As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 17, 2022 | ||||
Securities Act File No. 333-253222 | ||||
Investment Company File No. 811-23643 | ||||
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION | ||||
Washington, D.C. 20549 | ||||
FORM N-1A | ||||
REGISTRATION STATEMENT | ||||
UNDER | ||||
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 | ☒ | |||
Pre-Effective Amendment No. | ☐ | |||
Post-Effective Amendment No. 11 | ☒ | |||
and/or | ||||
REGISTRATION STATEMENT | ||||
UNDER | ||||
THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940 | ☒ | |||
Amendment No. 12 | ☒ | |||
(Check appropriate box or boxes) | ||||
PUTNAM ETF TRUST | ||||
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter) | ||||
100 Federal Street | ||||
Boston, MA 02110 | ||||
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code) | ||||
Registrant’s Telephone Number, including Area Code: (617) 292-1000 | ||||
Stephen J. Tate | ||||
Putnam ETF Trust | ||||
100 Federal Street | ||||
Boston, MA 02110 | ||||
(Name and Address of Agent for Service) |
Copy to: | ||||
Jon S. Rand, Esq. | Stephanie A. Capistron, Esq. | |||
Dechert LLP | Dechert LLP | |||
1095 Avenue of the Americas | One International Place, 40th Floor | |||
New York, New York 10036-6797 | 100 Oliver Street | |||
Boston, Massachusetts 02110-2605 | ||||
It is proposed that this filing will become effective (check appropriate box)
[ ] | Immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b) |
[ X ] | On December 20, 2022 pursuant to paragraph (b) |
[ ] | 60 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(1) |
[ ] | On (date) pursuant to paragraph (a)(1) |
[ ] | 75 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(2) |
[ ] | On (date) pursuant to paragraph (a)(2) |
If appropriate, check the following box: | |
[ X] | this post-effective amendment designates a new effective date for a previously filed post-effective amendment. |
Title of Securities Being Registered:
Shares of the Putnam ESG Core Bond ETF, Putnam ESG High Yield ETF, Putnam ESG Ultra Short ETF, Putnam PanAgora ESG Emerging Markets Equity ETF and Putnam PanAgora ESG International Equity ETF
This Post-Effective Amendment No. 11 is being filed pursuant to Rule 485(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), solely to designate December 20, 2022, as the new effective date for Post-Effective Amendment No. 4 filed pursuant to Rule 485(a) under the Securities Act on June 8, 2022. The effectiveness of Post-Effective Amendment No. 4 was previously delayed by Post-Effective Amendment No. 6, which was filed on August 18, 2022, Amendment No. 8 to the Trust’s Registration Statement under the 1940 Act, which was filed on September 19, 2022, and Amendment No. 10 to the Trust’s Registration Statement under the 1940 Act, which was filed on October 19, 2022. This Post-Effective Amendment No. 11 is not intended to amend or supersede any information contained in Post-Effective Amendment No. 4.
This Post-Effective Amendment relates solely to the Registrant’s Putnam ESG Core Bond ETF, Putnam ESG High Yield ETF, Putnam ESG Ultra Short ETF, Putnam PanAgora ESG Emerging Markets Equity ETF and Putnam PanAgora ESG International Equity ETF series. Information contained in the Registrant's Registration Statement relating to any other series of the Registrant is neither amended nor superseded hereby.
PUTNAM ETF TRUST |
Part A. INFORMATION REQUIRED IN A PROSPECTUS
Part B. INFORMATION REQUIRED IN A STATEMENT OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Part C. OTHER INFORMATION
SIGNATURES |
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, the Registrant certifies that it meets all of the requirements for effectiveness of this Registration Statement under Rule 485(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and has duly caused this Amendment to its Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, duly authorized, in the City of Boston, and The Commonwealth of Massachusetts, on the 17th day of November, 2022.
Putnam ETF Trust | ||
By: /s/ Aaron Cooper | ||
Aaron Cooper, President, Principal Executive Officer | ||
and Trustee |
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Amendment to the Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated:
Signature | Title |
/s/ Aaron Cooper | |
Aaron Cooper | President, Principal Executive Officer and Trustee |
/s/ Janet Smith | |
Janet Smith | Vice President, Principal Financial Officer, Principal |
Accounting Officer and Treasurer | |
Liaquat Ahamed* | Chair, Trustee |
Katinka Domotorffy* | Trustee |
Catharine Bond Hill* | Trustee |
Mona K. Sutphen* | Trustee |
By: /s/ Stephen J. Tate, as Attorney-in-Fact | |
November 17, 2022 | |
Signed pursuant to power of attorney filed in the Initial | |
Registration Statement of the Trust on February 17, 2021. |