# EDGAR Filing Document

**Accession Number:** 0001478482
**File Stem:** 0001193125-25-149162
**Filing Date:** 2025-6
**Character Count:** 9260
**Document Hash:** 4e50862d1b0db58a355c58afdd203de9
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## Filing Content

## Filing Summary
**0001193125-25-149162.hdr.sgml**: 20250627

**ACCESSION NUMBER**: 0001193125-25-149162

**CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE**: 485BXT

**PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT**: 1

**FILED AS OF DATE**: 20250627

**DATE AS OF CHANGE**: 20250626

**FILER**: 

**COMPANY DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** John Hancock Exchange-Traded Fund Trust
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0001478482

**ORGANIZATION NAME:**
- **EIN:** 001017025
- **STATE OF INCORPORATION:** MA
- **FISCAL YEAR END:** 0430

**FILING VALUES:**
- **FORM TYPE:** 485BXT
- **SEC ACT:** 1940 Act
- **SEC FILE NUMBER:** 811-22733
- **FILM NUMBER:** 251081492

**BUSINESS ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** C/O JOHN HANCOCK FUNDS
- **STREET 2:** 200 BERKELEY STREET
- **CITY:** BOSTON
- **STATE:** MA
- **ZIP:** 02116
- **BUSINESS PHONE:** 617-663-3000

**MAIL ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** C/O JOHN HANCOCK FUNDS
- **STREET 2:** 200 BERKELEY STREET
- **CITY:** BOSTON
- **STATE:** MA
- **ZIP:** 02116
**FILER**: 

**COMPANY DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** John Hancock Exchange-Traded Fund Trust
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0001478482

**ORGANIZATION NAME:**
- **EIN:** 001017025
- **STATE OF INCORPORATION:** MA
- **FISCAL YEAR END:** 0430

**FILING VALUES:**
- **FORM TYPE:** 485BXT
- **SEC ACT:** 1933 Act
- **SEC FILE NUMBER:** 333-183173
- **FILM NUMBER:** 251081491

**BUSINESS ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** C/O JOHN HANCOCK FUNDS
- **STREET 2:** 200 BERKELEY STREET
- **CITY:** BOSTON
- **STATE:** MA
- **ZIP:** 02116
- **BUSINESS PHONE:** 617-663-3000

**MAIL ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** C/O JOHN HANCOCK FUNDS
- **STREET 2:** 200 BERKELEY STREET
- **CITY:** BOSTON
- **STATE:** MA
- **ZIP:** 02116

## Series and Classes Contracts Data

### John Hancock Disciplined Value Select ETF (Series ID: S000093162)

| Class ID   | Class Name                                | Ticker Symbol   |
|:---|:---|:---|
| C000261300 | John Hancock Disciplined Value Select ETF | JDVL            |

As filed with the Securities and Exchange <br>Commission on June 27, 2025

Securities Act File No. 333-183173 <br>Investment Company Act File No. 811-22733

United States Securities and Exchange Commission <br>Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM N-1A

Registration Statement Under the Securities Act of 1933 [X] <br>Pre-Effective Amendment No. [ ] <br>Post-Effective Amendment No. 71 [X]

and/or

Registration Statement Under the Investment Company Act of 1940 [X] <br>Amendment No. 74 [X]

**John Hancock Exchange-Traded Fund Trust** <br>(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

200 Berkeley Street <br>Boston, MA 02116 <br>(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

Registrant's Telephone Number, including area code: <br>(800) 225-6020

Name and address of agent for service: <br>Kinga Kapuscinski, Esq. <br>Nicholas J. Kolokithas, Esq.

John Hancock Investment Management LLC <br>200 Berkeley Street <br>Boston, MA 02116

Copy to: <br>Christopher P. Harvey, Esq. <br>Allison M. Fumai, Esq. <br>Dechert LLP <br>One International Place, 40<sup>th</sup> Floor <br>100 Oliver Street <br>Boston, MA 02110-2605

Title of Securities Being Registered: Shares of beneficial interest ($0.00 par value) of John Hancock Disciplined Value 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.

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| It is proposed that this filing will become effective (check appropriate box): | It is proposed that this filing will become effective (check appropriate box): |
| [ ] | immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b) of Rule 485  |
| [X] | on July 25, 2025, 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: | If appropriate, check the following box: |
| [X] | this post-effective amendment designates a new effective date for a previously filed post-effective amendment. |

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This filing relates solely to the following fund: John Hancock Disciplined Value Select ETF. No information contained herein is intended to amend or supersede any prior filing relating to any other series of the Registrant.

