Virtus Total Return Fund Inc. Discloses Sources of Distribution – Section 19(a) Notice

HARTFORD, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Virtus Total Return Fund Inc. (NYSE: ZTR) previously announced the following monthly distribution on November 19, 2025: Ticker Amount of Distribution Ex-Date/Record Date Payable Date ZTR $0.05 January 12, 2026 January 29, 2026 Under the terms of its Managed Distribution Plan, the Fund will seek to maintain a consistent distribution level that may be paid, in part or in full, from net investment income and realized capital gains, or a combination thereof. Shareh.

Business Wire • Jan 28, 2026

ZTR: Hybrid Portfolio With Utility Tilt At A Deep Discount

Virtus Total Return Fund trades at a nearly 11% discount, well below its historical average, but has been more consistently at a deep discount following a 2023 distribution cut. ZTR offers a 9.52% yield, supported by a hybrid portfolio tilted toward utilities and industrials, with 73% equity and 27% fixed income. Recent tender offers allowed investors to realize value, but the fund's discount persists, presenting a potential entry point for income-focused investors.

Seeking Alpha • Jan 11, 2026

Look Behind The Scenes And ZTR Offers Much Better Appreciation Potential Than GUT

Utility stocks are supposed to be rather boring, but when you add leverage and appreciation as your primary objective, strange things start happening to utility CEFs. Unlike most CEFs which list income as their primary-objective, the Virtus Total Return fund (ZTR) and the Gabelli Utility Trust are both focused on capital-appreciation first and income second. Which is rather a surprise since both funds offer very competitive 9.5%+ current market yields paid monthly. And both have similar market prices in the low $6/share range.

Seeking Alpha • Dec 15, 2025

Virtus Total Return Fund Inc. Announces Final Results of Tender Offer

HARTFORD, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Virtus Total Return Fund Inc. (NYSE: ZTR) (the “Fund”) today announced final results of its previously announced tender offer to acquire up to 10% of its outstanding shares, which expired December 3, 2025 at 5:00 p.m. (Eastern). The Fund accepted 5,554,844 shares, representing 10% of its outstanding shares, for payment on or about December 9, 2025. A total of 14,916,518 shares were properly tendered. Therefore, on a prorated basis, approximately 37.25% of the s.

Business Wire • Dec 8, 2025

Virtus Total Return Fund Inc. Announces Preliminary Results of Tender Offer

HARTFORD, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Virtus Total Return Fund Inc. (NYSE: ZTR) (the “Fund”) today announced preliminary results of its previously announced tender offer (“Tender Offer”) to acquire up to 10% of the Fund's outstanding shares, which expired on December 3, 2025 at 5 p.m. (Eastern). Approximately 15,013,106 shares were tendered, including shares tendered pursuant to notices of guaranteed delivery, based on preliminary information. With the Tender Offer oversubscribed, the relative numb.

Business Wire • Dec 4, 2025

You Still Have Time To Jump In On ZTR's Rights Offering

Unlike a lot of Tender Offers for funds that don't offer much upside, the Virtus Total Return Fund Inc.'s latest Tender Offer is quite attractive. And since this will be the last of ZTR's "conditional" Tender Offers, you still have time to own the shares and submit before the offering expires on December 3rd. But even without the Tender Offer, ZTR stock would be attractive as a leveraged utility, infrastructure, and fixed-income fund whose NAV is actually beating the S&P 500 and NASDAQ-100 year-to-date.

Seeking Alpha • Nov 24, 2025

Virtus Total Return Fund Inc. Announces Distributions and Discloses Sources of Distribution – Section 19(a) Notice

HARTFORD, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Virtus Total Return Fund Inc. (NYSE: ZTR) today announced the following monthly distributions: Ticker Amount of Distribution Ex-Date/Record Date Payable Date ZTR $0.05 December 11, 2025 December 30, 2025 ZTR $0.05 January 12, 2026 January 29, 2026 ZTR $0.05 February 12, 2026 February 26, 2026 The Fund previously announced the following monthly distribution on August 27, 2025: Ticker Amount of Distribution Ex-Date/Record Date Payable Date ZTR $0.05 November 13,.

Business Wire • Nov 19, 2025

ZTR: Positioned For Growth As Power Demand Rises

Virtus Total Return Fund offers diversified exposure to equities and fixed income, focusing on utilities, energy, and industrials sectors. ZTR trades at an -8.78% discount to NAV, with a 9.32% forward yield, and a recent tender offer presents a potential arbitrage opportunity. The fund's sector-focused strategy has outperformed the S&P 500 in the short term due to the growing demand for electricity.

Seeking Alpha • Nov 10, 2025

Virtus Total Return Fund Inc. Announces Commencement of Tender Offer

HARTFORD, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Virtus Total Return Fund Inc. (NYSE: ZTR) (the “Fund”) today announced the commencement of a tender offer (“Tender Offer”) that will begin on November 3, 2025, and expire at 5 p.m. (Eastern) on December 3, 2025 (the “Expiration Date”), which will also be the pricing date, unless the Tender Offer is extended. The Tender Offer was previously announced as a conditional tender offer subject to certain factors that have been determined to have been met. The Fund int.

Business Wire • Nov 3, 2025

Virtus Total Return Fund Inc. Announces Second Conditional Tender Offer

HARTFORD, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Virtus Total Return Fund Inc. (NYSE: ZTR) (the “Fund”) today announced it met the conditions to trigger its second conditional tender offer (“Tender Offer”) to acquire another 10% of the Fund's outstanding shares. This Tender Offer was triggered when the Average Trading Discount of the Fund's shares exceeded 10% during the period from April 1, 2025 through September 26, 2025 (“measurement period”). The average trading discount during this measurement period was.

Business Wire • Oct 2, 2025