Correspondence 0001193125-25-174227 from Putnam ETF Trust (CIK 0001845809)
Putnam ETF Trust (CIK 0001845809)
Date: Aug. 6, 2025 · CIK: 0001845809 · Accession: 0001193125-25-174227
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File numbers found in text: 333-253222
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Re: Putnam ETF Trust (the “Registrant”)
Putnam ETF Trust
ROPES & GRAY LLP PRUDENTIAL TOWER 800 BOYLSTON STREET BOSTON, MA 02199-3600 WWW.ROPESGRAY.COM
August 6, 2025
James M. Forbes T +1 617 235 4765 james.forbes@ropesgray.com BY EDGAR Securities and Exchange Commission Division of Investment Management 100 F Street, N.E. Washington, D.C. 20549 Attn: Sonny Oh
Post-Effective Amendment No. 2 to the Registration Statement on Form N-14
File Number: 333-253222 Dear Mr. Oh: Pursuant to Rule 461(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Registrant respectfully requests that the effectiveness of the above-referenced post-effective amendment to its registration statement (the “Registration Statement”) on Form N-14 be accelerated to August 6, 2025, or as soon thereafter as practicable. The Registrant acknowledges that (i) should the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) or its staff (the “Staff”), acting pursuant to delegated authority, declare the filing effective, it does not foreclose the Commission from taking any actions with respect to the filing, (ii) the action of the Commission or the Staff, acting pursuant to delegated authority, in declaring the filing effective, does not relieve the Registrant from its full responsibility for the adequacy and accuracy of the disclosure in the filing, and (iii) the Registrant may not assert this action as a defense in any proceeding initiated by the Commission or any person under the federal securities laws of the United States. Please call me as soon as the Registration Statement has been declared effective. Sincerely,
/s/ James M. Forbes
James M. Forbes
cc: James E. Thomas
Venice Monagan
Franklin Distributors, LLC One Franklin Parkway San Mateo, CA 94403-1906 August 6, 2025 BY EDGAR Securities and Exchange Commission Division of Investment Management 100 F Street, N.E. Washington, D.C. 20549 Attn: Sonny Oh
Re: Putnam ETF Trust (the “Registrant”)
Post-Effective Amendment No. 2 to the Registration Statement on Form N-14
File Number: 333-253222 Dear Mr. Oh: Pursuant to Rule 461(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, Franklin Distributors, LLC, as principal underwriter of shares of the Registrant, hereby joins in the request of the Registrant for acceleration of the effective date of the above-referenced post-effective amendment to the Registrant’s registration statement on Form N-14 so that it becomes effective on August 6, 2025, or as soon thereafter as practicable. Very truly yours, By: /s/ Venice Monagan Name: Venice Monagan Title: Senior Corporate Counsel
cc: James E. Thomas, Esq., Ropes & Gray LLP
James M. Forbes, Esq., Ropes & Gray LLP
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CORRESP 1 filename1.htm Putnam ETF Trust ROPES & GRAY LLP PRUDENTIAL TOWER 800 BOYLSTON STREET BOSTON, MA 02199-3600 WWW.ROPESGRAY.COM August 6, 2025 James M. Forbes T +1 617 235 4765 james.forbes@ropesgray.com BY EDGAR Securities and Exchange Commission Division of Investment Management 100 F Street, N.E. Washington, D.C. 20549 Attn: Sonny Oh Re: Putnam ETF Trust (the “Registrant”) Post-Effective Amendment No. 2 to the Registration Statement on Form N-14 File Number: 333-253222 Dear Mr. Oh: Pursuant to Rule 461(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Registrant respectfully requests that the effectiveness of the above-referenced post-effective amendment to its registration statement (the “Registration Statement”) on Form N-14 be accelerated to August 6, 2025, or as soon thereafter as practicable. The Registrant acknowledges that (i) should the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) or its staff (the “Staff”), acting pursuant to delegated authority, declare the filing effective, it does not foreclose the Commission from taking any actions with respect to the filing, (ii) the action of the Commission or the Staff, acting pursuant to delegated authority, in declaring the filing effective, does not relieve the Registrant from its full responsibility for the adequacy and accuracy of the disclosure in the filing, and (iii) the Registrant may not assert this action as a defense in any proceeding initiated by the Commission or any person under the federal securities laws of the United States. Please call me as soon as the Registration Statement has been declared effective. Sincerely, /s/ James M. Forbes James M. Forbes cc: James E. Thomas Venice Monagan Franklin Distributors, LLC One Franklin Parkway San Mateo, CA 94403-1906 August 6, 2025 BY EDGAR Securities and Exchange Commission Division of Investment Management 100 F Street, N.E. Washington, D.C. 20549 Attn: Sonny Oh Re: Putnam ETF Trust (the “Registrant”) Post-Effective Amendment No. 2 to the Registration Statement on Form N-14 File Number: 333-253222 Dear Mr. Oh: Pursuant to Rule 461(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, Franklin Distributors, LLC, as principal underwriter of shares of the Registrant, hereby joins in the request of the Registrant for acceleration of the effective date of the above-referenced post-effective amendment to the Registrant’s registration statement on Form N-14 so that it becomes effective on August 6, 2025, or as soon thereafter as practicable. Very truly yours, By: /s/ Venice Monagan Name: Venice Monagan Title: Senior Corporate Counsel cc: James E. Thomas, Esq., Ropes & Gray LLP James M. Forbes, Esq., Ropes & Gray LLP