Hartford Funds Exchange-Traded Trust

Hartford Exchange-Traded Funds

Prospectus

November 28, 2022

	Ticker	Exchange
Hartford Schroders Commodity Strategy ETF	HCOM	NYSE Arca
Hartford Core Bond ETF	HCRB	Cboe BZX
Hartford Schroders ESG US Equity ETF	HEET	Cboe BZX
Hartford Municipal Opportunities ETF	HMOP	NYSE Arca
Hartford Short Duration ETF	HSRT	Cboe BZX
Hartford Sustainable Income ETF	HSUN	Cboe BZX
Hartford Schroders Tax-Aware Bond ETF	HTAB	NYSE Arca
Hartford Total Return Bond ETF	HTRB	NYSE Arca

Neither the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission nor the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission has approved or disapproved these securities, or determined if this prospectus is truthful or complete. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense. Because you could lose money by investing in the Funds, be sure to read all risk disclosures carefully before investing.

Contents

Hartford Schroders Commodity Strategy ETF Summary Section	3
Hartford Core Bond ETF Summary Section	9
Hartford Schroders ESG US Equity ETF Summary Section	15
Hartford Municipal Opportunities ETF Summary Section	19
Hartford Short Duration ETF Summary Section	24
Hartford Sustainable Income ETF Summary Section	30
Hartford Schroders Tax-Aware Bond ETF Summary Section	37
Hartford Total Return Bond ETF Summary Section	43
Summary Information About the Exchange-Traded Funds	50
Additional Information Regarding Investment Strategies and Risks	51
More Information About Risks	55
Disclosure of Portfolio Holdings	81
The Investment Manager and Sub-Advisers	82
How To Buy And Sell Shares	86
Distribution Arrangements	89
Fund Distributions and Tax Matters	90
Performance Notes	93
Prior Performance of Related Accounts	94
Financial Highlights	97
For More Information	99

Hartford Schroders Commodity Strategy ETF Summary Section

INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE. The Fund seeks to provide long-term total return.

YOUR EXPENSES. The table below describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy, hold and sell shares of the Fund. You may pay other fees, such as brokerage commissions and other fees to financial intermediaries, which are not reflected in the table or the example below.

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

Management fees	0.89%
Distribution and service (12b-1) fees	None
Other expenses	0.00%
Expenses of the Subsidiary(1)	0.16%
Total annual fund operating expenses	1.05%
Fee waiver(2)	0.16%
Total annual fund operating expenses after fee waiver(2)	0.89%

(1)

“Expenses of the Subsidiary” include the management fees of the Fund’s wholly owned Cayman Islands subsidiary (the “Subsidiary”), and other expenses of the Subsidiary.

(2)

Hartford Funds Management Company, LLC (the “Investment Manager”) has contractually agreed to waive the management fee in an amount equal to the management fee paid to it by the Fund’s Subsidiary and the other expenses of the Subsidiary (exclusive of (i) interest and taxes; (ii) brokerage commissions and other expenses (such as stamp taxes) connected with the execution of portfolio transactions; (iii) legal fees in connection with any arbitration, litigation or pending or threatened arbitration or litigation, including any settlements in connection therewith and any obligation which the Subsidiary may have to indemnify its officers and Trustees with respect thereto; (iv) such extraordinary non-recurring expenses as may arise; and (v) acquired fund fees and expenses). This waiver will remain in effect for as long as the Fund remains invested in the Subsidiary.

Example. The example below is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Fund with the cost of investing in other exchange-traded funds. The example assumes that:

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Your investment has a 5% return each year

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The Fund’s operating expenses remain the same

Your actual costs may be higher or lower. Based on these assumptions, for every $10,000 invested, you would pay the following expenses if you sell all of your shares at the end of each time period indicated:

Year 1	Year 3	Year 5	Year 10
$91	$284	$493	$1,096

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 in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund’s performance. From September 14, 2021 (commencement of operations) through July 31, 2022, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate was 407% of the average value of its portfolio.

PRINCIPAL INVESTMENT STRATEGY. The Fund is an actively managed exchange-traded fund (“ETF”) that seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing in a range of commodity related derivative instruments, primarily futures contracts and other commodity linked derivative instruments (including but not limited to futures on commodities, commodity related securities or commodity indices and swaps on physical commodities), and structured notes. The Fund may also invest in foreign currency (e.g. forward currency contracts, currency options, and swaps on currencies), and cash or cash equivalents including certificates of deposit, treasury bills, and floating rate notes. The Fund’s investments in commodity futures contracts and other commodity linked instruments (collectively, “Commodities Instruments”) will be made through a wholly owned subsidiary of the Fund organized under the laws of the Cayman Islands (the “Subsidiary”). Through its investment in the Subsidiary, the Fund will seek exposure to a range of commodity sectors from time to time including, but not limited to, the energy, agriculture and metals sectors. The Fund may invest in any sector of the commodities markets throughout the world. The Fund may trade securities actively.

The Fund’s investment in the Subsidiary is intended to provide the Fund with exposure to commodity markets within the limits of current federal income tax laws applicable to investment companies such as the Fund, which limit the ability of investment companies to invest directly in Commodities Instruments. The Subsidiary has the same investment

objective as the Fund, but unlike the Fund, it may invest without limitation in Commodities Instruments. Except as otherwise noted, for purposes of this Prospectus, references to the Fund’s investments include the Fund’s indirect investments through the Subsidiary.

The Subsidiary’s holdings in Commodities Instruments will consist, in part, of futures contracts, which are contractual agreements to buy or sell a particular commodity or financial instrument at a pre-determined price in the future. The Subsidiary may also invest in commodity-linked instruments, which include: (1) ETFs that provide exposure to commodities; and (2) pooled investment vehicles that invest primarily in commodities and commodity-related instruments. The Subsidiary may have both long and short positions in Commodities Instruments. However, for Commodity Instruments in the aggregate, the Subsidiary will provide a net long exposure. Net long exposure means to hold or be exposed to a security or instrument with the expectation that its value will increase over time. As U.S. and London exchanges list additional contracts, as currently listed contracts on those exchanges gain sufficient liquidity or as other exchanges list sufficiently liquid contracts, the Fund’s sub-advisers, Schroder Investment Management North America Inc. (“SIMNA”) and Schroder Investment Management North America Limited (“SIMNA Ltd.,” together with SIMNA, the “Sub-Advisers”), will include those contracts in the list of possible investments of the Subsidiary. The list of Commodities Instruments and commodities markets considered for investment can and will change over time. The Subsidiary will also invest short-term fixed income investments and cash and cash equivalents as necessary to serve to as margin or collateral for its holdings in Commodities Instruments.

The Fund will invest up to 25% of its total assets in the Subsidiary. The remainder of the Fund’s assets will primarily be invested in: (1) equity securities of commodities related issuers; (2) short-term investment grade fixed income securities, including U.S. government and agency securities and sovereign debt obligations of non-U.S. countries and repurchase agreements; (3) money market instruments; (4) ETFs and other investment companies registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”); and (5) cash and other cash equivalents. The Fund uses such instruments as investments and to collateralize the Subsidiary’s Commodities Instruments exposure on a day-to-day basis. The Fund may also invest directly in ETFs and other investment companies, including closed-end funds, that provide exposure to Commodities Instruments, equity securities and fixed income securities to the extent permitted under the 1940 Act. The Fund’s investment process follows four pillars of analysis: fundamental, quantitative, technical, and sentiment. In addition to this analysis, the Sub-Advisers evaluate financially material environmental, social and governance (“ESG”) characteristics (where available) when determining asset allocation to various commodities. ESG characteristics are one of several factors that contribute to the Sub-Advisers’ overall evaluation of the risk and return potential of a commodity.

The Fund will not acquire any physical commodities directly. The Fund will not enter into any contracts relating to physical commodities other than commodity futures, warrants, swaps, and options contracts. Any commodity futures or options contracts and any other derivative instruments that call for physical delivery of the underlying commodity will be liquidated prior to delivery and Hartford Funds Management Company, LLC (the “Investment Manager”) has put in place procedures to ensure that this occurs.

PRINCIPAL RISKS. The principal risks of investing in the Fund are described below. When you sell your shares they may be worth more or less than what you paid for them, which means that you could lose money as a result of your investment. An investment in the Fund is not a bank deposit and is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency. As with any fund, there is no guarantee that the Fund will achieve its investment objective. For more information regarding risks and investment matters, please see “Additional Information Regarding Investment Strategies and Risks” in the Fund’s statutory prospectus.

Market Risk – Market risk is the risk that one or more markets in which the Fund invests will go down in value, including the possibility that the markets will go down sharply and unpredictably. Securities of a company may decline in value due to its financial prospects and activities, including certain operational impacts, such as data breaches and cybersecurity attacks. Securities may also decline in value due to general market and economic movements and trends, including adverse changes to credit markets, or as a result of other events such as geopolitical events, natural disasters, or widespread pandemics (such as COVID-19) or other adverse public health developments.

Commodity Related Investments Risk – Exposure to the commodities markets may subject the Fund to greater volatility than investments in traditional securities, which may cause rapid and substantial changes in the value of the Fund’s holdings. These investments may be affected by changes in overall market movements, commodity index volatility, changes in interest rates, lack of liquidity, speculation, or factors affecting a particular commodity, such as weather, disease, embargoes, tariffs and international economic, political, regulatory and market developments.

Derivatives Risk – Derivatives are instruments whose value depends on, or is derived from, the value of an underlying asset, reference rate or index. Derivatives may be riskier than other types of investments because they may be more sensitive to changes in economic or market conditions than other types of investments and could result in losses that significantly exceed the Fund’s original investment. Successful use of derivative instruments by the Fund depends on the Sub-Advisers’ judgment with respect to a number of factors and the Fund’s performance could be worse and/or more volatile than if it had not used these instruments. In addition, the fluctuations in the value of derivatives may not correlate perfectly with the value of any portfolio assets being hedged, the performance of the asset class to which the Sub-Advisers seek exposure, or the overall securities markets.

Futures and Options Risk – Futures and options may be more volatile than direct investments in the securities underlying the futures and options, may not correlate perfectly to the underlying securities, may involve additional costs, and may be illiquid. Futures and options also may involve the use of leverage as the Fund may make a small initial investment relative to the risk assumed, which could result in losses greater than if futures or options had not been used. Futures and options are also subject to the risk that the other party to the transaction may default on its obligation.

Leverage Risk – Certain transactions, such as the use of derivatives, may give rise to leverage. Leverage can increase market exposure, increase volatility in the Fund, magnify investment risks, and cause losses to be realized more quickly. The use of leverage may cause the Fund to liquidate portfolio positions to satisfy its obligations when it may not be advantageous to do so.

Counterparty Risk – The risk that the counterparty in a transaction by the Fund may be unable or unwilling to make timely principal, interest or settlement payments, or otherwise to honor its obligations.

Swaps Risk – A swap is a contract that generally obligates the parties to exchange payments based on a specified reference security, basket of securities, security index or index component. Swaps can involve greater risks than direct investment in securities because swaps may be leveraged and are subject to counterparty risk (e.g., the risk of a counterparty defaulting on the obligation or bankruptcy), credit risk and pricing risk (i.e., swaps may be difficult to value). Certain swaps may also be considered illiquid. It may not be possible for the Fund to liquidate a swap position at an advantageous time or price, which may result in significant losses.

Commodity-Linked Derivatives Risk – Investments linked to the prices of commodities may be considered speculative. Significant investment exposure to commodities may subject the Fund to greater volatility than investments in traditional securities. Therefore, the value of such instruments may be volatile and fluctuate widely based on a variety of macroeconomic factors or commodity-specific factors. At times, price fluctuations may be quick and significant and may not correlate to price movements in other asset classes. A liquid secondary market may not exist for certain commodity-linked derivatives, which may make it difficult for the Fund to sell them at a desirable price or at the price at which it is carrying them.

Subsidiary Risk – By investing in the Subsidiary, the Fund is indirectly exposed to the risks associated with the Subsidiary’s investments. The Subsidiary is not registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”) and is not subject to all of the investor protections of the 1940 Act. Changes in the laws of the United States and/or the Cayman Islands could result in the inability of the Fund and/or the Subsidiary to operate as described in this Prospectus and the Statement of Additional Information and could adversely affect the Fund.

Equity Risk – The risk that the price of equity or equity related securities may decline due to changes in a company’s financial condition and overall market and economic conditions.

Forward Currency Contracts Risk – A forward currency contract is an agreement between two parties to buy and sell a currency at a set price on a future date. The market value of a forward currency contract fluctuates with changes in foreign currency exchange rates. While forward foreign currency exchange contracts do not eliminate fluctuations in the value of foreign securities, they do allow the Fund to establish a fixed rate of exchange for a future point in time. Use of such contracts, therefore, can have the effect of reducing returns and minimizing opportunities for gain. The Fund could also lose money when the contract is settled. The Fund’s gains from its positions in forward foreign currency contracts may accelerate and/or recharacterize the Fund’s income or gains and its distributions to shareholders as ordinary income. The Fund’s losses from such positions may also recharacterize the Fund’s income and its distributions to shareholders and may cause a return of capital to Fund shareholders. Such acceleration or recharacterization could affect an investor’s tax liability.

