- Mutual Fund Summary Prospectus (497K)

EGA Emerging Global Shares Trust

	Cusip	NYSE Arca
EGShares India Consumer ETF	268461761	INCO

Before you invest, you may want to review the Fund’s prospectus, which contains more information about the Fund and its risks. You can find the Fund’s prospectus (including amendments and supplements) and other information about the Fund, including the Fund’s 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 [e-mail], or from your financial professional. The Fund’s prospectus and statement of additional information, both 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 10, 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.

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EGShares India Consumer ETF

Investment Objective

The Fund seeks investment results that correspond (before fees and expenses) to the price and yield performance of the INDXX India Consumer Index (the “Consumer 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)
Management Fees					0.99	%
Distribution and/or Service (12b-l) Fees					0.00	%
Other Expenses (1)					0.65	%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses					1.64	%
Fee Waiver and/or Expense Reimbursement (2)					0.75	%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses after Fee Waiver and/or Expense Reimbursement					0.89	%

 

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(1)

“Other Expenses” are based on estimated amounts for the current fiscal year.

(2)

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 Fund’s Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses (excluding any taxes, interest, brokerage fees and non-routine expenses) from exceeding 0.89% 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 Fund’s 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.

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:

1 Year				3 Years
$91				$444

 

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 Fund’s 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 Consumer 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.

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Under normal circumstances, the Fund will invest at least 80% of its net assets in Indian consumer companies included in the Consumer Underlying 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 invests in the constituent companies of the Consumer Underlying Index, which may include small and medium capitalized companies (“small cap” and “mid cap” companies, respectively), and are generally consumer goods and services companies domiciled in India having a market capitalization of at least $100 million at the time of purchase. The Fund defines Indian consumer companies as companies that are included in the Consumer Underlying Index at the time of purchase and generally includes companies whose businesses involve: automobiles and parts; beverages; food production; household goods; leisure goods; personal goods; food and drug retail; general retail; media; travel and leisure; and tobacco. 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 Consumer 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 Consumer 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 Fund’s tracking error versus the Consumer 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 Consumer Underlying Index is concentrated. The Consumer Underlying Index is a free-float capitalization weighted stock market index comprised of 30 leading companies that INDXX, LLC determines to be representative of India’s consumer sectors. Accordingly, the Fund is likely to be concentrated in the Indian consumer goods and services industry. 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.

The Fund invests substantially all of 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, based on the number of Indian securities that are included in the Consumer Underlying Index. 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 Fund’s portfolio may fall. Many factors can adversely affect an equity security’s 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 Fund’s 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 Fund’s 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 Fund’s return may not match the return of the Consumer Underlying Index. The Fund incurs a number of operating expenses that are not reflected in the Consumer 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 Consumer 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 company’s securities can have a substantial impact on the Fund’s Share price.

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Consumer Concentration Because the Consumer Underlying Index is concentrated in the consumer goods and services industry of India, the Fund may be adversely affected by increased price volatility of securities in that industry, and may be more susceptible to adverse economic, market, political or regulatory occurrences affecting that industry. The success of consumer goods and services suppliers and retailers is tied closely to the performance of the domestic and international economy, interest rates, currency exchange rates, competition, preferences, and consumer confidence.

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 Fund’s 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.

India Because the Fund only invests in Indian securities, its NAV will be much more sensitive to changes in economic, political and other factors within India than would a fund that invested in a greater variety of countries. Special risks include, among others, political and legal uncertainty, persistent religious, ethnic and border disputes, greater government control over the economy, currency fluctuations or blockage and the risk of nationalization or expropriation of assets.

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 Consumer 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 Fund’s 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

Investment Adviser ALPS Advisors, Inc.

Sub-Adviser Emerging Global Advisors, LLC

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 Fund’s portfolio when it commences investment operations. Mr. Kang has managed the portfolios of the Trust since the Trust’s 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 Fund’s distributions are taxable and will generally be taxed as ordinary income, capital gains, or some combination of both.

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 intermediary’s website for more information.

EGA Emerging Global Shares Trust To view the Fund’s statutory prospectus or statement of additional information online visit: http://www.emergingglobaladvisors.com/etfliterature.cfm

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