Document:

Virtus Investment Partners, Inc. Excess Investment Plan

 Exhibit 10.6 
 The CORPORATEplan for RetirementSM
 
 EXECUTIVE
PLAN 
 Adoption Agreement 
 IMPORTANT NOTE 
 This document has not been approved by the Department of Labor, the
Internal Revenue Service or any other governmental entity. An Employer must determine whether the plan is subject to the Federal securities laws and the securities laws of the various states. An Employer may not rely on this document to ensure any
particular tax consequences or to ensure that the Plan is “unfunded and maintained primarily for the purpose of providing deferred compensation to a select group of management or highly compensated employees” under the Employee Retirement
Income Security Act with respect to the Employer’s particular situation. Fidelity Management Trust Company, its affiliates and employees cannot and do not provide legal or tax advice or opinions in connection with this document. This document
does not constitute legal or tax advice or opinions and is not intended or written to be used, and it cannot be used by any taxpayer, for the purposes of avoiding penalties that may be imposed on the taxpayer. This document must be reviewed
by the Employer’s attorney prior to adoption. 
  

					
	 Plan Number: 44415
	  		  	ECM NQ 2007 AA
	 (07/2007)
	  		  	10/10/2008

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 ADOPTION AGREEMENT 
 ARTICLE 1 
  

	1.01	PLAN INFORMATION 

  

	 	(a)	Name of Plan: 

 This is the Virtus Investment Partners,
Inc. Non-Qualified Excess Investment Plan (the “Plan”). 
  

	 	(b)	Plan Status (Check one.): 

  

	 	(1)	Adoption Agreement effective date: 11/01/2008. 

  

	 	(2)	The Adoption Agreement effective date is (Check (A) or check and complete (B)): 

 (A)  x    A new Plan effective date 11/01/2008. 
 (B)   ̈     An amendment and restatement of the Plan. The original effective date of
the Plan was:               
  

	 	(c)	Name of Administrator, if not the Employer: 

                                        
                                         
                                         
                                         
                                         
                                    
  

	1.02	EMPLOYER 

  

	 	(a)	Employer Name: Virtus Investment Partners, Inc. 

  

	 	(b)	The term “Employer” includes the following Related Employer(s) 

 (as defined in Section 2.01(a)(25)) participating in the Plan: 
 Phoenix Equity Planning Corporation

 Phoenix Investment Counsel, Inc. 
 Kayne Adnerson Rudnick Investment Management, LLC 
 Rutherford Financial Corporation 
 Phoenix/Zweig Advisors LLC 
 Engemann Asset
Management 
 SCM Advisors, LLC 
 Duff & Phelps Investment Management Company 
  

					
	 Plan Number: 44415
	  		  	ECM NQ 2007 AA
	 (07/2007)
	  		  	10/10/2008

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	1.03	COVERAGE 

 (Check (a) and/or (b).)

  

							
	(a)	  	x	  	The following Employees are eligible to participate in the Plan (Check (1) or (2)):	  	

  

					
	(1)	  	x	  	Only those Employees designated in writing by the Employer, which writing is hereby incorporated herein.
			
	(2)	  	 ̈	  	Only those Employees in the eligible class described below:
			
		  		  	 
			
		  		  	 

  

					
	(b)	  	 ̈	  	The following Directors are eligible to participate in the Plan (Check (1) or (2)):

  

					
	(1)	  	 ̈	  	Only those Directors designated in writing by the Employer, which writing is hereby incorporated herein.
			
	(2)	  	 ̈	  	All Directors, effective as of the later of the date in 1.01(b) or the date the Director becomes a Director.
	
	(Note: A designation in Section 1.03(a)(l) or Section 1.03(b)(l) or a description in Section 1.03(a)(2) must include the effective date of such
participation.)

  

	1.04	COMPENSATION 

 (If Section 1.03(a) is
selected, select (a) or (b). If Section 1.03(b) is selected, complete (c))  
 For purposes of determining all
contributions under the Plan: 
  

					
	(a)	  	x	  	Compensation shall be as defined, with respect to Employees, in the Virtus Investment Partners, Inc. 401(k) Plan maintained by the Employer:

  

					
	(1)	  	x	  	to the extent it is in excess of the limit imposed under Code section 401(a)(17).
			
	(2)	  	 ̈	  	notwithstanding the limit imposed under Code section 401(a)(17).

  

					
	(b)	  	 ̈	  	Compensation shall be as defined in Section 2.01(a)(9) with respect to Employees (Check (1) and/or (2) below, if, and as, appropriate):

  

					
	(1)	  	 ̈	  	but excluding the following:
			
		  		  	 
			
	(2)	  	 ̈	  	but excluding bonuses, except those bonuses listed in the table in Section1.05(a)(2).

  

					
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	  		  	ECM NQ 2007 AA
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	  		  	10/10/2008

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	 	(c)	 ̈ Compensation shall be as defined in Section 2.01(a)(9)(c) with respect to Directors, but excluding the following: 

                                       
                                         
                                         
                                         
   
  

	1.05	CONTRIBUTIONS ON BEHALF OF EMPLOYEES 

  

	 	(a)	Deferral Contributions (Complete all that apply): 

  

			
	 (1) x
	  	Deferral Contributions. Subject to any minimum or maximum deferral amount provided below, the Employer shall make a Deferral Contribution in accordance with, and subject to, Section 4.01
on behalf of each Participant who has an executed salary reduction agreement in effect with the Employer for the applicable calendar year (or portion of the applicable calendar year).

  

									
	 Deferral Contributions
 Type of Compensation
	  	Dollar Amount	  	% Amount
	  	Min	  	Max	  	Min	  	Max
	 Excess Earnings
	  		  		  	0	  	60

 (Note: With respect to each type of Compensation, list the minimum and maximum dollar amounts
or percentages as whole dollar amounts or whole number percentages.) 
  

			
	 (2)  ̈
	  	Deferral Contributions with respect to Bonus Compensation only. The Employer requires Participants to enter into a special salary reduction agreement to make Deferral Contributions with
respect to one or more Bonuses, subject to minimum and maximum deferral limitations, as provided in the table below.

  

													
	 Deferral Contributions
 Type of Bonus
	  	Treated As	  	Dollar Amount	  	% Amount
	  	Performance
Based	  	Non-Performance
Based	  	Min	  	Max	  	Min	  	Max
		  		  		  		  		  		  	
		  		  		  		  		  		  	
		  		  		  		  		  		  	

 (Note: With respect to each type of Bonus, list the minimum and maximum dollar amounts or
percentages as whole dollar amounts or whole number percentages. In the event a bonus identified as a Performance-based Bonus above does not constitute a Performance-based Bonus with respect to any Participant, such Bonus will be treated as a
Non-Performance-based Bonus with respect to such Participant.) 

  

					
	 Plan Number: 44415
	  		  	ECM NQ 2007 AA
	 (07/2007)
	  		  	10/10/2008

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	 (b)
	 	Matching Contributions (Choose (1) or (2) below, and (3) below, as applicable):
				
		 	 (1)
	  	x	  	The Employer shall make a Matching Contribution on behalf of each Employee Participant in an amount described below:
					
		 		  	 (A)
	  	 ̈	  	    % of the Employee Participant’s Deferral Contributions for the calendar year.
					
		 		  	 (B)
	  	 ̈	  	The amount, if any, declared by the Employer in writing, which writing is hereby incorporated herein.
						
		 		  	 (C)
	  	x	  	Other:	  	100% of deferral contributions up to 3% of excess earnings plus 50% of deferral contributions over 3% of excess earnings but less than 5% of excess earnings.
				
		 	 (2)
	  	 ̈	  	Matching Contribution Offset. For each Employee Participant who has made elective contributions (as defined in 26 CFR section 1.401(k)-6 (“QP Deferrals”)) of the maximum
permitted under Code section 402(g), or the maximum permitted under the terms of the
                                         
        Plan (the “QP”), to the QP, the Employer shall make a Matching Contribution in an amount equal to (A) minus (B) below:
				
		 		  	(A)	  	The matching contributions (as defined in 26 CFR section 1.401(m)-l (a)(2) (“QP Match”)) that the Employee Participant would have received under the QP on the sum of the
Deferral Contributions and the Participant’s QP Deferrals, determined as though—
					
		 		  		  		  	 •      no limits otherwise imposed by the tax law applied to such QP match;
and

					
		 		  		  		  	 •      the Employee Participant’s Deferral Contributions had been made to the
QP.

				
		 		  	(B)	  	The QP Match actually made to such Employee Participant under the QP for the applicable calendar year.
		
		 	Provided, however, that the Matching Contributions made on behalf of any Employee Participant pursuant to this Section 1.05(b)(2) shall be limited as provided in
Section 4.02 hereof.
				
		 	 (3)
	  	 ̈	  	Matching Contribution Limits (Check the appropriate box (es)):
					
		 		  	(A)	  	 ̈	  	Deferral Contributions in excess of     % of the Employee Participant’s Compensation for the calendar year shall not be considered for Matching
Contributions.
					
		 		  	(B)	  	 ̈	  	Matching Contributions for each Employee Participant for each calendar year shall be limited to
$            .

  

					
	 Plan Number: 44415
	  		  	ECM NQ 2007 AA
	 (07/2007)
	  		  	10/10/2008

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	(c)	  	Employer Contributions
				
		  	(1)	  	 ̈	  	Fixed Employer Contributions. The Employer shall make an Employer Contribution on behalf of each Employee Participant in an amount determined as described below:
		  		  		  	  
 ____________________________________________________________________________________

		  		  		  	  
 ____________________________________________________________________________________

				
		  	(2)	  	x	  	Discretionary Employer Contributions. The Employer may make Employer Contributions to the accounts of Employee Participants in any amount (which amount may be zero), as determined by
the Employer in its sole discretion from time to time in a writing, which is hereby incorporated herein.

  

	1.06	CONTRIBUTIONS ON BEHALF OF DIRECTORS 

									
				
		  	 (a)    
	  	 ̈	  	Director Deferral Contributions
					
		  		  		  		  	The Employer shall make a Deferral Contribution in accordance with, and subject to, Section 4.01 on behalf of each Director Participant who has an executed deferral agreement in effect
with the Employer for the applicable calendar year (or portion of the applicable calendar year), which deferral agreement shall be subject to any minimum and/or maximum deferral amounts provided in the table below.

  

									
	 Deferral Contributions
 Type of Compensation
	  	Dollar Amount	  	% Amount
	 	  	Min	  	Max	  	Min	  	Max
		  		  		  		  	
		  		  		  		  	
		  		  		  		  	

  

							
				
		  		  		  	(Note: With respect to each type of Compensation, list the minimum and maximum dollar amounts or percentages as whole dollar amounts or whole number percentages.)
		
	(b)	  	Matching and Employer Contributions:
				
		  	 (1)
	  	 ̈	  	Matching Contributions. The Employer shall make a Matching Contribution on behalf of each Director Participant in an amount determined as described below:
		  		  		  	  
 ____________________________________________________________________________________

		  		  		  	  
 ____________________________________________________________________________________

  

					
	 Plan Number: 44415
	  		  	ECM NQ 2007 AA
	 (07/2007)
	  		  	10/10/2008

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	    (2)	 	 ̈	    	Fixed Employer Contributions._The Employer shall make an Employer Contribution on behalf of each Director Participant in an amount determined as described below:
		 		    	                                       
                                         
                                         
                               
			
		 		    	                                       
                                         
                                         
                               
			
	(3)	 	 ̈	    	Discretionary Employer Contributions. The Employer may make Employer
		 		    	Contributions to the accounts of Director Participants in any amount (which amount may be zero), as determined by the Employer in its sole discretion from time to time, in a writing, which is
hereby incorporated herein.

