N-CSR

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM N-CSR
CERTIFIED SHAREHOLDER REPORT OF REGISTERED
MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES
Investment Company Act file number: (811-00058)
Exact name of registrant as specified in charter:	The George Putnam Fund of Boston
Address of principal executive offices: One Post Office Square, Boston, Massachusetts 02109
Name and address of agent for service:	Beth S. Mazor, Vice President
	One Post Office Square
	Boston, Massachusetts 02109
Copy to:	John W. Gerstmayr, Esq.
	Ropes & Gray LLP
	One International Place
	Boston, Massachusetts 02110
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:		(617) 292-1000
Date of fiscal year end: July 31, 2009
Date of reporting period: August 1, 2008 — July 31, 2009

Item 1. Report to Stockholders:
The following is a copy of the report transmitted to stockholders pursuant to Rule 30e-1 under the Investment Company Act of 1940:

A BALANCED APPROACH

Since 1937, when George Putnam created a diverse mix of stocks and bonds in a single, professionally managed portfolio, Putnam has championed the balanced approach.

A WORLD OF INVESTING

Today, we offer investors a world of equity, fixed-income, multi-asset, and absolute-return portfolios to suit a range of financial goals.

A COMMITMENT TO EXCELLENCE

Our portfolio managers seek superior results over time, backed by original, fundamental research on a global scale. We believe in the value of experienced financial advice, in providing exemplary service, and in putting clients first in all we do.

The George
Putnam Fund
of Boston

Annual report
7 | 31 | 09

Message from the Trustees	1
About the fund	2
Performance and portfolio snapshots	4
Interview with your fund’s Portfolio Managers	5
Your fund’s performance	9
Your fund’s expenses	11
Terms and definitions	13
Trustee approval of management contract	14
Other information for shareholders	21
Financial statements	23
Federal tax information	49
About the Trustees	50
Officers	54

Message from the Trustees

Dear Fellow Shareholder:

The stock market has enjoyed a sharp rebound since late March, with the S&P 500 Index moving into positive territory for the year. Investors have also begun to return to bonds that carry some degree of credit risk, pushing prices of those securities up and prices of safe-haven U.S. Treasuries lower. While these are bullish trends, we caution investors that the recovery is still in its early stages. The markets may well pause in the coming months as they return to full health.

We are pleased to report that, in many instances, Putnam mutual funds have delivered improved results over the past year, reflecting the substantial efforts of an investment team infused with new talent and a singular focus. Leading that team today is industry veteran Walter C. Donovan, who joined Putnam in April of this year and oversees an investment organization strengthened by the recent arrival of several senior portfolio managers, research analysts, and traders.

Beyond our primary goal of seeking superior investment results for you, Putnam and the Board of Trustees continue to seek other ways to promote the interests of shareholders in the Putnam funds. This fall, you will be asked to vote on several such measures, including one proposal that could lower the management fees you pay (see page 21 for details). Please be on the lookout for a proxy mailing from Putnam and be sure to vote promptly. You can vote online, by phone, or by returning your signed proxy card.

In other developments, Ravi Akhoury has been elected to the Board of Trustees of the Putnam Funds, and W. Thomas Stephens has rejoined the Board. From 1992 to 2007, Mr. Akhoury was Chairman and CEO of MacKay Shields, a multi-product investment management firm with more than $40 billion in assets under management. Mr. Stephens retired in December 2008 as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Boise Cascade, L.L.C., a paper, forest products, and timberland assets company.

Also, after several years of steady leadership, Charles E. “Ed” Haldeman, Jr. stepped down as President of the Putnam Funds and as a member of the Board of Trustees of the Funds. Effective July 2009, Robert L. Reynolds, President and Chief Executive Officer of Putnam Investments and a Trustee of the Putnam Funds, replaced Mr. Haldeman as President of the Putnam Funds.

About the fund
Providing the benefits of balanced investing for over 70 years

The fund launched in 1937 when George Putnam, a Boston investment manager, decided to introduce an innovative approach — a balance of stocks to seek capital appreciation and bonds to help provide current income. The original portfolio featured industrial stocks, such as U.S. Smelting, Refining, & Mining Co., and railroad bonds.

This balanced approach made sense then, and we believe it continues to make sense now. In the late 1930s, the stock market experienced dramatic swings as businesses struggled to recover from the Great Depression and the shadow of war began to spread across Europe and Asia. Today, the credit crisis and economic uncertainties also challenge investors.

Although the fund has experienced volatility at times, its balanced approach has kept it on course.

When stocks were weak, the fund’s bonds helped results. Similarly, stocks have often provided leadership when bonds were hurt by rising interest rates or inflation.

In a letter to shareholders dated July 12, 1938, George Putnam articulated the balanced strategy this way: “Successful investing calls not so much for some clairvoyant ability to read the future as for the courage to stick to tested, commonsense policies in the face of the unreliable emotional stresses and strains that constantly sweep the market place.” Putnam remains committed to this prudent approach to investing today.

Consider these risks before you invest: The fund may invest a portion of its assets in small and/or midsize companies. Such investments increase the risk of greater price fluctuations.

The use of derivatives involves special risks and may result in losses. The fund may have a significant portion of its holdings in bonds. Mutual funds that invest in bonds are subject to certain risks including interest-rate risk, credit risk, and inflation risk. As interest rates rise, the prices of bonds fall. Long-term bonds are more exposed to interest-rate risk than short-term bonds. Unlike bonds, bond funds have ongoing fees and expenses. Funds that invest in government securities are not guaranteed. Mortgage-backed securities are subject to prepayment risk.

Value investing seeks underpriced stocks, but there is no guarantee that a stock’s price will rise.

Growth of a $10,000 investment
since fund inception, 11/5/37, through 7/31/09
Plotted on a logarithmic scale so that comparable
percentage changes appear similar

Performance and
portfolio snapshots

Average annual total return (%) comparison as of 7/31/09

Current performance may be lower or higher than the quoted past performance, which cannot guarantee future results. Share price, principal value, and return will fluctuate, and you may have a gain or a loss when you sell your shares. Performance of class A shares assumes reinvestment of distributions and does not account for taxes. Fund returns in the bar chart do not reflect a sales charge of 5.75%; had they, returns would have been lower. See pages 5 and 9–10 for additional performance information. For a portion of the periods, this fund may have limited expenses, without which returns would have been lower. Due to market volatility, current performance may be higher or lower than performance shown. A 1% short-term trading fee may apply. To obtain the most recent month-end performance, visit putnam.com.

Putnam Management has recently undertaken a review of the fund’s benchmark. The Russell 1000 Value Index replaces the S&P 500/Citigroup Value Index as the primary benchmark for this fund because, in Putnam Management’s opinion, the securities tracked by this index more accurately reflect the types of securities that generally will be held by the fund.

* The benchmarks and Lipper group were not in existence at the time of the fund’s inception. The Russell 1000 Value Index and the George Putnam Blended Index commenced 12/31/78. The Lipper average commenced 12/31/59.

“Our strategy is to continue to favor high-quality
companies with more stable revenues and
earnings profiles than their industry peers.”

David Calabro, Portfolio Manager, The George Putnam Fund of Boston

Allocations are represented as a percentage of net assets, they represent equities and not bond holdings, and may not equal 100%. Holdings and allocations may vary over time.

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Interview with your
fund’s Portfolio Managers

David Calabro and Raman Srivastava

David, can we begin with a discussion of the big change in market conditions during the second half of the fund’s fiscal year?

Equity markets reversed course during March 2009 and a strong rally ensued, which carried through to the very end of the period. Fixed-income securities also generally advanced, for the same fundamental reason — the success of government efforts at restoring more normal conditions in financial markets, and averting some of the most dire scenarios for the U.S. and global economies.

This turnaround helped the fund to make up some of the ground lost during the first half of the fiscal year. The fund’s return of –22.58% for the full year was disappointing, but it does mark a significant improvement over where the fund stood six months ago. This result is in line with the –22.94% return of the fund’s equity benchmark, the Russell 1000 Value Index, but was well behind the average return of balanced funds tracked by Lipper. The fund also underperformed the George Putnam Blended Index. The underperformance resulted primarily from the performance of fixed-income holdings in the first half of the fiscal year.

Raman, can you give us more background on the performance of bonds in the portfolio?

We saw a strong recovery in bond prices beginning in late 2008, even before equity markets rallied. This was especially gratifying because of the unusually poor results in many sectors that we described in the fund’s semiannual update. We had built positions in the highest-grade securities of the mortgage-backed market based on our fundamental research, which indicated the bonds were significantly undervalued. These bonds performed as we expected, continuing to pay an attractive level of interest without default. However, during the credit crisis of 2008, the prices of bonds in distressed sectors such as collateralized mortgage obligations (CMOs), commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS), and asset-backed securities (ABS), fell sharply, in spite of their quality.

Fortunately, beginning in the final months of 2008, prices in these sectors rose vigorously, returning to levels that we believed better approximated their true fundamental worth. We used the opportunity provided by this rally to shift the fund to a more conservative profile, and this shift led to an increase in portfolio turnover this year. We sold many of the

Broad market index and fund performance

This comparison shows your fund’s performance in the context of broad market indexes for the 12 months ended 7/31/09. See the previous page and pages 9–10 for additional fund performance information. Index descriptions can be found on page 13.

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mortgage-backed securities, and redeployed assets to add to positions in investment-grade corporate bonds, where we found many attractively valued securities. In doing so, we have diversified the risk on the fixed-income side of the portfolio, and eliminated, in favor of simpler positioning, some of the more complex strategies that we had used.

IN THE NEWS

Is the Great Recession over? Federal Reserve Board Chairman Ben Bernanke observed recently that the economy appeared to be “leveling out,” and a wealth of positive economic news corroborates that view. The stock market is up more than 45% since March, home sales have risen for three straight months, and many big companies are reporting higher profits. Certainly, dark clouds in some data continue to cast a shadow. The nation’s unemployment rate remained high at 9.4% for the month of July and may rise further. And consumer spending is still weak. Nonetheless, upward revisions of GDP growth are streaming in. Moody’s Economy.com, for example, has revised its third-quarter GDP outlook to 1.6% from 1.1%, and its fourth-quarter estimate to 2.1% from 0.2%.

How does repositioning the bond holdings affect the overall fund?

The fixed-income portion of the portfolio is smaller than it was six months ago, and more neutrally positioned relative to the overall bond market. We believe this will reduce the volatility in the overall portfolio.

David, that brings us back to the stock holdings. Let’s start by discussing contributors to performance.

The 12-month period was incredibly volatile for all stocks. Large-capitalization value stocks (as measured by the Russell 1000 Value Index) declined by more than 20% during the period. The equity portion of the fund saw a similar decline.

We focus our investments primarily in large, well-known U.S. companies. We look for companies with attractive valuations that are performing well versus their industry peers. Examples of our holdings that contributed strong results include Hospira, a supplier to the health-care industry. Another example is TJX, a discount retailer that has taken market share from its competitors during this economic downturn. This stock did well for the portfolio. In the energy sector, holding Occidental Petroleum increased its production profile over the past year and also performed well for the portfolio.

What were some of the detractors from performance?

Prices of commodities and basic materials were at a peak last summer and some of our investments in that area lost value

Top 10 equity holdings

HOLDING (percentage of fund’s net assets)	SECTOR	INDUSTRY
Exxon Mobil Corp. (2.4%)	Energy	Oil and gas
JPMorgan Chase & Co. (2.3%)	Financials	Banking
Chevron Corp. (2.1%)	Energy	Oil and gas
Pfizer, Inc. (1.6%)	Health care	Pharmaceuticals
AT&T, Inc. (1.6%)	Communication services	Regional Bells
Wells Fargo & Co. (1.4%)	Financials	Banking
Verizon Communications, Inc. (1.3%)	Communication services	Regional Bells
Philip Morris International, Inc. (1.3%)	Consumer staples	Tobacco
Johnson & Johnson (1.2%)	Health care	Pharmaceuticals
Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (The) (1.1%)	Financials	Investment banking/Brokerage

This table shows the fund’s top 10 holdings and the percentage of the fund’s net assets that each represented as of 7/31/09. Also shown is each holding’s market sector and the specific industry within that sector. Holdings will vary over time.

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during the subsequent pullback in commodity prices. In particular, our positions in United States Steel and Reliance Steel & Aluminum had a negative impact on performance, and we sold these positions before the end of the period. In addition, capital goods companies and companies that sell into the construction industry were also hurt during the past year as global economic activity declined. One of our fund holdings in this industry, Caterpillar, is an excellent company, we believe, but it could not overcome the weakening fundamental condition of its industry, and the stock lost considerable value over the period.

Although our positioning within the financials sector benefited the fund relative to its benchmark over the 12-month period, it became detrimental in recent months. In hindsight, we did not take full advantage of some of the opportunities in finan-cial stocks that sold off so sharply from September through February, but that have rallied strongly since March. The fund held significant positions in JPMorgan, Bank of America, Wells Fargo, and Goldman Sachs, but we remained cautious on many other stocks that have made significant moves off the March lows.

What changes have you made to the equity portfolio?

We are respectful of the fund’s 71-year heritage and its place as one of the first balanced funds in the industry. We strive to have a classic balanced fund allocation of 60% stocks and 40% bonds [see chart below]. The equity holdings are primarily large U.S. companies, chosen with a value-oriented investment style. Given the many uncertainties in the global economy today, we have expanded the number of stocks in the portfolio. We believe we have a well-diversified portfolio, emphasizing companies with solid cash flows and strong balance sheets. An example of a recent addition is Johnson & Johnson, a health-care company that sells everything from simple bandages to advanced medical instruments. Another large position is Pfizer. Critics of the company argue that it will be un able to replace revenues from products that face patent expiration and from near-term competition from generic imitations, but we believe the stock price is very attractive and more than compensates investors for these risks. The company is undertaking a merger with Wyeth that we believe enhances its product line and its future growth and competitiveness.

Portfolio composition comparison

This chart shows how the fund’s top weightings have changed over the past six months. Weightings are shown as a percentage of net assets. Holdings will vary over time.

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Raman, what is your outlook for the fixed-income holdings?

We have a pessimistic outlook for the housing sector, and so we are favoring Aaa-rated mortgage securities that receive the first cash flows from the payers. This positioning should help to protect the fund from default risk, and still provide an attractive income stream. The fund has an overweight to corporate bonds because we anticipate yield spreads to tighten, or, in other words, we think these bonds are among the most likely to experience price appreciation. At this time, the fund has underweights to agency mortgage pass-through securities and to Treasuries.

David, what is your outlook for equities?

We have seen a significant recovery as the markets and economy have stabilized. I think the worst of the recession is over, but the next question is how strong the recovery will be. We are cautious about consumer spending given the high level of unemployment and the need for households to save more over the next several years. This could make for a weak overall economic recovery by restraining growth in consumer spending. Our strategy is to continue to favor high-quality companies with more stable revenues and earnings profiles than those of their industry peers.

Thank you both.

The views expressed in this report are exclusively those of Putnam Management. They are not meant as investment advice.

Please note that the holdings discussed in this report may not have been held by the fund for the entire period. Portfolio composition is subject to review in accordance with the fund’s investment strategy and may vary in the future. Current and future portfolio holdings are subject to risk.

Of special interest

Twice during the past six months, in February and in May, the fund’s dividend was reduced, first by approximately 18% and then by approximately 24%, to a final level of $0.098 per class A share. These changes reflected declining bond yields, reductions in equity dividends by many companies, and the fund’s smaller position in mortgage-backed securities. The dividend reductions for other share classes of the portfolio may vary slightly.

Portfolio Manager David Calabro holds a B.A. from Williams College. David joined Putnam in 2008 and has been in the investment industry since 1982.

 Portfolio Manager Raman Srivastava is a Portfolio Construction Specialist. He has an M.S. from Carnegie Mellon University and a B.S. from the University of Waterloo. A CFA charterholder, he joined Putnam in 1999 and has been in the investment industry since 1997.

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Your fund’s performance

This section shows your fund’s performance, price, and distribution information for periods ended July 31, 2009, the end of its most recent fiscal year. In accordance with regulatory requirements for mutual funds, we also include performance as of the most recent calendar quarter-end and expense information taken from the fund’s current prospectus. Performance should always be considered in light of a fund’s investment strategy. Data represents past performance. Past performance does not guarantee future results. More recent returns may be less or more than those shown. Investment return and principal value will fluctuate, and you may have a gain or a loss when you sell your shares. Performance information does not reflect any deduction for taxes a shareholder may owe on fund distributions or on the redemption of fund shares. For the most recent month-end performance, please visit the Individual Invest ors section at putnam.com or call Putnam at 1-800-225-1581. Class Y shares are generally only available to corporate and institutional clients and clients in other approved programs. See the Terms and Definitions section in this report for definitions of the share classes offered by your fund.

Fund performance Total return for periods ended 7/31/09

	Class A		Class B		Class C		Class M		Class R	Class Y
(inception dates)	(11/5/37)		(4/27/92)		(7/26/99)		(12/1/94)		(1/21/03)	(3/31/94)
	NAV	POP	NAV	CDSC	NAV	CDSC	NAV	POP	NAV	NAV
Annual average (life of fund)	8.51%	8.42%	7.49%	7.49%	7.69%	7.69%	7.77%	7.71%	8.24%	8.57%
10 years	–0.44	–6.17	–7.76	–7.76	–7.63	–7.63	–5.23	–8.52	–2.77	2.08
Annual average	–0.04	–0.63	–0.80	–0.80	–0.79	–0.79	–0.54	–0.89	–0.28	0.21
5 years	–12.73	–17.74	–16.00	–17.20	–15.90	–15.90	–14.85	–17.85	–13.73	–11.62
Annual average	–2.69	–3.83	–3.43	–3.70	–3.40	–3.40	–3.16	–3.86	–2.91	–2.44
3 years	–24.25	–28.60	–26.01	–27.68	–25.87	–25.87	–25.36	–27.96	–24.70	–23.68
Annual average	–8.84	–10.62	–9.55	–10.24	–9.50	–9.50	–9.29	–10.36	–9.02	–8.61
1 year	–22.58	–27.01	–23.23	–26.86	–23.17	–23.90	–22.99	–25.68	–22.71	–22.42

Current performance may be lower or higher than the quoted past performance, which cannot guarantee future results. After-sales-charge returns (public offering price, or POP) for class A and M shares reflect a maximum 5.75% and 3.50% load, respectively. Class B share returns reflect the applicable contingent deferred sales charge (CDSC), which is 5% in the first year, declining to 1% in the sixth year, and is eliminated thereafter. Class C shares reflect a 1% CDSC for the first year that is eliminated thereafter. Class R and Y shares have no initial sales charge or CDSC. Performance for class B, C, M, R, and Y shares before their inception is derived from the historical performance of class A shares, adjusted for the applicable sales charge (or CDSC) and, except for class Y shares, the higher operating expenses for such shares.

For a portion of the periods, this fund may have limited expenses, without which returns would have been lower.

Due to market volatility, current performance may be higher or lower than performance shown. A 1% short-term trading fee may be applied to shares exchanged or sold within 7 days of purchase.

Change in the value of a $10,000 investment ($9,425 after sales charge) Cumulative total return from 7/31/99 to 7/31/09

 

Past performance does not indicate future results. At the end of the same time period, a $10,000 investment in the fund’s class B and class C shares would have been valued at $9,224 and $9,237, respectively, and no contingent deferred sales charges would apply. A $10,000 investment in the fund’s class M shares ($9,650 after sales charge) would have been valued at $9,148 at public offering price. A $10,000 investment in the fund’s class R and class Y shares would have been valued at $9,723 and $10,208, respectively.

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Comparative index returns For periods ended 7/31/09

			Barclays Capital		Lipper
	Russell 1000	S&P 500/Citigroup	Aggregate	George Putnam	Balanced Funds
	Value Index	Value Index	Bond Index	Blended Index†	category average††
Annual average (life of fund)	—*	—*	—*	—*	—*
10 years	9.81%	–1.40%	82.46%	43.85%	20.80%
Annual average	0.94	–0.14	6.20	3.70	1.78
5 years	–1.44	–1.55	28.50	14.56	9.21
Annual average	–0.29	–0.31	5.14	2.76	1.71
3 years	–25.81	–25.60	20.86	–6.01	–5.84
Annual average	–9.47	–9.39	6.52	–2.04	–2.05
1 year	–22.94	–23.66	7.85	–8.95	–10.94

Index and Lipper results should be compared to fund performance at net asset value.

Putnam Management has recently undertaken a review of the fund’s benchmark. The Russell 1000 Value Index replaces the S&P 500/Citigroup Value Index as the primary benchmark for this fund because, in Putnam Management’s opinion, the securities tracked by this index more accurately reflect the types of securities that generally will be held by the fund.

* The benchmarks were not in existence at the time of the fund’s inception. The Russell 1000 Value Index and the George Putnam Blended Index commenced 12/31/78. The S&P 500/Citigroup Value Index commenced 6/30/95. The Barclays Capital Aggregate Bond Index commenced 12/31/75. The Lipper Balanced Funds category average commenced 12/31/59.

† The Blended Index is composed of 60% Russell 1000 Value Index and 40% Barclays Capital Aggregate Bond Index.

†† Over the 1-year, 3-year, 5-year, and 10-year periods ended 7/31/09, there were 811, 679, 512, and 269 funds, respectively, in this Lipper category.

Distributions	Class A		Class B	Class C	Class M		Class R	Class Y
Number	4		4	4	4		4	4
Income	$0.4433		$0.3720	$0.3728	$0.3990		$0.4228	$0.4671
Capital gains — Long-term	0.0940		0.0940	0.0940	0.0940		0.0940	0.0940
Capital gains — Short-term	—		—	—	—		—	—
Return of capital*	0.0977		0.0820	0.0822	0.0880		0.0932	0.1029
Total	$0.6350		$0.5480	$0.5490	$0.5810		$0.6100	$0.6640
Share value	NAV	POP	NAV	NAV	NAV	POP	NAV	NAV
7/31/08	$13.99	$14.84	$13.83	$13.90	$13.82	$14.32	$13.94	$14.04
7/31/09	10.14	10.76	10.02	10.08	10.01	10.37	10.11	10.17
Current yield (end of period)	NAV	POP	NAV	NAV	NAV	POP	NAV	NAV
Current dividend rate 1	3.87%	3.64%	3.19%	3.17%	3.48%	3.36%	3.68%	4.09%
Current 30-day SEC yield 2,3	N/A	2.35	1.78	1.78	N/A	1.95	2.25	2.73
Current 30-day SEC yield 3	N/A	2.35	1.78	1.78	N/A	1.94	2.25	2.73
(without expense limitation)

The classification of distributions, if any, is an estimate. Final distribution information will appear on your year-end tax forms.

^* See page 49.

¹ Most recent distribution, excluding capital gains, annualized and divided by NAV or POP at end of period.

² For a portion of the period, this fund limited expenses, without which yields would have been lower.

³ Based only on investment income and calculated using the maximum offering price for each share class, in accordance with SEC guidelines.

Fund performance as of most recent calendar quarter Total return for periods ended 6/30/09

	Class A		Class B		Class C		Class M		Class R	Class Y
(inception dates)	(11/5/37)		(4/27/92)		(7/26/99)		(12/1/94)		(1/21/03)	(3/31/94)
	NAV	POP	NAV	CDSC	NAV	CDSC	NAV	POP	NAV	NAV
Annual average (life of fund)	8.45%	8.36%	7.43%	7.43%	7.63%	7.63%	7.71%	7.65%	8.18%	8.51%
10 years	–7.36	–12.70	–14.10	–14.10	–14.04	–14.04	–11.84	–14.92	–9.52	–4.99
Annual average	–0.76	–1.35	–1.51	–1.51	–1.50	–1.50	–1.25	–1.60	–1.00	–0.51
5 years	–17.94	–22.68	–20.96	–22.09	–20.91	–20.91	–19.96	–22.78	–18.89	–16.88
Annual average	–3.88	–5.01	–4.60	–4.87	–4.58	–4.58	–4.36	–5.04	–4.10	–3.63
3 years	–27.08	–31.27	–28.74	–30.35	–28.66	–28.66	–28.15	–30.68	–27.57	–26.52
Annual average	–9.99	–11.75	–10.68	–11.36	–10.65	–10.65	–10.43	–11.50	–10.19	–9.76
1 year	–26.48	–30.72	–27.05	–30.49	–26.99	–27.68	–26.85	–29.39	–26.62	–26.27

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Your fund’s expenses

As a mutual fund investor, you pay ongoing expenses, such as management fees, distribution fees (12b-1 fees), and other expenses. In the most recent six-month period, your fund limited these expenses; had it not done so, expenses would have been higher. Using the following information, you can estimate how these expenses affect your investment and compare them with the expenses of other funds. You may also pay one-time transaction expenses, including sales charges (loads) and redemption fees, which are not shown in this section and would have resulted in higher total expenses. For more information, see your fund’s prospectus or talk to your financial representative.

Expense ratios

	Class A	Class B	Class C	Class M	Class R	Class Y
Your fund’s total annual operating expenses for the	1.20%	1.95%	1.95%	1.70%	1.45%	0.95%
fiscal year ended 7/31/08
Your fund’s annualized expense ratio for the	1.67%	2.42%	2.42%	2.17%	1.92%	1.42%
six-month period ended 7/31/09*

* For the fund’s most recent fiscal half year; may differ from expense ratios based on one-year data in the financial highlights. Includes interest accrued in connection with certain terminated derivatives contracts, which amounted to 0.24% of average net assets for the six months ended July 31, 2009.

Fiscal year expense information in this table is taken from the most recent prospectus, is subject to change, and may differ from that shown for the annualized expense ratio and in the financial highlights of this report. Expenses are shown as a percentage of average net assets.

Expenses per $1,000

The following table shows the expenses you would have paid on a $1,000 investment in The George Putnam Fund of Boston from February 1, 2009, to July 31, 2009. It also shows how much a $1,000 investment would be worth at the close of the period, assuming actual returns and expenses.

	Class A	Class B	Class C	Class M	Class R	Class Y
Expenses paid per $1,000*	$9.03	$13.06	$13.07	$11.72	$10.38	$7.68
Ending value (after expenses)	$1,180.90	$1,175.90	$1,177.50	$1,178.00	$1,180.10	$1,181.90

* Expenses for each share class are calculated using the fund’s annualized expense ratio for each class, which represents the ongoing expenses as a percentage of average net assets for the six months ended 7/31/09. The expense ratio may differ for each share class. Expenses are calculated by multiplying the expense ratio by the average account value for the period; then multiplying the result by the number of days in the period; and then dividing that result by the number of days in the year.

Estimate the expenses you paid

To estimate the ongoing expenses you paid for the six months ended July 31, 2009, use the following calculation method. To find the value of your investment on February 1, 2009, call Putnam at 1-800-225-1581.

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Compare expenses using the SEC’s method

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has established guidelines to help investors assess fund expenses. Per these guidelines, the following table shows your fund’s expenses based on a $1,000 investment, assuming a hypothetical 5% annualized return. You can use this information to compare the ongoing expenses (but not transaction expenses or total costs) of investing in the fund with those of other funds. All mutual fund shareholder reports will provide this information to help you make this comparison. Please note that you cannot use this information to estimate your actual ending account balance and expenses paid during the period.

	Class A	Class B	Class C	Class M	Class R	Class Y
Expenses paid per $1,000*	$8.35	$12.08	$12.08	$10.84	$9.59	$7.10
Ending value (after expenses)	$1,016.51	$1,012.79	$1,012.79	$1,014.03	$1,015.27	$1,017.75

* Expenses for each share class are calculated using the fund’s annualized expense ratio for each class, which represents the ongoing expenses as a percentage of average net assets for the six months ended 7/31/09. The expense ratio may differ for each share class. Expenses are calculated by multiplying the expense ratio by the average account value for the period; then multiplying the result by the number of days in the period; and then dividing that result by the number of days in the year.

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Terms and definitions

Important terms

Total return shows how the value of the fund’s shares changed over time, assuming you held the shares through the entire period and reinvested all distributions in the fund.

Net asset value (NAV) is the price, or value, of one share of a mutual fund, without a sales charge. NAVs fluctuate with market conditions. NAV is calculated by dividing the net assets of each class of shares by the number of outstanding shares in the class.

Public offering price (POP) is the price of a mutual fund share plus the maximum sales charge levied at the time of purchase. POP performance figures shown here assume the 5.75% maximum sales charge for class A shares and 3.50% for class M shares.

Contingent deferred sales charge (CDSC) is generally a charge applied at the time of the redemption of class B or C shares and assumes redemption at the end of the period. Your fund’s class B CDSC declines from a 5% maximum during the first year to 1% during the sixth year. After the sixth year, the CDSC no longer applies. The CDSC for class C shares is 1% for one year after purchase.

Share classes

Class A shares are generally subject to an initial sales charge and no CDSC (except on certain redemptions of shares bought without an initial sales charge).

Class B shares are not subject to an initial sales charge. They may be subject to a CDSC.

Class C shares are not subject to an initial sales charge and are subject to a CDSC only if the shares are redeemed during the first year.

Class M shares have a lower initial sales charge and a higher 12b-1 fee than class A shares and no CDSC (except on certain redemptions of shares bought without an initial sales charge).

Class R shares are not subject to an initial sales charge or CDSC and are available only to certain defined contribution plans.

Class Y shares are not subject to an initial sales charge or CDSC, and carry no 12b-1 fee. They are generally only available to corporate and institutional clients and clients in other approved programs.

Comparative indexes

Barclays Capital Aggregate Bond Index is an unmanaged index of U.S. investment-grade fixed-income securities.

The George Putnam Blended Index is composed of 60% Russell 1000 Value Index and 40% Barclays Capital Aggregate Bond Index.

Merrill Lynch U.S. 3-Month Treasury Bill Index is an unmanaged index that seeks to measure the performance of U.S. Treasury bills available in the marketplace.

Russell 1000 Value Index is an unmanaged index of those companies in the large-cap Russell 1000 Index chosen for their value orientation.

S&P 500 Index is an unmanaged index of common stock performance.

S&P 500/Citigroup Value Index is an unmanaged capitalization-weighted index of large-cap stocks chosen for their value orientation.

Indexes assume reinvestment of all distributions and do not account for fees. Securities and performance of a fund and an index will differ. You cannot invest directly in an index.

Lipper is a third-party industry-ranking entity that ranks mutual funds. Its rankings do not reflect sales charges. Lipper rankings are based on total return at net asset value relative to other funds that have similar current investment styles or objectives as determined by Lipper. Lipper may change a fund’s category assignment at its discretion. Lipper category averages reflect performance trends for funds within a category.

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Trustee approval of management contract

General conclusions

The Board of Trustees of the Putnam funds oversees the management of each fund and, as required by law, determines annually whether to approve the continuance of your fund’s management contract with Putnam Investment Management (“Putnam Management”) and the sub-management contract, with respect to your fund, between Putnam Management and its affiliate, Putnam Investments Limited (“PIL”).

In this regard, the Board of Trustees, with the assistance of its Contract Committee consisting solely of Trustees who are not “interested persons” (as such term is defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended) of the Putnam funds (the “Independent Trustees”), requests and evaluates all information it deems reasonably necessary under the circumstances. Over the course of several months ending in June 2009, the Contract Committee met several times to consider the information provided by Putnam Management and other information developed with the assistance of the Board’s independent counsel and independent staff. The Contract Committee reviewed and discussed key aspects of this information with all of the Independent Trustees. At the Trustees’ June  12, 2009 meeting, the Contract Committee recommended, and the Independent Trustees approved, the continuance of your fund’s management and sub-management c ontracts, effective July 1, 2009. (Because PIL is an affiliate of Putnam Management and Putnam Management remains fully responsible for all services provided by PIL, the Trustees have not evaluated PIL as a separate entity, except as otherwise indicated below, and all subsequent references to Putnam Management below should be deemed to include reference to PIL as necessary or appropriate in the context.) The Independent Trustees’ approval was based on the following conclusions:

• That the fee schedule in effect for your fund represented reasonable compensation in light of the nature and quality of the services being provided to the fund, the fees paid by competitive funds and the costs incurred by Putnam Management in providing such services, and

• That such fee schedule represented an appropriate sharing between fund shareholders and Putnam Management of such economies of scale as may exist in the management of the fund at current asset levels.

These conclusions were based on a comprehensive consideration of all information provided to the Trustees, were subject to the continued application of certain expense reductions and waivers pending other considerations noted below, and were not the result of any single factor. Some of the factors that figured particularly in the Trustees’ deliberations and how the Trustees considered these factors are described below, although individual Trustees may have evaluated the information presented differently, giving different weights to various factors. It is also important to recognize that the fee arrangements for your fund and the other Putnam funds are the result of many years of review and discussion between the Independent Trustees and Putnam Management, that certain aspects of the arrangements may receive greater scrutiny in some years than others, and that the Trustees’ conclusions may be based, in part, on their consideration of these sam e arrangements in prior years.

Consideration of strategic
pricing proposal

The Trustees considered that the Contract Committee had been engaged in a detailed review of Putnam Management’s strategic pricing proposal that was first presented to the Committee at its May 2009 meeting. The proposal included proposed changes to the basic structure of the management fees in place for all open-end funds (except the Putnam RetirementReady® Funds and Putnam Money Market Liquidity Fund), including implementation of a breakpoint structure based on the aggregate net assets of all such funds in lieu of the individual breakpoint structures in place for each fund, as well as implementation of performance fees for certain funds. In addition, the proposal recommended substituting separate expense limitations on investor servicing fees and on other expenses as a group in lieu of the total expense limitations in place for many funds.

While the Contract Committee noted the likelihood that the Trustees and Putnam Management would reach agreement on the strategic pricing matters in later months, the terms of the management contracts required that the Trustees approve the continuance of the contracts in order to prevent their expiration at June 30, 2009. The Contract Committee’s recommendations in June reflect its conclusion that the terms of the contractual arrangements for your fund continued to be appropriate for the upcoming term, absent any possible agreement with respect to the matters addressed in Putnam Management’s proposal.

The Trustees were mindful of the significant changes that had occurred at Putnam Management in the past two years, including a change of ownership, the installation of a new senior management team at Putnam Management, the substantial decline in assets under management resulting from extraordinary market forces as well as continued net redemptions in many funds, the introduction of new fund products representing novel investment strategies and the introduction of performance fees for certain new funds. The Trustees were also mindful that many other leading firms in the industry had also been experiencing significant challenges due to the changing financial and competitive environment. For these reasons, even though the Trustees believed that the current contractual arrangements in place between the funds and Putnam Management and its affiliates have served shareholders well and continued to be appropriate for the near term, the Trustees believed that i t

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was an appropriate time to reconsider the current structure of the funds’ contractual arrangements with Putnam Management with a view to possible changes that might better serve the interests of shareholders in this new environment. The Trustees concluded their review of Putnam Management’s strategic pricing proposal in July 2009, and their considerations regarding the proposal are discussed below under the heading “Subsequent approval of strategic pricing proposal.” With the exception of the discussion under this heading, the following discussion generally addresses only the Trustees’ reasons for recommending the continuance of the current contractual arrangements as, at the time the Trustees determined to make this recommendation, the Trustees had not yet reached any conclusions with respect to the strategic pricing proposal.

Management fee schedules and
categories; total expenses

The Trustees reviewed the management fee schedules in effect for all Putnam funds, including fee levels and breakpoints, and the assignment of funds to particular fee categories. The general fee structure has been carefully developed over the years and re-examined on many occasions and adjusted where appropriate. In this regard, the Trustees noted that shareholders of all funds voted by overwhelming majorities in 2007 to approve new management contracts containing identical fee schedules.

In reviewing fees and expenses, the Trustees generally focused their attention on material changes in circumstances  —for example, changes in a fund’s size or investment style, changes in Putnam Management’s operating costs, or changes in competitive practices in the mutual fund industry — that suggest that consideration of fee changes might be warranted. The Trustees concluded that the circumstances did not warrant changes to the management fee structure of your fund at that time but, as indicated above, based on their detailed review of the current fee structure, were prepared to consider possible changes to this arrangement that might better serve the interests of shareholders in the future. The Trustees focused on two areas of particular interest, as discussed further below:

• Competitiveness. The Trustees reviewed comparative fee and expense information for competitive funds, which indicated that, in a custom peer group of competitive funds selected by Lipper Inc., your fund ranked in the 38th percentile in management fees and in the 45th percentile in total expenses (less any applicable 12b-1 fees) as of December 31, 2008 (the first percentile being the least expensive funds and the 100th percentile being the most expensive funds).

The Trustees noted that expense ratios for a number of Putnam funds, which show the percentage of fund assets used to pay for management and administrative services, distribution (12b-1) fees and other expenses, had been increasing recently as a result of declining net assets and the natural operation of fee breakpoints. The Trustees expressed their intention to monitor the funds’ percentile rankings in management fees and in total expenses to ensure that fees and expenses of the funds continue to meet evolving competitive standards.

The Trustees noted that the expense ratio increases described above were being controlled by expense limitations initially implemented in January 2004. These expense limitations give effect to a commitment by Putnam Management that the expense ratio of each open-end fund would be no higher than the average expense ratio of the competitive funds included in the fund’s relevant Lipper universe (exclusive of any applicable 12b-1 charges in each case). The Trustees observed that this commitment to limit fund expenses has served shareholders well since its inception and, while the Contract Committee was reviewing proposed alternative expense limitation arrangements as noted above, the Trustees received a commitment from Putnam Management and its parent company to continue this program through at least June 30, 2010, or such earlier time as the Trustees and Putnam Management reach agreement on alternative arrangements .

In order to ensure that the expenses of the Putnam funds continue to meet evolving competitive standards, the Trustees requested, and Putnam Management agreed, to extend for the twelve months beginning July 1, 2009, or until such earlier time as the Trustees and Putnam Management reach agreement on alternative expense limitation arrangements, an additional expense limitation for certain funds at an amount equal to the average expense ratio (exclusive of 12b-1 charges) of a custom peer group of competitive funds selected by Lipper to correspond to the size of the fund. This additional expense limitation will be applied to those open-end funds that had above-average expense ratios (exclusive of 12b-1 charges) based on the custom peer group data for the period ended December 31, 2007. This additional expense limitation was not applied to your fund.

• Economies of scale. Your fund currently has the benefit of breakpoints in its management fee that provide shareholders with significant economies of scale, which means that the effective management fee rate of the fund (as a percentage of fund assets) declines as the fund grows in size and crosses specified asset thresholds. Conversely, as the fund shrinks in size — as has been the case for many Putnam funds in recent years — these breakpoints result in increasing fee levels. In recent years, the Trustees have examined the operation of the existing breakpoint structure during periods of both growth and decline in asset levels. The Trustees concluded that the fee schedule in effect for your fund represented an appropriate sharing of economies of scale at that time but, as noted above, were in the process of reviewing a prop osal to eliminate individual fund breakpoints for all of the open-end funds (except for the Putnam RetirementReady® Funds and Putnam Money Market Liquidity Fund) in favor of a breakpoint structure based on the aggregate net assets of all such funds.

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In connection with their review of the management fees and total expenses of the Putnam funds, the Trustees also reviewed the costs of the services provided and profits realized by Putnam Management and its affiliates from their contractual relationships with the funds. This information included trends in revenues, expenses and profitability of Putnam Management and its affiliates relating to the investment management and distribution services provided to the funds. In this regard, the Trustees also reviewed an analysis of Putnam Management’s revenues, expenses and profitability with respect to the funds’ management contracts, allocated on a fund-by-fund basis.

Investment performance

The quality of the investment process provided by Putnam Management represented a major factor in the Trustees’ evaluation of the quality of services provided by Putnam Management under your fund’s management contract. The Trustees were assisted in their review of the Putnam funds’ investment process and performance by the work of the Investment Oversight Coordinating Committee of the Trustees and the Investment Oversight Committees of the Trustees, which had met on a regular monthly basis with the funds’ portfolio teams throughout the year. The Trustees concluded that Putnam Management generally provides a high-quality investment process — as measured by the experience and skills of the individuals assigned to the management of fund portfolios, the resources made available to such personnel, and in general the ability of Putnam Management to attract and retain high-quality personnel — but also recognized that this does no t guarantee favorable investment results for every fund in every time period. The Trustees considered the investment performance of each fund over multiple time periods and considered information comparing each fund’s performance with various benchmarks and with the performance of competitive funds.

The Trustees noted the disappointing investment performance of many of the funds for periods ended March 31, 2009. They discussed with senior management of Putnam Management the factors contributing to such underperformance and the actions being taken to improve performance. The Trustees recognized that, in recent years, Putnam Management has taken steps to strengthen its investment personnel and processes to address areas of underperformance, including Putnam Management’s continuing efforts to strengthen the equity research function, recent changes in portfolio managers including increased accountability of individual managers rather than teams, recent changes in Putnam Management’s approach to incentive compensation, including emphasis on top quartile performance over a rolling three-year period, and the recent arrival of a new chief investment officer. The Trustees also recognized the substantial improvement in performance of many funds si nce the implementation of those changes. The Trustees indicated their intention to continue to monitor performance trends to assess the effectiveness of these efforts and to evaluate whether additional changes to address areas of underperformance are warranted.

In the case of your fund, the Trustees considered that your fund’s class A share cumulative total return performance at net asset value was in the following percentiles of its Lipper Inc. peer group (Lipper Balanced Funds) for the one-year, three-year and five-year periods ended March 31, 2009 (the first percentile being the best-performing funds and the 100th percentile being the worst-performing funds):

One-year period	97th
Three-year period	95th
Five-year period	95th

Over the one-year, three-year and five-year periods ended March 31, 2009, there were 848, 673 and 522 funds, respectively, in your fund’s Lipper peer group. Past performance is no guarantee of future results.

The Trustees noted the disappointing performance for certain funds, as well as certain circumstances that may have contributed to that performance and the actions taken by Putnam Management to address these funds’ performance, as detailed below. The Trustees also considered the four broad initiatives that Putnam Management has implemented to improve its investment approach, to reduce the likelihood of fourth quartile results, and to deliver on its long-term investment goals. Specifically, Putnam Management has:

1. Increased accountability and reduced complexity in the portfolio management process for the Putnam equity funds by replacing a team management structure with a decision-making process that vests full authority and responsibility with individual portfolio managers;

2. Clarified Putnam Management’s investment process by affirming a fundamental-driven approach to investing, with quantitative analysis providing additional input for investment decisions;

3. Strengthened Putnam Management’s large-cap equity research capability by adding multiple new investment personnel to the team and by bringing U.S. and international research under common leadership; and

4. Realigned compensation structure for portfolio managers and research analysts so that only those who achieve top-quartile returns over a rolling three-year basis are eligible for full bonuses.

The Trustees noted the disappointing performance for your fund for the one-year, three-year and five-year periods ended March 31, 2009. In this regard, in addition to initiatives 1 through 4 described above, the Trustees considered that in November 2008, a new portfolio manager was added to the fund’s management team. The Trustees also noted the fund’s improved year-to-date performance as of March 31,  2009.

As a general matter, the Trustees believe that cooperative efforts between the Trustees and Putnam Management represent the most effective way to address investment performance problems. The Trustees noted that investors in the Putnam funds have, in effect, placed their trust in the

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Putnam organization, under the oversight of the funds’ Trustees, to make appropriate decisions regarding the management of the funds. Based on the responsiveness of Putnam Management in the recent past to Trustee concerns about investment performance, the Trustees concluded that it is preferable to seek change within Putnam Management to address performance shortcomings. In the Trustees’ view, the alternative of engaging a new investment adviser for an underperforming fund would entail significant disruptions and would not provide any greater assurance of improved investment performance.

Brokerage and soft-dollar
allocations; other benefits

The Trustees considered various potential benefits that Putnam Management may receive in connection with the services it provides under the management contract with your fund. These include benefits related to brokerage and soft-dollar allocations, whereby a portion of the commissions paid by a fund for brokerage may be used to acquire research services that may be useful to Putnam Management in managing the assets of the fund and of other clients. The Trustees considered a change made, at Putnam Management’s request, to the Putnam funds’ brokerage allocation policy commencing in 2009, which increased the permitted soft dollar allocation to third-party services over what had been authorized in previous years. The Trustees noted that a portion of available soft dollars continue to be allocated to the payment of fund expenses, although the amount allocated for this purpose has declined in recent years. The Trustees indicated their continued int ent to monitor regulatory developments in this area with the assistance of their Brokerage Committee and also indicated their continued intent to monitor the potential benefits associated with the allocation of fund brokerage and trends in industry practice to ensure that the principle of seeking best price and execution remains paramount in the portfolio trading process.

The Trustees’ annual review of your fund’s management contract also included the review of the investor servicing agreement with Putnam Investor Services, Inc. (“PSERV”), which agreement provides benefits to an affiliate of Putnam Management. The Trustees considered that effective January 1, 2009, the Trustees, PSERV and Putnam Fiduciary Trust Company (“PFTC”) entered into a new fee schedule that includes for the open-end funds (other than funds of Putnam Variable Trust and Putnam Money Market Liquidity Fund) an expense limitation but, as noted above, also considered that this expense limitation is subject to review as part of the Trustees’ pending review of Putnam’s strategic pricing proposal.

In the case of your fund, the Trustees’ annual review of the fund’s management contract also included the review of the fund’s distributor’s contract and distribution plans with Putnam Retail Management Limited Partnership, which contract and plans also provide benefits to an affiliate of Putnam Management.

