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SUMMARY PROSPECTUS
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Franklin Liberty U.S. Treasury Bond ETF
Franklin Templeton ETF Trust
June 1, 2020
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Ticker:
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Exchange:
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FLGV
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NYSE Arca, Inc.
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Before you invest, you may want to review the Fund's prospectus, which contains more information about the Fund and its risks.
You can find the Funds prospectus, statement of additional information, reports to shareholders and other information
about the Fund online at www.franklintempleton.com. You can also get this information at no cost by calling (800) DIAL BEN®/342-5236 or by sending an e-mail request to prospectus@franklintempleton.com. The Fund's prospectus and statement of additional information, both dated June 1, 2020, as may be supplemented, are all incorporated by reference into this Summary Prospectus.
Internet Delivery of Fund Reports Unless You Request Paper Copies: Effective January 1, 2021, as permitted by the SEC, paper copies of the Funds shareholder reports will no longer be
sent by mail, unless you specifically request them from your financial intermediary. Instead, the reports will be made available
on a website, and you will be notified by mail each time a report is posted and provided with a website link to access the
report.
If you already elected to receive shareholder reports electronically, you will not be affected by this change and you need
not take any action. If you have not signed up for electronic delivery, we would encourage you to join fellow shareholders
who have. You may elect to receive shareholder reports and other communications electronically by contacting your financial
intermediary.
You may elect to continue to receive paper copies of all your future shareholder reports free of charge by contacting your
financial intermediary to let the financial intermediary know of your request. Your election to receive reports in paper will
apply to all funds held with your financial intermediary.
Franklin Liberty U.S. Treasury Bond ETF
Investment Goal
Income.
Fees and Expenses of the Fund
The following table describes the fees and expenses that you will incur if you own shares of the Fund. You may also incur
usual and customary brokerage commissions when buying or selling shares of the Fund, which are not reflected in the Example
that follows.
Annual Fund Operating Expenses
(expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)
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Management fees
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0.45%
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Distribution and service (12b-1) fees
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None
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Other expenses1
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0.14%
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Total annual Fund operating expenses
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0.59%
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Fee waiver and/or expense reimbursement2
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-0.50%
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Total annual Fund operating expenses after fee waiver and/or expense reimbursement2
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0.09%
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1. Other expenses are based on estimated amounts for the current fiscal year.
2. The investment manager has contractually agreed to waive or assume certain expenses so that total annual Fund operating expenses
(including acquired fund fees and expenses, but excluding certain non-routine expenses) for the Fund do not exceed 0.09% until
July 31, 2021. Contractual fee waiver and/or expense reimbursement agreements may not be changed or terminated during the
time period set forth above.
Example
This Example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Fund with the cost of investing in other funds.
The Example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods indicated and then sell all of your shares at
the end of the period. The Example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year and that the Fund's operating
expenses remain the same. The Example reflects adjustments made to the Funds operating expenses due to the fee waivers
and/or expense reimbursements by management for the 1 Year numbers only. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower,
based on these assumptions your costs would be:
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1 Year
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3 Years
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Franklin Liberty U.S. Treasury Bond ETF
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$ 9
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$ 139
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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.
Principal Investment Strategies
Under normal market conditions, the Fund invests at least 80% of its net assets in direct obligations of the U.S. Treasury,
including Treasury bonds, bills and notes, and investments that provide exposure to direct obligations of the U.S. Treasury.
The Fund may invest in U.S. Treasury securities of any maturity and intends to primarily focus on U.S. Treasury securities
with a remaining maturity of between 1-30 years.
The Fund may also invest in securities issued or guaranteed by the U.S. government, its agencies, or instrumentalities, including
government sponsored entities and mortgage-backed securities.
