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Prospectus Supplement   January 11, 2022 
 
Putnam Global Income Trust   
Prospectus dated February 28, 2021   

 

Paul Scanlon, who is currently a portfolio manager of the fund, will retire as a portfolio manager of the fund effective March 31, 2022.

Effective March 31, 2022, the sub-section Your fund’s management in the section Fund summary is replaced in its entirety with the following:

Your fund’s management

Investment advisor

Putnam Investment Management, LLC

Portfolio managers

Michael Salm, Chief Investment Officer, Fixed Income, portfolio manager of the fund since 2007

Michael Atkin, Head of Macro and Sovereign Credit, portfolio manager of the fund since 2007

Norman Boucher, Portfolio Manager, portfolio manager of the fund since 2022

Albert Chan, Head of Portfolio Construction, portfolio manager of the fund since 2020

Robert Davis, Portfolio Manager, portfolio manager of the fund since 2017

Sub-advisor

Putnam Investments Limited*

* Though the investment advisor has retained the services of Putnam Investments Limited (PIL), PIL does not currently manage any assets of the fund.

 

 

Effective March 31, 2022, the sub-section The fund’s investment manager – Portfolio managers in the section Who oversees and manages the fund? is replaced in its entirety with the following:

• Portfolio managers. The officers of Putnam Management identified below are jointly and primarily responsible for the day-to-day management of the fund’s portfolio.

       
Portfolio  Joined     
managers  fund  Employer  Positions over past five years 
Michael Salm  2007  Putnam Management  Chief Investment Officer, Fixed Income 
    1997–Present  Previously, Co-Chief Investment Officer, 
      Fixed Income, Co-Head of Fixed Income 
Michael Atkin  2007  Putnam Management  Head of Macro and Sovereign Credit 
    1997–Present  Previously, Portfolio Manager 
Norman Boucher  2022  Putnam Management  Portfolio Manager 
    1998–Present   
Albert Chan  2020  Putnam Management  Head of Portfolio Construction 
    2002–Present  Previously, Portfolio Manager 
Robert Davis  2017  Putnam Management  Portfolio Manager 
    1999–Present  Previously, Analyst 

 

The SAI provides information about these individuals’ compensation, other accounts managed by these individuals and these individuals’ ownership of securities in the fund.

 


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Statement of Additional Information Supplement  January 11, 2022 
 
Putnam Global Income Trust   
Statement of Additional Information dated February 28, 2021   

 

Effective March 31, 2022, the sub-sections Other accounts managed and Ownership of securities in the PORTFOLIO MANAGERS section are supplemented to reflect that the fund’s portfolio managers are now Michael Salm, Michael Atkin, Norman Boucher, Albert Chan and Robert Davis. The sub-sections below are also supplemented solely with regard to Mr. Boucher as follows:

Other accounts managed

The following table shows the number and approximate assets of other investment accounts (or portions of investment accounts) that the fund's portfolio manager managed as of November 30, 2021. The other accounts may include accounts for which the individual was not designated as a portfolio manager. Unless noted, none of the other accounts pays a fee based on the account's performance.

           
          Other accounts 
          (including separate 
          accounts, managed 
          account programs and 
  Other SEC-registered  Other accounts that pool  single-sponsor defined 
Portfolio    open-end and closed-end  assets from more than  contribution plan 
manager    funds  one client  offerings) 
  Number    Number    Number   
  of    of    of   
  accounts  Assets  accounts  Assets  accounts  Assets 
Norman Boucher  10  $2,464,600,000  8  $487,000,000  9  $1,746,400,000 

 

Ownership of securities

The dollar range of shares of the fund owned by Mr. Boucher as of November 30, 2021, including investments by immediate family members and amounts invested through retirement and deferred compensation plans, was $0.


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