# EDGAR Filing Document

**Accession Number:** 0001860434
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**Filing Date:** 2023-2
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## Filing Content

## Filing Summary
**0001193125-23-053854.hdr.sgml**: 20230228

**ACCESSION NUMBER**: 0001193125-23-053854

**CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE**: 497K

**PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT**: 8

**FILED AS OF DATE**: 20230228

**DATE AS OF CHANGE**: 20230228

**EFFECTIVENESS DATE**: 20230228

**FILER**: 

**COMPANY DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** Harbor ETF Trust
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0001860434
- **IRS NUMBER:** 000000000
- **STATE OF INCORPORATION:** DE
- **FISCAL YEAR END:** 1031

**FILING VALUES:**
- **FORM TYPE:** 497K
- **SEC ACT:** 1933 Act
- **SEC FILE NUMBER:** 333-255884
- **FILM NUMBER:** 23685422

**BUSINESS ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 111 SOUTH WACKER DRIVE
- **STREET 2:** 34TH FLOOR
- **CITY:** CHICAGO
- **STATE:** IL
- **ZIP:** 60606
- **BUSINESS PHONE:** 312-443-4400

**MAIL ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 111 SOUTH WACKER DRIVE
- **STREET 2:** 34TH FLOOR
- **CITY:** CHICAGO
- **STATE:** IL
- **ZIP:** 60606

## Series and Classes Contracts Data

### Harbor Dividend Growth Leaders ETF (Series ID: S000075911)

| Class ID   | Class Name                         | Ticker Symbol   |
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| C000235263 | Harbor Dividend Growth Leaders ETF | GDIV            |

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**GDIV**<br>

Harbor Dividend Growth Leaders ETF

**Summary Prospectus – March 1, 2023**

Before you invest, you may want to review the Fund's prospectus, which contains more information about the Fund and its risks. You can find the Fund's prospectus and other information about the Fund online at *harborcapital.com/prospectus*. You can also get this information at no cost by calling 800-422-1050 or by sending an email request to funddocuments@harborcapital.com. If you purchase shares of the Fund through a financial intermediary, the prospectus and other information will also be available from your financial intermediary. The current prospectus and statement of additional information, dated March 1, 2023, as amended or supplemented from time to time, are incorporated by referenced into this summary prospectus and may be obtained, free of charge, at the website, phone number or email address noted above.

**Investment Objective**

The Fund seeks long-term growth of capital.

**Fees and Expenses of the Fund**

This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy, hold and sell shares of the Fund. You may pay other fees, such as brokerage commissions and other fees to financial intermediaries, which are not reflected in the table and example below.

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**Annual Fund Operating Expenses** (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)

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|  | **Rate** |
| Management Fees | 0.50% |
| Distribution and Service (12b-1) Fees | 0.00% |
| Other Expenses<sup>1</sup> | 0.00% |
| Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses | 0.50% |

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<sup>1</sup> *Pursuant to the Investment Advisory Agreement, the Advisor pays all of the operating expenses of the Fund, except for (i) the fee payment under the Investment Advisory Agreement; (ii) payments under the Fund's 12b-1 plan (if any); (iii) the costs of borrowing, including interest and dividend expenses; (iv) taxes and governmental fees; (v) acquired fund fees and expenses; (vi) brokers' commissions and any other transaction-related expenses and fees arising out of transactions effected on behalf of the Fund; (vii) costs of holding shareholder meetings; and (viii) litigation and indemnification expenses and other extraordinary expenses not incurred in the ordinary course of the Fund's business.*

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**Expense Example**

This Example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Fund with the cost of investing in other exchange-traded funds. The Example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods indicated. The Example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year and that the Fund's operating expenses remain the same. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, under these assumptions, your costs would be:

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|  | **One**<br> **Year**<br>| &nbsp;&nbsp; **Three**<br> **Years**<br>| &nbsp;&nbsp; **Five**<br> **Years**<br>| &nbsp;&nbsp; **Ten**<br> **Years**<br>|
| Cost | $51 | $160 | $280 | $628 |

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**Portfolio Turnover**

The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or "turns over" its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when shares of the Fund are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in the Annual Fund Operating Expenses or in the Expense Example, do affect the Fund's performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund's portfolio turnover rate was 78%. The portfolio turnover rate shown includes that of the Westfield Capital Dividend Growth Fund (the

"Predecessor Fund"). Portfolio turnover rate excludes investments received or delivered from in-kind processing of creation unit purchases or redemptions.

**Principal Investment Strategy**

Under normal market conditions, the Fund invests at least 80% of its net assets, plus borrowings for investment purposes, in dividend-paying equity securities. The Fund invests primarily in equity securities, principally common and preferred stocks of large capitalization companies with a history of paying dividends or as determined by the Subadvisor's analysis, the ability to increase dividends in the future.

The Subadvisor uses a bottom-up process to identify companies which meet the Subadvisor's fundamental criteria that evaluates companies on earnings, free cash flow generation and return of capital priorities, including dividends and stock buybacks. In constructing the Fund's portfolio, the Subadvisor seeks to identify companies that it believes possess the following quantitative and qualitative characteristics:

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High quality balance sheet;

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Good stewards of capital;

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Consistent free cash flow generation; and

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History of dividend increases.

The Subadvisor then performs a qualitative review of each identified company to select companies for inclusion in the Fund's portfolio. Such review may include interviews and other contact with company management. The investment process generally results in a portfolio of 30-50 companies and, from time to time, may result in more substantial investments in particular sectors. Sector allocations are the outcome of the Subadvisor's investment process.

The Fund may also invest in other equity securities, including master limited partnerships ("MLPs"), American Depositary Receipts ("ADRs") and Global Depositary Receipts ("GDRs"). The Fund may also invest in foreign securities (including through ADRs and GDRs), with such investments typically representing less than 35% of the Fund's net assets.

The Subadvisor may sell a security if the security reaches or falls below a predetermined price target, a change in the company's fundamentals negatively impacts the Subadvisor's original investment thesis, there is a change in the company's dividend policy, or the Subadvisor identifies what it believes to be a more attractive investment opportunity.

**Principal Risks**

There is no guarantee that the investment objective of the Fund will be achieved. Stocks fluctuate in price and the value of your investment in the Fund may go down. This means that you could lose money on your investment in the Fund or the Fund may not perform as well as other investment options. Principal risks impacting the Fund (in alphabetical order after the first four risks) include:

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**Dividend Paying Stock Risk:** The Fund's emphasis on dividend-paying stocks involves the risk that such stocks may fall out of favor with investors and underperform the market. Also, a company may reduce or eliminate its dividend.

**Equity Risk:** The values of equity or equity-related securities may decline due to general market conditions that are not specifically related to a particular company, such as real or perceived adverse economic conditions, changes in the general outlook for corporate earnings, changes in interest or currency rates or adverse investor sentiment generally. They may also decline due to factors that affect a particular industry or industries, such as labor shortages or increased production costs and competitive conditions within an industry. Equity securities generally have greater price volatility than fixed income securities.

**Premium/Discount Risk:** The market price of the Fund's shares will generally fluctuate in accordance with changes in the Fund's net asset value as well as the relative supply of and demand for shares on the Exchange. The Advisor cannot predict whether shares will trade below, at or above their net asset value because the shares trade on the Exchange at market prices and not at net asset value. Price differences may be due, in large part, to the fact that supply and demand forces at work in the secondary trading market for shares will be closely related, but not identical, to the same forces influencing the prices of the holdings of the Fund trading individually or in the aggregate at any point in time. This may result in the Fund's shares trading significantly above (premium) or below (discount) the Fund's net asset value, which will be reflected in the intraday bid/ask spreads and/or the closing price of shares as compared to net asst value. However, given that shares can be purchased and redeemed in Creation Units , and only to and from broker-dealers and large institutional investors that have entered into participation agreements (unlike shares of closed-end funds, which frequently trade at appreciable discounts from, and sometimes at premiums to, their net asset value), the Advisor believes that large discounts or premiums to the net asset value of shares should not be sustained. During stressed market conditions, the market for the Fund's shares may become less liquid in response to deteriorating liquidity in the market for the Fund's underlying portfolio holdings, which could in turn lead to differences between the market price of the Fund's shares and their net asset value.

