0000928816-16-002085.txt : 20160201 0000928816-16-002085.hdr.sgml : 20160201 20160201115210 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000928816-16-002085 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 497 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 FILED AS OF DATE: 20160201 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20160201 EFFECTIVENESS DATE: 20160201 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: PUTNAM VARIABLE TRUST CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000822671 IRS NUMBER: 046649095 STATE OF INCORPORATION: NY FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 497 SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 033-17486 FILM NUMBER: 161376115 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: ONE POST OFFICE SQ STREET 2: MAILSTOP A 14 CITY: BOSTON STATE: MA ZIP: 02109 BUSINESS PHONE: 8002551581 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: PUTNAM CAPITAL MANAGER TRUST /MA/ DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19920703 0000822671 S000003876 Putnam VT Income Fund C000010847 Class IA Shares C000010848 Class IB Shares 497 1 a_vtincsupp.htm PUTNAM VARIABLE TRUST a_vtincsupp.htm
Prospectus Supplement   February 1, 2016 

Putnam VT Income Fund   
Prospectus dated April 30, 2015   

 

The sub-section Your fund’s management in the section Fund summary and the sub-section The fund’s investment manager in the section Who oversees and manages the fund? are supplemented to reflect that the fund’s portfolio managers are now Michael Salm and Brett Kozlowski.

Additional information regarding the portfolio managers, including their business experience during the last five years, is set forth in the prospectus.

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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