---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000883237-26-000036"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "VRTS"
cik: "0000883237"
company_name: "VIRTUS INVESTMENT PARTNERS, INC."
filed_at: "2026-05-20T20:30:08+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-20T20:54:45.310250+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.1
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.1
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Virtus shareholders elect directors, ratify Deloitte, approve say-on-pay at 2026 meeting

## Summary
- All seven director nominees elected; highest vote for George R. Aylward with 5,244,294 for.
- Ratification of Deloitte & Touche as auditor for FY2026: 5,803,726 for, 100,590 against, 40,210 abstain.
- Advisory vote on executive compensation approved: 5,171,978 for, 94,981 against, 32,315 abstain, 645,252 broker non-votes.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000883237-26-000036
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: VRTS
- cik: 0000883237
- company_name: VIRTUS INVESTMENT PARTNERS, INC.
- filed_at: 2026-05-20T20:30:08+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.1
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.1
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/883237/000088323726000036/0000883237-26-000036-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/883237/000088323726000036/vrts-20260520.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  VIRTUS INVESTMENT PARTNERS, INC. shareholders approved Ratification of Appointment of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm at the 2026-05-20 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-05-20
  source text: Item 2. Ratification of Appointment of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm. Shareholders ratified the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2026. For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes 5,803,726 100,590 40,210 —
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/883237/000088323726000036/0000883237-26-000036-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  VIRTUS INVESTMENT PARTNERS, INC. shareholders approved Election of Directors at the 2026-05-20 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-05-20
  source text: Shareholders elected each of the nominees for directors to hold office until the 2027 Annual Meeting of Shareholders or until their respective successors are duly elected and qualified, or their earlier resignation or removal, as follows: Director For Against Withheld Broker Non-Votes George R. Aylward 5,244,294 — 54,980 645,252 Peter L. Bain 5,115,550 — 183,724 645,252 Paul G. Greig 5,211,916 — 87,358 645,252 Timothy A. Holt 4,717,106 — 582,168 645,252 Melody L. Jones 5,073,832 — 225,442 645,252 W. Howard Morris 5,241,604 — 57,670 645,252 John C. Weisenseel 5,233,722 — 65,552 645,252
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/883237/000088323726000036/0000883237-26-000036-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  VIRTUS INVESTMENT PARTNERS, INC. shareholders approved Advisory Vote on Executive Compensation at the 2026-05-20 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-05-20
  source text: Item 3. Advisory Vote on Executive Compensation. Shareholders approved, on an advisory basis, the compensation paid to the Company’s named executive officers. For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes 5,171,978 94,981 32,315 645,252
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/883237/000088323726000036/0000883237-26-000036-index.htm

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