# EDGAR Filing Document

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**Filing Date:** 2026-2
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## Filing Content

## Filing Summary
**0000930413-26-000597.hdr.sgml**: 20260227

**ACCESSION NUMBER**: 0000930413-26-000597

**CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE**: 497K

**PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT**: 3

**FILED AS OF DATE**: 20260227

**DATE AS OF CHANGE**: 20260227

**EFFECTIVENESS DATE**: 20260227

**FILER**: 

**COMPANY DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** VIRTUS ALTERNATIVE SOLUTIONS TRUST
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0001589756

**ORGANIZATION NAME:**
- **EIN:** 000000000
- **STATE OF INCORPORATION:** DE
- **FISCAL YEAR END:** 1031

**FILING VALUES:**
- **FORM TYPE:** 497K
- **SEC ACT:** 1933 Act
- **SEC FILE NUMBER:** 333-191940
- **FILM NUMBER:** 26693110

**BUSINESS ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 101 MUNSON STREET
- **CITY:** GREENFIELD
- **STATE:** MA
- **ZIP:** 01301
- **BUSINESS PHONE:** 860.263.4790

**MAIL ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** ONE FINANCIAL PLAZA
- **STREET 2:** 26TH FLOOR
- **CITY:** HARTFORD
- **STATE:** CT
- **ZIP:** 06103

**FORMER COMPANY:**
- **FORMER CONFORMED NAME:** VIRTUS ALTERNATIVE SOLUTIONS FUNDS
- **DATE OF NAME CHANGE:** 20140204

**FORMER COMPANY:**
- **FORMER CONFORMED NAME:** VIRTUS ALTERNATIVES TRUST I
- **DATE OF NAME CHANGE:** 20131022

## Series and Classes Contracts Data

### Virtus Duff & Phelps Select MLP and Energy Fund (Series ID: S000050625)

| Class ID   | Class Name   | Ticker Symbol   |
|:---|:---|:---|
| C000159801 | Class A      | VLPAX           |
| C000159803 | Class I      | VLPIX           |

<br> Summary Prospectus February 27, 2026 <br> <u>Virtus Duff & Phelps Select MLP and Energy Fund</u>

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| **A: VLPAX** | **I: VLPIX** |

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Before you invest, you may want to review the fund's prospectus, which contains more information about the fund and its risks. You can find the fund's prospectus, shareholder reports, statement of additional information ("SAI"), and other information about the fund online at www.virtus.com/investor-resources/mutual-fund-documents.<br>You can also get this information at no cost by calling 800-243-1574 or by sending an e-mail to: virtus.investment.partners@virtus.com. If you purchase shares of the fund through a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary such as a bank, the prospectus and other information will also be available from your financial intermediary.<br>The fund's prospectus and SAI both dated February 27, 2026, are incorporated by reference into this Summary Prospectus.<br>

#### Investment Objective
The fund has an investment objective of total return with a secondary objective of income.

#### Fees and Expenses
The tables below illustrate the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy, hold and sell shares of the fund. **You may pay other fees, such as brokerage commissions and other fees to financial intermediaries, which are not reflected in the tables and examples below.** You may qualify for sales charge discounts in Class A Shares if you and your family invest, or agree to invest in the future, at least $50,000 in Virtus Funds. More information on these and other discounts is available: (i) from your financial professional or other financial intermediary; (ii) under "Sales Charges" on page 14 of the fund's prospectus; and (iii) with respect to purchase of shares through specific intermediaries, in Appendix A to the fund's prospectus, entitled "Intermediary Sales Charge Discounts and Waivers."

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| **Shareholder Fees *(fees paid directly from your investment)*** | **Class A** | **&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Class I** |
| Maximum Sales Charge (load) Imposed on Purchases (as a percentage of offering price) | 5.50% |  |
| Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (load) (as a percentage of the lesser of purchase price or redemption proceeds)  |  |  |
| **Annual Fund Operating Expenses *(expenses that you pay each year as* <br>*a percentage of the value of your investment)*** | **Class A** | **Class I** |
| Management Fees | 0.90% | 0.90% |
| Distribution and Shareholder Servicing (12b-1) Fees | 0.25% |  |
| Other Expenses | 0.58% | 0.57% |
| Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses | 1.73% | 1.47% |
| Less: Fee Waiver and/or Expense Reimbursement<sup>(a)</sup> | (0.33)% | (0.32)% |
| Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver and/or Expense Reimbursement<sup>(a)</sup> | 1.40% | 1.15% |

