N-CSR

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM N-CSR
CERTIFIED SHAREHOLDER REPORT OF REGISTERED
MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES
Investment Company Act file number: (811-06128)
Exact name of registrant as specified in charter: Putnam Multi-Cap Growth Fund
Address of principal executive offices: One Post Office Square, Boston, Massachusetts 02109
Name and address of agent for service:	Beth S. Mazor, Vice President
	One Post Office Square
	Boston, Massachusetts 02109
Copy to:	John W. Gerstmayr, Esq.
	Ropes & Gray LLP
	One International Place
	Boston, Massachusetts 02110
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:	(617) 292-1000
Date of fiscal year end: June 30, 2010
Date of reporting period: July 1, 2009 — June 30, 2010

Item 1. Report to Stockholders:
The following is a copy of the report transmitted to stockholders pursuant to Rule 30e-1 under the Investment Company Act of 1940:

Putnam
Multi-Cap Growth
Fund

Annual report
6 | 30 | 10

Message from the Trustees	1
About the fund	2
Performance snapshot	4
Interview with your fund’s portfolio manager	5
Your fund’s performance	10
Your fund’s expenses	12
Terms and definitions	14
Trustee approval of management contract	15
Other information for shareholders	19
Financial statements	20
Federal tax information	44
Shareholder meeting results	44
About the Trustees	46
Officers	48

Message from the Trustees

Dear Fellow Shareholder:

A number of developments weighed on U.S. and global markets in the second quarter. European debt woes, hints of an economic slowdown in China, and skepticism over the durability of the U.S. recovery have caused unwelcome volatility.

Compared with 2009’s sharp rebound, today’s investment environment requires a greater degree of investment skill, innovation, and expertise. We believe these attributes form the very core of Putnam’s analytic, active-management approach. It is important to recognize that volatility is not new to the markets. Patient investors know that these periods often present opportunities for market advances. With this in mind, we encourage you to focus on portfolio diversification and rely on the expertise of your financial advisor.

In other developments, Barbara M. Baumann has been elected to the Board of Trustees of the Putnam Funds, effective July 1, 2010. Ms. Baumann is president and owner of Cross Creek Energy Corporation of Denver, Colorado, a strategic consultant to domestic energy firms and direct investor in energy assets. We also want to thank Elizabeth T. Kennan, who recently retired from the Board of Trustees, for her many years of dedicated and thoughtful leadership.

Lastly, we would like to take this opportunity to welcome new shareholders to the fund and to thank all of our investors for your continued confidence in Putnam.

About the fund

A flexible approach to investing in growing companies

Long before most Americans could conceive of the Internet, digital music files, or a mobile phone small enough to fit in their pockets, Putnam Multi-Cap Growth Fund was seeking investment opportunities in emerging, cutting-edge companies. The fund was also targeting stocks in more traditional industries, such as restaurants, retail stores, health care, and broadcasting, that could offer strong growth potential.

Introduced in 1990 as Putnam New Opportunities Fund, the fund invests in stocks of companies that are believed to offer above-average growth potential. An important benefit of the fund’s strategy is its flexibility — it diversifies across a range of industries and companies of all sizes. The fund can invest in smaller companies that are in their emerging- or expansionary-growth phase, and these companies can remain in the fund’s portfolio until they grow to become market leaders.

Historically, the growth potential offered by stocks of growing companies comes with the risk of greater price fluctuations. Combining small-cap stocks with those of larger, more established companies provides a more diversified approach to help manage those risks.

Supported by a strong research team, the fund’s portfolio manager uses his stock-picking expertise and multiple resources to identify opportunities and manage risk. Putnam’s in-house research organization is made up of dedicated stock analysts who strive to out-gather and out-analyze the competition by generating independent research. They visit regularly with company managements, talk to private companies and consultants, and attend trade shows, seeking to find information that the markets haven’t already factored into stock prices.

With opportunities continuing to emerge across industries and companies of all sizes, Putnam Multi-Cap Growth Fund will continue to focus on capturing growth potential for investors.

Consider these risks before investing:

The fund invests some or all of its assets in small and/or midsize companies. Such investments increase the risk of greater price fluctuations. Stocks with above-average earnings growth may be more volatile, especially if earnings do not continue to grow.

 

Multi-cap investing at Putnam

Putnam’s new suite of multi-cap equity funds is designed to provide a simple, streamlined approach to investing across the broad universe of U.S. stocks. Each fund invests with a specific style — growth, value, and blend — and has the flexibility to invest in companies of all sizes.

Each fund’s portfolio manager can select from all companies within their style universe, regardless of company size. The managers are able to own stocks throughout a company’s entire growth cycle, without the capitalization restraints that might force them to sell holdings that get too large, or that would prevent them from taking advantage of certain attractively priced stocks. Supported by a strong research team, the funds’ managers use their stock-picking expertise to identify opportunities and manage risk.

Putnam Multi-Cap Growth Fund targets stocks of companies that are believed to offer above-average growth potential.

Putnam Multi-Cap Value Fund targets companies whose stocks are priced below their long-term potential, and where there may be a catalyst for positive change.

Putnam Multi-Cap Core Fund uses a blend strategy, investing in both growth stocks and value stocks, seeking capital appreciation for investors.

Putnam Multi-Cap Growth Fund’s holdings have spanned many sectors and industries over time.

Current performance may be lower or higher than the quoted past performance, which cannot guarantee future results. Share price, principal value, and return will fluctuate, and you may have a gain or a loss when you sell your shares. Performance of class A shares assumes reinvestment of distributions and does not account for taxes. Fund returns in the bar chart do not reflect a sales charge of 5.75%; had they, returns would have been lower. See pages 5 and 10–12 for additional performance information. For a portion of the periods, the fund had expense limitations, without which returns would have been lower. A short-term trading fee of 1% may apply to redemptions or exchanges from certain funds within the time period specified in the fund’s prospectus. To obtain the most recent month-end performance, visit putnam.com.

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Interview with your
fund’s portfolio manager

Robert Brookby

Rob, how did Putnam Multi-Cap Growth Fund perform in the 12 months ended June 30, 2010?

Putnam Multi-Cap Growth Fund class A shares returned 11.15%, while the fund’s benchmark, the Russell 3000 Growth Index returned 13.95%, and its Lipper peer group category, Multi-Cap Growth Funds, returned 15.32%.

What were the factors that led the fund to underperform its benchmark?

The oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico had a reasonably substantial impact on certain fund holdings, and therefore, indirectly had an impact on fund performance. The fund’s holding of Anadarko, the drilling partner of BP, and Transocean, the drilling contractor, both detracted from performance. The fund was also overweight in more cyclical sectors that rebounded during the period, such as financials and energy, which should have been a positive. However, stock picking within those sectors slightly detracted. Transocean is no longer a holding in the fund.

What impact did the economic recovery have on growth stocks and stock selection in the fund?

Traditionally, a growth manager would differentiate among stocks and build a portfolio of his or her favorite equities. However, since the bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers and the financial crisis of 2008, the whole growth trajectory of world markets has been called into question, exacerbated by a large-scale deleveraging phenomenon. Prior to 2008, from 2001 to 2007, we had what I’ll refer to as a credit “super-cycle.” The policy response to the 2001 recession was to keep interest rates low. Debt became cheap to use and credit standards dropped substantially, fueling

Broad market index and fund performance

This comparison shows your fund’s performance in the context of broad market indexes for the 12 months ended 6/30/10. See pages 4 and 10–12 for additional fund performance information. Index descriptions can be found on page 14.

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economic activity. Today that cycle is running in reverse.

Currently, the correlation of returns among stocks is very high — meaning stocks are moving largely in tandem. This is a function of macroeconomic influences dominating the outlook for company-specific economic activity. We have only been at this level of correlation twice in the past 40 years — in 1987, and after the 2008 Lehman crash. Again, macroeconomic issues such as the sovereign debt crisis in Europe, the direction of the housing market, and the sustainability of the U.S. recovery are driving this correlation.

When the market was on the road to recovery in 2009, we started to see differentiation among stocks. But since May, we have begun to approach the same level of uncertainty that existed near previous peaks. While the fund remains invested in its well-researched and preferred names, I would expect a period of improved economic outlook will be required to re-establish differentiated performance. In the meantime, the fund remains structurally positioned for a continued recovery, albeit at a moderate pace.

What changes have you made within the portfolio, and what precipitated those decisions?

I increased the fund’s weighting in the energy, technology, and basic materials sectors compared to the benchmark. I think the costs of finding and producing energy and the raw materials needed for economic growth are rising, which means the price of the commodity is eventually going to rise as well. Because of the Gulf oil spill, large areas of the Gulf and other areas probably won’t be drilled with anything near their former intensity. In the case of energy, more of the world’s hydrocarbons are controlled by governments, such as Iran, Russia, and Saudi Arabia, and not by companies. It’s more difficult for energy companies to find what’s left, which I believe ultimately supports higher energy prices.

What’s more, as the developing world industrializes, energy demand should rise. The story is similar for the demand for chemicals, metals, and coal — industrialization should drive demand. The drivers are the same for the technology sector.

Sector allocations as of 6/30/10

Allocations are represented as a percentage of the fund’s net assets. Holdings and allocations may vary over time.

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“Asia has taken the baton of economic 
  growth. There are tremendous incen-

  tives in Asia for U.S. companies to 
  move productive capacity there.”

Robert Brookby

Which individual holdings contributed positively to the fund’s performance?

F5 Networks, an Internet traffic management company that makes equipment designed to balance the load of networks, helped performance. Demand for its products may rise as more of the world goes online and data traffic rises. As of June 30, 2010, F5 is not a holding in the fund as the security reached the fund manager’s price target.

Baidu is the major Internet search engine in China. Chinese Internet traffic is growing, but China still censors Internet traffic. In the spring, because of that policy, Google began re-assessing its presence in China and may become a less attractive search option than Baidu. As a result, Baidu’s stock has risen ever since. In China, that’s a market of 1.3 billion people exploding onto the Internet.

Priceline.com, an online travel booking company, is another holding that contributed to the fund’s performance. The company is benefiting from the economic slowdown. Many hotel chains and airlines are putting their inventory on the Internet with Priceline because its Web site gets a lot of traffic. In an economic downturn, companies like Priceline become distributors. The growth in business is also fortified by an increase in the use of the Internet to plan travel. We think this trend is strongly sustainable.

Which holdings detracted from performance?

As I mentioned earlier, the energy sector was a detractor from the fund’s performance.

Financials was another sector that underperformed. The fund held, and still holds to a degree, Assured Guaranty, a municipal bond financing company. Much of the underperformance emerged since April when the markets began to question the economic recovery. The price of the stock dropped from $25 to $14 per share in a matter of weeks. The company insures municipal bonds. With many municipalities facing budget

Top 10 holdings

HOLDING (percentage of fund’s net assets)	SECTOR	INDUSTRY
Apple, Inc. (4.3%)	Technology	Computers
Microsoft Corp. (2.6%)	Technology	Software
Philip Morris International, Inc. (2.2%)	Consumer staples	Tobacco
Cisco Systems, Inc. (2.2%)	Technology	Communications equipment
Google, Inc. (2.1%)	Technology	Technology services
IBM Corp. (1.9%)	Technology	Computers
Abbott Laboratories (1.5%)	Health care	Pharmaceuticals
Covidien PLC (Ireland) (1.4%)	Health care	Medical technology
Aflac, Inc. (1.4%)	Financials	Insurance
Qualcomm, Inc. (1.4%)	Technology	Communications equipment

This table shows the fund’s top 10 holdings and the percentage of the fund’s net assets that each represented as of 6/30/10. Short-term holdings are excluded. Holdings will vary over time.

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challenges, tax receipts and employment are down, and states have less revenue to pay for the bonds that they have issued. The fear is that the insurer of those bonds will have to step in and make good on the bonds.

Qualcomm, which makes chips for smart-phones, also detracted from performance. An overweight position in the portfolio, Qualcomm has two businesses: chips manufacturing and a royalty business, which is based on the price of the handsets sold that contain the chips.

The belief was that as the world moves more to smartphones, a richer mix of features and functions would support the price of the phones themselves. The result would be that the royalty business would be profitable and predictable. But because of intense competition, handset prices fell faster than our analysts expected, and Qualcomm’s earnings forecast was revised down. The business should still grow, but not as fast as once thought.

Other detractors included Petroleo Brasileiro, a state-run oil company in Brazil. The outlook for the stock remains very strong, but when investors started selling off risky stocks in the S&P, they also sold Brazilian stocks almost indiscriminately.

What is your outlook for the market, and how is the fund positioned to capitalize on that outlook?

I believe there are a number of structural concerns in the economy globally, but especially in the United States and Europe, including the deleveraging that is happening. That likely means slow growth on a multi-year basis. Now we have to start paying debt back, especially with a plan for the federal debt.

The second major structural issue is Washington’s intervention in economic activity. We have the federal government focused on health-care reform, financial reform, and potential carbon legislation, and we are still fighting an expensive war overseas. In their totality, these developments have created a great deal of uncertainty.

The third concern is globalization. The global intensity of competition is as tough as it has ever been. Asia has taken the baton of economic growth. There are tremendous

Comparison of top sector weightings

This chart shows how the fund’s top weightings have changed over the past six months. Weightings are shown as a percentage of net assets. Holdings will vary over time.

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incentives in Asia for U.S. companies to move productive capacity there. Globalization is another structural head wind for the United States, particularly in relation to employment. I’m concerned about the growth rate of the U.S. economy going forward. I think we are going to see a slower growth rate and more volatile cycles in equity markets.

I began to underweight the consumer sector in the fund versus the benchmark. I think the average consumer is under the most pressure from the deleveraging and difficult employment prospects. While corporate balance sheets are the best they have been in years, that is largely the result of cost cutting, including the laying off of employees, which means household incomes also have declined.

The fund is overweight in technology. Technology companies tend to have the best balance sheets and are well positioned to source their growth globally. They typically don’t have much debt and are relatively stable. Many are global firms and are able to take advantage of other geographies that are growing outside of the United States. The main theme is to overweight the sectors that can source a lot of their growth internationally. The fund is also overweight in financials. In our view, the credit provisioning cycle, as well as losses, have peaked.

We select stocks in which we have a lot of conviction. We believe that these stocks are going to grow year to year, regardless of where the economy is. This phenomenon of high correlation among stocks should at some point recede. Growth stocks are also the cheapest they have been in 35 years.

Thanks for taking the time to speak with us today, Rob.

The views expressed in this report are exclusively those of Putnam Management. They are not meant as investment advice.

Please note that the holdings discussed in this report may not have been held by the fund for the entire period. Portfolio composition is subject to review in accordance with the fund’s investment strategy and may vary in the future. Current and future portfolio holdings are subject to risk.

Portfolio Manager Robert Brookby has an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School and a B.A. from Northwestern University. Rob joined Putnam in 2008 and has been in the investment industry since 1999.

IN THE NEWS

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) recently boosted its forecast for global growth this year to 4.6%, up from 4.2% projected in April. The world’s economy grew strongly during the first half of 2010, propelled by rapid growth in Asia, including 11% GDP growth in China. Western economies maintained a modest, but steady recovery. Despite the positive trend, the IMF warned that risks to further growth have risen and that there have been setbacks in progress toward global financial stability. Government debt loads in Europe, notably in Greece, Portugal, and Spain, were particularly troublesome, in the agency’s view.

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Your fund’s performance

This section shows your fund’s performance, price, and distribution information for periods ended June 30, 2010, the end of its most recent fiscal year. In accordance with regulatory requirements for mutual funds, we also include expense information taken from the fund’s current prospectus. Performance should always be considered in light of a fund’s investment strategy. Data represents past performance. Past performance does not guarantee future results. More recent returns may be less or more than those shown. Investment return and principal value will fluctuate, and you may have a gain or a loss when you sell your shares. Performance information does not reflect any deduction for taxes a shareholder may owe on fund distributions or on the redemption of fund shares. For the most recent month-end performance, please visit the Individual Investors section at putnam.com or call Putnam at 1-800-225-1581. Class Y shares are generally only a vailable to corporate and institutional clients and clients in other approved programs. See the Terms and Definitions section in this report for definitions of the share classes offered by your fund.

Fund performance Total return for periods ended 6/30/10

	Class A		Class B		Class C		Class M		Class R	Class Y
(inception dates)	(8/31/90)		(3/1/93)		(7/26/99)		(12/1/94)		(1/21/03)	(7/19/94)
	NAV	POP	NAV	CDSC	NAV	CDSC	NAV	POP	NAV	NAV
Annual average
(life of fund)	10.01%	9.68%	9.20%	9.20%	9.19%	9.19%	9.44%	9.24%	9.74%	10.23%
10 years	–53.42	–56.10	–56.75	–56.75	–56.78	–56.78	–55.69	–57.25	–54.54	–52.24
Annual average	–7.36	–7.90	–8.04	–8.04	–8.05	–8.05	–7.82	–8.15	–7.58	–7.12
5 years	–5.60	–11.04	–9.08	–10.90	–9.06	–9.06	–7.97	–11.19	–6.79	–4.43
Annual average	–1.15	–2.31	–1.89	–2.28	–1.88	–1.88	–1.65	–2.35	–1.40	–0.90
3 years	–26.11	–30.36	–27.75	–29.92	–27.75	–27.75	–27.23	–29.79	–26.67	–25.57
Annual average	–9.59	–11.36	–10.27	–11.18	–10.27	–10.27	–10.05	–11.12	–9.82	–9.37
1 year	11.15	4.74	10.30	5.30	10.29	9.29	10.56	6.70	10.87	11.41

Current performance may be lower or higher than the quoted past performance, which cannot guarantee future results. After-sales-charge returns (public offering price, or POP) for class A and M shares reflect a maximum 5.75% and 3.50% load, respectively. Class B share returns reflect the applicable contingent deferred sales charge (CDSC), which is 5% in the first year, declining to 1% in the sixth year, and is eliminated thereafter. Class C shares reflect a 1% CDSC for the first year that is eliminated thereafter. Class R and Y shares have no initial sales charge or CDSC. Performance for class B, C, M, R, and Y shares before their inception is derived from the historical performance of class A shares, adjusted for the applicable sales charge (or CDSC) and, except for class Y shares, the higher operating expenses for such shares.

Recent and prior performance benefited from receipt of an Enron Class Action Settlement pertaining to investments made prior to 2002.

For a portion of the periods, the fund had expense limitations, without which returns would have been lower.

A short-term trading fee of 1% may apply to redemptions or exchanges from certain funds within the time period specified in the fund’s prospectus.

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Change in the value of a $10,000 investment ($9,425 after sales charge)

Past performance does not indicate future results. At the end of the same time period, a $10,000 investment in the fund’s class B and class C shares would have been valued at $4,325 and $4,322, respectively, and no contingent deferred sales charges would apply. A $10,000 investment in the fund’s class M shares ($9,650 after sales charge) would have been valued at $4,275 at public offering price. A $10,000 investment in the fund’s class R and class Y shares would have been valued at $4,546 and $4,776, respectively.

Comparative index returns For periods ended 6/30/10

		Lipper Multi-Cap Growth Funds
	Russell 3000 Growth Index	category average*
Annual average (life of fund)	7.28%	8.55%
10 years	–39.40	–21.68
Annual average	–4.89	–2.91
5 years	2.24	3.95
Annual average	0.44	0.64
3 years	–19.48	–22.04
Annual average	–6.97	–8.10
1 year	13.95	15.32

Index and Lipper results should be compared to fund performance at net asset value.

* Over the 1-year, 3-year, 5-year, 10-year, and life-of-fund periods ended 6/30/10, there were 449, 387, 305, 196, and 37 funds, respectively, in this Lipper category.

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Fund price and distribution information For the 12-month period ended 6/30/10

Distributions	Class A		Class B	Class C	Class M		Class R	Class Y
Number	1		—	—	—		—	1
Income	$0.052		—	—	—		—	$0.144
Capital gains	—		—	—	—		—	—
Total	$0.052		—	—	—		—	$0.144
Share value	NAV	POP	NAV	NAV	NAV	POP	NAV	NAV
6/30/09	$35.33	$37.49	$30.87	$32.76	$32.58	$33.76	$34.79	$36.86
6/30/10	39.22	41.61	34.05	36.13	36.02	37.33	38.57	40.93

The classification of distributions, if any, is an estimate. Final distribution information will appear on your year-end tax forms.

Your fund’s expenses

As a mutual fund investor, you pay ongoing expenses, such as management fees, distribution fees (12b-1 fees), and other expenses. Using the following information, you can estimate how these expenses affect your investment and compare them with the expenses of other funds. You may also pay one-time transaction expenses, including sales charges (loads) and redemption fees, which are not shown in this section and would have resulted in higher total expenses. For more information, see your fund’s prospectus or talk to your financial representative.

Expense ratios

	Class A	Class B	Class C	Class M	Class R	Class Y
Total annual operating expenses for the fiscal year
ended 6/30/09*	1.27%	2.02%	2.02%	1.77%	1.52%	1.02%
Annualized expense ratio for the six-month period
ended 6/30/10†	1.28%	2.03%	2.03%	1.78%	1.53%	1.03%

Fiscal-year expense information in this table is taken from the most recent prospectus, is subject to change, and may differ from that shown for the annualized expense ratio and in the financial highlights of this report. Expenses are shown as a percentage of average net assets.

* Annual operating expenses have been revised to reflect projected expenses based on a new expense arrangement and the fund’s 6/30/09 asset level.

† For the fund’s most recent fiscal half year; may differ from expense ratios based on one-year data in the financial highlights.

