485BPOS 1 a_pvtcover.htm PUTNAM VARIABLE TRUST

 

 

As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on
May 13, 2019
 
  Registration No. 033-17486 
  811-05346 
 
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
 
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FORM N-1A
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  REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933  /X/ 
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  Pre-Effective Amendment No.  /   / 
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  Post-Effective Amendment No. 69  /X/ 
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  REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY  /X/ 
  ACT OF 1940  ---- 
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  Amendment No. 70  /X/ 
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PUTNAM VARIABLE TRUST
(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)
 
100 Federal Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02110
(Address of principal executive offices)
 
Registrant's Telephone Number, including Area Code
(617) 292-1000
 
 
 
 
It is proposed that this filing will become effective 
 (check appropriate box) 

 

 
 
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/   /  immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b) 
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/ X /  on April 30, 2019 pursuant to paragraph (b) 
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/   /  60 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(1) 
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/   /  on (date) pursuant to paragraph (a)(1) 
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/   /  75 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(2) 
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/   /  on (date) pursuant to paragraph (a)(2) of Rule 485. 
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If appropriate, check the following box: 
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/   /  this post-effective amendment designates a new 
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  ROBERT T. BURNS, Vice President 
  PUTNAM VARIABLE TRUST 
  100 Federal Street 
  Boston, Massachusetts 02110 
  (Name and address of agent for service) 
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  Copy to: 
  BRYAN CHEGWIDDEN, Esquire 
  ROPES & GRAY LLP 
  1211 Avenue of the Americas 
  New York, New York 10036 






PUTNAM VARIABLE TRUST

 

 

SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, the Registrant certifies that it meets all of the requirements for effectiveness of this Registration Statement under Rule 485(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and has duly caused this Amendment to its Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, duly authorized, in the City of Boston, and The Commonwealth of Massachusetts, on the 13th day of May, 2019.

 

Putnam Variable Trust

 

By: /s/ Jonathan S. Horwitz,
Executive Vice President, Principal Executive Officer and Compliance Liaison

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Amendment to the Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated:

 

Signature Title
Kenneth R. Leibler* Chair, Board of Trustees

 

Robert L. Reynolds* President and Trustee

 

Jonathan S. Horwitz* Executive Vice President, Principal Executive Officer and Compliance Liaison

 

Janet C. Smith* Vice President, Principal Financial Officer, Principal Accounting Officer and Assistant Treasurer

 

Liaquat Ahamed* Trustee

 

Ravi Akhoury* Trustee

 

Barbara M. Baumann* Trustee

 

Katinka Domotorffy* Trustee

 

Catharine Bond Hill* Trustee

 

Paul L. Joskow* Trustee

 

Robert E. Patterson* Trustee

 

George Putnam, III* Trustee

 

Manoj P. Singh* Trustee




 By: /s/ Jonathan S. Horwitz,
as Attorney-in-Fact
May 13, 2019
*Signed pursuant to power of attorney filed in Post-Effective Amendment No. 68 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on April 29, 2019.