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SCHEDULE.
6 THIS SCHEDULE CONTAINS SUMMARY FINANCIAL INFORMATION EXTRACTED FROM The George Putnam Fund Class A AND IS QUALIFIED IN ITS ENTIRETY BY REFERENCE TO SUCH FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. SEMI JUL-31-95 JAN-31-96 1,693,682,616 1,918,032,901 153,859,743 744,341 0 2,072,636,985 151,599,291 0 79,250,758 230,850,049 0 1,576,019,242 83,060,372 69,584,268 8,785,281 0 31,367,917 0 225,614,496 1,841,786,936 16,476,990 23,670,346 0 7,878,440 32,268,896 68,816,503 87,609,212 188,694,611 0 (21,138,450) (45,204,844) 0 14,758,071 (5,106,810) 3,824,843 419,186,496 5,193,372 26,024,192 0 0 2,853,599 0 8,127,346 1,133,469,213 14.90 .32 1.51 0 (.93) 0 15.80 .46 0 0

EX-27.CLASSB 3 WARNING: THE EDGAR SYSTEM ENCOUNTERED ERROR(S) WHILE PROCESSING THIS SCHEDULE.
6 THIS SCHEDULE CONTAINS SUMMARY FINANCIAL INFORMATION EXTRACTED FROM The George Putnam Fund Class B AND IS QUALIFIED IN ITS ENTIRETY BY REFERENCE TO SUCH FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. SEMI JUL-31-95 JAN-31-96 1,693,682,616 1,918,032,901 153,859,743 744,341 0 2,072,636,985 151,599,291 0 79,250,758 230,850,049 0 1,576,019,242 20,029,795 15,116,495 8,785,281 0 31,367,917 0 225,614,496 1,841,786,936 16,476,990 23,670,346 0 7,878,440 32,268,896 68,816,503 87,609,212 188,694,611 0 (3,980,422) (10,876,061) 0 5,212,315 (1,224,111) 925,096 419,186,496 5,193,372 26,024,192 0 0 2,853,599 0 8,127,346 262,949,491 14.83 .26 1.50 0 (.87) 0 15.72 .84 0 0

EX-27.CLASSM 4 WARNING: THE EDGAR SYSTEM ENCOUNTERED ERROR(S) WHILE PROCESSING THIS SCHEDULE.
6 THIS SCHEDULE CONTAINS SUMMARY FINANCIAL INFORMATION EXTRACTED FROM The George Putnam Fund Class M AND IS QUALIFIED IN ITS ENTIRETY BY REFERENCE TO SUCH FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. SEMI JUL-31-95 JAN-31-96 1,693,682,616 1,918,032,901 153,859,743 744,341 0 2,072,636,985 151,599,291 0 79,250,758 230,850,049 0 1,576,019,242 1,371,147 550,004 8,785,281 0 31,367,917 0 225,614,496 1,841,786,936 16,476,990 23,670,346 0 7,878,440 32,268,896 68,816,503 87,609,212 188,694,611 0 (212,714) (598,184) 0 831,718 (62,501) 51,926 419,186,496 5,193,372 26,024,192 0 0 2,853,599 0 8,127,346 13,771,142 14.84 .28 1.51 0 (.90) 0 15.73 .75 0 0

EX-27.CLASSY 5 WARNING: THE EDGAR SYSTEM ENCOUNTERED ERROR(S) WHILE PROCESSING THIS SCHEDULE.
6 THIS SCHEDULE CONTAINS SUMMARY FINANCIAL INFORMATION EXTRACTED FROM The George Putnam Fund Class Y AND IS QUALIFIED IN ITS ENTIRETY BY REFERENCE TO SUCH FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. SEMI JUL-31-95 JAN-31-96 1,693,682,616 1,918,032,901 153,859,743 744,341 0 2,072,636,985 151,599,291 0 79,250,758 230,850,049 0 1,576,019,242 12,187,328 10,297,928 8,785,281 0 31,367,917 0 225,614,496 1,841,786,936 16,476,990 23,670,346 0 7,878,440 32,268,896 68,816,503 87,609,212 188,694,611 0 (3,345,401) (6,793,689) 0 2,253,916 (1,039,345) 674,829 419,186,496 5,193,372 26,024,192 0 0 2,853,599 0 8,127,346 169,467,551 14.92 .34 1.51 0 (.95) 0 15.82 .34 0 0

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