Form 485BPOS PUTNAM VARIABLE TRUST
May 11, 2018 2:11 PM EDT
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Registration No. 033-17486 |
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811-05346 |
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| SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION |
| 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. 62 |
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and |
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REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY |
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ACT OF 1940 |
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Amendment No. 63 |
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(Check appropriate box or boxes) |
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| PUTNAM VARIABLE TRUST |
| (Exact name of registrant as specified in charter) |
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| One Post Office Square, Boston, Massachusetts 02109 |
| (Address of principal executive offices) |
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| Registrant's Telephone Number, including Area Code |
| (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, 2018 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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| If appropriate, check the following box: |
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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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One Post Office Square |
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Boston, Massachusetts 02109 |
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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 |
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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 11th day of May, 2018.
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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:
| Jameson A. Baxter * |
Chair, Board of Trustees |
| Kenneth R. Leibler* |
Vice 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 11, 2018 |
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Signed pursuant to power of attorney filed in Post- Effective Amendment No. 59 to the Registrant’s Registration
Statement on February 26, 2018. |
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