Comparison of retail and
institutional fee schedules

The information examined by the Trustees as part of their annual contract review has included for many years information regarding fees charged by Putnam Management and its affiliates to institutional clients such as defined benefit pension plans, college endowments, etc. This information included comparisons of such fees with fees charged to the funds, as well as a detailed assessment of the differences in the services provided to these two types of clients. The Trustees observed, in this regard, that the differences in fee rates between institutional clients and mutual funds are by no means uniform when examined by individual asset sectors, suggesting that differences in the pricing of investment management services to these types of clients reflect to a substantial degree historical competitive forces operating in separate market places. The Trustees considered the fact that fee rates across different asset classes are typically higher on average fo r mutual funds than for institutional clients, as well as the differences between the services that Putnam Management provides to the Putnam funds and those that it provides to institutional clients of the firm, but did not rely on such comparisons to any significant extent in concluding that the management fees paid by your fund are reasonable.

Subsequent approval of strategic
pricing proposal

As mentioned above, at a series of meetings beginning in May 2009 and ending on July 10, 2009, the Contract Committee and the Trustees engaged in a detailed review of Putnam Management’s strategic pricing proposal. Following this review, the Trustees of each fund, including all of the Independent Trustees, voted unanimously on July 10, 2009 to approve proposed management contracts reflecting the proposal, as modified based on discussions between the Independent Trustees and Putnam Management, for each fund. In considering the proposed contracts, the Independent Trustees focused largely on the specific proposed changes described below relating to management fees. They also took into account the factors that they considered in connection with their most recent annual approval on June 12, 2009 of the continuance of the funds’ current management contracts and the extensive materials that they had reviewed in connection with that approval process, as described above.

The proposed management contracts are subject to shareholder approval. The Trustees have called a shareholder meeting for each of the funds for November 19, 2009 and have recommended unanimously that shareholders approve the proposed contracts.

• Considerations relating to Fund Family fee rate calculations. The Independent Trustees considered that the proposed management contracts would change the manner in which fund shareholders share in potential economies of scale associated with the management of the funds. Under the current management contracts, shareholders of a fund benefit from increased fund size through reductions in the effective management fee paid to

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Putnam Management once the fund’s net assets exceed the first breakpoint in the fund’s fee schedule ($500 million for most funds). Conversely, in the case of funds with net assets above the level of the first breakpoint, the effective management fee increases as the fund’s average net assets decline below a breakpoint. These breakpoints are measured solely by the net assets of each individual fund and are not affected by possible growth (or decline) of net assets of other funds in the Fund Family. (“Fund Family” for purposes of this discussion refers to all open-end mutual funds sponsored by Putnam Management, except for the Putnam RetirementReady^® Funds and Putnam Money Market Liquidity Fund.) Under the proposed management contracts, potential economies of scale would be shared ratably among shareholders of all funds, regardless of their size. The management fees paid by a fu nd (and indirectly by shareholders) would no longer be affected by the growth (or decline) of assets of the particular fund, but rather would be affected solely by the growth (or decline) of the aggregate net assets of all funds in the Fund Family, regardless of whether the net assets of the particular fund are growing or declining.

The table below shows the proposed effective management fee rate for your fund, based on June 30, 2009 net assets of the Fund Family ($52.3 billion). This table also shows the effective management fee rate payable by your fund under its current management contract, based on the net assets of the fund as of June 30, 2009. Finally, this table shows the difference in the effective management fees, based on net assets as of June 30, 2009, between the proposed management contract and the current contract.

Name of Fund	Proposed Effective Contractual Rate	Current Effective Contractual Rate	Difference
The George Putnam Fund of Boston	0.542%	0.570%	(0.028)%

As shown in the foregoing table, based on June 30, 2009 net asset levels, the proposed management contract would provide for payment of a management fee rate that is lower for your fund than the management fee rate payable under the current management contract. For a small number of funds (although not your fund), the management fee rate would be slightly higher under the proposed contract at these asset levels, but by only immaterial amounts. In the aggregate, the financial impact on Putnam Management of implementing this proposed change for all funds at June 30, 2009 net asset levels is a reduction in annual management fee revenue of approximately $24.0 million. (Putnam Management has already incurred a significant portion of this revenue reduction through the waiver of a portion of its current management fees for certain funds pending shareholder consideration of the proposed management contracts. Putnam is not obliged to continue such waivers beyon d July 31, 2010 in the event that the proposed contracts are not approved by shareholders.) The Independent Trustees carefully considered the implications of this proposed change under a variety of economic circumstances. They considered the fact that at current asset levels the management fees paid by the funds under the proposed contract would be lower for almost all funds, and would not be materially higher for any fund. They considered the possibility that under some circumstances, the current management contract could result in a lower fee for a particular fund than the proposed management contract. Such circumstances might occur, for example, if the aggregate net assets of the Fund Family remain largely unchanged and the net assets of an individual fund grew substantially, or if the net assets of an individual fund remain largely unchanged and the aggregate net assets of the Fund Family declined substantially.

The Independent Trustees noted that future changes in the net assets of individual funds are inherently unpredictable and that experience has shown that funds often grow in size and decline in size over time depending on market conditions and the changing popularity of particular investment styles and asset classes. They noted that, while the aggregate net assets of the Fund Family have changed substantially over time, basing a management fee on the aggregate level of assets of the Fund Family would likely reduce fluctuations in costs paid by individual funds and lead to greater stability and predictability of fund operating costs over time.

The Independent Trustees considered that the proposed management contract would likely be advantageous for newly organized funds that have yet to attract significant assets and for funds in specialty asset classes that are unlikely to grow to a significant size. In each case, such funds would participate in the benefits of scale made possible by the aggregate size of the Fund Family to an extent that would not be possible based solely on their individual size.

The Independent Trustees also considered that for funds that have achieved or are likely to achieve considerable scale on their own, the proposed management contract could result in sharing of economies which might lead to slightly higher costs under some circumstances, but they noted that any such increases are immaterial at current asset levels and that over time such funds are likely to realize offsetting benefits from their opportunity to participate, both through the exchange privilege and through the Fund Family breakpoint fee structure, in the improved growth prospects of a diversified Fund Family able to offer competitively priced products.

The Independent Trustees noted that the implementation of the proposed management contracts would result in a reduction in aggregate fee revenues for Putnam Management at current asset levels. They also noted that applying various projections of growth equally to the aggregate net assets of the Fund Family and to the net assets of individual funds also showed revenue reductions for Putnam Management. They recognized, however, the possibility that under some scenarios Putnam Management might realize greater

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future revenues, with respect to certain funds, under the proposed contracts than under the current contracts, but considered such circumstances to be both less likely and inherently unpredictable.

The Independent Trustees considered the extent to which Putnam Management may realize economies of scale in connection with the management of the funds. In this regard, they considered the possibility that such economies of scale as may exist in the management of mutual funds may be associated more closely with the size of the aggregate assets of the mutual fund complex than with the size of any individual fund. In this regard the Independent Trustees considered the financial information provided to them by Putnam Management over a period of many years regarding the allocation of costs involved in calculating the profitability of its mutual fund business as a whole and the profit-ability of individual funds. The Independent Trustees noted that the methodologies for such cost allocations had been reviewed on a number of occasions in the past by independent financial consultants engaged by the Independent Trustees. The Independent Trustees noted that the se methodologies support Putnam Management’s assertion that many of its operating costs and any associated economies of scale are related more to the aggregate net assets under management in various sectors of its business than to the size of individual funds. They noted that on a number of occasions in the past the Independent Trustees had separately considered the possibility of calculating management fees in whole or in part based on aggregate net assets of the Putnam funds.

The Independent Trustees considered the fact that the proposed contracts would result in a sharing among the affected funds of economies of scale that for the most part are now enjoyed by the larger funds, without materially increasing the current costs of any of the larger funds. They concluded that this sharing of economies among funds was appropriate in light of the diverse investment opportunities available to shareholders of all funds through the existence of the exchange privilege. They also considered that the proposed change in management fee structure would allow Putnam Management to introduce new investment products at more attractive pricing levels than may be currently be the case.

After considering all of the foregoing, the Independent Trustees concluded that the proposed calculation of management fees based on the aggregate net assets of the Fund Family represented a fair and reasonable means of sharing possible economies of scale among the shareholders of all funds.

• Considerations relating to addition of fee rate adjustments based on investment performance for certain funds. The Independent Trustees considered that Putnam’s proposal to add fee rate adjustments based on investment performance to the management contracts of certain funds reflected a desire by Putnam Management to align its fee revenues more closely with investment performance in the case of certain funds.

They noted that Putnam Management already has a significant financial interest in achieving good performance results for the funds it manages. Putnam Management’s fees are based on the assets under its management (whether calculated on an individual fund or complex-wide basis). Good performance results in higher asset levels and therefore higher revenues to Putnam Management. Moreover, good performance also tends to attract additional investors to particular funds or the complex generally, also resulting in higher revenues. Nevertheless, the Independent Trustees concluded that adjusting management fees based on performance for certain selected funds could provide additional benefits to shareholders.

The Independent Trustees noted that Putnam Management proposed the addition of performance adjustments only for certain of the funds and considered whether similar adjustments might be appropriate for other funds. In this regard, they considered Putnam Management’s belief that the addition of performance adjustments would be most appropriate for shareholders of U.S. growth funds, international equity funds and Putnam Global Equity Fund. They also considered Putnam Management’s view that it would continue to monitor whether performance fees would be appropriate for other funds. Accordingly, the Independent Trustees concluded that it would be desirable to gain further experience with the operation of performance adjustments for certain funds and the market’s receptivity to such fee structures before giving further consideration to whether similar performance adjustments would be appropriate for other fun ds as well.

• Considerations relating to standardization of payment terms. The proposed management contracts for all funds provide that management fees will be computed and paid monthly within 15 days after the end of each month. The current contracts of the funds contain quarterly computation and payment terms in some cases. These differences largely reflect practices in place at earlier times when many of the funds were first organized. Under the proposed contract, certain funds would make payments to Putnam Management earlier than they do under their current contract. This would reduce a fund’s opportunity to earn income on accrued but unpaid management fees by a small amount, but would not have a material effect on a fund’s operating costs.

The Independent Trustees considered the fact that standardizing the payment terms for all funds would involve an acceleration in the timing of payments to Putnam Management for some funds and a corresponding loss of a potential opportunity for such funds to earn income on accrued but unpaid management fees. The Independent Trustees did not view this change as having a material impact on shareholders of any fund. In this regard, the Independent Trustees noted that the proposed contracts conform to the payment terms included in management contracts for all Putnam funds organized in recent years and that standardizing payment terms across all funds would reduce administrative burdens for both the funds and Putnam Management.

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• Considerations relating to comparisons with management fees and total expenses of competitive funds. As part of their evaluation of the proposed management contracts, the Independent Trustees also reviewed the general approach taken by Putnam Management and the Independent Trustees in recent years in imposing appropriate limits on total fund expenses. As part of the annual contract review process in recent years, Putnam Management agreed to waive fees as needed to limit total fund expenses to a maximum level equal to the average total expenses of comparable competitive funds in the mutual fund industry. In connection with its proposal to implement new management contracts, Putnam Management also proposed, and the Independent Trustees approved, certain changes in this approach that shift the focus from controlling total expenses to imposing separate limits on certain c ategories of expenses, as required. As a general matter, Putnam Management and the Independent Trustees concluded that management fees for the Putnam funds are competitive with the fees charged by comparable funds in the industry. Nevertheless, the Independent Trustees considered specific management fee waivers proposed to be implemented as of August 1, 2009 by Putnam Management with respect to the current management fees of certain funds, as well as projected reductions in management fees for almost all funds that would result under the proposed contracts. Putnam Management and the Independent Trustees also agreed to impose separate expense limitations of 37.5 basis points on the general category of shareholder servicing expenses and 20 basis points on the general category of other ordinary operating expenses. These new expense limitations, as well as the fee waivers, were implemented for all funds effective as of August 1, 2009, replacing the expense limitation referred to above.

These changes resulted in lower total expenses for many funds, but in the case of some funds total expenses increased after application of the new waivers and expense limitations (as compared with the results obtained using the expense limitation method previously in place). In this regard, the Independent Trustees considered the likelihood that total expenses for most of these funds would have increased in any event in the normal course under the previous expense limitation arrangement, as the reported total expense levels of many competitive funds increased in response to the major decline in asset values that began in September 2008. These new waivers and expense limitations will continue in effect until at least July 31, 2010 and will be re-evaluated by the Independent Trustees as part of the annual contract review process prior to their scheduled expiration. However, the management fee waivers referred to above would largely become permanent reductions in fees as a result of the implementation of the proposed management contracts.

Under these new expense limitation arrangements effective August 1, 2009, your fund is subject to expense limitations of 37.5 basis points on the category of shareholder servicing fees and 20 basis points on the general category of other ordinary operating expenses.

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Other information for shareholders

Upcoming shareholder vote

The Putnam Funds will hold a shareholder meeting on November 19, 2009, in Boston, Massachusetts, to decide several proposals that affect your fund. While you are welcome to attend in person, the vast majority of shareholders vote by “proxy,” which means they give instructions to persons designated by their fund’s Board of Trustees to vote on their behalf.

Shareholder proposals

1. Election of Trustees. The Putnam Funds’ Board of Trustees is responsible for overseeing the operation of the Putnam funds and for assuring that each fund is managed in the best interests of its shareholders. All but one of the Trustees are independent of Putnam Investments. All of the current Trustees work on your behalf and are up for re-election. The Trustees recommend you vote to elect all Trustees.

2. Shareholder-friendly changes to Putnam fund management fees. As a Putnam fund shareholder, you pay a management fee that covers key services such as portfolio management, securities trading, and accounting. The management fee typically represents the single largest component of a fund’s total expenses. Key benefits of the proposal include:

a. Lower management fees The change will result in reduced management fees for virtually all Putnam funds, including significantly lower management fees for fixed-income and asset allocation funds.

b. Fund family breakpoints Asset-level discounts for management fees will be based on the growth of all Putnam mutual fund assets, rather than an individual Putnam fund’s assets. This change will allow shareholders to benefit from the growth of the Putnam fund family as a whole, even if their specific fund is not growing.

c. Performance fees on U.S. growth funds, international funds, and Putnam Global Equity Fund These equity funds would have performance fees reflecting the strength or weakness of the investment performance of a given fund. Management fees for these funds would decline from their standard fee if the funds underper-form their benchmarks and would rise if the funds outperform.

The Trustees recommend you vote for the proposed new management contracts that include these fee changes.

3. Modernizing trust provisions of certain funds. The organizational, or “trust,” documents established many years ago for a small number of Putnam funds differ from those of most Putnam funds today. The Trustees recommend you vote to modernize these trust provisions.

Please remember to vote

Delaying your vote will increase fund expenses if further mailings are required. If you complete your proxy card, your shares will be voted on your behalf exactly as you have instructed. If you simply sign the proxy card, your shares will be voted in accordance with the Trustees’ recommendations.

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Putnam’s policy on confidentiality

In order to conduct business with our shareholders, we must obtain certain personal information such as account holders’ addresses, telephone numbers, Social Security numbers, and the names of their financial representatives. We use this information to assign an account number and to help us maintain accurate records of transactions and account balances. It is our policy to protect the confidentiality of your information, whether or not you currently own shares of our funds, and, in particular, not to sell information about you or your accounts to outside marketing firms. We have safeguards in place designed to prevent unauthorized access to our computer systems and procedures to protect personal information from unauthorized use. Under certain circumstances, we share this information with outside vendors who provide services to us, such as mailing and proxy solicitation. In those cases, the service providers enter into confidentiality agreements with us, and we provide only the information necessary to process transactions and perform other services related to your account. We may also share this information with our Putnam affiliates to service your account or provide you with information about other Putnam products or services. It is also our policy to share account information with your financial representative, if you’ve listed one on your Putnam account. If you would like clarification about our confidentiality policies or have any questions or concerns, please don’t hesitate to contact us at 1-800-225-1581, Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 8:00 p.m., or Saturdays from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time.

Proxy voting

Putnam is committed to managing our mutual funds in the best interests of our shareholders. The Putnam funds’ proxy voting guidelines and procedures, as well as information regarding how your fund voted proxies relating to portfolio securities during the 12-month period ended June 30, 2009, are available in the Individual Investors section at putnam.com, and on the SEC’s Web site, www.sec.gov. If you have questions about finding forms on the SEC’s Web site, you may call the SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330. You may also obtain the Putnam funds’ proxy voting guidelines and procedures at no charge by calling Putnam’s Shareholder Services at 1-800-225-1581.

Fund portfolio holdings

The fund will file a complete schedule of its portfolio holdings with the SEC for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-Q. Shareholders may obtain the fund’s Forms N-Q on the SEC’s Web site at www.sec.gov. In addition, the fund’s Forms N-Q may be reviewed and copied at the SEC’s Public Reference Room in Washington, D.C. You may call the SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330 for information about the SEC’s Web site or the operation of the Public Reference Room.

Trustee and employee fund ownership

Putnam employees and members of the Board of Trustees place their faith, confidence, and, most importantly, investment dollars in Putnam mutual funds. As of July 31, 2009, Putnam employees had $371,000,000 and the Trustees had $33,000,000 invested in Putnam mutual funds. These amounts include investments by the Trustees’ and employees’ immediate family members as well as investments through retirement and deferred compensation plans.

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Financial statements

These sections of the report, as well as the accompanying Notes, preceded by the Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm, constitute the fund’s financial statements.

The fund’s portfolio lists all the fund’s investments and their values as of the last day of the reporting period. Holdings are organized by asset type and industry sector, country, or state to show areas of concentration and diversification.

Statement of assets and liabilities shows how the fund’s net assets and share price are determined. All investment and noninvestment assets are added together. Any unpaid expenses and other liabilities are subtracted from this total. The result is divided by the number of shares to determine the net asset value per share, which is calculated separately for each class of shares. (For funds with preferred shares, the amount subtracted from total assets includes the liquidation preference of preferred shares.)

Statement of operations shows the fund’s net investment gain or loss. This is done by first adding up all the fund’s earnings —from dividends and interest income — and subtracting its operating expenses to determine net investment income (or loss). Then, any net gain or loss the fund realized on the sales of its holdings — as well as any unrealized gains or losses over the period — is added to or subtracted from the net investment result to determine the fund’s net gain or loss for the fiscal year.

Statement of changes in net assets shows how the fund’s net assets were affected by the fund’s net investment gain or loss, by distributions to shareholders, and by changes in the number of the fund’s shares. It lists distributions and their sources (net investment income or realized capital gains) over the current reporting period and the most recent fiscal year-end. The distributions listed here may not match the sources listed in the Statement of operations because the distributions are determined on a tax basis and may be paid in a different period from the one in which they were earned.

Financial highlights provide an overview of the fund’s investment results, per-share distributions, expense ratios, net investment income ratios, and portfolio turnover in one summary table, reflecting the five most recent reporting periods. In a semian-nual report, the highlight table also includes the current reporting period.

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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

To the Trustees and Shareholders of
The George Putnam Fund of Boston:

In our opinion, the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities, including the portfolio, and the related statements of operations and of changes in net assets and the financial highlights present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of The George Putnam Fund of Boston (the “fund”) at July 31, 2009, and the results of its operations, the changes in its net assets and the financial highlights for each of the periods indicated, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. These financial statements and financial highlights (hereafter referred to as “financial statements”) are the responsibility of the fund’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits. We conducted our audits of these financial statements in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United Sta tes). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, and evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits, which included confirmation of investments owned at July 31, 2009 by correspondence with the custodian and brokers, provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Boston, Massachusetts
September 15, 2009

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The fund’s portfolio 7/31/09

COMMON STOCKS (59.2%)*	Shares	Value
Basic materials (1.9%)
Alcoa, Inc.	305,000	$3,586,800
Dow Chemical Co. (The)	93,000	1,968,810
E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co.	188,200	5,821,026
Nucor Corp.	157,200	6,990,684
PPG Industries, Inc.	119,200	6,556,000
Weyerhaeuser Co.	65,900	2,309,136
		27,232,456
Capital goods (3.2%)
Avery Dennison Corp.	57,400	1,534,302
Boeing Co. (The)	49,300	2,115,463
Caterpillar, Inc.	80,500	3,546,830
Deere (John) & Co.	65,200	2,851,848
Emerson Electric Co.	76,400	2,779,432
Lockheed Martin Corp.	205,300	15,348,228
Northrop Grumman Corp.	36,500	1,627,170
Parker-Hannifin Corp.	88,700	3,927,636
Raytheon Co.	102,600	4,817,070
United Technologies Corp.	151,400	8,246,758
		46,794,737
Communication services (4.3%)
AT&T, Inc.	854,182	22,405,194
Comcast Corp. Class A	417,700	6,207,022
DIRECTV Group, Inc. (The) †	129,600	3,356,640
DISH Network Corp. Class A †	97,800	1,657,710
Motorola, Inc.	551,300	3,947,308
Telefonica SA ADR (Spain)	21,000	1,567,440
Verizon Communications, Inc.	586,800	18,818,676
Vodafone Group PLC ADR (United Kingdom)	227,900	4,690,182
		62,650,172
Conglomerates (1.5%)
3M Co.	63,100	4,449,812
General Electric Co.	920,000	12,328,000
Honeywell International, Inc.	133,800	4,642,860
		21,420,672
Consumer cyclicals (3.8%)
D.R. Horton, Inc.	101,700	1,178,703
Gap, Inc. (The)	178,900	2,919,648
Home Depot, Inc. (The)	358,400	9,296,896
Lowe’s Cos., Inc.	249,000	5,592,540
Marriott International, Inc. Class A	75,377	1,623,621
Staples, Inc.	125,400	2,635,908
Target Corp.	80,400	3,507,048
TJX Cos., Inc. (The)	273,700	9,916,151
Viacom, Inc. Class B †	200,000	4,632,000
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.	103,600	5,167,568
Walt Disney Co. (The)	280,600	7,048,672
Whirlpool Corp.	19,100	1,090,419
		54,609,174
Consumer staples (6.7%)
Clorox Co.	144,900	8,840,349
Coca-Cola Co. (The)	18,400	917,056
CVS Caremark Corp.	329,300	11,024,964
General Mills, Inc.	121,400	7,151,674
Kimberly-Clark Corp.	164,800	9,632,560
Kraft Foods, Inc. Class A	320,062	9,070,557
Kroger Co.	401,200	8,577,656
Lorillard, Inc.	48,300	3,560,676
Newell Rubbermaid, Inc.	598,400	7,701,408
Philip Morris International, Inc.	399,300	18,607,380
Procter & Gamble Co. (The)	138,700	7,699,237

COMMON STOCKS (59.2%)* cont.	Shares	Value
Consumer staples cont.
SYSCO Corp.	101,700	$2,416,392
Yum! Brands, Inc.	27,000	957,420
		96,157,329
Energy (9.3%)
Anadarko Petroleum Corp.	84,100	4,053,620
Chevron Corp.	443,200	30,789,104
ConocoPhillips	145,200	6,346,692
Devon Energy Corp.	50,200	2,916,118
EOG Resources, Inc.	39,300	2,909,379
Exxon Mobil Corp.	498,700	35,103,493
Hess Corp.	36,500	2,014,800
Marathon Oil Corp.	253,400	8,172,150
Newfield Exploration Co. †	88,100	3,464,973
Noble Corp.	136,800	4,632,048
Noble Energy, Inc.	50,600	3,092,672
Occidental Petroleum Corp.	165,500	11,806,770
Total SA ADR (France)	269,100	14,975,415
Weatherford International, Ltd. (China) †	211,900	3,975,244
		134,252,478
Financials (11.9%)
ACE, Ltd.	153,900	7,550,334
Allstate Corp. (The)	136,300	3,667,833
Bank of America Corp.	724,800	10,719,792
Bank of New York Mellon Corp. (The)	337,200	9,219,048
Chubb Corp. (The)	234,900	10,847,682
Digital Realty Trust, Inc. R	56,900	2,307,295
Equity Residential Properties Trust R	115,948	2,782,752
Everest Re Group, Ltd.	51,000	4,091,220
Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (The)	100,410	16,396,953
JPMorgan Chase & Co.	842,100	32,547,165
Marsh & McLennan Cos., Inc.	162,400	3,316,208
MetLife, Inc.	241,100	8,185,345
Morgan Stanley	415,640	11,845,740
PNC Financial Services Group, Inc.	151,300	5,546,658
RenaissanceRe Holdings, Ltd.	71,600	3,597,900
Simon Property Group, Inc. R	46,931	2,614,995
SunTrust Banks, Inc.	77,900	1,519,050
T. Rowe Price Group, Inc.	21,500	1,004,265
Travelers Cos., Inc. (The)	278,300	11,986,381
U.S. Bancorp	90,000	1,836,900
Wells Fargo & Co.	802,400	19,626,704
		171,210,220
Health care (9.1%)
Abbott Laboratories	94,600	4,256,054
Aetna, Inc.	89,300	2,408,421
AmerisourceBergen Corp.	49,900	984,028
Amgen, Inc. †	57,300	3,570,363
Baxter International, Inc.	84,100	4,740,717
Boston Scientific Corp. †	676,400	7,264,536
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.	163,700	3,558,838
Covidien PLC (Ireland)	227,612	8,606,010
Genzyme Corp. †	19,300	1,001,477
Hospira, Inc. †	295,900	11,371,437
Johnson & Johnson	288,700	17,578,943
McKesson Corp.	213,000	10,894,950
Medtronic, Inc.	84,700	3,000,074
Merck & Co., Inc.	334,900	10,050,349
Pfizer, Inc.	1,442,700	22,982,211

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COMMON STOCKS (59.2%)* cont.	Shares	Value
Health care cont.
WellPoint, Inc. †	134,600	$7,085,344
Wyeth	257,800	12,000,590
		131,354,342
Technology (3.5%)
Applied Materials, Inc.	161,100	2,223,180
Atmel Corp. †	1,092,600	4,556,142
Cisco Systems, Inc. †	239,100	5,262,591
Electronic Arts, Inc. †	103,100	2,213,557
EMC Corp. †	481,900	7,257,414
IBM Corp.	34,200	4,033,206
Intel Corp.	81,400	1,566,950
Microsoft Corp.	367,300	8,638,896
Nokia OYJ ADR (Finland)	171,100	2,282,474
Oracle Corp.	131,100	2,901,243
Texas Instruments, Inc.	258,700	6,221,735
Yahoo!, Inc. †	247,000	3,537,040
		50,694,428
Transportation (0.7%)
Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp.	77,100	6,059,289
United Parcel Service, Inc. Class B	63,300	3,401,109
		9,460,398
Utilities and power (3.3%)
American Electric Power Co., Inc.	126,900	3,928,824
Dominion Resources, Inc.	55,900	1,889,420
Duke Energy Corp.	148,900	2,304,972
Edison International	278,300	8,994,656
Entergy Corp.	124,700	10,017,151
Exelon Corp.	61,400	3,122,804
FPL Group, Inc.	66,900	3,791,223
Great Plains Energy, Inc.	34,000	541,620
PG&E Corp.	249,650	10,078,371
Wisconsin Energy Corp.	72,200	3,102,434
		47,771,475
Total common stocks (cost $820,676,398)		$853,607,881
CORPORATE BONDS	Principal
AND NOTES (9.7%)*	amount	Value
Basic materials (0.5%)
ArcelorMittal sr. unsec. unsub. 9.85s,
2019 (Luxembourg)	$360,000	$413,881
Bemis Co., Inc. sr. unsec. unsub. notes
6.8s, 2019	100,000	109,393
Dow Chemical Co. (The) notes 9.4s, 2039	250,000	300,336
Dow Chemical Co. (The) sr. unsec. notes
7.6s, 2014	894,000	971,437
Dow Chemical Co. (The) Pass Through
Trust 144A company guaranty 4.027s, 2009	1,554,000	1,545,728
Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold, Inc. sr.
unsec. notes 8 3/8s, 2017	763,000	808,780
International Paper Co. sr. unsec. notes
9 3/8s, 2019	943,000	1,089,165
International Paper Co. sr. unsec. notes
7.4s, 2014	256,000	271,344
Mosaic Co. (The) 144A sr. unsec. unsub. notes
7 5/8s, 2016	208,000	221,422
Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan, Inc. sr. unsec.
notes 6 1/2s, 2019 (Canada)	106,000	117,900
Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan, Inc. sr. unsec.
notes 5 1/4s, 2014 (Canada)	29,000	30,678

CORPORATE BONDS	Principal
AND NOTES (9.7%)* cont.	amount	Value
Basic materials cont.
PPG Industries, Inc. sr. unsec. unsub. notes
6.65s, 2018	$185,000	$203,363
Rio Tinto Finance USA LTD company guaranty
sr. unsec. notes 8.95s, 2014 (Australia)	282,000	327,686
Sealed Air Corp. 144A notes 5 5/8s, 2013	210,000	206,041
Sealed Air Corp. 144A sr. notes 7 7/8s, 2017	125,000	132,007
Teck Resources, Ltd. 144A sr. sec. notes
10 3/4s, 2019 (Canada)	35,000	40,731
Teck Resources, Ltd. 144A sr. sec. notes
10 1/4s, 2016 (Canada)	51,000	57,758
Teck Resources, Ltd. 144A sr. sec. notes
9 3/4s, 2014 (Canada)	43,000	47,838
Westvaco Corp. unsec. notes 7 1/2s, 2027	11,000	9,044
Xstrata Finance Canada, Ltd. 144A company
guaranty 5.8s, 2016 (Canada)	735,000	703,774
		7,608,306
Capital goods (0.3%)
Allied Waste North America, Inc. sec. notes
6 1/2s, 2010	145,000	150,075
Allied Waste North America, Inc. sec. notes
Ser. B, 5 3/4s, 2011	90,000	93,263
Allied Waste North America, Inc. sr. unsec.
notes 6 3/8s, 2011	235,000	243,225
Boeing Co. (The) sr. unsec. unsub. notes
5 7/8s, 2040	325,000	333,642
Caterpillar Financial Services Corp. sr. unsec.
notes Ser. MTN, 4.85s, 2012	820,000	857,636
Eaton Corp. notes 5.6s, 2018	152,000	151,457
John Deere Capital Corp. sr. unsec. notes
Ser. MTN, 5.35s, 2018	335,000	338,424
Legrand SA unsec. unsub. debs. 8 1/2s,
2025 (France)	767,000	660,150
Parker Hannifin Corp. sr. unsec. unsub. notes
Ser. MTN, 6 1/4s, 2038	975,000	1,047,410
Pitney Bowes, Inc. sr. unsec. notes 5.6s, 2018	125,000	127,992
United Technologies Corp. sr. unsec. notes
6 1/8s, 2038	430,000	482,412
		4,485,686
Communication services (1.1%)
AT&T Wireless Services, Inc. sr. notes
8 3/4s, 2031	285,000	372,105
AT&T Wireless Services, Inc. sr. notes
7 7/8s, 2011	185,000	200,444
AT&T, Inc. sr. unsec. unsub. bonds
5 1/2s, 2018	245,000	259,450
AT&T, Inc. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 6.3s, 2038	2,369,000	2,527,167
AT&T, Inc. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 4.95s, 2013	283,000	299,519
Bellsouth Capital Funding unsec. notes
7 7/8s, 2030	450,000	527,071
CenturyTel, Inc. sr. unsec. notes 5 1/2s, 2013	65,000	64,675
Comcast Cable Communications company
guaranty sr. unsub. notes 8 7/8s, 2017	290,000	350,952
Comcast Corp. company guaranty sr. unsec.
unsub. notes 6.95s, 2037	225,000	255,566
Cox Communications, Inc. notes 7 1/8s, 2012	745,000	827,751
Cox Communications, Inc. 144A notes
5 7/8s, 2016	289,000	293,680
France Telecom notes 8 1/2s, 2031 (France)	180,000	244,381
Rogers Wireless, Inc. sec. notes 6 3/8s,
2014 (Canada)	122,000	135,559
Southwestern Bell Telephone debs. 7s, 2027	269,000	266,107

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CORPORATE BONDS	Principal
AND NOTES (9.7%)* cont.	amount	Value
Communication services cont.
TCI Communications, Inc. company
guaranty 7 7/8s, 2026	$1,085,000	$1,252,807
TCI Communications, Inc. debs. 9.8s, 2012	467,000	539,156
Telecom Italia Capital SA company
guaranty 5 1/4s, 2015 (Italy)	400,000	407,314
Telecom Italia Capital SA company
guaranty 5 1/4s, 2013 (Italy)	515,000	531,682
Telecom Italia Capital SA company
guaranty 4s, 2010 (Italy)	60,000	60,461
Telefonica Emisones SAU company
guaranty 6.221s, 2017 (Spain)	385,000	427,296
Telefonica Europe BV company guaranty
8 1/4s, 2030 (Spain)	595,000	760,951
Time Warner Cable, Inc. company
guaranty sr. notes 7.3s, 2038	640,000	727,732
Time Warner Cable, Inc. company guaranty
sr. unsec. notes 7 1/2s, 2014	150,000	169,983
Time Warner Cable, Inc. company guaranty
sr. unsec. unsub. notes 6 3/4s, 2039	355,000	384,026
Verizon Communications, Inc. sr. unsec.
unsub. notes 8 3/4s, 2018	110,000	140,578
Verizon New England, Inc. sr. notes
6 1/2s, 2011	742,000	798,204
Verizon New Jersey, Inc. debs. 8s, 2022	770,000	850,346
Verizon Pennsylvania, Inc. debs.
8.35s, 2030	980,000	1,076,998
Verizon Wireless, Inc. 144A notes
5.55s, 2014	690,000	750,407
		15,502,368
Conglomerates (0.1%)
Siemens Financieringsmaatschappij 144A
notes 5 3/4s, 2016 (Netherlands)	680,000	727,374
Tyco International Finance SA company
guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 8 1/2s, 2019	280,000	321,163
		1,048,537
Consumer cyclicals (0.4%)
Corrections Corporation of America company
guaranty sr. notes 7 3/4s, 2017	279,000	279,000
DaimlerChrysler NA Holding Corp. company
guaranty 6 1/2s, 2013 (Germany)	565,000	597,668
DaimlerChrysler NA Holding Corp. company
guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes
5 7/8s, 2011 (Germany)	312,000	321,714
DaimlerChrysler NA Holding Corp. company
guaranty unsec. unsub. notes Ser. MTN,
5 3/4s, 2011 (Germany)	630,000	649,579
Macy’s Retail Holdings, Inc. company guaranty
sr. unsec. notes 6 5/8s, 2011	265,000	269,057
News America Holdings, Inc. company
guaranty 7 3/4s, 2024	1,045,000	1,100,963
News America Holdings, Inc. debs.
7 3/4s, 2045	160,000	164,526
Omnicom Group, Inc. sr. notes 5.9s, 2016	635,000	660,234
Target Corp. bonds 6 1/2s, 2037	405,000	428,328
Time Warner Entertainment Co., LP debs.
Ser. *, 8 3/8s, 2023	170,000	198,184
Time Warner, Inc. debs. 9.15s, 2023	340,000	384,972
Time Warner, Inc. debs. 9 1/8s, 2013	592,000	685,418
Whirlpool Corp. sr. unsec. notes 8.6s, 2014	110,000	118,077
		5,857,720

CORPORATE BONDS	Principal
AND NOTES (9.7%)* cont.	amount	Value
Consumer staples (0.7%)
Altria Group, Inc. company guaranty sr.
unsec. notes 9 1/4s, 2019	$220,000	$263,091
Altria Group, Inc. company guaranty sr.
unsec. unsub. notes 8 1/2s, 2013	275,000	318,846
Anheuser-Busch InBev Worldwide, Inc.
144A company guaranty sr. notes 8.2s, 2039	165,000	207,532
Campbell Soup Co. debs. 8 7/8s, 2021	855,000	1,115,102
Coca-Cola Co. (The) sr. unsec. unsub. notes
4 7/8s, 2019	35,000	36,707
CVS Caremark, Corp. sr. unsec. FRN
6.302s, 2037	1,243,000	957,110
CVS Caremark, Corp. 144A pass-through
certificates 6.117s, 2013	482,364	500,923
Delhaize Group sr. unsub. notes 6 1/2s,
2017 (Belgium)	565,000	596,712
Diageo Capital PLC company guaranty 5.2s,
2013 (United Kingdom)	395,000	418,427
Diageo PLC company guaranty 8s,
2022 (Canada)	760,000	851,958
General Mills, Inc. sr. unsec. notes 5.65s, 2019	130,000	141,260
HJ Heinz Finance Co. 144A company guaranty
7 1/8s, 2039	360,000	396,153
Kraft Foods, Inc. notes 6 1/8s, 2018	765,000	844,537
Kroger Co. company guaranty 6 3/4s, 2012	275,000	300,399
Kroger Co. company guaranty 6.4s, 2017	500,000	545,812
McDonald’s Corp. sr. unsec. Ser. MTN,
6.3s, 2038	535,000	594,882
McDonald’s Corp. sr. unsec. notes 5.7s, 2039	600,000	612,984
SABMiller PLC 144A notes 6 1/2s, 2018
(United Kingdom)	540,000	573,807
Supervalu, Inc. notes 7 7/8s, 2009	520,000	520,000
Tesco PLC 144A sr. unsec. unsub. notes 6.15s,
2037 (United Kingdom)	640,000	651,341
WPP Finance UK company guaranty sr. unsec.
notes 8s, 2014 (United Kingdom)	325,000	346,474
		10,794,057
Energy (0.5%)
Amerada Hess Corp. unsub. notes 6.65s, 2011	185,000	198,682
Chesapeake Energy Corp. sr. unsec. notes
7 5/8s, 2013	10,000	10,025
ConocoPhillips company guaranty sr. unsec.
bond 5.9s, 2038	45,000	47,806
ConocoPhillips company guaranty sr. unsec.
notes 5.2s, 2018	20,000	21,003
ConocoPhillips notes 6 1/2s, 2039	265,000	301,753
Devon Energy Corp. sr. notes 6.3s, 2019	265,000	290,673
EnCana Corp. sr. unsec. notes 6 1/2s,
2019 (Canada)	175,000	197,241
EOG Resources, Inc. sr. unsec. notes
5 5/8s, 2019	205,000	220,586
Forest Oil Corp. sr. notes 8s, 2011	610,000	622,200
Halliburton Co. sr. unsec. notes 7.45s, 2039	235,000	291,187
Husky Energy, Inc. sr. notes 5.9s,
2014 (Canada)	165,000	177,127
Kerr-McGee Corp. sec. notes 6.95s, 2024	140,000	141,282
Motiva Enterprises, LLC 144A sr. notes
5.2s, 2012	225,000	235,174
Newfield Exploration Co. sr. sub. notes
6 5/8s, 2016	650,000	615,875

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CORPORATE BONDS	Principal
AND NOTES (9.7%)* cont.	amount	Value
Energy cont.
Nexen, Inc. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 7 1/2s,
2039 (Canada)	$325,000	$344,545
Peabody Energy Corp. sr. notes 5 7/8s, 2016	805,000	746,638
Petro-Canada sr. unsec. unsub. notes 6.05s,
2018 (Canada)	200,000	206,140
Ras Laffan Liquefied Natural Gas Co., Ltd.
144A company guaranty sr. notes 5 1/2s,
2014 (Qatar)	675,000	689,840
Weatherford International, Inc. company
guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. bonds 6.8s, 2037	245,000	247,426
Weatherford International, Inc. company
guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. bonds 6.35s, 2017	280,000	291,451
Weatherford International, Ltd. sr. notes
5 1/2s, 2016 (China)	455,000	453,952
Williams Cos., Inc. (The) 144A sr. unsec.
notes 8 3/4s, 2020	325,000	367,250
XTO Energy, Inc. sr. unsec. notes 6 3/4s, 2037	225,000	251,714
XTO Energy, Inc. sr. unsec. unsub. notes
6 1/2s, 2018	180,000	199,975
		7,169,545
Financials (3.1%)
Aflac, Inc. sr. notes 8 1/2s, 2019	160,000	179,780
AGFC Capital Trust I 144A company
guaranty 6s, 2067	620,000	133,300
Allstate Life Global Funding Trusts notes
Ser. MTN, 5 3/8s, 2013	326,000	341,310
American Express Bank FSB notes Ser.
BKN1, 5.55s, 2012	1,160,000	1,184,892
American Express Bank FSB sr. unsec.
FRN Ser. BKNT, 0.576s, 2017	545,000	398,993
Bank of America NA sub. notes Ser. BKNT,
5.3s, 2017	315,000	286,880
BankAmerica Capital III bank guaranty jr.
unsec. FRN Ser. *, 1.079s, 2027	2,245,000	1,168,882
Barclays Bank PLC sr. unsec. unsub. notes
6 3/4s, 2019	365,000	396,272
Barclays Bank PLC 144A sub. notes
10.179s, 2021	624,000	730,192
Bear Stearns Cos., Inc. (The) notes Ser. MTN,
6.95s, 2012	550,000	609,622
Bear Stearns Cos., Inc. (The) sr. notes
6.4s, 2017	500,000	536,318
Bear Stearns Cos., Inc. (The) sr. unsec. notes
7 1/4s, 2018	331,000	371,060
Bosphorus Financial Services, Ltd. 144A sr.
notes FRN 2.683s, 2012	1,634,875	1,428,845
Capital One Bank USA NA sub. notes
8.8s, 2019	385,000	409,809
Capital One Capital III company guaranty
7.686s, 2036	320,000	249,600
Capital One Financial Corp. sr. unsec. unsub.
notes FRN Ser. MTN, 0.93s, 2009	240,000	239,628
Chubb Corp. (The) sr. notes 6 1/2s, 2038	765,000	838,284
Citigroup, Inc. sr. unsec. notes 6s, 2017	795,000	727,703
Citigroup, Inc. sr. unsec. unsub. notes
6 1/8s, 2017	700,000	643,733
Citigroup, Inc. sr. unsec. unsub. notes
5 1/4s, 2012	1,270,000	1,258,945
Citigroup, Inc. sr. unsec. unsub. notes FRN
1.07s, 2010	905,000	881,181
Citigroup, Inc. sub. notes 5s, 2014	324,000	289,975

CORPORATE BONDS	Principal
AND NOTES (9.7%)* cont.	amount	Value
Financials cont.
CNA Financial Corp. unsec. notes 6s, 2011	$730,000	$708,319
Credit Suisse Guernsey Ltd. jr. sub. FRN 5.86s,
2049 (United Kingdom)	354,000	237,180
Deutsche Bank AG/London notes 4 7/8s,
2013 (United Kingdom)	575,000	600,730
Deutsche Bank Capital Funding Trust VII 144A
FRB 5.628s, 2049	285,000	182,400
Dresdner Funding Trust I 144A bonds
8.151s, 2031	350,000	168,000
Duke Realty LP sr. unsec. notes 6 1/2s, 2018	361,000	298,490
Duke Realty LP sr. unsec. notes 6 1/4s, 2013	35,000	33,021
Fleet Capital Trust V bank guaranty
FRN 1.613s, 2028	187,000	98,893
Fund American Cos., Inc. notes 5 7/8s, 2013	272,000	252,939
GATX Financial Corp. notes 5.8s, 2016	560,000	496,594
General Electric Capital Corp. sr. unsec. FRN
Ser. MTN, 1.158s, 2012	1,720,000	1,579,438
General Electric Capital Corp. sr. unsec. FRN
Ser. MTN, 1.156s, 2016	455,000	366,454
General Electric Capital Corp. sr. unsec. notes
Ser. MTN, 6 7/8s, 2039	1,589,000	1,551,347
General Electric Capital Corp. sub. notes
FRN 6 3/8s, 2067	355,000	251,917
Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (The) sr. notes
7 1/2s, 2019	760,000	887,470
Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (The) sr. notes
5.45s, 2012	302,000	321,718
Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (The) sub. notes
6 3/4s, 2037	745,000	748,020
HCP, Inc. sr. unsec. Ser. MTN, 6.7s, 2018 R	15,000	13,643
Health Care Property Investors, Inc. sr. unsec.
notes 6s, 2017	295,000	261,393
Health Care REIT, Inc. sr. notes 6s, 2013 R	385,000	360,953
Highwood Properties, Inc. sr. unsec. bonds
5.85s, 2017 R	1,005,000	819,959
HSBC Finance Capital Trust IX FRN
5.911s, 2035	2,000,000	1,100,000
HSBC Holdings PLC sub. notes 6 1/2s,
2037 (United Kingdom)	905,000	852,781
JPMorgan Chase Bank NA sub. notes
Ser. BKNT, 6s, 2017	1,000,000	1,039,075
JPMorgan Chase Capital XVIII bonds
Ser. R, 6.95s, 2036	499,000	445,973
JPMorgan Chase Capital XXV bonds
Ser. Y, 6.8s, 2037	780,000	713,038
Liberty Mutual Group 144A company
guaranty jr. sub. notes FRB 10 3/4s, 2058	1,289,000	1,116,480
Liberty Mutual Insurance 144A notes
7.697s, 2097	1,060,000	695,885
Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co.
144A notes 8 7/8s, 2039	495,000	530,773
Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. jr. sub. bonds
7 3/4s, 2038	1,565,000	1,569,080
Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. notes FRN Ser. MTN,
0.704s, 2011	835,000	796,056
MetLife Capital Trust IV 144A jr. sub. debs.
7 7/8s, 2067	1,300,000	1,105,000
Morgan Stanley sr. unsec. notes FRN Ser.
MTN, 0.378s, 2010	1,000,000	995,927