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Expenses per $1,000

The following table shows the expenses you would have paid on a $1,000 investment in Putnam Multi-Cap Growth Fund from January 1, 2010, to June 30, 2010. It also shows how much a $1,000 investment would be worth at the close of the period, assuming actual returns and expenses.

	Class A	Class B	Class C	Class M	Class R	Class Y
Expenses paid per $1,000*†	$6.11	$9.67	$9.67	$8.48	$7.30	$4.92
Ending value (after expenses)	$924.60	$921.30	$921.00	$922.20	$923.40	$925.80

* Expenses for each share class are calculated using the fund’s annualized expense ratio for each class, which represents the ongoing expenses as a percentage of average net assets for the six months ended 6/30/10. The expense ratio may differ for each share class.

† Expenses are calculated by multiplying the expense ratio by the average account value for the period; then multiplying the result by the number of days in the period; and then dividing that result by the number of days in the year.

Estimate the expenses you paid

To estimate the ongoing expenses you paid for the six months ended June 30, 2010, use the following calculation method. To find the value of your investment on January 1, 2010, call Putnam at 1-800-225-1581.

Compare expenses using the SEC’s method

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has established guidelines to help investors assess fund expenses. Per these guidelines, the following table shows your fund’s expenses based on a $1,000 investment, assuming a hypothetical 5% annualized return. You can use this information to compare the ongoing expenses (but not transaction expenses or total costs) of investing in the fund with those of other funds. All mutual fund shareholder reports will provide this information to help you make this comparison. Please note that you cannot use this information to estimate your actual ending account balance and expenses paid during the period.

	Class A	Class B	Class C	Class M	Class R	Class Y
Expenses paid per $1,000*†	$6.41	$10.14	$10.14	$8.90	$7.65	$5.16
Ending value (after expenses)	$1,018.45	$1,014.73	$1,014.73	$1,015.97	$1,017.21	$1,019.69

* Expenses for each share class are calculated using the fund’s annualized expense ratio for each class, which represents the ongoing expenses as a percentage of average net assets for the six months ended 6/30/10. The expense ratio may differ for each share class.

† Expenses are calculated by multiplying the expense ratio by the average account value for the period; then multiplying the result by the number of days in the period; and then dividing that result by the number of days in the year.

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Terms and definitions

Important terms

Total return shows how the value of the fund’s shares changed over time, assuming you held the shares through the entire period and reinvested all distributions in the fund.

Net asset value (NAV) is the price, or value, of one share of a mutual fund, without a sales charge. NAVs fluctuate with market conditions. NAV is calculated by dividing the net assets of each class of shares by the number of outstanding shares in the class.

Public offering price (POP) is the price of a mutual fund share plus the maximum sales charge levied at the time of purchase. POP performance figures shown here assume the 5.75% maximum sales charge for class A shares and 3.50% for class M shares.

Contingent deferred sales charge (CDSC) is generally a charge applied at the time of the redemption of class B or C shares and assumes redemption at the end of the period. Your fund’s class B CDSC declines from a 5% maximum during the first year to 1% during the sixth year. After the sixth year, the CDSC no longer applies. The CDSC for class C shares is 1% for one year after purchase.

Share classes

Class A shares are generally subject to an initial sales charge and no CDSC (except on certain redemptions of shares bought without an initial sales charge).

Class B shares are not subject to an initial sales charge. They may be subject to a CDSC.

Class C shares are not subject to an initial sales charge and are subject to a CDSC only if the shares are redeemed during the first year.

Class M shares have a lower initial sales charge and a higher 12b-1 fee than class A shares and no CDSC (except on certain redemptions of shares bought without an initial sales charge).

Class R shares are not subject to an initial sales charge or CDSC and are available only to certain defined contribution plans.

Class Y shares are not subject to an initial sales charge or CDSC, and carry no 12b-1 fee. They are generally only available to corporate and institutional clients and clients in other approved programs.

Comparative indexes

Barclays Capital Aggregate Bond Index is an unmanaged index of U.S. investment-grade fixed-income securities.

BofA (Bank of America) Merrill Lynch U.S. 3-Month Treasury Bill Index is an unmanaged index that seeks to measure the performance of U.S. Treasury bills available in the marketplace.

Russell 3000 Growth Index is an unmanaged index of those companies in the broad-market Russell 3000 Index chosen for their growth orientation.

S&P 500 Index is an unmanaged index of common stock performance.

Indexes assume reinvestment of all distributions and do not account for fees. Securities and performance of a fund and an index will differ. You cannot invest directly in an index.

Lipper is a third-party industry-ranking entity that ranks mutual funds. Its rankings do not reflect sales charges. Lipper rankings are based on total return at net asset value relative to other funds that have similar current investment styles or objectives as determined by Lipper. Lipper may change a fund’s category assignment at its discretion. Lipper category averages reflect performance trends for funds within a category.

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Trustee approval of management contract

General conclusions

The Board of Trustees of the Putnam funds oversees the management of each fund and, as required by law, determines annually whether to approve the continuance of your fund’s management contract with Putnam Investment Management (“Putnam Management”) and the sub-management contract with respect to your fund between Putnam Management and its affiliate, Putnam Investments Limited (“PIL”).

In this regard, the Board of Trustees, with the assistance of its Contract Committee consisting solely of Trustees who are not “interested persons” (as this term is defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended) of the Putnam funds (the “Independent Trustees”), requests and evaluates all information it deems reasonably necessary under the circumstances. Over the course of several months ending in June 2010, the Contract Committee met several times with representatives of Putnam Management and in executive session to consider the information provided by Putnam Management and other information developed with the assistance of the Board’s independent counsel and independent staff. The Contract Committee reviewed and discussed key aspects of this information with all of the Independent Trustees. At the Trustees’ June 11, 2010 meeting, the Contract Committee recommended, and the Independent Trustees approved, the co ntinuance of your fund’s management and sub-management contracts, effective July 1, 2010. (Because PIL is an affiliate of Putnam Management and Putnam Management remains fully responsible for all services provided by PIL, the Trustees have not evaluated PIL as a separate entity, and all subsequent references to Putnam Management below should be deemed to include reference to PIL as necessary or appropriate in the context.)

The Independent Trustees’ approval was based on the following conclusions:

• That the fee schedule in effect for your fund represented reasonable compensation in light of the nature and quality of the services being provided to the fund, the fees paid by competitive funds, and the costs incurred by Putnam Management in providing such services, and

• That the fee schedule represented an appropriate sharing between fund shareholders and Putnam Management of such economies of scale as may exist in the management of the fund at current asset levels.

These conclusions were based on a comprehensive consideration of all information provided to the Trustees and were not the result of any single factor. Some of the factors that figured particularly in the Trustees’ deliberations and how the Trustees considered these factors are described below, although individual Trustees may have evaluated the information presented differently, giving different weights to various factors. It is also important to recognize that the fee arrangements for your fund and the other Putnam funds are the result of many years of review and discussion between the Independent Trustees and Putnam Management, that certain aspects of the arrangements may receive greater scrutiny in some years than others, and that the Trustees’ conclusions may be based, in part, on their consideration of fee arrangements in prior years.

Consideration of implementation of strategic pricing initiative

The Trustees were mindful that new management contracts had been implemented for all but a few funds at the beginning of 2010 as part of Putnam Management’s strategic pricing initiative. These new management contracts reflected the implementation of more competitive fee levels for many funds, complex-wide breakpoints for the open-end funds and performance fees for certain funds. The Trustees had approved these new management contracts

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on July 10, 2009 and submitted them to shareholder meetings of the affected funds in late 2009, where the contracts were in all cases approved by overwhelming majorities of the shares voted.

Because the management contracts had been implemented only recently, the Contract Committee had limited practical experience with the operation of the new fee structures. The financial data available to the Committee reflected actual operations under the prior contracts; information was also available on a pro forma basis, adjusted to reflect the fees payable under the new management contracts. In light of the limited information available regarding operations under the new management contracts, in recommending the continuation of the new management contracts in June 2010, the Contract Committee relied to a considerable extent on its review of the financial information and analysis that formed the basis of the Board’s approval of the new management contracts on July 10, 2009.

Management fee schedules and categories; total expenses

The Trustees reviewed the management fee schedules in effect for all Putnam funds, including fee levels and breakpoints. In reviewing management fees, the Trustees generally focus their attention on material changes in circumstances — for example, changes in assets under management or investment style, changes in Putnam Management’s operating costs, or changes in competitive practices in the mutual fund industry — that suggest that consideration of fee changes might be warranted. The Trustees concluded that the circumstances did not warrant changes to the management fee structure of your fund.

As in the past, the Trustees continued to focus on the competitiveness of the total expense ratio of each fund. In order to ensure that expenses of the Putnam funds continue to meet evolving competitive standards, the Trustees and Putnam Management agreed in 2009 to implement: (i) a contractual expense limitation applicable to all retail open-end funds of 37.5 basis points on investor servicing fees and expenses and (ii) a contractual expense limitation applicable to all open-end funds of 20 basis points on so-called “other expenses” (i.e., all expenses exclusive of management fees, investor servicing fees, distribution fees, taxes, brokerage commissions and extraordinary expenses). These expense limitations serve in particular to maintain competitive expense levels for funds with large numbers of small shareholder accounts and f unds with relatively small net assets.

The Trustees reviewed comparative fee and expense information for competitive funds, which indicated that, in a custom peer group of competitive funds selected by Lipper Inc., your fund ranked in the 17th percentile in effective management fees (determined for your fund and the other funds in the custom peer group based on fund asset size and the applicable contractual management fee schedule) and in the 45th percentile in total expenses (less any applicable 12b-1 fees) as of December 31, 2009 (the first percentile representing the least expensive funds and the 100th percentile the most expensive funds). The Trustees also considered that your fund ranked in the 17th percentile in effective management fees, on a pro forma basis adjusted to reflect the impact of the strategic pricing initiative discussed above, as of December 31, 2009.

Your fund currently has the benefit of breakpoints in its management fee that provide shareholders with significant economies of scale in the form of reduced fee levels as assets under management in the Putnam family of funds increase. The Contract Committee observed that the complex-wide breakpoints of the open-end funds have only been in place for a short while, and the Trustees will examine the

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operation of this new breakpoint structure in future years in light of actual experience.

In connection with their review of the management fees and total expenses of the Putnam funds, the Trustees also reviewed the costs of the services provided and profits realized by Putnam Management and its affiliates from their contractual relationships with the funds. This information included trends in revenues, expenses and profitability of Putnam Management and its affiliates relating to the investment management, investor servicing and distribution services provided to the funds. In this regard, the Trustees also reviewed an analysis of Putnam Management’s revenues, expenses and profitability, allocated on a fund-by-fund basis, with respect to the funds’ management, distribution, and investor servicing contracts. For each fund, the analysis presented information about revenues, expenses and profitability for each of the agreements separately and for the agreements taken together on a combined basis. The Trustees concluded that, at curre nt asset levels, the fee schedules currently in place represented an appropriate sharing of economies of scale at that time.

The information examined by the Trustees as part of their annual contract review for the Putnam funds has included for many years information regarding fees charged by Putnam Management and its affiliates to institutional clients such as defined benefit pension plans, college endowments, and the like. This information included comparisons of such fees with fees charged to the funds, as well as a detailed assessment of the differences in the services provided to these two types of clients. The Trustees observed, in this regard, that the differences in fee rates between institutional clients and mutual funds are by no means uniform when examined by individual asset sectors, suggesting that differences in the pricing of investment management services to these types of clients may reflect historical competitive forces operating in separate market places. The Trustees considered the fact that fee rates across different as set classes are typically higher on average for mutual funds than for institutional clients, as well as the differences between the services that Putnam Management provides to the Putnam funds and those that it provides to institutional clients of the firm, and did not rely on these comparisons to any significant extent in concluding that the management fees paid by your fund are reasonable.

Investment performance

The quality of the investment process provided by Putnam Management represented a major factor in the Trustees’ evaluation of the quality of services provided by Putnam Management under your fund’s management contract. The Trustees were assisted in their review of the Putnam funds’ investment process and performance by the work of the Investment Oversight Coordinating Committee of the Trustees and the Investment Oversight Committees of the Trustees, which met on a regular monthly basis with the funds’ portfolio teams throughout the year. The Trustees concluded that Putnam Management generally provides a high-quality investment process —as measured by the experience and skills of the individuals assigned to the management of fund portfolios, the resources made available to such personnel, and in general the ability of Putnam Management to attract and retain high-quality personnel — but also recognized that this does not gua rantee favorable investment results for every fund in every time period. The Trustees considered the investment performance of each fund over multiple time periods and considered information comparing each fund’s performance with various benchmarks and with the performance of competitive funds.

The Committee noted the substantial improvement in the performance of most Putnam funds during 2009. The Committee also noted the disappointing investment performance of a number of the funds for periods ended December 31, 2009 and considered information

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provided by Putnam Management regarding the factors contributing to the underperformance and actions being taken to improve performance. The Trustees recognized that, in recent years, Putnam Management has taken steps to strengthen its investment personnel and processes to address areas of underperformance, including Putnam Management’s continuing efforts to strengthen the equity research function, recent changes in portfolio managers, increased accountability of individual managers rather than teams, recent changes in Putnam Management’s approach to incentive compensation, including emphasis on top quartile performance over a rolling three-year period, and the recent arrival of a new chief investment officer. The Trustees indicated their intention to continue to monitor performance trends to assess the effectiveness of these efforts and to evaluate whether additional changes to address areas of underperformance are warranted.

In the case of your fund, the Trustees considered that your fund’s class A share cumulative total return performance at net asset value was in the following percentiles of its Lipper Inc. peer group (Lipper Multi-Cap Growth Funds) for the one-year, three-year and five-year periods ended December 31, 2009 (the first percentile representing the best-performing funds and the 100th percentile the worst-performing funds):

One-year period	65th
Three-year period	71st
Five-year period	67th

Over the one-year, three-year and five-year periods ended December 31, 2009, there were 455, 374 and 307 funds, respectively, in your fund’s Lipper peer group. (When considering performance information, shareholders should be mindful that past performance is not a guarantee of future results.)

Brokerage and soft-dollar allocations; investor servicing; distribution

The Trustees considered various potential benefits that Putnam Management may receive in connection with the services it provides under the management contract with your fund. These include benefits related to brokerage and soft-dollar allocations, whereby a portion of the commissions paid by a fund for brokerage may be used to acquire research services that are expected to be useful to Putnam Management in managing the assets of the fund and of other clients. The Trustees considered a change made, at Putnam Management’s request, to the Putnam funds’ brokerage allocation policies commencing in 2010, which increased the permitted soft dollar allocation to third-party services over what had been authorized in previous years. The Trustees noted that a portion of available soft dollars continues to be allocated to the payment of fund expenses. The Trustees indicated their continued intent to monitor regulatory developments in this area with the assistance of their Brokerage Committee and also indicated their continued intent to monitor the potential benefits associated with fund brokerage and soft-dollar allocations and trends in industry practices to ensure that the principle of seeking best price and execution remains paramount in the portfolio trading process.

Putnam Management may also receive benefits from payments that the funds make to Putnam Management’s affiliates for investor or distribution services. In conjunction with the annual review of your fund’s management contract, the Trustees reviewed your fund’s investor servicing agreement with Putnam Investor Services, Inc. (“PSERV”) and its distributor’s contracts and distribution plans with Putnam Retail Management Limited Partnership (“PRM”), both of which are affiliates of Putnam Management. The Trustees concluded that the fees payable by the funds to PSERV and PRM, as applicable, for such services are reasonable in relation to the nature and quality of such services.

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Other information for shareholders

Important notice regarding Putnam’s privacy policy

In order to conduct business with our shareholders, we must obtain certain personal information such as account holders’ names, addresses, Social Security numbers, and dates of birth. Using this information, we are able to maintain accurate records of accounts and transactions.

It is our policy to protect the confidentiality of our shareholder information, whether or not a shareholder currently owns shares of our funds. In particular, it is our policy not to sell information about you or your accounts to outside marketing firms. We have safeguards in place designed to prevent unauthorized access to our computer systems and procedures to protect personal information from unauthorized use.

Under certain circumstances, we must share account information with outside vendors who provide services to us, such as mailings and proxy solicitations. In these cases, the service providers enter into confidentiality agreements with us, and we provide only the information necessary to process transactions and perform other services related to your account. Finally, it is our policy to share account information with your financial representative, if you’ve listed one on your Putnam account.

Proxy voting

Putnam is committed to managing our mutual funds in the best interests of our shareholders. The Putnam funds’ proxy voting guidelines and procedures, as well as information regarding how your fund voted proxies relating to portfolio securities during the 12-month period ended June 30, 2010, are available in the Individual Investors section at putnam.com, and on the SEC’s Web site, www. sec.gov. If you have questions about finding forms on the SEC’s Web site, you may call the SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330. You may also obtain the Putnam funds’ proxy voting guidelines and procedures at no charge by calling Putnam’s Shareholder Services at 1-800-225-1581.

Fund portfolio holdings

The fund will file a complete schedule of its portfolio holdings with the SEC for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-Q. Shareholders may obtain the fund’s Forms N-Q on the SEC’s Web site at www.sec.gov. In addition, the fund’s Forms N-Q may be reviewed and copied at the SEC’s Public Reference Room in Washington, D.C. You may call the SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330 for information about the SEC’s Web site or the operation of the Public Reference Room.

Trustee and employee fund ownership

Putnam employees and members of the Board of Trustees place their faith, confidence, and, most importantly, investment dollars in Putnam mutual funds. As of June 30, 2010, Putnam employees had approximately $302,000,000 and the Trustees had approximately $56,000,000 invested in Putnam mutual funds. These amounts include investments by the Trustees’ and employees’ immediate family members as well as investments through retirement and deferred compensation plans.

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Financial statements

These sections of the report, as well as the accompanying Notes, preceded by the Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm, constitute the fund’s financial statements.

The fund’s portfolio lists all the fund’s investments and their values as of the last day of the reporting period. Holdings are organized by asset type and industry sector, country, or state to show areas of concentration and diversification.

Statement of assets and liabilities shows how the fund’s net assets and share price are determined. All investment and non-investment assets are added together. Any unpaid expenses and other liabilities are subtracted from this total. The result is divided by the number of shares to determine the net asset value per share, which is calculated separately for each class of shares. (For funds with preferred shares, the amount subtracted from total assets includes the liquidation preference of preferred shares.)

Statement of operations shows the fund’s net investment gain or loss. This is done by first adding up all the fund’s earnings — from dividends and interest income — and subtracting its operating expenses to determine net investment income (or loss). Then, any net gain or loss the fund realized on the sales of its holdings — as well as any unrealized gains or losses over the period — is added to or subtracted from the net investment result to determine the fund’s net gain or loss for the fiscal year.

Statement of changes in net assets shows how the fund’s net assets were affected by the fund’s net investment gain or loss, by distributions to shareholders, and by changes in the number of the fund’s shares. It lists distributions and their sources (net investment income or realized capital gains) over the current reporting period and the most recent fiscal year-end. The distributions listed here may not match the sources listed in the Statement of operations because the distributions are determined on a tax basis and may be paid in a different period from the one in which they were earned.

Financial highlights provide an overview of the fund’s investment results, per-share distributions, expense ratios, net investment income ratios, and portfolio turnover in one summary table, reflecting the five most recent reporting periods. In a semiannual report, the highlights table also includes the current reporting period.

