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Virtus Vontobel Greater European Opportunities Fund
Virtus Vontobel Greater European Opportunities Fund

Virtus Duff & Phelps Real Asset Fund, Virtus KAR Developing Markets Fund and
Virtus Vontobel Greater European Opportunities Fund (each a “Fund” and together the “Funds”),
each a series of Virtus Opportunities Trust

 

Supplement dated December 15, 2022 to the Summary Prospectus
and the Virtus Opportunities Trust Statutory Prospectus,
each dated January 28, 2022, as supplemented

 

Important Notice to Investors

 

Effective January 1, 2023, the Funds’ investment adviser, Virtus Investment Advisers, Inc. will implement a new expense limitation arrangement to further limit the Funds’ expenses. These changes are described in more detail below.

 

Virtus Vontobel Greater European Opportunities Fund

Under “Fees and Expenses” in the Fund’s summary prospectus and the summary section of the statutory prospectus, the “Annual Fund Operating Expenses” table and associated footnote will be replaced with the following:

Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)
Annual Fund Operating Expenses - Virtus Vontobel Greater European Opportunities Fund
Class A
Class C
Class I
Management Fees 0.85% 0.85% 0.85%
Distribution and Shareholder Servicing (12b-1) Fees 0.25% 1.00% none
Other Expenses 1.24% 1.21% 1.20%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses 2.34% 3.06% 2.05%
Less: Fee Waiver and/or Expense Reimbursement [1] (0.99%) (0.96%) (0.95%)
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Expense Reimbursement [1] 1.35% 2.10% 1.10%
[1] The fund’s investment adviser has contractually agreed to limit the fund’s total operating expenses (excluding certain expenses, such as front-end or contingent deferred sales charges, taxes, leverage and borrowing expenses (such as commitment, amendment and renewal expenses on credit or redemption facilities), interest, brokerage commissions, expenses incurred in connection with any merger or reorganization, unusual or infrequently occurring expenses (such as litigation), acquired fund fees and expenses, and dividend expenses, if any) so that such expenses do not exceed 1.35% for Class A Shares, 2.10% for Class C Shares and 1.10% for Class I Shares through January 31, 2024. Following the contractual period, the adviser may discontinue these expense reimbursement arrangements at any time. Under certain conditions, the adviser may recapture operating expenses reimbursed and/or fees waived under these arrangements for a period of three years following the date such waiver or reimbursement occurred, provided that the recapture does not cause the fund to exceed its expense limit in effect at the time of the waiver or reimbursement, and any in effect at the time of recapture, after repayment is taken into account.

Under “Fees and Expenses,” the “Example” table will be replaced with the following:

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Expense Example - Virtus Vontobel Greater European Opportunities Fund - USD ($)
1 Year
3 Years
5 Years
10 Years
Class A 680 1,151 1,647 3,007
Class C 313 855 1,522 3,307
Class I 112 551 1,016 2,303
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Expense Example No Redemption - Virtus Vontobel Greater European Opportunities Fund - USD ($)
1 Year
3 Years
5 Years
10 Years
Class A 680 1,151 1,647 3,007
Class C 213 855 1,522 3,307
Class I 112 551 1,016 2,303

Investors should retain this supplement with the Prospectuses for future reference.