**Market Risk:** Securities markets are volatile and can decline significantly in response to adverse market, economic, political, regulatory or other developments, which may lower the value of securities held by the Fund, sometimes rapidly or unpredictably. Events such as war, acts of terrorism, social unrest, natural disasters, recessions, inflation, rapid interest rate changes, supply chain disruptions, sanctions, the spread of infectious illness or other public health threats could also significantly impact the Fund and its investments.

**Authorized Participant Concentration/Trading Risk:** Only authorized participants ("APs") may engage in creation or redemption transactions directly with the Fund. The Fund has a limited number of institutions that may act as APs and such APs have no obligation to submit creation or redemption orders. Consequently, there is no assurance that APs will establish or maintain an active trading market for the shares. This risk may be heightened to the extent that securities held by the Fund are traded outside a collateralized settlement system. In that case, APs may be required to post collateral on certain trades on an agency basis (i.e., on behalf of other market participants), which only a limited number of APs may be able to do. In addition, to the extent that APs exit the business or are unable to proceed with creation and/or redemption orders with respect to the Fund and no other AP is able to step forward to create or redeem Creation

Units (as defined below), this may result in a significantly diminished trading market for shares, and shares may be more likely to trade at a premium or discount to the Fund's net asset value and to face trading halts and/or delisting. This risk may be heightened during periods of volatility or market disruptions.

**Depositary Receipts Risk:** Depositary receipts are certificates evidencing ownership of shares of a foreign issuer. These certificates are issued by depository banks and generally trade on an established market in the U.S. or elsewhere. The underlying shares are held in trust by a custodian bank or similar financial institution. The depository bank may not have physical custody of the underlying securities at all times and may charge fees for various services, including forwarding dividends and interest and corporate actions. Depositary receipts are alternatives to directly purchasing the underlying foreign securities in their national markets and currencies. Depositary receipts are subject to the risks associated with investing directly in foreign securities.

**Foreign Currency Risk:** As a result of the Fund's investments in securities denominated in, and/or receiving revenues in, foreign currencies, the Fund will be subject to currency risk. Currency risk is the risk that foreign currencies will decline in value relative to the U.S. dollar or, in the case of hedging positions, that the U.S. dollar will decline in value relative to the currency hedged. In either event, the dollar value of an investment in the Fund would be adversely affected.

**Foreign Securities Risk:** Because the Fund may invest in securities of foreign issuers, an investment in the Fund is subject to special risks in addition to those of U.S. securities. These risks include heightened political and economic risks, greater volatility, currency fluctuations, higher transaction costs, delayed settlement, possible foreign controls on investment, possible sanctions by governmental bodies of other countries and less stringent investor protection and disclosure standards of foreign markets. Foreign securities are sometimes less liquid and harder to value than securities of U.S. issuers. These risks are more significant for issuers in emerging market countries. Global economies and financial markets are becoming increasingly interconnected, and conditions and events in one country, region or financial market may adversely impact issuers in a different country, region or financial market.

**Issuer Risk:** An adverse event affecting a particular issuer in which the Fund is invested, such as an unfavorable earnings report, may depress the value of that issuer's stock, sometimes rapidly or unpredictably.

**Limited Number of Holdings Risk:** The Fund may invest in a limited number of companies. As a result, an adverse event affecting a particular company may hurt the Fund's performance more than if it had invested in a larger number of companies. In addition, the Fund's performance may be more volatile than a fund that invests in a larger number of companies.

