Company: NCZ-PA
Filing Date: 2025-04-08
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001104659-25-032992
Chunk: 23

Company: Virtus Convertible & Income Fund II
Filing Date: 2025-04-08
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 23
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 23 practices. The Audit Committee reviews each Fund’s financial reporting procedures, system of internal control, the independent audit process, and each Fund’s procedures for monitoring compliance with investment restrictions and applicable laws and regulations and with the Code of Ethics. The Audit Committee is currently composed entirely of Independent Trustees, who are also considered “independent” for purposes of the listing standards of the New York Stock Exchange (the “NYSE”). Effective April 1, 2025, the Audit Committee members are Donald C. Burke, Chair; Sarah E. Cogan, Deborah A. DeCotis, F. Ford Drummond, John R. Mallin (VGI, EDF and ZTR only), Connie D. McDaniel, R. Keith Walton and Brian T. Zino. Prior to April 1, 2025, the Audit Committee’s members were Donald C. Burke, Chair (all Funds other than NCV, NCZ and ACV); Deborah A. DeCotis; John R. Mallin (VGI, EDF and ZTR only); Geraldine M. McNamara; and Brian T. Zino, Chair (Member for all Funds; Chair for NCV, NCZ and ACV only). Each Board has determined that each of Donald C. Burke and Brian T. Zino possesses the technical attributes to qualify as an “audit committee financial expert,” and has designated each of them as an Audit Committee financial expert for each Fund, as applicable. Six meetings of the Audit Committees of AIO, NCV, NCZ, ACV, NFJ and NIE were held during the year ended January 31, 2025, and six meetings of the Audit Committees of VGI, EDF and ZTR were held during the year ended November 30, 2024. In accordance with proxy rules promulgated by the SEC, the Fund’s Audit Committee charter is being filed as an exhibit to this Proxy Statement, and is available at: https://www.virtus.com/assets/files/491/audit-committee-
charter.pdf . Compliance Committee. Each Board has adopted a written charter for each Fund’s compliance committee (the “Compliance Committee”). The Compliance Committee is responsible for overseeing each Fund’s compliance matters. The Compliance Committee oversees and reviews (1) information provided by each Fund’s officers, including each Fund’s CCO, the Fund’s investment adviser and other principal service providers, and others as appropriate; (2) the codes of ethics; (3) whistleblower