005 Market Street and Treasurer since in various capacities at    
Philadelphia, PA   October 2007 different times at    
19103     Delaware Investments.    
 
October 1972  
David P. O’Connor Senior Vice Senior Vice President, David P. O’Connor has served in 78 None4
2005 Market Street President, General Counsel, and various executive and legal    
Philadelphia, PA General Counsel, Chief Legal Officer capacities at different times    
19103 and Chief since at Delaware Investments.    
  Legal Officer October 2005      
February 1966  
Richard Salus Senior Chief Financial Richard Salus has served in 78 None4
2005 Market Street Vice President Officer since various executive capacities    
Philadelphia, PA and November 2006 at different times at    
19103 Chief Financial   Delaware Investments.    
  Officer        
October 1963  

1 Patrick P. Coyne is considered to be an “Interested Trustee” because he is an executive officer of the Fund’s(s’) investment advisor.
2 Delaware Investments is the marketing name for Delaware Management Holdings, Inc. and its subsidiaries, including the Fund’s(s’) investment advisor, principal underwriter, and its transfer agent.
3 In 1997, several funds managed by Voyageur Fund Managers, Inc. (the “Voyageur Funds”) were incorporated into the Delaware Investments® Family of Funds. Mr. Madison served as a director of the Voyageur Funds from 1993 until 1997.
4 David F. Connor, Daniel V. Geatens, David P. O’Connor, and Richard Salus serve in similar capacities for the six portfolios of the Optimum Fund Trust, which have the same investment advisor, principal underwriter, and transfer agent as the registrant.

The Statement of Additional Information for the Fund(s) includes additional information about the Trustees and Officers and is available, without charge, upon request by calling 800 523-1918.
 
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About the organization
 
This annual report is for the information of Delaware Enhanced Global Dividend and Income Fund shareholders. The figures in this report represent past results that are not a guarantee of future results. The return and principal value of an investment in the Fund will fluctuate so that shares, when sold, may be worth more or less than their original cost.
 
Notice is hereby given in accordance with Section 23(c) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 that the Fund may, from time to time, purchase shares of its common stock on the open market at market prices.
 
Board of Directors
Affiliated officers
Contact information
     
Patrick P. Coyne
Chairman, President,
and Chief Executive Officer
Delaware Investments ®Family of Funds
Philadelphia, PA
 
Thomas L. Bennett
Private Investor
Rosemont, PA
 
John A. Fry
President
Drexel University
Philadelphia, PA
 
Anthony D. Knerr
Founder and Managing Director
Anthony Knerr & Associates
New York, NY
 
Lucinda S. Landreth
Former Chief Investment Officer
Assurant Inc.
Philadelphia, PA
 
Ann R. Leven
Consultant
ARL Associates
New York, NY
 
Thomas F. Madison
President and Chief Executive Officer
MLM Partners Inc.
Minneapolis, MN
 
Janet L. Yeomans
Vice President and Treasurer
3M Corporation
St. Paul, MN
 
J. Richard Zecher
Founder
Investor Analytics
Scottsdale, AZ
David F. Connor
Vice President, Deputy General Counsel,
and Secretary
Delaware Investments Family of Funds
Philadelphia, PA
 
Daniel V. Geatens
Vice President and Treasurer
Delaware Investments Family of Funds
Philadelphia, PA
 
David P. O’Connor
Senior Vice President, General Counsel,
and Chief Legal Officer
Delaware Investments Family of Funds
Philadelphia, PA
 
Richard Salus
Senior Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer
Delaware Investments Family of Funds
Philadelphia, PA
 
The Fund files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-Q. The Fund’s Forms N-Q, as well as a description of the policies and procedures that the Fund uses to determine how to vote proxies (if any) relating to portfolio securities is available without charge (i) upon request, by calling 800 523-1918; (ii) on the Fund’s Web site at www.delawareinvestments.com; and (iii) on the SEC’s Web site at www.sec.gov. The Fund’s Forms N-Q may be reviewed and copied at the SEC’s Public Reference Room in Washington, DC; information on the operation of the Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling 800 SEC-0330.
 
