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SPDR® Dow Jones REIT ETF    RWR

(NYSE Ticker)

SUMMARY PROSPECTUS - OCTOBER 31, 2012

Before you invest in the SPDR Dow Jones REIT ETF (the “Fund”), you may want to review the Fund’s prospectus and statement of additional information, which contain more information about the Fund and the risks of investing in the Fund. The Fund’s prospectus and statement of additional information dated October 31, 2012, are incorporated by reference into this summary prospectus. You can find the Fund’s prospectus and statement of additional information, as well as other information about the Fund, online at https://www.spdrs.com/product/fund.seam?ticker=RWR. You may also obtain this information at no charge by calling (866) 787-2257 or by sending an e-mail request to Fund_inquiry@ssga.com.

 

INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE

The SPDR Dow Jones REIT ETF (the “Fund”) seeks to provide investment results that, before fees and expenses, correspond generally to the total return performance of an index that tracks the performance of publicly traded real estate investment trusts.

FEES AND EXPENSES OF THE FUND

This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold shares of the Fund (“Shares”). This table and the example below do not reflect brokerage commissions you may pay on purchases and sales of the Fund’s Shares.

 

ANNUAL FUND OPERATING EXPENSES (expenses that you pay each year  as a percentage of the value of your investment):
MANAGEMENT FEES    0.25%    
DISTRIBUTION AND SERVICE (12b-1) FEES*    None    
OTHER EXPENSES    0.00%    
TOTAL ANNUAL FUND OPERATING EXPENSES    0.25%    

 

* The Fund has adopted a Distribution and Service (12b-1) Plan pursuant to which payments of up to 0.25% of average daily net assets may be made, however, the Board has determined that no such payments will be made through at least October 31, 2013.

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 sell all of your Shares at the end of those periods. The example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year and that the Fund’s operating expenses remain the same. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:

 

YEAR 1   YEAR 3   YEAR 5   YEAR 10
$26   $80   $141   $318

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 7% of the average value of its portfolio.

THE FUND’S PRINCIPAL INVESTMENT STRATEGY

In seeking to track the performance of the Dow Jones U.S. Select REIT Index (the “Index”), the Fund employs a replication strategy, which means that the Fund typically invests in substantially all of the securities represented in the Index in approximately the same proportions as the Index.

Under normal market conditions, the Fund generally invests substantially all, but at least 80%, of its total assets in the securities comprising the Index. The Fund will provide shareholders with at least 60 days notice prior to any material change in

 

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this 80% investment policy. In addition, the Fund may invest in equity securities that are not included in the Index, cash and cash equivalents or money market instruments, such as repurchase agreements and money market funds (including money market funds advised by SSgA Funds Management, Inc. (“SSgA FM” or the “Adviser”), the investment adviser to the Fund).

The Index is designed to provide a measure of real estate securities that serve as proxies for direct real estate investing, in part by excluding securities whose value is not always closely tied to the value of the underlying real estate. The reason for the exclusions is that factors other than real estate supply and demand, such as interest rates, influence the market value of these companies. The Index is a market capitalization weighted index of publicly traded real estate investment trusts (“REITs”) and is comprised of companies whose charters are the equity ownership and operation of commercial real estate and which operate under the REIT Act of 1960. To be included in the Index, a company must be both an equity owner and operator of commercial and/or residential real estate. Businesses excluded from the Index include: mortgage REITs, net-lease REITs, real estate finance companies, mortgage brokers and bankers, commercial and residential real estate brokers and real estate agents, home builders, large landowners and subdividers of unimproved land, hybrid REITs, and timber REITs, as well as companies that have more than 25% of their assets in direct mortgage investments. A company must have a minimum total market capitalization of at least $200 million at the time of its inclusion, and at least 75% of the company’s total revenue must be derived from the ownership and operation of real estate assets. The liquidity of the company’s stock must be commensurate with that of other institutionally held real estate securities. The Index is generally rebalanced quarterly, and returns are calculated on a buy and hold basis except as necessary to reflect the occasional occurrence of Index changes in the middle of the month. Each REIT in the Index is weighted by its float-adjusted market capitalization. That is, each security is weighted to reflect the attainable market performance of the security which reflects that portion of securities shares that are accessible to investors. The Index is priced daily and is a total return (price and income) benchmark. As of September 30, 2012, the Index was comprised of 85 REITs.

The Index is sponsored by S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC (the “Index Provider”) which is not affiliated with the Fund, the Adviser or the Sub-Adviser (as defined below). The Index Provider determines the composition of the Index, relative weightings of the securities in the Index and publishes information regarding the market value of the Index.

PRINCIPAL RISKS OF INVESTING IN THE FUND

As with all investments, there are certain risks of investing in the Fund, and you could lose money on an investment in the Fund.

PASSIVE STRATEGY/INDEX RISK:  The Fund is managed with a passive investment strategy, attempting to track the performance of an unmanaged index of securities. This differs from an actively managed fund, which typically seeks to outperform a benchmark index. As a result, the Fund may hold constituent securities of the Index regardless of the current or projected performance of a specific security or a particular industry or market sector. Maintaining investments in securities regardless of market conditions or the performance of individual securities could cause the Fund’s return to be lower than if the Fund employed an active strategy.

INDEX TRACKING RISK:  While the Sub-Adviser seeks to track the performance of the Index as closely as possible (i.e., achieve a high degree of correlation with the Index), the Fund’s return may not match or achieve a high degree of correlation with the return of the Index due to operating expenses, transaction costs, cash flows, regulatory requirements and operational inefficiencies. For example, the Sub-Adviser anticipates that it may take several business days for additions and deletions to the Index to be reflected in the portfolio composition of the Fund.

