Virtus Seix Tax-Exempt Bond Fund (the “Fund”),
a series of Virtus Opportunities Trust
Supplement dated November 9, 2023, to the Summary
and Statutory Prospectuses for the Fund listed above, each dated January 27, 2023, as supplemented
Important Notice to Investors
The table showing Average Annual Total Returns and the paragraph immediately
after the table in the “Performance Information” section of the Fund’s summary prospectus and the summary section of
the statutory prospectus applicable to the Fund, are hereby replaced in their entirety with the following:
| 1 Year | 5 Years | 10 Years |
Class I Shares | | | |
Return Before Taxes | -7.76% | 1.00% | 1.67% |
Return After Taxes on Distributions | -7.76% | 0.91% | 1.61% |
Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares | -3.64% | 1.38% | 1.92% |
Class A Shares | | | |
Return Before Taxes | -10.52% | 0.18% | 1.13% |
Class C Shares | | | |
Return Before Taxes | -8.68% | -0.01% | 0.65% |
Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index | -13.01% | 0.02% | 1.06% |
ICE BofA 1-22 Year U.S. Municipal Securities Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes) | -6.74% | 1.39% | 2.05% |
Effective February 1, 2021, the ICE BofA 1-22 Year U.S. Municipal Securities Index is the Fund’s style-specific benchmark. The ICE BofA 1–22 Year U.S. Municipal Securities Index
is a subset of the ICE BofA U.S. Municipal Securities Index including all securities with a remaining term to final maturity less than
22 years, calculated on a total return basis. The Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index, which is the Fund’s broad-based benchmark, measures the U.S. investment grade fixed rate bond
market. The indexes are calculated on a total return basis, are unmanaged, and are not available for direct investment.
Investors should retain this supplement with the
Prospectuses and SAI for future reference.
VOT 8020/Seix TEB (11/2023)
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