George Putnam Balanced Fund, July 31, 2016 annual 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		11,362
Class B		102
Class C		196
Class M		502

72DD2 (000s omitted)

Class R		5
Class R5	1,028
Class R6	367
Class Y		1,303

73A1

Class A		0.201
Class B		0.077
Class C   	0.083
Class M		0.120

73A2

Class R		0.151
Class R5	0.245
Class R6	0.259
Class Y		0.242

74U1	(000s omitted)

Class A		54,852
Class B		1,256
Class C		2,416
Class M		3,895

74U2	(000s omitted)

Class R		24
Class R5	4,394
Class R6	459
Class Y		3,341

74V1

Class A		17.38
Class B		17.18
Class C		17.26
Class M		17.15

74V2

Class R		17.33
Class R5	17.45
Class R6	17.45
Class Y		17.45

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.

Item 77I

The fund added new share classes Class R5 and class R6 shares
effective December 2, 2013 PEA106 filed on 11/26/13.