Company: NCZ-PA
Filing Date: 2025-04-08
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001104659-25-032992
Chunk: 14

Company: Virtus Convertible & Income Fund II
Filing Date: 2025-04-08
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 14
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 Executive Officer (since 2008), Virtus Investment Partners, Inc. and/or certain of its subsidiaries; and various senior officer positions with Virtus affiliates (since 2005). | ​ | ​ | Director (since 2023), Stone Harbor Investment Funds plc (12 sub-funds), Stone Harbor Global Funds plc (3 sub-funds) and Virtus Global Funds ICAV (8 portfolios); Member (since 2021), Board of Governors of the Investment Company Institute; and Director (since 2013), Virtus Global Funds, plc (5 sub-funds). | ​ |

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* Mr. Aylward is an “interested person” as defined in the 1940 Act, by reason of his position as President and Chief Executive Officer of Virtus, the ultimate parent company of the Adviser, Newfleet, Stone Harbor, Duff & Phelps and NFJ Group. (1) The business address of each current Trustee is c/o the Fund, 101 Munson Street, Suite 104, Greenfield, MA 01301. (2) The “Fund Complex” includes those registered investment companies that hold themselves out to investors as related companies for purposes of investment and investor services or for which an Adviser or an affiliate of an Adviser, including Newfleet, Stone Harbor, Duff & Phelps and NFJ Group, serves as investment adviser. (3) Each Trustee currently serves a one to three-year term concurrent with the class of Trustees for which he or she serves. (4) Trustee election to be voted on exclusively by the Fund’s Preferred Shareholders. Trustee and Trustee Nominee Qualifications The Board has determined that each Trustee and Trustee Nominee should serve as such based on several factors (none of which alone is decisive). Among the factors the Board considered when concluding that an individual should serve as a Trustee were the following: (i) availability and commitment to attend meetings and perform the responsibilities of a Trustee, (ii) personal and professional background, (iii) educational background, (iv) financial expertise, (v) ability, judgment, personal attributes and expertise, and (vi) familiarity with the Fund or its service providers. In respect of each Trustee and Trustee Nominee, the individual’s professional accomplishments and prior experience, including, in some cases, in fields related to the operations of the Fund, were a significant factor in the determination that the individual should serve as a Trustee of the Fund. Following is a summary