0000928816-16-004027.txt : 20161130 0000928816-16-004027.hdr.sgml : 20161130 20161130162547 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000928816-16-004027 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 497K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 FILED AS OF DATE: 20161130 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20161130 EFFECTIVENESS DATE: 20161130 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: 497K SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 033-17486 FILM NUMBER: 162025536 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 S000003887 Putnam VT Research Fund C000010869 Class IA Shares C000010870 Class IB Shares 497K 1 a_vtresearchsumsupp.htm PUTNAM VARIABLE TRUST a_vtresearchsumsupp.htm
Summary Prospectus Supplement  November 30, 2016 

 
Putnam VT Research Fund   
Summary Prospectus dated April 30, 2016   

 

The sub-section Portfolio managers in the section Your fund’s management is replaced in its entirety with the following:

Portfolio managers

Aaron Cooper, Chief Investment Officer - Equities, portfolio manager of the fund since 2011

Samuel Cox, Co-Director of Equity Research, portfolio manager of the fund since 2016

Kathryn Lakin, Co-Director of Equity Research, portfolio manager of the fund since 2014

Jacquelyne Cavanaugh, Analyst, portfolio manager of the fund since 2014

Neil Desai, Analyst, portfolio manager of the fund since 2012

Walter Scully, Analyst and Assistant Portfolio Manager, portfolio manager of the fund since 2010


304395 – 11/16 

 

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