As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 2, 2022

File No. 333-255884
File No. 811-23661

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549  

FORM N-1A
REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

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Post-Effective Amendment No. 7

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and

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER
THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940

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Amendment No. 9  

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HARBOR ETF TRUST

(Exact name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)  

111 South Wacker Drive, 34th Floor, Chicago, Illinois 60606

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

(312) 443-4400

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, including Area Code)   

CHARLES F. MCCAIN, ESQ. Harbor ETF Trust 111 South Wacker Drive – 34th Floor Chicago, Illinois 60606 CHRISTOPHER P. HARVEY, ESQ. Dechert LLP One International Place – 40th Floor 100 Oliver Street Boston, Massachusetts 02110

(Name and address of Agents for Service)  

Approximate Date of Proposed Public Offering: As soon as practicable after the effective date of the registration statement

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

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immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b)

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on February 8, 2021 pursuant to paragraph (b)

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

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on     pursuant to paragraph (a)(1)

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

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on     pursuant to paragraph (a)(2) of rule 485.

If appropriate, check the following box:

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this post-effective amendment designates a new effective date for a previously filed post-effective amendment.

Title of Securities Being Registered: Shares of the Harbor All-Weather Inflation Focus ETF

Explanatory Note

The purpose of this filing is to delay the effectiveness of the Registrant’s Post-Effective Amendment No. 3 under the Securities Act of 1933 until February 8, 2022. Parts A, B, and C of the Registrant’s Post-Effective Amendment No. 3 under the Securities Act of 1933 and Amendment No. 5 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, filed on November 19, 2021, are incorporated by reference herein.

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 certifies that it meets all of the requirements for effectiveness of this Registration Statement under Rule 485(b) under the Securities Act and has duly caused this filing to the Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Chicago, the State of Illinois, on February 1, 2022.

Harbor ETF Trust

By: /s/ Charles F. McCain

Charles F. McCain
President and Trustee

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this filing has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated. 

Signatures	Title	Date
/s/ Charles F. McCain Charles F. McCain	President and Trustee (Principal Executive Officer)	February 1, 2022
/s/ Anmarie S. Kolinski Anmarie S. Kolinski	Treasurer (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)	February 1, 2022
/s/ Scott M. Amero* Scott M. Amero	Trustee	February 1, 2022
/s/ Donna J. Dean* Donna J. Dean	Trustee	February 1, 2022
/s/ Randall A. Hack* Randall A. Hack	Trustee	February 1, 2022
/s/ Robert Kasdin* Robert Kasdin	Trustee	February 1, 2022
/s/ Kathryn L. Quirk* Kathryn L. Quirk	Trustee	February 1, 2022
/s/ Douglas J. Skinner* Douglas J. Skinner	Trustee	February 1, 2022
/s/ Ann M. Spruill* Ann M. Spruill	Trustee	February 1, 2022

By* /s/ Charles F. McCain

 Charles F. McCain
 As Attorney-in-Fact

 Dated: February 1, 2022

* Pursuant to Powers of Attorney dated May 21, 2021 filed with Pre-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registrant’s registration statement on July 8, 2021.