EX-99 4 sharesholdervotes841.txt 841 Putnam International Equity Fund 12/31/09 semiannual Item 77C Shareholder meeting results (Unaudited) December 18, 2009 meeting At the meeting, each of the nominees for Trustees was elected, as follows: Votes for Votes withheld Ravi Akhoury 63,313,758 3,019,754 Jameson A. Baxter 63,333,557 2,999,955 Charles B. Curtis 63,294,653 3,038,859 Robert J. Darretta 63,337,171 2,996,341 Myra R. Drucker 63,313,584 3,019,928 John A. Hill 63,294,486 3,039,026 Paul L. Joskow 63,340,320 2,993,192 Elizabeth T. Kennan* 63,299,625 3,033,887 Kenneth R. Leibler 63,336,081 2,997,431 Robert E. Patterson 63,337,869 2,995,643 George Putnam, III 63,273,159 3,060,353 Robert L. Reynolds 63,371,398 2,962,114 W. Thomas Stephens 63,352,061 2,981,451 Richard B. Worley 63,330,810 3,002,702 * 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 for Votes against Abstentions Broker non-votes 45,579,278 2,477,143 1,921,447 16,355,644 A proposal to approve a new management contract between the fund and Putnam Management with Fund Family breakpoints only was approved as follows: Votes for Votes against Abstentions Broker non-votes 45,522,012 2,438,789 2,017,066 16,355,645 A proposal to approve a new management contract between the fund and Putnam Management with performance fees only was approved as follows: Votes for Votes against Abstentions Broker non-votes 45,669,390 2,362,221 1,946,257 16,355,644 A proposal to amend the fundamental investment restrictions with respect to diversification of investments was approved as follows: Votes for Votes against Abstentions Broker non-votes 46,124,319 1,910,163 1,943,387 16,355,643 A proposal to amend the fundamental investment restrictions with respect to borrowing was approved as follows: Votes for Votes against Abstentions Broker non-votes 45,196,456 2,785,554 1,995,856 16,355,646 A proposal to amend the fundamental investment restrictions with respect to making loans was approved as follows: Votes for Votes against Abstentions Broker non-votes 45,236,377 2,837,921 1,903,569 16,355,645 All tabulations are rounded to the nearest whole number.