# EDGAR Filing Document

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**Filing Date:** 2023-2
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## Filing Content

## Filing Summary
**0001741773-23-000122.hdr.sgml**: 20230201

**ACCESSION NUMBER**: 0001741773-23-000122

**CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE**: 497

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**FILED AS OF DATE**: 20230201

**DATE AS OF CHANGE**: 20230201

**EFFECTIVENESS DATE**: 20230201

**FILER**: 

**COMPANY DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** Franklin Templeton ETF Trust
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0001655589
- **IRS NUMBER:** 000000000
- **STATE OF INCORPORATION:** DE
- **FISCAL YEAR END:** 0331

**FILING VALUES:**
- **FORM TYPE:** 497
- **SEC ACT:** 1933 Act
- **SEC FILE NUMBER:** 333-208873
- **FILM NUMBER:** 23574798

**BUSINESS ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** ONE FRANKLIN PARKWAY
- **CITY:** SAN MATEO
- **STATE:** CA
- **ZIP:** 94403
- **BUSINESS PHONE:** 650-312-2000

**MAIL ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** ONE FRANKLIN PARKWAY
- **CITY:** SAN MATEO
- **STATE:** CA
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## Series and Classes Contracts Data

### Martin Currie Sustainable International Equity ETF (Series ID: S000075790)

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| Class Name                                         | Ticker Symbol | Class ID   |
| Martin Currie Sustainable International Equity ETF | SINE          | C000235082 |

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## Series and Classes Contracts Data

### Martin Currie Sustainable International Equity ETF (Series ID: S000075790)

| Class ID   | Class Name                                         | Ticker Symbol   |
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| C000235082 | Martin Currie Sustainable International Equity ETF | SINE            |

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#### MCSE P1 2/23

#### SUPPLEMENT DATED FEBRUARY 1, 2023

#### TO THE CURRENTLY EFFECTIVE

#### PROSPECTUS DATED OCTOBER 1, 2022

#### OF

#### MARTIN CURRIE SUSTAINABLE INTERNATIONAL EQUITY ETF
(the "Fund")

(a series of Franklin Templeton ETF Trust (the "Trust"))

The Fund's management fee was reduced from 0.75% to 0.59% effective February 1, 2023. Therefore, the Fund's prospectus is amended as follows:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;I. The following replaces the "Annual Fund Operating Expenses" and "Example" tables in the "Fund Summary—Fees and Expenses of the Fund" section of the prospectus:

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| **Annual Fund Operating Expenses** |  |
| (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment) |  |
| Management fees1  | 0.59% |
| Distribution and service (12b-1) fees  |  |
| Other expenses2  |  |
| Total annual Fund operating expenses  | 0.59% |

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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;1. Management fees of the Fund have been restated to reflect current fiscal year fees as a result of a decrease in the Fund's contractual management fee rate effective on February 1, 2023. If the management fees were not restated to reflect such decrease in fees, the amounts shown above would be greater.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2. Other expenses are based on estimated amounts for the current fiscal year.

#### Example

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| 1 Year | 3 Years | 5 Years | 10 Years |
| $60 | $189 | $329 | $738 |

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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;II. The following is added to the "Fund Details—Management" section of the prospectus:

The Fund's management fee is equal to the annual rate of 0.59% of the average daily net assets of the Fund. Effective February 1, 2023, the Fund's management fee was reduced. Prior to February 1, 2023, the Fund paid the investment manager a fee equal to an annual rate of 0.75% of the value of the average daily net assets of the Fund.

