Form 485BXT Putnam ETF Trust

As filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on August 8, 2025

Securities Act File No. 333-253222

Investment Company Act File No. 811-23643

 

UNITED STATES

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. 25		☒

and/or

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER

		THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940		☒
		Amendment No. 26

 

 

PUTNAM ETF TRUST*

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

 

100 Federal Street

Boston, MA 02110

(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (617) 292-1000

 

 

 

Name and address of agent for service:		Copy to:
Stephen J. Tate, Vice President		Bryan Chegwidden, Esq.		James E. Thomas, Esq.
Putnam ETF Trust		Ropes & Gray LLP		Ropes & Gray LLP
100 Federal Street		1211 Avenue of the Americas		800 Boylston Street
Boston, Massachusetts 02110		New York, New York 10036		Boston, Massachusetts 02199

It is proposed that this filing will become effective:

 

☐	immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b)

☒	on September 12, 2025 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) of Rule 485

If appropriate, check the following box:

 

☒	This post-effective amendment designates a new effective date for a previously filed post-effective amendment.

 

*

This filing relates solely to Franklin California Municipal Income ETF, Franklin Massachusetts Municipal Income ETF, Franklin Minnesota Municipal Income ETF, Franklin Municipal High Yield ETF, Franklin Municipal Income ETF, Franklin New Jersey Municipal Income ETF, Franklin New York Municipal Income ETF, Franklin Ohio Municipal Income ETF, Franklin Pennsylvania Municipal Income ETF and Franklin Short-Term Municipal Income ETF. Information contained in the Registrant’s Registration Statement relating to any other series of the Registrant is neither amended nor superseded hereby.

 

PART A, PART B AND PART C

Pursuant to paragraph (b)(1)(iii) of Rule 485 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Post-Effective Amendment No. 25 to the Registration Statement on Form N-1A (the “Registration Statement”) of Putnam ETF Trust (the “Registrant”) (File No. 333-253222), relating only to Franklin California Municipal Income ETF, Franklin Massachusetts Municipal Income ETF, Franklin Minnesota Municipal Income ETF, Franklin Municipal High Yield ETF, Franklin Municipal Income ETF, Franklin New Jersey Municipal Income ETF, Franklin New York Municipal Income ETF, Franklin Ohio Municipal Income ETF, Franklin Pennsylvania Municipal Income ETF and Franklin Short-Term Municipal Income ETF (collectively, the “Funds”), each a series of the Registrant, is being filed solely for the purpose of designating September 12, 2025 as the new date upon which Post-Effective Amendment No. 23, as filed on May 30, 2025 (Accession No. 0001193125-25-132025) (“Post-Effective Amendment No. 23”) shall become effective.

Accordingly, the Part A—Prospectus, Part B—Statement of Additional Information, and Part C of the Funds, as filed in Post-Effective Amendment No. 23, are incorporated by reference in their entirety into this filing.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, the Registrant, Putnam ETF Trust, certifies that it meets all the requirements for the effectiveness of this Post-Effective Amendment to its Registration Statement pursuant to Rule 485(b)(1)(iii) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment to its Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Boston, and The Commonwealth of Massachusetts on this 8th day of August, 2025.

 

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 this 8th day of August, 2025:

 

Signature		Title
/s/ Barbara M. Baumann*
Barbara M. Baumann		Chair, Board of Trustees
/s/ Robert L. Reynolds*
Robert L. Reynolds		President and Trustee
/s/ Jonathan S. Horwitz*		Executive Vice President, Principal Executive
Jonathan S. Horwitz		Officer and Compliance Liaison
/s/ Michael J. Higgins*
Michael J. Higgins		Vice President, Treasurer, and Clerk
/s/ Jeffrey W. White*		Vice President, Principal Financial Officer, Principal
Jeffrey W. White		Accounting Officer and Assistant Treasurer
/s/ Liaquat Ahamed*
Liaquat Ahamed		Trustee
/s/ Katinka Domotorffy*
Katinka Domotorffy		Trustee
/s/ Catharine Bond Hill*
Catharine Bond Hill		Trustee
/s/ Gregory G. McGreevey*
Gregory G. McGreevey		Trustee

/s/ Jennifer Williams Murphy*
Jennifer Williams Murphy		Trustee
/s/ Marie Pillai*
Marie Pillai		Trustee
/s/ George Putnam III *
George Putnam III		Trustee
/s/ Manoj P. Singh*
Manoj P. Singh		Trustee
/s/ Mona K. Sutphen*
Mona K. Sutphen		Trustee
/s/ Jane E. Trust*
Jane E. Trust		Trustee

 

*By:		/s/ Jonathan S. Horwitz
		Jonathan S. Horwitz, as Attorney-in-Fact

 

*	Attorney in Fact, pursuant to Power of Attorney.