485BPOS 1 a_mcgcvr.htm PUTNAM MULTI-CAP GROWTH FUND

 

  As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on  
  November 18, 2016  

 

  Registration No. 33-35576
  811-06128
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  SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION  
  WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549  
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  FORM N-1A  
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  REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 / X /
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  Pre-Effective Amendment No. /   /
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  Post-Effective Amendment No. 34 / X /
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  REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY / X /
  ACT OF 1940 ----
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  Amendment No. 35 / X /
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  PUTNAM MULTI-CAP GROWTH FUND  
  (Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)  

 

  One Post Office Square, Boston, Massachusetts 02109  
  (Address of principal executive offices)  

 

  Registrant's Telephone Number, including Area Code  
  (617) 292-1000  
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  It is proposed that this filing will become effective  
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/   / immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b)  
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/ X /on October 30, 2016 pursuant to paragraph (b)  
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/   / 60 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a) (1)  
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/   / on (date) pursuant to paragraph (a) (1)  
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/   / 75 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a) (2)  
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/   / on (date) pursuant to paragraph (a) (2) of Rule 485.  
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/   / this post-effective amendment designates a new  
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  ROBERT T. BURNS, Vice President  
  PUTNAM MULTI-CAP GROWTH FUND  
  One Post Office Square  
  Boston, Massachusetts 02109  
  (Name and address of agent for service)  
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  Copy to:  
  BRYAN CHEGWIDDEN, Esquire  
  ROPES & GRAY LLP  
  1211 Avenue of the Americas  
  New York, New York 10036  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the Investment Company Act of 1940,as amended, the Registrant certifies that it meets all of the requirements for effectiveness of this Registration Statement under Rule 485(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and has duly caused this Amendment to its Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, duly authorized, in the City of Boston, and The Commonwealth of Massachusetts, on the 18th day of November, 2016.

 

 

Putnam Multi-Cap Growth Fund

 

By: /s/ Jonathan S. Horwitz, Executive Vice President, Principal Executive Officer and Compliance Liaison

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Amendment to the Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated:

 

 

Signature Title

 

Jameson A. Baxter* Chair, Board of Trustees

 

Kenneth R. Leibler* Vice Chair, Board of Trustees

 

Robert L. Reynolds* President and Trustee

 

Jonathan S. Horwitz* Executive Vice President, Principal Executive Officer and Compliance Liaison

 

Steven D. Krichmar* Vice President and Principal Financial Officer

 

Janet C. Smith* Vice President, Principal Accounting Officer and
Assistant Treasurer

 

Liaquat Ahamed* Trustee

 

Ravi Akhoury* Trustee

 

Barbara M. Baumann* Trustee

 

Robert J. Darretta* Trustee

 

Katinka Domotorffy* Trustee

 

John A. Hill* Trustee

 

Paul L. Joskow* Trustee

 

Robert E. Patterson* Trustee

 

George Putnam, III* Trustee

 

W. Thomas Stephens* Trustee

 

 

By: /s/ Jonathan S. Horwitz, as Attorney-in-Fact
November 18, 2016

 

  *Signed pursuant to power of attorney filed in Post-Effective Amendment No. 24 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on October 26, 2012.