# EDGAR Filing Document

**Accession Number:** 0001845809
**File Stem:** 0001193125-26-277614
**Filing Date:** 2026-6
**Character Count:** 7586
**Document Hash:** d2d85fe686cd3a4a9acdcf10e71e5174
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## Filing Content

## Filing Summary
**0001193125-26-277614.hdr.sgml**: 20260622

**ACCESSION NUMBER**: 0001193125-26-277614

**CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE**: 485BXT

**PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT**: 2

**FILED AS OF DATE**: 20260622

**DATE AS OF CHANGE**: 20260622

**FILER**: 

**COMPANY DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** Putnam ETF Trust
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0001845809

**ORGANIZATION NAME:**
- **EIN:** 000000000
- **STATE OF INCORPORATION:** DE

**FILING VALUES:**
- **FORM TYPE:** 485BXT
- **SEC ACT:** 1940 Act
- **SEC FILE NUMBER:** 811-23643
- **FILM NUMBER:** 261107678

**BUSINESS ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 100 FEDERAL STREET
- **CITY:** BOSTON
- **STATE:** MA
- **ZIP:** 02111
- **BUSINESS PHONE:** 6177601060

**MAIL ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 100 FEDERAL STREET
- **CITY:** BOSTON
- **STATE:** MA
- **ZIP:** 02111
**FILER**: 

**COMPANY DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** Putnam ETF Trust
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0001845809

**ORGANIZATION NAME:**
- **EIN:** 000000000
- **STATE OF INCORPORATION:** DE

**FILING VALUES:**
- **FORM TYPE:** 485BXT
- **SEC ACT:** 1933 Act
- **SEC FILE NUMBER:** 333-253222
- **FILM NUMBER:** 261107677

**BUSINESS ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 100 FEDERAL STREET
- **CITY:** BOSTON
- **STATE:** MA
- **ZIP:** 02111
- **BUSINESS PHONE:** 6177601060

**MAIL ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 100 FEDERAL STREET
- **CITY:** BOSTON
- **STATE:** MA
- **ZIP:** 02111

## Series and Classes Contracts Data

### Putnam Focused U.S. Research ETF (Series ID: S000106037)

| Class ID   | Class Name                       | Ticker Symbol   |
|:---|:---|:---|
| C000276862 | Putnam Focused U.S. Research ETF |  |

**As filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on June 22, 2026** 

**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***

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| ***THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933*** | ☒ |
| **Pre-Effective Amendment No.** | ☐ |
| **Post-Effective Amendment No. 36** | ☒ |

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**and/or** 

**REGISTRATION STATEMENT** 

***UNDER***

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| ***THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940*** | ☒ |
| **Amendment No. 37** |  |

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## 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** 

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| **Name and address of agent for service:** | ***Copy to:*** |  |
| **Alison E. Baur** | **Bryan Chegwidden, Esq.** | **James E. Thomas, Esq.** |
| **Putnam ETF Trust** | **Ropes & Gray LLP** | **Ropes & Gray LLP** |
| **One Franklin Parkway** | **1211 Avenue of the Americas** | **800 Boylston Street** |
| **San Mateo, California 94403** | **New York, New York 10036** | **Boston, Massachusetts 02199** |

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It is proposed that this filing will become effective:

☐ immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b)

☒ on July 22, 2026 pursuant to paragraph (b)

☐ 60 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(1)

☐ on ______________ pursuant to paragraph (a)(1)

☐ 75 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(2)

☐ on ______________ 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 Putnam Focused U.S. Research ETF. Information contained in the Registrant's Registration Statement relating to any other series of the Registrant is neither amended nor superseded hereby.

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**PART A, PART B AND PART C** 

Pursuant to Rule 485(b)(1)(iii) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Post-Effective Amendment No. 36 to the Registration Statement on Form N-1A (the "Registration Statement") of Putnam ETF Trust (the "Registrant") (File No. 333-253222), relating only to Putnam Focused U.S. Research ETF (the "Fund"), a series of the Registrant, is being filed for the sole purpose of designating July 22, 2026 as the new date upon which Post-Effective Amendment No. 34, as filed on April 15, 2026 (Accession No. 0001193125-26-156540), ("PEA 34") shall become effective.

Accordingly, the [Part A - Prospectus, Part B - Statement of Additional Information and Part C of the Fund](http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1845809/000119312526156540/d244430d485apos.htm), as filed in PEA 34, are incorporated by reference in their entirety into this filing.

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**SIGNATURES** 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), and the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, the Registrant, Putnam ETF Trust, certifies that it meets all the requirements for effectiveness of this Post-Effective Amendment to the Registration Statement pursuant to Rule 485(b)(1)(iii) under the Securities Act 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 22nd day of June, 2026.

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| **PUTNAM ETF TRUST** | **PUTNAM ETF TRUST** |
| By: | /s/ Jonathan S. Horwitz |
|  | Jonathan S. Horwitz |
|  | Executive Vice President, Principal Executive Officer and Compliance Liaison |

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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Amendment to the Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities indicated on this 22nd day of June, 2026:

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

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| /s/ Gregory G. McGreevey\*<br> Gregory G. McGreevey | Trustee |
| /s/ Jennifer Williams Murphy\*<br> Jennifer Williams Murphy | Trustee |
| /s/ Marie Pillai\*<br> Marie Pillai | Trustee |
| /s/ Warren Lowell Putnam\*<br> Warren Lowell Putnam | Trustee |
| /s/ George Putnam III\*<br> George Putnam III | Trustee |
| /s/ Manoj P. Singh\*<br> Manoj P. Singh | Trustee |
| /s/ Mona K. Sutphen\*<br> Mona K. Sutphen | Trustee |
| /s/ Kenneth Yutaka Tanji\*<br> Kenneth Yutaka Tanji | Trustee |
| /s/ Jane E. Trust\*<br> Jane E. Trust | Trustee |

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

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\* Attorney in Fact, pursuant to Power of Attorney