*For more information, visit *https://www.franklintempleton.com or call (800) DIAL BEN<sup>®</sup>/342-5236.*

*Please keep this supplement with your Prospectus for future reference.*

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#### MCSE SA1 02/23

#### SUPPLEMENT DATED FEBRUARY 1, 2023

#### TO THE CURRENTLY EFFECTIVE

#### STATEMENT OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

#### DATED OCTOBER 1, 2022

#### OF

#### MARTIN CURRIE SUSTAINABLE INTERNATIONAL EQUITY ETF
(the "Fund")

(a series of Franklin Templeton ETF Trust (the "Trust"))

The Fund's management fee was reduced from 0.75% to 0.59% effective February 1, 2023. Therefore, the Fund's Statement of Additional Information ("SAI") is amended as follows:

The following is added to the first paragraph of the "Management and Other Services – Management fees" section of the statement of additional information:

The Fund's management fee is equal to the annual rate of 0.59% of the average daily net assets of the Fund. Effective February 1, 2023, the Fund's management fee was reduced. Prior to February 1, 2023, the Fund paid a fee equal to an annual rate of 0.75% of the value of the average daily net assets of the Fund.

*Please keep this supplement with your SAI for future reference.*

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| **SUMMARY PROSPECTUS** |
| **MARTIN CURRIE SUSTAINABLE INTERNATIONAL EQUITY ETF** |
| **Franklin Templeton ETF Trust** |
| October 1, 2022<br>as amended February 1, 2023 |
| ![](img_76bc4afd9a674f2.jpg) |

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| **Ticker:** | **Exchange:** |
| MCSE | The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC |

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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, statement of additional information, reports to shareholders and other information about the Fund online at www.franklintempleton.com/prospectus. You can also get this information at no cost by calling (800) DIAL BEN/342-5236 or by sending an e-mail request to prospectus@franklintempleton.com. The Fund's prospectus and statement of additional information, both dated October 1, 2022, as may be supplemented, are all incorporated by reference into this Summary Prospectus.

<br> <u>Click to view the fund's prospectus or view the statement of additional information.</u> <br>

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FUND SUMMARY

### Fund Summary
Investment Goal

Long-term capital appreciation.

Fees and Expenses of the Fund

The following table describes the fees and expenses that you will incur if you buy, hold and sell shares of the Fund. You may also incur other fees, such as usual and customary brokerage commissions and other fees to financial intermediaries, which are not reflected in the table and the Example that follows.

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

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| Management fees<sup>1</sup> | 0.59% |
| Distribution and/or service (12b-1) fees |  |
| Other expenses<sup>2</sup> |  |
| **Total annual Fund operating expenses** | **0.59%** |

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<sup>1.</sup> Management fees of the Fund have been restated to reflect current fiscal year fees as a result of a decrease in the Fund's contractual management fee rate effective on February 1, 2023. If the management fees were not restated to reflect such decrease in fees, the amounts shown above would be greater.

<sup>2.</sup> Other expenses are based on estimated amounts for the current fiscal year.

#### Example
This 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 the period. 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** |
| $60 | $189 | $329 | $738 |

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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

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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 predecessor mutual fund's (defined below) portfolio turnover rate was 25% of the average value of its portfolio.

Principal Investment Strategies

Under normal market conditions, the Fund invests at least 80% of its net assets in equity and equity-related securities of foreign companies and other investments with similar economic characteristics that meet the sub-advisor's environmental, social and governance (ESG) criteria for the Fund. Subject to the ESG criteria, the Fund is generally unconstrained by any particular sector, geography or market capitalization. The sub-advisor focuses on companies that it believes have a strong history of, or future potential for, offering high and durable returns on invested capital over time and seeks to acquire securities of companies with reasonable valuations based on the sub-advisor's assessment of the company's long-term potential. When the sub-advisor identifies an opportunity it finds attractive, it aims to make a long-term capital commitment.