A mortgage-backed security is an interest in a pool of mortgage loans made and packaged or pooled together by
banks, mortgage lenders, various governmental agencies and other financial institutions for sale to investors to finance purchases
of homes, commercial buildings and other real estate. The Funds investments in mortgage-backed securities include securities
that are issued or guaranteed by the U.S. government, its agencies or instrumentalities, which include mortgage pass-through
securities representing interests in pools of mortgage loans issued or guaranteed by the Government National Mortgage
Association (Ginnie Mae), the Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae), and the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation
(Freddie Mac). The mortgage securities the Fund invests in may be fixed-rate or adjustable-rate mortgage-backed securities
(ARMS).
The Fund may also purchase or sell mortgage securities on a delayed delivery or forward commitment basis through the to-be-announced
(TBA) market. With TBA transactions, the particular securities to be delivered must meet specified terms and conditions.
To pursue its investment goal, the Fund may enter into certain interest rate-related derivative transactions, principally
interest rate/bond futures contracts and interest rate swaps. The use of these derivative transactions may allow the Fund
to obtain net long or short exposures to select interest rates or durations. These derivatives may be used to enhance Fund
returns, increase liquidity, gain exposure to certain instruments or markets in a more efficient or less expensive way and/or
hedge risks associated with its other portfolio investments. Derivatives that provide exposure to U.S. Treasuries may be
used to satisfy the Funds 80% policy.
The investment manager generally buys, and holds, high quality fixed income securities. Using this straightforward approach,
the investment manager seeks to produce current income with a high degree of credit safety from a conservatively managed portfolio
of U.S. Treasury securities.
The Fund is an actively managed exchange-traded fund (ETF) that does not seek to replicate the performance of a specified
index.
Principal Risks
You could lose money by investing in the Fund. ETF shares are not deposits or obligations of, or guaranteed or endorsed by,
any bank, and are not insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Federal Reserve Board, or any other agency
of the U.S. government. The Fund is subject to the principal risks noted below, any of which may adversely affect the Funds
net asset value (NAV), trading price, yield, total return and ability to meet its investment goal. Unlike many ETFs, the Fund
is not an index-based ETF.
Interest Rate When interest rates rise, debt security prices generally fall. The opposite is also generally true: debt security prices rise
when interest rates fall. Interest rate changes are influenced by a number of factors, including government policy, monetary
policy, inflation expectations, perceptions of risk, and supply of and demand for bonds. In general, securities with longer
maturities or durations are more sensitive to interest rate changes.
Market The market values of securities or other investments owned by the Fund will go up or down, sometimes rapidly or unpredictably.
The market value of a security or other investment may be reduced by market activity or other results of supply and demand
unrelated to the issuer. This is a basic risk associated with all investments. When there are more sellers than buyers, prices
tend to fall. Likewise, when there are more buyers than sellers, prices tend to rise.
Income Because the Fund can only distribute what it earns, the Fund's distributions to shareholders may decline when prevailing interest
rates fall or when the Fund experiences defaults on debt securities it holds.
Credit An issuer of debt securities may fail to make interest payments or repay principal when due, in whole or in part. Changes
in an issuer's financial strength or in a security's or government's credit rating may affect a security's value. Mortgage-backed
securities that are not issued by U.S. government agencies may have a greater risk of default because neither the U.S. government
nor an agency or instrumentality have guaranteed or provided credit support to them. The credit quality of most asset-backed
securities depends primarily on the credit quality of the underlying assets and the amount of credit support (if any) provided
to the securities. While securities issued by Ginnie Mae are backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. government, not
all securities of the various U.S. government agencies are, including those of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. Also, guarantees
of principal and interest payments do not apply to market prices, yields or the Funds share price. While the U.S. government
has, in the past, provided financial support to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the U.S. government is not obligated by law to
do so and no assurance can be given that the U.S. government will do so in the future.