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CORPORATE BONDS	Principal
AND NOTES (9.7%)* cont.	amount	Value
Financials cont.
Nationwide Financial Services, Inc. notes
5 5/8s, 2015	$465,000	$419,085
Nationwide Health Properties, Inc. notes
6 1/2s, 2011 R	650,000	630,186
Nationwide Health Properties, Inc. unsec.
notes 6 1/4s, 2013 R	282,000	258,902
Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co. 144A
notes 8 1/4s, 2031	375,000	323,212
Nuveen Investments, Inc. sr. unsec. notes
5 1/2s, 2015	505,000	277,750
OneAmerica Financial Partners, Inc. 144A
bonds 7s, 2033	310,000	241,290
Prudential Financial, Inc. sr. notes 7 3/8s, 2019	600,000	635,797
Prudential Financial, Inc. sr. notes 6.2s, 2015	190,000	195,257
Prudential Holdings LLC sr. notes FRN
Ser. FSA, 1.488s, 2017	210,000	167,150
Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC jr. sub.
notes FRN Ser. MTN, 7.64s, 2049
(United Kingdom)	700,000	325,500
Simon Property Group LP sr. unsec. notes
6 3/4s, 2014 R	346,000	359,374
Simon Property Group LP unsub. bonds
5 3/4s, 2015 R	371,000	356,279
SLM Corp. notes Ser. MTNA, 4 1/2s, 2010	381,000	346,874
Sovereign Bancorp, Inc. sr. notes 4.8s, 2010	730,000	714,531
State Street Capital Trust IV company guaranty
jr. unsec. sub. bond FRB 1.629s, 2037	925,000	517,405
Travelers Cos., Inc. (The) sr. unsec. notes
5.9s, 2019	130,000	140,048
Wachovia Bank NA sr. unsec. sub. notes Ser.
BKNT, 6.6s, 2038	693,000	700,168
Wachovia Bank NA sub. notes Ser. BKNT,
6s, 2017	1,060,000	1,083,826
Wachovia Corp. sr. unsec. notes 5 3/4s, 2017	145,000	147,325
Wells Fargo Capital XV jr. sub. unsec. company
guaranty FRN 9 3/4s, 2049	435,000	441,525
Westpac Capital Trust III 144A unsec. sub.
notes FRN 5.819s, 2049 (Australia)	1,010,000	742,451
ZFS Finance USA Trust I 144A bonds FRB
6 1/2s, 2037	630,000	518,175
		44,046,260
Government (0.6%)
European Investment Bank sr. unsec. unsub.
notes 4 7/8s, 2036 (Supra-Nation)	4,000,000	3,877,960
International Bank for Reconstruction &
Development unsec. unsub. bonds
7 5/8s, 2023 (Supra-Nation)	4,000,000	5,219,524
		9,097,484
Health care (0.4%)
Aetna, Inc. sr. unsec. unsub. notes
6 3/4s, 2037	95,000	91,724
AstraZeneca PLC sr. unsub. notes 5.9s,
2017 (United Kingdom)	451,000	502,859
Eli Lilly & Co. sr. unsec. unsub. notes
5.95s, 2037	50,000	54,755
Express Scripts, Inc. sr. unsec. notes
7 1/4s, 2019	110,000	127,206
Express Scripts, Inc. sr. unsec. notes
6 1/4s, 2014	275,000	300,052
GlaxoSmith Kline Capital, Inc. company
guaranty sr. notes 5.65s, 2018	460,000	499,367
Hospira, Inc. sr. notes 5.55s, 2012	400,000	416,505

CORPORATE BONDS	Principal
AND NOTES (9.7%)* cont.	amount	Value
Health care cont.
Merck & Co., Inc. sr. unsec. unsub. notes
5.85s, 2039	$128,000	$139,579
Merck & Co., Inc. sr. unsec. unsub. notes
5s, 2019	122,000	128,311
Novartis Securities Investment, Ltd. company
guaranty sr. unsec. notes 5 1/8s, 2019	500,000	523,934
Pfizer, Inc. sr. unsec. notes 7.2s, 2039	464,000	582,641
Pfizer, Inc. sr. unsec. notes 6.2s, 2019	146,000	165,787
Roche Holdings, Inc. 144A company guaranty
sr. unsec. notes 7s, 2039	150,000	182,252
UnitedHealth Group, Inc. sr. unsec. notes
5.8s, 2036	180,000	159,865
UnitedHealth Group, Inc. sr. unsec. notes
5 1/2s, 2012	755,000	791,581
Ventas Realty LP/Capital Corp. sr. notes
6 3/4s, 2017 R	470,000	441,800
WellPoint, Inc. notes 7s, 2019	155,000	164,954
		5,273,172
Technology (0.2%)
Corning, Inc. sr. unsec. unsub. notes
6 5/8s, 2019	150,000	162,614
Dell, Inc. sr. unsec. notes 5 7/8s, 2019	85,000	88,379
Fiserv, Inc. sr. unsec. unsub. notes company
guaranty 6.8s, 2017	760,000	784,156
IBM Corp. sr. unsec. notes 5.7s, 2017	320,000	357,791
Nokia Corp. sr. unsec. notes 6 5/8s,
2039 (Finland)	110,000	123,288
Nokia Corp. sr. unsec. notes 5 3/8s,
2019 (Finland)	50,000	52,218
Xerox Corp. sr. notes 8 1/4s, 2014	171,000	184,480
Xerox Corp. sr. notes 6.4s, 2016	1,030,000	1,018,958
		2,771,884
Transportation (0.3%)
American Airlines, Inc. pass-through
certificates Ser. 01-1, 6.817s, 2011	100,000	82,000
Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp.
sr. unsec. notes 7s, 2014	275,000	301,621
Northwest Airlines Corp. pass-through
certificates Ser. 00-1, 7.15s, 2019	1,449,547	1,183,193
Southwest Airlines Co. pass-through
certificates Ser. 07-1, 6.15s, 2022	817,694	788,422
Union Pacific Corp. sr. unsub. notes
5 3/4s, 2017	750,000	789,294
Union Pacific Corp. 144A pass-through
certificates 5.214s, 2014	590,000	594,036
		3,738,566
Utilities and power (1.5%)
AEP Texas North Co. sr. notes Ser. B,
5 1/2s, 2013	500,000	522,873
Appalachian Power Co. sr. notes Ser. L,
5.8s, 2035	510,000	470,251
Atmos Energy Corp. sr. unsub. notes
6.35s, 2017	905,000	953,427
Beaver Valley II Funding debs. 9s, 2017	292,000	288,271
Boardwalk Pipelines LP company guaranty
5 7/8s, 2016	975,000	923,733
Bruce Mansfield Unit pass-through
certificates 6.85s, 2034	1,184,167	1,139,450
Commonwealth Edison Co. 1st mtge.
6.15s, 2017	275,000	300,634
Commonwealth Edison Co. 1st mtge.
sec. bonds 5 7/8s, 2033	500,000	519,975

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CORPORATE BONDS	Principal
AND NOTES (9.7%)* cont.	amount	Value
Utilities and power cont.
Commonwealth Edison Co. 1st mtge.
sec. bonds 5.8s, 2018	$495,000	$533,132
Consolidated Natural Gas Co. sr. notes
Ser. A, 5s, 2014	530,000	553,627
Dominion Resources, Inc. jr. sub. notes FRN
Ser. 06-B, 6.3s, 2066	1,851,000	1,295,700
Dominion Resources, Inc. sr. unsec. unsub.
notes Ser. 07-A, 6s, 2017	10,000	10,707
Duke Energy Corp. sr. unsec. notes
6 1/4s, 2018	419,000	442,252
El Paso Natural Gas Co. sr. unsec. notes
5.95s, 2017	120,000	122,577
El Paso Natural Gas Co. sr. unsec. unsub.
bonds Ser. *, 8 3/8s, 2032	490,000	577,665
Electricite de France 144A notes 6.95s,
2039 (France)	655,000	796,310
Entergy Gulf States, Inc. 1st mtge.
5 1/4s, 2015	985,000	961,263
FirstEnergy Corp. notes Ser. B, 6.45s, 2011	200,000	213,344
Indianapolis Power & Light 144A
1st mtge. 6.3s, 2013	515,000	547,666
Indiantown Cogeneration LP 1st mtge.
Ser. A-10, 9.77s, 2020	775,000	713,969
ITC Holdings Corp. 144A notes 5 7/8s, 2016	272,000	266,147
ITC Holdings Corp. 144A sr. unsec. notes
6.05s, 2018	365,000	364,916
Kansas Gas & Electric bonds 5.647s, 2021	369,671	366,754
Nevada Power Co. mtge. sec. notes
7 1/8s, 2019	295,000	331,542
Northwestern Corp. sec. notes 5 7/8s, 2014	272,000	282,712
Oncor Electric Delivery Co. debs. 7s, 2022	292,000	332,408
Pacific Gas & Electric Co. sr. unsec. notes
6.35s, 2038	350,000	402,785
Pacific Gas & Electric Co. sr. unsub. 5.8s, 2037	105,000	111,503
Potomac Edison Co. 144A 1st mtge. 5.8s, 2016	271,000	252,815
Power Receivable Finance, LLC 144A sr. notes
6.29s, 2012	559,840	552,707
Public Service Co. of Colorado 1st mtge.
sec. bonds 5 1/8s, 2019	175,000	184,291
Puget Sound Energy, Inc. jr. sub. FRN
Ser. A, 6.974s, 2067	296,000	214,600
Southern Natural Gas. Co. 144A notes
5.9s, 2017	460,000	461,338
Spectra Energy Capital, LLC company
guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 6.2s, 2018	1,080,000	1,139,577
Spectra Energy Capital, LLC sr. notes 8s, 2019	780,000	884,490
Teco Finance, Inc. company guaranty sr.
unsec. unsub. notes Ser. *, 7.2s, 2011	1,070,000	1,120,825
Texas-New Mexico Power Co. 144A
1st mtge. sec. 9 1/2s, 2019	830,000	956,611
TransAlta Corp. sr. unsec. notes 5 3/4s,
2013 (Canada)	665,000	671,087
TransCanada Pipelines, Ltd. jr. sub. FRN
6.35s, 2067 (Canada)	520,000	405,600
Union Electric Co. 1st mtge. sr. sec. bond
6.7s, 2019	960,000	1,036,848
		22,226,382
Total corporate bonds and notes
(cost $141,121,537)		$139,619,967

MORTGAGE-BACKED	Principal
SECURITIES (5.4%)*	amount	Value
Asset Securitization Corp. Ser. 96-MD6,
Class A7, 8.335s, 2029	$1,306,134	$1,443,475
Banc of America Commercial Mortgage, Inc.
FRB Ser. 05-1, Class A5, 5.083s, 2042	252,000	227,829
Banc of America Commercial Mortgage, Inc.
144A Ser. 05-1, Class XW, IO, 0.101s, 2042	240,533,817	356,952
Banc of America Large Loan
FRB Ser. 04-BBA4, Class H, 1.238s, 2018	142,000	92,300
FRB Ser. 04-BBA4, Class G, 0.988s, 2018	449,000	314,300
Banc of America Large Loan 144A
FRB Ser. 05-MIB1, Class K, 2.288s, 2022	496,000	247,389
FRB Ser. 05-MIB1, Class J, 1.338s, 2022	1,400,000	490,000
Banc of America Structured Security Trust
144A Ser. 02-X1, Class A3, 5.436s, 2033	340,309	341,670
Bayview Commercial Asset Trust 144A
Ser. 04-2, IO, 2.97s, 2034	3,756,475	114,197
Ser. 05-1A, IO, 2.15s, 2035	4,231,045	147,240
Ser. 04-3, IO, 2.15s, 2035	2,758,655	83,863
Ser. 06-2A, IO, 1.798s, 2036	2,490,174	148,810
Ser. 05-3A, IO, 1.6s, 2035	12,859,437	676,574
Ser. 07-5A, IO, 1.55s, 2037	9,037,684	657,040
FRB Ser. 05-1A, Class A1, 0.585s, 2035	976,936	537,315
Bear Stearns Commercial Mortgage
Securities, Inc.
FRB Ser. 00-WF2, Class F, 8.191s, 2032	456,000	268,465
Ser. 04-PR3I, Class X1, IO, 0.189s, 2041	11,809,059	147,613
Ser. 05-PWR9, Class X1, IO, 0.105s, 2042	40,150,463	229,259
Bear Stearns Commercial Mortgage
Securities, Inc. 144A
Ser. 06-PW14, Class X1, IO, 0.112s, 2038	19,296,679	196,633
Ser. 07-PW15, Class X1, IO, 0.09s, 2044	63,882,050	486,781
Ser. 05-PW10, Class X1, IO, 0.058s, 2040	62,411,363	145,418
Bear Stearns Small Balance Commercial Trust
144A Ser. 06-1A, Class AIO, IO, 1s, 2034	3,722,800	23,826
Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Corp.
Ser. 00-3, Class A2, 7.319s, 2032	484,324	500,771
Citigroup/Deutsche Bank Commercial
Mortgage Trust 144A
Ser. 07-CD4, Class XW, IO, 0 3/8s, 2049	26,595,613	327,126
Ser. 06-CD2, Class X, IO, 0.086s, 2046	75,693,743	195,932
Ser. 07-CD4, Class XC, IO, 0.072s, 2049	88,938,755	382,437
Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through
Certificates 144A
Ser. 06-CN2A, Class H, 5.57s, 2019	939,000	338,040
Ser. 06-CN2A, Class J, 5.57s, 2019	751,000	195,260
FRB Ser. 01-J2A, Class A2F, 0.788s, 2034	1,590,000	1,331,051
Ser. 03-LB1A, Class X1, IO, 0.502s, 2038	8,127,021	252,929
Ser. 05-LP5, Class XC, IO, 0.141s, 2043	69,422,210	382,879
Ser. 06-C8, Class XS, IO, 0.085s, 2046	56,997,110	296,705
Ser. 05-C6, Class XC, IO, 0.064s, 2044	66,273,320	248,099
Countrywide Home Loans 144A
IFB Ser. 05-R2, Class 2A3, 8s, 2035	817,733	771,736
IFB Ser. 05-R1, Class 1AS, IO,
5.576s, 2035	5,995,605	550,846
IFB Ser. 05-R2, Class 1AS, IO,
5.239s, 2035	5,777,677	501,936
Credit Suisse Mortgage Capital Certificates
Ser. 06-C5, Class AX, IO, 0.12s, 2039	36,495,336	246,708
Credit Suisse Mortgage Capital
Certificates 144A
Ser. 07-C2, Class AX, IO, 0.113s, 2049	121,644,658	608,223
Ser. 07-C1, Class AX, IO, 0.089s, 2040	80,352,443	358,372
CRESI Finance Limited Partnership 144A
FRB Ser. 06-A, Class D, 1.085s, 2017	232,000	104,400
FRB Ser. 06-A, Class C, 0.885s, 2017	688,000	378,400

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MORTGAGE-BACKED	Principal
SECURITIES (5.4%)* cont.	amount	Value
Criimi Mae Commercial Mortgage
Trust 144A
Ser. 98-C1, Class B, 7s, 2033	$1,261,942	$1,139,407
CS First Boston Mortgage Securities Corp.
FRB Ser. 04-C3, Class A5, 5.113s, 2036	92,000	88,757
CS First Boston Mortgage Securities
Corp. 144A
FRB Ser. 05-TFLA, Class J, 1.238s, 2020	259,000	173,530
FRB Ser. 04-TF2A, Class J, 1.238s, 2016	313,000	209,710
FRB Ser. 05-TF2A, Class J, 1.188s, 2020	407,807	305,855
FRB Ser. 04-TF2A, Class H, 0.988s, 2019	627,000	482,790
DLJ Commercial Mortgage Corp. Ser. 00-CF1,
Class A1B, 7.62s, 2033	1,869,826	1,913,032
Fannie Mae
IFB Ser. 06-70, Class SM, 52.403s, 2036	285,909	462,175
IFB Ser. 07-W2, Class 3A2, IO,
6.995s, 2037	2,763,181	309,255
IFB Ser. 04-12, Class WS, IO,
6.865s, 2033	93,938	10,132
IFB Ser. 05-65, Class KI, IO, 6.715s, 2035	11,188,628	1,419,501
IFB Ser. 05-12, Class SC, IO, 6.465s, 2035	1,931,362	207,672
IFB Ser. 07-W5, Class 2A2, IO,
6.455s, 2037	1,068,619	110,367
IFB Ser. 05-82, Class SY, IO, 6.445s, 2035	5,247,878	587,333
IFB Ser. 05-45, Class SR, IO, 6.435s, 2035	7,114,200	799,188
IFB Ser. 05-54, Class SA, IO, 6.415s, 2035	5,006,909	535,168
Ser. 06-W3, Class 1AS, IO, 5.673s, 2046	10,425,179	938,266
Ser. 03-W12, Class 2, IO, 2.216s, 2043	6,080,819	310,822
Ser. 03-W10, Class 3, IO, 1.924s, 2043	4,691,814	222,217
Ser. 03-W10, Class 1, IO, 1.881s, 2043	19,023,407	917,569
Ser. 03-W8, Class 12, IO, 1.637s, 2042	19,618,416	919,384
Ser. 03-W17, Class 12, IO, 1.144s, 2033	6,069,391	175,187
Ser. 03-T2, Class 2, IO, 0.809s, 2042	27,985,490	441,051
Ser. 03-W3, Class 2IO1, IO, 0.676s, 2042	2,569,746	43,177
Ser. 03-W6, Class 51, IO, 0.671s, 2042	8,048,437	123,749
Ser. 01-T12, Class IO, 0.565s, 2041	16,634,711	204,214
Ser. 03-W2, Class 1, IO, 0.466s, 2042	14,610,890	122,905
Ser. 02-T4, IO, 0.45s, 2041	5,942,762	52,574
Ser. 03-W3, Class 1, IO, 0.441s, 2042	19,551,350	185,886
Ser. 02-T1, Class IO, IO, 0.427s, 2031	16,020,307	137,863
Ser. 03-W6, Class 3, IO, 0.368s, 2042	11,191,884	98,678
Ser. 03-W6, Class 23, IO, 0.352s, 2042	11,845,335	100,297
Ser. 01-79, Class BI, IO, 0.327s, 2045	2,897,407	21,490
Ser. 03-W4, Class 3A, IO, 0.277s, 2042	10,830,832	94,099
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.
Structured Pass-Through Securities
Ser. T-56, Class A, IO, 0.524s, 2043	7,044,248	86,239
Ser. T-56, Class 1, IO, 0.262s, 2043	10,884,048	72,153
Ser. T-56, Class 3, IO, 0.231s, 2043	8,334,819	76,246
Ser. T-56, Class 2, IO, 0.015s, 2043	10,032,287	10,561
First Union National Bank-Bank of America
Commercial Mortgage 144A Ser. 01-C1,
Class 3, IO, 1.682s, 2033	28,750,792	562,653
First Union-Lehman Brothers
Commercial Mortgage Trust II Ser. 97-C2,
Class G, 7 1/2s, 2029	832,000	682,240
Freddie Mac
IFB Ser. 2922, Class SE, IO, 6.462s, 2035	3,944,906	433,832
IFB Ser. 3118, Class SD, IO, 6.412s, 2036	6,546,870	691,259
IFB Ser. 3033, Class SG, IO, 6.362s, 2035	73,967	7,593
IFB Ser. 3114, Class TS, IO, 6.362s, 2030	10,292,254	1,247,215
IFB Ser. 3510, Class IB, IO, 6.312s, 2036	3,121,356	430,092
IFB Ser. 3510, Class IA, IO, 6.212s, 2037	5,779,736	589,013
IFB Ser. 3510, Class DI, IO, 6.192s, 2035	5,157,324	572,515

MORTGAGE-BACKED	Principal
SECURITIES (5.4%)* cont.	amount	Value
GE Capital Commercial Mortgage
Corp. 144A
Ser. 07-C1, Class XC, IO, 0.089s, 2019	$183,105,476	$564,880
Ser. 05-C3, Class XC, IO, 0.066s, 2045	228,009,345	598,315
GMAC Commercial Mortgage Securities, Inc.
Ser. 99-C3, Class F, 7.926s, 2036	592,000	593,154
Ser. 05-C1, Class X1, IO, 0.216s, 2043	89,338,818	613,955
GMAC Commercial Mortgage
Securities, Inc. 144A
Ser. 99-C3, Class G, 6.974s, 2036	1,614,303	1,210,727
Ser. 06-C1, Class XC, IO, 0.07s, 2045	126,302,049	361,575
Government National Mortgage Association
IFB Ser. 06-34, Class SA, 37.808s, 2036	239,807	328,641
IFB Ser. 04-59, Class SH, IO, 6.963s, 2034	74,872	9,575
IFB Ser. 06-16, Class GS, IO, 6.701s, 2036	700,957	78,080
IFB Ser. 04-5, Class PS, IO, 6.661s, 2033	395,000	56,212
IFB Ser. 07-35, Class NY, IO, 6.613s, 2035	113,603	10,826
IFB Ser. 07-35, Class TY, IO, 6.611s, 2035	3,064,665	232,853
IFB Ser. 04-70, Class SP, IO, 6.611s, 2034	642,892	76,921
IFB Ser. 07-26, Class SL, IO, 6.513s, 2037	186,460	22,450
IFB Ser. 04-17, Class QN, IO, 6.413s, 2034	97,646	11,383
IFB Ser. 07-58, Class PS, IO, 6.411s, 2037	4,733,435	417,451
IFB Ser. 07-59, Class SP, IO, 6.381s, 2037	4,362,581	358,286
IFB Ser. 06-29, Class SN, IO, 6.361s, 2036	669,832	66,990
IFB Ser. 07-68, Class PI, IO, 6.361s, 2037	3,930,011	353,374
IFB Ser. 04-22, Class SE, IO, 6.311s, 2034	388,874	36,214
IFB Ser. 08-2, Class SV, IO, 6.233s, 2038	1,116,459	113,285
IFB Ser. 07-9, Class AI, IO, 6.213s, 2037	3,260,456	309,773
IFB Ser. 08-34, Class SH, IO, 6.211s, 2037	95,896	8,341
IFB Ser. 06-28, Class GI, IO, 6.211s, 2035	3,487,090	254,450
IFB Ser. 05-92, Class S, IO, 6.111s, 2032	246,419	20,197
IFB Ser. 05-65, Class SI, IO, 6.061s, 2035	3,399,158	344,743
IFB Ser. 08-15, Class PI, IO, 6.011s, 2035	111,502	10,925
IFB Ser. 07-17, Class IC, IO, 5.963s, 2037	4,510,791	464,675
IFB Ser. 07-21, Class S, IO, 5.913s, 2037	4,305,488	361,829
IFB Ser. 07-62, Class S, IO, 5.863s, 2037	88,716	8,238
IFB Ser. 06-16, Class SJ, IO, 5.811s, 2036	1,669,319	148,553
IFB Ser. 04-87, Class SD, IO, 5.811s, 2034	1,500,213	138,740
Ser. 07-73, Class MO, PO, zero %, 2037	439,293	382,206
FRB Ser. 07-73, Class KI, IO, zero %, 2037	4,392,928	59,322
FRB Ser. 98-2, Class EA, PO, zero %, 2028	82,366	75,195
GS Mortgage Securities Corp. II Ser. 05-GG4,
Class A4, 4.761s, 2039	197,000	157,458
GS Mortgage Securities Corp. II 144A
Ser. 98-C1, Class F, 6s, 2030	1,286,000	1,183,120
FRB Ser. 07-EOP, Class J, 1.154s, 2020	428,000	293,618
GSMPS Mortgage Loan Trust
Ser. 05-RP3, Class 1A4, 8 1/2s, 2035	205,071	170,053
Ser. 05-RP3, Class 1A3, 8s, 2035	650,575	522,367
Ser. 05-RP3, Class 1A2, 7 1/2s, 2035	564,378	448,470
GSMPS Mortgage Loan Trust 144A
Ser. 05-RP2, Class 1A3, 8s, 2035	789,152	641,807
Ser. 05-RP1, Class 1A3, 8s, 2035	103,225	86,670
Ser. 05-RP2, Class 1A2, 7 1/2s, 2035	851,441	687,642
HASCO NIM Trust 144A Ser. 05-OP1A,
Class A, 6 1/4s, 2035 (In default) †	242,459	4,364
JPMorgan Chase Commercial Mortgage
Securities Corp.
FRB Ser. 04-PNC1, Class A4, 5.393s, 2041	75,000	69,707
Ser. 05-CB12, Class A4, 4.895s, 2037	198,000	185,608
Ser. 04-C3, Class A5, 4.878s, 2042	189,000	167,768
Ser. 05-LDP2, Class AM, 4.78s, 2042	1,990,000	1,433,255
Ser. 07-LDPX, Class X, IO, 0.347s, 2049	54,418,667	586,203

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MORTGAGE-BACKED	Principal
SECURITIES (5.4%)* cont.	amount	Value
JPMorgan Chase Commercial Mortgage
Securities Corp. 144A
Ser. 05-CB12, Class X1, IO, 0.109s, 2037	$53,742,517	$317,726
Ser. 06-LDP6, Class X1, IO, 0.062s, 2043	67,761,368	212,141
LB Commercial Conduit Mortgage
Trust 144A
Ser. 99-C1, Class F, 6.41s, 2031	715,303	545,595
Ser. 99-C1, Class G, 6.41s, 2031	765,731	175,367
Ser. 98-C4, Class G, 5.6s, 2035	634,000	494,520
Ser. 98-C4, Class H, 5.6s, 2035 F	1,074,000	755,631
LB-UBS Commercial Mortgage Trust
Ser. 01-C3, Class A2, 6.365s, 2028	67,000	69,283
Lehman Brothers Floating Rate
Commercial Mortgage Trust 144A
FRB Ser. 04-LLFA, Class H, 1.238s, 2017	733,000	503,958
FRB Ser. 05-LLFA, Class J, 1.088s, 2018	423,000	178,780
MASTR Reperforming Loan Trust 144A
Ser. 05-2, Class 1A3, 7 1/2s, 2035	582,121	415,456
Ser. 05-1, Class 1A4, 7 1/2s, 2034	1,388,566	1,535,667
Merit Securities Corp. 144A FRB Ser. 11PA,
Class 3A1, 0.905s, 2027	4,037,384	2,557,314
Merrill Lynch Floating Trust 144A FRB
Ser. 06-1, Class TM, 0.788s, 2022	1,019,621	662,753
Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors, Inc.
FRB Ser. 98-C3, Class E, 6.794s, 2030	644,000	382,879
FRB Ser. 05-A9, Class 3A1, 5.273s, 2035	3,015,641	2,340,979
Merrill Lynch Mortgage Trust
FRB Ser. 04-BPC1, Class A5, 4.855s, 2041	193,000	166,694
FRB Ser. 05-MCP1, Class A4, 4.747s, 2043	187,000	169,482
Ser. 05-MCP1, Class XC, IO, 0.219s, 2043	69,071,102	497,312
Merrill Lynch Mortgage Trust 144A Ser.
04-KEY2, Class XC, IO, 0.385s, 2039	14,520,743	196,030
Mezz Cap Commercial Mortgage Trust 144A
Ser. 04-C1, Class X, IO, 8.006s, 2037	2,936,462	293,646
Ser. 04-C2, Class X, IO, 6.004s, 2040	2,417,828	241,783
Ser. 05-C3, Class X, IO, 5.555s, 2044	2,817,331	225,386
Ser. 06-C4, Class X, IO, 5.454s, 2016	8,353,685	668,295
Morgan Stanley Capital 144A Ser. 05-RR6,
Class X, IO, 1.599s, 2043	9,444,805	264,455
Morgan Stanley Capital I 144A
Ser. 04-RR, Class F5, 6s, 2039	1,000,000	70,000
Ser. 04-RR, Class F6, 6s, 2039	1,700,000	102,000
Ser. 05-HQ5, Class X1, IO, 0.144s, 2042	21,380,169	94,073
Mortgage Capital Funding, Inc. FRB Ser.
98-MC2, Class E, 7.094s, 2030	1,020,000	683,400
Nomura Asset Acceptance Corp.
Ser. 04-R3, Class PT, 6.713s, 2035	390,944	292,419
Nomura Asset Acceptance Corp.
144A Ser. 04-R2, Class PT, 9.087s, 2034	321,041	298,236
PNC Mortgage Acceptance Corp.
144A Ser. 00-C1, Class J, 6 5/8s, 2010	456,000	160,418
Saco I Trust FRB Ser. 05-10, Class 1A1,
0.545s, 2033	709,578	122,883
Salomon Brothers Mortgage Securities VII
144A Ser. 02-KEY2, Class X1, IO,
0.557s, 2036	21,547,915	719,700
SBA CMBS Trust 144A Ser. 05-1A,
Class D, 6.219s, 2035	600,000	576,000
STRIPS 144A
Ser. 03-1A, Class L, 5s, 2018	757,000	552,610
Ser. 03-1A, Class M, 5s, 2018	513,000	282,150
Ser. 04-1A, Class L, 5s, 2018	337,000	188,720
Structured Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan
Trust 144A Ser. 04-NP2, Class A, 0.635s, 2034	501,986	356,410

MORTGAGE-BACKED		Principal
SECURITIES (5.4%)* cont.		amount	Value
Structured Asset Securities Corp.
IFB Ser. 07-4, Class 1A3, IO,
5.965s, 2037	$38,777,547		$3,756,575
Ser. 07-4, Class 1A4, IO, 1s, 2037		41,074,625	1,214,166
Structured Asset Securities Corp. 144A
Ser. 07-RF1, Class 1A, IO, 5.429s, 2037		10,924,313	914,905
Ser. 06-RF4, Class 1A, IO, 5.284s, 2036		5,860,129	502,644
Wachovia Bank Commercial Mortgage Trust
Ser. 06-C29, IO, 0.374s, 2048		97,628,788	1,381,885
Wachovia Bank Commercial Mortgage
Trust 144A
FRB Ser. 05-WL5A, Class L, 3.588s, 2018		771,000	231,300
Ser. 06-C27, Class XC, IO, 0.099s, 2045		45,316,793	230,756
Ser. 06-C23, Class XC, IO, 0.057s, 2045		89,451,296	268,089
Ser. 06-C26, Class XC, IO, 0.041s, 2045		34,176,746	60,972
WAMU Commercial Mortgage Securities
Trust 144A
Ser. 05-C1A, Class G, 5.72s, 2036		222,000	55,995
Ser. 06-SL1, Class X, IO, 0.935s, 2043		7,388,790	235,998
Ser. 07-SL2, Class X, IO, 0.849s, 2049		14,656,375	411,111
Washington Mutual Multi-Fam., Mtge. 144A
Ser. 01-1, Class B5, 7.192s, 2031		1,305,000	708,028
Total mortgage-backed securities (cost $73,805,250)			$78,356,729
ASSET-BACKED		Principal
SECURITIES (2.8%)*		amount	Value
Accredited Mortgage Loan Trust
FRB Ser. 05-1, Class M2, 0.975s, 2035		$161,723	$56,052
FRB Ser. 05-4, Class A2C, 0.495s, 2035		241,035	210,713
Ace Securities Corp. FRB Ser. 06-OP2,
Class A2C, 0.435s, 2036		759,000	223,698
Aegis Asset Backed Securities Trust 144A
Ser. 04-6N, Class Note, 4 3/4s, 2035
(In default) †		59,595	6
AFC Home Equity Loan Trust Ser. 99-2,
Class 1A, 0.695s, 2029		1,925,686	837,430
Ameriquest Mortgage Securities, Inc.
FRB Ser. 06-R1, Class M10, 2.785s, 2036		902,000	5,282
FRB Ser. 03-8, Class M2, 2.035s, 2033		436,439	81,592
Arcap REIT, Inc. 144A
Ser. 03-1A, Class E, 7.11s, 2038		1,283,000	230,940
Ser. 04-1A, Class E, 6.42s, 2039		1,112,000	200,160
Argent Securities, Inc. FRB Ser. 03-W3,
Class M3, 2.555s, 2033		53,237	6,581
Asset Backed Funding Certificates
FRB Ser. 04-OPT2, Class M2, 1.285s, 2033		354,192	235,196
FRB Ser. 05-WMC1, Class M1, 0.725s, 2035 564,000			248,160
Asset Backed Securities Corp. Home Equity
Loan Trust
FRB Ser. 06-HE2, Class A3, 0.475s, 2036		277,031	144,113
FRB Ser. 06-HE7, Class A4, 0.425s, 2036		529,000	188,841
Aviation Capital Group Trust 144A FRB
Ser. 03-2A, Class G1, 0.989s, 2033		774,755	302,154
Bay View Auto Trust Ser. 05-LJ2, Class D,
5.27s, 2014		420,000	401,891
Bayview Financial Acquisition Trust
Ser. 04-B, Class A1, 1.285s, 2039		3,439,267	1,754,118
FRB Ser. 04-D, Class A, 0.87s, 2044		845,855	725,415
Bayview Financial Acquisition Trust 144A FRN
Ser. 04-B, Class M2, 4.085s, 2039		163,328	109,968

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ASSET-BACKED	Principal
SECURITIES (2.8%)* cont.	amount	Value
Bayview Financial Asset Trust 144A
FRB Ser. 03-SSRA, Class M, 1.635s, 2038	$516,484	$312,473
FRB Ser. 03-SSRA, Class A, 0.985s, 2038	435,617	285,329
FRB Ser. 04-SSRA, Class A1, 0.885s, 2039	639,960	300,781
Bear Stearns Asset Backed Securities, Inc.
FRB Ser. 06-PC1, Class M9, 2.035s, 2035	86,411	864
FRB Ser. 05-HE1, Class M3, 1.215s, 2035	489,000	236,162
FRB Ser. 03-1, Class A1, 0.785s, 2042	348,850	277,017
Capital Auto Receivables Asset Trust 144A
Ser. 06-1, Class D, 7.16s, 2013	500,000	488,918
Ser. 05-1, Class D, 6 1/2s, 2011	1,442,000	1,443,636
Citigroup Mortgage Loan Trust, Inc. FRB
Ser. 05-OPT1, Class M1, 0.705s, 2035	324,987	179,016
Conseco Finance Securitizations Corp.
Ser. 02-2, Class A, IO, 8 1/2s, 2033	4,787,239	302,539
Ser. 02-1, Class A, 6.681s, 2033	3,780,587	3,516,097
Countrywide Asset Backed Certificates
FRB Ser. 05-BC3, Class M1, 0.805s, 2035	332,000	247,279
FRB Ser. 05-14, Class 3A2, 0.525s, 2036	148,893	124,285
Credit-Based Asset Servicing and
Securitization 144A
Ser. 06-MH1, Class B1, 6 1/4s, 2036	359,000	230,172
Ser. 06-MH1, Class M1, 6 1/4s, 2036	485,000	402,550
Ser. 06-MH1, Class M2, 6 1/4s, 2036	214,000	172,700
Crest, Ltd. 144A Ser. 03-2A, Class D2,
6.723s, 2038	1,617,000	452,760
CS First Boston Mortgage Securities Corp.
144A Ser. 04-FR1N, Class A, 5s, 2034
(In default) †	152,004	—
Equifirst Mortgage Loan Trust FRB Ser. 05-1,
Class M5, 0.955s, 2035	160,810	72,300
Fieldstone Mortgage Investment Corp. FRB
Ser. 05-1, Class M3, 1.095s, 2035	647,384	586,065
First Plus Home Loan Trust Ser. 97-3,
Class B1, 7.79s, 2023	203,900	191,955
Fort Point CDO, Ltd. FRB Ser. 03-2A,
Class A2, 1.706s, 2038	616,000	12,320
Foxe Basin, Ltd. 144A FRB Ser. 03-1A,
Class A1, 1.129s, 2015	1,616,278	1,392,747
G-Star, Ltd. 144A FRB Ser. 02-2A,
Class BFL, 2.285s, 2037	308,000	9,240
GE Corporate Aircraft Financing, LLC 144A
FRB Ser. 05-1A, Class C, 1.585s, 2019	1,680,000	1,008,000
Ser. 04-1A, Class B, 1.135s, 2018	39,957	35,961
Gears Auto Owner Trust 144A Ser. 05-AA,
Class E1, 8.22s, 2012	1,962,000	1,881,241
GEBL 144A
Ser. 04-2, Class D, 3.038s, 2032	515,479	23,197
Ser. 04-2, Class C, 1.138s, 2032	193,148	19,315
Green Tree Financial Corp. Ser. 95-8,
Class B1, 7.3s, 2026	362,579	221,307
GS Auto Loan Trust 144A Ser. 04-1,
Class D, 5s, 2011	306,373	303,310
Guggenheim Structured Real Estate
Funding, Ltd. 144A
FRB Ser. 05-2A, Class D, 1.835s, 2030	1,141,000	114,100
FRB Ser. 05-1A, Class D, 1.815s, 2030	502,743	25,137
High Income Trust Securities 144A FRB
Ser. 03-1A, Class A, 1.474s, 2036	1,325,575	490,463
JPMorgan Mortgage Acquisition Corp.
FRB Ser. 05-OPT2, Class M11, 2.535s, 2035	645,000	5,805
FRB Ser. 06-FRE1, Class A4, 0.575s, 2035	716,000	304,475
Lehman Manufactured Housing Ser. 98-1,
Class 1, IO, 0.807s, 2028	11,280,105	162,276

ASSET-BACKED		Principal
SECURITIES (2.8%)* cont.		amount	Value
LNR CDO, Ltd. 144A
FRB Ser. 03-1A, Class EFL, 3.285s, 2036	$2,585,000		$180,950
FRB Ser. 02-1A, Class FFL, 3.035s, 2037		5,220,000	783,000
Local Insight Media Finance, LLC Ser. 07-1W,
Class A1, 5.53s, 2012 F		4,942,257	2,149,882
Long Beach Mortgage Loan Trust
FRB Ser. 05-2, Class M4, 0.905s, 2035		558,000	134,861
FRB Ser. 06-4, Class 2A4, 0.545s, 2036		813,000	218,478
Madison Avenue Manufactured
Housing Contract
FRB Ser. 02-A, Class B1, 3.535s, 2032		4,059,503	3,082,697
FRB Ser. 02-A, Class M2, 2.535s, 2032		278,000	202,570
Ser. 02-A IO, 0.3s, 2032	108,984,374		1,325,359
Marriott Vacation Club Owner Trust 144A
Ser. 05-2, Class D, 6.205s, 2027		72,134	35,786
Ser. 04-2A, Class D, 5.389s, 2026		61,860	30,639
Ser. 04-2A, Class C, 4.741s, 2026		56,911	33,874
FRB Ser. 02-1A, Class A1, 0.989s, 2024		442,844	384,404
MASTR Asset Backed Securities Trust FRB
Ser. 06-FRE2, Class A4, 0.435s, 2036		424,000	182,554
Mid-State Trust
Ser. 11, Class B, 8.221s, 2038		314,163	170,435
Ser. 10, Class B, 7.54s, 2036		563,386	290,923
Morgan Stanley ABS Capital I
FRB Ser. 05-HE2, Class M5, 0.965s, 2035		349,000	215,257
FRB Ser. 05-HE1, Class M3, 0.805s, 2034		349,000	239,338
FRB Ser. 06-NC4, Class M2, 0.585s, 2036		489,000	2,525
N-Star Real Estate CDO, Ltd. 144A FRB
Ser. 04-2A, Class C1, 2.285s, 2039		544,000	108,800
Navigator CDO, Ltd. 144A FRB Ser. 03-1A,
Class A1, 1.373s, 2015		246,666	225,206
Navistar Financial Corp. Owner Trust Ser. 05-A,
Class C, 4.84s, 2014		114,350	108,133
New Century Home Equity Loan Trust FRB
Ser. 03-4, Class M3, 3.36s, 2033		27,167	11,068
Oakwood Mortgage Investors, Inc. Ser. 02-C,
Class A1, 5.41s, 2032		3,211,027	2,111,250
Oakwood Mortgage Investors, Inc. 144A
Ser. 01-B, Class A4, 7.21s, 2030		441,179	365,151
Ser. 01-B, Class A3, 6.535s, 2023		127,716	92,904
Park Place Securities, Inc.
FRB Ser. 05-WCH1, Class M4, 1.115s, 2036		227,000	25,382
FRB Ser. 04-WHQ2, Class A3A, 0.635s, 2035		80,913	76,938
Pillar Funding PLC 144A FRB Ser. 04-2A,
Class C, 1.509s, 2011 (United Kingdom)		912,000	866,400
Residential Asset Securities Corp. FRB
Ser. 05-EMX1, Class M2, 1.015s, 2035		766,873	568,807
Residential Asset Securities Corp. 144A
Ser. 04-NT, Class Note, 4 1/2s, 2034
(In default) †		76,375	382
SAIL Net Interest Margin Notes 144A
Ser. 04-4A, Class B, 7 1/2s, 2034 (In default) †		214,965	2
Securitized Asset Backed Receivables,
LLC FRB Ser. 05-HE1, Class M2, 0.935s, 2035		349,000	2,091
South Coast Funding 144A FRB Ser. 3A,
Class A2, 2.156s, 2038		470,000	4,700
Structured Asset Investment Loan Trust FRB
Ser. 06-BNC2, Class A6, 0.545s, 2036		814,000	17,684
Structured Asset Receivables Trust 144A FRB
Ser. 05-1, 1.004s, 2015		4,798,570	3,358,999
Structured Asset Securities Corp. 144A
Ser. 98-RF3, Class A, IO, 6.1s, 2028		2,216,890	232,773

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ASSET-BACKED	Principal
SECURITIES (2.8%)* cont.	amount	Value
TIAA Real Estate CDO, Ltd. Ser. 03-1A,
Class E, 8s, 2038	$1,698,000	$101,880
Wells Fargo Home Equity Trust FRB Ser. 07-1,
Class A3, 0.605s, 2037	359,000	106,588
Whinstone Capital Management, Ltd.
144A FRB Ser. 1A, Class B3, 1.404s, 2044
(United Kingdom)	591,276	70,953
Total asset-backed securities (cost $73,072,549)		$39,913,725

INVESTMENT COMPANIES (1.5%)*	Shares	Value
Financial Select Sector SPDR Fund	811,200	$10,553,712
Utilities Select Sector SPDR Fund	391,900	11,341,586
Total investment companies (cost $18,627,802)		$21,895,298
CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCKS (0.2%)*	Shares	Value
Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold, Inc. $6.75 cv. pfd.	31,144	$2,873,034
Total convertible preferred stocks (cost $2,399,424)		$2,873,034
SENIOR LOANS (0.1%)* c	Principal amount	Value
Level 3 Communications, Inc. bank term loan FRN 2.698s, 2014	$624,000	$534,170
MetroPCS Wireless, Inc. bank term loan FRN 3.045s, 2013	245,809	234,748
Polypore, Inc. bank term loan FRN Ser. B, 2.57s, 2014	614,593	576,181
Sun Healthcare Group, Inc. bank term loan FRN 0.498s, 2014	104,035	92,722
Sun Healthcare Group, Inc. bank term loan FRN Ser. B, 2.677s, 2014	356,977	318,156
TW Telecom, Inc. bank term loan FRN Ser. B, 2.31s, 2013	307,273	295,414
Total senior loans (cost $2,043,929)		$2,051,391
MUNICIPAL BONDS AND NOTES (0.1%)*	Principal amount	Value
CA State G.O. Bonds (Build America Bonds), 7 1/2s, 4/1/34	$215,000	$222,108
MI Tobacco Settlement Fin. Auth. Rev. Bonds, Ser. A, 7.309s, 6/1/34	960,000	646,675
Tobacco Settlement Fin. Auth. of WVA Rev. Bonds, Ser. A, 7.467s, 6/1/47	1,405,000	952,548
Total municipal bonds and notes (cost $2,581,462)		$1,821,331
U.S. GOVERNMENT AND AGENCY MORTGAGE OBLIGATIONS (14.2%)*	Principal amount	Value
U.S. Government Guaranteed Mortgage Obligations (5.1%)
Government National Mortgage Association Pass-Through Certificates
6 1/2s, TBA, August 1, 2039	$28,000,000	$29,723,750
4 1/2s, TBA, August 1, 2039	44,000,000	44,316,250
		74,040,000
U.S. Government Agency Mortgage Obligations (9.1%)
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation Pass-Through Certificates 6s, March 1, 2035	19,150	20,245
Federal National Mortgage Association Pass-Through Certificates
6s, TBA, August 1, 2039	13,000,000	13,624,610
5 1/2s, TBA, August 1, 2039	29,000,000	30,042,188
5s, January 1, 2039	5,621,609	5,760,392
5s, TBA, August 1, 2039	29,000,000	29,677,423
4 1/2s, with due dates from April 1, 2038 to April 1, 2039	22,362,413	22,511,787
4 1/2s, TBA, August 1, 2039	29,000,000	29,158,595
		130,795,240
Total U.S. government and agency mortgage obligations (cost $203,889,687)		$204,835,240

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U.S. GOVERNMENT AGENCY OBLIGATIONS (3.7%)*	Principal amount	Value
Fannie Mae 2 3/4s, March 13, 2014	$27,000,000	$27,126,209
General Electric Capital Corp. FDIC guaranteed notes 1 5/8s, 2011	6,750,000	6,811,425
Goldman Sachs Group, Inc (The) FDIC guaranteed notes 1 5/8s, 2011	6,750,000	6,799,262
JPMorgan Chase & Co. FDIC guaranteed 2 5/8s, 2010	6,750,000	6,905,108
Morgan Stanley FDIC guaranteed notes 2s, 2011	2,500,000	2,534,580
Wells Fargo & Co. FDIC guaranteed notes 3s, 2011	1,100,000	1,134,730
Wells Fargo & Co. FDIC guaranteed notes 2 1/8s, 2012	1,400,000	1,409,503
Total U.S. government agency obligations (cost $52,613,353)		$52,720,817
U.S. TREASURY OBLIGATIONS (4.0%)*	Principal amount	Value
U.S. Treasury Bonds 7 1/4s, August 15, 2022	$26,900,000	$35,512,202
U.S. Treasury Notes 1 3/4s, January 31, 2014	22,600,000	22,041,179
Total U.S. treasury obligations (cost $57,579,250)		$57,553,381
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS (19.7%)*	Principal amount/shares	Value
Putnam Money Market Liquidity Fund e	192,705,365	$192,705,365
U.S. Treasury Bills for an effective yield of 0.70%, maturity date December 17, 2009 ##	$64,150,000	63,978,591
U.S. Treasury Bills with effective yields ranging from 0.33% to 0.66%, maturity date November 19, 2009 #	27,520,000	27,467,437
Total short-term investments (cost $284,161,321)		$284,151,393
TOTAL INVESTMENTS
Total investments (cost $1,732,571,962)		$1,739,400,187

Key to holding’s abbreviations
ADR	American Depository Receipts
FRB	Floating Rate Bonds
FRN	Floating Rate Notes
IFB	Inverse Floating Rate Bonds
IO	Interest Only
MTN	Medium Term Notes
MTNA	Medium Term Notes Class A
PO	Principal Only
TBA	To Be Announced Commitments

* Percentages indicated are based on net assets of $1,442,816,647.