In identifying companies that meet the ESG criteria, the sub-advisor assesses ESG factors through a proprietary analytical framework that is applied to each potential investment. This analysis may include, but is not limited to, such factors as shareholder rights, accounting standards, remuneration, board structure, supply chain, data protection, pollution/hazardous waste policies, water usage, and climate change policies. The materiality and relevance of these factors will vary by company and industry. The sub-advisor uses ESG factors as a tool to assess governance and sustainability in the context of an individual company's circumstances. These factors are assessed both quantitatively and qualitatively, through the sub-advisor's direct research and engagement process. Proprietary ESG ratings capture this analysis with companies assigned a risk rating on each of governance and sustainability (environmental and social) from 1 (low risk) to 5 (high risk). Companies with a rating of 4 or worse with respect to governance or sustainability (environment and social) will not meet the Fund's ESG criteria and will not be purchased for the Fund's portfolio. Because investing on the basis of ESG criteria involves qualitative and subjective analysis, there can be no assurance that the methodology utilized by, or determinations made by, the sub-advisor will align with the beliefs or values of a particular investor, and other managers may make a different assessment of a company's ESG criteria. The sub-advisor's proprietary research and analysis may incorporate information and data obtained from a variety of third-party research providers as supplementary to the sub-advisor's own proprietary research and analysis. The sub-advisor has the right to change the third-party service providers that support this process at any time. In addition, the Fund seeks to avoid investing in companies that the sub-advisor has determined, based on its exclusionary criteria, to be significantly involved in certain

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business activities or industries, including the production of tobacco, production of weapons, the extraction of fossil fuels, or the mining of metals and minerals. A company will be considered to be significantly involved if, based upon information received by the sub-advisor, the company generates approximately 5% or more of revenue from tobacco production, approximately 5% or more of revenue from the production of weapons, including nuclear weapons, or approximately 5% or more of revenue from direct involvement in extraction of fossil fuels. Further, the Fund will seek to avoid investing in any company that, based upon information received by the sub-advisor, is assigned to the Global Industry Classification Standard (GICS) sub-industries Diversified Metals and Mining, Copper, Gold and Precious Metals and Minerals, or that is involved in the production, sale or distribution of dedicated and key components of antipersonnel mines and cluster munitions. The sub-advisor may modify this list of prohibited investments, including revenue thresholds or any particular exclusion, at any time, without shareholder approval or notice.

The equity securities in which the Fund invests may include common stocks, preferred stocks, securities convertible into common stock, depositary receipts and exchange-traded funds (ETFs).

The Fund may seek investment opportunities in any foreign country and under normal market conditions will invest in, or have exposure to, securities of companies located in at least three foreign countries. The Fund may invest without limit in securities of companies located in any foreign country, including countries with developed or emerging markets. The Fund may invest in companies of any size and market capitalization but will typically invest in those companies with market capitalizations in excess of $3 billion. The Fund's portfolio is expected to be highly concentrated, with approximately 20-40 holdings.

Instances when the sub-advisor may sell a portfolio holding include the following:

· If the proprietary governance or sustainability rating assigned by the sub-advisor to an issuer changes to a score of 4 or worse;

· If the issuer becomes significantly involved in certain business activities or industries, including the production of tobacco, production of weapons, the extraction of fossil fuels, or the mining of metals and minerals;

· If the stock reaches the sub-advisor's price target and the sub-advisor believes there is no more upside potential;

· If the stock is nearing the sub-advisor's price target: When the sub-advisor believes a stock is close to exhausting its outperformance potential the sub-advisor will trim the Fund's holdings;

· If the stock underperforms and the sub-advisor's conviction in the stock has lowered after a reassessment of the research relating to the stock.

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The Fund is a "non-diversified" fund, which means it generally invests a greater proportion of its assets in the securities of one or more issuers and invests overall in a smaller number of issuers than a diversified fund. As of the date of this prospectus, the top two sectors represented by the predecessor mutual fund's (defined below) investments were information technology and health care. These sectors may change over time. In addition, the Fund may invest a significant portion of its assets in a specific geographic region, such as Europe, or a particular country.

Principal Risks

You could lose money by investing in the Fund. ETF shares are not deposits or obligations of, or guaranteed or endorsed by, any bank, and are not insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Federal Reserve Board, or any other agency of the U.S. government. The Fund is subject to the principal risks noted below, any of which may adversely affect the Fund's net asset value (NAV), trading price, yield, total return and ability to meet its investment goal. Unlike many ETFs, the Fund is not an index-based ETF.

