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AMENDMENT NO. 9 TO CREDIT AGREEMENT

AMENDMENT NO. 9 (this “Amendment”), dated as of October 14, 2022, to the Credit Agreement, dated as of September 24, 2015, among each trust listed on Schedule 2 hereto, the Banks and other lending institutions party thereto, and State Street Bank and Trust Company, as Agent, as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified by Joinder Agreement No. 1, dated as of August 29, 2016, Letter Agreement, dated as of August 29, 2016, Amendment No. 1 to Credit Agreement, dated as of September 22, 2016, Notice Letter, dated October 5, 2016, Notice Letter, dated February 22, 2017, Notice Letter, dated April 19, 2017, Amendment No. 2 to Credit Agreement, dated as of September 21, 2017, Amendment No. 3 to Credit Agreement, dated as of September 20, 2018, Consent No. 1, dated as of November 30, 2018, Notice Letter, dated May 31, 2019, Consent No. 2, dated as of June 24, 2019, Amendment No. 4 to Credit Agreement, dated as of September 19, 2019, Amendment No. 5 to Credit Agreement, dated as of October 18, 2019, and Amendment No. 6 to Credit Agreement and Consent No. 3, dated as of August 27, 2020, Amendment No. 7 to Credit Agreement, dated as of October 16, 2020, Consent No. 4, dated as of March 30, 2021, Amendment No. 8, dated as of October 15, 2021, and Consent No. 5, dated as of July 1, 2022 (as the same has been or may be further amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”).

Recitals

I.       Each term that is defined in the Credit Agreement and not herein defined has the meaning ascribed thereto by the Credit Agreement when used herein.

II.       For purposes of this Amendment (i) “Existing Fund” means each Fund which appears on Schedule 2 to the Credit Agreement as in effect immediately prior to the Amendment Effective Date (defined below), (ii) “Continuing Fund” means each Existing Fund which appears on Schedule 2 to this Amendment, (iii) “New Fund” means each Series which does not appear on Schedule 2 to the Credit Agreement as in effect immediately prior to the Amendment Effective Date and which does appear on Schedule 2 to this Amendment, (iv) “Existing Borrower” means each Borrower immediately prior to the Amendment Effective Date, (v) “Continuing Borrower” means an Existing Borrower that will be a Borrower on the Amendment Effective Date, (vi) “New Borrower” means a Series Borrower acting on behalf of and for the account of a New Fund, and (vii) “Amendment Borrowers” means each Continuing Borrower and each New Borrower.

III.       The Amendment Borrowers desire to amend the Credit Agreement and the Agent and the Required Banks have agreed thereto, in each case upon the terms and conditions herein contained.

Agreements

Accordingly, in consideration of the Recitals and the covenants, conditions and agreements hereinafter set forth, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and adequacy of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:

1.                  Each of the following defined terms contained in Section 1.01 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety as follows:

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Federal Funds Effective Rate” means, for any day, the rate per annum calculated by the FRBNY, based on the prior day's overnight federal funds transactions (as determined in such manner as the FRBNY shall set forth on its public website from time to time), as the federal funds effective rate (which rate is, in general, published by the FRBNY on such day for the prior FRBNY Business Day), provided that if such day is not a Fed Funds Business Day, then the Federal Funds Effective Rate shall be such rate as in effect on the Fed Funds Business Day immediately preceding such day, provided further that if the Federal Funds Effective Rate as so determined for any day would be less than the Floor, such rate for such day shall be deemed to be the Floor for all purposes of this Agreement.

FRBNY Business Day” shall mean each Business Day that is not included in the FRBNY’s holiday schedule.

Limited Borrower” means Putnam Investment Funds, acting on behalf of and for the account of Putnam PanAgora Risk Parity Fund.

