0000928816-17-002453.txt : 20171201 0000928816-17-002453.hdr.sgml : 20171201 20171201101340 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000928816-17-002453 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 497K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 FILED AS OF DATE: 20171201 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20171201 EFFECTIVENESS DATE: 20171201 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: 171232940 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 S000003880 Putnam VT Investors Fund C000010855 Class IA Shares C000010856 Class IB Shares 497K 1 a_vtinvestsumsupp.htm PUTNAM VARIABLE TRUST a_vtinvestsumsupp.htm
Summary Prospectus Supplement   December 1, 2017 

 

Putnam VT Investors Fund
Summary Prospectus dated April 30, 2017

Effective November 30, 2017, the sub-section Portfolio manager in the section Your fund’s management is replaced in its entirety with the following:

Portfolio manager
Gerard Sullivan, Portfolio Manager, portfolio manager of the fund since 2008

Assistant portfolio manager
Arthur Yeager, Portfolio Manager, Analyst, assistant portfolio manager of the fund since 2017


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