Form of Rights Agreement



 Exhibit 4.3 
  
  
 RIGHTS AGREEMENT 
 VIRTUS INVESTMENT PARTNERS, INC. 
 and 
 MELLON INVESTOR SERVICES LLC,

 as Rights Agent 
 Dated as of
[            ], 200   
  
  







 TABLE OF CONTENTS 
  

					
	 	  	 	  	Page
	 Section 1.
	  	Certain Definitions	  	1
			
	 Section 2.
	  	Appointment of Rights Agent	  	5
			
	 Section 3.
	  	Issuance of Right Certificates	  	5
			
	 Section 4.
	  	Form of Right Certificates	  	7
			
	 Section 5.
	  	Countersignature and Registration	  	7
			
	 Section 6.
	  	Transfer, Split Up, Combination and Exchange of Right Certificates; Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Right Certificates	  	7
			
	 Section 7.
	  	Exercise of Rights, Purchase Price; Expiration Date of Rights	  	8
			
	 Section 8.
	  	Cancellation and Destruction of Right Certificates	  	9
			
	 Section 9.
	  	Availability of Shares of Series C Preferred Stock	  	9
			
	 Section 10.
	  	Series C Preferred Stock Record Date	  	11
			
	 Section 11.
	  	Adjustment of Purchase Price, Number and Kind of Shares and Number of Rights	  	11
			
	 Section 12.
	  	Certificate of Adjusted Purchase Price or Number of Shares	  	18
			
	 Section 13.
	  	Consolidation, Merger or Sale or Transfer of Assets or Earnings Power	  	19
			
	 Section 14.
	  	Fractional Rights and Fractional Shares	  	22
			
	 Section 15.
	  	Rights of Action	  	23
			
	 Section 16.
	  	Agreement of Right Holders	  	24
			
	 Section 17.
	  	Right Certificate Holder Not Deemed a Stockholder	  	24
			
	 Section 18.
	  	Concerning the Rights Agent	  	24
			
	 Section 19.
	  	Merger or Consolidation or Change of Mellon Investor Services LLC	  	25
			
	 Section 20.
	  	Duties of Rights Agent	  	25
			
	 Section 21.
	  	Change of Rights Agent	  	27
			
	 Section 22.
	  	Issuance of New Right Certificates	  	28

  

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	 Section 23.
	 	Redemption	  	28
			
	 Section 24.
	 	Exchange	  	29
			
	 Section 25.
	 	Notice of Certain Events	  	30
			
	 Section 26.
	 	Notices	  	30
			
	 Section 27.
	 	Supplements and Amendments	  	31
			
	 Section 28.
	 	Successors	  	31
			
	 Section 29.
	 	Benefits of this Rights Agreement	  	31
			
	 Section 30.
	 	Determinations and Actions by the Board of Directors	  	32
			
	 Section 31.
	 	Severability	  	32
			
	 Section 32.
	 	Governing Law	  	32
			
	 Section 33.
	 	Counterparts	  	32
			
	 Section 34.
	 	Descriptive Headings	  	32
			
		 	EXHIBITS	  	
			
	Exhibit A –	 	Form of Certificate of Designations	  	A-1
			
	Exhibit B –	 	Form of Right Certificate	  	B-1
			
	Exhibit C –	 	Form of Summary of Rights	  	C-1

  

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 INDEX OF DEFINED TERMS 
  

			
	 	  	Page
	 Acquiring Person
	  	1
	 Affiliate
	  	2
	 Associate
	  	2
	 Authorized Officer
	  	26
	 Beneficial Owner
	  	2
	 Beneficial Ownership
	  	2
	 beneficially own
	  	2
	 Business Day
	  	3
	 close of business
	  	3
	 Common Stock
	  	3
	 Common Stock equivalents
	  	13
	 Company
	  	1
	 Current Value
	  	13
	 Distribution Date
	  	5
	 equivalent preferred shares
	  	14
	 Exchange Act
	  	2
	 Exchange Ratio
	  	29
	 Exempted Entity
	  	3
	 Expiration Date
	  	8
	 Final Expiration Date
	  	8
	 invalidation time
	  	12
	 Nasdaq
	  	4
	 NYSE
	  	4
	 Original Rights
	  	2
	 Person
	  	4
	 Principal Party
	  	20
	 Purchase Price
	  	8
	 Record Date
	  	1
	 Redemption Date
	  	8
	 Redemption Price
	  	28
	 Right
	  	1
	 Right Certificate
	  	5
	 Rights Agent
	  	1
	 Rights Agreement
	  	1
	 Section 11(a)(ii) Trigger Date
	  	13
	 Securities Act
	  	4
	 Security
	  	15
	 Series C Preferred Stock
	  	4
	 Spread
	  	13
	 Stock Acquisition Date
	  	4
	 Subsidiary
	  	4
	 Substitution Period
	  	13
	 Summary of Rights
	  	5
	 then outstanding
	  	2
	 Trading Day
	  	15

  

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 RIGHTS AGREEMENT 
 Rights Agreement, dated as of [            ], 200   (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the
“Rights Agreement”) between Virtus Investment Partners, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and Mellon Investor Services LLC (the “Rights Agent”). 
 W I T N E S S E T H 
 WHEREAS, the Board of
Directors of the Company has on December 12, 2008 authorized and declared a dividend of one preferred share purchase right (a “Right”) for each share of Common Stock (as defined below) of the Company outstanding as of the close
of business (as defined below) on December 22, 2008 (the “Record Date”), each Right representing the right to purchase one one-thousandth (subject to adjustment) of a share of Series C Preferred Stock (as defined below), upon
the terms and subject to the conditions herein set forth, and the Board of Directors has further authorized and directed the issuance of one Right (subject to adjustment as provided herein) with respect to each share of Common Stock that shall
become outstanding between the Record Date and the earlier of the Distribution Date and the Expiration Date (as such terms are hereinafter defined); provided, however, that Rights may be issued with respect to shares of Common Stock
that shall become outstanding after the Distribution Date and prior to the Expiration Date in accordance with Section 22. 
 NOW
THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual agreements herein set forth, the parties hereby agree as follows: 
 Section 1.
Certain Definitions. For purposes of this Rights Agreement, the following terms have the meaning indicated: 
 (a) “Acquiring
Person” shall mean any Person (as defined below) who or which shall be the Beneficial Owner (as defined below) of 15% or more of the shares of Common Stock then outstanding, but shall not include an Exempted Entity (as defined below);
provided, however, that if the Board of Directors of the Company determines in good faith that a Person who would otherwise be an “Acquiring Person” has become such inadvertently (including, without limitation, because
(A) such Person was unaware that it beneficially owned a percentage of Common Stock that would otherwise cause such Person to be an “Acquiring Person” or (B) such Person was aware of the extent of its Beneficial Ownership of
Common Stock but had no actual knowledge of the consequences of such Beneficial Ownership under this Rights Agreement) and without any intention of changing or influencing control of the Company, then such Person shall not be deemed to be or to have
become an “Acquiring Person” for any purposes of this Rights Agreement unless and until such Person shall have failed to divest itself, as soon as practicable, if the Company so requests, of Beneficial Ownership of a sufficient number of
shares of Common Stock so that such Person would no longer otherwise qualify as an “Acquiring Person”. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Person shall be deemed an “Acquiring Person” as the result of an acquisition of shares of
Common Stock by the Company which, by reducing the number of shares outstanding, increases the proportionate number of shares beneficially owned by such Person to 15% or more of the shares of Common Stock then 










 
outstanding; provided, however, that if a Person shall become the Beneficial Owner of 15% or more of the shares of Common Stock then
outstanding by reason of such share acquisitions by the Company and thereafter becomes the Beneficial Owner of any additional shares of Common Stock (other than pursuant to a dividend or distribution paid or made by the Company on the outstanding
Common Stock or pursuant to a split or subdivision of the outstanding Common Stock), then such Person shall be deemed to be an “Acquiring Person,” subject to the proviso set forth in the first sentence of this Section 1(a), unless
upon the consummation of the acquisition of such additional shares of Common Stock such Person does not beneficially own 15% or more of the shares of Common Stock then outstanding. The phrase “then outstanding”, when used with
reference to a Person’s Beneficial Ownership of securities of the Company, shall mean the number of such securities then issued and outstanding together with the number of such securities not then actually issued and outstanding which such
Person would be deemed to own beneficially hereunder. 
 (b) “Affiliate” and “Associate” shall have the
respective meanings ascribed to such terms in Rule 12b-2 of the General Rules and Regulations under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended and in effect on the date of the Agreement (the “Exchange Act”). 
 (c) A Person shall be deemed the “Beneficial Owner” of, shall be deemed to have “Beneficial Ownership” of and shall be
deemed to “beneficially own” any securities: 
 (i) which such Person or any of such Person’s Affiliates
or Associates is deemed to beneficially own, directly or indirectly, within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 of the General Rules and Regulations under the Exchange Act as in effect on the date of this Rights Agreement; 
 (ii) which such Person or any of such Person’s Affiliates or Associates has (A) the right to acquire (whether such right is
exercisable immediately or only after the passage of time) pursuant to any agreement, arrangement or understanding (other than customary agreements with and between underwriters and selling group members with respect to a bona fide public offering
of securities), written or otherwise, or upon the exercise of conversion rights, exchange rights, rights (other than the Rights), warrants or options, or otherwise; provided, however, that a Person shall not be deemed the Beneficial
Owner of, or to beneficially own, (x) securities tendered pursuant to a tender or exchange offer made by or on behalf of such Person or any of such Person’s Affiliates or Associates until such tendered securities are accepted for purchase
or exchange, (y) securities which such Person has a right to acquire on the exercise of Rights at any time prior to the time a Person becomes an Acquiring Person or (z) securities issuable upon exercise of Rights from and after the time a
Person becomes an Acquiring Person if such Rights were acquired by such Person or any of such Person’s Affiliates or Associates prior to the Distribution Date or pursuant to Section 3 or Section 22 hereof (the “Original
Rights”) or pursuant to Section 11(i) or Section 11(n) with respect to an adjustment to the Original Rights; or (B) the right to vote pursuant to any agreement, arrangement or understanding, written or otherwise;
provided, however, that a Person shall not be deemed the Beneficial Owner of, or to beneficially own, any security by reason of such agreement, arrangement or understanding if the agreement, arrangement or understanding to vote such
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Person in response to a public proxy or consent solicitation made pursuant to, and in accordance with, the applicable rules and regulations promulgated under
the Exchange Act and (2) is not also then reportable on Schedule 13D under the Exchange Act (or any comparable or successor report); or 
 (iii) which are beneficially owned, directly or indirectly, by any other Person (or any Affiliate or Associate thereof) with which such Person (or any of such Person’s Affiliates or Associates) has any agreement,
arrangement or understanding (whether or not in writing), for the purpose of acquiring, holding, voting (except to the extent contemplated by the proviso to this Section 1(c)(ii)(B)) or disposing of such securities of the Company; 

provided, however, that (x) that nothing in this Section 1(c) shall cause a Person engaged in business as an underwriter of securities to be
the “Beneficial Owner” of, or to “beneficially own,” any securities acquired through such Person’s participation in good faith in a firm commitment underwriting until the expiration of forty days after the date of such
acquisition, and then only if such securities continue to be owned by such Person at such expiration of forty days; (y) no Person who is an officer, director, or employee of an Exempted Entity shall be deemed, solely by reason of such
Person’s status or authority as such, to be the “Beneficial Owner” of, to have “Beneficial Ownership” of or to “beneficially own” any securities that are “beneficially owned” (as defined in this
Section 1(c)), including, without limitation, in a fiduciary capacity, by an Exempted Entity or by any other such officer, director or employee of an Exempted Entity; and (z) a Person shall not be deemed the Beneficial Owner of, to have
“Beneficial Ownership” of or to beneficially own, shares of Common Stock (or securities convertible into, exchangeable into or exercisable for Common Stock) held by such Person in trust accounts, managed accounts and the like, or otherwise
held in a fiduciary capacity, that are Beneficially Owned by third Persons who are not Affiliates or Associates of such Person. 
 (d)
“Business Day” shall mean any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday, or a day on which banking institutions in the State of New York, or the State in which the principal office of the Rights Agent is located, are authorized or
obligated by law or executive order to close. 
 (e) “close of business” on any given date shall mean 5:00 P.M., New York,
New York time, on such date; provided, however, that if such date is not a Business Day it shall mean 5:00 P.M., New York, New York time, on the next succeeding Business Day. 
 (f) “Common Stock” when used with reference to the Company shall mean the common stock, par value $0.01, of the Company. “Common
Stock” when used with reference to any Person other than the Company shall mean the capital stock (or, in the case of an unincorporated entity, the equivalent equity interest) with the greatest voting power of such other Person or, if such
other Person is a subsidiary of another Person, the Person or Persons which ultimately control such first-mentioned Person. 
 (g)
“Exempted Entity” shall mean (1) the Company, (2) any Subsidiary (as defined below) of the Company (in the case of subclauses (1) and (2) including, without limitation, in its fiduciary capacity), (3) any
employee benefit plan of the Company or of any Subsidiary of the Company, (4) any entity or trustee holding Common Stock for or pursuant to 

  

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the terms of any such plan or for the purpose of funding any such plan or funding other employee benefits for employees of the Company or of any Subsidiary
of the Company. In addition, notwithstanding any provision of this Rights Agreement to the contrary, Harris Investor shall be deemed an “Exempted Entity” for any purpose under this Rights Agreement, for so long as it is not in material
breach of Section 7.04 of the Investment and Contribution Agreement (the “Investment Agreement”), dated as of October 30, 2008, by and among the Company and Phoenix Investment Management Company, Harris Investor and The Phoenix
Companies, Inc. In the event that Harris Investor is in material breach of Section 7.04 of the Investment Agreement, then Harris Investor shall cease to be an Exempted Entity; provided, however, that to the extent at such time
that Harris Investor ceases to be an Exempted Entity it beneficially owns 15% or more of the shares of Common Stock outstanding, notwithstanding anything in this Rights Agreement to the contrary, it shall not be deemed to be or to have become an
“Acquiring Person” for any purposes of this Rights Agreement unless and until it shall, become the Beneficial Owner of any shares of Common Stock (other than pursuant to a dividend or distribution paid or made by the Company on the
outstanding Common Stock or pursuant to a split or subdivision of the outstanding Common Stock) in excess of the number of shares of Common Stock Harris Investor Beneficially Owns at the time that it ceases to be an Exempted Entity. 
 (h) “Harris Investor” shall mean Harris Bankcorp, Inc. 
 (i) “Nasdaq” shall mean The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC. 
 (j) “NYSE” shall
mean the New York Stock Exchange, Inc. 
 (k) “Person” shall mean any individual, firm, corporation, partnership, limited
liability company, trust or other entity, and shall include any successor (by merger or otherwise) of such entity. 
 (l) “Securities
Act” shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. 
 (m) “Series C Preferred Stock” shall mean the Series C
Junior Participating Preferred Stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Company having the rights and preferences set forth in the Certificate of Designations attached to this Rights Agreement as Exhibit A and, to the extent that there are not a
sufficient number of shares of Series C Junior Participating Preferred Stock authorized to permit the full exercise of the Rights, any other series of preferred stock of the Company designated for such purpose containing terms substantially similar
to the terms of the Series C Junior Participating Preferred Stock. 
 (n) “Stock Acquisition Date” shall mean the first date
of public announcement (which for purposes of this definition shall include, without limitation, a report filed pursuant to Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act) by the Company or an Acquiring Person that an Acquiring Person has become such or
such earlier date as a majority of the Board of Directors shall become aware of the existence of an Acquiring Person. 
 (o)
“Subsidiary” of any Person shall mean any corporation or other entity of which securities or other ownership interests having ordinary voting power sufficient to elect a majority of the board of directors or other persons performing
similar functions are beneficially owned, directly or indirectly, by such Person, and any corporation or other entity that is otherwise controlled by such Person. 
  

