As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 12, 2013
1933 Act No.: 333-139501
1940 Act No.: 811-21993
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM N-1A
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 | /X/ | ||
Pre-Effective Amendment No. | / / | ||
Post-Effective Amendment No. 22 | /X/ | ||
and/or | |||
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940 | /X/ |
Amendment No. 24
RevenueShares ETF Trust | |||
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter) | |||
One Commerce Square, 2005 Market Street, Suite 2020, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | 19103 | ||
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) | (Zip Code) | ||
Registrant’s Telephone Number, including Area Code: | 215-854-8181 | ||
Vincent T. Lowry, One Commerce Square, 2005 Market Street, Suite 2020, Philadelphia, PA 19103 | |||
(Name and Address of Agent for Service)
With copies to : Michael D. Mabry, Esq. Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young, LLP 2005 Market Street, Suite 2600 Philadelphia, PA 19103 | |||
Approximate Date of Public Offering: As soon as possible after effectiveness.
It is proposed that this filing will become effective:
/ X / | Immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b) |
/ / | on (date) pursuant to paragraph (b) |
/ / | 60 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(1) |
/ / | on (date) pursuant to paragraph (a)(1) |
/ / | 75 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(2) |
/ / | on (date) pursuant to paragraph (a)(2) of Rule 485. |
If appropriate:
/ / | This post-effective amendment designates a new effective date for a previously filed post-effective amendment. |
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the Registrant certifies that it meets all of the requirements for effectiveness of this Registration Statement under Rule 485(b) under the Securities Act of 1933 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Philadelphia and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania on this 12th day of November, 2013.
REVENUESHARES ETF TRUST
By: /s/ Vincent T. Lowry
Vincent T. Lowry
President
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated:
Signature | Title | Date |
/s/ Vincent T. Lowry Vincent T. Lowry |
Chairman and Trustee | November 12, 2013 |
/s/ James C. McAuliffe * James C. McAuliffe |
Trustee | November 12, 2013 |
/s/ Christian W. Myers, III * Christian W. Myers, III |
Trustee | November 12, 2013 |
/s/ John J. Kolodziej * John J. Kolodziej |
Trustee | November 12, 2013 |
/s/ John A. Reilly * John A. Reilly |
Trustee | November 12, 2013 |
/s/ Daniel J. Ledva * Daniel J. Ledva |
Trustee | November 12, 2013 |
/s/ Michael Gompers Michael Gompers |
Treasurer | November 12, 2013 |
*By: /s/ Vincent T. Lowry Vincent T. Lowry as Attorney-in-Fact for each of the persons indicated (Pursuant to Powers of Attorney incorporated herein by reference) |
EXHIBIT LIST
Exhibit No. | Exhibit |
EX-101.INS | XBRL Instance Document |
EX-101.SCH | XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document |
EX-101.CAL | XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase |
EX-101.DEF | XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase |
EX-101.LAB | XBRL Taxonomy Extension Labels Linkbase |
EX-101.PRE | XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase |
Label | Element | Value | ||||
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Risk/Return [Abstract] | rr_RiskReturnAbstract | |||||
Risk/Return [Heading] | rr_RiskReturnHeading | RevenueShares Consumer Staples Sector Fund |
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Objective [Heading] | rr_ObjectiveHeading | Investment Objective |
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Objective, Primary [Text Block] | rr_ObjectivePrimaryTextBlock | RevenueShares Consumer Staples Sector Fund (the "Fund") seeks to outperform the total return performance of the S&P 500® Consumer Staples Index, the Fund's benchmark index (the "Benchmark Index"). |
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Expense [Heading] | rr_ExpenseHeading | Fees and Expenses |
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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) |
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Fee Waiver or Reimbursement over Assets, Date of Termination | rr_FeeWaiverOrReimbursementOverAssetsDateOfTermination | October 28, 2014 |
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Portfolio Turnover [Heading] | rr_PortfolioTurnoverHeading | Portfolio Turnover |
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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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Expense Exchange Traded Fund Commissions [Text] | rr_ExpenseExchangeTradedFundCommissions | You may also incur customary brokerage charges when buying or selling Fund Shares. |
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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. |
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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 |
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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 Consumer Staples Sector IndexTM (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 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 Consumer Staples 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 Consumer Staples companies as companies that are included in the Benchmark Index at the time of purchase. Consumer Staples companies include companies whose businesses are less sensitive to economic cycles, such as manufacturers and distributors of food, beverages and tobacco; producers of non-durable household goods and personal products; and food and drug retailing companies as well as hypermarkets and consumer super centers. The Fund will concentrate its investments in the Consumer Staples 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. |
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Strategy Portfolio Concentration [Text] | rr_StrategyPortfolioConcentration | Under normal circumstances, the Fund will invest at least 80% of its net assets in Consumer Staples 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. |
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Risk [Heading] | rr_RiskHeading | Principal Risks |
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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. 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 be 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 Consumer Staples 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 Consumer Staples 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. Consumer Staples Sector Risk Companies in the consumer staples sector are subject to government regulation affecting the permissibility of using various food additives and production methods. Tobacco companies may be adversely affected by the adoption of proposed legislation and/or by litigation. Also, the success of food, beverage, household and personal products companies may be strongly affected by fads, marketing campaigns and other factors affecting supply and demand. 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. |
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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. |
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Risk Nondiversified Status [Text] | rr_RiskNondiversifiedStatus | 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. |
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Bar Chart and Performance Table [Heading] | rr_BarChartAndPerformanceTableHeading | Performance |
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Performance Narrative [Text Block] | rr_PerformanceNarrativeTextBlock | There is no performance information presented for the Fund because the Fund had not commenced investment 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 investment operations as of the date of this Prospectus. |
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Risk/Return [Abstract] | rr_RiskReturnAbstract | |||||
Management Fees (as a percentage of Assets) | rr_ManagementFeesOverAssets | 0.45% | ||||
Distribution and Service (12b-1) Fees | rr_DistributionAndService12b1FeesOverAssets | none | ||||
Other Expenses (as a percentage of Assets): | rr_OtherExpensesOverAssets | 0.25% | [1] | |||
Expenses (as a percentage of Assets) | rr_ExpensesOverAssets | 0.70% | ||||
Fee Waiver or Reimbursement | rr_FeeWaiverOrReimbursementOverAssets | (0.21%) | [2] | |||
Net Expenses (as a percentage of Assets) | rr_NetExpensesOverAssets | 0.49% | ||||
Expense Example, with Redemption, 1 Year | rr_ExpenseExampleYear01 | $ 50 | ||||
Expense Example, with Redemption, 3 Years | rr_ExpenseExampleYear03 | $ 203 | ||||
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