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ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000315066-14-002940
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: SC 13G/A
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1
FILED AS OF DATE: 20140512
DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20140512
SUBJECT COMPANY:
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: SC 13G/A
SEC ACT: 1934 Act
SEC FILE NUMBER: 005-43022
FILM NUMBER: 14832005
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
FILED BY:
COMPANY DATA:
COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: FMR LLC
CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000315066
STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: UNKNOWN SIC - 0000 [0000]
IRS NUMBER: 061209781
STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE
FISCAL YEAR END: 1231
FILING VALUES:
FORM TYPE: SC 13G/A
BUSINESS ADDRESS:
STREET 1: 245 SUMMER STREET
CITY: BOSTON
STATE: MA
ZIP: 02210
BUSINESS PHONE: 6175706339
MAIL ADDRESS:
STREET 1: 245 SUMMER STREET
CITY: BOSTON
STATE: MA
ZIP: 02210
FORMER COMPANY:
FORMER CONFORMED NAME: FMR CORP
DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19920717
SC 13G/A
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filing.txt
SCHEDULE 13G
Amendment No. 1
VIRTUS INVT PARTNERS INC
COMMON STOCK
Cusip #92828Q109
Cusip #92828Q109
Item 1: Reporting Person - FMR LLC
Item 4: Delaware
Item 5: 77,334
Item 6: 0
Item 7: 177,934
Item 8: 0
Item 9: 177,934
Item 11: 1.954%
Item 12: HC
Cusip #92828Q109
Item 1: Reporting Person - Edward C. Johnson 3d
Item 4: United States of America
Item 5: 0
Item 6: 0
Item 7: 177,934
Item 8: 0
Item 9: 177,934
Item 11: 1.954%
Item 12: IN
SCHEDULE 13G - TO BE INCLUDED IN STATEMENTS
FILED PURSUANT TO RULE 13d-1(b) or 13d-2(b)
Item 1(a). Name of Issuer:
VIRTUS INVT PARTNERS INC
Item 1(b). Name of Issuer's Principal Executive Offices:
100 PEARL STREET 9TH FLOOR
HARTFORD, CT 06103
USA
Item 2(a). Name of Person Filing:
FMR LLC
Item 2(b). Address or Principal Business Office or, if None,
Residence:
245 Summer Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02210
Item 2(c). Citizenship:
Not applicable
Item 2(d). Title of Class of Securities:
COMMON STOCK
Item 2(e). CUSIP Number:
92828Q109
Item 3. This statement is filed pursuant to Rule 13d-1(b) or 13d-2(b)
and the person filing,
FMR LLC, is a parent holding company in accordance with Section 240.13d-
1(b)(ii)(G). (Note: See Item 7).
Item 4. Ownership
(a) Amount Beneficially Owned: 177,934
(b) Percent of Class: 1.954%
(c) Number of shares as to which such person has:
(i) sole power to vote or to direct the vote:
77,334
(ii) shared power to vote or to direct the vote: 0
(iii) sole power to dispose or to direct the
disposition of: 177,934
(iv) shared power to dispose or to direct the
disposition of: 0
Item 5. Ownership of Five Percent or Less of a Class.
If this statement is being filed to report the fact that as
of the date hereof, the reporting person has ceased to be the beneficial
owner of more than five percent of the class of securities, check the
following (X).
Item 6. Ownership of More than Five Percent on Behalf of Another
Person.
Not applicable.
Item 7. Identification and Classification of the Subsidiary Which
Acquired the Security Being Reported on By the Parent Holding Company.
See attached Exhibit A.
Item 8. Identification and Classification of Members of the Group.
Not applicable. See attached Exhibit A.
Item 9. Notice of Dissolution of Group.
Not applicable.
Item 10. Certifications.
