Common use of Class I Shares Clause in Contracts

Class I Shares. There is no dealer compensation payable on Class I shares. Class T Shares – Virtus Multi-Sector Short Term Bond Fund only Dealer Concession: 1% CDSC: 1% for one year from the date of each purchase. Service Fee: 0.25% For providing shareholder services such as responding to shareholder inquiries; processing redemptions; changing dividend options, account designations, and addresses; transmitting proxy statements, annual reports, prospectuses and other correspondence from the Funds to shareholders; and providing such other information and assistance to shareholders as may be reasonably requested by such shareholders, VPD intends to pay a quarterly fee to qualifying dealers at the equivalent of 0.25% annually, based on the average daily net asset value of Class T shares sold by such dealers and remaining on the Funds’ books during the period in which the fee is calculated. The Class T Service Fee is paid beginning in the 13th month following each purchase. See below for Terms and Conditions for Service and Distribution Fees.