RevenueShares ETF Trust
One Commerce Square
2005 Market Street, Suite 2020
Philadelphia, PA 19103
October 15, 2013
VIA EDGAR
Filing Desk
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
Judiciary Plaza
100 F Street, N.E.
Washington, D.C. 20549
Re: | RevenueShares ETF Trust (“Registrant”) File Nos. 333-139501 and 811-21993 |
Ladies and Gentlemen:
On behalf of the Registrant and pursuant to Rule 497(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “1933 Act”), please find transmitted herewith for filing via the EDGAR system, exhibits containing risk/return summary information in an interactive data format using the eXtensible Business Reporting Language (the “XBRL exhibits”). The XBRL exhibits reflect the risk/return summary information contained in the Prospectus dated September 24, 2013, as filed pursuant to Rule 497(c ) under the 1933 Act on September 27, 2013.
Please address any comments or questions to the attention of the undersigned at (212) 298-1644.
Very truly yours,
By: /s/ Lisa R. Grosswirth
Lisa R. Grosswirth
Cc: | Vincent T. Lowry Michael D. Mabry, Esquire |
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Risk/Return: | rr_RiskReturnAbstract | |
Prospectus Date | rr_ProspectusDate | Sep. 24, 2013 |
RevenueShares Ultra Dividend Fund | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
RevenueShares Ultra Dividend Fund | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Investment Objective | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
RevenueShares Ultra Dividend Fund (the “Fund”) seeks to outperform the total return performance of the S&P 900® Index, the Fund’s benchmark index (the “Benchmark Index”). |
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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. |
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Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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: |
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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. |
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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 Ultra Dividend Index™ (the “Underlying Index”). The Underlying Index is constructed by identifying the top 60 securities from the Benchmark Index with the highest average of the 1-year trailing dividend yields for the current quarter and each of the past three quarters (excluding securities that have issued a special dividend over that time period), which are then re-weighted according to the revenue earned by the companies, subject to certain asset diversification requirements and a maximum 5% per company weighting. The Underlying Index is rebalanced and reconstituted quarterly according to revenue weightings as of the previous quarter. Under normal circumstances, the Fund will invest at least 80% of its net assets in the securities of 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 will concentrate its investments in a particular industry or group of industries, such as the utilities and telecommunication services industries, to approximately the same extent that its Underlying Index is concentrated, meaning that it will invest more than 25% of its total assets in that industry or group of industries. Utilities companies are companies that provide electricity, natural gas, water, and communications services to the public and companies that provide services to public utilities companies. Telecommunication services companies are companies that provide communication services primarily through fixed-line, cellular, wireless, high-bandwidth, and/or fiber-optic cable networks. 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. |
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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. Concentration Risk The Fund will concentrate in industries to the same extent as its Underlying Index. The Fund may be adversely affected by the performance of the securities in a particular industry or group of industries 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 a particular industry or group of industries. Utilities Industry Risk The utilities industry is subject to significant government regulation and oversight. Companies in the utilities industry may be adversely affected due to increases in fuel and operating costs, rising costs of financing capital construction and the cost of complying with regulations, among other factors. Telecommunication Services Industry Risk Companies in the telecommunication services industry may be affected by industry competition, substantial capital requirements, government regulation and obsolescence of telecommunications products and services due to technological advancement. Dividend-Paying Stock Risk The Fund’s emphasis on dividend-paying stocks involves the risk that such stocks may fall out of favor with investors and underperform the market. Also, a company may reduce or eliminate its dividend. 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. Increased Volatility Risk Increased volatility may result from increased cash flows to the Fund and other market participants that continuously or systematically buy large holdings of medium capitalization companies, which can drive prices up and down more dramatically. Additionally, the announcement that a security has been added to a widely followed index or benchmark may cause the price of that security to increase. Conversely, the announcement that a security has been deleted from a widely followed index or benchmark may cause the price of that security to decrease. Medium Capitalization Stock Risk Medium capitalization companies may have an unproven or narrow technological base and limited product lines, distribution channels, markets and financial resources. Medium capitalization companies also may be dependent on entrepreneurial management, making the companies more susceptible to certain setbacks and reversals. Securities of medium capitalization companies may also be more sensitive to changes in the economy, such as changes in the level of interest rates. As a result, the securities of medium capitalization companies may be subject to more abrupt or erratic price movements than securities of larger companies, may have limited marketability, and may be less liquid than securities of companies with larger capitalizations. 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 and reconstituted 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. |
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Performance | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
There is no performance information presented for the Fund because the Fund had not commenced operations as of the date of this Prospectus. |
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Risk/Return: | rr_RiskReturnAbstract | |||||
Risk/Return [Heading] | rr_RiskReturnHeading | RevenueShares Ultra Dividend Fund | ||||
Objective [Heading] | rr_ObjectiveHeading | Investment Objective | ||||
Objective, Primary [Text Block] | rr_ObjectivePrimaryTextBlock | RevenueShares Ultra Dividend Fund (the “Fund”) seeks to outperform the total return performance of the S&P 900® Index, the Fund’s benchmark index (the “Benchmark Index”). |
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Expense [Heading] | rr_ExpenseHeading | Fees and Expenses | ||||
