Report 
 
      
Registrant:   Virtus Investment Trust 97 — List all N-SARs

Annual Report for the 2nd-half period ended at fiscal year end:  8/31/14

Were there any Answer File errors in the Filing?  None FoundNone Found by SEC InfoNot Checked by the FilerOne or more Found by SEC Info
Was the Answer File completed by the Registrant?  Yes

Is this an Amendment to a previous Report?  No
Is this a change to a previous Report?      No
 
Registrant 
 
 1.
SEC CIK:      1045018
SEC File #:   811-08343

Telephone #:  302-791-1353
 
 2.
Address:      101 Munson Street
              Greenfield, MA  01301
 
 3.
Is this the first Form N-SAR filed by the Registrant?  No
 
 4.
Is this the final Form N-SAR filed by the Registrant?  No
 
 
Funds/Series 
↑Top of Form N-SAR 
     
                                                                               
 7.
Is the Registrant a Funds/Series (multiple portfolios) company?  No
 
Administrator 
 
10.1
Name:         Virtus Fund Services, LLC
SEC File #:   084-06485
Location:     Hartford, CT
 
10.2
Name:         Bny Mellon Investment Servicing (US) Inc.
SEC File #:   085-11196
Location:     Wilmington, DE
 
10.3
Name:         (See a prior Form N-SAR for who was...)  Deleted
 
Custodian 
 
18.
Does the Registrant’s/Series’ Custodian(s) maintain some or all of the
Registrant’s/Series’ securities in a central depository or book-entry
system pursuant to Rule 17f-4?  Yes
 
Family of Investment Companies 
 
19.
Is the Registrant/Series part of a “family” of investment companies?  Yes

Total number of registered management investment companies, Series
and portfolios (excluding any Unit Investment Trusts) in the family:  62

The Identification Code of the family for Form N-SAR Filings:  VIRTUSFUND
 
Considerations which Affected the Participation of Brokers or Dealers 
 
26.
Considerations which affected the participation of brokers or dealers or
other entities in commissions or other compensation paid on portfolio
transactions of the Registrant:

Consideration?
Sales of the Registrant’s/Series’ shares ...............................  No
Receipt of investment research and statistical info ....................  Yes
Receipt of quotations for portfolio valuations .........................  Yes
Ability to execute portfolio transactions to obtain the best price
  and execution ........................................................  Yes
Receipt of telephone line and wire services ............................  No
Broker or Dealer which is an affiliated person .........................  Yes
An arrangement to return or credit part or all of commissions or
  profits thereon...
    To an Investment Adviser or Principal Underwriter, or to an
      affiliated person of either ......................................  No
    To the Registrant ..................................................  No
Other ..................................................................  No
 
Investment Company Type 
 
27.
Is the Registrant an “open-end” investment company?  Yes, Open-End
 
Sales and Repurchases 
 
28.
Monthly total Net Asset Value (NAV) of sales and repurchases of the
Registrant’s/Series’ shares:
 
1st Month of period:  ($000s)
    Total NAV of shares sold:
      New sales (including exchanges) ............................
 –
      Reinvestment of dividends and distributions ................
 –
      Other ......................................................
 –
    Total NAV of shares redeemed & repurchased (inc. exchanges) ..
 –
2nd Month:
    Total NAV of shares sold:
      New sales (including exchanges) ............................
 –
      Reinvestment of dividends and distributions ................
 –
      Other ......................................................
 –
    Total NAV of shares redeemed & repurchased (inc. exchanges) ..
 –
3rd Month:
    Total NAV of shares sold:
      New sales (including exchanges) ............................
 –
      Reinvestment of dividends and distributions ................
 –
      Other ......................................................
 –
    Total NAV of shares redeemed & repurchased (inc. exchanges) ..
 –
4th Month:
    Total NAV of shares sold:
      New sales (including exchanges) ............................
 –
      Reinvestment of dividends and distributions ................
 –
      Other ......................................................
 –
    Total NAV of shares redeemed & repurchased (inc. exchanges) ..
 –
5th Month:
    Total NAV of shares sold:
      New sales (including exchanges) ............................
 –
      Reinvestment of dividends and distributions ................
 –
      Other ......................................................
 –
    Total NAV of shares redeemed & repurchased (inc. exchanges) ..
 –
6th Month:
    Total NAV of shares sold:
      New sales (including exchanges) ............................
 –
      Reinvestment of dividends and distributions ................
 –
      Other ......................................................
 –
    Total NAV of shares redeemed & repurchased (inc. exchanges) ..
 –

