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&lt;p style="font: 11.5pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"&gt;&lt;b&gt;CALAMOS INVESTMENT TRUST (the &#x201c;Trust&#x201d;)&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;




&lt;p style="font: 11.5pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"&gt;Calamos Merger Arbitrage Fund (the &#x201c;Fund&#x201d;)&lt;/p&gt;




&lt;p style="font: 11.5pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"&gt;Supplement dated October 8, 2026 to the Fund&#x2019;s
Summary Prospectus&lt;/p&gt;




&lt;p style="font: 11.5pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"&gt;and Prospectus, each dated February 27, 2026,
as supplemented from time to time&lt;/p&gt;</oef:SupplementToProspectusTextBlock>
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    <oef:ProspectusDate contextRef="c0" id="ixv-59">2026-02-27</oef:ProspectusDate>
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Board of Trustees of the Trust has approved the following change to the principal investment strategies of the Fund.&lt;/span&gt; This supplement
is intended to provide advance notice to shareholders regarding the removal of the Fund&#x2019;s 80% investment policy, as described below.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"&gt;&#160;&lt;/p&gt;










&lt;p style="font: 11.5pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"&gt;Effective December 31, 2026, the following sentence in the Fund&#x2019;s
Principal Investment Strategies section of the Prospectus and Summary Prospectus will be removed in its entirety.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font: 11.5pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"&gt;&#160;&lt;/p&gt;










&lt;p style="font: 11.5pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Under normal market conditions, the Fund will invest
at least 80% of its net assets (plus the amount of any borrowings for investment purposes) in common stock, convertible securities, special
purpose acquisition companies or similar special purpose entities (collectively, "SPACs"), preferred stock, corporate bonds,
warrants and options of U.S. and non-U.S. companies (including in emerging markets) which are involved, or which Calamos Advisors believes
will be involved, in a variety of significant corporate events including, but not limited to mergers, takeovers, tender offers, leveraged
buyouts, spin-offs, liquidations and other corporate transactions ("merger-arbitrage investments"). &lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font: 11.5pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"&gt;&#160;&lt;/p&gt;










&lt;p style="font: 11.5pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"&gt;Effective on December 31, 2026, the deleted sentence will be replaced
in its entirety with the following:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font: 11.5pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"&gt;&#160;&lt;/p&gt;










&lt;p style="font: 11.5pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in"&gt;&lt;i&gt;The Fund utilizes an actively managed merger arbitrage
strategy by establishing long and short positions in the securities of companies that are involved in significant corporate events or
transactions, such as mergers, acquisitions and other buy-out transactions. The Fund seeks to achieve its investment objective by generating
absolute, uncorrelated returns to equity and fixed income markets. The Fund will primarily invest in common stock, convertible securities,
special purpose acquisition companies or similar special purpose entities (collectively, &#x201c;SPACs&#x201d;), preferred stock, corporate
bonds, warrants and options of U.S. and non-U.S. companies (including in emerging markets) which are involved, or which Calamos Advisors
believes will be involved, in a variety of significant corporate events including, but not limited to mergers, takeovers, tender offers,
leveraged buyouts, spinoffs, liquidations and other corporate transactions (&#x201c;merger-arbitrage investments&#x201d;).&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font: 11.5pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in"&gt;&#160;&lt;/p&gt;










&lt;p style="font: 11.5pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"&gt;In addition, effective on December 31, 2026, the last sentence of the fifth paragraph under the &#x201c;Principal Investment Strategies&#x201d; section
is deleted and replaced with the following:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font: 11.5pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"&gt;&#160;&lt;/p&gt;










&lt;p style="font: 11.5pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in"&gt;&lt;i&gt;A SPAC is considered to be a merger-arbitrage investment
throughout its life cycle.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font: 11.5pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"&gt;&#160;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font: 11.5pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"&gt;&#160;&lt;/p&gt;
















&lt;p style="font: 11.5pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Please retain this supplement for future reference&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</oef:StrategyNarrativeTextBlock>
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