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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

To the Trustees and Shareholders of Putnam Multi-Cap Growth Fund (formerly known as “Putnam New Opportunities Fund):

In our opinion, the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities, including the portfolio, and the related statements of operations and of changes in net assets and the financial highlights present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of Putnam Multi-Cap Growth Fund (formerly known as “Putnam New Opportunities Fund”) (the “fund”) at June 30, 2010, and the results of its operations, the changes in its net assets and the financial highlights for each of the periods indicated, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. These financial statements and financial highlights (hereafter referred to as “financial statements”) are the responsibility of the fund’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits. We conducted our audits of these financial statements in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, and evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits, which included confirmation of investments owned at June 30, 2010 by correspondence with the custodian and broker, provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Boston, Massachusetts
August 9, 2010

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The fund’s portfolio 6/30/10

COMMON STOCKS (99.2%)*	Shares	Value
Advertising and marketing services (0.8%)
Nu Skin Enterprises, Inc. Class A	200,300	$4,993,479
Omnicom Group, Inc.	371,100	12,728,730
		17,722,209
Aerospace and defense (2.8%)
Goodrich Corp. S	176,700	11,706,375
Precision Castparts Corp.	107,000	11,012,440
Raytheon Co.	375,700	18,180,123
Safran SA (France)	272,456	7,564,277
TransDigm Group, Inc.	218,000	11,124,540
		59,587,755
Airlines (0.1%)
US Airways Group, Inc. † S	329,400	2,836,134
		2,836,134
Automotive (0.5%)
Lear Corp. † S	169,400	11,214,280
		11,214,280
Banking (2.0%)
JPMorgan Chase & Co.	346,000	12,667,060
PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. S	371,100	20,967,150
SVB Financial Group †	208,500	8,596,455
		42,230,665
Beverage (2.4%)
Coca-Cola Co. (The)	300,300	15,051,036
Coca-Cola Enterprises, Inc.	520,300	13,454,958
PepsiCo, Inc.	366,516	22,339,150
		50,845,144
Biotechnology (1.7%)
Amgen, Inc. †	93,200	4,902,320
Dendreon Corp. † S	245,100	7,924,083
Genzyme Corp. † S	145,959	7,410,338
Gilead Sciences, Inc. † S	312,600	10,715,928
Human Genome Sciences, Inc. †	193,200	4,377,912
		35,330,581
Cable television (0.7%)
DIRECTV Class A †	451,800	15,325,056
		15,325,056
Chemicals (1.8%)
Agrium, Inc. (Canada)	180,800	8,848,352
Albemarle Corp. S	256,500	10,185,615
Celanese Corp. Ser. A	363,200	9,047,312
Huntsman Corp.	1,179,500	10,226,265
		38,307,544
Coal (1.1%)
Alpha Natural Resources, Inc. † S	423,100	14,330,397
Walter Energy, Inc.	142,290	8,658,347
		22,988,744
Combined utilities (0.6%)
El Paso Corp. S	1,146,500	12,737,615
		12,737,615
Commercial and consumer services (3.3%)
Emergency Medical Services Corp. Class A † S	247,936	12,156,302
Expedia, Inc.	314,600	5,908,188

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COMMON STOCKS (99.2%)* cont.	Shares	Value
Commercial and consumer services cont.
Mastercard, Inc. Class A	70,800	$14,126,724
Monster Worldwide, Inc. † S	586,600	6,833,890
Priceline.com, Inc. †	58,390	10,308,171
Visa, Inc. Class A S	283,200	20,036,400
		69,369,675
Communications equipment (3.5%)
Cisco Systems, Inc. †	2,147,355	45,760,135
Qualcomm, Inc.	874,100	28,705,444
		74,465,579
Computers (10.0%)
Apple, Inc. †	364,429	91,664,826
EMC Corp. † S	1,155,400	21,143,820
Hewlett-Packard Co.	661,383	28,624,656
IBM Corp.	326,744	40,346,349
Polycom, Inc. †	593,400	17,677,386
Quest Software, Inc. †	601,100	10,843,844
Silicon Graphics International Corp. † S	489,600	3,466,368
		213,767,249
Conglomerates (1.1%)
3M Co.	211,800	16,730,082
Danaher Corp.	157,200	5,835,264
		22,565,346
Consumer (0.5%)
Scotts Miracle-Gro Co. (The) Class A S	220,400	9,787,964
		9,787,964
Consumer goods (2.3%)
Colgate-Palmolive Co.	296,900	23,383,844
Procter & Gamble Co. (The)	422,600	25,347,548
		48,731,392
Consumer services (1.0%)
Avis Budget Group, Inc. † S	1,399,700	13,745,054
WebMD Health Corp. Class A †	187,700	8,714,911
		22,459,965
Electric utilities (0.3%)
EnerNOC, Inc. † S	207,500	6,523,800
		6,523,800
Electrical equipment (1.4%)
Emerson Electric Co.	486,700	21,263,923
GrafTech International, Ltd. † S	574,200	8,394,804
		29,658,727
Electronics (3.7%)
Cavium Networks, Inc. † S	275,100	7,204,869
Intel Corp.	873,363	16,986,910
Marvell Technology Group, Ltd. †	935,600	14,745,056
Sensata Technologies Holding NV (Netherlands) † S	683,000	10,921,170
Silicon Laboratories, Inc. †	175,500	7,118,280
Texas Instruments, Inc.	946,700	22,039,176
		79,015,461
Energy (oil field) (0.8%)
Petroleum Geo-Services ASA (Norway) †	414,800	3,466,973
Schlumberger, Ltd. S	265,400	14,687,236
		18,154,209

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COMMON STOCKS (99.2%)* cont.	Shares	Value
Energy (other) (0.5%)
First Solar, Inc. † S	88,600	$10,085,338
		10,085,338
Engineering and construction (0.4%)
Shaw Group, Inc. †	235,600	8,062,232
		8,062,232
Financial (2.0%)
AerCap Holdings NV (Netherlands) †	558,289	5,795,040
Assurant, Inc.	227,000	7,876,900
CME Group, Inc.	56,400	15,879,420
Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. †	109,700	12,399,391
		41,950,751
Food (0.6%)
General Mills, Inc.	346,600	12,311,232
		12,311,232
Forest products and packaging (0.4%)
International Paper Co.	354,200	8,015,546
		8,015,546
Gaming and lottery (0.5%)
Las Vegas Sands Corp. † S	514,500	11,391,030
		11,391,030
Health-care services (4.7%)
Aetna, Inc.	606,200	15,991,556
Express Scripts, Inc. †	451,900	21,248,338
HealthSouth Corp. † S	654,600	12,247,566
Lincare Holdings, Inc. † S	471,000	15,312,210
McKesson Corp.	242,000	16,252,720
Universal Health Services, Inc. Class B	269,800	10,292,870
WellPoint, Inc. †	168,100	8,225,133
		99,570,393
Insurance (1.9%)
Aflac, Inc.	679,900	29,011,333
Assured Guaranty, Ltd. (Bermuda)	506,500	6,721,255
Lincoln National Corp.	185,691	4,510,434
		40,243,022
Investment banking/Brokerage (1.0%)
Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (The)	108,150	14,196,851
Waddell & Reed Financial, Inc. Class A S	337,800	7,391,064
		21,587,915
Machinery (1.6%)
Bucyrus International, Inc. Class A	187,700	8,906,365
Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc.	105,300	5,369,247
Parker Hannifin Corp.	183,300	10,165,818
Timken Co.	395,900	10,289,441
		34,730,871
Manufacturing (0.6%)
Ingersoll-Rand PLC S	354,200	12,216,358
		12,216,358
Media (0.7%)
Time Warner, Inc.	527,200	15,241,352
		15,241,352
Medical technology (5.5%)
Baxter International, Inc.	410,558	16,685,077
Bruker BioSciences Corp. † S	499,200	6,070,272

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COMMON STOCKS (99.2%)* cont.	Shares	Value
Medical technology cont.
Covidien PLC (Ireland)	734,400	$29,508,192
Hospira, Inc. †	251,800	14,465,910
Medtronic, Inc.	643,000	23,321,610
St. Jude Medical, Inc. †	368,400	13,295,556
Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc. †	263,500	12,924,675
		116,271,292
Metals (1.5%)
Cliffs Natural Resources, Inc.	178,997	8,441,499
Goldcorp, Inc. (Canada) S	233,200	10,225,820
Teck Resources, Ltd. Class B (Canada) †	323,100	9,557,298
United States Steel Corp. S	101,200	3,901,260
		32,125,877
Office equipment and supplies (0.3%)
Avery Dennison Corp. S	197,400	6,342,462
		6,342,462
Oil and gas (2.8%)
Anadarko Petroleum Corp.	233,400	8,423,406
EOG Resources, Inc.	143,000	14,066,910
Occidental Petroleum Corp.	182,400	14,072,160
Oil States International, Inc. †	190,600	7,543,948
PetroHawk Energy Corp. † S	614,400	10,426,368
QEP Resources, Inc. † ##	103,500	3,190,905
Warren Resources, Inc. †	596,948	1,731,149
		59,454,846
Pharmaceuticals (3.0%)
Abbott Laboratories	689,200	32,240,776
Johnson & Johnson	191,035	11,282,527
Shire PLC ADR (Ireland)	128,300	7,875,054
Teva Pharmaceutical Industries, Ltd. ADR (Israel)	222,700	11,578,173
		62,976,530
Power producers (0.4%)
AES Corp. (The) †	960,100	8,871,324
		8,871,324
Railroads (0.7%)
Kansas City Southern † S	436,200	15,855,870
		15,855,870
Regional Bells (0.2%)
Verizon Communications, Inc.	194,800	5,458,296
		5,458,296
Restaurants (1.6%)
McDonald’s Corp.	275,100	18,120,837
Panera Bread Co. Class A †	205,450	15,468,331
		33,589,168
Retail (8.8%)
Amazon.com, Inc. †	198,600	21,699,036
Big Lots, Inc. †	162,900	5,227,461
Coach, Inc.	213,400	7,799,770
Costco Wholesale Corp.	334,600	18,346,118
CVS Caremark Corp. S	548,000	16,067,360
Dick’s Sporting Goods, Inc. † S	269,200	6,700,388
Guess ?, Inc.	276,500	8,637,860
Herbalife, Ltd. (Cayman Islands) S	216,500	9,969,825

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COMMON STOCKS (99.2%)* cont.	Shares	Value
Retail cont.
Iconix Brand Group, Inc. †	770,000	$11,064,900
Kohl’s Corp. †	180,600	8,578,500
Nordstrom, Inc.	374,500	12,055,155
O’Reilly Automotive, Inc. †	285,400	13,573,624
Steven Madden, Ltd. † S	380,800	12,002,816
Urban Outfitters, Inc. † S	400,700	13,780,073
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.	431,700	20,751,819
		186,254,705
Schools (0.4%)
Apollo Group, Inc. Class A †	204,100	8,668,127
		8,668,127
Semiconductor (0.8%)
Atmel Corp. †	449,143	2,155,886
Lam Research Corp. † S	421,800	16,053,708
		18,209,594
Shipping (0.5%)
United Parcel Service, Inc. Class B	187,500	10,666,875
		10,666,875
Software (5.1%)
BMC Software, Inc. † S	495,600	17,162,628
Microsoft Corp.	2,445,473	56,270,334
Oracle Corp.	1,264,400	27,134,024
TIBCO Software, Inc. † S	626,500	7,555,590
		108,122,576
Technology (0.4%)
Avago Technologies, Ltd. †	385,933	8,127,749
		8,127,749
Technology services (5.0%)
Baidu, Inc. ADR (China) †	120,419	8,198,126
Check Point Software Technologies, Ltd. (Israel) †	362,100	10,674,708
Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp. †	359,000	17,971,540
Google, Inc. Class A †	102,418	45,570,888
Salesforce.com, Inc. † S	204,600	17,558,772
Western Union Co. (The)	453,700	6,764,667
		106,738,701
Telecommunications (1.2%)
ADTRAN, Inc. S	369,800	10,084,446
American Tower Corp. Class A †	163,902	7,293,639
Iridium Communications, Inc. † S	723,500	7,263,940
		24,642,025
Textiles (0.6%)
VF Corp. S	176,100	12,534,798
		12,534,798
Tobacco (2.2%)
Philip Morris International, Inc.	1,007,600	46,188,384
		46,188,384
Toys (0.4%)
Hasbro, Inc.	192,700	7,919,970
		7,919,970
Waste Management (0.5%)
Stericycle, Inc. †	158,500	10,394,430
		10,394,430
Total common stocks (cost $2,194,315,756)		$2,108,444,733

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WARRANTS (0.1%)* †	Expiration	Strike
	date	price	Warrants	Value
JPMorgan Chase & Co. W	10/28/18	$42.42	176,966	$2,236,850
Total warrants (cost $2,198,691)				$2,236,850

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS (10.9%)*	Principal amount/shares	Value
U.S. Treasury Bills for an effective yield of 0.26%, March 10, 2011	$658,000	$656,551
Short-term investments held as collateral for loaned securities
with yields ranging from 0.01% to 0.10%, due July 1, 2010 d	211,234,256	211,234,065
Putnam Money Market Liquidity Fund 0.11% e	18,851,621	18,851,621
Total short-term investments (cost $230,742,468)		$230,742,237
TOTAL INVESTMENTS
Total investments (cost $2,427,256,915)		$2,341,423,820

Key to holding’s abbreviations

ADR          American Depository Receipts

Notes to the fund’s portfolio

Unless noted otherwise, the notes to the fund’s portfolio are for the close of the fund’s reporting period, which ran from July 1, 2009 through June 30, 2010 (the reporting period).

* Percentages indicated are based on net assets of $2,125,675,651.

† Non-income-producing security.

## Forward commitments, in part or in entirety (Note 1).

^d See Note 1 to the financial statements regarding securities lending.

^e See Note 6 to the financial statements regarding investments in Putnam Money Market Liquidity Fund. The rate quoted in the security description is the annualized 7-day yield of the fund at the close of the reporting period.

^S Securities on loan, in part or in entirety, at the close of the reporting period.

^W Warrants issued to the U.S. Treasury under the Troubled Asset Relief Program.

At the close of the reporting period, the fund maintained liquid assets totaling $3,338,558 to cover forward commit-ments.

ADR after the name of a foreign holding represents ownership of foreign securities on deposit with a custodian bank.

TOTAL RETURN SWAP CONTRACTS OUTSTANDING at 6/30/10

		Fixed payments	Total return
Swap counterparty /	Termination	received (paid) by	received by	Unrealized
Notional amount	date	fund per annum	or paid by fund	appreciation
Goldman Sachs International
baskets 77,154	4/12/11	(1 month	A basket
		USD-LIBOR-BBA)	(GSGLPMIN) of
			common stocks	$182,500
Total				$182,500

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Accounting Standards Codification ASC 820 Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures (ASC 820) establishes a three-level hierarchy for disclosure of fair value measurements. The valuation hierarchy is based upon the transparency of inputs to the valuation of the fund’s investments. The three levels are defined as follows:

Level 1 — Valuations based on quoted prices for identical securities in active markets.

Level 2 — Valuations based on quoted prices in markets that are not active or for which all significant inputs are observable, either directly or indirectly.

Level 3 — Valuations based on inputs that are unobservable and significant to the fair value measurement.

The following is a summary of the inputs used to value the fund’s net assets as of the close of the reporting period:

			Valuation inputs
Investments in securities:	Level 1	Level 2		Level 3
Common stocks:
Basic materials	$78,448,967	$—		$—
Capital goods	153,428,558	7,564,277		—
Communication services	45,425,377	—		—
Conglomerates	22,565,346	—		—
Consumer cyclicals	297,052,680	—		—
Consumer staples	267,176,715	—		—
Energy	107,216,164	3,466,973		—
Financials	146,012,353	—		—
Health care	314,148,796	—		—
Technology	608,446,909	—		—
Transportation	29,358,879	—		—
Utilities and power	28,132,739	—		—
Total common stocks	2,097,413,483	11,031,250		—
Warrants	2,236,850	—		—
Short-term investments	18,851,621	211,890,616		—
Totals by level	$2,118,501,954	$222,921,866		$—
			Valuation inputs
Other financial instruments:	Level 1	Level 2		Level 3
Total return swap contracts	$—	$182,500		$—
Totals by level	$—	$182,500		$—

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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Statement of assets and liabilities 6/30/10

ASSETS
Investment in securities, at value, including $205,489,603 of securities on loan (Note 1):
Unaffiliated issuers (identified cost $2,408,405,294)	$2,322,572,199
Affiliated issuers (identified cost $18,851,621) (Note 6)	18,851,621
Dividends, interest and other receivables	1,910,694
Receivable for shares of the fund sold	375,937
Receivable for investments sold	44,778,646
Unrealized appreciation on swap contracts (Note 1)	182,500
Total assets	2,388,671,597
LIABILITIES
Payable for investments purchased	38,406,168
Payable for shares of the fund repurchased	8,645,485
Payable for compensation of Manager (Note 2)	1,049,743
Payable for investor servicing fees (Note 2)	582,431
Payable for custodian fees (Note 2)	16,950
Payable for Trustee compensation and expenses (Note 2)	1,025,854
Payable for administrative services (Note 2)	7,445
Payable for distribution fees (Note 2)	1,433,834
Collateral on securities loaned, at value (Note 1)	211,234,065
Other accrued expenses	593,971
Total liabilities	262,995,946
Net assets	$2,125,675,651
REPRESENTED BY
Paid-in capital (Unlimited shares authorized) (Notes 1 and 4)	$4,668,607,993
Distributions in excess of net investment income (Note 1)	(270,802)
Accumulated net realized loss on investments and foreign currency transactions (Note 1)	(2,457,010,945)
Net unrealized depreciation of investments	(85,650,595)
Total — Representing net assets applicable to capital shares outstanding	$2,125,675,651
COMPUTATION OF NET ASSET VALUE AND OFFERING PRICE
Net asset value and redemption price per class A share
($1,835,861,542 divided by 46,812,828 shares)	$39.22
Offering price per class A share (100/94.25 of $39.22)*	$41.61
Net asset value and offering price per class B share ($110,983,192 divided by 3,259,801 shares)**	$34.05
Net asset value and offering price per class C share ($28,219,533 divided by 780,963 shares)**	$36.13
Net asset value and redemption price per class M share ($37,162,704 divided by 1,031,616 shares)	$36.02
Offering price per class M share (100/96.50 of $36.02)*	$37.33
Net asset value, offering price and redemption price per class R share
($3,039,432 divided by 78,802 shares)	$38.57
Net asset value, offering price and redemption price per class Y share
($110,409,248 divided by 2,697,644 shares)	$40.93

* On single retail sales of less than $50,000. On sales of $50,000 or more the offering price is reduced.

** Redemption price per share is equal to net asset value less any applicable contingent deferred sales charge.

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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Statement of operations Year ended 6/30/10

INVESTMENT INCOME
Dividends (net of foreign tax of $77,843)	$29,759,161
Interest (including interest income of $31,065 from investments in affiliated issuers) (Note 6)	40,416
Securities lending	905,163
Total investment income	30,704,740
EXPENSES
Compensation of Manager (Note 2)	14,215,097
Investor servicing fees (Note 2)	9,365,432
Custodian fees (Note 2)	35,847
Trustee compensation and expenses (Note 2)	197,373
Administrative services (Note 2)	118,112
Distribution fees — Class A (Note 2)	5,128,576
Distribution fees — Class B (Note 2)	1,441,928
Distribution fees — Class C (Note 2)	315,382
Distribution fees — Class M (Note 2)	306,658
Distribution fees — Class R (Note 2)	13,919
Other	2,279,371
Fees waived and reimbursed by Manager (Note 2)	(45,879)
Total expenses	33,371,816
Expense reduction (Note 2)	(236,815)
Net expenses	33,135,001
Net investment loss	(2,430,261)
Net realized gain on investments (Notes 1 and 3)	182,022,128
Net realized gain on swap contracts (Note 1)	2,615,234
Net realized loss on futures contracts (Note 1)	(302,032)
Net realized loss on foreign currency transactions (Note 1)	(88,302)
Net unrealized appreciation of investments and swap contracts during the year	114,077,371
Net gain on investments	298,324,399
Net increase in net assets resulting from operations	$295,894,138

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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Statement of changes in net assets

DECREASE IN NET ASSETS	Year ended 6/30/10	Year ended 6/30/09
Operations:
Net investment income (loss)	$(2,430,261)	$3,469,407
Net realized gain (loss) on investments
and foreign currency transactions	184,247,028	(629,446,631)
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of investments	114,077,371	(206,008,696)
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations	295,894,138	(831,985,920)
Distributions to shareholders (Note 1):
From ordinary income
Net investment income
Class A	(2,628,927)	—
Class Y	(911,860)	—
Increase in capital from settlement payments	—	15,476
Redemption fees (Note 1)	1,993	11,545
Decrease from capital share transactions (Notes 4 and 8)	(521,016,723)	(109,867,136)
Total decrease in net assets	(228,661,379)	(941,826,035)
NET ASSETS
Beginning of year	2,354,337,030	3,296,163,065
End of year (including distributions in excess of net investment
income of $270,802 and undistributed net investment
income of $3,416,447, respectively)	$2,125,675,651	$2,354,337,030

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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Financial highlights (For a common share outstanding throughout the period)

INVESTMENT OPERATIONS:					LESS DISTRIBUTIONS:						RATIOS AND SUPPLEMENTAL DATA:
												Ratio	Ratio of net
	Net asset		Net realized									of expenses	investment
	value,		and unrealized	Total from	From net				Net asset	Total return	Net assets,	to average	income (loss)
	beginning	Net investment	gain (loss) on	investment	investment	Total	Redemption	Non-recurring	value, end of	at net asset	end of period	net assets	to average	Portfolio
Period ended	of period	income (loss) a	investments	operations	income	distributions	fees e	reimbursements	period	value (%) b	(in thousands)	(%) c,d	net assets (%) d	turnover (%)
Class A
June 30, 2010	$35.33	(.03)	3.97	3.94	(.05)	(.05)	—	—	$39.22	11.15	$1,835,862	1.29	(.06)	71.13
June 30, 2009	48.18	.07	(12.92) i	(12.85)	—	—	—	— e,j	35.33	(26.67) i	1,882,896	1.30	.19	71.70
June 30, 2008	53.15	(.13)	(4.84) h	(4.97)	—	—	—	—	48.18	(9.35)	2,585,412	1.21	(.25)	126.21
June 30, 2007	45.72	(.08)	7.51	7.43	—	—	—	—	53.15	16.25	3,418,392	1.17	(.15)	91.32
June 30, 2006	41.60	(.09) f	4.21	4.12	—	—	—	—	45.72	9.90 f	3,688,423	1.08 f	(.19) f	83.63
Class B
June 30, 2010	$30.87	(.29)	3.47	3.18	—	—	—	—	$34.05	10.30	$110,983	2.04	(.80)	71.13
June 30, 2009	42.40	(.19)	(11.34) i	(11.53)	—	—	—	— e,j	30.87	(27.19) i	152,758	2.05	(.57)	71.70
June 30, 2008	47.13	(.45)	(4.28) h	(4.73)	—	—	—	—	42.40	(10.04)	278,414	1.96	(1.01)	126.21
June 30, 2007	40.85	(.40)	6.68	6.28	—	—	—	—	47.13	15.37	482,812	1.92	(.91)	91.32
June 30, 2006	37.45	(.38) f	3.78	3.40	—	—	—	—	40.85	9.08 f	610,991	1.83 f	(.94) f	83.63
Class C
June 30, 2010	$32.76	(.31)	3.68	3.37	—	—	—	—	$36.13	10.29	$28,220	2.04	(.81)	71.13
June 30, 2009	44.99	(.14)	(12.09) i	(12.23)	—	—	—	— e,j	32.76	(27.18) i	29,060	2.05	(.55)	71.70
June 30, 2008	50.01	(.48)	(4.54) h	(5.02)	—	—	—	—	44.99	(10.04)	27,355	1.96	(1.00)	126.21
June 30, 2007	43.34	(.42)	7.09	6.67	—	—	—	—	50.01	15.39	35,776	1.92	(.91)	91.32
June 30, 2006	39.73	(.41) f	4.02	3.61	—	—	—	—	43.34	9.09 f	39,825	1.83 f	(.94) f	83.63
Class M
June 30, 2010	$32.58	(.21)	3.65	3.44	—	—	—	—	$36.02	10.56	$37,163	1.79	(.56)	71.13
June 30, 2009	44.65	(.09)	(11.98) i	(12.07)	—	—	—	— e,j	32.58	(27.03) i	38,379	1.80	(.31)	71.70
June 30, 2008	49.50	(.36)	(4.49) h	(4.85)	—	—	—	—	44.65	(9.80)	50,256	1.71	(.76)	126.21
June 30, 2007	42.79	(.30)	7.01	6.71	—	—	—	—	49.50	15.68	70,140	1.67	(.66)	91.32
June 30, 2006	39.14	(.29) f	3.94	3.65	—	—	—	—	42.79	9.32 f	78,230	1.58 f	(.69) f	83.63
Class R
June 30, 2010	$34.79	(.14)	3.92	3.78	—	—	—	—	$38.57	10.87	$3,039	1.54	(.33)	71.13
June 30, 2009	47.56	(.02)	(12.75) i	(12.77)	—	—	—	— e,j	34.79	(26.85) i	2,026	1.55	(.06)	71.70
June 30, 2008	52.60	(.23)	(4.81) h	(5.04)	—	—	—	—	47.56	(9.58)	3,215	1.46	(.47)	126.21
June 30, 2007	45.37	(.18)	7.41	7.23	—	—	—	—	52.60	15.94	1,257	1.42	(.36)	91.32
June 30, 2006	41.38	(.19) f	4.18	3.99	—	—	—	—	45.37	9.64 f	517	1.33 f	(.40) f	83.63
Class Y
June 30, 2010	$36.86	.09	4.12	4.21	(.14)	(.14)	—	—	$40.93	11.41	$110,409	1.04	.21	71.13
June 30, 2009	50.13	.16	(13.43) i	(13.27)	—	—	—	— e,j	36.86	(26.47) i	249,218	1.05	.44	71.70
June 30, 2008	55.17	— e	(5.04) h	(5.04)	—	—	—	—	50.13	(9.13)	351,511	.96	— g	126.21
June 30, 2007	47.34	.05	7.78	7.83	—	—	—	—	55.17	16.54	415,886	.92	.10	91.32
June 30, 2006	42.97	.03 f	4.34	4.37	—	—	—	—	47.34	10.17 f	413,670	.83 f	.06 f	83.63

See notes to financial highlights at the end of this section.

