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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001193125-10-158114
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20100708
ITEM INFORMATION:		Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
FILED AS OF DATE:		20100713
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20100713

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			VIRTUS INVESTMENT PARTNERS, INC.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000883237
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	INVESTMENT ADVICE [6282]
		IRS NUMBER:				954191764
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-10994
		FILM NUMBER:		10950792

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		100 PEARL STREET
		STREET 2:		9TH FLOOR
		CITY:			HARTFORD
		STATE:			CT
		ZIP:			06103
		BUSINESS PHONE:		860-403-5000

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		100 PEARL STREET
		STREET 2:		9TH FLOOR
		CITY:			HARTFORD
		STATE:			CT
		ZIP:			06103

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	PHOENIX INVESTMENT PARTNERS LTD/CT
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19990312

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	PHOENIX DUFF & PHELPS CORP
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19951117

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	DUFF & PHELPS CORP
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19930328
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<P STYLE="line-height:3px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:2px;border-bottom:0.5pt solid #000000">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:4px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="5"><B>UNITED STATES </B></FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="5"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION </B></FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="3"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549 </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P><center>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="3"><B>Pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 OR 15(d) of the </B></FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="3"><B>Securities Exchange Act of 1934 </B></FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="3"><B>Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported) July&nbsp;8, 2010 </B></FONT></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="6"><B>Virtus Investment Partners, Inc. </B></FONT></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>Identification No.)</B></FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>100 Pearl St., 9th Floor, Hartford, CT</B></FONT></TD>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement </B></FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">On July&nbsp;8, 2010, Virtus Investment Partners, Inc. (the &#147;Company&#148;) amended its credit agreement (the &#147;Amended Credit
Agreement&#148;) with The Bank of New York Mellon, as administrative agent, issuing bank and lead arranger and PNC Bank, National Association, as lender. Pursuant to the terms of the Amended Credit Agreement, the Company may make payments to redeem
and retire convertible preferred stock not to exceed an aggregate amount of $9,800,000, subject to certain requirements and restrictions described in the Amended Credit Agreement. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(d) <U>Exhibits</U>. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Amendment No.&nbsp;1, dated as of July&nbsp;8, 2010, to the Credit Agreement, dated as of September&nbsp;1, 2009, among Virtus Investment Partners, Inc. as Borrower,
the lenders party thereto and The Bank of New York Mellon as Administrative Agent, Issuing Bank and Lead Arranger. </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" COLSPAN="3"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">VIRTUS INVESTMENT PARTNERS, INC.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Dated: July 13, 2010</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">By:</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #000000" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">/<SMALL>S</SMALL>/&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;M<SMALL>ICHAEL</SMALL> A.
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>Michael A. Angerthal</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>Chief Financial Officer</B></FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Exhibit 10.1 </B></FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">EXECUTION COPY </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>AMENDMENT NO. 1 </B></FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>TO CREDIT AGREEMENT </B></FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">AMENDMENT NO. 1, dated as of July&nbsp;8, 2010 (this &#147;<U>Amendment</U>&#148;) to the Credit Agreement, dated as of September&nbsp;1,
2009, among Virtus Investment Partners, Inc. (the &#147;<U>Borrower</U>&#148;), the Lenders party thereto, and The Bank of New York Mellon, as Administrative Agent and as Issuing Bank (as the same may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified
from time to time, the &#147;<U>Credit Agreement</U>&#148;). </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><U>RECITALS </U></FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">I.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Capitalized terms used herein and not herein defined shall have the meanings set forth
in the Credit Agreement. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">II.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Borrower desires to amend the Credit Agreement upon
the terms and conditions herein contained, and the Required Lenders and the Administrative Agent have agreed thereto upon the terms and conditions herein contained. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Accordingly, in consideration of the Recitals and the covenants, conditions and agreements hereinafter set forth, and for other good and
valuable consideration, the receipt and adequacy of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows: </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The definition of &#147;Prohibited Convertible Preferred Event&#148; contained in
Section 1.1 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by inserting immediately after the date &#147;October 31, 2011,&#148; the words &#147;to the extent there are any Convertible Preferreds outstanding as of such date,&#148;. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Section&nbsp;7.8 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by (i)&nbsp;deleting the
word &#147;and&#148; at the end of subsection (d)&nbsp;thereof, (ii)&nbsp;deleting the period at the end of subsection (e)&nbsp;thereof and inserting &#147;; and&#148; in its place, and (iii)&nbsp;adding a new subsection thereto as follows:
</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:8%; text-indent:6%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(f) on or prior to August&nbsp;31, 2010, the Borrower may make one or more Restricted Payments to redeem and
retire Convertible Preferreds, <U>provided</U> that (i)&nbsp;the aggregate amount of all such Restricted Payments does not exceed $9,800,000, (ii)&nbsp;the liquidation preference of all such Convertible Preferreds so redeemed and retired shall not
be less than the aggregate sum of all such Restricted Payments, (iii)&nbsp;immediately before and after giving effect to each such Restricted Payment, no Event of Default shall exist or would occur, and (iv)&nbsp;prior to making each such Restricted
Payment, the Borrower shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders a pro forma compliance certificate (as of the immediately preceding month end in respect of which the Borrower shall have delivered the compliance certificate
required by Section&nbsp;6.1(e)), giving effect to all distributions in cash from VPDI to the Borrower, all such Restricted Payments and certain other transactions, in each case since the month end covered by such compliance certificate, and each
such certificate shall be in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent. </FONT></P>