Currency Risk – The risk that the value of the Fund’s investments in foreign securities or currencies will be affected by the value of the applicable currency relative to the U.S. dollar. When the Fund sells a foreign currency or foreign currency denominated security, its value may be worth less in U.S. dollars even if the investment increases in value in its local market. U.S. dollar-denominated securities of foreign issuers may also be affected by currency risk, as the revenue earned by issuers of these securities may also be affected by changes in the issuer’s local currency.

Credit Risk – Credit risk is the risk that the issuer of a security or other instrument will not be able to make principal and interest payments when due. Changes in an issuer’s financial strength, credit rating or the market’s perception of an issuer’s creditworthiness may also affect the value of the Fund’s investment in that issuer. The degree of credit risk depends on both the financial condition of the issuer and the terms of the obligation. Periods of market volatility may increase credit risk.

Interest Rate Risk – The risk that your investment may go down in value when interest rates rise, because when interest rates rise, the prices of bonds and fixed rate loans fall. A wide variety of factors can cause interest rates to rise, including central bank monetary policies and inflation rates. Generally, the longer the maturity of a bond or fixed rate loan, the more sensitive it is to this risk. Falling interest rates also create the potential for a decline in the Fund’s income. These risks are greater during periods of rising inflation. Volatility in interest rates and in fixed income markets may increase the risk that the Fund’s investment in fixed income securities will go down in value. Risks associated with rising interest rates are currently heightened because the Federal Reserve has raised, and may continue to raise, interest rates and inflation is elevated. Actions taken by the Federal Reserve Board or foreign central banks to stimulate or stabilize economic growth, such as decreases or increases in short-term interest rates, may adversely affect markets, which could, in turn, negatively impact Fund performance.

Sector Risk – To the extent the Fund invests more heavily in a particular sector or sectors, its performance will be especially sensitive to developments that significantly affect those sectors. Individual sectors may be more volatile, and may perform differently, from the broader market. Because the Fund invests in commodities futures and commodity-related instruments that are linked to different types of commodities from various sectors, including the energy, agriculture and metal sectors, the Fund is subject to the risks inherent in those economic sectors. Such risks may include, but are not limited to: general economic conditions or cyclical market patterns that could negatively affect supply and demand in a particular industry; competition for resources; adverse labor relations; political or world events; increased regulatory burdens; obsolescence of technologies; and increased competition or new product introductions. To the extent that the Fund focuses its investments in a particular sector of the commodities market, the risks associated with that particular commodity or sector will be greater.

Active Investment Management Risk – The risk that, if the Sub-Advisers’ investment strategy does not perform as expected, the Fund could underperform its peers or lose money.

Market Price Risk – The net asset value (“NAV”) of the Fund’s shares and the value of your investment may fluctuate. The market prices of the Fund’s shares will generally fluctuate in accordance with changes in NAV and changes in the intraday value of the Fund’s holdings, as well as the relative supply of and demand for the shares on the Fund’s listing exchange. Although it is expected that the Fund’s shares will remain listed on the exchange, disruptions to creations and redemptions, the existence of market volatility or lack of an active trading market for the shares (including through a trading halt), as well as other factors, may result in the shares trading significantly above (at a premium to) or below (at a discount to) the Fund’s NAV or the intraday value of the Fund’s holdings. During such periods, you may be unable to sell your shares or may incur significant losses if you sell your shares. There are various methods by which investors can purchase and sell shares and various types of orders that may be placed. Investors should consult their financial intermediary before purchasing or selling shares of the Fund. Neither the investment manager nor the Fund’s Sub-Advisers can predict whether the Fund’s shares will trade below, at or above their NAV. Price differences may be due, in large part, to the fact that supply and demand forces at work in the secondary trading market for the Fund’s shares will be closely related to, but not identical to, the same forces influencing the prices of the Fund’s holdings trading individually or in the aggregate at any point in time. In addition, unlike many ETFs, the Fund is not an index fund. The Fund is actively managed and does not seek to replicate the performance of a specified index. There can be no assurance as to whether and/or to what extent the Fund’s shares will trade at premiums or discounts to NAV or to the intraday value of the Fund’s holdings.

recognized if it were to distribute portfolio securities in-kind. As a result, an investment in the Fund may be less tax-efficient than an investment in an ETF that primarily or wholly effects creations and redemptions in-kind. Moreover, cash transactions may have to be carried out over several days if the securities markets are relatively illiquid at the time the Fund must sell securities and may involve considerable brokerage fees and taxes. These brokerage fees and taxes, which will be higher than if the Fund sold and redeemed its shares principally in-kind, will be passed on to purchasers and redeemers of Creation Units in the form of creation and redemption transaction fees. As a result of these factors, the spreads between the bid and the offered prices of the Fund’s shares may be wider than those of shares of ETFs that primarily or wholly transact in-kind.

Authorized Participant Concentration Risk – Only an authorized participant may engage in creation or redemption transactions directly with the Fund. The Fund has a limited number of intermediaries that act as authorized participants, and none of these authorized participants are or will be obligated to engage in creation or redemption transactions. To the extent that these intermediaries exit the business or are unable to or choose not 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, Fund shares may trade at a discount to NAV and possibly face trading halts and/or delisting.

Volatility Risk – The Fund’s investments may fluctuate in value over a short period of time. This may cause the Fund’s net asset value per share to experience significant changes in value over short periods of time.

Valuation Risk – The sale price the Fund could receive for a security may differ from the Fund’s valuation of the security, particularly for securities that trade in low volume or volatile markets or that are valued using a fair value methodology. In addition, the value of the securities in the Fund’s portfolio may change on days when shareholders will not be able to purchase or sell the Fund’s shares.

Active Trading Risk – Active trading could increase the Fund’s transaction costs and may increase your tax liability as compared to a fund with less active trading policies. These effects may adversely affect Fund performance.

ESG Integration Risk – Integrating ESG analysis into the investment process carries the risk that the Fund may perform differently from, and may underperform, funds that do not integrate ESG into their analysis, or funds that evaluate different ESG characteristics. ESG characteristics are not the only factors considered and as a result, the Fund’s investments may not have favorable ESG characteristics or high ESG ratings.

The Fund is subject to certain other risks, which are discussed in ”Additional Information Regarding Investment Strategies and Risks“ and ”More Information About Risks“ in the Fund’s statutory prospectus.

PAST PERFORMANCE. Because the Fund had been in operation for less than one full calendar year as of December 31, 2021, no performance history has been provided. Updated performance information is available at hartfordfunds.com. Keep in mind that past performance does not indicate future results.

MANAGEMENT. The Fund’s investment manager is Hartford Funds Management Company, LLC. The Fund’s sub-adviser is Schroder Investment Management North America Inc. and its sub-sub-adviser is Schroder Investment Management North America Limited.

Portfolio Manager	Title	Involved with Fund Since
James Luke	Portfolio Manager	2021
Malcolm Melville	Portfolio Manager	2021
Dravasp Jhabvala	Portfolio Manager	2021

PURCHASE AND SALE OF FUND SHARES. The Fund is an exchange-traded fund (“ETF”). Individual Fund shares may only be purchased and sold on a national securities exchange through a broker-dealer and may not be purchased or redeemed directly with the Fund. The price of Fund shares is based on market price, and because ETF shares trade at market prices rather than at NAV, shares may trade at a price greater than NAV (a premium) or less than NAV (a discount). When buying and selling Fund shares on an exchange, therefore, investors may incur costs related to the difference between the highest price a buyer is willing to pay to purchase Fund shares (bid) and the lowest price a seller is willing to accept for Fund shares (ask) (the “bid-ask spread”). The Fund will only issue or redeem shares at NAV that have been aggregated into blocks of shares (“Creation Units”) to authorized participants (“Authorized Participants”) who have entered into participation agreements with the Fund‘s distributor, ALPS Distributors, Inc. (the “Distributor”). The

Fund will issue or redeem Creation Units in return for a basket of securities and/or cash that the Fund specifies each business day. Additional information about the Fund, including the Fund’s net asset value, market price, premiums and discounts and bid-ask spreads can be found at hartfordfunds.com.

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 Fund’s related companies may pay the intermediary for services and/or data related to the sale of Fund shares. These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing the broker-dealer or other intermediary and your financial intermediary to recommend the Fund over another investment. Ask your financial intermediary or visit your financial intermediary’s website for more information.

Hartford Core Bond ETF Summary Section

INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE. The Fund seeks to provide long-term total return.

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

Management fees	0.29%
Distribution and service (12b-1) fees	None
Other expenses	0.00%
Total annual fund operating expenses	0.29%

Example. The example below is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Fund with the cost of investing in other exchange-traded funds. The example assumes that:

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Your investment has a 5% return each year

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The Fund’s operating expenses remain the same

Year 1	Year 3	Year 5	Year 10
$30	$93	$163	$368

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 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 fiscal year ended July 31, 2022, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate was 36% (excluding to be announced (TBA) roll transactions) of the average value of its portfolio. If TBA roll transactions were included, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate would have been 363% of the average value of its portfolio.

PRINCIPAL INVESTMENT STRATEGY. The Fund seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing in fixed income securities that Wellington Management Company LLP (“Wellington Management”) considers to be attractive from a total return perspective. The Fund invests, under normal circumstances, at least 80% of its net assets (including any borrowings for investment purposes) in fixed-income securities. The Fund will invest primarily in investment grade fixed income securities. The Fund may invest in securities and other instruments issued by both U.S. and foreign issuers.

The fixed income securities in which the Fund may invest include, but are not limited to, (1) securities issued or guaranteed as to principal or interest by the U.S. Government, its agencies or instrumentalities; (2) non-convertible and convertible debt securities issued or guaranteed by U.S. corporations or other issuers (including foreign issuers); (3) asset-backed and mortgage-related securities, including collateralized mortgage and loan obligations; and (4) securities and loans issued or guaranteed as to principal or interest by a sovereign government or one of its agencies or political subdivisions (including quasi-sovereigns), supranational entities such as development banks, non-U.S. corporations, banks or bank holding companies, or other foreign issuers.

The Fund may use derivatives to manage portfolio risk or for other investment purposes. The derivatives in which the Fund may invest include, but are not limited to, futures and options contracts and various types of swap agreements. Additionally, the Fund may invest up to 25% of its net assets in debt securities, primarily U.S. dollar denominated debt securities, of foreign issuers. The Fund may purchase or sell securities on a when-issued, delayed delivery or forward commitment basis, including securities acquired or sold in the “to be announced” (TBA) market. The Fund may invest in “Rule 144A” securities, which are privately placed, restricted securities that may only be resold under certain circumstances to other qualified institutional buyers. The Fund may trade securities actively. Although the Fund may invest in securities and other instruments of any maturity or duration, the Fund normally invests in debt securities with a maturity of at least one year and maintains an average duration within 1.5 years of the Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate

Bond Index, the Fund’s performance benchmark. Duration is a measure of the sensitivity of a fixed income security’s price to changes in interest rates. As of September 30, 2022, the average duration of the Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index was 6.2 years. There is no limit on the average maturity of the Fund’s portfolio.

The investment team is organized with generalist portfolio managers leading sector, rates and risk positioning decisions. The portfolio managers may allocate a portion of the Fund’s assets to specialists within Wellington Management who drive individual sector and security selection strategies.

Derivatives Risk – Derivatives are instruments whose value depends on, or is derived from, the value of an underlying asset, reference rate or index. Derivatives may be riskier than other types of investments because they may be more sensitive to changes in economic or market conditions than other types of investments and could result in losses that significantly exceed the Fund’s original investment. Successful use of derivative instruments by the Fund depends on the sub-adviser’s judgment with respect to a number of factors and the Fund’s performance could be worse and/or more volatile than if it had not used these instruments. In addition, the fluctuations in the value of derivatives may not correlate perfectly with the value of any portfolio assets being hedged, the performance of the asset class to which the sub-adviser seeks exposure, or the overall securities markets.

Call Risk – Call risk is the risk that an issuer, especially during a period of falling interest rates, may redeem a security by repaying it early, which may reduce the Fund’s income if the proceeds are reinvested at lower interest rates.

Active Investment Management Risk – The risk that, if the sub-adviser’s investment strategy, including allocating assets to specialist portfolio managers, does not perform as expected, the Fund could underperform its peers or lose money. The investment styles employed by the specialist portfolio managers may not be complementary, which could adversely affect the performance of the Fund.

Liquidity Risk – The risk that the market for a particular investment or type of investment is or becomes relatively illiquid, making it difficult for the Fund to sell that investment at an advantageous time or price. Illiquidity may be due to events relating to the issuer of the securities, market events, rising interest rates, economic conditions or investor perceptions. Illiquid securities may be difficult to value and their value may be lower than the market price of comparable liquid securities, which would negatively affect the Fund’s performance.

