0000928816-17-000160.txt : 20170130 0000928816-17-000160.hdr.sgml : 20170130 20170130110355 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000928816-17-000160 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 497 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 FILED AS OF DATE: 20170130 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20170130 EFFECTIVENESS DATE: 20170130 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: PUTNAM GLOBAL EQUITY FUND CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000081251 IRS NUMBER: 046145734 STATE OF INCORPORATION: MA FISCAL YEAR END: 1031 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 497 SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 002-25258 FILM NUMBER: 17555823 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: ONE POST OFFICE SQ CITY: BOSTON STATE: MA ZIP: 02109 BUSINESS PHONE: 6172921000 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: PUTNAM GLOBAL GROWTH FUND DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19920703 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: PUTNAM INTERNATIONAL EQUITIES FUND DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19900722 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: PUTNAM INTERNATIONAL EQUITIES FUND INC /PRED/ DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19821109 0000081251 S000005651 PUTNAM GLOBAL EQUITY FUND C000015432 Class A Shares PEQUX C000015433 Class B Shares PEQBX C000015434 Class C Shares PUGCX C000015435 Class M Shares PEQMX C000015436 Class R Shares PGLRX C000015437 Class Y Shares PEQYX C000117974 Class R6 497 1 a_globaleqsupp.htm PUTNAM GLOBAL EQUITY FUND a_globaleqsupp.htm
Prospectus Supplement   January 30, 2017 

 

Putnam Global Equity Fund
Prospectuses dated February 29, 2016

The Annual total returns for class A shares before sales charges table (the bar chart) in the sub-section Performance in the section Investments, risks, and performance is supplemented to reflect that the 2015 annual total return for class A shares before sales charges is -1.90%.


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