EX-99 4 pilcntrct052.txt PUTNAM FUNDS SUBMANAGEMENT CONTRACT This SubManagement Contract is dated as of February 27, 2014 between PUTNAM INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the Manager) and PUTNAM INVESTMENTS LIMITED, a company organized under the laws of England and Wales (the SubManager). WHEREAS, the Manager is the investment manager of each of the investment companies registered under the United States Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, that are identified on Schedule A hereto, as it may from time to time be amended by the Manager (the Funds), and a registered investment adviser under the United States Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended; WHEREAS, the SubManager is licensed as an investment manager by the Financial Conduct Authority of the United Kingdom (the FCA); and WHEREAS, the Manager desires to engage the SubManager from time to time to manage a portion of certain of the Funds: NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants herein contained, it is agreed as follows: 1. SERVICES TO BE RENDERED BY SUBMANAGER. (a) The SubManager, at its expense, will furnish continuously an investment program for that portion of any Fund the management of which is allocated from time to time by the Manager to the SubManager (an Allocated Sleeve). The Manager shall, in its sole discretion, determine which Funds will have an Allocated Sleeve and the amount of assets allocated from time to time to each such Allocated Sleeve; provided that, with respect to any Fund, the Trustees of such Fund must have approved the use of the SubManager prior to the creation of an Allocated Sleeve for such Fund. The SubManager will determine what investments shall be purchased, held, sold or exchanged by any Allocated Sleeve and what portion, if any, of the assets of the Allocated Sleeve shall be held uninvested and shall, on behalf of the Fund, make changes in the Funds investments held in such Allocated Sleeve. (b) The Manager may also, at its discretion, request the SubManager to provide assistance with purchasing and selling securities for any Fund, including the placement of orders with brokerdealers selected in accordance with Section 1(d), even if the Manager has not established an Allocated Sleeve for such Fund. (c) The SubManager at its expense will furnish all necessary investment and management facilities, including salaries of personnel, required for it to execute its duties faithfully. (d) The SubManager shall place all orders for the purchase and sale of portfolio investments for any Allocated Sleeve with brokers or dealers selected by the SubManager. In the selection of such brokers or dealers and the placing of such orders, the SubManager shall use its best efforts to obtain for the related Fund the most favorable price and execution available, except to the extent it may be permitted to pay higher brokerage commissions for brokerage and research services as described below. In using its best efforts to obtain for the Fund the most favorable price and execution available, the SubManager, bearing in mind the Funds best interests at all times, shall consider all factors it deems relevant, including by way of illustration, price, the size of the transaction, the nature of the market for the security, the amount of the commission, the timing of the transaction taking into account market prices and trends, the reputation, experience and financial stability of the broker or dealer involved and the quality of service rendered by the broker or dealer in other transactions. Subject to such policies as the Trustees of the Funds may determine, the SubManager shall not be deemed to have acted unlawfully or to have breached any duty created by this Contract or otherwise solely by reason of its having caused a Fund to pay a broker or dealer that provides brokerage and research services to the Manager or the SubManager an amount of commission for effecting a portfolio investment transaction in excess of the amount of commission another broker or dealer would have charged for effecting that transaction, if the SubManager determines in good faith that such amount of commission was reasonable in relation to the value of the brokerage and research services provided by such broker or dealer, viewed in terms of either that particular transaction or its overall responsibilities with respect to the Fund and to other clients of the Manager or the SubManager as to which the Manager or the SubManager exercises investment discretion. The SubManager agrees that in connection with purchases or sales of portfolio investments for any Fund, neither the SubManager nor any officer, director, employee or agent of the SubManager shall act as a principal or receive any commission other than as provided in Section 3. (e) The SubManager shall not be obligated to pay any expenses of or for the Manager or any Fund not expressly assumed by the SubManager pursuant to this Section 1. (f) In the performance of its duties, the SubManager will comply with the provisions of the Agreement and Declaration of Trust and ByLaws of each applicable Fund and such Funds stated investment objectives, policies and restrictions, and will use its best efforts to safeguard and promote the welfare of such Fund and to comply with other policies which the Manager or the Trustees may from time to time determine and shall exercise the same care and diligence expected of the Manager. 