  

	1.07	DISTRIBUTIONS 

 The form and timing of distributions
from the Participant’s vested Account shall be made consistent with the elections in this Section 1.07. 
 (a)
(1)    Distribution options to be provided to Participants 
  

																	
	 	 	(A) Specified
Date	 	(B) Specified
Age	 	(C) Separation
From
Service	 	(D) Earlier of
Separation or
Age	 	(E) Earlier of
Separation or
Specified
Date	 	(F) Disability	 	(G) Change
in Control	 	(H) Death
									
	Deferral Contribution	 	 ̈  Lump Sum  
  ̈  Installments
	 	 ̈  Lump Sum  
  ̈  Installments
	 	þ  Lump Sum  
 þ  Installments
	 	 ̈  Lump Sum  
  ̈  Installments
	 	 ̈  Lump Sum  
  ̈  Installments
	 	 ̈  Lump Sum  
  ̈  Installments
	 	 ̈  Lump Sum  
	 	 ̈  Lump Sum  
  ̈  Installments

									
	Matching Contributions	 	 ̈  Lump Sum  
  ̈  Installments
	 	 ̈  Lump Sum  
  ̈  Installments
	 	þ   Lump Sum  
 þ  Installments
	 	 ̈  Lump Sum  
  ̈  Installments
	 	 ̈  Lump Sum  
  ̈  Installments
	 	 ̈  Lump Sum  
  ̈  Installments
	 	 ̈  Lump Sum  
	 	 ̈  Lump Sum  
  ̈  Installments

									
	Employer Contributions	 	 ̈  Lump Sum  
  ̈  Installments
	 	 ̈  Lump Sum  
  ̈  Installments
	 	þ  Lump Sum  
 þ  Installments
	 	 ̈  Lump Sum  
  ̈  Installments
	 	 ̈  Lump Sum  
  ̈  Installments
	 	 ̈  Lump Sum  
  ̈  Installments
	 	 ̈  Lump Sum  
	 	 ̈  Lump Sum  
  ̈  Installments

 (Note: If the Employer elects (F), (G), or (H) above, the Employer must also elect (A), (B),
(C), (D), or (E) above, and the Participant must also elect (A), (B), (C), (D), or (E) above. In the event the Employer elects only a single payment trigger and/or payment method above, then such single payment trigger and/or payment
method shall automatically apply to the Participant. If the employer elects to provide for payment upon a specified date or age, and the employer applies a vesting schedule to amounts that may be subject to such payment trigger(s), the employer must
apply a minimum deferral period, the number of 
  

					
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	  		  	ECM NQ 2007 AA
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	  		  	10/10/2008

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years of which must be greater than the number of years required for 100% vesting in any such amounts. If the employer elects to provide for payment upon
disability and/or death, and the employer applies a vesting schedule to amounts that may be subject to such payment trigger, the employer must also elect to apply 100% vesting in any such amounts upon disability and/or death.) 
  

			
	(2)  ̈	  	A Participant incurs a Disability when the Participant (Check at least one if Section 1.07(a)(l)(F) or if Section 1.08(e)(3) is elected):

  

					
	(A)	  	 ̈	  	is unable to engage in any substantial gainful activity by reason of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment that can be expected to result in death or can be expected to
last for a continuous period of not less than 12 months.
			
	(B)	  	 ̈	  	is, by reason of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment that can be expected to result in death or can be expected to last for a continuous period of not less than 12
months, receiving income replacement benefits for a period of not less than 3 months under an accident and health plan covering employees of the Employer.
			
	(C)	  	 ̈	  	is determined to be totally disabled by the Social Security Administration or the Railroad Retirement Board.
			
	(D)	  	 ̈	  	is determined to be disabled pursuant to the following disability insurance
program:                      the definition of disability under which complies with the requirements in regulations under Code section
409A.

 (Note: If more than one box above is checked, then the Participant will have a Disability if he
satisfies at least one of the descriptions corresponding to one of such checked boxes.) 
  

			
	(3)  ̈	  	Regardless of any payment trigger and, as applicable, payment method, to which the Participant would otherwise be subject pursuant to (1) above, the first to occur of the following
Plan-level payment triggers will cause payment to the Participant commencing pursuant to Section 1.07(c)(l) below in a lump sum, provided such Plan-level payment trigger occurs prior to the payment trigger to which the Participant would
otherwise be subject. 

 Payment Trigger 
  

					
	(A)	  	 ̈	  	Separation from Service prior to:
		  		  	                                       
                                         
                                
	(B)	  	 ̈	  	Separation from Service
	(C)	  	 ̈	  	Death
	(D)	  	 ̈	  	Change in Control

  

					
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	  		  	ECM NQ 2007 AA
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	 	(b)	Distribution Election Change 

 A Participant 
 (1) x shall
 (2)  ̈ shall not 
 be permitted to modify a scheduled distribution election in accordance
with Section 8.01(b) hereof. 
  

	 	(c)	Commencement of Distributions 

  

	 	(1)	Each lump sum distribution and the first distribution in a series of installment payments (if applicable) shall commence as elected in (A), (B) or (C) below:

  

					
		 	 (A) x	  	Monthly on the 15th day of the month which day next follows the applicable triggering event described in 1.07(a).
			
		 	 (B)   ̈	  	Quarterly on the      day of the following months
                    ,
                    ,
                    , or
                     (list one month in each calendar quarter) which day next follows the applicable triggering event described in 1.07(a).

			
		 	 (C)   ̈	  	Annually on the      day of                      (month)
which day next follows the applicable triggering event described in 1.07 (a).

 (Note: Notwithstanding the above: a six-month delay shall be imposed with respect to certain
distributions to Specified Employees; a Participant who chooses payment on a Specified Date will choose a month, year or quarter (as applicable) only, and payment will be made on the applicable date elected in (A), (B) or (C) above that
falls within such month, year or quarter elected by the Participant.) 
  

	 	(2)	The commencement of distributions pursuant to the events elected in Section 1.07(a)(l) and Section 1.07(a)(3) shall be modified by application of the following:

  

					
		 	 (A) x	  	Separation from Service Event Delay – Separation from Service will be treated as not having occurred for 6 months after the date of such event
			
		 	 (B)   ̈	  	Plan Level Delay – all distribution events (other than those based on Specified Date or Specified Age) will be treated as not having occurred for      days
(insert number of days but not more than 30).

  

	 	(d)	Installment Frequency and Duration 

 If installments are
available under the Plan pursuant to Section 1.07(a), a Participant shall be permitted to elect that the installments will be paid (Complete 1 and 2 below): 
  

					
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	 	(1)	at the following intervals: 

  

					
		 	 (A)  ̈	  	Monthly commencing on the day elected in Section 1.07(c)(l). 
			
		 	 (B)   ̈	  	Quarterly commencing on the day elected in Section l.07(c)(l) (with payments made at three-month intervals thereafter).
			
		 	 (C)  x	  	Annually commencing on the day elected in Section 1.07(c)(l). 

  

	 	(2)	over the following term(s) (Complete either (A) or (B)): 

 (A) x  Any term of whole years between 2 (minimum of 1) and 10 (maximum of 30). 
 (B)  ̈   Any of the whole year terms selected below. 
  

											
	  ̈   1
	 	 ̈   2	 	 ̈   3	 	 ̈   4	 	 ̈   5	 	 ̈   6
	  ̈   7
	 	 ̈   8	 	 ̈   9	 	 ̈ 10	 	 ̈ 11	 	 ̈ 12
	  ̈ 13
	 	 ̈ 14	 	 ̈ 15	 	 ̈ 16	 	 ̈ 17	 	 ̈ 18
	  ̈ 19
	 	 ̈ 20	 	 ̈ 21	 	 ̈ 22	 	 ̈ 23	 	 ̈ 24
	  ̈ 25
	 	 ̈ 26	 	 ̈ 27	 	 ̈ 28	 	 ̈ 29	 	 ̈ 30

 (Note: Only elect a term of one year if Section 1.07(d)(l)(A) and/or
Section 1.07(d)(l)(B) is elected above.) 
  

	 	(e)	Conversion to Lump Sum 

  

	 	x	Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, if the Participant’s vested Account at the time such Account becomes payable to him hereunder does not exceed $
25,000.00 distribution of the Participant’s vested Account shall automatically be made in the form of a single lump sum at the time prescribed in Section 1.07(c)(l). 

  

	 	(f)	Distribution Rules Applicable to Pre-effective Date Accruals 

  

	 	 ̈	Benefits accrued under the Plan (subject to Code section 409A) prior to the date in Section 1.01(b)(l) above are subject to distribution rules not described in
Section 1.07(a) through (e), and such rules are described in Attachment A Re: PRE EFFECTIVE DATE ACCRUAL DISTRIBUTION RULES. 

  

	1.08	VESTING SCHEDULE 

  

					
	(a)	  	(1)	  	The Participant’s vested percentage in Matching Contributions elected in Section 1.05(b) shall be based upon the following schedule and unless Section 1.08(a)(2) is checked below
will be based on the elapsed time method as described in Section 7.03(b).

  

					
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	 Years of Service
	 	 Vesting %

	 0
	 	100
	 1
	 	100

  
  

									
		  	(2)	  	 ̈	  	Vesting shall be based on the class year method as described in Section 7.03(c).
			
	(b)	  	(1)	  	The Participant’s vested percentage in Employer Contributions elected in Section 1.05(c) shall be based upon the following schedule and unless Section 1.08(b)(2) is
checked below will be based on the elapsed time method as described in Section 7.03(b).

			
		
	 Years of Service
	  	 Vesting %

	0	  	100
	1	  	100

											
				
		 	(2)	  	 ̈	  	Vesting shall be based on the class year method as described in Section 7.03(c).
			
	(c)	 	 ̈	  	Years of Service shall exclude (Check one.):
					
		 		  	(1)	  	 ̈	  	for new plans, service prior to the Effective Date as defined in Section 1.01(b)(2)(A).
					
		 		  	(2)	  	 ̈	  	for existing plans converting from another plan document, service prior to the original Effective Date as defined in Section 1.01(b)(2)(B).
			
		 		  	(Note: Do not elect to apply this Section 1.08(c) if vesting is based only on the class year method.)
			
	(d)	 	 ̈	  	Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, a Participant will forfeit his Matching Contributions and Employer Contributions (regardless of whether vested) upon the occurrence
of the following event(s):
				
		 		  		  	                                       
                                         
                                         
                                       

				
		 		  		  	                                       
                                         
                                         
                                       

		
		 	(Note: Contributions with respect to Directors, which are 100% vested at all times, are subject to the rule in this subsection (d).)
		
	(e)	 	 A Participant will be 100% vested in his Matching Contributions and Employer Contributions upon (Check the appropriate
box(es)):

					
		 		  	(1)	  	 ̈	  	Retirement eligibility is the date the Participant attains age      and completes      Years of Service, as defined in
Section 7.03(b).

  

					
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		 		  		  		  	(2)	  	 ̈	  	Death.
							
