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0000928816-19-000041.txt : 20190114 0000928816-19-000041.hdr.sgml : 20190114 20190114160424 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000928816-19-000041 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 497 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 FILED AS OF DATE: 20190114 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20190114 EFFECTIVENESS DATE: 20190114 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: 19525115 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

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

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Prospectus Supplement	January 14, 2019

Putnam Global Health Care Fund
Prospectus dated December 30, 2018

Effective January 15, 2019, the sub-section Your fund’s management in the section Fund summaries – Putnam Global Health Care Fund is replaced in its entirety with the following:

Your fund’s management
Investment advisor
Putnam Investment Management, LLC

Portfolio manager
Michael Maguire, Portfolio Manager, Analyst, portfolio manager of the fund since 2016

Sub-advisors
Putnam Investments Limited*
The Putnam Advisory Company, LLC*

* Though the investment advisor has retained the services of both Putnam Investments Limited (PIL) and The Putnam Advisory Company, LLC (PAC), PIL and PAC do not currently manage any assets of the fund.

Effective January 15, 2019, the following replaces similar disclosure under the sub-section The funds’ investment manager – Portfolio managers – Global Health Care Fund in the section Who oversees and manages the funds?:



Portfolio	Joined
manager	fund	Employer	Positions over past five years
Michael Maguire	2016	Putnam Management	Portfolio Manager, Analyst
		2009–Present

The SAI provides information about this individual’s compensation, other accounts managed by this individual and this individual’s ownership of securities in the fund.

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