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 Section 2. Appointment of Rights Agent. The Company hereby appoints the Rights Agent to act as
agent for the Company and the holders of the Rights (who, in accordance with Section 3 hereof, shall prior to the Distribution Date also be the holders of Common Stock) in accordance with the terms and conditions hereof, and the Rights Agent
hereby accepts such appointment. The Company may from time to time appoint such co-Rights Agents as it may deem necessary or desirable upon ten (10) days’ prior notice to the Rights Agent. The Rights Agent shall have no duty to supervise,
and shall in no event be liable for the acts or omissions of any such co-Rights Agent. 
 Section 3. Issuance of Right Certificates.
(a) Until the close of business on the earlier of (i) the tenth day after the Stock Acquisition Date or (ii) the tenth Business Day (or such later date as may be determined by action of the Board of Directors prior to such time as any
Person becomes an Acquiring Person) after the date of the commencement by any Person (other than an Exempted Entity) of, or of the first public announcement of the intention of such Person (other than an Exempted Entity) to commence, a tender or
exchange offer the consummation of which would result in any Person (other than an Exempted Entity) becoming the Beneficial Owner of 15% or more of the shares of Common Stock then outstanding (including, in the case of both clause (i) and (ii),
any such date which is after the date of this Rights Agreement and prior to the issuance of the Rights) (the earlier of such dates being herein referred to as the “Distribution Date”), (x) the Rights will be evidenced (subject
to the provisions of Section 3(b) hereof) by the certificates for Common Stock registered in the names of the holders thereof and not by separate Right Certificates (as defined below), and (y) the Rights will be transferable only in
connection with the transfer of Common Stock. As soon as practicable after the Distribution Date, the Company will prepare and execute, the Rights Agent will countersign, and the Company will send or cause to be sent (and the Rights Agent will, if
requested, send) by first-class, insured, postage-prepaid mail, to each record holder of Common Stock as of the close of business on the Distribution Date (other than any Acquiring Person or any Associate or Affiliate of an Acquiring Person), at the
address of such holder shown on the records of the Company, a Right Certificate, in substantially the form of Exhibit B hereto (a “Right Certificate”), evidencing one Right (subject to adjustment as provided herein) for each share
of Common Stock so held. As of and after the Distribution Date, the Rights will be evidenced solely by such Right Certificates. 
 (b) As
promptly as practicable following the Record Date, the Company will send a copy of a Summary of Rights to Purchase Shares of Series C Preferred Stock, in substantially the form of Exhibit C hereto (the “Summary of Rights”), by
electronic mail, to each record holder of Common Stock as of the close of business on the Record Date (other than any Acquiring Person or any Associate or Affiliate of any Acquiring Person), at the address of such holder shown on the records of the
Company; provided, however, the Company will send a copy of the Summary of Rights by first-class, postage-prepaid mail to each record holder who so requests upon receipt of the electronic mail. With respect to shares of Common Stock
outstanding as of the Record Date, until the Distribution Date, the Rights associated with such shares will be evidenced by the share certificate for such shares of Common Stock registered in the names of the holders thereof together with the
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Date (or, if earlier, the Expiration Date), the surrender for transfer of any certificate for Common Stock outstanding on the Record Date, with or without a
copy of the Summary of Rights, shall also constitute the transfer of the Rights associated with the Common Stock represented thereby. 
 (c)
Rights shall be issued in respect of all shares of Common Stock issued or disposed of (including, without limitation, upon disposition of Common Stock out of treasury stock or issuance or reissuance of Common Stock out of authorized but unissued
shares) after the Record Date but prior to the earlier of the Distribution Date and the Expiration Date, or in certain circumstances provided in Section 22 hereof, after the Distribution Date. Certificates issued for Common Stock (including,
without limitation, upon transfer of outstanding Common Stock, disposition of Common Stock out of treasury stock or issuance or reissuance of Common Stock out of authorized but unissued shares) after the Record Date but prior to the earlier of the
Distribution Date and the Expiration Date shall have impressed on, printed on, written on or otherwise affixed to them the following legend: 
 “This certificate also evidences and entitles the holder hereof to certain rights as set forth in a Rights Agreement between Virtus Investment Partners, Inc. and Mellon Investor Services LLC, as Rights Agent, dated as of
[            ], 200  , as the same may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time (the “Rights Agreement”), the terms of which
are hereby incorporated herein by reference and a copy of which is on file at the principal executive offices of Virtus Investment Partners, Inc. Under certain circumstances, as set forth in the Rights Agreement, such Rights will be evidenced by
separate certificates and will no longer be evidenced by this certificate. Virtus Investment Partners, Inc. will mail to the holder of this certificate a copy of the Rights Agreement without charge after receipt of a written request therefor. Under
certain circumstances, as set forth in the Rights Agreement, Rights owned by or transferred to any Person who is or becomes an Acquiring Person (as defined in the Rights Agreement) and certain transferees thereof will become null and void and will
no longer be transferable.” 
 With respect to such certificates containing the foregoing legend, until the Distribution Date, the Rights associated
with the Common Stock represented by such certificates shall be evidenced by such certificates alone, and the surrender for transfer of any such certificate, except as otherwise provided herein, shall also constitute the transfer of the Rights
associated with the Common Stock represented thereby. In the event that the Company purchases or otherwise acquires any Common Stock after the Record Date but prior to the Distribution Date, any Rights associated with such Common Stock shall be
deemed cancelled and retired so that the Company shall not be entitled to exercise any Rights associated with the shares of Common Stock which are no longer outstanding. 
 Notwithstanding this paragraph (c), the omission of a legend shall not affect the enforceability of any part of this Rights Agreement or the rights of any holder of the Rights. 
  

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 Section 4. Form of Right Certificates. The Right Certificates (and the forms of election to
purchase shares and of assignment to be printed on the reverse thereof) shall be substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit B hereto and may have such marks of identification or designation and such legends, summaries or endorsements printed
thereon as the Company may deem appropriate and as are not inconsistent with the provisions of this Rights Agreement, or as may be required to comply with any applicable law or with any rule or regulation made pursuant thereto or with any rule or
regulation of Nasdaq or of any other stock exchange or automated quotation system on which the Rights may from time to time be listed, or to conform to usage. Subject to the provisions of Sections 11 and 22 hereof, the Right Certificates shall
entitle the holders thereof to purchase such number of one one-thousandths of a share of Series C Preferred Stock as shall be set forth therein at the Purchase Price (as determined pursuant to Section 7), but the amount and type of securities
purchasable upon the exercise of each Right and the Purchase Price thereof shall be subject to adjustment as provided herein. 
 Section 5.
Countersignature and Registration. (a) The Right Certificates shall be executed on behalf of the Company by the Chief Executive Officer, the President, any of the Vice Presidents or the Treasurer of the Company, either manually or by
facsimile signature, shall have affixed thereto the Company’s seal or a facsimile thereof and shall be attested by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company, either manually or by facsimile signature. The Right Certificates shall
be countersigned by the Rights Agent, either manually or by facsimile signature, and shall not be valid for any purpose unless countersigned. In case any officer of the Company who shall have signed any of the Right Certificates shall cease to be
such officer of the Company before countersignature by the Rights Agent and issuance and delivery by the Company, such Right Certificates, nevertheless, may be countersigned by the Rights Agent and issued and delivered by the Company with the same
force and effect as though the Person who signed such Right Certificates had not ceased to be such officer of the Company; and any Right Certificate may be signed on behalf of the Company by any Person who, at the actual date of the execution of
such Right Certificate, shall be a proper officer of the Company to sign such Right Certificate, although at the date of the execution of this Rights Agreement any such Person was not such an officer. 
 (b) Following the Distribution Date, the Rights Agent will keep or cause to be kept, at an office or agency designated for such purpose, books for
registration and transfer of the Right Certificates issued hereunder. Such books shall show the names and addresses of the respective holders of the Right Certificates, the number of Rights evidenced on its face by each of the Right Certificates and
the date of each of the Right Certificates. 
 Section 6. Transfer, Split Up, Combination and Exchange of Right Certificates; Mutilated,
Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Right Certificates. (a) Subject to the provisions of this Rights Agreement, at any time after the close of business on the Distribution Date, and prior to the close of business on the Expiration Date, any Right
Certificate or Right Certificates may be transferred, split up, combined or exchanged for another Right Certificate or Right Certificates, entitling the registered holder to purchase a like number of one one-thousandths of a share of Series C
Preferred Stock (or, following such time, other securities, cash or assets as the case may be) as the Right Certificate or Right Certificates surrendered then entitled such holder to purchase. Any registered holder desiring to transfer, split up,
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and shall surrender the Right Certificate or Right Certificates to be transferred, split up, combined or exchanged at the office or agency of the Rights
Agent designated for such purpose. Thereupon the Rights Agent, subject to the provisions of this Rights Agreement, shall countersign and deliver to the Person entitled thereto a Right Certificate or Right Certificates, as the case may be, as so
requested. The Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any transfer, split up, combination or exchange of Right Certificates. 
 (b) Subject to the provisions of this Rights Agreement, at any time after the Distribution Date and prior to the Expiration Date, upon receipt by the
Company and the Rights Agent of evidence reasonably satisfactory to them of the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of a Right Certificate, and, in case of loss, theft or destruction, of indemnity or security reasonably satisfactory to them, and,
at the Company’s request, reimbursement to the Company and the Rights Agent of all reasonable expenses incidental thereto, and upon surrender to the Rights Agent and cancellation of the Right Certificate if mutilated, the Company will make and
deliver a new Right Certificate of like tenor to the Rights Agent for delivery to the registered holder in lieu of the Right Certificate so lost, stolen, destroyed or mutilated. 
 Section 7. Exercise of Rights, Purchase Price; Expiration Date of Rights. (a) Except as otherwise provided herein, the Rights shall become
exercisable on the Distribution Date, and thereafter the registered holder of any Right Certificate may, subject to Section 11(a)(ii) hereof and except as otherwise provided herein, exercise the Rights evidenced thereby in whole or in part upon
surrender of the Right Certificate, with the form of election to purchase on the reverse side thereof duly executed, to the Rights Agent at the office or agency of the Rights Agent designated for such purpose, together with payment of the Purchase
Price for each one one-thousandth of a share of Series C Preferred Stock (or other securities, cash or assets, as the case may be) as to which the Rights are exercised, at any time which is both after the Distribution Date and prior to the time (the
“Expiration Date”) that is the earliest of (i) the close of business on June 19, 2011 (the “Final Expiration Date”), (ii) the time at which the Rights are redeemed as provided in Section 23
hereof (the “Redemption Date”) or (iii) the time at which such Rights are exchanged as provided in Section 24 hereof. 
 (b) The purchase price (the “Purchase Price”) shall be initially $[            ] for each one one-thousandth of a share of Series C Preferred Stock
purchasable upon the exercise of a Right. The Purchase Price and the number of one one-thousandths of a share of Series C Preferred Stock or other securities or property to be acquired upon exercise of a Right shall be subject to adjustment from
time to time as provided in Sections 11 and 13 hereof and shall be payable in lawful money of the United States of America in accordance with paragraph (c) of this Section 7. 
 (c) Except as otherwise provided herein, upon receipt of a Right Certificate representing exercisable Rights, with the form of election to purchase duly
executed, accompanied by payment of the aggregate Purchase Price for the number of shares of Series C Preferred Stock to be purchased and an amount equal to any applicable transfer tax required to be paid by the holder of such Right Certificate in
accordance with Section 6 hereof, in cash or by certified check, cashier’s check or money order payable to the order of the Company, the Rights Agent shall thereupon promptly (i) (A) requisition from any transfer agent of the
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Preferred Stock or make available if the Rights Agent is the transfer agent for the Series C Preferred Stock certificates for the number of shares of Series
C Preferred Stock to be purchased (and the Company hereby irrevocably authorizes its transfer agent to comply with all such requests), or (B) requisition from the depositary agent appointed by the Company depositary receipts representing
interests in such number of one one-thousandths of a share of Series C Preferred Stock as are to be purchased, in which case certificates for the Series C Preferred Stock represented by such receipts shall be deposited by the transfer agent with the
depositary agent (and the Company hereby directs the depositary agent to comply with such request), (ii) when appropriate, requisition from the Company the amount of cash to be paid in lieu of issuance of fractional shares in accordance with
Section 14 hereof, (iii) promptly after receipt of such certificates or depositary receipts, cause the same to be delivered to or upon the order of the registered holder of such Right Certificate, registered in such name or names as may be
designated by such holder and (iv) when appropriate, after receipt, promptly deliver such cash to or upon the order of the registered holder of such Right Certificate. 
 (d) Except as otherwise provided herein, in case the registered holder of any Right Certificate shall exercise less than all the Rights evidenced
thereby, a new Right Certificate evidencing Rights equivalent to the exercisable Rights remaining unexercised shall be issued by the Rights Agent to the registered holder of such Right Certificate or to his duly authorized assigns, subject to the
provisions of Section 14 hereof. 
 (e) Notwithstanding anything in this Rights Agreement to the contrary, neither the Rights Agent nor
the Company shall be obligated to undertake any action with respect to a registered holder of Rights upon the occurrence of any purported transfer or exercise of Rights pursuant to Section 6 hereof or this Section 7 unless such registered
holder shall have (i) completed and signed the certificate contained in the form of assignment or election to purchase set forth on the reverse side of the Right Certificate surrendered for such transfer or exercise and (ii) provided such
additional evidence of the identity of the Beneficial Owner (or former Beneficial Owner) thereof as the Company shall reasonably request. 
 Section 8. Cancellation and Destruction of Right Certificates. All Right Certificates surrendered for the purpose of exercise, transfer, split up, combination or exchange shall, if surrendered to the Company or to any of its agents,
be delivered to the Rights Agent for cancellation or in cancelled form, or, if surrendered to the Rights Agent, shall be cancelled by it, and no Right Certificates shall be issued in lieu thereof except as expressly permitted by any of the
provisions of this Rights Agreement. The Company shall deliver to the Rights Agent for cancellation and retirement, and the Rights Agent shall so cancel and retire, any other Right Certificate purchased or acquired by the Company otherwise than upon
the exercise thereof. The Rights Agent shall deliver all cancelled Right Certificates to the Company, or shall, at the written request of the Company, destroy or cause to be destroyed such cancelled Right Certificates, and in such case shall deliver
a certificate of destruction thereof to the Company. 
 Section 9. Availability of Shares of Series C Preferred Stock. (a) The
Company covenants and agrees that it will cause to be reserved and kept available out of its authorized and unissued shares of Series C Preferred Stock or any shares of Series C Preferred Stock held in its treasury, the number of shares of Series C
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 (b) So long as the shares of Series C Preferred Stock (and, following the time that a Person becomes an
Acquiring Person, shares of Common Stock and other securities) issuable upon the exercise of Rights may be listed or admitted to trading on the Nasdaq or listed on any other national securities exchange or quotation system, the Company shall use its
best efforts to cause, from and after such time as the Rights become exercisable, all shares reserved for such issuance to be listed or admitted to trading on the Nasdaq or listed on any other exchange or quotation system upon official notice of
issuance upon such exercise. 
 (c) From and after such time as the Rights become exercisable, the Company shall use its best efforts, if
then necessary to permit the issuance of shares of Series C Preferred Stock (and following the time that a Person first becomes an Acquiring Person, shares of Common Stock and other securities) upon the exercise of Rights, to register and qualify
such shares of Series C Preferred Stock (and following the time that a Person first becomes an Acquiring Person, shares of Common Stock and other securities) under the Securities Act and any applicable state securities or “Blue Sky” laws
(to the extent exemptions therefrom are not available), cause such registration statement and qualifications to become effective as soon as possible after such filing and keep such registration and qualifications effective until the earlier of
(x) the date as of which the Rights are no longer exercisable for such securities and (y) the Expiration Date. The Company may temporarily suspend, for a period of time not to exceed ninety (90) days, the exercisability of the Rights
in order to prepare and file a registration statement under the Securities Act and permit it to become effective. Upon any such suspension, the Company shall issue a public announcement stating that the exercisability of the Rights has been
temporarily suspended, as well as a public announcement at such time as the suspension is no longer in effect. Notwithstanding any provision of this Rights Agreement to the contrary, the Rights shall not be exercisable in any jurisdiction unless the
requisite qualification or exemption in such jurisdiction shall have been obtained and until a registration statement under the Securities Act (if required) shall have been declared effective. 
 (d) The Company covenants and agrees that it will take all such action as may be necessary to ensure that all shares of Series C Preferred Stock (and,
following the time that a Person becomes an Acquiring Person, shares of Common Stock and other securities) delivered upon exercise of Rights shall, at the time of delivery of the certificates therefor (subject to payment of the Purchase Price), be
duly and validly authorized and issued and fully paid and nonassessable shares. 
 (e) The Company further covenants and agrees that it will
pay when due and payable any and all federal and state transfer taxes and charges which may be payable in respect of the issuance or delivery of the Right Certificates or of any shares of Series C Preferred Stock (or shares of Common Stock or other
securities) upon the exercise of Rights. The Company shall not, however, be required to pay any transfer tax or charge which may be payable in respect of any transfer or delivery of Right Certificates to a Person other than, or the issuance or
delivery of certificates or depositary receipts for the Series C Preferred Stock (or shares of Common Stock or other securities) in a name other than that of, the registered holder of the Right Certificate evidencing Rights surrendered for exercise
or to issue or deliver any certificates or depositary receipts for Series C Preferred Stock (or shares of Common Stock or other securities) upon the exercise of any Rights until any such tax or charge shall have been paid (any such tax or charge
being payable by that holder of such Right Certificate at the time of surrender) or until it has been established to the Company’s reasonable satisfaction that no such tax or charge is due. 
  

