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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001193125-24-007489
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-A12B
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
FILED AS OF DATE:		20240112
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20240112

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			VIRTUS INVESTMENT PARTNERS, INC.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000883237
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	INVESTMENT ADVICE [6282]
		ORGANIZATION NAME:           	02 Finance
		IRS NUMBER:				263962811
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-A12B
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-10994
		FILM NUMBER:		24532030

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		ONE FINANCIAL PLAZA
		STREET 2:		26TH FLOOR
		CITY:			HARTFORD
		STATE:			CT
		ZIP:			06103
		BUSINESS PHONE:		860-263-4707

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		ONE FINANCIAL PLAZA
		STREET 2:		26TH 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:3.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:4pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>UNITED STATES </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549 </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
<P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>FORM <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-A</FONT> </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
<P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>FOR
REGISTRATION OF CERTAIN CLASSES OF SECURITIES </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OR (g)&nbsp;OF </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
<P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:24pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Virtus
Investment Partners, Inc. </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) </B></P>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">26-3962811</FONT></B></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)</B></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Hartford, CT</B></P></TD>
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</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Securities to be registered pursuant to Section&nbsp;12(b) of the Act: </B></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000; display:table-cell; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="center"><B>to be so registered</B></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Name of each exchange on which</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000; display:table-cell; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="center"><B>each class is to be registered</B></P></TD></TR>


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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>The New York Stock Exchange</B></TD></TR>
</TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center> <P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities pursuant to Section&nbsp;12(b) of the Exchange Act and is effective pursuant to General
Instruction A.(c) or (e), check the following box.&nbsp;&nbsp;&#9746; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities pursuant to
Section&nbsp;12(g) of the Exchange Act and is effective pursuant to General Instruction A.(d) or (e), check the following box.&nbsp;&nbsp;&#9744; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">If this
form relates to the registration of a class of securities concurrently with a Regulation A offering, check the following box.&nbsp;&nbsp;&#9744; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Securities Act registration statement or Regulation A offering statement file number to which this form relates: </B></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Virtus Investment Partners, Inc. (the &#147;Registrant&#148;) is filing this Registration Statement on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-A</FONT> in
connection with the transfer of the listing of its common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the &#147;Common Stock&#148;), from The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC (&#147;Nasdaq&#148;) to the New York Stock Exchange (the &#147;NYSE&#148;). The Registrant
expects the listing and trading of its Common Stock on Nasdaq to cease at the close of trading on January&nbsp;16, 2024 and that trading will begin on the NYSE at market open on January&nbsp;17, 2024. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Item&nbsp;1. Description of Registrant&#146;s Securities to be Registered </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The description of the Registrant&#146;s Common Stock included in Exhibit 4.1 is incorporated herein by reference. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Item&nbsp;2. Exhibits </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Other than to update the
description of the Registrant&#146;s Common Stock as set forth in Exhibit 4.1 hereto, pursuant to the &#147;Instructions as to Exhibits&#148; with respect to Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-A,</FONT> no other exhibits are required to be
filed as part of this Registration Statement because no other securities of the Registrant are registered on the NYSE and the securities registered hereby are not being registered pursuant to Section&nbsp;12(g) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Pursuant to the requirements of Section&nbsp;12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this Registration Statement to be
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Date: January&nbsp;12, 2024</P></TD>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="right"><B>Exhibit 4.1 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>DESCRIPTION OF THE REGISTRANT&#146;S COMMON STOCK </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>REGISTERED PURSUANT TO SECTION 12 OF THE </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The following description of the terms of our common stock, par value $0.01 per share (our &#147;common stock&#148;), is only a summary. This
description is subject to, and qualified in its entirety by reference to, our Third Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (our &#147;Certificate of Incorporation&#148;) and Amended and Restated Bylaws (our &#147;Bylaws&#148;). We
encourage you to read our Certificate of Incorporation, Bylaws and the applicable provisions of the Delaware General Corporation Law (the &#147;DGCL&#148;) for additional information. References herein to &#147;we,&#148; &#147;us,&#148;
