AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF REORGANIZATIONAgreement and Plan of Reorganization • June 5th, 2023 • Stone Harbor Investment Funds
THIS AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF REORGANIZATION (“Agreement”) is made as of this 25th day of March, 2022, by and among Virtus Opportunities Trust, a Delaware statutory trust (the “Acquiring Fund Trust”), on behalf of each of its separate and newly created “shell” series listed on Schedule A to be established by the Acquiring Funds Trust, (each, an “Acquiring Fund” and collectively, the “Acquiring Funds”); and Stone Harbor Investment Funds, a Massachusetts business trust (the “ Acquired Fund Trust”), on behalf of its separate investment series listed on Schedule A (each an “Acquired Fund” and collectively the “Acquired Funds”). Each of Virtus Alternative Investment Advisers, Inc., a Delaware corporation, the investment adviser to the Acquiring Fund (“VAIA”), and Stone Harbor Investment Partners LP, a Delaware limited partnership, the investment adviser to the Acquired Fund (“SHIP”), joins this Agreement solely for purposes of Sections 9.2, 14 and 15. The Acquiring Fund Trust and the Acquired
