0000928816-18-000558.txt : 20180316 0000928816-18-000558.hdr.sgml : 20180316 20180316151641 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000928816-18-000558 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 485BXT PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 20180316 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20180316 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: PUTNAM MULTI-CAP GROWTH FUND CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000865177 IRS NUMBER: 043091455 STATE OF INCORPORATION: MA FISCAL YEAR END: 0630 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 485BXT SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 033-35576 FILM NUMBER: 18695430 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: ONE POST OFFICE SQUARE CITY: BOSTON STATE: MA ZIP: 02109 BUSINESS PHONE: 6172921000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: ONE POST OFFICE SQUARE CITY: BOSTON STATE: MA ZIP: 02109 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: PUTNAM NEW OPPORTUNITIES FUND DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19920703 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: PUTNAM MULTI-CAP GROWTH FUND CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000865177 IRS NUMBER: 043091455 STATE OF INCORPORATION: MA FISCAL YEAR END: 0630 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 485BXT SEC ACT: 1940 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 811-06128 FILM NUMBER: 18695431 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: ONE POST OFFICE SQUARE CITY: BOSTON STATE: MA ZIP: 02109 BUSINESS PHONE: 6172921000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: ONE POST OFFICE SQUARE CITY: BOSTON STATE: MA ZIP: 02109 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: PUTNAM NEW OPPORTUNITIES FUND DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19920703 0000865177 S000006295 PUTNAM MULTI-CAP GROWTH FUND C000017306 Class A Shares PNOPX C000017307 Class B Shares PNOBX C000017308 Class C Shares PNOCX C000017309 Class M Shares PNOMX C000017310 Class R Shares PNORX C000017311 Class Y Shares PNOYX C000185168 Class T Shares 485BXT 1 a_mcg485bxt.htm PUTNAM MULTI-CAP GROWTH FUND a_mcg485bxt.htm
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on   
March 16, 2018   
 
Registration No. 33-35576 
811-06128 
 
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. 39  / X / 
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REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY  / X / 
ACT OF 1940  ---- 
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Amendment No. 40  / X / 
(Check appropriate box or boxes)  ---- 
 
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PUTNAM SUSTAINABLE LEADERS FUND   
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)   
 
One Post Office Square, Boston, Massachusetts 02109   
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)   
 
Registrant's Telephone Number, including Area Code   
(617) 292-1000   
 
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  It is proposed that this filing will become effective 
  (check appropriate box) 
 
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/    /  immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b) 
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/ x /  on March 21, 2018 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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If appropriate, check the following box: 
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/ x /  this post-effective amendment designates a new 
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  ROBERT T. BURNS, Vice President 
  PUTNAM SUSTAINABLE LEADERS 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 
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This Post-Effective Amendment No. 39 is being filed pursuant to Rule 485(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), solely to designate March 21, 2018, as the new effective date for Post-Effective Amendment No. 38 filed pursuant to Rule 485(a) under the Securities Act on January 18, 2018. This Post-Effective Amendment No. 39 is not intended to amend or supersede any information contained in Post-Effective Amendment No. 38.

 


PUTNAM SUSTAINABLE LEADERS FUND 

 

Part A. INFORMATION REQUIRED IN A PROSPECTUS

Part A is incorporated by reference to Part A of Post-Effective Amendment No. 38 to the Registration Statement on Form N-1A of Putnam Sustainable Leaders Fund (formerly Putnam Multi-Cap Growth Fund) (the “Registrant”) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Amendment No. 39 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on January 18, 2018 (“Amendment No. 38/39”).

Part B. INFORMATION REQUIRED IN A STATEMENT OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Part B is incorporated by reference to Part B of Amendment No. 38/39 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A filed with the SEC on January 18, 2018.

Part C. OTHER INFORMATION

Part C is incorporated by reference to Part C of Amendment No. 38/39 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A filed with the SEC on January 18, 2018.

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 the Registrant 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 16th day of March, 2018.

 

Putnam Sustainable Leaders 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 
 
Janet C. Smith*  Vice President, Principal Financial Officer, 
  Principal Accounting Officer and Assistant 
  Treasurer 
 
Liaquat Ahamed*  Trustee 
 
Ravi Akhoury*  Trustee 
 
Barbara M. Baumann*  Trustee 
 
Katinka Domotorffy*  Trustee 
 
Catharine Bond Hill*  Trustee 
 
Paul L. Joskow*  Trustee 
 
Robert E. Patterson*  Trustee 
 
George Putnam, III*  Trustee 
 
Manoj P. Singh*  Trustee 

 

By: /s/ Jonathan S. Horwitz, as 
Attorney-in-Fact 
March 16, 2018 
 
* Signed pursuant to power of 
attorney filed in Post-Effective 
Amendment No. 36 to the 
Registrant’s Registration Statement 
on October 27, 2017.