In as much as the reporting persons are no longer the beneficial owners of
more than five percent of the number of shares outstanding, the reporting
persons have no further reporting obligation under Section 13(d) of the
Securities and Exchange Commission thereunder, and the reporting persons
have no obligation to amend this Statement if any material change occurs in
the facts set forth herein. I also certify that, to the best of my
knowledge and belief, FIL Limited and its various non-U.S. investment
management subsidiaries included on this Schedule 13G are subject to a
regulatory scheme substantially comparable to the regulatory scheme
applicable to the functionally equivalent U.S. institutions. I also
undertake to furnish to the Commission staff, upon request, information
that would otherwise be disclosed in a Schedule 13D with respect to FIL
Limited and its various non-U.S. investment management subsidiaries
included on this Schedule 13G.
Signature
After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I
certify that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete
and correct.
May 9, 2014
Date
/s/ Scott C. Goebel
Signature
Scott C. Goebel
Duly authorized under Power of Attorney effective as of June 1, 2008,
by and on behalf of FMR LLC and its direct and indirect subsidiaries
SCHEDULE 13G - TO BE INCLUDED IN STATEMENTS
FILED PURSUANT TO RULE 13d-1(b) or 13d-2(b)
Pursuant to the instructions in Item 7 of Schedule 13G,
Fidelity Management & Research Company ("Fidelity"), 245 Summer Street,
Boston, Massachusetts 02210, a wholly-owned subsidiary of FMR LLC and an
investment adviser registered under Section 203 of the Investment Advisers
Act of 1940, is the beneficial owner of 53,000 shares or 0.582% of the
COMMON STOCK outstanding of VIRTUS INVT PARTNERS INC ("the Company") as a
result of acting as investment adviser to various investment companies
registered under Section 8 of the Investment Company Act of 1940.
Edward C. Johnson 3d and FMR LLC, through its control of
Fidelity, and the funds each has sole power to dispose of the 53,000 shares
owned by the Funds.
Fidelity SelectCo, LLC ("SelectCo"), 1225 17th Street,
Suite 1100, Denver, Colorado 80202, a wholly-owned subsidiary of FMR LLC
and an investment adviser registered under Section 203 of the Investment
Advisers Act of 1940, is the beneficial owner of 30,000 shares or 0.329% of
the COMMON STOCK outstanding of VIRTUS INVT PARTNERS INC ("the Company") as
a result of acting as investment adviser to various investment companies
registered under Section 8 of the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the
"SelectCo Funds").
Edward C. Johnson 3d and FMR LLC, through its control of
SelectCo, and the SelectCo Funds each has sole power to dispose of the
30,000 owned by the SelectCo Funds.
Members of the family of Edward C. Johnson 3d, Chairman of
FMR LLC, are the predominant owners, directly or through trusts, of Series
B voting common shares of FMR LLC, representing 49% of the voting power of
FMR LLC. The Johnson family group and all other Series B shareholders have
entered into a shareholders' voting agreement under which all Series B
voting common shares will be voted in accordance with the majority vote of
Series B voting common shares. Accordingly, through their ownership of
voting common shares and the execution of the shareholders' voting
agreement, members of the Johnson family may be deemed, under the
Investment Company Act of 1940, to form a controlling group with respect to
FMR LLC.
Neither FMR LLC nor Edward C. Johnson 3d, Chairman of FMR
LLC, has the sole power to vote or direct the voting of the shares owned
directly by the Fidelity Funds, which power resides with the Funds' Boards
of Trustees. Fidelity carries out the voting of the shares under written
guidelines established by the Funds' Boards of Trustees.
Strategic Advisers, Inc., 245 Summer Street, Boston,
Massachusetts 02210, a wholly-owned subsidiary of FMR LLC and an investment
adviser registered under Section 203 of the Investment Advisers Act of
1940, provides investment advisory services to individuals. As such, FMR
LLC's beneficial ownership includes 34 shares, or 0.000%, of the COMMON
STOCK outstanding of VIRTUS INVT PARTNERS INC, beneficially owned through
Strategic Advisers, Inc.