Information (if any) regarding how the Fund voted proxies relating to portfolio securities during the most recently disclosed 12-month period ended June 30 is available without charge (i) through the Fund’s Web site at http://www.delawareinvestments.com; and (ii) on the SEC’s Web site at www.sec.gov.
 
Investment manager
Delaware Management Company
a series of Delaware Management
Business Trust
Philadelphia, PA
 
Principal office of the Fund
2005 Market Street
Philadelphia, PA 19103-7094
 
Independent registered public
accounting firm
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Two Commerce Square
Suite 1700
2001 Market Street
Philadelphia, PA 19103-7042
 
Registrar and stock transfer
agent
BNY Mellon Shareowner Services
480 Washington Blvd.
Jersey City, NJ 07310
800 851-9677
 
For securities dealers
and financial institutions
representatives
800 362-7500
 
Web site
www.delawareinvestments.com
 
Delaware Investments, a member of Macquarie Group, refers to Delaware Management Holdings, Inc. and its subsidiaries. Macquarie Group refers to Macquarie Group Limited and its subsidiaries and affiliates worldwide.
 
Your reinvestment options
Delaware Enhanced Global Dividend and Income Fund offers an automatic dividend reinvestment program. If you would like to change your reinvestment option, and shares are registered in your name, contact BNY Mellon Shareowner Services, at 800 851-9677. You will be asked to put your request in writing. If you have shares registered in “street” name, contact the broker/dealer holding the shares or your financial advisor.
 
 
Audit committee member
 
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Item 2. Code of Ethics
 
     The registrant has adopted a code of ethics that applies to the registrant’s principal executive officer, principal financial officer, principal accounting officer or controller, or persons performing similar functions, regardless of whether these individuals are employed by the registrant or a third party. A copy of the registrant’s Code of Business Ethics has been posted on the Delaware Investments Internet Web site at www.delawareinvestments.com. Any amendments to the Code of Business Ethics, and information on any waiver from its provisions granted by the registrant, will also be posted on this Web site within five business days of such amendment or waiver and will remain on the Web site for at least 12 months.
 
Item 3. Audit Committee Financial Expert
 
     The registrant’s Board of Trustees/Directors has determined that each member of the registrant’s Audit Committee is an audit committee financial expert, as defined below. For purposes of this item, an “audit committee financial expert” is a person who has the following attributes:
 
     a. An understanding of generally accepted accounting principles and financial statements;
 
     b. The ability to assess the general application of such principles in connection with the accounting for estimates, accruals, and reserves;
 
     c. Experience preparing, auditing, analyzing, or evaluating financial statements that present a breadth and level of complexity of accounting issues that are generally comparable to the breadth and complexity of issues that can reasonably be expected to be raised by the registrant’s financial statements, or experience actively supervising one or more persons engaged in such activities;
 
     d. An understanding of internal controls and procedures for financial reporting; and
 
     e. An understanding of audit committee functions.
 
An “audit committee financial expert” shall have acquired such attributes through:
 
     a. Education and experience as a principal financial officer, principal accounting officer, controller, public accountant, or auditor or experience in one or more positions that involve the performance of similar functions;
 
     b. Experience actively supervising a principal financial officer, principal accounting officer, controller, public accountant, auditor, or person performing similar functions;
 
     c. Experience overseeing or assessing the performance of companies or public accountants with respect to the preparation, auditing, or evaluation of financial statements; or
 

 

     d. Other relevant experience.
 
     The registrant’s Board of Trustees/Directors has also determined that each member of the registrant’s Audit Committee is independent. In order to be “independent” for purposes of this item, the Audit Committee member may not: (i) other than in his or her capacity as a member of the Board of Trustees/Directors or any committee thereof, accept directly or indirectly any consulting, advisory or other compensatory fee from the issuer; or (ii) be an “interested person” of the registrant as defined in Section 2(a)(19) of the Investment Company Act of 1940.
 
     The names of the audit committee financial experts on the registrant’s Audit Committee are set forth below:
 
     John A. Fry
     Thomas F. Madison
     Janet L. Yeomans
 
Item 4. Principal Accountant Fees and Services
 
     (a) Audit fees.
 
