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0000928816-19-000270.txt : 20190215 0000928816-19-000270.hdr.sgml : 20190215 20190214181229 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000928816-19-000270 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 497 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 FILED AS OF DATE: 20190215 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20190214 EFFECTIVENESS DATE: 20190215 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: 19608959 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

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Prospectus Supplement	February 14, 2019

Putnam Global Equity Fund
Prospectus dated February 28, 2018

Effective February 28, 2019, the sub-section Your fund’s management in the section Fund summary is replaced in its entirety with the following:

Your fund’s management

Investment advisor

Putnam Investment Management, LLC

Portfolio managers

R. Shepherd Perkins, Chief Investment Officer, Equities, portfolio manager of the fund since 2011

Jacquelyne Cavanaugh, Portfolio Manager, Analyst, portfolio manager of the fund since 2019

Matthew Culley, Portfolio Manager, Analyst, portfolio manager of the fund since 2018

Walter Scully, Portfolio Manager, Analyst, portfolio manager of the fund since 2019

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 February 28, 2019, the following replaces similar disclosure under the sub-section The fund’s investment manager – Portfolio manager in the section Who oversees and manages the fund?:

Portfolio managers. The officers of Putnam Management identified below are primarily responsible for the day-to-day management of the fund’s portfolio.



	Joined
Portfolio managers	fund	Employer	Positions over past five years
R. Shepherd Perkins	2011	Putnam Investments	Chief Investment Officer,
		Limited	Equities
		2011–Present	Previously, Co-Head of Equities,
			Co-Head of International
			Equities
Jacquelyne Cavanaugh	2019	Putnam Investments	Portfolio Manager, Analyst
		Limited
		2012–Present
Matthew Culley	2018	Putnam Investments	Portfolio Manager, Analyst
		Limited	Previously, Assistant Portfolio
		2008–Present	Manager, Analyst
Walter Scully	2019	Putnam Investments	Portfolio Manager, Analyst
		Limited	Previously, Assistant Portfolio
		1996–Present	Manager, Analyst

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

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