† Non-income-producing security.

# This security, in part or in entirety, was pledged and segregated with the broker to cover margin requirements for futures contracts at July 31, 2009.

## This security, in part or in entirety, was pledged and segregated with the custodian for collateral on certain derivative contracts at July 31, 2009.

^c Senior loans are exempt from registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, but contain certain restrictions on resale and cannot be sold publicly. These loans pay interest at rates which adjust periodically. The interest rates shown for senior loans are the current interest rates at July 31, 2009. Senior loans are also subject to mandatory and/or optional prepayment which cannot be predicted. As a result, the remaining maturity may be substantially less than the stated maturity shown (Notes 1 and 7).

 ^e See Note 6 to the financial statements regarding investments in Putnam Money Market Liquidity Fund.

^F Is valued at fair value following procedures approved by the Trustees. Securities may be classified as a Level 2 or Level 3 for SFAS 157 disclosures based on the securities valuation inputs.

^R Real Estate Investment Trust.

At July 31, 2009, liquid assets totaling $102,109,492 have been designated as collateral for open forward commitments. Debt obligations are considered secured unless otherwise indicated.

144A after the name of an issuer represents securities exempt from registration under Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. These securities may be resold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers.

ADR after the name of a foreign holding represents ownership of foreign securities on deposit with a custodian bank.

See Note 1 to the financial statements regarding TBA’s.

The rates shown on FRB and FRN are the current interest rates at July 31, 2009.

The dates shown on debt obligations are the original maturity dates.

IFB are securities that pay interest rates that vary inversely to changes in the market interest rates. As interest rates rise, inverse floaters produce less current income. The interest rates shown are the current interest rates at July 31, 2009.

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FUTURES CONTRACTS OUTSTANDING at 7/31/09	Number of		Expiration	Unrealized
	contracts	Value	date	appreciation
U.S. Treasury Note 10 yr (Short)	79	$9,265,219	Sep-09	$105,329
Total				$105,329
TBA SALE COMMITMENTS OUTSTANDING at 7/31/09 (proceeds receivable $73,553,281)		Principal	Settlement
Agency		amount	date	Value
GNMA, 6 1/2s, August 1, 2039		$28,000,000	8/20/09	$29,723,750
GNMA, 4 1/2s, August 1, 2039		44,000,000	8/20/09	44,316,250
Total				$74,040,000

CREDIT DEFAULT CONTRACTS OUTSTANDING at 7/31/09
			Fixed payments
Swap counterparty /	Notional	Termination	received (paid) by	Unrealized
Referenced debt*	amount	date	fund per annum	(depreciation)
Bank of America, N.A.
Meadwestvaco Corp., 6.85%, 4/1/12	$12,000	3/20/18	(177 bp)	$(993)
Credit Suisse International
Liberty Mutual Insurance, 7 7/8%,	2,755,000	12/20/13	(210 bp)	(72,641)
10/15/26
Merrill Lynch International
Supervalu, Inc., 7 1/2%, 05/15/12	520,000	8/1/09	(90 bp)	(468)
Total				$(74,102)

^* Payments related to the reference debt are made upon a credit default event.

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In September 2006, the FASB issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 157, Fair Value Measurements (“SFAS 157”). SFAS 157 is effective for finan-cial statements issued for fiscal years beginning after November 15, 2007 and interim periods within those fiscal years. While the adoption of SFAS 157 does not have a material effect on the fund’s net asset value, it does require additional disclosures about fair value measurements. SFAS 157 establishes a three-level hierarchy for disclosure of fair value measurements. The valuation hierarchy is based upon the transparency of inputs to the valuation of the fund’s investments. The three levels are defined as follows:

Level 1 — Valuations based on quoted prices for identical securities in active markets.

Level 2 — Valuations based on quoted prices in markets that are not active or for which all significant inputs are observable, either directly or indirectly.

Level 3 — Valuations based on inputs that are unobservable and significant to the fair value measurement.

The following is a summary of the inputs used to value the fund’s net assets as of July 31, 2009:

		Valuation inputs
Investments in securities:	Level 1	Level 2	Level 3
Asset-backed securities	$—	$37,763,843	$2,149,882
Common stocks:
Basic materials	27,232,456	—	—
Capital goods	46,794,737	—	—
Communication services	62,650,172	—	—
Conglomerates	21,420,672	—	—
Consumer cyclicals	54,609,174	—	—
Consumer staples	96,157,329	—	—
Energy	134,252,478	—	—
Financial	171,210,220	—	—
Health care	131,354,342	—	—
Technology	50,694,428	—	—
Transportation	9,460,398	—	—
Utilities and power	47,771,475	—	—
Total common stocks	853,607,881	—	—
Convertible preferred stocks	—	2,873,034	—
Corporate bonds and notes	—	139,619,967	—
Investment companies	21,895,298	—	—
Mortgage-backed securities	—	77,601,098	755,631
Municipal bonds and notes	—	1,821,331	—
Senior loans	—	2,051,391	—
U.S. Government and agency mortgage obligations	—	204,835,240	—
U.S Treasury obligations	—	57,553,381	—
U.S. Government Agency Obligations	—	52,720,817	—
Short-term investments	192,705,365	91,446,028	—
Totals by level	$1,068,208,544	$668,286,130	$2,905,513
	Level 1	Level 2	Level 3
Other financial instruments:	$105,329	$(74,114,102)	$(1,064,282)

Other financial instruments include futures, TBA sale commitments, swaps and receivable purchase agreements.

The following is a reconciliation of Level 3 assets as of July 31, 2009:

				Change in net
		Accrued		unrealized		Net transfers in
	Balance as of	discounts/	Realized gain/	appreciation/	Net purchases/	and/or out	Balance as of
Investments in securities:	July 31, 2008	premiums	(loss)	(depreciation)	sales	of Level 3	July 31, 2009
Asset-backed securities	$—	$—	$—	$—	$—	$2,149,882	$2,149,882
Mortgage-backed securities	$1,678,803	—	—	—	—	(923,172)	$755,631
Totals:	$1,678,803	$—	$—	$—	$—	$1,226,710	$2,905,513
Other financial instruments	$—	$—	$—	$—	$—	$(1,064,282)	$(1,064,282)†

† Includes amount payable under receivable purchase agreement (Note 2).

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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Statement of assets and liabilities 7/31/09

ASSETS
Investment in securities, at value, (Note 1):
Unaffiliated issuers (identified cost $1,539,866,597)	$1,546,694,822
Affiliated issuers (identified cost $192,705,365) (Note 6)	192,705,365
Cash	245,153
Dividends, interest and other receivables	6,988,765
Receivable for shares of the fund sold	343,739
Receivable for investments sold	77,633,547
Receivable for sales of delayed delivery securities (Note 1)	73,753,837
Total assets	1,898,365,228
LIABILITIES
Payable for variation margin (Note 1)	86,373
Payable for investments purchased	183,773,287
Payable for purchases of delayed delivery securities
(Note 1)	176,034,329
Payable for shares of the fund repurchased	13,393,703
Payable for compensation of Manager (Notes 2 and 6)	2,046,090
Payable for investor servicing fees (Note 2)	329,628
Payable for custodian fees (Note 2)	77,940
Payable for Trustee compensation and expenses (Note 2)	415,856
Payable for administrative services (Note 2)	3,646
Payable for distribution fees (Note 2)	379,593
Payable for receivable purchase agreement (Note 2)	1,064,282
Interest payable (Note 2)	3,361,412
Unrealized depreciation on swap contracts (Note 1)	74,102
TBA sales commitments, at value (proceeds receivable
$73,553,281) (Note 1)	74,040,000
Other accrued expenses	468,340
Total liabilities	455,548,581
Net assets	$1,442,816,647

REPRESENTED BY
Paid-in capital (Unlimited shares authorized)
(Notes 1 and 4)	$2,553,030,638
Undistributed net investment income (Note 1)		71,968
Accumulated net realized loss on investments
and foreign currency transactions (Note 1)	(1,118,185,408)
Net unrealized appreciation of investments
and assets and liabilities in foreign currencies		7,899,449
Total — Representing net assets applicable
to capital shares outstanding	$1,442,816,647
COMPUTATION OF NET ASSET VALUE AND OFFERING PRICE
Net asset value and redemption price per
class A share ($1,146,770,014 divided by 113,139,535 shares)		$10.14
Offering price per class A share (100/94.25 of $10.14)*		$10.76
Net asset value and offering price per
class B share ($86,980,909 divided by 8,679,197 shares)**		$10.02
Net asset value and offering price per
class C share ($23,296,010 divided by 2,312,173 shares)**		$10.08
Net asset value and redemption price per
class M share ($81,025,180 divided by 8,093,300 shares)		$10.01
Offering price per class M share (100/96.50 of $10.01)*		$10.37
Net asset value, offering price and redemption price per
class R share ($1,493,417 divided by 147,782 shares)		$10.11
Net asset value, offering price and redemption price per
class Y share ($103,251,117 divided by 10,153,184 shares)		$10.17

* On single retail sales of less than $50,000. On sales of $50,000 or more the offering price is reduced.

** Redemption price per share is equal to net asset value less any applicable contingent deferred sales charge.

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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Statement of operations Year ended 7/31/09

INVESTMENT INCOME
Interest (including interest income of $286,718
from investments in affiliated issuers) (Note 6)	$36,716,262
Dividends (net of foreign tax of $108,445)	30,349,222
Securities lending	311,504
Total investment income	67,376,988
EXPENSES
Compensation of Manager (Note 2)	9,403,970
Investor servicing fees (Note 2)	4,956,967
Custodian fees (Note 2)	140,474
Trustee compensation and expenses (Note 2)	100,549
Administrative services (Note 2)	59,319
Distribution fees — Class A (Note 2)	3,313,450
Distribution fees — Class B (Note 2)	1,154,828
Distribution fees — Class C (Note 2)	277,636
Distribution fees — Class M (Note 2)	641,615
Distribution fees — Class R (Note 2)	10,408
Interest expense (Note 2)	3,361,412
Other	823,534
Fees waived and reimbursed by Manager (Notes 2 and 6)	(214,512)
Total expenses	24,029,650
Expense reduction (Note 2)	(199,648)
Net expenses	23,830,002
Net investment income	43,546,986
Net realized loss on investments (Notes 1 and 3)	(573,290,714)
Net realized loss on swap contracts (Note 1)	(248,665,730)
Net realized loss on futures contracts (Note 1)	(238,635,005)
Net realized gain on foreign currency transactions (Note 1)	62,925
Net realized gain on written options (Notes 1 and 3)	7,030,160
Net unrealized appreciation of assets and liabilities
in foreign currencies during the year	2,295
Net unrealized appreciation of investments, futures
contracts, swap contracts, written options,
and TBA sale commitments during the year	327,775,976
Net loss on investments	(725,720,093)
Net decrease in net assets resulting from operations	$(682,173,107)

Statement of changes in net assets

DECREASE IN NET ASSETS
		Year ended	Year ended
		7/31/09	7/31/08
Operations:
Net investment income		$43,546,986	$136,983,756
Net realized gain (loss) on investments
and foreign currency transactions	(1,053,498,364)		43,219,832
Net unrealized appreciation
(depreciation) of investments and
assets and liabilities in foreign currencies		327,778,271	(609,528,539)
Net decrease in net assets resulting
from operations	(682,173,107)		(429,324,951)
Distributions to shareholders (Note 1):
From ordinary income
Net investment income
Class A		(59,641,849)	(110,582,286)
Class B		(4,464,032)	(9,668,928)
Class C		(1,055,552)	(1,904,069)
Class M		(3,454,174)	(5,379,758)
Class R		(98,882)	(75,390)
Class Y		(7,444,273)	(14,153,388)
Net realized short-term gain on investments
Class A		—	(100,322,461)
Class B		—	(11,660,603)
Class C		—	(2,208,422)
Class M		—	(5,622,960)
Class R		—	(65,959)
Class Y		—	(12,111,818)
From net realized long-term gain on investments
Class A		(13,098,235)	(161,440,412)
Class B		(1,164,432)	(18,764,418)
Class C		(272,167)	(3,553,826)
Class M		(814,268)	(9,048,552)
Class R		(27,165)	(106,143)
Class Y		(1,610,915)	(19,490,519)
From return of capital
Class A		(13,146,238)	—
Class B		(983,961)	—
Class C		(232,665)	—
Class M		(761,368)	—
Class R		(21,795)	—
Class Y		(1,640,864)	—
Increase in capital from settlement payments		3,562	—
Redemption fees (Note 1)		8,924	5,227
Decrease from capital share transactions
(Note 4)	(580,611,145)		(501,093,133)
Total decrease in net assets	(1,372,704,601)		(1,416,572,769)
NET ASSETS
Beginning of year	2,815,521,248		4,232,094,017
End of year (including undistributed net
investment income of $71,968 and
$5,789,547, respectively)	$1,442,816,647		$2,815,521,248

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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Financial highlights (For a common share outstanding throughout the period)

INVESTMENT OPERATIONS:					LESS DISTRIBUTIONS:								RATIOS AND SUPPLEMENTAL DATA:
			Net realized								Net asset	Total		Ratio	Ratio of expenses to	Ratio of net
	Net asset value,		and unrealized	Total from	From net	From net					value,	return	Net assets,	of expenses	average net assets	investment income
	beginning	Net investment	gain (loss) on	investment	investment	realized gain	From return	Total	Redemption	Non-recurring	end of	at net asset	end of period	to average	excluding interest	(loss) to average	Portfolio
Period ended	of period	income (loss) a,b	investments	operations	income	on investments	of capital	distributions	fees c	reimbursements	period	value (%) d	(in thousands)	net assets (%) b,e	expense (%) b,e	net assets (%) b	turnover (%)
Class A
July 31, 2009	$13.99	.27	(3.49)	(3.22)	(.44)	(.09)	(.10)	(.63)	—	— i	$10.14	(22.58)	$1,146,770	1.34 j	1.14	2.61	233.21 h
July 31, 2008	18.10	.61	(2.55)	(1.94)	(.64)	(1.53)	—	(2.17)	—	—	13.99	(11.84)	2,173,291	1.00	1.00	3.80	123.75 h
July 31, 2007	18.21	.48	1.46	1.94	(.52)	(1.53)	—	(2.05)	—	—	18.10	10.99	3,184,271	.96	.96	2.61	144.33 h
July 31, 2006	18.40	.42 f	.27	.69	(.50)	(.38)	—	(.88)	—	—	18.21	3.89 f	3,155,761	.90 f	.90 f	2.31 f	117.11 h
July 31, 2005	16.91	.35 g	1.47	1.82	(.33)	—	—	(.33)	—	—	18.40	10.89	3,458,405	.98	.98	1.97 g	169.29 h
Class B
July 31, 2009	$13.83	.19	(3.46)	(3.27)	(.37)	(.09)	(.08)	(.54)	—	— i	$10.02	(23.23)	$86,981	2.09 j	1.89	1.85	233.21 h
July 31, 2008	17.90	.48	(2.52)	(2.04)	(.50)	(1.53)	—	(2.03)	—	—	13.83	(12.50)	206,269	1.75	1.75	2.99	123.75 h
July 31, 2007	18.02	.33	1.46	1.79	(.38)	(1.53)	—	(1.91)	—	—	17.90	10.15	413,532	1.71	1.71	1.82	144.33 h
July 31, 2006	18.22	.28 f	.26	.54	(.36)	(.38)	—	(.74)	—	—	18.02	3.05 f	624,026	1.65 f	1.65 f	1.58 f	117.11 h
July 31, 2005	16.73	.21 g	1.48	1.69	(.20)	—	—	(.20)	—	—	18.22	10.17	917,951	1.73	1.73	1.22 g	169.29 h
Class C
July 31, 2009	$13.90	.19	(3.47)	(3.28)	(.37)	(.09)	(.08)	(.54)	—	— i	$10.08	(23.17)	$23,296	2.09 j	1.89	1.86	233.21 h
July 31, 2008	17.97	.49	(2.52)	(2.03)	(.51)	(1.53)	—	(2.04)	—	—	13.90	(12.41)	46,134	1.75	1.75	3.03	123.75 h
July 31, 2007	18.09	.34	1.45	1.79	(.38)	(1.53)	—	(1.91)	—	—	17.97	10.16	69,893	1.71	1.71	1.86	144.33 h
July 31, 2006	18.30	.28 f	.25	.53	(.36)	(.38)	—	(.74)	—	—	18.09	3.01 f	70,192	1.65 f	1.65 f	1.56 f	117.11 h
July 31, 2005	16.81	.21 g	1.48	1.69	(.20)	—	—	(.20)	—	—	18.30	10.14	77,024	1.73	1.73	1.22 g	169.29 h
Class M
July 31, 2009	$13.82	.21	(3.44)	(3.23)	(.40)	(.09)	(.09)	(.58)	—	— i	$10.01	(22.99)	$81,025	1.84 j	1.64	2.13	233.21 h
July 31, 2008	17.89	.53	(2.52)	(1.99)	(.55)	(1.53)	—	(2.08)	—	—	13.82	(12.23)	128,094	1.50	1.50	3.31	123.75 h
July 31, 2007	18.02	.38	1.45	1.83	(.43)	(1.53)	—	(1.96)	—	—	17.89	10.42	176,993	1.46	1.46	2.10	144.33 h
July 31, 2006	18.22	.33 f	.26	.59	(.41)	(.38)	—	(.79)	—	—	18.02	3.34 f	187,338	1.40 f	1.40 f	1.81 f	117.11 h
July 31, 2005	16.74	.26 g	1.47	1.73	(.25)	—	—	(.25)	—	—	18.22	10.39	215,816	1.48	1.48	1.47 g	169.29 h
Class R
July 31, 2009	$13.94	.24	(3.47)	(3.23)	(.42)	(.09)	(.09)	(.60)	—	— i	$10.11	(22.71)	$1,493	1.59 j	1.39	2.30	233.21 h
July 31, 2008	18.04	.57	(2.54)	(1.97)	(.60)	(1.53)	—	(2.13)	—	—	13.94	(12.04)	4,274	1.25	1.25	3.66	123.75 h
July 31, 2007	18.15	.44	1.46	1.90	(.48)	(1.53)	—	(2.01)	—	—	18.04	10.76	2,044	1.21	1.21	2.38	144.33 h
July 31, 2006	18.36	.36 f	.27	.63	(.46)	(.38)	—	(.84)	—	—	18.15	3.57 f	1,525	1.15 f	1.15 f	2.00 f	117.11 h
July 31, 2005	16.89	.30 g	1.48	1.78	(.31)	—	—	(.31)	—	—	18.36	10.63	726	1.23	1.23	1.67 g	169.29 h
Class Y
July 31, 2009	$14.04	.29	(3.50)	(3.21)	(.47)	(.09)	(.10)	(.66)	—	— i	$10.17	(22.42)	$103,251	1.09 j	.89	2.87	233.21 h
July 31, 2008	18.15	.66	(2.55)	(1.89)	(.69)	(1.53)	—	(2.22)	—	—	14.04	(11.57)	257,459	.75	.75	4.05	123.75 h
July 31, 2007	18.26	.53	1.46	1.99	(.57)	(1.53)	—	(2.10)	—	—	18.15	11.24	385,361	.71	.71	2.86	144.33 h
July 31, 2006	18.46	.47 f	.26	.73	(.55)	(.38)	—	(.93)	—	—	18.26	4.09 f	493,985	.65 f	.65 f	2.59 f	117.11 h
July 31, 2005	16.95	.40 g	1.49	1.89	(.38)	—	—	(.38)	—	—	18.46	11.26	660,532	.73	.73	2.23 g	169.29 h

a Per share net investment income (loss) has been determined on the basis of the weighted average number of shares outstanding during the period.

b Reflects an involuntary contractual expense limitation and/or waivers of certain fund expenses in connection with investments in Putnam Prime Money Market Fund in effect during the period. As a result of such limitation and/or waivers, the expenses of each class reflect a reduction of the following amounts (Notes 2 and 6):

	Percentage of average net assets
July 31, 2009	0.01%
July 31, 2008	<0.01
July 31, 2007	<0.01
July 31, 2006	0.01
July 31, 2005	0.01

c Amount represents less than $0.01 per share.

d Total return assumes dividend reinvestment and does not reflect the effect of sales charges.

e Includes amounts paid through expense offset and brokerage/service arrangements (Note 2).

f Reflects a non-recurring reimbursement from Putnam Investments relating to the calculation of certain amounts paid by the fund to Putnam in previous years for transfer agent services, which amounted to $0.01 per share and 0.05% of average net assets for the period ended July 31, 2006.

g Reflects a non-recurring accrual related to Putnam Management’s settlement with the SEC regarding brokerage allocation practices, which amounted to less than $0.01 per share and 0.02% of average net assets.

h Portfolio turnover excludes dollar roll transactions.

i Reflects a non-recurring reimbursement pursuant to a settlement between the SEC and Bear Stearns & Co., Inc. and Bear Stearns Securities Corp., which amounted to less than $0.01 per share outstanding as of May 21, 2009.

j Includes interest accrued in connection with certain terminated derivative contracts, which amounted to 0.20% of average net assets as of July 31, 2009 (Note 2).

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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Notes to financial statements 7/31/09

Note 1: Significant accounting policies

The George Putnam Fund of Boston (the “fund”), a Massachusetts business trust, is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, as a diversified, open-end management investment company. The fund seeks to provide a balanced investment comprised of a well-diversified portfolio of stocks and bonds, which will produce both capital growth and current income. The fund may invest a significant portion of its assets in securitized debt instruments, including mortgage-backed and asset-backed investments. The yields and values of these investments are sensitive to changes in interest rates, the rate of principal payments on the underlying assets and the market’s perception of the issuers. The market for these investments may be volatile and limited, which may make them difficult to buy or sell.

The fund offers class A, class B, class C, class M, class R and class Y shares. Class A and class M shares are sold with a maximum front-end sales charge of 5.75% and 3.50%, respectively, and generally do not pay a contingent deferred sales charge. Class B shares, which convert to class A shares after approximately eight years, do not pay a front-end sales charge and are subject to a contingent deferred sales charge, if those shares are redeemed within six years of purchase. Class C shares have a one-year 1.00% contingent deferred sales charge and do not convert to class A shares. Class R shares, which are offered to qualified employee-benefit plans, are sold at net asset value. The expenses for class A, class B, class C, class M and class R shares may differ based on the distribution fee of each class, which is identi-fied in Note 2. Class Y shares, which are sold at net asset value, are generally subject to the same expenses as class A, class B, clas s C, class M and class R shares, but do not bear a distribution fee. Class Y shares are generally only available to corporate and institutional clients and clients in other approved  programs.

A 1.00% redemption fee may apply on any shares that are redeemed (either by selling or exchanging into another fund) within 7 days of purchase. The redemption fee is accounted for as an addition to paid-in-capital.

Investment income, realized and unrealized gains and losses and expenses of the fund are borne pro-rata based on the relative net assets of each class to the total net assets of the fund, except that each class bears expenses unique to that class (including the distribution fees applicable to such classes). Each class votes as a class only with respect to its own distribution plan or other matters on which a class vote is required by law or determined by the Trustees. If the fund were liquidated, shares of each class would receive their pro-rata share of the net assets of the fund. In addition, the Trustees declare separate dividends on each class of shares.

In the normal course of business, the fund enters into contracts that may include agreements to indemnify another party under given circumstances. The fund’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown as this would involve future claims that may be, but have not yet been, made against the fund. However, the fund’s management team expects the risk of material loss to be remote.

The following is a summary of significant accounting policies consistently followed by the fund in the preparation of its financial statements. The preparation of financial statements is in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America and requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities in the financial statements and the reported amounts of increases and decreases in net assets from operations during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates. Subsequent events after the balance sheet date through the date that the financial statements were issued, September 15, 2009, have been evaluated in the preparation of the financial statements.

A) Security valuation Investments for which market quotations are readily available are valued at the last reported sales price on their principal exchange, or official closing price for certain markets. If no sales are reported — as in the case of some securities traded over-the-counter — a security is valued at its last reported bid price. Market quotations are not considered to be readily available for certain debt obligations; such investments are valued on the basis of valuations furnished by an independent pricing service approved by the Trustees or dealers selected by Putnam Investment Management, LLC (“Putnam Management”), the fund’s manager, an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of Putnam Investments, LLC. Such services or dealers determine valuations for normal institutional-size trading units of such securities using methods based on ma rket transactions for comparable securities and various relationships, generally recognized by institutional traders, between securities (which considers such factors as security prices, yields, maturities and ratings). Many securities markets and exchanges outside the U.S. close prior to the close of the New York Stock Exchange and therefore the closing prices for securities in such markets or on such exchanges may not fully reflect events that occur after such close but before the close of the New York Stock Exchange. Accordingly, on certain days, the fund will fair value foreign equity securities taking into account multiple factors, including movements in the U.S. securities markets. The number of days on which fair value prices will be used will depend on market activity and it is possible that fair value prices will be used by the fund to a significant extent. Securities quoted in foreign currencies, if any, are translated into U.S. dollars at the current exchange rate. To the extent a pricing service or dealer is unable to value a security or provides a valuation which Putnam Management does not believe accurately reflects the security’s fair value, the security will be valued at fair value by Putnam Management. Certain investments, including certain restricted and illiquid securities and derivatives, are also valued at fair value following procedures approved by the Trustees. Such valuations and procedures are reviewed periodically by the Trustees. Certain securities may be valued on the basis of a price provided by a single source. The fair value of securities is generally determined as the amount that the fund could reasonably expect to realize from an orderly disposition of such securities over a reasonable period of time. By its nature, a fair value price is a good faith estimate of the value of a security in a current sale and does not reflect an actual market price, which may be different by a material amount.

Tax-exempt bonds and notes are generally valued on the basis of valuations provided by an independent pricing service approved by the Trustees. Such services use information with respect to transactions in bonds, quotations from bond dealers, market transactions in comparable securities and various relationships between securities in determining value.

B) Joint trading account Pursuant to an exemptive order from the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), the fund may transfer uninvested cash balances, including cash collateral received under security lending arrangements, into a joint trading account along with the cash of other registered investment companies and certain other accounts managed by Putnam Management. These balances may be invested in issues of short-term investments having maturities of up to 397 days for collateral received under security lending arrangements and up to 90 days for other cash investments.

C) Repurchase agreements The fund, or any joint trading account, through its custodian, receives delivery of the underlying securities, the market value of which at the time of purchase is required to be in an amount at least equal to the resale price, including accrued interest. Collateral for certain tri-party repurchase agreements is held at the counterparty’s custodian in a segregated account for the benefit of the fund and the counterparty. Putnam Management is responsible for determining that the value of these underlying securities is at all times at least equal to the resale price, including accrued interest.

D) Security transactions and related investment income Security transactions are recorded on the trade date (the date the order to buy or sell is executed). Gains or losses on securities sold are determined on the identified cost basis. Interest income is recorded on the accrual basis.

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Dividend income, net of applicable withholding taxes, is recognized on the ex-dividend date except that certain dividends from foreign securities, if any, are recognized as soon as the fund is informed of the ex-dividend date. Non-cash dividends, if any, are recorded at the fair market value of the securities received. Dividends representing a return of capital or capital gains, if any, are reflected as a reduction of cost and/or as a realized gain. All premiums/discounts are amortized/accreted on a yield-to-maturity basis.

Securities purchased or sold on a delayed delivery basis may be settled a month or more after the trade date; interest income is accrued based on the terms of the securities. Losses may arise due to changes in the market value of the underlying securities or if the counterparty does not perform under the contract.

The fund earned certain fees in connection with its senior loan purchasing activities. These fees are treated as market discount and are recorded as income in the Statement of operations.

E) Stripped securities The fund may invest in stripped securities which represent a participation in securities that may be structured in classes with rights to receive different portions of the interest and principal. Interest-only securities receive all of the interest and principal-only securities receive all of the principal. If the interest-only securities experience greater than anticipated prepayments of principal, the fund may fail to recoup fully its initial investment in these securities. Conversely, principal-only securities increase in value if prepayments are greater than anticipated and decline if prepayments are slower than anticipated. The market value of these securities is highly sensitive to changes in interest rates.

F) Foreign currency translation The accounting records of the fund are maintained in U.S. dollars. The market value of foreign securities, currency holdings, and other assets and liabilities is recorded in the books and records of the fund after translation to U.S. dollars based on the exchange rates on that day. The cost of each security is determined using historical exchange rates. Income and withholding taxes are translated at prevailing exchange rates when earned or incurred. The fund does not isolate that portion of realized or unrealized gains or losses resulting from changes in the foreign exchange rate on investments from fluctuations arising from changes in the market prices of the securities. Such gains and losses are included with the net realized and unrealized gain or loss on investments. Net realized gains and losses on foreign currency transactions represent net realized exchange gains or losse s on closed forward currency contracts, disposition of foreign currencies, currency gains and losses realized between the trade and settlement dates on securities transactions and the difference between the amount of investment income and foreign withholding taxes recorded on the fund’s books and the U.S. dollar equivalent amounts actually received or paid. Net unrealized appreciation and depreciation of assets and liabilities in foreign currencies arise from changes in the value of open forward currency contracts and assets and liabilities other than investments at the period end, resulting from changes in the exchange rate. Investments in foreign securities involve certain risks, including those related to economic instability, unfavorable political developments, and currency fluctuations, not present with domestic investments.

G) Futures and options contracts The fund may use futures and options contracts to hedge against changes in the values of securities the fund owns, owned or expects to purchase, or for other investment purposes. The fund may also write options on swaps or securities it owns or in which it may invest to increase its current returns.

The potential risk to the fund is that the change in value of futures and options contracts may not correspond to the change in value of the hedged instruments. In addition, losses may arise from changes in the value of the underlying instruments, if there is an illiquid secondary market for the contracts, interest or exchange rates moving unexpectedly or if the counterparty to the contract is unable to perform. With futures, there is minimal counterparty credit risk to the fund since futures are exchange traded and the exchange’s clearinghouse, as counterparty to all exchange traded futures, guarantees the futures against default. Risks may exceed amounts recognized on the Statement of assets and liabilities. When the contract is closed, the fund records a realized gain or loss equal to the difference between the value of the contract at the time it was opened and the value at the time it was closed. Realized g ains and losses on purchased options are included in realized gains and losses on investment securities. If a written call option is exercised, the premium originally received is recorded as an addition to sales proceeds. If a written put option is exercised, the premium originally received is recorded as a reduction to the cost of investments.

Futures contracts are valued at the quoted daily settlement prices established by the exchange on which they trade. The fund and the broker agree to exchange an amount of cash equal to the daily fluctuation in the value of the futures contract. Such receipts or payments are known as “variation margin.” Exchange traded options are valued at the last sale price or, if no sales are reported, the last bid price for purchased options and the last ask price for written options. Options traded over-the-counter are valued using prices supplied by dealers. Futures and written option contracts outstanding at period end, if any, are listed after the fund’s portfolio. Outstanding contracts at period end are indicative of the volume of activity during the period.

H) Forward currency contracts The fund may buy and sell forward currency contracts, which are agreements between two parties to buy and sell currencies at a set price on a future date. These contracts are used to protect against a decline in value relative to the U.S. dollar of the currencies in which its portfolio securities are denominated or quoted (or an increase in the value of a currency in which securities a fund intends to buy are denominated, when a fund holds cash reserves and short term investments), or for other investment purposes. The U.S. dollar value of forward currency contracts is determined using current forward currency exchange rates supplied by a quotation service. The market value of the contract will fluctuate with changes in currency exchange rates. The contract is marked to market daily and the change in market value is recorded as an unrealized gain or loss. When the contract is clos ed, the fund records a realized gain or loss equal to the difference between the value of the contract at the time it was opened and the value at the time it was closed. The fund could be exposed to risk if the value of the currency changes unfavorably, if the coun-terparties to the contracts are unable to meet the terms of their contracts or if the fund is unable to enter into a closing position. Risks may exceed amounts recognized on the Statement of assets and liabilities. Forward currency contracts outstanding at period end, if any, are listed after the fund’s portfolio. Outstanding contracts at period end are indicative of the volume of activity during the period.

I) Total return swap contracts The fund may enter into total return swap contracts, which are arrangements to exchange a market linked return for a periodic payment, both based on a notional principal amount to help enhance the funds return and manage the fund’s exposure to credit risk. To the extent that the total return of the security, index or other financial measure underlying the transaction exceeds or falls short of the offsetting interest rate obligation, the fund will receive a payment from or make a payment to the counterparty. Total return swap contracts are marked to market daily based upon quotations from market makers and the change, if any, is recorded as an unrealized gain or loss. Payments received or made are recorded as realized gains or losses. Certain total return swap contracts may include extended effective dates. Payments related to these swap contracts are accrued based on the ter ms of the contract. The fund could be exposed to credit or market risk due to unfavorable changes in the fluctua-tion of interest rates or in the price of the underlying security or index, the possibility that there is no liquid market for these agreements or that the counterparty may default on its obligation to perform. The fund’s maximum risk of loss from counterparty risk, is the fair value of the contract. This risk may be mitigated by having a master netting arrangement between the

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fund and the counterparty. Risk of loss may exceed amounts recognized on the Statement of assets and liabilities. Total return swap contracts outstanding at period end, if any, are listed after the fund’s portfolio. The fund had an average notional balance of $5,520,750 in total return swap contracts during the period ended July 31, 2009.

J) Interest rate swap contracts The fund may enter into interest rate swap contracts, which are arrangements between two parties to exchange cash flows based on a notional principal amount, to manage the fund’s exposure to interest rates. An interest rate swap can be purchased or sold with an upfront premium. An upfront payment received by the fund is recorded as a liability on the fund’s books. An upfront payment made by the fund is recorded as an asset on the fund’s books. Interest rate swap contracts are marked to market daily based upon quotations from an independent pricing service or market makers and the change, if any, is recorded as an unrealized gain or loss. Payments received or made are recorded as realized gains or losses. Certain interest rate swap contracts may include extended effective dates. Payments related to these swap contracts are accrued based on the terms of the contract . The fund could be exposed to credit or market risk due to unfavorable changes in the fluctuation of interest rates or if the coun-terparty defaults on its obligation to perform. The fund’s maximum risk of loss from counterparty risk, is the fair value of the contract. This risk may be mitigated by having a master netting arrangement between the fund and the counterparty. Risk of loss may exceed amounts recognized on the Statement of assets and liabilities. Interest rate swap contracts outstanding at period end, if any, are listed after the fund’s portfolio. The fund had an average notional balance of $11,892,920,450 in interest rate swap contracts during the period ended July 31, 2009.

K) Credit default contracts The fund may enter into credit default contracts to provide a measure of protection against risk of loss following a default, or other credit event in respect of issuers within an underlying index or a single issuer, or to gain credit exposure to an underlying index or issuer. In a credit default contract, the protection buyer typically makes an up front payment and a periodic stream of payments to a counterparty, the protection seller, in exchange for the right to receive a contingent payment upon the occurrence of a credit event on the reference obligation or all other equally ranked obligations of the reference entity. Credit events are contract specific but may include bankruptcy, failure to pay, restructuring and obligation acceleration. An upfront payment received by the fund, as the protection seller, is recorded as a liability on the fund’s books. An upfront payment mad e by the fund, as the protection buyer, is recorded as an asset on the fund’s books. Periodic payments received or paid by the fund are recorded as realized gains or losses. The credit default contracts are marked to market daily based upon quotations from an independent pricing service or market makers and the change, if any, is recorded as an unrealized gain or loss. Upon the occurrence of a credit event, the difference between the par value and market value of the reference obligation, net of any proportional amount of the upfront payment, is recorded as a realized gain or loss.

In addition to bearing the risk that the credit event will occur, the fund could be exposed to market risk due to unfavorable changes in interest rates or in the price of the underlying security or index or the possibility that the fund may be unable to close out its position at the same time or at the same price as if it had purchased the underlying reference obligations. In certain circumstances, the fund may enter into offsetting credit default contracts which would mitigate its risk of loss. Risks of loss may exceed amounts recognized on the Statement of assets and liabilities. The fund’s maximum risk of loss from counterparty risk, either as the protection seller or as the protection buyer, is the fair value of the contract. This risk may be mitigated by having a master netting arrangement between the fund and the counterparty. Where the fund is a seller of protection, the maximum potential amount of future payments the fund may be required t o make is equal to the notional amount of the relevant credit default contract. Credit default contracts outstanding, including their respective notional amounts at period end, if any, are listed after the fund’s portfolio. The fund had an average notional balance of $461,389,236 in credit default contracts during the period ended July 31, 2009.

L) Master agreements The fund is a party to ISDA (International Swap and Derivatives Association, Inc.) Master Agreements (“Master Agreements”) with certain counterparties that govern over the counter derivative and foreign exchange contracts entered into from time to time. The Master Agreements may contain provisions regarding, among other things, the parties’ general obligations, representations, agreements, collateral requirements, events of default and early termination. With respect to certain counterparties, in accordance with the terms of the Master Agreements, collateral posted to the fund is held in a segregated account by the fund’s custodian and with respect to those amounts which can be sold or repledged, are presented in the fund’s portfolio; collateral pledged by the fund is segregated by the fund’s custodian and identified in the fund’s portfolio. Collateral ca n be in the form of cash or debt securities issued by the U.S. Government or related agencies or other securities as agreed to by the fund and the applicable counterparty. Collateral requirements are determined based on the fund’s net position with each counterparty. Termination events applicable to the fund may occur upon a decline in the fund’s net assets below a specified threshold over a certain period of time. Termination events applicable to counterparties may occur upon a decline in the counterparty’s long-term and short-term credit ratings below a specified level. In each case, upon occurrence, the other party may elect to terminate early and cause settlement of all derivative and foreign exchange contracts outstanding, including the payment of any losses and costs resulting from such early termination, as reasonably determined by the terminating party. Any decision by one or more of the fund’s counterparties to elect early termination could impact the fund’s future derivativ e activity.

At July 31, 2009, the fund had net unrealized losses of $74,102 on derivative contracts subject to the Master Agreements. Collateral posted by the fund totaled $1,988.

M) TBA purchase commitments The fund may enter into “TBA” (to be announced) commitments to purchase securities for a fixed unit price at a future date beyond customary settlement time. Although the unit price has been established, the principal value has not been finalized. However, it is anticipated that the amount of the commitments will not significantly differ from the principal amount. The fund holds, and maintains until settlement date, cash or high-grade debt obligations in an amount sufficient to meet the purchase price, or the fund may enter into offsetting contracts for the forward sale of other securities it owns. Income on the securities will not be earned until settlement date. TBA purchase commitments may be considered securities themselves, and involve a risk of loss if the value of the security to be purchased declines prior to the settlement date, which risk is in addition to the ris k of decline in the value of the fund’s other assets. Unsettled TBA purchase commitments are valued at fair value of the underlying securities, according to the procedures described under “Security valuation” above. The contract is marked to market daily and the change in market value is recorded by the fund as an unrealized gain or loss.

Although the fund will generally enter into TBA purchase commitments with the intention of acquiring securities for its portfolio or for delivery pursuant to options contracts it has entered into, the fund may dispose of a commitment prior to settlement if Putnam Management deems it appropriate to do so.

N) TBA sale commitments The fund may enter into TBA sale commitments to hedge its portfolio positions or to sell mortgage-backed securities it owns under delayed delivery arrangements. Proceeds of TBA sale commitments are not received until the contractual settlement date. During the time a TBA sale commitment is outstanding, equivalent deliverable securities or an offsetting TBA purchase commitment deliverable on or before the sale commitment date, are held as “cover” for the transaction.

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Unsettled TBA sale commitments are valued at the fair value of the underlying securities, generally according to the procedures described under “Security valuation” above. The contract is marked to market daily and the change in market value is recorded by the fund as an unrealized gain or loss. If the TBA sale commitment is closed through the acquisition of an offsetting TBA purchase commitment, the fund realizes a gain or loss. If the fund delivers securities under the commitment, the fund realizes a gain or a loss from the sale of the securities based upon the unit price established at the date the commitment was entered into. TBA sale commitments outstanding at period end, if any, are listed after the fund’s portfolio.

O) Dollar rolls To enhance returns, the fund may enter into dollar rolls (principally using TBAs) in which the fund sells securities for delivery in the current month and simultaneously contracts to purchase similar securities on a specified future date. During the period between the sale and subsequent purchase, the fund will not be entitled to receive income and principal payments on the securities sold. The fund will, however, retain the difference between the initial sales price and the forward price for the future purchase. The fund will also be able to earn interest on the cash proceeds that are received from the initial sale, on settlement date. The fund may be exposed to market or credit risk if the price of the security changes unfavorably or the counterparty fails to perform under the terms of the agreement.

P) Securities lending The fund may lend securities, through its agents, to qualified borrowers in order to earn additional income. The loans are collateralized by cash and/or securities in an amount at least equal to the market value of the securities loaned. The market value of securities loaned is determined daily and any additional required collateral is allocated to the fund on the next business day. The risk of borrower default will be borne by the fund’s agents; the fund will bear the risk of loss with respect to the investment of the cash collateral. Income from securities lending is included in investment income on the Statement of operations. At July 31, 2009, the fund had no securities out on loan.

Q) Federal taxes It is the policy of the fund to distribute all of its taxable income within the prescribed time and otherwise comply with the provisions of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), applicable to regulated investment companies. It is also the intention of the fund to distribute an amount sufficient to avoid imposition of any excise tax under Section 4982 of the Code. The fund is subject to the provisions of FASB Interpretation No. 48, Accounting for Uncertainties in Income Taxes (“FIN 48”). FIN 48 sets forth a minimum threshold for financial statement recognition of the benefit of a tax position taken or expected to be taken in a tax return. The fund did not have any unrecognized tax benefits in the accompanying financial statements. No provision has been made for federal taxes on income, capital gains or unrealized appreciation on securities held nor for excise tax on income and capital gains. Each of the fund’s federal tax returns for the prior three fiscal years remains subject to examination by the Internal Revenue Service and state departments of revenue.

At July 31, 2009, the fund had a capital loss carryover of $400,923,357 available to the extent allowed by the Code to offset future net capital gain, if any. The amounts of the carryovers and the expiration dates are:

Loss Carryover	Expiration
$11,900,540	July 31, 2010
5,950,320	July 31, 2011
383,072,497	July 31, 2017

Pursuant to federal income tax regulations applicable to regulated investment companies, the fund has elected to defer to its fiscal year ending July 31, 2010 approximately $687,241,708 of losses recognized during the period November 1, 2008 to July 31, 2009.

R) Distributions to shareholders Distributions to shareholders from net investment income are recorded by the fund on the ex-dividend date. Distributions from capital gains, if any, are recorded on the ex-dividend date and paid at least annually. The amount and character of income and gains to be distributed are determined in accordance with income tax regulations, which may differ from generally accepted accounting principles. These differences include temporary and/or permanent differences of losses on wash sale transactions, post-October loss deferrals, income on swap contracts, interest only securities, and receivable purchase agreement gain. Reclassifications are made to the fund’s capital accounts to reflect income and gains available for distribution (or available capital loss carryovers) under income tax regulations. For the year ended July 31, 2009, the fund re classified $26,894,197 to increase undistributed net investment income and $3,387,203 to decrease paid-in-capital, with an increase to accumulated net realized losses of $23,506,994.

The tax basis components of distributable earnings as of July 31, 2009 were as follows:

Unrealized appreciation	$126,922,063
Unrealized depreciation	(150,011,385)
Net unrealized depreciation	(23,089,322)
Capital loss carryforward	(400,923,357)
Post-October loss	(687,241,708)
Cost for federal income tax purposes	$1,762,489,509

Note 2: Management fee, administrative services and other transactions

The fund pays Putnam Management for management and investment advisory services quarterly based on the average net assets of the fund. Such fee is based on the following annual rates: 0.65% of the first $500 million of average net assets, 0.55% of the next $500 million, 0.50% of the next $500 million, 0.45% of the next $5 billion, 0.425% of the next $5 billion, 0.405% of the next $5 billion, 0.39% of the next $5 billion and 0.38% thereafter.

Putnam Management has agreed to waive fees and reimburse expenses of the fund through July 31, 2009 to the extent necessary to ensure that the fund’s expenses do not exceed the simple average of the expenses of all front-end load funds viewed by Lipper Inc. as having the same investment classification or objective as the fund. The expense reimbursement is based on a comparison of the fund’s expenses with the average annualized operating expenses of the funds in its Lipper peer group for each calendar quarter during the fund’s last fiscal year, excluding 12b-1 fees and without giving effect to any expense offset and brokerage/service arrangements that may reduce fund expenses. For the year ended July 31, 2009, Putnam Management waived $211,728 of its management fee from the fund.

Putnam Management has also contractually agreed from August 1, 2009 through July 31, 2010, to limit the fund’s expenses (not including brokerage, interest, taxes, investment-related expenses, extraordinary expenses and payments under the fund’s investor servicing contract, investment management contract and distribution plan) to an annual rate of 0.20% of the fund’s average net assets.