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shall not be effective unless and until the following conditions precedent shall have been satisfied (the &#147;<U>Amendment Effective Date</U>&#148;): </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:8%; text-indent:13%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(a) &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;the Administrative Agent (or its counsel) shall have received from
the Borrower and Required Lenders either (i)&nbsp;a counterpart of this Amendment signed on behalf of each such Person, or (ii)&nbsp;written evidence satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (which may include facsimile transmission of a signed
signature page of this Amendment) that each such Person has signed a counterpart of this Amendment, and </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:8%; text-indent:13%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(b)
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;the Borrower shall have paid all fees and expenses of the Administrative Agent in connection with the preparation, negotiation, execution and delivery of this Amendment and the other matters
contemplated hereby, including, without limitation, the reasonable fees and expenses of the Administrative Agent&#146;s counsel. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">4. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Borrower hereby (i)&nbsp;reaffirms and admits the validity and enforceability of
each Loan Document to which it is a party and its obligations thereunder, and agrees and admits that (a)&nbsp;it has no defense to any such obligation, (b)&nbsp;it shall not exercise any setoff or offset to any such obligation, and (c)&nbsp;to its
knowledge, it does not have any claim against any Credit Party arising out of the transactions contemplated by the Loan Documents, and (ii)&nbsp;represents and warrants that no Default has occurred and is continuing and that all of the
representations and warranties made by it in the Loan Documents are true and correct in all material respects, both immediately before and after giving effect to this Amendment. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">5. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;This Amendment may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be
an original and all of which shall constitute one agreement. It shall not be necessary in making proof of this Amendment to produce or account for more than one counterpart signed by the party to be charged. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">6. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall in all other respects remain
in full force and effect, and no amendment herein in respect of any term or condition of any Loan Document shall be deemed to be an amendment or other modification in respect of any other term or condition of any Loan Document. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">7. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;THIS AMENDMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE
STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REGARD TO CONFLICT OF LAWS PRINCIPLES THAT WOULD REQUIRE THE APPLICATION OF THE LAWS OF ANOTHER JURISDICTION. </FONT></P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment No.&nbsp;1 to be duly
executed and delivered by their proper and duly authorized officers as of the day and year first above written. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P><DIV ALIGN="right">
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>VIRTUS INVESTMENT PARTNERS, INC.</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" STYLE="BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">/s/ Michael A. Angerthal</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Michael A. Angerthal</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Executive Vice President</FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&amp; Chief Financial Officer</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON, </B>individually, as Issuing Bank and as Administrative Agent</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" STYLE="BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">/s/ Richard G. Shaw</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Richard G. Shaw</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" STYLE="BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">/s/ Cara Gentile</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Cara Gentile</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Vice President</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE></DIV> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
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