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 Section 10. Series C Preferred Stock Record Date. Each Person in whose name any certificate
for Series C Preferred Stock is issued upon the exercise of Rights shall for all purposes be deemed to have become the holder of record of the shares of Series C Preferred Stock represented thereby on, and such certificate shall be dated, the date
upon which the Right Certificate evidencing such Rights was duly surrendered and payment of the Purchase Price (and any applicable transfer taxes or charges) was made; provided, however, that if the date of such surrender and payment
is a date upon which the Series C Preferred Stock transfer books of the Company are closed, such Person shall be deemed to have become the record holder of such shares on, and such certificate shall be dated, the next succeeding Business Day on
which such transfer books are open. Prior to the exercise of the Rights evidenced thereby, the holder of a Right Certificate shall not be entitled to any rights of a holder of Series C Preferred Stock for which the Rights shall be exercisable,
including, without limitation, the right to vote or to receive dividends or other distributions, and shall not be entitled to receive any notice of any proceedings of the Company, except as provided herein. 
 Section 11. Adjustment of Purchase Price, Number and Kind of Shares and Number of Rights. The Purchase Price, the number of shares of Series
C Preferred Stock or other securities or property purchasable upon exercise of each Right and the number of Rights outstanding are subject to adjustment from time to time as provided in this Section 11. 
 (a)(i) In the event the Company shall at any time after the date of this Agreement (A) declare a dividend on the Series C Preferred Stock payable in
shares of Series C Preferred Stock, (B) subdivide the outstanding shares of Series C Preferred Stock, (C) combine the outstanding shares of Series C Preferred Stock into a smaller number of shares of Series C Preferred Stock or
(D) issue any shares of its capital stock in a reclassification of the shares of Series C Preferred Stock (including any such reclassification in connection with a consolidation or merger in which the Company is the continuing or surviving
corporation), except as otherwise provided in this Section 11(a), the Purchase Price in effect at the time of the record date for such dividend or of the effective date of such subdivision, combination or reclassification, as the case may be,
and the number and kind of shares of capital stock issuable on such date, shall be proportionately adjusted so that the holder of any Right exercised after such time shall be entitled to receive the aggregate number and kind of shares of capital
stock which, if such Right had been exercised immediately prior to such date and at a time when the Series C Preferred Stock transfer books of the Company were open, the holder would have owned upon such exercise and been entitled to receive by
virtue of such dividend, subdivision, combination or reclassification; provided, however, that in no event shall the consideration to be paid upon the exercise of one Right be less than the aggregate par value of the shares of capital
stock of the Company issuable upon exercise of one Right. 
 (ii) Subject to Section 24 of this Rights Agreement and
except as otherwise provided in this Section 11(a)(ii) and Section 11(a)(iii), in the event that any Person becomes an Acquiring Person, each holder of a Right shall thereafter have the right to receive, upon exercise thereof at a price
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Preferred Stock, such number of shares of Common Stock (or at the option of the Company, such number of one one-thousandths of a share of Series C Preferred
Stock) as shall equal the result obtained by (x) multiplying the then-current Purchase Price by the number of one one-thousandths of a share of Series C Preferred Stock for which a Right is then exercisable and dividing that product by
(y) 50% of the then-current per share market price of the Company’s Common Stock (determined pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof) on the date of the occurrence of such event; provided, however, that the Purchase Price (as
so adjusted) and the number of shares of Common Stock so receivable upon exercise of a Right shall thereafter be subject to further adjustment as appropriate in accordance with Section 11(f) hereof. Notwithstanding anything in this Rights
Agreement to the contrary, however, from and after the time (the “invalidation time”) when any Person first becomes an Acquiring Person, any Rights that are beneficially owned by (x) any Acquiring Person (or any Affiliate or
Associate of any Acquiring Person), (y) a transferee of any Acquiring Person (or any such Affiliate or Associate) who becomes a transferee after the invalidation time or (z) a transferee of any Acquiring Person (or any such Affiliate or
Associate) who became a transferee prior to or concurrently with the invalidation time pursuant to either (I) a transfer from the Acquiring Person to holders of its equity securities or to any Person with whom it has any continuing agreement,
arrangement or understanding, written or otherwise, regarding the transferred Rights or (II) a transfer that the Board of Directors has determined is part of a plan, arrangement or understanding, written or otherwise, which has the purpose or effect
of avoiding the provisions of this paragraph, and subsequent transferees of such Persons, shall be void without any further action and any holder of such Rights shall thereafter have no rights whatsoever with respect to such Rights under any
provision of this Rights Agreement. The Company shall use all reasonable efforts to ensure that the provisions of this Section 11(a)(ii) are complied with, but shall have no liability to any holder of Right Certificates or other Person as a
result of its failure to make any determinations with respect to an Acquiring Person or its Affiliates, Associates or transferees hereunder. From and after the invalidation time, no Right Certificate shall be issued pursuant to Section 3 or
Section 6 hereof that represents Rights that are or have become void pursuant to the provisions of this paragraph, and any Right Certificate delivered to the Rights Agent that represents Rights that are or have become void pursuant to the
provisions of this paragraph shall be cancelled. From and after the occurrence of an event specified in Section 13(a) hereof, any Rights that theretofore have not been exercised pursuant to this Section 11(a)(ii) shall thereafter be
exercisable only in accordance with Section 13 and not pursuant to this Section 11(a)(ii). 
 (iii) The Company may
at its option substitute for a share of Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of Rights in accordance with the foregoing subparagraph (ii) such number or fractions of shares of Series C Preferred Stock having an aggregate current market value
equal to the current per share market price of a share of Common Stock. In the event that there shall be an insufficient number of Common Stock authorized but unissued (and unreserved) to permit the exercise in full of the Rights in accordance with
the foregoing subparagraph (ii), the Board of Directors shall, with respect to such deficiency, to the extent permitted by applicable law and any material agreements then in effect to which the Company is a party (A) determine the excess of
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accordance with the foregoing subparagraph (ii) (the “Current Value”) over (y) the then-current Purchase Price multiplied by the
number of one one-thousandths of shares of Series C Preferred Stock for which a Right was exercisable immediately prior to the time that the Acquiring Person became such (such excess, the “Spread”), and (B) with respect to each
Right (other than Rights which have become void pursuant to Section 11(a)(ii)), make adequate provision to substitute for the shares of Common Stock issuable in accordance with subparagraph (ii) upon exercise of the Right and payment of
the applicable Purchase Price, (1) cash, (2) a reduction in such Purchase Price, (3) shares of Series C Preferred Stock or other equity securities of the Company (including, without limitation, shares or fractions of shares of
preferred stock which, by virtue of having dividend, voting and liquidation rights substantially comparable to those of the shares of Common Stock, are deemed in good faith by the Board of Directors to have substantially the same value as the shares
of Common Stock (such shares of preferred stock and shares or fractions of shares of preferred stock are hereinafter referred to as “Common Stock equivalents”), (4) debt securities of the Company, (5) other assets or
(6) any combination of the foregoing, having a value which, when added to the value of the shares of Common Stock actually issued upon exercise of such Right, shall have an aggregate value equal to the Current Value (less the amount of any
reduction in such Purchase Price), where such aggregate value has been determined by the Board of Directors upon the advice of a nationally recognized investment banking firm selected in good faith by the Board of Directors; provided,
however, if the Company shall not make adequate provision to deliver value pursuant to clause (B) above within thirty (30) days following the date that the Acquiring Person became such (the “Section 11(a)(ii) Trigger
Date”), then the Company shall be obligated to deliver, to the extent permitted by applicable law and any material agreements then in effect to which the Company is a party, upon the surrender for exercise of a Right and without requiring
payment of the Purchase Price, shares of Common Stock (to the extent available), and then, if necessary, such number or fractions of shares of Series C Preferred Stock (to the extent available) and then, if necessary, cash, which shares and/or cash
have an aggregate value equal to the Spread. If within the thirty (30) day period referred to above the Board of Directors shall determine in good faith that it is likely that sufficient additional shares of Common Stock could be authorized for
issuance upon exercise in full of the Rights, then, if the Board of Directors so elects, such thirty (30) day period may be extended to the extent necessary, but not more than ninety (90) days after the Section 11(a)(ii) Trigger Date,
in order that the Company may seek stockholder approval for the authorization of such additional shares (such thirty (30) day period, as it may be extended, is hereinafter called the “Substitution Period”). To the extent that
the Company determines that some action need be taken pursuant to the second and/or third sentence of this Section 11(a)(iii), the Company (x) shall provide, subject to Section 11(a)(ii) hereof and the last sentence of this
Section 11(a)(iii) hereof, that such action shall apply uniformly to all outstanding Rights and (y) may suspend the exercisability of the Rights until the expiration of the Substitution Period in order to seek any authorization of
additional shares and/or to decide the appropriate form of distribution to be made pursuant to such second sentence and to determine the value thereof. In the event of any such suspension, the Company shall issue a public announcement stating that
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is no longer in effect. For purposes of this Section 11(a)(iii), the value of the shares of Common Stock shall be the current per share market price (as
determined pursuant to Section 11(d)(i)) on the Section 11(a)(ii) Trigger Date and the per share or fractional value of any Common Stock equivalent shall be deemed to equal the current per share market price of the Common Stock. The Board
of Directors of the Company may, but shall not be required to, establish procedures to allocate the right to receive shares of Common Stock upon the exercise of the Rights among holders of Rights pursuant to this Section 11(a)(iii). 

(b) In case the Company shall fix a record date for the issuance of rights, options or warrants to all holders of Series C Preferred Stock entitling
them (for a period expiring within 45 calendar days after such record date) to subscribe for or purchase Series C Preferred Stock (or shares having similar rights, privileges and preferences as the Series C Preferred Stock (“equivalent
preferred shares”)) or securities convertible into Series C Preferred Stock or equivalent preferred shares at a price per share of Series C Preferred Stock or equivalent preferred shares (or having a conversion price per share, if a
security convertible into shares of Series C Preferred Stock or equivalent preferred shares) less than the then-current per share market price of the Series C Preferred Stock (determined pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof) on such record date,
the Purchase Price to be in effect after such record date shall be determined by multiplying the Purchase Price in effect immediately prior to such record date by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the number of shares of Series C Preferred
Stock and equivalent preferred shares outstanding on such record date plus the number of shares of Series C Preferred Stock and equivalent preferred shares which the aggregate offering price of the total number of such shares so to be offered
(and/or the aggregate initial conversion price of the convertible securities so to be offered) would purchase at such current market price, and the denominator of which shall be the number of shares of Series C Preferred Stock and equivalent
preferred shares outstanding on such record date plus the number of additional shares of Series C Preferred Stock and/or equivalent preferred shares to be offered for subscription or purchase (or into which the convertible securities so to be
offered are initially convertible); provided, however, that in no event shall the consideration to be paid upon the exercise of one Right be less than the aggregate par value of the shares of capital stock of the Company issuable upon
exercise of one Right. In case such subscription price may be paid in a consideration part or all of which shall be in a form other than cash, the value of such consideration shall be as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors of the
Company, whose determination shall be described in a statement filed with the Rights Agent and which shall be binding on the Rights Agent. Shares of Series C Preferred Stock and equivalent preferred shares owned by or held for the account of the
Company shall not be deemed outstanding for the purpose of any such computation. Such adjustment shall be made successively whenever such a record date is fixed; and in the event that such rights, options or warrants are not so issued, the Purchase
Price shall be adjusted to be the Purchase Price which would then be in effect if such record date had not been fixed. 
 (c) In case the
Company shall fix a record date for the making of a distribution to all holders of the Series C Preferred Stock (including any such distribution made in connection with a consolidation or merger in which the Company is the continuing or surviving
corporation) of evidences of indebtedness or assets (other than a regular quarterly cash dividend or a dividend payable in Series C Preferred Stock) or subscription rights or warrants (excluding those referred to in Section 11(b) hereof), the
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determined by multiplying the Purchase Price in effect immediately prior to such record date by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the then-current
per share market price of the Series C Preferred Stock (determined pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof) on such record date, less the fair market value (as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors of the Company whose determination shall
be described in a statement filed with the Rights Agent and shall be binding on the Rights Agent) of the portion of such assets or evidences of indebtedness so to be distributed or of such subscription rights or warrants applicable to one share of
Series C Preferred Stock, and the denominator of which shall be such current per share market price of the Series C Preferred Stock; provided, however, that in no event shall the consideration to be paid upon the exercise of one Right
be less than the aggregate par value of the shares of capital stock of the Company to be issued upon exercise of one Right. Such adjustments shall be made successively whenever such a record date is fixed; and in the event that such distribution is
not so made, the Purchase Price shall again be adjusted to be the Purchase Price which would then be in effect if such record date had not been fixed. 
 (d)(i) Except as otherwise provided herein, for the purpose of any computation hereunder, the “current per share market price” of any security (a “Security” for the purpose of this
Section 11(d)(i)) on any date shall be deemed to be the average of the daily closing prices per share of such Security for the 30 consecutive Trading Days (as such term is hereinafter defined) immediately prior to such date; provided,
however, that in the event that the current per share market price of the Security is determined during a period following the announcement by the issuer of such Security of (A) a dividend or distribution on such Security payable in
shares of such Security or securities convertible into such shares, or (B) any subdivision, combination or reclassification of such Security, and prior to the expiration of 30 Trading Days after the ex-dividend date for such dividend or
distribution, or the record date for such subdivision, combination or reclassification, then, and in each such case, the current per share market price shall be appropriately adjusted to reflect the current market price per share equivalent of such
Security. The closing price for each day shall be the last sale price, regular way, or, in case no such sale takes place on such day, the average of the closing bid and asked prices, regular way, in either case as reported by (w) the principal
consolidated transaction reporting system with respect to securities listed or admitted to trading on the NYSE or, (x) if the Security is not listed or admitted to trading on the NYSE, as reported in the principal consolidated transaction
reporting system with respect to securities listed on the principal national securities exchange on which the Security is listed or admitted to trading or, if (y) the Security is not listed or admitted to trading on any national securities
exchange, the last quoted price or, if not so quoted, the average of the high bid and low asked prices in the over-the-counter market, as reported by Nasdaq or such other system then in use, or, (z) if on any such date the Security is not
quoted by any such organization, the average of the closing bid and asked prices as furnished by a professional market maker making a market in the Security selected by the Board of Directors of the Company. The term “Trading Day”
shall mean a day on which the principal national securities exchange on which the Security is listed or admitted to trading is open for the transaction of business or, if the Security is not listed or admitted to trading on any national securities
exchange, a Business Day. 
 (ii) For the purpose of any computation hereunder, if the Series C Preferred Stock is publicly
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the Series C Preferred Stock is not publicly traded but the Common Stock is publicly traded, the “current per share market price” of the Series C
Preferred Stock shall be conclusively deemed to be the current per share market price of the Common Stock, as determined pursuant to Section 11(d)(i), multiplied by one thousand (appropriately adjusted to reflect any stock split, stock dividend
or similar transaction occurring after the date hereof). If neither the Common Stock nor the Series C Preferred Stock is publicly traded, “current per share market price” shall mean the fair value per share as determined in good faith by
the Board of Directors of the Company, whose determination shall be described in a statement filed with the Rights Agent and shall be binding on the Rights Agent. 
 (e) No adjustment in the Purchase Price shall be required unless such adjustment would require an increase or decrease of at least 1% in the Purchase Price; provided, however, that any adjustments not
required to be made by reason of this Section 11(e) shall be carried forward and taken into account in any subsequent adjustment. All calculations under this Section 11 shall be made to the nearest cent or to the nearest one ten-thousandth
of a share of Series C Preferred Stock or share of Common Stock or other share or security as the case may be. Notwithstanding the first sentence of this Section 11(e), any adjustment required by this Section 11 shall be made no later than
the earlier of (i) three years from the date of the transaction which requires such adjustment or (ii) the Expiration Date. 
 (f)
If as a result of an adjustment made pursuant to Section 11(a) hereof, the holder of any Right thereafter exercised shall become entitled to receive any shares of capital stock of the Company other than the Series C Preferred Stock, thereafter
the Purchase Price and the number of such other shares so receivable upon exercise of a Right shall be subject to adjustment from time to time in a manner and on terms as nearly equivalent as practicable to the provisions with respect to the Series
C Preferred Stock contained in Section 11(a), 11(b), 11(c), 11(e), 11(h), 11(i) and 11(m) and the provisions of Sections 7, 9, 10, 13 and 14 hereof with respect to the Series C Preferred Stock shall apply on like terms to any such other shares.

