0000928816-12-000677.txt : 20120413 0000928816-12-000677.hdr.sgml : 20120413 20120413111551 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000928816-12-000677 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 497 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 FILED AS OF DATE: 20120413 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20120413 EFFECTIVENESS DATE: 20120413 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: PUTNAM GLOBAL NATURAL RESOURCES FUND CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000317031 IRS NUMBER: 133035507 STATE OF INCORPORATION: MA FISCAL YEAR END: 0831 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 497 SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 002-67827 FILM NUMBER: 12757835 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: ONE POST OFFICE SQ CITY: BOSTON STATE: MA ZIP: 02109 BUSINESS PHONE: 6172921000 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: PUTNAM NATURAL RESOURCES FUND /MA/ DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19950629 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: PUTNAM ENERGY RESOURCES TRUST DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19920703 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: EBERSTADT ENERGY RESOURCES FUND INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19850317 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: PUTNAM GLOBAL HEALTH CARE FUND CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000357295 IRS NUMBER: 046471950 STATE OF INCORPORATION: MA FISCAL YEAR END: 0831 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 497 SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 002-75863 FILM NUMBER: 12757836 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: ONE POST OFFICE SQ STREET 2: MAILSTOP A 14 CITY: BOSTON STATE: MA ZIP: 02109 BUSINESS PHONE: 8002251581 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: ONE POST OFFICE SQ STREET 2: MAILSTOP A 14 CITY: BOSTON STATE: MA ZIP: 02109 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: PUTNAM HEALTH SCIENCES TRUST DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19920703 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: PUTNAM FUNDS TRUST CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001005942 IRS NUMBER: 043299786 STATE OF INCORPORATION: MA FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 497 SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-00515 FILM NUMBER: 12757834 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: ONE POST STREET 2: ONE POST OFFICE SQUARE CITY: BOSTON STATE: MA ZIP: 02109 BUSINESS PHONE: 6172921010 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: ONE POST OFFICE SQUARE CITY: BOSTON STATE: MA ZIP: 02109 0000317031 S000005659 PUTNAM GLOBAL NATURAL RESOURCES FUND C000015480 Class C Shares C000015481 Class Y Shares C000015482 Class A Shares EBERX C000015483 Class B Shares PNRBX C000015484 Class M Shares PGLMX C000015485 Class R Shares PGNRX 0000357295 S000005666 PUTNAM GLOBAL HEALTH CARE FUND C000015515 Class A Shares PHSTX C000015516 Class B Shares PHSBX C000015517 Class C Shares PCHSX C000015518 Class M Shares PHLMX C000015519 Class R Shares PHSRX C000015520 Class Y Shares PHSYX 0001005942 S000024243 Putnam Global Consumer Fund C000071511 Class A C000071512 Class B C000071513 Class C C000071514 Class M C000071515 Class R C000071516 Class Y 497 1 a_gsf497.htm PUTNAM GLOBAL CONSUMER, HEALTH CARE, NATURAL RESOURCES FUNDS a_gsf497.htm
Prospectus supplement  April 13, 2012 
PUTNAM GLOBAL CONSUMER FUND   
PUTNAM GLOBAL HEALTH CARE FUND   
PUTNAM GLOBAL NATURAL RESOURCES FUND   
Prospectus dated December 30, 2011   

 

Putnam Global Consumer Fund

The sub-section Your fund’s management in the section Fund summary and the section Who oversees and manages the fund? are supplemented to reflect that the fund’s portfolio manager is now solely Walter Scully.

Putnam Global Health Care Fund

The sub-section Your fund’s management in the section Fund summary and the section Who oversees and manages the fund? are supplemented to reflect that the fund’s portfolio manager is now solely Kelsey Chen.

Putnam Global Natural Resources Fund

The sub-section Your fund’s management in the section Fund summary and the section Who oversees and manages the fund? are supplemented to reflect that the fund’s portfolio managers are now Steven Curbow and Christopher Eitzmann.

Mr. Eitzmann, who joined the fund in April 2012, has been employed by Putnam Management as an Analyst since 2012. From 2007 through 2008, he was employed by Tudor Investment Corporation as an Equity Research Analyst, and from 2009 to 2012, he was employed by Raptor Capital Management as an Equity Research Analyst.

Additional information regarding the other portfolio managers, including their business experience during the last five years, is set forth in the prospectus.


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