# EDGAR Filing Document

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**Filing Date:** 2026-4
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## Filing Summary
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**ACCESSION NUMBER**: 0001398344-26-006181

**CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE**: 497K

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**COMPANY DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** ALPS ETF Trust
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0001414040

**ORGANIZATION NAME:**
- **EIN:** 000000000
- **FISCAL YEAR END:** 1130

**FILING VALUES:**
- **FORM TYPE:** 497K
- **SEC ACT:** 1933 Act
- **SEC FILE NUMBER:** 333-148826
- **FILM NUMBER:** 26841849

**BUSINESS ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** P.O. Box 328
- **CITY:** Denver
- **STATE:** CO
- **ZIP:** 80201-0328
- **BUSINESS PHONE:** 303.623.2577

**MAIL ADDRESS:**
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- **CITY:** Denver
- **STATE:** CO
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## Series and Classes Contracts Data

### Level Four Large Cap Growth Active ETF (Series ID: S000080742)

| Class ID   | Class Name                             | Ticker Symbol   |
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| C000243275 | Level Four Large Cap Growth Active ETF | LGRO            |

<u>LEVEL FOUR LARGE CAP GROWTH ACTIVE ETF</u> <u>ALPS ETF TRUST</u> <br> Nasdaq Ticker: LGRO Summary Prospectus March 31, 2026

*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 and other information about the Fund online at https://www.alpsfunds.com/exchange-traded-funds/LGRO. You can also get this information at no cost by calling 866.759.5679, by sending an e-mail request to info@alpsfunds.com, or by contacting your financial intermediary. The Fund's prospectus and statement of additional information, each dated March 31, 2026, along with the Fund's most recent annual report dated November 30, 2025 are incorporated by reference into this summary prospectus and may be obtained, free of charge, at the website, phone number or e-mail address noted above.* 

INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE

The Fund seeks maximum total return and above peer average risk-adjusted return.

FEES AND EXPENSES OF THE FUND

This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy, hold, and sell shares of the Fund ("Shares"). **You may pay other fees, such as brokerage commissions and other fees to financial intermediaries, which are not reflected in the table and example below.**

Annual Fund Operating Expenses *(expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)*

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| &nbsp;&nbsp;Management Fees | 0.50% |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;Other Expenses | 0.00% |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses | 0.50% |

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**Example** 

The following example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Fund with the costs of investing in other funds. The example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods indicated and then hold or redeem all of your Shares at the end of those periods. The example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year and that the Fund's operating expenses remain the same each year.

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|  | One <br> Year | Three <br> Years | Five <br> Years | Ten <br> Years |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be: | $51 | $160 | $280 | $628 |

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PORTFOLIO TURNOVER

The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or "turns over" its portfolio). 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. During the most recent fiscal year ended November 30, 2025, the Fund's portfolio turnover rate was 15% of the average value of the portfolio.

PRINCIPAL INVESTMENT STRATEGIES

The Fund invests primarily in equity securities of carefully selected, high-quality U.S. companies. The Fund invests primarily in the domestic equity securities of companies selected by Level Four Capital Management, LLC ("Level Four" or the "Sub-Adviser") for their growth potential within various market sectors. The Fund emphasizes investments in large, seasoned companies. Under normal circumstances, the Fund will invest at least 80% of its net assets in common stocks of large-capitalization companies. For these purposes, "large-capitalization companies" are those that, at the time of investment, have market capitalizations of greater than $10 billion. While the market capitalizations of companies in the Bloomberg US 1000 Growth Index, the Fund's benchmark index for performance comparison purposes, ranged from approximately $1.820 billion to $4.531 trillion as of December 31, 2025, the Fund normally will invest in common stocks of companies with market capitalizations in the top half of that benchmark range.

The Sub-Adviser expects that normally the Fund's portfolio will tend to emphasize investments in securities issued by U.S. companies, although it may invest in foreign securities. The investment team allocates the Fund's investments among broad sector groups based on the fundamental company research conducted by the Sub-Adviser's internal research staff, assessing the current and forecasted investment opportunities and conditions, as well as diversification and risk considerations. The investment team may vary the percentage allocations among market sectors and may change the market sectors in which the Fund invests.

