EX-99

Putnam Global Equity Fund, October 31, 2007, annual report

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:

53A	For the year ended october 31, 2007, Putnam Management
has assumed $1,255 of legal, shareholder servicing and
communication, audit and Trustee fees incurred by the fund in
connection with certain legal and regulatory matters.

72DD1 		Class A		   27,018
		Class B		    2,854
		Class C		      314

72DD2		Class M		      365
		Class R		       18
		Class Y		      486

73A1		Class A		     .175
		Class B		     .096
		Class C		     .102

73A2		Class M		     .124
		Class R		     .167
		Class Y		     .204

74U1		Class A		  146,500
		Class B		   21,456
		Class C		    3,037

74U2		Class M		    2,726
		Class R		       97
		Class Y		    2,603

74V1		Class A		    13.13
		Class B		    11.92
		Class C		    12.56

74V2		Class M		    12.64
		Class R		    13.02
		Class Y		    13.54



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, semi-monthly,
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

Shareholder Meeting Results
(Unaudited)

May 15, 2007 Meeting

A proposal to approve a new management contract between the fund and Putnam
Investment Management, LLC was approved as follows:

Votes for                   Votes against                           Abstentions

103,364,706                    4,788,565                               4,232,029


All tabulations are rounded to the nearest whole number.

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Item 77L

New Accounting Pronouncement

In June 2006, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB)
issued Interpretation No. 48, Accounting for Uncertainty in
Income Taxes (the Interpretation).  The Interpretation prescribes
a minimum threshold for financial statement recognition of the
benefit of a tax position taken or expected to be taken by a
filer in the filers tax return.  The Interpretation is not
expected to have a material effect on the funds financial
statements.  However, the conclusions regarding the
Interpretation may be subject to review and adjustment at a later
date based on factors including, but not limited to, further
implementation guidance expected from the FASB, and on-going
analysis of tax laws, regulations and interpretations thereof.

In September 2006, the FASB issued Statement of Financial
Accounting Standards No. 157, Fair Value Measurements (the
Standard).  The Standard defines fair value, sets out a framework
for measuring fair value and requires additional disclosures
about fair value measurements.  The Standard applies to fair
value measurements already required or permitted by existing
standards.  The Standard is effective for financial statements
issued for fiscal years beginning after November 15, 2007 and
interim periods within those fiscal years. Putnam Management is
currently evaluating what impact the adoption of the Standard
will have on the funds financial statements.

EX-99

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

The Board of Trustees and Shareholders
Putnam Global Equity Fund

In planning and performing our audit of the financial statements
of Putnam Global
Equity Fund (the Fund), as of and for the year ended October 31,
2007, 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 express no such opinion.
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 companys 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
companys 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 company are being made only
in accordance with authorizations of management and directors of
the company; and (3) provide reasonable assurance regarding
prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use,
or disposition of the companys 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 that might be deficiencies or 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 for safeguarding
securities, that we consider to be a material weakness as defined
above as of October 31, 2007.

This report is intended solely for the information and use of
management and the Board of Directors of Putnam Global Equity
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.



December 7, 2007