     The aggregate fees billed for services provided to the registrant by its independent auditors for the audit of the registrant’s annual financial statements and for services normally provided by the independent auditors in connection with statutory and regulatory filings or engagements were $15,400 for the fiscal year ended November 30, 2010.
 
     The aggregate fees billed for services provided to the registrant by its independent auditors for the audit of the registrant’s annual financial statements and for services normally provided by the independent auditors in connection with statutory and regulatory filings or engagements were $15,038 for the fiscal year ended November 30, 2009.
 
     (b) Audit-related fees.
 
     The aggregate fees billed by the registrant’s independent auditors for services relating to the performance of the audit of the registrant’s financial statements and not reported under paragraph (a) of this Item were $0 for the fiscal year ended November 30, 2010.
 
     The aggregate fees billed by the registrant’s independent auditors for services relating to the performance of the audit of the financial statements of the registrant’s investment adviser and other service providers under common control with the adviser and that relate directly to the operations or financial reporting of the registrant were $84,000 for the registrant’s fiscal year ended November 30, 2010. The percentage of these fees relating to services approved by the registrant’s Audit Committee pursuant to the de minimis exception from the pre-approval requirement in Rule 2-01(c)(7)(i)(C) of Regulation S-X was 0%.  These audit related services were as follows:  audit procedures performed on Delaware Investments for its consolidation into Macquarie’s financial statements as of March 31, 2010.
 
     The aggregate fees billed by the registrant’s independent auditors for services relating to the performance of the audit of the registrant’s financial statements and not reported under paragraph (a) of this Item were $0 for the fiscal year ended November 30, 2009.
 

 

     The aggregate fees billed by the registrant’s independent auditors for services relating to the performance of the audit of the financial statements of the registrant’s investment adviser and other service providers under common control with the adviser and that relate directly to the operations or financial reporting of the registrant were $0 for the registrant’s fiscal year ended November 30, 2009.
 
     (c) Tax fees.
 
     The aggregate fees billed by the registrant’s independent auditors for tax-related services provided to the registrant were $2,850 for the fiscal year ended November 30, 2010. The percentage of these fees relating to services approved by the registrant’s Audit Committee pursuant to the de minimis exception from the pre-approval requirement in Rule 2-01(c)(7)(i)(C) of Regulation S-X was 0%. These tax-related services were as follows: review of income tax returns and review of annual excise distribution calculations.
 
     The aggregate fees billed by the registrant’s independent auditors for tax-related services provided to the registrant’s investment adviser and other service providers under common control with the adviser and that relate directly to the operations or financial reporting of the registrant were $10,000 for the registrant’s fiscal year ended November 30, 2010. The percentage of these fees relating to services approved by the registrant’s Audit Committee pursuant to the de minimis exception from the pre-approval requirement in Rule 2-01(c)(7)(i)(C) of Regulation S-X was 0%. These tax-related services were as follows: state and local tax services.
 
     The aggregate fees billed by the registrant’s independent auditors for tax-related services provided to the registrant were $4,550 for the fiscal year ended November 30, 2009. The percentage of these fees relating to services approved by the registrant’s Audit Committee pursuant to the de minimis exception from the pre-approval requirement in Rule 2-01(c)(7)(i)(C) of Regulation S-X was 0%. These tax-related services were as follows: review of income tax returns and review of annual excise distribution calculations.
 
     The aggregate fees billed by the registrant’s independent auditors for tax-related services provided to the registrant’s adviser and other service providers under common control with the adviser and that relate directly to the operations or financial reporting of the registrant were $0 for the registrant’s fiscal year ended November 30, 2009.
 
     (d) All other fees.
 
     The aggregate fees billed for all services provided by the independent auditors to the registrant other than those set forth in paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) of this Item were $0 for the fiscal year ended November 30, 2010.
 

 

     The aggregate fees billed for all services other than those set forth in paragraphs (b) and (c) of this Item provided by the registrant’s independent auditors to the registrant’s adviser and other service providers under common control with the adviser and that relate directly to the operations or financial reporting of the registrant were $0 for the registrant’s fiscal year ended November 30, 2010.
 
     The aggregate fees billed for all services provided by the independent auditors to the registrant other than those set forth in paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) of this Item were $0 for the fiscal year ended November 30, 2009.
 