		 		  		  		  	(3)	  	 ̈	  	The date on which the Participant becomes disabled, as determined under Section 1.07(a)(2).
					
		 		  		  		  	(Note: Participants will automatically vest upon Change in Control if Section 1.07(a)(l)(G) is elected.)
				
		 	(f)	  	 ̈	  	Years of Service in Section 1.08 (a)(l) and Section 1.08 (b)(l) shall include service with the following employers:
					
		 		  		  		  	                                       
                                         
                                         
   
					
		 		  		  		  	                                       
                                         
                                         
   
		
	1.09	 	INVESTMENT DECISIONS
			
		 		  	A Participant’s Account shall be treated as invested in the Permissible Investments as directed by the Participant unless otherwise provided below:
					
		 		  		  		  	                                       
                                         
                                         
   
					
		 		  		  		  	                                       
                                         
                                         
   
		
	1.10	 	ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS
			
		 		  	The Employer may elect Option below and complete the Superseding Provisions Addendum to describe overriding provisions that are not otherwise reflected in this Adoption Agreement.

				
		 		  	x	  	The Employer has completed the Superseding Provisions Addendum to reflect the provisions of the Plan that supersede provisions of this Adoption Agreement and/or the Basic Plan
Document.

  

					
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	  		  	ECM NQ 2007 AA
	 (07/2007)
	  		  	10/10/2008

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 EXECUTION PAGE 
 (Fidelity’s Copy) 
 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Employer has caused this Adoption Agreement to be executed this
     day of              , 20     . 
  

			
	Employer	  	  

		
	By	  	  

		
	Title	  	  

  

					
	 Plan Number: 44415
	  		  	ECM NQ 2007 AA
	 (07/2007)
	  		  	10/10/2008

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 EXECUTION PAGE 
 (Employer’s Copy) 
 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Employer has caused this Adoption Agreement to be executed this
     day of              , 20    . 
  

			
	Employer	  	  

		
	By	  	  

		
	Title	  	  

  

  

					
	 Plan Number: 44415
	  		  	ECM NQ 2007 AA
	 (07/2007)
	  		  	10/10/2008

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 AMENDMENT EXECUTION PAGE 
 (Fidelity’s Copy) 
 Plan Name: Virtus Investment Partners, Inc. Non-Qualified Excess Investment Plan (the
“Plan”) 
 Employer:   Virtus Investment Partners, Inc. 
 (Note: These execution pages are to be completed in the event the Employer modifies any prior election(s) or makes a new election(s) in this Adoption Agreement. Attach the amended page(s) of the Adoption Agreement to
these execution pages.) 
 The following section(s) of the Plan are hereby amended effective as of the date(s) set forth below: 

 

			
	 Section Amended
	  	            Effective Date            
	 	  	 
	 	  	 
	 	  	 
	 	  	 
	 	  	 
	 	  	 
	 	  	 
	 	  	 

 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Employer has caused this Amendment to be executed on the date below.

  

			
	Employer:	  	  

		
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 AMENDMENT EXECUTION PAGE 
 (Employer’s Copy) 
 Plan Name: Virtus Investment Partners, Inc. Non-Qualified Excess Investment Plan (the
“Plan”) 
 Employer:   Virtus Investment Partners, Inc. 
 (Note: These execution pages are to be completed in the event the Employer modifies any prior election(s) or makes a new election(s) in this Adoption Agreement. Attach the amended page(s) of the Adoption Agreement to
these execution pages.) 
  

			
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 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Employer has caused this Amendment to be executed on the date below.

  

			
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 ATTACHMENT A 
 Re: PRE EFFECTIVE DATE ACCRUAL DISTRIBUTION RULES 
 Plan Name:    Virtus Investment Partners, Inc.
Non-Qualified Excess Investment Plan (the “Plan”) 
                                        
                                         
                                         
                                         
                                         
                                         
     
                                        
                                         
                                         
                                         
                                         
                                         
     
                                        
                                         
                                         
                                         
                                         
                                         
     
                                        
                                         
                                         
                                         
                                         
                                         
     
                                        
                                         
                                         
                                        
                                         
                                         
      
                                        
                                         
                                         
                                         
                                         
                                         
     
                                        
                                         
                                         
                                         
                                         
                                         
     
  

					
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 ATTACHMENT B 
 Re: SUPERSEDING PROVISIONS 
 for 
 Plan Name:    Virtus Investment Partners, Inc. Non-Qualified Excess Investment Plan (the “Plan”) 
  

	 	(a) 	Superseding Provision(s) – The following provisions supersede other provisions of this Adoption Agreement and/or the Basic Plan Document as described below:

  

	(1)	Participation by Two Inactive Mutual Fund Board Directors 

 As of the effective date of the Phoenix Investment Partners, Ltd. Non-Qualified Excess Investment Plan (the “Plan”), there are two directors with account balances in the Fund Board Deferred Compensation Program sponsored by The
Phoenix Companies, Inc. These two directors will be reflected for recordkeeping purposes only under the Plan. These two directors will not be eligible to make deferral contributions under Section 1.05 of this Adoption Agreement and will not be
eligible to receive any employer match or discretionary contributions under Section 1.06 of this Adoption Agreement. Elections with respect to the form and timing of distributions for the accounts of these two directors were made prior to the
transfer of their accounts to this Plan and will continue to be effective (without any further modification) after the transfer of their accounts. The primary purpose of establishing accounts under the Plan for these two directors is to accommodate
established distributions after the spin-off of Phoenix Investment Partners, Ltd. 
  

	(2)	No Beneficiary Designation 

 If, upon the death of
the Participant there is, in the opinion of the Administrator, no designated Beneficiary for all of part of the Participant’s Account, the Account shall be paid to the Participant’s surviving spouse or domestic partner. If there is no
surviving spouse or domestic partner, the Account shall be paid to the Participant’s children (including stepchildren and adopted children) per stirpes, or, if there are no children, to the Participant’s estate. This provision shall
supersede Section 7.02 of the Basic Plan Document. 
  

	(3)	One-Time Change to Distribution Election 

 A
Participant may make a one-time change to his or her distribution election pursuant to Section 1.07(b) of this Adoption Agreement provided that: 
  

	 	(i)	the Participant’s subsequent distribution election change must not take effect until at least 12 months after the date on which the subsequent election is made; and

  

	 	(ii)	the payment with respect to which the Participant’s subsequent distribution election is made must be deferred for a period of not less than five years from the date such
payment was initially to be paid pursuant to the Participant’s initial distribution election. 

  

					
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 The CORPORATEplan for RetirementSM 
 EXECUTIVE PLAN 
 BASIC PLAN DOCUMENT  
 IMPORTANT NOTE 
 This document has not been
approved by the Department of Labor, the Internal Revenue Service or any other governmental entity. The Employer must determine whether the plan is subject to the Federal securities laws and the securities laws of the various states. The Employer
may not rely on this document to ensure any particular tax consequences or to ensure that the Plan is “unfunded and maintained primarily for the purpose of providing deferred compensation to a select group of management or highly compensated
employees” under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act with respect to the Employer’s particular situation. Fidelity Management Trust Company, its affiliates and employees cannot and do not provide legal or tax advice or opinions in
connection with this document. This document does not constitute legal or tax advice or opinions and is not intended or written to be used, and it cannot be used by any taxpayer, for the purposes of avoiding penalties that may be imposed on the
taxpayer. This document must be reviewed by the Employer’s attorney prior to adoption. 
  

					
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 CORPORATEplan for Retirement EXECUTIVE 
 BASIC PLAN DOCUMENT 
  

	
	ARTICLE 1
	 ADOPTION AGREEMENT

	
	ARTICLE 2
	 DEFINITIONS

	
	 2.01 - Definitions

	
	ARTICLE 3
	 PARTICIPATION

	
	 3.01 - Date of Participation

	 3.02 - Participation Following a Change in Status

	
	ARTICLE 4
	 CONTRIBUTIONS

	
	 4.01 - Deferral Contributions

	 4.02 - Matching Contributions

	 4.03 - Employer Contributions

	 4.04 - Election Forms

	
	ARTICLE 5
	 PARTICIPANTS’ ACCOUNTS

	
	ARTICLE 6
	 INVESTMENT OF ACCOUNTS

	
	 6.01 - Manner of Investment

	 6.02 - Investment Decisions, Earnings and Expenses

	
	ARTICLE 7
	 RIGHT TO BENEFITS

	
	 7.01 - Retirement

	 7.02 - Death

	 7.03 - Separation from Service

	 7.04 - Vesting after Partial Distribution

	 7.05 - Forfeitures

	 7.06 - Change in Control

	 7.07 - Disability

	 7.08 - Directors

	
	ARTICLE 8
	 DISTRIBUTION OF BENEFITS

	
	 8.01 - Events Triggering and Form of Distributions

	 8.02 - Notice to Trustee

	 8.03 - Unforeseeable Emergency Withdrawals

  

					
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	ARTICLE 9
	 AMENDMENT AND TERMINATION

	
	 9.01 - Amendment by Employer

	 9.02 - Termination

	
	ARTICLE 10
	 MISCELLANEOUS

	
	 10.01 - Communication to Participants

	 10.02 - Limitation of Rights

	 10.03 - Nonalienability of Benefits

	 10.04 - Facility of Payment

	 10.05 - Plan Records

	 10.06 - USERRA

	 10.07 - Governing Law

	
	ARTICLE 11
	 PLAN ADMINISTRATION

	
	 11.01 - Powers and Responsibilities of the Administrator

	 11.02 - Claims and Review Procedures

  

					
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 PREAMBLE  
 It is the intention of the Employer to establish herein an unfunded plan maintained solely for the purpose of providing deferred compensation for a select group of management or highly compensated employees as
provided in ERISA. The Employer further intends that this Plan comply with Code section 409A, and the Plan is to be construed accordingly. 
 If the Employer has previously maintained the Plan described herein pursuant to a previously existing plan document or description, the Employer’s adoption of this Plan document is an amendment and complete restatement of, and
supersedes, such previously existing document or description with respect to benefits accrued or to be paid on or after the effective date of this document (except to the extent expressly provided otherwise herein). 
 Article 1. Adoption Agreement. 
 Article 2.
Definitions. 
 2.01. Definitions. 
 (a) Wherever used herein, the following terms have the meanings set forth below, unless a different meaning is clearly required by the context: 
 (1) “Account” means an account established on the books of the Employer for the purpose of recording amounts credited to a Participant and any
income, expenses, gains, or losses attributable thereto. 
 (2) “Active Participant” means a Participant who is eligible to accrue
benefits under a plan (other than earnings on amounts previously deferred) within the 24-month period ending on the date the Participant becomes a Participant under Section 3.01. Notwithstanding the above, however, a Participant is not an
Active Participant if he has been paid all amounts deferred under the plan, provided that he was, on and before the date of the last payment, ineligible to continue or to elect to continue to participate in the plan for periods after such last
payment (other than through an election of a different time and form of payment with respect to the amounts paid). 
  

	 	(A)	For purposes of Section 4.01(d), as used in the first paragraph of the definition of “Active Participant” above, “plan” means an account balance plan (or
portion thereof) of the Employer or a Related Employer subject to Code section 409A pursuant to which the Participant is eligible to accrue benefits only if the Participant elects to defer compensation thereunder, and the “date the Participant
becomes a Participant under Section 3.01” refers only to the date the Participant becomes a Participant with respect to Deferral Contributions. 

