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EX-27 3 WARNING: THE EDGAR SYSTEM ENCOUNTERED ERROR(S) WHILE PROCESSING THIS SCHEDULE.
6 Putnam New Opportunities Fund 3 CLASS B SEMI JUN-30-1999 DEC-31-1999 12,062,633,924 19,625,420,960 81,254,701 6,884,918 0 19,713,560,579 38,779,475 0 82,301,102 121,080,577 0 12,109,681,262 141,678,578 143,470,492 0 (71,137,705) 0 (8,840,422) 7,562,776,867 19,592,480,002 12,477,036 22,584,558 0 106,199,299 (71,137,705) 19,972,492 877,462,313 826,297,100 0 0 (257,923,945) 0 5,589,895 (11,865,060) 4,483,251 557,884,550 0 591,911,054 0 0 41,705,596 0 107,031,893 6,962,950,076 55.42 (.32) 2.62 0 (1.88) 0 55.84 .85 0 0

EX-27 4 WARNING: THE EDGAR SYSTEM ENCOUNTERED ERROR(S) WHILE PROCESSING THIS SCHEDULE.
6 Putnam New Opportunities Fund 3 CLASS M SEMI JUN-30-1999 DEC-31-1999 12,062,633,924 19,625,420,960 81,254,701 6,884,918 0 19,713,560,579 38,779,475 0 82,301,102 121,080,577 0 12,109,681,262 7,957,052 7,843,764 0 (71,137,705) 0 (8,840,422) 7,562,776,867 19,592,480,002 12,477,036 22,584,558 0 106,199,299 (71,137,705) 19,972,492 877,462,313 826,297,100 0 0 (14,531,244) 0 787,472 (940,620) 266,436 557,884,550 0 591,911,054 0 0 41,705,596 0 107,031,893 395,972,186 56.65 (.26) 2.68 0 (1.88) 0 57.19 .72 0 0

EX-27 5 WARNING: THE EDGAR SYSTEM ENCOUNTERED ERROR(S) WHILE PROCESSING THIS SCHEDULE.
6 Putnam New Opportunities Fund 3 CLASS Y SEMI JUN-30-1999 DEC-31-1999 12,062,633,924 19,625,420,960 81,254,701 6,884,918 0 19,713,560,579 38,779,475 0 82,301,102 121,080,577 0 12,109,681,262 9,250,338 8,167,953 0 (71,137,705) 0 (8,840,422) 7,562,776,867 19,592,480,002 12,477,036 22,584,558 0 106,199,299 (71,137,705) 19,972,492 877,462,313 826,297,100 0 0 (15,917,465) 0 2,221,499 (1,438,847) 299,733 557,884,550 0 591,911,054 0 0 41,705,596 0 107,031,893 440,388,146 58.28 (.07) 2.80 0 (1.88) 0 59.13 .35 0 0

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