Form 485BXT John Hancock Exchange-Tr

September 24, 2026 9:01 AM EDT
As filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on September 24, 2026
Securities Act File No. 333-183173
Investment Company Act File No. 811-22733
United States Securities and Exchange Commission
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM N-1A
Registration Statement Under the Securities Act of 1933 [X]
Pre-Effective Amendment No. [ ]
Post-Effective Amendment No. 83 [X]
and/or
Registration Statement Under the Investment Company Act of 1940 [X]
Amendment No. 86 [X]
John Hancock Exchange-Traded Fund Trust
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
200 Berkeley Street
Boston, MA 02116
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
Registrant’s Telephone Number, including area code:
(800) 225-6020
Name and address of agent for service:
Kinga Kapuscinski, Esq.
Nicholas J. Kolokithas, Esq.
John Hancock Investment Management LLC
200 Berkeley Street
Boston, MA 02116
Copy to:
Stephanie Capistron, Esq.
Allison M. Fumai, Esq.
Dechert LLP
One International Place, 40th Floor
100 Oliver Street
Boston, MA 02110-2605
Title of Securities Being Registered: Shares of beneficial interest ($0.00 par value) of John Hancock International Dynamic Growth Select ETF, a series of the Registrant.
Approximate Date of Proposed Public Offering: As soon as practicable after the effective date of this Registration Statement. 
It is proposed that this filing will become effective (check appropriate box):
 
 
[ ]
immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b) of Rule 485
[X]
on October 23, 2026, pursuant to paragraph (b) of Rule 485
[ ]
60 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(1) of Rule 485
[ ]
on (date) pursuant to paragraph (a)(1) of Rule 485
[ ]
75 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(2) of Rule 485
[ ]
on (date), pursuant to paragraph (a)(2) of Rule 485
 
 
If appropriate, check the following box:
 
 
[X]
this post-effective amendment designates a new effective date for a previously filed post-effective amendment.
This filing relates solely to the following fund: John Hancock International Dynamic Growth Select ETF. No information contained herein is intended to amend or supersede any prior filing relating to any other series of the Registrant.

JOHN HANCOCK EXCHANGE-TRADED FUND TRUST
CONTENTS OF REGISTRATION STATEMENT
This registration document is comprised of the following:
Cover Sheet
Contents of Registration Statement
  Prospectus*
  Statement of Additional Information*
  Other Information*
Explanatory Note
Signature Page
__________________

EXPLANATORY NOTE:
This Post-Effective Amendment No. 83 to the Registration Statement on Form N-1A for John Hancock Exchange-Traded Fund Trust incorporates by reference the Registrant’s Prospectus (Part A), Statement of Additional Information (Part B) and Other Information (Part C) relating to John Hancock International Dynamic Growth Select ETF contained in Post-Effective Amendment No. 80, which was filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on June 25, 2026. The sole purpose of this filing is to delay the effective date of Registrant’s Post-Effective Amendment No. 80 to October 23, 2026 pursuant to paragraph (b)(1)(iii) of Rule 485 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “1933 Act”), and the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, the Registrant certifies that it meets all of the requirements for effectiveness of this Post-Effective Amendment to the Registration Statement on Form N-1A under Rule 485(b) under the 1933 Act (“Registration Statement”) and has duly caused this 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 24th day of September, 2026. 
JOHN HANCOCK EXCHANGE-TRADED FUND TRUST
By:
/s/ Kristie M. Feinberg
 
Name: Kristie M. Feinberg
Title: President (Chief Executive Officer and Principal
Executive Officer) and Trustee
Pursuant to the requirements of the 1933 Act, this Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the date(s) indicated. 
Signature
Title
Date
/s/ Kristie M. Feinberg
President
(Chief Executive Officer and Principal Executive Officer) and Trustee
September 24, 2026
Kristie M. Feinberg
/s/ Fernando A. Silva
Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer)
September 24, 2026
Fernando A. Silva
/s/ Andrew G. Arnott*
Trustee
September 24, 2026
Andrew G. Arnott
/s/ William K. Bacic*
Trustee
September 24, 2026
William K. Bacic
/s/ James R. Boyle*
Trustee
September 24, 2026
James R. Boyle
/s/ Noni Ellison McKee*
Trustee
September 24, 2026
Noni Ellison McKee
/s/ Grace K. Fey*
Trustee
September 24, 2026
Grace K. Fey
/s/ Dean C. Garfield*
Trustee
September 24, 2026
Dean C. Garfield
/s/ Christine L. Hurtsellers*
Trustee
September 24, 2026
Christine L. Hurtsellers
/s/ Deborah C. Jackson*
Trustee
September 24, 2026
Deborah C. Jackson
/s/ Hassell H. McClellan*
Trustee
September 24, 2026
Hassell H. McClellan
/s/ Kenneth J. Phelan*
Trustee
September 24, 2026
Kenneth J. Phelan
/s/ Frances G. Rathke*
Trustee
September 24, 2026
Frances G. Rathke
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Signature
Title
Date
/s/ Thomas R. Wright*
Trustee
September 24, 2026
Thomas R. Wright
*
By: Power of Attorney. 
By:
/s/ Khimmara Greer
 
Khimmara Greer
Attorney-In-Fact
*
Pursuant to Power of Attorney filed with Post-Effective Amendment No. 76 to the Trust's Registration Statement on January 16, 2026.
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