EX-99 3 perclass841.txt 841 Putnam International Equity Fund 6/30/10 Annual Because of the electronic format for filing Form N SAR does not provide adequate space for responding to certain items correctly, the correct answers are as follows: 72DD1 Class A $31,837 Class B 1,785 Class C 1,664 72DD2 Class M $618 Class R 84 Class y 3,571 73A1 Class A $0.4181 Class B 0.2625 Class C 0.2966 73A2 Class M $0.3403 Class R 0.3753 Class Y 0.4619 73C Class A $0.0119 Class B 0.0075 Class C 0.0084 Class M 0.0097 Class R 0.0107 Class Y 0.0131 74U1 Class A 68,816 Class B 4,742 Class C 4,995 74U2 Class M 1,650 Class R 227 Class Y 5,451 74V1 Class A $15.80 Class B 14.96 Class C 15.27 74V2 Class M $15.38 Class R 15.57 Class Y 16.00 Item 61 Additional Information About Minimum Required Investment Shareholders can open a fund account with as little as $500 and make subsequent investments in any amount. The minimum investment is waived if you make regular investments weekly, semi monthly, or monthly through automatic deductions through your bank checking or savings account. Currently, Putnam is waiving the minimum, but reserves the right to reject initial investments under the minimum. Item 74K On September 15, 2008, the fund terminated its outstanding derivatives contracts with Lehman Brothers Special Financing, Inc. (LBSF) in connection with the bankruptcy filing of LBSFs parent company, Lehman Brothers Holdings, Inc. On September 26, 2008, the fund entered into receivable purchase agreements (Agreements) with other registered investment companies (each a Purchaser) managed by Putnam Management. Under the Agreements, the fund sold to the Purchasers the funds right to receive, in the aggregate, $3,469,039 in net payments from LBSF in connection with certain terminated derivatives transactions (the Receivable), in exchange for an initial payment plus (or minus) additional amounts based on the applicable Purchasers ultimate realized gain (or loss) on the Receivable. The fund received $1,078,281 (exclusive of the initial payment) from the Purchasers in accordance with the terms of the Agreement. Item 85B Additional Information About Errors and Omissions Policy While no claims with respect to the Registrant/Series were filed under such policy during the period, requests under such policy for reimbursement of legal expenses and costs arising out of claims of market timing activity in the Putnam Funds have been submitted by the investment manager of the Registrant/Series.