PRINCIPAL INVESTMENT RISKS

*Investors should consider the following risk factors and special considerations associated with investing in the Fund, which may cause you to lose money. The following principal risk factors have been identified for the Fund. The relative significance of each risk factor summarized below may change over time and you should review each risk factor carefully because any one or more of these risk factors may result in losses to the Fund. See also the sections "Additional Information about the Fund's Principal Investment Risks" and "Additional Risk Considerations" for additional information about the Fund's risk factors.* 

**Equity Risk.** The values of equity securities, such as common stocks and preferred stock, may decline due to general market conditions that are not specifically related to a particular company, such as real or perceived adverse economic conditions, inflation (or expectations for inflation), changes in the general outlook for corporate earnings, changes in interest

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or currency rates or adverse investor sentiment generally. Equity securities generally have greater price volatility than fixed-income securities.

**Investment Risk.** An investment in the Fund is subject to investment risk, including the possible loss of the entire principal amount that you invest.

**Market Risk.** Economies and financial markets throughout the world are becoming increasingly interconnected, which increases the likelihood that events or conditions in one country or region will adversely impact markets or issuers in other countries or regions. The values of equity securities, such as common stocks and preferred stock, may decline due to general market conditions that are not specifically related to a particular company, such as real or perceived adverse economic, political and social conditions, inflation (or expectations for inflation), deflation (or expectations for deflation), changes in the general outlook for corporate earnings, global demand for particular products or resources, market instability, debt crises and downgrades, embargoes, tariffs, sanctions and other trade barriers, regulatory events, other governmental trade or market control programs and related geopolitical events, changes in interest or currency rates, recessions, supply chain disruptions, or adverse investor sentiment generally. Equity securities generally have greater price volatility than fixed-income securities. In addition, the value of the Fund's investments may be negatively affected by the occurrence of global events such as war, terrorism, environmental disasters, natural or man-made disasters or events, country instability, and infectious disease epidemics or pandemics.

**Growth Investment Risk.** Growth stocks tend to be more volatile than certain other types of stocks and their prices usually fluctuate more dramatically than the overall stock market. A stock with growth characteristics can have sharp price declines due to decreases in current or expected earnings.

**Sector Risk.** Sector risk is the possibility that certain sectors of the economy may underperform other sectors or the market as a whole. The Fund may, from time to time, invest a significant portion of its assets in companies within a particular sector and its performance may suffer if that sector underperforms the overall stock market.

**Information Technology Sector Risk.** Market or economic factors impacting information technology companies and companies that rely heavily on technology advances could have a major effect on the value of stocks in the information technology sector. The value of stocks of technology companies and companies that rely heavily on technology is particularly vulnerable to rapid changes in technology product cycles, rapid product obsolescence, potential loss or impairment of patent and intellectual property rights, a competitive market for hiring qualified personnel, government regulation and competition, both domestically and internationally, including competition from foreign competitors with lower production costs.

**Active Management Risk.** The Fund is subject to management risk because it is an actively managed portfolio. In managing the Fund's portfolio securities, the Sub-Adviser will apply investment techniques and risk analyses in making investment decisions for the Fund, but there can be no guarantee that these will produce the desired results.

**Issuer-Specific Risk.** The value of an individual security or particular type of security can be more volatile than the market as a whole and can perform differently from the value of the market as a whole.

**Large Capitalization Company Risk.** The large capitalization companies in which the Fund invests may underperform other segments of the equity market or the equity market as a whole.

**Small- and Mid-Capitalization Company Risk.** Smaller and mid-size companies often have a more limited track record, narrower markets, less liquidity, more limited managerial and financial resources and a less diversified product offering than larger, more established companies. As a result, their performance can be more volatile, which may increase the volatility of the Fund's portfolio.

**Foreign Investment Risk.** The Fund's investments in non-U.S. issuers may involve unique risks compared to investing in securities of U.S. issuers, including, among others, less liquidity generally, greater market volatility than U.S. securities, less complete financial information and less stringent accounting, corporate governance and financial reporting standards than for U.S. issuers. In addition, adverse political, economic or social developments, including the imposition of sanctions, could undermine the value of the Fund's investments or prevent the Fund from realizing the full value of its investments. For example, the rights and remedies associated with investments in foreign securities may be different than investments in domestic securities. Finally, the value of the currency of the country in which the Fund has invested could decline relative to the value of the U.S. dollar, which may affect the value of the investment to U.S. investors.

**New Fund Risk.** The Fund currently has fewer assets than larger funds, and like other relatively new funds, large inflows and outflows may impact the Fund's market exposure for limited periods of time. This impact may be positive or negative, depending on the direction of market movement during the period affected.

