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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 YEAR JUN-30-1998 JUN-30-1998 12,283,559,610 INVESTMENTS-AT-VALUE> 18,968,874,164 207,561,394 293,540 0 19,176,729,098 53,816,761 0 88,316,885 142,133,646 0 11,757,369,844 143,470,492 147,610,222 0 0 591,911,054 0 6,685,314,554 19,034,595,452 57,349,201 20,813,315 0 213,501,451 (135,338,935) 1,228,126,664 3,538,793,763 4,631,581,472 0 0 (157,607,099) 0 10,958,089 (18,161,751) 3,063,932 4,701,863,215 0 0 (29,062) (277,940,665) 81,116,258 0 217,462,501 7,132,760,740 43.08 (.62) 14.05 0 (1.09) 0 55.42 1.73 0 0

EX-27 4 WARNING: THE EDGAR SYSTEM ENCOUNTERED ERROR(S) WHILE PROCESSING THIS SCHEDULE.
6 Putnam New Opportunities Fund 3 CLASS M YEAR JUN-30-1998 JUN-30-1998 12,283,559,610 INVESTMENTS-AT-VALUE> 18,968,874,164 207,561,394 293,540 0 19,176,729,098 53,816,761 0 88,316,885 142,133,646 0 11,757,369,844 7,843,764 7,687,198 0 0 591,911,054 0 6,685,314,554 19,034,595,452 57,349,201 20,813,315 0 213,501,451 (135,338,935) 1,228,126,664 3,538,793,763 4,631,581,472 0 0 (8,456,807) 0 1,779,820 (1,788,827) 165,573 4,701,863,215 0 0 (29,062) (277,940,665) 81,116,258 0 217,462,501 391,846,843 43.91 (.49) 14.32 0 (1.09) 0 56.65 1.48 0 0

EX-27 5 WARNING: THE EDGAR SYSTEM ENCOUNTERED ERROR(S) WHILE PROCESSING THIS SCHEDULE.
6 Putnam New Opportunities Fund 3 CLASS Y YEAR JUN-30-1998 JUN-30-1998 12,283,559,610 INVESTMENTS-AT-VALUE> 18,968,874,164 207,561,394 293,540 0 19,176,729,098 53,816,761 0 88,316,885 142,133,646 0 11,757,369,844 8,167,953 5,670,417 0 0 591,911,054 0 6,685,314,554 19,034,595,452 57,349,201 20,813,315 0 213,501,451 (135,338,935) 1,228,126,664 3,538,793,763 4,631,581,472 0 0 (7,008,141) 0 4,222,463 (1,874,552) 149,625 4,701,863,215 0 0 (29,062) (277,940,665) 81,116,258 0 217,462,501 348.160,107 44.82 (.13) 14.68 0 (1.09) 0 58.28 .73 0 0

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