CLEARBRIDGE

FOCUS VALUE ESG ETF

CFCV

Fund objective

The Fund seeks long-term capital appreciation.

Letter from the president

Dear Shareholder,

We are pleased to provide the annual report of ClearBridge Focus Value ESG ETF for the twelve-month reporting period ended September 30, 2021. Please read on for a detailed look at prevailing economic and market conditions during the Fund’s reporting period and to learn how those conditions have affected Fund performance.

Special shareholder notice

On July 1, 2021, ClearBridge All Cap Growth ETF implemented revisions to its name and principal investment strategies to reflect its use of environmental, social and governance (“ESG”) criteria in its security selection process. The name of the Fund changed from ClearBridge Focus Value ETF to ClearBridge Focus Value ESG ETF. For more information, please see the Fund’ prospectus supplement dated June 24, 2021.

As always, we remain committed to providing you with excellent service and a full spectrum of investment choices. We also remain committed to supplementing the support you receive from your financial advisor. One way we accomplish this is through our website, www.franklintempleton.com. Here you can gain immediate access to market and investment information, including:

We look forward to helping you meet your financial goals.

Sincerely,

Patrick O’Connor

President and Chief Executive Officer - Investment Management President

October 29, 2021

Fund overview

Q. What is the Fund’s investment strategy?

A. The ClearBridge Focus Value ESG ETF (the “Fund”) (prior to July 1, 2021, known as ClearBridge Focus Value ETF) seeks to achieve long-term capital appreciation. We at ClearBridge Investments LLC (“ClearBridge”), the Fund’s subadviser, construct the portfolio on a bottom-up basis, by employing fundamental research, in an effort to identify securities with attractive risk-adjusted returns. Under normal circumstances, the Fund will invest at least 80% of its net assets in equity securities, or other exchange-traded investments with similar economic characteristics in which it is permitted to invest, of companies with large market capitalizations and which meet its financial and environmental, social and governance (“ESG”) criteria. Large capitalization companies are those companies with market capitalizations similar to companies in the Russell 1000 Indexⁱ (the “Index”). The size of the companies in the Index changes with market conditions and the composition of the Index. Securities of companies whose market capitalizations no longer meet this definition after purchase by the Fund still will be considered securities of large capitalization companies for purposes of the Fund’s 80% investment policy. The Fund may also invest up to 20% of its net assets in equity securities, or other exchange-traded investments with similar economic characteristics in which it is permitted to invest, of companies with lower market capitalizations. While most of the Fund’s investments will be in U.S. companies, the Fund may also invest in American Depository Receipts (“ADRs”) and U.S.-listed shares of foreign companies. The Fund will only invest in instruments that trade on a U.S. exchange contemporaneously with the Fund’s shares and, for temporary or defensive purposes, in cash and cash equivalents, such as short-term U.S. Treasury securities, government money market funds, and repurchase agreements. Under normal circumstances, the Fund will invest in a diversified portfolio typically consisting of the securities of 30 to 40 issuers.

Determination of whether a company meets the fund’s ESG standards is based on our proprietary research approach. We will exercise judgment to determine ESG best practices based on our over thirty-year history managing ESG investment strategies through an established proprietary process. We utilize a fundamental, bottom-up research approach that emphasizes company analysis, management and stock selection.

The ESG evaluation is integrated into a thorough assessment of investment worthiness based on financial criteria as well as ESG considerations including innovative workplace policies, employee benefits and programs; environmental management system strength, eco-efficiency, and life-cycle analysis; community involvement, strategic philanthropy, and reputation management; and strong corporate governance and independence of the board. The ESG analysis is conducted by the fundamental analyst platform on a sector-specific basis, and a proprietary ESG rating is assigned to each company.

The Fund operates in reliance on an exemptive order from the SEC (the “Order”), which limits the types of investments the Fund may hold to those listed in the Fund’s application for the Order. Under the terms of the Order, the Fund is permitted to invest only in exchange-traded funds, exchange-traded notes, exchange listed common stocks, exchange-traded

Fund overview (cont’d)

preferred stocks, exchange-traded ADRs, exchange-traded real estate investment trusts, exchange-traded commodity pools, exchange-traded metal trusts, exchange-traded currency trusts and exchange-traded futures that trade on a U.S. exchange contemporaneously with the Fund’s shares, as well as cash and cash equivalents (which are short-term U.S. Treasury securities, government money market funds, and repurchase agreements). The Fund’s investment strategies and practices, including those listed above, are subject to these limitations.

Q. What were the overall market conditions during the Fund’s reporting period?

A. During the reporting period, the U.S. equities delivered robust performance as easy monetary policy and ambitious fiscal spending to ward off the stubborn COVID-19 pandemic and support an economic recovery helped the S&P 500 Indexii to a gain of 30.00%. Value stocks benefited from the approval and eventual distribution of COVID-19 vaccines, which enabled a gradual decrease in mobility restrictions and renewed investor focus on real economy stocks. The Russell 1000 Value Indexiii gained 35.01%, beating the Russell 1000 Growth Indexiv, which returned 27.32% for the year. Overall, an opening economy marked by higher oil prices and long-term interest rates helped the Energy (+85.13%) and Financials (+63.40%) sectors cap a cyclical turnaround in the period; Industrials (+34.69%) and Materials (+29.12%) sectors saw excellent growth dampened by growing supply chain challenges toward the end of the period; Information Technology (IT) (+27.40%) moderated from its 2020 leadership; while defensive-oriented Utilities (+11.11%) and Consumer Staples (+11.57%) sectors trailed in a risk-on market.

