Company: NCZ-PA
Filing Date: 2025-04-08
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001104659-25-032992
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Company: Virtus Convertible & Income Fund II
Filing Date: 2025-04-08
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 18
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 and Chief Administrative Officer at Global Infrastructure Partners (since 2006) and Senior Adviser at Brightwood Capital, LLC (since 2022). He served as the Managing Director at Lafayette Square Holding Company LLC (2020 to 2021). Mr. Walton is also a director/trustee of open-end and closed-end funds managed by the Adviser and its affiliates and certain funds advised by Bessemer Investment Management LLC. Brian T. Zino . Mr. Zino, currently retired, was employed by J. & W. Seligman and Co. Inc., a privately held New York City investment firm managing closed-end investment companies, a family of mutual funds, and institutional accounts and operating a trust company (1982 to 2009). For the last 15 of those years, he served as president and CEO of Seligman. His extensive mutual fund, financial and business background and years of service as a director of a large non-affiliated family of both open- and closed-end funds bring valuable skills and business judgment to the Board and its committees. Mr. Zino is also a certified public accountant and has an extensive background in accounting matters relating to investment companies. He also served as a Director (1998 to 2009), Chairman (2002 to 2004) and Vice Chairman (2000 to 2002) on the board of the ICI Mutual Insurance Company and as a Member of the Board of Governors of ICI (1998 to 2008). Mr. Zino is also a director/trustee of open-end and closed-end funds managed by the Adviser and its affiliates. Required Vote The election of three Trustee Nominees to the Board of AIO requires a plurality of the votes cast on the matter by the Common Shareholders of that Fund at the Annual Meeting, provided a quorum is present. The election of one Trustee Nominee to the Board of NCV requires a plurality of the votes cast on the matter by the Common Shareholders and Preferred Shareholders (voting together as a single class) of that Fund at the Annual Meeting, provided a quorum is present. The election of one Trustee Nominee (Donald C. Burke) to the Board of NCV requires a plurality of the votes cast on the matter by the Preferred Shareholders of that Fund at the Annual Meeting, provided a quorum is present. The election of two Trustee Nominees to the Board of NCZ requires a plurality of the votes cast on the matter by the