Foreign Investments Risk – Investments in foreign securities may be riskier, more volatile, and less liquid than investments in U.S. securities. Differences between the U.S. and foreign regulatory regimes and securities markets, including the less stringent investor protection, less stringent accounting, corporate governance, financial reporting and disclosure standards of some foreign markets, as well as political and economic developments in foreign countries and regions and the U.S. (including the imposition of sanctions, tariffs, or other governmental restrictions), may affect the value of the Fund’s investments in foreign securities. Changes in currency exchange rates may also adversely affect the Fund’s foreign investments. The impact of the United Kingdom’s departure from the European Union, commonly known as “Brexit,” and the potential departure of one or more other countries from the European Union may have significant political and financial consequences for global markets. This may adversely impact Fund performance.

Mortgage-Related and Asset-Backed Securities Risk – Mortgage-related and asset-backed securities represent interests in “pools” of mortgages or other assets, including consumer loans or receivables held in trust. These mortgage-related or asset-backed securities are subject to credit risk, interest rate risk, “prepayment risk” (the risk that borrowers will repay a loan more quickly in periods of falling interest rates) and “extension risk” (the risk that borrowers will repay a loan more slowly in periods of rising interest rates). If the Fund invests in mortgage-related or asset-backed securities that are subordinated to other interests in the same mortgage or asset pool, the Fund may only receive payments after the pool’s obligations to other investors have been satisfied. An unexpectedly high rate of defaults on the mortgages held by a mortgage pool may limit substantially the pool’s ability to make payments of principal or interest to the Fund, reducing the values of those securities or in some cases rendering them worthless. The risk of such defaults is generally higher in the case of mortgage pools that include so-called “subprime” mortgages. The Fund may purchase or sell mortgage-backed securities on a delayed delivery or forward commitment basis through the TBA market. Uniform Mortgage-Backed Securities, which generally align the characteristics of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac certificates, are a recent innovation and the effect they may have on the market for mortgage-related securities is uncertain.

Collateralized Loan Obligations Risk – Collateralized loan obligations (“CLOs”) bear many of the same risks as other forms of asset-backed securities. As they are backed by pools of loans, CLOs also bear similar risks to investing in loans directly. CLOs may experience substantial losses attributable to loan defaults. Losses caused by defaults on underlying assets are borne first by the holders of subordinate tranches. The Fund’s investment in CLOs may decrease in market value when the CLO experiences loan defaults or credit impairment, the disappearance of a subordinate tranche, or market anticipation of defaults and investor aversion to CLO securities as a class.

it owns or has the right to obtain, at no added cost, identical securities. If the Fund takes such a short position, it may reduce the risk of a loss if the price of the securities declines in the future, but will lose the opportunity to profit if the price rises. TBA transactions may also result in a higher portfolio turnover rate and/or increased capital gains for the Fund.

Restricted Securities Risk – Restricted securities are subject to the risk that they may be difficult to sell at the time and price the Fund prefers.

Event Risk – Event risk is the risk that corporate issuers may undergo restructurings, such as mergers, leveraged buyouts, takeovers, or similar events financed by increased debt. As a result of the added debt, the credit quality and market value of a company’s bonds and/or other debt securities may decline significantly.

U.S. Government Securities Risk – Treasury obligations may differ in their interest rates, maturities, times of issuance and other characteristics. Securities backed by the U.S. Treasury or the full faith and credit of the United States are guaranteed only as to the timely payment of interest and principal when held to maturity. Accordingly, the current market values for these securities will fluctuate with changes in interest rates. Obligations of U.S. Government agencies and authorities are supported by varying degrees of credit but generally are not backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Government. No assurance can be given that the U.S. Government will provide financial support to its agencies and authorities if it is not obligated by law to do so. In addition, the value of U.S. Government securities may be affected by changes in the credit rating of the U.S. Government. U.S. Government securities are also subject to the risk that the U.S. Treasury will be unable to meet its payment obligations.

Market Price Risk – The net asset value (“NAV”) of the Fund’s shares and the value of your investment may fluctuate. The market prices of the Fund’s shares will generally fluctuate in accordance with changes in NAV and changes in the intraday value of the Fund’s holdings, as well as the relative supply of and demand for the shares on the Fund’s listing exchange. Although it is expected that the Fund’s shares will remain listed on the exchange, disruptions to creations and redemptions, the existence of market volatility or lack of an active trading market for the shares (including through a trading halt), as well as other factors, may result in the shares trading significantly above (at a premium to) or below (at a discount to) the Fund’s NAV or the intraday value of the Fund’s holdings. During such periods, you may be unable to sell your shares or may incur significant losses if you sell your shares. There are various methods by which investors can purchase and sell shares and various types of orders that may be placed. Investors should consult their financial intermediary before purchasing or selling shares of the Fund. Neither the investment manager nor the Fund’s sub-adviser can predict whether the Fund’s shares will trade below, at or above their NAV. Price differences may be due, in large part, to the fact that supply and demand forces at work in the secondary trading market for the Fund’s shares will be closely related to, but not identical to, the same forces influencing the prices of the Fund’s holdings trading individually or in the aggregate at any point in time. In addition, unlike many ETFs, the Fund is not an index fund. The Fund is actively managed and does not seek to replicate the performance of a specified index. There can be no assurance as to whether and/or to what extent the Fund’s shares will trade at premiums or discounts to NAV or to the intraday value of the Fund’s holdings.

Cash Transactions Risk – The Fund, unlike certain other ETFs, may effect creations and redemptions partly or wholly for cash, rather than through in-kind distributions of securities. Because the Fund may effect redemptions for cash rather than in-kind, the Fund may be required to sell portfolio securities in order to obtain the cash needed to distribute redemption proceeds and it may subsequently recognize gains on such sales that the Fund might not have recognized if it were to distribute portfolio securities in-kind. As a result, an investment in the Fund may be less tax-efficient than an investment in an ETF that primarily or wholly effects creations and redemptions in-kind. Moreover, cash transactions may have to be carried out over several days if the securities markets are relatively illiquid at the time the Fund must sell securities and may involve considerable brokerage fees and taxes. These brokerage fees and taxes, which will be higher than if the Fund sold and redeemed its shares principally in-kind, will be passed on to purchasers and redeemers of Creation Units in the form of creation and redemption transaction fees. As a result of these factors, the spreads between the bid and the offered prices of the Fund’s shares may be wider than those of shares of ETFs that primarily or wholly transact in-kind.

The Fund is subject to certain other risks, which are discussed in “Additional Information Regarding Investment Strategies and Risks” and “More Information About Risks” in the Fund’s statutory prospectus.

PAST PERFORMANCE. The performance information below provides some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund by comparing the Fund’s performance to a broad measure of market performance. Keep in mind that past performance does not indicate future results. Updated performance information is available at hartfordfunds.com.

The bar chart below shows the Fund’s total return for the first full calendar year of operation.

Total returns by calendar year

During the period shown in the chart above:	Returns	Quarter Ended
Best Quarter Return	1.92%	June 30, 2021
Worst Quarter Return	-3.51%	March 31, 2021

The

year-to-date

return of the Fund as of

September 30, 2022

was

-16.05%

Average annual total returns for periods ending December 31, 2021

		Since Inception
Hartford Core Bond ETF	1 Year	(2/19/2020)
Return Before Taxes	-1.72%	2.74%
Return After Taxes on Distributions	-2.25%	2.04%
Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares	-0.97%	1.82%
Bloomberg US Aggregate Bond Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)	-1.54%	2.01%

MANAGEMENT. The Fund’s investment manager is Hartford Funds Management Company, LLC. The Fund’s sub-adviser is Wellington Management.

Portfolio Manager	Title	Involved with Fund Since
Joseph F. Marvan, CFA	Senior Managing Director and Fixed Income Portfolio Manager	2020
Campe Goodman, CFA	Senior Managing Director and Fixed Income Portfolio Manager	2020
Robert D. Burn, CFA	Managing Director and Fixed Income Portfolio Manager	2020

Hartford Schroders ESG US Equity ETF Summary Section

INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE. The Fund seeks long-term capital appreciation.

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

Management fees	0.39%
Distribution and service (12b-1) fees	None
Other expenses	0.00%
Total annual fund operating expenses	0.39%

Example. The example below is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Fund with the cost of investing in other exchange-traded funds. The example assumes that:

•

Your investment has a 5% return each year

•

The Fund’s operating expenses remain the same

Year 1	Year 3	Year 5	Year 10
$40	$125	$219	$493

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 in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund’s performance. From August 10, 2021 (commencement of operations) through July 31, 2022, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate was 58% of the average value of its portfolio.

PRINCIPAL INVESTMENT STRATEGY. The Fund seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing in a diversified portfolio of equities and equity-related securities of U.S. companies. Under normal market conditions, the Fund will invest at least 80% of its assets in equity securities of companies organized in, located in or whose principal place of business is in the United States and at least 80% of its assets in investments that meet environmental, social or governance criteria (“ESG”) as identified by the Fund’s sub-advisers, Schroder Investment Management North America Inc. (“SIMNA”) and Schroder Investment Management North America Limited (“SIMNA Ltd.,” together with SIMNA, the “Sub-Advisers”). The Fund will also select investments that provide exposure to factors such as, but not limited to Value, Profitability, Momentum, and Low Volatility. The Fund will seek to achieve a better ESG profile compared to its benchmark, the Russell 1000 Index, by incorporating ESG characteristics into the stock selection process. The Fund does not generally invest in companies that are significantly involved in certain industries, product lines or services, including but not limited to, tobacco, weapons, tar sands, thermal coal and gambling, as determined from time to time by the Sub-Advisers. In determining whether a company is significantly involved in the industries, product lines or services listed above, the Sub-Advisers typically use revenue thresholds attributable to certain industries, product lines or services (e.g., companies that derive equal or more than 10% of revenues from thermal coal extraction) and categorical exclusions for other industries, product lines or services (e.g., controversial weapons). These exclusionary criteria may be updated periodically by the Sub-Advisers to, among other things, add or remove certain industries, product lines or services from the screening process, revise the revenue thresholds and categorical exclusions applicable to such activities, or change particular industries, product lines or services from a categorical exclusion to a revenue threshold, or vice versa. The Fund may invest in securities of companies of any market capitalization although the Fund expects to focus its investments on large cap securities.

Companies will be assessed simultaneously on ESG, Value, Profitability, Momentum and Low Volatility factors using a systematic and disciplined investment approach. The Sub-Advisers’ ESG criteria are designed to ensure that the portfolio’s overall ESG profile is higher than that of the Fund’s benchmark. The Fund’s overall carbon intensity is expected to be at least 50% lower than that of the Fund’s benchmark, as determined by the Sub-Advisers.

For purposes of determining which investments meet the Sub-Advisers’ ESG criteria, each company considered for inclusion will be assessed and monitored using a quantitative framework that includes environmental, social and governance measures. The Sub-Advisers will use their internally developed ESG scores to identify companies that, in their view, demonstrate sound or improving ESG practices. This includes companies that have an attractive ESG score based on the Sub-Advisers’ proprietary rating system and/or companies that the Sub-Advisers engage with to improve ESG practices. The Sub-Advisers’ ESG scores evaluate the risks and opportunities around issues such as climate change, environmental performance, labor standards or corporate governance, which are considered in the assessment of investments. This assessment is supported by quantitative analysis from the Sub-Advisers’ proprietary ESG tools which provide detailed ESG analytics for each company. Environmental and social measures include, but are not limited to, the strength of environmental practices, climate change impact, responsible employment practices, and sensitivity towards the communities in which the companies operate. Governance measures include signals that seek to quantify the extent to which management teams act in the best interest of the principals or shareholders of the firm. Companies are considered to be good ‘Value’ investments if they appear cheap based on selected fundamental measures. In assessing ‘Profitability’, the Sub-Advisers favor companies that they believe are in good financial health and generate strong earnings. Companies that exhibit good ‘Momentum’ are those that have experienced favorable recent performance relative to peers. Finally, companies are considered to be good ‘Low Volatility’ investments if they appear to exhibit lower idiosyncratic volatility than average.

The Sub-Advisers use portfolio optimization techniques to build what they believe to be the optimal portfolio for the Fund, taking into consideration anticipated transaction costs, liquidity and additional criteria to ensure that the Fund’s portfolio is broadly diversified across factors, stocks and sectors. Because the objective of the optimization is to maximize exposure to stocks with the highest overall factor scores, subject to the considerations highlighted above, a low score in a particular factor will not necessarily result in exclusion from the Fund’s portfolio but rather will contribute to the overall evaluation of that company. The Sub-Advisers will regularly conduct a review of the Fund’s portfolio and rerun the optimization process to refresh the scores calculated for every stock in the investment universe and adjust portfolio weights as appropriate. The Fund will generally sell investments that have worse scores than at the prior portfolio review and buy stocks with improving scores.

Equity Risk – The risk that the price of equity or equity related securities may decline due to changes in a company’s financial condition and overall market and economic conditions.