The period began with positive developments for COVID-19 vaccines and resolution of the U.S. election, which led to a broadening of market leadership from the mega cap growth stocks that had soared during the height of pandemic lockdowns. Positive COVID-19 vaccine trial results from Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna increased optimism about an eventual return to normal economic activity, sparking a rally in cyclical areas of the market. In the fourth quarter of 2020, value stocks, led by energy and financials, outperformed growth stocks for the first time since 2018. Stocks also benefited as Joe Biden won the race for president and looked set to govern with a small majority in Congress.

The double barrel of extraordinarily aggressive fiscal and monetary policies continued unabated in early 2021, helping support consumer demand that, combined with stop-and-start supply chain recovery as COVID-19 rippled through global regions, raised inflation concerns and led to soaring commodity prices for items such as lumber, iron ore and copper. Despite waves of COVID-19 periodically offering a bid to tech stocks that would benefit from a stay-at-home environment, inflation worries led to a steepening yield curvev, weighing on high-multiple growth stocks and supporting cyclicals. Amid easing business restrictions and accommodating fiscal and monetary policies, the U.S. economy picked up steam, with business confidence and new jobs numbers increasing steadily. The Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI)vi reached 64.7 in March, the highest reading since 1983.

Markets peaked in early September after the Delta variant of COVID-19 put a pause on recovery plays and higher inflation coincided with signals from the Federal Reserve Board (the “Fed”)vii it would reduce its bond buying as early as November and potentially raise the fed funds rateviii in late 2022 or 2023. Equities delivered a flattish third quarter of 2021 as already-challenging labor and supply shortages and broad-based inflationary pressures intensified, weighing on industrials and materials companies. Energy felt crosswinds from a slowing Chinese economy even while global demand remained strong.

Q. How did we respond to these changing market conditions?

A. We maintained our focus on high-quality franchises with attractive long-term potential trading at what we believe to be reasonable valuations. After meaningfully reducing exposure to Apple and Microsoft following their spectacular performance in 2020, we sold out of Apple completely and further lowered Microsoft exposure. We shifted our IT exposure to new names in semiconductor companies Qualcomm and NXP Semiconductors and to Cisco Systems, which sells a broad range of networking, security and collaboration products.

We added some exposure to the consumer via a new position in online travel agency Booking, whose solid growth prospects, good margins and defensible moats are attractive characteristics the pandemic’s disruption to travel wanes, as well as in leading off-price retailer TJX (under the names T.J. Maxx, Marshalls and HomeGoods), whose price model has thus far proven to be relatively more resilient than traditional retail to online disintermediation and which should benefit from pandemic-induced competitive store closures, primarily in the apparel space.

Meanwhile, we reduced our Consumer Staples exposure through exiting our three holdings in that sector: Keurig Dr Pepper, PepsiCo and Reynolds Consumer Products. The sales were undertaken for stock-specific reasons as well as due to a mixture of headwinds facing the sector, such as a shift to services and out-of-home spending as the economy reopens and higher raw material inflation pressuring margins.

Performance review

For the twelve months ended September 30, 2021, ClearBridge Focus Value ESG ETF generated a 30.22% return on a net asset value (“NAV”)ix basis and 30.21% based on its market pricex per share.

The performance table shows the Fund’s total return for the twelve months ended September 30, 2021 based on its NAV and market price as of September 30, 2021. The Fund’s broad-based market index, the Russell 1000 Value Index, returned 35.01% over the same time frame. The Lipper Large-Cap Value Funds Category Averagexi returned 35.23% for the period. Please note that Lipper performance returns are based on each fund’s NAV.

Fund overview (cont’d)

The performance shown represents past performance. Past performance is no guarantee of future results and current performance may be higher or lower than the performance shown above. Principal value and investment returns will fluctuate so shares, when sold, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Performance data current to the most recent month-end is available at www.franklintempleton.com.

Investors buy and sell shares of an exchange-traded fund (“ETF”) at market price (not NAV) in the secondary market throughout the trading day. These shares are not individually available for direct purchase from or direct redemption to the ETF. Market price returns are typically based upon the official closing price of the Fund’s shares. These returns do not represent investors’ returns had they traded shares at other times. Performance figures for periods shorter than one year represent cumulative figures and are not annualized.

Information showing the Fund’s net asset value, market price, premiums and discounts, and bid-ask spreads for various time periods is available by visiting the Fund’s website at www.franklintempleton.com.

As of the Fund’s current prospectus dated January 29, 2021, the gross total annual fund operating expense ratio for the Fund was 0.49%.

* Total returns are based on changes in NAV or market price, respectively. Returns reflect the deduction of all Fund expenses. Returns do not reflect the deduction of brokerage commissions or taxes that investors pay on distributions or the sale of shares.

† Total return assumes the reinvestment of all distributions at NAV.

‡ Total return assumes the reinvestment of all distributions at market price, which typically is based upon the official closing price of the Fund’s shares.