 (g) All Rights originally issued by the Company subsequent to any adjustment made to the Purchase Price hereunder shall evidence the right
to purchase, at the adjusted Purchase Price, the number of one one-thousandths of a share of Series C Preferred Stock purchasable from time to time hereunder upon exercise of the Rights, all subject to further adjustment as provided herein.

 (h) Unless the Company shall have exercised its election as provided in Section 11(i), upon each adjustment of the Purchase Price as
a result of the calculations made in Section 11(b) and (c), each Right outstanding immediately prior to the making of such adjustment shall thereafter evidence the right to purchase, at the adjusted Purchase Price, that number of one
one-thousandths of a share of Series C Preferred Stock (calculated to the nearest one ten- thousandth of a share of Series C Preferred Stock) obtained by (i) multiplying (x) the number of one one-thousandths of a share of Series C
Preferred Stock purchasable upon the exercise of a Right immediately prior to such adjustment by (y) the Purchase Price in effect immediately prior to such adjustment of the Purchase Price and (ii) dividing the product so obtained by the
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 (i) The Company may elect on or after the date of any adjustment of the Purchase Price pursuant to
Sections 11(b) or 11(c) hereof to adjust the number of Rights, in substitution for any adjustment in the number of one one-thousandths of a share of Series C Preferred Stock purchasable upon the exercise of a Right. Each of the Rights outstanding
after such adjustment of the number of Rights shall be exercisable for the number of one one-thousandths of a share of Series C Preferred Stock for which a Right was exercisable immediately prior to such adjustment. Each Right held of record prior
to such adjustment of the number of Rights shall become that number of Rights (calculated to the nearest one ten-thousandth) obtained by dividing the Purchase Price in effect immediately prior to adjustment of the Purchase Price by the Purchase
Price in effect immediately after adjustment of the Purchase Price. The Company shall make a public announcement of its election to adjust the number of Rights, indicating the record date for the adjustment, and, if known at the time, the amount of
the adjustment to be made. This record date may be the date on which the Purchase Price is adjusted or any day thereafter, but, if the Right Certificates have been issued, shall be at least 10 days later than the date of the public announcement. If
Right Certificates have been issued, upon each adjustment of the number of Rights pursuant to this Section 11(i), the Company may, as promptly as practicable, cause to be distributed to holders of record of Right Certificates on such record
date Right Certificates evidencing, subject to Section 14 hereof, the additional Rights to which such holders shall be entitled as a result of such adjustment, or, at the option of the Company, shall cause to be distributed to such holders of
record in substitution and replacement for the Right Certificates held by such holders prior to the date of adjustment, and upon surrender thereof, if required by the Company, new Right Certificates evidencing all the Rights to which such holders
shall be entitled as a result of such adjustment. Right Certificates so to be distributed shall be issued, executed and countersigned in the manner provided for herein and shall be registered in the names of the holders of record of Right
Certificates on the record date specified in the public announcement. 
 (j) Irrespective of any adjustment or change in the Purchase Price
or the number of one one-thousandths of a share of Series C Preferred Stock issuable upon the exercise of the Rights, the Right Certificates theretofore and thereafter issued may continue to express the Purchase Price and the number of one
one-thousandths of a share of Series C Preferred Stock which were expressed in the initial Right Certificates issued hereunder. 
 (k) Before
taking any action that would cause an adjustment reducing the Purchase Price below the then par value, if any, of the shares of Series C Preferred Stock or other shares of capital stock issuable upon exercise of the Rights, the Company shall take
any corporate action which may, in the opinion of its counsel, be necessary in order that the Company may validly and legally issue fully paid and nonassessable shares of Series C Preferred Stock or other such shares at such adjusted Purchase Price.

 (l) In any case in which this Section 11 shall require that an adjustment in the Purchase Price be made effective as of a record date
for a specified event, the Company may elect to defer until the occurrence of such event the issuing to the holder of any Right exercised after such record date the Series C Preferred Stock, Common Stock or other capital stock or securities of the
Company, if any, issuable upon such exercise over and above the Series C Preferred Stock, Common Stock or other capital stock or securities of the Company, if any, issuable upon such exercise on the basis of the Purchase Price in effect prior to
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provided, however, that the Company shall deliver to such holder a due bill or other appropriate instrument evidencing such holder’s right
to receive such additional shares upon the occurrence of the event requiring such adjustment. 
 (m) Notwithstanding anything in this
Section 11 to the contrary, the Company shall be entitled to make such adjustments in the Purchase Price, in addition to those adjustments expressly required by this Section 11, as and to the extent that it in its sole discretion shall
determine to be advisable in order that any consolidation or subdivision of the Series C Preferred Stock, issuance (wholly for cash) of any shares of Series C Preferred Stock at less than the current market price, issuance (wholly for cash) of
Series C Preferred Stock or securities which by their terms are convertible into or exchangeable for Series C Preferred Stock, dividends on Series C Preferred Stock payable in shares of Series C Preferred Stock or issuance of rights, options or
warrants referred to hereinabove in Section 11(b), hereafter made by the Company to holders of its Series C Preferred Stock shall not be taxable to such stockholders. 
 (n) Notwithstanding anything in this Rights Agreement to the contrary, in the event that at any time after the date of this Rights Agreement and prior to
the Distribution Date, the Company shall (i) declare or pay any dividend on the Common Stock payable in Common Stock or (ii) effect a subdivision, combination or consolidation of the Common Stock (by reclassification or otherwise than by
payment of a dividend payable in Common Stock) into a greater or lesser number of shares of Common Stock, then in any such case, the number of Rights associated with each share of Common Stock then outstanding, or issued or delivered thereafter,
shall be proportionately adjusted so that the number of Rights thereafter associated with each share of Common Stock following any such event shall equal the result obtained by multiplying the number of Rights associated with each share of Common
Stock immediately prior to such event by a fraction the numerator of which shall be the total number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to the occurrence of the event and the denominator of which shall be the total number of
shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately following the occurrence of such event. 
 (o) The Company agrees that, after the earlier of
the Distribution Date or the Stock Acquisition Date, it will not, except as permitted by Sections 23, 24 or 27 hereof, take (or permit any Subsidiary to take) any action if at the time such action is taken it is reasonably foreseeable that such
action will diminish substantially or eliminate the benefits intended to be afforded by the Rights. 
 Section 12. Certificate of
Adjusted Purchase Price or Number of Shares. Whenever an adjustment is made as provided in Section 11 or 13 hereof, the Company shall promptly (a) prepare a certificate setting forth such adjustment, and a brief statement of the facts
accounting for such adjustment, (b) file with the Rights Agent and with each transfer agent for the Common Stock or the Series C Preferred Stock a copy of such certificate and (c) mail a brief summary thereof to each holder of a Right
Certificate in accordance with Section 25 hereof (if so required under Section 25 hereof). The Rights Agent shall be fully protected in relying on any such certificate and on any adjustment therein contained and shall not be deemed to have
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 Section 13. Consolidation, Merger or Sale or Transfer of Assets or Earnings Power.
(a) In the event, directly or indirectly, at any time after any Person has become an Acquiring Person, (i) the Company shall merge with and into any other Person (other than one or more of its wholly-owned Subsidiaries), (ii) any
Person (other than one or more of its wholly-owned Subsidiaries), shall consolidate with the Company, or any Person (other than one or more of its wholly-owned Subsidiaries), shall merge with and into the Company and the Company shall be the
continuing or surviving corporation of such merger and, in connection with such merger, all or part of the Common Stock shall be changed into or exchanged for stock or other securities of any other Person (or of the Company) or cash or any other
property, or (iii) the Company shall sell or otherwise transfer (or one or more of its Subsidiaries shall sell or otherwise transfer), in one or more transactions, assets or earning power aggregating to 50% or more of the assets or earning
power of the Company and its Subsidiaries (taken as a whole) to any other Person (other than the Company or one or more of its wholly-owned Subsidiaries), then, and in each such case, proper provision shall be made so that: 
 (A) each holder of record of a Right (other than Rights which have become void pursuant to Section 11(a)(ii)) shall thereafter have the right to
receive, upon the exercise thereof at a price equal to the then-current Purchase Price multiplied by the number of one one-thousandths of a share of Series C Preferred Stock for which a Right was exercisable (whether or not such Right was then
exercisable) immediately prior to the time that any Person first became an Acquiring Person (each as subsequently adjusted thereafter pursuant to Section 11(a)(i), 11(b), 11(c), 11(f), 11(h), 11(i) and 11(m)), in accordance with the terms of
this Rights Agreement and in lieu of Series C Preferred Stock, such number of validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable and freely tradeable shares of Common Stock of the Principal Party (as defined below) not subject to any liens, encumbrances,
rights of first refusal or other adverse claims, as shall be equal to the result obtained by (1) multiplying the then-current Purchase Price by the number of one one-thousandths of a share of Series C Preferred Stock for which a Right was
exercisable immediately prior to the time that any Person first became an Acquiring Person (as subsequently adjusted thereafter pursuant to Section 11(a)(i), 11(b), 11(c), 11(f), 11(h), 11(i) and 11(m)) and (2) dividing that product by 50%
of the then-current per share market price of the Common Stock of such Principal Party (determined pursuant to Section 11(d)(i) hereof) on the date of consummation of such consolidation, merger, sale or transfer; provided that the
Purchase Price and the number of shares of Common Stock of such Principal Party issuable upon exercise of each Right shall be further adjusted as provided in Section 11(f) of this Rights Agreement to reflect any events occurring in respect of
such Principal Party after the date of such consolidation, merger, sale or transfer; 
 (B) such Principal Party shall thereafter be liable
for, and shall assume, by virtue of such consolidation, merger, sale or transfer, all the obligations and duties of the Company pursuant to this Rights Agreement; 
 (C) the term “Company” as used herein shall thereafter be deemed to refer to such Principal Party; and 
 (D) such Principal Party shall take such steps (including, but not limited to, the reservation of a sufficient number of its shares of its Common Stock) in connection with such consummation of any such transaction as may be necessary to
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shall thereafter be applicable, as nearly as reasonably may be, in relation to the shares of its Common Stock thereafter deliverable upon the exercise of the
Rights; provided that, upon the subsequent occurrence of any consolidation, merger, sale or transfer of assets or other extraordinary transaction in respect of such Principal Party, each holder of a Right shall thereupon be entitled to
receive, upon exercise of a Right and payment of the Purchase Price as provided in this Section 13(a), such cash, shares, rights, warrants and other property which such holder would have been entitled to receive had such holder, at the time of
such transaction, owned the Common Stock of the Principal Party receivable upon the exercise of a Right pursuant to this Section 13(a), and such Principal Party shall take such steps (including, but not limited to, reservation of shares of
stock) as may be necessary to permit the subsequent exercise of the Rights in accordance with the terms hereof for such cash, shares, rights, warrants and other property. 
 (b) “Principal Party” shall mean: 
 (i) in the case of any transaction
described in clauses (i) or (ii) of the first sentence of Section 13(a) hereof: (A) the Person that is the issuer of the securities into which the shares of Common Stock are converted in such merger or consolidation, or, if there
is more than one such issuer, the issuer of the shares of Common Stock of which have the greatest aggregate market value of shares outstanding, or (B) if no securities are so issued, (x) the Person that is the other party to the merger, if
such Person survives said merger, or, if there is more than one such Person, the Person the shares of Common Stock of which have the greatest aggregate market value of shares outstanding or (y) if the Person that is the other party to the
merger does not survive the merger, the Person that does survive the merger (including the Company if it survives) or (z) the Person resulting from the consolidation; and 
 (ii) in the case of any transaction described in clause (iii) of the first sentence in Section 13(a) hereof, the Person that is
the party receiving the greatest portion of the assets or earning power transferred pursuant to such transaction or transactions, or, if each Person that is a party to such transaction or transactions receives the same portion of the assets or
earning power so transferred or if the Person receiving the greatest portion of the assets or earning power cannot be determined, whichever of such Persons is the issuer of Common Stock having the greatest aggregate market value of shares
outstanding; 
 provided, however, that in any such case described in the foregoing clause (b)(i) or (b)(ii), if the Common Stock of such
Person is not at such time or has not been continuously over the preceding 12-month period registered under Section 12 of the Exchange Act, then (1) if such Person is a direct or indirect Subsidiary of another Person the Common Stock of
which is and has been so registered, the term “Principal Party” shall refer to such other Person, or (2) if such Person is a Subsidiary, directly or indirectly, of more than one Person, and the Common Stock of all of such persons have
been so registered, the term “Principal Party” shall refer to whichever of such Persons is the issuer of Common Stock having the greatest aggregate market value of shares outstanding, or (3) if such Person is owned, directly or
indirectly, by a joint venture formed by two or more Persons that are not owned, directly or indirectly, by the same Person, the rules set forth in clauses (1) and (2) above shall apply to each of the owners having an interest in the

  

