EX-99 7 shrmtg052.txt Shareholder meeting results (Unaudited) February 27, 2014 special meeting A proposal to approve a new management contract between the fund and Putnam Management was approved as follows: Votes for Votes against Abstentions 29,731,555 1,310,388 963,323 April 25, 2014 meeting At the meeting, a proposal to fix the number of Trustees at 14 was approved as follows: Votes for Votes against Abstentions 47,771,905 1,808,042 867,678 At the meeting, each of the nominees for Trustees was elected, as follows: Votes for Votes withheld Liaquat Ahamed 48,286,459 2,161,172 Ravi Akhoury 48,242,831 2,204,800 Barbara M. Baumann 48,436,871 2,010,760 Jameson A. Baxter 48,398,108 2,049,523 Charles B. Curtis 48,422,411 2,025,220 Robert J. Darretta 48,472,179 1,975,452 Katinka Domotorffy 48,393,964 2,053,667 Paul L. Joskow 48,497,721 1,949,910 Kenneth R. Leibler 48,522,237 1,925,394 George Putnam, III 48,447,289 2,000,341 Robert L. Reynolds 48,481,832 1,965,799 W. Thomas Stephens 48,455,458 1,992,173 A quorum was not present with respect to the matter of electing two Trustees to be voted on by the preferred shareholders voting as a separate class. As a result, in accordance with the funds Declaration of Trust and Bylaws, independent fund Trustees John A. Hill and Robert E. Patterson remain in office and continue to serve as Trustees. June 24, 2014 meeting At the meeting a proposal to authorize the Trustees to amend and restate the funds Agreement and Declaration of Trust to revise the quorum requirement for shareholder meetings, with respect to which the April 25, 2014 meeting had been adjourned, was approved as follows: Votes for Votes against Abstentions 29,735,084 5,633,887 988,160 At the meeting, a proposal to authorize the Trustees to amend and restate the funds Agreement and Declaration of Trust to make other changes, with respect to which the April 25, 2014 meeting had been adjourned, was approved as follows: Votes for Votes against Abstentions 32,075,750 2,933,340 1,348,037 At the meeting, a proposal to authorize the Trustees to amend the funds Agreement and Declaration of Trust to eliminate certain mandatory shareholder votes on converting the fund to an open-ended investment company, with respect to which the April 25, 2014 meeting had been adjourned, was not approved as follows: Votes for Votes against Abstentions 27,391,330 7,743,115 1,222,682 All tabulations are rounded to the nearest whole number.