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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Financial highlights (Continued)

^a Per share net investment income (loss) has been determined on the basis of the weighted average number of shares outstanding during the period.

^b Total return assumes dividend reinvestment and does not reflect the effect of sales charges.

^c Includes amounts paid through expense offset and/or brokerage service arrangements (Note 2).

^d Reflects an involuntary contractual expense limitation in effect during the period. For periods prior to June 30, 2010 certain fund expenses were waived in connection with the fund’s investment in Putnam Prime Money Market Fund. As a result of such limitation and/or waivers, the expenses of each class reflect a reduction of the following amounts (Note 2):

	Percentage of
	average net assets
June 30, 2010	<0.01%
June 30, 2009	0.01
June 30, 2008	<0.01
June 30, 2007	<0.01
June 30, 2006	<0.01

^e Amount represents less than $0.01 per share.

^f Reflects a non-recurring reimbursement from Putnam Investments relating to the calculation of certain amounts paid by the fund to Putnam in previous years for transfer agent services, which amounted to $0.03 per share and 0.06% of average net assets for the period ended June 30, 2006.

^g Amount represents less than 0.01%.

^h Reflects a non-recurring reimbursement pursuant to a settlement between the SEC and Knight Securities, L.P. which amounted to $0.06 per share.

ⁱ Reflects a non-recurring litigation payment received by the fund from Enron Corporation which amounted to the following amounts per share outstanding on December 29, 2008:

	Per share
Class A	$0.30
Class B	0.26
Class C	0.28
Class M	0.28
Class R	0.29
Class Y	0.31

This payment resulted in an increase to total returns of 0.62% for the year ended June 30, 2009.

^j Reflects a non-recurring reimbursement pursuant to a settlement between the SEC and Millennium Partners, L.P., Millennium Management, L.L.C., and Millennium International Management, L.L.C., which amounted to less than $0.01 per share outstanding as of June 23, 2009.

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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Notes to financial statements 6/30/10

Note 1: Significant accounting policies

Putnam Multi-Cap Growth Fund (the fund), formerly known as Putnam New Opportunities Fund, is a Massachusetts business trust, which is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, as a diversified open-end management investment company. The fund seeks capital appreciation by investing principally in common stocks of companies that, in the judgment of Putnam Investment Management, LLC (Putnam Management), the fund’s manager, an indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary of Putnam Investments, LLC, possess above-average, long-term growth potential.

The fund offers class A, class B, class C, class M, class R and class Y shares. Class A and class M shares are sold with a maximum front-end sales charge of 5.75% and 3.50%, respectively, and generally do not pay a contingent deferred sales charge. Class B shares, which convert to class A shares after approximately eight years, do not pay a front-end sales charge and are subject to a contingent deferred sales charge, if those shares are redeemed within six years of purchase. Class C shares have a one-year 1.00% contingent deferred sales charge and do not convert to class A shares. Class R shares, which are offered to qualified employee-benefit plans, are sold at net asset value. The expenses for class A, class B, class C, class M and class R shares may differ based on the distribution fee of each class, which is identified in Note 2. Class Y shares, which are sold at net asset value, are generally subject to the same expenses as class A, class B, class C, class M and class R shares, but do not bear a distribution fee. Class Y shares are generally only available to corporate and institutional clients and clients in other approved programs.

A 1.00% redemption fee may apply on any shares that are redeemed (either by selling or exchanging into another fund) within 7 days of purchase. The redemption fee is accounted for as an addition to paid-in-capital. Effective August 2, 2010, a redemption fee will no longer apply to shares redeemed.

Investment income, realized and unrealized gains and losses and expenses of the fund are borne pro-rata based on the relative net assets of each class to the total net assets of the fund, except that each class bears expenses unique to that class (including the distribution fees applicable to such classes). Each class votes as a class only with respect to its own distribution plan or other matters on which a class vote is required by law or determined by the Trustees. If the fund were liquidated, shares of each class would receive their pro-rata share of the net assets of the fund. In addition, the Trustees declare separate dividends on each class of shares.

In the normal course of business, the fund enters into contracts that may include agreements to indemnify another party under given circumstances. The fund’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown as this would involve future claims that may be, but have not yet been, made against the fund. However, the fund’s management team expects the risk of material loss to be remote.

The following is a summary of significant accounting policies consistently followed by the fund in the preparation of its financial statements. The preparation of financial statements is in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America and requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities in the financial statements and the reported amounts of increases and decreases in net assets from operations during the period from July 1, 2009 through June 30, 2010 (the reporting period). Actual results could differ from those estimates. Subsequent events after the Statement of assets and liabilities date through the date that the financial statements were issued have been evaluated in the preparation of the financial statements.

A) Security valuation Investments for which market quotations are readily available are valued at the last reported sales price on their principal exchange, or official closing price for certain markets and are classified as Level 1 securities. If no sales are reported — as in the case of some securities traded over-the-counter — a security is valued at its last reported bid price and is generally categorized as a Level 2 security.

Many securities markets and exchanges outside the U.S. close prior to the close of the New York Stock Exchange and therefore the closing prices for securities in such markets or on such exchanges may not fully reflect events that occur after such close but before the close of the New York Stock Exchange. Accordingly, on certain days, the fund will fair value foreign equity securities taking into account multiple factors including movements in the U.S. securities markets, currency valuations and comparisons to the valuation of American Depository Receipts, exchange-traded funds and futures contracts. These securities, which will generally represent a transfer from a Level 1 to a Level 2 security, will be classified as Level 2. The number of days on which fair value prices will be used will depend on market activity and it is possible that fair value prices will be used by the fund to a significant extent.

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At June 30, 2010, fair value pricing was used for certain foreign securities in the portfolio. Securities quoted in foreign currencies, if any, are translated into U.S. dollars at the current exchange rate.

To the extent a pricing service or dealer is unable to value a security or provides a valuation that Putnam Management does not believe accurately reflects the security’s fair value, the security will be valued at fair value by Putnam Management. Certain investments, including certain restricted and illiquid securities and derivatives, are also valued at fair value following procedures approved by the Trustees. These valuations consider such factors as significant market or specific security events such as interest rate or credit quality changes, various relationships with other securities, discount rates, U.S. Treasury, U.S. swap and credit yields, index levels, convexity exposures and recovery rates. These securities are classified as Level 2 or as Level 3 depending on the priority of the significant inputs.

Such valuations and procedures are reviewed periodically by the Trustees. The fair value of securities is generally determined as the amount that the fund could reasonably expect to realize from an orderly disposition of such securities over a reasonable period of time. By its nature, a fair value price is a good faith estimate of the value of a security in a current sale and does not reflect an actual market price, which may be different by a material amount.

B) Joint trading account Pursuant to an exemptive order from the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC), the fund may transfer uninvested cash balances, including cash collateral received under security lending arrangements, into a joint trading account along with the cash of other registered investment companies and certain other accounts managed by Putnam Management. These balances may be invested in issues of short-term investments having maturities of up to 397 days for collateral received under security lending arrangements and up to 90 days for other cash investments.

C) Security transactions and related investment income Security transactions are recorded on the trade date (the date the order to buy or sell is executed). Gains or losses on securities sold are determined on the identified cost basis.

Interest income is recorded on the accrual basis. Dividend income, net of applicable withholding taxes, is recognized on the ex-dividend date except that certain dividends from foreign securities, if any, are recognized as soon as the fund is informed of the ex-dividend date. Non-cash dividends, if any, are recorded at the fair market value of the securities received. Dividends representing a return of capital or capital gains, if any, are reflected as a reduction of cost and/or as a realized gain. All premiums/discounts are amortized/accreted on a yield-to-maturity basis.

Securities purchased or sold on a forward commitment basis may be settled a month or more after the trade date; interest income is accrued based on the terms of the securities. Losses may arise due to changes in the market value of the underlying securities or if the counterparty does not perform under the contract.

D) Foreign currency translation The accounting records of the fund are maintained in U.S. dollars. The market value of foreign securities, currency holdings, and other assets and liabilities is recorded in the books and records of the fund after translation to U.S. dollars based on the exchange rates on that day. The cost of each security is determined using historical exchange rates. Income and withholding taxes are translated at prevailing exchange rates when earned or incurred. The fund does not isolate that portion of realized or unrealized gains or losses resulting from changes in the foreign exchange rate on investments from fluctuations arising from changes in the market prices of the securities. Such gains and losses are included with the net realized and unrealized gain or loss on investments. Net realized gains and losses on foreign currency transactions represent net realized exchange gains or losse s on closed forward currency contracts, disposition of foreign currencies, currency gains and losses realized between the trade and settlement dates on securities transactions and the difference between the amount of investment income and foreign withholding taxes recorded on the fund’s books and the U.S. dollar equivalent amounts actually received or paid. Net unrealized appreciation and depreciation of assets and liabilities in foreign currencies arise from changes in the value of open forward currency contracts and assets and liabilities other than investments at the period end, resulting from changes in the exchange rate. Investments in foreign securities involve certain risks, including those related to economic instability, unfavorable political developments, and currency fluctuations, not present with domestic investments.

E) Futures and options contracts The fund may use futures and options contracts to hedge against changes in the values of securities the fund owns, owned or expects to purchase, or for other investment purposes. The fund may also write options on swaps or securities it owns or in which it may invest to increase its current returns.

The potential risk to the fund is that the change in value of futures and options contracts may not correspond to the change in value of the hedged instruments. In addition, losses may arise from changes in the value of the underlying instruments, if there is an illiquid secondary market for the contracts, if interest or exchange rates

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move unexpectedly or if the counterparty to the contract is unable to perform. With futures, there is minimal counterparty credit risk to the fund since futures are exchange traded and the exchange’s clearinghouse, as counterparty to all exchange traded futures, guarantees the futures against default. Risks may exceed amounts recognized on the Statement of assets and liabilities. When the contract is closed, the fund records a realized gain or loss equal to the difference between the value of the contract at the time it was opened and the value at the time it was closed. Realized gains and losses on purchased options are included in realized gains and losses on investment securities. If a written call option is exercised, the premium originally received is recorded as an addition to sales proceeds. If a written put option is exercised, the premium originally received is recorded as a reduction to the cost of investments.

Futures contracts are valued at the quoted daily settlement prices established by the exchange on which they trade. The fund and the broker agree to exchange an amount of cash equal to the daily fluctuation in the value of the futures contract. Such receipts or payments are known as “variation margin.” Exchange traded options are valued at the last sale price or, if no sales are reported, the last bid price for purchased options and the last ask price for written options. Options traded over-the-counter are valued using prices supplied by dealers. Futures and written option contracts outstanding at period end, if any, are listed after the fund’s portfolio. For the reporting period, the transaction volume of futures contracts was minimal. The fund did not have any activity on written options contracts nor purchased options contracts during the reporting period.

F) Total return swap contracts The fund may enter into total return swap contracts, which are arrangements to exchange a market linked return for a periodic payment, both based on a notional principal amount to help enhance the fund’s return and manage the fund’s exposure to credit risk. To the extent that the total return of the security, index or other financial measure underlying the transaction exceeds or falls short of the offsetting interest rate obligation, the fund will receive a payment from or make a payment to the counterparty. Total return swap contracts are marked to market daily based upon quotations from market makers and the change, if any, is recorded as an unrealized gain or loss. Payments received or made are recorded as realized gains or losses. Certain total return swap contracts may include extended effective dates. Payments related to these swap contracts are accrued based on t he terms of the contract. The fund could be exposed to credit or market risk due to unfavorable changes in the fluctuation of interest rates or in the price of the underlying security or index, the possibility that there is no liquid market for these agreements or that the counterparty may default on its obligation to perform. The fund’s maximum risk of loss from counterparty risk, is the fair value of the contract. This risk may be mitigated by having a master netting arrangement between the fund and the counterparty. Risk of loss may exceed amounts recognized on the Statement of assets and liabilities. Total return swap contracts outstanding at period end, if any, are listed after the fund’s portfolio. The fund had an average notional amount of approximately $4,500,000 on total return swap contracts for the reporting period.

G) Master agreements The fund is a party to ISDA (International Swap and Derivatives Association, Inc.) Master Agreements (Master Agreements) with certain counterparties that govern over-the-counter derivative and foreign exchange contracts entered into from time to time. The Master Agreements may contain provisions regarding, among other things, the parties’ general obligations, representations, agreements, collateral requirements, events of default and early termination. With respect to certain counterparties, in accordance with the terms of the Master Agreements, collateral posted to the fund is held in a segregated account by the fund’s custodian and with respect to those amounts which can be sold or repledged, are presented in the fund’s portfolio. Collateral posted to the fund which can not be sold or repledged totaled $766,031 at the close of the reporting period. Collateral pledged by th e fund is segregated by the fund’s custodian and identified in the fund’s portfolio. Collateral can be in the form of cash or debt securities issued by the U.S. Government or related agencies or other securities as agreed to by the fund and the applicable counterparty. Collateral requirements are determined based on the fund’s net position with each counterparty. Termination events applicable to the fund may occur upon a decline in the fund’s net assets below a specified threshold over a certain period of time. Termination events applicable to counterparties may occur upon a decline in the counterparty’s long-term and short-term credit ratings below a specified level. In each case, upon occurrence, the other party may elect to terminate early and cause settlement of all derivative and foreign exchange contracts outstanding, including the payment of any losses and costs resulting from such early termination, as reasonably determined by the terminating party. Any decision by one or mor e of the fund’s counterparties to elect early termination could impact the fund’s future derivative activity. At the close of the reporting period, the fund did not have a net liability position on derivative contracts subject to the Master Agreements.

H) Securities lending The fund may lend securities, through its agents, to qualified borrowers in order to earn additional income. The loans are collateralized by cash and/or securities in an amount at least equal to the market

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value of the securities loaned. The market value of securities loaned is determined daily and any additional required collateral is allocated to the fund on the next business day. The risk of borrower default will be borne by the fund’s agents; the fund will bear the risk of loss with respect to the investment of the cash collateral. Income from securities lending is included in investment income on the Statement of operations. At the close of the reporting period, the value of securities loaned amounted to $205,489,603. The fund received cash collateral of $211,234,065 which is pooled with collateral of other Putnam funds into the following issues of short-term investments:

Repurchase agreements 

Banc of America Securities, LLC, effective yield 0.02%, due July 1, 2010 

Banc of America Securities, LLC, effective yield 0.10%, due July 1, 2010 

Credit Suisse Securities (USA), LLC, effective yield 0.01%, due July 1, 2010 

Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc., effective yield 0.01%, due July 1, 2010 

Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc., effective yield 0.04%, due July 1, 2010 

Goldman Sachs & Co., effective yield 0.01%, due July 1, 2010 

UBS Securities, LLC, effective yield 0.10%, due July 1, 2010 

Time deposits 

Deutsche Bank AG, effective yield 0.02%, due July 1, 2010 

I) Federal taxes It is the policy of the fund to distribute all of its taxable income within the prescribed time period and otherwise comply with the provisions of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the Code), applicable to regulated investment companies. It is also the intention of the fund to distribute an amount sufficient to avoid imposition of any excise tax under Section 4982 of the Code. The fund is subject to the provisions of Accounting Standards Codification ASC 740 Income Taxes (ASC 740). ASC 740 sets forth a minimum threshold for financial statement recognition of the benefit of a tax position taken or expected to be taken in a tax return. The fund did not have any unrecognized tax benefits in the accompanying financial statements. No provision has been made for federal taxes on income, capital gains or unrea lized appreciation on securities held nor for excise tax on income and capital gains. Each of the fund’s federal tax returns for the prior three fiscal years remains subject to examination by the Internal Revenue Service.

At June 30, 2010, the fund had a capital loss carryover of $2,456,763,130 available to the extent allowed by the Code to offset future net capital gain, if any. This amount includes $168,243,573 of capital loss carryover acquired in connection with the acquisition of Putnam Discovery Growth Fund but does not include $443,227,073 of additional capital loss carryover acquired in connection with the acquisition, which the fund will be unable to use due to limitations imposed by the Code. The amounts of the combined carryovers and the expiration dates are:

Loss Carryover	Expiration
$1,786,200,823	June 30, 2011
154,110	June 30, 2013
100,357,435	June 30, 2016
186,626,212	June 30, 2017
383,424,550	June 30, 2018

Pursuant to federal income tax regulations applicable to regulated investment companies, the fund has elected to defer to its fiscal year ending June 30, 2011 $88,302 of losses recognized during the period November 1, 2009 to June 30, 2010.

J) Distributions to shareholders Distributions to shareholders from net investment income are recorded by the fund on the ex-dividend date. Distributions from capital gains, if any, are recorded on the ex-dividend date and paid at least annually. The amount and character of income and gains to be distributed are determined in accordance with income tax regulations, which may differ from generally accepted accounting principles. These differences include temporary and/or permanent differences of the expiration of a capital loss carryover, net operating loss, realized built-in losses and income on swap contracts. Reclassifications are made to the fund’s capital accounts to reflect income and gains available for distribution (or available capital loss carryovers) under income tax regulations. For the reporting period ended, the fund reclassified $2,283,799 to decrease distributions in excess of net investmen t income and $1,397,600,227 to decrease paid-in-capital, with a decrease to accumulated net realized loss of $1,395,316,428.

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The tax basis components of distributable earnings and the federal tax cost as of the close of the reporting period were as follows:

Unrealized appreciation	$170,991,997
Unrealized depreciation	(257,072,907)
Net unrealized depreciation	(86,080,910)
Capital loss carryforward	(2,456,763,130)
Post-October loss	(88,302)
Cost for federal income tax purposes	$2,427,504,730

Note 2: Management fee, administrative services and other transactions

Effective February 1, 2010, the fund pays Putnam Management a management fee (base fee) (based on the fund’s average net assets and computed and paid monthly) at annual rates that may vary based on the average of the aggregate net assets of most open-end funds, as defined in the fund’s management contract, sponsored by Putnam Management. Such annual rates may vary as follows: 0.71% of the first $5 billion of average net assets, 0.66% of the next $5 billion, 0.61% of the next $10 billion, 0.56% of the next $10 billion, 0.51% of the next $50 billion, 0.49% of the next $50 billion, 0.48% of the next $100 billion, and 0.475% of any excess thereafter.