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(a) The fund's investment
adviser has contractually agreed to limit the fund's total operating expenses (excluding certain expenses,
such as front-end or contingent deferred sales charges, taxes, leverage and borrowing expenses (such
as commitment, amendment and renewal expenses on credit or redemption facilities), interest, brokerage
commissions, expenses incurred in connection with any merger or reorganization, unusual or infrequently
occurring expenses (such as litigation), acquired fund fees and expenses, and dividend expenses, if any)
so that such expenses do not exceed 1.40% for Class A Shares and 1.15% for Class I Shares through February
28, 2027. Prior to February 28, 2027, only the fund's Board may modify or terminate the expense limitation
agreement. Following the contractual period, the adviser may discontinue these expense reimbursement
arrangements at any time. Under certain conditions, the adviser may recapture operating expenses reimbursed
and/or fees waived under these arrangements for a period of three years following the date such waiver
or reimbursement occurred, provided that the recapture does not cause the fund to exceed its expense
limit in effect at the time of the waiver or reimbursement, and any in effect at the time of recapture,
after repayment is taken into account.

#### Example
This example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the fund with the cost of investing in other mutual funds. The example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the fund for the time periods indicated and then redeem all of your shares at the end of those periods or continued to hold them. The example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year, that the fund's operating expenses remain the same and that the expense reimbursement agreement remains in place for the contractual period. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:

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| **Class**  | **Share Status** | **1 Year** | **3 Years** | **5 Years** | **10 Years** |
| Class A  | Sold or Held | $685 | $1035 | $1408 | $2453 |
| Class I  | Sold or Held | $117 | $433 | $772 | $1730 |

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#### Portfolio Turnover
The fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or "turns over" its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the fund's performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the fund's portfolio turnover rate was 61% of the average value of its portfolio.

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#### Investments, Risks and Performance

#### Principal Investment Strategies
Under normal circumstances, the fund invests at least 80% of its assets in securities of master limited partnerships ("MLPs") and/or other equity securities in energy and energy-related industries. The fund invests in securities of C-corporations, MLPs, general partners of MLPs ("GPs"), and MLP-related securities with a primary focus on midstream energy infrastructure. The companies in which the fund invests engage in the transportation, storage, gathering, processing, treatment, refining, marketing, or distribution of natural gas, natural gas liquids, crude oil, chemicals, electricity and refined products, and/or the generation of electricity from coal, natural gas, nuclear, solar, water, wind, wood and other renewable sources.

MLP-related securities include MLP shares, limited liability companies ("LLCs") that bear the economic characteristics of MLPs, midstream energy shipping companies structured similarly to MLPs, other companies focused on midstream energy infrastructure including energy-related yieldcos, and exchange-traded notes ("ETNs") that derive their returns from a master limited partnership index. In determining whether a security is considered by the fund to be energy or energy-related, the subadviser primarily relies upon the issuer's Global Industry Classification Standard ("GICS") sector classification; those issuers classified by GICS as being in the energy sector (including renewable energy) and those issuers classified as being in the utility sector that also have substantial exposure to either midstream or renewable energy will be considered to be energy or energy-related. Although the fund's 80% test does not require it, certain securities, such as LLCs that bear the economic characteristics of MLPs, may be considered by the fund to be both MLPs and energy or energy-related for the purposes of the 80% test.

The subadviser will utilize a deep fundamental, bottom-up approach to capture attractive total return potential and distribution growth opportunities across the energy infrastructure spectrum. The fund is not limited by market capitalizations or country exposure, and may invest in emerging markets issuers, although the subadviser expects that a vast majority of the portfolio will be invested in U.S. equities due to the nature of MLP and midstream energy investing.

As part of its total return strategy, the fund will generate both income and capital appreciation. The fund intends to be taxed as a registered investment company ("RIC"), and comply with all RIC-related restrictions including limiting its investments in qualified publicly-traded MLPs to 25%, thereby avoiding taxation as a C-corporation under the Internal Revenue Code. Qualification as a RIC also requires that at least 50% of the fund's portfolio consist of positions that are less than 5% of the fund's assets. There is no limit to investing in MLPs structured as C-corporations for tax purposes. The fund's allocation to ETNs and/or structured notes will vary over time, has generally been in the 0-3% range, and will not exceed 10% of assets.

The fund is non-diversified under federal securities laws and will concentrate its investments in companies in energy and energy-related industries as defined above.

#### Principal Risks
The fund may not achieve its objective(s), and it is not intended to be a complete investment program. The value of the fund's investments that supports your share value may decrease. If between the time you purchase shares and the time you sell shares the value of the fund's investments decreases, you will lose money. Investment values can decrease for a number of reasons. Conditions affecting the overall economy, specific industries or companies in which the fund invests can be worse than expected, and investments may fail to perform as the subadviser expects. As a result, the value of your shares may decrease. Purchase and redemption activities by fund shareholders may impact the management of the fund and its ability to achieve its investment objective(s). The principal risks of investing in the fund are identified below.