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 venture as if the Person owned by the joint venture was a Subsidiary of both or all of such joint venturers, and the
Principal Party in each such case shall bear the obligations set forth in this Section 13 in the same ratio as its interest in such Person bears to the total of such interests. 
 (c) The Company shall not consummate any consolidation, merger, sale or transfer referred to in Section 13(a) hereof unless prior thereto the
Company and the Principal Party involved therein shall have executed and delivered to the Rights Agent an agreement confirming that the requirements of Sections 13(a) and (b) hereof shall promptly be performed in accordance with their terms and
that such consolidation, merger, sale or transfer of assets shall not result in a default by the Principal Party under this Rights Agreement as the same shall have been assumed by the Principal Party pursuant to Sections 13(a) and (b) hereof
and providing that, as soon as practicable after executing such agreement pursuant to this Section 13, the Principal Party will: 
 (i) prepare and file a registration statement under the Securities Act, if necessary, with respect to the Rights and the securities purchasable upon exercise of the Rights on an appropriate form, use its best efforts
to cause such registration statement to become effective as soon as practicable after such filing and use its best efforts to cause such registration statement to remain effective (with a prospectus at all times meeting the requirements of the
Securities Act) until the Expiration Date, and similarly comply with applicable state securities laws; 
 (ii) use its best
efforts, if the Common Stock of the Principal Party shall be listed or admitted to trading on the NYSE or on another national securities exchange, to list or admit to trading (or continue the listing of) the Rights and the securities purchasable
upon exercise of the Rights on the NYSE or such securities exchange, or, if the Common Stock of the Principal Party shall not be listed or admitted to trading on the NYSE or a national securities exchange, to cause the Rights and the securities
receivable upon exercise of the Rights to be reported by such other system then in use; 
 (iii) deliver to holders of the
Rights historical financial statements for the Principal Party which comply in all respects with the requirements for registration on Form 10 (or any successor form) under the Exchange Act; and 
 (iv) obtain waivers of any rights of first refusal or preemptive rights in respect of the Common Stock of the Principal Party subject to
purchase upon exercise of outstanding Rights. 
 (d) In case the Principal Party has a provision in any of its authorized securities or in
its certificate of incorporation or by-laws or other instrument governing its affairs, which provision would have the effect of (i) causing such Principal Party to issue (other than to holders of Rights pursuant to this Section 13), in
connection with, or as a consequence of, the consummation of a transaction referred to in this Section 13, shares of Common Stock or Common Stock equivalents of such Principal Party at less than the then-current market price per share thereof
(determined pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof) or securities exercisable for, or convertible into, Common Stock or Common Stock equivalents of such Principal Party at less than such then-current market price, or (ii) providing for any
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provision in connection with the issuance of the Common Stock of such Principal Party pursuant to the provisions of Section 13, then, in such event, the
Company hereby agrees with each holder of Rights that it shall not consummate any such transaction unless prior thereto the Company and such Principal Party shall have executed and delivered to the Rights Agent a supplemental agreement providing
that the provision in question of such Principal Party shall have been canceled, waived or amended, or that the authorized securities shall be redeemed, so that the applicable provision will have no effect in connection with, or as a consequence of,
the consummation of the proposed transaction. 
 (e) The Company covenants and agrees that it shall not, at any time after a Person first
becomes an Acquiring Person enter into any transaction of the type contemplated by Sections 13(a)(i)-(iii) hereof if (x) at the time of or immediately after such consolidation, merger, sale, transfer or other transaction there are any
rights, warrants or other instruments or securities outstanding or agreements in effect which would substantially diminish or otherwise eliminate the benefits intended to be afforded by the Rights, (y) prior to, simultaneously with or
immediately after such consolidation, merger, sale, transfer or other transaction, the stockholders of the Person who constitutes, or would constitute, the Principal Party for purposes of Section 13(b) hereof shall have received a distribution
of Rights previously owned by such Person or any of its Affiliates or Associates or (z) the form or nature of organization of the Principal Party would preclude or limit the exercisability of the Rights. 
 Section 14. Fractional Rights and Fractional Shares. (a) The Company shall not be required to issue fractions of Rights (except prior to
the Distribution Date in accordance with Section 11(n) hereof) or to distribute Right Certificates which evidence fractional Rights. In lieu of such fractional Rights, there shall be paid to the registered holders of the Right Certificates with
regard to which such fractional Rights would otherwise be issuable, an amount in cash equal to the same fraction of the current market value of a whole Right. For the purposes of this Section 14(a), the current market value of a whole Right
shall be the closing price of the Rights for the Trading Day immediately prior to the date on which such fractional Rights would have been otherwise issuable. The closing price for any day shall be the last sale price, regular way, or, in case no
such sale takes place on such day, the average of the closing bid and asked prices, regular way, in either case as reported by (w) the principal consolidated transaction reporting system with respect to securities listed or admitted to trading
on the NYSE or, (x) if the Rights are not listed or admitted to trading on the NYSE, as reported in the principal consolidated transaction reporting system with respect to securities listed on the principal national securities exchange on which
the Rights are listed or admitted to trading or, (y) if the Rights are not listed or admitted to trading on any national securities exchange, the last quoted price or, if not so quoted, the average of the high bid and low asked prices in the
over-the-counter market, as reported by Nasdaq or such other system then in use or, (z) if on any such date the Rights are not quoted by any such organization, the average of the closing bid and asked prices as furnished by a professional
market maker making a market in the Rights selected by the Board of Directors of the Company. If on any such date no such market maker is making a market in the Rights, the fair value of the Rights on such date as determined in good faith by the
Board of Directors of the Company shall be used. 
 (b) The Company shall not be required to issue fractions of shares of Series C Preferred
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share of Series C Preferred Stock) upon exercise of the Rights or to distribute certificates which evidence fractional shares of Series C Preferred Stock
(other than fractions which are integral multiples of one one-thousandth of a share of Series C Preferred Stock). Interests in fractions of Series C Preferred Stock in integral multiples of one one-thousandth of a share of Series C Preferred Stock
may, at the election of the Company, be evidenced by depositary receipts, pursuant to an appropriate agreement between the Company and a depositary selected by it; provided, that such agreement shall provide that the holders of such
depositary receipts shall have all the rights, privileges and preferences to which they are entitled as beneficial owners of the Series C Preferred Stock represented by such depositary receipts. In lieu of fractional shares of Series C Preferred
Stock that are not integral multiples of one one-thousandth of a share of Series C Preferred Stock, the Company shall pay to the registered holders of Right Certificates at the time such Rights are exercised for shares of Series C Preferred Stock as
herein provided an amount in cash equal to the same fraction of the current market value of one share of Series C Preferred Stock. For the purposes of this Section 14(b), the current market value of a share of Series C Preferred Stock shall be
the closing price of a share of Series C Preferred Stock (as determined pursuant to Section 11(d)(ii) hereof) for the Trading Day immediately prior to the date of such exercise. 
 (c) The Company shall not be required to issue fractions of shares of Common Stock or to distribute certificates which evidence fractional shares of
Common Stock upon the exercise or exchange of Rights. In lieu of such fractional shares of Common Stock, the Company shall pay to the registered holders of the Right Certificates at the time such Rights are exercised or exchanged for shares of
Common Stock as herein provided an amount in cash equal to the same fraction of the current market value of a whole share of Common Stock (as determined in accordance with Section 11(d)(i) hereof) for the Trading Day immediately prior to the
date of such exercise or exchange. 
 (d) The holder of a Right by the acceptance of the Right expressly waives the right to receive any
fractional Rights or any fractional shares upon exercise or exchange of a Right (except as provided above). 
 Section 15. Rights of
Action. All rights of action in respect of this Rights Agreement, excepting the rights of action given to the Rights Agent under Section 18 hereof, are vested in the respective registered holders of the Right Certificates (and, prior to the
Distribution Date, the registered holders of the Common Stock); and any registered holder of any Right Certificate (or, prior to the Distribution Date, of the Common Stock), without the consent of the Rights Agent or of the holder of any other Right
Certificate (or, prior to the Distribution Date, of the Common Stock), on such holder’s own behalf and for such holder’s own benefit, may enforce, and may institute and maintain any suit, action or proceeding against the Company to
enforce, or otherwise act in respect of, such holder’s right to exercise the Rights evidenced by such Right Certificate (or, prior to the Distribution Date, such Common Stock) in the manner provided in such Right Certificate and in this Rights
Agreement. Without limiting the foregoing or any remedies available to the holders of Rights, it is specifically acknowledged that the holders of Rights would not have an adequate remedy at law for any breach of this Rights Agreement and will be
entitled to specific performance of the obligations under, and injunctive relief against actual or threatened violations of the obligations of any Person subject to, this Rights Agreement. 
  

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 Section 16. Agreement of Right Holders. Every holder of a Right, by accepting the same,
consents and agrees with the Company and the Rights Agent and with every other holder of a Right that: 
 (i) prior to the
Distribution Date, the Rights will be transferable only in connection with the transfer of the Common Stock; 
 (ii) after the
Distribution Date, the Right Certificates are transferable only on the registry books of the Rights Agent if surrendered at the office or agency of the Rights Agent designated for such purpose, duly endorsed or accompanied by a proper instrument of
transfer; and 
 (iii) the Company and the Rights Agent may deem and treat the Person in whose name the Right Certificate (or,
prior to the Distribution Date, the Common Stock certificate) is registered as the absolute owner thereof and of the Rights evidenced thereby (notwithstanding any notations of ownership or writing on the Right Certificates or the Common Stock
certificate made by anyone other than the Company or the Rights Agent) for all purposes whatsoever, and neither the Company nor the Rights Agent, subject to Section 7(e) hereof, shall be affected by any notice to the contrary. 
 Section 17. Right Certificate Holder Not Deemed a Stockholder. No holder, as such, of any Right Certificate shall be entitled to vote,
receive dividends or be deemed for any purpose the holder of the Series C Preferred Stock or any other securities of the Company which may at any time be issuable on the exercise or exchange of the Rights represented thereby, nor shall anything
contained herein or in any Right Certificate be construed to confer upon the holder of any Right Certificate, as such, any of the rights of a stockholder of the Company or any right to vote for the election of directors or upon any matter submitted
to stockholders at any meeting thereof, or to give or withhold consent to any corporate action, or to receive notice of meetings or other actions affecting stockholders (except as provided in this Rights Agreement), or to receive dividends or
subscription rights, or otherwise, until the Rights evidenced by such Right Certificate shall have been exercised or exchanged in accordance with the provisions hereof. 
 Section 18. Concerning the Rights Agent. (a) The Company agrees to pay to the Rights Agent reasonable compensation for all services rendered by it hereunder and, from time to time, on demand of the
Rights Agent, its reasonable expenses and counsel fees and other disbursements incurred in the administration and execution of this Rights Agreement and the exercise and performance of its duties hereunder. The Company also agrees to indemnify the
Rights Agent for, and to hold it harmless against, any loss, liability or expense, incurred without gross negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct on the part of the Rights Agent, for anything done or omitted by the Rights Agent in connection
with the acceptance and administration of this Rights Agreement, including the costs and expenses of defending against any claim of liability arising therefrom, directly or indirectly. 
 (b) The Rights Agent shall be protected and shall incur no liability for, or in respect of any action taken, suffered or omitted by it in connection
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transfer, power of attorney, endorsement, affidavit, letter, notice, direction, consent, certificate, statement, or other paper or document reasonably
believed by it to be genuine and to be signed, executed and, where necessary, verified or acknowledged, by the proper Person or Persons, or otherwise upon the advice of counsel as set forth in Section 20 hereof. 
 Section 19. Merger or Consolidation or Change of Mellon Investor Services LLC. (a) Any corporation into which the Rights Agent or any
successor Rights Agent may be merged or with which it may be consolidated, or any corporation resulting from any merger or consolidation to which the Rights Agent or any successor Rights Agent shall be a party, or any corporation succeeding to the
stock transfer or corporate trust powers of the Rights Agent or any successor Rights Agent, shall be the successor to the Rights Agent under this Rights Agreement without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of any of
the parties hereto; provided, that such corporation would be eligible for appointment as a successor Rights Agent under the provisions of Section 21 hereof. In case at the time such successor Rights Agent shall succeed to the agency
created by this Rights Agreement, any of the Right Certificates shall have been countersigned but not delivered, such successor Rights Agent may adopt the countersignature of the predecessor Rights Agent and deliver such Right Certificates so
countersigned; and in case at that time any of the Right Certificates shall not have been countersigned, any successor Rights Agent may countersign such Right Certificates either in the name of the predecessor Rights Agent or in the name of such
successor Rights Agent; and in all such cases such Right Certificates shall have the full force provided in the Right Certificates and in this Rights Agreement. 
 (b) In case at any time the name of the Rights Agent shall be changed and at such time any of the Right Certificates shall have been countersigned but not delivered the Rights Agent may adopt the countersignature
under its prior name and deliver Right Certificates so countersigned; and in case at that time any of the Right Certificates shall not have been countersigned, the Rights Agent may countersign such Right Certificates either in its prior name or in
its changed name and in all such cases such Right Certificates shall have the full force provided in the Right Certificates and in this Rights Agreement. 
 Section 20. Duties of Rights Agent. The Rights Agent undertakes the duties and obligations imposed by this Rights Agreement upon the following terms and conditions, by all of which the Company and the
holders of Right Certificates, by their acceptance thereof, shall be bound: 
 (a) The Rights Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may
be legal counsel for the Company), and the opinion of such counsel shall be full and complete authorization and protection to the Rights Agent as to any action taken or omitted by it in good faith and in accordance with such opinion. 
 (b) Whenever in the performance of its duties under this Rights Agreement the Rights Agent shall deem it necessary or desirable that any fact or matter
be proved or established by the Company prior to taking or suffering any action hereunder, such fact or matter (unless other evidence in respect thereof be herein specifically prescribed) may be deemed to be conclusively proved and established by a
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“Authorized Officer”) and delivered to the Rights Agent; and such certificate shall be full authorization to the Rights Agent for any action
taken or suffered in good faith by it under the provisions of this Rights Agreement in reliance upon such certificate. 
 (c) The Rights
Agent shall be liable hereunder to the Company and any other Person only for its own gross negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct. 
 (d) The Rights Agent shall not be liable for or by reason of any of the statements of fact or recitals contained in this Rights Agreement or in the Right Certificates (except its countersignature thereof) or be required to verify the same,
but all such statements and recitals are and shall be deemed to have been made by the Company only. 
 (e) The Rights Agent shall not be
under any responsibility in respect of the validity of this Rights Agreement or the execution and delivery hereof (except the due execution hereof by the Rights Agent) or in respect of the validity or execution of any Right Certificate (except its
countersignature thereof); nor shall it be responsible for any breach by the Company of any covenant or condition contained in this Rights Agreement or in any Right Certificate; nor shall it be responsible for any change in the exercisability of the
Rights (including the Rights becoming void pursuant to Section 11(a)(ii) hereof) or any adjustment in the terms of the Rights (including the manner, method or amount thereof) provided for in Sections 3, 11, 13, 23 and 24, or the ascertaining of
the existence of facts that would require any such change or adjustment (except with respect to the exercise of Rights evidenced by Right Certificates after receipt of a certificate furnished pursuant to Section 12, describing such change or
adjustment); nor shall it by any act hereunder be deemed to make any representation or warranty as to the authorization or reservation of any shares of Series C Preferred Stock or other securities to be issued pursuant to this Rights Agreement or
any Right Certificate or as to whether any shares of Series C Preferred Stock or other securities will, when issued, be validly authorized and issued, fully paid and nonassessable. 
 (f) The Company agrees that it will perform, execute, acknowledge and deliver or cause to be performed, executed, acknowledged and delivered all such
further and other acts, instruments and assurances as may reasonably be required by the Rights Agent for the carrying out or performing by the Rights Agent of the provisions of this Rights Agreement. 
 (g) The Rights Agent is hereby authorized and directed to accept instructions with respect to the performance of its duties hereunder from any person
reasonably believed by the Rights Agent to be one of the Authorized Officers, and to apply to such Authorized Officers for advice or instructions in connection with its duties, and it shall not be liable for any action taken or suffered by it in
good faith in accordance with instructions of any such Authorized Officer or for any delay in acting while waiting for those instructions. Any application by the Rights Agent for written instructions from the Company may, at the option of the Rights
Agent, set forth in writing any action proposed to be taken or omitted by the Rights Agent under this Rights Agreement and the date on and/or after which such action shall be taken or such omission shall be effective. The Rights Agent shall not be
liable for any action taken by, or omission of, the Rights Agent in accordance with a proposal included in any such application on or after the date specified in such application (which date shall not be less than five Business Days after the date
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Authorized Officer shall have consented in writing to an earlier date) unless, prior to taking any such action (or the effective date in the case of an
omission), the Rights Agent shall have received written instructions in response to such application specifying the action to be taken or omitted. 
 (h) The Rights Agent and any stockholder, director, officer or employee of the Rights Agent may buy, sell or deal in any of the Rights or other securities of the Company or become pecuniarily interested in any transaction in which the
Company may be interested, or contract with or lend money to the Company or otherwise act as fully and freely as though it were not Rights Agent under this Rights Agreement. Nothing herein shall preclude the Rights Agent from acting in any other
capacity for the Company or for any other legal entity. 
 (i) The Rights Agent may execute and exercise any of the rights or powers hereby
vested in it or perform any duty hereunder either itself or by or through its attorneys or agents, and the Rights Agent shall not be answerable or accountable for any act, default, neglect or misconduct of any such attorneys or agents or for any
loss to the Company resulting from any such act, default, neglect or misconduct, provided reasonable care was exercised in the selection and continued employment thereof. 
 (j) If, with respect to any Right Certificate surrendered to the Rights Agent for exercise or transfer, the certificate contained in the form of assignment or the form of election to purchase set forth on the reverse
thereof, as the case may be, has not been completed to certify the holder is not an Acquiring Person (or an Affiliate or Associate thereof) or a transferee thereof, the Rights Agent shall not take any further action with respect to such requested
exercise or transfer without first consulting with the Company. 
 Section 21. Change of Rights Agent. The Rights Agent or any
successor Rights Agent may resign and be discharged from its duties under this Rights Agreement upon 30 days’ notice in writing mailed to the Company and to each transfer agent of the Common Stock or the Series C Preferred Stock by registered
or certified mail, and, following the Distribution Date, to the holders of the Right Certificates by first-class mail. The Company may remove the Rights Agent or any successor Rights Agent upon 30 days’ notice in writing, mailed to the Rights
Agent or successor Rights Agent, as the case may be, and to each transfer agent of the Common Stock or the Series C Preferred Stock by registered or certified mail, and, following the Distribution Date, to the holders of the Right Certificates by
first-class mail. If the Rights Agent shall resign or be removed or shall otherwise become incapable of acting, the Company shall appoint a successor to the Rights Agent. If the Company shall fail to make such appointment within a period of 30 days
after giving notice of such removal or after it has been notified in writing of such resignation or incapacity by the resigning or incapacitated Rights Agent or by the holder of a Right Certificate (who shall, with such notice, submit his Right
Certificate for inspection by the Company), then the registered holder of any Right Certificate may apply to any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a new Rights Agent. Any successor Rights Agent, whether appointed by the Company
or by such a court, shall be (A) a corporation organized and doing business under the laws of the United States or any State thereof, which is authorized under such laws to exercise corporate trust or stock transfer powers and is subject to
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corporation described in clause (A) of this sentence. After appointment, the successor Rights Agent shall be vested with the same powers, rights, duties
and responsibilities as if it had been originally named as Rights Agent without further act or deed; but the predecessor Rights Agent shall deliver and transfer to the successor Rights Agent any property at the time held by it hereunder, and execute
and deliver any further assurance, conveyance, act or deed necessary for the purpose. Not later than the effective date of any such appointment the Company shall file notice thereof in writing with the predecessor Rights Agent and each transfer
agent of the Common Stock or the Series C Preferred Stock, and, following the Distribution Date, mail a notice thereof in writing to the registered holders of the Right Certificates. Failure to give any notice provided for in this Section 21,
however, or any defect therein, shall not affect the legality or validity of the resignation or removal of the Rights Agent or the appointment of the successor Rights Agent, as the case may be. 
 Section 22. Issuance of New Right Certificates. Notwithstanding any of the provisions of this Rights Agreement or of the Rights to the
contrary, the Company may, at its option, issue new Right Certificates evidencing Rights in such forms as may be approved by its Board of Directors to reflect any adjustment or change in the Purchase Price and the number or kind or class of shares
or other securities or property purchasable under the Right Certificates made in accordance with the provisions of this Rights Agreement. In addition, in connection with the issuance or sale of Common Stock following the Distribution Date and prior
to the Expiration Date, the Company may with respect to shares of Common Stock so issued or sold pursuant to (i) the exercise of stock options, (ii) under any employee plan or arrangement, (iii) the exercise, conversion or exchange of
securities, notes or debentures issued by the Company or (iv) a contractual obligation of the Company, in each case existing prior to the Distribution Date, issue Right Certificates representing the appropriate number of Rights in connection
with such issuance or sale. 
 Section 23. Redemption. (a) The Board of Directors of the Company may, at any time prior to
such time as any Person first becomes an Acquiring Person, redeem all but not less than all the then-outstanding Rights at a redemption price of $0.01 per Right, appropriately adjusted to reflect any stock split, stock dividend or similar
transaction occurring after the date hereof (the “Redemption Price”). The redemption of the Rights may be made effective at such time, on such basis and with such conditions as the Board of Directors in its sole discretion may
establish. The Company may, at its option, pay the Redemption Price in cash, shares of Common Stock (based on the current market price of the Common Stock at the time of redemption as determined pursuant to Section 11(d)(i) hereof) or any other
form of consideration deemed appropriate by the Board of Directors. 
 (b) Immediately upon the action of the Board of Directors ordering the
redemption of the Rights pursuant to paragraph (a) of this Section 23 (or at such later time as the Board of Directors may establish for the effectiveness of such redemption), and without any further action and without any notice, the
right to exercise the Rights will terminate and the only right thereafter of the holders of Rights shall be to receive the Redemption Price. The Company shall promptly give public notice of any such redemption; provided, however, that
the failure to give, or any defect in, any such notice shall not affect the validity of such redemption. Within 10 days after such action of the Board of Directors ordering the redemption of the Rights (or such later time as the Board of Directors
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Company shall mail a notice of redemption to all the holders of the then-outstanding Rights at their last addresses as they appear upon the registry books of
the Rights Agent or, prior to the Distribution Date, on the registry books of the transfer agent for the Common Stock. Any notice which is mailed in the manner herein provided shall be deemed given, whether or not the holder receives the notice.
Each such notice of redemption shall state the method by which the payment of the Redemption Price will be made. 
 Section 24.
Exchange. (a) The Board of Directors of the Company may, at its option, at any time after any Person first becomes an Acquiring Person, exchange all or part of the then-outstanding and exercisable Rights (which shall not include Rights
that have not become effective or that have become void pursuant to the provisions of Section 11(a)(ii) hereof) for shares of Common Stock at an exchange ratio of one share of Common Stock (or one-thousandth of a share of Series C Preferred
Stock) per Right, appropriately adjusted to reflect any stock split, stock dividend or similar transaction occurring after the date hereof (such amount per Right being hereinafter referred to as the “Exchange Ratio”).
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Board of Directors shall not be empowered to effectuate such exchange at any time after an Acquiring Person becomes the Beneficial Owner of shares of Common Stock aggregating 50% or more of the shares of Common
Stock then outstanding. From and after the occurrence of an event specified in Section 13(a) hereof, any Rights that theretofore have not been exchanged pursuant to this Section 24(a) shall thereafter be exercisable only in accordance with
Section 13 and may not be exchanged pursuant to this Section 24(a). The exchange of the Rights by the Board of Directors may be made effective at such time, on such basis and with such conditions as the Board of Directors in its sole
discretion may establish. 
 (b) Immediately upon the effectiveness of the action of the Board of Directors of the Company ordering the
exchange of any Rights pursuant to paragraph (a) of this Section 24 and without any further action and without any notice, the right to exercise such Rights shall terminate and the only right thereafter of a holder of such Rights shall be
to receive that number of shares of Common Stock equal to the number of such Rights held by such holder multiplied by the Exchange Ratio. The Company shall promptly give public notice of any such exchange; provided, however, that the
failure to give, or any defect in, such notice shall not affect the validity of such exchange. The Company shall promptly mail a notice of any such exchange to all of the holders of the Rights so exchanged at their last addresses as they appear upon
the registry books of the Rights Agent. Any notice which is mailed in the manner herein provided shall be deemed given, whether or not the holder receives the notice. Each such notice of exchange will state the method by which the exchange of the
shares of Common Stock for Rights will be effected and, in the event of any partial exchange, the number of Rights which will be exchanged. Any partial exchange shall be effected pro rata based on the number of Rights (other than Rights which have
become void pursuant to the provisions of Section 11(a)(ii) hereof) held by each holder of Rights. 
 (c) The Company may at its option
substitute and, in the event that there shall not be sufficient shares of Common Stock issued but not outstanding or authorized but unissued (and unreserved) to permit an exchange of Rights as contemplated in accordance with this Section 24,
the Company shall substitute to the extent of such insufficiency, for each share of Common Stock that would otherwise be issuable upon exchange of a Right, a number of shares of Series C Preferred Stock or fraction thereof (or equivalent preferred
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Section 11(b)) such that the current per share market price (determined pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof) of one share of Series C Preferred Stock
(or equivalent preferred share) multiplied by such number or fraction is equal to the current per share market price of one share of Common Stock (determined pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof) as of the date of such exchange. 
 Section 25. Notice of Certain Events. (a) In case the Company shall at any time after the earlier of the Distribution Date or the Stock
Acquisition Date propose (i) to pay any dividend payable in stock of any class to the holders of its Series C Preferred Stock or to make any other distribution to the holders of its Series C Preferred Stock (other than a regular quarterly cash
dividend), (ii) to offer to the holders of its Series C Preferred Stock rights or warrants to subscribe for or to purchase any additional shares of Series C Preferred Stock or shares of stock of any class or any other securities, rights or
options, (iii) to effect any reclassification of its Series C Preferred Stock (other than a reclassification involving only the subdivision or combination of outstanding Series C Preferred Stock), (iv) to effect the liquidation,
dissolution or winding up of the Company, or (v) to declare or pay any dividend on the Common Stock payable in Common Stock or to effect a subdivision, combination or consolidation of the Common Stock (by reclassification or otherwise than by
payment of dividends in Common Stock), then, in each such case, the Company shall give to each holder of a Right Certificate, in accordance with Section 26 hereof, a notice of such proposed action, which shall specify the record date for the
purposes of such stock dividend, or distribution or offering of rights or warrants, or the date on which such liquidation, dissolution, reclassification, subdivision, combination, consolidation or winding up is to take place and the date of
participation therein by the holders of the Common Stock and/or Series C Preferred Stock, if any such date is to be fixed, and such notice shall be so given in the case of any action covered by clause (i) or (ii) above at least 10 days
prior to the record date for determining holders of the Series C Preferred Stock for purposes of such action, and in the case of any such other action, at least 10 days prior to the date of the taking of such proposed action or the date of
participation therein by the holders of the Common Stock and/or Series C Preferred Stock, whichever shall be the earlier. 
 (b) In case any
event described in Section 11(a)(ii) or Section 13 shall occur then the Company shall as soon as practicable thereafter give to each holder of a Right Certificate (or if occurring prior to the Distribution Date, the holders of the Common
Stock) in accordance with Section 26 hereof, a notice of the occurrence of such event, which notice shall describe such event and the consequences of such event to holders of Rights under Section 11(a)(ii) and Section 13 hereof.

