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0000928816-18-000472.txt : 20180228 0000928816-18-000472.hdr.sgml : 20180228 20180228111236 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000928816-18-000472 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 497K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 FILED AS OF DATE: 20180228 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20180228 EFFECTIVENESS DATE: 20180228 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: PUTNAM INTERNATIONAL EQUITY FUND /MA/ CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000868648 IRS NUMBER: 046661045 STATE OF INCORPORATION: MA FISCAL YEAR END: 0630 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 497K SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 033-37214 FILM NUMBER: 18648852 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: ONE POST OFFICE SQ CITY: BOSTON STATE: MA ZIP: 02109 BUSINESS PHONE: 6172921471 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: PUTNAM INTERNATIONAL GROWTH FUND /MA/ DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19960805 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: PUTNAM OVERSEAS GROWTH FUND DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19920703 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: PUTNAM INTERNATIONAL GROWTH FUND DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19901107

0000868648 S000006181 PUTNAM INTERNATIONAL EQUITY FUND /MA/

C000017024 Class A Shares POVSX

C000017025 Class B Shares POVBX

C000017026 Class C Shares PIGCX

C000017027 Class M Shares POVMX

C000017028 Class R Shares PIERX

C000017029 Class Y Shares POVYX

C000118015 Class R5

C000118016 Class R6

C000180122 Class T Shares

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Summary Prospectus Supplement	February 28, 2018


Putnam International Equity Fund
Summary Prospectus dated October 30, 2017

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
Simon Davis, Co-Head of Equities, portfolio manager of the fund from 2003 to 2008 and since 2011

Sub-advisors
Putnam Investments Limited
The Putnam Advisory Company, LLC*

Assistant Portfolio manager
Vivek Gandhi, Portfolio Manager, Analyst, assistant portfolio manager of the fund since 2018

* Though the investment advisor has retained the services of The Putnam Advisory Company, LLC (PAC), PAC does not currently manage any assets of the fund.

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