485BPOS 1 a_teifitemone.htm PUTNAM TAX EXEMPT INCOME FUNDS a_teifitemone.htm
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on   
October 20, 2015   
 
 
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION   
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549   
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FORM N-1A   
 
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REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933  / X / 
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Pre-Effective Amendment No.  / / 
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Post-Effective Amendment No. 32  / X / 
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REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY  / X / 
ACT OF 1940  ---- 
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Amendment No. 33  / X / 
(Check appropriate box or boxes)  ---- 
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PUTNAM ARIZONA TAX EXEMPT INCOME FUND   
(Registration No. 33- 37992; 811-06258)   
 
PUTNAM NEW JERSEY TAX EXEMPT INCOME FUND   
(Registration No. 33-32550; 811-05977)   
 
(Exact name of registrants as specified in charter)   

 


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REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933  / X / 
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Pre-Effective Amendment No.  / / 
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Post-Effective Amendment No. 41  / X / 
and  ---- 
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REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY  / X / 
ACT OF 1940  ---- 
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Amendment No. 42  / X / 
(Check appropriate box or boxes)  ---- 
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PUTNAM MASSACHUSETTS TAX EXEMPT INCOME FUND   
Registration No. 33-5416; 811-04518   
 
PUTNAM MICHIGAN TAX EXEMPT INCOME FUND   
Registration No. 33-8923; 811-04529   
 
PUTNAM MINNESOTA TAX EXEMPT INCOME FUND   
Registration No. 33-8916; 811-04527   
 
PUTNAM OHIO TAX EXEMPT INCOME FUND   
Registration No. 33-8924; 811-04528   
 
(Exact name of registrants as specified in charter)   

 


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REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933  / X / 
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Pre-Effective Amendment No.  / / 
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Post-Effective Amendment No. 34  / X / 
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REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY  / X / 
ACT OF 1940  ---- 
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Amendment No. 35  / X / 
(Check appropriate box or boxes)  ---- 
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PUTNAM PENNSYLVANIA TAX EXEMPT INCOME FUND   
(Registration No. 33-28321; 811-05802)   
(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)   
 
One Post Office Square, Boston, Massachusetts 02109   
(Address of principal executive offices)   
Registrants' Telephone Number, including Area Code (617) 292-1000   

 


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  It is proposed that this filing will become effective 
  (check appropriate box) 
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/ /  immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b) 
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/ X /  on September 30, 2015 pursuant to paragraph (b) 
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/ /  60 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(1) 
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/ /  on (date) pursuant to paragraph (a)(1) 
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/ /  75 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(2) 
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/ /  on (date) pursuant to paragraph (a)(2) of Rule 485. 
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If appropriate, check the following box: 
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/ /  this post-effective amendment designates a new 
----  effective date for a previously filed post-effective amendment. 
 
 
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  ROBERT T. BURNS, Vice President 
  PUTNAM ARIZONA TAX EXEMPT INCOME FUND 
  PUTNAM MASSACHUSETTS TAX EXEMPT INCOME FUND 
  PUTNAM MICHIGAN TAX EXEMPT INCOME FUND 
  PUTNAM MINNESOTA TAX EXEMPT INCOME FUND 
  PUTNAM NEW JERSEY TAX EXEMPT INCOME FUND 
  PUTNAM OHIO TAX EXEMPT INCOME FUND 
  PUTNAM PENNSYLVANIA TAX EXEMPT INCOME FUND 
  One Post Office Square 
  Boston, Massachusetts 02109 
  (Name and address of agent for service) 
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  Copy to: 
  BRYAN CHEGWIDDEN, Esquire 
  ROPES & GRAY LLP 
  1211 Avenue of the Americas 
  New York, New York 10036 
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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, each of the Registrants certifies that it meets all of the requirements for effectiveness of this Registration Statement under Rule 485(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and has duly caused this Amendment to its Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, duly authorized, in the City of Boston, and The Commonwealth of Massachusetts, on the 20th day of October, 2015.

PUTNAM ARIZONA TAX EXEMPT INCOME FUND 
PUTNAM MASSACHUSETTS TAX EXEMPT INCOME FUND 
PUTNAM MICHIGAN TAX EXEMPT INCOME FUND 
PUTNAM MINNESOTA TAX EXEMPT INCOME FUND 
PUTNAM NEW JERSEY TAX EXEMPT INCOME FUND 
PUTNAM OHIO TAX EXEMPT INCOME FUND 
PUTNAM PENNSYLVANIA TAX EXEMPT INCOME FUND 
 
By:/s/ Jonathan S. Horwitz, Executive Vice President, Principal 
Executive Officer and Compliance Liaison 
   

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Amendment to the Registration Statements of Putnam Arizona Tax Exempt Income Fund, Putnam Massachusetts Tax Exempt Income Fund, Putnam Michigan Tax Exempt Income Fund, Putnam Minnesota Tax Exempt Income Fund, Putnam New Jersey Tax Exempt Income Fund, Putnam Ohio Tax Exempt Income Fund and Putnam Pennsylvania Tax Exempt Income Fund has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated:

Signature  Title 
Jameson A. Baxter**  Chair, Board of Trustees 
 
Robert L. Reynolds**  President and Trustee 
 
Jonathan S. Horwitz**  Executive Vice President, Principal Executive Officer and 
  Compliance Liaison 
 
Steven D. Krichmar**  Vice President and Principal Financial Officer 
 
Janet C. Smith**  Vice President, Principal Accounting Officer and Assistant 
  Treasurer 
 
Liaquat Ahamed **  Trustee 

 

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Ravi Akhoury**  Trustee 
 
Barbara M. Baumann**  Trustee 
 
Robert J. Darretta**  Trustee 
 
Katinka Domotorffy**  Trustee 
 
John A. Hill**  Trustee 
 
Paul L. Joskow**  Trustee 
 
Kenneth R. Leibler**  Trustee 
 
Robert E. Patterson**  Trustee 
 
George Putnam, III**  Trustee 
 
W. Thomas Stephens**  Trustee 

 

By: /s/ Jonathan S. Horwitz, as Attorney-in-Fact 
October 20, 2015 
 
** Signed pursuant to power of attorney filed in Post- 
Effective Amendment No. 25 to the Arizona and 
New Jersey funds’ Registration Statement on September 
28, 2012. 
** Signed pursuant to power of attorney filed in Post- 
Effective Amendment No. 34 to the Massachusetts, 
Michigan, Minnesota and Ohio funds’ Registration 
Statement on September 28, 2012. 
** Signed pursuant to power of attorney filed in Post- 
Effective Amendment No. 27 to the Pennsylvania 
fund’s Registration Statement on September 28, 2012. 

 

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Exhibit Index   
 
XBRL Instance Document  Ex-101.ins 
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document  Ex-101.sch 
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Labels Linkbase  Ex-101.lab 
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document  Ex-101.pre 
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase  Ex-101.def 

 

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