0000928816-19-001343.txt : 20190823 0000928816-19-001343.hdr.sgml : 20190823 20190823161337 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000928816-19-001343 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 497K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 FILED AS OF DATE: 20190823 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20190823 EFFECTIVENESS DATE: 20190823 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: 191049265 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 S000003897 Putnam VT Global Equity Fund C000010889 Class IA Shares C000010890 Class IB Shares 497K 1 a_vtglobaleqsumsupp.htm PUTNAM VARIABLE TRUST a_vtglobaleqsumsupp.htm
Summary Prospectus Supplement   August 23, 2019 
 
Putnam VT Global Equity Fund   
Summary Prospectus dated April 30, 2019   

 

Effective August 24, 2019, the section Your fund’s management is replaced in its entirety with the following:

Your fund’s management

Investment advisor

Putnam Investment Management, LLC

Portfolio manager

R. Shepherd Perkins, Chief Investment Officer, Equities, portfolio manager of the fund since 2011

Jacquelyne Cavanaugh, Portfolio Manager, Analyst, portfolio manager of the fund since 2019

Walter Scully, Portfolio Manager, Analyst, portfolio manager of the fund since 2019

Sub-advisors

Putnam Investments Limited*

The Putnam Advisory Company, LLC*

* Though the investment advisor has retained the services of both Putnam Investments Limited (PIL) and The Putnam Advisory Company, LLC (PAC), PIL and PAC do not currently manage any assets of the fund.


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