**MLP Risk:** MLPs are limited partnerships in which the ownership units are publicly traded. MLPs often own several properties or businesses (or own interests) that are related to oil and gas industries or other natural resources, but they also may finance other projects. To the extent that an MLP's interests are all in a particular industry, the MLP will be negatively impacted by economic events adversely impacting that industry. Additional risks of investing in a MLP also include those involved in investing in a partnership as opposed to a corporation. For example, state law governing partnerships is often less restrictive than state law governing corporations. Accordingly, there may be fewer protections afforded to investors in a MLP than investors in a corporation. For example, investors in MLPs may have limited voting rights or be liable under certain circumstances for amounts greater than the amount of their

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investment. In addition, MLPs may be subject to state taxation in certain jurisdictions which will have the effect of reducing the amount of income paid by the MLP to its investors.

**Preferred Stock Risk:** Preferred stocks in which the Fund may invest are sensitive to interest rate changes, and are also subject to equity risk, which is the risk that stock prices will fall over short or extended periods of time. The rights of preferred stocks on the distribution of a company's assets in the event of a liquidation are generally subordinate to the rights associated with a company's debt securities.

**Sector Risk:** Because the Fund may, from time to time, be more heavily invested in particular sectors, the value of its shares may be especially sensitive to factors and economic risks that specifically affect those sectors. As a result, the Fund's share price may fluctuate more widely than the value of shares of a mutual fund that invests in a broader range of sectors.

**Performance**

The Fund acquired the assets and assumed the then existing known liabilities of the Predecessor Fund on May 20, 2022 and the Fund is the performance successor of the reorganization. This means that the Predecessor Fund's performance and financial history will be used by the Fund going forward from the date of reorganization. Accordingly, the performance of the Fund for periods prior to the reorganization is the performance of the Predecessor Fund and the performance shown in the bar chart and performance table for periods prior to July 26, 2013 is the performance of a private investment vehicle that predated the Predecessor Fund. The private investment vehicle was managed by the Subadviser using investment policies, objectives and guidelines that were in all material respects equivalent to the management of the Fund and Predecessor Fund. However, the private investment vehicle was not a registered investment company and so it was not subject to the same investment and tax restrictions as the Fund and Predecessor Fund. If it had been, its performance may have been lower. The performance of the Predecessor Fund has not been restated to reflect the annual operating expenses of the Fund, which are lower than those of the Predecessor Fund. Because the Fund has different fees and expenses than the Predecessor Fund, the Fund would also have had different performance results.

The following bar chart and tables are intended to help you understand the risks and potential rewards of investing in the Fund. The bar chart shows how the performance of the Fund has varied from one calendar year to another over the periods shown. The table shows how the Fund's average annual total returns compared to the returns of the Fund's benchmark index, which includes securities with investment characteristics similar to those held by the Fund. Please note that the Fund's past performance (before and after taxes) is not necessarily an indication of how the Fund will perform in the future. To obtain updated performance information please visit the Fund's website at harborcapital.com or call 800-422-1050.

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**Calendar Year Total Returns**

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During the time periods shown in the bar chart, the Fund's highest and lowest returns for a calendar quarter were:

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|  | **Total Returns** | **Quarter/Year** |
| Best Quarter | 14.29% | Q4 2021 |
| Worst Quarter | -13.86% | Q4 2018 |

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**Average Annual Total Returns — As of December 31, 2022**

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|  | **One**<br> **Year** | **Annualized** | **Annualized** | **Annualized** | **Inception**<br> **Date** |
|  | **One**<br> **Year** | **Five**<br> **Years**<br>| **Ten**<br> **Years**<br>| **Since**<br> **Inception**<br>| **Inception**<br> **Date** |
| Harbor Dividend Growth Leaders ETF | Harbor Dividend Growth Leaders ETF | Harbor Dividend Growth Leaders ETF | Harbor Dividend Growth Leaders ETF | Harbor Dividend Growth Leaders ETF | Harbor Dividend Growth Leaders ETF |
| Before Taxes | -12.17% | 10.54% | 11.56% | 11.25% | 4/30/2010 |
| After Taxes on <br> Distributions<br>| -13.33% | &nbsp;&nbsp; 8.23% | N/A | N/A |  |
| After Taxes on <br> Distributions and <br> Sale of Fund Shares<br>| &nbsp;&nbsp; -6.37% | &nbsp;&nbsp; 8.20% | N/A | N/A |  |
| Comparative Indices<br> (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes) | Comparative Indices<br> (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes) | Comparative Indices<br> (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes) | Comparative Indices<br> (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes) | Comparative Indices<br> (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes) | Comparative Indices<br> (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes) |
| **S&P 500** | -18.11% | &nbsp;&nbsp; 9.42% | 12.56% | 11.90% |  |
| **NASDAQ Dividend** <br> **Achievers Select** <br> **Total Return Index**<br>| &nbsp;&nbsp; -9.52% | 10.45% | 12.11% | 11.56% |  |

