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June 23, 2014

WBI ABSOLUTE RETURN BALANCED FUND

WBI ABSOLUTE RETURN BALANCED PLUS FUND

WBI ABSOLUTE RETURN DIVIDEND INCOME FUND

WBI ABSOLUTE RETURN DIVIDEND GROWTH FUND

(each a “Fund”, collectively the “Funds”)

No Load Class

Institutional Class

Each Fund is a series of Advisors Series Trust.

Supplement dated June 23, 2014 to the Summary Prospectuses, Prospectus and Statement

of Additional Information (“SAI”) each dated March 30, 2014

On June 20, 2014, at the request of WBI Investments, Inc., the investment adviser to the Funds (the “Advisor”), the Board of Trustees (the “Board”) of Advisors Series Trust approved an amended and restated Shareholder Servicing Plan on behalf of the Funds pursuant to which the shareholder servicing plan fee for each Fund’s Institutional Class is reduced from 0.40% to 0.25% effective from July 1, 2014 through June 30, 2015.

The Board also approved an amendment to the Operating Expenses Limitation Agreement between the Trust, on behalf of the Funds, and the Advisor, pursuant to which the Advisor has agreed to reduce each Fund’s Institutional Class expense caps from 1.75% to 1.60%, effective from July 1, 2014 through June 30, 2015:

In connection with these changes, the “Fees and Expenses of the Fund” section on page 1 of each of the Summary Prospectuses and pages 1, 7, 12 and 17 of the Statutory Prospectus is hereby deleted and replaced with the following:

WBI ABSOLUTE RETURN BALANCED PLUS FUND
Risk/Return [Heading] rr_RiskReturnHeading WBI Absolute Return Balanced Plus Fund
Expense [Heading] rr_ExpenseHeading Fees and Expenses of the Fund
Expense Narrative [Text Block] rr_ExpenseNarrativeTextBlock
This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold shares of the Balanced Plus Fund.
Shareholder Fees Caption [Text] rr_ShareholderFeesCaption SHAREHOLDER FEES (fees paid directly from your investment)
Operating Expenses Caption [Text] rr_OperatingExpensesCaption ANNUAL FUND OPERATING EXPENSES (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)
Expenses Restated to Reflect Current [Text] rr_ExpensesRestatedToReflectCurrent Shareholder Servicing Plan Fees have been restated to reflect current fees in effect for the period from July 1, 2014 through June 30, 2015.
Expenses Not Correlated to Ratio Due to Acquired Fund Fees [Text] rr_ExpensesNotCorrelatedToRatioDueToAcquiredFundFees Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses do not correlate to the Ratio of Expenses to Average Net Assets Before Expense Reimbursement in the Financial Highlights section of the statutory prospectus, which reflects the actual operating expenses of the Balanced Plus Fund and does not include expenses attributed to annualized acquired fund fees and expenses ("AFFE").
Expense Example [Heading] rr_ExpenseExampleHeading Example.
Expense Example Narrative [Text Block] rr_ExpenseExampleNarrativeTextBlock
This Example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Balanced Plus 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 redeem 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 (taking into account the Expense Caps only in the first year).
Expense Example by, Year, Caption [Text] rr_ExpenseExampleByYearCaption Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:
Expense Example Closing [Text Block] rr_ExpenseExampleClosingTextBlock
All other references contained in the Summary Prospectuses and SAI to the expense cap of 1.75% for each Fund’s Institutional Class shares are hereby superseded by the information contained in this supplement.

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Please retain this Supplement with your Summary Prospectuses, Prospectus and SAI.
No Load Shares
  
Risk/Return: rr_RiskReturnAbstract  
Redemption Fee (as a percentage of Amount Redeemed) rr_RedemptionFeeOverRedemption (2.00%)
Management Fees rr_ManagementFeesOverAssets 1.00%
Distribution and Service (Rule 12b-1) Fees rr_DistributionAndService12b1FeesOverAssets 0.25%
Shareholder Servicing Plan Fees rr_Component1OtherExpensesOverAssets 0.40%
Other Expenses (includes Shareholder Servicing Plan Fees) rr_OtherExpensesOverAssets 15.07%
Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses rr_AcquiredFundFeesAndExpensesOverAssets 0.15%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses rr_ExpensesOverAssets 16.47% [1]
Less: Expense Reimbursement rr_FeeWaiverOrReimbursementOverAssets (14.32%) [2]
Net Annual Fund Operating Expenses rr_NetExpensesOverAssets 2.15%
Fee Waiver or Reimbursement over Assets, Date of Termination rr_FeeWaiverOrReimbursementOverAssetsDateOfTermination 2015-03-29
Expense Example, with Redemption, 1 Year rr_ExpenseExampleYear01 $ 218
Expense Example, with Redemption, 3 Years rr_ExpenseExampleYear03 3,228
Expense Example, with Redemption, 5 Years rr_ExpenseExampleYear05 5,588
Expense Example, with Redemption, 10 Years rr_ExpenseExampleYear10 9,489
Institutional Class
  
Risk/Return: rr_RiskReturnAbstract  
Redemption Fee (as a percentage of Amount Redeemed) rr_RedemptionFeeOverRedemption (2.00%)
Management Fees rr_ManagementFeesOverAssets 1.00%
Distribution and Service (Rule 12b-1) Fees rr_DistributionAndService12b1FeesOverAssets none
Shareholder Servicing Plan Fees rr_Component1OtherExpensesOverAssets 0.25% [3]
Other Expenses (includes Shareholder Servicing Plan Fees) rr_OtherExpensesOverAssets 7.97%
Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses rr_AcquiredFundFeesAndExpensesOverAssets 0.15%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses rr_ExpensesOverAssets 9.12% [1]
Less: Expense Reimbursement rr_FeeWaiverOrReimbursementOverAssets (7.37%) [2]
Net Annual Fund Operating Expenses rr_NetExpensesOverAssets 1.75%
Fee Waiver or Reimbursement over Assets, Date of Termination rr_FeeWaiverOrReimbursementOverAssetsDateOfTermination 2015-06-30
Expense Example, with Redemption, 1 Year rr_ExpenseExampleYear01 178
Expense Example, with Redemption, 3 Years rr_ExpenseExampleYear03 1,984
Expense Example, with Redemption, 5 Years rr_ExpenseExampleYear05 3,645
Expense Example, with Redemption, 10 Years rr_ExpenseExampleYear10 $ 7,234
[1] Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses do not correlate to the Ratio of Expenses to Average Net Assets Before Expense Reimbursement in the Financial Highlights section of the statutory prospectus, which reflects the actual operating expenses of the Balanced Plus Fund and does not include expenses attributed to annualized acquired fund fees and expenses ("AFFE").
[2] WBI Investments, Inc. (the "Advisor") has contractually agreed to waive a portion or all of its management fees and pay Balanced Plus Fund expenses to ensure that Net Annual Fund Operating Expenses (excluding AFFE, interest, taxes and extraordinary expenses) do not exceed 2.00% of average daily net assets for No Load Class shares and 1.60% of average daily net assets for Institutional Class shares (the "Expense Caps"). The No Load Class Expense Cap will remain in effect through at least March 29, 2015, and the Institutional Class Expense Cap will remain in effect through at least June 30, 2015, and each may be terminated only by the Trust's Board of Trustees (the "Board"). The Advisor may request recoupment of previously waived fees and paid expenses from the Fund for three years from the date they were paid, subject to the Expense Caps.
[3] Shareholder Servicing Plan Fees have been restated to reflect current fees in effect for the period from July 1, 2014 through June 30, 2015.