> ***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.

> ***Energy Industry Concentration Risk:*** The fund's investments are concentrated in the energy industry and events negatively affecting energy-related industries will cause the value of the fund's shares to decrease, perhaps significantly.

> ***Master Limited Partnership (MLP) Risk:*** Investments in MLPs may be negatively impacted by tax law changes, changes in interest rates, the failure of the MLP's parent or sponsor to make payments as expected, regulatory developments or other factors affecting the MLP's underlying assets, which are typically in the natural resources and energy sectors.

> ***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.

> ***Non-Diversification Risk:*** The fund is not diversified and may be more susceptible to factors negatively impacting its holdings to the extent the fund invests more of its assets in the securities of fewer issuers than would a diversified fund.

> ***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 or military conflict (e.g., Russia's invasion of Ukraine), geopolitical risk, acts of terrorism, the spread of infectious illness or other public health issue, recessions, tariffs and other restrictions on trade, or the threat or potential of one or more such events and developments, 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.

> ***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.

> ***Derivatives Risk:*** Derivatives and other similar instruments (collectively referred to in this section as "derivatives") may include, among other things, futures, options, forwards and swap agreements and may be used in order to hedge portfolio risks, create leverage or attempt to increase returns. Investments in derivatives may result in increased volatility and the fund may incur a loss greater than its principal investment.

> ***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. Such securities may also be subject to Sanctions Risk.

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> ***Sanctions Risk:*** The imposition of sanctions and other similar measures could cause a decline in the value and/or liquidity of securities issued by or tied to the sanctioned country and increase market volatility and disruption in the sanctioned country and throughout the world. Sanctions and other similar measures could limit or prevent the fund from buying and selling securities (in the sanctioned country and other markets), significantly delay or prevent the settlement of transactions, and negatively impact the fund's liquidity and performance.

> ***Exchange-Traded Note ("ETN") Risk:*** The value of an ETN may be more volatile than securities making up the index the ETN is designed to track. The costs to the fund of owning shares of an ETN may exceed those the fund would incur by investing directly in the underlying securities directly.

> ***Infrastructure-Related Risk:*** A fund that focuses its investments in infrastructure-related companies will be more sensitive to conditions affecting their business or operations such as local economic and political conditions, regulatory changes, and environmental issues. Such a focus may cause a decrease in the fund's value, perhaps significantly.

> ***Large Market Capitalization Companies Risk:*** The value of investments in larger companies may not rise as much as smaller companies, or larger companies may be unable to respond quickly to competitive challenges, such as changes in technology and consumer tastes.

#### > Liquidity Risk: Certain instruments may be difficult or impossible to sell at a time and price beneficial to the fund.
> ***MLP Affiliate Risk:*** The fund's investments in securities issued by MLP affiliates may be negatively impacted by the MLPs' results of operations, financial condition, cash flows or distributions.

> ***MLP Tax-Deferred Distribution Risk:*** A fund's investments in MLPs may cause the fund to receive, and/or to pay to the fund's shareholders, distributions that represent a return of capital.

> ***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. The effects of taxable gains resulting from large redemptions of fund shares would particularly impact non-redeeming shareholders who do not hold their fund shares in a tax-advantaged or tax-exempt vehicle. Such large shareholder redemptions, which may occur rapidly or unexpectedly, may cause a fund to sell portfolio securities at times when it would not otherwise do so, which may negatively impact the fund's NAV and liquidity. In addition, a large redemption could result in the fund's current expenses being allocated over a smaller asset base, leading to an increase in the fund's expense ratio.

> ***RIC Compliance Risk:*** If the fund fails to qualify as a "regulated investment company" under the Internal Revenue Code, the fund's expenses could increase, reducing its investment performance.

> ***Short-Term Investments Risk:*** The fund's short-term investments may not provide the liquidity or protection intended or may prevent the fund from experiencing positive movements in the fund's principal investment strategies.

> ***Small and Medium Market Capitalization Companies 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.

#### Performance Information
The bar chart and table below provide some indication of the potential risks of investing in the fund. The fund's past performance, before and after taxes, is not necessarily an indication of how the fund will perform in the future.

The bar chart shows changes in the fund's performance from year to year over the life of the fund. The table shows how the fund's average annual returns compare to those of a broad-based securities market index and a style-specific index that reflects the market sectors in which the fund invests. Updated performance information is available at virtus.com or by calling 800-243-1574.

