NSAR-A 1 answer.fil PAGE 1 000 A000000 12/31/2017 000 C000000 0000865177 000 D000000 N 000 E000000 NF 000 F000000 Y 000 G000000 N 000 H000000 N 000 I000000 6.1 000 J000000 A 001 A000000 PUTNAM MULTI-CAP GROWTH FUND 001 B000000 811-6128 001 C000000 6172921000 002 A000000 ONE POST OFFICE SQUARE 002 B000000 BOSTON 002 C000000 MA 002 D010000 02109 003 000000 N 004 000000 N 005 000000 N 006 000000 N 007 A000000 N 007 B000000 0 007 C010100 1 007 C010200 2 007 C010300 3 007 C010400 4 007 C010500 5 007 C010600 6 007 C010700 7 007 C010800 8 007 C010900 9 007 C011000 10 008 A000001 PUTNAM INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLC 008 B000001 A 008 C000001 801-7974 008 D010001 BOSTON 008 D020001 MA 008 D030001 02109 008 A000002 PUTNAM INVESTMENTS LIMITED 008 B000002 S 008 C000002 801-61441 008 D010002 LONDON 008 D050002 ENGLAND 008 D060002 SW1A 1ER 011 A000001 PUTNAM RETAIL MANAGEMENT LIMITED PARTNERSHIP 011 B000001 8-5088 011 C010001 BOSTON 011 C020001 MA 011 C030001 02109 012 A000001 PUTNAM INVESTOR SERVICES, INC. 012 B000001 84-06331 PAGE 2 012 C010001 BOSTON 012 C020001 MA 012 C030001 02109 013 A000001 PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLP 013 B010001 BOSTON 013 B020001 MA 013 B030001 02110 015 A000001 STATE STREET BANK AND TRUST COMPANY 015 B000001 C 015 C010001 BOSTON 015 C020001 MA 015 C030001 02110 015 E010001 X 018 000000 Y 019 A000000 Y 019 B000000 106 019 C000000 PUTNAMFUND 020 A000001 UBS SECURITIES, LLC 020 B000001 13-3873456 020 C000001 238 020 A000002 CITIBANK, N.A. 020 B000002 13-5266470 020 C000002 164 020 A000003 GOLDMAN SACHS & CO. 020 B000003 13-5108880 020 C000003 140 020 A000004 CREDIT SUISSE SECURITIES (USA), LLC 020 B000004 05-0546650 020 C000004 139 020 A000005 JPMORGAN SECURITIES, LLC 020 B000005 13-3299429 020 C000005 130 020 A000006 MORGAN STANLEY & CO., LLC 020 B000006 13-2655998 020 C000006 110 020 A000007 RAYMOND JAMES & ASSOCIATES, INC. 020 B000007 59-1237041 020 C000007 99 020 A000008 DEUTSCHE BANK SECURITIES, INC. 020 B000008 13-2730828 020 C000008 97 020 A000009 BARCLAYS CAPITAL, INC. 020 B000009 06-1031656 020 C000009 93 020 A000010 BANK OF AMERICA SECURITIES, LLC 020 B000010 13-5674085 020 C000010 74 021 000000 1814 022 A000001 CREDIT SUISSE SECURITIES (USA), LLC 022 B000001 05-0546650 022 C000001 8987 PAGE 3 022 D000001 0 022 A000002 CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS, INC. 022 B000002 11-2418191 022 C000002 0 022 D000002 7174 022 A000003 BANK OF AMERICA SECURITIES, LLC 022 B000003 13-5674085 022 C000003 3285 022 D000003 2845 022 A000004 NOMURA SECURITIES INTERNATIONAL, INC. 022 B000004 13-2642206 022 C000004 5903 022 D000004 0 022 A000005 MORGAN STANLEY & CO., LLC 022 B000005 13-2655998 022 C000005 4496 022 D000005 0 022 A000006 GOLDMAN SACHS & CO. 022 B000006 13-5108880 022 C000006 4443 022 D000006 0 022 A000007 CITIBANK, N.A. 022 B000007 13-5266470 022 C000007 3662 022 D000007 0 022 A000008 UBS SECURITIES, LLC 022 B000008 13-3873456 022 C000008 1904 022 D000008 0 022 A000009 BARCLAYS CAPITAL, INC. 022 B000009 06-1031656 022 C000009 764 022 D000009 0 022 A000010 JPMORGAN SECURITIES, LLC 022 B000010 13-3299429 022 C000010 672 022 D000010 0 023 C000000 34351 023 D000000 10019 024 000000 Y 025 A000001 BANK OF AMERICA CORP. 025 B000001 56-0906609 025 C000001 E 025 D000001 101324 025 A000002 DELETE 025 D000002 0 025 D000003 0 025 D000004 0 025 D000005 0 025 D000006 0 025 D000007 0 PAGE 4 025 D000008 0 026 A000000 N 026 B000000 Y 026 C000000 Y 026 D000000 Y 026 E000000 N 026 F000000 N 026 G010000 Y 026 G020000 Y 026 H000000 N 027 000000 Y 028 A010000 9729 028 A020000 0 028 A030000 0 028 A040000 32601 028 B010000 9214 028 B020000 0 028 B030000 0 028 B040000 40287 028 C010000 9671 028 C020000 0 028 C030000 0 028 C040000 34527 028 D010000 11896 028 D020000 0 028 D030000 0 028 D040000 38897 028 E010000 9828 028 E020000 0 028 E030000 0 028 E040000 36873 028 F010000 15868 028 F020000 193288 028 F030000 0 028 F040000 42689 028 G010000 66206 028 