Total of all months:  ($000s)
    Total NAV of shares sold:
      New sales (including exchanges) ............................
 –
      Reinvestment of dividends and distributions ................
 –
      Other ......................................................
 –
    Total NAV of shares redeemed & repurchased (inc. exchanges) ..
 –

Total NAV of the Registrant’s/Series’ share sales during the period
subject to a sales load ($000s):  0
 
Sales Load (Front-End or Deferred) and Fees (Redemption or Maintenance) 
 
30.
Total front-end sales loads collected from sales (including exchanges)
by Principal Underwriter or by any underwriter which is an affiliated
person of the Principal Underwriter, of the Registrant’s/Series’ shares
during the period ($000s):  0

The maximum sales load rate in effect at period end as a percentage of
the offering price:  0.0%
The minimum sales load rate in effect at period end as a percentage of
the offering price:  0.0%
 
31.
Net amount retained by the Registrant’s/Series’ Principal Underwriter or
by any underwriter or dealer which is an affiliated person of the
Principal Underwriter thereof from front-end sales loads collected from
sales of the Registrant’s/Series’ shares during the period ($000s):  0

Amount by which payout by the Registrant’s/Series’ Principal Underwriter
or by any underwriter which is an affiliated person of the Principal
Underwriter thereof to persons or entities selling the
Registrant’s/Series’ shares exceeded that reported in Item 30 ($000s):  0
 
32.
Amount the Registrant’s/Series’ Principal Underwriter and any
underwriters or dealers which are affiliated persons of the Principal
Underwriter paid to dealers which are not affiliated persons of the
Principal Underwriter for selling the Registrant’s/Series’ shares that
were sold with a front-end sales load during the period ($000s):  0
 
33.
Amount paid to a captive retail sales force of the Registrant’s/Series’
Principal Underwriter or of any underwriter or dealer which is an
affiliated person of the Principal Underwriter for selling the
Registrant’s shares that were sold with a front-end sales load during
the period ($000s):  0
 
35.
Total deferred or contingent deferred sales loads collected during the
period from redemptions and repurchases of the Registrant’s/Series’
shares ($000s):  0
 
36.

The net amount the Registrant/Series retained from deferred or
contingent deferred sales loads ($000s):  0
 
38.
Total amount of redemption fees other than deferred or contingent
deferred sales loads collected from redemptions and repurchases of the
Registrant’s/Series’ shares during the period ($000s):  0
 
Payment Plan for the Distribution of Fund Shares 
 
42.
For the period, the percentage of total dollars paid directly by the
Registrant/Series under the 12b-1 plan for each of the following:

Percentage of Total Amount Paid  (%)
Advertising ............................................................
 –
Printing & mailing of prospectuses to other than current shareholders ..
 –
Payments to underwriters ...............................................
 –
Payments to brokers or dealers .........................................
 –
Direct payments to sales personnel .....................................
 –
Payments to banks and savings & loans ..................................
 –
Other uses, including payments to its Investment Adviser separate
  from the advisory fee ................................................
 –
Unallocated payments made for a combination of such services ...........
 –
 
43.
Total amount paid directly by the Registrant/Series pursuant to its
12b-1 plan ($000s):  0
 
44.
If an Investment Adviser or other affiliated person of the
Registrant/Series made unreimbursed payments pursuant to the 12b-1 plan,
the total amount of such payments ($000s):  0
 
Classification and Asset Allocation 
 
62.
Does the Registrant/Series invest primarily in debt securities,
including convertible debt securities, options & futures on debt
securities or indices of debt securities?  No
 
Portfolio Turnover 
 
71.
Portfolio turnover rate for the period:
 
Purchases ($000s):  0
Sales ($000s):      0

Monthly average Value of portfolio ($000s):  0

Percent turnover (lesser of Purchases or Sales, divided by Value):  0%
 
Financial Info — Income and Expenses 
 
72.
The number of months covered by the values in Items 72 and 73:  12

Income  ($000s)
Net interest income ..............................................
 –
Net dividend income ..............................................
 –
Account maintenance fees .........................................
 –
Net other income .................................................
 –

