# EDGAR Filing Document

**Accession Number:** 0001478482
**File Stem:** 0001193125-26-284034
**Filing Date:** 2026-6
**Character Count:** 6023
**Document Hash:** 02dfa8060f7c27092058e2916c1121b9
**Contains OCR:** False
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## Filing Content

## Filing Summary
**0001193125-26-284034.hdr.sgml**: 20260626

**ACCESSION NUMBER**: 0001193125-26-284034

**CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE**: 8-A12B

**PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT**: 1

**FILED AS OF DATE**: 20260626

**DATE AS OF CHANGE**: 20260626

**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:** 8-A12B
- **SEC ACT:** 1934 Act
- **SEC FILE NUMBER:** 001-37545
- **FILM NUMBER:** 261124043

**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

**UNITED STATES** 

**SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION** 

**Washington, D.C. 20549** 

**FORM 8-A** 

**FOR REGISTRATION OF CERTAIN CLASSES OF SECURITIES** 

**PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) or (g) OF THE** 

**SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934** 

## John Hancock Exchange-Traded Fund Trust
**(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)** 

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| Massachusetts | See Below |
| **(State of incorporation or organization)** | **(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)** |

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**200 Berkeley Street** 

**Boston, MA 02116** 

**(Address of principal executive offices)** 

**Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:** 

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| **Title of Each Class**<br> **to be so Registered** | **Name of the Exchange on Which Each**<br> **Class is to be so Registered** | **I.R.S. Employer Identification Number** |
| **Shares of beneficial interest, $0.00 par value per share, of:** |  |  |
| **John Hancock Large Cap Opportunities ETF** | **NYSE Arca, Inc.** | **42-1925351** |

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If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act and is effective pursuant to General Instruction A.(c) or (e), check the following box. ☒

If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act and is effective pursuant to General Instruction A.(d) or (e), check the following box. ☐

If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities concurrently with a Regulation A offering, check the following box. ☐

**Securities Act registration statement or Regulation A offering statement file number to which this form relates:** 

**333-183173** 

**Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act:** 

**None.** 

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**INFORMATION REQUIRED IN REGISTRATION STATEMENT** 

Item 1. Description of Registrant's Securities to be Registered.

A description of the shares of beneficial interest, no par value per share, of John Hancock Large Cap Opportunities ETF, a series of John Hancock Exchange-Traded Fund Trust (the "Trust"), to be registered hereunder, is set forth in [Post-Effective Amendment No. 79 to the Trust's Registration Statement on Form N-1A (Commission File Nos. 333-183173; 811-22733) filed on June 26, 2026](http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/1478482/000119312526283096/d101609d485bpos.htm), which description is incorporated herein by reference as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Any form of amendment or supplement to the registration statement that is subsequently filed is hereby also incorporated by reference herein.

Item 2. Exhibits.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;1. The Trust's Amended and Restated Agreement and Declaration of Trust dated January 22, 2016, is
included as [Exhibit (a)(3) to Post-Effective Amendment No. 7 to the Trust's Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File Nos. 333-183173; 811-22733), as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 24, 2016](http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1478482/000113322816008431/e435195_ex99a3.htm) .

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2. The Amendment dated December 13, 2018 to the Amended and Restated Agreement and Declaration of Trust is
included as [Exhibit (a)(2) to Post-Effective Amendment No. 24 to the Trust's Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File Nos. 333-183173; 811-22733), as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 26, 2019](http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1478482/000113322819000570/html760_ex99-a2.htm) .

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;3. The Trust's By-Laws dated November 24, 2009 as amended
June 
25, 2015, ("By-Laws") are included as [Exhibit (b)(1) to Pre-Effective Amendment No. 2 to the Trust's Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File Nos. 333-183173; 811-22733), as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 13, 2015](http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1478482/000113322815003578/e415239_ex99-b1.htm) .

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;4. The Amendment dated March 10, 2016 to the Trust's By-Laws is
included as [Exhibit (b)(1)(A) to Post-Effective Amendment No. 6 to the Trust's Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File Nos. 333-183173; 811-22733), as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 10, 2016](http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1478482/000113322816008046/e433877_ex99-b1a.htm) .

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**SIGNATURE** 

Pursuant to the requirements of Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereto duly authorized, as of this 26<sup>th</sup> day of June, 2026.

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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 |
| Title: | President (Chief Executive Officer and Principal Executive Officer) |

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