G020000 193288 028 G030000 0 028 G040000 225874 028 H000000 42708 029 000000 Y 030 A000000 449 030 B000000 5.75 030 C000000 0.00 031 A000000 100 031 B000000 0 032 000000 349 033 000000 0 034 000000 Y 035 000000 15 036 A000000 N PAGE 5 036 B000000 0 037 000000 N 038 000000 0 039 000000 N 040 000000 Y 041 000000 Y 042 A000000 0 042 B000000 0 042 C000000 100 042 D000000 0 042 E000000 0 042 F000000 0 042 G000000 0 042 H000000 0 043 000000 5654 044 000000 0 045 000000 Y 046 000000 N 047 000000 N 048 000000 0.000 048 A010000 0 048 A020000 0.000 048 B010000 0 048 B020000 0.000 048 C010000 0 048 C020000 0.000 048 D010000 0 048 D020000 0.000 048 E010000 0 048 E020000 0.000 048 F010000 0 048 F020000 0.000 048 G010000 0 048 G020000 0.000 048 H010000 0 048 H020000 0.000 048 I010000 0 048 I020000 0.000 048 J010000 0 048 J020000 0.000 048 K010000 0 048 K020000 0.000 049 000000 N 050 000000 N 051 000000 Y 052 000000 Y 053 A000000 N 054 A000000 Y 054 B000000 Y 054 C000000 Y 054 D000000 N PAGE 6 054 E000000 N 054 F000000 N 054 G000000 N 054 H000000 N 054 I000000 N 054 J000000 Y 054 K000000 N 054 L000000 Y 054 M000000 Y 054 N000000 N 054 O000000 N 055 A000000 N 055 B000000 N 056 000000 Y 057 000000 N 058 A000000 N 059 000000 Y 060 A000000 Y 060 B000000 Y 061 000000 500 062 A000000 N 062 B000000 0.0 062 C000000 0.0 062 D000000 0.0 062 E000000 0.0 062 F000000 0.0 062 G000000 0.0 062 H000000 0.0 062 I000000 0.0 062 J000000 0.0 062 K000000 0.0 062 L000000 0.0 062 M000000 0.0 062 N000000 0.0 062 O000000 0.0 062 P000000 0.0 062 Q000000 0.0 062 R000000 0.0 063 A000000 0 063 B000000 0.0 066 A000000 Y 066 B000000 N 066 C000000 Y 066 D000000 N 066 E000000 N 066 F000000 N 066 G000000 N 067 000000 N 068 A000000 N 068 B000000 N 069 000000 N PAGE 7 070 A010000 Y 070 A020000 N 070 B010000 Y 070 B020000 N 070 C010000 Y 070 C020000 N 070 D010000 Y 070 D020000 N 070 E010000 Y 070 E020000 N 070 F010000 Y 070 F020000 Y 070 G010000 Y 070 G020000 N 070 H010000 Y 070 H020000 N 070 I010000 N 070 I020000 N 070 J010000 Y 070 J020000 Y 070 K010000 Y 070 K020000 Y 070 L010000 Y 070 L020000 Y 070 M010000 Y 070 M020000 Y 070 N010000 Y 070 N020000 Y 070 O010000 Y 070 O020000 N 070 P010000 Y 070 P020000 Y 070 Q010000 N 070 Q020000 N 070 R010000 Y 070 R020000 N 071 A000000 1636721 071 B000000 1772336 071 C000000 4149893 071 D000000 39 072 A000000 6 072 B000000 323 072 C000000 19519 072 D000000 0 072 E000000 164 072 F000000 10809 072 G000000 78 072 H000000 0 072 I000000 3702 072 J000000 38 072 K000000 110 PAGE 8 072 L000000 45 072 M000000 43 072 N000000 0 072 O000000 0 072 P000000 5 072 Q000000 0 072 R000000 106 072 S000000 172 072 T000000 5654 072 U000000 0 072 V000000 0 072 W000000 172 072 X000000 20934 072 Y000000 0 072 Z000000 -928 072AA000000 237726 072BB000000 0 072CC010000 243019 072CC020000 0 072DD010000 19003 072DD020000 1546 072EE000000 184353 073 A010000 0.0000 073 A020000 0.0000 073 B000000 3.9400 073 C000000 0.0000 074 A000000 2 074 B000000 0 074 C000000 4894 074 D000000 121 074 E000000 9196 074 F000000 4292492 074 G000000 0 074 H000000 0 074 I000000 206140 074 J000000 5789 074 K000000 0 074 L000000 3926 074 M000000 58 074 N000000 4522618 074 O000000 5473 074 P000000 10599 074 Q000000 0 074 R010000 0 074 R020000 0 074 R030000 0 074 R040000 166806 074 S000000 0 074 T000000 4339740 074 U010000 46258 074 U020000 2490 PAGE 9 074 V010000 0.00 074 V020000 0.00 074 W000000 0.0000 074 X000000 299472 074 Y000000 463 075 A000000 0 075 B000000 4209916 076 000000 0.00 077 A000000 Y 077 Q030000 Y 078 000000 N 080 A000000 NATL UNION FIRE/ACE AMER/GREAT AMER/FID&DEP 080 B000000 FEDERAL INSURANCE COMPANY 080 C000000 80000 081 A000000 Y 081 B000000 105 082 A000000 N 082 B000000 0 083 A000000 N 083 B000000 0 084 A000000 N 084 B000000 0 085 A000000 Y 085 B000000 N 086 A010000 0 086 A020000 0 086 B010000 0 086 B020000 0 086 C010000 0 086 C020000 0 086 D010000 0 086 D020000 0 086 E010000 0 086 E020000 0 086 F010000 0 086 F020000 0 SIGNATURE JANET C. SMITH TITLE PRINC. ACCT. OFFICER