# EDGAR Filing Document

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## Filing Content

## Filing Summary
**0001193125-23-051129.hdr.sgml**: 20230228

**ACCESSION NUMBER**: 0001193125-23-051129

**CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE**: 497K

**PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT**: 3

**FILED AS OF DATE**: 20230228

**DATE AS OF CHANGE**: 20230227

**EFFECTIVENESS DATE**: 20230228

**FILER**: 

**COMPANY DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** Janus Detroit Street Trust
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0001500604
- **IRS NUMBER:** 000000000
- **STATE OF INCORPORATION:** DE

**FILING VALUES:**
- **FORM TYPE:** 497K
- **SEC ACT:** 1933 Act
- **SEC FILE NUMBER:** 333-207814
- **FILM NUMBER:** 23677170

**BUSINESS ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 151 DETROIT STREET
- **CITY:** DENVER
- **STATE:** CO
- **ZIP:** 80206
- **BUSINESS PHONE:** 303-333-3863

**MAIL ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 151 DETROIT STREET
- **CITY:** DENVER
- **STATE:** CO
- **ZIP:** 80206

**FORMER COMPANY:**
- **FORMER CONFORMED NAME:** Janus ETF Trust
- **DATE OF NAME CHANGE:** 20100902

## Series and Classes Contracts Data

### Janus Henderson U.S. Sustainable Equity ETF (Series ID: S000073433)

| Class ID   | Class Name                                  | Ticker Symbol   |
|:---|:---|:---|
| C000230326 | Janus Henderson U.S. Sustainable Equity ETF | SSPX            |

![LOGO](g445503g09f19.jpg)

**Janus Henderson U.S. Sustainable Equity ETF** 

Ticker: SSPX

Principal U.S. Listing Exchange: NYSE Arca, Inc.

**SUMMARY PROSPECTUS DATED FEBRUARY 28, 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 janushenderson.com/info. You can also get this information at no cost by calling a Janus Henderson representative at 1-877-335-2687 or by sending an email request to prospectusrequest@janushenderson.com.***

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 **INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE**<br>

**Janus Henderson U.S. Sustainable Equity ETF** seeks long-term growth of capital.

 **FEES AND EXPENSES OF THE FUND**<br>

This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy, hold and sell shares of the Fund. Investors may pay brokerage commissions and other fees to financial intermediaries on their purchases and sales of Fund shares, which are not reflected in the table or in the example below.

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| **ANNUAL FUND OPERATING EXPENSES**<br> (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment) | **ANNUAL FUND OPERATING EXPENSES**<br> (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment) |
|  Management Fees | 0.55% |
|  Other Expenses | 0.00% |
|  Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses | 0.55% |

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**EXAMPLE:** 

The Example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Fund with the cost of investing in other funds. The Example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods indicated and then sell all of your shares at the end of those periods. 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, based on these assumptions your costs would be:

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| **1 Year** | **3 Years** | **5 Years** | **10 Years** |
| $&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;56 | $&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;176 | $&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;307 | $&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;689 |

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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 rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the Example, affect the Fund's performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund's portfolio turnover rate was 9% of the average value of its portfolio.

 **PRINCIPAL INVESTMENT STRATEGY**<br>

The Fund pursues its investment objective by investing, under normal circumstances, at least 80% of its net assets (plus any borrowings for investment purposes) in equity securities that are economically tied to the United States. The Fund seeks to invest in companies whose products and services are considered by the Adviser as contributing to positive environmental or social change and sustainable economic development, including those that are strategically aligned with environmental and social megatrends such as climate change, resource constraints, growing populations, and aging populations. A security is deemed to be economically tied to the United States if one or more of the following tests are met: (i) the company is organized in, or its primary business office or principal trading market of its equity is located in the United States, (ii) a majority of the company's revenues are derived from the United States or (iii) a majority of the company's assets are located in the United States.

The Fund generally invests in a core group of 30-50 equity securities, which consist primarily of common stocks, but may also include other types of instruments, such as warrants. The Fund may also invest in equity securities of real estate-related companies, including real estate investment trusts ("REITs") and similar REIT-like entities. The Fund will invest primarily in

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larger, well-established companies but may also invest in mid- and small-sized companies. The Fund's uninvested assets may be held in cash, cash equivalents, and/or affiliated or unaffiliated exchange-traded funds ("ETFs").