     The aggregate fees billed for all services other than those set forth in paragraphs (b) and (c) of this Item provided by the registrant’s independent auditors to the registrant’s adviser and other service providers under common control with the adviser and that relate directly to the operations or financial reporting of the registrant were $0 for the registrant’s fiscal year ended November 30, 2009.
 
     (e) The registrant’s Audit Committee has established pre-approval policies and procedures as permitted by Rule 2-01(c)(7)(i)(B) of Regulation S-X (the “Pre-Approval Policy”) with respect to services provided by the registrant’s independent auditors. Pursuant to the Pre-Approval Policy, the Audit Committee has pre-approved the services set forth in the table below with respect to the registrant up to the specified fee limits. Certain fee limits are based on aggregate fees to the registrant and other registrants within the Delaware Investments® Family of Funds.
 
Service Range of Fees
Audit Services  
Statutory audits or financial audits for new Funds up to $25,000 per Fund
Services associated with SEC registration statements (e.g., Form N-1A, Form N-14, etc.), periodic reports and other documents filed with the SEC or other documents issued in connection with securities offerings (e.g., comfort letters for closed-end Fund offerings, consents), and assistance in responding to SEC comment letters up to $10,000 per Fund
Consultations by Fund management as to the accounting or disclosure treatment of transactions or events and/or the actual or potential impact of final or proposed rules, standards or interpretations by the SEC, FASB, or other regulatory or standard-setting bodies (Note: Under SEC rules, some consultations may be considered “audit-related services” rather than “audit services”) up to $25,000 in the aggregate
Audit-Related Services  
Consultations by Fund management as to the accounting or disclosure treatment of transactions or events and /or the actual or potential impact of final or proposed rules, standards or interpretations by the SEC, FASB, or other regulatory or standard-setting bodies (Note: Under SEC rules, some consultations may be considered “audit services” rather than “audit-related services”) up to $25,000 in the aggregate
Tax Services  
U.S. federal, state and local and international tax planning and advice (e.g., consulting on statutory, regulatory or administrative developments, evaluation of Funds’ tax compliance function, etc.) up to $25,000 in the aggregate
U.S. federal, state and local tax compliance (e.g., excise distribution reviews, etc.) up to $5,000 per Fund
Review of federal, state, local and international income, franchise and other tax returns up to $5,000 per Fund

     Under the Pre-Approval Policy, the Audit Committee has also pre-approved the services set forth in the table below with respect to the registrant’s investment adviser and other entities controlling, controlled by or under common control with the investment adviser that provide ongoing services to the registrant (the “Control Affiliates”) up to the specified fee limit. This fee limit is based on aggregate fees to the investment adviser and its Control Affiliates.
 

 

Service Range of Fees
Non-Audit Services  
Services associated with periodic reports and other documents filed with the SEC and assistance in responding to SEC comment letters up to $10,000 in the aggregate
 
     The Pre-Approval Policy requires the registrant’s independent auditors to report to the Audit Committee at each of its regular meetings regarding all services initiated since the last such report was rendered, including those services authorized by the Pre-Approval Policy.
 
     (f) Not applicable.
 
     (g) The aggregate non-audit fees billed by the registrant’s independent auditors for services rendered to the registrant and to its investment adviser and other service providers under common control with the adviser were $0 and $202,264 for the registrant’s fiscal years ended November 30, 2010 and November 30, 2009, respectively.
 
     (h) In connection with its selection of the independent auditors, the registrant’s Audit Committee has considered the independent auditors’ provision of non-audit services to the registrant’s investment adviser and other service providers under common control with the adviser that were not required to be pre-approved pursuant to Rule 2-01(c)(7)(ii) of Regulation S-X. The Audit Committee has determined that the independent auditors’ provision of these services is compatible with maintaining the auditors’ independence.
 
Item 5. Audit Committee of Listed Registrants
 
     The registrant has a separately-designated standing Audit Committee established in accordance with Section 3(a)(58)(A) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. The members of the registrant’s Audit Committee are John A. Fry, Thomas F. Madison and Janet L. Yeomans.
 
Item 6. Investments
 
     (a) Included as part of report to shareholders filed under Item 1 of this Form N-CSR.
 
