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20150728134738
ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000869392-15-000084
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: NSAR-B
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 4
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20150531
FILED AS OF DATE: 20150728
DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20150728
EFFECTIVENESS DATE: 20150728
FILER:
COMPANY DATA:
COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: PUTNAM MASSACHUSETTS TAX EXEMPT INCOME FUND/MA/
CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000792288
IRS NUMBER: 046626127
STATE OF INCORPORATION: MA
FISCAL YEAR END: 0531
FILING VALUES:
FORM TYPE: NSAR-B
SEC ACT: 1940 Act
SEC FILE NUMBER: 811-04518
FILM NUMBER: 151009136
BUSINESS ADDRESS:
STREET 1: ONE POST OFFICE SQ
CITY: BOSTON
STATE: MA
ZIP: 02109
BUSINESS PHONE: 6172921000
MAIL ADDRESS:
STREET 1: ONE POST OFFICE SQUARE
CITY: BOSTON
STATE: MA
ZIP: 02109
FORMER COMPANY:
FORMER CONFORMED NAME: PUTNAM MASSACHUSETTS TAX EXEMPT INCOME FUND II
DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19920703
FORMER COMPANY:
FORMER CONFORMED NAME: PUTNAM MASSACHUSETTS TAX EXEMPT INCOME FUND /MA/
DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19920609
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SIGNATURE JANET C. SMITH
TITLE PRINC. ACCT. OFFICER
EX-99
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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
To the Trustees and Shareholders of Putnam Massachusetts Tax
Exempt Income Fund:
In planning and performing our audit of the financial
statements of Putnam Massachusetts Tax Exempt Income Fund
(the Fund) as of and for the year ended May 31, 2015, in
accordance with the standards of the Public Company
Accounting Oversight Board (United States), we considered
the Funds internal control over financial reporting,
including controls over safeguarding securities, as a basis
for designing our auditing procedures for the purpose of
expressing our opinion on the financial statements and to
comply with the requirements of Form NSAR, but not for the
purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the
Funds internal control over financial reporting.
Accordingly, we do not express an opinion on the
effectiveness of the Funds internal control over financial
reporting.
The management of the Fund is responsible for establishing
and maintaining effective internal control over financial
reporting. In fulfilling this responsibility, estimates and
judgments by management are required to assess the expected
benefits and related costs of controls. A funds internal
control over financial reporting is a process designed to
provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of
financial reporting and the preparation of financial
statements for external purposes in accordance with
generally accepted accounting principles. A funds internal
control over financial reporting includes those policies and
procedures that (1) pertain to the maintenance of records
that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect
the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the
company; (2) provide reasonable assurance that transactions
are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial
statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles, and that receipts and expenditures of the fund
are being made only in accordance with authorizations of
management and trustees of the company; and (3) provide
reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely
detection of unauthorized acquisition, use or disposition of
a funds assets that could have a material effect on the
financial statements.
Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over
financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements.
Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to
future periods are subject to the risk that controls may
become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that
the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may
deteriorate.
A deficiency in internal control over financial reporting
exists when the design or operation of a control does not
allow management or employees, in the normal course of
performing their assigned functions, to prevent or detect
misstatements on a timely basis. A material weakness is a
deficiency, or a combination of deficiencies, in internal
control over financial reporting, such that there is a
reasonable possibility that a material misstatement of the
Funds annual or interim financial statements will not be
prevented or detected on a timely basis.
Our consideration of the Funds internal control over
financial reporting was for the limited purpose described in
the first paragraph and would not necessarily disclose all
deficiencies in internal control over financial reporting
that might be material weaknesses under standards
established by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board
(United States). However, we noted no deficiencies in the
Funds internal control over financial reporting and its
operation, including controls over safeguarding securities,
that we consider to be material weaknesses as defined above
as of May 31, 2015.
This report is intended solely for the information and use
of management and the Board of Trustees of Putnam
Massachusetts Tax Exempt Income Fund and the Securities and
Exchange Commission and is not intended to be and should not
be used by anyone other than these specified parties.
/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Boston, Massachusetts
July 13, 2015
2 of 3
3 of 3
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, 125 High Street, Boston, MA 02110
T: (617) 530 5000, F:(617) 530 5001, www.pwc.com/us
EX-99
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Putnam Massachusetts Tax Exempt Income Fund, 5/31/15, annual report
Because the electronic format for filing Form NSAR does not
provide adequate space for responding to certain items correctly,
the correct answers are as follows:
72DD1 (000s omitted)
Class A 8,196
Class B 90
Class C 775
Class M 87
72DD2 (000s omitted)
Class Y 933
73A1
Class A 0.322184
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73A2
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Class A 24,913
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Class Y 3,265
74V1
Class A 9.69
Class B 9.68
Class C 9.71
Class M 9.69
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Class Y 9.72
Item 61
Additional Information About Minimum Required Investment
Shareholders can open a fund account with as little as $500 and
make subsequent investments in any amount. The minimum investment
is waived if you make regular investments weekly, semimonthly, or
monthly through automatic deductions through your bank checking
or savings account. Currently, Putnam is waiving the minimum, but
reserves the right to reject initial investments under the
minimum.
Item 85B
Additional Information About Errors and Omissions Policy
While no claims with respect to the Registrant/Series were filed
under such policy during the period, requests under such policy
for reimbursement of legal expenses and costs arising out of
claims of market timing activity in the Putnam Funds have been
submitted by the investment manager of the Registrant/Series.
EX-99
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PUTNAM FUNDS
SUBMANAGEMENT CONTRACT
This SubManagement Contract is dated as of February 27, 2014
between PUTNAM INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLC, a Delaware limited
liability company (the Manager) and PUTNAM INVESTMENTS LIMITED, a
company organized under the laws of England and Wales (the
SubManager).
WHEREAS, the Manager is the investment manager of each of the
investment companies registered under the United States Investment
Company Act of 1940, as amended, that are identified on Schedule A
hereto, as it may from time to time be amended by the Manager (the
Funds), and a registered investment adviser under the United
States Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended;
WHEREAS, the SubManager is licensed as an investment manager
by the Financial Conduct Authority of the United Kingdom (the
FCA); and
WHEREAS, the Manager desires to engage the SubManager from
time to time to manage a portion of certain of the Funds:
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants
herein contained, it is agreed as follows:
1. SERVICES TO BE RENDERED BY SUBMANAGER.
(a) The SubManager, at its expense, will furnish
continuously an investment program for that portion of any Fund
the management of which is allocated from time to time by the
Manager to the SubManager (an Allocated Sleeve). The Manager
shall, in its sole discretion, determine which Funds will have an
Allocated Sleeve and the amount of assets allocated from time to
time to each such Allocated Sleeve; provided that, with respect to
any Fund, the Trustees of such Fund must have approved the use of
the SubManager prior to the creation of an Allocated Sleeve for
such Fund. The SubManager will determine what investments shall be
purchased, held, sold or exchanged by any Allocated Sleeve and
what portion, if any, of the assets of the Allocated Sleeve shall
be held uninvested and shall, on behalf of the Fund, make changes
in the Funds investments held in such Allocated Sleeve.
(b) The Manager may also, at its discretion, request the
SubManager to provide assistance with purchasing and selling
securities for any Fund, including the placement of orders with
brokerdealers selected in accordance with Section 1(d), even if
the Manager has not established an Allocated Sleeve for such Fund.
(c) The SubManager at its expense will furnish all necessary
investment and management facilities, including salaries of
personnel, required for it to execute its duties faithfully.
(d) The SubManager shall place all orders for the purchase
and sale of portfolio investments for any Allocated Sleeve with
brokers or dealers selected by the SubManager. In the selection of
such brokers or dealers and the placing of such orders, the
SubManager shall use its best efforts to obtain for the related
Fund the most favorable price and execution available, except to
the extent it may be permitted to pay higher brokerage commissions
for brokerage and research services as described below. In using
its best efforts to obtain for the Fund the most favorable price
and execution available, the SubManager, bearing in mind the Funds
best interests at all times, shall consider all factors it deems
relevant, including by way of illustration, price, the size of the
transaction, the nature of the market for the security, the amount
of the commission, the timing of the transaction taking into
account market prices and trends, the reputation, experience and
financial stability of the broker or dealer involved and the
quality of service rendered by the broker or dealer in other
transactions. Subject to such policies as the Trustees of the
Funds may determine, the SubManager shall not be deemed to have
acted unlawfully or to have breached any duty created by this
Contract or otherwise solely by reason of its having caused a Fund
to pay a broker or dealer that provides brokerage and research
services to the Manager or the SubManager an amount of commission
for effecting a portfolio investment transaction in excess of the
amount of commission another broker or dealer would have charged
for effecting that transaction, if the SubManager determines in
good faith that such amount of commission was reasonable in
relation to the value of the brokerage and research services
provided by such broker or dealer, viewed in terms of either that
particular transaction or its overall responsibilities with
respect to the Fund and to other clients of the Manager or the
SubManager as to which the Manager or the SubManager exercises
investment discretion. The SubManager agrees that in connection
with purchases or sales of portfolio investments for any Fund,
neither the SubManager nor any officer, director, employee or
agent of the SubManager shall act as a principal or receive any
commission other than as provided in Section 3.
(e) The SubManager shall not be obligated to pay any
expenses of or for the Manager or any Fund not expressly assumed
by the SubManager pursuant to this Section 1.
(f) In the performance of its duties, the SubManager will
comply with the provisions of the Agreement and Declaration of
Trust and ByLaws of each applicable Fund and such Funds stated
investment objectives, policies and restrictions, and will use its
best efforts to safeguard and promote the welfare of such Fund and
to comply with other policies which the Manager or the Trustees
may from time to time determine and shall exercise the same care
and diligence expected of the Manager.
2. OTHER AGREEMENTS, ETC.
It is understood that any of the shareholders, Trustees,
officers and employees of a Fund may be a shareholder, director,
officer or employee of, or be otherwise interested in, the
SubManager, and in any person controlled by or under common
control with the SubManager, and that the SubManager and any
person controlled by or under common control with the SubManager
may have an interest in such Fund. It is also understood that the
SubManager and any person controlled by or under common control
with the SubManager have and may have advisory, management,
service or other contracts with other organizations and persons,
and may have other interests and business.
3. COMPENSATION.
Except as provided below, the Manager will pay to the
SubManager as compensation for the SubManagers services rendered,
a fee, computed and paid quarterly at the annual rate of 0.35% per
annum of average aggregate net asset value of the assets in equity
and asset allocation Allocated Sleeves and 0.40% per annum of
average aggregate net asset value of the assets in fixed income
Allocated Sleeves, except for fixed income Allocated Sleeves in
certain fixed income Funds enumerated as follows (with the per
annum fee provided in parentheses): Putnam Money Market Liquidity
Fund (0.20%), Putnam Short Term Investment Fund (0.20%), Putnam
Money Market Fund (0.25%), Putnam Tax Exempt Money Market Fund
(0.25%), Putnam VT Money Market Fund (0.25%), Putnam Short
Duration Income Fund (0.25%), Putnam ShortTerm Municipal Income
Fund (0.25%), Putnam American Government Income Fund (0.25%),
Putnam Income Fund (0.25%), Putnam U.S. Government Income Trust
(0.25%), Putnam VT American Government Income Fund (0.25%), and
Putnam VT Income Fund (0.25%).
Such average net asset value shall be determined by taking an
average of all of the determinations of such net asset value
during a quarter at the close of business on each business day
during such quarter while this Contract is in effect. Such fee
shall be payable for each quarter within 30 days after the close
of such quarter. The SubManager shall look only to the Manager for
payment of its fees. No Fund shall have any responsibility for
paying any fees due the SubManager.
With respect to each of Putnam High Income Securities Fund,
Putnam Master Intermediate Income Trust and Putnam Premier Income
Trust, the Manager will pay to the SubManager as compensation for
the SubManagers services rendered, a fee, computed and paid
quarterly at the annual rate of 0.40% of Average Weekly Assets in
Allocated Sleeves. Average Weekly Assets means the average of the
weekly determinations of the difference between the total assets
of the Fund (including any assets attributable to leverage for
investment purposes) attributable to an Allocated Sleeve and the
total liabilities of the Fund (excluding liabilities incurred in
connection with leverage for investment purposes) attributable to
such Allocated Sleeve, determined at the close of the last
business day of each week, for each week which ends during the
quarter. Such fee shall be payable for each quarter within 30 days
after the close of such quarter. As used in this Section 3,
leverage for investment purposes means any incurrence of
indebtedness the proceeds of which are to be invested in
accordance with the Funds investment objective. For purposes of
calculating Average Weekly Assets, liabilities associated with any
instruments or transactions used to leverage the Funds portfolio
for investment purposes (whether or not such instruments or
transactions are covered within the meaning of the Investment
Company Act of 1940 and the rules and regulations thereunder,
giving effect to any interpretations of the Securities and
Exchange Commission and its staff) are not considered liabilities.
For purposes of calculating Average Weekly Assets, the total
assets of the Fund will be deemed to include (a) any proceeds from
the sale or transfer of an asset (the Underlying Asset) of the
Fund to a counterparty in a reverse repurchase or dollar roll
transaction and (b) the value of such Underlying Asset as of the
relevant measuring date.
In the event that the Managers management fee from any of
Putnam High Income Securities Fund, Putnam Master Intermediate
Income Trust or Putnam Premier Income Trust is reduced pursuant to
the investment management contract between such Fund and the
Manager because during any Measurement Period (as defined below)
the amount of interest payments and fees with respect to
indebtedness or other obligation of the Fund incurred for
investment leverage purposes, plus additional expenses
attributable to any such leverage for investment purposes, exceeds
the portion of the Funds net income and net shortterm capital
gains (but not longterm capital gains) accruing during such
Measurement Period as a result of the fact that such indebtedness
or other obligation was outstanding during the Measurement Period,
the fee payable to the SubManager with respect to such Fund shall
be reduced in the same proportion as the fee paid to the Manager
with respect to such Fund is so reduced. Measurement Period shall
be any period for which payments of interest or fees (whether
designated as such or implied) are payable in connection with any
indebtedness or other obligation of the Fund incurred for
investment purposes.
If the SubManager shall serve for less than the whole of a
quarter, the foregoing compensation shall be prorated.
4. ASSIGNMENT TERMINATES THIS CONTRACT; AMENDMENTS OF THIS
CONTRACT.
This Contract shall automatically terminate without the
payment of any penalty, in the event of its assignment; and this
Contract shall not be amended with respect to any Allocated Sleeve
unless such amendment be approved at a meeting by the vote, cast
in person at a meeting called for the purpose of voting on such
approval, of a majority of the Trustees of the related Fund who
are not interested persons of such Fund or of the Manager.
5. EFFECTIVE PERIOD AND TERMINATION OF THIS CONTRACT.
This Contract shall become effective upon its execution, and
shall remain in full force and effect continuously thereafter
(unless terminated automatically as set forth in Section 4) until
terminated as follows:
(a) Either party hereto or, with respect to any Allocated
Sleeve, the related Fund may at any time terminate this Contract
by not more than sixty days nor less than thirty days written
notice delivered or mailed by registered mail, postage prepaid, to
the other party, or
(b) With respect to any Allocated Sleeve, if (i) the
Trustees of the related Fund or the shareholders by the
affirmative vote of a majority of the outstanding shares of such
Fund, and (ii) a majority of the Trustees of such Fund who are not
interested persons of such Fund or of the Manager, by vote cast in
person at a meeting called for the purpose of voting on such
approval, do not specifically approve at least annually the
continuance of this Contract, then this Contract shall
automatically terminate at the close of business on the
anniversary of its execution, or upon the expiration of one year
from the effective date of the last such continuance, whichever is
later, or
(c) With respect to any Allocated Sleeve, automatically upon
termination of the Managers investment management contract with
the related Fund.
Action by a Fund under (a) above may be taken either (i) by
vote of a majority of its Trustees, or (ii) by the affirmative
vote of a majority of the outstanding shares of such Fund.
Termination of this Contract pursuant to this Section 5 will
be without the payment of any penalty.
6. CERTAIN DEFINITIONS.
For the purposes of this Contract, the affirmative vote of a
majority of the outstanding shares of a Fund means the affirmative
vote, at a duly called and held meeting of shareholders of such
Fund, (a) of the holders of 67% or more of the shares of such Fund
present (in person or by proxy) and entitled to vote at such
meeting, if the holders of more than 50% of the outstanding shares
of such Fund entitled to vote at such meeting are present in
person or by proxy, or (b) of the holders of more than 50% of the
outstanding shares of such Fund entitled to vote at such meeting,
whichever is less.
For the purposes of this Contract, the terms affiliated
person, control, interested person and assignment shall have their
respective meanings defined in the United States Investment
Company Act of 1940 and the Rules and Regulations thereunder (the
1940 Act), subject, however, to such exemptions as may be granted
by the Securities and Exchange Commission under said Act; the term
specifically approve at least annually shall be construed in a
manner consistent with the 1940 Act, and the Rules and Regulations
thereunder; and the term brokerage and research services shall
have the meaning given in the United States Securities Exchange
Act of 1934 and the Rules and Regulations thereunder.
7. NONLIABILITY OF SUBMANAGER.
In the absence of willful misfeasance, bad faith or gross
negligence on the part of the SubManager, or reckless disregard of
its obligations and duties hereunder, the SubManager shall not be
subject to any liability to the Manager, any Fund or to any
shareholder of any Fund, for any act or omission in the course of,
or connected with, rendering services hereunder.
8. ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS.
(a) The SubManager represents that it is regulated by the
FCA in the conduct of its investment business. The SubManager has
in operation a written procedure in accordance with FCA rules for
the effective consideration and proper handling of complaints from
customers. Any complaint by the Manager or any Fund should be sent
to the Compliance Officer of the SubManager. The Manager and any
Fund is also entitled to make any complaints about the SubManager
to the Financial Ombudsman Service established by the FCA. The
Manager and any Fund may also request a statement describing its
rights to compensation in the event of the SubManagers inability
to meet its liabilities.
(b) The Manager represents that it and each Fund are
Professional Customers in the meaning of the FCAs rules.
(c) Although each Fund is not a party hereto and shall have
no responsibility for the Managers or the SubManagers obligations
hereunder, each Fund is named as explicit third party beneficiary
of the parties agreements hereunder.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, PUTNAM INVESTMENTS LIMITED and PUTNAM
INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLC have each caused this instrument to
be signed in duplicate on its behalf by an officer duly
authorized, all as of the day and year first above written.
PUTNAM INVESTMENTS LIMITED
By:
/s/ Simon Davis
Simon Davis
PUTNAM INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLC
By:
/s/ James P. Pappas
James P. Pappas
Director of Trustee Relations and
Authorized Person
Schedule A
Effective February 27, 2014, unless otherwise noted
As amended as of November 20, 2014
Putnam Absolute Return 100 Fund
Putnam Absolute Return 300 Fund
Putnam Absolute Return 500 Fund
Putnam Absolute Return 700 Fund
Putnam American Government Income Fund
Putnam AMTFree Municipal Fund
Putnam Arizona Tax Exempt Income Fund
Putnam Asia Pacific Equity Fund
Putnam California Tax Exempt Income Fund
Putnam Capital Spectrum Fund
Putnam Capital Opportunities Fund
Putnam Convertible Securities Fund
Putnam Diversified Income Trust
Putnam Dynamic Asset Allocation Balanced Fund
Putnam Dynamic Asset Allocation Conservative Fund
Putnam Dynamic Asset Allocation Equity Fund
Putnam Dynamic Asset Allocation Growth Fund
Putnam Dynamic Risk Allocation Fund
Putnam Equity Income Fund
Putnam Emerging Markets Equity Fund
Putnam Emerging Markets Income Fund
Putnam Europe Equity Fund
Putnam Equity Spectrum Fund
Putnam Floating Rate Income Fund
George Putnam Balanced Fund
Putnam Global Consumer Fund
Putnam Global Dividend Fund
Putnam Global Energy Fund
Putnam Global Equity Fund
Putnam Global Financials Fund
Putnam Global Health Care Fund
Putnam Global Income Trust
Putnam Global Industrials Fund
Putnam Global Natural Resources Fund
Putnam Global Sector Fund
Putnam Global Technology Fund
Putnam Global Telecommunications Fund
Putnam Global Utilities Fund
The Putnam Fund for Growth and Income
Putnam Growth Opportunities Fund
Putnam High Income Securities Fund
Putnam High Yield Advantage Fund
Putnam High Yield Trust
Putnam Income Fund
Putnam IntermediateTerm Municipal Income Fund
Putnam International Capital Opportunities Fund
Putnam International Equity Fund
Putnam International Value Fund
Putnam International Growth Fund
Putnam Investors Fund
Putnam Low Volatility Equity Fund
Putnam Managed Municipal Income Trust
Putnam Massachusetts Tax Exempt Income Fund
Putnam Master Intermediate Income Trust
Putnam Michigan Tax Exempt Income Fund
Putnam Minnesota Tax Exempt Income Fund
Putnam Money Market Fund
Putnam Money Market Liquidity Fund
Putnam Mortgage Opportunities Fund (effective November 20, 2014)
Putnam Mortgage Recovery Fund
Putnam MultiCap Core Fund
Putnam MultiCap Growth Fund
Putnam MultiCap Value Fund
Putnam Municipal Opportunities Trust
Putnam New Jersey Tax Exempt Income Fund
Putnam New York Tax Exempt Income Fund
Putnam Ohio Tax Exempt Income Fund
Putnam Pennsylvania Tax Exempt Income Fund
Putnam Premier Income Trust
Putnam Research Fund
Putnam Retirement Income Fund Lifestyle 1
Putnam Retirement Income Fund Lifestyle 2
Putnam Retirement Income Fund Lifestyle 3
Putnam RetirementReady 2055 Fund
Putnam RetirementReady 2050 Fund
Putnam RetirementReady 2045 Fund
Putnam RetirementReady 2040 Fund
Putnam RetirementReady 2035 Fund
Putnam RetirementReady 2030 Fund
Putnam RetirementReady 2025 Fund
Putnam RetirementReady 2020 Fund
Putnam RetirementReady 2015 Fund
Putnam Short Term Investment Fund
Putnam ShortTerm Municipal Income Fund
Putnam Small Cap Growth Fund
Putnam Small Cap Value Fund
Putnam Strategic Volatility Equity Fund
Putnam Tax Exempt Income Fund
Putnam Tax Exempt Money Market Fund
Putnam TaxFree High Yield Fund
Putnam U.S. Government Income Trust
Putnam Voyager Fund
Putnam VT Absolute Return 500 Fund
Putnam VT American Government Income Fund
Putnam VT Capital Opportunities Fund
Putnam VT Diversified Income Fund
Putnam VT Equity Income Fund
Putnam VT George Putnam Balanced Fund
Putnam VT Global Asset Allocation Fund
Putnam VT Global Equity Fund
Putnam VT Global Health Care Fund
Putnam VT Global Utilities Fund
Putnam VT Growth and Income Fund
Putnam VT Growth Opportunities Fund
Putnam VT High Yield Fund
Putnam VT Income Fund
Putnam VT International Equity Fund
Putnam VT International Value Fund
Putnam VT International Growth Fund
Putnam VT Investors Fund
Putnam VT Money Market Fund
Putnam VT MultiCap Growth Fund
Putnam VT MultiCap Value Fund
Putnam VT Research Fund
Putnam VT Small Cap Value Fund
Putnam VT Voyager Fund
PUTNAM INVESTMENTS LIMITED
By: /s/ Alan G. McCormack
Alan G. McCormack
PUTNAM INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLC
By: /s/ James P. Pappas
James P. Pappas
Director of Trustee Relations and
Authorized Person
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