EX-99 5 distrib012.txt 012 Putnam Equity Income Fund attachment 11/30/02 Annual Because the electronic format for filing Form N-SAR does not provide adequate space for responding to certain items correctly, the correct answers are as follows: 72DD1 (000s omitted) Class A 18,192 Class B 3,197 Class C 236 72DD2 (000s omitted) Class M 833 Class Y 1,898 73A1 Class A 0.1893 Class B 0.0828 Class C 0.0888 73A2 Class M 0.1248 Class Y 0.2238 74U1 (000s omitted) Class A 106,080 Class B 39,868 Class C 3,100 74U2 (000s omitted) Class M 7,609 Class Y 11,564 74V1 Class A 13.15 Class B 13.05 Class C 13.10 74V2 Class M 13.06 Class Y 13.16