     (b) Divestment of securities in accordance with Section 13(c) of the Investment Company Act of 1940.
 
     Not applicable.
 
Item 7. Disclosure of Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures for Closed-End Management Investment Companies
 
     The registrant has formally delegated to its investment adviser(s) (the “Adviser”) the ability to make all proxy voting decisions in relation to portfolio securities held by the registrant. If and when proxies need to be voted on behalf of the registrant, the Adviser will vote such proxies pursuant to its Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures (the “Procedures”). The Adviser has established a Proxy Voting Committee (the “Committee”) which is responsible for overseeing the Adviser’s proxy voting process for the registrant. One of the main responsibilities of the Committee is to review and approve the Procedures to ensure that the Procedures are designed to allow the Adviser to vote proxies in a manner consistent with the goal of voting in the best interests of the registrant.
 

 

     In order to facilitate the actual process of voting proxies, the Adviser has contracted with Institutional Shareholder Services (“ISS”), a wholly owned subsidiary of RiskMetrics Group ("RiskMetrics"), to analyze proxy statements on behalf of the registrant and other Adviser clients and vote proxies generally in accordance with the Procedures. The Committee is responsible for overseeing ISS/RiskMetrics’s proxy voting activities. If a proxy has been voted for the registrant, ISS/RiskMetrics will create a record of the vote. By no later than August 31 of each year, information (if any) regarding how the registrant voted proxies relating to portfolio securities during the most recently disclosed 12-month period ended June 30 is available without charge (i) through the registrant’s Web site at http://www.delawareinvestments.com; and (ii) on the Commission’s Web site at http://www.sec.gov.
 
     The Procedures contain a general guideline that recommendations of company management on an issue (particularly routine issues) should be given a fair amount of weight in determining how proxy issues should be voted. However, the Adviser will normally vote against management’s position when it runs counter to its specific Proxy Voting Guidelines (the “Guidelines”), and the Adviser will also vote against management’s recommendation when it believes that such position is not in the best interests of the registrant.
 
     As stated above, the Procedures also list specific Guidelines on how to vote proxies on behalf of the registrant. Some examples of the Guidelines are as follows: (i) generally vote for shareholder proposals asking that a majority or more of directors be independent; (ii) generally vote against proposals to require a supermajority shareholder vote; (iii) votes on mergers and acquisitions should be considered on a case-by-case basis, determining whether the transaction enhances shareholder value; (iv) generally vote against proposals to create a new class of common stock with superior voting rights; (v) generally vote re-incorporation proposals on a case-by-case basis; (vi) votes with respect to equity-based compensation plans are generally determined on a case-by-case basis; and (vii) generally vote for proposals requesting reports on the level of greenhouse gas emissions from a company’s operations and products.
 
     Because the registrant has delegated proxy voting to the Adviser, the registrant is not expected to encounter any conflict of interest issues regarding proxy voting and therefore does not have procedures regarding this matter. However, the Adviser does have a section in its Procedures that addresses the possibility of conflicts of interest. Most proxies which the Adviser receives on behalf of the registrant are voted by ISS/RiskMetrics in accordance with the Procedures. Because almost all registrant proxies are voted by ISS/RiskMetrics pursuant to the pre-determined Procedures, it normally will not be necessary for the Adviser to make an actual determination of how to vote a particular proxy, thereby largely eliminating conflicts of interest for the Adviser during the proxy voting process. In the very limited instances where the Adviser is considering voting a proxy contrary to ISS/RiskMetrics’s recommendation,
 

 

the Committee will first assess the issue to see if there is any possible conflict of interest involving the Adviser or affiliated persons of the Adviser. If a member of the Committee has actual knowledge of a conflict of interest, the Committee will normally use another independent third party to do additional research on the particular proxy issue in order to make a recommendation to the Committee on how to vote the proxy in the best interests of the registrant. The Committee will then review the proxy voting materials and recommendation provided by ISS/RiskMetrics and the independent third party to determine how to vote the issue in a manner which the Committee believes is consistent with the Procedures and in the best interests of the registrant.
 
