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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 id="xdx_905_edei--DocumentPeriodEndDate_c20260622__20260622_zGjXEr0uRtY1"&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 Active 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 28, 2026: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="text-transform: none"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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				&lt;p 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;&lt;span id="xdx_901_eoef--StrategyPortfolioConcentration_c20260622__20260622__dei--LegalEntityAxis__custom--S000075560Member_zUNomUYvqjY4"&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 large-capitalization growth companies.&lt;/span&gt; &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, the Fund considers a company to be a large growth company if it (i) has a market capitalization in excess of $10 billion at the time of purchase and (ii) is determined to be a growth company by the Subadvisor. The Subadvisor may consider a number of factors in determining whether a company is a growth company, including whether the company is included within at least one independent growth index, is classified as a growth company by a third-party vendor, or the company&#x2019;s projected earnings per share growth, sales growth per share or free cash flow growth or its trailing earnings per share growth is above the equity market median, if the company&#x2019;s research and development expenses exceed sales, general and administrative expenses, or if the company is raising capital to grow, fund or expand its business. A company&#x2019;s growth potential can be determined under any of &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="text-transform: none"&gt;these factors. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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				&lt;p 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;&lt;span id="xdx_90C_eoef--StrategyPortfolioConcentration_c20260622__20260622__dei--LegalEntityAxis__custom--S000075561Member_zpjFyEjj4iBc"&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 large-capitalization growth companies.&lt;/span&gt; &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, the Fund considers a company to be a large growth company if it (i) has a market capitalization in excess of $10 billion at the time of purchase and (ii) is determined to be a growth company by the Subadvisor. The Subadvisor may consider a number of factors in determining whether a company is a growth company, including whether the company is included within at least one independent growth index, is classified as a growth company by a third-party vendor, or the company&#x2019;s projected earnings per share growth, sales growth per share or free cash flow growth or its trailing earnings per share growth is above the equity market median, if the company&#x2019;s research and development expenses exceed sales, general and administrative expenses, or if the company is raising capital to grow, fund or expand its business. A company&#x2019;s growth potential can be determined under any of &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="text-transform: none"&gt;these factors. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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