In addition, beginning with the fund’s thirteenth complete calendar month of operation under the new management contract, the monthly management fee will consist of the monthly base fee plus or minus a performance adjustment for the month. The performance adjustment will be determined based on performance over the thirty-six month period then ended or, if the new management contract has not yet been effective for thirty-six complete calendar months, the period from the date the new management contract became effective to the end of the month for which the fee adjustment is being computed. Each month, the performance adjustment will be calculated by multiplying the performance adjustment rate and the fund’s average net assets over the performance period and the result will be divided by twelve. The resulting dollar amount will be added to, or subtracted from, the base fee for that month. The performance adjustment rate is equal to 0.03 multipl ied by the difference between the fund’s annualized performance (measured by the fund’s class A shares) and the annualized performance of the Russell 3000 Growth Index, each measured over the performance period. The maximum annualized performance adjustment rates are +/–0.12%. The monthly base fee is determined based on the fund’s average net assets for the month, while the performance adjustment will be determined based on the fund’s average net assets over the performance period of up to thirty-six months. This means it is possible that, if the fund underperforms significantly over the performance period, and the fund’s assets have declined significantly over that period, the negative performance adjustment may exceed the base fee. In this event, Putnam Management would make a payment to the fund.

Prior to February 1, 2010, the fund paid Putnam Management for management and investment advisory services quarterly based on the average net assets of the fund. Such fee was based on the following annual rates: 0.70% of the first $500 million of average net assets, 0.60% of the next $500 million, 0.55% of the next $500 million, 0.50% of the next $5 billion, 0.475% of the next $5 billion, 0.455% of the next $5 billion, 0.44% of the next $5 billion, 0.43% of the next $5 billion, 0.42% of the next $5 billion, 0.41% of the next $5 billion, 0.40% of the next $5 billion, 0.39% of the next $5 billion, 0.38% of the next $8.5 billion and 0.37% thereafter.

Putnam Management had agreed to waive fees and reimburse expenses of the fund through July 31, 2009 to the extent necessary to ensure that the fund’s expenses did not exceed the simple average of the expenses of all front-end load funds viewed by Lipper, Inc. as having the same investment classification or objective as the fund. The expense reimbursement was based on a comparison of the fund’s expenses with the average annualized operating expenses of the funds in its Lipper peer group for each calendar quarter during the fund’s last fiscal year, excluding 12b-1 fees and without giving effect to any expense offset and brokerage/service arrangements that may reduce fund expenses. During the reporting period, the fund’s expenses were reduced by $45,879 as a result of this limit.

Effective August 1, 2009 through June 30, 2011, Putnam Management has contractually agreed to reimburse the fund’s expenses to the extent necessary to limit the cumulative expenses of the fund, exclusive of brokerage, interest, taxes, investment-related expenses, extraordinary expenses and payments under the fund’s investor servicing contract, investment management contract and distribution plans, on a fiscal year-to-date basis (or from August 1, 2009 through the fund’s next fiscal year end, as applicable), to an annual rate of 0.20% of the fund’s average net assets over such fiscal year-to-date period (or since August 1, 2009, as applicable). During the reporting period, the fund’s expenses were not reduced as a result of this limit.

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Effective October 30, 2009, Putnam Investments Limited (PIL), an affiliate of Putnam Management, is authorized by the Trustees to manage a separate portion of the assets of the fund as determined by Putnam Management from time to time. Putnam Management pays a quarterly sub-management fee to PIL for its services at an annual rate of 0.35% of the average net assets of the portion of the fund managed by PIL.

The fund reimburses Putnam Management an allocated amount for the compensation and related expenses of certain officers of the fund and their staff who provide administrative services to the fund. The aggregate amount of all such reimbursements is determined annually by the Trustees.

Custodial functions for the fund’s assets are provided by State Street Bank and Trust Company (State Street). Custody fees are based on the fund’s asset level, the number of its security holdings and transaction volumes.

Putnam Investor Services, Inc., an affiliate of Putnam Management, provides investor servicing agent functions to the fund. Putnam Investor Services, Inc. received fees for investor servicing, subject to certain limitations, based on the fund’s retail asset level, the number of shareholder accounts in the fund and the level of defined contribution plan assets in the fund. The amounts incurred for investor servicing agent functions during the reporting period are included in Investor servicing fees in the Statement of operations.

The fund has entered into expense offset arrangements with Putnam Investor Services, Inc. and State Street whereby Putnam Investor Services, Inc.’s and State Street’s fees are reduced by credits allowed on cash balances. The fund also reduced expenses through brokerage/service arrangements. For the reporting period, the fund’s expenses were reduced by $3,145 under the expense offset arrangements and by $233,670 under the brokerage/service arrangements.

Each independent Trustee of the fund receives an annual Trustee fee, of which $1,879, as a quarterly retainer, has been allocated to the fund, and an additional fee for each Trustees meeting attended. Trustees also are reimbursed for expenses they incur relating to their services as Trustees.

The fund has adopted a Trustee Fee Deferral Plan (the Deferral Plan) which allows the Trustees to defer the receipt of all or a portion of Trustees fees payable on or after July 1, 1995. The deferred fees remain invested in certain Putnam funds until distribution in accordance with the Deferral Plan.

The fund has adopted an unfunded noncontributory defined benefit pension plan (the Pension Plan) covering all Trustees of the fund who have served as a Trustee for at least five years and were first elected prior to 2004. Benefits under the Pension Plan are equal to 50% of the Trustee’s average annual attendance and retainer fees for the three years ended December 31, 2005. The retirement benefit is payable during a Trustee’s lifetime, beginning the year following retirement, for the number of years of service through December 31, 2006. Pension expense for the fund is included in Trustee compensation and expenses in the Statement of operations. Accrued pension liability is included in Payable for Trustee compensation and expenses in the Statement of assets and liabilities. The Trustees have terminated the Pension Plan with respect to any Trustee first elected after 2003.

The fund has adopted distribution plans (the Plans) with respect to its class A, class B, class C, class M and class R shares pursuant to Rule 12b-1 under the Investment Company Act of 1940. The purpose of the Plans is to compensate Putnam Retail Management Limited Partnership, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Putnam Investments, LLC and Putnam Retail Management GP, Inc., for services provided and expenses incurred in distributing shares of the fund. The Plans provide for payments by the fund to Putnam Retail Management Limited Partnership at an annual rate of up to 0.35%, 1.00%, 1.00%, 1.00% and 1.00% of the average net assets attributable to class A, class B, class C, class M and class R shares, respectively. The Trustees have approved payment by the fund at an annual rate of 0.25%, 1.00%, 1.00%, 0.75% and 0.50% of the average net assets attributable to class A, class B, class C, class M and class R shares, respectively.

For the reporting period, Putnam Retail Management Limited Partnership, acting as underwriter, received net commissions of $126,109 and $2,119 from the sale of class A and class M shares, respectively, and received $161,578 and $1,164 in contingent deferred sales charges from redemptions of class B and class C shares, respectively. A deferred sales charge of up to 1.00% and 0.65% is assessed on certain redemptions of class A and class M shares, respectively. For the reporting period, Putnam Retail Management Limited Partnership, acting as underwriter, received $112 and no monies on class A and class M redemptions, respectively.

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Note 3: Purchases and sales of securities

During the reporting period, cost of purchases and proceeds from sales of investment securities other than short-term investments aggregated $1,747,233,472 and $2,258,084,698, respectively. There were no purchases or proceeds from sales of long-term U.S. government securities.

Note 4: Capital shares

At the close of the reporting period, there was an unlimited number of shares of beneficial interest authorized. Transactions in capital shares were as follows:

	Year ended 6/30/10		Year ended 6/30/09
Class A	Shares	Amount	Shares	Amount
Shares sold	2,312,547	$94,851,200	3,719,616	$131,050,621
Shares issued in connection with
reinvestment of distributions	59,691	2,472,434	—	—
Shares issued in connection with
the merger of Putnam Discovery
Growth Fund	—	—	8,404,068	259,758,824
	2,372,238	97,323,634	12,123,684	390,809,445
Shares repurchased	(8,850,578)	(362,664,139)	(12,492,694)	(439,368,377)
Net decrease	(6,478,340)	$(265,340,505)	(369,010)	$(48,558,932)
	Year ended 6/30/10		Year ended 6/30/09
Class B	Shares	Amount	Shares	Amount
Shares sold	248,450	$8,858,517	363,348	$10,972,127
Shares issued in connection with
reinvestment of distributions	—	—	—	—
Shares issued in connection with
the merger of Putnam Discovery
Growth Fund	—	—	1,543,617	41,832,935
	248,450	8,858,517	1,906,965	52,805,062
Shares repurchased	(1,937,755)	(69,039,679)	(3,523,810)	(110,054,303)
Net decrease	(1,689,305)	$(60,181,162)	(1,616,845)	$(57,249,241)
	Year ended 6/30/10		Year ended 6/30/09
Class C	Shares	Amount	Shares	Amount
Shares sold	42,751	$1,620,731	77,890	$2,444,203
Shares issued in connection with
reinvestment of distributions	—	—	—	—
Shares issued in connection with
the merger of Putnam Discovery
Growth Fund	—	—	437,859	12,591,678
	42,751	1,620,731	515,749	15,035,881
Shares repurchased	(148,865)	(5,641,054)	(236,692)	(7,830,612)
Net increase (decrease)	(106,114)	$(4,020,323)	279,057	$7,205,269

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	Year ended 6/30/10		Year ended 6/30/09
Class M	Shares	Amount	Shares	Amount
Shares sold	47,353	$1,773,599	87,303	$2,769,632
Shares issued in connection with
reinvestment of distributions	—	—	—	—
Shares issued in connection with
the merger of Putnam Discovery
Growth Fund	—	—	266,186	7,605,451
	47,353	1,773,599	353,489	10,375,083
Shares repurchased	(193,811)	(7,116,443)	(301,029)	(9,775,270)
Net increase (decrease)	(146,458)	$(5,342,844)	52,460	$599,813
	Year ended 6/30/10		Year ended 6/30/09
Class R	Shares	Amount	Shares	Amount
Shares sold	35,438	$1,472,113	29,646	$963,253
Shares issued in connection with
reinvestment of distributions	—	—	—	—
Shares issued in connection with
the merger of Putnam Discovery
Growth Fund	—	—	3,098	94,402
	35,438	1,472,113	32,744	1,057,655
Shares repurchased	(14,860)	(606,412)	(42,116)	(1,612,302)
Net increase (decrease)	20,578	$865,701	(9,372)	$(554,647)
	Year ended 6/30/10		Year ended 6/30/09
Class Y	Shares	Amount	Shares	Amount
Shares sold	791,170	$33,071,272	1,552,083	$55,018,687
Shares issued in connection with
reinvestment of distributions	21,120	911,769	—	—
Shares issued in connection with
the merger of Putnam Discovery
Growth Fund	—	—	178,445	5,746,193
	812,290	33,983,041	1,730,528	60,764,880
Shares repurchased	(4,876,238)	(220,980,631)	(1,980,274)	(72,074,278)
Net decrease	(4,063,948)	$(186,997,590)	(249,746)	$(11,309,398)

Note 5: Summary of derivative activity

The following is a summary of the market values of derivative instruments as of the close of the reporting period:

Market values of derivative instruments as of the close of the reporting period

	Asset derivatives		Liability derivatives
Derivatives not
accounted for as	Statement of		Statement of
hedging instruments	assets and		assets and
under ASC 815	liabilities location	Market value	liabilities location	Market value
	Investments,
Equity contracts	Receivables	$2,419,350	Payables	$—
Total		$2,419,350		$—

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The following is a summary of realized and change in unrealized gains or losses of derivative instruments on the Statement of operations for the reporting period (see Note 1):

Amount of realized gain or (loss) on derivatives recognized in net gain (loss) on investments

Derivatives not accounted for as hedging
instruments under ASC 815	Futures	Swaps	Total
Equity contracts	$(302,032)	$2,615,234	$2,313,202
Total	$(302,032)	$2,615,234	$2,313,202

Change in unrealized appreciation or (depreciation) on derivatives recognized in net gain or (loss) on investments

Derivatives not accounted for as hedging
instruments under ASC 815	Warrants	Swaps	Total
Equity contracts	$38,159	$182,500	$220,659
Total	$38,159	$182,500	$220,659

Note 6: Investment in Putnam Money Market Liquidity Fund

The fund invested in Putnam Money Market Liquidity Fund, an open-end management investment company managed by Putnam Management. Investments in Putnam Money Market Liquidity Fund are valued at its closing net asset value each business day. Income distributions earned by the fund are recorded as interest income in the Statement of operations and totaled $31,065 for the reporting period. During the reporting period, cost of purchases and proceeds of sales of investments in Putnam Money Market Liquidity Fund aggregated $583,326,048 and $581,970,031, respectively. Management fees charged to Putnam Money Market Liquidity Fund have been waived by Putnam Management.

Note 7: Regulatory matters and litigation

In late 2003 and 2004, Putnam Management settled charges brought by the SEC and the Massachusetts Securities Division in connection with excessive short-term trading in Putnam funds. Distribution of payments from Putnam Management to certain open-end Putnam funds and their shareholders is expected to be completed in the next several months. These allegations and related matters have served as the general basis for certain lawsuits, including purported class action lawsuits against Putnam Management and, in a limited number of cases, some Putnam funds. Putnam Management believes that these lawsuits will have no material adverse effect on the funds or on Putnam Management’s ability to provide investment management services. In addition, Putnam Management has agreed to bear any costs incurred by the Putnam funds as a result of these matters.

Note 8: Acquisition of Putnam Discovery Growth Fund

On December 29, 2008, the fund issued 8,404,068, 1,543,617, 437,859, 266,186, 3,098 and 178,445 class A, class B, class C, class M, class R and class Y shares, respectively, for 21,193,853, 3,790,207, 1,105,892, 664,552, 7,797 and 460,961 class A, class B, class C, class M, class R and class Y shares, respectively, of Putnam Discovery Growth Fund to acquire that fund’s net assets in a tax-free exchange approved by the Trustees. The net assets of the fund and Putnam Discovery Growth Fund on December 26, 2008, were $1,907,579,272 and $327,629,483, respectively. On December 26, 2008, Putnam Discovery Growth Fund had accumulated net investment loss of $1,772,584, accumulated net realized loss of $1,071,200,599 and unrealized depreciation of $47,270,599. The aggregate net assets of the fund immediately following the acquisition were $2,235,208,755.

Note 9: Market and credit risk

In the normal course of business, the fund trades financial instruments and enters into financial transactions where risk of potential loss exists due to changes in the market (market risk) or failure of the contracting party to the transaction to perform (credit risk). The fund may be exposed to additional credit risk that an institution or other entity with which the fund has unsettled or open transactions will default.

Note 10: Actions by Trustees

The Trustees of the Putnam Funds have approved a plan to merge Putnam Vista Fund into the fund. The merger is expected to occur in late September 2010, but no later than December 31, 2010.

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Federal tax information (Unaudited)

For the tax year ended June 30, 2010, pursuant to §871(k) of the Internal Revenue Code, the fund hereby designates $2,833 of distributions paid as qualifying to be taxed as interest-related dividends, and no monies to be taxed as short-term capital gain dividends for nonresident alien shareholders.

The Form 1099 that will be mailed to you in January 2011 will show the tax status of all distributions paid to your account in calendar 2010.

Shareholder meeting results (Unaudited)

January 15, 2010 meeting

At the meeting, each of the nominees for Trustees was elected, as follows:

	Votes for	Votes withheld
Ravi Akhoury	40,115,907	2,103,942
Jameson A. Baxter	40,132,491	2,087,358
Charles B. Curtis	40,114,346	2,105,503
Robert J. Darretta	40,128,336	2,091,513
Myra R. Drucker	40,126,073	2,093,776
John A. Hill	40,106,073	2,113,776
Paul L. Joskow	40,150,445	2,069,404
Elizabeth T. Kennan*	40,083,276	2,136,573
Kenneth R. Leibler	40,149,303	2,070,546
Robert E. Patterson	40,142,716	2,077,133
George Putnam, III	40,105,276	2,114,573
Robert L. Reynolds	40,160,759	2,059,090
W. Thomas Stephens	40,133,332	2,086,517
Richard B. Worley	40,134,178	2,085,671

* Dr. Kennan retired from the Board of Trustees of the Putnam funds effective June 30, 2010.

A proposal to approve a new management contract between the fund and Putnam Management with both Fund Family breakpoints and performance fees was approved as follows:

Votes	Votes		Broker
for	against	Abstentions	non-votes
28,775,950	5,460,219	1,179,767	6,803,913

A proposal to approve a new management contract between the fund and Putnam Management with Fund Family breakpoints only was approved as follows:

Votes	Votes		Broker
for	against	Abstentions	non-votes
32,320,945	1,785,745	1,309,245	6,803,914

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Shareholder meeting results (Unaudited) (Continued)

A proposal to approve a new management contract between the fund and Putnam Management with performance fees only was approved as follows:

Votes	Votes		Broker
for	against	Abstentions	non-votes
28,757,699	5,398,824	1,259,414	6,803,912

A proposal to amend the fundamental investment restriction with respect to diversification of investments was approved as follows:

Votes	Votes		Broker
for	against	Abstentions	non-votes
29,175,319	5,043,847	1,196,770	6,803,913

A proposal to amend the fundamental investment restriction with respect to borrowing was approved as follows:

Votes	Votes		Broker
for	against	Abstentions	non-votes
28,323,083	5,804,103	1,288,449	6,804,214

A proposal to amend the fundamental investment restriction with respect to making loans was approved as follows:

Votes	Votes		Broker
for	against	Abstentions	non-votes
28,427,528	5,680,570	1,307,837	6,803,914

All tabulations are rounded to the nearest whole number.

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About the Trustees

Name
Year of birth
Position held	Principal occupations during past five years	Other directorships
Ravi Akhoury	Advisor to New York Life Insurance Company. Trustee of	Jacob Ballas Capital
Born 1947	American India Foundation and of the Rubin Museum.	India, a non-banking
Trustee since 2009	From 1992 to 2007, was Chairman and CEO of MacKay	finance company
	Shields, a multi-product investment management firm	focused on private
	with over $40 billion in assets under management.	equity advisory services
Barbara M. Baumann	President and Owner of Cross Creek Energy Corporation,	SM Energy Company,
Born 1955	a strategic consultant to domestic energy firms and direct	a publicly held energy
Trustee since 2010	investor in energy assets. Trustee, and Co-Chair of the	company focused on
	Finance Committee, of Mount Holyoke College. Former	natural gas and crude
	Chair and current board member of Girls Incorporated of	oil in the United States;
	Metro Denver. Member of the Finance Committee, The	Unisource Energy
	Children’s Hospital.	Corporation, a publicly
		held provider of natural
		gas and electric service
		across Arizona
Jameson A. Baxter	President of Baxter Associates, Inc., a private investment	ASHTA Chemicals, Inc.
Born 1943	firm. Chairman of Mutual Fund Directors Forum.
Trustee since 1994 and	Chairman Emeritus of the Board of Trustees of Mount
Vice Chairman since 2005	Holyoke College.
Charles B. Curtis	President Emeritus of the Nuclear Threat Initiative, a	Edison International;
Born 1940	private foundation dealing with national security issues.	Southern California
Trustee since 2001	Senior Advisor to the United Nations Foundation. Senior	Edison
	Advisor to the Center for Strategic and International
	Studies. Member of the Council on Foreign Relations and
	the National Petroleum Council.
Robert J. Darretta	Health Care Industry Advisor to Permira, a global private	United-Health
Born 1946	equity firm. Until April 2007, was Vice Chairman of the	Group, a diversified
Trustee since 2007	Board of Directors of Johnson & Johnson. Served as	health-care company
	Johnson & Johnson’s Chief Financial Officer for a decade.
Myra R. Drucker	Vice Chair of the Board of Trustees of Sarah Lawrence	Interactive Data
Born 1948	College, and a member of the Investment Committee	Corporation, a provider
Trustee since 2004	of the Kresge Foundation, a charitable trust. Retired in	of financial market
	2009 as Chair of the Board of Trustees of Commonfund,	data and analytics to
	a not-for-profit firm that manages assets for educational	financial institutions and
	endowments and foundations. Advisor to RCM Capital	investors
	Management, an investment management firm, and to
	the Employee Benefits Investment Committee of The
	Boeing Company.
John A. Hill	Founder and Vice-Chairman of First Reserve	Devon Energy
Born 1942	Corporation, the leading private equity buyout firm	Corporation, a leading
Trustee since 1985 and	focused on the worldwide energy industry. Serves as a	independent natural gas
Chairman since 2000	Trustee and Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Sarah	and oil exploration and
	Lawrence College. Also a member of the Advisory Board	production company
	of the Millstein Center for Corporate Governance and
	Performance at the Yale School of Management.

