George Putnam Balanced Fund, January 31, 2018 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	5,691
Class B	   38
Class C	   94
Class M	  244

72DD2 (000s omitted)

Class R	     4
Class R5	     -
Class R6	   119
Class Y	   533

73A1

Class A	0.113
Class B	0.037
Class C   0.039
Class M	0.065

73A2

Class R	0.083
Class R5	0.139
Class R6	0.150
Class Y	0.137

74U1	(000s omitted)

Class A   49,593
Class B	   972
Class C	 2,413
Class M	 3,642

74U2	(000s omitted)

Class R	    38
Class R5	     1
Class R6	   975
Class Y	 3,771

74V1

Class A	20.65
Class B	20.41
Class C	20.50
Class M	20.36

74V2

Class R	20.59
Class R5	20.81
Class R6	20.73
Class Y	20.73

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.