FOURTH AMENDMENT to MASTER CUSTODY AGREEMENT
FOURTH AMENDMENT
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THIS AMENDMENT made effective as of the 18th day of July, 2011 amends that certain Master Custody Agreement, dated as of November 5, 2009, between the Funds listed on Exhibit A thereto and The Bank of New York Mellon, amended September 14, 2010, February 25, 2011, and March 15, 2011 (the “Master Custody Agreement”) as herein below provided.
W I T N E S S E T H:
WHEREAS, pursuant to Article X, Section 5 of the Master Custody Agreement, the Funds wish to amend Schedule II to the Master Custody Agreement to add new series to each of the Virtus Equity Trust, Virtus Insight Trust, Virtus Institutional Trust, Virtus Opportunities Trust.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing premise, the parties to the Master Custody Agreement hereby agree that the Master Custody Agreement is amended as follows:
1. Schedule II to the Master Custody Agreement is hereby replaced with Schedule II attached hereto and made a part hereof.
2. Except as herein provided, the Master Custody Agreement shall be and remain unmodified and in full force and effect. All initial capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have such meanings as ascribed thereto in the Master Custody Agreement.
3. This Amendment may be executed in any number of counterparts (including executed counterparts delivered and exchanged by facsimile transmission) with the same effect as if all signing parties had originally signed the same document, and all counterparts shall be construed together and shall constitute the same instrument. For all purposes, signatures delivered and exchanged by facsimile transmission shall be binding and effective to the same extent as original signatures.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be duly executed by their duly authorized officers.
| VIRTUS EQUITY TRUST VIRTUS INSIGHT TRUST VIRTUS INSTITUTUIONAL TRUST | ||
| By: | ||
| Name: | W. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ | |
| Title: | Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer | |
| THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON | ||
| By: | ||
| Name: | ||
| Title: | ||
SCHEDULE II
Series and Effective Dates
| Fund |
Portfolios |
Effective Date | ||
| Virtus Equity Trust | Virtus Balanced Fund | July 18, 2011 | ||
| Virtus Growth & Income Fund | July 18, 2011 | |||
| Virtus Mid-Cap Core Fund | July 18, 2011 | |||
| Virtus Mid-Cap Growth Fund | July 18, 2011 | |||
| Virtus Mid-Cap Value Fund | July 18, 2011 | |||
| Virtus Quality Large-Cap Value Fund | July 18, 2011 | |||
| Virtus Quality Small-Cap Fund | July 18, 2011 | |||
| Virtus Small-Cap Core Fund | July 18, 2011 | |||
| Virtus Small-Cap Sustainable Growth Fund | July 18, 2011 | |||
| Virtus Strategic Growth Fund | July 18, 2011 | |||
| Virtus Tactical Allocation Fund | July 18, 2011 | |||
| Virtus Insight Trust | Virtus Balanced Allocation Fund | July 18, 2011 | ||
| Virtus Core Equity Fund | July 18, 2011 | |||
| Virtus Emerging Markets Opportunities Fund | November 5, 2009 | |||
| Virtus High Yield Income Fund | July 18, 2011 | |||
| Virtus Insight Government Money Market Fund | July 18, 2011 | |||
| Virtus Insight Money Market Fund | July 18, 2011 | |||
| Virtus Insight Tax-Exempt Money Market Fund | July 18, 2011 | |||
| Virtus Intermediate Government Bond Fund | July 18, 2011 | |||
| Virtus Intermediate Tax-Exempt Bond Fund | July 18, 2011 | |||
| Virtus Short/ Intermediate Bond Fund | July 18, 2011 | |||
| Virtus Tax-Exempt Bond Fund | July 18, 2011 | |||
| Virtus Value Equity Fund | July 18, 2011 | |||
| Virtus Institutional Trust | Virtus Institutional Bond Fund | July 18, 2011 | ||
| Virtus Opportunities Trust | Virtus Allocator Premium AlphaSector Fund | March 15, 2011 | ||
| Virtus AlphaSector Rotation Fund | July 18, 2011 | |||
| Virtus Alternatives Diversifier Fund | July 18, 2011 | |||
| ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ Fund | July 18, 2011 | |||
| Vitus CA Tax-Exempt Bond Fund | July 18, 2011 | |||
| Virtus Foreign Opportunities Fund | November 5, 2009 | |||
| Virtus Global Commodities Stock Fund | March 15, 2011 | |||
| Virtus Global Infrastructure Fund | November 5, 2009 | |||
| Virtus Global Opportunities Fund | November 5, 2009 | |||
| Virtus Global Premium AlphaSector Fund | March 15, 2011 | |||
| Virtus Global Real Estate Securities Fund | November 5, 2009 | |||
| Virtus Greater Asia ex Japan Opportunities Fund | November 5, 2009 | |||
| Virtus Greater European Opportunities Fund | November 5, 2009 | |||
| Virtus High Yield Fund | July 18, 2011 | |||
| Virtus International Equity Fund | September 14, 2010 | |||
| Virtus International Real Estate Securities Fund | November 5, 2009 | |||
| Virtus Market Neutral Fund | February 25, 2011 | |||
| Virtus Multi-Sector Fixed Income Fund | July 18, 2011 | |||
| Virtus Multi-Sector Short Term Bond Fund | July 18, 2011 | |||
| Virtus Premium AlphaSector Fund | July 18, 2011 | |||
| Virtus Real Estate Securities Fund | July 18, 2011 | |||
| Virtus Senior Floating Rate Fund | July 18, 2011 |