ESG Investing Risk – 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. Because the Sub-Advisers evaluate ESG metrics when selecting securities, the Fund’s portfolio may perform differently than funds that do not use ESG metrics. ESG metrics may prioritize long term rather than short term returns. In addition, there is a risk that the securities identified by the Sub-Advisers to fit within their ESG criteria do not operate as anticipated. Although the Sub-Advisers seek to identify companies that fit within their ESG criteria, investors may differ in their views of what fits within this category of investments. As a result, the Fund may invest in companies that do not reflect the beliefs and values of any particular investor. The Sub-Advisers’ exclusion of certain investments from the Fund’s investment universe may adversely affect the Fund’s relative performance at times when such investments are performing well.

Large Cap Securities Risk – Returns on investments in stocks of large U.S. companies could trail the returns on investments in stocks of smaller and mid-sized companies.

Active Investment Management Risk – The risk that, if the Sub-Advisers’ investment strategy does not perform as expected, the Fund could underperform its peers or lose money.

Portfolio Manager	Title	Involved with Fund Since
Ashley Lester	Portfolio Manager	2021
Mei Huang	Portfolio Manager	2022
Philipp Kauer	Portfolio Manager	2022
Kristin Raassum, CFA	Portfolio Manager	2022

Hartford Municipal Opportunities ETF Summary Section

INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE. The Fund seeks to provide current income that is generally exempt from federal income taxes and long-term total return.

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

Management fees	0.29%
Distribution and service (12b-1) fees	None
Other expenses	0.00%
Total annual fund operating expenses	0.29%

Example. The example below is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Fund with the cost of investing in other exchange-traded funds. The example assumes that:

•

Your investment has a 5% return each year

•

The Fund’s operating expenses remain the same

Year 1	Year 3	Year 5	Year 10
$30	$93	$163	$368

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 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 fiscal year ended July 31, 2022, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate was 37% of the average value of its portfolio.

PRINCIPAL INVESTMENT STRATEGY. The Fund seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing in investment grade and non-investment grade municipal securities (known as “junk bonds”) that the sub-adviser, Wellington Management Company LLP (“Wellington Management”), considers to be attractive from a yield perspective while considering total return. At least 80% of the Fund’s net assets must be invested in municipal securities, and up to 35% of the Fund’s net assets may be invested in non-investment grade municipal securities. The Fund may invest in securities that produce income subject to income tax, including the Alternative Minimum Tax. The Fund will generally hold a diversified portfolio of investments across states and sectors, although the Fund is not required to invest in all states and sectors at all times. The Fund may invest in securities of any maturity or duration.

Wellington Management’s portfolio construction process combines a top-down strategy, bottom-up fundamental research and comprehensive risk management. Bottom-up, internally generated, fundamental research attempts to identify relative value among sectors, within sectors, and between individual securities. To better assess strategic issues that may impact the performance of an issuer, Wellington Management also integrates the evaluation of financially material environmental, social and/or governance (“ESG”) characteristics (where available for an issuer) into its fundamental analysis. ESG characteristics are one of several factors that contribute to Wellington Management’s overall evaluation of the risk and return potential of an issuer.

Municipal Securities Risk – Municipal securities risks include the possibility that the issuer may be unable to pay interest or repay principal on a timely basis or at all, the relative lack of information about certain issuers of municipal securities, and the possibility of future legislative changes which could affect the market for and value of municipal securities. In addition, state or local political or economic conditions and developments can adversely affect the securities issued by state and local governments. The value of the municipal securities owned by the Fund also may be adversely affected by future changes in federal or state income tax laws, including tax rate reductions or the determination that municipal securities are subject to taxation.

High Yield Investments Risk – High yield investments rated below investment grade (also referred to as “junk bonds”) are considered to be speculative and are subject to heightened credit risk, which may make the Fund more sensitive to adverse developments in the U.S. and abroad. Lower rated debt securities generally involve greater risk of default or price changes due to changes in the issuer’s creditworthiness than higher rated debt securities. The market prices of these securities may fluctuate more than those of higher rated securities and may decline significantly in periods of general economic difficulty. There may be little trading in the secondary market for particular debt securities, which may make them more difficult to value or sell.

Active Investment Management Risk – The risk that, if the sub-adviser’s investment strategy does not perform as expected, the Fund could underperform its peers or lose money.

can purchase and sell shares and various types of orders that may be placed. Investors should consult their financial intermediary before purchasing or selling shares of the Fund. Neither the investment manager nor the Fund’s sub-adviser can predict whether the Fund’s shares will trade below, at or above their NAV. Price differences may be due, in large part, to the fact that supply and demand forces at work in the secondary trading market for the Fund’s shares will be closely related to, but not identical to, the same forces influencing the prices of the Fund’s holdings trading individually or in the aggregate at any point in time. In addition, unlike many ETFs, the Fund is not an index fund. The Fund is actively managed and does not seek to replicate the performance of a specified index. There can be no assurance as to whether and/or to what extent the Fund’s shares will trade at premiums or discounts to NAV or to the intraday value of the Fund’s holdings.

The bar chart shows the Fund’s performance for each calendar year since the Fund’s inception.

Total returns by calendar year

During the periods shown in the chart above:	Returns	Quarter Ended
Best Quarter Return	3.12%	March 31, 2019
Worst Quarter Return	-1.50%	March 31, 2020

The

year-to-date

return of the Fund as of

September 30, 2022

was

-11.47%

Average Annual Total Returns. The table below shows returns for the Fund over time compared to those of a broad-based market index. After-tax returns are calculated using the historical highest individual U.S. federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes. In some instances, the “Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares” may be greater than “Return Before Taxes” because the investor is assumed to be able to use the capital loss from the sale of Fund shares to offset other taxable gains. Actual after-tax returns, which depend on an investor’s particular tax situation, may differ from those shown and are not relevant to investors who hold their Fund shares through tax-deferred arrangements, such as 401(k) plans or individual retirement accounts. Updated performance information is available by visiting our website at hartfordfunds.com.

Average annual total returns for periods ending December 31, 2021

		Since Inception
Hartford Municipal Opportunities ETF	1 Year	(12/13/2017)
Return Before Taxes	1.95%	4.20%
Return After Taxes on Distributions	1.95%	3.96%
Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares	1.84%	3.71%
Bloomberg Municipal Bond 1-15 Year Blend (1-17) Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)	0.86%	3.35%

MANAGEMENT. The Fund’s investment manager is Hartford Funds Management Company, LLC. The Fund’s sub-adviser is Wellington Management.

Portfolio Manager	Title	Involved with Fund Since
Timothy D. Haney, CFA	Senior Managing Director and Fixed Income Portfolio Manager	2017
Brad W. Libby	Managing Director and Fixed Income Portfolio Manager/Credit Analyst	2017

TAX INFORMATION. The Fund’s distributions of interest on municipal bonds generally are not subject to federal income tax; however the Fund may distribute taxable dividends, including distributions of short-term capital gains, and long-term capital gains. In addition, interest on certain bonds may be subject to the federal alternative minimum tax. To the extent that the Fund’s distributions are derived from interest on bonds that are not exempt from applicable state and local taxes, such distributions will be subject to such state and local taxes.

Hartford Short Duration ETF Summary Section

INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE. The Fund seeks to provide current income and long-term total return.

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

Management fees	0.29%
Distribution and service (12b-1) fees	None
Other expenses	0.00%
Total annual fund operating expenses	0.29%

Example. The example below is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Fund with the cost of investing in other exchange-traded funds. The example assumes that:

•

Your investment has a 5% return each year

•

The Fund’s operating expenses remain the same

Year 1	Year 3	Year 5	Year 10
$30	$93	$163	$368

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 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 fiscal year ended July 31, 2022, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate was 41% (excluding to be announced (TBA) roll transactions) of the average value of its portfolio. If TBA roll transactions were included, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate would have been 47% of the average value of its portfolio.

PRINCIPAL INVESTMENT STRATEGY. The Fund seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing in securities that Wellington Management Company LLP (“Wellington Management”), the Fund’s sub-adviser, considers to be attractive giving consideration to both yield and total return. The Fund normally invests in investment grade securities. The Fund may invest up to 35% of its net assets in non-investment grade fixed income securities (also referred to as “junk bonds”). The Fund may also invest up to 35% of its net assets in bank loans or loan participation interests in secured or unsecured variable, fixed or floating rate loans to U.S. and foreign corporations, partnerships and other entities (“Bank Loans”). The Fund’s investments in non-investment grade Bank Loans and other non-investment grade fixed income securities in the aggregate are not expected to exceed 35% of the Fund’s net assets. Under normal circumstances, the Fund will invest at least 80% of its net assets in fixed income securities, including Bank Loans.

The fixed income securities in which the Fund may invest include, but are not limited to, (1) securities issued or guaranteed as to principal or interest by the U.S. Government, its agencies or instrumentalities; (2) non-convertible and convertible debt securities issued or guaranteed by U.S. corporations or other issuers (including foreign issuers); (3) asset-backed and mortgage-related securities, including collateralized mortgage obligations and collateralized loan obligations; (4) securities and loans issued or guaranteed as to principal or interest by a foreign issuer, including supranational entities such as development banks, non-U.S. corporations, banks or bank holding companies, or other foreign issuers; (5) commercial mortgage-backed securities; (6) zero coupon securities; (7) fixed income related derivatives; and (8) Bank Loans.

In order to manage the Fund’s interest rate risk, including managing the Fund’s average duration, the Fund generally uses derivatives such as Treasury futures, options and interest rate swaps. The Fund normally will maintain a dollar weighted average duration of less than 3 years. Duration is a measure of the sensitivity of a fixed income security’s price to changes in interest rates. The Fund’s average duration measure will incorporate a bond’s yield, coupon, final maturity, and the effect of derivatives that may be used to manage the Fund’s interest rate risk. The Fund may invest up

to 25% of its net assets in securities of foreign issuers. The Fund may also invest in “Rule 144A” securities, which are privately placed, restricted securities that may only be resold under certain circumstances to other qualified institutional buyers.

The portfolio manager may allocate a portion of the Fund’s assets to specialists within Wellington Management who implement the individual sector and security selection strategies.

Loans and Loan Participations Risk – Loans and loan participations, including floating rate loans, are subject to credit risk, including the risk of nonpayment of principal or interest. Also, substantial increases in interest rates may cause an increase in loan defaults. Although the loans the Fund holds may be fully collateralized at the time of acquisition, the collateral may decline in value, be relatively illiquid, or lose all or substantially all of its value subsequent to investment. The risks associated with unsecured loans, which are not backed by a security interest in any specific collateral, are higher than those for comparable loans that are secured by specific collateral. In addition, in the event an issuer becomes insolvent, a loan could be subject to settlement risks or administrative disruptions that could adversely affect the Fund’s investment. It may also be difficult to obtain reliable information about a loan or loan participation.

Many loans are subject to restrictions on resale (thus affecting their liquidity) and may be difficult to value. As a result, the Fund may be unable to sell its loan interests at an advantageous time or price. Loans and loan participations typically have extended settlement periods (generally greater than 7 days). As a result of these extended settlement periods, the Fund may incur losses if it is required to sell other investments or temporarily borrow to meet its cash needs. Loans may also be subject to extension risk (the risk that borrowers will repay a loan more slowly in periods of rising interest rates) and prepayment risk (the risk that borrowers will repay a loan more quickly in periods of falling interest rates).

The Fund may acquire a participation interest in a loan that is held by another party. When the Fund’s loan interest is a participation, the Fund may have less control over the exercise of remedies than the party selling the participation interest, and it normally would not have any direct rights against the borrower.

Loan interests may not be considered “securities,” and purchasers, such as the Fund, may not, therefore, be entitled to rely on the anti-fraud protections of the federal securities laws. The Fund may be in possession of material non-public information about a borrower or issuer as a result of its ownership of a loan or security of such borrower or issuer. Because of prohibitions on trading in securities of issuers while in possession of such information, the Fund may be unable to enter into a transaction in a loan or security of such a borrower or issuer when it would otherwise be advantageous to do so.

Derivatives Risk – Derivatives are instruments whose value depends on, or is derived from, the value of an underlying asset, reference rate or index. Derivatives may be riskier than other types of investments because they may be more sensitive to changes in economic or market conditions than other types of investments and could result in losses that significantly exceed the Fund’s original investment. Successful use of derivative instruments by the Fund depends on the sub-adviser’s judgment with respect to a number of factors and the Fund’s performance could be worse and/or more volatile than if it had not used these instruments. In addition, the fluctuations in the value of derivatives may not correlate perfectly with the value of any portfolio assets being hedged, the performance of the asset class to which the sub-adviser seeks exposure, or the overall securities markets.

Restricted Securities Risk – Restricted securities are subject to the risk that they may be difficult to sell at the time and price the Fund prefers.

