TOUCHSTONE ETF TRUST
Touchstone Ultra Short Income ETF (the “Fund”)
Supplement dated August 24, 2023, to the Fund’s Summary Prospectus, Prospectus, and Statement of Additional Information (“SAI”), each dated April 28, 2023, as may be amended or supplemented from time to time
Reduction in Advisory Fee
The Board of Trustees of the Touchstone ETF Trust (the “Trust”), including those Trustees who are not “interested persons” of the Trust as such term is defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, has approved a reduction in the Fund’s advisory fee.
Effective September 1, 2023, the Fund will pay its investment adviser, Touchstone Advisors, Inc. (the “Adviser”), an advisory fee at an annualized rate of 0.18% on the first $500 million of assets and 0.16% on assets over $500 million. Prior to September 1, 2023, the Fund paid the Adviser an advisory fee at an annualized rate of 0.25% on all assets. The Fund’s advisory fee is accrued daily and paid monthly, based on the Fund’s average net assets during the month.
Operating Expense Reduction
Effective September 1, 2023, the Adviser has agreed to waive a portion of its fees or reimburse certain Fund expenses (excluding dividend and interest expenses relating to short sales; interest; taxes; brokerage commissions and other transaction costs; portfolio transaction and investment related expenses, including expenses associated with the Fund's interfund lending program, if any; other expenditures which are capitalized in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles; the cost of “Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses”, if any; and other extraordinary expenses not incurred in the ordinary course of business) in order to limit annual Fund operating expenses to 0.25% of average daily net assets. This contractual expense limitation agreement will be effective through September 29, 2024. Prior to September 1, 2023, the Fund’s contractual expense limitations was 0.34% of average daily net assets.
Accordingly, the Annual Fund Operating Expense table and the Expense Example in the Summary Prospectus and in the summary section of the Prospectus are hereby restated to reflect changes to “Management Fees” and “Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver and/or Expense Reimbursement”:
Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)
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Touchstone
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Distribution and/or Shareholder Service (12b-1) Fees(1)
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Fee Waiver and/or Expense Reimbursement(3)
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Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver and/or Expense Reimbursement(3)
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(1)The Fund has adopted a Distribution (12b-1) Plan pursuant to which the Fund may incur and pay a Distribution (12b-1) Fee of up to a maximum of 0.25%. No such fee is currently incurred and paid by the Fund. The Fund will not incur and pay such a Distribution (12b-1) Fee until such time as approved by the Fund’s Board of Trustees (the “Board”).
(2)“Other Expenses” are based on estimated amounts for the current fiscal year.
(3)Touchstone Advisors, Inc. (the “Adviser” or “Touchstone Advisors”) and Touchstone ETF Trust (the “Trust”) have entered into a contractual expense limitation agreement whereby Touchstone Advisors will waive a portion of its fees or reimburse certain Fund expenses (excluding dividend and interest expenses relating to short sales; interest; taxes; brokerage commissions and other transaction costs; portfolio transaction and investment related expenses, including expenses associated with the Fund's interfund lending program, if any; other expenditures which are capitalized in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles; the cost of “Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses”, if any; and other extraordinary expenses not incurred in the ordinary course of business) in order to limit annual Fund operating expenses to 0.25% of average daily net assets. This contractual expense limitation is effective through September 29, 2024, but can be terminated by a vote of the Board of Trustees of the Trust (the “Board”) if it deems the termination to be beneficial to the Fund’s shareholders. The terms of the contractual expense limitation agreement provide that Touchstone Advisors is entitled to recoup, subject to approval by the Board, such amounts waived or reimbursed for a period of up to three years