Virtus Dividend, Interest & Premium Strategy Fund Announces Portfolio Manager Update

HARTFORD, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Virtus Dividend, Interest & Premium Strategy Fund (NYSE: NFJ) (the “Fund”), a closed-end fund advised by NFJ Investment Group and Voya Investment Management, today announced that Thomas Oliver, CFA, CPA, is no longer a portfolio manager of the Fund.

The Fund will continue to be managed by John Mowrey, CFA, executive managing director, chief investment officer, and senior portfolio manager and analyst, Burns McKinney, CFA, managing director and senior portfolio manager and analyst and Kris Marca, CFA, director and portfolio manager and research analyst at NFJ, and Justin Kass, CFA, senior managing director, chief investment officer, head of income and growth, Michael Yee, managing director, lead portfolio manager of income and growth and Ethan Turner, CFA, vice president, portfolio manager of income and growth at Voya.

There will be no changes to the investment processes for this Fund, which are team oriented.

About the Fund

Virtus Dividend, Interest & Premium Strategy Fund is a diversified closed-end fund that seeks current income and gains, with long-term capital appreciation as a secondary objective. The Fund generally invests approximately 75% of its total assets in equity securities and approximately 25% in convertible securities. The Fund employs an option strategy of writing (selling) covered call options on equity securities held in the Fund. Virtus Investment Advisers, LLC, a registered investment adviser affiliated with Virtus Investment Partners, Inc., is the investment adviser to the Fund, and NFJ Investment Group and Voya Investment Management are its subadvisers.

For more information on the Fund, contact shareholder services at [phone], by email at [e-mail], or through the Closed-End Funds section of virtus.com.

Fund Risks

An investment in a fund is subject to risk, including the risk of possible loss of principal. A fund’s shares may be worth less upon their sale than what an investor paid for them. Shares of closed-end funds may trade at a premium or discount to their net asset value. For more information about the Fund’s investment objective and risks, please see the Fund’s annual report. A copy of the Fund’s most recent annual report can be accessed through the Closed-End Funds section of virtus.com and may be obtained free of charge by contacting “Shareholder Services” as set forth at the end of this press release.

About Virtus Investment Partners, Inc.

Virtus Investment Partners (NYSE: VRTS) is a distinctive partnership of boutique investment managers singularly committed to the long-term success of individual and institutional investors. We provide investment products and services from our investment managers, each with a distinct investment style and autonomous investment process, as well as select subadvisers. Investment solutions are available across multiple disciplines and product types to meet a wide array of investor needs. Additional information about our firm, investment partners, and strategies is available at virtus.com.