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Name
Year of birth
Position held	Principal occupations during past five years	Other directorships
Paul L. Joskow	Economist and President of the Alfred P. Sloan	TransCanada
Born 1947	Foundation, a philanthropic institution focused primarily	Corporation, an energy
Trustee since 1997	on research and education on issues related to science,	company focused on
	technology, and economic performance. Currently	natural gas transmission
	on leave from his position as the Elizabeth and James	and power services;
	Killian Professor of Economics and Management at the	Exelon Corporation, an
	Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Prior to 2007,	energy company focused
	served as the Director of the Center for Energy and	on power services
	Environmental Policy Research at MIT.
Kenneth R. Leibler	Founder and former Chairman of Boston Options	Ruder Finn Group, a
Born 1949	Exchange, an electronic marketplace for the trading	global communications
Trustee since 2006	of derivative securities. Vice Chairman of the Board of	and advertising firm;
	Trustees of Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital in Boston,	Northeast Utilities,
	Massachusetts.	which operates New
		England’s largest energy
		delivery system
Robert E. Patterson	Senior Partner of Cabot Properties, LP and Chairman of	None
Born 1945	Cabot Properties, Inc., a private equity firm investing in
Trustee since 1984	commercial real estate. Past Chairman and Trustee of the
	Joslin Diabetes Center.
George Putnam, III	Chairman of New Generation Research, Inc., a publisher	None
Born 1951	of financial advisory and other research services, and
Trustee since 1984	founder and President of New Generation Advisors, LLC,
	a registered investment advisor to private funds.
	Director of The Boston Family Office, LLC, a registered
	investment advisor.
Robert L. Reynolds*	President and Chief Executive Officer of Putnam	None
Born 1952	Investments since 2008. Prior to joining Putnam
Trustee since 2008 and	Investments, served as Vice Chairman and Chief
President of the Putnam	Operating Officer of Fidelity Investments from
Funds since July 2009	2000 to 2007.
W. Thomas Stephens	Retired as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Boise	TransCanada
Born 1942	Cascade, LLC, a paper, forest products, and timberland	Corporation, an energy
Trustee since 2009	assets company, in December 2008.	company focused on
		natural gas transmission
		and power services
Richard B. Worley	Managing Partner of Permit Capital LLC , an investment	Neuberger Berman,
Born 1945	management firm. Serves as a Trustee of the University of	an investment
Trustee since 2004	Pennsylvania Medical Center, the Robert Wood Johnson	management firm
	Foundation, a philanthropic organization devoted to
	health-care issues, and the National Constitution Center.
	Also serves as a Director of the Colonial Williamsburg
	Foundation, a historical preservation organization, and as
	Chairman of the Philadelphia Orchestra Association.

The address of each Trustee is One Post Office Square, Boston, MA 02109.

As of June 30, 2010, there were 105 Putnam funds. All Trustees serve as Trustees of all Putnam funds.

Each Trustee serves for an indefinite term, until his or her resignation, retirement at age 72, removal , or death.

* Mr. Reynolds is an “interested person” (as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940) of the fund, Putnam Management, and/or Putnam Retail Management. He is President and Chief Executive Officer of Putnam Investments, as well as the President of your fund and each of the other Putnam funds.

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Officers

In addition to Robert L. Reynolds, the other officers of the fund are shown below:

Jonathan S. Horwitz (Born 1955)	Francis J. McNamara, III (Born 1955)
Executive Vice President, Principal Executive	Vice President and Chief Legal Officer
Officer, Treasurer and Compliance Liaison	Since 2004
Since 2004	Senior Managing Director, Putnam Investments,
	Putnam Management and Putnam Retail
Steven D. Krichmar (Born 1958)	Management
Vice President and Principal Financial Officer
Since 2002	Robert R. Leveille (Born 1969)
Senior Managing Director, Putnam Investments	Vice President and Chief Compliance Officer
	Since 2007
Janet C. Smith (Born 1965)	Managing Director, Putnam Investments,
Vice President, Principal Accounting Officer and	Putnam Management and Putnam
Assistant Treasurer	Retail Management
Since 2007
Managing Director, Putnam Investments and	Mark C. Trenchard (Born 1962)
Putnam Management	Vice President and BSA Compliance Officer
	Since 2002
Susan G. Malloy (Born 1957)	Managing Director, Putnam Investments
Vice President and Assistant Treasurer
Since 2007	Judith Cohen (Born 1945)
Managing Director, Putnam Investments	Vice President, Clerk and Assistant Treasurer
	Since 1993
Beth S. Mazor (Born 1958)
Vice President	Nancy E. Florek (Born 1957)
Since 2002	Vice President, Assistant Clerk,
Managing Director, Putnam Investments	Assistant Treasurer and Proxy Manager
	Since 2005
James P. Pappas (Born 1953)
Vice President
Since 2004
Managing Director, Putnam Investments and
Putnam Management

The principal occupations of the officers for the past five years have been with the employers as shown above although in some cases, they have held different positions with such employers. The address of each Officer is One Post Office Square, Boston, MA 02109.

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Fund information

Founded over 70 years ago, Putnam Investments was built around the concept that a balance between risk and reward is the hallmark of a well-rounded financial program. We manage over 100 funds across income, value, blend, growth, asset allocation, absolute return, and global sector categories.

Investment Manager	Myra R. Drucker	James P. Pappas
Putnam Investment	Paul L. Joskow	Vice President
Management, LLC	Kenneth R. Leibler
One Post Office Square	Robert E. Patterson	Francis J. McNamara, III
Boston, MA 02109	George Putnam, III	Vice President and
	Robert L. Reynolds	Chief Legal Officer
Investment Sub-Manager	W. Thomas Stephens
Putnam Investments Limited	Richard B. Worley	Robert R. Leveille
57–59 St James’s Street		Chief Compliance Officer
London, England SW1A 1LD	Officers
	Robert L. Reynolds	Mark C. Trenchard
Marketing Services	President	Vice President and
Putnam Retail Management		BSA Compliance Officer
One Post Office Square	Jonathan S. Horwitz
Boston, MA 02109	Executive Vice President,	Judith Cohen
	Principal Executive	Vice President, Clerk and
Custodian	Officer, Treasurer and	Assistant Treasurer
State Street Bank	Compliance Liaison
and Trust Company		Nancy E. Florek
	Steven D. Krichmar	Vice President, Assistant Clerk,
Legal Counsel	Vice President and	Assistant Treasurer and
Ropes & Gray LLP	Principal Financial Officer	Proxy Manager
Independent Registered	Janet C. Smith
Public Accounting Firm	Vice President, Principal
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP	Accounting Officer and
	Assistant Treasurer
Trustees
John A. Hill, Chairman	Susan G. Malloy
Jameson A. Baxter,	Vice President and
Vice Chairman	Assistant Treasurer
Ravi Akhoury
Barbara M. Baumann	Beth S. Mazor
Charles B. Curtis	Vice President
Robert J. Darretta

This report is for the information of shareholders of Putnam Multi-Cap Growth Fund. It may also be used as sales literature when preceded or accompanied by the current prospectus, the most recent copy of Putnam’s Quarterly Performance Summary, and Putnam’s Quarterly Ranking Summary. For more recent performance, please visit putnam.com. Investors should carefully consider the investment objective, risks, charges, and expenses of a fund, which are described in its prospectus. For this and other information or to request a prospectus, or a summary prospectus if available, call 1-800-225-1581 toll free. Please read the prospectus carefully before investing. The fund’s Statement of Additional Information contains additional information about the fund’s Trustees and is available without charge upon request by calling 1-800-225-1581.

Item 2. Code of Ethics:

(a) The fund’s principal executive, financial and accounting officers are employees of Putnam Investment Management, LLC, the Fund's investment manager. As such they are subject to a comprehensive Code of Ethics adopted and administered by Putnam Investments which is designed to protect the interests of the firm and its clients. The Fund has adopted a Code of Ethics which incorporates the Code of Ethics of Putnam Investments with respect to all of its officers and Trustees who are employees of Putnam Investment Management, LLC. For this reason, the Fund has not adopted a separate code of ethics governing its principal executive, financial and accounting officers.

(c) In May 2008, the Code of Ethics of Putnam Investment Management, LLC was updated in its entirety to include the amendments adopted in August 2007 as well as a several additional technical, administrative and non-substantive changes. In May of 2009, the Code of Ethics of Putnam Investment Management, LLC was amended to reflect that all employees will now be subject to a 90-day blackout restriction on holding Putnam open-end funds, except for portfolio managers and their supervisors (and each of their immediate family members), who will be subject to a one-year blackout restriction on the funds that they manage or supervise. In June 2010, the Code of Ethics of Putnam Investments was updated in its entirety to include the amendments adopted in May of 2009 and to change certain rules and limits contained in the Code of Ethics. In addition, the updated Code of Ethics included numerous technical, administrative and non - -substantive changes, which were intended primarily to make the document easier to navigate and understand.

Item 3. Audit Committee Financial Expert:

The Funds' Audit and Compliance Committee is comprised solely of Trustees who are “independent” (as such term has been defined by the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") in regulations implementing Section 407 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (the "Regulations")). The Trustees believe that each of the members of the Audit and Compliance Committee also possess a combination of knowledge and experience with respect to financial accounting matters, as well as other attributes, that qualify them for service on the Committee. In addition, the Trustees have determined that each of Mr. Patterson, Mr. Leibler, Mr. Hill, Mr. Darretta and Ms. Baumann qualifies as an “audit committee financial expert” (as such term has been defined by the Regulations) based on their review of his or her pertinent experience and education. The SEC has stated that the designation or identification of a person as an audit committee financial expert pursuant to th is Item 3 of Form N-CSR does not impose on such person any duties, obligations or liability that are greater than the duties, obligations and liability imposed on such person as a member of the Audit and Compliance Committee and the Board of Trustees in the absence of such designation or identification.

Item 4. Principal Accountant Fees and Services:

The following table presents fees billed in each of the last two fiscal years for services rendered to the fund by the fund’s independent auditor:

Fiscal		Audit-
year	Audit	Related	Tax	All Other
ended	Fees	Fees	Fees	Fees
June 30, 2010	$154,426	$--	$3,382	$3,345*
June 30, 2009	$159,316	$--	$3,885	$3,894*

**Fees billed to the fund for services relating to a fund merger.

* Includes fees of $3,345 and $3,894 billed by the fund’s independent auditor to the fund for procedures necessitated by regulatory and litigation matters for the fiscal years ended June 30, 2010 and June 30, 2009, respectively. These fees were reimbursed to the fund by Putnam Investment Management, LLC (“Putnam Management”).

For the fiscal years ended June 30, 2010 and June 30, 2009, the fund’s independent auditor billed aggregate non-audit fees in the amounts of $380,886 and $474,604 respectively, to the fund, Putnam Management and any entity controlling, controlled by or under common control with Putnam Management that provides ongoing services to the fund.

Audit Fees represent fees billed for the fund's last two fiscal years relating to the audit and review of the financial statements included in annual reports and registration statements, and other services that are normally provided in connection with statutory and regulatory filings or engagements.

Audit-Related Fees represent fees billed in the fund’s last two fiscal years for services traditionally performed by the fund’s auditor, including accounting consultation for proposed transactions or concerning financial accounting and reporting standards and other audit or attest services not required by statute or regulation.

Tax Fees represent fees billed in the fund’s last two fiscal years for tax compliance, tax planning and tax advice services. Tax planning and tax advice services include assistance with tax audits, employee benefit plans and requests for rulings or technical advice from taxing authorities.

All Other Fees represent fees billed for services relating to an analysis of the proposed market timing distribution.

Pre-Approval Policies of the Audit and Compliance Committee. The Audit and Compliance Committee of the Putnam funds has determined that, as a matter of policy, all work performed for the funds by the funds’ independent auditors will be pre-approved by the Committee itself and thus will generally not be subject to pre-approval procedures.

The Audit and Compliance Committee also has adopted a policy to pre-approve the engagement by Putnam Management and certain of its affiliates of the funds’ independent auditors, even in circumstances where pre-approval is not required by applicable law. Any such requests by Putnam Management or certain of its affiliates are typically submitted in writing to the Committee and explain, among other things, the nature of the proposed engagement, the estimated fees, and why this work should be performed by that particular audit firm as opposed to another one. In reviewing such requests, the Committee considers, among other things, whether the provision of such services by the audit firm are compatible with the independence of the audit firm.

The following table presents fees billed by the fund’s independent auditor for services required to be approved pursuant to paragraph (c)(7)(ii) of Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X.

Fiscal	Audit-		All	Total
year	Related	Tax	Other	Non-Audit
ended	Fees	Fees	Fees	Fees
June 30, 2010	$ -	$ 218,107	$ -	$ -
June 30, 2009	$ -	$ 400,341	$ -	$ -

Item 5. Audit Committee of Listed Registrants

Not applicable

Item 6. Schedule of Investments:

The registrant’s schedule of investments in unaffiliated issuers is included in the report to shareholders in Item 1 above.

Item 7. Disclosure of Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures For Closed-End Management Investment Companies:

Not applicable

Item 8. Portfolio Managers of Closed- End Investment Companies

Not Applicable

Item 9. Purchases of Equity Securities by Closed-End Management Investment Companies and Affiliated Purchasers:

Not applicable

Item 10. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders:

Not applicable

Item 11. Controls and Procedures:

(a) The registrant's principal executive officer and principal financial officer have concluded, based on their evaluation of the effectiveness of the design and operation of the registrant's disclosure controls and procedures as of a date within 90 days of the filing date of this report, that the design and operation of such procedures are generally effective to provide reasonable assurance that information required to be disclosed by the registrant in this report is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the Commission's rules and forms.

(b) Changes in internal control over financial reporting: Not applicable

Item 12. Exhibits:

(a)(1) The Code of Ethics of The Putnam Funds, which incorporates the Code of Ethics of Putnam Investments, is filed herewith.

(a)(2) Separate certifications for the principal executive officer and principal financial officer of the registrant as required by Rule 30a-2(a) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, are filed herewith.

(b) The certifications required by Rule 30a-2(b) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, are filed herewith.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

Putnam Multi-Cap Growth Fund

By (Signature and Title):

/s/Janet C. Smith
Janet C. Smith
Principal Accounting Officer

Date: August 27, 2010

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

By (Signature and Title):

/s/Jonathan S. Horwitz
Jonathan S. Horwitz
Principal Executive Officer

Date: August 27, 2010

By (Signature and Title):

/s/Steven D. Krichmar
Steven D. Krichmar
Principal Financial Officer

Date: August 27, 2010

EX-99.CERT

Certifications

I, Jonathan S. Horwitz, the Principal Executive Officer of the funds listed on Attachment A, certify that:

1. I have reviewed each report on Form N-CSR of the funds listed on Attachment A:

2. Based on my knowledge, each report does not contain any untrue statements of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by each report;

3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in each report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations, changes in net assets, and cash flows (if the financial statements are required to include a statement of cash flows) of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in each report;

4. The registrant's other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) for the registrant and have:

a) designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which each report is being prepared;

b) designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, 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;

c) evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant's disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of a date within 90 days prior to the filing date of each report based on such evaluation; and

d) disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

5. The registrant's other certifying officer and I have disclosed to each registrant's auditors and the audit committee of each registrant's board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

a) all significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect each registrant's ability to record, process, summarize, and report financial information; and

b) any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in each registrant's internal control over financial reporting.

Date: August 26, 2010

/s/ Jonathan S. Horwitz
_______________________
Jonathan S. Horwitz
Principal Executive Officer

Certifications

I, Steven D. Krichmar, the Principal Financial Officer of the funds listed on Attachment A, certify that:

1. I have reviewed each report on Form N-CSR of the funds listed on Attachment A:

2. Based on my knowledge, each report does not contain any untrue statements of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by each report;

3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in each report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations, changes in net assets, and cash flows (if the financial statements are required to include a statement of cash flows) of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in each report;

4. The registrant's other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) for the registrant and have:

a) designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which each report is being prepared;

b) designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, 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;

c) evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant's disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of a date within 90 days prior to the filing date of each report based on such evaluation; and

d) disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

5. The registrant's other certifying officer and I have disclosed to each registrant's auditors and the audit committee of each registrant's board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

a) all significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect each registrant's ability to record, process, summarize, and report financial information; and

b) any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in each registrant's internal control over financial reporting.

Date: August 26, 2010

/s/ Steven D. Krichmar
_______________________
Steven D. Krichmar
Principal Financial Officer

Attachment A 

N-CSR 

Period (s) ended June 30, 2010 

Putnam Europe Equity Fund 

Putnam International Equity Fund 

Putnam Multi-Cap Growth Fund ( formerly Putnam New Opportunities Fund) 

Putnam Small Cap Growth Fund 

Putnam International Value Fund (formerly Putnam International Growth and Income 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 (formerly Putnam VT The George Putnam Fund of Boston)

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 Value Fund (formerly Putnam VT International Growth and Income Fund) 

Putnam VT International Growth Fund (formerly Putnam VT International New Opportunities Fund) 

Putnam VT Investors Fund 

Putnam VT Multi-Cap Value Fund (formerly Putnam VT Mid-Cap Value Fund) 

Putnam VT Money Market Fund 

Putnam VT Multi-Cap Growth Fund (formerly Putnam VT New Opportunities Fund) 

Putnam VT Research Fund 

Putnam VT Small Cap Value Fund 

Putnam VT Vista Fund 

Putnam VT Voyager Fund 

EX-99.906 CERT

Section 906 Certifications

I, Jonathan S. Horwitz, the Principal Executive Officer of the Funds listed on Attachment A, certify that, to my knowledge:

1. The form N-CSR of the Funds listed on Attachment A for the period ended June 30, 2010 fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

2. The information contained in the Form N-CSR of the Funds listed on Attachment A for the period ended June 30, 2010 fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Funds listed on Attachment A.

Date: August 26, 2010

/s/ Jonathan S. Horwitz
______________________
Jonathan S. Horwitz
Principal Executive Officer

Section 906 Certifications

I, Steven D. Krichmar, the Principal Financial Officer of the Funds listed on Attachment A, certify that, to my knowledge:

1. The form N-CSR of the Funds listed on Attachment A for the period ended June 30, 2010 fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

2. The information contained in the Form N-CSR of the Funds listed on Attachment A for the period ended June 30, 2010 fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Funds listed on Attachment A.

Date: August 26, 2010

/s/ Steven D. Krichmar
______________________
Steven D. Krichmar

Principal Financial Officer

Attachment A 

N-CSR 

Period (s) ended June 30, 2010 

Putnam Europe Equity Fund 

Putnam International Equity Fund 

Putnam Multi-Cap Growth Fund ( formerly Putnam New Opportunities Fund) 

Putnam Small Cap Growth Fund 

Putnam International Value Fund (formerly Putnam International Growth and Income 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 (formerly Putnam VT The George Putnam Fund of Boston)

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 Value Fund (formerly Putnam VT International Growth and Income Fund) 

Putnam VT International Growth Fund (formerly Putnam VT International New Opportunities Fund) 

Putnam VT Investors Fund 

Putnam VT Multi-Cap Value Fund (formerly Putnam VT Mid-Cap Value Fund) 

Putnam VT Money Market Fund 

Putnam VT Multi-Cap Growth Fund (formerly Putnam VT New Opportunities Fund) 

Putnam VT Research Fund 

Putnam VT Small Cap Value Fund 

Putnam VT Vista Fund 

Putnam VT Voyager Fund 

EX-99.P CODE ETH

working@PUTNAM  JUNE 2010 

Putnam’s

Code of Ethics

[Graphic omitted: Portrait of Samuel Putnam]

[Graphic omitted: Putnam Investments logo]

Putnam Investments Code of Ethics

Putnam Investments is required by law to adopt a Code of Ethics (the “Code”). The objective of the Code is to ensure that Putnam’s employees comply with all applicable laws and avoid any conflict of interest that might result in any harm to our clients. Putnam owes a fiduciary duty to its clients. This Code of Ethics is designed to strengthen the trust and confidence our clients place in us and to demonstrate that our clients’ interests come first.

Adherence to the Code is a fundamental condition of employment at Putnam. Every employee is expected to adhere to the requirements of the Code. Any employee failing to do so may be subject to disciplinary action, including financial penalties and termination of employment, as determined by the Code of Ethics Officer, the Code of Ethics Oversight Committee, or the Chief Executive Officer of Putnam Investments.

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Table of Contents

Putnam Investments Code of Ethics	1
Definitions	3
Section 1 — Personal Securities Rules for All Employees	5
1.1. Pre-clearance Requirements	5
1.2. Restricted List	6
1.3. Prohibited Transactions	6
Section 2 — Putnam Mutual Funds	7
2.1. Holding Putnam Mutual Fund Shares at Putnam	7
2.2. Putnam Mutual Funds — Employee Holding Periods and Linked Accounts	7
2.3. Putnam Mutual Funds — Closed-End Fund Rules	8
Section 3 — Additional Rules for Access Persons and Certain Investment Professionals	8
3.1. 60-Day Short-Term Rule — All Access Persons	8
3.2. 7-Day Pre-Trade Rule (Portfolio Managers and Analysts)	8
3.3. 7-Day Post-Trade Rule (Portfolio Managers and Analysts)	9
3.4. Contra-Trading Rule (Portfolio Managers and Team Leaders)	9
3.5. No Personal Benefit (Portfolio Managers and Analysts)	9
Section 4 — Reporting Requirements	9
4.1. Brokerage/Securities Accounts — Initial and Annual Requirements	9
4.2. Separate Provisions for Brokerage/Securities Accounts That Are
Professionally Managed (Discretionary) Accounts — Initial and Annual Requirements	10
4.3. Account Confirmations and Statements	10
Section 5 — Additional Reporting, Certification, and Training Requirements	10
5.1. Initial/Annual Holdings Report — Access Persons Only	10
5.2. Quarterly Transaction Report — Access Persons Only	10
5.3. Annual Certification — All Employees	11
5.4. Training Requirements — All Employees	11
5.5. Maintenance and Distribution of the Code of Ethics	11
5.6. Procedures and Timeliness	11
Section 6 — General Ethics Rules for All Employees	11
6.1. Outside Business Activities	11
6.2. Charitable or Non-profit Roles/Role as Trustee or Fiduciary Outside Putnam Investments	12
6.3. Family Members’ Conflict Policy	12
6.4. CFA Institute Code of Ethics and Standards of Professional Conduct	12
6.5. Business Ethics, Ombudsman, and Hotlines	13
Section 7 — Insider Trading	13
7.1. Material, Non-Public Information and Insider Trading	13
7.2. Reporting and Restrictions	13
7.3. Special Provisions Applicable to Putnam Affiliates	14
7.4. PIL Employees	14
Section 8 — Sanctions	14
8.1. Sanctions for Violations of Sections 1–3	14
8.2. Sanctions for Violations of Sections 4–6	14
8.3. Sanctions for Violations of Section 7	14
Section 9 — Procedures for Determinations and Exemptions	15
Appendix A — Contra-Trading Rule Clearance Form	16

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Definitions

Access PersonPutnam has identified certain employees as Access Persons due to their position or access to investment information. Access Persons are held to a higher standard under the Code than other employees. Please ask the Code of Ethics Officer if you have any question whether you are an Access Person. The following employees are Access Persons:

• All employees of Putnam’s Investment Management Division

• Employees of the Operations Division within the following specific groups and departments:

» Fund Administration Group

» Investment Services and Operations Group

» Accounting Services Group

» Custody Services Group

• Senior Managing Directors and Managing Directors in:

» Mutual Fund Shareholder Services Group

» Accounting, Custody, and Control Services Group

» Global Marketing and Products Division

» Global Distribution Division

• All members of Putnam’s Operating Committee

• All employees of Putnam Investments Limited (PIL) and all other Putnam employees based in Europe

• All directors and officers of a registered investment advisor affiliate, e.g., Putnam Investment Management, LLC (PIM), or The Putnam Advisory Company, LLC (PAC)

• All employees who have access to My Putnam (unless access is limited to the Wall Street Journal, Factiva, or other systems that do not allow access to non-public information about Putnam products, as determined by the Code of Ethics Officer)

• Employees who have systems access or other access to non-public information about any client’s purchase or sale of securities or to information regarding portfolio holdings or recommendations with respect to such purchases or sales

• Others as determined by the Code of Ethics Officer

Approved Indicesmeans any securities index (which is typically a broad-based index) determined by the Code of Ethics Officer to present minimal risks of abuse. All Approved Indices are posted on the Putnam Compliance intranet homepage and the Code of Ethics PTA system.

