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Issuer:     Hartford Funds Exchange-Traded Trust (—)
CIK:        0001501825
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-06-03T12:22:00+00:00
Accession:  0001104659-26-069819
Event type: m_and_a
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.75
Item codes: 8.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Wellington to acquire Hartford Funds Management Group; expected close Q1 2027
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- Wellington Management and The Hartford reached definitive agreement for Wellington parent to acquire HFMG and affiliates.
- No purchase price disclosed; Wellington has over $1 trillion AUM and intends to integrate HFMG into its U.S. Wealth business.
- Transaction approved by both parties; closing expected in first quarter of 2027.
- HFMC will continue as adviser to each Hartford ETF contingent on board and shareholder approvals.
- Trust lists 11 ETFs including TRPA, HCRB, DYNB, HEMI, HFGO, HMOP, HFSI, HTAB, HTRB, ACGO, ACVU.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1501825/000110465926069819/0001104659-26-069819-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1501825/000110465926069819/tm2616093d2_8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-26-069819

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