Active Investment Management Risk – The risk that, if the sub-adviser’s investment strategy does not perform as expected, the Fund could underperform its peers or lose money. In addition, to the extent the Fund allocates a portion of its assets to specialist portfolio managers, those styles employed may not be complementary, which could adversely affect the Fund’s performance.

large part, to the fact that supply and demand forces at work in the secondary trading market for the Fund’s shares will be closely related to, but not identical to, the same forces influencing the prices of the Fund’s holdings trading individually or in the aggregate at any point in time. In addition, unlike many ETFs, the Fund is not an index fund. The Fund is actively managed and does not seek to replicate the performance of a specified index. There can be no assurance as to whether and/or to what extent the Fund’s shares will trade at premiums or discounts to NAV or to the intraday value of the Fund’s holdings.

The bar chart shows the Fund’s performance for each calendar year since the Fund’s inception.

Total returns by calendar year

During the periods shown in the chart above:	Returns	Quarter Ended
Best Quarter Return	5.98%	June 30, 2020
Worst Quarter Return	-4.84%	March 31, 2020

The

year-to-date

return of the Fund as of

September 30, 2022

was

-5.88%

depend on an investor’s particular tax situation, may differ from those shown and are not relevant to investors who hold their Fund shares through tax-deferred arrangements, such as 401(k) plans or individual retirement accounts. Updated performance information is available by visiting our website at hartfordfunds.com.

Average annual total returns for periods ending December 31, 2021

		Since Inception
Hartford Short Duration ETF	1 Year	(5/30/2018)
Return Before Taxes	0.47%	3.24%
Return After Taxes on Distributions	-0.41%	2.05%
Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares	0.30%	1.98%
Bloomberg 1-3 Year US Government/Credit Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)	-0.47%	2.33%

MANAGEMENT. The Fund’s investment manager is Hartford Funds Management Company, LLC. The Fund’s sub-adviser is Wellington Management.

Portfolio Manager	Title	Involved with Fund Since
Timothy E. Smith	Senior Managing Director and Fixed Income Portfolio Manager	2018
Marc K. Piccuirro, CFA	Managing Director and Fixed Income Portfolio Manager	2018

Hartford Sustainable Income ETF Summary Section

INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE. The Fund seeks to provide current income and long-term total return, within a sustainability framework.

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

Management fees	0.54%
Distribution and service (12b-1) fees	None
Other expenses	0.00%
Total annual fund operating expenses	0.54%

Example. The example below is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Fund with the cost of investing in other exchange-traded funds. The example assumes that:

•

Your investment has a 5% return each year

•

The Fund’s operating expenses remain the same

Year 1	Year 3	Year 5	Year 10
$55	$173	$302	$677

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 in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund’s performance. From September 21, 2021 (commencement of operations) through July 31, 2022, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate was 39% (excluding to be announced (TBA) roll transactions) of the average value of its portfolio. If TBA roll transactions were included, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate would have been 143% of the average value of its portfolio.

PRINCIPAL INVESTMENT STRATEGY. The Fund seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing primarily in domestic and foreign debt securities that the sub-adviser, Wellington Management Company LLP (“Wellington Management”), considers to be attractive from a yield perspective while considering total return and also incorporating a sustainability framework (described below). The Fund normally invests in non-investment grade debt securities (also known as “junk bonds”) and highly rated securities.

The foreign debt securities in which the Fund invests include securities of emerging market issuers. The Fund may invest in various types of debt securities, including, but not limited to, corporate bonds; debt securities issued by foreign governments; U.S. government and agency securities; bank loans or loan participation interests in secured, second lien or unsecured variable, fixed or floating rate loans; and securitized debt (such as mortgage-related and asset-backed securities). The Fund may use derivatives including futures contracts, swaps, options and forward foreign currency contracts, to manage portfolio risk, for efficient replication of securities the Fund could buy or for other investment purposes.

The Fund seeks to be diversified across sectors, although the Fund is not required to invest in all sectors at all times and may invest 100% of its net assets in one sector if conditions warrant. The Fund may purchase or sell securities on a when-issued, delayed delivery or forward commitment basis, including securities acquired or sold in the “to be announced” (TBA) market. The Fund may invest in certain restricted securities, such as securities that are only eligible for resale pursuant to Rule 144A, and securities of U.S. and non-U.S. issuers that are issued pursuant to Regulation S. The Fund may trade securities actively and may invest in debt securities of any maturity or duration. There is no limit on the average maturity of the Fund’s portfolio. The portfolio managers may allocate a portion of the Fund’s assets to specialists within Wellington Management who drive individual sector and security selection strategies.

The Fund will normally invest at least 80% of its assets in securities of issuers that Wellington Management determines fit into its sustainability framework. These issuers include: (1) issuers that Wellington Management believes are addressing certain social or environmental challenges and, through their products, services and projects, are seeking to improve access to and quality of basic life essentials, reduce inequality, or mitigate the effects of climate change; and/or (2) issuers that are leaders or demonstrating improvement relative to their peer groups on sustainability characteristics that Wellington Management believes are relevant based on its proprietary insights.

As part of its sustainability framework, Wellington Management also evaluates carbon exposure for corporate issuers at the portfolio level to the extent that there is available data. Wellington Management generally seeks to manage the Fund so that the carbon footprint of the corporate issuers held within the Fund at the portfolio level is lower than the carbon footprint of the corporate issuers within the Fund’s investment universe, as determined by Wellington Management. Carbon footprint in this context refers to weighted average carbon intensity, which is calculated by multiplying each issuer’s carbon intensity (tons CO2e/$M revenue) by its weight in the portfolio (% eligible market value) and then summing those values to the portfolio total. Eligibility is currently based on exposure to long-only, direct corporate holdings and excludes look-through to pools. Wellington Management uses a combination of issuer self-disclosed and third-party carbon data in its analysis. Wellington Management’s carbon exposure analysis is dependent upon information and data that may be incomplete, inaccurate or unavailable.

Wellington Management conducts its analysis of sustainable characteristics through its own proprietary research (including fundamental research and proprietary ESG scores prepared by its dedicated ESG team), analysis of publicly available information, its engagement with certain issuers, and if applicable, third party data. Examples of such characteristics could include, but are not limited to, energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions, impact on air or water quality, sustainable packaging, supply-chain risk management, gender diversity, labor practices, or financial inclusion.

Wellington Management will not generally invest in an issuer where the majority of such issuer’s revenues in Wellington Management’s view are derived from the production, manufacturing, or sale of fossil fuels, tobacco, recreational cannabis, or weapons. However, Wellington Management opportunistically invests in bonds issued by fossil fuel companies whose proceeds are solely used to fund the development of new renewable energy. These exclusions may be updated periodically by Wellington Management to, among other things, add or remove exclusion categories and/or revise the revenue threshold.

Emerging Markets Risk – The risks related to investing in foreign securities are generally greater with respect to investments in companies that conduct their principal business activities in emerging markets or whose securities are traded principally on exchanges in emerging markets. The risks of investing in emerging markets include risks of illiquidity, increased price volatility, smaller market capitalizations, less government regulation and oversight, less extensive and less frequent accounting, financial, auditing and other reporting requirements, significant delays in settlement of trades, risk of loss resulting from problems in share registration and custody and substantial economic and political disruptions. In addition, the imposition of exchange controls (including repatriation restrictions), sanctions, confiscations, trade restrictions (including tariffs) and other government restrictions by the United States and other governments may also result in losses. Frontier markets are those emerging markets that are considered to be among the smallest, least mature and least liquid, and as a result, the risks of investing in emerging markets are magnified in frontier markets.

Derivatives Risk – Derivatives are instruments whose value depends on, or is derived from, the value of an underlying asset, reference rate or index. Derivatives may be riskier than other types of investments because they may be more sensitive to changes in economic or market conditions than other types of investments and could result in losses that significantly exceed the Fund’s original investment. Successful use of derivative instruments by the Fund depends on the sub-adviser’s judgment with respect to a number of factors and the Fund’s performance could be worse and/or more volatile than if it had not used these instruments. In addition, the fluctuations in the value of derivatives may not correlate perfectly with the value of any portfolio assets being hedged, the performance of the asset class to which the sub-adviser seeks exposure, or the overall securities markets.

Forward Currency Contracts Risk – A forward currency contract is an agreement between two parties to buy and sell a currency at a set price on a future date. The market value of a forward currency contract fluctuates with changes in foreign currency exchange rates. While forward foreign currency exchange contracts do not eliminate fluctuations in the value of foreign securities, they do allow the Fund to establish a fixed rate of exchange for a future point in time. Use of such contracts, therefore, can have the effect of reducing returns and minimizing opportunities for gain. The Fund could also lose money when the contract is settled. The Fund’s gains from its positions in forward foreign currency contracts may accelerate and/or recharacterize the Fund’s income or gains and its distributions to shareholders. The Fund’s losses from such positions may also recharacterize the Fund’s income and its distributions to shareholders and may cause a return of capital to Fund shareholders. Such acceleration or recharacterization could affect an investor’s tax liability.

Mortgage-Related and Asset-Backed Securities Risk – Mortgage-related and asset-backed securities represent interests in “pools” of mortgages or other assets, including consumer loans or receivables held in trust. These mortgage-related or asset-backed securities are subject to credit risk, interest rate risk, “prepayment risk” (the risk that borrowers will repay a loan more quickly in periods of falling interest rates) and “extension risk” (the risk that borrowers will repay a loan more slowly in periods of rising interest rates). If the Fund invests in mortgage-related or asset-backed securities that are subordinated to other interests in the same mortgage or asset pool, the Fund may only receive payments after the pool’s obligations to other investors have been satisfied. An unexpectedly high rate of defaults on the mortgages held by a mortgage pool may limit substantially the pool’s ability to make payments of principal or interest to the Fund, reducing the values of those securities or in some cases rendering them worthless. The risk of such defaults is generally higher in the case of mortgage pools that include so-called “subprime” mortgages. Uniform Mortgage-Backed Securities, which generally align the characteristics of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac certificates, are a recent innovation and the effect they may have on the market for mortgage-related securities is uncertain.

To Be Announced (TBA) Transactions Risk – TBA investments include when-issued and delayed delivery securities and forward commitments. TBA transactions involve the risk that the security the Fund buys will lose value prior to its delivery. The Fund is subject to this risk whether or not the Fund takes delivery of the securities on the settlement date for a transaction. There also is the risk that the security will not be issued or that the other party to the transaction will not meet its obligation. If this occurs, the Fund loses both the investment opportunity for the assets it set aside to pay for the security and any gain in the security’s price. The Fund may also take a short position in a TBA investment when it owns or has the right to obtain, at no added cost, identical securities. If the Fund takes such a short position, it may reduce the risk of a loss if the price of the securities declines in the future, but will lose the opportunity to profit if the price rises. TBA transactions may also result in a higher portfolio turnover rate and/or increased capital gains for the Fund.

Restricted Securities Risk – Restricted securities are subject to the risk that they may be difficult to sell at the time and price the Fund prefers.

Sovereign Debt Risk – Non-U.S. sovereign and quasi-sovereign debt are subject to the risk that the issuer or government authority that controls the repayment of the debt may be unable or unwilling to repay the principal or interest when due. This may result from political or social factors, the general economic environment of a country or economic region, levels of foreign debt or foreign currency exchange rates.

Sustainable Investing Risk – Applying a sustainability framework to the investment process may exclude or reduce exposure to securities of certain issuers for sustainability reasons and, therefore, the Fund may forgo some market opportunities available to funds that do not use a sustainability framework. The Fund’s performance may at times be better or worse than the performance of funds that do not use a sustainability framework. Although the sub-adviser seeks to identify issuers that fit within its sustainability framework, investors may differ in their views of what fits within this category of investments. As a result, the Fund may invest in issuers that do not reflect the beliefs and values of any particular investor.

The sub-adviser’s exclusion of certain investments from the Fund’s investment universe may adversely affect the Fund’s relative performance at times when such investments are performing well. Because the sub-adviser evaluates sustainability characteristics when selecting certain securities, the Fund’s portfolio may perform differently than funds that do not use sustainability characteristics. Sustainability characteristics may prioritize long term rather than short term returns. There is a risk that the information that the sub-adviser uses in evaluating an issuer may be incomplete, inaccurate or unavailable, which could adversely affect the analysis relevant to a particular investment.

In addition, the sub-adviser’s assessment of whether an issuer fits within its sustainability framework is made at the time of purchase and as a result, there is a risk that the issuers identified by the sub-adviser will not operate as anticipated and will no longer fit within the sub-adviser’s sustainability framework. Further, the regulatory landscape with respect to sustainable investing in the United States is still developing and future rules and regulations may require the Fund to modify or alter its investment process with respect to sustainable investing.

LIBOR Risk – The Fund may invest in certain securities, derivatives, or other financial instruments that use a London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) as a reference rate for various rate calculations. The ICE Benchmark Administration Limited, the administrator of LIBOR, has ceased publishing certain LIBOR settings on December 31, 2021, and the remaining LIBOR settings are expected to be discontinued on June 30, 2023. Some regulated entities (such as banks) have ceased to enter into new LIBOR-based contracts beginning January 1, 2022. The transition process away from LIBOR may lead to increased volatility and illiquidity in markets that currently rely on LIBOR to determine interest rates, and the use of an alternative reference rate may adversely affect the Fund’s performance. In addition, the usefulness of LIBOR may deteriorate in the period leading up to its discontinuation, which could adversely affect the liquidity or market value of securities that use LIBOR.

