Putnam VT Sustainable Leaders Fund — new fund registration

PUTNAM VARIABLE TRUST registered fund series on Form 485APOS, filed 2026-07-29. Featured series: Putnam VT Sustainable Leaders Fund.

Registration

• Registrant / trust: PUTNAM VARIABLE TRUST
• CIK: 0000822671
• Form: 485APOS
• Filed: 2026-07-29
• State of incorporation: MA
• Accession: 0001193125-26-322954
• Reported net assets: $832.1M

Series & classes (2)

Fees (from the effective prospectus)

• 12b-1 fee: 0.00%
• Gross expense ratio: 0.63%
• Management fee: 0.53%
• Other expenses: 0.10%

Investment objective

The fund seeks long-term capital appreciation.

Advisers

• Putnam Investment Management, LLC (Advisor)
• Franklin Advisers, Inc. (Subadvisor)
• Franklin Templeton Investment Management Limited (Subadvisor)

Other filings by this registrant (13)

• 485APOS — 2021-06-29
• 485APOS — 2021-02-16
• 485APOS — 2021-02-16
• 485APOS — 2020-02-28
• 485APOS — 2018-07-19
• 485APOS — 2018-05-01
• 485APOS — 2018-02-26
• 485APOS — 2016-02-22
• 485APOS — 2011-02-14 (2 new series)
• 485APOS — 2010-02-16
• 485APOS — 2009-02-27
• 485APOS — 2005-03-01

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