&#147;our&#148; and the &#147;Company&#148; refer to Virtus Investment Partners, Inc. and not to any of its subsidiaries. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Authorized Shares </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We are authorized to issue up to 1,000,000,000 shares of common stock. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Dividends </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Subject to the conditions
discussed below, the owners of our common stock may receive dividends when declared by our board of directors (the &#147;Board&#148;), from funds legally available for the payment of dividends. All decisions regarding the declaration and payment of
dividends will be evaluated from time to time in light of our financial condition, earnings, growth prospects, other uses of cash, funding requirements, applicable law and other factors our Board deems relevant. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Voting Rights </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Each share of common stock
is entitled to one vote in the election of directors and all other matters submitted to a stockholder vote. In general, all matters submitted to a meeting of stockholders, other than as otherwise required by law, our Certificate of Incorporation,
the Bylaws or the rules or regulations of any stock exchange on which our stock is traded, shall be decided by vote of a majority of the shares of the common stock represented in person or by proxy at any meeting at which a quorum is present and
entitled to vote on the matter. Directors subject to election by holders of our common stock are elected by a plurality of the shares of our common stock represented in person or by proxy at any meeting at which a quorum is present and entitled to
vote on the election of directors. There are no cumulative voting rights. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The affirmative vote of the holders of 75% or more of the
combined voting power of the outstanding shares entitled to vote will be necessary to approve any amendment to our Bylaws. The affirmative vote of the holders of at least 66 /% of the total voting power of the outstanding capital stock entitled to
vote, voting together as a single class, will be necessary to approve any amendment to our Certificate of Incorporation relating to the number of and removal of directors, the manner of filling vacancies thereon, or the location of advance notice
provisions relating to the election of directors in our Bylaws. Other amendments to our Bylaws and Certificate of Incorporation, and certain extraordinary transactions (such as a merger or consolidation involving us or a sale of all or substantially
all of our assets), must be approved by a majority of our outstanding common stock entitled to vote, <I>provided that</I>, except as otherwise required by law, our common stock is not entitled to vote on any amendment of our Certificate of
Incorporation or to a preferred stock certificate of designation that relates solely to one or </P>
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more outstanding series of preferred stock if the holders of such series are entitled, either separately or together with the holders of one or more other series of preferred stock, to vote on
that matter as a separate class pursuant to our Certificate of Incorporation, a preferred stock certificate of designation, or the DGCL as currently in effect or as the same may be amended. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Liquidation Rights </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">If we liquidate,
dissolve or <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">wind-up</FONT> our business, whether voluntarily or not, our common stockholders would share equally in the distribution of all assets remaining after payment to creditors and any liquidation preference
owed to any then-outstanding preferred stockholders. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Preemptive Rights </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Our common stock has no preemptive or similar rights. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Listing </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The shares of our common stock
are listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol &#147;VRTS.&#148; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Stockholder Liability </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Delaware law provides that no stockholder, including holders of preferred stock, shall be personally liable for our acts and obligations and
that our funds and property shall be the only recourse for these acts or obligations. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Transfer Agent and Registrar </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The transfer agent and registrar for our common stock is Broadridge Corporate Issuer Solutions, Inc. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Anti-Takeover Provisions </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B><I>Certificate of
Incorporation; Bylaws </I></B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Our Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws contain provisions that could make more difficult the
acquisition of us by means of a tender offer, a proxy contest or otherwise. These provisions are summarized below. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I>Classes of
Preferred Stock</I>. Under our Certificate of Incorporation, our Board has the full authority permitted by Delaware law to determine the voting rights, if any, and designations, preferences and rights of shares of each series and the qualifications,
limitations and restrictions, which may be greater than those of our common stock. The effects of the issuance of a new series or class of preferred stock might include, among other things, restricting dividends on our common stock, diluting the
voting power of our common stock, impairing the liquidation rights of our common stock, or delaying or preventing a change in control of the Company. </P>
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stockholder action can be taken only at an annual or special meeting of stockholders and may not be taken by written consent in lieu of a meeting. Our Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws provide that special meetings of stockholders can be