Q. What were the leading contributors to performance?

A. In absolute terms, the main contributors to performance were the Financials, Information Technology and Industrials sectors. Relative to the benchmark, stock selection in the IT and Communication Services sectors contributed to relative returns. An underweight to the Consumer Staples sector was also beneficial. In terms of individual securities, JPMorgan Chase, Lam Research, Bank of America, Deere and American Express were the largest absolute contributors to performance.

Q. What were the leading detractors from performance?

A. The Fund’s stock selection in the Energy, Materials, Health Care, Real Estate and Financials sectors detracted from relative returns. As well, an underweight to the Energy

sector and overweight to the IT sector detracted from relative returns. In terms of individual securities, Amgen, Air Products and Chemicals, Reynolds Consumer Products, TJX Cos. and Novartis were the top detractors.

Q. Were there any significant changes to the Fund during the reporting period?

A. During the reporting period, we initiated new positions in TJX and Booking in the Consumer Discretionary sector, Capital One in the Financials sector, United Parcel Service in the Industrials sector and Qualcomm, NXP Semiconductors and Cisco Systems in the IT sector. We closed positions in Keurig Dr Pepper, Reynolds Consumer Products and PepsiCo in the Consumer Staples sector, Novartis and AmerisourceBergen in the Health Care sector and Apple and Lam Research in the IT sector.

Looking for additional information?

The Fund’s daily NAV is available online at www.franklintempleton.com. The Fund is traded under the symbol “CFCV” and its closing market price is available on most financial websites. In a continuing effort to provide information concerning the Fund, shareholders may call 1-877-721-1926 (toll free), Monday through Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Eastern time, for the Fund’s current NAV, market price and other information.

Thank you for your investment in ClearBridge Focus Value ESG ETF. As always, we appreciate that you have chosen us to manage your assets and we remain focused on achieving the Fund’s investment goals.

Sincerely,

Robert Feitler

Portfolio Manager

ClearBridge Investments, LLC

Dmitry Khaykin

Portfolio Manager

ClearBridge Investments, LLC

October 19, 2021

RISKS: The Fund is different from traditional ETFs. Traditional ETFs tell the public what assets they hold each day. The Fund does not. This may create additional risks for your investment. For example, you may have to pay more money to trade the Fund’s shares. The Fund will provide less information to traders, who tend to charge more for trades when they have less information. Also, the price you pay to buy Fund shares on an exchange may not match the value of the Fund’s portfolio. The same is true when you sell shares. These price differences may be greater for the

Fund overview (cont’d)

Fund compared to other ETFs because it provides less information to traders. These additional risks may be even greater in bad or uncertain market conditions. The differences between the Fund and other ETFs may also have advantages. By keeping certain information about the Fund secret, the Fund may face less risk that other traders can predict or copy its investment strategy. This may improve the Fund’s performance. If other traders are able to copy or predict the Fund’s investment strategy, however, this may hurt the Fund’s performance. For additional information regarding the unique attributes and risks of the Fund, see “Notes to financial statements-Organization and significant accounting policies” in this Report and “Principal risks” section in the Fund’s Prospectus.

Investments in common stocks are subject to market and price fluctuations. Large capitalization companies may fall out of favor with investors based on market and economic conditions. Foreign investments are subject to special risks, including currency fluctuations and political, social, and economic uncertainties, which could increase volatility. These risks are magnified in emerging markets. Emerging market countries tend to have economic, political, and legal systems that are less developed and are less stable than those of more developed countries. The manager’s investment style may become out of favor and/or the manager’s selection process may prove incorrect, which may have a negative impact on the Fund’s performance. Value stocks may underperform the overall equity market, while the market concentrates on growth stocks. The Fund’s environmental, social and governance (“ESG”) investment strategy may limit the types and number of investment opportunities available to the Fund and, as a result, may underperform funds that are not subject to such criteria. 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 screened for different ESG standards. In addition, the subadviser may be unsuccessful in creating a portfolio composed of companies that exhibit positive ESG characteristics.

Active management and diversification do not ensure gains or protect against market declines. Distributions are not guaranteed and are subject to change. Please see the Fund’s prospectus for a more complete discussion of these and other risks and the Fund’s investment strategies.

Portfolio holdings and breakdowns are as of September 30, 2021 and are subject to change and may not be representative of the portfolio manager’s current or future investments. The Fund’s top ten holdings (as a percentage of net assets) as of September 30, 2021 were: JPMorgan Chase & Co. (5.2%), Bank of America Corp. (5.0%), Deere & Co.(4.6%), American Express Co. (4.2%), TE Connectivity Ltd. (3.6%), Sempra Energy (3.4%), Comcast Corp. (3.1%), Cisco Systems Inc. (3.1%), DISH Network Corp. (3.1%) and UnitedHealth Group Inc. (3.0%). Please refer to pages 12 through 14 for a list and percentage breakdown of the Fund’s holdings.

The mention of sector breakdowns is for informational purposes only and should not be construed as a recommendation to purchase or sell any securities. The information provided regarding such sectors is not a sufficient basis upon which to make an investment decision. Investors seeking financial advice regarding the appropriateness of investing in any securities or investment strategies discussed should consult their financial professional. The Fund’s top five sector holdings (as a percentage of net assets)

as of September 30, 2021 were: Financials (24.5%), Industrials (16.0%), Information Technology (13.2%), Communication Services (12.6%) and Health Care (7.2%). The Fund’s composition may differ over time.

