AllianzGI Announces Adjournment of Special Meeting of Shareholders for AllianzGI Artificial Intelligence & Technology Opportunities Fund (NYSE: AIO)
Allianz Global Investors U.S. announced that the Special Meeting of Shareholders for the AllianzGI Artificial Intelligence & Technology Opportunities Fund (NYSE: AIO) scheduled for January 26, 2021, has been adjourned to February 12, 2021, due to the need for additional shareholder votes. The rescheduled meeting will be virtual in response to COVID-19. Shareholders must register by February 11, 2021, to participate. The Fund urges shareholders to authorize a proxy to vote regardless of attendance. A definitive proxy statement has been filed with the SEC containing important information.
- Rescheduled Meeting allows more time for shareholder participation.
- Virtual format addresses public health concerns, facilitating broader access.
- Adjournment of the Meeting may indicate insufficient initial shareholder support.
Allianz Global Investors U.S. LLC (“AllianzGI U.S.”), investment manager to AllianzGI Artificial Intelligence & Technology Opportunities Fund (NYSE: AIO) (the “Fund”), announced today that the Special Meeting of Shareholders (the “Meeting”) scheduled for January 26, 2021 was adjourned to a later date and time in order to permit the solicitation of additional shareholder votes.
The Meeting will now take place on February 12, 2021 at 12:00 p.m. Eastern Time. Additionally, in light of public health concerns regarding the COVID-19 pandemic, the rescheduled Meeting will be held in a virtual meeting format only.
As noted in the proxy materials previously distributed for the Meeting, the Board of Trustees of the Fund had fixed the close of business on September 10, 2020 as the record date for the determination of shareholders of the Fund entitled to notice of, and to vote at, the Meeting or any postponement or adjournment thereof. To attend the rescheduled Meeting virtually, shareholders must email the Fund’s Transfer Agent, AST Financial, at attendameeting@astfinancial.com and provide their full name, address and control number located on the proxy card previously received. AST Financial will then email the shareholder meeting credentials information and instructions for voting during the Meeting.
If you held Fund shares through an intermediary (such as a broker-dealer) as of September 10, 2020, in order to participate in and vote at the Meeting, you must first obtain a legal proxy from your intermediary reflecting the Fund’s name, the number of Fund shares you held, and your name and email address. You may forward an email from your intermediary containing the legal proxy or an image of the legal proxy to AST at attendameeting@astfinancial.com and put “Legal Proxy” in the subject line. Requests for registration must be received by AST no later than 3:00 p.m. Eastern Time on February 11, 2021. You will then receive confirmation of your registration and a control number by email from AST. AST will also email your Meeting credentials for participation in the Meeting and instructions for voting during the Meeting.
Shareholders are not required to attend the Meeting to vote on the proposals. Whether or not shareholders plan to attend the Meeting, the Fund urges shareholders to authorize a proxy to vote the shareholder’s shares in advance of the Meeting by one of the methods described in the proxy materials for the Meeting. In connection with the Meeting, the Fund has filed a definitive proxy statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Shareholders are advised to read the Fund’s proxy statement because it contains important information.
Allianz Global Investors U.S. LLC, an indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary of PFP Holdings, Inc., serves as the Fund’s investment manager and is a member of Munich-based Allianz Group.
The Fund’s daily New York Stock Exchange closing market prices and net asset values per share, as well as other information, including updated portfolio statistics and performance, are available at us.allianzgi.com/closedendfunds or by calling the Fund’s shareholder servicing agent at (800)-254-5197.
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This material may include statements that constitute "forward-looking statements" under the U.S. securities laws. Forward-looking statements include, among other things, projections, estimates and information about possible or future results related to the Fund, market or regulatory developments. The views expressed herein are for informational purposes only and are not guarantees of future performance or economic results and involve certain risks, uncertainties and assumptions that could cause actual outcomes and results to differ materially from the views expressed herein. Such risks and uncertainties include, without limitation, the adverse effect from a decline in the securities markets or a decline in the Fund’s performance, a general downturn in the economy, competition from other companies, changes in government policy or regulation, inability to attract or retain key employees, inability to implement its operating strategy and/or acquisition strategy, and unforeseen costs and other effects related to legal proceedings or investigations of governmental and self-regulatory organizations. The views expressed herein are subject to change at any time based upon economic, market, or other conditions and the Fund undertake no obligation to update the views expressed herein. While we have gathered this information from sources believed to be reliable, the Fund cannot guarantee the accuracy of the information provided. The views expressed herein do not constitute recommendations to buy, sell or hold any security. The views expressed herein (including any forward-looking statement) may not be relied upon as investment advice or as an indication of the Fund’s trading intent. Information included herein is not an indication of the Fund’s future portfolio composition or the extent to which the Fund may utilize leverage.
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