ALPS ETF TRUST BARRONS 400 ETF

The Barron’s 400 ETF is based on the Barron’s 400 Index. The equal weighted smart beta Index is composed of the highest-rated U.S. stocks based on bottom-up fundamental analysis from MarketGrader. The Index employs a growth at a reasonable price (GARP) methodology to identify financially sound companies across sectors and market cap segments that are likely to create significant shareholder value over the long-term. As such, the Index is designed to be a benchmark of capital appreciation in the U.S. equity asset class. The result is a diversified core U.S. equity portfolio that uses rules-based stock selection in seeking to outperform popular market cap weighted benchmarks over