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086 D010000 0 086 D020000 0 086 E010000 0 086 E020000 0 086 F010000 0 086 F020000 0 SIGNATURE PAUL BUCUVALAS TITLE VICE PRESIDENT EX-27.CLASSA 2 WARNING: THE EDGAR SYSTEM ENCOUNTERED ERROR(S) WHILE PROCESSING THIS SCHEDULE.
6 THIS SCHEDULE CONTAINS SUMMARY FINANCIAL INFORMATION EXTRACTED FROM Putnam George Putnam Fund Class A AND IS QUALIFIED IN ITS ENTIR ETY BY REFERENCE TO SUCH FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. YEAR JUL-31-1995 JUL-31-1995 1,290,545,908 1,429,364,546 41,124,414 9,149,367 0 1,479,638,327 51,820,691 0 5,217,196 57,037,887 0 1,253,377,592 69,584,268 0 67,536,123 5,193,371 26,024,193 0 138,005,284 1,422,600,440 29,555,465 37,929,906 0 12,300,184 55,185,187 29,434,191 121,774,937 206,394,315 0 (38,735,859) (21,876,638) 0 13,146,606 (14,933,076) 3,834,615 286,536,583 0 22,470,270 0 0 4,618,445 0 12,300,184 957,623,657 13.52 .63 1.63 (.56) (.32) 0 14.90 .91 ??

EX-27.CLASSB 3 WARNING: THE EDGAR SYSTEM ENCOUNTERED ERROR(S) WHILE PROCESSING THIS SCHEDULE.
6 THIS SCHEDULE CONTAINS SUMMARY FINANCIAL INFORMATION EXTRACTED FROM Putnam George Putnam Fund Class B AND IS QUALIFIED IN ITS ENTIR ETY BY REFERENCE TO SUCH FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. YEAR JUL-31-1995 JUL-31-1995 1,290,545,908 1,429,364,546 41,124,414 9,149,367 0 1,479,638,327 51,820,691 0 5,217,196 57,037,887 0 1,253,377,592 15,116,495 11,239,335 5,193,374 0 26,024,193 0 138,005,284 1,422,600,440 29,555,465 37,929,906 0 12,300,184 55,185,187 29,434,191 121,774,937 206,394,315 0 (5,837,212) (3,901,612) 0 5,418,159 (2,223,649) 682,650 286,536,583 0 22,470,270 0 0 4,618,445 0 12,300,184 178,279,680 13.46 .52 1.63 (.46) (.32) 0 14.83 1.66 ??

EX-27.CLASSM 4 WARNING: THE EDGAR SYSTEM ENCOUNTERED ERROR(S) WHILE PROCESSING THIS SCHEDULE.
6 THIS SCHEDULE CONTAINS SUMMARY FINANCIAL INFORMATION EXTRACTED FROM Putnam George Putnam Fund Class M AND IS QUALIFIED IN ITS ENTIR ETY BY REFERENCE TO SUCH FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. YEAR JUL-31-1995 JUL-31-1995 1,290,545,908 1,429,364,546 41,124,414 9,149,367 0 1,479,638,327 51,820,691 0 5,217,196 57,037,887 0 1,253,377,592 550,004 0 5,193,371 0 26,024,193 0 138,005,284 1,422,600,440 29,555,465 37,929,906 0 12,300,184 55,185,187 29,434,191 121,774,937 206,394,315 0 (50,170) 0 0 593,067 (46,650) 3,587 286,536,583 0 22,470,270 0 0 4,618,445 0 12,300,184 2,750,902 12.77 .31 2.03 (.27) 0 0 14.84 .93 ??

EX-27.CLASSY 5 WARNING: THE EDGAR SYSTEM ENCOUNTERED ERROR(S) WHILE PROCESSING THIS SCHEDULE.
6 THIS SCHEDULE CONTAINS SUMMARY FINANCIAL INFORMATION EXTRACTED FROM Putnam George Putnam Fund Class Y AND IS QUALIFIED IN ITS ENTIR ETY BY REFERENCE TO SUCH FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. YEAR JUL-31-1995 JUL-31-1995 1,290,545,908 1,429,364,546 41,124,414 9,149,367 0 1,479,638,327 51,820,691 0 5,217,196 57,037,887 0 1,253,377,592 10,297,928 5,284,537 5,193,371 0 26,024,193 0 138,005,284 1,422,600,440 29,555,465 37,929,906 0 12,300,184 55,185,187 29,434,191 121,774,937 206,394,315 0 (3,750,110) (1,862,529) 0 5,778,282 (1,188,113) 423,222 286,536,583 0 22,470,270 0 0 4,618,445 0 12,300,184 93,412,310 13.54 .66 1.63 (.59) (.32) 0 14.92 .66 ??

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