**ESG Investment Strategy** The Fund's ESG investment strategy limits the types and number of investment opportunities available to the Fund and, as a result, the Fund may underperform other funds that do not have an ESG focus. The Fund's ESG investment strategy may result in the Fund investing in securities or industry sectors that underperform the market as a whole, or forgoing opportunities to invest in securities that might otherwise be advantageous to buy. The Fund may also underperform other funds that apply different ESG standards. In addition, the sub-advisor may be unsuccessful in creating a portfolio composed of companies that exhibit positive ESG characteristics. In evaluating a security or issuer based on ESG criteria, the sub-advisor may use information and data from third-party providers of ESG research, which may be incomplete, inaccurate or unavailable. There is no uniform set of ESG standards, and different third party providers may provide different or inconsistent information and data. There may be limitations with respect to availability of ESG data in certain sectors, as well as limited availability of investments with positive ESG assessments in certain sectors. As a result, there is a risk that the sub-advisor may incorrectly assess a security or issuer. The sub-advisor's evaluation of ESG criteria is subjective and may change over time.

**Market** The market values of securities or other investments owned by the Fund will go up or down, sometimes rapidly or unpredictably. The market value of a security or other investment may be reduced by market activity or other results of supply and demand unrelated to the issuer. This is a basic risk associated with all investments. When there are more sellers than buyers, prices tend to fall. Likewise, when there are more buyers than sellers, prices tend to rise.

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The current global outbreak of the novel strain of coronavirus, COVID-19, has resulted in market closures and dislocations, extreme volatility, liquidity constraints and increased trading costs. Efforts to contain the spread of COVID-19 have resulted in global travel restrictions and disruptions of healthcare systems, business operations and supply chains, layoffs, volatility in consumer demand for certain products, defaults and credit ratings downgrades, and other significant economic impacts. The effects of COVID-19 have impacted global economic activity across many industries and may heighten other pre-existing political, social and economic risks, locally or globally. The full impact of the COVID-19 pandemic is unpredictable and may adversely affect the Fund's performance.

Stock prices tend to go up and down more dramatically than those of debt securities. A slower-growth or recessionary economic environment could have an adverse effect on the prices of the various stocks held by the Fund.

**Focus** To the extent that the Fund focuses on particular countries, regions, industries, sectors or types of investment from time to time, the Fund may be subject to greater risks of adverse developments in such areas of focus than a fund that invests in a wider variety of countries, regions, industries, sectors or investments.

The Fund may focus in the health care sector. The activities of healthcare companies may be funded or subsidized by federal and state governments. If government funding and subsidies are reduced or discontinued, the profitability of these companies could be adversely affected. Healthcare companies may also be affected by government policies on healthcare reimbursements, regulatory approval for new drugs and medical products, and similar matters. They are also subject to legislative risk, i.e., the risks associated with the reform of the healthcare system through legislation.

The Fund may also focus in the information technology sector. The information technology sector has historically been volatile due to the rapid pace of product change and development within the sector. Companies in the information technology sector may be affected by worldwide technological developments, the success of their products and services (which may be outdated quickly), anticipated products or services that are delayed or cancelled, and investor perception of the company and/or its products or services. Information technology companies may also be affected by legislation or changes in government regulation and policies.

**Foreign Securities (non-U.S.)** Investing in foreign securities typically involves more risks than investing in U.S. securities, and includes risks associated with: (i) internal and external political and economic developments – e.g., the political, economic and social policies and structures of some foreign countries may be less stable and more volatile than those in the U.S. or some foreign countries may be subject to trading restrictions or economic sanctions; (ii) trading practices – e.g.,

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government supervision and regulation of foreign securities and currency markets, trading systems and brokers may be less than in the U.S.; (iii) availability of information – e.g., foreign issuers may not be subject to the same disclosure, accounting and financial reporting standards and practices as U.S. issuers; (iv) limited markets – e.g., the securities of certain foreign issuers may be less liquid (harder to sell) and more volatile; and (v) currency exchange rate fluctuations and policies – e.g., fluctuations may negatively affect investments denominated in foreign currencies and any income received or expenses paid by the Fund in that foreign currency. The risks of foreign investments may be greater in developing or emerging market countries.