Expense Narrative [Text Block] | rr_ExpenseNarrativeTextBlock | 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. |
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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 | 2014-10-28 | ||||
Portfolio Turnover [Heading] | rr_PortfolioTurnoverHeading | Portfolio Turnover | ||||
Portfolio Turnover [Text Block] | rr_PortfolioTurnoverTextBlock | 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. |
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Other Expenses, New Fund, Based on Estimates [Text] | rr_OtherExpensesNewFundBasedOnEstimates | "Other Expenses" are based on estimated amounts for the current fiscal year. | ||||
Expense Example Narrative [Text Block] | rr_ExpenseExampleNarrativeTextBlock | 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: |
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Strategy [Heading] | rr_StrategyHeading | Principal Investment Strategies | ||||
Strategy Narrative [Text Block] | rr_StrategyNarrativeTextBlock | 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 Ultra Dividend Index™ (the “Underlying Index”). The Underlying Index is constructed by identifying the top 60 securities from the Benchmark Index with the highest average of the 1-year trailing dividend yields for the current quarter and each of the past three quarters (excluding securities that have issued a special dividend over that time period), which are then re-weighted according to the revenue earned by the companies, subject to certain asset diversification requirements and a maximum 5% per company weighting. The Underlying Index is rebalanced and reconstituted quarterly according to revenue weightings as of the previous quarter. Under normal circumstances, the Fund will invest at least 80% of its net assets in the securities of 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 will concentrate its investments in a particular industry or group of industries, such as the utilities and telecommunication services industries, to approximately the same extent that its Underlying Index is concentrated, meaning that it will invest more than 25% of its total assets in that industry or group of industries. Utilities companies are companies that provide electricity, natural gas, water, and communications services to the public and companies that provide services to public utilities companies. Telecommunication services companies are companies that provide communication services primarily through fixed-line, cellular, wireless, high-bandwidth, and/or fiber-optic cable networks. 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. |
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Risk [Heading] | rr_RiskHeading | Principal Risks | ||||
Risk Narrative [Text Block] | rr_RiskNarrativeTextBlock | 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. Concentration Risk The Fund will concentrate in industries to the same extent as its Underlying Index. The Fund may be adversely affected by the performance of the securities in a particular industry or group of industries 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 a particular industry or group of industries. Utilities Industry Risk The utilities industry is subject to significant government regulation and oversight. Companies in the utilities industry may be adversely affected due to increases in fuel and operating costs, rising costs of financing capital construction and the cost of complying with regulations, among other factors. Telecommunication Services Industry Risk Companies in the telecommunication services industry may be affected by industry competition, substantial capital requirements, government regulation and obsolescence of telecommunications products and services due to technological advancement. Dividend-Paying Stock Risk The Fund’s emphasis on dividend-paying stocks involves the risk that such stocks may fall out of favor with investors and underperform the market. Also, a company may reduce or eliminate its dividend. 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. Increased Volatility Risk Increased volatility may result from increased cash flows to the Fund and other market participants that continuously or systematically buy large holdings of medium capitalization companies, which can drive prices up and down more dramatically. Additionally, the announcement that a security has been added to a widely followed index or benchmark may cause the price of that security to increase. Conversely, the announcement that a security has been deleted from a widely followed index or benchmark may cause the price of that security to decrease. Medium Capitalization Stock Risk Medium capitalization companies may have an unproven or narrow technological base and limited product lines, distribution channels, markets and financial resources. Medium capitalization companies also may be dependent on entrepreneurial management, making the companies more susceptible to certain setbacks and reversals. Securities of medium capitalization companies may also be more sensitive to changes in the economy, such as changes in the level of interest rates. As a result, the securities of medium capitalization companies may be subject to more abrupt or erratic price movements than securities of larger companies, may have limited marketability, and may be less liquid than securities of companies with larger capitalizations. 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 and reconstituted 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. |
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Risk Lose Money [Text] | rr_RiskLoseMoney | Like all investments, investing in the Fund entails risks, including the risk that you may lose part or all of the money you invest. | ||||
Risk Nondiversified Status [Text] | rr_RiskNondiversifiedStatus | 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. | ||||
Bar Chart and Performance Table [Heading] | rr_BarChartAndPerformanceTableHeading | Performance | ||||
Performance Narrative [Text Block] | rr_PerformanceNarrativeTextBlock | There is no performance information presented for the Fund because the Fund had not commenced operations as of the date of this Prospectus. |
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Performance One Year or Less [Text] | rr_PerformanceOneYearOrLess | There is no performance information presented for the Fund because the Fund had not commenced operations as of the date of this Prospectus. | ||||
RevenueShares Ultra Dividend Fund
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Risk/Return: | rr_RiskReturnAbstract | |||||
Management Fees | rr_ManagementFeesOverAssets | 0.45% | ||||
Distribution and/or Service (12b-1) Fees | rr_DistributionAndService12b1FeesOverAssets | none | ||||
Other Expenses | rr_OtherExpensesOverAssets | 0.31% | [1] | |||
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses | rr_ExpensesOverAssets | 0.76% | ||||
Fee Waiver or Reimbursement | rr_FeeWaiverOrReimbursementOverAssets | (0.27%) | [2] | |||
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses after Fee Waiver and/or Expense Reimbursement | rr_NetExpensesOverAssets | 0.49% | ||||
Expense Example, with Redemption, 1 Year | rr_ExpenseExampleYear01 | $ 50 | ||||
Expense Example, with Redemption, 3 Years | rr_ExpenseExampleYear03 | $ 213 | ||||
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