As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 2 , 2014
File No. 033-65137
File No. 811-07455
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM N-1A
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Under the SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
| Pre-Effective Amendment No. | ¨ | |||
| Post-Effective Amendment No. 76 | x |
and/or
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
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Under the INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940 |
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| Amendment No. 77 | x |
(Check appropriate box or boxes)
Virtus Opportunities Trust
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
Area Code and Telephone Number: (800) 243-1574
101 Munson Street
Greenfield, Massachusetts 01301
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
Kevin J. Carr, Esq.
Counsel
Virtus Investment Partners, Inc.
100 Pearl St.
Hartford, Connecticut 06103
(Name and Address of Agent for Service)
Copies of All Correspondence to:
David C. Mahaffey, Esq.
Sullivan & Worcester LLP
1666 K Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20006
It is proposed that this filing will become effective (check appropriate box):
| x | immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b) |
| ¨ | on pursuant to paragraph (b) of Rule 485 |
| ¨ | 60 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(1) |
| ¨ | on or at such later date as the Commission shall order pursuant to paragraph (a)(2) |
| ¨ | 75 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(2) |
| ¨ | on pursuant to paragraph (a)(2) of Rule 485. |
If appropriate, check the following box:
| ¨ | this post-effective amendment designates a new effective date for a previously filed post-effective amendment. |
EXPLANATORY NOTE
This Post-Effective Amendment No. 76 relates to the following funds:
| Virtus Dynamic AlphaSector® Fund |
| Virtus Foreign Opportunities Fund |
| Virtus International Small-Cap Fund |
| Virtus Multi-Sector Intermediate Bond Fund |
| Virtus Premium AlphaSector® Fund |
| Virtus Real Estate Securities Fund |
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, the Registrant certifies that it meets all of the requirements for effectiveness for their registration statement under Rule 485(b) of the Securities Act and has duly caused this amendment to the registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, duly authorized, in the City of Hartford and the State of Connecticut on the 2nd day of December , 2014.
| VIRTUS OPPORTUNITIES TRUST | |
| By: | /s/ George R. Aylward |
| George R. Aylward | |
| President | |
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this amendment to the registration statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities indicated on the 2nd day of December , 2014.
Signature |
Title |
/s/ George R. Aylward |
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George R. Aylward
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Trustee and President (principal executive officer) |
| /s/ W. Patrick Bradley | |
W. Patrick Bradley |
Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer (principal financial and accounting officer) |
| /s/ Leroy Keith, Jr. | |
Leroy Keith, Jr.* |
Trustee
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| /s/ Philip R. McLoughlin | |
Philip R. McLoughlin* |
Trustee and Chairman
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| /s/ Geraldine M. McNamara | |
Geraldine M. McNamara* |
Trustee
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| /s/ James M. Oates | |
James M. Oates* |
Trustee
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| /s/ Richard E. Segerson | |
Richard E. Segerson* |
Trustee
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| /s/ Ferdinand L.J. Verdonck | |
Ferdinand L.J. Verdonck* |
Trustee |
| *By | /s/ George R. Aylward |
| *George
R. Aylward, Attorney-in-Fact, pursuant to a power of attorney |
Exhibit Index
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Exhibit Number |
Description | |
| EX-101.INS | XBRL Instance Document | |
| EX-101.SCH | XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document | |
| EX-101.CAL | XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase | |
| EX-101.DEF | XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase | |
| EX-101.LAB | XBRL Taxonomy Extension Labels Linkbase | |
| EX-101.PRE | XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase | |
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Virtus Foreign Opportunities Fund, Virtus International Small Cap Fund, Virtus Multi-Sector Intermediate Bond Fund, Virtus Premium AlphaSector® Fund, Virtus Real Estate Securities Fund, each a series of Virtus Opportunities Trust
Supplement dated November 12, 2014 to the Summary and Statutory Prospectuses dated January 31, 2014
Important Notice to Investors
Effective November 12, 2014, Virtus Dynamic AlphaSector® Fund, Virtus Foreign Opportunities Fund, Virtus International Small-Cap Fund, Virtus Multi-Sector Intermediate Bond Fund, Virtus Premium AlphaSector® Fund and Virtus Real Estate Securities Fund began offering Class R6 Shares, in addition to the share classes already offered by each fund. Accordingly, each fund’s prospectuses are hereby amended to add the following disclosures.
All Funds
The fund and ticker symbol table on the front cover of the statutory prospectus is hereby revised to add a column entitled “Class R6 Shares” and to include the ticker symbol VDARX in the row for Virtus Dynamic AlphaSector Fund, VFOPX in the row for Virtus Foreign Opportunities Fund, VRISX in the row for Virtus International Small-Cap Fund, VMFRX in the row for Virtus Multi-Sector Intermediate Bond Fund, VRPAX in the row for Virtus Premium AlphaSector Fund and VRREX in the row for Virtus Real Estate Securities Fund and leaving blank the new Class R6 column in each of the rows for the other funds named in the table.
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Virtus Premium AlphaSector® Fund |
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The tables under “Fees and Expenses” in the fund’s summary prospectus and the summary section of the statutory prospectus are hereby revised to add the Class R6 column as shown below: |
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Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment) |
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Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment) |
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The Example table is hereby revised to add the Class R6 row as shown below: |
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