Overnight Bank Funding Rate” means, for any day, the rate per annum calculated by the FRBNY, based on the prior day's overnight federal funds transactions, eurodollar transactions, and certain reported domestic deposits (as determined in such manner as the FRBNY shall set forth on its public website from time to time), as the overnight bank funding rate (which rate is, in general, published by the FRBNY on such date for the prior FRBNY Business Day), provided that if such day is not a Fed Funds Business Day, then the Overnight Bank Funding Rate shall be such rate as in effect on the Fed Funds Business Day immediately preceding such day, provided further that if the Overnight Bank Funding Rate as so determined for any day would be less than the Floor, such rate for such day shall be deemed to be the Floor for all purposes of this Agreement.

Termination Date” means October 13, 2023, or such earlier date on which the Commitments terminate or are terminated pursuant to the terms hereof.

2.                  Section 1.01 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by adding the following new defined term in the appropriate alphabetical order:

Floor” means a rate of interest equal to 0.0%.

3.                  The Credit Agreement is hereby amended by replacing each instance of the term “Federal Funds Rate” with the term “Federal Funds Effective Rate”.

4.                  Schedule 1 to the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by (a) replacing the Dollar amount “$317,500,000” listed in the column labelled “Commitment Amount” with the Dollar amount “$100,000,000”, (b) replacing the zip code “02211” with the zip code “02111”, (c) replacing the name “Janet Nolin” with the name “Christopher Ducar” and (d) replacing the telephone number “(617) 662-8629” with the telephone number “(617) 662-8630”.

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5.                  Schedule 2 to the Credit Agreement is hereby amended and restated in the form of Schedule 2 hereto.

6.                  Paragraphs 1 through 5 of this Amendment shall not be effective until the earliest date upon which each of the following conditions shall be satisfied (the “Amendment Effective Date”):

(a)                the Agent shall have received from each Amendment Borrower and Required Banks either (i) a counterpart of this Amendment executed on behalf of the such party or (ii) written evidence satisfactory to the Agent (which may include facsimile or electronic mail transmission (in printable format) of a signed signature page of this Amendment) that each such party has executed a counterpart of this Amendment;

(b)               the Agent shall have received from each Amendment Borrower a manually signed certificate from the Clerk, Secretary or Assistant Secretary (or other officer acceptable to the Agent) of such Amendment Borrower, dated the Amendment Effective Date, in all respects satisfactory to the Agent, (i) certifying as to the incumbency of authorized persons of each Amendment Borrower executing this Amendment, (ii) attaching true, complete and correct copies of the resolutions duly adopted by such Amendment Borrower’s Managing Body approving this Amendment and the transactions contemplated hereby, all of which are in full force and effect on the Amendment Effective Date, and (iii) certifying that such Amendment Borrower’s Charter Documents have not been amended, supplemented or otherwise modified since July 1, 2022 or, if so, attaching true, complete and correct copies of each such amendment, supplement or modification;

(c)                the Agent shall have received a new Federal Reserve Form U-1 with respect to each Amendment Borrower, in all respects satisfactory to the Agent;

(d)               the Agent shall have received an upfront fee in an amount equal to $40,000;

(e)                the Agent shall have received such information as the Agent, at the request of any Bank, shall have requested in order to comply with “know-your-customer” and other anti-terrorism, anti-money laundering and similar rules and regulations and related policies; and

(f)                 the Agent shall have received (i) all reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses of the Agent (including the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel to the Agent) incurred in connection with the preparation, negotiation, execution and delivery of this Amendment on or prior to the Amendment Effective Date.

7.                  Each Amendment Borrower (a) reaffirms and admits the validity and enforceability of each Loan Document to which it is a party and all of its obligations thereunder and agrees and admits that (i) it has no defense to any such obligation, and (ii) it shall not exercise any setoff or offset to any such obligation, and (b)(1) represents and warrants that, as of

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the Amendment Effective Date, no Default has occurred and is continuing, and (2) the representations and warranties by such Amendment Borrower contained in the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which it is or is becoming a party are true on and as of the Amendment Effective Date with the same force and effect as if made on and as of such date (or, if any such representation or warranty is expressly stated to have been made as of a specific date, as of such specific date).