  

	 	(B)	For purposes of Section 8.01(a)(2), as used in the first paragraph of the definition of “Active Participant” above, “plan” means an account balance plan (or
portion thereof) of the Employer or a Related Employer subject to Code section 409A pursuant to which the Participant is eligible to accrue benefits without any election by the Participant to defer compensation thereunder, and the “date the
Participant becomes a Participant under Section 3.01” refers only to the date the Participant becomes a Participant with respect to Matching or Employer Contributions. 

  

					
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 (3) “Administrator” means the Employer adopting this Plan (but excluding Related Employers) or
other person designated by the Employer in Section 1.01(c). 
 (4) “Adoption Agreement” means Article 1, under which the
Employer establishes and adopts or amends the Plan and selects certain provisions of the Plan. The provisions of the Adoption Agreement are an integral part of the Plan. 
 (5) “Beneficiary” means the person or persons entitled under Section 7.02 to receive benefits under the Plan upon the death of a Participant. 
 (6) “Bonus” means any Performance-based Bonus or any Non-performance-based Bonus as listed and identified in the table in
Section 1.05(a)(2) hereof. 
 (7) “Change in Control” means a change in control with respect to the applicable corporation, as
defined in 26 CFR section 1.409A-3(i)(5). For purposes of this definition “applicable corporation” means: 
  

	 	(A)	The corporation for which the Participant is performing services at the time of the change in control event; 

  

	 	(B)	The corporation(s) liable for payment hereunder (but only if either the accrued benefit hereunder is attributable to the performance of service by the Participant for such
corporation(s) or there is a bona fide business purpose for such corporation(s) to be liable for such payment and, in either case, no significant purpose of making such corporation(s) liable for such benefit is the avoidance of Federal income tax);
or 

  

	 	(C)	A corporate majority shareholder of one of the corporations described in (A) or (B) above or any corporation in a chain of corporations in which each corporation is a
majority shareholder of another corporation in the chain, ending in a corporation identified in (A) or (B) above. 

 (8) “Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time. 
 (9) “Compensation” means for
purposes of Article 4: 
  

	 	(A)	If the Employer elects Section 1.04(a), such term as defined in such Section 1.04(a). 

  

	 	(B)	If the Employer elects Section 1.04(b), wages as defined in Code section 3401(a) and all other payments of compensation to an Employee by the Employer (in the course of the
Employer’s trade or business) for which the Employer is required to furnish the Employee a written statement under Code sections 6041(d) and 6051(a)(3), excluding any items elected by the Employer in Section 1.04(b), reimbursements or
other expense allowances, fringe benefits (cash and non-cash), moving expenses, deferred compensation and welfare benefits, but including amounts that are not includable in the gross income of the Employee under a salary reduction agreement by
reason of the application of Code section 125, 132(f)(4), 402(e)(3), 402(h) or 403(b). Compensation shall be determined without regard to any rules under Code section 3401(a) that limit the remuneration included in wages based on the nature or
location of the employment or the services performed (such as the exception for agricultural labor in Code section 3401(a)(2)). 

  

					
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	 	(C)	If the Employer elects Section 1.04(c), any and all monetary remuneration paid to the Director by the Employer, including, but not limited to, meeting fees and annual
retainers, and excluding items listed in Section 1.04(c). 

 For purposes of this Section 2.01(a)(9), Compensation
shall also include amounts deferred pursuant to an election under Section 4.01. 
 (10) “Deferral Contribution” means a
hypothetical contribution credited to a Participant’s Account as the result of the Participant’s election to reduce his Compensation in exchange for such credit, as described in Section 4.01. 
 (11) “Director” means a person, other than an Employee, who is elected or appointed as a member of the board of directors of the Employer, with
respect to a corporation, or to an analogous position with respect to an entity that is not a corporation. 
 (12) “Disability” is
described in Section 1.07(a)(2). 
 (13) “Employee” means any employee of the Employer. 
 (14) “Employer” means the employer named in Section 1.02(a) and any Related Employers listed in Section 1.02(b). 
 (15) “Employer Contribution” means a hypothetical contribution credited to a Participant’s Account under the Plan as a result of the
Employer’s crediting of such amount, as described in Section 4.03. 
 (16) “Employment Commencement Date” means the date
on which the Employee commences employment with the Employer. 
 (17) “ERISA” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of
1974, as from time to time amended. 
 (18) “Inactive Participant” means a Participant who is not an Employee or Director.

 (19) “Matching Contribution” means a hypothetical contribution credited to a Participant’s Account under the Plan as a
result of the Employer’s crediting of such amount, as described in Section 4.02. 
 (20) “Non-performance-based Bonus”
means any Bonus listed under the column entitled “non-performance based” in Section 1.05(a)(2). 
 (21) “Participant”
means any Employee or Director who participates in the Plan in accordance with Article 3 (or formerly participated in the Plan and has an amount credited to his Account). 
 (22) “Performance-based Bonus” means any Bonus listed under the column entitled “performance based” in Section 1.05(a)(2), which constitutes compensation, the amount of, or entitlement to,
which is contingent on the satisfaction of pre-established organizational or individual performance criteria relating to a performance period of at least 12 consecutive months and which is further defined in 26 CFR section 1.409A-1(e). 

(23) “Permissible Investment” means the investments specified by the Employer as available for hypothetical investment of Accounts. The
Permissible Investments under the Plan are listed in the Service Agreement, and the provisions of the Service Agreement listing the Permissible Investments are hereby incorporated herein. 
  

					
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 (24) “Plan” means the plan established by the Employer as set forth herein as a new plan or as
an amendment to an existing plan, such establishment to be evidenced by the Employer’s execution of the Adoption Agreement, together with any and all amendments hereto. 
 (25) “Related Employer” means any employer other than the Employer named in Section 1.02(a), if the Employer and such other employer are
members of a controlled group of corporations (as defined in Code section 414(b)) or trades or businesses (whether or not incorporated) under common control (as defined in Code section 414(c)). 
 (26) “Separation from Service” means the date the Participant retires or otherwise has a termination of employment (or a termination of the
contract pursuant to which the Participant has provided services as a Director, for a Director Participant) with the Employer and all Related Employers, as further defined in 26 CFR section 1.409A-1(h); provided, however, that 
 (A) For purposes of this paragraph (26), the definition of “Related Employer” shall be modified as follows: 
 (i) In applying Code section 1563(a)(1), (2) and (3) for purposes of determining a controlled group of corporations under Code section 414(b),
the phrase “at least 50%” shall be used instead of “at least 80 percent” each place “at least 80 percent” appears in Code section 1563(a)(1), (2) and (3); and 
 (ii) In applying 26 CFR section 1.414(c)-2 for purposes of determining trades or business (whether or not incorporated) under common control for purposes
of Code section 414(c), the phrase “at least 50%” shall be used instead of “at least 80 percent” each place “at least 80 percent” appears in 26 CFR section 1.414(c)-2. 
 (B) In the event a Participant provides services to the Employer or a Related Employer as an Employee and a Director, 
 (i) The Employee Participant’s services as a Director are not taken into account in determining whether the Participant has a Separation from
Service as an Employee; and 
 (ii) The Director Participant’s services as an Employee are not taken into account in determining whether
the Participant has a Separation from Service as a Director 
 provided that this Plan is not aggregated with a plan subject to Code section
409A in which the Director Participant participates as an employee of the Employer or a Related Employer or in which the Employee Participant participates as a director (or a similar position with respect to a non-corporate entity) of the Employer
or a Related Employer, as applicable, pursuant to 26 CFR section 1.409A-1(c)(2)(ii). 
 (27) “Service Agreement” means the agreement
between the Employer and Trustee regarding the arrangement between the parties for recordkeeping services with respect to the Plan. 
 (28)
“Specified Employee,” (unless defined by the Employer in a separate writing, in which case such writing is hereby incorporated herein) means a Participant who meets the requirements in 26 CFR section 1.409A-1(i) applying the default
definition components provided in such regulation (those that would apply absent elections, as described in 26 CFR section 1.409A-1(i)(8)), including an identification date of December 31. In the event that such default definition components
are applicable, the Employer has elected Section 1.01(b)(2) and, immediately prior to the date in Section 1.01(b)(2), the Plan applied an identification date (the “prior date”) other than the December 31, the prior date
shall continue to apply, and December 31 shall not apply, until the date that is 12 months after the date in Section 1.01(b)(2). 
  

					
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 (29) “Trust” means the trust created by the Employer, pursuant to the Trust agreement between
the Employer and the Trustee, under which assets are held, administered, and managed, subject to the claims of the Employer’s creditors in the event of the Employer’s insolvency, until paid to Participants and their Beneficiaries as
specified in the Plan. 
 (30) “Trust Fund” means the property held in the Trust by the Trustee. 
 (31) “Trustee” means the individual(s) or entity appointed by the Employer under the Trust agreement. 
 (32) “Unforeseeable Emergency” is as defined in 26 CFR section 1.409A-3(i)(3)(i). 
 (33) “Year of Service” is as defined in Section 7.03(b) for purposes of the elapsed time method and in Section 7.03(c) for purposes of
the class year method. 
 (b) Pronouns used in the Plan are in the masculine gender but include the feminine gender unless the context clearly
indicates otherwise. 
 Article 3. Participation.  
 3.01. Date of Participation. An Employee or Director becomes a Participant on the date such Employee’s or Director’s participation becomes effective (as described in Section 1.03). 
 3.02. Participation following a Change in Status.  
 (a) If a Participant ceases to be an Employee or Director and thereafter resumes the same status he had as a Participant during his immediately previous participation in the Plan (as an Employee if previously a Participant as an Employee
and as a Director if previously a Participant as a Director), he will again become a Participant immediately upon resumption of such status, provided, however, that if such Participant is a Director, he is an eligible Director upon resumption of
such status (as defined in Section 1.03(b)), and provided, further, that if such Participant is an Employee, he is an eligible Employee upon resumption of such status (as defined in Section 1.03(a)). Deferral Contributions to such
Participant’s Account thereafter, if any, shall be subject to (1) or (2) below. 
 (1) If the Participant resumes such status
during a period for which such Participant had previously made a valid deferral election pursuant to Section 4.01, he shall immediately resume such Deferral Contributions. Deferral Contributions applicable to periods thereafter shall be made
pursuant to the election and other rules described in Section 4.01. 
 (2) If the Participant resumes such status after the period
described in the first sentence of paragraph (1) of this Section 3.02, any Deferral Contributions with respect to such Participant shall be made pursuant to the election and other rules described in Section 4.01. 
 (b) When an individual who is a Participant due to his status as an eligible Employee (as defined in Section 1.03(a)) continues in the employ of the
Employer or Related Employer but ceases to be an eligible Employee, the individual shall not receive an allocation of Matching or Employer Contributions for the period during which he is not an eligible Employee. Such Participant shall continue to
make Deferral Contributions throughout the remainder of the applicable period (as described in Section 4.01) in which such change in status occurs, if, and as, applicable. 
  

					
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 (c) When an individual who is a Participant due to his status as an eligible Director (as defined in
Section 1.03(b)) continues his directorship with the Employer or a Related Employer but ceases to be an eligible Director, the individual shall not receive an allocation of Matching or Employer Contributions for the period during which he is
not an eligible Director. Such Participant shall continue to make Deferral Contributions throughout the remainder of the applicable period (as described in Section 4.01) in which such change in status occurs, if, and as, applicable. 

