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&lt;p style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"&gt;(the &#x201c;Trust&#x201d;)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"&gt;&#160;&lt;/p&gt;










&lt;p style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Calamos S&amp;amp;P 500&lt;sup&gt;&#xae; &lt;/sup&gt;Structured
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&lt;p style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"&gt;(the &#x201c;Fund&#x201d;)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"&gt;&#160;&lt;/p&gt;










&lt;p style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"&gt;Supplement dated March&#160;31, 2026&lt;/p&gt;




&lt;p style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"&gt;to the Fund&#x2019;s Prospectus dated November&#160;28,
2025, as amended&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"&gt;&#160;&lt;/p&gt;










&lt;p style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"&gt;&lt;i&gt;This supplement updates certain information
contained in the Fund&#x2019;s prospectus and should be attached to the prospectus and retained for future reference.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"&gt;&#160;&lt;/p&gt;










&lt;p style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Capitalized terms not defined herein have the
same meaning as in the Fund&#x2019;s prospectus.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"&gt;&#160;&lt;/p&gt;










&lt;p style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"&gt;As described in the Fund&#x2019;s prospectus, an investment in shares
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from an investment in the Fund for the Outcome Period of approximately one year. The Fund&#x2019;s current Outcome Period will end on March&#160;31,
2026. The next Outcome Period will begin on April&#160;1, 2026 and end on March&#160;31, 2027 (the &#x201c;Upcoming Outcome Period&#x201d;).
The Fund&#x2019;s Cap for the Outcome Period beginning on April&#160;1, 2026 is set forth below.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"&gt;&#160;&lt;/p&gt;










&lt;p style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"&gt;6.70%&lt;/p&gt;




&lt;p style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"&gt;(6.01% after taking into account the Fund&#x2019;s
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&lt;p style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"&gt;The Fund&#x2019;s return will be further reduced by brokerage commissions,
trading fees, taxes and non-routine or extraordinary expenses not included in the Fund&#x2019;s management fee, as described in the prospectus.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"&gt;&#160;&lt;/p&gt;










&lt;p style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"&gt;Effective April&#160;1, 2026, the Fund&#x2019;s Prospectus is amended
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&lt;p style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"&gt;On April&#160;1, 2026, the Fund&#x2019;s summary prospectus will be
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