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Virtus Global Small-Cap Fund

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Supplement to Prospectus [Text Block]

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Virtus Global Small-Cap Fund,
a series of Virtus Investment Trust

Amendment dated July 21, 2022 to the Summary Prospectus and
Statutory Prospectus dated October 28, 2021, as supplemented

Important Notice to Investors

The following changes, as approved by the Board of Trustees of Virtus Investment Trust (the “Trust”), for the Virtus Global Small-Cap Fund (the “Fund”) will be effective July 25, 2022.

◾ Kayne Anderson Rudnick Investment Management, LLC (“KAR”), an affiliate of Virtus Investment Advisers, Inc., will be managing the Virtus Global Small-Cap Fund (the “Fund”) as subadviser.

◾ Todd Beiley, CFA and Craig Thrasher, CFA will be added as portfolio managers of the Fund.

◾ The current subadviser, Allianz Global Investors U.S. LLC. (“AllianzGI U.S.”) will be removed as subadviser of the Fund and all references to AllianzGI U.S., as subadviser of the Fund, and to Andrew Neville, Bjoern Mehrmann, CFA, CMA, Heinrich Ey, CFA, DVFA, CEFA, Koji Nakatsuka, CFA, CMA, Miguel Pohl, CFA, Stuart Winchester, CFA, Jeffrey Parker, CFA, Moritz Dufner, CFA, CAIA and Mark W. Phanitsiri, CFA, as portfolio managers of the Fund, will be removed from the Fund’s prospectuses.

◾ The Fund will be renamed the Virtus KAR Global Small-Cap Fund.

Virtus Investment Advisers, Inc. the Fund’s investment adviser, continues to serve as investment adviser of the Fund.

Additionally, as approved by the Board of Trustees of Virtus Investment Trust, effective September 19, 2022, the Fund’s non-fundamental investment policy to seek to achieve its objective by normally investing at least 80% of its net assets (plus borrowings made for investment purposes) in companies with market capitalizations comparable to those of companies included in the MSCI World Small-Cap Index (between $105.8 million and $25.5 billion as of June 30, 2021) will change as reflected in the revised Principal Investment Strategies disclosure below. 

Additional disclosure changes resulting from the change in subadviser are described below.

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Expense Narrative [Text Block]

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The disclosure in footnote 3 under the table in “Fees and Expenses” will be replaced with the following:

⁽³⁾ Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Expense Reimbursement reflect the effect of a contractual agreement by Virtus Investment Advisers, Inc. (“VIA”) to waive its management fee and/or reimburse the fund to the extent that Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses, excluding interest, any other fees or expenses relating to financial leverage or borrowing (such as commitment, amendment and renewal expenses on credit or redemption facilities), tax, extraordinary, unusual or infrequently occurring expenses, brokerage commissions, expenses incurred in connection with any merger or reorganization, dividend expenses, and acquired fund fees and expenses, exceed 1.28% for Institutional Class shares through September 20, 2023. Under the Expense Limitation Agreement, VIA may recoup amounts waived or reimbursed in the preceding three years, provided total expenses, including such recoupment, do not exceed the annual expense limit in effect at the time of such waiver/reimbursement or recoupment. The Expense Limitation Agreement also permits recoupment by a former adviser of amounts waived or reimbursed by it within the three preceding years under an expense limitation arrangement in effect before VIA became adviser to the fund. The Expense Limitation Agreement is terminable by mutual agreement of the parties.

Fee Waiver or Reimbursement over Assets, Date of Termination

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Sep. 20, 2023

Strategy Narrative [Text Block]

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The disclosure under “Principal Investment Strategies” in the summary prospectus and the summary section of the statutory prospectus will be replaced with the following:

The fund pursues long-term capital appreciation in the small capitalization market while seeking to incur less risk than the small capitalization market. The fund invests in a select group of small market capitalization companies believed by the fund’s subadviser to possess sustainable competitive advantages at prices the subadviser deems attractive. The fund invests in U.S. and non-U.S. companies.

Under normal circumstances, the fund invests at least 80% of net assets (plus borrowing for investment purposes) in common stocks of global small-capitalization companies. The fund’s subadviser considers small-capitalization companies to be those companies that, at the time of initial purchase, have market capitalizations of less than $10 billion. The fund intends to diversify its investments globally among countries and normally to have represented in the portfolio business activities of a number of different countries, both U.S. and non-U.S. In determining whether an issuer is economically tied to a non-U.S. country, the subadviser primarily considers: (i) whether at least 50% of the issuer’s revenues or profits are attributable to goods produced or sold, investments made, or services performed in, a non-U.S. country; (ii) whether the issuer has at least 50% of its assets in a non-U.S. country; and (iii) whether the principal exchange listing for the issuer’s securities or the issuer’s headquarters is in a non-U.S. country. Equity securities in which the fund invests include common stocks, preferred stocks and Depositary Receipts (DRs). The fund may invest in emerging markets issuers. Generally, the fund invests in approximately 30-60 securities at any given time.

Risk Narrative [Text Block]

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The disclosure under the “Principal Risks” in the summary prospectus and in the summary section of the statutory prospectus will be restated as follows:

> Market Volatility Risk. The value of the securities in the fund may go up or down in response to the prospects of individual companies and/or general economic conditions. Price changes may be short- or long-term. Local, regional or global events such as war, acts of terrorism, the spread of infectious illness or other public health issue, recessions, or other events could have a significant impact on the fund and its investments, including hampering the ability of the fund’s portfolio manager(s) to invest the fund’s assets as intended.

> Issuer Risk. The fund will be affected by factors specific to the issuers of securities and other instruments in which the fund invests, including actual or perceived changes in the financial condition or business prospects of such issuers.

> Equity Securities Risk. The value of the stocks held by the fund may be negatively affected by the financial market, industries in which the fund invests, or issuer-specific events. Focus on a particular style or in small or medium-sized companies may enhance that risk.

> Small and Medium Market Capitalization Risk. The fund’s investments in small and medium market capitalization companies may increase the volatility and risk of loss to the fund, as compared with investments in larger, more established companies.

> Foreign Investing Risk. Investing in foreign securities subjects the fund to additional risks such as increased volatility; currency fluctuations; less liquidity; less publicly available information about the foreign investment; and political, regulatory, economic, and market risk.

> Emerging Market Risk. Emerging markets securities may be more volatile, or more greatly affected by negative conditions, than those of their counterparts in more established foreign markets.

> Limited Number of Investments Risk. Because the fund may have a limited number of securities, it may be more susceptible to factors adversely affecting its securities than a fund with a greater number of securities.

> Depositary Receipts Risk. Investments in foreign companies through depositary receipts may expose the fund to the same risks as direct investments in securities of foreign issuers.

> Preferred Stocks Risk. Preferred stocks may decline in price, fail to pay dividends when expected, or be illiquid.

> Redemption Risk. One or more large shareholders or groups of shareholders may redeem their holdings

in the fund, resulting in an adverse impact on remaining shareholders in the fund by causing the fund to take actions it would not otherwise have taken.

> Currency Rate Risk. Fluctuations in the exchange rates between the U.S. dollar and foreign currencies may negatively affect the value of the fund’s shares.

> Liquidity Risk. Certain securities may be substantially less liquid than many other securities, such as U.S. Government securities or common stocks. To the extent the fund invests in less liquid securities or the level of liquidity in a particular market is constrained, the lack of an active market for investments may cause delay in disposition or force a sale below fair value.

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