**Fluctuation of Net Asset Value.** The net asset value ("NAV") of the Fund's Shares will generally fluctuate with changes in the market value of the Fund's holdings. The market prices of the Shares will generally fluctuate in accordance with changes in NAV as well as the relative supply of and demand for the Shares on the Nasdaq Stock Market LLC (the "Nasdaq Exchange"). Neither the Adviser nor the Sub-Adviser can predict whether the Shares will trade below, at or above their NAV. To the extent securities held by the Fund trade in a market that is closed when the exchange on which the Fund's shares trade is open, there may be deviations between the current price of a security and the last quoted price for the security in the closed foreign market. These deviations may in turn lead to wider bid-ask spreads or premiums/discounts for Fund shares with the result that investors may receive less than the underlying value of the

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Fund shares when they sell their Fund shares or pay more than the underlying value of the Fund shares when they purchase their Fund shares.

FUND PERFORMANCE

The following bar chart and table provide an indication of the risks of investing in the Fund by showing changes in the Fund's performance from year to year and by showing how the Fund's average annual returns for certain time periods compare with the average annual returns of the Fund's benchmark index and an index that represents a broad measure of market performance. The Fund's past performance (before and after taxes) is not necessarily an indication of how the Fund will perform in the future. Total return figures assume reinvestment of dividends and capital gains distributions and include the effect of the Fund's recurring expenses. Updated performance information is available online at www.alpsfunds.com or by calling 866.759.5679.

**Annual Total Returns (calendar years ended 12/31)**![](fp0097939-63_lgro3.jpg)

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| Highest Quarterly Return | 16.18% | 6/30/25 |
| Lowest Quarterly Return | -8.62% | 3/31/25 |

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The after-tax returns presented in the table below are calculated using highest historical individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes. Your actual after-tax returns will depend on your specific tax situation and may differ from those shown below. After-tax returns are not relevant to investors who hold Shares of the Fund through tax-deferred arrangements, such as 401(k) plans or individual retirement accounts.

**Average Annual Total Returns** <br> *For periods ended December 31, 2025* 

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|  | 1 Year | Since<br> Inception<br> (August 22, <br> 2023) |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;Return Before Taxes | 18.12% | 23.84% |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;Return After Taxes on Distributions | 18.02% | 23.71% |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares | 10.78% | 18.73% |
| Bloomberg US 1000 Growth Index\* (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes) | 17.93% | 24.73% |
| Bloomberg US 1000 Index\*,<sup>‡</sup> (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes) | 17.51% | 22.18% |

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*\** *Index performance shown in the table is the total return, which assumes reinvestment of any dividends and distributions during the time periods shown.* 

<sup>*‡*</sup> *Broad-based securities market index.* 

INVESTMENT ADVISER AND SUB-ADVISER

ALPS Advisors, Inc. ("ALPS Advisors" or the "Adviser") is the investment adviser to the Fund. Level Four Capital Management, LLC ("Level Four" or the "Sub-Adviser") is the Sub-Adviser.

PORTFOLIO MANAGERS

Lal E. Echterhoff, CFA is the portfolio manager of the Fund. Mr. Echterhoff has served as portfolio manager of the Fund since its inception in August 2023.

PURCHASE AND REDEMPTION OF SHARES

Individual Shares may only be purchased and sold in secondary market transactions through a broker or dealer at a market price. Shares are listed for trading on the Nasdaq Exchange under the ticker symbol LGRO and, because Shares trade at market prices rather than NAV, Shares may trade at a price greater than NAV (*i.e.*, a premium) or less than NAV (*i.e.*, a discount).

An investor may incur costs attributable to the difference between the highest price a buyer is willing to pay to purchase Shares of the Fund (bid) and the lowest price a seller is willing to accept for Shares (ask) when buying or selling Shares in the secondary market (the "bid/ask spread").

Recent information, including information about the Fund's NAV, market price, premiums and discounts, and the bid/ask spreads, is included on the Fund's website at www.alpsfunds.com.

TAX INFORMATION

The Fund's distributions are taxable and will generally be taxed as ordinary income or capital gains.

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PAYMENTS TO BROKER-DEALERS AND OTHER FINANCIAL INTERMEDIARIES

If you purchase Shares through a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary, the Adviser, Sub-Adviser, or other related companies may pay the intermediary for the sale of Shares or 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.

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