DELAWARE GROUP® CASH RESERVE
Delaware Investments Ultrashort Fund (the “Fund”)
Supplement to the current Statutory Prospectus (the “Prospectus”)
and Statement of Additional Information (the “SAI”)
The Board of Trustees (“Trustees” or “Board”) of Delaware Group® Cash Reserve (the “Trust”) approved the
appointment of Macquarie Investment Management Austria Kapitalanlage AG (“MIMAK”), Macquarie Investment Management Europe Limited (“MIMEL”), and Macquarie Investment Management Global Limited (“MIMGL”) to serve as sub-advisors and provide certain
sub-advisory services to the Fund from time to time at the discretion of Delaware Management Company (the “Manager”).
In connection therewith, the following replaces the information in the section of the Fund's
Prospectus entitled "Fund summary —What are the Fund’s principal investment strategies?”:
Under normal circumstances, the Fund will invest all of its net assets, plus the amount of any borrowings for investment
purposes, in investment grade fixed income securities at the time of purchase, including, but not limited to, fixed income securities issued or guaranteed by the US government, its agencies or instrumentalities, and by US and non-US corporations.
Investment grade fixed income securities are securities rated BBB- or higher by Standard & Poor’s Financial Services LLC (S&P) or Baa3 or higher by Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. (Moody’s), or similarly rated by another nationally
recognized statistical rating organization (NRSRO), or those that are deemed to be of comparable quality. The Fund will maintain an average effective duration of less than 18 months. Duration measures a bond’s sensitivity to interest rates by
indicating the approximate change in a bond or bond fund’s price given a 1% change in interest rates.
The Fund’s investment manager, Delaware Management Company (Manager), will determine how much of the Fund’s assets to
allocate among the different types of fixed income securities in which the Fund may invest based on our evaluation of economic and market conditions and our assessment of the returns and potential for appreciation that can be achieved from various
sectors of the fixed income market. In addition, the Manager may seek investment advice and recommendations from its affiliates: Macquarie Investment Management Europe Limited, Macquarie Investment Management Austria Kapitalanlage AG, and Macquarie
Investment Management Global Limited (together, the “Affiliated Sub-Advisors”). The Manager may also permit these Affiliated Sub-Advisors to execute Fund security trades on behalf of the Manager and exercise investment discretion for securities in
certain markets where DMC believes it will be beneficial to utilize an Affiliated Sub-Advisor’s specialized market knowledge.
The corporate debt obligations in which the Fund may invest include bonds, notes, debentures, and commercial paper of US
companies and non-US companies. The Fund may also invest in a variety of securities that are issued or guaranteed as to the payment of principal and interest by the US government, and by various agencies or instrumentalities, which have been
established or are sponsored by the US government, and securities issued by foreign governments.
Additionally, the Fund may invest in mortgage-backed securities issued or guaranteed by the US government, its agencies
or instrumentalities, or government-sponsored corporations, and mortgage-backed securities issued by certain private, nongovernment entities. The Fund may also invest in securities that are backed by assets such as receivables on home equity and
credit card loans, automobile, mobile home, recreational vehicle and other loans, wholesale dealer floor plans, and leases.
The Fund may invest up to 30% of its net assets in foreign securities, including up to 10% of its net assets in
securities of issuers located in emerging markets.
The Fund may use a wide range of derivative instruments, typically including options, futures contracts, options on
futures contracts, credit default swaps, interest rate swaps, and index swaps. The Fund will use derivatives for both hedging and nonhedging purposes. For example, the Fund may invest in: futures and options to manage duration and for defensive
purposes, such as to protect gains or hedge against potential losses in the portfolio without actually selling a security, or to stay fully invested; forward foreign currency contracts to manage foreign currency exposure; interest rate swaps to
neutralize the impact of interest rate changes; credit default swaps to hedge against bond defaults, to manage credit exposure, or to enhance total return; and index swaps to enhance return or to effect diversification. The Fund will not use
derivatives for reasons inconsistent with its investment objective and will limit its investments in derivative instruments to 10% of net assets.
The following information is added into the section of the Fund’s Prospectus entitled “Fund summary -- Who manages the
Fund?”:
Sub-advisors
Macquarie Investment Management Austria Kapitalanlage AG
Macquarie Investment Management Europe Limited
Macquarie Investment Management Global Limited
The following replaces the information in the section of the Fund's Prospectus entitled "How we
manage the Fund — Our principal investment strategies”:
Under normal circumstances, the Fund will invest all of its net assets, plus the amount of any borrowings for investment
purposes, in investment grade fixed income securities at the time of purchase, including, but not limited to, fixed income securities issued or guaranteed by the US government, its agencies or instrumentalities, and by US and non-US corporations.
Investment grade fixed income securities are securities rated BBB- or higher by S&P or Baa3 or higher by Moody’s, or similarly rated by another nationally recognized statistical rating organization (NRSRO), or those that are deemed to be of
comparable quality. The Fund will maintain an average effective duration of less than 18 months. Duration measures a bond’s sensitivity to interest rates by indicating the approximate change in a bond or bond fund’s price given a 1% change in
interest rates.
The Fund’s investment manager, Delaware Management Company (Manager), will determine how much of the Fund’s assets to
allocate among the different types of fixed income securities in which the Fund may invest based on our evaluation of economic and market conditions and our assessment of the returns and potential for appreciation that can be achieved from various
sectors of the fixed income market. In addition, the Manager may seek investment advice and recommendations from its affiliates: Macquarie Investment Management Europe Limited, Macquarie Investment Management Austria Kapitalanlage AG, and Macquarie
Investment Management Global Limited (together, the “Affiliated Sub-Advisors”). The Manager may also permit these Affiliated Sub-Advisors to execute Fund security trades on behalf of the Manager and exercise investment discretion for securities in
certain markets where DMC believes it will be beneficial to utilize an Affiliated Sub-Advisor’s specialized market knowledge.