Article 4. Contributions.  
  

	4. 01	Deferral Contributions. If elected by the Employer pursuant to Section 1.05(a) and/or 1.06(a), a Participant described in such applicable Section may elect to
reduce his Compensation by a specified percentage or dollar amount. The Employer shall credit an amount to the Participant’s Account equal to the amount of such reduction. Except as otherwise provided in this Section 4.01, such election
shall be effective to defer Compensation relating to all services performed in the calendar year beginning after the calendar year in which the Participant executes the election. Under no circumstances may a salary reduction agreement be adopted
retroactively. If the Employer has elected to apply Section 1.05(a)(2), no amount will be deducted from Bonuses unless the Participant has made a separate deferral election applicable to such Bonuses. A Participant’s election to defer
Compensation may be changed at any time before the last permissible date for making such election, at which time such election becomes irrevocable. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the conditions under which a Participant may make a
deferral election as provided in the applicable salary reduction agreement are hereby incorporated herein and supersede any otherwise inconsistent Plan provision. 

  

	 	(a)	Performance Based Bonus. With respect to a Performance-based Bonus, a separate election made pursuant to Section 1.05(a)(2) will be effective to defer such Bonus
if made no later than 6 months before the end of the period during which the services on which such Performance-based Bonus is based are performed. 

  

	 	(b)	Fiscal Year Bonus. With respect to a Bonus relating to a period of service coextensive with one or more consecutive fiscal years of the Employer, of which no amount is
paid or payable during the service period, a separate election pursuant to Section 1.05(a)(2) will be effective to defer such Bonus if made no later than the close of the Employer’s fiscal year next preceding the first fiscal year in which
the Participant performs any services for which such Bonus is payable. 

  

	 	(c)	Cancellation of Salary Reduction Agreement.  

 (1) The Administrator may cancel a Participant’s salary reduction agreement pursuant to the provisions of 26 CFR section 1.409A-3(j)(4)(viii) in connection with the Participant’s Unforeseeable Emergency. To the extent required
pursuant to the application of 26 CFR section 1.401(k)-1(d)(3) (or any successor thereto), a Participant’s salary reduction agreement shall be automatically cancelled. 
 (2) The Administrator may cancel a Participant’s salary reduction agreement pursuant to the
provisions of 26 CFR section 1.409A-3(j)(4)(xii) in connection with the Participant’s disability. Such cancellation must occur by the later of the end of the Participant’s taxable year or the 15th day of the third month following the date the Participant incurs a disability. For purposes of this paragraph (2), a disability is any medically determinable physical or mental
impairment resulting in the Participant’s inability to perform the duties of his or her position or any substantially similar position, where such impairment can be expected to result in death or can be expected to last for a continuous period
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 In no event may the Participant, directly or indirectly, elect such a cancellation. A cancellation
pursuant to this subsection (c) shall apply only to Compensation not yet earned. 
  

	 	(d)	Initial Deferral Election. Notwithstanding the above, if the Participant is not an Active Participant, the Participant may make an election to defer Compensation
within 30 days after the Participant becomes a Participant, which election shall be effective with respect to Compensation payable for services performed during the calendar year (or other deferral period described in (a) or (b) above, as
applicable) and after the date of such election. For Compensation that is earned based upon a specified performance period (e.g., an annual bonus) an election pursuant to this subsection (d) will be effective to defer an amount equal to the
total amount of the Compensation for the performance period multiplied by the ratio of the number of days remaining in the performance period after the election over the total number of days in the performance period. 

 4.02. Matching Contributions. If so provided by the Employer in Section 1.05(b) and/or 1.06(b)(1), the Employer shall credit a Matching Contribution
to the Account of each Participant entitled to such Matching Contribution. The amount of the Matching Contribution shall be determined in accordance with Section 1.05(b) and/or 1.06(b)(1), as applicable, provided, however, that the Matching
Contributions credited to the Account of a Participant pursuant to Section 1.05(b)(2) shall be limited pursuant to (a) and (b) below: 
 (a) The sum of Matching Contributions made on behalf of a Participant pursuant to Section 1.05(b)(2) for any calendar year and any other benefits the Participant accrues pursuant to another plan subject to Code section 409A as a result
of such Participant’s action or inaction under a qualified plan with respect to elective deferrals and other employee pre-tax contributions subject to the contribution restrictions under Code section 401(a)(30) or 402(g) shall not result in an
increase in the amounts deferred under all plans subject to Code section 409A in which the Participant participates in excess of the limit with respect to elective deferrals under Code section 402(g)(1)(A), (B) and (C) in effect for the
calendar year in which such action or inaction occurs; and 
 (b) The Matching Contributions made on behalf of a Participant pursuant to
Section 1.05(b)(2) shall never exceed 100% of the matching amounts that would be provided under the qualified employer plan identified in Section 1.05(b)(2) absent any plan-based restrictions that reflect limits on qualified plan
contributions under the Code. 
 4.03. Employer Contributions. If so provided by the Employer in Section 1.05(c)(1) and/or 1.06(b)(2), the
Employer shall make an Employer Contribution to be credited to the Account of each Participant entitled thereto in the amount provided in such Section(s). If so provided by the Employer in Section 1.05(c)(2) and/or 1.06(b)(3), the Employer may
make an Employer Contribution to be credited to the Account maintained on behalf of any Participant in such an amount as the Employer, in its sole discretion, shall determine, subject to the provisions of the applicable Section. 
 4.04. Election Forms. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the terms of an election form with respect to the conditions under which a
Participant may make any election hereunder, as provided in such form (whether electronic or otherwise) are hereby incorporated herein and supersede any otherwise inconsistent Plan provision. 
 Article 5. Participants’ Accounts. The Administrator will maintain an Account for each Participant, reflecting hypothetical contributions credited to
the Participant, along with hypothetical earnings, expenses, gains and losses, pursuant to the terms hereof. A hypothetical contribution shall be credited to the Account of a Participant on the date determined by the Employer and accepted by the
Plan recordkeeper. The Administrator will maintain such other accounts and records as it deems appropriate to the discharge of its duties under the Plan. 
  

					
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 Article 6. Investment of Accounts.  
 6.01. Manner of Investment. All amounts credited to the Accounts of Participants shall be treated as though invested and reinvested only in Permissible Investments. 
 6.02. Investment Decisions, Earnings and Expenses. Investments in which the Accounts of Participants shall be treated as invested and reinvested shall be
directed by the Employer or by each Participant, or both, in accordance with Section 1.09. All dividends, interest, gains, and distributions of any nature that would be earned on a Permissible Investment will be credited to the Account as
though reinvested in additional shares of that Permissible Investment. Expenses that would be attributable to such investments shall be charged to the Account of the Participant. 
 Article 7. Right to Benefits. 
 7.01. Retirement. If provided by the Employer in
Section 1.08(e)(1), the Account of a Participant or an Inactive Participant who attains retirement eligibility prior to a Separation from Service will be 100% vested. 
 7.02. Death. If provided by the Employer in Section 1.08(e)(2), the Account of a Participant or former Participant who dies before the distribution of his entire Account will be 100% vested,
provided that at the time of his death he is earning Years of Service. 
 A Participant may designate a Beneficiary or Beneficiaries, or change any prior
designation of Beneficiary or Beneficiaries, by giving notice to the Administrator on a form designated by the Administrator. If more than one person is designated as the Beneficiary, their respective interests shall be as indicated on the
designation form. 
 A copy of the death certificate or other sufficient documentation must be filed with and approved by the Administrator. If upon the
death of the Participant there is, in the opinion of the Administrator, no designated Beneficiary for part or all of the Participant’s Account, such amount will be paid to his surviving spouse or, if none, to his estate (such spouse or estate
shall be deemed to be the Beneficiary for purposes of the Plan). If a Beneficiary dies after benefits to such Beneficiary have commenced, but before they have been completed, and, in the opinion of the Administrator, no person has been designated to
receive such remaining benefits, then such benefits shall be paid to the deceased Beneficiary’s estate. 
 A distribution to a Beneficiary of a
Specified Employee is not considered to be a payment to a Specified Employee for purposes of Sections 1.07 and 8.01(e). 
 7.03. Separation from
Service. 
  

	 	(a)	General. If provided by the Employer in Section 1.08, and subject to Section 1.08(e)(2), if a Participant has a Separation from Service, he will be entitled
to a benefit equal to (i) the vested percentage(s) of the value of the Matching and Employer Contributions credited to his Account, as adjusted for income, expense, gain, or loss, such percentage(s) determined in accordance with the vesting
schedule(s) and methodology selected by the Employer in Section 1.08, and (ii) the value of the Deferral Contributions to his Account as adjusted for income, expense, gain, or loss. The amount payable under this Section 7.03 will be
distributed in accordance with Article 8. 

  

					
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	 	(b)	Elapsed Time Vesting. Unless otherwise provided by the Employer in Section 1.08, vesting shall be determined based on the elapsed time method. For purposes of the
elapsed time method, “Years of Service” means, with respect to any Participant or Inactive Participant, the number of whole years of his periods of service with the Employer and any Related Employers (as defined in
Section 2.01(a)(26)(A)), subject to any exclusion elected by the Employer in Section 1.08(c). A Participant or Inactive Participant will receive credit for the aggregate of all time period(s) commencing with his Employment Commencement
Date and ending on the date a break in service begins, unless any such years are excluded by Section 1.08(c). A Participant or Inactive Participant will also receive credit for any period of severance of less than 12 consecutive months.
Fractional periods of a year will be expressed in terms of days. 

 A break in service is a period of severance of at least 12
consecutive months. A “period of severance” is a continuous period of time beginning on the date the Participant or Inactive Participant incurs a Separation from Service, or if earlier, the 12-month anniversary of the date on which the
Participant or Inactive Participant was otherwise first absent from service. 
 Notwithstanding the above, the Employer shall comply with any
service crediting rules to the extent required by applicable law. 
  

	 	(c)	Class Year Vesting. If provided by the Employer in Section 1.08, a Participant’s or Inactive Participant’s vested percentage in the Matching
Contributions and/or Employer Contributions portion(s) of his Account shall be determined pursuant to the class year method. Pursuant to such method, amounts attributable to the applicable contribution types are assigned to “class years”
established in the records of the Plan. Such class years are years (calendar or non-calendar) to which the contribution is assigned by the Administrator, as described in the Service Agreement between the Trustee and the Employer. The
Participant’s or Inactive Participant’s vested percentage in amounts attributable to a particular contribution is determined from the beginning of the applicable class year to the date the Participant or Inactive Participant incurs a
Separation from Service. For purposes of the class year method, a Participant or Inactive Participant is credited with a Year of Service on the first day of each such class year. 

