EGA Emerging Global Shares Trust
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Cusip
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NYSE Arca
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EGShares Emerging Markets High Income Low Beta
ETF
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268461654
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HILO
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Before
you invest, you may want to review the Funds prospectus, which contains
more information about the Fund and its risks. You can find the Funds
prospectus (including amendments and supplements) and other information about
the Fund, including the Funds statement of additional information and
most recent shareholder report, online at http://www.emergingglobaladvisors.com/etfliterature.cfm.
You can also get this information at no cost by calling 1-888-800-4347 or by
sending an e-mail request to info@egshares.com, or from your financial professional.
The Funds prospectus, dated June 10, 2011 as revised August 4, 2011, and statement of additional information, dated
June 10, 2011 as revised August 1, 2011, as amended and supplemented from time
to time, are incorporated by reference into this Summary Prospectus.
Summary Prospectus
August 4, 2011
THE U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION (SEC)
HAS NOT APPROVED OR
DISAPPROVED THESE SECURITIES OR PASSED UPON THE ADEQUACY OF THIS
PROSPECTUS. ANY REPRESENTATION
TO THE CONTRARY IS A CRIMINAL OFFENSE.
Not FDIC Insured. May lose value. No bank guarantee.
EGShares
Emerging Markets High Income Low Beta ETF
Investment
Objective
The
Fund seeks investment results that correspond (before fees and expenses) to
the price and yield performance of the INDXX Emerging Market High Income Low
Beta Index (the HILB Underlying Index).
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)
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Management
Fees
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0.95
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%
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Distribution
and/or Service (12b-l) Fees
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0.00
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%
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Other
Expenses (1)
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0.69
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Total
Annual Fund Operating Expenses
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1.64
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Fee
Waiver and/or Expense Reimbursement (2)
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0.79
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%
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Total
Annual Fund Operating Expenses after
Fee Waiver and/or Expense Reimbursement
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0.85
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%
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(1)
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Other
Expenses are based on estimated amounts for the current fiscal year.
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(2)
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EGA
Emerging Global Shares Trust (the Trust) and Emerging Global
Advisors, LLC (EGA), sub-adviser to the Fund, have entered into
a written fee waiver and expense reimbursement agreement (Agreement)
pursuant to which EGA has agreed to waive a portion of its fees and/or reimburse
expenses to the extent necessary to keep the Funds Total Annual Fund
Operating Expenses (excluding any taxes, interest, brokerage fees and non-routine
expenses) from exceeding 0.85% of net assets. The Agreement will remain
in effect and will be contractually binding through July 31, 2012. If Total
Annual Fund Operating Expenses would fall below the expense limit, EGA may
cause the Funds expenses to remain at the expense limit while it is
reimbursed for fees that it waived or expenses that it assumed during the
previous three year period. This Agreement shall automatically terminate
upon the termination of the Sub-Advisory Agreement or, with respect to a
Fund, in the event of merger or liquidation of the Fund.
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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.
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:
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 Fund Shares are held in a taxable
account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual Fund operating expenses
or in the example, affect the Funds performance.
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 HILB
Underlying Index through investments in equity securities, including common
shares traded on local exchanges, American Depositary Receipts (ADRs)
and Global Depositary Receipts (GDRs). ADRs and GDRs represent ownership
interests in shares of foreign companies that are held in financial institution
custodial accounts, and are traded on exchanges in the United States and around
the world.
Under
normal circumstances, the Fund will invest at least 80% of its net assets in
emerging markets companies included in the HILB Underlying Index and generally
expects to be substantially invested at such
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times, with at least 95% of its net assets invested in these securities. The
Fund invests in the constituent companies of the HILB Underlying Index, which
may include small and medium capitalized companies (small cap and
mid cap companies, respectively), domiciled in emerging markets
countries having a market capitalization of at least $250 million at the time
of purchase. The HILB Underlying Index is a dividend yield weighted stock market
index comprised of a representative sample of 30 emerging markets companies
that INDXX, LLC determines to have lower relative volatility (i.e., low beta)
than the broad market benchmark indices of the local exchanges in which the
component securities trade. The components of the HILB Underlying Index will
have also paid dividends consistently over the last three years. The HILB Underlying
Index was developed to provide a lower beta, and a greater dividend yield (i.e.,
high income), than the MSCI Emerging Market Index, although there is no guarantee
that this result will be obtained. The Fund does not seek temporary defensive
positions when equity markets decline or appear to be overvalued.
The
Fund intends to replicate the constituent securities of the HILB Underlying
Index as closely as possible using ADRs, GDRs or ordinary local shares. In certain
circumstances, when it may not be possible or practicable to fully implement
a replication strategy, the Fund may utilize a representative sampling
strategy whereby the Fund would hold a significant number of the component securities
of the HILB Underlying Index, but may not track the index with the same degree
of accuracy as would an investment vehicle replicating the entire index. Active
market trading of Fund Shares may cause more frequent creations or redemptions
of Creation Units, which, if not conducted in-kind, could increase the rate
of portfolio turnover and the Funds tracking error versus the HILB Underlying
Index.