2. OTHER AGREEMENTS, ETC. It is understood that any of the shareholders, Trustees, officers and employees of a Fund may be a shareholder, director, officer or employee of, or be otherwise interested in, the SubManager, and in any person controlled by or under common control with the SubManager, and that the SubManager and any person controlled by or under common control with the SubManager may have an interest in such Fund. It is also understood that the SubManager and any person controlled by or under common control with the SubManager have and may have advisory, management, service or other contracts with other organizations and persons, and may have other interests and business. 3. COMPENSATION. Except as provided below, the Manager will pay to the SubManager as compensation for the SubManagers services rendered, a fee, computed and paid quarterly at the annual rate of 0.35% per annum of average aggregate net asset value of the assets in equity and asset allocation Allocated Sleeves and 0.40% per annum of average aggregate net asset value of the assets in fixed income Allocated Sleeves, except for fixed income Allocated Sleeves in certain fixed income Funds enumerated as follows (with the per annum fee provided in parentheses): Putnam Money Market Liquidity Fund (0.20%), Putnam Short Term Investment Fund (0.20%), Putnam Money Market Fund (0.25%), Putnam Tax Exempt Money Market Fund (0.25%), Putnam VT Money Market Fund (0.25%), Putnam Short Duration Income Fund (0.25%), Putnam ShortTerm Municipal Income Fund (0.25%), Putnam American Government Income Fund (0.25%), Putnam Income Fund (0.25%), Putnam U.S. Government Income Trust (0.25%), Putnam VT American Government Income Fund (0.25%), and Putnam VT Income Fund (0.25%). Such average net asset value shall be determined by taking an average of all of the determinations of such net asset value during a quarter at the close of business on each business day during such quarter while this Contract is in effect. Such fee shall be payable for each quarter within 30 days after the close of such quarter. The SubManager shall look only to the Manager for payment of its fees. No Fund shall have any responsibility for paying any fees due the SubManager. With respect to each of Putnam High Income Securities Fund, Putnam Master Intermediate Income Trust and Putnam Premier Income Trust, the Manager will pay to the SubManager as compensation for the SubManagers services rendered, a fee, computed and paid quarterly at the annual rate of 0.40% of Average Weekly Assets in Allocated Sleeves. Average Weekly Assets means the average of the weekly determinations of the difference between the total assets of the Fund (including any assets attributable to leverage for investment purposes) attributable to an Allocated Sleeve and the total liabilities of the Fund (excluding liabilities incurred in connection with leverage for investment purposes) attributable to such Allocated Sleeve, determined at the close of the last business day of each week, for each week which ends during the quarter. Such fee shall be payable for each quarter within 30 days after the close of such quarter. As used in this Section 3, leverage for investment purposes means any incurrence of indebtedness the proceeds of which are to be invested in accordance with the Funds investment objective. For purposes of calculating Average Weekly Assets, liabilities associated with any instruments or transactions used to leverage the Funds portfolio for investment purposes (whether or not such instruments or transactions are covered within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940 and the rules and regulations thereunder, giving effect to any interpretations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and its staff) are not considered liabilities. For purposes of calculating Average Weekly Assets, the total assets of the Fund will be deemed to include (a) any proceeds from the sale or transfer of an asset (the Underlying Asset) of the Fund to a counterparty in a reverse repurchase or dollar roll transaction and (b) the value of such Underlying Asset as of the relevant measuring date. In the event that the Managers management fee from any of Putnam High Income Securities Fund, Putnam Master Intermediate Income Trust or Putnam Premier Income Trust is reduced pursuant to the investment management contract between such Fund and the Manager because during any Measurement Period (as defined below) the amount of interest payments and fees with respect to indebtedness or other obligation of the Fund incurred for investment leverage purposes, plus additional expenses attributable to any such leverage for investment purposes, exceeds the portion of the Funds net income and net shortterm capital gains (but not longterm capital gains) accruing during such Measurement Period as a result of the fact that such indebtedness or other obligation was outstanding during the Measurement Period, the fee payable to the SubManager with respect to such Fund shall be reduced in the same proportion as the fee paid to the Manager with respect to such Fund is so reduced. Measurement Period shall be any period for which payments of interest or fees (whether designated as such or implied) are payable in connection with any indebtedness or other obligation of the Fund incurred for investment purposes. If the SubManager shall serve for less than the whole of a quarter, the foregoing compensation shall be prorated. 4. ASSIGNMENT TERMINATES THIS CONTRACT; AMENDMENTS OF THIS CONTRACT. This Contract shall automatically terminate without the payment of any penalty, in the event of its assignment; and this Contract shall not be amended with respect to any Allocated Sleeve unless such amendment be approved at a meeting by the vote, cast in person at a meeting called for the purpose of voting on such approval, of a majority of the Trustees of the related Fund who are not interested persons of such Fund or of the Manager. 5. EFFECTIVE PERIOD AND TERMINATION OF THIS CONTRACT. This Contract shall become effective upon its execution, and shall remain in full force and effect continuously thereafter (unless terminated automatically as set forth in Section 4) until terminated as follows: (a) Either party hereto or, with respect to any Allocated Sleeve, the related Fund may at any time terminate this Contract by not more than sixty days nor less than thirty days written notice delivered or mailed by registered mail, postage prepaid, to the other party, or (b) With respect to any Allocated Sleeve, if (i) the Trustees of the related Fund or the shareholders by the affirmative vote of a majority of the outstanding shares of such Fund, and (ii) a majority of the Trustees of such Fund who are not interested persons of such Fund or of the Manager, by vote cast in person at a meeting called for the purpose of voting on such approval, do not specifically approve at least annually the continuance of this Contract, then this Contract shall automatically terminate at the close of business on the anniversary of its execution, or upon the expiration of one year from the effective date of the last such continuance, whichever is later, or (c) With respect to any Allocated Sleeve, automatically upon termination of the Managers investment management contract with the related Fund. Action by a Fund under (a) above may be taken either (i) by vote of a majority of its Trustees, or (ii) by the affirmative vote of a majority of the outstanding shares of such Fund. Termination of this Contract pursuant to this Section 5 will be without the payment of any penalty. 6. CERTAIN DEFINITIONS. For the purposes of this Contract, the affirmative vote of a majority of the outstanding shares of a Fund means the affirmative vote, at a duly called and held meeting of shareholders of such Fund, (a) of the holders of 67% or more of the shares of such Fund present (in person or by proxy) and entitled to vote at such meeting, if the holders of more than 50% of the outstanding shares of such Fund entitled to vote at such meeting are present in person or by proxy, or (b) of the holders of more than 50% of the outstanding shares of such Fund entitled to vote at such meeting, whichever is less. For the purposes of this Contract, the terms affiliated person, control, interested person and assignment shall have their respective meanings defined in the United States Investment Company Act of 1940 and the Rules and Regulations thereunder (the 1940 Act), subject, however, to such exemptions as may be granted by the Securities and Exchange Commission under said Act; the term specifically approve at least annually shall be construed in a manner consistent with the 1940 Act, and the Rules and Regulations thereunder; and the term brokerage and research services shall have the meaning given in the United States Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Rules and Regulations thereunder. 7. NONLIABILITY OF SUBMANAGER. In the absence of willful misfeasance, bad faith or gross negligence on the part of the SubManager, or reckless disregard of its obligations and duties hereunder, the SubManager shall not be subject to any liability to the Manager, any Fund or to any shareholder of any Fund, for any act or omission in the course of, or connected with, rendering services hereunder. 8. ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS. (a) The SubManager represents that it is regulated by the FCA in the conduct of its investment business. The SubManager has in operation a written procedure in accordance with FCA rules for the effective consideration and proper handling of complaints from customers. Any complaint by the Manager or any Fund should be sent to the Compliance Officer of the SubManager. The Manager and any Fund is also entitled to make any complaints about the SubManager to the Financial Ombudsman Service established by the FCA. The Manager and any Fund may also request a statement describing its rights to compensation in the event of the SubManagers inability to meet its liabilities. (b) The Manager represents that it and each Fund are Professional Customers in the meaning of the FCAs rules. (c) Although each Fund is not a party hereto and shall have no responsibility for the Managers or the SubManagers obligations hereunder, each Fund is named as explicit third party beneficiary of the parties agreements hereunder. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, PUTNAM INVESTMENTS LIMITED and PUTNAM INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLC have each caused this instrument to be signed in duplicate on its behalf by an officer duly authorized, all as of the day and year first above written. PUTNAM INVESTMENTS LIMITED By: /s/ Simon Davis Simon Davis PUTNAM INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLC By: /s/ James P. Pappas James P. Pappas Director of Trustee Relations and Authorized Person Schedule A Effective February 27, 2014, unless otherwise noted As amended as of November 30, 2015 Putnam Absolute Return 100 Fund Putnam Absolute Return 300 Fund Putnam Absolute Return 500 Fund Putnam Absolute Return 700 Fund Putnam American Government Income Fund Putnam AMTFree Municipal Fund Putnam Arizona Tax Exempt Income Fund Putnam Asia Pacific Equity Fund Putnam California Tax Exempt Income Fund Putnam Capital Spectrum Fund Putnam Capital Opportunities Fund Putnam Convertible Securities Fund Putnam Diversified Income Trust Putnam Dynamic Asset Allocation Balanced Fund Putnam Dynamic Asset Allocation Conservative Fund Putnam Dynamic Asset Allocation Equity Fund Putnam Dynamic Asset Allocation Growth Fund Putnam Dynamic Risk Allocation Fund Putnam Equity Income Fund Putnam Emerging Markets Equity Fund Putnam Emerging Markets Income Fund Putnam Europe Equity Fund Putnam Equity Spectrum Fund Putnam Floating Rate Income Fund George Putnam Balanced Fund Putnam Global Consumer Fund Putnam Global Dividend Fund Putnam Global Energy Fund Putnam Global Equity Fund Putnam Global Financials Fund Putnam Global Health Care Fund Putnam Global Income Trust Putnam Global Industrials Fund Putnam Global Natural Resources Fund Putnam Global Sector Fund Putnam Global Technology Fund Putnam Global Telecommunications Fund Putnam Global Utilities Fund The Putnam Fund for Growth and Income Putnam Growth Opportunities Fund Putnam High Income Securities Fund Putnam High Yield Advantage Fund Putnam High Yield Trust Putnam Income Fund Putnam IntermediateTerm Municipal Income Fund Putnam International Capital Opportunities Fund Putnam International Equity Fund Putnam International Value Fund Putnam International Growth Fund Putnam Investors Fund Putnam Low Volatility Equity Fund Putnam Managed Municipal Income Trust Putnam Massachusetts Tax Exempt Income Fund Putnam Master Intermediate Income Trust Putnam Michigan Tax Exempt Income Fund Putnam Minnesota Tax Exempt Income Fund Putnam Money Market Fund Putnam Money Market Liquidity Fund Putnam Mortgage Opportunities Fund (effective November 20, 2014) Putnam Mortgage Recovery Fund Putnam MultiCap Core Fund Putnam MultiCap Growth Fund Putnam MultiCap Value Fund Putnam Municipal Opportunities Trust Putnam New Jersey Tax Exempt Income Fund Putnam New York Tax Exempt Income Fund Putnam Ohio Tax Exempt Income Fund Putnam Pennsylvania Tax Exempt Income Fund Putnam Premier Income Trust Putnam Research Fund Putnam Retirement Income Fund Lifestyle 1 Putnam Retirement Income Fund Lifestyle 2 Putnam Retirement Income Fund Lifestyle 3 Putnam RetirementReady 2060 Fund (effective November 30, 2015) Putnam RetirementReady 2055 Fund 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 Short Term Investment Fund Putnam ShortTerm Municipal Income Fund Putnam Small Cap Growth Fund Putnam Small Cap Value Fund Putnam Strategic Volatility Equity Fund Putnam Tax Exempt Income Fund Putnam Tax Exempt Money Market Fund Putnam TaxFree High Yield Fund Putnam U.S. Government Income Trust Putnam Voyager Fund Putnam VT Absolute Return 500 Fund Putnam VT American Government Income Fund Putnam VT Capital Opportunities Fund Putnam VT Diversified Income Fund Putnam VT Equity Income Fund Putnam VT George Putnam Balanced Fund Putnam VT Global Asset Allocation Fund Putnam VT Global Equity Fund Putnam VT Global Health Care Fund Putnam VT Global Utilities Fund Putnam VT Growth and Income Fund Putnam VT Growth Opportunities Fund Putnam VT High Yield Fund Putnam VT Income Fund Putnam VT International Equity Fund Putnam VT International Value Fund Putnam VT International Growth Fund Putnam VT Investors Fund Putnam VT Money Market Fund Putnam VT MultiCap Growth Fund Putnam VT MultiCap Value Fund Putnam VT Research Fund Putnam VT Small Cap Value Fund Putnam VT Voyager Fund PUTNAM INVESTMENTS LIMITED By: /s/ Simon Davis ______ Simon Davis_______________] PUTNAM INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLC By: /s/ James P. Pappas James P. Pappas Director of Trustee Relations and Authorized Person -2- 50962199_1 50962199_1 -9- -7- Schedule A (continued) A-3 50962199_1 A-1 50962199_1