All investments are subject to risk including the possible loss of principal. Past performance is no guarantee of future results. All index performance reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes. Please note that an investor cannot invest directly in an index.

The information provided is not intended to be a forecast of future events, a guarantee of future results or investment advice. Views expressed may differ from those of the firm as a whole.

Fund at a glance^† (unaudited)

Investment breakdown (%) as a percent of total investments

Fund expenses (unaudited)

Example

As a shareholder of the Fund, you may incur two types of costs: (1) transaction costs, such as brokerage commissions paid on purchases and sales of Fund shares; and (2) ongoing costs, including management fees; and other Fund expenses. This example is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other funds.

This example is based on an investment of $1,000 invested on April 1, 2021 and held for the six months ended September 30, 2021.

Actual expenses

The table below titled “Based on Actual Total Return” provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information provided in this table, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. To estimate the expenses you paid on your account, divide your ending account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 ending account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number under the heading entitled “Expenses Paid During the Period”.

Hypothetical example for comparison purposes

The table below titled “Based on Hypothetical Total Return” provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5.00% per year before expenses, which is not the Fund’s actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You may use the information provided in this table to compare the ongoing costs of investing in the Fund and other funds. To do so, compare the 5.00% hypothetical example relating to the Fund with the 5.00% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of the other funds.

Please note that the expenses shown in the table below are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only and do not reflect any transactional costs, such as brokerage commissions paid on purchases and sales of Fund shares. Therefore, the table is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. In addition, if these transaction costs were included, your costs would have been higher.

Fund performance (unaudited)

All figures represent past performance and are not a guarantee of future results. Investment returns and principal value of an investment will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when sold, may be worth more or less than their original cost. The returns shown do not reflect the deduction of brokerage commissions or taxes that investors would pay on distributions or the sale of shares. Performance figures may reflect fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements. In the absence of fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements, the total return would have been lower.

Investors buy and sell shares of the Fund at market price, not NAV, in the secondary market throughout the trading day. These shares are not individually available for direct purchase from or direct redemption to the Fund. The Fund’s per share NAV is the value of one share of the Fund and is calculated by dividing the value of total assets less total liabilities by the number of shares outstanding. The NAV return is based on the NAV of the Fund and effective July 1, 2020, market price returns typically are based upon the official closing price of the Fund’s shares. These returns do not represent investors’ returns had they traded shares at other times. NAV and market price returns assume that dividends and capital gain distributions have been reinvested in the Fund at NAV and market price, respectively. As with other exchange-traded funds, NAV returns and market price returns may differ because of factors such as the supply and demand for Fund shares and investors’ assessment of the underlying value of the Fund’s portfolio securities.

Historical performance

Value of $10,000 invested in

ClearBridge Focus Value ESG ETF vs Russell 1000 Value Index† — May 27, 2020 - September 30, 2021

All figures represent past performance and are not a guarantee of future results. Investment returns and principal value of an investment will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when sold, may be worth more or less than their original cost. NAV returns assume that dividends and capital gain distributions have been reinvested in the Fund at NAV. The returns shown do not reflect the deduction of brokerage commissions or taxes that investors would pay on distributions or the sale of shares. Performance figures may reflect fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements. In the absence of fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements, the total return would have been lower.

Schedule of investments

September 30, 2021

ClearBridge Focus Value ESG ETF

(Percentages shown based on Fund net assets)

See Notes to Financial Statements.

ClearBridge Focus Value ESG ETF

(Percentages shown based on Fund net assets)

See Notes to Financial Statements.

Schedule of investments (cont’d)

September 30, 2021

ClearBridge Focus Value ESG ETF

(Percentages shown based on Fund net assets)

See Notes to Financial Statements.

Statement of assets and liabilities

September 30, 2021

See Notes to Financial Statements.

Statement of operations

For the Year Ended September 30, 2021

See Notes to Financial Statements.

Statements of changes in net assets

See Notes to Financial Statements.

Financial highlights

See Notes to Financial Statements.

Notes to financial statements

1. Organization and significant accounting policies

ClearBridge Focus Value ESG ETF (prior to July 1, 2021, the Fund was known as ClearBridge Focus Value ETF) (the “Fund”) is a separate diversified investment series of ActiveShares^® ETF Trust (the “Trust”). The Trust, a Maryland statutory trust, is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”), as an open-end management investment company.

The Fund is an actively managed exchange-traded fund (“ETF”). ETFs are funds that trade like other publicly-traded securities. Unlike shares of a mutual fund, which can be bought from and redeemed by the issuing fund by all shareholders at a price based on net asset value (“NAV”), shares of the Fund may be directly purchased from and redeemed by the Fund at NAV solely by certain large institutional investors who have entered into agreements with the Fund’s distributor (“Authorized Participants”). Also unlike shares of a mutual fund, shares of the Fund are listed on a national securities exchange and trade in the secondary market at market prices that change throughout the day. Unlike most actively managed ETFs, the Fund does not provide daily disclosure of its portfolio holdings. Instead, the Fund provides a verified intra-day indicative value (“VIIV”), calculated and disseminated every second throughout the trading day. The VIIV is intended to provide investors with enough information to allow for an effective arbitrage mechanism that will keep the market price of the Fund’s shares trading at or close to the underlying NAV per share of the Fund. Additionally, due to the non-disclosure of daily holdings, the Fund’s creation and redemption process will be facilitated by certain broker-dealers (“Authorized Participant Representatives”) that have entered into confidentiality arrangements with the Fund and that serve as agents for the Authorized Participants transacting with the Fund.