 Section 26. Notices. Notices or demands authorized by this Rights Agreement to be given or made by the Rights Agent or by the
holder of any Right Certificate to or on the Company shall be sufficiently given or made if sent by first-class mail, postage prepaid, addressed (until another address is filed in writing with the Rights Agent) as follows: 
 Virtus Investment Partners, Inc. 
 100 Pearl Street, 9th Floor 
 Hartford, Connecticut 06103 
 Attention: Kevin J. Carr 
  

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 Subject to the provisions of Section 21 hereof, any notice or demand authorized by this Rights Agreement to be given
or made by the Company or by the holder of any Right Certificate to or on the Rights Agent shall be sufficiently given or made if sent by first-class mail, postage prepaid, addressed (until another address is filed in writing with the Company) as
follows: 
 Mellon Investor Services LLC 
 [Address] 
 Attention: [            ] 
 Notices or demands authorized by this Rights Agreement to be given or made by the Company or the Rights Agent to the holder of any Right Certificate shall be
sufficiently given or made if sent by first-class mail, postage prepaid, addressed to such holder at the address of such holder as shown on the registry books of the Company. 
 Section 27. Supplements and Amendments. Except as otherwise provided in this Section 27, for so long as the Rights are then redeemable,
the Company may in its sole and absolute discretion, and the Rights Agent shall if the Company so directs, supplement or amend any provision of this Rights Agreement in any respect without the approval of any holders of the Rights. At any time when
the Rights are no longer redeemable, except as otherwise provided in this Section 27, the Company may, and the Rights Agent shall, if the Company so directs, supplement or amend this Rights Agreement without the approval of any holders of
Rights in order to (i) cure any ambiguity, (ii) correct or supplement any provision contained herein which may be defective or inconsistent with any other provisions herein, (iii) shorten or lengthen any time period hereunder, or
(iv) change or supplement the provisions hereunder in any manner which the Company may deem necessary or desirable; provided, however, that no such supplement or amendment shall adversely affect the interests of the holders of
Rights as such (other than an Acquiring Person or an Affiliate or Associate of an Acquiring Person), and no such amendment may cause the Rights again to become redeemable or cause this Rights Agreement again to become amendable other than in
accordance with this sentence. Notwithstanding anything contained in this Rights Agreement to the contrary, no supplement or amendment shall be made which decreases the Redemption Price. Upon the delivery of a certificate from an appropriate officer
of the Company which states that the supplement or amendment is in compliance with the terms of this Section 27, the Rights Agent shall execute such supplement or amendment; provided that any supplement or amendment that does not amend
Sections 18, 19, 20 or 21 hereof in a manner adverse to the Rights Agent shall become effective immediately upon execution by the Company, whether or not also executed by the Rights Agent. 
 Section 28. Successors. All the covenants and provisions of this Rights Agreement by or for the benefit of the Company or the Rights Agent
shall bind and inure to the benefit of their respective successors and assigns hereunder. 
 Section 29. Benefits of this Rights
Agreement. Nothing in this Rights Agreement shall be construed to give to any Person other than the Company, the Rights Agent and the registered holders of the Right Certificates (and, prior to the Distribution Date, the Common Stock) any legal
or equitable right, remedy or claim under this Rights Agreement; but this Rights Agreement shall be for the sole and exclusive benefit of the Company, the Rights Agent and the registered holders of the Right Certificates (and, prior to the
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 Section 30. Determinations and Actions by the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors of
the Company shall have the exclusive power and authority to administer this Rights Agreement and to exercise the rights and powers specifically granted to the Board of Directors of the Company or to the Company, or as may be necessary or advisable
in the administration of this Rights Agreement, including, without limitation, the right and power to (i) interpret the provisions of this Rights Agreement and (ii) make all determinations deemed necessary or advisable for the
administration of this Rights Agreement (including, without limitation, a determination to redeem or not redeem the Rights or to amend this Rights Agreement). All such actions, calculations, interpretations and determinations (including, for
purposes of clause (y) below, all omissions with respect to the foregoing) that are done or made by the Board of Directors of the Company in good faith, shall (x) be final, conclusive and binding on the Company, the Rights Agent, the
holders of the Rights, as such, and all other parties, and (y) not subject the Board of Directors to any liability to the holders of the Rights. 
 Section 31. Severability. If any term, provision, covenant or restriction of this Rights Agreement or applicable to this Rights Agreement is held by a court of competent jurisdiction or other authority to
be invalid, void or unenforceable, the remainder of the terms, provisions, covenants and restrictions of this Rights Agreement shall remain in full force and effect and shall in no way be affected, impaired or invalidated; provided,
however, that notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, if any such term, provision, covenant or restriction is held by such court or authority to be invalid, void or unenforceable and the Board determines in its good faith
judgment that severing the invalid language from this Agreement would adversely affect the purpose or effect of this Agreement, the right of redemption set forth in Section 23 hereof shall be reinstated (with prompt notice to the Rights Agent)
and shall not expire until the close of business on the tenth Business Day following the date of such determination by the Board. Without limiting the foregoing, if any provision requiring a specific group of Directors of the Company to act is held
to by any court of competent jurisdiction or other authority to be invalid, void or unenforceable, such determination shall then be made by the Board in accordance with applicable law and the Company’s Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws.

 Section 32. Governing Law. This Rights Agreement and each Right Certificate issued hereunder shall be deemed to be a contract
made under the laws of the State of Delaware and for all purposes shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of such State applicable to contracts to be made and performed entirely within such State. 
 Section 33. Counterparts. This Rights Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts and each of such counterparts shall for all
purposes be deemed to be an original, and all such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument. 
 Section 34. Descriptive Headings. Descriptive headings of the several Sections of this Rights Agreement are inserted for convenience only and shall not control or affect the meaning or construction of any of the provisions
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 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Rights Agreement to be duly executed and
attested, all as of the day and year first above written. 
  

									
		 		 		 	VIRTUS INVESTMENT PARTNERS, INC.
					
