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ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000869392-14-000124
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: NSAR-B
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 4
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20140630
FILED AS OF DATE: 20140828
DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20140828
EFFECTIVENESS DATE: 20140828
FILER:
COMPANY DATA:
COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: PUTNAM EUROPE EQUITY FUND
CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000842940
IRS NUMBER: 043083315
STATE OF INCORPORATION: MA
FISCAL YEAR END: 0630
FILING VALUES:
FORM TYPE: NSAR-B
SEC ACT: 1940 Act
SEC FILE NUMBER: 811-05693
FILM NUMBER: 141070809
BUSINESS ADDRESS:
STREET 1: ONE POST OFFICE SQUARE
STREET 2: MAILSTOP A 14
CITY: BOSTON
STATE: MA
ZIP: 02109
BUSINESS PHONE: 8002551581
FORMER COMPANY:
FORMER CONFORMED NAME: PUTNAM EUROPE GROWTH FUND
DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19920703
FORMER COMPANY:
FORMER CONFORMED NAME: PUTNAM EUROPE FUND
DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19900726
FORMER COMPANY:
FORMER CONFORMED NAME: PUTNAM GOVERNMENT INCOME FUND
DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19900412
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SIGNATURE JANET C. SMITH
TITLE PRINC. ACCT. OFFICER
EX-99
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auditlttr057.txt
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
To the Trustees and Shareholders of Putnam Europe Equity Fund:
In planning and performing our audit of the financial
statements of Putnam Europe Equity Fund (the Fund) as of and
for the year ended June 30, 2014, in accordance with the
standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board
(United States), we considered the Funds internal control over
financial reporting, including controls over safeguarding
securities, as a basis for designing our auditing procedures
for the purpose of expressing our opinion on the financial
statements and to comply with the requirements of Form NSAR,
but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the
effectiveness of the Funds internal control over financial
reporting. Accordingly, we do not express an opinion on the
effectiveness of the Funds internal control over financial
reporting.
The management of the Fund is responsible for establishing and
maintaining effective internal control over financial
reporting. In fulfilling this responsibility, estimates and
judgments by management are required to assess the expected
benefits and related costs of controls. A funds internal
control over financial reporting is a process designed 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. A funds internal control over
financial reporting includes those policies and procedures
that (1) pertain to the maintenance of records that, in
reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the
transactions and dispositions of the assets of the fund; (2)
provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as
necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in
accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and
that receipts and expenditures of the fund are being made only
in accordance with authorizations of management and trustees
of the fund; and (3) provide reasonable assurance regarding
prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition,
use or disposition of a funds assets that could have a
material effect on the financial statements.
Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over
financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements.
Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future
periods are subject to the risk that controls may become
inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the
degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may
deteriorate.
A deficiency in internal control over financial reporting
exists when the design or operation of a control does not
allow management or employees, in the normal course of
performing their assigned functions, to prevent or detect
misstatements on a timely basis. A material weakness is a
deficiency, or a combination of deficiencies, in internal
control over financial reporting, such that there is a
reasonable possibility that a material misstatement of the
Funds annual or interim financial statements will not be
prevented or detected on a timely basis.
Our consideration of the Funds internal control over financial
reporting was for the limited purpose described in the first
paragraph and would not necessarily disclose all deficiencies
in internal control over financial reporting that might be
material weaknesses under standards established by the Public
Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). However,
we noted no deficiencies in the Funds internal control over
financial reporting and its operation, including controls over
safeguarding securities, that we consider to be material
weaknesses as defined above as of June 30, 2014.
This report is intended solely for the information and use of
management and the Board of Trustees of Putnam Europe Equity
Fund and the Securities and Exchange Commission and is not
intended to be and should not be used by anyone other than
these specified parties.
/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Boston, Massachusetts
August 7, 2014
2 of 2
1 of 2
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, 125 High Street, Boston, MA 02110
T: (617) 530 5000, F:(617) 530 5001, www.pwc.com/us
EX-99
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Putnam Europe Equity Fund, June 30, 2014, Annual report
Because the electronic format for filing Form NSAR does not
provide adequate space for responding to certain items correctly,
the correct answers are as follows:
72DD1 (000s omitted)
Class A 1,479
Class B 7
Class C 81
Class M 12
72DD2 (000s omitted)
Class R 2
Class Y 271
73A1
Class A 0.215
Class B 0.046
Class C 0.184
Class M 0.094
73A2
Class R 0.189
Class Y 0.271
74U1 (000s omitted)
Class A 8,198
Class B 165
Class C 714
Class M 121
74U2 (000s omitted)
Class R 20
Class Y 2,187
74V1
Class A 27.57
Class B 26.37
Class C 26.83
Class M 27.26
74V2
Class R 27.19
Class Y 27.70
Item 61
Additional Information About Minimum Required Investment
Shareholders can open a fund account with as little as $500 and
make subsequent investments in any amount. The minimum investment
is waived if you make regular investments weekly, semi monthly,
or monthly through automatic deductions through your bank
checking or savings account. Currently, Putnam is waiving the
minimum, but reserves the right to reject initial investments
under the minimum.
Item 85B
Additional Information About Errors and Omissions Policy
While no claims with respect to the Registrant/Series were filed
under such policy during the period, requests under such policy
for reimbursement of legal expenses and costs arising out of
claims of market timing activity in the Putnam Funds have been
submitted by the investment manager of the Registrant/Series.
EX-99
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Shareholder meeting results (Unaudited)
February 27, 2014 special meeting
At the meeting, each of the nominees for Trustees was elected, as
follows:
Votes for Votes withheld
Liaquat Ahamed 5,441,240 273,478
Ravi Akhoury 5,448,782 265,935
Barbara M. Baumann 5,479,886 234,831
Jameson A. Baxter 5,441,445 273,273
Charles B. Curtis 5,463,281 251,436
Robert J. Darretta 5,461,583 253,134
Katinka Domotorffy 5,455,580 259,137
John A. Hill 5,432,141 282,576
Paul L. Joskow 5,480,222 234,496
Kenneth R. Leibler 5,467,751 246,966
Robert E. Patterson 5,452,831 261,887
George Putnam, III 5,488,247 226,470
Robert L. Reynolds 5,486,569 228,148
W. Thomas Stephens 5,469,284 245,434
A proposal to approve a new management contract between the fund
and Putnam Management was approved, as follows:
Votes Votes Broker
For against Abstentions non votes
4,253,900 177,864 231,789 1,051,165
March 7, 2014 special meeting
A proposal to adopt an Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust,
with respect to which the February 27, 2014 meeting had been
adjourned, was approved, as follows:
Votes Votes Broker
For against Abstentions non votes
4,268,286 254,134 282,682 1,007,585
All tabulations are rounded to the nearest whole number.