Closed-end fund means a fund that has a fixed number of shares outstanding and does not redeem its shares. Closed-end funds typically trade like stocks on an exchange.

The Code of Ethics Officer and the Deputy Code of Ethics Officer are responsible for enforcing and interpreting the Code. The following are the current members of the Code of Ethics staff, each of whom can answer employee questions and provide other assistance regarding the Code:

Code of Ethics Officer:	Bob Leveille	(617) 760-1858
Deputy Code of Ethics Officer:	Rick DeGregorio	(617) 760-1201
Compliance Analyst:	Dana Scribner-Shea	(617) 760-7182

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Code of Ethics Oversight Committee has oversight responsibility for administering the Code of Ethics. Members include the Code of Ethics Officer and other members of Putnam’s senior management appointed by the Chief Executive Officer of Putnam. The Committee reviews and approves Code revisions, violations, and sanctions. In certain instances, requests for exemptions may require the approval of the Committee. The Committee meets on a quarterly basis or as otherwise necessary.

Exchange-Traded Fund (ETF) means a fund (other than a closed-end fund) that can be traded on an exchange throughout the day like a stock. ETFs often track an index. Examples include (but are not limited to) SPDRs, WEBs, QQQQs, iShares, and HLDRs.

Immediate Family means the Putnam employee’s spouse, domestic partner, fiancé(e), or other family members who are living in the same household. Immediate Family also includes any other family members, including in-laws, for whom the Putnam employee can exercise investment discretion, regardless of whether or not they live in the same household.

Private Placement means any offering of a security not offered to the public and not requiring registration with the relevant securities authorities.

Putnam means any or all of Putnam Investments, LLC and its subsidiaries (other than PanAgora Asset Management, Inc.), any one of which shall be a Putnam company.

Putnam employee, or employee, means any employee of Putnam and, for purposes of all rules in Sections 1, 2, and 3, also includes the following:

• Members of the Immediate Family of a Putnam employee;

• Any trust in which a Putnam employee or Immediate Family member is a trustee with investment discretion;

• Any account for a partnership in which a Putnam employee or Immediate Family member is a general partner or a partner with investment discretion;

• Any closely held entity (such as a partnership, limited liability company, or corporation) in which a Putnam employee or Immediate Family member holds a controlling interest and with respect to which he or she has investment discretion;

• Any account (including any retirement, pension, deferred compensation, or similar account) in which a Putnam employee or Immediate Family member has a substantial economic interest and over which the Putnam employee or Immediate Family member exercises investment discretion;

• Any account other than a Putnam client account that receives investment advice of any sort from the employee or Immediate Family member, or as to which the employee or Immediate Family member has investment discretion.

Security The instruments required to be pre-cleared under Section 1.1 are considered to be securities for purposes of this Code and are also required to be reported by Access Persons under Section 4. In addition, transactions in exchange-traded funds (ETFs), exchange-traded notes (ETNs), exchange-traded commodities (ETCs), options, futures, and other derivative securities are required to be reported by Access Persons under Section 4, even for those instruments that are not required to be pre-cleared pursuant to Section 1.1(c).

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Section 1 — Personal Securities Rules for All Employees

Putnam maintains the Code of Ethics PTA system to assist employees in fulfilling their obligations under the Code of Ethics. This system can be accessed by selecting the Code of Ethics PTA link, which appears on Putnam’s intranet page in the Secure Information Section under My Essentials. This system allows the automated pre-clearance of publicly traded equities and other securities trading on major U.S. and other exchanges. To pre-clear an options contract for a publicly traded security, pre-clear the underlying security in the Code of Ethics PTA system. To request clearance to trade bonds or other securities, you must contact the Code of Ethics staff. Pre-clearance hours are 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. EST.

1.1. Pre-clearance Requirements

1.1(a) Employees must pre-clear all trades in the following securities:

• Stocks of companies

• Bonds (including corporate, municipal, high-yield, and convertible bonds)

• Options, warrants, and all other derivatives of any underlying securities which themselves require pre-clearance. Examples include options and futures based on specific stocks or based on indices that are not Approved Indices (see “Definitions” section)

• Exchange-traded funds (ETFs ) other than those based on Approved Indices or based on other instruments listed below (under Section 1.1(c)) that do not require pre-clearance

• Exchange-traded notes (ETNs) other than those based on Approved Indices

• Closed-end funds, including Putnam closed-end funds

Employees must also pre-clear the following transactions:

• Private placements and purchases of hedge funds or other private investment funds must receive pre-approval from the Code of Ethics Oversight Committee

• Donating or gifting of securities

• Shares purchased by subscription or by mail (if purchasing directly from a company’s transfer agent by check, you must pre-clear the day the check is to be mailed)

• Tendering securities from your personal account

1.1(b) Provisions Applicable to Pre-Clearances

A pre-clearance is only valid for trading on the day it is obtained. However, trades by employees in Putnam’s Asian or European offices, or trades by any employees in securities listed on Asian or European stock exchanges, may be executed within one business day after pre-clearance is obtained. If the Code of Ethics system does not recognize a security, if an employee is unable to use the system, or if he or she has any questions with respect to the system or pre-clearance, the employee must contact the Code of Ethics staff.

1.1(c) Exceptions from Pre-Clearance Requirements

Pre-clearance is not required for certain transactions. (Please note that reporting may still be required for Access Persons even when pre-clearance is not required. See Sections 4 and 5 for reporting requirements.)

Pre-clearance is not required for:

• Open-end mutual funds

• Currencies

• Commodities

• Treasury securities and other U.S. and other sovereign government debt (Please note that agency securities, such as securities issued by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, require pre-clearance.)

• Certificates of deposit (CDs), commercial paper, repurchase agreements, bankers’ acceptances, and other money market instruments

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• Options and futures and all other derivatives of securities not requiring pre-clearance (Please note that examples include options and futures based on Approved Indices (see Definitions) and Treasury futures.)

• ETFs and ETNs based on Approved Indices

• Exchange-traded commodities (ETCs)

• Withdrawals or distributions from a Putnam Retirement Plan that result in the sale of MMC stock

• Trades in approved discretionary accounts (see Section 4.2 for additional information)

• Transactions that are involuntary (i.e., not initiated by the employee or an immediate family member covered under the Code), including dividend reinvestments under an automatic program of a publicly traded issuer and broker actions not initiated by the employee, such as option assignments or sales out of the brokerage account to cover fees or margin calls (provided the employee may not have withdrawn funds from the margin account in the prior 10 days)

1.2. Restricted List

Employees may not trade in securities that are on Putnam’s restricted list, except as set forth below under “Large-/Mid-Cap Exemption.” There are a number of reasons why a security may appear on the Restricted List, and securities are placed on the Restricted List under criteria, and in specific circumstances, as determined by the Code of Ethics Officer or the Code of Ethics Oversight Committee. If a security is not on the Restricted List, other classes of securities of the same issuer (e.g., preferred or convertible preferred stock) may be on the Restricted List. It is the employee’s responsibility to identify with particularity the class of securities being pre-cleared.

Large-/Mid-Cap Exemption. An employee may trade up to 1,000 shares of a security appearing on the Restricted List if it is an equity security of an issuer with a market capitalization greater than $2 billion. However, these transactions must still be pre-cleared. Market capitalization is defined as outstanding shares multiplied by current price per share.

1.3. Prohibited Transactions

The following transactions and activities are prohibited for all employees:

1. Good-Until-Canceled Orders (GTC). Any order not executed on the day of pre-clearance must be resubmitted for pre-clearance before being executed on a subsequent day.

2. Short sales of any security that is subject to pre-clearance requirements. However, short sales against the box are permitted. In addition, opening an option position that would result in a short position in the underlying security upon assignment or expiration is also prohibited. For example, buying a put option without owning a number of shares at least equal to the delivery obligation under the contract, or selling a naked call option, would be prohibited.

3. Purchasing securities in an initial public offering (IPO). Although exceptions from this prohibition will rarely be granted, employees may request an exemption from the Code of Ethics Officer, who may grant exceptions in unusual cases such as when an immediate family member’s association or employment with the issuer warrants consideration or when the employee has had a pre-existing status for at least two years as a policyholder or depositor in connection with a bank or insurance company conversion from mutual or cooperative form to stock form.

4. Trading with Material Non-public Information (see Section 7)

5. Personal Trading with Putnam Client Portfolios. Putnam employees may not buy or sell securities when the employee knows a Putnam client account is on the other side of the trade.

6. Participating in an Investment Club

7. Spread Betting. PIL employees may not enter into any spread betting contracts on financial instruments.

8. Excessive Trading. Employees are prohibited from making more than 10 trades in individual securities in any given quarter across all their accounts (including accounts held by Immediate Family members). For purposes of applying this rule, securities that are required to be pre-cleared shall be the only securities counted, and trading the same security in the same direction (buy or sell) over a period of five business days will be counted as one transaction.

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Section 2 — Putnam Mutual Funds

2.1. Holding Putnam Mutual Fund Shares at Putnam

Putnam employees must hold shares of Putnam open-end U.S. mutual funds through accounts maintained at Putnam, with Putnam Retail Management (PRM) listed as the dealer of record. All transactions must be executed through Putnam and not through an outside broker or other intermediary.

These requirements also apply to:

• Self-directed IRA accounts holding Putnam fund shares;

• Variable annuities and variable insurance contracts, such as Putnam/Hartford Capital Manager and Allstate Advisor, which invest in Putnam Variable Trusts (must list PRM as dealer but may be held at the insurer).

In limited circumstances, retirement, pension, deferred compensation, and similar accounts (and variable insurance arrangements) that cannot be legally transferred to Putnam may be allowed to hold Putnam funds upon approval of the Code of Ethics Officer. For example, a spouse of a Putnam employee may have a 401(k)/ Profit Sharing Plan with his or her employer that invests in Putnam funds. The employee must notify the Code of Ethics Officer in writing, provide the reason why the account cannot be transferred to Putnam, and arrange for a quarterly statement of transactions in such account to be sent to the Code of Ethics staff, if approved.

2.2. Putnam Mutual Funds — Employee Holding Periods and Linked Accounts

Employees may not, within a 90-calendar day period, make a purchase followed by a sale or a sale followed by a purchase of shares of the same open-end Putnam mutual fund, even if the transactions occur in different accounts.

Employees who have sole or shared supervisory or portfolio management responsibility for a Putnam open-end mutual fund or a U.S. registered mutual fund to which Putnam acts as advisor or sub-advisor may not, within a one-year period, make a purchase followed by a sale or a sale followed by a purchase of shares of such fund, even if the transactions occur in different accounts.

All employees are required to ensure that their Immediate Family members’ accounts holding Putnam mutual funds are linked to comply with the disclosure and holding period requirements. To ensure these accounts are linked, log on to Putnam’s intranet home page at http://intranet/home/index.shtml, and select My Essentials/Linked Mutual Fund Accounts.

The above holding period restrictions do not apply to:

• 401(k)/Profit Sharing (or other employee benefit plan) contributions, withdrawals, loans, or distributions, including employer contributions or forfeitures to an employee’s account. However, exchanges within these accounts are subject to these holding period restrictions.

• Putnam’s Money Market Funds or Putnam Stable Value Fund

• Systematic investments, exchanges, or redemptions and payroll deductions. However, once these programs are established/revised, they may not be changed again for 90 days. Employees subject to a one-year holding period with respect to a fund may establish a semiannual or annual automatic rebalancing program, although it may only be changed on an annual basis.

• Dividend reinvestments, distributions, fund mergers, and share class conversions

• Qualified redemptions (i.e., from the Putnam CollegeAdvantage 529 Plan for matters such as tuition, school fees, books, supplies, and equipment required by the school, room and board, disability, and death)

In special situations, such as financial hardship or disability, an exemption from the holding period requirements may be provided by the Code of Ethics Oversight Committee upon written application by the employee.

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2.3. Putnam Mutual Funds — Closed-End Fund Rules

2.3(a) Pre-clearance and Reporting. Putnam closed-end fund shares are subject to the same pre-clearance and reporting requirements as other stocks. A list of the Putnam closed-end funds can be obtained from the Code of Ethics staff.

2.3(b) Special Rules Applicable to Managing Directors in the Investment Division, Operating Committee members, and officers of the Putnam Funds. Managing Directors in Putnam’s Investment Division, Putnam Operating Committee members, and officers of the Putnam Funds will not receive clearance to engage in any combination of purchase and sale, or sale and purchase, of the shares of a given closed-end fund within six months of each other. Therefore, purchases should be made only if you intend to hold the shares more than six months, and sales should not be made if you plan to purchase more shares of that fund within six months.

Section 3 — Additional Rules for Access Persons and Certain Investment Professionals

3.1. 60-Day Short-Term Rule — All Access Persons

Access Persons may not sell a security at a price higher than any price paid for that security within the past 60 calendar days, or buy a security at a price below which he or she sold it within the past 60 days. This rule applies to transactions across all accounts of the employee. All trades for the previous 60 days will be compared to the trade date for the transaction in question to determine whether a violation has occurred. Thus, if an employee buys a security for $10, buys it again for $15, and then sells shares of this security for $12, this will be considered a violation even though some shares of the security in question were bought for a higher price. Access Persons may also not open an option transaction for a contract that expires in 60 days or less. Although portfolio managers and analysts may sell securities at a profit within 60 days of purchase in order to comply with the requirements of the 7-Day Pre-Trade and 7-Day Post-Trade Rules ( described below), any profit must be disgorged to charity.

3.2. 7-Day Pre-Trade Rule (Portfolio Managers and Analysts)

3.2(a) Portfolio Managers: (i) Before a portfolio manager places an order to buy a security for any Putnam client portfolio that he manages, he must sell that security or related derivative security if he has purchased it in his personal account within the preceding seven calendar days; or (ii) upon entering an order to sell a security for any Putnam client portfolio that he manages, he must disgorge to charity any losses avoided if he sold the security in his personal account within the preceding seven calendar days. Disgorgements will be measured by the difference between the selling price for the personal account and the selling price for the client account, multiplied by the number of shares sold for the personal account.

3.2(b) Analysts: (i) Before an analyst makes a purchase or an outperform recommendation for a security (including designation of a security for inclusion in the portfolio of Putnam Research Fund), he must sell that security or related derivative security if he has purchased it in his personal account within the preceding seven calendar days; or (ii) upon making a sell or an underperform recommendation for a security (including designation of a security for sale from the portfolio of Putnam Research Fund), he must disgorge to charity any losses avoided if he sold the security in his personal account within the preceding seven calendar days. Disgorgements will be measured by the difference between the selling price for the personal account and the price at the time that the recommendation is made, multiplied by the number of shares sold for the personal account.

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3.3. 7-Day Post-Trade Rule (Portfolio Managers and Analysts)

3.3(a) Portfolio Managers: No portfolio manager shall: (i) sell any security or related derivative security for her personal account until seven calendar days have elapsed after the date of the most recent purchase of that security or related derivative security by any Putnam client portfolio she manages or co-manages; or (ii) purchase any security or related derivative security for her personal account until seven calendar days have elapsed after the date of the most recent sale of that security or related derivative security from any Putnam client portfolio that she manages or co-manages.

3.3(b) Analysts: No analyst shall: (i) sell any security or related derivative security for his personal account until seven calendar days have elapsed after the date of his most recent buy or outperform recommendation for that security or related derivative security (including designation of a security for inclusion in the portfolio of Putnam Research Fund); or (ii) purchase any security or related derivative security for his personal account until seven calendar days have elapsed after the date of his most recent sell or underperform recommendation for that security or related derivative security (including the removal of a security from the portfolio of Putnam Research Fund).

3.4. Contra-Trading Rule (Portfolio Managers and Team Leaders)

3.4(a) Portfolio Managers: No portfolio manager shall, without prior clearance and written approval, sell in his personal account any securities or related derivative securities that are held in any Putnam client portfolio that he manages or co-manages (see Appendix A for the Contra-Trading Rule Clearance Form).

3.4(b) Team Leaders: No Team Leader within the Investment Division shall, without prior clearance and written approval, sell in his personal account any securities or related derivative securities that are held in any Putnam client portfolio managed in his team (see Appendix A for the Contra-Trading Rule Clearance Form).

3.5. No Personal Benefit (Portfolio Managers and Analysts)

No portfolio manager shall cause, and no analyst shall recommend, an action that would cause a Putnam client to take action for the portfolio manager’s or analyst’s own personal benefit. A portfolio manager who trades in, or an analyst who recommends, particular securities for a Putnam client account in order to support the price of securities in his personal account, or who “front runs” a Putnam client order, is in violation of this Rule.

Section 4 — Reporting Requirements

4.1. Brokerage/Securities Accounts — Initial and Annual Requirements

All employees (on their own behalf and on behalf of their Immediate Family members) are required to report the existence of any accounts which have the capability of purchasing any securities. This Rule includes all brokerage accounts, accounts held directly at an issuer’s transfer agent, and securities held in physical certificate form by an employee or any Immediate Family member of the employee. The only investment accounts excluded from this rule are accounts that are only permitted to hold open-end mutual funds (other than Putnam open-end funds) and no other investments.

To satisfy this requirement, a new employee must enter the requested information in the Code of Ethics PTA system within the required time frame below:

• Access Persons — within 10 days of hire

• Non-access Persons — within 30 days of hire

Existing employees opening a new account (including accounts being opened for Immediate Family members) must disclose them in the system in advance of the first personal securities transaction in the account.

All employees will be required to certify annually that all accounts requiring disclosure are accurately listed in the Code of Ethics PTA system.

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4.2. Separate Provisions for Brokerage/Securities Accounts That Are Professionally Managed (Discretionary) Accounts — Initial and Annual Requirements

If you wish to establish a professionally managed or discretionary account (including professionally managed or discretionary accounts being opened for Immediate Family members), where you completely turn over decision-making authority to a professional money manager who is not subject to this Code, you must disclose the existence of the account and receive approval from the Code of Ethics staff in advance of the first personal securities transaction. You do not need to pre-clear or report securities transactions in these accounts. Please note a discretionary account may not purchase an IPO or hold Putnam open-end mutual funds.

The broker or advisor maintaining discretion over the account may not be a family member of the Putnam employee.

In order for the account to be considered discretionary, the employee must:

1. Complete an initial certification (as well as annual certifications each year) in which both the employee and the broker/advisor certify that the Putnam employee does not participate in investment decisions on the account; and

2. Ensure that copies of broker statements are delivered to Putnam Investments.

4.3. Account Confirmations and Statements

All employees are required to ensure that copies of all confirmations and statements are delivered to Putnam for all accounts described in Section 4.1 above, and to ensure that copies of all statements (but not confirmations) are delivered to Putnam for all discretionary accounts described in Section 4.2. When the employee discloses the account as required, the Code of Ethics staff will issue a 407 letter, or other communication to the entity where the employee’s account is held, requesting that confirmations and statements be sent to Putnam on the employee’s behalf. However, it is ultimately the employee’s responsibility to ensure his or her broker has complied with this request.

If it is discovered these reports are not being delivered to Putnam, the Code of Ethics staff will bring this issue to the employee’s attention and request he or she assist in rectifying the issue. If it is determined that a broker has failed to comply with requests to deliver these reports, Putnam reserves the right to require the employee to close the account within 30 days by transferring the account to another dealer willing to comply with this requirement (any trades as a result of a transfer must be pre-cleared).

Section 5 — Additional Reporting, Certification, and Training Requirements

5.1. Initial/Annual Holdings Report — Access Persons Only

Access Persons must disclose their securities holdings, including all holdings for Immediate Family member accounts, within 10 days of hire (or within 10 days of becoming an Access Person) and then on an annual basis thereafter (within 45 days after the end of the year). The report of securities holdings must include all securities that require pre-clearance under Section 1.1, as well as holdings in non-U.S. sovereign government debt, ETFs, ETNs, ETCs, options, futures and other derivative securities, and holdings of Putnam open-end U.S. mutual funds not held through a Putnam account and U.S. registered mutual funds to which Putnam acts as advisor or sub-advisor (see Section 4).

