485BPOS 1 filing65483029.htm PRIMARY DOCUMENT

As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 8, 2018

 

 

 

File Nos. 333-186504 and 811-22801

 

 

 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

 

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 

 

 

FORM N-1A

 

 

 

REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

[X]

 

 

 

Pre-Effective Amendment No.

 

[ ]

 

 

 

 

 

Post-Effective Amendment No.

  11

[X]

 

 

 

and/or

 

 

 

REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940

[X]

 

 

 

Amendment No.

 13

[X]

 

 

 

Franklin ETF Trust

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

 

 

One Franklin Parkway, San Mateo, CA 94403-1906

(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

 

 

 

Registrant's Telephone Number, Including Area Code (954)527-7500

 

 

 

CRAIG S. TYLE, ONE FRANKLIN PARKWAY, SAN MATEO, CA 94403-1906

 

(Name and Address of Agent for Service of Process)

 

 

 

Approximate Date of Proposed Public Offering:

 

 

 

It is proposed that this filing will become effective (check appropriate box)

 

 

 

[X]

immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b)

[ ]

on (date) pursuant to paragraph (b)

[ ]

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

[ ]

on (date) pursuant to paragraph (a)(1) of Rule 485

[ ]

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

[ ]

on (date) 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.

 

         

 

 


 

 

 

SIGNATURE

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the Registrant certifies that it meets all of the requirements for effectiveness of this Registration Statement pursuant to Rule 485(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized in the City of San Mateo and the State of California, on the 7th day of August, 2018.

 

FRANKLIN ETF TRUST

(Registrant)

 

 

 

By:

/s/NAVID J. TOFIGH

 

Navid J. Tofigh

Vice President and Secretary

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated:

 

 

Signature

 

Title

 

Date

 

 

 

 

 

Patrick O'Connor*

 

 

 

 

Patrick O'Connor

 

President and Chief Executive Officer – Investment Management

 

August 7, 2018

 

 

 

 

 

Matthew T. Hinkle*

 

 

 

 

Matthew T. Hinkle

 

Chief Executive Officer – Finance and Administration

 

August 7, 2018

 

 

 

 

 

Gaston Gardey*

 

 

 

 

Gaston Gardey

 

Chief Financial Officer and Chief Accounting Officer

 

August 7, 2018

 

 

 

 

 

Rohit Bhagat*

 

 

 

 

Rohit Bhagat

 

Trustee

 

August 7, 2018

 

 

 

 

 

Jennifer M. Johnson*

 

 

 

 

Jennifer M. Johnson

 

Trustee

 

August 7, 2018

 

 

 

 

 

Anantha K. Pradeep*

 

 

 

 

Anantha K. Pradeep

 

Trustee

 

August 7, 2018

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

* By: /s/NAVID J. TOFIGH

Navid J. Tofigh

Attorney-in-Fact

(Pursuant to Power of Attorney previously filed)

 


 

EXHIBIT INDEX

 

 

 

Index No.

Description of Exhibit

 

 

EX-101.INS

XBRL Instance Document

 

 

EX-101.SCH

XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document

 

 

EX-101.DEF

XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase

 

 

EX-101.LAB

XBRL Taxonomy Extension Labels Linkbase

 

 

EX-101.PRE

XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase