# Putnam VT American Government Income Fund — new fund registration PUTNAM VARIABLE TRUST registered fund series on Form 485APOS, filed 2016-02-22. Featured series: Putnam VT American Government Income Fund. ## Registration - Registrant / trust: PUTNAM VARIABLE TRUST - CIK: 0000822671 - Form: 485APOS - Filed: 2016-02-22 - State of incorporation: NY - Accession: 0000928816-16-002221 - Reported net assets: $24.9M ## Series & classes (48) _Showing 25 of 48 series/class rows._ | Series | Class | Ticker | New | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | [Putnam VT American Government Income Fund](https://search.stillhousedata.com/fund/S000003871) | Class IA Shares | — | — | | [Putnam VT American Government Income Fund](https://search.stillhousedata.com/fund/S000003871) | Class IB shares | — | — | | [Putnam VT Growth Opportunities Fund](https://search.stillhousedata.com/fund/S000003873) | Class IA Shares | — | — | | [Putnam VT Growth Opportunities Fund](https://search.stillhousedata.com/fund/S000003873) | Class IB Shares | — | — | | [Putnam VT Global Health Care Fund](https://search.stillhousedata.com/fund/S000003874) | Class IA Shares | — | — | | [Putnam VT Global Health Care Fund](https://search.stillhousedata.com/fund/S000003874) | Class IB Shares | — | — | | [Putnam VT High Yield Fund](https://search.stillhousedata.com/fund/S000003875) | Class IA Shares | — | — | | [Putnam VT High Yield Fund](https://search.stillhousedata.com/fund/S000003875) | Class IB Shares | — | — | | [Putnam VT Income Fund](https://search.stillhousedata.com/fund/S000003876) | Class IA Shares | — | — | | [Putnam VT Income Fund](https://search.stillhousedata.com/fund/S000003876) | Class IB Shares | — | — | | [Putnam VT International Equity Fund](https://search.stillhousedata.com/fund/S000003877) | Class IA Shares | — | — | | [Putnam VT International Equity Fund](https://search.stillhousedata.com/fund/S000003877) | Class IB Shares | — | — | | [Putnam VT International Value Fund](https://search.stillhousedata.com/fund/S000003878) | Class IA Shares | — | — | | [Putnam VT International Value Fund](https://search.stillhousedata.com/fund/S000003878) | Class IB Shares | — | — | | [Putnam VT International Growth Fund](https://search.stillhousedata.com/fund/S000003879) | Class IA Shares | — | — | | [Putnam VT International Growth Fund](https://search.stillhousedata.com/fund/S000003879) | Class IB Shares | — | — | | [Putnam VT Investors Fund](https://search.stillhousedata.com/fund/S000003880) | Class IA Shares | — | — | | [Putnam VT Investors Fund](https://search.stillhousedata.com/fund/S000003880) | Class IB Shares | — | — | | [Putnam VT Multi-Cap Value Fund](https://search.stillhousedata.com/fund/S000003881) | Class IA Shares | — | — | | [Putnam VT Multi-Cap Value Fund](https://search.stillhousedata.com/fund/S000003881) | Class IB Shares | — | — | | [Putnam VT Money Market Fund](https://search.stillhousedata.com/fund/S000003882) | Class IA Shares | — | — | | [Putnam VT Money Market Fund](https://search.stillhousedata.com/fund/S000003882) | Class IB Shares | — | — | | [Putnam VT Capital Opportunities Fund](https://search.stillhousedata.com/fund/S000003883) | Class IA Shares | — | — | | [Putnam VT Capital Opportunities Fund](https://search.stillhousedata.com/fund/S000003883) | Class IB Shares | — | — | | [Putnam VT Multi-Cap Growth Fund](https://search.stillhousedata.com/fund/S000003884) | Class IA Shares | — | — | ## Fees (from the effective prospectus) - 12b-1 fee: 0.00% - Gross expense ratio: 1.00% - Management fee: 0.37% - Net expense ratio: 0.50% - Other expenses: 0.63% ## Investment objective The fund seeks as high a level of current income as the Investment Manager (as defined below) believes is consistent with preservation of capital. ## Advisers - [Franklin Advisers, Inc. (Advisor)](https://search.stillhousedata.com/firm/104517) - [Franklin Templeton Investment Management Limited (Subadvisor)](https://search.stillhousedata.com/firm/111360) - [Putnam Investment Management, LLC (Subadvisor)](https://search.stillhousedata.com/firm/106629) ## Other filings by this registrant (13) - [485APOS — 2026-07-29](https://search.stillhousedata.com/launch/0001193125-26-322954) - [485APOS — 2021-06-29](https://search.stillhousedata.com/launch/0000928816-21-000732) - [485APOS — 2021-02-16](https://search.stillhousedata.com/launch/0000928816-21-000203) - [485APOS — 2021-02-16](https://search.stillhousedata.com/launch/0000928816-21-000201) - [485APOS — 2020-02-28](https://search.stillhousedata.com/launch/0000928816-20-000223) - [485APOS — 2018-07-19](https://search.stillhousedata.com/launch/0000928816-18-001471) - [485APOS — 2018-05-01](https://search.stillhousedata.com/launch/0000928816-18-000947) - [485APOS — 2018-02-26](https://search.stillhousedata.com/launch/0000928816-18-000353) - [485APOS — 2011-02-14 (2 new series)](https://search.stillhousedata.com/launch/0000928816-11-000211) - [485APOS — 2010-02-16](https://search.stillhousedata.com/launch/0000928816-10-000173) - [485APOS — 2009-02-27](https://search.stillhousedata.com/launch/0000928816-09-000266) - [485APOS — 2005-03-01](https://search.stillhousedata.com/launch/0000928816-05-000349) ## More - [Registrant profile: PUTNAM VARIABLE TRUST](https://search.stillhousedata.com/registrant/822671) - [This page as markdown (for LLM agents)](https://search.stillhousedata.com/launch/0000928816-16-002221.md) - [Search all SEC filings, advisers and people on Adviser Search](https://search.stillhousedata.com/) --- Source: public SEC filing data via Adviser Search (https://search.stillhousedata.com). 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