0000928816-21-001047.txt : 20210830 0000928816-21-001047.hdr.sgml : 20210830 20210830162253 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000928816-21-001047 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 497K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 FILED AS OF DATE: 20210830 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20210830 EFFECTIVENESS DATE: 20210830 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: 211223793 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 S000003876 Putnam VT Income Fund C000010847 Class IA Shares C000010848 Class IB Shares 497K 1 a_vtincomesumsupp.htm PUTNAM VARIABLE TRUST a_vtincomesumsupp.htm
Summary Prospectus Supplement   August 30, 2021 
 
Putnam VT Income Fund   
Summary Prospectus dated April 30, 2021   

 

Effective August 31, 2021, 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 managers

Michael Salm, Chief Investment Officer, Fixed Income, portfolio manager of the fund since 2007

Andrew Benson, Portfolio Manager, portfolio manager of the fund since 2021

Brett Kozlowski, Co-Head of Structured Credit, portfolio manager of the fund since 2011

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.


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