Pyramis Global Advisors, LLC ("PGALLC"), 900 Salem Street,
Smithfield, Rhode Island 02917, an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of FMR
LLC and an investment adviser registered under Section 203 of the
Investment Advisers Act of 1940, is the beneficial owner of 16,100 shares
or 0.177% of the outstanding COMMON STOCK of VIRTUS INVT PARTNERS INC as a
result of its serving as investment adviser to institutional accounts,
non-U.S. mutual funds, or investment companies registered under Section 8
of the Investment Company Act of 1940 owning such shares.
Edward C. Johnson 3d and FMR LLC, through its control of
PGALLC, each has sole dispositive power over 19,600 shares and sole power
to vote or to direct the voting of 16,800 shares of COMMON STOCK owned by
the institutional accounts or funds advised by PGALLC as reported above.
Pyramis Global Advisors Trust Company ("PGATC"), 900 Salem
Street, Smithfield, Rhode Island 02917, an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary
of FMR LLC and a bank as defined in Section 3(a)(6) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, is the beneficial owner of 56,800 shares or 0.624% of
the outstanding COMMON STOCK of the VIRTUS INVT PARTNERS INC as a result of
its serving as investment manager of institutional accounts owning such
shares.
Edward C. Johnson 3d and FMR LLC, through its control of
Pyramis Global Advisors Trust Company, each has sole dispositive power over
75,300 shares and sole power to vote or to direct the voting of 56,800
shares of COMMON STOCK owned by the institutional accounts managed by PGATC
as reported above.
FIL Limited ("FIL"), Pembroke Hall, 42 Crow Lane, Hamilton,
Bermuda, and various foreign-based subsidiaries provide investment advisory
and management services to a number of non-U.S. investment companies and
certain institutional investors. FIL, which is a qualified institution
under section 240.13d-1(b)(1)(ii), is the beneficial owner of 22,000 shares
or 0.242% of the COMMON STOCK outstanding of the Company.
Partnerships controlled predominantly by members of the
family of Edward C. Johnson 3d, Chairman of FMR LLC and FIL, or trusts for
their benefit, own shares of FIL voting stock. While the percentage of
total voting power represented by these shares may fluctuate as a result of
changes in the total number of shares of FIL voting stock outstanding from
time to time, it normally represents more than 25% and less than 50% of the
total votes which may be cast by all holders of FIL voting stock. FMR LLC
and FIL are separate and independent corporate entities, and their Boards
of Directors are generally composed of different individuals.
FMR LLC and FIL are of the view that they are not acting as
a "group" for purposes of Section 13(d) under the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934 (the "1934" Act) and that they are not otherwise required to
attribute to each other the "beneficial ownership" of securities
"beneficially owned" by the other corporation within the meaning of Rule
13d-3 promulgated under the 1934 Act. Therefore, they are of the view that
the shares held by the other corporation need not be aggregated for
purposes of Section 13(d). However, FMR LLC is making this filing on a
voluntary basis as if all of the shares are beneficially owned by FMR LLC
and FIL on a joint basis.
FIL has sole dispositive power over 0 shares owned by the
International Funds. FIL has sole power to vote or direct the voting of
3,700 shares and no power to vote or direct the voting of 18,300 shares of
COMMON STOCK held by the International Funds as reported above.
SCHEDULE 13G - TO BE INCLUDED IN STATEMENTS
FILED PURSUANT TO RULE 13d-1(b) or 13d-2(b)
RULE 13d-1(f)(1) AGREEMENT
The undersigned persons, on May 9, 2014, agree and consent
to the joint filing on their behalf of this Schedule 13G in connection with
their beneficial ownership of the COMMON STOCK of VIRTUS INVT PARTNERS INC
at April 30, 2014.
FMR LLC
By /s/ Scott C. Goebel
Scott C. Goebel
Duly authorized under Power of Attorney effective as of June 1, 2008, by
and on behalf of FMR LLC and its direct and indirect subsidiaries
Edward C. Johnson 3d
By /s/ Scott C. Goebel
Scott C. Goebel
Duly authorized under Power of Attorney effective as of June 1, 2008, by
and on behalf of Edward C. Johnson 3d
Fidelity Management & Research Company
By /s/ Scott C. Goebel
Scott C. Goebel
Senior V.P. and General Counsel
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