Mortgage Securities Mortgage securities differ from conventional debt securities because principal is paid back periodically over the life of
the security rather than at maturity. The Fund may receive unscheduled payments of principal due to voluntary prepayments,
refinancings or foreclosures on the underlying mortgage loans. Because of prepayments, mortgage securities may be less effective
than some other types of debt securities as a means of "locking in" long-term interest rates and may have less potential for
capital appreciation during periods of falling interest rates. A reduction in the anticipated rate of principal prepayments,
especially during periods of rising interest rates, may increase or extend the effective maturity of mortgage securities,
making them more sensitive to interest rate changes, subject to greater price volatility, and more susceptible than some other
debt securities to a decline in market value when interest rates rise.
Prepayment Prepayment risk occurs when a debt security can be repaid in whole or in part prior to the security's maturity and the Fund
must reinvest the proceeds it receives, during periods of declining interest rates, in securities that pay a lower rate of
interest. Also, if a security has been purchased at a premium, the value of the premium would be lost in the event of prepayment.
Prepayments generally increase when interest rates fall.
Extension Some debt securities, particularly mortgage-backed securities, are subject to the risk that the debt securitys effective
maturity is extended because calls or prepayments are less or slower than anticipated, particularly when interest rates rise.
The market value of such security may then decline and become more interest rate sensitive.
When-Issued and Delayed Delivery Transactions Mortgage-backed securities may be issued on a when-issued or delayed delivery basis, where payment and delivery take place
at a future date. Because the market price of the security may fluctuate during the time before payment and delivery, the
Fund assumes the risk that the value of the security at delivery may be more or less than the purchase price.
Derivative Instruments The performance of derivative instruments depends largely on the performance of an underlying instrument, such as a security,
interest rate or index, and such derivatives often have risks similar to the underlying instrument, in addition to other risks.
Derivatives involve costs and can create economic leverage in the Funds portfolio which may result in significant volatility
and cause the Fund to participate in losses (as well as gains) in an amount that significantly exceeds the Funds initial
investment. Certain derivatives have the potential for unlimited loss, regardless of the size of the initial investment. Other
risks include illiquidity, mispricing or improper valuation of the derivative, and imperfect correlation between the value
of the derivative and the underlying instrument so that the Fund may not realize the intended benefits. Their successful use
will usually depend on the investment managers ability to accurately forecast movements in the market relating to the
underlying instrument. Should a market or markets, or prices of particular classes of investments move in an unexpected manner,
especially in unusual or extreme market conditions, the Fund may not achieve the anticipated benefits of the transaction,
and it may realize losses, which could be significant. If the investment manager is not successful in using such derivative
instruments, the Funds performance may be worse than if the investment manager did not use such derivatives at all.
When a derivative is used for hedging, the change in value of the derivative may also not correlate specifically with the
currency, security, interest rate, index or other risk being hedged. Derivatives also may present the risk that the other
party to the transaction will fail to perform. There is also the risk, especially under extreme market conditions, that a
derivative, which usually would operate as a hedge, provides no hedging benefits at all.
Management The Fund will be subject to management risk because it will be an actively managed investment portfolio. The Fund's investment
manager applies investment techniques and risk analyses in making investment decisions for the Fund, but there can be no guarantee
that these decisions will produce the desired results.
Market Trading The Fund faces numerous market trading risks, including the potential lack of an active market for Fund shares, losses from
trading in secondary markets, periods of high volatility and disruption in the creation/redemption process of the Fund. Any
of these factors, among others, may lead to the Funds shares trading at a premium or discount to NAV. Thus, you may
pay more (or less) than NAV when you buy shares of the Fund in the secondary market, and you may receive less (or more) than
NAV when you sell those shares in the secondary market. The investment manager cannot predict whether shares will trade above
(premium), below (discount) or at NAV.
Authorized Participant Concentration Only an authorized participant (Authorized Participant) may engage in creation or redemption transactions directly with the
Fund. The Fund has a limited number of institutions that act as Authorized Participants. To the extent that these institutions
exit the business or are unable 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 Creation Units (as defined below), Fund shares may trade at a discount
to NAV and possibly face trading halts and/or delisting. This risk may be more pronounced in volatile markets, potentially
where there are significant redemptions in ETFs generally.
