Form 485BPOS PUTNAM VARIABLE TRUST
May 18, 2020 10:23 AM EDT
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on |
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May 18, 2020 |
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Registration No. 033-17486 |
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811-05346 |
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION |
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WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 |
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FORM N-1A |
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REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 |
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Pre-Effective Amendment No. |
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Post-Effective Amendment No. 72 |
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and/or |
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REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY |
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ACT OF 1940 |
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Amendment No. 73 |
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(Check appropriate box or boxes) |
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PUTNAM VARIABLE TRUST |
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(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter) |
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100 Federal Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02110 |
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(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code) |
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Registrant's Telephone Number, including Area Code |
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(617) 292-1000 |
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It is proposed that this filing will become effective |
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(check appropriate box) |
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immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b) |
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on April 30, 2020 pursuant to paragraph (b) |
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60 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(1) |
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on (date) pursuant to paragraph (a)(1) |
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75 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(2) |
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on (date) pursuant to paragraph (a)(2) of Rule 485. |
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this post-effective amendment designates a new |
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effective date for a previously filed post-effective amendment. |
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ROBERT T. BURNS, Vice President |
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PUTNAM VARIABLE TRUST |
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100 Federal Street |
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Boston, Massachusetts 02110 |
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(Name and address of agent for service) |
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Copy to: |
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BRYAN CHEGWIDDEN, Esquire |
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ROPES & GRAY LLP |
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1211 Avenue of the Americas |
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New York, New York 10036 |
PUTNAM VARIABLE TRUST
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
and the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, the Registrant certifies that it meets all of the requirements for effectiveness
of this Registration Statement under Rule 485(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and has duly caused this Amendment
to its Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, duly authorized, in the City of Boston, and The Commonwealth
of Massachusetts, on the 18th day of May, 2020.
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By: /s/ Jonathan S. Horwitz, |
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Executive Vice President, Principal Executive Officer and
Compliance Liaison |
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
this Amendment to the Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated:
| Kenneth R. Leibler* |
Chair, Board of Trustees |
| Robert L. Reynolds* |
President and Trustee |
| Jonathan S. Horwitz* |
Executive Vice President, Principal Executive Officer and Compliance Liaison |
| Janet C. Smith* |
Vice President, Principal Financial Officer, Principal Accounting Officer and Assistant Treasurer |
| Barbara M. Baumann* |
Trustee |
| Katinka Domotorffy* |
Trustee |
| Catharine Bond Hill* |
Trustee |
| Robert E. Patterson* |
Trustee |
| George Putnam, III* |
Trustee |
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By: /s/ Jonathan S. Horwitz,
as Attorney-in-Fact
May 18, 2020 |
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Signed pursuant to power of attorney filed in Post-Effective Amendment No. 68 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on April
29, 2019. |
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