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      RevenueShares ETF Trust
       
       
       SUMMARY PROSPECTUS
      NOVEMBER 8, 2012
       
      RevenueShares Financials Sector Fund

       
       
     

This summary prospectus is designed to
provide investors with key fund

information in a clear and concise format.

Before you invest, you may want to review the Fund’s prospectus, which contains more information about the Fund and its risks. The Fund’s prospectus and statement of additional information, each dated October 29, 2012, are incorporated by reference into this Summary Prospectus. All this information may be obtained at no cost online at www.revenuesharesetfs.com/prospectus-and-reports, by calling RevenueShares ETF Trust at 1-877-738-8870 or by sending an e-mail request to info@revenuesharesetfs.com.

RWW Listed on NYSE ARCA CUSIP # 761396506

        
      





 
 

RevenueShares Financials Sector Fund

Investment Objective

RevenueShares Financials Sector Fund (the “Fund”) seeks to outperform the total return performance of the S&P 500® Financials Index, the Fund’s benchmark index (the “Benchmark Index”). For purposes of the Fund’s investment objective, “total return” refers to a combination of capital appreciation and income.

Fees and Expenses

The following table describes the fees and expenses you may pay if you buy and hold shares of the Fund (“Shares”). You may also incur customary brokerage charges when buying or selling Fund Shares.

Annual Fund Operating Expenses
(expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)
   
   Management Fees 0.45 %
   Distribution and/or Service (12b-l) Fees 0.00 %
   Other Expenses 0.84 %
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses 1.29 %
   Fee Waiver and/or Expense Reimbursement(1) 0.80 %
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses after Fee Waiver 0.49 %
   and/or Expense Reimbursement    

 

(1)      RevenueShares ETF Trust (the “Trust”) and VTL Associates, LLC, the Fund’s investment adviser (“VTL” or “Management”) have entered into a written fee waiver and expense reimbursement agreement pursuant to which VTL has agreed to waive a portion of its fees and/or reimburse expenses to the extent necessary to keep the Fund’s expenses (excluding any taxes, interest, brokerage fees, certain insurance costs, and extraordinary and other non-routine expenses) from exceeding 0.49% of average daily net assets. This agreement will remain in effect and will be contractually binding through October 28, 2013.

The following example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Fund with the cost of investing in other funds. The example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods indicated and then redeem all of the Shares at the end of those periods. This example assumes that the Fund provides a return of 5% a year and that operating expenses remain the same, except that the Fund’s expenses are reduced during the first year by the fee waiver and expense reimbursement agreement described above. This example does not include the brokerage commission that you may pay to buy and sell exchange-traded Shares of the Fund. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions, your costs would be:

1 Year 3 Years 5 Years 10 Years
$50 $330 $631 $1,486

Portfolio Turnover

The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities or other instruments. A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when 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 26.17% of the average value of its portfolio.

Principal Investment Strategies

The Fund is an exchange-traded fund (“ETF”). The Fund seeks to achieve its investment objective by attempting to replicate the portfolio of the RevenueShares Financials Sector Index™ (the “Underlying Index”). The Underlying Index is constructed by re-weighting the constituent securities of the Benchmark Index according to the revenue earned by the companies in the Benchmark Index, subject

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to certain asset diversification requirements. The Underlying Index is rebalanced quarterly according to revenue weightings as of the previous quarter. The Underlying Index thus contains the same securities as the Benchmark Index, but in different proportions.

Under normal circumstances, the Fund will invest at least 80% of its net assets in financials companies included in the Benchmark Index, and generally expects to be substantially invested at such times, with at least 95% of its net assets invested in these securities. The Fund defines financials companies as companies that are included in the Benchmark Index at the time of purchase. Financials companies include companies involved in activities such as: banking; mortgage finance; consumer finance; specialized finance; investment banking and brokerage; asset management and custody; corporate lending; insurance; financial investment; and real estate, including real estate investment trusts. The Fund will concentrate its investments in the financial industry, consistent with its Underlying Index, meaning that it may invest more than 25% of its total assets in that industry.