The Fund is "actively managed" and does not seek to replicate the composition or performance of an index. In selecting investments, the portfolio managers employ a "bottom-up" approach that focuses on fundamental research. To identify the universe of investible securities for the Fund, the portfolio managers first employ positive selection criteria to identify companies that fall within at least one of ten environmental and social themes. Environmental themes include efficiency, cleaner energy, water management, environmental services, and sustainable transport. Social themes include sustainable property and finance, safety, quality of life, knowledge and technology, and health.

Next, the portfolio managers apply broad-based negative screens, which incorporate third-party inputs, to seek to avoid securities of issuers that, in the determination of the Adviser, are significantly engaged in or derive more than de minimis revenue from industries, activities, or assets considered by the portfolio managers to have a negative impact on society or the environment. A current list of such activities, which may evolve over time, follows:

• alcohol;

• animal testing (non-medical);

• armaments;

• chemicals of concern;

• fossil fuel extraction and refining;

• fossil fuel power generation;

• fur;

• gambling;

• genetic engineering;

• intensive farming;

• meat and dairy production;

• nuclear power;

• pornography;

• tobacco production; and

• United Nations Global Compact and Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development violators.

In selecting investments, the portfolio managers will then consider, among other factors, a company's growth potential, competitive positioning, operational quality, and strategy. The portfolio managers may also consider factors such as a company's historic and projected return on capital, balance sheets, and financial models. The portfolio managers will also consider environmental, social, and governance ("ESG") factors including, but not limited to, climate change, deforestation, biodiversity, human rights, company culture, and community relations, board structure and diversity, executive pay, and corporate reporting.

The portfolio managers seek to maintain a portfolio of securities that has a carbon footprint and carbon intensity that is at least 20% below the S&P 500<sup>®</sup> Index. At the portfolio managers' discretion, the Fund will engage with a company's management regarding matters that may evolve over time and may include shareholder rights, governance and remuneration, climate change, carbon emissions, pollution, biodiversity, human capital, and diversity and inclusion.

The portfolio managers evaluate and apply ESG and sustainable investment criteria relying on a mix of third-party data and internally-generated analyses based on information that may include web-based research reports from a company or independent sources, as well as corporate engagement. The portfolio managers do not apply ESG and sustainable investment criteria in managing the Fund's exposure to cash and cash equivalents. The Fund will generally consider selling a stock if, in the portfolio managers' opinion, there has been a regulatory, industry, or position-level change that may impair a company's revenue growth. The Fund will also consider selling a stock if, in the portfolio managers' opinion, the company's business model no longer meets the sustainable investment criteria employed in managing the Fund.

 **PRINCIPAL INVESTMENT RISKS**<br>

The biggest risk is that the Fund's returns will vary, and you could lose money. The Fund invests primarily in common stocks, which tend to be more volatile than many other investment choices. The principal risks associated with investing in the Fund are set forth below.

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***Market Risk.*** The value of the Fund's portfolio may decrease due to short-term market movements and over more prolonged market downturns. As a result, the Fund's net asset value ("NAV") may decrease. Market risk may affect a single issuer, industry, economic sector, or the market as a whole. Market risk may be magnified if certain social, political, economic, and other conditions and events (such as terrorism, conflicts, including related sanctions, social unrest, natural disasters, epidemics and pandemics, including COVID-19) adversely interrupt the global economy and financial markets. It is important to understand that the value of your investment may fall, sometimes sharply, in response to changes in the market, and you could lose money.

***Sustainable Investment Risk.*** The Fund follows a sustainable investment approach by investing in companies that relate to certain sustainable development themes and demonstrate adherence to ESG practices. Accordingly, the Fund may have a significant portion of its assets invested in securities of companies conducting similar business or businesses within the same economic sector, which may make the Fund more vulnerable to unfavorable developments in a particular sector than funds that invest more broadly. Additionally, due to its exclusionary criteria, the Fund may not be invested in certain industries or sectors, and therefore may have lower performance than portfolios that do not apply similar criteria. In addition, because sustainable and ESG investing takes into consideration factors beyond traditional financial analysis, the investment opportunities for the Fund may be limited at times. Sustainability and ESG-related information provided by issuers and third parties, upon which the portfolio managers may rely, continues to develop, and may be incomplete, inaccurate, use different methodologies, or be applied differently across companies and industries. Further, the regulatory landscape for sustainable and ESG investing in the United States is still developing and future rules and regulations may require the Fund to modify or alter its investment process. Similarly, government policies incentivizing companies to engage in sustainable and ESG practices may fall out of favor, which could potentially limit the Fund's investment universe. There is also a risk that the companies identified through the investment process may fail to adhere to sustainable and/or ESG-related business practices, which may result in the Fund selling a security when it might otherwise be disadvantageous to do so.

