0000869392-18-000358.txt : 20181204 0000869392-18-000358.hdr.sgml : 20181204 20181204143930 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000869392-18-000358 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: N-CEN/A PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20180630 FILED AS OF DATE: 20181204 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20181204 EFFECTIVENESS DATE: 20181204 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: PUTNAM SUSTAINABLE LEADERS FUND CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000865177 IRS NUMBER: 043091455 STATE OF INCORPORATION: MA FISCAL YEAR END: 0630 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: N-CEN/A SEC ACT: 1940 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 811-06128 FILM NUMBER: 181216376 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: ONE POST OFFICE SQUARE CITY: BOSTON STATE: MA ZIP: 02109 BUSINESS PHONE: 6172921000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: ONE POST OFFICE SQUARE CITY: BOSTON STATE: MA ZIP: 02109 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: PUTNAM MULTI-CAP GROWTH FUND DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20101004 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: PUTNAM NEW OPPORTUNITIES FUND DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19920703 0000865177 S000006295 PUTNAM SUSTAINABLE LEADERS FUND N-CEN/A 1 primary_doc.xml X0101 N-CEN/A 0000869392-18-000209 LIVE 0000865177 XXXXXXXX false false N-1A S000006295 true Putnam Sustainable Leaders Fund 811-06128 0000865177 DDMFQBZJICNCDITG4018 ONE POST OFFICE SQUARE BOSTON 02109 US-MA US 1-800-225-1581 Higgins Michael J. ONE POST OFFICE SQUARE BOSTON 02109 1-800-225-1581 Persons maintaining physical possession of accounts, books and other documents required to be maintained by Section 31(a) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and the Rules promulgated thereunder are responded to under B.3.a-g Putnam Investment Management, LLC ONE POST OFFICE SQUARE BOSTON 02109 1-800-225-1581 Persons maintaining physical possession of accounts, books and other documents required to be maintained by Section 31(a) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and the Rules promulgated thereunder are responded to under B.3.a-g Putnam Retail Management Limited Partnership ONE POST OFFICE SQUARE BOSTON 02109 1-800-225-1581 Persons maintaining physical possession of accounts, books and other documents required to be maintained by Section 31(a) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and the Rules promulgated thereunder are responded to under B.3.a-g Putnam Investor Services, Inc. ONE POST OFFICE SQUARE BOSTON 02109 1-800-225-1581 Persons maintaining physical possession of accounts, books and other documents required to be maintained by Section 31(a) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and the Rules promulgated thereunder are responded to under B.3.a-g State Street Bank and Trust Company 2 AVENUE DE LAFAYETTE BOSTON 02111 1-617-786-3000 Persons maintaining physical possession of accounts, books and other documents required to be maintained by Section 31(a) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and the Rules promulgated thereunder are responded to under B.3.a-g Y N N-1A 1 Y Ahamed Liaquat N/A N Akhoury Ravi N/A N Baumann Barbara M N/A N Baxter Jameson A N/A N Domotorffy Katinka 004506390 N Hill Catharine Bond N/A N Joskow Paul L N/A N Leibler Kenneth R N/A N Patterson Robert E N/A N Putnam, III George 004355835 N Reynolds Robert L 002009065 Y Singh Manoj P N/A N Clark James F N/A ONE POST OFFICE SQUARE BOSTON 02109 XXXXXX N N N N N N Putnam Retail Management Limited Partnership 8-5088 N/A N/A Y N PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP 238 N/A N N N N N N N Putnam Sustainable Leaders Fund S000006295 DDMFQBZJICNCDITG4018 Y 7 1 1 N/A N N Y N N Goldman Sachs Bank USA dba Goldman Sachs Agency Lending KD3XUN7C6T14HNAYLU02 N N Revenue sharing split 156542896.00 361652.00 Rule 17e-1 (17 CFR 270.17e-1) Rule 22d-1 (17 CFR 270.22d-1) Rule 32a-4 (17 CFR 270.32a-4) Rule 12d1-1 (17 CFR 270.12d1-1) Rule 17a-6 (17 CFR 270.17a-6) Rule 17a-7 (17 CFR 270.17a-7) Y N N N Putnam Investment Management, LLC 801-7974 N/A N/A N Putnam Investments Limited 801-61441 N/A N/A Y GB N Putnam Investor Services, Inc. 84-06331 N/A Y N N ICE Data Services (Corp) 5493000NQ9LYLDBCTL34 N Reuters 549300561UZND4C7B569 N Reuters (equities) 549300561UZND4C7B569 N N State Street Bank and Trust Company N/A N N Bank - section 17(f)(1) (15 U.S.C. 80a-17(f)(1)) N N Putnam Investor Services, Inc. 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MORGAN SECURITIES, LLC. 8-35008 000000079 ZBUT11V806EZRVTWT807 1742613 CITG - CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS, INC./SALOMON BROTHERS 8-8177 000007059 MBNUM2BPBDO7JBLYG310 1406711.22 70152807.71 Y 4354824637.58 Committed 317500000 N Uncommitted 235500000 N N N N false false true false false false INTERNAL CONTROL RPT 2 G.1.a.iii852.txt INFORMATION ABOUT THE REGISTRANT Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm To the Trustees and Shareholders of Putnam Sustainable Leaders Fund: In planning and performing our audit of the financial statements of Putnam Sustainable Leaders Fund (the Fund) as of and for the year ended June 30, 2018, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB), we considered the Funds internal control over financial reporting, including controls over safeguarding securities, as a basis for designing our auditing procedures for the purpose of expressing our opinion on the financial statements and to comply with the requirements of Form NCEN, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Funds internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we do not express an opinion on the effectiveness of the Funds internal control over financial reporting. The management of the Fund is responsible for establishing and maintaining effective internal control over financial reporting. In fulfilling this responsibility, estimates and judgments by management are required to assess the expected benefits and related costs of controls. A companys internal control over financial reporting is a process designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. A companys internal control over financial reporting includes those policies and procedures that (1) pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the company; (2) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and that receipts and expenditures of the company are being made only in accordance with authorizations of management and directors of the company; and (3) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use or disposition of a companys assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements. Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate. A deficiency in internal control over financial reporting exists when the design or operation of a control does not allow management or employees, in the normal course of performing their assigned functions, to prevent or detect misstatements on a timely basis. A material weakness is a deficiency, or a combination of deficiencies, in internal control over financial reporting, such that there is a reasonable possibility that a material misstatement of the companys annual or interim financial statements will not be prevented or detected on a timely basis. Our consideration of the Funds internal control over financial reporting was for the limited purpose described in the first paragraph and would not necessarily disclose all deficiencies in internal control over financial reporting that might be material weaknesses under standards established by the PCAOB. However, we noted no deficiencies in the Funds internal control over financial reporting and its operation, including controls over safeguarding securities, that we consider to be material weaknesses as defined above as of June 30, 2018. This report is intended solely for the information and use of management and the Board of Trustees of Putnam Sustainable Leaders Fund and the Securities and Exchange Commission and is not intended to be and should not be used by anyone other than these specified parties. PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP Boston, Massachusetts August 8, 2018 1 of 1 1 of 1 PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, 101 Seaport Boulevard, Suite 500, Boston, MA 02210 T: (617)530 5000, F: (617) 530 5001, www.pwc.com/us