**Developing Market Countries** The Fund's investments in securities of issuers in developing market countries are subject to all of the risks of foreign investing generally, and have additional heightened risks due to a lack of established legal, political, business and social frameworks to support securities markets, including: delays in settling portfolio securities transactions; currency and capital controls; greater sensitivity to interest rate changes; pervasiveness of corruption and crime; currency exchange rate volatility; and inflation, deflation or currency devaluation.

**Geographic Focus** Because the Fund may invest a significant portion of its assets in companies in a specific country and region, including Europe, the Fund is subject to greater risks of adverse developments in that country, region and/or the surrounding regions than a fund that is more broadly diversified geographically. Political, social or economic disruptions in the country or region, even in countries in which the Fund is not invested, may adversely affect the value of investments held by the Fund.

Ongoing uncertainty concerning the economic consequences of the January 31, 2020 departure of the United Kingdom from the European Union (EU) and Russia's military invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 may increase market volatility.

**Small and Mid-Capitalization Companies** Securities issued by small and mid-capitalization companies may be more volatile in price than those of larger companies, involve substantial risks and should be considered speculative. Such risks may include greater sensitivity to economic conditions, less certain growth prospects, and lack of depth of management and funds for growth and development. They may also have limited product lines or be developing or marketing new products or services for which markets are not yet established and may never become established. In addition, small and mid-capitalization companies may be particularly affected by interest rate increases, as they may find it more difficult to borrow money to continue or expand operations, or may have difficulty in repaying any loans.

**Convertible Securities** Convertible securities are subject to the risks of stocks when the underlying stock price is high relative to the conversion price (because

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more of the security's value resides in the conversion feature) and debt securities when the underlying stock price is low relative to the conversion price (because the conversion feature is less valuable). A convertible security is not as sensitive to interest rate changes as a similar non-convertible debt security, and generally has less potential for gain or loss than the underlying stock.

**Growth Style Investing** Growth stock prices reflect projections of future earnings or revenues, and can, therefore, fall dramatically if the company fails to meet those projections. Growth stocks may be more expensive relative to their current earnings or assets compared to value or other stocks, and if earnings growth expectations moderate, their valuations may return to more typical norms, causing their stock prices to fall. Prices of these companies' securities may be more volatile than other securities, particularly over the short term.

**Non-Diversification** Because the Fund is non-diversified, it may be more sensitive to economic, business, political or other changes affecting individual issuers or investments than a diversified fund, which may negatively impact the Fund's performance and result in greater fluctuation in the value of the Fund's shares.

**Liquidity** From time to time, the trading market for a particular security or type of security or other investments in which the Fund invests may become less liquid or even illiquid. Reduced liquidity will have an adverse impact on the Fund's ability to sell such securities or other investments when necessary to meet the Fund's liquidity needs or in response to a specific economic event and will also generally lower the value of a security or other investments. Market prices for such securities or other investments may be volatile.

**Management** The Fund is subject to management risk because it is an actively managed ETF. The Fund's sub-advisor applies investment techniques and risk analyses in making investment decisions for the Fund, but there can be no guarantee that these decisions will produce the desired results.

**Market Trading** The Fund faces numerous market trading risks, including the potential lack of an active market for Fund shares, losses from trading in secondary markets, periods of high volatility and disruption in the creation/redemption process of the Fund. Any of these factors, among others, may lead to the Fund's shares trading at a premium or discount to NAV. Thus, you may pay more (or less) than NAV when you buy shares of the Fund in the secondary market, and you may receive less (or more) than NAV when you sell those shares in the secondary market. The sub-advisor cannot predict whether shares will trade above (premium), below (discount) or at NAV.