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| **Calendar year total returns for Class I Shares**  |
| Returns do not reflect sales charges applicable to other share classes and would be lower if they did. |

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![PerformanceBarChartData(2016:31.49, 2017:-1.15, 2018:-17.16, 2019:9.61, 2020:-18.79, 2021:44.72, 2022:30.77, 2023:11.96, 2024:41.43, 2025:3.53)](img_a9a1a7b4c6324.jpg)

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| Best Quarter: | 2020, Q2: | 40.39% | Worst Quarter: | 2020, Q1: | -47.94% |

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**Average Annual Total Returns** (for the periods ended 12/31/25)

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| **Class** | **1 Year** | **5 Years** | **10 Years** |
| Class I Shares |  |  |  |
| Return Before Taxes | 3.53% | 25.41% | 11.51% |
| Return After Taxes on Distributions | 1.27% | 24.57% | 10.92% |
| Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares | 3.62% | 20.95% | 9.42% |
| Class A Shares |  |  |  |
| Return Before Taxes | -2.44% | 23.71% | 10.62% |
| **Index** |  |  |  |
| FT Wilshire 5000 Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes) | 17.13% | 13.40% | 14.45% |
| Alerian Midstream Energy Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes) | 4.98% | 23.82% |  |

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The FT Wilshire 5000 Index is a broad-based free-float market capitalization-weighted index that aims to capture 100% of the U.S. investable market capitalization. The index is calculated on a total return basis with dividends reinvested. The index is unmanaged and not available for direct investment.

The Alerian Midstream Energy Index is a capped, float-adjusted, market capitalization-weighted index. The index is a broad-based composite of North American energy infrastructure companies that earn the majority of their cash flow from midstream activities involving energy commodities. The index is calculated on a total return basis with dividends reinvested. The index is unmanaged and not available for direct investment.

After-tax returns are calculated using the historical highest individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes. After-tax returns are shown only for Class I Shares; after-tax returns for other classes will vary. Actual after-tax returns depend on the investor's tax situation and may differ from those shown. After-tax returns are not relevant to investors who hold fund shares in tax-deferred accounts or to shares held by non-taxable entities. In certain cases, the Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares for a period may be higher than other return figures for the same period. This will occur when a capital loss is realized upon the sale of fund shares and provides an assumed tax benefit that increases the return.

#### Management
The fund's investment adviser is Virtus Investment Advisers, LLC (formerly known as Virtus Investment Advisers, Inc.) ("VIA").

The fund's subadviser is Duff & Phelps Investment Management Co. ("Duff & Phelps"), an affiliate of VIA.

#### Portfolio Management
The following individuals are jointly and primarily responsible for the day-to-day management of the fund's portfolio.

> ***Rodney C. Clayton, CFA,*** Managing Director and Portfolio Manager of Duff & Phelps. Mr. Clayton has served as a Portfolio Manager of the fund since February 2020.

> ***David D. Grumhaus, Jr.,*** President and Chief Investment Officer at Duff & Phelps. Mr. Grumhaus has served as a Portfolio Manager of the fund since inception in 2015.

#### Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares
Minimum initial investments applicable to Class A Shares:

 $2,500, generally

 $100 for Individual Retirement Accounts (IRAs), systematic purchase or exchange accounts

 No minimum for defined contribution plans, asset-based fee programs, profit-sharing plans or employee benefit plans.

Minimum additional investments applicable to Class A Shares:

 $100, generally

 No minimum for defined contribution plans, asset-based fee programs, profit-sharing plans or employee benefit plans.

For Class I Shares, the minimum initial purchase is $100,000; there is no minimum for additional purchases.

The minimums may be reduced or waived in some circumstances. In general, you may buy or sell shares of the fund by mail or telephone on any business day. You also may buy and sell shares through a financial professional, broker-dealer or other financial intermediary.

#### Taxes
The fund's distributions are taxable to you as either ordinary income or capital gains, except when your investment is through a tax-deferred arrangement, such as a 401(k) plan or an individual retirement account. Such tax-deferred arrangements may be taxed later upon withdrawal of monies from those arrangements.

#### Payments to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial Intermediaries
If you purchase the fund through a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary (such as a bank), the fund and its related companies may pay the intermediary for the sale of fund shares and related services. These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing the broker-dealer or other intermediary and your financial professional to recommend the fund over another investment. Ask your financial professional or visit your financial intermediary's website for more information.

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<br> Virtus Mutual Funds<br>P.O. Box 534470<br>Pittsburgh, PA 15253-4470

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