ALPS ETF Trust
1290 Broadway, Suite 1100
Denver, Colorado 80203
September 27, 2018
VIA EDGAR
Division of Investment Management
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
100 F Street, N.E.
Washington, DC 20549
Re: | ALPS ETF Trust (the “Trust”) (File Nos. 333-148826; 811-22175) |
Dear Sir or Madam:
On behalf of the Registrant and pursuant to Rule 497(e) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, attached for filing are exhibits containing interactive data format risk/return summary information that mirrors the risk/return summary information contained in a supplement dated September 21, 2018, to the Prospectus dated March 31, 2018, with respect to the ALPS Equal Sector Weight ETF, a series of the Trust (the “Fund”). The purpose of this filing is to submit the 497(e) filing dated September 21, 2018 in XBRL for the Fund.
The SEC Staff is requested to address any comments on this filing to my paralegal, Sharon Akselrod, at 720.917.0769.
Sincerely,
/s/ Andrea E. Kuchli | |
Andrea E. Kuchli | |
Secretary |
Document and Entity Information |
Sep. 21, 2018 |
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Document And Entity Information | |
Document Type | 497 |
Document Period End Date | Nov. 30, 2018 |
Registrant Name | ALPS ETF Trust |
Central Index Key | 0001414040 |
Amendment Flag | false |
Document Creation Date | Sep. 21, 2018 |
Document Effective Date | Sep. 21, 2018 |
Prospectus Date | Mar. 31, 2018 |
Sep. 21, 2018 |
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Alps Equal Sector Weight ETF |
ALPS ETF TRUST ALPS EQUAL SECTOR WEIGHT ETF (NYSE ARCA: EQL) (THE “FUND”)
SUPPLEMENT DATED SEPTEMER 21, 2018 TO THE SUMMARY PROSPECTUS AND PROSPECTUS DATED MARCH 31, 2018, AS SUPPLEMENTED
Effective after the close of trading on September 21, 2018, the first paragraph of the “Principal Investment Strategies” section of the Fund’s summary prospectus is hereby replaced with the following:
The Fund will seek investment results that replicate as closely as possible, before fees and expenses, the performance of the Underlying Index. The Underlying Index is an index of ETFs comprised of all active Select Sector SPDR® ETFs in an equal weighted portfolio. These are the Communication Services Select Sector SPDR® Fund, Consumer Discretionary Select Sector SPDR® Fund, Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR® Fund, Materials Select Sector SPDR® Fund, Energy Select Sector SPDR® Fund, Technology Select Sector SPDR® Fund, Utilities Select Sector SPDR® Fund, Financial Select Sector SPDR® Fund, Industrial Select Sector SPDR® Fund, Health Care Select Sector SPDR® Fund and Real Estate Select Sector SPDR® Fund (each, an “Underlying Sector ETF” and collectively, the “Underlying Sector ETFs”). In order to track the Underlying Index, the Fund will use a “fund of funds” approach, and seek to achieve its investment objective by investing at least 90% of its total assets in the shares of the Underlying Sector ETFs.
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PLEASE RETAIN THIS SUPPLEMENT FOR FUTURE REFERENCE. |
Label | Element | Value |
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Risk Return Abstract | rr_RiskReturnAbstract | |
Document Type | dei_DocumentType | 497 |
Document Period End Date | dei_DocumentPeriodEndDate | Nov. 30, 2018 |
Registrant Name | dei_EntityRegistrantName | ALPS ETF Trust |
Central Index Key | dei_EntityCentralIndexKey | 0001414040 |
Amendment Flag | dei_AmendmentFlag | false |
Document Creation Date | dei_DocumentCreationDate | Sep. 21, 2018 |
Document Effective Date | dei_DocumentEffectiveDate | Sep. 21, 2018 |
Prospectus Date | rr_ProspectusDate | Mar. 31, 2018 |
Alps Equal Sector Weight ETF | ||
Risk Return Abstract | rr_RiskReturnAbstract | |
Prospectus Supplement Text Block | alps_ProspectusSupplementTextBlock | ALPS ETF TRUST ALPS EQUAL SECTOR WEIGHT ETF (NYSE ARCA: EQL) (THE “FUND”)
SUPPLEMENT DATED SEPTEMER 21, 2018 TO THE SUMMARY PROSPECTUS AND PROSPECTUS DATED MARCH 31, 2018, AS SUPPLEMENTED
Effective after the close of trading on September 21, 2018, the first paragraph of the “Principal Investment Strategies” section of the Fund’s summary prospectus is hereby replaced with the following:
The Fund will seek investment results that replicate as closely as possible, before fees and expenses, the performance of the Underlying Index. The Underlying Index is an index of ETFs comprised of all active Select Sector SPDR® ETFs in an equal weighted portfolio. These are the Communication Services Select Sector SPDR® Fund, Consumer Discretionary Select Sector SPDR® Fund, Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR® Fund, Materials Select Sector SPDR® Fund, Energy Select Sector SPDR® Fund, Technology Select Sector SPDR® Fund, Utilities Select Sector SPDR® Fund, Financial Select Sector SPDR® Fund, Industrial Select Sector SPDR® Fund, Health Care Select Sector SPDR® Fund and Real Estate Select Sector SPDR® Fund (each, an “Underlying Sector ETF” and collectively, the “Underlying Sector ETFs”). In order to track the Underlying Index, the Fund will use a “fund of funds” approach, and seek to achieve its investment objective by investing at least 90% of its total assets in the shares of the Underlying Sector ETFs.
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PLEASE RETAIN THIS SUPPLEMENT FOR FUTURE REFERENCE. |
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