Putnam Investments Limited (“PIL”), an affiliate of Putnam Management, is authorized by the Trustees to manage a separate portion of the assets of the fund as determined by Putnam Management from time to time. Putnam Management pays a quarterly sub-management fee to PIL for its services at an annual rate of 0.40% of the average net assets of the portion of the fund managed by PIL.

On September 15, 2008, the fund terminated its outstanding derivatives contracts with Lehman Brothers Special Financing, Inc. (“LBSF”) in connection with the bankruptcy filing of LBSF’s parent company, Lehman Brothers Holdings, Inc. On September 26, 2008, the fund entered into receivable purchase agreements (“Agreements”) with other registered investment companies (each a “Seller”) managed by Putnam Management. Under the Agreements, the Seller sold to the fund the right to receive, in the aggregate, $4,129,699 in net payments from LBSF in connection with certain terminated derivatives transactions (the “Receivable”), in each case in exchange for an

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initial payment plus (or minus) additional amounts based on the fund’s ultimate realized gain (or loss) with respect to the Receivable. The Receivable will be offset against the fund’s net payable to LBSF of $112,241,035 and is included in the Statement of assets and liabilities in Payable for investments purchased. Future payments under the Agreements are valued at fair value following procedures approved by the Trustees and are included in the Statement of assets and liabilities. All remaining payments under the Agreements will be recorded as realized gain or loss. The fund’s net payable to LBSF was calculated in accordance with the fund’s master contract with LBSF. The fund has accrued interest on the net payable, which is included in the Statement of operations in Interest expense. Putnam Management currently is in discussions with LBSF regarding resolution of amounts payable to LBSF. Amounts recorded are estimates and final pay ments may differ from these estimates by a material amount.

The fund reimburses Putnam Management an allocated amount for the compensation and related expenses of certain officers of the fund and their staff who provide administrative services to the fund. The aggregate amount of all such reimbursements is determined annually by the Trustees.

Custodial functions for the fund’s assets are provided by State Street Bank and Trust Company (“State Street”). Custody fees are based on the fund’s asset level, the number of its security holdings and transaction volumes.

Putnam Investor Services, Inc., an affiliate of Putnam Management, provided investor servicing agent functions to the fund. Prior to December 31, 2008, these services were provided by Putnam Investor Services, a division of Putnam Fiduciary Trust Company (“PFTC”), which is an affiliate of Putnam Management. Putnam Investor Services, Inc. and Putnam Investor Services received fees for investor servicing, subject to certain limitations, based on the fund’s net asset level, the number of shareholder accounts in the fund and the level of defined contribution plan assets in the fund. The amounts incurred for investor servicing agent functions provided by affiliates of Putnam Management during the year ended July 31, 2009 are included in Investor servicing fees in the Statement of operations.

The fund has entered into expense offset arrangements with Putnam Fiduciary Trust Company (“PFTC”), which is an affiliate of Putnam Management and State Street whereby PFTC’s and State Street’s fees are reduced by credits allowed on cash balances. The fund also reduced expenses through brokerage/service arrangements. For the year ended July 31, 2009, the fund’s expenses were reduced by $72,598 under the expense offset arrangements and by $127,050 under the brokerage/service arrangements.

Each independent Trustee of the fund receives an annual Trustee fee, of which $1,192, as a quarterly retainer, has been allocated to the fund, and an additional fee for each Trustees meeting attended. Trustees receive additional fees for attendance at certain committee meetings and industry seminars and for certain compliance-related matters. Trustees also are reimbursed for expenses they incur relating to their services as Trustees.

The fund has adopted a Trustee Fee Deferral Plan (the “Deferral Plan”) which allows the Trustees to defer the receipt of all or a portion of Trustees fees payable on or after July 1, 1995. The deferred fees remain invested in certain Putnam funds until distribution in accordance with the Deferral Plan.

The fund has adopted an unfunded noncontributory defined benefit pension plan (the “Pension Plan”) covering all Trustees of the fund who have served as a Trustee for at least five years and were first elected prior to 2004. Benefits under the Pension Plan are equal to 50% of the Trustee’s average annual attendance and retainer fees for the three years ended December 31, 2005. The retirement benefit is payable during a Trustee’s lifetime, beginning the year following retirement, for the number of years of service through December 31, 2006. Pension expense for the fund is included in Trustee compensation and expenses in the Statement of operations. Accrued pension liability is included in Payable for Trustee compensation and expenses in the Statement of assets and liabilities. The Trustees have terminated the Pension Plan with respect to any Trustee first elected after 2003.

The fund has adopted distribution plans (the “Plans”) with respect to its class A, class B, class C, class M and class R shares pursuant to Rule 12b-1 under the Investment Company Act of 1940. The purpose of the Plans is to compensate Putnam Retail Management Limited Partnership, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Putnam Investments, LLC and Putnam Retail Management GP, Inc., for services provided and expenses incurred in distributing shares of the fund. The Plans provide for payments by the fund to Putnam Retail Management Limited Partnership at an annual rate of up to 0.35%, 1.00%, 1.00%, 1.00% and 1.00% of the average net assets attributable to class A, class B, class C, class M and class R shares, respectively. The Trustees have approved payment by the fund at an annual rate of 0.25%, 1.00%, 1.00%, 0.75% and 0.50% of the average net assets attributable to class A, class B, class C, class M and class R shares, respectively.

For the year ended July 31, 2009, Putnam Retail Management Limited Partnership, acting as underwriter, received net commissions of $76,947 and $584 from the sale of class A and class M shares, respectively, and received $122,494 and $1,361 in contingent deferred sales charges from redemptions of class B and class C shares, respectively.

A deferred sales charge of up to 1.00% and 0.65% is assessed on certain redemptions of class A and class M shares, respectively. For the year ended July 31, 2009, Putnam Retail Management Limited Partnership, acting as underwriter, received $62 and no monies on class A and class M redemptions, respectively.

Note 3: Purchases and sales of securities

During the year ended July 31, 2009, cost of purchases and proceeds from sales of investment securities other than U.S. government securities and short-term investments aggregated $4,083,345,633 and $5,281,300,201, respectively. Purchases and sales of U.S. government securities aggregated $57,603,343 and no monies, respectively.

Written option transactions during the year ended July 31, 2009 are summarized as follows:

	Contract	Premiums
	Amounts	Received
Written options outstanding
at beginning of year	$1,545,477,000	$43,872,569
Options opened	155,090,000	5,821,600
Options exercised	—	—
Options expired	(446,934,000)	(12,063,606)
Options closed	(1,253,633,000)	(37,630,563)
Written options outstanding
at end of year	$—	$—

Note 4: Capital shares

At July 31, 2009, there was an unlimited number of shares of beneficial interest authorized. Transactions in capital shares were as follows:

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	Year ended 7/31/09		Year ended 7/31/08
Class A	Shares	Amount	Shares	Amount
Shares sold	10,864,135	$117,793,046	16,056,731	$261,006,315
Shares issued in	8,127,627	68,204,534	22,051,614	347,975,308
connection with
reinvestment of
distributions
	18,991,762	185,997,580	38,108,345	608,981,623
Shares	(61,144,272)	(601,240,200)	(58,788,743)	(919,327,285)
repurchased
Net decrease	(42,152,510)	$(415,242,620)	(20,680,398)	$(310,345,662)
	Year ended 7/31/09		Year ended 7/31/08
Class B	Shares	Amount	Shares	Amount
Shares sold	636,017	$6,160,646	917,379	$14,859,933
Shares issued in	657,232	6,264,264	2,432,178	37,962,145
connection with
reinvestment of
distributions
	1,293,249	12,424,910	3,349,557	52,822,078
Shares	(7,523,910)	(75,327,957)	(11,543,939)	(184,505,086)
repurchased
Net decrease	(6,230,661)	$(62,903,047)	(8,194,382)	$(131,683,008)
	Year ended 7/31/09		Year ended 7/31/08
Class C	Shares	Amount	Shares	Amount
Shares sold	192,005	$1,913,275	308,883	$5,097,974
Shares issued in	146,683	1,397,800	428,594	6,712,587
connection with
reinvestment of
distributions
	338,688	3,311,075	737,477	11,810,561
Shares	(1,346,268)	(13,370,895)	(1,306,785)	(20,413,790)
repurchased
Net decrease	(1,007,580)	$(10,059,820)	(569,308)	$(8,603,229)

	Year ended 7/31/09		Year ended 7/31/08
Class M	Shares	Amount	Shares	Amount
Shares sold	949,021	$9,174,013	854,157	$13,662,326
Shares issued in	525,577	4,961,198	1,271,984	19,823,462
connection with
reinvestment of
distributions
	1,474,598	14,135,211	2,126,141	33,485,788
Shares	(2,648,958)	(26,293,344)	(2,750,693)	(43,141,801)
repurchased
Net decrease	(1,174,360)	$(12,158,133)	(624,552)	$(9,656,013)
	Year ended 7/31/09		Year ended 7/31/08
Class R	Shares	Amount	Shares	Amount
Shares sold	43,414	$431,643	253,697	$3,765,550
Shares issued in	15,191	147,841	15,766	247,492
connection with
reinvestment of
distributions
	58,605	579,484	269,463	4,013,042
Shares	(217,387)	(1,981,893)	(76,230)	(1,193,862)
repurchased
Net increase	(158,782)	$(1,402,409)	193,233	$2,819,180
(decrease)
	Year ended 7/31/09		Year ended 7/31/08
Class Y	Shares	Amount	Shares	Amount
Shares sold	5,537,618	$55,582,575	4,457,341	$69,571,597
Shares issued in	1,103,663	10,696,052	2,890,613	45,755,725
connection with
reinvestment of
distributions
	6,641,281	66,278,627	7,347,954	115,327,322
Shares	(14,825,955)	(145,123,743)	(10,242,103)	(158,951,723)
repurchased
Net decrease	(8,184,674)	$(78,845,116)	(2,894,149)	$(43,624,401)

Note 5: Summary of derivative activity

The following is a summary of the market values of derivative instruments as of July 31, 2009:

	Asset derivatives		Liability derivatives
Derivatives not accounted for
as hedging instruments under	Statement of assets and		Statement of assets and
Statement 133	liabilities location	Market value	liabilities location	Market value
Credit contracts	Receivables	$—	Payables	$74,102
Interest rate contracts	Receivables	105,329	Payables	—
Total		$105,329		$74,102

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The following is a summary of realized and unrealized gains or losses of derivative instruments on the Statement of operations for the year ended July 31, 2009 (see Note 1):

Amount of realized gain (loss) on derivatives recognized in income
Derivatives not accounted
for as hedging instruments			Forward currency
under Statement 133	Options	Futures	contracts	Swaps	Total
Credit contracts	$—	$—	$—	$(33,843,987)	$(33,843,987)
Foreign exchange contracts	—	—	62,704	—	62,704
Equity contracts	—	(109,974,068)	—	1,860,358	(108,113,710)
Interest rate contracts	41,188,788	(128,660,937)	—	(216,682,101)	(304,154,250)
Total	$41,188,788	$(238,635,005)	$62,704	$(248,665,730)	$(446,049,243)

Change in Unrealized Appreciation or (Depreciation) on Derivatives Recognized in Income

Derivatives not accounted
for as hedging instruments			Forward currency
under Statement 133	Options	Futures	contracts	Swaps	Total
Credit contracts	$—	$—	$—	$8,567,549	$8,567,549
Foreign exchange contracts	—	—	2,682	—	2,682
Equity contracts	—	15,749,408	—	(6,567,468)	9,181,940
Interest rate contracts	(4,016,960)	(6,608,075)	—	124,989,629	114,364,594
Total	$(4,016,960)	$9,141,333	$2,682	$126,989,710	$132,116,765

Note 6: Investment in Putnam Prime Money Market Fund and
Putnam Money Market Liquidity Fund

The fund invested in Putnam Prime Money Market Fund, an open-end management investment company managed by Putnam Management. Investments in Putnam Prime Money Market Fund were valued at its closing net asset value each business day. Management fees paid by the fund were reduced by an amount equal to the management fees paid by Putnam Prime Money Market Fund with respect to assets invested by the fund in Putnam Prime Money Market Fund. For the year ended July 31, 2009, management fees paid were reduced by $2,784 relating to the fund’s investment in Putnam Prime Money Market Fund. Income distributions earned by the fund were recorded as interest income in the Statement of operations and totaled $26,421 for the year ended July 31, 2009. During the year ended July 31, 2009, cost of purchases and proceeds of sales of investments in Putnam Prime Money Market Fund aggregated $73,164,134 and $120,358,864, respectively.

On September 17, 2008, the Trustees of the Putnam Prime Money Market Fund voted to close that fund effective September 17, 2008. On September  24, 2008, the fund received shares of Federated Prime Obligations Fund, an unaffiliated management investment company registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, in liquidation of its shares of Putnam Prime Money Market Fund.

In April 2009, the fund invested in Putnam Money Market Liquidity Fund, an open-end management investment company managed by Putnam Management. Investments in Putnam Money Market Liquidity Fund are valued at its closing net asset value each business day. Income distributions earned by the fund are recorded as interest income in the Statement of operations and totaled $260,297 for the year ended July 31, 2009. During the year ended July 31, 2009, cost of purchases and proceeds of sales of investments in Putnam Money Market Liquidity Fund aggregated $599,162,519 and $406,457,154, respectively. Management fees charged to Putnam Money Market Liquidity Fund have been waived by Putnam Management.

Note 7: Senior loan commitments

Senior loans are purchased or sold on a when-issued or delayed delivery basis and may be settled a month or more after the trade date, which from time to time can delay the actual investment of available cash balances; interest income is accrued based on the terms of the securities. Senior loans an be acquired through an agent, by assignment from another holder of the loan, or as a participation interest in another holder’s portion of the loan. When the fund invests in a loan or participation, the fund is subject to the risk that an intermediate participant between the fund and the borrower will fail to meet its obligations to the fund, in addition to the risk that the borrower under the loan may default on its obligations.

Note 8: Regulatory matters and litigation

In late 2003 and 2004, Putnam Management settled charges brought by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) and the Massachusetts Securities Division in connection with excessive short-term trading in Putnam funds. Distribution of payments from Putnam Management to certain open-end Putnam funds and their shareholders is expected to be completed in the next several months. These allegations and related matters have served as the general basis for certain lawsuits, including purported class action lawsuits against Putnam Management and, in a limited number of cases, some Putnam funds. Putnam Management believes that these lawsuits will have no material adverse effect on the funds or on Putnam Management’s ability to provide investment management services. In addition, Putnam Management has agreed to bear any costs incurred by the Putnam funds as a result of these matters.

Note 9: Other

At their July 2009 meeting, the Board of Trustees approved a new management contract for the fund, which will be submitted to shareholders for approval at a meeting expected to be held in the fourth quarter of 2009. Under the proposed management contract, management fee breakpoints would be determined by reference to the assets of all of the open-end Putnam Funds, rather than only the assets of the fund.

Note 10: Market and credit risk

In the normal course of business, the fund trades financial instruments and enters into financial transactions where risk of potential loss exists due to changes in the market (market risk) or failure of the contracting party to the transaction to perform (credit risk). The fund may be exposed to additional credit risk that an institution or other entity with which the fund has unsettled or open transactions will default.

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Federal tax information (unaudited)

For the year ended July 31, 2009, a portion of the fund’s distribution represents a return of capital and is therefore not taxable to shareholders.

The fund designated 39.89% of ordinary income distributions as qualifying for the dividends received deduction for corporations.

For its tax year ended July 31, 2009, the fund hereby designates 42.33%, or the maximum amount allowable, of its taxable ordinary income distributions as qualified dividends taxed at the individual net capital gain rates.

For the tax year ended July 31, 2009, pursuant to §871(k) of the Internal Revenue Code, the fund hereby designates $66,680,290 of distributions paid as qualifying to be taxed as interest-related dividends, and $0 to be taxed as short-term capital gain dividends for nonresident alien shareholders.

The Form 1099 you receive in January 2010 will show the tax status of all distributions paid to your account in calendar 2009.

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About the Trustees

Ravi Akhoury

Born 1947, Trustee since 2009

Mr. Akhoury serves as Advisor to New York Life Insurance Company, and previously was a Member of its Executive Management Committee. He is also a Director of Jacob Ballas Capital India (a non-banking finance company focused on private equity advisory services) and is a member of its Compensation Committee. In addition, he serves as a Trustee of American India Foundation and of the Rubin Museum, serving on its Investment Committee.

Previously, Mr. Akhoury was a Director and on the Compensation Committee of MaxIndia/New York Life Insurance Company in India. He was also Vice President and Investment Policy Committee Member of Fischer, Francis, Trees and Watts (a fixed-income portfolio management firm). He has also served on the Board of Bharti Telecom (an Indian telecommunications company), serving as a member of its Audit and Compensation committees, and as a member of the Audit Committee on the Board of Thompson Press (a publishing company). From 1992 to 2007, he was Chairman and CEO of MacKay Shields, a multi-product investment management firm with over $40 billion in assets under management.

Mr. Akhoury graduated from the Indian Institute of Technology and holds an M.S. from State University of New York at Stonybrook.

Jameson A. Baxter

Born 1943, Trustee since 1994,
Vice Chairman since 2005

Ms. Baxter is the President of Baxter Associates, Inc., a private investment firm.

Ms. Baxter serves as a Director of ASHTA Chemicals, Inc., and the Mutual Fund Directors Forum. Until 2007, she was a Director of Banta Corporation (a printing and supply chain management company), Ryerson, Inc. (a metals service corporation), and Advocate Health Care. Until 2004, she was a Director of BoardSource (formerly the National Center for Nonprofit Boards); and until 2002, she was a Director of Intermatic Corporation (a manufacturer of energy control products). She is Chairman Emeritus of the Board of Trustees, Mount Holyoke College, having served as Chairman for five years.

Ms. Baxter has held various positions in investment banking and corporate finance, including Vice President of and Consultant to First Boston Corporation and Vice President and Principal of the Regency Group. She is a graduate of Mount Holyoke College.

Charles B. Curtis

Born 1940, Trustee since 2001

Mr. Curtis is President and Chief Operating Officer of the Nuclear Threat Initiative (a private foundation dealing with national security issues), and serves as Senior Advisor to the United Nations Foundation.

Mr. Curtis is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and the National Petroleum Council. He also serves as Director of Edison International and Southern California Edison. Until 2006, Mr. Curtis served as a member of the Trustee Advisory Council of the Applied Physics Laboratory, Johns Hopkins University.

From August 1997 to December 1999, Mr. Curtis was a Partner at Hogan & Hartson LLP, an international law firm headquartered in Washington, D.C. Prior to May 1997, Mr. Curtis was Deputy Secretary of Energy and Under Secretary of the U.S. Department of Energy. In addition, he was a founding member of the law firm of Van Ness Feldman. Mr. Curtis served as Chairman of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission from 1977 to 1981 and has held positions on the staff of the U.S. House of Representatives, the U.S. Treasury Department, and the SEC.

Robert J. Darretta

Born 1946, Trustee since 2007

Mr. Darretta serves as Director of United Health Group, a diversified health-care company.

Until April 2007, Mr. Darretta was Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of Johnson & Johnson, one of the world’s largest and most broadly based health-care companies. Prior to 2007, he had responsibility for Johnson & Johnson’s finance, investor relations, information technology, and procurement function. He served as Johnson & Johnson Chief Financial Officer for a decade, prior to which he spent two years as Treasurer of the corporation and over ten years leading various Johnson & Johnson operating companies.

Mr. Darretta received a B.S. in Economics from Villanova University.

Myra R. Drucker

Born 1948, Trustee since 2004

Ms. Drucker is Chair of the Board of Trustees of Commonfund (a not-for-profit firm specializing in managing assets for educational endowments and foundations), Vice Chair of the Board of Trustees of Sarah Lawrence College, and a member of the Investment Committee of the Kresge Foundation (a charitable trust). She is also a Director of Interactive Data Corporation (a provider of financial market data and analytics to financial institutions and investors).

Ms. Drucker is an ex-officio member of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) Pension Managers Advisory Committee, having served as Chair for seven years. She serves as an advisor to RCM Capital Management (an investment management firm) and to the Employee Benefits Investment Committee of The Boeing Company (an aerospace firm).

From November 2001 until August 2004, Ms. Drucker was Managing Director and a member of the Board of Directors of General Motors Asset Management and Chief Investment Officer of General Motors Trust Bank. From December 1992 to November 2001, Ms. Drucker served as Chief Investment Officer of Xerox Corporation (a document company).

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Prior to December 1992, Ms. Drucker was Staff Vice President and Director of Trust Investments for International Paper (a paper and packaging company).

Ms. Drucker received a B.A. in Literature and Psychology from Sarah Lawrence College and pursued graduate studies in economics, statistics, and portfolio theory at Temple University.

John A. Hill

Born 1942, Trustee since 1985 and
Chairman since 2000

Mr. Hill is founder and Vice-Chairman of First Reserve Corporation, the leading private equity buyout firm specializing in the worldwide energy industry, with offices in Greenwich, Connecticut; Houston, Texas; London, England; and Shanghai, China. The firm’s investments on behalf of some of the nation’s largest pension and endowment funds are currently concentrated in 31 companies with annual revenues in excess of $13 billion, which employ over 100,000 people in 23 countries.

Mr. Hill is Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Putnam Mutual Funds, a Director of Devon Energy Corporation and various private companies owned by First Reserve, and serves as a Trustee of Sarah Lawrence College where he serves as Chairman and also chairs the Investment Committee. He is also a member of the Advisory Board of the Millstein Center for Corporate Governance and Performance at the Yale School of Management.

Prior to forming First Reserve in 1983, Mr. Hill served as President of F. Eberstadt and Company, an investment banking and investment management firm. Between 1969 and 1976, Mr. Hill held various senior positions in Washington, D.C. with the federal government, including Deputy Associate Director of the Office of Management and Budget and Deputy Administrator of the Federal Energy Administration during the Ford Administration.

Born and raised in Midland, Texas, Mr. Hill received his B.A. in Economics from Southern Methodist University and pursued graduate studies as a Woodrow Wilson Fellow.

Paul L. Joskow

Born 1947, Trustee since 1997

Dr. Joskow is an economist and President of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation (a philanthropic institution focused primarily on research and education on issues related to science, technology, and economic performance). He is on leave from his position as the Elizabeth and James Killian Professor of Economics and Management at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), where he has been on the faculty since 1972. Dr. Joskow was the Director of the Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research at MIT from 1999 through 2007.

Dr. Joskow serves as a Trustee of Yale University, as a Director of TransCanada Corporation (an energy company focused on natural gas transmission and power services) and of Exelon Corporation (an energy company focused on power services), and as a member of the Board of Overseers of the Boston Symphony Orchestra. Prior to August 2007, he served as a Director of National Grid (a UK-based holding company with interests in electric and gas transmission and distribution and telecommunications infrastructure). Prior to July 2006, he served as President of the Yale University Council. Prior to February 2005, he served on the board of the White-head Institute for Biomedical Research (a non-profit research institution). Prior to February 2002, he was a Director of State Farm Indemnity Company (an automobile insurance company), and prior to March 2000, he was a Director of New England Electric System (a public utility holding company).

Dr. Joskow has published six books and numerous articles on industrial organization, government regulation of industry, and competition policy. He is active in industry restructuring, environmental, energy, competition, and privatization policies —serving as an advisor to governments and corporations worldwide. Dr. Joskow holds a Ph.D. and MPhil from Yale University and a B.A. from Cornell University.

Elizabeth T. Kennan

Born 1938, Trustee since 1992

Dr. Kennan is a Partner of Cambus-Kenneth Farm (thoroughbred horse and cattle breeding). She is President Emeritus of Mount Holyoke College.

Dr. Kennan served as Chairman and is now Lead Director of Northeast Utilities. She is a Trustee of the National Trust for Historic Preservation and of Centre College in Danville, Kentucky. Until 2006, she was a member of The Trustees of Reservations. Prior to 2001, Dr. Kennan served on the oversight committee of the Folger Shakespeare Library. Prior to June 2005, she was a Director of Talbots, Inc., and she has served as Director on a number of other boards, including Bell Atlantic, Chastain Real Estate, Shawmut Bank, Berkshire Life Insurance, and Kentucky Home Life Insurance. Dr. Kennan has also served as President of Five Colleges Incorporated and as a Trustee of the University of Notre Dame, and is active in various educational and civic associations.

As a member of the faculty of Catholic University for twelve years, until 1978, Dr. Kennan directed the post-doctoral program in Patristic and Medieval Studies, taught history, and published numerous articles and two books. Dr. Kennan holds a Ph.D. from the University of Washington in Seattle, an M.A. from Oxford University, and an A.B. from Mount Holyoke College. She holds several honorary doctorates.

Kenneth R. Leibler

Born 1949, Trustee since 2006

Mr. Leibler is a founder and former Chairman of the Boston Options Exchange, an electronic marketplace for the trading of derivative securities.

Mr. Leibler currently serves as a Trustee of Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital in Boston. He is also Lead Director of Ruder Finn Group, a global communications and advertising firm, and a Director of Northeast Utilities, which operates New England’s largest energy delivery system. Prior to December 2006, he served as a Director of the Optimum Funds group.

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Prior to October 2006, he served as a Director of ISO New England, the organization responsible for the operation of the electric generation system in the New England states. Prior to 2000, Mr. Leibler was a Director of the Investment Company Institute in Washington, D.C.

Prior to January 2005, Mr. Leibler served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Boston Stock Exchange. Prior to January 2000, he served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Liberty Financial Companies, a publicly traded diversified asset management organization. Prior to June 1990, Mr. Leibler served as President and Chief Operating Officer of the American Stock Exchange (AMEX), and at the time was the youngest person in AMEX history to hold the title of President. Prior to serving as AMEX President, he held the position of Chief Financial Officer, and headed its management and marketing operations.

Mr. Leibler graduated magna cum laude with a degree in Economics from Syracuse University, where he was elected Phi Beta Kappa.

Robert E. Patterson

Born 1945, Trustee since 1984

Mr. Patterson is Senior Partner of Cabot Properties, LP and Chairman of Cabot Properties, Inc. (a private equity firm investing in commercial real estate).

Mr. Patterson serves as Chairman Emeritus and Trustee of the Joslin Diabetes Center. Prior to June 2003, he was a Trustee of Sea Education Association. Prior to December 2001, Mr. Patterson was President and Trustee of Cabot Industrial Trust (a publicly traded real estate investment trust). Prior to February 1998, he was Executive Vice President and Director of Acquisitions of Cabot Partners Limited Partnership (a registered investment adviser involved in institutional real estate investments). Prior to 1990, he served as Executive Vice President of Cabot, Cabot & Forbes Realty Advisors, Inc. (the predecessor company of Cabot Partners).

Mr. Patterson practiced law and held various positions in state government, and was the founding Executive Director of the Massachusetts Industrial Finance Agency. Mr. Patterson is a graduate of Harvard College and Harvard Law School.

George Putnam, III

Born 1951, Trustee since 1984

Mr. Putnam is Chairman of New Generation Research, Inc. (a publisher of financial advisory and other research services), and President of New Generation Advisors, Inc. (a registered investment adviser to private funds). Mr. Putnam founded the New Generation companies in 1986.

Mr. Putnam is a Director of The Boston Family Office, LLC (a registered investment adviser). He is a Trustee of St. Mark’s School, a Trustee of Epiphany School, and a Trustee of the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole, Massachusetts. Until 2006, he was a Trustee of Shore Country Day School, and until 2002, was a Trustee of the Sea Education Association.

Mr. Putnam previously worked as an attorney with the law firm of Dechert LLP (formerly known as Dechert Price & Rhoads) in Philadelphia. He is a graduate of Harvard College, Harvard Business School, and Harvard Law School.

Robert L. Reynolds*

Born 1952, Trustee since 2008 and
President of the Funds since 2009

Mr. Reynolds is President and Chief Executive Officer of Putnam Investments, a member of Putnam Investments’ Executive Board of Directors, and President of the Putnam Funds. He has more than 30 years of investment and financial services experience.

Prior to joining Putnam Investments in 2008, Mr. Reynolds was Vice Chairman and Chief Operating Officer of Fidelity Investments from 2000 to 2007. During this time, he served on the Board of Directors for FMR Corporation, Fidelity Investments Insurance Ltd., Fidelity Investments Canada Ltd., and Fidelity Management Trust Company. He was also a Trustee of the Fidelity Family of Funds. From 1984 to 2000, Mr. Reynolds served in a number of increasingly responsible leadership roles at Fidelity.

Mr. Reynolds serves on several not-for-profit boards, including those of the West Virginia University Foundation, Concord Museum, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Lahey Clinic, and Initiative for a Competitive Inner City in Boston. He is a member of the Chief Executives Club of Boston, the National Innovation Initiative, and the Council on Competitiveness.

Mr. Reynolds received a B.S. in Business Administration/Finance from West Virginia University.

W. Thomas Stephens

Born 1942, Trustee since 2009

Mr. Stephens is a Director of TransCanada Pipelines, Ltd. (an energy infrastructure company). From 1997 to 2008, Mr. Stephens served as a Trustee on the Board of the Putnam Funds, which he rejoined as a Trustee in 2009.

Mr. Stephens retired as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Boise Cascade, L.L.C. (a paper, forest products, and timberland assets company) in December 2008. Until 2004, Mr. Stephens was a Director of Xcel Energy Incorporated (a public utility company), Qwest Communications, and Norske Canada, Inc. (a paper manufacturer). Until 2003, Mr. Stephens was a Director of Mail-Well, Inc. (a diversified printing company). He served as Chairman of Mail-Well until 2001 and as CEO of MacMillan Bloedel, Ltd. (a forest products company) until 1999. Prior to 1996, Mr. Stephens was Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Johns Manville Corporation.

He holds B.S. and M.S. degrees from the University of Arkansas.

Richard B. Worley

Born 1945, Trustee since 2004

Mr. Worley is Managing Partner of Permit Capital LLC, an investment management firm.

Mr. Worley serves as a Trustee of the University of Pennsylvania Medical Center, The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (a philanthropic organization devoted

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to health-care issues), and the National Constitution Center. He is also a Director of The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation (a historical preservation organization), and the Philadelphia Orchestra Association. Mr. Worley also serves on the Investment committees of Mount Holyoke College and World Wildlife Fund (a wildlife conservation organization).

Prior to joining Permit Capital LLC in 2002, Mr. Worley served as President, Chief Executive Officer, and Chief Investment Officer of Morgan Stanley Dean Witter Investment Management and as a Managing Director of Morgan Stanley, a financial services firm. Mr. Worley also was the Chairman of Miller Anderson & Sherrerd, an investment management firm that was acquired by Morgan Stanley in 1996.

Mr. Worley holds a B.S. from the University of Tennessee and pursued graduate studies in economics at the University of Texas.

The address of each Trustee is One Post Office Square, Boston, MA 02109.

As of July 31, 2009, there were over 100 Putnam funds. All Trustees serve as Trustees of all Putnam funds.

Each Trustee serves for an indefinite term, until his or her resignation, retirement at age 72, death, or removal.

* Trustee who is an “interested person” (as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940) of the fund, Putnam Management, and/or Putnam Retail Management.

Mr. Reynolds is President and Chief Executive Officer of Putnam Investments, as well as the President of your fund and each of the other Putnam funds.

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Officers

In addition to Robert L. Reynolds, the other officers of the fund are shown below:

Charles E. Porter (Born 1938)	James P. Pappas (Born 1953)	Wanda M. McManus (Born 1947)
Executive Vice President, Principal	Vice President	Vice President, Senior Associate
Executive Officer, Associate Treasurer,	Since 2004	Treasurer and Assistant Clerk
and Compliance Liaison	Managing Director, Putnam Investments	Since 2005
Since 1989	and Putnam Management. During 2002,	Senior Associate Treasurer/Assistant Clerk
	Chief Operating Officer, Atalanta/Sosnoff	of Funds
Jonathan S. Horwitz (Born 1955)	Management Corporation
Senior Vice President and Treasurer		Nancy E. Florek (Born 1957)
Since 2004	Francis J. McNamara, III (Born 1955)	Vice President, Assistant Clerk,
Prior to 2004, Managing Director,	Vice President and Chief Legal Officer	Assistant Treasurer and Proxy Manager
Putnam Investments	Since 2004	Since 2005
	Senior Managing Director, Putnam	Manager, Mutual Fund Proxy Voting
Steven D. Krichmar (Born 1958)	Investments, Putnam Management and
Vice President and	Putnam Retail Management. Prior to 2004,
Principal Financial Officer	General Counsel, State Street Research &
Since 2002	Management Company
Senior Managing Director,
Putnam Investments	Robert R. Leveille (Born 1969)
	Vice President and
Janet C. Smith (Born 1965)	Chief Compliance Officer
Vice President, Principal Accounting	Since 2007
Officer and Assistant Treasurer	Managing Director, Putnam Investments,
Since 2007	Putnam Management, and Putnam Retail
Managing Director, Putnam Investments	Management. Prior to 2004, member of
and Putnam Management	Bell Boyd & Lloyd LLC. Prior to 2003,
	Vice President and Senior Counsel,
Susan G. Malloy (Born 1957)	Liberty Funds Group LLC
Vice President and Assistant Treasurer
Since 2007	Mark C. Trenchard (Born 1962)
Managing Director, Putnam Investments	Vice President and
	BSA Compliance Officer
Beth S. Mazor (Born 1958)	Since 2002
Vice President	Managing Director, Putnam Investments
Since 2002
Managing Director, Putnam Investments	Judith Cohen (Born 1945)
	Vice President,
	Clerk and Assistant Treasurer
	Since 1993

The address of each Officer is One Post Office Square, Boston, MA 02109.

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The Putnam Family of Funds

The following is a list of Putnam’s open-end mutual funds offered to the public. Investors should carefully consider the investment objective, risks, charges, and expenses of a fund before investing. For a prospectus containing this and other information for any Putnam fund or product, call your financial advisor at 1-800-225-1581 and ask for a prospectus. Please read the prospectus carefully before investing.

Growth
Growth Opportunities Fund
International New Opportunities Fund*
New Opportunities Fund
Small Cap Growth Fund*
Vista Fund
Voyager Fund

Blend
Asia Pacific Equity Fund*
Capital Opportunities Fund*
Capital Spectrum Fund‡
Emerging Markets Equity Fund*
Equity Spectrum Fund‡
Europe Equity Fund*
Global Equity Fund*
International Capital Opportunities Fund*
International Equity Fund*
Investors Fund
Research Fund

Value
Convertible Income-Growth Trust
Equity Income Fund
The George Putnam Fund of Boston
The Putnam Fund for Growth and Income
International Growth and Income Fund*
Mid Cap Value Fund
Small Cap Value Fund*

Income
American Government Income Fund
Diversified Income Trust
Floating Rate Income Fund
Global Income Trust*
High Yield Advantage Fund*
High Yield Trust*
Income Fund
Money Market Fund†
U.S. Government Income Trust

Tax-free income
AMT-Free Municipal Fund
Tax Exempt Income Fund
Tax Exempt Money Market Fund†
Tax-Free High Yield Fund

State tax-free income funds:

Arizona, California, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, and Pennsylvania

Absolute Return

Absolute Return 100 Fund Absolute Return 300 Fund Absolute Return 500 Fund Absolute Return 700 Fund

Global Sector*
Global Consumer Fund
Global Energy Fund
Global Financials Fund
Global Health Care Fund**
Global Industrials Fund
Global Natural Resources Fund
Global Technology Fund
Global Telecommunications Fund
Global Utilities Fund††

Asset allocation

Income Strategies Fund

Putnam Asset Allocation Funds — three investment portfolios that spread your money across a variety of stocks, bonds, and money market investments.

The three portfolios:
Asset Allocation: Balanced Portfolio
Asset Allocation: Conservative Portfolio
Asset Allocation: Growth Portfolio

Putnam RetirementReady^®

Putnam RetirementReady Funds — 10 investment portfolios that offer diversification among stocks, bonds, and money market instruments and adjust to become more conservative over time based on a target date for withdrawing assets.

The 10 funds:
Putnam RetirementReady 2050 Fund
Putnam RetirementReady 2045 Fund
Putnam RetirementReady 2040 Fund
Putnam RetirementReady 2035 Fund
Putnam RetirementReady 2030 Fund
Putnam RetirementReady 2025 Fund
Putnam RetirementReady 2020 Fund
Putnam RetirementReady 2015 Fund
Putnam RetirementReady 2010 Fund
Putnam RetirementReady Maturity Fund

* A 1% redemption fee on total assets redeemed or exchanged within 90 days of purchase may be imposed for all share classes of these funds.

† An investment in a money market fund is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency. Although the fund seeks to preserve the value of your investment at $1.00 per share, it is possible to lose money by investing in the fund.

‡ A 1% redemption fee on total assets redeemed or exchanged within 30 days of purchase may be imposed for all share classes of these funds.

** Prior to January 2, 2009, the fund was known as Putnam Health Sciences Trust.

†† Prior to January 2, 2009, the fund was known as Putnam Utilities Growth and Income Fund.

With the exception of money market funds, a 1% redemption fee may be applied to shares exchanged or sold within 7 days of purchase (90 days, for certain funds).

Check your account balances and the most recent month-end performance in the Individual Investors section at putnam.com.

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Services for shareholders

Investor services

Systematic investment plan Tell us how much you wish to invest regularly — weekly, semimonthly, or monthly — and the amount you choose will be transferred automatically from your checking or savings account. There’s no additional fee for this service, and you can suspend it at any time. This plan may be a great way to save for college expenses or to plan for your retirement.

Please note that regular investing does not guarantee a profit or protect against loss in a declining market. Before arranging a systematic investment plan, consider your financial ability to continue making purchases in periods when prices are low.

Systematic exchange You can make regular transfers from one Putnam fund to another Putnam fund. There are no additional fees for this service, and you can cancel or change your options at any time.

Dividends PLUS You can choose to have the dividend distributions from one of your Putnam funds automatically reinvested in another Putnam fund at no additional charge.

Free exchange privilege You can exchange money between Putnam funds free of charge, as long as they are the same class of shares. A signature guarantee is required if you are exchanging more than $500,000.

Reinstatement privilege If you’ve sold Putnam shares or received a check for a dividend or capital gain, you may reinvest the proceeds with Putnam within 90 days of the transaction and they will be reinvested at the fund’s current net asset value — with no sales charge. However, reinstatement of class B shares may have special tax consequences. Ask your financial or tax representative for details.

Check-writing service You have ready access to many Putnam accounts. It’s as simple as writing a check, and there are no special fees or service charges. For more information about the check-writing service, call Putnam or visit our Web site.

Dollar cost averaging When you’re investing for long-term goals, it’s time, not timing, that counts. Investing on a systematic basis is a better strategy than trying to figure out when the markets will go up or down. This means investing the same amount of money regularly over a long period. This method of investing is called dollar cost averaging. When a fund’s share price declines, your investment dollars buy more shares at lower prices. When it increases, they buy fewer shares. Over time, you will pay a lower average price per share.

For more information

Visit the Individual Investors section at putnam.com

A secure section of our Web site contains complete information on your account, including balances and transactions, updated daily. You may also conduct transactions, such as exchanges, additional investments, and address changes. Log on today to get your password.

Call us toll free at 1-800-225-1581 Ask a helpful Putnam representative or your financial advisor for details about any of these or other services, or see your prospectus.

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Fund information

Founded over 70 years ago, Putnam Investments was built around the concept that a balance between risk and reward is the hallmark of a well-rounded financial program. We manage over 100 mutual funds across income, value, blend, growth, asset allocation, absolute return, and global sector categories.

Investment Manager	Officers	Mark C. Trenchard
Putnam Investment	Robert L. Reynolds	Vice President and BSA Compliance Officer
Management, LLC	President
One Post Office Square		Judith Cohen
Boston, MA 02109	Charles E. Porter	Vice President, Clerk and
	Executive Vice President, Principal	Assistant Treasurer
Marketing Services	Executive Officer, Associate Treasurer and
Putnam Retail Management	Compliance Liaison	Wanda M. McManus
One Post Office Square		Vice President, Senior Associate Treasurer
Boston, MA 02109	Jonathan S. Horwitz	and Assistant Clerk
	Senior Vice President and Treasurer
Custodian		Nancy E. Florek
State Street Bank and Trust Company	Steven D. Krichmar	Vice President, Assistant Clerk, Assistant
	Vice President and Principal	Treasurer and Proxy Manager
Legal Counsel	Financial Officer
Ropes & Gray LLP
	Janet C. Smith
Independent Registered Public	Vice President, Principal Accounting
Accounting Firm	Officer and Assistant Treasurer
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
	Susan G. Malloy
Trustees	Vice President and Assistant Treasurer
John A. Hill, Chairman
Jameson A. Baxter, Vice Chairman	Beth S. Mazor
Ravi Akhoury	Vice President
Charles B. Curtis
Robert J. Darretta	James P. Pappas
Myra R. Drucker	Vice President
Paul L. Joskow
Elizabeth T. Kennan	Francis J. McNamara, III
Kenneth R. Leibler	Vice President and Chief Legal Officer
Robert E. Patterson
George Putnam, III	Robert R. Leveille
Robert L. Reynolds	Vice President and Chief
W. Thomas Stephens	Compliance Officer
Richard B. Worley

This report is for the information of shareholders of The George Putnam Fund of Boston. It may also be used as sales literature when preceded or accompanied by the current prospectus, the most recent copy of Putnam’s Quarterly Performance Summary, and Putnam’s Quarterly Ranking Summary. For more recent performance, please visit putnam.com. Investors should carefully consider the investment objective, risks, charges, and expenses of a fund, which are described in its prospectus. For this and other information or to request a prospectus, call 1-800-225-1581 toll free. Please read the prospectus carefully before investing. The fund’s Statement of Additional Information contains additional information about the fund’s Trustees and is available without charge upon request by calling 1-800-225-1581.

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Item 2. Code of Ethics:

(a) The fund’s principal executive, financial and accounting officers are employees of Putnam Investment Management, LLC, the Fund's investment manager. As such they are subject to a comprehensive Code of Ethics adopted and administered by Putnam Investments which is designed to protect the interests of the firm and its clients. The Fund has adopted a Code of Ethics which incorporates the Code of Ethics of Putnam Investments with respect to all of its officers and Trustees who are employees of Putnam Investment Management, LLC. For this reason, the Fund has not adopted a separate code of ethics governing its principal executive, financial and accounting officers.

(c) In May 2008, the Code of Ethics of Putnam Investment Management, LLC was updated in its entirety to include the amendments adopted in August 2007 as well as a several additional technical, administrative and non-substantive changes. In May of 2009, the Code of Ethics of Putnam Investment Management, LLC was amended to reflect that all employees will now be subject to a 90-day blackout restriction on holding Putnam open-end funds, except for portfolio managers and their supervisors (and each of their immediate family members), who will be subject to a one-year blackout restriction on the funds that they manage or supervise.

Item 3. Audit Committee Financial Expert:

The Funds' Audit and Compliance Committee is comprised solely of Trustees who are "independent" (as such term has been defined by the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") in regulations implementing Section 407 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (the "Regulations")). The Trustees believe that each of the members of the Audit and Compliance Committee also possess a combination of knowledge and experience with respect to financial accounting matters, as well as other attributes, that qualify them for service on the Committee. In addition, the Trustees have determined that each of Mr. Patterson, Mr. Leibler, Mr. Hill, Mr. Darretta and Mr. Stephens qualifies as an "audit committee financial expert" (as such term has been defined by the Regulations) based on their review of his pertinent experience and education. The SEC has stated that the designation or identification of a person as an audit committee financial expert pursuant to this Item 3 of Form N-CSR do es not impose on such person any duties, obligations or liability that are greater than the duties, obligations and liability imposed on such person as a member of the Audit and Compliance Committee and the Board of Trustees in the absence of such designation or identification.

Item 4. Principal Accountant Fees and Services:

The following table presents fees billed in each of the last two fiscal years for services rendered to the fund by the fund’s independent auditor:

Fiscal		Audit-
year	Audit	Related	Tax	All Other
ended	Fees	Fees	Fees	Fees
July 31, 2009	$274,709	$--	$9,122	$3,191*
July 31, 2008	$338,593	$--	$12,755	$1,247*

* Includes fees of $3,191 and $1,247 billed by the fund’s independent auditor to the fund for procedures necessitated by regulatory and litigation matters for the fiscal years ended July 31, 2009 and July 31, 2008, respectively. These fees were reimbursed to the fund by Putnam Investment Management, LLC (“Putnam Management”).

For the fiscal years ended July 31, 2009 and July 31, 2008, the fund’s independent auditor billed aggregate non-audit fees in the amounts of $533,197 and $ 92,241 respectively, to the fund, Putnam Management and any entity controlling, controlled by or under common control with Putnam Management that provides ongoing services to the fund.

Audit Fees represent fees billed for the fund's last two fiscal years relating to the audit and review of the financial statements included in annual reports and registration statements, and other services that are normally provided in connection with statutory and regulatory filings or engagements.

Audit-Related Fees represent fees billed in the fund’s last two fiscal years for services traditionally performed by the fund’s auditor, including accounting consultation for proposed transactions or concerning financial accounting and reporting standards and other audit or attest services not required by statute or regulation.

Tax Fees represent fees billed in the fund’s last two fiscal years for tax compliance, tax planning and tax advice services. Tax planning and tax advice services include assistance with tax audits, employee benefit plans and requests for rulings or technical advice from taxing authorities.

All Other Fees represent procedures necessitated by regulatory and litigation matters.

Pre-Approval Policies of the Audit and Compliance Committee. The Audit and Compliance Committee of the Putnam funds has determined that, as a matter of policy, all work performed for the funds by the funds’ independent auditors will be pre-approved by the Committee itself and thus will generally not be subject to pre-approval procedures.

The Audit and Compliance Committee also has adopted a policy to pre-approve the engagement by Putnam Management and certain of its affiliates of the funds’ independent auditors, even in circumstances where pre-approval is not required by applicable law. Any such requests by Putnam Management or certain of its affiliates are typically submitted in writing to the Committee and explain, among other things, the nature of the proposed engagement, the estimated fees, and why this work should be performed by that particular audit firm as opposed to another one. In reviewing such requests, the Committee considers, among other things, whether the provision of such services by the audit firm are compatible with the independence of the audit firm.

The following table presents fees billed by the fund’s independent auditor for services required to be approved pursuant to paragraph (c)(7)(ii) of Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X.

Fiscal	Audit-		All	Total
year	Related	Tax	Other	Non-Audit
ended	Fees	Fees	Fees	Fees
July 31, 2009	$ -	$ 485,847	$ -	$ -
July 31, 2008	$ -	$ 15,000	$ -	$ -

Item 5. Audit Committee of Listed Registrants

Not applicable

Item 6. Schedule of Investments:

The registrant’s schedule of investments in unaffiliated issuers is included in the report to shareholders in Item 1 above.

Item 7. Disclosure of Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures For Closed-End Management Investment Companies:

Not applicable

Item 8. Portfolio Managers of Closed-End Investment Companies

Not Applicable

Item 9. Purchases of Equity Securities by Closed-End Management Investment Companies and Affiliated Purchasers:

Not applicable

Item 10. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders:

Not applicable

Item 11. Controls and Procedures:

(a) The registrant's principal executive officer and principal financial officer have concluded, based on their evaluation of the effectiveness of the design and operation of the registrant's disclosure controls and procedures as of a date within 90 days of the filing date of this report, that the design and operation of such procedures are generally effective to provide reasonable assurance that information required to be disclosed by the registrant in this report is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the Commission's rules and forms.

(b) Changes in internal control over financial reporting: Not applicable

Item 12. Exhibits:

(a)(1) The Code of Ethics of The Putnam Funds, which incorporates the Code of Ethics of Putnam Investments, is filed herewith.

(a)(2) Separate certifications for the principal executive officer and principal financial officer of the registrant as required by Rule 30a-2(a) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, are filed herewith.

(b) The certifications required by Rule 30a-2(b) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, are filed herewith.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

The George Putnam Fund of Boston

By (Signature and Title):

/s/Janet C. Smith
Janet C. Smith

Principal Accounting Officer

Date: September 29, 2009

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

By (Signature and Title):

/s/Charles E. Porter
Charles E. Porter
Principal Executive Officer

Date: September 29, 2009

By (Signature and Title):

/s/Steven D. Krichmar
Steven D. Krichmar
Principal Financial Officer

Date: September 29, 2009

EX-99.CERT

Certifications

I, Charles E. Porter, the Principal Executive Officer of the funds listed on Attachment A, certify that:

1. I have reviewed each report on Form N-CSR of the funds listed on Attachment A:

2. Based on my knowledge, each report does not contain any untrue statements of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by each report;

3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in each report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations, changes in net assets, and cash flows (if the financial statements are required to include a statement of cash flows) of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in each report;

4. The registrant's other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) for the registrant and have:

a) designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which each report is being prepared;

b) designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

c) evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant's disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of a date within 90 days prior to the filing date of each report based on such evaluation; and

d) disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

5. The registrant's other certifying officer and I have disclosed to each registrant's auditors and the audit committee of each registrant's board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

a) all significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect each registrant's ability to record, process, summarize, and report financial information; and

b) any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in each registrant's internal control over financial reporting.

Date: September 29, 2009

/s/ Charles E. Porter
_______________________
Charles E. Porter
Principal Executive Officer

Certifications

I, Steven D. Krichmar, the Principal Financial Officer of the funds listed on Attachment A, certify that:

1. I have reviewed each report on Form N-CSR of the funds listed on Attachment A:

2. Based on my knowledge, each report does not contain any untrue statements of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by each report;

3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in each report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations, changes in net assets, and cash flows (if the financial statements are required to include a statement of cash flows) of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in each report;

4. The registrant's other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) for the registrant and have:

a) designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which each report is being prepared;

b) designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

c) evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant's disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of a date within 90 days prior to the filing date of each report based on such evaluation; and

d) disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

5. The registrant's other certifying officer and I have disclosed to each registrant's auditors and the audit committee of each registrant's board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

a) all significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect each registrant's ability to record, process, summarize, and report financial information; and

b) any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in each registrant's internal control over financial reporting.

Date: September 29, 2009

/s/ Steven D. Krichmar
_______________________
Steven D. Krichmar
Principal Financial Officer

Attachment A 

N-CSR 

July 31, 2009 

Putnam Premier Income Trust 

Putnam Research Fund 

Putnam Investors Fund 

Putnam Voyager Fund 

Putnam Vista Fund 

Putnam Tax Free High Yield Fund 

Putnam AMT-Free Insured Municipal Fund 

Putnam Growth Opportunities Fund 

The George Putnam Fund of Boston 

Putnam RetirementReady – Funds 

Putnam RetirementReady – 2050 

Putnam RetirementReady – 2045 

Putnam RetirementReady – 2040 

Putnam RetirementReady – 2035 

Putnam RetirementReady – 2030 

Putnam RetirementReady – 2025 

Putnam RetirementReady – 2020 

Putnam RetirementReady – 2015 

Putnam RetirementReady – 2010 

Putnam RetirementReady – Maturity Fund 

EX-99.906 CERT

Section 906 Certifications

I, Charles E. Porter, the Principal Executive Officer of the Funds listed on Attachment A, certify that, to my knowledge:

1. The form N-CSR of the Funds listed on Attachment A for the period ended July 31, 2009 fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

2. The information contained in the Form N-CSR of the Funds listed on Attachment A for the period ended July 31, 2009 fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Funds listed on Attachment A.

Date: September 29, 2009

/s/ Charles E. Porter
______________________
Charles E. Porter
Principal Executive Officer

Section 906 Certifications

I, Steven D. Krichmar, the Principal Financial Officer of the Funds listed on Attachment A, certify that, to my knowledge:

1. The form N-CSR of the Funds listed on Attachment A for the period ended July 31, 2009 fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

2. The information contained in the Form N-CSR of the Funds listed on Attachment A for the period ended July 31, 2009 fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Funds listed on Attachment A.

Date: September 29, 2009

/s/ Steven D. Krichmar
______________________
Steven D. Krichmar
Principal Financial Officer

Attachment A 

N-CSR 

July 31, 2009 

Putnam Premier Income Trust 

Putnam Research Fund 

Putnam Investors Fund 

Putnam Voyager Fund 

Putnam Vista Fund 

Putnam Tax Free High Yield Fund 

Putnam AMT-Free Insured Municipal Fund 

Putnam Growth Opportunities Fund 

The George Putnam Fund of Boston 

Putnam RetirementReady – Funds 

Putnam RetirementReady – 2050 

Putnam RetirementReady – 2045 

Putnam RetirementReady – 2040 

Putnam RetirementReady – 2035 

Putnam RetirementReady – 2030 

Putnam RetirementReady – 2025 

Putnam RetirementReady – 2020 

Putnam RetirementReady – 2015 

Putnam RetirementReady – 2010 

Putnam RetirementReady – Maturity Fund 

EX-99.CODE ETH

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EX-99.CODE ETH

Exhibit A

THE PUTNAM FUNDS

Code of Ethics

Each of The Putnam Funds (the “Funds”) has determined to adopt this Code of Ethics with respect to certain types of personal securities transactions by officers and Trustees of the Funds which might be deemed to create possible conflicts of interest and to establish reporting requirements and enforcement procedures with respect to such transactions.

I. Rules Applicable to Officers and Trustees Affiliated with Putnam Investments Trust orIts Subsidiaries

A. Incorporation of Adviser’s Code of Ethics. The provisions of the Code of Ethics for employees of Putnam Investments Trust and its subsidiaries (the “Putnam Investments Code of Ethics”), which is attached as Appendix A hereto, are hereby incorporated herein as the Funds’ Code of Ethics applicable to officers and Trustees of the Funds who are employees of the Funds or officers, directors or employees of Putnam Investments Trust or its subsidiaries. A violation of the Putnam Investments’ Code of Ethics shall constitute a violation of the Funds’ Code.

B. Reports. Officers and Trustees of each of the Funds who are made subject to the Putnam Investments’ Code of Ethics pursuant to the preceding paragraph shall file the reports required by the Putnam Investments’ Code of Ethics with the Code of Ethics Officer designated therein. A report filed with the Code of Ethics Officer shall be deemed to be filed with each of the Funds of which the reporting individual is an officer or Trustee.

C. Review and Reporting.

(1) The Code of Ethics Officer shall cause the reported personal securities transactions to be compared with completed and contemplated portfolio transactions of each of the Funds to determine whether a violation of this Code may have occurred. Before making any determination that a violation has been committed by any person, the Code of Ethics Officer shall give such person an opportunity to supply additional explanatory material.

(2) If the Code of Ethics Officer determines that a violation of any provision of this Code has or may have occurred, he shall submit his written determination, together with any additional explanatory material, to the Audit and Compliance Committee of the Funds at its next meeting when Code of Ethics matters are discussed.

D. Sanctions. In addition to reporting violations of this Code to the Audit and Compliance Committee of the Funds as provided in Section I-C(2), the Code of Ethics Officer shall also report to such Committee any sanctions imposed with

Exhibit A

respect to such violations. The Committee reserves the right to impose such additional sanctions as it deems appropriate.

II. Rules Applicable to Unaffiliated Trustees

A. Definitions.

(1) “Beneficial ownership” shall be interpreted in the same manner as it would be in determining whether a person is subject to the provisions of Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules and regulations thereunder.

(2) “Control” means the power to exercise a controlling influence over the management or policies of a company, unless such power is solely the result of an official position with such company.

(3) “Interested Trustee” means a Trustee of a Fund who is an “interested person” of the Fund within the meaning of the Investment Company Act.

(4) “Purchase or sale of a security” includes, among other things, the writing of an option to purchase or sell a security.

(5) “Security” shall have the same meaning as that set forth in Section 2(a)(36) of the Investment Company Act (in effect, all securities) except that it shall not include securities issued by the Government of the United States or an agency thereof, bankers’ acceptances, bank certificates of deposit, commercial paper and high-quality short-term debt investments, including repurchase agreements, and shares of registered open-end investment companies, but shall include any security convertible into or exchangeable for a security.

(6) “Unaffiliated Trustee” means a Trustee who is not made subject to the Putnam Investments Code of Ethics pursuant to Part I hereof.

B. Prohibited Purchases and Sales. No Unaffiliated Trustee of any of the Funds shall purchase or sell, directly or indirectly, any security in which he has, or by reason of such transaction acquires, any direct or indirect beneficial ownership and which to his actual knowledge at the time of such purchase or sale:

(1) is being considered for purchase or sale by the Fund;

(2) is being purchased or sold by the Fund; or

(3) was purchased or sold by the Fund within the most recent five days if such person participated in the recommendation to, or the decision by, Putnam Investment Management to purchase or sell such security for the Fund.

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Exhibit A

C. Exempted Transactions. The prohibitions of Section II-B of this Code shall not apply to:

(1) purchases or sales of securities effected in any account over which the Unaffiliated Trustee has no direct or indirect influence or control;

(2) purchases or sales of securities which are non-volitional on the part of either the Unaffiliated Trustee or the Fund;

(3) purchases of securities which are part of an automatic dividend reinvestment plan;

(4) purchases of securities effected upon the exercise of rights issued by an issuer pro rata to all holders of a class of its securities, to the extent such rights were acquired from such issuer, and sales of such rights so acquired;

(5) purchases or sales of securities other than those exempted in (1) through (4) above which do not cause the Unaffiliated Trustee to gain improperly a personal benefit through his relationship with the Fund and are only remotely potentially harmful to a Fund because they would be very unlikely to affect a highly institutional market, and are previously approved by the Compliance Liaison of the Funds, in consultation with the Code of Ethics Officer, which approval shall be confirmed in writing.

D. Reporting.

(1) Whether or not one of the exemptions listed in Section II-C applies, every Unaffiliated Trustee of a Fund shall file with the Funds’ Compliance Liaison a report containing the information described in Section II-D(2) of this Code with respect to purchases or sales of any security in which such Unaffiliated Trustee has, or by reason of such transaction acquires, any direct or indirect beneficial ownership, if such Trustee, at the time of that transaction, knew or, in the ordinary course of fulfilling his official duties as a Trustee of the Fund, should have known that, during the 15-day period immediately preceding or after the date of the transaction by the Trustee:

(a) such security was or is to be purchased or sold by the Fund or

(b) such security was or is being considered for purchase or sale by the Fund;

provided, however, that an Unaffiliated Trustee shall not be required to make a report with respect to transactions effected for any account over which such person does not have any direct or indirect influence or control.

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Exhibit A

(2) Every report shall be made not later than 10 days after the end of the calendar quarter in which the transaction to which the report relates was effected, and shall contain the following information:

(a) The date of the transaction, the title, the number of shares, the interest rate and maturity date (if applicable) and the principal amount of each security involved;

(b) The nature of the transaction (i.e., purchase, sale or any other type of acquisition or disposition);

(c) The price at which the transaction was effected;

(d) The name of the broker, dealer or bank with or through whom the transaction was effected; and

(e) the date that the report is submitted by each Unaffiliated Trustee.

(3) Every report concerning a purchase or sale prohibited under Section II-B hereof with respect to which the reporting person relies upon one of the exemptions provided in Section II-C shall contain a brief statement of the exemption relied upon and the circumstances of the transaction.

(4) Any such report may contain a statement that the report shall not be construed as an admission by the person making such report that he has any direct or indirect beneficial ownership in the security to which the report relates.

(5) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, an Unaffiliated Trustee who is an “interested person” of the Funds shall file the reports required by Rule 17j-1(d)(1) under the Investment Company Act of 1940 with the Code of Ethics Officer of Putnam Investments. Such reports shall be reviewed by such Officer as provided in Section I-C(1) and any related violations shall be reported by him to the Audit and Compliance Committee as provided in Section I-C(2). The Committee may impose such additional sanctions as it deems appropriate.

E. Review and Reporting.

(1) The Compliance Liaison of the Funds, in consultation with the Code of Ethics Officer of Putnam Investments, shall cause the reported personal securities transactions that he receives pursuant to Section II-D(1) to be compared with completed and contemplated portfolio transactions of the Funds to determine whether any transaction (“Reviewable Transactions”) listed in Section II-B (disregarding exemptions provided by Section II-C(1) through (5)) may have occurred.

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Exhibit A

(2) If the Compliance Liaison determines that a Reviewable Transaction may have occurred, he shall then determine whether a violation of this Code may have occurred, taking into account all the exemptions provided under Section II-C. Before making any determination that a violation has occurred, the Compliance Liaison shall give the person involved an opportunity to supply additional information regarding the transaction in question.

F. Sanctions. If the Compliance Liaison determines that a violation of this Code has occurred, he shall so advise the Funds’ Audit and Compliance Committee, and provide the Committee with a report of the matter, including any additional information supplied by such person. The Committee may impose such sanctions as it deems appropriate.

III. Miscellaneous

A. Amendments to the Putnam Investments’ Code of Ethics. Any amendment to the Putnam Investments’ Code of Ethics shall be deemed an amendment to Section I-A of this Code effective 30 days after written notice of such amendment shall have been received by the Chairman of the Funds, unless the Trustees of the Funds expressly determine that such amendment shall become effective at an earlier or later date or shall not be adopted.

B. Records. The Funds shall maintain records in the manner and to the extent set forth below, which records may be maintained on microfilm under the conditions described in Rule 31a-2(f)(1) under the Investment Company Act and shall be available for examination by representatives of the Securities and Exchange Commission.

(1) A copy of this Code and any other code which is, or at any time within the past five years has been, in effect shall be preserved in an easily accessible place;

(2) A record of any violation of this Code and of any action taken as a result of such violation shall be preserved in an easily accessible place for a period of not less than five years following the end of the fiscal year in which the violation occurs;

(3) A copy of each report made by an officer or Trustee pursuant to this Code shall be preserved for a period of not less than five years from the end of the fiscal year in which it is made, the first two years in an easily accessible place; and

(4) A list of all persons who are, or within the past five years have been, required to make reports pursuant to this Code shall be maintained in an easily accessible place.

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Exhibit A

To the extent any record required to be kept by this section is also required to be kept by Putnam Investments pursuant to the Putnam Investments’ Code of Ethics, Putnam Investments shall maintain such record on behalf of the Funds as well.

C. Confidentiality. All reports of securities transactions and any other information filed with any Fund pursuant to this Code shall be treated as confidential, but are subject to review as provided herein and by personnel of the Securities and Exchange Commission.

D. Interpretation of Provisions. The Trustees may from time to time adopt such interpretations of this Code as they deem appropriate.

E. Delegation by Chairman. The Chairman of the Funds may from time to time delegate any or all of his responsibilities under this Code, either generally or as to specific instances, to such officer or Trustee of the Funds as he may designate.

As revised
[July 13, 2007]

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EX-99.CODE ETH

working@PUTNAM MAY  2008 

Putnam’s
Code of Ethics

Graphic Omitted: Portrait of Justice Samuel Putnam

Dear Putnam Employee,

Putnam’s Code of Ethics is an essential component of the “fiduciary mindset” and of our commitment to the maintenance of the highest professional standards. Taking care of other people’s money is a serious responsibility, and we need to ensure that our clients’ interests come first. Firms with a strong fiduciary culture are attractive to clients who are looking for superior money management, and Putnam’s Code is designed to ensure that Putnam preserves that trust.

The rules reflected in the Code are good business practices and were not created simply to meet regulatory standards. If, from time to time, the rules seem burdensome, I ask you to put yourself in the place of our shareholders and clients, who have entrusted us to manage their assets so that they may pursue the goals of saving for retirement or funding their children’s education.

If you have any questions or concerns at any time, however, I encourage you to contact one of the members of our Code of Ethics staff in the Legal and Compliance Department.

Graphic Omitted: Signature of Ed Haldeman

Ed Haldeman
President and Chief Executive Officer

Table of Contents
Code of Ethics Overview	1
Putnam’s Code of Ethics	4
Definitions	5
Section I — Personal Securities Rules for All Employees	8
A. Pre-clearance	8
Rule 1: Pre-clearance Requirements	8
Rule 2: Personal Trading Assistant (PTA) System and Restricted List	8
Rule 3: Marsh & McLennan (MMC) securities	11
B. Prohibited Transactions	12
Rule 1: Short-Selling Prohibition	12
Rule 2: Initial Public Offerings Prohibition	12
Rule 3: Private Placement Pre-approval Requirements	13
Rule 4: Trading with Material Non-public Information	13
Rule 5: No Personal Trading with Client Portfolios	13
Rule 6: Holding Putnam Mutual Fund Shares	14
Rule 7: Putnam Mutual Fund Employee Restrictions	15
Rule 8: Special Orders	16
Rule 9: Excessive Trading	16
Rule 10: Spread Betting	17
C. Discouraged Transaction	17
Rule 1: Naked Options	17
D. Exempted Transactions	17
Rule 1: Involuntary Transactions	17
Rule 2: Special Exemptions	18
Section II — Additional Special Rules for Personal Securities Transactions	19
A. Access Persons and Certain Investment Professionals	19
Rule 1: 90-Day Short-Term Rule	19
B. Certain Investment Professionals	19
Rule 2: 7-Day Rule	19
Rule 3: Blackout Rule	20
Rule 4: Contra-Trading Rule	21
Rule 5: No Personal Benefit	21
Section III — General Rules for All Employees	23
Rule 1: Compliance with All Laws, Regulations, and Policies	23
Rule 2: Conflicts of Interest	23
Rule 3: Gifts and Entertainment Policy	23
Rule 4: Anti-bribery/Kickback Policy	25
Rule 5: Political Activities, Contributions, Solicitations, and Lobbying Policy	26
Rule 6: Confidentiality of Putnam Business Information	27
Rule 7: Positions Outside Putnam	27
Rule 8: Role as Trustee or Fiduciary Outside of Putnam Investments	28
Rule 9: Investment Clubs	28
Rule 10: Business Negotiations for Putnam Investments	28
Rule 11: Accurate Records	29
Rule 12: Family Members’ Conflict Policy	29
Rule 13: Affiliated Entities	29

Rule 14: Computer Systems and Network Use Policy	30
Rule 15: CFA Institute Code of Ethics and Standards of Professional Conduct	31
Rule 16: Privacy Policy	31
Rule 17: Anti- money Laundering Policy	32
Rule 18: Record Retention	32
Section IV — Reporting Requirements	33
Reporting of Personal Securities Transactions	33
Rule 1: Broker Confirmations and Statements	33
Rule 2: Access Person — Quarterly Transaction Report	34
Rule 3: Access Person — Initial/Annual Holdings Report	34
Rule 4: Certifications	34
Rule 5: Positions Outside Putnam	34
Rule 6: Business Ethics	34
Rule 7: Ombudsman	35
Section V — Education Requirements	36
Rule 1: Distribution of Code	36
Rule 2: Annual Training Requirement	36
Section VI — Compliance and Appeal Procedures	37
Section VII — Sanctions	39
Appendix A — Insider Trading Prohibitions Policy Statement	40
Appendix A — Definitions: Insider Trading	41
Appendix A — Section I: Rules Concerning Inside Information	42
Rule 1: Inside Information	42
Rule 2: Material Non-public Information	42
Rule 3: Reporting of Material Non-public Information	42
Appendix A — Section II: Overview of Insider Trading	44
Appendix B — Policy Statement Regarding Employee Trades in Shares of Putnam Closed-End
Funds	48
Appendix C — Contra- Trading Rule Clearance Form	49
Appendix D — CFA Institute Code of Ethics and Standards of Professional Conduct	50
Appendix E — Inducement Policy for Putnam Investments Limited (PIL) Employees	54

Code of Ethics Overview

This overview of Putnam’s Code of Ethics is not intended to substitute for a careful reading of the complete document. As a condition of continued employment, every Putnam employee is required to read, understand, and comply with all of the provisions of the Code of Ethics. Additionally, employees are expected to comply with the policies and procedures contained within the Putnam Employee Handbook, which is available online via Putnam’s intranet home page at http://intranet .

It is the personal responsibility of every Putnam employee to avoid any conduct that could create a conflict, or even the appearance of a conflict, with our fund shareholders or other clients, or do anything that could damage or erode the trust our clients place in Putnam and its employees. This is the spirit of the Code of Ethics. In accepting employment at Putnam, every employee accepts the absolute obligation to comply with the letter and the spirit of the Code of Ethics. Failure to comply with the spirit of the Code of Ethics is just as much a violation of the Code as failure to comply with the written rules of the Code.

The rules of the Code cover activities, including personal securities transactions, of Putnam employees, certain family members of employees, and entities (such as corporations, trusts, or partnerships) that employees may be deemed to control or influence.

Sanctions will be imposed for violations of the Code of Ethics. Sanctions may include monetary fines, bans on personal trading, reductions in salary increases or bonuses, disgorgement of trading profits, suspension of employment, and termination of employment. The proceeds resulting from monetary sanctions will be given to a charity chosen by the Code of Ethics Officer.

Insider trading

Putnam employees are forbidden to buy or sell any security while either Putnam or the employee is in possession of material non-public information (inside information) concerning the security or the issuer. A violation of Putnam’s insider trading policies may result in criminal and civil penalties, including imprisonment, disgorgement of profits, and substantial fines. An employee aware of or in possession of inside information must report it immediately to the Code of Ethics Officer. (See Appendix A: Insider Trading Prohibitions Policy Statement.)

Conflicts of interest

The Code of Ethics imposes limits on activities of Putnam employees where the activity may conflict with the interests of Putnam or its clients. These include limits on the receipt and solicitation of gifts and on service as a fiduciary for a person or entity outside of Putnam. For example, Putnam employees generally may not accept gifts over $100 in total value in a calendar year from any entity, or any supplier of goods or services to Putnam. In addition, a Putnam employee may not serve as a director of any corporation or other entity without prior approval of the Code of Ethics Officer.

Confidentiality

Information about Putnam clients and Putnam investment activity and research is proprietary and confidential and may not be disclosed or used by any Putnam employee outside Putnam without a valid business purpose.

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Putnam mutual funds

All employees and certain family members are subject to a minimum 90-day holding period for shares in Putnam’s open-end mutual funds. This restriction does not apply to Putnam’s Stable Value or money market funds. Except in limited circumstances, all employees must hold Putnam open-end fund shares in accounts at Putnam.

Portfolio managers and others with access to investment information (“Access Persons”) are subject to a minimum one-year holding period for holding Putnam open-end fund shares.

Personal securities trading

Putnam employees may not buy or sell any security for their own account without clearing the proposed transaction in advance. Clearance is facilitated through the Personal Trading Assistant (PTA), the online pre-clearance system for equity securities, and directly with the Code of Ethics Administrator for fixed-income securities and transactions in Putnam closed-end funds. Certain securities are exempted from this pre-clearance requirement (e.g., shares of open-end (not closed-end) mutual funds).

Putnam employees may not buy any securities in an initial public offering or in a private placement, except in limited circumstances when prior written authorization is obtained.

Clearance must be obtained in advance, between 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time (ET) on the day of the trade. A clearance is valid only for the day it is obtained. Putnam employees are strongly discouraged from engaging in excessive trading for their personal accounts. Employees are prohibited from making more than 10 trades in individual securities each calendar quarter.

Short selling

Putnam employees are prohibited from short selling any security, whether or not it is held in a Putnam client portfolio, although short selling against broad market indexes and “against the box” is permitted. Note, however, that short selling “against the box” or otherwise hedging an investment in shares of Power Corporation of Canada, Power Financial Corporation, and Great-West Lifeco Inc. stock is prohibited.

Confirmations of trading and periodic account statements

All Putnam employees must have their brokers send copies of confirmations and statements of personal securities transactions to the Code of Ethics Administrator. This also applies to members of the immediate family who share the same household as the employee or for whom the employee has investment discretion. Employees must contact the Code of Ethics Administrator to (a) obtain an authorization [407] letter, (b) provide instructions to the broker in establishing a personal brokerage account, and (c) enter a broker account profile into PTA.

Quarterly and annual reporting

Employees will be notified if the following requirements apply. Upon commencement of employment and thereafter on an annual basis, Access Persons must disclose in the PTA system all personal securities holdings (even those to which pre-clearance may not apply). On a quarterly basis, Access Persons must disclose all their securities transactions in Personal Trading Assistant (PTA) within 15 days after the end of the quarter.

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Personal securities transactions by Access Persons and certain investment professionals

The Code imposes several special restrictions on personal securities transactions by Access Persons and certain investment professionals, which are summarized as follows. (Refer to Section II for details):

• 90-Day Short-Term Rule. No Access Person shall purchase and then sell at a profit, or sell and then repurchase at a lower price, any security or related derivative security, for example, options, within 90 calendar days.

• 7-Day Rule. Before a portfolio manager places an order to buy a security for any portfolio he manages, he must sell from his personal account any such security or related derivative security purchased within the preceding seven calendar days, and disgorge any profit from the sale.

• Blackout Rule. No portfolio manager may sell any security or related derivative security for her personal account until seven calendar days after the most recent purchase of that security or related derivative security for any portfolio she manages. No portfolio manager may buy any security or related derivative security for her personal account until seven calendar days after the most recent sale of that security or related derivative security by any portfolio she manages.

Analysts are also subject to the 7-Day and Blackout rules in connection with a recommendation to buy/outperform or sell/underperform a security.

• Contra-Trading Rule. No portfolio manager may sell out of her personal account any security or related derivative security that is held in any portfolio she manages unless she has received the written approval of an appropriate CIO and the Code of Ethics Officer.

• No portfolio manager may cause a Putnam client to take action for the manager’s personal benefit.

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Putnam’s Code of Ethics

Putnam Investments is required by law to adopt a Code of Ethics. The purposes of the law are to ensure that companies and their employees comply with all applicable laws and to prevent abuses in the investment advisory business that can arise when conflicts of interest exist between the employees of an investment advisor and its clients. By adopting and enforcing a Code of Ethics, we strengthen the trust and confidence reposed in us by demonstrating that at Putnam, client interests come first.

The Code that follows represents a balancing of important interests. On the one hand, as a registered investment advisor, Putnam owes a duty of undivided loyalty to its clients, and must avoid even the appearance of a conflict that might be perceived as abusing the trust they have placed in Putnam. On the other hand, Putnam does not want to prevent conscientious professionals from investing for their own account where conflicts do not exist or that are immaterial to investment decisions affecting Putnam clients.

When conflicting interests cannot be reconciled, the Code makes clear that, first and foremost, Putnam employees owe a fiduciary duty to Putnam clients. In most cases, this means that the affected employee will be required to forego conflicting personal securities transactions. In some cases, personal investments will be permitted, but only in a manner, which, because of the circumstances and applicable controls, cannot reasonably be perceived as adversely affecting Putnam client portfolios or taking unfair advantage of the relationship Putnam employees have to Putnam clients.

The Code contains specific rules prohibiting defined types of conflicts. Because every potential conflict cannot be anticipated, the Code also contains general provisions prohibiting conflict situations. In view of these general provisions, it is critical that any individual who is in doubt about the applicability of the Code in a given situation seeks a determination from the Code of Ethics Officer about the propriety of the conduct in advance. The procedures for obtaining such a determination are described in Section VI of the Code.

It is critical that the Code be strictly observed. Not only will adherence to the Code ensure that Putnam renders the best possible service to its clients, it will help to ensure that no individual is liable for violations of law.

It should be emphasized that adherence to this policy is a fundamental condition of employment at Putnam. Every employee is expected to adhere to the requirements of this Code of Ethics despite any inconvenience that may be involved. Any employee failing to do so may be subject to disciplinary action, including financial penalties and termination of employment, as determined by the Code of Ethics Officer, the Code of Ethics Oversight Committee, or the Chief Executive Officer of Putnam Investments.

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Definitions

The words below are defined specifically for the purpose of Putnam’s Code of Ethics.

Access Persons

Each employee will be informed if he or she is considered an Access Person. The Code of Ethics Officer maintains a list of all Access Persons, categorized as follows:

• All employees of Putnam’s Investment Management Division

• Employees of the Operations and Administration Division within the following specific groups and departments:

o Fund Administration Group

o Global Operations Strategy Group

o Fund Accounting Oversight Group

o Custody Oversight Group

o Alternative Investments Department (in the Global Client Operations & Services Group)

• All employees in the Market Data Services Group

• Senior Managing Directors and Managing Directors in:

o Mutual Fund Shareholder Services Group

o Fund Accounting Oversight & Control Group

o Global Client Operations, Services & Custody Group

o Global Distribution and Marketing Division

o Corporate Development & Global Distribution Services Division

• All members of Putnam’s Executive Board

• All directors and employees of Putnam Investments Limited (PIL) and those based in Europe

• All directors and officers of a registered investment advisor affiliate, e.g., Putnam Investment Management, LLC (PIM), or The Putnam Advisory Company, LLC (PAC)

• All employees who have access to My Putnam (unless access is limited to the Wall Street Journal via Factiva )

• Employees who have systems access to non-public information about any client’s purchase or sale of securities or to information regarding recommendations with respect to such purchases or sales

• Employees who have access to non-public information regarding the portfolio holdings of any Putnam-advised or sub-advised mutual fund

• Others as defined by the Legal and Compliance Department

Closed-end fund A fund with a fixed number of shares outstanding, and that does not redeem shares the way a typical mutual fund does. Closed-end funds typically trade like stocks on exchange.

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Code of Ethics Administrator The individual designated by the Code of Ethics Officer to assume responsibility for day-to-day, nondiscretionary administration of this Code. The current Code of Ethics Administrator is Laura Rose, who can be reached at extension 11104.

Code of Ethics Officer The Putnam officer who has been assigned the responsibility of enforcing and interpreting this Code. The Code of Ethics Officer shall be the Chief Compliance Officer or such other person as is designated by the Chief Executive Officer of Putnam Investments. If the Code of Ethics Officer is unavailable, the Deputy Code of Ethics Officer shall act in his stead. The Code of Ethics Officer is Bob Leveille. The Deputy Code of Ethics Officer is Kathleen Griffin.

Code of Ethics Oversight Committee Has oversight responsibility for administering the Code of Ethics. Members include the Code of Ethics Officer and other members of Putnam’s senior management approved by the Chief Executive Officer of Putnam.

Discretionary Account An account for which the holder gives his/her broker or investment advisor (but not an immediate family member) complete authority to make management decisions to buy and sell securities (also called controlled account or managed account).

Exchange-Traded Fund (ETF) A fund that tracks an index, but can be traded like a stock. ETFs always bundle together the securities that are in an index. Examples include (but are not limited to): SPDRs, WEBs, QQQQs, iShares, and HLDRs.

NOTE:

Excluded from pre-clearance but not from reporting requirements are: exchange-traded index funds (ETFs) containing a portfolio of securities of 25 or more issuers (e.g., SPDRs, WEBs, QQQQs, iShares, and HLDRs), and any option on a broad-based market index or an exchange-traded futures contract or option. Country funds, as well as other funds that are not tied to an index, are considered closed-end funds and are subject to pre-clearance and reporting requirements. (See Section I.A, Rule 1: Pre-clearance Requirements for more information.)

Immediate family Spouse, domestic partner, minor children, or other relatives living in the same household as the Putnam employee. All pre-clearance and reporting rules apply to “immediate family members.”

Narrow-based derivative A future, swap, put or call option, or similar derivative instrument whose return is determined by reference to fewer than 25 underlying issuers. Single stock futures and ETFs based on less than 25 issuers are included.

Personal Trading Assistant (PTA) The Personal Trading Assistant (PTA) is an Internet application designed for employees to manage personal trading activities, such as pre-clearance, reporting, and certifications, in accordance with regulatory requirements and Putnam’s Code of Ethics.

Policy statements The Insider Trading Prohibitions Policy Statement is attached to the Code as Appendix A and the Policy Statement Regarding Employee Trades in Shares of Putnam Closed-End Funds is attached to the Code as Appendix B.

Private placement Any offering of a security not offered to the public and not requiring registration with the relevant securities authorities.

Purchase or sale of a security Any acquisition or transfer of any interest in the security for direct or indirect consideration; this includes the writing of an option. This definition includes any transfer of a security by an employee as a gift to an individual or a charity.

Putnam Any or all of Putnam Investments, LLC and its subsidiaries, any one of which shall be a Putnam company.

Putnam client Any of the Putnam mutual funds, or any advisor, trust, or other client for whom Putnam manages money.

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Putnam employee (or employee) Any employee of Putnam.

Restricted list The list established in accordance with Rule 1 of Section I.A.

Security The following instruments are defined as “securities” and require pre-clearance:

• Any type or class of equity or debt security, e.g., corporate or municipal bonds

• Any rights relating to a security, such as warrants and convertible securities

• Closed-end funds

• Any narrow-based derivative, e.g., a put or call option on a single security

Pre-clearance and reporting is not required (unless otherwise noted) for:

• Open-end mutual funds

• Currencies, Treasuries (T-bills), and direct and indirect obligations of the U.S. government and its agencies

• Direct and indirect obligations of any member country in the Organization for Economic CoOperation and Development (OECD), commercial paper, certificates of deposit (CDs), repurchase agreements, bankers’ acceptances, and other money market instruments

Short selling The sale of a security that the investor does not own in order to take advantage of an anticipated decline in the price of the security. In order to sell short, the investor must borrow the security from his broker in order to make delivery to the buyer.

Short selling against the box A short sale where the investor owns the security, but does not want to use the shares for delivery, so he borrows them from the brokerage firm.

Transaction for a personal account Securities transactions: (a) for the personal account of any employee; (b) for the account of a member of the immediate family of any employee; (c) for the account of a partnership in which a Putnam employee or immediate family member is a general partner or a partner with investment discretion; (d) for the account of a trust in which a Putnam employee or immediate family member is a trustee with investment discretion; (e) for the account of a closely held corporation in which a Putnam employee or immediate family member holds shares and for which he has investment discretion; and (f ) for any account other than a Putnam client account, which receives investment advice of any sort from the employee or immediate family member, or as to which the employee or immediate family member has investment discretion.

Rule of construction regarding time periods Unless the context indicates otherwise, time periods used in the Code of Ethics shall be measured inclusively, i.e., beginning on the date from which the measurement is made.

EXCEPTIONS

Unless the context indicates otherwise, there will be no exceptions to the rules.

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Section I — Personal Securities Rules for All Employees

A. Pre-clearance

Rule 1: Pre-clearance Requirements

Pre-clearance is required for the following securities:

• Any type or class of equity or debt security, including corporate and municipal bonds

• Stock of Power Corporation of Canada, Power Financial Corporation, and Great-West Lifeco Inc.

• Any rights relating to a security, such as warrants and convertible securities

• Closed-end funds – including Putnam closed-end funds. Country funds, as well as other funds that are not tied to an index, are considered closed-end funds and are subject to pre-clearance and reporting requirements, e.g., India Fund (IFN), Morgan Stanley Asia Pacific Fund (APF), and Central Europe and Russia Fund (CEE). Certain closed-end funds that sometimes are referred to as closed-end ETFs, such as Western Asset Emerging (ESD) or Eaton Vance Muni Trust (EVN), are also subject to pre-clearance and reporting requirements.

• Any narrow-based derivative, e.g., a put or call option on a single security

• Any security donated as a gift to an individual or a charity

• Marsh & McLennan (MMC) securities

Pre-clearance is not required for:

• Open-end mutual funds

• Currencies, Treasuries (T-bills), and direct and indirect obligations of the U.S. government and its agencies

• Direct and indirect obligations of any member of the country of the Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD), commercial paper, certificates of deposit (CDs), repurchase agreements, bankers’ acceptances, and other money market instruments

• Application for a loan and/or withdrawals of MMC stock from your 401(k)/Profit Sharing Plan

The following are excluded from pre-clearance but not from reporting requirements:

Exchange-traded funds (ETFs) containing a portfolio of securities of 25 or more issuers (e.g., SPDRs, WEBs, QQQQs, iShares, and HLDRs), and any option on a broad-based market index or an exchange-traded futures contract or option thereon.

Rule 2: Personal Trading Assistant (PTA) System and Restricted List

No Putnam employee shall purchase or sell for his personal account any security requiring pre-clearance under Rule 1 without prior clearance obtained through procedures set forth by the Code of Ethics Officer. Equity securities are pre-cleared through the PTA pre-clearance system (on Putnam’s intranet home page at http://intranet ). Fixed-income securities must be pre-cleared by calling the Code of Ethics Administrator. There are special rules for trading in Putnam closed-end funds. (See Appendix B.) Subject to the limited exceptions below, no clearance will be granted for securities appearing on the Restricted List. Securities will be placed on the Restricted List in the following circumstances:

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(a) When orders to purchase or sell such security have been entered for any Putnam client or the security is being actively considered for purchase for any Putnam client, unless the security is a non-convertible investment-grade (rated at least BBB by S&P or Baa by Moody’s) fixed-income investment;

(b) When such a security is a voting security of a corporation in the banking, savings and loan, insurance, communications, public utilities, or gaming (i.e., casinos) industries, if holdings of Putnam clients in that corporation exceed 7%;

(c) When, in the judgment of the Code of Ethics Officer, other circumstances warrant restricting personal transactions of Putnam employees in a particular security; and

(d) When required under the Policy Statement Concerning Insider Trading Prohibitions. (See Appendix A.)

IMPLEMENTATION

An employee wishing to trade any equity securities for his personal account shall first obtain clearance through the Personal Trading Assistant (PTA) system. The system may be accessed online via Putnam’s intranet home page at http://intranet . Employees may pre-clear securities between 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. ET. Requests to make personal securities transactions may not be made using the system or presented to the Code of Ethics Administrator before 9:00 a.m. or after 4:00 p.m. ET.

Pre-clearance must be made by calling the Code of Ethics Administrator for a fixed-income investment (municipal and corporate bonds, including non-convertible investment-grade bonds rated BBB by S&P or Baa by Moody’s).

The PTA system will inform the employee whether the security may be traded and whether trading in the security is only eligible up to the limits under the “Large-/Mid-Cap Exemption.” The response of the pre-clearance system as to whether a security appears on the Restricted List and, if so, whether it is eligible for the exceptions set forth after this Rule shall be final, unless the employee appeals to the Code of Ethics Officer, using the procedure described in Section VI, regarding the request to trade a particular security.

A clearance is only valid for trading on the day it is obtained. Trades in any security by employees in Asian or European offices of Putnam or trades by any employee in securities listed on Asian or European stock exchanges, however, may be executed within one business day after pre-clearance is obtained.

If a security is not on the Restricted List, other classes of securities of the same issuer (e.g., preferred or convertible preferred stock) may be on the Restricted List. It is the employee’s responsibility to identify with particularity the class of securities for which permission is being sought for a personal investment.

If the PTA system does not recognize a security, or if an employee is unable to use the system or has any questions with respect to the system or pre-clearance, the employee may consult the Code of Ethics Administrator. The Code of Ethics Administrator shall not have authority to answer any questions about a security other than whether trading is permitted. The response of the Code of Ethics Administrator as to whether a security appears on the Restricted List and, if so, whether it is eligible for any applicable exceptions set forth after this Rule shall be final, unless the employee appeals to the Code of Ethics Officer, using the procedure described in Section VI, regarding the request to trade a particular security.

EXCEPTIONS

A. Large-/Mid-Cap Exemption. If a security appearing on the Restricted List is an equity security for which the issuer has a market capitalization (defined as outstanding shares multiplied by current price per share) of over $2 billion, then upon clearance approval, the Putnam employee may not trade more than 1,000 shares of the security for the day.

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B. Pre-clearing Transactions Effected by Share Subscription. Trades of securities made by subscription rather than on an exchange are limited to issuers having a market capitalization of $2 billion or more and are subject to the 1,000 share limit. The following are procedures to comply with Rules 1 and 2 when effecting a purchase or sale of shares by subscription:

• The Putnam employee must pre-clear the trade on the day he or she submits a subscription to the issuer rather than on the actual day of the trade since the actual day of the trade typically will not be known to the employee who submits the subscription. The employee must contact the Code of Ethics Administrator at the time of pre-clearance and will be told whether the purchase is permitted (in the case of a corporation having a market capitalization of $2 billion or more) or not permitted (in the case of a smaller capitalization issuer).

• The subscription for any purchase or sale of shares must be reported on the Access Person’s quarterly personal securities transaction report, noting the trade was accomplished by subscription.

• Because no brokers are involved in the transaction, the confirmation requirement will be waived for these transactions, although the Putnam employee must provide the Legal and Compliance Department with any transaction summaries or statements sent by the issuer.

C. Trades in Approved Discretionary Brokerage Accounts. A transaction does not need to be pre-cleared if it takes place in an account that the Code of Ethics Officer has approved in writing as exempt from the pre-clearance requirement prior to establishing the account. In the sole discretion of the Code of Ethics Officer, accounts that will be considered for exclusion from the pre-clearance requirement are only those for which an employee’s securities broker or investment advisor has complete discretion (a discretionary account).

Employees wishing to seek such an exemption must send a written request to the Code of Ethics Administrator and meet the following conditions: (i) the employee certifies annually in writing that the employee has no influence over the transactions in the discretionary account and is not aware of the transactions in the discretionary account prior to their execution; (ii) the broker or investment advisor certifies annually in writing that the employee has no influence over the transactions in the discretionary account and is not aware of the transactions in the discretionary account prior to their execution; and (iii) each calendar quarter, the broker or investment advisor sends Putnam’s Code of Ethics Administrator copies of each quarterly statement for the discretionary account.

COMMENTS

• Pre-clearance. Subpart (a) of Rule 2 is designed to avoid the conflict of interest that might occur when an employee trades for his personal account a security that currently is being traded or is likely to be traded for a Putnam client. Such conflicts arise, for example, when the trades of an employee might have an impact on the price or availability of a particular security, or when the trades of the client might have an impact on price to the benefit of the employee. Thus, exceptions involve situations where the trade of a Putnam employee is unlikely to have an impact on the market.

• Regulatory Limits. Owing to a variety of federal statutes and regulations in the banking, savings and loan, insurance, communications, public utilities, and gaming industries, it is critical that accounts of Putnam clients do not hold more than 7% of the voting securities of any issuer in those industries. Subpart (b) of this rule limits employees’ personal trades to sales of shares in these areas because of the risk that the personal holdings of Putnam employees may be aggregated with Putnam holdings. Putnam’s so-called 7% rule will allow the regulatory limits to be observed.

• Options. For the purposes of this Code, options are treated like the underlying security. Thus, an employee may not purchase, sell, or “write” option contracts for a security that is on the

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Restricted List. The automatic exercise or assignment of an options contract (the purchase or writing of which was previously pre-cleared) does not have to be pre-cleared. Note, however, that the purchase or sale of securities obtained through the exercise of options must be pre-cleared.

• Involuntary Transactions. Involuntary personal securities transactions are exempted from the Code. Special attention should be paid to this exemption. (See Section I.D.)

• Tender Offers. This Rule does not prohibit an employee from tendering securities from his personal account in response to any and all tender offers, even if Putnam clients are also tendering securities. If tendering a security in response to a “partial tender offer,” an employee must pre-clear the trade on the day she submits instructions to her broker, and she will be prohibited from trading if Putnam clients are also tendering the same security.