Cash Transactions Unlike certain ETFs, the Fund expects to generally effect its creations and redemptions entirely for cash, rather than for
in-kind securities. Therefore, it may be required to sell portfolio securities and subsequently recognize gains on such sales
that the Fund might not have recognized if it were to distribute portfolio securities in-kind. As such, investments in Fund
shares may be less tax-efficient than an investment in an ETF that distributes portfolio securities entirely in-kind.
Small Fund When the Fund's size is small, the Fund may experience low trading volume and wide bid/ask spreads. In addition, the Fund
may face the risk of being delisted if the Fund does not meet certain conditions of the listing exchange.
Large Shareholder Certain shareholders, including other funds or accounts advised by the investment manager or an affiliate of the investment
manager, may from time to time own a substantial amount of the Fund's shares. In addition, a third party investor, the investment
manager or an affiliate of the investment manager, an authorized participant, a lead market maker, or another entity may invest
in the Fund and hold its investment for a limited period of time solely to facilitate commencement of the Fund or to facilitate
the Fund's achieving a specified size or scale. There can be no assurance that any large shareholder would not redeem its
investment, that the size of the Fund would be maintained at such levels or that the Fund would continue to meet applicable
listing requirements. Redemptions by large shareholders could have a significant negative impact on the Fund. In addition,
transactions by large shareholders may account for a large percentage of the trading volume on the listing exchange and may,
therefore, have a material upward or downward effect on the market price of the shares.
Performance
Because the Fund is new, it has no performance history. Once the Fund has commenced operations, you can obtain updated performance
information at franklintempleton.com or by calling (800) DIAL BEN/342-5236. The Fund's past performance (before and after
taxes) is not necessarily an indication of how the Fund will perform in the future.
Investment Manager
Franklin Advisers, Inc. (Advisers)
Sub-Advisor
Franklin Templeton Institutional, LLC (FT Institutional). For purposes of the Funds investment strategies, techniques
and risks, the term investment manager includes the sub-advisor.
Portfolio Managers
Warren Keyser Portfolio Manager of FT Institutional and portfolio manager of the Fund since inception (2020).
Patrick Klein, Ph.D. Portfolio Manager of Advisers and portfolio manager of the Fund since inception (2020).
Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares
The Fund is an ETF. Fund shares may only be purchased and sold on a national securities exchange through a broker-dealer.
The price of Fund shares is based on market price, and because ETF shares trade at market prices rather than NAV, shares may
trade at a price greater than NAV (a premium) or less than NAV (a discount). The Fund issues or redeems shares that have been
aggregated into blocks of 50,000 shares or multiples thereof (Creation Units) to Authorized Participants who have entered
into agreements with the Funds distributor, Franklin Templeton Distributors, Inc. The Fund will generally issue or redeem
Creation Units in return for a basket of cash and/or securities that the Fund specifies each day.
Taxes
The Funds distributions are generally taxable to you as ordinary income, capital gains, or some combination of both,
unless you are investing through a tax-deferred arrangement, such as a 401(k) plan or an individual retirement account, in
which case your distributions would generally be taxed when withdrawn from the tax-deferred account. Investment company dividends
paid to you from interest earned on certain U.S government securities may be exempt from state and local taxation, subject
in some states to minimum investment or reporting requirements that must be met by the Fund.
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 investment
manager or other related companies may pay the intermediary for certain Fund-related activities, including those that are
designed to make the intermediary more knowledgeable about exchange traded products, such as the Fund, as well as for marketing,
education or other initiatives related to the sale or promotion of Fund shares. These payments may create a conflict of interest
by influencing the broker-dealer or other intermediary and your salesperson to recommend the Fund over another investment.
Ask your salesperson or visit your financial intermediarys website for more information.
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Franklin Templeton Distributors, Inc.
One Franklin Parkway
San Mateo, CA 94403-1906
franklintempleton.com
Franklin Liberty U.S. Treasury Bond ETF
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