REAL ESTATE SECTOR RISK:  The Fund will concentrate its investments in the real estate sector. Adverse economic, business or political developments affecting real estate could have a major effect on the value of the Fund’s investments. Investing in real estate securities (which include REITs) may subject the Fund to risks associated with the direct ownership of real estate, such as decreases in real estate values, overbuilding, increased competition and other risks related to local or general economic conditions, increases in operating costs and property taxes, changes in zoning laws, casualty or condemnation losses, possible environmental liabilities, regulatory limitations on rent and fluctuations in rental income. Changes in interest rates may also affect the value of the Fund’s investment in real estate securities. Certain real estate securities have a relatively small market capitalization, which may tend to increase the volatility of the market price of these securities. Real estate securities are dependent upon specialized management skills, have limited diversification and are, therefore, subject to risks inherent in operating and financing a limited number of projects. Real estate securities are also subject to heavy cash flow dependency and defaults by borrowers. In addition, a REIT could fail to qualify for favorable tax treatment under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended and could fail to maintain exemption from the registration requirements of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.

 

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EQUITY INVESTING RISK:  An investment in the Fund involves risks similar to those of investing in any fund of equity securities, such as market fluctuations, changes in interest rates and perceived trends in stock prices.

NON-DIVERSIFICATION RISK:  The Fund is non-diversified and may invest a larger percentage of its assets in securities of a few issuers or a single issuer than that of a diversified fund. As a result, the Fund’s performance may be disproportionately impacted by the performance of relatively few securities.

FUND PERFORMANCE

The following bar chart and table provide an indication of the risks of investing in the Fund by showing changes in the Fund’s performance from year to year and by showing how the Fund’s average annual returns for certain time periods compare with the average annual returns of the Index. The Fund’s past performance (before and after taxes) is not necessarily an indication of how the Fund will perform in the future. Updated performance information is available online at http://www.spdrs.com.     

ANNUAL TOTAL RETURN (years ended 12/31)*

 

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Highest Quarterly Return: 35.38% (Q3 2009)

Lowest Quarterly Return: -39.70% (Q4 2008)

 

*  As of September 30, 2012, the Fund’s Calendar Year-To-Date return was 14.26%.

AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURNS (for periods ending 12/31/11)

The after-tax returns presented in the table below are calculated using highest historical individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes. Your actual after-tax returns will depend on your specific tax situation and may differ from those shown below. After-tax returns are not relevant to investors who hold Shares of the Fund through tax-deferred arrangements, such as 401(k) plans or individual retirement accounts. The returns after taxes can exceed the return before taxes due to an assumed tax benefit for a shareholder from realizing a capital loss on a sale of Fund Shares.

 

      ONE YEAR    FIVE YEARS    TEN YEARS
RETURN BEFORE TAXES    9.16%    -2.06%      9.92%
RETURN AFTER TAXES ON DISTRIBUTIONS    7.94%    -3.30%      8.34%
RETURN AFTER TAXES ON DISTRIBUTIONS AND SALE OF FUND SHARES    5.93%    -2.43%      8.05%
DOW JONES U.S. SELECT REIT INDEX
(reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)
   9.37%    -2.04%    10.12%

 

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PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT

INVESTMENT ADVISER

SSgA FM serves as the investment adviser to the Fund. The Tuckerman Group LLC (“Tuckerman” or “Sub-Adviser”), an affiliate of the Adviser, serves as sub-adviser to the Fund, subject to supervision of the Adviser and the Board of Trustees. It is anticipated that after December 31, 2012, Tuckerman will no longer serve as sub-adviser to the Fund and SSgA FM will directly manage the assets of the Fund. To the extent that a reference in this Prospectus refers to the “Adviser,” such reference should also be read to refer to Tuckerman with respect to the Fund through December 31, 2012 where the context requires.

PORTFOLIO MANAGERS

The professionals primarily responsible for the day-to-day management of the Fund through December 31, 2012 are Amos Rogers III and Sophia Banar.

AMOS ROGERS is Managing Director of Tuckerman. He joined the Sub-Adviser in 2003.

SOPHIA BANAR is a Securities Analyst and a Portfolio Manager for Tuckerman. She joined the Sub-Adviser in 2006.

The professionals primarily responsible for the day-to-day management of the Fund commencing January 1, 2013 will be Mike Feehily and John Tucker.

MIKE FEEHILY, CFA, is a Managing Director of the Adviser. He joined the Adviser in 1997, moved to State Street Global Markets LLC in 2006 and rejoined the Adviser in 2010.

JOHN TUCKER, CFA, is a Senior Managing Director of the Adviser. He joined the Adviser in 1988.

PURCHASE AND SALE INFORMATION

The Fund will issue (or redeem) Shares to certain institutional investors (typically market makers or other broker-dealers) only in large blocks of 50,000 Shares known as “Creation Units.” Creation Unit transactions are typically conducted in exchange for the deposit or delivery of in-kind securities and/or cash constituting a substantial replication, or a representation, of the securities included in the Fund’s benchmark Index.

Individual Shares of the Fund may only be purchased and sold on the NYSE Arca, Inc., other national securities exchanges, electronic crossing networks and other alternative trading systems through your broker-dealer at market prices. Because Fund Shares trade at market prices rather than at net asset value (“NAV”), Shares may trade at a price greater than NAV (premium) or less than NAV (discount).

TAX INFORMATION

The Fund’s distributions are expected to be taxed as ordinary income and/or capital gains, unless you are investing through a tax-deferred arrangement, such as a 401(k) plan or individual retirement account.

 

 

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