Item 8. Portfolio Managers of Closed-End Management Investment Companies
 
Other Accounts Managed
     The following chart lists certain information about types of other accounts for which each Fund manager is primarily responsible as of November 30, 2010. Any accounts managed in a personal capacity appear under “Other Accounts” along with the other accounts managed on a professional basis. The personal account information is current as of June 30, 2010.
 
        Total Assets in
      No. of Accounts Accounts with
  No. of Total Assets with Performance- Performance-
  Accounts Managed Based Fees Based Fees
Damon Andres        
Registered Investment 10 $1.3 billion 0 $0
Companies        
Other Pooled 0 $0 0 $0
Investment Vehicles        
Other Accounts 4 $99.2 million 0 $0
Wayne Anglace        
Registered Investment 4 $657.3 million 0 $0
Companies        
Other Pooled 0 $0 0 $0
Investment Vehicles        
Other Accounts 14 $30.5 million 0 $0
Liu-Er Chen        
Registered Investment 8 $2.5 billion 0 $0
Companies        
Other Pooled 0 $0 0 $0
Investment Vehicles        
Other Accounts 6 $246.4 million 0 $0
Thomas Chow        
Registered Investment 12 $14.5 billion 0 $0
Companies        
Other Pooled 0 $0 0 $0
Investment Vehicles        
Other Accounts 11 $4.0 billion 0 $0
Roger Early        
Registered Investment 18 $17.9 billion 0 $0
Companies        
Other Pooled 0 $0 0 $0
Investment Vehicles        
Other Accounts 43 $6.1 billion 0 $0


 

Edward Gray        
Registered Investment 7 $625.2 million 0 $0
Companies        
Other Pooled 0 $0 0 $0
Investment Vehicles        
Other Accounts 11 $3.5 billion 0 $0
Kevin Loome        
Registered Investment 16 $13.1 billion 0 $0
Companies        
Other Pooled 0 $0 0 $0
Investment Vehicles        
Other Accounts 13 $3.4 billion 0 $0
D. Tysen Nutt        
Registered Investment 12 $2.6 billion 0 $0
Companies        
Other Pooled 0 $0 0 $0
Investment Vehicles        
Other Accounts 24 $1.6 billion 1 $652.2 million
Babak Zenouzi        
Registered Investment 15  $2.1 billion  0  $0
Companies        
Other Pooled  0  $0  0  $0
Investment Vehicles        
Other Accounts 5 $386.4 million 0 $0

DESCRIPTION OF MATERIAL CONFLICTS OF INTEREST 
     Individual portfolio managers may perform investment management services for other funds or accounts similar to those provided to the Funds and the investment action for such other fund or account and the Funds may differ. For example, an account or fund may be selling a security, while another account or Fund may be purchasing or holding the same security. As a result, transactions executed for one fund or account may adversely affect the value of securities held by another fund, account or Fund. Additionally, the management of multiple other funds or accounts and the Funds may give rise to potential conflicts of interest, as a portfolio manager must allocate time and effort to multiple funds or accounts and the Funds. A portfolio manager may discover an investment opportunity that may be suitable for more than one account or fund. The investment opportunity may be limited, however, so that all funds or accounts for which the investment would be suitable may not be able to participate. The Manager has adopted procedures designed to allocate investments fairly across multiple funds or accounts.
 
     One of the accounts managed by the portfolio managers have a performance-based fee. This compensation structure presents a potential conflict of interest. The portfolio manager has an incentive to manage this account so as to enhance its performance, to the possible detriment of other accounts for which the investment manager does not receive a performance-based fee.
 
     A portfolio manager’s management of personal accounts also may present certain conflicts of interest. While Delaware’s code of ethics is designed to address these potential conflicts, there is no guarantee that it will do so.
 

 

Compensation Structure
    
Each portfolio’s manager’s compensation consists of the following:
 
     Base Salary - Each named portfolio manager receives a fixed base salary. Salaries are determined by a comparison to industry data prepared by third parties to ensure that portfolio manager salaries are in line with salaries paid at peer investment advisory firms.
 
