0000928816-22-000243.txt : 20220211 0000928816-22-000243.hdr.sgml : 20220211 20220211160522 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000928816-22-000243 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 497 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 FILED AS OF DATE: 20220211 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20220211 EFFECTIVENESS DATE: 20220211 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: PUTNAM CONVERTIBLE SECURITIES FUND CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000081247 IRS NUMBER: 042493360 STATE OF INCORPORATION: MA FISCAL YEAR END: 1031 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 497 SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 002-43384 FILM NUMBER: 22620710 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: ONE POST OFFICE SQ STREET 2: MAILSTOP A 14 CITY: BOSTON STATE: MA ZIP: 02109 BUSINESS PHONE: 6172921000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: ONE POST OFFICE SQUARE CITY: BOSTON STATE: MA ZIP: 02109 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: PUTNAM CONVERTIBLE INCOME GROWTH TRUST DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19920703 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: PUTNAM CONVERTIBLE FUND DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19841212 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: PUTNAM CONVERTIBLE FUND INC /PRED/ DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19821109 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: GEORGE PUTNAM BALANCED FUND CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000081259 IRS NUMBER: 046013677 STATE OF INCORPORATION: MA FISCAL YEAR END: 0731 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 497 SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 002-10816 FILM NUMBER: 22620711 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: ONE POST OFFICE SQ CITY: BOSTON STATE: MA ZIP: 02109 BUSINESS PHONE: 8002252581 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: ONE POST OFFICE SQ CITY: BOSTON STATE: MA ZIP: 02109 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: GEORGE PUTNAM FUND OF BOSTON DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19940302 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: PUTNAM EQUITY INCOME FUND/NEW DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19940302 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: PUTNAM GEORGE FUND OF BOSTON DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19920703 0000081247 S000005511 PUTNAM CONVERTIBLE SECURITIES FUND C000015003 Class C Shares C000015004 Class A Shares PCONX C000015005 Class B Shares PCNBX C000015007 Class R Shares PCVRX C000015008 Class Y Shares PCGYX C000153039 CLASS I C000202780 Class R6 Shares 0000081259 S000005597 GEORGE PUTNAM FUND OF BOSTON C000015264 Class A Shares PGEOX C000015265 Class B Shares PGEBX C000015266 Class C Shares PGPCX C000015267 Class M Shares PGEMX C000015268 Class R Shares PGPRX C000015269 Class Y Shares PGEYX C000136854 Class R5 C000136855 Class R6 497 1 a_consecgeorgesupp.htm MULTIPLE PUTNAM FUNDS a_consecgeorgesupp.htm
Prospectus Supplement   February 11, 2022 
 
George Putnam Balanced Fund   
Putnam Convertible Securities Fund   

 

For the funds listed above, the following language is added to the section “What are the fund’s main investment strategies and related risks?”:

• ESG considerations. Although ESG considerations do not represent a primary focus of the fund, we expect to integrate environmental, social, or governance (“ESG”) considerations into our fundamental research process and investment decision-making for the fund, where we consider them material and relevant, and where data is available. We believe that ESG considerations, like other, more traditional subjects of investment analysis such as market position, growth prospects, and business strategy for equity investments and credit and interest rate risks for fixed-income investments, as well as general market conditions, have the potential to impact financial risk and investment returns. We believe that ESG considerations are best analyzed in combination with a company’s fundamentals, including a company’s industry, geography, and strategic position. When considering ESG factors, we use company disclosures, public data sources, and independent third-party data (where available) as inputs into our analytical processes. Because fixed-income investments generally represent a promise to pay principal and interest by an issuer, and not an ownership interest, and may involve complex structures, ESG-related investment considerations may have a more limited impact on risk and return (or may have an impact over a different investment time horizon) relative to equity investments, and this may be particularly true for shorter-term investments. The consideration of ESG factors as part of the fund’s investment process does not mean that the fund pursues a specific “ESG” or “sustainable” investment strategy, and we may make investment decisions for the fund other than on the basis of relevant ESG considerations.


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