0000928816-19-000469.txt : 20190301 0000928816-19-000469.hdr.sgml : 20190301 20190301150041 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000928816-19-000469 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 497K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 FILED AS OF DATE: 20190301 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20190301 EFFECTIVENESS DATE: 20190301 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: 497K SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 002-25258 FILM NUMBER: 19648687 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 497K 1 a_glopbaleqsumsupp.htm PUTNAM GLOBAL EQUITY FUND a_glopbaleqsumsupp.htm
Summary Prospectus Supplement   February 28, 2019 
 
Putnam Global Equity Fund   
Summary Prospectus dated February 28, 2019   

 

Effective February 28, 2019, the section Your fund’s management 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.


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