# EDGAR Filing Document

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**Filing Date:** 2025-12
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## Filing Content

## Filing Summary
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**ACCESSION NUMBER**: 0001193125-25-326520

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**DATE AS OF CHANGE**: 20251219

**EFFECTIVENESS DATE**: 20251219

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**COMPANY DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** NATIONWIDE VARIABLE INSURANCE TRUST
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0000353905

**ORGANIZATION NAME:**
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- **STATE OF INCORPORATION:** DE
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- **FORM TYPE:** 497
- **SEC ACT:** 1933 Act
- **SEC FILE NUMBER:** 002-73024
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**BUSINESS ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** ONE NATIONWIDE PLAZA
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- **CITY:** COLUMBUS
- **STATE:** OH
- **ZIP:** 43215
- **BUSINESS PHONE:** 614-435-5749

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**FORMER COMPANY:**
- **FORMER CONFORMED NAME:** GARTMORE VARIABLE INSURANCE TRUST
- **DATE OF NAME CHANGE:** 20020125

**FORMER COMPANY:**
- **FORMER CONFORMED NAME:** NATIONWIDE SEPARATE ACCOUNT TRUST
- **DATE OF NAME CHANGE:** 19920703

**FORMER COMPANY:**
- **FORMER CONFORMED NAME:** NATIONWIDE SEPARATE ACCOUNT MONEY MARKET TRUST
- **DATE OF NAME CHANGE:** 19860226

## Series and Classes Contracts Data

### NVIT J.P. Morgan Equity and Options Total Return Fund (Series ID: S000005412)

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|  |  |
|:---|:---|
| Class Name | Class ID   |
| Class I    | C000014724 |
| Class II   | C000014725 |
| Class IV   | C000014727 |
| Class Y    | C000062009 |

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## Series and Classes Contracts Data

### NVIT J.P. Morgan Equity and Options Total Return Fund (Series ID: S000005412)

| Class ID   | Class Name   | Ticker Symbol   |
|:---|:---|:---|
| C000014724 | Class I      |  |
| C000014725 | Class II     |  |
| C000014727 | Class IV     |  |
| C000062009 | Class Y      |  |

?xml version='1.0' encoding='ASCII'? NVIT J.P. Morgan Equity and Options Total Return Fund

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#### NATIONWIDE VARIABLE INSURANCE TRUST
NVIT Allspring Discovery Fund

NVIT BlackRock Equity Dividend Fund

NVIT BNY Mellon Dynamic U.S. Core Fund

NVIT BNY Mellon Dynamic U.S. Equity Income Fund

NVIT Fidelity Institutional AM<sup>®</sup> Emerging Markets Fund *(formerly, NVIT Emerging Markets Fund)*

NVIT GQG US Quality Equity Fund *(formerly, NVIT Calvert Equity Fund)*

NVIT International Equity Fund

NVIT Invesco Small Cap Growth Fund

NVIT Jacobs Levy Large Cap Core Fund

NVIT Jacobs Levy Large Cap Growth Fund

NVIT J.P. Morgan Equity and Options Total Return Fund *(formerly, NVIT AQR Large Cap Defensive Style Fund)*

NVIT J.P. Morgan U.S. Equity Fund

NVIT Multi-Manager Small Cap Value Fund

NVIT Multi-Manager Small Company Fund

NVIT Putnam International Value Fund *(formerly, NVIT Columbia Overseas Value Fund)*

NVIT Real Estate Fund

NVIT Victory Mid Cap Value Fund

#### Supplement dated December 19, 2025

#### to the Prospectus dated April 30, 2025
*Capitalized terms and certain other terms used in this supplement, unless otherwise defined in this supplement, have the meanings assigned to them in the Prospectus.* 

#### NVIT J.P. Morgan Equity and Options Total Return Fund
Effective immediately, the Prospectus is amended as follows:

1. The section entitled "Performance" on page 9 of the Prospectus is supplemented to include the following:

The Fund's performance prior to September 22, 2025 reflects returns pursuant to a different subadviser. If the Fund's current subadviser had been in place for the prior periods, the performance information shown would have been different.

2. The third sentence in the first paragraph under the section entitled "Performance" on page 9 of the Prospectus is deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:

The table shows the Fund's average annual total returns for certain time periods compared to the returns of a broad-based securities market index and an additional index. The additional index has characteristics relevant to the Fund's investment strategy.

3. The table under the section entitled "Performance - Average Annual Total Returns (For the Periods Ended December 31, 2024)" on page 9 of the Prospectus is deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:

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| | | | |
|:---|:---|:---|:---|
|  | **1 Year** | **5 Years** | **10 Years** |
| Class I Shares | 13.66% | 8.67% | 10.26% |
| Class II Shares | 13.33% | 8.39% | 9.99% |
| Class IV Shares | 13.67% | 8.67% | 10.26% |
| Class Y Shares | 13.66% | 8.67% | 10.25% |
| S&P 500<sup>®</sup> Index (reflects no deduction for fees or expenses) | 25.02% | 14.53% | 13.10% |
| ICE BofA Merrill Lynch 3 Month U.S. Treasury Bill Index (reflects no deduction for fees or expenses) | 5.29% | 2.48% | 1.75% |

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