Delaware Management Company 2005 Market Street Philadelphia, PA 19103

Ex-99.d.2

Delaware Management Company
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November 27, 2007

Delaware Group Income Funds
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     Re: Expense Limitation

Ladies and Gentlemen:

By our execution of this letter agreement (the “Agreement”), intending to be legally bound hereby, Delaware Management Company, a series of Delaware Management Business Trust (the “Manager”), agrees that in order to improve the performance of Delaware Corporate Bond Fund, Delaware Delchester Fund, Delaware Extended Duration Bond Fund and Delaware High Yield Opportunities Fund (each a “Fund” and collectively, the “Funds”), which are series of Delaware Group Income Funds, the Manager shall waive all or a portion of its investment advisory fees and/or reimburse expenses (excluding any 12b-1 plan expenses, taxes, interest, inverse floater program expenses, brokerage fees, short-sale dividend and interest expenses, certain insurance costs, and non-routine expenses or costs, including, but not limited to, those relating to reorganizations, litigation, conducting shareholder meetings, and liquidations (collectively, “non-routine expenses”)) in an aggregate amount equal to the amount by which the Fund’s total operating expenses (excluding any 12b-1 plan expenses, taxes, interest, inverse floater program expenses, brokerage fees, short-sale dividend and interest expenses, certain insurance costs, and non-routine expenses) exceeds the amounts indicated below for the period December 1, 2007 through November 30, 2008. For purposes of this Agreement, non-routine expenses may also include such additional costs and expenses as may be agreed upon from time to time by the Fund’s Board and the Manager. Inverse floater program expenses include, but are not limited to, interest expense, remarketing fees, liquidity fees, and trustees’ fees from the Fund’s participation in inverse floater programs where it has transferred its own bonds to a trust that issues the inverse floaters.

		Expense Limitation
Fund		(as a percentage of average daily net assets)
Delaware Corporate Bond Fund		0.65%
Delaware Delchester Fund		0.87%
Delaware Extended Duration Bond Fund		0.65%
Delaware High Yield Opportunities Fund		0.83%

The Manager acknowledges that it (1) shall not be entitled to collect on, or make a claim for, waived fees at any time in the future, and (2) shall not be entitled to collect on, or make a claim for, reimbursed Fund expenses at any time in the future.

Delaware Management Company, a series of
Delaware Management Business Trust

By:	/s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx
	Name:	Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx
	Title:	Executive Vice President & Chief Administrative Officer

Your signature below acknowledges acceptance of this Agreement:

Delaware Group Income Funds

By:	/s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx
	Name:	Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx
	Title:	President & Chief Executive Officer
	Date: