Statement of Additional Information Supplement | June 4, 2021 |
SUPPLEMENT TO THE STATEMENT OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION OF ALL PUTNAM RETAIL OPEN-END FUNDS
Effective immediately, the following replaces similar disclosure under the heading “Right of accumulation” in the sub-section “Ways to Reduce Initial Sales Charges—Class A, Class M and Class N Shares” in the section “HOW TO BUY SHARES”:
Right of accumulation. A purchaser of class A shares, class M shares or class N shares may qualify for a right of accumulation discount by combining all current purchases by such person with the value of certain other shares of any class of Putnam funds already owned. The applicable sales charge is based on the total of:
(i) the investor's current purchase(s); and
(ii) the higher of (x) the maximum offering price (at the close of business on the previous day) or (y) the initial value of total purchases (less the value of shares redeemed on the applicable redemption date) of:
(a) | all shares held in accounts registered to the investor and other accounts eligible to be linked to the investor’s accounts (as described below) in all of the Putnam funds (except closed-end and money market funds, unless acquired as described in (b) below); and |
(b) any shares of money market funds acquired by exchange from other Putnam funds.
For shares held on December 31, 2007, the initial value will be the value of those shares at the maximum offering price on that date.
The following persons may qualify for a right of accumulation discount:
(i) an individual, or a "company" as defined in Section 2(a)(8) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”) (which includes corporations which are corporate affiliates of each other);
(ii) an individual, his or her spouse and their children who were under age 21 at the time of the investor’s initial purchase, as well as any individual with an account registered under the same last name and same address as the individual, purchasing for his, her or their own account;
(iii) a trustee or other fiduciary purchasing for a single trust estate or single fiduciary account (including a pension, profit-sharing, or other employee benefit trust created pursuant to a plan qualified under Section 401 of the Code and Simplified Employer Pension Plans (SEPs) created pursuant to Section 408(k) of the Code);
(iv) tax-exempt organizations qualifying under Section 501(c)(3) of the Code, (not including tax-exempt organizations qualifying under Section 403(b)(7) (a "403(b) plan") of the Code; and
(v) employer-sponsored retirement plans of a single employer or of affiliated employers, other than 403(b) plans.
A combined purchase currently may also include shares of any class of other continuously offered Putnam funds (other than money market funds, Putnam Income Strategies Portfolio, and class A shares of Putnam Ultra Short Duration Income Fund) purchased at the same time, if the dealer places the order for such shares directly with Putnam Retail Management.
For individual investors, Putnam Investor Services automatically links accounts the registrations of which are under the same last name and address. Account types eligible to be linked for the purpose of qualifying for a right of accumulation discount include the following (in each case as registered to the investor, his or her spouse and his or her children who were under the age of 21 at the time of the investor’s initial purchase):
(i) | individual accounts; |
(ii) | joint accounts; |
(iii) | accounts established as part of a plan established pursuant to Section 403(b) of the Code (“403(b) plans”) or an IRA other than a SIMPLE IRA, SARSEP or SEP IRA; |
(iv) | shares owned through accounts in the name of the investor’s (or spouse’s or child’s) dealer or other financial intermediary (with documentation identifying to the satisfaction of Putnam Investor Services the beneficial ownership of such shares); and |
(v) | accounts established as part of a Section 529 college savings plan managed by Putnam Management. |
Shares owned by a plan participant as part of an employer-sponsored retirement plan of a single employer or of affiliated employers (other than 403(b) plans) or a single fiduciary account opened by a trustee or other fiduciary (including a pension, profit-sharing, or other employee benefit trust created pursuant to a plan qualified under Section 401 of the Code) are not eligible for linking to other accounts attributable to such person to qualify for the right of accumulation discount, although all current purchases made by each such plan may be combined with existing aggregate balances of such plan in Putnam funds for purposes of determining the sales charge applicable to shares purchased at such time by the plan.
To obtain the right of accumulation discount on a purchase through an investment dealer, when each purchase is made the investor or dealer must provide Putnam Retail Management with sufficient information to verify that the purchase qualifies for the privilege or discount. The shareholder must furnish this information to Putnam Investor Services when making direct cash investments. Sales charge discounts under a right of accumulation apply only to current purchases. No credit for right of accumulation purposes is given for any higher sales charge paid with respect to previous purchases for the investor’s account or any linked accounts.
SAI Multi-fund Supplement – 06/21