0000928816-19-000266.txt : 20190215 0000928816-19-000266.hdr.sgml : 20190215 20190214175234 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000928816-19-000266 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 497 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 FILED AS OF DATE: 20190215 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20190214 EFFECTIVENESS DATE: 20190215 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: PUTNAM INTERNATIONAL EQUITY FUND CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000868648 IRS NUMBER: 046661045 STATE OF INCORPORATION: MA FISCAL YEAR END: 0630 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 497 SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 033-37214 FILM NUMBER: 19608815 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: ONE POST OFFICE SQ CITY: BOSTON STATE: MA ZIP: 02109 BUSINESS PHONE: 6172921471 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: ONE POST OFFICE SQUARE CITY: BOSTON STATE: MA ZIP: 02109 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: PUTNAM INTERNATIONAL EQUITY FUND /MA/ DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20030430 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 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 497 1 a_inteqsupp.htm PUTNAM INTERNATIONAL EQUITY FUND a_inteqsupp.htm
Prospectus Supplement   February 14, 2019 
 
Putnam International Equity Fund   
Prospectus dated October 30, 2018   

 

Effective February 28, 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

Sub-advisors

Putnam Investments Limited

The Putnam Advisory Company, LLC*

Portfolio manager

Vivek Gandhi, Portfolio Manager, 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.

 

Effective February 28, 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  Joined     
manager  fund  Employer  Positions over past five years 
Vivek Gandhi  2018  Putnam Investments Limited  Portfolio Manager 
    1999–Present  Previously, Assistant 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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