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0000928816-19-000065.txt : 20190114 0000928816-19-000065.hdr.sgml : 20190114 20190114164402 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000928816-19-000065 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 497 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 FILED AS OF DATE: 20190114 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20190114 EFFECTIVENESS DATE: 20190114 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: 19525451 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 S000003873 Putnam VT Growth Opportunities Fund

C000010841 Class IA Shares

C000010842 Class IB Shares

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Prospectus Supplement	January 14, 2019

Putnam VT Growth Opportunities Fund
Prospectus dated April 30, 2018

Effective January 15, 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 manager
Richard Bodzy, Portfolio Manager, portfolio manager of the fund since 2017

Sub-advisor
Putnam Investments Limited*

* Though the investment advisor has retained the services of Putnam Investments Limited (PIL), PIL does not currently manage any assets of the fund.

Effective January 15, 2019, the following replaces similar disclosure under the sub-section The fund’s investment manager – Portfolio managers in the section Who oversees and manages the fund?:

Portfolio manager. The officer of Putnam Management identified below is primarily responsible for the day-to-day management of the fund’s portfolio.



Portfolio manager	Joined fund	Employer	Positions over past five years
Richard Bodzy	2017	Putnam Management	Portfolio Manager,
		2009–Present	Previously, Portfolio Manager, Analyst

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

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