George Putnam Balanced Fund, January 31, 2013 semiannual report

Because the electronic format for filing Form NSAR does not
provide adequate space for responding to certain items correctly,
the correct answers are as follows:

72DD1 (000s omitted)

Class A	7,416
Class B	  109
Class C	   82
Class M	  362

72DD2 (000s omitted)

Class R	    8
Class Y	  767

73A1

Class A	0.100
Class B	0.050
Class C   0.050
Class M	0.067

73A2

Class R	0.084
Class Y	0.116

74U1	(000s omitted)

Class A   72,023
Class B	 2,054
Class C	 1,595
Class M	 5,128

74U2	(000s omitted)

Class R	    75
Class Y	 7,297

74V1

Class A	13.79
Class B	13.64
Class C	13.71
Class M	13.61

74V2

Class R	13.75
Class Y	13.83

Item 61  Open end funds only

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.