**International Closed Market Trading** To the extent that the underlying securities held by the Fund trade on an exchange that is closed when the securities exchange on which the Fund shares list and trade is open, there may be market uncertainty about the stale security pricing (i.e., the last quote from its closed

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foreign market) resulting in premiums or discounts to NAV that may be greater than those experienced by other ETFs.

**Authorized Participant Concentration** Only an authorized participant (Authorized Participant) may engage in creation or redemption transactions directly with the Fund. The Fund has a limited number of institutions that act as Authorized Participants. To the extent that these institutions exit the business or are unable to proceed with creation and/or redemption orders with respect to the Fund and no other Authorized Participant is able to step forward to create or redeem Creation Units (as defined below), Fund shares may trade at a discount to NAV and possibly face trading halts and/or delisting. This risk may be more pronounced in volatile markets, potentially where there are significant redemptions in ETFs generally.

**Small Fund** When the Fund's size is small, the Fund may experience low trading volume and wide bid/ask spreads. In addition, the Fund may face the risk of being delisted if the Fund does not meet certain conditions of the listing exchange.

**Large Shareholder** Certain shareholders, including other funds or accounts advised by the investment manager, sub-advisor or an affiliate of the investment manager or sub-advisor, may from time to time own a substantial amount of the Fund's shares. In addition, a third-party investor, the investment manager, sub-advisor or an affiliate of the investment manager or sub-advisor, an authorized participant, a lead market maker, or another entity may invest in the Fund and hold its investment for a limited period of time solely to facilitate commencement of the Fund or to facilitate the Fund's achieving a specified size or scale. There can be no assurance that any large shareholder would not redeem its investment, that the size of the Fund would be maintained at such levels or that the Fund would continue to meet applicable listing requirements. Redemptions by large shareholders could have a significant negative impact on the Fund. In addition, transactions by large shareholders may account for a large percentage of the trading volume on the listing exchange and may, therefore, have a material upward or downward effect on the market price of the shares.

**Cybersecurity** Cybersecurity incidents, both intentional and unintentional, may allow an unauthorized party to gain access to Fund assets, Fund or customer data (including private shareholder information), or proprietary information, cause the Fund, the investment manager, authorized participants, or index providers (as applicable) and listing exchanges, and/or their service providers (including, but not limited to, Fund accountants, custodians, sub-custodians, transfer agents and financial intermediaries) to suffer data breaches, data corruption or loss of operational functionality or prevent Fund investors from purchasing, redeeming shares or receiving distributions. The investment manager has limited ability to prevent or mitigate cybersecurity incidents affecting third party service providers, and such third party service providers may have limited indemnification obligations to the Fund or investment manager. Cybersecurity incidents may result in financial

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losses to the Fund and its shareholders, and substantial costs may be incurred in an effort to prevent or mitigate future cybersecurity incidents. Issuers of securities in which the Fund invests are also subject to cybersecurity risks, and the value of these securities could decline if the issuers experience cybersecurity incidents.

Because technology is frequently changing, new ways to carry out cyber attacks are always developing. Therefore, there is a chance that some risks have not been identified or prepared for, or that an attack may not be detected, which puts limitations on the Fund's ability to plan for or respond to a cyber attack. Like other funds and business enterprises, the Fund, the investment manager and their service providers are subject to the risk of cyber incidents occurring from time to time.

Performance

The following bar chart and table provide some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund. The Fund is adopting the performance of the Martin Currie International Sustainable Equity Fund (the "predecessor mutual fund") as the result of a reorganization of the predecessor mutual fund into the Fund (the "Reorganization"). Prior to the Reorganization, the Fund had not yet commenced operations. The bar chart shows changes in the predecessor mutual fund's performance from year to year (represented by the performance of the predecessor mutual fund's Class IS Shares). The table shows how the predecessor mutual fund's average annual returns (represented by the average annual returns of the predecessor mutual fund's Class IS Shares) for 1 year, 5 years and since inception compared with those of a broad measure of market performance. Had the predecessor mutual fund been structured as an ETF, its performance may have differed. The Fund's (and the predecessor mutual fund's) past performance (before and after taxes) is not necessarily an indication of how the Fund will perform in the future. You can obtain updated performance information at franklintempleton.com or by calling (800) DIAL BEN/342-5236.

