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October 19, 2021
VIA EDGAR
EDGAR Operations Branch
Division of Investment Management
Securities and Exchange Commission
100 F Street, N.E.
Washington, DC 20549
Attention: Anu Dubey
Virtus Opportunities Trust (the “Trust”)
Request for Withdrawal on Form AW
CIK 0001005020
File No. 333-259608
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Pursuant to Rule 477 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), the Trust hereby requests that the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) consent to the withdrawal of the Amendment to the Registration Statement filed on Form N-14/A on October 18, 2021, together with all exhibits and amendments thereto, accession number 0001104659-21-127155 (the “Registration Statement”).
The grounds for this application for withdrawal are that the filing was made inadvertently on Form N-14/A, as discussed with the Staff on October 19, 2021. The filing should have been a final registration Statement pursuant to Rule 497 under the Securities Act. As discussed with the Staff, a filing under Rule 497 will be made to respond to the Staff’s comments on the N-14 registration statement filed on September 17, 2021.
No securities have been sold under the Registration Statement.
The Trust respectfully requests that the Commission consent to the withdrawal of the above referenced Form N-14/A, effective as of the filing of this request or at the earliest practicable date hereafter.
If you would like to discuss any of these responses in further detail or if you have any questions, please feel free to contact the undersigned at 404-845-7679. Thank you.
Best regards,
/s/ Holly van den Toorn
Holly van den Toorn
cc: | Kevin Carr, Esq. |
Gina Palmieri
Ralph Summa
Securities distributed by VP Distributors, LLC