	Attest:	 	  
	 		 	By:	 	  

		 		 		 	Name:	 	
		 		 		 	Title:	 	
				
		 		 		 	MELLON INVESTOR SERVICES LLC
					
	Attest:	 	  
	 		 	By:	 	  

		 		 		 	Name:	 	
		 		 		 	Title:	 	








 EXHIBIT A 
 FORM 
 OF 
 CERTIFICATE OF DESIGNATIONS 
 OF 
 SERIES C JUNIOR PARTICIPATING PREFERRED STOCK 
 OF 
 VIRTUS INVESTMENT PARTNERS, INC. 
 (Pursuant
to Section 151 of the 
 General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware) 
  
  
 Virtus Investment Partners, Inc., a corporation organized and existing under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the
“Company”), hereby certifies that the following resolution was duly adopted by the Board of Directors of the Company as required by Section 151 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware on
[            ], 200    : 
 RESOLVED, that
pursuant to the authority vested in the Board of Directors of the Company (hereinafter being referred to as the “Board of Directors” or the “Board”) in accordance with the provisions of the Company’s Restated
Certificate of Incorporation (hereinafter being referred to as the “Certificate of Incorporation”), the Board of Directors hereby creates a series of preferred stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Company, to be designated the
“Series C Junior Participating Preferred Stock” and hereby adopts the resolution establishing the designations, number of shares, preferences, voting powers and other rights and the restrictions and limitations thereof, of the shares of
such series as set forth below: 
 Section 1. Designation and Amount. The shares of such series shall be designated as
“Series C Junior Participating Preferred Stock” (the “Series C Preferred Stock”) and the number of shares constituting the Series C Preferred Stock shall be
[            ]. Such number of shares may be increased or decreased by resolution of the Board of Directors; provided, that no decrease shall reduce the number of shares of
Series C Preferred Stock to a number less than the number of shares then outstanding plus the number of shares reserved for issuance upon the exercise of outstanding options, rights or warrants or upon the conversion of any outstanding securities
issued by the Company convertible into Series C Preferred Stock. 
 Section 2. Dividends and Distributions 
 (A) Subject to the rights of the holders of any shares of any series of preferred stock of the Company (the “Preferred
Stock”) (or any similar stock) ranking prior and superior to the Series C Preferred Stock with respect to dividends, the holders of shares of Series C Preferred Stock, in preference to the holders of common stock, par 

  

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value $0.01 per share, of the Company (the “Common Stock”) and of any other stock of the Company ranking junior to the Series C Preferred
Stock, shall be entitled to receive, when, as and if declared by the Board of Directors out of funds legally available for the purpose, quarterly dividends payable in cash on the last day of January, April, July, and October in each year (each such
date being referred to herein as a “Dividend Payment Date”), commencing on the first Dividend Payment Date after the first issuance of a share or fraction of a share of Series C Preferred Stock (the “Issue Date”),
in an amount per share (rounded to the nearest cent) equal to the greater of (a) $1.00 or (b) subject to the provision for adjustment hereinafter set forth, 1,000 times the aggregate per share amount of all cash dividends, and 1,000 times
the aggregate per share amount (payable in kind) of all non-cash dividends or other distributions other than a dividend payable in shares of Common Stock, declared on the Common Stock since the immediately preceding Dividend Payment Date or, with
respect to the first Dividend Payment Date, since the first issuance of any share or fraction of a share of Series C Preferred Stock. In the event the Company shall at any time after the Issue Date declare and pay any dividend on the Common Stock
payable in shares of Common Stock, or effect a subdivision or combination or consolidation of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (by reclassification or otherwise than by payment of a dividend in shares of Common Stock) into a greater or lesser
number of shares of Common Stock, then in each such case the amount to which holders of shares of Series C Preferred Stock were entitled immediately prior to such event under clause (b) of the preceding sentence shall be adjusted by multiplying
such amount by a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after such event and the denominator of which is the number of shares of Common Stock that were outstanding immediately prior to such
event. 
 (B) The Company shall declare a dividend or distribution on the Series C Preferred Stock as provided in paragraph
(A) of this Section immediately after it declares a dividend or distribution on the Common Stock (other than a dividend payable in shares of Common Stock); provided that, in the event no dividend or distribution shall have been declared
on the Common Stock during the period between any Dividend Payment Date and the next subsequent Dividend Payment Date, a dividend of $1.00 per share on the Series C Preferred Stock shall nevertheless be payable, when, as and if declared, on such
subsequent Dividend Payment Date. 
 (C) Dividends shall begin to accrue and be cumulative, whether or not earned or declared,
on outstanding shares of Series C Preferred Stock from the Dividend Payment Date next preceding the date of issue of such shares, unless the date of issue of such shares is prior to the record date for the first Dividend Payment Date, in which case
dividends on such shares shall begin to accrue from the date of issue of such shares, or unless the date of issue is a Dividend Payment Date or is a date after the record date for the determination of holders of shares of Series C Preferred Stock
entitled to receive a quarterly dividend and before such Dividend Payment Date, in either of which events such dividends shall begin to accrue and be cumulative from such Dividend Payment Date. Accrued but unpaid dividends shall not bear interest.
Dividends paid on the shares of Series C Preferred Stock in an amount less than the total amount of such dividends at the time accrued and payable on such shares shall be allocated pro rata on a share-by-share 

  

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basis among all such shares at the time outstanding. The Board of Directors may fix a record date for the determination of holders of shares of Series C
Preferred Stock entitled to receive payment of a dividend or distribution declared thereon, which record date shall be not more than 60 days prior to the date fixed for the payment thereof. 
 Section 3. Voting Rights. The holders of shares of Series C Preferred Stock shall have the following voting rights: 
 (A) Subject to the provision for adjustment hereinafter set forth and except as otherwise provided in the Certificate of Incorporation or
required by law, each share of Series C Preferred Stock shall entitle the holder thereof to 1,000 votes on all matters upon which the holders of the Common Stock of the Company are entitled to vote. In the event the Company shall at any time after
the Issue Date declare or pay any dividend on the Common Stock payable in shares of Common Stock, or effect a subdivision or combination or consolidation of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (by reclassification or otherwise than by payment of
a dividend in shares of Common Stock) into a greater or lesser number of shares of Common Stock, then in each such case the number of votes per share to which holders of shares of Series C Preferred Stock were entitled immediately prior to such
event shall be adjusted by multiplying such number by a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after such event and the denominator of which is the number of shares of Common Stock that were
outstanding immediately prior to such event. 
 (B) Except as otherwise provided herein, in the Certificate of Incorporation
or in any other Certificate of Designations creating a series of Preferred Stock or any similar stock, and except as otherwise required by law, the holders of shares of Series C Preferred Stock and the holders of shares of Common Stock and any other
capital stock of the Company having general voting rights shall vote together as one class on all matters submitted to a vote of stockholders of the Company. 
 (C) Except as set forth herein, or as otherwise provided by law, holders of Series C Preferred Stock shall have no special voting rights
and their consent shall not be required (except to the extent they are entitled to vote with holders of Common Stock as set forth herein) for taking any corporate action. 
 (D) If, at the time of any annual meeting of stockholders for the election of directors, the equivalent of six quarterly dividends
(whether or not consecutive) payable on any share or shares of Series C Preferred Stock are in default, the number of directors constituting the Board of Directors of the Company shall be increased by two. In addition to voting together with the
holders of Common Stock for the election of other directors of the Company, the holders of record of the Series C Preferred Stock, voting separately as a class to the exclusion of the holders of Common Stock shall be entitled at said meeting of
stockholders (and at each subsequent annual meeting of stockholders), unless all dividends in arrears on the Series C Preferred Stock have been paid or declared and set apart for payment prior thereto, to vote for the election of two directors of
the Company, the holders of any Series C Preferred Stock being entitled to cast a number of votes per share of Series C Preferred Stock as is specified in paragraph (A) of this Section 3. Each 

  

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such additional director shall serve until the next annual meeting of stockholders for the election of directors, or until his successor shall be elected and
shall qualify, or until his right to hold such office terminates pursuant to the provisions of this Section 3(D). Until the default in payments of all dividends which permitted the election of said directors shall cease to exist, any director
who shall have been so elected pursuant to the provisions of this Section 3(D) may be removed at any time, without cause, only by the affirmative vote of the holders of the shares of Series C Preferred Stock at the time entitled to cast a
majority of the votes entitled to be cast for the election of any such director at a special meeting of such holders called for that purpose, and any vacancy thereby created may be filled by the vote of such holders. If and when such default shall
cease to exist, the holders of the Series C Preferred Stock shall be divested of the foregoing special voting rights, subject to revesting in the event of each and every subsequent like default in payments of dividends. Upon the termination of the
foregoing special voting rights, the terms of office of all persons who may have been elected directors pursuant to said special voting rights shall forthwith terminate, and the number of directors constituting the Board of Directors shall be
reduced by two. The voting rights granted by this Section 3(D) shall be in addition to any other voting rights granted to the holders of the Series C Preferred Stock in this Section 3. 
 Section 4. Certain Restrictions. 
 (A) Whenever quarterly dividends or other dividends or distributions payable on the Series C Preferred Stock as provided in Section 2 are in arrears, thereafter and until all accrued and unpaid dividends and
distributions, whether or not earned or declared, on shares of Series C Preferred Stock outstanding shall have been paid in full, the Company shall not: 
 (i) declare or pay dividends, or make any other distributions, on any shares of stock ranking junior (either as to dividends or upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up) to the Series C Preferred Stock; 

(ii) declare or pay dividends, or make any other distributions, on any shares of stock ranking on a parity (either as to dividends or
upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up) with the Series C Preferred Stock, except dividends paid ratably on the Series C Preferred Stock and all such parity stock on which dividends are payable or in arrears in proportion to the total amounts
to which the holders of all such shares are then entitled; 
 (iii) redeem or purchase or otherwise acquire for consideration
shares of any stock ranking junior (either as to dividends or upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up) to the Series C Preferred Stock, provided that the Company may at any time redeem, purchase or otherwise acquire shares of any such junior
stock in exchange for shares of any stock of the Company ranking junior (as to dividends and upon dissolution, liquidation or winding up) to the Series C Preferred Stock or rights, warrants or options to acquire such junior stock; or 
  

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 (iv) redeem or purchase or otherwise acquire for consideration any shares of Series C
Preferred Stock, or any shares of stock ranking on a parity (either as to dividends or upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up) with the Series C Preferred Stock, except in accordance with a purchase offer made in writing or by publication (as
determined by the Board of Directors) to all holders of such shares upon such terms as the Board of Directors, after consideration of the respective annual dividend rates and other relative rights and preferences of the respective series and
classes, shall determine in good faith will result in fair and equitable treatment among the respective series or classes. 
 (B) The Company shall not permit any subsidiary of the Company to purchase or otherwise acquire for consideration any shares of stock of the Company unless the Company could, under paragraph (A) of this Section 4, purchase or
otherwise acquire such shares at such time and in such manner. 
 Section 5. Reacquired Shares. Any shares of Series C Preferred
Stock purchased or otherwise acquired by the Company in any manner whatsoever shall be retired and cancelled promptly after the acquisition thereof. All such shares shall upon their retirement become authorized but unissued shares of Preferred Stock
and may be reissued as part of a new series of Preferred Stock to be created by resolution or resolutions of the Board of Directors, subject to any conditions and restrictions on issuance set forth herein. 
 Section 6. Liquidation, Dissolution or Winding Up. Upon any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company, no distribution shall be
made (A) to the holders of the Common Stock or of shares of any other stock of the Company ranking junior, upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up, to the Series C Preferred Stock unless, prior thereto, the holders of shares of Series C
Preferred Stock shall have received $1,000 per share, plus an amount equal to accrued and unpaid dividends and distributions thereon, whether or not earned or declared, to the date of such payment, provided that the holders of shares of Series C
Preferred Stock shall be entitled to receive an aggregate amount per share, subject to the provision for adjustment hereinafter set forth, equal to 1,000 times the aggregate amount to be distributed per share to holders of shares of Common Stock, or
(B) to the holders of shares of stock ranking on a parity upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up with the Series C Preferred Stock, except distributions made ratably on the Series C Preferred Stock and all such parity stock in proportion
to the total amounts to which the holders of all such shares are entitled upon such liquidation, dissolution or winding up. In the event, however, that there are not sufficient assets available to permit payment in full of the Series C Preferred
Stock liquidation preference and the liquidation preferences of all other classes and series of stock of the Company, if any, that rank on a parity with the Series C Preferred Stock in respect thereof, then the assets available for such distribution
shall be distributed ratably to the holders of the Series C Preferred Stock and the holders of such parity shares in the proportion to their respective liquidation preferences. In the event the Company shall at any time after the Issue Date declare
or pay any dividend on the Common Stock payable in shares of Common Stock, or effect a subdivision or combination or consolidation of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (by reclassification or otherwise than by payment of a dividend in shares of
Common Stock) into a greater or lesser number of shares of Common Stock, then in each such case the aggregate amount to which holders of shares of Series C Preferred Stock were entitled immediately prior to such event under the proviso in 

  

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clause (A) of the preceding sentence shall be adjusted by multiplying such amount by a fraction the numerator of which is the number of shares of Common
Stock outstanding immediately after such event and the denominator of which is the number of shares of Common Stock that were outstanding immediately prior to such event. 
 Neither the merger or consolidation of the Company into or with another entity nor the merger or consolidation of any other entity into or with the Company (nor the sale of all or substantially all of the assets of
the Company) shall be deemed to be a liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company within the meaning of this Section 6. 
 Section 7. Consolidation, Merger, etc. In case the Company shall enter into any consolidation, merger, combination or other transaction in which the shares of Common Stock are converted into, exchanged for or changed into other
stock or securities, cash and/or any other property, then in any such case each share of Series C Preferred Stock shall at the same time be similarly converted into, exchanged for or changed into an amount per share (subject to the provision for
adjustment hereinafter set forth) equal to 1,000 times the aggregate amount of stock, securities, cash and/or any other property (payable in kind), as the case may be, into which or for which each share of Common Stock is converted, exchanged or
converted. In the event the Company shall at any time after the Issue Date declare or pay any dividend on the Common Stock payable in shares of Common Stock, or effect a subdivision or combination or consolidation of the outstanding shares of Common
Stock (by reclassification or otherwise than by payment of a dividend in shares of Common Stock) into a greater or lesser number of shares of Common Stock, then in each such case the amount set forth in the preceding sentence with respect to the
conversion, exchange or change of shares of Series C Preferred Stock shall be adjusted by multiplying such amount by a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after such event and the
denominator of which is the number of shares of Common Stock that were outstanding immediately prior to such event. 
 Section 8. No
Redemption. The shares of Series C Preferred Stock shall not be redeemable from any holder. 
 Section 9. Rank. The Series C
Preferred Stock shall rank, with respect to the payment of dividends and the distribution of assets upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company, junior to all other series of Preferred Stock and senior to the Common Stock. 

Section 10. Amendment. If any proposed amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation (including this Certificate of Designations) would
alter, change or repeal any of the preferences, powers or special rights given to the Series C Preferred Stock so as to affect the Series C Preferred Stock adversely, then the holders of the Series C Preferred Stock shall be entitled to vote
separately as a class upon such amendment, and the affirmative vote of two-thirds of the outstanding shares of the Series C Preferred Stock, voting separately as a class, shall be necessary for the adoption thereof, in addition to such other vote as
may be required by the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware. 
 Section 11. Fractional Shares. Series C Preferred
Stock may be issued in fractions of a share that shall entitle the holder, in proportion to such holder’s fractional shares, to exercise voting rights, receive dividends, participate in distributions and to have the benefit of all other rights
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 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Certificate of Designations is executed on behalf of the Company by
                                , [Title of Signatory] of the Company on
            , 200  . 
  

