{"url_path":"/sec/cik-0001501825/8-k/2026-06-03/item-8-01","section_key":"item-8-01","section_title":"Item 8.01 **","topic":"sec","document":{"doc_type":"8-K","doc_date":"2026-06-03","source_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1501825/0001104659-26-069819-index.html","accession_number":"0001104659-26-069819","cik":"0001501825","ticker":null,"issuer_name":"Hartford Funds Exchange-Traded Trust","edgar_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1501825/0001104659-26-069819-index.html","primary_entity_key":"0001501825","primary_entity_name":"Hartford Funds Exchange-Traded Trust"},"word_count":389,"has_tables":true,"body_markdown":"**Item 8.01**\n**Other Events.**\n\n \n\nOn June 3, 2026, The Hartford Insurance Group, Inc. (“The\nHartford”) and Wellington Management Company LLP (“Wellington”) announced that they had reached a definitive agreement\nunder which Wellington Investment Advisors Holdings, LLP (“WIAH”), Wellington’s corporate parent, will acquire Hartford\nFunds Management Group, Inc. (“HFMG”) and certain affiliates (including Hartford Funds Management Company, LLC (“HFMC”)),\na leading provider of investment solutions for the wealth management market. Upon closing, HFMG will be integrated into Wellington’s\nU.S. Wealth business, one of the world’s largest asset management firms with over $1 trillion in assets under management. This transaction\nwill allow Wellington to offer advisors and investors broader investment capabilities, a deeper distribution platform, and more integrated\nsupport across the wealth management landscape.\n\n \n\nThe resulting company will be wholly owned by Wellington and will operate\nunder the Wellington name. The transaction has been approved by both The Hartford and Wellington and is expected to close in the first\nquarter of 2027.\n\n \n\nFollowing the closing of the above transaction, HFMC or an affiliate\nwill continue to serve as the investment adviser or manager to each Fund listed above contingent upon the approval of each Fund’s\nBoard of Trustees and each Fund’s shareholders.\n\n \n\n*Forward-Looking Statements*\n\n \n\nThis report contains forward-looking statements within the meaning\nof the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. These statements may include words such\nas “anticipate,” “believe,” “may” and other words and terms of similar meaning, including in connection\nwith any discussion of the timing or nature of future financial performance or other events. Such forward-looking statements are subject\nto certain risks and uncertainties, including whether the transaction outlined above is finalized, and other factors disclosed by the\nTrust from time to time in its filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. As a result of these factors, the Trust’s actual\nresults may differ materially from those indicated or implied by such forward-looking statements. Except as required by law, the Trust\ndisclaims any obligation to publicly update such statements.\n\n \n\n \n\n**SIGNATURE**\n\n \n\nPursuant to the requirements of the Securities\nExchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.\n\n \n\n \nHartford Funds Exchange-Traded Trust\n\n \n \n \n\nDate:\nJune 3, 2026\nBy:\n/s/\nAlice A. Pellegrino\n\n \nName:\nAlice A. Pellegrino\n\n \nTitle:\nVice President"}