40-17G/A 1 a_fidelity4017GA.htm MULTIPLE PUTNAM FUNDS a_fidelity4017ga.htm

February 23, 2012

Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20549

Re:  Amended Filing under Rule 17g-1 

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

On behalf of the registered management investment companies listed in Schedule A hereto (the “Funds”), please be advised, pursuant to Rule 17g-1(g) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, enclosed as Exhibit 1 is a copy of the amended agreement entered into by the Funds and certain affiliates in accordance with Rule 17g-1(f).

Please direct any comments you may have to my colleague, James Clark, Associate General Counsel of Putnam Investments, at (617) 760-8939.

Very truly yours,
/s/ James P. Pappas

James P. Pappas


Exhibit 1

AGREEMENT 

 

WHEREAS the undersigned parties have determined that it is in their best interests to enter into a joint fidelity bond, which bond is intended to meet the applicable standards of Rule 17g-1 under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “Act”); and

WHEREAS Rule 17g-1 under the Act requires that each registered management investment company entering into a joint fidelity bond shall agree with the other named insureds as to the allocation of the recovery received under the joint bond as a result of a loss sustained by the registered management investment company and one or more of the other named insureds.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and of other good and valuable consideration, the undersigned parties hereby agree as follows:

1. In the event recovery is received under the policy as a result of a loss sustained by one of the registered management investment companies listed on Exhibit A, as revised from time to time, and one or more other named insureds, the registered management investment company shall receive an equitable and proportionate share of the recovery, but at least equal to the amount it would have received had it provided and maintained a single insured bond with the minimum coverage required under Rule 17g-1 under the Act.

2. The list of registered management investment companies in Exhibit A may be revised by adding, removing or renaming funds to reflect the creation, termination or renaming, respectively, of the registered management investment companies, or any series thereof, of the Putnam Funds, effective upon the execution of such revised Exhibit A by any officer of the Putnam Funds. Re-execution of this Agreement by other parties to this Agreement shall not be required for such a revision to Exhibit A to become effective.

3. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of The Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

4. A copy of the Declaration of Trust of each of the registered management investment companies listed on Exhibit A, as revised from time to time, is on file with the Secretary of The Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and notice is hereby given that this instrument is executed on behalf of the Trustees of each such registered management investment company as Trustees and not individually and that the obligations of or arising out of this instrument are not binding upon any of the Trustees, officers or shareholders individually but are binding only upon the assets and property of the registered management investment company.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned registered management investment companies and other named insureds has caused this Agreement to be executed by a duly authorized officer as of November 1, 2009.

THE PUTNAM FUNDS LISTED ON EXHIBIT A (as the same may be revised from time to time)


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Exhibit A

PUTNAM FUNDS 

 

Putnam American Government Income Fund 
Putnam Arizona Tax Exempt Income Fund 
Putnam California Tax Exempt Income Fund 
Putnam Convertible Securities Fund 
Putnam Diversified Income Trust 
Putnam Asset Allocation Funds 
- Dynamic Asset Allocation Balanced Fund 
- Dynamic Asset Allocation Conservative Fund 
- Dynamic Asset Allocation Growth Fund 
Putnam Equity Income Fund 
Putnam Europe Equity Fund 
Putnam Funds Trust 
- Putnam Absolute Return 100 Fund 
- Putnam Absolute Return 300 Fund 
- Putnam Absolute Return 500 Fund 
- Putnam Absolute Return 700 Fund 
- Putnam Asia Pacific Equity Fund 
- Putnam Dynamic Asset Allocation Equity Fund 
- Putnam Dynamic Asset Allocation Fund 
- Putnam Capital Spectrum Fund 
- Putnam Emerging Markets Equity Fund 
- Putnam Equity Spectrum Fund 
- Putnam Floating Rate Income Fund 
- Putnam Global Consumer Fund 
- Putnam Global Energy Fund 
- Putnam Global Financials Fund 
- Putnam Global Industrials Fund 
- Putnam Global Sector Fund 
- Putnam Global Technology Fund 
- Putnam Global Telecommunications Fund 
- Putnam International Value Fund 
- Putnam Money Market Liquidity Fund 
- Putnam Multi-Cap Core Fund 
- Putnam Retirement Income Fund Lifestyle 2 
- Putnam Retirement Income Fund Lifestyle 3 
- Putnam Short Duration Income Fund 
- Putnam Small Cap Growth Fund 
The George Putnam Fund of Boston d/b/a George Putnam Balanced Fund 
Putnam Global Equity Fund 
Putnam Global Health Care Fund 
Putnam Global Income Trust 
Putnam Global Natural Resources Fund 
Putnam Global Utilities Fund 
The Putnam Fund for Growth and Income 

 


Exhibit A

Putnam High Income Securities Fund 
Putnam High Yield Advantage Fund 
Putnam High Yield Trust 
Putnam Income Fund 
Putnam International Equity Fund 
Putnam Investment Funds 
- Putnam Capital Opportunities Fund 
- Putnam Growth Opportunities Fund 
- Putnam International Capital Opportunities Fund 
- Putnam International Growth Fund 
- Putnam Multi-Cap Value Fund 
- Putnam Research Fund 
- Putnam Small Cap Value Fund 
Putnam Investors 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 Mortgage Recovery Fund 
Putnam Multi-Cap Growth 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 RetirementReady® Funds 
- Putnam Retirement Income Fund Lifestyle 1 
- 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 RetirementReady 2015 Fund 
Putnam Tax Exempt Income Fund 
Putnam Tax Exempt Money Market Fund 
Putnam Tax-Free Income Trust 
- Putnam AMT-Free Municipal Fund 
- Putnam Tax-Free High Yield Fund 
Putnam U.S. Government Income Trust 

 


Exhibit A

Putnam Variable Trust 
- 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 Growth Fund 
- Putnam VT International Value Fund 
- Putnam VT Investors Fund 
- Putnam VT Money Market Fund 
- Putnam VT Multi-Cap Growth Fund 
- Putnam VT Multi-Cap Value Fund 
- Putnam VT Research Fund 
- Putnam VT Small Cap Value Fund 
- Putnam VT Voyager Fund 
Putnam Voyager Fund