Market Price Risk – The net asset value (“NAV”) of the Fund’s shares and the value of your investment may fluctuate. The market prices of the Fund’s shares will generally fluctuate in accordance with changes in NAV and changes in the intraday value of the Fund’s holdings, as well as the relative supply of and demand for the shares on the Fund’s listing exchange. Although it is expected that the Fund’s shares will remain listed on the exchange, disruptions to creations and redemptions, the existence of market volatility or lack of an active trading market for the shares (including through a trading halt), as well as other factors, may result in the shares trading significantly above (at a premium to) or below (at a discount to) the Fund’s NAV or the intraday value of the Fund’s holdings. During such periods, you may be unable to sell your shares or may incur significant losses if you sell your shares. There are various methods by which investors can purchase and sell shares and various types of orders that may be placed. Investors should consult their financial intermediary before purchasing or selling shares of the Fund. Neither the investment manager nor the Fund’s sub-adviser can predict whether the Fund’s shares will trade below, at or above their NAV. Price differences may be due, in large part, to the fact that supply and demand forces at work in the secondary trading market for the Fund’s shares will be closely related to, but not identical to, the same forces influencing the prices of the Fund’s holdings trading individually or in the aggregate at any point in time. In addition, unlike many ETFs, the Fund is not an index fund. The Fund is actively managed and does not seek to replicate the performance of a specified index. There can be no assurance as to whether and/or to what extent the Fund’s shares will trade at premiums or discounts to NAV or to the intraday value of the Fund’s holdings.

MANAGEMENT. The Fund’s investment manager is Hartford Funds Management Company, LLC. The Fund’s sub-adviser is Wellington Management.

Portfolio Manager	Title	Involved with Fund Since
Campe Goodman, CFA	Senior Managing Director and Fixed Income Portfolio Manager	2021
Joseph F. Marvan, CFA	Senior Managing Director and Fixed Income Portfolio Manager	2021
Robert D. Burn, CFA	Managing Director and Fixed Income Portfolio Manager	2021

Hartford Schroders Tax-Aware Bond ETF Summary Section

INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE. The Fund seeks total return on an after-tax basis.

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

Management fees	0.39%
Distribution and service (12b-1) fees	None
Other expenses	0.00%
Total annual fund operating expenses	0.39%

Example. The example below is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Fund with the cost of investing in other exchange-traded funds. The example assumes that:

•

Your investment has a 5% return each year

•

The Fund’s operating expenses remain the same

Year 1	Year 3	Year 5	Year 10
$40	$125	$219	$493

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 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 fiscal year ended July 31, 2022, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate was 116% of the average value of its portfolio.

PRINCIPAL INVESTMENT STRATEGY. The Fund seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing in a diversified portfolio of fixed income debt instruments of varying maturities. Under normal circumstances, the Fund invests at least 80% of its assets in U.S. dollar-denominated, investment-grade fixed income debt instruments. Fixed income debt instruments include bonds, debt securities and other similar instruments issued by various U.S. and non-U.S. public or private-sector entities.

The fixed income debt instruments in which the Fund may invest include securities issued or guaranteed by the U.S. government and its agencies, government-sponsored enterprise securities, corporate bonds, mortgage-backed securities (including “to be announced” or “TBA” transactions), asset-backed securities, municipal securities, sovereign debt and debt securities issued by supranational organizations. They may pay fixed, variable, or floating interest rates. “Investment-grade” securities are securities that are rated by at least one major rating agency in one of its top four rating categories, or, if unrated, are determined by the Fund’s sub-advisers to be of similar quality, at the time of purchase. In the case of a split rated security (that is, two or more rating agencies give a security different ratings), the average rating shall apply. The Fund may invest without limit in U.S. dollar denominated foreign securities. The Fund may also invest a portion of its assets in cash and cash equivalents. Schroder Investment Management North America Inc. (“SIMNA”) serves as the Fund’s sub-adviser. SIMNA may use a sub-sub-adviser, Schroder Investment Management North America Limited (“SIMNA Ltd.”), which is an affiliate. References to “Sub-Advisers” include SIMNA Ltd., as applicable, with respect to its role as the Fund’s sub-sub-adviser.

In seeking to achieve the Fund’s investment objective, the Sub-Advisers’ employ a tax-aware investing strategy that attempts to realize total return for shareholders, primarily in the form of current income and price appreciation, by balancing investment considerations and tax considerations. “Total return” consists of income earned on the Fund’s

investments, plus capital appreciation, if any. The Sub-Advisers allocate the Fund’s assets among taxable and tax-exempt investments with no limitation on the amount of assets that may be invested in either category. The Fund is eligible to pay “exempt-interest dividends” only if 50% of the value of its total assets is invested in tax-exempt securities at the end of each quarter of its taxable year. At times, the Fund’s investments in municipal securities may be substantial depending on the Sub-Advisers’ outlook on the market. In particular, the Fund may invest more than 25% of its total assets in municipal securities of issuers in each of California, New York and Texas.

It is important to understand that the Fund is not limited to investing solely in assets that generate tax-exempt income and may make both taxable and tax-exempt distributions to shareholders. Among the techniques and strategies used by the Fund in seeking tax-efficient management are the following: investing in municipal securities, the interest from which is exempt from federal income tax (but not necessarily the federal alternative minimum tax (“AMT”) or state income tax); investing in taxable securities where after-tax valuation is favorable; attempting to minimize net realized short-term capital gain; and employing a long-term approach to investing. When making investment decisions for the Fund, the Sub-Advisers take into consideration the maximum federal tax rates.

The Fund’s decision to purchase or sell a security or make investments in a particular sector is based on relative value considerations. In analyzing the relative attractiveness of a particular security or sector, the Sub-Advisers assess an issue’s historical relationships to other bonds, technical factors including supply and demand and fundamental risk and reward relationships. As part of this analysis, the Sub-Advisers also consider sector exposures, interest rate duration, yield and the relationship between yields and maturity dates. In addition, the Sub-Advisers integrate financially material environmental, social and governance (“ESG”) characteristics (where available for an issuer) into their investment process. ESG characteristics are one of several factors that contribute to the Sub-Advisers’ overall evaluation of the risk and return potential of an issuer.

As part of its tax-aware strategy, the Fund typically sells securities when the anticipated performance benefit justifies the resulting gain. This strategy often includes minimizing the sale of securities with large unrealized gains, holding securities long enough to avoid short-term capital gains taxes, selling securities with a higher cost basis first and offsetting capital gains realized in one security by selling another security at a capital loss.

In addition, the Fund may engage in transactions involving derivatives. Derivative transactions may include exchange-traded futures contracts. The Fund will normally use derivatives to supplement the effective management of its duration profile, to gain exposure to particular securities or markets, in connection with hedging transactions, or for purposes of efficient portfolio management, including managing cash flows or as part of the Fund’s risk management process.

and redeemers of Creation Units in the form of creation and redemption transaction fees. As a result of these factors, the spreads between the bid and the offered prices of the Fund’s shares may be wider than those of shares of ETFs that primarily or wholly transact in-kind.

State-Specific Risk – A fund that may invest more than 25% of its total assets in municipal securities of issuers in one or more states is subject to the risk that the economies of the states in which it invests, and the revenues supporting the municipal securities, may decline. Investing significantly in one or more states means that the Fund may be more exposed to negative political or economic factors in those states than a fund that invests more widely.

Active Investment Management Risk – The risk that, if the Sub-Advisers’ investment strategy does not perform as expected, the Fund could underperform its peers or lose money.

The bar chart shows the Fund’s performance for each calendar year since the Fund’s inception.

Total returns by calendar year

During the periods shown in the chart above:	Returns	Quarter Ended
Best Quarter Return	4.30%	June 30, 2020
Worst Quarter Return	-0.86%	March 31, 2020

The

year-to-date

return of the Fund as of

September 30, 2022

was

-12.43%

Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares” may be greater than “Return Before Taxes” because the investor is assumed to be able to use the capital loss from the sale of Fund shares to offset other taxable gains. Actual after-tax returns, which depend on an investor’s particular tax situation, may differ from those shown and are not relevant to investors who hold their Fund shares through tax-deferred arrangements, such as 401(k) plans or individual retirement accounts. Updated performance information is available by visiting our website at hartfordfunds.com.

Average annual total returns for periods ending December 31, 2021

		Since Inception
Hartford Schroders Tax-Aware Bond ETF	1 Year	(4/18/2018)
Return Before Taxes	0.02%	4.00%
Return After Taxes on Distributions	-0.42%	3.58%
Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares	0.45%	3.19%
Bloomberg Municipal Bond Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)	1.52%	4.44%

Portfolio Manager	Title	Involved with Fund Since
Lisa Hornby, CFA	Portfolio Manager	2018
Neil G. Sutherland, CFA	Portfolio Manager	2017
Julio C. Bonilla, CFA	Portfolio Manager	2017
David May	Portfolio Manager	2020

TAX INFORMATION. The Fund’s distributions are generally taxable, and may be taxed as ordinary income or capital gains, unless you are investing through a tax-deferred arrangement, such as a 401(k) plan or an individual retirement account. Such tax-deferred arrangements may be taxed later upon withdrawal of monies from those arrangements. If at least 50% of the value of its total assets is invested in tax-exempt securities at the end of each quarter of its taxable year, the Fund is eligible to pay “exempt-interest dividends” for such taxable year. There can be no assurance that the Fund will qualify to pay exempt-interest dividends with respect to any taxable year.

Hartford Total Return Bond ETF Summary Section

INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE. The Fund seeks a competitive total return, with income as a secondary objective.

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

Management fees	0.29%
Distribution and service (12b-1) fees	None
Other expenses	0.00%
Total annual fund operating expenses	0.29%

Example. The example below is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Fund with the cost of investing in other exchange-traded funds. The example assumes that:

•

Your investment has a 5% return each year

•

The Fund’s operating expenses remain the same

Year 1	Year 3	Year 5	Year 10
$30	$93	$163	$368

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 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 fiscal year ended July 31, 2022, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate was 61% (excluding to be announced (TBA) roll transactions) of the average value of its portfolio. If TBA roll transactions were included, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate would have been 450% of the average value of its portfolio.

PRINCIPAL INVESTMENT STRATEGY. Under normal circumstances, the Fund invests at least 80% of its net assets in bonds that the sub-adviser, Wellington Management Company LLP (“Wellington Management” or the “Sub-Adviser”), considers to be attractive from a total return perspective along with current income. The Fund may invest up to 20% of its net assets in securities rated below investment grade (also known as “junk bonds”).

Bonds in which the Fund invests include, but are not limited to, (1) securities issued or guaranteed as to principal or interest by the U.S. Government, its agencies or instrumentalities; (2) non-convertible debt securities issued or guaranteed by U.S. corporations or other issuers (including foreign governments or corporations); (3) asset-backed and mortgage-related securities, including collateralized loan obligations; and (4) securities issued or guaranteed as to principal or interest by a sovereign government or one of its agencies or political subdivisions, supranational entities such as development banks, non-U.S. corporations, banks or bank holding companies, or other foreign issuers.

The Fund may use derivatives to manage portfolio risk or for other investment purposes. The derivatives in which the Fund may invest include, but are not limited to, futures and options contracts, swap agreements and forward foreign currency contracts. Additionally, the Fund may invest up to 40% of its net assets in debt securities of foreign issuers, including from emerging markets, and up to 20% of its net assets in non-dollar securities. The Fund may purchase or sell securities on a when-issued, delayed delivery or forward commitment basis, including securities acquired or sold in the “to be announced” (TBA) market. The Fund may invest in “Rule 144A” securities, which are privately placed, restricted securities that may only be resold under certain circumstances to other qualified institutional buyers. The Fund may trade securities actively. Although the Fund may invest in securities and other instruments of any maturity or duration, the Fund normally invests in debt securities with a maturity of at least one year. There is no limit on the average maturity of the Fund’s portfolio.

for a transaction. There also is the risk that the security will not be issued or that the other party to the transaction will not meet its obligation. If this occurs, the Fund loses both the investment opportunity for the assets it set aside to pay for the security and any gain in the security’s price. The Fund may also take a short position in a TBA investment when it owns or has the right to obtain, at no added cost, identical securities. If the Fund takes such a short position, it may reduce the risk of a loss if the price of the securities declines in the future, but will lose the opportunity to profit if the price rises. TBA transactions may also result in a higher portfolio turnover rate and/or increased capital gains for the Fund.

Derivatives Risk – Derivatives are instruments whose value depends on, or is derived from, the value of an underlying asset, reference rate or index. Derivatives may be riskier than other types of investments because they may be more sensitive to changes in economic or market conditions than other types of investments and could result in losses that significantly exceed the Fund’s original investment. Successful use of derivative instruments by the Fund depends on the Sub-Adviser’s judgment with respect to a number of factors and the Fund’s performance could be worse and/or more volatile than if it had not used these instruments. In addition, the fluctuations in the value of derivatives may not correlate perfectly with the value of any portfolio assets being hedged, the performance of the asset class to which the Sub-Adviser seeks exposure, or the overall securities markets.