5.2. Quarterly Transaction Report — Access Persons Only

Access Persons must disclose and certify all of their personal securities transactions, including transactions for Immediate Family member accounts, within 20 calendar days following the end of each quarter. In addition to the securities requiring pre-clearance under Section 1.1, Access Persons are also required to disclose and certify all personal transactions in non-U.S. sovereign government debt, as well as ETFs, ETNs, ETCs, options, futures, and other derivative securities, not just those requiring pre-clearance.

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5.3. Annual Certification — All Employees

Each calendar year, all employees will be required to certify that they have reviewed and understand the rules and requirements of the Code and that the list of brokerage accounts (for the employee and all Immediate Family members) disclosed in the Code of Ethics PTA system is accurate. An e-mail notification will be sent informing employees of their requirement and the due date.

5.4. Training Requirements — All Employees

As deemed necessary by the Code of Ethics staff, employees will be required to complete training on Putnam’s Code of Ethics. E-mail notifications will be sent notifying employees of the requirements and the due date.

5.5. Maintenance and Distribution of the Code of Ethics

When revisions are made to the Code of Ethics, all employees will receive a revised version of the Code. The Code will be available to all employees on Putnam’s intranet site. Hard copies may be requested by contacting the Code of Ethics staff.

5.6. Procedures and Timeliness

The certifications and reports required by the Code are completed in the Code of Ethics PTA system. There are strict deadlines for these filings. Planned absences, vacations, and business trips are not valid excuses for failing to meet a deadline. Employees will receive instructions regarding these submissions and the due dates. Please contact the Code of Ethics staff for assistance.

Section 6 — General Ethics Rules for All Employees

Putnam employees are expected to act ethically at all times in connection with their employment. In addition to complying with the specific provisions of this section, employees should contact the Code of Ethics staff or the Ombudsman if they are not sure how to proceed in any circumstances involving ethical issues or questions.

6.1. Outside Business Activities

No Putnam employee shall serve as employee, officer, director, trustee, or general partner of a corporation or entity other than Putnam, without prior written approval of the Code of Ethics Officer, who may also confirm that the employee’s manager has approved such outside position. Requests for a role at a publicly traded company are especially disfavored and are closely reviewed. Permission will be granted only in extenuating circumstances.

All employees must provide a written request seeking approval from the Code of Ethics Officer by entering the details of the proposed position in the Code of Ethics PTA system. Employees may not engage in any outside employment activity until they receive an e-mail approving their request. Employees hired at Putnam with an outside position must disclose the position upon hire in the system and may be required to resign such position if the position presents conflicts of interest or other issues.

FINRA-licensed employees under PRM also have an obligation to disclose outside positions to, and receive approval from the PRM Compliance Department. Employees must also keep this information accurate by updating their profile in the Code of Ethics system and updating the PRM Compliance Department if they change or terminate a position previously approved.

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6.2. Charitable or Non-profit Roles/Role as Trustee or Fiduciary Outside Putnam Investments

6.2(a) An employee may serve as a volunteer, officer, director, or trustee of a charitable or not-for-profit institution, provided that the employee abides by the Code of Ethics with respect to any investment activity for which she has any discretion or input as a volunteer, officer, director, or trustee. The pre-clearance and reporting requirements of the Code of Ethics do not apply to the trading activities of such charitable or not-for-profit institutions for which an employee serves as a volunteer, officer, director, or trustee unless the employee has discretion for the account. You must contact the Code of Ethics staff if you are asked to serve in a role in which you may have discretion, investment, or financial authority for a charitable or not-for-profit institution to discuss whether such position is permissible and whether you must perform any additional actions prior to serving in such role.

6.2(b) Except as stated below, no Putnam employee shall serve as a trustee, an executor, a custodian, or any other fiduciary, or as an investment advisor or a counselor for any account outside Putnam.

Putnam employees may serve as a fiduciary with respect to a religious or charitable trust or foundation, provided that the employee abides by the Code of Ethics with respect to any investment activity for which she has any discretion or input. The pre-clearance and reporting requirements of the Code of Ethics apply to the trading activities of such a religious or charitable trust or foundation if the employee has discretion for the account.

6.2(c) Family Trust or Estate Exception. Putnam employees may serve as a fiduciary with respect to a family trust or estate, as long as the employee abides by all of the Rules of the Code of Ethics with respect to any investment activity over which he has any discretion.

6.3. Family Members’ Conflict Policy

No employee or member of an employee’s Immediate Family shall have any direct or indirect personal financial interests in companies that do business with Putnam, unless such interest is disclosed and approved by the Code of Ethics Officer.

6.3(a) Corporate Purchase of Goods and Services — Putnam will not acquire goods and services from any firm in which a member of an employee’s Immediate Family serves as a sales representative or in a senior management capacity, or has an ownership interest (excluding normal investment holdings in public companies), unless permission is obtained from the Assistant Treasurer and the Code of Ethics Officer. Any employee who is aware of a proposal to purchase goods and services from a firm with which a member of the employee’s Immediate Family has one of these associations must notify the Assistant Treasurer and the Code of Ethics Officer.

6.3(b) Portfolio Trading – Putnam will not allocate any client trades to any firm that employs a member of an employee’s Immediate Family as a sales representative to Putnam (in a primary, secondary, or backup role). Any Putnam employee who is aware that an Immediate Family member serves as a broker-dealer’s sales representative to Putnam should inform the Code of Ethics Officer.

6.3(c) Definition of Immediate Family (specific to this rule) – “Immediate Family” of an employee means (1) spouse, fiancé(e), or domestic partner of the employee, (2) any child, sibling, or parent of an employee and any person married to a child, sibling or parent of an employee, and (3) any other person who lives in the same household as the employee.

6.4. CFA Institute Code of Ethics and Standards of Professional Conduct

All members of the Investment Division and any other CFA Institute Members or Candidates must follow and abide by the spirit of the Code of Ethics and the Standards of Professional Conduct of the CFA Institute. The text of the CFA Institute Code of Ethics and Standards of Professional Conduct can be found on the Putnam Compliance Department intranet home page, which is accessible from the Putnam intranet home page. The terms of Putnam’s Code of Ethics shall govern in any case where there is a conflict between the terms of this Code and the CFA Institute Code of Ethics and Standards of Professional Conduct. Please contact the Code of Ethics Officer with any questions.

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6.5. Business Ethics, Ombudsman, and Hotlines

6.5(a) If a Putnam employee suspects that fraudulent, illegal, or other irregular activity (including violations of the Code of Ethics) might be occurring at Putnam, the activity should be reported immediately to Putnam’s Controller, Chief Compliance Officer or Code of Ethics Officer, through the Ombudsman or hotlines described below or through Putnam’s Human Resources department.

6.5(b) Putnam has established the office of the corporate ombudsman as a resource to help employees address legal or ethical issues in the workplace and to allow employees to voice concerns or seek clarity on issues. The Ombudsman provides a confidential, independent, and impartial source to employees to discuss potential violations of law or of company standards without fear of retribution, and serves as a neutral party with no vested interest in a particular outcome.

6.5(c) An employee who does not feel comfortable reporting activity in the manner described in 6.5(a) above may instead contact any of the following on an anonymous basis:

• The Putnam Ethics hotline at 1-888-475-4210,

• The Putnam Funds Trustees’ hotline at 1-866-858-4155, or

• Putnam’s Ombudsman at 1-866-ombuds7 (866-662-8377).

Section 7 — Material, Non-Public Information and Insider Trading

7.1. Material, Public Information and Insider Trading

Antifraud provisions of the U.S. securities laws as well as the laws of other countries generally prohibit persons who possess material, non-public information from trading on or communicating that information to others. Putnam’s policy calls for strict compliance with such laws. Unlawful trading while in possession of material, non-public information is a very serious matter and can be a crime punishable by imprisionment. There is also significant monetary liability for an inside trader, which can include liability to private plaintiffs and/or the Securities and Exchange Commission, which can seek a court order requiring a violator to pay back profits, as well as penalties substantially greater than those profits. In certain cases, controlling persons of inside traders, including supervisors of inside traders or Putnam itself, can be liable for penalties.

Employees found to have conducted this activity will be immediately referred to the Code of Ethics Oversight Committee or Putnam’s Chief Executive Officer to determine the appropriate sanction, up to and including termination.

While employees in the Investment Division are most likely to come into contact with material, non-public information, the rules (and sanctions) in this area apply to all Putnam employees (see Section 7.2 for information on what to do if you believe you may have material, non-public information).

7.2. Reporting and Restrictions

Any employee who believes he or she is (or may be) in possession of material, non-public information must immediately contact Putnam’s Code of Ethics Officer or an attorney in Putnam’s Legal Department, and provide details on the information received and the source. The employee must also take precautions to maintain the confidentiality of the information in question.

After reviewing the facts and circumstances, Putnam’s Code of Ethics Officer or Putnam’s Legal Department will make a determination as to whether possession of the information warrants restricting trading activity in the issuer’s securities for client accounts as well as personal securities transactions for employees.

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7.3. Special Provisions Applicable to Putnam Affiliates

Any employee wishing to place a trade in the securities of Great-West Lifeco Inc., Power Financial Corporation, Power Corporation of Canada, or IGM Financial Inc. must contact the Code of Ethics Officer or the Deputy Code of Ethics Officer to request manual approval of the pre-clearance request. An employee requesting such approval must certify that he or she is not in possession of any material, non-public information regarding the company in which he or she is seeking to place a trade. The decision whether or not to grant the pre-clearance request is in the sole discretion of the Code of Ethics Officer and the Deputy Code of Ethics Officer. The Code of Ethics Officer and Deputy Code of Ethics Officer will reject any such request for pre-clearance made by members of Putnam’s Operating Committee and certain members of the Chief Financial Officer’s staff from the end of each calendar quarter to the date of announcement of Great-West Lifeco Inc .’s earnings for such quarter.

7.4. PIL Employees

For PIL employees, these topics are covered by the FSA’s Market Abuse rules. PIL employees receive information on this topic in their annual instructor-led code of ethics and compliance training.

Section 8 — Sanctions

The Code of Ethics Oversight Committee has adopted the following minimum monetary sanctions for violations of the Code. These sanctions apply even if the exception results from inadvertence rather than intentional misbehavior. The Code of Ethics Oversight Committee will review and approve sanctions on employees. However, the sanctions noted below are only minimums, and the Committee reserves the right to impose sanctions it believes fit the circumstances, such as higher monetary sanctions, trading bans, suspension, or termination of employment. The Committee’s belief that an employee has violated the Code of Ethics intentionally may result in more severe sanctions than outlined in the guidelines.

8.1. Sanctions for Violations of Sections 1–3

The minimum sanction per violation of the Rules in Sections 1, 2, or 3 is disgorgement of any profits or payment of avoided losses and the following payments:

Officer level	SMD/MD/SVP	VP/AVP/Non-officer
1st violation	$250	$50
2nd violation	$500	$100
	Minimum monetary sanction as above with ban on all new personal
3rd violation	securities transactions

8.2. Sanctions for Violations of Sections 4–6

The minimum sanction for violations of the rules in Sections 4–6 is as follows:

Officer level	SMD/MD/SVP	VP/AVP/Non-officer
1st violation	Warning	Warning
2nd violation	$50	$25
Subsequent violation	$100	$50

8.3. Sanctions for Violations of Section 7

All violations concerning the use of material, non-public information, failure to report inside information, or insider trading will be presented to the Code of Ethics Oversight Committee to determine the appropriate sanction, up to and including termination. Severe criminal penalties may also be imposed.

The reference period for determining generally whether a violation is initial or subsequent will be three years.

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Section 9 — Procedures for Determinations and Exemptions

No perceived ambiguity in the Code of Ethics shall excuse any violation. Any employee who has a question concerning the applicability of the Code or believes the Code to be ambiguous in a particular situation should request a determination from the Code of Ethics Officer in advance of the conduct. Employees may also request an exemption from the Code of Ethics if they do so in advance of the conduct or transaction sought to be exempted.

Any employee seeking a determination or exemption shall provide the Code of Ethics Officer with such information as the Code of Ethics Officer deems necessary to render the determination or make a decision on the exemption.

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Appendix A — Contra-Trading Rule Clearance Form

To: Code of Ethics Officer

From:	Date:
Re: Sale of Personal Security

This serves as prior written approval to sell the following personal security:

Name of portfolio manager contemplating personal sale:
Security to be sold:
Number of shares to be sold:
Fund(s) holding security:
Number of shares held by fund:
Reason for the personal sale:
Specify the reason why the sale is inappropriate for fund: (Please attach additional sheets if necessary.)
CIO approval:	Date:
Code of Ethics Officer:
Deputy Code of Ethics Officer approval:	Date:

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EX-99.P CODE ETH

THE PUTNAM FUNDS 

Code of Ethics

Each of The Putnam Funds (the "Funds") has determined to adopt this Code of Ethics with respect to certain activities by officers and Trustees of the Funds which might be deemed to create possible conflicts of interest and to establish reporting requirements and enforcement procedures with respect to such activities.

I. Rules Applicable to Officers and Trustees Affiliated with Putnam Investments Trust or Its Subsidiaries

A. Incorporation of Adviser's Code of Ethics. The provisions of the Code of Ethics for employees of Putnam Investments Trust and its subsidiaries (the "Putnam Investments Code of Ethics"), which is attached as Appendix A hereto, are hereby incorporated herein as the Funds' Code of Ethics applicable to officers and Trustees of the Funds who are employees of the Funds or officers, directors or employees of Putnam Investments Trust or its subsidiaries. A violation of the Putnam Investments' Code of Ethics shall constitute a violation of the Funds' Code.

B. Reports. Officers and Trustees of each of the Funds who are made subject to the Putnam Investments' Code of Ethics pursuant to the preceding paragraph shall file the reports required by the Putnam Investments' Code of Ethics with the Code of Ethics Officer designated therein. A report filed with the Code of Ethics Officer shall be deemed to be filed with each of the Funds of which the reporting individual is an officer or Trustee.

C. Review and Reporting.

(1) The Code of Ethics Officer shall cause the reported personal securities transactions to be compared with completed and contemplated portfolio transactions of each of the Funds to determine whether a violation of this Code may have occurred. Before making any determination that a violation has been committed by any person, the Code of Ethics Officer shall give such person an opportunity to supply additional explanatory material.

(2) If the Code of Ethics Officer determines that a violation of any provision of this Code has or may have occurred, he shall submit his written determination, together with any additional explanatory material, to the Audit and Compliance Committee of the Funds at its next meeting when Code of Ethics matters are discussed.

D. Sanctions. In addition to reporting violations of this Code to the Audit and Compliance Committee of the Funds as provided in Section I-C(2), the Code of Ethics Officer shall also report to such Committee any sanctions imposed with

respect to such violations. The Committee reserves the right to impose such additional sanctions as it deems appropriate.

II. Rules Applicable to Unaffiliated Trustees

A. Definitions.

(1) "Beneficial ownership" shall be interpreted in the same manner as it would be in determining whether a person is subject to the provisions of Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules and regulations thereunder.

(2) "Control" means the power to exercise a controlling influence over the management or policies of a company, unless such power is solely the result of an official position with such company.

(3) "Covered Person" means an affiliated person of the Fund, who is not made subject to the Putnam Investments Code of Ethics pursuant to Part I hereof.

(4) "Interested Trustee" means a Trustee of a Fund who is an "interested person" of the Fund within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the "Investment Company Act").

(5) "Purchase or sale of a security" includes, among other things, the writing of an option to purchase or sell a security.

(6) "Security" shall have the same meaning as that set forth in Section 2(a)(36) of the Investment Company Act (in effect, all securities) except that it shall not include securities issued by the Government of the United States or an agency thereof, bankers' acceptances, bank certificates of deposit, commercial paper and high-quality short-term debt investments, including repurchase agreements, and shares of registered open-end investment companies, but shall include any security convertible into or exchangeable for a security.

(7) "Security Held or to be Acquired by a Fund" means: (i) any security, as defined herein, which, within the most recent 15 days: (A) is or has been held by the Fund, or (B) is being or has been considered by the Fund or Putnam Investments for purchase by the Fund, and (ii) any option to purchase or sell, and any security convertible into or exchangeable for, a security described in (i) above.

(8) "Unaffiliated Trustee" means a Trustee who is not made subject to the Putnam Investments Code of Ethics pursuant to Part I hereof.

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B. Prohibited Actions. No Covered Person, in connection with the purchase or sale, directly or indirectly, by such Covered Person of a security held or to be acquired by the Fund, shall:

(1) Employ any device, scheme or artifice to defraud the Fund;

(2) Make any untrue statement of a material fact to the Fund or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements made to the Fund, in light of the circumstances under which they are made, not misleading;

(3) Engage in any act, practice or course of business that operates or would operate as a fraud or deceit on the Fund; or

(4) Engage in any manipulative practice with respect to the Fund.

C. Reporting.

(1) Every Unaffiliated Trustee of a Fund shall file with the Funds' Compliance Liaison a report containing the information described in Section II-C(2) of this Code with respect to purchases or sales of any security in which such Unaffiliated Trustee has, or by reason of such transaction acquires, any direct or indirect beneficial ownership, if such Trustee, at the time of that transaction, knew or, in the ordinary course of fulfilling his official duties as a Trustee of the Fund, should have known that, during the 15-day period immediately preceding or after the date of the transaction by the Trustee:

(a) such security was or is to be purchased or sold by the Fund or

(b) such security was or is being considered for purchase or sale by the Fund;

provided, however, that an Unaffiliated Trustee shall not be required to make a report with respect to transactions effected for any account over which such person does not have any direct or indirect influence or control.

(2) Every report shall be made not later than 10 days after the end of the calendar quarter in which the transaction to which the report relates was effected, and shall contain the following information:

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(a) The date of the transaction, the title, the number of shares, the interest rate and maturity date (if applicable) and the principal amount of each security involved;

(b) The nature of the transaction (i.e., purchase, sale or any other type of acquisition or disposition);

(c) The price at which the transaction was effected;

(d) The name of the broker, dealer or bank with or through whom the transaction was effected; and

(e) the date that the report is submitted by each Unaffiliated Trustee.

(3) Any such report may contain a statement that the report shall not be construed as an admission by the person making such report that he has any direct or indirect beneficial ownership in the security to which the report relates.

(4) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, an Unaffiliated Trustee who is an "interested person" of the Funds shall file the reports required by Rule 17j-1(d)(1) under the Investment Company Act with the Code of Ethics Officer of Putnam Investments. Such reports shall be reviewed by such Officer as provided in Section I-D(1) and any related violations shall be reported by him to the Audit and Compliance Committee as provided in Section I-C(2). The Committee may impose such additional sanctions as it deems appropriate.

D. Review and Reporting.

(1) The Compliance Liaison of the Funds, in consultation with the Code of Ethics Officer of Putnam Investments, shall cause the reported personal securities transactions that he receives pursuant to Section II-C(1) to be compared with completed and contemplated portfolio transactions of the Funds to determine whether any prohibited action listed in Section II-B may have occurred.

(2) Before making any determination that a violation of this Code has occurred, the Compliance Liaison shall give the person involved an opportunity to supply additional information regarding the transaction in question.

E. Sanctions. If the Compliance Liaison determines that a violation of this Code has occurred, he shall so advise the Funds' Audit and Compliance Committee, and provide the Committee with a report of the matter, including any additional information supplied by such person. The Committee may impose such sanctions as it deems appropriate.

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III. Miscellaneous

A. Amendments to the Putnam Investments' Code of Ethics. Any amendment to the Putnam Investments' Code of Ethics shall be deemed an amendment to Section 1-A of this Code effective 30 days after written notice of such amendment shall have been received by the Chairman of the Funds, unless the Trustees of the Funds expressly determine that such amendment shall become effective at an earlier or later date or shall not be adopted.

B. Records. The Funds shall maintain records in the manner and to the extent set forth below, which records may be maintained on microfilm under the conditions described in Rule 31a-2(f)(1) under the Investment Company Act and shall be available for examination by representatives of the Securities and Exchange Commission.

(1) A copy of this Code and any other code which is, or at any time within the past five years has been, in effect shall be preserved in an easily accessible place;

(2) A record of any violation of this Code and of any action taken as a result of such violation shall be preserved in an easily accessible place for a period of not less than five years following the end of the fiscal year in which the violation occurs;

(3) A copy of each report made by an officer or Trustee pursuant to this Code shall be preserved for a period of not less than five years from the end of the fiscal year in which it is made, the first two years in an easily accessible place;

(4) A list of all persons who are, or within the past five years have been, required to make reports pursuant to this Code shall be maintained in an easily accessible place; and

(5) To the extent any record required to be kept by this section is also required to be kept by Putnam Investments pursuant to the Putnam Investments' Code of Ethics, Putnam Investments shall maintain such record on behalf of the Funds as well.

C. Confidentiality. All reports of securities transactions and any other information filed with any Fund pursuant to this Code shall be treated as confidential, but are subject to review as provided herein and by personnel of the Securities and Exchange Commission.

D. Interpretation of Provisions. The Trustees may from time to time adopt such interpretations of this Code as they deem appropriate.

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E. Delegation by Chairman. The Chairman of the Funds may from time to time delegate any or all of his responsibilities under this Code, either generally or as to specific instances, to such officer or Trustee of the Funds as he may designate.

As revised
September 11, 2009

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