called only by our Chairperson of the Board or pursuant to a resolution adopted by our Board. Stockholders are not permitted to call a special meeting or to require that the Board call a special meeting of stockholders. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I>Advance Notice Procedures</I>. Our Bylaws establish an advance notice procedure for stockholders to make nominations of candidates for
election as directors or to bring other business before an annual or special meeting of stockholders. This notice procedure provides that only persons who are nominated by, or at the direction of our Board, the Chairperson of the Board, or by a
stockholder who has given timely written notice to our Secretary prior to the meeting at which directors are to be elected, will be eligible for election as directors. This procedure also requires that, in order to raise matters at an annual or
special meeting, those matters be raised before the meeting pursuant to the notice of meeting we deliver or by, or at the direction of, our Chairperson or by a stockholder who is entitled to vote at the meeting and who has given timely written
notice to our Secretary of his or her intention to raise those matters at the annual meeting. If our Chairperson determines that a person was not nominated, or other business was not proposed to be brought before the meeting, in accordance with the
notice procedure, that person will not be eligible for election as a director, or that business will not be conducted at the meeting. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I>Classified Board of Directors</I>. Our Certificate of Incorporation previously provided for a classified Board divided into three classes
of directors. Directors in each class were elected for staggered three-year terms, with the term of one class expiring at each annual meeting. At our 2023 annual meeting of stockholders, stockholders approved a proposal to amend our Certificate of
Incorporation to effectuate a <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">phased-in</FONT> declassification (the &#147;Declassification&#148;) of the Board as set forth below: </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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serve the remainder of the three-year term for which they were elected, which term will expire at the 2024 annual meeting; </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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serve the remainder of the three-year term for which they were elected, which term will expire at the 2025 annual meeting; </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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the directors whose terms then expire will be elected to a <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">one-year</FONT> term expiring at the next succeeding annual meeting; and </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I>Removal of Directors; Filling Vacancies</I>. In connection with the Declassification, our
Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws were amended (1)&nbsp;to provide for the right of shareholders, upon the affirmative vote of holders of at least a majority of the combined voting power of all the outstanding capital stock entitled to vote
generally in the election of directors, to remove directors, either with or without cause, other than Continuing Classified Directors (as defined herein), who may, to the fullest extent permitted by law, only be removed for cause until their next <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">re-election</FONT> to the Board, and (2)&nbsp;to provide that any director elected to fill a vacancy with respect to a director who was elected for a three-year term (such a director, a &#147;Continuing Classified
Director&#148;) will hold office until the annual meeting of shareholders at which the term of the Continuing Classified Director would have expired and until his or her successor shall be elected and qualified or until his or her earlier death,
resignation, retirement, disqualification or removal. Additionally, subject to the rights of the holders of any class or series of preferred stock, if any, to elect additional directors under specified circumstances, only our Board will be
authorized to fix the number of directors and to fill any vacancies on our Board. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I>Amendments</I>. Our Certificate of Incorporation
provides that the affirmative vote of the holders of at least 66 2/3% of the total voting power of the outstanding capital stock entitled to vote, voting together as a single class, is required to amend the provisions of our Certificate of
Incorporation relating to the number and removal of our directors, the classified nature of our Board and the manner of filling vacancies thereon, or the location of advance notice provisions relating to the election of directors in our Bylaws. Our
Bylaws further provide that our Bylaws may be amended by our Board or by the affirmative vote of the holders of 75% or more of the combined voting power of the outstanding shares entitled to vote. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B><I>Delaware Law </I></B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We are also subject
to the provisions of Delaware law described below regarding business combinations with interested stockholders. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;203 of the
DGCL applies to a broad range of business combinations between a Delaware corporation and an interested stockholder. The Delaware law definition of &#147;business combination&#148; includes mergers, sales of assets, issuances of voting stock and
certain other transactions. An &#147;interested stockholder&#148; is defined as any person who owns, directly or indirectly, 15% or more of the outstanding voting stock of a corporation, or within the last three years owned 15% or more of a
corporation&#146;s stock and is presently an affiliate or associate of that corporation. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;203 of the DGCL prohibits a
corporation from engaging in a business combination with an interested stockholder for a period of three years following the date on which the stockholder became an interested stockholder, unless: </P>
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stockholder owned at least 85% of the voting stock outstanding when the transaction began other than shares owned by (i)&nbsp;directors who are also officers and (ii)&nbsp;certain employee stock plans; or </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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