	
	
	  
 Name:

	Title:


  

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 EXHIBIT B 
 FORM OF RIGHT CERTIFICATE 
  

			
	Certificate No. R-            	  	             Rights

 NOT EXERCISABLE AFTER JUNE 19, 2011 OR EARLIER IF REDEMPTION OR EXCHANGE OCCURS. THE RIGHTS ARE
SUBJECT TO REDEMPTION AT $0.01 PER RIGHT AND TO EXCHANGE ON THE TERMS SET FORTH IN THE RIGHTS AGREEMENT. UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES, AS SET FORTH IN THE RIGHTS AGREEMENT, RIGHTS OWNED BY OR TRANSFERRED TO ANY PERSON WHO IS OR BECOMES AN ACQUIRING
PERSON (AS DEFINED IN THE RIGHTS AGREEMENT) AND CERTAIN TRANSFEREES THEREOF WILL BECOME NULL AND VOID AND WILL NO LONGER BE TRANSFERABLE. 
 Right Certificate 
 VIRTUS INVESTMENT PARTNERS, INC. 
 This certifies that              or registered assigns, is the registered owner of the number of Rights set forth above, each of which entitles the
owner thereof, subject to the terms, provisions and conditions of the Rights Agreement, dated as of [            ], 200   as the same may be amended from time to
time (the “Rights Agreement”), between Virtus Investment Partners, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and Mellon Investor Services LLC (the “Rights Agent”), to purchase from the Company
at any time after the Distribution Date (as such term is defined in the Rights Agreement) and prior to 5:00 P.M., New York City time, on June 19, 2011 at the office or agency of the Rights Agent designated for such purpose, or of its successor
as Rights Agent, one one-thousandth of a fully paid non-assessable share of Series C Junior Participating Preferred Stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “Series C Preferred Stock”), of the Company, at a purchase price of
$[        ] per one one-thousandth of a share of Series C Preferred Stock (the “Purchase Price”), upon presentation and surrender of this Right Certificate with the Form of Election to
Purchase duly executed. The number of Rights evidenced by this Right Certificate (and the number of one one-thousandths of a share of Series C Preferred Stock which may be purchased upon exercise hereof) set forth above, and the Purchase Price set
forth above, are the number and Purchase Price as of [            ], 200  , based on the Series C Preferred Stock as constituted at such date. As provided in the
Rights Agreement, the Purchase Price, the number of one one-thousandths of a share of Series C Preferred Stock (or other securities or property) which may be purchased upon the exercise of the Rights and the number of Rights evidenced by this Right
Certificate are subject to modification and adjustment upon the happening of certain events. 
 This Right Certificate is subject to all of
the terms, provisions and conditions of the Rights Agreement, which terms, provisions and conditions are hereby incorporated herein by reference and made a part hereof and to which Rights Agreement reference is hereby made for a 

  

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full description of the rights, limitations of rights, obligations, duties and immunities hereunder of the Rights Agent, the Company and the holders of the
Right Certificates. Copies of the Rights Agreement are on file at the principal executive offices of the Company. The Company will mail to the holder of this Right Certificate a copy of the Rights Agreement without charge after receipt of a written
request therefor. 
 This Right Certificate, with or without other Right Certificates, upon surrender at the office or agency of the Rights
Agent designated for such purpose, may be exchanged for another Right Certificate or Right Certificates of like tenor and date evidencing Rights entitling the holder to purchase a like aggregate number of shares of Series C Preferred Stock as the
Rights evidenced by the Right Certificate or Right Certificates surrendered shall have entitled such holder to purchase. If this Right Certificate shall be exercised in part, the holder shall be entitled to receive upon surrender hereof another
Right Certificate or Right Certificates for the number of whole Rights not exercised. 
 Subject to the provisions of the Rights Agreement,
the Rights evidenced by this Certificate (i) may be redeemed by the Company at a redemption price of $0.01 per Right or (ii) may be exchanged in whole or in part for shares of Series C Preferred Stock or shares of the Company’s Common
Stock, par value $0.01 per share. 
 No fractional shares of Series C Preferred Stock or Common Stock will be issued upon the exercise or
exchange of any Right or Rights evidenced hereby (other than fractions of Series C Preferred Stock which are integral multiples of one one-thousandth of a share of Series C Preferred Stock, which may, at the election of the Company, be evidenced by
depositary receipts), but in lieu thereof a cash payment will be made, as provided in the Rights Agreement. 
 No holder of this Right
Certificate, as such, shall be entitled to vote or receive dividends or be deemed for any purpose the holder of the Series C Preferred Stock or of any other securities of the Company which may at any time be issuable on the exercise or exchange
hereof, nor shall anything contained in the Rights Agreement or herein be construed to confer upon the holder hereof, as such, any of the rights of a stockholder of the Company or any right to vote for the election of directors or upon any matter
submitted to stockholders at any meeting thereof, or to give or withhold consent to any corporate action, or to receive notice of meetings or other actions affecting stockholders (except as provided in the Rights Agreement) or to receive dividends
or subscription rights, or otherwise, until the Right or Rights evidenced by this Right certificate shall have been exercised or exchanged as provided in the Rights Agreement. 
 This Right Certificate shall not be valid or obligatory for any purpose until it shall have been countersigned by the Rights Agent. 
  

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 WITNESS the facsimile signature of the proper officers of the Company and its corporate seal. Dated as of
                 ,         . 
  

									
	ATTEST:	 		 	VIRTUS INVESTMENT PARTNERS, INC.
					
	By:	 	  
	 		 	By:	 	  

				
	Countersigned:	 		 		 	
				
	  
	 	,	 		 	
	as Rights Agent	 		 		 	
					
	By:	 	  
	 		 		 	
		 	Authorized Signatory	 		 		 	

  

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 Form of Reverse Side of Right Certificate 
 FORM OF ASSIGNMENT 
 (To be executed by the registered holder if such

 holder desires to transfer the Right Certificate) 
 FOR VALUE RECEIVED
                                 hereby sells, assigns and transfer unto
                                 
  

	
	  

	(Please print name and address of transferee)
	  


 Rights represented by this Right Certificate, together with all right, title and interest therein, and does hereby
irrevocably constitute and appoint                                 
Attorney, to transfer said Rights on the books of the within-named Company, with full power of substitution. 
 Dated:
                    ,          
  

	
	  

	Signature


 Signature Guaranteed: 
 Signatures must be guaranteed by a bank, trust company, broker, dealer or other eligible institution participating in a recognized signature guarantee medallion program. 
 The undersigned hereby certifies that the Rights evidenced by this Right Certificate are not beneficially owned by, were not acquired by the undersigned
from, and are not being sold, assigned or transferred to, an Acquiring Person or an Affiliate or Associate thereof (as defined in the Rights Agreement). 
  

	
	  

	Signature


  
  
  

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 Form of Reverse Side of Right Certificate — continued 
 FORM OF ELECTION TO PURCHASE 
 (To be executed if holder desires to exercise 
 Rights represented by the Rights Certificate) 
 To the Rights Agent: 
 The undersigned hereby irrevocably
elects to exercise                                      Rights
represented by this Right Certificate to purchase the shares of Series C Junior Participating Preferred Stock (or other securities or property) issuable upon the exercise of such Rights and requests that certificates for such shares of Series C
Junior Participating Preferred Stock (or such other securities) be issued in the name of: 

	
	  

	(Please print name and address)
	  


 If such number of Rights shall not be all the Rights evidenced by this Right Certificate, a new Right Certificate
for the balance remaining of such Rights shall be registered in the name of and delivered to: 
 Please insert social security 
 or other identifying number:
                                         
            
  

	
	  

	(Please print name and address)
	  


 Dated:
                    ,          
  

	
	  

	Signature
	 (Signature must conform to holder
 specified on Right Certificate)



 Signature Guaranteed: 
 Signatures must be guaranteed by a bank, trust company, broker, dealer or other eligible institution participating in a recognized signature guarantee medallion program. 
 The undersigned hereby certifies that the Rights evidenced by this Right Certificate are not beneficially owned by, were not acquired by the undersigned
from, and are not being sold, assigned or transferred to, an Acquiring Person or an Affiliate or Associate thereof (as defined in the Rights Agreement). 
  

	
	  

	Signature


  

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 Form of Reverse Side of Right Certificate—continued 
  
  
 NOTICE 
 The signature in the Form of Assignment or Form of Election to Purchase, as the case may be,
must conform to the name as written upon the face of this Right Certificate in every particular, without alteration or enlargement or any change whatsoever. 
 In the event the certification set forth above in the Form of Assignment or the Form of Election to Purchase, as the case may be, is not completed, such Assignment or Election to Purchase will not be honored.

  
  
  

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 EXHIBIT C 
 UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES, AS SET FORTH IN THE RIGHTS AGREEMENT, RIGHTS OWNED BY OR TRANSFERRED TO ANY PERSON WHO IS OR BECOMES AN ACQUIRING PERSON (AS DEFINED IN THE RIGHTS AGREEMENT) AND CERTAIN TRANSFEREES
THEREOF WILL BECOME NULL AND VOID AND WILL NO LONGER BE TRANSFERABLE. 
 SUMMARY OF RIGHTS TO PURCHASE 
 Shares of Series C Junior Participating Preferred Stock 
 On December 12, 2008 the Board of Directors of Virtus Investment Partners, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), declared a dividend of one preferred share purchase right (a
“Right”) for each outstanding share of common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Company (the “Common Stock”). The dividend is payable on December 31, 2008 to the stockholders of record as of the close of
business on December 22, 2008 (the “Record Date”). Each Right entitles the registered holder to purchase from the Company one one-thousandth of a share of Series C Junior Participating Preferred Stock, par value $0.01 per share
(the “Series C Preferred Stock”), of the Company at a price of $[        ] per one one-thousandth of a share of Series C Preferred Stock (as the same may be adjusted, the
“Purchase Price”). The description and terms of the Rights are set forth in a Rights Agreement, dated as of [            ], 200   (as the same may
be amended from time to time, the “Rights Agreement”), between the Company and Mellon Investor Services LLC, as Rights Agent (the “Rights Agent”). 
 Until the close of business on the earlier of (i) the tenth day after the first date of a public announcement that a person (other than an Exempted
Entity (as defined below)) or group of affiliated or associated persons (an “Acquiring Person”) has acquired beneficial ownership of 15% or more of the shares of Common Stock then outstanding or (ii) the tenth business day (or
such later date as may be determined by action of the Board of Directors prior to such time as any person or group of affiliated persons becomes an Acquiring Person) after the date of commencement of, or the first public announcement of an intention
to commence, a tender offer or exchange offer the consummation of which would result in the beneficial ownership by a person (other than an Exempted Entity) or group of 15% or more of the shares of Common Stock then outstanding (the earlier of such
dates being herein referred to as the “Distribution Date”), the Rights will be evidenced by the shares of Common Stock represented by certificates for Common Stock outstanding as of the Record Date, together with a copy of the
summary of rights disseminated in connection with the original dividend of Rights. 
 “Exempted Entity” shall mean
(1) the Company, (2) any Subsidiary (as defined below) of the Company (in the case of subclauses (1) and (2) including, without limitation, in its fiduciary capacity), (3) any employee benefit plan of the Company or of any
Subsidiary of the Company, (4) any entity or trustee holding Common Stock for or pursuant to the terms of any such plan or for the purpose of funding any such plan or funding other employee benefits for employees of the Company or of any
Subsidiary of the Company. In addition, notwithstanding any provision of the Rights Agreement to the contrary, Harris Investor shall be deemed an “Exempted Entity” for any purpose under the Rights Agreement, for so long as it is not in
material breach of Section 7.04 of the Investment and Contribution Agreement (the “Investment Agreement”), dated as of October 30, 2008, by and among the Company and Phoenix Investment Management Company, Harris Investor and The
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 Harris Investor is in material breach of Section 7.04 of the Investment Agreement, then Harris Investor shall cease
to be an Exempted Entity; provided, however, that to the extent at such time that Harris Investor ceases to be an Exempted Entity it beneficially owns 15% or more of the shares of Common Stock outstanding, notwithstanding anything in
the Rights Agreement to the contrary, it shall not be deemed to be or to have become an “Acquiring Person” for any purposes of the Rights Agreement unless and until it shall become the Beneficial Owner of any shares of Common Stock (other
than pursuant to a dividend or distribution paid or made by the Company on the outstanding Common Stock or pursuant to a split or subdivision of the outstanding Common Stock) in excess of the number of shares of Common Stock Harris Investor
Beneficially Owns at the time that it ceases to be an Exempted Entity. 
 The Rights Agreement provides that, until the Distribution Date (or
earlier redemption or expiration of the Rights), the Rights will be transferable only in connection with the transfer of Common Stock. Until the Distribution Date (or earlier redemption or expiration of the Rights), the surrender for transfer of any
certificates for shares of Common Stock outstanding as of the Record Date, even without a notation incorporating the Rights Agreement by reference or a copy of this Summary of Rights, will also constitute the transfer of the Rights associated with
the shares of Common Stock represented by such certificate. As soon as practicable following the Distribution Date, separate certificates evidencing the Rights (“Right Certificates”) will be mailed to holders of record of the Common
Stock as of the close of business on the Distribution Date and such separate Right Certificates alone will evidence the Rights. 
 The Rights
are not exercisable until the Distribution Date. The Rights will expire on June 19, 2011 (the “Final Expiration Date”), unless the Final Expiration Date is extended or unless the Rights are earlier redeemed or exchanged by the
Company, in each case as described below. 
 The Purchase Price payable, and the number of shares of Series C Preferred Stock or other
securities or property issuable, upon exercise of the Rights are subject to adjustment from time to time to prevent dilution (i) in the event of a stock dividend on, or a subdivision, combination or reclassification of, the Series C Preferred
Stock, (ii) upon the grant to holders of the Series C Preferred Stock of certain rights or warrants to subscribe for or purchase Series C Preferred Stock at a price, or securities convertible into Series C Preferred Stock with a conversion
price, less than the then-current market price of the Series C Preferred Stock or (iii) upon the distribution to holders of the Series C Preferred Stock of evidences of indebtedness or assets (excluding regular periodic cash dividends or
dividends payable in Series C Preferred Stock) or of subscription rights or warrants (other than those referred to above). 
 The Rights are
also subject to adjustment in the event of a stock dividend on the Common Stock payable in shares of Common Stock or subdivisions, consolidations or combinations of the Common Stock occurring, in any such case, prior to the Distribution Date.

 Shares of Series C Preferred Stock purchasable upon exercise of the Rights will not be redeemable. Each share of Series C Preferred Stock
will be entitled, when, as and if declared, to a minimum preferential quarterly dividend payment of the greater of (a) $1.00 per share and (b) an amount equal to 1,000 times the dividend declared per share of Common Stock. 

  

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 In the event of liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company, the holders of the Series C Preferred Stock will
be entitled to a minimum preferential liquidation payment of $1,000 per share (plus any accrued but unpaid dividends) but will be entitled to an aggregate 1,000 times the payment made per share of Common Stock. Each share of Series C Preferred Stock
will have 1,000 votes, voting together with the Common Stock. Finally, in the event of any merger, consolidation or other transaction in which shares of Common Stock are converted or exchanged, each share of Series C Preferred Stock will be entitled
to receive 1,000 times the amount received per share of Common Stock. These rights are protected by customary antidilution provisions. 
 Because of the nature of the Series C Preferred Stock’s dividend, liquidation and voting rights, the value of the one one-thousandth interest in a share of Series C Preferred Stock purchasable upon exercise of each Right should
approximate the value of one share of Common Stock. 
 In the event that any person or group of affiliated or associated persons becomes an
Acquiring Person, each holder of a Right, other than Rights beneficially owned by the Acquiring Person (which will thereupon become void), will thereafter have the right to receive upon exercise of a Right and payment of the Purchase Price, that
number of shares of Common Stock having a market value of two times the Purchase Price. 
 In the event that, after a person or group has
become an Acquiring Person, the Company is acquired in a merger or other business combination transaction or 50% or more of its consolidated assets or earning power are sold, proper provision will be made so that each holder of a Right (other than
Rights beneficially owned by an Acquiring Person which will have become void) will thereafter have the right to receive, upon the exercise thereof at the then-current exercise price of the Right, that number of shares of common stock of the person
with whom the Company has engaged in the foregoing transaction (or its parent), which number of shares at the time of such transaction will have a market value of two times the Purchase Price. 
 At any time after any person or group becomes an Acquiring Person and prior to the acquisition by such person or group of 50% or more of the outstanding
shares of Common Stock or the occurrence of an event described in the prior paragraph, the Board of Directors of the Company may exchange the Rights (other than Rights owned by such person or group which will have become void), in whole or in part,
at an exchange ratio of one share of Common Stock, or a fractional share of Series C Preferred Stock (or of a share of a similar class or series of the Company’s preferred stock having similar rights, preferences and privileges) of equivalent
value, per Right (subject to adjustment). 
 With certain exceptions, no adjustment in the Purchase Price will be required until cumulative
adjustments require an adjustment of at least 1% in such Purchase Price. No fractional shares of Series C Preferred Stock will be issued (other than fractions which are integral multiples of one one-thousandth of a share of Series C Preferred Stock,
which may, at the election of the Company, be evidenced by depositary receipts) and in lieu thereof, an adjustment in cash will be made based on the market price of the Series C Preferred Stock on the last trading day prior to the date of exercise.

  

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 At any time prior to the time an Acquiring Person becomes such, the Board of Directors of the Company may
redeem the Rights in whole, but not in part, at a price of $0.01 per Right (the “Redemption Price”). The redemption of the Rights may be made effective at such time, on such basis and with such conditions as the Board of Directors
in its sole discretion may establish. Immediately upon any redemption of the Rights, the right to exercise the Rights will terminate and the only right of the holders of Rights will be to receive the Redemption Price. 
 For so long as the Rights are then redeemable, the Company may, except with respect to the Redemption Price, amend the Rights Agreement in any manner.
After the Rights are no longer redeemable, the Company may, except with respect to the Redemption Price, amend the Rights Agreement in any manner that does not adversely affect the interests of holders of the Rights. 
 Until a Right is exercised or exchanged, the holder thereof, as such, will have no rights as a stockholder of the Company, including, without limitation,
the right to vote or to receive dividends. 
 A copy of the Rights Agreement has been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission as an
Exhibit to a Registration Statement on Form 10, dated June 30, 2008, as amended. A copy of the Rights Agreement is available free of charge from the Company. This summary description of the Rights does not purport to be complete and is
qualified in its entirety by reference to the Rights Agreement, as the same may be amended from time to time, which is hereby incorporated herein by reference. 
  

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