0000928816-12-001881.txt : 20121206 0000928816-12-001881.hdr.sgml : 20121206 20121206103244 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000928816-12-001881 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 497J PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 20121206 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20121206 EFFECTIVENESS DATE: 20121206 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: 121245662 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: ONE POST OFFICE SQ STREET 2: MAILSTOP A 14 CITY: BOSTON STATE: MA ZIP: 02109 BUSINESS PHONE: 8002252581 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: ONE POST OFFICE SQ CITY: BOSTON STATE: MA ZIP: 02109 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: PUTNAM EQUITY INCOME FUND/NEW DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19940302 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: PUTNAM GEORGE FUND OF BOSTON DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19920703 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_george497j.htm THE GEORGE PUTNAM BALANCED FUND a_george497j.htm
Putnam Investments 
One Post Office Square 
Boston, MA 02109 
December 6, 2012 

 

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. 104 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. 104 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 28, 2012.

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 
   
By:  /s/ JonathanS. Horwitz 
 
   
  Jonathan S. Horwitz 
  Executive Vice President, Principal Executive 
  Officer and Compliance Liaison 

 

cc:  James E. Thomas, Esq. 
  Ropes & Gray LLP