Shares of the Fund are listed and traded at market prices on Cboe BZX Exchange, Inc. The market price for the Fund’s shares may be different from the Fund’s NAV. The Fund issues and redeems shares at NAV only in blocks of a specified number of shares or multiples thereof (“Creation Units”). Only Authorized Participants may purchase or redeem Creation Units directly with the Fund at NAV. In addition, because the Fund’s shares trade on the basis of a published VIIV, they may trade at a wider bid/ask spread than ETFs that publish their portfolios on a daily basis. Creation Units are created and redeemed principally in-kind (although under some circumstances its shares are created and redeemed partially for cash). In order to maintain confidentiality of the Fund’s holdings, Authorized Participants are unable to view Fund holdings. However, to facilitate the creation and redemption of Fund shares in-kind, the Authorized Participant Representatives are able to view Fund holdings. In order to create or redeem Fund shares, Authorized Participants must use an Authorized Participant Representative as an agent. To avoid unfair advantages, an Authorized Participant Representative cannot create or redeem shares directly with the Fund for its own account.

The Fund seeks long-term capital appreciation.

Notes to financial statements (cont’d)

The following are significant accounting policies consistently followed by the Fund and are in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”). Estimates and assumptions are required to be made regarding assets, liabilities and changes in net assets resulting from operations when financial statements are prepared. Changes in the economic environment, financial markets and any other parameters used in determining these estimates could cause actual results to differ. Subsequent events have been evaluated through the date the financial statements were issued.

(a) Investment valuation. Equity securities for which market quotations are available are valued at the last reported sales price or official closing price on the primary market or exchange on which they trade. The valuations for fixed income securities (which may include, but are not limited to, corporate, government, municipal, mortgage-backed, collateralized mortgage obligations and asset-backed securities) and certain derivative instruments are typically the prices supplied by independent third party pricing services, which may use market prices or broker/dealer quotations or a variety of valuation techniques and methodologies. The independent third party pricing services typically use inputs that are observable such as issuer details, interest rates, yield curves, prepayment speeds, credit risks/spreads, default rates and quoted prices for similar securities. Investments in open-end funds are valued at the closing net asset value per share of each fund on the day of valuation. When the Fund holds securities or other assets that are denominated in a foreign currency, the Fund will use the currency exchange rates, generally determined as of 4:00 p.m. (London Time). If independent third party pricing services are unable to supply prices for a portfolio investment, or if the prices supplied are deemed by the manager to be unreliable, the market price may be determined by the manager using quotations from one or more broker/dealers or at the transaction price if the security has recently been purchased and no value has yet been obtained from a pricing service or pricing broker. When reliable prices are not readily available, such as when the value of a security has been significantly affected by events after the close of the exchange or market on which the security is principally traded, but before the Fund calculates its net asset value, the Fund values these securities as determined in accordance with procedures approved by the Fund’s Board of Trustees.

The Board of Trustees is responsible for the valuation process and has delegated the supervision of the daily valuation process to the Global Fund Valuation Committee (formerly known as Legg Mason North Atlantic Fund Valuation Committee prior to March 1, 2021) (the “Valuation Committee”). The Valuation Committee, pursuant to the policies adopted by the Board of Trustees, is responsible for making fair value determinations, evaluating the effectiveness of the Fund’s pricing policies, and reporting to the Board of Trustees. When determining the reliability of third party pricing information for investments owned by the Fund, the Valuation Committee, among other things, conducts due diligence reviews of pricing vendors, monitors the daily change in prices and reviews transactions among market participants.

The Valuation Committee will consider pricing methodologies it deems relevant and appropriate when making fair value determinations. Examples of possible methodologies include, but are not limited to, multiple of earnings; discount from market of a similar freely traded security; discounted cash-flow analysis; book value or a multiple thereof; risk premium/yield analysis; yield to maturity; and/or fundamental investment analysis. The Valuation Committee will also consider factors it deems relevant and appropriate in light of the facts and circumstances. Examples of possible factors include, but are not limited to, the type of security; the issuer’s financial statements; the purchase price of the security; the discount from market value of unrestricted securities of the same class at the time of purchase; analysts’ research and observations from financial institutions; information regarding any transactions or offers with respect to the security; the existence of merger proposals or tender offers affecting the security; the price and extent of public trading in similar securities of the issuer or comparable companies; and the existence of a shelf registration for restricted securities.

For each portfolio security that has been fair valued pursuant to the policies adopted by the Board of Trustees, the fair value price is compared against the last available and next available market quotations. The Valuation Committee reviews the results of such back testing monthly and fair valuation occurrences are reported to the Board of Trustees quarterly.

The Fund uses valuation techniques to measure fair value that are consistent with the market approach and/or income approach, depending on the type of security and the particular circumstance. The market approach uses prices and other relevant information generated by market transactions involving identical or comparable securities. The income approach uses valuation techniques to discount estimated future cash flows to present value.