 7.04. Vesting after Partial Distribution. If a distribution from a Participant’s Account has been made to him at a time when his Account is less than
100% vested, the vesting schedule in Section 1.08 will thereafter apply only to amounts in his Account attributable to Matching Contributions and Employer Contributions credited after such distribution. The balance of his Account attributable
to Matching Contributions and Employer Contributions immediately after such distribution will be subject to the following for the purpose of determining his interest therein. 
 At any relevant time prior to a forfeiture of any portion thereof under Section 7.05, a Participant’s nonforfeitable interest in the portion of his Account described in the sentence immediately above will be
equal to P(AB + (RxD))-(RxD), where P is the nonforfeitable percentage at the relevant time determined under Section 1.08; AB is the account balance of such portion at the relevant time; D is the amount of the distribution; and R is the ratio
of the account balance of such portion at the relevant time to the account balance of such portion after distribution. Following a forfeiture of any portion of such portion under Section 7.05 below, any balance with respect to such portion will
remain fully vested and nonforfeitable. 
 7.05. Forfeitures. Once payments are to commence to a Participant or Inactive Participant hereunder,
the portion of such Account subject to the same payment commencement date but not yet vested, if any, (determined by his vested percentage at such payment commencement date) will be forfeited by him. 
 7.06. Change in Control. If the Employer has elected to apply Section 1.07(a)(3)(D), then, upon a Change in Control, notwithstanding any other
provision of the Plan to the contrary, all Participant Accounts shall be 100% vested. 
  

					
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 7.07. Disability. If the Employer has elected to apply Section 1.08(e)(3), then, upon the date a
Participant incurs a Disability, as defined in Section 1.07(a)(2), notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan to the contrary, all Accounts of such Participant shall be 100% vested. 
 7.08. Directors. Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan to the contrary, all Accounts of a Participant who is a Director shall be 100% vested at
all times, including Accounts attributable to the Participant’s service as an Employee, if any. 
 Article 8. Distribution of Benefits. 

 8.01 Events Triggering, and Form of, Distributions.  
  

	 	(a)	Events triggering the distribution of benefits and the form of such distributions are described in Section 1.07(a), pursuant to the Employer’s election and/or the
Participant’s election, as applicable. 

  

	 	(1)	With respect to the form and time of distribution of amounts attributable to a Deferral Contribution, a Participant election must be made no later than the time by which the
Participant must elect to make a Deferral Contribution, as described in Section 4.01. 

  

	 	(2)	With respect to the form and time of distribution of amounts attributable to Matching or Employer Contributions, a Participant election must be made no later than the time by which
a Participant would be required to make a Deferral Contribution as described in Section 4.01 with respect to the calendar year for which the Matching and/or Employer Contributions are credited. For purposes of applying Section 4.01(d)
“Active Participant” shall have the meaning assigned in Section 2.01(a)(2)(B). 

  

	 	(3)	Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, an election choosing a distribution trigger and payment method pursuant to Section 1.07(a)(1) will only be effective with
respect to amounts attributable to contributions credited to the Participant’s Account for the calendar year (or other deferral period described in 4.01(a) or (b)) to which such election relates. Amounts attributable to contributions credited
to a Participant’s account prior to the effective date of any new election will not be affected and will be paid in accordance with the otherwise applicable election. 

  

	 	(b)	If the Employer elects to permit a distribution election change pursuant to Section 1.07(b), then any such distribution election change must satisfy (1) through
(3) below: 

  

	 	(1)	Such election may not take effect until at least 12 months after the date on which such election is made. 

  

	 	(2)	In the case of an election related to a payment not on account of Disability, death or the occurrence of an Unforeseeable Emergency, the payment with respect to which such election
is made must be deferred for a period of not less than five years from the date such payment would otherwise have been paid (or in the case of installment payments, five years from the date the first amount was scheduled to be paid).

  

					
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	 	(3)	Any election related to a payment at a specified time or pursuant to a fixed schedule may not be made less than 12 months prior to the date the payment is scheduled to be paid (or
in the case of installment payments, 12 months prior to the date the first amount was scheduled to be paid). 

 With respect to
any initial distribution election, a Participant shall in no event be permitted to make more than one distribution election change. 
  

	 	(c)	A Participant’s entitlement to installments will not be treated as an entitlement to a series of separate payments. 

  

	 	(d)	If the Plan does not provide for Plan-level payment triggers pursuant to Section 1.07(a)(3), and the Participant does not designate in the manner prescribed by the
Administrator the method of distribution, and/or the distribution trigger (if and as required), such method of distribution shall be a lump sum at Separation from Service. 

  

	 	(e)	Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, with respect to any Specified Employee, if the applicable payment trigger is Separation from Service, then payment shall not
commence before the date that is six months after the date of Separation from Service (or, if earlier, the date of death of the Specified Employee, pursuant to Section 7.02). Payments to which a Specified Employee would otherwise be entitled
during the first six months following the date of Separation from Service are delayed by six months. 

  

	 	(f)	Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Administrator may, in its discretion, automatically pay out a Participant’s vested Account in a lump sum, provided that
such payment satisfies the requirements in (1) through (3) below: 

  

	 	(1)	Such payment results in the termination and liquidation of the entirety of the Participant’s interest under the plan (as defined in 26 CFR section 1.409A-1(c)(2)), including
all agreements, methods, programs, or other arrangements with respect to which deferrals of compensation are treated as having been deferred under a single nonqualified deferred compensation plan under 26 CFR section 1.409A-1(c)(2);

  

	 	(2)	Such payment is not greater than the applicable dollar amount under Code section 402(g)(1)(B); and 

  

	 	(3)	Such exercise of Administrator discretion is evidenced in writing no later than the date of such payment. 

  

	 	(g)	Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Administrator may, in its discretion, delay a payment otherwise required hereunder to a date after the designated payment date
due to any of the circumstances described in (1) through (4) below, provided that the Administrator treats all payments to similarly situated Participants on a reasonably consistent basis. 

  

	 	(1)	In the event the Administrator reasonably anticipates that, if the payment were made as scheduled, the Employer’s deduction with respect to such payment would not be permitted
due to the application of Code section 162(m), provided the delay complies with the conditions in 26 CFR section 1.409A-2(b)(7)(i). 

  

	 	(2)	In the event the Administrator reasonably anticipates that the making of such payment will violate Federal securities laws or other applicable law, provided the delay complies with
the conditions in 26 CFR section 1.409A-2(b)(7)(ii). 

  

	 	(3)	Upon such other events and conditions as the Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service may prescribe in generally applicable guidance published in the Internal Revenue Bulletin.

  

					
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	 	(4)	Upon a change in control event, provided the delay complies with conditions in 26 CFR section 1.409A-3(i)(5)(iv). 

  

	 	(h)	Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Administrator may provide an election to change the time or form of a payment hereunder to satisfy the requirements of the
Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 1994, as amended, 38 USC sections 4301 through 4344. 

 8.02. Notice to
Trustee. The Administrator will provide direction to the Trustee, as provided in the Trust agreement, whenever any Participant or Beneficiary is entitled to receive benefits under the Plan. The Administrator’s notice shall indicate the
form, amount and frequency of benefits that such Participant or Beneficiary shall receive. 
 8.03. Unforeseeable Emergency Withdrawals.
Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, a Participant may apply to the Administrator to withdraw some or all of his Account if such withdrawal is made on account of an Unforeseeable Emergency as determined by the Administrator in
accordance with the requirements of and subject to the limitations provided in 26 CFR section 1.409A-3(i)(3). 
 Article 9. Amendment and
Termination.  
 9.01 Amendment by Employer. The Employer reserves the authority to amend the Plan in its discretion. Any such amendment
notwithstanding, no Participant’s Account shall be reduced by such amendment below the amount to which the Participant would have been entitled if he had voluntarily left the employ of the Employer immediately prior to the date of the change.

 9.02. Termination. The Employer has no obligation or liability whatsoever to maintain the Plan for any length of time and may terminate the
Plan at any time by written notice delivered to the Trustee without any liability hereunder for any such discontinuance or termination. Such termination shall comply with 26 CFR section 1.409A-3(j)(4)(ix) and other applicable guidance. 

Article 10. Miscellaneous.  
 10.01. Communication to
Participants. The Plan will be communicated to all Participants by the Employer promptly after the Plan is adopted. 
 10.02. Limitation of
Rights. Neither the establishment of the Plan and the Trust, nor any amendment thereof, nor the creation of any fund or account, nor the payment of any benefits, will be construed as giving to any Participant or other person any legal or
equitable right against the Employer, Administrator or Trustee, except as provided herein; in no event will the terms of employment or service of any individual be modified or in any way affected hereby. 
 10.03. Nonalienability of Benefits. The benefits provided hereunder will not be subject to alienation, assignment, garnishment, attachment, execution or
levy of any kind, either voluntarily or involuntarily, and any attempt to cause such benefits to be so subjected will not be recognized, except to such extent as may be required by law and as provided pursuant to a domestic relations order (defined
in Code section 414(p)(1)(B)), as determined by the Administrator. Pursuant to a domestic relations order, payments may be accelerated to a time sooner, and pursuant to a schedule more rapid, than the time and schedule applicable in the absence of
the domestic relations order, provided that such payment pursuant to such order is not made to the Participant and provided further that this provision shall not be construed to provide the Participant discretion regarding whether such payment time
or schedule will be accelerated. 
  

					
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 10.04. Facility of Payment. In the event the Administrator determines, on the basis of medical reports or
other evidence satisfactory to the Administrator, that the recipient of any benefit payments under the Plan is incapable of handling his affairs by reason of minority, illness, infirmity or other incapacity, the Administrator may disburse such
payments, or direct the Trustee to disburse such payments, as applicable, to a person or institution designated by a court which has jurisdiction over such recipient or a person or institution otherwise having the legal authority under State law for
the care and control of such recipient. The receipt by such person or institution of any such payments shall be complete acquittance therefore, and any such payment to the extent thereof, shall discharge the liability of the Trust for the payment of
benefits hereunder to such recipient. 
 10.05. Plan Records. The Administrator shall maintain the records of the Plan on a calendar-year
basis. 
 10.06. USERRA. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Administrator shall permit any Participant election and make any
payments hereunder required by the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 1994, as amended, 38 USC 4301-4334. 
 10.07. Governing
Law. The Plan and the accompanying Adoption Agreement will be construed, administered and enforced according to ERISA, and to the extent not preempted thereby, the laws of the State in which the Employer has its principal place of business,
without regard to the conflict of laws principles of such State. 
 Article 11. Plan Administration.  
 11.01. Powers and Responsibilities of the Administrator. The Administrator has the full power and the full responsibility to administer the Plan in all of
its details, subject, however, to the applicable requirements of ERISA. The Administrator’s powers and responsibilities include, but are not limited to, the following: 
 (a) To make and enforce such rules and regulations as it deems necessary or proper for the efficient administration of the Plan; 
 (b) To interpret the Plan, its interpretation thereof in good faith to be final and conclusive on all persons claiming benefits under the Plan;

 (c) To decide all questions concerning the Plan and the eligibility of any person to participate in the Plan; 
 (d) To administer the claims and review procedures specified in Section 11.02; 
 (e) To compute the amount of benefits which will be payable to any Participant, former Participant or Beneficiary in accordance with the provisions of the
Plan; 
 (f) To determine the person or persons to whom such benefits will be paid; 
 (g) To authorize the payment of benefits; 
 (h) To appoint such agents, counsel, accountants, and consultants as may be required to assist in administering the Plan; and 
 (i)
By written instrument, to allocate and delegate its responsibilities, including the formation of an administrative committee to administer the Plan. 
  

