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ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000869392-14-000040
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: NSAR-A
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 3
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20140131
FILED AS OF DATE: 20140326
DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20140326
EFFECTIVENESS DATE: 20140326
FILER:
COMPANY DATA:
COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: GEORGE PUTNAM FUND OF BOSTON
CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000081259
IRS NUMBER: 046013677
STATE OF INCORPORATION: MA
FISCAL YEAR END: 0731
FILING VALUES:
FORM TYPE: NSAR-A
SEC ACT: 1940 Act
SEC FILE NUMBER: 811-00058
FILM NUMBER: 14717807
BUSINESS ADDRESS:
STREET 1: ONE POST OFFICE SQ
STREET 2: MAILSTOP A 14
CITY: BOSTON
STATE: MA
ZIP: 02109
BUSINESS PHONE: 8002252581
MAIL ADDRESS:
STREET 1: ONE POST OFFICE SQ
CITY: BOSTON
STATE: MA
ZIP: 02109
FORMER COMPANY:
FORMER CONFORMED NAME: PUTNAM EQUITY INCOME FUND/NEW
DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19940302
FORMER COMPANY:
FORMER CONFORMED NAME: PUTNAM GEORGE FUND OF BOSTON
DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19920703
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SIGNATURE JANET C. SMITH
TITLE PRINC. ACCT. OFFICER
EX-99
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perclass001.txt
George Putnam Balanced Fund, January 31, 2014 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 7,071
Class B 83
Class C 79
Class M 335
72DD2 (000s omitted)
Class R 6
Class Y 868
73A1
Class A 0.103
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Class C 0.048
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73A2
Class R 0.086
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74U1 (000s omitted)
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74V1
Class A 15.25
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Class C 15.15
Class M 15.05
74V2
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Class R5 15.30
Class R6 15.31
Class Y 15.30
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.
EX-99
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shareholders001.txt
Shareholder meeting results (Unaudited)
February 27, 2014 special meeting
At the meeting, each of the nominees for Trustees was elected, as follows:
Votes withheld Votes for
Liaquat Ahamed 55,511,831 1,928,831
Ravi Akhoury 55,538,167 1,902,495
Barbara M. Baumann 55,796,892 1,643,770
Jameson A. Baxter 55,808,512 1,632,150
Charles B. Curtis 55,743,844 1,696,818
Robert J. Darretta 55,731,009 1,709,653
Katinka Domotorffy 55,587,888 1,852,774
John A. Hill 55,805,275 1,635,387
Paul L. Joskow 55,807,596 1,633,067
Kenneth R. Leibler 55,768,192 1,672,470
Robert E. Patterson 55,779,277 1,661,385
George Putnam, III 55,730,564 1,710,098
Robert L. Reynolds 55,796,756 1,643,906
W. Thomas Stephens 55,796,638 1,644,024
A proposal to adopt an Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust
was approved as follows:
Votes for Votes against Abstentions Broker non-votes
46,132,082 1,213,335 2,602,371 7,492,873
A proposal to approve a new management contract between the fund
and Putnam Management was approved as follows:
Votes for Votes against Abstention Broker non-votes
46,505,623 1,122,183 2,319,981 7,492,875
All tabulations are rounded to the nearest whole number.