• Gifts of Securities. Pre-clearance is required for securities donated as a gift to a charitable organization or to an individual. Employees are required to provide a gift transfer certificate of the transaction (if produced) to the Code of Ethics Administrator along with an account statement reflecting the gift transaction. Employees who receive a security gift must report the gift to the Code of Ethics Administrator who will make the necessary adjustments in PTA. Access Persons must enter the gift as a security holding in PTA and report in their Annual Holdings Report.

Rule 3: Marsh & McLennan (MMC) securities

All employees trading MMC securities must pre-clear the trades in the PTA system. MMC securities include stock, options, and any other securities such as debt. Sales out of the MMC Employee Stock Purchase Plan and transactions in all Putnam and MMC employee benefit and bonus plans, i.e., rebalancing or exchanging out of the 401(k)/Profit Sharing/Bonus Plan, are included in this requirement.

Pre-clearance of MMC is required when, for example, you:

• Sell MMC out of the Stock Purchase Plan

• Exchange MMC shares out of your 401(k)/Profit Sharing/Bonus Plan

• Rebalance your Putnam fund choices, which results in a sale of MMC from your 401(k)/Profit Sharing/Bonus Plan

• Trade in MMC securities in other accounts held outside Putnam Investments

Pre-clearance is not required when you apply for a loan and/or make withdrawals of the stock from your 401(k)/Profit Sharing Plan.

COMMENTS

All transactions of MMC require pre-clearance in PTA before you contact Citi Smith Barney to sell shares out of your Stock Purchase Plan. Also, if MMC is one of your choices in the 401(k)/Profit Sharing Plan, all exchanges must be cleared. Even though clearance is not required for Putnam mutual funds, if you do not wish to include MMC shares when rebalancing any of your fund choices, which will result in an automatic exchange of your MMC shares, you must remember to exclude MMC shares prior to submitting your changes. If you are investing online, check the box to exclude MMC; or if you are investing by telephone with a Putnam representative, ask to exclude MMC before rebalancing the funds.

Additional MMC-related policies:

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• Transactions in MMC securities that are held in Putnam’s internal plans are not subject to the 90-Day Short-Term Rule (applicable to Access Persons only) or to the holding periods that apply to Putnam mutual funds.

B. Prohibited Transactions

Rule 1: Short-Selling Prohibition

Putnam employees are prohibited from short selling any security in their own account, whether or not the security is held in a Putnam client portfolio. Employees are prohibited from hedging investments made in securities of Power Corporation of Canada, Power Financial Corporation, and Great-West Lifeco Inc.

EXCEPTION

Short selling against broad market indexes (such as the Dow Jones Industrial Average, the NASDAQ Index, and the S&P 100 and 500 indexes) and short selling against the box are permitted (except that short selling shares of Power Corporation of Canada, Power Financial Corporation, and Great-West Lifeco Inc. against the box is not permitted).

Rule 2: Initial Public Offerings Prohibition

No Putnam employee shall purchase any security for her personal account in an initial public offering. Employees are also restricted from participating in Initial Public Offerings via a Discretionary Account.

EXCEPTION

Pre-existing Status Exception. A Putnam employee shall not be barred by this Rule or by Rule 2(a) of Section I.A. from purchasing securities for her personal account in connection with an initial public offering of securities by a bank or insurance company when the employee’s status as a policyholder or depositor entitles her to purchase securities on terms more favorable than those available to the general public, in connection with the bank’s conversion from mutual or cooperative form to stock form, or the insurance company’s conversion from mutual to stock form, provided that the employee has had the status entitling her to purchase on favorable terms for at least two years. This exception is only available with respect to the value of bank deposits or insurance policies that an employee owns before the announcement of the initial public offering. This exception does not apply, however, if the security app ears on the Restricted List in the circumstances set forth in subparts (b), (c), or (d) of Section I.A., Rule 2.

COMMENTS

• The purpose of this Rule is twofold. First, it is designed to prevent a conflict of interest between Putnam employees and Putnam clients who might be in competition for the same securities in a limited public offering. Second, the Rule is designed to prevent Putnam employees from being subject to undue influence as a result of receiving favors in the form of special allocations of securities in a public offering from broker-dealers who seek to do business with Putnam.

• Purchases of securities in the immediate after-market of an initial public offering are not prohibited, provided they do not constitute violations of other provisions of the Code of Ethics. For example, participation in the immediate after-market as a result of a special allocation from an underwriting group would be prohibited by Section III, Rule 3, concerning gifts and other favors.

• Public offerings subsequent to initial public offerings are not deemed to create the same potential for competition between Putnam employees and Putnam clients because of the pre-existence of a market for the securities.

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Rule 3: Private Placement Pre-approval Requirements

No Putnam employee shall purchase any security for his personal account in a limited private offering or private placement without prior approval of the Code of Ethics Officer. Privately placed limited partnerships and funds such as private equity or hedge funds are specifically included in this Rule.

COMMENTS

• The purpose of this Rule is to prevent a Putnam employee from investing in securities for his own account pursuant to a limited private offering that could compete with or disadvantage Putnam clients, and to eliminate any incentives Putnam employees might have to favor those who can affect access to limited offerings.

• Exemptions to the prohibition will generally not be granted where the proposed investment relates directly or indirectly to investments by a Putnam client, or where individuals involved in the offering (including the issuers, broker, underwriter, placement agent, promoter, fellow investors, and affiliates of the foregoing) have any prior or existing business relationship with Putnam or a Putnam employee, or where the Putnam employee believes that such individuals may expect to have a future business relationship with Putnam or a Putnam employee.

• An exemption may be granted, subject to reviewing all the facts and circumstances, for investments in:

(a) Pooled investment funds, including hedge funds, subject to the condition that an employee investing in a pooled investment fund would have no involvement in the activities or decision-making process of the fund except for financial reports made in the ordinary course of the fund’s business, and subject to the condition that the hedge fund does not invest significantly in registered investment companies.

(b) Private placements where the investment cannot relate, or be expected to relate, directly or indirectly to Putnam or investments by a Putnam client.

• Employees who apply for an exemption will be expected to disclose to the Code of Ethics Officer in writing all facts and relationships relating to the proposed investment.

• Applications to invest in private placements will be reviewed by the Code of Ethics Oversight Committee. This review will take into account, among other factors, the considerations described in the preceding comments.

Rule 4: Trading with Material Non-public Information

No Putnam employee shall purchase or sell any security for her personal account or for any Putnam client account while in possession of material non-public information concerning the security or the issuer. Please read Appendix A, Policy Statement Concerning Insider Trading Prohibitions.

Rule 5: No Personal Trading with Client Portfolios

No Putnam employee shall purchase from or sell to a Putnam client any securities or other property for his personal account, nor engage in any personal transaction to which a Putnam client is known to be a party, or in which the transaction may have a significant relationship to any action taken by a Putnam client.

IMPLEMENTATION

It is the responsibility of every Putnam employee to make inquiry prior to any personal transaction in order to satisfy himself that the requirements of this Rule have been met.

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COMMENT

This Rule is required by federal law. It does not prohibit a Putnam employee from purchasing any shares of an open-end Putnam fund. The policy with respect to employee trading in Putnam closed-end funds is attached as Appendix B.

Rule 6: Holding Putnam Mutual Fund Shares

Putnam employees may not hold shares of Putnam open-end U.S. mutual funds other than through accounts maintained at Putnam. Employees placing purchase orders in shares of Putnam open-end funds must place such orders through Putnam and not through an outside broker or other intermediary. Employees redeeming or exchanging shares of Putnam open-end funds must place those orders through Putnam and not through an outside broker or other intermediary. For transfer instructions, contact a Putnam Preferred Client Services (PCS) representative at 1-800-634-1590.

REMINDER

For purposes of this Rule, “employee” includes:

• Members of the immediate family of a Putnam employee who share the same household as the employee or for whom the Putnam employee has investment discretion (family member);

• Any trust in which a Putnam employee or family member is a trustee with investment discretion and in which such Putnam employee or any family members are collectively beneficiaries;

• Any closely held entity (such as a partnership, limited liability company, or corporation) in which a Putnam employee and his or her family members hold a controlling interest and with respect to which they have investment discretion; and

• Any account (including any retirement, pension, deferred compensation, or similar account) in which a Putnam employee or family member has a substantial economic interest and over which the Putnam employee or family member exercises investment discretion.

COMMENTS

These requirements also apply to:

• Self-directed IRA accounts holding Putnam fund shares;

• Variable annuities and variable insurance contracts, such as Putnam/Hartford Manager, that invest in Putnam Variable Trusts. Employees must designate Putnam Retail Management as the broker of record for all such accounts.

NOTE:

Employees are required to seek permission from the Code of Ethics Officer to hold Putnam funds in variable trusts outside of Putnam.

EXCEPTION

Retirement, pension, deferred compensation, and similar accounts that cannot be legally transferred to Putnam are not subject to the requirement. For example, a spouse of a Putnam employee may have a 401(k)/Profit Sharing Plan with her employer that invests in Putnam funds. Employees may also hold Putnam money market funds at Mercer Securities. Any employee who continues to hold shares in open-end Putnam funds outside of Putnam must notify the Code of Ethics Officer in writing of the account information, provide the reason why the account cannot be transferred to Putnam, and arrange for a quarterly statement of transactions in such account to be sent to the Code of Ethics Administrator.

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Rule 7: Putnam Mutual Fund Employee Restrictions

(a) Employees (defined in Rule 6) may not, within a 90-calendar day period, make a purchase followed by a sale or a sale followed by a purchase of shares of the same open-end Putnam mutual fund, even if the transactions occur in different accounts.

(b) Employees who are Access Persons may not, within a one-year period, make a purchase followed by a sale or a sale followed by a purchase of shares of the same open-end Putnam mutual fund or of shares of any U.S. registered mutual fund to which Putnam acts as advisor or sub-advisor, even if the transactions occur in different accounts.

(c) All employees are required to link their immediate family members’ accounts holding Putnam mutual funds to comply with the disclosure requirements. These accounts are also subject to the 90-day and one-year rules. To link these accounts, log on to Putnam’s intranet home page at http://intranet , and select Employee Essentials/Linked Mutual Fund Accounts. You are required to confirm the information and will be prompted to add any accounts that you or your family members have that should be linked, or delink accounts that you or your family members have closed.

COMMENTS

This Rule applies to transactions by a Putnam employee and family members as defined in the Code in any type of account including retail, IRA, variable annuity, and 401(k)/Profit Sharing Plan, as well as any deferred compensation accounts, and the restrictions apply across all accounts maintained by an employee and family members:

• An employee who buys shares of an open-end Putnam mutual fund may not sell any shares of the same mutual fund until 90 calendar days have passed, or one year for Access Persons.

• Example: If an employee buys shares of a Putnam fund on Day 1 for a retail account and then sells (by exchange) shares of the same fund for his or her 401(k)/Profit Sharing Plan accounts on Day 85, the employee has violated the rule.

• Similarly, an employee who sells shares of an open-end Putnam mutual fund may not buy any shares of the same mutual fund until 90 calendar days have passed, or one year for Access Persons.

• The purpose of these blackout period restrictions is to prevent any market timing or the appearance of any market timing activity.

• This Rule applies to transactions by a Putnam employee and his or her family members as defined in the Code in any type of account including retail, IRA, variable annuity, variable insurance, and 401(k)/Profit Sharing Plan, as well as any deferred compensation accounts.

• The minimum sanction for an initial violation of the blackout period will be disgorgement of any profit made on the transaction. Additional sanctions may apply, including termination of employment.

EXCEPTIONS

A. The restrictions do not apply to Putnam’s money market funds and Putnam Stable Value Fund.

B. 401(k)/Profit Sharing Plan Contributions and Payroll Deductions: The 90-day or one year restriction is not triggered by the initial allocation of regular employee or employer contributions or forfeitures to an employee’s account under the terms of Putnam employee benefit plans or a Putnam payroll-deduction direct-investment program; later exchanges of these contributions will be subject to either the 90-day or one-year blackout period.

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C. Systematic Programs: The restrictions do not apply with respect to shares sold or acquired as a result of participation in a systematic program for contributions, withdrawals, or exchanges, provided that an election to participate in any such program and the participation dates of the program are not changed more often than quarterly after the program is elected by the employee. Access Persons may elect a quarterly or semiannual rebalancing program although it may only be changed on an annual basis.

D. Employee Benefit Plan Withdrawals and Distributions: No restriction applies with respect to shares sold for withdrawals, loans, or distributions under the terms of Putnam employee benefit plans.

E. Dividends, Distributions, Mergers, and Share Class Conversions: No restriction applies with respect to the acquisition of shares as a result of reinvestment of dividends, distributions, mergers, conversions of share classes, or other similar actions. Subsequent transactions with respect to the shares will be covered.

F. College Savings Program: Redemptions from an employee’s college savings 529 plan to pay for qualified educational expenses for the beneficiary of the account (and redemptions due to death or disability) are exempt from the 90-day and one-year restrictions applicable to Putnam mutual funds. Qualified redemptions include:

• Tuition

• School fees

• Books

• Supplies and equipment required for enrollment

• Room and board

• Death

• Disability

G. Special Situations: In special situations as determined from time to time by Putnam’s Code of Ethics Oversight Committee, exceptions may by granted to the blackout periods as a result of death, disability, or special circumstances (such as personal hardship). Employees may request an exception by submitting a written request to the Code of Ethics Officer.

Rule 8: Special Orders

Good Until Canceled (GTC) Limit Orders are prohibited.

Any order not executed on the day of pre-clearance must be resubmitted for pre-clearance before being executed on a subsequent day. “Good until canceled limit” orders are prohibited because of the potential failure to pre-clear.

EXCEPTION

Same-day limit orders are permitted.

Rule 9: Excessive Trading

Putnam employees are strongly discouraged from engaging in excessive trading for their personal accounts. Employees are prohibited from making more than 10 trades in individual securities in any given quarter. For the purpose of this rule, an employee is prohibited from engaging in more than a total of 10 trades in all accounts the employee may hold (including those accounts held by his immediate family members), not 10 trades per individual account.

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EXCEPTION

For the purpose of calculating the number of trades in any quarter, trading the same security in the same direction (buy or sell) over a period of five business days will be counted as one transaction.

Trades in ETFs containing 25 or more issuers and trades of MMC stock in Putnam internal plans are not counted towards the 10-trade limit.

COMMENT

Although a Putnam employee’s excessive trading may not itself constitute a conflict of interest with Putnam clients, Putnam believes that its clients’ confidence in Putnam will be enhanced and that the likelihood of Putnam achieving better investment skills results for its clients over the long term will be increased if Putnam employees rely on their investment skills, as opposed to their trading skills in transactions for their own account. Moreover, excessive trading by a Putnam employee for his or her own account diverts an employee’s attention from the responsibility of servicing Putnam clients, and increases the possibilities for transactions that are in actual or apparent conflict with Putnam client transactions. Short-term trading is strongly discouraged, and employees are encouraged to take a long-term view.

Rule 10: Spread Betting

PIL employees may not enter into any spread betting contracts on financial instruments.

COMMENT

Spread betting provides exposure to the movement of an index or security price without holding any form of certificate.

This Rule guards against the danger that a Putnam employee may be in violation of the Code of Ethics by virtue of his spread betting transactions. Please note that this restriction also applies to the spouse of a Putnam employee and any relatives of a Putnam employee living in the same household as the employee, as their transactions are covered by the Code of Ethics. (See page 6.)

C. Discouraged Transaction Rule 1: Naked Options

Putnam employees are strongly discouraged from engaging in writing (selling) naked options for their personal accounts.

Naked option transactions are particularly dangerous, because a Putnam employee may be prevented by the restrictions in this Code of Ethics from covering the naked option at the appropriate time. All employees should keep in mind the limitations on their personal securities trading imposed by this Code when contemplating such an investment strategy. Engaging in naked options transactions on the basis of material non-public information is prohibited. (See Appendix A, Policy Statement Concerning Insider Trading Prohibitions.)

D. Exempted Transactions Rule 1: Involuntary Transactions

Transactions that are involuntary on the part of a Putnam employee are exempt from the prohibitions set forth in Sections I.A., I.B., and I.C.

COMMENTS

This exemption is based on categories of conduct that the Securities and Exchange Commission does not consider “abusive.”

• Examples of involuntary personal securities transactions include:

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(a) Sales out of the brokerage account of a Putnam employee as a result of a bona fide margin call, provided that withdrawal of collateral by the Putnam employee within the ten days previous to the margin call was not a contributing factor to the margin call;

(b) Purchases arising out of an automatic dividend reinvestment program of an issuer of a publicly traded security.

• Transactions by a trust in which the Putnam employee (or a member of his immediate family) holds a beneficial interest, but for which the employee has no direct or indirect influence or control with respect to the selection of investments, are involuntary transactions. In addition, these transactions do not fall within the definition of “personal securities transactions.” (See Definitions.)

• A good-faith belief on the part of the employee that a transaction was involuntary will not be a defense to a violation of the Code of Ethics. In the event of confusion as to whether a particular transaction is involuntary, the burden is on the employee to seek a prior written determination of the applicability of this exemption. The procedures for obtaining such a determination appear in Section VI.

Rule 2: Special Exemptions

Transactions that have been determined, in writing by the Code of Ethics Officer before the transaction occurs, to be no more than remotely harmful to Putnam clients because the transaction would be very unlikely to affect a highly institutional market, or because the transaction is clearly not related economically to the securities to be purchased, sold, or held by a Putnam client, are exempt from the prohibitions set forth in Sections I.A., I.B., and I.C.

IMPLEMENTATION

An employee may seek an ad hoc exemption under this Rule by following the procedures in Section VI.

COMMENTS

• This exemption is also based upon categories of conduct that the Securities and Exchange Commission does not consider “abusive.”

• The burden is on the employee to seek a prior written determination that the proposed transaction meets the standards for an ad hoc exemption set forth in this Rule.

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Section II — Additional Special Rules for Personal Securities Transactions

A. Access Persons and Certain Investment Professionals

Access Persons include all investment professionals and other employees as defined on page 1.

Rule 1: 90-Day Short-Term Rule

Access Persons may not sell a security at a profit within 90 days of purchase or buy a security at a price below which he or she sold it within the past 90 days.

EXCEPTION

None, unless prior written approval from the Code of Ethics Officer is obtained. Exceptions may be granted on a case-by-case basis when no abuse is involved and the equities of the situation support an exemption. For example, although an Access Person may buy a stock as a long-term investment, that stock may have to be sold involuntarily due to unforeseen activity such as a merger.

IMPLEMENTATION

A. The 90-Day Short-Term Rule applies to all Access Persons, as defined in the Definitions section of the Code.

B. Calculation of whether there has been a profit is based upon the market prices of the securities. The calculation includes commissions and other sales charges.

C. As an example, an Access Person would not be permitted to sell a security at $12 that he purchased within the prior 90 days for $10. Similarly, an Access Person would not be permitted to purchase a security at $10 that she had sold within the prior 90 days for $12.

COMMENTS

• The prohibition against short-term trading profits by Access Persons is designed to minimize the possibility that they will capitalize inappropriately on the market impact of trades involving a client portfolio about which they might possibly have information.

• Although Chief Investment Officers, portfolio managers, and analysts may sell securities at a profit within 90 days of purchase in order to comply with the requirements of the 7-Day Rule applicable to them (described below), the profit will have to be disgorged to charity under the terms of the 7-Day Rule.

B. Certain Investment Professionals Rule 2: 7-Day Rule

(a) Portfolio Managers: Before a portfolio manager (including a Chief Investment Officer with respect to an account he manages) places an order to buy a security for any Putnam client portfolio that he manages, he must sell that security or related derivative security if he has purchased it in his personal account within the preceding seven calendar days.

(b) Analysts: Before an analyst makes a purchase or an outperform recommendation for a security (including designation of a security for inclusion in the portfolio of Putnam Research Fund), he must sell that security or related derivative security if he has purchased it in his personal account within the preceding seven calendar days.

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COMMENTS

• This Rule applies to portfolio managers (including Chief Investment Officers with respect to accounts they manage) in connection with any purchase, no matter how small, in any client account managed by that portfolio manager or CIO (even so-called “clone accounts”). In particular, it should be noted that the requirements of this Rule also apply with respect to purchases in client accounts, including “clone accounts,” resulting from “cash flows.” To comply with the requirements of this Rule, it is the responsibility of each portfolio manager or CIO to be aware of the placement of all orders for purchases of a security by client accounts that he or she manages for seven days following the purchase of that security for his or her personal account.

• An investment professional who must sell securities to be in compliance with the 7-Day Rule must absorb any loss and disgorge to charity any profit resulting from the sale. The recipient charity will be chosen by the Code of Ethics Officer.

• This Rule is designed to avoid even the appearance of a conflict of interest between an investment professional and a Putnam client. A greater burden is placed on these professionals given their positions in the organization. Transactions executed for the employee’s personal account must be conducted in a manner consistent with the Code of Ethics and in such a manner as to avoid any actual or perceived conflict of interest or any abuse of the employee’s position of trust and responsibility.

• “Portfolio manager” is used in this Section as a functional label, and is intended to cover any employee with authority to authorize a trade on behalf of a Putnam client, whether or not such employee bears the title “portfolio manager.” “Analyst” is also used in this Section as a functional label, and is intended to cover any employee who is not a portfolio manager but who may make recommendations regarding investments for Putnam clients.

Rule 3: Blackout Rule

(a) Portfolio Managers: No portfolio manager (including Chief Investment Officers with respect to accounts they manage) shall: (i) sell any security or related derivative security for her personal account until seven calendar days have elapsed since the most recent purchase of that security or related derivative security by any Putnam client portfolio she manages or co-manages; or (ii) purchase any security or related derivative security for her personal account until seven calendar days have elapsed since the most recent sale of that security or related derivative security from any Putnam client portfolio that she manages or co-manages.

(b) Analysts: No analyst shall: (i) sell any security or related derivative security for his personal account until seven calendar days have elapsed since his most recent buy or outperform recommendation for that security or related derivative security (including designation of a security for inclusion in the portfolio of Putnam Research Fund); or (ii) purchase any security or related derivative security for his personal account until seven calendar days have elapsed since his most recent sell or underperform recommendation for that security or related derivative security (including the removal of a security from the portfolio of Putnam Research Fund).

COMMENTS

• This Rule applies to portfolio managers (including Chief Investment Officers with respect to accounts they manage) in connection with any purchase, no matter how small, in any client account managed by that portfolio manager or CIO (even clone accounts). In particular, it should be noted that the requirements of this rule also apply with respect to transactions in client accounts, including clone accounts, resulting from cash flows. In order to comply with the requirements of this Rule, it is the responsibility of each portfolio manager and CIO to be aware of all transactions in a security by client accounts that he or she manages that took place within the seven days preceding a transaction in that security for his or her personal account.

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• This Rule is designed to prevent a Putnam portfolio manager or analyst from engaging in personal investment conduct that appears to be counter to the investment strategy she is pursuing or recommending on behalf of a Putnam client.

Rule 4: Contra-Trading Rule

(a)Portfolio Managers: No portfolio manager shall, without prior clearance and written approval, sell out of his personal account securities or related derivative securities held in any Putnam client portfolio that he manages or co-manages.

(b)Chief Investment Officers: No Chief Investment Officer shall, without prior clearance and written approval, sell out of his personal account securities or related derivative securities held in any Putnam client portfolio managed in his investment group.

IMPLEMENTATION

A. Individuals Authorized to Give Approval. Prior to engaging in any such sale, a portfolio manager shall seek written approval of the proposed sale. In the case of a portfolio manager, prior written approval of the proposed sale shall be obtained from a Chief Investment Officer to whom he reports or, in his absence, another Chief Investment Officer. In the case of a Chief Investment Officer, prior written approval of the proposed sale shall be obtained from another Chief Investment Officer. In addition to the foregoing, prior written approval must also be obtained from the Code of Ethics Officer.

B. Contents of Written Approval. In every instance, use either the attached form of written approval known as “Appendix C” in this Booklet or such other form as the Code of Ethics Officer shall designate. The written approval should be signed by the Chief Investment Officer giving approval and dated when such approval was given, and shall state, briefly, the reasons why the trade was allowed and why the investment conduct pursued by the portfolio manager or Chief Investment Officer was deemed inappropriate for the Putnam client account controlled by the individual seeking to engage in the transaction for his personal account. Such written approval shall be sent by the Chief Investment Officer approving the transaction to the Code of Ethics Officer, for her approval, within 24 hours or as promptly as circumstances permit. Approvals obtained after a transaction has been completed, or while it is in process, will not satisfy the requirements of this Rule.

COMMENT

This Rule, like Rule 3 of this section, is designed to prevent a Putnam portfolio manager from engaging in personal investment conduct that appears to be counter to the investment strategy that he is pursuing on behalf of a Putnam client.

Rule 5: No Personal Benefit

No portfolio manager shall cause, and no analyst shall recommend, a Putnam client to take action for the portfolio manager’s or analyst’s own personal benefit.

COMMENTS

• A portfolio manager who trades in, or an analyst who recommends, particular securities for a Putnam client account in order to support the price of securities in his personal account, or who “front runs” a Putnam client order is in violation of this Rule. Portfolio managers and analysts should be aware that this Rule is not limited to personal transactions in securities (as that word is defined in the Definitions section). Thus, a portfolio manager or analyst who front runs a Putnam client purchase or sale of obligations of the U.S. government is in violation of this Rule. U.S. government obligations are excluded from the definition of security.

• This Rule is not limited to instances when a portfolio manager or analyst has malicious intent. It also prohibits conduct that creates an appearance of impropriety. Portfolio managers and

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analysts who have questions about whether proposed conduct creates an appearance of impropriety should seek a prior written determination from the Code of Ethics Officer, using the procedures described in Section VI.

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Section III — General Rules for All Employees

Rule 1: Compliance with All Laws, Regulations, and Policies

All employees must comply with applicable laws and regulations as well as company policies. This includes tax, anti-trust, political contribution, and international boycott laws. In addition, no employee at Putnam may engage in fraudulent conduct of any kind.

COMMENTS

• Putnam may report to the appropriate legal authorities conduct by Putnam employees that violates this Rule.

• It should also be noted that the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act makes it a criminal offense to make a payment or offer of payment to any non-U.S. governmental official, political party, or candidate to induce that person to affect any governmental act or decision, or to assist Putnam’s obtaining or retaining business.

Rule 2: Conflicts of Interest

No Putnam employee shall conduct herself in a manner that is contrary to the interests of, or in competition with, Putnam or a Putnam client, or that creates an actual or apparent conflict of interest with a Putnam client.

COMMENTS

• This Rule is designed to recognize the fundamental principle that Putnam employees owe their chief duty and loyalty to Putnam and Putnam clients.

• It is expected that a Putnam employee who becomes aware of an investment opportunity that she believes is suitable for a Putnam client whom she services will present it to the appropriate portfolio manager prior to taking advantage of the opportunity herself.

Rule 3: Gifts and Entertainment Policy

No Putnam employee shall accept anything of material value from any broker-dealer, financial institution, corporation, or other entity; any existing or prospective supplier of goods or services with a business relationship to Putnam; or any company or other entity whose securities are held in or are being considered as investments for the Putnam funds, or any other client account. Included are gifts, favors, preferential treatment, special arrangements, or access to special events.

COMMENTS

This Rule is intended to permit the acceptance of only proper types of customary and limited business amenities.

A Putnam employee may not, under any circumstances, accept anything that could create the appearance of a conflict of interest. For example, acceptance of any consideration is prohibited if it would create the appearance of a reward or inducement for conducting Putnam business either with the person providing the gift or his employer.

IMPLEMENTATION

A. Gifts. An employee may not accept gifts with an aggregate value of more than $100 in any year from any one source, i.e., entity or firm. Any Putnam employee who is offered or receives an item exceeding $100 in value must report the details to the Code of Ethics Officer and surrender or return the gift. Any entertainment event provided to an employee where the host is not in attendance is treated as a gift and is subject to the $100 per year per source limit.

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B. Entertainment. Putnam’s rules are designed to permit reasonable, ordinary business entertainment, but prohibit any events that may be perceived as extravagant or that involve lavish expenditures.

1. Occasional lunches, dinners, cocktail parties, or comparable gatherings conducted for business purposes are permitted.

For example, occasional attendance at group functions sponsored by sell-side firms is permitted where the function relates to investments or other business activity. Occasional attendance at these functions is not required to be counted against the limits described in section (B)(2) below.

2. Other entertainment events, such as sporting events, theater, movies, concerts, or other forms of entertainment conducted for business purposes, are permitted only under the following conditions: (i) The host must be present for the event.

(ii) The location of the event must be in the metropolitan area in which the office of the employee is located. For wholesalers, the wholesaler’s entire territory is considered to be his or her metropolitan area.

(iii)Spouses or other family members of the employee may not attend the entertainment event or any meals before or after the entertainment event.

(iv)The value of the entertainment event provided to the employee may not exceed $200, not including the value of any meals that may be provided to the employee before or after the event.

Acceptance of entertainment events that have a market value materially exceeding the face value of the entertainment, which includes, for example, attendance at sporting event playoff games, is prohibited. This prohibition applies even if the face value of tickets to the events is $200 or less or if the Putnam employee offers to pay for the tickets. If there is any ambiguity about whether to accept an entertainment event in these circumstances, please consult the Code of Ethics Officer.

(v) The employee may not accept entertainment events under this provision in section (B)(2) more than six times a year and not more than two times in any year from any single source.

(vi)The Code of Ethics Officer may grant exceptions to these rules. For example, it may be appropriate for an employee attending a legitimate conference in a location away from the office to attend a business entertainment event in that location. All exceptions must be approved in advance by written request to the Code of Ethics Officer.

3. Any employee participating in meals or entertainment under the provisions in sections (B)(1) or (B)(2) above must report the meal or event in PTA within 20 business days (events are subject to the limits of section (B)(2) above). However, the reporting rules do not apply if meals or events are part of the regular program at an investment conference, i.e., open to all participants.

Planned absences, i.e., vacations, leaves (other than certain medical leaves) or business trips, are not valid excuses for providing late reports. Failure to meet the deadline violates the Code’s rule, and sanctions may be imposed.

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C. The following items are prohibited:

1. Any entertainment event attendance that would reflect badly on Putnam as a firm of the highest fiduciary and ethical standards. For example, events involving adult entertainment or gambling must be avoided.

2. Entertainment involving travel away from the metropolitan area in which the employee is located. Even if an exception is granted as discussed in section (B)(2)(vi) above, payment by a third party of the cost of transportation to a location outside the employee’s metropolitan area, lodging while in another location, and any meals not specifically approved by the Code of Ethics officer are prohibited.

3. Personal loans to a Putnam employee on terms more favorable than those generally available for comparable credit standing and collateral.

4. Preferential brokerage or underwriting commissions or spreads or allocations of shares or interests in an investment for the personal account of a Putnam employee.

D. As with any of the provisions of the Code of Ethics, a sincere belief by the employee that he was acting in accordance with the requirements of this Rule will not satisfy his obligations under the Rule. Therefore, an employee who is in doubt concerning the propriety of any gift or favor should seek a prior written determination from the Code of Ethics Officer, as provided in Section VI.C.

E. No Putnam employee may solicit any gift or entertainment from any person, even if the gift or entertainment, if unsolicited, would be permitted.

F. The Rule does not prohibit employees on business travel from using local transportation and arrangements customarily supplied by brokers or similar entities. For example, it is customary for brokers in developing markets to make local transportation arrangements. These arrangements are permitted so long as the expenses of lodging and air travel are paid by Putnam.

G. Putnam Retail Management (PRM) employees are subject to additional Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) rules on gifts and entertainment, which can be found in the PRM Compliance Manual.

Rule 4: Anti-bribery/Kickback Policy

No Putnam employee shall pay, offer, or commit to pay any amount of consideration that might be, or appear to be, a bribe or kickback in connection with Putnam’s business.

COMMENT

Although the Rule does not specifically address political contributions (described in Rule 5), Putnam employees should be aware that it is against corporate policy to use company assets to fund political contributions of any sort, even where such contributions may be legal. No Putnam employee should offer or agree to make any political contributions (including political dinners and similar fundraisers) on behalf of Putnam, and no employee will be reimbursed by Putnam for such contributions made by the employee personally.

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Rule 5: Political Activities, Contributions, Solicitations, and Lobbying Policy

A. Corporate Contributions. Political activities of corporations such as Putnam are highly regulated, and corporate political contributions are prohibited. No corporate assets, funds, facilities, or personnel may be used to benefit any candidate, campaign, political party, or political committee, including contributions made in connection with fundraisers.

1. If employees anticipate that any corporate funds or assets (such as corporate facilities or personnel) may be used in connection with any political volunteer activity, they must obtain pre-approval from the Chief Compliance Officer.

2. Employees should not seek or approve reimbursement from Putnam for any political contribution expenses. Any contributions for which employees seek reimbursement from Putnam are considered contributions by Putnam and are subject to the corporate political contribution requirements.

B. Personal Contributions. Employees have the right to make personal contributions. However, if employees choose to participate in the political process, they must do so as individuals, not as representatives of Putnam.

In certain limited circumstances, individual contributions may raise issues under applicable laws regulating political contributions to public officials, or candidates for official positions, who could be in a position to hire Putnam. As a result, the following rules apply to individual contributions by employees.

1. Prior to making any political contribution to a person or entity with whom Putnam has a current or proposed business relationship, or who can make or influence decisions to engage Putnam to provide services, employees must pre-clear the proposed contribution with the Chief Compliance Officer.

2. Employees may not make contributions to candidates or elected officials for the following offices without prior written approval from the Chief Compliance Officer:

• State or local offices in California, New Jersey, Ohio, West Virginia, or Pennsylvania

• State Treasurer in Connecticut or Vermont

• Any public office in the City of Houston

• Contributions by certain PRM employees to Ohio officials and candidates are also subject to Putnam’s Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board (MSRB) Political Contribution Policy.

C. Government Official. Employees must obtain pre-approval from the Code of Ethics Officer or the Deputy Code of Ethics Officer prior to providing any gift (including meals, entertainment, transportation, or lodging) to any government official or employee.

D. Lobbying. Federal and state law imposes limits and registration requirements on efforts by individuals and companies to influence the passage of legislation or to obtain business from governments. Accordingly, Putnam employees should not engage in any lobbying activities without approval from the Legal and Compliance Department. Lobbying does not include solicitation of investment management business through the ordinary course of business, such as responding to a Request For Proposal (RFP).

For additional detail on entertainment and lobbying of elected officials, please refer to the State Regulation Governing Meals, Entertainment, Gifts — Lobbying Policy found on the Chief Compliance Officer’s Compliance site via Putnam’s intranet home page at http://intranet or contact the Legal and Compliance Department.

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COMMENTS

• Putnam has established a political action committee (PAC) that contributes to worthy candidates for political office. Any request received by a Putnam employee for a political contribution must be directed to Putnam’s Legal and Compliance Department.

• This Rule prohibits solicitation on personal letterhead by Putnam employees except as approved by the Code of Ethics Officer.

• Certain officers and employees of Putnam Retail Management (PRM) and other employees involved in Putnam’s College Advantage Section 529 Plan with Ohio Tuition Trust Authority are subject to special rules on political contributions. For questions on these requirements, please call the Director of Compliance for PRM.

Rule 6: Confidentiality of Putnam Business Information

No unauthorized disclosure may be made by any employee or former employee of any trade secrets or proprietary information of Putnam or of any confidential information. No information regarding any Putnam client portfolio, actual or proposed securities trading activities of any Putnam client, or Putnam research shall be disclosed outside the Putnam organization unless doing so has a valid business purpose and is in accord with relevant procedures established by Putnam relating to such disclosures.

COMMENT

All information about Putnam and Putnam clients is strictly confidential. Putnam research information should not be disclosed without proper approval and never for personal gain.

Rule 7: Positions Outside Putnam

No Putnam employee shall serve as employee, officer, director, trustee, or general partner of a corporation or entity other than Putnam, without prior written approval of the Code of Ethics Officer. Requests for a role at a publicly traded company are especially disfavored and are closely reviewed. Permission will be granted only in extenuating circumstances. (See also Section IV, Rule 5.)

IMPLEMENTATION

A. All employees must provide a written request seeking approval from the Code of Ethics Officer if they wish to serve as an employee, officer, director, trustee, or general partner of a corporation or entity other than Putnam. The details of the position outside Putnam must be disclosed in PTA. Click on Certifications/Disclosures/Positions Outside Putnam/start/complete each question/click Submit. A determination will be sent via e-mail.

B. FINRA-licensed employees under PRM also have an obligation to disclose outside positions, new or terminated, in PTA as well.

C. Upon hire, all employees who also hold an outside position must complete a disclosure request in PTA to continue to hold the position.

EXCEPTION

Charitable or Non-profit Exception. Putnam employees may serve as an officer, director, or trustee of a charitable or not-for-profit institution, provided that the employee abides by the Code of Ethics and the Policy Statements with respect to any investment activity for which she has any discretion or input as officer, director, or trustee. The pre-clearance and reporting requirements of the Code of Ethics do not apply to the trading activities of such charitable or not-for-profit institutions for which an employee serves as an officer, director, or trustee unless the employee is responsible for day-to-day portfolio management of the account.

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COMMENTS

• This Rule is designed to ensure that Putnam cannot be deemed an affiliate of any issuer of securities by virtue of service by one of its officers or employees as director or trustee.

• Positions with public companies are especially problematic and will normally not be approved.

• Certain charitable or not-for-profit institutions have assets (such as endowment funds or employee benefit plans) that require prudent investment. To the extent that a Putnam employee (because of her position as officer, director, or trustee of an outside entity) is charged with responsibility to invest such assets prudently, she may not be able to discharge that duty while simultaneously abiding by the spirit of the Code of Ethics and the Policy Statements. Employees are cautioned that they should not accept service as an officer, director, or trustee of an outside charitable or not-for-profit entity where such investment responsibility is involved, without seriously considering their ability to discharge their fiduciary duties with respect to such investments.

Rule 8: Role as Trustee or Fiduciary Outside of Putnam Investments

No Putnam employee shall serve as a trustee, an executor, a custodian, or any other fiduciary, or as an investment advisor or counselor for any account outside Putnam.

EXCEPTIONS

A. Charitable or Religious Exception. Putnam employees may serve as a fiduciary with respect to a religious or charitable trust or foundation, so long as the employee abides by the spirit of the Code of Ethics and the Policy Statements with respect to any investment activity over which he has any discretion or input. The pre-clearance and reporting requirements of the Code of Ethics do not apply to the trading activities of such a religious or charitable trust or foundation unless the employee is responsible for day-to-day portfolio management of the account.

B. Family Trust or Estate Exception. Putnam employees may serve as a fiduciary with respect to a family trust or estate, as long as the employee abides by all of the Rules of the Code of Ethics with respect to any investment activity over which he has any discretion.

COMMENT

The roles permissible under this Rule may carry with them the obligation to invest assets prudently. Once again, Putnam employees are cautioned that they may not be able to fulfill their duties in that respect while abiding by the Code of Ethics and the Policy Statements.

Rule 9: Investment Clubs

No Putnam employee may be a member of any investment club.

COMMENT

This Rule guards against the danger that a Putnam employee may be in violation of the Code of Ethics and the Policy Statements by virtue of his personal securities transactions in or through an entity that is not bound by the restrictions imposed by this Code of Ethics and the Policy Statements. Please note that this restriction also applies to the spouse of a Putnam employee and any relatives of a Putnam employee living in the same household as the employee, as their transactions are covered by the Code of Ethics. (See pages 1 and 6.)

Rule 10: Business Negotiations for Putnam Investments

No Putnam employee may become involved in a personal capacity in consultations or negotiations for corporate financing, acquisitions, or other transactions for outside companies (whether or not held by any Putnam client), nor negotiate nor accept a fee in connection with these activities

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without obtaining the prior written permission of the Chief Executive Officer of Putnam Investments.

Rule 11: Accurate Records

No employee may create, alter, or destroy (or participate in the creation, alteration, or destruction of) any record that is intended to mislead anyone or to conceal anything that is, or is reasonably believed to be, improper. In addition, all employees responsible for the preparation, filing, or distribution of any regulatory filings or public communications must ensure that such filings or communications are timely, complete, fair, accurate, and understandable.

COMMENTS

• In many cases, this is not only a matter of company policy and ethical behavior but also required by law. Our books and records must accurately reflect the transactions represented and their true nature. For example, records must be accurate as to the recipient of all payments; expense items, including personal expense reports, must accurately reflect the true nature of the expense. No unrecorded fund or asset shall be established or maintained for any reason.

• All financial books and records must be prepared and maintained in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles and Putnam’s existing accounting controls, to the extent applicable.

Rule 12: Family Members’ Conflict Policy

No employee or member of an employee’s immediate family shall have any direct or indirect personal financial interests in companies that do business with Putnam, unless such interest is disclosed and approved by the Code of Ethics Officer. Investment holdings in public companies that are not material to the employee are excluded from this prohibition. The Code also provides more detailed supplemental rules to address potential conflicts of interests that may arise if members of employees’ families are closely involved in doing business with Putnam.

Corporate Purchase of Goods and Services — Putnam will not acquire goods and services from any firm in which a member of an employee’s immediate family serves as the sales representative in a senior management capacity or has an ownership interest with the supplier firm (excluding normal investment holdings in public companies) without permission from the Director of Procurement and the Code of Ethics Officer. Any employee who is aware of a proposal to purchase goods and services from a firm at which a member of the employee’s immediate family meets one of the previously mentioned conditions must notify the Director of Procurement and the Code of Ethics Officer.

Portfolio Trading — Putnam will not allocate any trades for a portfolio to any firm that employs a member of an employee’s immediate family as a sales representative to Putnam (in a primary, secondary, or backup role). Any Putnam employee who is aware that an immediate family member serves as a broker-dealer’s sales representative to Putnam should inform the Code of Ethics Officer.

Definition of Immediate Family (specific to Rule 12) — “Immediate family” of an employee means (1) spouse or domestic partner of the employee, (2) any child, sibling, or parent of an employee and any person married to a child, sibling, or parent of an employee, and (3) any other person who lives in the same household as the employee.

Rule 13: Affiliated Entities

Non-Putnam affiliates (NPAs), listed below in the last comment, provide investment advisory services. No employee shall:

(a)Directly or indirectly seek to influence the purchase, retention or disposition of, or exercise of voting consent, approval, or similar rights with respect to any portfolio security in any account or fund advised by the NPA and not by Putnam;

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(b)Transmit any information regarding the purchase, retention or disposition of, or exercise of voting, consent, approval, or similar rights with respect to any portfolio security held in a Putnam or NPA client account to any personnel of the NPA;

(c)Transmit any trade secrets, proprietary information, or confidential information of Putnam to the NPA unless doing so has a valid business purpose and is in accord with any relevant procedures established by Putnam relating to such disclosures;

(d)Use confidential information or trade secrets of the NPA for the benefit of the employee, Putnam, or any other NPA; or

(e)Breach any duty of loyalty to the NPA derived from the employee’s service as a director or officer of the NPA.

COMMENTS

• Sections (a) and (b) of the Rule are designed to help ensure that the portfolio holdings of Putnam clients and clients of the NPA need not be aggregated for purposes of determining beneficial ownership under Section 13(d) of the Securities Exchange Act or applicable regulatory or contractual investment restrictions that incorporate such definition of beneficial ownership. Persons who serve as directors or officers of both Putnam and an NPA should take care to avoid even inadvertent violations of Section (b). Section (a) does not prohibit a Putnam employee who serves as a director or officer of the NPA from seeking to influence the modification or termination of a particular investment product or strategy in a manner that is not directed at any specific securities. Sections (a) and (b) do not apply when a Putnam affiliate serves as an advisor or sub-advisor to the NPA or one of its products, in which case normal Putnam aggregation rules apply.

• As a separate entity, any NPA may have trade secrets or confidential information that it would not choose to share with Putnam. This choice must be respected.

• When Putnam employees serve as directors or officers of an NPA, they are subject to common law duties of loyalty to the NPA, despite their Putnam employment. In general, this means that when performing their duties as NPA directors or officers, they must act in the best interest of the NPA and its shareholders. Putnam’s Legal and Compliance Department will assist any Putnam employee who is a director or officer of an NPA and has questions about the scope of his or her responsibilities to the NPA.

• Entities that are currently non-Putnam affiliates within the scope of this Rule are: Nissay Asset Management Co., Ltd., LP and PanAgora Asset Management, Inc. (“PanAgora”).

• Putnam and PanAgora also maintain an information barrier between the investment professionals of each organization regarding investment and trading information.

Rule 14: Computer Systems and Network Use Policy

No employee shall use computers, the Internet, e-mail, instant messaging, phones, fax machines and/or the mail service in a manner that is inconsistent with their use as set forth in Putnam’s Employee Handbook. No employee shall introduce a computer virus or computer code that may result in damage to Putnam’s information or computer systems.

All Putnam business must be conducted on Putnam e-mail and instant messaging accounts in order to comply with regulatory and record-retention requirements. Conducting Putnam-related business through personal accounts such as Yahoo, AOL, Hotmail, etc., is prohibited.

COMMENT

Putnam’s policy statements relating to these matters are contained in the Computer System and Network Responsibilities section within the Employee Handbook. The online Employee Handbook is also available directly on Putnam’s intranet site at: http://intranet/employee _ handbook .

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Rule 15: CFA Institute Code of Ethics and Standards of Professional Conduct

All employees must follow and abide by the spirit of the Code of Ethics and the Standards of Professional Conduct of the CFA Institute. The text of the CFA Institute Code of Ethics and Standards of Professional Conduct are set forth in Appendix D.

Rule 16: Privacy Policy

Except as provided below, no employee may disclose to any outside organization or person any non-public personal information about any individual who is a current or former shareholder of any Putnam retail or institutional fund, or current or former client of a Putnam company. All employees shall follow the security procedures as established from time to time by a Putnam company to protect the confidentiality of all shareholder and client account information.