8.                  In all other respects, the Loan Documents shall remain in full force and effect, and no amendment, supplement or other modification in respect of any term or condition of any Loan Document shall be deemed to be an amendment, supplement or other modification in respect of any other term or condition contained in any Loan Document.

9.                  This Amendment may be executed in any number of counterparts, all of which when taken together shall constitute a single contract. It shall not be necessary in making proof of this Amendment to produce or account for more than one counterpart executed and delivered by the party to be charged. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Amendment by telecopy, emailed pdf. or any other electronic means that reproduces an image of the actual executed signature page shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Amendment. The words “execution,” “signed,” “signature,” “delivery,” and words of like import in or relating to any document to be signed in connection with this Amendment and the transactions contemplated hereby shall be deemed to include Electronic Signatures, deliveries or the keeping of records in electronic form, each of which shall be of the same legal effect, validity or enforceability as a manually executed signature, physical delivery thereof or the use of a paper-based recordkeeping system, as the case may be, to the extent and as provided for in any applicable law, including the Federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act or any other similar state laws based on the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act; provided that nothing herein shall require the Agent or any Bank to accept electronic signatures in any form or format without its prior written consent. For purposes hereof, “Electronic Signature” means an electronic sound, symbol, or process attached to, or associated with, a contract or other record and adopted by a Person with the intent to sign, authenticate or accept such contract or record.

10.              THIS AMENDMENT SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH AND GOVERNED BY THE LAW OF THE STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS, WITHOUT REGARD TO CONFLICT OF LAWS PRINCIPLES THAT WOULD REQUIRE THE APPLICATION OF THE LAWS OF ANOTHER JURISDICTION.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each party hereto has caused this Amendment to be executed on its behalf by its duly authorized representative(s) as of the date first above written.

EACH TRUST LISTED AS A COMPANY ON SCHEDULE 2 HERETO

By: /s/ Stephen J. Tate

Name: Stephen J. Tate

Title: Vice President and Chief Legal Officer

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STATE STREET BANK AND TRUST COMPANY, as Agent and as a Bank

By: /s/ Christopher Ducar

Name: Christopher Ducar

Title: Vice President

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Schedule 2

 

List of Companies, Funds and Fiscal Year End Date

 