***Industry and Sector Risk.*** Although the Fund does not concentrate its investments in specific industries or industry sectors, it emphasizes certain themes and megatrends. As a result, at times, it may have a significant portion of its assets invested in securities of companies conducting similar business or businesses within the same economic sector or that benefit from the same megatrend. Companies in the same industry or economic sector or that benefit from the same megatrend may be similarly affected by economic or market events, making the Fund more vulnerable to unfavorable developments than funds that invest more broadly. As the Fund's portfolio becomes more concentrated, the Fund is less able to spread risk and potentially reduce the risk of loss and volatility.

***Issuer Concentration Risk.*** The Fund's portfolio may be comprised of a relatively small number of issuers in comparison to other funds. As a result, the Fund may be subject to greater risks than a fund that invests in a greater number of issuers. A change in the value of any single investment held by the Fund may affect the overall value of the Fund more than it would affect a fund that holds more investments. In particular, the Fund may be more susceptible to adverse developments affecting any single issuer held by the Fund and may be susceptible to greater losses because of these developments.

***Portfolio Management Risk.*** The Fund is an actively managed investment portfolio and is therefore subject to the risk that the portfolio managers may not be successful in identifying investment opportunities that are aligned with the sustainable investment approach that the Fund employs. The Fund may underperform its benchmark index or other funds with similar investment objectives.

***Small- and Mid-Sized Companies Risk.*** Investments in securities issued by small- and mid-sized companies, which can include smaller, start-up companies offering emerging products or services, may involve greater risks than are customarily associated with larger, more established companies. Securities issued by small- and mid-sized companies tend to be more volatile and somewhat more speculative than securities issued by larger or more established companies and may underperform as compared to the securities of larger or more established companies.

***Liquidity Risk.*** The Fund may invest in securities or instruments that do not trade actively or in large volumes, and may make investments that are less liquid than other investments. Also, the Fund may make investments that may become less liquid in response to market developments or adverse investor perceptions. Investments that are illiquid or that trade in lower volumes may be more difficult to value. When there is no willing buyer and investments cannot be readily sold at the desired time or price, the Fund may have to accept a lower price or may not be able to sell the security or instrument at all. Investments in foreign securities, particularly those of issuers located in emerging market countries, tend to have greater exposure to liquidity risk than domestic securities. In unusual market conditions, even normally liquid securities may be affected by a degree of liquidity risk (i.e., if the number and capacity of traditional market participants is reduced). An inability to sell one or more

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portfolio positions can adversely affect the Fund's value or prevent the Fund from being able to take advantage of other investment opportunities.

***REIT Risk.*** REITs are subject to certain risks inherent in the direct ownership of real estate, including without limitation, a possible lack of mortgage funds and associated interest rate risks, overbuilding, property vacancies, increases in property taxes and operating expenses, changes in zoning laws, losses due to environmental damages and changes in neighborhood values and appeal to purchasers. In addition, a REIT could fail to qualify for tax-free pass-through of its income under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, or fail to maintain its exemption from registration under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, which could produce adverse economic consequences for the REIT and its investors, including the Fund.

***Exchange-Traded Funds Risk.*** The Fund may invest in ETFs for temporary liquidity purposes, to manage duration and cash positioning and/or for other purposes. ETFs are typically open-end investment companies which may seek to track the performance of a specific index or be actively managed. ETFs are traded on a national securities exchange at market prices that may vary from the NAV of their underlying investments. Accordingly, there may be times when an ETF trades at a premium or discount to its NAV. As a result, the Fund may pay more or less than NAV when it buys ETF shares, and may receive more or less than NAV when it sells those shares. When the Fund invests in an ETF, in addition to directly bearing the expenses associated with its own operations, it will also bear a pro rata portion of the ETF's expenses. Additionally, when purchasing or selling shares of an ETF, the Fund may pay commissions or other trading costs as part of the transaction. The Fund is also subject to the risks associated with the securities in which the ETF invests.

