8-K

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 OR 15(d) of The Securities Exchange Act of 1934

February 24, 2021

Date of Report (date of earliest event reported)

VIRTUS INVESTMENT PARTNERS, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

(800) 248-7971

Registrant's telephone number, including area code

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Item 5.02    Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

(d) Election of Directors

On February 24, 2021, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Virtus Investment Partners, Inc. (the “Company”) elected W. Howard Morris to serve, effective as of March 1, 2021, as a Class II director of the Company and as a member of the Audit Committee. Mr. Morris’ term will expire at the Company’s 2022 annual meeting of stockholders. In addition, Mr. Morris was appointed to serve as a member of the Audit Committee of the Board. The Board has determined that Mr. Morris is an “independent director” and that he satisfies the independence requirements for audit committee members under Rule 10A-3 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and in accordance with the rules of The Nasdaq Stock Market. In addition, the Board has determined that Mr. Morris qualifies as an “audit committee financial expert,” as defined in Item 401(h) of Regulation S-K.

Mr. Morris has been President and Chief Investment Officer of The Prairie & Tireman Group, an investment partnership, since 1998. He is a member of the Board of Directors of Owens Corning Corp. and is currently serving a second four-year term on the Michigan State Tax Commission.

In consideration of his services as a member of the Company's Board and any committees thereof, Mr. Morris will be compensated for his service on the Board in accordance with the Company’s compensation program for non-employee directors as in effect from time to time and will receive a pro rata portion of the Company’s annual cash retainer and equity compensation award as compensation for the remainder of the 2021 Board service year.

There is no arrangement or understanding between Mr. Morris and any other person pursuant to which he was selected as a director of the Company, and there is no family relationship between Mr. Morris and any of the Company’s other directors or executive officers. Further, Mr. Morris does not have a material interest in any transaction that is required to be disclosed under Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.

Mr. Morris will also enter into the Company’s standard indemnity agreement for directors, the form of which was previously filed by the Company as Exhibit 10.4 to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 4, 2009.

On March 1, 2021, the Company issued a press release announcing Mr. Morris’ election. A copy of the press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits

99.1     Press release of Virtus Investment Partners, Inc. dated March 1, 2021.

104     Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document).

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

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NEWS RELEASE Virtus Investment Partners Announces Appointment of Board Member 3/1/2021 HARTFORD, Conn., March 1, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Virtus Investment Partners (NASDAQ: VRTS), which operates a multi-boutique asset management business, today announced that W. Howard Morris, CFA, has been appointed to the company's Board of Directors and to its Audit Committee. Morris, 62, is the president and chief investment o�cer of The Prairie & Tireman Group, an investment partnership in Detroit that provides investment management and personal �nancial planning and analysis to high-net-worth individuals. "Howard brings signi�cant investment experience as a portfolio manager at his �rm for more than two decades as well as from his years of public service to school districts and the State of Michigan Tax Commission," said Timothy A. Holt, chairman of the board. "His wealth of board experience, expertise in investment management, and tenure as a �nancial executive will be of signi�cant bene�t to our company." Prior to founding Prairie & Tireman in 1998, Morris was president and chief investment o�cer at WILMOCO Capital Management in Detroit, where he managed portfolios for institutions. He served for three years as chief executive o�cer and emergency �nancial manager for the Inkster Public School District, where he had authority over all of the district's �nancial and operational matters. He was appointed to that position by the governor of Michigan after serving as the chief �nancial o�cer of the Detroit Public School District. Since 2007, he has been a member of the Board of Directors of Owens Corning Corporation, a Fortune 500 company, serving on its audit and governance and nominating committees. He is currently serving a second four- year term on the Michigan State Tax Commission. Morris earned a Bachelor of Business Administration from Northwood University in Midland, Michigan and an M.B.A. from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. He is a licensed Certi�ed Public Accountant (CPA) and holds the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation from the CFA Institute and the Personal Financial Specialist (PFS) designation from the American Institute of CPAs. About Virtus Investment Partners, Inc. Virtus Investment Partners (NASDAQ: VRTS) is a distinctive partnership of boutique investment managers singularly committed to the long-term success of individual and institutional investors. The company provides 1

investment management products and services through its a�liated managers and select subadvisers, each with a distinct investment style, autonomous investment process, and individual brand. Virtus Investment Partners o�ers access to a variety of investment styles across multiple disciplines to meet a wide array of investor needs. Its a�liated managers include Ceredex Value Advisors, Du� & Phelps Investment Management, Kayne Anderson Rudnick Investment Management, New�eet Asset Management, NFJ Investment Group, Seix Investment Advisors, Silvant Capital Management, and Sustainable Growth Advisers. Additional information is available at virtus.com. Forward-Looking Information This press release contains statements that are, or may be considered to be, forward-looking statements. All statements that are not historical facts, including statements about our beliefs or expectations, are "forward- looking statements" within the meaning of The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, as amended. These statements may be identi�ed by such forward-looking terminology as "expect," "estimate," "intent," "plan," "intend," "believe," "anticipate," "may," "will," "should," "could," "continue," "project," "opportunity," "predict," "would," "potential," "future," "forecast," "guarantee," "assume," "likely," "target" or similar statements or variations of such terms. Our forward-looking statements are based on a series of expectations, assumptions and projections about the company, are not guarantees of future results or performance, and involve substantial risks and uncertainty as described in our most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K and our �lings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, which are available in the Investor Relations section of our website, www.virtus.com. All forward- looking statements are as of the date of this release only. The company can give no assurance that such expectations or forward-looking statements will prove to be correct. Actual results may di�er materially. You are urged to carefully consider all such factors.   View original content to download multimedia:http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/virtus-investment- partners-announces-appointment-of-board-member-301237567.html SOURCE Virtus Investment Partners, Inc. 2