Restricted Securities Risk – Restricted securities are subject to the risk that they may be difficult to sell at the time and price the Fund prefers.

Active Investment Management Risk – The risk that, if the Sub-Adviser’s investment strategy does not perform as expected, the Fund could underperform its peers or lose money. In addition, to the extent the Fund allocates a portion of its assets to specialist portfolio managers, those styles employed may not be complementary, which could adversely affect the Fund’s performance.

Market Price Risk – The net asset value (“NAV”) of the Fund’s shares and the value of your investment may fluctuate. The market prices of the Fund’s shares will generally fluctuate in accordance with changes in NAV and changes in the intraday value of the Fund’s holdings, as well as the relative supply of and demand for the shares on the Fund’s listing exchange. Although it is expected that the Fund’s shares will remain listed on the exchange, disruptions to creations and redemptions, the existence of market volatility or lack of an active trading market for the shares (including through a trading halt), as well as other factors, may result in the shares trading significantly above (at a premium to) or below (at a discount to) the Fund’s NAV or the intraday value of the Fund’s holdings. During such periods, you may be unable to sell your shares or may incur significant losses if you sell your shares. There are various methods by which investors can purchase and sell shares and various types of orders that may be placed. Investors should consult their financial intermediary before purchasing or selling shares of the Fund. Neither the investment manager nor the Fund’s Sub-Adviser can predict whether the Fund’s shares will trade below, at or above their NAV. Price differences may be due, in large part, to the fact that supply and demand forces at work in the secondary trading market for the Fund’s shares will be closely related to, but not identical to, the same forces influencing the prices of the Fund’s holdings trading individually or in the aggregate at any point in time. In addition, unlike many ETFs, the Fund is not an index fund. The Fund is actively managed and does not seek to replicate the performance of a specified index. There can be no assurance as to whether and/or to what extent the Fund’s shares will trade at premiums or discounts to NAV or to the intraday value of the Fund’s holdings.

The bar chart shows the Fund’s performance for each calendar year since the Fund’s inception.

Total returns by calendar year

During the periods shown in the chart above:	Returns	Quarter Ended
Best Quarter Return	6.02%	June 30, 2020
Worst Quarter Return	-3.21%	March 31, 2021

The

year-to-date

return of the Fund as of

September 30, 2022

was

-16.40%

Average annual total returns for periods ending December 31, 2021

		Since Inception
Hartford Total Return Bond ETF	1 Year	(9/27/2017)
Return Before Taxes	-0.77%	4.21%
Return After Taxes on Distributions	-2.23%	2.47%
Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares	-0.27%	2.52%
Bloomberg US Aggregate Bond Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)	-1.54%	3.47%

MANAGEMENT. The Fund’s investment manager is Hartford Funds Management Company, LLC. The Fund’s sub-adviser is Wellington Management.

Portfolio Manager	Title	Involved with Fund Since
Joseph F. Marvan, CFA	Senior Managing Director and Fixed Income Portfolio Manager	2017
Campe Goodman, CFA	Senior Managing Director and Fixed Income Portfolio Manager	2017
Robert D. Burn, CFA	Managing Director and Fixed Income Portfolio Manager	2017

Summary Information About the Exchange-Traded Funds

This prospectus describes eight ETFs: Hartford Schroders Commodity Strategy ETF (the “Commodity Strategy ETF”), Hartford Core Bond ETF (the “Core Bond ETF”), Hartford Schroders ESG US Equity ETF (the “ESG US Equity ETF”), Hartford Municipal Opportunities ETF (the “Municipal Opportunities ETF”), Hartford Short Duration ETF (the “Short Duration ETF”), Hartford Sustainable Income ETF (the “Sustainable Income ETF”), Hartford Schroders Tax-Aware Bond ETF (the “Tax-Aware Bond ETF”), and Hartford Total Return Bond ETF (the “Total Return Bond ETF“) (each a “Fund” and collectively, the “Funds”), each a series of Hartford Funds Exchange-Traded Trust (the “Trust”).

The Funds provide access to the professional investment advisory services offered by Hartford Funds Management Company, LLC (“HFMC”); Wellington Management Company LLP (“Wellington Management”) for Core Bond ETF, Municipal Opportunities ETF, Short Duration ETF, Sustainable Income ETF and Total Return Bond ETF; and Schroder Investment Management North America Inc. (“SIMNA”) and Schroder Investment Management North America Limited (“SIMNA Ltd.” or together with SIMNA, “Schroders”) for Commodity Strategy ETF, ESG US Equity ETF and Tax-Aware Bond ETF. ETFs are funds that trade on an exchange like other publicly-traded securities and may be designed to track an index or to be actively managed. The Funds are actively managed and do not seek to replicate the performance of a specified index. Unlike shares of a mutual fund, which all shareholders can buy or redeem directly from the issuing fund at a price based on Net Asset Value (“NAV”), only Authorized Participants may buy and redeem shares of the Funds directly from the Funds at NAV. Also, unlike shares of a mutual fund, shares of the Funds are listed on a national securities exchange and trade in the secondary market at market prices that change throughout the day.

Shares of Commodity Strategy ETF, Municipal Opportunities ETF, Tax-Aware Bond ETF and Total Return Bond ETF are listed and traded at market prices on the NYSE Arca, Inc. (“NYSE Arca”) and shares of Core Bond ETF, ESG US Equity ETF, Short Duration ETF and Sustainable Income ETF are listed and traded on Cboe BZX Exchange, Inc. (“Cboe BZX”). Shares of the Funds may be listed and trade on other secondary markets. The market price for each Fund’s shares may be different from that Fund’s NAV. Each Fund issues and redeems shares at NAV only in Creation Units, which only Authorized Participants may purchase or redeem directly with a Fund at NAV. These transactions are in exchange for securities and/or cash. Except when aggregated in Creation Units, shares of a Fund are not redeemable securities. Shareholders who are not Authorized Participants may not purchase or redeem shares directly from a Fund.

An investment in a Fund should not by itself constitute an entire investment program. This prospectus explains what you should know about the Funds before you invest. Please read it carefully. Investors should be aware that the investments made by the Funds and the results achieved by the Funds at any given time are not expected to be the same as those made by other funds for which HFMC acts as investment manager/adviser, or for which Wellington Management or Schroders act as sub-adviser, including funds with names, investment objectives and policies similar to the Funds. Certain affiliates of the Funds and HFMC may purchase and resell Fund shares pursuant to this Prospectus.

Additional information about the Funds, including Fund fact sheets, and information regarding each Fund’s net asset value, market price, bid-ask spreads and the number of days that the Fund’s shares traded on NYSE Arca or Cboe BZX at a price above (i.e., at a premium) or below (i.e., at a discount) the NAV of the Fund during the prior calendar year and subsequent quarters, when available, can be found at hartfordfunds.com.

Additional Information Regarding Investment Strategies and Risks

Information about each Fund’s investment objective and principal strategy is provided in the summary section of this prospectus. Additional information regarding the investment strategy and other investment policies for each of the Funds is provided below.

commodity strategy etf

In addition to the principal strategies set forth in the summary section, the Fund may also invest in emerging markets instruments and in equities, debt securities, convertible securities and warrants of issuers in commodity related industries. In addition, the Fund may enter into repurchase agreements with counterparties that are deemed to present acceptable credit risks. A repurchase agreement is a transaction in which the Fund purchases securities or other obligations from a bank or securities dealer and simultaneously commits to resell them to a counterparty at an agreed-upon date or upon demand and at a price reflecting a market rate of interest unrelated to the coupon rate or maturity of the purchased obligations.

The Fund’s investment process follows four pillars of analysis: fundamental, quantitative, technical, and sentiment. To implement its investment policy, the Fund may use standardized and non-standardized (customized) derivative financial instruments. It may conduct such transactions on a stock exchange or another Regulated Market open to the public, or directly with a bank or financial institution specializing in these types of business as counterparty (over-the counter or “OTC” trading). The use of these instruments is not expected to result in the Fund being leveraged nor will they be used to engage in short selling. Where the Fund uses total return swaps, the underlying consists of instruments in which the Fund may invest according to its investment objective and investment strategy. In particular, total return swaps may be used to gain long exposure to commodities.

With respect to its ESG analysis discussed in the summary section, the Sub-Advisers integrate ESG characteristics into all phases of the investment process, from selection of investments to portfolio construction and engagement. When assessing the ESG characteristics, the Sub-Advisers evaluate the risks and opportunities around issues such as climate change, environmental performance, labor standards and corporate governance. The Sub-Advisers conduct their analysis of ESG characteristics primarily through the use of their proprietary tools. As part of its investment process, the Sub-Advisers assign ESG scores to the commodities that they have determined are within the Fund’s investible universe. A commodity’s ESG score is intended to measure, among other things, the effect that ESG characteristics are anticipated to have on the supply and demand for that commodity. The emphasis that the Sub-Advisers place on various factors when purchasing and selling investments for the Fund may change with changes in the markets.

Core Bond ETF

In addition to the principal strategies set forth in the summary section, the Fund may invest in emerging markets issuers, enter into bond forwards and forward currency contracts and engage in short selling with respect to its “to be announced” (TBA) investments. The Fund may also invest in dollar rolls and in other investment companies and exchange traded notes. The Fund may invest in loans and loan participations, credit risk transfer securities, inflation protected securities, repurchase agreements, warrants and zero coupon securities. While the Fund will not make direct purchases of common stock, from time to time the Fund will hold positions in common stock as a result of certain events, such as among other things the exercise of conversion rights or warrants, as well as restructurings or bankruptcy plans of reorganization with respect to an issuer’s securities held by the Fund.

In managing the Fund’s portfolio, Wellington Management emphasizes identification of structural and cyclical themes that may unfold over the intermediate to long term complemented by shorter-term opportunistic themes created by market dislocations. When evaluating investments for the Fund, Wellington Management has access to, and may consider, proprietary environmental, social and/or governance (“ESG”) research to help evaluate a company’s (or issuer’s) risk and return potential. Wellington Management believes financially material ESG characteristics can impact the performance of the companies (or issuers) in which it invests. As part of its assessment of an issuer, Wellington Management has discretion to determine the level at which financially material ESG characteristics are imbedded into its overall analysis. Wellington Management also engages with management of certain companies (or issuers) regarding corporate governance practices as well as what it deems to be materially important environmental and/or social issues facing a company (or issuer).

esg us equity etf

In addition to the principal strategies set forth in the summary section, the Fund may also invest in exchanged-traded futures contracts and other exchange-traded derivatives for purposes of efficient portfolio management, including managing cash flows, or as part of the Fund’s risk management process, and cash and cash equivalents.

The Fund’s investment approach seeks to out-perform the market and to achieve a better ESG profile compared to the Russell 1000 Index, the Fund’s benchmark. The Fund’s portfolio is designed to have less than half the carbon intensity compared to the benchmark as determined by the Sub-Advisers. Carbon intensity is defined as the amount of carbon (typically expressed in terms of weight) emitted per unit of activity. The Sub-Advisers review carbon intensity by comparing reported direct emissions and certain categories of reported indirect emissions in accordance with protocols such as the GreenHouse Gas (GHG) Protocol Corporate Standard.

The Sub-Advisers incorporate ESG characteristics into the Fund’s investment process in a number of ways. In addition to the use of proprietary ESG criteria, the Sub-Advisers assess political and ESG risk at a country level and monitor developing positive and negative themes. The Sub-Advisers analyze key ESG themes to look for opportunities to integrate these insights into the investment process. The Sub-Advisers also have an active program of company engagement. Finally, the Sub-Advisers implement industry-specific and revenue-based exclusions of companies facing increased risk given their business involvements.

Municipal Opportunities ETF

Although the Fund does not have restrictions regarding maturity or duration, the Fund tends to have an average maturity of 5 - 25 years. In addition to the principal strategies described in the summary section, the Fund may use derivatives and may invest in variable rate bonds known as “inverse floaters” which pay interest at rates that bear an inverse relationship to changes in short-term market interest rates. The Fund may use derivatives to manage portfolio risk, to replicate securities the Fund could buy that are not currently available in the market or for other investment purposes. The Fund may also (1) enter into repurchase and reverse repurchase agreements; (2) invest in other ETFs and exchange-traded notes; and (3) invest in privately placed, restricted securities that may only be resold under certain circumstances to other qualified institutional buyers.

