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October 21, 2014

Orinda SkyView Multi-Manager Hedged Equity Fund

Class A Shares (OHEAX)

Class I Shares (OHEIX)

A series of Advisors Series Trust (the “Trust”)

Supplement to the Summary Prospectus and Prospectus dated June 28, 2014, as supplemented 

As noted in the Supplement dated August 15, 2014, shareholders of the Orinda SkyView Multi-Manager Hedged Equity Fund (the “Hedged Equity Fund”) approved a new investment advisory agreement with Vivaldi Asset Management, LLC (“Vivaldi”) to replace Orinda Asset Management, LLC (“Orinda”) as the investment adviser for the Hedged Equity Fund and also approved the continued use of a “manager of managers” structure for the Hedged Equity Fund.  Vivaldi will assume the role of investment adviser to the Hedged Equity Fund upon the receipt of a Multi-Manager Exemptive Order (the “Exemptive Order”) from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) and the subsequent resignation of Orinda as investment adviser.

At a meeting held October 15-16, 2014, the Board determined that, pending receipt of the final Exemptive Order, it would be in the best interests of the Hedged Equity Fund and its shareholders to implement, to the extent possible, the will of the Board and the shareholders with regard to the new expense structure and management arrangements for the Hedged Equity Fund.  As a result, the Board determined to institute the management fee and expense cap reductions outlined in the Hedged Equity Fund’s proxy statement dated June 24, 2014 and to engage, at the request of Orinda, Vivaldi as an investment sub-adviser to the Hedged Equity Fund as well as the additional sub-advisers set forth below.

The Board also determined that, effective December 5, 2014, it will not renew the investment sub-advisory agreement with SkyView Investment Advisors, LLC (“SkyView”) after the expiration of its current term and therefore its sub-advisory agreement with the Hedged Equity Fund will terminate effective that date.  Because of the impending  termination of SkyView’s investment sub-advisory agreement, its role as Lead Sub-Adviser, as described in the Summary Prospectus and Prospectus, will be discontinued as soon as reasonably practical.  The Board also determined not to renew the investment sub-advisory agreements for the following sub-advisers: Connective Capital Management, LLC and Aria Partners GP, LLC, each of which will therefore terminate effective December 5, 2014.

Accordingly, effective October 20, 2014, the following information is applicable to the Hedged Equity Fund.
Risk/Return [Heading] rr_RiskReturnHeading Orinda SkyView Multi-Manager Hedged Equity Fund
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Fees and Expenses of the Hedged Equity Fund – The Fees and Expenses of the Hedged Equity Fund table and Example beginning on page 1 of the Prospectus and on page 1 of the Summary Prospectus is hereby deleted and replaced with the following:
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)
Fee Waiver or Reimbursement over Assets, Date of Termination rr_FeeWaiverOrReimbursementOverAssetsDateOfTermination 2015-10-20
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 Hedged Equity Fund with the cost of investing in other mutual funds.  The Example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the Hedged Equity 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 Hedged Equity 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:
Class A
  
Risk/Return: rr_RiskReturnAbstract  
Maximum Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Purchases (as a percentage of offering price) rr_MaximumSalesChargeImposedOnPurchasesOverOfferingPrice 5.00%
Redemption Fee (as a percentage of Amount Redeemed) rr_RedemptionFeeOverRedemption (1.00%)
Management Fees rr_ManagementFeesOverAssets 1.75%
Distribution and Service (Rule 12b-1) Fees rr_DistributionAndService12b1FeesOverAssets 0.25%
Interest Expense and Dividends on Securities Sold Short rr_Component1OtherExpensesOverAssets 1.22%
Shareholder Servicing Plan Fee rr_Component2OtherExpensesOverAssets 0.13%
Other Expenses (includes Interest Expense and Dividends on Securities Sold Short and Shareholder Servicing Plan Fee) rr_OtherExpensesOverAssets 1.72%
Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses rr_AcquiredFundFeesAndExpensesOverAssets 0.03%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses rr_ExpensesOverAssets 3.75%
Less: Fee Waiver and Expense Reimbursement rr_FeeWaiverOrReimbursementOverAssets (0.05%) [1]
Net Annual Fund Operating Expenses rr_NetExpensesOverAssets 3.70%
Expense Example, with Redemption, 1 Year rr_ExpenseExampleYear01 $ 854
Expense Example, with Redemption, 3 Years rr_ExpenseExampleYear03 1,585
Expense Example, with Redemption, 5 Years rr_ExpenseExampleYear05 2,334
Expense Example, with Redemption, 10 Years rr_ExpenseExampleYear10 4,290
Class I
  
Risk/Return: rr_RiskReturnAbstract  
Maximum Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Purchases (as a percentage of offering price) rr_MaximumSalesChargeImposedOnPurchasesOverOfferingPrice none
Redemption Fee (as a percentage of Amount Redeemed) rr_RedemptionFeeOverRedemption (1.00%)
Management Fees rr_ManagementFeesOverAssets 1.75%
Distribution and Service (Rule 12b-1) Fees rr_DistributionAndService12b1FeesOverAssets none
Interest Expense and Dividends on Securities Sold Short rr_Component1OtherExpensesOverAssets 1.23%
Shareholder Servicing Plan Fee rr_Component2OtherExpensesOverAssets 0.07%
Other Expenses (includes Interest Expense and Dividends on Securities Sold Short and Shareholder Servicing Plan Fee) rr_OtherExpensesOverAssets 1.68%
Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses rr_AcquiredFundFeesAndExpensesOverAssets 0.03%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses rr_ExpensesOverAssets 3.46%
Less: Fee Waiver and Expense Reimbursement rr_FeeWaiverOrReimbursementOverAssets (0.05%) [1]
Net Annual Fund Operating Expenses rr_NetExpensesOverAssets 3.41%
Expense Example, with Redemption, 1 Year rr_ExpenseExampleYear01 344
Expense Example, with Redemption, 3 Years rr_ExpenseExampleYear03 1,058
Expense Example, with Redemption, 5 Years rr_ExpenseExampleYear05 1,794
Expense Example, with Redemption, 10 Years rr_ExpenseExampleYear10 $ 3,735
[1] Orinda Asset Management, LLC (the "Adviser") has contractually agreed to waive a portion or all of its management fees and pay Hedged Equity Fund expenses (excluding acquired fund fees and expenses ("AFFE"), taxes, interest expense, dividends on securities sold short and extraordinary expenses) in order to limit Net Annual Fund Operating Expenses to 2.45% and 2.15% of average daily net assets of the Fund's Class A and Class I shares, respectively (the "Expense Caps"). The Expense Caps will remain in effect through at least October 20, 2015, and may be terminated only by the Trust's Board of Trustees (the "Board"). The Adviser may request recoupment of previously waived fees and paid expenses from the Hedged Equity Fund for three years from the date they were waived or paid, subject to the Expense Caps.