497 1 tm2011874-1_497.htm VIRTUS HERZFELD FUND

 

 

Virtus Herzfeld Fund (the “Fund”)

a series of Virtus Opportunities Trust

 

Supplement dated March 11, 2020 to the Summary Prospectuses

and the Virtus Opportunities Trust Statutory Prospectus,

each dated January 28, 2020, as supplemented

 

Important Notice to Investors

 

 

The table showing Average Annual Total Returns in the “Performance Information” section of the Fund’s summary prospectus and the summary section of the fund’s statutory prospectus, is hereby replaced in its entirety with the following:

 

  1 Year 5 Year Since Inception
(9/5/12)
Class I      
Return Before Taxes 18.57% 6.70% 7.50%
Return After Taxes on Distributions 17.17% 4.79% 5.64%
Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares 11.13% 4.53% 5.22%
Class A      
Return Before Taxes 11.45% 5.18% 6.37%
Class C      
Return Before Taxes 17.32% 5.64% 6.43%
MSCI All-Country World Index (net) (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes) 26.60% 8.41% 10.24%
Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes) 8.72% 3.05% 2.65%
Herzfeld Composite Benchmark (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes) 19.41% 6.43% 7.31%

 

 

Investors should retain this supplement with the

Prospectuses for future reference.

 

VOT 8020/Herzfeld Performance Reclass (03/2020)