Virtus Artificial Intelligence & Technology Opportunities Fund of Beneficial Interest

The Fund’s investment objective attempts to simultaneously capture equity market exposure and current income utilizing a disciplined, fundamental, bottom-up research process combined with traditional credit analysis. The Fund attempts to reduce the risk of capital loss through, among other things, independent credit analysis focused on downgrade and default risks and the implementation of a clearly defined sell discipline strategy. The Fund will achieve its objective through a combination of current income, current gains and long-term capital appreciation. There is no guarantee that the Fund will achieve its investment objective. The use of leverage currently enables the Fund to borrow at short-term rates and invest at higher yields on its investments. As of July 31, 2022, the Funds leverage consisted of $130.0 million of borrowings made pursuant to margin financing and/or securities lending, which represented approximately 15% of the Funds total assets.