GAAP establishes a disclosure hierarchy that categorizes the inputs to valuation techniques used to value assets and liabilities at measurement date. These inputs are summarized in the three broad levels listed below:

The inputs or methodologies used to value securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities.

Notes to financial statements (cont’d)

The following is a summary of the inputs used in valuing the Fund’s assets carried at fair value:

(b) Foreign currency translation. Investment securities and other assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies are translated into U.S. dollar amounts based upon prevailing exchange rates on the date of valuation. Purchases and sales of investment securities and income and expense items denominated in foreign currencies are translated into U.S. dollar amounts based upon prevailing exchange rates on the respective dates of such transactions.

The Fund does not isolate that portion of the results of operations resulting from fluctuations in foreign exchange rates on investments from the fluctuations arising from changes in market prices of securities held. Such fluctuations are included with the net realized and unrealized gain or loss on investments.

Net realized foreign exchange gains or losses arise from sales of foreign currencies, including gains and losses on forward foreign currency contracts, currency gains or losses realized between the trade and settlement dates on securities transactions, and the difference between the amounts of dividends, interest, and foreign withholding taxes recorded on the Fund’s books and the U.S. dollar equivalent of the amounts actually received or paid. Net unrealized foreign exchange gains and losses arise from changes in the values of assets and liabilities, other than investments in securities, on the date of valuation, resulting from changes in exchange rates.

Foreign security and currency transactions may involve certain considerations and risks not typically associated with those of U.S. dollar denominated transactions as a result of, among other factors, the possibility of lower levels of governmental supervision and regulation of foreign securities markets and the possibility of political or economic instability.

(c) Foreign investment risks. The Fund’s investments in foreign securities may involve risks not present in domestic investments. Since securities may be denominated in foreign currencies, may require settlement in foreign currencies or may pay interest or dividends in foreign currencies, changes in the relationship of these foreign currencies to the U.S. dollar can significantly affect the value of the investments and earnings of the Fund. Foreign investments may also subject the Fund to foreign government exchange restrictions,

expropriation, taxation or other political, social or economic developments, all of which affect the market and/or credit risk of the investments.

(d) Security transactions and investment income. Security transactions are accounted for on a trade date basis. Interest income (including interest income from payment-in-kind securities), adjusted for amortization of premium and accretion of discount, is recorded on the accrual basis. Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date for dividends received in cash and/or securities. Foreign dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date or as soon as practicable after the Fund determines the existence of a dividend declaration after exercising reasonable due diligence. The cost of investments sold is determined by use of the specific identification method. To the extent any issuer defaults or a credit event occurs that impacts the issuer, the Fund may halt any additional interest income accruals and consider the realizability of interest accrued up to the date of default or credit event.

(e) REIT distributions. The character of distributions received from Real Estate Investment Trusts (‘‘REITs’’) held by the Fund is generally comprised of net investment income, capital gains, and return of capital. It is the policy of the Fund to estimate the character of distributions received from underlying REITs based on historical data provided by the REITs. After each calendar year end, REITs report the actual tax character of these distributions. Differences between the estimated and actual amounts reported by the REITs are reflected in the Fund’s records in the year in which they are reported by the REITs by adjusting related investment cost basis, capital gains and income, as necessary.

(f) Distributions to shareholders. Distributions from net investment income of the Fund, if any, are declared and paid on a quarterly basis. Distributions of net realized gains, if any, are declared at least annually. Distributions to shareholders of the Fund are recorded on the ex-dividend date and are determined in accordance with income tax regulations, which may differ from GAAP.

(g) Federal and other taxes. It is the Fund’s policy to comply with the federal income and excise tax requirements of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (the “Code”), as amended, applicable to regulated investment companies. Accordingly, the Fund intends to distribute its taxable income and net realized gains, if any, to shareholders in accordance with timing requirements imposed by the Code. Therefore, no federal or state income tax provision is required in the Fund’s financial statements.

Management has analyzed the Fund’s tax positions taken on income tax returns for all open tax years and has concluded that as of September 30, 2021, no provision for income tax is required in the Fund’s financial statements. The Fund’s federal and state income and federal excise tax returns for tax years for which the applicable statutes of limitations have not expired are subject to examination by the Internal Revenue Service and state departments of revenue.

Notes to financial statements (cont’d)

Under the applicable foreign tax laws, a withholding tax may be imposed on interest, dividends and capital gains at various rates.

(h) Reclassification. GAAP requires that certain components of net assets be reclassified to reflect permanent differences between financial and tax reporting. These reclassifications have no effect on net assets or net asset value per share. During the current year, the Fund had no reclassifications.

2. Investment management agreement and other transactions with affiliates

Legg Mason Partners Fund Advisor, LLC (“LMPFA”) is the Fund’s investment manager and ClearBridge Investments, LLC (“ClearBridge”) is the Fund’s subadviser. Western Asset Management Company, LLC (“Western Asset”) manages the portion of the Fund’s cash and short-term instruments allocated to it. LMPFA, ClearBridge and Western Asset are indirect, wholly-owned subsidiaries of Franklin Resources, Inc. (“Franklin Resources”).