***Smaller Sized Fund Risk.*** Because the Fund has a small asset base, large inflows and outflows may have a disproportionate impact, negative or positive, on the Fund's performance, which may be more volatile than that of a larger fund. If a smaller fund were to fail to attract sufficient assets to achieve or maintain economies of scale, performance may be negatively impacted, and any resulting liquidation could create negative transaction costs for the Fund and tax consequences for investors.

***Exchange Listing and Trading Issues Risk.*** Although Fund shares are listed for trading on the NYSE Arca, Inc. (the "Exchange"), there can be no assurance that an active trading market for such shares will develop or be maintained. The lack of an active market for Fund shares, as well as periods of high volatility, disruptions in the creation/redemption process, or factors affecting the liquidity of the underlying securities held by the Fund, may result in the Fund's shares trading at a premium or discount to its NAV. Trading in Fund shares may be halted due to market conditions or for reasons that, in the view of the Exchange, make trading in Fund shares inadvisable. In addition, trading is subject to trading halts caused by extraordinary market volatility pursuant to the Exchange's "circuit breaker" rules. There can be no assurance that the requirements of the Exchange necessary to maintain the Fund's listing will continue to be met or will remain unchanged.

***Fluctuation of NAV and Market Price Risk.*** The NAV of the Fund's shares will generally fluctuate with changes in the market value of the Fund's securities holdings. The market prices of the Fund's shares will generally fluctuate in accordance with changes in the Fund's NAV and supply and demand of shares on the Exchange. Volatile market conditions, an absence of trading in shares of the Fund, or a high volume of trading in the Fund, may result in trading prices in the Fund's shares that differ significantly from the Fund's NAV. Additionally, during a "flash crash," the market prices of the Fund's shares may decline suddenly and significantly, resulting in Fund shares trading at a substantial discount to NAV. Such a decline may not reflect the performance of the portfolio securities held by the Fund. Flash crashes may cause Authorized Participants and other market makers to limit or cease trading in the Fund's shares for temporary or longer periods, which may result in an increase in the variance between market prices of the Fund's shares and the Fund's NAV. Shareholders could suffer significant losses to the extent that they sell shares at these temporarily low market prices.

It cannot be predicted whether Fund shares will trade below, at or above the Fund's NAV. Further, the securities held by the Fund may be traded in markets that close at a different time than the Exchange. Liquidity in those securities may be reduced after the applicable closing times. Accordingly, during the time when the Exchange is open but after the applicable market closing or fixing settlement times, bid-ask spreads and the resulting premium or discount to the Fund shares' NAV is likely to widen. Similarly, the Exchange may be closed at times or days when markets for securities held by the Fund are open, which may increase bid-ask spreads and the resulting premium or discount to the Fund shares' NAV when the Exchange re-opens. The Fund's bid-ask spread and the resulting premium or discount to the Fund's NAV may also be impacted by the liquidity of the underlying securities held by the Fund, particularly in instances of significant volatility of the underlying securities.

***Authorized Participant Risk.*** The Fund may have a limited number of financial institutions that may act as Authorized Participants ("APs"). Only APs who have entered into agreements with the Fund's distributor may engage in creation or redemption transactions

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directly with the Fund. These APs have no obligation to submit creation or redemption orders and, as a result, there is no assurance that an active trading market for the Fund's shares will be established or maintained. This risk may be heightened to the extent that the securities underlying the Fund are traded outside of 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 willing or able to do. Additionally, to the extent that those APs exit the business or are unable to process creation and/or redemption orders, and no other AP is able to step forward to create and redeem in either of these cases, shares may trade like closed-end fund shares at a premium or a discount to NAV and possibly face delisting.

*An investment in the Fund is not a bank deposit and is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency.* 

 **PERFORMANCE INFORMATION**<br>

The following information provides some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund by showing how the Fund's performance has varied over time. The bar chart depicts the change in performance from year to year during the period indicated. The table compares the Fund's average annual returns for the periods indicated to a broad-based securities market index. The index is not available for direct investment. All figures assume reinvestment of dividends and distributions and include the effect of the Fund's recurring expenses.

