Company: NCZ-PA
Filing Date: 2025-04-08
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001104659-25-032992
Chunk: 27

Company: Virtus Convertible & Income Fund II
Filing Date: 2025-04-08
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 27
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 at the Annual Meeting. Audit Committee Report — AIO, NCV, NCZ, ACV, NFJ and NIE The Audit Committee oversees the Funds’ financial reporting process on behalf of the Board of Trustees of each Fund and operates under a written charter adopted by the Board. The Committee meets with the Funds’ management (“Management”) and independent registered public accounting firm and reports the results of its activities to the Board. Management has the primary responsibility for the financial statements and the reporting process, including the system of internal controls. In connection with the audit of each Fund’s financial statements for the fiscal year ended January 31, 2025, the Audit Committee: (1) reviewed and discussed each Fund’s 2025 audited financial statements with Management, (2) discussed with the independent accountant the matters required to be discussed by applicable standards adopted by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, (3) received and reviewed the written disclosures and the letter from the independent accountant required by applicable requirements of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board regarding the independent accountant’s communications with the Audit Committee concerning independence, and (4) discussed with the independent accountant its independence. Based on the foregoing reviews and discussions, the Audit Committee recommended to the Board that each Fund’s audited financial statements be included in the Funds’ Annual Report to Shareholders for the fiscal year ended in 2025. The Audit Committee* Donald C. Burke (Chair)
Deborah A. DeCotis
Geraldine M. McNamara
Brian T. Zino * Effective March 31, 2025, Geraldine M. McNamara retired as a member of the Audit Committee. Effective April 1, 2025, Sarah E. Cogan, F. Ford Drummond, Connie D. McDaniel, and R. Keith Walton were appointed to the Audit Committee. Audit Committee Report — VGI, EDF and ZTR The Audit Committee oversees the Funds’ financial reporting process on behalf of the Board of Directors or Board of Trustees of each Fund and operates under a written charter adopted by the Board. The Committee meets 31 with the Funds’ management (“Management”) and independent registered public accounting firm and reports the results of its activities to the Board. Management has the primary responsibility for the financial statements and the reporting process, including the system of internal controls. In connection with the audit of each Fund’s financial statements for the fiscal year ended November 30, 2024, the Audit Committee: (1) reviewed and discussed each Fund’s 2024