0000928816-11-001711.txt : 20111202 0000928816-11-001711.hdr.sgml : 20111202 20111202152535 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000928816-11-001711 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 497J PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 20111202 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20111202 EFFECTIVENESS DATE: 20111202 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: GEORGE PUTNAM FUND OF BOSTON CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000081259 IRS NUMBER: 046013677 STATE OF INCORPORATION: MA FISCAL YEAR END: 0731 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 497J SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 002-10816 FILM NUMBER: 111240112 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: ONE POST OFFICE SQ STREET 2: MAILSTOP A 14 CITY: BOSTON STATE: MA ZIP: 02109 BUSINESS PHONE: 8002252581 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: PUTNAM EQUITY INCOME FUND/NEW DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19940302 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: PUTNAM GEORGE FUND OF BOSTON DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19920703 0000081259 S000005597 GEORGE PUTNAM FUND OF BOSTON C000015264 Class A Shares PGEOX C000015265 Class B Shares PGEBX C000015266 Class C Shares PGPCX C000015267 Class M Shares PGEMX C000015268 Class R Shares PGPRX C000015269 Class Y Shares PGEYX 497J 1 a_georgejltr.htm GEORGE PUTNAM BALANCED FUND a_georgejltr.htm
  Putnam Investments 
  One Post Office Square 
  Boston, MA 02109 
  December 2, 2011 
 
 
Securities and Exchange Commission   
100 F Street, NE   
Washington, DC 20549   

 

 
RE:  George Putnam Balanced Fund Reg. Nos. (2-10816) (811-00058) (the “Fund”) Post-Effective Amendment 
  No.102 to Registration Statement on Form N-1A 

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

Pursuant to Rule 497(j) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Fund hereby certifies that the form of Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information that would have been filed on behalf of the Fund pursuant to Rule 497(c) upon the effectiveness of Post-Effective Amendment No.102 to the Fund’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A (the “Amendment”) would not have differed from that contained in the Amendment, which is the most recent amendment to such Registration Statement and was filed electronically on November 25, 2011.

Comments or questions concerning this certificate may be directed to Annemarie Duffy at 1-800-225-2465, ext. 1-4824.

      Very truly yours, 
 
      George Putnam Balanced Fund 
 
      /s/ Jonathan S. Horwitz 
    By: 
 
   
      Jonathan S. Horwitz 
      Executive Vice President, Treasurer, Principal 
      Executive Officer and Compliance Liaison 
cc:  James E. Thomas, Esq.     
  Ropes & Gray LLP