Expenses  ($000s)
Advisory fees ....................................................
 –
Administrator fees ...............................................
 –
Salaries and other compensation ..................................
 –
Shareholder Servicing Agent fees .................................
 –
Custodian fees ...................................................
 –
Postage ..........................................................
 –
Printing expenses ................................................
 –
Directors’ fees ..................................................
 –
Registration fees ................................................
 –
Taxes ............................................................
 –
Interest .........................................................
 –
Bookkeeping fees paid to anyone performing this service ..........
 –
Auditing fees ....................................................
 –
Legal fees .......................................................
 –
Marketing/distribution payments, incl. Rule 12b-1 plan payments ..
 –
Amortization of organization expenses ............................
 –
Shareholder meeting expenses .....................................
 –
Other expenses ...................................................
 –
Total expenses ...................................................
 –

Expense reimbursements ($000s):   0

Net investment income ($000s):    0

Realized capital gains ($000s):   0
Realized capital losses ($000s):  0

Net unrealized appreciation during the period ($000s):  0
Net unrealized depreciation during the period ($000s):  0

Total income dividends for which the record date passed during the
period ($000s):  0

Total capital gains distributions for which the record date passed
during the period ($000s):  0
 
73.
Distributions per share for which the record date passed during the
period, shown in fractions of a cent, if so declared:

Dividends from net investment income:    $0.0000

Distribution of capital gains:  $0.0000
Other distributions:            $0.0000
 
Financial Info — Condensed Balance Sheet Data 
 
74.
Assets  ($000s)
Cash .............................................................
 –
Repurchase agreements ............................................
 –
Short-term debt securities, other than repurchase agreements .....
 –
Long-term debt securities, including convertible debt ............
 –
Preferred, conv. preferred and adjustable-rate preferred stock ...
 –
Common stock .....................................................
 –
Options on equities ..............................................
 –
Options on all futures ...........................................
 –
Other investments ................................................
 –
Receivables from portfolio instruments sold ......................
 –
Receivables from affiliated persons ..............................
 –
Other receivables ................................................
 –
All other assets .................................................
 –
Total assets .....................................................
 –

Liabilities  ($000s)
Payables for portfolio instruments purchased .....................
 –
Amounts owed to affiliated persons ...............................
 –
Senior long-term debt ............................................
 –
Other liabilities:
  Reverse repurchase agreements ..................................
 –
  Short sales ....................................................
 –
  Written options ................................................
 –
  All other liabilities ..........................................
 –

Equity  ($000s)
Senior equity ....................................................
 –
Net assets of common shareholders ................................
 –

Number of shares outstanding (000s):   0

Net Asset Value (NAV) per share (to nearest cent):  $0.00

Total number of shareholder accounts:  0

Total value of assets in segregated accounts ($000s):  0
 
Additional Disclosures 
 
77.
Did the Registrant file any additional Exhibits with the filing of this
Report (listed here and filed either herewith — as one of the ‘EX-99.*’
↑Exhibits in this Filing — or separately and incorporated by reference)?  No
 
Subsidiaries 
 
78.
Does the Registrant have any wholly-owned investment company
subsidiaries whose operating and financial data are consolidated with
that of the Registrant in this Report?  No
 
Fidelity Bond in Effect at Fiscal Year End 
 
80.
Insurer:      None
 
81.
Is the bond part of a joint fidelity bond(s) shared with other
investment companies or other entities?  No
 
82.
Does the mandatory coverage of the fidelity bond have a deductible?  No
 
83.
Were any claims with respect to this Registrant/Series filed under the
bond during the period?  No
 
84.
Were any losses incurred with respect to this Registrant/Series that
could have been filed as a claim under the fidelity bond but were not?  No
 
85.
Are the Registrant’s/Series’ Officers and Directors covered as Officers
and Directors of the Registrant/Series under any errors and omissions
insurance policy owned by the Registrant/Series or anyone else?  No

Were any claims filed under such policy during the period with respect
to the Registrant/Series?  No
 
 Signature 
 
↑Top of Form N-SAR 
     
                                                                               
/s/      W. Patrick Bradley      
Name:   W. Patrick Bradley
Title:  Cfo & Treasurer