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				&lt;p style="font: 10pt/normal Times New Roman, Times, serif; margin: 0pt 0pt 8pt; text-transform: none; color: #000000; text-indent: 0pt; text-align: center"&gt;&lt;span style="text-transform: none"&gt;Supplement dated &lt;span class="xdx_phnt_RGlzY2xvc3VyZSAtIEZvcm0gTi0xQSBDb3ZlcgA_" id="xdx_900_edei--DocumentPeriodEndDate_c20260622__20260622_zPLmsc0XIRH9"&gt;June 22, 2026&lt;/span&gt; (&#x201c;Supplement&#x201d;) to each Fund&#x2019;s Prospectus &lt;br/&gt;and Summary Prospectus, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="text-transform: none"&gt;as supplemented&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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				&lt;p style="font: 10pt/normal Times New Roman, Times, serif; margin: 0pt 0pt 8pt; text-transform: none; color: #000000; text-indent: 0pt; text-align: justify"&gt;&lt;span style="text-transform: none"&gt;The Board of&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="text-transform: none"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="text-transform: none"&gt;Trustees of the&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="text-transform: none"&gt; New York Life Investments ETF Trust&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="text-transform: none"&gt; approved changes to the non-fundamental investment policy adopted pursuant to Rule 35d-1 under the Investment Company Act of 1940 for each of the following Funds, which is expected to go into effect on August &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="text-transform: none"&gt;28, 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="text-transform: none"&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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				&lt;p id="xdx_98D_eoef--StrategyPortfolioConcentration_c20260622__20260622__dei--LegalEntityAxis__custom--S000074745Member_zdtCnrWyT1W2" style="font: 10pt/normal Times New Roman, Times, serif; margin: 0pt 44pt 8pt; text-transform: none; color: #000000; text-indent: 0pt; text-align: justify"&gt;&lt;span style="text-transform: none"&gt;The Fund will, under normal circumstances, invest at least 80% of its assets (net assets plus the amount of any borrowings for investment purposes) in securities of U.S. large-capitalization issuers determined to be &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="text-transform: none"&gt;R&amp;amp;D Leaders.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
				&lt;p style="font: 10pt/normal Times New Roman, Times, serif; margin: 0pt 0pt 8pt; text-transform: none; color: #000000; text-indent: 0pt; text-align: justify"&gt;&lt;span style="text-transform: none"&gt;For purposes of compliance with the Fund&#x2019;s policy, large-capitalization issuers are issuers whose market capitalization is within the range of market capitalizations of issuers included in the NYLIM U.S. Large Cap R&amp;amp;D Leaders Index. An issuer is determined to be an R&amp;amp;D Leader if it is included in the NYLIM U.S. Large Cap R&amp;amp;D &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="text-transform: none"&gt;Leaders Index.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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				&lt;p id="xdx_980_eoef--StrategyPortfolioConcentration_c20260622__20260622__dei--LegalEntityAxis__custom--S000074744Member_zvv6OeoqD8sk" style="font: 10pt/normal Times New Roman, Times, serif; margin: 0pt 44pt 8pt; text-transform: none; color: #000000; text-indent: 0pt; text-align: justify"&gt;&lt;span style="text-transform: none"&gt;The Fund will, under normal circumstances, invest at least 80% of its assets (net assets plus the amount of any borrowings for investment purposes) in equity securities determined to be &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="text-transform: none"&gt;R&amp;amp;D Leaders. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
				&lt;p style="font: 10pt/normal Times New Roman, Times, serif; margin: 0pt 0pt 8pt; text-transform: none; color: #000000; text-indent: 0pt; text-align: justify"&gt;&lt;span style="text-transform: none"&gt;For purposes of compliance with the Fund&#x2019;s policy, an issuer is determined to be an R&amp;amp;D Leader if it is included in the NYLIM Global Equity R&amp;amp;D &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="text-transform: none"&gt;Leaders Index.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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