					
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 11.02. Claims and Review Procedures.  
 (a) Claims Procedure. If any person believes he is being denied any rights or benefits under the Plan, such person may file a claim in writing with
the Administrator. If any such claim is wholly or partially denied, the Administrator will notify such person of its decision in writing. Such notification will contain (i) specific reasons for the denial, (ii) specific reference to
pertinent Plan provisions, (iii) a description of any additional material or information necessary for such person to perfect such claim and an explanation of why such material or information is necessary, and (iv) information as to the
steps to be taken if the person wishes to submit a request for review, including a statement of the such person’s right to bring a civil action under ERISA section 502(a) following as adverse determination upon review. Such notification will be
given within 90 days after the claim is received by the Administrator (or within 180 days, if special circumstances require an extension of time for processing the claim, and if written notice of such extension and circumstances is given to such
person within the initial 90-day period). 
 If the claim concerns disability benefits under the Plan, the Plan Administrator must notify the
claimant in writing within 45 days after the claim has been filed in order to deny it. If special circumstances require an extension of time to process the claim, the Plan Administrator must notify the claimant before the end of the 45-day period
that the claim may take up to 30 days longer to process. If special circumstances still prevent the resolution of the claim, the Plan Administrator may then only take up to another 30 days after giving the claimant notice before the end of the
original 30-day extension. If the Plan Administrator gives the claimant notice that the claimant needs to provide additional information regarding the claim, the claimant must do so within 45 days of that notice. 
 (b) Review Procedure. Within 60 days after the date on which a person receives a written notice of a denied claim (or, if applicable, within 60
days after the date on which such denial is considered to have occurred), such person (or his duly authorized representative) may (i) file a written request with the Administrator for a review of his denied claim and of pertinent documents and
(ii) submit written issues and comments to the Administrator. This written request may include comments, documents, records, and other information relating to the claim for benefits. The claimant shall be provided, upon the claimant’s
request and free of charge, reasonable access to, and copies of, all documents, records, and other information relevant to the claim for benefits. The review will take into account all comments, documents, records, and other information submitted by
the claimant relating to the claim, without regard to whether such information was submitted or considered in the initial benefit determination. The Administrator will notify such person of its decision in writing. Such notification will be written
in a manner calculated to be understood by such person and will contain specific reasons for the decision as well as specific references to pertinent Plan provisions. The decision on review will be made within 60 days after the request for review is
received by the Administrator (or within 120 days, if special circumstances require an extension of time for processing the request, such as an election by the Administrator to hold a hearing, and if written notice of such extension and
circumstances is given to such person within the initial 60-day period). The extension notice shall indicate the special circumstances requiring an extension of time and the date by which the Plan expects to render the determination on review.

 If the initial claim was for disability benefits under the Plan and has been denied by the Plan Administrator, the claimant will have 180
days from the date the claimant received notice of the claim’s denial in which to appeal that decision. The review will be handled completely independently of the findings and decision made regarding the initial claim and will be processed by
an individual who is not a subordinate of the individual who denied the initial claim. If the claim requires medical judgment, the individual handling the appeal will consult with a medical professional whom was not consulted regarding the initial
claim and who is not a subordinate of anyone consulted regarding the initial claim and identify that medical professional to the claimant. 
  

					
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 The Plan Administrator shall provide the claimant with written notification of a plan’s benefit
determination on review. In the case of an adverse benefit determination, the notification shall set forth, in a manner calculated to be understood by the claimant – the specific reason or reasons for the adverse determinations, reference to
the specific plan provisions on which the benefit determination is based, a statement that the claimant is entitled to receive, upon the claimant’s request and free of charge, reasonable access to, and copies of, all documents, records, and
other information relevant to the claim for benefits. 
  

					
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 © 2007 Fidelity Management & Research CompanyVirtus Investment Partners, Inc. Executive Severance Allowance Plan

 Exhibit 10.7 
 VIRTUS INVESTMENT PARTNERS, INC. 
 EXECUTIVE SEVERANCE ALLOWANCE PLAN 
 Effective as of                 , 2008 
  

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 ARTICLE 1 - PURPOSE; AMENDMENT AND RESTATEMENT 
 Virtus Investment Partners, Inc. adopts, effective as of
                , 2008, this Executive Severance Allowance Plan to provide for benefits to certain executives of Virtus Investment Partners, Inc.
(“Virtus”) and other affiliates of Virtus, who meet the eligibility requirements set forth in the Plan when their employment is involuntarily terminated by the Employer. 
 ARTICLE 2 - DEFINITIONS 
 For purposes of this Plan, the following terms shall have the meanings
set forth below. 
  

	2.01	“Affiliate” means, as to any specified person, each other person directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with that
specified person. For the purposes of this definition, “control”, when used with respect to any specified person means the power to direct the management and policies of such person, directly or indirectly, whether through the ownership of
voting securities, or by contract or otherwise, and the terms “controlling” and “controlled” have meanings correlative to the foregoing. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any investment company registered under the Investment
Company Act of 1940, as amended, shall not be deemed an Affiliate of any specified person. 

  

	2.02	“Affiliated Employer” means any Affiliate of Virtus which has been designated to participate in the Plan by action of the Plan Administrator. 

  

	2.03	“Annual Incentive Award” means the compensation payable under any annual incentive plan or such other incentive compensation arrangements as the Employer may designate
from time to time as approved by the Committee or the Chief Executive Officer. 

  

	2.04	“Base Salary” means the Executive’s annual salary, determined as of the last day of the month immediately preceding the Executive’s Separation Date. The
following items shall not be included in determining Base Salary: overtime pay; distributions from a plan of deferred compensation; commissions; bonuses and incentive compensation. In determining this annual salary, however, the following items
shall be included: any amount contributed by the Executive as deferred compensation to a cash or deferred arrangement maintained by the Employer pursuant to Code section 401(k); any salary reduction contributions made on behalf of the Executive to a
plan maintained by the Employer under Code section 125 or Code section 132(f)(4), and any amounts deferred by the Executive under a nonqualified plan of deferred compensation. 

  

	2.05	“Cause” means any conduct by the Executive which is detrimental to the interests of the Employer, including but not limited to: (a) the Executive’s conviction or
plea of nolo contendere to a felony or to a lesser crime involving fraud or moral turpitude; (b) an act of misconduct (including, without limitation, a violation of the Employer’s Code of Conduct or any code of ethics of any of its
affiliates) on Executive’s part with regard to the Employer; (v) unsatisfactory performance; or (d) the Executive’s failure to attempt or refusal to perform legal directives of the Board or executive officers of the Employer.
"Cause" is to be determined in the sole discretion of the Employer. 

  

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	2.06	“COBRA” means the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985, as amended, and the regulations and guidance published thereunder. 

  

	2.07	“Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and the regulations and guidance published thereunder. 

  

	2.08	“Committee” means the Compensation Committee of Board of Directors of Virtus Investment Partners, Inc. (or, if no committee then exists, the Board of Directors).

  

	2.09	“Effective Date” means                 , 2008, the date that the provisions of the
Plan as contained in this document shall become effective. 

  

	 2.10
	 “Employee” means any common law employee of the Employer who is actively at work at the time of termination
and is a regular (versus temporary) full-time employee working at least 40 hours per week or part-time employee working at least 19 1/4 hours per week. 

  

	2.11	“Employer” means Virtus and any other Affiliated Employer that has adopted this Plan with the approval of the Plan Administrator. 

  

	2.12	“ERISA” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, and the regulations and guidance published thereunder. 

  

	2.13	“Executive” means (a) an Employee of Virtus who is a Senior Vice President or above and (b) any other Employee (Vice Presidents or other key personnel) of the
Employer that the Chief Executive Officer of Virtus has determined to be integral to the formulation or execution of the business strategy of the Employer, and who has been designated in writing by the Chief Executive Officer to be covered under the
Plan. 

  

	2.14	“Plan” means the Virtus Investment Partners, Inc. Executive Severance Allowance Plan, as amended from time to time. 

  

	2.15	“Plan Administrator” means the Benefit Plans Committee of the Employer or the person designated as such by the Benefit Plans Committee. 

  

	2.16	“Plan Year” means the calendar year. 

  

	2.17	“Separation Date” means the last day of an Executive’s active service with the Employer. 

  

	2.18	“Severance Agreement and Release” means an agreement signed by the Executive in a form acceptable to the Employer containing a general release and restrictive covenants,
as well as any other clauses the Employer may require. 

  

	2.19	“Severance Amount” means the benefit payable under the provisions of Section 3.03. 

  

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 ARTICLE 3 - SEVERANCE ALLOWANCE BENEFIT 
  

	3.01	Qualification: An Executive whose employment is (a) involuntarily terminated by the Employer for any reason, including but not limited to: reduction in force, facility
closing, reorganization, consolidation, elimination of position, or (b) terminated voluntarily or involuntarily by resignation at the request of the Employer in writing, shall be qualified for benefits under this Plan, unless the termination is
due to a disqualifying event identified in Section 3.02. 

  

	3.02	Disqualifying Events: An Executive who might otherwise be qualified for benefits under this Plan shall be disqualified for such benefits by any one of the following events
and circumstances: 

 (a) The Executive fails to continue in the employ of the Employer, satisfactorily performing the
Executive’s assigned duties, until the date actually set for the Executive’s termination by the Employer. 
 (b) The Executive works
for a division, sub-division, unit, subsidiary or other identifiable entity that is sold or the assets of which are transferred to an owner other than the Employer, if the Executive is offered employment by the new owner that is substantially
comparable to the employment engaged in by the Executive immediately prior to the sale or transfer (whether or not the Executive accepts such offer). The Employer shall, in its discretion, determine what constitutes “substantially
comparable” employment.” 
 (c) The Executive is terminated for Cause. 
 (d) The Executive’s employment is terminated by reason of retirement (as defined in the Virtus Investment Partners, Inc. 2008 Omnibus Incentive
and Equity Plan), resignation (not at the request of the Employer), death, or during or at the conclusion of a leave of absence taken or granted on account of any reason, including permanent or temporary disability. 
 (e) The Executive refuses to accept a transfer to an assigned job or location, provided the new position is within two pay grades or one band, as
applicable of the current position held by the Executive. 
 (f) The Plan Administrator determines that under the facts and circumstances
relating to the Executive’s termination, or because of the Executive’s conduct subsequent to termination, it would be inappropriate to commence or continue severance payments. 
 (g) The Executive receives or is entitled to receive from the Employer benefits under any severance plan, any severance agreement, or any agreement
providing for the payment of severance benefits, including any change in control agreement between the Employer and the Executive, other than this Plan, on account of the Executive’s termination of employment by the Employer. 
  

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	3.03	Severance Benefits: With respect to any Executive whose employment is terminated for a reason identified in Section 3.01, the following Severance Amount shall be
payable, subject to the disqualification provisions of Section 3.02 and Section 3.09, and not any other benefit, except for outplacement services as provided in Section 3.10 and certain employee welfare benefits as provided in
Section 3.11: 

 The Severance Amount equals a plus b, where: 
  

					
	a	  	=	  	A cash amount equal to the Executive’s annual Base Salary as of the Separation Date (for the Chief Executive Officer, 1.5 times Base Salary).
			
	b	  	=	  	A cash amount equal to the average of the Executive’s actually earned and paid (even if one or both is $0) Annual Incentive Awards for the prior two (2) completed fiscal years (for the
Chief Executive Officer, 1.5 times this average). However, for the first two years of the Plan, b = target Annual Incentive Award for the fiscal year in which the Executive’s Separation Date occurs (for the Chief Executive Officer, 1.5 times
target).

