485BPOS 1 a_globeqcover.htm PUTNAM GLOBAL EQUITY FUND a_globaleq485b.htm
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on   
March 13, 2020   
 
  Registration No. 2-25258 
  811-01403 
 
 
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. 84  / X / 
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  REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY  / X / 
  ACT OF 1940  ---- 
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  Amendment No. 60  / X / 
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PUTNAM GLOBAL EQUITY FUND   
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)   
 
100 Federal Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02110   
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)   
 
Registrant's Telephone Number, including Area Code   
(617) 292-1000   
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  It is proposed that this filing will become effective 
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/    /  immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b) 
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/ X /  on February 29, 2020 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 
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  ROBERT T. BURNS, Vice President 
  PUTNAM GLOBAL EQUITY FUND 
  100 Federal Street 
  Boston, Massachusetts 02110 
  (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 

 




SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended and the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, the Registrant 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 13th day of March, 2020.

 

PUTNAM GLOBAL EQUITY 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 Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated:

 

Signature Title

 

Kenneth R. Leibler* Chair of the Board and Trustee
Robert L. Reynolds* President and Trustee
Jonathan S. Horwitz* Executive Vice President, Principal Executive Officer and Compliance Liaison
Janet C. Smith* Vice President, Principal Financial Officer, Principal Accounting Officer and Assistant Treasurer
Liaquat Ahamed* Trustee
Ravi Akhoury* Trustee
Barbara M. Baumann* Trustee
Katinka Domotorffy* Trustee
Catharine Bond Hill* Trustee
Paul L. Joskow* Trustee
Robert E. Patterson* Trustee
George Putnam, III* Trustee
Manoj P. Singh* Trustee

 

By: /s/Jonathan S. Horwitz, as Attorney-in-Fact
March 13, 2020

 

*Signed pursuant to power of attorney filed in Post-Effective Amendment No. 81 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on February 28, 2019.