The Fund pays an investment management fee, calculated daily and paid monthly, at an annual rate of 0.49% of the Fund’s average daily net assets. Pursuant to the Management Agreement, LMPFA is responsible for substantially all expenses of the Fund and, subject to the general supervision of the Board, provides or causes to be furnished all investment management, supervisory, administrative and other services reasonably necessary for the operation of the fund, including certain distribution services (provided pursuant to a separate distribution agreement) and investment advisory services (provided pursuant to separate subadvisory agreements), under what is essentially an all-in fee or a unitary fee structure. LMPFA is not responsible for, and the Fund bears, the investment management fee and certain other fees and expenses, including taxes, any future 12b-1 fees, acquired fund fees and expenses and extraordinary expenses (such as litigation and indemnification expenses), all of which may vary and will affect the total level of expenses paid by the Fund.

LMPFA delegates to ClearBridge the day-to-day portfolio management of the Fund, except for any portion of the Fund’s cash and short-term instruments that is allocated to Western Asset. As compensation for its subadvisory services, LMPFA pays ClearBridge a fee monthly, at an annual rate equal to 70% of the management fee paid by the Fund to LMPFA, net of (i) all fees and expenses incurred by LMPFA under the investment management agreement (including without limitation any subadvisory fee paid to another subadviser to the Fund) and (ii) expense waivers, if any, and reimbursements. LMPFA pays Western Asset monthly a fee of 0.02% of the portion of the Fund’s average daily net assets allocated to Western Asset for the management of cash and other short-term instruments, net of expense waivers, if any, and reimbursements.

Franklin Distributors, LLC (known as Legg Mason Investor Services, LLC prior to July 7, 2021) (“Franklin Distributors”) serves as the distributor of Creation Units for the Fund on an agency basis. Franklin Distributors is an indirect, wholly-owned broker-dealer subsidiary of Franklin Resources.

The Fund’s Board of Trustees has adopted a Rule 12b-1 shareholder services and distribution plan and under that plan, the Fund is authorized to pay service and/or distribution fees calculated at an annual rate of up to 0.25% of its average daily net assets. No service and/or distribution fees are currently paid by the Fund, and there are no current plans to impose these fees.

All officers and one Trustee of the Trust are employees of Franklin Resources or its affiliates and do not receive compensation from the Trust.

As of September 30, 2021, Franklin Resources and its affiliates owned 48% of the Fund.

3. Investments

During the year ended September 30, 2021, the aggregate cost of purchases and proceeds from sales of investments (excluding in-kind transactions and short-term investments) were as follows:

During the year ended September 30, 2021, in-kind transactions (Note 5) were as follows:

The in-kind contributions and in-kind redemptions shown in this table may not agree with the Fund Share Transactions on the Statement of Changes in Net Assets. This table represents the accumulation of the Fund’s daily net shareholder transactions while the Statement of Changes in Net Assets reflects gross shareholder transactions including any cash component of the transactions.

At September 30, 2021, the aggregate cost of investments and the aggregate gross unrealized appreciation and depreciation of investments for federal income tax purposes were as follows:

4. Derivative instruments and hedging activities

During the year ended September 30, 2021, the Fund did not invest in derivative instruments.

5. Fund share transactions

At September 30, 2021, the Trust had an unlimited number of shares of beneficial interest authorized with a par value of $0.00001 per share. Fund shares are issued and redeemed by the Fund only in Creation Units or Creation Unit aggregations, where 10,000 shares of the Fund constitute a Creation Unit. Such transactions are made principally on an in-kind basis

Notes to financial statements (cont’d)

and under some circumstances partially on a cash basis, with a separate cash payment, which is a balancing cash component to equate the transaction to the net asset value per share of the Fund on the transaction date. Transactions in capital shares of the Fund are disclosed in detail in the Statement of Changes in Net Assets. Authorized Participants are subject to standard creation and redemption transaction fees to offset transfer and other transaction costs associated with the issuance and redemption of Creation Units. Creations and redemptions for cash (when cash creations and redemptions are available or specified) may be subject to an additional variable fee.

6. Income tax information and distributions to shareholders

As of September 30, 2021, the components of distributable earnings (loss) on a tax basis were as follows:

7. Recent accounting pronouncement

In March 2020, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued Accounting Standards Update (ASU) No. 2020-04, Reference Rate Reform (Topic 848) – Facilitation of the Effects of Reference Rate Reform on Financial Reporting. In January 2021, the FASB issued ASU No. 2021-01, with further amendments to Topic 848. The amendments in the ASUs provide optional temporary accounting recognition and financial reporting relief from the effect of certain types of contract modifications due to the planned discontinuation of the LIBOR and other interbank-offered based reference rates as of the end of 2021 and 2023. The ASUs are effective for certain reference rate-related contract modifications that occur during the period March 12, 2020 through December 31, 2022. Management has reviewed the requirements and believes the adoption of these ASUs will not have a material impact on the financial statements.

8. Other matter

The outbreak of the respiratory illness COVID-19 (commonly referred to as “coronavirus”) has continued to rapidly spread around the world, causing considerable uncertainty for the global economy and financial markets. The ultimate economic fallout from the pandemic, and the long-term impact on economies, markets, industries and individual issuers, are not known. The COVID-19 pandemic could adversely affect the value and liquidity of the Fund’s

investments, impair the Fund’s ability to satisfy redemption requests, and negatively impact the Fund’s performance. In addition, the outbreak of COVID-19, and measures taken to mitigate its effects, could result in disruptions to the services provided to the Fund by its service providers.