The Fund’s intention is to replicate the constituent securities of the Underlying Index as closely as possible. When a replication strategy could have adverse consequences to Fund shareholders, however, the Fund may utilize a “representative sampling” strategy whereby the Fund would hold a significant number of the component securities of the Underlying Index, but may not track that index with the same degree of accuracy as would an investment vehicle replicating the entire index. The Fund does not seek temporary defensive positions when equity markets decline or appear to be overvalued.

The Fund is non-diversified and therefore may invest a greater percentage of its assets in a particular issuer than a diversified Fund.

Principal Risks

Like all investments, investing in the Fund entails risks, including the risk that you may lose part or all of the money you invest.

Investment Approach Risk The alternate weighting approach employed by the Underlying Index and the Fund, while designed to enhance potential returns compared to the Benchmark Index, may not produce the desired results. Using revenues as a weighting measure is no guarantee that the Underlying Index or the Fund will outperform the Benchmark Index, and may even cause the Underlying Index or the Fund to underperform the Benchmark Index.

Stock Market Risk Stock market risk is the risk that broad movements in financial markets will adversely affect the price of the Fund’s investments, regardless of how well the companies in which the Fund invests perform. There is also a risk that the price of one or more of the securities or other instruments in the Fund’s portfolio will fall.

Financials Sector Risk Financial services companies are subject to extensive governmental regulation, which may limit both the amounts and types of loans and other financial commitments they can make, and the interest rates and fees they can charge. Government regulation may also adversely affect the scope of their activities and the amount of capital they must maintain. Profitability is largely dependent on the availability and cost of capital funds, and can fluctuate significantly when interest rates change or due to increased competition. Credit losses resulting from financial difficulties of borrowers and financial losses associated with investment activities can negatively impact the sector. Insurance companies may be subject to severe price competition and/or rate regulation, which may have an adverse impact on their profitability.

Deterioration of credit markets, such as that which occurred in 2008 and 2009, can have an adverse impact on a broad range of financial markets, causing certain financial services companies to incur large losses. In these conditions, financial services companies may experience significant declines in the valuation of their assets, take actions to raise capital and even cease operations. Some financial services companies may also be required to accept or borrow significant amounts of capital from government sources and may face future government imposed restrictions on their businesses or

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increased government intervention, although there is no guarantee that governments will provide such relief in the future. These actions may cause the securities of many financial services companies to decline in value.

In response to the recent financial crisis, the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (the “Dodd-Frank Act”) was enacted into federal law on July 21, 2010, in large part to provide increased regulation of financial institutions. The Dodd-Frank Act has had and will continue to have for years to come a broad impact on virtually all participants in the financial services industry. Government regulation may change frequently and may have significant adverse consequences for companies in the financials sector, including effects not intended by such regulation. Government regulation also may have adverse effects on certain issuers, such as decreased profits or revenues. The impact of recent or future regulation in various countries on any individual financial company or on the sector as a whole cannot be predicted.

Market Trading Risk There can be no assurance that an active trading market for Shares will develop or be maintained. Although it is expected that Shares will remain listed for trading on the NYSE Arca, Inc. (the “Exchange”), it is possible that an active trading market may not be maintained.

Premium/Discount Risk As an ETF, Shares generally trade in the secondary market on the Exchange at market prices that change throughout the day. Although it is expected that the market price of Fund Shares will approximate the Fund’s NAV, there may be times when the market price and the NAV vary significantly. You may pay more than NAV when you buy Shares of the Fund on the Exchange, and you may receive less than NAV when you sell those Shares on the Exchange.

Non-Correlation Risk The Fund’s return may not match the return of the Underlying Index. The Fund incurs a number of operating expenses that are not reflected in the Underlying Index, including the cost of buying and selling securities.

Concentration Risk The Fund may be adversely affected by the performance of the securities in the financial industry and may be subject to increased price volatility and may be more susceptible to adverse economic, market, political or regulatory occurrences affecting that market, industry, group of industries, sector or asset class than may be the case for a fund that was not concentrated in the financial industry.

Non-Diversification Risk The Fund is non-diversified and, as a result, may have greater volatility than other diversified funds. Because a non-diversified fund may invest a larger percentage of its assets in securities of a single company than diversified funds, the performance of that company can have a substantial impact on Share price.

Portfolio Turnover Risk Because the Fund is rebalanced quarterly, the Fund may experience portfolio turnover in excess of 100%. Portfolio turnover may involve the payment by the Fund of brokerage and other transaction costs on the sale of securities, as well as on the investment of the proceeds in other securities. The greater the portfolio turnover, the greater the transaction costs to the Fund, which could have an adverse effect on the Fund’s total rate of return, and the more likely the Fund is to generate capital gains that must be distributed to shareholders as taxable income.

Performance

The performance information that follows shows the Fund’s performance information in a bar chart and an average annual total returns table. The information provides some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund by comparing the Fund’s performance with a broad measure of market performance and the index the Fund seeks to track. 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 for the Fund is available at http://www.revenuesharesetfs.com.

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After-tax returns are calculated using the historical highest individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes. Actual after-tax returns depend on an investor’s tax situation and may differ from those shown. In addition, the after-tax returns shown are not relevant to investors who hold Shares through tax-deferred arrangements, such as 401(k) plans or individual retirement accounts.

Annual Total Return as of December 31

 

During the periods shown in the bar chart above, the Fund’s highest quarterly return was 39.63% (quarter ended June 30, 2009) and the Fund’s lowest quarterly return was -26.62% (quarter ended March 31, 2009).

Year-to-date return (through September 30, 2012): 25.65%

Average Annual Total Return as of December 31, 2011

  1 Year Since
Inception
(11/10/08)
Return Before Taxes -23.94% -0.19%
Return After Taxes on Distributions -24.22% -0.55%
Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares -15.55% -0.32%
S&P 500® Financials Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes) -17.03% 13.43%
RevenueShares Financials Sector IndexTM (reflects no deduction for fees,
expenses or taxes)
-23.53%  16.55%

Management

Investment Adviser

VTL Associates, LLC

Sub-Adviser

Index Management Solutions, LLC

Portfolio Managers 

     Vincent T. Lowry serves as a portfolio manager for the Fund and has ultimate responsibility for the investment management of the Fund. Mr. Lowry is the Chief Executive Officer of VTL and has managed the Fund since its inception.

     Denise Krisko makes the day-to-day investment decisions for the Fund. Ms. Krisko is the Chief Investment Officer for Index Management Solutions, LLC (“IMS”) and has managed the Fund since February of 2010. IMS is a wholly owned subsidiary of VTL.

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Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares

Unlike conventional mutual funds, the Fund issues and redeems Shares on a continuous basis, at NAV, only in Creation Units consisting of 50,000 Shares. Individual Shares may only be purchased and sold on the Exchange through a broker-dealer. Shares will trade at market prices rather than NAV. As such, Shares may trade at a price greater than NAV (premium) or less than NAV (discount).

Tax Information

The Fund’s distributions generally are taxable to you as ordinary income, capital gains, or some combination of both, unless you are investing through a tax-deferred arrangement.

Financial Intermediary Compensation

If you purchase the Fund through a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary (such as a bank), VTL may pay the intermediary for the sale of Fund shares and related services. These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing the broker-dealer or other intermediary and your salesperson to recommend the Fund over another investment. Ask your salesperson or visit your financial intermediary’s website for more information.

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      RevenueShares ETF Trust
       
       
       SUMMARY PROSPECTUS
      NOVEMBER 8, 2012
       
       
       
       
     

View the Fund’s prospectus or statement of additional information online at

      www.revenuesharesetfs.com/prospectus-and-reports