Prospectus Supplement | June 26, 2023 |
George Putnam Balanced Fund
Putnam BDC Income ETF
Putnam BioRevolution ETF
Putnam California Tax Exempt Income Fund
Putnam Convertible Securities Fund
Putnam Core Bond Fund
Putnam Core Equity Fund
Putnam Diversified Income Trust
Putnam Dynamic Asset Allocation Balanced Fund
Putnam Dynamic Asset Allocation Conservative Fund
Putnam Dynamic Asset Allocation Equity Fund
Putnam Dynamic Asset Allocation Growth Fund
Putnam Emerging Markets Equity Fund
Putnam Emerging Markets ex-China ETF
Putnam ESG Core Bond ETF
Putnam ESG High Yield ETF
Putnam ESG Ultra Short ETF
Putnam Floating Rate Income Fund
Putnam Focused Equity Fund
Putnam Focused International Equity Fund
Putnam Focused Large Cap Growth ETF
Putnam Focused Large Cap Value ETF
Putnam Global Health Care Fund
Putnam Global Income Trust
Putnam Global Technology Fund
Putnam Government Money Market Fund
Putnam High Yield Fund
Putnam Income Fund
Putnam Intermediate-Term Municipal Income Fund
Putnam International Capital Opportunities Fund
Putnam International Equity Fund
Putnam International Value Fund
Putnam Large Cap Growth Fund
Putnam Large Cap Value Fund
Putnam Massachusetts Tax Exempt Income Fund
Putnam Minnesota Tax Exempt Income Fund
Putnam Money Market Fund
Putnam Mortgage Opportunities Fund
Putnam Mortgage Securities Fund
Putnam Multi-Asset Income Fund
Putnam New Jersey Tax Exempt Income Fund
Putnam New York Tax Exempt Income Fund
Putnam Ohio Tax Exempt Income Fund
Putnam PanAgora ESG Emerging Markets Equity ETF
Putnam PanAgora ESG International Equity ETF
Putnam Pennsylvania Tax Exempt Income Fund
Putnam Research Fund
Putnam Retirement Advantage 2025 Fund
Putnam Retirement Advantage 2030 Fund
Putnam Retirement Advantage 2035 Fund
Putnam Retirement Advantage 2040 Fund
Putnam Retirement Advantage 2045 Fund
Putnam Retirement Advantage 2050 Fund
Putnam Retirement Advantage 2055 Fund
Putnam Retirement Advantage 2060 Fund
Putnam Retirement Advantage 2065 Fund
Putnam Retirement Advantage Maturity Fund
Putnam Short Duration Bond Fund
Putnam Short Term Investment Fund
Putnam Short-Term Municipal Income Fund
Putnam Small Cap Growth Fund
Putnam Small Cap Value Fund
Putnam Strategic Intermediate Municipal Fund
Putnam Sustainable Future ETF
Putnam Sustainable Future Fund
Putnam Sustainable Leaders ETF
Putnam Sustainable Leaders Fund
Putnam Sustainable Retirement 2025 Fund
Putnam Sustainable Retirement 2030 Fund
Putnam Sustainable Retirement 2035 Fund
Putnam Sustainable Retirement 2040 Fund
Putnam Sustainable Retirement 2045 Fund
Putnam Sustainable Retirement 2050 Fund
Putnam Sustainable Retirement 2055 Fund
Putnam Sustainable Retirement 2060 Fund
Putnam Sustainable Retirement 2065 Fund
Putnam Sustainable Retirement Maturity Fund
Putnam Tax Exempt Income Fund
Putnam Tax-Free High Yield Fund
Putnam Ultra Short Duration Income Fund
Putnam Ultra Short MAC Series
Putnam VT Core Equity Fund
Putnam VT Diversified Income Fund
Putnam VT Emerging Markets Equity Fund
Putnam VT Focused International Equity Fund
Putnam VT George Putnam Balanced Fund
Putnam VT Global Asset Allocation Fund
Putnam VT Global Health Care Fund
Putnam VT Government Money Market Fund
Putnam VT High Yield Fund
Putnam VT Income Fund
Putnam VT International Equity Fund
Putnam VT International Value Fund
Putnam VT Large Cap Growth Fund
Putnam VT Large Cap Value Fund
Putnam VT Mortgage Securities Fund
Putnam VT Research Fund
Putnam VT Small Cap Growth Fund
Putnam VT Small Cap Value Fund
Putnam VT Sustainable Future Fund
Putnam VT Sustainable Leaders Fund
This supplement replaces in its entirety the supplement to the Funds’ prospectuses dated May 31, 2023.
On May 31, 2023, Franklin Resources, Inc. (“Franklin Resources”) and Great-West Lifeco Inc., the parent company of Putnam U.S. Holdings I, LLC (“Putnam Holdings”), announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement for a subsidiary of Franklin Resources to acquire Putnam Holdings in a stock and cash transaction.
As part of this transaction, Putnam Investment Management, LLC (“Putnam Management”), a wholly owned subsidiary of Putnam Holdings and investment manager to the Putnam family of funds (the “Putnam Funds”), would become an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Franklin Resources.
The transaction is subject to customary closing conditions, including receipt of applicable regulatory approvals. Subject to such approvals and the satisfaction of these conditions, the transaction is currently expected to be consummated in the fourth quarter of 2023.
Under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, consummation of the transaction will result in the automatic termination of the investment management contract between each Putnam Fund and Putnam Management and any related sub-management and sub-advisory contracts, where applicable. In anticipation of this automatic termination, on June 23, 2023, the Board of Trustees of the Putnam Funds approved a new investment management contract between each Putnam Fund and Putnam Management (and new sub-management and sub-advisory contracts, if applicable), which will be presented to the shareholders of each Putnam Fund for their approval at shareholder meetings currently expected to occur in October 2023. Proxy solicitation materials related to these meetings, which will provide detailed information regarding the proposed transaction, are expected to be mailed to shareholders in the coming weeks.
The foregoing is not a solicitation of any proxy. For more information regarding the funds, or to receive a free copy of materials filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”), please visit Putnam’s website at putnam.com/individual. Free copies of these materials can also be found on the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov. Please read the funds’ proxy statement carefully when it becomes available in the coming weeks because it will contain important information. The funds, their trustees, officers, and other members of management may be deemed to be participants in any future solicitation of the funds’ shareholders in connection with the forthcoming meeting of shareholders. Shareholders may obtain information regarding the names, affiliations, and interests of these individuals in the funds’ proxy statement when it becomes available.
Shareholders should retain this Supplement for future reference.
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