Virtus Total Return Fund Announces Final Results of Annual Meeting of Shareholders

CHICAGO, June 6, 2016

On Proposal 1, regarding the election of a director of the fund, Thomas F. Mann was re-elected as Class II Trustee of the fund for a term of three years or until his successor has been duly elected and qualified. Mr. Mann received a plurality of the votes cast at the meeting, defeating a candidate who was nominated by a shareholder of the fund. The shareholder-initiated Proposal 2, a non-binding vote recommending that the Board approve and submit to shareholders for a vote a proposal to liquidate the fund, was approved.

The final certified voting results provided to the fund by IVS are as follows:

Proposal 1	For	Withheld ARIVA.DE Börsen-Geflüster Kurse Virtus Total Return Fund -   0,00%
Thomas F. Mann	6,336,380	2,891,147
Andrew Dakos	5,769,670	249,540
Proposal 2	For	Against	Abstain
Liquidation (Non-Binding)	6,679,647	5,871,822	2,695,268

For more information on the 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.

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SOURCE Virtus Total Return Fund