Company Fund Fiscal Year End Date
Putnam Asset Allocation Funds Putnam Dynamic Asset Allocation Balanced Fund September 30
Putnam Dynamic Asset Allocation Conservative Fund September 30
Putnam Dynamic Asset Allocation Growth Fund September 30
Putnam Multi-Asset Income Fund August 31
Putnam California Tax Exempt Income Fund Putnam California Tax Exempt Income Fund September 30
Putnam Convertible Securities Fund Putnam Convertible Securities Fund October 31
Putnam Diversified Income Trust Putnam Diversified Income Trust September 30
Putnam Large Cap Value Fund (f/k/a Putnam Equity Income Fund) Putnam Large Cap Value Fund (f/k/a Putnam Equity Income Fund) October 31
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Company Fund Fiscal Year End Date
Putnam Funds Trust Putnam Short Duration Bond Fund October 31
Putnam Fixed Income Absolute Return Fund October 31
Putnam Multi-Asset Absolute Return Fund October 31
Putnam Dynamic Asset Allocation Equity Fund May 31
Putnam Dynamic Risk Allocation Fund May 31
Putnam Emerging Markets Equity Fund August 31
Putnam Floating Rate Income Fund February 28
Putnam Focused Equity Fund August 31
Putnam Global Technology Fund August 31
Putnam Intermediate-Term Municipal Income Fund November 30
Putnam International Value Fund June 30
Putnam Mortgage Opportunities Fund May 31
Putnam Multi-Cap Core Fund April 30
Putnam Ultra Short Duration Income Fund July 31
Putnam Short-Term Municipal Income Fund November 30
Putnam Small Cap Growth Fund June 30
Putnam Focused International Equity Fund (f/k/a Putnam Global Equity Fund) Putnam Focused International Equity Fund (f/k/a Putnam Global Equity Fund) October 31
Putnam Global Health Care Fund Putnam Global Health Care Fund August 31
Putnam Global Income Trust Putnam Global Income Trust October 31
Putnam High Yield Fund Putnam High Yield Fund November 30
Putnam Income Fund Putnam Income Fund October 31
Putnam International Equity Fund Putnam International Equity Fund June 30
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Company Fund Fiscal Year End Date
Putnam Investment Funds Putnam Government Money Market Fund September 30
Putnam Growth Opportunities Fund July 31
Putnam International Capital Opportunities Fund August 31
Putnam Sustainable Future Fund April 30
Putnam PanAgora Risk Parity Fund August 31
Putnam Research Fund July 31
Putnam Small Cap Value Fund February 28
Putnam Massachusetts Tax Exempt Income Fund Putnam Massachusetts Tax Exempt Income Fund May 31
Putnam Minnesota Tax Exempt Income Fund Putnam Minnesota Tax Exempt Income Fund May 31
Putnam Money Market Fund Putnam Money Market Fund September 30
Putnam Sustainable Leaders Fund Putnam Sustainable Leaders Fund June 30
Putnam New Jersey Tax Exempt Income Fund Putnam New Jersey Tax Exempt Income Fund May 31
Putnam New York Tax Exempt Income Fund Putnam New York Tax Exempt Income Fund November 30
Putnam Ohio Tax Exempt Income Fund Putnam Ohio Tax Exempt Income Fund May 31
Putnam Pennsylvania Tax Exempt Income Fund Putnam Pennsylvania Tax Exempt Income Fund May 31
Putnam Tax Exempt Income Fund Putnam Tax Exempt Income Fund September 30
Putnam Tax-Free Income Trust Putnam Strategic Intermediate Municipal Fund July 31
Putnam Tax-Free High Yield Fund July 31
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Company Fund Fiscal Year End Date
Putnam Mortgage Securities Fund Putnam Mortgage Securities Fund September 30
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Company Fund Fiscal Year End Date
Putnam Variable Trust Putnam VT Multi-Asset Absolute Return Fund December 31
Putnam VT Mortgage Securities Fund December 31
Putnam VT Small Cap Growth Fund December 31
Putnam VT Diversified Income Fund December 31
Putnam VT Large Cap Value Fund (f/k/a Putnam VT Equity Income Fund) December 31
Putnam VT Global Asset Allocation Fund December 31
Putnam VT Focused International Equity Fund (f/k/a Putnam VT Global Equity Fund) December 31
Putnam VT Global Health Care Fund December 31
Putnam VT Growth Opportunities Fund December 31
Putnam VT High Yield Fund December 31
Putnam VT Income Fund December 31
Putnam VT International Equity Fund December 31
Putnam VT Emerging Markets Equity Fund December 31
Putnam VT International Value Fund December 31
Putnam VT Multi-Cap Core Fund December 31
Putnam VT Government Money Market Fund December 31
Putnam VT Sustainable Leaders Fund December 31
Putnam VT Sustainable Future Fund December 31
Putnam VT Research Fund December 31
Putnam VT Small Cap Value Fund December 31
Putnam VT George Putnam Balanced Fund December 31
George Putnam Balanced Fund George Putnam Balanced Fund July 31
Putnam ETF Trust Putnam Focused Large Cap Growth ETF August 31
Putnam Focused Large Cap Value ETF August 31
Putnam Sustainable Future ETF August 31
Putnam Sustainable Leaders ETF August 31
Putnam BDC Income ETF August 31
Putnam BioRevolution ETF August 31

 

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