The Board of Trustees of AllianzGI Convertible & Income Fund II (NYSE: NCZ) (the "Fund") announced today that the Fund has postponed the payment of the previously declared (March 2, 2020) dividend on the Fund’s common shares scheduled for payment on April 1, 2020 and the declaration of the next dividend on the Fund’s common shares, which would have been paid on or around May 2020.
Accordingly, the declared dividend ($0.0450 per common share for NCZ) payable on April 1, 2020 to shareholders of record on March 12, 2020, with an ex-dividend date of March 11, 2020, will not be paid on April 1, 2020.
The Fund is not permitted to pay or declare common share dividends unless the Fund’s preferred shares, including its auction rate preferred shares and cumulative preferred shares, have asset coverage of at least 200% (the "200% Level") after giving effect to the payment or the declaration of the common share dividend, in accordance with the Fund’s Bylaws and the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended. Recent market dislocations have caused the values of the Fund’s portfolio securities to decline and as a result, the Fund’s asset coverage ratio has fallen below the 200% Level. The Fund intends to resume paying and declaring dividends as soon as possible. An announcement regarding actual dividend payment and declaration dates will be made at a future date.