HARTFORD, Conn., July 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Virtus Artificial Intelligence & Technology Opportunities Fund (NYSE: AIO), Virtus Convertible & Income 2024 Target Term Fund (NYSE: CBH), Virtus Convertible & Income Fund (NYSE: NCV), Virtus Convertible & Income Fund II (NYSE: NCZ), Virtus Diversified Income & Convertible Fund (NYSE: ACV), Virtus Equity & Convertible Income Fund (NYSE: NIE), and Virtus Dividend, Interest & Premium Strategy Fund (NYSE: NFJ) announced today the results of their joint annual meeting of shareholders held on July 12, 2022.
Shareholders approved the elections of trustees, as follows:
|
Proposal
|
Fund
|
Share Class
|
Nominee
|
Trustee Class
|
For
|
Withhold
|
|
1a
|
AIO
|
Common
|
George R. Aylward
|
III
|
94.6 %
|
5.4 %
|
|
1b
|
AIO
|
Common
|
Sarah E. Cogan
|
III
|
94.9 %
|
5.1 %
|
|
1c
|
AIO
|
Common
|
Deborah A. DeCotis
|
III
|
94.8 %
|
5.2 %
|
|
1d
|
AIO
|
Common
|
Brian T. Zino
|
I
|
94.6 %
|
5.4 %
|
|
1e
|
NCV
|
Common
|
William B. Ogden, IV
|
I
|
95.4 %
|
4.6 %
|
|
1f
|
NCV
|
Preferred
|
Philip R. McLoughlin
|
I
|
97.1 %
|
2.9 %
|
|
1g
|
NCV
|
Common
|
Alan Rappaport
|
I
|
96.0 %
|
4.0 %
|
|
1h
|
NCV
|
Common
|
Brian T. Zino
|
III
|
96.3 %
|
3.7 %
|
|
1i
|
NCZ
|
Preferred
|
Sarah E. Cogan
|
I
|
91.9 %
|
8.1 %
|
|
1j
|
NCZ
|
Common
|
William B. Ogden, IV
|
I
|
89.9 %
|
10.1 %
|
|
1k
|
NCZ
|
Common
|
Alan Rappaport
|
I
|
90.2 %
|
9.8 %
|
|
1l
|
NCZ
|
Common
|
Brian T. Zino
|
I
|
95.2 %
|
4.8 %
|
|
1m
|
CBH
|
Common
|
F. Ford Drummond
|
II
|
97.7 %
|
2.3 %
|
|
1n
|
CBH
|
Common
|
James S. MacLeod
|
II
|
97.6 %
|
2.4 %
|
|
1o
|
CBH
|
Common
|
Philip R. McLoughlin
|
I
|
97.6 %
|
2.4 %
|
|
1p
|
CBH
|
Common
|
Brian T. Zino
|
I
|
97.2 %
|
2.8 %
|
|
1q
|
ACV
|
Common
|
William B. Ogden, IV
|
I
|
96.9 %
|
3.1 %
|
|
1r
|
ACV
|
Common
|
Alan Rappaport
|
I
|
97.1 %
|
2.9 %
|
|
1s
|
ACV
|
Common
|
R. Keith Walton
|
II
|
97.0 %
|
3.0 %
|
|
1t
|
ACV
|
Preferred
|
Brian T. Zino
|
I
|
100.0 %
|
0.0 %
|
|
1u
|
NIE
|
Common
|
George R. Aylward
|
III
|
96.6 %
|
3.4 %
|
|
1v
|
NIE
|
Common
|
Sarah E. Cogan
|
III
|
95.6 %
|
4.4 %
|
|
1w
|
NIE
|
Common
|
Deborah A. DeCotis
|
III
|
95.3 %
|
4.7 %
|
|
1x
|
NIE
|
Common
|
Brian T. Zino
|
I
|
96.4 %
|
3.6 %
|
|
1y
|
NFJ
|
Common
|
George R. Aylward
|
II
|
89.8 %
|
10.2 %
|
|
1z
|
NFJ
|
Common
|
Deborah A. DeCotis
|
II
|
86.7 %
|
13.3 %
|
|
1aa
|
NFJ
|
Common
|
Philip R. McLoughlin
|
II
|
86.6 %
|
13.4 %
|
|
1bb
|
NFJ
|
Common
|
Brian T. Zino
|
I
|
93.5 %
|
6.5 %
|
For more information on these funds, contact shareholder services at 866-270-7788, by email at closedendfunds@virtus.com, or through the Closed-End Funds section of virtus.com.
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SOURCE Virtus Artificial Intelligence & Technology Opportunities Fund; Virtus Convertible & Income 2024 Target Term Fund; Virtus Convertible & Income Fund; Virtus Convertible & Income Fund II; Virtus Diversified Income & Convertible Fund; Virtus Equity & Convertible Income Fund; Virtus Dividend, Interest & Premium Strategy Fund