The sub-adviser, Wellington Management, combines top-down strategy with bottom-up fundamental research and comprehensive risk management within the portfolio construction process. Bottom-up, internally generated, fundamental research attempts to identify relative value among sectors, within sectors, and between individual securities. Wellington Management integrates the evaluation of financially material ESG characteristics into its investment process. Wellington Management believes ESG characteristics, such as climate risk, governance practices, as well as other ESG characteristics, can have an impact on the performance of the securities in which it invests and present potential risk. Examples of such characteristics include: extreme weather, wildfires, demographic trends, data quality and protection, and human capital and labor rights issues. As a part of its analysis, Wellington Management assesses how ESG risks impact municipal fundamentals and whether valuations compensate for that risk. Wellington Management conducts its analysis of ESG characteristics primarily through its proprietary research. Wellington Management also engages with certain issuers regarding governance practices as well as what it deems to be materially important environmental and/or social issues facing an issuer.

Short Duration ETF

In addition to the principal strategies set forth in the summary section, the Fund may enter into bond forwards and may invest in when-issued and delayed delivery securities and forward commitment transactions. Such investments may include mortgage-backed securities acquired or sold in the “to be announced” (TBA) market. The Fund may also invest in other investment companies, exchange traded notes, emerging market securities and non-dollar securities.

The sub-adviser, Wellington Management, uses proprietary research to conduct value-driven sector rotation and intensive credit and structure analyses, while utilizing interest rate management, within the portfolio construction process. Wellington Management seeks to add value from top-down sector rotation decisions, bottom-up security selection within sectors, and interest rate management. When evaluating investments for the Fund, Wellington Management has access to, and may consider, proprietary environmental, social and/or governance (“ESG”) research to help evaluate a company’s (or issuer’s) risk and return potential. Wellington Management believes financially material ESG characteristics can impact the performance of the companies (or issuers) in which it invests. Wellington Management has discretion to determine the level at which financially material ESG characteristics are imbedded into its overall analysis. Wellington Management also engages with management of certain companies (or issuers) regarding corporate governance practices as well as what it deems to be materially important environmental and/or social issues facing a company (or issuer).

sustainable income etf

In addition to the principal strategies described in the summary section, the Fund may also (1) engage in short-selling of “to-be-announced” investments; (2) enter into bond forwards; (3) invest in other investment companies (including exchange-traded funds); (4) invest in exchange traded notes; (5) invest in convertible securities, including contingent capital securities (also known as contingent convertible securities or CoCos); (6) invest in preferred stock; (7) invest in common stock; (8) invest in credit risk transfer securities; and (9) invest in collateralized loan obligations.

The sub-adviser, Wellington Management, blends longer-term, strategic positioning with shorter term, tactical investment strategies within a sustainable investing framework.

Wellington Management seeks to add value from top-down sector rotation decisions, bottom-up security selection within sectors, and interest rate management. As a part of the investment process, Wellington Management seeks to exploit inefficiencies in high yield credit markets.

In identifying issuers which Wellington Management believes are addressing certain social or environmental challenges, it looks across three primary impact categories: life essentials, human empowerment and the environment. Wellington Management aims to select securities which it believes will offer an attractive return profile over the long term, for example, issuers whose core products, services and projects align with any one or a combination of different impact themes, whose social and/or environmental impact is measurable and where fundamental analysis supports a long-term return. In defining the opportunity set, it takes into account both quantitative and qualitative considerations.

In identifying sustainable leaders and improvers, Wellington Management seeks to identify issuers that it believes demonstrate leadership relative to their peers or which are committed to improving their environmental, social or governance practices within a reasonable period of time through their management and operations, or through policy and development indicators in the case of sovereign issuers.

Wellington Management will look to engage with individual issuers on environmental, social or governance topics where it believes positive change can be brought about through direct interaction. Wellington Management uses this engagement with issuers to inform its assessment of whether an issuer fits within its sustainability framework. Wellington Management’s dedicated ESG sector analysts provide insight on how certain issuers perform with respect to sustainable characteristics. These analysts also assist Wellington Management to identify global best practices, to prepare for issuer engagement and collaborate on new research paths.

Wellington Management determines whether the sustainability characteristics of an issuer, when taken together, fit within its sustainability framework at the time of purchase. If the sustainability characteristics of a security change after the time of purchase, the Fund may continue to hold the security.

Wellington Management may modify its sustainability framework to include additional types of issuers without notice to shareholders.

Tax-Aware Bond ETF

In addition to the principal strategies described in the summary section, the Fund may also invest in structured securities, inverse floaters, loans, loan participations, master limited partnerships, high yield bonds (i.e. junk bonds), inflation-protected securities, collateralized loan obligations, zero coupon securities, exchange-traded funds (“ETFs”), exchange traded notes, real estate investment trusts (“REITs”), and privately placed, restricted securities that may only be resold under certain circumstances to other qualified institutional buyers. The Fund may also enter into repurchase and reverse repurchase agreements. In addition to the derivative transactions described in the summary section, the Fund may also engage in transactions in over-the-counter derivatives, such as swap contracts (including interest rate swaps, total return swaps, and credit default swaps). The Fund may also utilize options on futures.

The Fund may invest in fixed income securities of any maturity or duration. The Fund’s effective duration may vary over time depending on the Sub-Advisers’ assessment of market and economic conditions and other factors. Duration is a measure of a bond price’s sensitivity to a given change in interest rates; effective duration is a measure of the Fund’s portfolio duration adjusted for the anticipated effect of interest rate changes on pre-payment rates. Generally, the higher a bond’s duration, the greater its price sensitivity to a change in interest rates. In contrast to duration, maturity measures only the time until final payment is due. With respect to its ESG analysis discussed in the summary section, the Sub-Advisers integrate financially material ESG characteristics into all phases of the investment process, from selection of investments to portfolio construction and engagement. When assessing the ESG characteristics, the Sub-Advisers evaluate the risks and opportunities around issues such as climate change, environmental performance, labor standards and corporate governance. The Sub-Advisers conduct their analysis of ESG characteristics primarily through the use of their proprietary tools. The Sub-Advisers believe that this ESG assessment, which is integrated with more

traditional methods, is an important consideration to understand the potential of a company. The Sub-Advisers engage with management of certain issuers regarding corporate governance practices as well as what the Sub-Advisers deem to be materially important environmental and/or social issues facing a company. The Sub-Advisers analyze the exposure to and management of ESG characteristics and combine that with fundamental bottom-up credit research to enhance its understanding of an investment’s fair value. The emphasis that the Sub-Advisers place on various factors when purchasing and selling securities for the Fund may change with changes in the markets. Sector allocation and individual security decisions are made independent of sector and security weightings in the benchmark.

Total Return Bond ETF

In addition to the principal strategies described in the summary section, the Fund may invest up to 15% of its net assets in bank loans or loan participation interests in secured or unsecured variable, fixed or floating rate loans to U.S. and foreign corporations, partnerships and other entities. The Fund may invest up to 15% of its net assets in preferred stocks, convertible securities (including contingent capital securities (also known as contingent convertible securities or CoCos)), and securities accompanied by warrants to purchase equity securities. While the Fund will not make direct purchases of common stock, from time to time the Fund will hold positions in common stock as a result of certain events, such as among other things the exercise of conversion rights or warrants, as well as restructurings or bankruptcy plans of reorganization with respect to an issuer’s securities held by the Fund. The Fund may (1) engage in short-selling of “to-be-announced” (TBA) investments; (2) use dollar rolls; (3) enter into bond forwards; (4) invest in other investment companies, including exchange-traded funds (ETFs); (5) invest in exchange traded notes; and (6) invest in credit risk transfer securities.

The sub-adviser, Wellington Management, emphasizes identification of structural and cyclical themes that may unfold over the intermediate to long term complemented by shorter-term opportunistic themes created by market dislocations. When evaluating investments for the Fund, Wellington Management has access to, and may consider, proprietary environmental, social and/or governance (“ESG”) research to help evaluate a company’s (or issuer’s) risk and return potential. Wellington Management believes financially material ESG characteristics can impact the performance of the companies (or issuers) in which it invests. Wellington Management has discretion to determine the level at which financially material ESG characteristics are imbedded into its overall analysis. Wellington Management also engages with management of certain companies (or issuers) regarding corporate governance practices as well as what it deems to be materially important environmental and/or social issues facing a company (or issuer).

INVESTMENT GRADE AND NON-INVESTMENT GRADE SECURITIES

Unless otherwise stated in a Fund’s investment strategies, “Investment grade” quality means securities that are rated at the time of purchase within the four highest categories assigned by Moody’s (“Aaa”, “Aa”, “A” or “Baa”) or S&P (“AAA”, “AA”, “A” or “BBB”) or Fitch (“AAA”, “AA”, “A” or “BBB”) or are unrated securities that are judged by the sub-adviser(s) to be of comparable quality to securities rated within these four highest categories. Non-investment grade securities are securities rated “Ba” or lower by Moody’s, “BB” or lower by S&P or “BB” or lower by Fitch, or securities which, if unrated, are determined by the sub-adviser(s) to be of comparable quality. Debt securities rated below investment grade are commonly referred to as “high yield-high risk securities” or “junk bonds.”

DURATION

Duration is a measure of the sensitivity of a fixed income security’s price to changes in interest rates. For example, the price of a bond fund with an average duration of two years would be expected to fall approximately 2% if interest rates rose by one percentage point. Securities with longer durations tend to be more sensitive to interest rate (or yield) changes than securities with shorter durations. A Fund’s average duration measure incorporates a bond’s yield, coupon, final maturity, and the effect of derivatives.

More Information About Risks

The principal and certain additional risks of investing in each Fund are described below. When you sell your shares they may be worth more or less than what you paid for them, which means that you could lose money as a result of your investment. Many factors affect each Fund’s performance. An investment in a Fund is not a bank deposit and is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency. There is no assurance that a Fund will achieve its investment objective, and you should not consider any one fund alone to be a complete investment program. The different types of securities, investments, and investment techniques used by each Fund have varying degrees of risk. The Funds’ combined statement of additional information (“SAI”) contains more detailed information about the Funds’ investment policies and risks.

√ Principal Risk X Additional Risk	Commodity Strategy ETF	Core Bond ETF	ESG US Equity ETF	Municipal Opportunities ETF	Short Duration ETF	Sustainable Income ETF	Tax-Aware Bond ETF	Total Return Bond ETF
Active Investment Management Risk	√	√	√	√	√	√	√	√
Active Trading Risk	√	√				√	√	√
Authorized Participant Concentration Risk	√	√	√	√	√	√	√	√
Bond Forwards Risk		X			X	X		X
Call Risk	X	√		√	√	√	√	√
Cash Transactions Risk	√	√	√	√	√	√	√	√
Commodities Related Investments Risk	√
Commodity-Linked Derivatives Risk	√
Convertible Securities Risk	X	X			X	X		X
Counterparty Risk	√	X	X	X	X	X	√	X
Credit Risk	√	√		√	√	√	√	√
Credit Risk Transfer Securities Risk		X			X	X		X
Currency Risk	√	X			X	X		√
Depositary Receipts Risk	X		X
Derivatives Risk	√	√	X	X	√	√	√	√
Forward Currency Contracts Risk	√	X			X	√		√
Forward Rate Agreements Risk				X
Futures and Options Risk	√	√	X	X	√	√	√	√
Hedging Risk	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Swaps Risk	√	√			√	√	X	√
Dollar Rolls Risk		X			X			X
Equity Risk	√		√			X
ESG Integration and ESG Consideration Risk	√	X		√	X		√	X
ESG Investing Risk			√
Exchange-Traded Funds Risk	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Exchange-Traded Notes Risk	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Event Risk		√		X	√			√
Foreign Investments Risk	X	√			√	√	√	√
Sovereign Debt Risk	X	X			X	√		X
Emerging Markets Risk	X	X			X	√	X	√
High Yield Investments Risk				√	√	√		√
Illiquid Investments Risk	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Inflation Risk		X		X	X		X	X
Inflation-Protected Securities Risk		X			X	X	X	X
Interest Rate Risk	√	√		√	√	√	√	√
Inverse Floater Risk				X

√ Principal Risk X Additional Risk	Commodity Strategy ETF	Core Bond ETF	ESG US Equity ETF	Municipal Opportunities ETF	Short Duration ETF	Sustainable Income ETF	Tax-Aware Bond ETF	Total Return Bond ETF
Issuer Risk		X		X	X	X	X	X
Large Cap Securities Risk			√
Large Shareholder Transaction Risk	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Leverage Risk	√	√		X	√	√	√	√
LIBOR Risk	X	X		X	X	√	X	X
Liquidity Risk	X	√	X	√	√	√	√	√
Loans and Loan Participations Risk		X			√	√		X
Market Price Risk	√	√	√	√	√	√	√	√
Market Risk	√	√	√	√	√	√	√	√
Mid Cap Securities Risk			X
Mortgage-Related and Other Asset-Backed Securities Risk		√			√	√	√	√
Collateralized Loan Obligations Risk		√			√	X	X	√
Municipal Securities Risk				√	X	X	√
New Fund Risk	X	X	X			X
No Guarantee of Active Trading Market Risk	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Other Investment Companies Risk	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Quantitative Investing Risk			X
Repurchase Agreements Risk	X	X		X	X
Restricted Securities Risk	X	√	X	X	√	√	X	√
Reverse Repurchase Agreements Risk				X
Secondary Trading Market Issues	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Sector Risk