The
Fund will concentrate its investments (i.e., hold 25% or more of its net assets)
in a particular industry or group of industries to approximately the same extent
that the HILB Underlying Index is concentrated. The Fund is non-diversified,
which means that it can invest a greater percentage of its assets in any one
issuer than a diversified fund can.
Based
on the number of Indian securities that are included in the HILB Underlying
Index, the Fund may invest its assets in a wholly owned subsidiary in Mauritius
(the Subsidiary), which in turn, invests at least 90% of its assets
in Indian securities, and to some extent ADRs and GDRs. This investment structure
enables the Fund to obtain benefits under a tax treaty between Mauritius and
India.
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.
Equity
Securities
The price of one or more of the equity securities in the Funds
portfolio may fall. Many factors can adversely affect an equity securitys
performance, including both general financial market conditions and factors
related to a specific company, industry or geographic region.
Market
Price Variance
As an ETF, the Funds Shares generally trade in the
secondary market on the NYSE Arca, Inc. (the Exchange) at market
prices that change throughout the day. Although it is expected that the market
price of Fund Shares will approximate the Funds net asset value per Share
(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
The Funds return may not match the return of the HILB Underlying Index.
The Fund incurs a number of operating expenses that are not reflected in the
HILB Underlying Index, including the cost of buying and selling securities and
of maintaining the Subsidiary. If the Fund is not fully invested, holding cash
balances may prevent it from tracking the HILB Underlying Index.
Market
Liquidity for Fund Shares
As an ETF, Fund Shares are not individually redeemable
securities. There is no assurance that an active trading market for Fund Shares
will develop or be maintained.
Non-Diversification
The Fund is non-diversified and, as a result, may have greater volatility than
diversified funds. Because the Fund may invest a larger percentage of its assets
in securities of a single company than a diversified fund, the performance of
one companys securities can have a substantial impact on the Funds
Share price.
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Foreign
Investment
Foreign investments may be more volatile because of economic
or political developments, public health and safety issues, demographic changes,
market inefficiencies, lack of regulatory oversight, or a higher risk that essential
investment information may be incomplete, unavailable or inaccurate. Restrictions
on currency trading may be imposed by foreign countries, which may adversely
affect the value of the Funds portfolio securities.
Emerging
Markets
Investments in emerging market securities are subject to even greater
risks than for foreign investments generally, including increased risks of:
illiquidity of securities; price volatility; inflation or deflation; restrictions
on foreign investment; nationalization; higher taxation; economic and political
instability; pervasive corruption and crime; less governmental regulation; and
less developed legal systems.
Foreign
Currency
The value of an investment denominated in a foreign currency could
change significantly as foreign currencies strengthen or weaken relative to
the U.S. dollar. Risks related to foreign currencies also include those related
to economic or political developments, market inefficiencies or a higher risk
that essential investment information may be incomplete, unavailable or inaccurate.
Small
Cap and Mid Cap Companies
Small cap and mid cap companies may have greater
volatility in price than the stocks of large companies due to limited product
lines or resources or a dependency upon a particular market niche.
Liquidity
In certain circumstances, the Fund might not be able to dispose of certain holdings
quickly or at prices that represent true market value in the judgment of Emerging
Global Advisors, LLC (EGA), sub-adviser to the Fund, preventing
the Fund from tracking the HILB Underlying Index.
Depositary
Receipts
Changes in foreign currency exchange rates will affect the value
of ADRs or GDRs and, therefore, may affect the value of the Funds portfolio.
There is no guarantee that a financial institution will continue to sponsor
an ADR or GDR, or that the depositary receipts will continue to trade on an
exchange, either of which could adversely affect the liquidity, availability
and pricing of the depositary receipt.
Performance
There
is no performance information presented for the Fund because the Fund had not
commenced investment operations as of the date of this Prospectus.
Management
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Investment
Adviser
ALPS Advisors, Inc.
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Sub-Adviser
Emerging Global Advisors, LLC
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Portfolio
Manager
Richard C. Kang is the lead portfolio manager for the Fund and will be responsible
for the day-to-day management of the Funds portfolio when it commences
investment operations. Mr. Kang has managed the portfolios of the Trust
since the Trusts commencement of operations in 2009.
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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 of the Fund 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
Funds distributions are taxable and will generally be taxed as ordinary
income, capital gains, or some combination of both.
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Financial
Intermediary Compensation
If you purchase the Fund
through a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary (such as a bank),
the Adviser 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
intermediarys website for more information.
EGA Emerging Global Shares Trust
To
view the Funds statutory prospectus or
statement of additional information online
visit:
http://www.emergingglobaladvisors.com/etfliterature.cfm
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