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PUTNAM VARIABLE TRUST MANAGEMENT CONTRACT

Management Contract • February 16th, 2010 • Putnam Variable Trust

• Contract Type
  Management Contract
• Filed
  February 16th, 2010
• Company
  Putnam Variable Trust

This Management Contract is dated as of January 1, 2010 between PUTNAM VARIABLE TRUST, a Massachusetts business trust (the “Fund”), and PUTNAM INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Manager”).