     Bonus – (Mr. Nutt only) Each named portfolio manager is eligible to receive an annual cash bonus. The bonus pool is determined by the revenues associated with the products a portfolio manager manages. Delaware keeps a percentage of the revenues and the remaining percentage of revenues (minus appropriate expenses associated with relevant product and the investment management team) create the "bonus pool" for the product. Various members of the team have the ability to earn a percentage of the bonus pool with the most senior contributor having the largest share. The pool is allotted based on subjective factors and objective factors. The primary objective factor is the performance of the funds managed relative to the performance of the appropriate Lipper peer groups and the performance of institutional composites relative to the appropriate indices. Performance is measured as the result of one's standing in the Lipper peer groups on a one-year, three-year and five-year basis. Three-year and five-year performance is weighted more heavily and there is no objective award for a fund whose performance falls below the 50th percentile for a given time period.
 
     Individual allocations of the bonus pool are based on individual performance measurements, both objective and subjective, as determined by senior management.
 
     (Mr. Andres and Mr. Zenouzi only) Each named portfolio manager is eligible to receive an annual cash bonus. The bonus pool is determined by the revenues associated with the products a portfolio manager manages. Delaware keeps a percentage of the revenues and the remaining percentage of revenues (minus appropriate expenses associated with relevant product and the investment management team) create the "bonus pool" for the product. Various members of the team have the ability to earn a percentage of the bonus pool with the most senior contributor having the largest share. The pool is allotted based on subjective factors (50%) and objective factors (50%). The primary objective factor is the performance of the funds managed relative to the performance of the appropriate Lipper peer groups and the performance of institutional composites relative to the appropriate indices. Performance is measured as the result of one’s standing in the Lipper peer groups on a one-year, three-year and five-year basis. Three-year and five-year performance is weighed more heavily and there is no objective award for a fund whose performance falls below the 50th percentile for a given time period.
 
     Individual allocations of the bonus pool are based on individual performance measurements, both objective and subjective, as determined by senior management.
 
     (Mr. Gray only) Each named portfolio manager is eligible to receive an annual cash bonus. The bonus pool is determined by the revenues associated with the products a portfolio manager manages. Delaware keeps a percentage of the revenues and the remaining percentage of revenues (minus appropriate expenses associated with relevant product and the investment management team) create the "bonus pool" for the product. Various members of the team have the ability to earn a percentage of the bonus pool with the most senior contributor having the largest share. The pool is allotted based on subjective factors (50%) and objective factors (50%). The primary objective factor is the performance of the funds managed relative to the performance of the appropriate Lipper peer groups and the performance of institutional composites relative to the appropriate indices. Performance is measured as the result of one’s standing in the Lipper peer groups on a one-year, three-year and five-year basis. Three-year and five-year performance are weighted more heavily and there is no objective award for a fund whose performance falls below the 50th percentile for a given time period.
 

 

     Individual allocations of the bonus pool are based on individual performance measurements, both objective and subjective, as determined by senior management.
 
     (Mr. Chen only) There is a base bonus that is guaranteed. Any additional bonus over the base bonus is 100% based on subjective factors. After certain performance objectives are reached the bonus pool will increase above the base bonus. The primary objective is the performance of the fund relative to the Emerging Markets Lipper peer group. Performance is measured as the result of one's standing in the Lipper peer group on a one-year, three-year and five-year basis. Three year performance is weighted more heavily and there is no award above the base bonus for performance below the 40th percentile for a given time period. There is a sliding scale for performance achievements above the 40th percentile.
 
     (Mr. Anglace, Mr. Chow, Mr. Early and Mr. Loome only) Due to transitioning of responsibilities of our fixed income managers over the past year, some of the managers’ bonuses may have been guaranteed for the past year. It is anticipated that going forward an objective component will be added to the bonus for each manager that is reflective of account performance relative to an appropriate peer group or database. The following paragraph describes the structure of the non-guaranteed bonus.
 