*The Fund's past performance (before and after taxes) does not necessarily indicate how it will perform in the future. Updated performance information is available at janushenderson.com/performance or by calling 1-800-668-0434.* 

**Janus Henderson U.S. Sustainable Equity ETF** 

**Annual Total Returns** (calendar year-end)

![LOGO](g445503g56a56.jpg)

**Best Quarter:** 4th Quarter 2021 **10.83% Worst Quarter:** 2nd Quarter 2022 **– 19.40%**

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| **Average Annual Total Returns** (periods ended 12/31/22) | | |
| | **1 Year** | **Since<br>Inception**<br> **09/09/21** |
| **Janus Henderson U.S. Sustainable Equity ETF** | | |
|  Return Before Taxes | – 26.74% | – 18.40% |
|  Return After Taxes on Distributions | – 26.79% | – 18.51% |
|  Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares<sup>(1)</sup> | – 15.79% | – 13.92% |
|  S&P 500<sup>®</sup> Index<sup>(2)</sup>(reflects no deductions for fees, expenses or taxes) | – 18.11% | – 10.20% |

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(1) If the Fund incurs a loss, which generates a tax benefit, the Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of
Fund Shares may exceed the Fund's other return figures.

(2) Index performance shown in the table is the total return, which assumes reinvestment of any dividends and
distributions during the time periods shown.

After-tax returns in the table above are calculated using the historical highest individual U.S. federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state or local taxes. Actual after-tax returns depend on your individual tax situation and may differ from those shown in the preceding table. The after-tax return information shown above does not apply to Fund shares held through a tax-advantaged account, such as a 401(k) plan or an IRA.

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 **MANAGEMENT**<br>

**Investment Adviser:** Janus Henderson Investors US LLC

**Portfolio Managers: Hamish Chamberlayne**, CFA, is Co-Portfolio Manager of the Fund, which he has co-managed since inception. **Aaron Scully**, CFA, is Co-Portfolio Manager of the Fund, which he has co-managed since inception.

 **PURCHASE AND SALE OF FUND SHARES**<br>

The Fund is an actively-managed ETF. Unlike shares of traditional mutual funds, shares of the Fund are not individually redeemable and may only be purchased or redeemed directly from the Fund at NAV in large increments called "Creation Units" through APs. The Adviser may modify the Creation Unit size with prior notification to the Fund's APs. See the ETF portion of the Janus Henderson website for the Fund's current Creation Unit size. Creation Unit transactions are conducted in exchange for the deposit or delivery of a designated portfolio of in-kind securities with a cash balancing amount and/or all cash. Except when aggregated in Creation Units, Fund shares are not redeemable securities of the Fund. Shares of the Fund are listed and trade on the Exchange, and individual investors can purchase or sell shares in much smaller increments for cash in the secondary market through a broker-dealer. These transactions, which do not involve the Fund, are made at market prices that may vary throughout the day and differ from the Fund's NAV. As a result, you may pay more than NAV (at a premium) when you purchase shares, and receive less than NAV (at a discount) when you sell shares, in the secondary market.

Investors purchasing or selling shares in the secondary market may also incur additional costs, including brokerage commissions and an investor may incur costs attributable to the difference between the highest price a buyer is willing to pay to purchase shares of the Fund (bid) and the lowest price a seller is willing to accept for shares of the Fund (ask) when buying or selling shares in the secondary market (the "bid-ask spread"). Historical information regarding the Fund's bid/ask spread can be accessed on the Fund's website at janushenderson.com/performance by selecting the Fund.

 **TAX INFORMATION**<br>

The Fund's distributions are generally taxable, and will be taxed as ordinary income or capital gains, unless you are investing through a tax-advantaged arrangement, such as a 401(k) plan or an individual retirement account (in which case you may be taxed at ordinary income tax rates upon withdrawal of your investment from such account). A sale of Fund shares may result in a capital gain or loss.

 **PAYMENTS TO BROKER-DEALERS AND OTHER FINANCIAL INTERMEDIARIES**<br>

If you purchase the Fund through a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary (such as a bank), the Adviser and/or its affiliates may pay broker-dealers or intermediaries for the sale and/or maintenance of Fund shares and related services. These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing the broker-dealer or other intermediary and your salesperson to recommend the Fund over another investment. Ask your salesperson or visit your financial intermediary's website for more information.

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