9. Subsequent events

In September 2021, the Fund’s Board of Trustees approved changing the Fund’s fiscal year end from September 30th to March 31st.

Report of independent registered public accounting firm

To the Board of Trustees of ActiveShares ETF Trust and Shareholders of ClearBridge Focus Value ESG ETF

Opinion on the Financial Statements

We have audited the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities, including the schedule of investments, of ClearBridge Focus Value ESG ETF (constituting ActiveShares ETF Trust, referred to hereafter as the “Fund”) as of September 30, 2021, the related statement of operations for the year ended September 30, 2021, the statement of changes in net assets for the year ended September 30, 2021 and the period May 27, 2020 (inception date) through September 30, 2020, including the related notes, and the financial highlights for the year ended September 30, 2021 and the period May 27, 2020 (inception date) through September 30, 2020 (collectively referred to as the “financial statements”). In our opinion, the financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Fund as of September 30, 2021, the results of its operations for the year then ended, the changes in its net assets for the year ended September 30, 2021 and the period May 27, 2020 (inception date) through September 30, 2020, and the financial highlights for the year ended September 30, 2021 and the period May 27, 2020 (inception date) through September 30, 2020 in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

Basis for Opinion

These financial statements are the responsibility of the Fund’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Fund’s financial statements based on our audit. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB) and are required to be independent with respect to the Fund in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.

We contrducted our audit of these financial statements in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud.

Our audit included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our audit also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements. Our procedures included confirmation of securities owned as of September 30, 2021 by correspondence with the custodian. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion.

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

San Francisco, CA

November 19, 2021

We have served as the auditor of one or more investment companies in the Franklin Templeton Group of Funds since 1948

Additional shareholder information (unaudited)

Results of special meeting of shareholders

A special meeting of shareholders was held on June 15, 2021 for shareholders of record as of March 1, 2021 (the “Record Date”) to elect the Board of Trustees of the Trust. Shareholders of the Fund and each other series of the Trust voted together as a single class to elect the Board.

Shareholders of the Trust voted as indicated below (vote totals are rounded to the nearest whole number). Effective July 1, 2021, the Board is composed of the following Trustees:

Additional information (unaudited)

Information about Trustees and Officers

The business and affairs of ClearBridge Focus Value ESG ETF (the “Fund”) are conducted by management under the supervision and subject to the direction of its Board of Trustees. The business address of each Trustee is One Franklin Parkway, San Mateo, California 94403-1906. Information pertaining to the Trustees and officers of the Fund is set forth below.

The Statement of Additional Information includes additional information about Trustees and is available, without charge, upon request by calling the Fund at 1-877-721-1926.

Additional information (unaudited) (cont’d)

Information about Trustees and Officers

Additional information (unaudited) (cont’d)

Information about Trustees and Officers

Important tax information (unaudited)

By mid-February, tax information related to a shareholder’s proportionate share of distributions paid during the preceding calendar year will be received, if applicable. Please also refer to www.franklintempleton.com for per share tax information related to any distributions paid during the preceding calendar year. Shareholders are advised to consult with their tax advisors for further information on the treatment of these amounts on their tax returns.

The following tax information for the Fund is required to be furnished to shareholders with respect to income earned and distributions paid during its fiscal year.

The Fund hereby reports the following amounts, or if subsequently determined to be different, the maximum allowable amounts, for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2021:

ClearBridge

Focus Value ESG ETF

Trustees*

Rohit Bhagat

Deborah D. McWhinney

Anantha K. Pradeep

Jennifer M. Johnson**

Chair

Investment manager

Legg Mason Partners Fund Advisor, LLC

Subadviser

ClearBridge Investments, LLC

Custodian

The Bank of New York Mellon

Transfer agent

The Bank of New York Mellon

240 Greenwich Street

New York, NY 10286

Independent registered public accounting firm

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Baltimore, MD

ClearBridge Focus Value ESG ETF

The Fund is a separate investment series of Activeshares^® ETF Trust, a Maryland statutory trust.

ClearBridge Focus Value ESG ETF

Legg Mason Funds

620 Eighth Avenue, 47th Floor

New York, NY 10018

The Fund files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year as an exhibit to its reports on Form N-PORT. The Fund’s Forms N-PORT are available on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. To obtain information on Form N-PORT, shareholders can call the Fund at 1-877-721-1926.

Information on how the Fund voted proxies relating to portfolio securities during the prior 12-month period ended June 30th of each year and a description of the policies and procedures that the Fund uses to determine how to vote proxies related to portfolio transactions are available (1) without charge, upon request, by calling the Fund at 1-877-721-1926, (2) at www.franklintempleton.com and (3) on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov.

This report is submitted for the general information of the shareholders of ClearBridge Focus Value ESG ETF. This report is not authorized for distribution to prospective investors in the Fund unless preceded or accompanied by a current prospectus.

Investors should consider the Fund’s investment objectives, risks, charges and expenses carefully before investing. The prospectus contains this and other important information about the Fund. Please read the prospectus carefully before investing.

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www.franklintempleton.com

© 2021 Franklin Distributors, LLC, Member FINRA/SIPC. All rights reserved.

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