DNP Select Income Fund Inc., et al.

[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 108 (Friday, June 5, 2026)]

[Notices]

[Pages 34265-34266]

From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [ www.gpo.gov ]

[FR Doc No: 2026-11287]

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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

[Investment Company Act Release No. 36196; 812-16005]

DNP Select Income Fund Inc., et al.

June 2, 2026.

AGENCY: Securities and Exchange Commission (``Commission'' or ``SEC'').

ACTION: Notice.

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Notice of an application under section 6(c) of the Investment

Company Act of 1940 (the ``Act'') for an exemption from section 19(b)

of the Act and rule 19b-1 under the Act to permit registered closed-end

investment companies to make periodic distributions of long-term

capital gains more frequently than permitted by section 19(b) or rule

19b-1.

SUMMARY OF APPLICATION: Applicants request an order to permit certain

registered closed-end management investment companies to pay as

frequently as twelve times in any one taxable year in respect of its

common stock and as often as specified by, or determined in accordance

with the terms of, any preferred stock issued by the investment company

subject to the terms and conditions stated in the application.

APPLICANTS: DNP Select Income Fund Inc., Duff & Phelps Utility and

Infrastructure Fund Inc., Virtus Artificial Intelligence & Technology

Opportunities Fund, Virtus Diversified Income & Convertible Fund,

Virtus Dividend, Interest & Premium Strategy Fund, Virtus Equity &

Convertible Income Fund, Duff & Phelps Investment Management Co. and

Virtus Investment Advisers, LLC.

FILING DATES: The application was filed on March 11, 2026, and amended

on May 13, 2026.

HEARING OR NOTIFICATION OF HEARING: An order granting the requested

relief will be issued unless the Commission orders a hearing.

Interested persons may request a hearing on any application by emailing

the SEC's Secretary at [email protected] and serving the

Applicants with a copy of the request by email, if an email address is

listed for the relevant Applicant below, or personally or by mail, if a

physical address is listed for the relevant Applicant below. The email

should include the file number referenced above. Hearing requests

should be received by the Commission by 5:30 p.m., Eastern time, on

June 29, 2026, and should be accompanied by proof of service on the

Applicants, in the form of an affidavit, or, for lawyers, a certificate

of service. Pursuant to rule 0-5 under the Act, hearing requests should

state the nature of the writer's interest, any facts bearing upon the

desirability of a hearing on the matter, the reason for the request,

and the issues contested. Persons who wish to be notified of a hearing

may request notification by emailing the Commission's Secretary.

ADDRESSES: The Commission: [email protected] . Applicants:

Kathryn L. Santoro, Virtus Investment Partners, Inc.,

[email protected] , with copies to Adam D. Kanter, Mayer Brown

LLP, [email protected] , and Mark D. Perlow, Stephanie Capistron,

Dechert LLP, [email protected] , [email protected] .

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Trace W. Rakestraw, Senior Special

Counsel, at (202) 551-6825 (Division of Investment Management, Chief

Counsel's Office).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: For Applicants' representations, legal

analysis, and conditions, please refer to Applicants' amended

application, dated May 13, 2026, which may be obtained via the

Commission's website by searching for the file number at the top of

this document, or for an Applicant using the Company name search field

on the SEC's EDGAR system. The SEC's EDGAR system may be searched at

https://www.sec.gov/search-filings . You may also call the SEC's Office

of Investor Education and Assistance at (202) 551-8090.

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For the Commission, by the Division of Investment Management,

under delegated authority.

Sherry R. Haywood,

Assistant Secretary.

[FR Doc. 2026-11287 Filed 6-4-26; 8:45 am]

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