     Each portfolio manager is eligible to receive an annual cash bonus, which is based on quantitative and qualitative factors. There is one pool for bonus payments for the fixed income department. The amount of the pool for bonus payments is determined by assets managed (including investment companies, insurance product-related accounts and other separate accounts), management fees and related expenses (including fund waiver expenses) for registered investment companies, pooled vehicles, and managed separate accounts. Generally, 60%-75% of the bonus is quantitatively determined. For more senior portfolio managers, a higher percentage of the bonus is quantitatively determined. For investment companies, each manager is compensated according the Fund’s Lipper or Morningstar peer group percentile ranking on a one-year, three-year, and five-year basis, with longer-term performance more heavily weighted. For managed separate accounts the portfolio managers are compensated according to the composite percentile ranking against the Frank Russell and Callan Associates databases (or similar sources of relative performance data) on a one-year, three-year, and five-year basis, with longer term performance more heavily weighted. There is no objective award for a fund that falls below the 50th percentile, but incentives reach maximum potential at the 25th-30th percentile. There is a sliding scale for investment companies that are ranked above the 50th percentile. The remaining 25%-40% portion of the bonus is discretionary as determined by Delaware Investments and takes into account subjective factors.
 
     For new and recently transitioned portfolio managers, the compensation may be weighted more heavily towards a portfolio manager’s actual contribution and ability to influence performance, rather than longer-term performance. Management intends to move the compensation structure towards longer-term performance for these portfolio managers over time.
 
     Incentive Plan/Equity Compensation Plan — Portfolio managers may be awarded options, stock appreciation rights, restricted stock awards, restricted stock units, deferred stock units, and performance awards (collectively, “Awards”) relating to the underlying shares of common stock of Delaware Investments U.S., Inc. pursuant to the terms of the Delaware Investments U.S., Inc. 2009 Incentive Compensation Plan (the “Plan”) established on March 24, 2009. Since the establishment of the Plan, Awards are no longer granted under the Amended and Restated Delaware Investments U.S., Inc. Incentive Compensation Plan effective December 26, 2008, which was established in 2001.
 

 

     The Plan was established in order to: assist the Manager in attracting, retaining, and rewarding key employees of the company; enable such employees to acquire or increase an equity interest in the company in order to align the interest of such employees and the Manager; and provide such employees with incentives to expend their maximum efforts. Subject to the terms of the Plan and applicable award agreements, Awards typically vest in 25% increments on a four-year schedule, and shares of common stock underlying the Awards are issued after vesting. Shares issued typically must be held for six months and one day, after which time the stockholder may put them back to the company, subject to any applicable holding requirements. The fair market value of the shares of Delaware Investments U.S., Inc., is normally determined as of each March 31, June 30, September 30 and December 31. The fair market value of shares of common stock underlying Awards granted on or after December 26, 2008 is determined by an independent appraiser utilizing an appraisal valuation methodology in compliance with Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code and the regulations promulgated thereunder. The fair market value of shares of common stock underlying Awards granted prior to December 26, 2008 is determined by an independent appraiser utilizing a formula-based valuation methodology.
 
     Other Compensation - Portfolio managers may also participate in benefit plans and programs available generally to all employees.
 
Ownership of Securities
     As of November 30, 2010, the portfolio managers did not own any shares of the Fund.
 

Item 9. Purchases of Equity Securities by Closed-End Management Investment Companies and Affiliated Purchasers
     Not applicable.
 
Item 10. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders Not applicable. Item 11. Controls and Procedures
 
     The registrant’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer have evaluated the registrant’s 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 registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the second fiscal quarter of the period covered by the report to stockholders included herein (i.e., the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter) that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.
 

 

Item 12. Exhibits
 
(a)  (1)   Code of Ethics
     
    Not applicable.
     
  (2) Certifications of Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer pursuant to Rule 30a-2 under the Investment Company Act of 1940 are attached hereto as Exhibit 99.CERT.
     
  (3) Written solicitations to purchase securities pursuant to Rule 23c-1 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
     
    Not applicable.
     
(b) Certifications pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 are furnished herewith as Exhibit 99.906CERT.
   

 

SIGNATURES
 
     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf, by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
 
Name of Registrant: Delaware Enhanced Global Dividend and Income Fund
 
/s/ PATRICK P. COYNE
By: Patrick P. Coyne
Title: Chief Executive Officer
Date: January 28, 2011

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
 
/s/ PATRICK P. COYNE
By:  Patrick P. Coyne
Title: Chief Executive Officer
Date: January 28, 2011
 
/s/ RICHARD SALUS
By: Richard Salus
Title: Chief Financial Officer
Date: January 28, 2011