 And 
 Pro-Rata Incentive = A cash amount equal to a pro-rata portion of the Executive’s actually earned Annual Incentive Award for the fiscal year in which the Executive’s Separation Date occurs. The pro-rata
portion of such Annual Incentive Award shall be determined by multiplying the amount actually earned times a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of days during the performance period applicable to such award prior to the Separation Date
and the denominator of which is the number of days in the performance period applicable to such award. 
  

	3.04	Time and Form of Payment: Except as otherwise provided herein or in Article 5, the Executive will receive payment of the Severance Amount payable under this Plan commencing
as soon as practicable after the Separation Date in either (a) an immediate lump sum payment, or (b) equal periodic installments based on the Employer’s pay schedule, such payments to be made until the expiration of the
Executive’s severance period or March 15 of the year next succeeding the year in which the involuntary termination occurred, whichever occurs first. In no event will any payment be made earlier than after the execution of, and the
expiration of any revocation period related to, any Severance Agreement and Release. If the Severance Agreement and Release is not executed within the required execution period, the Severance Amount and any other benefits under this Plan
shall be forfeited. In no event however, shall any lump sum payment or any installment be paid later than March 15 in the year next succeeding the year in which the involuntary termination occurred. Any Pro-Rata Incentive for the fiscal year in
which the Executive’s Separation Date occurs will be payable after the Pro-Rata Incentive for that fiscal year is calculated and approved by the Employer. In no event, however, shall any Pro-Rata Incentive payment be paid later than
March 15 in the year next succeeding the year in which the involuntary termination occurred. 

  

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	3.05	Death: If an Executive terminates employment and dies before having received the entire amount of benefits to which the Executive is entitled under this Plan, the balance of
such benefits will be paid in a lump sum to (a) the Executive’s surviving spouse or domestic partner, (b) if there is no surviving spouse or domestic partner, the Executive’s children (including stepchildren and adopted children)
per stirpes, or (iii) if there is no surviving spouse or domestic partner and/or children per stirpes, the Executive’s estate as soon as practicable following the Executive’s death but in no event later than March 15 in the year
next succeeding the year in which the Executive’s involuntary termination occurred. 

  

	3.06	Reemployment by the Employer: In the event that an Executive becomes reemployed by the Employer after having received any benefit pursuant to this Plan or any predecessor or
successor to this Plan, such Executive will be required to reimburse the Employer for any benefits received before the Executive’s reemployment.

  

	3.07	Integration with Other Benefits: To the extent that a federal, state or local law may require the Employer to make a payment to an Executive because of that Executive’s
involuntary termination, the Severance Amount payable under this Plan shall be applied towards any such payment and not paid in addition to such required payment. Nothing in this Plan shall be used to extend or modify benefits under this Plan
because of payments under any state unemployment insurance laws. 

  

	3.08	Withholding: The Employer shall have the right to take such action as it deems necessary or appropriate to satisfy any requirement under federal, state or other law to
withhold or to make deductions from any benefit payable under this Plan. 

  

	3.09	Pre-conditions for Receipt of Benefits: The payment of any benefit under this Plan, including but not limited to Sections 3.03, 3.10 and 3.11, is conditioned upon the
Executive complying with all of the following: 

 (a) refraining from directly or indirectly interfering in any manner with the
operations, management or administration of any Employer office, agent or employee and refraining from making any disparaging remarks concerning the Employer, its representatives, agents and employees; 
 (b) refraining from encouraging, soliciting or suggesting to any and all employees, agents, representatives and/or clients of the Employer that they
terminate or alter their current relationship with the Employer; 
 (c) returning all Employer property provided or developed during the
course of employment including, but not limited to: computers, software, cell phones, files, records, identification card, credit cards and Employer manuals; 
 (d) complying with a continuing obligation to maintain the confidentiality of proprietary information subsequent to termination of employment; 
  

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 (e) executing a Severance Agreement and Release within the required execution period. 
 Upon the failure of the Executive to comply with any of the conditions set forth above and in this Plan, all payments hereunder shall immediately cease
and the Executive shall immediately reimburse the Employer for all payments previously made hereunder. 
  

	3.10	Outplacement Services: An Executive entitled to payment of a Severance Amount as provided in Section 3.03 of this Plan shall be eligible to receive and the Employer
shall provide outplacement services, with a firm chosen by the Employer, at a level commensurate with the Executive’s position, for a six-month period beginning on the Separation Date, but in no event ending later than December 31 of the
second calendar year following the calendar year in which the involuntary termination occurred. 

  

	3.11	Continuation of Benefits: The Executive (and, to the extent applicable, the Executive’s dependents) shall be entitled to continue participation in all of the employee
plans providing medical and dental benefits that the Executive participated in prior to the Separation Date in accordance with COBRA; provided, however, that the Executive shall continue to pay the active participant rate monthly for up to the first
12 months of the COBRA period following the Executive’s Separation Date. 

 ARTICLE 4 - ADMINISTRATION 

 

	4.01	The Plan Administrator: The Plan Administrator shall have the sole discretionary authority to interpret the Plan and all questions thereunder, including, without limitation,
all questions relating to eligibility to participate in and receive benefits under the Plan. All such actions of the Plan Administrator shall be conclusive and binding on all persons. 

  

	4.02	Notification to Executives: The Plan Administrator shall notify an Executive when and if such Executive becomes eligible for benefits under this Plan.

  

	4.03	Claims by Executives: Claims for benefits under the Plan may be filed with the Plan Administrator. Written notice of the disposition of a claim shall be furnished to the
claimant within 90 days after the application is filed (or within 180 days if special circumstances require an extension of time for review). In the event the claim is wholly or partially denied, the reasons for the denial shall be specifically set
forth in the notice in language reasonably calculated to be understood by the claimant, pertinent provisions of the Plan shall be cited, and, where appropriate, an explanation as to how the claimant can perfect the claim will be provided. In
addition, the claimant shall be furnished with an explanation of the Plan’s claims review procedures and the time limits applicable to such procedures, including a statement that the claimant has a right to bring a civil action under ERISA
section 502(a) following an adverse benefit determination on review, if the claimant has exhausted all remedies under the Plan. If notice of the denial of a claim is not furnished to an Executive in accordance with this section within a reasonable
period of time, such Executive’s claim shall be deemed denied. The Executive will then be permitted to proceed to the review stage described in Section 4.04. 

  

	4.04	 Claims Review Procedure: Any Executive, former Executive, or authorized representative or beneficiary of either, who has been denied a benefit either in
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part by a decision of the Plan Administrator pursuant to Section 4.03 shall be entitled to request the Plan Administrator to give further consideration
to his claim by filing with the Plan Administrator a written request for review. Such request, together with a written statement of the reasons why the claimant believes his claim should be allowed, shall be filed with the Plan Administrator no
later than 60 days after receipt of the written notification provided for in Section 4.03. The claimant may submit written comments, documents, records and other information relating to the claim to the Plan Administrator. The claim for review
shall be given a full and fair review that takes into account all comments, documents, records and other information submitted that relates to the claim, without regard to whether such information was submitted or considered in the initial benefit
determination. The Plan Administrator shall provide the claimant with written or electronic notice of the decision on review within 60 days after the request for review is received by the Plan Administrator (or within 120 days if special
circumstances require an extension of time for processing the claim and if notice of such extension and circumstances is provided to the claimant within the initial 60-day period). Such communication shall be written in a manner calculated to be
understood by the claimant and shall include specific reasons for the decision, specific references to the pertinent Plan provisions on which the decision is based, a statement that the claimant has a right to bring a civil action under ERISA
section 502(a) and that the claimant is entitled to receive, upon request and free of charge, reasonable access to and copies of, all documents, records and other information relevant to the claim for benefits. A document is relevant to the claim
for benefits if it was relied upon in making the determination, was submitted, considered or generated in the course of making the determination or demonstrates that benefit determinations are made in accordance with the Plan and that Plan
provisions have been applied consistently with respect to similarly situated claimants. 

 ARTICLE 5 - AMENDMENT AND
TERMINATION 
 The Board of Directors of the Employer has delegated to the Benefit Plans Committee the right at any time, whether in an
individual case or more generally, to amend this Plan from time to time without advance notice and to terminate this Plan at any time. No consent of any Executive is required to terminate, modify, amend or change the Plan generally or in an
individual case. Any such amendment or termination of this Plan generally shall be accomplished by resolution of the Benefit Plans Committee adopted at a meeting duly called or by unanimous written consent in accordance with the Employer’s
Articles of Incorporation, Bylaws, and applicable law. Any amendment or termination of this Plan on an individual basis shall be accomplished by the written action of the Plan Administrator. 
 ARTICLE 6 - SEVERANCE PAY PLAN LIMITATIONS UNDER ERISA 
 The Employer intends
that this Plan constitute a “severance pay plan” under ERISA and any ambiguities in this Plan shall be construed to effect that intent. As a severance pay plan, notwithstanding any other provision of this Plan: payments hereunder shall not
be contingent directly or indirectly, upon the retirement of any Executive or offset by any retirement benefit payable; the total amount of severance payments made and the value of other benefits provided under this Plan to any Executive shall not
exceed twice the Executive’s annual compensation during the year immediately preceding the termination of such Executive’s service; and all payments to an Executive under this Plan shall be paid within 24 months after the termination of
the Executive’s service. 
  

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 ARTICLE 7 - MISCELLANEOUS 
  

	7.01	Right to Terminate Employment: The fact that a former Executive has failed to qualify for a benefit under this Plan shall not rescind or otherwise affect in any manner
whatsoever the Executive’s termination of employment from the Employer, and such failure to qualify for a benefit shall not establish any right of any kind whatsoever (a) to a continuation or to a reinstatement of employment with the
Employer or (b) to receive any payment from the Employer in lieu of such benefit. 

  

	7.02	Source of Benefits: All benefits paid to a terminated Executive under this Plan shall be paid from the general assets of the Employer, and the status of the claim of a person
to any benefit shall be the same as the status of a claim against the Employer by any general unsecured creditor. No person shall look to, or have any claim against, any officer, director, employee or agent of the Employer in his individual capacity
for the payment of any benefits under this Plan. 

  

	7.03	No Assignment; Binding Effect: No interest of any Executive eligible to receive benefits under this Plan shall be subject in any manner to sale, transfer, assignment, pledge,
attachment, garnishment, or other alienation or encumbrance of any kind; nor may such interest or right to receive a benefit be taken, either voluntarily or involuntarily, for the satisfaction of the debts of, or other obligations or claims against,
such person, including claims for alimony, support, separate maintenance and claims in bankruptcy proceedings. The provisions of this Plan shall be binding on each Executive (and on each person who claims a benefit under such person) and on the
Employer, their successors and assigns. 

  

	7.04	Indebtedness: Indebtedness or obligations of the Executive to the Employer existing at the time of termination or arising during the one year period beginning on the
Separation Date shall be set off against any benefit payable under this Plan. 

  

	7.05	Construction: This Plan shall be construed in accordance with the law of the State of Connecticut to the extent not preempted by federal laws. Headings and subheadings have
been added only for convenience of reference and have no substantive effect whatsoever. All references to sections shall mean sections of this Plan. 

  

	7.06	Usage: Whenever applicable, the singular shall include the plural, the masculine shall include the feminine and vice versa when used in this Plan. 

 

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