Except as Putnam’s Legal and Compliance Department may expressly authorize, no employee shall collect any non-public personal information about a prospective or current shareholder of a Putnam fund or prospective or current client of a Putnam company, other than through an account application (or corresponding information provided by the shareholder’s financial representative) or in connection with executing shareholder or client transactions, nor shall any information be collected other than the following: name, address, telephone number, date of birth, Social Security number, and investment, broker, and transaction information.

EXCEPTIONS

A. Putnam Employees. Non-public personal information may be disclosed to a Putnam employee in connection with processing transactions or maintaining accounts for shareholders of a Putnam fund and clients of a Putnam company, to the extent that access to such information is necessary to the performance of that employee’s job functions.

B. Shareholder Consent Exception. Non-public personal information about a shareholder’s or client’s account may be provided to a non-Putnam organization at the specific request of the shareholder or client or with the shareholder’s or client’s prior written consent.

C. Broker or Advisor Exception. Non-public personal information about a shareholder’s or client’s account may be provided to the shareholder’s or client’s broker of record.

D. Third-Party Service Provider Exception. Non-public personal information may be disclosed to a service provider that is not affiliated with a Putnam fund or Putnam company only when such disclosure is necessary for the service provider to perform the specific services contracted for, and only (a) if the service provider executes Putnam’s standard confidentiality agreement, or (b) pursuant to an agreement containing a confidentiality provision that has been approved by the Legal and Compliance Department. Examples of such service providers include proxy solicitors and proxy vote tabulators, mail services, and providers of other administrative services, and Information Services Division consultants who have access to non-public personal information.

COMMENTS

• Non-public personal information is any information that personally identifies a shareholder of a Putnam fund or client of a Putnam company and is not derived from publicly available sources. This privacy policy applies to shareholders or clients who are individuals, not institutions. However, as a general matter, all information that we receive about a shareholder of a Putnam fund or client of a Putnam company shall be treated as confidential. No employee may sell or otherwise provide shareholder or client lists or any other information relating to a shareholder or client to any marketing organization.

• All Putnam employees with access to shareholder or client account information must be trained in and follow Putnam’s security procedures designed to safeguard that information from unauthorized use. For example, a telephone representative must be trained in and follow Putnam’s security procedures to verify the identity of a caller requesting account information.

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• Any questions regarding this privacy policy should be directed to Putnam’s Legal and Compliance Department. A violation of this policy will be subject to the sanctions imposed for violations of Putnam’s Code of Ethics.

• Employees must report any violation of this policy or any possible breach of the confidentiality of client information, whether intentional or accidental, to the managing director in charge of the employee’s business unit. Managing directors who are notified of such a violation or possible breach must immediately report it in writing to Putnam’s Chief Compliance Officer and, in the event of a breach of computerized data, Putnam’s Chief Technology Officer.

Rule 17: Anti-money Laundering Policy

No employee may engage in any money laundering activity or facilitate any money laundering activity through the use of any Putnam account or client account. Any situations giving rise to a suspicion that attempted money laundering may be occurring in any account must be reported immediately to the managing director in charge of the employee’s business unit. Managing directors who are notified of such a suspicion of money laundering activity must immediately report it in writing to Putnam’s Chief Compliance Officer and Chief Financial Officer.

Rule 18: Record Retention

All employees must comply with the record retention requirements applicable to the business unit. Employees should check with their managers or the Chief Administrative Officer of their division to determine what record retention requirements apply to their business unit.

For PIL employees, the Code of Ethics incorporates any relevant requirements of the U.K. regulator, the Financial Services Authority (FSA), and will be amended from time to time to reflect any U.K. regulatory changes as required.

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Section IV — Reporting Requirements

Reporting of Personal Securities Transactions

Rule 1: Broker Confirmations and Statements

Each Putnam employee shall ensure that copies of all confirmations for securities transactions for personal brokerage accounts, and brokerage account statements are sent to the Legal and Compliance Department Code of Ethics Administrator. (For the purpose of this Rule, securities shall also include ETFs, futures, and other derivatives on broad-based market indexes excluded from the pre-clearance requirement.) Statements and confirmations are required for Putnam funds not held at Putnam or in a Putnam retirement plan, as well as for U.S. mutual funds sub-advised by Putnam.

Putnam employees must disclose their brokerage accounts in the PTA system and complete all required information, which will facilitate the instructions to the broker.

IMPLEMENTATION

A. Putnam employees should contact the Code of Ethics Administrator for a 407 letter instructing the broker to mail copies of confirmations and statements directly to Putnam. It is the employees’ responsibility to follow up with the broker on a reasonable basis to ensure that instructions are being followed.

B. Upon hire and within a designated time frame, Putnam employees are required to establish their broker profiles in PTA.

C. Specific procedures apply to employees of PIL. Employees of PIL should contact the London Code of Ethics Administrator.

D. Failure of a broker-dealer to comply with the instructions of a Putnam employee to send confirmations and statements shall be a violation by the Putnam employee of this Rule. Similarly, failure by an employee to report the existence of a personal account and, if the account is opened after joining Putnam, failure to obtain proper authorization to establish the account shall be a violation of this Rule.

E. Statements and confirmations must also be sent for members of an employee’s immediate family, including statements from a family member’s 401(k)/Profit Sharing Plan at another employer.

F. Employees are not required to provide broker confirmations and statements for MMC transactions in Putnam’s 401(k)/Profit Sharing and Stock Purchase Plan accounts because we rely on internal reporting.

COMMENTS

• Transactions for personal accounts are defined broadly to include more than transactions in accounts under an employee’s own name. (See Definitions.)

• Statements and confirmations are required for all personal securities transactions, whether or not exempted or excepted by this Code.

• To the extent that a Putnam employee has investment authority over securities transactions of a family trust or estate, confirmations of those transactions must also be made, unless the employee has received a prior written exception from the Code of Ethics Officer.

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Rule 2: Access Person — Quarterly Transaction Report

Every Access Person shall file a quarterly report within fifteen calendar days of the end of each quarter, recording all purchases and sales of securities for personal accounts as defined in the Definitions section. (For the purpose of this Rule, reportable “securities” also include exchange-traded funds (ETFs), futures, and any option on a security or securities index, including broad-based market indexes excluded from the pre-clearance requirement, and transactions in Putnam open-end funds if the account for the Putnam funds is not held at Putnam or in a Putnam retirement plan and for transactions in U.S. mutual funds sub-advised by Putnam.)

IMPLEMENTATION

It is mandatory that all Access Persons file a quarterly transaction report in the PTA online system. The form shall contain a representation that employees have complied fully with all provisions of the Code of Ethics.

The date for each transaction required to be disclosed in the quarterly report is the trade date for the transaction, not the settlement date.

Planned absences, i.e., vacations, leaves (other than certain medical leaves), or business trips, are not valid excuses for providing late reports. Failure to meet the deadline violates the Code’s rules and sanctions may be imposed.

COMMENT

If the requirement to file a quarterly report applies to you and you fail to report within the required 15-day period, monetary fines or harsher sanctions will be imposed. It is the responsibility of the employee to request an early report if he has knowledge of a planned absence, i.e., vacation, business trip, or leave.

Rule 3: Access Person — Initial/Annual Holdings Report

Access Persons must disclose their personal securities holdings in the Code of Ethics monitoring system, PTA, upon commencement of employment (within ten days of hire) and thereafter on an annual basis. These SEC requirements are mandatory and designed to facilitate the monitoring of personal securities transactions. Putnam’s Code of Ethics Administrator provides Access Persons with instructions regarding their submissions and certifications of these reports in PTA.

Non - Access Persons must disclose their brokerage accounts within 30 days of hire.

Rule 4: Certifications

All employees are required to submit a certification in PTA annually attesting to compliance with all of the conditions of the Code of Ethics.

Rule 5: Positions Outside Putnam

The details of a position outside Putnam must be disclosed in PTA under Certifications/Disclosures/Positions Outside Putnam. (See Section III, Rule 7.)

Rule 6: Business Ethics

If a Putnam employee suspects that fraudulent, illegal, or other irregular activity (including violations of the Code of Ethics) might be occurring at Putnam, the activity should be reported immediately to the managing director in charge of that employee’s business unit. Managing directors who are notified of any such activity must immediately report it in writing to Putnam’s Chief Financial Officer and Putnam’s Chief Compliance Officer.

An employee who does not feel comfortable reporting this activity to the managing director may instead contact the Chief Compliance Officer, the Putnam Ethics hotline at 1-808-475-4210, or Putnam’s Ombudsman.

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Rule 7: Ombudsman

Putnam has established the office of the corporate ombudsman as a resource to help employees address legal or ethical issues in the workplace and to allow employees to voice concerns or seek clarity on issues. The Ombudsman provides a confidential, independent, and impartial source to employees to discuss potential violations of law or of company standards without fear of retribution, and serves as a neutral party with no vested interest in a particular outcome. The Ombudsman is available on an anonymous basis by calling 1-866-ombuds7 (866-662-8377) or by calling 1-617-760-8897.

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Section V — Education Requirements

Every Putnam employee has an obligation to fully understand the rules and requirements of the Code of Ethics.

Rule 1: Distribution of Code

A copy of the Code of Ethics will be distributed to every Putnam employee at least annually. All Access Persons will be required to certify annually that they have read, understood, and will comply with the provisions of the Code of Ethics, including the Code’s Policy Statement Concerning Insider Trading Prohibitions.

Rule 2: Annual Training Requirement

Every employee will be required to complete training on Putnam’s Code of Ethics on an annual basis.

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Section VI — Compliance and Appeal Procedures

A. Restricted List

No employee may engage in a personal securities transaction without prior clearance.

B. Consultation of Restricted List

It is the responsibility of each employee to pre-clear through PTA or consult with the Code of Ethics Administrator, prior to engaging in a personal securities transaction, to determine if the security he proposes to trade is on the Restricted List and, if so, whether it is subject to the Large-/Mid-Cap Exemption.

C. Request for Determination

An employee who has a question concerning the applicability of the Code of Ethics to a particular situation shall request a determination from the Code of Ethics Officer before engaging in the conduct or personal securities transaction about which he has a question.

If the question pertains to a personal securities transaction, the request shall state for whose account the transaction is proposed, the relationship of that account to the employee, the security proposed to be traded, the proposed price and quantity, the entity with whom the transaction will take place (if known), and any other information or circumstances of the trade that could have a bearing on the Code of Ethics Officer’s determination. If the question pertains to other conduct, the request for determination shall give sufficient information about the proposed conduct to assist the Code of Ethics Officer in ascertaining the applicability of the Code. In every instance, the Code of Ethics Officer may request additional information, and may decline to render a determination if the information provided is insufficient.

The Code of Ethics Officer shall make every effort to render a determination promptly.

No perceived ambiguity in the Code of Ethics shall excuse any violation. Any person who believes the Code to be ambiguous in a particular situation should request a determination from the Code of Ethics Officer.

D. Request for Ad Hoc Exemption

Any employee who wishes to obtain an ad hoc exemption under Section I.D., Rule 2, should request from the Code of Ethics Officer an exemption in writing in advance of the conduct or transaction sought to be exempted. In the case of a personal securities transaction, the request for an ad hoc exemption shall give the same information about the transaction required in a request for determination under Section VI.C., and should state why the proposed personal securities transaction would be unlikely to affect a highly institutional market, or is unrelated economically to securities to be purchased, sold, or held by any Putnam client. In the case of other conduct, the request shall give information sufficient for the Code of Ethics Officer to ascertain whether the conduct raises questions of propriety or conflict of interest, real or apparent.

The Code of Ethics Officer shall make reasonable efforts to promptly render a written determination concerning the request for an ad hoc exemption.

E. Appeal to Code of Ethics Officer with Respect to Restricted List

If an employee ascertains that a security that he wishes to trade for his personal account appears on the Restricted List, and thus the transaction is prohibited, he may appeal the prohibition to the Code of Ethics Officer by submitting a written memorandum containing the same information as

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would be required in a request for a determination. The Code of Ethics Officer shall make every effort to respond to the appeal promptly.

F. Information Concerning Identity of Compliance Personnel

The names of Code of Ethics personnel are available by contacting the Legal and Compliance Department and will be published on Putnam’s intranet site.

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Section VII — Sanctions

Sanction Guidelines

The Code of Ethics Oversight Committee is responsible for setting sanctions policies for violating the Code. The Committee has adopted the following minimum monetary sanctions for violations of the Code. These sanctions apply even if the exception results from inadvertence rather than intentional misbehavior. The Code of Ethics Officer is authorized to impose the minimum sanction on employees without further Committee action. However, the sanctions noted below are only minimums and the Committee reserves the right to impose additional sanctions such as higher monetary sanctions, trading bans, suspension, or termination of employment as it determines to be appropriate.

A. The minimum sanction per violation of the following Rules is disgorgement of any profits or payment of avoided losses and the following payments:

Section I.A., Rule 1 (Pre-clearance and Restricted List) Section I.B., Rule 1 (Short selling) Section I.B., Rule 2 (IPOs) Section I.B., Rule 3 (Private Placements) Section I.B., Rule 4 (Trading with Inside Information) Section I.B., Rules 6-8 (Holding and Trading of Putnam Funds) Section II, Rule 2 (7-Day Rule) Section II, Rule 3 (Blackout Rule) Section II, Rule 4 (Contra-Trading Rule) Section II, Rule 5 (Trading for Personal Benefit)

Officer Level	SMD/MD	SVP/VP	AVP/non-officer
1st violation	$500	$250	$50
2nd violation	$1,000	$500	$100
3rd violation	Minimum monetary sanction as above with ban on all new personal
	individual investments.

B. The minimum sanction for violations of all other Rules in the Code is as follows:

Officer Level	SMD/MD	SVP/VP	AVP/non-officer
1st violation	$100	$50	$ 25
Subsequent violation	$200	$100	$ 50

The reference period for determining whether a violation is initial or subsequent will be five years.

NOTE

The Committee’s belief that an employee has violated the Code of Ethics intentionally will result in more severe sanctions than outlined in the guidelines above. The Code of Ethics Oversight Committee retains the right to increase or decrease the sanctions for a particular violation in light of the circumstances.

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Appendix A — Insider Trading Prohibitions Policy Statement

Putnam has always forbidden trading by its employees on material non-public information (inside information). Tough federal laws make it important for Putnam to state that prohibition in the strongest possible terms, and to establish, maintain, and enforce written policies and procedures to prevent the use of material non-public information.

Unlawful trading while in possession of inside information can be a crime. Federal law provides that an individual convicted of trading on inside information may go to jail for a period of time. There is also significant monetary liability for an inside trader; the Securities and Exchange Commission can seek a court order requiring a violator to pay back profits, as well as penalties substantially greater than those profits. In addition private plaintiffs can seek recovery for harm suffered by them. The inside trader is not the only subject to liability. In certain cases, controlling persons of inside traders, including supervisors of inside traders or Putnam itself, can be liable for large penalties.

Section I. of this Policy Statement contains rules concerning inside information. Section II. contains a discussion of what constitutes unlawful insider trading.

Neither material non-public information nor unlawful insider trading is easy to define. Section II. of this Policy Statement gives a general overview of the law in this area. However, the legal issues are complex and must be resolved by the Code of Ethics Officer. If an employee has any doubt as to whether she has received material non-public information, she must consult with the Code of Ethics Officer prior to using that information in connection with the purchase or sale of a security for his own account or the account of any Putnam client, or communicating the information to others. A simple rule of thumb is if you think the information is not available to the public at large, do not disclose it to others and do not trade securities to which the inside information relates.

An employee aware of, or in possession of, inside information must report it immediately to the Code of Ethics Officer. If an employee has failed to consult the Code of Ethics Officer, Putnam will not excuse employee misuse of inside information on the grounds that the employee claims to have been confused about this Policy Statement or the nature of the information in his possession.

If Putnam determines, in its sole discretion, that an employee has failed to abide by this Policy Statement, or has engaged in conduct that raises a significant question concerning insider trading, he will be subject to disciplinary action, including termination of employment.

There are no exceptions to this policy statement, and no one is exempt.

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Appendix A — Definitions: Insider Trading

Code of Ethics Administrator The individual designated by the Code of Ethics Officer to assume responsibility for day-to-day, nondiscretionary administration of this Policy Statement. The Code of Ethics Administrator is Laura Rose.

Code of Ethics Officer The Putnam officer who has been assigned the responsibility of enforcing and interpreting this Code. The Code of Ethics Officer shall be the Chief Compliance Officer or such other person as is designated by the Chief Executive Officer of Putnam Investments. If the Code of Ethics Officer is unavailable, the Deputy Code of Ethics Officer shall act in his stead. The Code of Ethics Officer is Bob Leveille. The Deputy Code of Ethics Officer is Kathleen Griffin.

Immediate family Spouse, domestic partner, minor children, or other relatives living in the same household as the Putnam employee.

Purchase or sale of a security Any acquisition or transfer of any interest in the security for direct or indirect consideration, including the writing of an option.

Putnam Any or all of Putnam Investments Trust, and its subsidiaries, any one of which shall be a Putnam company.

Putnam client Any client of the Putnam mutual funds, or any advisory, trust, or other client for whom Putnam manages money.

Putnam employee (or employee) Any employee of Putnam.

Security Anything defined as a security under federal law. The term includes any type of equity or debt security, any interest in a business trust or partnership, and any rights relating to a security, such as put and call options, warrants, convertible securities, and securities indexes. (Note: The definition of security in this Insider Trading Prohibitions Policy Statement varies significantly from that in the Code of Ethics. For example, the definition in this Policy Statement specifically includes all securities of any type.)

Transaction for a personal account (or personal securities transaction) Securities transactions: (a) for the personal account of any employee; (b) for the account of a member of the immediate family of any employee; (c) for the account of a partnership in which a Putnam employee or immediate family member is a domestic partner with investment discretion; (d) for the account of a trust in which a Putnam employee or immediate family member is a trustee with investment discretion; (e) for the account of a closely held corporation in which a Putnam employee or immediate family member holds shares and for which he has investment discretion; and (f ) for any account other than a Putnam client account that receives investment advice of any sort from the employee or immediate family member, or as to which the employee or immediate family member has investment discretion. Officers and employees of PIL must also consult the relevant procedures on compliance with U.K. insider dealing legislation set forth in PIL’s Compliance Manual.

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Appendix A — Section I: Rules Concerning Inside Information

Rule 1: Inside Information

No Putnam employee shall purchase or sell any security listed on the Inside Information List (the Red List) either for his personal account or for a Putnam client.

IMPLEMENTATION

When an employee seeks clearance in the PTA system for a personal security transaction that is on the Red List, the request will be denied via a message in the PTA system.

COMMENT

This Rule is designed to prohibit any employee from trading a security while Putnam may have inside information concerning that security or the issuer. Every trade, whether for a personal account or for a Putnam client, is subject to this Rule.

Rule 2: Material Non-public Information

No Putnam employee shall purchase or sell any security, either for a personal account or for the account of a Putnam client, while in possession of material non-public information concerning that security or the issuer, without the prior written approval of the Code of Ethics Officer.

IMPLEMENTATION

In order to obtain prior written approval of the Code of Ethics Officer, a Putnam employee should follow the reporting steps prescribed in Rule 3.

COMMENTS

• Rule 1 concerns the conduct of an employee when Putnam possesses material non-public information. Rule 2 concerns the conduct of an employee who herself possesses material non-public information about a security that is not yet on the Red List.

• If an employee has any question as to whether information she possesses is material and/or non-public information, she must contact the Code of Ethics Officer immediately in accordance with Rule 3 prior to purchasing or selling any security related to the information or communicating the information to others. The Code of Ethics Officer shall have the sole authority to determine what constitutes material non-public information for the purposes of this Policy Statement.

Rule 3: Reporting of Material Non-public Information

Any Putnam employee who believes he is aware of or has received material non-public information concerning a security or an issuer shall immediately report the information to the Code of Ethics Officer, the Deputy Code of Ethics Officer or, in his or her absence, a lawyer in the Putnam Legal and Compliance Department and to no one else. After reporting the information, the Putnam employee shall comply strictly with Rule 2 by not trading in the security without the prior written approval of the Code of Ethics Officer and shall (a) take precautions to ensure the continued confidentiality of the information and (b) refrain from communicating the information in question to any person.

IMPLEMENTATION

A. An employee must communicate any potential material non-public information to the Code of Ethics Officer in a way designed to prevent the spread of such information and must do so prior to purchasing or selling a security or communicating the information to others. Once the employee has reported potential material non-public information to the Code of Ethics Officer, the Code of

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Ethics Officer will evaluate whether such information constitutes material non-public information, and whether a duty exists that makes use of such information improper. If the Code of Ethics Officer determines either (a) that the information is not material or is public or (b) that use of the information is proper, he will issue a written approval to the employee specifically authorizing trading while in possession of the information, if the employee so requests. If the Code of Ethics Officer determines (a) that the information may be non-public and material and (b) that use of such information may be improper, he will place the security that is the subject of such information on the Red List.

B. An employee who reports potential inside information to the Code of Ethics Officer should expect that the Code of Ethics Officer will need significant information, and time to gather such information, to make the evaluation, including information about (a) the manner in which the employee acquired the information and (b) the identity of individuals to whom the employee has revealed the information, or who have otherwise learned the information. In appropriate situations, the Code of Ethics Officer will normally place the affected security or securities on the Red List pending the completion of his evaluation.

C. If an employee possesses documents, disks, or other materials containing potential inside information, the employee must take precautions to ensure the confidentiality of the information in question. Those precautions include (a) putting documents containing such information out of the view of a casual observer, and (b) securing files containing such documents or ensuring that computer files reflecting such information are secure from viewing by others.

D. The PTA system will automatically reject requests to pre-clear a purchase or sale of securities of any of the following Putnam affiliates: Great-West Lifeco Inc., Power Financial Corporation, Power Corporation of Canada, and IGM Financial Inc. Any employee wishing to place a trade in one of these companies’ securities must contact the Code of Ethics Officer or the Deputy Code of Ethics Officer to request manual approval of the pre-clearance request. An employee requesting such approval must certify that he or she is not in possession of any material non-public information regarding the company in which he or she is seeking to place a trade. The decision whether or not to grant the pre-clearance request is in the sole discretion of the Code of Ethics Officer and the Deputy Code of Ethics Officer. The Code of Ethics Officer and Deputy Code of Ethics Officer will reject any such request for pre-clearance made by members of Putnam’s Executive Board and cert ain members of the Chief Financial Officer’s staff from the end of each calendar quarter to the date of announcement of Great-West Lifeco Inc.’s earnings for such quarter.

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Appendix A — Section II: Overview of Insider Trading

Introduction

This section of the Policy Statement provides guidelines for employees as to what may constitute inside information. It is possible that in the course of her employment, an employee may receive inside information. No employee should misuse that information, either by trading for her own account or by communicating the information to others.

What constitutes unlawful insider trading?

The basic definition of unlawful insider trading is trading on material non-public information (also called inside information) by an individual who has a duty not to take advantage of the information. The following sections help explain the definition.

What is material information?

Trading on inside information is not a basis for liability unless the information is material. Information is material if a reasonable person would attach importance to the information in determining his course of action with respect to a security. Information that is reasonably likely to affect the price of a company’s securities is material, but effect on price is not the sole criterion for determining materiality. Information that employees should consider material includes, but is not limited to, dividend changes, earnings estimates, changes in previously released earnings estimates, reorganization, recapitalization, asset sales, plans to commence a tender offer, merger or acquisition proposals or agreements, major litigation, liquidity problems, significant contracts, and extraordinary management developments.

Material information does not have to relate to a company’s business. For example, a court considered as material certain information about the contents of a forthcoming newspaper column that was expected to affect the market price of a security. In that case, a reporter for the Wall Street Journal was found criminally liable for disclosing to others the dates that reports on various companies would appear in the Journal’s “Heard on the Street” column and whether those reports would be favorable or not.

What is non-public information?

Information is non-public until it has been effectively communicated to, and sufficient opportunity has existed for it to be absorbed by, the marketplace. One must be able to point to some fact to show that the information is generally public. For example, information found in a report filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, or appearing in Dow Jones, Reuters, the Wall Street Journal , or other publications of general circulation would be considered public.

Who has a duty not to “take advantage” of inside information?

Unlawful insider trading occurs only if there is a duty not to take advantage of material non-public information. When there is no such duty, it is permissible to trade while in possession of such information. Questions as to whether a duty exists are complex, are fact-specific, and must be answered by a lawyer. If you have any doubt, err on the side of caution.

Insiders and Temporary Insiders Corporate insiders have a duty not to take advantage of inside information. The concept of insider is broad. It includes officers, directors, and employees of a corporation. In addition, a person can be a temporary insider if she enters into a special confidential relationship with a corporation and, as a result, is given access to information concerning the corporation’s affairs. A temporary insider can include, among others, accounting firms, consulting

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firms, law firms, banks, and the employees of such organizations. Putnam would generally be a temporary insider of a corporation it advises or for which it performs other services, because typically Putnam clients expect Putnam to keep any information disclosed to it confidential.

EXAMPLE

An investment advisor to the pension fund of a large publicly traded corporation, Acme, Inc., learns from an Acme employee that Acme will not be making the minimum required annual contribution to the pension fund because of a serious downturn in Acme’s financial situation. The information conveyed is material and non-public.

COMMENT

Neither the investment advisor, its employees, nor its clients can trade on the basis of that information, because the investment advisor and its employees could be considered temporary insiders of Acme.

Misappropriators Certain people who are not insiders (or temporary insiders) also have a duty not to deceptively take advantage of inside information. Included in this category is an individual who misappropriates (or takes for his own use) material non-public information in violation of a duty owed either to the corporation that is the subject of inside information or some other entity. Such a misappropriator can be held liable if he trades while in possession of that material non-public information.

EXAMPLE

The Chief Investment Officer of Acme, Inc., is aware of Acme’s plans to engage in a hostile takeover of Profit, Inc. The proposed hostile takeover is material and non-public.

COMMENT

The Chief Investment Officer of Acme cannot trade in Profit, Inc.’s stock for his own account. Even though he owes no duty to Profit, Inc., or its shareholders, he owes a duty to Acme not to take advantage of the information about the proposed hostile takeover by using it for his personal benefit.

Tippers and Tippees A person (the tippee) who receives material non-public information from an insider or misappropriator (the tipper) has a duty not to trade while in possession of that information if he knew, or should have known, that the information was provided by the tipper for an improper purpose and in breach of a duty owed by the tipper. In this context, it is an improper purpose for a person to provide such information for personal benefit.

EXAMPLE

The Chief Executive Officer of Acme, Inc., tells his daughter that negotiations concerning a previously announced acquisition of Acme have been terminated. This news is material and, at the time the father tells his daughter, non-public. The daughter sells her shares of Acme.

COMMENT

The father is a tipper because he has a duty to Acme and its shareholders not to take advantage of the information concerning the breakdown of negotiations, and he has conveyed the information for an improper purpose. The daughter is a tippee and is liable for trading on inside information because she knew, or should have known, that her father was conveying the information to her for his personal benefit, and that her father had a duty not to take advantage of Acme information. A person can be a tippee even if he did not learn the information directly from the tipper, but learned it from a previous tippee.

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EXAMPLE

An employee of a law firm that works on mergers and acquisitions learns at work about impending acquisitions. She tells her friend and her friend’s stockbroker about the upcoming acquisitions on a regular basis. The stockbroker tells the brother of a client on a regular basis, who in turn tells two friends, A and B. A and B buy shares of the companies being acquired before the public announcement of the acquisition, and regularly profit from such purchases. A and B do not know the employee of the law firm. They do not, however, ask about the source of the information.

COMMENT

A and B, although they have never heard of the tipper, are tippees because they did not ask about the source of the information, even though they were experienced investors, and were aware that the “tips” they received from this particular source were accurate.

Who can be liable for insider trading?

The categories of individuals discussed above (insiders, temporary insiders, misappropriators, or tippees) can be liable if they trade while in possession of material non-public information.

In addition, individuals other than those who actually trade on inside information can be liable for trades of others. A tipper can be liable if (a) he provided the information in exchange for a personal benefit in breach of a duty, and (b) the recipient of the information (the tippee) traded while in possession of the information.

Most importantly, a controlling person can be liable if the controlling person knew or recklessly disregarded the fact that the controlled person was likely to engage in misuse of inside information and failed to take appropriate steps to prevent it. Putnam is a controlling person of its employees. In addition, certain supervisors may be controlling persons of those employees they supervise.

EXAMPLE

A supervisor of an analyst learns that the analyst has, over a long period of time, secretly received material inside information from Acme, Inc.’s Chief Investment Officer. The supervisor learns that the analyst has engaged in a number of trades for his personal account on the basis of the inside information. The supervisor takes no action.

COMMENT

Even if he is not liable to a private plaintiff, the supervisor can be liable to the Securities and Exchange Commission for a civil penalty of up to three times the amount of the analyst’s profit.

Penalties for insider trading

Penalties for misuse of inside information are severe, both for individuals involved in such unlawful conduct and their employers. A person who violates the insider trading laws can be subject to some or all of the types of penalties below, even if he does not personally benefit from the violation. Penalties include:

• Jail sentences, criminal monetary penalties

• Injunctions permanently preventing an individual from working in the securities industry

• Injunctions ordering an individual to disgorge profits obtained from unlawful insider trading

• Civil penalties substantially greater than the profit gained or loss avoided by the trader, even if the individual paying the penalty did not trade or did not benefit personally

• Civil penalties for the employer or other controlling person

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• Damages in the amount of actual losses suffered by other participants in the market for the security at issue Regardless of whether penalties or money damages are sought by others, Putnam will take whatever action it deems appropriate, including dismissal, if Putnam determines, in its sole discretion, that an employee appears to have committed any violation of this Policy Statement, or to have engaged in any conduct that raises significant questions about whether an insider trading violation has occurred.

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Appendix B — Policy Statement Regarding Employee Trades in Shares of Putnam Closed-End Funds

Pre-clearance

Any purchase or sale of Putnam closed-end fund shares by a Putnam employee must be pre-cleared. A list of the closed-end funds can be obtained from the Code of Ethics Administrator.

Reporting

Employees must direct their brokers to provide to the Code of Ethics Administrator duplicate confirmations and statements of all purchases and sales. If you are an access person required to file a quarterly report of all personal securities transactions, you must include all purchases and sales of closed-end fund shares.

Special Rules Applicable to Managing Directors of Putnam Investment Management, LLC, Executive Board, and officers of the Putnam Funds

Please be aware that managing directors of Putnam Investment Management, LLC, Executive Board, the investment manager of the Putnam mutual funds, Putnam Executive Board members, and officers of the Putnam Funds will not receive clearance to engage in any combination of purchase and sale, or sale and purchase, of the shares of a given closed-end fund within six months of each other. Therefore, purchases should be made only if you intend to hold the shares more than six months; no sales of fund shares should be made if you intend to purchase additional shares of that same fund within six months.

Certain forms are also required to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission in connection with purchases and sales of Putnam closed-end funds. You will be notified by the Code of Ethics Administrator if this applies to you. Please contact the Code of Ethics Officer Administrator for further information.

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Appendix C — Contra- Trading Rule Clearance Form
To: Code of Ethics Officer
From:
Date:
Re: Sale of Personal Security
This serves as prior written approval to sell the following personal security:
Name of portfolio manager contemplating personal sale:
Security to be sold:
Number of shares to be sold:
Fund(s) holding security:
Number of shares held by fund:
Reason for the personal sale:
Specify the reason why the sale is inappropriate for fund:
(Please attach additional sheets if necessary. )
CIO approval:	Date:
Code of Ethics Officer/
Deputy Code of Ethics Officer approval:	Date:

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Appendix D — CFA Institute Code of Ethics and Standards of Professional Conduct

The CFA Institute Code of Ethics and Standards of Professional Conduct (Code and Standards) are fundamental to CFA Institute’s values and essential to achieving its mission to lead the investment profession globally by setting high standards of education, integrity, and professional excellence. High ethical standards are critical to maintaining the public’s trust in financial markets and in the investment profession.

Since their creation in the 1960s, the Code and Standards have promoted the integrity of CFA Institute members and served as a model for measuring the ethics of investment professionals globally, regardless of job function, cultural differences, or local laws and regulations. All CFA Institute members (including holders of the Chartered Financial Analyst® (CFA®) designation) and CFA candidates must abide by the Code and Standards and are encouraged to notify their employer of this responsibility. Violations may result in disciplinary sanctions by CFA Institute. Sanctions can include revocation of membership, candidacy in the CFA Program, and the right to use the CFA designation.

The Code of Ethics

Members of CFA Institute (including Chartered Financial Analyst® (CFA®) charterholders) and candidates for the CFA designation (“Members and Candidates”) must:

• Act with integrity, competence, diligence, and respect, and in an ethical manner with the public, clients, prospective clients, employers, employees, colleagues in the investment profession, and other participants in the global capital markets.

• Place the integrity of the investment profession and the interests of clients above their own personal interests.

• Use reasonable care and exercise independent professional judgment when conducting investment analysis, making investment recommendations, taking investment actions, and engaging in other professional activities.

• Practice and encourage others to practice in a professional and ethical manner that will reflect credit on themselves and the profession.

• Promote the integrity of, and uphold the rules governing, capital markets.

• Maintain and improve their professional competence and strive to maintain and improve the competence of other investment professionals.

Standards of Professional Conduct

I. PROFESSIONALISM

A. Knowledge of the Law. Members and Candidates must understand and comply with all applicable laws, rules, and regulations (including the CFA Institute Code of Ethics and Standards of Professional Conduct) of any government, regulatory organization, licensing agency, or professional association governing their professional activities. In the event of conflict, Members and Candidates must comply with the more strict law, rule, or regulation. Members and Candidates must not knowingly participate or assist in and must dissociate from any violation of such laws, rules, or regulations.

B. Independence and Objectivity. Members and Candidates must use reasonable care and judgment to achieve and maintain independence and objectivity in their professional activities.

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Members and Candidates must not offer, solicit, or accept any gift, benefit, compensation, or consideration that reasonably could be expected to compromise their own or another’s independence and objectivity.

C. Misrepresentation. Members and Candidates must not knowingly make any misrepresentations relating to investment analysis, recommendations, actions, or other professional activities.

D. Misconduct. Members and Candidates must not engage in any professional conduct involving dishonesty, fraud, or deceit, or commit any act that reflects adversely on their professional reputation, integrity, or competence.

II. INTEGRITY OF CAPITAL MARKETS

A. Material Non-public Information. Members and Candidates who possess material non-public information that could affect the value of an investment must not act or cause others to act on the information.

B. Market Manipulation. Members and Candidates must not engage in practices that distort prices or artificially inflate trading volume with the intent to mislead market participants.

III. DUTIES TO CLIENTS

A. Loyalty, Prudence, and Care. Members and Candidates have a duty of loyalty to their clients and must act with reasonable care and exercise prudent judgment. Members and Candidates must act for the benefit of their clients and place their clients’ interests before their employer’s or their own interests. In relationships with clients, Members and Candidates must determine applicable fiduciary duty and must comply with such duty to persons and interests to whom it is owed.

B. Fair Dealing. Members and Candidates must deal fairly and objectively with all clients when providing investment analysis, making investment recommendations, taking investment action, or engaging in other professional activities.

C. Suitability.

1. When Members and Candidates are in an advisory relationship with a client, they must:

a) Make a reasonable inquiry into a client’s or prospective clients’ investment experience, risk and return objectives, and financial constraints prior to making any investment recommendation or taking investment action, and must reassess and update this information regularly.

b) Determine that an investment is suitable to the client’s financial situation and consistent with the client’s written objectives, mandates, and constraints before making an investment recommendation or taking investment action.

c) Judge the suitability of investments in the context of the client’s total portfolio.

2. When Members and Candidates are responsible for managing a portfolio to a specific mandate, strategy, or style, they must only make investment recommendations or take investment actions that are consistent with the stated objectives and constraints of the portfolio.

D. Performance Presentation. When communicating investment performance information, Members or Candidates must make reasonable efforts to ensure that it is fair, accurate, and complete.

E. Preservation of Confidentiality. Members and Candidates must keep information about current, former, and prospective clients confidential unless:

1. The information concerns illegal activities on the part of the client or prospective client.

2. Disclosure is required by law.

3. The client or prospective client permits disclosure of the information.

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IV. DUTIES TO EMPLOYERS

A. Loyalty. In matters related to their employment, Members and Candidates must act for the benefit of their employer and not deprive their employer of the advantage of their skills and abilities, divulge confidential information, or otherwise cause harm to their employer.

B. Additional Compensation Arrangements. Members and Candidates must not accept gifts, benefits, compensation, or consideration that competes with, or might reasonably be expected to create a conflict of interest with, their employer’s interest unless they obtain written consent from all parties involved.

C. Responsibilities of Supervisors. Members and Candidates must make reasonable efforts to detect and prevent violations of applicable laws, rules, regulations, and the Code and Standards by anyone subject to their supervision or authority.

V. INVESTMENT ANALYSIS, RECOMMENDATIONS, AND ACTION

A. Diligence and Reasonable Basis. Members and Candidates must:

1. Exercise diligence, independence, and thoroughness in analyzing investments, making investment recommendations, and taking investment actions.

2. Have a reasonable and adequate basis, supported by appropriate research and investigation, for any investment analysis, recommendation, or action.

B. Communication with Clients and Prospective Clients. Members and Candidates must:

1. Disclose to clients and prospective clients the basic format and general principles of the investment processes used to analyze investments, select securities, and construct portfolios, and must promptly disclose any changes that might materially affect those processes.

2. Use reasonable judgment in identifying which factors are important to their investment analysis, recommendations, or actions and include those factors in communications with clients and prospective clients.

3. Distinguish between fact and opinion in the presentation of investment analysis and recommendations.

C. Record Retention. Members and Candidates must develop and maintain appropriate records to support their investment analysis, recommendations, actions, and other investment-related communications with clients and prospective clients.

VI. CONFLICTS OF INTEREST

A. Disclosure of Conflicts. Members and Candidates must make full and fair disclosure of all matters that could reasonably be expected to impair their independence and objectivity or interfere with respective duties to their clients, prospective clients, and employer. Members and Candidates must ensure that such disclosures are prominent, are delivered in plain language, and communicate the relevant information effectively.

B. Priority of Transactions. Investment transactions for clients and employers must have priority over investment transactions in which a Member or Candidate is the beneficial owner.

C. Referral Fees. Members and Candidates must disclose to their employer, clients, and prospective clients, as appropriate, any compensation, consideration, or benefit received by, or paid to, others for the recommendation of products or services.

VII. RESPONSIBILITIES AS A CFA INSTITUTE MEMBER OR CFA CANDIDATE

A. Conduct as Members and Candidates in the CFA Program. Members and Candidates must not engage in any conduct that compromises the reputation or integrity of the CFA Institute or the CFA designation or the integrity, validity, or security of the CFA examinations.

B. Reference to the CFA Institute, the CFA designation, and the CFA Program. When referring to the CFA Institute, CFA Institute membership, the CFA designation, or candidacy in the

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CFA Program, Members and Candidates must not misrepresent or exaggerate the meaning or implications of membership in the CFA Institute, holding the CFA designation, or candidacy in the CFA Program.

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Appendix E — Inducement Policy for Putnam Investments Limited (PIL) Employees

Inducements

Putnam Investments Limited has adopted the following procedures to enable it to comply with, and demonstrate compliance with, the requirements in this area:

Gifts, business meals, or entertainment events that are given or received (“inducements”) and that exceed a value of £25 (40 euros or equivalent) must be reported through the PTA system within 20 business days.

PIL’s policy limits gifts to a value of £100 (150 euros or equivalent) per item.

No limit is applied to meals provided such meals are for business purposes, reasonable, and not lavish.

Entertainment provided to, or received from, suppliers (including brokers) is limited to a value of £150 (225 euros or equivalent). When receiving or providing entertainment to clients or potential clients, the limit of £150 (225 euros or equivalent) may be exceeded provided that such event is for business purposes, reasonable, and not lavish. Pre-clearance must be obtained from the PIL Compliance Officer.

Inducements exceeding these limits should be politely declined, explaining that PIL’s internal policies will not permit their acceptance.

There may be rare occasions where you are unexpectedly offered a gift or are entertained where the value exceeds the limits and it would be very discourteous to decline, or difficult to pay part of the bill yourself (such as in a members’ dining club). In these circumstances the gift should be handed in to the PIL Compliance Officer, who will arrange to give it to charity, or the entertainment reported immediately to the PIL Compliance Officer with an explanation of the circumstances.

Where the gift is below £100 (150 euros or equivalent) or the entertainment is below £150 (225 euros or equivalent) for any individual, no pre-clearance is necessary. Above these levels, pre-clearance is required from the PIL Compliance Officer. If you are in doubt as to whether limits might be exceeded, please err on the side of caution and seek pre-clearance.

Employees must disclose inducements in PTA where the value is above £25 (40 euros or equivalent).

Inducements below £25 (40 euros or equivalent), e.g., an umbrella, a casual drink, or a snack, need not be reported.

No more than six entertainment events per year, and no more than two events may be accepted from a single source. Meals are not included in this limit.

Where breaches of the inducement policy occur, sanctions may apply.

Employees are required to make an annual declaration that they have reported all reportable inducements given and received, or that they have not given or received any inducements during the course of the year.

Further detailed guidance on PIL’s Inducement Policy is available in the PIL Compliance Manual.

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407 Letter	2, 33	Employees
7-Day Rule	3, 19, 20	general rules for	23
90-Day Short-Term Rule	12, 19	personal political contributions	26
Access Person		Entertainment Policy	23
definition	5	Excessive trading (over 10 trades) prohibited	16
reporting requirements for	33	Exchange-traded index funds (ETFs)	6, 8, 17, 33, 34
reporting transactions/holdings	33	Exempted transactions	17
Ad Hoc Exemption	37	Family member accounts	15
Affiliated Entities	29	Family Members’ Conflict Policy	29
Analysts		Fiduciary	28
special rules	19, 20, 21	Gifts and Entertainment Policy	23
Annual Holdings Report	11, 34	Gifts donated as securities	11
Anti-bribery/Kickback Policy	25	Good Until Canceled (GTC) Limit orders	16
Anti-money Laundering Policy	32	Goods and services, purchasing	29
Anti-trust and other laws	23	Great-West Lifeco Inc.	2, 8, 12, 43
Appeal Procedures	38	Initial holdings report	34
Blackout Rule
trading by portfolio managers,		Initial Public Offerings (IPOs)	12
analysts, and CIOs	3, 20	Inside Information	1, 43, 44
Boycott laws	23	material, non-public information	13, 42
		policy statement	40
Bribes	25	sanctions for	39, 46
Broker accounts	2, 33	Inside Information List (Red List)	42
Business ethics	34	Insider Trading
CFA Institute Code of Ethics	31	definitions	41
CFA Institute Code of Ethics and Standards of		explanations of	44
Professional Conduct	50	liability for	46
		penalties for	46
Chief Investment Officer		policy statement	40
special rules on trading	19
Closed-end fund	2, 5, 6, 7, 8, 48	Investment clubs	28
Code of Ethics Administrator	6	Involuntary transactions	11, 17
Code of Ethics Officer	6	Kickback Policy	25
Deputy Code of Ethics Officer	6	Large-/Mid-Cap Exemption	9
Code of Ethics Oversight Committee	6, 13, 16, 39	Limit Orders	16
Compliance and Appeal Procedures	37	Linked accounts	15
Computer and Network Use Policy	30	Lobbying Policy	26
Confidentiality	1, 27	Market timing prohibition	15
Confirmations and broker statements	2, 33	Marsh & McLennan (MMC) securities	8, 11, 17, 33
Conflicts of interest	1, 4, 23	Material information	1, 13, 40, 42, 43, 44, 46
Contra-Trading Rule	3, 21	Naked Options	17
Clearance Form	49	Negotiations prohibition	28
Corporate purchase of goods and services	29	Non-public information	1, 13, 40, 42, 43, 44, 46
Corporate/political contributions.	26	Non-Putnam affiliates (NPAs)	29
Currencies	7	Officer, prohibited to serve for another entity	27
Director, prohibited to serve for another entity	27	Ombudsman	35
Discretionary account	6, 10, 12	Options
Dividend reinvestment program	18	defined as securities	10
Education Requirements	36	naked	17

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Partner, prohibited to serve for another entity	27	90-Day Rule	15
Partnerships, covered in personal securities		One-Year Rule	15
transactions	7, 41	Putnam Variable Trusts	14
Personal securities transactions	3	Quarterly Report of Securities Transactions	2, 33
Personal Trading Assistant (PTA)		Records
2, 6, 8, 9, 11, 24, 27, 33, 34		accuracy records policy	29
Political activities, contributions, lobbying	26	retention policy	32
Portfolio managers, special rules on trading	19-22	Red List	42, 43
Portfolio Trading	21, 29	Reporting Requirements	33
Postiions outside Putnam	27, 34	Restricted List	7-9, 12, 37, 38
Power Corporation of Canada	2, 8, 12, 43	Sanctions	39
Power Financial Corporation	2, 8, 12, 43	Shares by subscription, pre-clearance	10
Pre-clearance	2, 6-12	Special rules for investment professionals	3, 19-22
sanctions for failure to pre-clear properly	39	Spread betting	17
Privacy Policy	31	Tender Offers	11
Private offerings and private placement		Trustee	7, 14, 27, 28, 41
pre-approval	13	Trusts	1, 7, 14, 41
Prohibited transactions	12-18	U. S. government obligations	7
Putnam mutual fund restrictions	2, 14, 15	Warrants	7, 8, 41

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