The corporate debt obligations in which the Fund may invest include bonds, notes, debentures, and commercial paper of US
companies and non-US companies. The Fund may also invest in a variety of securities that are issued or guaranteed as to the payment of principal and interest by the US government, and by various agencies or instrumentalities, which have been
established or are sponsored by the US government, and securities issued by foreign governments.
Additionally, the Fund may invest in mortgage-backed securities issued or guaranteed by the US government, its agencies
or instrumentalities, or government-sponsored corporations, and mortgage-backed securities issued by certain private, nongovernment entities. The Fund may also invest in securities that are backed by assets such as receivables on home equity and
credit card loans, automobile, mobile home, recreational vehicle and other loans, wholesale dealer floor plans, and leases.
The Fund may invest up to 30% of its net assets in foreign securities, including up to 10% of its net assets in
securities of issuers located in emerging markets.
The Fund may use a wide range of derivatives instruments, typically including options, futures contracts, options,
forward foreign currency contracts, credit default swaps, interest rate swaps, and index swaps. The Fund will use derivatives for both hedging and nonhedging purposes. For example, the Fund may invest in: futures and options to manage duration and
for defensive purposes, such as to protect gains or hedge against potential losses in the portfolio without actually selling a security, or to stay fully invested; forward foreign currency contracts to manage foreign currency exposure; interest
rate swaps to neutralize the impact of interest rate changes; credit default swaps to hedge against bond defaults, to manage credit exposure, or to enhance total return; and index swaps to enhance return or to effect diversification. The Fund will
not use derivatives for reasons inconsistent with its investment objective and will limit its investments in derivative instruments to 10% of net assets.
The Fund’s investment objective is nonfundamental. This means that the Fund’s Board of Trustees (Board) may change the
objective without obtaining shareholder approval. If the objective were changed, the Fund would notify shareholders at least 60 days before the change became effective.
The following information is added after the section of the Fund’s Prospectus entitled “Who manages the
Funds – Investment manager”:
Sub-advisors
Macquarie
Investment Management Austria Kapitalanlage AG (MIMAK) is located at Kaerntner Strasse 28, 1010 Vienna, Austria. MIMAK is an affiliate of the Manager and a part of Macquarie Investment Management (MIM). MIM is the marketing name for certain companies comprising the asset management division of
Macquarie Group Limited. As of December 31, 2018, MIM managed more than $234.5 billion in assets for institutional and individual clients. Although the Manager has principal responsibility for the Manager’s portion of the Fund, the
Manager may seek investment advice and recommendations from MIMAK and the Manager may also permit MIMAK to execute Fund security trades on behalf of the Manager and exercise investment discretion for securities in certain markets where DMC believes
it will be beneficial to utilize MIMAK’s specialized market knowledge.
Macquarie Investment Management Global
Limited (MIMGL), is located at 50 Martin Place, Sydney, Australia. MIMGL is an affiliate of the Manager and a part of Macquarie Investment Management (MIM). MIM is the marketing name for certain companies comprising the asset management division
of Macquarie Group Limited. As of December 31, 2018, MIM managed more than $234.5 billion in assets for institutional and individual clients. Although the Manager has principal responsibility for the Manager’s portion of the Fund, the Manager may seek investment advice and recommendations from MIMGL and the Manager may also permit MIMGL to execute Fund security trades
on behalf of the Manager and exercise investment discretion for securities in certain markets where DMC believes it will be beneficial to utilize MIMGL’s specialized market knowledge.
Macquarie Investment Management Europe
Limited, (MIMEL), is located at 28 Ropemaker Street, London, England. MIMEL is an affiliate of the Manager and a part of Macquarie Investment Management (MIM). MIM is the marketing name for certain companies comprising the asset management
division of Macquarie Group Limited. As of December 31, 2018, MIM managed more than $234.5 billion in assets for institutional and individual clients. Although the Manager has principal responsibility for the Manager’s portion of the Fund, the Manager may seek investment advice and recommendations from MIMEL and the Manager may also permit MIMEL to execute Fund security trades on behalf of the Manager and exercise investment discretion
for securities in certain markets where DMC believes it will be beneficial to utilize MIMEL’s specialized market knowledge.
The following information is added after the section of the Fund’s SAI entitled “Investment Manager and
Other Service Providers – Investment Manager”:
Sub-Advisors
The Manager has
also entered into Sub-Advisory Agreements on behalf of Delaware Investments Ultrashort Fund with Macquarie Investment Management Austria Kapitalanlage AG, Macquarie Investment Management Global Limited, and Macquarie Investment Management
Europe Limited, each of which is an affiliate of the Manager (“Affiliated Sub-Advisor”). Pursuant to the terms of the relevant Sub-Advisory Agreement, the investment sub-advisory fee is paid by the Manager to each Affiliated Sub-advisor based on
the extent to which an Affiliated Sub-Advisor provides services to the Fund.
Because everyone's tax situation is unique, you should consult your tax professional about federal,
state, local, or foreign tax consequences before making an investment in the Fund.
Delaware Management Company (Manager) is an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Macquarie Group Limited
(MGL). Other than Macquarie Bank Limited (MBL), a subsidiary of MGL and an affiliate of the Manager, none of the entities noted are authorized deposit-taking institutions for the purposes of the Banking Act 1959 (Commonwealth of Australia). The
obligations of these entities do not represent deposits or other liabilities of MBL. MBL does not guarantee or otherwise provide assurance in respect of the obligations of these entities, unless noted otherwise. The Fund is governed by US laws and
regulations.
Please keep this Supplement for future reference.
This Supplement is dated May 30, 2019.