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**JOHN HANCOCK EXCHANGE-TRADED FUND TRUST**

**CONTENTS OF REGISTRATION STATEMENT**

This registration document is comprised of the following:

Cover Sheet <br>Contents of Registration Statement <br> Prospectus\* <br> Statement of Additional Information\* <br> Other Information\* <br>Explanatory Note <br>Signature Page

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\* Incorporated herein by reference to [<u>Post-Effective Amendment No. 69 to Registrant's Registration Statement, SEC File No. 811-22733, filed</u>](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1478482/000119312525065083/d897506d485apos.htm)[<u>March 27, 2025, EDGAR Accession No.0001193125-25-065083</u>](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1478482/000119312525065083/d897506d485apos.htm).

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**EXPLANATORY NOTE:**

This Post-Effective Amendment No. 71 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 Disciplined Value Select ETF contained in [<u>Post-Effective Amendment No. 69, which was filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on</u>](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1478482/000119312525065083/d897506d485apos.htm)[<u>March 27, 2025.</u>](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1478482/000119312525065083/d897506d485apos.htm) The sole purpose of this filing is to delay the effective date of Registrant's Post-Effective Amendment No. 69 to July 25, 2025 pursuant to paragraph (b)(1)(iii) of Rule 485 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

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**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 26<sup>th</sup> day of June, 2025.

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|:---|:---|
| **JOHN HANCOCK EXCHANGE-TRADED FUND TRUST** | **JOHN HANCOCK EXCHANGE-TRADED FUND TRUST** |
| By: | /s/ Kristie M. Feinberg |
|  | Name: Kristie M. Feinberg<br> Title: President (Chief Executive Officer and Principal <br> Executive Officer)<br>|

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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.

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|:---|:---|:---|
| **Signature** | **Title** | **Date** |
| /s/ Kristie M. Feinberg | President<br> (Chief Executive Officer and Principal Executive Officer) | June 26, 2025 |
| Kristie M. Feinberg | President<br> (Chief Executive Officer and Principal Executive Officer) | June 26, 2025 |
| /s/ Fernando A. Silva | Chief Financial Officer<br> (Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer) | June 26, 2025 |
| Fernando A. Silva | Chief Financial Officer<br> (Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer) | June 26, 2025 |
| /s/ Andrew G. Arnott\* | Trustee | June 26, 2025 |
| Andrew G. Arnott | Trustee | June 26, 2025 |
| /s/ William K. Bacic\* | Trustee | June 26, 2025 |
| William K. Bacic | Trustee | June 26, 2025 |
| /s/ James R. Boyle\* | Trustee | June 26, 2025 |
| James R. Boyle | Trustee | June 26, 2025 |
| /s/ William H. Cunningham\* | Trustee | June 26, 2025 |
| William H. Cunningham | Trustee | June 26, 2025 |
| /s/ Noni L. Ellison\* | Trustee | June 26, 2025 |
| Noni L. Ellison | Trustee | June 26, 2025 |
| /s/ Grace K. Fey\* | Trustee | June 26, 2025 |
| Grace K. Fey | Trustee | June 26, 2025 |
| /s/ Dean C. Garfield\* | Trustee | June 26, 2025 |
| Dean C. Garfield | Trustee | June 26, 2025 |
| /s/ Deborah C. Jackson\* | Trustee | June 26, 2025 |
| Deborah C. Jackson | Trustee | June 26, 2025 |
| /s/ Paul Lorentz\* | Trustee | June 26, 2025 |
| Paul Lorentz | Trustee | June 26, 2025 |
| /s/ Hassell H. McClellan\* | Trustee | June 26, 2025 |
| Hassell H. McClellan | Trustee | June 26, 2025 |
| /s/ Frances G. Rathke\* | Trustee | June 26, 2025 |
| Frances G. Rathke | Trustee | June 26, 2025 |

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**C-0**

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| **Signature** | **Title** | **Date** |
| /s/ Thomas R. Wright\* | Trustee | June 26, 2025 |
| Thomas R. Wright | Trustee | June 26, 2025 |

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By: Power of Attorney.

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|:---|:---|
| By: | /s/ Mara C.S. Moldwin |
|  | Mara C.S. Moldwin<br> Attorney-In-Fact<br>|

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Pursuant to Power of Attorney filed with Post-Effective Amendment No. 68 to the Trust's Registration Statement on December 13, 2024.

**C-1**

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