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After-tax returns are calculated using the historical highest individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes. Actual after-tax returns will depend on a shareholder's individual tax situation and may differ from those shown. The after-tax returns shown are not relevant to tax-exempt shareholders or shareholders who hold their Fund shares through a tax-deferred arrangement, such as a 401(k) plan or individual retirement account. In some cases, average annual total return "After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares" may exceed the return "Before Taxes" and/or "After Taxes on Distributions" due to an assumed tax benefit for any losses on a sale of Fund shares at the end of the measurement period. After tax returns cannot be calculated for periods before the Predecessor Fund's registration as a mutual fund and they are, therefore, unavailable.

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**Summary Prospectus** <br>**Harbor Dividend Growth Leaders ETF**

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**Portfolio Management**

**Investment Advisor**

Harbor Capital Advisors, Inc.

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**Subadvisor**

Westfield Capital Management Company, L.P. ("Westfield") has subadvised the Fund since 2022.

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**Portfolio Manager**

The portfolio manager is responsible for the day-to-day investment decision making for the Fund.

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| ![](g356956img744eaf2b1.jpg)<br>| **William A. Muggia**<br> Westfield Capital Management Company, L.P.<br>|

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Mr. Muggia is the President, Chief Investment Officer, Chief Executive Officer, a Portfolio Manager and Managing Partner of Westfield and has managed the Fund since 2022 and the Predecessor Fund since 2013.

**Buying and Selling Fund Shares**

Individual Fund shares may only be bought and sold in the secondary market through a broker or dealer at a market price. Shares of the Fund are listed and traded on an exchange at market price throughout the day rather than at NAV and may trade at a price greater than the Fund's NAV (premium) or less than the Fund's NAV (discount). An investor may incur costs attributable to the difference between the highest price a buyer is willing to pay to purchase shares (bid) and the lowest price a seller is willing to accept for shares (ask) when buying or selling Fund shares in the secondary market (the "bid-ask spread"). Recent information, including information regarding the Fund's NAV, market price, premiums and discounts, and bid-ask spread, is available at *harborcapital.com*.

**Tax Information**

Distributions you receive from the Fund are subject to federal income tax and may also be subject to state and local taxes. These distributions will generally be taxed as ordinary income or capital gains, unless you are investing through a tax-deferred retirement account, such as a 401(k) plan or individual retirement account. Investments in tax-deferred accounts may be subject to tax when they are withdrawn.

**Payments to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial Intermediaries**

The Advisor and/or its related companies have in the past and could in the future pay intermediaries, which may include banks, broker-dealers, or financial professionals, for marketing activities and presentations, educational training programs, conferences, the development of technology platforms and reporting systems and data or other services related to the sale of Fund shares and related services. These payments create a conflict of interest by influencing the broker-dealer or other intermediary and your sales representative to recommend the Fund over another investment. Ask your sales representative or visit your financial intermediary's website for more information.

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**Summary Prospectus**

**Harbor Dividend Growth Leaders ETF**

**March 1, 2023** 

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| **Exchange** | **Ticker** |
| NYSE Arca, Inc. | GDIV |

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ETF.SP.GDIV.0323

111 South Wacker Drive, 34th Floor

Chicago, IL 60606-4302

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