HARTFORD, Conn., May 17, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Virtus Global
Multi-Sector Income Fund (NYSE: VGI) and Virtus Total Return Fund
(NYSE: DCA) today announced that at the joint annual meeting of
shareholders held on May 13,
Thomas F. Mann was re-elected as a
Class I and Class II director, respectively, to a term of three
years or until a successor has been duly elected and qualified for
each board.
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The voting results were as follows:
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Global
Multi-Sector Income Fund
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Total
Return Fund
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For
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Withheld
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For
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Withheld
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Thomas F.
Mann
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9,456,611
|
182,085
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24,653,987
|
572,686
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About the Funds
The Virtus Global Multi-Sector Income
Fund (NYSE: VGI) is a diversified closed-end fund that seeks to
maximize current income while preserving capital by giving
investors an opportunity to benefit from broadly diversified
holdings across the major domestic and international fixed-income
sectors. It is managed by Newfleet Asset Management, LLC, an
affiliated manager of Virtus Investment Partners, Inc., which
specializes in multi-sector fixed income investing.
The Virtus Total Return Fund (NYSE: DCA) is a diversified
closed-end fund with an objective of total return, consisting of
both capital appreciation and current income, as determined by the
fund's investment adviser, Virtus Investment Advisers, Inc.
The fund has been managed since December 9,
2011 by Duff & Phelps Investment Management Co. and
Newfleet Asset Management, LLC., both affiliated managers of Virtus
Investment Partners.
For more information on either fund, contact shareholder
services at (866) 270-7788, by email at closedendfunds@virtus.com,
or through the closed end fund section on the web at
www.virtus.com.
SOURCE Virtus Global Multi-Sector Income Fund; Virtus Total
Return Fund