1933 Act/Rule 497(e)
March 14, 2014
VIA EDGAR
Securities and Exchange Commission
100 F Street, N.E.
Washington, DC 20549
| RE: | Virtus Opportunities Trust File Nos. 033-65137 and 811-7455 |
To The Commission Staff:
On behalf of Virtus Opportunities Trust (the “Trust” or “Registrant”), transmitted herewith for filing under Rule 497(e) under the Securities Act of 1933 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, are exhibits containing interactive data format risk/return summary information that mirrors the risk/return summary information in the prospectus for Virtus International Equity Fund (the “Fund”) as filed under Rule 497(e) on March 10, 2014. The purpose of this filing is to submit the 497(e) filing dated March 10, 2014 in XBRL for the Fund.
Please contact Ann Flood at (860) 263-4746 or the undersigned at (860) 263-4791 if you have any questions concerning this filing.
Very truly yours,
/s/ Kevin J. Carr
Kevin J. Carr
cc: Ann Flood
| Label | Element | Value |
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| Risk/Return: | rr_RiskReturnAbstract | |
| Document Type | dei_DocumentType | 497 |
| Document Period End Date | dei_DocumentPeriodEndDate | Sep. 30, 2013 |
| Registrant Name | dei_EntityRegistrantName | VIRTUS OPPORTUNITIES TRUST |
| Central Index Key | dei_EntityCentralIndexKey | 0001005020 |
| Amendment Flag | dei_AmendmentFlag | false |
| Document Creation Date | dei_DocumentCreationDate | Mar. 10, 2014 |
| Document Effective Date | dei_DocumentEffectiveDate | Mar. 10, 2014 |
| Prospectus Date | rr_ProspectusDate | Jan. 28, 2014 |
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Virtus International Equity Fund
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| Risk/Return: | rr_RiskReturnAbstract | |
| Supplement [Text Block] | vot_SupplementTextBlock | Virtus International Equity Fund,
a series of Virtus Opportunities Trust Supplement dated March 10, 2014 to the
Summary Prospectus and the Virtus Opportunities Trust Statutory Prospectus, each dated January 28, 2014 Important Notice to Investors
The first paragraph under “Principal Investment Strategies” in the fund’s summary prospectus and the summary section of the statutory prospectus is hereby amended by adding the following after the third sentence: “The fund may use derivatives to hedge against foreign currency exchange rates.”
Accordingly, the following disclosure is hereby added to the fund’s summary prospectus and in the summary section of the statutory prospectus under “Principal Risks:”
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Additionally, the chart in the section “More Information About Risks Related to Principal Investment Strategies” is hereby amended to include an “X” in the row entitled “Derivatives” to indicate that such risk is applicable to the fund.
Investors should retain this
supplement with the Prospectuses for future reference. |
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Virtus International Equity Fund | Class A
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| Risk/Return: | rr_RiskReturnAbstract | |
| Trading Symbol | dei_TradingSymbol | VIEAX |
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Virtus International Equity Fund | Class C
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| Risk/Return: | rr_RiskReturnAbstract | |
| Trading Symbol | dei_TradingSymbol | VIECX |
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Virtus International Equity Fund | Class I
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| Risk/Return: | rr_RiskReturnAbstract | |
| Trading Symbol | dei_TradingSymbol | VIIEX |
| Virtus International Equity Fund |
Virtus International Equity Fund,
a series of Virtus Opportunities Trust Supplement dated March 10, 2014 to the
Summary Prospectus and the Virtus Opportunities Trust Statutory Prospectus, each dated January 28, 2014 Important Notice to Investors
The first paragraph under “Principal Investment Strategies” in the fund’s summary prospectus and the summary section of the statutory prospectus is hereby amended by adding the following after the third sentence: “The fund may use derivatives to hedge against foreign currency exchange rates.”
Accordingly, the following disclosure is hereby added to the fund’s summary prospectus and in the summary section of the statutory prospectus under “Principal Risks:”
➢
Additionally, the chart in the section “More Information About Risks Related to Principal Investment Strategies” is hereby amended to include an “X” in the row entitled “Derivatives” to indicate that such risk is applicable to the fund.
Investors should retain this
supplement with the Prospectuses for future reference. |