#### Total returns (%)
Before taxes

![PerformanceBarChartData(2016:-1.758603, 2017:28.48, 2018:-11.35, 2019:34.01, 2020:26.93, 2021:15.48)](img_4110008ed2504f2.jpg)

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<br> Calendar Years ended December 31

**Best Quarter** (03/31/2019): 15.96%&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;**Worst Quarter** (03/31/2020): -13.88%

The year-to-date return as of the most recent calendar quarter, which ended June 30, 2022, was

-31.69%.

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| **Average annual total returns (%)** | **Average annual total returns (%)** | **Average annual total returns (%)** | **Average annual total returns (%)** | **Average annual total returns (%)** |
| (for periods ended December 31, 2021) |  |  |  |  |
| **Class IS** | 1 year | 5 years | Since inception | Inception date |
| Return before taxes | 15.48  | 17.47  | 13.32  | 11/30/2015 |
| Return after taxes on distributions | 13.40  | 16.79  | 12.67  |  |
| Return after taxes on distributions and sale of fund shares | 9.62  | 14.01  | 10.62  |  |
| MSCI All Country World Index Ex-U.S. (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes) | 7.82  | 9.61  | 8.28  |  |

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The after-tax returns presented in the table 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 depend on an investor's tax situation and may differ from those shown. After-tax returns are not relevant to investors who hold shares through tax-advantaged arrangements, such as 401(k) plans or individual retirement accounts.

Investment Manager

Franklin Advisers, Inc. (Advisers)

Sub-Advisor

Martin Currie Inc. (Martin Currie)

Portfolio Managers

**Zehrid Osmani** 

Head of the Global Long-Term Unconstrained Team and Portfolio Manager of Martin Currie and lead portfolio manager of the Fund since 2018\*.

***Ken Hughes, CFA** Portfolio Manager of Martin Currie and portfolio manager of the Fund since 2015\*.*

\* Reflects the commencement of operations of the predecessor mutual fund.

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FUND SUMMARY

Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares

The Fund is an ETF. Fund shares may only be purchased and sold on a national securities exchange through a broker-dealer. The price of Fund shares is based on market price, and because ETF shares trade at market prices rather than NAV, shares may trade at a price greater than NAV (a premium) or less than NAV (a discount). The Fund issues or redeems shares that have been aggregated into blocks of 50,000 shares or multiples thereof (Creation Units) to Authorized Participants who have entered into agreements with the Fund's distributor, Franklin Distributors, LLC. The Fund will generally issue or redeem Creation Units in exchange for a basket of securities (and an amount of cash) that the Fund specifies each day.

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"). Recent information, including information on the Fund's NAV, market price, premiums and discounts, and bid-ask spreads is available on the Fund's website at https://www.franklintempleton.com/investor/investments-and-solutions/investment-options/etfs/.

Taxes

The Fund's distributions are generally taxable to you as ordinary income, capital gains, or some combination of both, unless you are investing through a tax-advantaged arrangement, such as a 401(k) plan or an individual retirement account, in which case your distributions would generally be taxed when withdrawn from the tax-advantaged account.

Payments to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial Intermediaries

If you purchase shares of the Fund through a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary (such as a bank), the investment manager or other related companies may pay the intermediary for certain Fund-related activities, including those that are designed to make the intermediary more knowledgeable about exchange traded products, such as the Fund, as well as for marketing, education or other initiatives related to the sale or promotion of Fund shares. 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.

<br> 12 Prospectus franklintempleton.com

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MARTIN CURRIE SUSTAINABLE INTERNATIONAL EQUITY ETF

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<br> 14 Prospectus franklintempleton.com

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<br> franklintempleton.com Prospectus 15

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